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Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
Banker Shoots
Himself While
Dusting Counter
Alone in Bank, He Attracts Pass
ersby by Throwing Shoe
Through Window.

WEBSTER CITY, Ia, Nov. 23.-(Speclal
Telegram )-Attracted by a shoe thrown
from the inside through the plate glass
window Of the Webster City Savings bank
this morning passersby found f. a. Ed
wards, president of the bank and three
times mayor of this city, lying on the floor
shot through the abdomen. He was re-
moved to Mercy hospital, but physicians
held out little hope for his recovery. Mr.
Edwards was dusting the counter when
his duster struck the revolver lying there.
The gun exploded, the bullet entering his
body about the pit of the stomach. H,
was alone at the time, but retained pres
ence of mind enough to throw the shoe
through the window to attract some one
to his aid
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24

return trip TO the station, the ,ife boat
was badly battered by the waves and
temporary repairs were necessary when
the boat house was reached.
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Nov. 23.-At 0
o'clock this morning, the tugs George w
Nau and Bonita came alongside the
steamer Puritan, where she was tugglng
at her anchors, eight miles east Of this
city and three mi es off shore. Hawsers
were made fast and the tow into south
Chicago was begun.
Hourly reports by wireless were received
through the night from the Puritan by
Captain Michael Egle Of the Michigan
City life saving station. The reports were
that all was safe on board but that the
captain wanted the life saving crew 10 be
In readiness 20 take the passengers and
crew 10 safety should the anchor chains
part He reported forty men aboard the
vessel.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
CURTIS TO AID MACVEACH
Boston Man is Appointed Assistant
Secretary of Treasury.
MORE CUSTOMS HOUSE GOSSIP
Statement from Washington that
Successor 20 General CInrksOn
VIII he Man Recommended
by senator Root.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-James Free
man Curtis Of Boston, now United States
district attorney and once intercollegiate
golf champion OF the United States, has
been chosen assistant secretary OF the
treasury
Mr.. Curtis is a graduate Of aHrvard,
class Of 1898 His appointment is in some
respects similar to that Of Lee McClung,
United States treasurer. Mr.. McC!unE
gained fame in college as a halfback on
the Yale gridiron. Mr.. Curtis won Prov
ess as a champion on the intercollegiate
golf links Mr.. Curtis is an old friend Of
Secretary MacVeagh, has often visited
Dublin, n. H.. where the summer home
of Secretary MacVoagh Is located having
friends among Mr.. MacVeaghn's ne:ghbors.
lie has practlced law since getting his
degree from Harvard. He was assistant
attorney general of Massachusetts, under
Attorney General Malone, and resigned to
become assistant under United States Dis
trct Attorney Hill. Mr.. Curtis appoint
ment was decided upon some time ago, but
announcement was deferred because of his
engagement with what are known as the
steel combination cases in Boston, TO which
Mr.. Curtis has devoted the last ten weeks
These cases involve charges of com5!na-
uOn OF DlCdeIS LOT HunlClDdl contracts.
Mr.. Curtis is unmarried and is about 81
years old, which, as secretary MacVeagh
expressed It, is a little older than Alex
ander Hamilton was when he became sec
retary OF the treasury" He will take
charge Of his new duties next week
Parr VIII Not Succeed CInrkson.
Collector Loeb Of New York left for home
today after concluding his conferences
with President Tart and Secretary Of the
Treasury MacVeagh and other officials
here regarding the customs conditions at
his port Mr.. Loeb took luncheon with Sec
retary MacVeagh and had an opportunity
to 90 over the matter In detail with him
at that time The names Of Richard Parr,
chief Of the weighers division Of the New
York. customs house and of George w. AL
bridge Of Rochester, n. Y, have been men
toned in connection with the surveyorship
Of the port Of New York which viii be
vacated by General j. s. Clarkson on Jan
uary l. but it can be stated authOritatiyely
that neither one of these men are to be
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
Lake Steamer Helpless in
Heavy Storm Near Chicago

CHICAGO. Nov. 23.-The steamer Puri-
tan, which lost its rudder In yesterdays
storm and after perious hours in which
Il was dragging anchors, drifted down
the east coast Of Lake Michigan TO a
point off New Buffalo, Ind, where the
anchors held, rode out the night safely
ana today II was expected, would be towed
into Chicago harbor, which it left TWEEN
ty-fOur hours ago.
In the night the heavy winds died down
and the waves subsided In some degree
so that, although there is a heavy swell
running, there is believed 10 be little dan
ger 70 the crew and passengers OF the
vessel
Captain Garland Of the Chicago Life
saving station, remained on duty through
the night with the crew which brayed the
storm yesterday in a trip to the stranded
freighter, Boston. off Wilmette fifteen
miles north OF the city harbor. on the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
AID FOR ROOSEVELT BOOM
Timothy woodruff Says Ex-President
Could He Elected Governor
of New York.

