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Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20
PLAN FOR DEEP SHIP CANAL
Proposal TO Dig Twenty-One-FOOt
Channel from Hudson River 10
Lake Ontario.

ALBANY. N. Y, Jan 19-Superintendent
of Public Works F. c. Stevens, in his an
nual report, recommends that congress be
memorialized to join with the state In
constructing a deep waterway from the
Hudson river to Lake Ontario He points
out that the Dominion government is plan
ming to build what viii constitute a deep
waterway, known as the Ottawa Georgian
bay route, connecting Georgian bay with
the St. Lawrence river. This will provide
the shortest outlet by water for the grain,
forest and mining products of the great
northwest, and he doubts whether, should
this be completed, the state with only a
one-thousand-ton canal could hope to COM
pete with Canada for the great lakes
traffic.
Canada" he says. 'in the race for COM
merce, must be dealt with as a rival"
The only hope Of restoring to New York
and to the nation transportation supremacy
is to construct twenty-one-foot canal
between the Hudson and Lake Ontario on
the line of the present barge canal. The
federal government made a survey for a
deep waterway in 1900, twenty-one feet
deep connecting Lake Erie with the tide
waters of the Hudson river, the estimate
being 31sS,0O00o0.
Superintendent Sterens says that if this
plan were carried out II Is believed that
not only would New York state be in a
commanding position so far as commercial
shipments go in the event of the com
pletion by the Dominion government OF
the ottawa-Georgian bay canal, but IT is
not impossible that II the construction OF
the ship canal across New York state were
authorized in the near future the construc-
ton Of the ottawa Georgian bay canal will
be abandoned
Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20
VICTORY FOR CIVIC BEAUTY
New York Supreme Court Decides
that Ordinance Regulating
signs is Valid.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1s-Municipal efforts
to develop a city beautiful and prevent
commercialism from offending the artistic
sense were given an uplifht Saturday. when
Justice Leventritt, in the supreme court,
decided that the suit brought against the
city by the Fifth Avenue Coach company
TO enjoin municipal Interference with the
advertising signs displayed on the exterior
OF it's buses must be dismissed on It's
merits.
The buses, plying up and down fashion
able Fifth avenue. succeeded a year ago
the old stage coaches which were regarded
as relics of old New York. The new
double-deck electric busses were plastered
from top to bottom with garish advertising
signs. The Board OF Aldermen passed an
move the advertising signs.
Justice Leventritt today held the ordi-
nance to be constitutional and, after de-
scTibIng the beauty OF Fifth avenue. de-
ordinance giving the city the power TO re-
clared: 1T is the scheme OF beauty which
is not to be sacrificed to the demands OF
modern eommercialism."
Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20
LUMBERMEN HERE TUESDAY
joint Session of Nebraska Dealers and
Lumbermen's Insurance Company
in Two Days Session.

Indications are that the lumbermen Of
the state will be out in force for the joint
sessions of the Nebraska Lumber Dealers
and Nebraska Lumbermens' Mutual Insur-
ance associations, which meet in Omaha
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week The
sessions will be held in the banquet room
at Hotel Rome. Delegates will be selected
to attend the annual meeting CT the insur-
ance association at Lincoln. January Is.
Program for the opening day:
MORNING-l0:3O A. M SHARP.
Address Of President-M. L. Fries, Ar
cadia
Report of secretary-B. CritchfieId, Lin
coin.
Report of Treasurer-E s. Clarke, Gretna
appointment OF committees
Character studies-Nels Darling, Okla
homa City, Okl.
Announcements.
Adjournment.
AFTERNOON p. NJ. SHARP
Report of committees.
Address, why Should the Manufacturer
Sell His Products Through the Retailer?'
N s. Darling. Oklahoma City. Okl.
General discussion, Catalogue House
Methods"
Redwood" in moving pictures, C. ].
Flack. Kansas City.
Report of committees
Funny Things" Nels Darling.
Adjournment
Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20
OLD LINE DEMOCRATS CONFER
Formulating Plans In Case w. j.
bryan Is Nominated for
President

