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PART ONE. - . v NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TWELVE. H 0 MAHA EE THE WIATHER Cloudy Warmer vol. xlii-no. a OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1912.-SIX SECTIONS. SIXTY PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. AMERICAN MARINES ; SUCCEED IN OPENING GRENADA RAILROAD Belief Force Under Admiral Souther land Beaches City in Central .' Nicaragua, INSURGENTS DELAY EXPEDITION Threat to Bombard Fortress Quickly Brings Results. THREE MARINES ABE WOUNDED1 Shots Fired at Major Butler by Drunken Soldiers.Go Wild. , REBELS PROMPTLY APOLOGIZE Train Which Had Been Halted at Masaya Then Proceeded to Gren ada vrithi Pood for Its Starr. ' lng- Inhabitants. ' MANAGUA. Nicaragua, Sept. 2L (Via San Juan Del Sur. Three American marines were slightly wounded by ' In surgents bullets fired at Major Smedley D Butler, commanding the batailion of . American marines, as . the train bearing the force of blue Jackets and marines was' passing through Masaya Thursday night for the purpose of opening up the railroad to Granada.' The American force arrived at Granada,' the populace of which Is on the verge of starvation, today. ' - The American relief force left Managua on Sunday, September 15, to open: the National railroad, to Granada, where It was reported a number of girl students at a college had been Isolated; for forty days and were facing starvation. As the train approached Masaya, it was fired upon by rebels entrenched on Barranca hill and It was forced to come to a stand still. - -t ).. . . .A' Admiral Southerland, who was in com-d mand of the expedition, had an interview ..with the' commissioners sent out by the insurgent ' leader, General Zeldon, on Wednesday, but nothing came of the con ference, General Zeledon refusing to allow he train carrying the marines to ; pass through the city. i Allow Train to Proceed. .- ' Admiral Southerland on Wednesday night sent a message to the rebel chief demanding the surrender of the Barranca fortress, which is located close, to, ,.the railroad line, or the- Americans "would bombard the position on Thursday mon lng. At daybreak oh 'Thursday General Zeledon's commissioner"" entered into fur ther negotiations with the American-ad' mlral, which resulted in an agreement by whjch the train would be allowed to pass through Masaya and by whloh the Amer ican withdrew their demand for the sur render of Barranca hill. . . , ' " In accordance with this agreement the train entered Masaya on Thursday night As it reached the station several drunken insurgents ' fired ' at Major Smedley D. Butler, but the bullets missed him . and slightly wounded three American marines. The Americans in the back part of -the ''-tvaln ihaiviiinnn iinanul fir, nn rhA raholia buttnghooting was quickly repressed by MaJor Butler. , ' Insurgent officials promptly disavowed the action of their men and apologised to the American commander for the occur- i rence. This terminated the incident and the train proceeded to Granada, where it I arrived this morning. '' New Rule in Regard' to Examination of . V AH Country Banks NEW YORK, Sept ' 21.-A ruling of great interest to country banks was laid down here today by Lawrence O. Mur ray, comptroller of the currency, in an address delivered to a gathering .of na tional bank examiners. On and after Oc tober 1, he said, he desired that at the examination of all country banks the board of directors shall be convened and the examination of assets made In their presence.- ; ' - ' ' The comptroller cautioned the examin ers to inquire very- carefully Into . any undue concentration . of the loans of a bank in companies' controlled by' the bank's officers or directors." , I speak now," he continued, "of any bank where such a concentration would ruin the bank If the loans are bad. When ever you come across a ease where the directors or officers are Unduly cdncen- tratlng the funds of a bank in corpora tions controlled by themselves, and where you have no information on which to base an opinion as to whether the loans are good or bad, It seems to me you are clearly entitled to one of .three things: First, that the books of the corporations be voluntarily opened to you, or, second, that the directors give you a full state ment in detail of the business of the con cerns; or, third, that a copy be given you of a report on the company or corpora tion