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WEATHER FORECAST.
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For Iowa Fair and cooler.
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OUTLOOK FO:
Speculation
and Blackmail,
Says Warrincr
0
vour Official Short in Accounts
Gives Bond Implicates Other
FORECAST OF
WEEK'S NEWS
President Taft Will End His Thirteen
Thousand Mile Trip Wednes
day. MB. 1 JAILING EH
EXPLAINS ACTS
BUSINESS
Speculation in Stock Market
Secretary of Interior Says His Orders
Became of Money Condition
Abroad. x
Regarding Power Sites Are
Misrepresented.
Employe of Road.
UNDERTONE OF MARKET FIRM
BIRTHDAY OF KING EDWARD
PROMOTES CONSERVATION POLICY
Commercial Advice So Favorable
that Values Are Maintained.
RAILROAD EARNINGS INCREASE
High Prices for Raw Cotton Tend to
Cause Some Disquietude.
IRON AND STEEL ACTIVE
Decrease In Volume of Business Not
Significant, Because of Record
Breaking; Tonnage of
Last Month.
NEW TOriK. Nov. 7.-The election In
New York and the usual November first
holiday In London and Paris caused con
siderable Interruption to the course of
events In the stock market last week. The
halting tendency of the speculation was
oting partly also, to the continued un
ceitalntly over the position In the money
market. The result was to throw some
check upon stock market activity. Com
mercial unit Industrial advices were so
lilghly favorable, however as to maintain
a firm undertone In the stock market.
Attention wa centered on forelKn money
markets. In the effort to read the pros
pects, although advice from this centers
reported tlat of American "requirements
had muoh to do with forming Judgment
on the outlook. The opinion persists In
the London banking world that American
borrowing por purposes of stock specula
tion hu much to do with the pressure
upon banking resources In London. The
small Increase In the loan of the New York
bank which followed the advances In the
bank of England official discount rate
fostered a conviction that American credit
in London had been disturbed In one
quarter only to flhd relodgment In another.
Along with the report the Impression was
conveyed that further protective measures
by the bank of England would be resorted
to In order to correct this condition. The
early effect was lessened when the Im
pel lal Bank of Germany, and later, the
Hank of England left theld discount rues
undisturbed.
Foreign Bank Reports.
The reports of condition of the three
treat European banks for the week were
weak, however, partly In connection with
the November 1 settlements, and the prog
resa of the week brought reports of
further advance in. the official discount
rates being under discussion. The Interior
demand for currency continued. Light on
'e-money market-2 Is thrown Incidentally
by the reception tendered by the stock
market to annauncement of new stock
issues.
On the Industrial side were reiterated
reports of the unparralleled state of the
Iron and eteel Industry. The copper In
dustrials, also, were responsive to reports
of some large sales of the metal and to
reporta of negotiations for closer relations
between the great copper producers. The
speculation In cotton caused disquietude
In financial circles here and abroad as
to the possible consequences. The rising
tide of, railroad earnings was reflected
In the reports for September net results.
Commercial advices in general were highly
favorable both In regard to present and
prospective conditions. The large valume
of bank clearings the country over reflects
the activity of all branches of trade.
Iron and Steel Trade.
There haa been a sharp contraction In
the -volume of business transacted In pig
Iron since November 1, and yet the sales
have been small only In contrast with the
record-breaking tonnage sold last month.
There has been a fair run In small orders
for foundry and forge grr.des and one con
tract for about 15,000 tons placed for de
livery over the next eight months by a rail
road equipment shop, the business going to
Buffalo furnaces. The falling off In new
contracts have been especially notable
in s.tii-muklng Iron, there being scarcely
anything laced In the east; but 10.000 tons
of Alabama basic has been sold for de
livery In the central west. Considerable
Virginia and Alabama Iron has been sold
for shipment to Chicago. Total sales for
the week are estimated at about 100,000
tons. An easier tone has developed for
foundry Iron for shipment over the balance
of this year and concessions of about 23
cents a ton have been made, but steeUmak
ing Iron U as strong as ever.
Finished steel proU'icts continue strong
generally, but fabricated steel Is still Ir
regular. The tepdency of prices for both
finished and seml-finlshed steel is upward
and higher pricea on sheets, especially gal
vanised, are "expected at any moment.
Contracts for rails, which came to the
surface last week, aggregated only about
26,000 tons, but the distribution of orders
for between 200,000 and 2C0.00 tons are ex
pected to be announced within a few days.
