The Omaha Daily. Bee.
Looking Backward
This Day In Omaha
Thirty " Twwtjr Tarn Tun Af
WEATHER FORECAST
Generally Fair
Sdltorlal m of Xeoh
VOL. XU NO. 76.
OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 14. 1911-TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
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T.
HAUGH PROPOSES
BY THE WIRELESS
Rich Indianapolis Manufacturer
Lack Courage to Speak the
Wordt to Mis Castaign.
FIRST MEETING ON SHIPBOARD
Prove, to Be t Caie of Love at
First Sight ,
Visits the family in France
Lacks Sufficient Courage to Make
the Proposal.
BOARDS A SHIP AND STARTS HOME
J. MUomm FUikti Back "Will Yon
Marry Me?" and Anawer
Cornea "I Ortatalr
Will."
NEW YORK, Sept. IS "Won by wire
le" la the story tha hip news reporter
sent In today after Interviewing Jtmei Quy
Heugh, a wealthy manufacturer of In'
cMonapolis on the arrival ot the French Una
steamer La Bretagne. Mr. Haugh believe
he la the first man to win a bride with
wlrtle prosposal. He -told the story today
when he met the steamer that brought from
Franca his future wife, Miss Marguerite
Castalgu.
.-.. Mr. Haugh and hla fiancee, who1 ! a
daughter of Colonol Jean Castaign of the
French army, met on shipboard last Juno
and ba visited hr family In France soon
after. On the way home he mustered cour
t's go to test his fata and by the ship's wlre
f ler operator sent. back the following mes
f saga: .'
" , "I lova you. Will you marry me?"
When hia ship reached New York an
- anxious suitor found awaiting him ' this
cablegram:
"I cwtainly WtUr'-"
Mr. Haugh asked his fiancee to marry
him In thla' country.. Tha ceremony oc
curred here this afternoon.
MAKES DISCRIMINATORY RULES
Nebraska and Other Western Miliars
File Charges Aeralnai Santa
Fe .Road.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 13 Unjust and
discriminatory rules. and practices respect
ing the transhipment of grain and grain
products by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe and other western roads were alleged In
a complaint filed today with the Interstate
Commerce commission. The complaint was
Vmnri hv the Southwestern Millers' league.
n organisation oi grain nnuun w t&ua,
'Nebraska. Missouri and Oklahoma. Tha
commission was requested to prescribe
transhipment rules regarding tranship
ments.. as would be just alike to carriers
and shippers.
JACKSON FILES COMPLAINT
Keirton, la., Man':Obecta" to Charges
Exax-ted an Cl of Poultry '
Chicago. ' ' S .
(From ft Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. ept .-(Special'; Tele-rram;)-k-Rali6
B Jackson.: ef Newton.. Iar.f
tvivl ft! a complaint, with' the Interstate
Commerce commission against the -Chrcago,,
Rock Ia'.and & Pacific Railway company,
complaining against charges exacfed on a
carload ot poultry from Newton, to Chicago
and demanding reparation in the sum of HO.
TROOPS FOR, TAFT'S ESCORT
All Soldiers Stationed at Fort Leav
enworth Will Be Brought to
Cltv to Honor President.
tTiVFVWOltTH.' Kan. Sect. 14. When
President Taft arrives here September 27
practically all the troops stationed at Fort
Leavenworth will be brought here to act
as his escort. This was announced today
by the commandant at the fort. The troops
will Include three, troops ot the Fifteenth
cavalry, the Thirteenth Infantry, three
companies ot engineers and Battery E.
fifth field artillery. The battery will fira
the presidential salute of twenty-one guns.
KLINE ON WAY TO SALT LAKE
Hays There Is So Chsnpre In the Har
rlutao Shop Craft Situa
tion. LOS ANGELES, Cat., Sept. 11 -Again
changing his plans, J. W. Kline, speices
rcan of the Harrlroan shop employes' com
mittee, left today for Salt Lake City.
