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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1911)
PUBLIC BUNKOED OUT OFMILLIONS Uncle Sam Hot on Trail of Get Rich-Quick Concerns. MANY JUDGESHIP CANDIDATES OUT Most ol Those Sc kl ij Siprene Bench Are Republicans. FEW DEMOCRATS IN THE RACE PARDON ASKED HUSO OSTERHAUS. THOMAS JL EDISGH. F. WEYERHAEUSER. F0RTH0L1AS Friends ol Man Convicted cf Murder Work lor Him. Rear Admiral Who Is New Commander cf Ths Atlantic Fleet Inventor Whose New Storage Battery Has First Test In South Western lumberman Who Faces Inquiry as ; Head ol Big Combine HARD IMS FOR SWINDLERS. ARRESTED AFTER LONG WAIT. jt -4 Nv Waking a Fortune by Means of Pot tags and Glowing Lettert Not So Easy Now Suits Brought Against New York Swindlers to Be Pressed. New York, June 5. Making a for tune in New York by means of some postage stamps and fluent use of the English language is not going to be so easy iu the future as it has been in the past, according to United States District Attorney Heury A. Wise, as he talked regarding the success of the government in its first two big cases against fake stock selling concerns. By the recent conviction of George H. Munroe and six of the officers of the United Wireless Telegraph com pany tho government has put a damp er upon the game of relieving men and women throughout the country or their money in return for well written letters and rainbow promises. Four Cases Pending. Revelations following the two prose cutions thus far conducted by the government oillelals here show that within three years men and women in various parts of the United States sent checks and postoffiee orders and cash to the amount of $S,000,C00 to awlndlers in this city. The govern ment has now four cases pending, In which it will show that the amount sent here In response to "come-on let ters" was equally great. This brings the total to $4,000,000 yearly sent by confiding investors In the different states to this city, for which the government claims nothing was given In return. Several other cases of a similar nature are now pending, with arrests likely any day. When these cases are considered, to gether with the bucketshop industry, poolrooms and other get-rlch-qulck schemes, it appears that the kind hearted citizens of the country are contributing from $8,000,000 to $12, 000,000 yearly for the support of men in this city who have been educated to believe there in no work like working the people. This would be a little less than $35,000 a day, and how far below the truth this may be Is indi cated that at the time of the raid upon the Burr brothers, whose case Is now awaiting trial, $25,000 was found in the morning's mall of the firm. Amazing Stories Told. The stories told the prosecuting offi cers and on the witness stand by the .witnesses brought, from all parts of the country so as to Impress the jurors with an Idea of the widespread nature of some of the swindles are so amaz ing as to be almost beyond belief. It appears to matter little what is held out In the way of bait. In some cases money is sent for shares In mines that lo not exist, some times for real es tate that the letter writers do not own, some times for plantations that are mder water and some times for won derful machines that have never been invented except upon paper. IN HANDS OF RECEIVER' Kansas City Traction Company Un able to Pay Interest on Debts. Kansas City, June 5. Upon the bill of the Kansas City Railway and Light company, signed by John M. Egau, president, the Metropolitan Street, Central Klectric, and Kansas City Elevated Railway companies were placed In the hands of receivers here. The rerelura are R. J. Dunham ol Chicago, chairman of the board of di rectors of the railway and light com pany, and Ford F. Harvey of Kansas City. The receivership Is not due to the failure of the street car company to make money at the present time. Last year the net profit amounted to more than $1,000,000. This amount was not enough, however, to pay the Interest on outstanding Indebtedness of the company, and make the extensions re quired by the. city franchise. Mayor Brown said that the city gov ernment will nsk to be made a party to the litigation by filing an Interven ing petition to protect all the city's rights In the premises. Arrested for Carrying Off Sister. Lexington, Neb., June 5. Frank Bellamy attempted to remove his eleven year-o'd sister from the home of John Corkin. He started from town with her In his buggy when the screams of the girl attracted attention. Chief of Police Malcom, In an automo bile, overtook them about a mile away. Bellamy was placed In Jail. He will have a hearing today. Tho girl re turned to the Corkin home. Wf.a'thy