TIIK nKKi OMAHA.' FIJIDAV. DKCKMllKll . 1011.
BANK PANICS NOW HAVY'S workeconohical
THING OF THE PASTjttr1
Governor Hamlin of Federal Reserve
Board Sees Smooth Sailing-Ahead.
REA ON TROUBLES OF RAILROADS
Prealaeat ef Paae Ivanla orapaar
Sara larreaseel r.t llaa More
' Offset Krnaomlra of
I -ra
ASKS MORE WIRELESS STATIONS
rklrl Knalaeer at Sea Flaatera
Wnnt Half MIIHna far Kear
fW Ratlin Pleat, at Pae
ama aail Pacific Pnlata.
NEW TOltK. Dec. J.-Pnlc. due to dis
trust of banks, haa been relegated to the
museum of antiquities by the new bank
ing ayatem. In the opinion of C. 8. Ham
lin, governor of the federal renerve board,
voiced thla afternoon In a speech befor
the New York Chamber of Commerce
"The federal renerve ayatem will rele
gate to Ita proper place, the museum of
antiquities, the panic generated by dla
truat in our banking ayatem. leading to
a struggle of aelf-preacrvatlon between
bank and bank and Individual and In
dividual, and ultimate hoarding by the
People," Mr. Hamlin asserted. "Such
hoarding usually follows hoarding by the
banks and does not precede It. If hoard
ing by banks should cease, hoarding b
Individuals would never occur, and both,
I believe, will be relegated to obscurity
under the federal reserve system."
Mr. Hamlin did not think that all panics
would be done away with of necessity by
the new system.
"It In the failure business expands un
duly under the spirit of speculation tie
day of reckoning will surely come In ttie
future, as it haa in the past," he said.
For Welfare at Public.
"Much speculation exists as to the au
thorship of the federal reserve act. I can
say with Confidence that no selfish In
terests assisted at Its birth. I can further
say that beyond those primarily responsi
ble for ' Its provtslors-rMr. Olass and
others of the house. Senator Owens and
others of the senate, and the secretary
of the treasury there looms up one figure
mora entitled to the credit for Its provi
sions than any of the others, the man
primarily- responsible President Wilson."
Railroads Lire on Hope.
Samuel Rea, president of the Pennsyl
vania railroad, asserted that the eastern
railroads earned less than 4 per cent
during the last year upon the money in
vested In them. "This serious condition
Is not new, but It Is now acute," he
said. "Wa. have been living on hope
at least since 1910, when the downward
trend was clearly Indicated; how much
longer we can exist on that precarious
asset, I will not venture to say, except
to suggest that it takes more than hope,
advice or enthusiasm or all combined, to
pay wages and taxes, provide satisfactory
service, pay dividend and retain a proper
credit basis to obtain capital for im
provements and extensions.
"Increased traffic will not curs the
railroad malady, for remember that up
to the present all their economics - and
cfficlenby, obtained by increased train-
loads, etc., hav been offset by increased
costs, wages and taxes. These companies,
therefore, need not merely the very mod
erate Increase In rates for which they pe
titioned the Interstate Commerce com
mission, but also all the revenue that can
be secured by working out In practice the
various other means suggested by the
commission for increasing revenue."
CoamiulM OverbnrdraeaT.
. .'"One trouble In the present situation,
said Mr. Res,, "is that the Interstate
Commerce commission has been overbur
dened, with work and with responsibilities,
many of which must be transferred to a
large corps' of subordinates, so that In
many Instances, direct consideration by
the entire commission Is Impossible. The
work of the Interstate Commerce commis
sion, as originally designed In 1887, was to
prevent unjust discrimination In rates or
service, to see that rates were reason
able, to obtain publicity of railroad rates
and practices, prescribe uniform railroad
reports and primarily act as a referee
between the public and the railroads. The
commission was given limited, but well
defined powers within reasonable scope.
Now, however, as the result of new laws,
the scope of its control of railroad oper
ation and development has been largely
extended. It could materially assist rail
road development, but so far It ' has
proven Impossible for seven men In one
center to act not merely as- regulator
but as' administrators of the railroads,
leaving the financial results and responsi
bility of that administration to be born
by the companies and their owners."
WASHINGTON. tec. S. Kx.-esslve
work of the Navy department as com
pared with that of private firms are
dissipated by Admiral R. B. Orlffln, chief
of the burrs u of englners of the navy
department. In his annual report today.
He point to the fart that the engines
fr the great dreadnought New Tork
were quickly constructed at the New
York navy yard at a cost slightly less
than they could have been procured by
contract and the workmanship was un
excelled. Kven more satisfactory results
were obtained on the Pacific ' coast, for
the Msre Island navy yard completed the
machinery for the gunboats Monocacy
and Pslos well within the estimate and
the final coat waa little more than two
thirds of the amount bid by private
firms. At Norfolk the manufacture of
gasoline engines hns been continued with
the most satisfactory results as to cost
and eff'clcncy of operation.
