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The OmahaSDaiiy Bee WEATHER FORECAST. For Ncbraskn Fair. For Iowa Fair. For weather report vee vnf? 3. VOL. XL NO. 00. OMAHA, SATURDAY MOKXIXO, OCTOBER 1, 1010-SLXTKKN PACKS. SINllLK COPY TWO (TATS. COME FROM AFAR TO UAi QUI VERA Splendor of Lights, Music and Won drous Shows Attracts Throngs HOTELS REAPING HARVEST Registers Increase Number cf Names Each Day. MANY ON KING'S HIGHWAY Attendance at Carnival Shows Gain Each Day Over 1909. BIG EVENTS ARE YET TO COME Great Military Camp Will Be Thron lilnor br Monday Might with Live linessWednesday Mant Cornea Marvellous Parade. ATTXsTDAsTCB FIOUsiES. 1908. 1909. 1910. Wednesday 4,375 8.443 3.316 Thursday 7.9B8 4.184 6,561 Aa a drawing card, the annual fail fes tival of Ak-Sar-Btn never does grow stale. In appeal thl year 1 proving as strong a aver. Since Wednesday the Omaha hotel regis ter have heen carrvinir Kn increasing num ber of names, rage nfter page has been j fll'ed by the autograph makers, not only from Nebraska, but from other states. This ten-day revel is the one set feature of tUe year. In the royal west, for which folks make preparations to be at leisure. Ordinarily, touching the every-day affairs of llfs, the vacation and visiting time of busy people Is over with the coming of September. Hut Ak-Sar-Ben's gala time is an exception. It has become a home insti tution for the whole empire surrounding the city of the king. In years agone visitors have found they do not "wear out their welcome," no matter how long they re main In Omaha. The courtesies extended by the knights to groups of citizens from many cities, and representing many Interests each year dur ing the preparatory Jousttngs at the Den, serve to spread the sentiment of hlspitallty and good will to thousands besides those who attend personally on Invitation. No one cornea who does not go away in a mood to boost and say nice things of his enter tainment. And those who hear them know that the promise of the Initiatory days will be more than realized when the harvest has been made and the glorious days of lutumn mark time for the wind-up within the gates of Qulvera. Festival Family Affair. This festival la a family affair, too. It has never fallen to the low estate of being i mere "pleasure trir" for the head of the house, but Is held In esteem aa something designed and built up for the general en loyment of the women and children, even In greater measure than for the men. Ho it Is that famlllcr have gotten Into the liablt u coming In companies, regiments and brigades. "Johnny Is marching home" when the trumpets and drums of Ak-Sar-Ben aound anew each autumn; but with him comes the women folks to double his oya and the little ones to halve while they enhance his pleasures. ."All things to all men" Is Indeed very applicable to the character of the festivals of which the sixteenth Is now in full flight. I'umpklns and paradise birds, sandwiches and surprises, spectacles and savages, pic tures and pythons, thrills and trophies, grains and grlsettes, showmen and Bhlvers, acrobats and actresses, spielers and sol diers, and the whole gamut ot strange and conventional pleasures, sights, sounds and sorceries, are at hand. They line the en closure and Jostle each other in the open spaces, and are studied, guyed, smiled on paid tribute, ciltlclsed In good or 111 hu mor; and on their part they find amuse ment as well a profit in the bewildering evolutions of humanity In the mass devot ing Itself solely to getting entertainment In return for Its ready coin. Field for All. Here the connoisseur of farming and the ci tic of beauty Is able to find occupation fur the mind; and the seeker of fun alone has a world of things to indulge him. Stu dents of the strange and tho unusual can be gratified with unique exhibits of many a different kind, pigmy and brobdignajjian, reptile and freak, aborlglno and refined oddity among humans, boneless wonder and dashn.g danseuse, mystery and merry trick, magician arid musician, swing of dizziness and roll of ocean, flaunting ban ner bearing wonderful representations and the quiet sign of culture, stunted horse and