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VOL. XL-XO. 25.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1910-SEVEN SECTION'S nIJTV4X)Ull PAGES.
SINGLE COPV FIVE CENTS.
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EMERY OUTLINES
PLANS OP ACTION
Chairman of the Tariff Commission
Talks to Members of Chicago
Association of Commerce. .
URGE3 A PERMANENT BOARD
Proposes an Organization Free from
All Partisan Influence.
DEFINES TH ESCOPE OF POWER
Shows Necessity for Maintaining Some
Sense in Handling Affairs.
TELLS DIFFERENCE IN METHODS
Fallest Pnbltrlty fhoold Be Ulven In
OrArr that the People Mar Know
W hat la Being pone at All
Times.
CHiCAGO, Pee. 1 Henry C. Kmery,
hsirman of the tariff commission, tonigtit
pavo the first official utterance regarding
the definite alnm of that body. In an ad
dress mada before members of tha Chicago
Aisoriatlnn of Commerce, following a ban
ru't at the Oongrers hotel He made a
ntartilng plea for a permanent tariff board
or commission, free from partisan Influence,
to conduct an extended Invent! nation Into
the industrial effects of tha tariff and then
to ravine the various schedule without par
tisan Interference.
It may be asnimert that Chairman Emery
apoka frr and with the approval of Presi
dent Tart
Tho main work of Investigating the in
dustrial effects of our tariff had been
divided Into three main part, he said, re
quiring three sets of investigators of dif
ferent types. The first part Is the collec
tion of facts regarding each dutiable
article, showing the character and localisa
tion of Ita production at home and abroad,
statistics of output. Imports and exports,
rates of duty reduced to ad valorem term,
and tha Ilka.
(onimrlion of Costa Important.
The second part of the work Is the col
lection of data regarding costs of produc
tion at tha mill. Tha third consists of ob
taining Information from the best experts
regarding homo and foreign prices, local
variation In each Industry and the general
conditions of competition at home and
abroad.
The first part of tha work, he said, can
bo pushed rapidly, but tha second part and,
to some extent, tha third must be con
centrated for tha time being on a few
main lines of Inquiry and carried out with
caution.
The speaker mentioned the different
groups of Investigators In each flold and
referred to the fact that experts on cost
accounts would In a few weeks have th
actual conversion costs at tha mill of every
leading pulp and paper plant In tha coun
try, taken directly from tha books, and
would then be ready - to take up at one
the next schedule. .
Schedules o lie Considered First.
"You can appreciate the necessity wa are
under of concentrating our chief efforts at
first on a lew main lines," said ' Mr.
Emmy, "Naturally every one who - has
om personal grievance thinks his par
ticular schedule Is tha one that needa Im
mediate revision, while we have had a
vast amount of earnest and public spirited,
but utterly conflicting advice as to what
we ought to taka up first and exactly
when we ought to have tha work com
pleted. Whether wisely or unwisely wa de
cided to concentrate for the moment on
schedule M (pulp and paper), shedule K
(wool and woolen?) and schedule O (farm
products). Preliminary work Is being dona
on schedule A (chemicals), schedule C
(mctala and manufactures of) and sched
ule I (cottons.) and the mora detailed work
on these will be begun as soon as possible.
Furthermore w are detaining many spe
cial report from technical expert, both at
home and abroad, covering a wide range
of articles In other schedules, which will
later form tha basis for mora detailed In
vestigation. '
"At the moment, besides th members of
the board, the statistician and tha strictly
tdmtnibtratlva force, we have four chiefs
af Investigation, eight trained Investigators
employed on tha flrsV part of the work
and about an equal number of clerk to
inHiit them, about a dosen consulting or
technical expert devoting a part of their
lime to th third part of the work, or to
report on special topic, ond twelve men
In tha field getting actual cost figure
from th books of Individual producers."
"There has been." said Mr. Emory,
"much misunderstanding about hearings
before the board, and many manufacturers
have wondered how wa can be Investigating
their schedules without consulting them.
