Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25

poiitan street railway. were more than
enough to tax the endurance Of any one
man, were rapidly undermining his health.
After a busy career Of forty years Mr..
Ryan felt he could unharness himself from
his many business responsibilities and de-
vote his life to comparative leisure.
This step has been taken after long and
mature elaboration" he said. There Is
no significance to It other than that my
doctors told me 1 ought TO let up. Ny
recent designations are but the continuance
Of the policy adopted two years & Of
unloading business respors ibilities as
rapidly as I can. There is absolutely moth
ing more to it than that
Among the corporations from which Mr..
Ryan has resigned are the Commercial
Trust company Of Philadelphia. the Cont
mental Rubber company, the Merchants
Trust company OF New York and the Sea
beard Air Line railway.
RIght-of-way ThrOuEh Air.
Cortland F. Bishop. president Of the Aero
Club OF America. predicts that within a
short time the United states supreme court
viii be called upon to settle the seemingly
fantastic question OF right-of-vay through
the air. Mr.. Bishop says:
AS a matter OF fundamental law. every
man in a dirigible balloon or an aeraplane
IS guilty OF trespass when he passes over
another mans land. He has no more right
to sail a mile over your farm than he hss
to dig a tunnel under IT, OF course the
thing looks absurd now, but within tbs
next decade. probably much sooner thar
that, these cases VIII be IN the courts and
will have to be decided one way or an
other.
'Fwhen aeroplanes come into use radica
changes will have to be made in thess
matters or the cities will lose a part Of
their revenues. These automobiles in the all
will be able to slip into the city at any
eonveniept point at any hour Of the day
or night. In fact. the people Of the Euro
pean countries all along the frontiers arr
giving very serious thought 70 these mat,
tiers They nalize that geographical bound
aries are being destroyed. They know hai
smugglin will be made the easiest thing
on earth aud that the air win be swarm
ing with areoplans spies and scouts 4
military activity should call their services
into play"
Fined for False Billing.
The first conviction in this district unde
the Hepburn law provision fOrbidding falls
billing by shippers was obtained in tn
United States circuit court today. Ham
macher schlemmer & Co. pleaded guilt!
to having shipped piano tuning pins a
iron screws" The company was fined so
on account Of two counts In the ndict
ment-
Harrfman's Illness Not Serious.
Z. H. Harriman's secretary. Albert c
Wells, denied that the physical condiiol
OF the financier was serious.
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Mr.. Hartman is seriously III is untrue.
he declared.
The statement referred to was pubIishe,
In Wall street gossip OF an afternoon pa
per. The writer referring to the report o
Monday that Mr.. Hartman was III, eN
planned by way OF parenthesis that 1t wa
learned that the illness was much NOR
serious than was admitted"
During the few days that Mr.. Harrima
has remained at home in consequence Z
what was described as a slight bilious al
tack. there have been reported rumors tha
he was quite ILL., These rumOrs have bee
promptly denied at his home where it wa
said he was availing himself Of the oppoi
tunity for a brief holiday respite from Of
flee routine.
The American Diesel Engine company
Win NSeN asses "e-M SfG sU+N
in New York, Indiana, Wisconsin. RhOd
Island. Texas and Missouri. was made N
defendant today in a petition for involur
tary bankruptcy filed In the United State
district court by AdoIphus Busch, n
Schaeffer 4 Gutenberg M-anufacturin
company and Robert W. Hunt s. Co. IN
petitioners allege that the concern az
mitted its insolvency and failed to pa
three notes a~ggregating $500 A receive
authorized to continue the sin for ts
days was appointed
All efforts 70 settle the strike OF the CO
drivers associated with the Liberty Daw
association failed today and tonight Ne
York Is confronted with the prospect OF
cahiess holiday season. The strikers r
ieeted all terms involving a recognition
the "open shop principle.