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TIIK IJEK: OMAHA, . NOVEMBER 1DQH. I - " """ Women's Winter Coats V Fashion's Fa vorits A r.i tt l m:t i i ii, . v 4 : r : ! ? JU'Ul J1UIK1 IIUIUITII UMIB Willi Ulill, UlPllliUllVB Mil peculiar to garments purchased here. Swell coats at $25, $.10 and $35. Colors allies of rose, rose, tan, apricots and plain black. Tailored Dresses for Little Women t $16.50 Worth up to $30.00. Real Black Lynx Furs When we say real we mean the genuine Russian Lynx which are now no hard to get. We believe we are the qnly store showing a great range of styles of the real article. " " Second Floor. B - 11 - before, being plncwl On the stretcher. The temperature of the thine which In higher tl an 90 degree,, csusod by the fire, as yet . unextinguished, undoubtedly was the rnm el the warmth of the body. Wild scerfps followed the carry Ills' th nian to the hospital car, "They alive." came the cry from all sides,, and. a rush that almost carried the beilrers off their feet began. The soldiers vera hurried to the spot and forced back the crowd,, while physicians and .nurses Torr over the oody of the man In the ta(L. The work of holntlng the other vic tim, to the surface did not cease. As the first loivj. of three stretchers, their burdens ar.d their carriers reached the top, the crowd surged ba?k to the car a few yards away. Scores ' 'bent over the bodjes, but even the unpractlced glances of those not of the hiedlc.tl profession saw at once that there was ho mistake as to the death of those on the stretchers. Twcntr-Thre Bodies Taken Out. The work of taking out the bodies con tinued until twenty-two had been carried from the' shaft Ao the temporary morgue. Before the last' of those taken from the mine had been placed! In the morgue, the body of the unknown man had been re moved from the hOHpltal car to the place along side those of his former comrades. The recuers who carried up the twenty tliree bodies said there was evidence that the men had walled themselves In for sev eral days, but had emerged to seek food or water and had met death In the black damp. ' - At a point beyond where the searchers had gone, several declared they oould see the shattered blocking of a pocket whert the men had. taken refuge. The bodies art scattered along the gallery for many yards and the men who found them believed the vlrtlms collapsed from weakness or as phyxiation before going fifty yards toward the. entrance. Home of the bodies were burned, and it Is probable that of the twenty-three not all had been Inmates of the pocket. The existence of the refuge was denied by other members of the party, who asserted that they had seen no evi dence of It. Dr. L. l. Hw-e visited today all the sur vivors who were taken from the mine Sat urday and reported 'them gradually recov ' effiig. - ' I ' It la still considered Inadvisable to give the 'patients other than the lightest food. This is a great disappointment to the women who had dreamed of feeding them bounteously to make amends for their seven , days of enforced fasting. Mrs. Charles Dovan, whose son still remains in the mine, living or dead, visited the mouth ot the shaft soon after daybreak today and at been her custom for a week knelt down ' and prayed. Later she wandered toward her home, where she died shortly afterward. DOBBINS CASE WITH JURY (Ouiitlnued from First Page. county attorney, who has proclaimed him a' rascal. ' 1 ' ( J'lnCo I have heard my friend Hess call liakw a. raeoah I've lost confidence In Ballew myself," added Mr. Tlnleywlth rnrrasm, referring to an tnadvertant slip "of the torlfrue on the part of the county attorney oft the day before in his opening argument. The most serious portion of Tlnley's argument,- amounted to a declaration that tho paper bearing an address purporting to have been, given to Ballew by Dobbins at his Kansas City home was not genuine. On- the wltnos 'stand Ballew had sworn that this was given to him by Dobbins and thai Dobbins did not live at this ad dieis. , More Harrmiu for Ballew. Attorney General Hyers bean his closing Argument at 8:lf o'clock and continued for two hiurs. lit touched but litfhtly on the fads of the cane, spending most of his t ffo. t in trying to show the jury w hat at titude should be assumed toward the gem era! farts. Uyers came to the defense of T. W. Ballew at several times. . "I with that sir. (lallew were here to hear what 1 have to sav. I want to sr.y that he could have been In better business thai) this race, lie should have turned back, as