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Daily Bee Cnly 1G DAYS Fcr Christmas Shopping Only 1G DAYS Fcr Christmas Shopping 1 VOL. XXXVII NO. 147. OMAHA, FKIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, i907 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COFY TWO CENTS. I HE Omaha BANK FAILS TO OPEN Sank of Commerce of Kansas City it , 'in Hand of Receiver. DEPOSITS ARE GREATLY REDUCED Eighteen Million Dollar Withdrawn in Two Months. UNABLE TO STARS STEADY DRAIN loans Could Not Be Collected as Fast as Cash Was r 'cd For. ; -7. HOPES TO RESUME '.jEW DAYS '" Pistsea Million Du t , ''om and Pridrnt Woodi fay "Will B Paid In Fall KhIu Rot AStctet 'V KANSAS CiTY, Mo.. Dec. 8. a'N tlonai Ttnnk of Commerre of Kansas City, Mo., on i of th .largest, In the west, with deposits of JJ.000,00O, closed Its doom this morning and waa taken In charg by a national bank examiner upon an order of the comptroller of currency. Later two mall outlying banks In which th Com mon bank waa Interested, the Stock'Tard Bank of Commerce and the Unlott Arenue Bank of Commerce, also cloaed. The failure of these bank had been pre dloted for several 'daya, and but little ex citement followed the announcement of the Mws, although crowds of depositor gath t ered about the doors of these Institutions. The officials - of the Commerce, which Is affiliated' with many banks here and In other parts of the southwest express the be lief that none of them will be seriously affected. The failure Is laid to the with drawal by outside banks within the past two mouths of 111,000,000 of deposfta. They expect t" reqpen soon and say depositors rill be paid in full. Business la Normal. Other local l.mks were not seriously af fected up to noon,, and at several banks heavy dvpoUH were made. The following statement was Issued at noon by Dr. W. 6. Woods, president of the National Bank of Commerce, for the board of directors: To the Public: Much as we regret to do so, we are compelled to close the doors of the Natonal Hunk of Co m roe b came we have not been able to collect money from our borrowers as fast as the Fame was demanded by our depositors, caused 'by unjust and unfounded rumors vigorously circulated. puiing this panic' we have reduced our rieposi1 from Jfc,&0,XW to about 116,600,000, thus paylmr out over the counter and by ' transfers to other banks In this city and trier cities ' about .tlS.OuO.OOO of deposits. ' This, of itself, tells of our resources. . W have mnfle the fight of our life, but coirVJ tact stand the strong tide against us. W hope to be able to open up the bank gain Id the near future for businer. We do pot believe It possible for a denosltor In tha National Back of Commerce tt lose a dollai. We beg your Indulgence and for bearance until our affairs can be arranged l t the satisfaction of all Interested parties. epjw-eriste sensfbry the roniMsnoe -of wur numerma dustomers. large and smitU. bev placed la -us, and we hope to show in the end that we have been true to this trust. Bradley Will Bo Reeoiver. v . James T. Bradley, tha bank examiner tn harge, was this afternoon notified by tha somptroller of tha ourrenoy that he had been appointed receiver of tha National bank of Omiinerca. The following notlos waa posted on the Joor of tha bank at E: this morning: MThL" ba,nk. ha" ben ' X order of the board of directors. It la In the hands f James T. Bradley, national bank exam tir, by order of tha comptroller of cur rency. Tba bank has been tn a weakened eondl ttoo since the last statement, which waa issued August 22. last. At that time It was stated the bank owed tha clearing souse olosa to. 11,000,000. When the flnan lal dlturbanoe o&mo and the clearing louse decided to Issue clearing house cer tificate, rumors regarding the Commerce's tondltloa Inoreaaad until within tha past Isw days numerous oonferenoes of other sat ion al banking officials hara were held Ind msaas of keeping tha bank open ware tlsoussed. , law la Making; gtatemont. Yesterday much surprise was expressed hen the request of the comptroller for a Itatement of condition of banks waa not responded to by the National Bank of Oom toerco. Other local banks published their itatements, showing a healthy ocndltlon, ut the officials af the Commerce an- ounoed that Its statement would not be forthcoming until this morning. This ore ttod further distract In the bank's condition tni after conference Listing lHo tha early louts - this morning, the clearing house ifflclals dealded they aould not- aid the . 'ailln bank. When the statement of the Natlonai Bank f Commerc appeared in the morning pa ere, It showed that since tha statement of august fc, Ust. Ua depoelts had been re luced from close to fJCOoo.OOj to tiC.M3.6M. The stateraent showed, also, that the item If loans and discount had been cut down M,OuQ,009. Tha statement Issued early this nornlng follow! Resoauroos. Utana and discounts.. JlMM.fo teai estate ne iir cent r detlxptlon fund.,,. t0.00ft.00 a and sig'.t ex- rriange Jlilted Slate IfMlds, per .t5.J43.M0.10 1.230.000.00 Itlier high gTUjo , DU1UJS ... (.008. TTLOu-tlO, 130,231. 'J Total resources .... ...Vi4.17,C.3 Liabilities, capital stock Impiu and undividad proflta 7n:uJiiHin aooount Sue ilept-xdlora :;-arlr,g hue oartinoalea...'