The Omaha Daily Bee
vol. xxxvm-xo. n..
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOHNIXtf, OCTOBER 28, VMS TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
BULGARIA WILL PAY nummary of tue bee
BREEDER OF WILDCAT BANKS
Oklahoma Plan Fails to Show Good
Results Claimed by Advocates.
TAFT TALKS IN TROY
Cabinet Accept, in Principle, Demand; -,
for Compensation.
LONG DEBATE PRECEDES ACTION
Emperor Ferdinand Finally Wins
Orer Obdurate Members.
BUSINESS AT A STANDSTILL
Deputies Report Great Suffering Be
cause of Uncertainty.
ENVOY WILL GO TO TURKEY
F.ffort Will Now B Made to
aotlate Treaty with the Porte
-Reaeri 1st to Be "eat
Home.
GOF1A. Oct. 87. The Bulgarian govern
ment today Informed, tha representative
of tii foreign powers here of ta accept
ance of the principle of paying compenss
tlun to Turkey, which ba been the burden
.f petsistent diplomatic correspondence dur
ing; the lust fortnight on the part of all tha
(treat powers. Tlila decision l arrived at
between tha cabinet this morning after a
long debate. In which Emperor Ferdinand
tided all hla Influence for peace with com
pensation. Obdurate members, of the cabinet who
were oppoacd to the principle of compensa
tlon, fir fear of stultifying their party,
were won over by the reminder that there
were plenty other polltlclana who would
be Rind to replace them and aaaume the
responsibility.
The cabinet In a measure waa Informed
by the rentlment of tha deputies, who are
arriving here for the opening of the 8ob
rsnje tomorrow. They brought reporta that
business everywhere la Buffering from the
trcerlslnly and that foreign creditor! are
avowing no mercy.
As a further atep In the direction of peace.
6c.v reservists will be discharged tomorrow,
leaving the army at Ita normal strength
of 6VO0. The government within a day or
tvo will send a plenipotentiary to Constan
tinople to negotiate a treaty with Turkey.
It Is believed that ty these steps Bulgaria
li.ia done Ita utmost to clear the situation
ALL TARGET RECORDS BROKEN
raisers anil Ganboata Do Exceptional
v Wsrk la Practice at
Maalln.
MANILA. Oct. I7.-Whlle the scores and
figures of the cruiser and gunboat squad
rons made in target ' and battle practice.,
which l ave just been concluded, will not
be made public until they arrive at the
Navy department at Washington, It haa
been announced that all previous records
have bewn broken. Tha Rainbow led In the
gunboat squadron, exceeding all tha acorea
made by the Wilmington, present holder of
the trophy.
In day and .battle practice all the war
altl a Improved the ahnot'ng made last year,
hi spite of the fact that conditions were
much more difficult and that tha crews
knew no:hlng of tha governing conditions
until sealed orders from Washington were
opened on the practice ground.
The Helena, Galveston and Rainbow ae
(oinflsimd remarkable results In night
firing, aoine of the recorda exceeding by
.On per cent anything ever before estab
lished. The record of excellence established ac
cording to scores made in day practice Is
ss follow:
Galveston. Denver, Chattanooga, Cleve
land, Wilmington, Concord and Helena.
In night tiring the order standa aa fol
lows: Galveston, Chattanooga, Denver, Cleve
lHtid, Rainbow, Helena, Wilmington and
Concord.
At the conclusion of the practice, after
the scores had been tabulated. Rear Ad
miral Barber, commanding the squadron,
warmly congratulated the ordnance offi
cers and commanders of the varioua ves
sels upon the remarkable protlcieney at
tained. PRINCE TAKES AIR JOURNEY
Coast tepnella Makes Ascent, Car
rying Hoyol Passenger for
l.onr Trip.
FREIDRICHSHAFEN, Oct. 27. Prince
Henry of Prussia, spent several hours In
the air today a th guest of Count Zep
pelin, who made an aacenalon In his re
moled airship at a comparatively early
hour.
