The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVII NO. 48:
OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13, 1907 TEN FAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
PRESS MEN GO OUT
Aseociattd Press Operators VT
at Half Past Seven. .
MANAGER ASKS THEM TO
Demands Too Big to Be Settled in F
Hours.
TROUBLE SPREADS IN
EAST v
Postal and Western Union Men in New
York Go Out
STRIKES AT . OTHER POINTS
Trlearaph Service la Baltimore, Bat
tel a, Cleveland, IMttsbarg, Phil
ndclpala Washington .
Badly Crippled.
The operator employed by the Associated
Preaa quit work at 7:30 o'clock last night.
General Manager Stone having refused to
grant their demand! for Increase In pay
until ha could consult the board of direct
or. Operator atone ay that the board
of director will meet September 18, and
will be glad to lay the matter before them.
In the meantime, h wilt meet a committee
of the men at any time to consider tholr
grievances.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Operators I will e what I can do about
getting the matter before the directors by
wire tomorrow. M. B. STONE.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1-Melvllle E. Stone,
general manager of The Associated Press,
replied today to the requests of the teleg
raphers employed by The Associated Press.
These requests were:
Day work Six days, eight hours dally, $30
per week and overtime and extra at the
rate of 60 cents per hour.
Night work Eight hours, $35 per week
and overtime and extra at the rate of
70 rents per hour.
The vacation to remain as at present. A
proportionate Increase for chiefs and sub
chief operators.
The telegraphers requested a reply by
7:80 o'clock this ' (Monday) evening. Mr.
Stone' reply; follows:
NEW TORIt. Aug. 11. lfOT.-To Operators:
I received this morning a communication
from a large number of the operators In
the service of The Associated Press asking
for a changed scale of wages and hours,
and requesting a reply by 7:30 o'clock this
evening.
Th changes Involved are so radical In
thslr nature as to add over two hundred
thousand dollars a .year, and nrnhahlv
more, to the expense of this organization.
The Associated Press Is mutual In Us
character, makes no profits and has no
surplus fund out of which such a sum
could be paid. Any such Increase must of
necessity be levied back upon the news
papers as a part of their weekly assess
ments. As general manager, 1 have no
jfiewer to make such an Increase either In
f eaianes or assessments without authority
from the board of directors, and It Is
obviously Impossible to call this board to
gether within the time named. The board
consists of fifteen member scattered
throughout the entire country.
At the same time acting under authority
heretofore granted me by the board of
fl0!''-1 hab V"-V J at any time
to meet a committee of our own operators
ILconfer. wUh th"m '"Poctlng hour of
service and compensation with a view to
making some recommendations to the next
mee ing of the board of directors, which
shall meet any fair or just expectations of
those In our operating service
v ... inin you must
agree with me thst a
magnitude should not be pressed to a eon
nWitho"?'" ,h' ,,m,u of hour.
nd Without ATVV nfrr,-s-tlt.- , .
question of this
melviClhj E. BTONR
General Manager.
STRIKE)
PRBJADS
RAPIDLY
Operators Are O.t In All Large citloa
of East.
CHICAGO. Aug. 11-Th strike of the tel
egraph operator spread rapidly todsy, the
men walking out in many cttles tn the east
and west. The chief strike of the day was
in New York, where the operators of both
Western Union and Postal companies left
their key. Other strike during the day
wer as follow:
Western Union Montgomery, Ala Sa
vannah. Oa,; Augusta, Ga.: Des Moines,
la.: Chattanooga, Tenn.; Cleveland, Buf
falo. Baltimore, Toledo. Columbia. S C
Pittsburg.
Postal-Columbus, O ; Des Moines. In.
Denver. Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Cleve-
land. Philadelphia. Buffalo, Baltimore, Co
lumbia, & C; Washington, D. C.
Th strike tn this city did not, spread be
yond tbe limits it had attained yesterday.
Th union scale, as .favored by 'th orer
aton, was presented to a number of brokers
during th day. Th only strike In this di
rection wa that of two men employed by
A. H. None. They struck because they
wera asked to handle Western Union mar
ket quotations. During th day two of th
largest commission I tuse In the city signed
th scale presented by the operators, a--d
also Issued a call for a meeting of repre
sentative of other commission homes to
discuss measure of warding off the trtke.
IT Chanee .for Arbitration.
' Arbitration advocates, in th shape of
Beettary Easley of th National Clvle
Federation and Labor Commissioner Nrtll,
arrived in the city, but their mission was
mad difficult before they arrived by the
statements of Superintendent Cook of the
Western Union and Cspen of the Postal
company to th effect that they would ar
bitrate nothing. Secretary Wesley Ru-s-11
of the telegraphers expressed himself In a
similar manner. Both companies announce 1
that they will treat with thslr men as indi
viduals, but declared they will not receive
any delegations or any body of men repre
senting the union. Secretary Russell said
that th operators would not agree to arbi
tral for the reason that the fight was al
ready won, and it would be foolish for the
men to throw away the advantage th y
have gained. Mr. Russell Issued a bullet 'n
to the operator today In which he declared
Uiat th fight wa won and urging all mem-
day longer. H reporter m sir'xe in ail
sections of the cov try as progressing fa
orahly for th men.
Votlnat on tlenernl Strike.
