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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07
Hitchcock Asks Curb to Losses.

Washington, Jan. In a synopsis
of his forthcoming annual report, a
document which is not yet ready for
the public, Postmaster General Frank
II. Hitchcock cites figures to demon
strate the imperative necessity for a
thorough revision and reform of the
postal revenues. The deficit for the
last fiscal year amounted to $17,441,
7l9, and the tremendous growth of
the second class mail matter business
and the extension of rural free deliv.
cry routes promise a steady and large
increase in excess of expenditures over
receipts. 1t is evident the time has
come when, to quote the Tribune,
every one who uses the mails must
pay freight; else the country will have
to bear heavy financial burden, and
perhaps additional taxation to insure
prompt transmission of mail matter.
Mr.. Hitchcock's figures on the losses
to the postal service from the leading
causes are as follows
Loss on second class mail
matter OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ia OOO, 200
Loss on third class mail
matter ................ 100000
Loss on free official mail. 5,250,O0O
Loss on congressional
franked matter ......... 100000
Loss from rural free de-
livery ................ 100000
Total loss to postal rev.
enueS .................. lOO, 15O,OOO
~ tel g., T., wv, 1t,
or throughout the country for that
matter, wishes more taxes imposed +;
and, therefore, the members of con-
gresS are paying especial attention to
the suggestion made by the president
in his annual message that the loss
upon second class mail matter, which
is the largest contributor to the de-
felt, should be reduced In the synop-
sis of his report made public today Mr..
Hitchcock strongly reinforces the OBJ
servations of the president.
The facts and figures he gives will
startle the average taxpayer and cause
him to realize the wisdom of the pres
ident and the postmaster general in
advocating a reform of the postal
rates.
Mr.. Hitchcock is still of an open
mind as to what should be done. The
fact of the greater average haul for
magazines than for newspapers causes
him to repeat a suggestion that the
former class of publications be charged
higher rate of postage than the lat
ter. But he also refers to a plan of
establishing a zone system" which
shall recognize the length of haul as
an important element in fixing the
postage rate.
To assist congress in considering
this subject, he appointed a special
committee some months ago to devise
plan which would prevent such
heavy loss as now annually occurs;
and the views of this committee will
be laid before congress when they are
completed.
The postmaster general also Is max
ing inquiries to determine what re-
forms can be introduced to prevent
loss on the third class mails. He de-
sires each executive department to pay
the expense of it's official mail and
suggests that congress consider the ad-
visibility of abolishing the franking
privilege. He also has taken action to
ascertain the cost to the railroads of
handling the mails, with a view to
the reduction of their compensation.
It is a program Of real importance
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07
PEOPLES PULPIT. .
CHRISTMAS
JOYS.

THE Angel SAID Unto Them, Fear Not;
For, Behold. | Bnns You Good Tidngs Of
Great Joy, Which Shall Be to All People;
For Unto You Is BON This Day. In the City
Of David, Savior. Which Is Chris, the Lord"
ULuke ii, 10. I'D.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07
Miqht Be on Ones Nose.

Don't get down in the mouth. old
man." said the optimist. Look on the
bright side Of things"
That's all very WELL" mournfully re-
piled the sufferer, but what is the
bright side OF a gumboil"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

to the country. The magnitude of the
postal business is shown by the follow
ing table of that transacted during
1909:
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
Peerless Proves to Have
Been "Pastime" Disguised by
Changing Its Name
BOAT FOUND IN ALAMEDA ESTUARY
AT FINISH OF EVENTFUL VOYAGE
Detectives Follow Two ClewS, One Here and the
Other in Los Angeles, and Profess to Be
Confident of'EarIy Success

EORCE H. PHILLIPS shipping clek of the Giant ponder
positively identifies the launch Pdshme phich
- plopes carried awoy from the plant September 3.
Poimc opned By Douglas A. BuTow of Oakland and II.
Baxter of Alameda from whor1 the launch rented
valuable the detectives and the police
Oakland Keep him ncommuddo order that the Glen wch he furnished
may become public.
Police discover that guilty took and
painted his TO irpeSon1 him.
Earl Rogers declares dynante took explosive hiding place and then
o Los angeles n automobile
Defective William j. Burns Los angeles He declares that
the of the dunamites a of hours
The of the Of the launch traced from the
began negotiations renting the launch until ey disappeared
widh their of explosives
Typographical additional rcwad ST 900
for the conviction of the dynan1tcr
Important developed Los angeles but kept
General Harrison Gray OTIS publisher of the Los angeles Times
charge preferred Andcp Gallagher He
on ph preparing attend the funeral Of Wesley Reeves the
cnographc Dhom he dictated the article Deh the libel based and
nho killed whcn the building Drccked.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
BOYS YSANDGIRLST
HAVEOUTDOORFETE
Races, Games, Music and Dane
ing Promised at School
of Employment

