he Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXX VII NO. 134.
OMA1IA, THURSDAY MORNINO, NOVEMBER 21, 1907 TEN
PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
PANICMADE TO ORDER
Attorney General of Ohio Makes
Charge at Garfield Banquet
NO REASON FOR THE FLURRY
He Says it is False and Artificial in
Every Sense.
vVLLL NOT DECEIVE PEOPLE
Attempts to Blame the Administration
V7ill Fail.
BASIS OF PROSPERITY IS REAL
Prediction that Policies of the Admin,
letratlon Will Be Continued
I'nder Leadership of Wil
liam II. Taft.
WARREN, O., Nov. aO.-At the Garfield
banquet laat night, attended by many men
In public life In Ohio. Attorney General
Wade H. Ellis spoke on "The Kcpubllcan
Party." He (aid In part:
"Who has been hurt by the honest and
vigorous policy of Theodore Roosevelt?
What act or utterance of his threatens
the security of honest wealth? What
menace la there anywhere to the safety of
property, whether held by an Individual
r a corporation? What danger Is there
to the ao-called Vested Interests,' If they
are 'veated' In obedience to the law? What
righteous fear Is there from uny quarjter
that those Inalienable rights of man life,
liberty and property are not as sacred,
aye, more sacrea, under the constitution
today than at any time In American his
tory? What innocent man has been pun
ished? What guiltless corporation has been
Injured? Scan the whole history of ex
ecutive acts since Theodore Roosevelt ac
cepted the solemn trust laid down by Wll-
Ham McKlnley, and point. If you can, to
one Instance In which an honest, unoffend
ing business or enterprise has been either
attacked or threatened. Has It come to
this, that law Is dangerous, and that the
only safety for property Is In a refusal
by the chief executive officer of the nation
to enforce the statutes and the public
policy deliberately adopted by the. chosen
agents of a representative government?
Is that the Issue tendered by the so-called
reactionaries?
Baal of Prosperity.
"Is It true that the marvelous prosperity
we enjoy In America today Is built upon
, some basts of .dishonesty, and depends for
Its permanence upon the evasion of th
law? If this be true, and If business suc
cess Is more Important than business virtue,
then let us hasten to elect a reactionary
to the presidency; let us hasten to put In
the White House some man who will hold
up his hand at the steps of the capttol and
take an oath to disregard the law. If
exactly the contrary Is true, that no pros
perity worth while can rest upon evil and
favoritism, and that honest business enter-Drlse-hr
"freer and -safer -when protected ty
' a wholesome respect for the publto will
as expressed In the constitution and laws
of the land, then let us choose as a sue
cessor to Theodore Roosevelt one who will
continue his courageous policies.
"But there are some who have been hurt
by these policies. Wall street and the
whole fraternity of stock ramblers and
promoters are against the president. They
produce nothing; they . create no wealth
they manufacture no products; they con
serve no property; "they toll not, neither
do they spin.' Their enmity to Roose
velt Is his brightest badge of honor.
Machine-Mod Panic.
"What was the occasion for any lack of
confidence In the business situation Why
' ars we threatened with a panic? Why does
that threat corns now? What Is the source
of this fear that something is going to hap
pen? I would not charge any man or set
of men with deliberately planning to -destroy
business confidence In order to give
an object lesson to the country of the effect
of Roosevelt policies; nor would I say that
any leader or leaders of great financial In
stltutlons, conscious of their power and re
vpontlblllty would wilfully seek to dis
credit the national administration in the
minds of merchants, manufacturers, de
positors in savings banks and working-men
throughout the country, no matter how
earnestly they might oppose the plans or
purposes of that administration. But I do
say, without fear of contradiction, that the
present financial flurry, the worst of which
happily It over, has no natural or reason
able basis. It la a machine-made panic
It Is false and artificial In every sense.
Roosevelt Currency."
"Now1, are the people to be deceived? Is
the small merchant, the manufacturer, the
savings depositor, or the wage earner to be
turned against the present policies of the
national administration by this kind of an
'object lesson?' They are displaying a
good deal of commendable intelligence.
The other day when a great Industrial plant
In this stats was unable to meet Its pay-roll
for lack of cash, men of Its own employes
loaned it the money from their savings and
made the pay-roll themselves. In Clncln
natl the other day the street railway an
nounced that It would pay all Its men
from the highest to -the lowest. In cashier's
checks and not one protested.
- "Even the use of these cashier's checks
Is being made an occasion to discredit the
president. They are called 'Roosevelt Cur
rency.' It Is the highest honor that can
be paid the man whose name is used. Why
is It 'Roosevelt Currency?" Why Is It cur
rency at all? Why does it pass current?
Why Is It accepted anywhere? Why Is It
that merchants, even savings banks, ' are
announcing that they will take such checks
' at their full face value during the present
L . 1. 1. - . W t v -
confidence particularly In the national
banks, and they are the Institutions which
have chiefly Inaugurated this movement
through the clearing house asaoclatlona all
over the land, for in all this flurry not a
national bank has failed. They .are under
that federal supervision which the presi
dent atanda for and believes In. and that is
why it Is not an epithet of opprobrium,
but an Indication of strength and security
to call these cashier's checks, good as gold,
all over the land. 'Roesevelt Currency.'
