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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XXXVII NO. 81. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEITHMHKH 20, 1007 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. ROGERS SINIC AVSH Oil Magnate Loiei Forty Bailroad Deal. HE FINANCED TIDEWATER in Forced to Sill Stock at Decline ' Meet Notes. SITUATION IS CLEARED UP Large Portion of Rogers Fortune Disappears in Settlement. WHAT HE EXPECTED TO DO Roil Waa to Be 'Built at Low Grade and Open Up Coal and j Limbrr Fields of WmI VlraJala. NEW YORK, Sept. 19-Renorts have been current In Wall street for some time that H. II. Rogers of the Stanard Oil com party hud been heavily Interested In the tidewater railway project In Virginia and tharhe had lost heavily by the Investment. The Evening Post says today th.tt It can be stated positively that Mr. Rogers In curred a personal obligation In the tide water project much in excess of HO.OOO.dfl. The Tost also says the situation has been entirely clcsred up. The Evening Post says: Confirmation vas obtained In Wall street today of reports to the effect that H. H. Rogers was heavily Interested In the Tldowater railway project. "According to the stories previously cir culated upwards of 40 per cent of Mr. Rogers' fortune has been Involved In the tldowater Investment. I") was reported to ddy that the personal obligation Incurred amounted to $40,000,000. It can be stated positively that the sum Is nrich larger than the amount named, also that the situation has been ent'rely cleared up. "In order to meet the demands made upon him In conneetlon with the construc tion of the railroad, Mr. Rogers was forced to dispose of a large amount of Invest ment stock at a sacrifice. All during tho recent decline In prices the vice president of the Standard Oil company sold gilt edged stocks, such, as Standard Oil, Con solidated Oas, Union Pacific and Bt. Paul. "Some five or six years ago, against the advice of his friends, Mr. Rogers started to build in West Virginia a Ipw grade road, which would parallel the Norfolk West ern. His object wss to carry coal and lumber to tidewater. The line was to be 444 miles long. Only 125 miles have been completed. "Only a few months ago. In order to :,'. rfise 110.000.000 for the tidewater road H. ; rra Issued .his personal notes so- UMXO.0O0 first mortgage bonds. took and $10,000,900 dividend or lying , collateral. These 0 per .were endorsed by H. H. Rogers nsj l.uo n . a -V-afnulal who' have watched tho "liO xb"of" the road with Intense In-' -uj fitom tho beginning say that the Afi.et, even at this stage. Is more or teua problematic. It Is confidently be 'lleved, however, , that with the sacrifices already made In . disposing of high priced securities, Rogers Is In a position to galit Ills end and see' the mileage completed. . "It was learned some months ago that the Standard Oil man and his associates had bought up all the available lumber and coal lands In West Virginia. These purchases amounted to thousands of acres and Will In some future time supply the tidewater road with traffio. "W. N. Page Is president of the Tide water railway. When completed the road will extend from Deep Water, W. Va., on the Kanawha river, to Si-wall's Point, near Norfolk, Va. The authorized stock la 3Ti, OOJ.OCO. The first mortgage S per cent boncTs, none of which have been placed on the market, are Issuable as follows: Forty five million dollars for the construction of the Una from Deep Water to Sewall's T ... I ., , At. mil., r. t .limla tl-nlr l.V. a-h additional mile of single track on the main line 175, 0C0 bonds may be Issued, SnO.000 a ntlla for branch lines and 15000 for main line second track." DIETZ DAM JDISPUTE ENDED Settlement Effected Whereby Million of Keet of Lumber Are Now Aeeeitalble. WINTER, Wis.. Sept. lS.-The famous Diets dam dispute has been settled. It Is stated that an agreement has been mads between the contending parties and that the millions ol feet of logs that have long been help up by the Intrepid defendant of Cameron dam on the Thornapple river, near here, will be moved at once. The terms of the settlement are not given. The trouble arose over a dispute as to the title of a tract of land covering the Cam eron dam. Both the Chippewa Log and Boom company and John Diets claimed title to the land and Diets defended the prop erty against all comers. Three sheriffs failed to capture Diets, who has gained national fame for his bold act in defying the authorities. 8T. PAUL. Sept. 1S.-A special to the Dis patch from Rice Lake, Wis., says that the Cameron dam dispute was settled through W. L. Moses of Chippewa Falls, who has contracted to move the logs to the mill at Chippewa for S30.000, of which sum It Is believed he pays Diets one-half for permit ting their passage through his dam. The Chippewa Log and Boom company had re fused to deal with Diets or pay him any thing. NEGRO SHOT BY OFFICER in.. r. .1.1. - r-.m... . ... in " He Barricaded lllmlf 1. s. and Waa Killed. . " " COLLINSVILLE, IU.. Bept. II. After running ramuant through the streets here last night, chasing people Into their homes It the point of a revolver and clearing saloons of patrons, George White, a negro, waa aliot and instantly killed by Deputy Sheriff Will Blake. White owned a saloon In the outskirts. 