The answer la that we consider It wast
of time for all parties cor.cerned to have
them appear before us in formal hearings
until we have first made a thorough study
of the Industry and know Just what we
. are after. When this has been don we
hall invite th testimony of all Interested
laitirs. W shall lay our results openly
on tb table for any one to criticise,
amend, or disprove."
Hnl Sanity la Needed.'
The speaker then urged strongly th
nne.lty for maintaining a can sense of
proportion retarding the lnfluenoe, whether
tor good or evil, of tariffs and of tariff
investigation.
"Just as titers are soma who give practi
illy all the credit for prosperity to the
tariff. aJ others who think the tariff the
aue of ii. it misfortunes," lie said,
"there ur those who think an Impartial
liiY-MlK.u;. u ..f the tariff Is a menace to
all busliit-.'s, nj others who think that
null an Invr A it-atiuu will, by son, magic
process, at o'ue nui ke every man Income
adequate for his expenditure and solve the
nx. -U'Htf problem ef making both end
met i.
Many economic theorlMa hav attempted
to find the plilloopher'a stone by means of
vlilcti prices cuulii -be made bttfh to all
who wish them high, and low to all a h
m. li t)'.. in low. it would be a fine thing
If the fu.-iner coulj always get II a bushel
for his wheat, and the worklngman pay
only il a barrel tor his flour. Many people
are Inclined to held a government respon
sible which dues not accomplish such feat
v? alchemy, and tliu work of any govoi a
niiont agency is gieatly hampered by th
absence of a tune understanding f what
It can, and what it cannot do."
Heme ul rr-tn MelhotSs llftr.
Mr. t.inery showed the difference be
tween fcurtiiiin ,1 American incihuda of
tariff making. i.i primed out mat the
reason why such e'eborai Investigations
l ad not been necessary abroad was he
iauk in those countries there ware bodies
r-
tc'uutlnued on Second Pay
Aldrich Names
His Appointees
in Good Seaosn
Governor-Elect Announces Fifteen
Names He lias Decided Upon
for State Offices.
DAVID CITY, Neb. Dec. S. (Special.)
Governor-elect Aldrich ha reached an
early decision In the matter of some of
hi principal appointment and this after
noon gave out the following statement:
"In the matter of appointments I have
reached a decision upon the following and
will at the proper time make them:
"Chief deputy oil Inspector, William
Husenetter of IJnwood, Neb.
"Deputy oil Inspector for First district,
Will B. Jay. Lincoln.
"Deputy oil Inspector for Fourth dis
trict. James Schoonover, Aurora.
"Chief deputy game warden, Henry N.
Miller of Wahoo, Neb.
"Chief deputy state veterinarian, Dr. A.
Bostrom of Mlnden, Neb.,
"Superintendent of Beatrice Institute for
Feeble Minded, Dr. W. N. Thomas of
Tlckrell.
"Steward of Beatrice school, Amos Queln
of Beatrice.
"Chief deputy fire commissioner, Charles
A. Randall of Newman Qrov.
"Secretary to fir Commission, Miss
Mamie Muldoon of Omaha.
"Superintendent of Boys' Industrial
schoo.l Kearney, C. B. Manuel.
"Secretary to the governor, L. B. Fuller
of David City.
Chief clerk, governor' office. I S.
Flcgenbaum of Geneva.
"Record clerk, governor' office, C. C.
Husted of Lincoln.
"Warden of state penitentiary, James
Delehanty of Clay Center.
"Chief deputy labor commissioner, Louis
V. Guy of Omaha." '
Population of United
States Will Excee d
Estimtae by Million
Gain of Twenty Per Cent in States
Already Received and Tabulated
by Census Office.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 The population
of tha United States should be 91.193,490, If
the rate of Increase shown by states on
which complete return have been re
ceived and tabulated by tha census office
la maintained. Counting New Mexico and
Arlxona for present purpose as states, the
full return of the enumeration hav been
tabulated for thirty-three out of the fort
nlne and the District of Columbia. They
how a grand total of 86,856.178 as against
BS.2S9.8M for tha same area in 1830.
