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COMCT HEIR IN
DEAL FORPABDON
Records of Telephonic Device Im
plicate Governor Sleaae of
South Carolina.
NICHOLLS MAZES NEGOTIATIONS
Detective Gains Confidence ' of
" Smooth Go-Between.
MONEY PLACED ON DEPOSIT
State Executive to Get Five Thou
sand Dollars.
LEGISLATORS HEAR EVIDENCE
Conversatloas Between Detective
nd Nicholls Increase Weight of
Charges Against Integrity
f Bleaae.
AUGUSTA, Ga., July 11 More sensa
tional testimony charging Governor Cole
U Blease of South Carolina with offi
cial corruption wag introduced before the
dispensary investigating committee of
that state's legislature at yesterday's hear
ing. A. S. Reed, a Burns detective, and
Thomas B. Felder, an Atlanta attorney,
were the principal witnesses. Chairman
R. B.. Carlisle of the committee, asserted
that the newly adduced charges- would
be thoroughly investigated.
Detective Reed's testimony included
records said to have been taken with a
telephonic device relative to negotiations
for the alleged purchase of a convict's
pardon from the South Carolina peniten
tiary. The records, Reed testified, were
of conversations between the detective
and Samuel J.' Nicholls, a Spartansburg
attorney, reputed to be a go-between for
Governor Blease, (
Convict Heir to Estate.
Reed testified that James Johnson, a
coachman with several aliases, serving a
ten-year sentence in the penitentiary for
robbing a safe of $8,000, was the convict
about whom the negotiations were con
ducted. After making arrangements with
Johnson, according to the detective's tes-
timony, he called upon Nicholls and In
formed the latter that the convict was
heir to a large estate but only would be
come a beneficiary by gaining his par
don. The detective testified that Nicholls
was interested and the former agreed to
pay the attorney a good fee. As an evi
dence of good faith, the detective states,
he gave Nicholls a check for $4,500.
Reed then read records said to have
been taken by the telephonic device of
conversations he had with Nicholls at the
Willard hotel In Washington on June 16,
1912. According to the records, Nicholls
told of hisa influence with ' Governor
Blease and named the terms upon which
he would obtain the release of the con
vict. The amount was tentatively fixed
?at $10,000 or $15,000. . ; .
Larae Sam for Governor.,
The record, as , read, showed that
Nicholls repeatedly referred to the amount
of the prseaa. Which Would' go to Gov
ernor Blease for signing the, pardon, On
two J occasion this sura was stated at
$5,000. According to the record, Nicholls
was to receive $5,000 and his law partner,
C. R. Sims, $5,000. A number of telegrams
were Introduced inevidence from Nicholls
to Reed, one of which was to the effect
that Nicholls had left Spartansburg to
confer with' Blease about the pardon.
When Reed had concluded Thomas B
Felder testified that a certain- amount of.
money had been put on deposit with the
understanding.that.it was- to be released
to Nicholls' order as soon as Reed re
ceived . a cipher telegram from Nicholls
stating that the convict 'had been par
doned.
"We know,'' - testified Felder, "that
Nicholls left Spartanburg to confer with
Blease, that he saw Blease and was
closeted with the governor- at Blackville
Friday night. We have been unable to
locate Nicholls today, however."-
. Mystery - attendant upon - the adjourn
ment of 'the 'hearing from this morning
until this afternoon 'was cleared up by
Mr. Felder on the witness stand. He said
he had expected Governor Blease to sign
Johnson's pardon during that time and
for that reason the postponement was
taken.
At the conclusion of Thomas B. Folder's
testimony the, hearing of the commit
tee was indefinitely adjourned.
JURY IN CLAUDE ALLEN
' CASE IS DISCHARGED
WYTHEVILLE, Va., July . 14.-The
Jury In the case of Claude' Allen, one of
the members of the Allen gang charged
with the assassination of court officers
at Hlllsville, Va.,' today reported' that an
agreement was impossible. - The Jury
was discharged and another venire was
ordered summoned for a new trial. The
case went ' to the Jury at 5:50 p.' m.
yesterday. , ,:
Shoots Wife ana Uimelf.
