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The Omaha Words Backed By Deeds That's why The Heo has frlcntl and enemies, nntl why It wields nn Influence for public Rood. T"E WEATHEF Unsettled V()l,. XI. 1 1 XO. ISIS. OMAHA, TIKSDAY MORNlMi. FKlUU'AliV I. 1S1:I. TKN IWiiKN. SIXdLK COl'Y TWO Cl'.NTN Daily Bee PROVISION FOB TAX INCOME IS PART ' fl C r fl M QTITIITI n M ' Mr 1 I I I ll 1 1 I I I I I I I i I II U I UU I1U I I I U I I U II Senator Brown's Amendment to Fun damental Law is Ratified by Thirty-Seven States. WYOMING PUTS IT ACROSS LINE . .. Measure, is Kuslieu . Through aotn Houses in Record Time. DELAWARE CLAIMS THE HONOR ! 1 ,. , . TT I News from Cheyenne. However, i Reached Washington First. CONGRESS WILL PASS jyf I I Art t'rohnhly AVIII Provide for Tax All InniRir AbiiVe I-'Itc Thousand Dollars n Yenr. WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. An Income tax Is now one of the provlslons"of tho con stitution. Wyoming's ratification today of the In come tax amendment the sixteenth change In' .lie constitution and the first slnea the teconstructlon completed a list of thlity-slx Htntes three-fourth of tin .union, which have approved the provision Congress will now enact a law to lev. the tax nntl It probably will becomo ef fective during te extraordinary session to be called by President-elect Wilson In March. Tho tax Itself. Its provisions and Its limitations are, all left to congress. Tho new law would supersede the cor poration tax and provide for a tax on nil Incomes above $5,000, although there has been soma sen.lment In favor of making the limit as low as $4,000. Congressional leaders who have been preparing for tno final ratification by the states, each year, estimate an Income tax would brine !i about $100,000,000 -a year to the government. Now that tho tax Is provided by the constitution the proposed excise tax, flamed by the democratic leaders in 1912 to meet the supreme court's decision, which held a former Income tax uncon stitutional, and some of Its provisions may be included in the new law. West Virginia ratified the amendment last week. One house In New Jersey and one In New Mexico haye approved It. Wyoming's ratification was wholly im expected at this time. Following Is the list of states wh'.ch ratified the Income tax amendment: Alabama Montana Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Georgia Idaho Illinois' Indiana Iowa Kaunas Kentucky Maine Maryland Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Nebraska Nevada Now York North Carolina North Dakota Oklahoma 'Orcgori South Carolina, South Dakota Tennessee Te,xa Washington .oulslana Ohio West Virginia Wyoming .Missouri The following rejected: Connecticut Rhode Island New Hamnshtro Utah No action or only partial action was taken In Uio eight other states. IVYOMIMi ACTS PROMPTLY llCNolntlon It u shea Til rough I'liiler Susiiennloii of Rule. CUEYKNNK, Wyo., Feb. 3.-Not a dii seutlng voto wan registered In either houso of tile Wyoming legislature this forenoon on the joint resolution ratifying the Income tax amendment to the fed eral constitution. The resolution of ratification was Introduced In the senate by Senator Kendrlck and was taking the usual courso until tho legislatures learned that only one state was needed ' to make the amendment affective. Thereupon, when tho senate met this morning, Mr. Kendrlck moved the resolu tion bo taken up under a suspension of the rules and voted upon. Thla was done and Immediately forwarded to the house where Is was expedited through, the voto being completed at 11:15 o'clock. The resolution Is now on its way to the governor for his signature After passing the Income tax amend- ' ment the house then took up and passed i thn resolution authorizing the direct elee. i tlou ' of United States senators, also unanimously. The senate has a similar tesolutton before It. jjKL.vwAnn CLAIM I'lnril Action on Resolution TaUen nt Ten Flfty-FI ve. DOVER, Dol., Feb. 3.