monster rat, animals you used- to read about In the old geographies and wonders of divers kinds never dreamed of "when we were boys." The price Is low and the field Is wide, and the free outdoor exhibitions but bespeak the liberal spirit of the management that keepa lta hand on the lever at all times. There Is little or nothing to offend the most sensitive and there is much gathered here that could nut be seen singly without long travel. Many events to Crowd Week. In reality the coming week will have crowded Into IU six days the true ex emplification of the plan of Ak-arBen and his busy contrivers. By Monday the great military camp will be throbbing with soldierly llvellnecs from morn to night, the bands will be crashing away, the crowds will be arriving In heavier numbers and settling for a two or three-day stay; and by Wednesday the floats will bo rigged, the attendants drilled to the last word, the Htreet stands completed, regal rones fin ished and delivered, all preparations com pletedand Wednesday evening the greai electrical parade will wind Its glittering course through the blazing streets. Then the dawn of Thursday will bring keen an ticipation of the panoplied brigades of war that will swing along the thoroughfares an army on the move In field gear. In trim khaki. In patriotic blue, and with many a flint of gold and brave tiapplng carried by man and need. But pending all this outburst ot the thrilling things yet under cover, the cur nival Is on; and in thousands of homes here and elsewhere the talk tuins to it warmly Fathers and moLaers have planned for it and the childreff will not be gainsaid. Farmer Braided tn Drat a. ESTHERVIIJ.E. Ia., Sept. 30 (Special ) As the lesult of getting s.-alded from a threshing machine engine yesterday, Will Stade, a farm. r who resides ten miles north cf here. Is dead. While running his engine over a small bridge It went down under the heavy weight, letting the boiling water run over his body, and he died two hours later. A wife and five children, a father and mother and four brothers are left to mourn tis sudden death. Missouri Has 1 hrcc and Quarter Million People (Increase for Decade is Six Per Cent Buchanan County, Containing St. Joseph, Shows Big Loss. WASHINGTON. Sept. 30. The state of Mli-sourl has a population of 3,i3,3oo, ac cording to the enumeration made during the thirteenth census, statistics of which were announced by the census bureau to day. This Is an Increase of 1S6.G70, or 6 per cent over the population In 1UO0. which was 3.106.f,ta. Missouri was saved from actual decrease in population by Its two large ciUes, St Louis and Kansas City. The gain at St. Louis was 111,714 and of Kansi.s City, S4.6LH, making a total of 1KC.4X or 9.750 more than the aggregate increase for the entire state. The fleures concerning the city of St. Joseph wen not announced today, but those for Buchanan county in which that city is located show a loss of almost 30,0oo, mak ing it evident that the city will also surfer a decrease In the number of Inhabitants. Many of the losses were from the lurgest counties as follows: Over o.OOO for Lawrence, about 4,000 for Bates, Daviess, Harrison, Nordaway and Saline and 3.00U or loss for Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Gentry, Livingston, Macon, Tike, Ray and Vernon. Among the large gainers was St. Louis .......... rt , t.woi i ,u, .! u.,,. ... 82,417. Other counties showing Increases were Greene and St. Francois, about 11,000 each; Scott, over 9,0o0; New Madrid, over, 8,000; Dunklin, about, 9,000; Jasper and Hemiscot, over 6,000 each; Boone, Butler, Cape Girar deau, Jefferson, Marion, Mississippi, Ran dolph and Stoddard, from 2,01 to 4,on0 each. Without a material Increase In the num ber of members of the house of represent atives, the Missouri representation is liable to diminish to the extent of at least one member. population statistics were made public today for the following Missouri counties. Buchanan, containing St. Joseph, 113,020, compared with 121,848 In 1900. Green county, containing Springfield, 62,713. compared with 84,018 in 1900. Jasper county, containing Jopiln, 84.108, compared with 5:1.713 