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Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-27
BOLT OF LIGHTNING
UNC0VERS OIL SPRING
IL Yields 200 Barrels Day and
Owner of Tract Has Been Offered
Big sum for IL.

DALHART, Tex, jan 25.-Mrs. Josie
Pettus, owning a farm near Dalhart, de-
clared today that bolt of lightning struck
the ground on the mountain side near her
home recently and uncovered a spring OF
crude oil which is now producing 200 barrels
daily. 1t is claimed she has been offered
$4,000 for the small tract which previous
to the uncovennR har barely yielded liv-
in1'
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-27
Children like Cnamberlain's Cough Rem
edy It is pleasant to take.
ANACONDA COMPANY
TO INCREASE CAPITAL
Move to Increase stock Five Times
Present Amount TO Acquire
other Properties.

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-It was officially
announced this afternoon that a special
meeting of stockholders of the Anaconda
Mining company had been called for March
2S to vote upon a proposition to Increase
the capital stock OF the company from
I, 200, 900 to 100000 shares Of $25 par value.
The additional stock Issue is for the ac-
quirement of property OF other companies
located In the Butte district, the official
statement says.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-27
TRIP or JACK BALLINGER
Dennett Says Detailing of Clerks for
Special Duty Common.


Special Duty Common.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.--Commissioner
bennett of the general land office today
explained to the house, committee on ex=
penditures in the Interior department the
circumstances Under which ]. D: Ballin-
ger relative Of the secretary OF the in
terror, was employed as confidential clerk
TO Mr.. BaIlihger when the latter was com
missioner of the land office.
On July 6, according to Mr. Denhett,
Jack Ballinger left washington on a de-
tail as inspector Of land offices with a
per diem and expenses and resigned on
September IA. after he had taken about
a months leave of absence and after he
had reached his announced destination
Seattle. i -
Mr.. bennett explained that the detailing
of lcerks for special duty was a common
practice and that in the case of Jack Bal
linger he had submitted numerous re-
ports Of inspections made in the course
o fhis trip west. -r
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-27
Writes ON wyoming Irrigation.

GRAND ENCAMPMBNT, Wyo., Jan. 26.
Especial IA. Decker, an eastern writer on
matters OF irrigation and reclamation, has
just completed an exhaustive investigation
of a number OF irrigation and colonization
projects in this section for eastern publica-
tions He enthused over the prospects of
the Platte valley and predicts a great fu-
ture for southern Wyoming and northern
Colorado.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-27
Pennsrlvanla 5000. piylasnd.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26.-The direc-
tors of the Pennsylvania company operat-
ing Pennsylvania railroad lines west of
Pittsburg today declared a. dividend of
directors Of the Pittsburg,s Cincinnati,
Chicago q st. Louis Railroad company
declared a stock allotment OF l2h per
cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-27
Ynugh Probe ENDED.

KIRKSYILLE, Mo-. Jan. 26.-Investiga-
tion by the Adair county grand jury into
the death of Prof J. T. Waugh has ceased
Judge Shelton has ruled that the only
physician who can order the exhumation
of the body of Prof. Vaughn, which Is
buried in Monroe county, is the coroner
of Monroe county
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-27
BIDS for state Fire tournament.

\ MITCHELL, S. D., Jan. @.-(special.)-
The state board of control of the Fire
mems association of the state will meet at
Chamberlain this week to decide upon the
location for the 1910 tournament. The
towns are very active in trying to secure
the feature. and they are willing to bid high
for entertaining the firemen. The tourna-
ment is usually put up to sealed bids
among the towns, and the fight is on be-
tween Chamberlain and Huron this year.
Whichever town gets 1t will have to pay
over $1,000. The minimum price for get
ting the tournament is $500 and the amount
ever that can run as high as the desire
for the town to get the attraction. Last
year Rapid City paid the officers $500 for
the tournament.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-27

Coal short, Town WtthOut Light
ONAWA, Ia. Jan. 25--(special.)-T cleo
trio light plant OF this city was compelled
to close down here Monday on account Of
the coal supply running short. and the town
was in darkness for the first time this
winter II was expected that car Of coal
would reach here during the day, but for
some reason was carried through, and as
all OF the local dealers are out OF coal the
plant was closed down.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-27
II. & o. Rebuffs iTrainmen.

