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VOL. XXXIX NO. 127.
OMAHA, THURSDAY MOKNING, NOVEMBER 11, lDOD TWELVE PAGES.
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PRESIDENT BACK
IN WASHINGTON
Chief Executive Ends 'Thirteen Thou
sand Mile Tour Through
West and South.
CABINET MEMBERS AT STATION
IT. J. V! T .J.'-.! 4 WUIt.
House in Automobile.
DAY IS SPENT IN VIRGINIA
Governor Swanson Meets Party on
Arrival at Richmond.
VISITS TWO HISTORIC CHURCHES
Aclrtrraa Made to Detestation of
Neuron on Educational Topic
Address to Freaa Anao
elation. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. Completing his
13,000-mile Journey through the west and
southwest President Taft arrived In Wash
ington at 8:.U o'clock this evening, from
Richmond, Va. He was greeted at the
L'nion station by the members of the cab
inet and a large crowd of people. He was
Jriven Immediately to the White House in
the President'! automobile.
RICHMOND. Va., Nov. 10 With a bright
pleasant day the inhabitants of the former
capital of the confederacy today turned out
In full force and gave President Taft a
hearty welcome.
The president and his party reached
Richmond at T o'clock this morning after
, a comfortable Journey from Wilmington,
N. C.
The president was greeted by the mem
ers of Richmond's reception committee,
Beaded by Governor Swanson and Mayor
Richardson. Automobiles conveyed the
party to the Virginia executive mansion,
where the president was the guest of the
governor at breakfast.
Ths day's ceremonies began with the
president addressing the members of the
Virginia Press association In the hall of
the house of delegates at tho capital at
10 o'clock. In another room of the capitol
Immediately afterward he spoke briefly
to a delegation of colored men.
Governor Kltchln of North Carolina was
the gueBt of the president in his private
car after leaving Wilmington last night
und traveled part way to Richmond. Sec
retary of the Nr.vy Meyer met the presi
dent her and participated In the day's fes
tivities. President Taft Interspersed his speech
making with short sightseeing tours. Dur
ing tbe morning he visited old St. John
church, where Patrick 'Henry made his
famous "give me liberty or give me
death" speech, , and went from there to
St. Paul's church, where Jefferson Davis,
president of the confederacy, received the
message from Oeneral Lee, saying the con
federate forces must evacuate Petersburg
and leave Richmond unprotected.
Address to rgron.
The president's talk to the negro dele
gates was devoted largely to the subject of
education. He said he would attend a
meeting of the board of trustees of Hamp
ton Institute on November 20, and felt a
very deep Interest In the work of that In
stitution as well as the Booker Washing
ton school at Tuskegee, Ala.
The Influence of those two schools In
the Importance they were giving to indus
trial and agricultural education the presi
dent said, was at last to bo felt through
the south.
"In the future we may look, and not In
vain, for a steady Improvement In the
south's educational systems, especially with
regard to tho colored race, upon whose
education along the lines of Industry and
iiuAfulnAMM ito nmeh nf Ihn nvlfnra tit tlia
south depends," the president said.
ri Wahxtur Davla Rptpil na unnltHmn
for tha negro delegation In thanking the
president for his speech.
. JRANCE VICTIM'S DEATH
PUZZLES LEGAL EXPERTS
Question mt Responsibility of Hyno
tlat Mooted One In Somnjer
vllle, IV. J., Case.
SOMERVILLE, N. J., Nov. 10. An In
teresting legal question Is a sequel today
t the autopsy performed last night on
ttte body of Robert Slmpsop, the hypnotic
ttudent whom Arthur Everton, a hypnotist,
failed to restore after placing In a trance.
The autopsy disclosed ihat Simpson's
death was due to a rupture of the aorta.
To Just what measure of responsibility. If
any, Everton will finally be held by the
law Is a question which Is puzzling the
legal experts. The prosecution of this dis
trict Is credited with the intention of hold
ing Everton on a technical charge of man
slaughter until his case can be passed
upon by the grand Jury next month.
The autopsy last night was delayed until
a professional hypnotist had had an op
portunity to make one last effort to restore
life. There was not the slightest response,
and the examination showed that death
had resulted as the collapse of toe rigid
state In which tha hypnotist had placed
him.
METHODIST MISSIONS ARE
SUBJECT OF CONFERENCE
Olatlnarnlabed Clerarymen and Lay
men Gather for Meeting; at
Albany.
ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 10,-Wlth distin
guished methodlst clergymen and laymen
from all parts of the world In attendance.
Including about twenty-flva bishops, the
annual conference of the general com
mittee of foreign missions of Methodist
churches were opened today at Trinity
Methodist church here. The conference
will continue until Mond.ty afternoon with
sessions morning and afternoon each day
except Sunday.
Tha delegates will call on Governor
Hughes at the executive chamber tomor
row noon. A missionary mass meeting
has been arranged for tomorrow eventng
with Bishop Henry Warren of rnlveralty
Park, Colo., preskllng. Addresses are to
y be given by Bishop J. E. Robinson of
Southern Asia: Dr. Isaac T. Headland of
China and Dr. Ge-rr Heber Jones of
Japan and Korea.
TA p.'onferenca la t apportion over SL
OX Jut for missionary w
Shirt Makers Are
Incensed at Mr.
Shallenberger
Denounce Action of Governor in Sign
ing Contract for Prison Made
Garments.
Manufacturers and Jobbers of Omaha are
up In arms over the action of Governor
Khallenbrrger In signing a contract with
an eastern concern to have shirts manufac
tured In the penitentiary by contract labor.
They have expressed their disapproval In
emphatic terms.
When they read a dispatch In The Bee
Wednesday morning stating that Oovernor
Shalleif' d signed such a contract
the Joj o S" ledlate ly got busy. Many
called y jvernor on the telephone
to prot 77 ' meeting of the manufac
turers' JT of the Commercial club
was he to protest.
Espeo the Omaha business men
Incense c nvernor because he wrote
the Con H 2 (ub over his signature In
Btter was up berore, that
the contract and had so
he was .
stated t i public press.
In spl J assurance the governor
has signed 'the contract and has had the
names of other officials attached before
the business men of Omaha had further
chance to protest.
The contract calls for the payment by
Max Cohen of Chicago of 62V4 cents a day
for the labor of the prisoners to manufac
ture shirts In competition with the Omaha
factories. In addition to that the state
throws in room, light, heat and power.
Mr. Cohen will make a uO-cent shirt and
Omaha manufacturers say It Is absolutely
out of the question for them to compete
against contract prison labor in this class
of goods, because of the high rental In
Omaha, the light, the rower and heat and
the greatly Increased wages.
Commissioner Guild called up Governor
Shallenberger on the telephone to see If
there was not some way to head off the
contract. The governor asked Mr. Guild to
call him up again. When Mr. Guild called
up after lunch the governor Informed him
that the cor tract was all signed and de
livered and that there was nothing to be
dona.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 10. (Special.) The
fact that Governor Shallenberger has
s:gntd a' contract permitting the estab
lishment of a shirt factory in the state
penitentiary after having refused the es
tablishment of a clothing factory there
because of protests of union . labor, has
caused considerable of a roar In Lincoln.
Tun telephones around the state house
were kept busy most of the day by parties
In Omaha and Lincoln, who protested
against being put In competition with con
vict labor, but the governor had already
attached his signature.
When the board of public lands and
buildings sought to make a contract with
a firm for the Installation of a factory
to make clothing in the penitentiary the
state to receive 65 cents a day for each
convict the governor balked. He gave as
his reasons that It was not fair to labor
to have such a factory In the prison. Those
Interested today have expressed their sur
prise at the change of position by the
governor.
Homestake 'Sues
- Labor Unions
Big Dakota Mining Company Begins
Fight on Men by Claiming Dam
ages by Recent Program.
LEAD, S. D., Nov. 10. (Special Tele
gram.) This afternoon Deputy United
States Marshal Heldlng served on the offi
cers of the Lead City Miners' union papers
In a civil action brought by the Homestake
Mining company against the union, the
company claiming that It has been damaged
In the sum of $10,000. by the action of the
union in forcing miners and other work
men In the employ of the company to Join
that organization.
This looks to those Interested In labor
organizations In the Black Hills at if It Is
the intention to resist the attempt now
being made to unionize the camp. Should
this be the fact, one of the most bitter
labor wars will be inaugurated, for the
camp, with the exception of a hundred or
so men, has been organized, and It Is a
pretty sure thing all will stick together.
This Is the first time the company has had
even a suggestion of trouble with Its men.
Jury Retires
in Ten Sleep Case
I ,
After Day of Arguments Judge Gives
Instructions and Men Go to
Consider Their Verdict.
