PUBLIC BUNKOED
OUT OFMILLIONS
Uncle Sam Hot on Trail of Get
Rich-Quick Concerns.
MANY JUDGESHIP
CANDIDATES OUT
Most ol Those Sc kl ij Siprene
Bench Are Republicans.
FEW DEMOCRATS IN THE RACE
PARDON ASKED
HUSO OSTERHAUS.
THOMAS JL EDISGH.
F. WEYERHAEUSER.
F0RTH0L1AS
Friends ol Man Convicted cf
Murder Work lor Him.
Rear Admiral Who Is
New Commander cf
Ths Atlantic Fleet
Inventor Whose New
Storage Battery Has
First Test In South
Western lumberman
Who Faces Inquiry as
; Head ol Big Combine
HARD IMS FOR SWINDLERS.
ARRESTED AFTER LONG WAIT.
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Waking a Fortune by Means of Pot
tags and Glowing Lettert Not So
Easy Now Suits Brought Against
New York Swindlers to Be Pressed.
New York, June 5. Making a for
tune in New York by means of some
postage stamps and fluent use of the
English language is not going to be
so easy iu the future as it has been in
the past, according to United States
District Attorney Heury A. Wise, as
he talked regarding the success of the
government in its first two big cases
against fake stock selling concerns.
By the recent conviction of George
H. Munroe and six of the officers of
the United Wireless Telegraph com
pany tho government has put a damp
er upon the game of relieving men
and women throughout the country or
their money in return for well written
letters and rainbow promises.
Four Cases Pending.
Revelations following the two prose
cutions thus far conducted by the
government oillelals here show that
within three years men and women in
various parts of the United States
sent checks and postoffiee orders and
cash to the amount of $S,000,C00 to
awlndlers in this city. The govern
ment has now four cases pending, In
which it will show that the amount
sent here In response to "come-on let
ters" was equally great.
This brings the total to $4,000,000
yearly sent by confiding investors In
the different states to this city, for
which the government claims nothing
was given In return. Several other
cases of a similar nature are now
pending, with arrests likely any day.
When these cases are considered, to
gether with the bucketshop industry,
poolrooms and other get-rlch-qulck
schemes, it appears that the kind
hearted citizens of the country are
contributing from $8,000,000 to $12,
000,000 yearly for the support of men
in this city who have been educated to
believe there in no work like working
the people. This would be a little
less than $35,000 a day, and how far
below the truth this may be Is indi
cated that at the time of the raid upon
the Burr brothers, whose case Is now
awaiting trial, $25,000 was found in
the morning's mall of the firm.
Amazing Stories Told.
The stories told the prosecuting offi
cers and on the witness stand by the
.witnesses brought, from all parts of
the country so as to Impress the jurors
with an Idea of the widespread nature
of some of the swindles are so amaz
ing as to be almost beyond belief. It
appears to matter little what is held
out In the way of bait. In some cases
money is sent for shares In mines that
lo not exist, some times for real es
tate that the letter writers do not own,
some times for plantations that are
mder water and some times for won
derful machines that have never been
invented except upon paper.
IN HANDS OF RECEIVER'
Kansas City Traction Company Un
able to Pay Interest on Debts.
Kansas City, June 5. Upon the bill
of the Kansas City Railway and Light
company, signed by John M. Egau,
president, the Metropolitan Street,
Central Klectric, and Kansas City
Elevated Railway companies were
placed In the hands of receivers here.
The rerelura are R. J. Dunham ol
Chicago, chairman of the board of di
rectors of the railway and light com
pany, and Ford F. Harvey of Kansas
City.
The receivership Is not due to the
failure of the street car company to
make money at the present time. Last
year the net profit amounted to more
than $1,000,000. This amount was not
enough, however, to pay the Interest
on outstanding Indebtedness of the
company, and make the extensions re
quired by the. city franchise.
