2 " THE OMAHA DAILY BEE:-. MONDAY, FEBRUARY- 22, 1909. th great necessity of th cud, before these corporation." Twt l.rtUUltn Rfteak. Jeremiah Hord am) J. f. Kraus. South Omaha's representatives jrv . the lower boua of th legislature, made speeches of th same tenor. Howard's trpeech was characterised by hitter denunciation not calculated to calm the crowds. Following them Frank Polesal. a mm of Influence in Bohemian circle, mads a speech. At tha conclusion a series of resolutions waa psssed by the felling crowd. About half of the crowd assembled there formed a loosely' governed band, filling tha entire strVpt, marched around to Q street, where the troabl began. Boon 1.000 spectator Jammed the entire length of Q atreet from Twenty-fourth to Twenty eighth. The Q ' street 'viaduct waa given about aa good a tenting for weight aa It will ever get. Th the center of thlfl throng at Twenty-alxth and Q atreet howle and yells told of the anger of the mob and flylnar brick and crashing ' glass marked Ita progress. "' ' I "'! Ten or twelve store and lodging houaea were attacked and all the glass and much of th Interior . destroyed. . The buildings are not owned by tha Greek, but are rented to the' Oreeks for these purpose. The Qreeka have - only ' The' money which they have In their pockets. At this point many Greeks were assaulted. Here also Home one fired, the- shots - which struck Frank Sweeney and Joe Gamble. Part of tha mob crossed the viaduct and worked destruction similar In kind and greater In volume at Twenty-eighth and Q and the neighboring streets of - that quarter, where many Oreeka live. Shots were exchanged. ' Glass Front Smashed. Another section; of the rrlob came north on Twenty-fifth - and : Q. streets, to Nick Moga'a grocery and meat- market. The front was smashed In and the atock dam aged. Thecrowd broke- Into several housea about Twenty-alxth and N streets used by the Creeks. Then It went up Twenty-fourth street to Twenty-fourth and L, to Demos Itros.' confectionery store. This was com pletely . wrecked. ' Two women, sisters of Demos, were In charge and- were driven out. The mother of the family came near being hit by flying bricks. The crowd seised the cigars and candy which was con venient and tore up the fountain, doing several thousand dnllsrs damage In all. The eenter of the mob at 9:8n was In the vlelnltv of Thirtieth and. Q streeta, acroas the viaduct from the main part of the rlty, and here It broke 1nt several Greek - homes and stores, shot two Greeks and an Omaha laborer, tha latter accidentally, In flicting severe brulsea on three Greek boys and set fire to a. Greek atore anil home. Greek Store Set on Fire. ' A mob of between 600 and 700, at Thirty second and Q streets, set fire to a Greek store and home, the two combined In one building, and burned It to' the ground. Three young Greek boys were taken from tliet burning building by the mob and roughly handled, being beaten with cluba and kicked by- tha infuriated leaders of the Mot. Then the oldest of the three lads waa marched up town at the bead of a long line of rioters, the leaders shouting that he was to be put on .a train and ahipped out of town. City Hall starting; lolat. Early In the evening the mob's center was at Twenty-eighth and R streets. An attempt waa made to ire a Greek store "Jacobs" lo my nomo Sir: -I write advertise ments; snappy, compell ing advertisements that bulge out. with the es sence of salesmanship. And I ro a k e them .vspicy enough, novel enough and different enough to stand out from among the OTHER advertisements. 1 THAT'S "the combina tion that turns the trick. My work my record -Uav not an ' unknown quantity. They KNOW , of roe n Des Moines, la.; 4. years in St Joseph, Mo; i years in St. Ixuis;t 2 yars in Memphis, Term.; . 3 years. v -A .... . You, too, ; will soon say: "Well, he DOES know hia business." I seek I solicit a chance at that latest proposition' of yours the one you are ready to make familiar to count less thousands through captivating newspaper advertising. T. Toby Jacobo net here and In a fusstlude of shots Charles Nestroyl, an employe In, the Vnlon Pacific shops In Omaha, but who Uvea at 3014 R atreet. waa shot twice. He waa shot In the face and thla wound Is considered serious. Another battle between the rOeeks and the mob occurred In front of a, Greek store at Thirtieth and Q streets and nurnrwr of shota were fired. A Greek was shbt in the leg and Sheriff rBalley, who, with Chief Briars of the South Omaha police, managod to get the man awny from the mob. said that the hole In his leg was large enough to put a man's fist In. The officers succeeded in getting the Greek through the weeds to an automobile and carried him to th Bouh Omaha police Station. At I SO the mob had cleaned up the bakery ahop and other property owned by A. B. Cokorla at Thirtieth and Q streeta. Bread was scattered in th street and biscuits and cookies threwn around like confetti. - Brlga-s aad Bralley Fight. Chief BHggs and Sheriff Bralley did per sonal work that subjected them to violence. The chief scattered a cluster of rioters with his club and seised three Greeks whose lives were In peril. He and Bralley threw the victims Into an automobile and rushed for safe quarters. Th sheriff had Increased hla fore of deputies to forty by t o'clock. Up to that hour thirty wounded and bleeding Greeks were ki jail. A two-story Greek building at Twenty-eighth and R streeta, in front of which a Greek was shot, being fired at that time the storm waa swelled