Th local union of th operator
throughout th United State and Canada
wef today voting on th question of or
Bering a general strike If their demands
were not granted by th companies- Th
return ar not all expected within the
next twelve hour, but Secretary Russell
said lat today that th vot was praott
eally unanimous In fator of a strike If
the den:ni of the operator wer not
granted.
umLrl Oo.rpers. prrsldent of th Ameri
can Federation of Labor, air!v4 la th
city today to lake an active part In th
oouducl of th strike. He was In aevaral
(Contlausd a Second Fag-)
SUMMARY OF THE DEE
Tarsday, Ai(t 11, lOT.
1907
SUM MOM.
AuuUST
Tul. wis rna
190 i
rm sat
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12 13 14 15 16 17
10 20 21 22 23 24
26 27 28 29 30 31
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Tn wiiTHta.
FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA Fair.
Temperature at Omaha yesterday:
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a. m tl 1 p. m Si
S a. m 62 I p. m SI
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fi :
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7 a. m M S p. m...
S a. m as 4 p. m...
S a. m 70 S n. m....
10 a. m 72 p. m...
11 a. m 75 7 p. m...
IS nr. 79 in. m...
71 i
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p. m...
DOMESTIC
Operator of the Associated Press quit
work at 7:30 last night to enforce de
mand for increase In pay. Commercial
operators at New York, Buffalo, Pitts
burg. Washington, Philadelphia and
Baltimore also went out. Fag 1
Telegraphers' striker spreads to New
York City, where 80 per cent cf the
Postal employes went out and half ths
Western Union men. The strike extended
to the Postal offices In many cities.
Fag 1
Many cases In San Francisco courts in
volving charges of graft. Fag 1
Daughter of John D. Rockefeller de
clare that her uncle Is pursuing with
Jealous hate the head of the Oil trust.
Fag 1
Oranlte laden schooner sinks In lxng
Island sound after collision with pas
senger boat Tennessee, four members of
crew being drowned. Fag 1
Attorney general of Mississippi val
ley confer at St. Louis for a future meet
ing to discuss anti-trust laws. Fag 1
Richard Mansfield Is slowly falling at
Saranac Lake, N. Y. , I Fags I
District attorney prepares a list of
questions for B. H. Harrlman to answer
In the Alton case. Fag 1
President Roosevelt order that Labor
day shall be a holiday for all government
employes hired by the day. Fag 1
Wyoming Land board has announced
the opening under the Carey act of 160,
000 acre of irrigated land in Bweetwater
and Fremont counties. ' Fag
STEBRAfrKA.
State Railway commission refuse to
order railroads to produce books in creim
rate case and also refuses to pass judg
ment on evidence now In. Complaint filed
against coal rate. Fag
Creameries of the state suggest to Ne
braska Railway commission that croam
rates be based on the Rock Island cream
tariff now In force. Fag I J
FOBEXtm.
Corean supreme court ha sentenced
Prince Yl Sang Sol to die and has sen
tenced to life Imprisonment Prince Yl Wl
Chow and Prince Yl Chun. Fag 8
Fifty thousand people are living In the
. ..v, - -
canal sone at th present time. Pag 1
unMwa rvm Am a w nw a hivtm
W . W. WWM H..
Pari. Airt-, Hailed. -
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SOUTH AMPTON.. St. ........ .T. At Or mis.
UVBRPOOU .....CmbrU .....Itotas.
QVERNSTOWN... Luteals.
LONDON Meant Tmnple...
MOVIIXI Columbian.
riUMS n BI.tooU.
MONTRY. At, Lsk. Ch. plain,.
ST. JOHNS Car(hatn!an ....
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WOMAN SAVES LIMITED TRAIN
Wife of Trackman Prevents Santa Po
Flyer from Going; Through
Bridge.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. It-Mrs. Minnie
Houdeshell, wife of a trackman living In
a tent beside the tracks three miles west
of Ethel, Mo., 125 mile east of Kansas
City, saved th eaatbound California
-nta limited
passenger tram, on the Atchison, Topeka St
Santa Fe railway from going through a : mentii. one-sixth exclusively newspaper t ruty oi mem noverea sdoui me gooa
wrecked bridge yesterday. As a result of ' and periodical establishment that !s, ; looking clerk and the place looked like
recent heavy rains the abuttment had ' producing both book and Job printing and ! the bargain counter of a New York de
crumbled and fallen Into the river. It was ' newspapers and periodicals. In value cf I partment store. At that moment Frank
almost time for the limited to arrive and : products the exclusive establishments j Bplcer's pet rat. chased by three of Dr.
Mrs. Houdeshell. realising th Pact hur-. were practically on even terms, the Hal1 aK- ,ou"" helter In the store,
rledlv Fathered some drv sticks snd irnlnr 1 ,,.t rn, hnolc and toh nrlntlna ' Th cen that followed need not be de-
to the west approach of the bridge kindled
a tire. Then she awakened her husband periodicals, 1184,716,800; but in the com
and sent him further up the track with a : blnatlon establishments the value of
lantern. The train was stopped at a safe ! newspaper and periodical products greatly
distance' from the bridge and finally re- j outweighed the value of book and Job
routed. I ni-tntlna-. The entire value of nroducts
FIVE JAPANESE WERE KILLED
Small Corean Garrison at Kanar Whn
Island Repel Invaders
with Force.
