Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 21, 1915, Page 2

RECEIVER NAMED FOR ROCK ISLAND Operating Company is Unable to Meet Bills and Court Appoints Mudge and Dickinson. STOCK DROPS TEN POINTS CHICAGO, April 20.-—~The Chi- cago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway company was placed in the hands of receivers in Judge Carpenter's branch of the United Stateg district court here today. The stock dropped 10 points on the New York Stock ex- change. The company admitted its inabil- ity to meet more than $5,000,000 in short term notes and other obliga- tinns due between now and May 1, and the coprt appointed H. U. Mudge, president of the company, and Jacob M. Dickinson, former secretary of ‘war, recelvers. Application for the receivership was made by the American Steel Foundries company, which has a claim of $17,00 against the defendant. A. C. Ridgewny, vice president of the company, and W. ¥. Dickinson, its general attorney, ap- peared in court. Aaswering the petition Mr. Ridgeway stated that a recelvership ‘was the best means of protecting credit- ors, bond and stock holders and collateral interests. The rallway company was the basic property for the formation of the Rock Island company, which is sald practically to have disappeared from the financial map, and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Raliroad company. The rhilroad company owned 05 per cent of the stock ot the railway company, Which actuslly operated the road. It has been in the hands of a receiver appointed in New York for a considerable period. Roeck Inland Company Disappears. Inguiry of the legal department of the road as to the present status of the Rock Teland company which in turn owned all of the stock of the raliroad company, elicited the reply: “It seems to have disappeared. only asset was the railroad company, the stook of which dropped to §1 or so, and VICTORY IN FIGH Special of High Grade Library and Living Room Pu T. R. TESTIFIES OF RELATIONS WITH “BOSSES” (Continued from Page One.) & perfect MENt to0 Five testimony regard- Ing campalgn expenses, and asked If that was what Mr, Bowers was gotting at Mr. Bowers sald it was. The witness | then replied that he did have m)n'.‘fir!u-‘ tions with Mr. Barnes about the fran-| chise tax act. Sald Colonel Roosevelt “I cannot give the exact dates. They | began in the spring of 189, however, and continued until the fail. I do not remem- | ber that any other person was ever pres- ent.” The colonel continued to say that Barnes joined in the protest of Mr. Platt against the franchise tax bill Mr. Ivins objected to nearly every ques- tion and answer. He was overruled on each objection. Must Treat It Right. “Mr Barnes also told me,” said Colonel Roosevelt, “that If we didn't treat big business right and it the republican party became soclalistic the democrats would get all the contributions and the repub- licgn party none. I assured Mr. Barnes I | a1d not want to injure any big business interest. “Later 1 expressed astonishment to Mr. Barnes that a special message I had sent to the legislature had been torn up. In reply Mr. Barnes said I was foolish to belleve that the legialature would do any- thing on so important a mattsr until orders had been recelved from the organ- ization. Gave Out Statement. Mr. Barnes' counsel plac only one witness upon the stand. He was John Me- Grath, Colonel Roosevelt's private secre- tary. He testifiod that he gave out the statement complained of to newspaper reporters at Oyster Bay. A partial list of sixty-eight newspapers in which the state- ment appeared was then read and counsel for the defendant conceded that the state- ment had ejpesred in them. They also conceded that a detailed statement of the circulations of each of the newspspers mentioned was correct, The case of the plaintift was rested after counsel for both sides had de- Hvered their opening addresses to the jury and one witnese heard. Mr. Ivins, for Mr. Barnes, plctured the former pres- ident as having beer/ the nation's greatest urbiter of morals and sald that he was now in court with an opportunity to prove the alleged libelous things he had #ald about Mr. Barnes on various occa- sfons. ‘Willlam H. Van Benschoten, for the de- fense, described the colonel as the cham- plon of good and honest government and #ald that he had = been prompted to make the statement by the beilef that there was corruption and rottenncss in the administration of the government of the state of New York. He reiterated the statement made yesterday that Colonel Roosevelt meant nothing personal to Mr. Barnes or to Charles F. Murphy of Tam- many Hall, who was also mentioned in the statement and that those names were #lmply “algebrajo terms.'’ ASHLAND SUPERINTENDENT " IS ELECTED FOR FAIRBURY | FAIRBURY, Neb., April 20—~(Spacial.)— Fairbury Board of Education elected o P i1} | il 2 i raf L T South Dakota Cities Hold Their Annual Wet and Dry Elections, PIERRE WET B—Y NINE MAJORITY PIERRE, 8. D., April 20.—~(Special Tele- gram.)—At the annual election here today this oity went wet by nine majority. Willlam Borst was elected mayor; Meade, member of the city commission; Z. B Drew, superintendent of the Moard of Bducation Fort Plerre is wet by twenty-two and Highmore dry by thelrty-three. Phillip went dry by twenty-five. Stoux Falls One.Sided. SI0UX FALLS, 8. D, April 20.—(Special Telegram.)~The wets carriod Sloux Falls by a majority of about 500, Water works extension bonds of $160,000 were voted. Yankton Is Wet. YANKTON, 8. D, April 20.—(bpecial Telegram.)=The city election for mayor resuited in no cholce. Wyman and Eller- man led and will enter the second election next Tuesday to decide. The city voted wet by 210 majority, Mitehel] Votes Wet, MITCHELL, 8. D, April 2.—(Special Telegram.)—~At the city election today, the days won by a majority of ninety- woven. The vote was dry, 917; wet, 8. The street rallway franchise ecarried. STURGIS, 8. D., April 20.—(Special Tel- egram.)—In the city election held today, Charles Lopmann, George Blesman, An- drew Helms were re-elected aldermen. The wets won by forty-nine majority, an increase over last year. The municipal saloon proposition lost by elghteen votes. WILSON DEFINES NEUTRALITY IN TALK T0 EDITORS (Continued from Page One.) not indifference; It 18 not self-interest. The basis of neutrality is sympathy for mankind. Tt is falrnes is good will at bottom. It is Impartiality of spirit and judgment. I wish t all of our fel- low citizens could realize that. There is in some quarter a disposition to create distempers in this body politic. Men are even uttering slanders against the United State as If to excite it. Men are saying that If we should go to war upon either side there will be a divided America. Abominable libel of ignorance; America is not all of it vocal just now. It is vocal in apots, but I for one have a complete and abiding faith In that great sflent body of Americans, who are not standing up and shouting and expressing their opinions just now, but are waliting to find out and support the duty of Amer- ica. I am just as sure of thelr molidity and of thely loyalty and of thelr unan- imity, If we act justly, as T am that the history of this country has at every crisls and turning point illustrated this great lesson, Mediating Nation of World, “We are the mediating nation of the rid. 1 do not mean that we undertake not to mind our own business and to mediate where other people are quarrel- ing. I mean the word in & broader sense. ‘We are compounded of the nations of Brings tor PLATTEMOUTH, H’tlh?fl’l"—(..- ial Telegram.)—Gust Johnson brought . |sult in the district court today to collect at & cost of about $13,000. It is to have five concrete apans of from fifty to sixty feet each in length. ———— Stop the Child's Cough——It's Serious. Oroup &nd whooping cough are clilde ren's allments. Dr. King's New Disv covery i» what you, K need-it kills the rchase Sale Furniture, Saturday Values Absolutely Without a Parallel A whole carload of quality Chairs, Roockers and Davenports, secured way ander market value, go on sale Saturday types in fumed oak and mahogany, and choice tapestry, velour and leather $20,00 from the Burlington rallway for damages resuiting from falling from o car in the company’s yards here. Mahogany and PRICED VERY G D IN EAST AFRICA tion that Invaded German Posses- sion Was Badly Defeated. SEVEN HUNDRED BRITONS DEAD | BERLIN, April .~(By Wireless to Sayville, N. Y., April 20.)