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    The Omaha Daily Bee
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VOL. XLUI-NO. 113.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MOBBING, OCTOBER 28, 1913 TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
UNITED STATES NOT
SEEKING TERRITORY
r OR MATERIAL GAIN
1 President Wilson Announces His
, Policy Toward Other American
Nations in Address at Mobile.
MORALITY NOT EXPEDIENCY i
Will Assist Neighbors Toward South
to Real Independence.
EMANCIPATION STILL NEEDED
Some Are Largely Under Domination
of Foreign Financial Interests.
MAKES TRIP DOWN THE HARBOR
Mexican Ship LrlniE nt Dock lie-
fnsea to Acknowledge Presence
of Prealdent 1r DIpptnK j
Ita Flag;.
MOBILE, Ala,, Oct. 27. President W1I
kon announced to the world today that
the governing motive of the United
Stutes In Ita relationships with the
countries ot thlH hemisphere would be
'morality and not expediency."
' "I want lo take this occasion to say,"
he declared, "that the United States will
hot again seek to secure' one additional
foot of territory by conquest."
, The president In a speech before the
Southern Commercial congress delivered
fa. veiled attack on what ho termed "The
material Interests," that had Influenced
the forelBn policy of some governments
In' their relations with the nations of
Latin America. Although Mr. Wilson
did not mention Mexico his address was
Interpreted as an arraignment ot those
financial Influences which It has boon
charged havo secured In some case.
recognition from the Huerto government.
The president declared that It would be
the duty of tho United States to assist
the nations of this hemisphere In on
"emaclpatlon" from "the material Inter
ests of other countries."
One of the feature of the entertatn
ment of President Wilson was a trip up
and down the harbor today.. Aa the rev
cnuo cutter Wlndom with the president
and party aboard proceeded upjhe harbor
a steamer flying the Mexican flag was
noticed lying near a British freighter. No
acknowledgment of tho presence of the
president of the United States was shown
by the Mexican vessel. Tho British
steamer dipped Its flag bjs tho revenue
cMtter passed.
Majority Ltedt- Oscar Underwood of
the house ot representatives arrived late
'at the breakfast given "In honor of Ihe
, president and was given an ovation.
- ,.AjJLjlgress of Prealdent.
The president apvko 'extemporaneously.'
"l-come,"! he said, "-"not to apeak for
the' south, because tho south has" the gift
at speaking for Itself. I came here be
cause I would apeak of our present and
prospective relations with our neighbors
lo the south. Tho future Is going to be
very different for this hemisphere from
the" past Those states lying to the south
whttslt have always been our neighbors
will be drawn closer td each other by
common ties of understanding. Interests
do not tie nations together; they some
times separate them. But sympathy and
understanding do bind them together..
"You hear of concessions to foreign
capital in Latin America, but you don't
hear of concessions to foreign capital In
tho United States. They, are not granted
concessions. They are Invited to make
Investments. It U an Invitation not a
privilege. And states that arc obliged to
Krant ' concessions are In the condition
that foreign Interests are apt to dominate
their domestic affairs. Such a condition
of affairs Is likely to become Intolerable.
And It is emancipation from tills Inev
itable subordination which wo deem it
our duty to assist in.
"Their self-respect, their achievements
in splto of difficulties deserve nothing
but the admiration and applause of the
world.
"I rejoice In nothing so much as that
they will be emancipated, and we ought
to be tho first In taking part in assisting
in that emancipation."
Tho president digressed to point out
that ihe Department of State had "tried
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The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. Tuesday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Unsettled and )iot much change In tenv-
perature,
Temperslnrr nt Ouiatiu Yesterday.
I lours. uok.
5 n. m..
6 a. m..
7 a, m.
S a. m..
9 a. m..
.SO
..29
..2
..
..34
10 a. m..., 17
11 a. m 40
J2 m
1 p. m 43
: p. m 8
3 p. m SO
.4 p. m ,43
5 p. m 48
6 p. in 45
7 p. n 41
& p. in 43
Comparative Local Record.
1913. 1912. 1911. 1910.