made by an Independent auditor." Mr. Murray complimented the examiners for their work, but added that "we must Improve It materially." He said he considered the country ex aminer, is often overworked - and under paid, but nevertheless he Insisted Vthat the time given to examining : country banks be materially lengthened." MOON EY ARRESTED II LIU . Coming to See Ak-Sar-Ben Then and Now RLilCK (ii-i-l sou Clever Thief fc wad iried to Hob Flatau at Paxton Caught at 1 Same Trick in Iowa. OUTWITTED AT HIS OWN GAME Got George Clark to Room, but Acted , Suspiciously and Police Called. CONFESSES: TO OMAHA; JOB i I BUILDING TRADE STRIKE MAY ,' EXTEND J0 MANY CITIES ! CINCINNATI, O., Sept. 21.-The W tinued refusal of the Steamfltters union w .v aiiia.ifiaiiio.ic Willi llll- plumbers, as ordered by the American I Federation of Labor, will extend the i building trades strike now on In Clncin I natl to Chicago and other cities, labor I leaders predicted today. - They said that 'the Chicago trades building council -had ordered a strike next Monday unless the Steamf liters agree to the amalgamation.. Union leaders admit the strike here was called in an effort to enforce the fed eration's demand upon steamfitters every, where, and that it is only a forerunner Of a" nation-wide movement to amalga mate the unions of the two crafts.- The Weather Official Forecast ... Forecast till 7 p. m. Sunday; For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity Fair tonlghti and Sunday; no, important change In temperature. Tesnperotare , at Omaha Senate Committee c WiUNotCaUMrs. ; . Edward Harriman WASHINGTON. Sept a.-Mrs. Harri man, widow of the late Edward Harri man, the railroad magnate, .and Miss Bliss, daughter of the late Cornelius N. Bliss, former treasurer of the republican national committee, will be excused from testifying before the senate committee investigating campaign expenditures, Senator Clapp. and Senator Pomerene de cided today. , , . ; - . . A sergeant-at-arms sent to New Tork to subpoena them, was assured by C. C. Tegehoff, formerly private secretary to Mrs, -Harriman,, that, Mr?. Harriman had q; personal ' knowledge of any contribu tions and that she -would be willing to produce any documents of the Harriman estate for the inspection of the commit tee. - Cornelius N. -Bliss, fr-r has assured, a representative of the committee he would produce every paper the Bliss1 es tate has relating to contributions, "and that It would be unnecessary to subpoena Miss Bliss. . . - ?" ',-'. 4 V- ' '' M, ;F. Elliott, general counsel for the Standard Oil company; C? T. White and W. H. Libby, aleo Standard Oil officials, have been-served -with subpoenas to pro duce certain books before the committee. Says He Pulled Trick in Omaha, but Did Not Come Down Fire Escape. WILL BE BROUGHT BACK HERE His Offense in Council Bluffs Was Not Strong; Enough, So Will Be Turned Over to Omaha - Courts for Trial. . Strikers Rfeoccupy; th& Rifle, Pite Near Utah Copper Mine Arthur ooney,' who attempted to rob W. C. Flatau, an Omaha Jeweler, in room No. 113 In the "Paxton, hotel Friday morn ing after inviting him there to make a loan on a diamond ring, attempted to pull off the same stunt at the Grand hotel In Council Bluffs yesterday afternoon, and not only failed to rob his Intended victim and make his exit by the fire escape, as he did here.' but was himself held up !jy Chief of Police : Froom and Erne-ency Officer Jack O'NelUand is now locked up In the. Council. Bluffs city Jail, after making a frank admission of his responsi bility for the ftmaha Job., The fellow' went to the Grand hotel at about: 7 o'clock Friday evening and registered as Richard Waid, Omaha.' He was assigned to room 419, 'located on the fourth floor facing the areaway. where there was no" fire escape. . Later, after Investigating the hotel rooms the outside of the building, he asked to be transferred to a south room, 219 facing Bayllss park. I with one of the windows . opening ipon Friday afternoon he made the rounds of the loan brokers Inquiring about the possibility of securing a small loan on a three-stone diamond ring,' which he said he had purchased ten years ago for $373. ' ' . . - . - - Lays Trap Attain. Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday after noon he called up the Clark : Jewelry company on the phone and asked If looans were made on diamonds and told the story of the $375 ring. . Fifteen min utes later he called up and asked. 