Panle Will bo a Pissle.
The people will not be fooled. The
panis will be a tjisle. The effects of Wall
street machinations rosy not pass away
as Quickly as we should like, but already
signs of restored confidence are to be seen
on every hand, and the fight for better
things will go on.
The Roosevelt policies will be con
tinued, and when we come to choose the
man who shall execute the public will, at
the successor of him who has been thj
greatest exponent of real republicanism
since the birth of the party, the America
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DOMXBTIO.
Attorney General Wade II. Ellis of Ohio,
In a speech at Warren, O., at a banquet
In memory of President Garfield, de
clared the present financial flurry is man
ufactured by moneyed Interests to dis
credit President Roosevelt's policies. He
declared In favor of Secretary Taft
Pace 1
Theodore Shonts finally gives consent
to marriage of his daughter to a French
duke. Fag's 1
Heavy rainfall In Texas brings river
to flood stage. Page 1
Baltimore man at eastern waterways
on river Improvements in the western
desert." Pag- 1
Mrs. Bradley testifies that she does not
remember fir Ins the shot that killed for
mer Senator Brown at Washington.
Pare 1
Union Pacific railroad, with Oregon
Short Line and Union Pacific Coal com
pany, were indicted at Salt Lake City on
a charge of combination whereby coal
dealer was forced out of business.
Pare 1
Republican League of Clubs of Ohio In
dorses Senator Foraker for the senator
ship and also for the presidency. Page 9
Testimony In Walsh trial shows how
large sums of money were transferred
from Chicago National bank to the South'
ern Indiana railroad. Page 1
South Dakota supreme court holds state
liquor law is prohibitory In the absence
of a direct vote for license each year,
Par X
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Former County Judge Hcndee of Saline
county gives himself up and will serve
three-year term In the penitentiary on a
charge of embezslement. Pare 3
Senator Norrla Brown given a testi
monial banquet, la which men of all
parties participate, on the eve of his de
parture for. Washington. Para 3
POUXOX.
Japanese statesmen promise
to limit
emigration fr,om their country aa an aid
to western countries who find ' Asiatic
labor a menace. Pare 1
Canadian patrol boat arrests American
fishermen, who have trespassed northern
Ashing waters. Pag 1
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RESOLUTIONS ARE IN ORDER
Traassalaslsslppl Congrreaa Receives
Many Different Kinds of
Propositions,
MUSKOGEE, Okla.. Nov. 20.-Teday's
session of the Transmlsslssippl Commercial
congress was called to order by John Henry
Smith of Salt Lake City, one of the leaders
of the Mormon church. A number of reso
lutions were Introduced and sent to the-
committee on resolutions without comment,
as Is the custom of the congress. Among
the resolutions introduced were:
Recommending statehood for New Mexico,
by Governor Prince of that tate.
Advising the national congress to issue
120,000,000 In treasury notes, the same to be
expended by the government In postroads.
A resolution for the deepening of Pearl
harbor, Hawaii, by Governor Frear of
Hawaii.
Governor Freer also introuded a re sola
tion Inviting the United States navy to
visit Hawaii.
Ike T. Pryor of San Antonio, Tetas, in
troduced a resolution compelling the rail
roads to do away with the car shortage.
The resolution explained the car shortage
and suggested an interrallroad ownership
of ears.
RAILROAD WAS BENEFICIARY
Testimony at Walsh Trial Shows
How Large gams Were
' Diverted.
CHICAGO. Nov. National Rank Ex
anilner Moxey's transacting of the alleged
Juggling of the funds of the defunct Chi
cago National bank by ex-President Walsh
were continued at the latter's trial today.
The first transaction related was a bond
purchase by the bank December 28, 1904.
From the bond Journal of the bank Mr.
Moxey showed that on that day a purchase
of 1126,000 worth of Mount Olive and Staun
ton Coal company 6 per cent bonds was
negotiated at par, the amount paid being
$126,000. By means of the bank'a Interest
book, Mr. Moxey showed the Interest on
this Item to have been 11, 812. 60. making the
proceeds 1126.812. SO. This. It was shown by
a bond department check and a deposit slip
to have been deposited to Mr. Walsh's per
sonal account. An Individual Journal
showed $60,000 to have been withdrawn oo
the aame day by Mr. Walsh on a oounter
check while the cash book of the Southern
Indiana showed a similar amount as having
been received the aame day by the railroad
company from Mr. Walsh.
LEWIS CASE SN EARLY DONE
Testimony for Defease Nearly All In
troduced Little Else to
Follow.
ST. IjOUI8. Mo.. Nov. tO Testimony for
the defense In the trlsl of Edward Q.