Highest yeeterday, 4S 78 41 41
Lowest yesterday JS 51 30 31
Mean temperature M 64 37 3$
Precipitation 00 -01
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures from the normal;
Normal temperature 4
BJeflclency for the day 10
Total excee since March I S28
Normal precipitation 07 Inch
Deficiency for the day .07 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1.... 20.33 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 t7 Inches
JJeflclency for cor. period. 1911.. 2.75 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1911.. 14.34 Inches
Reports from Stations at 7 P. M.
station and State Temp High- Ratn-
of Weather. 7 p. n
Cheyenne, cloudy. 45
Davenport, partly cloudy.. 40
Denver, cloudy 54
Des Moines, clear 42
Dodxe City, clear 48
Lander, cloudy 34
Vorth Platte, cloudy 48
'maJia, dear 44
Pueblo, cloudy 52
Itapld City. rain......... ...2S
Salt Lake City. pt. loudy..l8
Santa He, partly cloudy. ..SO
Sheridan, snow 34
sftloux lOty. cloudy 44
Val.ntinl. t lftlldv 51
est. foli.
48 .00
42 .00
60 .00
.00
IS .00
60 .0)
62 .00
48 .0)
(A .t0
U .12
6) .00
U .0u
40 .10
4S M
a .co
It. A- WELSH. Local Forecaster.
James Larkin, Irish
Labor Leader, Given
Seven Months' Term
DUBLIN, Ireland, Oct. 17. James
Larkin, leader of the striking Irish trans
port workers, today was found guilty on
charges of sedition and Inciting to lot
lias waa sentenced to seven months' Im
prisonment. The attorney general In opening the
case for the prosecution said Larkin had
been prosecuted, not becauso he waa a
labor leader, but becauso he waa "a i
wicked nnd dangerous criminal." '
The Irish transport workers havo been ,
on strike since early In September, and
such distress Is prevalent among their (
ramllles that the Kngllstt traaes unions
have sent them large quantities of pro
visions to keep them from starving.
Arrangements wero mado to take some
of their children to England to be cared
for while tho strike lasted, but this ac
tion waa resented by tho Catholic clorgy,
who objected to tho children being sent
Into Protestant families.
WASHINGTON. Oct 27.-Formor Gov
ernor Qage of California telegraphed the
State department asking that the gov
ernment uso Its good offices In behalf of
his daughter, Mrs. Luclle Rand, who has
been arrested at Kingston, Ireland, on a
thargo of kidnaping. Mr. Gage said his
daughter was a humanitarian worker and
had drawn herself Into difficulty while
Bcekmg homes for starving children of
Dublin strikers. Ills request was trans
mitted to Ambassador Page at London.
Miss Elkins and
Mr, Hitt Married
at Halleyhurst
ELKINS, W. -Va.. Oct. 27. Kathcrine
Elkins, daughter of the late Senator
Stephen B. Elkins, was married here this
afternoon to William F. Httt.
Although Intimate friends and the fam
ily had expected It for two years, the
wedding was a surprise to many. Not
even the mother of the bride was aware
that preparations for the wedding had
been made Until a few hours before It
took place. i
The ceremony was witnessed by only
the Immediate family at Halleyhurst. the
Elkins' home here. Former Senator Davla
Elkins was the attendant of the groom,
nnd Mrs. Blaine Elkins. sister-in-law of
the bride, waa matron of honor. Bev. F.
11. Barron, pastor of the Davis Memorial
Presbyterian church here, was the clergy
man. '
The bride Is a granddaughter of former
United States Senator Henry Gossaway
Davis, and while the wedding waa .at 2
o'olock, so quietly had arrangements been
made, that he, too. was unaware of tho
prospect untlt noon. Others present .In
cluded Colone.1 Wclmrd Elkins of Phila
delphia, a brother of the bride; Mrs.
Katherjne Barnet of Washington, coutdn
ofhridejjindjvflsa Katherme Brltton
of Washfngtbn, Jher daughter. - . -
After a wedding luncheon the couple
departed for the east
Arrest for Perjury
Probable in Baby
Changeling Case
SAN FRANCISCO, Cat.. Oct. 27.-So
wide has been the disparity in the testi
mony taken before the British vice con
sul, sitting as a commissioner of the
high court of chancery In the Sllngsby
case, that District Attorney Flckery
called today a special meeting of tho
grand JurjMo determine If possible which
of the witnesses heard had committed
perjury.
