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Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-24
SENATOR STONE SAYS WEST
is Disseminated AGAINST
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator
e.+ona of Missouri today presented sta-
tistics of government deposlts III ma
tionaI banks to show that the ulslrlp
tion of money during the recent Gup" ia,,
rency stringency was not cquiss, cqNs.l;,, q
as contemplated by the Id" soFei ''---e
the treasury department. .,..
He declared the west and south were
discriminated against, while New 1orN
p Il Boston were favored: ,,,4io,
uie sneech was on his resolution
rendine. in the senate, directing COM
Tnittee to investigate and report oii
these transactions. .,,,.,,
MIR. stone declared that the treaSuly =
department had in three anu han1ls Is
months placed SAT, 100000 in the pdllha .lLf1s ,
Of NSw York "in order that they might
Ioon If out" and st. Louis bankers
bod told him that while their money
was out of their reach IN tne Wv NV
York banks they had gone to that Clly
and had bought currency there paying
from IL to per cent for IT,; .,ooa
"Three per cent was pald' c"
Senator Teller. o,,sion
of Mr.. stones speech, said he peiieVeo
the recent financial trouble hau re-
suited from the banking system OF tne
country and had not grown out VI the
administration OF law.
West "Not in Need"
"It is possible" he said, that tne
treasury department did not distribute
the money in proportion to the panhlns
capitaI, but there was one storm cen
ter of the whole trouble. we ulu llo'
need any money in the west.
an my Judgment" the Colorado sen
ator declared, 1.-The secretary OF the me
treasury could not have served ne ne
country better than by putting tne
money in New York city. There were
twelve or fifteen trust companies tnere
that were in condition to go TO III Ine
wall. They needed the money. ihe
banks came to their relief. II tney
had failed there would have been d
failure of banks practically all over
the country. The people in the west
had as much interest in maintaining
the integrity of these trust companies
as the people in New York.
"This is the age of criticism OF peo-
pie who have money. They have oeen
charged with having brought on TINS
panic Some of the rich men OF thls
country who have been paraded in the
magazines as people Unfortunately rlch'
put up practically their entire capltal
to tide over possible panic. One man
put up $1.000.000. Some of these rlcn
men could have made a great deal II
money by letting the banks fail"
The senate then proceeded to con-
slider the criminal code bill, and at
Alp p. m. adjourned until Monday.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-24
DIARY TELLS
STRUGGLE TO
LOVE SPOUSE
WIFE OF MILLIONAIRE PRE-
PARES STRANGE RECORD
Preferred Death to an Unworthy Life.
r. A. Werner Says His Wlfe's
Loyalty Is Unques-
toned

