The Omaha Sunday Bee
NEWS SECTION
PAGES ONE TO EIGHT.
WEATHER FORECAST.
For Nebraska Local showers.
For Iowa Showers,
VOL, XLI NO. 7.
OMAHA SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1911 FIVE SECTIONS THIRTY-SIX PAGES.
SINGLE COVY FIVE CENTS.
DES MOINES CAR
MEN TIE UP CITY
BY STRIKE RIOTS
Strikebreakers Routed Early in the
Day by Striken Backed by Great
Crowds of Citizens. '
THROW UP SPONGE AT THE START
Coming and Go ing in Omaha
ROOSEVELT GETS v
INTO STEEL CASE
WITH H!S STORY
Former President Testifies Before
Stanley Committee Regarding
Transfer to Trust.
ACTED FOR GOOD OF PUBLIC
f
Imported Nonunionists quickly Tire
of Conditions Presented.
NEXT PROBLEM IS TO ESCAPE
Agree to Get Out and Problem Then
is to Leave.
MOBBED ON THEIR WAY TO DEPOT
Policemen Injure din Effort to Pro
tect Them.
SYSTEM COMPLETELY TIED UP
Not a Car Ri rrnrlna Dm nnd
trlklnn- Carmen Ilnl IdTutiMI
of First Day's Coate. -No Ap
peal Made for Troops.
PES MOINES, Aug. 5.-Btrlklng street
car employe of the Des Molne City rail
way required Just one day la which to
rid the city of their ianclsnt, enemy, the
strike-breakers. Tonight It was announced
that every strike-breaker brought to this
city from Chicago or Omaha, either had
given up hla Job and had gone home or waa
In jail to protect himself from violence to
night, and would depart hence by the
It'.-et train tomorrow morning.
) lllots. which at times threatened to prove
ax rlous and to lead to the calling out the
federal or state troops, wild hunt for
strike-breakers, assaults and broken heads
marked a day of Intense excitement at
tendant on the strike.
Traffic In the city was completely
paralysed, not a .single -car having been
moved alnce the men walked out at 1:16
O'clock this morning. ' The strike leaders
predicted tonight that they would win.
IThe company management which had prom-
laud that the "cars would be run," had no
statement to give . out (
System Easily Tied t p.
. The tleup of the railway system was ac
complished with ease. : A single attempt
to get a car Into operation this 'morning
was so quickly frustrated by union sym
pathlsers that no further attempt was
made. Tonight Des Moines walked, a it
will do tomorrow and probably for " sev
eral days, unless some settlement is
reached.
In anticipation of further riots tonight
Mayor James it Hanna this afternoon
rdered every saloon in the etty dosed.
Tbey will remain closed Muring the strike,
according to the order, whether this be
for one week, one month or more.
The police, contrary to the usual custom
In such controversies, today were almost
a unit in sympathy with the element which
led . ths demonstrations in favor of the
strikers and aalnet- the strikebreakers.
By o'clock practically ail or too sinae-
breakers had either len town, or were in
lall for safe keeping until tomorrow.
Hundreds of coal miners, taking advan
tage of the weekly half holiday, Joined the
crowds of union sympathisers today.
Ifot a Car Moves.
' During the day not a car had been
moved by the company's strikebreakers.
Fifty strikebreakers who wars be
sieged all day In a car barn without
food or water, this afternoon offered to
get out of town If allowed to leave. the
place.
Ths union sympathisers agreed to the
proposition. Nearly seventy other
. i. w,m nmaha snA Clave-
: land asked to be allowed to return to
their homes and Louis J. ' Christiansen,
their leader, agreed' to pay their fares.
Mob Dealesrea Strikebreakers.
A mob surrounded the . Iowa hotel, in
which nearly a hundred strikebreakers
under guard of four platoons of polios
and sn routs to the depot, were obliged
to take refuge. The mob demanded that
ths strikebreakers be turned over 'to
them and ths police defended the hotel.
At 4:18 o'olock the strikebreakers
mads a seoond start from the Iowa hotel
for ths train, with the polios guarding
tnem. lot orowa vi ubwh j my inwwii
waa greatly augmented and baa formed
Itself into an aaoort for the strike
breakers.