Contracts for structural ateel aggregated
between 17.000 and 11.000 tons. The prospect
is for a heavy Increase In business this
month.
MF.JEUANS PLEAD NOT Gl'lLTY
rwo Men Arc Arraigned for Marder
of Charles Colo at Baala, Wyo.
BASIN, Wyo., Nov. 7. tSpeclal Tele
gram.) I'rosecutlng Attorney Mets late
Saturday evening arraigned the Mexicans,
Lorenso Paaeo and Mateo Hotels, for the
alleged murder of Charles Cole, the Lovell
saloon keeper, one week ago. They pleaded
not guilty. The fact that Be a Santosso.
the third one, was not arraigned leads
to the conclusion th.a he has turned
state's evidence, for ' was not release I
from custody.
Oae Soa Dead, Another Sick.
HURON. . D., Nov. 7 i Kitciai. When
the train from the west over the North
western line reached here this morning
there emerged from the baggage car a
middle-aged woman, carrying an infant
child. Later a cot. upon which lay the
emaciated form of a boy perhaps 14 years
of age, was taken from the same car. This
was followed by the removal from the car
of a casket containing the body of a dead
son. . The woman bad some with hr bur
den of sorrow from k point fifty miles re-
n it 'rom a town on tba Indian roaerva-
tiou. where she lived oa a claim fifty miles
from a railway station. She was on ber
way to yolln, la
CINCINNATI. Nov. C.-Charles L. War
rlner, the deposed local treasurer of the
Big Four Railroad company, who Is
c)inrged with the misappropriation of $54.
600, was released from custody late today
on a bond of 120,000. He was arraigned
this morning and his bond fixed but it
was not until this evening that four
friends came forward and by .signing
bonds for $5,000 apiece, secured his tem
porary liberty.
Iurlng the day Warrlner made a re
markable change of front. In the fore
noon he gave out a statement admitting
his responsibilities for the shortage, but
declaring there were others involved.
Later he changed tactics and declared
that he admitted nothing. This latter dec
laration Is taken to menu aliat he Intends
to force his alleged partners In guilt into
the open.
The $."',590 named In the wan ant for
W'arrlnec's arrest represents the present
amount owing to the railroad company
and not the entire amount cf the shortage,
which Is stated to be about $100,000. The
balance has been, accDrding to the state
ment of General Counsel Hackney, cov
ered by property which Warrlner has
turned over to the company. Mr. .Hack
ney also stated:
"Mr. Warrlner has, with considerable
frankness, admitted the Irregularities In
his accounts. He lias undertaken to ac
count for the disappearance of the moneys
taken.
"First, through speculation.
"Second, through efforts to recover
losses sustained In such speculations.
"Third, through blackmail levied upon
him by a former employe, who claimed
to know of some such Irregularities.
"Fourth, through blackmail levied upon
him by a woman friend of that employe."
The announcement from Chicago that
Eddie Cook, former clerk in the Big Four
financial department in this city, was the
person nivned by Warrlner as the man
to whom he paid money Tor years in the
form of tribute to hush up a former de
falcation created a sensation here.
'T am glad I have been found out," said
Warrlner.
"Well, I'll say one thing to you," added
Warrlner, "I am not alone In this, and I
want to say another thing. I never
played a game of poker In my life. There
Is no woman in the case, that Is, as far
as I am concerned. The perfect under
standing between me and my wife pre
cludes my being - mixed up with any
woman. The other man haa to do with
her, not me."
An official of the Big Four railroad
stated tonight the the defalcations for
which former Treasurer Warrlner has been
arrested will be far In excess of $100,000.
According to this official the sum will
reach In the neighborhood of $500,000, and
that a total of $8,000 Is said o have been
paid in blackmail.
Two women and a man are mentioned as
the blackmailers.
Detectives are shadowing one woman,
who lives in Cincinnati, but It Is stated
that the railroad company does not intend
to have her arrested, but will endeavor to
use her as a witness for the state.
FUNERAL OF FRANK KASPAR
IS VERY LARGELY ATTENDED
Bohemian Societies Sokol Tyro and
Zap Jednota Palaekr Conduct
the Services.
Impressive ceremonies marked the burial
yesterday afternoon of the late Frank J.
