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OL. XXX1X-NO. 24.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MOUSING, NOVEMKEU 4JS, 10M-KIX SKCTIOXS-lX)HTY PAOKS.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
POSTAL SAVINGS
Burkctt Thinks
Central Bank is
Not on Program
ACTIVE WEEK IN
BRITISH POLITICS
STEAMER AKG0
IS STRANDED
Vessel is Driven Ashore at Entrance
to Tillamook Bay by Heavy
Gale.
BANKS TO WAIT
little fhanee for Passage of Law
Creating Them at This Session
of Congress.
House of Lords Will Formally Reject
the Budget by Large 'tajority
Tuesda
WELL RESUV TODAY
Bankers of Nebraska Do Not Want
it and He Opposes To Push
Postal Banks.
WILL FOLLOW CURRENCY ACT
LIFEBOAT GOES TO RESCUE
Omaha
(
Consideration Delayed Until Monetary
Commission Reports.
ECONOMY IS THE WATCHWORD
Legislative Program Cannot Be Made
Until Jtfessae is Read.
CONFERENCE CN OIL CASES
President Consults Members of Cab
inet llruariliiiK I'mpoird Atnrad
mrnla to Sherman Aatl
Trnt l.nr.
V.'
en
tli !
te
ad
:i:(;t(i:;
Nov. 27. Recent confer-
, House have pretty
1 two ficts In connec
.cutive program of the
i the coming session of
Co: . -.
'Hit l.i -t of these Ih that there Is no
1 p cb.i'.CUy of the monetary commission re
fill t being pre nted or considered. The
second Is tti.it leg station looking toward
the establishing of a system of postal sav
ing hanks will have to wait until the
monetary commission rrport la mndo and
f fi new currency law enacted.
Representative Wei ks of Massachusetts,
chairman of the hoi, He committee on post
offices and post i-imds, and Senator Lodge
of Massachusetts called on the president
today nnd when he left the White House
Mr. Weeks said It practically had hecn
determined that postal savings brinks
would not bo considered at the coming ses
sion. This does not mean that President Taft
will not recomr.ier.d such a system of banks
In his message, but It Is said the chances
are that he will aree to a postponement
of th'o consideration until next year.
One of the arguments which th? presi
dent has used In connection with the estab
lishment of pn-'tal savings banks Is that
the money secured through these agencies
as deposits could very well bo used In tak
ing tip the 2 per cent government bonds,
which are a drug on the market and which
the pres'dint thinks should neve." have been
Issued at n low rate of interest.
I 'rotMim y. Snys I'nyne.
Representative t-'creno K. Payne of New
York, fa: her t.f th nnv tariff bill and
floor leader of the f ptihll'-nn majority In
the house, fad tori ny that the legislative
program of the on:!".:; session of congress
would havo to tvrnt urUll the president'
message wan it cuivul. .
Amendments to the Interstate commerce
law and to the untl-trust law and the con
slileruii n of the. ship subsidy bill, he laid,
would b tiie principal subjects before con
gress. Postal savings bonks, hn thought,
might ccnii! In for a share of the pre
liminary consideration. '
Mr. payno also declared Ast economy
would bo the. watchword. In making every
class of appropriation during the next ses
sion. Conference on OH Case.
A protracted conference over the recent
di clslon In the f tandard Oil case at ft.
Paul y.'hen the dlssoluilon of that organlza
- tlcn was ordered was held at the Depart
ment of Justice today between Attorney
General , kkersham and Frank B. Kel
logtf. President Taft had further conferences
today on tho subject of that piltlon of
his message which will deal with amend
ments to the Sherman antt-trust law and
the Interstate commerce law.
Attorney General Wlckersham, Wade II.
Kills, assistant to the attorney general.
and r rank 11. Kellogg, were among tha
pre' JJent's callers.
I'roi-iot Ion In Army.
eonferenro today between Prisldent
uid frucretary Dickinson It was de
to appoint Colonel Kduln 11. Pratt
Thlr.leth infantry, commanding the
ir.ent of California, a brigadier gen
ice Carter, promoted,
i theli- retirement Culonel John D.
T..
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of
Depa
trial.
' l
! K nu
t of the cm? net r corps and Colonel
ll. M
Chittenden of the engineer corps
come brigadier genera's.
will 1
Nfc Attempt to
Mine Coal on
. Alaska Claims
Forefoan Who Had Charge of Work
i on Cunningham Lands on
the Stand.