In 1000. Heney for Strong Federal Control California Lawyer Attacks Methods of Corporations in Address at Irrigation Congress. PUEBLO, Colo., Sept. 30,-Declarlng that strong federal control and a modification of many present methods was necessary to properly conserve the natural resources of the country for the benefit of, all the people, Francis J. Heney of California elec trified the Eighteenth National Irrigation conrress this morning by attacking what hs termed methods "by which the great corporate Interests are endeavoring to grab the remaining energy producing agencies." Mr. Heney said the supporters of federal and state control were divided into two cc.mpa, that the corporations were support ing the state advocates because they saw in this an opportunity to secure the de sired control. Former Governor Adams of Colorado de fended states' rights. The report of the resolutions committee was read and adopted. TaiVs House . Party Breaks Up Cabinet Members Spend Week with Executive Scaling Down Esti mates of Departments. fWASHINOTON. Sept. 30. President Taft's "house party," at which his cabinet, advisers were gueits, broke up today. The president himself will leave the White House tomorrow at 10 a. m. for New York, where he is to make his first po litical speech of the campaign before the League of Republican Clubs at a banquet at Hotel Astor. Mr. Taft has prepared this hpeech with great care and has gone over it several times with the members of his cabinet. The cabinet has been sitting all week, most of the time being devoted to scaling the estimates of the various executive de partments to be presented to congress at the next session. BICKEL IS HELD FOR MURDER Kansas City Divinity Student Is Charged with Causing; Death of Girl. OLATHE, Kan., Sept. 30. At the conclu sion of his preliminary hearing here today Karl F. Blckel, the divinity student, was held for first degree murder In connection with the death of Miss Frances Peters of Kansas City, Mo. Blckel Is charged with causing tho death of Miss petero, who died In a Kansas City hospital of m. rcuilal pois oning. Blckel's bond was fixed at J.",000. Samson, While in Trance, Sings Song of Carnival The automobile stare, the sea legs walk and the aeroplane dizziness sre ail fairly familiar ailments, but th Ak-Sar-Ben rhymery Is tho latest It has remained for Samson to evolve this affliction. After a trip over the highway one of his millions found him in a trance, during which he had written the following: "Knights, attend, at d hear a friend sing loud a hearty ditty, while a vassal tells, mid sound of bells, the fame of QuIverJi's city. The king's good band does ready stand, in really proud array, sir, with stomachs big in gala rig, to make merry many a day. sir. Some way out yon the cannon gun will shortly loudly roar. sir. and the small arms, too, will rattle: slnee war game began 'tis sure no man e'er saw so safe a battle. For shutting out the blood and rout so welcome to the soldier. Ak-Sar Ben s men are noted; with paper wads they I pelt the squads as beauty safe Is toted, I Through lively lanes where pleasure reigns ) ar fling Mogy's bullets, received amain j un glad acclaim by dowagers and pullets; kDd on tn flanks, wltU quip and pranks, COLONEL BEGINS EMPIRE CAMPAIGN First Speech Praises New York Plat form and Henry C. Stimson, Repub lican Nominee for Governor. COMPARISON WITH DEMOCRATS Asserts Grand Old Party Has Rights! to Votes of People. FREE FROM SPECIAL INFLUENCE Roosevelt Says that He is Present to Report Progress. THREE POINTS BROUGHT OUT Stand Made for Asa-Tensive Honesty, for Governmental Efficiency and for HIrM People to ton trol Themselves. I M'-W YORK. Sept. 30. Theodore Roose velt, addressing the National Republican League, In session at Curnegie hall today, delivered his first speech of the state cam- rtnitrn T'roi.Uii a . "I . --" I'.aiiuiiu ami nenry Htimson. the republican nominee for governor, he compared the republican con vention with the democratic meeting now being held at Rochester, and on the strength of his comparison said he felt the republicans had the right to appeal to every decent citizen In the state, without