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The Omaha Daily Bee Looking Backward WEATHER FORECAST This Day In Omaha thirty Twenty Tea Tsar Ago Heltons! Pag ef xach Issus Fair: Warm VOL. XLI Xo. 74. OMAHA. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1011 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. WAR CLOUD IS w GROWING DARK Dutch Government Not Inclined to Back Up on Position Taken in the Moroccan Controversy. NOT READY TO YIELD TO FRANCE Active Preparations for a Conflict Are Being Made Along the Border. FORTIFICATIONS ARE GARRISONED Coast Defenses of the Netherlands Are Being Fully Manned and Equipped. NATIONAL RESERVES CALLED OUT German? Baying Provision (or Men and Fred tor Homes, Layta ! Sufficient to Last for at Least fix Months. THE HAGUE, Sept. 11. Owing to the alarming war newt arising from th pro longed Franco-German negotiations over Morocco the Dutch government la making full preparation to resist all poaalble In terference with the neutrality of the Neth erlands. The Dutch fortifications along the Ger man frontier have been occupied by strong garrisons and the coast defenses have been fully manned. An order has been Issued calling out the national reserves for the army maneuvers. The government Is buying 1.. -visions to keep the men and horses foi six months at prices four times higher than normal and Is ordering large quantities of rice from the colonies. DOES NOT WAT TO BACK DOWN German I.eaitne Alr Uesolntlons that So mi. I Like War. BERLIN. Sept. 11 At the annual con vention of the German league in eesmon here yesterday, resolutions were unani mously adopted protesting against the withdrawal of Germany from her political position in Morocco and against her ac ceptance of territorial Indemnity In the French Congo. The Gorman Imperial chancellor was asked to break off negotiations with France relative to Morocco rather than settle the d spute on that basis. The speech of the chairman of the eon aitss was to the effect that the acquisition by Germany of Western Morocco coire- Ijiltnus mm v'w " ' . v ..... . . Anovher resolution adopted demanded the siodler building of warships. Saturday's bourse panic seems to nave I i 1 rased as oulckly as it arose. The market today presented a completely changed ap- ptarance. Heavy buying orders came in from the province and from the outside public generally. The utterances of tha German foreign minister, Herr von Klderlln-Waechter, re garding the outcome of the Franco-German ...mi.. r!rlv tn Morocco. which were, printed here Saturday evening, had j a reassuring affect on the public. The market. wa Improved by the publica tion of the Prussian grain estimates, which show bigger yields than did the first esti mate publiahad several months ago. This caused heavy fall In wheat and rye prices. i.-... nrnr Holds a Conference. F.mDeror William, before starting yester d h ft day for the acene of the army maneuvers, had a conference of two hours witn tne German minister of foreign affairs Herr Today the Lokal Anselger. in what la evi dently an inspired article, emphasised that Germany doe not demand any special rights whatever In Morocco, but seeks mainly guarantees from France against a morvopollxation of public worka, mining and Wading rights and against certain practice in the customs administration guaranties that would benefit all countries equally. The only subject requiring a epeclal ar rangement between Oermaary and France would be, the paper says, a treaty- ceding territorial Indemnity.. All Other points would be covered by an amendment to the Algeclra agreement providing the . other signatories would accept the German pro posal to commission France to take over a protectorate of Morocco along with the obligations lnovlved to maintain order. The opinion prevalla In the highest polit ical circle of the capital that the matter will be substantially settled this week. FRANCE LIKELY TO STAND OUT Opinion Prevails that Germany Asks Too Much of a Concession.' PARIS. Sopt. lL--The nature' of Ger many reply to the proposal aubmltted by France with the Idea of reaching an agree ment regarding the Moroccan problem has pleasantly. Germany' counter proposal were re ceived tn Pari Saturday night and after (Continued on Second Page.) The Weather Tor Nebraska Fair. Tor low.i Fair. Hour. 6 a. m.. C a. m . 7 a. ra. . U in.. 10 a. m.. 11 a. m.. 12 m 1 p. ra.. t p. in.. 3 p. m.. 4 p. ra.. 5 p. ro.. I p. Tn.. 7 p. ra.. p. m.. Deg. 5s M M t 71 73 SO KJ T 2 M a Sfi la tuttDM. i. eu iuiMUui I nss.l Record. 