-UeHevlng tnat Delawaro woutd make the thirty-sixth state to .ratify the federal Income tax amendment and thus make It effective tho legislature rushed through' a joint resolution ratifying the amendment. According to the speaker of the house of tho Delawaro legislature, final legis lative action on the Joint resolution rati fying the proponed amendment was taken at 10:53 o'clock this morning. The senate met at 10:30 a. in. and soon afterward tiassod tho resolution. Within five minutes after its receipt from tho senate the house acted favorably upon the measure The action of both houses was unanl- There was no knowledge here of action by Wyoming on the question sr.d 1'elai waro Is claiming the bmv-- ' cast tho deciding vote In favor of tha amendment. The Weather For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity Jnsettled, with probably snow flurries; UghUy colder. Tcuipernture at OmaliH Veaterdnr. uuiira. jjck. U 5 a. m ..15 a. in 15 7 a. in a! m'.'.;"'."""" i p 10 a. m ZTrp 11 a. m t P jinn..' ; p. m I p. Ill id. in ;w"ra,nd , MKhfiV A VP. Np.nvpr By Oil Attorneys WA8HINGTUN. Feb. .-Attorney Urh ""' Wlekru-bpm Is scored for hi Action I,, ,,,,, np th(. Tea Indictments Rgsll'st John I). Archbold and nthe .Standard ct;t ofriclal. and Secretary Fisher l again o.hursl xilth "subserv iency to the oil trust1- In hi lf file I toilnv with tlu house 1 till In n nffati cum. inltte by attorncX-a for tho I'ncle Sa 011 company -In the 0.age lands contro i ely. Tho committer-a rrnrt on Its Invent!- Batlon of-l.h(trB,s H'Rltlll,t Mr. Kir growing out of the secretary'., dismissal of the 0age councilors because they pr- !,,!,t', 1-1 ' ' with the rm-ie Sum ronipnn will not be made to this congress. At d recent election the tribe o. .im, A i (solution calling on Attorney General iWlcketsham to submit to the hoife a statement concerning his action on the Texas Indictments. wero Introduced latei by Representative darner. The at torney general recently ordered tho t'nlted States attorney at New Yolk nbt to serve bunch warrants against John D. Atehbold. II. r. Folger. Jr.. and W. (' Teogle. The case was taken back to '.h? Texas grand jut-v. hut It has not been acted on further. The oil officials were Indicted on the charge that the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey . the Standard Oil company of New York and the Mag nolia Petroleum company of Texas had conspired to violate the antl-trtist law r restricting and Interfering with the busi ness of the Plerce-Fordyce Oil associa tion. Wilson's Anti-Trust Bills Before Jersey Senate Committee T RUN TON. N. J.. Feb. .1. The senate committee on judiciary today began its healing on Governor Wilson's seven anil tiust bills, which were Introduced bv Senator Davis, the democratic leader. The advocates of the bills were Riven thirty minutes and the Opponents nn-nour, and a half, but no one spoke for the bill. although several persons who favored ! them were present. - i U'lm,. m nnrnalllAn m nnlleri Wllltxm i i .i 1 n.M..-,,t,r .... 