VOPLAR BLUFF, Mo., July li-Vest
Bush, until recently a railroad fireman,
shot his wife here today and then' killed
himself. Bush had been separated from
- his wife. , - - -
The Weather
Forecast for Monday: ,
For Nebraska Showers and cooler.
For Iowa Showers and cooler.
For South Dakota Showers and cooler.
Hours. , Degrees.
........;. 6 a. m. 78
AVW ? 6 a. m.
AVMlvVl 7 m- 79
vWttJiO , 8 f 81
vKkIvkITvw m 85
VOT )fc&lvt 10 m. 90
V iVA&ftX y " a. m...... 93
a I mK " n 96
'VXTUrrCcHVtt 1 :"
.vYVCfc. V ? loo
-OiiV'SMSX? P- 102
VcVlv--' ( p. m , 88
' P- m 82
Comparative Local Record.
1912. 1911. 1910. 1909
Highest yesterday: 102 90 85 85
Lowest yesterday... J.. 76 67 69 68
Mean teperature 89' 78 77 76
Precipitation .00 .00 .16 .28
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures from the normal:
Normal temperature 77
Excess for the day " -. 12
Total deficiency since March 1 75
Normal precipitation 14 inch-
Deficiency for the day 14 inch
Total rainfall since March 1.... 8.56 inches
Deficiency since march 1 7.4? Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1911. 7.72 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1910.11.99 inches.
Hanford Allows Fee
of Many Thousands
to Firm "of Lawyers
SEATTLE, July 14. The Investigation
by the house Judiciary subcommittee Into
the charges filed against United Stas
Judge Hanford that, he allowed an ex
orbltant fee of $140,000 to Kerr & McCord.
attorneys for the receivers of the Paciflo
American Fisheries company and the Pa
ciflo Packing and Navigation company,
constituted today's proceedings in the
Hanford case. ' . ... . -v
James A. Kerr, who 'was one of the
receivers t these companies, was en the
witness stand nearly all day. He testi
fied that he received $53,800 for work that
occupied all his time for three years
and part of It for five years more. His
law - partner, Evans McCord, received
fee of $16,000, the -witness testified. Kerr
told how a plan of New York financiers
to form a Paciflo coast salmon trust
failed, although backed by Morgan peo
ple. The Pacific Packing and Navigation
company was mismanaged, the witness
said, and also was unfortunate.
The witness operated the canneries for
two years and ,then they were sold at
receiver's sale for, a low price. The
principal creditors of the Paciflo Packing
and Navigation company when it failed
were J. P.. Morgan, Richard Dalafleld of
New Tork and the Colonial Trust com
pany of New York. Kerr testified that
he never had any dlsousslon with Judge
Hanford concerning compensation and
was not in court when the fee was fixed.
Mrs. Euchamp is
Elected Secretary .
of Prohibitionists
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 14.-At a
session of the new national committee
of the prohibition party which lasted all
night and adjourned yesterday when A.
G. Calderhead of Minnesota was defeated
for re-election tas secretary of the com
mittee by Mrs. Francis Euchamp, presi
dent of the Kentucky Woman's Christian
Temperance union. . .
Dr. Calderwood was a leader in the in
surgent movement in the party at the
convention here and the candidate put up
to defeat National Chairman Charles R.
Jones, in the contest which resulted in
the election of Virgil G. Hinshaw of
Oregon, a compromise candidate. The
action retains control for the faction
which, has been In power for several
years.- t.
Burlington Plans;
to Absorb Colorado
& Southern Road
("DENVER, Colo.; ' July li-Dlrectors of
the Chicago, Burlington fe Qulncy rail
road have ordered an appraisement ot
the physical value of the entire system
preliminary to a, Wk increase In capita
stock and tl absbrtlofl of the Colorado
r A Southern system, according to a re
port here today following a visit of Bur
lington officials. '
The plan outlined provides for an increase-In
the capital stock of the Bur
lington -sufficiently large to cover- the
present Issue of the Colorado road. 'The
latter road's bonds then, It is said, will
be absorbed by a general bond issue of
the. Burlington. ' If this' plan is carried
out the combined system will have ap
proximately M3.000 miles of track and
will connect Galveston with Seattle.
