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1JANKEK SQUIRMS
TROOPS CALLED
or Swings
BILLION DOLLAR
WIRE COMBINE
Vagaries of Winter
o Eternity
TO WRECKED MINE
Sheriff at Cherry, 111., Asks Governor
Deneen for Militia to Guard En
trance to Burning Shaft.
TH6 COLO SWIATHER RtMlflOS Ht Musi OFpt COA
1H COAL DOESN'T COME THk. HtXT DAY
ill t'llwoiJ-VL'lJ
lurdcrcd Four
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Bell Telephone Interests Secure Con
T. W. Eallew, Missouri Millionaire
"Mike," Tells of Bcinj Separated
- from Money by Mabray Gang.
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trol of Western Union Tele
.graph Company.
You. New Worker Who Killed the
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Christie Family is Executed
at Aberdeen.
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FEAR DEMONSTRATION BY MEN
NEW CORPORATION IS FORMING
NOT HAPPY ON EXAMINATION
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Advised Move by Miners.
FIRE IS G20WKG HOTTER
Spread
of Blaze, Prevents Farther
Effort at Rescue.
ALL MEN BELOW ARE DEAD
It Will lie Several Days Before Air
Hoi! Ira ran Be Bi-corrrril Soper
Intendent Tnjlor Talks of
Conditions In Mine.
CHEBTIY, 111., Nov. 11. Troops have
been called for to prevent any untoward
demonstration at the St. Paul coal mine
when the bodies of the -SiiO men, entombed
by Inst Saturday's disaster are brought to
the surface.
Pin-riff Kkoglund of Bureau county, with
authority from State'p Attorney Eckhart,
telegraphed to Springfield, Til., late today,
asking Governor Deneen to send several
companies of stale militia. So far there
..4P has been no violence displayed as a result
of the f'snster and State' Attorney Eck
hart hopes by the presence of a small
guard to prevent any Ill-advised move on
the part of the miners, whose feeling have
-jtyen wrought up by the loss of their com
rades. "We want the troops at once; that's all
there Is about It. We will take no chances,"
declared the state's attorney.
When the bodies will be brought to the
Surface Is doubtful. None of the officials
believe any of the 300 entombed men are
alive.
Fire Grows Hotter.
Plre In the mine today was even more
Intense , than It was w hen the men w ere
entrapped three days ago and no efforts
could be made to enter It. Flro Chief
Horan of Chicago arrived with assistance
and supply of hose and chemical fire ex-
tlngulshers. The lid, or seal, over the
mouth of the shaft was perforated and it
was Intended to force water and chemicals
down through pipes. A thermometer
plunged into the sand scattered on the
top of the seal showed a temperature of
110 degrees. Indicating that the heat In
the Interior of the mine must have bee
intense. '
Chief Horan Inspected the condition and
shook his head. 1
"Its no use," he said, "to lift the lid to-
day would mean that tho whole mine would
blaso up and there would be no possibility
of , riwrlii8 the bodies. The coal de
posits would take fire, the .timber aupp'orts
would crumble In and it Is terrible to plc
tur what would happen. Perhaps another
shaft would have to be dug to recover
the remains of the men."
. George S. Rice of Pittsburg, chief of the
field work of the United State geological
survey also was positive that the re-entering
of the mine would have to be post
poned. Orphan Dorn Since Disaster.
In making the rounds of the miners'
homes, Duncan McDonald, president of Dis
trict 12, United Mine Workers, discovered
that a new baby had arrived at a home
which lost a father and a son. The mother
was kept ignorant of the disaster. Eighty
six of the homes visited were, with the ex
ception of children, without male mem
hers.
Only the most frantic of the women Vho
lost husbands ventured to visit the shaft
and these crying for lost ones, had to be
Almost forcibly taken back. Frequently
puff of smoke issued from a crevice in
the cover over the shaft. This was taken
as an evidence of the fire raging within
Outdoors the mourners experienced the
Inteneeel cold, an icy wind sweeping over
the prairies and about the superstructure
k ' tt the mine with the fury of a gale.