.The seoond attempt to start the strike
breakers from the Iowa hotel to the depot
failed when the mob surged forward, hoot
ing and Jeering the nun, and threatening
to break through the ranks of the police.
The strikebreakers were ' returned to the
hotel and the polios strung ropes from the
hotel to the depot a blook distant, te pro
vide a passageway.
The fire department waa called and the
(Continued on Seoond Page.)
The Weather
For Nebraska Local showers.
For Iowa Showers.
Ttmsrratsra at Oaaaava Yesterday.
Cwsxparatlve Loral rteoerd.
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WOOL TARIFF IS
STILL UNDECIDED
La Follette and Underwood Refer
Whole Matter Back to Confer
ence Committee.
MEMBERS TALK MATTER OYER
They The a Ask the Subcommittee to
Coaalder the Measure Farther
aid Try to Reach a
Compromise.
BIJTATXl
Arlsona-sTew Mexloo statehood bill de
bats, continued. Ilnal . vote Monday.
Arbitration treaties with Oreat Britain
and Prance, referred to foreign relations
oommlttee.
Cross-examination of Charles White re
garding his bribery confession continued
in ZiOiimer election investigation
m Toilette and TJnderwood oonfer la
an boom 1 1 Use on wool bill and reported
failure to reach agreement, mil commit
tee after unsuccessful attempt to adjust
differences Itself, again referred bill with
farmers' free Ust bill, to Ia Toilette and
Underwood for further effort. "
Finance oonualttee postpones action ' 'on
cotton bill until aszt Wednesday, and will
grant hearing's. ...
- Venator Bourne spoke In favor of ths
Initiative, referendum and recall provision
ox Aruona constitution.
arooMr ' '
State department's report en Day por
trait voucher case before .onse for oia-
ouawioa and notion.
Jaemseu puns food board and tor. wn
case hearings continued before lnveettgat-
ing oonunmee.
WA8HINOTON, Aug. . -Failure to reach
O agreement was announced today by
Senator La Follette and nnr..ntti.
Underwood of Alabama, the subcommittee
which undertook to adjust In conference
the difference between the uniin u
house on the wool tariff revision bill. Th
rail conference committee has undertaken
the task.
The wool tariff revision hill shut
tle today between the full con f err no. nm.
mmee, representing the senate and house,
ana tne subcommittee, Senator La Fol
lette and Representative Underwood of Ala
bams, ' who were charged with the task
or adjusting the dirrerenoes between the
two branches of cona-ress.
The conference committee was mJImI -
gether today, and Messrs. La Follette and
i naerwooa reported that thev were un
able to agree on a comDromlse and uki
to be relieved of this responsibility. The
run committee then made an effort to re
port an agreement, and It failed also, it
was wen decided to let Messrs. ITndor
wod and La Follette try again, and the
bill was again turned over to them. to.
ether Wtlh the farmers fre Hat hill
which there are also serious differences
between the senate and tha house.
It Will be same davs riarVn win
be ready to report" said Mr. Underwnnd
The full conference committee la niuni
to reconvene Monday or Tuaadav. M.
time the subcommittee will confer
both the wool and free list bills, not only
between themselves, but with their sena
torial progressive republican colleagues
end the demoaratla luiua imiu
respeoUvely, with a view to harmonious
woraing or the aillanoe. which brniurht
about the passage of the bill in the unax
after an agreement Is reached by the con-
lerenoe and reported to the two houses.
PREPARING FOR NATIONAL
CONSERVATION CONGRESS
Cos
i ml tire Meets la Kavaaae Cttr aad
AmstM for MeetlmaT Next
Month.
KANSAS CITT, Aug. . Officers of
ths National Conservation congress to
day established headquarters in this city
and began ths preliminary arrangements
for the meeting of the congress here
Septrrnber II, If and ST. Henry Wal
lace of Dee Moines, la., president of the
oongreas. said today that ons of ths
principal subjects to be considered will
be the conservation of the fertility of
the soil.
NEW RAILWAY' MAIL CLERKS
Saasei Have Beea Appelated to
Serve la This Capaelty la Iowa
aad loath Dakota.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. -(Special Tele
gram.) The following railway mall elerks
have been appointed la Iowat C. C. Wolfe
of Council Bluffs,- George C. Anderson, E.