Kline's-three assistants on the conference
committee, Franklin, Ray and Buckalew,
loft last night tor Tucson, Arli.; El Paso,
Ban Antonio and Houston, Tex.
According to Kline there Is still no change
to tha shop craft situation.
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Excess 'for the day 17
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Station and State Tern- High- Pain-
of weather. perature. ttt. f.ii
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French Replyt ,
Germany is to Be
Submitted Today
Proposed that Franc Shall Have
Free Hand, Politically, in Af
fairs in Morocco.
PARIS. Booty; 11 The minister ot foreign
affairs, JMVDe Selves, went to Ramboulllet
today to submit to President Fallleres the
French reply to Germany's counter pro
posal of the Moroccan dispute.
This rtply was agreed on by the cabinet
yesterday after a draft had been sub
mitted to his colleagues by the foreign
minister and the situation raised thereby
was discutsed by the ministers for three
hours'.
An effort will be made to conclude the
matter, so that tha French note tray ba
forwarded to M. Cambon, tha French
minister at Berlin, today or not later than
tomorrow. .
It Is understood that, as anticipated, the
latest French expression emphasises the
necessity of maintaining tha commercial
equality of all In Morocco and Insists that
France shall have a free hand politically
In that country.
RAMBOULLET. France,' Sept. 13 Presi
dent Fallleres today gave his formal sanc
tion to tha French reply to tha latest note
from Germany regarding Morocco. For
egln Minister De Selves, after submitting
tha document, hastened by motor car .to
Paris, and If the reply can.be transcribed
In time, a courier will, leave with It for
Berlin tonight. Otherwise the note will
go forward In the morning.
BERLIN, Sept. 13. During the last few
days, both In foreign and In social circles,
tha minister of general affairs. Von KJder-len-Waechter,
has expressed Implicit con
fidence In a settlement with Franca regard
ing Morocco. This confidence is reflected
by the staff ot the foreign offloe, who ex
peot that the French answer to the latest
German note will be received not later
than Monday and perhaps tomorrow. The
answer, It is believed, will accept a part ot
tha German proposals, leaving others for
further negotiations. The officials soout
the assertion that the reply of Franca will
amount to an ultimatum.
Conditions in China
Viewed-With Alarm
at Present Time
Students of Oriental Affairs Look for
Present Uprising in Flowery
Kingdom to Extend.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 In the opinion
of students of oriental affairs, China is
rapidly approaching a great crisis In its
history. The uprising in Eze-Chuen prov
ince is expected to extend to other neigh?
boring provinces, especially 'to the south
ward where the Mongolian element has
for many years been ' ' opposed to tha
reigning Manchu dynasty. Evidently pre
pared . for trouble,, tha Chinese govern
ment has been quick to dispatch troops
Into the d!s4feeted district afld to deal
with the situation; jvlth' 4 : strong hand. It
is believed here (hat tba government will
ba able to surpress tha present disturbance
though tha unfOrseen disastrous flooding
Of the Yeng-Tse valley Is expected to
drlv tnousands.of rthe Untortunfttenatlven
whosemeans -of- support have -beefi -de
stroyed Into tha ranks of tba revolutionist.
But It is believed that this Sze-Chuen
uprising 'Is' only' 'the precursor of Other
outbreaks in different parts, ot the king
dom, for the first In the struggle now ;
going on Is really a gigantic test of the
relative strength and power of tha cen
tral, as opposed to tha provincial' gov
ernment; in other words the situation re
semble the great feudal wars of Europe
In tha middle ages. Japan also had to
pass through a similar ordeal before the
emperor was able to break the power
of his mutinous barons and it Is believed
that ' the Chinese, government will now be
put to the same teat.
Victory in Sight for -Kansas
Woman Mayor
Governor's Representative Says Man
damus and Ouster Suits' May Be
Brought Against. Councilmen.