soon as he learned the true nature 11 f the transaction. "Hut he has had his punishment. He has fi.lt It all. He lost between thirty and forty thousand dollars and I Imagine that he lovd It enough to feel the lose." Tills remain amused the spectators who li.stenrd to the grilling of Mr. U:llcv lasl wetk. Immensely. "Thrre lias been some tjucttioit why 1 Citii her, by the other side." remarked Attorney General Uyers. "I am here be ,iiue I fi d that It Is my duty. There have Wen sonto serious charges made against ill Is great city becaut-e of the operations Jit re of men concerned In tha operations ot this mcst gigantic swindle. "Witnesses on the stand have testified, Hrd It has been charged by the press, that the officials of this county had been flxcj and that no conviction would be obtained In tho cuurts of Pottawattamie county. 1 am htre to see and know. "I hall not rest In (he effort to plac? my Excluilva Omaha tailing on Mark Cross' Gloves for Men and Women London made, band sswtl --the glove standard (or tha sntlrs world. 51.50 a Pair. BENSON & THOtlNE CO. 1814-ltIO fsrosm o - o ftegeat MX. " J2 - 0S. hand on any officials upon whom such a charge may properly rest I will see that he or they are brought to Justice." The, attorney general t spoke highly In praise of County Attorney Hess and com plimented him on the conduct of the case, in the course of his argument. Attorney Hart's Talk. "This Is In fact the case of T. W. Bal lew against John R. Dobbins, not that of the state of Iowa as It appears on the face of the record," exclaimed Charles Harl, attorney for the defendant, on trlsl for larceny, as steerer for the Mabray gang, In district court at Council Bluffs. The argument for the defense began at the opening morning session of Judge Green's court. The Indications are that the case will now go to the Jury tonight. Attorney General Byera will close for the state. The defense was true to Its promise In taking up T. W. Ballew, complaining wit ness. Attorney Harl mada an impassioned and bitter arraignment or the Princeton banker. "The attorney general of the state of Iowa Is here to aid the prosecution. He has come her to assist J. J. Hess, the county attorney, who has made such an enviable record In the prosecution of crim inals. There have been men tried here for the most henious of crimes, the most bestial of assaults, but never before In the history of this county has the attorney general, the chief law officer of the state, come down from Des Moines, leaving an Important session of the supreme court to aid In the trial of a criminal case. "Back of this, gentlemen of the Jury. Is T. W. Ballew. This is the case of T. W. Ballew against John R. Dobbins. The indirect Influence of T. W. Ballew Is re sponsible for the presence of the attorney general here." Ballew Not Content. "It seems as though Ballew would have been satisfied with his but no, net, hires the most able criminal lawyer In south western Iowa. James P. Organ, to assist in the prosecution. "The voice you hear In this case Is that Of Attorney General Byers ' and County Attorney Hess, but back of It looms J. W. Ballew. Back In the shadows has ben the cold, Incisive abilities and genius of this John P. Organ. These men are the tools of the spite of T. W. Ballew." Harl In opening his argument defined to the Jury his view of the Issues of the case, making much of the point that larceny and larceny only was the charge made by the state In this case. , "The Indictment charges that John R. Dobbins did take, steal and carry away money to the value of $30,000. the property of T. W. Ballew. This and this only are you to decide. "Ballew has made himself an issue In this case and we accept the challenge. "Mr. Hess haa said that Mr. F.allew got I Into the deal Involved In this case to re form Dobbins; to help this little woman win her husband away from the gambling tabre, for sympathy for her. God help Mrs. ' Dobbins, If she Is committed' to the eare of this man. "If he had wanted to help Mrs. Dobbins win her husband away from the gaming table, would he have gone into a forced horse race and encourged the perfidy of an untrue secretary?" Mrs. Dobbins Weeps. Harl made many comparisons of the va rious "mikes" who testified in the case and centered his attack on T. W. Ballew. When ho made his closing appeal for tho raving of his client from the penitentiary, Mrs. Dobbins broke Into tears. Mr. Harl concluded shortly before noon and Emmet Tinley Degan his address. He placed emphasis on the attitude he wished the Jury to