Not only did th Princ thoroughly enjoy
his experience hut he sat at the steering
wheel for many mile of th flight, guid
ing the movements of the craft and com
pelling It to execut all kind of compli
cated maneuvers. Prince Henry' satisfac
tion with the great flight waa unbounded
and he gav expression to it in a telegram
which he sent to th Emperor:
"Under Zeppelin' guidance I felt just as
safe as on my own flagship."
Captain Mlschk also waa a passenger
When the start was made In th direction
of I'berltnger, to th northward of Con
tanc.e. With Count Zepptlln himself at
the wheel, th airship rose to an altitude
of sou feet, and moving rapidly against
a strong wind, toon disappeared behind a
bank of clouds. Boon messages began to
arrive from the towns in the Rhine valley
announcing the passage of the airship,
but about ! o'clock in the aaftrmoon a
sonorous sound from the sky Indicated
that th craft was returning.
SCoon it appeared above th thronged
streets of Con art a no where the prince
gracefully saluted In acknowledgement of
the ovation from the cheering crowds be
low. After maneuvering abov Lake Constance
In full vkew of the city for some time, the
airship msd Its way toward th Swiss
Frontier, disappearing In the direction of
Tyrol. It returned to its moorings about
auntst.
EXPLOSIONS INCULEBRA CUT
TstlH Men Killed ta4 Eighteen
Injured hjr U Ba
salt. WA8H1NOTON. Out. IT.-Informatlon
reached th Isthmisn canal oftlc In this
city today concerning two explosions of
dynamlf on th canal on Oetob?r 15 where
by twelve mn war killed and eighteen
were injured. Th explosion mss at Cule
bra Cut, near Empire, where five men
were killed and eight Injured, and the
second at Mlndt. where seven were killed,
ten Injured and on missing. All of thoa
killed and Injured at Culebra Cut wer
negroes, excepting W. J. Davis, an n-
and deorge Oaodley, a cranesman.
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TUB WIATHIB.
For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Pair Wednesday. Not much change in
temperature.
For Nebraska Fair Wednesday. Not
much change In temperature.
For Iowa Partly cloudy with probably
showers In eastern portion Wednesday.
Tetnoerntnre
POLITICAL.
Bryanltes resort to plan of sending C.
O. D. package by express In order to raise
money. Lincoln Star backs out of bar
gain to sell to democrats. Page I
Republicans all over the stata holding
enthusiastic meetings. Big crowd at
Hastings to hear Norrls. Pag 3
Judge Taft yesterday visited a num
ber of cities along the Hudnon river und
discussed labor and tariff Issues of the
campaign before large ami interested au
diences composed largely of worklngmen.
Fags 1
Chairman Hitchcock says figures re
ceived from Missouri and other western
states are unusually favorable to the re
publican cauae.
Mr. Bryan made an arduoua trip over
New York City during the day, speaking
to varied audiences. Fag a
DOMESTIC.
Mrs. Stevens waa re-elected president of
tha National Woman's Christian Tem
perance union. Pag 1
Judge Hough jesterday dismissed the
conspiracy charge against Bankers Morsj
and Curtis and only the count of vio
lating th national banking law now re
mains against them. Pags a
The statue of Benjamin Harrison in
Indianapolia was unveiled yesterday ith
elaborate ceremony. Pag 1
President Roosevelt was 60 years of age
yesterday. Pag 1
General Garlington finds Colonel
Goethal free of the charge of favoritism
in awarding Panama contract. Pag X
FOBSIQsT.
Cabinet of Bulgaria has accopted In
principle the demand of Turkey for com
pensation. Pag I
A ubstantlal majority for Premier
Laurler haa bsn returned by the elec
tion in Canada. . P I
Prince Henry waa given a rid' lit th
new airship of Count Zeppelin. Pag 1
LOCAL.
Democrats in Douglas county admit
they are depending on liquor interest to
carry them through election. Pag S
Vnder pressure from grand Jury city
council decldea to take steps to collect
rentals from corporations using . city
property. 1
OOmiXKCZAX AMD XWDTJBTB.XA.Ii.
Live stock markets. Pag
Grain markets. Pag 9
Stocks and bond. Pag t
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Cspe Race Kron Prlns Wllhelm 1.075
miles east of Bandy Hook at 6:35 a. m.;
will dock about 8 a. m. Wednesday.
