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WIVES IN JAPAN
AND IN AMERICA
Madams Yenkio Ozaki Give
Vertion of the Domestic
Relations.
Her
FIEST DTITY OF JAPANESE WOMAN
Thinks of Her Family Before Giving
Any Thought to Self.
HERE THE EEVERSE IS THE EXILE
In Japan Love is Not a Sensible Ilea
son for Marriage.
PARENTS PICK THE HUSBAND
Children Arc Looked I'pon mm Blear
ing and tha Horn Wlthont Them
la Indeed An Unfortu
nate One.
NEW YORK. Oct. 16.-(Spedal Tele
gram.) "The Japanese wife thinks first of
her duty toward her family; the American
wcKU. ot her duty toward herself," la
Madame Yenkio Ozakl's version of '"the
cast l east and the west ia west."
Mme. Uxakl In wife of the mayor of
Tokio and la now here with her husband.
"First ot all, the Japanese woman Is
nearly always a wife," she continued.
"Before she fs married she Is not a woman,
but a girl. The unmarried woman Is de
cidedly the exception. I understand the
case la different In America. With us all
the young girls are looked after by their
mothers and fathers. They are all care
fully provided with husbands."
"We don't think people ough to tnarry
unions they are In love." was suggested.
Mme. Ciukl frowned a bit. "This love
It Is a very transient thing," she said,
rather impatiently. " 'Tls not a sensible
reason for marriage. It la much butter
for the wise parents to pick out good men
for their daughter. If you adopt that
method here you would not have so many
divorces.
Jap Wife la Different.
"Then, again, the Japanese wife differs
from the American. We have a much
smaller nuniuer of divorces. That Is be
cause the wlfo Is not all the time think
ing of herself and what Is due to her. She
thinks of the happiness of her family and
she tries to make tt happy Instead of
Imagining wrongs or nursing them at
least. If the women of the west would
sacrifice herself more, if she would strive
toward tht Ideal of family happiness in
stead of individual happiness, then your
divorces would be reduced.
"I don't believe that divorce should be
Impossible, however. Now, one wrong in
our system Is the fact that tha laws are
not equal for men and women. Either con
git a divorce for cruelty or unfaithful
ness or desertion. i
"Out the -ttijUfclioiis that -toy 'our la the
children always belong to the father and,
no matter how bad he is, tha wife cannot
take them away from him when she leaves
him.
"So the wives will suffer almost any
thing lather than ask for separation.
Children Are lileaslna;.
"And as for the children, we have them
In nearly every home; we consider them
blessings and that the house without them
Is, Indeed, unfortunate. I am told that
many of your women do not feel like that.
"We do not have women clubs, but we
hav societies. We have a great patriotic
soclefy for women, and a society for the
study of sanitation and health, and a so
ciety for the promotion of education, in
all these we try to do real work, to justify
the existence of our assemblies. You have
home clubs with similar alms. Hut you
have many others that seem to me rather
foolish, from what I have been told about
them. They seem to be Just talk. A
woman's organization should not exist un
less It can accomplish something.
"Tin re Is no mixed society with us, for
our unmarried gills. Their place Is In the
heme. Sometimes, of course, they meet the
friends of their brothers, but there Is no
mingling ot a formal nature between boys
and girls. Our girls' are taught separately
in their schools and have their tennis
games and dunces to themselves.
Wnuirn Vot In I'olitlra.
"Have e uny suffragettes? No, our
women have done nothing with that move
ment. W have many women workers Tor
better education, but not for politics. As
for myself. 1 think unmarried women who
own property should have the right to
vote, but 1 do not think they should hold
office or appear on tliu public platforms
1 do not think it would be womanly.
"There Is one other Mr difference be-
twiin our women's lives aud yours as we
grow older, we are held In more and more
respect. Here it seems Just the other way.
"Vou talk of your mother-in-law joke
with us she Is often a tragedy. She can
divorce her son's wife, no matter how
much he himself loves the girl. The
mother-in-law Is supposed to live In the
house with them and the hus but to say
that ahe does not cons. dor the girl good
for the family that makes a divorce. Now,
things are somewhat better, and many
girl are refusing to marry, unless they
and their husbands can live alone. That
Is as It should be. Nevertheless, I con
rider our reverence tor the aged woinun a
beautiful thing."
