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VOL. XXXIX NO. 113.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26, 1909 TEN PAGES.
TAFT OPPOSES
POM BARREL
President States His Petition Regard
ing Improvement of Internal
Waterwayi.
AGAIJTST GENERAL BOND ISSUE
Ea.h Proposed Improvement Must
Stand on Iti Merits.
PROJECTS V
PATOIS DEFINITE
Speaker Cannon, in Address, Endorses
President's Position.
START MADE DOWN THE RIVER
Pr.-shlrnt, Governors, genatora, llrp-rciir-ntatlvea
and Other Official
!. for New-, Orleans
Late la Afternoon.
:VT. LOUIS, Oct 25. Waterway improve
ment, an a part of a national policy of
conservation of the atreamn, the lands ad
joining . thm and the ' forests at their
sources, was the theme of two notable
gatherings n this city and in East St.
Louis, 111., today, In which President Taft.
Joseph O, Cannon, speaker of the national
house of representatives.' and Governors
Deneen of Illinois and Hadley of Missouri
took leading roles. Vice President Sherman
waa also at the East St. Louis meeting, his
presence making the occasion perhaps the
first that so oomplete a roster of official
flora has gathered at any place west of the
Alleghenles.
Cabinet members, United States senators
and representatives and ministers 'from for
''Sfl fovernments listened to the speeches
at one or both of the meetings. Added to
these were state and municipal officials of
all decrees and close to 100.000 citizens from
the ranks who had flocked to the two cities
to see and hear their officers.
Tonight ths president, the speaker, the
aiplomats, legislators and several hundred
representatives of commercial organisa
tions of Illinois, Missouri and other states
In ths Mississippi valley, are speeding down
the, Mississippi river aboard a flotilla of
paddle-wheel steamers bound for New Or
leans. There .they are to assemble with
hundreds of others in the annual convn
tlon of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Water
way association, whose pet project Is the
;reatlori of a permanent fourteen-foot chan
ne! from the mouth of the Illinois river to
the Oulf of Mexico.
President States Position.
While the president's utterances on
waterway Improvement were not so far
reaching regarding the creation of the
fourteen-foot channel as those of President
Roosevelt on a similar occasion and there
fore not entirely cheering to the advocates
sf an Immediate commencement of tha
work yet the fact that Speaker Cannon
unqualifiedly endorsed 'the chief executive's
stand regarding bond issues for such pro
jects, gave these same advocates anoour- i
agement. The general good was the teat '
which the president prescribed for the un
Jertaklng of ambitious works.
' Let us take up each project on Ita
merits," he said, "end determine by all
means at our command whether the coun
;ry in which that project is to be carried
Mit Is so far developed as to Justify the
expenditure of a large sum of money and
whether tha project will be useful when
done.
'When you have determined that on the
genera! principle of good to the entire
country, then I am In favor of doing that
1 work as rapidly as It can be done, and
I am In favor if issuing bonds to do It.
Cannon Agrees with Taft.
Rtfetrlng to this sentlirient, which was
uttered In a meeting at the St Louis
coliseum at noon. Speaker Cannon, addresa
, Ing the gathering at the dedication of the
new federal building In East St. Louis later
In tha day, aald: ,
"It la a safe and sound outlining of a
proper policy for us to pursue In this great
pvwidle west. We have improved the Mis
jp&ppl In the past and we shall be Im
proving It 100 yeare from now. when we
ihall need a" car water courses. We In
this generation will do our part wisely. We
will not throw money into rivers to be
washed Into the aea. We shall do that
first that needs doing most."
Tha sneaker endorsed the levee system.
congratulating East St Louis and Its
neighboring towns on the completion of the
rivi barriers, the dedication of which
formed part of the day'a celebration. He
predicted that the Mississippi would yet
be permanently confined to Its banks
throughout its length and urged that the
states adjoining ths stream share the cost
with ths national government.
Illinois Will Help.
Just previous to the utterances by Mr.
Mr. Cannon, Governor Deneen of Illinois
had issued an official statement In which
he aaserted that tha coming extraordinary
session of tha general assembly of that
state would bo expected to enact legisla
tion enabling - tha state offtcera to under
take 120.000,000 worth of waterway Im
provement provided by tha bond Issue re
cently authorised by the electorate.
