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VOfc. XLUI-NO. 151.
OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1913-FOrilTEBN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
On Tnlu u4 at
Kotsl JTsws stands, Be.
CROWDS AT THE CITY
NATIONAL BANK ARE
IE AT THE CLOSE
Depositors Seem to Accept Statement
of the Bankers that All
is Well.
LONG LINE DWINDLES TO NIL
At Close' Yesterday Commercial
Business Seems Normal.
INVOKE THE TIME CLAUSE
Directors Deem it Advisable to Ask
Time on Savings Accounts.
THEY ACT ON BANKERS' ADVICE
Statement Is Made Giving the Ilea
en for Asktnnr Time In the
Savings Department Clear
ing Home Ilncka Hank.
'l'ho clamor of some of the smaller de
positors In the City National bank
dwindled down yesterday and although
there was a lartfo number on hand be
fore the opening of tho bonk, long be
fore noon the crowd began to thin out
and by closing time last night there whs
only a normal number present. While
the director of the bank deemed It ad
visable to Invoke tho aid of their time
clauso In the savings department on the
ttdvlce of other bankers, all who ap
peared In the commercial department
were paid as fast as they presented their
checks. "Whon the bank was about Ycady
to closo yesterday afternoon for tho day
the depositors seemed willing to .accept
the statement of business men and bank
ers "that the bank's condition was an
right.
Crowd Soon Dwindles.
By tho time the bank had been open
for business about nn hour, the line of
wnltinc customers at tho Harney street
entrance had dwindled until all were
within tho bank building. Two tollers
windows worn marked with special large
signs reading "receiving teller," and some
customers of tho bank made deposits
there. A greater number of customers
withdrew money, however, although .the
amounts withdrawn from checking ac
counts In tho national bank were com
paratively small. Several large deposits
were made.
Notice to Snvlnnn Depositors.
On account of our number of sav
ings asposltors, about 11.000, the
dlrsotorsi of the City Hattonal bank
and other Omaha bankers havs ad
vised that "we take advantage of the
savings account contract, rq.umng
thirty and sixty days' notice la writ-
lnc while the. present rush 1 on.
This is to enaUle ns to take oar of
the usual commercial business.
Tito above statement was imade by
President John F. Flack of the bank lust
befdra o'clock yesterday mdrnlng.
Although 'f-tonoy! wiis pile, high on he
desks of tho City National bank this
morning, a long line of depositors,
aroused by tho rumors of the street, Were
on hand to withdraw their account. Tho
bank deemed It advisable to Invoke the
clauso In Its saving account contracts,
which elves them permission to demand
thirty and sixty days' notice In writing
before savings accounu may be witn
drawn.
The clauso consists of Article $ in tho
bank's "rules governing savings deposits
and payments," reads ns follows.
The officers of the bank may allow
moneys to be withdrawn or paid on ac
count of savings deposits at any time
during Its business hours, but because It
4a M.n..Mrv n lnitn nut flu funds to Cn-
nblo It to pay Interest, and as time to
get nl same may sometimes bo desir
able, this bank therefore reserves the
right to domand sixty days' notice In
writing as n condition of payment on all
Hums exceeding $100. and thirty days no
tice on small sums, whenever In tli6
opinion of the directors or any of the
officers the samo shall be advisable, and
on addition thereto. In times of financial
crises, the directors of the bank shall
have, and hereby reserve, tho right to
limit tho amount paid to any one de
positor to one thousand 01,000) dollars
!cr month when other notices aro on file.
.All savings deposits shall bo made and
received subject to- these conditions.
Ten days after a notice expires, If the
money has not been drawn the notice is
forfeited and a new notlco must be given
If the money Is still required. Special
cases may bo referred to the president
and cashier. ,
In article of the samo rules. It Is -provided
that savings depositors are deemed
." (Continued on Page two.)
The Weather
Forecast tilt 7 p. m. . Thursdays
For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity
.Fair: not much change In temperature.
Temperature at Ojnaha Yesterday.
Hours.