Important Improvements In radio-tele
graphy has Involved the substitution of a
large amount of new apparatus for the
older Installations on shipboard. 8ub
stsntia reductions have been effected In
the cost of thla apparatus, although its
efficiency has been greatly increased.
Wants "ew Wireless Stations.
Admiral Griffin says that the use of
radio to the limit of Its apparent possi
bilities for naval purposes Involves tech
nical problems of a difficult order. Thee
do not occur In commercial practices end
must remain unsolved unless the navy
undertakes the task. Otherwise he
point out It will remain In the rear of
developments of wireless telegraphy as
established by the prsctice of other mlll-
tsry powers. The- history of the Ameri
can navy shows that It has been In the
very forefront up to the time In develop
ment of radio tolegraphy as was shown
by the building of the Arlington station,
the development of plans for other great
high powered station; the adoption of
arc apparatus and other details of great
Importance. Not a single mistake has
been made In this direction, according to
Admiral Orlffin, who asks for an addi
tional allotment of IMO.OtX) for the four
high powered stations to be erected on
the Isthmus of Panama, the Hawaiian
Islands, the California . coast and the
Philippines.
The bureau haa not yet been able to
deternVe the advantage to be derived
from the storage of coal under water.
For three years these tests have been
going on at New London without so far
developing any marked difference in
value between coal In the open, under
cover and under water.
OMAHA WOULD KEEP
INDIAN WAREHOUSE
Manley and Gamble Will Present
Omaha's Claima for Keeping:
Headquarters Here.
TWO CITIES TO BE DROPFED
Indian aaslle Are- Sovr Keat at
FIt Palate, Tale la lie
Red area to Tare la tfc
Near Fatnre.
Third Man Hanged
Mob for Murder
at Shreveport, La,
by
SHRBVEPORT, t.. Dec. l-Kane
McKnlght, charged with participation In
the murder of Charles M. Hicks, post
roaster and merchant at Sylvester Sta
tion, La., was lynched early today, mak
ing tha third negro to be hanged by a
mob for the crime. Tobe Lewis and Mon
roe Dtrden were lynched yesterday aXter
they had confessed they were in the party
of negroes who killed Hicks. McKnight
was released yesterday by the posse after
ha had made a confession involving the
other negroes, but today the infuriated
friends of the dead man lynched him also.
Merchandise from the Hicks store wss
found In the homes of several negroes In
tha neighborhood, and other lynching
are likely to result, according to reports
received from Sylvester Station today.
The authorities are making a thorough
investigation of the murder and robbery..
It wss said the finding of the stolen prop
erty Indicated a geiierul raid had been
made on the stock after Hicks had been
killed and before h's body and store were
burned.
Eepresentativs of
United States Army
to Observe Battles
NEW TORK, Iec. 3. Six fpUed Htates
army officers, headed by Colonel J. K.
Kuhne, aalled today for Genoa on tha
steamer Rotterdam, on the way to Berlin
to be official war observers with the
German armies in the east and western
fields. In the party are Major Williams,
Major Auitmann and 'Captain Sharpla,
Captain Burtt and Captain Rockenbach.
The party will land at Genoa and proceed
direct to Rerlm.
Colonef Kuhne said be .'ore sailing that
he hoped to receive permission from the I
German emperor, through the t'nited I
States embassy, to observe the fighting
with tha German armies. Kverv hnnrh '
of our army is represented In the party.
Captain of Suspected
Vessel Says Teutons
SiezedAU His Cargo
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. t-The North
ern and Southern Steamship company in
formed Collector Davis of the' port of
San Francisco today that it was In re
celpt of advices from Chile confirming the
reported seliure at sea by the German
Pacific squadron of- tha cargo carried by
the American steamer Sacramento, for
merly the Kosmos (German) liner Alex
andria, which sailed "from here October
IS for Valparaiso.
The Sacramento's cargo consisted of
coal, provisions and engine room supplies
and was the subject of so much suspicion
that the veastl hadsgreat difficulty in ob
taining clearance papers. On its arrival
at Valparaiso with cargo, the story told
by Its captain resulted In an Investiga
tion by the Chilean authorities, the re
sult of which has not yet become known.
Once more an effort is to be made to
show th Department of Indian Affairs
at Washington that Omaha is the logical
place for the location of one of three In
dian warehouses that the government has
derided to retain out of tlw flvo now In
existenoe. When Robert H. Manley, com
missioner cif the Commercial club, and
J. W. Gamble go to Washington next
week to meet with the National Rivers
and Harbors congress, they will also ask
for an nuilienca with- the commissioner
of Indian affairs to set before him some
tuf tacts about Omaha's transporta
tion facilities that they expect will be
of Interest t him In connection with his
consideration of the nuestion if which
three warehouses to retain. At present
the five warehouses are at New Tork,
St. louls, t'hlcacn, Son Kranc'sco and
Omaha.
It haa beon pretty conclusively ahown
that Omaha haa the best railway facili
ties for reaching the Indian reservations
with the cheapest rate of any of these
five points.