regara to party affiliation, to vote their way. The Saratoga gathering he styled a "people's convention." free from the In fluence of special Interests. John Hays Hammond, as president of the league, Introduced the ex-presldent. The attendance was not large and Colo nel Roosevelt wag somewhat hoarse after his labors at Saratoga. "But," said Mr. Hammond, "even hi swhlsper Is heard around the world, and we will follow him up any San Juan hill he may lead us." Colonel Roosevelt said In rart: Roosevelt's Sueeeh. i. am ner to report progress. We have Just held the republican state convention ut Saratoga. There never has ben held In the state of New York a convention that was more methodical ft people's convention, not a lobbyists', not a representative of a single great special Interest exercised a finger's weight of Influence In that con vention. That convention represented ab solutely the opinions, the reasoned convic tions and belief of plain, every-day men. "Three points, three essential points, were made In our platform of principles. In the first place, that we stand not timidly, not half-way, but aggressively, for honesty In ijuuuc ana in ousiness life. ...... . , ... , stand for Flanagan communicated with Captain Bav- n?7.Th . effk"ieJncy' ai,1 ln third age shortly before noon, that tough rough place, that we stand for the right of the looking men had boarded the Rock Is people to control themselves and not to be j land train and purchased tickets to Omaha controlled by imme one else. ,vitr, golA m01)c, ot tlie und-.tclrn from Now. the voters of this state v.ili ' have ! the bank. The deputy explained a Uverj to choose between that on tho one side and j man was alfO on the tram following tu no uwicr iiue mis tnere Mr. Roosevelt held aloft a newspuper clipping) which I shall now describe to you in the language of one of our most envenomed foes a leading representative of the Wall street democracy, the New York Times of this morning, describing the democratic conven tion, now sitting." Murphy Is Ruler. He read: "All day and night the demo cratic leaders have been going, bat in hand, to Mr. Murphy and asking him humbly to favor this or that candidate." "In the New York Times! And In Its edi torial, the New York Times falls In with the other democratic leaders and asks for the nomination of a candidate by the con vention. "Now It goes on:i 'Never before has Tam many Hall been in such unquestioned con trol of a state convention. Never before has any Tammany boss been enthroned as the state leader In the unlimited way in which Murphy is recognized today. The convention Is In the hollow of his hand. " 'Back of Murphy's control are rumors of strange and sinister Influence. Vou can not throw a brick ln any direction in Rochester without hitting some lobbyist or railroad attorney.' "Now this Is not what I am saying. It l.i the New York Times. Tho New York Time- describing the convention of Us party continues: " 'The woods have been full of them from the start. They got here before the dele - gates did.' " When Colonel Roosevelt had finished speaking the convention adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow, when a platform will be adopted. Tomorrow night there will be a banquet at the Hotel Abtor at which Presl- dent Taft will be the principal speaker. WFW CnilNTFRFFIT Dl rtf ' " - w , . . tai f I hW I Bogus Notes of Same Kind Found nt ! Pasadena, Cal., and WU- j llainsport, I'u. WASHINGTON. Sept. ;0 The secret service has unearthed what appears to be a bold and extensive attempt at counter felting national bank notes) Notes of the same denomination and issue as were found yesterday on the Pasadena (Cal.) National bank were discoverod today issued nn th First National bank of Williamsport, V a. I are glrly sweet and chappy, picking fun as light they run, determined to be happy. And every knight to lady bright does make his gay proposal, "Dance light tonight, my sweet, for my poor heart, shot by your dart, will be beneath your feet.' With roguish glance, as sharp as lance, the lady thus disposes, "No squire of tin my heart can win, nor make me him obey, sir; for I must go through this whole show, and you pass on your way, sir." Observing which, with humor rich, old Akky twits the gal lant, 'Forego the chase, smooth out your i face, for lovs you have no talents; these maidens fair are my despair, not lightly to be won, sir; they revel high, with flashing eye, and damage great have done, sir; so move along with the passing throng, ready to do servl.