assume toward the testimony of the mlkc witnesses put on by the state to show conspiracy. "You have boen trying J. C. Mabray since Wedncs-lay morning. It Is John R. Dob bins whose fate Is in your hands, not John C. Mabray's." The argument of the defense was much engaged In explaining the letter of Intro duction through which W. H. Martin of the Mabray race machine was Introduced to T. W. Ballew, ;he victim. This letter and the testimony of Ballew stood, the lawyers said, as the only evidence which could have bearing on Dobbins. Ballew, de clared Harl, was impeached by his own statements. The letter he held did not show Dobbins to have known more of I the schema 'nan Ballew did five minutes auer ne met Martin. j The Instructions to the Jury are In the )iocf of composition and will be ready tor suDmmsion tonight. The court room Is packed with Interested people from Counoll Bluffs and Omaha. More than a scare of wjmen are sitting through tha argument. Some of the mikes are lingering to hear the oratorical fire works and be in at the finish. AUornew Harl may leave for Denver to day on account of the Illness of his mother-in-law. Mrs. N. V. Sltad. formerly of Coun cil Bluffs, who Is at the point of death. SUNDERLANDS OBJECT TOjWLROAD RATES lomplalats Made by Omaha Firm Aaalnat Railroad Companies Dolus; Business In the West. ' ' (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Nov. J. (Special Tele gram.) Sunderland Bros, of Omaha, en gagtd In buying and selling coal and building materials, today filed with the Interstate Commerce commission five sep arate dlstlnto complaints against the fol lowing railroad companies: Chicago A , Northwestern, Chicago, Burlington, ft Quincy; Missouri, Kansas A Texas; At lantic Southern A Southern; Chicago, Rock J Island Pacific; T'nlon Pacific; St. Louis i San Francisco, and Illinois Central, i liaising excessive ratea and demanding reparation aggregating several hundred dollars with Interest ROALT MARES MORE MONEY Complainant Under Two-Cent Fare Law Shown Up. COMMISSION HAS THE FIGURES Possibility Formal Hearing Will Be Had of Charaes to Be Pre ferred Asnlnst Head of As; lam, , .(From a Staff Correspondent.) LIXfOl.N. Nov. 22. (Special.) Figures In the State Railway commission office show that another railroad, which Is objecting bit lower passenger and freight rates Inw Nebraska, has made money un der the new rates, in fact, more money than under the old rates. The latest rail road looked up Is the Minneapolis A Omaha, whose net earnings per mile for the year ending In June. 1907, Just after the lower rates went Into effect, was ll.SM.M, and for the year ending In June. 1!09, when all freights and passengers were moved at the lower rates, 1.9.5. The gross earnings In Nebraska amounted to H."2E,2S8. for the 1!W7 period, and I1.S17. "3M2 for 1W9. The passenger earnings for the 1907 period amounted Jo I422.D43.M, and for 1909, MSH.3M.M. The total cost of oper ation amounted to 1 1.199, 581. 95 In 1907, and for 1909. $l,231.mil. The Minneapolis & Omaha Is one of the complainants which Is attacking the re duced rates In the federal court. New Man on Pay Roll. The State Historical society though it has stopped work on Its $W,000 building, which Its officers expect the state to pay for, has not stopped spending money by any means. During the last few months Mr. Albert Watklns has been added to the list of those drawing pay at the rate of $125 a month af "historian." C. 9. Paine draws his $125 4 month as secretary of the society; A. E. Sheldon drowns his 1108 33 each month for being director of the legis lative reference department.. In his vouch ers for expense money there Is an Itm of $1.60 for a book, "Career of Journalist." Another item Is a book, "Primary Elec tions,' for $1.15. Then comes "extra labor" for $2. Whether Mr. Sheldon did the extra labor or hired someone to do It the voucher does not show and there Is no re ceipt attached to show that the $2 was paid to any on else. And there aie a lot of lesser lights drawing pay. As the director of the legislative depart ment, Mr. Sheldon assisted In drawing many of the bills which were Introduced In the late democratic legislature of fond memory. Expensive Bnlldina; Planned. Mr. Paine has now served notice on sev eral of the state officers that he desires to look over their records and cart awny to the cellar, which is now, all that hns been constructed of the magnificent historical building that Is to be. He has 'already filled his rooms at the state university with files of practically