Nebraska Newspapers

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1. M. RICE , Publisher.
' NEBRASKA.
VALENTINE , - -
EXTEND THE SY
POSTAL BANKS WERE
OPENED BY U. S. GOVERN
MENT MAY 1.
EACH STATE WILL GET ONE
'Department Satisfied with Experiment
of Original 48 , and Will Establish
an Additional Number Centerville ,
Iowa , Favored.
Washington , D. C. Forty-eight new
jpostal savings banks have been put in
operation by the postoffice depart *
ment. The experiment with the orig
inal forty-eight depositaries has been
BO satisfactory that the department is
.now ready to extend the system as
Tapidly as possible under the limited
'appropriation ' made available at the
Bast session of congress. This is the
best tangible evidence that the postal
savings bank is a success , and that
it has. come to stay.
One of the new'banks was opened
in the postoffice at Centerville , lo.
The first Iowa bank was established
at Decorah. It has not been one of the
most successful on the list , ranking
forty-second in the aggregate amount
of deposits received to date.
When the first banks were estab
lished the postmasters of those offices
were summoned on to Washington to
receive their instructions from depart
mental heads. The postmasters in
fthe cities in which new banks are to
Tie established , however , were not
brought to Washington , but were sent
'to offices where banks had already
been opened.
There are now ninety-six postal
savings banks in operation , two for
.each state. If the new ones work as
successfully as the banks previously
opened , the department officials will
be greatly gratified.
PARDON DENIED STOCKMEN.
Taft Refuses to Release Four Ne-
braskans.
Washington , D. C. President Taft
has refused to pardon Bartlett * Rich
ards , William G. Comstock , Charles
C. .Jameson and Aquilla Triplett , four
wealthy Nebraska cattlemen , who
have been convicted of conspiracy to
defraud the government of grazing
lands along the Wyoming border.
The men are owners of the Nebras
ka Land and Feeding company , with
principal offices at Ellsworth , Neb.
The evidence at the trial showed they
'had fraudulently induced homestead
ers to claim thousands of acres of land
which were later turned over to the
company for grazing purposes. Richards -
, ards and Comstock were sentenced tea
a year and Jameson and Triplett to
six months.
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. " Jews Can Take Waters.
* St. Petersburg. Imperial sanction
has been granted the governor of Yen
isei , east Siberia , to allow the Jewish
inhabitants of Siberia to use the cura
tive waters near Minusinsk for a term
jof two months on the condition that
they are provided with medical cer
tificates and forbidden to engage in
trade while taking the cure.
War is Going On.
Washington , D. C. The revolution
ary movement in Mexico outside the
prescribed zone of the armistice is
going on unaffected by the" limited
suspension of hostalities , declare ad
vices received here.
Rochester Gets G. A. R. Meeting.
Boston. Orders for the national en
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic at Rochester , N. Y. , August
21-22 , have been issued by Commander
In Chief John E. Gilman , of this city.
Democrats to Confer.
St. Paul , Minn. Democrats of na
tional prominence will be in St. Paul
June 1 , when a conference of leaders
of the party i nthe northwest will be
held here.
Lumberman Ends Life. .
Seattle , Wash. E. E. Breehm , pres
ident of the Brown's Bay Logging
committee , committed suicide by
shooting.
M. E. College of Bishops.
Winona , Minn. The Methodist
Episcopal college of bishops has -voted
to hold its fall meeting at Oklahoma
City , opening November 1.
Sioux City .Live Stock Market.
Sioux City , lo. Friday's quotations
on the local live stock market follow :
Top beeves , $5.75. Top hogs , $5.85.
" Steamship Reported Wrecked.
Madrid. A dispatch received here
from Vigo says that a big English
steamship , the identity of which has
not been 'established , was , wrecked on
Cape "Villano , on the northwest coast
of Galicla.
$250,000 Brooklyn Fire.
New York. Fire in the big Ar-
buckle Sugar Refining company's
plant in Brooklyn spread rapidly
throughout the upper half of the main
ten-story building and caused a loss
of ? 250,600.
