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VOL. XLIH-NO. 175.
OMAHA, THURSDAY MORMNG, JANUARY 8, 191-4 TWELVE PAGES.
On Trains and at
Kotsl Hews Bland,. Bo.
SINGLE COPY. TWO CENTS.
THE WEATHER.
Fair
HUNDRED AND THIRTY
SOLDIERS KILLED IN
IT
Two Thousand Federals Make
Sally in Attempt to Execute
Right Flank Movement.
STRUGGLE LASTS FOR TWO DAYS
Attempt to Raise Seige of City by
Rebels Fails.
FLAT MONEY FOR MEXICO
Dictator Declares State Bank Notes
Legal Tender. , .
FINANCIAL CRISIS SEEMS NEAR
Order Mrfkcs Their Aceptance Obll-aratorj-
fop All Payments-
Scheme Devised to CJnnran
t'ee Redemption.
ELi PASP. Tex.,. Jan. 7. One hundred
mM' thlrtv nlrtlnm. oltrhtv.xaven federals
and the rent rebels, were killed In a
battle last .Saturday and Sunday between
federal and constitutionalist forces eight
miles northwest of Torreon according
to belated reports reaching; t2: A. Beno
Mdea at Juarez. '
Twp thousand federals who had sallied
out from tho protection of the walls of
Torreon, evidently to attempt' a right
flunk movement around the rebels, be
sieging tho city, were driven back Into
Torreon after a struggle that lasted
rearly two days,
Of tho eighty-seven federals killed six
wcro officers. The rebel loss Is esti
mated at. forty-three dead and sixty
wounded. Twenty-eight prisoners were
captured .by the federals, according to the
reports received by General Benevldes-.
'The heaviest fighting occurred Sunday
afternoon In, the open country between
AVUes and Salamates, suburbs of Tor
reon. Constitutionalist forces under'
Colonel Eulelo Quaterrea and General
Jose Y. Robles have recaptured the Im
portant towns of - Parras, General Cepeda
and San Pedro, Coahulla from federal
forces, after' three days' fighting, according-,
to official advices also received
by General Benevides. Parras and Gen
eral' Cepeda are situated on the National
railway lino connecting Saltlllo with Tor
rtoii. Possession of these' two points
Blves the rebels a strong advantage over
thus federal army in Torreon now.
Conference -with Llnt Satisfactory.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.-OffIclals hero
havo learned that President Wilson re
gards his recent, conference with Johjfl
Llnd as . Vefy satisfactory and that ft
prlniio n'urposi to unsold th president' ji
iinmtaUrno8eB. toward -Mexico more
clearly than- could have Been eon oy
. lohlalsta'n'c eorrimunlcallpn . v:
eubcesWuf. 1 V - - '
Late) , official dispatches today from
Tamplcb transmit apparently reliable re
ports ofv serious fighting In tho vicinity
of Cardenas and San Luis Potosl. From
Saltlllo' all communication to the south
has been Interrupted since December 52.
Food at Saltlllo Is running low. The-
gunboat Yorktown has left Ensenada for
Waiatlan."
Flut Money Decree Issued.
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 7. Practically all
the paper money existing In Mexico was
forced' into circulation today by a de
cree issued by Provisional President
Huerta, making the bills of all state
banks legal tenders and specifying aa
obligatory their acceptance for all pay
ments. The. Inability to float the bills of state
banks outside of the states in which they
have been Issued and the limited volume
of bills of the National bank and London
and Mexico bank, has brought about a
condition almost of financial crisis.
The redemption of the notes of the
etate banks is to be guaranteed by a fund
subscribed by the banks issuing them.
The fund will be regulated by a com
mission. - Tells Villa to Come In.
OJINAGA. Mex., Jan. 7.-"Let Villa
come on with all his forces; we're ready
for him," was the statement today of
General Castro, commander tot the fed
eral garrison, here. Federal officers are
in high spirits since the withdrawal' of
the constitutionalists from the' imme
diate vicinity of the town, and seem, con
fident of being able to repel further at
tacks. No fighting was done early to
day, although preparations in expectation
of a renewal ot the battle continued.
Villa's army was camped several miles
from the town.
