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Looking Backward This Day in Omaha Fhlily Tassty Tea TMn Ag Sea nanortal Fag of mak knt The Daily Bee WlATHEa FOBECAST. Generally Fair VOL. XLI-NO. 202. OMAHA, THURSDAY MOSXING, FEBRUARY 8, IMS-TEH PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. YEISER TIES UP j WITH HARRISON pioosevelt Chief Boomer Let I Follette Field Man Take Fall Control. ONLY OKE TICKET IS TEE FIELD I Follette Delegates to Go on tie 1 Primary Ballot 50 EOOSEYILT SAME TS SIGHT T. K. to Hare Delegation if He Wins at the Foils. i 1 COEBICZ TO DIBECT CONTEST Wuk Mam Off the Ticket aad Apweureatly Oat at tha Kavw I meat, Aeeerdlag a ma j ' eaits at" Ltaeoln. I (From a Staff Cbrrespondent.r " 1 UHITUI. FWh. lRndil Nmn.) l-Dflnlt oonflrm itioa was bad today of tba report currant yesterday that tha La Follette and Roosevelt tUowr In tha atata had raaobad an understanding to rota for a nam mo ticket. Tha final I touch wara put to tha affair at a con Serene batiraan Governor Aldrlch, Frank iBarrlacs. flald maa from tha national La Toilette heedquartere, and John O. Tehwr, who filed tha Roosevelt petition. As a aeouence to the sgreement Governor 'Aldrlch, who for aoma time baa been looked upon aa a Roosevelt man, and Boo mtary Corrlck af the state La Follette largenixatloo are both out with atate- 'menta. Walla Corrlck (are there has bean a aubatantlal understanding all the time It la nevertheless a fact that In thecon- fereace at which the deal waa arranged he was not preaant and It lacurrent report that he ha been Ignored In the 'preliminary negotiations. Another fact which stands out is that 'Talser haa been eliminated data for delegate-at-large. It being said. an tha beat of authority, that hla dldacy was ana thine which the La Fol lette maa would not ooaced. One thing .which I not apparent Is where tha Rooasrelt men are going to gat their snare of the representation on tha primary ticket, the delegates from lOvw a flbe sis districts having already beea namil by tha La Fotlette men. the faith alatrtBt and - the deleates-at-large being still to ba nominated at the meet' tag Header. . . La FaUstt Men Take All. Mr, Carrtskw in hla statement, says: "The " for Mr. La Follslt aa originally planned by tha La Folieue league will be energeuoslty continued until the primaries. The atata conler- ence called for nnxt Monday will endorse Pinal nr La efoliatt for the presidency 'Man will ba eaeesa wha art recognised prugisssnaa, friendly te both Folieue and Colonel Roosevelt. Toe rsnfl-1" t wb receives ua manse vote at tha primaries will receive tha votes of tha delegates nominated at tha con ference. If eleoud,- If tha view taken by Oorrlok la oor rect the La Follette league baa simply swallowed tha Rooeevelt movement and all tha friends of the man from Oyster Bay get out of tt Is the prouuoe that If they wall help elect La foUetl man to tha national eouvenUon tsesa dele gataa will kelp nominate Roosevelt If It la smpoeslble to name their own man. Tha Jseeesvelt maa get ne representa tion on the ticket, 'tuit are almply te be hewers of wood and drawers of water for tha Wisconsin, senator., What the ewveraer gays. Governor Aldrlch asserts that the nom ination af Colonel Roosevelt would pre vent tha unrest usually assorts fd with a presidential campaign beoauas his po sition toward business Is known. He 'states that In hla Judgment public aentl moot la crystallising la I tot of Rosea-' veM. Governor Aldrlch states there are as sertoea differences between repubUoans tn fe break v He asserts that there will be pat two sets of delegates voted aa at the primaries, one pledged to President Tart and the other either to Senator La t oilette or Colonel Rooeevelt. The cholos between the last two will depend, la the Nebraska executive's opinion, aa tha re sults which can ba obtained under their respective I seders hips, He says tn part: - "la my Judgment, the evidence on every hand from straw votes taken by tha gnat aietropoHtaa dailies and from other un doabted and reliable courses of