NEW LORIMER FUND WITNESS
TELLS OF LUMBERMAN'S
'PHONE TALK.
GOVERNORS ARE DRAWN IN
Names of Deneen and Yates Are Men
tioned in Testimony Tilden and
Two Bankers Ordered Arrested by
Committee for Contempt.
Springfield , 111. How Edward Hines ,
In a conversation in the Grand Pacific
hotel at Chicago on May 1 , 1909 ,
boasted that he had elected Senators
Stephenson and Lorimer , was told be
fore the Helm investigating commit
tee by W. H. Cook of Duluth , a stock
holder in the Hines Lumber company.
He said Henry Turrish , a lumber ;
man now In Oregon , was present at
this conversation. The witness said
Hines approached him and Turrish
and said he was "having a of a
time In Washington. ' . ' He said :
"There Is Stephenson ; we elected him ,
and now he is working for free lum
ber. " He said Turrish inquired about
the senatorial deadlock , and Hines an
swered :
"It is all fixea. Lorimer will be
elected. We had picked Boutell for
senator , but when the lumber schedule
came up he voted for free lumber. I
took the matter up with Aldrich , and
we agreed we must have another man.
We agreed to take it up with Lori
mer , and it is all fixed. "
"Whom did Hines mean by Ste
phenson ? "
"I don't know , " said Mr. Cook , "but
I thought he referred to Senator Ste
phenson of Wisconsin. "
The witness said he met Hines
again vby arrangement of C. P. Wlehe ,
brother-in-law of Hines , or Isaac Ba
ker , a buyer for the Hines Lumber
company. He met Hines in the lobby
of the Grand Pacific hotel and we
to his room to hold a long-distance
telephone conversation. While there a
message came from Springfield for
Hines. Hines took the receiver , he
said , and said : "Is this you , governor ?
Well. I just left Taft and Aldrich in
Washington , and they tell meunder
no circumstances shall Hopkins here-
turned to the senate. Now , I will be
down on the next train. Don't leave
anything undone. I will have all the
money necessary. " '
Witness said he sawWiehe about a
year later in Chicago , in May or June ,
and had a conversation with him and
William O'Brien , another lumberman ,
in the Grand Pacific hotel at mid
night.
"Wiehe seemed anxious that we get
out of town , " said Cook. "He said if
we did not we might be called before
a grand jury which might investigate
the Lorimer case. He said Hines had
told him Lorimer had called him up
and * told him we were in town and
for God's sake to get us out.
"O'Brien said they were making it
hot for Hines. Wiehe said : 'Yes , they
will get him , too. He talks too much.
Every time a reporter approaches him
he talks enough to fill two columns. ' "
"Later talking about some business
mafters , " said the witness , "Hines and
I went down. As soon as we got out
Hines spoke to me of a story about a
telephone conversation , and said they
got it all mixed up. He said they had
him talking to former Governor Yates ,
whereas he said he was talking with
Governor Deneen. He said he didn't
want to betray the confidence of Taft
and Aldrich , for if he did he wouldn't
dare go back to Washington. My im
pression was that Hines was talking
with Deneen when he used the tele
phone in my room in the Grand Pa
cific , but Mr. O'Brien , who was pres
ent , insisted Hines was talking with
Yates. "
Springfield , 111. After battling for
six hours as to the reasonableness of
the suspicion that Edward Tilden had
acted as the banker for the $100,000
fund which elected Senator Lorimer ,
the Illinois senate voted 40 to 7 to
arrest the millionaire for contempt
in refusing to produce before the
Helm committee his bank accounts
and papers bearing on the Lorimer
scandal.
George M .Benedict , cashier of the
Drovers' National bank , and William
C. Cummins , president of the Dro
vers' Trust and Savings bank two of
Tilden's bank which refused to pro
duce his accounts were cited and
will also be arrested.
It was agreed among the counsel
that the defendants shall be permitted
to institute habeas corpus proceedings
to determine the legal controversy
the courts.