J. Schmidt and U. T. Dreyer of Burling
ton, Ford H. Bteuber of Cedar Rapids, O.
P. Donneny of Ottumwa, W. J. Campbell
of Preston, B. R. Bowmen of Victor, Otto
P. Arduaea of Montlcello.
In South Dakota: Gilbert J. Ruder, G.
C. Roundy aad Bennie A. Smith of Aber
deen. B. E. Sutherland of Flaadreau. Den.
ale Turner- of Madtaoa, D. P. Shepherd of
Meers, W. It Porter of Caristola. A. EL
Cummlags of Alexandria, IL A. Mlchaelsoa
of Hock ham. R. R. Park of While Lake.
SAMSON ISSUES AN INVITATION
Every Reputable Business Man in
Omaha Can Join Ak-SarBen.
DO NOT NEED TO BE ASKED
Klaar's Chamberlain Fears that Some
Think a Personal Reqaest to
Join Neceasary.
'Every reputable business man In Omaha
Is Invited to become a member of Ak-SarBen,"
such Is the invitation that has been
Issued by Samson In the belief that there
are a number of business men, especially
the late-comers, who think that they have
to be asked by some one In authority be
fore they can become knights.
"Ak-Sar-Ben has always been open,"
says Samson In explanation. "However,
there are some who do not seem to be
aware of the fact A short, time a pro the
owner of one of the largeet department
stores in Omaha was telling me of a case
In point Conferring with a number of his
department managers he found a few of
them who were not members of Ak-SarBen.
When asked the reason why they
were not they replied that no one had
asked them and that they supposed that a
poraonal Invitation was necessary."
Although the paid membership for this
year is already as high as 1,411, the addresso-
graph in Samson's office carries the names
of 1,360 men in the city who were mem
bers last year, but whose names do not
appear In this year's roll. The directory
also reveals many new business men,
a trents and managers of local htanches of
out-of-town enterprises, . who are not
knights.
The biggest group of oandldatea this sea
son is counted upon for next Monday night
when the National and State Sheriffs' as
sociations, ths National Sheetmetal con
tractors, the out-of-town participants In
the ' national clay ' court tennis tourna
ment, and the trapshooters of the western
handicap meet will all be entertained at
the Den.
Several new features have been added
to "The Oymkana" and the rhow, which
has already proven Itself a winner, is bet
ter than ever.
The names of fifty-three tennis players
from outside points have already been re
ceived from those In charge of the tourna
ment, u is expected that there will be
at least 200 or SCO of the sheriffs, as both
state and national conventions are assem
bled here Monday.
Little Girl's Pranks
Annoying to Firemen
Sends In Two False Alarms, Causing
s Long Buns, and in the End She
is Detected.
Sleuth work of a high order enabled the
city electrician, Waldemar Mlchaelsen, and
Firs Chief Salter Friday to locate the
sender of two false fire alarms which
caused extra work and danger to the fire
men and equipment The two alarms were
sent in from a farm halt a mils south of
McArdle's store on West Dodge street
and from this remote country place a 14-year-old
girl had called up "87". twice in
one day, and sent the firemen on fruit
less runs, once to Sixteenth and Howard
and once to 2801 Sherman avenue. The
calls were traced and when confronted by
the chief and Mr. Mlchaelsen the little
girl confessed to her mischief.
The telephone operators have been
warned to guard against such practice and
It will bs possible to trace back any call
that Is sent In. The city and state both
have laws against misusing the telephone
and the penalties ire heavy. The girl
promised not to repeat her offense and
was let off without prosecution.
BIG BATTLE IN COLOMBIA
Peruvian Force Said to Have Won
Signal Victory la.Pro-vlaee of
Cetqueta.
GUAYAQUIL. Aug. 8 According to
advices received here today a battle was
fought between Colombian and Peruvian
troops In Caqueta. a large unorganized
territory In Colombia, and the Colom
bians were defeated with great losses.
Flltr-One Million Bash Is of Wheat.
TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 6. Kansas raised
61.S8E.000 bushels of wheat this year and
I the oorn crop condition Is 84.8, according- to
a report issued touay Dy jr. u. Coburu.
secretary of the State Board of Agricul
ture. The wheat crop Is 8.000,000 bushels
less than last year and one-third lees than
ths average for the last tea years.