The high court Is endeavoring to de
termine whether Lieutenant Charles Eu
gene haymqnd Sllngsby, formerly of his
majesty's navy, and his wife, arc the
parents of tho child which they acknowl
edge as their- son, or the boy ts a change
ling, Ont the outcome hinges tho ultl
mnte Inheritance of an estate yielding
an annual income of between $W,000 and
rM.ooo..
All the witnesses who have testified
were subpoenaed to appear before the
grand Jury, Including Mr. and Mrs.
Sllngsby.
Kenyon Bill is
Passed by Senate
WASHINGTON, Oct 2?.-Tho Kenyon
bin to cltmlnato Washington's segre
gated district was passed today by the
senate and now goes to the house, where
It failed In tho last congress. It follows
tho Des Molnea plan for injunctions
against owners of property used for Im
moral purposes and makes them liable
for tho abatement of discorderly places
uh nuisances.
"As in many other cities," said Senator
Kenyon, urging the passage of the bill,
"these disorderly places are owned by
prominent and wealthy men who rtcclve
inordinately high rents. It Is through
the men that the remedy should come."
Request of Thavfor
Continuance Granted
ROCHESTER, N. IL. Oct. 27.-Harry K.
Thaw's request for a further eontlnnance
In his extradition case was granted by
Governor Felker today. The governor al
lowed the Thaw attorneys until Novem
ber 4 to file briefs bearing on the Indict
ment returned last week by the grand
Jury of New York county. Thaw had
asked for a continuance of two weeks.
MURDER CHARGE AGAINST
GIBSON IS DISMISSED
GOSHEN, N. Y.. Oct 27.-The Indict
ment against Burton W. Gibson, the
New York lawyer, who was tried twice
by Orange county Juries for the death
ot Mrs. Rosa Menschik Stsbo, by
strangulation, on Greenwood lake, on
July It, 1912. was dismissed here today.
The Juries at both trials failed to agree.
The Austrian consul was expected in
Goshen to take Gibson to New York,
where Indictments have been found
at-'aiost him for mlsmlng th- funds
of Mrs. Szubo's estate It is nJIrged that
there Is $7,100 unaccounted for
ELECTION RETURNS
DO NOT SHOW WINNER
Those Received at Capital, Even j
Nearby States, Too Fragmei
to Determine Result,
GOOD GUESS CANNOT BE MADE
Likely Publio Will Not Know Before
Fortnight Elapses,
LIGHT VOTE IN ALL MEXICO
Indications that Sunday's Eleotion
is Without Result.
EXPECT HUERTA TO HOLD ON
Washington Officials See In Inci
dent Justification of Ita Policy
of nefnalns to Recognise
Ilnrrta.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-On the face of
the meager returns from tho Mexican
elections and apparent Indication that a
president had not been chosen, officials
In Washington today based Justification
for tho policy of this government In de
clining In advance to recognize the elec
tions as legal and fair.
Although nothlnr ofriiVi.1 had come to
the authorities here the prevailing opin
ion waa that Huerta would retain his
authority, and that a new congress would
proclaim tho election null and void.
Definite announcement from the Huerta
government of tho election outcomo la
not loked for here for several days. A
few dispatches wero received by Secre
tary Bryan from Mexico City, They con
tained no detailod Information as to the
vote cast for president, but all asserted
that the vote everywhere throughout the
republic had been light The reports
wero sent to President Wilson at Mobile.
All netnrna Are Late.
MEXICO C1TT. Oct. 27.-Tho returns
of yesterday's elections may possibly be
known within a week, but It Is more
likely that a fortnight will elapse bo
fore the result Is placed' before the pub
lic. Not even a good guess as to who
was at tho top of tho poll carl" be mads
at present. Returns, even from nearby
states, ate fragmentary.
In the federal capital Itself the result
may be known within a dey or two.
Telegrams received today by the De
partment of the Interior showed the elec
tions at Guadalajara and Toluca passed
off In an orderly manner.
llnerta I.caila nt Very Crna.