Lewis, chsrged with having used the malls
to defraud In establishing the People's
United Stales bank, will, It is said, con
clude todsy. Tli government has only a
few witnesses in rebuttal, and it is believed
the case will go to the Jury before the
end of the week.
JAPS TO LIMIT EMIGRATION
Recognizes Difficulties Besetting
United States and Canada. .
STATESMEN HOLD TO THIS VIEW
Passion, Rtee Prejudice, International
Politics ssl Economic Problems
Play Part In Present
Bitaatlon.
TOKIO, Nov. 20. WhUe there has been
no further offlolal action In connection with
the immigration of Japanese to Canada
and the United States, indications point
to the conclusion that the government of
Japan probably Is ready to admit that the
arguments presented by Ambassador
O'Brien require Immediate attention. There
Is reason to expect that after the arrival
of Baron Ishll, chief of the bureau of
commerce of the Foreign office, who was
sent to America as a special commissioner
to Inquire Into the matter, the Japanese
government will undertake the self-imposed
task of limiting emigration within the
bounds desired by both the United States
and Canada.
Canadian Commissioner of Labor Le-
mleux, who la here actively investigating
the subject, has made no formal proposal,
but It Is understood that he has plainly
Indicated that a prompt curtailment of the
number of emigrants Is necessary If Japan
la sincerely desirous of assisting Its ally
In order to avoid a serious complication
with a British colony.
Emigration to Be Limited.
An editorial in the J1JI, which Is believed
to sometimes be Inspired by the Japanese
Foreign office,' says that presumably Min
ister Lemleux comes to Japan asking for
the elimination of immigration to Canada.
The editorial continues:
'We naturally are a peace-loving na
tion and if the immigration of Japanese
Into Canada endangers the publlo peace
we will not hesitate to absolutely forbid
emigration to that country. The Japanese
government Is trying to limit emigration
according to law, and we hope that the
Canadian government will generously as
sist us In reaohlng a solution of the prob
lem. Race hatred is discreditable to Can
ada. We believed that Japanese immi
grants would tend to promote the welfare
of Canada by developing its resources,
but If the peace Is disturbed it is better to
altogether prevent our people frsm emi
grating." Count Okuma, the veteran statesman,
who is one of the main leaders of the
opposition party and the greatest demo
crat In Japan, hitherto outspoken in op
position to the government policy' of par
tial restriction of emigration, when In
terviewed by a representative of the As
sociated Press said that the Japanese gov
ernment probably should assist America
at a time when prejudice as well as po
litical and economic conditions render the
emigration of Japanese to that country
inexpedient.
Popular Passion Hard to Control.
The couht said he recognised the fact
there are times when Justice and reason,
which desire to attain . the highest ideals
of civilization, are unable to control, pop
ular passion. Therefore, it became the
part of Japan, as a friendly and peace
loving nation, to co-operate In every way
with the president ami statesmen of
America to avoid difficulties.
"From the highest standpoint of clvlllia
tion," said Count Okuma, "it Is unreason
able for one country to close its doors to
people who desire to learn from America,
as we have learned for the last fifty yeara,
but we have no doubt that passion, race
prejudice, International politics and econ
omlc problems are all playing a part in
the present agitation. A man like Presl
dent Roosevelt, possibly. Is wise to advo
cate the further restriction of immigra
tion during the present depressod condition
of America, but Japan will feel keenly the
discrimination if congress had barred to
the east, while opening them to thousands
of Europeans every week. I believe, how
ever, the friendship between Japan and
America is based on a foundation so firm
that It cannot be undermined by the Im
migration problem, while the statesmen
of both countries remain reasonable."
Count Okuma said thai the American
fleet would be welcomed heartily by Japan.
because Its visit would tend to bring the
people of these nations closer together. He
desired the Associated Press to say that
the people of Japan had never accepted
the possibility of war between the two
countries, and asserted again his firm con
vlctlon that, eventually, the sense of
Justice of the American people would per
mit the unrestrained Immigration of the
class of Japanese who went to America
to profit by the advanced system of teagh
ing procurable there.
CANADIANS STOP FISHERMEN
Men on Wrong; Side of Line Arrested
and Boats Kept by North
ern Patrol.
PUT-IN-BAY. O., .Nov. 30,-It la stated
that the Canadian patrol Vigilant fired
shot at American fishermen and captured
them today. The patrol came on two
fishing boats and a gasoline launch near
Old Hen Island. There were four men In
the boats.
The fishermen were ordered to. surrender.
but Instead they hurried aboard the launch
and set out for American waters as fast
as they could go.
The Canadian government vessef gave
chase. It was a lively race for a time, but
when the Vigilant sent s shot after the
Americans, which came dangerously near
them, they surrendered and were taken
aboard the Vigilant, but were later put
on boats fishing on the American aide and
liberated. The Canadians, however, kept
the fishing boats.
Ball for Kla and Daren.
