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The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16

Washington, July 9.-The house and
senate conferees on the tariff bill this
afternoon mapped out the program for
the many sessions they must hold to
make the final draft of the measure.
An agreement may be reached in 10
days, though the house conferees are
expected bitterly to contest many Of the
senate amendments.
Senator Aldrieh and Representative
Payne are fearful lest the final action
on the conference report in the two
houses be delayed, and an effort is be-
ing made to have President Taft take
part in the threatened controversy.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-16

Washington, July 9.-The tariff bill
is now in the hands of the conference
committee. After an hour and half
of debate the house today, by vote of
l7S to ISL. disagreed to the senate
amendments. Eighteen Republicans
voted against sending the bill to con-
ference, and one Democrat voted with
the Republican majority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-04
GENERAL DECEIVE BUREAU.
Senate Inquiry Probably Directed to
Consideration of Need

The executive departments will cooper
ate with the Senate committee on appro-
prations in arriving at the facts regard
ing the employment of secret service Off
Gals in other departments than the Treas
ury. and in other work than ferreting out
counterfeiters.
Senator Hale. acting chairman OF the
committee, has receiver assurances to
this effect and has been told that it is
the desire of the executive branch of the
government that all the facts be under
stood The departments are prepared
to justify their course in the employment
of the men of the service.
1t now looks as if the inquiry would be
directed to the necessity of general de-
tective bureau in the government service.
Request has been made of the Treasury
Interior and Navy departments and of
the departments Of Justice and Commerce
and Labor for full information as to their
drafts upon the secret service in their
work of uncovering fraud AS soon as
the promised replies are received the COM
mittee will enter upon consideration of the
subject.
The work of collecting the data in each
of these departments is voluminOus There
will be some delay in furnishing them.
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AGED "NEWSBoY" DIES.
Lewis Edmundson of Cumberland
Claimed the Record.

CUMBERLAND, Md, January 4.-Lewis
Edmundson believed to have been the
oldest active newsboy in the world, is
dead here in his ninety eighth year hav-
ing been born June Ii. 1872. He was sick
several weeks. Until that time he was an
active worker. and covered the entire city
in delivering his papers.
Edmundson was a mulatto, but was
born free, near Burlington. W. Va. then
Virginia. He was noted for his feats of
strength when d young man, but even in
his old age he possessed all the vigor of a
healthy man in middle life. Edmundson
once escaped from the Cumberland jail
where he had been committed for having
come from another state without a legal
permit. He refused TO pay a fine of SO
He was to be sold. and While being led out
of the Jail he swept past DR.. John Ever
EFT. sheriff: Henry Soyster. deputy. and
William j. McGittigan, turnkey. closed the
door on them and locked them in JAIL He
ran down over the hill to the Potomac
river. which he swan. escaping into Vir-
Ginia. Once when being taken to Pied
mont for trial on charge of enticing
away slaves he snapped the handouts
from his hands as if they were threads.
He was acquitted.
Edmondson performed many notable
acts as guide and scout for the Union
forces in the South Branch valley He
had many daring escapes. He once led a
detachment TO Confederate wagon train
which he helped to fire. He never in
dulged in tobacco or intoXicants For
many years Edmundson served as q guide
for fishermen and hunters in the South
Branch valley of the Potomac In his
younger days the old man found plea sure
in a chicken fight, and he made trips to
Cuba after game cocks. He also owned
several race horses. He is survived by his
wife and son, Nandiver Edmundson, n
horse trainer.
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"0nIy Criminals Need Fear
Detectives" Says President.
APPENDIX G
THE. WHITE +
WASHINGTON ID G. AnriI 20 100