1-1. . ,... th. .rrt. with a Mvalv.r .na .f,.. ,k. town he retreated to hi. aeioon. barred the door and refused to submit to arrest. Deputy Blake broke down the door and i shot Whlto through the heart. White haa long been considered a dangerous char - icter. Kelk en Hie Way -Utat. ST. lAjuim. epi. is. tiovemor J. W. Folk or Missouri. aixomD.niert by Mrs. Folk, passed through fit. Louis today en route from Jefferson City to th. James town exposition, where Governor Folk will WMjvva uuiv. D.IU.UI), w r. It p i alls aourt day. Governor and Vir. ari. ..ii rata Ue eeet untU Ibef SUMMARY OF THE BEE Friday, Arptmbrr SO, lfOT. 1007 September 1907 Sua mom rat wta thu raj. Sat I 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 10 1 1 12 13 14 15, 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 26 29 30 ( :' THE WCATHEB. Forecast till 7 p. m. Frlrtav: For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity Probably fair; no Important change In temperature. For Nebraska Showers. For Iowa Fair south; shower north por tion Friday; slight temperature changes. Temrwrntur. si Omaha vesterdny: SS'J,'. Hour. Dei. .... 7" 6 a. m. . t e. m.. 7 a. m.. S a. in.. 9 a. m.. to a. m.. 11 a. m.. 12 m 1 p. in.. 2 p. m.. 3 pm.. 4 p. in.. 5 p. m.. 6 p. m.. 7 p. m.. 8 p. m.. 9 p. m.. 7 ' ? j DOMXSTXC. Standard Oil company officers hold stock In Corslcana Oil company doing business In Texas, thereby defying anti-trust laws of that state. Evidence at New York hearing that John D. Rockefeller held one-fourth of the trust stock' before Us dissolution. Pas; 1 Addresses delivered at the National League of American Municipalities are opposed to the commission system of gov ernment. Pafe 1 Shoe cutters of St. Louis go on a etrlko and industry Is paralyzed. Pag 1 Famous Wisconsin Dletx dam dispute has been settled and the logs may now go down the Thornapple river. Pars 1 H. II. Rogers, vice president of the Standard Oil company, lost $40,000,000 In attempt to finance Tidewater railroad. Pag 1 Government ofllcluls are planning a trip of the great lakes and Investigation of the waterways. Pag 1 Regular busbies has been resumed by tho Western Union Telegraph company In the eastern section of the United States. Pago 1 Budy of the late President Mcktlnley has been removed to the sarcophagus be side that of Mrs. McKinley. Fags 1 Miss Hilda Natalby, otv whose account Mrs. Gentry committed suicide, testlfla.l In Constantlne'a behalf at the Chicago murder trial. Pag 1 Carrie Nation has been sent to the workhouse for seventy-five days in de fault of a fine Imposed for disorderly con. duct. Pag 1 rOBXIOsT. ' . Coreans are Inviting possible annexation of the kingdom hy Japan by their action in assuultlng Japanese officials. Pag- 8 Heads of the delegations to the peace conference at The Hague pass resolution with respect to preparation for further conferences 'lrt advance of sessions. Par 1 Russians are planning costly fortifica tions at Vladivostok. Page X Sultan Abdul Axil has dismissed his ministry. Page 1 NEB AS KAt Republican state central committee will have task of selecting new offtuers, as present chairman and secretary will be busy with their official duties. Page 3 Stute Federation of Retailers hold a twj-days' sessl on at Columbus, at which much of interest to the trade was dis cussed. Page 3 lOCAXh Word reaches Omaha that Harrlman In tends to double track Overland line from Omaha to San Francisco. Page S George E. Roberta, former director of the mint, preaches reform In monetary system that will give greater elasticity In 'currency before Nebraska bankers' convention, which ends with banquet at the Rome hotel. Page 1 More automobiles are required for tin j jarmde dur,n lhe Ak-Bar-Ben ilea. Pe2e 4 . . . - Democrats who oppose him request F. H. Cosgrove to resign as the party nom- Inee for county assessor and he refua-M. leaving them to appeal to Mayor Dahl- man- "" Judge Kennedy renders Important de- clslon or. the garnishment law enacted by the last legislature. Pag-a S Society Entertainments multiply as the end of the season draws near. Page S MOTZMxarrs op ocbajt itxamships. Port. Arr!v4. Bailee. NBW YORK Mutkov Ttutoal. NBW YOHK 81. Liursnl Lucanlt. NIW YORK Pnnylvnl ...,Tm. NEW YORK Print.! Iran. . .. Nit VI Amsterdam. NEW YORK CUM l Mraslnt. NIW YORK Pajinonla . NEW YORK Ottaulc SOl'THAMPTOM. -Majntle. SOUTHAMPTON.. ' K. Wllhlm II. rnimiTinn rnn enrrii urn Wvwrtl.wiv f w.i w. .total llltall r i j i i . u i ii i,n r, 1 1, , i r r i. iwi r m State Department Haa A r ranked -tematlo Edacatlen for Men Who Go Abroad. consuls are to be sent abroad to represent America If the plans of the 8tafb depart- ment which have Just been put ln practice realise expectations. llshment of the been customary to consul thirty days with pay perore leav- ln for his post. A room In the department has been equipped as a complete working American consulate su.,.o.e to tr.n..ci the business of an American consul In any i tie Dunncii ii i u Aiiirni.u .......... ... part of the world, civlllied or uncivilised. . ... Appointees are no longer permitted to . ,. . .w.i spena mat tnirty oays pent m v.... vwi. I w. but ,rs r.quired to report every day .way, uui u,.. at the State department for duty and to I at th. Bi.t. d.r,rtment for duty and to spend a certain number of hours In tlila j mudel consular office, receiving instructions and i.niniiin themselves with every . practical detail of a consul's daily worV i The best of Instruction Is provided. ! , ' ClLVATluN ARMY IN FARPH . JM-' ,N OtAnUrl MBMMV 1,"'y C. Dlekaon, RMFHMtla epreeeniingi J P l-e.t En.llah Vtrm, ' Disappears, NEW YORK. 8ept. 19.