South Dakota Man
Arrested at Atlantic
ATLANTIC, la., Jan. 7, l&Decial.) A
man who has worked In this city at the
Central' Iowa Poultry and Egg company
plant since early spring under the name
of Charles Fleshman was arrested here
Monday afternoon by Dick Wilson, sher
iff from Plankinton, S. D., on the charge
of embezzlement, and his real name found
to be Charles Hershman. The sheriff
left on an evening train for Plankinton
with his; prisoner In custody. Mr. Wll
ton had no requisition, but Mr. Hersh
man assured the sheriff that he would
rather go with him than be confined in
Jail here while the papers were forth
coming. The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. Thursday:
For' Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
--Fair; not much change In temperature.
Temperature tit Omaha Yesterday.
Hour. Des.
6 a. m Si
6 a. m 31
7 a. m , 31
8 a. m.. 33
9 a- m.. 35
10 a. rn 37
11 a. m 40
12 m. 14
1 p. m 43
2 p. m SI
3 p. in SI
4 p. m SI
an. rn 41
6 n. m 43
7 p. m 41
8 P, m 4.0
RETAILERS HAYE GRIEVANCE
Secretary of Implement Men Sets
Forth tist of Complaints.
OBJECTS TO BRANCH HOUSES
Snya the Iletnll Implement nnslness
In Grailnally Becoming a Sec
onilnry Ilne Dnslness Can
lie Made to Pay.
That tho retail Implement business has
been gradually drifting into what may
be Called a secondard lino. Is otic of the
eovcrnl pointed statements mnde by
Secretary M. I Goosman of the Midwest
Itetall Implement Dealers' association
li his annual report to the association
in session at the Hotel Pome Wednesday
morning. That tho secretary has received
some very unfavorable reports as to the
methods employed by manufacturers to
secure business. Is another of tho secre
tary's statements to the association.
Secretary Goosman after serving the
convention for years has made' public
his resignation from the association work.
In his report he announced that ns this
would be his last work with the associa
tion, he felt It his duty to loave with the
organisation a record of soma of his ob
servations made during these four years
of work. Mr. Goosman resigns to become
secretary of a recently Incorporated com
pany In Omaha, "which Is to engage 'n
the manufacture of a patent apparatus
for tho safe shipping of eggs by parcel
post.
Does Iluiiliicsa it I eh Illneknintth.
Continuing with his report Secretary
Goosman pointed to a caso in Which a
wagon salesman, after trying vainly to
place his make of wagon In a given town,
went to a blacksmith and offered to put
In a car of wagons, pay the freight and
drayage and give the blacksmith the
privilege of selling them when ho could,
and paying for them Just as he sold them.
Branch retail houses maintained by the
Jobbers and manufacturers; the selling of
Implements by the Jobbers to consumers
who coo'e to the city with stock In the
wfnter at tho samb prices the retailers
have to pay for them; and other practices
were pointed out by the secretary as fol
lows: We continue to receive reports of branch
houses maintained by manufacturers and
Jobbers, but havo evidently become rec
onciled to them. Auction sales, where
It was advertised that new, up-to-date
Implements would bo sold to the highest
filrln. w. IiAIH Inn. nnftr rtV-.fi I Ilrt
llcve It is to your Interest to emphatically
condemn such practices.
Get Ilctnllcrs.' Prices.
A very serlbus complaint which we have
received Is that when ranchmen bring
their stock to market they havo no dif
ficulty in buying their supply of im
plements at practically the same price
you are paying. We should most em?
phatically assert at this convention that
to tho retail dealer belongs the retail
trade, and should insist that wo receive
the sarrvo protection and co-operation that
merchants In other lines are receiving. I
am sure there would be nothing unrea-
nnsktik Im aitnU n s-iArt 1 1 A t to ti It- ft hah
erally- considered that ..such protection is
.a "courtesy arid obligation, that e,vory
manufacturer ana jopoer owes 10 tne re
tail meronann. , t
I slmnlv mentioned the above to re.
jiiiW you,a&iome. of' th4roblem-w&;
snouia consider, anu 10 ,ineo snouia do
aflaed the overcrowdlttgof. territory. o
doubt all of you are quite familiar with,
this subject. . .,, '
Preside Address.
president Edeh'mkUhPoV.'the associa
tion has not yet arrived, na ho. is still
111. lie has selit word that he maycomo
by Thursday. He sent his annual Address
by malT. U was read by Vice President
Anton Hansen of Upland,' Neb. Presi
dent Lchmkuhl's paper .praised the- co.
operative spirit that he said has been
manifested during the year in the-association.
