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The Omaha Sunday Bee PART I. HEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO 8. A Paper for th Hem THE OMAHA DEE Best ir. West VOI j. XXXVII XO. 23. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNIXO, NOVEMBER 24, 1'J07 SIX SECTIONS THIRTY-SIX PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. HELP FROM STATE Almost Universal Desire for Nation alization of Irish Roads. BUSINESS MEN TAKE THIS VIEW Se No Other Way to Secure Necessary Betterments. KING3 EXIST YET ON ISLAND Their Names Are Common, but Blood is Bluest of Blue. NEW- FEATURE IN GRAZING WAR 1 nitra Irish l.mgne Serves Notice that Hunt Mny Not Cross Leads of Ita Mem ber. WBI'IN. Nov. 23. (Special.) From tlm io time I have made allusions to the evidence elicited by the Royal commission now Inquiring into the working; of the Irish railways, showing the slipshod fash ion In which some of three roads are run. Hut what Is really the most striking thing the Investigation has revealed Is the fart that In Ireland there Is an almost uni versal demand fur the nationalization of the railways In Inland. The demand does not come from socialists or doctrinaire dreamers, but from practical business men, who declare that In no other way will Ireland get the railway development which she must have If she Is to become pros perous. Aa a matter of fart It seema clear that the railways In Ireland cannot be run, for some time at least, on strictly com mercial lines. One or two of the great trunk lines aro paying well, but the majority of the lines, and especially the little light railways which aro so necessary to the development of a country like Ire land, have not been commercial successes. One of the witnesses, a Dublin solicitor, put the case in a nutshell when he said that the necessary policy In the manage ment of the Irish railways was to run them for the benefit of the country rather than for profit primarily. Many of the Irish lines are owned or controlled by English systems and the managers find it necessary to make special concessions to their large Rngllsh customers engaged In sending goods to Ireland. This, of course, reacts to the disadvantage of the small Irish exporter as well as of the home manufacturer. State owned lines on the contrary would be run on the principle that they were established to build up the country and many new districts w hich are rich In minerals would be opened up and employment thus provided for thousands of Irishmen. , Plenty of Kins la Ireland. There are still kings In Ireland plenty of them If we are to Judge by the record of one week in the Irish courts, when three - of their majesties appeared In on capacity or another. The king of Innlsmurray, whom an unsympathetic outside world knows as Michael Heraghty, appeared at the Sllgo quarter sessions as plaintiff against his son, Dan, whom he sued for SlOO. Innls murray Is a little Island at the mouth of Sllgo bay and the Heraghty dynasty has reigned supreme there from time Immemo rial. It seema that a few years ago King Michael tired of the responsibilities of power and decided to resign his throne and farm In favor of the Crown Prince Dan, on condition that his son provided for him for the rest of his life. The prince regent proved ungrateful, however, and turned his father out of doors. The court awarded this modern Lear $100. Another Irish king was discovered at Rathkeale, County Lim erick. A witness In a case before the coun try court stated that, in accordance with the ancient custom, Mr. Samuel Shure ha,d been elected king of Rathkeale. "Long live King Samuel I," said the judge. Queen Bessie of Mud Island, Fair view, near Dub lin, was also In the courts last week. 6h Is more than 100 years old and la the widow of the late King John Duff of Mud Island. 3he still exercises all her regal privileges and her word Is law within the boundaries of her kingdom. Pama Harapea In Dablla. Ireland has entered into competition with America as a land for big game hunting, and a few days ago as exciting a hunt took place In Dublin as has ever taken place In tha Rockies. A puma escaped from Its cage at the soo and wandered out Into 1'lioenlx park with half a dot en keepers In pursuit. There It encountered a troop of the Eleventh Hussars returning from ex ercising and It is hard to say whether the puma or the hussars were more surprised. The hussars charged the puma and the puma went for the hussars, with the re sult that several horses were badly scratched and a couple of men were clawed. Finally one of the soldiers managed to get a rope round the beast's nerk and it was led injuriously back to Its cage. A new feature tn the grazing war, which has developed In the last few days, has been the attacks on the hunts. The. Irish farmers are true sportsmen and the one bond In many cases between the farmers and the landlords has been their mutual lovs for fox-hunting. The farmers have never placed any obstacle In the war of the hunts riding over their lands, but re cently the demand was served on the Or monde hunt