Cap Race Adriatic 1.143 miles eaat of
Sandy Hook at 10 a. m.; will dock about
I a. m. Thursday.
MRS. STEVENSJS RE-ELECTED
Maine Woman Chosen Again to Fill
Presidency of Woman'
Association.
DENVER, Colo.
M. N. Stevena of
Oct. 27. Mrs. Lillian
Portland, Me.,
today
was unanimously re-elected president of
the National Woman's Christian Temper
ance union.
Other officers were elected aa follows:
Vice President at large Mlas Anna A.
Gordon. Illinois, re-elected.
Corresponding Secretary Mr. Fiancee
P. Parks. West Virginia.
Recording Secretary Mrs. Elisabeth
Preston Anderson, North Dakota, re
elected Treasurer-Mrs. E. P. Hutchinson, Kan
sas. Thanking th convention for the confi
dence in her shown by her r-lectlon.
President Stevens said:
"I will bear the torch of the Woman's
Christian Temperance union since you have
chosen me. It's the torch of God-giving
truth and I will try to keep it burning so
brightly and hold It so high that the
Woman'a Christian Temperance union will
be high over everything."
This afternoon the recording secretary,
Mrs. Elisabeth Preston Anderson, reap
pointed Mrs. Sarah II. Hogc of Lincoln,
Vs., assistant recording secretary.
At the afternoon session Mrs. Ella H.
Thatcher, at the end of her address on
"Work Among Soldiers and Sailors." of
fered th following resolution, which was
adopted:
Believing that, notwithstanding all the
feting and feasting which our sailors have
been tendered In their trip around the world
they have not found braver, truer mother
hearts than those of their motherland:
Resolved, Thst the members of the Na
tional Woman s Christian Temperance
union prepare a proper welcome for these
prepare a proper welcome
sailors on their rerorn in recognition of
their, service to our country
Just before adjournment of th after
noon session the following Introduced by
th Sunday 8rhcol department was adoptel:
Whereas. The International Sundav
School convention bar Instructed the newlv
elected International Surjay school lesson
committee to provide a grde-1 courts of
lessons apart from th- regultr Interna
tional SuncUv s.-hiol lts -n aeries: anj In
asmuch as the plans of work recommended
by th International thjr.ilay rVhiol asm
rlat'on and printed In their laflet entitled
"Prinelplee and Methods of t'ountv Sunday
School Association Work," in eludes the
careful teaching of the quarterly temper
ance lesson. In all gndes and depnrtmetns
o fih school, therefore.
Resloved, That this convention express-
Its uuofiurul expectation that the temrHr
anc committee of the International Sunjay
School association will secure regular and
aperifu temperant'e lessens In the forth
coming gtarietl series it lsrons. and to ti ts
fnd we (ilide uuf co-operation.
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GIVES OPPOBTUNTTY TO CROOKS
Conservative Financiers 9ar They
Would Be Driven Oat of Bnsl
nesn by Those Who Abas
rahlle Credit.
OUTHRTE, Okl., Oct. 17. (Special.)
Everywhere the question Is being asked:
How Is the Oklahoma experiment In guar
anteed banking coming on? And it Is
undeniable there Is a widely prevailing Im
pression the scheme 1s a success.
The fart Is the bank guaranty law has
not been In operation long enough for any
definite . results. The state authorities
hsve made every possible effort to make
a showing In Its favor. Statements have
been given out claiming the state banks
have profited In a marked degree by a
transfer of deposits from national banks;
also that there was a noticeable movement
In deposits from adjoining states, attracted
to the guaranteed banks In Oklahoma;
llkemiso that there was an important move
ment out of the national banking system
into the state system.
At the date of the last statement of na
lonal banks for which returns are obtain
able. July 15. 1908, there were 30g national
banks In Oklahoma, with aggregate de
posits Of SM.820.9S9.
On the Same date there were 499 banks
operating under state charters, and their
aggregate deposits were $21. 216,526.96, show
ing that the national banks are still far
ahead of the state Institutions in volume
of business. Inquiry of the controller of
the currency elicits the fact that from
January 1, this year, up to the 10th of this
month, fourteen national banks tn Okla
homa have surrendered their charters, and
during the same time seven new national
banks have been organised In th state.