Mayor Brown said that the city gov
ernment will nsk to be made a party
to the litigation by filing an Interven
ing petition to protect all the city's
rights In the premises.
Arrested for Carrying Off Sister.
Lexington, Neb., June 5. Frank
Bellamy attempted to remove his
eleven year-o'd sister from the home
of John Corkin. He started from town
with her In his buggy when the
screams of the girl attracted attention.
Chief of Police Malcom, In an automo
bile, overtook them about a mile away.
Bellamy was placed In Jail. He will
have a hearing today. Tho girl re
turned to the Corkin home.
Wf.a'thy Farmer Dead.
Relnbeck, la.. June 5. Fritz Strob
tchn, the wealthiest man of Grundy
rounty, died at a Yankton (S. D.) hos
pital. His death was due to mental
disorders Ills wealth Is estimntcd at
$500,000, consisting principally of 2,
'.C( acres of farm land In this county
trd 1,400 acres In South Dakota.
Mystery Envelops Shooting.
Coatesvllle, Fa, June 5. iMystery
pui rfiur,i!s tl.e death of Mrs. Maud At
iee and the probable fatal woundlo;
or hrr husband, LMward Alice, In their
home here.
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SCHROEDER OUT OF NAVY
Osterhaus Succeeds to Command of
Atlantic Fleet.
Newport, K. I., June 5. Rear Ad
miral Senton Schroeder after forty
seven years' service in the navy relin
quished command of the Atlantic fleet
to Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus.
DECISION AFFECTS
ANTI-REBATE LAW
Commerce Gourt Grants Injunc
tion of Sop Trost.
Washington, June 5. That the
whole force and effd:t of the antl
rebating lawg Is in imminent danger
of being broken down by decisions of
the new court of commerce, la the fear
ententained by transportation author
ities who have studied the effects of
the recetn decision in favor of the
sugar trust's lighterage allowance.
For the last two or three years it
has been popular to assume and an
nounce that the vicious practice of re
bating has been ended as a result of
the rigorous laws and their vigorous
enforcement in a number of cases. As
a matter of fact, rebating has taken a
new form, and there is grave uncer
tainty whether In the new form it
comes within the Inhibition of the fed
eral statutes. A series of cases of the
first magnitude are about to reach
the Interstate commission, while oth-
j ers have passed that body and are
awaiung me attention or the com
merce court, Involving these new and
Ingenious prpctlces which are held to
be the substantial equivalent of re
bating. If the Injunction In the New
York sugar trust lighterage case Is to
establish a precedent and be followed
to its logical conclusion by the com
merce court In coming decisions, then,
in tnn view of Interstate commerce
officials, the Industrial railroads, the
tap line lumber roads, the systems of
wharfage and harbor charges, and
various other methods that have been
devised to enable great, shippers to
secure specially low rates, are all
likely to be sustained.
RAISES ADMISSION RULE
University Shuts Out Small Schools
With Three-Year Courses.
Lincoln, June 5.--Standards of ad
mission to the state university have
been materially raised, according to
the announcement of Registrar Harri
son. By action of the university sen
ate twenty-eight high school credits
will hereafter be required for condi
tional admission to the colleges of
arts and science, of engineering and of
agriculture. -Full admission requires
thirty points, as heretofore, but In the
future twenty-four points will not be
accepted as sufficient high school ex
perience for entrants who wish to be
come candidates for degrees.
The change In the rule strikes with
the most severity students In towns
where only three-year high Bchool
courses are provided. It will be Im
possible for such students to complete
sufficient work In these schools to
come directly to the university, In
stead, they must take a supplementary
course In a four year accredited school
In order to attain tho required stand
ing. Road Building In Merrick.
Central City, Neb., Juno 5. The two
days good roads building Jubilee was
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In Merrick county running from east
to west along tho line of the Union
r I n m m
i-uoinc lor lorty miles Is shout com
pleted. Arrest Street Car Strikers.