and the King's County hunt, by th Vnlted Irish League, that they ex clude from participation In their meets cer tain laudow uere who had refused to sell their land to the tenants and certain ob jectionable graziers. The clubs refused to do so and the league then served notice thai the hunts would not be allowed to cross the lands of Us luumbers. The result Is that both clubs have suspended hunting for the season. ' The local priests, who are them selves sportsmen, have been trying to ar bitrate the matter and there is a hope that It may be' settled by the voluntary with drawal of the objectionable members of th Ducts. Kpldeuilc of Serious Fires. There has been an epidemic of serious fires recently In Irish country towns and in every case tl.a disgraceful Inadequacy of the fire fighting appliances and organisa tion have bn disclosed. Half of th town of New Ross was burnt while the local fire brigade did little more than look on, and If 11 had tried to do mora It could have ac complished little with th antiquated appa ratus at Its' command. There was not a team fir engine In the town, and th best engine available was a hand power ma chine nearly fifty years old. There were grvat fires also In Armagh and Clones and th fir fighting appllaoco wer no better than at Now Ross. Kapeiiments In winter dairying on the (Continued on Second Pg.) SUMMARY OF THE BEE Sunday, oTfmbtr 34, 1007. 1907 November 1907 (UN WON. TOt. WC THU Ml I AT J I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 TSS WEATHER, Forecast until 7 p. m. Sunday. FOR OMAHA, COUNCIL HLUFF8 AND VICINITY-Fair Sunday, slightly warmer. Full NEBRASKA Fair Sunday; cooler Sunday afternoon. FOR IOWA Fair Sunday, warmer In east portion. Temperature at Omaha yesterday Hour. Deg. 6 a. m 6 a.-m 7 a. m S a. m 9 a. m 10 a. m 11 a. m 12 m ... 35 ... 84 ... 34 ... 34 ... 33 ... 38 ... 43 ... 47 ... 50 1 p. m. 2 p. m. t p. ni. 4 p. m. 6 p. m. 6 p. m. 7 p. m. ... 63 ... 53 ... 64 ... 50 ... 48 ... 4 DOMESTIC!. National populist committee will confer over Holding a national convention at St. Louis November 26. X, Pag 9 W. J. Bryan visits the White House and has a half hour's conference with President Roosevelt. X, Fag 1 President Roosevelt sends a letter to members of the cabinet Instructing them to Instruct employes In their deDnrtmcnts not to engage In work for his renomlna- uon. J, rmgt l O. D. Woodward. Interested In ih Omaha theaters, was shot at Kansas City Dy an employe who had been discharged. He will recover. X. Par a 1 Contest of alienists Is coming in the Bradley case this week. X, Fag 1 Master carpenters of New York ore tak ing steps to reduce wages. X, Fag 1 Farmers of northwest are selllner wheat since reduction In prlqe and normul con ditions are being resumed. X, Fag 1 District Judge at Des Moines declares the Des Moines plan Is constltuttonaj. X. Fag 1 American Federation of Labor will . tend aid to the unions of Los Angeles. The resignation of Major Llewcllvn district attorney of New Mexico has been accepted by the president. X, Fag X Caalilei" of th State bank of Anhiirn Wis., Is missing. t, Fas: 1 8hoe workers' strike at St. T.oni. ni. been officially given up. x. Fan 1 Five permanent Jurors have v,n lected on the Caleb Powers Jury. X, Fag 1 Secretary to Admiral Dewev lenve. ni. fcaylng he will commit suicide. X, Fag- 1 FOXSIQN. Crown princess of Beininm loo,, v.. husband. Tine to marital" troubles. X. Par 1 1TXBSA8XCA. Republican state committee gives out statement of receipts and expenditures. University exhibits rattle which are to go to the Chicago show. Locations and date for Junior normals. x, Fag 3 X.OCAX. Provident Accident association secretary denies report defunct concern is still re ceiving payments of assessments. XI, Fag 3 Omaha has one more addition to Its Industrial plants In the Bearing Company of America at Twentieth and Nicholas treets. x, pay, 4 Lumbermen of Omaha have reached the stage where they consider an exchanga necessary and will meet to organize. X, Fag 6 Many states, says John L. Webster, are Involved In the war against th railroads for fair freight rates. x. Fag- 1 Janitor and Watchman at federal build ing precipitates lively conflict for proper official distinction. x, Fag 4 Banks of Omaha announce their ability and readiness to resume cash payments and only await co-operation of outside In stitutions. Xi pw l Rlshop Scannell buys property at Fif teenth and Leavenworth for erection of parish school and perhaps a Catholic churrh' I. Fag. 5 Field club decides to continue its buffet without license and to let anyone who wishes test the law. n, Fag 3 XBAX. XSTATB AKD BUIiDIKO. Builders Insist that the panic has not had material effect on local operations. Lower prices of material are stimulating new work. n, Pbj, e Activity in local real estate Is a marked feature of the week, with pros pects continuing good. u, Fag 6 MAGAZINE SECTIOlf. In the Magailne Section of this number will be found a short biographical ski t -h of Henry W. Yates, th dean of Nebraska bankers: a short commentary on uik i.io of Ben T. Halllday. the pioneer stage man; What Rosebud Saw at the Play; Quaint Features of Life: Thanks i..... Feasts and a Family Dinner; In the Field oi electricity; Gossip of plays and Play, ers; Musical Note and Comment; Mount and Chapel, fchrlne for Ages, Now De serted; Street Lighting In Rome. 1 Fagoa xcoacB soTxoir. In the Home Section of this number will be found Buster Brown; The Busy Bios' Own Page; Calabria's Latest Quake and Its Victims; In the New Capital of the Sudan; Charming Modes for Young Women; What Woman I. Doing in the World; Immigrants' First Impression of iowa btate College's Winning learn; Fluffy Ruffles. KOTIBIBTI OF OCBAJT STEAMSHIPS. Port. NEW YORK... KKW TUKK... NKW YOHK . 