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Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-29
PROFITS HIDDEN
ON BY-PRODUCTS?
CcontInued from Flrst Paee.l

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goes to one OF the specific allegations
made by Indictment"
The argument Of counsel on these points
will be continued when court rcconvenes
tomorrow morning.
Jacob n. Schnf. manager for Kuhn,
Loeb 4 Co. Of New York, has been sub
poenaed as a witnvss for the govern
ment and viii be called early next week.
National Company Organized.
Albert II. Needer gave the details Of
the organization Of the National Packing
company, which was formed March IS.
1903. and which the government contends
was the instrument used by the indicted
packers TO fix the price Of meat.
The witness said that this corporation,
which was capitalized at $4,000 CO., was
formed by the merging OF thirteen COM
panles and their subsidiaries and that
the properties were paid for In stock OF
the National Packing company. A list
OF tht companies and the amounts paid
for them by the National Packing com
pany was given b. the witness as fol-
lows:
stock Yards Warehouse company,
Nh'AEiN-fNiiiN ISL AlONlFlOIl ana lNelIlk-
orator Car company, $4,000.
pany. $4,000
-Towler's Canadian company. limited,
$40, co.,
Friedman Manufacturing company,
$4,000.
q. II. Hammond & Co, 50. 900, 900.
81 Louis Dressed Beef company,
Hammond Packing company, a.OOoOOo.
Omaha Packing company, ~ 100000
Hutchinson Packing company, $4,000.
Anglo-Americen Provision company,
Fowler Packing company. S9O4000.
United Dressed Beef Company, 81 800 OOO
Mr. Veeder said these companies we're
all purchased by Armour Swift and
Norris before Michael Cudahy was taken
into the combination, He said all the
men who sold their plants agreed not to
engage In the packing business for fif-
teen years.
Have you any more contracts or agree
ments used in the organization Of the
National Packing company" asked spe-
cial Government Counsel Pierce Butler.
About three bushels. but nothing you
would want replied Veeder.
Gordon suEEested Merger.
Panmure Gordon, an English promoter,
first suggested the merger OF the packing
corporations with a capitalization OF
,eeS, OttCoO. according to Veeder.
I.e l.Islish promoter visited the United
states early ia 1902. called on G. 4. Swift
and suggested a consolidation OF the
packing companies.
Mr.. swift rejected The proposition, but
several months later a conference OF Chi
caBo packers was held AZ which tho pro-
iiminary plans for the merger were agreed
upon and steps later taken to finance 1t.
This preliminary meeting was attended
by G.. f. swift, ]. ogden Armour. Edward
Norris and others
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-29
Cupid is Again Busy
at Nebraska City

NEBRASKA CITY. Dec. 2s Especial -
Robert l.. Cohen and Miss sadie Gold
berg were married ttas evening at 3
o'clock at the home Of tho brides sister.
Mrs. I. d. lsemann. In the presence Of
large number OF relatives and friends.
The ceremony vas performed by Rabbi
Frederick Cohn OF Omaha. The ccie-
mony was according to the Hebrew ritual
and was very impressive. The bride Is
one OF the leading youns society women
OF this city and the daughter OF Mr. sam
Goldberg. The groom came TO this city
from Indiana about year ago and Is
quite highly connected. The young PEG.
pie will take a wedding trip and on their
return Will make this city their future
home and the groom win engage In bust
ness
Authman ID. Lindsay and Miss Minnie
Lee Taylor were married last evening at
the home OF O. ID. Jones, south of the
city. The young people VIII move to
Colorado. where the groom owns q ranch.
Ernest A. Ellis OF Oklahoma was mar
ried today to Miss Grace r. Mckay at
the home OF the brides parents, Mr. anu
Mrs. John w. Mckay. at Syracuse. The
groom took his bride TO his home In Ok
ialonna after the ceremony, A big re-
ceptIon was given them after the we'd
ding at the home OF the brides parents
and many guests were present.
AZ the 81. Mary's Catholic church in
this city yesterday morning William H..
schnittker ana Miss Lena Burger were
united I'm marriage al high mass The
cltmdK was handsomely decorated and
AFTER The wedding the party repaired to
the home OF the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert schnittker. north of this city.
where reception was given them.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-29
PROHIBS WANT CANDIDATE
State Committee Refuses to Endorse
Marshalltown Man.
CHAIRMAN JONES In THE RACE
CounciIman MacVicnr Of Des MoInes
Proposes Man and woman
Censor of All Public
Dance Halls.