BASIN. Wyo., Nov. 10. (Special Tele
gram.) The Jury retired tonight to con
sider Its verdict In the Ten Sleep murder
case against Herbert Brink. Arguments
were given during the day.
The court room was crowded at both
morning and afternoon sessions and the
arguments of counsel were brilliant from
a legal standpoint and dramatic In ar
raignment of opposing sides. Brink sat
through the two scathing speeches of at
torneys for the state without betraying
a tremor. Only once did he relax his pose
of merely an Interested listener and that
was to whisper something to a member
of counsel during the address of Judge
Met. Otherwise he waa absolutely with
out nervousness and appeared In nowise
apprehensive of the result.
Hans Neilsen, Police Auto
Driver, Averts a Tragedy
The exercise of rare skill and coolness on
the part of Hans Neilsen. driver of tne
police automobile patrol, averted a serious
accident, which might have meant the in
Jury of several officers early Wednesday
morning.
The big automobile loaded with officers
and detectives was hastening to the scene
of the murder of James Gajnea. who was
killed at his home, 1716 North Twenty
eighth street. It hummed up Clark street
at high speed, making up for an unavoid
able delay Id the leaving tha station.
When the machine was within a few
yards of the Intersection with Twenty-first
street, the much obscured outlines of a
house on moving trucks in the middle of
the street became visible. The automobile
was almost upon the barrier. The officers
BRYAN CONFERS
WITIIDA1ILMAN
Democratic Platform for Next Year
Subject of Session to Which
Governor i Not Invited.
SCHEME TO GET WETS AND DRYS
Shallenberger for Closing Law, Bryan
Formerly for Stricter Rule.
POSSIBLE DEAL WITH LIBERALS
Peerless One Said to Be Willing to
Compromise for Senatorship.
SLAP AT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Ills Proposal of Ex-Governor Francis
of Missouri for President Evi
dently Not to Liking of
Mr. Bryan.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Nov. 10. (Special.) W. J
Hryan held a conference at the Lincoln
hotel this afiernoon with Mayor Dahlman
of Oniai a and Judge Edgar Howard of
Columbus. Governor Shallenberger was
not at the conference.
While the read object of the meeting
wa-4 not divulged, It Is believed the sub
;cct under discussion was a platform for
ihe democratic party to make Its campaign
on next year.
That Governor Shallenberger was not n
vited Ao such a conference Is easily ex
llaiiinble. inasmuch as he has already ex
prcs.-ed himself on the subject of a plat
form. That took place when C. W. Bryan,
speaking for W. J. Bryan, proposed that
ih presidential candidate be permitted to
write a county option plank and thus
make the race for the senate on that
plank.
Governor Shallenberger emphatically re
fused. He preferred that the democratic
party ttand squarely on the 8 o'clock
coding law.
All the afternoon there was much specu
lation regarding the conference and the
deductions of those who tried to get the
facts was that Mr. Bryan was trying to
make some pact with Mayor Dahlman and
U.e others who oppose county option rather
than forcj them to stand for It.
If the democratic convention leaves
county option out of Its platform and the
republicans do the same, then Mr. Bryan
could go ahead for the senate advocating
county option, and thus while the mayor
lined up the liberal element he could line
up the temperance vote, as has been done
before.
Another reason for the failure of the
presidential candidate to Invite the gov
ernor may be that the governor has pro
posed the nomination of former Governor
David R. Francis of Missouri for presi
dent. Whether Mr. Bryan took that aa a
slap at him of course Mr- Bryan has not
made public, bat anyhow the governor
was not at the conference.
Late In ' the afternoon Judge" Howard
called at the state house and paid his re
spects to Governor Shallenberger.
"Everyone knows where I stand on the
senatorial matter," said Judge Howard.
"I am first for Mr. Bryan, and we all are.
Hut If Mr. Bryan will not make the race,
then I am for W. H. Thompson. I make
no bones about that, and everyone who
knows me knows that.''
The Columbus editor met the governor
Just as he was leaving the state house,
and the two went back Into the executive
office for a private conference and to dis
cuss what had been gone over at the Bryan
conference.
BURNS SCORES UNION LABOR
Head of Knight of Tabor
Gompers Organisation
Trust.
