Looking Backward
This Day in Omaha
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VOL, XLLI-NO. 95.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, 0CTOBP;R 7, 1912.
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FOR GREAT REVIEWS
Flagship Connecticut Bean the Pen
nant of Rear Admiral Hugo
Osterhaus.
CEREMONIALS LAST TEN ? DAYS
'Thousands 'Await Arrival of Ten
Huge Gray Vessels.
SIX SCORE CRAFT WILL COME
Most Extensive Naval Demonstration
Seen at Metropolis.
CITY EXTENDS ITS WELCOME
3Inyor's Committee and Reception
Committee Pat Off to Flna-sntp
nd Exchange -Greeting's
with Admiral.
NEW YOBK, Oct. 6.-Headed by the
flagship Connecticut bearing; the pennant
of Rear Admiral Osterhous, ten gray
Inronclad warships steamed up New York
bay today the backbone of the battleship
division in the naval gathering of which
the harbor will be the scene for the next
ten days. .
Thousands of slght-seers were awatlng
the battleships, whose arrival was her-
aided . by. screeching of " lnnumerble
whistles on river craft. The din kept up
continuously as the formidable line of
sea fighters .slowly felt its way up the
Hudson to the anchorages assigned its
units tor the reviews and other cere
monials incident to the gathering here of
the more than six score war craft, which
are to participate In the biggest, naval
demonstration the port has ever known.
Today's arrivals, beside the flagship,
were the battleships Ohio, New Jersey,
Rhode Island, Nebraska, Kansas, Louis),
ana, Delaware, Utah and . Florida. No
sooner had they dropped anchor than
the fleet of small craft, prepared to
. convey the thousands who will visit the
warehips during their stay, was put
Into commission ready for the afternoon's
visiting rush. ;
The official opening of the programme
in connection with the review began
when the v mayor's ' committee and the
reception committee headed by Herman
Ridder and Dr. John H. , Finley, the
chairman, put off to the flagship and
gave the city's formal welcome to Rear
Admiral Osterhaus and his men. Tie
committeemen were cordially received
and there was an extended exchange of
felicitations. -
OarEegair Shbpsj l
Destroyed by Fire
DES, MOINES la.. OcU (.Fire, early
today destroyed .the car repair shops of
the Des Moines City Railway company,
causing a loss of 1100,009. Two firemen
were Injured, neither fatally. ' In the in
surance totals, 160,000.
SLOAN VICE PRESIDENT V i
np thp INDIAN CONGRESS
V. , ,,4' i -...
COLUMBUS, 0 Oct , fl.-Appotntment
of more Indians , to the government serv
ice, codification of the . laws relating to
this race and' better school facilities for
their children were among the measures
embodied in a platform adopted by the
delegates to the American Indian con
gress here today. - - x
The delegates voted to petition Presi
dent Taft.to defer the appointment of
a successor, to E. O. Valentine, Indian
commissioner who resigned a month ago,
until after the election. . ,
Among officers elected for the coming"
year wefe: Rev. Dr. Sherman 'Coolidgv
of Faribault, - Minn., president, and
Thomas L. Sloan of Pender, Neb., first
vice president. " '. " ; ' - '
STRIKE SYMPATHIZERS
STOP PASSENGER TRAINS
f .- 1 j. . :
AUGUSTA, Ga., Oct. . Two passenger
trains running .-In opposite directions
between here and Atlanta on the Georgia
railroad were held up today by strike
sympathizers and the conductors and
flagmen badly beaten. .Similar, treat
ment . was accorded the strike-breaking
train crew, of freight train.
Colmen Guilty of Bigamy.
MASON CITY, la..' Oct. .-(SpecIal
Telegram.) W. ' J. Colmen was found
guilty today of bigamy. Six wives are
credited up to him, Uvlng in different
parts of the1 United States. He will be
sentenced Tuesday. .
-The Weather
Forecast for Monday:
For Nebraska Probably fair; warmer
pest portion.
For Iowa Rain and colder. ; . - .
For South Dakota Probably fair,
warmer portion.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday.
Hours.
i a. m......
6 a. m
7 a. m
, 8 a. m......
- 9 a. m
10 a. m
11 a. m
12 m
1 p. m
I p. m
S p. m......