BALTIMORE Jan. 26.-Claiming that
submission 70 the requests Of the men
would mean that the operating expenses
Of the road would be increased more than
25 per cent. the Baltimore 4 Ohio rail-
road has rejected the demands of the
trainmen for higher wages.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-27

the valley Of the Doubs. 4 whole family
was rescued by soldiers in an auto boat
after the members had been swept from a
raft and the father, holing a revolver. was
about to shoot the others and kill himself
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-27
COLDS CAUSE HEADACHB.

LAXATIVE BROMO QuininN. the world
wide Cold and Grip remedy removes cause.
Call for full name. ook for signature Il
w Grove. 25c.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-27

F. E. Miller Of Cedar Rapids, p. A. Rogers
Of Iowa City and Dean w. 5. Hosford Of
the college Of dentistry.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-27
FLOOD LAYS
SIEGE TO PARIS

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Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-27
The Weather.

For Nebraska-Fair tonight; slightly
colder.
For Iowa-Fair and colder.
Tannerature at Omaha Yesterday.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-27
Creamery Company Officers.

stockholders Of the Beatrice Creamery
company met in Des Moines today in
parlor at the savery hotel for the annual
election Of directors and business. The
directors elected today are: A. e. Wilken-
son of Lincoln, Neb., Claus Frahm of
Hastings, Neb., Morris Friend of Lincoln,
Neb., ]. r. Mulvane of Topeka, Kan, G.
e, Haskell Of Lincoln, Neb., and ]. T.
Dorgan Of Lincoln, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-27
Letter Writer i'm Liquor right.

Letter Writer I'm Liquor Fight.
PIERRE, S. D., Jan. 26.-(Special. Fort
Pierre is dry" town and recent prosecu-
tions of parties who were detected while
dlsposing of liquor has created a great deal
of ill-feeling between those who wish to
see no license strictly enforced and those
who seem disposed to wink at violations
of the no-llcense system. Fuel has been
added to the flames by the appearance in
the field Of an anonymous letter writer
An interesting feature of the matter is
that the letters unquestionably are written
by a woman, who evidently sympathlzes
with those who would sanction the illegal
sale of liquor. Recipients of the letters
have been States Attorney Johnson, ex-
State Senator Warren Young and Fred A
Mix, editor of the Fort Pierre Fairplay,
which recently has been publishing the de-
tails of arrests OF prominent citizens on
the charge of selling liquor unlawfully
The letters are abusive in character and
condemn in unmeasured, terms the activity
Of the recipients Of the epistiles in dis
couraging the illegal sale of liquor, and In
exposing those guilty Of violating the law.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-27
Omaha Man to
Address Editors
F. J. Elliek Will Talk at Coming
Meeting of south Dakota
Association.

SIOUX FALLS. S. D., Jan. 26--(Special)
Newspaper men Of the state already are
commencing to gather here to attend the
annual mid-winter meeting Of tne South
Dakota Press association, which will COM
mence at o'clock Thursday afternoon and
continue until Friday afternoon.
a feature Of the meeting will be an ad-
dress to be made Friday afternoon by f. ].
Eilick Of Omaha, on the topic OF Does
Printing Cost Anything to Producer
Another feature will be the annual address
OF Charles M. Day OF Sioux Falls, presi-
dent of the association This will be de-
iivered Thursday afternoon. Mr. Day is
the editor of the Sioux Falls Daily Argus
Leader, and has made fine record as
president OF the association.
Various prominent newspaper men of the
state are scheduled for addresses on topics
OF deep interest to newspaper men in gen
eral. Regular addresses will be made dur
ing the meeting by Mrs. Chestina s. Thorp
of Britton, T. w. Taubman, Plankinton
Herald; Harry Wentzy, Pukwana Press
Reporter; II. A. Sturges, Beresford Re
public, while others will be called upon
for remarks upon the topics discussed and
others Of interest to the men of the press.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-27