WASHINGTON. ID. c., April 80, 1905
My Dear Mr.. Speaker.
There is one matter connected with the
sundry civil bill TO which l should call
YOUR special attention. and that is the
cutting down of the appropriation asked
for by the interstate commerce commits
sion 10 carry into effect the twentieth
section of the Hepburn law To only $4,000
In accordance with the request of the
committee on appropria tions in carrying
"ut the desire of the leaders of the
House. the interstate commerce commits
sion. instead of asking as they originally
asked for 500 900, which WAS the amount
necessary in order to do the best work
in carrying out the twentieth section. cut
down the request TO 500. 900 the very
minimum under which the work can be
don" effectively at all
To provide only 500 really amounts
10 making "A sham appropriation. II would
h" better To TcDcal the twentieth sec
tion or suspend its operation for a year,
for such Il course would have the merit
of frankncss. | regard this twentieth
section as containing one of the most
important provisions of the Hepburn act
and Ia refuse to provide means for carry
ing 1t on is equivalent to repeating for
this year that section and it would I'M
doubtedly be understood by the country
ut large. ] feel that the Hepburn act
was one of the great pieces of legislation
lOE winch tpISTeSS, unUtT your ulTeCtiol
and guidance. has been responsible and
for which il has received such deserved
credit.
1t would be from every standpoint a
very real misfortune now to nullify one
of the important provisions of that act.
The only people benefited would. be the
very worst of the big railroad men whose
misdeeds we are trying to prevent or cor
rect. The commission has been at work
with the railroads for two years prepar-
ing to put this section into execution
through the means of a board of exam
liners. To refuse to give them $3.50 900
for to appropriate $4,000 serves no pur-
pose whatever) is to nullify completely
these two years work
Very sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Hon. Joseph G. Cannon.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
=. 81 may also add that if carried into
effect the proposal in the bill limiting the
wages on the Panama canal may COM
p.etely upset the admirable work CIV be-
ing done thereon: and of course the pro-
vision about the employment OF the Sc
cret service men will work very great
damage TO the government in it's en-
deavor TO prevent and punish crime
There is no more foolish outcry than this
against spies; only criminals need fear
our detectives.
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far as the savings bank and insurance
fields were concerned. but the present-day
custom OF sending bond statesmen to scour
the country, look up and interest indi-
vidual investors. is chiefly a development
of the present decade. Some houses have
developed very large organizations for
this special work and KEEP dozens of mea
on the road all the time. Others main
tain branch Offices in different cities, just
as many of the stock brokers do. and
keep in touch with the investment fields
of particular localities through permanent
representatives.
When it is realized that this country
probably contains from two TO three mil
lion individual investors. whose separate
holdings perhaps average about $1,000
each ii will at once be seen that there
is an enormous field for development still
open TO the investment banker. and ii is
quite safe to say that this particular side
of the general Wall street expansion will
see much further growth within the next
decade
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MICHIGAN GIRL Fo1Ls THIEF.
Snatches Money he Had Stolen and
Returns It to Bank

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. January A.
How Miss Cornelia Vanstrien, demure, pc
tite and seventeen, foiled thief last
Wednesday became public yesterday de-
spite the efforts of a leading bank to keep
the facts secret.
Miss Vanstrien was standing in the
line before the paying teller's window at
the bank. Just ahead Of her was a
la -ge fiashily dressed man. who presented
a check to be cashed. AS the teller turned
his head the girl saw the man reach I'M
der the bars at the window and abstract
a big roll of greenbacks. The man showed
the roll into his pocket. The girl reached
into his pocket, Withdrew the bills and
hid them in her muff.
The man left the bank before the
money was missed. Miss Vanstren then
made her way into the presidents office
and handed over the roll 10 him. 1t
was counted and found to contain nearly
ST, 100.
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Continued from Fifteenth Page
rice had his man shadow congressmen

service had his men shadow congressman
with a view of involving them in scan
daIs that would enable the bureau to die
tate 10 them the price of silence. 1t
was the old detective matchmaking trick.
and again came near 10 the abolition of
the bureau.
TG@ secret service men have shown an
inclination again to shadow members of
eng -cs>. knowing them to he lawmakers
and this i no joke. Several of the de-
p" ;lGeGt- have asked Congress for Sc
-ret ;t.udS FOR invest iSat ton. and the
Treasury Department wants the limit re-
moved from the appropriation for sup
pressing "pGutcrf"itiug. This shows a
tendency toward Fouchei>m and sec ct
watch on other officials than themselves.
~ the higher power in the govern
rucrt. that Of making laws and appi0-
priatinS public funds. Congress VIII not
grant any such extension of secret service
operations. but viii this wear proba bly,
ma kc t4c rest riCtionS ON the secret SerV-
~" more severe than in the past and also
demand an accounting To show how the
app Opr;a ton of SI1.,.ho for SuppreSSinS
ruinterfeitiug las been used. whether
any OF il has been used to build up
general secret service system ana create
Il FoUche i'm the federal government
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Cases Probed by Secret Service.

