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Daily Bee THE OMAHA DEE L la tho most powerful, business fcetter In the went, bocause-it goes to the kcrros of poor and rich. HE WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Generally fair. For Iowa Fair. For weather report nee. rape S. 7 VOI XXX1X-XO. 134. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMI1EU' 19, 1S)00 TWKLVK PAGES. single Copy two cents. A BIG QUESTIONS FORCONGRESS Eusy Sesiion Ahead if Program Out lined by Heads of Departments it Carried Out. Investigation Beirig Made ONE BODY TAKEN FROM COAL MINE Mine Inspectors Taylor and Moses Explore Part of the Second l Vein. LAUGHTER STOPS DOBBINS TBIAL Story of Drugging; Only Serious Note in Hearing of Alleged Steerer of Mabray Oang. Into Mrs. Doxey's Case Woman Arrested at Columbus Has Divorce Record in Iowa Dr. Doxey Will Not Talk. W. II. BEDFORD SPRINGS SURPRISE WATERWAYS COME TO FRONT T .1 Omaha 'J i S' Well Developed Movement Will Force Consideration of Plans. ITNANCIAL POLICY j AT STAKE Monetary Legislation and Rank Are Issues. 'Central POWERS OF COMMERCE BOARD Members of Body Find ThfmirlrM Restricted by Lack of Author ity Pnml Inspection Lnw. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (Specif.) If the program of the statesmen, politicians and head of the different executive de partment la carried out the coming ses sion of congress will prove to be one of . the moit Important In the hlHtory of the federal government. ' In the rim place, there is a very ti- , fectlve and active organization know as ; the National Rivers and Harbors congress. which has spread the propaganda of water- j waya Improvements so effectively that ley-there Is not a state In the union which , has not a strong auxiliary organization working In entire harmony with the main ! body for the purpose of securing the adop- I tlon of a policy of waterways Improvement I .which will, If carried Into effect, result In j iV definite well considered plan for giving j tlia United fltntea a necctem of Interior i waterways eqjal to that of any country. I This large organisation will meet In ue- cember In annual convention, and this week the Atlantic Waterway branch Is booked for a meeting in Norfolk, which will be attended by the president of the United Hiatus and a number of his ad visers, when the preliminary gun In tht campalgnwwlll be fired. More Territory In District. President Taft Is expected to recommend to congress the legislation looking to the restoration of the original boundaries of tho District of Columbia. That la to say, the president believes a grave error was made In the year 154ft, when the Virginia portion of 111- c::gai.il territory set aside as a federal disaici. wm c.iIU buck to tins old dominion, 'i'ho piesident In reported to advocate legislation louklng to the reevs flop, of the Virginia portion of the district back to fedora! control. This never can -be carried out without a very vigorous pro test on the part of the Virginians who are affected, as they do not like the Idea of losing their rights, especially their rights aa citizens, which carry the right of fran chise. It 1 doubtful., op, ,if the country at large will ttui such an interest in this program to agree, through its representa tives in congress to compensate the old dominion for the lose of territory and this ' dtubt is accentuated when it is remembered that Virginia has for years attempted to secure some sort of redress for the loss of that portion of tha original territory of the state out of which West Virginia was carved In the early '60s. 1 Postmaster General Hitchcock has a & number of projects In view for the better ment of the, postal service. It Is not defi nitely known that he will advocate the establishing of the parcel posts and postal savings banks, for which there has been u widespread demand, but he has In con temptation a thorough re-organization uf his department and has already taken some steps toward that end, but his program. in Its entirety, will need the endorsement of tha legislative branch of the govern ment and in this part of his program he ,iy encounter much difficulty, T Financial qaeatlott to Fore. Senator Aldrlch as head of the monetary commission which has recently made an exhaustive study of the financial policy of the principal countries of Europe will endeavor to secure results looking to s 1 revision of the currency laws and possibly A the creation uf a great central bank, simi lar to the Bank of England and the Bank of France. This program, contemplating ' At Bayonne, where the priests have re such a radical departur. In the currency I f,,"f abolu'10" l children attending the affairs of this country 1. likely to create ! pul"'? 