LONDON, Nov. .-Klng Alfonso and
Queen Victoria of Spain, who are guests
of the duke of Portland, will attend a ball
tonight given in their honor in the famous
underground ball room at Welheck Abbey,
which was excavated by the fifth duke of
Portland and which has not been used in
years. The whole suite of subterranean
chambers and the passages communicating
with them will be daxzlingly Illuminated
with lights.
Flow of Gold Continues.
SOUTHAMPTON. Nov. tO.-Ths steamer
Kron Prins Wllhelm, which sailed for New
Tork today, carried nearly $7,000,000 In
specie.
NEW TORK, Nov. tO.-Ooldman, Sachs A
Co. announced the engagement of $1,600,000
In gold In London today. This brings the
total gold engagements on the present
movement to S73.4o0.O00.
"9;er" Hon Indicted.
PEOIUA. 111.. Nov. 20 Frank, alius Jake
ami HpetK Moss, who ti arrested in
( tiliago oo isovenitier 13 last, churned with
the murder of 1'oltceman Ed Uarrett of
this city on October 13. has been indicted
ty ins grand Jury. 'Moss was placed
solltnry cuntlueiueut in the county tail this
SOULS OF LOTTIE AND BOB
New York Woman Kills Hasttand and
Shoot Self After Readlaa
Prayer Book.
NEW TORK, Nov. JO.Hslf erased by
Jealousy because of her husband's atten
tions to another woman Mrs. Lottie Hitch
cock shot and Instantly killed her husband,
Robert L. Hitchcock, a compositor, as he
lay sleeping In their home In the borough
of the Bronx early today. Then turning
the revolver on herself Mrs. Hitchcock In
flicted several wounds in the head, the re
sult of which will probably prove fatal.
The man and woman were married about
a year ago. Recently they have had fre
quent quarrels and Mrs. Hitchcock repeat
edly complained to neighbors that her hus
band has been spending his evenings with
another woman when not at work. Hitch
cock returned from work at 4 a. m. today
and went to bed. While he was aleeplng
his wife arose, placed the revolver to his
breast and sent two bullets through his
heart ,
Bitting on the edge of the bed she fired
three bullets Into her breast and tried to
shoot herself in the head, but caused only
a scalp wound. She was still conscious
when arrested and sent to a hospital. She
told the police she did the shooting and
was glad of It. Then she fainted. An
opium smoking outfit was found in the
Hitchcock apartment Nearby was an
Episcopal prayer book open at the prayer
reading: "Oh, Lord, we beeaeech Thee, ab
solve Thy people from their offense that
through Thy bountiful goodness that we
may all be delivered from those sins which
we have committed."
Beside this was a newspaper clipping of
a poem entitled "Bessie McCall," the last
stanza of which reads:
Oh, the price that we pay for the single
mistake;
Oh, the souls that men slay, and the hearts
that they break;
Oh, surely, somewhere, Ood, who pities us
all,
Will care for the soul of Bessie McCall.
In the last line the words "Bessie McCall"
had been run through with a pencil and
Instead was written In a feminine hand.
Will care for the souls of Lottie and Bob."
Mrs. Hitchcock had been married twice
and has a son in Baltimore and a daughter
In Philadelphia.
MRS. BRADLEY READS LETTERS
Many Introdaeed aa Evidence In
Trial of Western' Woman at
Washington.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. The climax of
the Bradley trial was reached today when
Mrs. Bradley, testlfvlnsr In tier own behalf
related the particulars of' her final Inter
view with former Senator Brown in the
Raleigh hotel in this city last December
and gave all the 'details she could remem
ber of the shooting which followed.
District Attorney Baker thought the
cross-examination would consume about
three hours, so that it was apparent from
the beirlnnlnK of the dav that the entire
sitting would be consumed by Mrs. Bradley.
The court room t was again crowded and
more were denied admission for lack of
accommodations than got In.
Judge Stafford tiad no sooner taken bis
seat than Mrs. Bra..ley Tesurnca her place
In the witness chafr She was first ajkt
to identify a number of letters written her
at airrerent times by Senator Brown and
did so. There were so many of theae docu
ments that forty-five minutes were con
sumed In the mere exhibition of them.
They covered the period from 1901 to 1908
and were presented for the purpose of
showing the relations between Mrs. Rrad.
ley and Mr. Brown, but no effort was made
to read them.
There were more than one hundred of
the letters, and when their presentation
had concluded Judge Power said that some
of them would be read to the Jury later.
He then called on the prosecuting attorney
to produce letters written td Brown by Mrs.
Bradley, which was done. There were not
so many of these as of Brown's, but they
covered the same period.
SHONTS. YIELDS TO DAUGHTER
Finally Aarrees to Her Marrlasre with
the Dne de Cbanlnes, French
Patrician.