and every energy of the authorities redoubled. BUSINESS AGENTS INDICTED More Dilla Cnarn-lna- Kstortlow aad Conspiracy Aaralnst China Union Mea. CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-After Martin B. (Skinny) Madden, president of th Asso ciated Building Trades of Chicago, and M. J. Boyle, business agent of th Electrical Workers' union, who were indicted yester day on charges of extorting money from contractors, had each furnished 110,000 bail today, the grand Jury returned more In dictments agalnat the men. Beside Mad den and Boyle, Indictments war retained against Fred A. Fuchet, business agen of tha Metal Workers' union. Tha new charges. re that the men extorted $1,600 from the Jewel Tea company for calling off a strike on the company's new workshop. A con spiracy to extort $1,000 from the Joseph Klicke company la also charged. ' tn one instance. It la charged, $700 waa paid for calling off a strike and $1,000 to prevent the calling of a new one.- The grand jury's action is the result of testimony given be fore It by contractors, architects and buildera. . A Cruel Mistake Is to neglect a cold or cough. Dr. King's New Discovery cures them and prevents consumption. 60c and $1.00, For sale by Beaton Drug Co. , . . . ' Nebraska News Notes. WEST POINT-D. M. Hubler haa sold his confectionery and restaurant business to his son. J. M. Hubler of Hooper. KEARNEY Hamer Klein, aged 66 years, died at hia home at Thirteenth street and Avenu D after a short attack of Inflamma tion of tha bowels. WEST POINT-Casper Rlef and Mlsa Margaret Blanknagel were married at St Mary's church Chursday, Bev. A. K. Klemens, assistant pastor, celebrating the nuptial mass. KEARNEY Mrs. Deademotia Kelly, wife of George Kelly of this city, died Friday evening of peritonitis. Mrs. Kelly was but a few days over 1 years old and leaves a child t days old., . ,. . . . KEARNEY Word hss been received to the effect ' that I R. Wernert and Miss Anna Rebhausen were married at Columbus Friday. Mr. Wernert la manager of the Kaufman St Wernert store In this city. SCOTIA Louie Standlsh Moore, widow of Ravld Moors, died February 18. aged 78 years. The family came to Greeley county, Nebraska, in 1878. being among the early aettlera of the North Loup valley. WEST POINT-John Beerbohm, a well known pioneer of Cuming county, died at hla farm home Saturday, aged 78 years. Mr. Beerbohm waa a native of Germany. He haa reared a large family of. children. SHELTON The annua smoker given by Knights of PythlaS lodge No, was held In the lodge rooms Saturday evening. 'Al most a hundred prominent business and professional men were present. The even ing waa spent at whlatNand checker. . BLUE HILL T. T. Toben, who dlsnsed of his clothing stock here, last week to Souchek Shields, has purchased a half Interest 1n the Rhea Tailoring company at Holdrege and expects to move there in a few weeks and take th management BLUE HII.L-R. W. Shields, publisher and owner of the Blue Hill Leader, haa aold his Interest to J. B. Lane of Holdrege. who will look carefully to its welfare In the future. The first Issue nnder the management of Mr. Lane will be published this week. SILVER CREEK Robert " Tsylor, ' for more than thirty-five years a resident of this neighborhood, met with a mlsfortunn by slipping and falling on the lc and fracturing hla hip. Owing to his age, which la past 70, the physicians In attendance consider hts chance of recovery alight. KEARNEY Dean Bode of Laramie gave an organ recital to a large and apprecia tive audience at tha new St. Luke'a church In thla city Friday night. The new plpt organ has recently been Installed at a cost of 88,000. One-half of the funda to pur chase it were donated by Andrew Carnegie. PERU The preliminary announcement for the next summer session of the normal Is just out. Summer school will begin June 7 and continue for eight weeks. Mr. Crabtree expecta an enrollment of over 1.O0O and la making all necessary arrange menta to accommodate this -large attend ance. ' i v l( BHELTON The Twentieth Century club held Ita annual banquet Saturday evening ot the home of O. it. Crumley. Eighteen marchers were present and the evening waa iiKuuuntly and profitably spent, the them being "Patriotism." The rooms were decorated in the national colors. The wo men of th Presbyterian church served the banquet. , WTMORB Harmonla lodge No. 48. Knighta of Pythias, observed the forty fifth y anniversary of tlio founding of th order by a banquet nnd tntertAlnment at th armory Saturday evening. Invited guests and Pythlana from liberty num bered over ISO. Mayor. 8. E. If Oder made an address of welcome and Fret Warren was the speaker of the evening- Wy MORE The water eupply is still the most discussed question In Wymor. Those who are bark of the movement to bring the Blue Springa water here .and ergarlslng a company to do so are not saying much, but are Said to b sawing wood. Another projvet being talked of. and favorably re ceived In some quarters. Is to build a large filter and clear the Blue river water through it. WEST POINT-Rev. L. J. Powell, the recently elected pastor of Grace Lutheran church, waa formally Installed la hla efflc ounday. Th charge to the pastor was made by Rev. C. W. Ringer of Wayne. statistical secretary, end the charge to the congregation was delivered by Rev. Dr. Or oh of Omaha, president of the Nebraska synod. Th at fairs or th church ar in a flourishing condition and th pastorate of Rev. Mr. Powell promises well. WEST POINT-The mortgage record for Cuming county for th year IMS shows that during the yar there wer placed mortgage on fsrins to th amount of S673.HU and during the same period $M.l3 was reiuaaeo. on city real, estate the amount placed waa 813 and released IKH.KH. The chattel mortgage record s iuwa a satisfactory state of affairs, the filings being va.47, while th release amounted to rW.