-I believe that the Illinois general as
sembly will cryatalllxe Into action the senti
ment shown hera and which will ba ahown
everywhere from St Loula to New Orleans
during tha next few daya." said tha gov
ernor. "Illinois should maintain Its leader
ship In waterway Improvement. Had thla
. . . . w .... ki.n nMm hv the
B .aiu yuuvii r -
federal and atata governments heretofore,
there would hava been enough water power
. i . i mi).!'... airaums ta ttav for
.he entire development of our domeatlo
eaterwaye."
" Governor Hadlay, while introducing Pres
ident Taft to the Coliseum audience, urged
lint the development of river channels into
navigable ways would do much towards
settling the transportation problem, which
question, he said, was the greatest before
the country today. He aald that while the
livera first and the railroads later war
able to care for all the freight and passen
gers offered to them, that today neither
"MO 4 It alone. Increased facilities for
sublio carriers, he urged as a crying need.
. . laft Makes Fonr Speeches.
President Taft made four spet'.ies today,
""but the lengthiest consumed less than half
un hour. At breakfast, as a guest of the
Commercial club of 8i. Louis, ha referred
to the part that body took in the lnspec
9 It Ion of the Panama tail si by business or
' sanitations several years ago, speaking
about fifteen minutes. At the Coliseum
he dUcussed waterway for about ten min
utes longer tl.an that but at Inchson with
tCuntUiued on Bwoud Page.)
Fight for Coin
Left by Creighton
to Go to Finish
Proposed Compromise Bequest to the
Working Girls' Home is
Abandoned.
re will be no compromise effected
the bequest of Count John A. Crelgh
r a working girls' home and a battle
will be fought out In the courts,
waa settled yesterday when the law
f Smyth, Smith A Behall appeared
C -let court, acting nominally In be
2 i. a number of poor working girls.
t Sj 'y being retained by another party.
i - i understood to be Bishop Scannell
o. vi ". ithollc diocese of Omaha.
ve been retained by a prominent
clt Omaha," aald C. J. Smyth.
"wnose name I do not care to mention at
thla time."
The firm Is the legal counsel for the
bishop and the diocese and there Is every
reason to believe that the prelatels in-
terestd.
It will be called to mind that some days
ago executors of the Creighton will filed an
application in county court asking Instruc
tion and suggesting, but not recommending.
compromise with the sixteen heirs of
Count Creighton, of whom they themselves
are two. The plan suggested was that the
sum of $75,000 be allowed for the home and
that the heirs divide the other ISD.OOO of tha
(160.000 remaining of the Creighton mil
lions.
To this plan objection is filed in county
court through the attorneys, who name
as their clients 125 young women, all of
them working girls in Omaha.
There are also filed In district court two
suits of intervention. One of these Is by
the law firm for Attorney General W. II.
Thompson of Nebraska who protests that
the bequest Is a public charity and trust
and that therefore It Is his duty to move
In the matter. The other ault of Interven
tion Is brought In the name of Catherine
B. McCarthy, Lizzie K. Brown and Ella
St Onge. These are three of the 125 named
In the county court protest.
There have been all along two suits In
district court in which the executors are
nominally opposed to the heirs. It Is likely
that these casea will now be fought out
there with the active prosecution of the
claims being done not by the executors,
but by the intervenors.
New Tenants for
the Hanson Cafe
Florsheim Shoe Company Takes Ten
Year Lease at $7,200 Per
Year. .
Hanson's cafe will soon ba entirely re
modelled and will be housing new tenants.
who will ba paying 11,420 a month or $15,M
a year.
The Florsheim Shoe company, one oi the
largest shoe houses in the country, with
immense capital back of it, has leased the
ground floor for ten years at an annual
rental of 17.200, or a total of 172.000. The
entire front of the building will be torn
away and the tile abolished. A marble
atairway will be Installed where the south
window now Is fo lead to the commission
house of Logan A Bryan on the aecond
floor. Robertson's cafe will occupy the
basement.
The new shoe company will put in a
$200,000 stock as soon as It may secure pos
session of the building.
Messrs. Irv Kingman and AI Star be
the local managers of the new shoe estab
lishment, and they will be here to super
intendent the remodeling of the store.
They expect to open for business in two
months.
Direct Evidence
Against Fritch
Chauffeur Drove Doctor to ' Ecrose
Creek When He Threw Sacks
in Water.
DETROIT. Oct 25. Chauffeur Joseph
Leacn this arternoon at the examination
of Dr. George A. Fritch on the charge of
manslaughter In connection with tha mys
terious death of Miss Maybelle Mlllman,
testified that he took the physician to
Ecorse creek In hla automobile and that
Dr. Fritch threw Into the creek three aacka
which they had brought from hla office.