4 p. m
5 p. m
6 p. m
7 p. m
Dee.
... 71
... 69
... 61
... 66
... S3
... 57
... 68
Many Notable Men
Summoned by Senate
Inquiry Committee
WASHINGTON, Oct i-Charles R.
Crane of Chicago, Ogden Mills of New
York and Charles Edward Russell will
testify Monday before the Clapp commit
tee of the senate Investigation funds.
It was announced today. Charles P. Taft,
brother of the president; Charles D.
Hilles, chairman of the republican na
tional committee, ' and J. R. Lovett, head
of the Harriman railroad, will testify
Wednesday.
Matthew Hale of Massachusetts, Sena
tor N. B. Scott of West Virginia and
Louis Hammerllng of New York also will
testify Monday.
Tuesday, Ormsby McHarg, convention
contest manager for Colonel Roosevelt;
former Senator Chauncey M. Depew and
Congressman William B. McKinley of
Illinois are soheduled to appear. -
Thursday the committee will hear Jo
slah Qulncy, a Massachusetts democrat,
and Roger Sullivan of Illinois.
Friday. Medlll MoCormlck of Chicago
and William S. Edwards of West Vir
ginia, both Roosevelt supporters, and EX
T. Stotesbury of Philadelphia will testify.
Lieutenant Governor Nichols of Ohio
has promised to appear Monday. October
14, to testify about Governor Harmon's
campaign contributions and expenditures.
Canadian Serves
Term as Judge in
. -V, South Dakota
PIERRE, a D., Oct. 6.r(Speolal.)-It
Is reported from up in Harding county
that a lot of homesteaders in thaj section
are wondering Just where they are at, all
because of the actions of County. Judge
George H. Jackson of that county, who
has held that office for the last four
years and Is now a candidate for state
attorney. It. appears that while Jackson
has held ' the position, that he has for
all that time been a cltzen of Canada,
and this has just been brought out by
his application for citizenship papers at
this time. In the four years that Jack
son has been county judge he has taken
hundreds of final proofs, as Judge of a
court of record, and those who have made
such proofs are fearful that they may
be voided. . Jackson up to the time he
applied for citizenship papers had no
opposition for state attorney, but it Is re
ported that an Independent candidate will
be put in the field by petition. -
Denizens of Levee
. Spread Through City
CHICAGO, Oct 1 Chicago has no south
side "levee" tonight The segregated vice
district which has been a brightly lighted,
crowded quarter In the heart of the city,
ever since the great, fire of, '71, -wasCjirk
and deserted for jhe first tune ltt, forty
years.'', r; v ' ""'-
The "levee" Is populated, according to
statistics collected by the, vice commis
sion, ..with 4,000 denizens of the under
world, 2,200 t of whom were. women. -
The dive keepers .today , decided that
State's, Attorney Wayman meant war.
They turned their inmates Into the street
and ordered : them to seek lodgings in
other parts of town. They closed their
houses and dance halls and fled, some
to conceal "themselves In other cities. St
Louis was the mecca for many.
, Meanwhile Inmates of the Illegal
resorts to the . number of nearly 1,500
poured Into Michigan boulevard, the wide
automobile' driveway that Is the main
artery of communication , between the
north and south, sides, and In the after
noon is " the main thoroughfare for , a
fashionable parade of automobiles. , The
women had been ordered . by resort
keepers to dress themselves 'in . their
gaudiest dresses, to paint their faces with
extra ' brilliance and to go out and find
other places to live, for the present, at
least ., . 1 ,
AUSTRIA
BALKAN
ACCEDES TO
PEACE PLAN
Quick Action by United ftSvrVay
Yet Result in A-".
tilities '-U-ej.
C0LLECTlu,OTE TO BE SENT
Ottomans Must Give Guaranty of
Reforms in Macedonia. -
LEAVES NO EXCUSE FOR A WAR
Balkan States Will Have Accom
plished Ostensible Object. 1
SLIGHT CHANGE IN PROPOSAL
Allies All Accept Suggestion with
Exception of Great Britain,
Which Will at Once Fall
In Line.