&vt. WAYNE A Day la th Urrton Depot" wa ftresenUd by hum talent at th (wra house FrUls y night under th auplora of the Monday club of this rlty, the pnxds of th performanr to be tiaed in assisting in equipping th gymnasium of th hand some new high school bulldin now in uuoiaa of ovfistruciioa. i'ha entertainment was on of th aoosa suoeaasful vr given In Wayn. never having been ezoaauied financially or In attendance u far aa oatd ; aouiisiuiie rv wucfrnco. CABINET ABOUT COMPLETE Secretary of Treasury Said to Be the Only Vacant Place. - DICKINSON SECRETARY OF WAR Vsa Meyer aad Wllsoa of th P reseat Cahlaet Slated Reanala la th Oa of President Taft. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. $1. President elect Taft arrived here this morning from Cincinnati and with Mrs. Taft, who cam from New York to join him, Is th guest Of Dr. 8. Wier Mitchell In his Walnut street horn. Mr. Taft attended morning services at th Unitarian church and with Mrs. Taft drove to Bryn Mawr, where they called on their daughter Helen, and returned with her in their automobile to dinner at the Mitchell residence. A - conference took place between the president-elect and Frank H. Hitchcock, who came here at the request of Mr. Taft, Frank B. Kellogg was also a visitor. Although It was early In the morning when Mr. Taft alighted from his Cincinnati tralrj at North Philadelphia, h was greeted by an enthusiastic crowd. When a few minutes later' he stepped from his auto mobile at the Mitchell residence, th street was blocked with people, who cheered as they caught a glimpse of th bulky form of ths Ohloan and of the beaming Taft smile. In giving an account of his day here. Judge Taft laughingly remarked that he had wakened Philadelphia up at the nnuaual Sunday morning hour of 7 o'clock, for which he felt he owed an apology. The report printed today that aa president he would go to Alaska, Mr. Taft said, had only th foundation that ,h had received n Invitation for such a trip and had replied that he would hold It under consideration. The same anawer, he said, likewise applied to Invitations to visit Denver and Seattle next aummer. He has not yet decided what his traveling itinerary for th year will be except that he will make a trip through the south and southwest as far aa Texas. An address will be delivered by Judge Taft at the Academy of Muslo hare to morrow morning under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania In celebration of University day. A walking atlck used by Benjamin Franklin and by him pre sented to Lafayette will be a gift to the university by th president-elect. After th celebration Mr. Taft will be the guest at luncheon of the First troop, Philadelphia City cavalry, and at night wilt attend the University of Pennsylvania alumni dinner. Many other functions, such as luncheons and dinners, have been arranged with a desire that Mr. Taft attend, but his capa bilities In this respect will depend upon his time. He expects to leav for New York Tuesday morning. Mr. Taft admits he is making headway In the selection of a secretary of the treas ury, but maintains that the place Is not yet filled. Franklin MacVeagh and Myron T. Herrlck are two of the men under con elderatlon. With this exception, the Taft cabinet la complete and when officially promulgated shortly before his Inaugura tion will be found as follows: Secretary of State Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania. Attorney General George Wlckersham' of New York. Secretary of War J. M. Dickinson of Ten nessee. Secretary of the Navy George Von L. Meyer of Massachusetts.' ' Secretary -of - Cmraerot- and Labor Charlea Nagel of Missouri. Secretary of the Interior R. A: Balllnger of Washington. '. Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock of Massachusetts. Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson of Iowa. It will be observed that tn this list ar five lawyers, of whom Mr. Taft believes ther ar none better In the country. It may be atated that thla fact Is not a mere coincidence, but Is an accomplishment which has been carefully planned and striven for the Incoming president. Constitutional legal restrictions on cor porate abuses ara the accomplishments he will strive for. The extreme difficulties of first framing such measures nd thon of securing their enadtment have con fronted Mr. Taft with great force. To meet them with success he believes will require the combined legal skill of the best minds he can bring to the task. In as sembling his legal cabinet, tho president elect has not lost sight of ths necessity of obtaining men whose beliefs of the questions to be dealt with coincide with his own. Mr. Taft's position has' been clearly embodied in his Inaugural .address and this document Is known to have re ceived hearty adoption and complete ap proval by all or the men aelected-to be Mr. Taft's cabinet advisers. ' It requires little imagination, therefor, to picture Mr. Taft's expectancy to be that when a reform recommendation ahall be made to congress, it will have first had careful weighing aa to Ita necessity and efficiency, the greatest care In its prepara tion with a view to exact Justice, and