VERA CRUZ. Mex.. Oct. 27. Provisional
President Huerta obtained 1,640 of the
2,000 votes cast In Vera Crux at yester
day's election, according to the official
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Commissioners File
-I- i rre - -v
Answer to Charges
Made by Henry Mayo
Answer of iTenry McDonald, Thomas
O'Connor and Augustus Hartc, three
members of tho Board of County Com
missioners, whom Henry B. Mayo, con
tractor, Is asking thet district court to
rtmove, filed yesterday, call. Mayo's
charges "malicious" and groundless.
It is related that the procedure with
rtgard to bids on completion of the north
grounds of the court houso was entirely
regular and proper and that by rejection
of first bids they saved a large amount
of money.
"Revengeful malice" and "childish de
sire for sensational advertising" aro
other terms used In the answer. The de
fendants ask tho court for an early
hearing that although they are publio
officials, they "hold dear their, honor
and their good name, and desire to leave
them unblemished to their posterity."
Sulzer Will Pay
Thirty-Five Cents
for Dog Biscuit
NEW YORK, Oot 27.-Wlll!am Sulxer,
formor governor, sent a telegram last
night to Michael J, Walsh, acting con
troller In Albany, as follows:
"If you will send me tho bill for Pat
sy's dog biscuit I will send you my check
to reimburse tho state for the 33 cents
it cost. In view of the gTaft of millions
of dollars I uncovered during my ad
ministration it Is gratfylng to know your
office Is now on the Job and has not over
looked the fact that Patsy got away with
a dos biscuit. Poor Patsy! He should
bo Impeached."
Investigators of executive mansion ac
counts at Albany recently have listed
various Items of expenditures during
Governor Sutler's administration, among
which were purchases for the governor's
dog, to which Mr. Sulzer alludes In his
message.
Directors of Water
Board Decide Upon
Many New Districts
At a meeting of the Board of Directors
of the metropolitan water district at 8.30
o'clock yesterday afternoon, twenty-four
new water main districts were created.
By unanimous consent the advisability
of purchasing S15.000 worth of village of
Dundee bonds was not discussed. The
question will be taken up at the meeting
Wednesday.
Denver Bandit
Confesses Murder
DENVER, Colo.. Oct JT.-James Net
son, alias Frank Allen, today confessed
to the police that he killed Thomas Chase
last Friday night when he held up Chase
and a .oarnpamon. The confession cleam
the mystery surrounding u reign of
crime in Denver last week, which for
several nights baffled the police. Nrl
coii when arrested yesjerday admitted
that he Has responsible for inuny high
way robberies, but until today he denlel
knowledge of the murder
.ataafc. &
Drawn for The Bee by Powell.
MRS, EATON CROSS-EXAMIHED
Defendant Says She Married Admiral
to Save His Life.
REPEATS STORY OF HER LIFE
She Kara Iter Late Hatband Waa
Very Intemperate Before Their '.
Marriage and that He
. rartir neiertara, , tt
PIJrMoyT,Vfl'fOct'-JTM. Jen
tile Mitt Uaton resumed the stand for
crosscxamnatlon today in her trial for
tho murder of her )uaband, Rear Ad.
mlral Eaton. As the principal witness In
her own defense, Mrs. Knton was ques
tioned for six hours last Saturday, and
under the guidance of her attorney, Wil
liam Morse, told a story ot tender care
for her husband and consistent devotion
to him. She denied sho had given him
poison and testified that his frequent
dabbling with subtle drugs and liquor
drinking had taxed her patience and
made her fear for her life.'
At the suggestion of the district attor
ney, his medical examiner, Oilman T.
Osgood, of Rockland, sat at a. table In
plain view of the defendant. Dr. Osgood,
who lias devoted much time to a study ot
Insanity, Jottod down notes ot his ob
servations of the witness.
"Did you know that your husband's In
come stopped with his death?" Attorney
Morse asked Mrs. Eaton before her cross
examination began.
"I did," Mrs. Kuton replied.
Under the questioning ot the prosecu
tor, Mrs. Eaton repeated her story ot
Saturday regarding her early life, her
marriage to he first husband, D. II. Alns
worth, and her separation from him, and
ot her meeting with Admiral Eaton.