Between the statements of February IS
and July IS the national banks loat $1,621,
863 In deposits, and the state banks gained
13,184,243. These changes are accounted
for by several reasons.
Public Funds Manipulate!.
First, a manipulation of publlo funds.
The extent to which this has been done
cannot be told, as the atate authorities
are extremely secretive. That they have
done all they can cannot be doubted. The
following ia a copy of a letter sent out by
the state treasurer to national banks hold
ing state deposits:
State of Oklahoma, Treasurer' Office,
Guthrie. Gentlemen : After June 1 next
tnis department will not carry deposits of
state funda with any bank that has not
availed Itself of the benefit of the de
positors' guaranty fund. Yours very
truly. J. A. MENAFEE.
State Treasurer.
Second, by conversion of national banks
into the state system. For example, the
Enid National bank, with deposits of ap
proximately $T0O,COO. changed to the state
system, thus decreasing the total deposits
In national banks and Increasing those of
state banks by that amount.
Third, the withdrawal of actual cash
from tu national banks by atate author U
tie and Itaredepoait In state bank would
affect th ahowlng of deposits In the two
classes of Institutions by more than the
actual amount of money withdrawn. The
possession of actual cash by a bank en
ablea It to make loans, which In turn create
deposits. Thus, while the deposits of the
nnuonar Danjts in Oklahoma on July 15
were as given above, the cash holdings
were $12,344,949, or only about one-third the
amount; and any reduction in cash hold
ings necessitates a correspondingly greater
reduction In deposits.
!S"o l.ous In .Neighboring- States.
An extended Inquiry among bankera In
the states bordering on Oklahoma, notably
Kansas and Missouri, shows that while
iii-e canners were apprehensive at the
time the law waa passed that they would
lose business to their Oklahoma rivals, they
have recovered from their alarm, having
experienced no serious results. William E.
Otis, president of the Wlnfleld National
bank at Wlnfleld. Kan., makes the fol
lowing statement:
"Our town is near the northern border
of
the state of Oklahoma and manv r.t
the politicians of Kansas were much ex
ercised last winter for fear all the de-
posits of Kansas would immediately be
transferred to the banks of Oklahoma. So
far as 1 know, our bank has not lost a
dollar In deposits to the Oklahoma banks,
and, on the contrary, we have several
parties In Oklahoma who are depositing
with us.
"I have made
considerable inutilrv of
bankers, as I have met them from lime
to time, who are located like ourselves,
near th border of Oklahoma, and I have
only heard of one deposit that has been
take out of th state on account of the
guarantee law, while I have heard of a
number of deposits coming from Oklahoma
to this bank already refarred to.
"I have alao taken paina to inquire of
parties from Oklahoma as to th effect of
the law upon the deposit of banks oper
ating under th provlalons of the law and
national banks In the same towns which
have not seen fit to take any action In the
matter. Where conditions are normal and
each bank has practically the same stand
ing in the community I find there has been
no change in deposits from tha unsecured
to the secured banks. This Is admltUd
oy in orricers of both Institutions.
"Ther are other localities hr. rnn.ii.
tlons are different. Where the state bank
has a better acquaintance, Is mo:e ssg.es
fctve, and orfers practically the same s :
curity In the way of capital and surplus,
the ante bank has made some gain. In
other localities where the national banks
ore the stronger and better managed the
reverse is the case.
Edaeatloaal ratnpalaa -Needed.
"The president of one of the national
banks in an Oklahoma town, near the
northern border, told me recently that his
bank ha J gained over $,O00 In deposits
since the law went into effect, while the
only state bank In the town had gained
about 10.090 In deposits.
"My opinion is that th majority of the
voters do not understand the question and
that If the republican party would Inaugu
ral a campaign of education almllar to
that of U the people would cess to
clamor for such a law. I waa located In
this place and waa an officer of this bank
In UM when Mr. Bryan waa advocating the
ire coinage or ativer at tha ratio of It
to 1. and I remember distinctly thst the
people were more insistent upon It than
they ar now upon th guarantee law and
that It was almost impossible to keep the
Kansas republicans from stampeding with
the craxe.