" Probable Location of Bodies.
Speculation was rife as to the location of
the bodies In the mine. Upon this will be
determined the immediate cause of the
men's death whether It was fire, suffoca
tion by smoke, or the falling In of parts
of the mine. It Is the opinion of veteran
y mine workers that in time of danger a
miner will remain near the hoisting shaft
until driven to remoter parts in search of
air.
If the bodies are found near the shaft
It was declared It will indicate the men
perished ay fire. It they are found in
the mure distant galleries the opinion was
held that suffocation by smoke or gas
was the cause. The repeated sealing up
of the mouth of the mine, necessary to
stop draught and smother the fire, It Is
held, was sufficent to generate enough
gas to kill the men in any part of the
mine.
The location of the bodies will Indicate
about when the men died, for the noxious
tt.ists in the mine did not become fatally
dense until some time after the first fire
whu considerably subdued.
Two hti'idred and fifty pine boxes In
which are to be burled such of the bodies
ns are recovered, arrived In a covered
train and were stored near the mine, el
- though the fact of the presence was care
fully kept from the afflicted families.
Funeral of eight of the miners who
were killed Saturday wehe held today.
Two dted while earring on rescue work.
Part of the squad of miners on duty at
the shaft left their work to follow the
processions to the cemetery and then
hurriedly returned In hope of helping to
recover other bodies.
All Men Helow Are Dead.
The belief was expressed by Mine Man
ager Taylor that the men In the mine
were dead toon after the disaster on Sat
urday, Taylor las repeatedly risked Ills life to
get into the mine a, id yesterday was all
but sacrificed when he wandered MO feet
from th main shaft and returned Just
lu time to see the rekindled flames eat
Jng their way toward the case whlrh was
his only means of escape.
"Every man in that mine was put to
sleep on the day of the fire." said Tay
lor. "There Is no reason in the world
why any-ne should try to rrouae false
hopes In the minds of these poor people.
'The men In the mine are dojid. They
cannot l.e alive. To make these poor ieo
pie think that when the mine Is opened
their loved ones w HI be found In some re
mote portion of the mine is cruel.
"ifc hi mistaken idea that the entomb.!
Iiil r oould have hastened far out In the
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Aberdeen, s. D.t nv. :.-speciai I
ble-s you all." With those words uttered.
Just before mounting the scaffold. Emil
Victor, 19-yr-ar-old murderer of the Christie
family and Michael Romaj-ne at Uuilu'pn
July t, bade farewell to an assembled
crowd of about fifty people and was exe
cuted at 8 o'clock this morning.
Victor maintained his nerve to the last
and elept soundly all night and had to
be awakened for breakfast. lie ate a
hearty meal and 'betrayed no slgna of
nervousness or fear, and as he stood on
the gallows, he faced the spectators with
out flinching. No relatives were present.
The body will be burled here, the parents
having sent money to defiay.ihe expense.
Two clergymen of the U-.-rman Lutheran
church held cervices In ine cell before
the execution.
Victor, formerly of East Aurora, N. Y.,
aid the penuliy for the most horrible
ciime in the hlstoiy of South Dakota, the
uanton killing of four persons. His vic
tims were J. W. Christie, grain buyer at
the little town of Rudolph, lirown county;
Mrs. Christie. Mildred Christie, aged 13,
and Michael Honayne, a young man who
was employed by Christie. The motive of
the crime was robbery.
Norris Thinks
Cannon Fight
WillContinue
Nebraska Congressman Unable
Give Definite Program, but Be
lieves One Will Develop.
to
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINUTON. D. C, Nov. 16. (Special
Telegram.) Representative Norris ' of the
Fifth Nebraska district with his family
has arrived In Washington for the coming
session of congress. Judge Norris was
somewhat loath to discuss politics either
national or local. Regarding affairs polit
ical, at home. Air. ivorria conrrssei.
he was considerably In the air. He be
lieved Mr. Bryan would be a candidate
for tho United States senate.