01 itS'TOWN PLYMOl'TH .. LIVEKPOOL, .. Arrived. Called. . ... Fraocatca. . Maurvlaula b.HIO -La Bitot .. . Celtic . Anuriks ... Luiiunia .. NpuMrls ... Odrie. MAKSKIU.SS .. NAPI.K3 SOtTHAMPION. Crvlic .... BlOKber. CASHIER LEAVES WITH FUNDS State Bank of Aab.rn, Wl.., Mas Brouaht Proceed Inn (o tt. cover Money. ST. PAl'L. Minn.. Nov. 13 A soerWl to the Dispatch from Chlprewa Falls. Wis., says. It was learned there today that the St.ue P.snk of Auburn has begun attach ment proreedlrgs against the property of John W. tlray. the absent cushler of the bank who has be-n mlislng more than a week. It Is said that about i.wX Is missing CALL FROM BRYAN Nebraskan Drops Into White House Xr Pay Respects to President, HALF HOUR WITH J" He Says His Recent Intt. .ew Was Not Discussed. TALKS OF PROPOSED PLAN Thinks Government Guarantee Deposits Good Scheme. of RECOURSE FOR STATE BANKS Each State Should Protect Depositors la the Same Manner Against Tariff on Trust-Made Articles. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. - President Roosevelt and William J. Bryan were In conference for half an hour In the presi dent s private office today. I wus not invited to call," Mr. Bryan said on leaving, "but I called up on the telephone and asked when the president would receive callers, and on being In formed came simply to pay my respect to the president." Mr. Bryan was not willing to discuss the details of his Interview, but was free to add details to th financial plan which he proposed a few days ago. In reviewing every measure of relief which had come to his notice Mr. Bryan said that nothing seemed to be Intended to meet the sltua tion as effectively and at the same time as simply as the plan he had suggested. This plan, he said, was simply to have th gov ernment Insure depositors in national banks against loss by reason of the fall ure of the banks. It was not Intended, he said, to have the government collect a fund for this purpose to be kept on hand. Whenever a national bank should be required to pay Its depositors it would be the duty of the government to make an assessment on all national banks to meet the amount of loss by reason of the fail ure. This assessment, Mr. Bryan said, would be Infinitesimal. Recourse of State Banks. Opposition to this plan Mr. Bryan con ceded might bo made by state banks who would bo left out of the plan. The answer to this, he said, was that the states should Individually take up the samo scheme and stand as a guarantor against loss to de positors In state banks. Mr. Bryan said as yet no plan had been made to have his relief measure presented to congress. However, he felt very en thusiastic over the prospect of Us ulti mate success. Being asked as to his position on the tariff, Mr. Bryan said It was evident that nothing could be hoped for In the way of tariff revision during, this, a republican congress. "I am ip favor of r -novlng the tariff on news print pper and wo 1 pulp, an article controlled by a trust. Just as I am In favor of removing the tariff on all other trust controlled articles," he added. Mr. Bryan remarked that he had had a very pleasant chat with the president. RIB OF GREAJ DISCOVERER Part of Skeleton of Colombo Found In Cornerstone of New York Building. NEW YORK. Nov. 23.-Among the relics disclosed by the opening today of the metal box, which for more than twenty years rested In the cornerstone of the old Con solidated Exchange building at Broadway and Exchange Place, now being torn down, was a gold mounted urn, containing por tion of the bones of Christopher Columbus. Accompanying tho urn was a letter from O. W. Stokes, addressed to ' Charles O. Wilson, who at the time of the laying of the cornerstone of the old structure was president of th Consolidated Exchange. The letter, bearing the date of September 7, 18S7, states that the bones were obtained from Jesus Castillo, a Cuban engineer, who, while repairing the wall of the cathedral in Panto Domingo In 1177 un covered a lead casket cnntslnlng tha bones of the discoverer of America. The Dominican authorities took the bones, but not before Castillo had extracted a rib from the casket. FARMERS ARE SELLING WHEAT Normal Conditions Rttsrs, with Sllaht Drop la Prices, and ' Grain Move. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. Nov. ja.