KANSAS CITT, Sept. 12 Victory Is al
most In the grasp ot .Mrs. Ella Wilton, tha
woman mayor of 'Hunnewall, Kan , It
would appear from statements made' todiy
by C. W. Trlckett of Kansas City, Kan.,
appointed by Governor Etubbs to assist
the feminine executivs In her conflict with
the male council. Mr. Trlckett said drastlo
action would be taken st once to compel
yie councilmen e'ther to resign or to sup
port the mayor. The action of the council
members last night in refusing to consider
Mrs. Wilson's commissions for appointive
offices, said Mr Trlckett, makes further
delay unnecessary.
"We will get busy In Hunnewell at once,"
said he, "and things will happen In that
town."
Mr. Trlckett added that It was possible
both mandamus and ouster suits would be
brought against the councilmen.
Nebraska Man Killed
While Going to Fair
Hammond of Pawnee City Found in
Stock Car with His Skull
Crushed.
TOPEKA, Kan., (Sept. U M. D. Ham
mond, a wealthy stockman of Pawnee City,
Xeb., . was found dying in a Rock Island
freight car here todav with his skull
crushed. He died soon after In a hospital.
Hammond was bringing an exhibit ot
tock to the topeka fair, which is In prog
ress, and it is supposed ha was struck by
an obstruction as ha leaned from tha ear
door. His money was not molested.
Spanish Army Wins
Victory in Morocco
ansaMssasana
Six Hundred or More of the Tribes
men Are Killed or Wounded
in Action.
MADRID. Sept IS. An undated telegram
from Meiilla, Morocco, which had been de
layed by tha censor and received here to
day reads:
"Tha losses ta ths Spaniards in tha action
yeoterday were IS dead and 77 wounded
The . losses to tha tribesmen ware about
SCO or 70A. A ccmplete Spanish victory.
CHINESE TROOPS
HOLD CITY WALLS
Eighteen Hundred Are Attacked by
the Rabbie that is Besieging
City of Cheng Tu.
FOREIGNERS OCCUPY THE MISSION''-
Impossible for Reinforcements to Ar
rive Inside of Four Weeks. '
MISSIONARIES ARE DETAINED
Viceroy Deems it Inadvisable for
People to Leave City.
WORD SENT TO BRITISH CONSUL
Building Now Occupied br the White
People la. Considered the Most
Dvalrahle of Any In the
Town.
PEKING, Sent. 13. A telegram received
today from the British consul at Cheng-Tu
dated September 9 and brought through tha
besieging rabble by a messenger states that
the viceroy deemed, the departure of the
missionaries from Cheng-Tu as inadvisable
and therefore detained five boat loads
which were starting.
Troops, tha message says, were firing on
tha besiegers from the city walls. The gar
rison numbers l.SOO. Reinforcements can
not arrive Inside of four weeks. All of the
foreigners It is believed occupy the
Canadian mission, which is considered tha
most desirable.
RIOTERS ATTACK CHENG FU
Are Repulsed After a Sharp Battle
and Lous Is Considerable.
LONDON, Sept. 13. A news dispatch re
ceived here today fiom Tsu Chau says that
the prefect of police there has attempted
to communicate with Cheng Tu by mes
sengers, but that the latter were unable
to get through the lines ot rioters, who
were attacking the city at four ' points.
Troops, the dispatch adds, Una the walls
of - Cheng Tu defending the city.
Tsu Chau Is seventy-five miles, southeast
of Cheng Tu, the capital of the province ot
Sze Chuen, in which district a rebellion
has occurred, and Tsu Chau Is nearer , the
capital than any other point from which
news of the rebellion has been sent to the
outside world since September 9. It is
about halt way between Cheng Tu and
Bui ' Fu, where the British refugees were
reported as having arrived safely.
This afternoon the foreign office received
official advices from the British consul at
Cheng Tu, dispatched under data of Sep
tember S. They state that there was fight
ing within the walls of Cheng Tu Septem
ber 7, when soma persons were killed and
others wounded, both among the populace
and tha soldiers who engaged each other
In tha streets. The rebels were, repulsed
and the gates -of the city-closed. ' On the
following day roughs from tha suburbs at
tacked tba city, but were driven back.
