The Omaha ; Daily vBee
VOL. XXXVII XO. 86.
OMAHA, -THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1907 TWELVE 1 PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
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BOW LAW IS EVADED
later History of Stan rj.'z HI Corn
pany'i Operations i.
CORSICANA ONE OF ITS 1 . 1ES
Iti Sale to Folg-er and Payne
t lication Only.
4 :
'verbal deal with aecheba-mD
Buyeri Agreed to Fay Million Dollars
in Ten Years.
NO NOTES WERE
GIVEN
Wew Proprietors Continued to Pay
earnings Orn to the Nntlonnl
Tranatt Coaptari Another Sub-
XKW rORK, Sept. 2S.-H. C. Folger, Jr.,
auditor of the Union Tank Line company,
told ai wltnese today in the government
suit for the dissolution of the Standard
Oil company how he and C. M. Payne built
the Corslenna Oil company of Texas, with
fjnds furnished by the National Transit
ror.fany, a 8tandard subsidiary. and held
tho stock tn their nampi until 19nft when
they purchased 1116,8100)1 from tha Na
tional Transit company because of anti
trust legislation. Mr. Folger said that the
agreement to buy the Corslcana company
was made verbally with John D. Archbold.
The witness testified that the management
of the Corslcana company continued un
changed after the sale and that Its ac
counts were forwarded to Mr. Chesbrough
at tt Broadway, the headquarters of the
Standard Oil company.
Wade Hampton, general auditor of the
Standard Oil company,' was again on the
witness stand fqor a few momenta today,
when the hearing In the federal action for
tha dissolution of tha oil combine was re
sumed. After testifying that he audited all
the departments of tha Standard OH com
pany of New Jersey and stating that the
books showing the transfers of certificates
and stock during the liquidating period
were never kept in his office he was ex
cused by Mr. Kellogg, wso said he would
like to call Mr. Hampton again.
Mr. MUlburn, of counsel for the Standard
Oil company submitted to the government's
counsel a statement showing the capitaliza
tion of the various companies In which the
Standard had stock control. The statement
was entered on the records without being
read.
Mr. Kellogg also placed on the record a
copy of a contract which E. C. Benedict
testified had been entered Into between tha
Indianapolis (3 as company and tha Man
hattan Oil company.
Henry C. Folger. jr.. who, with C. M.
Payne, owns the Corslcana Oil company of
Texas, followed Mr. Hampton. He said he
' was connected with the Standard ON com
pany of New Tork. a director of the Union
Tank Line company and general manager
of the Long Island refinery of tha Standard.
. "Co you. confer with,. othota4.xetiau
.nr-flnirw oil" he-was asked. ,,, .
ai'Yes; I have conferred with general man
jUers of othr companies. ' said Mr.r Fblger.
who said that many conferences were held
at 24 Broadway, the main offices of the
Standard.
Mr. Folger said he kept the records of tha
results .of the refining of oil which were
sent to him at various periods from the
various subsidiary companlea of the Stand
. ard. and that he made suggestions to tm
pvove the - work of their refineries.
Wo Chang In Operation.
The Corslcana company's' refineries . at
Corslcana were built, Mr. Folger said, with
the money of the National Transit company,
of which Mr. Payne Is the vice president,
the transit company having In 1890 loaned
Folger and Payae 1970,470 for that purpose.
Notes were given for the loan. The actual
ownership of the Corslcana refinery was
with tha National' Transit company until
1908 when it was sold to Folger and Payne,
for about 8962,000, who undertook to pay for
It in ten years, according to Mr. Folger,
who .said they talked tha sals over with
John . Archbold. No cash waa paid. Mr,
Archbold said the price represented the
Investment of the National Transit com
psny. The company always stood In the
t name of Folger and Payne. There waa no
agreement to pay any definite amount
yearly on the purchase plrce.
"Then the operation of tha Corslcana Is
going on Just the same as before the sale
to youT" asked Mr. Kellogg.
"Practically so," he answered.
"How much have you ever paid on ac
count to tha saleT"
"I think rtoa.ooo at the end of 1906." re
piled Mr. Folger.
t.ZJZ th" Wh01 ""ctlon Involving
W.000,000 was . verbal agreement made with
Mr. Archotd. "
"Tea Sir." th. witness answered.
t...,'.KKe" v'l1" from the witness
that th. money paid him by the Corslcana
company was all turned over to th. Na
tional Transit company, which the witness
said, went toward the payment of the com
pany. ,
"Did you turn over all the money?
"vs sir, all of it,"
Contract n Verbal One.
of'ThlV" !h' Ch"" ln the ""-ment
of the Corslcana company since you and
Mr. Tayne purchased it wa. your verbal
tan. with Mr. Archbold?"
"Yes. I should say .0." said Mr. Folger.
Mr, Folger ..Id that th. negotiation,
for taking pver the Corslcana Reflnlng
yoinpany wer. started by th. late Daniel
O Day. vice pr.eiUent of the National
Iranslt company.
"Mr. CDay had a talk with Mr. Payne
nd myself in 189S." said Mr. Folger
"about the production of oil In Texas
end Mr. O'Dsy suggested that a refinery
buiH Corslcana. He .aid h. would
have the com Dan v rlu,i in -
e did not say why." , .
' Mr. Kellogg placed in evidence th. con,
tract entered Into between J. 8. Culllnan
fcf Washington. Pa., who built the Corsl
cana .refinery, and H. C. Folger, Jr.. and
C. M. Payne for a Joint partnership.
CUIIInan received an Income of 15.000 a
year as his profit and tha net profits
were turned over to Mr. Folger and Mr.
