Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-25

and II Is credited at the statehouse as
simply being one of many circulated by
parties who find It to their personal ad-
vantage to retail sensational allegations,
Knox Indian Problem.
p H. Peterson. county attorney OF Knox
county. has written the attorney general.
reciung that a considerable portion of
that county is occupied by the Ponca
and santee Indians, whose lands are not
taxed. He wants to know whether when
these Indians sell heirship lands and in
vest the proceeds in improvements on
lands not taxed under the law the i'm.
provements are taxable; also whether
when heirship lands are sold the money
is taxable, like the cash OF white men.
The attorney general has replied that
unless the Indians have received title
ceased to exercise a trusteeship over the
Indians and their lands the land Is not
taxable. and in case of money derived
from heirship lands similarly conditioned
the government holds the funds are trus
funds and not taxable either; neither
are improvements taxable when made
with the money on lands not taxed.
Teeter visit. Capitol.
Colonel Teetef, the new commsndant
at the Milford Soldiers home, made his
first visit to the capitol since taking
charge. May TO- He has appointed Mr..
Dewey sdjutsnt and Miss Campbell ma
tron at the home. He reports everything
running along smoothly.
DR.. H. J. Cole, J. w. Ransom and +.
X. Fulton Of Norfolk. who are interested
in the gas plant at that place, called on
the railway commissioners today to as
certain how to proceed TO capitalize
money they had put into the plant in ex-
tensions and betterments. They have
made no formal application 10 issue sddi-
tionaI capital stock. but probably VIII
do sotin the near future.
Reform Church Elects.
The classes of the English-speaking
branch OF the Reformed churches Of Ne
braska today elected officers for the year.
Rev E. C. Holyoke OF Omaha was named
president; L. S. Faust, Lincoln. vice prest-
dent: and Rev. C. NJ. Rohrbaugh Omaha,
stated clerk. Between twenty and thirty
delegates were present. This afternoon
was devoted to the Sunday school ques-
tion and this evening there was a meet
ing of laymen taking UP the subject Men
and Religion"
Iudden Back From south.
Rev. Luther p Lndden Of this city has
just returned from a trip to FL Paso.
just this side OF the Mexican boundary
and says that a deplorabie condition Of
affairs exists in Mexico and that Amer
lean citizens in that country are being
mistreated He says that when they
reach Jusrez they are invariably robbed
OF al their money. generally thrown in
jail for a few days and then told to
hike" across the border. He says that
newspapers IN that section Of the United
states do not print the news for fear Of
hurting the business Of that section.
which is largely with Mexico and Nee
leans He says the general impression
among those in that section VINO are
familiar with Mexican affairs is that no
matter how the present revolution turns
out il viii be short time only until
there is another one and that many
former opponents now wish they had
Dfaz hack in power again. for he gave
the country the only semblance of stabil-
ity ii ever had.
Gas Men wind Up.
The szs manufacturers Of Nebraska,
Iowa, South Dakota and Illinois. who had
their annual. convention here. wound up