'The edvioes add that the Americans and
British reaidents of Cheng Tu who did not
leave the city September 7 still remained
In the capital, as the governor general re
fused to permit them to leave on September
t owing to the presence qf the rebels out
side the walla , . '
Secretary Coburn .
Heads Subscription
List'in Kansas
Will Raise Fund to Prosecute Parties
Who Used Tar on Miss Cham
berlain. TOPEKA, Kan., Sept. 13. A popular sub
scription fund for tha use ot tha stte at
torney general in paying rewards and ex
penses of prosecuting tha fifteen men and
boys accused of participating in the tarring
of Miss Mary Chamberlain at Shady Bend,
Kan., was started today by F. D. Coburn,
secretary of tha State Board of Agricul
ture. In a letter to Attorney Genera! Dam-son
today Mr. Cobflrn offered to start the fund
with a contribution of $10. He also offered
to contribute $10 as a start of a fund tor
prosecuting the members of tha Hunna
.well, Kan., city council, who "snubbed"
their woman mayor. Mr. Coburn wrote:-
"Kansas can have no valid claim on the
respect of decent people anywhere .unless
she publicly and officially disavows tol
eration, of lawlessness and such atrocities
as the one committed at Shady Bend."
LaFollette Meeting
is Held at Huron
Senator Crawford of South Dakota
Pledges Himself to the Wis
consin Man.
HURON, S. D.. Sept lS.-Special Tele
gram.? The La Follette meeting last nlgnt
was attended by 500 people. Addresses were
delivered by W. S. Glass, Dr. Radcllff. A.
L. Vsn Osdel. H. L. Loucks, P. J. Tschar
ner. 1 nomas Potwln snd Senator Crow
ford. The name of La Follette was heartily
applauded.
I Senator Crawford stated that he would
i assist In every way possible to send a La
Follette delegation to the next republican
convention.' The committee of permanent
. organisation pledged Itself to further the
' candidacy of Senator La Follette and reso
' lutions were adopted favorable to this
i Three Wind Storms
Sweep Springfield
Streets Filled with Fallen Trees, Cel.
j lars Are Flooded and Car Lines
! Out of Commission.
SPRINOriELD, 111.. Sept 13-Drlj.
, field was badly damaged by three wind
storms which, occurred this morning
rap:d succession between 2 n i vi iu
The streets are obstructed by thousands
i ui ia.ueu trues, irouey lines are down sod
street car service Is at a standstill. Streets
and cellars are flooded.
Tha corner roof of the dnma nt K.
houFe was torn oft Switch boards of tha
telephone company caught fire and all
electric currents were shut nff wh-n ,-
. first storm (truck. No loss of Ufa has
J been reported, alther la the city or vlctalt.
h 4 Silk L fak
From the Philadelphia Inquirer. " . . '&at i
POSTAGE ABUSES DISCDSSED
Classification Expert Throws- Much
' Light on Vexatious Question.
DE GRAW FOR PARCELS POST
Slaer of Lincoln L' rites Delegates to
Fight for Sunday ClolnaPenn-
Iranian Urges Extension
"of Civil Service. "
Soma light 'on the vexatious question of
the magazines and second class postage
rates was' thrown by the paper ot William
C Woods rea before the National Associ
ation of First Class Postmasters Wednes
day morning. As head of the classification
division under Third Assistant Postmaster
General Erltt, Mr. Woods Is In a position
to understand exactly tha position taken
by thie' department, which has been criti
cised, by the. large publishing houses, and
was made subject ot a special investiga
tion by a congressional committee earlier
this' year. , ,
"Newspapers and "periodicals are Just as
necessary now as they ever were," said
Mr. .'Woodi, ''but when we lpsist that
times feave Changed we naa that the pub
lishing business as an Industry Is no longer,
in its Infancy.'! H baa grown to be one' of
the biggest in the' country and does not
need artificial fostering. Tha magazines
and newspapers that have the' advantage
of the second class rates send' 6ut ' over,
SOO.OOO'jOOO, poOnda of mail a year and . they
pay tor It at only one cent a pound. The
proportion of the total postage expense
which they bear is very small.