pos sess a technical correctness which will In sure its efficacy before tha courts. Such measures. It Is believed, will not only com mend themselves for their Intrinsic merit to th national leglsla.tora, but may also b expected to hav behind them th weight of popular approvL With this known careful consideration with regard to the lawyer In his cabinet. It IS Interesting to know something -of the personality and legal achievements of th latest acquisition J. M. Dickinson of Ten nessee, who aocepted the war portfolio at th bands of Mr. Taft In Cincinnati yes terday. Mr. Dickinson will give up th position of general solicitor for th Illinois Central railway and a salary of 838.000 a year to become a cabinet minister. He Is between 60 and 66 years of age, a natlv of Missis sippi, served three months in the confeder ate army as a boy, graduated from th University of Tennessee and finished his education in Germany. Hla grandfather waa Phellx Grundy, attorney general of the United States, and hla father was a dis tinguished chancellor In Mississippi. Mr. Dickinson haa always been a democrat, although he Is a personal friend of Presi dent Roosevelt and refused to vote for Bryan. Mr a. Dickinson waa a Miss Over ton, daughter of General Overton, and both ar related to prominent old southern fami lies. He is the owner of the famous Bell Mead manor house and Immense estates three miles out of Nashville, In, which city he began bis law practice. He was for a tlm judge of the supreme court of Tennes see and was appointed by President Cleve land assistant attorney general of th United States, serving under Attorney Gen eral Harmon. Heetatatlosk la A la ska a Case. Mr. Dickinson was selected by President Roosevelt to present th argument of the United State befor th Joint high com mission which adjusted th Alaskan bound ary dispute between thla country aad Great Britain and his presentation of this case won for him an international reputation. He haa just retired as president of,th American Bar association. Th nwwr serietary became general counsel for th Illinois C uli sJ system under the presi dency of Styvesant Fish and it I said that la th subsequent controversy btwen Mr. Fish and Mr. Hrrtnian that b was atrr ngly on the slda of Mr. Fish. II Is also assrted that his retention by Mr. Harrl man waa entirely a recognition of his ability, not rnly us a legal adviser, but aa an administrator. It is known to be Mr. Taft's belief that his administration will be greatly strength ened by the acquisition of Mr. Dickinson, particularly in view of th fact his will be the hand which will have Immediate supervision of the Panama canal construc tion. Mr. Dickinson may be expected to go to the Isthmus of Panama at an early day and thoroughly familiarise himself with conditions there. H. W. Tsft, brother of th president elect, reached here tonight from New York. ROOSEVET JO HALE (Continued from First Page.) of secret service within the Department of Justice Itself. Committee I Ineoaslsteat. "Your committee In its report states that It has been the Intention of th congress to build up a 'spy' system. Th next sen tence, however advocates the building up of precisely this 'spy' system in th De partment of Justice. Not only have I again and again requested that the secret service be placed under the Department of Justice, but ths chief of. the secret service has himself specifically requested'' on dif ferent occasions that, the aame cours be followed. As regards the general policy which should be followed, therefore, your committee has declared' for the policy, the adoption of which ( have urged, and all difficulties would be met by providing spe cifically and amply for' carrying out that policy. Chief Wllkle should be transferred to the Department pt Justice and put at th head of tha force therein organized. "But In your report, and the subsequent debate, direct and Indirect attacks are mad Upon the secret service, with a curious persistency and a curious Indifference to th fact that your committee recommends that a precisely similar, secret service to th one attacked be now established in th Department of Justice and be observed that no limitation Is proposed for the new secret service, sd that the limitation Is only Im posed upon the secret service which has already shown its efficiency and has al ready become an object of terror to crim inals. Senator Hemenway states that 'there are more than 8,000 men now In the secret service and In Inspection work,' and that In the laat few years the number haa trebled and that if they were to march through the streets of Washington they would make an 'army.' While It was also stated m the same debate that at the close of President McKlnlcy's administration there were only loo auch men on the payroll; whereas It was alleged that we now have lover 8,000, and that the appro priations on that account for last year amounted to about $10,000,090.' Statements Are Not Trae. "These statements re not In accordance with the facts. I submit to you herewith a substantially, although not entirely ac curate, statement of '.Jh, number of men employed on 'aecret ..aervlee work,' or 'criminal Investigation, work. during th year that haa just passed, as compared with the year 1901-02. Owing to th very brief ' period which I hav had to get At these figures it was' Impossible to get them with entire accuracy, but they are not out of the way Wore than a 'score or so In either direction. 