-e; egad, bedad. you inahe me mad, and likewise somewhat nervous; I'll ' have you hung an' you give tongue to any j word but boosting, for I'm the king of everything that In this roost la roofng,, and say w all in the good king's hall. 'There's a monarch proper; he brooks no sour looks, sir; bis tournament's a whop per, where kickers g: the hooks, sir.' " 1 So Prom ths PhlUdslphta Inquirer. BANK OF LORTON IS ROBBED Two Finns Taken from Train in Omaha as Suspects in Affair. TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS TAKEN s Cracksmen Overlook rackaae Con taining; Thonsumd In Currency Safe la Wrecked and Build ing; Badly Damaged. In response to a telephone message from Deputy Sheriff Flanagan of Otoe county, Police Captain Savage caused the arrest of two men on a Rock Island train as sus- suspects. When Detectives Davis and Pattullo ar rested the suspects at the Burlington sta tion, the latter. In very broken English, gave their names as John and Gus Wanio The liveryman, who was reported to be following them, was nowhere to be found. At the local station Captain Savage questioned the prisoners and had them searched. They proved to be, Finns, with very scant Knowledge of English, and had no money ln their possession. The detec tive captain declared it his belief that the men were ln no way connected with tn. safe blowing. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb.. Sept. 30.-(Spe-clal Telegram.) This morning about 1:3S burglars entered the bank ef Lorton anil blew the safe with dynamite, taking some $1,200 In gold and silver and $f00 ln paper money, but overlooking 11,000 which was covered up ln the tare. The safe and part of the building were wrecked by three ex plosions. Mr. Steffena, who resides opposite the bank, was awakened by the explosion, but having no phone looked out and seeing his house guarded, gave no alarm, nor did he leave the house until daylight. Mr Gooden, a blacksmith heard the noiso and alarm.-d the neighbors In the south psrt of the town, but none of tliem dared to ven- lt j ture near the tank until u o clock this morning, when Sheriff Fisher was notified ' BUd w nt out t0 tce lf c"uId locate any i clUM a" to tne Suilt' Parties. No one was i seen In the town that Is suspected, save i Peddler two davs ago, who is thought to l j yeggn an. Dr. Smith, who was attending a patient four miles above town, heard a i bu"8' J'Ke past at a high rate of sp?ed ' remaining two men, but their track was ! lo!it I'fore reuclilng Dunbar. It Is though; ! the men went north to catch a train into ! Lincoln. Bloodhounds will be brought from Lincoln and an attempt will be made to trace tiif robbers.' The bank received $'S0 In silve: from Omaha by express yesterday morning, and It Is supposed that the men follower the shipment here. They secured entrance to the bank by bieaklng open a rear win dow. The Missouri Pacific ticket office at Loi on was bioken Into Wednesday night, but tiling of value was taken. Thousands of visitors will be here next wrek They are engaging rooms now. Have you a spare one? Now Is the time to tell them of It. Say where it is. How many minutes' walk from depot. Near what car line. "Whether in residence sec tion or business section. And what it is worth. Visitor are watching The Dee for this information. Call Tyler 1000 and you will find g cneeriui giau reauy to wait on you Your ai will be written If you wish, and place J- Near and Yet So Far Half Million Dollar Fire in Chicago ' 7"'"r-, Grain Elevator of Gottfried Brewing Companv Destroyed and Adja cent Buildings Damaged. CHICAGO, Sept 30. More than half a million dollars damage was done by fire which attacked the Gottfried Brewing com pany's grain elevator today. In the course of the fire several hose companies narrowly escaped death ln