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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL , , , , , , NORFOLK NEI3KASKA FRIDAY JULY 1C 1909 TROOPS SHOOT IN STRIKE RIOT STEEL STRIKERS NEAR PITT8- BURG IN MORE UGLY MOOD. STREET CARS BEING HELC 'L At Daybreak Disorders Ceased for Several Hours While the Strikers Got Sleep At 9 O'clock the Mob Uglier Still , Returned. Plttaburg , July 16 Street cars , ve hicles and pedestrians are being held up today by steel strikers In the vi cinity of the Pressed Steel Car com pany at McKoes Hocks where there has been much disorder and some bloodshed during the last two days. Every approach to the big plant Is guarded by the men and every one Is compelled to satisfy the strikers that they are not seeking employ ment. With the coming of daylight rioting ceased. For several hours condi tions wore quiet and many of the strikers were at their homes getting sleep. Strikers Back In Ugly Mood. By 9 o'clock , however , the streets again took on a lively aspect. The strikers , In even a more ugly mood , began gathering around the varied en trances to the mill. Reports were in circulation that efforts would be made to resume operations In n portion tion of the plant. Squads of state constabulary rode through the town ns the strikers were congregating at the gates of the plant. No violence * was offered and the state police took up a position at the upper end of the town. At the first sign of rioting the troopers are under orders to ride into the crowds and to shoot. Cots for Soldiers. Pittsburg , July 16. Two wagonloads of cots and bedding were taken Into the plant this morning. These are to be used by the constabulary and dep uty sheriffs. It Is admitted by the au thorities that the situation Is critical. At 9:30 : the groups of Idle workmen had increased to an extent that an or der was given to clear the streets. The officers In squads of ten scattered the strlknrs. Little resistance was' of fered at the tlme , but later , when it was believed'all was well , the troop ers were showered with bricks. Sev eral of the policemen wore slightly hurt. Twenty-two men , charged with riot ing , were brought from McKees Rocks to the county jell by the sheriff today. The number Injured as a result of \ the disorders late last night and today will total close to fifty. Several men have bullet wounds , hut the majority sustained bruises and cuts when the officers rode Into the crowd. Troops Fire On Strikers. At one time fully 10,000 men , wo men and children gathered at a large gate of the works. Stones were thrown Into the stockade and then foreigners opened fire upon the police inside. Suddenly the big gate swung back and twenty-five troopers , firing their cartridges In the air , rode Into the mob at full speed. Thirty Wounded , Some Seriously. For a while the air was filled with the screams and curses of the strikers nnd their sympathizers , while the crack of the guns spread the roar , The mob was driven n half mile from the plant and probably thirty persons were Injured , some of them seriously , IN AIR 31 MINUTES Longest Flloht Yet In America , Save by Wright Brothers. New York , July 16. Glenn H. Cur tlss , the aeronaut , made a flight of 31 minutes in his aeroplane at Hemsted plains , Long Island , today. He alight ed without mishap. This flight is be lleved to be the longest ever made Ir a heavier than air machine in this country , except by the Wright broth ers. THREE DEAD IN TRJIN WRECK Open Switch Allows Trains to Collide Head-on. Champaign , 111. , July 1C. Three mer were killed nnd two injured in n head on collision between southbound pas senger train No. 213 and northbound train No. 26 on the Chicago and East ern Illinois railroad at Royal , neai here , early today. The dead : W. E. Barker , engineer , Chicago. Nelson Paulson , fireman , Vllli Grove. F. M. Hollenbeck , express messer ger , Chicago. R. Berger , engineer , Villa Grove nnd Oscar Thomas , express messer ger , Chicago , were Injured. An open switch was responsible fo the wreck. Prepare to Attack 'Spaniards. Madrid , July 16. Reports receive here from Mellllla this morning sa Kabyl tribesmen 1,800 strong are pr < paring to attack the Spanish position and that great excitement prevails. Mellla , Morocco , July 16. The Spai Ish troops that have been sent asher here