.. y. Al lUhllttlea S 1W. .00 . 1.00,0o0flO lfl.f.t fitf S.fe4 0u.0 Tlia principal c.Tloers of the National ankof Comtoeroe are Dr. W. a Woods, roslileuti W. H. WUianta. rioe presldetit. fA William A. lUilo, c'ruiluer. Its directors jd stoc Vio'c1ers loclue soma of tba most romlnent men In Kansas City. Dr. Woods U president of tha Oamtneroa Trust ompahy of Ksnsaa City, wtiioh has a apttat or ti .H0 and dapoalta et H.136, ST Since Its Jest tutatuent tha dopoalts f to trnrt ron-.pany have Inoreaaad aearly f' 03 and that institution is believed to ie Iti 1 eound condition. , Other Baalts Xa4 IavalvaeV Jamo r. Downing, proeident ef tha New tn,7!ard Nadorui uank and 'bead of the X:sl CVaitng Haute aaraclaUca. ei pressed 1. tvtaT U.at thv faHure ot the Com trrc nl X waul 4 no; urvolea deeply any Kai.sas CH? buttt-ullon and that I'.rr 1 cl banks t-uuld be able ta weather J-.e sTi--. Tbo Kstlor.el Peak cf Cem ticrce h'ikl the dt .osLs tf numsmcu. stnaU auks la thl par: of the 'southwest. What ift the lallure wia haro upon uiem si rohld:n-J,'aL Cn Aujrvst B laat. the :n,i),re owd iftar rut-Junal banks M.- SUuLMARY OF THE DEE FrMay, December dp. 1007. ioo7 December 1907 us 0 Tut wfO " rl 12 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 31 T $ X TWM WIATaXB. Forecast uniil 7 p. m. Friday: For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity tTooaDiy rair t rldayj rlslnr temperature. For Nebraska and Iowa Fair Frlilay. iJ.."VL.- I'l'1 Temperatsre CIA r ZL at Om.li. , 1 a. m 25 8 a. m r a. m : ; m s s -c. UO T I lp. m 43 S p. m 44 "y I S p. in. 44 BOMJESTXO. Victor Rosewater presents resolution to Waterways convention which meets with general favor. Nebraska senators busy In the senate for tho Interests of the state, Pag 1 National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City failed to open yesterday and ' was placed In charge of Bank Examiner Brad ley, who will be named receiver. The drain of deposits by outside banks was the Immediate cause of suspension. Page 1 Delegates to the Waterways congress submit resolutions calling for $50, 000. 000 a year, for river and harbor improve ments to Speaker Cannon, 'Mr X Kansas City or Denver are leading in the race for the republican natlonai con vention. x Page 1 Superintendent Whalen of the North western at Boone called to 'phone by mes sage saying his mother was dying. Un able to go because his wife was Cylng. rage 1 Insane man shoots three men who wore attending meeting in the office of Gov ernor Guild of Boston. Paga l .Chairman Fowler of the committee on bnnks and ourrenoy has announced the subcommittee that will draw tip the new currency bill. Page 1 Thirteen persons are Injured In a col lision on. the Pennsylvania road tt ol Pittsburg. ' . Page X House of representatives was in session but ten minutes during Thursday; ' Page 1 xomsxan. 'Secretary Taft haa left Russian terrl tory for Berlin, where he wtll make but a short stay.. - Page Tba . Japanese Immigration ' companies dislike the new decision to res tr lot tha departure of Japanese people for America. Page a Crisis In ..tha Jlalchst&g means mere than appears on the surface, as the chanoollur appealed for support directly to the po litical parties on his side. - Par 1 VSBBASXA.' Reduced rate ordered between Lincoln and Crete on cotton goods. Commission to fight Increase In switching charges at Omaha stock yards. Passenger ticket sales Increase' in Nebraska. , Pag 3 XOCA. . Charles Pumphrey blames Mullen for death ef Ham Pak, while a laborer at tt hospital says the Chinaman died from chloroform administered by physicians. Page T Former Receiver Pettyjohn of the Valen tine land oftloe la given on day in Jail and a fin of ISOO for illegally fencing land. Pag-a 1 State banks of Omaha which paid cah during financial flurry And deposits larger and business safer. , Page 1 City Prosecutor Daniel will be asked to authorise warrants for arrest of violators f city ordinances after December 10 be fore arrest are made. .- Paga B Cmaha banker declare Kansas City bank failure will have banefluial effect on Omaha banking situation. Pag. 9 The Union Paolflo resumes work on ths Lane' Cut-oS with reduced force, Pag 1 Rev. George C. War will sorva time at Grand Island for violation of federal land Uws, page 1 Tfae republican county committee may call a primary to select the successor of Emmet O. Soloman, who leave the offio of county oommlsslpner to fill that of county comptroller. Pegs S COmOOaOXaX AJTD tsTatrSTBXaX. Live stouk markets. Pags Grain markets. Pag Stocks and bonds. Pag x o TnsiEjrfi op oosajr STSAacsaxps. Arrtnc Balls. uri Lltanla. AdrUU Marios, fttalendtn. Kwasr. - - Fw.Tntk TDlled Slates lltlwtlo NBW TORK NEW TOBK.,... (ISW YORK...... Ijkw Toh NEW TORK KJiW YORK CorENHAtJIjN.. fLIJUXjTU r - SHIPS GATHER FOR VOYAGE Majavltir ag Pleat Baa. Arrived at Haas site. Hssd aw la aa Way. NIBW TORK, Dec, (.