This la a gain of 20 per cent over tha 75,
W4.576 Indicated by the census of 1900. A
corresponding Increase for the sixteen re
maining state would bring the figure for
tha entire country up to th number stated.
The states not yet. announced are Arkan
sas. Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mon
tana, New Jersey, oNrth Dakota. North
Carolina, South Carolina, 8outh Dakota,
Texas, Utah. Washington, Wisconsin and
Wyoming. Of these It 1 expected that
Texas and Washington will show very
lareg Increases.
Georgia, New Jersey, Montana, Utah.
Wyoming and the Dakotas will go beyond
th average, so that there Is little doubt
that the exact graid total will be even
mora han tha present tabulation Ind'cates.
It would not be surprising If the aggregate
would be almost 81.600,000, which la a mil
lion and a half mora than has been gerer
ally estimated.
The aggregate Increase ,ln the . thirty
three grand- division accounted for la U,
0.M2. Oklahoma with 10J.7 per cent and
Idaho with 101.8, per cent are 'the. only
state whose Increases' have run over 100
per cent and Iowa Is tha only state which
has shown a decrease.
August Belmont is ,
to Have Chance to
: Recite the Facts
Before New York Legislative Com
mittee This Week to Tell About
Bribery in Last Legislature.
NEW YORK. Dec. ..-(Special Telegram.)
Aurruet Belmont showed deep annoyance
today when his attention was called to the
testimony given before the legislative com
mission that 1 Investigating the bribery
of the legislature to defeat tha anti-racing
laws testimony regarding a so-called cor
ruption .fund, aald to have been raised In
Ide the Jockey club to defeat this legis
lation. Earlier In tha waek he had scolded
the counsel to th committee for calling
him as a witness, saying he knew nothing
whatever of tha matters at Issue. But to
day his frame of mind had radically
changed.
"I will demand to be heard by tha com
mittee," said Mr. Belmont with a show
of heat. "There 1 a great deal of misin
formation abroad regarding my connection
with the Jockey club, and I mean to have
an opportunity to put myself right, even
though I have to create It myself."
Mr. Belmont will hav hi wish when h
Is called before tha committee next week
and I questioned a second time.
Frank K. Sturges. treasurer of tha Jockey
club, ha testified that a large sum of
money was aent to Albany In 19o and that
Mr. Belmont had charge of a large portion
of tha cash, and that it waa distributed On
his "O. K."
Isadora Kressell, assistant counsel for
th commission, said today he bad trace
of about i!,0u0 sent to Albany by the
Jockey club. Thi amount has nothing to
do with th sum subscribed by th Me
tropolitan run association, the organisa
tion of bookmakers.
MRS. PAXTO?. DANGEROUSLY ILL
Aged Oaisks Wsiass la Critical f.
alt Ion at California Health
Retort.
Mr. William A." Paxton. sr., who itn
been at Los Angelas. Ca!., v!"i hr
daughter-in-law. Mrs. W. A, xton, Jr.,
sinre early autumn. Is seriously III. Mr,
i'axion has teen in falling health fur sev
eral months. She went to California with
ber daughter-in-law In tha hope that the
change of climate would prove beneficial.
James Ware of Blair, brother of Mrs
Paxton. sr., has started to Los Apxale
on the receipt of a mesaaga telling of his
sister' serious eonuiuua.
ENGLAND PACING
GBEATTK0UBLE
Elections Begin and the Entire
Country is Thoroughly Aroused as
the Result is Predicted.
HOUSE OF LORDS IS THREATENED
Liberals Making a Stronj Fight to
Secure Control.
INTERESTING BATTLE IS WAGED
Americans Playing an Important Part!
in British Politics.
WOMEN TAKE PART IN CAMPAIGN
Adopt tba Plan of Tearing the Conn-,
try In Aatomobltrt, Perkins to
Secore Votes for Relatives
and Friends.
