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\ fr. . m THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL. . . . . . t NORFOLK. NK1UIASKA. KRIDAY. Ol'TOBKU \ ' \ 11)11. ) GET NO PRIZE HAS NO CHANCE TO ARRIVE IN TIME FOR THE * 50,000. , NOW MERELY SEEKING GLORY Fame and the Honor of Being First to Cross the United States In an Aeroplane , Are Alone the Incentives Now Prompting Rodgcrs In Flight. Kansas City , Oi-t. 12. Fame and honor of being the first to cross the United States from ocean to ocean in an aeroplane are now tbo only In centives for Calbralth P. Hedgers , the aviator who Is continuing bin flight across the continent. Hedgers said today that bo realized bo had sta- ' too late on his Journey from . / York to reach Los Angeles by C % 17 , tbo time limit aet by William . Hearst when bo offered a prize o. $50,000 to tbo aviator that would first crows the country. "Of course I'm sorry I will not bu able to win the rich prize , " bo said , "but that Is not going to hinder me. I will continue my flight westward to morrow. " RODGERS RESTS FOR A DAY. Gives Mechanicians Chance to Over haul Hli Aeroplane. Kansas City , Oct. 12. Suspending tor a tlmo his westward progress In Ills coast-to-coast flight , Aviator C. P. Rodgers rested today at the aviation field at Overland park , nine miles west of this city , whllo his mechani cians gave bis machine a thorough \ / overhauling. It was the aviator's plan to start southwest tomorrow and head for Ft. Worth , Tex. A short exhibition flight at tbo aviation field was on bis program for today. ELECTRIC TRUST UNITED STATES WINS THE CASE AGAINST GENERAL ELEC- TRIG COMPANY. Toledo , O. , Oct. 12. In the United States court of the northern district of Ohio Judge John McKllllb today rendered-a decree In favor of the gov ernment in tbo case brought by the "United States last summer In Cleveland - land against the General Electric company under the Sherman ant ! trust law. The decree orders the General Elec trie company to conduct all Us bust ness under its own name and the dls solution of the National Electric Lamp company and about thirty-five subsidiary concerns , The petition was dismissed as to the General Electrical company. The contention of the gov ernment was that the General Electric company and Its subsidiary corpora tlons had entered Into an unlawfu combination in restraint of trade. NEAR RIOT IN FOR BASEBALL TICKET ! CROWD STORMS TICKET OFFICE CLOTHES ARE TORN. STAND ALL NIGHT. New York , Oct. 12. More than thousand baseball enthusiasts storme the headquarters of the New Yorl National ieague club today to bu tickets for the world's series. Som bad been In line since 10 o'clock las night. When the doors were opened at 9 i TO. , the crowd rushed the pollceme on guard. Hats were lost and coat were torn off and the floor was HI tered with pieces of torn clothing. The tickets were limited to four t uach person. Two hours after the sal opened , every $1 , $2 and $3 tlcke for the game Saturday had been di ! posed of. The bleacher tickets wl be sold at the ground Saturday Speculators stood at the street ei trance offering $3 tickets for $5. Th special police threw the speculntoi out of the line of buyers wheneve they recognized them. Their effort caused a success of rows in which number of legitimated buyers wet roughly handled. About 200 messei per boys employed nt tbo office wei not allowed In the rush. A FIERCE BLIZZARD AT BUTTE , MONT. , STREETS AR FILLED WITH DRIFTS , CARS ARE BLOCKED. Salt Lake City , Oct. 12. Dispatch ! received at the general offices of tl Oregon Short Line from linemen wl had been battling all day against tl terrific blizzard in southewestei Montana , paint a gloomy picture i conditions in that section. Snow , w nnd heavy , piling in huge drifts befo fierce gales , miles of telephone ai telegraph wires disarranged , poles u rooted and leveled , and light and po ,7 cr plants paralyzed , Is the substan / of the message at hand. At Butte , Mont. , the storm cent * CONDITION ( HI WEATHER Temperature for Twenty-four Hours. Forecast for Nebraska. Maximum 72 Minimum 52 Average 62 Ilnroineter 29.90 Rainfall U' Chicago , Oct. 12. The bulletin is sued by tlio Chicago station of tbo United States weatbor bureau gives tbo forecast for Nebraska as follows : Generally fair tonight and Friday , except unsettled In the east portion. of