The admiral was very intemperate, she
said, but under her care, he drank con
siderably less and finally asked her to
become his wife.
"It was only when I saw that he was
going to kill himself that I decided to
marry him." she said.
"Then you married him to save his
life?" asked Mr. Barker.
"Yet, I married him to save his life,"
replied Mrs. Eaton.
Mrr. Eaton related the story ot her di
vorce from Alnsworth and her marriage
to Admiral Eaton. Soon after their mar
riage the admiral gave her $30,000, all of
which she returned to him later. She
did not know that 130,000 came from tho
first Mrs. Eaton, nor that the admiral
had $40,000 when he married the second
time.
Mrs. Eaton denied that she tried,
through Dr. C. II. Colgate, to have the
admiral committed to on asylum. She
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The National Capital
Sronday, Octobrr 20, 10X3,
The Senate.
Met at noon and banking committee
took up currency reform In executive
session.
Passed the Kenyon bill to eliminate the
capital's segregated district by Injunction,
after the Dea Moines plan.
Adjourned at I:&3 until noon Thursday.
The House.
Met at noon and adjourned at tt:IO to
noon Tuesday,
Ordered printed 100,000 copies of the In
come tax regulations.
Incorporated President Wilson's Phila
delphia speech in the Congressional Roc
ord. Miscellaneous.
The congressional practice ot apportion
ing a year's salary for the benefit ot
widows of senators and representatives
dying in office was attacked by Senator
lullon declaring It tho sense of the sen-
ute that "the practice was without war-
Kenyon of Iowa, lie introduced a reso
rant of law" and should be discontinued.
rarVcauaeVh.cal "SacK
I Preeldent Wilson's nomlnatlona of four
native Filipinos to the Philippine commls-
Islon. one of whom Is to be secretary of
iTinnnrM inn i iihiwa ior inn ifliHnni. vm
I finance and justice for the islands, were
icon.irmea loauy uy wis senate.
An Exciting Election in Mexico
Moore Will Retire '
from Chairmanship
of Rook Island Board
NI3W YORK, Oct. 27, -Important
change In tho personnel of the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pailflo Railway compos,)')'
are expected to follow the meeting of dlj
rector to be held In this city on Wednes-.
i '.May. -
B TOhwceBt , weoknef RcjtVadji
sue aia ubicaeo. rtocK. isiana 4,'ucino
railroad collaterai trust bonds hat' given
rise to much conjecture oonemlnif the
future of theso properties.
At Wedrteeday'n meetlnr of the ralltvay'
directors It la said William Mooro wU
retire from tho chairmanship of the exec
utive ooimnltteo and that his successor
will be a member of tho Phelpha-Dodge
Interests.
The various Rock Island Issues and the
railroad bonds wore especially strong and
j actlvo today as a result of these reported
cluuiges. It Is understood the Phelpa
ttodge Interest have added considerably
to their Rock' Island holdings on the re
cent decline.
Three Women Will
Be Candidates for
Chicago Council
CHICAGO, Oct. 27,-SIIss Sophrouisba
Breckenridge, dean ot womsn at the
University of Chicago; Mlsa Wary Mc
Dowell, head resident of the lUnlverslty
of Chicago Stock Yards Social Bettte
ment, and 'Mrs. Joseph T. Ilowen, settle
ment worker, will he candidates for the
elty council at the spring elections, It
was announced today. Tito women will
run on an independent ticket, pursuant to
a campaign by the women's civla organiza
tions to obtain representation In tho
council to promote legislation In which
women are specially Interested.
When tasked today to confirm the re
port that Gertrude Howe Brltton was
among those whom he Is considering for
chief of police, Mayor Harrison again
declined to discuss tho question, de
claring that his choice would not be
known before next Monday,
Horse Rustler is
Given Two Years
PIERRE, S. D., Oct. !7.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) In the Stanley county circuit
court Job Hlgholk was given a 2-year
sentence on a plea ot guilty of horse
rurtllng. Jesse Hodges and John Bush
were each glvon a sentence of a year on
conviction ot arson, and Luther Foster
was given a suspended sentence ot a
year for larceny of a horse.