A petition was filed with the State Rail-.
road commission today by the Iowa As.
Of Commercial Coal Operators
asking for a reduction in the Iowa rates
on coal II is stated that there has been
10 reduction for twenty years and that
the Interstate rates now give the eastern
coal dealer an advantage in Iowa over tho
local operator and miner. 1t is also stated
that in some cases the railroads give lower
rates than the legal rates in Iowa.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07
New Record in
Ship Building

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Jan. IA
new time record for the construction
of freight and passenger steamers in
the coast yards of the United States
has been made by the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company
in building the big freight and passen-
ger steamer Bear for the San Fran
cisco and Portland Steamship COM
pany.
The first keel plate for this ship was
laid on June Is last. The actual time
consumed in her construction was six
months and "a days, or just $50
working days. Shipbuilders here re-
gard this as unusually rapid construc-
ton, and claim that the British yards
do no faster work on merchant ships
of the same size and desi gn.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07
WHY Is COST
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tCOUClnuSO from rage On0)
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liShed with it, as is the custom in
Germany, printed explanation of the
reasons for it's introduction. This Of
fetal document read in part. as fol-
lows: "A means whereby the agri-
cultural interests are enabled to cover
their cost of production is to be found
under the given circumstances, by Gre
ating a factor which will determine the
inland selling price through relative
protective duties Inland prices are
raised, so far as a consideration of the
circumstances of the last ten years
will allow us to judge, In proportion
to the duties. This is seen from the
following tables"
The tables showed, that the Berlin
price of wheat and other protected
products, was higher than the London
Gree trade) price by about the amount
of the import duties.
In France, Italy and some other Eu
ropean countries, a part of the NUM-
cipal revenue is raised by duties on
goods entering the town. At the gates
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07

is the charge made by his wife aea,ns.
Harry L. Blitz, who became a land
mark on the exposition grounds last
summer through his antics. Judoo
Lindsay. after listening to the evidence
today granted the divorce decree and
alimony. Blitz is now said to be in
Portland earning 500 month in front
of one of the cheap theatres as a bust.
ness getter.
Mrs. Blitz told the court her hus-
band has been in the monkey" bust.
ness many years, and that he had
grown more brutal i'm his attitude with
the passage of time.
y grew TO regard him more as a
brute than as human, and lost my
love for him through his cruelty to
me- she said.
Blitz put in eight hours a day in
front of one OF the pay streak shows
hedecked in barbaric apparel. with
biackened face. and wearing armiets,
,egiets, ear rings and a most feroci-
Ctsly lnane oppression.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07
HesIIeeiares that it is the duty of the