Dooklovers' Gontcsf Awards
Details will be found on first page
of woman's section.
TAFT MAY TRAVEL
TO PACIFIC COAST
President Probably Will Visit Cali
fornia and Mountain States if
Extends Fall Tour.
TENTATIVE ITINERARY MADE
Executive Expects to Spend Some
Time In Nebraska aad Soath Da
kota After Mle Speeck at
Hutchinson, Kan.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 6. The most im
portant trip that President Taft has
planned since he has been In the White
House in the view of republican leaders, a
trip during which he is expected to open
the 1912 presidential campaign for his party,
will begin September 11. It will last at
least four, and should It later be decided
to extend the outing to the Paciflo coast
it will be stretched into six weeks, so
that the president will not get back to
Beverly or Washington until November.
According to the plan so far drawn up
at the White House, the president will
visit most of the states In the middle west
north of and including Missouri, and will
make Incursions into practically all of the
states which have progressive- congres
sional ' delegations. The president so far
has given almost no consideration to
speechmaklng on this trip, but it has long
been the Idea of republican leaders that
he would make as many political addresses
as possible west- of the Mississippi. - '
The president will open the Appalachian
exposition at Khoxvllle, Tenn., September
18, and speak at the Kansas State fair at
Hutchinson, Kan., September 28. He will
speak at the National Grand Army of the
Republic encampment on August 23.
Itinerary Includes Nebraska.
From Hutchinson, the president expects
to travel in Nebraska, South Dakota, Min
nesota and Wisconsin, where he may see
Paulina Wayne, the White House cow,
which Is to be on exhibit at the Interna
tional Dairymen's exposition at Milwau
kee. From this point the party may turn
again Into Kansas and Iowa.
If the trip is to end In four weeks, Mil
waukee probably will be the last stopping
place. If It should be extended, the presi
dent will Journey to Denver, Colorado
Springs, Salt Lake and the coast, taking in
California, Oregon and Washington and re
turning east over a northern route.
"Brother Will" is
Working Once More
Postmaster Thomas' Favorite is Re
duced to His Former Job as
Clerk on Milwaukee.
Around tha postofflce it has become
known that notwithstanding the supposed
"pull" of Postmaster "Ben" Thomas, his
brother. Will G. Thomas, has been put
baok Into the ranks In the railway mall
service from the soft Job of traveling chief
clerk. When "Brother Ben" got the post
office -he prevailed on Senators Burkett
and Brown to lend their aid for a promo
tion for "Brother Will." who was then
running as a clerk on the Milwaukee, and
the position of traveling chief clerk, with
a handsome raise of salary, was awarded
him. Inspired by this success the Thomas'
had been boosting tor the appointment of
"Brother Will" to be superintendent of
the new railway mall service division whose
headquarters has Just been located at
Omaha, but about July 1 came an order to
resume sorting letters, and "Brother Will"
started out last Sunday as a clerk in a
crew on the Northwestern.
Traction Employes
in Brooklyn Strike
NEW YORK. Aug. a There was a strike
today of motormen and conductors on three
trolley lines in Brooklyn operated by the
Coney Island ft Brooklyn Street Railway
company. The men struck for an Increase
In wages, the trouble dating back for over
a month. Ths company say It will hire
strike breakera Police are guarding the
power houses.
On the three lines affected by the strike
the employes are affiliated with the Amal
gamated Association of Street and Electric
Railway Employes of America. Employes
of the Dekalb Avenue line, which Is oper
ated by the same company are affiliated
with ths Knights of Labor, and they are
still at work.
MANY SEEKING JUDGESHIP
Fourteen Names Will Appear on the
Official Primary Ballot
INCUMBENTS ASK RE-ELECTION
For Information of Voters The Bee
Presents Brief Accounts of Pub
lic Lives of Those Who Would
Go to Supreme Boaek.
Omaha -has been more or less overrun,
and probably will continue to be until the
primary election next week, by candidates
for nomination for supreme Judge on the
respective party tickets. These candidates
are Introduced around as a rule by local
members of the bar, who find occasion to
put in a good word for them.
Altogether fourteen names will appear on
the official primary ballots for the repub
lican and democratic nominations eight
republicans and six democrats or populists.