for the protection of Spanish ii terests were today reviewed by Gei eral Marina , the governor of Mellll Outposts have been placed around th n position near the locality where the Kabylo tribesmen are encamped. The gunboat Admlranto Loba Is cruising along the coast. ABDICATESJHE THRONE Shah's Refuge In Foreign Legation Equivalent to Abdication. Teheran , July 16. The fact that the nh of Persia today took refuge In , > RiiHslan legation here Is accepted 'l'o > tantamount to his abdication of Q , one , nnd arrangements are on - rganlzo a provisional govern- ' e > J' ' ' "B tno Appointing of a re- < J probable the successful fy ' s will choose Moliam- .t . -ruler's son , to rule the ' { , < .ied All Is a minor nnd 111 L . n regent. It Is probable mt th undo of the dethroned shah , 111 Es Sultan , who Is nt present In uropc , will be given this post. WON'T ' FLY OVER CHANNEL renchman Falls to Take Advantage of Splendid Weather. London , July 16. Special dispatch- B rocolved hero from France say that ic proposed channel ( light of Herbert Jntham , the French aviator , has end- d In a fiasco and that Latham's r - urn to Paris today martis the dof- iilto abandonment of the enterprise. hat Latham neglected to take ad- antage of the splendid weather con- Itlons of yesterday Indicates , the cor espondents say , that the aviator has ealized the folly of his enterprise. OFFERS $25,000 FOR FIGHT. < etchel and Langford May Meet In Philadelphia. Now York , July 16. An offer of a urso of 125,000 has been made by nek McGulannn and Harry Edwards , ght promoters , for a six-round con- est between Stanley Ketchel and am Langford in Philadelphia some Imo In September. The promoters plan to have the out take place In the open nlr at he grounds of the Philadelphia Ameri- an league club. Joe Woodman , : nannger of Langford , said today he would accept the offer unless the Ely , sTev. , promoters granted him $10,000 'or Langford's end nnd $2,500 for raining expenses. TAFT'S $25,000 , EXPENSE Democrats Fall In Efforts to Strike Out Traveling Fund. Washington , July 16. After a live- y debate the democrats In the house 'ailed In their efforts to have a pro- islon brought. In by Mr. Tawney ap- iropriatlng $25,000 for President Baft's traveling expenses ruled or trlcken out of an urgent deficiency illl. The latter measure was under onslderatlon throughout the session , nd will be subject to further dls- usslon today. Members on the democratic side , vere unsparing In their charges of iad faith because the house at the ast session , as they alleged , pledged tself not to make any additional al- owances to the president. Mr. Rainey of Illinois gave as the eason for Its presentation at this ime , the desire of the president to 'boost" the league of lepubllcan clubs hroughout the country. GLIDDEN TOUR HAS HARD DAY. Roads are Worst Ever Known Found Them In Wisconsin. La Crosse , Wis. , July 16. After the mrdest day's ride of the course thus ar over roads filled with rocks and neavy sand , descending high hills and raverstng marshy coulees , the Gild- den tourists arrived In La Crosse In ; oed condition. No mishaps occurred on the road other than a few punc- ures and they did not cause serious delay. D. A. Lewis , pathfinder for the tour , expressed the opinion emphatically the day's run had been the worst ever known since the Glldden tour had been established. CRIPPLE CREEK FOR AMERICANS , Foreign Miners are Driven Out of That Camp by Sheriff. Cripple Creek , Colo. , July 16. Henceforth the Cripple Creek mining district will bo reserved for American abor. This Is the effect of the ac tion taken by the county officials In the matter of employment of foreign abor by some of the largest mines n the district. Several'days ago Sheriff Von Phul Issued an ultimatum that foreign workmen employed nt some of the mines must leave here. Immediately the foreigners armed themselves ami when deputies sent by the sheriff tc disarm them reached the camps , thej found the foreigners had dispersed tc the valley towns. . Dallas Defeats Gregory. Dallas , S. D. , July 16. Special tc The News : The Dallas baseball tean went to Gregory last Sunday and shu out the Gregory team by a score of to 0. The game was fast from star to finish and was full of star plays Eddie McDermltt pitched a grea game for Dallas , letting Gregory