'According to these figures it appears that in th neighbor hood of l,4Cfl men'tf this type wer em ployed seven years fgo and somewhat over 1.800 now; that 'is, Instead of having trebled the number In accordance with cms statement made above,' Instead of having increased nearly twenty fold In accordance with the other statement,-they have In creased but a little over one-half, a little over (0 per cent. Moreover of this Increase, considerably over half was in the number of men used In securing the punishment of violators of the Internal revenue laws, a matter which Is wholly outside of that discussed by any of .the gentlemen who have objected to the 'use ef the secret service. The remaining Increase Is due to such causes as the natural growth of the Postofflce department the appointment ot individuals to enforce the pure food and meat Inspection laws, the more rlgoaous enforcement of the safety appliance act, the suppression of the liquor traffic among the Indiana, the protection of the public lands and timber and, the like. Inspectors' Work Not Secret. ' "I call your espcolal .attention to th fact that th great majority of these men are not primarily or mainly, or Indeed ordinarily engaged on secret service or. criminal In vestigation, or Inspection work at all. I hav employed these terms merely because they were so employed by members of your committee and others In ths course of the debates tn th house and senate; but they ar entirely misleading insofar as they give an impression that tbe chief work of the men mentioned was of the character assigned It by Senator Hemenway and othera In the quotatlona given above and in similar statements. As regards nlneteen- twentleths of these men the proportion of their time given to secret service work or criminal lnviatleatlon la altogether Insigni ficant and Is only an occasional Incident to their ordinary duties.' To speak of these men as having become an 'army' or as 8,000 men engaged in secret service' and similar work la comically out of accord with th actual facta The lncreaae was 700 men, of whom but a score or two are habitually engaged in secret service work. As for the amount expended the statement in the debate In both houses sre so exaggerated as to bear no reference whatever to th actual figures. Thus . it waa ststed that two-thirds of the money appropriated yfor the Department of Justice was spent in criminal investigation. As a matter of fact, the attorney general reports to me that the appropriations ao spent, construed only on the most liberal possible basts, was in reality 1 7-10 per cent, so that tha statement waa a thirty-fold exaggeration. In tho earn way It waa atated that $10,000,000, or aa one gentleman put it. that $32,030.0.10 represented " the amount expended tor this secret service work, while tha total of another aet of figurss placed $32,000,000 as th amount which could hav been expended for such work. A table carefully compiled, covering all tha departments, shows th amount actually expended during the first six months of the present fiscal year, in all work that can by any possibility be considered to coma under this heading, as a little less than $764,000, making an esti mated total for the entire fiscal year of approximately $1,800,000, which goes to show that ths Statements referred to contain only from I to 17 per cent ot warrant In fact Another Misleading Statement. "Senator Hemenway quoted the secre tary' of the interior s th authority for th statement that but one secret service man was ever detailed to the Interior de partment. This statement of Senator Hem enway is completely misleading. The secret service men wer usd in th Interior de partment case at' th request of the sec retary of ths Interior, but for convenience in operation they were aasigned lo and paid by tha Department of Justice, This has been set forth with th utmost clear ness again and again In th reports at the Interior department. As prosecutions had to b carried on by th Department of Justice, it waa deeirabi that th secret ervic men aliould work with and under the Department of Justice officials. By turning to th district to which I hav already alluded you will see, for exsmple, that In th year 1WT th Department of Justice aked for one man In a land fraud cab; that on January S It asked five men lo be detailed for timber entry frauds; on January 8 four additional men to assist In land frauds investigation; on Febru ary 17 alx more men; on March 4 two more men; on April 1 thre more men; on April ifl six more men; on May IS and June Hi one additional man; on August 28 three additional men. Thee men wer not as signed to th Interior department, but they were used for the Interior department case under the Department of Justice. Work In Nebraska Commended. "How such' officers discharged thlr du ties in a previous case of which I happen to have personal knowledge. Is shown bx the following letter: 1 Department of Justice, Dec. !, 19". To the Chief of the United States Secret Ser vice. Washington. D. C Plr: The depart ment Is In receipt of a letter dated the Elst Inst, from the United States attorney for the district of Nebraska, reporting the trial and conviction of Bartlett Richards and other defendants on ths charge of conspiring to defraud th United Btstes of public landv This I on of th esses In which several operatlvea of your office have been employed under Operative Lu cien Wheeler, and the United States at torney takes occasion. In making hia re port, to commend most highly the very Ne service of the operative In charge, Mr. Luclen