the situation is believed to verge on demoralization. Streets and side walks have been obstructed by the unprecedented snowfall , street cars stopped and all business has practic ally been hiisponded. NELI 1 TO IN8TA I NELIIII MERI III ; C MERJGHTS PLE PLACED ON STREET AND , ' CITIZENS OF THE TOWN "o LIKE IT. Neb. , Oct. 12. Special to It is now planned by the ' - > n of this city to Install a ne . .cot lighting system for this place and abolish the arc lights. May or W. T. Wattles bad a sample elec trolier placed on the National bank corner a few days ago , which has been admired nightly by the people of Ne- Ugh. The proposition is to light with electricity three of Jtho principal blocks with these clusters , which rep resents eighteen Iron posts with three globes on each arm , making sixty-four lights. The cost of these will exceed a tri fle that of the arc lights , but It Is con sidered that the appearance will be a marked Improvement to our main street. POST ! L BANK FOR TWO NORTH NEBRASKA TOWNS GET FEDERAL BANK ON NOV. 7. Washington , Oct. 12. Postal sav ings banks will be established Nov. 7 as follows : Nebraska Loup City. Wilbur , Til- den , Spencer , Blootnfleld , Ponder , Nel son , Exeter , Glltner. EXPRESS COMPANIES UNHIT. National Association of Rail Commis sioners Reject Resolutions. Washington , Oct. 12. The National Association of Railway commission ers , in annual convention here , refus ed to go on record as favoring legls latlon abolishing the express com' panics of the country by compelling the railways to take over the express business. A resolution offered by George Rice state railway commissioner from South Dakota , was referred to the committee on express rates and scrv Ice. Ice.The The committee had practically rec ommended action along these line : but the concensus of opinion was tha : the committee did not have sufficlen : information on only a few years in vestlgation to urge such broad legis latlon. Another resolution offered by Mr Rice , endorsing legislation to prohibi express companies from owning stocl in another express company or in ; railroad , and railroad companies fron . holding express company stock , wai 1 lost , 19 to 30. c f DALLAS-GREGORY TRUCE ON. a t Attempt Is Being Made to Do Awa ; With Train Boosting Nuisance. Dallas , S. D. , Oct. 12. In an excll Ing session held here yesterday fo discussion of the question of "trail boostings , " the Dallas and Gregor ; committee established a truce of foi ty-eight hours to make an effort t have the nuisance abolished by boll towns. If the practice cannot b checked the preliminary work of th committee to refrain from such prat tice will be declared nullified and th dogs of war will be loosened. Coir petition to secure the presence c persons registering for claims in th land opening Is responsible for th trouble. As shown by the official tabulatlo made last evening the total reglstn tlon for the Rosebud and Pine Rldg lands had reached 20,288 , divided a follows : Gregory , 8.617 ; Dallas , 5,892 ; Chan berlaln , 3,930 ; Rapid City , 1,849. Nellgh-O'Neill to Play. Neligh , Neb. , Oct. 12. Special t \ The News : The next football gam at Riverside park is scheduled for t < morrow afternoon between the hlg school of this city and O'Neill. Th game promises to be Interesting froi start to finish , and according to th largo advance ticket sale indication point to a far better crowd than tin last week during the Atkinson gam FRANK LEE CASE DROPPED. Federal Authorities Abandon Prosec tlon of Dallas Telegrapher. Dallas , S. D. . Oct. 12. Frank Le the Dallas telegraph operator wl was arrested by the federal authoi ties Monday as an alleged white sin or , secured word last night that tt authorities had dropped the procee ir , inga. HIS NAME DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE FIRST LIST. UNFAVORABLE SIGN FOR HIM As Walsh's Hearing Came Before Some of Those Whose Names Ap pear on the Parole List , It Is Be lieved Aged Banker Stays In. Leavenworth , Kan. , Oct. 12. In the first list of paroles granted by the federal board of parole at Its last meeting that of John II. Walsh , the Chicago banker , does not appear. Walsh's hearing came before those of some of the men who arc to be parol ed , It Is understood. As the cases are taken up numerically this Is thought to bo an unfavorable sign for Walsh. Walsh.'S SEEMS TO