all the newspapers ot the state and he Is getting from the state some fifty copies of all publications, so there is some doubt even If the proposed structure will be large enough to contain the matter he is getting together. In the meantime a well known architect who haa examined the. plans for the new historical building said they called for a structure costing at least $1,000,000. Until a new state house Is built, Governor Shallenberger and others will oppose any further work on the new historical build ing. The governor believes there will be plenty of room in the new capltol to house the historical records of value that will be gathered by Mr. Paine and his associates. Newton to File Charges. Kellx Newton, deposed bookkeeper at the Lincoln Insane asylum, wlss shortly file formal charges acalnst Superintendent Woodard and request the Board of Public Lands and Buildings to give him a hearing. Inasmuch as several contractors who fur nish supp les to the asylum sought his dis charge some members of the board are In clined to the belief that possibly Newton has a story to tell of some Importance. Newton has complained to the postofflee department that letters written by Inmates of the asylum have In some Instances been destroyed and not mailed. The law pro vides that all letters written by Inmates of Insane esylums must be mailed at '.east once a week by the asylum authorities and that writing material and facilities for writing letters must be furnished the in mates and that stamps must also be given them. The asylum draws $M worth of stamps ench month for the use of Inmates. Treasurer Bays Bonds. Since the change In the state constitu tion permitting the Investment of perma nent school funds In city, village and school district bonds, State Treasurer Brian has bought for the state $4,500 of municipal bonds and $424,828 of school district bonds, making a total of $s?3.42t. These bonds net the state 44 per cent. The following muni cipal bonds were bought: Wahoo WOW leshler fc!. Heaver City iW.bOK Crofton Iu.ojO Albion lo.W" Sc. Edward , .W0 Klmwood .o- Monroe Kcnnard ''.6(AI Dcw ard OA) Western CI adruii ll.W Hiadiiliaw ti.oJO I'niveislty Place lo.uOO Auburn Ciaig -if.OA) Alliance 2j,o Curtis 15, two Cambridge Chadron 2! OiK) Arapuhoe SOuO LHcnfleld l.bW Klgln 16. WW Neiigh WJ Stewart . Beldeii v VWO Fairfield W.WM Clearwater I.jiM l enling luw Kdaar b.Wl Sareul 10.0 O Valley 1. Total HtS.&uu Surplus of t labs. Deputy Secretary of S;ate Walt has sent back to Crawford a copy of articles of Inciwpiratlona sought to be filed by a busme.is mens" club of that city. The ar ticles contain no capital stock and the in corporators were requested to Insert that Information. This Is the second club of the kind formed In the last few days in that cliy. The first to file was the Star club. In the articles sent to be filed this morning the object of the club was set Dest Natural , Laxative Water Is Nature's own remedy for common ills, aucb aa torpid liver. Indication and disorder of the bowola. Its aotion ia speedy, sure and gentle, without leaving any bad after effect. It is cor dially reoommended by the beet Physicians and its extensive use all over the world for nearly half a century is its best reoora tneodation. Try it and Judge for yourself when you suffer from CONS Til ATI ON out to be to provide club rooms tor the members, furnished with a billiard table, a readlhg room, magsstne s and soeli things. ach member was to be furnished with a key and locker and no one but members were to be allowed In the rooma The same persnn who signed the first club articles sent In the last ones. Wkltlrn Be-elerted. Secretary Whltten has been re-elected secretary of the Lincoln Commercial club and his salary has been Increased to $3.0iX) a year. ranvaaalasr Board Ready. The state canvassing board met today and adjourned until tomorrow, at which time It will canvass the vote cast at tha late election. Governor Gives Lawyers Chance of Intervention Requisite Authority Bestowed Upon Attorney General in Creisjhton Will Case. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Nov. 22. (."pedal.) Governor Shallenberger has authorised Attorney General Thompson to Intervent In behalf Of the state In the case wherein benefic iaries of the will of the late John A. Crelgh ton fighting the bequest to the working girls' home. Should this bequest be knocked out on the grounds there la no representative ot such an organization to accept the money, then the heirs to the residue of the estate would profit to the amount of some $10,000. When the case was called In Omahs, c. J. Smyth asked the attorney general to In tervene on behalf of the public and this was done. At a lengthy hearing before Judge Reddiek and Judge Estell, so Mr. Smyth wrote to Mr. Thompson, It was held that the Judges had some doubt of the right of the attorney genera,! to intervene, but if the governor would authorize him to Intervene there was no question to his authority. The same kind of a letter was written to the governor who at once auth orised the attorney general to act, Mr. Thompson, however holds that It is not necessary for him to secure authority from the governor to appear In such cases. He holds that he has the right under the law and decision1 of the supreme court in the case of the State against the Pacific Express company and he so Informed Mr. Smyth. In that case the court said: "Irrespective of what the powers of the attorney general might have been at com mon law, as a law officer of the crown, under this provision, the power and the duty of determining when an action shall hi brought by the state or In the in tercet of the fitate this court devolved upon the attorney general as fully and to as great an etxent as upon the governor or any other officer of the executive department. When, In the exercise of the power thus conferred upon him by the constitution and the law, the attorney general deter mines that the Interest of the state re quire an action to be brought In this court, no question Can arise as to his authority to Institute or mantan the ault. If t la a matter In which the state is Interested, or relating to the executive department.' The attorney holds the Interest of the public Is at stake In the case and there fore he Insisted ,upon Intervening on behalf of the public. Board rReady to-Klake Fight Judge Sullivan and J. E. Bait Said to Be Interested in Defense of Po lice Commissioners. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Nov. 22. (Special Telegram.) -Judge J. J. Sullivan and J. K. Rait of Omaha have written to Governor Shallen berger asking for a copy of the charges filed by ht Anti-Saloon leagua against Mayor Dahlman and the Board of Fire nd Police Commissioners of Omaha charg ing nonenforcement of the S o'clock closing law. This Is taken here to mean that this firm will represent the mayor and the board and that tha latter Intend to make a fight. It Is probable nothing will be done here In the matter un(tll the hearing of the hotel men and saloon keepers charged with vio lating the law is held In police court. In case a conviction Is secured a hearing prob ably will be held by the governor here. EDITOR W. E. DAYTON OF YORK IS DEAD Prominent Republican Newspaper Man Pomps A way After I, ana; Residence In Nebraska. YORK, Neb., Nov. 22.-(Bpecal.) W. E. Dayton, editor and proprietor of the Tork Ufpubllcan died uddenly this morning. W. K. Dayton lived nearly all his life In Tork county. With his father, he came here and wan ont of the first settlers In south Tork county, where his father homesteaded eighty acres of land near Mc Cool Junction. Mr. Dayton stayed on tha old farm a few years and secured his first on ployment a printing office at Wahoo, Neb. From tlVf he returned to Tork and secured employment In the Republican office. He was offered part ownership of the Tork Republican and about eighteen years ago he bought his partners Interest. The great growth of Tork, the attraction of the best cltlsens and the moral growth of the city was largely Influenced by the i editorials and articles written by him. In ; politics Mr. Dayton was a stanch repub lican, who advocated republican policies, I but would not stand for candidacies of re publicans who were not men of the best character and reputation. Mr. Dayton leaves a wife, three sons and two daugh ters. The death of Mr. Dayton is felt by every citizen and pionter resident of Tork county. MORE LAND IS WITHDRAWN Meeretarr Ualllnser Takes steps to Preserve Water P.iter Sites tat I pprr Deaehntes Valley. WASHINGTON. Nov. 22.