Congregational
Policy Changed
National Council Will Assume Gov
ernorship Over Various Societies
Connected with Denomination.
BOSTON, Oct. K One of the most Im
portant and far-reaching act in tha his
tory of the Congregational body was taken
today when the National Counc.l of Con
gregational wliutcht-s, holding Its tri ennial
session in this city, decided to Invest Itself
Alffli t teati.r Aflmiti'Mtrar 1.'a in.um anri
.-
work out o.n plan whereby the national!
council wouiu nurao governing power
over the various aut luile-a. missionary and
others, connected with the l nomination.
Today's dec.slun to aulaige the adminis
trative function of the national council has
been characterised by one of the delegates
us an attempt to Preaby lerla'.iloe. Congre
gationalism by bringing under one cen-
tialised source of power aud authority
the various churclie and denominational
to.irl .x. ahlch up to the present have
b. en independent bodies.
The action came In the ac-eptan.-e of
lua rrpun ui mi vuiiiiMiurc i wtrm y-i ivb
appointed a uunsidcr manors
ol
church
.llu.
laha Plays an
portant Part
v'v in Convention
Guild k ,-ampbell Talk at Meeting
of the Association of Com
mercial Secretaries.
MILWAUKEE), Wis.. Oct. l.-(Speclal
Telegram.) Omahans played an Important
part In the closing session of the conven
tion of the Central Association of Com
mercial Secretaries, which adjourned here
yesterday to meet next year in Chicago.
J. M. Guild, commissioner of the Omaha
Commercial club, was elected vice presi
dent of the association. He spoke at the
afternoon session on the "Traffic. Man,
saying one reason why Omaha Is getting
so many new Industries Is because the
small affairs of shipping are cared for,
and greatest conveniences are secured by
the Omaha club. "
In an address during the morning on
"City Publicity Kffort," Wilt A. Campbell,
started something by suggesting a conven
tion Information clearing house to serve
all members of the secretaries' association
and furnish to members confidential Infor
mation about conventions, thus saving
cities from wasting effort and money to
socure conventions, or attend them without
knowing from cities formerly entertaining
them, the exact facts about the meetings.
"City publicity effort Is only made ef
ficient when a statewide publicity Is taken
Into consideration and made a part of tha
plan of work." he said. "Out In Nebraska
we are for the state as much as for the
city of Omaha, and It Is a sure Investment
for a city to boost for the state In which
It Is located."
J. M. Guild was made chairman of the
executive committee of the central as
sociation. Commercial club executives'
secretaries agreed to act on W. A. Camp
bell's suggestion for a confidential bureau
of convention Information to be conducted
with headquarters In Omaha.
Methodists Are
Kor Suffrage and
County Option
Ministers of South Dakota, in Con
ference at Mitchell, Adopt Reso
lutions Endorsing the Plan.
MITCHELL, S. D., Oct. 16. (Special Tel
egram. Woman suffrage has held a suc
cessful Inning before the Methodist con
ference In this city. The preachers en
dorsed the movement and today the 100
laymen of church in the'r convention
adopted a resolution prepared by 11. S.
Mouser of Huron. The resolution calls for
the unqualified endorsement and support
of a suffrage amendment at the coming
election. The county option amendment
received the same strong endorsement from
the .laymen. t" ' '" , ..
Six laymen debated the question of re
ducing the five district superintendents to
four with the sentiment of audience at the
end of debate being In favor of retention
of five. Bishop Neulson Joined in the dis
cussion with the statement that the super
intendents really ought to be increased to
six, that the work was too heavy for the
five. Bishop Neulson and his cabinet has
been In session a gooW share of the day
endeavoring to solve the question of dis
tributing the three places of district super
Intendents for the conference.
Lunacy on the
Increase in the
German Army
Startling Statement by Dr. Krnuse
Who Has Made Observations Dur
' ing Past Twelve Years.