8C':"0 d,,,'nce of the clergy's .Jackson a central bank program has been talked of, from time to time, but owing to the wide divergence of opinion between tha various sections of the country as to the wisdom of such a policy, no substantial teps in the direction of the creation of a great central bank of Issue have been taken since the national banking law was enacted. The Treasury department is confronted with an Investigation growing out of the charges made in connection with the al leged collusion between the office of the New York custom house and the suKar trust, which promises to. develop one of the greatest political sensations since the days or the Great Mobeller in the eaily eighties. Commerce Commission Seeks Remedy. Tie Interstate Commerce commission is lrglng upon congress a number of amend ments relating to the powers of that Sranch of the Federal service, and In this kill be supported by a number of organ izations. The cattlemen of the west do not think that they are treated aa they should be In the matter of rates mad by the railroads, and within the last few momhs a number of farmers' organlza tlona from the grain growing sections of the west have been looking Into the rates j-raln to various points along the MIs .sippl river, and have come to the con clusion that they are even worre treated than the cattle crowera. Thev will for leg.sl.tlon which will relieve them of ome of the freight burdens under which they suffer, and an tquliable adjustment of f. eight charne up..n their products. Food iBxiiertlon Laws. PerhJfia one of the most Important sug ges Ions i that which is likely to come fr.iu the D. partmeiit of Agriculture m relet encu to change In the food Inspection law. There ha been Some difference of opinion tit we n the scientific men of the country u:hi.i the question of th possibility of inoculation uf human beings wi:h tuber culofcl fcero-s from bovlnes Infected by th dreed dl"ter. Th cons, mus of o; In loo aetnis to be t.'iat dairy ' proc'Ui.-'.s fro.n cattle 1 Infected with tuberculosis ran be transmitted to hunun beings through food produo. from Irffcted aim is. I; Is JV-Tor we" k"n fact that the firsi (Continued u Second Page.) ST. LOl'IS. Nov. IK. Special Telegram.) At the offices of the health board today officials said no request bad been made there or an Investigation of the death of y J. Krder, a postofflce clerk here, ' ' ffirial records show occurred at "' iming street, July 10 last. The '-t s!Bned by Dr. A. Frledeberg Ei , died of abdominal tuberculosis, no , 'tis being a contributary cause. Slit J. ".rder, bookkeeper here, who Is the 111am J. Erder's sister, has caum -rest at Columbus, Neb., of Dr. a Iren B. Doxey, prominent In chu on a statutory charge. Miss . rges her deceased brother and "M. jLtry" were married at Clay ton, Mo., last April; that she lived wiht hini here until she went to Columbus, Neb., early In June and lived with Dr. Doxey there a few weeks, returning to St. Louis to be at the bedside of Erder, who died July 10. Miss Krder 'also asked an Investigation of her brother's death. Mrs. Doxey denied she was ever married to Erder and pro duced a certificate of her marriage to Doxey In August, 1!W. Clayton, Mo., records show William J. Erder, aged 3, and Dora E. Dodge, Des Moines, la., were mcsVrled there April 26, last, by Rev. K. T. I'helffer. It Is alleged Erder's bride was Dora Fuller, daughter of a farmer near Joy, 111., where In 1895 she married Robert L. Downing, a shoe merchant living with him ten years and tearing three children, all of whimdled; that Downing sued Dr. L. B. Doxey, al leging Doxey had alienated his wife's af fections; that this suit was settled out of court, Doxey removing to Washburn, la. Downing divorced hip wife, who a few m"nlhs lat" became Doxey's wife. About tnree years ago "Miss Dora Legear, now It is claimed Identified as Mrs. Doxey, be came acquainted with William J. Erdtr here, while In North St. Louis she was then known. It la alleged, as Dora Dodds. She absented herself from this city for two years, returning early, this year, when she was known as Mrs. Dora Dodds, It is clealmed, explaining that she had married a man named Dodds, who had died of typhoid fever six months after their mar riage in Chicago. COLUMBUS, Neb.. Nov. 18. (Special Telegram.) Dr. Doxey, when asked today j to substantiate or discuss I the story from ft. Louis, had nothing to say. "It is a family affair," he said, "and 1 have noth I Ing to Bay." ' At the hearing here Mrs. Doxey pro duced a marriaKo certificate showing she was married to Dr. Doxey In August, l!Wi Chilean Claim at Critical Stage - . . - .