Cases Outside the Treasury Department
in Which Secret Service Agents Have
Been Employed by Other Departments.
general investigation of naturaliza-
ton affairs disclosed extensive frauds in
New York and Pennsylvania. The chief
oonspirators. who were selling fraudu-
lent papers. We're arrested. their coun-
terfeit court seals and thousands of
fraudulent certificates and blank applica-
lions were seized and destroyed. and the
principals We're convicted. Several hun
dred convictions followed where persons
were implicated in obtaining and selling
fraudulent papers. This work was prac-
ticaIly conducted and concluded by four
agents of the secret service division.
The paymaster of the government medi-
cal supply department at San Francisco
was robbed of his official check books,
perforating machine. rubber stamps. etc.
and thousands of dollars were allied
by the thief on fraudulent checks. The
thief was captured and convicted by
agents of the secret service division.
\ dcfaultinS national bank cashier from
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TRAGEDY AT MALAGA.
Wealthy Saragossa Banker Takes a
Shot at an Editor.
special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cabegram to The Star
MADRID. January "A sensational
tragedy has occurred at Malaga, where
Senior Horatio Casteliano, a veal by Ia k
er Of Saragossa, fatally wounded Sem r
Alfonso Sofa, editor Of the Diaro de Sara
gossa.
Sonora Castellano had been friendly with
Sonora Sola. and when her husband re-
monstrated a stormy scene took place
The next time Senior Sofa called at the
through the head.
Servants prevented Senior CasteiIano
from numbering his wife and committing
suicide He is now a violent lunatic.
Senior Sofa was taken to the hospital in a
dying condition.
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Six Firemen Hurt at Gotham Fire.

NEW YORK; January 4.-Fire late yes
terday burned out the three upper floors
of five-story building on West Broad
way occupied by several manufacturers
of women's clothing, underwear and spe-
cialtieS, causing loss Of upward of
$4,000 One fireman James Cooley. was
seriously and five other firemen slightly
injured BY the falling of a skylight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-04
Work Of Rescue.
PRIZES QUEENSLAND GEM.
British Queen Buys Beautiful Tour
maline for Collection.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, January 4.--The queen has
purchased a large tourmaline from the
collection of gems now on view at the
new offices of the Queensland government
in the Strand. Her majesty spent con-
siderable time admiring the Queensland
gems. which comprise los distinct varie-
ties of precious stones.
The tourmaline bought by the queen is
finely cut stone Of great beauty. This
stone possesses the peculiar property of
polarizing light. and is usually found in
shades of deep chromium green. Her
majesty intends to add the Queensland
stone TO her gem collection, t. which the
latest additions are the neckletS cut from
the kings Cullinane diamond.
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Heads Fire Company.

YORK. Pa, January 4.-Represent alive
d. F. Lafean has been elected president
of the Good VIII Fire Company, the
organization of firemen in this
city. The representative has served as
president since the company was organ
lied. He takes an active part in its work
and is always out with the boys on pa
rade day. The Royal engine house is
located near Mr.. Lafeans home.
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DOGS LEAD IN RESCUE WORK
NINE PERSONS BURNED IN
EARLY MORNING FIRE.
Blaze Started by Carelessness in Ad-
ministerinG an Alcohol Bath
Has a Fatal Result

