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TUB OMAHA SUNDAY BEE; JULY 21, 1912. - - Pre-Inventory Sale omen's Pumps and Oxfords t Balcony Shoe Section ; With inventory time but a few days off the shoe buyer lis -willing to take a loss for one week on fashion's latest idecrees in women's modish footgear and will sell ' r wo $4.oo pgmp$ anj Oxfords at $2.85 Suede Pumps ;fz.85 Gun metal Pumps $2.85 Patent leather Pumps .... .$2.85 Tan calf Pump $2.85 Velvet Pumps $2.85 Batln Pumps $2.85 Patent leather Oxfords . . . .$2.85 Tan Oxford $2.85 Gun metal Oxfords ..... 1 . .$2.85 White Nubuck Oxfords . . . .$2.85 Boys' $3.50 Oxfords, sizes 1 to 6; tan calf, dull calf, at 81,95 ' STORE CLOSES AT FIVE Short ramps or long vamps with Instep ' straps or without. Low easy heels, medium heels and mil itary Jbeels; your choice, $2.85 Hand turned or welt soles. Heels I for the growing girl to the French . neeis, nuuon,, , or. uiucuer. your choice ............ $2,85 ., II ITTTfVI owMSrroRf H18-1520 FAEMAM STKZET n i j f ti i si I s, tww!" '-is afternoon: FIRST WARD. Atkins, Wilson Loebeck, Jos Born. Henry Oliver, A. M. Bark. Louis Paxton, R K KusJar. Jacob Sunblad, Clyde C Lick art. Win ' Zezulao, James SECOND WARD. Holovtehlner, Dr. E-Nelaon. George Hoyer Fred Roberaon, Robt s Hemel, Que gcbultx, John fnda, Anton Bhanahan, Cave Mahoney, Frank " - THIRD WARD. Bum. Jamas Milder, Morris Berkowiu, Dave C Rothols, Norman Lock, Peter Stiller. Chas. Miller, John Sullivan, O. P. Nold. J. D. : ; FOURTH WARD. : Anderson. W. 6. ... Foster. Coulter. J. I , Foster, C. E. Dysart, T. B. Peterson, Oscar DeBolt, Harry Halt. J- -Edwards, i. Thomaa, Ames, , . FIFTH WARD. , Arnold. William MacEeron, Ed i Donoboe, A. J. Mack. WllUam F. Donohue, Lawrence,Bchwertn, Otto , ;' Gardner. Frank Scott. O. A. Field. Eira ,. , Stone, Frank f Myers. Hugh. Wiley, T. i. SIXTH WARD. Cunningham. M. O. Ostrom, Harry , , ConkUn, Roaooa Bhrlver, W. O. Hunt, Charles Toy. Thomas Hansen, Stephen ' Hmme. Herman MoU. Samuel Westergaard, N. W. SEVENTH WARD. Battln, John W. Kennsdr. John L, IBreen, J. P. Lang don, Martin OrSevy. M. J, Reipen, C. H. T. Haynea, James B. bearle, 5. A. Jeffarie, A. W. Shotwell, F. A. . EIGHTH WARD. . Allen. James, Rolmberg, 10, Britt C. W. Hummel, J. B. Butler. M. L. Jankowskl. Julius Church, O. W. Whitmore, George NINTH WARD. Adams, L. B. Haverly, D. M. BwJT C. . , .. . Huntington. C. B. Cowduroy, Harry .Kinaler. J. C. .. Crime. Ed F. Roaawater, Vlotor Hammond, Jjamee ' -,' TENTH WARD. m Calabria, Joe Lynoa. J. C Chanponey. W. tt Qui&lan, Joseph, ' Haydukv Joaeph Roeicky, W. Hoffman, Tonay - Slnhold, Al. JLugel. A. C. Btrlets. Ed ' ELEVENTH WARD. Baker, BenJ. 8. - Matters, T. VA Jr., Byrne, Harry, MoOUton, E. 0. Clancy. C. H. Millard. Esra Cotfeen. C. H. Murray. Burt Harrow, Joseph, Slabaugh. W. W. ' TWELFTH WARD. Almy, Jaraea E. Hesen, T. W. Ballard. L. E. Lear. Charles H. Baumbaeh, WUUam Melklejobn. O. fi. Berger, O. L. Meyers, H F. Blanehard. A. A. Miller. A. W. i Bynuin. J. C. Rathbun, O. R. IDewey. Frank Roberts, C. E. DIUon John T. Robllaf , F. M. , Fields, Charles .?o;t. A. N. BENSON. Houck, Jacob, Mather, C. L. Huber. t. B. Yerton, W. E. CHICAGO. Olbbona, Jos fteefu, John CLONTARF. Bedgrin, Qua ' DOUGLAS. Duckworth, H. U Hcneman. E. a DUNDEE. I '"ttkt OMAHA. aausan. Peter Maugh. Frank D. McArdla, iohn Shoemaker, 3. W. FLORENCE. EFFERSON? ' !. H. Klrschne, Elcke. WUliam, MILLARD Von Dohran, Henry Von Dohren, WUUa UNION. 