-Rear Admiral Ev ans' flagship, the Connecticut sailed from New Turk for Hampton Roads today, whenoe It will lead the battleship fleet to the Pacific, It was preceded a few miles ny ut battleship Rhode Island. The naval supply and refrigerator ship Ol icier, which will accompany the warships on their pa clflo voyage, sailed for Hampton Roads this afteraoon, " PHILADELPHIA, Deo. 8,-The battl- shlps Kearsarg and Georgia sailed from the league Island navy yard tolay for Hampton Roads to Jain the fleet Vileh Is to sail to the Pacific The Maine will sail tomorrow. The Kansas passed out the Del aware breakwater tnday. -TAYLOR'S SOLDIERS" MANY Kvldeaoa et Csasirmey sf, Mseuatala a Prsdaesd la Pewen Trial., GEORGETOWN, Ky., Dso. l-State Sen ate Waic teatMsd la tha trial of tal.o Powers today that h saw four armed men in cfUeeas' clothes ta th duo of the ex "frw mLwt yrta- OoebeT body wae being ear. imi, t-nnj tha state house grounds. T1tnsjs sid that "Taylor's soldiers,' who armed. tiV possession ct the state hsus grounds a few tutnote after the shooting ss U by preconcerted action. Stat Senator Frmsltr tesUflaJ tkat he heard some mountain nn ay: "We ar here to st nd by Taylor and propose to rive 'em helL" Sfc PAYING CASH KEPT DEPOSITS State Banks Come Through Flurry with Big- Reserve. BRANDEIS AND HA YD EN PAY CASH Depositors Get Meal Mosey Wkti They Wanted It and Neither Deposits Kor Reserves Have Been Affected. State banks of Omaha, which have paid rath In full to depositors presenting checks since the clearing house banks of Omaha decided to suspend full cash payment and tssuo cashiers' checks, have come through the weeks of the flurry since October 27 with flying colors, as shown by statements Issued to the State Banking board Thurs day. Notable among the reports of the banks of Omaha Is that of J. K Brandels & Pons, bankers. This bank has advertised widely in newspapers and street cars that It would pay depositors money and not cashier's checks "when they want It." It has also taken care of many pay checks drawn on other banks, and tha Saturday preceding the date when tha lid went on the bank to- celved more than (17,000 In pay checks drawn on other banks. ' Reserve An Large. By th) statement It If netlced that the bank has deposits bf 1C21.W2 and a cash re serve o' tlSD,Si. The reserve is equal to 80 per cent of Its deposits, though the legal roerve for state banks 1 but 20 per cent. The Brandets bank hns 1G3.060 more cssh than Is required by lnv. The state ment made Thursday compared with the statement of the bank November 90, 1906. followst TU. 1AVT Ma.. lOra Deposits PB1.W2 pm.wj Cat'h and exchange... Undivided profits Loan and discounts. Bonds and warrants. m.t'S 189,054 7.6-3 4.6x3 440,io sw.a 107,703 1M,K Hay den Bros, bank.' which opered but a year ago and has been paying cask to de posltors who presented checks, shows de posits of 1344,644. and has on hand In cash 1111,174, or a little more than 40 per cent of the deposits, the legal reserve being 20 per cent. The loans and discounts of the bank are 1301.(48 and the undivided profits 11.119 Th deposits of the Institution are about n a par with those of the last statement, but the showing is considered particularly good for a new institution. Savings Bank Haa Lara-e Barplaa. Reserves are heavy in the City Savings bank, which submitted its report to '.the State Banking board Thursday, and the da poalta have grown. Many of those who during the opening days of the panic gavo notice of their Intention to withdraw cash have cancelled the notice and the bank will not be called on t pay out th money December 17, Just sixty days after many of the notloes were filed. Savings banks. forced to provide for the withdrawals by cashing securities, now have large surplus and have begun to deposit them In the natlanal backs. : The report t th City Savings bank shows that four to five times the legal re arrva la being carried 1a cash. i,Tbe state ment msde Thursday, compared, to tha one made a year ago; follows: December, 1907. Nov. , "06. Deposits .... H.',r( C&tfh 2.,i 2,iii0 Capital and profits IM.fM Lnans, mortgages .- fc&.ffn U4,ai 484.917 Natlsaal Bank Loans Fall While loans et the state and o savings banks of the city show . an Increase, the reports of the national banks show loans to be less than a year ago and 13,402,404 less than the loans In 1 the August state' ment ef 1907. That much of the money was out on call and short time loans Is evidenced by the fact that the Ave national banks of Omaha could scarcely bring in 13,400,000 on com mercial paper between the time ef the Au gust statement and the December stats- ment, which, as a matter of fact, has been brought tn during the last thirty days. The comparison of the two statements: ' ' December. Aurust. Omaha National bank..!.6,fH,K!4 17.lil.li.iS First Natlesal 6.81a Uw . 6.au.o,S United Slates National.. 6.220,066 4.7H6.040 Merchants National ..... 8,747,160 S,!4a.3t Nebraska National l,004,4t7 , l'.9,144 Ttals.......rt....'....'