NEW YORK. January Mime persons
We're burned. one fatally. in a fire which
destroyed cottage in E'latbush early
yesterday.
Miss Eleanor NJ. Ryan. nurse attached
to ST. Marys Hospital Brooklyn, lies
there. and cannot recover, the surgeons
say Charles McCafferty and Mrs. Nc
Cafferty were painfully burned. but will
survive SO will John Robinson. who went
to his neighbors' rescue and who was bad
~ burned on the face and head. Five OF
the children in the house suffered slight
burns.
Samuel Stevenson completed the cottage
only month ago. Stevenson. his wife
and four daughters, of whom the eldest Is
seventeen. lived on the first floor. On the
second floor lived the McCaffertys and
their three children.
Alcohol Bottle Overturned.
Since her baby's birth Mrs. McCaf-
ferty has been attended by Miss Ryan.
who was giving her an alcohol bath early
Yesterday The nurse did not observe that
the match with which she Ut the gas was
still burning on a saucer and set the al
cohol bottle by it,
The alcohol caught fire and in their
haste to eNtinguish it either the nurse OF
Mrs McCafferty upset the bottle. Scarcely
had Miss Ryan dragged Mrs. McCanerty
from her bed when it was enveloped III
flames The four Stevenson girls awoke
and ran up the stairs. which quickly
caught fire.
Patrolmen Clement Christianson and
George Wise with the police dogs Lady
and Donna were block from the Steven
son cottage. Lady and Donna became Sc
restless that the policemen slipped their
leashes and followed them on the rush to
the burning house. Escape down the burn
ing stairs being impossible. McCanerty
and the children were at the second-story
windows shouting for aid.
Work Of Rescue.
Christensen climbed porch pillar and
lowered the McCaffertys. the Stevenson
girls and Miss Ryan from the second
story veranda into Wise's arms. By this
time Mr. and Mrs. McCaferty and Miss
Ryan were unconscious
The neighbors had awakened Mr.. Rob
inson smashed the Stevenson front dool
and bravely but vainly tried to noun,
the burning staircase.
Ambulance Surgeon Ives took Miss Ryan
and Mr.. McCaferty to the hospital; the
nurse was removed to St. Mary'S. Mrs
McCafferty was taken to sanitarium In
Ocean avenue. and was doing pretty well
last night. The small BABY was not
burned at all.
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GENTLEMANLY SWINDLER BUSY
AGREEABLE STRANGER ROBS
WERRINGToN HALL.
Says He Wants to Purchase Place
for Shooting Box-Police
Make Search.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cahegram 10 The Star.
LONDON. January IA daring robbery
by an accomplished and gentlemanly
swndler is cngasing the attention OF the
Peterborough police. The story opens the
morning Of last saturday when we'll
sroomed and well-sct-up man of military
appearance drove Up 10 Warrington Hall
near Peterborough ana asked Tor the lady
owner WHO had advertised the house and
estate for sale. lie stated that he WAS
in search of a hunting box. and he thought
Warrington Hall would suit him lie
was shown over the place. expressed him
self very well pleased with it. and an
nounced thar he had dee .dcd To purchase
il. The references he produced were
satisfactory. and appeared quite authca-
lie.
Moreover, the agreea BILE stranger stated
That he was prepared To pay over Il subj
Stantfai sum a. a deposit in the course
OF a few days. In the meantime lac beg
ged that he might be allowed to stay at
the hall. as he desired To install himself
at the earliest possible moment with his
servants and hunters. and wished to per-
sonaily supervise the painting. papcring,
etc. which he desired to have done
The request was readily acceded to- The
captain took up his quarters at the
hall, proceeding at once To hire motor
car in Peterborough and TO give eN-
tensive orders to local tradesmen. How
well the captain" played his part may
be judged from the fact that not the
slightest suspicion of his bona-fides was
aroused
Significant Incident Occurs.
Monday morning. however. "A significant
incident occurred. One OF the daughters
of the house. passing bedroom. saw
the captain on the threshold He ex-
cused himself politely. explaining that lie
had made mistake. not knowing the
house very well. and nothing more wa.
thought of the matter. little later the
captain called his motor ear entered H.
ana drove off. stating that he would re-
TURN IN Inc course of the day When
some distance along the road 10 Peter
borough he stopped the car. got out. told
the chauffeur he had some calls To make
ana ordered him TO meet him at Boston
1 ne chauHeur was at the appointed place.
put no captain appeared and after wait
ing some time he returned To the house.
In the meantime the startling discovery
mad been made that quantity OF iewelrv
had been stolen from the bedroom, II,
when the guest was seen. There are
missing the following: Gold watch and
chain pearl and turquoise brooch set in
gold gold brooch set with single paarl
Sold pendant and chain set with preciOlls
stones, Two dress rings, one set wit
pearls ana the other with corals South
African double lion claw brooch. gold
brooch and a number OF other trinkets
ne police We're communica ted with but
they have so far failed to trace the can.
tain or the jewels The missing man i
described as about tifty-tive years of
age.
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Suicide in Chicago Hotel.