8toltenbarg. WlUianv VaV'oT' ..." Undauist. E. L. th omaju Anderson. David Lavevty. J7 Adklns. W. P. MoQulre. T. J. Aleudt. Charles Mann. N. C. "I Am a Moose and Recommend It' Banner. Daniel Martin, P. J. Brewer, Oeorga Miller, August Chisek, James Murphy, H. C. Cummingt, Charles Parks. Jim Eada. Chas. D. ' Klha, John Goldberg, H. Bowley, J. C. HoraceR, ooarrey Trainor. r. j. Traon. Jay Troutan, John CL Vana, J. C. Wheeler, Perry ' Williams. Jay Houaman, George Kennedy, ueorge Kouuky, Frank Kozlol, Thomas Leigh. E R. ' LariMn, Jonn , Central Committee." Following ths county convention's ad journment the' county central committee met arid elected Henry F. Meyers to succeed Ben 8, Baker and M- J- Greevey, secretary, to succeed Mr. Meyeri. The personnel of the central committee is changed but little. Several new mem bers were elected to take the places of men whd have moved or withdrawn for one reason or another . and several new members were elected from new pre clncts. formed ojr redisricting of the TweUUf ward. Ths court room was comfortably filled, when Chairman Baker's gavel fell at 8:15. Mr. Baker made a few brief re marks, counseling; united effort for the party's suecess at ths polls next fall and the business of the convention was begun. Secretary Meyers read the lilt of dele gates to the county convention sub mitted by ths committee on organisa tion and the list was adopted with a whoop. On motion, unanimously carried, ths chair appointed Joaeph W. Marrow, A. J. Donahue, John T. Dillon, Thomas H. Mat ters, Jr., and Charles RJseman a com mittee te recommend delegates to the state convention. The committee's report unanimously was adopted, many of the delegates cheering when the rising vote was called tor and the whole house stood. DelcRattan UU.' 1 '' A motion by Vlotor Rose water that the delegation be instructed to cast the full vote of Douglas county In the stats con vention was unanimously adopted. . While the committee to recommend delegates to the state convention was preparing its report speechee were made by A. W. Jefferls, W. W. Slabaugh, H. C. Murphy. John P. Breen, Vlotor Rose- water and others, Tbsy were of the same general tone. The speakers nrged united effort for party success, declaring ths continued success of the party essential to continued prosperity for the nation, and forecasted victory In November, despite any opposition, no matter from whom or under what name. Governor Blease Denies AH Charges COLUMBIA, 8. C July W.-Govemor Blease today issued his promised state ment denying the graft charges brought against him by Thomas B. Fslder or Georgia, and W. J. Burns, ths detective. Each charge or rumor la taken up and answered separately. As to the pardon of F. W. Bentley, the governor denies thai he received pay for its Issuance. He says a check for $26 was sent to him for the payment of Bentley's railroad fare to his home in Iowa, but that no other money figured la the transaction. ; v i -t-, ' v-rv - r u 3PT0METRISTSJ0IN GEM MEN Breach Between Two Associations Healed by Union. - JEWELEES ' M-AKE ADVANCES Secretary of Tbetr Orajanliatlon Ad just Difference ond from Now On Only One Convention Will He Held. (Form a Staff Correspondent) DES MOINES, la., July 20.-(Speclal Telegram.) The breach between the state optometelsts and the state jewelers has been healed and they will hold a Joint convention In Des Moines next year. Two years ago the two organiza tions separated, because of differences and since that time they have been hold ing separate meetings. Through, the .ef forts of the secretary of the state Jewel ers, the differences have been adjusted. Only ons convention will be held. TWO MEN ON MOTORCYCLES RUN INTO BARB WIRE FENCE BOONE, la.. July JO.-(SpeclaU-A motorcycle accident occurred northeast of this city last night which came near being fatal. Two" young men, Messrs. . Jacob Jacobson and John Hanson, were riding a tandem machine and were going a mile a minute.. They did not see a curve ahead and were unable to make it and shot straight ahead through a woven wire fence and into a pasture beyond. The machine was completely wrecked and the men seriously injured. When picked up both were unconscious and at first it was feared both were dead, but they are better today, although swathed In ban dages and unable to move. Oeoloa-lst at Work. LOGAN. Ia., July .-Speclal.)