taforma tloa snows that tha sintlseent Is rapiaiy crystallising around ear ex-president, Theodora IteossvT'A. "la the last few days tt would seem that Senator La Fotlette win aet bank. awing te I energies, to te further conduct las leadership at the) critical period of formation of political tore, and tha repubiioaa party la this state and nation are Indeed fortunate tn bevtag la Colonel Rooeevelt a ispublhaa whose progressive Policies aad great char acter have dona so much for this ooun try." Coloacl'a AttJtsvae WeU Kaewa. After paylag a tribute to Colonel Us ess Telf s mora! earnestness and civic virtue, Governor AJdrieh saya: "Another matter of Importance la con st oaring the availability at Colonel Roosevelt. Is this That with hla aomlna Ooa there would not .ba assi plated the (Continued ea Second Page.) The Weather ' For Nebraska-Generally fair; warmer in eastern portion. For Iowa Fair: colder la extreme east portion; warmer la west portion. Teas perm tare at s tt & A9 vmaaa jreaterday. Hears. Deg. S a. nt M a m T a m t a m t a m . ( Is a m - 7 11 a m t 1J m lj i a nt u The National Capital Wednesday", February T, ISIS. The Senate. In eeeelon Sam. Hearings on steel tariff revision bin hee-un hv finance committee. rhsrles McOowan. a Hlnee-Lorimer witness, repidleted alleged edmlntona of perjury before Lorimer committee. Foreign relations committee e helved Hndurac loan treaty. Treaty with foreign nations to restrict circulation of obscene literature favorably reported. The House. Investigation of Iawrence (Mass.) strike asked bv Rioresentatlve Berger. Airtcultural department's sttltude to ward Florid Everglades lands discussed asj as, gv as i as aws w 'ee ssa- .... InfaatlsraflnsT summit) heard iMtimonr on convict labor In ateJ plants in tn ixuiii. Korfgn affairs commlttM members wit) . A anM niatatleaTl addMl rower to protect Americana aions Mexican ooroer. . Th aal treaty blDNup for debata and IrtrxKluoad a bill for federal corporation commisatOD or nvt iirjiiitrii aw Poatofflco axpendlturoa conunltteo ub- rnaMl Goono B. Cortolyou to taur7 th investigation of tha Lewis fraud oraara castv Gompers Says He Was Quoting Words of Shakespeare WASHINGTON, Fsb. a-Presldent Samuel Gompers of the American Feder ation of Labor today told the court which is trying him, Frank Morrison and John Mitchell for contempt,, that when he wrote "Go to with the injunction,' he bad used the expression In the Shakes- psaraaa sense and not a profane one. "I like 8hakospcare and had la mind soma of hla expressions when I wrote that," said Mr. Oompers. "such as 'avaunt,' 'go to with thy prattle.' It was In tha Shakespearian sense that I used tt and I meant no disrespect of this court or its decree. I meant 'go to,' 'wait' or Wop' with your Injunction." At tha conclusion of his direct examin ation President Oompers exonerated John Mitchell, former rice president of the federation, who was sentenced to nine months In Jail for contempt. Mr. Oom pers said Mr. Mitchell did not sign the pronouncement for which tha labor lead- era are being prosecuted, but that his id seen attached as a matter of oourse. Attorney Darlington read the Injunc tion decree to Mr. Oompers and ques tioned him on It phrase by parses. When ha asked Oompers why hs bad not obeyed It and had permitted 'articles to appear tn the American Faderatlonlst In violation of the Injunction Oompers said hs believed that his constitutional rights bad been Invaded and that those portions of the Injunction to which be took ex ceptions were veld. Unusual precautions takes to guard Justice Wright war ap parent at tha re cess, -peetosman and a deputy , United State marshal escorted him to his cham bers. Tha Judge bsa received many threatening letters. Elder Sneed is Star Witness m Son's Trial for Murder FORT WORTH. Tex-. Feb. 7. "Let your wlfs go," J. T. Sneed declares hs urged on his son after tha younger Mrs. Sneed sloped with A. O. Boyce, Jr. Toe elder Sneed was ths star witness today tn tha trial of hla son, John B. Sneed, for th murder of Captain Ai