1911. 191. 19. ISO. Highest yesterday S3 ki 98 t,o-st yetiwday 67 M Mean temperature. & 70 71 Precipitation w . -06 . .0 Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal: Normal temperature 7 lixrtos for the day IS Total axre aint March L..... T17 X'li M'l i rrx'i.laL.o:i 14 inch Deficiency far the day .It Inch 'i..iul r.iiufall slur Mirch 1 . inches rvfcloncy sinoe March 1 U.tace DefiCJeJscy for ear. peri.ttl. baches PrfK-Ieacr I'M- cor. perxl. laua. 1 so inches ftuUon and 5(a.ta Tarn- HU:b- Bain- of WeaLber. peraiurn, est. tail i .'i.'vennr. pert c1au.1t C K T ljvrOIrt. clesJT 7S M .0 PiriM. clear at h) .00 I '. - M.Jna. c oar at K .AO DoAse City. oies.. Is) 100 Lan.ter. Irt cleudy .., , $1 H ,0 NorS Plaxus, aUar H t .00 Owaha Uear . , at St jb Troops Fire" on the Rioters in China and , Twenty Are Killed Situation in North is Growing More Critical and Uprising of Na tives is Feared. WASHINGTON. Sept. U.-Blod has been spilled In ft-Ch.ien. the tj hulent province of China. Over twenty rioters and a num ber of soldiers have been killed In battle during the last few days, resulting from attacks of dissatisfied native on the Tamen. or residents of Cheng-Tu, Sze Chuen. This Information, the first newa of bloodshed In the present disturbance, reached tlie State department todav. To Investigate the situation which is threatening to Americans. L'nitcd Statea Consul rontlut lett Hankow Sat ui day night for i. hang King The gravity of the conditions and the fearful possibilities of the mammoth up rising nan brought the central government of China to a quick decision to suppress the tro'jbl ith a strong hand. Thursday the ringleaders of the agitations were ar rested by the viceroy of the province. JTh. Inflamed the.r follow e.s and resulted in attack on the Yemen by the mob. The soldiers on guard fired Into the rioters, killing some twenty of them. The mob re turned and in a subsequent assault on the viceroy's residence slew a number of the troop Later news Li regard to the conditions Is unattainable, as the telegraph wires be tween Cheng-Tu and Chung King have been cut. China's troubles continue through ravages of nature. Twenty-seven counties In north ern Anhewl and Klang Su have been de vastated by the roods of the Tang-Tee. according to official reports to the Amer ican legation at Peking. Conditions in the Yang-Tee valley are re ported as even more appalling. The central government of China has appropriated 600,000 tiels, or about J420.00r, for relief pur poses, but that amount is regarded as wholly Inadequate. Town of Massaf ra is Under Martial Law Many Persona Are Arrested for At tempting to Release Cholera Suspects. CHIASPO. Switzerland. Pe.it. 11 Massa fra. In the Italian province : Ieoce, where, according to Information, mobs burned the cholera hospital and carried the cholera stricken patients through the streets, was today declared under martial law. Twenty .additional .persons have been arrested for attempting to release cholera suspects who are underlng observation. Excesses arising from the government's preventive measures to combat the plague are reported fix;, .-everal other Itcl'se towns. In some (...ices doctor, suspected by the Inhabitants of distributing poisons, have been attacked. Champ Clark Given 1 Warm Welcome Home Everybody in Pike County Turns Out to .Greet" the Speaker Upon .His Return. . LOUISIANA. Mo.. Sept. 11. Champ Clark la being entertained today by the home folka, ail Pike county and the greater part of the population of the Ninth Missouri congressional district Joining to make his homecoming from Washington an epoch In Missouri history. It wa here that Mr. Clark landed from a steamboat thlrty-slx years ago aa a young attorney from Kentucky. MAY IRRIGATE DAKOTA LANDS Syndicate Haa a Scheme for TJslna; the Waters of the Chey enne River. PIERRE. 