He called attention to the state
ment sometimes made that one-third of
the retail Implement (dealers go out of
business every year. "This," he said,
"we hope is too high a figure." Ho ad
vised, however, that the retailers look
more carefully to such points as whether
they are throwing all their best talents
Into the business; whether their help Is
courteous, whether they have, enough
capital In thofbuslncss to carry it prop
erly, whether they are watching their
discounts and dates of discounts properly;
whether they are getting the right profit
on each implement when they consider
the cost of handling, nrayage, freight
an-l general operating expenses, adver
tising, etc. By a careful watching of all
these points he believed all the retailers
could make the business pay.
"Let the mail order houses alone and
quit talking about them," was the advlco
given the association by C. M. Johnson
of KuBh City, Minn., in his address on a
dealer's service to his"community. "You
should quit worrying about tho mall or
der house," he went on. "It Is a fact,
and you can't stop it. But the more you
rave about It the mora business It docs.
Why should you offer' to sell your goods
as cheap as they? Why should you offer
lu meet their prices. You make yourself
ridiculous by making such, an offer."
University Lifts
Ban on Rag Dancfes
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 7 The ban on
all "rag" dances which has been in ef
fect at .tho University of Nebraska, was
today. lifted by Miss Mary Graham, dean
of women. The annual military ball, tho
first formal dance of the year to be held
Friday, Is the cause of the change in tho
edict. The tango, the castle-walk, the
one-step and other novelty dances will
be permitted, under the condition "that
they are danced right" Heretofore
nothing but the waltz, two-step and flve-
stip have been permitted,
BL00DCL0T IS REMOVED
FROM AORTA OF WOMAN
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 7.-An operation
declared by surgeons to be unique in the
annals of surgery in this country was
performed here yesterday when the aorta
of a woman was opened and a clot of
blood, which had been Impeding circu
latlon, was removed. Dr. Francis T. Stew
art, famous for the operations he has
performed on the heart, was the operat
ing surgeon.
A three-quarter Inch Incision was made
in the great artery close to the heart,
and the blood Clot which lay below the
opening was expelled by pressure.
Before the operation there was no per
ceptible pulse below the section In which
tho clot'lodjed. After the clot had been
icmoved a pue was observed In- her
It'gd and plot' lans said the woman's
Ufa wilt bo saved, although the right les
muy have to be amputated,
END OF SUFFRAGIST
HIKE ENDSAT ALBANY
Women Marchers, Weary and Foot
sore, but Happy, Arrive
New York Capital.
ON WAY SIX DAYS AND
Entire Hundred and Sixty
Covered on Hoof,
GOVERNOR REOEI
QUAD
"General" Jones CarrisBLighted
Lantern Into His Office.
SEEKING "HONEST STATESMAN"
Executive Loath to Accent V. F. W.
nation, but Emblem of Cnaae
Finally Forced Upon
Him.
ALBANY, N. Y.. Jan. ".-The hike of
the New York suffragists ended here to
day and tonight somo of tho eleven foot
sore and weary marchers rested at local
hotels, others returning home by train.
They obtained their audiences with Gov
ernor Glynn add 'their respective assem
blymen today In tho Interest of their
"cause" and tonight nil of them were
happy, even though their feet did hurt.
' The officers of the hikers, "General"
Itosalle Jones, "Colonel" Ida Craft and
"Corporal" Martha Klatschken, walked
tho entlro- 1C6 miles by road In tho six
days and a half. They covered about
twenty-five miles a day and slept only
thirty hours, they said, during tho Jour
ney. "I don't want to mako the hike again
this year," General Jones sold as she
fiank Into a big leather chair In the as
sembly chamber. "Wo shall march next
year, however, and oVcry year there
after until women are granted ' suffrage."
Received by Governor.
Governor Glynn received them late In
the afternoon.
Miss Jones carried a lighted lantern
Into tho executive chamber.
"What's the Idea?" queried tho gov
ernor. "Are you patterning after Diog
enes?" (
"I'm looking for an honest statesman,"
replied the "general" laughing.
"You will have a hard time to pick out
tho right one," advised the governor.
The governor appeared loath to accept
a "votes for women" button that Gen
eral Jones pressed upon him.
"Let Frank do It," he said, referring
to his secretary, Frank Tlernoy.
Finally, however, the solid array ot
women fprccd both tho governor and
.Tternfy to accept badges.
The governor djd, not fpmm,H himself
AktpMfWAnyv-thk llttte
band b women Btlffrttgltit.1 whb began a
tWnnty-e)gHt-mllo march from Baltimore
yestetday. nQrhlnfc arrived hero today.