7tz ;Vo h. wn. a whTc but tnei-! to BUggest what he considered desirable changes. Tho same attitude was taktn j by Richard V. Undabury. counsel for i the United States Steel corporation and other concerns. j Mr. Lewis f.ald he thought the bills ! would prohibit a manufacturer fiom sell t Ink his entire output to a single customer. IThis he thought should bfe changed. Mr. hawls also thought the hills tended to force cash, transactions. , Mr. Lewi criticised the so-called "price bill" because it prohibited disci Imlnatl in In prices between different section of the stat except for the dlffercnce In fh? cost of transportation. Mr. l.lndabury thought Mr. Lewis nut too strli t an' interpretation upon "pHee bill." which he believed had been con strued leasonably to carry Its expreis i purpose of preventing monopoly. ! Governor Morehead Names Fifty-Three Colonels for Staff (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Feb. 3. (Special Telegram. Governor Morehend hM appointed the following staff of colonels: L. P. I'tter back. Felix J. MoShane. Myer Klein. T. J. O'Urlen. C. ii. Liver. P. C. Heafey. A. D. Fcltcnnan, Thomas Qulnlan. Adolf . ( T t oi..h ti,i... G. Motehead. Dr. C. C. Allison. Kdwarcl Gettcn, Arthur Metz. Kverett Bucking ham. A. V. Dresher. Sophus Nebl. Tlinmno Hyine. J. W. Wood rough. Her- j brrt S. Daniel and J- S. Henderson, i Omaha: W. If. Woods. Michael Murphy, j Thoinur, Doctor. J. 11. Bulla. South I Omaha; Robert S. Oberfelder. Sidney; ! William Reatty. Brady; John Morean. caiioway; ur. n. v. uunr,, O." Hrncs. Albion; John Wnk. GranU Jdianu; msnop icccnci, ixcai.ie . braska City; J. H. Kelly. Gothenburg l Fred VoIpp. Scrlbner: Dr. A. P. Fltal- I I IIOOll j rnpna) Tccumseh: George Glllftn, IJxlnB ton; Jacob Kline, jr.. neatrlec: C. F Tlerney. Broken Bow; K. J. Shlnn. Beatrice; R. I Troyer, John G. Maher W. E. traub. V. W. Brown. Jr.: C. J Bills and Ed Weitervelt, Lincoln; George A. Towle. Wabash. Cattlemen Charged I With Burning Outfit 1 of Sheep Herders SHERIDAN. ,Wjo.. Feb. 3. (Spec-tar i Telegram.)-Bheriff Hoop returned from j Arvada last night with evidence of the Identity of the cattlemen who raided tbe Falsner camp In Powder tlver. I burned the outfit's wagons and stampeded i the sheep. Failure of the herders to observe the deadline"' dividing the sheep ana catno rangfc precipitated tho trouble. Anton .sieber. tne neraer 111 cnarge 01 Hie Walsiter flocks, falling to move enough to suit his assailants, was driven off, at thepoint Of a gull. ''It's no use to reach for our pun," he was told, "as those fellows on thft hill have a bead on you." Three prominent cattleman are said to have been Implicated. The Walsner herd of 2.300, sheep wua on the wrong side of thfs "deadline" when stampeded. Several hundred are missing and are believed to ! 1:aV b''- kn,ei' ;BIG PRINTING PLANT ui ncc Mnkic6 IN DES M0 NES RUIiNED UKS MOINHS. In., Feb. S. -Fire itsrt- . ... .1.. U..I-.,,rn. f...,nl, u , ! tl.. IIIM HI loo r."- .w-.-w. ........j tf 1 duttroytd trie Ilo retad Piibllsh!n'' 21 i . Amiunv s four-stop . building here early toila Fill: mte damage Is $i;3,oo0, cov i anawer to charges of buiclary and big-. window in local hospital and a. n i)jered by Insurants. amy. j stantly killed. ENT OF BY 8MAULLIE0 t&.-. 'M Punctually a', j -jek. When Armis tice Ends. SKIRMJSH AT TCHATALJ Action at Outposts of Constantin ti is Insignificant. POWERS FAIL TO AVERT FIGHT Germany and Great Britain Pal Pressure on Bulgaria. REVOLT IN THE TURKISH ARMY Mnn.i Officer nnil Soldiers Item!' to Avrnnp the Rrnlli of nr.lnt 1'nshn, Their Knvovlle (omiitn nder. tit I.M'.TIN. CONSTANTlNOPLi:. Feb. S-Ulld- tilSht) It Is announced officially Unit hos tilities began punctually at T o'clock to night, both at Adrlanople and Tchatal.in. At Adi'Innople the allies opened lb, I bombardment. At Tchatnlla an Inslgnlf j leant skirmish occurred. J CONSTANT! NOPl.K. Feb. .I.