5 a. m...
Dcg.
34
S4
.......34
.33
34
37
6 a. m.
7 a. in.
S a. m.
9 a. ra.
10 a. m.
11 a. m.
.10
12 m..... 42
1 P. m 44
2 p. m 4G
3 p. ra.... 43
Comparative Local Record,
1913. 1912. 1S11. 1910.
Highest yesterday 43 44 S3
Lowest yesterday ,. 33 22 34 22
Mean temperature...... 40 32 40 28
Precipitation 00 .00 .00 .00
Temperature and precipitation depart
ures from the normal:
Normal temperature.,., 29
Excess for the day 11
Total excess since March 1... 20
Normal precipitation 03 Inch
Deficiency for the day 03 inch
Total rainfall since March 1.. 23.63 inches
Deficiency since March 1 fi.ll Inches
Deficiency for cor. period. 1912. 3.72 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1911.14.01 Inches
Reports from Stations at 7 P. 31.
Temp. High- Rain
Stations. 7 p.m. est fall
"heyenne, clear 22 St! .00
Davenport, clear 40 43 .00
Denver, clear 30 40 .00
Pes Moines, clear 42 CO .00
Dodge City, clear 40 M .00
lender, clear 10 a) .00
;orth Platte, clear 32 50 .Oi)
Omaha, clear 44 4 .00
lueblo. clear 24 42 .
Rapid City, clear 36 SS .00
Salt Lake City. clopdy....30 U .0)
Santa Fe. clear 2S 4s .0)
Sheridan, clear M W .00
Sioux City, clear 40 43 .0)
Valentine, dfr .40 56 .00
1 A WELSH. Local Forecaster
REPORTS ON TORNADO RELIEF
C. C. Rosfiwater Tells Red Cross
Society of Omaha Disaster.
PRESIDENT WILSON PRESIDING
Organisation -Praised for Work
Done In Behalf of "offerers
Decrlptlon at Itellef Meas
nrrt l Glren.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.-(SpeClal Tel
egram.) Before a most distinguished
audience, with the president of the
United States presiding, Charles C. nose
water, general manager of The Bee,
made a report today to tho ninth annual
meeting of the American National Red
Cross on the tornado In his homo city
and tho work of relief which was done
following the disaster.
Tho report was listened to with Intense
Interest and Its reception was a deserved
tribute to tho unselfish efforts of all
those associated with Mr. Rosewater In
bringing order out of the chaos which
followed the tornado on Easter' day,
M arch 23. It was one of the great dis
asters of the yenr, but was soon lost
sight of In the newspapers outside the
stricken city because of the terrible flood
In Uie Ohio valley.
Mr. Rosewater voiced the sincere ap
preciation of the citizens of Omaha for
tho work of relief done by the Red Cross
havlnt sent to the soro distressed com
munity tX,W3 for emergency purposes
and following the donation by the pres
ence of Eugene T. Lies a a director of
the Red Cross, who arrived on the second
day after the disaster.
Aid to Home Hrllef.
White an organization looking to tho
immediate relief of the sufferers had been
effected Mr. Rosewater said the presence
of Mr. Lies had a very stimulating ef
fect, the plans made by a committee of
citizens for the speedy alleviation of suf
fering being most enthusiastically en
dorsed by the representative of the Red
Cross. Not content with sending Mr.
Lies to the scene of the calamity Mr.
Rosewater said that the American sec
tion of the Red . Cross provided ten or
more workers at each of the stations In
tho zono of the tornado, with a trained
Red Cross .worker at each station to look
after the wounded until removed to the
hospitals throughout the city.
Neighborly Aid.
In outlining tho purposes of the com
mittee of citizens charged with working
out tho problems of relief confronting
them, Mr. Rosewater said It was the
universal Judgment of,hls associates that
the relief afforded was in the nature of
neighborly assistance, "charity being not
thought of."