LONDON, Dec. 1 Returns from thirty
two districts, representing thirty-four seats,
show that the unionists have won sixteen
seats, the liberals fourteen and tha labor
party four. The results were as follows:
Liberal, Bury. Stafford, Knlford (west),
Manchester (southwest). Scarborough, Man
chester (northwest), Manchester (north).
Bhoredltch, Halifax (one seat liberal and
on labor), Rochdale, Bhoredltch (Haggers
town), Derby (two seats, 'one liberal and
one labor), Lincoln and Bradford.
The unionists won In Winchester, Sal
ford (south), Birmingham. Ashtonunder
Tyne, Stalybridge, Warrington, Camberwell,
Wlgam, Darlington, Salisbury, Birmingham
(east)' Hastings, Kings Lynn, Oxford, Dav
enport (two seats) and Gravesend.
The labor party won In Manchester
(northeast), Manchester (east), Halifax and
Derby.
A compared with the last, election the
liberal have lost five and gained only one,
the unionist have won six and lost only
one, while tha labor party ha lost one to
the unionists.
LONDON, Dec. S.-(8peclaI Cablegram.)
The greatest struggle which Great Brit
ain' has faoed since the passage of the re
form bill. If Indeed not since th time of
Cromwell, wa begun today when the first
constituencies In which there are contests
spoke In tha election which Is to decide for
the time. If not for all time, whether the
House of Lords Is to coninue a an ef
fective part of the legislative machinery
of the empire. The first round of the
great fight ha been Indecisive and leaves
both tha contestants determined to battle
with renewed vigor for the final decision.
If the liberals win to no man will more
credit be due than to a son of an Ameri
can mother, Winston Churchill, who Is to
day, with the possible exception of David
Lloyd-George, the most commanding figure
In British publlo lit. He strikes a mora
statesmanlike note than doe Lloyd-George.
II ha not tha latter' power of remorse
less raillery, , but his speeches display
deeper thought and -mots rAaCly Adapta
bility to varying surroundings. They are
alike in being fearlesa and devoid of rev
erence (or Institutions because they are
pi -
Premier Asquith Is almost lost behind tha
commanding personalities of hi two Irre
pressible lieutenant.
Tha American Mother.
Winston's mother. Lady Randolph
Churchill (who was Jennie Jerome of
New York), accompanies him to most of
his meetings, being anxious lest tha suffra
gettes may carry out their threat to dis
able him.
. Churchill Infuriate the suffragettes by
the contemptuous coolness with which he
receive their assaults and they have
sworn to malm Mm, although ha Is favor
able to woman suffrage.
Never at any prevloua election have
there been so many candidate for Parlia
ment With American affiliations, either
through their wives or their mothers.
Paget, .who married a daughter of W. C
Whitney of New ork, who carried Cam
bridge county In January, a a unionist,
Is now opposed by one, of th ablest legal
men on tha liberal eld-,' O. S. Buck
master, the' king's counsel, who I making
a hard fight
Mrs." Annie Langhorne Astor I working
Indefatlgably In Plymouth for her hus
band, Waldorf Ator.. whose chances of
success are said to hav Improved. Mr.
Astor I trralstlbl when she aeta about
cajoling a dlffloult voter. Ph deals with
all such cases herself and almost Invari
ably succeed In getting the desired prom
ise. She I mora active than her husband,
who ha been warned not to over-exert
himself, ii belt still delicate. Should ha
win th victory will be her.
Oat In th Field.
Mrs. Rareourt spends each day motoring
through tha principal districts. Interview
ing her hueband' leading supporters. She
has a remarkable manner and In her own
way . Is cult a much a canvasser a 1
Mm, Astor. - '
John Burns' opponent I Rtr John Har
rington, whos wife is a daughter of th
lata . Senator MacMlllan. She i working
day and night for her husband, whose at
tacks on tha liberal about American dol
lar have been countered In several very
frank leaflet by th United Irish league,
telling how Harrington wa only enabled
to give up a .diplomatic career and spend
money fighting for aeata for the tcry party
by American dollar got with hi wife.
Major Archer Shee, who married Ellxa
beth Pell of New York, i having a tougn
fight to retain central Finsbury.
