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OMAHA, "WEDXKSDAV AtOUXlXfi, MAY 17, 1!M' FOntTKHX PAULS.
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PECULIAR WAY
OF DOING THINGS
IN DECATUR BANK
Patrons Not Sure Whether They
Were Placing a Deposit or
Making a Personal Lean
to Cashier.
SEVERAL QUEER EXPERIENCES
Question Now of Stockholders'
Double Liability and Ability
to Pay Up.
FAILURE TALK OF THE TOWN
Decatur, Neb., May 16. (Special.)
While some favored depositors in
the now closed Farmers' State Hank
of Decatur were gcttinng 5 and even
0 per cent on their money, others
seem to have had a hard ttimc to get
tt heir deposits even entered on the
honks. There were those who
claim to have deposited substantial
Minis with the hank, and on failing
to take a deposit slip as receipt,
found had trouble to convince
Cashier John K. liliott that they had
anything corning to them.
From one .Matthew Tyndall of
Thurston county, Liliott received
$2,500 at the bank. Later when
Tyndall wanted to draw sonic of the
money, Cashier Mlliott claimed this
was a personal loan and no record
of Tyndall's deposit was found on
the hooks of the batik. Tyndall,
however, pressed his claim, and is
said to have received back from F.l
liott in all some $1,100 of the $2,500
he handed over to him.
Deposit Appears as Note.
Mrs, Lizzie Kdwards Davis of De
catur thought she deposited $2,000 in
Elliott's bank. Elliott admitted
having received the money, but
claimed it was a personal loan to
him for five years at 5 per cent in
terest. This item, however, now
appears as a $2,500 note due the
bank from Lizzie Edwards Davis
and is one of the muddles the State
Hanking Hoard will have to
straighten out, to determine whether
Mrs. Davis owes the bank or whether
Elliott owes her $2,000 and interest.
Mrs, Will Ebcrt left $1,500 with
Cashier Elliott at th bank. She
accepted his verbal statement, in
stead of a receipt or deposit slip.
Latfr she was told this is not a safe
way to deposit money, and that one
should always have a receipt, a cer
tificate of deposit, a pass book or
sonic other kind of written document
to prove the deposit. When she de
manded her money or a certificate
she was informed there was' no credit
on the books for her.
Becoming somewhat alarmed she
now appealed to a substantial friend
for advice, The friend accompanied
her, and together they went to the
Elliott home. Here they presented
their demand so vigorously that the
$1,500 was returned in cash to Mrs.
Ebcrt.
Stockholders Are Worried.
It is accounts like these that are
keeping the state bank) examinees
busy in an effort to untangle mat
ters. Meanwhile there is whisper
ing among the stockholders, who,
under the double liability law, may
have to make good for the bank by
sacrificing their capital stock plus
an equal amount of cash besides.
There is much talk in Decatur as
to which of the stockholders are
good for the double liability, and
which are not. Meantime, one or
tvyi of the shareholders have been
reported as saving flatly they will
not pay the double liability. Of
course, they have never hail exper
ience wilh bank failures and with
the state law that governs th subse
quent activities of shareholders in a
defunct bank.
Some Stockholders Insolvent.
Mental inventories are being taken
of the solvency of the various stock
holders in this locality. Elliott, the
principal stockholder, is, of course,
looked upon as one from whom lit
tle it an thing in th sluip of double
liability could be exacted.
D., I'. Watson, who became presi
diit, upon th resignation of II. I ).
l.yrain, is lookd upon as a man who
could make good Ins share, certainly
with th help of Ins lather, who is
.il-o in good financial circumstances
II. D. Hvtam. tli lornirr president,
i s.ud to be fully responsible, and
vi an- most, if inn all ol the others,
eipriiallv H they have help lr..iii
well-to-do relativrs.
Atl ot the good onr together. '
though, own Ns than ball the sto.k
and It thry wric a'l good, it is still
probable the lUtliit Mould make a
l'.i Ucd bole in (he tuaiai.trc luud
Strike at Rock
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HUCHESJTRENGTH
W. J. Abbot, New, York Editorial
Writer, is Sounding Political
Situation.
i VISITS IN SEVERAL STATES
Willis J. Abbot of New York, chief
editorial writer of the New York
American, who was head of the lt
erary bureau of the democratic na
tional committee in the campaign of
1908, is in Omaha for a day or two
looking over the political situation,
lie has been away from New York
for some time gathering information
from a number of states. .