Farmer Dead. Relnbeck, la.. June 5. Fritz Strob tchn, the wealthiest man of Grundy rounty, died at a Yankton (S. D.) hos pital. His death was due to mental disorders Ills wealth Is estimntcd at $500,000, consisting principally of 2, '.C( acres of farm land In this county trd 1,400 acres In South Dakota. Mystery Envelops Shooting. Coatesvllle, Fa, June 5. iMystery pui rfiur,i!s tl.e death of Mrs. Maud At iee and the probable fatal woundlo; or hrr husband, LMward Alice, In their home here. 1,.'L 1 A -'IKK1 4 ? SCHROEDER OUT OF NAVY Osterhaus Succeeds to Command of Atlantic Fleet. Newport, K. I., June 5. Rear Ad miral Senton Schroeder after forty seven years' service in the navy relin quished command of the Atlantic fleet to Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus. DECISION AFFECTS ANTI-REBATE LAW Commerce Gourt Grants Injunc tion of Sop Trost. Washington, June 5. That the whole force and effd:t of the antl rebating lawg Is in imminent danger of being broken down by decisions of the new court of commerce, la the fear ententained by transportation author ities who have studied the effects of the recetn decision in favor of the sugar trust's lighterage allowance. For the last two or three years it has been popular to assume and an nounce that the vicious practice of re bating has been ended as a result of the rigorous laws and their vigorous enforcement in a number of cases. As a matter of fact, rebating has taken a new form, and there is grave uncer tainty whether In the new form it comes within the Inhibition of the fed eral statutes. A series of cases of the first magnitude are about to reach the Interstate commission, while oth- j ers have passed that body and are awaiung me attention or the com merce court, Involving these new and Ingenious prpctlces which are held to be the substantial equivalent of re bating. If the Injunction In the New York sugar trust lighterage case Is to establish a precedent and be followed to its logical conclusion by the com merce court In coming decisions, then, in tnn view of Interstate commerce officials, the Industrial railroads, the tap line lumber roads, the systems of wharfage and harbor charges, and various other methods that have been devised to enable great, shippers to secure specially low rates, are all likely to be sustained. RAISES ADMISSION RULE University Shuts Out Small Schools With Three-Year Courses. Lincoln, June 5.--Standards of ad mission to the state university have been materially raised, according to the announcement of Registrar Harri son. By action of the university sen ate twenty-eight high school credits will hereafter be required for condi tional admission to the colleges of arts and science, of engineering and of agriculture. -Full admission requires thirty points, as heretofore, but In the future twenty-four points will not be accepted as sufficient high school ex perience for entrants who wish to be come candidates for degrees. The change In the rule strikes with the most severity students In towns where only three-year high Bchool courses are provided. It will be Im possible for such students to complete sufficient work In these schools to come directly to the university, In stead, they must take a supplementary course In a four year accredited school In order to attain tho required stand ing. Road Building In Merrick. Central City, Neb., Juno 5. The two days good roads building Jubilee was ......... oil....,, ji ,uu iwau In Merrick county running from east to west along tho line of the Union r I n m m i-uoinc lor lorty miles Is shout com pleted. Arrest Street Car Strikers. Oklahoma City, June 5. Nineteen men, members of local unions, were arrested by deputy sheriffs at the car bsrns of tt.e street railway enmnanv. charged with unlawful assembling with Intent to Incite riot. The men were unruly, and were released later. Alberts, Tibbetj and Adams Art Among Those Mentioned Judges Letton, Root and Rose File for Re Nomination. Lincoln, June 5. Wliile there is every indication that there will be many candidates to mae the Repub lican race for the suprie bench, so far there has been a dearth of Demo cratic material, and leaders of the party, who have been in this city with in the last fortnight, assert that they do not know of any three Democrats Judicially inclined who desire to en ter. Besides the, three present mem bers of the state supreme court, whose terms will end this year, and who have to a man filed for re election, J. E. Cobbey of Beatrice and Judge F. O. Hamer of Kearney, have declared themselves as being willing to occupy a place on the state bench for a term apiece. Several Democrats have been men tioned for the raco, chief among them being Judge A. I. Alberts of