PARIS, Oct. 6,-Australla has given ad
hesion to the plan formulated by the
French and Russian foreign ministers to
deal with the, Balkan situation. Austria,
however, suggested a slight change in the
wording-o fthe proposals, which met with
the immediate approval of both M. Poln-
care and M. Sazonoff. The only, effect
of the amendment is more sharply to de
fine the .intentions of the powers and
present a more prcis statmn of these.
It Is understood the proposals do not In
clude a demand for . the autonomy of
Macedonia, but urge the adaptation of the
I provisions of Article No. 23 of the treaty
Of Berlin providing for a larger measure
of home rule. It is believed here the pro
posals will remove any, lurking suspicions
In England that the continental powers
possibly were contemplating a settle
ment wholly at the espen'se of Turkey,
Germany and Italy have . approved
their ally's modifications; so that with
full adhesion of the British government
which Is expected tomorrow, the powers
will be In position to say to the Balkan
coalition that ' the Balkan states will
no longer have to depend on the prom
ises of Turkey, but in the pledged word
of Europe. f .- , ' ''
Powers to Act Quickly. .
The French government is. confident
that all the preliminaries 'will be com
pleted in time to permit ' Russia and
Austria, as the mandatories of Europe, to
present a collective note to Sofia, Bel
grade, Athens and Cettlnje, tomorrow, or
at the latest Tuesday. As soon as this
Is done, Turkey will be invited to 'give
guaranties, whclh will render effective
me promise mat isurope win take upon
Its shoulders responsibility for the realiza
tion of the reforms. :
In official circles the feeling prevails
that this guaranty offered by the pow-.
era ought to satisfy the Balkan state-1f,
as, they profess, their sol motive in, mobi
lising Against. Turkejr .was to force .the
reforms provided for "In the treaty of
Berlin. "' . .. '. - . ; '
, 1 Tnrk" "Wli Flpht on Border. '
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 6.-An en
gagement has taken place at Berana near
the Montenegrin frontier between Turks
and Montenegrins. ; The Montenegrins
were repulsed, according to; advices re
ceived here. The Turkish government, It
Is understood, views this affray as prac
tically the beginning of hostilities.
Assim Bey, ex-minister of foreign af
fairs', has gone to Roumanla to seek the
support of that state in the Balkan dif
ficulty.: ' " '' ' . V ' . -
A circular note has been addressed to
the powers in which it is said:
. "The Ottoman people being ready to
accept the latest challenge thrown down
to It, Is prepared to repel any attack on
the security and dignity of the empire. ,
'.'The situation Is therefore extremely
grave and if the powers take too long
to agree upon ' the . forcible ., measures
which the circumstances dictate, hostili
ties may. be precipitated before Interven
tion can be effected." -
Oh, Listen to the Band!
WILSON SITS WITH
AT
T
BRAN
FIIEW
POLITICS
Democratic Leaden Agree Upon How
to - Handle Rocky Mountain
States in Campaign.
PICTURE IS TAKEN TOGETHER.
Nebraskan Decides Governor is First
Rate Campaigner. . . r
NO DENIAL OF CABINET STORY ,
Commoner Does Not Say Would Not
Accept Such Offer.
WIT AND HUMOR IN EVIDENCE
Distinguished Statesmen Vie with
Each Other in Brilliancy of Re
tort Wilson's Adjectives '
Complimentary. !
From the Washington Herald.
Presidential Party
on Long Auto Trip
D ALTON, Mass.; Oct 6. Under a cloud
less sky the president and Mrs. Taft and
Miss Mabel Boardman, their guest rode
for 1S2 miles today in a White House
automobile from Beverly ta Dalton. Tho
party left Parrametta, the president's
summer cottage, shortly after S o'clock
and made the run to Senator W. Murray
Crane's front porch Just outside of Dalton
In rix hours and twenty minutes,
, The presidential party will rest In Dal
ton until, Monday mornlnng, when it be
gins the second day of the six-day motor
trip through , Vermont and New Hamp
shire. ' ' , . '- - '
The president made no speeches today
and expects to make but few on the entire
trip. He passed through many ' little
towns, however, where the streets were
filled with' persons who . evidently had
heard of his coming. Frequently he was
accorded hearty cheers. At the Palmer
fair, outside Springfield, the White House
car, was . driven , around . the race track,
the president bowing to the crowds that
rushed to the fences. He shook hands
later with some of the fair's visitors.