Payne, who ln turn deposited tha raonty
with th. National Transit company. Mr.
Culllnan withdrew l lm and then be
came manager of th. company for two
year, at a .alary of ls.000 a y.ar. Mr.
Culllnan. th. wltne.. ..Id. waa as pres
et president of tha Texas oil company,
and. reverting to the purchase of th.
Corslcana Oil company, Mr. Folger was
asked why t. and Mr. Payne hd pur
chased th. Corslcana company.
"Well, Mr. O" Day all that spring spoke
to us about th. Corslcana company and
felt concerned In having an oil plant
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SUMMARY OF THE DEE
Thureduy, September 8A, IftOT.
1907 SEPTEMBER 1907
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Forecast till 7 p. m. Thursday:
For Omaha. Council Bluffs and vicinity
Fald Thursday; rising temperature.
For Nebraska Fair, probably becoming
unsettled Thursdays rising temperature.
Temperature at Omaha yesterday:
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BOHxrrxc.
The granting of immunity to the Alton
road will permit the absorption by the
Clover Leaf and eventually the forma
tion of a great central system. Fag. 1
Liberalism Is discussed by prominent
men In religious convention at Boston.
rs 1
International convention of the Brother
hood of St. Andrew Is being held at Vash
lngton. .. pay, j
Trial of Senator Borah commences at
Boise. with the Introduction of docu
mentary evidence. Fag. I
.President Roosevelt reaches Washing
ton after an all-day's trip from Oyster
Bay.. rg 1
Testimony taken ln the Standard Oil
hearing at New York shows that tho
Corslcana Oil company was sold by the
Standard on a verbal agreement merely
and that Its business is still accounted
for to the Standard company's office ln
New Tork. Vage 1
States Attorney Healy of Chicago aays
that If former President Fish of the
Illinois Central committed the offense
charged by Harahan In his jurisdiction
he will prosecute. Fag. 1
Secretary Root and family have left on
their tr,lp to Mexico to visit President
Dloa. Faga 1
Bankers of the country at their con
vention In Atlantic City declare there Is
need for some legislation permitting an
expansion of the' monetary system.
Fag 1
A heavy atorm covers the great lakes.
... Fags 1
Railroads of Missouri declare they have
lost $1,500,000 through the operation of
the 2-cent fare ' law and they will unite
In fighting the new law.' Fag. 1
Six negroes ar. reported killed In raco
riot In Mississippi.. ' 1
Wu Ting Fang's appointment as Amerl
aaa -am ha s a tin trat a stortn jOSreteat,
from- his countrymen. - , , - Fag 1
Six negroes are reported killed In race
riot in Mississippi. Fag I
.. FOABIOV.
St' Petersburg newspapers see in the
future a war between Japan tod the
United Statea for the mastery of tha Pa
cific waters. Fag. 1
Train on French railroad between Parla
.and Cherbourg waa wrecked near Mantes
in a tunnel while carrying passengers to
White Star steamer Adriatic. Faff. 1
Canadian, send petition to Premlor
Laurler asking that all orientals he
barred, from th. country. 1
Rich deposit of radium is found Iri the
Stmplon tunnel borings. 1
WZMVASXA.
One of the conspicuous features of the
late conventions waa the entire absenc.
of railroad wirepullers. Another was the
failure to appear of many of the leaders
of democracy and all of tho old-time
populist leaders. 'age
State pure food commissioner orders
prosecution of packers who sell meat
which doee not have the correct net
weight stamped on the outside of tho
package. Fag. X
MOTXafXITTt OF OCXAX TaAJKXFS.
Port. ArrtT4. sll4.
NEW TORK K. Wllh.llB J!
NEW YORK Cerle
HAVRK I 0ron
ANTWERP- 8lanil
COPKNHAOBS... OMtr 11
gt-KENSTOWN . Locanla.
BREMEN K. P. .CeolU. .
NEW YORK Mdoana.
NEW YORK FrWa. r Crowe Taron la.
NEW YORK K- w V. Orcsae.
NSW YORK Hamburg.
BY WIRELESS.
At Newport-Steamer Frledrich Per
'Grosae. from Bremen for New York,
passed Nantucket lightship at 1:05 p. m.;
will dock at II a. m. Wednesday.
ROADS ORDERED PROSECUTED
Attorney General Bonaparte Aska Dis
trict Attorney. to Enforce
Safety Annllaneo Aet.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-Unlted States
district attorneys In various parts of tie
country today were Instructed by Attorney
General Bonaparte to Institute suits against
a large number of railroad companies to re
cover penalties incurred by them for alleged
violations of the safety appliance law. The
Department of Justice and the Interstate
Commerce commission have decided upon a
rigid enforcement of this law. The facta
upon which the prosecutions are to be
based were developed by inspectors of the
commission. The number of alleged vio
lations aggregate 97. Among the lines
made defendants are the Santa Fe. '41;
Rock Island. ; Big Four, 16; Erie, If; Grand
Trunk, 31; Great Northern, 22; Illinois Cen
tral, 4; International & Great Northern,
1; lAk. Shore, x; Missouri Pacific. 1; Ne-vada-Callfornla-Oregon,
24; Northern Paci
fic, SA: Oregon Short Line, 7; Bt. Louis tt
Ban Francisco. I; St. Louis Transfer, 1;
San' Pedro. 9; Los Angeles Salt Lake, 7;
Southern Pacific, 1; Texas-Mexican, 4; Wa
bash. L
CRANBERRY CROP IS INJURED
Frceso Covering Wisconsin aad Iowa
Will Cause Muck
Loos.