KKATTLK. Nov. S7.-The land office in
quiry Into the validity of the Cunningham
coal luud claim, valued at $.iO,(X,X.iO, In the
Kutalla district of Alaska, was adjourned
today until Thursday in Spokane after the
testimony of Squire Chexum, who was fore
man of work uii the Cunningham claims for
tl lee years, had been taken. Chexum, who
1 Die locater of the tit veil coal land claims
known as the Chexum group, north of the
Vunniiiham Ktoup, is a practical miner,
lie tisUlud the work done by his men,
tnottly Indians, was prospecting, to make
ki.uwn the extent of the coal deposits,
ilu h work had been done on trails to
enable i ho men to reach .their camps and
carry supplies.
On cros-examlnatlon. Chexum said the
long'tunnel in tha Tenlno claim, which the
A 'vernment w itnesses had said was appar
uly built for the purpose of mining coal
.v.i, trvviui I'luuus. was man ror me sole
pmpose of Investigating the coal vein.
"T
HUNDRED FIFIY MILLION
POUNDS OF CIGAR TOBACCO
Four Vllutrs that A noaat of Other
Kinds Produced In fatted
i Mate Last Year.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27 More than liO.
OtO.WO t-d'inda of cigar tobacco and nearly
fi.ur tit that quantity of other types of
tobacco ..us grown In the United States in
liMS. scei:dltig to a bullatln by the Ue
parcnent of Apiculture today. Kentucky
le ds A the states in tobacco grown,
pr d.u'Ir.i Mine thin nr-th!id of the r p
of the r.:iitry and about ne-nlnth of il.e
rn Ire V p of the world. While s m
teba.'io piiue, d in almost every s'a e
lias th i 1 pr cent of this nop is itronn
wt o4the Mississippi river, Texis being
iVjonl Transmit slsslppl state In which
VV In ijitry lias gained much lmprove-
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27.- Ppeclal Tele
gramsSenator Burkett, looking like a
thoroughbred, arrived In Washington to
day for the forthcoming session of con
gress. Mr. Burkett refused to talk politics,
except to say that the republican party In
Nebraska was never better organised than
It is today, nor In better condition to make
a fight. He will re-Introduce his postal
savings bank bill, which attracted most fa
vorable attention during the last session
of congress throughout the country, and
will hammer away at It until he gets It
through.
One thing Senator Burkett ald that may
give an Index to his vote on financial ques
tions, was that he did not believe Senator
Aldrlch would get his central bank Idea
through congress. The bankers In Ne
braska don't want It and a great many
business men are opposed to the proposi
tion. The senator said that everything
looked good at home. "Farmers are pros
perous, crops are good and the future looks
very bright." he snld.
Former Representative Lacey of Iowa, a
strong antl-Cummln man of that state,
called upon President Taft today and dis
cussed with him the western political situa
tion, especially with reference to activities
of so-called Insurgents and the attitude if
Speaker Cannon toward them.
"All efforts to dissatisfy farmers and
others who are prospering In the west,
made by Insurgents, will fall," he said.
"The people out In my section are thor
oughly In accord with Speaker Cannon and
they are living In an era of prosperity wn
prccedented In the history of the middle
western states."
Earthquake
Rumor Found
to Be Wrong
Nation Startled by Report that San
Francisco is Again
Stricken.
An Interruption In telegraph service on
the Associated Press and Western Union
lines about 9 o'clock last evening gave to
the report that another earthquake had
stricken ?an Francisco.
When the first announcement was made,
The Bee asktd the Union Pacific road to
see if there was not some way the Harrl
inan lines could get some word out of the
coast city which had suffered such a dis
aster a few years ago.
T. M. Orr, assistant to A. I.. Mohbjr,
general manager was soon busy and In a
short time had Portland, Ore., and Ios
Angeles, both trying to get a message Into
San Francisco. The Union Pacific was the
first to get word that tha trouble wbb
caused by a break down of the power
which furnished the electricity for the
lines In San Francisco.
Bleached Flour
Case Dismissed
Aotion Ordered by Wickersham Be
cause Property Seized Belonged
to United States.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES. Nov. 27. (Special Tele
gram.) In federal court today. Judge Smith
McPherson decided a lighting case agulnst
the city of lies Moines and In favor of the
Welsbach company, In which ha rapped
the city authorities bard, declaring that
"under the circumstances I can see no
honesty of purpose In maintaining this
action." The city had made a contract for
lights at $-'2 a year, then changed the
ordinance to $17 a year, but the company
was given Judgment for 110,000 for money
withheld the last few years.