Captain Arthur Lee, Colonel Roosevelt's
host when th latter wa here, who mar
ried a Mis Moore of New Tork. talk all
th time about th enormity of utilising
Atneriran dollar In English election,
though hi position In that respect 1 iden
tical with Harrington's. He sits for next
Farnham dlvlalon of Hampshire, with a
big tory majority, and is certain to be ra
".'V)irt. d.
Peers In a Sew Hole.
IM Vumon 1 delivering occasional
Ipotioee, but wisely refralna from descend
ing to t.v American dollar argument.
I)rd i -erhurt, who married Virginia
Fonytis. 1 Us discreet. Hi reches
ar one of th features of the election bo
cauM of their airy responsibility and chser
ful artlessness. He take tb rough chaff
i his audience In th beat part Nothing
uffles t.lni. but hi party 1 not th gainer
by having him.
This is the first time In neariy 84 years
that peers have been allowed to take part
in parliamentary elections. The liberals
have no reason to regret this action aa the
peers get helplessly rattled and tbelr meet
ings break up In confusion.
I aloalst labile; Hard.
Early ti-1 afternoon forty unoni.ued re
turns had been made, which, with th flt-
tCvaUnuod ua occvnd Pags.)
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YEGGMEN WIN IN LONG RACE
Robbers Loot Inavale and Hanover
Banks with Impunity. ,
TRAILED OVER DUSTY ROADS
Offlner and Desperadoes, Doth la
Motor Cara pod Over Frnirle,
Caaao Given T'p VIIlRge a
terrorised.
INAVALE, Neb., Deo. t (Special Tele
gram.) Five yeggmen blew open the safe
of the Inavale State bank at I o'clock this
morning, kept the cltlxens In helpless
terror by a fusillade of shots, escaped to
the south and at Hanover, Kan., robbed
the Taft State bank of S3.D00 before day
light. Pursuit by a posse of deputy sheriffs,
headed by Sheriff O. D. Hedge of Red
Cloud began at sunrise and continued until
late in the day. Tonlniit the officers have
given up hope of capture.
Th chase of today was aa a chapter of
scout life of the early day brought down
to date. For twelve mile across the prai
rie and through th alkali dust the offi
cer followed the trail of footprint left
by th robbers, reading the "sign" as they
bowled along in a big touring car.
Where the trail was at last lost there
was Indication that the yeggmen had been
picked up by. an .automobile. This conclu
sion was Justified when It wa learned
from the Kansas officers that tha robber
appeared at Hanover with a motor car.
Following th robbery at Hanover the
Kansas officer took up the chase.
Discovered br Cltlaea.
Shortly before 2 o'clock this morning
John Osborne and James Heaton, cltlxens
of Inavale, discovered the robber at work
on th bank. They were across the street
when the robbers opened flra on them. The
window before which they were standing
wa shattered. They fled to a position
of safety. Th whole population of Inavale,
a hamlet of 300 persons, was aroused by
th ahooting. The robbers kept the towns
people at a safe distance by continuous
shooting unSll tha safe wa looted. The
five men then disappeared, withdrawing to
tha country, firing behind them to dis
courage pursuit, t
' While this gang was working along th
Nebraska-Kansas lln another attempted
to rob th State bank at Stark, a mining
camp in southeastern Kansas. At this
place tha safe blower were frightened
away after having placed a charge o
dynamite in the vault door.
During the last few' months th bank of
several small towns around Hastings. Neb.,
hav been robbed and in nearly every cas
th robber have escaped In automobiles.
In cases when they were pursued by offi
cer they outdistanced the machines of the
trailer. .
CHAMP CLARK CALLS ON TAFT
N amber ol Others 8tos mt th Whit
House, hut All Avoid "tint
Dock." Alley.
WASHINGTON, Dec a The White
House executive office were crowded to
day with senators and representatives who
called to pay their respects to tha presi
dent Among tha early callers wa Champ
Clark of Missouri, who Is slatad as th
next speaker of the house.
