Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-28
SIMS CASE RETERRED 10 TAFT
President VIII Decide as 10 Speech
PrRising Brit0nS.
POSTAL REPORT Is MADE PUBLIC
statement BY Third Assistant Post'
master General shows MARKED
Decrease IN Expenditure
over Previous Year.

WASHINGTON. Dee S--Ths coming
cunErtssiunal reapporriuuneu1 VII IruTid
fU~ total members Zip q IS IN the house
q reprcssnlauves according 10 present in
dicatiuns TI1is would mean one member
10 every g11.7m O. population.
Chairman Crurnpaczer q the house com
1rittee Oh census End his associates have
been airesrlnr the statEical calculations
% the census burelu 70 show ms effect ~
various systems Of spp0ru unment on the
r-erresertatiun uf the differenf states. OF
the aixteen members. a the coumittes-
eleven unemberE- ere from states which
would lose one or more representative 4
ths present number Of members q he en-
tire house Is maintEine3
lr is hkelF these states VIII Be protected.
M CrurupBeker ana Others believe al in
crease 10 SO win solve the problem before
the house that being the lesEr number
that VIII save every state from any loss In
The numerical number q its delegation.
sIms' Case Before Taft.
The case Of ComznBDder william s SINS
Of the ba-tIeship Minnesota Who. accord
ing 10 press reports. delivered Distinctly
pro British speech Al a banquet al Lon
6un recently. and which has been regarded
as offensive by citlEsns Of other nations,
is nov in the hands q President Taf1
Rear Admiral Mur6ock, commander q
the third division Of the Atlanue fleet to
which the Minnesota Is attached mas made
a cable reply 70 secrerRry Meyer's request
giving The Substance q the commander s
rsrnarkF M Never today referred the
matter to the president
No inkiinE ot the nature Of Admiral Mur-
DOCKS cablsEram was obtRlnRhle Al The
NAVY department
Replying 10 the welcoming speech q the
lord mayor of London Commands sims,
according 10 the press dispatch, said thai
xpss liriE for himself he believed that u
the time ever came that the British en-
rire N-As rnenaued by an external enemy
they might count on every man every
drcT of blood. every ship and every dollar
uf heir kindred across the sea IL Is noted
thna C'urrnHuasr sims Vas careful 70 say
ne sentiment he sEpresssd were only his
own personal views and the point Is raised
as 10 how far q naval officer can 70 in
publicly declaring his opinions when they
bear on an international aspect
PostnI Repo-t MADE Public.
The annual report Of the third assistant
postmaster general was made public to-
dsy. Though the expenditures for last
wear are stn in excess q the receipts
there is 8 marked decrease IN the eKpendi-
tures when compared with q year ago.
The Total postal Receipts for the fiscal
year lglB aggregated 80 12s. .s57 s.. TINS ts
uuincrease Of SO 5as- g74E5. or % psr cent
when compared with those for the preced-
inr year. The expenditures fur last year
were s22s 81 - 50. an excess over rsoaipts
Of s. 4ss .56sS "a TO this should be added
ss2. .glb.U7. lost by burglary. fire, bad debts,
etc making q total q 8 ,sg1 E-sh. de-
crease OF 81. .5sg :SS-52. when compared with
the DEFICIT Of the fiscal year 1873
The third assistant postmaster general
discusses IN detail the different branches
cf the postal service which come under
ths jurisdiction of his office
The financial system. supervision Of the
manufacture ard issuance uf postage
EtHu1ps postal cards, etc, the money order
and registry systems and the classification
a domestic man matter are al taken up
funF in the report