SEOUL, Aug. 12. A company of Jap-
anes troops, with two machine guns, had
live men killed and five wounded last night
on landing at Kang Wha Island, twelve
miles north of Chemulpo, for the purposs
oi awarming a smsn lonrnn garrison or by l)x .tales New York, Pennsylvania,
forty men. which were supported by sev- tu!noi8 Msssachusetts. Ohio ond M's
eral hundred rioters. The landing party I ,ourt- These states are also the prln;l
wss reinforced at 11 o'clock this morning ! al proouc.r, n each of the two branches,
by another company from Chemulpo. A ; .,, ,n -oual proportions.
Japanese fishing fleet which, was driven off
thl Island, with several casualties, reached
Chemulpo yesterday morning. August 11.
DDITieU CUID I nun fttrr-OIMie
bmlldn aMIr LUWU UVtnUUE
twelve vriseii
Posted nt San Fmn
eiseo ursine D.a.oaait
from Sidney.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. ll.-It Is now
believed that the British ship Dundonald,
which has been for some time posted as
overdue, has been lost at sea. The Dun
donald left Sidney for Falmouth with a
cargo of wheat February IS and has never ' 1890 it was approximately M.r.000; from , turned to begin criminal prosecution In
been heard of since. Ths average time oc- j 1890 to 1900, 128.000.000, and during the half i tne Harrlman and Standard Oil cases, but
eupled on th passage Is 1S1 days, and the decade from 1000 to 1906. 16000,000. At this j apeaklng generally he said the department
Dundonald has now been out 175 days. On rate th value of products will double In ! ,lanaa ready to bring criminal aotlon
Friday night eight vessels were on the ltst 1915, as compared with 1900. This advance j when thera ,Mm, a good chance to con
posted as pverdue and four mor names for th mort P,rt to perfectly vlct Mr Bonaparte had a telegram from
were added yesterday. natural causes, the general prosperity of Kellogg of St. Paul, who has been
MRS. TAFT DOES NOT IMPROVE
eerotarr or War will Hasten to Bed-
Id of Mother nt Mil-
hnry. Mams.
WORCESTER, Mass.. Aug. It Secretary : terests hitherto unresponsive. So great.
Taft has wired that he will today reach indeed, I the cost of Illustration employed
Mllbury, where hla mother Is lying critt- i by many large manufacturer and others
cally 111. Mr. Tsft, It la stated, show no In commanding their Interests to th public
signs of Improvement. Her condition re- , that th mere printing th coat of oora
malns th sam since th rslapse last week, position, preaswork, paper and accessories
LABOR DAY. TO BE HOLIDAY
President Roosevelt Orders that Gov
ernment Employe Shall Benedt
Therehy. -
OY8TER BAY, N. Y., Aug. 11-Presl
dent Roosevelt Issued an executive order
today making Labor day. September S, a
hv,iuj iv, uvviuiinni vpipioxeo
laborer wh are employed by th day.
FIGURES ABOUT PRINT SHOPS
Statistics of the Printing Industry
Collected by Census Bureau.
BUSINESS GROWTH IN ALL LINES
Capital IithM sued Valae (
Pre art af Prlaterles Clrealatten
Featare at Dai I lea, Weeklies
aad Monthlies.
WASHINGTON, Aug. U.-The United
State bureau of the census anounces the
publication of Bulletin 7S, presenting the
detailed statistic of the printing and pub
lishing Industry at the census of manufac-
tures of 1906. This bulletin was prepared
by William 8. Rosslter, chief clerk of the
census.
The printing industry possesses an Im-
ponance wnicn cannot D measured 07
capital Invested or by the volume and value
of product. Analyst of the printer' call
ing has become to a noteworthy degree an
analysis of the general prosperity of the
nation. Therefor Interest in the progress
and prosperity ofl printing is not confined
to those who are connected with the In
dustry, as Is frequently the case with other
callings, but it I shared by tha entire corn
munlty. In the census report the Industry as a
whole Is considered first. This la followed
by a discussion of the two principal
branches job printing, and newspapers and
periodical.
The total number of establishments In
this Industry In IMS was 26.422, a number
larger than was reported for any other
Industry. The Incresse reported from 1900
to 1906 forms a striking exception to the
prevailing tendency toward consolidation,
for It was proportionately greater than j
for 1890 to 1900. Hence the product of this
Industry continues -to be contributed by I
great number of small establishment, ac
complishing noteworthy results with
small capital, operated by men of Independ-
ent thought and action, and contributing !
materially to the intellectual ana nnanciai
growth of the country,
Capital and Prodnct,
The capital required In 1906 to conduct
the printing and publishing business was
. , ..I..
aso.wB.om. 11 w. aj.yro........,
that required tn 1890. and it was doubt less ,
aue to a consiaeraDie aegiee 10 meuimiin.-ai
changes which have taken place In this
Industry during the last ten or fifteen year.