The children's autumnal fete will be
the attraction Friday afternoon at the
School of Employment at Trocadero,
and hundreds of young people are
looking forward to the occasion. The
hours will be from until o'clock
in the picturesque grounds of the
school in Sloat boulevard. Races and
games. musical program and dane
ing will be features of the outing.
The Italian Tarentella, as danced at
the kirmess last year, will be given
by three small pupils of Miss Hinman
and Miss Ruth Carmichael will be one
of the dancers The talented Osborn
children, Sophia and Gordon, will sing
and dance in Dutch costume; the min
uet. as originally danced in the time
of Louis XIV, will be given, and a.
Russian dance that is entirely new is
promised.
Dorothy Weinshank will give the
American flag dance and pupils of Miss
Florence and Miss Geraldine Arnold
wall give an Indian costume sketch. a
Japanese song and dance. sailors
hornpipe and four handed reel The
Hebrew orphanage boys band will play
and there will be outdoor dancing on
the platform for the children.
The Ocean Ellis cars, via Parkside
and also the Ingleside cars pass the
entrance. while automobiles may go
through the grounds. There will be a
large contingent of motorists at the
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
King Manuel in Prison
TSpccial Gable to The Call

LONDON, Oct. THE Daily Mall
says: "A revolution broke out in Lis
bon Monday night. King Manuel is a
prisoner. There has been fighting in
the streets. All communications are
cut"
The Eastern telegraph company an
nounced this afternoon the receipt from
its station at Carcavellos. II. miles from
Lisbon, OF a message that all commune
cation with the capital was interrupted.
A Portuguese merchant in London
says that he received news of plot in
Lisbon Monday The prices of Portu-
guese bonds dropped heavily on the
stock exchange here yesterday.
The Standard correspondent of the
Reuter- telegram company confirms the
report of revolution in Portugal, and
adds that the rebels have captured the
nalaee
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
BANKERS INDORSE
MONEY 0RDERPLAN
Financial Institutions Will Com
pete With P0stof1ce and
Express Companies

Los ANGELES, Oct. 4.-Delegates to
the thirty-sixth annual convention of
the American bankers association,
mum bering about 1900, met in session
at the Auditorium today and took UP
matters Of vast Importance to the
banking interests of the United States
Reports of officers of the association
were read and the convention proceeded
to business.
That the bankers of the United States
are determined to have. a money order
system that will be equal to that of
the United States government and ex-
press companies was demonstrated
when the report of the committee on
express companies and money orders
was read. The committee recommend
ed plan that banks shall issue such
form of money orders as are now is
sued by the government through the
postoffice department and express com
tuition of merit act as agent.
URGES SMALLER MONEY
Lee McClung, treasurer of the United
States, addressed the convention TODAY
and urged a reduction in the size of
paper money and uniform size for
both treasury and United States bank
notes.
McClung read telegram from Presi-
dent Taft reading as follows:
White House, Oct e. 1910.
Lee McClung, United States Treasurer. Los
Angeles Cal-Please present my compli-
ments and good wishes to the American i
bankers association. in session in Los An
geles. and say that hope within the next
few years we may have revision of the
WILLIAM H. TAFT.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
Question Raised