"Alter the campaign of education that
was then Inaugurated tha republican rank
and file, aa well as tha leaJers. war
(Continued on Fifth '"age.)
THE
From the Washington Evening Star.
HARRISON STATUE UNVEILED
Daughter of Late President Pulls
Flags Aside at Indianapolis.
VICE PRESIDENT MAKES SPEECH
Large leathering; of Army and Other
Rotable Men of Indiana In. At
tendance Poem by James
Waltcorab Riley.
INDIANAPOLIS, JnOA J7.-The cere-!
monies attending the unveiling of the
Benjamin Harrison monument this after
noon were preceded by a parade In which
all of the Grand Army of the Republic
posts of the city, numbering TOO men,
participated, aa well as 500 members of the
regular army, 600 National guard and 500
of fraternal orders. The speaker were
Vice President Fairbanks and General
John W. Noble, Mr. Harrison's secretary
of the Interior, and John V. Griffiths, the
Harrison biographer. James Whitcomb
Riley read a poem written for the occa
sion. The monument Is In University park,
facing New York street.
Miss Elizabeth Harrison's part tn the
exercises made the event unusually pretty.
Escorted by four members of her father's
regiment, the Seventieth Indiana, she
walked from the reviewing aland, on the
south side of the street, to the monument '
opposite. There she pulled the cord that
unveiled the figure of her father. The veils
were two flags, one representing the army
and the other the navy. The cord pulled
by the little girl drew the flags from
around the figure of the statue and sus
pended them, one on each side.
The company from the Tenth regiment
saluted with their guns. Then the veteran
acting as a guard of honor to the dnughter
drew the flags to the tall flag poles at
each side. The pole at the right bears tho
escutcheon of the army and that at the
left the insignia of the navy. This done,
the daughter and her escort returned to
the reviewing stand.
President Roosevelt sent a laurel wreath
and cut flowers, which were placed at the
base of the monument. Following the cere
monies, the wreath and ftowera were
placed on the grave of General Harrison
in Crown Hill cemetery.
JANOFF POUREN STILL IN JAIL
Effort
to Secure
of Ilusali
Fi
Immediate Helease
in Refaa-ee
ills
NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-An effort to se
cure freedom without the formality of
further hearings for Janoff Potiren. the
I'.upslan refugee, acused cf varioua crimes
and under detention pending decision upon
the Rustlun government's application for
his extradition, came to naujht today
through a decision by Judge Holt In the
I'nltt-d States court here.
Congressman Herbert Parsons, counsel
for Pouren, asked the court esterdiy
to vacate the second wsrranl of am at
secured by counsel fjr the It'insiun gov
ernment, which was served upon Po.ireii
Immediately upon the receipt here of an
order from Washington releasing htm from
custody under Um first warrant. The
ground of the application was 1 hat no
certificate had been Issued by the secretary
of state to the Russian representatives as
provided In the treaty with Russia, cover
ing case of the kind. The court held that
the Issuance of such a certificate in the
first proceeding waa aufflcient.
Judge Holt referred the Pouien matter to
Samuel H. Hitchcock, I'nlted States com
mls'.oner In extradition proceedings, in
atructlng Commissioner Hltchio k "lo pro
ceed with the hearing and ta!-e what
further acton Is necessary In the case."
FOOT BALL PLAYER IS DEAD
Thomas Etaaa, W hose eck , W as
Broken at Losaa, I'tah, Dies With
oat Hesralatas? t'osaelssaseaa.
LOGAN, I'tah, Oct. 27. Thomas Evans,
th right guard of th foot ball eleven of
tha Utah Agricultural college, whose neck
was dislocated Saturday during a gam
with the Colorado school of Mines, died to
day without regaining consciousness.
PRE-ELECTION ROAD AGENT.
LAURIER HAS GOOD MAJORITY
Results of Election Reveal Canadian
Premier with Safe Support
fur Ills Work.
TORONTO, Out., Oct. 27. The results of
yesterday's election show that the Laurier
government has been sustained with a ma
jority of fifty, with several elections yet to
be held. All the ministers were reelected,
while seven of the opposition' chief lieu
tenants were beaten. The result by prov
inces is:
Liberals. Cons.