O. Boyce. Tha killing waa th dramatic sequel to the elopement. I advised my son to leave hla wife," declared the elder Sneed. "I told him to let her go and we would take car of the children. He insisted that aha was In sane, and said hs Intended to stay with her and protest his children. Ha asld that If he left her she would probably go off with that man (young Boyce) and go to the dogs. Milwaukee Heads Deny Big Frauds CHICAGO. Feb. T. "The statement that the Puget Bound railroad has been defrauded out of the sum of SUMMM or any ether sum of money In connection with the construction and equipment o( that railway. Is absolutely and unquali fiedly false.'" Tula statement was Issued late today by President A. i. Ear ling and Vice Presi dent S3. W. MeKenna of tba Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul railroad, after their attention bad bees ealled to the fact that a rumor had It that tha conrvaay had Buffered losses In connection with the es tension of Its Una to the Pacta so at Tba rumor was heard la New Tork and Chicago practically simultane ously and toM. also, of aa lavastlgauoa said to have been Instigated by a group of stockholders. After tha reports had become public. Mr. MeKenna conferred with President Barling and said Do further statement would be Issued. King Frederick Has Good Night COPENHAGEN, Feb. T.-An official bulletin, jostled thai morning by the phy sicians la attendance) oa King Frederick, who last evening while out walking was aatsed with av sudden illness, says: "Tba king passed a satisfactory aisht. He slept well, but haa a llrtie fever, aris ing from slight inflammation of the lungs." 1 P- m K J X J - ... . i Ztf - P- m is t p. m a. m t a m S p. m WESTERN MEN ARE NAMED FOR FEDERAL POSITIONS WASHINGTON'. Feb. 7WSpclal Tela- gram.)-H. & Elk Ins of Caster eoaaty. Sooth Dakota, has boea appointed dark la th Interstate Commerce commies! on. John B. IJnsnioie of Lincoln. Ne-. baa been appointed Inspector cat item tn eoanecttoa with the bureau af industry. George 8. Collins of Omaha haa baas awarded the contract for repair t the pabii butldtng at Nebraska CUy at faro. BBIBE CHARGES PEOBEDBY JURY Rumors of Img-ularitr in Street Car Cases Considered by Grand Jury. TrmrririijTTG asd gross called C. J. Smyth of Omaha Bar Associa tion is Also Witness. ON WITNESS STAND OVER HOUR Says Questions Asked Covered the Case Pretty Thoroughly. PAVING INQUIRY COMES TODAY Sabaaeaaa Have) Been leased far Hearspasersseavaad Mesaaera at Fir and Felice Beard te Appear Today. Probe of charges of Jury bribing la district court lawsuits in which tha street railway company has been interested was begun by the Dougles county grand Jury yesterday morning. Investlgstlon of charges of Irregulari ties In awarding paving contracts and charges of violation of liquor laws and laws against prostltitlon has been set for this morning by the grand Jury. Subpoenas for the following to appear before tha grand Jury today have been issued: Arthur W. Shields. secretary of ths Board of Fire and Police Commissioners; Charles J. Karbach. member of the Board of Firs and Police Conrmlsslonera; Harvey Mew branch, editor of the World-Herald; Vic tor Roeewater. editor of The Bee; T. W. McCullough. managing editor of The Bee; Arthur Pugh. editor of the Medi tator, and Joeeph Polcar, editor of the Omaha Dally Newt. C. J. Smyth, a member of the Omaha Bar association committee that Investi gated tha John A. Kemmerllng Jury bribery aaas and other Jury bribery mat ters, was subpoenaed Tuesday and waa ths first witness on Jury bribery to be examined by the grand Jury. H en tered the grand Jury room at 10:S9 o'clock yesterday and spent sn hour and tan minutes on tha stand. Hla examine' was conducted by County A .f ,. 1 James P. English and De'-.vO' y'Ay Attorney Oeorgs A. Ma , V xd .s A. Gobs, pedal asslsts.v' jano) Jury, had not yst enter , aV,4 Jury room. Answers , JTieeetiene. Did you tell them all you knewf was. asked Mr. Smyth, when ha left the grand Jury room. , - " I told them all about everything raey asked ms about." was ths reply. ' "Were their pretty thorough?" "Tea. Pretty thorouaw.'