BERLIN. Oct. 1. (Special Cablegram.)
The statement of Dr. Krnusse, a military
surgeon of Berlin, In which he submits
statistics to prove his assertion that dur
ing the last twelve years cases of lunacy
In the German army have doubled, has
caused widespread astonishment In mili
tary circles.
Dr. Krausse says this Increase Is due to
the greater demand on the soldiers' brain
and their physical endurance. In the navy,
he says. It la due to the sudden and rapid
changes In climate during voyages. He
claims that the increased tax on the men
tal and physical endurance of soldiers dur
ing this period Is wonderful. While fight
ing natives in South Africa, he says, five
in each 109 ot the German soldiers suffered
mental collapse.
WIEDERWIESER FUNERAL HELD
Body of the Lata Mrs. Margaret W I r d -ernleaer
l.atd to Hrat After Cere
mony Saturday Morning.
The funeral services for the late Mrs.
Margaret Wiederwleser, who died Tuesday
afternoon at her home, weie held at 8
o'clock Saturday morning at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. John L. Krage, t:c,3
South Ninth street. Bongs were sung by
the Omaha Maennerchor. Following the
services at the hbme, mass was held at the
St. Mary Magdalene church, where Father
Slnne officiated. The pallbearers were:
George Hoffman. Henry Hoffmeister, Paul
Paulson. George Bauer, Albert Bolerls and
Frtd Mer.scdoht. Hurlal was in the Gel -man
Catholic cemetery at South Omaha.
Oklahoma Indians Arc to
Have Agricultural Fair
GUTH1E. Okl..
gram.) The first
Oct. 16. (Special Tele
geneial fulr of the
Cheyenne and Aral shoe Ind'an will be
held at Weatherfor.l. Okl.. October 18, 1
and - Superintendents of the govern
ment subagencies and tha farmers em
ployed by ti e government to Instruct the
Indians In farming are appealing to the
Indians to attend the fair.
If the Indiana sliould iftJo'id. there
j would be nearly J.wO on the grounds. Most
j f them live tn their tepees Many of the
indlnns will take and active part In the
fiUr l)y M.r.ding exhibits of produce, live
itock , po ..Itry. arll.Jes of domestic handl-
. WOrk, Including bead work, buckskin gar-
n,.nts. he"J dresses, etc.
DOLLIVEll BUBIAL
TO BE TUUltSDAY
Suddenness of Death of United States
Senator Great Shock to Friends
in Nation.
MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCE MANY
President Tait Sends Sympathetic
Telegram from Beverly.
COMMITTEE TO ATTEND FUNERAL
Vice President Sherman Selects Num
ber of Senators to Act.
BUEKETT SPEAKS OF DEAD MAN
Feel that Moat Lovable Member of
I pper Ilonae Haa Gone Public
Pnblte Men Riiirrii Grief
t Death.
FORT DODGE, Ia. Oct. 18. Funeral
services for Senator Jonathan P. Dolllver
will be held on Thursday at 2 o'clock, tt
was announced today. The suddenness of
Mr. Dolllver's death yesterday from heart
disease, while a physician was listening to
the Irregular beats of the organ with a
stethoscope, took everyone so much by
surprise, that that some of the funeral
arrangements are only tentative.
According to the present plans, the obse
quies will be in chargo of Rev. W. H.
Spence, pastor of the First Methodist
Episcopal church of Fort Dodge. Bishop
Luther B. Wilson of Pennsylvania, Dr.
Frank Gunsaulus of Chicago, Dr. Newell
Dwlght Hlllls of New York City, and Gov
ernor B. F. Carroll of Iowa, have been In
vited to make funeral orations for the
senior senator of Iowa. If the weather is
good on Thursday, the services will be
held on the lawn of the Dolllver home. It
this Is not feasible, the orations will be
delivered, In the First Methodist Episcopal
church. Burial will be In Oakland ceme
tery, Fort Dodge, by the side of Senator
Dolllver's parents.