"We discovered early In the campaign
for succor and relief," said Mr. Rose
water, "that It was Imperatively neces
sary to establish the sufferers In perma-.
nent homes so that the bread earners
In the afflicted families could go ' tq'
Work, '
-W also early learned that the, ad
ministration of relief and the giving of
supplies at separate stations was far
preferrable than the Issuance of supplies
from a- central station or central bead
quarters. . ' ,
"Each station had its own peculiar
problems to solve and each day seem
ingly brought new conditions."
He spoko of the nobility of the men
and women who were drafted to carry
out the work of relief, their unswerving
loyalty and their steadfastness of pur
pose and said as a. result of a united
purpose nearly the entire district, laid
wasto by the tornado had been rebuilt
with better and more substantial homes
than had characterized those destroyed.
Relief tfpltniulseri.
There were about 2,300 houses damaged
by the cyclone. Of these the records of
the committee of which Mr. Rosewater
was chairman show that 75S were de
stroyed beyond repair. Assistance has
been rendered In rebuilding In 730 cases.
the average assistance being 1397, the
smallest amount being $17.23, the largest
am6unt being Jl,!&8.
"From the best information we can
obtain," raid Mr. Rosewater, "there re
main about seventy, noose where re
building has not yet bean started.
"In other word-,, about 71 per cent of
this number- of, bouses, damaged havo
been repaired and over 80 per cent of
the houses destroyed have been recon
structed Just seven months since the
day following the tornado."
In addition to Mr. Rosewater, reports
were made by Dr. Edward T. Devlne
on "Flood Relief In Dayton;" "Red Cross
First Aid Among Miners," by W. B.
Wilson, secretary of labor; "Town and
Country Nursing." by Mrs. Whltelaw
Reld. and "The Volturno Disaster." by
William K. Draper.
jA. .recjtptlon waa given this evening to
the delegates to the convention by Miss
Mabel T. Boardman. who has been the
activo spirit In the work of the American
Red Cross since succeeding the late Clara
Barton.
MENDEL BEILISS CASE
WILL NOT BE APPEALED
KIEV, Dec. 10. The time limit expired
today for an appeal against the verdict
of acquittal In the recent sensational
trial of Mendel Belltss on the charge of
murdering Andrew Tushinsky for pur
poses of "blood ritual." As the public
prosecutor did not tako advantage of tho
fifteen-day period allowed for an ap
peal, the Judgment became absolute auto
matically. HEALTH BULLETIN IS
SEIZED AND DESTROYED
CHICAGO, Dec. 10. The Vnlted States
government today seized and destroyed
the current edition of the weekly bulletin
of the Chicago health department. The
back page of the bulletin bore a repro
duction of- a photograph of the reverse
side of a silver dollar. Reproducing a
likeness of any coin is subject to a fine
of S10O.
WOMAN IS FINED TWO
THOUSAND FOR SMUGGLING
TRENTON, N. J, Dec. 19. -Mrs. KUa
Fleming of Los Angeles ui fined $2,000
In the United States district court today
for smuggling $3,S00 Worth of wearing ap
parel. Mrs. Fleming arrived at Ho
boken, November 24, on the steamer
George WasHngton, The fine was paM.
CONFESSES ROBBERY
OF PRIMROSE BANK;
FINO MOST OF LOOT
Hugh M. Simms, Taken in Greeley
County, Admits He Com
mitted Holdup.
ANOTHER MAN IS IMPLICATED
Paul Parsen Said by Simms to Have
Taken Part.
PARSEN ADMITS PLANNED DEED
Search of Place Reveals Thirty
Seven Hundred Dollars.
MONEY HIDDEN IN HEN HOUSE
Minima obtained IStnplorment on
Farm of Michael Lamb, "Whose'
Actions Are Closely Watched
by the Officers.
ALBION, Nob., Dec 10.-(Spelal Tel
egram.) Hugh M. Simms, a lad of 80
years, who has been ocniinea in oone
county Jail at Albion for two days, con
fessed this morning to the sheriff of
Eoono county that he had robbed tho
Primroso bank last Thursday, Blmms was
arrested two days ago by Sheriff Sut
ton of Greeley county and dotecttves in
the employ of the State Bankers' asso
ciation and ho was Identified at the tlmo
by W. C. Weeks as the man who had
perpetrated the holdup, but Simms sul
lenly refused to make any statements
until his confession this morning.