Calls
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. -Characterizing
the attitude of Sejnuel Gompers, John
Mitchell and Frank Morrison of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor In the contempt
proceedings In the courts of the District
of Columbia In connection with the Bucks
Stove and Range company as "a wilful,
premeditated violation of the law." Simon
Burns, general master workman of the
general assembly. Knights of Labor, has
administered a severe rebuke to these three
leaders of organized labor.
"There Is no trust or combination of
capital In the world," said Mr. Burns, "that
violates laws oftener than the trust labor
organizations which resort to more dis
honest, unfair and dishonorable methods
toward their competitors than any trust
or combination In the country."
MAE WOOD FAILS TO APPEAR
Motion to Forfeit Bond of Former
Omaha Woman Goes Over
Vntll Monday.
NEW YORK. Nov. 10,-The case of Mae
Wood, who has been under Indictment
since June, 1908, for perjury and forgery In
connection with her sensational suit for
divorce against former United States Sen
ator Thomas C. Piatt, was brought up sud
denly today In the court of general ses
sions. The defendant did not appear and
the prosecution asked that her bond of
$5,000 be forfeited.
Counsel explained that Miss Wood was
111 on a ranch In Colorado and had not
been Informed that the case was on' today's
calendar. District Attorney Jerome ap
peared and announced that It was by a
mistake that the case was called today
and adnjurnment ws taken until Monday.
gasped as the shadow of the house swal
lowed up the machine and eat fast In their
seats.
It was up to Hans Neilsen and the
brakes. They both worked perfectly and
none too aoon.
The plunging machine settled under the
sudden grip of the brakes and slid ahead.
Every passenger shut his eyes and waited.
Then the car stopped. The automobile ha)
yielded to the brakes and stood still, with
the hood over the big purring engine pro
Jectlng under the old house. A big beam
extended across tbe path of the machine
and but about a foot ahead.
The officers found that the house mover
had failed to put up the proper red light
danger signals, although tha street waa al
most entirely blocked,
From the Washington Herald.
DARING DASH FOR LIBERTY
Alleged Mail Robbers Foiled in Effort
to Break from Jail.
SAWS AND WEAPONS SMUGGLED
Desperate Men Had Done Effective
Work with Saws When Plot Waa
Discovered- Prison board
la Strengthened.
Liberty from the county Jail and, per
haps, freedom from the penitentiary, tan
talized ths five alleged bandits on trial for
the robbery of the Union Pacific mall train,
for a few days, but the craft of the law
foiled the desperate men In their attempt
to escape from their cells.
- Eight steel' saws, crlie -of severing
well tempered steel,' tvasnty-fivo feet of
rope and two .heavy bludgeons three feet
In length were discovered In the cells of
the men Wednesday. A cut In the roof of
the cell occupied by Woods had been
sawed and only a few Inches more would
have given him liberty. Timely discovery
of these tools probably prevented a whole
sale delivery, for It wouM ha been an
easy matter for Woods to have liberated
his companions and waylaid the two men
on watch In the building.
The sound of filing had been heard for
several nights and Tuesday night for the
first time officers were able to locate It
definitely. The sounds came from Woods'
cell. Chief Rossiter of the Plnkertons,
and Deputy Sheriffs Galloway and Scdin
then went In and took two saws from
Woods.
Two of the saws were found on the per
ron of Woods tarly In the morning. In
the roof of his fell a triangular cut had
been made and was nearly completed. On
top of the cell was found twenty-five feet
of strong rope and two pieces of gasplpe
three feet In length.
In the cell of Torgenson and Grlgware
were found six saws similar to the ones
found In the possession of Woods.
Decide on Slow, Sore Way.
A small wood handle was also recov
ered. With these Instruments a bar could
be severed In almost no time, but the
prisoners had decided upon a slower but
surer method of delivery, through the roof.
Investigation Is now being made by the
sheriff and the marshal. It Is certain the
tools were brought into the prison by out
siders. The officials are certain that the
men have confederates In the city making
a desperate attempt to liberate them. A
young woman who has been calling at the
Jail under the guise of a religious worker
is under suspicion of aiding the prisoners. 1
United States Marshal Warner and
Sheriff Bralley will exercise the utmost
precaution In their watchfulness of the
prisoners. They will be kept under the
closest surveillance and no one admitted
to the corridor of the Jail. Marshal War
ner has made these rules:
"A special guard will be kept In the Jail
t all limes, heavily armed, to give warn
ing of any suspicious actions.