Senator A. B. Cummins arrived today to
ass" st the family In Its bereavement, to aid
In carrying the arrangements for the fu
neral. F.renti Recalled.
Everybody In Fort Dcdge Is in mourning
today for the loss of the town's most
noted citizen. The suddenness of the Sena
tor's demise caused a shock from which
the people have not yet recovered. Last
evening a little less than an hour before
death came, Senator Dolllver' chatted
cheerfully with Mayor S. J. Bennett, a life
long friend. Only an hour before h a de
mise, Mr. Dolllver spoke hopefully of his
recovery to District Judge R. M. Wright,
who called ask after the senator's health.
During the afternoon Senator Dolllver
took a. walk in his garden,, which had heen
one of his pleasures. He Seemed normal In
appeafance and talked to several callers In
the shade of a large tree, where had for
mally rehearsed many of the speeches that
had made him famous as an orator. To
those who called the senator talked pleas
antly and optimistically. He repeatedly
expressed the belief that he would soon bo
completely recovered. He even spoke In
cidentally of some plans for the future.
Hundreds of telegrams of sympathy poured
In on Mrs. Dolllver today from all parts
of the country. Nearly every member of
both houses of congress sent condolences.
Messages also came from most of the
governors and from the president, cabinet
officers and public men.
COMMITTEE TO ATTEND FINRHAI,
Vice President Sherman Name Mem
ber of Senate.
WASHINGTON, Oct. lfi. Vice President
Sherman has designated the following
members to act as a committee from the
United States senate to attend the funeral
of the late Senator Jonathan P. Dolllver
of Iowa, at Fort Dodge on Thursday, Octo
ber 20, at 2 p. m. : Senators Cummins,
Bailey, Elklns, Paynter, Nelson, Burrows,
Kean, Clapp, Beverldge, Shlveley, Burkett
and Money.
Sergeant-at-Arms Ransdell has advised
all the members of the committee of theli
appointment and Informed them that they
would be expected to gather at Fort Dodge
by the time fixed for the funeral.
BKVERLY. Mass.. Oct. 16. President
Taf ttoday sent the following telegram to
Mrs. J. P. Dolllver at Fort Dodge, Ia.:
"Mrs. Taft and I extend to you our heart
felt sympathy In your great sorrow. The
nervate has lost one of Its ablest debaters
and most brilliant statesmen.
"The country has lost a faithful public
servant."
MOST I.OVAHI.K MAW IX SENATE
Senator Burkett Deeply Grieved at
New r'rom Fort Dodge.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Oct. 16. (Special.) "I was
deeply grieved to hear of the death of
Senator Dolllver." said Senator Burkett
this morning. "He was the most lovable
character In the senate without any doubt.
He was a man one could not know and
not love. He was a power in the senate
and his death Is a distinct lo..a to t!ie
country.
"I had a letter from Senator Dolllver
last Sunday. He had promised me that
he would open the campaign In Lincoln
and Omaha and he wrote me to say thai
It was doubtful If he would be able to fill
his engagement. I called his house by tele
phone a day later and at that time he was
(Continued on Second Page.)
It ha.; been arranged that the Indians
theinf-elws shall be the Initiative in con
ducting the fair, that they may be en
couraged to continue tne work In later
years. To attract the indifferent Indian."
there will be all kinds of Indian sports
tach day of the fair.
The federal government 1 working hard
to had the Cheyenne sn.l Araahoes Into
an agricultural life. Two hundred and sixty
acres f choice laud In the valley of the
north Canadian river, near the old Men
tion. te mlsMon, close to Daillngton. has
been set aside for use as a demons! ration
farm. An advisory board of expert and
practical white farmers will be appoint. i
to assist In tha management ' tais firm.
New Rules. Comfort
7 ' 1
. 0! I'm S2
OftZr I they've modTe foot-
i. SSSnnriL ball safe and.
harmless."
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From the Chicago Evening Post
IIURTZ CAUGHT IN FLIGHT
Man Who Shot Stanley Ketchel
Recognized by Farmer.