After a conference with the prosecutln
attorney Justice Jeffrlea denied the mo
tion of Dr. Fritch'a attorney Uiat the com
plaint be dismissed and held the doctor for
trial In the recorder's court under $10,000
bond.
Captor of Bill
Tells
"I think that there Is nothing out of the
ordinary In the capture of BUI Matthewa,
mora than wa have to encounter In the
arrest of any other bad man In Idaho,"
aald Deputy Sheriff Eugena May of Twin
Falls county, Idaho, who waa the virtual
captor of tha noted desperado. Bill Mat
thews, at Buhl, Idaho, last June. He is
here for the trial.
'I had been Informed by Sheriff C. W.
Dyer that Bill waa expected there and to
ba on the lookout for him, as well as for
Splaln, who was known to b a pal of
Matthewa. I waa marshal of Buhl as well
aa deputy sheriff, and knew that we had a
pretty hard proposition to go up against
in tha arrest of Matthews, as he waa a
noted gun man.
"Bill had registered at tha Buhl hotel
under the name of G. C. Marvin and I
knew at once he waa the man wa wanted.
Ha had Iota of friends In Buhl and vicinity,
aa It was a new town. However, I knew
full well that It would not do to take any
chances. I found him writing a letter in
his room. The door waa partly open, and
though I did not know him personally, I
recognised him at once by hla photograph,
and invited blm to hold up hla hands.
BUI waa a little surprised and glanced
for an Inatant toward hla open grip near
him, on which waa laying his pistol within
easy reach. I saw that, too, and knew that
MACK IS READY
TO DROP BRYAN
Nebraskan is Not Considered Presi
dential Possibility by the
Democratic Leader.
BOOM IS STARTED FOR HARMON
National Committee Grooming Gov
ernor of Ohio for 1912.
STORY COMES FROM BUFFALO
National Monthly Prints Article in
Which He Assails Tariff Law.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF COMMITTEE
Periodical Is Edited by the Chairman
and Tenor of Article, Along with
Harmon's Dallas a perch, Con
sidered Significant.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Oct. 25. The National
Monthly, edited by Chairman Norman E.
Mack of the democratic national commit
tee and now the official organ of the com
mittee, gives considerable apace In Its
November number to an article by Judson
Harmon, . governor of Ohio, in which he
bitterly assails the republican administra
tion at Washington on account of the new
tariff bill and other alleged political
iniqultes.
Governor Harmon was the principal
upeaker on "democratic day" at the Texaa
state fair at Dallas, October 16, and his
address, there, taken In connection with
his article in Chairman Mack's National
Monthly has given rise to the statement
In political quarters In close relations with
Mr. Mack, that the chairman of the demo
cratic national committee has dropped
William J. Bryan of Nebraska as a presi
dential possibility and Is now engaged In
grooming. Governor Harmon for the demo
tratle presidential nomination In 1912.
Candidates All
Claiming They
Are in the Lead
New York's Campaign Warms Up and
Program of Speechmakmg Con
tinues in Gotham.
NEW TORK, Oct. 2o.-New York's stir
ring municipal campaign haa entered to
day the definitely prohetlc stage, and al
ready the managers of the various can
vasses for mayoralty honors hava begun
setting forth the proportions of their pre
dicted victories in figures.
Starting with the prediction of repub
lican County Chairman Herbert Parsons,
that Otto L. . Bannard, tha republican
fusion candidate for mayor, will be elected
by a plurality of at least 42,000, the mathe
matical experts of the other candidates
hava figures ready to show that aubstaa
tlal pluralities will be forthcoming for
both William ,T. Gaynor, the democratic
candidate, and William R. Hearst candi
date of the civic alliance.
The candidates for mayor will lead In
activity In this last week of the battle
Mr. i Gaynor during the next six days Is
scheduled to make seventeen speeches,
while so far fourteen speaking datea have
been arranged for Mr. Hearst. Mr. Ban
nard, however, will probably be the busiest
of the trio. His program calls for eight
or ten speeches each evening of the week,
with a start In Brooklyn tonight.
Discussion In a recent magazine article
that Tammany hall has been protecting
"wholesale white slave traffic." with
headquarters in this city. Is expected to
play a considerable part In the closing
canvass.