Comparative Local Record
Official record of temperature and pre
cipitation compared with the correspond
ing period of the last three years.
1912. 1S11. 1910. 1909.
Highest yesterday .... 63 11 70 85
Lowest yesterday 54 48 46 60
Mean temperature ...... 58 60 58 72
Precipitation 00 .27 .00 .00
Temperature - and precipitation depar
tures from the normal at Omaha since
March 1. and compared with the last
two year:
Normal temperature 59
Deficiency for the day l
Ttai deficiency since March 1 138
Normal precipitation .08 Inch
Deficiency for the day .06 inch
Total rainfall since Mar. - 1..22.03 Inches
Deficiency since March 1, 1912.. 1.38 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period. 1911.13.84 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1910.11.7ft inches
Sheriff Loses Race; "
Mob Lynches Negro
AMERICUS, Ga., Oct . a' race be
tween a sheriff with a ftegro in an auto
mobile and enraged citizens in a dozen or
more machines ended today when the mob
overtook the sheriff's car near Ogle
thorpe and quickly lynched the negro.
The sheriff took to flight only when he
feared the jail here would be stormed' by
a large mob. The negro, Tarbrough, at
tacked a 12-year-old , girl today. Her
screams soon brought assistance and lie
fled. Tarbrough hid under a railroad
bridge where he was captured soon after.
He was placed In Jail and a crowd sur
rounded the building. .
When the situation was rriost tense,
the sheriff slipped the prisoner out a rear
door to a waiting automobile. This- move
was detected and soon ill . available
machines were used In the pursuit. Th j
mob got the prisoner near a bridge, tl.-d
a rope around his neck, dropped him over
the bridge and riddled his body .th
bullets.
Customs Off icers
Seize Gould Gems
NEW TORK, Oct. 6. Thirty-six pieces
of baggage which Frank J. Gould, his wife
and her three sisters brought to America
when they arrived from France yesterday,
are being held , up by the customs au
thorities, i" With their contents of gems
and gowns the trunks and cases are said
to be valued at 8100,000. !
The seizure of the baggage has been
made upon a technicality. Gould claimed
he was entitled to have the baggage all
entered free under the nonresident clause
of the customs giving such right to an
American -who for two years has main
tained a bona fide residence abroad. The
customs authorities claim that Mr. Gould
Is not strictly in the nonresident class.
MOOSE ELECTORS TO RESIGN
Will Quit Republican Ticket ifCourt
Gives Progressive JPlaccUppn It.
CULVER FILES TAFT PETITIONS
JUDGE COSGROVc HULtS
, AGAINST SHERIFF. M'SHAME
. (From a Staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN, 'Oct. G.-(Spcclal.)-Judge
Cosgrave of the Lancaster district court)
sustained the demurrer of the state to the !
petition of Felix J. McShane. jr., sheriff'
of Douglas county, yesterday. By this
decision Sheriff McShane will receive but ,
19 cents per day for boarding prisoners
after conviction. ' " "
On September 5, Sheriff McShane filed
with the state auditor a claim for board
ing a prisoner four days after conviction
and for bringing him to the penitentiary.
He charged 50 cents a day, or a total of
Si The auditor cut the claim to 19 cents
per day hud the sheriff 'appealed to the
district court. It is understood that the
case will be appealed to 'the supreme
court although the claim is but 31.24. ..
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Denver Takes Second'
Game in Hard Battle
DENVER- Oct Denver won the sec
one of the " pfcs-sasoh series for the
minor league championship today, beating
Minneapolsl; in ' an eleven-inning game
after tying the score In the eighth. The
game was a pitchers' battle up to the
sixth inning. Score' ' " R.H.E.
Denver ....;. .000 000 030 02-4 8 I
Minneapolis .000 002 000 00-4 8 1
Denver, Schrelber, Harris and Spahr;
Minneapolis, Young and Owen. -
Craplrc-CaniU and Haskell.
Practically Every Coanty in Stat Is
Represented Dr. J. Everlst
CMhcll to Uake Canbv, .