"Lama Duck Alley" waa shown to many
of, the vUKIng congressmen at tha execu
tive office today, but none was willing
to sit in the comfortable chali and sofa.
ROOT WILL SUCCEED FULLER
New York Senator Is Appointed
Member of Th Hagn
Trlbsasl,
WASHINGTON. Dec. I. Senator Ellhu
Root of New York today waa appointed
permanent arbitrator representing America
at Trie Hague, succeeding th lata Chief
Justice Fuller of th supreme court, who
held that honor. The appointment was an
nounced at tb Whit Houso by President
Tart.
Coming and Going in Omaha
i
Events of the Week, as Viewed by The Bee's Artist,
Shot Getting Better
of Armor in the Great
; Race for Supremacy
Projectile Makers Succeed in Produc
ing Shells that Will Pierce Plates
- - ef Lattst Patteriw - -
WASHINGTON. Dec. S.-Th' hot ap
pear to be getting the better of the armor
In tha never-ending content for supremacy
between the two, according to Rear Ad
miral N. EX Mason, chief of the naval ord
nance bureau. In his annual report he
says that th condition and outlook with
regard to armor-piercing projectile, form
erly unsatisfactory, have improved very
much during th year; the quality of the
shells supplied by certain firm Is better
und the outlook is more satisfactory than
for several year past, though the lack of
an adequate aupply of large calibre shells
continue to be a matter of serious con
cern. On the other hand, the advance In armor
has not been entirely satisfactory so far
a thick plates are concerned, and certain
new processes, while giving promise of
ultimate improvement, have failed to lend
themselves to th Installation of tha armor
on shipboard.
In Ui meantime the older proceasea are
being left behind by tha Improvement in
projectiles. . .
But thin platea have shown marked Im
provement and tha hardening methods
formerly limited to two-inch platea have
gradually been extended to plates up to
four Inches, and it Is possible they may be
indefinitely extended, and thus solve the
problem existing with regard to thick
plate.
Notwithstanding some adverse foreign
criticisms the ordnance bureau is well sat
isfied with tha present smokeless powder.
A new "stabiliser" ha been Introduced
wTth great success. -
Flood Situation in .
' France Grows Serious
Hundreds of Villages Are Surrounded
: by Water and Are Being Provi- ;
sioned from Boats.
PARIS Deo. I Torrential downpour
continued throughout France today and
the flood situation Is growing more serious.
Hundreds of villages are surrounded by
water and are being provisioned by sol
diers In boats. Immense damag has been
caused In th valley of tha Loire by the
breaking of tha dike near Nantes. The
water flooded farm and village lying
below th level of the embankment to a
depth of six feet. The floods also Invaded
the lower quarters of Nantes, rising to th
top of ths lamp posts.
Practically every stream In Franc wit
out of It bank.
Man Identified as Dead -
Murderer is Found-Alive
PHILADELPHIA. Dee. I.-Kollowlng last
night' revelation of mistaken identity,
the poiic of this city today were com
pelled to make a fresh start In their ef
forts to Identify tha man who shot and
fatally wounded George W. Barnrtt, a
special policeman, and was in turn killed
by Barneft, who was looking for burglars
In West Philadelphia last Monday night.
The body of the stranger, whl.a had
been positively Identified by I.eon W:ner
of Boston as that of his son, Hyman, has
been returned to the dty morgue, after
having been taken last nig lit l'rom the
train that was about to start for Boston.
Hyman Wiener, the supposed dead man,
who was found In a tenderloin saloon last
night. Is SU4 detained at city halL
CENSUS OF WESTERN STATES
Population of Colorado is Nearly Eight
Hundred Thousand.
IDAHO , MAKES GREATEST GAIN
Iaree for tho Deesd la Ksre That
. One Jt and red er Coat .FIgfnnoa .
(or tho Intra of Oregon
and Nevada.
WASHINGTON. Dec. I. Population tat
Istlea of the thirteenth census were Issued
today for the following state: Colorado,
799.02-1, an Increase of S59.3S4, or 48 per
cents over 639,700 In 1900, when tha Increase
over 1890 was 127,602, or 30 per cent.
