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VOL XX MX- NO. 87.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1900 -SIXTEEN PAGES.
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TAFT MEETING
INTAHERNACLE
Fresident Makes Address of Thirty
Minutes in Mormon Home of
Worship at Provo.
PARTY REACHES SALT LAKE CITY
Tests of the Air
Made by Balloon
at Fort Omaha
HUDSON-FULTON
ANNIVERSARIES
Great Historical Pageant on Lan
and Water Begins in New
York Today.
WATTLES HAS
KOl'EOF PEACE
"I Believe We Will Evolve Some
thing:," He Says Reg-arding Oon
fercences with Mayors.
WILL CONTINUE TWO WEEKS
LAST SESSION TWO HOURS LONG
Fresident is Met by Governor Spey
and Both Senators.
BALLIXGER IGNORES PINCHOT
Secretary Speaks to Senator Borah,
Who Stands Beside Forester.
SUNDAY PROGRAM CHANGED
Address al labrrnarlr to lie Mad
l;nrly l.imnRh to A I loir President
o Attend I nltarian (borrh
rr vires at It A. M.
M.r t K E CITY, Sept. 24 President
'in ft tuiliiy added a .Mormon tabernacle to
the I.!, Hsi ,,f religious edifices In which
he h is i i.al- addresses to the people. Not
long kh in a Jewish tabernacle at Pitts
burg. Mr. Taft dei tared he was no strangor
In the pulpit and enumerated his different
ixperien.-es In denominational churches.
Todays experience was entirely new. It
was at Piovo, a thriving little city forty
miles south of Halt Lake City, where It Is
i'Ui (to per cent of the residents are Mor-
jons, and the home of Senator Reed
"moot, that the president faced probably
the most enthusiastic audience of his ten
(lays of traveling to the west.
There was nothing In all the program to
suggest the religious character of the build
Ins. The president's appeal to the patriot
Ism of the people, hlx congtatulailons to
them on their evidences of prosperity and
the fact that they were a community of the
law, abiding by the laws, and determined
that every community of which they were
a part should he a lawful community,
called forth continuing cheers. Mr. Taft
declared he had Intended to speak but five
minutes. Ills reception was so cordial,
however, that he spoke for nearly half ail
hour
from Provo, where he was officially wel
corned to Utah by Governor Spry, Senators
turnout and Sutherland and others, the pres
ident came on to Salt Lake City, arriving
lure at i.'M p. m., to remain until Sunday
noon.
Balllnaier and Plnrhot.
The arrival of the president developed an
Incident In the now famous Ualllnger-
inchot controversy which was extremely
(merest ing to those who saw It. Secretary
lialllnger cam with the president. At
Provo word was received on the president's
train that Chief Forester I'inchot had ar
rived in Salt l.ake City and would meet
the presidential party there. When the
train stopped, Mr. I'inchot was at the foot
u Ui mar platform steps of the president's
cur with Senator W. K. Borah of Idaho.
"Vh. hello, i'inchot t," called the presi
dent, extending a hand heartily to (rasp
that of the chief forester.
"How are you'.'" he added. "I am glad
to see yuu."
Mr. I'inchot responded cordially.
Then the president greeted Senator Borah
with, "Hello, Hill, old fellow, how are you?
I am mighty glad to see you."
Several other members of his party fol
luwtd the president off the car, ajid then
came Secretary Ualllnger. Mr. Plnchot was
standing directly beside Senator Borah.
Mr. lialllnger greeted Senator Borah with
a handshake, but apparently he recognized
no one else In the vicinity. Neither he nor
Mr I'inchot made any effort to speak.
A Islt to Fort Ooaarlua.
Prrsldent Taft was driven direct from the
mi. way stiit Ion. at the head of a proces
t .i;i of automobiles, to the army post at
IV. t .'iiiiiglusa, where he reviewed the Flf
t n i Infantry, which Is stationed there.