However. the executors Of the estate,
not contented with that defeat, sought
70 hamper the distribution of the es-
tate still further by raising the con-
tention that John D. Spreckels and
Adolph 3. spreckels had received from
their father an advancement" or a
share. in his estate which was charge
able sgainst their interest in the final
distribution. This contention was based
upon the following passage IN the will
Of Claus Spreckels:
7 make no provision in this will
for my sons. John D. Spreckels and
Adolph p. spreckels, for the reason
that ] have already given to them a
large part OF my estate"
over that clause was waged the bat
tie effectively decided by Judge Corey.
The executors held that that writing,
/vhich was in the portion Of the will
Ninvalidated by the February decision,
was binding on the court and must lead
10 the finding that the gifts made to
John D. spreckeIs and Adolph B.
SpreckeIs were ~advancements." How
ever, John D. SpreckeIs and Adolph
p. spreckels proved that the property
received from their father was in the
form or outright gifts.
Judge Coffey promptly disposed Of
the executors presumption in his de-
cision, which he concluded with the
following words:
In this case we seem to be con
troIled by q statute which requires
the manifestation of an advancement
by 8 contemporsneous writing and a
total intestcy. From these premises
The conclusfonsmus be that the estate
should be equally divided among the
heirs at law. Decreed accordingly"
No Comment Made
The opinion Of Judge Coffey was
written and was filed in court at noon
yesterday without added comment.
Claus Spreckels died in this city on
December 2s, 1908 he left will
written in New York on May II. 1907.
in which he disposed Of his estate by
creating a trust within trust. The
4 ntire estate was TO be held in trust
curing the lifetime of his wife, Anna
G. SpreckeIs. On her death the two
sons. Rudolph and c. A Spreckels,
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
SHIPPING CLERK
IDENTIFIES THE
POWDER VESSEL

1T was learned definitely that Oak
land was the base of operations
for the men who dynamited the
Times building in Los Angeles last
Saturday, when George H. Phillips,
shipping clerk of the Giant powder
company, positively identified the
launch in which the men who. the
police say. were J. B. Bryce or Bry-
son and William Morris or F. A.
Perry, carried away the explosive on
September % This launch IS the
Pastime. and belongs TO Douglas \.
Burrowes of Oakland and E. H. Bax-
ter of Alameda.
Captain of Detectives Walter 7.
Petersen of Oakland and Detective
William J. Burns are certain that
the track of the men responsible for
the dynamiting has been picked up.
Detective Burns left for Los Angeles
last night to take up the trail of the
men i'll that city.
Evidence Complete
A complete chain of evidence. cover
ing almost all the actions of the men
from the time they began arrange
ments to secure the powder until their
final disappearance. is in the hands of
the detectives. The broken threads
of the trail were picked up yesterday
and pieced together. with the result
that little room for doubt is left that
the gelatin powder was obtained in
Giant and then taken to Los Angeles.
The men disguised the Pastiue BY the
simple device of tacking cardboard
over the name and pasting letters to
form the name Peerless" on this.
Marks of the tacks and the cardboard
used were examined yesterday
Money was no object TO the nnysteri-
Gus men. They readily paid a $500 de-
posit for the launch. and displayed a
large roll of bills to at least three. per-
sons with whom they did business.
Captain Petersen said that he believed
the men represented part OF a gang
or organization wen supplied with
money and having a membership in
Oakland. He said his investigations
led him to believe that the three in
effectual attempts TO blow up the plant
of the Pacific lumber company Of Oak
land. nonunion concern, were trace
able to the same agency.
Launch Rented
Two men who gave their names as
j. B. Bryce and F. A Perry visited
Burrowes on September 10 and pro-
posed to rent the launch for week
Bryce conducted most of the dealing
His description ta,lies in every partic-
ular with that of the man known as
A. j. Bryson, who paid for the powder
in the San Francisco Office OF the Giant
powder company and with the man
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
81 KILLED and %
HURT IN COLLISION
Cars Meet Headon in Illinois,
Mangling Passengers and
Traction Officials