NEW YORK, Nov. 23-Timothy L. Wood
ruff, chairman OF the republican state COM
mittee, speaking today Of a movement
among certain republican leaders, himself
excluded to have ex-President Roosevelt
nominated for governor OF New York upon
his return from Africa, said:
while / have no knowledge, and have
not even received any intimation as to
whether Theodore Roosevelt would run for
governor, 1 will say this:
IT Roosevelt would consent TO run 1t is
my opinion that he would be nominated
and elected, and that would be a matter
Of great advantage to the republican party
In the state Of New York"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
Astor's Yacht is
Declared Safe at
San Juan Port
Passengers on Steamship in New
York Declare Nourmahal is
in Harbor

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-The steam yacht
Nourmahal, with Colonel John Jacob Astor
on board, board, arrived at San Juan, P.
r., from Mayaguez, on Sunday November
IA, and was stll there on the evening Of
November II. All were well on board and
the Nourmahal was planning to leave soon
for Ponce and from there to some Cuban
port before it's departure north.
These tidings of the Nourmahars safety
were brought here by the Insular line
steamer Harry Luckenbach, which arrived
this afternoon from Porto Rlcan ports.
The news brought here by the Lucken-
bach makes it positive that no harm came
to the yacht in the storm earlier in the
month.
The Nourmahal has by this time prob
ably proceeded to Ponce, where it would
have been reported had cable communica-
ton been re-establshed TO that point.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
LINCOLN GIRL HELD
BY WASHINGTON OFFICIALS
Miss Katherine Porter UnknOwinEly
Passes worthless Check and Her
Father Goes TO the Rescue.
(From a SAD Correspondent.l }

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-(Special Tele-
gram)-Major Sylvester, chief Of police of
this city, today received telegram from
w. F. Porter of Lincoln that he has
started for Washington to relieve his
daughters embarrassment. The young
woman, Miss Katherine Porter, was ar
rested upon the charge Of having passed
a worthless check for a trivial amount and
had since been held in the house of deten-
ton awaiting the arrival of her father
Miss Porter is a school girl and innocently
secured payment on a small check, which
she says she had every reason to believe
was a perfectly good piece of commercial
paper, but unfortunately for her It turned
out to be worthless, hence her temporary
detention.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24

CODY. Wye. Nov. 2S-(Special.)-The
United states Fidelity and Guaranty COM
pany which is constructing the great sho-
shone dam Of the government irrigation
project near here. is having great diff
Guilty to secure sufficient men and teams
- work as fast as they would like. The
dan when completed. win be $40 feet high
About sixty feet OF masonry must be con-
structed before the task viii be finished
~ wiz be the largest dam in the world
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
MRS. DOxEY POSED AS WIDOW
st. Louis Records show She Collected
Erder's Insurance Under This
Guiae.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 2S-(SpeciaI TelegramD
The official records, when inspected here
today disclosed that the woman identified
as Or. L, +. DoXey's wife at Columbus,
Neb., collected William J. Erder's life in
surance here as Erder's widow. A local
minister identified Mrs. DoNey's photo
graph as that or a woman he married TO
Erder as Dora Dodge. Erders sister will
sue the lie insurance company for the
amount OF the policy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
STUDENTS UNDER POLICE EYE
President of Drake calls for Aid 20
stop Gambling ON Foot
Hall Game.

DIES MONIES, Ia, Nov. 2S.-President
HIN NJ Bell OF Drake university, told the
students at Chapel today that betting or
gambling OF any kind az the foot bali game
between Drake and Ames az the stadium
Thursday must not be- He has appealed
20 the police for plain clothes men, who
VIII see that the edict Is obeyed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
Latham Hunting
IN Aeroplane
French Aviator Surprises Party of
Sportsmen by Flying to
Lodge.

BERRU, France, Nov. 23-Invlted to join
the hunting party of the Marquis De Po-
ligiri, Robert -atham, president Of the
committee on aviation, arrived here today
in his monoplane. having flown from
Chalons, distance of about nineteen miles,
in about thirty minutes
Reaching the lodge, the machine twice
crcled above the grounds and then settled
to earth near the front gate of the en-
closure. In a moment Latham had stepped
forth, gun in hand.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
Dynamite Wrecks
Five Buildings
Danville, Ill, Aroused by What is
Believed to Be a Black
Hand Outrage.