-The out j come of the representations made by the Hrltlsli and German ministers at the Bulgarian capital was nwalted here this morning. Although the armistice was scheduled to end at 7 o'clock In the oven lug, the Ottoman officials had not yet lost hope that a resumption of hostilities would ho avoided. The German communication to the government of King Ferdinand of Hul gaila was even more direct In Its terms than was that of Great Hritaln In urging a peaceful settlement. Germany declared it considered the new Turkish proposals nucinmi.-. wintf uoill urutll oillHlu unu ; Germany intimated that iniractimilty on " part of tha Balkan nations was., not approved by the powers j In the meanwhile Turkey has. not been .rfMU.T :n,ft !"ov",,s 'c " - I of troops and war stores have been Inees saut during the last week, while the bns- nll.l. . t. . ..II 1 .., 1 ' (Jiicio n . mc iiuui iia, 1.11 urvll uicaien and their patients removejlVto tho in firmaries in this citySr.,"' v Alllea In ?y.lliirrj. BKLGRADB, Feb. Tho Ralkan allies do not appear In a particular hurry to resume the ,war against Tut key. Two of tho Servian delegates who arrived here from London today said that hORtl'litl'ei would not Vpgln "befo.-e tomorrow,'' Indicating, that there may , be a consul- AI1. Vr. I' I i f .. , l'. - . k I . j lh' qirijest. Kurope, they declare, dekc i j peace. The delegate did not Intimate the Hon- j slblllty of concessions on the part of the allies, but suggested that Turkey might i at Ml !flt moment arcrnt Hm a.fflnn I ,x " Plvon Yi- rln nntvai'Li T it ... ' tho opinion that the peace negotiations I had railed because conditions of armls- i tlce weie drafted by Inexperienced mill. tary officers. Revolt In Turkish Arm Spreniln. BRRLLV Feb. 3. Some Indication of the trouble which the young Turks are haUng with the Turkish army f found ere' today. The In dispatches received her army appears to be seething with the germs of revolt because of the assassina tion of Nazim Pasha, Us beloved commander-in-chief. Enver Bey, the young Turk leader, who took such a prominent pait In recent events In the capital, today went In an automobile to the headquarters of the army at Hademkou! in order to win the support of the, troops, btjt the soldiery forcibly prevented him from alighting. It Is regarded now as too late to stop the Insurrection In the ranks. The Kurd. BOMBABDM 1 if 4 Uh cavalry stationed in the Asiatic sec- i Th, government appealed to the Bu tton of Constantinople and In the great I Preme court by virtue of the criminal ap Sellmye barracks, today made a formal i P'1 act of 19"7' on lho BrounA that It did demand for the execution of the mur- ; stale rii offense. deieiB of Nazim Pasha. The men refused The government, In the Indlctinont. nl t.i obey the war minister s command to ' leged that Sidney W. Wlnslow. Edward P return to their homes. ' Hurd. George W. Hiown. Wllllnm Ba:-- .mniVri'i Pn.hn Hi. TnrWi.i, Mnn.,j.. be made Into the circumstances of N zlm s death and has announced wis inter tlon of going to Constantinople after ihe conclusion of the war to avenge the mur- der of his friend. He has also gathere-i information about a largo number of officers whom he exppcls to punish for the. murder of Nazlm. J, J. Gallagher, Man Who Shot Gaynor, is Dead of Paresis I CJ 7 TRENTON. N J Feb. 2.-James J. Gallagher, the man who shot Major Gaynor of New York nearly two years agd it llobokeu N. J.. died today at the New Jersey-state hospital for the Insan! in nun euj-. irawi was uue to paresis, Ho .had been at the state hospital since January IS, 1912. having been transferred lh.r. frnm Dm New .Ir..v ... ...... " '- I'lieun n-lmre lie. hml been Henfuti. , . venr, nn a ,.harKC of assault on Street j CommrSloner William Edward of New Vork ,.i,.. wllo w,i, m.., n-,... at the time. Gallagher Vi'as never prosecuted for i cause the etlmlnHl ajipeals act was ie shooting the mayor. This was at Mayor i pealed by tot being Included In the Juili Oaynor'a request. ;0al code of 1V12. and also i-Ulined Uwt dallagher's act was prompted by dttap- j lolntment from having been discharged ; polntment from having been discharged rrom a municipal position in New York'ther urged that thn groups consolidated City. Ilnlo the corporstlon were iionrompttlnK i . . ,. , ,. . . , and that the leus'ng r5.