"1 have been away from New
York for about five weeks," said Mr.
Abbot, "making a tour of the mid
dle western states, in an endeavor to
find out with some degree of cer
tainty where these republican dele
gates, who have been instructed for
favorite sons, are going when the in
evitable break comes at Chicago. I
visitrd Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana,
Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and
Minnesota.
Primaries No Criterion
"The one conclusion that I have
reached is that it is highly improba
ble that any of the men who have
carried the primaries in these states
arc likely to win in the convention.
The liurton delegation, for example,
impressed me as a mere shell, which
will go to pieces after two or three
ballots.
"In Indiana the delegates are tied
to Fairbanks, not merely by formal
instructions, but by personal affec
tion. There is, however, no sign of
any Fairbanks sentiment in other
states, except Kentucky, and I'm in
clined to think his delegates would
be entirely satisfied to secure his
nomination for second place,
Forsees Roosevelt Demonstration.
There arc Koosevclt men on every
delegation. This situation naturally
w:ould make easy a great demonstra
tion for Kooscvelt in the; convention,
and I do not think bis nomination
entirely impossible. It is quite appar
ent, however, particularly in the
states west of Illinois, that public
sentiment is more for Hughes than
for Kooscvelt.
"To what extent this Hughes senti
ment will take form in the convention
I would not attempt to predict. Hut
it is a very decided factor in Wiscon
sin and Minnesota, states which I
have just left. My own judgment
would be that at present the Roose
velt sentiment is strongest, but that
the Hughes sentiment is increasing."
Unusual Honors
Paid to Memory of
Jewish Mark Twain
New York, May 15. The memory
of Solomon Rabinowitz, "the Jewish
Mark Twain," was honored in un
usual fashion at his funeral here to
day. A procession of more than
.1,000 men, women and children fol
lowed the funeral cortege through
the streets of the cast side, which
tli e poet had often depicted in prose
and poetry.
The crowd which had gathered at
the synagogue was so great that it
was impossible for the bier to be
taken into the building and the fu
neral prayers were read by the rabbi
from the steps.
Kabbi J. L. Magnes, in opening the
funeral services, read Kahinowitz'
will. In it the author pleaded that
his family mention his name only
with laughter and stipulated that
each year one of his "most joyous
stories" was to be read at a family
gathering.
Steamers Collide'
In Thick Fog Just
Outside New York
New York, May 16.- The Swedish
steamer Grckland limped in at IJuar
antine today wills a hide in her port
side above the water line under the
poop, resulting from a collision off
J-andy Hook with the Italian steam
ship San Giovanni. The mishap oc
curred about midnight in a thick fog
while both vessels were outward
bound from this port The Sail Gio
anui anchored outside the harbor,
apparently not badly damaged. The
Giekland sailed yesterday for Kirk
wall. Stotl.iud, with a pcnetal cargo,
and the Italian steamship, likewise
i a' go l.tdt li, got under way about
the same time lor l.cnoa
later the Sail tiiovanni parsed
iii,iian!iiir. rnward bound,
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POSITIONS FROM
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VIENNA MAKES, A STATEMENT
Assault Follows Concentrated Artil
lery Preparation, it It
Reported.
THOUSAND OF MEN CAPTIVES
licrlin, May 10.-(By Wireless to
Sayville.) -Italian first line positions
in several sectors have been cap
tured by the Austrians after con
centrated artillery preparation,1 it
was announced in today's Austrian
Hungarian report issued in Vienna.
The Austrians took more than 2,500
prisoners, seven cannon and eleven
machine guns in these operations.
Physician Admits
Part in 'Spurious
Heir Conspiracy
Chicago. May Yl Dr. L. C. Emile
Ileroard, formerly physician at the
Miscricordta hospital, Ottawa, Out.,
told on the stand today of perform
ing an operation on Mrs. Anna Dollie
Ledgerwood Matters, calculated to
make her doctor in Chicago believe
she had become a mother, .Mrs. Mat
ters is on trial for conspiracy to foist
a spurious heir to the Fred Matters
estate on the probate court. The op
eration, she said, took place a day be
fore the birth of the child of Mar
garet Ryan, which Mrs. Matters is
charged with having attempted to
paas as her own.
An anasthetic was administered to
the Ryan girl, the doctor testified,
when her baby was born, so that she
would not know of the birth.