LACROSSE. Wis.. Sept 25 -The first
OI 1M on formed over
western WUconsI and aouth.rn Mln-
- umin rui osmag. to all
crops over ground and unharve.ted. Th.
cranberry crop in weatern Wisconsin will
suffer heavy lose.
MARSHALLTOWN. Ia.. 8pt 2S.-A kill
ing frort last night did considerable
damage to corn sUll In the milk. Opinions
vary as to the extent of the dsmaae hnt
rnuch corn Is cut of the way.
ITr f7' B a. m.
HlR' VSETiTL "
ZiHiy 7 a. m .
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-CSpiV t a. m.
jL,y. 4 p. m.
virfJ. 6 p. m.
6. p. m.
. 7 p. m.
8 p. m.
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SOUTH TO BANKERS' RESCUE
Mesiag-e of Optimism at Association
Brought from Georgia.
COTTON CROP IS GREAT ASSET
Deleaate from Germany Prnlaes
American Energy asi Advocates
Organisation of a Cen
tral Bonk.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Sept. 25. With
many Important questions to be discussed. The trip wss made by special train to
among them the present currency system. Long Island City, around the lower end of
the American Bankers' association today New York City by a tugboat, nnd from
opened Its thirty-second annual convention. Jersey City to Washington In the special
The cenventlon promises to be one of the train, on which the president will make his
most successful ever held by the assocla- : western trip, which begins at Washington
tlon. Mote than 1.900 members have arrived, i next Sunday.
The report of the executive committee, Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Ethel and Quentin
discussing the currency question said: accompanied the president, the other chll-
Bome relief through flnsnclal leglslstlon dren being et whoof. Of the party also
Is necessary if we would continue the pros- re Secretary Loeb and his family and
perlty with which we have been blessed. I , he memberB (,r th(l executive staff and
The prosper ty of our country is so great .
that t.ie demsnds for money are so large ecret service guard. Two express cars,
that we re at this very moment suffering loaded with the' president's horses and
from a stringency In money and with no gtable, equipment, preceded the special out
means under the Isw by which It Is possl- . lh t fh ,,hl mud
v.1. i. th. K.nk. rnv. the situation.!0' OJster Bay that tney mignt ne mao.
Governor Swanson of Virginia, addressed
the conventjpn on "The South."
Addresses were made by William 8.
Wltham of Georgia and by Herr Leiffman
of Duaseldorf, Germany, delegate of the
Centralverbond des Deutschen ' Bankund-Bankler-Gewerbes
Commersl.nrat.
Month to the Hesene.
Mr. Wllhar said In prt:
I come to you from the land beyond the
rotomae, the home of the mocking bird.
bt..I nhern the cane lasmlne blooms; a
land flowing with butter, milk and money. ,
I it ft mi, farmers enanaed In tCftrlnST down
old barns and building larger ones to hold
the unprecedented crops of 1 ion .1
number of our banker friends trying to ar-
range the cost of attending this conven-
tlon I loft a people happy , JPP"ou!
ill lur 't i ' " . a . " - .
left the borrower and the lender walking
side by side, engsged in peaceful conversa
tion. This is not the old south of which I
speak, nor Is this the, new south that fur
nishes this fascinating story of our condi
tion, but it Is the great south which I
represent! the south which before the civil
war stood first in commerce, first In agri
culture, and first in tho halls of the na
tional congress, and which comet today
marching with the tread of a giant on to
Its former supremacy, which, in Its present
pace of wealth, Is to become the gold end
of our great repumic. i am rrom ne moo
whoae neonle. on every street and byway go
laughlng and come laughing; where peace . Archbishop Nuttall of the West,
and plenty sit down together at ever , .
board: Yet I am scarce across the border Indies, the International convention of the
of "Mason and Dixon" line, when I am ! Brotherhood of St. Andrew Opened hero
told that great strike ro on up here; that ! todaV wlth preliminary meetings of subor
aSwnlhumole,.nted":rrthg.atnrhe "'Dlnckann' j dln.te bodies. The general convention will
and "Mafia societies are here, eiumng jus- i open tonignt at Trinity cnurcn.- i ne or- ,
tlce and detection; that the drouth has ganixatlon's membership Is mode tip of
shrunk up your berry cvon. and the codfish . f th pt-grant Episconal church
are coursing toward foreign ahores, and laymen of the Protestant t-riscopai cnurcn
that listed securities (more properly to be , in all parts of the world, and the con-
called twisted securities), ore on the shoot- ) yentlon will continue through the rest of -de-chute,
and that Impending financial die- th k j
tress stares you all ln the face with an on- ln" wrc- ' i
coming panic, beside which '! Is but a ' The procedlngs began this morning with
baby. Every crowd that I have met up separate meetings of the United Statea
5S.a r.J .,,f rS"" vSE
All Around I See."