-Coun- try elevator managers are reporting to the Minneapolis grain firms that th move ment of the crop la again nar normal. Farmers are bringing In their grain and th scare caused by the recent tightening of the currency appears to be wearing off. Borne of the farmers hav also been In duced to sell during th past few days by the drop In prices. Th result is a re turn to active business among the ele vators throughout Minnesota and North Dakota. 1 Dl'LUTH, Minn., Nov. 2S.-The steamer D. M. Wells left this port yesterday for Buffalo with 421,000 bushels of wheat. This is a record shipment of grain on lake Superior. HUNTER ACCIDENTALLY SHOT B J. Wright of XrllKh Gets 1'nrt of Charge of Shot la Face and Arm. VALENTINE, Neb., Nov. 23. -(Special Telegram.) While out hunting with the 8. F. Oilman party Wednesday aftefnoon. B. J. Wright of Nellgh. was accidentally shot by a boy member of the party. Mr. Wright was making a devour around the base of a hill and Just as he appeared over the brow of the hill a bunch of quail flew up and the boy fired. Twelve shot struck Mr. Wright In the faoe and arm, making very painful Injuries, and one especially near the ey Is causing con siderable trouble, although It Is thought It will not prove serious. 8. F. Oilman brought Mr. Wright to town Wednesday evening, where he received medical aid. Ifartwlrk in Sloui Falls Prison. SIOFX FALLS. 8 D.. Nov. 3.-(8pecial.) Although the aclon of an excellent family of Bloux Falls pioneers, a young man named Relley Ifartwlrk, who for years ha been known among his associates si "Michigan" Hartwlck, lias been Indeed In the Sioux Falls penitentiary. I'ndur the ansnmed nsme of Fd Dunnlns; he was tried and convicted In Hughes county of grand larceny " - ol) 'r. ALIENISTS' CONTEST COMING' Atto-irrs on Roth Sides of Bradley so Preparing- for Struggle ,k"N A Sen Week. A a ri" - T1 r er -v r -si ma wii, a .neys on both sides of th Bradley case Were engaged today in preparing for what all hope will be the last week of the famous murder trial. The defense was putting the finishing touches on the hypo thetical question which they will propound on Monday morning to the experts sum moned to testify as to their client's sanity or Insanity at the time she shot Senator Brown. Ttie mere reading of this ques tion, containing over 12,000 words, probably will consume two hours. The question will outline In detail much of the testimony and after grouping all of the facts lndl eating mental aberration and going to show eccentricity, Insanity or peculiar physical condition on the part of ancestors, win then try to force the conclusion that Mrs. Bradley was not responsible at the tlmo of the tragedy. The prosecution will combat all these contentions and seek to show that Mrs. Bradley was not only responsible when she fired the shots, but that all her acts were deliberate and that she cams to Washington with the avowed purpose of either compelling Senator Brown to marry her or of killing him. The very facts of the woman's conceded brilliance of Intel lect and mental attainments which have been used to arouse sympathy for her will be marshaled against her. The district at torney and his assistants will not only question tho alienists, but will Introduce mental experts of their own to contradict the others. They also will present testl mony on rebuttal In opposition to other points broi-ght out by the defense. Even with the expert testimony out of the way, the rebutting testimony and the arguments of counsel and Judge's charge will almost certainly force the case over into the first week of December. DOWN WILL COME WAGES NOW Master Carpenter of New York Strive for Cat Owing; to Money Trouble. NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-A conference of Importance to the 60,000 skilled mechanics In the building trades In this city has just been held, at which the master carpenters' organization gave notice to the Brotherhood of Carpenters that after January 1 their wages will be reduced from 35 to W W a day. uccause or me tigntness in the money market the construction of buildings' has decreased 50 per cent and this the master carpenters gave as a reason for their action. The question has been referred to an arbl tratlon board provided for by agreement between the employers and the men, but representatives of the latter have declared that they will strike rather than accept a reduction. Mechanics In the other trades are fearful that if the master carpenters are success ful In reducing wages, their example will be followed by employers In other trades. WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDE i'w Rochelle Manufacturer Aft "' ' Crime Sets Fire to House to Cover Deed. NEW YORK. Nov. S3.