SAYS SHOT IN SELF-DEFENSE
Quarrel with PuajllUt Over Remarks
Made to Woman 'Whan Ordered
Him to Thow Up Hands Shot
When Refused.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Oct 16. Walter A.
Hurts, who ' shot and1 killed, Stanley
Ketchel, world's middleweight champion
yesterday morning, was captured at the
home of Thomas Haggard, one mile from
Niangua, Mo. Hurts was taken to the
Webster county Jail at Marsh f told, where
he la being plasely guard '.",;
. After being placed .IdAjiIs cell the
prisoner made a statement, -in which
declared he shot Ketehell In self defense.
He says he ordered the prize fighter to
throw up his hands and when he did not
obey him, he fired.
Late laBt night, overcome with hunger
and fatigue, from fleeing through the
rough Ozark country, Hurts reached the
home of Thomas Haggard, where he ap
plied for a place to sleep and something
to eat. He was given food and a bed.
At that' time Haggard had not heard of
the shooting, but a short time later
learned of the affair, tie also received a
description of the slayer and for several
hours, while Hurts was sleeping, he- stood
guard with a shotgun. Shortly after 4
o'clock this morning. Haggard secured the
services of three neighbors and they
awakened Hurts at the' point of a gun.
They forced the man to roll up his sleeves
and, finding a tattoo mork there, accused
him of having killed Ketehell. The man
then broke down and admitted the shoot
ing. He was then turned over to the of
ficers and taken to Marshfleld. Hurts In
telling the story of the shooting asserts
Ketchel made Insulting remarks to Goldle
Smith, a cook, employed at the farm. He
says words passed between Ketchel and
himself and he then demanded the prize
fighter to throw up his hands. When the
champion refused to do this he declared
he was to frightened, knowing Ketchel
carried a revolver that he fired, and with
out hardly realizing what he had done,
fled.
Goldle Smith, the woman In thu case,
will be taken to the Webster county Jail
and will be held pending an Imjuest which
will be held tomorrow.
Funeral services over the body of the
f.ghter were held at the Elks club here,
today, and tomorrow the corpse will be
taken to Grand Rapids. Mich., the home of
Ketchel's parents. The body will be ac
companied by R. P. Diekerson, with whom
Ketchel was visiting at the time he decided
to buy a ranch In this county.
HIGH INTEREST IN LAND SALE
nilllna Man Wlrea to D. Clem Denver
that Many Are Attending; and
Prtcea Are Low.
in response to a telegram from D. Clem
Weaver of the Burlington land department,
V. D. Hunter of Billings, Mont., wired yes
terday that high Interest Is being shown
in the opening of the land sale In that
section. According to Mr. Hunter about
GO persons are in attendance and prices
ire ranging from 12 to per auie.
Several articles
were found last
week.
Didyoulosethem?
i
They are advertised In the Lost
and Found columns cf The Bee
from day to day.
People have learned to look for
such things here.
Thousands are reading tha want
ads today.
Read them yourself.
They are newsy.
Everybody reads Beo want
add.
Mother, if They Don't Help Game Much
Mrs. Mackay Sees
the Coming of
Equal Suffrage
Pledge of President Braga of Por
tugal to Be the Opening Wedge
for Universal Suffrage.
NEW YORK. Oct. 16. (Special Telegram.)
Portugal may mark the beginning of equal
suffrage for the entire civilized world, was
the declaration today of Mrs. Clarence
Mackay, president of the Equal Franchises
society. In fact, the announcement ot Presi
dent Braga that the coming national
assembly of the new republlo of Portugal
would be elected by universal suffrage has
caused great enthusiasm . among the New
York votaries of the suffrage canae.-
1t President Braga but keeps his word,"
said Mrs. Mackay today, "the revolution In
Portugal will become more historical for
what It will do for the cause of woman
suffrage than for what It will do In merely
bringing about the freedom of that country.
"With such a scholar of modern condi
tions at the head of tho government as Dr.
Braga, It Is more than likely that he will
do as he says, grant universal suffrage
and the effect of this would be world wide.