DANVILLE, H., Nov. pa charge of
dynamite was exploded under the fruit and
wine house of Joseph Mascara early today,
demolishing five buildings and doing dam
age of about $4,000.
Mascara charged members Of the black
hand" society with the crime, but he de-
clined to say II he had received threat
ening letters.
Two men were seen to run from the
vicinity Of the building two minutes be-
fore the explosion
The blast shook every building and resi-
dence in the downtown section. Hundreds
Of people were aroused believing there had
been an earthquake.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
MOxLEY GOES TO CONGRESS
Republican VIII Succeed william &.
LOrimeF, Recently Elected 90
senate from Illinois.

CHICAGO H., Nov. 2S.-Wnliam ]. Mox-
ley, republican, was elected TO congress In
the Sixth Illinois district today TO succeed
William LOrimer recently elected to the
United States senate in place OF Albert
J. Hopkins. MoXley, who was backed by
Senator Lorimer. was opposed to Frank
:. Ryan democrat, and Carl L. Barnes
an Independent candidate. Moxley received
lA5si votes. Barnes, s.Sl7 and Ryan, 6nL
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
CHILE READY FOR HAGUE
Deposits ~ 900, 900 10 Credit of Court
of Arbitration 90 Cover
AIsOp Claims.

LONDON, Nov. 23.-Domngo Cana. Chill
can minister to Great Britain, today de-
posted with the Rothschids, 81 10000 TO the
order Of The Hague arbitration court. This
sum represents In round figures the Alsop
claim Of the United states against Chile
and the bankers are instructed 10 pay The
same TO the goveI nment Of the United
States, should the decision OF The Hague
tribunal confirm the contention Ot the
claimant
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
NEBRASKANS PLANNING
CAMPFIRE, AT CAPITAL
Washington Residents from This
state VIII Invite Congregational
Delegation in December.
lFrom a staff Corresnondent.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov 23.-(SpeciaI
Telegram.-The officers OF the Nebraska
State association today decided to hold
Nebraska Campfire" at the Normandie
hotel annex on the evening Of December
and all the members of the Nebraska dele
CATION in congress are expected to attend.
Short speeches will be made by prominent
Nebraskans now residing in Washington,
and a buffet luncheon will be served. A
choice musical program is being ARRANGED
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
GOVERNOR HADLEY POISONED
Injury On Hand While Hunting Be
comes Serious and He il
Rushed Home,

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Nov. Ex-Governor
Herbert S. Hadley, who has been hunting
In the Taney county hunting reserve, was
forced to leave for jefferson City last night
on account Of a badly swollen hand, caused
By a fall Physicians advised the governor
TO return to his home at once, as they
feared blood poisoning on account OF the
accident
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
WINCHELL HAS NOT RESIGNED
Rock Island President Refuses 10
Talk After Making This
statement.

NEW YORK, Nov. 23-'I have not re
signed" said President b. l.. Winchell of
the Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific Rail-
road company on his return to New York
today from a visit 10 the west Reports Of
President WinchelIs resignation have been
current for some time past. President Win
chell would not make any further state
ment regarding Rock Island affairs,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
Costly Jewels for
Music Hall Bride
Prince of India Weds Comedy Actress
and Gives Her 100000 in
Ornaments.

LONDON, Nov, 23.-Dolly Parnen popu-
lar musical comedy actress, was married
today to Prince Nesir Ali Khan, the son of
one Of the most powerful of the native
rulers Of India, The prince presented his
bride with jewels valued at 100000.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
Pie for President
Largest Ever Baked
Gift from Bakers Union Weighs Fifty
Pounds and is Twenty-Five
Inches in Diameter.