Kaspar, who passed - away at midnight
Wednesday, after a brief Illness. The fu
neral service was conducted by two Bo
hemian societies with which the deceased
had long been affiliated and the entire
ritual and eulogy was in the Bohemian
language.
For hours preceding the last rites and
until the body was borne away to Its final
resting place, hundreds of friends and sym
pathetic acquaintances crowded the Kas-
rar residence, 1469 South Seventeenth street.
and paid their last respects to the dead
pioneer. The little Kaspar home was
crowded to overflowing and several hund
reds were forced to remain without while
the final obsequies were taking place.
The rituals of the Sokol Tyro and of the
Zap. Jednota I'alacky societies were read,
after which a brief, but Inspiring eulogy
was delivered by John Hoslcky. The casket
was then taken to the Bohemian National
cemetery, where Interment Was made. The
pall bearers were: John Chleboral, V. V.
Kuncl, F. Kopecky, Jacob M. Bandar, Ja
cob Hawronck and Joseph Vanek df the
Sokol Tyro society and Louis Berka, Jos
eph Kovan, Vac Engtaler, Frank Pallas,
Jan Panuska and Antone Bllek of the Zip.
Jednota society, six members of each or
ganisation alternating with the other six
In carrying the casket.
The funeral cortege was an unusually
large one, a good many prominent cltlsens
of Omaha being present. Mbyor Dahlman,
a detail of eight policemen under command
of Sergeant Vanous and the societies, with
hundreds of carriages made up tiie cor
tege. Some very beautiful floral tributes were
received at the Kaspar home Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday morning, evidence of the
esteem and friendship In which Mr. Kaspar
was held. The deceased was a man beloved
by all who knew htm and his death caused
general regret throughout the entire city.
Rear Admiral Chester Says
Cook's Claims Arc False
WASHINGTON. Nov. T.-That Dr. Fred
erick A. Cook could not have reached the
pole and that Commander Peary did attain
the goal, were statements made tonight by
Rear Admiral C. M. Chester, retired.
The officer was a member of the com
mittee of the National Geographical society
that pa.-std upon Commander Peary's data
and announced their conviction of Ita genu
ineness. The lecture, delivered to scientists
In the hall of the University club, created
a profound impression, for it was prac
tically the first utterance by an official of
the National Geographical society, although
given unofficially, which haa flatly and
openly cast discredit on Dr. Cook.
. Admiral Chester contended that Dr. Cook
erred in saying that at a certain point In
hit travels north he witnessed a remarkable
sunset. If be bad been at that point,' the
British Monarch Will Be Sixty-Nine
Tears Old Tomorrow.
COMMONS WILL TAKE RECESS
Members Will Spend Week Digesting
Chancellor's Estimates.
MANY IMPORTANT CONVENTIONS
Federation of Labor Meets In Toronto
and National Orange In Daa
Motnea Congress of
Mothers.
NEW YOHK, Nov. 7 This week will
witness the close of President Taft's 13,000
mile ourney, the birthday of King Edward,
the continuation of the StelnhelK trial In
Paris, the meeting between the monarchs
of two nations in London, and an Im
portant lobar conference. In Toronto.
In the foreign field. Interest largely
centers in the sensational trial of Madame
Stelnhell. The slxtynlnth blnnday of King
Edward will bring forth public commor
atlons of note on Tuesday. During the
weik the King la expected to welcome
to English shores King Manuel of Portu
gal. In the British Parliament the con
test over the budget Is approaching a
crisis, but the commons will have a res
pite of a week or more owing to the ad
journment to be taken on Tuesday until
November IS. to permit the members to
digest the revised estimates of Mr. Lloyd-
George, chancellor of the exchequer.
The revolution In Nicaragua still holds
ttentlon. In view of the conflicting claims
of advantage put forth by both sides and
tesults of the encounters. Wednesday will
find President Taft's journey ended with
the return to Washington. Hardly will
he will have time to look the improve
ment made in the White House, before
he starts on a short trip Into New Eng
land, where at Middletown, Conn., he
wiu on Friday attend the installation of
Dr. William P. Shanklln, as President of
the Wesleyan University and return Im
mediately to Washington.
At Toronto, President Qompers and other
officers of the American Federation of
Labor have already arrived for the an
nual convention of that organisation, which
begins on Monday.
Farmers will meet In Des Moines, la.,
on Tuesday for the sessions of the patrons
of husbandry, national grange.
Senator Aldrlch of Rhode Island will de
liver the second of a series of adresaes ex
plaining the work of the Monetary commis
sion at St. Louis, Monday.