-A double tragedy. wife murder and suicide, was dlsoovered early today by firemen who had been called out to subdue a blaze In the home of Nik Smith, a wealthy manufacturer of New Rochelle. When tha firemen burst Into the house after the flumes had been con trolled they found Smith and hla young wife dead, each with a bullet wound In the body. Mrs. Smith had been shot In the breast and apparently instantly killed. The bullet which killed the husband en tered his head just behind the left ear. On the lioor beside Smith's body was found a revolver with which it is believed the shooting was done. That Smith had killed his wife, fired the house in hopes that it would hide hla crime and then killed him self was plainly proven In a note which was found in the room. AT WORK SELECTING JURORS Jury Panel Comnleted in rlh Power Case, Five Permanent Men Chosen. GEORGETOWN, Ky Nov. 23.-The Jury panel was again completed today, standina five democrats, six republicans and on Independent democrat. Of this number five have been passed and are permanent Jurors. Three are republicans, one demo crat and one Independent democrat. Against this panM the commonwealth has still four and the defense eight peremptory chal lenges. The defense today moved to have the deputies In chsrge of the Jury removed for alleged prejudice against Powers. The court said such a motion would be con sidered only cn presentation of proper affidavits. Court then adjourned until Monday. DEWEY'S SECRETARY IN DEBT Left Note He Intended to Drown Himself from Potomac Ferry. WASHINGTON. Nov, J3.-The police today were dragging the Potomac for the body of Lieutenant John W. Crawford. Admiral Dewey's secretary, who disap peared yesterday. Crawford was seen late yesterday, but a letter from him gave notice of hla intention to drown himself from an Alexandra ferryboat. Crawford. It Is said, left debts of tfi.000 and In a note to his wife, stated it was not duo to speculation or gambling. Ad miral Dewey said: "If all a mystery to me and I am greatly shocked." SHOE WORKFPS' STRIKE OFF Effort of I Dion'i Fellnre and Odlclal Declaration Medc hy Execu tive Board. ST. LOFIS. Mo., Nov. il.-The strike of the 8t. I.outs tihoe workers has been offi cially called off by the Joint executive board of the Independent Boot and Shoe Workers' union and todiy the strikers beg-n making arn'lratlon for re-employ-ment. These apnllratlons wer made as Indlvlduels. 'About 23 X men. women and boys were affected at the time of the walk-out. but many went back to work during the last few weeks. DES MOINES PLAN IS VALID Jneao Howe of District Court Up holds It In Derision on Con tltutloaallt jr. DFS MOINES. Ia., Nov. 2S.-Judg James A. Howe, in the district court today d-clded the Des Moines plan of government was constitutional In all points. He said it was republican la form and representative Th act I not local or special legislation Th officer of a c1t at not jrt of th slat government. Mi SLATES FiClil Wide Section of Country Resists Dis crimination of Railroads. WEBSTER TELLS OF BIG BATTLE Startling Revrlations Made at Hear ing- Before the Commission. ROADS SEND ARMY OF LAWYERS Struggle Hard to Thwart Demand for Fair Freight Rates. M'VANN IS THE RATE EXPERT Not Alone tho Tariff, bnt the Cost of Fuel, is Gone Into at These Interstate Commerce II carina-. "We have started a case In which this entire section of the country Is Interested, and besides about twenty-five lawyers rep resenting railroads, there were representa tives from the commercial bodies of St. raul, Minneapolis, St. Louis. Des Moines. Kansas City, St. Joseph, Omaha and Sioux City at the hearing," said John I Web ster, who returned Saturday morning from Kansas City, where the hearing of the fa mous Missouri rate case was begun Thurs day. "The hearing was held in the federal court building In Kansas City and all the transportation companies Interested hod their lawyers or traffic representatives on hand, so the court room wss really well filled. "All of Thursday was taken up with the Introduction of our testimony and during the afternoon E. J. McVann was on the Ntand as an expert traffic man and It was brought out that he had examined the rec ords and was able to verify the tables, as printed In 'The Bee Thursday. These showed that 8t. Paul, Minneapolis and St. Louis had an advantage over Omaha, Kan sas City and 8t. Joseph of 82 cents on first class coods and that that advantage prevailed all the way to the Pacific coast. Not Based on Water. "We showed the St. Paul rates were not based on water competition, but were based on rates made by tha American rail roads. It was shown by the tariff sheets of the Soo line that when changes were made in this country the Soo Una followed with the same changes. Msps were Intro duced tn evidence showing the advantages these northern cities had to all important points In the Pacific northwest and from Billings west. We then took up tho rates through Omaha to the northwest and brought out proofs by tariff sheets which showed freight could not be stopped In Omaha, but could by St. Paul or Minneapolis merchants or by New York merchants. St. Paul can get goods from New York and forward them on west by paying S1.15 per hundred, whereas the Omaha Jobber must pay 11.40. "Tho New York Central and other east ern I.nes admitted In their answer they don't make any red jeed rates to Chicago because of the cheaper rates to St. Paul and Minneapolis, but the reduction Is mad entirely by the Chlcago-St. Paul lines. The difference in rates to St. Paul and Omaha Is the difference between 40 and 76 cents. Startling- Faet Disclosed. The New York Central answer dis closed the startling fact that goods are carried from the Atlantio seaboard to the Mississippi river for 87 cents, of which the lines to Chicago take 72 cents and a frac tion, leaving but 14 cents for the haul be tween Chicago and tho Mississippi river. When the goods come on to Omaha tho rate Is 76 cents, or about four times as much for about the same haul. 