The woman's suffrage question has been
worked Into the campaign, although In
way likely to result more In the making
of propaganda for the suffragist cause
than to tha advantage of any particula
candidate. Mrs. Emellne Pankhurst, th
militant English suffragette, speaks here
tonight
CONTINUANCE GIVEN
UNION PACIFIC ROAD
Jada-a Van I)e venter Graata It In
Unit to Dissolve Railroad
. Merger.
WASHINGTON. Oct 25.-The taking of
testimony for the defense In the dlssolu
tlon of the merger suit of the government
against the Union Pacific company and
other railroads has been postponed until
January 3, according to Information re
celved by the attorney general today. The
postponement waa requested by the de
fense at Cheyenne Saturday. Judge Va
Devanter of the United States circuit court
granted the postponement on condition the
defense complete Its evidence by March 19.
Matthews
How He Did It
he would use that gun If he ever got hold
of it He raised hla hands about up to
hla shoulders and I insisted on the hands
going up higher and, while I waa covering
him, he grabbed the letter he was writing
in the same action and began chewing It,
and apat part of it out on the floor. Still
covering hlra wl.i my gun I got the hand
cuffs on him., Then ha began to howl, ex
pecting to call friends, but I knew that
Sheriff Dyer waa about due In town and
ao I let him yelL He quieted down pres
ently, but at the same time ha looked like
a trapped tiger. I didn't tell him what I
wanted him for then. The part of the
mutilated letter were recovered."
Deputy Sheriff May la a young man. 2
or 27. cplendidly built and looks more like
a college athlete than a great felon catcher.
The capture of Matthews la but one of the
desperate captures that Marshal May haa
made, and ha has been In mora gu.- playa
In Idaho than any man In tha soutnern
part of that atata. ,
He was associated with Sheriff Dyer In
tha Coeur d' Alene troubles and rendered
efficient service there.
Marshal May will be on of tha principal
witnesses In the big trial of tha Overland
Limited mall robbery case which haa begun
In tha United 8u.Ua district court In
Omaha.
When
VIM
. ,o o.o- I WP
From the Washington Herald.
JURY IS NOT SELECTED
Trial of Alleged Bandits Drags at
the Start
SEVEN PASSED FOR CAUSE
Twelve Men Likely to Be Secured
and Wltneeaes Called Before
Noon Adjournment Is
Taken Today.
The United States court room was
crowded to Its utmost capacity with Jury
men, spectators and witnesses yesterday
afternoon to take In the opening eventa
of the - trial of the alleged train robbers
under Indictment for robbing the Over
land Limited, mall at Lane cut-off on the
Union Pacific, the night of May 22, 1900.
Judge ?. U ilungei " preside at 'Jre
hearing and United Statea District Attorney
Charlea A. Gobs .'and Assistant .United
States Attorney A. W. Lane will conduct
the prosecution, while J. M. Macfarland
and H. B. Fieharty of Omaha will look
after the interest of tha defense. ,
The accused man were brought to the
federal building, each handcuffed to a aep
uty United States marshal, but on enter
ing the court room the handcuffs wer re
moved andj the. prisoners were seated In
tha center of the room Inside the ban They
were surrounded on three sides by the
heavy court room tables, outside of which
Bat the deputy marshaJs and detectives.
Each of the prisoners were neatly dressed
and shaven and none of them looked at all
the hardened criminals they are alleged to
be. This waa particularly true of Shelton
and Gilgware, who looked more like young
clerks. Woods looked like a well to do
sporting man, while Torgenson might havi
been taken for a delegate to one of tin
recent conventiona held In the city. lie
had taken the precaution to have his
cilppltd ear patched up, so that the de
formity- could not be noticed. Matthews
looked like a prosperous stockman. Their
attorneys sat Inside the rectangle witn
them.
The entire afternoon was passed In try
ing to get a Jury. Twenty-one Jurymen
had been examined up to the closing hour
, .
of court at 5 o clock, when adjournment
wan taken until 9:30 o'clock this morning.
Seven of these were passed for cause.
First Testimony Dne Today.
It Is probable that the examination of the
first witnesses will begin about 11 r 'clock
this morning.
A large number of witnesses haa already
assembled, many of them being from Idaho,
Washington and other western points,
where Woods, Torgenson, Shelton, Grig
ware (Gordon) and Matthews have won
reputations that might be of value in the
present hearing.