-rrof. G. F. Kay, department of geology, state university, and director of -the state geo logical survey; also'J. H. Lees, asstntant state geologist at Des Moines, have, been at work In Harrison county this week. They finished their work at the Logan limestone quarry, grave and sand pit to day and will go from Harrison county to Crawford, where they will complete their Inspection of western Iowa. Poatofflre at Mitchell Robbed. OSAGE, la., July 20.-(Speclal.)-The pcitofflce of Mitchell, a small town near here, was broken Into last night, the safe was blown open with nitroglycerin and $311 . in stamps and 12S in money was stolen. There' is ,no. due- . Tool were stolen from a blacksmith shop and with them a hole was drilled in the safe. Iowa, News Notes. . MARSHALLTOWN Miss Cora Cook, a waitress in a local cafe was crippled for life Friday afternoon, when she brushed a sharp butcher knife from a table with her skirt and the knife in falling struck her ankle and severed the tendon of Achillas. MARSHALLTOWN Ira Moore, the 15-year-old boy, who held up Mrs. G. W. West at the point of a revolver In a suburban grocery store last night, and then stabbed here when she handed him the contents of the cash drawer, today pleaded qullty to a charge of robbery. He was bound to the grand Jury under K.000 batt. DENISON Three wrestling matches will take place at the Germans' dance hall In the north part of Denlson Saturday even ing,. July 27. The maln event Is to be between Walter Herts of Denlson at 165 pounds and William Umland of Manilla at 186. There will be also matches be tween William Von Dohlen nt Durriann and Jack Wyland of Harlan and Pat Hlrd or uenison and Art Williams of Carroll. DENISON Members of the Denlaon Commercial olub believe that a circus is a trade winner, for they have decided to pay tne city noense or s&o so that the Wallace & Co. shows can ston hare about Autruat 10. The advance agent asked no license fee, free water and free grounds. This the mayor and council would not grant. The agent said his shows would not come, but changed his mind when the olub paid the noense fee. Eevolt Breaks Out in . Lisbon and Oporto MADRID, July XX-Tne correspondent of the Universe, published at Orense, Spain, has seat a dispatch te this city saying that a revolution has broken out at Lisbon and Oporto, la Portugal. . This news was received at Orense by way of Vertn, a town la Spain near ths POrtugutse border. MADRID. July 10.-8enor Barossa. the Spanish minister of the interior, this aft ernoon declared without foundation the statement that a revolution had broken out at Lisbon gad Oporto. DEATH RECORD? . Mrs. Charles t. Van Casta. Mra Charles L. Van Camp, 56, who Bred at W. South Thirty-second street, died yesterday at the family residence following-, an. : Illness of nearly- two months' duration. Mrs. Van Camp is the mother of Dr. Lee B- Van Camp of this city, who with his sister, Mra Arthur Waiter of Endicntt survive her. . ; Funeral arrangemnts bvs not been made. . v. . , Clearing of Surplus Stocks Md Odd Lots Savings of 25 to 50 Per Cent A far reaching effort to bring stocks to the lowest possible level before the end of the month, when we begin receiving our new fall lines, makes it necessary for us to reduce prices 25 to 50 on odd lots, broken lines and surplus stock, as a means of. inducing quick selling. This will prove a bargain occasion without a parallel from a value-saving or money-giving standpoint. You will receive just exactly what we advertise. We will not limit quantities no matter how low the price may be, nor will we in any way cut down the quality. You will find here the best furniture, from the foremost manufacturers, and thousands of dol lars' worth of it, comprising every conceivable thing you could possibly use in your home. Note the special values in this advertisement for this week's selling. .. ' ' ,' ' TERMS MADE TO SUIT YOUR CONVENIENCE, Refrigerator Clearance CC QC "for $11 Refrig 4J erator, galvan ized Iron, mineral wool lined. for $15 Hygie nic white enam- $8.25 eled Refrigerator. $11.75 for $20 Re frigerator, 2 shelves, large ice compart ment, brass trimmings. COA Cl for $38 Com J.1JJ partment Re frigerator, 3 doors, white enamel lined. WB CLOSE AT 5 9. M. DUEIKO JULY AWD AUGUST. SATURDAY AT 8 F. It lit " IMPERIAL LEATHER COUCH These beautiful couches are upholstered In genuine Imperial leather which is one of the best coverings made for actual service. Biscuit tuftings tied down, steel tempered springs. A remarkable value, at $9. 