"It would unquestionably be the opening
wedge that would eventually bring about
universal suffrage in all civilized and pro
gressive countries and I am confident
President Braga realizes fully 'the oppor
tunity that Is being offered for his country
to play an important role In the future
history of the world's social and political
development.
"He can make the revolution In Portugal
count as much for the political freedom of
women the world over as the American
revolution has counted for national free
dom, and I feel certain he will."
NEW RURAL LETTER CARRIERS
Names of Nebraakana Chosen for Fed
eral Service In Thl
State.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Oct. 15. (Special
Telegram.) Rural carriers appointed for
Nebraska routes are as follows:
Davey, route 1. Lynn D. Mitchell, carrier.
Pearl Mitchell substitute; Decatur, route 1.
Martin G. Gary, carrier, John Tellfero
substitute; Elba, route 1, Walter C. Holm,
carrier, Holger P. Holm substitute; Far
well, route Z. Harry H. Bangert, carrier,
no substitute; Funk, route 1, Frank A.
Williams, carrier, no substitute; Laurel,
route t, Wllsom McCabe, carrier, John
Batenon substitute; Ruskln, route 1,
William I. Magee, carrier, no substi
tute; Scotia, route 1. Harry J. Cook
(reinstated), no substitute; Table Rock,
route S. Carl W. Beck, carrier, George
G. Lyman substitute; Upland, route
t, James P. Nelson, carrier, no substitute.
MOONSHINE STILLS RAIDED
Posse In Clay County, Kentucky,
Drinollsh Two la rare Outfit and
Arrest ft!x People.
LONDON, Ky.. Oct. 16. Pi obably the
most successful raids ever made on a
moonshine still In Kentucky was success
fully concluded tonight when Deputy Mar
shal Thompson and Deputy Collector
Illlgnlte and a posse ret imed from Clay
county. Tw o large stills were demolished
and I.eandtr Reld. Martha Reld, John
Powell. William Anderson, Dan Bowling
and Thomas Gray . were arrested and
brought to Jail here. Thirteen other war
rant were lsfued tonight.
Free Iron Ore
Beaten
Collier's
In the lower houfo the republican ma
chine. Including such stalwarts as Cannon
hln.felf, Payne, the author of the bill, even
I'aliell of lltti-hurg, rtcognlzlng the rea
sonableness of free Iron ore, put It on toe
free list. And there It would have stayed
but for. the senate. In that body Mr. Ald
ricl.'s finance committee Introduced an
amendment putting a duly of Zl cents a
lun on iron ore. When the vote on this
ainer.ilrne.nt came tn the senate, just
twenty-four senators voted for iree Iron
ore. They were:
Republican,
ivvn idfce, Ind,
Horah. Ma.
Bribtow, Kan.
f 'eniocrats.
Clarke. Ark.
( '.iluei son, Tex.
(lore, Okl.
niTCIIC'JCK MAKES REPLY
Tells of His Dealings with Joseph
Bartley, Former Treasurer.
TAKES A SLAP AT METCALFE
Refers to Hla Former Editor In Ills
Answer by Calling- 111m Hartley's
Friend Telia of Ills
Trials.
O. M. Hitchcock, candidate for senator,
after returning from a speaking trip and
incubating over an answer to the charges
made 'by Edgar Howard of Columbus,
makes the following explanation and re
Jolner: "First I have read the alleged proof
furnished by Edgar Howard that I had
borrow'ed "state' funds and still owe the
state treasury money.
"Second After reading It. I repeat my
previous declaration that I never borrowed
state funds and do not owe the state
treasury any money.
"Third When Edgar Howard wrote me
that wicked reports were being circulated
about me and offered under certain con
ditions to come to my defense, I remem
bered ' former attempts to blackmail me
by Insinuations that I had borrowed some
of the money which Bartley embezzled as
state treasurer.
"Fourth Instead of opening negotiations
with Edgar Howard and arranging to se
cure his support, I told him to start the
attack.