When qustioned whether there Is on
foot any tangible program on the part of
Insurgents to clip the wings of Speaker
Cannon. Mr. Norris said: "As to any pro
gram I do not think It has at all taken
concrete form yet. However, H rather sus
pect there will be an early effort made to
get all forces who oppose Cannon lined up
for the purpose of again assaulting him
and his rules. Just what strength the
opposition to Qannoo. may develop, and
how effective it may be, is entirely prob
lematical. I cannot forecast."
Harry Thaw
Creates Scene
Rakes a Disturbance in Dispute
as to Where to Eat
Luncheon.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16. Harry K. Thaw,
who was broupht here today from the
asylum for the criminal Insane to testify
In the suit of Dr. A. Met,. Hamilton to
recover from Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw
$7,000 for professional services, created a
scene at the court house over the question
as to where he should eat luncheon.
The officers In charge were taking him
to a restaurant near the court building,
but Thaw Insisted upon going to a place
in the financial district, where he lunched
frequently before the killing of Stanford
White. He became so noisy that a large
crowd collected and Dr. Baker of the asy
lum was obliged to Interfere.
The suit of Dr. Hamilton was called be
fore Justice Dowllng, who sent Thaw to
Mattcawan, but the discovery of a clerical
error in. the papers to the suit caused a
mistrial, and the court ordered the trial
stopped. Thaw was not called upon to
testify.
Victim of Tramp
May Recover
Albert Nelson, Attacked in Home
by Tramp, is Getting
Better.
VERMILION, S. D., Nov. ll-(Speclal
Telegram.) It is now believed that Albert
Nelson, at whose house the tragedy of
yesterday morning oceurred, will live
though he is very weak from loss of blood.
The murderer of his wife, after slashing
her throat from ear to ear attempted to
fire the house pouring kerosene over the
bed clothes and touching a match to It.
The tramp must have Inhaled smoke fumes
and was suffocated before making a get
away. There are no Indications that he
was killed or committed suicide. On the
raior handle la carved the name of I U.
Jackson. His body will be brought U
Vermilion. v
Frank Dinuzzo Now Up
for Violating Sunday Law
Life la sad and full of woes foi I rnk
Dinusso.
Put out of business and f.ned by tie
courts for keeping open hta saloon af r
p. in., Dinuzzo then goes into the barker
business. Whereupon the Barlcr s union
decides that the members ot that ciaf.
thall comply with the Sunday closing law
and no longer transact business ou the
Sabba'.h. The union apixtlnts a commutes
to tee that Its rule and the state's law are
obeyed. This coiiini.lt a makes t. e
rounds Sunday ai.d finds sew l a. V nihtj
i.f the razor still dolnj buaineai it tin
o d stand.
Among these, the committee asseverstea.
u i oionel Dinuzzo.
Comes nov D. M. Co; ut, chairman of
y jae Up Stocks and Bonds of
Constituent Companies.
GOULDS SELL THEIR STOCKS
Transfer Makes Absorption of Tele
graph Company Possible. .
VAST INTERESTS ARE AFFECTED
Property of jSnmpanles In Combina
tion Said to Have rjhyslcal Valua
tion of
Over Six Hundred
Million.
BOSTON. Nev., Nov. 16. A long stride
towsrd the complete control by one cor
poration of all wire communication In the
United States was made today In the ac
quisition by the American Telephone a,nd
Telegraph company of the control of
Western Union Telegraph company.
In order to make the absorption com
plete, the Incorporation of a new billion
dollar company, It Is said, will be neces
sary to Include $r93.47.ri,400 of bonds and
stock of the American Telephone com
pany, known as the Bell company, and
the outstanding tlG5.OnO.Wfl of bonds and
stock of the Western Union.
The acquisition of the Western Union
by the Bell company has been In progress
for about six months and only a sufficient
amount to Insure control, said to be 61
per cent, was taken over.
The offices of the telephone company
believe that the merger will save the
Hell company $75 000.000 In new construc
tion: while it will also enable the utilisa
tion of wires for both telegraphing and
telephoning.