"It Is unfair tor the persons who use
tha domestic postage flrt class rates to
help pay for ' privileges which the great
publishing houses are getting at a nominal
coat.
Department Accused.
"The department has been accused of be
ing hostile to the publishers, but this is
not .true. Tha department want only to
be fair. On March 4 a commission was ap
pointed by congress to investigate the
question- On that commission sat Justice
Hughes, Prof. A. L. Lowell, president of
Harvard, and Harry A. Wheeler of . the
Chicago Chamber of Commerce. These
men gathered Information and noma legis
lation can ba expected as a result of their
report when It- is made.
"Third Assistant Postmaster General,
Britt, under- whom I have ' 'the .honor
to work, . is- at all ..times a ' friend of
the publisher .and,' wants to help
them, - but he .: Is Just . as - earnest in
-dealing with .those who defraud the gov
ernment through the second-class mall reg
ulations. They use various means ot de
frauding the department,' by. holding sub
scription contests, tha legitimacy of which
is at least questlonable;by. getting Hats
which are not . In 'any sense bona fide, by-
reduced- price subscriptions, which in SO
per cent of tha cases are .merely nominal,
which makes them contrary to law, and by
other schemes. , . ' . " "
"The department only wants to protect '(
the public in; general, not to abuse the pub
lishers. You postmasters a the intermed
iaries, of the department to the publishers
can do. much by '.your attitude to keep the
peace.", '.
Good-Roads Dlseuaeed.
Addresses on "Good Roads," considering
chiefly Jheir relation to rural free delivery,
were, read by Frank A. ' Nimrocks of Ot
tumwa and E. E. Codding to Sedalla.
Rural frea delivery was tie be-discussed by
Ulysses &., Bratten. of Little Rock and H.
C. Plumley.qf Fargo, but because It was
growing late they merely filed their papers
with the secretary for printing in the
minutes.
Robert S. Sharp, chief postorfice inspec
tor, who was scheduled for the principal
address of the morning, has sent no word
that he has been delayed, but has not ap
peared. When: he comes he will make an
address.
The talk on "City Delivery." scheduled
for the morning session, was delivered In
the afternoon. Alexander Grant of St.
Paul spoke upon the railway mall service
and Postmaster Edwards of Wichita on
"Progress and Specialization." The or
ganisation of first class postofficos was
discussed by A. W. Wills of Nashville and
B. F. Thomas of Omaha. T. J. Aktna of
St. Louis discussed postal savings banks.
A plea for (hipping magazines by freight
was made by W. R. Childs, postmaster at
Kansas City, Kan. The system is advan
tageous because although the magazines
might lose a day or so in transit the long
est possible distance, across tha continent
they would still ba carried in fast time and
tha saving In cost to them and to the gov
ernment would be enormous considering
tha amount of business they have. Tha
mall bags carrying magazines are marked
with a blue tag and with that mark are
hurried through as fast as possible.
Picture Post Cards.
It got so hot for President Wlthoft during
the session that he had to get down from
iCoaunuad oa ftecond. Patfe
Breaking Out Again
r
Hunting for the Man
Who Carried Away
Miss Eleanor Brice
Girl Tells a Tale of Her Struggles and
the Cruel Treatment She Was
Subjected To.,
SNOWTLAKE, Manitoba, Sept. 13. A
man hunt has been under way for the
last twenty-four hours, ten miles south, be
tween' here and the United States boundary,
the climax of the kidnaping ot a young
school teacher, Eleanor Gladys Brice. by
a man alleged to be Henry "BUI" Wilson,
alias "Bill" Minor of H.innah, N P.
When Miss Brice failed to appear at the
Patterson home, where she boarded, Mon
day night or Tuesday morning, a search
was stated by Frank Patterson, her
fiance.
Entering the school house the searching
party discovered evidence of a desperate
struggle- There wan blood In many place
and fragments of . torn clothing..- ' '
" Tha appearance of Miss Brlea at the Rinn
farm - house last evening was dramatic
She appeared to be In a daaed condition.