-A11 the lot i br,nch" ot th Army In this . i. . u. ...... . ii. i- ' - ji..niiu mna for Harry C. Dickson, the representative of prominent London engineering Arm. wnu u.i' i-tiy -ren u .last. Dickson's friends and employers ln ( .1 . consular service It has of an intelligent public. It is my belief th allow a newly appointed , """"""nea electorate can accomplish more ... I with a small ninimii.inn . .rJ . '"ro London appealed to the Salvation Army from the grounds and United states sol headquarters there for assistance ln the : dlere were on guard along the route of searcn. otrenng a suostanu-i reward either ... .. . . MISGOVERMIENT OF CITIES American Municipalities Have .Much I to Learn of Foreigners. I TmrrTT nrt kTxrtrtntr rnuvivrs ADMIRAL CHADWICK COflLFARLS William It. Allen, Secretary of the Rnreaa of Manlrlpal Research of Jfew York oa Controls aloa Idea. NORFOLK, Vn.. Sept. 19-Amcrlcan and European cities were compared In a paper read before the League of American Mu nlnin.HMj. tArlciv hv Rur Admiral F. E. Chadwick. An address was given by Wil- llam H. Allen, secretary of the bureau of municipal research of New York City. In which he told of the good and the bad ef- I fects of the commission Idea of rule of cities and pointed out the benefits and evils of the system. An address was also S t presented by Henry L. West, commissioner ;5 ; of the District of Columbia, In which he 7 ! gave an account of the municipal problema jj1 of the national capital. Mr. West was 2 : unable to attend. J. M. Head, former V; j mayor of Nashville, Tenn.. spoke of "Mu "7 j r.lcipal Government by Board or Commls- s'on vs. Mayor and City Council." Foreign Municipalities. Rear Admiral French E. Chadwick, U. S. N., spoke In explanation and advocacy of the Newport. R. I., system of municipal "" .v "- " ...... government, and also devoted a portion of wh outly oppos. 1 the proposed reduc hls address to a comparison of American "on in passenger r ,tes, claiming that the and Buropean forms of city administration, time was not ripe I or reducing such rates declaring that the American people had In South Dakota, bwing to its compara- I.,.,. i ki. rminmi t li ild in I tlvelv smnll popilatlon as compared with part: Tho first need In an understanding of j this subject of municipal administration Is a realization of the Immensity or our dscr wardness In nearly all things which go to mint tho well-organised, well-administered town. Though we are all agreed that our municipal conditions aro In general bad, 1 do not think that it is at all generally understood how Very bad they are In com parison with those of well-ordered cities In other countries. I have lately been abroad and trlei to keep my eyes open as ; 14 was argued, in substance, that a reduc to what is doing in Kurope, and I must I tlnn of tho passenger rate to 2H cents per say that the resulting feeling was one of d;ep mortification when 1 called up a rec ollection of some o our own conditions. Germany In particular does for the public. In gardens, parks, ornamental waters and other means of enjoyment for the mass, what we, with a few exceptions, scarely attempt. American towns as a rule have simply been the subject of exploitation through a long series uf years tor the benefit of seekers after political power or for what we have come to call graft. We have sat In grumbling humor throughout this era without sufficient energy or public spirit to free ourseives, l.aek of Backbone. . The situation which we are attacking Is one of unparalleled national disgrace. Praise of our supposed Intelligence and energy In wholly misplaced until we shall produce a change. Character Is the first of products, and until we shall, as a peo ple, stand on a plane of honesty ' arid earnestness for the public good, our self satisfaction Is but as Dead sea fruit. The living fact Is" that our backwardness In city administration Is due to our want of national backbone, and to a want of that widespread Intelligence which we are too wont to boast as beinc ours in a very high degree. m tier such study as I have bean able to give the subject I have become convinced that the main cauee our failure Is In placing city administration, a profession ! yiijlii uuijanai morougn Knowledge and experience. In the hands of haphazard, slicrt-terro men. . A mayor with us Is the accident of a dav; the same mny be sa'd of all the rest of our officials. Their only real knowlcflre as a rul Is the game of politics and they naturally play to keep In ower. A change to a greater permanency of office among our technical officers par ticularly la thus our primal need. This necessity Is everywhere else recognized, raking English procedure we find the ac tual adm n strot.nn wlmliv in m, - ! n j , ' wno' 1 w-ouid also add j are called from any part of trie country ; But It is Germany which recognized In j hn.,'t,tHu(r'.,' lhe business aspect of many thij wemu-t gTto" flad' lu hlZi many Is a mayor bv profession a h lil.lv trained and experienced city administrator tiMo""rr.,m V?i.llrd.- "i.he r.ulrt' repu- employe m tUy lo C'ty- He U ln 'ct mnv . . "'.'