Katy Telegraphers
Ready to Strike
DALLAS. Tex., Oct IT.-A strike of
1,100 telegraphers ot the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas railway systems wok threat
ened today when General Manager W. A.
Webb of the railroad refused to consider
the telegraphers' demand until December
15. The men's committee said the tele
graphers would decide whether to strike
within the next twenty-four hour.
TEXAS EXCEEDS REQUIRED
SPEED ON TRIAL TRIP
ROCKLAND, Me., Oct. 27. The official
standardization trials ot the super-dread-
naught Texas. Interrupted Thursday by
an aocldent to the Port engine, were corn-
1 piettd tpday with results entirely satis-
" "u'"'r" " " Kovern -
ment officials. The fasUkt run over tho
l mile course wss iiihiIp at the rate of 22.23
j,not.. cxctodins by mor than tU knots
' .
the speed required by the contract.
Z (1115) I
CROWD WA1TSF0R DRAWING
North Piatt ktet.Ari-Ore.wied
witk XmeKekeri.
OXRSPOXY BEGINS AT 10 A. M.
Work of Appraising- Nlnety-Fou
(laarlar Scclluna in ttlonrarm
Military Reservation Will
.. . .(rom a Staff CorresMl""!-)
WBTH PLAam Neb., Oot. .(Bpe.
cisl Telegram.) "The calm before the
storm," is the way the situation a North
Platto Is characterised day, .for with
tho registration for government land
closed thirty-six hour ago evoryona Is
waiting to see wno is beneath the ray ot
the lucky star for the first number that
Is to be drawn at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning.
Jalnes W, Wltten, superintendent
opening and sale of government
ta -
ot theP
lands.
has made all necessary preparations for
the big event of Tuesday morning, when
Uncle Sam Is to give away E3S Nebraska
farms to US persons out of the 74.6S3 that
havo registered.
The great tin boxes containing the
namea and numbers of those registered
ro on the way from the registration
booth at Valentine and Broken 'Bow, At
10 o'clock Tuesday morning tho contents
will be dumped on the floor of the old
opera house here. Little Ruth Elder of
North Piatt will pluck an envelope at
tandom trot)) the pile of paper heaped
on tho floor. Sho will hand it to Judge
James W. Wltten. He will pinch off the
eiid of the envelope and read aloud the
name ot the winner of the first claim.
Following this little Mabel McFarlsnd of
North Platte will pick up another en
velope. The name contained therein will
draw No. i. Then the drawing will al
ternate between the two girts until 2,000
names have been drawn out
"We always draw out three or four
times as many names as we have claims,"
said Judge Wltten. "as we fleure that
anniM rn'MI rfmn nut hdfnrA 11 pnm, HmJ
to tile and that gives the higher numbers 1
a cnanco ior a ciaim,
Appraisers Are at Work,
The government appraisers are at work
on tho Niobrara military reservation fix
ing the value of the ground bo that thoso
who aro to file will have' definite and!
authentic Information to guide them In
making their selections there. The ap
praising is to bo completed today or to
morrow. In the Niobrara reservation
there are. nlnnty-four quarter sections of
appraised lands and forty-six sections of
unappratsed to txdealt out In the lottery.
In tho Nebraska national forest reser
vation are 9S sections to be raffled off.
In all there are approximately 400,000
acres ot land.
The drawing is expected to be completed
by Tuesday night or Wednesday noon.
The filing does not begin until November
17 for the forest lands, and April 1 for the
military reservation. A
CURRENCY COMMITTEE
IN SECRET SESSION
WASHINGTON, Oct 27.-The first day
set for executive consideration of the ad
ministration currency bill by the senate
banking committee resolved Itself into a
h&rlng behind closed doors.
Although hearings were officially closed
Saturday, the committee spent the day In
it-cret session, with Prof. Jeremiah Jenka
of tho University of the City of New
York on the stand.
Prof. Jenks, in response to requests
from members of the committee when he
was on the stand hut week, returned to
Washington to present a plan he had
drawn for the establishment of a. government-controlled
central bank to dominate
the financial system. Today he endorsed
J the central bank plan proposed Jost week
,by Fank A Vaaei-up of the .National
JCIty bank of New ork, and declared
.tVat the Vanderllp plan In many ot lu
'details v as more nearly an Ideal cur-
....
rency scheme than his own proposal.