Booth Is Fined $2,000.
Chicago. On .his plea of nolle con
tendere , W. Vernon Booth , fonnei
president of A. Booth & Co. , the "fish
trust , " was fined $2,000 by Judge
Kavanagh. Booth was charged with'
conspiracy to defraud the Continental
National bank of $300,000. A similar
charge against Frederick R. Robbins ,
formerly secretary and treasurer of
the same company , was nolle pressed.
Woman Makes $100,000 Gift.
Fishkill , N. J. A gift of $100,000 to
the University settlement of New
York from the widow of General How-
land , U. S. A. , is announced. The gift
includes the entire Howland estate at
Fishkill-on-the-Hudson. The property
consists of about 250 acres.
Blast Kills Four.
Ottawa , Ont. An explosion at the
Dominion Explosive works near Arn-
prior , Ontario , killed Sidney Brooks ,
Donald Dennis , Joseph Mills and a
man. named McMillan-
HOW SOON WE FORGET
Nope ! Doesn't looK like him.
1 used -to
I'll Simply have to V urvt-up
PRESIDENT URGES SPEEDY RECIPROCITY
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CIPROCITY ACTION IN NEW
YORK SPEECH.
SAYS ANNEXATION TALK BOSH
Compact With Canada Must Be Taken
Up Now or Never Says Chief
Executive in Address Before
Newspaper Men.
New York. President Taft openly
thanked the Democratic house of
representatives for the stand It has
taken on the question of Canadian
reciprocity when he spoke at the an
nual banquet of the Associated Press
and the American Newspaper Pub
lishers' association at the Waldorf-
Astoria.
His address was the first of a
series in which he plans to evoke pub
lic sentiment in support of h'is poli
cies , and he appealed to the company
of editors and newspaper owners ,
gathered from the length and the
breadth of the land , to impress" the
public mind that reciprocity should
stand alone and "ought not to be af
fected in any regard by other amend
ments to the tariff law. "
All talk of annexation he character
ized as "bosh , " and said that the
United States has all it can attend
to with the territory it is now gov
erning.
He praised the house of representa
tives for its passage of the agree
ment ; declared that it would not in
jure the farmer nor any special class ,
answered in detail the objections
that have been raised to reciprocity
and begged for at least "a kind of
test" to dispel the ghosts "exhibited
to frighten the agricultural classes. "
President Taft devoted the greater
part of his address to the Canadian
reciprocity agreement.
He said that the proposed agree
ment Ti'as not liked by some because
they say the farmers are not well
cared for in that meats and flour are
left out of the agreement. The truth
about this is , he said , that this coun
try offered to put all commodities of
both countries on the free trade list ,
but the Canadian commissioners
would not accept among other things
meats and flour for the simple rea
son that they felt the American rais
ers of meats and flour would be able
to undersell the Canadian producers
in Canada. This , he argued , shows
clearly that since Americans could
undersell Canadians in Canada , Cana
dians would not be able to affect the
American market in such a way as
to reduce the prices of these article
for American consumers. Consequent
ly , he pointed out , there was no rea
son why Americans should want such
items on the free trade list
President Taft objected vigorously
to the proposition that is being made
to gratuitously put these items on the
list and said that if we were not care
ful , we might , under the -favof-ed na
tion's clause in many jof our interna
tional agreements , find ourselves ma
king free trade with the entire world
if we put them in the Canadian
treaty.
"If any objection , " he said , "can
be made to the treaty on the ground
that any particular class derived less
profit from it than other classes , then
it Is the manufacturer of the country
who ought to object , because the
treaty in its nature will not enlarge
his market as much as it will that of
the farmer. "
Choose Mayor at , New Election.
Aberdeen , S. D. At the second
election of Aberdeen .under the com
mission form , the first one having
failed to fill the offices , E. M. Hall
was elected mayor. Only one of four
candidates for re-election as alderman
was victorious.
Short $1,000 , Ends Life. I
East Chicago , Ind. Assistant Post
master Thomas Davis committed sui
cide by taking carbolic acid. ] It is
alleged he was $1,000 short in his ac
counts.