dowi with three hits and not giving a bas < on balls. The Dallas team Is open fo games at all tlnies , and would like V make dates with any fast team In Ne braska or South Dakota. Batteries : Dallas , McDermlttnn < George ; Gregory , Pickerel and Fore Struck-out : By McDermltt , 10 ; b ; Pickerel , 7. Hits : Dallas , 5 ; Gret ory , 3. Umpire , Stelnhauser of Cai 300 VICTIMS OF EARTHQUAKE THAT MANY EITHER DEAD OR INJURED - JURED DY SHOCK. HOT WATER FROM SPRINGS Water In th § Rivers and Brooks of That Section Has Turned to a Red dish Color Damage to Property Is Very Great. London , July 1G. Special dispatch es received here from Athens say that 300 persons were killed or In- lured by the earthquake that occurred jesterday in the province of Ellsa In southern Greece. The damage to property also was very great. Hot water is ( lowing today from many of the springs In the stricken district , while the water In the rivers and brooks has turned to a reddish color. Earthquake Destroys Villages. Athens , Greece , July 16. An earth quake has occurred In the province of Ells , the capital of Whlspyrgos. Sev eral villages were destroyed and many people perished. The material loss is heavy. London , July 16. A dispatch to a London news bureau from Athens says that a violent earthquake has occurred in southern Greece , resulting In'con- sldcrable loss of life und damage to property. Twenty persons are report ed dead and 100 Injured at one village and three other villages suffered heavily. The dispatch adds that when the details are learned It is likely that the casualty list will be greatly in creased. ROOSEVELT GETS BIG HIPPO Mammoth Beast Weighs Three Tons. Got It South of Lakjjf. Nalvasha , British East A-frjca , July 16. Theodore Roosevelt , wh&'is hunt ing on the south shore of ake Nal vasha from the ranch of Cnpfaln Rich ard Attenborough , succeeded yester day in bringing down n big hippopota mus. The animal is estimated to weigh three tons. GIRL STOOD UP IN BOAT That Caused the Double Drowning at Sioux Falls. Sioux Falls , S. D. , July 16 The young women who were drowned In the BIx Sioux river here prove to be Mabel Melsenhelder , aged 23 , and her escort , who was rescued , was In such an exhausted condition that not until an early hour this morning was he able to give details of the tragedy and reveal the Identity of the unfor tunate young women. The eldest of the two girls was a teacher in the schools nt Aurella , la. , and was spend ing her vacation at the home of her parents In Sioux Falls. The boat was capsized by one of the girls rising to her feet for the pur pose of getting r. better view of the river. When she attempted to reseat herself she lost her balance and fell out of the boat. Her sister , alarmed , then arose In the boat and the craft capsized , throwing the other girl and Roth Into the river. Roth persisted In attempts to rescue the girls until he himself jvas In the last stages of exhaustion , when he managed to grasp the overturned boat , to which ho clung until rescued by parties In an other boat. The body of the second girl was re covered at about 4:30 : o'clock In the morning nnd both bodies now are at a local undertaking establishment. Both girls were exceedingly popu lar and the tragedy has cast a gloom over the community. MclNTOSH IS COUNTY SEAT. Chosen at Election In New County In Dakota. Aberdeen , S. D. , July 16. Mclntosh was chosen as the county seat of the new county of Corson at the election held there , receiving n majority of 134 votes. WANT PANAMA CANAL BONDS President Will Ask Congress to Issue Bonds to Carry Cost. Washington , July 16. Congress wll ] be nsked at the Instance of Presldenl Taft to authorize tile issuance ol bonds to the extent of the estimated cost of the Panama canal. This Issue will be In lieu of that proposed in the rider to the Payne tariff bill ( strlcker out in the senate ) authorizing the is suance of $40,000,000 in bonds to relm burse the general fund of the treasury for the purchase of the canal property This decision was reached at i luncheon conference at the whlti house in which President Taft , Sen ntor Aldrlch , Chairman Payne of thi house of ways nnd means committee Secretary of the Treasury McVeagl and Assistant Secretary Norton partlc Ipated. Theodore Goethal's estimated Hml of $397,000,000 as the cost