75 f - i- tut m mi m m 4 -ajSMnjt-jrmatjib. GREEN ENAMELED PORCH ROCKER, bent wood arms, just, like il lustration, $3.50 value $1.95 Porch Furniture M OO Maple Rocker, well made, large seat and tO 75 back ,.... )g.00 Early English Porch Swing, solid oak, $3.38 etrongly built J.JO $15.00 Rattan Couch, beauti fully made and very Q JC comfortable. . ......... V7 ' " $1.75 Lawn Bench, constructed of seasoned n.atertal, only...... .....w' Co-Cart Clearance 98c made. $3.95 Go-Car t, covered. $7.75 Princess perial cov $8.80 for $2.00 C"h 1 1 i' 6ulky, well rubber tires. for $8 C ollap sibl e leatherette for (12.50 Go-Cart Princess style, Im perial coveringr. lor i Go-Cart extra large and roomy, heavy rubber tires. CATALOOUB FKE1 TO OUT' . OJT-TOWW SEOPLE. UNIPOLD DAVENPORT Solid oak frame, quarter sawed, brilliantly polished. One single motion con verts the davenport into a full size bed, with an ex cellent santlary spring, uphol stered in guaranteed - Imperial leather. A wonderful, value at V Bj VM V4 $26.75 SSL'S! Carpets; Rugs 8c Linoleum THW WTT.TnN VELVET RUGS OFFERED AT 1 1 JK in this values., Newest patterns and colorings in Oriental and floral 9x11 feet. ...They have no mitre seams, perfect and guaranteed sale lasts, at only ..... Clearance Sale are all $22.00 designs; size while this SEAMLESS VELVET RUGS Blze 12x9 feet, extra heavy, finest quality, up to the min ute patterns, $35.00 value, special at . WILTON VELVET CARPET, 27 inches wide, excellent qual ity, newest color- i?7 lngs, yard O C $22.45 TAPESTRY BRUSSELS RUGS -- Sample line, size 9x13 reet, uneniai and floral design, close and desirable weave. $18 value. 'i$10.98 LINOLEUM- yds. wide, best grade, heavy quality, select pattern, 95c and 90c JO quality ............ . .UOC $11. 75 ABT RUG Bevemble new design, ' seamless size 9x12 feet, Of $10 value at. .jJi7sV INLAID' LIN6tEUM--2 yards wide, tile and hardwood pat terns, $ 1 .'80 quality 1 no flow reduced to . . , a) i & O Iron and Br&ss Beds $4.00 IRON BEDS with heavy chills and , 0Q AC massive posts ...'....) A XJ ,$lt).Q0 IRON B.EDS, white or Ver nls Martin, ' CC 2-in. posts '...piJrJ $18.00 BRASS BEDS, 2-in. posts, 5 heavy f iHers, 0O Qfl satin finished V $28 BRASS BED, continuous post, bright or satin finish OiU, CUUUUUVUS iiudi, $15.75 1414-1416-1418 DOUGLAS ST. Dining Room Furniture $18.00 MASSIVE BTJFFET. Amer ican quartered oak, 01 fl QC! large mirror . .p ( 7a? $22.00 SOLID OAK CHINA CAB-' INET, bent end glass. 1 f O)' adjustable shelves 1 1 OU $24.00 "EXTENSION TABLE, large top, beautiful- ItlOCtZ ly finished, 6 ft. ..plOOD $3(1 FUMED OAK BUFFET, Colonial style, JC 7Z? very beautiful . . . . p 10 I J Committee Will Not: Favor Dissolution of Steel Combine WASHINGTON, July .-Ch&lrman Stanley of the hotse Steel trust investi gating committee today authorised a denial of reports that the committee would recommend the dissolution of the United States Steel corporation. Mr. Stanley declared he believed that report given out to that effect had been cal culated to affect the New York stock market Some of the things the democratic members of the committee really hav agresd upon follow That hereafter the records of the of fice of the commissioner of corporations shall be open to congress. That, they will propose to amend ths act creating the Department of Com merce and Labor to make the investiga tions of the bureau available to congress as Well as the president This deter mination is said to have been influenced by the refusal of Herbert