Th total number of product reported
In 19( was 496,01,S57.' During the brief
period from 1900 to 1908 the'lncrease In valu
of products was nearly double that from
1R90 to 1900, or. In absolute figures, 1119.008,
927 compared with rn.fl01.91S. Had the per
capita value of products Deen me same in
1906 as In 1850. the entire value of products
of the industry would have been but 152,-
C07.6&8; on the other hand, had the per
capita production In I860 been the same as
It was In 1B06. the total value of product,
- . ,L
01 in inousiry inn enmci.
have amounted to 1141.170.444. or almost ten
times as much a the actual amount
- ' -
recorded.
Among me ten inuunne. ut.h
of products In 190S exceeding $320,000,000.
I ...i.ii.v.ina w1 van h
Among the ten industries having value
priUllUI MIU JJUlr.lBHlMB ..,.. . ,
having advanced to that position from
tenth in 1880. The ten leading industries
were follow: Slaughtering and meat
Tuuklna. Iron and steel foundries and
machine shoos, flour and grist mills, j
clothing, lumbsr and timber, printing and
publishing, cotton manufactures, woolen
manufactures and boots and shoes. These
great Industrie ar characterised, for the
r nhLcZmnllTL
, urr ui "
In nartloular localities. Printing and
publishing reports one establishment to
every S,07 inhabitants, while at th op-
..- . T.l..fc
posue extreme is iron "V""'
COninDUies out. one t esimuusiimcin, w
every 114.000 inhabitants.
Book, Job and Newspaper Shops,
Of the total number of establishment
i in .'he entire industry, about one-thtnl
j wer exclusively book and Job establish-
being S1SS.768,S0S and for newspapers and
distributed between the two
general
classes was tSS3.230.842 for book and Job
printing and $25S,Slt,282 for newspapers ! president bathe. They went away satis
and periodicals. The Increase for news- (led and no one in the village had the
papers and periodicals from 1800 to 1001 ! heart to tell them that tbe president had
was somewhat greater than that shown
for book and Job printing. This was
principally due to the stationary condl-
' tlon ,f the book and Job printing Interests
jn tne New England states,
, Two-thirds of the total value of
products of th Industry was contribute!
I r,v of tn. ,ljt le, having a popula-
U(jn of more than 600,000 Inhabitants In
,,n0 contrtbuted almost one-half of tne
total value or ine pranim oi i" muu-
ry, SS.S per cent of the book and Job
nrlntinr nroducts and 41.9 Dr cent of
n n tjvtni11n1 nrrwl n t
I .t M.i,ikii(ui mnu .. mihi,
IIIW - j,... , . r
printing products aad 41.9 per cent ofiof the Chicago & Alton railroad. These
th value of products of th next largest i tne Chicago & Alton several months ago.
producer (Chicago) and almost one-fourth Ir gtlm.on acted for Attorney General
of the entire product of the Industry. . Bopu m nltnj the petition.
Unprecedented Increase. j .xSHING TON, Aug. 12.-Attorney Qen
Th absolute Increase In value of book . eral Bonaparte returned today from hla
and Job products during the five-year ; Tacatlon at Lenox, Mass. He was unwill
perlod was unprecedeuted. From 18S0 to . , i.. th renorta that he had w
th nation in which th printer has fully
,h"re1 b1n th inc Uotor-
, Photography and photo engraving have
heoome tn nanamaiaena or pnnung, ana
th liberal use of .these two allied arts
I has brought extsnstv patronage from In
become a trifle In comparison.
Newspaper and Periodicals.
Ths value of product of newspapers and
periodicals arise from two source of In
come subscriptions and sale and adver-
UIH A I. nn..,. IMA W. .
,w.i., . ... v. ..mm vi low . It BSaetS
oertvea rrom auoscnptiona and sale ex
tho. from advertlalng by almo.t
i.000.00, or approximately ono-fourth. In
Continued on Third Page.)
NOTICE TO OUR READERS
The pending strike of the tele
graph operators threatens to Inter
fere more or less with The Bee's
news facilities. Under these con
dltiona the Indulgence) of our read
ers is jisked until the disturbed
means of transmitting our dis
patches become adjusted.
To Ilee Correspondent! If un
able to get wire connection, ub
long-distance telephone for trans
mission of telegraphic metter.
MRS. READER IN LIMELIGHT
Aevr York's Fantons Woman Flnaacler
Ha Beauty as Her As
sistant. NEW YORK. Aug. 11.-A court action
Just instituted In this city has revealed two
startling facts about Mrs. Ella Rawls
Reader, the beautiful woman diplomat
and financier, who, two years ago. stirred !
111- country oy in revelation OI ner ex-v
plolts in San Domingo. One Is that she
Is hurrying bask from Nevada after a
rac across th continent. In which she out
distanced the representatives of several
Boston millionaires tn the dash for . the
control of a 330,000,000 copper mine in that
state. The other la that a New York police
man' wife I the chief lieutenant of this
new queen of flnanoe in her schemes and
Is secretary of her, company. The secre
tary la Mrs. H. H. Leahy, who, although
the wife of an ordinary policeman, dresses
and looks like the wife of a New York
millionaire. In business she Is regarded
as shrewd and able and an excellent lieu-
tenant to Mrs. Render In the promotion of
companies and sale of stock to speculators
or Investors.
The property for which Mrs. Reader made
her dash across tho continent Is known
as the Copper Basin Mining and- Smelting
company, and Is situated In Elko countv.