Will Build Railroad
From Watertown to
; Canadian Line
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 14,-The
Minneapolis, St Louis & Canadian Rail
way company . which will build a line
from the vicinity of Watertown, S. D.,
to the Canadian boundary, was organized
here today by Newman Erb of New York,
president of the Minneapolis A St. Louis
railway ;,W.. G. Blerd, vice president ot
the company; J. Wollman and H. A,
Harrison, representing two New York
banking , firms. According to Mr. Erb,
incorporation papers will be filed soon
and construction probably will be begun
by fall. . ..
. Immediately upon his arrival here after
a trip over the line, Mr. Erb Issued an
order for twelve new locomotives and
signed appopriatlons totalling $500,000,
principally for track Improvement.
Sons of Norway Plan
Visit to Fatherland
FARGO, N. D., July 14.-The various
Norwegian organisations In session here
attending the Sons of Norway convention
today began the transaction of business.
and among the principal things done
were the authorisation of a third distrlot
lodge to Include the subordinate lodges
In the New England Atlantio coast states
and the discussion of recognition of the
order of the Daughters of Norway.
. It is probable, that the 1914 session will
be given up as preparation is being made
for chartering a ship to carry members
of the organisation to Norway In that
year, when the obtaining by Norway of
independence will be celebrated.
Indications are that C. A. Speratl of
Decorah, la., will be elected musical di
rector. ' -.. .
HAMMERSTEIN UNDAUNTED
BY $225,000 L0SS IN YEAR
LONDON, July 14. London opera house
concluded Its season tonight. Oscar
Hammersteln In a speech said that this
losses for seven months amounted to
$225,000. He as an enthusiastic musician,
however, he said, and the thought of
giving up the beautiful edifice and slink
ing away was an absolute horror. He
said he would .resume performances in
November. .:-
- Gaardamea to Travel.
PIERRE, 8. D July 14.-(Special Tele
gram.) Forty-three officers and men of
the local company of the state guard
leave here tomorrow morning for the na
tional encampment at Sparta, Wis., where
they will put In ten days in camp under
instructions of regular army officers, -
TWO TOLLMAN
CARS CRUSHED
Overland express of Burlington Road
Struck by Fast Mail at Suburb
of Chicago.
IOWA MAN . A3ttQw"
1 - ci v
. W. Tuder of It , . 'of Those
, - Idenkied.
TWO PULLMAN CARS CRUSHED
Woman . in Charge of Tower Says
Signals Were Set.
FIRE CAUSES MUCH SUFFERING
Clothing;
oa Bodies Searched and
" Robbed
Before Remains Are
Taken to Morgue Two Invest!
cations Started.
Editorial Side Lines.
CHICAGO, ..July ll-Thlrteen persons
were killed and nearly a score were in
jured in a wreck on the Chicago, Burling
ton & Quincy railroad at Western
Springs, , a suburb ot -Chicago, at 6:30
o'clock this morning. '
Coming through a fog, with supposedly
a clear track ahead, train No. 8, a fast
mall, ran at full speed into the rear of
train No. i known as the Overland ex
press from Denver, which was standing
still on ' the track, telescoping two of
the Overland's pullihan cars.
Railroad officials refused to fix the
blame' until after the wreck had been
investigated thoroughly. Mrs. F. A. Wil
cox, who was in charge of the tower
from which the block signals were con
trolled, said she was certain the block
was . thrown against both trains. She
collapsed after the accident and still is
in a highly nervous condition.
The dead:
FRANCIS A. BARCLAY. 20 years old
Billings, Mont.
GEORGE BRONSON. 65 years old.
Gaiesburg, 111., engineer, train No. 8.
BUNCH, 30 years old, Chicago, negro
porter of Pullman car on'" train No. z.
MRS. C. M. HART.- wife of a physi
cian at Canton, Ohio. .
MRS. E. G. POHLMANN. San Fran
cisco.
