THE TCEK : OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. MAY IS. 1 f1 0. r ( COX CEfSTllt WRUNG S1EER Captain Palmer Explains Attack of the Ohio Congressman. SOLDIEBS' HOME BOARD WORKS Xrnhrri Do .Not Unnlr I'nlillc Tlmf .or Money or i haraie Inmates for Drinks anal ( lann on Junkets. With reference to the attacks of Con gressman Cox, a democrat from Ohio, who made climbs agalnm the National tome for llsabled Volunteer Soldiers, alleging that the management of the Lanvlile branch a extravagant, Captain Henry K. Palmer, second vice president of the board answers .lie congressman. "I fed lets Inclliud to blame Mr. Cox," said Captain Palmer, "for the many mis statements In lils speech for the reason that It Is apparent that much of his In formation coniei from soldiers, who for t.ie best Interests of all conceriitd, have been disciplined. "The closing of the canteen has In creased tb difficulties of control and proper government. Men who think they must drink, who were satisfied with three Or four glasses of beer a day, with only 2Vi per cent aleohol-how drink bootleg whisky, 'which makes thc.r presence In tiie home unbearable. 1 believe, however, that some provision should be made to care for these men as Incurables, making them hospital patients under proper discipline and segratlon. v "Mr, Cox Is reported as slating that Ho department of the government Is guilty of wasting public funds to the extent found In the disbursement fur the homes of dis abled soldiers. Kxactiy the reverse of this tatement exists. No department of the government can show a better record for economical, honest disbursement of the funds provided by congress for the main tenance and conduct of the homes without stinting to a wrung degree the Inmates. The figures given as to cost of homes, Dan Ule, for Instance $1,278,000, granting Mr. Cox' figures to be correct is not an ex travagant or unwarranted expenditure for a plant to house and care lor over 3,000 men, W per cent of whom need hospital treatment. Cost of Administration. "Again, he states that with an average number of 18,566 In the. homes in 18Is, thu at of maintenance was $2,627,148, while In with 19, Bill Inmates an Increase of only 7 per cent the expenditures were $6,268,1)68, an Increase of 100 per cent, ex plained by the fact that the last Item covers the cost of the new homes erected since 1888, together with repairs and re constructing of homes built of wood forty five years ago; It also covers cost of gardening, parking, building roads, walks, etc., charged to maintenance, Increasing the per capita tax, some years 100 per cent Cver preceding years. The reference to Junketing trips Is ridi culously wrong. He says In a two-days' session ot the board at Dayton, O., the bill for liquors for members ot the board exceeded $150, which amount was taken out of a fund made by the soldier Inmates- dot true. As a matter of fact, there were not exceeding eight members of the board present at that less than two-days' ses sion; not half of the members drink at all, and not 1 cent for drinks or cigars Is ever charged to the government. The of ficers at Dayton have at their own ex pense, as J believe, with their wives pres ent, given a dinner complimentary to the board , of managers ,, on tha eve of their departure on completion of the annual in. apectlon. "Not one penny Is paid to any member of the board for services rendered, except to the president, and a small allowance 600 a year to the member who serves as ecretary. Every account for actual ex pens for travel and board, while making the annual Inspections demanded by con gress, has to be ttemlxed and sworn to before a notary public before payment. The figures and every Item ot expenditure by tha board of managers .or by the officers of tha homes are open to Inspection and the report made to congress and published annually. 