"The prisoners will be carefully guarded
enroute to the federal court room. No
person will be allowed In the corridor of
the federal building.
"Each night the prisoners will be
stripped and furnished another suit of Jail
clothing."
Cells Carefully Searched.
To-genson, Grlgware and Shelton were
together In the bound-over cell some dis
tance from Woods' cell. A thorough ex
amination of this cell was made Tuesday
night, but nothing was discovered. While
the prisoners were in court Wednesday
morning a fuitlier search of the cell was
made and a package of six steel saws
were found securely wrapped In paper and
concealed In a basket of groceries and
fruit that had been sent up to the ac
cused men. A careful search was also
made of Matthews' cell, but nothing could
be found thus far Implicating him In the
attempted Jail delivery.
Tuesday night when the men were
searched before being put back In the
cells Matthews seemed unusually nervous,
but Woods, with. his customary gusto, re
marked to the officers searching him:
"You are a pretty thorough searcher."
The officers now know what he meant.
Sheriff Bralley Is of the opinion that It
was tha Intention of Woods to climb out
through tha opening In his cell and then
hide behind the door In the dark corridor,
and as the night watch approached to lay
him out with the piece of gasplpe and ob
taining his keys liberate the other prison
ers. It would then have been easy to go
down to tha office, waylay tha only other
man on night watch and thus escape.
Uncle Sam Strictly in
Tears Mask from
Face of Leader of
Mob at Cairo
Bold Act of Sheriff Probably Pre
vents Lynching of Negro
Charged with Murder.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 10. A dispatch by a
staff correspondent of the Post-Dispatch
from Cairo. III., says:
"Two mobs formed at S o'clock this
morning bent on lynching Will James, tha
negro suspected of murdering Anna Pelley,
but were dispersed by Chief of Police Egan
and Detective Casey.
"A telephone message warned tha chief
that -a mob had formed at Thirty-fourth
and Commercial streets and waa starting
toward police headquarters. Chief Egan
and Casey started out and came upon a
crowd of 1 250 men at Twelfth and Poplar
streets. They were ready to start to the
Jail. Chief Egan made a xpeech to the
crowd, telling them he was not convinced
that the negro under arrest was guilty and
Ci lied upon them to disperse.
, "Then the crowd began to waver. The
chief, approaching the leader, who wore a
mask, tore It from his face and ordered
him away. The rest scattered.
"By that time the crowd from Thirty
fourth street, numbering about thirty, had
reaehed police headquarters, but lacked
leadership. Chief Egan talked to them
and persuaded them to leave. A force of
police was kept on guard until daylight."
Nine Men Die
in Mine Fire
Force Vainly Works 111 Night Trying
to Release Entombed Victims
of Explosion.
WILKES-BARRE. Pa., Nov. 10. Nine
men lost their lives In the fire following
the explosion yesterday afternoon In the
Auchlncloss colliery of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western company at
Nantlco, near here. A large force of men
worked all night In an attempt to rescue
the entombed men alive. Several were
taken out badly Injured, but nine of the
men were dead when found. With one ex
ception, all the dead miners were Slavs.
The fire Is still burning today, but Is
under control and will be extinguished In a
short time. The officials have not yet been
able to determine what caused the explo
sion. DALLAS LINE THROUGH TRIPP
Northwestern Will Extend Its Road
to West Side of the New
County.
PIERRE, S. D., Nov. 10.-(Speclal Tele
grim ) The Chicago & Northwestern rail
way today filed with the secretary of state
a resolution of extension of their Dallas
line thirty-eight miles In a westerly di
rection clear across Tripp county, making
its new terminus on section 23, township
19, range 79. This Is practically at the
point where the line between the new coun
it s will meet and touch the Tripp county
lino
Culebra Cut Half Done;
Completed in Four Years
WASHINGTON. Nov. 10 The cut at
Culebra, the backbone of the isthmus of
Panama was half completed on October
23, according to reports from the canal
sone Just forwarded to the office of the
Isthmian commission In this city. At that
time 39,002.29 cubic yards had been ex
cavated and a ilka amount of digging re
mained to be done.
This gigantic cut will be nine miles long
and will have a width of 300 feet at the
bottom, which will be forty feet above
sea level, tha normal level of the water
being fixed at eighty-five feet above the
sea. Its completion Is said to be assured
within four years.
At the same time a report waa made
of the first steam shovel working In dry
excavation on the bottom at tha canal.