G. Wheeler, and his secret service agents. "The department is also In receipt of a letter from the secretary of the Interior, dated th 23d Inst., expressing his 'ap preciation of the splendid work done by the United States attorney, his special as sistant and Mr. Wheeler and transmitting copy of a telegram Which he sent to Mr. Wheeler on the 21st Inst., as follows: I congratulate you mest heartily on the work, yon have done In connection with the verdict, which muset give renewed confidence to all those who believe that the law must be obeyed. I desire to add to what has been quoted above the appreciation of the department here of the work done by Mr. Wheeler, who has shown himself to be a conscien tious and highly efficient Instrumentality In bringing nhnut much desired results in Nebraska. Very respectfully, ALFORD W. COOLEY, Acting Attorney General. Limitation Not Technical. "The limitation of the cas of the secret set vice was hot In the least degree techni cal; it was actual. If such a condition as arose in the Interior department from four years sgo again arises in that department, with this limitation we should be prevented from employing the secret service agents and the result would b harmful to th government and of berrflt only to th criminals, unless, of course, we ar able to build up a precisely similar secret service in the Department of Justice, in which case the action of the congress would have been effective only as show Irg Its disapproval of th admirable work dons by Chief Wllkle and his division. Unless the new secret service In the De partment of Justice does its work In pre cisely similar fashion of Wllkle' aecret service It will not do any good and effec tive work, and I call your attention to th fact that the result of the action of con gress has hitherto been, by th creation of two secret service, markedly to in crease th total cost of this class of work. "Tha facts in reference to th detection and suppression of the land fraud and th punishment of criminals engaged in them have been made public again and again, but in view of the report of your com mittee. It is as well (o refer to them one more. Secretary Hitchcock bee am con vinced that ther wer widespread frauds in his department and that his own fore was unable to, deal with them. Through tha Department of Justice he had a number of secret ' service operatives - assigned to work on th Interior department cases, to gether with one secret servlc operative who was assigned direct to th Interior department. Mr. Hemenway speaks as If the attorney general and the secretary of the interior had not known of auch as signments, when as a matter of fact every Such assignment waa mad on the written request of th head of th department The first result of th work in question was to find various departmental officials had failed in their duty and some of them wer actually dismissed. InOaeatlal Men Convicted. "Th results of the assignment of the secret service men taken of course in con nection with the activity of tbe reorganised force of agents in the Interior department are found In the conviction of many de fendant, some of them being among th wealthiest and most Influential people in their communities; others standing high in the political world, on of them being a senator and another a representative In congress, while a second representative in congress was indicted. If th limitation of th us of the secret service which your commute upholds had been in force at the tlm of which I speak, the senator, the representatives and the various men of wealth and high political influence who were convicted would all have escaped punishment I hold such an outcome would hav been In the interest of th criminals only. "Once the emergency has passed, the needs of the secret service men no longer existed, and tliey would accordingly be withdrawn. But the history of these land frauds shows conclusively the need of hav ing some secret service body subject to emergency detail to departments in which it is not ordinarily employed. "Before the secret Service was used in the Interior department, as I have outlined above, "the prosecutions for land frauds wer insignificant In their results. At that time ther was no offectlv deslr shown to limit th use of the secret service. Then th secret service agents wer used In con nection with these land frauds and they secured the prosecution and conviction of many men. Influential because of their wealth or social or political prominence. Forthwith there began that activ agita tion against th us of th secret servlr which continued until the act of congress laat spring. Very respectfully, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT. "P. B. This letter Is In part baaed upon statements furnished by th attorney gen eral and the secretary of th Interior. It has been carefully read over by them and th statements ot fact which it contains, so far as they refer to ths Department of Justice and the Department of the Interior, hav been checked and approved by them. "Inclose varloua documents as follows: "Statement showing requests of Depart ment of Justice for the assignment of secret service operatives during th year 1907 and th first six months of 108. "Statements of a numberjof men employed on aecret service or criminal Investigation work during the year Juat ended, as com pared with the year lfcil-02." HARRIMAN TO PUSH FIGHT Magnate gald B Planning; nil New Line la Pnelne Northwest. CHICAGO, Feb. B. Th Tribun tomor row will say that a larg part of