DIES MONIES. Dec. 2S.-(Special Tele-
grom)-The prohibition state committee
met today In order to arrange for the
state convention. which will be held in
this city. The first matter before the
committee was an effort 20 agree upon
q candidate for governor. Friends OF
o. u. Elicit OF Marshalltown sought TO
have his candidacy Endorsed. but this
was refused. Chairman Jones Of Perry
is candidate for governor and stated
that he will for the present remain as
state chairman.
Censor OF Dance Halls.
Public dance halls may be conducted
under Municipal supervision II an ordi-
nance Councilman MacVicar has asked
the legal department to prepare for him
meets with the approval Of the council
Mr. MacVlcar proposes that the city en-
ploy "A man and a woman for each dance
hall, and that these persons shall act as
eensors OF the dances and those dancing
He would assess a tax against the dance
halls sufficient to pay these employees,
Report on Des MOines River.
The Greater Des Moines committee
adopted resolution asking the Iowa
delegation IN congress to call for the
report OF Major c. =. Richie on the re-
cent government survey OF tho Des
Molnes river. The committee desires to
know the substance OF the report and
asks that II be published and be made
available.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-29
airl Charr.d win Forrer,.

BROKEN BOW. Neb.. Dec. S.-(spe-
cial.)-MagEie Myers, a young woman re-
siding IN the county near here. has been
arrested charged with obtaining money
from Taylor a sons general merchandise
store at Berwyn by means OF forged
order The order has the name OF Perry
Smith attached 90 Il and Maggie claims
Il was sent 10 her In a letter. She was
taken before County Judge HoleOmb. who
held her In sloO bonds Tor prei.minary
hearing later.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-29

HYMENEAL

Double Weddins at sheridan. wyo.
SEWARD, Neba Dec ss.-(special.)--
Ward Mount. city clerk and city elec.
trician. left Yesterday for sheridan. wyo,
where he win be married on December
20 to Miss Mae Pate OF that city. At the
same hour Miss Florence Pate win we'd
Henry warfiner q ranehman OF sher-
idnn
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-29
january Bric-a-Brac sale.

Commencing January ?. we will hold a
general clearance sale Of odd. artistic
lamps. odd vases, broken lots or dishes
and ali the novel art objects in our brio-
a-brac department. Prices all greatly re-
duced.
ORCHARD 81 WILHELM CARPET CO.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-29

Continued from First Pase.)
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-29

county OF Lancashire are at a standstill.
Tho dispute spread today to the county
of Cheshire, where several mills locked
out their hands.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-29
CONSIDERING PLANS FOR
IMPROVING CAPITOL GROUNDS
Commissioners of Public Institutions
Have $4,000 to Spend on the
State Buildings.

Commissioners of Public Institutions
Have $4,000 to Spend on the
State Buildings.
Tallahassee last legislature
appropriated $4,000 for the improve
ment of the capitol building and
grounds The commissioners of pub
ic institutions were in session con
sidering plans for the Improvement
of the capitol grounds. The grounds
will be laid out in proper form and
in a more desirable way than they
are at present, and cement walks put
down and the grounds in general
made more beautiful with grass, flow
ers and trees.
The commissioners of state instltu
lions also had under consideration
lans for additional building facilities
at the state asylum for the insane
The buildings for the negro inmates
are inadequate on account of the in
crease of the number being sent
there. The plans under consideration
did not appear to be quite satisfacto'
ry and further action was deferred,
and Captain Whitner, superintendent
of the asylum, was notified to De
present to go over the proposed I'M
movements with the board.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-29
JUROR FEARED THE DINNER
Conscientious Man Thought Unusually
Good Meals Would Keep Him
From Thinking Straight.