-tem was Justified HAS TEETH DRAWN by the patent Ias. TO CONCEAL IDENTITY; ..ill, wn 4 .ll.,.l.,w , his Identity AColph Fisher had eighteen! a bis tcith extracted and replaced b . .,.. I... ol.,l L.v.l ,.n.ll -,.v-. mustache, but he was recognized In Voiv atory to an operation on n iyes. j. r I York and brought back here today tolRelcbal. agd 'ii year, jumped fiom One of the Drawbacks of Being a Dome f I r ' oft' oil.' f .' From the Chicago Inter Oc-nn. SHOE MACHINE COMBINE WINS Supreme Court Holds that Company 1 is Not Trust. LEASING POINT NOT PASSED ON Met li oil li.v Which Independent Mil- chine Are Kent Out- of I'ni' lorle ! nefore Court In This Cwr, n L l.l.l i I I. V. uaauiiMiiuA. ceo. i hp kiucui- , mcirit tvlll nrnnpllti nffipiutfl nf thn ITnltnili ahor Machinery company under the one! remaining indictment. It wns announced I nt tlle Department of Justice todio. Thai ... . . inuicimeiit ennrses monopoly ana uuiuir , ' competitive methods and Is declared by offl,.laB . oe the most important and MronBett of t,,. Indictments returned ( RCaln5l the company, . WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -The guvrn iiH nt today suffered Its first big defea in the itcent anti-trust campaign when tl", ""' i of thP 1 erne court held that the officials nlted Shoe Muchlnery company had not vlolot-d the Sherman anti-trust j law by organizing that company. The couit. however, did not pass ujmn Urn j legality of tne sstem by which thn com- , pany leases machines on terms that no "Indepcndenl" machinery bo used. I The nctlon of the supreme court today j grew out of the .iiassaonuseiis leoerni couit's annulling one of two Indictments brought ngalnst the Shoe Machinery com pany offllcals. The Massachusetts court I took the position that the indictment did not state an offense under the Sherman , hour and p;lnier l". liowe violated tp law. first by organizing tha United Shoe Machinery company, and, second, by n system of leasing tliclr machines whereby ' patrons were compelled to promise nut to use any machinery maao ny tnue- I pendents and to use only that mado by ' the alleged combine. i Monopoly ( nmnlrtr. j Te char(f() WH3 tnat tho Shoe Machin ery corporation took over the business of the Consolidated and McKay Lasting Ma- chine 3mnpany, manufacturing CO per cent of all lasting machines; tho McKuy-Shj.. Machinery company, manufactuilug 70 per cent of all heeling machines ami W per rent of all metallic fastening mi dlines, and of the Goodyear Shoo Mn- hlneiy company, manufacturing W pr cent of all the welt-sewing and out-sole-atltcb'ng machines. The government claimed this put about P"' tent of the shoe machinery husl- net1- miu out? tuinn n, unu uini iui nr ihtg an "undue proportion" of tho trado ' wux a violation of the law. It old nut ...,. thai there Ini.l l.eeli unfair enmn... -- - :tltlnn uw In thn Sttnnflneil OH nurl T., bfej rsser. The .