Hea1ecfares that it is the duty OF the
department of justice, under the pres
ent law, to investigate all trusts, and
says:
But such an investigation. and pos
sible prosecution of corporations whose
prosperity affects the comfort not only
of the stockholders but of millions of
wage earners and employees and as
ISOLATED tradesmen. must necessarily
tend to disturb confidence in the bust
ness community. and to dry up the
new owing sources of capital from its
j places of heading, and produce halt
/ in our prosperity that will cause SUI
| fering and strained circumstances
| among the innocent for the faults OF
| the guilty few
| He saws that he desires to procure
/; a means of bringing corporations into
/ the pale of the law, and to prevent
any business disasters. He offers the
nroposition of the federal charter as
the means of gaining this purpose,
saying:
| I'm dealing, therefore. with men
! who have used methods condemned
| bv statute. for the purpose OF mann
/ tanning profitable business. we may
| well facilitate change by them In the
! method of doing business. but enapie
them to bring it back into the zone
i of laWfulness without losing TO the
country the economy of management
/; by which in our domestic trade the
cost of production has been materiai-
| lv lessened and in competition with
foreign manufacturers our trade mas
| greatly increased Through all our
consideration of this grave question:
| however. we must insist that the sup
preston of competition. the controi"
ing of prices and monopoly, or any at-
tempts to monopOlize in interstate
commerce and business, are not only
unlawful, but contrary to the pupilc
good. and they must be restrained ana
punished until ended
Therefore the president recommends
the enactment of law for the forma-
ton of corporations engaged in inter-
state trade under a federal license, pre-
tecting them from undue interference
by state, and providing for the issue
of stock only for the paid in value IN
cash or property whose value has been
ascertained by the federal authorizes
1.-THE law should subject real and
personal property only of such cor
porations to the same taxation as is
imposed by the states within which
it may be situated and upon other SIM
liar property located therein, ana
should require such corporations To
file full and complete reports of their
operations with the department OF
commerce and labor at regular inter-
vals" the president says.
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INTERSTATE
COMMERCE
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state commerce law. are authorized to
be maintained in the circuit court Of
the United States
The president recommends the APP
portment OF five circuit judges from
the districts having the largest vol
umc of business. and would also en-
power the chief justice to reassign
jt.dees to districts at times when the
business of the commerce court does
not require their services. He recon-
mends the payment of such judges
while sitting in the court of commerce
OF sach a nadditonal amount as to
make the total salary of each $4,000
annually.
The president recommends that reg
uiar annual sessions of the court be
held in Washington. but that the court
be empowered to meet anywhere. He
says that the orders should be made
the supreme court of the United States.
with the provision that the operation
OF the decree appealed from shall not
be stayed except by the supreme court
of the United States. He recommends
giving the court power to suspend or
ders of the interstate commerce COM
mission which are under review, pend
ing a final hearing. but that no such
restraining order be made except on
notice, and after hearing, unless in
case where irreparable damage will
ensue to the petitioner. He would
allow the judge Of the court to grant
60 days stay OF the commissions
orders. pending submission to the
court. but only on hearing, and upon
finding on evidence that irreparahle
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07
Railroad
In Congo
pKlfEElsal4T

CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. IA great Gel
ebration will be held tomorrow at ka-
tanga to mark the completion of an
other link of the Cape to Cairo rail-
road
The formal opening and linking up
OF the British and Congolese sections
of the Cape to Cairo railway marks an
important step in the peaceful pene-
tration of Central Africa. The railway
the enormously rich Katanga district
win shortly" yield up its mineral treas
prise
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07

of such towns there is an official who
collects this tax, and it is found that
the difference in price on articles pur-
chased outside the town and within the
town, is in nearly every instance ex-
actly the amount of the duty. The
same happens in trade between ma
tons
In Holland there are no import du-
ties on food or raw materials. the sole
protective element being a tax of 8
per cent on imported manufactured
goods. In Germany there is high
duty on food. and an excessive tariff
on all the necessaries of life.
A household of six persons can buy
for $504 in Gelderland Zone of the
eastern provinces of Holland). the nee
essaries of life, which, in Germany
lust across the frontier, would cost
s676
AS a result 2 village of 1000 inhab-
itants has grown up at Glanerbrug
in Holland. near the German frontier
There German manufacturers have
built houses for a colony of their work
men. because they can live more
cheaply and better across the frontier
in the foreign country where food is
not taxed.
Recently published statistics of the
British board of trade show that
while the cost of living has increased
a43 per cent under protection in the
United States, the cost of living IN
England. under free trade, increased
but ~ per cent during a like period.
Another official table shows that while
wages increased Is per cent in Eng
land during a period of six years,
wages increased in Germany during
the same time but 10 per cent, and in
the United States but 3.S per cent.
Here are a few other comparisons
between free trade England and high
protection Germany. as brought out by
the British board of trade:
Where a BritOn earns $1.20 In wages
a German earns so cents.
Where a Briton works 100 hours,
German works III hours
Where a Briton pays $1.2O in rent,
a German pays $1.47.
Where a Briton spend $1.20 on food
and fuel, q German spends $1.41
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07