Simms was arrested whll6 husking corn
on the ranch of Michael Lamb. Hlmms
was Incarcerated in tho county Jail at Al
bion to await trial on the strength of the
Identification of Cashier Weeks. Fins, In
his confession Implicated Paul Parson,
a farmer who lives six miles northwest
of Primrose and who is a son-in-law of
Michael Lamb, in the deed.
Part of Money Recovered.
Tho sheriff and the detectives Investi
gated the farm of Parsen and found there
$3,700 of the $4,000 which was taken cached
in the farm. Part of the money was dis
covered in tho chicken house and part
was discovered In a corn shock out on
the farm.
Parsen was immediately arrested and
placed behind tho bars of the Jail at
Albion, and today he made a contosslon
Imiplcatlng himself. Michael Lamb has
not been molested, but his actions are
ctoflefy" watched.
Simms would make no explanation ex
cept a general confession during tho course
of .which he stated that he had como to
Columbus, Neb., from Wayncta. and had
secured employment on the Michael iAmh
farm .from. .Michael himself, who was. In
Columbus at the time. Ho would give no
explanation .for jits act. He at first as
serted Ids Innocence, but would make no
ffdMif to provS" it
l'arseu Confesses.
During the afternoon Parsen made a
complete confession In connection with
the Primrose bank robbery, denying that
he took part In holding up the cashier,
but admitting that he helped plan tho
raid on tho bank. He rays that the Sun
day prior to the robbery of the bank he
and Simms were at Spalding, where, out
In a field, they Bpent a portion of tho day
drinking beer.
At that time plans were laid for rob
bing the bank the following Wednesday,
and he waa on hand at Primrose on that
'date to aid Simms. They watted about
the bank most of the day, but whenever
they got ready to do their wprk there
were always too many men on the
streets.
Parsen says he brought a quantity of
pepper and the Intention waa to scatter
thts along their trail after they had
nobbed the bank. This they thought
would throw hounds off the scent If
any were sent out after them.
Wednesday night. Parsen says he went
home, and the next morning, when he
met Simms, he told htm that he had
changed his mind and would not take
(part In the robbery. Simms. he says, be.
rame very angry ana accused him of
being a coward. Hard words passed
afterward. Parsen says Simms went to
Primroso and ho saw nothing more of
'him until ho returned to the farm with
;tho money, which was burled there. Par
pen says he remembers that Simms told
.him that the revolver used when he In-
' .1. .1 J. , r-t 1 1 ...
limiuaicu v.Blucr V CCK3, WBS thrown
away.
Canadian Snsprut Arrested.
WINNIPEG. Dec. lo.-John Kraf
chenko, charged by the police with
holding up tho bank of Montreal branch
at Pum Coulee, Manitoba, and killing
Bank Manager Arnold, was arrested In
a rooming house here today.
; Krafchenko, who recently was released
from th penitentiary, where he had
(served a term for bank robbery, was
employed on a farm near Plum Coulee.
(He disappeared on Wednesday, December
3, the day of the Plum Coulee robbery.
The amount obtained by the bank rob
bery was t5,Sn0, IS00 of which later m
'recovered. Manager Arnold was fatal I
shot when he started In pursuit of the
robber, who fled In an automobile.
From descriptions given the police by
school children who saw the escape of
' tne roooer, Krafchenko was named In
police bulletins circulated for the purpose
of aiding apprehension. He Is 32 years
old.
AGED WOMAN FALLS
AND BREAKS HER NECK
GRI8WOLD, la., Dec 10.-(Spclal.)