NEW YORK, Jan. lit was learned
tonight that a conference of old-line demo
Gratis will be held in this city next Thurs
day to discuss and formulate a program
to be followed in case William j. Bryan
is again nominated for the presidency.
Among the conferees, II is said, will be
Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia. Gov
ernor Claude A. Swanson of Virginia, John
d, McGraw, chairman of the democratic
state committee of West Virginia; Richard
B. Olney OF Massachusetts,, d. Cady Her
rick and other prominent democrats.
The aim OF those who are behind this
conference is TO obtain the adoption by
the democratic national convention. which
will meet in Denver, of conservative plat
form. acceptable to the business interests
OF the country.
To a certain extent these men are reck-
oning ON the choice by the republicans OF
q candidate dictated by President Roose-
welt and so committed to a continuation
OF his policies.
II the moving spirits in this conference
can have their way, there will be adopted
on Thursday or at subsequent meetings
resolutions pledging all the cOnferess tc
work for a platform absolutely SAFE
ana sane and a candidate who would stand
on such . platform without rsssI -
Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20
MAY EXCLUDE THE PUBLIC
Little Probability that Court Will
Keep Reporters from Attend
ing Thaw Trial,

NEW YORK Jan. l9.--When the Thaw
trial is resumed tomorrow morning Justice
Bowling will be called upon to determine
whether tho testimony of Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw shall be taken behind closed doors.
1t is freely predicted that he will refuse
to exclude both public and newspaper rep
resentatives, but that compromise may be
reached by the exclusion of those who come
only from idle or morbid curiosity. BY
leaving the newspaper men in the court
room the constitutional provision as to a
public trial would be maintained and the
young woman on the stand would have
only TO face a handful of men, as compared
with the vast throng which crowded the
court room last Friday afternoon. As TO
keeping the story out of print, Justice
Dowling told District Attorney Jerome
when he sprang his surprising suggestion
that II any. newspaper cared to repeat the
details of tile recital IT could do so simply
by reference to its files of year ago.
Justice Downing stated on Friday that
he would hear further suggestion from
counsel tomorrow morning, provided of
course, there should be a general con
sent to the closing of the doors-a
thing never before done in this urls
diction in a murder trial. Martin w.
partly concurred in the district attor-
ney's motion when It first was made,
has decided to withdraw that concur
renee and leave the matter entirely in
the discretion OF the court Under these
circumst tances II is declared Justice
Bowling will not attempt to keep the
proceedings secret. but he may coop
crate with the attorneys in an endeavOr
to keep the general public out of the
court room during the young woman $
examination o nthe witness stand.
When young Mrs, Thaw has concluded
her testimony and has been put through
the fire OF cross-examinatlon, the elder
Mrs Thaw probably will conclude her ov-
idence. This will leave but three OF four
regular witnesses TO be heard before the
six insenity experts retained by the de-
Tense are put upon the stand TO answer
a hypothetical question covering all of
the testimony. Two OF these physicians,
Drs. Evans and Wager, viii tell again of
the eXaniI alton they made of Thaw in the
Tombs prison following the tragedy.
The trial win be pushed with all possible
haste to an early conclusion.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20
INDEPENDENTS TO BLOCK CASE
iowa Packers Assert Lower Chicago
Freight VIII Drive Them
from Business.

MARsHALLTOwN Ia. Jan. 19-(Spe-
cial.)-The Independent meat packers of
Iowa have appeared as intervenors In the
case brought before the Interstate Com
merce commission by the Corn Belt Meat
Producers association to secure a lower
live stock rate to Chicago, the opening
hearing of which was held in Des Molnes
Friday, and, according TO their argument
may balk the efforts of the live stock
feeders and shippers.
This position taken by the independent
packers was not developed at the first hear
ing, because OF lack of time and for other
reasons 1t will be brought up at Chicago
on February II or perhaps later
According to the Independent packers.
they have for the last. ten years been In
the hogs and cattle of Iowa. AS a general
thing they have been making money. They
say that IL lower live stock fate to Chi
cago is granted 1t will be impossible for
them to compete with the Chicago packers.
That for every cent Of reduction in freight
rates to Chicago they WIN have 10 pay that
much more for the hogs they buy. since
their market is based on the Chicago price,
less the difference in freight rates, so that
to get the Iowa hogs they will have to
pay as much or a little more than the Chi
cago price. less this what might be termed
differential in freight rates.
The Independent packers go farther and
say that lower Chicago freight rates will
not only drive them out of business, but
eventually place the shippers at the mercy
Of the so-called Meat trust. This is based
on the fact that because of the dozen or
more independent packers have been in the
market the Chicago packers have not had
- -.
out of business the combine will have a
free hand TO emf prices TO the limit
Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20
'WNETT is FOR STRONG MEN
sIxa's Delegation 10 Republican
Convention should Command
Confidence and Respect.
tFrom a statf correspondentl