- United States Threatens to Close Legation Unless Prompt Action is Taken. WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. The claim of more than 110.000,000 against Chile, which has been pending for thirty-five years, has assumed a critical stage. Intimation has been given to the Chilean minister in Washington that unless a final settle ment Is made within the next ' few days or the claim is referred to The Hague for trial on Its merits, the American lega tion In Chile will be closed. No ultimatum has been given to Chile, but the with- i drwal of tttplomatlc representatives will bo in the nature of a forceful protest. MAKE BONFIRES OF BOOKS Mothers of Catholic Pupils Show Feeling Against Interdicted Texta. PARIS, Nov. 18.-Mothers of the Catholic pupils at the young girls' school at Chas-slgny-Sous-Dun, In gaone-Et-Lolre, today made a public bonfire of the interdicted textbooks used by their daughters. At other places In that commune Catholic girls withdrew from the schools. church. RICHARD WATSON GILDER DEAD Editor of Century Majgaalne Die Sod dealy In Jiew York of Heart Disease. NEW YORK, Nov. 18.-Rlchard Watson Gilder, author, and' editor of the Century Magazine, died tonight of heart disease. Mr. Gilder was a brother of Robert Gilder of Omaha, a member of the editorial staff of the World-Herald. Women's Hats Are Shipped Per Size and Not Weight Women' bats have grown so great In size that the express companies have changed their tactics. They ai handling the .big ones now according to dimensions instead of weight. The larger the hat, the higher the charge is the rule. .If a woman buys new headgear of the Gainsborough or peach basket type shs pays for th hat, maybe, not accordlug to the worth of th willow plumes, the corded silk or the imported velvet, but I Jj thC 'm0U,lt 0,lF dl"P"c", Th woman pay for the immensity of the bat, not for It concrete value. Omahr. dealers in millinery have Just figured it out that the cew system of com puting charges is not in their favor. They Insist that the rates are not on a fair basis and they object to paying charges on mere space. - The raise in the express charges applies most vigorously to the extreme model. The big picture bat, the was., tub, the well known peach buisket and the Imported Gainsborough are the fust feel tne power of the big express carriers. To fur turban and the shaggy beaver, con j.dered the most chle for th winter uiuntha, do not com under th pall of ;h us w rule. As th bat increases In size so doe th express charge. Omaha dealer pay higher rts and the natural conclusion U that the price come out lu the h NUMBER OF BODIES LOCATED One Brought to Surface Identified as Ole Friborg, Unmarried. ATTACK ON THE MAIN SHAFT Seal is Broken and Volunteers Carry in Line of Hose. CROWD SURROUNDS THE MORGUE JVew Spreads Through Village and Frantic AV omen Rnsh Toward Ambulance In Hop of Seeing the Body. CHEHrtT, III., Nov. 18. For the first time since the mine horror of Saturday the bodies of about 300 victims were lo cated todav by daring explorers in the poisonous depths of the second gallery. The temper of the people was feared and an attempt to keep the secret was made. One body was brought to the surface and J concealed for an hour at the top of the pit before being turned over to the under taker, and then only because the discovery had become known. The first descent into the ventilating shaft was made by J. W. Paul, George H. Rice and R. Y. Williams on a temporary cage constructed during the night and forenoon. The second descent was made by Mine Inspectors James Taylor and Thomas Moses, who brought up the body. Mr. Taylor's plan of a do-or-dle attack on the main shaft, where -it is reported the temperature is still around 100. .degrees Fahrenheit, was