.. Cash Reserve 22,4U,8f,7. !26,U4.fcl Inoreaaad. . That the cash reserves are greater In .the December statemeut than In the August statement by 11.260,185 indicates the care with which the bankers of Omaha have been drawing in their cash during the last thirty days especially, but the Increase has been made since August 23. The statement by banks follows: Omaha National bank... 3.67?. S2 1 4.3.)t Mrst National bank...... 6.730,4: 1.984,4 I nited States National.. X (U4 ar i 7u iv Merchants National ISOSilM l.MilaW Nebraska National 1.162.011 445.398 Totals li.6W.i44 111,171,469 Deposits of the Omaha banks as shown In the statement to the comptroller of the currency at the end of business December S do not compare differently with the Au rust statement of the banks than Is an ucipaiea eacn year when the money Is withdrawn to handle the fall bustna The stateraent of the five national banks aa compared with the Au.ust statement follows: . 1 r)nrmVMf inm.l Omaha Natlonai bank...Sl0.2','S Sr 11) 173 4 1$ First National bonk 10.74J.3&9 U.mMO l.niled State National.. I.904.W9 9 4J5 Airrvnams iN&llonsJ ft 7,i.i ai show? Nebraska Natlonai lireiol l!76l!lu7 Totals .137.113,897 t.Jll,48 COMMITTEE FOR BANK BILL Chairman fowler Aaaoaaess Mem bers ta ft'sraaalate Car rrnsy llsaaors. WASHINGTON. Dec 6. - Chairman Fowler of tho house committee on banking and currency today enounced the sub committee of Ave which wtll frame and submit to the main committee a currency bill. The (subcommittee is as follows: Bowler. New Jersey; Prlnue, Illinois; Cal derhead. Kansas; Lewis Georgia, and V! lesple, Texas. The last two are demo crats. The subcommittee. It Is expected, will hold Its first meeting today and will at once begin the drafting of a currency measure. THIRTEEN - PERSONS INJURED I'euncylvaata Fassaaarer Train ts Wrecked After Lsavtaar Pitts ' gtatlea, Uolasr East. PITTBBURCt. Deo. l Ail eastbound Pennsylvania train was wracked today after leaving the Union station." Thirteen persons were seriously Injured. Amony those hurt were: Mra J. U Shepherd. Manila, P. I.; Jlmb and bead Injured. Twu children 'ef Mr. Shepherd, aged .4 an.i 4 years, who wsr -cut and hnjlss.1, t 1 hurras Currsn of Cooney, K. M. The wrsok was caused by either a frosen switch e a too hastily throwing of the switch. TO KANSAS CITY OR DENVER Tws Cities In Lead for Katlena Repablloaa Convention Next Tsar. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. Of the fifty four members of the republics n natlona committee, which will meet tomorrow, about thirty-five already, have arrived As to the place of holding the next con ventlon. Senator Scott, member from West Virginia, . seemed to represent - the views of a good many committeemen whe he said: "1 am tn favor of either Kansas City or Denver. . There is going to be very little money for the campaign next year, and I know of no more legitimate way of getting funds for the necessary ex penses of the campaign thati that of ac ceptlng a liberal contribution -from the city securing the convention. Almost an city can take cars of the delegstes, and It Is of comparatively little consequence whether there is a large attendance not." The date and place of the convention wtll be decided Saturday. A chairman of the committee will be chosen tomor row. There Is no doubt Chairman New will be named to succeed himself. Mr, Now said today h favored June 2 as the dule for the convention, whether or not It Interfered .with th plans Of the demo crats, who also have been talking of an early convention. . "I believe we should have an aarly convention and avoid ths hot weather," h said. Th Kansas City delegation which here said t;.e failure of the Natlonai Bank of Commerce of ; that city would have no Influence upon the chances of that city In securing th convention. The checks for 175,000 which they offer arc upon the First National bank of Kansas City. , ; It waa asserted by friends of Chicago as the place far the convention that th city would make ample flnancal Induce ments to secure the .convention. REICHSTAG CRISIS ALL OVER Appeal of Chancellor to Parties 1 Innovation in Oes-inany' Politics. ' BERLIN, Dec. S. The ministerial orlsl has been settled as quickly as It broke out. Chancellor von Buelow succeeded In get ting pledge of support from all of the coalition parties, and at the opening of th Reichstag today the lcadors of these parties assured the chancellor of their continued loyalty. This crisis has been far more Important and significant than appears on the sur face. It la the first tuna In the history of the empire that a chancellor has appealed to the majority In tha Reichstag for sup port as a- condition of. his continuance In offloe. Up to th present tune the attitude of the ministers has been: "Wa are re sponsible to th emperor; we v. Ill bold of fice so long as It pleases him; wa are not responsible to the Reichstag." His appeal means nothing leas than the responsibility of tha n4nitry to the Reich' tag. It Is Understood Emperor William was fully aware this etepnts pomlng befor he went to England, He Indorsed it fully tn the belief that lti b system: waa to longer tenable. Upon thtf opening of the session today, the floor leaders sf th "bloc" per ties briefly declared thctr readiness to sup port the coalition regime of Chancellor von Buelow. The clerical and th socialists greeted these declarations with derisive laughter and hooting. It was evident that the coalition leaders had united in- the common purpose to prevent any- discussion of the crisis by the centrists and socialists. After a fpench by Herr Bebel, socialist leader, the leaders of the "bloc" moved the closure, which waa carried amid the greatest confusion. The house then took up the third reading of the modus vlveiidi with Greet ' Britain, but after twenty minutes of noise and con fusion the session was adjourned until' to morrow: GOVERNOR GUILD HAS ESCAPE Insane Man Shoot Tares Men Who Were In His Office at Hearing;. BOSTON,. Mass., Dec." 5. Three labor leaders, Drtscoll, Cohen and Huddell, at tending a pardon hearing In the council chamber of the state house today, were shot and seriously wounded by a man who afterwards gave his name as Steele. It is believed that Steele Is Insane. The condi tion of tho wounded men is serious. The men who were shot are: EMward Cohen of Lynn, president of the Massachu setts state branch of the American Feder atlon of Labor, wounded In tha head and Is expected to die; Dennis D. Drtscoll. sec rotary of the state branch of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, Boston, shot tn the head and fatally wounded; Arthur M. Huddell, former president of the Boston Central Labor union, shot in tha arm, but not dangerously wounded. Steele had announced that he Intended to kill Governor Guild, aa well as the labor men. The shooting took place tn the ante-room of the governor's chamber and the governor was within twenty feet of Steele when the shots were fired, although a door separated the governor from the assail ant. WHALEN HAS PLENTY OF GRIEF Wlf Dsd and Matker and Grand- mother la Dylngj Condi tion. BOONS, la.. Dec 6. (Spoctul Telegram.) Mrs. Mary Whalen, wife .of 3u peril. tend ent Whalen of the Northwestern railroad. dW at noon today, following a loug ill neas. A tew minute before her death the telephone rang and a message came for Mr. Whalen, calling him to the bedsid of a dying mother two blocks away. "I can t," ha replied, "my wife is dying." HI mother Is at th pomt of death and hor mother In Hartford. Mich., Is very low and can't live but a short time. MRS. TAFTS JCONDITION SAME Aged Mother of Secretary of War Shows H Slaws of Improve assnt. MILLBURT, Mai., Deo. S. Mrs. Louisa Taft, th aged mother of Secrets ry Taft, today was In a condition unchangad from that of yesterday. Death Is consldsred a question of but a short time, aa Mr. Taft baa not boen conscious for a wsek. LLIN0IS TO JBE FOR BRYAN Dontocrnts) Are Barneaieai an Kv af Reorptloa to ITebmaaat Loadsr. CHICAGO. Doc l (Special Telegram, V- Chicacg democrats r bartnonloua on the ev of Bryan's reception her. The 1111 noj delegation. Is new oonoaUd to Bryau. ilME TO CROSS THE BRIDGE Governor Glenn of North Carolina Ad dresses Waterways Meeting'. FIVE HUNDRED MILLIONS WANTED For De-rpoalne; of Rivers and Har bors II Declares To Is Sam ' Bkonld B Set Apart nd Heed. WASHINGTON, Dec S. Quite 600 addi tional delegates attended tha National Rivers and Harbors congress today. Governor Glenn cf North Carolina, one of th speakers, declared that the matter before this congress was th most im portant that had been approaohed In the last 100 years. Continuing, ho said: "As Secretary of State Root said yester day, we have ro ached the bridge. I say to you that we have not only reached the bridge, but we must cross th bridge this year. "We demand the deepening of our rivers and harbors. We will take no denial. We must have 1500.000,000 for the Improvement of rivers and harbors, paid In sums of 160,000.009 every year." President Flniey of the Southern rail way, In an address, pointed out ttint It was the policy of the Southern t; "n courage the establishment of coa-twle4 steamer lines, as. he believed that th providing of additional facilities for water transportation would increase the population and prosperity of the seaboard community and thus benefit the railways. In the same way," he said, "I bellnv that the construction of the Panama canal will benefit, rather than injure, the transcontinental railways, as it will tend to build up the Paclflo coast states and. whlla taking some trafflo from the roads, will give them increasod trafflo of other classes. "It Is to the Latin-American countries' and the orient that we must look for an Increase In our . transportation facilities, and tt Is to them that we must look for the principal opportunities' to extend our markets for those commodities for which we are striving to produce In competition with Europe." In conclusion, President Flniey said: "I believe that the solution of this problem is to bs found in the adoption by the general government' of a broad and comprehensive plan for tho Improve ment of the rlvera and harbors of the country, to be carried to completion as rapidly as the work can be done ad vantageously, and by the adoption by fed eral and state governments of such rail way regulation as will Involve the mini mum of Interference with the operation of eoonomlo laws consistent with - the protection of buyers of transportation and tha publlo generally from wrong." Ossarcssuiaa Barton Talks. Chairman Ransdall, In presenting to the congress Representative Theodore S. Bur-. ton of Ohio, .chairman of the rivers and harbors committee of th house of reprs- sehtatlvea. said that th country had reached its present high plane In' the Im provement of internal