M. E. STERN. 40 years old. Chicago.
G. W. TUDOR, 40 years old, Laoey, la.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN. 46 year
old, gray eyes, , black and white striped
waist ana Diue sKirt.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN. 40 years
old, light hair,1 medium build, blue serge
dress, black patent leather shoes with
white tops. "C. L. P. to I P. H." en
graved on Jewelry.
UNiDJUNTiiiTiUD WOMAN, 24 years
old, brown hair, blue eyes, two gold
crowned teeth on upper left side - of
mouth.
UNIDENTIFIED GIRL. 19 years old
dark hair and eyes, brown silk skirt.
velvet pumps. Wore signet ring inscribed
UNIDENTIFIED GIRL. 9 years old
light hair, gold band ring, blue and white
aiiK oress. . .,-
J UNIDENTIFIED BOY. " years 4 old
linen dress, red socks and black sandals.
Among those injured were
H. O. Crane, Gaiesburg. 111., fireman of
man train, leit hand and right foot In
jured. Warren P. Dudley, 14 Oak street, Bel
mont, Mass.
Mrs. Bessie M. Dudley, wife of War
ren P. Dudley, , compound fracture of
right leg. .
John Flack, Cincinnati, right leg
lacerated, scalp wound.
Mrs. Flack, Cincinnati, severe scalp
wounds.
Frank D. Hughes, Hinsdale, 111., con
ductor train No. 8. '
B. ,G. Pohlmann, San Francisco, right
arm and right leg broken.
Rev. E. H. Scholi, Saint Francis hos
pital, Columbus, ' O., back Injured and
scalp wounds.
Rear Coach Demollmhcd.
All of the dead except Bronson were
taken from the rear coach of the Denver
train. The engine, of No. g plowed
through this car, halting it, and crush
ing out the lives of helpless passengers,
many of whom still were In their berths.
On Into the second coach the engine then
sped. Half way through that car it
veered to the left, derailing the sleeper.
The engine was entirely stripped when
It stopped. '
Fire starting from the gas lights in
the sleepers immediately broke out.
Many victims, pinioned down i by heavy
timbers and iron that had been torn
from the engine, pleaded for death or
deliverance from the flames. Members
pt the fire - departments , of Western
Springs and La Grange were on the
scene within a few minutes after the
wreck occurred and they put out the
fire with lines of hose.
Ghouls are believed to have robbed
the dead before they reached the morgue
In La Grange. More than a dozen large
diamond sets were missinb from jewelry
and although most of the dead appeared
to have been persons In comfortable cir
cumstances, a dime was the largest sum
of money found on any of the bodies.
Coroner Hoffman promised a thorough
investigation of this feature of the ac
cident. An official of the Interstate Commerce
commission was on the scene early
gathering material for an investigation,
Coroner Hoffman ordered all of the bod
ies embalmed immediately, and early In
the afternoon impanelled a jury to in
vestigate the wreck.
Different Story Told. "
Another story, of how the wreck oc
curred differed from that of Mrs. Wilcox.
It was that No. 2 having been blocked
by. a signal, had sent back a brakeman
to set torpedoes to warn No.' 8. No. 8
was coming down grade when the crash
oame. Persons responsible for the story
of the torpedoes say that No. 8 had been
given a signal that the track was clear
and that the crew either had failed to
hear the torpedoes or had believed they
had a clear track. . .- ; ,
One of the first bodies found was that
of eGorge Bronson of Gaiesburg, I1L He
had been killed Instantly, and was pin
ioned between the tender and his engine.
Conductor Frank Hughes of Hinsdale, HI.,
was one of the first Injured taken out.
He was held down by debris In one end'
of the second Pullman coaches.
I wish I had gone with them," he told
his rescuers. "But never mind me; get
those other people out."
A relii 'c-.Jn from Aurora gathered up
all the .-rriiible physicians between that
city and the scene of the wreck. Another
relief train was sent from Chicago. "
One of the most tragic features of the
wreck was the death of Mrs. Fohlman and
the severe injury of her husband. It is
said they had been married only a few
days. ' ' "
From the Cleveland Plain Dealor.