Ontario . 47
Quebec 61 12
' Nova Scotia, ..............-..... 11 , 1
New Brunswick 11 3
Prince Edward Island 3 1
Manitoba 4 6
Snskclietwan 8 1
Alberta 4 S
Brltiuli Columbia 1 J
Totals 132 82
Majority. 60.
The standing at dissolution was 139 lib
erals and 75 conservatives, a majority of 61.
WINNIPEG. Mar,., Oct. 27.-Late returns
from western Canada elections show that
Hon. Clifford Sifton was elected In Bran
don by 54 votes: Hon. XV. A. Templtton de
feated In Victoria. B. C, by 6 votes; Ralph
Smith, liberal, was elected In Nanalmo, B.
('., over Hawthnrnthwait, social. bt, Is shovtn '
by lati-r returns. In Vancouver and New
Westniinrttr the government canuldates
were defeated owing to the feeling that
the government had not been firm enough
In excluding orientals. The result In prov
inces west of the great lakes Is: Liberals,
19; conservatives, 14. Premier Laurler's ma
jority In Canada will exceed 50.
GOETHALS CLEARED OF CHARGE
General Uarllnajton Finds Unfair
Treatment Was Not Accorded
to table Company.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. Inspector Gen
eral Garlington of the army. In a report
made public today, exonerated Chairman
Goethala of the Isthmian canal commission,
of the charge made by President Brothers
of the Balanced Crane Cable compaany of
New York, who claimed that unfair treat.
nient wts accorded him in the award for
furnhtahlng and erecting cable ways at
Gatun on the Isthmus. General Garlington
holds that there waa no collusion, that the
award was made In good faith, and recom
mends that the contract with the I.idger
wood company be proceeded with. The re
port was approved by the secretary of war.
The report says the device of the Broth
ers company was not suitable for work at
Gatun plant and there ws nothing adduced
In the Investigation to Indicate other move
than to put Brothers in touch with techni
cal scientific engineers who could probably
perfect the device so as to make It practic
able for work on the Pedro Miguel and
Mira Flores locks.
FIFTY YEARSJ-OR ROOSEVELT
President of I nlted "tales Passes
Half trntary Mark. Many
t on urn tola tlons.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 27 Theodore Roose
velt, twenty-sixth president of the rnlteri
Slates became 50 years of age today. He
began his fifty-first year by getting to his
desk early and spending the day at hard
work in his office receiving such members
of his cabinet as are in town at the regular
senil-weklv meeting and discussing with
them matters relating to their departments.
Congratulatory messages poured Into th
president's office and at the Whit House
all day. Many foreign rulers took th ad
vantage of the opportunity to send mes
sages of warm friendship snd good will
through their diplomatic representatives
who called in person to present them to the
president. Many others of the Whit House
callers were persons who came to extend
their congratulations. Among these was
I tiie delegation of members of the Hungar
ian republican club of New York City, who
yearly on this day pay their compliments
to tho president and offer the congratula
tions of the club.
Dowaacr !urra Obstinate.
TURIN. Oct. 27. It Is reported here that
that dowager queen, Margherita, remains
Immovable In her altitude of opposition to
the marrlase of the duk of the Abrussl
and Miss Kathe Ine Klklns. but that th
duko has declared that lie will have hi
uvtn way in spite of opposition.
DOWN TO CONFIDENCE CAME
C. 0. D. Packages Containing Picture
Being Sent to Voters.
NEAT 1 SCHEME OF BRYANITES
Llncnln 8tnr Also Hear from
C'onstltneney and Back Oat o."
Ita
Bargain to Sell Suae to
Democrats.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Oct. 27. (Special. -Bryanltea
are raining money by sending C. O. D.
packages to unsuspecting persons.
One man In Lincoln, John A. Scott, a
painter, has Just paid SI for a C. O. D.
package which came by express from Butte,
Mont. When opened it was discovered the
package contained a dozen or more neatly
printed pamphlets, containing a picture
of Mr. Bryan, some of his sayings and
the democratic platform.
Mr. Scott Is a democrat and Intended to
vote for Bryan. After having been flim
flammed out of the dollar he came out
for aft and Is now working against
Bryan.