Acting on the advice of his'superlora, M.
I.. Temple, United States district attorney,
filed a motion In the federal district court
dismissing the cases against 310 sacks of
flour seised at Fort lies Moines, thereby
releasing the Updike Milling company ot
Omaha, the manufacturers, from further
prosecution.
The district attorney says In his motion
that he finds that the flour was govern
ment properly at the time It was seized
and tt cannot be held, regardless of the
fact whether It Is bleached.
SHOOTS AT JJEGR0 IN JAIL
Oklahoma Woman Tries to Kill
Man She Identifies as
Aaasllant.
M'ALESTER, Okl., Nov. 27. Mrs, King,
wife of a miner, when tuken to the county
Jail hire today to identify Will Jones, the
nram u ho tried to ssault her yesterday.
Ipulltd a revolver from the folds of her
i n. H A f ha HPi.lT1.ir TVlA VkllllAt
Ult;n9 aim iniu iv ......... . -
went wild and the officers disarmed Mrs.
King and took her away. Last night a
mob trltd to get the negro away from the
officers and lynch him. There were no
indications of a mob today. "
Tom Jeff Davis Finds Gold
Mine in a Goose's Gizzard
Another rich mining furore has struck
Omuna, this time In the midst of th
city hull. Assistant Street Commissioner
Tom Jeff Davis la the promoter, and he
has tentatively enllfied the assistance of
city officials In his scheme to get a six
month option on certain land.
Thanksgiving day Mr. Davis was clean
ing goose for his wife, and when h
came to the glzxard he turned It inside
out with more than ordinary care, after
the first glance. The contents of tha
glxx.ird fairly glittered with golden par
ticles, and Davis at ouce proceeded In
waller the mass of sand,, gravel, tack
litsils and pieces of t,lus into a c oth. He
onveved his find to Ciky Chemist Crowley,
from he asked an unalxsis. Pending tne
ascertainment of the value of his dis
covery scientifically, Da". I at ones took
steps to locate the farm from which the
goon had com. This h claims to have
found and Identified beyond question. It
-id Lord Curzon
ed by Financiers.
PROGRAM OF THE GOVERNMENT
Probability that the House of Com
mons Will Be Prorogued.
WARM CAMPAIGN IN PROSPECT
I.radrra of Both 1'artlrs Are Pre.
parlnar to Hold Monster Mass
Merlins In All Principal
Cities.
LONDON, Nov. 27. The coming week
will be memorable In the parliamentary
annals of Great Britain. The Lords, de
spite the warnings of Buch experienced
politicians as Lord Rosebury and Lord
Balfour of Burleigh, have decided to with
hold their consent to the budget and it
Is a foregone conclusion Hint Lord Lans
downe's motion to reject the finance meas
ures will be carried by a large majority.
But while the result Is foreseen, Interest in
the debate remains undiminished and tha
spetches to be delivered on Monday and
Tuesday preceding the division are eagerly
anticipated.
Viscount Morley, secretary of state for
India, will reopen the discussion when the
House of Lords convenes Monday, and he
will be followed by Lord Curson, former
viceroy of India, provided the latter has
recovered from his illness. Then the finan
ciers will have their say, Lord Itothschlld
speaking on behalf of tha unionists and
Lord Swaythllng for the liberals. Earl
Cawdor and the earl of Crewe will make
the principal speeches on Tuesday.
Probable Action of Premier.
With all the leaders out of town for the
week end there have been no further de
velopments In the situation and the dis
cussions in the press and about town are
confined to conjectures as to what course
the government will take. It is certain
that Premier Asquith on the day after
the Lords have divided on the question
will gire notice affirming the uncontrolled
right of the House of Commons in respect
to financial matters. There Is a possibil
ity that Lord Balfour of Burleigh will
reply to this with an amendment propos
ing that a, change In the system of taxa
tion of such Importance should be referred
to the people. The premier's motion, will,
of course, prevail, and then It will be'up
to the government to decide whether the
House shall be prorogued or merely ad
journed. Warm Campalrn la Prospect.