Limit of Growth Not Reached
wow, I come today, bringing this com
pany of stall-fed financiers words of eheer t tellng of Chicago, founder of -trie brother-
and consolation in the announcement that j hood, and Re, Floyd W. Ton. kins, rector
V Wremm'berel, ct?; Si & Tr.nHy' chur.h, Philadelphia. Tho ;
hod. nor can It ever hsrvoy-a panlu-at, that opening meeting will b a "quiet hour' at
season of the year when the cotton crop Trinity church -tonigMTrhe sessions clo'ss i'
powe? rthhTrWolkp U'rM.J y-.
remembered that It was the early shipping" at Continental hall, premged over by
ments In the "fleecy staplt" In 6, which ' Mr. Houghtellng. The lord bisiop of Lon- .
crossed the ocean, and turned the tide of , don presiding Bishop Tuttleof the Amcr
ycllow metal toward our American shores, , " . . . , . " .
thus breaking the- greatest panic of all ' ,?Bn thufch, the archbishop of tha West
the ages. 1 am here to tell you that the Indies, Bishops Brent of the. Philippines,
huge cotton crop now being garnered, will i -Woodcock of Kentucky, DuMeulIn oCNia-
produce enough of quick cold cash ' to : . - . . Z .
quench the flames of a doxen panics. ar' a.allor ot Tennessee, Jacob of St, '
Why. 1 have Just read where one of your i Albane. Codman of Maine and Satterlee ,
prominent bankers bss proclaimed that we 0f Washington, and Justice Brewer, of .the
have reached the climax of our prosperity. - , ..-..j a,,. ;
I take loan, with this amtl at rinanoe . uPrem0 court of the 1 nlted States, are ex, .
who thus speaks In the midst of our un-
halting growth. I agree with him that It is
a time for all to retrospect, and it is a time
for Investors to introspect, but it is time
aiso ror money people to prospect. I want
to announce to you that we have a Ions
way to travel before we shall have reached
the capstone of our commercial -growth and
prosperity.
Advocates Central Bask, - S.'-
After expressing his appreciation of the
honor of being privileged Jo address the
convention, Herr Lelffmann spoke of the
great tntereat manifested in American af
faire by the people of Germany. He con
tinued: It la a well known fact that' the Ameri
can money market Is 'at present Just as
ugm as mat in tne old world. In all
places the raising of wages and the larger
expenses of all kinds have depleted the
reserves of the banking Institutions. That
money and gold which formerly formed
the greatest support, on account of being
visible and always present in .the vaults
of the banks, has been transferred to the
portfolio of the- small people, and that
working man who formerly carried his
small belongings In his vest pocket, has
today locked away gold and greenbacks.
unly alter tnese millions who share now
in the standard of cash money have re-
celved all that Is coming to them will it
et"7nd America present snTy -
In the Infancy of Its work; millions and
millions are necessary for creating new
forests, for construction of irrigation
works to change deserts Into fmlt-bearing
tracts, and for extension and double-'
trscklng of your railroad system west of
Chicsxo. I am of the opinion that the
United States Is In need of such extension
of Its blood circulation, which cannot b.
aceomnllahed bv restriction of business
or Increase of its riches alone, but such
extension must be reached bv a new svs
tem. It muat ' be reached through the
creation and the extension of the use of
commercial bills of exchsnae and through
the establishment of a bank of banks.
nrtcu.rT73houU.cle"r,nt h0UM of aU
The establishing of a central bank would
also tend to largely increase the circulating
mediums of the country. Thst Is. In Oer-
sufficient amount of cash to meet their
dallv requirements snd mstntaln their re-
V,, ,- W I 1 1 ( III" nr.. 'on,, i-l,
privileged to lsue circulation sralrst the
cash which Is denoa'ted by various bank.
If In the United States you bsd a central
reserve bank, the national banks would
not be required to lock up such enormous
sures of rash In tr-e'r vaults, but would
deoo.it the same with the central reserve
bank, which would then b nrlvllea-ed' to
Uue Its rotes aaanst theae J-ool,
When ths amount of cash which Is held
bv the banks ss reserve taVee Into r
s'rteratlon and It ' reaHsed that the eeritrl
reer bank would Issue eirculation tin
tn this amount, vou can redtlv undent."
what an Aiorirom su-n of. money would
be released In this wav.
MORE OPERATORS MAY QUIT
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UnlOB A.ka
New York Telegrapher.
Men Working Under Contract
to Go Oat.
i
NEW YORK. Sept. 25.-Tb New Tork lo-
cal of the Commercial1 Telegraphera' union
voted tonight to call out all leased wire
operators employed by the press and brok-
ere' offices in thla city if such action ahall
be sanctioned by the national officers. Ac-, i
tlon by the national officer, will be await-,
ed before anything further I. done. It was
voted also to ask ths national .officers to
Issue for tho brokers and press tele
graphers throughout the country to quit
work. The demand upon the men who are
now working under contract is made in the
interests of these men who have struck
against the Western Union and Postal tel
egraph coratr!ea.
PRESIDENT
!H Washington
Chief .F.aeenttve- I. Hendy to Resume
Ba.lnenr at the White 1
Hosar,
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-Arter an ab
sence of three and ttnlf months from
Washington. President Roosevelt returned
here from Oyster. Bay At 6:57 o'clock this i
evening. The president and party Imme
diately entered carriages and drove di
rectly to the Whit. House.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y., 8ept.f?S.-Prident
Roosevelt hewm his Journey to Washington
at 10 o'clock this morning, ending his suni-
mer vacation, which commenced June 12. -
part, of the train at Jersey City. The
lea vt taking ' at Oyster Bay was a typical
scene. The villagers gathered at the sta
tion and many of them shook the presi
dent's hand, . he heartily expressing his
plessure at seeing bis neighbors, with whom
he has had opportunity to mingle but little
this summer. The weather for the trip was
Ideal and.th? members of the party were
In high spirlls. The schedule of the special
will make the Jourrey end at Washington
at C o'clock tonight. ,' '
NEW YORK. Sept f5.-Presldent Rooee-
1 vtt nn1 ftla hartv B.Vin4 leri.ir fftv
t, nQon dep.rture for
f s
Washington has. been postponed until 1
o'clock, as the express car containing his
horses has not arrived from Oyster Bay.