of the cana complete was used as a basis for th proposed bond issue. The secretar ; of the treasury would be empowers to issue the bond from time to Urn as the money was needed at Interes nt Son for Princes ! De Sagan. Paris , July 1C. A son was born to the Princess Do Sagan , who was Miss Anna Gould of Ne\r York. Prince Hello Do Sagan and Mine Anna Gould were married July 7 , 1908 , after her dlvorcu from Count Bonl Do Cnstol- lano. 2 CONVENTIONS TUESDAY , JOLY 27 BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMO CRATIC STATE CONVENTIONS. LINCOLN GETS BOTH OF THEM Republicans Will Allow One Delegate at Large From Each County and One for Each 150 Votes for Bell Demo crats Give One for 300 Votes. Lincoln , July 16. The republican state convention will be held In Lin coln Tuesday , July 27. C. O. Whedon will act as temporary chairman and F. M. O'Neal as temporary secretary. The apportionment of delegates will > e one delegate at large fiom each county and one for each 150 votes cast for O. C. Bell , presidential elector. This will make n convention of ap- iroxlmately 938 delegates. Douglas county will be entitled to nlncty-flvo delegates. This was decided at a meeting of the state committee hold at the Lin- dell hotel last night. The committee decided to request .hose candidates for state office who mve failed to pay nil of their assess ments made last year to come across with the money. It was agreed that those who have not paid up by the time the convention meets will be re ported to the convention. Democrats Same Day. The democratic state convention will meet In Lincoln at 2 o'clock on the afternoon of Tuesday , July 27. The convention will be composed of 53 delegates. The basis of representation Is one delegate for every 300 votes cast for Shallenberger In 1908. fldLYN TOLD STORY IN TEARS SAYS HARRY SAID HE'D LIKELY HAVE TO KILL HER. THAW DENIES THE ACCUSATION Evelyn Also Declared That Thaw Said He Tried to Kill White the Day Be fore the Homicide , and Insisted He Was Not Crazy at the Time. White Plains , N. Y. , July 16. Eve lyn Nesblt Thaw went on the stand uere and gave damaging testimony against her husband , Harry K. Thaw. It was the strongest point scored so far'by the state In its fight to keep Thaw in the asylum for the criminal Insane at Matteawan. He demands tils release through habeas corpus pro cedure on the ground that he Is a sane man. When the day's session was concluded adjournment was taken un til July 26. For three days the state had been trying to bring out that Thaw threatened his wife's life on one of her visits to Matteawan. The state wished to show irrational ity on Thaw's part. Blocked at first by objections which were sustained by the court , Thaw's attorney at last failed to show that alleged conversa tion at Matteawan was confidential , as between man and wife , and when Ev elyn Thaw took the witness chair she related as If in fear , that Thaw's law yer has sought to keep back his al leged threat to take her life If he were released from the asylum. Tells Her Story Tearfully. Whether assumed or not Mrs. Thaw expressed apprehension while testify ing. She was quoted afterward as saying that she testified because of the treatment she received at the hands of the Thaw family , but on the stand she apparently struggled hard not to tell nnd when compelled to dose so by the court she obeyed reluctant ly and tearfully. "What were his exact words ? " de manded Mr. Clark. "He said : 'When I get out of here I suppose I will have to kill you. ' " "Why did he say that ? " "We were discussing his mental con- dltion. I had asked htm what he meant and he said : 'You know I was not crazy on the night that I shol White. ' I asked him again nnd he said ; 'You know that I missed White by two minutes on the day before. ' " Thaw , when asked about his wlfo'f testimony after court , said ho was nol surprised at her attitude , but he em phatlcally denied that he ever threat ened her life. "It is very plain to every one thai her story Is not true , " he said. "I never threatened to kill her First she says one thing and then an other. " "Is it true that you made an at tempt on White's life the day befon the homicide was committed ? " hewai asked. "If I had you would have learned 1 before this. " replied Thaw , TAFT AND THE COMMITTEE TILT SLIGHT BUT POSITIVE