Nevada, adjoining the rich copper district
owned by the Guggenhelms. Mrs. Reader
obtained an Interest In It by promising to
organise and float a company to work It.
j Disputes arose between her and the !
nrlirlnsl nwnora nf th ml,. .v..
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mt -nts arrange d for under their contract
cniiu .un wnuiu iusq control
j sho decided on a bold move and started
at once for the scene of the property with
the Idea of clinching her title. Mrs. Reader
won the race, but by such a narrow mar
gin that it was Impossible to reap from her
victory any other fruits beyond an ex
tension of time for payment.
The return of Mrs. Reader to New York,
which la dally expected. Is awaited with
jmuch Interest. These facts became known
I through a suit being brought by Athole R.
1 Reader, the husband of Mrs. Reader!
agan,t James B.'Haegtn for 1250,000 alleged
j commlIonB , certaJn promotlon a;als!""Bn ,n 'w . ..iio or
, jj.vnnvii.rn ui-ais , rthtn wre the ones Smith uned as his honia
carried through by h s wife. An annllcatlon
k. JL L " 'T.' "
uno maua r l"''ru HUB PUIl 111 inO
United States circuit court. Another suit
has been brought, against her by Herbert
1 j Hlndes. one of her lawyers for 11 sen
, tto", f " lawyers ror 11.ZCO
1
GIRLS MISS .SEEING TEDDY
11
Fifty Held IT hy One Bt Wh"
President Takes
His
Svrlni.
NKW YORK. Aug. 12,-Flfty girls, spend-
vacations nt tne young women's
SZTo.SS'Sg.
.'stRrtrrt out to .AH.fv an nnrnntrntlnhla
deslre to see the president. He had been
Invited to lunch at their cottage but de
clined the Invitation.
They were told that they might catch
a glimpse of the executive when he took
his dip at Lloyd's Neck and they started
out for a picnic On the Neck. On the way
i through Oyster Bay they could not re-
slst the temptation to stop at Dr. Snou-
. der" drug store for an Ice cream soda.
""Ibed,
After the girls had been corralled again
and hysteria banished, they drove to the
Neck and arrived Just In time to see a
man plunge into the bay. When they got
to the spot he was a hundred yards from
shore.
A second man cam up and told them
they would be arrested for watching the
talten his sv.lm while the rat was in the
drug store
; QUESTIONS FOR HARnlMAN
Department of Jostle Has Fra
Up Additional Queries to
' Proponnd.
NEW YORK. Aug. 12. United States
District Attorney SUmson today filed in
the United States circuit court in this city
j a petition that E. H. Harrlman and Otto
j H. Kuhn, tho latter of the firm of Kuhn,
, Loeb & Co., be summoned into court to
, snow, cause wny mejr snumu iiui
I obtain questions relating , to the oontrol
mt iv. rhirn A Alton railroad. These
! Attvlw K .i In).....,.
; quVSllUU FOIO l.ou n u ..... . a vu. v
i , , , - , ,i ,i
.,. ,h. r,.t
j torney in both the Harrlman and the
, BtanQard o,, bating that the tak-
. in ar sit Ustlmnnv In tha fit. Triiilsi paia
ag.,nit the Btandari on company, which
: is for the dissolution of the concern, will
begin In New York on September I.
ATTORNEYS GENERAL
MEET
Confer mt It. Ioal to Plnn for Na
tional Meeting on Antl
Trast Matter.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 12. The attorneys gen
eral of the Mississippi valley states met at
the Southern hotel today to formulate
plans for a national conference of attorneys
general at which concerted action to en
force various stats anti-trust laws can be
arranged. Th meeting was at the Invita
tion of Attorney General Herbert SV. Had
ley Of Missouri
MANY GRAFT CASES GRINDING
San Francisco Courts Devote Whole
Attention to Them.
GRAND JURY IS ALSO IN SESSION
i
Will Listen to Farther Evidence of
Facile State Telephone Brib
ery and Election
Fran da.
BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11 The wheels ,
cf the graft prosecution will grind In nearly ,
every department ef Justice today. Th
supreme court will listen to arguments on
the application of th various Indicted of
ficials praying for writs of prohibition re
straining th superior court from trying
their cases. In Judg Lawler'a department
of the superior court the new trial of Louis
Qlsss. vice president and general manager I I'ast two weeks to fit them In the ship,
of the Pacific States' Telephone company. I Another week would be required for coal
wlll begin. The men Indicted in the park j Ing. provisions, and fitting out the Roose
site deal will be called upon to make their , velt for Its long arctic trip, so that it woutd
ple, guperlof Jud Dunn. The
..j Jurv wlu ,lllten: to rurther evidence
of the. par,fle n..-.- Telenhone bribery
and Incidentally upon the accusation filed
with the district attorney's office by Mi
chael Casey, chairman of the committee on
election frauds, charging that th Schmlts-Benham-Berger
wing of the labor party Is
engaged In "criminal colonising." In ad
dition to listening to argument In th ap
plication for writ of prohibition, th su
preme court will probably hear argument on
the mayoralty question.
MORE NEWS OF BEATRICE MAN
Information that Olney D. Smith la
Continuing Hla Operations
In Sonth.
BEATRICE!, Neb.. Aug. lS.-8pecial.)