President Roosevelt's train left Jersey
City for Washington at I o'clock today.
PROMINENT CHURCHMEN MEET
International, Convention of Brother
heo4 .of tit. -Andrew Opens
r.t' Wnsnlnarton.
WASHINGTON.; Sept. 25.-Marked by an
assemblage of distinguished churchmen
from- abroad, including Rev.. A. F. Wln-
nlnatnn-f nmm. the lord biahorj of Lon-
" Canadian council an the in
ternational committee,, followed by a pre
paratory and devotional conference of con
vention speakers, led by James Lv Hough-
pected to participate in th. service,
.
TMfrt tTOTllTrc Tn r A ir . urine
1W0 CSTATcS TO .SAME HEIRS
I'ssassl Condition Follows. Death of
Pan I MaeCormno In New, I
York.
NEW YORK, Sept. Z5.-The will of Paul (
MtacCormae, ' the clubman ; and automu
blllat, who died from Injuries received, in
an automobile accident recently near South.
Norwalk, Conn., la which Is wife was
killed, has been found in the safe of
A. C. Aatarlta, the former attorney for t
the dead man. By the term! of the In
strument Mrs. MacCormac was made the
BnU Kpnftrlrv hut her death
'nenclary. ut,nf " 9
about an unusual situation. ,.
has brought
Mrs. MacCormac In her . will left the
bulk of her estate to her husband. She
bequeathed 10,fi00 to be Invested in an
annuity for Joseph Adler Converse, her
11-year-old son by her first husband, from
whom she was dlvprced. Mrs. . Mse-
Cormae waa killed on 'Aus-ust 35. Her
will was dateVl February, mi. and In it
i ihft Mt her borne in Connecticut to her
- " -
i for her son who is with his father. Charles
k Converse '
I Mr. MacCormac died soon after his wife,
, ... , . . . '..
w ,eft hl 'state to his wifo
' without any stipulation as to Its disposal
. in case of her death. Hta estate la estl-
I ... . , . - ,
' n,"l abnnt wrrn. 0.t of t Ir..
vested In securities, which .are believed
to be in a aafe deposit vault In this city. J
The ffnrfnTnfn bed no twiie. so thit j
now both estates will be divided among
relatives of Mr. MacCormac. '
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VISITORS' - TRIP, IS DELAYED
i
, Bad Weather on Great Lakes Retards
. Journey of the Waterwnye
i Commission.
SI'PKRIOR. Wis., Sept. 25. The mem- '
' bers of the Inland waterways commission -:
will not arrive here In time to be received
by the commercial clubs of Superior and
Duluth tonight. The steamer Thomas F. -
i Cole on which they are . coming, locked i
' through the Boo at 4:34 last night and If, i
'as expected, it has been hindered by bad.,
i weather It will probably not make port
i until midnight.
ROOT LEAVES FOR MEXICO
! Secretary of State Takes Departure
From Wnahlnaton for Booth.
era Trln.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 25. Secretary
Rnnt left till thla aftarnnnn in ul.l.
J President Dlas of Mexico. He traveled
i In the private car Signet, attached to a
iui.e vi .')- ava lieu tu fe, .
rKuUr Panama railroad train. Accom- 1
panylng htm were Mr.. Root. Miss Root. '
Perclval Gasaet. private secretary for this i
occasion, and two servants. . i
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If MAY ' ft PTC N FWnnDC CtfClIT
RNUX " ANtNDURSt WENT
Peaaaytvaala League of Bepublleaa
C'luho Beta Ita Approval on
. Ills Candidacy.
I1ARRI8BURG, Pa.. Sept. 25. United
Statea Senator Knox waa .formerly en
dorsed for the nomination for president
next year by the Pennsylvania League of
Republican Cluba at the closing session to
Cay ot Us twentieth annual convention.
AMERICA NEW WORLD POWER
'Bussia Sees Menace in Trio of Fleet
to Facinc Water.. i
TAFT'S TOUR BUT CONFIRMATION
Novae Y re nay a Declares United States
Mill Conflict with Japan for
Control of the Western
Ocean.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept, 25.-Secretafy
Taft'a tour of the world Is being, followed
with unusual Interest here. The govern
ment Is taking measures "to surround the
Journey through Siberia and European
Russia with attentions usually reserved for
the rulers of states, and the press Is spec
ulating on the likelihood and advantages
of a Russo-Amerlcan convention, the ob
ject of Mr. Taft'a visit to Russia being. It
is alleged, to negotiate an agreement bo"
tween the United States and Russia.
The conviction prevails hero that war
between Japan and the United States is In
evitable ln the not distant future. The
Novoe Vremya today publishes an .Brtlclo
entitled "The New World Power," pictur
ing the marvelous growth of America as a
sea power during President Roosevelt's
administration, warning Russian diplo
macy "not to be caught irnawarea by com
ing events," and adding:
' The day when the United States fleet
passes out of the Strait of Magellan and
sweeps .proudly Into the Pacific will open
a -new era for the eastern world. Official
courtesies and the temporary lull In war
talk do not conceal the fact that America
Is- reaching out for the mastery of the
Pacific and already is strong enough to
attain It.