— Among the items given out for pub- lication today by the Overseas News| Agency were the following: | “Bpecial mail reports frum East Africa | state that in a two days' battle German troops near Pangani routed A strong | force landed from British cruisers and ! transports. The British lost 700 men, | among them four companies captured, | besides many rifles and large stores of | ammunition. The German casualties | were 7 officers and 13 men killed, 14 of- | ficers and 2 men wounded, | “The National Tidende of Copenhagen again asserts that German officers in Belgium are discouraged with the results of thelr administration. It is officialfy stated, however, that the contragy 'f# true. The military government is sup- plying Belglan farmers with seed potatoes and oats with the understanding that the same quantities shall be returned In the fall after the harvest. “‘Bight victims of the last French aero- plane raid on Freiburg we<s burled at the city's oxpense, ¥he entire population participating in the services. Berlln school children sent a telegram of con- dolence to the relatives of the school children killed at Freiburg.” Germans Lose Keetannshop. CAPETOWN, U, of South Africa, April 2.—~Forces of the Unlon of South Africa hAve occupled Keetaanshop, the most important town in German South- west Africa next to Windhoek, the capi- tal. It is an important rallroad junction and glves Gereral Botha, the Boer leader, command of the rallroad to Windhook. URGING SENATOR ALLEN FOR DISTRICT JUDGESHIP (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, April 2.—(Special.)—A dele- gation of three called on Governor More- head to urge the appointment of W, V. Allen to the new judgeship In the Ninth judicial district created by the 1915 legis- lature. Mr. Allen was formerly United States senator from Nebraska. The delegation that was boosting him consisted of Burt Mapes of Norfolk, M. B. Foster of Madl- #on and Mr. Chase of Stanton county M. 8. MeDuffee of Madison, county ‘judge, has been urged upon the governor for the MacCarthy - Wilson Talloring Co. 815 South 15th St. Over Stuffed Furniture e MODERATELY At The CENTRAL Furniture Store L RSP B e Mockers upholstered with beautiful um‘-u‘.&oflw s RIS W R DR TR Out of the High Rent Distriot who served as district Judge by appoint- | the latter as follows ment several years ago. | bility is Andretw Oleson, a Wisner attor | mey Stanton and Cuming taken out of the Eighth district and added Berlin Report Says British Expedi-| _ ' All Remnants of Bleached and # also Douglas Coombs of Plerce, | to the Ninth, making seven counties in Stanton, Cuming, ! er possi- | ol Yoy egram.)—The » Another possi ‘lfl'ndllnn‘ Antelope, Plerce, Wayne and | JEISTCTRE ahatra Knox. Judge Welsh is the old judge in | sive of reserve cite: the Ninth. Judge Graves ooccuples the |N¢ss on March 4 as roported to the bench In the Eighth district comptroller of the currency, shows the n : L reoent: loans and - a Rent room quick with a Bee Want Ad. |1 R, depos - THOMPSON, BELDEN SRR Rl pecial Tel of_the condition of ebraska, exclu- close of bubks counties were S | Shephierd Plaids in Black | and White Are Much in | Favor This Season A fabric so bright and attractive, so ve of spring and new foliage, that it is deservedly popular, It adapts itself well to linings of blue, red and gray— Ir. Suits - $19.50, $24.50, $29.50 In Skirts - $6.50, $8.75. $10 and Dresses No Extra Charge for Alterations, for every daytime and - evening occasion are r - here in a delightful Half Price Wednesday variety. $1.00 Fine Imported Colored Cas-Ca-Duse Crepe Novelty 50c a Yard You will at once observe the exceptional beauty of every color the great French manufacturers have brought out. To judge them withbut examination would be quite unfair. There is nothing more beau- tiful in coloss and in fabrics: Shell pink, rose, ceil blue, tan, Prussian blue, sand, heliotrope and black. Your choice - - . 50ca yard. - The Store for Shirtwaists For good looking, practical styles it’s hard to equal these dainty wash blouses— $1 to $2.95 New Coats Turkish Towels Four special values for Wednesday; You'll Like Them: 45¢ Turkish Towels, 19¢ 50c Turkish Towels, 39¢ 75¢ Turkish Towels, 50¢ 85c Turkish Towels, 59¢ New Neckwear CLEVER VESTEES of organdie, lace, net, and lace, either with high roll collars or low turn- over collars— 50c, 75¢, $1, $1.25 $1.50, $1.75, $2.00, Silver Bleached Damask Lengths 0{2 and 2 1-2 yards i $1.50 and $1.75 regularly— | Wednesday. $1.00 a Yard Piano Prices That Will Keep the Piano Mover Busy... Our April sale is now in full swing, and we are out to break all records with this Oma- ha’s greatest sale of pianos. This is a genuine piano sale, as the prices below will indicate, so if you are contemplat- -ing the purchase of a piano, now is the op- portune time. This list of prices includes both new and used instruments. Kimball - $90 Boardman McCammon $75 S'-‘"‘lf”fl' Lyon & Healy 365 Wellington Bl . $65 Vos.e & Sons Emerson - $100 Weklor . - : Cable - Miller - - $125 Steinway Swick & Kelso $125 Raddison HAYDEN]|, BROS. | {pr— $100 $150 - $150. $150 $140 $175 $300 $175 -