Mr. Scott was notified yesterday that a
package was held at the express office
for htm and there was a charge of SI
against it. The package the agent said,
was from Butte, Mont. Mr. Scott knew a
friend who lived at Butt- and thinking
it was something he sent, he called a boy
and sent the II to the express office. When
he found he had bought green goods, Mr.
Scott became Justly Indignant.
"If the democrats are compelled to re
sort to such tricks to raise campaign
mor?y," he said, "I am through with that
party. I wus tor Bryan, but since I have
been done out of money on such a scheme
as that I shall certainly not vote for any
one who Is In anyway a beneficiary ot
audi n trick."
Across the top of the package In big
black letters were the words "C. O. D.
$1.00." Then In small letters were these
words, "Prepaid Allow examination." If
the package was refused It was lo be re
turned to Butte, Mont,
By sending out fakea from Butte, the
public could easily be deceived. No one
would connect Butte, Mont., with the dem
ocratic committee and naturally would not
suspect he was being held up In the in
tcrest of the candidacy of Mr. Bryan.
Mr. Scott Is not a wealthy man and
could not afford to lose the dollar which
was filched from him.
How many others have bit on the same
game and have helped out the Bryanltes
the same way no one around here, of
course knows, but It is probable the scheme
has been worked by the wholesale.
"tar Also Backs Oat.
The peculiar nole heard over
east Nebraska this morning,
sounded something like escaping
south
which
steam.
noi irom a sieuiu engine, but was
simply the sigh of the Lincoln Dally Star
as It eased away from the democratic
slush fund.
J h Id paper, like the Lincoln Journal
according to the democratic atate coin-
mlllee, had agreed to sell lis columns
I for the benefit of Mr. Bryan, but got
I scared when the scheme waa exposed and
now sfruld to deliver the goods.
So Tom Allen will not Insist on
..14111 . - , .
luiiiuiiirm m us agreement as long as
the Star gives 100 good words for Bryan
lo one for Taft.
When uie Mar agreed to publish the
democratic dope it evidently never oc
curred to the Bryanlzed money-mad tem
porary management of the sheet what
embarrassment Its action would cause
D. K. Thompson, ambassador to Mexico
chief owner of the paper. Either that
or the management did not care. Any
how. according to the democratic com
inlttee officials, the Star and the demo
cratic state committee had made arrangn
ments whereby t lie committee would fl
certain space in the ISlar during this
week.
Then came the exposure. Th Star got
scared. It got badly scared. It had sold
Its apace In a congressional and in
county tight, but this was a blggvr prop
osltlon. Selling out Its columns to flgh
th party which had honored D. K.
(Continued on Second Pag.)
Republican Candidate Ends Busy Day
with Speech at This Point.
TWO ADDRESSES AT YONKERS
Mr. Bryan's Tariff Scheme Explained
to Sugar Refinery Workmen.
THREE HOURS IN SCHENECTADY
Judge Discusses His Record on Labor
Questions Here.
TAFT SMILE WON'T COME OFF
tn
III Address at Pooghkeepale He
Said It Will Still H There
Aest Tuesday
Maht
TROY, N. V., Oct. 27. The Industries
of the cities and towns which line tho
banks of the plcturesqut Hudson from
Greater New York to Troy were ma.ln
the text for the speech of William II.
Taft today to the people of these cltici
and towns.
Yonkers smiled on th big form of th
Oh loan through a heavy shower. Ha
talked at length to as many as could g t
Into the largest theater and then ud
dressed those who had stood and waited
in the rain, whoso number was even
greater.
Mr. Bryan spoke In Yonkcr yesterday
and. saying he understood hi distin
guished opponent had charged that tho
republican party bad done nothing for
labor, Mr. Taft first asserted that the
policies of the republican party had been
chiefly devoted to the interests of labor
and then pointed out that the protective
policy made possible the sugar tefltilng
industry, th chief enterprise of the city.
"Certainly Mr. Bryan waa a bold man
to advocate such view In a town like
Yonkers," continued Mr. Taft, "which, I
believe. Is one of the greatest manufac
turing towns in proportion to it six
In the state of Nw York and Is dependent
upon the protective system."