Knox Smith, former commissioner of corporations, to give to the Stanley committee the fact he had gleaned from the steel trade. A. bill to prevent any stockholders of aay locomotive car. coal, ore or steel company from serving as a director of any Interstate commerce carrier. . A proposed amendment of section four Of the Sherman act giving any Injured party the right to sue on an equality with the government to enjoin a conspiracy In restraint of trade. As the law stands, the injured party may sue for triple damages. Under the proposed amend ment one would have equal rights with the government to "seek a preventive decree as well as the right to collect damages. . POLICE INVESTIGATE PLOT District Attorney's Office Unravel r ing Hosenthal Miuxler. ASSASSINS ABE IN NO HUBBY Proaeeator Believe Zll'a Gang of Gunmen Was Hired for Job by Jack Rose Under Pres snre of Police. i J. A, tkhroedar, National Director. ' When tnen recommend a proposition to their friends they first satisfy them- ship of the Moose are ef one n.ind in!blon on of W1 artstocratio 1 ' rard l Society. l?" Pitcher Russell Ford will have entry to the most select Social elrclsa of the south through his marriage to Mies Mary SstheU of BaidsvUle. N. C. for the bride reference to this. Ask any member and tie will tell you its qualities and the reasoa you ahould be a member. In vestigate. The larse membership of the Moose is due to the fact that it is an) oraer mai ooes writ 11 promises, it is especially adapted for the business man as wsll as the man working for salary. Its membership embraoee all profeS'j sions ana occupations. The main quali fication Is that the applicant la a man. ' Benefits aro $7.00 per week, sick or Aceldent . Free medical ' attention ' to members and, their families. $100.99 death benefit Duee are '75 cents per month. For further Information call or address J. A. Schroeder, National Direc tor for Omaha. i Fasten Block. urn families. i Douglas 2t"j' Comas? Tbere First. St Joseph has been haunted by scouts from the major league, but the gumshoe men find that about ail the talent is owned by the Chicago American League club. . Snow In ltnrtfeern Bleats. GRAND AAPIDS. Mich., July .-A dispatch from Carp Lake, twenty-eight miles northeast of Petoskey, says that a light sprinkle of snow fell - there last J night Crops were daaaged fcr the sold. WIU.100K INTO CONDUCT OF FEDERAL OFFICIALS WASHINGTON. July 9.-The United States elvll service commission will in vestigate the alleged Political- activities of federal office holders frn the republl can pre-convention campaign and at Chi cago. Charges have been made that aorae seventy office holders, most all located Itt the south, violated the rules and used the influence of their offices in polities. Chairman Black today said the investi gations would begin about August t WESTERN ROAD GIVES tARGE 0R0ER FOR CARS DENVER, Colo.. July J0.-Vlce Presi dent Brown of the Denver A Bio Grande railroad' today awarded to various car companies for delivery within ninety days contracts for TW box cars, 100 stock cars, 8So coal cars and fifty cabooses, at a cost of ftlOO.OM. This equipment order fol lows closely "placing of the order for thirty freight locomotives.' Key to the sUtuatlesr Bos AdrertUlng. NEW YORK. July .-The gang of gun men and blackjackers that riddled Her man Rosenthal, the gambler, with bul lets, is believed by detectives today to have been procured by "Bald Jack" Rose, under pressure of "the police system. ' which was seeking to effectually close the mouth of Rosenthal against further charges that gamblers bad to divide their sains with the Police. Rose is a close friend of Police lieu tenant Becker, whs was yesterday re moved aa the head of the "strong arm auad. which handles the gambling situ stion in the City. District Attorney whitman has fcleaned enough Informa tion to convince him that Rose, at the .i.KMtion or knowledge of the police, hired some of Jack Zelig's gang