She entered the race for It In the spring
of in03. when congress voted the navy bill
and the Panama bill, both essential to the
object In view. Without any noise, except
the ceaseless rumble of machinery, the
mighty nation succeeded In forging a sea
power, already Including twenty-five battle
ships, and having ltsviocks crowded, with
many more war vessels. Tha. American
peeple are not lured by the glamor of mere
dtsplsy. Their purposes are deeper. Kin
dred of England, the American creed Is that
commerce follows rhe flag. Her object is In
compatible with mere deBlre for trade In
the fat1 east. England won, the throne of
the Atlantic from Spain, Holland and
France. America Is about to challenge her
rival for the throne of the Psclflc.
: u ... -rr-1,r,r r ti inr-r. ani- i
nihil 1 1 mrtKATUnES ARE LOW
Scientists Discover that Mercury
, Falls In Upper Air Over
Eqnntor.
-
DRESDEN. Saxony,' Sept. 26.-At the
meeting today of the Congress of German
Scientists a 'remarkable statement was
made by Prof. Hergesell of Btraussburg
uMverslty, that atmosphere at high alti
tudes (ls the coldest over the equator and
the warmest' over the poles. This surpris
ing fact, he explained, was determined by
balloon ascents made during the month
of July tn various latitudes under the aus
pices of the International committee which
has been investigating the atmospheric In
struments attached to unmanned balloons,
have riot yet been worked out in detail, but
Prof. Hergesell- .finds bis' conclusions
abundantly proved -through the data thus
collected.' Balloons which reached altitudes
6f wleven-Wtwelve and one-halt- miles in
the -troytcs -were -foundV-4o. .have registered
about .'jltS degrees below rerfl Faranhelltu
while in the latitude of Central Europe the
temperature was only 76 to 85 below aero at
the heights Indicated. -Another fact estat
llshed by these balloon ascents is that the
greatest cold of the upper atmosphere is
reached at heights from six- to six asd
three-quarters hi lies, varying somewhat ln
different parts , of the world.. Above that
height, contrary to the assumption of scien
tists hitherto, the air : actually grows
warmer. This warmer strata of air Is
deduced to be highest at the equator and
lowest at the poles, where It Is estimated
to be at aDout four and one-third miles.
Prof. Hergesell, concludes that the atmos
pheric conditions affecting the weather do
not reach higher than seven miles.
CHOATE ADMITS HIS DEFEAT
frhe Hague Pence' Conference Has
, Prevented Establishment of
Co art of 'Arbitration.
THE HAGUE. Sept. ' 23. Joseph. H.
Choate. head of the American delegation to
the peace conference,. Is 'ready to acknowl
edge tho defeat of his pet scheme for tho
establishment here of a permanent court of
arbitration, but he and 'James Brown Scott,
solicitor of the department of state at Wash
ington, and a .member of the delegation are
doing everything possible to indue, the ma
jesty of the delegates to aalopt Mr. Choate'a
last proposition, namely, the election of fif
teen Judges of the court by a direct vote
of the governments, in the 'forthcoming
plenary aittlng ef the committee on arbi
tration. Sir Edward Fry. Great Brataln.
opposed the American plan and suggested
that the project be submitted to the govern
ments for study. The Braillian. Austrian
and German delegationsmaintain that It Is
Impossible to agree on the election of the
Judges. .
ISSUE WITH NEWFOUNDLAND
Imperial Rescript at St. John. For
bidding Carrying Out of
Fishing Law.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Sept. 26. An imperial
rescript, forbidding the service by any
colonial authority of any legal . process re
garding fishery rights aboard any American
vessel and suspending all colonial statutes
authorising colonial officials to seise Amer
ican vessels for alleged fishery offenses
was proclaimed here today. This, It is be
lieved, will make It practically Impossible
for Premier Bond to carry out his recent
announcement to enforce the colonial fish
ery laws.
RICH RADIUMDEPOSIT FOUND
Analysis of Borings from Slmploa
Tunnel Shows gupnly to
Be Large.
GENEVA. Sept. 25. A newspaper states
that Prof. Joly has completed a geological
examination of specimens of the strata col
lected from the borings for the Blmplon
tunnel. He found rich trace, of radium.,
indicating larger depoalta than any hitherto
discovered in Europe. "He believes that the
presence of these deposits caused the ab
normal heat, experienced In 'building the
tunnel. ', He predicts that continued re
search will prove the world's supply of
rodtuin ia .greater than waa supposed, i .
COUNTESS M0NTIGN0S0 WEDS
Ex-Crown Princess of Saxony Becomes
Wife of Muslo Master
. Tofelll.
LONDON. 8ept. 25. The Countess Montlg
noso, ex-crown princes, of ' Saxony and
Slgnor Tofelll the music master, were married-today,
at a registry office on the
Strand, thla city.'
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TAFT PLANK IS APPRECIATED
Message from Mr. Tory, ending
thanks la acknowledgement.
COLUMBUS. O., Sept. IS,
Hon. Victor Rosewater.
Editor Omaha Bee: Many thanks
and mutual congratulations. The en
dorsement of Secretary Taft by the
Nebraska republican state convention
Is extremely gratifying. It Is respon
sive to the overwhelming sentiment
prevailing not only In that state, but
elsewhere. While Kansas has en
dorsed Taft through Its republican
state committee, Nebraska Is the first
state to endorse him through a state
convention and the Nebraska conven
tion la the first pf any atate outside
of favorite son statea to take action
on tha presidency.