.'"'V '"f n.ayor In Ger Ciorerament by Commission. W'illlam H. Allen, secretary of the Bureau of Municipal Research, New York City, de. nareo. mat me cities of the United States ' owo a debt of gratitude to Galveston and Des Moines for having caused the country j to consider seriously the defects of existing ' cjty charters. But It should not h. j ten that the advocate, of government & 'j by i pnmmliBlnn I. n .. - v. . ..... ' ucreiuiore railed to recoe- nlze three fundamental facts- j First-Misgovernment In a democrarv i. ; due primarily to Ignorance on tho part of ; tha Reral puWo a tQ offl7tan0, , community needs. second Mlm-nv.mm. w' ' JZlu h!l b',co'n'"''ln Is i. 7. ."inmission plan of Itself does not insure Intelligence on the part of the general public as to government results and community needs. Third-Hundreds of communities In the United States. Including New York City are now being misgoverned by commissions' He aald in part: The goal of American democracy ahonlrf be government bv the public and hot bv a UZOT. m.ny otboere. Governmen? bv iht public le Impossible and always will h iVi possible wherever government . "tnI formed or misinformed. Unless the mission plan provide, for in Int'lCnt" I Z " f A" uniformed 'r.! "i;.ulwr,cV. Dossism. comiD- i iuii. x.ii un i r m in. n v , .... . . u. , i ,,7 ' .rr,ui , than ecal ! wher"ll!f."iteX'',ed Vd 1ve will exist iP1"'1 the few.' N?o" m.tTeVhow ! .n.l'I'.l' commlMln. will m .govern V.nJf" Jh",e ov'rn.. have the e.senTlal i doei ind i,rMi i... ..?5n what It Small Body la Better. While the commission Idea of Itself giv T!!l"f'l0r.Lun,,,for clever graft and f es for , unwleldy com ISSion. The cmmi..l,. . T ' win prove h 11 prove he!uley inefficient unless all lV,do',t.,n 1 dd to their program. cli has Des Moines, , and r.vonUng nd pr.bn.h ng the faV-V. o . government that will enabln Vh zLl . u,ri iiiiieiu i n m l will enable the aenr I ! public to decide upon the efficiency ofthi I rnmmiMnunn uml a .v i 1 nm j "''"f'0" nd to choose between' policies i -yK.uj.tj. Omaha. Los An,ei. ' rX.il. V!! 'nd Duh,th r ! leading candldatea for j venllon i years con- nnnu f U'litii ryif ! riil-.t O DUUT n hMllV F 11 1 ! Transferred from Grave to Sarcopk. i ana Beside that of Wife on 'til 11 HI. CANTON, O., Sept. 1. Shortly after 2 i O'clock this afternoon th. hiwtw nt ih. ' i... Pre.ldent If. Klnl.v i .. . . . " " '""" - " -oiaiers. was to the mausoleum on Monument hill. Tin al casket was placed in a sarcophagi, be- rrr since .... and while of Itself It afford. i . ""Jl".': w.w.. niin mr.a ,id. ,h, containing the budy of!, 1 l""llrou'1' cla,m to be making progress . . ... ' "K , In eettinff nidrA men tn u. n r I, In tv. hll.w uri. McKinley, which was remcted frcm : the vault Wedne.rt.- in .,i.. . ..... ur- I , j round the transfer with as much Driva-v i as possible, visitors and most of tha I workmen about the tomb were xclud...i 1 the funeral car. -T" ... , w i J i ic.mr.n , llmi ,.-,e ui naurr. ior ine new sute ol to U. vault J? south dakotajjnes object ; "trcnaoa Opposition la Manifested br non,rtn" t?"? . FIOUX FALLS, S. t.. Sept. 19-Spei.lnl.) -Th' hearing before fho South Dakota' Board of Railroad Commissioners in the 1 matter of a IVi-ccnt passenger rate for i South Dakota and a new schedule of freight I rates for that portion of the state lying ) west of the Missouri river, after having been In progress fur about a day and a hnlf at the headquarters of the railroad j commission In Sioux Falls, came to a some- what unexpected enj by another adjuurn- ment bring taken until September 26. The de. lKlnn to a.llourn the hearing until i that date followed tho announcement that I th Chicago Northwestern railroad was rngnged In the work of preparing a new "chedule of freight rates for its new the Missouri river, and that ' expected the new schedule would be completed by September 29 and ready to do submitted to the board on that date. Freight rates east of the Missouri river were adjusted by the board putting In a new schedule last spring. The matter of reducing the passenger rate In South Da kota from 3 cents to 2H cents per mile. In accordance with an act of tho last legisla ture, has not yet been decided by the board, although arguments were concluded by rep resentatives of the railroad companies. Practically every railroad company hav ing lines In the sttte was represented at . . i . - i . .. . v.. L . . i, nm..i.l the older and more thickly settled states of the east. It was stated hy one of the representa tives .that not a single carrier doing busl- ness In South Dakota was today making a dollar on Its Investment In the state, and that many of the (oads, or all of them, aro ablo to show a loss on both passenger and freight traffic on South Dakota lines. mile would be confiscation of the property of the railroads by the state of South Da kota. As an Illustration of how the reduction. If made, will affect the Interstate traffic of the roads. It was pointed out by a representa tive of the Burlington railroad system that a reduction of half a cent a mile will cauBe It a less of about $18. COO per year on a strip of only forty-six miles of Its road. The forty-six miles In question Is that part of the Billings (Mont.) branch of the Burlington which passes through the ex treme southwestern portion of South Da kota for the distance stated. Representa tives of other railroad systems showed that they would suffer corresponding losses If the railroad commissioners decided tc es tablish a 2H-cent rate. DEMOCRATS IN FULL CONTROL Farther Retards from Oklahoma Election rin(m the First lie aorta. OKLAHOMA CITY. Okl.. Sept. 19.