Trial of the Tennessee night riders Is
set for Monday at Union City.
Cincinnati offers an aviation meat be
ginning Friday and continuing three days.
Cook and Peary.
Developments In the North pole contro
versy may come out at Washington, where
the National Geographical society, after
certifying Mr. Peary's claim, la searching
to obtain data bearing on Dr. Cook's expe
dition. Mr. Peary lectured before the so
ciety on Friday, giving the first of a
series of addresses.
In New York the National Horse show
and first nights at the new theater, the
Manhattan opera hoise and the Metropoli
tan Opera house, open the social season.
The American leaders of Judlalsm, attend
ing the control conference of American
rabbis, will be In session in New York be
ginning Tuesday and until November 16.
CUMBERLAND FACTION SUES
FOR POSSESSION OF COLLEGE
Refuse to Recognise Vnlon of Chnrch
with Presbyterian Body Formed
In 1006.
MARSHALL, Mo., Nov. 7. The Cumber
land Presbyterian church today sued the
Presbyterian church for the possession of
the Missouri Valley college of this city,
which, with Its endowments, represents a
value of $.00,000.
The Cumberland Presbyterians refuse to
agree to the union effected in 190 be
tween the Cumberland church and the
Presbyterian churches. The college was
formerly a Cumberland Presbyterian prop
erty and on the grounds that a decision
of the state supreme court declared the
union of the two churches void, the Cum
berland church demands the return of the
property.
LONG STRUGGLE ON ROOF
finnrd at Insane Hospital Finally
Overpowers Woman Who Sought
to Kill Herself.
DENVER. Colo., Nov. 7. While doctors,
nurses snd patients breathlessly looked on,
William 8. Southerner, driver of the county
ambulance, struggled for, fifteen minutes
with Norah Wheeler, an Insane patient,
on the narrow ladge at the roof of the In
sane ward of the hospital today.
A doxen times It seemed as if they would
fall to the ground fifty feet below. Finally
the woman's strength gave way and South
erner dragged her to safety.
speaker continued, he would have found the
sun high in the heavens.
The testimony of tha Esquimaux who ac
companied Dr. Cook also was reviewed.
This testimony, the admiral Insisted,
showed conclusively that the party wit
nessed the sunset at U degrees north, a
considerable dlstanoe from the pole. He also
declared that Dr. Cook's party would have
been compelled to travel forty miles a day
go have accomplished the trip, a speed that
was impossible, even under the most favor
able circumstances.
The speaker made numerous references
to the nautical almanac to disprove Cook's
contentions and to prove those of Peary.
While tonight's lecture was Intended only
for scientists, Admiral Chester announced
that he had in the course of preparation
a statement to the public, which, be said,
would establish the truth of tba matter.
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From the Washington Star.
LABOR LEADERS IN CANADA
Convention of American Federation
Begins in Toronto Today.
GOMPERS CASE . WILL COME TIP
Question of Appeal to Supreme Conrt
of lulled States Will Be Deter
mined -Industrial Training;
to Be Discussed.
TORONTO. Nov. T. For the first time
In the twenty-nine .yea i of Its existence.
the American Federation of Labor has
crossed the border line of the United States
and beginning Monday, will' hold its an
nual convention in Canada. With jail sen
tences hanging over the heads of President
Gompers, Vice President John Mitchell
and Secretary Frank Morrison for con
tempt of court, as a result of the Bukg
stve case, the question as to whether an
appeal to the United States court shall be
made, will probably be decided by the
convention.
Mr. Gompers and his associates contend
that the constitutional right of free, speech
and the freedom of the press Is Involved.
Mr. Gompers returned recently from a
four months' trip abroad to study labor
conditions. His report Is expected to be
of material benefit In determining the ques
tion of affiliating with the labor unions of
foreign countries.
Industrial training Is likely to prove a
live topic for discussion and the problem
Is the one that differs radically In the dif
ferent branches of industry.
The trouble in the ranks of the Indus
trial Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in
Ohio and Iowa, where rival factions are
set king representation at the convention,
promises an Interesting chapter.
Tomorrow's session will be given over
to addresses of welcome and the reports
of President Gompers. Secretary Morrison
and Treasurer Lennon.
LOST CHILD GLADDENS POLICE
Stray Yonnsjrster Made Gloomy Old
Station Ring with Mirth
and Joy.