Delegate Cyrus Cummtngs, wfco is ro
garaed as ah obpdhent ot woman suf
frage, mado good hU promise to the "pll- i
BTlms" by presenting the suffrage peti
tion and letter Which they had brought
at the opening seKslon ot the houso of
delegates.
Business was practically suspended In
the capital city when tho marchers ar
rived. ; ' . '
Only four" of the women walked all of
tlie way from Baltimore.
Capital National
Suit Stirs Supreme
Court to the Depths
LINCOLN, Jan. 7. (Special Telegram.)
r-The ghost of the old Capital National
bank smash-up will fyot down, for here
itstalks again out of tho supreme court
room, with an ominous aspect. It comes
In the form of an order for a reliearlns
of the old'ease, growing out of a transac
tion In bank stock moro than twenty
years ago, In which D. E. Thompson Is
on one side and Harry T. Jones, the
wealthy Seward banker on th-.--other.
This caso has been up and down in nnd
out, Including the supreme 'court In Its
peregrinations, several times and tho
last time it went to n Jury, Thompson
won. but Jones appealed.
In all the hearings before the supreme
court, now and on previous ocoasslons,
Chief Justice Reese has refused to sit,
declaring himself dlsqualtled because hi
had been the attorney for Jones in one
of the early stages. The result that the
court divided three and three, a complete
dead lock, leaving the Judgment of, the
lower court In favor of Thompson to
Btand. But the Jones people were not
content. They not only moved for a re
henrinir. but secured an order for an
oral argument on the motion, w"hlch was
again listened to by only sir Judges,
who once more divided three and three.
In this predicament, however, the chief
Justice came to the rescue and by adding
his vote, made it four for the Jones'
side, which means that rehearing is
granted, and presumably that the Judg
ment from which the appeal Is taken
shall remain hanging, as it were, in mid
air until a majority ot the full bench
can be mustered for or against it.
Around the state house it Is whispered
that no case In recent years has preci
pitated such long and heated discussions
inside the consultation chamber as this
cne and the end is not yet.
Four Posts Cut Out
Omaha Supply Depot
The quartermaster's office at army
headquarters is in receipt of information
from the War department to the effect
that the scope of the Omaha army sup
ply depot has been cut about SO per cent.
Three posts Leavenworth, IUley. and Des
Moines the Leavenworth military prison
and the government arsenal at Bock
Island hereafter will get their supplies
;from points xithcr than the Omaha supply
deot
Tho itder to the quartermaster's de
pa. tment comes In the form of a circular
and without explanation.
mi
Swales
!
Drawn for The Bee by Powell.
U, P. MELONMONEY IN EAST.
Little Benefit to Be Derived by the
Road from the Sale..
PROFITS MADE BY HARRIMAN
Is tho nesult of the Conflict Be
tween llarrlman and Hill foV
Control ' ot illtl Lines ',.
Sfle Y.enrs Aflp,
In tho proposed distribution of 182,000,000
bf tiaititndro &' Ohio stticlc afntintf. the
Ifnlon Pacific stocKiiojdes, Union ..pacific
officials here do r.ot figure, that any- lurge
amount of tho money derived from the
sate of the security, will coino west. Thpy
say tliat generally tho .stock Is hold In
the east.
jnldn Pacific men are of thd opinion
that tho Union Pacific corpqrnMon wilt
not be benefited by the change, except
in the matter of getting rid. of . a lot of
surplus. They take It that tho trunsfcr
of tho Baltimore. & Ohio- stock among
Union Pacific litoekholdcrfi means that
for all time thero will bo a rodlictloh of
Union Pacific dividends, which practi
cally ever since tho reorganization and
llarrlman control havo been at tho rate
bf 10 per cent, payable quarterly.
Union Pacific officials here, while they
do not pretend to speak for the members
of the exeoutlve committee of the road,
go upon the theory that the committee
members nave ngurea oui inn, uw uui
tlmoro & Ohio stock to be distributed
.will earn enough to mdkp the total ,dlvl-'
dend 10 per cent, an. it nas ucjn lor yearn.