'that the diamond expert be sent to hlsoom at; the Grand as he was, laid up with a sprained ankle, and suggested that the money for the loan be brought to the hotel. Mr. Clark had shortly before jreadl the story of the Paxton holdup and was suspicious .and asked Jnls attorney, Her man Schunt,' who was In the office, to go over and investigate. "jSchflra refused to concur in the suspicion ;that it might be the same game -that, was attempted at the Paxton, but wisely took no money with him. t He i wis shown to Waid's room, f He entered, leaving the door wide open and two bell boys stood across the hall to observe what eoing on. They remained there through several minutes of the preliminary conversatn, dur ing which tyald appeared to be nervously eyeing the boys. He ' then told Schur that his wife had the diamond and would be back in a few minutes and asked hJm to call in fifteen minutes.. BINGHAM, Utah. Sept. 21.-Three.hun- dred strikers reappeared this morning, in the fortifications on the mountainside known as the shooting gallery. ' from which the firing was dope toward the Utah copper mine on the first days of the miners' strike here. ... , ;i 4.ne men are supposed to be a part pi the iforce which came down from the' breastworks to "hear the address of Gov ernor., Spry on Thursday. The fortress was deserted yesterday - and it ' Is sup posed that its reoccupatlon is dvre to the predictions that nonunion men would be put, to work by the Utah Copper com pany today. , .. , , ...... Superintendent Schilling of the company did not confirm the predictions. He said this morning, j . "We will do nothing today." More deputy sheriffs were sent' out on the Bingham ft Garfield railroad this morning to strengthen the patrol estab lished on the theory that the line might be blockaded to prevent the importation of strikebreakers. There waa no firing this morning, al though the strikers returned - all - their weapons. --- . mmmm Police Notified. In the meantime Mr. Clark had tele phoned police headquarters, and Chief Froom and Officer O'Nell responded. On the way to ttte hotel Patrolman Barrett was picked up and stationed at the foot of the fire escape on the outside of the building. When Chief Froom rapped and was bidden to enter he found the door locked, and' heard Waid open It As the latter, did so the chief's Revolver was thrust into his face and he was told to throw up his hands. . The muzzle of O'Nell's revolver was aiso pointing at his head, and his hands quickly went up as he remarked, "Well, I guess you've got me." 'J? : . V .i ' ' T ? -:r REPUBLICANS E CAMPAIGN 01 Senator lodge Addresses Great Mass Meeting at Columbus. BOGUS : ECONOMY IS - SCORED Hone of . Vota ; U Itfalnsprlnis of Every Action of lat Democratic v i Congresa Court Should He- ' . .J tftln Independence. - ' I OQS- - 8 fc m 44 IVJ era 7.m ...45 IAJ ' n f. 9 ' iA.i(f vA 10 m a yWw' T7 ' ' U-ni...- .-.64 ' mf y J J. 12 ro 68 '" ,,:-l'P'm.'.:v.V .66 Local Wettker necord. . ' - 1912. 1911. 1910. 1909. Lowest last night 44 45 gg 58 Precipitation 00 .00 .00 .2.1 Normal temperature - for- today, 64 de grees. . - - Deficiency in precipitation since March 1. 2.62 inches. , Deficiency corresponding period, 1911, 14.46 Inches. . V, Deficiency corresponding period, 1910, 13.61 inches. , . - , . . Weather tn the Grain Belt. . - Another general drop In temperature occurred last night throughout the west i and east over the central valleva and up per lake region. Freezing weather, with heavy and killing frosts is reported in the mountains and heavy frosts occurred In Kinsas and light frosts in the upper Mis slssipi valley. Showers ocpurrd in the upper Missouri and upper Mississippi val- ' leys and lake region within the last twenty-four hours, and heavy rains have fallen in the middle Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys and east gulf states. Rains continue in the extreme upper valleys and upper lake region this morning. Clear weather prevails in the west and the out- '. look is favorable for fair weather In this vicinity tonight and probably Sunday, 1 With no Important change in temperature. ' L. A. WELSH, Local Forecaster. ; Last of the Haybray Mikers is Sentenced Edward C. Moore, the last- of the fa mous Maybray mikers to be sentenced, was given one year and one day in the federal prison at Leavenworth and fined $20 by Federal Judge Smith McPherson at found! Bluffs yesterday. . MEXICAN CHIEFS ACQUITTED H OF VIOLATING NEUTRALITY MARFA, T-, Sept. 21. Colonel Pas cual Orozco, sr., and his five companions, advisers ofr Orozco, Jr.,. leader of the Mexican rebellion In the oorth. who. were captured by United States troops at Pre-1 the ,a,a .n the Packs ere unbroken win. Tev.. won found tin mm'nr 18 lna PSCKages were in their care. neutrality law violations at their hartnrf I RiIrtal. and .express officials refuse to Fifty-Five Thousand In Bills Taken from Shipment by Express r - - -. PENSACOl;A, Flat. Sept. 21.