As only three places on the supreme bench
are to be filled. It goes without saying that
eight of the candidates will have to be
knocked out on the first round and the re
mainder contest It out at the election.
On the republican side the three Judges
now sitting, whose terms expire next Jan
uary, all want to be re-elected. They are
Charles B. Letton of Falrbury. William B.
Rose of Lincoln and Jesse L. Root of
Plattsmouth. The general opinion prevails
that If any of these are retired the place
will go to Judge Francis G. Hamer of
Kearney, who came no close to nomina
tion two yeais ago. Ths other republican
aspirants are; Joseph E. Cobbey of Bea
trice, John M. Macfarland, Omaha; Am
brose C. Epperson, Clay Center; Samuel
P. Davidson, Tecumseh.
Democratic and populist candidates are:
I. L. Albert, Columbus; James R. Dean,
Broken Bow; Willis D. Oldham, Kearney;
William L. Stark, Aurora; -Joel F, West,
Omaha; John Everson, Alma.
Who They All Are.
Because of the Importance of the office
of supreme Judge and the inability of the
candidates to become acquainted with more
than a small percentage of the voters, The
Bee herewith presents briefly some infor
mation telling who they are:
Judge Charles Blair Letton has been on
the supreme bench since 1906, and for two
years before that was a commissioner of
the same court. Judge Letton was born at
Edinburgh in October. 1853. He attended
the public schools hVhls native city and in
Glasgow before coming to the United
States. In 187 he was graduated at ths
Nebraska State Normal school, and two
years later was admitted to practice law.
He located at Falrbury and formed a part
nership with former Congressman Hln
shaw.. From 1888 to 1890 he was county
attorney and from 1896 to 1903 Judge of the
First Judicial district He has been presi
dent of the Nebraska Bar association, in
1904, a member of the American Bar asso
ciation and a delegate to the lawyers' con
gress at St. Louis in 1904.
Judge William B. Ross went to the
supreme bench by appointment of Gov
ernor Sheldon, December 1, 10S, when
the membership was increased from three
to seven. He Is a Pennsylvantan, born In
January, 1862; his father being a double
cousin of Wllllafn McKlnley, sr., father
of President McKlnley. Educated In the
public schools of Orove City, Ps-, ho after
ward attended Grove City college. Ad
mitted to the Pennsylvania bar In 18S8,
Judge Roee came to Nebraska the follow
ing year and soon became assistant state
librarian,' which position he held from
1889 to 1901. Then, for seven years, he
was an assistant In the office of the
attorney general. .Always taking an ao
tlce Interest in politics, he was made
chairman of the state republican com
mlttee In 190, and managed the cam
paign that year. In recognition of which
Senatpr Norris Brown tried to make him
United States collector of Internal rev
enue, in place of that, however, Governor
Sheldon gave him a Judicial appointment
This is his first campaign before the
people for elective honors.
Ju.lKe Jesse L. Root is also an ap
pointed member ef the court going to ths
supreme bench by commission of Governor
Sheldon, at the same time as Judge Rosa
lie was born In Taxewell county, VU, In
November, 1180. and after going through
the publlo schools took a course In busi
ness college- He studied law and1 was ad
mitted to the bar In 188 at Plattsmouth,
where he practiced for ten years; in 189
he was elected county attorney for Cass
county, holding that office continuously
until 1905. He was sent to the state sen
ate for the session of 1907 and had an
active part in the paesage of the numer
ous reform laws passed at that session.
He ran for district Judge In 1?7, but
was defeated. For a year preceding his
appointment as associate Justice he served
as a commissioner of the court
Only Hepnblleaa from West Section.
Judge Francis O. Hamer, of Kearney,
came within reach of the coveted nomina
tion two years ago. He is an Ohio man,
born In Seneca county, In February, 184J.