LINCOLN. Jan. 19.-CSpecial.)-H j.
Winnett chairman of the State Railway
commission, favors sending to the repub-
lican national convention delegation from
Nebraska composed of men OF the largest
state and national acquaintance; men who
are known to favor the nomination of Sec
retary Taft; men who will compel recogni-
tion OF this state in the convention. Re
garding the makeup of the delegation he
said:
Nebraska should send it's strongest men
to the Chicago convention. In the inter
est Of the republican party of the state
both Senator Norris Brown and Governor
Sheldon should be selected as delegates
at-large ana the fact that Senator Bur-
kett does not desire to be a delegate
should not in the least operate TO keep
these two men off OF the delegation. Gov
ernor Sheldon and Senator Brown we're
leaders Ia the fight conducted by the re-
publican party last year, and they should
be sclc ctod to continue the fight in the
national convention. The republicans will
have a fight in that convention over the
same issues that have been fought out In
Nebraska, and no better men than the two
mentioned can be selected to keep up that
contest.
other states will send senator's and gov
ernors and every delegation which is COM
posed of such men will attract attention,
by reason of the positions held by the
delegates. There is no reason why Ne
braska should not have great influence in
the convention II the republicans just select
we'll known men, in whom they have con-
fidence, for delegates. There is no reason
why Governor Sheldon should not be a
delegate, and there is no reason why Sena-
tor Brown should not be selected. There
is every reason why both should be Sc
iected.
Every republican should know that the
opponents of President Roosevelt or Ills
policies win do everything in their power
to promulgate platform and select a
candidate for president to conform to their
own ideas. Sheldon and Brown are the
men to fight such proposition. Both
have expressed a willingness to go on the
delegation and that should be sufficient to
rally the republicans Of the state under
their banners. Nebraska is for Taft and
in convention it has endorsed his caudi-
dacy. Nebraska should make that en-
dorsement count by sending arstrong dele
CATION to the convention. Inasmuch as no
man Is aslsing this honor, let us send the
men who made the fight in this state and
! won"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20
SOUTH DAKOTA's CROP WEALTH
EiEbty-Ftve Millions In Value, Not
COuntinE Potatoes or HRy-Large
Percentage Marketed.

HURON. s. D.. Jan. -(SpeciaL)-W.
II. Smith. auditor for the Van Dusen Ele-
vator company states in his report that
South Dakota has harvested the most val
liable crop It ever raised. On account Of
the favorable weather. the good roads and
the high prices, greater percentage of
the 1907 crop has been delivered than in
any previous year for some time, with the
exception Of corn. According to the De
cember crop report Of the government
South Dakota's 1907 crop was;
Spring Whcat-2, 10000 acres; yield, 10
bushels; total. 22.00o0O bushels average
price % cents; meklng a total value OF
Durum-7OO,OOo acres: yield l5 bushels;
total. 1O,5O0.0OO bushels; average price, 30
cents making a total value of S, 100000.
total. S272S.OOO bushels; average price, 70
cents; making totel value Of s12,I64 600.
Barley-sI5, 900 acres; yield % bushels;
total, 20125.OO0 bushels: average price, 70
cents making total value of $15,092 100.
Rye--S4.sOO acres; yield, II bushels; total,
$1,000 bushels; aver, average ,J9.T ,J9.rTSS6s6 81 cents;
Flax-is0,OoO acres; Yield, 10 bushels; total,
100000 bushels; average price. 95 cents;
making total value Of A;S6o'9co
total 47175,0C0 bushels; average price. 50
cents: making total value of S23.5S75 500.
These various amounts bring the total
value of the South Dakota crop to SS5,671,-
$50. Besides the value of the grain, the
state has raised ssSs.OOO worth of potatoes.
according to the government report, and
the hay crop is valued at S3,S5O,0OO.
Mr. Smith makes the following estimate
Of the amount OF grain still in the farmers
hands. which will be marketed before the
season is over:
Spring wheat, 100000 bushels; durum.
1,s90, 900 bushels; oats, 1072,0O0 bushels; bar
ley, 1852 900 bushels; rye, 10000 bushels;
flax 100000 bushels; corn, S,140,OO0 bushels.
Although the number Of bushels did not
reach the amounts of former years, the
farmers got prices that more than made
up for this deficiency.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20