Hero the JS2,f)Q0.O0O is looked upends a
clean pickup by the Union Paclflojitock
holdcrs and money brought in when-Mr-llarrlman
contested wth Hill for tho con
trol of 'the "Northern' Pacific,: and Great
Northern roads. So, to speak, Inf tho Con
trol of the, Northern properflesTHarrJmttn
had Hill across ,a, barrel and'ln order for
the last named Yallroad magnate fto get
out wtlh a whole skin he had -to. come
to the terms offered by llarrlman.-These
terma-provlded for big blocks of Northern
Securities to be transferred to llarrlman.
With the proceeds ot tho safo of these se
curities llarrlman bought Southern ' Pa
clfio stock at low prices, which ho" and
his Interests held until last year, when,
by an order, of the court, the, Union Pa
cific was ordered to dispose of them. Tho
money that llarrlman put Into the Hill
stocks Is said to have doubled up many
times since then and has resulted In mil
lions of dollars being added to the Union
Pacific surplus.
President of Radio
Telephone Company
Gets Year and Half
NEW YOP.K, Jan. 7. James Dunlop
Smith,, president of the Iladlo Telephone
company, was sentenced by Judge Hunt
today to spend a year and a half In the
federal prison at Atlanta, and to pay a
fine of $5,000 for conspiracy to swindle
Investors in the stock of the corporation
through the use of the malls. Elmef
Burltngamc, agent of a subsidiary com
pany, was sentenced to two and a half
years Imprisonment and fined fl&.CCO.
The Ellsworth company, a subsidiary,
which handled the patent corporations
stuck, was fit!'.! J10.&00.
The government charged tf.ai Investors
In the Radio stock were swindled out ot
a million dollars by the false representa
tions of the defendants.
SCHLIEMANN NAMED GREEK
MINISTER, T0WASHINGT0N
VIENNA, Austria, Jan. 7. Agamemnon
Schllemann, who represents Larls In the
Greek Chamber of Deputies, was ap
pointed Greek minister at Washington to
succeed U (A. Soromlias, according to a
telegram from Athens. The new min
ister, although a Greek subject, Is a son
of tho German archacloglat and traveler,
jlclr.'lch shl cmann.
All Hungry Little Worm Beggars
Protest of Shippers
Against Rate Eaise
Comes Next Week
WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.-Shlppcrs will
Vq Jicard next week by tjio Interstate,
Cpmmorce commlsslen on the' 0 per cent
Increase In freight rates proposed by tho
flfty-twn , eastern railroads, Commls-
hcurlng arranged tor tlio- rallroWof-l
fldAlt aiMInK' for, iTlodlflcatlohs ot qdes-t
tldriH tho rbmmlssloh asked id liavo tin
syered heforo February 1. -
Attorneys for th5 railroads 'tojd. Com
missioner Harlan-. that. In sonfo Instances
It would require la year t(5"furnIsK 'the
Information tho commission, wanted in
a month. Frank Lyon, counsel for tho
Pittsburgh Goal company, brought to
Issuo the shippers' rights by. .asking that
tho railroads bo asked to furnish tho
cost of moving bituminous t coal.
Mr.Hurlnn said thero was no doubt
as to the right Of shippers to be heard
as to particular rates', but that he In
tended to ask the entire commission next
week to pass on the question of whether
hearings on particular rates should be
incorporated Into the hearing of the gen
eral question of Increased rate or reduc
lion of expenses or whether shippers
should be given an opportunity after
those questions wcro decided to present
tholr position.
For the New York Central it was repr.
scntcd that' to answer the commission's
questions .about lighterage at New York
would cost $75,000 in clerk hire and re
quire oho year.
-To answer the commission's question
about contracts for mnterluhlt was said
on';behalf oft the Baltimore & Ohio) that
lt...would Involve 13,000 pages of, copying
nnd' a review .of 100,000. translations. ,
Wilson Distributes'
Boxes of Caildy'to
: Gulf part Children
PASS - CHRISTIAN,- Miss.,- Jan.' 7.
Presldent WJlson today demonstrated his
fondness for children by! assuming tHe
role .ot a belated K&nta Clans and ds
trlbuting boxes of candy to' the young
stera along the route from the Gulf Port
golf "links. Since coming hero the presi
dent has made warm friends with the
children who dally run to their front
gates to wave greeting to him.
Today there were many expression of
delighted surprise at bonus along the
way when tho big White house automo
bile Htopped and a secret service man ap
peared at the doors with a box of candy
under his arm. a present from the presi
dent to hU little friends,
The president was delighted with his
role of "Santa Claus." When news of
Mr, Wllfon's generosity spread among
the children it became known that many
of tho youngsters who do pot llvo along
tha routo of the golf links were disap
pointed. They were promised, ,, however,
that they would not be' overlooked and
that t)io supply of candy at the presi
dential' cottage was sufficient to meet all
demands.