The decision of the government In the
matter will be of the greatest Importance
so far as the finances of the country are
concerned, as the only authority now exist
ing for the collection of the income tax,
the duty on tea and the Increased duties
on spirits and tobacco rests on the resolu
tions passed Immediately after the Intro
duction of the budget. If Parliament Is
prorogued these resolutions will come to
an end and the collection- of taxes will have
to stop. If adjournment only Is deter
mined upon the resolutions will continue
In force" and the taxes can be collected up
to the time of dissolution. The campaign
throughout the country will be begun In
earnest as soon as the chambers have been
adjourned.
Great meetings of both parties have al
ready been arranged at all the big centers
and thousands of speakers and canvassers
are prepared to begin the work, which will
be continued except during an Interval for
the Christmas holidays.
INJUNCTIONS FILED AGAINST
LIQUOR MEN IN FORT DODGE
Thirteen Petitions Filed by Anti
Saloon Men of Iowa Alleging
Contempt of Conrt.
FORT DODGE, la., Nov. 27. (Special Tel
egram.) Thirteen petitions for Injunctions
preventing liquor dealers from the illicit
sale, and contempt proceedings against C.
8. Corey, druggist, for violation of the In
junction, instituted here today by the Anti
Saloon league of Iowa, created great excite
ment among liquor men. Judge Lee ordered
the appearance Thursday, December 2.
CARRIERS AND POSTMASTERS
Names of Those Chosen at Washing
ton for Service In Ions and
South Dakota.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) George A. Pittenger has been ap
pointed rural carrier for route 1 at Charles
City and Eugene M. Glllett for route2 at
Whatcheer, la. .
Postmasters appointed are: Iowa Alle
man. Polk county, F. W. Klntigh, vice I.
W. Q. Langfltt, resigned; Arthur, Ida
county, Nina M. Boyer, vice I. N. Boycr,
deceased. South Dakota Long Lake, Mc
pherson county. Christian Fisher, vice 11.
Ortweln, removed.
Is somewhere in Douglas county that Davis
Is not yet reudy to name.
"This may saem l'ko a dream to some
people," Si Id the grizzled assistant man
ager of th Omaha muckrakers, "but it is
anything else than that. My ancestors
were miners, and I breed back, in tempera
ment and natural perspicacity, to the
wisest old miner among them all. I know
gold when I ae it, and after Prof. Crow
ley has tested this stuff there will be
plenty of men hereabout who will want In
on my scheme to corner the farm land
that was roamed by that goose.
"Mr. Flynn Intimates It is likely to be a
i wild goose chase, but I know this was a
tame goose- I am only sorry I did not
d.acover tha golden Indications In that giz
laid before the goose was killed. Then 1
could have turned It loose to find Its way
back to the gold outcropplnga. However,
If I have not located tha exact piaco, iher
la no virtu in lialley'a comet."
Viscour'
Wil
From the Washington ::;ar.
COOK SAILS, MYSTERY IN ACT
Friends Disagree as to Destination of
Arctic Explorer.
AWAITS VERDICT FROM DANES
One Announcement Say He Will
Go to Italy and Another
that He Sailed for
Havana. ,
NEW TOIIK, Nov. 27. Whether Dr. Cook
rid or did not sail for Europe today on
the steamship Caronla has now become a
matter of dispute between his personal
friends and his personal counsel, II. W.
Wack. Mr. Wack gava out a statement
twin y, by pre-arrangement with Dr. Cook,
in which h declared his client had already
sailed and ga-ve at length the reasons for
his Journey. Later In the day ha received
a telephone message from John R. Brad
ley, Dr. Cook's banker, Informing him that
there was a strong probability that Dr.
Cook had sailed on the steamship Havana
for Havana at 1 o'clock, an hour later
than the Carona's sailing time.
The statement I gave out this morning."
said Mr. Wack, "that Dr. Cook had sailed,
was made by pre-arrangement with him i
and, to the best of my knowledge, embodied J
his plan. I have had no notification of any
change except such as has late today come 1
to me Indirectly through Mr. Bradley.
As the steamer Havana left her pier this
afternoon, a man was seen on board who
bore a strong resemblance to Dr. Cook. Ho
refused to give his name.
Evidence of an . attempt to steal his
original records has cautioned Dr. Cook
to employ reasonable safeguards In trans
mitting them.