STAUNTON, H., Oct. 4.-Thirty-
seven persons were killed and so
were injured in a headon collision
on the Illinois interurban traction sys-
tenn two miles north of here late to-
day. At least three of the injured
probably will die.
Reports. from the wreck conflict
Some statements make the number of
injured as high as so. officials say this
is excessive.
Among the dead who have been iden-
tffed are prominent officials of the
traction system.
The dead at Carlinville are:
w. X. STREET, division superintend-
ent of the Illinois traction company,
Staunton
A. p. RICE, auditor of disbursements
paign.
J. w. MILLER, Gillespie. general su-
perintendent of the Superior coal com
pany.
j. r.. HABBEDGER, Jamestown, III.
G. WERNER, Champaign, ILL.,
RAYMOND BAUER, st. Louis.
ID. f. BLACK, Springfield assistant
superintendent of motive power Illinois
traction company.
II. j. KERWIN, st. Louis.
MANUEL A. INDERMILL, Baden Ba-
den, ILL.,
DR IT q GANOwAy Decatur I'll
l.. j. sCHAEFER, st. Louis.
MRS. WILLIAM CLOUD, Benld, III.
F.. S. HILL, Princeton, Ind.
JOHN BLOTNA, Benld. III.
MRS. JOHN BLOTNA, Benld, Ill
DIR. z. w. REDSHAW, Currin, III.
III. B. ROBINSON, Benld, Ill.
e. Nj. ROSE, a collector for weekly
magazine; father is H. E. Rose, 1915
Wilson avenue, Chicago
NINE UNIDENTIFIED WOMEN.
ONE UNIDENTIFIED MAN.
One of the unidentified women is be-
lieved to, be a Miss Lizzie Mcpherson
of Gillespie, secretary. to j. W. Miller.
Another is believed to- be. Mrs. H. B.
Robinson of Benld, whose husband has
been identified as one, of the dead.
The collision was between local
train No. IA, north bound, and an ex-
cursion train, No. 73, loaded with pass
engers on their way tn view the parade
of the veiled prophets at ST. Louis.
The accident was apparently due to the
disregard of orders by the crew of
train Il, in charge of NJ A. Leonard,
conductor, and John Lisman of Staun-s
ton, motorman.
Train No. IA had orders to pass train
No. 73 at Staunton.S The latter train
was running in two sections, and the
orders given to No. IA were explicit
that it wait for both sections. The first
section of No. 73 had passed when the
crew of No. IA pulled out on/the main
track and started north. At Dicker-
sons curve, a sharp bend two miles
from here, the two tracks meet. Hills
rise north and south. from the curve
Confronted with death, the crews of
both trains set the brakes and jumped
for their lives
The crews escaped without serious
INJURY. None OF the passengers mad
chance to escape. The cars came to-
gether with a terrific crash, and both
were entirely demolished, being piled
in one huge mass of wreckage
1t is not known if any passenger
escaped uninjured. As quickly as pos
sible, aid was summoned from Spring
field and special cars were started for
the wreck. other cars were sent north
from Granite City and took many OF
the injured to hospitals in that town.
The work of unearthing the dead
was continued
General Manager Chubbuck of the
traction company, who was in Peoria
when news of the wreck was received.
Continued ON Page Z, Column
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
MAN ENDS LIFE BY EXPL LODING 100
POUNDS OF DYNAMITE UNDER BODY

CASPER, Wyo., Oct 4.-Daniel Nc
MILAN, an expert in the use of powder
and dynamite, employed at the North
AMERICA asbestos mines, yesterday com
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
TRIPLETs ALL GIRLS, so ONE WILL
= HAVE TO BE NAMED ""T4E0D0RA

born. AS the husband had finished
spreading the news to his friends over
the telephone he was Informed that a
third daughter had arrived and at once
ran out of the house to ascertain from
neighbors the telegraphic address of
Theodore Roosevelt, inswhich honor, he
declared, he would name one of the
daughters Theodore" The last born
child has since died.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05

mitted suicide by exploding 100 pounds
of dynamite under his body His body
was blown to atoms and the 400 foot
level of the mine, where he ended his
life, was badly wrecked.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
ARMED REVOLUTION
BEGUN in PORTUGAL
King Manuel Held Prisoner and
Flag of Republic Hoisted
on Palace
Especial Gable to The Call

PARIS. Oct. A wireless message
dispatched from Portuguese waters has
been received by LIE Matin stating that
a revolution has broken out in Lisbon.
warships are now bombarding the pal
ace. It is added that the army and
navy are on the side of the revolution
aries.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
Second Victory

Judge Coneys ruling yesterday was
the second comprehensive victory he
has awarded the elder sons against the
executors Of the estate On February
IS OF this year the court held to be
void the clause OF the Claus Spreckels
viii which created trust for the
life interest OF Mrs. Emma c. Ferris
and provided for the inheritance of
Rudolph and c. A. Spreckels- That de-
cision gave 10 John D. Spreckels and
Adolph p. Spreckels a fifth interest
in the estate, as it left the will stand
ing with no testamentary provisions
in so far as the children We're affected,
and so the full property would be di-
vided among the heirs at law. The de-
cision was given in sustaining the de-
nnurrer fled by John D. and Adolph B.
Crreckels
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
NEW CLEW FOUND IN
LOS ANGELES is
KEPT SECRET