-Fur-ther- returns fTorrrvTiieoditj,,s election ton firm the first reports of the adoption of the constitution, ratification of the prohi bition article of the constitution, election of the full democratic state ticket and an overwhelming democratic majority In the legislature, and election of four democratic congressmen and one republican. The State Canvassing board, under the election ordinance as drawn by the con stitutional convention, must begin the can vass Of returns October 8. The enabling act requires that Chief Justice Burford of Oklahoma. Chief Justice Clayton of Indian 1 1 Brrllory na lne territorial secretary, j ' w,,son t Oklahoma, shall canvass the I turns on tho constitution and state-w j prohibition, and that the two Judges narr Territory and the territorial secretary, Mr. rc- ,dc med and Governor Frantz shall certify- the re sults to President Roosevelt, together with a copy of the constitution and all ordi nances. No time limit Is set within which these must be sent to President Roosevelt, but they probably will not reach him before November 15, especially If the contention of Frederick Eflkina, assistant attorney general, Is correct that a long hand copy of the constitution must he prepared by the board and forwarded to the president. It is generally believed here that President ! Roosevelt will refer the constitution to congress bn the supposition that congress j had no authority to delegate Its power to ' admit states to President Roosevelt or I any other person. The president, has twenty j days after receiving the constitution to pass upon It. i Territorial Governor Frank Frantx, de feated republican candidate for governor of the new state, will leave Oklahoma next week to meet President Roosevelt and ac company him down the Mississippi river from Keokuk. Ia. He was a Rough Rider and Is a close personal friend of the presi dent. Robert L. Owen, who will, In accordance with the June primary nomination, be elected United States senator. Is a Chero kee Indian by birth, founder of the First Natlont" b"nk f Muskogee, and is reputed , t0 ' mllllonlre- He Is a warm friend! of William J. Bryan, and In. his speeches during the recent campaign took an ad- vanced stand In favor of revision of the TT'w ih P'r '' , ""' " tarlff on the Lake Shore Electric line JumpeJ I the track today four miles east of this KNAPP MAY FTtTF" qtdiic ! clty- klIlln' Franlc c' Bttrne- the con- rvmrtrr KIHI Qui I LC Oinirvb -ductor. and Amos Mierka and Injuring : several others. Few of the passenger Great Western Asks Interstate Com. ', escaped without painful cuts and bruises. mUelon to Mediate In Trouble j and u expecUd a number of the serl wlth Machinists. i ously injured will die. The accident was " : caused by failure of a spring switch to ST. PAUL. Minn., Sept. 19. Interstate work properly,- the front trucks turning; Commerce Commissioner Knapp Is In 8t. ' to the switch and the rear keeping to tho Paul today, it ia understood with a view ' main track. This threw the car vlo- of getting information regarding the trouble i lluuu,c 1 between the Great Western railroad and Us I , . . . . . machinists, who have gone out on a strike with the bollermakers, and whp are also asking for an Increase ln pay of about five cents an hour. It is said that Mr. Knapp has been brought in under the Erdman act. which wrmin th member, nt i h. ini.r.im. i- , i merce commission to act as arbitrators In (a labor dispute. It is understood that the' i Chicago Great W-esttrn has reauested this ' ! nmillallnn It hnnrvor k . . rH,i., ! to the difference, between th. r-hic.p. I . . , ,. ivtrrai v fiirrn ana tue nouennaxers wno . .. are en strike, nor has bis visit here any connection with the strike of the b .Her ' ,rl1 i Tll .,. ,alm , K. .,. . i ------ - .'hops, and the offlc:als say they feel more i l oI'!:j! ioaa over t" 'tuation than at Pc-pnlatloa of Oklahoma. r.-itnivp.Tnv .. n r, ... f th mniiii hun.au t.tiiuv w.. .i.. nuj.,.w,.-., -" (. Iff. I ' 1 1 T-V IUI .IJ.lll ....... . i. . . . . . STANDARD DEFIES TEXAS LAW Evidcnce at New York Company Is Operating- in That State. ROCKEFELLER HAD TRUST SHARES After Year 19 Assignment, Was Made Conveying; to Him I n tereat In the Subsidiary Com pan lea. NEW YORK, Bept. J9.-Evldence was ad- duced today at the hearing of the federal ,u,t Klnst the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, which Frank B. Kellogg, who Is conducting the government's action, says tends to prove that tho Standard OH com pany Is operating In Texas under the name of the Corslcanla Refining company. The Texas antl-trust laws forbid the Standard Oil company from doing business within the borders of that state. Mr. Kellogg de veloped from Wesley M. Tilford. treasurer of the Standard Oil company, that H. C. Folger and C. M. Payne, who. Mr. Kellogg sayb, are the owners of the Corslcanla company, are officials of the Standard Qll company. Mr. Kellogg further developed the fact that John D. Rockefeller at Tne time of the dissolution of the Standard OH trust owned 23A.