6. D.. Sept. 11 (Special.) Bute Engineer Lea is in communication with a Boston yndlcate that proposes to take the flood waters from Cheyenne river In the vicinity of Buffalo Gap, and carry them out over the divide between White and Bad river, for the. Irrigation of 200,000 acres In the valley of these two streams. The plan proposed cover a territory which waa included In one of the tentative government plan which were laid out for the atate before the commencement 1 of work on the Belle Fourche project, but which la not considered now among the government plans for the near future SHERIFF WILL STOP THE FIGHT Acting 'Governor Mortis Say the Lavwa of Wisconsin Will Be Tnheld. MILWAUKEE. Wis., Sept. U While Sheriff William A. Arnold of Milwaukee county satys there will be bo boxing con teat between Lightweight Champion Ad Wolgaat and Packey McFarland Friday night nest tn this city, Matchmaker Frank Mulkern of the National Athletic club, under whose auspices the match wa ar ranged, says the bout will be staged as per agreement and that the law will not be violated. Sheriff Arnold today received a telegram from Acting Governor .Morris, requesting him to see that the lawgoveinlng prize flghta 1 obeyed. STOCKING A BAD SAVINGS BANK DoriUr Eatera Home ef Moatnskt, Kills His Wife anal Carries Asvny the Cash. CHICAGO. Sept. 11-WHn black marks on her tnroat. indicating that she may have been choked to deatn, the body of Mrs. Jennie Moslnskl was found today in ber home. Joseph Moxlnakl. ber husband, 1 being hele pending Investigation. One of the front window of the bouse was open and the woman's aaving of foe. wulch ahe kept in a stocking, were missing. Moxln&kl said ha beUaved burglar en teied the bouse during the night and killej bi wife. Street Railway Eutjilajrea Heet. ST- JOSEPH. Mo, Sept EL The twelfth biennial oonvanon of the AmaigaJnated ataM-iit'l"P a f 4Lrel and vr.rm. i y way FjupiOM-s of Ajnanra opejuid bnr iLh noarly 4i' delefates la artaiuiaaoe. Ttie oon'.ennon U3 uictiaui tour aaya C3rv la.no. Ottawa. Canada, and baJt Laka City ai-c jifuinaii for Lha Ikii meexlng. Tote on CsXUua oil Strike. CLEVBLAXD. O., Sept. n Cleviand's nrLkine garment wnrkers lx-t;in nt.-is toda u decide whether the atrike shall be celled off. Tiitgf walaied out X.(luea w&ekj MAINE ELECTION RESULT IN DOUBT Hon.,! Early Returns Indicate Constitution Prohibition May Be Retained Small Majority. 3,000 IS THE FIRST LSTIM ' 533 Districts Give 1,000 Majority T 1 - i f 1- . 0THZR CniES BELONG TO DRYS' Bath Reverses Its Former Decision by a Large Vote. INTEREST IN RESULT INTENSE If License Interests Are Snrresafnl Governor May Call Session of Legislator to Repeal ' Statute Law. PORTLAND. Me. Sept. 11. Returns In todav's special election on the question of taking prohibition out of the constitution from S33 out of G2! election districts in the state gave: For repe.vl. 57. ISO: against repeal. 5 .009. As a number of the towns to be fceard from are conceded to the prohibitionists, a victory for the retention of constitutional prohiibtion i Indicated by about 8,000. Bath, the first place to count the vote, favored repeal of the prohibitory law, 1,138 to 4ft3. In W54 Bath voted for prohi bition, 920 to 414. The city of Rockland today voted for repeal. 975 to 534. and the city of Saco did likeveise, 808 to 548. Maine's fame as the pioneer prohibition stato of the union was In the balance to day Daylight saw the first -of trie army of voters on their way to the" polls and at the hours passed the stream grew In siie. With ideal election weather "there was an unusually larga vote cast, continued without cessation throughout the day, opened in many of the city churches. If the licenses interests are successful to day there is said to be every possibility that Governor Plaisted may be prevailed on to call a special session of the legislature to take action on the repeal of the statute law, which In effect is the same aa the constitutional amendment and - the enact ment of another law for the regulation of the liquor business. A local option law such as prevails In Massachusetts is what the license advocates seek. In the regular course of events the matter Would not corue up before the legislature until January, 1913 when the complexion of the state gov. ernment might be much different than that of the pretent body. The morning vote In the cities was even larger than was anticipated and In many places fuully one-third of the entire vote was cast by noon. In the manufacturing center the heaviest vote was deposited during the noon hour. Both sldee worked hard to get out the early vote and auto mobiles and carriages of every description were pressed Into service to carry Invalid and dindlfferent voter to the polls. Fair weather wa reported from all part of the atate. Congressman Latta ' Dies at Rochester Third District Congressman Passed Away Shortly After Seven O'clock Last Night. ROCHESTER. Minn., Sept. 11 (Special Telegram.) Congressman J. P, Latta of Ne braska passed away at 7.20 p. m. at St. Mary's hospital. GAS EXPLOSION IN WELL. INJURES SEVERAL MEN Hunting; for Haniord Beala, Velgh bnrns Are Severely Burned, but Will Recover. STURGIS. S. D., Sept. ll.