AT EW YORK, Jan. 23.-Despair of re-
viving her love for her husband,
AZ to whom she was once de-
voted, is assigned as reason for the
disappearance in this city of Mrs. Eva
Briel Werner, wife of an American
millionaire, whose home and business
interests are in London.
please do not feel that will be as
unhappy dead as alive" was one of her
farewell messages. They were written
in the Hotel Belmont, whence Mrs.
Werner departed on Tuesday night.
after a day spent in writing a diary in
which f1guratively she laid bare her
soul.
Wife Is Loyal
Doubt of her own worthiness so
preyed on the unhappy woman's mind,
say her relatives, that of late she
imagined herself guilty of shortcomings
which were foreign to her. Her hus-
band, Frederick A. Werner, who ar
rived in this country last Monday in
response to a notification that his wife
was i'll, is overwhelmed with grief. He
says his wifes loyalty Is unquestioned.
Mrs. Werner numbered among her
friends families socially prominent in
New York and Boston. She also was
we'll known to Americans in London.
She is about 80 years old and is the
daughter of Mrs. Eva Briel of Ashmont
street, Dorchester, a suburb of Boston.
Endowed with beauty, unusual intel
lectuaI attainments and ample means,
she often told her friends that life held
for her all that was good In the diary
written on the eve of her disappear
ance she provided for the disposal of
jewelry and other personal belongings
among relatives and friends. She left
at the Hotel Belmont a suit case in
which was found a diamond crescent,
diamond bracelet, diamond rings and
other Jewels valued at several thousand
dollars.
Mourned Death of Children
Mrs. Werner came to this country in
March as the guest of Mrs. Henry We'll
lington Wack of Riverside drive and
one Hundred and Fifteenth street. Mr..
Wack is a lawyer of AZ Broadway and
of Belgium. Mrs. Werner spent the
summer in the Wack country home,
near Monroe, N. Y. 1t was observed
that she suffered frequently from mel
ancholia. She mourned the death of
her two children, the eldest of whom,
a girl of 8, died seven years ago. Fol-
lowing her visit with Mrs. Wack, Mrs.
Werner went to the home of her
mother. She apparently was overjoye
at the news that her husband had
sailed from England and would arrive
in Boston on last Monday night.
1t is known that Mrs. Werner looked
forward to the meeting with her hus-
band as a test of the measure of her
love, which she had sought to rekindle
Mr.. Werner arrived at Boston hotel
late on Monday night and met his wife
there. He had urgent business matters
t ) conclude and requested Mrs. Werner
to go to her mothers home, whittier he
would follow.
Subsequent developments proved that
Mrs. Werner took the midnight train
for New York. She arrived in this city
Tuesday morning and went to the
Hotel Belmont, where she spent the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-24
GUARDS PLACED OVER RICH
ARRAY OF WEDDING GIFTS
VanderbiIt-szechenyI NuptiaI Pres.
ents, Valued at 100000, Closely
Watched by Two Uniformed
Detectives
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-Private detec-
tives have been engaged to guard the
Vanderbilt residence on Fifth avenue,
where on Monday the wedding of Miss
Gladys Vanderbilt and Count Laszle
Szchenyi will take place.
The wedding presents which have al
ready been received are valued at ap-
proximately $1,00O,000 Two uniformed
detectives will be on guard outside the
house day and night, and a plain clothes
man will be constantly on guard in or
near the room where the gifts are ex-
hibited.
1t is said that less than 200 guests
will attend the ceremony, which will
take place in the grand ballroom of the
residence at ii o'clock in the mornig.
A wedding breakfast viii be served
at noon. A party. including Count AMI
Countess Denes Szechenyi, Count Ste
fan Szechenyi and Count Paul Ester
hazy, who are to attend the wedding.
left here last night in Alfred G. Van
derbilt's private car to visit Niagara
Falls. The party will remain at the
falls for two or three days.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-24
WOULD-BE ASSASSNS OF PORTUGAL PREMIER ARE THWARTED
EARTHQUAKES
DRIVE MANY FROM
HOUSES INTO SNOW
Two Tcmblor1 Reported at Reggie di
calabria, and Terrified People
Rush from Homes to
Live in Tents
BY Associated, Press.

By Associated Press.
REGGIO DI CALABRIA, Jan. 23.-A
strong earthquake shook this province
today. No report of loss of life has
been received The shocks. were par
ticularly severe in the villages of
Blanco, Brancoleone, Bruzzano ana
Forrazzano. The terrified people rushed
from their home to the open fields, or
took refuge in the nearby subterraneaa
grottos.
Another shock was felt later more
severe than the first. Many buildings
were damaged, a large number of
houses being rendered uninhabitable.
The municipal building at Blanco
Nuevo collapsed.
Notwithstanding the intense cold the
people are camping in the open.
The municipal authorities have set
up tents in the fields, which to some
extent will alleviate suffering.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-24
U. S. MAIL STEAMER FOX
BELIEVED TO HAVE SUNK
B. Associated Press.

SEATTLE, Jan. GA cable to the
Times from Juneau, Alaska, says:
"It is feared that the United State
mail steamer Fox has been lost W !
Capt. Roscoe States of Juneau 1l
Charles McConnaghy owner and en-
gineer of the craft.
1.-THE Fox left Winham bay January
IA for Kake, fifty miles away in spite
of thorough search nothing has been
heard of the boat or of those aboard.
"The steamboat Marion and the u. d.
M. have secuted the coast and reefs for
miles without finding the boat"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-24
steel Industry Improving
BY Associated Press