County Judge Spa fiord has received a
letter from the clerk of th superior Court
at Greensboro, N. C, requesting Infor
mation of Olney D. Smith, who was sent
up from ner about four years ago for
forgery. The letter asks th judge for
information as to the crime for which
Smith was convicted and the sentence that
was given him. Smith came here about
five year ago, was Introduced Into good
, . . t,
oclety an1 business, made money, srent
,oU of iu w enpased to mmTTy
woman of this city, wrote checks on de
funct banks, worktj a scheme for getting
letters from prominent persons at a dis
tance and to all appearances was straight.
He was a man of pleasing manner, evi
dently being well educated, and had no
bad or extravagant habits. His (specialty
was to get letters from prominent persons
speaking of large sums of money due him
and on the representation of this cor
respondence got accommodations frvn the
banks. Two of the banks Inst about 11,000
on these deals. Senator McMillan of
I . T . J . Z
! correspondents. Just as he was ready to
lift 15,000 from a citlsen by organising a
loan association, the whole fake was de-
1 tected and Smith, whose name was found
to be Kneal, was sentenced to on year
I in th state nenltentlarv. After he was re-
In the state penitentiary. After he was re
leased from prison, a number of stories
earn back to Beatrice from the remark-
; able young ' man. It I thougtrt ' he
UnKineered some of ..this news himself
Judge Spafford and ' State Senator
Sackett have been receiving letters of In
quiry from various partle of late and it
1 thought that the story of a year kgo to
the effect that Smith had been shot, while
attempting to escape prison guards In North
Caroline Is 'intrue. Judge Spafford does
not know whether the letter he has Just
received is genuine. The letter 1. written
on Bisiiuuery ui liio liici, ... iiib b u i"-r 1I
court. It was always Smith's style to
have a supply of stationery of various
: prominent people.
' T) AUGHTER DEFENDS JOHN D
i
, gmyu fjncle Is Hoandlngr Head of Oil
at
Mere
CHICAGO. Aug. 11. Mrs. Harold Fowler
A. McCormlck. the daughter of John D.
Rockefeller, defended her father against the
oil king's youngest brother, Frank Rocke
feller. "Jealousy," she said, "brought about by
my uncle's signal lack of business ability,
is the cause of the vituperation he has
heaped upon my father.
My father holds no mallcs against htm
It may not be consistent with the usual
picture drawn of my father, but he holds
malice agalnat 'no man. My uncle's failure
to profit by th fortune of my father, and
his repeated failures In business havs been
wormwood and gall to him. The bitterness
ha grown from year to year. It ha taken
for Its objective point the brother who has
prospered."
Mrs. McCormlck say it is true that her
grandfather 1 allv.
"Between my father and my grandfather
there always existed the respect and love
that should prevail between father and
son. My grandfather watched with the
I keenest Interest the success of his son.
Mrs. McCormlck said that her grand-
(lather's health wa responsible to a large
j degree for his being out of rang of the
public ey.
.
RETURNS BIG ROLL TO OWNER
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Twenty-Dollar BUI and Cigar Feo for
Retnrnlnsr Biz Thon
aand. ALBANY. Aug It George C. Drumm.
manager of the Royal Disinfecting com
pany, kicked a roll nf bills on the sidewalk
on Central avenue today. A h picked It
up an automoblllst, whose car stood on th
(Vurb, came out of a store feeling about his
pockets. Mr. Drumm looked at the roll and
then at the man.
"Lost anything?" asked Drumm."
"Holy smokes, yes, my money."
"Is thl ItT" asked Drumm, shoving ths
bills toward the stranger.
"Yes." he replied. "How can I repay
you? There's 15.990 In that roll. Tell me
how much I owe you."
"Oh, you don't owe m a cent." said
Drumm, but the stranger peeled a ten-d')K
lar bill and two five-dollar, bill from th
roll and shoved then Into Drumm's bands.
Then he drew a cigar from an Inside pocket
t.nA miila Drumm tak that at si. After
' expressing mor thanks he hurried sway,
It was a good cigar, Drumm said,
The automoblllst Is believed to have been
a New Yorker on a tnp mrougn m coun
FIFTY THOUSAND ON ZONE
Censns Beeently Taken Reveals These
FIsTarea, Twenty Per Tent ;
Being; White.
PANAMA, Aug. 12. A census of th canal
son. Just completed, shows nearly 50,000
Inhabitant of th sone. About SO par cent
of tho total ar whltr
PEARY MAY ABANDON TRIP
Expedition ef Present Tear to Aretle
t'lrrle Has Been Delayed
Too Long.
NEW YORK, Aug. U.-Owlng to th de
lay In getting the arctlo steamer Roosevelt
ready for Its polar cruise Commander
Peary, It Is said, will have to abandon his
expedition to the froien north this year.
The steamer, which Is now at Shooter
Island, should have been ready to sail on
August 1 to Its winter quarters at Cape
Sheridan, North Greenland, where It was
to remain until the spring, and then make
an attempt to reach the pole.
T n fl.latt h a hiui n 1 1 n Tw IM flw
wneh wpre ,,, , be bK,,ut.ly
i necessary to replace those used on the
last expedition two years ago when Poary
made the world's record of 87.08 degrees
north, about 300 mile from the pole.
