a - : r n - f " ,r. - . -" V j i K I '1 V jl " ; llItl lMUJlijJlll .. ill "I fH L u' U I jW.FjT ' WALL STREET FREEBOOTERS Ken Who life by Their "VTiti ia America's Money Center. STETKISQ ULLXTIXA OF CLASS Larc for twldler ( Fwrtaae, rbewa r, Isrewairrs mm rsuwltea Hw the alirkrl is Worked. Wal mrt la tb very throe of th new world's wealth. Hither drift th soldiers of f ort uoe lured by tales of sudden wealth, of "sboeetrut; run Into millions" of prodigal favorites of f ort une cuusi sold to their courtiers and sycophants, of rich crumbs scattered from tb tabic of tbw sraai. of prtceies knowi edse of tb plan of masterful financier whispered Into the ear of Ton, tick and Harry, of Iucr clerk buying motors and jaebva, of quick-witted telephone boy tak ing trip to Europe, of wealth-getting scheme of prorootioa ud apcculatlon. The oarajiitee of the market pla.ee, who neither toil nor spin, live by preying on the credulity, the folly, the vanity, the bounty, the avirlci, the fear of thoae tie de toll and epic When the country la prorperoua and pourlr.g Ua wealth Into TaJl atxeet, the tioide of 'jraite grova, out evtro In eara of depreenion. when the market ia la the dolflrurnn, you il find the native paraajtea atrucRHr-c along on the crumba and hoping for the return of good timea. They know no other life, and aay from the roar of the market place the? are ctranrer In a atrange land. Down In narrow New street, behind the maaaive-eolui&ned Stock eschangw, gather the soldier of fortune. This la a thorough fare f mellowed tradition and atranre legends of the past, fur her hare met for years ha the opn air the men of the snar krt t exchange the news and goaa p the ru. na and scandals of the great dollar ram. All Omn mm 4 CadltlM. Crurbtng elbows in this skyscnaper-walled lane are men whos names ar known in every bank In Europe, and rag-god, half witted beggars, blear-eyed frem drink. Here yon meet rich steelmaker from Pittsburg, kunSurned miner from Montana and Ari zona, Fern and South Africa; Tammany politician, Albany lawmaker and mem bers of congress; black-and-white-gowned Platers ef Charity In search of alma; finan i cial journalists looking- for news; "muck I rakers" digging up scandal; promoters 'with mmions-in-lt" schemes; tratelers from afar with concessions from struggling Fovernments; clean-cut. smartly-groomed young brokers, freeh from the colleges famous quarterbacks and sprinters; dog sellers and Italian pushcart vendors; news boys erring the -extras ;" old clothes mm. shoestring men, scurrying messengers; "put and call" traders; hatless brokers from the flowr rushing acroes to '"Fred-" for ' bite, ChA aUk-hatted bankers walking leis urely to a luncheon club; csct2rs tlp sters, grosslplng teleiihone boys, pretty tenorraphers, "handbook men and "plain clothes' mea. Market plungetw ad big opera tors mTt have their' courtiers and psnsionsrs. The shrewd flwanoial' soldier of fortune, who play the game to win a big stake for him self, seeks the far or ef a powerful, suc cessful speculator, Just a.s the soldiers of fortune of ths swashbuckler days courted the favor of cwwrlikf war leaders. For tunes were won In the middle ages by war ot conquest; now they are won In the stock market. Tip for UvBlkrra. One day several years ago a powerful political leader st Albany happened Into the' office ot a powerful capitalist. They had srnewn each other for years. "How can I make some money In the market?" asked the politician casualty. "Buy g-s-" "Where 1 it g-olngr "Will, if you buy 1.00 share yon eugM to mak tse.OUO but don't tell anybody 1 said so. Th politician boaght the stock, and k quietly spread the newa that gas was rolng up.' He couldn't tell who gave him the tip but everybody h told knew, for his rewujar vink ts see his friend, the capitaJ Mfg. were more widely known than he imagined. It wasn't long before th tip to buy gas was all over t ibany, and men ber of the legislature were mortgarl .j their property to ret