-(3peclal Tele gram.) While searching for Hanford Beats, who disappeared last , Tuesday, a party headed by Sheriff Collins gathered about an unused well on the Beats' premises. Thinking the man might have fallen Into the hole, thirty feet deep, a lantern was secured, lighted and lowered to the bottom. Before the lantern struck the water, gas In the well Ignited and an explosion fol lowed, severely burning 6heriff Colllne. Robert Crulckshank. Charles Hunt and J. F. Henry. As the gas "became Ignited a sheet of flame streamed into the air ten feet high and burned for several minutes. Believing that the body may be In the well another attempt will be made to reach the bottom today. PUBLIC SENTIMENT RUNS HIGH Prosecutor la Kansas Threatened with inr ii rte rrocrrda Aaraunsc Miss. Chamberlain's Assailants. LINCOLN, Kan., Sept. 11. Threat that he himself may be subjected to a coat of tar and. feathers have been made against County Prosecutor McCanles, who 1 direct ing the cases against a dozen men and boy charged with complicity in the attack upon Mi&s Mary Chamberlain, the school teacher who was tarred by a mob near Shady Bend. Kan. Public sentiment In the county 1 at a high pitch. Every mall brings the prose cutor letters either commending his work or making threats if he doea not cease the prosecution of the men accused, who come from the beet famine of the county. The question promises to become a political issue In the county. Masked Bandits Rob Eight Men of $1,500 Two Bobbers Lock Officers of Cokes ville, Wyo National Bank in Vault and Escape. COETETTLLE. Wyo.. Sept. IL The Coke vil National barJt of this place wa en tered by two masked men this afternoon and elgtot men who were In tha hank at tlie time w9- lined up along the wall and tavrchuL Th robber secured about 11(00 in money, locked the offleera of the bank tn the vault and eacaned. Tha robber were last seen riding up Smith's Fork canyon- A posse of mounted men has taken up th chase. To Tskr the Cnrv. BADE?? BADEN. Germany. Sept. U, Former President Diaa of Mexico auivad Xuum today to(iaka to aura ' 1 - l .CA,.-.. T I I I I I I I I I I ... -T IN a I v aa .x x v Jtm vs: ,m I .t ltt - a vsv 11 II J . , I eh - w - - 4- 1 r - - KT . N5 r-tT V. r "No, Tinkles, we ain't From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. MANY NASBYS ARRIVE EARLY Officers of the National Association vAre Already on Ifand. RECEPTION HELD, AT THE ROME Large amber Art- Expected This Mornlug Will Be Feast for the Cannibals Tuesday Night at the Den. Over, fifty postmasters from all over the United States arrived in Omaha as the vanguard of a delegation of between three and four hundred first-class nasbles, who will begin their three-day convention Tues day morning at the Rome hotel. Among the fifty mall bosses who arrived nearly all of the. officer of the National association were present, and men whose name are political bywords in many parta of tr?e county also came to represent their city at the meeting. F. G. Wlthoff.. national president, - of Dayton, O. ; E. R. Sixer, first vice preal dent, of Lincoln; E. R Woods of Louis ville, Ky., second vice president; 'Isadora Sobel. third vice president; Erie. Penn.; G. W. Bean, fourth vice president, Tampa, Fla.; E. C. Mansfield, fifth vice president, of Boston; D. C. Olin of Milwaukee, treas urer, and Howard Marshall of Dayton, sec retary, are all here preparing for the dele gate who will follow. Flying Postman Comes Down Quite Suddenly Aeroplane Machinery Goes Wrong, Dumps Hubert, Who Has Both Legs Broken. LONDON. Sept. 11 Hubert, one of the aviators of the aerial postal service In augurated by the British postofflce last Saturday, met with a bad accident this morning and only the mall bags which the flying postman was carrying from Hendon to Windsor castle saved him from an al most certain death. Hubert had Just got away from Hendon with 200 pounds of mail when the machin ery of his aeroplane went wrong and the machine crashed to the earth, burying the ' aviator under a mass of debris. Both of Hubert's leg were broken and he suffered other Injuries, but the mail bags on top of him acted a a buffer and aved him from being crushed to death by the weight, of the engine. Hanford Beal's Body is Found in a Well Remains of Cottonwood, S. D., Man Uncovered b- Searchers Cause of Death Mystery. STURGIS, S. D.. Sept. IL 6pectal Tel egram.) A second attempt wa made this afternoon to reach the bottom of the well her In which the explosion occurred yes terday