-' , Charles A. GoaC special grand - Jury assistant; Joha A. Kemmerllng. a former pout Juror wh has confessed he aooaptad bridge from Arthur w. oroea, Isrmer claim agent Tec tba street railway ooav pany, and who has mads a lengthy and detailed confession unpilsating other former Jurors; and Arthur W. Oross waited In tha corridor euuids th grand Jury room wall Mr. Smyth was belag ess mined Mr. Goes entered th grand Jury room after Mr. Smyth bad been excused. Kem merllng waa callWd In and placed upon the wltneea stand. His examination re quired a half hour. When ho merged trom th grand Jury room ha waa sur rounded by InqulslUv nawspaporman. Ail he would say waa: I told them th wool truth, lust as I said I would." Kemmerllng! Faoaa Goes. Kemmerllng, testifying before tha grand Jury, faced lbs man whose testimony sod his ooorlctlon of accepting a bribe-Charles A. Gosa Tba Ksmmerllng bribery scandal created a sensation la the court bouse In October, Ul. A Jury in tha case of Mrs. K. M. West against th stmt railway company haa disa greed. Goes received a telephone call from some man who said as was a friend of Kemmerllng and Kemmerllng wanted th rest of that money. What Gosa heard over the telephone aroused hSj sus picions and hs promised to go to Ketn- merllnfs house and pay him. Ha then ealled up H. C. Bronte, of counsel for Mrs. West. Brome furnished him S3 to pay Kemmerllng and he did so. taking Kemmerllng' s receipt for the money. Kemmerllng was arrested, tried and convicted of taking a bribe. Ha served three months In ths county Jail. , Subsequently Ksmmerllng made a oon- tesaloa fenpi testing Arthur W. Groat aad said his friend's telephone call t Gosa waa a Hsiahe and should have been to Oroea. When the grand Jury convened at t o'clock la tha afternoon after th aooa adjournment Arthur W. Oroea waa placed oa tha stand aad kept there until tilt- He refused to make any statement re garding hla testimony to Mwepapennen. He said ha waa told the grand Jury probably was through with him. but might recall htm. -A Popular Holdup Fran the Philadelphia Racerd. WATCHING THEIHDICTED MEN Polios of Many Cities Hare Alleged Dynamiters Under Observation. ARRESTS TO BE KADE SAKE DAY CapSa aad Copies of ladhrlmeate t Ba Mailed Or tie Isle aa Sewa aa They Are Prepared at laalaaaawlta. , IJfDIAKAPOU. Ind.. Feb. t.Wn- IOWA CEMENT PAVING EXPERT TALES TO CEMENT USERS. sat ta as least twenty dtlee today to keep watsh ever th rasa who her been charged la thirty-two Indictments WI1U complicity with th McNamara .and Ortl B. MoManlgal la th dynamite oo ne piracy. Th man Indicted whs are said to aura- bar between thirty and forty are now' scattered In at ties aa far distant a Boston, Now Tork, Now Orleans. Chi sago, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Saattl and it Is ths plan of tha govern ment ta cause their arrest on one day. It Is understood telegrams from the federal authorities here har Informed th officials la the districts where the men reside that capiases have been Is sued and these with copies of th Indict ment ars to ba sent as soon as possible Meantime It Is tha government's pur pose to guard against acquainting the accused maa of the fact of their indict ment and to watoh their movements unUI they ars taken In custody. In some Instances capiases already have been sent according to govern ment officials, but msay of tha Indict ments are a voluminous that It will re quire several day t transcribe them so that copies can ba sent with th papers for the arrests Tha Indictments some of which cover hundreds of pages, coo ts In more detailed charges than are usu ally written Into true bills. Mane Innulriee alPMashr haw wmnhmA Vnlted States District Attorney Miller"! office, requesting Information about th Indictment. It was said some of these came from men who wanted to know whether they had boea Involved. Bones of Kearney to Rest in Washington WASillXOlOX, I Feb. T.