EVIDENCE OF FRICTION ARISES. HE INSISTS ON EARNINGS TAX The President Says He Has Enough Votes In Both Houses to Assure the * Earnings Tax's Passage Aldrlch Pleased With Stand. Washington , July 16. The senate was in session only 18 minutes , ad journing until next Tuesday. Washington , July 16. Slight but unmistakable evidence of friction be tween the president and the conferees on the tariff bill have become appar ent. A last effort by the conferees to Induce the president to consent to striking out the corporation tax amendment failed. The president not only told Senator Aldrlch and Chair man Payne that he would not with- drtaw from his position In favor of this tax but he was assured of sufficient votes to keep the provision In the bill and secure its adoption in both houses. The president reiterated this position to several of his callers. Aldrlch Pleased. Pains were taken at the white house to make It clear that President Taft did not send for Messrs. Aldrlch and Payne on the occasion of their conference. The conference , it was said at the white nouse , had been sought by the legislative leaders. Senator Aldrlch , it is related , was more pleased than otherwise with the president's decision. Being already committed to the corporation tax ho was anxious that the house conferees should understand that It is purely an administrative measure and they must take It as such and not as a conces sion to the senate. The senate conferees have suggest ed to the president that he send per sonally for senators to whom pledges to stand firm have been given by the senate conferees. The conferees told the president that If the senators would release the conferees from their pledges the latter would bt ! glad to accept the lower rates. The presi dent , it Is declared , has adopted this suggestion and during the last two days had talks with senators who stand back of several of the schedules. Prom all outward Indications , how ever , not much progress has been made. Wants Lower Tariff. The president , according to author- ! atlve Information , Is still hopeful that out of the conference consideration vill come a satisfactory measure. The iresldent has Indicated to the con- erees that he Is particularly Interest ed in securing free hides , free oil , free coal and a material reduction in the umber schedule. He also has ex pressed his interest in other sched ules which have to do with the neces- aries of life. Crane Minister to China. Washington , July 16. President raft has decided to appoint Charles R. Crane , of the manufacturing firm of Crane and company of Chicago , as minister to China. A SENSATION IN CHICAGO Chicago , July 16. The holding of Vincent A. Altman , assistant business agent of the Carpenters' union to the rand jury on the charge of placing 'bomb 31" that was exploded in the downtown district the night of Juno 27 , caused a sensation here. Although Altman has been under ar rest a week , the strength of the police evidence against him has been care fully guarded. Altman's friends of the labor union predict that It Is all a 'bluff" and that he will be released. The action presages a bitter war be tween the unions nnd the police a war that already has opened. The carpenters have put Into the [ ield n volunteer detective force and charges have been made that the po- Ice are afraid to arrest the real bomb thrower , who Is said to be in ppsses- slon of information that police have protected gambling In this city for years. HILL LOOKS FOR PROSPERITY. Washington , July 1C. "As soon as the tariff is out of the way , " said James J. Hill , the railroad magnate , who was one of President1 Tnft's call ers , "this country will enjoy a pros perity which will at least equal , If It does not surpass , that which It knew under the McKlnley administration. "Last month I traveled extensively through the west nnd I never saw such activity among the formers , Everywhere I made Inquiries and learned and saw that the crops were abundant and that the farmers were satisfied. Signs of the financial dc presslon of 1907 are fast fading. "Freight cars will be at a premium within a few weeks. We of the rail road world judge the prosperity ol the nation as much by the number 01 Idle cars as anything else. Through out the last year there have beer thousands of cars Idle , but they wll soon be