Mrs. James Bailey, wife of the lata James
Bailey, an officer and heavy stockholder
In the Griswold National bank, died Sun
day evening at 8:30 at her horns in the
southwest part of the city. The aged
lady had fallen on the slippery walks
in her yard last Tuesday and suffered
a broken bone between the ankle and
knee. From this Injury she was recov
ering nicely and Sunday evening Insisted,
against the advice of her family, in try
ing to walk around the room with
crutches. The result wa a fall In which
her neck was broken fhy Doming vio
lently in contract with a dresrer She
lived but a few moments after the accident.
mmmsmr .ajnr y,sfT,sav wmww.
1 Mill 1 Z Aff2a..'EBrr.iMnUnmtfS7XL QVOljVPW.H l1,n.VM ''fl,l'f,
Drawn for Tho Bee by Powell.
PATIENTS ARE WITNESSES
Veritable Procession of Them Ap
pearing Against Dr. Brantley,
SOME ARE ALMOST HELPLESS
Many of Those Who Patronised the
Ulectro-Oxyitcn Company Helped
Into Court to Testify to
Treatment Received.
A procession, of "the lame, the halt and
.the blind? are appearing ns witnesses
foYh'eu,proecution' In tho "case T)t Dr.
Hi V. Urahtloy., wjitj Ja-ori trial In tho
United States district court on a charge
of haying used tho malls to defraud. The
witnesses are mostly patients who al
lege they were dofmuded by tho Elec
tro-Oxygen company and some of .them
have been so hclplesa that It has been
necessary tor court otflccrq to assist
them to the stand.
The testimony of all of these witnesses
thus far has varied only ns to details
concerning the nature of their afflictions,
the money Ihey paid and tho number of
treatments they received. All tell the
same general story as to the manner In
which they wero Induced by exaggerated
advertisements to come to tho offices
of the Electro-Oxygen company. Many
told of promises made them of a speedy
cure, no matter how chronlo their ali
ments, and that In practically ovory caeo
advance fee was required of them.
Andrew Hanson, a carpenter of Council
Bluffs, hobbled to tho witness stand
with much difficulty. Examined by
United Stale Attorney F. 8. Howell, ho
said he hid been paralyzed and a crip
ple for many years.
"Whom did you see whon you .went to
tho offices of the Btcctro-Oxygen com
pany?" the witness was asked.
"First a woman, who said sho was
Mrs. Wlttman. She took me to an Inner
office, where I waa Introduced to Dr.
Wlttman."
"What was done then7"
"Dr. Wlttman examined me'
"What did Wlttman say after the ex
amination?" "He said that I was suffering from a
leakage of the heart and blood clots."
"What was sold concerning your treat
ment T"
"Dr. Wlttman said that their specialist
could cure me In a month,''
Taken to Brantley.
Hanson proceeded to explain that he
had been taken to tho "specialist," Dr.
Brantley, who was In an adjoining of.
flee. But before this he was, ho testi
fied, required to pay $15 of a total of $23
that was to be charged for the cure of an
ailment that had rendered him a cripple
for many years of Jils life. He had seven
treatments. When he came for tho eighth
treatment the offices of the Etectro-Oxy.
gen company had been closed and the
"doctors" had disappeared.
Other witnesses whose experiences were
substantially the same as Hanson's were
J, Qustln of Council Bluffs-. Mrs. Jessie
A. llarrison, formerly of Council Bluffs,
and now of Burlington, la.; J. P. Wor-
ley, who also recently moved from Coun
cil Bluffs to Bey brook. 111.; Mrs. J. Lynch
(testifying for her daughter, Annie Lynch,
who wai too 111 to appear), and B. Itudd
of Omaha.
All witnesses testified that their busi
ness dealings had been with X. Y. Witt
man, the head of thu alleged swindling
concern, but that they knew Brantley as
the, specialist, whose marvelous attain
ments had been advertised In newspapers.
The prosecution has subpoenaed twenty
seven withes ses. It probably will require
all day Thursday for the government to
present Its case against Brantley. A re
oesa may be taken then for a day, as
Arthur T, Mullen, counsel for the defense,
has another cate to try Friday.