falling debris, while all buildings In the neighborhood were endang ered by fire brands which flew far on the strong wind. When the wall crumbled ln, the flying embers set fire to nearly a dozen adjacent buildings, but firmen were stationed In the lee of the blaze, and no damage was done. Several railroad lines found their service cut off for half an hour by hose across the truck. The firemen fought eight hours before controlling the flames. New York State Highways Best Good Roads Association Endorses the Work and Methods of the Em pire Commissioners. ei. lulis. Sept. so. Resolutions were adopted and a national committee for mil were named at the closing session of the third annual Good Roads convention here this morning. The national committee Is again headed by George C. Diehl of Buf falo. New York State Highway Commissioner according to tho resolutions, are the most effective ln making good roads and every stale is asked to appoint such a body. Statute labor on roads Is condemned and it is iecomnietidd that all highway taxes he paid in cash. ll Is reoornmeiided that every state pass a law requiring all vehicles shall carry a iiS.it at nigut, and the marking of all roads Is urged. The convention will ( try to have the government Increase the funds apportioned to the United States office ot public loads. TYPHOON IN NORTHERN LUZON Fonr Towns I'rnellcnlly Destroyed and Thousand Persons Are Homeless. MANILA, Sept. SO. A typhoon of unusual severity swept over the valley of Cayagan river In the provinces of Cayagan and Isa l ela, northern Luzon, on September 24. Four towns were practically destroyed. A thou sand persons are homeless end destitute, hut dispatches so far received Indicate that there were no casualties. The government Is making relief plans. Colonel Roosevelt Will Not Talk on Des Moines Attack OYSTKK BAY. N. Y.. Sept. Sn.-Brlnglng with him his son-in-law, Nicholas Long worth of Cincinnati, Colonel Roosevelt re turned from New oYrk late this afternoon. Tho attack on Colonel Roosevelt which ap peared today ln the lies Moines News, which Is aid to be Senator Cummins' personal organ, brought for no connent from the colonel beyond the statement that he had heard of It. It is known, however, that he re-card.-the state platform not as an expression of his own Ideas, tut rather as a reflection of the views of the party. Friends of his who saw him at Saratoga today said he was not pleased with the tariff plank. His position In rerard to the tariff law was made clear in his speech as temporary chairman, ai d Colonel Roosevelt told his friends that lie "1,"n'"n WIIn the traffic club and a public f'ld not care to go further than that In , afi'lr" under the auspices of the republl indorslr.g the law. ! " ommiittes will be delivered at the Colonel Roosevelt s ten days tour through the routh and southwest beplnj on Octo ber S. He will leave New oVrk In a private car at 1:2.1 p. ni. The first sto; will he at Bii'tol, Va.. where Mr. Roosevelt will make a brief sidre,s. The second stop Is Knoxville, Tenii., her he will deliver an address at the Appalachian exposition, October 7. The party next gov to Home, 0im D1X AND PARKER ARE SAFE Choice by New York Democrats Nar rowed to Two Men. STATE CHAIRMAN IS FAVORED National Committeeman Mnek Con fers with Prospective Nominee and Receives Satisfactory Reply Convention In Chaos. t-OCH ESTER, N. 1., Sept. SO.-John A. Dix tonight yielded to the solicitation of the leaders and agreed to run for gov ernor. mo rest or the state ticket was speedily arranged and announced to the group waiting outside the conference room at the Seneca hotel as ioi.ows: Lieutenant governor. Thomas F. Con way of Clinton county. Secretary of stale, F.dward Lazansky of Kings county. Comptroller, Martin H. Glynn of Albany. State treasurer. John J. Kennedy of Erie. Attorney general, Thomas J. Carmody of Yates. State engineer and surveyor, John Ben z of New York. Associate Judge of the court of appeuls, Frederick Collin of Chemung. Mr. Glynn refused to accept the nomina tion for comptroller and William Sohmer of New Y'ork has been substituted ln his place on the Blate. ROCHESTER. N. T., ept. 