rolling about the country fill ed with frclghL" CONDITION OFJHE WEATHER Temperature Tor Twenty-tour Hours. Forecast for Nebraika. Condition of the wcntlior us recorded - od for the twenty-four hours oudlng nt 8 n. in. today : Mnxlnuim S4 Minimum 59 Average 71 Barometer 29.96 HnlnfnU 24 Chicago , July 1C. The bulletin Is sued by the Chicago station of the United States weather buronu gives the forecast for Nebraska as follows : Gojiernlly lair weather except prob ably local thunderstorms tonight and Saturday ; not much change In tem perature. , ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. Bun Betrt 7'J."i. : Hues -l:3f : ; moon 4:3 : ; ! a. in. ; fiilMJ a. in. , eastern time , new moon In constellation Ciemlnl with the sun ; liiHll p. in. , moon passing plan et Neptune ; SiltO p. in. , Jupltor'n outer satellites NOK. 2 niul : i close to planet on east ; Nos. 1 and -I close on west. American Association Standings. Milwaukee , July 1G. The following Is the official standing of American Association baseball clubs , Including games of July 15 : Team. Won. Lost. Milwaukee 47 41 Minneapolis 48 42 Louisville 45 42 Indianapolis 44 44 St. Paul 41 42 Toledo ' . 41 45 Columbus 42 47 Kansas City 38 44 YESTERDAY'S ' BASEBALL SCORE Western League. At Omaha R. H. E. Omaha 6 7 2 Pueblo 1 6 0 At Sioux City (1st ( game ) R. H. E. Sioux City 1215 3 Topekn 5 10 6 At Sioux City (2d ( game ) R. H. E. Sioux City 9 14 1 Topeka 1019 1 At Des Molnes R. H. E. DCS Molnes 6 8 3 Denver T 0 3 3 At Lincoln (1st ( game ) R. H .E. Lincoln 2 5 S Wichita 9 11 1 At Lincoln (2d ( game ) R. H. E. Lincoln 13 14 1 Wichita . : 2 G 5 National League. At Broklyn R. H. E. Brooklyn 5 12 3 Pittsburg 1 7 1 At Boston R. H. E. Boston 2 5 1 Chicago 6 11 2 At Philadelphia R. H. E. Phalldelphla 613 4 St. Louis 4 9 3 At Philadelphia (2d ( game ) R. II. E. Philadelphia 715 2 St. Louis 614 1 At New York R. H. E. New York 2 6 0 Cincinnati 1 S 3 American League. At Celevland R. H. E. Cleveland 6 9 1 Philadelphia 5 4 3 At Detroit (1st ( game ) R. H. E. Detroit 9 13 3 Washington 513 3 At Detroit (2d ( game ) R. H. E. Detroit 511 0 Washington 0 3 1 At St. Louis (1st ( game ) R. H. E. St. Louis 9 12 0 Boston 4 9 4 At St. Louis (2d ( game ) R. H. E. St. Louis l 4 0 Boston 0 5 1 At Chicago R. H. E. Chicago 9 9 1 New York 0 4 2 American Association , At Indianapolis R. H. E. Indianapolis 3 13 i 1 Louisville 2 8 2 At Kansas City R , H. E. Kansas City i 3 i Milwaukee 2 6 2 | At Columbus R. H. E. j Columbus 4 7 2 I Toledo c 8 4 j At Minneapolis R. H. E. i Minneapolis i 10 3 St. Paul 4 9 g Standing of the Leagues. Western League Sioux City , 597 ; Omaha , 575 ; Denver , 536 ; Wichita. 513 ; Des Moines , 529 ; Topeka , 493 ; Pueblo , 391 ; Lincoln , 363. National League Pittsburg , 723 ; Chicago , 639 ; New York , Oil ; Cincin nati , 519 ; Philadelphia , 410 ; St. Louis , 411 ; Brooklyn , 372 ; Boston , 293. American Association Minneapolis , 533 ; Milwaukee. 528 ; Louisville. 517 ; Indianapolis. 500 ; St. Paul , 500 ; To ledo , 477 ; Columbus , 472 ; Kansas City , 470. American League Detroit , 641 ; Phil ndelphla , GOO ; Boston , 563 ; Cleveland , 579 ; New York , 455 ; Chicago , 442 ; St , Louis , 410 ; Washington , 307. Valentine 14 , Stanton 0. Valentine , Neb. , July 1C. Special to The News : The third nnd last game of a series of three gajnes with Stan ton was played at Baseball park and , proved a walk-away for Valentine , the final score being 14 to 0. Valentin * played fine ball making only one error. Score by Innings : R. H. E Valentine. 00402440 x 14 12 1 Stanton. . 00000000 0 0 3 ( Batteries : Valentine , Grimes and Cox ; Stanton : Slndclar and Hopper Struck out by Grimes , 9 ; by Llndelar 5. Umpires , Jackson and Hartman Time of game , 2 houra. A large crowd witnessed the garni ns all stores closed for the game. CLEARING HOUSE FOR THE BANKS NEBRASKA BANKERS PLAN VOL UNTARY FORM OF GUARANTY. IN ANSWER TO POPULAR CLAMOR C. E. Burnham of Norfolk , President of the State Bankers Association Finds Country Bankers Ready to Join New Association. Omaha , July 1C. A state-wide clearIng - Ing house among hanks to guarnnteu security to depositors Is the latest plan pioposed by the bankers of Ne braska. This plan has been decided upon by a large number of the banks and It Is to be put Into operation in the near future. It