1. -...!.. the review he held a reception
lor ...-. oil jeers and their wives, and tills
.i.i. - ,im 1 1 io auest of honor at a dinner
I., i 1 1. returning to the city at 11 p.
i.i a ,1 i "thing to rooms assigned to him
r. ' J. loci! hotel.
. i.e pwi-iiltnt wan Joined here by John
hjvm Hammond, the mining engineer and
a a.i.i personal friend, who will accom
l i!') I. i n on the remainder of his long
. . I its dent's visit to Salt Lake City
cn. , , a liule fluiry of excitement
uinoi g the Protestant ministers. The dif
ficulty arose over the purpose of the com
mit lie in c harm- to have the president
apeak ut thu Mormon Tabernacle In this
city Sunday morning. The controversy did
not go as far as a formal protest. Presi
dent Taft. in the meantime, had sug
gested by telegraph, a change In the Sun
day program so as to allow his morning o
be free fur rest and such religious wor
ship as he might choose. The suggestion
was spired to late last night, but after
Senator Smoot board' d the president's train
at Ilelpir, Utah", early today the matter
was adjust. 1 by an arrangement of cur
flailing the Sunday morning service at the
Tabcrnai lo in time to permit the president
to review a living flag of school children
and then pioeeed to the little Unitarian
church In this city at 11 a. m.
President Taft sill nave a rompar
tiely unlet day of It tomorrow, with a
loi.g-looked for game of golf at th
Country club In the afternoon. He may
dvote some of his lime to a fur
ther consideration of the Balllnger
ptnehot matter, though ha would not dis
cuss the subject In any of Its phases
today. The president Is to make his con
servation speech at Spokane on Tuesday.
Address at Prova.
Mr 'left made his principal speech of
l ie day at Provo. In It he said:
I am delighted to be here and receive
what 1 know this to be a sincere and
lordlal reception. 1 am dellghUJ to be
her In company with your distinguished
governor and also to meet your senators
and your congressmen you can
not always tell, you know, when you see
senator and representatives In Wash
ington, Just how thoy slae up at home,
and 1 ant glad to he able to testify, that.
ruweei they slse up here, they do else
Up iout riiipuat ically well In Wasnlng
.on. We ic.ar (ten that one section or
amii.nr it the country la occuplng too
.i.i en i.n in Washington, la wielding
l.n ii. mo ir.tluence. and la getting too
many thing lo benefit the local cora
muntiy which tliey represent. On the
whole, congress works out necessarily a
.'onipromMc. Consider what It la that we
yrts (srrxing on. Really we have to rub
5ur ,t onicilm" In otder to carry
xuisvUea down to a basis of fact and
va. tly what it la that we are doing
(Coollnued an fourth Page.)
Dr. W. P. Blair, with Much Equip
ment, Arrives to Register Con
ditions Above Ground.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. ' U. Government
meteorological test to he made here and
at Omaha simultaneously have been de
layed by the explosion of. two of fifteen
balloons, Imported from France especially
for these experiments. Dr. V. P. Blair,
who Is In charge of the corps of experts
from Mount Weather, Va., Is In Omaha
today and his assistants here have tele
graphed him for Instructions. The balloons
were to have been sent aloft carrying reg
istering Instruments of different character.
Dr. W. R. Blair and Assistant W. R.
Gregg of tho Mt. Weather. Va., meteoro
Itgical bureau are In Omaha for the pur
pose of making meteorological tests at
Fort Omaha simultaneously with like teats
ut Indianapolis.
I These tests are mad by means of small
j rubber balloons of about 150 cubic feet
, r.ydrcgcn gas capacity. Attached to these
I balloons are parachutes to which the
meteorological Instruments are connected.
The balloons and parachutes are set free
and continue their flight until the balloons
explode of their own volition, the record
ing Instruments descending with the para
chute.
The experiments will continue for a week
or ten davs and are wholly of a scientific
chnracter, having but little public interest.