-Pecretary of the Interior Bellinger haa withdrawn from all forma of disposition approximately i.ya acres of land along the upper re sehutes river, Oregon. This Is a tributary of the waterway In connection with which a charge has been made that In granting rights of way to the Hill and Hariiman railroads through the Deschutes canyon, Secretary Ealllnger has rendered Jrnpofal ble the construction of a power plant In the canyon. The lands withdrawn, in volving Incidentally the question of water facilities, will be left to congressional ac tion to determine the proper form of dis position. TO CI HE A COLD I OXE DAT Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. Orove's signsture Is on racn box. fce. WRECK MAY BE AST OR YACHT Three-Masted Veisel Half Submerged Seen Near Cuban Coast. NOT AT SAN JTJAN, SAYS MESSAGE Cnimrannlrat Ion Is Aaratn Cot Off from Porto Rlrnn Tort Wlthont Clearing Ip Mystery of Mission Boat. SAN DOMINGO, Nov. 22. Colonel John Jacob Astor's yacht Nourmahal snlled from here November la nunng the hurricane. The captain of an Knronean steamer ar riving here today reports that he saw the wreck of a steamer lying between the Islands of Catallna and anna. These Islands lie In the path of vessels proceed ing east from here for Porto Rico,. A revenue cutter has been ordered to sail Immediately for the scene of the wreck. TAMPA. Fla.. Nov. 22. A direct wireless messsge from San Juan save Astor's yacht Is not there. KEY WEST, Fla., Nov. 22 It lr. prac tically certain that no further r.Ire'ess communication will be established by the station her with San Juan during the day. This means that It will be Tuesday morn ing, possibly between midnight and Tues day at daybreak when the wireless service Is at Its best, than any positive news can be received concerning the Nourmahal. The operator here has been on duty con stantly for the last twenty-four hours and has sent calls to every station within his zone. Every other service Is made sec ondary to the.t of gaining Information re lative to the Nourmaha!. It was shortly after 4 o'clock this morn ing that the naval wireless operators at tempted to communicate with San Juan. There was a feeble response from San Juan station and later there was such Improve ment that Key West station was able to send a considerable number of messages addressed to Colonel Astor and his friends. The wlress communication continued un til shortly before t o'clock when atmo spheric conditions destroyed wireless waves. It Is anticipated the Investigation of the submerged vessel off the north coast of Cuba will be made some time today or early tomorrow morning. This vessel Is on the shoals Just off E'.bow Key and should be found easily. Captain Schlalkler of the German steamer Wotan la positive that he saw three masts, and that corresponds with' the Nourmahal. He declared the masts were not those of a schooner as they were too close together and of smaller shape. Former Report Donbted. Failure of confirmation through Key West this morning by means of the only present Intact method of communication with the West Indian islands, the govern ment wireless telegraph system, has had the effect of casting doubt on the correct ness of the report received yesterdsy from the steamer Caracas at Wlllemstad. Cura cao, which said the Nourmahal arrived off San Juan November 14, and was safely anchored In the harbor there on the 15th. Reason for doubting the correctness of this report Is two fold. In the first place, the operator at the government wireless sta tion at San Juan declared early today that he knew nothing of the presence of the Nourmahal and that If It were in port he doubtless would have known It. At the same time the San. Juan operator volun teered the information that there was at preaent a large steam yacht In San Juan harbor, but that It belonged to a Cuban. This vessel might easily have been mis taken by the chaplain of the Caracas for the missing Mourmahal. MARINES WILL GO TO NICARAGUA of prosecuting Inquiries to ascertain the truth as to the Uroce and Cannon ex ecution. Secretary Knox Is acting with the full approval of the president. Mr. Taft haa had the developments In the Nlcaraguan trouble presented fully, and he Is prepared to take any needed steps to bring about a more satisfactory situation than now ex ists. The first American warship to arrive In Nlcaraguan waters was the gunboat Vicks burg. Its presence at Corlnto, on the Pa cific side of Nicaragua, was announced to the Navy department late yesterdsy. The little gunboat Is In command of Com mander Alexander 8. Halstead. It is equipped with six four-inch guns and eight guns of a smaller caliber. MOVEMENT TO ADVANCE RAILROAD RATE CASES Judge MrHafth in Washington Complete Arrangements for Karly Hearing. to (From a tHaff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, V. C, Nov. 22. (Special Telegram.) Judge W. II. Mcilugh of Omaha was In Washington for a day or two arranging for the advancement of the so-called Missouri river rate casts and their argument