ACCIDENTS ON THIRTEENTH
Thirteen Persons Injured, Three of
Who mDie as Result of
TRAIN KILLS WALTER SHIPPAY
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Steps Oat of Way of Freight Train
Near Waterloo, Only to Be Ground
to Death by Fast Union
Pacific Express.
ACCIDENTS OF A DAY.
Harris , Gossick, . pawnbroker, acci
dentally killed by customer.
George Atkinson, 2614 Spencer street,
seriously hurt by falling piece . of
steel , at Omaha Structural Steel
works.
Exel C 8egelburg, Twenty-fourth
and Seward streets, killed by falling
piece of Iron at Omaha Iron foundry.
Walter Shlppay, Fourteenth and
Boulevard, killed by express train
near Waterloo.'
Marie ' Fields, 1113 Capitol avenue,
breaks nose by sneesing.
Fred StrauKhter. colored. Ninth and
PCapftbi avenue," badKy .lacef afecf scalp'," '
.resulting from blow from opium pipe.
-. May Moore, Twenty-fourth and
Grant street, dies at St. Joseph hos
pital, after thirteenth attempt to com
mit suicide.
Charles Shean, cook, 1517 Capitol
avenue, overcome by heat on street.
Nell Peyton, colored, watchman at
street car barns on Tenth and Paciflo,
overcome by heat while at work.
R. J. Ellis, depot agent for Adams
Express company, struck by auto
mobile and painfully hurt.
Harriet Cooper, 2124 Douglas, deaf,
dumb and blind, runs into auto and
gets painful laoeratlon on head.
. Mack Ferguson, 1112 Dodge street,
arm badly scalded.
George H. Johnson, 2203 North
Twenty-seventh street, head badly cut
by fist of friend in playful bout.
Thirteen accidents, three of whlclv re
sulted in death, and all on the thirteenth
day of the month was the remarkable
record made In Omaha Saturday.
Police surgeons and physicians were kept
on the jump all day, while the coroner
and hospital attendants were equally
alert. Casualties from accidental death
by shooting to heat prostrations are
Included in the day's list of mishaps.
Early in the mo.nlng the police were
notified that Charles Shean, a cook, had
been prostrated by the heat at Six
teenth and Capltoi. avenue. Police Sur
geons Ellwood and Vanderhoof rushed to
the scene and gave him medical atten
tion. He was later taken to St. Joseph's
hospital.
A few moments later the police phone
rang again. This time ueorge AtKin-
son, 2614 spencer street, was seriously
hurt by a piece of falling metal at the
Omaha Structural Steel works.- A bruised
right leg and a deep gash where the
heavy metal Btruck were the problems
that faced the two police surgeons. - The
victim was removed to his home In the
police ambulance.
Shot Kills iosaick.
At 12:30 Harris Gossick, a pawnbroker
On South Tenth street, was shot through
the heart accidentally, by a . street car
conductor, who was buying a : pistol.
Neither man' knew the weapon was
loaded
At 1:30 o'clock Exel C. Segelburg, living
at Twenty-fourth and . Seward streets,
was working n the Omaha iron foundry
under almost exactly the same circum
stances that attended the Injury' ot
George Atkinson earlier In the day at
the structural steel plant.' " The Segelburg
case, however, resulted fatally, the man
dying on the way to the hospital. The
body was turned over to the coroner aV.d
the Inquest will be held Wednesday morn
ing. The inquest In the Gossick case will
be held Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.
Sneesinc Breaks Nose. ..
Following the accident at the foundry
Marie Fields, . who lives at 1113 Capitol
avenue, started to sneeze. She began at
exactly 2 o'clock and an hour later the
paroxysm was not under control. Sud
denly something snapped in her nose and
when the police surgeons who ' were
called made their examination It . was
found that she had broken a bone in
her nose. . ,
The case disposed of," the police ' sur
geons returned to the police headquarters
and while they were there Fred Slaugh
ter, a negro, living at Ninth and Daven
port streets, walked In, his head bleeding
from a gash made with an opium pipe
weilded by a negro named Lester Oglesby.