About twenty of tho balloons will be sent
up from Fort Omaha, the experiments be
ginning today. '
rr. Blair was considerably amused over
the telegraphic report from Indianapolis.
Mating that two of the balloons had ex
ploded. "Why, that Is what they are ex
pected to' do," said he.
Verdict in the
Elsie Sigel Case
Young Missionary Declared to Have
Been Strangled to Death by
Leon Ling1.
NEW YORK. Sept. 84. Elsie Slgel, the
young missionary to the Chinese of this
city, was strangled to death by Leon Ling,
according to the verdict of the coroner's
jury rendered today. With the police of
the world hunting for Ling since the girl
was murdered on June 10, the formal an
nouncement of the cause of her death has
been delayed by the chemists who examined
the body. Their report that the stomach
contained a quantity of ergot did not alter
the Jury verdict
The coroner has discharged Chong Sing,
the witness who swore Uat pn the msrnlnrf
of June 10 he saw Miss Sigel's body with
a cord tight about the neck on Ling's bed
and later saw Ling put it In a trunk.
Mrs. Nash Denies
the Statement
Did Not Say Unless Strike Was
Settled She Would Take
a Hand.
L. C. Crowfoot yesterday denied for Mrs.
Catherln B. Nash a statement attributed
to her regarding settlement of the strike.
Crowfoot said:
"Mrs. Catherine B. Nash has requested
me to say to the newspapera that the
atatement appearing In the World-Herald,
to the effect that she had given notice to
Mr. Wattles that if ho did not settle the
street railway strike within forty-eight
hours she would take a hand, la false.
There is no foundation whatever for that
or any other statement In regard to her
views on the strike."
W. E. NILES ACCUSED
OF MISUSE OF MAILS
Former Partner of rx-GoTernor Lee
s of South Dakota Accused In
Federal Conrt.
CHICAGO, Sept. 24.-Wllllam E. Niles, a
Chicago promoter, waa arrested today on
a charge of using the United Sta,tes malls
in a scheme ti defraud A. K. I.e, former
governor of South Dakota. The alleged
dlt-honest transaction was In connection
with the sale of stock in the Louisiana
Sulphur and Development company, a cor
poration which Niles la declared to have
organised.
Some months ago ex-Qovernor Lee caused
the arreet of Nllea on a similar charge In
Chicago. The case waa later dismissed by
the local courts and NUes retaliated with
a ault for damagea for malicious prosecu
tion. At one time Nllea and Lee were
partners in business ventures.
Wrights Oppose Flights by
Foreign Built Machines
N::V VOHK, Sept. 24.-Any attempt to
make flights In this country with a Bleiiot
or, l arinan aeroplane, or any other foraiga
made flying machine which they consider
an Infringement on their patents, will meet
with the opposition of the Wright brothers.
Announcement to thla effect waa made
today by Wilbur Wright in his aeroplane
shed on Governor's Island, In connection
with a report of the proposed Importation
of a Blerjot monoplane by H. Hayden
Sanda of New York and the purchase of a
Farman biplane by J. W. Curzon of Jack
son, Miss.
"If these machines are brought to this
country for the purpose of making flights
we will file sulU against the owners,"
said Mr. Wright.
"Both the Blerlot machine and the Far
man machine are Infringements on our
patents."
Mr. Wright explained that the basis for
his claim that theee two foreign machines
infringed on the rights of himself and his
brother was not merely their patent on
the warping planes, but they based their
contention on the patent governing the
cotnbtnathMi of any surfaces with the
r-lanea by which the machine waa made to
circle about er te maintain Ita equilibrium.
Flight by Airships to Be One of
Principal Features.
EPITOME OF NATIONAL GROWTH
Celebration Not a Mere Glorification
of Local Achievement.
GREAT GATHERING OF WARSHIPS
Presence mt Many Envoys and Isaval
Officers of High Rank Giro
International Aspect to
Grit Affair.
NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-The stage tonight
is set for the great historical pageant on
land and water which opens here tomor
row and will continue for two weeks along
the length of the stream that Hudson dis
covered and Fulton first navigated by
j steam. All day long the preparations
ashore and afloat went on behind a cur
talti of driving rain and mist, but the
weather bureau promises fair skies tomor
row.
Wilbur Wright was busy on Oovernor's
Island preparing for his aerial flights. The
great elevated buttery of forty search
lights of 500.000 candle-power each, which at
night will play up and down the Hudson
and throw colored patterns on a screen of
smoke and steam. Is In place and needs but
the touch of a button to blaxe Into blinding
Brightness. The streets, shops, the hotels.
theaters and transit facilities of the city
are filled to overflowing with the great'
est crowds more than a million. It Is es
timatedthat have ever been attracted to
New York. All the public buildings, the
bridges, the monumental office buildings
and the greater tmtnber of private estab
lishments, are gaf with the blue and or
ange of Hudson-Fulton bunting and flags,
and trimmed with incandescent lights. The
clumsy little Clermont a reproduction of
the vessel in which Robert Fulton made
the first voyage by steamship has had
its official trials and proved that it can do
as well as Ms original. The quaint Half
Moon, With Its quainter crew of old world
mariners. Is historically complete, even to
the rude navigators' Instruments by which
Henry Hudson shaped his course to these
shores, and only waits a favoring breese
to make a second voyage of discovery. If
It falls. It will have to be Ignomlnlously
towed.
Kpltoine of National Growth.
' State dinners to the many envoys here,
representing the powers of the world, give
nightly emphasis to,, the international as
pect of a celebration which Is an epitome
of national growth and not a mere glorifi
cation of local achievement. A great chain
of warships the largest International gath
ering ever assembled stretches up the
Hudson river from opposite the central
portion of the city until It Is lost In the
distance beyond Spuyten Duyvll.The ar
rival today of the British flagship Inflex
ible, one of the swiftest, largest and most
powerful ships of the royal navy, carrying
Sir Edward Seymour, the British admiral
and the ranking naval officer of the cele
bration, and of the German cruisers, the
Bremen, the Dresden, the Pertha and the
Victoria Louise, completes the prelimina
ries for tomorrow's naval parade.
Grand Admiral von Koester, the personal
representative of the emperor at the Hudson-Fulton
celebration, spent a day of of
ficial visits, despite the rain. First came
his return call this noon on General
Leonard Wood, commanding the Depart
ment of the East, at Governor s Island.
The general had a guard of honor drawn
up and the guns of Fort Jay fired an ad
miral's salute. Accompanied by his personal
aides, Captain von Mueller and the German
naval attache, Captain Retzm&n, the ad
miral next spent an hour on board the
German flagship Victoria Louise, receiving
the commanders and officers of the Ger
man ships.
Then began his visits to the other flag
ships. First he called on Admiral
Schroeder, aboard the Connecticut. The
commanders of all the American ships were
there to greet him. Next he called on Ad
miral Sir Edward Seymour on board the
Inflexible.
Admiral Seymour, because of the rain.
did not come ashore all day. Succeeding
visits to the French and Italian flagships
followed. Late In the afternoon a recep
tion was given at the Brooklyn navy yard
to the commanders of all the foreign shipa
to give them an opportunity of becoming
acquainted.
Flags of Peace to Fly. ,
That day when Justice, not force, shall
be the arbiter of peace will be forecasted
tomorrow, when in reply to the Interna
tional salute of twenty-one guns from the
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
According to Mr. Wright, who has seen
the various foreign machines, the Blerlot
monoplane Is a direct Infringement of the
Wright patent
While Mr. Wright has completely assem
bled hla aeroplane with the exception of
the horlaontal rudder It la not improbable
that he will make a Tight tomorrow. The
motor Is ready for testing and th mono
rail Is ready to be placed In position.