HAVE WON IF PRESENT RATIO IS MAINTAINED - ED , CALIFORNIA WOMEN WILL VOTE. San Francisco. Oct. 12. If the present ratio of gain Is kept up wom en's suffrage will be shown to have carried at Tuesday's election by a safe majority. Delated returns this morning from sixty-eight precincts reduced the ma jority against suffrage to 35G. 18 DEAD IN A STORM. Western Coast of Mexico Swept by Disastrous Weather Disturbance. Nogales , Ariz. , Oct. 12. Eighteen persons are dead as a result of n storm which swept the western coast of Sonora , Mex. , a week ago today. Many more missing. Rosalie , with 5,000 people , has been for five days without food excepting scant supplies sent Irregularly from Guayamas. One mining property suffered damage es timated at $2,000,000. Food supplies are short In and about Guayamas and Rosalie. THIEF ANSWERS HER APPEAL Mother Asks Return of Little KeepSakes - Sakes That Were Dead Daughter's. Chicago , Oct. 12. The public ap peal of a mother for the return of several trinkets revered by her as a remembrance of a daughter who per ished In the Iroquols fire , was' an swered yesterday by the thief who had stolen them. They were sent back by mall. The mother Is Mrs. George J. Kueb- ler , wife of an attorney. Two little rings and two lockets that had been the means of Identification of the lost body of her llttlo girl after the thea. ter fire , were part of the $250 worth of plunder taken by the robber. A pathetic appeal to the robber was published at the request of Mrs. Kueb ler , offering the thief a reward If he would return tbo keepsakes. A BITTER CLASS SCRAP. Junior Laws at University Have ar Election Contest. Lincoln , Oct. 12. A bitter class elec tlon fight has developed at the unl 1 verslty over the election of Rolanc Thomas of Omaha as president of tlu junior laws. Thomas defeated Bet Hastings Tuesday morniag by the nar row margin of 43 to 41. President Redman of the junior lawi announced Wednesday that more vote ! had been cast than there were mem bers of the class , and ordered a nev election. Hastings won the BCCOIH election by fifteen votes. Friends o Thomas now threaten to contest th < election and take the matter up wltl the university authorities , Rodmai declares that one man cast flfteei votes for Thomas , who is an Oinahi man , the ballots being all In the saim handwriting. Hastings defeate > Thomas Wednesday by exactly flfteei votes. IRELAND RAPS THE RECALL' Archbishop Terms Radical Measure : Weapons of Mobocracy. Council Bluffs , la. , Oct. 12. Initial Ive , referendum and recall wer termed the weapons of mobocracy b Archbishop Ireland In an address a the banquet of the Army of the Tec nesseo hero last night. 0 After relating the history of th making of the democratic governmen " by the newly born states after the rev oiutlonary war , Archbishop Irelan said : "And now the clamor Is heard tha the organization of American demoi racy such as the republic is know for a century and a quarter must b altered , torn asunder , under the pri tense that with It the people do nc govern with sufficient directness. Lc us hope that this clamor Is but a pasi Ing ebullition of feeling. " Wednesday's Registration. Gregory , S. D. , Oct. 12. Special t The News : Registration yesterday Gregory 970 , Dallas 702 , Charaborlal 470 , Rapid City 208. Today's deleg ; tlons were from Nebraska and Iowa. THE FARMERS' NATIONAL CONGRESS ( Copyright. ilU.1 CLOSED TO PRESIDENT FOND DU LAC , WIS , CANCELS INVITATION - VITATION TO TAFT. BUT LATER RENEWS ITS BID Because the President Could Not Re main Two Hours anda _ Half Mayor Wired That He Needn't Come at All. Taft Decided to Go Anyway. Salem , Ore. , Oct. 12. The Fond Du , ac Incident , the most interesting onnected with the recent travels of i president was officially declared closed on board the Taft special train when it stopped for several hours liere today on the way to Sacramento and San Francisco. And President Taft is looking forward to his visit to 'ond Du Lac In the Insurgent state of Wisconsin with an Interest great er than he felt In any other city on his 13,000-mlle Itinerary. The indications are that there will be a big time in Fond Du Lac on Taft day , Oct. 26. For a while It looked as though the gates of the city were o be closed against the chief execu tive of the nation , all because they thought It was Oshkosh when It really was