The Omaha police station was trans
formed Into a playhouse for several hours
yesterday afternoon, while the policemen,
under the lead of Sergeant Havey, at
tempted to amuse a $-year-old tot who
was picked up at Seventeenth and Cuming
streets early In the day. The little fellow
thoroughly enjoyed the ride In the police
auto and soon made himself at home at
the station. He was an unusually bright
chap and the officers, for the time, forgot
their cares and worries In their endeavor
to make life happy for tba kid.
Sergeant Havey was especially attentive
and there was very little he could have
added to the boy's comfort. The boy said
his name was "Ray" or something that
sounded like that, but could not remember
or did not know his last cognomen. But
that did not bother him very much and
he made the station ring with his glad
cries and pleasant sayings. It was with
reluctance that the officers looked forward
to the time when they would be forced to
turn lilm over to his parents. It was one
of the brightest rays of sunshine seen at
police headquarters in some time and
everybody made 'the most of It.
DEATH RECORD.
Funeral of John Hose.
KEARNEY, Neb., Nov. 7. (Special )
The last respects were paid to the late
John Hoge Saturday by his many friends
when the funeral services were held at 11
o'clock at the Christian church. Rev. E.
M. Johnson delivering the address. The
pallbearers, all old-time associates at the
bar. were: Senator Norrls Brown, Judges
Oldham, Calkins. Hostetler and Hamer, and
Attorney Frank E. Beeman.
Pastrtl of Bandmaster.
STURGIS. 8. D.. Nov. 7-(Special Tele
gram.) The funeral of William Stratton,
bandmaster of the Fourth Cavalry band,
took place at Fort Meade this afternoon
under the auspices of the Masonic lodge
of Sturgka. He waa given full military
honors. The entire garrison arid the
Eagles' lodge of Sturgls attended tha serv
ices.
STILL HOPEFUL.
City Will Ask
That Machines
Be Opened
Conncilmen Not Satisfied with the
Figures Returned on Bonds by
Election Officers.
A meeting of the Omaha city council
will be held at 10 o'clock this morning for
the purpose of canvassing the returns on
the bond Issues voted on at the election on
November X. ' .
The meeting Is an adjourned one, and
the plan Is to again postpone the official
canvass until .the city attorney can secure
an order' from the district court to have
certain machines opened and their figures
verified. In some precincts of the Fifth
ward and two precincts of the Third the
figures are so strongly against the bonds
as to have aroused the suspicion of the
councllmen that they may have been set
down In reverse order on the tally heets.
It Is understood that the county attorney
is also being urged to call for the opening
of three or four machines for the purpose
of having their count verified.
Gilbert Suit
Creates Interest
Council Bluffs Banker Defendant in
a Suit to Recover Where Usury
is Alleged.
Omaha bankers are watching with a
good deal, of Interest a lawsuit across the
river In which John O. Yelser is prosecut
ing a suit for $15,000 against Ernest Hart
and the First National bank of Council
Bluffs, of which Mr. Hart Is president.
A. G. Gilbert Is the plaintiff, and he as
serts that he was compelled to sign a
note for $2,000 to Mr. Hart and to pay the
bank $1,600 on a note owned by his
brother before It would lend him the $9,M0
which he sought to borrow. The defend
ant has testified that Gilbert voluntarily
assumed the brother's note and that the
note for $2,000 was freely and voluntarily
given as a bonus.
Under the law, the plaintiff. If he proves
his case, can recover double the sum ex
acted, together with Interest.
JAPANESE BUSINESS MEN
TO BE WARMLY WELCOMED
Omaha C'onimerelal Clnb Plans to
Make Their Slay Here
Profitable.
Omaha Is preparing to do Itself proud
this week when the Japanese Industrial
commission pays the Gate City a visit. It
has been quite a task to figure out some
line of entertainment which haa not been
covered over and over again by other
cities along the route of travel, but the
Commercial club thinks that a plan has
been outlined which will be mo. inter
esting for these seekers for Information.
Root and Hughes Speak
at Opening of Theater
NEW TORK. Nov. 7. The New theater,
at Central Park West, from Sixty-second
to Sixty-third street, built by private sub
scriptions for the encouragement of Amer
ican dramatic genius, and for the presenta
tion of the btBt in all literatures of all
times, was formally opened Saturday after
noon by' representatives of the state and
nation, who dedieated it to the people.