(Continued on Second Page.)
Oh, I am the cook and the captain bold
And the mate of the Nancy brig.
The bosun tight and the midship mite
And the crew of the captain's gig."
C. R. Crane Off ers to
Contribute to Fund
For Wilson Campaign
' SEAGIRT. N. J., July -13. Charles R.
Crane of Chicago, who gave $20,000 to the
La Follette campaign fund, came out this
afternoon with a declaration that he
would support Governor Wilson for the
presidency and would contribute to the
democratic campaign fund If the governor
would permit him to do so. Mr. Crane
was accompanied by President Vanhlse
of the University of Wisconsin, a former
La Follette leader, whose sympathies also
are with Governor Wilson's candidacy.
Both were the governor's luncheon guests.
TORTURE INDIANS BY FIRE
Investigation by British' Gorern
ment Proves Charges of Whole
sale Butchery.
INVOLVE PERU RUBBER PLANT
Sic. JRokcc ..Casement, FladV Natives
Have Been Barned at Stake' and
Their Limbs tt 6ti'ni'rJ?zJ.:
' Broken. -:'"rr- '
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LONDON, July 14.-The disclosures at
to the state of affairs in the rubber In
dustry in Peru, published in the ' Blue
book just Issued by the foreign office as
the result of Sir Roger Casement' in
vestigations, attract a great deal of at
tention and have caused comparisons to
be drawn between these wholesale atroci
ties and those at e time reported from
the Congo Free State.
The British consul ' general fully con
firms the charges brought against native
agents of the Peruvian-A mason company,
a British concern formerly engaged in
rubber collection in the Putumayo dis
trict.
The grewsome story was first published
In the United States and was brought to
the attention of the Brllsh foreign office
by the Washington State department.
Sir Roger Casement was sent to Peru a
year ago and found overwhelming evi
dence of the murder and torture of de
fenseless Indians. He discovered that
kerosene had been poured over men.
women and children who nad been tied
to stakes and then set on fire. The brains
of children had been dashed out, the
limbs of Indians had been cut off or
broken, and they had been left to dl. The
tortures also Included deliberate starva
tion of many people. .
The foreign office says that after many
months of futile attempts to getihe Peru
vian government to take measures to
prevent the recurrence of such horrors
and punish the guilty persons it had de
cided with the cordial acquiescence of the
United States government that the only
course to take was to publish the facts
In full.
NO SUCCESSOR TO BE NAMED
TO SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, July 14.-The president
probably will get along for the . next
four months without a secretary. The
Indications today were that President
Taft would not appoint a successor to
C D. Hllles, recently made chairman- of
the reVvbllcan national committee and
who leaves tomorrow to assume his new
duties, v,' V. Y . . . " f.
If the pres?Y' P'an ' carried out. Mr.
Hllles will Mtlrn : to the .White House
after the Novlmber elections and the
place will be lid open for him. During
campaign time Rudolph Foreter, the first
assistant , secrijjtry, will have charge of
the offices.
Friend of Mr. Hllles predicted today
that If President Taft were elected- his
return . to the secretaryship would be
preliminary to his taking a cabinet
position. .
BUILDING OWNERS ELECT
OFFICERS FOR NEXT YEAR
SEATTLE, Wash., July 14.-The Na
tional Asoclation of Building Owners
and Managers elected today these of
ficers: President, Charles E. Horton,
Seattle; vice president, W. M. Ellis, Chi
cago; secretary, C. A. Patterson, Chi
cago; treasurer, ' Frank C. Haupt Mil
waukee. ; Cincinnati was chosen as the
convention city for 1913.
Ilnllett'a Xnmiuntlon Confirmed.
WASHINGTON, July 14.-The appoint
ment of William Marshall Bullett of
Louisville as . solicitor-general of the
United States to succeed Frederick W.
Lehmann was confined by the senate to
day.
BERNSTEIN EXTENDING LINES
Insurgent Woodmen Will Carry
Fight Into State of Colorado,.