-With much pomp and ceremony the bunea of Major General Phil Kearney, on of th moat daahmg of th federal cavalry leaders of th civil war and also a notable fig ure in the Mexican war, are to find their resting place la tha National cemetery her oa April II. At present General Kearney's body la m a vaault of old Trinity church In New Tork City. President Taft has ordered that all civil war veterans In tha government de partments be excused from duty on the day of reinterment and will himself at tend l.w ceremony. It Is understood the state of New Jersey will erect a suitable monument over the grav of General Kearney. CORTELYOU SUMMONED TO TESTIFY IN LEWIS CASE WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Geori-e B. Cortelyou. former postmaster general, haa been subpoenaed to appear before th house committee on expenditures In th Poatofflco department on FrMny ta tes tify la the Investtgatioo Into tha lass of fraud order sea last E. G. Levrla of St, Lout te th Peoples' bank case. V Girl Seen on Train Not Dorothy Arnold NIW TORK. Feb. TDorothy Arnold haa not been found. A polios report that the missing girl waa on a train which left Philadelphia at 1 11 this morning for this dty proved to be Incorrect. Fraact A Arnold, tha girl's father, and two detectives, went to meat th train but could find ao trace of Miss Arnold. Dorothy Arnold disappeared from the home of bar father. Franc Is R. Arnold, a wealthy Importer, on East Seventy ninth street, oa December 12. in, and the first public announcement that aha was missing waa made at headquarters on the night of January 2S. Sine that time, according to the legal adviser of th Arnold family, not on word baa been received from Miss Arnold, nor haa ths family been able to find a single clue as to what haa become of her. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. T.-Captain Cameron of the city detective bureau asid today that detectives last night found a girl who was said to ba Dorothy Arnold, but after a talk with her learned that ah waa not the missing woman. This girl. Captain .Cameron said today. Is still la the city. He declined to mak her Dins MARTIN INTRODUCES BILL TO LICENSE CORPORATIONS WASHINGTON. Feb. Tv-A bill to es tablish a federal commissi oa with powers to license an Interstate corporations doing aa annual business la excess of fl.oSO.W was Introduced In the bouse today by Represontattv Martin, republican. South Dakota. The proposed commission would ceo elst of five members to be appointed by tha president with power to closely regulate the affairs f Interstate eorpora- " s ' i -V'. r NAGEL FOR SUMME COURT President Indioates Will Appoint Secretary to Succeed Ear Ian. HOOK'S NAME IS ELIMINATED avaaaaa Jsdge Said te Mas aVaa Tea Fas? la Ceeearreaee la Jtaa Crev Law Decision la Okla- F. P. VYIUMJ.S. City Engineer of Mason City. la. Election of Orozco May Restore Peace in Chihuahua EI, PASO, Tax.. Feb. T.-Tho election of Paaqual Orosoo aa governor of Chi huahua by the state legislature yester day ta hoped by the friends of Madero to be the first step toward restoring panes In Chihuahua. If Orosoo -remains loysl to Madero It Is believed he can put down the troubles David de la Fuente, recognised as leading agent of the Tasques Gomes propaganda In Mexico, was In El Paso last night and left today for tha east, presumably Ban Antonio, where Gome is. Mexico National trains are all operating south to Chihuahua today aa usual, but tha Mexico Northwestern haa annulled all trains until further orders. Mexican rebels last night. burped seven bridges south of Hants Sofia, Shuster Talks with Sir Edward Grey LONDON. Fsb. T. W, Morgan Shuster. ths former American treasurer general of Persia, had an Interview today with Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign min ister. Th situation In Persia was dis cussed and while no change In British policy In tfiat country la expejted to oc cur as a result of the Interview, it can be stated that the meeting wss of an entirely please at and cordial nature, both Mr. Shustes and Mr Edward Grey ob taining a better understanding of each other's point of view. McFarland Given Death Sentence NEWARK. K. J.. Feb. 7.