&4 shares out of a total of 972,000 Shares of trust certificates. Experts Still at Work. Wesley H. Tilford, treasurer of the Standard Oil company, was questioned to day by Frank B. Kellogg, who Is conduct ing the federal suit against the oil com bine. In an effort to glean further facts figures concerning the development of the Standard Oil trust and Its subse quent liquidation Into the present Standard Oil company of New Jersey. Mr. Kellogg said today that the records of the liquidat ing trustees, which had been finally fur nished by the Standard company,' were being examined by the government's coun sel, and that it might be several days before the Information desired could be produced In court. Mr. Kellogg also In timated that further witnesses might be subpoenaed as a result of the developments of the last two days, and that the hearings would likely be prolonged for some time, Mr. Tilford was ehown a copy of the trust agreement of 1882, showing a list of companies that entered Into the trust. "It appears that the Chess Carley com pany signed that agreement. Have you thought about that since I spoke to you last night T" asked Mr. Kellogg. "No, I have not," replied Mr. Tilford, who yesterday testified he had been a member of the Chess Carley company of Louisville before he became Identified with the Stand ard Oil company. Mr. Tilford was asked when it signed the trust agreement. He replied that the stockholders were F. D. Carley and tho Standard OH company of Ohio. ' . Votings Unliquidated Stock. Mr. Tilford said that he became Identified with the Standard Oil company of Ohio In 1878. ' lie was a liquidating trustee and one of the trustees under the trtnst agreement, he said. Mr. Tilford testified that between Wi and 1899 the trustees received the divi dends on the unliquidated stocks of the aubskliary empulea and. distributed the money to. the holders of the 'trust certifi cates and the holders of the liquidating as signments. The trustees did not vote this subsidiary stock as they had dune before the company underwetn liquidation. Prior to 1892, Mr. Tilford said, the trustees voted the stock and elected the directors of all the subsidiary companies. Mr. Kellogg again asked Mr. Tilford If it was not a fact that the liquidating trus tees during the liquidation period voted tho stork of the subsidiary companies whose stock was still unliquidated. "I am quite sure they did not," replied Mr. Tilford. Then who elected the officers of these subsidiary companies?" asked Mr. Kellogg. I Tbev wprA Alerted hv Inrll viiliiAl Ktnck. holders of those companies," answered Mr. Tilford. Mr. Kellogg took up the method of liqui dating a company and showed the witness a certificate of assignment made out ,to John D. RockeVeller. Rockefeller's Holdings. "This shows that John D. Rockefeller owned 256,854 shares out of , a total of 972,500 shares of trust certificates In 1892," said Mr. Kellogg. ' "Is that correct?" "I think so, according to the assignment here." replied Mr. Tilford. "Well, you as counsel for the trustees were one of tho signers of' the assignment, were you not?" "Yes." "Then when you made out this .assign ment you transferred to Mr. Rockefeller his proportionate control of all the stocks of tho subsidiary companies?" "Yes. sir," replied Mr. Tilford. ' Mr, Tilford was asked If he could pro duce a record showing ih amount of stock of the Standard Oil company of New Jer sey Issued to John D. Rockefeller. The witness replied that he anl not know. NEW SWITCH FAILS TO ACT ' . on Lake Shore Electric Line amps Track Near Toledo. Killing; Two. lently around and it turned upside down 1 1 1 j aivuuu nu .ui,mu u.'-iur uu.i in the ditch, tearing up telegraph poles .... ...... and ploughing a big hole In the ground, With great difficulty some of the lnjure.t were extricated. Of the forty-three pas- sengers, few escaped more or less strl- ou hurts. The seriously injured were brought to Toledo hospitals. EVIDENCE FOR CONSTANTINE " Hilda atalby Testlfleu Her Relations Tilth Defendant Were Perfectly Pro-wr, CHICAGO, Sept. 10. MIbs Hilda Na talby, who Is eald by the defense In the Constantino murder trial to have be.n the cause of Mr. Gentry's suicide, through Jealousy of the attentions paid to her by Constantlne, testified today that Constantlne never spoke to her of love and that he was merely an acquaint I ' ance. Mrs. Uentry s liustiand and her mother testified that the Gentrya lived i ""PP11 nd that Mrs. Gentry had no cause to commit suicide. The mother said there waa no sign of blood at tin . . .. ., .. place wnere t onstantine Claimed Mrs. the time , a,r i LET THE BEE FOLLOW YOU VIENNA, Austria, Sept. 8. 1907. To the Editor ot The Bee: Please stop sending us The Boe until we return as we leave Hamburg. October 3d. It haa been quite a pleasure to keep In touch with home through It. After - a few days' stay In Vienna we shull visit Tyrol and then Munich and Nurn berg, returning to Hamburg via Berlin. With sincere greetings, MR. AND MHS. PAUL GETZSCH- MANN. WANT THE WORK PREPARED Heads of Detestations to Pence Con frrence Make Recommendation to Penrrt. THE HAGt'K, Sept. .19. All the heads of the foreign delegations to the peace conference met today and unanimously adopted the following resolution: The conference recommends to the powers the convocation of a third con ference with a period similar to thMt which elapsed between the former con ferences. The conference calls flie at tention of the powers to the necessity of having the work of the conference pre pared a sufficient time before its meeting, so that Its deliberations may be takrn vtt' indispensable authority and rapidity, rapidity. io attain this object the conference thinks it very desirable that about two years before the probable date of convo cation a preparatory committee be en trusted by the aovernments with the col lection of the different propositions to he submitted to the conference and the gathering of matters susceptible of be ing embodied In International regula tions, and that the committee prepare a program about which the governments will agree, early enough to have It earn estly studied In each country. The