-hoe Maehinei j officials ilc luied tlii. ..nri,m court rnuhl not teview Hie .action of the MavwflrhusrttM courts u- the nrs-anlKHtion of tb rnrr.oratlnM wns ! abnormal trado development. They fur- - -- r CRAZED MAN JUMPS FROM WINDOW AND IS KILLED CKDAU RAPIDS, la . Feb J. O.ucil . I l,ln t a .lfo.r l.n ,.rn,.J r. , ; r. w. o. r, . - "S8"?8 AT EXCELSIOR SPRINGS. II. T. CLARKEJ. Nelson Contempt Case Sent Direct to the State Supreme Court KANSAS CITY. Feb. 3. -The application foi; a wrlto of habeas corpus, asked Sat urday by Colonel W. R, Nelson, editor and owner of thn Kansas City Star, fol lowing his sentence Iry Judge Joseph A. Guthrie to quo day In Jail for allrced. contempt, was this afternoon referred di rect to tho. Missouri supreme court. This will act hh an arrest of Judgment and Colonel Nelson will remain at liberty until the supremo court in I. COLORADO REJECTS BILL TO PROTECT UNIFORMS DENVER. Feb 3 - The Colorado senate . I I - " toOiiy refusf d to go on record In fnvor ofl'inanent home. At the time uf Mr. Chirku'a giving- I'liclo Sam's flglillng man tho prlvllcgOM el)Jiiiil b the civilian. On a tie vote the upper branch nf tho legisla ture killed R Mil making It a misdemeanor to bar from any theater, reMtuuiant, hotel or moving picture house unlformei' private of either the regular army ur the national gimid. The National Capital .Mouiln , I'rlirunrj II, llll'l. The Semite. Convened nt noon. 4 Wllllum R. Webb of Tennessee suc ceeding Senitor Sutidei s, mid Morris Shep- '""I Ol "'- ? e.iiiK Beiiaior .IUI1II- istnn, were sworn in. Senator O Uiiiiiihii liitroilticed Hliiend meut to rivers and IiuiIhiim aipioiiiatloii bill for l0,tJi to stralghlen Hurleni river ship canal. Postofflce couillllttee begun cotisldeia tlou of iKistoffien app. nprlHtinu bill dle xalliig lo 'i stihcominltlei an ameiidmeiit to .provide selection of pnHmflHlerM by prlmHrles. Paseil bill providing for new sjsleiu of ,ariiy cnlirls-lliartllil. i .1 1 nl ti , 0Ug i,ll giving court nf claims jurls- r...1il...... ..,m,.lll..A r......,i.l ..... ! diction over southern Htatea cotton claims. l'"nla ""nmlltee recommended pen- :lon of monthly to widow or Linuten- , t u , Artllllr MeArthui. Tin llonne. CnllMHIil Ml niMtn. Ways Mini ineHti eoiiimlttee in execu tive war'on Ii.-;iii voll. of drafting of ..... .....lr i.i tl IVd";.-..IIIv.. C..t-er lnir,.,tHi .cm- liltloli i-hMIiik on Att.-ll-ev (ieiieil Wick ' "T:""'" , ..... huB ,., , u TuXHM lilt Ot- i mwiit .igclnst .ion. i it ArchlHiId and a other siamlrti'1 on nlf i lnl. I'.ix d (lirmi li.u i in to liiail I'V acre of Foil Uruvin military re-net u tloa I sticated Lion! H. T, CLARKE, SR IS DEAD Pioneer Ncbrasknn Passes Away at Excelsior Springs Sunday. BODY IS TO BE BROUGHT HERE Mr. ClarLr Hurt I.oiiK Hern Iiuer- eleil In I lie L'lili; liiiiro-fiiifiit of ThU Clt) Promlnciit In Coniinei-clnl Club. llenrj T. Chirko, olio of Omulia's earliest pioneers and well known nil over tho west, died Sunday nt Tho Elms, Ex celsior Springs. Mo., surrounded by nil the -meinberH of his family except bin son. Hnrry Clarke of Ucllevue, who was kept away from tho hcdsldo by tho leccil loss or IiIh wife. TIioho with him nt his dentil were, John 'I. of New York. Mra Mathpw j. Wliltnll of Worcester, Muss.: 1 1 1 1 1 1 T. of Lincoln and Gordon )f Okomogue, Old. Mr Chirko hux been qulto sick for tho lust two years, during which tlmo ho linn been at tho Her Grand under tho earn if a trained nurse. The lust time he ap peared In public In Omaha was the occu hIiim of the visit of Senator Burton of Ohio lust October. Horn In Nciv York, Mr. Clarko wus born at Greenwich. N. Y April y, 1MI. Tho rudlineiitH of his education wero ucqulrod In a llttlo yellow school Iioiiso on his grnndfuthnr's fnrni nt Greenwich, whom President Chester A. Aitliur wus lila fellow pupil. Ho finished his education nt tha vlllago academy built by his father on tho lot adjoining the family home. At the ugo of 13 Mr. Clarko left home and entered store at Erie, Pa., ns :i clerk. In tho spring of ISM he secured n. position at Cleveland, O. In 15 ho de cided to go west and choso Lawrence, Kan., as IiIm objective point. On April 10 ho Irft Chicago and drove west. En toutn to Lawrence he punned thriVign Omaha and Bellevtie. On reaching Law i once he found but ona white person liv ing there and decided to come iwck o Otiinhn. With tho assistance of two Hiirvcyon, Mr. Clarke located on a spot near Bull- ne. wnero no ueuiuc.i w iiihuh hi i..