It Is denied that Dr. Cook Is In any dan
ger of .collapse. He wishes, say his friends,
to be within call of the Danish commis
sion that will examine his records, al
though. In the phraseology of his state
ment, it is admitted that his naturally
robust health has suffered by the great
change from a diet of "ice and pemmlcan"
to the food of civilization.
While awaiting the verdict of the com
mission, according to the statement, Dr.
Cook will rest In Italy in aome spot se
cure from intrusion, where he can work
at the narrative cf his Arctic Journey.
This book Is not to be published until
his claim to the discovery of the North
pole has been confirmed, nor will he te
sume bis lectures before the University of
Copenhagen until that date. He remains
confident, he says, that the "most com
petent scientific body in Europe" will find
that he reached the pole on April 21, 1D0S.
News of Dr. Cook's departure was not
favorably received today by some of tha
members of the Explorers' club, who had
expected htm to appear before them in
reference to the dispute over his claimed
ascent of Mount McKinley.
"Dr. Cook." said Prof. Marshall H. Sa
ville, head of the committee appointed to
Investigate the ascent, "promised us faith
fully that he would submit a report of his
Mount McKinley climb and appear per
sonally before a committee as soon as hid
records for Copenhagen university were
completed. As far as I know, no records
from him have been received by the com
mittee and I do not think ho has inter
viewed any of its members."
third victim of feud and
more bloodshed feared
Jim Danlrls Probably Fatally
Wounded in Battle with
Sheriff.
WILLIAMSON, W. Va., Nov. 2S That a
third person wa shot in the battle between
the i Christian and Daniels families near
Devon, Mingo county, Thursday, became
known when a physician was summoned to
attend Jim Daniels at the home of his
brother. His wound may result fatally.
In tha event of his death, three members
of the Daniels family will have been wiped
out as the result of this latest feud battle.
Mrs. Charles Danlelr and her lyear-old
daughter were shot to death.
Kentucky officer have refrained from
approaching the Denlels' home slnoe the
fight of two days ago, knowing that K
mtana more bloodshed.
Information gained today points to the
possibility that two of tha largest and mobt
highly respectable families of Mingo county
may become Involved in the feud.
The Daniels married into the Cllc famil
ies, sons and daughtirs of confederate vet
erans. They are the descendants of the
pioneer settlers of Mmgo county. Upon
the other aide is aligned close kin of the
Hatfielda
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THE DO-IT-NOW FAMILY
Banker Allen
May Implicate
Others in Crime
Embezzler Under Ten-Year Sentence
Goes Before Grand Jury to
Tell Story.
LA CROSSE, Wis.. Nov. 27.-Phlllp Allen,
it., under sentence of ten years for embez
zlement which caused the failure of the
First National bank of Mineral Point, Wis.,
of which he was vice president, was taken
Into the United States grand Jury room
here at 9:30 o'clock this morning under
promise to the federal district attorney to
tell all he kiows of the working of tlio
bank. 1
Whether ho would Implicate others was
not known except to tho district attorney
and the utmost -secrecy was maintained in
regard to his story.
Allen's dory, under the examination of
District Attorney Gordon and Assistant
District Attorney Morgan, will require, It
Is understood, about three days in the tell
ing. When it is finished Allen will be
taken to Leavenworth penitentiary.
Uncle Joe Tagged,
Gives Ten Cents
Speaker Nabbed by Charity Workers
as He Steps Off Train in
St. Louis.
ST.. LOUIS, Nov. 27. Speaker Joseph G.
Cftnnon, en route from Kansas City to
Danville, stopped In St. Louis today Just
long enough to be caught In the net of
the hospital "tag day" collectors.
He had hardly stepped from the train
when a young woman approached him, tied
a red cross badge to his lapel and de
manded a contribution for the city's poor.
She received a dim.
Every office building, hotel, principal
street corner and railroad terminal was oc
cupied by the collectors of the "tag day"
fund. The function is an annual affair
here and nets 30,XK) or more each year.
OMAHA W0.AN APPOINTED
Anna McDrruiott of Thl City Will
Serve in Klamrlh Indian School
of Ort'iiou.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. (Special Tele
gram.) Anna McDermott of Omaha has
been appointed matron at Klamath Indian
school, Oregon.