Ten' years later the family moved to
Indiana where by Industrious hustling
young Hamer had acquired education
enough to entitle him to a teacher's first
class certificate. Two years later he took
up the study ef law in Indlanapolla After
(Continued on Seoond Paga)
BRYAN'S FRIENDS
MUTE AS0YSTERS
No Voice Raised to Defend Peerlesr
Leader When Underwood De
nounces Him in Congress,
EVEN MAGULRE HOLDS TONGUE
Member from First Nebraska stta
Silent While His Great Constituent
Is Flayed on Floor of the
Honse.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. (Speclal.)-Now
that the smoke of battle has lifted from
the field of carnage, and the sorely
wounded William Jennings Bryan has been
removed from the theater of war, growing
out of the charges made by the peerless
leader against Representative Oscar Un
derwood, chairman of the ways and means
committee, that he had sidetracked the
steel and iron schedule for financial rea
sons, there comes a time for sober reflec
tion. Not in recent years have there been en
acted more dramatic scenes than those
surrounding Oscar Underwood's denuncia
tion of .the distinguished Nebraakan. So
pronounced was the applause at the end
of each sentence that the onlookers were
nonplussed over the complete dethrone
ment of the one "Idol of the democracy."
Ths demonstration which followed Under
wood's scathing denunciation of Mr. Bryan,
when hs said that he was willing to leave
to the country whether he was a better re
visionist than Mr. Bryan, will not soon be
forgotten by those who witnessed a re
markable scene.
Has Underwood Wont
And yet, has Mr. Underwood the power
to take from the pnee acknowledged "Trib
une of the People" the laurels he as won
In a quarter century's battMng for his
principles? The sober Judgment of political
observers Is that the inevitable effect of
the occurrences of Wednesday will be to
give marked Impetus to the Harmon presi
dential boom, thereby creating a cr.asm
between the followers of Eryan and the
followers of Harmon wHTrTI must, In the
very nature of things, prove irreconcon
cllable. While the demonstration over the
vitriolic speech of Mr. Underwood was re
markable, and undoubtedly showed the
housa in entire sympathy with the utter
ances of the chairman of the ways and
means committee, it waa - even more re
markable that not one voice was raised In
defense or even explanation of the position
taken by Bryan. Even Representative
Claude Kltchln of North Carolina, lie
man mentioned in Bryan's Interview, as
able to substantiate his attack on Under
wood, repuHaTeffthe Interview entirely, and
this, from one of Bryan's warmest - ad
jT'evs and a man who has followed him
through thick and thin "without fear and
without reproach." There may be excuse
for Mr. Kltchln's failure to come to the
rescue of his erstwhile chief, 5ut can there
be any excuse for the failure of Mr. Ma
gut re of the First Nebraska district to
come to the rescue of his distinguished
constituent
Magalre Missed a Chance.
Here waa an opportunity which seldom
comes to a legislator and had he taken
advantage of the occasion even to the ex
tent of asking for a suspension of Judg
ment until all the facts were known he
could have at least brought a pause to the
proceedings, noisy and almost riotous as
they were.
Tou undoubtedly recall those lines of
Lowell from his poem, "A Glance Behind
the Curtain":
The busy word shoves angrily aside
The man who stands with arms akimbo set
Until occasion tells him what to do;
And he who waits to have his task marked
out
Shall die and leave his errand unfllflUed.
Throughout the entire proceeding, un
usual as It was, Magulre sat mute and
more than ever meriting the title of "the
silent one," for he has not raised his
voice, except to rote with his party, for
many months. In behalf of the "liberties
of the dear people." And yet Bryan's
strength in the First Nebraska district
made it possible for Magulre to win over
Pollard! Truly here Is shown the Ingrati
tude of which Dryden speaks:
Deserted at his utmost need
By those his former bounty fed;
On the bare earth exposed he lies
With not a friend to close his eyes.
Taft's Growing; Popularity.
President Taft's growing popularity
throughout the country is the Inspiring
message whioh comes from members of
congress who have been In their home
districts and are returning to Washing
ton to be present at the close of the
first session of the Sixty-second con
gresa "Uncle George" Malby of the
Ogdensburg, N. Y district who has
been In publlo life for a third of a cen
tury, said today that Taft would carry
Now York by 100,000 plurality. This
estimate of Taft's growing strength Is
corroborated by many of the old time
New York politicians. Indiana, too, Is
showing signs of a growing "Taft senti
ment according to ex-Coiuvreesman
Charles B. Landls, one of yie stars of
the ohautauqua circuit since an unap-
r-
Transfer Had the Effect of Stopping
Financial Panic
QUICK DECISION NECESSARY
Deal Had to Be Accomplished Before
Market Opened. ,
PRAISE FROM BIRMINGHAM
Community Most Effected by Change
Heartily Approved It
PEOPLE GIVEN BENEFIT OF DOUBT
It Seemed that Pnttlns; Power of Blar
Corporation on Flrlns; I.lne Waa
Necessary to Prevent Wide
spread Disaster.