Whether developments at Washington
in the breach between the two United
States senators over the appointment Of
collector of internal revenue for the Ne
braska district will have any further ef-
feet on the political situation here is a
question which is already puzzling the
wise ones. There is no doubt that the
original demonstration on Burkett at
Lincoln had some source in his recall
citrancy in this matter, Should one OF
the other of the applicants for this place
OF both of them fail to land the plum,
It would not be surprising to see one,
or both, pushed out for vindication in
the shape of a place on the national
convention delegation. either for the
state at large or for the district.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20
Fifty-Thousand-DoIIar salt.

SIOUX FALLS, S. D.. Jan. ls.-(special)
"A damage suit for 5000 against the
Chicago. ST. Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha
Railroad company, which originally was
instituted In the state circuit court in this
city by William c. Mcconnell, the plaintiff
has been transferred TO the United States
court In this city. and is expected TO come
up for trial al the regular April term Of
federal court In Sioux Fails. Mcconnell
while an employe Of the railroad company.
lost a leg as the result OF an accident In
tho Sioux Fails yards OF the company. He
Il q resident Of Sioux FallA
Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20
CHARLES EMORY SMITH DEAD
Former Postmaster General Expires
Suddenly at His Home I'm
Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA jan ~. - Charles
Emory Smith, editor of the Press, former
United States minister to Russia and post
master general died suddenly at his home
here today, aged s. years
Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20
Mrs. Martin secure. pivsree.

SIOUX FALLS. s. D.. Jan ls.-(speeial,)
1t has been learned that Mrs Amelia
Bowers Martin, who was formerly q resi-
lent OF Cedarhurst. Long Island. a
laughter of Mr.. Henry Bowers, a promi-
hent resident OF Brooklyn. n. r.. was
recently granted an absolute divorce IA
this city from her husband. Lueius rrow-
bridge Martin Of New York. Mrs Martin
has lived in Sioux Falls for the last eight
months or na0ra
Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20
st. Loui. noY Commit. suicIde.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Jan. 1s.-"I killed a man
with a beanshooter and l will pay. the
penalty" written with pencil on blood
Charles Deskel aged Is years. a shoe
cutter. who killed himself here today by
Aashing his throat with razor. His body
and the note were found by his mother.
II is thought from the note that he became
suddenly Insane.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20
Basket Rail- al Tabor

TABOR Ia, Jan. t9.-(Special. 1.-The
house last evening between Tabor college
and Malvern High school teams resulted
Ia a score for the girls teams OF II to 6 IN
Malvern boys winning over he TABOR coll
ieEo team By q score Of - 70 q
Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20
Newspaper- ConsoIidated.

SIOUX FALLS. s. D., Jan. ls.-(special.)
Tile Centervtlle Chronicle. one Of the
pioneer noN spapers OF Dakota territory and
South Dakota, this week will pass out
OF existence By being consolidated with
the Centerville Journal, II having been
sold to o. w. Dingman. a we'll known
South Dakota newspapermsn. who re-
Gently purchased the plant OF the Center
Vile Journal
Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20
DEATH RECORD.


MARsHALLTOWN, Ia, Jan. lS.-(spe-
cial)-P. V. Hart. superintendent OF the
C. A. Dunham company's manufacturing
plant, died yesterday OF Brights disease.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER

FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA AND
IoWA-Fair and warmer Monday; Tuesday
fair
Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20
POLITICAL POT IN NEBRASKA
Taft Sentiment Continues to Grow
Stronger Throughout the State.
LEADERS AND PAPERS LINING UP
Democrats select state and District
Delegates I'm one Convention
Four RepubIican Districts
Yet to Issue Calls.