-Allison Mc Farland, found guilty of murdering bis wife, Evelyn, by giving her cysnlde of potassium, was sentenced todsy by Chief Justice Gummere to die In the electric chair at Trenton In the week beginning March 17. Counsel filed notice of appeal WAUKESHAW AND ASHLAND REJECT COMMISSION FORM WAt'KRJHAW. Wla. Feb. T.-Wauke-shaw rejected the commission form of government by a vote of 92! to 373, ac cording t returns from yeeterdsy's election. ASULAND, Wis.. Feb. T.-Returns to dsy snow that Ashland rejected the com mission form of government yesterday by a vota of at to MS. WASHINGTON, Fsb. 1 Th existing vaeaaoy oa th uprro bench, Ik fifth that haa oeovrrei la the present admin. istralloa, probably will hs fill by th appointment af Secretary af Coenmerc aad Labor Charles Nagal of It Leula President Taft at sx peeled to send tba nominatloa af Mr. Nagal to th Sonets wlthlu a few daya U sited States Judge William C. Hook of Kansas, who until last night was most prominently men tioned for th vacancy, to said to have been eliminated trom further aonaldera tloa at aa hour's seeiioa f th cabinet today. All of tha lawyers In tha cabinet except Mr. Nagal war present and after ward It waa learned that th president had mads clear bis Intention of appoint lag hi secretary of ommara and labor. Thla report waa so generally credited tonight that rumor was busy with a poa. slble successor lo Mr. Nagal la th east net Leula Marshall of Nsw Tork and Oscar Roaanwald of Chicago were men tioned among those who would be eon sldered by President Taft. Oajret Hook's Deeteiea. Judge Hook's asm was scratched from ths president's Hat today almost at tha eleventh hour. This action was asld t be du to hi concurrence la a "Jim Crow" law decision la aa Oklahoma rail, road case. Both tha president and At torney General Wiekeraham are under stood to bold the opinion that Judge Hook "went too far" la this ease, and Secretary of State Knox, Secretary of War Htlrason and Secretary of the In terior Fisher, the other lawyers present at tha cabinet meeting, evidently agreed. acrtary Nagal had bean mentioned among thoa whom th president was considering for th supreme eourt place sino Justlo Harlaa's death last tall. Attorney General Wtekeraham and Post master onrai IBtoaaook are both known to bav strongly urged hla ap- Dolntment Mr. Taft's only known objection to the appointment to that Mr. Nagal la a years old and, si though a lawyer of wide prac tice, haa had so Judicial sxperlence. FIVEMASKEDMEN BOB MAIL TBAItf Bandits Take Possession of West Bound Rook Island Train Near Memphis. POSTAL CAE IS EAjJSACEED Eeg-istered Packages and Ererfe thing of Value Taken, ETPHESS SAFE BLOWS OPES large Sams Consigned to Oklahoma Ja sa Jans uunea Away. AITAIE CABEFULLT PLA5SED after Catkertng Their Fiaaaev ths audita Cat Telegraph wire and Stak Escape Xe Claw to Identity. . MTUlPHia Tena. Feb. T.-FTv men plundered the mall aad aiprsa ears at Rock. Island train Ma at u..iw. ! mrtr Sooay and made away with mew euoty long before aa alarm waa spread and posses oold assk their trail. Ths 'holdup was ao cleverly planned and executed with such pracielon that nan ef the train Mi.t. . www mier re- "stance and few f th passenger knew anrming nan aappened until they awoke to find their train atalled. - Th value of plunder th robbers got ba not beea determined. They ran oked in postal ear. blasted ths Wells Fargo express company ante, apparently overlooking nothing that might add la their profit. -'J " rwported money eon. atgmd ta a bank la Oklahoma estimated at between Mm takes from tha txm. . aTL . " aas rOfr bars. No arreata war reported. Baataee, Threw, faww. Tral sli! ?"? M sout midnight, Aftsr It cleared tha western terminus at th Mlsatsstppl river bridge It was boarded by twa masked men. They slim bed ev th. tender and covered th angln. crawl with guns Than tba train was st!lBi,',W ts kicked off Into a ditch. Th flremaa ran th train several ail until told ta halt at a earns ftre alnaa aut. ik. It ere three other aandlta waited. Her the bag gaga and mail oar ware detached tram the naaeanne .