NEW TORK, Nov. 20.The engagement
of Miss Theodora Shonts, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Theodore Shonts. to Due de
Chaulnes, announced In several newspa
per today, apparently on authority, has
long been expected, it has been prema
turely announced on several occasions, but
In each Instance It waa denied by mem
bers of the family, and with special em
phasis by Mr. Shonts when hs waa chair
man of the Panama Canal commission. He
asserted that he wanted his daughters to
marry Americans and it has been stated
that for a long time he strenuously op
posed the union to which he has now
agreed. Miss Shonts, who was IS In
March, met the duo In London about
year ago. Since then he has assiduously
courted her, having made several trips to
this country for the purpose.
The duo is 30 years old. He has a house
In Paris and a hereditary castle In ono
of the French provinces. Unquestionably
his family is one of the noblest not only
In France, but in all Europe. It was orig
inally a patrician family in Italy, but set.
tied in France, and Is also on of the most
ancient families of Spain.
RAILWAY STRIKE IN INDIA
Traflle on Line 2,1 S3 Mites I. on a Prac
tically Tied t'p by Walkout
of Trainmen.
CALCUTTA, Nov. 20. Traffic on the East
India railway, 2.163 miles long and ths
second largest line In India, is rapidly
becoming paralysed by a strike. The
trouble originated with the engineers, who
are almost entirely European, and yes
terday and today great numbers of natives
belonging to the traffic stsff Joined in the
movement The most Important section
ef the road, from Calcutta to Allahabad,
is practically tied up and already (.000 pas
sengers are stranded at Asansol, Bengal,
the Junction of the' Eu)t Indian and Ben
gal Nag-pur railroad, where the ' strlksrs
are threatening violence, engineer are
leaving their trains at remote stations
and in some cases driving off with their
locomotives and leaving the cars. The
strikers complain of overwork and poor
pay.
HEAVY RAINFALL IN TEXAS
Southern Portion of State Flooded
and Rivera Are at Flood
Stagre.
HOUSTON, Tex . Nov. 20.-8ince last Sat
urday rain has fallen almost incessantly
throughout southern Texas. All the smaller
streams are overflowing and the rivers are
at flood stage. Much damage to roads,
bridges and farms is being dons and the
railroad roadbed ax vf t and dangerous.
BOOST FOR COAST WATERWAY
Eastern Men Oppose Money Spent on
Western "Desert."
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GEN. ANGUS STRONGLY OPPOSES
Declare It Strang;) lo Divert Mil
lion of Wealth to West Rather
Than Spend It oa the
Seaboard.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. JO.-After ft
two days' discussion of the project for
an Inland waterway along the Atlantic
coast from New England to Carolina,
the Atlantic deeper waterway conference
will this afternoon form a permanent
organisation and begin an aggressive cam
paign to accomplish the undertaking.
Resolution will be adopted asking tho
assistance of the national government and
the co-operation of all state Interested
in inland waterway.
Yesterday's session was devoted to a
discussion of the water routes from Phila
delphia north to Boston, today' were
largely taken up with addresses on the
waterways that are proposed to form part
of the inland route south from Philadel
phia to Beautfort. S. C.
General Felix Agnus of Baltimore, who
heads . the delegation from Maryland,
stated In an address that the present con
ference Is one of the most Important meet
ings in the history of American trade and
transportation. He said:
"I feel that we are at the climax of
the efforts and public spirit of many years;
that we are no longer dealing In theories
and paper plan, but are considering plain
business propositions and assured advan
tage and profits. This scheme of safe
navigation for our domestlo commerce
means more for our country and more
for our wealth and happiness han Pan
ama.
.Water Rate One-Third Cheaper.
There are three vital facts in the work
we propose to begin here this week:
"First, transportation by water is far
cheaper than transportation by land. Care
ful figures from the great lakes, from the
Mississippi and from large canals show
that the rate per ton by water la about
one-third the average rate by land.
Sceond, the conditions of traffic between
the north and the south have been acute
and unsatisfactory for several year. Since
1880 the assessed values In the south have
Increased from $2,800,000,000 to $20,000,000,000
and the south is now mining 200 per cent
more coal than all the rest of the country
mined in 1S80. It Is producing three times
as much coke, twice as much lumber and
Just as much pig Iron and we may add to
this the enormous cotton crop, of 11,000,000
bales and find a total of raw product worth
more than $1,000,000,000 annually. A large
part of this must go to the northern mar
kets and hundred of millions of dollar
worth of your manufactured products must
be returned to southern markets. Tho lines
of railroad we now possess are not equal
to this business and it I not likely that
they will be Increased . for years to come,
nor is It probable that their present rates
will ever be lower. Here w have the
absolute necessity for relief made so mani
fest that not even-a railroad man can dis
pute It.
Fla-ares on Growth of Trade.
"Third, the growth of the country is not
only proceeding at an astonishing rat in
the number of the population, but ia ex
panding almost incredibly in the ratio of
trade movement to the population Itself.
I beg to quote these figures: 'The freight
In mile tons has grown from 29,000,000,000 In
18S2 and 79,000,000.000 In 1890 to 187,000,000.000
In 1906, the total for the latter year being
more than twice as great as for 1890. The
gain of 46.000,000,000 tons between 1900 and
1905 was very much larger than the total
of 18S2 and nearly two-thirds as great as
the total of 1890.