aboard, A bill honilr t the gas company w-s brought Into 1h aseznbU-. and it seemed likely to jro through. Oaa stock weakened; the specu lating legislators were asked by their brok er to put up more margin. The bin wa killed In committee; a-a went up. and all "1 "Albany crowd" sold their stork at a big advance. Takl.f ran of rwlltlrtawa. Far years political leaders of Uiflneao la rw i or a my affairs hsv been "taken .are 01 a w hi street. Hundreds of millions of Stock exchange securities are based on New Tork fianchiwa. and thi i suoctss of tb cuterrpnue against which Men's lland lailored Overcoats, Refinement In patterns And istics of tbe new overcoat! shown by Bratdeig. Our overcoat section is the taot complete and perfectly q Pd section ot Its kind west ot Chicago. We nie.Btkn our lilies of up-to-fiate. The protector, close fitted collar are latent this yesr. Brandels offers you a better selection of strictly ta.thianal.le over- 1 1 1 and coau, at A VP ROGtRS-PEtT OVERCOATS HlRSH-WiCKWIRE OVERCOATS The beielia of alepnnie In men'$ costs. Elersnt aad refitied models as wtii a extreme atd classy novelties of lie roHcca Ckn tyie A mtnlmt Tallar anrvt v i&ake joa one that's better SPtOiL - Bi) i Sells The clothes that yoa'll ttty lor ft u ciotnes we oner you here an..rt tnicVerhcM kor miultla out rutins; collar. prii-i.r sole, thene m7-ti- stand depend In a larre measure os tb favor of the politiral boe ! and benchroen w he rule the city. Wlrid- lrg so great a power. It ia not Strang tr I they hare made use of It In Wall -rtreet. ! Mrry a man la lc New York politic fur ; the favor and fear It rain him below j Fulton street, and more than one polities! ! ieafler has retired w Itb a fortune irutde in speculation. And th line b-tween bemerty , and dishonesty is not slwsrs o eafi: bar H. Over la Washington, too, a lawmaker wb hav made fortunea thrcugh the rmt irlrterested advice of friends In Wall street. With th continued expansion of th gtrvemmenf domination over th af falra of Interstate ratlroedo and lnd'istrial trust" Washlnrtew and Wall r.reet are getting more and more In touch. For wherever laws are rnal- affect ng the buni- of 1 , , . aaa iat wi J'v! sa ti nie iniit 111 find a situation similar t tt.at exlpting i in New Tork capitalist orrcnlrer srk'r.B the favor of political leadera. sd polnical j soldiers of fortune reaching out fr a share in speculative profits. It i sordid but It true. Folltlcal leaders are not th only per- sons "taken car of In Wall street. Tb eorporation Iswyers win even richer prise Shrewd attorneys there are within a stone's throw of th stock exchange who favor la courted by capitalist onranisers aa seal- oualy as that of th politiciana In a war K-- . .- rW.I ranllilirf rwiin. V. Mrnr ia rver In i tain Tint nnlv .11 tv.- leral experts needed to fight one's case but also the expert most useful to the enemy. On of tb shrewdest corporation law-yer in Wall street owe his large for tune to bis keen scent of a coming f:ght and his ability to get a retainer from one sid or th ether. H care little under who flag be flgnts. so long as the fee Is big enough and he transfers his alleg iance from on camp to another with amaxing facility. thecal Fr boater. Of another level are " th f reebootlng lawyer In Wall street, whs "bold up" rich corporations with "striks" suits either for th purpose of being paid directly to keep quiet, or t suggest a "bear" assault on a company's securities. A favorite game of these gentry la holding up an issue of w railroad or Industrial securities with as injunction, meanwhile going "short" of th stock in the market. The Injunction cares the llttl tockbo!ders. the stock breaks and the instigators of the "strike" suit r sway with th market spoila The gam was worked a short while ago on Delaware A Hudson with hlrhly profitable results, h has been worked on steel, con solidated gat and other franchise stocks. One of th shrewdest of these freebooters ha been la the street