-- .nH before any af th train crew knew what waa happening, the locomotive with its llaht lead Waa hutrvlnw tm.r1 hv Intn IKa country. While me ef th bandits held a gua over in n reman, tn remaining! tour i us sand clambered tat th ex pre and mall oaebe aad eovared tha messMigor and clerks. The mwIu writs twa earn ni emitleS ta a point a mil east of Hulhwt, Ark. Than tn roswera reaancaea tee paexax ear blew apaa th safe, gathered their pi un der and fled, 1 Telea-raph Wtsaa Cat.' " Thsy had obtained a good start at flight tons before an alarm could be given. Th telegraph wires into Memphis had boea uC Th first Intlmauoa t Sanger to th train cam to employes of th Rock Island road at th wast era terminus of th Mississippi bring. They heard heavy detonations, apparently trom a point far In tha w.intry. The noise era mad by ax plosion at ammanlttnn that was destroyed when tha ooaibmeUon baggage and sx press burned after th sale bad been blasted. Only Ona Bagr at Mall Taken. CHICAGO. Feb. T.-Advloea were re ceived bar today by ofQcala ef th Chicago. Rock Island pacta railroad that nothing waa taken from ths train by tha robbers except ne pouch of reg istered malL Woman Burns Boy With Hot Poker JOHNSTOWN, Pa.. Feb. t-Bdlth Ford, housekeeper for Adam Sheets of Nasby Ulo, Pa., waa committed t Jail today oa a charge of aggravated assault and battery on the allegation that aba aaared the bark of Sheets' I-year-old bob with a hot poker. Th woman said she burned the child to break him of a habit, but did not know tha Implement waa a not. DR. JOHN A. M'CUEN IS ELECTED MAYOR OF DULUTH DULCTH. Minn. Feb. 7. -Complete returns today snow that Dr. John A McCuen, the republican candidate for mayor of Duiuth was elected yesterday by a plurality of 1,M ever Mayor M. a Culhjra. democratic candidate for re election. The lasus of IWW light bonds waa authorised. On socialist alderman ITALIAN INSTITUTIONS IN TURKEY WILL BE CLOSED CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. T. Th Turkish cabinet decided today to put Into fore th order for dosing all Italian In stitutions In Turkey, Including private hanks, insurance companies aad th or phanage at Sou tart, Y ') Judge Gary Explains ' Disposal of Evidence NtTW TORK. Feb. T.-Judg Elbert H. Gary, chairman of th United State Steel corporation, gav out a statement tonight In explanation of the charge mad by th government that certain evidence used In prosecution ef th so- called Jackson wire pools and needed ta support ths government's suit to dissolve th corporation had been destroyed. Judge aOry any that tha evidence, a trunk ful of "old papers," that had Beea before th federal grand Jury la Mew Tork and returned after th Indictments In the wire pool Investigation had beea disposed of. were ordered destroyed by Frank Basses, trie president of th American Steal and Wlr oampnny. wha supposed that all th pro oution grow ing out of tha wlr pool were at aa end I that the papers war a longer needed for any purpose. , Judge Gary express us hr regret that the government thought tt nirisnry or desirable te bring it injunction cult re straining the oorporatloa er its sub sidiaries tram destroying evidence. HERRICK NOMINATED FOR AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE WASHINGTON. Feb. f-The nesntna- tioa of former Governor Myron T. Her rfck of Ohio, to be ambassador to FTanoa, waa sent by President Taft ta tha senate today. Ha will succeed Robert Darow. resigned to become a fellow of Harvard university. Aa effort will aa made tn eecure his Immediate eooflrmacloa. Use the tele phone. - When yoo ham anything around the house to sell, a room to rent, a house tor sate, when yon want something, when In need of competent help, 00 Tha Bew Want Ada. An ad will cost yon only a tew cants (ona cent a word If run two or mora times). Th regolts will be beyond ronr ex pectations. - If yon can't come to th Bae otttca us the telephone. Tyler 1000. A J