when four men were badly burned and others Injured while searching for th remain of Hanford Beat of Cottonwood, who had been missing since last Tuesday. The search was successful. After taking out a lot of old timber and dirt apparently saturated with gasolene the body of Beat was found and taken out with a rope. Coroner Brandt took posses sion of the remains and summoned a jury, tomorrow. It is still a mystery where tre gasolene came from and how Be&ls met his death. The sum of t'.il.u was found In his clothea, a watch, knife and some paper. The well has not been used for years. Beats wa 50 year old and bad several children. He was a member of th Odd Fellows- and Workmen lodgea. , WILSON WELCOMES GOVERNORS Governor Carey ( Wyoming; on the Proa-rans for a Talk at ftpriuar Lake. SPRING LAKE, N. J., Sept. IL Gov ernor Marion E. Hay of Washington was tbe first of the atate executive to arrive here fyf- U.e third annual conference of governors, beginning U morrow. Tomorrow morning Governor Woodrow M'LUon will formally wekncime the gov ernors on behalf of th stale of .New Jer sey. Governor Joseph Carey of Wyoming will reply and the meeting will begin Us ached ulad wcrk. Rural Carrier Ksamlnntlsma. WASHINGTON, n. C, Sept. D-CEno. cltU Telegram ) QlvU eervioe examination for rural carriers wQ! be held Qctcber T at Cedar Biufla, Srundera onunry; Martal, Lancaatex county, and Western, Calina county. -Nebraska. Resignation rnTrTfTrTf 1 wr t v I t - . goin' to hunt rats under the barn , FIRST VICE PRESIDENT OF THE POSTMASTERS' ASSOCIATION. EDWARD R. SIZER, Lincoln. Neb. Astor Not the Only ' One Who Should Come in for Condemnation Congregational Ministers Refuse to Single Out the Colonel as a Victim for Denunciation. CHICAGO, Sept. U. A resolution con demning the marriage of Colonel John Jacob Astor and Mis Madeline Force and Rev. Joseph Lambert for performing the ceremony waa tabled for one week by th Congregational Ministers' association to day. Objection was made to singling out the Astors for reproof when such marriages are common throughout the country, but It waa stated that Rev. Mr. Lambert was a proper subject for action by th denomi nation. Ocean to Ocean in a Flying Machine Aviator Fowler Starts on Trans-Continental Voyage, Stopping at Omaha. BAN FTtANCISCO. Sept. U.-Robert Fowler, the aviator, who will attempt to fly in a Wright biplane from San Fran cisco to New York, was at work thi morn ing tuning up his machine preparatory to starting on the first lap of his journey. Fowler started at 11 o'nock from Golden Oate park. The aviator plan to make the distance In twenty flying day and In a total of twenty-six days, arriving In New Tork Oc tober 7. The aviator will follow tbe line of the Southern and Union Pacific and the Illinois Central railroads, stopping tn Omaha and Chicago. Fowlar'a plan for today are to make stops at Sacramento and Colfax, Cal.i and Reno, Nev. He will carry a message from Brigadier General Daniel D. Brush, com mander of the Department of California, to Major General Frederick D. Grant at Governor' a island, N. T. GETS ALMOST ELEVEN DOLLARS Passengers on Train on Omaha Road Reward Eugene La obey for 1st Iobt Their Lives. ST. PAUL. Minn., 6ept 11 For prevent ing passenger train No. t from Omaha on the Chicago & Northwestern from running Into a washout today near Mendota, Minn., Eugene Labbey, a 17-year-old boy, was pre sented by the passenger with a purs of $10 70 and a set of resolutions. Tbe danger point was behind a sharp curve in the track and Labbey had to run for a quarter of a mile before he waa at a point where he could stop th train. TEXTILE INDUSTRIES RESUME Twiaty-PiT Theaaaasl Persona Who Bar Bera leUa. Betanw Work. .. - i v N ... .. w -( BOSTON. Sept. IL Nearly JH persona engaged m tha New Tngtand textile indus try resumed work today after various per iod ef ldtanra Ana tr a pmnaunced pnllcy of curtailment. Xha outlook fn is not aa bdgh2 aa mis ufacturera hoped far and ourta.llrrmnt wul aanUnu for a time at soma nanlara. I Vwe again for a long time." AWAIT NEWS FROM MEETING Whether or Not Illinois Central Men Will Strike to Be Settled Soon. C0NL0N NOT YET READY TO TALK Opinion Expressed that Should the Machinists Fall to Endorse a Walkout None Will Occar, CHICAGO, Sept. IL "We are going to let the Illlnoi Central ahop employes know before the day 1 over what the machinists will do with relation to the proposed strike. declared P. J. ' Colon, first vice president of the International Association of Machinist, today. "I