"The most conscientious man 1 ever
knew served on a jury with me sew
eral years ago." said the experienced
juror. TT was a criminal case and
the jurors were imprisoned in hotel
during the trial. At our first dinner
the man with a conscious refused to
eat the excellent meal provided.
aft l should fill my stomach with
all that hifalutin grub he said, 1
should not be able to think straight.
l am not used to 1t at home. No man
is able to think normally Immediately
after a radical change in fare, 1t
takes several weeks to adjust his men
tai attitude to his physical state. For
that reason, every man who serves on
a jury ought to eat exactly the kind
of food he is used to at home, even
if 1t takes half dozen cooks to pre-
pare it. If that was done, there would
be fewer freak verdicts@n this town
"There was so much sound sense in
the doctrine that the IL other jurors
had a fieeting fancy for sticking to
own accustomed simple fare, but the
fieshpots of the hotel overcame their
scruples and for three weeks we feast
ed sumptuously. Also, to sustain the
conscientious mans theory, We re-
turned what the public called freak
verdict"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-29
HE LENDS MONEY ON ANIMALS
DR.. Martin Potter Takes Strange
Pledges-How One of Them
Buncoed Him.
Copyright. l9lL.)

Not even the author of the Club OF
Strange Trades" conceived of an odd
er means of livelihood than that OF
DR.. Martin Potter, says the New York
correspondent of the Cincinnati
Times-Star. He runs an animal pawn
shop. If you have lion that you
don't need as badly as you need the
money, or want to soak trained bear
for a few weeks, or put up an ele-
plant until you hear from home, go
around to DR. Potter. He'll loan you
| the money against your live stock and
he will not charge you any interest.
But you'll have to pay the board oil
your pledge. 81 just drifted into the
business" said DR.. Potter. Il started
out to furnish trained animals to
shows. I've rented everything to show
men from troup of thoroughbred
horses to a red eyed Numidian lion.
| By and by | found that l had to lend
money now and then to my patrons
and take their stock in pledge. 1t
was a necessity of the business, but
now l like it."
His stables contain elephants and
camels-if you're a regular Snowman
you'll say cam-u-el-and monkeys and
a dozen sorts of dogs and all varie-
ties of the cat tribe and the deuce
knows what. And his proudest boast
is that he was never stuck but once.
Fellow borrowed $40 from me on a
trick dog" said he. Finest dog [
ever saw. I'd have loaned 800 on
him as easy. But l wasn't shown all
that dogs tricks by his owner. That
night found that he had been trained
to unlatch the door and get out-and
his owner had not trained him to
come back"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-29
Great Question Solved.

The French academy has solved a
great question, its savants having
traced the antipathy for the mother
in.law to the red man. In the six
teenth century the Spaniards brought
back with them, besides gold and
legends, the story of the hatred Of the
mother-in-law among the aborigines.
The noble red man would not walk
in the footsteps of his squaw's mother
till the sea had washed them away, so
profound was his detestation of his re-
Iation by marriage.
This hatred, the academicians
think. was relic of the feeling en-
gendered in the days when man stole
his bride by force Naturally his dis
position toward his mother-in-law was
not that of an admirer.
We are living down the motherin-
law boyle. Unlike the red man, a
good many of us could walk in her
footsteps with great benefit to our
selves.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-29
RELIGION is HIS BUSINESS
Preacher Knows How It Should Be
Transacted and Does 1t Better
Than Others.

In this new movement it is inter-
esting to note the cavalier way in
which business men" give the preach
ers the back seat. 1t is as If these
committees said, Nov you clergymen
are the best of fellows, but you are
ignorant of business methods. 1t is
high time religion and business prin-
ciples applied to it. All that is need
ed is to take right hold of this thing,
the empty pew, and run it as we run
I one of our corporations. Business is
business, and these pews can be
filled. A factory with a good product
only needs business skill to get its
product on the market. Now watch
us do it"
Now the preachers business is re-
| ligion. Why not let him transact it?
He has transacted ID up to this time
For centuries he has been miserably
paid. He is often old and pensioned
with a pittance, and many of the
business men" seem not to care.
The old-fashioned preacher, in his old
fashioned ways, gave this country
good religious result. That is the
way we seem to remember our faith
ers and mothers as we see them, in
adoring memory, sitting in the far
away pews. We donbt if business
men with business methods" la cor
poration, factory-running, double en-
try and money in the bank, will do
better.
1t strikes us that religion applied to
business is more the need Of the hour
than business applied to religion
New York Mail
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-29
FLORIDA NEWS NOTES.