After all the democratic camor for a
presidential preference primary for Ne
braska republicans, the democratic state
committee which met at Lincoln last
Wednesday issued a call for a democratic
state convention without providing for any
presidential preference primary whatever
for Nebraska democrats. The democratic
convention and tho populist convention,
like the republican convention. is TO be held
in Omaha. the democratic date being March
5. which is just one week earlier than the
date for the republican meeting
The democratic committee likewise took
upon itself the authority, plainly vested in
It under the new Nebraska law, Of calling
all the district conventions to select district
delegates; in fact of cutting the delegates
to the democratic state convention up on
district lines into six conventions which
will choose the district delegates and re-
port the same to the state convention. thus
subjecting them all to the same instruc-
tions and binding them by the unit rule.
The unit rule however. does not prevail
in republican conventions so that nothing
would be gained in this respect were all
the republican district conventions TO be
brought together with the state convention.
One Of the republican district conven-
tlons, that of the Second district, has al
ready been called to meet at Omaha at
the same time as the state convention, but
another, for the First district, has likewise
been called to meet at Lincoln about a
week earlier. According to the chairman
of the First district committee, the COM
mittee was not disposed to go outside of
its own district with its district conven-
tion In the other four districts no action
has yet been taken, so far as known,
toward calling the republican congressional
committees together for the purpose OF
fixing the time and place of the district
conventions
Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20
New RaIinE EHpIaIned.

Congressman Hinshaw has received a
number Of complaints from Nebraska pub
fishers about the rule OF the Postofflce
department by which. It was supposed
newspaper subscriptions must be paid in
advance or third class postage must be
paid Mr.. Hinshaw called az the depart
ment and had talk with the third assist
Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20

From all over Nebraska come many evil
dences, of constant and steady growth Of
Taft sentiment. This evidence is in the
form Of interviews by political leaders in
different localities and expressions by coun-
try republican weeklies. 1t is remarkable
that out of the 200 republican papers in
the state less than score have put them
selves on record in favor of any other
candidate but Taft, and Of these all but
three or four are OF comparatively small
influence. Practically all the active leaders
of the party have enlisted in the Taft
movement and this was particularly em-
phasised by two meetings to organize local
Taft leagues last week, one at Lincoln and
one at Fremont.
The meeting at Lincoln included the
old war horses and the new war horse,
and while 1t Is said competition is sure
to develop there between aspirants for
places on the national convention dele
cation all the men mentioned are out
spoken for Mr. Taft. The same stu
alton is presented at Fremont, where the
new Taft organization includes ali the
leaders who are in touch with the peo-
pie and dominant in the councils of the
party. The only man of any political
prominence who has come out in the
open for LaFollette as against Tat, Is
former Congressman Mccarthy of the
third district, whose Wisconsin origin
and desire to return to congress are
said to explain his attitude.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20

As to possibilities for places on the
delegation to Chicago, a great many
names are being mentioned, with or
without the consent of the men directly
concerned A strange situation has
arisen in connection with the announce
ment of Senator Burket that he does
not want to 20 to Chicago because AL
ready honored with official position"
The outcry against commissioning puhS
lie Officers as national convention dele
gates was raised first by the enemies or
MIR. Burkett as a rallying cry for an
assault upon him. Finding their OBJ
ject suddenly accomplished by the vol
untary withdrawal of Mr.. Burkett, the
rule against making delegations out of
men "already honored in official po-
sition" does not fit in with their plans.
or the names projected by the Lincoln
,klate-malkers, nearly all of them are
men who have been honored with Of
ficial position. One of them Is a sitting
Judge ON the bench, others members OF
the present legislature, and still others
former congressman or former state Of
ficers-not one of them who has any
standing in the party but who has al
ready been "honored with official po-
sition." On the other side a noticeable
sentiment is spreading in favor of send
ing to Chicago the biggest and best
known republicans in Nebraska to raise
the standard of the state as high as
those held by delegations from other
states and without respect to whether
the preferred leaders have or have not
been in the past honored with official
position.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-20
FROG OLDER THAN BUTTE'S
Congressman Howell Tells of Toad
Found in Solid Sandstone in Utah.
TAKEN OUT BY SILVER MINERS
PinIxish Flesh Color when Discovered
and Died After Contact with Air,
Being Preserved for Years
Afterwards.
lrrom a staff correspondsnt.l

WASHINGTON. Jan. Ia Special y
A week ago press dispatches from
Butte. Mont. reported live frog had
been discovered in the hollow of lime
stone rock in a mine near there The
Montana story indicated the toad had
been found something like 800 feet un-
der the surface Congressman Joseph
Howell of Utah has just received let
ter from one Of his constituents, upon
whose veracity he is willing to stake
his reputation. in which the writer
shows that the Montana toad was a
comparatively recent addition TO the
surface Of the earth. Mr.. Howelrs cor
respondent writes in part as follows;