A panel of seventy-five petit Jurymen has
already been called In the case, and it is
believed that a trial Jury will be selected
from this number during tha afternoon,
v Among the Important witnesses from the
west are Sheriff C. W. Dyer of Idaho,
Marsnai tugene May ot uuni, laano; ue-
tectlves McDonald of Spokane, Wash.;
Ashtr Rcsseter of St. Louis of the Pinker
ton detective bureau and numerous post
offioe inspectors who were early called In
the case and through whose agencies the
accused bandits were finally arrested. (
Woman Important Witness.
An Important witness will be Miss Lillian
Stephenson of Denver, who was photo
graphed with th group of alleged bandits
in that city In an automobile some time
prior to the robbery In Omaha and from
which photograph the arrest of Sheltoi:
and Matthewa later resulted.
The greater Interest of the trial will nat
urally center around the evidence of the
email school boys of Brown Park school of
South Omaha, who discovered the weapons
and other paraphernalia hidden near near
that school, the discovery of which re
sulted in the apprehension to Woods, Tor
genson and Gordon (Grlgware), when they
returned to recover the plant
Should there be a conviction. It Is gen
erally conceded that these little school
boys will receive a large portion of the
2S,000 reward offered for the apprehension
of the alleged bandits.
SUPREME COURT ADJOURNS
Federal Jadajea Take Short Recess Oat
of Resneet for tha Late J
tie rrrkksn.
WASHINGTON. Oct 26. Out of respect
to tha late Rutua W. Peckham, the su
preme court of tha United States today,
after a session which did not continue
mora than two minutes, adjourned until
Women Come to Congress
Spaniards Will
Abandon Fight
' Against Morocco
New Minister of War Announcfis Pol
icy of Pacification Will Be Fol
lowed in Morocco.
MADRID, Oct 25. Lieutenant General
De Luque, minister of war In the new
liberal cabinet In an interview today con
firmed the report that tho government hat.
decided not to push further the Moroccan
campaign.
He said if the liberals had been In powe.
before they would hava avoided the bloody
and costly war, and that henceforth the
government's object would be to guar
antee the aafety of Melllla by . the system
of fortified positions which were already
occupied. From now on, the minister of
war said, the work of the army would
be that of pacification and not of domi
nation, ar.d while It would defend theae
occupied positions, an effort would ie made
to Induce the Riffs to disarm, and In this
movement the aid of the sultan's emlssirles
would be enlisted.
De Luque added that though the liberals
disapproved of the recent acts of repres
sion at Barcelona, Ferrer had been proven
guilty on evidence and had been legally
and Judlclnl'y condemned. The republicans
won at ye: terday's municipal election In
Madrid.
"Dick" Bullock
is Likely tq Die
from Accident
One of Last of Old-Time Shotgun Mes
sengers Seriously Injured at
Lead, South Dakota.
LEAD, S. D., Oct. 25. (Special Telegram.)
" : """""
Fargo & Co., has express lines or where
i . ' . V .
ithe Adams or the American doea busl
ness, met with an accident last night
which will, in all probability, result in his
dtath. He was sitting on a stool In the
office of the American expresa office,
when he was seized with a fit of vertigo
and fell from the stool, striking his head
against a stove door, sustaining Injuries
from which he has not recovered conscious
ness. The doctors gave little hope for
his recovery. For years he guarded the
Homestake bullion on its way east over
the Elkhorn And Northwestern line. lie
Is one of the last of the old time shot
gun messengers.
BANK PRESIDENT
CHARGED WITH LOOTING
,.,. commlealon of Colorado Ordera
Arrest of C. II. Boles of Bal
phnr Springs.
DENVER, Oct. 25. C. H. Boles, presl
dent of the Bank of Grand County, at
Sulphur Springs, Colo., was placed under
arrest today by order of State Bank Com
mlssloner Pfelfer, on the charge of loot
ing the funds of the bank of i:!0,000.
Boles has been In charge of the bank. iut
a month. He comes from New Mexico,
where according to Commissioner Pfelfer,
he engineered several big financial deals.
A thorough examination of the books of
the bank Is being made.
More Democratic
LINCOLN, Oct. 25. (Special.) In connection with a stattment by Abraham
Lincoln, that you can't fool all the people all the time, the following regarding
"wet goods" and "dry goods" by Judge Good, democratic candidate for supreme
Judge, a Interesting:
From O-weta Amerlcka, October 13, lftOH.
a Bohemian newspaper published at
Omaha: "In the matter of personal liberty
Judge Good la aliberal; although he him
self refrains from the use of Intoxicating
liquors, nevertheless he acknowledges that
la is a democratic principle not to restrain
the rights and privileges of the people am
therefore the friends of personal liberty
have to him their champion."