"Fifth He does so by producing a muti
lated photographic copy of a letter writ
ten by me to Bartley May 30, 1896, In whlcli
I say:
" Refferlng to conversations with you 1
beg to say that I would like to make out
new notes as- follows;'
One due. September 1 $M0
One due October 1 10,
One due November 1 10"
One due December 1 W'
One due January 1, 16 50u
"'The latter 1 mlg ask to have ex
tended in part. The others will be paid at
maturity with Interest. Will of course pay
the Interest on the present notes.'
nrfcra to Old .ol.
"Sixth This letter shows or tends to
show that I provided for the taking up of
an old note for Sl.OOCt by dividing It Into
five Khort time notes with a view to early
payment.
"Seventh Those notes, as a matter of
fact, were psld, dollar for dollar.
"Elgrth The letter Howard reproduces
speaks of the "ltresent note,' which Implies
necessarily that there was only one note
which remained unpaid on that date, 1. e..
May ', 1S95.
"Ninth Origins lly the loan had been for
a larger amount snd was made at the
time that Mr. Bartley was In the banking
and money lending business, at Atkinson,
Neb. He was considered a man of wealth.
My recollection Is that the original amount
was 12,000. It was borrowed four years be
fore lie became a defaulter.
"Tenth Mr. Howard says he haa evi
dence of other and larger amounts that I
borrowed of Bartley. Ills statement Is
false. Except for the original loan I mad?
of Bnrtley when he was a banker and
money lender, a well as state treasurer,
which I have described above, I never
borrowed any money of him. The only
other claim he ever had against me 1 set
forth In paragraph twelve.
IlltrhcocU Heavily In Debt.
"Eleventh In those days I was heavily In
debt and struggling to save the World -Ke:ald
from bankruptcy. At that time th
(Continued n beron.l Page.)
Was
by Democrats
Weekly.
Urown, Nrb.
luirke it. Ni b.
I'lapp, Mmn.
Cra wford, r. D.
Cummins, la.
Crrila, Kan.
I lolllvrr, la.
I iu l orn, 1 el.
Itophes, Co'o.
' : xvlsnds, Nev.
Overman. N. C.
Kavio i , Mil.
Ehlvely Ind.
Fir'lli, Md.
.Smith, S. C.
(iamble, 8. D. ;
A Foilette, Wis.
Nelson, Minn.
Observe that the republican list Is longer
than the democratic list; more republicans
than demortats voted for free iron ore.
Eighteen rmocrats. nearly two-thirds of i
the whole number In the senate, voted I
asslnst free Iron ore. Verv mnrh mnr.l
hard fighting for lower duties 'was done
by Insurgents than by democrats.
WELLMAN SAILS
CLOSETO S1I0KE
Airship, Like Phantom ia Foj, Spoken
by Wirelesi Somewhere East of
Nantucket Island.
SAILING ALONG WITHOUT POWER
Wind Favorable and Usual Steamship
Course Followed.
i
SIGNAL "ALL'S WELL" FEOMCEAFT
But for Mist Airship Might Have
Been Visible.
PROBABLY PASSED OVER SHOALS
Jnrk Irnln, Operator oa Halloon,
Semis Repented Meaaaarea to Sta
tion at Staseomett Whera
Formerly stationed.
SIASCONSETT, Mass., Oct. l.-8ome-where
east of Nantucket Island, oft the
Cost of Massachusetts, and approximately
SO.) miles from Atluntlc City, the starting
point, Walter Wellinan's airship, America,
sl.Tnalled a wireless "Alls Well" and a
goodbye at 12 :4.1 o'clock this afternoon and
swung on up the coast through tha fog.
This message, the last of the day's wire
less conversations, was received here by
A. H. Oinman, the Marconi operator, who
had been on the alert since dawn.
At 9 o'clock this morning Blasconsett
first came Into touch with the giant
dirigible. Then, although tha wireless
range of the craft Is comparatively short,
owing to necessarily limited power and
antinae, the station was surprised to hear
Its call "M3" clear and strong followed
by "W" tho code signature of the air
ship. Judging from the strength of the
signals, it was assumed that the America
was In close proximity to Nantucket and
immediately all the life saving satlons and
light houses on the Island were notified
by telephone to keep a sharp outlook.