for years with "no Tlsibl moans of support." but every now and than making a "killing. " lie ia a cynic H "believes that the whole sporula tiv Boacbin I a parasitical growth, that the capitalist leaders of th Jtrert ar a crew of pirates and that they lire leglti male prey , for lltu pirate like ttlmaelt. He rrvela in panic, for then be gets bis big sw ag. When stocks are smashing and failures ar of daily occurence, be goes about sowing rumors of dUsaster with Mao ahtareUlaa glee. Mar than one ' be has been the tool 'of powerful bear operators In attack on th market, and he a! way geta bis shar of th spoils. He is clever en eiura to, with his knowledge of crimi nal law, not to get himself into trouble. Tb passion fur publicity draws to Wall street a crowd ot Journalistic soldiers of fortune some of whom are mere petty swindlers. It' takes very litU money to get up a monthly or weekly financial peri odical that, to the casual reader, looks most dignified and respectable. With shears and paste pot, the current issue of Th Wall Street Journal, The Financial Chronicle, and the daily papers, the enter prising "editor" put hi sheet together la as hour or ma, and the printing of a few copies at ens of th many little shops in tb financial district is quickly and cheaply done. Fortunes hav been made with thea mushroom publications aa tools. When a "green" crowd of promoter comes to Wail street to sell stock in some near-mine, the ahears-and-pastc publisher camp on their trail. Tbey "bold up" the promoters for big advertising our tract at tat rate, sell them "write-up" space, and distribute copies containing these " rile up" in t.tW lots at single-copy prices. Very often, when the promoters are not willing t civ UB rtai munev. 1h tiuhlitheri take "calls" on the new stock, cr net-nan mke a block outright- Stock certificate are tut die pest things produn 1 li I promoter's office, and h hand Uiem out pretty freely so long as b lsn t worried by making a market for them. Sometime! these publica tions are mere h:ackmiimg affair that "bold up" financial crouks. threatening to publish damaging article if they are not paid good round sums. The editor of one ot these shoot wrote a scurrilous attack vd a street rallwiy capital jo, and UK-k the art lcl to the man, expecting he wu.d "tall for it," in the parlance of the game. Th cap.'taiirt opened a drawer of his desk iluS nointed tea Disud lvlna there Wall street 13 overrun with dreamer and BRANDEIS STORES Omaha's Foremost Showing of cleverness la stile r character a new overcoats in the lrCS stvlea styles, and the four-in-one styles l25.45 .". asd Ovfrcoati at $3.75 or 7 in another store are exactly t ? 75. Hoj suits la i;Mv . r. t a . w e cpeclai, at ... r - rw V T t X' Ktinwm. who. likeC- ;i are r- fn to iwll lODO.nW la ;uti to the Chinamen at tl a ott'ia No drnisena of the guktt are im dei'rhtful aiqualnt anres, but how many ef them make their endi meet 1 a mymeiy. For years thejr hang about the street, alwaya with some wonderful project for fortune mak'.r.g Just ready to be launched hut never qutte read?-. Always there's a hitcii a banking house Is examining th project, and asks for more time to consider it; the capltal.st who la I expected to float th venture has f;on to Europe; th mine must be examined by as er.pinecr before the capital will be ad jVar.ced; th patrnt risnt are in diFpute; ' the mom y market 1 unfavorable but hop i sprint r tf rnal in the breasts of th drearn- era The unscrupulous soldiers of fortune tn the street who nrev on the lr.ncent are lerlon. They infert the big office buildinps "'v Krv street; they loiter about t"TJI V a-a v w I the Waldorf bar at night. Ther are the "tipe-tera." who advertise In the Sunday nun and st'.l LelihiKn advice on the market to rreduloua country speculators for a few dollar a month; there nre the swlnd'.era who circulate subscription lists Tr ivthina.1 charitica." the taj-ivansers for ! fw hirirrn1iical nublkations. tb sub- ecription