The boilers are still In the machine
shop, and It Is said that it would take at
re Boptemoer 1 Before It eouia oe in reaai-
ness for sea.
Owing to the short days In the arctic
regions toward the end of August and the
quantity of young Ice, It would be
hasardous for the steamer to attempt to
push through to reach Cape Sheridan so
late in the year.
On the previous expedition, two yesrs
sgo. the Roosevelt left the Hudson with
Peary and his party on board on July 18
nd left Etah on August 16. It is possible,
however, that the commander may start
late with the Roosevelt for Etah and
cache some provisions there to be ready
for next year's expedition.
Friends of Commander Peary said yes
terday that he was very much disappointed
In having to abandon the expedition this
year, as he had set his heart upon making
the trip as early as possible.
When the commander was seen at the
Grand lTnlon hotel and a sited about the
truth of the report that he was not going
to start this year he declined either to
affirm or deny the statement
The Eskimos and dogs are all ready at
Shooter Island, where the crew Is busy
working night and day to get the Roose
velt ready for Its cruise. Bo far no order
has been given for any letup on the hurry
order Issued by the commander some Weeks
ago.
IRRIGATED LAND' OPENED UP
Wyoming; I.nnd Board Announce
New Ground for Us of
Pa bile. .
CHEYENND, Wyo., Aug. 12. The Wy
oming Land board has just announced the
opening, under the Carey act, of 160.000
acres of the Eden valley lands, In Sweet
water and Fremont counties, north of Rock
Springs on the Union Pacific railroad.
Thirty thousand acres are now available
for public entry. It Is one of the finest
bodle of Irrigable land In th state. The
land 1 Irrigated from the public domain
under the Carey act Ar.w person tl years
old or over Is entitled to a claim of 100
acres, or any legal subdivision thereof, pro
vided suoh person has never previously
mad use of tha Carey act. The land U a
rich, sandy loam, free from alkali and
stones, and wilt produce abundant crop of
grain, grasses, fruit and vegetable.
Water for Irrigating Is obtained from the
Big and Little Sandy rivers and their trlb-
utaries. which head In the great watershed
of the Wind River range of mountains and
drain an area of thousand, of square
j miles. - The water I distributed by an ex
I tensive system of canals and ditches,
I Elasticity to the supply is obtained by
I two immense reservoir, which Impound
uitiu.ii, u. tuuiu lent ui water. 1 lie lea
j to the state which accpmpanles application
for such claim Is 26 cent per acre and
-ML.i-'Mn, '"i limu 1I1KIMI1S I1I1UI
proof within three years. The cost of the
' nnMion yem Is charged against the
tana at the rate of 130 per acre, payable
In ten annual Installments. All of) the Ir
rigation work become the property of the
people who own the land, each acre rep
resenting on share.
BABY FLOATS H0URS ON SEA
Reaened Alive on Beach After Be
ing In Water for Lone
Tim.
LYNN, Mass., Aug. 13. It was about T
o'clock this morning when E. B. Bates of
Bass Point, Nahant, was walking along th
beach. It was low water, and he noticed
something moving between two rocks. He
found a wee baby. With Thomas Larkln,
chief) of police, he returned to th beach
; and wedged between two boulder they
, found the Infant, nearly exhausted from
exposure.
Mr. Larkln 1 a mother herself, and
she tenderly cared for the foundling. Dr.
F. C. Wlnslow was summoned, and said
the boy was S months old.
The clotblng was of the poorest ma
terial and showed that no care whatever
had been given the boy. There were no
marks by which he could be Identified.
The police think the child was thrown
overboard at an hour near tha turning of
th tide. The tide served somewhere about
10:60 last evening, and without doubt It
was thrown into the water then, the per
son, or persons, expecting It would be
camea gui wi m om. in.iu ma uwuy wu
returned, lodging In the rocks, where the
carried out to sea. Instead the body wa
itlde would not pull It back,
SCHOONER SUNK IN SOUND
Granite Laden Boat front Rockland,
M., atrnek by Fall Rtvor
i Boat.
NEW YORK. Aug. 11 The three-masted
schooner Myroneaa, bound from Rockland,
for New York, with a cargo of gran-
it wa sunk in the middle of Long Island
sound early today in a collision with th
Neptune line steamer Tennessee, bound
from Fall River to New York. Four mem
bers of the Myroneaa crew wer drowned,
but Captain Balatty was rescued by pas
sengers on th Tennessee and on of hi
crew was also saved by swimming to th
teamers. The passenger of th Tennes
see were taken off by the New Bedford
line steamer Maine and brought to New
York.
The Tennessee anchored In th sound. It
I did not appear to be much damaged. Thar
was haw for over the sound at the
j time of th collision.
M&NSFI ELD SLOWLY FAILING
Report front Sarsss. Laka that
, Actor Is Making: No
Progress.
SARANAC LAKE. N. T Aug. U.-Dr
L J. Lemlux of Mcntrral. a specialist In
nervous diseases, hss arrived and has been
attending Richard Mansfield, the actor.
While the family d'ares there is no
change In th condition sat the patient, th
indication are that Mr. .Hnneld U art
as well as was two
CLIMAX OF STRIKE
Operators in Local Office Associated
Press Walk Out.
WILL FIGHT FOR HEARST SCALE
Messenger Boys in Both Telegraph
Offices Quit Work.