MONEY IS BEING SQUANDERED
He Declares That Money Belonging
- to Rank and File ia Misappro
priated to Fight Iasagaests
. .." Advance. .
i Nathan Bernstein goes to Lincoln today
to attend a meeting of the state execu
tive Insurgent committee of the Modern
Woodmen of -America, The purpose ot
the meeting is to consider the general
welfare of the Insurgent movement
against the advance of rates and to note
the progress of the Injunction cases tn
Illinois and, Iowa,
Monday evening he departs for Denver,
Pueblo and Trinidad. In the Colorado
towns he will visit with the Insurgents
and help stir up sentiment, besides renew;
tug acquaintances. Mr, Bernstein was as
sistant principal of the Trinidad High
school for five years and baa lectured all
veiUtbe State ef Colorado.
.;."tV aTeemped. ttan?tlwrt aaoir
tnii jr every man stayed in the eraer ana
pays the new rates and Bis beneficiaries
colleet'.the insurance? 'after the last man
has died there will be left over t983.eno.000
in the Modern Woodmen treasury," says
Mr. Bernstela., .,;.'..',.;
! Many Protests Becelrefl...-
"We have also received a great many
notes of protest and indignation because
the administration has" taken, upon itself
to put suspended members ' into good
standing without paying arrearages or
paying, for undergoing a "medical exam
ination, something which, is absolutely
required by the by-laws.
"It needs but a. moment's reflection to
show the injustice ef this to those mem
bers who at considerable sacrifice have
kept up the payment of their assessments.
This last act is of a piece with the pay
ment of bonuses to local clerks who
change benefit certificates from the old
to the new plan. .. i ' ' " ,'
''The members claim that the adminis
tration has no right to so squander their
hard earned money and they view with
amasement the payment of over . $40,000
monthly to deputies who are putting tn
"most of their time fighting the Insurgent
movement, because it must not be for
gotten that this money belongs-to the
rank and file of the order and not to the
auuuniBirauun. '. . .
Insara-ents In Majority.
"It has been ascertained that more than
SO per cent of the Woodmen in Nebraska
are insurgents, but in some camps, by
reason of promises, It Is tald, local clerks
are doing all they can to retard the prog
ress of the insurgent movement - Many
of these clerks have been warned that if
this be not sufficient, active measures
wilt soon be taken to replace them with
mtu loyal to the Interests of the order."
Democratic Money
Counter is Missing
. . ( I ; ' in. , J J - " s
WASHINGTON, July 14.-August Bel
mont and William F. Shrehan have been
Invited to testify-next -week 'before the
senate committee Investigation of political
campaign contributions In 1904 and 1906.
An Invitation also .was sent to 'Thomas
Fortune Ryan, but he has. left the coun
try . Postmaster General $HtchcocJc, wno
directed Mr. Taft'i campaign,- and Rep
resentative. Lloyd, chairman of the demo-,
oratlc congressional, committee, also have
been asked, to testify. ...
Senator Clapp, chairman of the com
mittee, today . emphatically denied that
the committee bad yet considered calling
Colonel Roosevelt, President Taft, Wil
liam J.' Bryan or Alton B. Parker.
Anyone knowing the whereabouts of
Charles R.' Hall, assistant treasurer of
the democratic national committee dur
ing the Parker campaign of 1904, would
save" the committee a lot of trouble by
notifying it. Chairman Clapp said today
his committee had been unable to locate
him.
George Foster Peabody, treasurer of the
democratic national committee In 1904,
testified he was only a figurehead tn the
campaign and the contribution books
were kept entirely by Hall. Thomas Tag-
gart, chairman of the committee that
year, testified that he burned the books
tn 1908. t ;
Inquiry was made of Mr.. Peabody as
to Hall's whereabouts, but he Informed
the chairman he was unable to locate
Hall. An attempt was made to locate
the assistant treasurer through William
F. Sheehan, chairman of the Parker
executive committee, but that likewise
failed. " ,'-;
EXPRESS RATES
TO SUPPER CUT
Interstate Commerce Commission '
Decides in General Horizontal
Reduction.
FIFTEEN PER CENT AT LEAST
That Amount Approximated to Be
Sliced Off Charges.