Plans are already being made at
Fort Lauderdale to celebrate in grand
style the completion of the Trans
Florida waterway. The event is ex-
pected to take place in February and
at a rousing big meeting of citizens
enthusiastic addresses were made,
and the town was found almost a
unit in promising to make the cele-
bration success.
The old proposition of an electric
railway from Tampa to the west
Coast, reaching Clearwater, Tarpon
Springs, Green Springs and number
Of other good towns, with terminus
possibly at st. Petersburg or Indian
river, has been revived of late. Two
companies that are prospecting and
discussing the possibilities. The pro-
posed line would open new territory
and would appear to be very attrac'
tive to capital.
Polk county boys are much interest
ed in the corn contests that have been
tnauSurdteu ny lliS roi hASAS ~tD -
Lakeland, and it seems that there VIII
be number of contestants when the
entries are all in. The prize offered
for the best crop of corn produced on
one acre of land by young man I'M
der 81 years of age is 500 and other
prizes are offered for the next best,
third and fourth, and so on in order
of merit to sixth.
Good roads will not make them
selves Just now in Florida it is up
to the county commissioners to make
them. Now county commissioner
serves more or less without pay. He
has to have a living and nine chances
out of ten when he was trained for
business he was not given a post
graduate course in road-making. he
did not have the time. He needed
the money. Yet when the people
elect him to serve thin as a county
commissioner they expect him to make
roads without pay. A good salary
goes a long way towards making a
man enthusiastic
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-29
SUNDAY BASEBALL LAW
CANNOT BE ENFORCED.
Supreme Court Gives Decision Upon
Pensacola Case In Which Lower
Court Is Reversed.

Tallahassee. The Florida supreme
court reversed the lower court in the
Sunday Baseball case, holding that
Bitch could not be the relator, be-
cause he is private person, not
shown to be citizen of the state,
and even if he were citizen, only
a public officer such as a solicitor,
states attorney or attorney general
could proceed by mandamus against
an official of the state to compel the
issuance of warrant in a criminal
case, duty affecting the sovereign
ty OF the state, the relator not show
ing any private interest and not be-
ing authorized to represent the state.
The court is not authorized to con
slider or decide the constitutionality
of the city charter and city ordinance
in question The opinion was made
by the whole court.
The Florida supreme court did not
hand down decision on the consti-
nationality of the Pensacola Sunday
baseball law, but decided that prj-
vate party could not mandamus in a
criminal case Therefore, B. Bitch
was not the proper authority to man
damus. The case was decided by di-
vision B of the supreme court, con
sisting of Justices Hooker, Parkhill
and Taylor
According to the Interpretation of
this wire by Attorney M. E. Morey,
one of the counsel for the prosecu-
| ton, the baseball men have won their
case, they having won through a
technicality. Under the above deci-
sion it is impossible for any private
damus to compel a justice of the
Individual to apply for writ OF man
peace to issue his warrant for the
arrest of one charged with criminal
offense.
"The only person who has such
authority is the attorney general OF
the state of Florida, or some one duly
authorized by him. said Mr.. Morey
when interviewed on the case.
1t is not probable that this deci-
sion will bring the cause to a close
The last hope that the counsel for
the antl-Sunday ball people is to pre-
vail on the attorney general to ap-
ply to the justice of peace for a war
rant for the arrest OF those engag-
ed in a game of ball on Sunday. Mr..
Morey says that it is probable that
the matter will be called to the at
tention of the attorney general.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-29
Russia Would Raise Duties.

st. Petersburg Opposition mem
ber+s of the duma ridicule ex-Presi-
dent Guchkoff's legislative proposal
to provide for tariff war schedules,
applicable to the United States, at
the expiration of the Russo-American
treaty of commerce and navigation,
which he and other signers repre-
senting the octoberist and nationalist
parties in the duma have introduced
into that body. The opposition de-
clare that the proposal would strike
hardest at the Russian agriculturists
ana cotton manufacturers.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-29
Safe Well Guarded.

A remarkable new safe lock has
been invented. 1t is provided with
photographic mechanism, so that it
can be opened only b the voice Of
the owner. A mouthp zee like that of
telephone takes the place of knob
on the door, and this is provided with
the usual style or needle, which trav-
els in a groove in the sound record Of
the phonogra7h cylinder. Before the
safe can be unlocked the password
must be spoken into the original cylin-
der by the one who made the original
record
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-29
Elnhtx Cattle Lost in Hood.