delayed by the expedition Into the air pit After the removal of the body, the ex perts held a short conference and upon the conditions reported, it was determined to break the seal of the main shaft at onve. A force of' laborer was put to work and by 6 o'clock the shaft was pouring gases and smoke Into the air. News of the recovery of the first body spread rapidly through the village and as the ambulance, flanked by soldiers, passed through the streets, distressing scenes were witnessed. Women, rushing out of their Souses, pushed , frantically through the crowds in a vain attempt to look into the wagon. - States Attorney Reckhart gently told l hem that identification would require some Ime and the crowd began to fall back I " ' DUl unl at night ulna Dries, morgue waa surrounded by anxious Inquirers. The recovered body was Identified tonight as that of Ole Friborg, unmairied. Seven volunteers carried hose. Into the main shaft tonight and turned a stream on the burn ing second gallery.' " Mrs. Stetson is Expelled by Board Name of New York Christian Science Leader is Dropped from the Church Rolls. BOSTON. Nov. 18,-The name of Mr. Augusta E. Stetson, formerly first reader of the Christian Science church of New York, was today dropped from 'the rolls of the Christian Science church by order of the board of directors. It was announced that the directors had found the charges that Mrs. Stetson was working- against the Interests of the church and contrary to the teachings and practice of Christian Science, to . be proved and true. NEGRO ATTEMPTS HOLDUP I'ses Bystanders as Shield at Iowa City, hot Clever Baggage Man Foils Hint. IOWA CITY. Ia., Nov. W.-(Speclal Tele gram.) A masked negro compelled ,the as sistance of three young men by standing In the railway depot her early this morn ing and attempted to hold up the ticket agent and th baggagemena, both of whom were in the ticket office. Agent Leinbach reached for hi gun, when the negro, stand ing behind a man he had forced to take the position next the window, pointed two big revolvers his way. A half dozen shopts took effect In the walls of the office before Baggageman Machoveo turned off the light and the negro fled. Infant Scalded to Death. PIERRE, S. D., Nov. 18. (Special Tele gram.) The 18 months' old son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bennett of this city died today from the effect of scalding which it Buf fered from falling into a tub of hot water. The following little schedule shows how the new tariff applies to Omaha dealers In millinery;. the measurements being taken from the length over the top and one end of the box; Length, Equivalent Inches. to, pound. Charges. 70 30 i 35 TO to 80 ' 40 i o 60 to SO 60 1 ft W to 100 0 I 7 100 to 110 70 J.15 Thus 1 will seem that the charge fixed by the express companies are based solely on the size of the bat or, more specifically, on the size of the box or crates in which the hats are packed. Several Omaha department stor man ager complain about th new schedules compiled by the express companies. They maintain that tha ratea are exorbitant and should be based upon weight alone. "Women's hat ar continually Increaa 'ng In size, but we don't get any pro portionate increase In price," says one. "I don't see why we should pay a higher rate than is paid on Iron or any other commodity that occupies less space, but weighs more. "Over in Illinois soma of th big de partment stores hav filed a protest with the Interstate Commarca commission. Mar shall Field Co., Mandel Bros., and Ktegel, Cooper dt Co., are up in arms against the prssent rates. They ar going to have a bearing In December and the old tariff day again be la force." From the Minneapolis Journal. LIFE TERM FOR FIVE MEN Train Robbers Ordered to Leaven worth Prison Until They Die. JUDGE MUNGER IMPOSES PENALTY After Sentence ia Prononaced Amid Solemn Hush, Attorney for Ban dit Declare They Will Take Appeal for Quintet. ' "The sentence of the court is that you and each of you shall be imprisoned at hard labor in the United States penltenl tentlary at Leavenworth, Kan., for the term of your natural' lives." Such waa the final chapter In the noted Overland Limited mall robbery case, pro nounced in solemn accents by Judge Thomas C Hunger In the United States district court Thursday afternoon at S o'clock. Judge Munger had Informed the attor neys for the