Har face was badly battered .where her
assailant had repeatedly. beaten har. ,
She was seated In the school roqin, she
said, when a man said to be Henry "Bill"
Wilson, suddenly appeared In tha door
way and pointed a rifle at her. A struggle
ensued and Wilson hit the girl over the
head with a bottle, and then carried her
off into the brush.
After a while he compelled her to walk
and they traveled deeper Into the heart
of the underbrush. Here Wilson lit a
fire and the terrified girl spsnt tha night
with Wilson watching her and threatening
to shoot at the first sound from her.
The pleas of the girl that he allow her
to return were Ignored. Day cam and
Wilson wanted to take her across the river.
He said he was a ranchman and would
grant her anything she wanted. But she
refuged to accompany him. By this time
the girl said Wilson's liquor and cigar
ettes gaVe out. Tha effects of the UqUor
aeemed to be wearing off and at 7 o'clock
he consented to allow her to return home.
Arthur Carpenter
at Liberty Again
Missouri Prisoner Uses a Spoon .and
; Digs His Way Through a Solid
Brick.Wall.
WARSAW. Mo... SpU 13. Sheriff and
deputies today are searching for Arthur
Carpenter, who broke Jail here last night
by digging through an elghteen-lnch
brick wall with a teaspoon and a Horse
shoe. Carpenter has been in jail a num
ber of times and has always escaped. .
SENATOR WORKS BEFORE THE
LOS ANGELES UNION LEAGUE
ays Republicans Are Facing- tae
lon of BulldlnK i p Party or
Destroying- It.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Sept. 13. Declaring
that President Taft is a reactionary and
strongly urging consideration of Senator
Robert M. La Follette as a candidate lor
the presidential nomination, attacking the
last session of congress for attempting to
pass general tariff revision laws, and sug
gesting the formation of a new political
party. Senator John D. Works lat nlbt
told tha members ot the Union league Just
where ho stood on these questions.
"Republicans are now facing the ques
tion whether they will build up the repub
lican party or turn against it and de
stroy It," said Senator Works. "President
Taft Is not a representative of the people;
he Is a reactionary, but he also Is a
merry man with a most plausible manner
in explaining away his mistakes. Taft and
La Follette are destined to face each
other in the next national convention and
if It went to popular, votetoday Le Fol
lette would be nominated', and easily, too
"If, however, Taft doeV not secure the
.nomination, republicans will be confronted
with a problem.- It would do no good to
turn democrat. The democratic party U
mora reactionary and 11 is split wider than
the republican party ever was. Progres
siva republicans, therefore, would ba con
fronted with thla alternative: 'To remain
within tha party and save It from defeat
while working to purify and improve it, or,
if they cannot bring themselves to vote for
Taft, to Join progressiva democrat who
cannot support Wilson or any other can
didate, and form a new party.' "
Senator Works said ha would choose to
remain within tha republican party and
work In conjunction with other prograa-alva
MAINE EITHER WET OR DRY
Both Parties Claiming Victory in
Election .Held Monday.
RETURNS ARE SLOW COMING W
Latest Reports Said to Point to the
Protlbltlonists llavlnn Carried
the' State by n Small
Majority.
BVLLET1N. '
eaoti vn vt finnt. 1.3 Recorts re-
.,i.F4 hv th Annnridtfd Press at 6 o'clock
tonight from all of the 6a cities, towns
and plantations, a large majority oi vae
returns having been revised oy man
rrAm tha titles and town clerks. In
dicated a majority against repeal of S35
votes.
PftRTlJliro. Ma.. Sept. 13. Town clerks
returns from 402 out of the 521 cities, towns
,ta rittioM in the state give a ma
jority against repeal of the prohibitory law
of S3V The vte on tha face of these re
turns stents. -
For repeal. 80.007.- ' ' '
Aeainst repeal. 00,69.