Gamble anj Miinley are to go to Wash
ington primarily to r-new acquaintance
In behalf of the Commercial club with
Dm National Rivers and Harbors con
gress, which Is to meet there next week.
The Commercial club Is to renew Ita
mcinhei-SHhln In the organisation.
ELKS' LODGE TO HAVE
CABARET SHOW TODAY
A cabaret entertainment will he given
In the Klka' club rooma following the
lo!ge meeting thla evening.. The
stag social committee haa arranged n
ery entertaining program, which .will
Include Harry V. Hahn, bass soloist: the
Corey Sf McKensle quartette. Hilly Law
rence in his specialties, Hugo Perkins,
cartoonist; Clifford Long, monologlst: A.
t. llalnl, cornet aolo; Qulgley and Blxby.
violin and guitar, and the Happy Hollow
quartette, two of the members of which
will give solos, Mr. Watts. "All Aboard
for Dixie." and Mr. Bhafcr. "The Friar."
MORGANTHAU RUNS
BLUFF UPON TURKS
V. S. Ambassador Sends Britishers
from Constantinople in Safety
by Exercising Nerve.
BUSINESS MAN TELLS ABOUT IT
Ptefaaree at Athena Describes Scenes
at Railway Station Where the
Tarka Were Vslaat Harsh
Meaaares.
(Copyright. 1914. by rrcsa Publishing Co.)
IjONDON. Dec. 3-(Spedal Cablegram
to New Tork World and Omaha Bee.)
Tha Chronicle Is In receipt of a letter
from Cherles Tucker, who for many
years was In business In Constantinople
and who Is now a refugee In Athens, an
account of his experience, In which he
lays special stress on the debt of grati
tude which Hrltlah refugees owe to the
American ambassador In Constantinople,
Describing tha plight of the British
colony during the ' period preceding the
declaration of war between Rrltaln and
Turkey, Mr. Tucker says:
"The British ambassador protests.
oupled with thora of the Kren' h and
itusslnn coilcglatea, met with s put res
ponse. When ntnttera had reached a
climax the British ambassador demanded
Ms pan. ports. It would have been dan
gerous for any Britisher to remain In
Constantinople alter thla, and prepara
tions were hurriedly made by the colony
to leave the Turkish soil.
Special Train Arranged.
"Henry Mnrganthau, the I'nlted Slates
ambassador, who had been requested to
take charge of British Interests, agreed
moat willingly to do so. He at ones set
about to arrange a special train to leave
with refugees, and obtained consent of
Talaat Bey, minister of the Interior, that
the train would leave Pimday evening,
Novevntcr 1. The British ambassador
waa to leave the same night by another
train.
"I'gly rumors began to circulate that
the British would bo sent to concentra
tion camps In the Interior and that men
between the ages of 17 and 60 years would
be Incarcerated In the Turkish fortresses.
"The scene at the station beggared de
scriptionhungry children and Infants li.
arms crying, terrified and anxious moth.
era clinging to their children and belong
ings, while their men folk eagerly were
surrounding the American ambassador
and his staff, who had come to the sta
tion.
"It was a sight not easily to be for.
gotten. Tha police were harsh and
brutal snd even cleared the station, as
If turning rattle out. No respect was
paid lo women snd children, many of
whom got separated and only found one
another Sgaln through some lucky chanc.
"Morganthail was determined to have
his own wsy. The treatment he wit
nessed provoked his anger and stimulated
his determination to maka the Turks re
spect his wishes. The nexi morning It
was learned he hsd formally advised the
Turkish government unleas tho British
colony was allowed to leave that ver
day he would demand his passports and
take every one away on his own special
train as his private guests.
"This action the Turks did not bargsln
for. They certainly did not desire to g.
to war with America as well. They Im
mediately caved In and tho ambassador
won the day.
"The American ambassador's efforts
did not end with 1 dispatching a special
train. He has since assisted in sending
away several- Britishers who had beet,
left behind and ' who all speak most,
highly of his work."
(Hants Coin Money.
John MoOraw's employers are hardly
able to sgree with General Sherman's
opinion of war. During the past season
the New York Huh cleared more money
than any bnso ball club ever did In the
history of tho game, and that without
winning a pttnant or breaking Into a
world's serios. The season's profits are
estimated at between $.100,000 and tWO.OM.
Kaiser Urges Pope -to
Receive Envoy
from the Sultan
ROME,- Dec. t (Delayed In Transmis
sion.) The Trlbuna today says that tha
announcement of tbe sending of a British
mission to the Vatican Induced Germany
to urge the acceptance, of a Turkish am
bassador, to, the. Holy 8e for tha reason
that tha sultan, having abolished the
capitulations, cannot deal through Franca
concerning Catholics in the Ottoman em
pire. At the sam time Servia li sending a
diplomatic representative to tha Holy See
to ask that tha Vatican naive an envoy
accredited to the Servian government
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