Help! Help! We
THB SALOON
Orrici an MuoouTcns ! Nw Yoft Uri kM
OMAHA. NEBRASKA
X V. Msatv1
Caar friend t
have filed a petition with Governor 8hallnbergar
aaklng hlta to bring, .through the Attorney General, ouster pro
ceedings In the Supreae Court against the Mayor, the Plre and
Police Board and the Chief of Polloe of the Oltjr of Ooaha. fe
exrept to have these officers reaoved froa thalr rpotlve
orflces on th ground that they are either unellllng or In
eocpatent to stop the lawlessness not In full blast in thl
City.
This polloy la to be vigorously pursued until the
publlo la fully oonvlnced that there le aoae aort of oonneo
tlon betseon thla lasloenness and these unellllng or lnoosrpe
tent offloials. Our only big handicap Just now is found In
the fparatire need of funds with which to oarry on thla epe
elal work. It must have nearly $2000 at onoe, and we are
depending upon our friend to help out In thle eeergenoy 011
for lsusedlat needs.
lthln a few days one of our sen will call upon
you to ro Into detail regarding the exaot etatu of our
fight in the neentlne If you will send us your eheok for aa
large a sun aa you oan possibly apars, we will be greatly
relieved and enoouraged.
State Superintendent Poulaon, our new Omaha Super
intendent, Rev. J. . Lsldy, or aoae one elae will probably
call upon you if we do not hear froa you.
May we depend upon you in thle hour of need.
Xoare very oordlelly,
" ' Pre lien t.
RATES SURE TO GET PEOPLE
Low Fares Will Draw Crowds to
National Exposition.
RAILROADS COMING IN LINE
Northwestern Grant thr Concession
Which nock laland Initiated In
Hfit and Ilarlluatoti Quickly
Followed Up.
The success of the National Corn exposi
tion at Omaha was assured as far as at
tendance is concerned when the Burlington
and Rock Island announced they would
giant rates of a fare and a half to the
exposition. It was certain the other lines
west of the Missouri river would fall Into
line with as good If not better. rate before
time for the opening of the show. The
Northwestern has done so, which leaves
the Union Pacific and tha Missouri Pacific
still without tha fold.
To C' C. Rosewater and E. Buckingham,
dliectors of the exposition, belongs th
I credit for securing these rates. They were
luttlrlng In their efforts, and although
turned down several times by the leading
pew era in railroad circles, they kept at It
until the railroads could see things their
way and the rates were granted.
The Central Passenger association early
decided to grant rates from all points
within Its territory east of the Missouri
river and north of the Ohio and these rates
have been announced for some time. To
secure rates west of the river was the big
thing, especially for Omaha, for that Is the
territory which Is more directly tributary
to Omaha. The show last year was a suc
cess without rates west of the Missouri
river and It Is certain to be more of a suc
cess this year with the added attendance
which the reduced rates wll bring to the
exposition. The railroads have fought
against granting reduced rates ever since
the western states passed the 2-cent pas
senger fare laws, but for the National Corn
exposition the railroads were forced to
grant the rates.
The Burlington and Rock Island reach
territory all over the west and the rates
will apply to Billings' Mont., and as far
south as Oklahoma, including Kansas and
Colorado.
The Rock Island was the first road to
signify Its intention of granting these rates
and the Burlington soon fell In with the
idea, with the result that' these two roads
announced the rates simultaneously.
The Northwestern ratea will apply from
Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming,
where the minimum fare is more than $2.
The dates of sale where th round trip Is
(Continued on Second Page.)
Need the Money
MUST 0O
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Takes Off Women and Children, but
is Capsized in Surf.
CAPTAIN'S BOAT IS MISSINQ
It Contained Two Passengers and
Nine Members of Crew.
FOURTEEN KNOWN TO BE LOST
In confirmed Hniort that T irrnl y
Si rn Were I.rft on the Wreck
and that It Ha Slipped
Into the Sea.
t
PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 27. An unveri
fied report is In circulation here that tha
steamer Argn went down near the en
trance to Tillamook bay last night Just
bofore the steamer Oshkosh renched here.
The report any a the Argo flashed "flare
lights" as tho Oshkosh was approaching,
but that when the Oshkosh reached tha
spot the Argo hnd disappeared. It is be
lieved thnt, Inc'udlng the crew, about
twenty persons were on board the vessel.
The Argo went ashore Inte yesterday
and the Oshkosh put out from Astoria to
go to its assistance. The lifeboat from
Garibaldi beach could not take all of the
crew and passengers off the Argo yes
terday on account of rough seas.