The ceremonies began with an overture
rendered by the Metropolitan Opera com
pany, following which the keys were de
livered by the architects to the founders,
represented by J. P. Morgan, who then in
troduced Senator rUlhu Root and Governor
Charles Hughes.
Senator Root said. In part:
"This institution, abjuring all pretension
covered by the cant phrase about 'elevating
tha stage,' makes it lta purpose to preserve
what is beat In the drama by presenting
what is beat upon tba stage, even though
FINLAND COMES UNDER YORE
Czar Will Appoint New Governor,
Who Will Carry Out His Policy.
AGRARIAN BILL IN DUMA
First Installment of Reforms Prom
ised In October Manifesto,
Ready for Considera
tion. ST, rETERSBURO, . Nov. 7. Premier
Stolypln ha taken to the emperor tha
resignation of General W. A. Von Boeck
Uen, governor general of Finland, and M.
Knlohotch, director of General Von Roeek
man's chancellery. There la little doubt
that these will be accepted and that their
tuccessors will carry out the government's
policy of bringing Finland tinder close con
trol. It Is announced that General Mailtoff,
ex-chief of the mobilization department of
the Russian general staff, will be ap
pointed vice president of the Finnish senate.
The cabinet has decided that the Russian
minister of railways shall hereafter have
supervision rights over the Finnish rail
ways. The Duma has finished the first reading
of the agrarian holdings bill and has begun
the discussion of the conditional sentences
till, which Is based on the American system
of suspended sentences.
On November 12 general discussion Till
be opened on the reform of local co'trta
and Immediately thereafter the bill on In
violability of person will be taken under
consideration.
This legislation Is the first Installment
of the reforms promised In the October
manifesto and excites considerable interest
here. The Duma Is making efforts to ex
tend conditional sentences to political
crimes, not of a violent nature.
The courts bill virtually re-establishes
the Judicial reform of Alexander II, whlcii
was suppressed In the reigns of subsequent
monarch. The bill abolishes the peasant
communal court, which Is considered anti
quated. In the future Justices of the peace
will all be elected. The appellate court of
Instance Includes two elected, one crown
and a presiding judge. hTe highest court
of Instance is the senate. The reform will
cost the treasury $8,500,000 yearly In salaries.
H. G. M'KINLEY RELEASED
Man Convicted of Land Frauds In
Oregon Finishes His
Sentence.
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 7 Horace G.
McKlnley, convicted of defrauding the
government of public lands several years
ago, was released from the Multnomah
county Jail today. McKlnley was convicted
with a number of others and fled the
country, going to the orient. He was cap
tured in Manchuria and brought to this
city. He was sentenced to two years' Im
prisonment and to pay a fine of $7,500, Mc
Klnley today took the pauper's oath and
was relieved of the payment of the fine.
the demands of profit may call for a lower
standard."
Governor Hughes, who suoeeded Senator
Root, said. In part:
"This should be regarded as the people's
theater, making an appeal to the Intel
ligent public, and It should be generously
supported by the public. We cannot con
ceive of a state of society in which the
drsmatlc Instinct of our nature ahould not
have play."
Among those on the stage and In the
audience were: Dr. Nicholas Murray But
ler, president of Columbia university;
Woodrow Wllen, president of Princeton
university; Dr. John 11. Flnley, president
of the College of the City of New York;
General Horace Porter, former ambassa
dor to France; Brander Matthews, profes
sor of dramatlo literature at Columbia uni
versity, and William Winter, the critic.
A dress rehearsal of "Antony and Cleo
patra." with which the theater will open
next Monday night, waa given tonight.
I
Change in Garfield Order Logical
Step in Its Development.
LANDS RESTORED TO ENTRY
Areas Excepted Not Needed to Pro
tect Power Sites.
ADDITIONAL WITHDRAWALS MADE
Kumber of Valuable Sites Are ?t
Proterted that Were Mot In
cluded In Order Made by
Ills Predecessor.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. Secretary Bal
Ilngcr's widely discussed revocation of the
famous "Garfield order," withdrawing
from settlement 1.600,000 acres of publlo
lands, and the substitution thereof of a
withdrawal order, withholding from settle
ment 300.000 acres, today was declared by
Mr. Balllnger to have been wholly pro
motive not subversive of the conserva
tion policy.