Appleton that wanted to bo treat ed a little more liberally In the divi sion of the president's time on a busy October day In the home state of Sen ator La Follette , a rival candidate for the republican nomination in 1912. In order to give Appleton a little more equitable treatment It was ne cessary to cut down some of the time allowed to Fond Du Lac. This caused the storm clouds to lower and while the tempest raged the telegraph wires were kept hot with messages which chased the presidential train , all the way from Cheyenne to the Pacific coast. The mayor of Fond Du Lac announced that If Fond Du Lac could not have Mr. Taft for two hours and a half they did not want him at all. His decision apparently was not un animous , however , for there were oth er telegrams sent urging Mr. Taft to come to Fond Du Lac even If It be for only a few minutes. Mr. Taft wanted to comply with the latter re quest but there arose the question of police protection , not for the presi dent , but for the crowds attracted by his presence , and there was doubt as to whether adequate police arrange ments could be made with the mayor and other city officials opposed to the meeting. Suddenly the wind shifted , the storm clouds were blown away and today there was not a stretch of war weather between the president and Fond Du Lac. Invitation Was Withdrawn. The announcement had been made In a telegram from Mayor Frank G Wolfe of Fond Du Lac several days ago that the city had withdrawn Its Invitation to the president and would refuse to entertain him. As soon as this action of the mayor and the committees was made public Postmas ter George Watson of Fond Du Lac wired to Mr. Hllles as follows : "Kindly give the people of Fond Dt Lac an opportunity to express theli loyalty to the president In accord once with his plans and convenience The people wish to greet him and tc honor him. " Other telegrams were exchanged In the meantime Mr. Taft had made up his mind to go to Fond Du Lac reception committee or not. A tele gram from Mr. Hllles which brough about final solution was addressed ti Postmaster Watson and read : "Your telegram received. One dl ( ficulty that might be encountered ii Fond Du Lac , in consequence of tin telegram from the mayor , la that o inadequate police protection to the crowds. If the city opposes a meetIng - Ing there , what police protection would be guaranteed as a safeguard against attack ? " On came the following , signed by the mayor of Fond Du Lac and the chairman of all the committees : "Tho mayor and citizens and Fond Du Lac are anxious to entertain the president and his party on the 26th of October. The misunderstanding as to time assigned to Fond Du Lac led to hasty action in telegrams cancell ing visit by president. The city ofFend Fond Du Lac extends its good wishes to the president and desires to as sure him that he will receive a hearty welcome when he arrives In our city. "We stand ready to carry out tbo program In accordance with the time at your disposal. " And Fond Du Lac will entertain Mr. Taft for an hour and a half on the afternoon of Thursday , Oct. 26. LLM M COUNTY SEAT COMMERCIAL CLUB FILES PETITION - TION FOR SPECIAL ELEC TION. Walthill , Neb. , Oct. 11. The Walt- hill Commercial club filed its second petition with the county clerk of Tburston county , requesting the county commissioners to call a spe cial election to vote on the question of relocating the county seat. The petition carried 1,652 names , which is 500 in excess of the number required to call the election. A special meet ing of the commissioners must be called to act on the petlton and the matter will be passed on early next week. WANT WILSON DISCHARGED. Consumers' League Asks That Taft Drop Him from Cabinet. New York , Oct. 12. Resolutions commending the work of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley , chief of the bureau of chemistry , praising President Taft for his exoneration of Dr. Wiley "from the foolish and unfounded charges made against him , " and urging the removal from office of Secretary Wil son , Solicitor McCabe and Associate Chemist Dunlap , were adopted by the food committee of the National Con sumers league at Its meeting here. Among the reasons advanced In a statement issued by the league's com mittee for urging the removal of Sec retary Wilson are the allegations that lie "used his official