Coin pin lea Interested.
Some of the associated corporations en
gaged In the telephone business, the ma
jority of whose stock rests in the treas
ury of the parent concern, are: New
York Telephone company. 150,000; New
England Telephone and Telegraph com
pany, $31.700 000; Bell telephone of Penn
sylvania, $S1. 150.000; New York and New
Jersey Telephone company, , $25,400 000;
Southern Bell Telephone company, $21,400,-
W; Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph
company, JlROOOOr-0; Chicago Telephone
company. 117 500 000; Western Telephone
and Telegraph company. $16,000,000; Bell
Telephone company of Canada. $12.000 000.
The telephone system annually transmits
5.5-,8f0O00 messages, while the Western
Union handles 6S0.063.O0O. The telephone
rystem has 8,098.679 miles of wires and the
Western Union 1,382,509. The total prop
erty value of the telephone company Is
$546 015.000 and that, of the Western Union
$124,086,820. '
Gnnlds Sell Storks.
NEW YORK. Nov. 16. Announced In
BoFton, confirmed in New York and com
mented on with Interest everywhere, an-
other $1,000,000,000 merger became a reality j adjournment of the special Bession of con
In the financial world today with the prac- ' gress declined to discuss this afternoon
tlcal absorption of the Western Union Tel
cgraph company by the American Tele
phone and Telegraph company.
The Western Union, one of the pet prop-
ertles of the late Jay Goutd, has been In ,
the Oould family for a generation, and It ! torney General Wlckersham and Secretary
was by the sale of Gould stock today j MacVeagh are entrusted with the lnvestl
that the merger was accomplished. gatlon of the frauds, and It was stated that
While the report hns been 'current that the situation Is satisfactory to Mr. Taft.
the Mackay companies, controlling the The cabinet session lasted for two, hours
Postal Telegraph company, will ultimately and forty minutes. President TaftV mes
be Included In the plan of reorganisation, sage to congress, especially with relation
no confirmation of this could be obtained ( to the proposed amendments to the Inter
In New York. Officers of the Postal were state commerce and anti-trust laws and
emphatic In their statements tnat the com
pany would remain on an Independent
bat-la.
Stocks of tho Western Union fell S points
on the Stock exchange on news of the
passing of the control.
Official dental was given this afternoon
of reports that President Clowry and As
distant General Manager Barclay would re
sign from the Western Union. It was re
ported that William II. Baker, formerly
vice president and general manager of the
Postal Telegraph company, would become
general manager of the Western Union.
James R. Bralley. jr., reputed to be a
large buyer of Independent lines, would
not commit himself as to whether the
Postal company was his financial backor
In his recent purchase.
Steamer Lost,
Crew Perishes
Boat Loaded with Wheat Goes Down
on Lake Superior with All
on Board.
WINNIPEG., Man., Nov. 16. The steamer
Ionic, owned by the Northern Navigation j
company and loaded with wheat, 'la reported j
to be lost off Passage island. Lake Su-
perlor, with all hands on board. The crew j
Is believed to consist of twenty men.
CHICAGO, Nov. 16. The Ionic was for- j
merly known as the Cuba, launched In 1873
as the property of the Northern Naviga- j
lion company ot Ontario, limited, and hails j
fiom Collins wood, Ont. Its tonnage is l0u0
and its length ZA feet.
tl ii committee, wno flrt being cu y
sworn deposes and says twelve of his
fellow craftsmen did lather the lather and
shave the face on last Sunday and for each
and every one of these nine he procures a
complaint upon which the police Judge is
sues a warrant of arrest.