WILL VISIT BROWNSVILLE
Court of Inquiry Goes to Scene of
Riot Late Next Month.
LETTER TO DISCHARGED MEN
All Who Desire Will Be Given an
Opportunity to Appear as Wit
nesses at Brownsville or
Washington.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The Brownsville
court of Inquiry today decided to visit
Brownsville, Tex., late in November to
hear any new material facts bearing on
the famous "shooting up" of that city on
the night of August 13, 1906.
Every reasonable opportunity will be
given to the discharged non-oommlsaloned
orncers ana men-or tne i weniy-nitn regi-
ment of infantry to prove they were not
engaged In the riot, with a view to their
re-enlistment In the army should they de
sire to take advantage of the offer con
tained in the act of ocngress creating the
tribunal.
The court will follow up the Brownsville
hearing with a similar proceeding bt Wash
ington. The discharged men will have the
rrlvliege of appearing before the court
represented by an attorney and assurances
have been given them that their Interests
will be fully considered whether they en
gage counsel or not. The members of that
body Indicate that they will appreciate any
help that may be given In locating the
men whose addresses are not In hand.' or
any Information that many tend to throw
additional light on the affair.
The chief purpose of the court In visiting
Brownsville Is the study locally of the
scene of the riot and to ascertain by per
sonal observation the relative position of
the streets, alleys and buildings which
have figured in the testimony given before
the senate military affairs committee, the
army court-martial and other investigat
ing bodies and individuals.
To each of the discharged men whose ad
dresses are available Captain Charles It.
Howland, the recorder of the court, has
sent a circular letter asking him if he
wishes to appear before that body as a
witness, and whether he haa engaged coun
sel to represent him.
BENNER TO CONTEST SUIT
Divorce Soasht by Daughter
of
Senator Van Wyck Is to Ba
Resisted.
That the divorce proceedings filed In the
district court by Mrs. Theodora Benner,
daughter of the late United States Senator
Van Wyck, against her husband, Fernando
Benner, will be contested la learned through
a report emanating from New York. Ben
ner will fight the suit on the grounds ol
Jurisdiction, It Is understood, as he asserts
hla wife has not been a resident of Ne
braska for the requisite length of time to
maintain the action.
MANILA MEN ARE SENTENCED
Gollty of lmn((llnf Oplnm Into tha
Philippine Lieutenant W rk
hatn on Trial.
MANILA, Oct. 2a. William Kennedy and
a Chinese banker were today found guilty
of conspiracy to smuggle opium Into the
Philippines, and were sentenced each to
one year'a Imprisonment. The court mar
tial of Captain Frank Wyckliam of the
Twelfth United States Infantry, who is
charged with Intoxication while, on duty,
opened at Fort William McKinley today.
Colonel Sydney W. Taylor of the Second
field artillery la president of the court
Nonpartisanship
From a paid advertisement of the pro
hibition party in the Stror.isburg (Neb.)
Weekly News of October 81. 107: ("Out
prohibition party has no candidates for
district Judges, but doubtless all of om
friends are familiar with the record made
by cne of our present Jud5"s, B. F. Good
of Wahoo, who Is a cand.Clta for re-election
on the people's indeperfent and demo
cratic ticket Accordingly, all prvhlbltlon
Uts and friends of temperance, and the
enforcement of law, should ota for Mr.
Good."
CONSTITUTION IS
GIVENA STRAIN
Vehement Crusaders for Progress in
W. C. T. U. Convention Win
a Victory.
TWO LEADERS ARE OVERRULE J
Official Parliamentarian Backed by
President, but Fails.
STRUGGLE OVER INTERPRETATION
Newly Established Young People's
Branch Ready for Work.
NO DOUBLING UP ON OFFICES
Convention Decides that Tw Offlres
Caannt Be Held by the Same
Woman, with Several Lead
era Involved.