Oklahoma City, June 5. Nineteen
men, members of local unions, were
arrested by deputy sheriffs at the car
bsrns of tt.e street railway enmnanv.
charged with unlawful assembling
with Intent to Incite riot. The men
were unruly, and were released later.
Alberts, Tibbetj and Adams Art
Among Those Mentioned Judges
Letton, Root and Rose File for Re
Nomination. Lincoln, June 5. Wliile there is
every indication that there will be
many candidates to mae the Repub
lican race for the suprie bench, so
far there has been a dearth of Demo
cratic material, and leaders of the
party, who have been in this city with
in the last fortnight, assert that they
do not know of any three Democrats
Judicially inclined who desire to en
ter. Besides the, three present mem
bers of the state supreme court,
whose terms will end this year, and
who have to a man filed for re election,
J. E. Cobbey of Beatrice and Judge F.
O. Hamer of Kearney, have declared
themselves as being willing to occupy
a place on the state bench for a term
apiece.
Several Democrats have been men
tioned for the raco, chief among them
being Judge A. I. Alberts of Columbus.
Though every reasonable Influence has
been brought to bear on the senator,
so far he has refused to give other
than a fleeting thought to the propo
sition, and at this time close friends
declare that his candidacy is doubtful.
Judge Alberts' colleague, Senator Tib
bets of Hastings, Is another attorney
whose name has been coupled with
that of a Judgeship. E. L. Adams of
Minden, once Judge of the Tenth Ju
dicial district, has been talked of for
the place and those who have put for
ward his name assert that it would
lake very little urging to make him
available for the nomination. Judge
Adams has a strong constituency In
cedtain parts of the state, and by his
friends is looked upon as possessing
the necessary qualities.
LANCASTER AFTER PLUMBERS
County Attorney Strode Considers
Bringing Action.
Lincoln, June 5. Alleging that the
Master Plumbers' association of this
city is an unlawful combination, the
county attorney's office is preparing
to bring an action which will termi
nate its existence. It Is probable that
the suit Instituted will be In the form
of an injunction.
A member of the association several
days ago made complaint that the
members of the organization had com
bined, and after effecting a tie-up with
supply houses had been enabled In
the past to drive non-members out of
business because of their ability to
buy supplies at- lower prices.
Peony Grower Moves.
West Point, Neb., June 5. J. F.
Roseiifleld, the noted peony grower,
who has a ten acre field of peonies on
his farm east of the city, has an
nounced that this will be the last year
he will engage in the culture of these
flowers In Cuming county. He lias
bought a forty-acre tract of land near
Omaha, upon which he and his son,
Reno, have planted 55,000 peonies,
which will be In bloom next Beason.
Mr. Rosenfield ships his flowers all
over the United States.
Many Going to Convention.
Grand Island,' Neb., June 5. At a
meeting of the local committee on the
convention of the State Sunday School
association, to bo held this week, it
was found that about COO places for
delegates have been found in the
homes of the city, and that the pros
pects as to the attendance were never
before belter, though the registration
at the Kearney convention was 1,100.
Piper Reports on Insane Hospitals.
Lincoln, June S. Joel A. Piper, sec
retary of the state board of charity
snd corrections, In a report to the gov
ernor says that the insane hospitals
of the state are crowded, one-sixth of 1
per cent of tho total of Nebraska's
population being confined therein, a
rotable Increase during the last ten
years.
Engineer of Edgar Dies on Zone.
Edgar, Nb., June 5. D. S. Warren,
a construction engineer, died In the
Pcnama canal zone. He was a brother
of C. H. V'hrren of this city and was
well known here, as he was for a num
ber of yn-,rs In the employ of the
Burlington as construction engineer In
building its lines in Nebraska.
Now Cream Rule.
Lincoln, June 5. Food Commission
er Jackson has promulgated a new
rule in regard to the testing of cream
throughout the state. It will become
effective July 1 and will In Bubstanee
mean that payment for cream will be
delayed nntl the day after Its delivery
to all purchasing stations.