30. National Committeeman Norman 10. Mack went to night to John A. Dlx for his final an swer and Dix replied that he Is willing to accept the nomination for governor. His selection by the leaders, however, was not announced at the time. Everything was undecided, not to say chaotic, when the democratic state con vention was called to order today for Us second session. Conferences br6uhiit Into view as possible nominees for governor John A. Dix chairman of the state com mittee, and Judge Alton B. Parker. After permanent organization was ef fected a recess was taken until tonight. Herbest P. BissoTI of Buffalo, perma nent chairman, adrcssed the convention. The platform adopted contains the fol lowing declarations: The democratic party of New York, In convention assemble.!, pledges itself anew to the old nationalism embodied ln the constitution of the United States and to the support In every way of the Independ ent and continued existence of each of the three separate and distinct branches of the federal government, preserving all fmm attack and usurpation and each from any possibility of encroachment by the others, and In particular we condemn all attaiks on the supreme court of the United States. "We areu nalterably opposed to any susrpatlnn by the. federal government of the rights of the states, i "We denounce the republican party In the nation for Its gross and wllfull be trayal of the trust reposed In It by the (Continued on Fourth Page.) Ga.. where Mr. noosevrlt will address the citizens. At Atlanta, the next stop, the colonel j wiM make an address before tho I'ncV I Remus memorial association on the even- Ing of October H. Ho will speak nt a con servation meeting In the afternoon and be entertained bv the mayor of Atlanta at I a private dinner. leaving Atlanta. October 9. the party arrives at Hot Springs, Ark., where Mr. Roosevelt will be entertained at the Arkan sas State Fair, on October 10. From th.-rf the party will go to St. Louis, spending 24 hours, under the direction ut Hadley and th city and state republican committee. A breakfast will be cHm h - tne rusmens men s league, there will i. ., '"""" in ine evening. At Pmria Mr noosevni will be the gnest of Spa'Ddin Council. Nights of Cobnut us. on October! 12, and the arrangements In Indiana, In- ciuaing inaianapolls. are under the dired Ion ef Senator Beverlde and the repuh.i nan I'uuimiMee. .vir ilonscvelt w lyituii ,io , iora on the Lvrnlng of Friday, October 14. MAYEKY OF BOY E01LSA15ANDIT Bank Robber Pursued Into Cornfield, Arrested and Taken to Jail by Youth. MONEY OF BANK IS SAVED McClelland, la., Scene of Dramatio Affair. EMPTY OF PEOPLE AT TIME All Gone Picknicking: When Robber Appears. HE GETS DROP ON YOUNG MAN ,nter Empties Two Revolvers afl then Joined by Another l.ad lnr- snes Wllford Klrby Into Cornfield. The courage of a 17-year-old Danish loy prevented the robbery of the Hank of McClelland yesterday arternoon, and the same splendid courage led the lad to shoot mid wound the robber In the bank build ing while the bitter had him covered with two revolvers and then pursue ana cap ture him In a cornileld Into which he had fled, aided In the pursuit and capture only by one lad of his own age. The dramatic episode occurred about t o clock, when the little village was almost entirely deserted and the boy was alons In the bank. Tho town was deserted be cause there were between 4. 0H0 and 6,Ht men nnd women at the county farm, a mllo away, where everybody In tho vicin ity had gone to attend the annual county picnic, and no one v.