before the supreme court. Judge McHugh took up the matter with of ficials of the Interstate Comm. re.; com munion and the Department of Jusilce. It is probable these cases will be set by the court for argument, February 21. Theae cases which are pioneers under the Hep burg rate act thirteen In all uie headed by the Chicago, Kock Inland & Pacific and are those cases which Judge Grosscup heard arid in which injunctions were dis solved. Both sl't s are friendly to efforts to advance and Judgt McHugh Is In Wash ington for the purpose of getting the rec ords straight and getting them printed. He left for New York this evening. BOND ISSUE 'FOR IRRIGATION Senate Committee Will Heeoiuinend. ItaUlaa ol Kuad of from :(,- 11011,1100 to -o,ooo,Mr. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. Senator Horah of Idaho, who traveled for a lime with the senate committee on irrigation during Us Inspection al many of the more important government lirigatlon projects, was a White House viuitor today. It Is understood that the committee has decided to recommend to congress a bond Issue of from 30.000.0u0 to ttO.uuC.UOO for the immediate completion of at least thirty-two approved projects, the bonds to be paid j from time to time out of revenues received rrom tne saie or puunc tana. Irrigation work is so tlow that if the projects were carried forward only as the money comes to hand, many years would elapse before aur could be turned on the lands. MORSE SAYS JURY WAS DRUNK Convicted Banker Asks Court to Grant ew Trial on This i round. NEW TORK. Nov. a.-Martln W. I.li He ton, counsel for Charles W. Mome. the con victed banker, argued a motion fr a new trial before the United States couil of ap peals today. He alleged there had been promiscuous drinking among the member of the Jury which convicted Morse, and that one member was suffering- from alcoholism to such an extent that a cot had to be carried Into the Jury room. Decision was reserved by the court. Stocks Weaken Under Decision Prices of Active Issues on Wall Street Take Drop of One to Three Points. NEW YORK, Nov. 22 After a fairly quiet opening of the stock maikct todty .there was a general outburst of liquida tion due to further considr ration of the decision in the frderal courts aKainst tho Standard Oil company. Prices in muny of the more active Issues fell from 1 to 3 points under the flood of selling order?. Notwithstanding the support of banking Interests, manifest at the market opening, prices fell steadily. Amalgamated Copper sold off 3 points from Saturday's close, while a heavy volume of selling oidcrs In United States Steel, common sent that stock off 2't- I'nlon Tacific went off 2'i points, while Vtah Copper sold down to BlU. a decllnn of 3 points from Saturday. Smelters fell off 1 point from the close of Saturday, while Chesapeake & Ohio sold off 2 points to Ss.. There were fractional rallies at 11 o'clock. After a decline of 40 points In Standard Oil, the stock was quoted at B40 bid and tioO asked. Roosevelt Kills Four Elephants Oribi, Singing Topi, a Bohor and Kob Are Among; the Hunt Trophies. NAIROBI, Hrlttsh Knst Africa. Nov. 22. Reports received today from the American hunting expedition are that all the mem bers of the party are well and will return to Londlana November 30. During the hunting on the Guias Ingisu plateau, Colonel Roosevelt and Kermlt Roosevelt, in company with the Chlcagoon, Carl E. Akeley, killed four elephants for the American Museum of Natural Hlstofy In New York. Mr. Roosevelt has decided to give one of the elephants killed earlier to the museum of the University of Call fornla. The party took many other trophies. In cluding five-horned gnus, a leopard, a roan bush buck, a Jackson's hartebeeste, an orlbl, a singing topi, a bohor and a kob. NO NEW TRIALF0R AUTHOR Brandenburg te In Court lleeanse of 'Work at berry Mine Disaster. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 22. Broughton Branden burg, the writer, who was fined 1500 for abducting James Shepard Cabanne III, was denied a new trial by Judge Grime today. He received permission to appeal to the supreme court and was released on a 1,000 bond. KOTZMXITTS Or OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. Port. Arrived. Sailed. NEW YOFK Pennirlvnla Lt Osecoin NEW TORK Pnnnl NBW YORK Columbia NEW YORK Cdr!! NEW YORK Pitraa NEW YORK Snn!o PLYMOUTH Nw York MOVIU.B rledonli PurneiBla. LONDON Corinthian i LIVERPOOL Mrrnnltn. Qt'KKNSTOWN ll.lllc QUEBNSTOWN Mauretanla. 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