NEW TORK, Aug. 6. Theodore Roose
velt took the stand today ln the congres
sional inquiry Into the steel corporation to
tell what he knew regarding the absorp
tion of the Tennessee Coal and Iron com
pany by the steel corporation during the
panic of 1907. ;
Mr. Roosevelt reached the city hall at
10:80. His Intention to appear had been kept t
secret, but a few moments before his ar
rival police officers were stationed In the
aldermalnlc chamber and Its approaches.
The former president appeared In exceed
ingly good humor and greeted Chairman
Stanley and other members of the commit
tee with enthusiasm.
"I'm glad to see you all," he declared
as he stood In the center of a group of
committeemen.
I'm very delighted to see you Indeed,
sir," he said to Representative Young ot
Michigan, a republican member of the
committee.
Heads Written Statement.
'Mr. Roosevelt took the stand at once.
He caid:
"After you had courteously said I should
come at 10 o'clock, Mr. Chairman, I wrote
out the statement I should like to make,"
said the former president, after Mr. Stan
ley had asked him to explain what knowl
edge he had of the Tennessee Coal ana
Iron absorption by the United States Steel
corporation.
Mr. Roosevelt than, began reading, in
treauolne: his subject by a description of-
the financial panic conditions In the fall
of 1907.
'It was the utmost duty of the adminis
tration." he read, "to prevent oy ail means
the spread of the panic before it became
a disaster.
The secretary of the treasury and him
self, he said, were constantly In touch
with the situation. During that time he
learned that two members of the United
States Steel corporation wished to see
him one morning. At breakfast next day
he was Informed that Judge Gary and
H. C. Frlck were waiting to see him. Mr.
Bonaparte, then attorney general, he con
tinued, had not yet arrived from Balti
more. Consults Roqt nnd Bonnpnrte.
"I sent a note to Secretary Root to
come over," the former president read,
"and he arrived at the White House."
The conference was brief, Mr. Roosevelt
explained, and later he wrote a note to
Mr. Bonaparte stating all the facts of
the conference.
He theu read to the committee the let
ter afterwards published In the senate
records of the hearing on the Tennessee
Coal and Iron case in 1909. The letter
set ' forth how Mr. Frlck and Mr. Gary
tiad submitted the proposition for the
sale of the Tennessee company and how
he had expressed the opinion that he
did not wish to stand in the way of
saving a financial panic. The firm that
was in trouble, Mr. Roosevelt said, had
net been mentioned.
Mr. Roosevelt then went on. to read
his statement, going Into details about
the serious financial conditions in New
York and told how he had taken the re
sponsibility to permit the transfer mt
the steel company and did It on his own
Initiative.
"It was a matter of general knowledge,"
he said, referring to banks and trust com
panies in danger in New York, "that they
held securities of the Tennessee Coal and
Iron company, which had no market value."
Prompt Action Necessary.
"The proposition of Messrs. Gary and
Frlck was," he continued, "that the United
States Steel corporation should take over
the Tennessee Coal and Iron company at
once.
"It was necessary for me to act at once,"
said the former president "to act at ones.
It is all right to say that
newspaper advertising is
the best kind of advertis
ing, but people want to
know why.
An advertisement, to bo
effective MUST REACH
THE SAME PEOPLE
DAY AFTER DAY.
Stop and measure up any,
kind of advertising- by this
standard: "REACHES THE
SAME PEOPLE DAY AFTER
DAY." The billboard doesn't;
the street car doesn't; tha
monthly magazine doesn't; the
weekly magazine doesn't; the
electric sign doesn't; the circu
lar doesn't. THE NEWSPA
PER IS THE ONLY MEDIUM
TO REACH THE SAME PEO
PLE DAY AFTER DAY.
Inridentally, The JW-e Is the
only paper in Omaha with
which you can reach four-fifths
of the Oinaha homes day after
day.
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