Dr. Heroard told of having given
false testimony previously to the ef
fect that Mrs. Matters had given
birth to a child. He said lie received
$1,420 through lawyers. Afterward,
he said, he came to Chicago and tes
tified again.
"And did you testify then that Mrs.
Matters had not given birth to a
baby?" asked counsel.
"I did, and that was the truth," re
plied Dr. Hcroard.
Moosers Will Have
Opera Music During
Watchful Waiting
Chicago, May 16. The committee
in charge of arrangements for the
progressive national convention to be
held here in June, is planning to fill
in waits between speeches and com
mittee reports at the convention with
music, it was made known today.
Fifty musicians from the Chicago
symphony orchestra and the Chicago
opera band have been engaged for
orchestral duty and a number of
grand opera stars art? under consider
ation, it is said-
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Carranza Accepts
Line Patrol Pact
Washington, May 16. General
Carranza lias agreed to Major Gen
eral Scott's informal understanding
witli Ueneral Obregon, which pro
vides that Carranza forces shall en
deavor to show their anility to con
trol the situation in northern Mex
ico, while American troops remain
I for the time being.
i Mexico City, May 16. -General Al
varo Obrcgon, Mexican minister of
j war, returned here today from his
! conference with Major General Hugh
IE. Scott on the border. He was ac
companied by his staff and members
of bis family,
1 rriving at the station shortly
afler 10 o'clock he left immediately
for the national palace, where be was
at oner received by Genetal Car-
i lanza,
GOVERNOR LEASING LAND
TO PROSPECTORS FCR OIL
Lincoln, Neb., May l'i - (Speiial
TrliKraiiM A group of well known
Nebtaskan, including dovcruor
Morrln al, air basing Luge trait of
Kuhattlsoii (ouuly iaiitl (or oil prim
! pre ting, it bri atnr known at the state
iioiiir tin, alleriii.ou.
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and .John Hilt. Inn. I hr land It br
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LIEUTENANT IMMELMANN, often called the "Super
Hawk" and most noted Fokker. flier of the German army,
has been challenged to an air duel by Lieutenant Navarre,
France's twenty-one year old air hero. Immelmann is
credited with having; brought down fifteen enemy aeroplanes.
His challenger has a record of fourteen.
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French War Office Say Effort to
Gain Ground on Right Bank
of Meuse Fails.
ARTILLERY DUELS CONTINUE
Paris, May 16. The bombardment
of the French position in the Avo
court wood and about Hill 304 still
continues, according to today's
French official report. A weak Ger
man attack with grenades northwest
ofThlaumont farm was repulsed. In
the Wocvre shelling is proceeding
along the sector at Lix and Moulain
ville. On the rest of the front there
is ouiet.
The text of the statement follows:
"On the left bank of the Meuse
there was a lively bombardment of
our positions' in the woods of Avo
court and near Hill .104. On the
right bank a small German hand
grenade attack northwest of Thiau
mont farm was completely repulsed,
"In the Woevre there was artillery
fighting in the sectors of Fix and
Motilainville.
"The night on the rest of the front
was relatively calm." '
Sunset Limited
Is Derailed Near
Fort Hancock, Tex,
F.I Paso, Tex., May 16, Randits,
thought to be Mexicans from across
the Km tirande, this morning re
moved the. spikes from three rails on
the Southern 1'acifie, causing the de
railment of the eastbound Sunset Fx
press. The wreck occurred near
Fort Hancock, fifty-four nulrs east
of IT I'aso, Six persons are reported
hurt, three of them seriously, Texas
rangers and deputy .beri(fs left on
the wrecking tram for the scene
Houston' Tcc, May !'.--Southern
Pacific officials herr sav an imenli
Ration slum the wrnking of cast
hound train No. 10 at Fort Hamoik
today was aceid.iit.il and not the
work id taiders A telegram to the
general f.tlues said three passenger,
atl nfgror, were -.lightly injured
Ncbraskans to Attend
Baptist Conference
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RAISE NEW ARMY
Prisoner Taken by Pershing: Sayi the
Bandit Chief Hag Entirely Re
covered from Woundi,
AMERICANS HUNT SMALL BANDS
Field Headquarters, in Mexico,
May 15. (Via Wireless to Columbus,
N. M., May 16.) Francisco Villa has
recovered from his wounds entirely
and has been busy for some weeks at
tempting to raise a new army 4ic
slate of Durango, according to a story
told here today by a Mexican who
was captured in lbs engagement at
Ojos Azulcs late in April.