spent for visionary periodical; there aiw the fake bond dealers who rct i email out-of-town capitalists t advance them or tl.m for work tbey never do; i ther are the fake promoter who print tock by the ream and sell it to the "suck V., 'A i t lTiaTT DOOl" StUU kS, WbO L-t th rreflulou to IntruFt their fund to I them for speculation; the swindler w ho make fictitious mtifcH tor wiu Clock on the curb; the e'ever fellow who make loans on fake securities and disap pear. The underworld of those who live by their wits in the street Is peopled by all sorts and conditions of swindlers, with a knack of inventing new schemes to defraud and at the same time keeping out of jail. New Toi a Time. BIG SCOOP IN REVOLUTION First Sewrspaper -Eaelwslve" tory Told of tbe newer f Corw erallie. Every feature and action In Torktown's celebration of the anniversary of the surrender of the British forces under Gen eral Cornw-alU. held last Tuesday, waa de scribed on the spot, the copy "put on mt i wire" and delivered at every newspaper office within an hour or two. Thine were different when the celebrated event act ually occurred. The Providence R- I.) Journal reprints what is considered the first newspaper 'exclusive" story printed in Rhode Island. It tells how the news of CornwaJlis' surrender of Torktown travel d to New England via ewpon ana providence, being announced In Boston on October 2C, 17K1. by flyers, of which mere roliows a verbatim copy. These flyer were sheets about lOxTH Inches In site.. Thty were primed, as spiears by th copy below, by N. Willis, grandfsther of Na thaniel Parker Willis, ths poet and Jour nalist. He was bora In 17S5 snd died In 1831; was one of the famous Boston "Tea party" and subsequently waa a Journalist in Ohio many years. The document from which the copy below was made ia a well preserved one. tlme-atained. but perfectly intact, and compares curiously with the newspaper extras which In these times an nounce extraordinary events to th pub- lie: BOSTON, October Jt, A Gentleman who arrived here this Morn ing, from Providence, lias favored ua with the following Important Intelligence! Providence, October 2&. lTKl, Three O'clock P. M. jThis Moment an Expref arrived at his Honor the Ieputy-Governor s irons col CHRISTOPHER Ol-NET, Commandant on lihode-inand. announcing the glori ous inu-Uipence of. the Surrender of LiOFU) CORNWALLIS, and his ARMT. an Account of which was printed this morning at Newport, and is as follows, rit.: NEW-PORT, October 5, Testerday afternoon arrived In this har bour. Captain LOVETT. of the Schooner Adventure from Tork-Rlver, la Chefa-peake-Bay, which be left the 30th lnftant, and brought na the GLORIOUS NEWS of the SURRENDER OF LORT CORNWAL LIS and his ARMT Prifoners of War to the ALLIED ARMT. under the command of our illuftrious GENERAL. J4 the French fleet, under the Command of hi ! Excellency, the Count de Graff. A ctffation of arm took plae last Thursday, the 1Mb lnftant, in eonfequeno of propofals a ceffatlon of TWENTT- FOm HOURS but TWO only were granted by his Excellency General WASH INGTON The articles were compleated the tame dny, (.nd the next day the allied army took poseefion of TORKTOWX. By this Glorkus canqueft NINE THOU EAND of the Enemy. Including Seamen, fell into our hanfl. with an hnmenfe quan tity of warl.ke Stores, a forty Gun Ship, a Frisaie. an armed VeffeL and about ONE HUNDRED SAIL of TRANSPORTS. Printed and sold at N. WILLIS 8 Printing orfiou. 