expect a message from our Interna tional executive board, which went Into session this morning at Davenport, la. W are not going to fool with this mat ter -any longer. The . board will decide whether . the machinists are to sanction this strike or not. "A soon a definite acUon 1 taken I will be notified and I will immediately com munlcate with th member of th Inter national conference, representing the nine trade." Vic President Conlea would express no opinion aa to what the c action of the machinists- executive board would be, but the persistent report 1 that it will be un favorably to the ahop employe who are eager to strike. After the conference of executive board member of th International Association of Machinist and James O Connell, Its president. In Chicago yesterday, where several of the International officer plainly declared they did not favor a atrike of the shop employes, the board adjourned to meet In Davenport la., today. The full execu tive board will further consider th shop men' position, and final announcement of the machinist' position will be mad soon. Should the machinist decide not to en dorse the strike, there 1 small likelihood that J. F. McCreery, president of the Il linois Central ahop men, and his colleagues on the federation Committee would order the men out because there would be little fund to depend on for strike benefits. Members of th international conference committee of the nine trade Involved In the federation remained In Chicago await ing word from Davenport, which they said might not come for several days. It was stated today that the second vote of the unions on the advisability of strik ing or not striking ha not been com pleted. Some of the ahop have been heard from, but no Intimation aa to how they stand wa given out. P. J. Conlon, first vice president ef the International Association of Machinists, re mained here to keep the Illinois Central labor leader and those at Davenport In touch with each other. HOPE FOR A.XOTHElt CONFERENCE BBBBsam President Kline hays Demands Will Not Be Modified. LOB ANGELES. Cal., Sept. U. "We have not yet considered the question of a strike of the shop employes. W are still hoping for another conference with Mr. Krutt- schnltt or with the general manager of the Harriman line. However, we have not and will not modify the demand for recog nltlon of the federation." This statement was made today by J W. Kline, International president of the Blacksmiths' and Helpers' union of Chi cago, who arrived here today. Mr. Kline waa accompanied by Martin F. Ryan of Kansaa City, Mo., general presi dent of the Brotherhood of Railway Car men; J. A. Franklin of Kansas City, in ternational president of th Boiler Maker union, and J. D. Bulokalew of Washing ton. D. C, vice president of the Interna tional Union of Machinist. They will ad dree a mas meeting of th Harriman shop employe her Kline said be still hoped for a confer ence with Julius Kruttacbnitt, or the gen- jeral manager of the Harriman line, and I believed that if a meeting between the general manager and the committees of the fedorated 'shop crafts could be effected their differences could readily be ad justed. He admitted doubtfully, however, that such a meeting could be arranged. "The next move should come from Mr. Kruttachairt." said Kline. "But suppose be doe not move?" waa asked. Kline replied that he and bis associate bad not dec Wl ad what their act In that event would be. A strike, ha said, would be tha last reaort. "Excepting tha reciaxsltlan of the federa- Uon of ahop exoj)loya xld Kline. "1 know of nothing wblch would altar our preaant position. .Everything 1 at etand atlU now." after th mass inner re g tha labor leader will depart for tha east. Kline going to Salt LaAa City and tha other to Tucson. (Omtinuad i Keoond Page.) ARREST MADE IN OVERTON CASE Sheriff Brailey Brings in Man Last Seen with Dead Farmer at , Millard. IS MAN WHO DROVE WAGON Took Overton From Springfield to ( Millard, August Eleven. K0BLER HELD AS A WITNESS Post Mortem Examination Indicates that Overton Was Stabbed. INQUEST IS SET FOR TODAY Mystery Mill Enshrouds vthe Finding of the Body of the Farmer Who Disappeared with 94,000 on His Person. Arrest of Edrar Kobler. irrand nephew of William B. Overton, whose partly dis integrated body was found on the E. A. Colley farm, near Lane. Neb., Saturday, wa the result of an Investigation by Sheriff Brailey and Deputy Sheriff Flangan yesterday. Kobler, 23 year old, waa brought to Omaha and taken to