A, I. VORYS.
PACKERS TO Jte PROSECUTED
Packs ares of Cured Meat Do Not Con
tain Aaaonnt Stamped un the
Oatalde.
LINCOLN, Sept. 25. Food Commissioner
Johnson la beginning a campaign against
the packing houses which are offending
against the pure 'food law. Packages of
meat must hereafter have the net weight
stamped upon them. To start his campaign
for parkags. of honest weight, Johnson
today ordered tha county attorney of Doug
las county to Institute proceedings against
the South Omaha packing houses. It Is
found that packages of bacon and ham are
wrapped with paper and cloth until t or
per cent of the stamped weight Is thus
accounted tor.
The order la that .all Nebraska packers
must comply with the law. If outside pack
era do not, 'the retailers handling the gooda
will be held reaponslbla.
County Attorney English said last night
he had received no such orders from the
food commissioner up to the present time.
He said he. had had no intimation that
prosecutions were to be started against the
packers. '
NEBRASKA'S ACTION PLEASES
Manager of Taft'a Presidential Cam
paign Satisfied at Work of
Convention.
COLUMBUS, O.. Sept. 25. A. I. Vorya,
manager for Secretary William H. Taft,
gave out the following statement at Taft
hMrlnimrtnri tAar " Ti Innrutnpflt of
I Secretary Taft by the Nebraska repub
I llcan state convention la extremely gratl
I fylng. It Is responsive to the overwhelm
ing sentiment prevailing not only in that
state but everywhere. While Kansas has
indorsed Taft through its republican atate
committee, Nebraska is the first state to
Indorse htm through a atate convention,
! and the Nebraska convention Is the first of
(any atate outside of favorite son statea
to take action on the presidency.
COURT TAKES THE PRISONER
Federal Jndare . laanea "Writ for Prl-
vate Who "hot Weman by
'. ' Accident. ' ' ' "
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.,' Sept.-IS. -Judge
Knappen In the federal court today issued
a write of habeas corpus against the state
authorities In favor of Private Cyrus Qlll-
ette, U. 8. A., held for manslaughter by the
, sheriff at Sault St. Marie, after he had
' been acquitted by a military court martial.
! Gillette la remanded to custody of the com
) mandant at Fort Brady.' Gillette,, while
1 shooting at an escaping prisoner at Fort
Brady, killed Miss Cadenhead of Fergus,
Out. '
BORAH'S TRIAL COMMENCES
Government Bearlna Introduction of
Testimony, Mack of Does
mentnry Kind.
BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 25. The government
today began the Introduction ' of testimony
In support of the charge that Senator Wil
liam K. Borah In conspiracy with twelve
other persons defrauded the United States
out of title to 108 timber tracts of 140 acres
each In central Idaho.
Much of the testimony, It Is declared, will
be of a documentary character, - while
other phases-of It will come from men
who will" confess they swore falsely In
taking out, timber claims.
MINER IS SAVED FROM DEATH
Rescued from Chamber Which Hnd
Sank Hundred Feet Below
. . Its Level.
DULUTH", Minn.. Sept. 25. Word received
here from Chlsholm; on the range, says
that Paul Mellege has been rescued from
a mine chamber 2C6 feet below the surface
or the earth, and upon which there had
been a sudden sinking depression of 116.
feet. When dragged out, Mellege fainted
from exhaustion. He was hurried to a hos
,'pltal. where. It Is said, he wlll'recover.
WIND AND SNOW OVER LAKES
Velocity of Gnle Fifty Miles aa Hour
As Yet No Damage to ship
ping Renorted.
CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 25. A terrific gale
from the west has been raging over the
lower lake region for more than twenty
four hours. ' So far. as known no damage
to shipping has recurred. With the storm
came a heavy drop in tha temperature
and this morning there have been flurries
of snow. The wind Velocity Is fifty miles
an hour.
RACE RIOT N?AR M'LAURIN
4
Sit Negroes Reported Killed In Mis
sissippi, With Panger-, of
, Further Trouble.
ItATTIESBURG. Miss., Sept 26.-Reports
reached here this aftemooa of a race riot
' near McLaurln station, fifteen miles south
. east of Hattlesburg, on the Gulf aad Ship
; Island road. Six negrqes are reported to
.' have been killed and there Is danger of
' further outbreak. The riot occurred at a
small lumber settlement where negroes
bad replaced whit, laborers. ' Officers have
left hero for McLaurln. . .
HEALY READY TO PROSECUTE
State's Attorney Will Take Action
- Agalast Fiuk If There to
Evidence.
CHICAGO. Sept. 2i.-8tat.'s Attorney
Healy today said snent th. charges again.!
8tuyvesant Fish, contained in th. state
ment Issued yesterday by President Hara
han of the Illinois Central: "If I obtain
information that ahowa that Mr. Harahao'a
charges ar. true, and that th. alleged mia
appropriatloo of fund, occurred in this
city, thia office will certainly take action."
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CARNIVAL IS OPEN
Crowd, of Fleaaure Seeken Flock to
Kinj'a Highway.
FESTIVITIES OH FULL BLAST
For Thirteenth Time Ak-Sar-Ben
j Throw. Open Gatei to Populace.
GROUNDS ARE BLAZE OF LIGHT
i Thouand of , Incandescent. Shed
. Flood of Brilliancy on Scene.
SAMSON PRESSES GOLD BUTTON
Portals Thrown Open to Wnltlnac
Throng; at a O'clock nnd Attend
ance Knows Marked In
crease at Right.
