Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-16
Nebraska
FANNINC IS COLONEL SILL
Governor Shallenberger Has Not Ac-
cepted Omaha Mans Request.
REASON COL. KUNCL PULLED OUT
was Advised to Take This Action
by His Friends-MOre Court
MartIals Are In Pros
pect.
CFrom a staff correspondent.l

(From a staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, April 15.-(Specia1.)-A wrong.
erroneous and altogether bad idea Is pre-
valent in Omaha that Governor Shallen-
Der has accepted the resignation of Colonel
Charles e. Tanning. Governor shallen-
berger has done nothing of the kind. To
have done so would have prevented the
trial OF Colonel Tanning by court martial
for offering his resignation in the face Of
danger. The governor wrote Colonel Fam
ming a nice letter upon the receipt OF his
resignation, but he did not accept 1t. Colo
mel Tanning accepted the yoke and he
will be forced to wear it unless the gov
ernor has 1t removed by way of a court
martial.
incidentally, at the same time Colonel
Tanning Is tried there will be other de-
PENDANTS before the same court martial
for attempting to get colonies to desert
their posts. Governor Shsllenberger has in
his possession a letter which will furnish
the foundation for the conviction Of some
one in Omaha.
The letter is as follows:
OMAHA, April Ex-Governor A. c. Shall
lenberger, Lincoln: On demand of my dem
ocratic friends, l have been requested to
V. r. KUNCL.
Colonel Kuncl has been requested to re-
SihHs III uOuDt, as nlS teNLeI says out ne
has failed to comply with the request, and
he, too, is still a colonel. A rigid investiga-
tion is due to discover those who demanded
that Colonel Kuncl desert his chief in his
hour of trouble and the colonel likely will
be to Lincoln to tell their names
to the cummander-in-chief Of the army of
! Nebraska
Colonel Kuncl wrote to the governor on
his business letterhead. On one corner of
the letterhead is printed his coat OF arms,
the picture OF a beautiful fat little pig
sitting ip a swing made of ''wienies." Mr..
Kuncl is the proprietor of a meat market on
South Thirteenth street, Omaha.
Governors Position Upheld.
At a banquet given in honor of former
Vice President Fairbanks in Los Angeles,
Governor Shallenberser was endorsed for
signing the daylight saloon bill, which will
be news to some of the governors demo-
cratic colonels. In a letter to the governor
the following statement is made:
At a banquet here in Los Angeles last
evening, given in honor of Vice President
Fairbanks, the mention of your name
brought every mar to his feet and the
cheers were deafening. You have pnMcd
beyond a doubt that the day of men 10 bot
past: that the spoils of office are not the
limitations of all men; that you have the
courage to do right as it is given to you to
see tne right, IN tne SlBnt or GO0 and your
fellow men.
Work Ahead for English.
The State Railway commission will to-
morrow, or shortly thereafter. request
County Attorney English of Douglas county
to begin a prosecution against the Union
Pacific Railroad company for giving passes
to the wives of two of its local surgeons
located at North Platte. The physicians
are DR.. N. McCabe and DR.. v. Lucas.
Klein Intends to Marry.
In order that his betrothed bride might
be admitted to this country over the re-
strictlon against the admission of a person
without means of support for a year, Jacob
Klein took out his first naturalization
papers and got a marriage license at the
court house Thursday morning and sent
them both to the New York port to show
the immigration officials that he intends
in good faith to marry the girl and to es-
tablish a home in this country. The name
of the girl is Amelia Bender and her home
WAS in Balzer, Russia.
r. F.. Berg, naturalization clerk in the
office of the district clerk, prepared the
papers for Klein and then went with him
TO the office of the county Judge and acted
as interpreter in the marriage license. This
is the first time on record where a license
was oAh az II wal OlINC0 lOI lIE
marriage Of two persons as far apart as
Klein and his prospective bride now are.
War on the Quarantine.
AS a preliminary to an attempt to get a
few more counties out of quarantine DIR.
Jucknes, state veterinarian, and DR.. A. II.
Peters Of the state farm will make a two
weeks trip beginning Thursday through
western Nebraska to lecture to the stock
men on cattle mango and Kindred diseases.
The entire state was at one time under
quarantine. Strong protest was made to
Governor Sheldon and as a result of the
subsequent work and conferences between
state and federal officials the quarantine
line was moved back to the Kinkaid line.
The state veterinarian hopes to get another
row Of counties along this line declared
clean" this spring or summer and then
continually move back the dead line until
the entire state is declared clean" In
v~estigation last summer showed that the
diseased cattle in eastern feeding pens came
from the western part of the state.
Eighteen government inspectors have
been at work in the state inspecting cattle
at loading points. The charge there is 6
cents a head, at the stock yards % cents.
The cattlemen are thus saved money. When
they appealed to Governor Sheldon they
stated that they we're willing to bear the
entire expense of inspection II necessary.
Uninspected cattle run the risk of con-
tsgion in the South Omaha pens. Under
standing that the federal government was
using It's best efforts to help clean up the
state the last legislature gave the state
veterinarian $4,000 to do the work OF his
office and cooperate with federal inspect
ors.
Diamonds Are to he Listed.
Owners OF diamonds, automobiles and
valuable securities that heretofore have
avoided paying taxes on their valuables
are to have a hard run for their money If.
they escape this year. according to D.. r.
c.. Miller, county assessor. The assessor
says that he has profited by former expert
ence and has made careful preparation for
the big tax dodgers and he thinks he will
make a big haul in the assessment this
year. The new state law enabling the
assessor TO require the taxpayer to certify
under oath to any particular item in a
schedule that looks suspicious is considered
q great aid in the work OF eliminating tax
I dod ring