position to force" the Denver convention of state and national dairy departments "to vote in favor of the use of the drug , sodium benzoate , In foods ; " that ho "has used his official position to favor the manufactures of foods , drugs , liquors and medicines ; " that he allowed the food law to be "set aside" for the pro. ductlon of glucose labeled as "corn syrup ; " that bo was instrumental In giving the solicitor of the department the right to decide whether suits shall be brought for violation of the food law after samples "have been found to violate the law , " and that the law dealing with the labelling of beers "has not been enforced. " Des Moines Strike Called Off. Des Moines , Oct. 12. Des Moines proposed street railway strike was of ficlally declared off , following the selection lection of the third member of th ( arbitration board in the person o John A. Guiher , an attorney of Win terset , la. Mr. Gulhor says ho wll accept. Simultaneously came the re port that G. S. Gllbertson , forme : state treasurer , who had provlouslj been agreed upon as arbitrator , als < had accepted. The WInterset man however , will serve. It Is expectei the controversy will now be settlei without further difficulty. ON TRACK , HIT BV A TRAIN DR. HOOVER VICTIM OF ACCI DENT AT LYNCH. SAID TO HAVE BEEN DRINKING Sitting on the End of a Tie Along side the Track , He Falls to Heed Warning Whistles of the Locomo tive and IB Struck by Engine. Lynch , Neb. , Oct. 12. Special to The News : Dr. Hoover , aged 58 , a resident of Cherry county and former ly a citizen of Jioyd ---nty. . was atruck by eusibound pasjengu : U.tlu No. 408 in this town yesterday after noon. He was badly injured but not killed. His head was mashed and his side hurt. Hoover had been drinking and sat on the end of a tie near the track. The engineer blew the whistle several times but Hoover did not move. The engineer expected the man would get up , but the train ran onto him. Hoov er has a family in Cherry county. He was here on business. The injured man was taken to a local hotel and the attending physician said that his chances for recovery were good un > less he had been internally Injured. Holiday Halts McNamara. Los Angeles , Gal. , Oct. 12. Colum. bus day , a legal holiday in this state , halted today the trial of James B McNamara , under Indictment for the murder of nineteen men in the ex plosion of the Times building hero a year ago. When court reconvenes to morrow the examinations of talesmen j will be taken up , which were inter rupted yesterday morning. PRIMARY ROOT OF EVIL. That Was Beginning of Wisconsin' ! Political Corruption , He Says. Milwaukee , Oct. 12. Political evils I In Wisconsin began with the advenl 1 of the primaries as a means of nom Inatlng public officials , according tc Levl P. Bancroft , attorney general ol the state , who testified yesterday be fore the senatorial committee which Is investigating the election of Unitec States Senator Isaac Stephenson. Ban croft was called to explain what h ( did with $250 paid him out of UK $107,893 Stephenson campaign fund He said the money paid him while h < was candidate for assemblyman wai not used to further his own Interest but was expended entirely In Senatoi 1 Stephenson's behalf while the lattei I was seeking nomination for the sena torsblp at the primaries in 1908. Referring to the fact that Senate : Stephenson failed to make a detallei account of his expenditures other tht.i that certain sums were paid to indl vldunls , Bancroft said It was his opln Ion that the corrupt practice act dl < not require a detailed account of wha each man spent. As for the money h had received , Bancroft said he hai spent It as fast as possible , for h was glad to be rid of It. "You never heard of any money b ( ing used corruptly In the election o Mr. Stephenson ? " asked Chairma Heyburn. "Never a cent. Senator Stophenso always considered above suspicion 1 this state until ho got into the Unite States senate. " Italians Occupy Tripoli. Tripoli , Oct. 12. Nineteen tram ports arrived In the harbor this man Ing. They brought the second part t the Italian army expeditionary corpi which Is to occupy Tripoli. The lam ing of the troops , artillery , ammunltlo and horses began immediately. EVERY HOUR SEES ADDED FORCE TO THE MOVEMENT. SEVERAL HUNDRED ARE SLAIN Where a Town Resists the Coming of the Revolutionists , the Torch Is Applied Calm , Clever Leaders Are Behind the Movement. 