County Attorney Engllfh office at :S0 last evening. After a half hour' conference with Deputy County Attorney Magney the sheriff took Kobler to the county Jail, where he is being held aa a material witness. He 1 the last man sen with Overton before the finding of the latter's body. "The sheriff s office s not In the position of accusing Kobler of hi uncle's murder," aid Sheriff Brailey. "but we are holding him. He will he held at least until after the coroner's inquet, which will be held some time Tuesday. He la the last man known to have been, with Overton when he was alive. What the Inquest will bring out I do not know and do not pretend to say. We found enough evidence to w-ar-rant our bringing Kohler In. There Is no charge against him at this time." May Have Been Stabbed. 6o decomposed was the body of W. 8. Overton that It was practically Impossible for Dr. Samuel McCleneghan. coroner physician, to determine the cause of the man death by a post mortem ''exami nation.. Mr. McClenghan made the ex amination at Coroner Crosby's morgue yea terday afternoon. He found an aperture through the skin between the second and third ribs on the left side, which he Mid might Indicate that Overton had been stabbed through the heart. However, the heart and other Internal organs of the body had entirely disappeared through decomposition and the course of a knife or a bullet or even the idea that he had been stabbed or shot can only- be con jectured. Prisoner Declares Innorence. Toung Kobler declared his absolute In nocence. While Byron Overton of near Springfield, and Fred Ball of near Spring field, nephews of th dead man tn con ference with Deputy County Attorney Magney, Kobler gave the following author ised Interview to a representative of The Bee: N "I realize what the situation is. Aa soon a I heard that Uncle Will' body had been found I upposed they would arrest me. I am Innocent, of course, and know nothing about It. I don't blame -them for arrest ing me. They can t take any chances cn letting the guilty man get away. "Uncle Will came to our house I live with my folks at about i o'clock or 4:30 the morning of August 11, and woke me up and wanted me to take him to Spring field that day. I told him I dldn'tVnow as I could, but he insisted and seemed anx ious to go and I said I would take him some time during the day. He came over about 2 o'clock In the afternoon and I took him to Springfield and Millard. He left me at Millard and that's the last I saw of him." I Got Money nt Springfield. "My uncle and I got to Springfield about 6. No, It was a little before, because we went to the bank and they told us to come back about 5. We went to the bank about S and my uncle got " he money. It wa S4.000. He had some more In a tin can. I don't know how much. ' Then we drove to Millard. We got thereabout 8 o'clock and had supper. Then he told me to go home. My folks would be worried about me. He said he would get an au tomobile to take him where he wa going or else he said he had one hired. I'm not sure about that. I asked him where he w.os going. He said that he never would tell me. He gave me a fiddle ana a satchel he had with him id told me to give them to Mrs. Sage. He gave me $100 for myself and S3U0 to give to my grandmother. He said that would be her share of his property If he dieduid he wanted her to have It. I did aa he told me. I stopped at Springfield on my way home and saw Mrs. Sage andhad quite a talk with her and gave her the fiddle and satchel. Then I drove on home. I got there between 1 and 2 o'clock In the morning, I think. "My uncle wouldn't tell me where he was going. He wouldn't say anything about It. He told me he wanted to get away because he had heard Ike Bates and a fellow named Phelps were going to Papllllon to get a warrant for him for burning their hay. He wasn't very friendly with them. "My uncle was queer. For quite awhile I don't know how long he had sus pected his relatives. He told people that they sent him pie and things, but he threw them away becauae he thought they wanted to pob-on him. "Uncle Will lived alone on hi farm and had It rented to Bateaea. The last three days he had a fellow stay there nights with him. I don't know hi name, but Batee.es do. He wa a fellow that had cooked for Bateses she kept boarders a couple of years ago. He came back just a few day before my undelete I don t know where he went to. I don't know if ... I . Base Ball Tickets Boxes of O'Hrien'si Candy. 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