Th titanat constant gain of the dry fac
tlon by which an apperent wet majority
Af nor. than TOO Votes was. wiped out yes
terday is believed to. be traceable to sonte
extent to difficult methods employed by
tha newspapers in collecting the result
unniv nitrht. In mot cases correspona
ents were Instructed to telephone the vote
for repeal first and that against repeal
afterward.
Thirty Openings
Belching Forth
Smoke and Lava
Entire Crest of Mount Aetna in State
Ebullition and Country in the
Vicinity is Threatened.
CATANIA. Sicily, Sept. 13 -The eruption
of Mount Etna is assuming .the propor
tions of a real disaster. Tha lava stream,
whose path crosses tha railway line circUng
tha volcano., is approaching the railway
stations to tha north and ashes ate threat
ening tha depots at Moto and Alcantara,
which were abandoned today.
6quads of laborers were at work today
taking up. the railroad tracks and removing
all transportable material to places of
safety.
The entire, crest of Mount Etna appears
to be In a state of ebullition. An exact
count of the number of fissures Is- impos
sible because of the smoke which spreads
tha whole mountain, but there seemed to
be more than thirty openings all belching
smoke and lava.
Th. rnntinn means much suffering for
the peasantry. The slopes of Mount Etna.
with an area of more that 400 square miles
nrnrrt nnnulatlon more dense than that
of any other portion of Sicily or Italy.
There are sixty-five cities ana vnisges in
the entire area and the number of Inhab
itants which obtain an excellent, liv.ng
from the fertile lava beds totals more than
300,000. '
CHARGES AGAINST RAILROADS
Accused of Giving: Certain Glass Mnn
ufaetnrers Preferential Rates
eu Shipments. ' m
WASHINGTON, Sept. U.Ral'.ways in
official classification and : western trunk
line territory' were -charged.' today before
the Interstate Commerce commission -with
giving to manufacturer la Indiana. Ohio
and. Pennsylvania, preferential rates on
shipments of window g) to destinations
In other states, particularly Pacific coast
terminals, to the serlouf disadvantage of
glass manufacturers In Kantaa.J"
The Coffeyvllle (Kan.) Wtr.dow'Glass com
pany and several other glass companies of
that state made the complaint.
COURT SETS JJlATE FOR TRIAL
John end James MrNatnare Case Is
to Be Called la Loa Aaaelea
, October Eleven.
LOS ANGELES. Cel.. Sept. 13 -Judge
Walter Bordwell announced today that the
trial of John J. and James B. McNamara.
alleged dynamite conspirators, would ae
giU October 1L
The district attorney 1 investigating tha
arr eat af Stephen K. Smith at Laramie. S.
V , who Is suspected of being tha Milton A.
Schmidt, under Indictment hare on tha
charge of having been Implicated In tha
alleged dynamiting' af the Los Angeles
Time
f1Al)ATTn))0 TTTTlV
RELEASES KOBLER
After Hearing Testimony In Murdet
Mystery Recommends He Be
Discharged.
MANY WITNESSES ARE HEARD
Testimony that Kobler's Buggy Car
ried Overton to Field.
CANNOT GIVE DEATH'S CAUSE
Jury Deliberates Over the Case for
Thirty Minutes.
NO OTHER CLUE TO MYSTERY
Mnar Come from Sprlnsjf leld, Oretnn
and Miller dto Attend Inqaeat
Held at Coroner's Offloe
Wednesday. 1
"We, tha coroner's jury, find that from
tha evidence that tha said William B.
Overton earns to his death at a point oa
the Wast Dodge road thirteen toilee
west of Omaha on the farm of Mz. Ool
lay, and thla jury la wholly unable from
tha Bvldanoa to determine tha eetue of
death, and we recommend that the eaid
X award Xobler he dlaoharged from cus
tody." Edward Kobler, who haa boon held In
connection with the death of William B.
Overton, whose partially decomposed body
was found Saturday morning on E. A.
Col ley' s farm, several miles frm Omaha
on the West Dodge road, was discharged
yesterday afternon by a coroner's Jury.