1'oklii , Oct. 12. A toll-gram from Hankow states that at the most four battailous remain loyal. It Is known that throe Wu Chang roglmentH of Infantry and 0110 regiment of nrtll- lory revolted. The American gunboat Helena and tbo Japanese crulsor Tsushima were expected at Hankow today. Several British warships have been ordered to proceed thither. The women and children living on the water front stopped aboard the merchant steamers ors In the harbor last night. Accord Ing to Chinese rumors Klan Yu Wol , who was advisor to the late emperor until 181)8 ) , when the coup of tbo do wager empress restored her regency and drove the emperors' advisor Into exile , has arrived at Hankow. The missionaries at Wu Chang are auto. A dispatch from Cheng Tu says that the insurgents In Szo Chuon provlnco hold the west Mln river between Kla ting which Is eighty-five miles south of Ch'eng Tu and Kwanhsslen , flftoon miles north and thirty-five nfllon west of Cheng Tu. live hundred troops have joined the rebels and fighting continues daily. Hankow , China , Oct. 12. The revo lutionary movement Is gaining mo mentum with every hour. Slnco noon yesterday it has swept the llttlo city of Hang and the native quarter of Hankow. Great numbers of Cblnoso are joining their movement voluutar iiy- iiyTho The losses In the fighting thus far aggregate several hundred , but prac- tlcall all the dead are Manchus. The slogan of the movement , which in uidcd by shrewd and temperate load- rs , Is evidently "down with the Man. bus. " j Foreigners Unharmed. Thus far there has been no ludlca- lon of any animosity against foreign- rs on the part of the revolutionists , 'he capture of Hang Yang , which lit i town of perhaps 100,000 just north , I Hunkow , ha * delivered into the muds of the revolutionists the arse- ial and the important Hang Yanj ? ron works. The revolutionists had no trouble In Hang Yang overwhelm- ngly outnumbering the local troopa. Gen. Chang Pine escaped and the members of tbo local government tvero dispersed. Towns Are Burned. The popularity of the revolutionary movement all along the river and la he interior is indicated by apparent- y authentic reports that several nearby - by cities have fallen. Where resist ance was offered the towns appear to iave been put to the torch. The Methodist missionaries In Wu Chang are known to be safe. An ex peditionary force Is now engaged iu gathering up the Americans and reaching them wherever they are lemmed in by the natives. Troops Ready at Pekin. Pekln , Oct. 12. Elaborate military > reparations have been taken to pre vent any sympathetic revolutionary uprising in this city and the palaces are guarded by troops of proved loy alty. The advices received here In dicate that three regiments of tha army participated in the revolt at Wu Chang. Missionaries Safe. Now York , Oct. 12. The Episcopal board of missions today received th 'ollowing cable from Bishop Logan H. Roots of Hankow , China , who ha charge of the Episcopal missionary work in that part of the empire. "Missionaries are safe and well. Everything Is now quiet. Can remain : iere. " Fears for Miss Byles. Omaha , Oct. 12. Miss Hilda M. Byles , formerly an instructor In the Omaha high school , is now located la the city of Ku Ling , n small waterIng - Ing place near the city of Hankow , China , where Uie rebels are now re ported In force , having just taken the city of Wu Chang. Walter Byle , the brother of Miss Byles has not heard from his sister since the recent outbreak and entertains fears for her safety. Miss Bylos is engaged in hos pital work with the London Mission ary society. Strikebreakers to Grand Island. Grand Island , Neb. , Oct. 12. Hope that the local strike situation would solve Itself has been abandoned by tha local Union Pacific officials , and tbo first Installment of strikebreakers rom the east were shipped In here last night. About thirty wore In the party. No violence has marked the progress of the local strike as yet. Fifty helpers are claimed by the strikers to have gone out yesterday. Chicago , Oct. 12. There was no picketing In the vicinity of the Illi nois Central shops at Burnstde by the strikers today as a result of the > Injunction Issued by United States Judge Humphreys at Springfield , IU. Nearly 1,500 men reported for work.