The Ill-fated twelve line up as follows;
Paxton hotel shop, A. Ashmor. 4oH South
Thirteenth street; 8. -8. Stewart, 410 South
Fifteenth; Peter Grandrosso, 60S North
Sixteenth; Dick Owens, tenth floor of
New York Life building; Hoy Kinsley)
1KS Farnam; Frank Dinuzzo. 1530 Harney;
Olln Salsbury, Her Grand hotel; E. Scran
ton, SJO North Sixteenth; John Lelght, 3J0
North Sixteenth street; Ray Baum, 1219
Farnam street, and Uiegga Davklson, 1213
Farnara street
TMt FOLLOWING
SIFTS OUT THE
DAV HE TF I
ON TM SIXTH DAY THE NURSE R.YCOMtt roiHt HtSi
FrOm the Minneapolis JoutnaK
CABINET MEETS PRESIDENT
j Executive and Advisors Discuss
Message to Congress.
SUGAR FRAUDS MENTIONED
Matter In Charge of Secretary Mm.
Vtagh and Attorney ttenral W lck
. ersaam Slraat 1 V Latlsfne
torr to rresldent.
WASHINGTON. Nov. R-Members of the
cabinet after the first meeting since the
what had been done In the meeting.
With regard to the Sugar trust frauds
at New York, It was said by one cabinet
member, that there was no necessity for
the cabinet to consider the situation. At
routine business, so far as could be
learned, were considered.
Congress to Investigate.
From remarks let fall by congressional
callers at the White House today there
seems little doubt but that a congressional
committee will be appointed to Investigate
the sugar frauds and customs house cor
ruption in New York. It seemed to be
taken for granted that the first day of the
coming -session will witness the Introduc
tion of resolutions calling for an Investiga
tion and that it would not be likely that
any great opposition would be shown to
j th passage of some one of them.
No official not ce will be taken by tha
Treasury department at least for the pres
ent, of the controversy between former
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To the patrons of Bee advertisers:
Two comparisons
Advertising from Jan. 1, 1009, to Nov. 1, 1000.
Local Display Advertising.
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Dee lead i 111,678 agate lines
Most newspapers do not advertise the fact when a comparison is not in their own favor.
Readerof The Bee probably miss the advertisements of certain firms, or wonder why
the space of others has been curtailed.
'The liee has always carried far more advertising than any other Omaha paper. The
reason for the change in the comparison since November 1, is that on that date The liee
raised its advertising rates from 84 cents per inch, to 03 cents per; inch. Advertisers wh
are withholding their copy possibly hope that concessions will be made them.
The Bee was the first paper in this part of the country to establish a "flat rate",
charging all advertisers the same rate without exception. That we are losing business in
order to maintain this principle is the best assurance to our advertisers that no discrim
inations are, or will be made.
The stores which are buying this costly experience of learning the value of the trade
of Bee readers by doing without it, are making our space all the more valuable to adver
tisers, who have the benefit of the failure of such firms to compete for this vast volume of
business. With but a few exceptions, the business men of Omaha today recognize the fact
that your trade and that of other readers of The Bee is worth cultivating, just as you and
these business men appreciate our fairness in firmly refusing to allow any advertiser an
advantage over his competitor, by showing favoritism.
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tM NtXT OAV TMt BACK
YARD CONTRl BOTES f, 7A
OP -HE
Bleached Flour
Helcl for Trial
Back to Owners
Judge McPherson Orders Samples
Taken of Seized Shipment for
Use as Evidence.
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DES MOINES, la., Nov. 18. -Judge Smith
McPherson, in- federal court here today,
ordered l.'Sto sacks of bleached flour. Avhlch
had been seized by federal officials during
the last summer, released. But. the court
ordered samples retained to be used when
the flour Is put on trial at Council Bluffs,
January 16, next. Pierce Butler of St.
Paul, named by Attorney General Wicker
sham to represent the government at Jhe
hearing which had been originally sched
uled for today, made a lively pro, est to
this. He declared that tne millers had
manufactured the flour In question know
ing It would be seized. He said they had
not used as much adulterant In It as
they ordinarily use! Judge McPherson, was
considerably surprised at this statement
and declared that If such is true the case
would be further Investigated.
A band of Tama Indians went before
the federal grand jury today supposedly
on cases Involving the sale of liquor to
them contrary to the federal s.aiute.
CHASED MORSE WITH GUN
lee -Denier Tells of Rnmlty with
Banker Head of Alleged
Trust.