con ference recommends that this committee be also entrusted to propose a system of organization and procedure for tho conference. The resolution will be submitted for approval to the plenary session Satur day. ANXIETY FELTAT VATICAN Pope la Concerned Over Acts Darlnat Celebration of Fall of Tem poral Power. . ROME, Sept. 19. Anxiety Is felt at the Vatican as to the outcome of the demon strations tomorrow over the thirty-seventh anniversary of the fall of the temporal power of the papacy and the capture of Rome by the Italians. This year the event has taken a decided antl-clerlcal turn. In Vatican circles It Is felt that the re vival of antl-clerlcallsm Is due to the direct Influence of . the French enemies of the papacy, working especially thrqugh free masonry and aiming to start an agitation similar to that In France. RUSSIANS PLAN DEFENSES Costly ImproTements Are to Undertaken at Vladivostok and Vicinity. Be 8T. PETERSBURG, Sept. 11 A dlspatoh to the Bourse Gazette from Vladivostok states that defense works costing $19,000,000 are to be undertaken ln that vicinity. . The sum covers further fortification of Vladi vostok, Improvements to the naval port at Nlkolayevsk on the Amur near its mouth and the construction of Immense barracks nt Khabarovsk, at the Junction of the Amur and Ussurl rivers. TWENTY CONDEMNED TO DIE Prosecntloia ' of Russians Who Took Part Jn Uprising; Is Belnar Poshed. RIGA, Sept. 19. Twenty-two out of fifty eight men who have been on trial by court martial here, charged with participation In the revolt In the Baltic provinces ln 1905, by which control of this section was wrested from the Russian government for several months, have been condemned to death. Several hundred men have hereto fore been executed for their connection with this uprising. Postal Convention Promulgated. 'tOKIO, Sept. 19. The International Pos tal convention concluded at Rovie ln May, 1M, and ratified by Japan on August 19, 1907, was promulgated today. KIDNAPING PUZZLE SOLVED ) Police of IVewr York Find Yoana; Boy 4 Who Had Been Taken Away. NEW YORK, Sept. 19. Another Italian kidnaping case that has puzzled the po lice for a month has been solved. Nicola j Tomaso, 4 years old, son of a bootblack In i east Houston street, was found standing ' in front of a house in Fifth avenue. The boy said that a man named Tony had him ' and two little girls and another boy away I on a long trolley ride, and told him to wait on the street until he came back. The policeman found him while he was waiting. Nicola's father got many threatening let ter! before he disappeared on August 19. SrlOE CUTTERS GO ON STRIKE All Factorlra of St. Lonls bat One Are Affected by the Action of the Union. . ST. LOUIS. Sept. 19. An order for a strike of shoe cutters belonging to the In- ' dependent Boot and Bhoe Cutters' union of Missouri, promulgated by George C. , Frank, business agent of the union, re ! suited In about 500 of the l.4"0 sjioe cutters ' ln St. Louis refusing today to work. The 1 Btrike was Instituted to enforce demand for shorter hours and Increased wages. All ' the shoe factories of the city are affected by the strike excepting one concern, which j had signed the union's agreement. MRS. NATION TO WORKHOUSE Jadar Sentences Her to Hevcnty.Ftvo Days for Her Disorderly tone-act. WASHINGTON, D. C Sept. W.-In the police court today Mrs. Carrie Nation re 1 f jsed to promise not to talk to crowds on ' the street and was rent th the workhouse 1 for seventy-five days, in default of the pay. ' ment of a fine of $JS. She was arrested j yesterday for disorderly conduct. She was I addressing a crowd In front of the Post j office department on the evil effects of I cigarette smoking, and when she refused to stop was arrested. 1 Machinists Nearly Kinlihrd. ST. LOl lS. Sept. 1.-The ttielfth bien nial convention of the Interna. lonal Asso ciation of Machinists, whl'-h has been In I session here since September . will, It Is riiM-riru. cuw.iuue muay. i9ni routine natteis remain to come before the conven- I tlon today. ANKERS NAMEBLACB. Elect Hastings Man President, Oma bans Secretary and Treasurer. BANQUET AT ROME MARKS CL0S1 Visit to Stock Yards Will Complett Affairs of Convention. GEORGE E. ROBERTS BIG SFEAKES Former Director 'of Mint Want. Mom Elastic Currency. CHANGE OF SYSTEM NECESSARI Impresses the Arstnment that Preen Policy Afforda No Resonrcee In Event of Panic Which Are Possible. President J. P. A. Black, president of th Oerman Nntlnnal bank of Hastings. Becretarr William M. Hughes, manage OmahTlfleariiig House association.. Treasurer F. T. Hamilton, vice prcslden Merchants National bank of Omaha. Chairman Executive Council . Members of Executive Council for Thre Years-J. W. Welpton, Ogalalla; Oeorgt N. Pevmour, Elgin: H. A. Wlggenborn Ashland; 11. C. Dale, Rushvllle; C. F McGrew, Omaha. Members for Three Years of the Member ship. Educational and National Flnancla legislation Committees. Respect Ively Thomas Murray. Dunbar; V. B. Caldwell Omaha; H. W. Yates, uninha. Delegates to American Bankers' Assocla, Hon If. W. Yates of Omaha. Corson Hll dreth of Franklin. E. R. Ourney of Fre mont, Luther Drake of Omaha. 8. 