Chase Farmer KlUed by Lightning.
Imperial, Neb., June 5. Charles A.
Montgomery was killed by lightning
during a rain and electrical storm.
Mr. Montgnmi ry was a prominent and
well to do farmer of tho southwest
part f! ho county, being greatly In
terested In Advanced raothods of agriculture.
9 by Ptfch Bro.
EDISON HAS NEW BATTERY
Inventor Also Tells of His "Talking
Moving Pictures."
New York, June 5. Thomas A. Edi
son while the guest at the convention
of tho National Electric Light associa
tion talked about some of his latest
Inventions. He told of a new battery
for all sorts of wngons, a battery for
surface cars and his new "talking
moving pictures." He had demonstrat
ed all these things, he said, and
proved them to be practical.
Mr. Edison said the storage battery
for surface cars was working prac
tically and paying financially at Con
cord, S. C, where the people are laugh
ing at the idea of the old fashioned
trolley car. The battery for wagons
has been tried out In a butcher wagon.
iowa coTtrItes
to mission field
Villisca Sends Her Third Active
Missionary Into Work Abrod.
Villisca, la., June 5. Villisca will
soon send her third active missionary
to foreign fields to preach the gospol
of salvation. With Miss Elsie Reyn
olds in India, Miss Gertrude Tyler In
China, sent out by the Methodist Epis
copal church, Miss Elizabeth A. Chris
tie will soon sail for the western coast
of Africa to take up the work under
the auspices of the board of foreign
missions of the Tresbyterian church.
Miss Christie is a young woman,
Just past twenty-eight years of age,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Christie ol this vicinity. She attended
the Villisca high school and graduated
in 1901. While yet in school she mani
fested a keen interest In the spread
of the gospel in foreign lands. For a
year she taught school in this vicinity
and then attteiided Bellevue college,
resuming the occupation of teaching
after two years there, and then return
ing to finish her college work in 1908.
She then nttended the Moody institute
in Chicago to finally prepare herself
for the work which she hnd so long
considered.
Miss Chrlittle expects to leave Vil
lisca the first of this week for New
York city, where she will attend a
conference of newly appointed mis
sionaries of the Presbyterian church.
She will sail on June 10 for a visit
with relatives at Aberdeen, Scotland.
She will Join her party at Dover, En
gland, on July 10 to make the final
Journey by bont to Datanga, In West
Africa.
KNIGHTS BUsTmAKING PLANS
Iowa Templars to Meet at 8plrlt Lake
During Next Month.
Spirit Lake, la., June 5. The pro
gram of the forty-eighth annual con
clave of the grand commandery of the
Knights Templar of Iowa, to be held
at Templar park, Spirit Lake, July
8-14, inclusive, has Just been Issued
by Grand Commander J. W. Edwards
of Mount Pleasant.
At Templar park, on the west shore
of Spirit Ijtke, all Is activity, prepar
ing for the entertainment of the three
or four hundred uniformed knights
who will assemble on this occasion.
Some knlsbta alrendy have com
menced gathering at Templar lodge
for outing and recreation, and many
will remain Tor the summer after the
conclave.
Saturday, July 8, will be general
preparation day. On July 12 the drill
on the parade ground will be under
the command of Grand Captain Gen
oral Sir P. L. Sever of Stuart.
FALLS THROUGH BUILDING
Two Ton Clock Damages Cerro Gordo
Court House.
Mason City, la., Juno C The big
two ton clock In the court house tower
fell, going through four floors and
landing In the basement. Tho floors
of solid steel and concrete formed no
obstacle. The shock Jarred tho entiro
building and mused n panic among of
ficials and a meet lug of school officers
In the uHsembly room. The shock
brole all the electric lamps In the
building
Senator Cummins at Head of the List
Of Those Applying for Pardon for
Alleged Slayer of Mabel Scofield at
Des Moines.