NEW YORK, Nov. 23-Presdent Taft's
fifty-pound Thanksgiving mince pie was
baked today in a Newark bakeshop. To-
morrow this pie, the largest ever baked in
America, will be taken to Washington by
a committee of the bakers union. The pie
is twenty-five inches in diameter and three
inches in depth.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
FURTHER DISCUSSION OF DECREE
He Thinks There il No Reason 20
Fear Any Forced Liquidation of
the Securities of Any Sub
sidiary Companies.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-Reports, rumors
and legal propheses to the contrary the
Standard Oil company announced authri-
tatively today that it had no intention of
seeking to procure an amendment to the
Sherman antitrust law, but will proc ed
with the appeal to the United states su-
preme court, which as already announced
through Mortimer F. Elliott, its general
solicitor, is to be taken from the decree
of the United States circuit court at St.
Paul. Until the supreme court has rend-
cred a decision the company will consider
no other plan of doing business than the
method now in use.
Mr. Elliott is authority for the fore
going. He discussed the case with a repre-
sentative of the Associated Press at the
Standard OIL building, 26 broadway, this
afternoon, after q conference with William
G. Rockefeller and John ID. Archbold
There is to be no effort on the part of
the company to procure an amendment to
this Sherman antitrust law" said Mr.
Elliott. 1--WE shall await the verdict of the
supreme court before we take any steps
looking toward either reorganization of
new statement Of our case to the public
The court has first rights.
1T seems highly improbable to me that
there will ever be a foreign holding com
pany organized as you tell me has been
suggested. The complexity of control ex-
erclsed by the several states shows too
many difficulties in the way.
such comment on the case as 1 have
seen misses the fact that the Standard OH
company is not holding company pure
O. ~
pany. For instance, it owns outright at
Payne, N. j., the largest refinery in the
world. There is nothing in the decree to
prevent the company from continuing to do
business although I admit that it makes
doing business more cumbersome.
Although the decree enjoins the Stan
dard OIL company from voting it's share
holdings in subsidiary companies or re-
ceiving dividends from them, there is no
reason why the individual holders, among
whom such shares would be divided under
the decree, should not elect their own
officers in the subsidiary companies AID
receive their own dividends from those
companies A proxy system among our
5000 shareholders would certainly be no
more unmanageable than the same system
as now used by railroads and industrial
companies with, say 5000 shareholders.
NO Fear of Liquidation.
In brief there is no cause for the mar
ket to fear a forced liquidation of the
securities the Standard OIL company now
holds 1 disagree with the gentlemen who
think a redistribution is necessary other
than Of the sort 1 outlined in my first
statement.
Mr.. Elliott in that statement said he
understood the court to order that the
Standard OIL holdings in subsidiary COM
panies be apportioned among Standard OH
share owners in ratio to their holdings in
the parent company.
An executive officer Of the company,
said today that no alarm was felt over
the possibility Of a criminal prosecution
under Section II of the Sherman act,
should the present decree in equity be up
held in the supreme court
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
THE OMAHA BEE

Is the most powerful business
getter IN the west, because II goes
to the homes OF poor and rich.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
WEATHER FORECAST.

For Nebraska-Cloudy; colder.
For Iowa--Cloudy; warmer.
For weather report see page 3.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-06-06

they stood for hours before the Pal ace. He started it in 1880. rushed the workmen on, till a great deal was completed by 1885, when financial ing of this palace depleted the royal treasury. Ludwig was put in con- finement and committed suicide on StenberSer Sea in 1886. Being early disappointed in love, Ludwig did not allow woman in his palace Imag- inc all those mirrors and masnifi- cence and not woman to enjoy it. The castle had a beautiful setting Back of it and on one side snow capped mountains-the Bavarian and Tyrolean Alps-the front terraced , flown to Chiemsee; the water added much 10 the beautiful effect. There were gold figures at intervals on the first terrace: tall fountains on each side of the second terrace. and on the third, large gold fountain in the centres with gold figures around It. Part of the castle has never been finished. They cha.ge three marks admission, and it is said that the fees received from tourists have paid TOT the castle three times over. Lud- l wig built three others in the mouu- talns-one is near Ober- -Ammergan- i but this is the finest of all. It WAS his mad ambition to excel every oth- CT monarch in this one point.
 Late in the afternoon we took the tfan for Sallzburg, which we reached about S:3o Sallzburg has beautiful situation in the Tyrolean Alps-mountains all around.
 One beautiful old castle entirely crowns the top of a hill and over looks the city. We went to the salt mlne, and l surely did laugh over our experiences. We had to put on white boomers, black coats and caps. We were taken throuoh n,- merous shafts, then out into the mine, which was far under the earth. Saw strata of salt in the rock; then crystals of it. almost sol Id salt in other places We had to slide down inclines - shoot ,ha shoots, in fact, from one chamber to another The last time we got on car which looked like a one-man hand car; went down a gradual in cllhe' and shot out into the open air, well pleased with our salt experience. ana not quite so fresh as when we went ln From there to Berchtes- sooden over shady road. This lit tle village is literally in the heart of the mountains, a beautiful place to tarry while. I never saw more beautiful wild flowers than on that tr1p-like the prairies of Texas in spring. We came back 10 Saltzbnr,, oF ?. m. went to the house where Mozart was born. Here is a museum or his effects; saw all his muster, works, his spinet. concerta, violin. watch given him by Empress Maria theresa; saw music he wrote. let 'efs, his medals and pictures. Last. but not least saw his skull. the ton of the head unusually developed.
 Left Saltzburg at 6 D. m.; went to Linz, and came from there to Vienna
 VIII spend one week here
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-06-06
First Methodist Church.