The president played a good game of
golf today, the weather being excellent,
He returned t'a tho- -cottage hero early,
ready for an afternoon of work.'
NEW YORK-TOWN TRADED
FOR A SKYSCRAPER
NEW YOItK Jan. 7. Announcement
was made today that the town of Phlllpse
Manor, a mile above Tarrytown, N. Y.,
and near the estate of John D, Rocke
feller at Pocantlco Hills, has been traded
for a twenty-story skyscraper at the
northeast cornor of Klfth avenue and
Thirty-first streets In this city. The
to vn consists of 2U) acres and has many
lininen rostlnir from 110.0W to I20.COO. The
I Fifth avenue property is valued at $7,20,-JtO.
THINK 1HAWJS RATIONAL
Attendants of White's Slayer Tes
tify Before Commission.
NOTHING UNUSUAL IN CONDUCT
(lay They l)o Not liellevn Safely of
Palii'towili lie Menaced If He
(Uioul f)o (liven His
"V
1..CQNCUHD, N. II,. Jan. 7.-TWrWMfi
oil uall of Harry; 'K Thnw Voiid Hdt i
iiivuuvo iuuiiu Biueiy, in mo .ppinion- es
pressed by two of his custodians today
at 'it p'ubQ btearlnff. lefor tile, commls-'
ion nppoinicQ uy. die Inderal court in
pass on the matter of TliaVi nintal
condition and Its . relation to his libera
tion under bonds. '
Hollnan A. Drew, sheriff ot Goos
county, and Clark D. Stevens of the
the local police force, who havo' hod'.
Thaw In charge, since Beptcmbor, filY0ted
ms admission to ball.
Thaw and his mother wcro present
with counsel. Noilo of the legal "rcpfb"
ecntatlves or New York stato . was in
attendance when the hearing opened,
Hherlff Drow told of his close relations
with Thaw during the period of his cus
todianship. During that time, he said.
Thaw had not shown any tendency
Coward violence and had manifested rtn
III temper, no Irritability nnd no lack of
self control.
The sheriff said Thaw wns nervous and
excited when first arrested' ut Colebrook,
after his. deportation from Canada and
also showed some excitement when he
was denounced at the .extradition hearing
before Governor Klkcr by William T.
Jjerome, special deputy attorney gencrul,
'"put no moro than any man would under
'the samo circumstances'," lidded the
witness.
Thnw was a pleasant companion under
all circumstances and In conversations
on current topics displayed "wonderful
insight."
"Would you consider him characterised
by an exaggeration of the ego7" asked
Dr. George A. lllumer, of tho commlssloih,
"No. nir "
Officer Stevens who occupied a sleep
ing room with tho prisoner and aecom
panled him on his walks, described Thaw
as "a perfect gentleman," He -aid ho
wished ho had Thaw's conversational
ability. The principal difference between
Thaw and t(io other men, In his opinion
was that Thaw wns more kind that tin
general run of the wltneises' acqalnt
ances, Steven said that Thaws wife hud
never been mentioned in their conversa
tions. No anger or resentment towards
any public official or'uny other person
with .whom his past had been connected
had ever been shovn In his presence by
his . churge, wbbse conduct had been
characterized by common sense. The wit
ness hid never seen anything about the
prisoner to mako him feel that Thaw was
a publls menace. 1
Jerome Itefimea to Appear.
Beford adjourning tho hearing without
date, General Krank a. Streater stated
for the commission that Mr. Jerome hail
notified him that he had decided not to
appear because tho scope of tho commis
sion's Inquiry was so limited,
"It seems obvious," the commissioner
said, "that Mr, Jerome greatly mlsaD.
prchends tho court's order and the scope
of the commission's powers and duty
thereunder. Unlimited powers appear to
nave been conferred on the commission
to enable It to perform Its duty of ad.
vising the court on the only question
submitted, whether Thaw's liberty on ball
would menace' publto safety,"
BLACK HILLS MAN KILLED
AS AUTOMOBILE OVERTURNS
LEAD, 8. D.. Jan. 7.-M. O. Campbell,
a jroneer hotej mon of Lead, was killed
this afternoon when his automoblln over
turned. His son. Walter, wm uprlnnalir
. - . .
injured, and Mrs. Noeller, who was In
, the cur. broko her shoulder. Mrs, M. C.