ths pro ceeds of th issue of $Xl.tOO.oao of twenty year convertabl bond, which th directors of ti Souther Pacifio company so Ual Friday announced had been authorised I to b devoted to a resumstlon ot Htrrlmaa activity la railroad construction ra ths far northwest, particularly in Oregon. Several WMimMMnMMWUMMHMlMlWM. MWPWIWlill m lul important line In Oron had ben sur veyed and wer well under construction m 1807. befor the financial panto of th fall of that year put a atop to them. Jama J. Hill has recently pushed sev eral line, notably tb Bvokaw. Portland dt Seattle, Into what has formerly been re garded a Hani man territory and Harri man evidently proposed to splk down rails over routes already laid out befor any other developments may hinder. Harriman evidently propose t forestall any such competition as might result from th action of th Oregon legislature oa Friday In pass ing a constitutional amendment providing for stat construction of railroads. Rsosnt rapid strides road by Oregon in Irrigation and reclamation projects hav stimulated railroad activity ther. BIG FLEET REACHES HOME (Continued from First Pago.) pier. Th Panther, instead of having the tendencies of a beast of prey, has ben roor of guardian angel lo th fleet, be ing ready at all times to make any repairs that might be needed. Fitted with forges and all the equipment of a modem station ashore, th presence of this floating ma chlo shop has lent a' feeling of security to every commanding officer In the fleet. Th Panther, on a larger and more com plete scale, has been td the world cruising fleet what tb better named Vulcan was to th American naval forces In Cuban waters during th Spanlsh-Amrlcan war. Th collier AJax also cam In today, a late messenger from th fleet. Colliers have no horn other than the restless ocean and so the black AJax flew no homebound pennant today. The Yankton slipped In Isst Wednesday with th sentimental streamer notab'y absent from the aftermast. This busy dispatch boat returned from Washington today, a veritable treasure ship. In Its strong room tonight ar golden eagles, double eagles and half eagles to the amount of 8400,000, to be used In paying off th officer and men upon their ar rival. The men hav not had a payrtey for some tlm and th Jingle of American gold in their pockets In a horn port will sound good to th bluejackets. Vessel for Officers' Wives. The naval yacht Slyph, on of ths vessels placed at th disposal of th president, ar rived today to tak out to th reviewing ground tomorrow the wives of th admirals and captains of th fleet. Mrs. Sparry, Mrs, Schroeder, Mrs. Waln wrlght and Mrs. Potter, wives of the flag officers ef th four divisions of ths fleet, all ar here, and mor than one-half of th wives of the captains also will b on board ths Sylph tomorrow. Th naval yacht Oneida, assigned to th militia of th District of Columbia, is her, with Gen eral George H. Harries of Washington and a parly oi board. Vessels of th Virginia and Marylitnd "oyster navies" arrived this afternoon and threw out their rainbow dressing linos immediately upon anchoring. Several lighthouse lenders and revenue cut ters ar here to tak out parties of gov ernment officials, army officers, etc. The decision of Admiral gperry not to attempt to receive th hundreds of wire less messages addressed to officers of tha fleet has occasioned much wo her among th navy widows and th host of sweet hearts who hav gathered to greet the homecoming officers. "Cheer up, ducky darling; 111 b waiUng at th dock." reads on of th mssaages, whit othera ar filled with more love and kisses than tb wires lea possibly could carry. Rear Admiral Taussig, commandant of th Norfolk navy yard and th fifth, naval district, arrived this afternoon to arrange th laat details of th fleet's anchorage. Th naval tugs that will form a patrol and keep th pathway of th fleet clear of trespass began to arrive this afternoon. The torpedo boat destroyer Word en will b th flagship of tb patrol and Is fleet enough to overtake and warn off any ven tureesom craft that attempt to cut across th battleship column or to run through th forbidden line. i Plan of Review. Tho plan of tomorrow's review briefly Is as follows: The Mayflower, with the president and his party on board, will arrive at the Tall of th orsesho in Chesapeake bay about eight in Ilea east of th Old Point pier and about equal distance from the gateway of the cape at $ o'clock. Th Mayflower will be in approximately the aame position It took up fourteen months ago when the fleet ventured forth on th cruise that waa to make the American navy familiar and fa mous in the ports of th world. Th Oonneotiout, leading th single col umn of battleship and escorting cruisers, will point th way in th cape at 10 o'clock and will pas th Mayflower promptly at 11 o'clock, The line of ship It is now estimated will be a little more than seven miles long knd will be one hour In passing. The battleships will proceed slowly to ths anchor- grounds running west from the Old Point pier, and th May flower, picking up Ks anchors, will follow the last of the war vessels Into the roads. The president's yacht will tak a position in the center of th fleet and at 1 o'clock th flag and commanding officers will be received on board by President Roosevelt. Later the president, accompanied by the oommander-kn-chlef of the fleet, will go aboard the Connecticut, Louisiana, Georgia and Wisconsin, the divisional flagships, to address flie men. Returning to the May flower rf th conclusion