Tnrlff on "ngrar.
A a sample, Mr. Taft said, of, the
"utterly Impractical, destructive charac
ter of Mr. Bryan' recommendation with
reference to economic reforms," he would
cite what Mr. Bryan would do with the
Yonkers Sugar refinery, as summing for
argument that the refinery was In a
"trust."
Mr. Taft said:
"We would tako off the differential on
sugar that protection which I necessary
to enable us to have any sugar refinery
In this country. It would cause the esiab
lishinent of refineries In Germany, and all
of your population here dependent on thla
refinery would be affected. And not only
ould It destroy the trust, but with it
the independent reflnerlea."
"The republican party I Just as much
ppposed .to . monopoly a th democratic -
party, " announced Mr. Tart. it paasea
nd enforced th anti-trust law. It be
lleves In going: directly st th evil of
monopoly by punishing men for continuing
It, rather than by destroying the industries
ud great combinations of capital that have
much utility und are of auch benefit to the
wage earners.
Tsft Imllt Won't Come Off.
"It believes in stamping out the evil and
not stamping out the corporation." .
Tarrytown, Peeksklll, and Flshklll Land.
lng llatened In the rain to the short
speeches delivered by the candidate from
the rear of his car. The dampness did not
seem to dull tha ardor of the clttien. When
the Taft special reached Poughkeepsl at 1
o'clock the rain had Just ceased and tin
un came out brightly.
Mr. Taft waa driven to the Colllnwood
opera house, wnicn was crowuca 10 me
very doora. A c'.uas of girls from Vasssr
college tried to "get" Judge Taft' speech
In shorthand, and an enthusiast In tho
gallery attracted brief attention by shout-
lng "He aurely wear 'the sinlle that won t
com of.
It will still be there next Tuesday
night," rejoined Judge Taft, and In his
hope the audience seemed to concur.
Mr. Taft was ao much In demand by the
crowd outside the theater when he emerged
that he made a second speech from th
steps of the republican headquarter build
ing.
Another brief speech was made at Hud.
son, after which the special ran to Sche
nectady, where nearly three hours were
occupied by the candidate In the delivery
of three speeches, all of them predominant
with the labor issue. Tho employes of th
American Locomotive Works wer spoken
to first, receiving the candidate with much
show of enthusiasm.
"Schenectady contains more organised or
union men than any town In the country
of its size," declared Mr. Taft, and lin
then proceeded to Inform hla hearer of his
own labor record, of th labor legislation
which the republican party had enacted, as
compared with th "blank" record of tha
democratic party.
Not on Hospital Mat.
YONKERS, N. Y., Oct. 27.-Judg Taft
reached here in a driving rain, but wn met
t the atatlon by a big crowd. He was
driven at on e to the largest hail in tha
city, which was well filled. Judge Taft was
In better voli e to begin hla day's work than
usual. To his Yonkei ajdlenc th candi
date made a general speech touching on
many of the Issuea In li s usual vein.
As the crowd outside appeared to col lei t
quite aa many as had heard the candidate
Inside Mr. Taft was Induced to make an
other speech. He told the overflow meet
ing that a great issue of the campaign i
whether or not the country shall have a
return of prosperity. Tli republican party.
he declared, was the bi st equipped to nut
that Issue.
A Word lo Newspapers.
That Judge Taft was nettled at tha Stor e
printed in New York regarding th cam
paign In New York at the beginning of hla
speech waa evident. H aaid:
"This Is an opportunity which. I ae.-k,
because if 1 had read the newspaper tin
morning as you hate, without having had.
a little inside Information, I should hava
expected to see myself brought In here uoi
a stretcher. I ilou'l like, to aay that our
metropolitan Journals are g ven to any
more mendacity than o'her Journals, but
they have a paitUular fa II it y for ml In
formation that dies not teem to extend gen
etally Into the coiititiy. 1 may pride my
self as being a man able to walk and iijt
In a state of nervous or physical collapse.
I ahould hesitate lo go on and state just
what I at fur breakfust thla morning, but
as those details would seem to h- rele
vant to my condition I might do so and
demonstrate what it seems to b necessity
tu demonstrate, that It la sol found .