defendants, half an hour earlier that he had decided to overrule their motions for new trials and for ar rest of Judgment, and that he had directed United State Marshal W. P. Warner to have the prisoners, William Matthews Donald W, Woods. Lawrence $. Golden. Fred Torgenson and Frank Grlgware brought Into court for sentence. The prisoners were led into tha court room ahortly before S o'clock shackled and under heavy guard. Their handcuffs were removed , In the court room. Sur rounded by deputies, they resumed the seats in the center of the court room, which they occupied during the two weeks of their trial. Matthews ani Grlgware t In front, with Torgenson," Woods and Golden immediately behind. All of the prisoner were neatly shaved, and "Well dresBed. Woods had shaved off his blonde mustache, but otherwise the convicted men looked much aa they have during the trial. Grlgware seemed to be the more troubled than any other, though Matthews, Torgen son and Woods seemed nervous. Torgen son, ordinarily pale, was a shade more pallid than usual. Golden was the least disturbed and looked defiant. Women Come to Hear Sentence. , A number of women were present in the court room, aside from a group of fifteen or twenty other spectators. Including a brother of Golden, who had Just arrived from Spokane. The elder Grlgware was not In the court room, but remained out In the lobby with Bob Splaln and one or two Washington friends. Attorney Fle harty and Macfarland sat beside their client, and District Attorney Charles A. Gob sat th other aide of the table from tbem. The rest of the group was made up of Plnkerton men and postofflce Inspectors and a few who have attended the trial from the start and who occupied seats back of the bar rail. In announcing his decision overruling the motion for a new trial and for arrest of Judgment, Judge Munger made a care ful review of the evidence implicating Matthews in the robbery and showing his constant collusion with the other four ac euaed men. He spoke also of Golden's connivance with Matthews and the other men. and Indicated that he could Bee no reason for granting a new trial In any of their case. 'Do you wish to move that sentence be pronounced at this time?" asked the court of Mr. Goss. 'Yes, your honor. We wish sentence passed on each of the- prisoners." Th court then asked the prisoner if they had anything to say. Matthew was tha first to speak. "J am not guilty of this crime. I had nothing at all to do with it I was at no time at the scene of the robbery and know nothing about jft." All But Wood Declare Innocence. Golden, who Is really a handsome young fellow, arose from his' seat with a semi- defiant air and said: "I am not guilty. your honor. I was not at Fremont the day of the robbery, and 1 was never in South Omaha In my life, nor was I ever in tho vicinity of the crime. I have known Tor genson but six days in all my life before tuts trial. I never roomed with Torgen son. There are twenty-five people in Omaha who could testify that I was not at the scene of the robbery and who could (rove where I was every hour of that day and night." He said further that he did not go under an assumed name, and that he could not have been the man who came around the head of the engine and snot at the head light, as ii was a tall as Woods, and that th testimony bhowed that It was a small man who shot at tho head light. He denied that he ever carried a gun or that he ever took a drink of liquor In his life. Grig war had but little to say, simply announcing that ha was not guilty of the crime, and that he was never In the vicin ity cf the crime. Torgenson declared his Innocence and denied being a participant in the crime, or in the vicinity of it commission. Th court waited a few momenta and asked It anything more was to b said. Woods remained in hi seat and said noth ing. Tha court then remarked about th un pleasant duty that developed In paaslng entcne, but Indicated that th law had (Continued on Second Page.) The Bumper Crop. Nebraska Union Holds Scceders, it is Charged State Federation Accused at Toronto of Harboring Revolting Electricians. li TORONTO, Nov. OT. A question as to the status of state and central bodies af filiated with the American Federation of Labor which, it is charged, are still har boring seceding organizations of electrical workers, was raised in the convention of the