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'It is stated by prominent bull moose rs
that If thei supreme court finally rules
that the progressives shall have tt place
on the ballot this autumn widen the party
name "progressives,", the six bull moose
electors who are now holding places
under the name of republicans will con
sent to resign and go on the ticket as
the nominee of the progressives. F. M.
Currle of Broken Bow.'.JChalrman of the
republican state central j committee, at
headquarters in the Paxton, yesterday
said he had talked with some prominent
progressives of., the, .state, who had as
sured him that the state candidates were
willing to have this done in case the
supreme court ' grant the moosers a
place on the ticket. ,' ,
Vice Chairman Culver of the republican
state committee late Saturday afternoon
took the petition for Taft electors to Lin
coln, where he filed It with the secretary
of state. The petition carried 5,898 names,
representing all of, the counties of the
First, Second, Third, and Fourth con
gressional ; districts. - Of the thirty-six
counties In the big Sixth district, all but
seven are represented by the petitions
and these are counties that either have
no railroads at all or are barely touched
by a railroad, so that the mall was very
slow In getting there and back and the
time for circulation of petition. was short.
Of the Fifth district all but three have
returned the petitions. The same condi
tions with regard to railroads and mail
service exist in the measure In . these
counties.
In case the bull moosers , should be
given a place on the ticket In this state
by a decision of the supreme' court, and
the six moose electors now holding places
under the names of "republicans" should
resign and go on the progressive ticket,
the six filled by petition yesterday by
the Taft forces could resign, and allow
the six nominated by the state commit
tee to go on under the regular republican
head. 1
Chairman Currle says there Is a sur
prise In store for the democrats this fall,
as they are not the unit many believe
they are. k ,
"I have learned from both democrats and
republicans," said Chairman Currle, "that
a large number of the democrats, espe
cially the old line ones who were popu
lists years ago, are not going to support
Wilson. I have been told this by some
prominent democrats In the state and
by some republicans.. Besides this, there
are a considerable number of democrats
who are satisfied with the ; material
conditions of the state and do not be
lieve it wise to hazard a change of ad
ministration. These will support Taft
This latter class is not saying much
about it, but Taft will receive a con
siderable vote from them.
Employ Dr. Cathelt
Dr. J. Everist Cathell has been em
ployed by the state committee and Is to
start out this week to cover the First
congressional district, speaking at the
following places: Weeping Water, Syra
cuse. Auburn, Tecumseh and Havelock.
Jacob Hauck of Omaha, the noted lin
guist who can speak fluently In some
five languages, Is to make a number of
addresses during the latter part of the
campaign throughout the state. He will
be busy In Iowa until Jhe last few weeks
of the campaign. - . ,
Girl Kilted by Rattlesnake.
: SIOUX FALLS, S. D Oct .-Speclal.)
Struck by the fangs of a rattlesnake
and dying a few hours later was the
fate of the little daughter of , Mrs.
Fannie Deucheneau, living in the Moreau
river valley. The father of the child
died some time ago
Eight Lose Lives in ;
Triple Collision of
: - Autos on a Bridge
PHILADELPHIA, Oct S.-A collision
on a bridge in . which three automobiles
were Involved resulted. In the deaths of
eight men late tonight at Thirty-third and
Thompson streets In this city.
One of .the machine containing Hint
men hww im wo vnae m larriiio spew.
It$ rapid approach was seen by John I.
Spade, a Philadelphia contractor h wet
going over the bridge In the opposite di
rection in a motor. . He tried to avoid
the' car, but he was too late In steering
out of Ifs way and a collision occurred.
A third automobile was directly behind
the speeding car, which ran into It with
the result that ; the first machine was
catapulted over the bridge and down into
a coal yard, alongside the Pennsylvania
railroad tracks.
The , drop was about forty feet. The
other two cars were damaged, but their
occupants were uninjured and, Immedi
ately went to the rescue of the others.
SEIDEL PREACHES SOCIALISM
Former Mayor of Milwaukee Ex
pounds His Party's Doctrine.
LAMRASIS THE BULL MOOSE
Accnaea ' Roosevelt of Stealing; the
Socialist Platform and Trying; to
Steal Ills Way Into Third
- Term,
Errfll Seldel, former mayor of Milwaukee
and candidate for vice president on " the
socialist ticket, lammed the everlastin'
tar out of the bull moose movement and
the "progressive" Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt at an enthusiastic meeting at
Washington hall Sajturday night .