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face ri Vvfc oft from
his photo' .
GET $20,000 LOOT
BANDITS IN AUTO ROB STORE IN
DAYLIGHT.
Thieves Tie Eight Men and One Wom
an With Ropes Then Escape
With Jewels.
Chicago. Robbery in Chicago
reached a thrilling climax when four
robbers in a touring car dashed up
to the je'welry store of Edward Al-
berti , 1246 Milwaukee avenue , in
broad daylight , forced nine persons
at revolver points to lie face down
ward on the floor , hound them hand
and foot , ransacked the display cases
and finally escaped with jewelry and
money amounting almost to $20,000.
Messages containing a description
of the robbers were sent to every sta
tion in Chicago and a city-wide * search
was started for them. The police
declare that the hold up was one of
the boldest in the city's history.
Edward Alberti , son of the owner
of the store , and Samuel Schmidt , the
manager , were standing behind a
showcase in the front of the store
when four men in an automobile
stopped in front of the place. One
of the men remained in the machine
and the other three entered the store ,
drew revolvers and compelled Alberti
and Schmidt to walk into a rear room ,
which is used as a stock storeroom.
When nine persons in all had been
tied two of the robbers took two trays
containing 28 diamonds each from the
window and $500 cash from the safe
and bundling their loot into the au
tomobile made their escape.
FORCE PRISON HEAD TO QUIT
Cornelius Collins , Superintendent for
Thirteen Years , Requested to Re
sign by Governor Dix.
Albany , N. Y. Cornelius V.
Collins of Troy , state superintend
ent of prisons for thirteen years , has
resigned. His resignation , which
reached Governor Dix , takes effect im
mediately. Superintendent Collins had
supervision of the four state prisons
Sing Sing , Auburn , Clinton and Great
Meadows and of the Matteawan and
Dannemora hospitals for the criminal
insane.
Soon after Governor Dix assumed
office in January he requested Super
intendent Collins to resign , but the lat
ter refused. The governor next or
dered an investigation of the state
commission in lunacy , state prisons
and reformatories and the excise and
highway departments. As a result ef
the investigations * at Sing Sing and
Clinton alleged irregularities in the
purchase of supplies were found , but
no charges were preferred against Col
lins.
WOLGAST KNOCKS OUT HOGAN
Lightweight Champion Retains Title
by Whipping Californian in Second
end Round at New York.
New York. Ad Wolgaat is
still lightweight champion of the
world. In two rounds at the Madison
Athletic club In Sulzer's Harlem
Casino he showed very clearly how
he was able to batter down the de
fense of Battling Nelson.
"One-Round" Hogan of San Fran
cisco was the victim , and he was a
sorry mark for the Michigan lad.
Hogan was not actually counted out
but he was unable to defend himself
and Referee Charlie White very prop
erly put an end to the slaughter just
before the gong sounded to close the
second period.
Kills Ex-Wife With Cane.
Green Bay , Wis. Mrs. John Vander-
boom died after being struck with a
cane by her divorced husband. The
two had quarreled over the division of
their furniture. Vanderboom gave
himself up to the police.
Kills Mayor and Marshal.
Redjacket , W. Va. Town Marshal
Music and Mayor Hoskins of Mate-
win , W. Va. , were shot and killed
here by Tom Chaffin , a miner. A feud
had existed between the town officials
the labor men. _
FOUR ROADS IHBIGTED
CHARGED WITH REBATING AND
VIOLATING ELKINS LAV/ .
Secret Indictments Are Also Returned
by Cleveland Jury Against Three
Individual , Alleging
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Conspiracy.
Cleveland , O. Conspiracy on the
part of the largest railroads In the
country with ore shippers and dock
companies in granting rebates is
charged in seventeen indictments
handed down by the federal grand
jury.
jury.The
The roads indicted are the Lake
Shore , the Pennsylvania , the Besseme ?
and Lake 'Erie and the Nickel 'Plate. '
As a result of the investigation which
resulted in the indictments , suits will
be brought against a number of sub
sidiaries of the United States Stee ]
corporation.