NEW YORK. Nov. 16. John M. Brlggs,
an Ice dealer of Coeymans, N. Y., created
a sensation in court today when he testi
fied in ansVer to the questions of counsel
for the American Ice company that he had
felt so bitterly towards Charles W. Morso,
former head of the company, that he at
one time chased him for two weeks with a
gun. Briggs said he had lost heavily in
speculation with Morse.
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AFttK AVYEEW Of COlDWlATHEa IT WARnJ
LETS TiIRt QO OUT- AND THL
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COURT DISBARS I. J. DUNN
Omaha Lawyer Indefinitely Sus
pended from Practice of Law.
CHIEF JUSTICE SCORES HIS ACTS
Declares Ilia Brief la Robinson Cie
Conatitnted Abuse, Kot Criti
cism and that Attitude
, Since Has Been Defiant.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN,, Nov. 19. 'Special Telegram.)
I. J. Dunh, deputy city attorney of
Omaha, was Indefinitely suspended from
the practice of law by the supreme court
this morning and subjected to a severe
scoring by Supreme Justice Reese n;it only
for his statements In his objectionable
brief, but because of his attitude since be
ing summoned Into court to answer for tho
writing the document held to reflect on the
cou"' 1
Dunn was also ordered to pay the costs
of the contempt proceedings.
air. uunu m
was cited for
court for writing a brief In the ca?e of
Robinson agalnBt Omaha, In which he at
tacked severely a member of the court,
and, wheiV called before the cjuit yester
day for an explanation, Mr. Dunn's a'tti
tude was such there was no alternative
than to punish him, so the chief Justice
Bald. In addition to being disbarred, Mr.
Dunn was severely criticised by the chief
Justice, and a portion of the justiricaticn
he presented to the court was denounced
as not being In good faith and not fit to be
offered to intelligent people. Mr. Dunn
was not called upon for any stalemc-n:
following the announcement of the chief
Justice, and offered none, but was appar
ently very much surprised when the sen
tence wss pronounced.
Chief Justice Iteese called up the Dunn
matter Immediately after the court con-
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First Two Weeks In November, 1000.
Local Display Advertising. x
Ilee , . . . .112,042 agate lines
World-Herald ...141,100 agate lines
World-Herald lead 20,118 agate lines
Foreign Display Advertising.
Bee 3.1,152 agate lines
World-Herald 20,218' aate Hues
8,034 agate lines
Counsel for John R. Dobbins Oivei
State's Witness Unhappy Time.
HINTS AT VISIT TO A WOMAN
Hotel Call and Bailroad Trip Come
Up and Denial Entered.
PET NICKNAME COMES OUT
Man Who Was Milked" Called
Ilnck-'Sm-Air' Bnlletv br Neigh
bors with Whom He Worked
I'lercelj- and Long.
T. W. Eallew, the banker "Mike" fron.
Princeton, Mo., principal witness In tho
prosecution of John 11. Dobbins, went on
trial himself wheis Emmet Tlnley, attor
ney for the defense, took him up ou cross
examination In district court at Council
Bluffs yesterday.
Ballew told uls story with ease and
grace on direct examination, but was
subjected to the greatest discomfort un
der cross-examination. A most unhappy
man was he. Conscious that he, twice n
millionaire, was sitting before the ac
cused and a court room full of curious
people, the banker found It hard to make
the admissions demanded by the dofenso
In searching out the motives that made
the srhrewd financier a "Mike:"
The unhappy man of mllllolns sat blink
ing and squirming In the witness chair.
His eyes shifted rapidly under a frown
that grew darker and darker. Notwith
standing his- pertuberatlon under fire, his
voice remained calm and his answers,
sometimes hnltlng. quite deliberate.
His recital on dlreot examination had
been a steady recital but little Interrupted
by questions from H. W. Byers, attorney
general, who Is conducting the examina
tion of witnesses for the J state.