'We took up the question of the rates from New York to St. Louis and then to this territory showing where the St. Louis jobbers could deliver his goods all over this section of the t:ountry at an advan tage over either Omaha. St. Joseph or Kansas City, In a section of the country. which practically borders on these towns. St. Louis has an advantage of 67 cents over Omaha, Kansas City or St. Joseph, which Is more than the local rate from St. Louis to Kansas City. 'We showed that the Missouri river cities were, to use the expression of T. C. Byrne, In a pocket. The maps and ex hibits covering these rates filled over 100 typewritten pages of evidence. Cost of Fnrl. 'The question of fuel cost was gone Into as well as the cost of transportation and we produced tables to show that the coal rate on the Burlington from Chicago to Omaha Is cheaper per ton per mile than It Is on the Lake Shore and Mtchliran Southern. We went Into the more economic methods of the railroads In handling freight at th present tim because of the large locomotives and larger cars, which permitted of a larger tonnage at a less ex pense and yet showed these rates had not been lowered for seventeen years. 'The taking of testimony will be resumed Monday at Chicago and the length of the hearing will depend largely upon the amount of testimony, which th railroads will want to Introduce to combat our showing. When a decision will be reached In the case Is not known at this time as after the hearing Is over both sides will be given some time in which to file printed briefs and then the commission will take the case under advisement." MANDATE REFUSED DISTILLER Order to Compel Express Company to Ship Liquor to Oklahoma Will Not Isau. KANSAS CITY. Nov. 23 United States Judge Smith McPherson today denied the application of a distilling company for a mandatory Injunction to compel the Amerl can Express company to accept shipments of liquor consigned to Oklahoma. FIRE RECORD Pittsburg Factories. PITTSBURG, Pa., Nov. 13.-A property loss of IjO.'JOO was sustained and 150 girls wer thrown out of employment by a fire last night In the four-story building at 837 North avenue, Allegheny. The heaviest loss. 140,000, was sustained by the Sands Rlchey company, chewing gum makers, and it was there that the girls were em ployed. In a section of the building oc cupied by the lllpwell Manufacturing company, maker of gas mantles and other light accessories, there was a largo stock of guncotton and some gasoline stored. II H. Hlpwell of the firm and a member of the Allegheny council, headed a party of friends and removed the barrels from the building and undoubtedly prcvennd an explosion which would have proved disastrous OMAHA THEATER MAN IS SHOT O. D. Woodward of Kansas City Serf onsly Wounded by Man Just Discharged. KANSAS CITY, Nov. :3.-Rlchard C. Home, an editorial writer on the Kan.iss City Post, shot and seriously wounded O D. Woodward, manager of the Willis Wood theater and president of tho Post Publish ing company, and sIlRhtly wounded Man aging Editor H. J. Groves in Mr. Groves' private office about noon today. Mr. Woodward Is in a critical condition. Mr. Woodward Is president of the Wood ward Amusement company, which main tains theaters in Omaha and other western titles. He Is one of the best known theater men In tills part of the country. Mr. Groves was for a numher of years man aging editor of the old Kansas City Times and Is a well known newspaper man. During the last few days the Post has been cutting down Its editorial force. This morning Manager Groves notified Home that he was to be discharged. About noon Mr. Woodward visited Groves In the lat ter's office and as ha was leaving Home confronted him with a pistol. Without another word Home shot Woodward In the chest. The latter fell to the floor and Home fired two more shots Into his body as Woodward lay there. Mr. Groves at tempted to make his escape from the room and was shot In the hip. Woodward's con dition is believed to be serious. Ed J. Monaghan, manager of Boyd's theater, the Omaha house of Mr. Wood ward, has been In communication with Kansas City during the day Saturday and learned that Mr. Woodward Is out of danger. Bullet fired by the newspaper man were prevented from doing more serious injury to Mr. Woodward by striking his pocket book. It was learned that the writer had been discharged from The Post, Mr. Wood ward's paper, and sought to avenge the loss of his Job by calling on his former employer and shooting him twice. CAUTION IS SENT TO CABINET President Itoosevrlt Docs Not Want Officeholders Working for II Im. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. President Roosevelt today addressed a- letter to members of his cabinet requesting them to Inform federal employes under their Jurisdiction to refrain from political activity with the object of the re-nomlna-tlon of President Roosevelt. The text of the letter has not been made public but Its contents are substantially as follow: "I am Informed that certain office hold ers In your department holding various positions throughout the country contem plate attending republican conventions In their respective states and urging the In dorsement of myelf for the presidential nomination. I wish that you would direct federal office holders In your department who have such a thing In view that I would regard It as an act of official im propriety and discourtesy." MAJOR LLEWELLYN DOWN, OUT President Roosevelt Accept Resla-na tlon of Vnlted States District Attorney of New Mexico. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. - President Roosevelt today accepted th resignation of W. H. H. Lleewellyn, as United States district attorney for New Mexico, and filled the vacancy by the appointment of Captain David Lahey. Major Llewellyn will be assigned to special work In the Department of Justice. Morgan Llewellyn will resign as surveyor general of New Mexico about the first of the year to enter the law of fice of his father, Major Llewellyn. Solicitor General Hoyt will leave tonight for New Mexico, whore, by direction of the president, he will Investigate the charges that have been filed with the Department of Justice against United States Attorney Llewellyn. He will also look Into the pending land fraud cases In that territory and make a full report to the Diosident. LABOR WILL AID LOS ANGELES Federation Resolves Supreme Court Alone Shall Declare Federal Laws Invalid. NORFOLK. Va., Nov. 23.-The American can Federation of Labor today called for the levy of a single 1 cent per capita as sessment to aid the tradfs unions of Los Angeles, Cal., and nil other unions which may need similar assessments. The fed eration called on all International unions to send orgunizcrs to Los Angeles when needed. The federation adopted resolutions de claring that the supreme court of the United Stales alone shall have authority to declare laws unconstitutional and the supreme courts of states to declare state laws unconstitutional, no law to be de clared unconstitutional except by unani mous vote of said courts. The elections by the people of all Judges, state and fed eral, for four-year terms, with the right of re-election, was also demanded. WORKMAN MURDERS FOREMAN AUra-lna; He Was Abused and Dis charged Without Cause, Com mit llarlDg Crime, ST. LOUIS. Nov. 23. In full view of 3,oi0 workmen at the American Car company plant, Ernest Hrazlel, a discharged em ploye, shot Foreman William Schrauek td death this morning, and then, with his back against a wall and his revolver leveled, defied arrest until he was over powered by policemen througli strategy al most half an hour later. Foreman Schrauek had dismissed Hrazlel yesterday for lncomj tenry. Hrazlel de clared Schrauek had abused him and dis charged him w ithout cauro. John Urltltu Given Freedom. SIOUX FALLS. 8. D.. Nov. 23 -(Spclal.) John Grtftln, arrested as an accomplice of James W. Milton, who was arrested on the charge of having stolen a horse and buggy from a Madison, 8. D., liveryman, the property afterwards having been sold in Sioux Falls, as the result of a hearing before Judge Dickey of a Sioux Falls court, was discharged from custody, the authorities being unable to produce evi dence that Griffin was an accomplice of Milton. Milton was arralnned before Judge Jones, of the state circuit court, and entered a pita of not guilty to the rharge agalnst him. He will be tried within th next few days. Milton was arrested near Mission Hill, in the extreme southeastern portion of the state, while he was supposed to be mailing his way out of the rountry. Leeds Condition Not Merlons'. NEW YORK. Nov 23. The condition of William B. Leeds, former president of the Rock Island railroad, who u(Tered a I'Kht stroke of apoplexy on Wednesday, was not serious. One of h frelends sa d th par alysis was confined to thu vocal cords and w unlv oar1'' 0M11A BAXKS HEADY Resume Cash Payments Soon as Othei Cities Will Co-operate. NEVER HAD SCARCITY OF MONEY Used Paper Only as Precaution Since Surrounding Towns Did. COULD EASILY PAY DEPOSITORS Such is Answer of Bankers to Lettert Sent from Chicago. WHAT WILL CHICAGO DO ASKED Victor B. Caldwell Say New Issue of Hundred Million Will Draw Oat Hoarded .Money Like a Macnet. "We would resume cash payments to all depositors today if we were ansuicd that Chicago would resume December i, ' said Vice President V. 11. Caldwell of the United States National bunk when 1.1s altvntlon was called to the action of the Chicago Clearing house, which Is writing to westera banks to ascertain their sentiment, "I believe tills Is the first united ao tion toward