Three secret indictments were re
turned against individuals on charges
of railroad rate consipracy. They are
Dan R. Hanna and Robert L. Ireland
of the M. A. Hanna company and D.
T. McCabe , fourth vice-president of
the Pennsylvania railroad.
, They are charged in the indict
ments with conspiracy to violate the
Elkins law. A maximum penalty of
iwo years in the penitentiary and a
$10,000 fine Is provided by the law.
TAFT ASKS HELP FOR BLIND
President Is Leading Speaker at In
dustrial Exposition Opening in
New York City.
New York. President Taft was
the principal speaker at the open
ing of the industrial exposition of the
blind at the Metropolitan opera house.
The president's address was a warm
tribute to the New York Association
for the Blind and a hearty apprecia
tion of the work it is doing for those
whose "loss of that sense which en
ables us to see , to read , to write , to
rejoice in .the rising sun and marvel
in the beauty of the setting sun is a
deprivation the very thought of which
melts our hearts and brings tears to
our eyes for those thus afflicted. "
He reviewed the history of the-
movement to "Introduce light Into the
life of the blind , " and commended
the campaign for proper treatment at
birth to prevent ophthalmia neona-
torum.
The president delared also that the
kindergarten for the blind should be
encouraged.
QUITS AS HEAD OF SENATE
Because of III Health Senator Frya
Tenders Resignation as Presi-
ident Pro Tem.
Washington. On account of ill
health Senator Prye of Maine ten
dered to the vice-president his res
ignation as president pro tempore of
the senate. The senator is confined
to his apartment and his friends , be
cause of his advanced age , are appre
hensive.
It is probable that Senator Gallinger
will succeed him as president pro
tern.
tern.Senator
Senator Frye has had a long career
of usefulness and distinction , having
served as senator since 1881 , when he
succeeded James G. Elaine , and hay
ing been for ten years previous a rep
resentative from Maine.
The senator is eighty-one years old
and has been in public life continu
ously since his first election to the
Maine legislature in 1861. His home
is in Lewiston , Me.
DUTCH SEIZE U. S. ISLAND
Paimas , Valueless Land Near Min
danao , Taken Over by Holland
ers No Protest Likely.
Manila. Delayed advices received
here via Jolo report that the Dutch
have taken possession of Paimas isl
and , si ty miles southeast of Min
danao.
The advices say the Dutch lowered
the United States colors and substi
tuted for them the flag of Holland.
It is understood here that Washing
ton does not , intend to protest against
the action of the Dutch , the United
States government regarding the
island as valueless.
THROWS LYE7 BLINDS BABY
Woman Attempts to Disfigure Child's
Mother , But Misses Mark She
Is Jailed.
Danville111. . Miss Ella Brad
ley attempted to throw concen
trated lye into the eyes of the wife of
Richard Gray of this city. Some of the
lye struck the intended victim , but a
greater part fell into the eyes of
Gray's infant daughter , blinding it
Miss Bradley was arrested and held
to the grand jury in $2,000 , whch she
failed to give , and was locked up. She
said the lye was intended for the eyes
of Gray's wife , whom she accused ol
supplanting her in his affections.
Fire Blast Injures 20.
Buffalo , N. Y. Fire in the heart oi
Buffalo's business district destroyed
the five-story building of the Buffalo
Glass company. The damageis nearly
§ 250,000. There were several violent
explosions , one of which knocked down
20 firemen and badly injured sev
eral.
Princess' Condition Alarms.
Tokyo. The condition of the crown
princess , who has been ill with typhoid
fever for some weeks , is believed now
jtp be serious.
Homesteaders Want Protection.
Twenty-six petitioners living in
Garden county have petitioned the at
torney general to prevent cattlemen
from driving them out of the country.