Cavalrymen are riding hard on the
trail of small bands of bandits in the
vicinity of Kubio ranch, twenty miles
from here, where three Villistas were
slain by an American forage, detach
ment yesterday. It was reported that
there are about fifty in tho band. Julio
Cardenas, one of those slain, had
clothing indicating that he possibly
participated in the raid upon Col u ni
dus, N. M.
Dyes and Needles
Will Bo Discussed
By Knit Goods Men
I Philadelphia, Pa., May 16. Lack f
dyestuffs, the scarcity of needles, the
j need for commercial preparations to
i meet new conditions at the close of
"the war and the doing-away with
fixed prices in the knit goods lines
, are among subjects to he discussed
at the convention of the National As
sociation of Hosiery and Underwear
; Manufacturers, whii h opened here lo
I day. The convention includes allied
i lines, such as mat bine and needle
manufacturers, dye firms and jobbing
! houses. The delegates represent an
industry ill which tnoie than $'0(),
(KiO.niK) is invested and with a payroll
..t $70,(HM),((HI a y.ar,
Armenians Dying
For Want of Food
New York, May f - Siilfering
among t mcniaio. 111 1 111 key, Persia
and Mna h Mill mi. ne and thry
,u- dying by hiiiidti i!i for want of
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IOWA REPUBLICANS
OPEN CAMPAIGN
Howard J. Clark Will Sound Key
note at State Convention at
i Cedar Rapids Today
MAY NOT ENDORSE ANYONE
Cedar 'Kapidc. la., May 16.
The republican campaign in Iowa,
which will clone on the night of the
election in November, will be opened
officially here tomorrow when the
leaders from all sections of the state
gather for the first rrtmblican con
vention, the purpose of which is to
ratify the delegates elected at the re
cent presidential preference primary,
i to serve as the state's representative
at the republican national convention.
Leaders here tonight were reticent
regarding the course to be taken by
the steering committee of the con
vention. Much will depend, it was
said, on the keynote speech of the
temporary chairman, Howard J.
Clark of l)rs Moines. It is expected,
however, that most of the addresses
will have to do merely with national
questions, the plan being, as far as
known, to follow the precedent set at
the recent democratic convention in
l lintyii and avoid reference to any
factional difference in the party.
Harmony is to be preserved at all
costs, it uas slated, and doubt was
expressed whether the convention
would indorse any presidential candi
date. It was thought certain, how
ever, that if any smh endorsement is
made Senator 1 unnnins would be ac
corded the support of lite convention.
The officers of the convention are:
Temporary chairman, Howard J.
Clark, Hes Moines; secretary, Or
Williams, Ues Moines; assistant sec
retaries. J. Temple, liode; S, W,
Needham. Sigourney; official stenog
rapher, Alice H. Hall, Heading: sec
retary, Louise Gardner, Ananiosa;
doorkeeper, John Taylor, Marion;
sergeant at-arms. Col. I. K. Hartley,
Tiirtoti; chief u.iher, V. G. Lofius,
Cedar Kapids.
Chicago Robber
Waits for Victims
In Their Own Homes
ciilrimo, May ii. Th C'htrNRO police
are PHrelilng tn.tHy fur rol.ber who
rliiRis the front door l.ell, wait In Ilia
parlor until lit victim I ready to Brant
him ndlniiee and lhn proceed to hi
work after firing a hot or two to alio
that hn mean tiunlnea.
Piieh a robber called at the home of
Mr. Catherine Mlnrtln here yesterday
ami departed with $! In cash and
Jewelry valued at about The rob
ber hi admitted by Mr. Martin's maid,
to whom he anld he had an Important
menage for her mlatrta. lie ealrnly
smoked a cigar until Mr. Martin ap-
i peered, then drew hi revolver, tore ev.
ieral rlna from Mr. Mirtln' hand.
I fired a shot to eubdue the innillng
women and eaped after locking them
In a closet.
French Airmen Drop
Bombs on Bulgarians
Paris, May 16.- The fourteen
Frenrh. aeroplanes which bombarded
Bulgarian camps in Ihc region of
Xanthi, on the Macedonian front,
last Saturday night, dropped eighty
bombs in ail and returned undam
aged, says a llavas dispatch from
Athens, dated yesterday. The raid
ers were not pursued.