Columbus. Though every reasonable Influence has been brought to bear on the senator, so far he has refused to give other than a fleeting thought to the propo sition, and at this time close friends declare that his candidacy is doubtful. Judge Alberts' colleague, Senator Tib bets of Hastings, Is another attorney whose name has been coupled with that of a Judgeship. E. L. Adams of Minden, once Judge of the Tenth Ju dicial district, has been talked of for the place and those who have put for ward his name assert that it would lake very little urging to make him available for the nomination. Judge Adams has a strong constituency In cedtain parts of the state, and by his friends is looked upon as possessing the necessary qualities. LANCASTER AFTER PLUMBERS County Attorney Strode Considers Bringing Action. Lincoln, June 5. Alleging that the Master Plumbers' association of this city is an unlawful combination, the county attorney's office is preparing to bring an action which will termi nate its existence. It Is probable that the suit Instituted will be In the form of an injunction. A member of the association several days ago made complaint that the members of the organization had com bined, and after effecting a tie-up with supply houses had been enabled In the past to drive non-members out of business because of their ability to buy supplies at- lower prices. Peony Grower Moves. West Point, Neb., June 5. J. F. Roseiifleld, the noted peony grower, who has a ten acre field of peonies on his farm east of the city, has an nounced that this will be the last year he will engage in the culture of these flowers In Cuming county. He lias bought a forty-acre tract of land near Omaha, upon which he and his son, Reno, have planted 55,000 peonies, which will be In bloom next Beason. Mr. Rosenfield ships his flowers all over the United States. Many Going to Convention. Grand Island,' Neb., June 5. At a meeting of the local committee on the convention of the State Sunday School association, to bo held this week, it was found that about COO places for delegates have been found in the homes of the city, and that the pros pects as to the attendance were never before belter, though the registration at the Kearney convention was 1,100. Piper Reports on Insane Hospitals. Lincoln, June S. Joel A. Piper, sec retary of the state board of charity snd corrections, In a report to the gov ernor says that the insane hospitals of the state are crowded, one-sixth of 1 per cent of tho total of Nebraska's population being confined therein, a rotable Increase during the last ten years. Engineer of Edgar Dies on Zone. Edgar, Nb., June 5. D. S. Warren, a construction engineer, died In the Pcnama canal zone. He was a brother of C. H. V'hrren of this city and was well known here, as he was for a num ber of yn-,rs In the employ of the Burlington as construction engineer In building its lines in Nebraska. Now Cream Rule. Lincoln, June 5. Food Commission er Jackson has promulgated a new rule in regard to the testing of cream throughout the state. It will become effective July 1 and will In Bubstanee mean that payment for cream will be delayed nntl the day after Its delivery to all purchasing stations. Chase Farmer KlUed by Lightning. Imperial, Neb., June 5. Charles A. Montgomery was killed by lightning during a rain and electrical storm. Mr. Montgnmi ry was a prominent and well to do farmer of tho southwest part f! ho county, being greatly In terested In Advanced raothods of agriculture. 9 by Ptfch Bro. EDISON HAS NEW BATTERY Inventor Also Tells of His "Talking Moving Pictures." New York, June 5. Thomas A. Edi son while the guest at the convention of tho National Electric Light associa tion talked about some of his latest Inventions. He told of a new battery for all sorts of wngons, a battery for surface cars and his new "talking moving pictures." He had demonstrat ed all these things, he said, and proved them to be practical. Mr. Edison said the storage battery for surface cars was working prac tically and paying financially at Con cord, S. C, where the people are laugh ing at the idea of the old fashioned trolley car. The battery for wagons has been tried out In a butcher wagon. iowa coTtrItes to mission field Villisca Sends Her Third Active Missionary Into Work Abrod. Villisca, la., June 5. Villisca will soon send her third active missionary to foreign fields to preach the gospol of salvation. With Miss Elsie Reyn olds in India, Miss Gertrude Tyler In China, sent out by the Methodist Epis copal church, Miss Elizabeth A. Chris tie will soon sail for the western coast of Africa to take up the work under the auspices of the board of foreign missions of the Tresbyterian church. Miss Christie is