Macon, Ga.-The Ocmulgee river
fed by forty hours of unceasing rain
in middle Georgia, flooded over the
danger line in the flat lands of Ma
con. and thirty families, with the
water at their thresholds, fled to
higher levels for safety, leaving be,
longings to the mercy of the waters
A dairy of eighty cows was flood
ed. and the animals, released by the
owners, struck out for the middle OF
the stream, and disappeared down
the current.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-29
Cleanlnu Glass Vases.

Flower vases which have become
cloudy and discoiUred should be
cleaned with mixture of vinegar and
salt, poured in and well shaken about.
A long piece of stiff wire, upon the
end Of which is little pad of soft
rag, should be poked into all the cor
ners and crevices, and the vase then
rinsed in warm water and dried with
a good polishing cloth. Fly marks
upon the gilt frames of pictures
should be rubbed with ha.f lemon
and then polished with a chamois
leather
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-29
Sword In Heart of a Tree.

Embedded in the heart of a plank
Of wood taken from a railway station
platform at Oakley, Fifeshire, Scot
land, there has been found a sword
measuring over two feet long. The
plank had been in use for at least fif-
teen years. The weapon, which was
of an old-fashioned type, a short cross
piece forming the handle, was in good
preservation, and it is believed had
been picked up by the tree at an early
period of its existence and encircled
with the growth.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-29
Aarn Msdals and Thanks.

There are few that are thanked.
There are millions who deserve
thanks. Higher than the stars is the
heroism of daily life, for no wish for
recompense ever furnished nor de-
based IT. Brave men ask no other
thanks than the whispers Of their own
souls. Grand women would blush to
reveal the heroic things they daily
do It Is to this deathless impulse of
doing that We may always look, that
a race Of heroes does not perish from
the earth
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-29

Persias finances has been displeas-
ing to Russia from the start and
when he caused the seizure of prop
erty belonging to the brother of the
ex-shah over the protest of the Rus
sian vice consul Russia at first de-
manded an apology, and when this
was not forthcoming, called for the
dismissal of Mr.. Shuster, and this
has finally been acceded to.
The Persian charge d'affaires at
ST. Petersburg called at the Russian
foreign office to announce officially
his governments decision to abide
by the terms of the ultimatum.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-29
The Tipping Evil.

When Toole. the famous actor, was
playing an exceptionally fine engage
ment with company in London,
he said to the manager laughingly;
"0h. by the way. If my wife comes
down next week don't say anything
about the big. receipts. You see, I've
lot of nephews and nieces. and they
all expect tips from Uncle Johnnie.
Last year they had over e40O from
me. and my wife thinks rather over.
do f."
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-29

Mr.. Sinister is resolute in declaring
that he would have nothing to do
with the negotiations and would only
recognize the right of the national
council to dispose with his services.
The exact form of Persia's reply
to Russia is not yet known, but from
the latest news received from Tehe-
ran is would seem that the cabinet
has overridden the wishes Of the
commission
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-29
PERSIA ACCEDES
TORUSS DEMANDS
ALL POINTS CLAIMED BY THE
czAR's GOVERNMENT HAVE
BEEN CONCEDED.
AN INDEMNITY IS DEMANDED
Dismissal OF w. Morgan shuster,
the American, Is Now
Certain.

London. Persia yielded to the de.
mand of the Russian ultimatum that
w. Morgan Shuster an American,
who holds the post of treasurer-gen-
eral in the Persian government, be
dismissed from the service of the
Persian government The Russian
ultimatum also calls for the pay
ment of an indemnity which is to re
imburse Russia for money expended
in sending an armed expedition into
Persia to enforce her demand.
Mr.. Shuster's administration OF
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-29
Behind lime.

"what is the matter with this rail-
way?" asked one irate passenger.
This train is three or four hours
overdue"
think Of me. said the stakeholder,
"and have patience. It's dividends are
three or four years overdue"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-29
Naturally So.

aAll the parts in this play are fat
parts"
They have to be when the play IT,
self Is laid In Greece"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-29
Hard to Scar.

1t is always painful to see somebody
else foollng the public.