waterway mats! rlally through the efforts of Burton, , The delegates rose and sheered Mr. Burton heartily. ''; Kr. Burton declared that tba movement for the Improvement of the Inland water ways had been stimulated by th unparal leled growth of the country in Its re sources. He said there was an admitted inadequacy tn transportation facilities of the United Statos and it was with a pur pose of improving the 'facilities that such congresses as this had taken up the work. He said that the national congress had largrly eliminated "log rolling" In behalf bf speoial projects and that such Individual projects were allowed to take oar of them selves. He believed it unquestionable that appropriations for th Improvement of river and harbors would be Increased in the near future, because tt . was ' con ceded by all who had devoted study to the matter that the railroads wtr unable to care for all the freight offered for trans portation. W are going ahead by leaps and bounds," said he, "and we have come upon a time when th railroads of the country cannot begin to take care of the traffic In this situation the internal waterways not only ' convenient but necessary. Th field of operation between tba rail ways and th waterways will be divided naturally between them, and I hope to see greater degree of co-operation between the railways and ths waterways than here tofore exhibited. "This In a great national policy whloh we are advocating, which must not be divided In proportion to tha population or the wealth of states. In my opinion we should avoid the making of dribbling appropria tions for anv particular project, but onoa a porject Is tv's-un, tt ought to be finished. Fifty Millions a Tans'. At this point Mr. Burton waa interrupted y a delegate et - th congress who In quired what he had to propose In th way of appropriations. "Well," said Mr. Burton, "I can stand by your platform of t&OuO,000 a year. Of course that question can be answered only by concrete conditions. Wo must out out vlslonftry projects and such an operation will iiettfsltate some man's standing up gainst them." .' Mr. Burton said that personally he wat opposed to th putting on rivers and har bors bills projects tot tt Irrigation of lands, as he dl I not belleva that that measure should La made th dumping ground of projects for all sorts of water distribution. , In conclusion Mr. Burton said: "It Is my earnest deslr to withdraw from th river and harbor oommltte, with Which I hav bad th honor to be h airman for a long time, but as a mem ber of congress and as a member of this body, t wtll b ready at all -times to co operate with you In th projects which are so dear to you and whloh are dear to me." John M. Parker, if New Orleans, deliv ered a brief address on th development the lower Mississippi river. He sati that with ths construction of proper levet-x the south would be In position to maintain Its supremacy In th cotton production of the world and he urged the congress to lend its lnfluono to the movement for the adequata- lmproveroe.'.t- of- the- greatest waterway on this eontlnant. CAMXOX HBCEIVttS SUSSOLVTIO-V Resosst of Waterways Conarssa far Fifty Millions Hand.! Over. WASHINGTON, Doc 6. Fifty delegates to the ooaventloa of 'the Lakao-to-the-Oulf Dep Waterway association, led by President Kavanaugh and RspreaentaUv Bartholdt of "Missouri, called on Shaker Cannon today, and prater ted a memorial congress praying for national aid for th projoct for a laks-tctho-gulf canal ONE DAY IN JAIL AND FINE Sentence Is Imposed t'pon J. C. Petti John Cn as Against J. M. Tacker Dismissed. f' J. C. Pettljohn, former register of the land office at Valentine, entered his ap pearance before Judge W. 11. Monger In tho United tSates district Court Thursday afternoon and pleaded guilty to the Indict nv-ut of unlawful enclosure of 400 acres of publlo lands in Cherry county. He was sentenced to one day's Imprisonment In the Douglas county Jail and to pay a fin of 1300. The other Indictment ag.Vnst Mr. Pettljohn for esonspliacy to defraud th government out of use, possession and title to publlo lands hav been nolled, Mr. Pettljohn entered upon hi sentenoe of imprisonment at S o'clock Thursday aft ernoon and will be released at tha same hour Friday. J. C. Pettijohn was Jointly Indicted with J. M. Tucker, county attorney of Cherry oounty, for conspiracy to defraud and for Illegal enclosure of publlo lands. The casa against Mr. Tucker was not regarded aa a serious one and the Department of Justice concluded that the ends of Justice would be amply conserved In the sentence agalns Mr, Pettljohn and thereupon the Indict menta against Mr. Tucker wer also nolled and dismissed wtlhout further action. Th kindly admonition given by The Bee several days ago that the small fry land offnndnrs should come In and confess the! misdeeds and thereby save expense has been acted upon by the malefactors and the government has been enriched to tha amount of 11, KB In fines and the oftn.U-ri have received an aggregate of 127 Uys' sentence of Imprisonment. The figures in detail are as follows: James Bykes, 175 and sixty days; T. P, fV.es, ITS and sixty days; Henry M Smith, 175 and sixty dsys; D M. Ourlay, 130 and one day; R. W. Mahaffoy, 1600 and forty-five days; A. V. Hatch, 1300; J. O. r-emjoiin, ana one day. There are others yet to come. MORE CATTLE CARS NEEDED Attorney for V cslern Raiser Oa His Way to Washington ta Pre sent Demand. CHICAGO, Deo. 6.