The population of the countlea contain
ing the principal cities waa announced as
follows:
Denver , XI8.S1
Pueblo 62.223
El Paso 43.821
Idaho, S26.694, an Increase of 1(3, il, or
101.8 per cent over 141,772 In 1900, when the
Increase over 1890 was 77.3S5, or 91.T per
cent.
I Nevada, 81.875, an Increase of 39,640. or 83.4
per cent over 42,836 In 1900, when the pop
ulation showed a decrease of 8,426, or 7.S
per cent from that of 1890.
Oregon. 671,766, an Increase of 859,329, or
(2.7 per cent over 413.63s Jn 1900. when th
Increase of 1890 wa 08.769, or 41.8 per cent.
Queer Premonition of
Death is Realized
New Tork Lad Who Expected to Die
; Soon Beoanse Sister and Brother
. Did Falls Down Shaft.
nsnnsaiann-w
NEW YORK, Dec. 8. For th reason
that both his brother and hi sister had
died Just as each wa approaching th
age . of 17, John Smyth, a young resident
of the upper east side, had frequently ex
pressed a fear that ba would never live
to celebata his own 17th birthday. Ha
was nearinj what h considered thi
crucial age, when today h fell ' alght
stories through tha elevator shaft In a
new building at , Broadway and Ninety
second street and died as tha last lite of
th church was being administered to him.
UNION PACIFIC AGENT KILLED
B. SC.- Tnrner, Who Was In Chargr of
Station at Devil's tilde, I'tah,
Mnrdered hy Bandits.
OGDEN, t tah. Dec. a (Special Tele
gram.) S. E. Turner, Union Pacific sta
tion agent at Devil' Slide station, some
miles east of here, was shot and killed by
bandits last nlgbt. Tha money In tha aafa
of that station and aoma valuable of
Turner' were taken.
8. E. Turner horn and residence were
unknown by th Union Pacific office In
Omaha.
The elder Wieher waa dumbfounded and
at the sam tlm overjoyed when last
night h was summoned from the train
as h was about to leave for Boston and
coctronted by bis ton at police headquar
ters. It was a dramatic moment when the
ton wa brought Into the father's presence.
The detectives looked for an affecting
scene, but Hyman. tha Instant he saw his
parol t. became angered and said:
"So I'm a dope fiend and no good, am IT"
The father, grief-stricken since he
thought ha had Identified tha body a
.hat if hi son and almost speechless with
the subsequent developments, simply said:
"I only told t truth when I waa asked!
I aw (lad that you are ail re."
PRESIDENT TAFT
SEEKSJIAltMONY
Chief Executive Summons Regular and
Progressive Leaders to White
House for Conferences.
CONCILIATION THE WATCHWORD
j Unity of Action in Party is Greatly
Desired.
dtsuhqents said to hol dalooi
Preliminary Meeting Gives No Definit
Promise of Success.
ME. CUMMINS' ATTITUDE IS C00I
Senator aya His Presence Is Die Only
to Invitation, Which Is Ho.
reived Only aa Part of
Definite Pino.
WASHINGTON. Dee. S.-(9peclal 1.
gram .)-Senator Cummins, the leader of
the progressives In the senate, as Invited
today to the Whi.e House by Becretary
Noron. Senator Cummin, responding to
the Invitation, called at the White Houe
this afternoon, and he and tho president
held a conference, the details of which are
not disclosed, but the general Import of
which In nowhere queHtlnncd. President
Taft has made his first big move slnoa
the elections, November 8, to placate the
progressive forces.
The ball has been set trolling, beyond
any question, to bring about the nomina
tion and election of President Taft In 1I2
The first great step to be taken to achieve
this result Is fo smooth over the relation
between the president and tho Insurgents.
It has been forecasted for some time that
Prcaldent Taft would undertake this win
ter a radically different policy from the
one he pursued last winter, when he cut
off the progressive from patronage and
otherwise showed his displeasure toward
them.