The case ugalnst Mrs. Wlttman, who
has been under federal Indictment, has
been dismissed. This action was taken
with the UeriiiUslon of Judge Pago Mor
ris, who U nresidlns at Brantley's trial
Mrs. Wllttnan may be called as a witnen
I for the proserutlon.
The Popular Auto Holdup
William Deering,
Harvester Magnate,
Is Dead in Florida
MIAMI, Fla., DccT"ro.-Tho funcrat of
William Deering, who died nt his homo
here, will bo held In Evnnston. III. Thin
wun announced today Just before rela
tives departed for Chicago with the body.
It Is expected tho services will tako
place, cither Saturday or Sunday,
CHICAGO, Dec. 9 William Deering, the
harvester manufacturer, died tQplffht. at
Miami. Fla., his winter home. ucjoMlngLnj tllc Mme 'tlmo yoU "'cry. nbout
. !!!USU roco,w"rhert ""W 'ftwtered stocks ln the railroad ceta,'
associates.
Mr. Deering wont to Miami several
weeks agd, accompanied by the members
of his Immediate fnntlly. He Hail boon
111 for several months and went south to
oscapo tho rigors of wlntrr nnd In tho
hope that Ills health would bo benefited,
Mr. Deering was bom at Soutli Paris,
Mo., April 25, ISM, of a Puritan family
which was established In America in 1631.
Ills father was a manufacturer of
woolens. Mr. Deering ratty gave up tho
study of mcdlclno to enter a commercial
life. After aevernl years' residence In hln
native town, ho becamo Interested In wes
tern lands of which ha became a argo
owner.
In 1S63 with Seth M. Mllltkeii he formed
In Portland, Me., the firm of Deering,
Mllllkcn & Co., which became ono
of tho largust dry goods commission
houses In tho country.
Visiting In Chicago In 1870 Mr. Deering
met K. II. Gammon, nil old Maine ac
quaintance, whig was engaged in selling
agricultural machinery. With him he
formed the firm of Gammon. & Deering.
Nine years later Mr. Deering became the
sole owner of tho business.
From the harvester manufactured by
him In those days the machine of today
was developed.
LEADING IOWA LAWYER
IO CTDIPICM IJUITU OnMOCR
l WllllWltb.il III I II UnilUbMj
DENIHON, In., Dec. 9,-(flpecial Tele?
gram.) P. E. C. I.ally, one of the most
prominent citizens of Dcntson, died this
afternoon.' Death came after months of
suffering with cancer. He was a law
partner of ex-ConKressman Conner, and
prominent as a member of the Cnthollo
church and In the Knights of Columbus.
Funeral will be held Thursday at 10
o'clock.
SAFE OF LUMBER COMPANY
AT LAWLER, IA CRACKED
MASON C1TV. la., Dec. 10.-(Speclal
Telegram.) Safe blowers cracked the
safe at the Ayers Lumber company at
Lawter at 7 o'clock Inst evening, securing
about $300. Three men did the Job and
officers are on their track.
SECRETARY BERCHERDE OF
CUDAHY COMPANY IS DEAD
CHICAGO, Dec. 10,-Alfred F, Ber
cherde, secretary of the Cudahy Packing
company, died at his home here today,
aged 03 years.
The National Capital
Wednesday, December 10,
The Senate.
Met at 10 a. m. ,
Currency debate resumed.
Petitions furTfa constitutional prohibition
amendment filed by Senator fiheppard.
The House.
Met at noon.
Chairman Clayton and Judiciary com
mitteemen went to confer with President
Wilson 011 trust legislation.
Representative Borland urged the good
roads committer to consider state rights
In any federal plan that might be adopted.
Passed bills to establish postal savings
depots, to make postofflce money orders
payable at any pohtoffice, and to reim
burse Histmastvrs for losses through rob
bery 1 '
Henreenlatlvt! wlngo reintroduced the
hr. u hill, to prohibit Hie nee of malls for
'e trarsinlMMi.ii of Information concern
j Acjonrr.e4 M 5 pi m to noon Thursday
1
REASONS OUU CONCLUSION
Harrison Contends Increased Land
Values Have Made Farmers Rich.