'Junketing trips,' as Mr. Cox calls them, are made for the benefit of the Inmates our comrades made to Insure correct management and good treatment to the soldiers; complaints. It any, heard with out the home officers being present, all the work performed -by the managers for charity's sake and for the honorable trust' Imposed upon them by ' congress, costing them at least fifty days in a year of valu able time to look after the honest and careful expenditure of from $2,000,000 to $3, 000,000 a year for ' the national homes, and for the nineteen state homes nearly as much .each year $100 for each inmate In the state homes. Personnel of tha Board. ;Mr. Cox names the members of the fciy-d. Major , James W. Wadsworth of NPw York, the president, for twenty years a member of congress, chairman ot the committee on agriculture, one of the very wealthy cltlsens of New York state; Gen eral Thomas J. Henderson of Princeton, III., ktsw over 86 years old, twenty years a mem Toer of congress, one of the most honored citizens of that state, a man who was a personal friend of Abraham L.ncoln; my h'umblo' self from Nebraska, second vice president; Colonel Waltei P. iirownlow of Jonesboro, Tenn., secretary; has been a member of congress for the last twelve or fifteen years, is on the appropriation committee; John H. Holley of La Crosse, Wis... n of the prominent bankers of Wisconsin; Major William Warner of Kan sas City, Mo., who Is at present United States Senator; Colonel Henry H. Mark- 4 r iiiif Bgtto valcea for tfie money than you get anywhere ebe kPerfgct Blue White Stones. The Leffert Guarantee back of every gg m sold One price .LniLjJJ1. lowest, whether cash or credit. EM1L H LEFFERT S MOAPWAV. COUNCIL BlUffJ. i vwi n A. A. CLARK l CO. i nan nnnpv nn horses, cattle and IsUMIl lilUMCY Uli HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND ANY CHATTEL SECURITY AT ONE-HALF THE I'SUAL RATES. t Twenty Year of Successful Itusinesa CORNER MAIN AND UROADWAY, OVER AMERICAN EXrRKK. No connection wltn the firm calllnc tlittnuhti The Clark Uortc... r BOTH PHONES 817. lam if Hedor.do. Cal., ex-governor of Call- lornla and ex-member of congress from ' that state; Lieutenant Franklin Murphy of I Newark. N. J , late governor of New Jer- I ey, owner of the Murphy Varnish Works In Nt Murk and In Chliaiio, a mlllluiia re; Colonel Kdwtn P. Hammuu'l of l.aKaette, Ind., attorney for the Wabash railway; General Joseph H. Smith of Ilangor, Me., who during the war was chief commissary of a division of the army of the Potomac at one time; Lieutenant Oscar M. Ootts chall of Dayton, O., one of the most prominent attorneys in that state and, if I am not mistaken, has been the trusted attorney for years of Mr. Cox. "I dun' l think any member of the board, or any of the ex-offiilo members the piesi drnt, chief Justice and sccretay of war would he tempted even to charge the gov ernment, much less an Inmate of the home, the cost of a drink or cigar." Convicts Burn Prison, but Fire Cuts Off Escape Thirty-Six Negro Inmates of Alabama Stockade Lose Lives in Frantic Dash for Freedom. SENTBRVIU..E, Ala., May 17,-Thirty- slx negro convicts lost their lives early to day when the stockade of the Red Feather Coal company at Lucille was destroyed by fire, set by one of the prisoners In an effort to guin his freedom. Thirty-five convicts were burned to death and another was fatally shot by guards while trying to escape. Among the former is the negro who started the blaxe. It was with much difficulty that the re maining convicts in the stockade were pre vented from eluding the guards. The financial loss will reach several thousand dollars. The fire had gained such headway as to be beyond control when the guards and other men on the outside of the stockade discovered it. At the risk of their own lives they rushed into the burning building, free ing many of the convicts from their cells. The division of the convicts which was necessary to guard the prisoners who were hurried outside, greatly hampered the res cue work. The wood of which the stockade was built, burned like tinder and in an hour after the flames were discovered the spot was marked only by glowing embers and the huddled bodies of the dead convicts. Ogalalla After New Passenger Depot Citizens File Complaint with Railway Commission Urerin? Union Pacific to Build. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, May 17. (Special.) Citlxens of Ogalalla want a new passenger depot and a new freight depot and to that end they have filed a complaint with the State Rail way commission to issue an order on the Union Pacific to build them. The petition, filed with I. O. Halloway and eighteen others, tells the story of a long-suffering community more forcible than any ever told In any other petition now on file along similar lines. With the petition are a number of photographs to substantiate the charges made. It la alleged that the present depot was erected in 1884 and It is 24.6x70.6 feet In di mensions.' The waiting room is 16x25 feet and has a seating capacity of seventy-five, The office Is 12x23 feet, divided into two rooms. Freight Is unloaded from the cars, the petition says, and stacked along the right-of-way, where it remains days and sometimes weeks while waiting to be called for, and yet storage charges are col lected always. The photographs show freight and express piled up In profusion, some at least 400 fee: from the depot. In fact, so bad are the conditions that seven ty-five different employes have been on the payroll and quit during the year, three persons being employed regularly. The petition sets out that the income of the station Is not less than $7,000 to $10,000 a month and that the payroll amounts to only about $275 a month. Attorney General Thompson has con eluded twelve volumes of briefs printed during the three and a half years he has been at the head of the. legal department ot state. These volumes average some tning over 7UU pages each. When he was attorney general Norrls Brown filled four volumes in two years and Attorney Gen eral Prout compiled seven volumes in four years. The briefs In the express rate cases more than filled one entire volume. CHICAG0AN HURLS SELF FflOM THIRTEENTH FLOOR John A. Ryerson, Prominent Busl Man and Athlete, Commits Salclde In Traaric Manner. CHICAGO, May 17.-John A. Ryerson. proTilnent Chicago business man, jumped from the thirteenth floor of the Chamber ot Commerce building tonight and was Instantly . killed. Relatives bolleve th sutcida was caused by supposed finarcla uiicuiiies. u s wire, wno iormeriy was Miss Violet Stone, daughter of Rev. James S. Stone, rector of the St. James Kplscopal church. Is prostrated and fears for lu r life are expressed by her fumily. Ryerson came to Chicago about twenty five years ago soon after the death o his father, Ueorge W. Ryerson, a mombe of the New York Stock exchange. After engaging in various business enterprises h formed an electrical company, of which he was president, and about a year and three months ago begun the manufacture of auto mobiles. Business associates say that his affairs seemed to be In a flourishing condi tion. Mr. Ryerson had attained considerable fame In American tennis circles. He was western champion In lK0-91-9i In recent yens he had played little tennis, but had takin up golf, and last summer was a frequent player on the links of the Onwent sia club, of which he was a member. He was a graduate of Columbia university. His wedding to Miss Stone was the eastern society event of l!s3. . "Died or Pneumonia" Is never wrlttfn of thos who cure cou-,'hs and colds with Dr. King's New Discovery. Guaranteed. J0c and $100. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. JNO. P. TI.NLEY. M,,. SMITH DEFENDS REGULARS Iowa Congressman Opens Campaign with Criticism of Insurgents. SEES MUCH GOOD FROM CONGRESS ays Present Messlon Will Be Proline of Value of Any Most In Years Hopes for Postal Savings. I VILL18CA. la., May 17. Congressman Walter I. Smith opened ins campaign for renominatiou here tonight with a vigorous defense of the regulars In congress and criticism of Insurgency.' Judge Smith Indicated that he will largely confine himself In his campaing to an ex position of the work of congress and to a defense of his course In the vital Issues. He regards the present session of congress as promising to be the most prolific of good of any In years. In the course of his talk tonight he said he felt that he would be able to convince th'e voters that they should support the administration of President Taft and not contribute to the further delay of great reform measures by weakening the strength of the regulars In congress. "Between 85 and 90 per cent of the re publicans In both houses of congress," he said, "are loyally supporting the adminis tration and that certainly ought to be some presumption In a republican form of government that 90 per cent is more apt to be right than 10 per cent." netter Tariff Lew. The speaker dwelt at length upon the tariff. He said, among other things: "Every man who voted on the present tariff law was voting, not for the new law so much as on