Is contended that It will fill all the needs and denmndn of a state guaranty law. It Is to take in every bank that desires to alllllato and can pass the required examina tion. tion.Tho The Idea of a state-wide clearing house comes by reason of the clamor for a state law that would require banks to guarantee the depositors the return of their money at such tlmou as they might desire to withdraw the same. Such a law was passed by the last Nebraska legislature , but It Is tied up In the courts by Injunction , and re gardless of the decision of the court of original Jurisdiction will go to the court of last resort for final adjudica tion. It Is figured that the suit will bo In court for nt least two years and that something ought to ho done to stay the clamor that Is going up from the rural districts , where the guaranty law has the most of Its friends. It Is the opinion of Omaha bankers and others that the organization of n state-wide clearing house will ward oft the threat of Governor Shallenberger to call the Nebraska legislature la special session for the purpose of pass ing a new guaranty law and that thereby the state will he saved a sum that would run Into the hundreds of thousands of dollars and at the same time a plan will be adopted that will be equally ns good If not better than the most carefully prepared guaranty law that could be drawn and enacted. President Burnham , of the Nebraska State Bankers' association , favors the plan and states that after correspond ing with the majority of the bankers In the smaller towns of the state he IB of the opinion that Its adoption will bo without any marked opposition. Its workings will he similar to the work ings of the clearing house association that takes In the large cities. Depos its In one hank of the aspoclatlon will have the guarantee of each and every other bank that Is In the organization and In this way every dollar of de posits will have the guarantee of mill ions of dollars. Speaking of the plan. President Burnham said : "Eventually the plan may evolve Itself Into voluntary In surance of bank deposits , but for the present it contemplates the employ ment of special examiners , supplement ing the supervision of the national and sate ( examiners , thereby Increasing the confidence of the depositors. "Periodically the examiners will make sworn statements as to the con dition of the banks In the association and these will be attested by the reg ular officials. "The recent litigation over the new guaranty law and the Impression that friends of the law have Bent out to the effect that the banks were unwill ing to protect depositors cannot go unnoticed by the hankers. We are j bound to take steps to throw Increased ( safeguards about the business and to J assure our depositors that wo want to protect their every Interest , " A PLAN TO SAVE THE BABIES. Physicians and Scientists to Make Rules for Mothers. Baltimore , July 15. Plans to , prevent - vent the modern slaughter of the In nocents by Instructing the people of the United States In the proper care that should be given babies are being formulated by the American Academy of Medicine. As an Initial step In the movement a conference Is to ho held In New Haven next N'ovomber at which physicians , sociologists and educators from all parts of the coun try will join forces In a study of the problem. The general subject of the conference will be "Tho Prevention of Infant Mortality , " and the four aspects under which It will he considered are the medical , philanthropic , Institution- el and educational. BOLIVIA TAKES NO WATER. Informs Argentine Republic No Harm Was Done to Flag or Minister. LaPnz , July 16. It Is not confirmed here that Bolivia expressed official re grets to the Argentine republic for al leged hostile demonstrations at La Pnz. On the contrary , It Is asserted that In response to the claim for sat isfaction the Bolivian government re plied that neither the Argentine min ister nor the Argentine flag had sur- fered In any way and that consequent- 1 > * the Bolivian government did not recognize the claim for SAtUtnctlo * . President Monies has notified the Peruvian minister that under no cir cumstances will Bolivia accept the ar bitral award and although measure * have been taken to prevent attacks on the legation the difficulty of a settle ment remains.