a young woman, Just past twenty-eight years of age, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Christie ol this vicinity. She attended the Villisca high school and graduated in 1901. While yet in school she mani fested a keen interest In the spread of the gospel in foreign lands. For a year she taught school in this vicinity and then attteiided Bellevue college, resuming the occupation of teaching after two years there, and then return ing to finish her college work in 1908. She then nttended the Moody institute in Chicago to finally prepare herself for the work which she hnd so long considered. Miss Chrlittle expects to leave Vil lisca the first of this week for New York city, where she will attend a conference of newly appointed mis sionaries of the Presbyterian church. She will sail on June 10 for a visit with relatives at Aberdeen, Scotland. She will Join her party at Dover, En gland, on July 10 to make the final Journey by bont to Datanga, In West Africa. KNIGHTS BUsTmAKING PLANS Iowa Templars to Meet at 8plrlt Lake During Next Month. Spirit Lake, la., June 5. The pro gram of the forty-eighth annual con clave of the grand commandery of the Knights Templar of Iowa, to be held at Templar park, Spirit Lake, July 8-14, inclusive, has Just been Issued by Grand Commander J. W. Edwards of Mount Pleasant. At Templar park, on the west shore of Spirit Ijtke, all Is activity, prepar ing for the entertainment of the three or four hundred uniformed knights who will assemble on this occasion. Some knlsbta alrendy have com menced gathering at Templar lodge for outing and recreation, and many will remain Tor the summer after the conclave. Saturday, July 8, will be general preparation day. On July 12 the drill on the parade ground will be under the command of Grand Captain Gen oral Sir P. L. Sever of Stuart. FALLS THROUGH BUILDING Two Ton Clock Damages Cerro Gordo Court House. Mason City, la., Juno C The big two ton clock In the court house tower fell, going through four floors and landing In the basement. Tho floors of solid steel and concrete formed no obstacle. The shock Jarred tho entiro building and mused n panic among of ficials and a meet lug of school officers In the uHsembly room. The shock brole all the electric lamps In the building Senator Cummins at Head of the List Of Those Applying for Pardon for Alleged Slayer of Mabel Scofield at Des Moines. Des Moines, June 5. Application for a parole for Charles Thomas, serv ing a life sentence for murder from this city, was presented to Governor Carroll. The petition sets forth the belief of the signers that Thomas la absolutely Innocent and that the testi mony did not conclusively show that he murdered Mabel Scofield twelve years ago. The list Is headed by Sena tor Cummins and includes the names of many of the most prominent per sons here. The murder had been an unsually distressing one and a big re ward was offered for the conviction of some one. Thomas was arrested at the time and released, but five or six yenrs later was arrested and con victed after he had been living here quietly during all the time. MELON KING HAS SIXTY ACRES John Johnson Will Have Largest Acre age of All Iowa Growers. Waterloo, la., June 5. John John son, the watermelon king of Iowa, is going to make his title more secure than ever this year by planting the largest area of melons known In this vicinity. Hla plants will cover sixty acres of ground that is especially adapted to melon culture. Thirty acres of plants are already up and look promising. Thirty acres more have been seeded and the plants will soon appear above ground. This acreage Includes both musk and water melons. Mr. Johnson has made a careful study of melon culture and has been in the business for years. Hla farm In east of town. The sandy loam has been well fertilized and hundreds of thousands of melons will be harvested If the weather conditions continue fa vorable. I -ant season, in spite of the drought, Mr. Johnson's Crop was a success. Never before were the melons sweeter. MANY CANDIDATES OUT Increasing Interest Among Iowa Poli ticians In Federal Plum Distribution. Des Moines, June 5. There is grow ing interest among politicians in the disposition of the federal appoint ments for Iowa relntlve to which the delegation In Washington will confer after the election today discloses whether Judge W. R. Green will have a voice Id the distribution of the plums. Des Moines Is now reputed to have four candidates for United States dis trict attorney for the southern dis trict. There are three others In the field and the Incumbent Is said not to be averse to accepting a second term. In northern Iowa there are three can didates for attorney and many names mentioned