"He pleads for honesty," said Mn
Seldel, addressing nearly 400 comrades,
"this man who was In, the president's
of fice for seven and fa half years and
discovered that he . had to orm an
'honest' party omy when he couldn't get
back In.
"And is it an honest party? Mr, Roose
velt has pilfered twenty-one planks of
his platform from . the socialist party,
He had to call in a socialist to help him
write planks that would appeal to the
worklngmen.
"A few years ago Theodore Roosevelt
raked together all. the sins of- modern
society, all the greed, the lewdness and
prejudice, and put it Into an article and
published It In the Outlook and said, 'See.
this Is socialism.'
"And today Colonel Roosevelt who
charged Eugene V. Debs with supporting
a policy, that embraced all the conceiv
able vices and was too good to be his
friend, walks up to this same Eugene V.
Debs and says 'My brother!, He has
stolen our platform and our principles,
bui. there Is, we must admit, something
of virtue In such a theft. But he has not
only stolen our thunder. He has gone
to every party and taken something
from It.
"There. Is a story told to the effect
that young relatives of the scientist
Charles Darwin, went Into the fields and
found many bugs and they took all the
Insects they gathered and using a part
of each made them Into a composite bug.
Then they went to Darwin.
" 'See what a bug we have found. Tell
us what it Is,' they said.
"Darwin examined it carefully and
asked the boys If It hummed when they
caught it, and he was assured that the
way It hummed was marvelous.
" 'Then It Is a humbug,' said Darwin.
"And so has Roosevelt done and the
humbuggery of that platform he framed
In Chicago Is stilt humming and will
keep on humming."
Seldel raked the other two parties Im-
(Contlnued on Second Page.)
BIG JACK ZELIG MURDERED
Prospective Witness in Becker Trial
: Shot in Street Car,
REVENGE MOTIVE, SATS SLAYER
Police Investigate Reports that East
;: ltd Gana Leader la Lared to
. - Scene by" Telephone .
."V-iyv..
yjfEW ; YORK, Oct .-"BI . Jack."
Zeilg was shot to death ' tonight -T,h
east side gang leader , and prospective
witness In the trial of Police Lieutenant
Charles Becker for the murder of Herman
Rosenthal, the gambler, was seated In a
Second avenue open trolley car when
Philip Davidson, who says ha ta a fruit
dealer, jumped on the running board and
fired the fatal shot
Davidson leaped from the ear and ran
away, but was caught weapon In hand.
He admitted the shooting and declared
It was for revenge, the police say. Ac
cording to the prisoner, Zellg had held
htm up at the point of a revolver late
today In an east 'side hallway and robbed
him of S400.
The police were at a loss whether to
believe Davidson's story and at a late
hour reports that Zellg had been lured to
the scene of the shooting by a telephone
message were being Investigated.
. Becker's Trial Will Benin. "
.Patrons of a Second avenue restaurant
some distance away said Zellg, who was
In that neighborhood earlier in the even
ing, had received a telephone call from
someone who made an, appointment to
meet him at Fourteenth street and Second
avenue. Zellg jumped on a' car, the story
ran, 'and a few moments later word
flashed back to the restaurant that he
had been shot
Zellg, mortally , wounded, was rushed
to Bellevue hospital, but before the am
bulance reached that Institution he was
dead. On his body, the police say, only
12.34 was' found, although a well-dresed
woman, whose identity was not learned,
visited the Bellevue morgue not long
after Zellg's death and asked , the au
thorities to. turn over to her $500 which
she said Zellg had In' his possession when
he was shot. -'; , -
Th woman' was detained by the
morgus authorities they asserted. The
police also detained Hyman Glverth, an
east side resident, as a material witness.
Glverth says he saw the shooting.
Slayer Strana-er to Police.'
Little is known about Davidson. He
told the police, they . say, that' he came
to this city from Peeksklll, N, T., five
or. six days ago.' He had been a fruit
dealer, he said, but was not now in any
business. - ' , . ' ' j - -
Only one shot was' fired at Zellg. The
bullet took effect back of the gang
leader's right ear. '
. District Attorney Whitman,, who is to
conduct the Becker trial, Interested him
self In the Zellg murder as soon as he
was notified. On Zellg's body several let
ters were found, including one signed
."Whltey" from the prison wher$
"Whltey" Lewis and other prospective
Becker trial witnesses are confined.