Emmet Tlnley on cross-examination at
once Jumped Into a grinding, searching
series of questions relalmg principally to
the motives which had actuated Ballew
In getting Into the "roce" which eventu
ated so unhappily, and to the cost of
$.?0 000. I
Asked to Define "Honest Man."
"Can you define an honest man?" asked
Tlnley In his most exquisite snrcasm.
"Yes, I guess I can," said Ballew.
"Didn't you say that the reason that
you camo to Council Bluffs was to help
Dobbins start life over again?" asked Tln
ley.
"Mr. Dobbins- told me In Kansas City
that It would be a great help to him If I
woud come up and help them get the
money from the 'millionaires.! Ife pfeaded
poverty and said that he Vould pay me a
bill of $400 he owed for furniture bought
at Prlnoeton."
nl fills answer Ballew was. referring to
a conference In Kansas City with Dob
bins and one W. H. Wilson, who Is al
leged to have taken part In the "mlklng"
of the banker.
"I told them that I would give my pres
ence at the race and they could make out
of It whatever they could," answered Bal
lew, when pressed for his reason for com
ing. In the tangle that followed he ad
mitted that he had agreed to come only
when promised liv tho final agreement n
payment of 10 per cent of the total amount
brt on tne Bure race payment for the
ue of h)s p,.egence" ftB a ma of money
to give the "millions res" confidence in
the race. He said that Martin guaranteed
that not less than $15,000 would be staked,
thus giving $1,500 as a percentage. Ballew
at first asked $2,500 for the use of his
presence.
t ailed I!uck-'Km-AU" by Neighbors.
"Buck-om-all" Ballew was the name nailed
upon the banker witness through the cross
examination yesterday. .
"Is It not true that tho people of Prince
ton call you 'Buck-em-air Ballew?" asked
Tlnley.
"1 guess not," replied the witness.
"Guess again."
"Well sometimes they try to kid me that
way." came the reluctant reply.
"Is It not a fact that the reason for it'
is because you got into rivalry with the
business men there and they started a
lumber yard In opposition to you, so you
Btarted a department store to fight them?"
continued the lawyer.
"Well I'm fighting 'em back all right,"
said the witness with his first show of
happiness slme the trial began,
' Atorney Tlnley referred to the euphon
eous "Huck-em-all" with glee frequently
through the cross examination, much to the -db
pleasure of the witness.
Ballew admlttes that he had registered at
an Omaha hotel under the name of A,
Holllater, a manager In charge of one of
his numerous business houses in Missouri,
When pressed for a reason by Tinier he
said that he in that way avoided being
troubled by traveling men who bored him
with their acquaintanceship.
"Now were you not a bit ashamed of
being In a fixed race dual?" asked Tinier.
Kplsmle at Hotel.
I didn't want everybody to know about
It," naid Ballew.
"As a matter of fact, when you left that
I hotel you went to Sixteenth and Farnam
I strtets and stood there about ten minutes
and then went to another hotel and sent
i up your card to a room and did not come
; back to Martin at your room for two
hours and a half, did you not?"
"No I was back In thirty minutes," said
Ballew.
Then Tlnley set off his bomb with a ques
tion embodying an accusation that Ballew
has visited a woman In her room at the
seeond hotel.
"The lady you helped on the train at
Kansafc City and whom you saw in the
sleeper on the way to Omaha." said Tln
ley In a soft explanatory voice.
"I did riot see any woman at the hotel;
I old not see any woman on the sleeper
and I did not help any woman on the truln
at Kansas City," replk-d Ballew.
The explosion did not Jar Mm in the
least. His denial was cool, calm and quiet.
"Well, then 'Buck-em-all, ' poor old A.
Hollister did not have to stand for that
kind of disgrace, did he?" sneered the law
yer. The crofcs-examlnatlon In Its details
pointed to the efforts of the defense to
show ihal Dobbins was not connected with
the "mleking" as an accomplice. It was
made clear early In the grilling of Ballew
that another tack of the defense will bp to
contest the rhargu of larceny on technical
grounds.
The defense U satisfied thus far Lhat