Mr. Wright has decided to attach a canoe
to the under part of his aeroplane. He will
cover it with canvas so that It will not
fill with water in case he la compelled by
any chance to alight on the bay. The
canoe will be placed well In front, as Mr.
Wright believed the tendency of the ma
chine on striking the water would be to
plui ge forward on account of the shape
of the planea.
"But I am not going to come down on
the water," said Mr. Wright. "It has
been my policy to take no unnecessary
chances, however," and then he examined
a little pipe attached to the motor to make
ure that there was not the slightest leak
age. Glenn H. Curtiss la at Hammondsport,
N. Y., assembling hla machine tor next
week's nigata la that city.
THEY'LL LOOK
From the New York Herald.
HALF MOON AND CLERMONT
Two Primitive" Boats Ready for
Another Voyage on Hudson.
GREAT SCHEME OF ILLUMINATION
Million and Half Incandescent (jlohea,
aTen Thousand Are. I.la-hta and
Two BiaT Batteries of SearcU
llarhte to Re Vsert.
NEW YORK. Sept. 24.-The man who
discovered the Hudson river and the man
whose invention made It of greatest service
will be honored during the coming week
here at the ecene of thler achievements.
Three centuries ago Hendrlk Hudson sailed
past Manhattan Island and up the river
to the head of navigation. Two hundred
years later Robert Fulton made the same
trip In the first successful steamboat. Tne
Hudson-Fulton celebration., which opens
here tovor.-ow. will vlsuul
ments.
For the next eight days the people of
New York and visitors from all parts of
the world vA witness a series of pa
geants surpassing anything hitherto at
tempted In the way of hlstorio commem
oration. The crowning attainments of the
twentieth century will be exhibited to set
off those of the past. The leviathans of
the world's navies have gathered to honor
the two little ships that made history one
and three ccnturleH ago. Above the waters
where eighty warships He at anchor the
conquerors of the air will exhibit their
mastery. Airship flights, naval . parades,
military parades and historical pageants
will all contribute to the anniversary.
Every Important nation Is represented.
After a week In New York waters, the
floating part of the exhibition will move
up the river, where the cities whose settle
ment and growth followed Hudson's dis
covery and Fulton's Invention will spend
the next week In performing their part
of the celebration. '
Half Moon and Clermont.
At 10 o'clock tomorrow the Half Moon
and the Clermont accurate reproductions
of the little Dutch shallop in which an
English master and a mixed crew first as
cended the Hudson river from Manhattan
Island to Albany, and of the ungainly
monster, belching smoke and hissing va
por, In which Robert Fulton, an American
Inventor, made the same distance for the
first time propelled by steam, will move
from their quiet anchorages In the lee of
Statsn Island to salute the vast bulk of
the assembled American and' foreign ships
of war In the lower harbor.
The Clermont will move under Its own
steam. Its clumsy engines will rattle and
groan In Its open hull; its unprotected
paddle-wheels will spatter foam on Its
decks, and It will push slowly through
the water at a speed of a little better than
four miles an hour, very much like the
floating grist mill that a Hudson river
farmer first thought It, 100 years ago.
It is built of wood, Uie ships around it
are built of steel; it carried no whistls,
nothing but a bell; steam waa too young
then and shrieking sirens will salute It;
(Continued on Sixth Pagw.
The man who
doesn't advertise is
too old a fogy to be
worth bothering
with. You will find
his goods are apt to
be out of date and
his way of doing
business a mile be
hind the procession.
Make it your motto to deal with
adrertlaerg, men who are up to tho
minute, and It will save you much
grief.
There are some live busi
ness people who advertise un
der the head of "Announoe
ments" on the first want ad
page. Patronize them.
Have you read tfca Waal U yet
today? '
LIKE NEW WILEN "BILL"
Iowa Executive
Guest of Honor
At Tournament
Troop D, Second Cavalry, Carries Off
Honors in the Saddle
Drill.