"Undoubtedly, much of our great financial
trouble was due to the fact that transporta
tion had not been able to give that quick
exchange of materials and product which
would enable u to make the freest use of
our money. In other words, slow trans
portation means the tying up of our cur
rency, which under the most favorable
orcumstancea is hardly adequate to the
needs of the country.
"Here on the eastern seaboard, where the
biggest work of the world Is being done
and where the necessity for quick trans
portation Is largest, we face a situation
that calls for prompt relief, and the only
possible way out of the difficulty ia to pro
vide these water facilities. There Is no
other way. We will never get It from the
railroads because our new needs will grow
much faster than any new facilities they
can give.
Oppose Money Seat to Desert.
"We are made to realize our duty more
keenly than ever by the wide publicity
which the president's trip down the Mis
sissippi has given to the schemes for the
middle and far west schemes that call for
hundreds of millions of dollars, not to men
tion the building of ths Panama canal and
rfiose great irrigation appropriations which
congress Is expected to make.
"It seems to me a most extraordinary
thing that we should divert millions of the
national wealth to the desert when here
along our eastern seaboard we have all the
factor of a high civilization demanding
recognition and encouragement. I have no
objection to making the desert blossom
the rose, but I do think we owe the greater
obligation to the men whose farms and
mines are turning out wealth and to the
cities whose populations are dependent on
the factories which have been built by their
enterprise and capital.
More benefit la to be obtained from
$1,000,000 spent on these Interior waterway
than would come from five or ten times
that um invested in the Mississippi or at
Panama or In desert lands."
G0MPERS REPLIES TO CHARGES
Lobor Leader la lanpatsloned Speeck
Denounces Heflertlona on Hla
Intea-rlty.
NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 2u.-The American
Federation of Labor convention today rec
ommended, in view of the organisation of
"employers' associations" and "citizens'
alliances," that no employer of labor be
admitted to membership.
President Oompers this afternoon deliv
ered his expected speech replying- to the
charges brought against him by the Manu
facturers' association. It covered forty
pages of typewritten copy and was an
"expose," from the viewpoint of President
Oompers, of the "National Association of
Manufacturers and it ramifications."
Mr. Oompers answered in detail the
charges and closed an impassioned speech
with these words:
There Is not a scintilla of truth In any
thing published, or which can be publlxhed
by the National Aaaoclalton or Manu
facturers or Its hirelings, which In any
way can reflect on the Integrity, the hon
esty of myself, and I have the abiding faith
they cannot be so of any member of the
executive council of the American Federa
tion of Labor. J defy our enemies to do
Utaur Wttrsk
NEW FEDERAL PETIT JURY
Additional Panel of Forty-Five
Names I Drawn' for Pres
ent Term.
An additional panel of forty-five petit
Jurors to serve during the present term
ef the United States circuit court for tho
Omaha district was drawn Wednesday
morning by United States District Clerk
R. C. Hoyt and Jury commissioner. Dr.
Oeorge Tllden. Omaha Is represented on
the new panel by W. C. Bullard of the
Bullard, Hoagland A Benedict Lumber
company, Allen R. Archibald, stone cutter,
1618 North Twenty-fifth street; Lee Gibson,
real 'estate dealer, Patterson block; J. E.
Oeorge, secretary and treasurer of Oeorge
& Co., 106 North Twenty-fifth street;
Thomas F. Hall, manager of the Hall Dis
tributing company, 2215 Sherman avenue;
S. W. Lindsay, Jeweler. 1516 Douglas street;
Carton Roth, chief clerk Omaha Drain ex
change, and H. A. Snow, chief clerk of the
Omaha Gas company.
The new panel Is directed to report for
duty at tho United States court house,
Omaha, at 10 a. m. Monday, December 1.
The full list Is as follows: '
Allen R. Archibald, Omaha, 1818 North
Twenty-fifth street; O. A. Anderson, Wav
erly; Oorge W. Abbott, Moulton; Carl
Axen, Pllger; W. D. Atkins, Kimball; A.
H. Bowman, Iawrence; John W. Beran,
Ord; W. C. Ballard, 700 North Fortieth
street. Omaha; H. Chamberlain, Clarks;
R. W. Clancey, Beatrice; William Dugdale,
Pawnee City; Nathan Downs, Falrbury;
Joe Drahos, West Point; Wesley T. Evans,
O'NeilU F, J. Eby, Stuart; J. W. Gilford,
Boldert; Lee Gibson, 628 South Nineteenth
street, Omaha; J. E. George, 1601 Farnam
street, Omaha; Carlos E. Hanie, O'Neill;
Thomas F. Hall, 2216 Sherman avenue,
Omaha; John H. Hoebner, Fremont; John
Hamel, Nelson; V. II. Hagelbargwr. Fair
bury; ,D. W. Hotallng, Teeumseh; Charles
J. Johnson, Newark; J. E. Kclley, Univer
sity Place; A. M. Koehlg, Madison; 8. W.