But the fog, which had enshrouded the
America since her departure yesterday
morning, still hung over the ocean shut
ting off the view. The Marconi station,
however, began a rapid fire of interroga
tions and learned from "Jack" Irwin, the
America's operator that the ship's motors
hda sloped and that the dirigible was
heading east-northeast and making twenty
five miles an hour with the wind.
Close to Nantucket.
Nantucket's excitement was acute, but
with motors idle the airship salcd alon
as silently as a phantom In the sky, whoia '
ordinarily then engine's evhaust could have
reverberated along the coast. However.
the elctrlc voice of the Marconi station
filled In at times what tha eye and tha
tar were denied and intermittently the
operator here .exchanged greetings witi
the-ir late, associate, who, 1( will b rvalie4
received at this station tha dramatic "C
Q. D," from the Ill-fated steamship He
public at 10:30 a. in., signals form the dflW '
gible became suddenly stronger and-tt was
momentarily expected that tho' America
would come In sight ot the station. Irwin
in fact, flashed that he thought ha could
hear the sound of the breakers, but the
fog effectually shut the craft from view,
although she was probably passing over
the shoals surrounding the Island.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
From that time on the signals from the
airship grew steadily weaker until finally
at 12:46 a message was flashed from h"r
asking If everything aboard was all right.
Faintly came the reply "yes," and fainter
two letters "G. B." (Good bye.)
Assume Will Croa the Oees.
Unable to take observations In the fog,
the America's exact position remained un
known throughout the day, as has been
the case since It set (-ail. Its course, how
ever, has been along the steamship lines,
and as no word to the contrary has been
received, the assumption Is that Mr. Well
man, with fifty days' fuel and fifty days'
provisions aboard, is adhering to his plan
of crossing the Atlantic and landing on
the British isles. It Is likely that no
further wireless word from the airship will
be received here, but a dozen or mors
liners fitted with wireless were In Its zone
tonight.
The airship America, bound across the.
Atlantic, was sighted fifty miles north of
Scotland lightship at 6 o'clock last evening.
This Is the lateM message from It. Jt was
sent by wireless at 9 o'clock last night and
announced that the America was working
rteadlly In a northeastern course, making
fifteen knots an hour.
"She looked like a large sailing vessel
up In the air," was the descrlptlv pas
sago In tho message of the Cosmos wire
less man.
It was very foggy, but tha message said
the glitter of the balloon's wireless ap
paratus was sighted overhead before the
sound of the message itself rang on the
steamship's keyboard.
The first attempt to make a flight over s
the Atlantic ocean from continent to con
tinent began at g oclock yesterday morn
ing, when the huge dirigible balloon
America started from Atlantic City with
Walter Wellman In command, a party of
five men, one of whom Is also a navigator,
one an expert wireless telegraph operator
and the othurs engineer.
Start Out In a Fob;.
The start was made lit the thickness ot
a great fog and with a slapping breeze
blowing to the northeast. In ten minute
from the time the America rose a mon
stious creation with a cigar shaped gas
bag 225 feet long and fifty feet In diameter
In . Its center, bearing two motors, one
ninety, the other eighty-horse )ioer, and
two bt propellers the giant airship h-d
slipped out of sight In the gray huze. It
went away with motors sllont and pro
pellers motionless, taking th wind to sea
for her motive power.
But though the America swiftly faded
from the sight of the watchers on short.
Jark Irwin. Its wireless operator, kept up
a running fire of messages, describing the
progress of the big machine messages that
weie picked, up at different stations. Gen
eiully these n esseges told of the America
mulling steady progress at the rate of
about fifteen knots an hour. Its motors
ruming smoothly. Its rudder working per
fectly and everything shipshape on tha
first day's atleinpt to make history.
Wellman. head of the exposition, said ha
hoped to cross ths Atlantic ocean In eight
or ten dsys. At fifteen knots an hour h
is makr.g the . speed of a slow liner. Hi
carrier gasoline sufficient to work th
motors fifty days snd the America is fltte
with a device by wnlch the navluator ex
pects to be able to conserve tha gas it