-A. package containing $56,000 dleappeared in transit from the First National bank in this city to officials of the txMilsvlUe & .Nashville railroad at Flomaton,. Ala. The money was part of a shipment df $76,000 Intended as. payroll and was In bills of small de nominations. v,'v-!'yii;' Details of ihe robbery; " which is said toVhava taken place Wednesday, .did not become public until today. ' Reports were current that the westbound Louisville & Nashville train leaving here Wednesday morning had ' been ' held up "and robbed, but th:s was emphatically denied today by railroad officials here. " . The money was put up In two sealed packages at the bank, one containing $55,000- and the other $20,000. these pack age were delivered to the Southern Ex press company and in turn to the Louis ville & Nahville pay car at Flomaton to be used in paying off the men as the car came south to Pensacola. On being opened in the pay car. it Is said,, the larger pack age was fund to contain a roll of pages from a magazine instead of the money, The express messengers, it is said, claim today before United States Commissioner Grffln and released. The elder Orozco and Jose Cordeva. immediately were re arrested at the request. of the '.Mexican consul at El Paso. , ;. ; , " SALVATION CASH, CLOTHES ' AND LOBSTERS ABE STOLEN Thieves entered - the Salvation Army headquarters at Seventeenth and Daven port streets last night and stole $20 in small change and:' a $2. check. . V": Clothing valued at $10 was stolen from J. G. Vanscago, 618 North Nineteenth street. Three lobsters were taken from the meat shop of M. Leffsbltz. 2301 Leavenworth street Entrance' was ef fected by cutting out the glass in a rear window, . ; . , . . . , . .. discuss the disappearance of the money. " Culls from the Wire " The' fortieth annual convention, of tht American Public - Health . associat'on which has been' In session in Washing-' ton, , adjourned to ". meet next year at Colorado Springs, " Colo." - ' William Whiting Borilen, son of tht late William Borden, and Mrs. Mary Bor den, whose share of his father a estate Is said to be 5,O0O,O0O. la to become a foreign" missionary - and wHl begin his life's work at Kansu, China, as soon a his preparatory studies are , completed, the Indian bureau files by Mrs. Helef. Pierce Gray, the investigator of Crow Indian affairs, arrested in Washington on a charge of concealing public records were located at the Department of Jus tice and other places by Attorney J. E Wright, acting for the attorney general Prctically all the papers w thdrawn from tne. ornciai archives by Mrs. Gray now uav be t;u accounieq ior. COLUMBUB, O., ' Sept.' ' 21.-Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, 'R. B. Brown, candidate for governor,' and other 'prominent speakers opened . the national and state republican campaigns In this city today." " The "opening consisted off .two mass meetings ..in Memorial'- hall and two parades.-The first meetln wa be at 2 o'clock this afternoon and the second at 8 o'clock this evening, Con gressman Edward, L. Taylor of Colum bus presided flt the afternoon meetlntr, at which Senator Lodge, Mr. Brown, Rev. John Wesley Hill of New York and Con gressman Philip, R. Campbell of Kansas spoke. : ; . Serrator Lodge, after decnarlng his pleasure in addressing the Ohio gathering,- told of. his Ion Intimate friend; ship with PreMdent McKlnler. hip speech was largely devoted to a review of the acts of the late congress. "The democratic house,', he said, "de termined to enter upon a career of legis lation and In order to secure their legis lation they adopted to an extnt nevet known in our history, that most vicious practice "of attaching legislation to ap propriation bills, wh'ch hitherto the rules of both houses have been carefully framed to prevent. They started o"t with the proposition that they were going to make great