"Frank, Louie and Gyp send regards
to you," a postscript to the letter read.
"I want you to stop worrying about
us," was another clause, "we are only
up here on a very short vacation to
have a good rest and fatten us up."
LINCOLN. Neb,. Oct Governor
(Woodrow Wilson, presidential nominee
of th 'ditmarrftiln rwrtv . and ' William
Jennings Bryan, three- times democratic .
candidate for the same- office, had a
heart to heart talk here today on the
political situation throughout the country.
Both unhesitatingly predicted a demo
cratic victory. - '. '
In the radiant sun parlor of Falrvlew,
Mr. Bryan's home, the veteran compaig
ner and the new comer in national poll
tics sat for hours, discussing the pro- '
gress of the campaign, but with particu
lar reference to the Rocky mountain
states,' where Mr. Bryan had just com
pleted a six weeks' tour, ,
"We did not have time to go into the
matter very thoroughly," said the gov
ernor. : "We sat up late last night and
agreed upon a method of handling the
mountain states. That Is as far as we
got" , ... ... '
The governor did not think It would .
be possible for him to go to the Pacific
coast. ''.'''..'.
"We are keeping open the last two and
a half weeks of the campaign, however."
he said, "and I do not know yet what
use the campaign committee wilt make
of them.; I set out to make trips In the,
campaign, but the local committees have
been making tours out of them."
The governor was ' delighted with his
receptio In Nebraska.
"I think the demonstration In Lincoln
was very remarkable, Indeed," he said,
"X have had a splendid time, especially
with Mr. Bryan." , r
w. Thinks Thlrteea Is Lncky.
The candidate again spoke proudly of
the fact that his "lucky number" fol
lowed him in Lincoln He occupied room
Ho.' llfi at 4 toteU which, Is on Thirteenth
Street and delivered a speech at the
Auditorium, which is also on Thirteenth
street, besides making thirteen speeches
In Nebraska. ' s : : ur'-
The goveronr and his host, Mr. Bryan,
went together to the Westminster Pres
byterian church, where Mr. Bryan is an
elder., After the services, the congre
gaton gathered aflound the two men
and a Informal reception followedn.
When the newspaper ! correspondents
called at Falrvlew, Mr. Bryan and the
nominee were -being photographed to
gether. ' . t . ;
'""These men,'r said the governor, Intro
ducing the correspondents by name, "havo
been my companions throughout the cam--
paign."!.-'
"I only had four with me when I ran-'
for office last and you seem to have a
baker's dosen," remarked Mr. Bryan.
"Apparently It takes more of them to.
watch me," said the governor with
laugh, as he waiKea away seemingly n.
py that the newspaper were concentrat
ing their attention on Mr. Bryan.
"They'll compare news with you after
awhile," called Mr. Bryan after him.
Mr. Bryan saw he watched the gov
ernor closely In his five speeches here
and sized him up. as a "first-rate earn-,
paigner, who adapts himself admirably'
to his crowds." ; .
Concedes Nothing.
"I wouldn't concede any of the western
states to either Taft or Roosevelt" he
said speaking of the western situation.
"I wouldn't pick outr any state and eon
cede it to either Taft or Roosevelt Not
even tanroma. u put ooseven anu ini
In the same class. They may tie for
second place. Governor Wilson is gain
ing strength so rapidly from both sides
that he Is certain of election by an over
Whelming vote." " '
Mr." Bryan's ; attention . was called to
the fact that some 'newspapers were
speculating as to what cabinet poslton
he might occupy if Governor Wilson were
elected.
"The newspapers haven't as much of
Importance to discuss then, as I have.
WAR DEPARTMENT FAVORS
V POST AT FORT RUSSELL
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct 6.-(Special.
"The War department has never consid
ered abandoning Fort D. A. Russell, and
I believe that the department never will,"
said Brigadier General Clarence Edward,
who arrived today to assume command of
the big brigade post
"I understand it Is the Intention of the
War department to make ' Fort Russell
either an infantry or a cavalry brigade
post within a short time."
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