confederation today by Delegate Hayes of Cleveland. The convention yesterday approved a plan submitted by the committee on laws whereby It Is expected an amalgamation of the two factions of the electrical workers will be brought about. State federations In West Virginia. Utah. Montana, Okla homa, Washington, New jersey and Ne braska are harboring seceding factions of the electrical works, and he wanted to know If their charters would be revoked. President Gompers replied when in formation was received the offending or ganizations would be advised that their course must be changed. The convention devoted the greater part of the session to discussing Jurisdictional disputes reported by the committee on ad justment. In the controversy between the Inter national Association of Car Works and the Brotherhood of Railway Car Men, th eammlttee recommended that a conference between the .executive officers of the two organizations and the executive cb'tihcll" of the American Federation of Labor be held at an early date. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 The court of appeals of the District of Columbia, upon request of counsel for the labor leaders, today granted a stay until November 29 of tlie Issuance of the mandate sending Presi dent Gompers, Vive President Mitchell and Secretary Morrison, of the American Feder ation of Labor, to Jail for contempt of th supreme court of th District of Columbia in the i Buck Stove and Range case. 1 Chief Justice Sheppard stated that If the labor leaders had by November 29, the day the supreme court of the United States reconvenes. Tiled In that court a petition for certiorari, a further stay of the man date would on application be granted, pending the determination by the higher tribunal of the application. As a result of this action, Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Morrison need not hasten to Wash ington as It will not be necessary for them to surrender, nor will they have to re course to habeas corpus proceedings. First Train Uses East River Tunnel Trip Marks Practical Completion of Great Engineering Work. NEW YORK, Nov. 18. Burrowtng be neath the Hudson river under Manhattan Island's sky acraper and on below the bed of the East river, a Pennsylvania rail road train today, for the first time, tra versed the new tunnel route of the trans portation line from New Jersey to Long Island. The trip marked the practical comple tion of a railroading feat paralleling In many ways In Interest the opening of a transcontinental railway route. President McCrea of the Pennsylvania railroad and the members of the rallrpad's board of directors made the tritf to' get an oppor tunity to inspect the work which has been progressing for years past and which Is expected to cost, before it is finished, close to iieo.ooo.oeo. Golden Family Crushed by a Double Calamity A brother of Lawrence J. Golden, one of the Overland Limited mall bandits, who has Just been sentenced for life, arrived In On aha Thursday morning from his home in Seattle to see what could be done for his younger brother. It was not until his arrival here that he kr.ew that his brother Lawrence was on trial as cne of the princi pals in the robbery. He said: "Lawrence tried to keep from us the lerlousness cf the charge against him and held out the hope to us that he was niert ly being held as a witness, that the affair would come out all right and that he would be acquitted. We did not dream tho worst, as bad as the reality was from his word to us. We of course knew of his arrest at Denver for complicity in the ro- 'ery, but letters to us indicated th'. he was only held as a witness. It setms that fate haa been following our family with the direst ver geanee lately. "It was only a few day before hi arrest LOEB IS CLEANING HOUSE Conditions in Customs Service Beach ing Acute Etage. MAY HIT OTHER CITIES Rumor Had Tvrenty-Tvro "I'ndeslrables'' Bern Indicted In Sugar Fraud Case Neither Con firmed N'or Denied. NEW YORK. Nov. IS. The crisis pre cipitated In the customs service at this port by the revelations made by former govern ment employes engaged In the weighing end sampling of sugar Imports reached an arute store today. The house cleaning which Collector Loeb Is preparing to in augurate is believed to threaten customs employes other than those having to do with sugar. The collector was asked if the twenty two weighers whose names he submitted to the United States Civil Service commis sion as "undesirables" had been indicted by the federal grand Jury for complicity in the sugar frauds, but he declined to either confirm or deny the rumor. That the first Information of frauds Bf.ilret the government in connection with mrar importations was brought to the Treasury department as far back as 1S9J war declared today by William H. Theo bald, a former confidential agent of the Treasury department. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., Nov. 1R. George W. Whitehead, who was appraiser of the port of New York from 1904 to 1906, said today that Henry C. Corsa was dis charged from the customs service in Feb ruary, 1902, either because he was physically unfit for the work or went out In the gen eral reduction of the force at the time Mr. Whitehead took office. He said the dismissal was made at the suggestion of no one outside his Immediate force. Mr. Whitehead added: "Mr. Corsa was removed for reasons entirely satisfactory to me." Astor's Yacht is Reported Safe Captain of Fruit Ship Says He Saw Vessel at Anchor at San Sal vador, Sunday. NEW YORK, Nov. 18. Some assuranoa that Colonel John Jacob Astor's yacht Nourmahal, which has been missing In West Indian waters for ten days, safely outrode the recent hurricanes was, brought here today by Captain J. Durle of the steamship Annetta, which arrived with fruit from Jamaican ports. Captain Duile, learning on landing of the solicitude fe'.t for the Astor party, reported that on Sun day, November 14, he sighted a boit which he believed to be the Nourmahal, riding at anchor In the reef harbor at Hawk's Net, San Salvador, the Island which Columbus m-.de famous by his landing In 1492. Colonel Astor's friends here were In clined . to doubt that the yacht Been by Captain Durle was the Nourmahal, aa San Salvador la nearly 200 miles north of the region where Colonel Astor planned to cruise. The fruit steamer passed within three miles of th yacht, a large white eteam vessel with yellow funnel and about 2.0 feet long, which description would answer that of the Astor yacht. The storm had lost its hurricane Intens ity on Sunday when the fruiter passed Sin Salvador, but heavy weather still pre vailed. The yacht showed no signs of d Btrefs and Captain Durle thought that It had put into its shelter before the hur ricane and was simply waiting more fa vorable weather. at Denver that Mb Bister, a school teacher In Denver, was returning home with her little brother of 7 years of age and boih were killed In a train wreck near Spokane, Just a few miles from borne. W were, cf course, overwhelmed with jnef, and bef )r we had time to think, almost, then came the news of Lawrence' arrest for com plicity In the Omaha train robbery. 1 think It will kill father and mother. Oh, it Is awful. "Vet, I believe that Lawrence Is Innocenl of this crimo. He did get Into bad com pany. Yet he is only a buy, led off by bad associations. God krows ho Is not a erlmlnal. He may be .wayward. He Is Impulsive. "If he had only told us all we would have been in better shape to make a better de fense fer him. But for our sake he sup pressed too much. I do not think he Is guilty and believe that If we ran get th case reversed that we will be able to prove hi Innocence." Methods Not Hitherto Known Charged by Witness. ONE STEERER CALLED HYPNOTIST John Hermelbrccht Funnier Than Any German Comedian. 'HAD ME GOING SOUTH," SAYS HE ! t'nconacloua Humor of Serious-Minded Man Causes Fonr CessuMnns of Trlnl to Let Audience t.ntu Control of Itself. Tho trial of John R. Dobbins, on a charge of larceny as n Kcerer for the Maybray ganp:, beoamo a rare entertainment yester day throucli the Jovial philosophy of two radiant "mikes," who testified before tho district court at Council Bluffs. It was All Fools day. The spectators wfnt Into convulsions, and even "Buck-'em-all" llallew, the S30.MO victim, appear ing us complaining witness, smiled. Four times testimony was stopped to restore order. W. H. Bedford, a lank Missouri farmer with all the native wit of his type, made gay with his plight and then intro duced the only serious note of the day'B hearing by declaring that he hod ben drugged In the process of being "miked." Bedford's testimony In' tills connection spread great surprise by apparently reveal ing mcthodB of the Maybray