INCREASE HAS ADDED WEALTH
Takes tip ndacattnnnt Question and
1'ricrs Country lllfth Nrhnolft
in Kvery Township In
Nebraska.
"Vou talk of your success In business.
'said Marshall Harrison 6f Otfje county
to tho farmers congress yesterday after
noon. "Suppose you squeeze thf, unearned
Mncrrntncnt out of tho farms that you
bought for $1,500 apiece some years ago.
What Would be left of your grent successT
Vou didn't earn that Increase In the
value of your land: you know you didn't
earn It'
Tho speaker was attacking some of tho
former siienkers who In dlsotuslnff tlm
question of rural schols, had advocated
tho "school of hard knocks." Homo ono
had Just finished boasting of the succesx
he had made financially as a farmer and
without nn education-
Harrison undertook to remind him and
the convention that much of the- success
Is due to the unforaeen Increase in tho
value of land, which does not come from
the efforts of tho man occupying tlm
land, but from tho demand for the land
caused by Increase In population.
"Vou talk about getting an education
in the schol of experience and hard
knocks," he resumed. "That Is one ijay,
but I tell you It comes too hard that Way.
Let us concentrato our efforts along tho
line of establishing the country high
schools, and not rest until we have a
country high schol In every township
of the state,"
Campbell Nlarta Dlscasslon
. W. If. Campbell of Clarhs started thfl
discussion by lng that . the rural
oljools did not meet the needs of the
country people. In that they did not go
iilgh enough. Ho pointed out that .In or
der to so to college it pupil must have a
high school education, "nnd yet," he
said, "we bar the country boy from col
lege because ho has no high school fa
cilities, even though the farmer pays ,0
per cent of tho taxes."
It was then that some voice piped up
and delivered a tirade agnlnst making
"educated fools." Most of the delegates
hod heard the same.plca In former meet
ings, and few of -them deigned to reply
directly to tho man who made the talk.
David Brown of Hooper raised his ven
erable gray head, however, announced
his age as '0, and began to plead for
higher education. "I Wvs no children
of my own now," he said, as h?ralaed
his long whlto beard, "but all my life I
have regretted the fact that I never had
an opportunity to get the higher educa
tion I wanted, Now that I am old and,
as I say, have no children to send to
school, I am more than willing to pay
my share of the extra taxes In order
that my neighbors' children shall be ed
ucated In a high school and get some of
the advantages that I have all my life
longed for."
Wauts Itnllroads to Par.
W. 8. Delano, secretary of the con
gress, pointed out that a large per cent
of the schools of the state get no rev
enue from the taxation of tho railroads.
He pointed out that there are 9,000 dis
tricts In the state through which rail
roads pass, and that all these levy on
the railroad assessments, while those
districts lying back off the railroad' a
fuw miles are unable to draw from this
fruitful source of revenue, and conse
quently tho school tax there la very
much more burdensome. He urged that
something be dona to make It possible to
distribute the revenue from railroad tax
ation among all the schools In the state,
inktcad of only among tlm district
through which the road passes, "espe-
t dully, " he said, "since the people who
, live in the districts away from the mad
do as mi'ili to support the road as do
those Mho I ve closer In.'
MEXICAN FEDERALS
PREPARE TO RESIST
ATTACKJN OJINAGA
Fortifications Are Hurriedly Built
Around Town Occupied by
Troops from Chihuahua,
TROOPS READY TO DESERT
i Large Constitutional Force is March
injj on the City.
REBELS MENACING TAMPICO
Force of Four Thousand Ready- to
Attack City.
NOTICE SENT TO . AMERICANS
Commanders of Warships Oft Port
Will C'rant Itefnitr to Forelaa
rrm nnd .flay I.nnrt
Mnrlnrs,
l'ltlJSlDIO, Tex., .. Dec. 10,-Federal
fortifications were hurriedly built todnv
all around OJInaga, Mexico, where the
federal troops, after their it treat from
Chihuahua wero preparing for a rebel
nttai-k. It was believed that MP rebels.
under General Maedovlo Herrera and
General Tomns V'ibliia vero marcjilng 011
ojinagn, but they could not oxpect (0
reach the frontier town In force within
four or five days.