The ummonlng of Senator Cummins to
the White House bears out what has been
forecasted In striking and emphatlo fash
Ion. Senator Cummins ha not been a
White House visitor until today since last
December. Just' about a year has gon
by since he entered the White House.
Senator Cummins today discussed the out.
look as to the progressive course In con
gress and various matter related to It.
He had no comment to make on his visit
to the White Houne. He made It plain
that the progressives In the senate wer
going straight ahead on the lines which
they have followed In the past.
Cummins' Visit Notable.
The presence of a number of regulars,
who dropped In singly and' In pairs, at
tracted little attention, but political Wash
ington began to sit up and. take notlct
when Senator - Cummins ' appeared. H
was quickly followed by Senator William .
H. Borah of Idaho, progressive.
Later came the Information that Benatoi
Bristow of K auras had been invited, but
had failed to put In an . appearance. ,Th
president did not attempt to bring tha gen
ate leaders together In one big conference.
There were never more than two In hit
private office at the aame tlm. Ha saw
Senators Cummins and Borah together ana
then had a private word with each alone
In Insurance rlrclea It waa said the pre
liminary conference with the president had
given no definite promise of success. Th
president waa reported aa concllatory erne.
1 said to have declared ha was anxious to
do all In his power to bring about unity
of action in the party.
A leading member of the progressive wing
In tha aenate waa asked for an expression
as to the outlook for bringing tha regular
and Insurgents together. ;
; He shook his head. "Such a thing la po.
slhle," he, declared, "but It certainly la not
probable.' This was echoed by other.
Taft Maklngr Mperlal Effort.
' At the WMte Housa It was not admitted
that President Taft waa making a special
effort to bring the Insurgent . or pro
gressives Into lino. It was . declared, with
a great deal., of emphasis, that Messrs.
Cummins, Borah and Bristow had been In.
vlted to call only as a part of tho presi
dents plan to consult as many aa poaetbl
of tho senators and congressmen concern
ing recommendation In hi message, and
th legislative program for tha coming aea.
sion. It was pointed out that tho president
had consulted with Senators Lodge, Root,
Nelson, McCumber of North Dakota, Cur
tis of Kansas, fcmoot of Utah and repro
senUUve from varlou sections of th
country. It also waa raid that several of
the house Insurgent wer to b Invited
to oonferencea next week. Senator Cum
nuns' call, was the first he has mada la
over a year. Ho mada no effort to conceal
the fact that his presence at th executive
offices wa due entirely to the president's
invitation.
As he wa departing with a copy of thi
president's message in his hand, tha sen a.
tor remarked on tha fact that It had bees
a long time since he had virlted the execu.
tlve office.
"But you probably will come oftener li
the ft'ureT" waa suggested.
"I wouldn't predict that too strongly,"
replied the progressive leader with I
smile. "I am always glad to come, how
ever. "Your conference with the president
was a pleasant one?" ha was asked.
"This conference with you gentlemen
Is very pleasant," the senator answered
and said good-bye. declaring ha could
not discuss his visit.
Senator Borah said ha would havo a
further conference with the president
next week. Like Benator Cummins lis
bad little to ssy.
Iteport of the conference spresd quickly
through tha city, however, and It be
came known that tha president prac
tlcally had offered tha olive branch t
progressives, with many of whom he hac
not been on most cordial terms.
The Insurgents of both houses probablj
will hold a caucus before deciding or.
any course of action. Their tone tonighi
was hardly conciliatory. ,
"The fact that this Is the short ses
sion of congress, with the time for leg
Islstlvo action limited, will not prevent
the bringing of Important legislative pro
posals to the attention of the country and
congress," said Senator Cummins shortly
after leaving the White House.
Progressive Pros ram. j
The senator gave tha first outline of
tha program that la to ba followed by
tha ao-called progressives In tha aesaion
that opens Monday. It Is planned by
these members to urge tha further con
slderatton of a tariff commission law
similar to that embodied In tha Beverldg
bill, aud to draw attention again to