A lengthy explanation of his cancellation
of the Garfield withdrawal was given to
the press by Mr. Balllnsr. who asserted
that It was a logical step In the preparation
of the policy of conserving the water
power on the federal domain, an done
whh'h Mr. Garfield must have taken him
self had he remained In office.
"The first order was a blanket with
drawal Issued to meet an emergency and
without taking time to ascertain Just
where the power sites were located," Sec
retary Balllnger said. "Intelligent prose
cution of the policy demanded that as
soon as possible thereafter these sites be
located and the lands not needed to pro
tect them be restored to entry. It would
be an unwarranted reflection on Secre
tary Garfield to assume that he would not
have done precisely what I did ascertain
as soon as practicable where the power
sites were actually located and Issue a
new order withdrawing them from settle
ment and restoring to entry all llnds not
needed for that purpose.
Orders Made Retroactive.
"I found that by utilising the geological
survey Instead of the reclamation service,
which had been employed by my prede
cessor, I would secure accurate Informa
tion as to the location of the power sites.
On consultation with the legal officers of
my department, I found that I could make
withdrawal orders retroactive; that Is,
that I could Issue withdrawal orders later
which would effectually protect any power
sites within any entries which might have
been made In the Interim. The retroactive
provision of the subsequent withdrawals
operated completely to conserve the sites.
"Not a single power site has passed out
of the possession of the government dur
ing this administration," continued tha
secretary.
"As a matter of fact, the withdrawals
ordered by me protected BO per cent more
power sites than were conserved by tho
Garfield order. This Implies no criticism
of the Garfield order and merely shows
that the Garfield order was tentative.
Several Withdrawal Orders.
"My first withdrawal order' was dated
May 4. 1SHI9, and the last, which Included
any of the lands formerly withdrawn,
June 10, l'JOO, but each of these orders con
tained the sentence, 'AH existing claims,
filings and entries are temporarily sus
pended." As a matter cf fact, there was
not a single filing made on a power site
during the Interim. On the other hand,
the restoration to entry of over 1.000.000
acres of land not needed to protect power
elites allayed widespread discontent and
thus avalded unnecessary making of ene
mies for the conservation policy. Since
June 10 I have made twenty-five additional
withdrawals In entirely new territory."
Secretary Balllnger stated that his or
ders of Withdrawal do not protect power
Bites within forest reservations, and added
In explanation that previously he had of
fered to Include power sites on forest res
ervations, but that the offer was declined
on the ground that the forest service could
take care of such sites. The secretary as
serted tlat a number of factors caused his
course to be misunderstood and misrepre
sented, but some of these he was not at
liberty to discuss.
MACKAY TALKS OF THE WEST
Telegraph Maannte Describes Bnsl
nraa Conditions In Olowlag
Terms.
NEW YOItK, Nov. T.-Clarenee H. Moc
kay, president of the Postal Telegraph
company, returned to New York today
optofnistlc and enthusiastic over the busi
ness ou'look In the west.
"The renplo out th?re," he added are
not wa'chlng the horizon for a return of
prusprrlty; It already has arrived."
This belief of Mr. MacKay waa based,
he said, on obs-rvatlons mam by him dur
ing on 8.OC0 mile trip of inspection of
his ccmpany's property.
"Eai-tcrn people who not go west," said
Mr. MiicKay "have no comprehension of
Its growth and development. San Francisco
Is a modern marvel of American courage
and fallli, and Seattle of American energy
and skill.
"All the way through the middle west
signs were equally gratifying. I was told
In Montana and North Dakota the farmers
have learned the lesson of modern Indus
trial development through livings achieved
by co-operation and are forming great
farming communities. The beneficial char
acter of such agricultural progress can
not be over-estimated. It fetches the bone
and sinew of the land into harmony with
the co-operative spirit which has evolved
our great manufacturing centers and put
the I'nited States so far ahead of ail other
countries that Its commercial supremacy la
unquestioned."
Robbery at Stnrgls.
STCROIS. S. D., Nov. 7.-Speelat Tele
gram.) A daylight robbery took place in
Hturgls today. The saloon of Lant Mer
rill and Reed 'A Eaton s butcher shop
were entered from the rear. In the saloon
a large amount of case goods and cigars
were taken. From the butcher shop meat
and other things were taken. An attempt
was made on Nelson's saloon, but the rob
bers failed to gain entrancs. Some of
ths goods have been recovered. Five ar
rests were made this afternoon and soma
of the goods stolen found In the possession
of some of the partita; ay-rested.