economies, but when the final ac count was made up It was found that 'the 'econom'es" crippled all those branches of the government where there were na votes and . the extravagances In which they freely indulged were poured out lavishly where It was thought that large sums from the traf sury would result In se curing support at the po'ls. The economies and extravagances alike lyere determined not by the interests of the government oi the people, but in every case by the hopt of votes." ' ., - The speaker asserted ' that the actions of the democratic legislators had crippled the State department to effect a saving of $99,000; that they selected this year, when Mexico Is in a fitment of revo lution, to cut off five cAvalry regiments from the army; that their economy had caused this country to drop from second to third place among the navies of the world, with the Panama canal on the point of being "opened and that their civil service legislation threatened the dis organization of the service. PronniKMl Canstltnttnnal ChauBe., The democratic tariff measures, vetoed by President Taft, , were criticised by Senator Lodge,-who continued: ' "But during the list few years another question, or rather, a series of questions have arisen, , which far transcend all others, because they. Involve the funda mental principles upon which our gov ernment' and -our Instltut'ons rest. Thest' questions have been raised and violent constitutional changes have been agitated and advocated by men of all parties. This agitation has divided opinion in the two great part'es, whether the dlviB'on hs FORM BIG TOBACCO COMPANY Daniel G. Beid and Associates Or ganize $50,000,000 Combine. OPTIONS 0U . SEVERAL PLANTS Present Plan Is to Manntactore All Forma of . Tobacco and Make r , , a " Specialty of Cla arettcs. NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-A $50,000,00 tobacco company,rnow in process of for mation here, is reported today to have the financial support of Daniel 0. Red, chairman of the Chicago, Rock' Island executive board- and several of his asso ciates. Mr. Reld ia now in Europe, but Is expected to return about October 1. ' According to the report options have already been obtained on a large number of independent tobacco companies in all parts of the country.- The present plan, It is said, Is to manufacture all forms of tobacco and to make a specialty of cigarettes. " ' The decree of the United States supreme court dissolving the American Tobacco company, it Is reported, has brought about favorable conditions In the opinion of the promoter, for the launching of the new company. Tentative plans pro vide for dividing the stock Into $L'0,000,000 preferred and $30,000,000 common. HOUSES WRECKED N AK-SAR-BEN DAYS BEG N WEDNE DAY BE1TERTHAN EVER Carnival Gates Swing Open to Mer . rymakers'at Noon and Fun and Frolic Start.' V PREVIOUS EVENTS OUTCLASSED Eoral Automobile Parade First Big Event of Fall Festival. GKEAT AGRICULTURAL EXHIBIT Woodmen,' Cadets "and Soldiers in ' ' Great Dedicatory Parade. ELECTRICAL GEMS AND FLOWERS Brilliant and Awesome , Pageant of . Illuminated Floats, Followed by Coronation Hall for New Klnjt and Queen. - . LONDONDERRY RIOT Irish ( Nationalists Make Violent Attack on Unionist .Paraded V; General -Wood Will Visit Fort Crook' ; Next Saturday WASHINGTON, Sept 21.-MaJor Gen eral Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the ! army, will leave here Monday for an an nual Inspection of the national defenses. According to the tentative Itinerary, he will be at Columbus barracks September TCRCEBEARERS ARE ' STONED Sir Edward, t'ariion ta Given. Eatha iaatie Reception by 1'nloalnta, lul Biff : Row Follows,' , , Speech maklngj." . COLERAINE, Ireland, Sept. 21.-Flve houses were wrecked In a riot at London derry today between the factions disput ing over home rule and wtilcb, followed a meeting of unionists In Guild Hall, which was presided over by the Duke of Abercorn. Nationalists stoned 1 the torch bearers and bandsmen of the unionists. Sir Edward Carson and the other unionist leaders who are conducting the anti-horoe rule campaign in Ulster re ceived an enthuflastlo reception here to day. The town had been golly deco rated for the occasion and the unionists' clubs, headed by their bands, escorted Sir Edward and his party from the rail road station to the grounds, where a great demonstration was held. Posse Lynches Negiri : 0n California Desert BAKERSFISLD, Cal., Sept. 20.