BY AhsOCIdVVu I IVo7
NEW YORK, Jan. 23.--John w. Gates
Yesterday, in discussing the financial
md business situation in the country
caid there was a steady increase in the
steel business. the Republic company
row operating 80 per cent of it's capaci-
~, though having shut down to Is per
cent of its capacity in December. From
now on he expects a steady increase.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-24
Decision is Reversed
BY Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23.-The SUI
preme court today reversed the decision
of the lower. court in the case of
Thomas Ferguson, plaintiff and respon-
dent, against the Basin Consolidated
Mining company of Sutter. The plain
tiff alleges that he owns three-fourths
of claim under the management OF
the defendant, and that $4,000 was taken
out He sued for his share and was
awarded S2,67777 by the lower court.
This decision was reversed on the
ground that there was not sufficient
evidence to prove that the gold was
taken from the mine.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-24
MIKADO'S CABINET
TO REMAIN IN TACT
ATTEMPT TO CENSURE GOVERN
MENT LOSES BY ONE
Passage Of Budget Now Assured-Pro-
gressive and Yuko Parties AffiI-
late with Daido Club in
Anti-Vote
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press
TOXIC, Jan. 23.-The motion to
censure the government has been de-
feated in the lower house of the diet
after a dc bate lasting three hours and
a half the result being vote of 167
to 16S.
The debate turned entirely on the
budget, no mention being made of the
emigration question or the govern
ment's policy thereon.
An unusual feature of the vote was
the combination of the representatives
of the Progressives with the Daido
club and the Yuko-Wa party.
This combination represented a de-
termined effort upon the part of outs
to defeat the government and force the
resignation of the cabinet
Cabinet to Stay in Power
Their failure to effect this now in
sures the cabinet remaining in power
and the probable passage of the budget
The opposition speakers in the de
bate blamed the government for lack
of foresight, while the Constitutional
lists held that the government was un-
able to predict any extraordinary con-
d'+ions.
.nuis Saionji, the premier, repeat
house the speech he had al
e.a. u before the peers.
gha 1l. = censure was prepared
.nr7 grascr ty the Progressive and
Ynta narN >lares a lack of
eolate.-. .r -n. eahuei based on the
a. e..H Hr.. f.ar faaasureS.
w .en it .cU nu th re mo-
tion Wa. -F tNe m
stitutionah. lasfsfE
the arrival az uAt lheir
adherents, who Haia5 .
was hardly expectee, 't taa a.ti
would be carried.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-24
SEVEN HURT,
3 MA Y DIE
OF MJUR Y
RUNAWAY CAR DASHES INTO
CROWDED TROLLEY
Guerrero Street, San Francisco, Coach
Escapes Down Hill to Eighteenth
Street and Terrific Crash
Results

% The injured:
q Motorman Samuel Hurd of the
o runaway car; left leg broken, in
Z. jured internally; will probably die.
o Ambrose MarlOtte, passenger; con-
o tusions on head and body; serious.
o George Glover, passenger, cut by (
o glass; not serious.
3 Mrs. Leslie Wilson, back sprained;
@ serious.
8 Mrs. j. Piazecki, right ankle in
o jured; not serious.
. Joseph O'Ryan, cut by glass, bruised (
o about body; not serious.
8 Miss Paxton, passenger, body bruises,
o. shock; not serious.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-24

ton Wa,
stitutionah-
the arrival az H-
adherents, who a
was hardly expecte.,
would be carried.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-02
When conkling Posed.
GPntman's Magazin..l

When the first suspension bridge wal
thrown over Niagara there was grea.
and tumultuous opening ceremony
such as the Americans love, and many
of the great ones of the United States
assembled to do honor to the occa-
sion. and among them was Roscoe
Conkling. Conkling was one Of the
most brilliant public men whom Amer
lea has produced: a man Of command
ing. even beautiful presence, and of
perhaps. unparalleled vanity. He had
been called (by an opponenD a human
peacock. After the ceremonies at
tending the opening of the bridge had
been concluded Conkling, with many
others, was at the railway station wait
ing to depart: but, tho others were
there, he did not mingle with them, but
strutted and plumed himself for their
benefit, posing that they might get the
full effect of all his majesty.
One of the station porters was Sd
impressed that, stepping up to another
who was hurrying by truntlling load
of luggage, he jerked his thumb in
Conllling's direction and:
who's that feller?" he asked. "Is he
the man as built the bridge?"
The other studied the great man a
moment
Thunder! No. said he. "He's the
man as made the falls"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-02