DES MOrNES, la., Sept. 24 After an
accident to its rudder while circling Camp
Corse In midair today the Baldwin dirigible
airship was forced to descend and effect
repairs In a cornfield. Late this afternoon
the vessel again rose and made a beautiful
fllKht. Tomorrow morning with Lieutenant
Frank P. Lahm it will sail over the busi
ness section of Des Moines earning out
Intricate evolutions.
Governor Carroll today was the guest
of Brigadier General Charles H. Morton
at the army tournament. In his honor th
program was of unusual- beauty. A salute
of seventeen guns was fired In honor of
the executive upon his entry to the camp.
This was Old Soldiers' day at tho tourna
ment and hundreds of veterans attended.
Perfect weather brought out 20.000 people.
Troop D, Second cavalry, carried off the
honors today In the saddle drill, conclud
ing their remarkable set of evolutions with
a high hurdle. Six troopR of the Second
cavalry went through the saddle drill at
the same time making a spectacle of great
beauty. Battery K of the Sixth field artil
lery took first prixe In the gun race, cross
ing the tape In 1:01. This was the most
thrilling rtpectade yet seen at the maneu
vers. With only a second's difference In
tho time Battery E, Fifth artillery, carried
off second honors.
The gun platoon of the Seventh cavalry
set a record of 1:18 In the machine gun
contest, forcing the mule battery along at
a hair-raising clip. A team from the sec
ond section of the Seventh artillery took
second honors.
The tournament will close tomorrow
night.
No Publicity for
Mrs. Vandcrbilt
Wife Who Has Been Reported Sep
arated from W. K. Vanderbilt,
Jr., is Silent,
NEW YORK. Sept. 24. Mrs. William K.
Vanderbilt, Jr.. with her son and daughter,
William K. Vanderbilt third and Miss
Muriel Vanderbilt, returned to New York
from abroad today on the Cunard liner
Lusltanla. When asked to make a atate
ment concerning the recent report of her
marital troubles she replied.
"I cannot say anything at this time. I
have been so much In the public eye that
I do not wish to make any statement."
EX-NEBRASKAN ENDS LIFE
Edwin Fulton, Formerly of Nebraska
City, Commits Botrlde In
Kanaae City.
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 24. Kdwin Fulton,
a well known Insurance man. committed
suicide at his home here today by shoot
ing. He was overcome by heat while play
ing golf lust July and his mind became
affectfd. Mr. Fulton was for many years
state agent In Missouri for a Massachusetts
Insurance company. He was 15 years of
age and came here from Nebraska City,
Neb.
It's a Good Thing to Have
Government Owe You Money
WASHINGTON. Sept. !4 Time and
money are expended every day by the gov
ernment In efforta to locate claimants
against the United States. For months the
Postof fice'department has been directing a
search for George W. Wert, one time post
master at Deal Beach, N. Y , to whom Is
due flO.
On June IK. 190S. a registered package waa
mailed by Mrs. Fstelle Rose'.t to Mrs. K.
D. Ledgeman of Deal Beach. The package
wiu reported lost and the valuation, HO,
a paid by Pistmaster Wert. Suhse-
nuently povtoffice inspectors discovered
that the package had not been lost, but
had been delivered lo the addressee and
the records mislaid.
GETS THROUGH.
MABRAY TRIAL IN DECEMBER
Judge McPherson Fixes the Date and
Council Bluffs the Place.
MAKES NO EFFORT TO GET BAIL
Would B No I'se, as floods Iteiiulred
In Various t'aaea In the State
Conrt Foot I to Hundred
Thonsnnd Dollars.
The trial of J. C. Mahray on th charse.
of using the United States mails for con
spiracy to defraud has been set by Judge
McPherson for Tuesdny, December 7, at a
special term of the federal courts called
for Council Bluffs on that date.
All the other conspirators Indicted under
the general blanket Indictment and who
may be arrested In the Interval will be
tried at this special term.
Jtdge Smith McPherson, after a confer
ence with the district ettnrney and counsel
for Mabray, annourred that a special Jury
would be drawn for the term In December.