. The only evidence advanced that could
be held against the youth was that ot
Sheriff Bralley, to the effect that buggy
and horse tracks, near the place where the
body- was found, corresponded with those
of Kobler's team and buggy In which Over
ton was riding when last seen alive and the
testimony of Mrs. Sarah Saga of Spring
field, which contradicted Kobler's state
ment that he returned to her house be
tween 11:30 and 13 o'clock the night Over
ton disappeared.
Looks for Further Evidence.
When tha Jury's verdict was announced,
Sheriff Bralley said he would continue col
lecting evidence. "It Is plain," he aald.
"that Overton was murdered and some
body did It. With deputies I will go to
morrow to the neighborhood of Springfield
and attempt to either strengthen the evi
dence against Kobler or pick up the loose
clues against others. There Is another
man who may know something of the
case.- His whereabouts are not now known
and we will endeavor to get a trace ot
him."
Sheriff Bralley refused to divulge who
this person is, but -It was intimated that
the man who was seen about tha home of
Overton several days before the old man's
disappearance has been considered, as a
material witness.
Mrs. Sage swore that after young Kob
ler returned to her home and gave her tha
old fiddle and packages to keep until Over
ton would call for them, she-looked at tha
clock when he had gone and saw that It
was 1 O'clock.
"'County Attorney English, In examining
Kobler, . tried to establish the fact that
Kobler had spent a great deal of money
' In attending fairs and In buying horses
since the disappearance of Overton. Byron
Over tort, a nephew of the deed man, said
that Kobler had hired two extra farm
hands and had been spending a great deal
of money attending county fairs.
Has Several Names.
According to witnesses who testified at
the inquest this man goes under several
names, one of them being Edward Turn
mey. They said he was employed by Over
ton as a cook. The man had been at the
place for a short time a year ago.
. In expressing their opinion of the evi
dence, the Jurymen said that Kobler's own
story. was "too straight" to warrant them
in holding, him. The testimony of Sheriff
Bralley, which was corroborated by F. L.
Ball, a liveryman of Springfield, In re
gard to' the similarity in the tracks near
the spot where the body was found and
the tracks of Kobler's team and buggy
and Mrs. Sage's story caused the Jurymen
to take a half hour In deliberation. Thla
evidence, they said, waa barely circum
stantial. Kobler told of how he bought Overton
farm for Charles Sack, his uncle,' and led
the old man to believe he, himself, waa
buying the land. The lad could give no
excuse for covering the Identity of the real
purchaser. He said Overton had paid him
$200 commission on the sale and Sack had
given him a team of horses aod harness
for $1M) for making the deal. . Sack and
Overton, he said, were not on good terms,
and Sack wanted him to make tha pur
chase for him. The land, he said, would
be valuable to Sack because It adjoined
the letter's farm.
SENATORS TO LATTA FUNERAL
Brown. Hitchcock. Bristow, Owen,
Reed and Ken yon Are
Knmedu
WASHINGTON. Sept. 13. The congres
sional delegation to attend tha funeral of
Repref entatlve J. P. Latta of Tekamah,
Nob.. Friday, was completed today by the
designation of Senators Brown and Hitch
cock of Nebraska, Bristow of Kansas,
Owen of Oklahoma, Reed of Missouri and
Kenyan of Iowa to represent tha senate.
Kills Wife, Children and Self.
HANOVER, Germany, Sept. IS. The vil
lage of Wassel reports a domestic tragedy.
I A laborer by the name of Zautze, while
suffering from melancholia, cut the throats
of his wife and five children with a raior
and then hanged himself.
Boxes of O'Brien's
Candy.
DalzelTa Ice Cream Bricks.
Base Ball Tickets.
All are given away free to those
who find their names In the want
ads.
Read tte want ads every day,
your name will appear sometime,
maybe more tnan once.
No puzzles to solve nor sub
scriptions to get just read tfee
want ads.
Turn to the want ad -pages
there yiu will rind nearly every
business bouse. a (ho city, repre