putting an end to th i recent condition oi ti.lng-i. w have plenty of money and could pay off every uopositor, but, of course, we could not presume to resume cash payments here whllo tho rest of the country still paid In paper. But so large Is our supply of cash that we could so on from now to December 1, as I hav said, without help from Chicago if we wer assured that on that date Chicago would lesumo payments. There Is no part of th country so prosperous and so healthy as we." A clerk stopped up at this point and Mr. Caldwell made a mark on a check. II turned It toward the reporter. It was for J30.0HO. "You see," he said, "we are advancing a llttlo money right along to the linos of busi ness which require It the most. Will Act I.Ike a Mag-net. "When this new Issue of 1100,000.000 comes on it will act as a magnet, drawing much of tho hoarded money from hiding and it will go back to the government where It will bo poured again freely Into the chan nels of legitimate business. Wo have also nearly $80,000,000 more of gold In the country than we hail before the flurry started. There Is really more money In the United States now that there has been for years. "I rather believe that we will be paying depositors in full In cash If they deslr It by December 6. I mention that date be cause by then the large bodies of motley now being poured In will have tlm to be assimilated. To country banks we will be sending, not prodigal sums, but a much as they need." Henry W. Yates, president of the Omaha Clearing Houb association, received on of the letters of the Chicago Clearing House association, but had not had tlm t consider the matter and decide on what reply to maka. "But, as far as resuming cash payments. I'd know what to advise In a mlnut so far as Omaha is concerned," he said. "X have contended and I still contend that we havo not had a panic here. They've had a panic In some of the other parts of the country where they have been doing the wrong kind of banking and where too many people have been trying to get rich quirk. An examination of the condition of our banks and the condition of all kinds of business show. that In matters of finance we are par excellence. Must Have Co-Operation. "Of course we cannot resume cash pay ments without the co-operation of the other money centers. But If the cities from Chicago west resume these payment I believe we could get along without New York. We hflve the money here and have It all the time. Our advice to the Chicago Clearing House association on this matter will, I have no doubt, be to resume cash payments, though the carrying out of this plan will depend on the similar action of the other cities." President J. H. Millard of the Omaha National bank, and President C. T. Kountze of tho F1rl National bank had not received the letters from Chicago, but they coincided with the opinion of others and said the resumption of full cash pay ments here la contingent only upon the action of other cities. Pay Cash at Syracuse. Judge I. F. Uaxter la In receipt of a letter from his father, George Baxter of Syracuse, N. Y., In reply to an Inquiry of the Judire as to how the banks there were conducting affairs during this flurry. Mr. Baxter senior writes the banks are and have been all along paying currency, not having resorted to the cashier's check or charing house certificate plan. "One bank," says Judge. Baxter, "sav ings bank at that, my father says, Is run ning an advertiHement that it has I2.500.0CO for investment In real estate. This strikes me as a very remarkable thing." FRANC K MAINTAIN ITS CALM Contlnura to Discount Commercial Paper, Giving; (iold Therefor. PARIS, Nov. 23,-The Dank of France's action in discounting American commercial paper with prime French signatures and giving gold therefor on payment of a premium will be continue! to a certain point. The Associated Press Is li.formtj that th amount of gold to be thus re leased will not exceed f JO.OUi.OOO and may be less. The Bank of France Is receiving a premium of Hires eighths of one per per cent for the gold. LONDON, Nov. 'J3. The rates on money were quietly steady today and the market was not disturbed by the transfer of nearly 5,000,0o( from Russia to Japan. Discount were firm. Trading on the Stork exchange finished the week quietly, but with a favorable tone on rather better reports regarding th American financial situation. Americans opened firm above parity and closed firm, with further Improvement. CHICAGO LEAD FOR RESUMPTION Banker of West Are Consulted for Views on Situation. CHICAGO, Nov. 23. A step looking to wards the r sumption of business on a cash basis has been taken by the Chicago Clear ing House association. Letters have been mailed to bankers of the middle and west ern sections of the country selling them to express thtlr opinion on the general situa tion, hhere statements will be tabulated and used by the Chicago financiers as an Index of the feeling outside of New York. Ther was a general expression favoring th! move In a meeting of the association. James B. Forgan, president of th Fine