Mabray's bond under the new Indictment
was fixed by Judge McPherson at ),Ono.
There Is little probability that Mabray will
make any effort to secure his liberty pend
ing his trial, as the bonds required of hint
under the numerous indictments In the
state court aggregate $100,000. The bonds
of Ben Marks and John R. Dobbins, who
were Included In the blanket Indictment
returned Thursday, were placed at J1.SO0
each. George S. Wright, attorney for
Marks, filed a bond for his client yester
day afternoon and Marks was not required
to go through the formality of being ar
rested and brought to the court, as ho Is
seriously III at his home on Vine street.
Tho bonds of all the other defendants
named In tho Indictment were fixed by
the court at $3,000, but this order will b
subject to change to suit Individual cases
as the Judge may later decide.
Announcement was made yesterday thnt
the federal court would be moved Sunday
to Its temporary quarters in the court
house, where court will convene next Mon
day morning in the louth court room. To
day will be tho Inst day that court will
be held In the fcdiral building until the
addition Is constructed and the remodeling
of the interior of the prewnt building com
pleted. Mabray will not be left in the county
Jail here until his trial in December, but
will be returned to the Polk county Jail
In Des Moines, where the accommodations
are far superior. Since being brought tu
the county Jail Mabray has not been al
lowed any special privileges and at the.
best Die accommodations In the county Jail
are far from good. United States Mtirslial
F. B. Clark stated last evening that he
expected to take Mabray back to Des
Moines In a few days or as soon as
Mabray has had sufficient time to consult
with his attorneys.
A number of the witnesses before the
federal grand Jury In the Mabray case
were served with subpoenas yesterday to
appear as witnesses In the state court In
the case against John R. Dobbins, whose
trial la assigned for October 4. Subpoenas
were also served on a large number of the
witnesses to appear Dcfore the federal
grand Jury In Omaha next Monday.
Sheriff MeCaffery has been advised by
County Attorney Hess that the service
on Mabiay In the county Jail on bench
warrants under the numerous indictments
returned against him In tho district court
was not legal. The warrants. County At
torney Hess said, could not be served
while Mabray was In custody as a federal
prisoner. Consequently warrants cannot be
served until the casts In the federal court
are disposed of.
When the facts were disclosed every ef
fort was made by the department to re
turn the amount to Postmaster Wert. He
had moved from Deal 1 leach to Hood
River, Ore. Inquiry showed that he had
died there. An effort to locate his heirs
proved unavailing. Neither of his two sons
could be located, although they both were
traced by postofflce Inspectors from place
to place. The search already has cost the
department several tlmea the amount of
the original loss, and even yet It has not
been abandoned. The disbursing office of
the department still has the check leadv
for delivery to Mr. Wert's estate and It
may yet be able to locate some ot the
heirs.
No Tangible Result is Reached and
They Will Meet Again.
ARBITRATION STILL PROPOSED
Company Fears Signing Agreement
Would Recognize Union.
CLOSED SHOP IS THE BUGABOO
Strikers rc t.lieu thr Financial and
Mornl Support of the Other
I nloni and Profeaa tn lie
Comfortable.
PROGRESS OF STRIKE.
rive maycrs and President Wsttlea con
fer for two hours without definite results.
Another conference thla morning when
something- la expected.
President Wattles looks for some tangi
ble solution os the problem.
Seven riot call come in in one-half
hour. Street errs are atoned and carman
Injured.
Strikers hold raasa meetings la five
cities.
Other uiions pledge financial and moral
support to strikers.
Cars do not run after 7 p. m.
Yesterday whs a day of high tension and
great ncthily in the street car strike. Riot
calls followed each other Into 'the police
station In rapid succession, the police and
deputy sheriffs were kept busy and In some
instances had to use force, while street
cars ere stoned and women's lives Jeopar
dized In at least one cn.se. The conference
between 1'resldcnt Watlles of the street car
company and the mayors of the five cities
affected by the strike produced no tangible,
or nt least define, results. It continued for
two hours In the office of Mayor Dahlman
and Its results will, he submitted by Mr.