After t. parliamentary tangle, In which
the decision of the chair was appealed from
at least once and the ruling of the official
pnrllamentnrli.n entirely set aside, the con- .
vontlon of the National Woman's Christian
Temperance union, In sonslon at the Audi
torium, construed Its constitution to suit
Its convenience Monday afternoon and
thereby saved one year's time In launching
the new young people's branch and took
chances on the legality of Its action.
the greater part of last Saturday morn
ing was spent amending tho constitution to
combine the two biai.ch organizations, the
Young Woman's Christian Temperance
union and the Senior Loyal Temperance
legion. In ono branch, to be known as
the Young People's branch. When further
amendments were belns made Monday
morning to make the constitution conform
to the new organization Mrs. A. 8. Ben
jamin, offlclul parliamentarian, announced
that the Young Woman's branch would
continue in existence for another year, be
cause under the constitution one year'i
notice mUHt be given before a new branch
cotid be formed. The Immediate action
hinged upon the election of a general secre
tary for tho Young Woman's branch, whicl
Mrs. Benjamin contended Is still In ex-
isterce, but which, being ready for tht
new Young People's branch, some of tht
delegates insisted had been abolished when
the two branches were merged.
The dlscusKlon waa continued from tht
morning session and occupied half tht
afternoon and was only settled after tha
house, by a majority vote, interpreted the
constitution to admit of the formation of
the new branch without further notice,
l-i spite of Mrs. Benjamin's protests and
the fact that the chairman had sustained
her when called upon.
No Doabllnsx on Offices.
Further amendment of the bylaws and
reports from its oreanlzera contributed to
. verv f,. morn(nl, rnr , ,m,.
of the official board tl e contention voted
that the office of naton:ii -ganlser or
lecturer and that of i : r - - i i Ident or na
tional superintendent urn: De held by
the same woman at one time. This was
proposed with a view to concentrating ef
forts and strengthening to the utmost
every office.
The action affects several prominent
women now serving In two offices, among
them Mrs. Ella Boole, president of the New
York state union and one of the national
organizers, Miss Frances H. Ennign, presi
dent of the Ohio union, and also a national
lecturer, and Mra. Nannie M. Curtlss of
Texas, a national superintendent and also
national organizer, besides several others.
Another amendment causing much dis
cussion provided that national superin
tendents may not vend blanks and suet
literature to local up ions, but must send
them through the state superintendents.
Another important measure provided that
in congressional measures, local unions
shall take their direction only from tht
national organization and another, thai
credit for supplies from national to statt
superintendents shall not exceed $10, with
out the knowledge and convent of the gen
eral officers of said state.
Hon. John Marshall, assistant attor
ney general of Kansas, asked the support
of the unions for a measure to be pre
sented to congress providing for federal
prohibition of Interstate commerce in in
toxicating liquors.
Fraternal greetings were received frorr
a number of national, state and local
organizations working along reform lines.
Plea A Ka Inst White Slavery.
Dr. O. Edward Janney of Baltimore.
chairman of the National Vigilance com
mittee, made a plea against the white slave
traffic at the afternoon session, urging all
the delegates to work for the enactment
of a law In their respective states which
would make this crime a felony instead of
a misdemeanor. It was the most Important
addisa of the day session and aroused
great Interest.
Dr. Janney said:
"It is not necessary before this assem
blage of well Informed women to entei
Into the details of the traffic. You know
the terrible danger that aurrounds our
girls, aye, and our boys, too.
"What you must be assured of la that
the traffic la widespread, reaching Its arnn
out Into the country for victims, and evei
across the seaii, and Belling these vlctlmi
In all of our elttca. That these traderi
find their buKlness extremely profitable li
evident, receiving from 5 to 12.000 for each
victim, and many of them making an sasj
living off the nightly gains of their vic
tims. "In tha face of a situation bo terrible at
this you will ask what steps are being
taken to suppress the evil?
"Let us turn to the constructive work
that la being done.
"In this country the situation is being
thoroughly investigated, as a first and
neotcary step. There Is always the hope,
a hone that Is proving Itself to be well
founded, that when our people becom
well Informed concerning the present situa
tion, they will act; act promptly, Intelli
gently and efficiently. We must be able
to feel, and make our officials feel, "hat
we represent the moral sentiment of every
state in the union, for we are sure that
the people of this nation will not toleratt
this evil much longtr.
Government ra Earnest.
"The federal government Is earnest In
its endeavor to suprens the white elavt
traffic among immlgrsnt girls. Its offl.
clals in New York. Baltimore, Chicago and
Denver have been actively at work and
have accomplished much, although hani
pered by a recent decision of the supremf
court which limits the activity of the gen.
eral government to casea among immigrants'