Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-26
MARTIN HAS EYE ON WAGES
South Dakota Congressman Wants
Their Rise Noted.
JOINT COMMITTEE RESOLUTION
Introduces One In House 60 Look
Into Cost of Living In This
RelRtlOn-DnwsOn's OBJ
servatOry Bill.

NNoAAAAN1A OANf Jan 9o.-AoptCAdl lelt- |
al )-Representatlve Martin Of South
Dakota today introduced a concurrent reso-
luton to provide for the appointment of a
congressional committee Of twelve mem
beers. six from the senate and a like num-
Dor from the house, to investigate the cost
of food products. This is to
make al exhaustive investigation into the
cost OF living and any increase IN the same
since 1900; to ascertain whether the price
of necessarles OF life which enter into gem
eral use and consumption by the people
been increased, and II so to ascertain
the cause or causes which Influenced the
In making such investigation special at
tention shall be given by the committee to
the subject OF wages and income to ascer-
tain IL the increase has KEEP; pace with the
cost OF living.
Dnvson's Observatory Bill.
Broadening Of the scope of the naval OBJ
servatory so as to permit that institution
to serve not only the navy, but to furnish
to the world the discoveries that a great
astronomer using such a plant would be
likely to make" is provided for in o blI
introduced by representative Dawson of
Iowa.
Tho bill. which embodies views expressed
by President Taft In his annual message
to congress, proposes ITO establish" the OBJ
-~servatory, which has grown, up from scat
tered appropriations for the navy, and re-
stricts the superintendency of the observa-
tory to IAN astronomer of high profess
sional standing" to be appointed from civil
life at $1,000 a year, The superintehdents
up to this time have been naval officers.
Warren for Qualifications.
Whether the United States retains the
Philippines or not. the improvements pro-
posed in the Notifications on the islands
will be of permanent use to this govern
ment, in the opinion OF Senator Warren.
who defended against Senator Bacon's at
tack the provision of the Qualifications APP
preparation bill setting aside $500, 900 for
c1ose improvements.
Mr.. Bacon declared the experts were d.
vided in their opinion whether the future
naval base of the United States in the
Philippines should be located at Corregidor
or Subig bay. Replying. Senator Warren
said 1t was contemplated that the money
should be used at the mouths of Subig and
Manila Jays. Mr.. Bacon objected to the
indefinitness of the paragraph, but it re-
manned unchanged.
Right of Omaha Indian.
The secretary of the interior in a letter
to congress aclls attention to an allot-
ment enormously made to Parker Cab
mel, also known as Leon, and Henry Cab
ney, an Indian of the Omaha tribe. In
Nebraska, containing some eighty-one
acres. and asks that an item be inserted
In the pending Indian bill granting him
authority to cancel the allotment. Cab
ney, 1t appears, through no fault of his
own, was not born soon enough to legally
reep the benefits OF ~allotments made to
the Omahas under the amended act of
March 8, 1898.
In his letter to congress- requesting au-
thority to cancel Cabney's allotment Sec
rotary Ballinger says "Affidavits of the
mother of Parker Cabney and of,the nurse
who attended her in confinement have
been filed alleging her son, Parker Cab
ney, was born on December 25, 1891. The
act of March g., 1893, provided for allot-
ments to those members of the Omaha
tribe only who were living on the date
of passage of the act. AS Parker was
not in being until December 20, 1894, he
was not. therefore. entitled to an allot-
ment under the provision of the act of
March 3, 1893"
and Carriers.
The senate today confirmed the nomi-
nations Of the following to be postmasters
In South Dakota: Henrietta r. Dahlman,
Marion; Robert e.. Dye, Alpena; Anthony
II. Rudd, Garretson.
Thomas V. Davis was also confirmed as
register of the land office at Evanston,
Wyo.
William Scholes of Armour, s. D., is in
Washington on legal business before the
Interior department.
Rural carriers were appointed as follows:
Nebraska-Hooper, route 2, Albert w.
Hartung, carrier; Alfred Quasi, substitute.
South Auburn. route 4, Lewis ID. Culwell,
carrier; Earl r. Elliott, substitute.
Iowa-Centerville. route 8, Russell, Archi-
bald, carrier; Joseph Archibald, substitute,
New Hampton, route 5, Charles w. Garrett,
carrier; Catherine Barrett, substitute
Spencer. route T. Ralph E. Brownell, car
Hrier; Eva Brownell, substitute. Thor, route
1, Thans O.. Peterson, carrier; Isaac o
Olson, substitute.
South Dakota-Hartford, route 8, Christ
ziegler, carrier; Robert stalley, substitute
The comptroller Of the currency has ap-
proved applications TO ~organize Nebraska
national banks, as follows: First National
bank Of Bridgeport, with a capital oil
e26, 900. by ]. L. Johnson, Homer. X. Burket
John G. Burket, e. p. leonard and M. W,
Folsom.
First National bank Of Imperial, with
q capital OF $3.50 Oo. by j. F. Johnston, f. ].
Taylor, E. F. Bailey, S. d. Hicks and c, N.
COtterell.