gang not hitherto known. Tho witness Intimated that William Carson, a .Ucrer, had exer cised nothlns less than hypnotic control over him. ll:o story of Bedford' ex perience was practically the same as that of Ballew, varying only In that the money lnvolvid was quoted In lower figures and trat Dobbins, the. defendant, did not figure In the operations. Ilrrmelbreeht I'nconsrlou Humorist. The sad and seriously-Intended story of John Hernielbrecht, who represents Ban croft, Neb.. In the "Mike fraf' convention at the trial, all to the total cost of iu.OOO spent on the racing farce which consti tuted tho Initiation, made the hearing a bit funnier than "Fritz In a Madhouse." His answers on cross examination de serve to become classic. "When you left the Grand hotel to go out to the race, which way did ycu go?" atked Emmett Tinley of the defense. "They did haft me going some south. " "I'm not Joking, r. Hermelbn.cht," ad vised the lawyer. "Now, whlcii way were you going?" "I yust said dot I vas sotng south you think dees bin on yoke zu mlr?" A fuss over direction ensue 1, entangling; the witness woefully. . .. "Veil, maybe you' don't , think .1 know. I bin looking nordt now."' Th witness was. In fact, facing south; of this the attorney Informed his vlcJ.-n, but Hernielbrecht shook his head. "You won't take my word for It then?" asked the lawyer. Is ovr a Doubting Thomas. ' "Say, ven you gets once' vat I dldt In diese stadt, maybe you don't belief beoples either," remarked tha witness, sadly re membering that $6,000. ( It was Impossible for the court to stop Htrmelbrecht and the heated German de livered himself of his feelings. "I think 1 bin got some sense yedt. 1 know ver I vas veu i bin home, by chltn mlny." I The spectators threatened to tear, up the furniture In their mirth and the bailiff had to turn his back while he rapped for order. "I was to help oudt in der races," ex ting." plained Mermelbrecht, "unt do der bet "Mr. Maxwell, the socretary, he told mo dot I should get eomu drafts so der mil lionaires what vas to lose would think I had money to go home on If I lose so they wuldn't feel bad about betting mil me," Wa Willing to Heap Harvest. Hermeibrecht reviewed the same old Mike story of the contract with Hetniuingway, the leader of tne supposed sportive mil lionaires and the shortage which forced the "secretary" In the deceitful plot to leave, always with tha money. The honest Ger man did not attempt the fencing which characterized lialiew's efforts to shield himself, and frankly admitted that he knew it was a fake and expected to reap a har vest. "You knew you had to bet that stake money pver six times?" asked Tinley in his most belligerent mood, demanding that the witness tell how he covered S3t,uOO in "millionaires" bets with his little sfi.lXM. "Ve bet der money over only tree time," answered Hernielbrecht. "Mine 'friend' had 15,0U0, too, dot gift un 110,000." "You are good on addition," suggested Tinley. "Ya, but only sometimes," replied Her meibrecht. Vaudeville or Circus, Which t "Hold on, you'ru not runnlrg this vaude ville show," suggested Tinley. "No circus for me," came the reply. The w itness declured that he d d not know Dobbins and that he hud not sjiu hi mbefore his appearance at the trial. The stale took up the examination uf "Mikes" Thursday after the argument of atrenuouB and sweeping objection by tha defense, which were overruled. W. 11. Bedford, the Jolly Mike" from Eolckow, Mo., who, by being called to the stand, precipitated the technical tangle uf objections and motions, oil direct examination proceeded to relate if! good natured terms how he was fleeced for IVOuO. It was a story sliikinrfly typical of the Mabray operations. The testimony of Bedford did not Con nect Dobbins with tho experience of tha witness, further than that the defendant was seen mucli In company with the "millionaires." Bedford' Bloaey Detached. Bedford firmly avowed that he was In a "detached state" when the final optratlous on his purse were p rforrfiid. "I knew It was too late when I went after my money back after the rice," he said on cruss-excmlnatt n. "I knowed all that day that I was up agin it, but I couldn't resist tfUr that dinner at the hotel with Ce.rson (the stefrer). I was feeling like I was askey and wide awake eruugh to know It." "Then you think that you would have re- (Continued on Eighth Page.) V