Similar petitions have been received
during the past year and the troubles
reported from that and other counties
are being investigated by the federal
government. Edward Ohnesorge of
Henley , Sioux county , called on the-
governor to tell of outrages committed
against homesteaders b y cattlemen
who desire the range and do not care
to have homesteaders intrude. In
Sioux county , it is alleged , the cattle
men all live in Wyoming. The settlers
say they must have assistance frora
the state or the general government.
Army Officer for Guard.
Adjutant General Phelps iias re
ceived word from the war department
that under a new act of congress the
war department will assign an army
officer on active list to come to Ne
braska is inspector and instructor of
the organized militia. The depart
ment has decided to assign an infantry
officer to Nebraska this fail if the
state authorities desire. General
Phelps says he believes Governor Al
drich will ask for such an officer.
Tabitha Home Not Available.
Dr. J. H. Tyndale , a tuberculosis ex
pert , has written to Secretary of State
Wait suggesting that the $40.000 ap
propriated for a hospital for indigent
consumptives he used to .purchase Tst-
bitha Home , a sectarian institution
near the city limits of Lincoln. The
fact that the appropriation is available-
only in the event that the institution ,
is located "west of the ninety-ninth me
ridian eliminates the Tabitha Home.
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Low Water in the Platte.
State Engineer Price recently re
ceived . information that the Platte
river in the western part of the state
is lower than usual at this time of
the year. The government reports
show , however that there is an ex
cess of snow in the mountains , and
the indications are that there will be
plenty of water for irrigation purposes
in the irrigated region of the western ,
portion of Nebraska.
i Seed Expert.
E. C. Kemble has been inspector for
the food , drug and dairy department.
Mr. Kemble is now employed in the
office of the county treasurer of Lan
caster county. He is a democrat. He
was chosen , on account of his expert
knowledge of seeds and commercial
stock food , articles of commerce over
which the food department now has.
jurisdiction.
Food and Drug Inspectors.
Governor Aldrich has appointed five ;
food , drug and dairy inspectors. One-
is to work regularly and four to be-
employed only during the summer-
months. F. H. McLain of Uuiversity-
Place , Will Forbes or Lincoln , George-
J. Thomas of University Place , Noel
Negley ofAnsley , and I. D. Miller of
Alma are the appointees. *
Shortage Found in Stewart's Rooks.
An examination of the books of
Thomas Stewart , bookkeeper at the in
stitution for the feeble minded at Bea
trice , by State Accountant Tulleys , has
revealed an apparent shortage of $1.-
700. A large part of this shortage , if
not all , is ttiougiit to result from errors :
in addition and other clerical mis
takes.
JVIemoria ! to Prof. DavSsson.
As a memorial to the late Professor
A. E. Davisson. principal of the school
of agriculture of the state university ,
a concrete drinking fountain is to be
erected on the state farm campus , by
the graduating class of 1911 , to be
known as the "Davisson Memorial.
Fount. "
State Building Inspector. '
Governor Aldrich has appointed" :
Burd F. Miller of Omaha , inspector-
of construction and supervision of
state buildings. The recent legisla
ture is responsible for the creation of.
tie position , which pays ? 2,000 a year-
salary.
Spanish War fJeunion.
Frank I. Ringer , who is in charge
of the arrangements for the Spanish
war veteran reunion , which will be
held in Lincoln , has received several ,
hundred letters from Nebraska sol
diers who are now scattered over all
the country and his campaign of pub
licity has established the residence or
about 500 of the "boys" who had been
lost sight of. There were 4,016 Nebraskans -
braskans enlisted in that war. The-
residences of about 1,500 of them have
been established.
Advisory Board of Pardons.
Governor Aldrich has appointed as.
* n advisor } ' board of pardons John O.
Yeiser of Omaha , Dr. J. S. Butler of-
Superior and E. G. Maggi of Lincoln.
Who shall get the one , two and three
years' term has not been determined.
Under an act passed by the last legIslature -
Islature this board is to act in the
dual capacity of advisory board of
pardons and as a board to determine
the sentence of prisoners under the-
Indeterminate sentence act , also-
legislature.