Campbell escaped uninjured, Campbell
was bo years old.
M'ADOO NOT MOVED
BY ARGUMENTS FOR
GREAT RESERVE BANK
Secretary of Treasury Says
' - Hopes is Not as Green as
He
He Looks.
v
NO - CONCLUSIONS YET BEACHED
Organization Conomittee , Concludes
' Its Hearings in new xor.
TO PROCEED TO BOSTON NEXT
Placing of Three or Four Institu
tions in East Likely.
GOSSIP MENTIONS GATE CITY
Omaha Spoken of ns Possible Loca
tion for One of ReserV Cen
ters In the Western
Country.
.NEW YORK. Jan.,7.-Tho federal re
servo organisation committee today con
cluded Its hearings th'row! Xcjrtc having
devoted threo days tii ascertaining the
.'.. r,f N'nw York banner concerning
nU'iiMk' nf snttlrlir tin' tho regional re
serve districts provided . In the. now law
and selecting the cities in wnicn ma
banks aro to bo placed.
Th mmmittee consisting of ' Secretary
McAdoo of tho Treasury department nnd
Secretary Houston ot mo ucpunmeni ui
Agriculture, will proceed tomorrow to
n.inn ih n.it nntnt In Its lourncy to
tho financial centers ot the country.
where hearings will be held Friday anu
Saturday.
Aftrr the lienrinca hero had been con
cluded Secretary McAdoo was asked
whether he had been impressed.-by tin
mnVitH advanced almost unanimously
by New. York, bankers who .have ap
peared n favor, of establishment here ot
a regional bonk of such stsothat It would
overshadqw all .the others.
Not o fJreen.
"J hope," said, tho secretary smilingly,
"thnt I am not as green as I look."
Mr." McAddo would say hothlnjf more
further thnn that the committee had
reached no conclusions. Those who at-
t.nriMl tho hrnrlntts believed the most
probable solution of the question, in the
light of evidence so' far adduced, was ine
plnclng qf three or fdur regional banks
on or near the Attantlo seaboard Instead
of hiding ,,one largo .district, centering
In New ,Yorlt and Including New" Eng
land antl' part br all Of the rnlddle At
tantlo states. i
The cities mentioned nJM4 connection
wWeToHtait'.tWtlworo and
Atlanta.' WahlMrtfl ' 'mrtfi PhH4tW
lohoY'a; jrifQorjly ot live wlthefes thjtt
'Ither of thes cltifcfc
" ' ; WaKLR5H6l.llrcieTo.
Wishl,ngton was tobjecteiiAtp ecauBe w
iKtge c&mmorelal interests Renter In thai
clyi atth6UKli Some . w(tnccsn said It
would bo of advantage' to establish a
bank ther tb be In close touch with the
federal board,
Armimrilln In favor nf llnltllrlore.
rttther than' Philadelphia, .were1 bas'ej on
ti. . ; -. a . . t .! i . 1 1 1 . '. . k. . '
Mid nui)unu auvinuwiiiiy ut ntuiuic rM"i
BeogTphlcnldstributlon' -or-ths regional
banks, It being thought that New York
nnd Philadelphia were In too close prox
imity to havo each a bank. It was said
also that Patllmore, liy reason pf Its
location ahd foreign nnd domestic1 trndo
affiliations, would serve better than Phil
and West Virginia and other territory
ade'lphla the states of Maryland, Virginia
north of the section whtch may be at
tached to Atlanta.
Omnha Mentioned.
As' for tho remainder of the country,
the most commonly expressed opinion waq
that banks should'be established at ChU
cage, .Bt. 'Loiila,' an Francisco and New
Orleans. Many other cities mentioned
for tho remaining banks, but the opinion
of witnesses was widely divided ns to
i the preferable ones. Denver, Omaha, 8t.
'lim .,) UlnnAnnnlL Ur-.lr.', T .
Angeles, Kansas tiltyi Cleveland,, Cln.
clnnatl, Dallas, Tex,, Houston)' Tex,, and
Pittsburgh were suggested. .
Today's hearing brought out the "samo
trend of opinion among Nfcw York bank
ers as wds evident from, the outset, that
the New York dlstrtst should embrace
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The Down-to-Date
Man
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' la your lodge having a din
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tt ' so, aro - you sure your
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Next, call upon. some of thasd
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make your selections easy for
you.
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