the question whether the new law was better than the old one. Every man who voted against the present law voted to perpetuate the Dingley law, every man who voted against the new law voted for high duties on everything pro duced by the Standard Oil company and every such vote against the maximum and minimum tariff, by which, for the first time, we are getting fair trade relations with foreign countries, every vote against the present law was against the tax on corporations, which sow brings a revenue of about $25,000,000 a year." Power of Commission. Regarding the tariff commission he said that he and Representative Tawney of Minnesota had prepared a provision now In the sundry civil bill, widening and ex tending the powers of the commission. Re garding the work of congress Judge Smith said: 'The railroad bill' has passed the house In fairly good condition, and before con gress adjourns I think a postal savings bank bill will be passed and at least one great conservation measure." Judge Smith made a bitter attack on Sen ator La Follette, whom he charged with being the "master muckraker." He added that the real charge of Cannon and Aldrich adherents against himself had been that he would not be swerved by others than the 200,000 masters he acknowledged in his district. He said that Roosevelt's big stlok would soon fall on the opponents of Taft, Answers "No" to Bribery Charge Representative Michael Link of Illi nois Denies Allegations Before -Grand Jury. SPRINGFIELD, 111.. May 17. Representa tive Michael Link, who was charged with refusing to reply to questions put to him before the Sangamon grand Jury, today answered "no" when at the suggestion of Judge Shirley In the circuit court the fol lowing form of the question concerning the alleged senatorial bribery affair was asked him: "Did any person or persons In Sangamon county, Illinois, offer or promise you any money or other valuable consideration for your vote in the forty-sixth general assem bly of this state for United States sena tor?" Link appeared in circuit court in answer to the charge against him, but before the lawyers finished their talks Judge Shirley suggested the form of question. Attorney Reid of State Attorney Way man's force said he was willing his client should answer the question and Link was forthwith ushered before the grand Jury and answered "no." SOUTHERN METHODISTS ELECT THREE BISHOPS Two Ministers from Virginia, and On from Tennessee Chosen oat Fourth Ballot. ASHEVILLE, N. C. May 17.-Rev. W. K. Lambuth of Tennessee and Rev. E. D. Mouzon and Rev. R. G. Waterhouse of Virginia were elected bishops on the fourth ballot at the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church (south), ac cording to the announcement made shortly after the opening of the conference today. On the sixth ballot Rev. J. H. McCoy of Birmingham. Ala., was elected as the seventh bishop, filling the college ot bishops. TO HOLD REUNION OF VETERANS AT FLORENCE Village Chosen as Meet Inn Place for Anarost Gathering by Douglas Consty Association. Plans for a reunion to be held at Florence In August by the Douglas County Veterans' association were !ald at a meeting held in the city hall last night. Several commltteo nppo.ntments were made. Tho exact time of tho reunion has not been set. "We hope to get speakers from among the well known Grand Army men out in the state," said M. J. Feenan, secretary. "Just who they will be we have not de cided yet." Foley Kidney PIUs are antiseptic, tonlo and restorative and a prompt corrective of all urinary li regularities. Refuse substi tutes. For sale liv all druggists. Commencement at Tabor. TABOR, la , May 17 (Special.) The bac calaureate sermon to the high school class will be preached next Sunday morning In the Congregational church by Rev. J. w. Ferris. A class drama will be played In the opera house on Welnesday. The an nual alumni banquet follows the next even ing and graduating exercises Friday even ing in the Congregational church. Mies Frances Wyman will give the class oration and Dr. Hugh A. Orchard will give an ad dress on "nat Shan we Do with Our Brains?" The names of the ten members of the class follow: Frances Wyman Gladys Green, Lucy Smith, Helen Woods! Gertrude Reeves, Ruby Asman. Ethel Chan ry, Arthur Mauk, Jamea Tompkins and : i.li Jones. A persistent cough mould not be neg. lactaaV Cbambsrlaln'a Cough Kmedy wUl J Creamery Men Oppose Change in the Oleo Law Ex-Congressman . J. Hainer Appears Before Agricultural Committee on Proposed Act. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. May 17.-(8peclal Tele gram.) Ex-Ccrgressman E. J. Hainer of Llrcoln appeared before the agricultural ccnimltue of the house today In opposi tion to any abolition or reduction of the tax on oleomargarine. Mr. Hainer said he represented very large creamery Interests of Nebraska and as president of the Lin coln and othev creameries which make 12, 000,000 pounds of butter yearly he protested against any modification of the existing law. Major Harry C. Hale, adjutant general of the Department of the Ijikop, Chicago, upon the arrival of relief has been ordered to report to the commanding general of the Department ot the Missouri at Omaha for duty as adjutant general of that depart ment. James W. Welch was appointed postmas ter at Georgetown, Custer county, Ne braska, vice E. W. Pierce, removed. The secretary of the treasury has awarded the contract for the construction of the public building at Lander, Wyo., to Tom Lovell of Denton. Tex., at $fl9,W3. On the recommendation of Congressman Hlnshaw, Dr. F. L. Beck has been ap pointed pnsion examining surgeon at Geneva, Neb., vice Dr. B. B. Moxee. de ceased. A. It. Sargent of Cedar Rapids and Jamea A. Devltt of Oskaloosa, la., were today admitted to practice before the su preme court. Mrs. Norrls Brown, -wife of Senator Brown, leaves for Nebraska tomorrow, go ing to Lincoln first to see her daughters, who are attending the University of Ne braska, before going to her home In Kear ney. CHARLES FIRST, EDUCATED CHIMPANZEE IS SMOTHERED Famous Animal, Seen by Omaha Theater Crowds, Recently, Suf focated In Cnr. PORTLAND, Ore., May 17. Charles I, the famous educated Chimpanxee, valued at $65,000, which has been exhibited all over the world, was suffocated In a car last night while enroute from Seattle to this city. The animal-was found dead ' when the car was opened today, the heat from a steam radiator having proved too much for it. Charles I smoked cigarettes and signed his own name. The Hlsrn Cost ol LlTtna- Increases the price of many necessity without Improving the quality. Foley's Honey and Tar maintains Its high standard of excellence and Its great curative qual ities without any Increase in cost. It Is the best remedy for coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough and all ailments of the throat, chest and lungs. The genuine Is in a yellow package. Refuse substitute. For ale by all druggists. Vlfv 15 Cent a METHODISTS AFTER CHITICS Board of Bishops Issues Statement Covering- Situation in Italy. ROOSEVELT'S VISIT THE CAUSE Iteference Made to tnthollr Attack TCltk Statement that Missions Are Open to1 All W ho .Mar t'.ntrr. riIlI.ADK.l.I'HIA. May IT.-The board of bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church through Its secretary, Dishop L. B. Wil ton, tonight Issued an official statement which had been prepared by the board at Its meeting In Chicago, May 3,' relative to the Italian mission. The statement Is the outcome of tho recent controversy In Rome caused by the lflt of Colonel lloosevi It. The statement follows Deploring and at all times seeking to avoid Interdenominational controversy, we ore. nevertheless, compelled to recognise occasions when personal preference must yield to a piop.r sense of official duty. We cannot allow to pass unnoticed tho recent unprovoked and unwarranted ot Umpt to discredit one of our most useful missions by widely published accusations which, it based upon truth, would bring dishonor upon the church which supports that mission. We regret thnt. after repented challenges for details of the specific acts supposed to Justify these charges, they still remain In such general terms that their validity can not be let-ted bt fore the Judgment of tne world. We can only observe: 1. That ordinarily the use of opprobri ous adjectlyis is suggestive of anger rather than of reason. 