It
STEMIEIL COOK ON STAND
Servant Fights Loyally for Her Ac
cused Mistress.
WIFE DEVOTED TO HUSBAND
Judge Confronts Her with Former
Testimony, bnt She Asserts She
Wats Misquoted In Many
Details.
PARIS, Nov. 10. No servant ever fought
mora loyally for her mistress than did
Marietta Wolf, the cook In me Stelnhell
household, when called today as a witness
In the trial of Mme. Stelnhell ror the mur
der of her husband and stepmother.
When tha Jwlge had led her through a
labyrinth of contradictory statements, he
suddenly challenged the witness with this
abstract from, her original deposition:
"When Mir,. Stelnhell learned that her
husband waadead she ejaculated, 'At last
I am free.' "
Without the least hesitation the servant
replied:
"No, I have be-n misquoted. What Mme.
Stelnhell said was 'At last I am alone.' "
The witness Insisted the wife was devoted
to her artist husband.
Next to the prisoner Marietta Wolf ex
cited the most Interest In the court room,
as In the popular mind she Is suspected of
holding the key to the mystery of the
Stelnhell home.
She was the first witness today and a
hush of expectancy greeted her appearance
on the stand. She was gowned In black
and her attitude waa as somber as the
clothes sho wore. As a witness she was
reticent and volunteered nothing. When
pressed with spccflfic questions by the
Judge she replied, "I do not know," or "I
do not remember."
She could not, however, conceal her ner
vousness and she consulted frequently
with the attorney for the defense. She
testified that Mme. Stelnhell had known all
of the Wolf children but Alexander, whom
she once accused, -least of all. She ad
mitted that her mistress addressed Alex
ander by a familiar appellation.
Judge DeValles with considerable diffi
culty Induced the witness to describe the
Stelnhell home and tell how Mme. Steln
hell had leased "Green Lodge" In order
that she might there receive her lovers.
It was after she had expressed the opinion
that Adolph Stelnhell waa Ignorant of his
wife's Intrigues that the witness was con
fronted with the deposition which she made
for the police soon after the tragedy.
COTTON STILL ON UP GRADE
Advance During; Mernlng Session
Amounts to Five Dollars
a Bale.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10,-The fresh out
burst of bullish excitement which devel
oped In the cotton market yesterday was
renewed at the opening this morning and
prices showed a net advance of from 31 to
33 points, with January selling at 14.95c and
May at 15.17c This meant an advance of
from 98 to 110 points, about 14.90 to $;..50
per bale from the low figures of Monday
morning and attracted heavy realizing.
Fluctuations later In the morning were
; nervous and Irregular. Frightened shorts
were urgent buyers on the early advance
and In addition to the support from bull
leaders there waa a renewal of public de
mand. Previously some dredging had been done
on the bottom at other points. The excava
tion is in the Mlndi Hills near the Atlantic
entrance, where a steam shovel excavated
at forty-one feet below sea level. Much
difficulty waa experienced In carrying on
this work. At one lime the shovel was
caught by a quantity of mud sliding on
the rock and together with the tracks was
pushed twenty feet out of its original
position.
At another time the shovel settled Into
the mud and overturned.
Every night the shovel Is withdrawn from
the excavation to a point behind the
ledge of rock, where it Is safe from the
sliding mud and la cut In again each morn-lr
ALDHICH URGES
MONEYREFORM
Rhode Island Senator Talks on
Financial Question at Banquet in
Omaha in His Honor. .
SEEKS TO PREVENT BANK PANICS
Asks Omaha Business Men to Ait in
Establishing Better System.
OFFERS NO DEFINITE REMEDY
Monetary Commission Attempts to
Arouse Interest.
BUSY DAY SPENT AS CITY'S GUEST
Enjoy Automobile Trip and
Luncheon nt Omaha (luti TTm
qnet and Speech In Evening;
at Commercial t tub.
Hi
Nelson AV. Aldrlch. United States senator
from Rhode Island, chairman of the Na
tional Monetary commission, chief of the
finance committee of the senate and the
real power behind tho Payne tariff bill,
was the guest of Omaha commercial men
Wrdnesday. lie reached the city from Kan
sas City nt 8:30 o'clock In Vhe morning on
his special ear "Columbia," accompanied
by severnl men of prominence In the finan
cial world.