WEEK IN
PRISON RESULTS IN
REFORMPROPOSALS
New York Penitentiary ComraiMiou
Makes Seventeen Urgent Rec
ommendation!. . i
MORE FREQUENT BATHS URGED.
One a Week Held Not Enough fo$'
Hard Working Convict.
"COFFEE AND TEA EXECRABLE''
No Good Reason' for Enforcing Policy
of Silence.
PUNISHMENT DISPROPORTIONATE
Penalty for Whtaprrlna; dame aa fo
Awl( -Prisoner Says Report.
Skoal a Ho .Mlorred to Read
Papers and Masastnea. ft
AUBURN, X. f., Oct. 27.-8eventeet
urgent recommendations for reforms in
the management ot the Auburn state
prison were mado today by tho State
Prison commission ns a result ot the week
which the commission's chairman,
Thomas Mott Osborne, spent behind tlirti
bars in tho gutae of a convict Mr. Ov
boms presented the report to the atalei
superintendent ot prisons this' afternoon.
The recommendations are an follows;
First Privacy in bathing new arrivals.
Now the men' are bathed In a tub In thei
shop, In full view of the convicts working
there.
Second More frequent baths. Opo batlv
a week l Insufficient for men engaged
In hard manual labor.
Third-Kaon convjet should have three)
suits of undtrwrnr. At the present timo
tho condition ot the bodies nnd under
clothing of tionvlets la farm from healthy
because of perspiration. It an extra auto
wero In each cell a man could use one
for wear, one for nfghtclothee, and on
would be in the wash. Now the metv
sleep In their underwear and wear It dsy
time.
Fourth Prisoners should be allowed t!
read newspapers and mngazlnes.
Fifth Tho rules for writing and reeslvV
Ins letters need drastic revision. Takw
away a mun's benefits It necessary to
punish him, but do not deprive htm of hi
friends and faintly.
Blxth-vWhtte tho food la good, the cof fed
and the tea are execrable, and the rei
port recommends the abolition of the us
ot tea and improvement in the coffee.
Tea, tt says, ts harmful, because It oauses
constlpatlon and sleeplessness.
SeVenth The system which sends men
to punishment cells on very limited pqr
tlons of bread and water is brutal ami,
twWHwaryr v
iJCiiraUr-yA.' t raaea'atwrt tef. pBthHteb,-
should, be, a4tfj4.for of fens. There,!
no sense of "proportion or fairness In tlia
present manner ot meting out punish
ment The punishment for whispering Is
the same a for assault.
Ninth There seems to he no good reu-,
son fo'r enforcing a policy of silence. Men
are made to talk and you cannot fly In
the face .of nature.
Tenth Tn case of punishment meted to
l n iinsunnr juvenilis; wie xiremo pcnaiiv
the punishment celts, there should be
fct
action by the wdrdeh and punlh
meht only after a hearing by him.
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SNPW AND SLEET IN
OKLAHOMA AND MISSOURI
RTLE8VILLE, Okla.. Oct. 27-
Three Inches of snow, the heaviest In
fifty years' this early in the season, fejl
here last night and early today. The
temperature dropped from (S lo 3 de-i
greje within r few hours, the resultant
frehxe ruining late crqps of forage. An
Inh of snow blown before a fierce wind
fell over most ot western Oklahoma.
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Qct. 2t-A heav
snow storm sjf'Pt over Hollo, Mo., and
siirroundlng country today. Treea were
b-oken down and' branches torn off untlt
t streets were blocked. A rain In flt
I ouls turned to sleet and snow today.
SEX HYGIENE TAUGHT
IN CHICAGO SCHOOLS
CHICAGO. Oct. 17. Sex hygiene as a
art of the regular curriculum ot Chi
cago's high schools waa Inaugurated to-
ay, when sr lectures on the subject
were delivered in five institutions.
Physicians, have' been appointed to deliver
the lectures. Boys and girls wore ad
dressed at segregated meetings. The sub
jects of disease and of the mating Instinct
were handled In simple but 'uhmlstakable
terms.
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