- arrival nt Bellovue, tho agencies of the Omaha, Otoe and Pawnro Indians weie located thero and aUo tho btaclismltliH Tor' the three tribes, respectively, Messru. Anderson, Mitchell and Lang. Returns llonii- to -llurr. A llttlo oer three yours after lie had settled ill Nebraska. Mr. Clarko returned In Ii!h native town, whom ha wnn iimrrltKi to Martha A. Fielding, a foiiner school mate. Ill 1M Henry T. Clarke was a member of tho Nebraska house of representatives. In 18D1 ho wan elected to tho council (now the state senate), being the flisl or thre nieiiibon of hit Immediate family to occupy sciitH In Hint body. He was a prominent camliduto for tho gubernntoilal nomination In 1M. Ho was a menilwr of the Board of Kdiicutlnn of Omaha for three years anil provident of tha board for two eats of that time. Mr. Clarke was the first niuti to bo inadn u master Muvou ill Niibrusku lodgu No. 1 at Bellovue. He wan ono uf tha organizers of the Veteran Masons In Omaha und was Its president. Ilo Iihh for many yt-uis been a piouiliiont mom her of tho Omaha club, Commercial club and the Omaha Board of Trade. In 1S8I he win appaonted receiver of the Union Trust company, n large financial Institu tion of Omuhu He was one of tho In cotporatoiH of the Noithwestarn Klvatlto Ught company which flrnt fumlahel e'e trie light for Omaha. ! " 11 "r '''e leewlvol large tratta of " """' ' atuto. mill I, I at iiimiiv thousand aires iim'.rr i ultliutloii. ghing hi pfi-sniial at tention lo ralliiK nraln and stock In H'oui'uued on Page Ten J IHST0 STOPCOUNTY OFFICERS WHO LOBBY FOR RAISE li SALARY Mike Lcc Introduces Bill that Would Head Off Efforts to Boost Stipends. FORFEITURE OF JOB AT STAKE Returns from Sunday Visit Home with the Measure. HOSPITAL AT MEDICAL SCHOOL Chnsc County Member Seeks to Provide the Means. NO JOY RIDING FOR ANDERSON llouitliiN Comity , Itcprcaeutntlxo SecU. to lrovltle Hint Ml Pub licly Untied Autos llo 1 seil for I'ulillu Hern Ice. (From a Stuff Correapoiiili nt i LINCOLN, Feb. 3.-(Speclnl T. . (,. . c . Mtka Leo wont to Omaha for buudn and evidently Kut no irsl from cm 1. offlrein demanding IncrcHHe In sal.uir -. fur he ciinio bnc today Vnd luiroduc a . bill In tho houso making It unlrwfui f. any intinlclial or county officer to i lib with a legislator for an Increase l"h penalty In a flno and forfeiture of 01 flee. Roth tho houso and Hcnatc. v. n still two days In which to Introduce mil" got busy and filled their hoppera. tn lioiisn with alxty-Hlx mcasui-eH und ih sonaen with thhiy-nlx. YntoM of DougtaK iiitroddcrd a uic.in. to iroldo for u HUptnmu couit vim mission of nine nieiiibors, to be 1 n j JI.CiOO a year each, and do nppioin iat J1U.COI to iay for tho connnlsflon and it stenoginphers. Tho supremo cuurt i to do tho appointing. Mcillcnl t'olleue llospllnl. Hoffmelster of Chaso Introduced .1 to provhlo n geiieial hospital at b tl U - Oinahii Medical collego and lxi-u-v 01 Dodgo n meuHttro to uipiotirlatc J73.frl t puy for It. Brain wnntH the county com mlsslunot'H of Doughix county to dc-.ot their ontlro tlimi to their duties nntl In crenso their pay to Jj.OW per year So Introduced ti bill to that effect Uriilii and oLany also Introduced u bill to cie nto a tulnlmttiii wage