Gcnmat Salvador Mercarlo, the federal
commander, gave orders to General
Orosco and General Salatsr to keep the
federal troops Intact and to maintain
OJinaga aa a basis. Tho federal soldiers
appear to bo apathetic over the prospect
of a fight. Moro of them went to tha
rlvrr front today and shouted over to
tho American troops!
"We are tired of fighting, won't yon
let tm como ncrora?"
Tho American noldlers warned them
to remain on their own side. OJInaga
was overcrowded with refugees and soU
dlois. As fast as tho civilians wero abln
to cross tho river they were transferrc1
by automobile nnd wagons to Marfft, the
nearest railroad station. Quantities of
food wore taken to the .Mexican side.
Itrudy to Attnrk Tnmptro.
FHA CniXZ Tec 10. -An overwhelm
Ing fore of rebels threatens to attack
Tamploo at any moment, necordlng to ad
vlcea received by wireless telegraph this
morning from Clarence A. Miller, Ameri
can consul at that seaport.
A messenger from General Vlllareal, tho
rebel conjmander, reached the American
consulate In Tamploo last night with the
Information that 4,000 rebels commanded
by Generals Vlllareal and Castro were
approaching tho city, The rebel advant
guard, It'.waa said,, waa.at-tuiguna-j.nter-He,j,'n(ljnlle
,from Tamptea.
General VliUiMal deelarM ha JntenllW
of assaulting the city with the IHst pos
slhlb delay. Up- said he had, given his
followers strict, orders to refrain as far
as possible from, 'the destruction of prop
erty' and to protect the liven of foreign
ers, bUt he feared they would be gravely
Imperilled by the fighting. For this rea
ron he requested the American kuthor
Hies to take immediate steps to remove
all foreign residents from tho place.
Up to the timer of the dispatch of Con
sul Miller's advices no definite action
had been taken on thla request, but Rear
Admiral Fletcher, commander of tho
United States fleet, had made prepara
tions to take all foreigners on board his
vessels at a moment's notice and to land
niarlpea If it appeared advisable.
It Is understood the captain of the Ger
man cruiser Bremen conferred with Bear
Admiral Fletcher on the question of
landing marines and courteously assured
tho American admiral that ho would act
In harmony with Ma desires.
SMITHlELECTED HEAD
OF NEW YORK CENTRAL
NEW, YORK, Dec. t.-A. H. Smith wai
today elected president and dlFectoc of
tlv New York Central and the Lake
'Shore & Michigan Houthern railroads to
succeed .W. O. Brown, recently resigned.
Mr, Smith was formerly senior vice presl.
dent of tho line. Mr. Smith has been
connected with the New York Centrat
system since 1XK) when he was a division
superintendent on the Lake Shore.
Forty Towns
In Ten Daya
A prorulBeHt manufacturer.
prbduclBgTfTnow aadBUperlor
article for home use, recently
created ln ten days & strong ac
tive demand for bis product by
means of newspaper advertising-.
Having manufactured an ar
ticle of unusual merit and
wishing to develop a large out
put In order to Insure econom
ical production, be decided to
dovpto a glvon sum to news
paper advertising for one
month In a well populated sec
tion of the country. The sec
tion embraced about forty
cities and towns.
The representative home
newspaper in each town was
used dally with copy that was
plain and straightforward.
Retail dealers were Invited
to co-operate by featuring this
article in their windows,
A quick and gratifying de
mand resulted, and with the
advertising campaign only one
third finished, the manufac
turer found his product a
household word and retailers
eager to be bis agents.
The Bureau of Advertising,
American Newspaper Publish
ers Association, World Build
ing, New York, wants to help
general advertisers to use
newspaper advertising to bet
ter advantage. Correspondence
Is solicited.
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