0 W ' mm Kt " i V -sa ; mm I mm ,1 1 aA i mm.l TTisl iLmmi i J ATLANTA SHOW IS A BAUT ! i Flow-erf and Colon in Profusion Will j Decorate Big B nil din,. ! TATT wT.T. FOR THE AUTOS Satlraal Rlgwwray betweew Jew Twrk me 4 atlawta Is Defra Itely e leeled for Pwklle Tr ro Show Sest Voatb. ATLANTA. Ga . Oct. XI. Raised plaques j of Flying Mercury at the Wheel, smlisx, and artificial flowers in profusion, fiags. eagles : and shields In grest numher, and scort cf twenty-foot oil paintings illustrating motoring Incidents and scene will be seed in th decorative scheme for the Atlanta Automobiie show, which opens her on November t. The main floor center will have a row of posts supporting raised letter signs th whole surmounted by artificial flowers. On the sides and ends will be a piatfoii-i about fifteen feet high with a rail above. Th background of these spaoe will be covered with green burlap to th he.ph; of the signs, this to be backed up by double rail fence. Half posts will be used to support signs, being covered to match those in the center. There will be tb usual ratse4 letter e.gns a In the center, the letters being individually cut and of a uniform size. There will he a profusion of flower along thl platform, and abut the aigns partly hidden by th flower w ill be a border of oil paintings, eight feet htgii by twenty feet long, that will show some of the notable incidents ot recent tnoioi car races and tours. Above these picture will b a strip of red burlap to the top of the balcony roof. Flags, eagles. anC shields will be used to relieve th lop strip. The baloony will be covered on tht inside by pillars draped with fiags anc bunting. The ceiling of the main hall w ii. b profusely daoorated with flags anu bunting. Taft hall, which 1 on of the hand somest halls of its sis in the country, and is at ths right ef th main entrant to th building, will be treated in th satin manner as the main floor. Th ceiling e Taft hall, will be decorated the same aa tl. . main building, with a greatly Increases, amount of lighting over what is normal!, used there. In the basement the sam. effect will be carried out as in the ma. part of tli building, painting, bunuiii fiagiB, aag-leB, shields, and small picture being used in profusion, some of tbe.i partially hidden by artificial fiowers. Th signs will b on tb same order of in dividual raised letters, white on red. Artlstl LIshttB- As th visitors enter th main entrance, they will see an artistic lighting effect, with flags and shields and artificial flowers arranged differently from what has been seen at motor car shows In th pact. The am plan will be followed in the accessory divisions on Uh meaxaniiie and second floor and In tbs Taft hall and basement, j The floor covering will be of green dentm with a red border, thee floor coverings , now being In the process of making. They will be laid, on pioo In each, exhibit, i like a carpet- Bven the denim tor the big Taft hall win be mad In on piece, j fastened only on the edges, while the aiales j In Taft hall will b covered by oilcloth. I Th basement covering will b of green j matting, while th accessory spaoe will j hare a-reen denim w ith the red border, i Gilded rails will be used to divide th varl- 1 oua spacea. Smiiax will be used plentifully throughout the building, adding t the gen eral color scheme. A great deal of consideration haa been given to th matter of lighting, of which ther must be a large amount to Insure a proper lighting for the brightly polished and highly varnished care. There will be thousands of incandesoent lights strung from the various part of the building, to say nothing of the flaming are lights, both tn&tde and outside of th armory. Exhib itor will be provided with desks and chairs in their exhibits. Katlwwal His way. After a thorough Inspection of the vari ous routes between Nw Tork and Atlanta, tb route of the "National Highway" be tween the two cities has been definitely selected- Starting on October g&, the first public tour between north and south will b held over this rout to the Atlanta show. More than twenty entries hav already been received and th event will be one of the most important of the season. During th summer a thirty-horse-power White steamer made three trips between New i Tork and Atlanta, over as many different routes, and with the aid of the data thus ' obtained the official route has been marked out by th two Whit pathfindlng cars The steam car started from New Tork on September tt. and