-The lynching of a negro on. the desert thirty miles east of Mojave, by men alleged to be employed on the Los Angeles aqueduct, was reported tonight. It Is said the negro attacked the 0-year-old child of a woman who Is homesteadina a tract of land near fha mi.,ini - .. 24; Chicago, September 2S; Des Moines. m Jawbone canvon and th mL September 2 and 27; Fort Crook, Neb.,tt po8ge wnIcn punmed tne n - m . i no. nLiu xr v. rt . i ... kjui rounding him In a gulch several miles from the scene of the crime, they rid dled his body with bullets. Officers left here tonight In an automobile to Investi September 23; Robinson, Neb., Sep tember' 2!, and McKenzle, Wyo., October 2. The tour of Inspection probably will require more than a month's time. Gen eral Wood will be accompanied by Cap tain Frank R. McCoy of the genoral staff corps. Boone Woman is ) 1 . Caught in Engine BOONE, la., Sept. 21.-Mrs. Abraham Jacobson was Instantly , killed at her homo here today, when her clothing caught in the pulley of a gas engine u.sed in operating a cnurn. i 4-j" WALDO APPOINTS MEN WITHOUT INVESTIGATION j Next Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock gates of the carnival grounds nt Kight cenih and Douglas streets will be thrown open and from that time until midnight, October 5, the anual festivities of Ak-, Sar-Ben will not cease. Some of the shows for the carnival already have ar rived and most of the others will come tomorrow. The Douglas county fair will have its exhibits on the grounds, tak ing the booths on both sides of the street for an entire block. The Irwin Brothers wild west outfit,' with 150 persons and 230 head of horses and cattle, with which they will repeat the Cheyenne frontier days, will be herar from September Jtf.to October 5, during which time the .performances will be re peated dally at Rourke park, Fifteenth" and Vinton streets. Eighteen cars,' com prising a 'special train, will bring the outfit to Omaha. ' The first big " parade feature of this year's festivities Is the automobile floral' parade, which takes place on the streets of Omaha Tuesday afternoon, October L' Charles Beaton Is at the head of ths committee' In' charge of this feature. Already some fifty automobiles have been entered for this spectacular parade. Ex pert decorators In artificial flowers havo been secured from Chicago. They have' been at work in the Brandels stores for the last two ' weeks, where they ' have been toeing orders for.' artificial flowers and making plans for those' who des red outlines of designs for their automobiles. Many are. planning their own designs for the cars while others prefer to accept ona of the plans of the experts' i versatile brains.' . ' '". . . ; ' , Floral Parade First.' Prises will' be offered for the best dec orated cars In the parade, the artistlo work and the general effect of the floral decorations ' being taken' Into considera tion; The costumes of the occupants of the car muHt harmonise With the general scheme of the floral decorations. Prises ranging from $50 ' to $200 are offered. Several silver loving cups as grand prises also are offored. v Many ladles are en tering the parade with decorated cars, and entries are being received from many parts cf the state as well as from Coun-. ell Bluffs. 'f' ; Seven years ago a floral parade was held In connection with the Ak-Sar-Ben festivities. At that time there' were but . 120 automobiles In the city of Omaha. ' Since that time the automobile floral parade has not been attempted until thi year. Now that the cars in the city run ' up Jnto thousands and automobiles have ' developed from the little "horseless car- ' rlage" to the giant, smooth, Pullman-like ' forty-horse power', seven-passenger cars, this parade is expected to be one of the 1 very most fascinating, spectacles of the Ak-Sar-Ben festival.-" . The great electrical parade with Its va- ' rlegated blaae'of lighting will burst forth : on the gase of the crowds Wednesday night, October 2. "Gems and Flowers" this year is the theme of the electrical ' parade. Everywhere the mythological, historical and aramatlc significance of tho ' various gems and flowers Is carried out : in the scenes portrayed by the floats, and the whole Is one blazing panorama oC beauty, culture and mythology, 1 1 NEW TORK. Sept. 21.