damage would ensue to the petitioner,
providing that this damage must be
specified.
The president condemns the bring
ing of cases by attorneys acting Tor
the interstate commerce commission
and recommends that all prosecutions
be brought by the department of jus
tice.
I'm view of the complete control over
rate making and other practices OF the
interstate carriers. established by acts
of congress, and as recommended by
this communication" the president
saws. II see no reason why agree
ments between carriers subject to this
act. specifying classifications of freight
and the rates. fares and charges for
TRANSFORMATION of passengers and
freight, which they may agree TO es-
tablish may not be permitted PROVIDED
COPIES of such agreements be promptly
to all provisions of the interstate COM
merce act. and subject to the rights
of any of the parties to such an agree
ment to cancel it. as to any ana all
of the agreed rates by notice in writ
ing to the other parties and to the
commission.
He suggests that the railroads be
reonred to quote rates in writing on
the application of any shipper, with
a fine of $3.50 for any misquoting.
He recommends the empowering of
the interstate commerce commission 10
inouire into the reasonableness of rates
and adds:
"The enormous volume of transpor-
tation charges, and the great number
of separate tariffs filed annually with
the interstate commerce commission
amounting to almost 100000, and the
impossibility of any compassion super
vising them making of tariffs in ad-
vance of their becoming effective on
every transportation line within the
United States, to the extent that would
be necessary if their active concur
renee were required in the making of
every tariff, has satisfied me that this
power, if granted, should be conferred
in q very restricted form
1t is recommended that the inter
state commerce commission be empoW-
cred to postpone the operation of any
proposed increase of rates, either upon
it's own initiative or on the complaint
of an outsider, for period not eX
ceeding sixty days. If the commission
finds the increase unreasonable, it may
forbid the increase or fix maximum
beyond which the road may not go.
If the commission has not completed
the investigation when the new rate
becomes effective the investigation
may be continued as under the pres
ent law.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07

The message recommends definitely
that shippers be given the right to
select routes over which shipments are
to be handled. 1t is proposed that
after massage of the suggested bill, no
railroad shall be permitted to require
any interest of any kind. directly or
Indirectly, in the capital stock or pur-
chase or lease any railroad. or any
other corporation which completes with
if. with the proviso that the law shall
not operate to prevent any corpora
ton. which, at the date of the passage
of the act. owns half of the entire
stock of a company, from securing
the rest of it nor prohibit any railroad
company which is operating railroads
under lease at the time of the passage
of the act from acquiring revision
arv ownership of such roads.
The message recommends the enact
r,ent of a law prohibiting the watering
of stock by requiring all stocks TO De
sold at par. or at a value determined
nv the commission, for money, or if
ANYTHING else is rendered, or If SER
vices are paid in return for stock, IL
must ,}e valued by the commission.
In addition. the commission IS 10
supervise the issues of all stocks ana
bonds. The president also recommends
the passage by the senate of the Essen
bills passed a few weeks ago by the
bouse giving the interstate commerce
commission power to standardize the
safety appliances Of all railroads
The president says that Attorney
General Wickersham has prepared
bill, embodying all of these Ideas
which is now ready for congress.
Antitrust Law.
In discussing the antitrust law, the
president saws that it needs no amend
ment.
"The object of the law is to sup
press the ABUSES OF BUSINESS, anu liot
to interfere with a great volume of
capital which, concentrated under one
organization, has reduced the costs OF
production and made it's profits there.
by, and took no advantage of its size
to stifie competition. I conceive tina,
nothing could happen more destruc.
tive to the prosperity of this country
than the loss of that great economy III
production which has been, and will
be. effected in all manufacturing lines
by the employment of large capital
under one management"
After declaring that the decisions of
the supreme court upheld the law, the
president says:
'The value of the statute, which is
rendered more and more certain by a
long line of decisions by the supreme
court of the United States, furnishes
strong reasons for leaving the act
as it u.s."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07

He also proposed to prohibit corpor-
atoms from acquiring stock in other
corporations.
In discussing the possible objections
to his plans, the president says recent
decisions have been so sweeping that
only three doors are open to corpor-
atoms They must resolve themselves
into their component parts with loss
to themselves. land to the country
They must run in defiance of the law
or as a third possibility they can ac-
cept his charter plan.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07
Fuel Famine In Iowa.

DIES MONIES, Jan 7-Threatened
with a fuel famine, Iowa is today
practically without protection .from
bitter cold that prevails throughout
the state. Governor Carroll, ~ the
state railroad commissioners, today is
sued an order to all railroads forbid
ding them to appropriate any coal in
practically every railroad operating
within the state announced they
would comply with the order.