Des Moines, June 5. Application
for a parole for Charles Thomas, serv
ing a life sentence for murder from
this city, was presented to Governor
Carroll. The petition sets forth the
belief of the signers that Thomas la
absolutely Innocent and that the testi
mony did not conclusively show that
he murdered Mabel Scofield twelve
years ago. The list Is headed by Sena
tor Cummins and includes the names
of many of the most prominent per
sons here. The murder had been an
unsually distressing one and a big re
ward was offered for the conviction of
some one. Thomas was arrested at
the time and released, but five or six
yenrs later was arrested and con
victed after he had been living here
quietly during all the time.
MELON KING HAS SIXTY ACRES
John Johnson Will Have Largest Acre
age of All Iowa Growers.
Waterloo, la., June 5. John John
son, the watermelon king of Iowa, is
going to make his title more secure
than ever this year by planting the
largest area of melons known In this
vicinity. Hla plants will cover sixty
acres of ground that is especially
adapted to melon culture. Thirty
acres of plants are already up and
look promising. Thirty acres more
have been seeded and the plants will
soon appear above ground. This
acreage Includes both musk and water
melons.
Mr. Johnson has made a careful
study of melon culture and has been
in the business for years. Hla farm
In east of town. The sandy loam has
been well fertilized and hundreds of
thousands of melons will be harvested
If the weather conditions continue fa
vorable. I -ant season, in spite of the
drought, Mr. Johnson's Crop was a
success. Never before were the melons
sweeter.
MANY CANDIDATES OUT
Increasing Interest Among Iowa Poli
ticians In Federal Plum Distribution.
Des Moines, June 5. There is grow
ing interest among politicians in the
disposition of the federal appoint
ments for Iowa relntlve to which the
delegation In Washington will confer
after the election today discloses
whether Judge W. R. Green will have
a voice Id the distribution of the
plums.
Des Moines Is now reputed to have
four candidates for United States dis
trict attorney for the southern dis
trict. There are three others In the
field and the Incumbent Is said not to
be averse to accepting a second term.
In northern Iowa there are three can
didates for attorney and many names
mentioned for the other places.
D0RAN ELECTED PRESIDENT
Burlington Gets Next Convention of
Iowa Travelers' Association.
Clinton, la., June 6. Rurllngton
won the 1912 convention of the Iowa
United Commercial Travelers' associa
tion over Des Moines. The following
officers were elected: Grand coun
cilor, Hugh Doran of Ottuinwa; grand
Junior councilor, I). P. Thomson of
Rurllngton; grand secretary, H. W.
Conant of Sheldon; grand treasurer,
O. K. Palmer of Des Moines; grand
sentinel, I). F. Scrlbner of Clinton;
grand page, W. R. Emerson of Atlan
tic; grand conductor, C. E. Rosemond
of Cedar Rapids.
COUNCIL BLUFFS GOES DRY
Two-Thirds of the Saloons Will Be
Closed Permanently.
Council Uluffs, la., June 5. County
Attorney Capell filed a suit against
each of the sixty-five saloon keepers
In Council Muffs, charging them with
operating saloons In violation of the
prohibition law of the state. The re
sult will bo to close every saloon In
the city.
Under the Moon law, enacted at the
Inst session of the legislature, only
one saloon to every 1,000 of population
can be allowed, so that tho number
that can reopen will be only twenty
nine. Fight at Valley Junction.
Des Moines, June 5. A man sup
posed to bo Leonard Wilson of Evans
ton, III., Is at a local hospital not ex
pected to live as the result of an af
fray at a saloon In Valley Junction.
The whole affair Is shrouded In mys
tery, but It Is expected Information
will be filed agalnHt a prominent resl
dent of Valley Junction, accusing him
of attempt n. murder.
Hobo Faces Holdup Charge.
Alpona, la., June 5. Frank Johnson,
an umbrella mendur of Mason City,
was held up and robbed of $.10 hero.