of the visits, th president will return at once to Washing ton, arriving ther early Tuesday morning. Tomorrow "hlght Admiral gperry and seventy-five officers of the fleet will be th guest of th Navy league of th United State at its annual dinner at th Cham berlain hotel. The league will hold Its an nua! meeting Tuesday at noon In th Cham berlain. DEMOCRATS NOT PLEASED (Continued from First Page.) guaranty fund would be derived from a small tax, one nwrely sufficient to pay the losses In banks, one twent-slxth of t per cent being usually mentioned, this being sufficient to make the payment on losses sustained during th last four years. They never mentioned a sum greater than on ter th of 1 per cent and now they seek to collect a tax ten to thirty timet as great and to empower a democratic admlnlsl ra tion to doubl thla already disproportion ate tax." Immediate Payment f Th Immediate payment provision la likely a'.ao to meet with criticism from th peopl. who thought it might he arranged so thst on the failure of a bank it would be possi ble to step around th next day and racetvS th full amount ot their deposit. It wa found that a receiver would hav to take fcare of an insolvent bank and when h dee ao he must certify to th Judge of tlw t'lstrict court having jurisdiction, who will In turn certify tn th Banking board what ah aunt of money will b available and when in th du cours of tlm all appeal! from th district court having been do termlnad, and th supreme court having taken It tim to settl all objections, tb "iaBaBdls.te" payment wui b accomplished, perhaps la thirty days, perhaps In sixty days, perhaps to thr yars. For a bank that desire lo go into volun tary liquidation tb bill provides it must forfeit all th money It has paid Intfr th guaranty fund. Where a hanker trie an experiment In a tewn and finds ther I not business enough for him he must tor felt all he had paid In for the prlvlleg cf qnittlng and paying hla obligations, even though that might be a loss to htm astd from his shar In th guaranty fun. Under thla system It has been pointed out that It would pay som bcrkrrs better to fall, with due attention to all the possibilities, and let th stat settle th bills, than to liquidate honestly, , Bill for rty Companies.' ' During th coming week a bill will be Introduced to reduce the charges of sure') oompanl for bonds In the atat. A num ber of claims for bonds have been filed with th claims committee cf th houst for premiums that the state has paid In the past which are in some Instances h per cent higher In rat than was charged tn 1907. Th situation seemed peculiar to th committee and a bill has been prepared requiring surety companies to file a sched ule of their charge applicable January 1, 1907, and th schedule as It applied Febru ary 1, W. The bill will requlr them to make filings with th secretary of stat and the legal charge will b fixed as It was Jn 1907. Thomas gammons Committee. Representative Thomas ot . Douglas county, chairman of th cities and towns ccmmlttee, has called a meeting of th commute for Monday vnlng, whan th Cmaha charter bill will be taken up. Th commute will meet at th capltol building. PILES CURED I I TO 14 DAYS. FAZO OINTMENT guaranteed to cure At, cas of Itching, blind, bleeding or protruding Piles la to 14 days or money refunded, too . ALCOHOL STILL FOR NEBRASKA Understanding It Will Be Located at th Stat Vniverklty Farm. fFrom a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Feb, n.-8peU! Tele gram.) So successful waa th demonstra tion for th denaturing ot alcohol at th lat corn exposition In Omaha that Senator Burkett today had th senate committee on agriculture commit Itself to th estab lishment ot a plant in Nebraska under ths auspices of the Department ot Agriculture for the purpose of making alcohol and denaturtslng tho same under proper aafe-' guards. Originally Burkett's bill called for $30,000 for th establishment of a still at Lincoln, but the agricultural commute cut th ap propriation to $15,000, leaving It discretionary with th secretary of agriculture aa to the section In Nebraska In which the still shall be located. Congressman-Elect Magulr of Lincoln, Neb., who succeeds Representative Pollard, arrived in Washington today for the pur pose ot looking about and obtaining' perma nent quarters for the special session. The president today ' nominated post anal tera aa follows: Nebraska Frank C. Evans. Wiener. Iowa William C. Snyder, Lake City. .South Dakota Alexander B. Coutts. Hudson; O. II. Lacraft. Clark; Arthur B. Chubbucli, Ipswich. Thomas L. Sloan, who haa been repre senting th Omaha tribe of Indians in Washington, has requested Congressman Boyd not to press the house bill which has been favorably reported by. the committee on Indian affairs relating to th right ot said Indiana to go to the court of claims . ' for th adjudication of their claims against th government. Th houss bill out , out ths contract of th Indians with sny at- -torrey, which has created conslderabl dls- , ' appointment to some who hoped -to Jflgur In th final settlement. Senator Burkett today cut tb gordlan knot by having .hts . bill, which is satisfactory to Sloan, at-, tached as a rider to the Indian appropria. ' tion bill. Foley's Onno Laxative rorvs constipation anj liver trouble and makes th bowels ' healthy and regular. Orino Is superior to pills and tablets as It does not grip or nauseate. Why tak anything ' ls. Sold 1 7 nil drug-hns. King of 10c. 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