Rev. T, Y. Ramsey, pastor Sun- day school, 9:30 a. m., C. O. Huber superintendent Services II a. m. and ?. m.. by the pastor. Subject morn ing sermon, Joan of Are Evening A True Knight" Miss Lucy HearI BroadStreet will sing. Public cor. dially invited
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-06-06
Piles Cured at Home By
 New Absorption Method

or 1T .2o,2nsXk SS9 sk P bleeding, itching; blind ::$ XA ;s@ s.s:1ss P; :": and will Vlso\ s'hd some of this home treatment Vree\ for trial. with references from vour Swn\ \locality If requested In;, media'e relNt apd permanent cure aesur- "d Send nA mo6ey. hut tell others of this ofe" Write today to Mrs. NJ Summers, Be- r. South Bend Ind
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-06-06
THE CRAPHIC'S
 FOREIGN LETTER

Along the "Blue Danube,~ Visits 70 Ober. Nuremberg = De- scription of "Ludwig's Folly Mo. zar'ts Home. Famous Salt Mines. Etc.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-02-06
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
SHORT DISPATCHES FROM ALL
PARTS OF The GLOBE.
A Review Of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

The United States commissioners to
the Toxic exposition in 1917 have been
recalled.
The State bank at New Albany
Kan, was robbed Of $1,000 by bandits
Saturday, who escaped.
At Galveston, Tex, the entire wharf
and sheds were destroyed by fire Sat
urday, entaiiing loss estimated at
s425,OO0.
The bill to increase the pension Of
Julia Il. CoghIan, widow Of Admiral
Coghlan, U. S. N, from $500 TO $1,000
a year was lost.
Representative Kahn Of California
predicts that the California legislature
will pass bill prohibiting aliens from
Adding lands in that state.
Douglas Robert, who killed Deputy
Sheriff Fatch in pistol duel at No
bile, Ala, was taken from the jail two
days later and hanged to a tree.
The Rev William O'Brien Pardow,
rector Of st. Ignatius' Loyal church
and a prominent member Of the Jesuit
order, died in New York Saturday.
The American people have contrib
uted through the Red Cross a total Of
$3.50, 990.25 TO the fund for the relief
Of the earthquake sufferers in Italy.
The Illinois Manufacturer assOci-
alton has gone on record IN favor Of
the passage by congress Of Legislation
now pending for the development Of 3
larger merchant marine.
AT Lincoln, Neb, Ruth Bryan Leav-
itt, daughter Of William Jennings Bry-
an, has filed suit for divorce from Viii
Liam III. Leayitt. The reason given IN
the petition is alleged nOnsupport.
JhuclSahara, vice president Of the
kaiser kaisha Steamship company, Is
Ia Mexico and South America 10 make
arrangement for establishing o new
line OF steamers between that country
and Japan.
Leftwleh h0map, clerk ID the First
National baak al Fort Worth, Tex.
bias been arrested aud formally charged
With having riled private boxes 10.
t"eop $4,000 ano s7ssseo y alleged 10
have been stolen.
ipspeetofs VI the beallh departments
have boon Investigating tAe charges
that horse Aesp ~ being sold ~ Chi.
eago TO- beef HAateger iiade Aae
been done has beoe ~ tl.e tom "
shipments abroad
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-02-06
CHICAGO MoURNs DEAD.
South Side Of Windy City Suspends
Business During Funerals
Of AZ.

Chicago, Jan. 24.-All South Chicago
suspended business Saturday afternoon
in mourning for its dead workers OF
Thursdays crib fire horror. The two
additional bodies taken from the lake
Saturday increased the number Of vic
tins 10 90.
The entire population Of the steel
industry turned out to honor the vie.
Tins Of the holocaust. Toilers IN The
mills and other institutions refused d
work during the afternoon and stores
and theaters closed their doors al
night.
forty-soyen hearses, under guard 81
200 policemen, wound their Was
through the streets Of the suburb, bear
ing Che ~ eharred and manglod bodies
taken from the ruins Of the crib. Thou
sands of mouruere aud curiosity seek
efs ou foot, Ia automobiles, streetcarl
ana carriages followed tAe cOrtege.
~ January AZ the ExcAange IA
fional bank ~ SPOKANE added S250O0l
~ ~ capital making thaf item non
one million dollan, and surplus $500
900. A Aas 100 sloekholders. hmone
tle'r stoekholeers tley Aage fen mil
lionaiTee.
1le norf " tle second semester bo
eipe "a tbe tnigefaliy " Idaho FOB
uY, A.