Walter Duud, a tramp, was arrested
and confessed to the crime.
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LUMBER COMBINE NEXT
Judge Landls Will Begin Investigation
in Chicago Today.
Chlcsgo, June 6. Judge Landla,
who Imposed the $29,000,000 fine on
Standard Oil when It was convicted
betore him as a trust, Is ready to take
testimony In the lumber Inquiry which,
begins today.
A special panel has been drawn,
and the lumber Industry In the west
will be Investigated. Prosecutor Sim
refuses to disclose what line the In
quiry will take, but it is said that the
testimony of Frederick Weyerhaeuser,
head of the alleged combine, will be
sought.
COMMITS SUICIDE
FHOHA BIPLANE
Russian Army Aviator Turns His
Machine flier at 2,000 Fed
St. Petersburg, June G. To escape,
a sentence of death passed upon bin
by the Terrorists, tf whom he wan
one, because he deomed his honor
paramount, Cuptain Mazcnewlth. the
army aviator, committed suicide bf
turning hU biplane over at a height
of 2,000 feet and was crushed to death
in the fall of his machine.
It was at first thought that Masene
wltch's death was due to an accident,
but a letter that he wrote to a frlen
on the eve of his fatal flight showed,
he planned to die in that manner an
carried out the plan.
Loses Fortune In Wallet.
Algona, la., June 5. Frank Preus,
a German shoemaker of Algona, fear
ing banks, carried a wallet containing
$1,800 and either lost It or was robbed
while attending a German weddlnf
five miles In the country. He can
give no clue.
Horse's Kick Fatal to a Boy.
Hartvllle, Mo., June 5 Willari
Reese, nine years old, son of Nelcle
Reese at Odin, seven miles west, died
from Injuries received when a horse
kicked him.
STANDING OF THE TEAMS
National League.
W.LlVt.
Detroit ..31 12 739
rhila ....26 16 619
Ronton ...23 19 64S
American League.
W.I Pet
New York.26 16 61$
Chicago ..26 16 61$
I'hila 26 17 600
Pittsburg 25 IS 581
St. Ix)uls..22 20 521
Cincinnati. 20 23 463
Ilrooklyn .15 28 341
Boston ...11 33 25$
Chicago .21 18 538
New York.2l 21 501
Cleveland 18 27 40
St. Louis. 14 31 31
Wosh'n ..15 28 348
Western
League.
St. Joe... 20 21 43$
Omaha ..19 21 479
Topeka ..19 2147$
Des Ms.. 5 3711$
Denver ...26 13 667
8oo City. .24 15 616
Lincoln ..23 15 605
Pueblo ...21 14 600
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Western League.
At Lincoln: R.H.a
Lincoln 00003 100 4
Omaha 000 0000022
9 t
4 t
Applegate Stratton; Hall Agnew.
At Denver First Rame; R.H.U.
Denver 0 0 4 4 3 0 0 2 13 12
Des Moines... .0 1 1 00 0 1 00 3 9 $
O'Brien Spahr; Hcnx-Lynch.
Second game: R.H Bl
Denver 2 6 0 1 1 4 0 0 14 18 I
Des Moines. ...0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 4)
O'Brien-McMurray; McKee Bachant
At Topeka: R.H.E.
Topekn 0 0000000 I 2 10 I
Sioux City 0 1 00 000 0 01 5 1
Clark Hawkins; Wilson Miller.
National League.
At St. Louis: R.H DJ.
Brooklyn 00 1 0000 012
9 t
St. Louis 00 2 00 50 0 7
11
Scnnlon Bergen ; Sallee Bliss.
At Cincinnati: R.H.tB.
Boston 0 0002010 0 3
Cincinnati 7 0 5 3 0 1 1 9 26
8 8
23
Curtis Rari'len; Smith-McLean.
At Chicago: R.H
Chicago 020 0 00 0 3 1 6
New Yofk ' ft 0 0 0 0 5
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