made a record trip south ward, reaching Atlanta on September Sfi. The gasoline car started northward from Atlanta, and the two machines met st Martinsville. Va.. and from that point pro '.oded southward together. The rout of the hirhway leads across St ten Island, then to TrefUon. across the Delawsrs river at that point, and thence proceed to Philadelphia. From Philadel phia th reut lead almost due westward to Gettysburg, via Lancaster and Tork. At Gettysburg the route tuw southward te j Hagerstowa, thence to Khejwrdstown. W. T, and frem there to Winchester. From I this point the rout follow th fcnoui Shenandoah Valley pike to Staunton. From ; j Staunton th route proceeds southw ard. vis j Natural Bridye, 1o Knanoke. South of P.'v i anok is a stretch of about fifty miles across the mountains, where the worst road of the entire mote are encountered A on a the hurt way rtiier Norih Caro lina better conditions are found, and there sre good roads slmost sll th wsy srre? th stat via Wtnrten. Salem. Greens hero and Charlotte. Greenvl'le and Ander son are th principal town in South Caro lina thrones, which th route passe, and entering Genreia th reut proceed, vl Hoyston Winder Ttd L wrenee-t Me. to At lanta, th toial distance from New Tork being 1 ff rrl'es. Pel tew rarrrBfc. a hot air dispenser develops Many cold f-ct. Trere l n esrv for lh man who le to 1 ehil.i a sutrblehee In the trush ts better than fw in th hand. The irior'iu fintrs sweetest lust before j ).e fires" hi bi'.l. Of course the ma whe lives next door i ha br-un sues as ther sr. i Mu!ifv ome In bad! when we find it I drfeuli to t t oar head on tt. No Cordelia, a sssn isn't neceeaarlly a cannibal fcor-auee m eat tobmrr It a 4'f'C-ut te ret some men to ta'k as tt is te ret th averse woman to oj:L A Bias, doesn't rot much ice aNwtid home for itboal ten Sa after he t marrlt-d. The world re.p.-c"ia a thief mere than a Va fewst nd ou fcoow hat tt Hunk ef a tkief. There are lots of sensible women in the world, but as a matter tf fart. Uiey don t serin to make a tat wlifa the aeerafe tuan. CnittiSt, Mea. tt Catalogue on Application To THE STANLEY STE1AJVIER, 2513 Leavenworth St.. Omaha its HAS ARRIVED There's only one expression and one verdict on the 1910 "White gasoline car. It's the nattiest, niftiest, nabob of a car that ever came to town It 'b the cleanest built, strongest made, most powerful climber in the city. It's the equal of the $3,500 French Renault and it's price is only The 1910 WHITE, STEAMER is Also Hero for Your Demonstration HERE'S what a customer writes about the new model only last week: 'l wish to state that I have been driving my "White Steamer 'Model 00' since four weeks ago last Friday and have covered 2,274 miles of Kansas roads. Have not had one cent of tire expense, only $1.48 for repairs for broken pilot light. My entire fuel bill has been less than $6.00. I am in the midst of the oil country and get my kero sene at a very low price, but this showing is remarkably pleasant" Signed-IL B. 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Oiuatxitolla mtiaBsBL. alias oUiife in S ' Ah juu Mur car I ukcm troai 1 ttid tar tr tmpi s( tb 'llHU Sjl l.k ! rot U-ITTib Tti couuua axvt uOurmauoe about, mt: uliM Baa ear aaaauM Hw tU-M Turk Cltr. tii wa tbLD Si ; a ii (k,. Ma , 11J. atata L . st auaa Sin ouruer iu ab rib Sia. TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER DUar Tear. 1(D) sum lice Are Here Telephone Douglas 1314 for Demonstration, or See Them at 2513 Leavenworth Street. e ieiOi lie v SIS (D)(0) CLUDBIHG OFFERS Daily and Sunday Bee Woman's Home Companion T i Begular price for both Daily Bee (without Sunday) McClure's Magazine Begular price for both Daily and Sunday Bee. McClure's Magazine .. Eeg-ular price for both THE OMAHA DEE OMAHA, NED. 5 (Ci $3,001 Onr Price ONLY 1.50 one year. -57.50 J S 11 1 1 1 bsr w 'b' -WmW $4.00 1 Oar Price ONLY $4.60 1.50 one year. .$5.50 J 8??10ar Price 9 VlrV ONLY $6.50 one year. .$7.50 J