CHICAGO, January Edward Beeler,
thirty-seven years old. of Upton Ind.
committed suicide at the Palmer House
by inhalins gas He left letters To his
wife and others. Ii was al first said he
was John Smith of Lima, Ohio
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Department of Justice and have received
compensation equal to that which they
were receiving i'll the secret service dlVl-
sionb from the appropriation mscel-
1aneous expenses of United States courts
or some other appropria ton properly
available for their payment. This prac-
tice has given the Attorney General and
other heads of departments the services
of such agents as might from time to
time be required for periods varying from
one day 20 several months. and upon the
grounds of economy, efficiency and con-
venienCe has proved extremely satisfac-
tory To every one concerned. 1t mas en-
abled the Attorney General to conduct
Investigations in connection with the Vio-
lations If the trust laws. Of laws relating
10 the public domain and to lottery en-
terpriseS, with gratifying results.
The Attorney General is not. provided
with any permanent investigating force
of his own and is barred from the en-
ploHmeut of private detective agencies by
an act which reads as follows:
That hereafter no tmploNe OF the
Pinkerton Detective Agency. or similar
agency. shall be employed in any govern
ment service or by any officer of the Dis
trict of Columbia Supplement to the
Revised Statutes. vol =: Legislation 1s92-
1StI " Io1 -
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Investment Business.

Like the stock brokerage field, this
purely investment division has adopted
twentieth century methods of develop
ment and expansion. Having had its
real birth less than twenty years ago.
the bond business it is ordinarily
termed. has long ago caught I'D to and
even forged ahead of other financial lines
in devisinS ways and means to build
itself up. The oldfashioned notion OF
the conservative bond dealer. as of the
banker. was to sit in his Office and wait
for business to come to him. If il did
not come, then he got along without il
But not so the modern investment banker
He goes after the business not m rely
by advertising. but by sending men ont
on the road. Ten years ago this custom
had developed ~ considerable extent as
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CONGRESSMEN IN TO WN
Senator's.

CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS v. Pres. .170l
ALDRICII, NELSON w. r. L.. .l727 Mass. ave.
ANkESY. LEVI. Wash. .Shoreham
BAILEY. JOSEPH w. Texas. stoneleisb Court
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-04-29

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:as:.. s4..., ,ssssSSasis. sssSSais South Park wire
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-04-29

models were destroyed because the
brothers didn't want to risk having
any one steal their ideas.
They started on to France. which
has been and Is the foremost in avi-
alton. and tried there to enlist funds
for their enterprise. They apparent
ly wanted the French government to
take their aeroplane mostly on trust.
As a Frenchman remarked long after
ward: '1f 1t were a fraudulent gold
mine every one would have been will
ing to subscribe. But this turns out
to be an honest enterprise. SO of
course there was no eagerness to pos
sess 1t for France"
1t was their manner OF conversation
that aroused the antagonism OF the
Frenchmen who came In contact. Not
all, but some, of the aviators frankly
did not believe the Wrights and
thought it all a bunco scheme to get
money for nothing. The Wrights kept
close mouthed and let the discussion
run on. They started experiments
down in a spot in North Carolina.
near town called Kittyhawk. From
this place day after day came reports
of flights, accidents. successes
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-04-29

Air resistance is harder thing to
tackle than water resistance. There
are more quirks and twists to the
stream Of air than there are in the
Mississippi water. All these things
made dirigible balloon flying hard.
and 1t had killed absolutely aeroplane
endeavor up to the time the Wright
brothers began. The earlier aeroplan-
lists had not been able to work out
scheme whereby the air resistance
could be accommodated SO that it
would help the flying machine instead
OF dashing 1t to the ground.
The Wrights. too, believed that a
man could make a much better wing
than Nature had done. The resistance
of feathers would not be present In a
wing made of silk. Furthermore. be-
cause bird sometimes has to alight.
Nature has fixed the wings SO that
they may be folded. With an aero
plane that has nothing to do but fly
there need be no device for collaps-
ing the wings. They may stay extend
ed all the time.
The earlier attempts at aeroplanes,
Lillienthal's. Pitchers. Langley's and
Chanute's. all lent something to the