-as about the bang but the boy, Walter Julius, a clerk. Charles H. Withey of Umaha was Indi rectly responsible for the Julius boy being alone In the bank. Mr. Withey went to McClelland yesterday to loo at some land which Julius' father, who is the banker of McClelhmd, had for saie. The two men drove away, Julius, sr., saying, as he has said before, to his son: 'If a bank robber comes, don't get your self shot, my boy. Give him the monoy first." Probably now that It Is nil over and now that tho boy has shown himself of such brave stuff, and the money being safe. Mr. Julius Is elad that his son dtsregardod his Instructions. The bank Is located In a small, squara one-story brick building, located on tha principal street of the village. Young Julius was behind the counter and railing when a man entered the only door of tha little building and came up to the counter. As the lad stepped to the window to wait upon him the man thrust forward two big revolvers, ono In either hand, and quietly remarked: "It's up to you, kid. Give mo the money." For answer the qulck-wlttod youth dodged underneath the muzzles of the weapons and under the wide counter where two revolvers were kept handy. Ha seized these and. partly protected by the counter, began firing at the robber. O'ta of the first shots struck the fellow In ta left arm and one of his pistols fell to tlio floor. Young Julius, reacnlng up from ba neath the counter, then emptied the othtr gun, ulso an automatic. The robber turned to run from the bank, but the boy followed him, firing as he ran. K. Iaren, another Danish youth but little older than Julius and who has a black smith shop ln a building adjoining tiia bank, ran from his shop when the firing began and Joined In the chase. The two lads chuscd the robber into a cornfield a quarter of a mile away. Jullua luul a pocketlul of cartridges for tha revolver he carried and reloaded it us he rar.. A straggling crowd of men and, boyj were follow ing far In the rear, but Jullua and Lai sen plunged boldly afff'lr the lubber, Pulius shooting at him when ever he got a chance. Far ln tho dcpttis of the cornfield the two boys lorced tha robber to stand at bay. He met thoii) wil'l a revolver pointed toward them, bus Julius took another shot at him, com manding him to throw up his hands. Hi did so and t lie boys maided biih back l the quickly garnering crowd, who hurrleJ, biin to the village jail, where, a new, Colt's automatic :iZ culiber revolver wan taken from him. It had not been flrud, and the magazine, contained Us full com plement oi cartridges. The robber was identified at tha Jail aa Wiltoid Kirby, 45 years odl, of Oakland, la. Kxamlnutloii allowed that he had re- eclved u painful wound in the left arm uuove iho elbow. Men Surround ICiupty Field. News of the attempted robbery tele phoned to the county faini, Instantly broke up the picnic and sent about 4,Uuu men scurrying back to the town. Shot guns and rifles were requisitioned from uil sides, and automobiles filled with armed men dashed to vuutago polius around the cornlield and in ten minutes it was compjctely inveslod. Sheriff McCaf ftry was at the picnic and way among tho first to get Word of the robbery. He acted with prompt decision ln the work of In vesting the cornlield, where he had been told that two or three robbers were hid ing, i ben the word camu that the Jullua and i.uist--ii boys had run uon the rob ber and had bun injail. Tliu grown men looked ut one another siieeplshly and went back to town. Sheriff McCaff-ry brought Klrby to Council Bluffs in Robert Wallace's auto mobile, arriving heie shortly alter 4 o'clock. Dr. Han' belt examined tha wou, tiled man at tue cointy J.,,1 and do ciued that it ws not nof-cssary to te.id him to a hoiiptlal. Toe bollet was found to be buried deeply in the munies ni ar the slioiiMi r and no attempt was indJj to extract it list nlgiit. Klrby talked freely at the Jail. He said lie had deliberately planned the robbery, lie h.il male u la: tie bag out of strong cloth, which li had suspended by a can vas .-trap around lis mil.. This was to be u-cl ln lairyng away the money. Young Julius ra s K:iby filed at him Im mediately ' after tntiring the bank, but Klrby denies this and his assertion that he did not shoot at all Is sustained by the fact that neither of the weapons be canned had been fit 1 In addition to the Colt s' automatic he ran led a cheap ipi rallber icvolver, which he dropped at the bunk. "1 could have killed the kid half a dozen times If 1 hud wanted to," mid Kliby last evening In the county Jail, "but I dtdn t , want to and lhln t intend to hurt any I b. dy. I tr.oiinht I could bluff the kid, , but he wouln t he Muffed. I don't see U 1 how It hanleiicd that be didn't k.il me. f (Continued on Fourth Page.)