Wattles to his honrd of directors this morn
ing, following which another conference
with the mayors will he held. The com
pany did not attempt to run cars after
7 p. m.
Mr. Wattles, ns he left the meeting room
would make no atatement of any kind, sav
ing the mayors would disclose the llttl.i
there was to say about the conference.
"We haven't much to give out," said
Mayor Dahlman. "We hive arrived nt no
settlement, but still have hopes. Mr. Wat
tles will take up some matters before his
hoard of directors and we are to have an
other meeting Saturday nt 11 o'clock."
"Is tho oucMtlon before you whether or
not the differences art' to be settled by ar
bitration?'" Mayor Dahlnm'n was asked.
"We have agreed to make no statement
as to what passed In the conference room.
I can't suy anything about thnt. All I can
say Ih we ore making tiotin- progress and
we hope to reach a settlement before long."
The announcement that the conferees are
still at sea was a decided disappointment
to thoso who had waited outside the door
for over two hours to hear somo word from
within. The statement that some progress
had been made wns somewhat cheering,
though rather Indefinite.
Wattles expresses Hope,
Just before he went Into conference with
the mayors Mr. Wattles said. "We hopo
to evolve something out of the situation
soon."
It was a busy forenoon for the president
of the street railway company. Shortly
after 9 o'clock he called Ihe directors of
the company together and a session was
held until almost 11 o'clock. It la under
stood the suggestions made by the mayors
the day before were taken up and dis
cussed along with the general progress of
the strike.
At 11 o'clock Mr. Wattles went Into tho
conference with the mayors and remained
in the room with them two and three
quarters hours. It was close to I o'clock
before tho conference quit.
All the mayors In the conference ar
very dose-mouthed about what took place.
While they would not admit It, It Is under
stood the principal effort of the officials
is to secure acceptance of the offer of tho
strikers to arbitrate all dlfferepcea with
the understanding that all men now out
be taken back and given their old places.
If an agreement to arbitrate under these
conditions is acceded to by the company
the men promise to return to work Imme
diately and accept the findings of the arbi
tration board.
While the strikers do not demand recog
nition of the union, the company officials
fear the signing of an agreement would tu
effect be a recognition of the union and
would give that body so much prestige
among the employes that the company
practically would be unionized.
More Care la Service. .
"More cars," Assistent General Manager
Leussler says, "were In service today than
have been any day singe the strike, and
many inure old men, thoKe who did not
strike, have been icberved. are at work."
The action of the labor unions of Om.ilui
in illation to the street car strike is now
directed through the committee of the Cen
tral Labor union toward the financial as
sistance of the strikers and the cultivatloa
of general sympathy and moral support.
A committee, headed by O. J. Handatl,
who is ulo cut responding and recording
secretary of Uie Carmen s union. Is In
chargn of the arrangements for the aolictt
hg of financial aid from the outside
unions, i'hi.i committee will call on the
vaiious unions as they gather at tho
Labor Temple on their .-egular meeting
dates. At this meeting each union will o.
clde for ilM lf hat aid be extended To the
Btr.kers.
"We are not yet In need of any con
siderable, financial aid.'' said Mr. Randall.
"Most of the men are able to stand a
laoff of a couple of weeks all right, and
we have been out only six days now. If.
however. In the course of a mouth, should
the strike U.it that long, there should be
any general lull f.r help, It ought to b
a good evidence to the people that the
street car nn u need better wages.
"There have thus far hi en but two ap
peals to the union for help, one of these
comes from a death in I tie family of the
workman and the otr.c r fioin t Hm v.
ar takin cm oi i!,t-e . o c.t.- by
a suli.M'i in
Juit lleaertlon,
"We have had but one 3oertion and
that waa by a man hired by the company