By great efforts Captain Farley of tho
life crew managed to take on board his
bo.tt some of the women and children.
Owing to the danger of the hoavy seas
and battered condition of his boat, Far
ley would not take off moro than four
persons.
After quitting tho steamer Captain Far
ley took his boat some distance up the
beach in an effort to m.ike a safe landing,
but the lifeboat was cipsired, pinning be
neath it the rescued passengers and sev
eral of the crew. Two women were res
cued, but two others and a member of
the life crew are drowned.
Second flout I Lost.
The number known to be dead hna been
Increased to fo irtecn. Following the three
deaths recorded last night came news to
day that a lifeboat containing Captain
Snyder and ten other persons had been
lost.
The three persons drowned Inst night
wcjie Mrs, L. A. Holdred of Portland.
Nellie Hunter, a young girl passenger,
and Henry Wlckmnn, a member of the
life saving crew from the Garibaldi
beach station.
Nelllo Hunter was the chl'.d of Georga
Hunter of Nnia, Cal.
The Argo showed Indications of turning
turtle last night and' Captain 8n'0eT
ordered all on board to take to the two
boats. Mate Johnson commanded one boat
and Captain Snyder another. The two
boats became separated In the mist and
rough seas. Johnson's boat cruised around
and was picked up by the steamer 'Osh
kosh. It Is believed Cnptnln Snyder tried to
make the shoro with his boat and In tha
effort his boat was overturned, as no signs
of It were seen today.
I.Ut of Mlsiln.
Tha missing: i:;r
Captain Levy Snyder. ' '"i
Purser W. A. Ktlmson of Eureka, CtU .
A. Mecklinbf rg. sailor. I
A. Leslie, sailor.
Graves, steward.
Thomas Russell, assistant engineer.
Tony Dnlborte, paws nger.
An unnamed passenger, who boarded tha
Argo at Astoria.
Two unknown members of the crew.
Tha last seen of Captain Snyder's life
boat was when tho crew began pulling
toward the shore. A gale was blowtna and
a terrific sea was running, making navi
gation hazardous.
GOLDEN WEDDING OF OMAHANS
Fiftieth Marring Annlvrrury Cele
brated by Mr. nnd Mr. Moaea
Brlnkerhoff.
SPOKANE. Nov. 27. (Ppecla'..)- Mr. and
Mrs. Brlnkerhoff, who were married In
Omaha on November 22, 1S53, by Rev.
Henry W. Kuhns, celebrated their golden
wedding at the horn of their son, George
Brlnkerhoff, 1214 Broadway street, Hpokane.
Assisting were members of the Spokane
Floral association and the Spokane Sorosli,
of which Mrs. Brlnkerhoff Is a chart
member. Officials of tha Northern Pa
cific Railway company, over whnsa trans
continental line Mr. Brlnkerhoff ran the
first train as conductor in April, also
attended and remembered tha veteran with
presents.
Tho rooms of the residence were deco
rated with ferns and palms In the after
noon, and in tho evening the Porosis deco
rated wltn carnations, the club flower.
The aged couple lived In fit. Pau'. for
years, coming to Spokane In 1WS. Mr.
Brlnkerhoff was pensioned several year
ngo, after being In the employ of the com
pany more than a quarter century. He Is
In fairly good health and Is a dally visitor
at the Northern Pacific station, where
every engineer, fireman, conductor and
brakeman Is hi friend. t
SUIT FOR CHRISTY CHILDREN
Habeas Corpua Proceeding Brought
by Artist' Wife Heard at
Zanravllle.
ZA NFS VILLI?, O.. Nov. .-The habeas
corpus proceedings brought by Mrs. Ma
belle Thompson Christy, wife of the ar
tist, H .ward Chandler Christy, for the
possession of their I0-yar-old daughter,
Natellle Christy, btgan today. Mr. Christy
waa present In tho crowded court room, but
the announcement was made that his wife
was detained In New York and would nut
be here until next week.
TO DIE FOR KILLING SIX
Howard Little Condemned to
Klrrtrlc t'halr fur Atro
cious Crime.
the
RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 27-Howard Lit
tle, chargod with the murder of Mrs. Betty
Justls, George Meadows, his wife and
three members of his family, was found
guilty of murder In the first degree thla
morning. He was sentenced to be electro
cuted In Richmond January T. The mur
der occurred at Hurley, Buchanan county,
and the bodies of th vlctlu. were burued.