MANY MESSAGES TELEPHONED
Leased Wires Now the Only Ones in
Commission.
THEY MAY GO WITH THE REST
Only One Grain BrukeraBio Flrni
Yield to Demands of Their
Telegraphers, W ho Threaten
to Leave Today.
The climax In the telegraph strlkp wai
reached Monday night, when tho operators
In the local office of the Associated Presi
In th Board of Trade building covered
their typewriter and walked out to en
force a demand made Sunday night for
what Is known as the "Hearst scale."
Another Important feature of the day's
development was a strike of every mes
senger employed by the two telegraph
companies, which practically tied up tha
telegraph delivery system, although th
two companies did their utmost to serve
their patrons by telephone during ths
afternoon.
Tliera now remains but one system of
leased wires In the oountry which hav
not been put out of the business by th
strike.. That Is the grain brokerage leased
wire system, which was Intact up to tha
time ' the market closed Monday after
noon. t All day Monday there were "wlra
conferences" among the broker operator,
with th result that ultimatums were "Is
sued to the brokerage firms all over th
country demanding an Increased scale of,
wages. One Arm, Bartlett, FTaser A Co..
Is the only one known to have settled It
troubles by granting the demands of th
telegrsphers, and It Is possible that that
company's system of leased wires will be
the only one doing business Tuesday morn
Ing. Most of the ooncerns were given until
Tuesdsy morning to settle with their men.
I and many conferences were held Monday
night In the hope of reaching a settle
ment. It will depend on the result of these
conferences whether many leased wires
are open Tuesday.
Demands of Press Operator.
With the walkout of the Associated Pre
operators, tho strike really reached Its
1 climax. This great system "operate leased
wires from Toronto to the City of Mexico
; and from coast to coast. It employed about
1 500 expert telegraphers, and was paying
j the highest scale of any concern, wlttt
on exception, In the country. The op
erator on their' various circuit held a
conference Sunday night and decided to
present an ultimatum to th officials in
New York. Tht wa don by wire, prac
tically th entire force of that great sys
tem Joining-In the demand. Th scale de
manded Include a weekly salary Of 180 for
day men and 185 for night men, with day
i en cents an hour, and night and
Sunday extra at 70 cents. The demand
j , nf nenerRl Manaeer Melville B.
; Btone wn0 wal glven untn T:J0 thl, even
ing to comply with the demand.
In the afternoon Mr. Stone sent a long
telegram addressed to all operator ac-
J knowiedging receipt of their communication
that he had no power to net In such an
Important matter without the. consent of
the board if doreetor.
The night force, which outnumber th
day men almost three to one, came on at
S o'clock and did little work after they
cam on. A continuous conference between
officials and men over toe wire wa neia
to get at the sentiment of the men, and
shortly ater 7 o'clock it was decided that
the general manager's telegram did not
hold out sufficient Inducement for the men
to remain for further parley. Promptly nt
7:90 every man left his desk In every offlco
In the country, . and they were dead for
the first time in twenty-four years.
In the local office Harry L. Swan, tho
correspondent, and two messenger boys
were left to wait for something to turn up.
Early In th day the Omaha operators
got busy and established headquarters In
th Patterson block. Within an hour they
had received and posted a number of bul
letins, organised working committees and
got down to business. Letter were gottea
out to individual members, many of whom
reside In other cities, informing then
officially that th strike was on and call
ing them from duty.
The committee began work Immediately.
Within an hour 1250 was In sight a ths
nuoleus of a strike fund and th finance
committee began a systematic work of
canvassing for money. A grievance com
mittee appointed the day before also begaa
the work of drawing up a schedule of the)
union's demands, which probably will be
presented to the local nanager of tftvt
telegraph companies Tuesday.
Messenger Boy Wnlk Oat.
On o fth most important incidents of
th day wa th walkout at 11:10 of
vry messenger employed by th tale
graph companle In Omaha. A commit
tee of telegrapher had been appolnte4
to wait on the boy and found a great
majority of them eager to take a part
In the strike. They held a curbstone
meeting at Thirteenth and Farnam
streets, where a bunch of the loader. a
detailed to round up all the Western
Union boye. Within ten minutes they
wer all on th ground, and with a whoop i
they climbed on their bicycle and
tarted for th Postal office, half a block
away. Here they found most of the mes
sengers aroun dth building, and on of
th Westsrn Union boys yelled that
vrybody was out. Th postal boy
Joined in th chase, and before Caahler
Doyle could stop them half a doson lioys
mounted their bloycles and Joined th
procession to th union headquarter.
The messenger held a meeting at
Washington hall, where committees wer
named to wait on th telegraph mclols.
During th afternoon th forcaa of botSt
companies signed a schedule to be pre
sented. Th following ultimatum mas
presented by them to both companies:
W. th messenger of your company
Whose names are attached, having felt that
the compensation paid mcasenssrs Is not
In keeping with the general conditions of
prosperity, nor conslstvnt with the steadily
increasing cost of living, beg to submit
the following schedule fur your considera
tion :
That a rats of 2 cents be paid for each
delivery, call or assignment, a a mini
mum wage.
That taUgrama containing two or mor
add roe is shall be paid for at th rats of
I OS t fur Mix address th UUgraaa vsjp