for the other places. D0RAN ELECTED PRESIDENT Burlington Gets Next Convention of Iowa Travelers' Association. Clinton, la., June 6. Rurllngton won the 1912 convention of the Iowa United Commercial Travelers' associa tion over Des Moines. The following officers were elected: Grand coun cilor, Hugh Doran of Ottuinwa; grand Junior councilor, I). P. Thomson of Rurllngton; grand secretary, H. W. Conant of Sheldon; grand treasurer, O. K. Palmer of Des Moines; grand sentinel, I). F. Scrlbner of Clinton; grand page, W. R. Emerson of Atlan tic; grand conductor, C. E. Rosemond of Cedar Rapids. COUNCIL BLUFFS GOES DRY Two-Thirds of the Saloons Will Be Closed Permanently. Council Uluffs, la., June 5. County Attorney Capell filed a suit against each of the sixty-five saloon keepers In Council Muffs, charging them with operating saloons In violation of the prohibition law of the state. The re sult will bo to close every saloon In the city. Under the Moon law, enacted at the Inst session of the legislature, only one saloon to every 1,000 of population can be allowed, so that tho number that can reopen will be only twenty nine. Fight at Valley Junction. Des Moines, June 5. A man sup posed to bo Leonard Wilson of Evans ton, III., Is at a local hospital not ex pected to live as the result of an af fray at a saloon In Valley Junction. The whole affair Is shrouded In mys tery, but It Is expected Information will be filed agalnHt a prominent resl dent of Valley Junction, accusing him of attempt n. murder. Hobo Faces Holdup Charge. Alpona, la., June 5. Frank Johnson, an umbrella mendur of Mason City, was held up and robbed of $.10 hero. Walter Duud, a tramp, was arrested and confessed to the crime. 5 A t J I LUMBER COMBINE NEXT Judge Landls Will Begin Investigation in Chicago Today. Chlcsgo, June 6. Judge Landla, who Imposed the $29,000,000 fine on Standard Oil when It was convicted betore him as a trust, Is ready to take testimony In the lumber Inquiry which, begins today. A special panel has been drawn, and the lumber Industry In the west will be Investigated. Prosecutor Sim refuses to disclose what line the In quiry will take, but it is said that the testimony of Frederick Weyerhaeuser, head of the alleged combine, will be sought. COMMITS SUICIDE FHOHA BIPLANE Russian Army Aviator Turns His Machine flier at 2,000 Fed St. Petersburg, June G. To escape, a sentence of death passed upon bin by the Terrorists, tf whom he wan one, because he deomed his honor paramount, Cuptain Mazcnewlth. the army aviator, committed suicide bf turning hU biplane over at a height of 2,000 feet and was crushed to death in the fall of his machine. It was at first thought that Masene wltch's death was due to an accident, but a letter that he wrote to a frlen on the eve of his fatal flight showed, he planned to die in that manner an carried out the plan. Loses Fortune In Wallet. Algona, la., June 5. Frank Preus, a German shoemaker of Algona, fear ing banks, carried a wallet containing $1,800 and either lost It or was robbed while attending a German weddlnf five miles In the country. He can give no clue. Horse's Kick Fatal to a Boy. Hartvllle, Mo., June 5 Willari Reese, nine years old, son of Nelcle Reese at Odin, seven miles west, died from Injuries received when a horse kicked him. STANDING OF THE TEAMS National League. W.LlVt. Detroit ..31 12 739 rhila ....26 16 619 Ronton ...23 19 64S American League. W.I Pet New York.26 16 61$ Chicago ..26 16 61$ I'hila 26 17 600 Pittsburg 25 IS 581 St. Ix)uls..22 20 521 Cincinnati. 20 23 463 Ilrooklyn .15 28 341 Boston ...11 33 25$ Chicago .21 18 538 New York.2l 21 501 Cleveland 18 27 40 St. Louis. 14 31 31 Wosh'n ..15 28 348 Western League. St. Joe... 20 21 43$ Omaha ..19 21 479 Topeka ..19 2147$ Des Ms.. 5 3711$ Denver ...26 13 667 8oo City. .24 15 616 Lincoln ..23 15 605 Pueblo ...21 14 600 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Western League. At Lincoln: R.H.a Lincoln 00003 100 4 Omaha 000 0000022 9 t 4 t Applegate Stratton; Hall Agnew. At Denver First Rame; R.H.U. Denver 0 0 4 4 3 0 0 2 13 12 Des Moines... .0 1 1 00 0 1 00 3 9 $ O'Brien Spahr; Hcnx-Lynch. Second game: R.H Bl Denver 2 6 0 1 1 4 0 0 14 18 I Des Moines. ...0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 4) O'Brien-McMurray; McKee Bachant At Topeka: R.H.E. Topekn 0 0000000 I 2 10 I Sioux City 0 1 00 000 0 01 5 1 Clark Hawkins; Wilson Miller. National League. At St. Louis: R.H DJ. Brooklyn 00 1 0000 012 9 t St. Louis 00 2 00 50 0 7 11 Scnnlon Bergen ; Sallee Bliss. At Cincinnati: R.H.tB. Boston 0 0002010 0 3 Cincinnati 7 0 5 3 0 1 1 9 26 8 8 23 Curtis Rari'len; Smith-McLean. At Chicago: R.H Chicago 020 0 00 0 3 1 6 New Yofk ' ft 0 0 0 0 5 15 II. 7 Brown Ilin Vt.' - - i