- s. II. Cowcn, attor ney for the cattle ra nors In the wet and southwest, passed through tonight on his way to Washington. He stated that his business at the capital was to get a bill Introduced which would compel the rail roads to furnish sufficient equipment to move the cattle of the weBt to market. "It Is not a question of equipment," de clared Mr. Cowen, "because the railroads have sufficient cattle cars to take care, of Ihe traffic. They uso th cars, however, in other lines of business, while cattto are suffering for lack of transportation. The law ought to also compel one railroad to return upon demand car for car to an other rood which has turned ovr equip ment to tt. To show existing conditions, It Is only necessary to state that there were 200,000 cattle In- the southwest which were taken to th railroad for transpor tation this fall, and which had to be driven back to th range. Murdo Mac kenzie, president of tha National Live Btock association," was three montlhil get ting 1,000 cattle to mr.rket, and by that time they had shrunk upon an average of seventy-five pounds per hoad." ' Mr. Cown stated that he was also going to se ' President Roosevelt and tell him that some plan ought to be devised whereby the cattlemen may tent the gov ernment gracing lands HARRIMAN RESUMES WORK Union Pact do Takes Is Soma Con traction I, aid Dawn Fivs Weeks Ac. "We have Just decided today to resume work on the bridges and culverts of the Lape out-off." said A. L. Mohler, general manager and vice prialdent of tha Union raoino. i nursaay morning. ' wncn we stopped work about Ave weeks ago w thought lt waa to be for a longer period, but we And w are obstructing the publlo nignways ana ipat . we must either go ahead with th permanent work or els pnt tn temporary trestles, whloh would be en tire rj too expensive a task. ' , "When work was stopped wa were hav ing difficulty In getting both men and ma terial for this work, but so many men have been laid off at other wont we find we can get plenty of men for this class of work and are (lad of tha ohanco to put these men to work. Material, which was also hard to get for the bridges and arches, ts also coming along , and wa have decided under thee circumstances to go ahead. This ts the only work being r- st;n:ed, along the Union Paclflo which was stopped five weeks ago." WARE GOES TO GRAND ISLAND President af TT. B. I. -Corn poor Will Not Serve Time in Doaglas Cosnty Jail. Rer. George O. War, th convicted presi dent of the u. B. I. Land and Cattle com pany of Hooker county, wtll not crv his sentsno of ene year's Imprisonment In the Douglas county Jail after all. The plac of imprisonment has been changed to th county Jail of Hall county at Orand Island. Ths char re was made Wednesday evening Dy judge w. 11. Munger upon the applica tion of Mr. Ware's attorneys at th lat tor's request, th Hail county Jail bolng a new structure and , affords better modern accommodations than the Douglas county all. Nothing further has been don relative to the movement for a pardon for Mr. Ware and the probabilities now are that efforts tn that direction will be surended for a few months, or u.tttl after he has served a portion of the sentence. By good behsvlor the sentence of Mr. Ware will be reduced sixty days, so tn any event he will hav completed his term of Imprisonment August 16. HOUSE MEETS . TEN MINUTES Resolstlon of Greeting; to Stata af Oklahoma Passed by Repre sentatives, WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-Aftr a ten mlnute session the bouse adjourned today until Monday. During the brief session Representative M. R, feinlth (ITo.) reported the omission of bis nan. from the list of members voting for John Sharp Williams for speaker, and the clerk waa Instructed to make th correction. Delegate Kahuilajiaole of Hawaii was sworn in as a member. The house adopted the following resolu tion tn resigns to the message received Friday from the Oklahoma legislature: 'Tha houjii of representatives acknowl edges the greeting of tho state of Okla homa and requests the speaker to send It good wishns f'r Its futuie progress and gr i-at neas." Tli resolution was adopUd amid applause. HITS NAIL m HEAD Victor Rosewater Has Resolution Which Meets General Approval. PRINCIPLE RIVER IMPROVEMENT Should Not Be Treated as an Expense, but Dividend-Paying Inyestment. MONEY SHOULD COME AS NEEDED Henry T. Clarke Wants Continuing? Contract for the Entire Work. KANSAS CITY FOR CONVENTION Witb Cklcaa Oat of tba Rap tba Missouri City lias tba Call with tba Incomlas; Members af tha RepsUlraa Committee. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. K. (Special Tele gram.) One of the Important plank, in fact the mot Important plank In th res olution to be reported to the National Rivers and Hm 'joi , convention, now in s!on In this city, was drp fted by Victor Rosewater. Appointed ss he was upon the suboommlttoe of seven- having primary charge of tho resolutions, Mr. Rosewater cleared the atmosphere com pletely, according to Reptosontatlve J. Hampton Moore of Philadelphia, chair man of th committee on resolution, which v.'lll report to tl e congress on waterways tomorrow. . Mr. Moore, rpeak lug of the resolutions offered by Mr. Rose water on th bond Issue, solvntl f.io sit uation by a comprehenulv jlafirm. which was adopted-with one or tuo minor modifications. The resolution In question provides that the spproprlatlons of money should be regarded a Investments that will bring dividends, and that Viewed In this light congress la warranted In making annual appropriations equal to cne-tentli of the total amount required, as estimated by the eng; leers and provides the money ss needed, even by Issuing bonds If the re quirements exceed the available, fundi. The general committee, after iiuarlng th report o the subcommittee, modified Mr. Rosewatern resolution by Inserting a min imum of 160,000,000 for the annual ap propriations. . ' In this connection It Is understood Henry T. Cla: ke of Omaha, member of the resolution committee, will present a minority report , favoring a 1500,000,000 appropriation, in order that contra ts may be entered Into. There will probably b several other minority report, but a great majority of th oommltte Is , tn favor cf a developing policy and not any particular project and looking ta the up building of the natlonai rivers and har bors. 1 ', ' Kansas City Favored. Incoming member of the National Ra- pilbltcarrtotnrnitteo epeak wHth favor for Kanssu City a a plac for bwltln th next republican national convention. Although the failure of tho National Bank of Commerc this morning came as a shock to th delegation from . the Mis souri rlvr town they all agreed that tt could not possibly havo sy effect to pre vent securing the convention for that place. In the face of th serious blow the boomers went to work to counteract any ouiklde boomers by lneintlng that Kansas City was amply able to take care of th convention and that the money for the convention subscribed by cltlxens of that plucu was in another bank. Wyoming, Utnh and possibly 'Tennessee are th only declared states for Denver, the great num ber of known preference being for Kansas City now that Chicago is regarded as out cf .the running. 1 R. B. Schneider of Fremont, member of the executive committee of th Republican National commutes, Barn est E. Hart of Council Bluffs, member cf th national republican committee for Iowa, and J. M, Green, member of the committee from South Dakota, arrived tn Washington today to participate In the proceedings of th committee, which begins tomorrow. Brown Presents Resslstlons. Among the resolutions Introduced by Senator Brown were thus passed by tha house of representative of, Nebraska, recommending that Fort Robinson become a cavalry brlgada post nnd that the reser vation be increased for all . suitable pur poses relating to this use; opposing the passage of the ship subsidy bill and pro testing agalnut ti. present methods of In spection of cattle and sharp at shipping stations and praying for a more qultakl plan of Inspection. He also presented reso lutions from the Central Leber Unions of Omaha and Lincoln, declaring tn favor of government owaentl.lp of railroads ami a petition from the house of representatives of Nebraska favoring tlie enactment of legislation providing tor th purchase of the railroad, foot and wagon bridge over th Missouri river between South B'oux City, Neb., and Blous City, Iv, and making a free bridge of the same. H also Intro duced a number of private pension bills, ' Pabllo Building Bills. . Senator Burkett today introduoed a num ber of bills la which rrftrly every eity of ' any oonsUierabl sis In th state has aa . Interest, that of appropriating money fr th following publlo buildings: Falls City, 7I,4i0; Fremont (extsnslon), juG; Best ride (extension) 176,000; Falrbuxy, West Point and Wayne, 175,000 each; North Platte, Uly.OuO; Culumb-us (building only) t7W.oft.. Also bills for th relief of William R. Turns r of Elk City, Neb., whose soa was killed on the Connecticut last sutumer dur ing tha trial of spoed; appropriating I;),- 0 for officers' quarters, men's uuarter and civilian quarters at Fort Crook, niaklng the fort a regl.nental post; 171.000 ta build a road from Omaha to Fort Crook, ths ex pense to be met by Sarpy county; Increas ing the a. liry of surveyor of th port of Lincoln from two to fl.SOO. ' . 'Minor Matter at Caoital. Oeorg W. Bates, an employ of the tate engineer's cffl" in Llnoolu Is visiting his brother, C. C Bates, an employe In th forest service In this city. Mr. Bate las Just completed a, survey of Rock county, Nebraska, end Is here to have tUe survey accepted. Representative Hioshaw today reintro duced Ms bill of last sAjlon providing f ,r the penslonltg of all widows of decease! soldiers and sailors the UiJtsd States at the same rate as thMr dec-ased hus-' ands were receiving at th Urns of death. Fust Lieutenant William N. llaake'.l of th slgiuJ oorp wtll proceed to Fort Omaha for duty. Frank J. Raoek ha been appolntud post master at Loma, Butler county. Nb Tics (CiMtUnaed op Beooad I'aaa) i V. J. Bratraovsky, ronl.ufcd,