Until congress is willing to make such
provision, no bill for miscellaneous
public buildings here at home should
be approved by the executive. At pres
ent there is no standard, whether pub
lie or private, upon which an Ameri-
can ambassador or minister in for
eign capital may base his expendi-
lures. Each American representative
must rent such quarters as he can find
or can afford If he is to live as the
representatives Of other great nations
do in the same capital. he must adopt
standard beyond the possibilities or
the salary congress allows Him. If he
happens to be a wealthy man, he Is
likely to accept the view that he must
pay out his own money freely for the
honor and credit Of his country. He
finds the salary so inadequate that It
affords no criterion whatsoever; and
he is in danger Of going too far in the
expenditure of his own money, in view
of the fact that a poor man may be
appointed to succeed him. Nobody ever
has the slightest occasion to ask
whether the British ambassador at
Washington, or Paris. or Berlin. has
large private means or small. There
is an appropriate permanent British
embassy, with suitable ernoluments
and allowances for Its maintenance.
When Mr. Bryce is made ambassador
at Washington he does moi: have to
hunt the town over to find a house,
but follows his predecessor into the
well-appointed British embassy, with
out annoyance or embarrassment Of
any kind.-From 'The Progress of the
World" in the American F.eview Of
Reviews for May.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-02
THEY'LL ALL COME TO IT.
(Brooklyn Chronicle)

(bFOOklyu
Those legislative candidates who
have announced in advance that they
will not be governed by the result
of the state primary on the senatorial
question unless that result happens
to suit them will probably change
their minds before the election. There
is scarcely a legislative district in the
state where the standpatters or the
progressives alone can elect repre-
sentative. The legislative candidate
who says that he will abide by the
nomination made regularly by the re-
publicans of the state in the primary
has a right to expect the votes of all
republicans in his district, but the man
who for fractional reasons bolts the
state nomination can expect only the
votes of one faction. Every practical
politician knows that such course
of conduct must in most cases defeat
the republican candidates and result
in the election of democrats, Now 1t
is perfectly plain that this is the very
purpose which many of the editors
and politicians who have kept up the
discussion have in view; but will the
candidates for office sacrifice them
selves and take a course which can
only result in their own defeat? In
the final outcome we believe that all
legislative candidates will find it nee
essary to say publicly that they will
stand by the nomination made by the
voters at the primary. Those Who
talk differently now are talking for
the nomination and will see new
light before the election.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-02
WHAT BILL DO YOU PROTEST.

The Hon Warren Garst has for
many years been chairman of the ap-
preparations committee in the state
senate. He is. perhaps, more to blame
for the impending state deficit than the
governor himself He has been poor
business man, as far as the states
business is concerned. He has been
to the state senate what Mr. Allison
has been to the United States senate,
at the head of the appropriations
committee. But what difference in
the results. There must be a differ
ence in the men. If the legislature has
been to blame, as the governors papers
allege, then why not hold responsible
the man who was at the head of the
committee in the legislature which had
charge of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Rapids Republican.
Yes, what a difference. The federal
treasury had balance of s55,000,000
to the good one year ago and is now
$47, 100000 in the hole, while
the state treasury enjoys a
cash balance of almost 100000
on hand. Such argument is Tommy
Rot. Government funds are raised for
the purpose Of being spent for public
purposes. Balances rise and fall just
as mans own bank balance rises and
falls. On. the, day after deposit they
look large, and then run down again
when checks are drawn. Allison is not
to be blamed unless he permits unwise
or extravagant appropriations, and the
progressives not making any charges
against him, have no particulars to
present. Those who would criticise
the governor or Mr.. Garst, who once,
two years ago, served as chairman of
the state senate appropriations COM
mittee, should be specific and name the
particular appropriation that has been
unwise They dare not name the
money and claim that it has been
wrongly expended.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-02
WHY THEY COMPLAIN.
(Waterloo Courier)

The standpat papers continue to
howl about the extravaganza (?) of
Governor Cummins' administration.
They are sore because of the money
that has been spent for monuments
to mark the valor Of brave Iowa boys
who laid down their lives on southern
battle fields that the union might be
preserved. They prefer that ap-
preparations should not be made that
the young men and women of Iowa
may receive advanced educational
training at the State Normal school. at
Ames and iowa City. It's too bad, too,
to squander money on state tuber-
culosis hospital that the sufferings of
unfortunates may be alleviated and
lives saved 1t would be far better
to permit Des Moines bankers to use
state funds without interest and to
have fat balance in the state treas
ury for future standpat papsuckers to
dole out. Have the taxpayers and
farmers especially forgotten the state
printing and binding investigation?
No such faint has been attached to
Governor Cummins' administration
Ehc
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-02
"uncle Joe's" Japanese Visitors.