11 Rurnham oft Lincoln, W. H. Hucholz,ol Omaha. John J. Penner of Beatrice, G. D. Butterfleld of Norfolk. P. 11. Updike ol Harvard. George L Melssner of Crete. K. H. Ly'e of Wahoo. John F. Flack oj Omaha, Thomas Murray of Dunbar. L. B. Howey of Beatrice. A splendid banquet at the Rome hotel last night, where Judge William Hayward of Nebraska City made an address, marked the actual close of the eleventh annua convention of the Nebraska Bankers' as sociation, which held a two-days' session at the Rome and Elks' hall. The mosl notable feature of the closing day, or ol tho convention, was the address of George E. Roberts," former director of the mint and now president of the Commercial Na tional bank df Chicago, upon the subject, "A Central Bank of Issue," In which Mr. Roberts pleaded for a reform In the mone tary system of the country that would af ford a greater elastlolty of currency. After the election of officers and delegates to the American Bankers' association, the delib erations of the convention were brought te a close at 4 p. m. The visiting banker! will be taken for a visit to the South Omahs stock yards this morning by their local brethren, who tendered the banquet last night. The convention was pronounced no tably successful and Interesting. Attendance le Mnch Larger. A largely Inoreased attendance greetee the second day's session. The convention was called to order' at 10:- by President Hull. . Tho announcement was made that, owing to the Inability of Judge William Hayward of Nebraska City to be present, the address he was to have delivered would I not be given until the. banquet at the Rom hotel. The first speaker of the morning was J. P. A. Black, president of the German Na tional bank of Hastings, on the subject of "The Ideal Relationship Botween tha Banker and tho Customer." These rela tions he grouped under the heads of fra ternization, moderation, discrimination and application. The essential qualification of good banking, according to the speaker'l Idea, was an unfailing devotion to the In terest of the depositors. The speaker wal of the further opinion that this convention was the forerunner of great and good re sults for Nebraska of which not alone Ne braska but other states of this vicinity may well be proud. The address of Mr, Black was listened to attentively and moat heartily applauded. Bill of Lading; Committee. This telegram was read from Louis E. Plerson of Brooklyn, N. T., chairman ol the committee on bills' of lading for th National Bankers' association oonvention. which is to be held ln Atlantic City, N. J., next Monday: To W. B. Hughes, Secretary Nebraska Bankers' Association: We hope your asso ciation will appoint a bill of lading com mittee to co-operate with our committee and other committfees appointed by othei state associations for conference, with all these committees to be held at the Marl borough Blenheim, Atlantic City, Monday luornlng, September 23. If the commutes is appointed please wire names and inten tions to attend. A motion prevailed that the chair ap point a committee of three in concurrence with the telegram. Chairman Hall an. nounced that he would appoint the commit tee before the close of the afternoon ses sion. The chief feature of Interest of the mora Ing session and possibly the. most Import ant event of the entire meeting was Uu address of George E. Roberta, 4 Chance In System Demanded. Mr. Roberts said ln part: There la persistent agitation for aoim change In our monetary system which will give a degree of elasticity to lt. I bellevt such a reform Is needed, and that the neej will become more and more Imperative I the country grows and as out credits be come greater In volume and more and mon Inter-related .and lnter-dependent. Thi effects of Individual or local weakness ar not confined to the Individual or the localit when conditions are strained. There Is 4 nervousness everywhere at such times that la peculiarly auccepllble to alarm, and tht influence of every unfortunate develop ment, of every mishap, Is cumulative as M moves along. As soon as money is report tight the newspapers begin to feature It, gossip turns to It, and people discuss th possibility of the probability of panic. The Increasing volume ot commercial pa pel In one more explosive element ln the situa tion. (Suppose two or three big housea whose paper Is widely distributed shouU fail, what would be the effect on countri buyers? If It caused a general ceasatlot of purchases. It would bring on more fall urcs, and there Is slwavs danger of a gen era) demand for liquidation which will absolutely prostrate the business commun ity. Jio Resonreea 1st Panic. This timidity and sensitiveness Is verj largely due to tha fact that we have ll this country no resources ln the event of I panic. There Is ataooltely no "give" in oul monetary system. When an emergency comes, there Is no help for the situation! a supply of money that Is ample for or. dlna.y needs Is inadequate fur such time, there Isn't enouah to a-n around .nil i no matter how great the resources of aa inoiviauai or nrm or Dank may be, wt have no way provided by which those re sources may be utilized to save its namt and credit. It la largely the fear of thil possible situation which creates the tim idity and begets the alarm. I do not say that the mere fact thai money otcuslorBlly becomes tight neede to be remedied. Money will become tight under any system, and, of course, there must be some effective check to borrow ing. It Is not the fact that money be comes tlgl.t once a year that Is dangerous, but the fact that the country comes every yeur practically to the end of Its resource. There ouKht to be soms way by which the ! undoubted resources of the country can be I made available In an emergency; some way 1 u wii lue credit ot the country. W.d X