Wednesday, September 25, I p, jt., cam
val gatea opened.
Tueaday night, October J,' 4Tuto arad.
Wednesday night, . October I, electrlo
pageant. '
Thursday afternoon,- October t, women's
float parade.
Friday night, October 4, coronation ball.
Saturday night, October 6, carnival closes.
Wednesday, Omaha Bee day.
Thursday. World-Herald flay.
Friday, Omaha News day. i .
Saturday, children's day.
Monday, South Omaha day.
. Tuesday, Iowa day.
Wednesday. Douglas county day.
Thursday. Lincoln day.
Friday; Nebraska day.
Saturday. Council Bluffs day.
Attractions on King's Highway.
Slide for Life t p. m. and 8 p. ro.
. High Dlve-4.30 p. m. and 8:80 p. m.
The Bagdad show, which Is not free, will
occur at 1:30, 8:16 and :80 p. m. ,
. In the blase qf thousands of Incandes
cent lamps the crowds of slahtseers cele
brated the first evening on the King's
Highway. The multltudea last night far
eclipsed In number tha afternoon crowd,
and when Mile. LaBlanche swung off Into
space from the corner of the Brandela
building and slid down the wire to the
corner of Eighteenth and Douglaa she
looked down upon a sea of upturned faces.
Most of the shows on the highway were
running, full blast and they were all pa
tronized. " .
. The music of the band, the cries of the
spielers and tha shouts of hundreds of
confetti throwera mingled In an announce
ment that the festivities proclaimed by
King Ak-Sar-Ben were on, full blast. '
Samaon Opens Gatee.
At 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon Sam
son, lord high chamberlain, pressed tha
golden button which set ln motion tha
wheels of the great ten-day fall festival
of King Ak-Sar-Ben XIII. Dlmmtck'a
band panoplied In grandeur on top of tha
splendid arch -to the carnival grounda at
Seventeenth and Douglaa streets, struck up
a triumphant tgne. The ticket sellers and
the men who preside over , the turnstiles
be-eon to eet busr. Tha crowds beran tn
enter the grounds. The- spielers , at the
shows and the big voiced men at the vari
ous cenoe salons' began to fill the air with
their shouting. The rumble of the carnival
arose and the' great machine was started.
The day was designated "Omaha Bee day."
The big space enclosed by the fence la
I Jammed full of shows. The canvas theatera
arlae on every hand and some of them are
bigger tents than have ever appeared on
I the grounds before. It is a fact that so
.... una une or attractions has not been
seen at any previous carnival.
Some Booths Not Occupied.
Some of the concessioners have not yet
occupied their booths and a few of th.
amusement attractions have not yet been
put In plnce, but In general ths carnival
presents an extremely lively appearance,
considering It Is Just getting started. The
Ice cream cone men. tha hamburger sand
wich men. the homo lunch people, the
novelty candy people are there. The tribe
of apielera Is making Itself heard in char
acteristic manner. The merry-go-round has
steanj up, the Ferris wheel la ready to
turn, ln ehort. the whole great city of
pleasure Is ready and waiting for the
crowda whose voices and laughter are tha
only thinga lacking to make the Joy com
plete, e - ,
Wednesday morning a great cable waa
stretched from the very top of tho north
west coiner of the Brandels building down
to a great post sunk deep In the ground
et Eighteenth and Douglas streets. Thla
Is the cable along which Mile. La Blanche,
the fearless French woman, will make her
slida for life twice dally. A grooved, wheel
fit. on this cable and Mile. La Blanche
hangs from the grooved wheel by her teeth
while sh. flies through the air. Mile. La,
Blanche came direct from New York ta
Omaha especially for this act. She will
return to her home in Paris following the
carnival.
The tower is also " ready for the high
dive to be made twice flan by Charlea
A.' Blgney, champion high dlvar of the
world.,
Outside the big carnival grounds the
usual groups of. tents Snd booths are
gathered and at varloua placea along the
city atreeta standa have been set up, while
on noarly every corner the novelty seller
holds forth In Impassioned strains to the
wondering crowds.
Ak-Sar-Ben Colors fly
Tha .Ak-Sar-Ben colors are much in
evidence In the waya of bunting, flags
hanging across the street, belts about the
waists of patriotic women, band, about
the hats of ditto young men and in as
many other forms as the Imaginations
of people can devise. The windows of tha
stores are gaily decorated. The demand
for red, green and yellow colored In
candescent light globes has been such as
to tax the market. The glories wrought
by means of these will be evident when
they are lighted. t
Now the crowda are to com, already
they were' lp evidence at tha local pas
senger stations Wednesday. Erverybody
gala special rates this year by order of
the legislature, namely, th. ' 2-cent fare,
which makes It as cheap to come to
Omaha as the old time on and one-third
rate. And It is not necessary to .buy a
round trip iket either, '
SPECIAL TRAILS FOK FESTIVAL
Northwestern Pots on Some Bay
Round Trln Tickets,
The Northwestern has announced numer
ous special trains in and out of Omaha for
the elvctrUal night parade next Wednesday.
On a special will Jtave Norfolk at 1J:0S p. '
m, and arrive at Omaha at 4.35 p. m.
Two specials will leave Lincoln : next
Wednesday for Omaha, th. fli-.t at 1:35 a.
m. and arriving at Omtsvt at 11:20 'a. ni.
In time for all to do their shopping. An
other win leave Lincoln at l:tt p. tn. and
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