2. That the methods of our. mission In Italy, now for the first time thus publicly condemned, are the same that have been pursued from the beginning, almost forty years ago. J. That the same methods, namely, preaching the gospel in its simplicity and conducting schools where they are needed, schools which lecognlze the plain teachings of the New Testament as a supri me au thority in religion and ethics, have long been followed by our missions In South America and Mexico, as well as In Rome, and no such Indictment has been brougnt against those missions, even to this day, so far as we are informed. 4. l'rom these facts the Inference ap pears to be Irresistible that other consider ations than the methods of our mission in Rome must have been the real cause of this suddetn outcry. Possibly some urgency of diplomacy, lo cal In its origin, but far-reacnlng In its portent, required this attack as a diversion from the real Issue Involved. The facts that support this Inference are known to all who have followed the course of tecent events In the city of Rome. Had there been any p'her way to avoid certain issues of etiquette and preefdenoe created by coincident circumstances of a public nature, the Methodist mission might have escaped calumny and thus lost the valuable recognition ot Its success. Under such circumstances we enter upon no defense of our work In Italy and make no plea for abaUement of the Judgment of the world. We decline at the present time to enter upon any counter attack on the Roman Catholic church. We ask only that all fair men inter ested in the situation study for them selves Its methods ot propagandtsm apd the traditional attitude of that church toward other Christian faiths. We bdieve that there are standards of equity and moral rectitude by which, In the estimate of all progressive peoples, all re ligions and all methods must be rated by what they contribute to Intelligence and moral character. We now content ourselves with affirming out entire confidence In the moral Integ rity of our missionaries and methods in Italy and against the denunciations of their accusers we place the wide-open Lohengrin Any woman who S center aisle to "Lohengrin" will find her heart warm to that page in the JUNE number of THE DELINEATOR where Erman J. Ridgway writes anent WEDDING BELLS. Here is a man with a fresh view-point and a singular talent for touching human hearts. A man who sees common things through un common eyes, and finds them vivid, beautiful, worth while. He is well worth listening to. If you will turn to his page, which he whim sically calls "CONVERSAZIONE," you will be well repaid. THE DELINEATOR of this month carries an amazing number of other good things, but this one page possesses so unique a charm that it deserves a special consideration for itself alone. THE DELINEATOR IS Copy THE BUTTERICK PUBLISHING COMPANY NEW YORK CITY record nf the Mothorilat Eplepopnl chinch, both hj to tencMng end method in Amrt. 1 lea and throughout the world. Flip Up Copper to Settle Lawsuit: New York Business Men Call "Heads" and "Tails," and "Tails" Wins $2,700. NEW YORK, May According to a story published here. John A. Oites and, John A. Madden settled a lawsuit by the ; flip of a penny today, (late won $?.iiflo oil: the first throw. Another toss and he won $JC0 representing the costs ft the action. The litigation aroe over $11,000 worth of ' oil stock bought for Madden by Clntes s:id which the former refused to accept. After Madden had testified before a ; 1 cfereo Gates suggested that they decide' by thf coin who should pav fur Hi.' lefo: ence. Madden accepted and cried "Hinds."; The copper fell "Talis." i "Now I'll flip you," ald Madden, "to see ; whether I pay you $2,500 to settle the cuse j or whether you settle It for nothing." I "Tails," was Gates answer. ' "Tails it Is," said Madden. Together they visited the referee to tell him his services' were no longer needed. j SMOKE FROM FOREST FIRE HINDERS LAKE NAVIGATION Klamra Haa-e vrlth Increnalnay Knr In Woodland ot Michigan, Dolna F.normons Ilnmase. HOUGHTON. Mich May lT.-Korest fires ! which apparently had died have started , again with renewed fury. The fire Is gel- : ting close to the city. Today men em-1 ployed by the Champion Mining company at Dalnesdate fought back the flames from the company's property. A number of houses were destroyed. Navigation on Lake Superior Is made dif ficult because of the smoke, the sun being obscured. Unless heavy rains come soon many of the smaller towns in the copper country. It Is feared, are doomed. 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