OTHER REFORMS - IN METHODS
Whole Plan of Doing Business Will
Be Changed.
RESULT OF GREAT INQUIRY
CommUsioaer Lane Prepares Report
and Orders That Well Revo
lutionise the - Express
' Business.
WASHINGTON, July lt-Sweepdng re- -'
ductlons In express rates averaging. In
general, approximately 15 per cent; dras- ,
tlo reforms in regulations and practices;
and comprehensive changes in the meth- -ods
ot operation, are prescribed in a re
port made publlo today by the Interstate
Commerce Commission of Its investigation
Into the buslnesa of, the thirteen great
express companies bf the United States.
Dealing with the Identity of Interest
between the various companies, the re- '
port finds that ; while these companies '
are separate legal entitles, "It is of In- '
terest to regard the fact that by stock
ownership and otherwise they are so in
terlaced, Intertwined, and interlocked that
It is with difficulty we can trace any '
one of the greater companies as either
wholly Independent- in its management
or the agency of a single railroad sys
tem. So that while these oompanlea
operate separately and complete wita
each other for traffic the express busl- ,
ness may be said to be almost a family
affair. An interesting genealogical tree
On fact, might be drawn showing ai
common ancestry In all of the larger
companies. And while many names
may be used U designate these com
panies, it Is within the fact to say that .
aside from the j operation of the minor ,
and distinctively railroad express com- .
panics, the express business of . the
United States is managed by not more -than
three groups of interests,"
The inquiry was. the most extensive, '
and, In wealth ot infinite detail, prob-
ably the most thorough, ever prose
cuted by the commission. It was con- :
ducted and the report was prepared by
Commissioner Franklin K. Lane. N hat '
been In progress for nearly three years.
The report Itself makes (00 printed pages. '
It Involved an examination and com- .
parlson of practically more than 000,000,-
000 express rates In effect in this coun
try, In addition to an examination ot -mUttons
of waybill and an tnatlga-
'ow-Tnrongarniw"-oooga;nrtBtil(0
paQles,. of their financial operation and
business methods. : ,
Commissioner Lane' Is of the opinion .
that the conclusions, reached constitute .
a long step toward the solution ot that '.
gravest problem of the American house
holder, the high cost of living.
jThe greatest reduction of rates -proposed-
Is- on small packages that Is on
parcels which weigh less than twelve
pounds. Rates on packages of more than
twelve pounds were found to be more
reasonable than those on smaller parcels.
Briefly stated the new rates may be
said to be based upon a minimum charge
of 12 cents for a one-pound package.
This charge increases In ratio to the
Increase 'of weight and distance, at rates
varying from three-tenths of a cent to
about 12 "cents a pound. Twelve cents
a pound, according to the conclusions
of the. commission. Is approximately the
highest rate per pound for the greatest
distance possible for a parcel to be car.
ried wholly within the United States ,
exclusive of Alaska. ' J
' Packages weighing two pounds, for j
InBtance, may be shipped 1.000 miles, New '
York City to Chicago, for 24 cents, and j
2,000 miles, New Tork City to Denver. ,
for 31 .cents, the present rates being re
specttvely, for each .3S cents. A three-
pound package will cist 27 cents for '
1,000 miles and $7 cents for 2.000 miles.;
the existing rates being, respectively, ;
each 46 cents. A ten-pound package may j
be transported 1,000 miles for 42 cents
and 2,000 miles for 77 cents, as against'
the existing rates of 7S cents and $1.26, '
respectively. The. cost tf transporting
a twenty-five-pound package 1,000 ml lea
will be 78 cents against the present rate
of $1.10, and for 2.000 miles $164 against
the present rate of $2.26.
, The charges of the express companies,
now In many instances, are the same for
fifty pounds as for 100 pounds, between
the same points; and In some. Instances
they are as much for thirty pounds aa
for 100 pounds. Under such a system the
householder is compelled to pay as much)
for a ten-pound package as a dealer
would pay for a twenty-five-pound pack-,
age, and three or four times aa much aa
the dealer would pay for ten pounds in-i
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