board. Anderson of Douglas wants no joy riding In an automobile, bought 'by thn taxpayers of any city or county, so ho has n bill to prohibit that. Another nieasuro was introduced In thn houso to create n Htato board of archi tecture, with tho governor ns Its chair man. ThlH board Is to appoint n board of flyo secretaries to examine and license aroiineots. Bollen has a meiiauro to exempt T5 per cent of wages fiom attachment. . For liicreiiseil Salaries, Mlnrtllng of otou lutiodticcd u imiiHtire In tho snniito to 'amend lho constitution and pay tho following sulurlei to state officers: Governor, $7,500; auditor, attor ney general and treasurer, I,WJ, others, W,r.00 each. Sauudcis had a iiicusuro to liac n'l pioporty iut on tho tux rolls listed at it full value, though asseHKed uh now at ouo-flfth of It.i 'value. Somo houso uini neiialo niciuhcrs art not going on record In the unlvcr.sltv r -inovnl fight If thoy can get their cot stltttmitH to sulllo this for tliem. In butt braiichcH today rosoluthniH wcii intro duced to leave this lo the votets uudt r tho referendum law. No at Hon will be taken on tho roHolulloim until tomorrow v To ('rent Insoiiince Hoard. Tho bill lo reorganize tho Insurance de pnrtmout of tho state ami to change I many particulars the liiMiimiico Ian 3 will bo Introduced in tho housajiy the com tnlttco which passed on lho invlKcil codt Tho new measure will create nil ln.tiriiu board, consisting of tho governor utlor. hoy gciioral and auditor, who aro author Ized lo solect a secretary who will do tli detail work of tho department. TI1I3 will take tho Insiiiaucc department from under the Jurlwllctlo'i of tho stnto auditor Tho ehnngos In tho present Insarar laws will bo along line wiggestcd by t committee of the National Association if Inauraucd CoinmltMilouerx, but it I 1 .ml will not affect the iirose.ut fratenui ltnlsc Cnpilnl Slock, Under tlio new bill tho capltnl ctof of compaulea will be raised its follow n Fidullty credit and title conipanlfi--, W. Ono; Hf, fire, buiglary. aiiinial and jr.;- ctillaneoliB. $100.00): inlichlne, $50,000 hollor. plato glasn, accident, $."i0,000. Tlir r will bo nn more compauleM organized -with a capital stock as low hh $10,000 under tl" hill. The new inonaiiro will prohibit rou. ponies from taking a nolo before the Is anco of tho policy. A yearly nrcounlln- must be made, to every iMillcylioldcr show ing the amount due htui under n, part!' paling policy, liiaurancn companh ir Tcqulroil to adjust theuiselveR to llic n- law by July 1, 1915. 'iiiii 1 1 in r tin 11 re lllHulnif, Old-tliimiM hero 111 Us a familiar f.c. around the leglttlatlvo halls. For tii.i 1 yoarw an uldorly woman, tlressed in h1 o and weurln en gray cii). and wlio wallto.i on crutnliea, win a coiiMtunt utti mint it the deliberation of y the h-glslutoii' was very vlgorouitly opIKmed to capit.i' plintahtnent, and for two or more . slops hor eiial hobby w'Ha Colon' t To Major, whom shu didlghlod In ' roai In;" svery day, tir whenever he iun .1 optHirtuuity to get liln oat'. Shu Ihrs n, Luucastor oouuty, hut so far h.1.1 nut shown up thl yeor, and those who l.mr her well In other years are of tbe opini.-n alio is too feeble now to get out movi: I'oit pi:oilk to aotf. Si'iiuti Will Conlsiler Resolution on Ciilverslty Reiuoinl. (Fro'm h Staff Correspondent ) LINCOLN, Feb. .-lSulaU-Tlic fu . bill lo retic-h the kotuito from tho hou.- uuUUle uf 'be appmpiiittiun bill canv ' tlil ji .ificniouii. Mils; Iioum- toll N- -ciimilim the i-wdiricuUori of (he t-tatut, 4i piL-purtHl by .1m eummlttee. lira i- of Ilurlan subuiltted the follow, lug n ollltlull . hi re im There ih griiti.il d v, nniuii and inijci. ,llvtil ol opinion