A squadron of Hritish aeroplanes
flew over Porto I.agos, tin Bulgarian
roast, the dispatch slates, and after
dropping several bombs, returned,
without having suffered any damage.
Seventeen Orcck corpses were ex
tricated today from the ruins of
Mayad.i, lecently shelled by the Ger
mans, adds the correspondent.
liulg.'irians entered the villages of
Slopnichta and Altehak, carrying off
some of the inhabitants to Seltovo,
Nothing is known as to their fate.
Reynolds to Say No
Thousands of Times
( hicago, III., May 16 James 15.
Reynolds, secretary of the republican
national committee, began the task
of answering an accumulation of
IH.IKKI letters.
"More than llHMI are requests for
coiivrnlioii tukets and will be an
swered by the word 'no,'." said Sec
retary It'cynolds. "Visitors from the
difletrnt slates will be obliged to
look to the national committeeman
flout thfir home state f..r convention
in Ut "
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SCOTT REPORTS
RESULTS OF TALK
WITH OBREGON
Unwritten Understanding Reached
Reading the Patrol of
Northern Mexico v
Border. '
MEXICANS WILL POLICE PARRAL
General Obreg:on Also Orden Ten
Thousand Men Under Trevino
Into Big; Bend District.
PATROL WORK BY MOTORCYCLES
Washington, .May 16, The net
result of the military conferences
at P.! Paso as reported today by
Major Cicueral Scott to Secretary
Haker has been to convince the Car
ranza government that the United
States has no other purpose in its
operations in northern Mexico than
to stamp out brigandage,' and as a
consequence there exists substan
tially an unwritten understanding
that the Carranza forces shall en
deavor lo demonstrate their ability
to handle the situation a the neccs
eary first step toward withdrawal of
the American punitive expedition.
Ceneral Scott believes General
Obrcgon is acting in good faith and
that the border situation is less crit
ical today.
To carry- out his share of the plant
General Ohregon has agreed to oc
cupy and police the Parral district,
scouring the mountainous regions
west ol that town in search of the
remnants of Villa' followers. He
also agreed to establish a strong pa
trol line along the Mexican side of
! the Itig Hend country to prevent in
cursions such as that at Glenn
Springs. For that purpose General
Ohregon has ordered into those re
gions 10,00(1 troops under General
Trevino, said to be the most efficient
field commander in the Carranjra
army. Advices to the War and
Stale departments indicate that the
movements are being carried out
promptly.
Will Not Menace Pershing' Rear,
Another important element and one
which American army officers re
garded as most vital to General
Pershing's line of communications
was cleared up by General Obregon's
agreement not to bring the; Targe
force.of Carrana troops in Sonora
through Pulpit Pass into General
Pershing's rear While the War de
partment is satisfied of General
Pershing's equipment to care for his
force in any circumstances the possi
bility of a large Carranza force being
moved to his rear wan regarded with
some concern.
On their side General Scott and
General Funston assured General
Ohregon that precautions would be
taken by American commander not
to, dispose their forces so as to em
barrass the operations of the Mexi
can troops and also that the border
patrol on the American side would be
strengthened.
Obregon Finally Convinced.
The first obstacle encountered by
the American' conferees at LI Paso
was the necessity of convincing Gen
eral Obregon that the expedition
after Villa was not an intervention
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The site and composition of the
force aroused alarm among Mexican
officials, and it was pointed out lo
General Scott that it was not custo
mary for posses in pursuit of one
man to go with field guns and moun
tain artillery. The American officers
finally succeeded in persuading the
war minister, however, that the
United States government had no in
tention other than its announced pur
pose, A new plan for patrolling the bor
der has been recommended by Gen
eral Funston. He proposed a corps
of forty-eight motorcycles, thirty
tandem and eighteen single ma
chines. Secretary Haker said today
he would probably approve the plan.
General Funston will make P.1 I'aso
the base of operations for the motor
cycle scouts. Use of motorcycles
would enable patrols to cover terri
tory more quickly and also enable
officers to receive reports more ex
peditiously. General Pershing reported thf
I11I10 Arosta, one of Villa's aides, was
died during the engagement at Op;
I Amies May 5.
I he gunboat Marietta returned
yesteiday to lainpuo tiom Tuxpait
Its commander advisrd the Navy de
partmrnt c oiiditions there were quirt
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