(From the Baltimore SUM-
We trust that our Japanese visitors
will have a clear understanding of the
honor which the speaker conferred up
on them before they return to their
native land and report to the emper-
or. They need have no hesitancy IN
advising their August sovereign thar
Joseph Cannon, most puissant car OF
the house of representatives. conferred
American knighthood upon them-iilat
they are now full-fedged members OF
the order of the boys of Uncle sam.
When the greatness of the dignity d
membership in this order daWns upon
them, bewilderment will give Wa5 TO
pride; they will be tempted to get
chesty and 10 order larger has than
they are wont to wear as Honorable
Sirs.' To be knigllted by "Uncle Joe"
is a tremendous distinction for a for
eigner. We congratulate the gentlemen
of Nippon. They will never cease To
felicitate themselves after they find
out the glory which has come to them
thru "Uncle Joe"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-02
POLITICS IN CALHOUN.
(Manson Journal.)

Last Friday afternoon during po-
litical discussion in front of the post
office at Rockwell City between the
progressives and standpats an enthu-
siastic crowd gathered so large that the
sidewalk became completely blocked,
making 1t impossible for anyone to
squeeze thru to get into the office. In
this crowd was Mr.. j. j. Coady, a
and a democratic of long standing who
was Quitting in quite freely in tho
interest OF his standpat friends. when
he thought they We're getting the
worst Of the deal. Unfortunately. It
had rained and poured and there was
mud. water. and slush in the street to
the depth Of about foot. In his en-
thusiasm for "standpat republican,
ism" Mr.. Coady overlooked the fact
that he was standing dangerously near
the edge OF the sidewalk. and just as
he was reaching the climax in his ap-
peal for the standpat ticket. collec-
lively and individually, a group of high
school foot ball players came along
and thought they had business on the
other side of the crowd. They took in
signal and made rush. They struck
Mr.. Coady like a whirlwind. 1t is easy
to imagine what followed. His feet
went into the air, and right then and
there and in the presence of the en-
tire crowd he landed squarely on his
back in the aforesaid mud. water and
slush. and when he finally extracted
himself therefrom it is said that he
presented an appearance that would
knock Ringling's circus into a "cocked
hat" After the incident and just as
Mr.. Coady was getting onto his feet
an innocent Old Countryman who was
present and happened to live in ditch
district. was heard to remark. We'll,
tank that was tina first deetch Meester
Coady efer make what nefer cost mo-
body Something's"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-02

ical work This seems to me rather
inconsistent-to characterize 1T mildly
when there are SO many more ave-
nues of employment now open to the
female than there are to the male sex.
The usual explanation given for this
innovation is that the presence of
young women has a restraining and
refining influence upon young men.
This is undoubtedly a very good rea-
son, when it is applied to worldly in
dustries alone, but the Y. M. c. A. is
supposed to be primarily religious
enterprise. What's the matter with
the Christian religion as refining
power? If it is all that it's adherents
claim for 1t, it ought to have an in
tinitely greater effect upon the minds
and morals of men than women could
possibly exert.
l am not prejudiced against the fair
sex by any means: as matter OF truth
/ have very tender place In my heart
for womankind; but l respectfully
submit that the fact l have mentioned
makes it look little rough for Chris
tianity and bit worldly minded for
the Y. NJ. c. A.
Another thought occurs to me right
here-as it has occurred to me many
times-why have we no Old Mems
Christian Associations? Any ordi-
narily intelligent. right minded person
can name offhand just as many and
just as potent reasons for the found
ing of o. NJ. C. AS As can be assigned
for the existence of Y. NJ. G. AS.
presume that no sane Christian will
pretend to deny that an elderly soul is
as highly valued by its Maker as a
Young soul is, provided that it behaves
itself AN OLD HUMANITARIAN.
New York, March 81.