During the morning the party was taken
about the city In automobiles, the guests
of foi mer Senator J. H. Millard, president
of the Omaha National bank; at noon the
visitors were guests of Luther Drake ut the
Omaha club and In Ihe evening a compli
mentary banquet was tendered at the Com
mercial club rooms. Ills speech following
the banquet was the most notable event of
th-j dav.
tins No Definite Plan.
To those of his hearers who expected
Senator Aldrlch to use the occasion for ths
promulgation of the central bank project,
or any other plan or theory of national
finance, his speech must have been In the
nature of a surprise. Ho declared at the
outset "thut tho question of a definite plan
for reforming existing conditions has not
yet been taken up by tho commission,"
and he added thut no plan would be
adopted "until after an opportunity has
been afforded for the most careful and
exhaustive study of all the conditions that
surround tho problem." He declared that
he had accepted the present occasion aa an
opportunity "to make an earnest appeal to
you, as the representative men of an Im
portant section of tlie country, to glva to
the commission the ' advantage of your
valuable counsel und co-operation In secur
ing the adoption of a satisfactory remedial
plan one that will surely conserve and
promote the vital Interests of all the people
of this grent nation." ,
Senator Aldrich paid tribute to the busi
ness men of Omaha, which he described as
"perhaps one of the important financial
centers of the country," n having by their
enterprise, ability and foresight contributed ,
largely to the upbuilding of a great and
prosperous empire, and he pledged the best
efforts and Judgment of the monetary com
mission "to secure the adoption of a mone
tary system the wisest and best the world
has seen." He called upon them, and
through them, upon the business men of
the country to feel their own responsibility.
Individually and collectively, for the satis
factory outcome of the work.
"Perhups It Is proper that I should say at
the outset, In order to relieve any possible
misapprehension, that 'the question of a
definite plan for reforming existing condi
tions has not yet been taken up or con
sidered by the commission. I also desire
to say for myself and for the commission
that no plan will be adopted until after an
opportunity has been afforded for the most
careful and exhaustive study of all tho
conditions that surround the problem.
"The list which w lay before you to
night of the proposed publications of tha
commission will indicate to you the thor
oughness of the work which we have en
tered upon In this connection. We have In
sisted In the preparation of these mono
graphs that the facts In each case should
be Btated without color or bias, and that
no opinions should be expressed as to the
merits of any system over another. The
Inquiry, Including as It does all phases of
the monetary question, will enable those
who are Interested to give to all the va
rious elements surrounding the problem
thorough study. The Inquiries are Intended
to be exhaustive, and to cover the histori
cal, statistical and theoretical as well at
the practical aspects of the question.
Auierlcuii People Strenuous.
"With a few exceptions the American
public, even those who are engaged in
business and banking, have been too busy
with their own practical affairs to have
given much serious attention to matters
thut they have looked upon aa largely
academic and theoretical. We found at
the Inception of our Inquiry that there wat
very little Information available aa to tha
character and detailed practical workings .
of foreign banking and monetary aysUms.
This fact created the necessity for patient
original exploration, and I venture to ex
press the hope that the results we hava
secured will be found satisfactory to all
students yf monetary science.
"I accepted your Invitation to this
meeting, having tn mind the opportunity
It would afford me to make an earnest
i appeal to you, as the representative men
of an Important section of the country, to
give the commission the advantage of your
vulualilo counsel and co-oprallon In secur
ing tin; udoption of a satisfactory remedial
plan one that will surely conserve and
promote the vital Interests of all the peuplu
of this great nation. To the business men
of Omaha, whose enterprise, ability and
foresight have contributed so largely to
the upbuilding of a great and prosperous
empire, to the people of this metropolis,
which, has become one of the important
financial centers In the, country, I pledge
the best efforts and Judgment of the mone
tary commission to secure tho adoption of
a monetaiy system the wisest and boat tha
world has seen. Iiut in this connection I
suggest that It Is necessary that you should
also feel your own responsibility. Individ
ually and collectively, for the satisfactory
outcome of the work.
"We thull have to overcome thn natural
and cons rvatlve Inertia that hesitates or
demurs at changes In established methods,
especially when these have been satisfac
tory in narrow or restricted circles. Wa
shall have to meet objections of a sectional
and political nature which I will al.Aida
to later.
Ancient lluuk Squabblee.
"Controversies over note Issues and bank
ing methods are as ancient as banks. They
have In the past been carried on mainly
by professional writers and UiaorWla a4