of gun ftffhtep. to mike away with Rosenthal Th market rate for killing men by some of the, east side gunmen is said to be 2,000. From William' Shapiro, driver of the "murder car." District Attorney Whit man and private detectives employed by him have learned that after the shoot in the murderers loafed around, the scene of the crime with no apparent fear of arrest Shapiro has told enougn stalls to cause the public prosecutor to believe that the private detectives Will soon round up the gang or gun rignters hv dailv nromlsed to viUVIII asw arrest but have failed so to do. That the gambling plot and murder plot will lead far deeper into . the police department is now generally believed. Assassins la Io Horry. - Shapiro told the prosecutor and detect ives that he picked up Rose and two other men, IUky. and Schaaps, by ap pointment on Fourteenth street and on the way up town there were several changes xnsde In the party. Information regarding these changes of the passen gers in the "murder car" la being with held. i Shapiro says that after the men shot Rosenthal, they put their guns in, their pockets and . stood around for a time. After a while. Shapiro says, they walked leisurely over to the car and got aboard. The chauffeur said he worked with the motor hoolne the police would come, but that one of the murderers pointed a gun at him and said: "Quit monkeying and roll along." Shapiro said the ear made only fifteen miles an hour and ho did not see any chase being made to capture them. Oolng up Fifth avenue Bbagtro said, ssjs) of the passengers said to him that he was a fool to get scared as nobody was going to set into trouble, because the Job had been fixed and the police were not doing anything. Rose Afraid of Becker. Police Commissioner Donahue scoured from Rose the information he was work ing for Lieutenant Becker early Monday nleht Rose told the deputy commis sioner that he was afraid of Becker and had gone to the house of Dora Gilbert, Rosenthal's divorced wife, on Monday night because he knew she was going to made an affidavit that Becker wanted against Rosenthal. Rose told the com missioner that he was not surprised when he was told that Rosenthal had been killed as he thought he would get ft because he talked too much. Sulzberger Glue Plant is Burned KANSAS CITY. July J0.-Flre today de stroyed a five-story building of the Suls- berrer & Sons Packing Company In Kan sas City. Kan., used as the bone and glue department Loss, 175,000. HIBERNIAN LADIES ELECT THEIR OFFICERS CHICAGO. July 20.-The ladles' auxil lary of the Ancient Ordar of .Hibernians today elected these officers: President, Mrs. Ellen Ryan Jolly, Paw- tucket R. I.: vice president. Miss B. A. Mahoney, Calumet Mich.; secretary, Mra Adella Christy. Columbus, O., and treas urer. Mra. Mary Connolly, Amsterdam, n. y. , ' ' GORHAM TUFTS IS ; GIVEN THREE YEARS LOS ANGELES," July 20.-Gorham Tufts, Jr., the Oriental myatle and cult leader, convicted of having fraudulently Obtained more than $100,009 from his wife, formerly the wealthy Mrs. Roe Of Fort Worth Tex., was sentenced today to thre vears in San Quentln prison The sentence was imposed after Tufts pleaded for probation. ' Back Broken In Runaway. CASPER, Wyo., July ' .-Spelat)-. Ralph Robinson was thrown from a buggy In a runaway today and, striking on the seat his back was broken. He cannot live more than a few days. BRYAM'S FUHDJSOT TAINTED Peerless Had No Money from Bel mont, Byan & Co. in 1908. HERMAN BIDDER SHOWS BOOKS Treasurer Was Himself tbe Great est Single Contributor, Evad ing' the $10,000 Rule by Simple Subterfuge. Ger mania Farmer Hangs Himself. GERMANIA. Ia.. July 19.-(Spclal.)- John Heindecker, a farmer residing northwest of here, concluded his milk ing, went to the milk house, quickly put a rope around his neck and sus- Dended hlmsell irom a Joist. His wue missed him and went inpersult and found him unconscious, but not dead and cut trim down, but he could not bo revived. For some time he had been showing symptoms of Insanity and last Saturday was thrown violently on his bead In a runaway, which seemed to aggrevate us ttouMo. WASHINGTON. July 20.