-On the witness stand tor the third time, the aldermanic committee whlchls Investigating police conditions, Police Commissioner 1 Rlilne lander Waldo today repeatedly disavowed responsibility for the fact that he had appointed to his force many men rejected by his predecessors and whose records at police headquarters showed that they had been arrested for various offenses. In answer to this and to Instances of men who had obtained appointment through false oaths as to age and other qualifications, as pointed out by Emory R. Buckner, who conducted the' examina tion, the commissioner declared ho had put his whole trust in the Civil Service 1 (Continued on Second Page. ) sion's list without having his own depart ment investigate the character of the men- commission and had appointed men in been openly declared or not These que onef two tnree order trom tne comm!s- tlons are far graver than any poss.ble question of economics or administration If the proposed constitutional change should be carried Into effect they would completely revolutionise our system, and theory of government as we have known it since tht beginning of our history. "It is now seriously proposed to make the courts depend upon the will of a majority of the voters at any given moment majority which may be fleet ing, temporary or accidental. ( Th courts of the United States were made THIEF DROPS WIRE COIL PURSUED RY DETECTIVE A large coil of stolonoopper wire was recovered by Detective Sullivan yester day afternoon at Fourteenth and Dodge streets from Fred French, a ''coke" fiend. When French saw Sullivan follow ing him, he dropped the wire and es caped. ( Rich Oil Field is Dis covered Near Panama NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 21.-What prom ises to be a wonderfully rich oil field with latent possibilities for solving the fuel problem of the Panama canal sone. ac cording to Gerald H'5?mlltof$ editor of the English section of the Panama City Star, has been discovered in Columbian terri tory, not more than a day's Journey from the canal. ' , Mr. Hamilton, who arrived here yester day from the isthmus, said that officials of the Panama canal commission as well as American capitalists, were Investigat lng the oil district. He added that a Ger man had discovered the oil at but a short distance below the surface. WILSON FOR FIRST TIME SEES coLlMByj,C5L ORGANIZATION COLUMBUS. O.. Sept. 21.-Twelve hours were spent in Columbus tonight by Governor Woodrow Wilson but In these were crowded the formal opening of the democratic campaign in Ohio, a luncheon with Governor Harmon, Representatives James M. Cox, the democratic candidate for governor, and -state leaders, and a series of speeches and receptions. ; It was a strenuous wlndup to the presi dential nominee's first week of'consecu' tive campaigning, , As he started back to Sea Girt, N. J., tonight he said he was more than satisfied and pleased, both with the thrill of campaigning and the enthusiastic greetings he had received. ..Enthusiasm and demonstration spread through the day's events. For the first time In his life the governor saw what a political organization looked like. - He saw the precinct organizers, the county lead ers and the state executives and with them, hundreds of. coworkers. They crowded Memorial hall and gave the nominee an ovation. ' t ' Promineni; York Girl Is Killed Under Auto TORK, Neb., Sept. 21.-(Speclal Tele- ' gram.) Last' evening Miss Claire Green, daughter of L, P. Green, was riding In ; an automobile with Miller Chorn, when ' they attempted to pass another machine. Both were running at a high rate of speed. The road was not level and the machine turned turtle, catching Miss Green beneath It and injuring her so that ' she died in a few hours. - ?'.. -'-' ' EnrlUh and Walters Matched. CHICAGO, Sept. 21. Billy Walters, welterweight champion of the United States, and Clarence English of Omaha were matched here last night for a fif- ' teen round bout at St Joseph, Mo., on the night of October 1. The weight' agreed . upon is 147 pounds at S o'clock on the . day of the fight Every Day in The Week and Especially on Sunday The Bee want ad pages offer ' a most com plete bulletin of oppor tunities. Read The Bee want ads and you will cer tainly profit by them. , It you want to buy a homo or find a' buyer for' one, buy or Bell vacant property or personal property. If you want to loan or borrow, exchange or hire. there is no other way of doing it so quickly or as cheaply as it can be done by the use of a Bee want ad. Tyler 1000