Lindsay, 1S16 Douglas street, Omaha; John
K. Mallott, Wllberj Henry Mayer, Grand
Island; P. C. Morehead. DeWeeae; C. B.
Modlnett, Grand Island;; Ed J. O'Connor,
Lyons; O. F. Plum, Petersburg, Boone
county; J. K. Powers, Blair; Frank Ros-
cow, South Auburn; Garton Roth, 1524
North Fortieth street, Omaha; Joe Splck
ler, Shubert; II. A. Snow, 4280 Burdette
street, Omaha; John Toebken, WlsnerJ N.
F. Tomllnson, Wood River; Scott W.
Terry, Chappell; Edward Walt, Lincoln;
Chauncey I Wattles, ll'ellgh; Johni Wll
helm, Brunlng.
POINT IN DAKOTA LIQUOR LAW
Means Absolute Prohibition In the
Absence of a License Vote
Each Year.
PIERRE, a D., Nov. 20. (Special Tele
gram.) In the supreme court today Pre
siding Justice Fuller handed down a de
cision on a Lyman county liquor case
which will be of general Interest to the
state.. He hold In effect that the present
liquor law of this state Is absolutely pro
hibition except 'In case where through the
proper legal procedure an affirmative vote
Is secured each year for license. The com
missioner of Lyman county granted a
license to. J. T. Mclvenoa to sell liquor
In the town of Reliance and when ar
rested on a charge of Illegal liquor selling
he brought In his license aa a defense. As
there was no municipal organisation at
Reliance and no vote either favorable or
unfavorable had ever been had, the court
holds that, it was no defense.
In the case of Carl Jackson, found grullty
of looting the First State bank of Clark.
Justice Corson granted a new trial .on
the ground that It was error on the part
of the court to authorize the clerk to ac
cept the verdict of the Jury after adjourn
ment of the court. The fact that all par
ties concerned In the case agreed to- such
a return by the Jury Is held to In no way
have valldate'l the action and Jackson Is
granted a new trial.
UNION PACIFIC IS' INDICTED
Violations of Interstate Commerce
Law Allea-ed In Charges at
Salt Lake City.
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Nov. 20. The
federal grand Jury today returned Indict
ments against the Union Pacific Railroad
company, the Oregon Short Line, the Union
Pacific Coal company, J. M. Moore, general
agent of the Union Pacific Coal company,
and Everett Buckingham, assistant general
superintendent of the Oregon Short Line for
violations of the Sherman anti-trust law
The technical charge Is a combination
in restraint of trade, those Indicted having
combined. It . la charged, to force D. J.
Sharp, a Salt Lake coal dealer, out of
business because he had lowered the price
of coal from that alleged to have been
fixed by the so-called combination. In
dlctments were returned against the same
corporations and persons some months
ago on the same grounds but these In
dlctments are now quashed and the onea
returned today take their place, the pre
vious Indictments, It waa feared, not be
Ing technically perfect.
GRANGERS ELECT OFFICERS
Nathan J. Barhelder of Concord. N.
H., Re-elected Master of
National Body.
HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 20. Officers of
the National Orange were chosen today
aa follows: Master, Nathan J. Bachelder
of Concord, N. H. (re-elected); overaeer,
C. T. Atheson of West Virginia; lecturer,
George W. F. Gaunt of New Jersey (re
elected); steward, J. A. Newcomb of Gor
don, Colo. Mrs. Eva S. McDowell of Rome,
N. Y., was re-elected treasurer; Charles
M. Freeman of Tippecanoe City, O., was
re-elected secretary. For the three graces
In the exemplification . of Ceres In the
national degree, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Patter
son of Maryland. Mrs. Ida J. Judson of
Balfour, Ia., and Mrs. Sarah G. Balrd of
Minnesota were chosen.
NEBRASKA GETS SPEED TRIAL
Test Will Be Made for Porty-Elcht
Honrs at Fall Speed oa
Pacific.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20-The battle
ship Nebraska's stay In this port will be
shorter than was expected by ths officers
of the big war vessel. Orders were received
yesterday to return to Puget Sound. The
trial board will be here this morning and
some time before noon the Nebraska will
sail for Bremerton. On the way north the
Nebraska will be given its final speed trial,
which calls for full speed for forty-eight
hours. If the battle ship makes good In
the face of the boisterous weather that pre
vails between here and Puget Bound at this
time of the year, the test should satisfy
all com erned. At Bremerton the Nebraska
will cual and tak tin ammunition and will
is turn her later.
FAVOR CASU BASIS
Implement Sealers May Discontinue
Credit Sale of Implements.
PARCELS POST LAW PREDICT El
Delegates to Iowa-Nebraska Conren
tion Foresee Expansion of Service,
RURAL DELIVERY FIRST STE1
Secretary Ring-er Declares Extension
Will Favor Department Stores.