-Herman Rid der, treasurer of the democratic national committee in 1908, today produced for the Inspection of the senate committee inves tigating campaigns official reports of the committee's receipts and expenditures he had filed with the secretary of state of New York in 1908. G. J. Martin, private secretary to the secretary of state, pro duced the reports as official custodian of them. These showed the total re ceipts were $630,644.77 and the total ex penditures were $618,410.06. Mr. Riddel told tne committee how he raised the money for William Jennings Bryan's last presidential fight "I Was tbe largest contributor," said Mr. Ridder. "I gave 137,000. Mr. Bryan made a rule that no one should contribute more than $10,000. So $10,000 was sub scribed in my name and each of my sons gave $9,000." Belmont Not on List. "Did August Belmont contribute any thing in ISOSr asked Chairman Clapp. "No, he Old not" said Mr. Ridder. Mr. Belmont had told the committee recently that be contributed about 1360,000 to the democratic national committee in )90i "Did Mr. Thomas F., Ryan contribute in 1908 T" continued Senator Clapp. "No, he did not." - - "Might they bave contributed to soma one else!" "No one unless Mr. Eheehan no, I am sure they did not through Mr. Bheehan because the amount, he contributed was too small." Tammany hall contributed $10,000 Mr Ridder told the committee and Robert E. Wing of. New Orleans collected $37,000 mostly in S and lO-eent pieces. The witness recalled, witB the aid of the n official records, that 25.0CO names were enrolled on the list of contributors. He cut out the largest ones, putting into the records W. F. Sheehan, Edward F. GoHra, John W. Cox and David Francis, $3,000 each; John T. McGraw. $2,000 Edward M. Shepard, H. H. Lehma ueiancey micou, v. to. uonway. jNorman E. Mack and J. Sargent Cram, $1,000 each; Morgan J. O'Brien, $500; Nathan Straus, $1,260 and Samuel Untermeyer, $3,500. .Senator Clapp remarked that Mr. Rid der every time he mentioned a con tributor by a Tammany man referred to him as a "good" man. . "Do you mean to cast reflections on, the other contributors?" asked the sen-i r l Stor. "No, but after Bryan's denunciation at Baltimore it seems necessary to explain the qualifications of Tammany men. I collected ' the money In 1808, and I am sure not a dollar of it was tainted." No money was received from corpora tions tor the campaign Mr. Ridder as sured the committee. "I htd distinct orders from Bryan." he said, "that no money was to be taken from corporations." "Have you any reason to believe that subscriptions by them were covered up by being made under a person's name?" he was asked. "None. The contributions were too small for that" WEALTHY NEW YORK MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER NEW YORK, July .-George R Hark ness, a wealthy real estate dealer of Sea CUff, on Long Island, was arrested today, charged with having shot and killed Mrs. Florence Hopp of Lewisburg, Pa., at the hotel here, where they were guests earlj today. Mrs. Hopp, who was about 25 years old, had been In Harkness company for several days. Mrs. Hopp leaves a 7-year-old eon in Lewieburg. Escaped Convict Recaptured. - PIERRE, a D July &0.--H W. Bell, a convicted negro forger who escaped from a train while being taken to the penitentiary at Sioux Falls, was cap tured today near Caps, S. D., by a posse which used a bloodhound to trail him. Every little Toastie has a flavor like the other Rich and pure, sweet and clean each bowl invites another. No fear of indigestion no doctor's bill to pay, If you'll only get the habit eat Post Toasties every day. Written by MISS RENA ALBEE, , 83 Leroy St., Binghamton, N. Y. One of the 50 Jingles for which the Poatum Co., ' Battle Creek, Mich., paid $1000.00 in May.