BANQUET OPENS THE SESSIONS
Nebraska and lovra Dealers Disease
Important Snbject at Seventeenth
Annual Convention Being;
Held at Rome Hotel.
The first business session of the conven-
tion opened Wednesdsy morning at th
Rome hotel with the annual address of tho
president, John W. Newell of Lynch, Neb.
Mr. Newell revlwed the work of the last
year and felicltatod the member of tho
association on the advances made along all
lines. He took a hopeful view of the fu
ture In spite of the present money strin
gency. The report of the secretary, J. Dean
Ringer of South Omaha, included refer
ence to some question of Importance t
implement dealers throughout the coun
try which will be brought before the con
vention. One of these wa the action fore
casted by tho postmaster general In regard
to the parcels post. He proposes to reduos.
the present rate of 16 cent a pound on
parcels to 12 cents a pound and also to es
tablish a rural parcels post so that th
dealer In the town can send parcels to
customers In the surrounding country at a
rate of 6 cent for the first pound and S
cent for each additional pound up to
eleven pounds.
Only an Knterlna; Weda-e.
The secretary's report declared this to be
only an entering wedge which will' ulti
mately result in the establishment of a
parcels post throughout the country to the
great advantage of the mall order house
and the consequent damage of the retail
dealers In th towns. -
The report of the treasurer was read and
the appointment of committees was post
poned until the session this evening.
E. F. Morris of Hartlngton, Neb., was to
make an address on "Collections and Cred
its." He was not present and threfore O.
L. Wilcox of Gretna gave a talk along
that line. He declared that credits should
be extended only to the men whose record
shows that he make an effort to pay hi
debts. Consultation with the other mer
chants of the town, he said, Is the best
mean of finding out what a man ahould
be rated at financially. One of th surest
way to make collections successfully Is to
get latiuiaXeLy acquainted with the custo -mer
and to make him feel that the mer
chant has a personal interest In him and
his affairs.
There was a discussion of this question
and of the question of prices. Those who
advocated on price to all alike and those
who held that the cash buyer Is entitled
to a discount gave their views.
There was no seHslon of the convention In
the afternoon, the time being left unoccu
pied to give dealers an opportunity to
visit the various Jobbing houses In all of
which there were Interesting exhibits of the
latest things In farm machinery.
Opens with a Banqaet.
The initial session of the convention waa
given over to an address of welcome by
Mayor Dahlman, response by John W.
Newell for the retail denier and F. L.
Haller for the Jobbers, and a report from
F. D. Stearns, who was delegate from tho
association to the national federation. A
lunch given by the Jobbers and whole
salers was also one of the features of th
evening' entertainment.
After the Invocation by Rev. Oeorge A.
Beecher, dean of Trinity cathedral, the
president called upon Mayor Dahlman,
who delivered a characteristic address of
welcome. Mayor Dahlman said he had
been accused of granting many pardon
during the brief term which he ha been
occupying the mayor's chair, but. he as
sured the visitor that, if any of them
got in trouble while in the city to simply
call him up on the telephone and he would
sign up aome more of the blank pardon
which he still had on hand and sae they
were allowed to go their way. He compli
mented Rome Miller on the splendid hotel
which he had given to Omaha and on the
magnificent banquet room In which the
meeting was held. Discussing serious mat
ters the msyor said he thought It was tlms
the financial renter of the country wa
moved as far west as Chicago that it might
be nearer the source of the wealth of the
country, which was to be found in the
western states.
Conditions Have Changed.
"We stand at the beginning of a new
era," said F. L. Haller, who responded to
the welcome of Mayor Dahlman In behalf
of the wholesalers and Jobber. "Many
changes are about to be made in the con
duct and method of the Implement busi
ness. The pioneers who first settled these
pralrlea were poor and the banks existed
I only that they might loan eastern money
to the farmers and take a mortgage on
their farm for security. The farmer was
carried by the Implement dealer, who was
carried by the Jobber who wus carried by
the manufacturer who was carried by the
supply and steel and lumber men. Time
have changed. The manufacturer now
pay cash for hi sleel and iron and lum
ber and leather. The Jobber takes his
cash discounts or he is not abla to com
pete with his neighbors and the farmer
pay cash for everything he buys except
for the implements with which h farm.
He stlls his crops for cash. v
"The retail Implement dealers and Jobber
and manufacturer are carrying not only
the burden of other business men, but
are carrying the farmer, and I think we
have beene playing wet nurse long enough
to that healthy Infant. The time has com
when the Jobber and manufacturer are
going to quiet selling terms, but will begin
selling merchandise. The retailer la not
going to get th terms any longer. There
is something going on which makes them
unit on the proposition. In another year
we shall be able to put our business on
a much firmer basis."
Many New Names.
Many new names were added to th
books of the association, as many dealer
were present who had never before Joined
the association. The hotels are filled with
Implement men and the large banquet hall
at the Rom? whs taxed last everting ta
hold the members of trio association who
had arrived for the first meeting.
This evening J. M. fclwtll cf Bj.t"''tflnf