OS ANGELES, Oct 4.-The veil
of secrecy maintained by Chief
- of Police Galloway and all his
subordinatcs since the explosion which
wrecked the Times plant last Satur-
day became thicker and more i'm
penetrable late today, when a report
came in that the trail of the dynamite
conspirators had been struck in this
city.
81 regard the second clew as quite
as important as that which is engaging
the attention of the detectives in San
Francisco"
This was all that half an hour of in
terrogation could elicit from the chief.
He admitted later that he had but two
clews worthy of attention-the one
discovered here this afternoon and
that in San Francisco.
Otis Arrested
One incident of the day here was
the arrest of General Otis, proprietor.
of the Times, on the charge of having
crininally 1ibeled Andrew Gallagher,
a San Francisco labor leader, in the
columns of the Times. He was taken
into custody while preparing to attend
the funeral of Wesley Reaves, the
Young stenographer to whom he die
tated the article on which the libel was
based.
The arresting officer accompanied the
justice court, where bail was arranged
for habeas corpus hearing tomorrow.
Two Warrants Issued
The charges against General Otis
were issued some time ago in San
Francisco, but as General Otis was in
Mexico, representing the United States
as a special envoy to the centennial
celebration, they were not served
Similar warrants, however. were served
on Harry Chandler, assistant general
manager of the Times. but he was re-
leased under a habeas corpus writ, is
sued on the ground that the warrants
were insufficient. The alleged libel was
contained in an article criticising not
only Gallagher, but Mayor Mccarthy of
San Francisco and o. A. Tveitmoe. fol-
lowing the visit of Gallagher and
Tveitmoe to this city to confer with
labor leaders here regarding strike
conditions here. General Otis bonds
were fixed at 500 on each warrant, the
same as in the case of Chandler. The
habeas corpus writ was made return
able tomorrow.
Funds. to be devoted to the relief of
families of the explosion victims re-
ceived large addition today when the
American bankers association, which is
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
Estate of Late Millionaire to Be
Distributed Equally Among
Five Children
EACH TO RECEIVE
SI,OOO,OOO FOR SHARE
John D. and AdOIph B. SpreckeIS
Win Signal Victory Over
c. A. and Rudolph
JUDGE COFFEY AGAIN
RULES IN THEIR FAVOR

n n
spreckeIs won their second victory
over the executors Of their fathers
will. Rudolph Spreckels and c. A.
spreckels. yesterday. when Judge ]. ".
corey. in the probate department Of
the superior court. ruled in the matter
OF the applications of the several heirs
for a distribution OF the Claus spreckels
estate.
In z clear and able decision Judge
Conev held that the gifts made by
claus spreckeIs TO his elder sons were
not "advsncements" chargeable against
their interest in the estate of their
fsther. He ruled that John D. and
Adolph B. Spreckels should share in the
distribution Of the s5.Oo0.0oo remaining
in the estate OF their father after the
community share Of the wife had been
apportioned to her estate. The five sur
viving children OF Claus Spreckels-
John D. Spreckels. Adolph B. Spreckels.
c. a. spreckels and Rudolph Spreckels
and Mrs. Emma C. Ferris tnee Spreck-
ehs)-will each receive $1,000. 600 under
The terms OF Judge Cohey's ruling
The attorneys who successfully pre-
sented the case OF John D. and Adolph
Spreckels were A F. Morrison. ". L
Brobeck. Peter F. Dunno and Samuel
". shortridge. Opposing them for the
executors were Charles E. :. Wheeler.
Charles s. Gushing. o. X. Cushing,
Nathan II Moran. J. Friedlander Bowie
srg " II Czor-iIf
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05

OAKLAND. Oct Mrs. John. Blu
netti>of 45s Forty-third street has given
birth. to three girls averaging seven
pounds each in weight. Biunetti car
penter, was met at the door of his home
upon. his return from work by the at
tending nurse. who signaled that his
wife had presented him with a baby
daughter. Before Biunetti had reached
his wife's side a second daughter was
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
Republican Flag Flies

SANTANDER, Spain, Oct. "A Ger
man steamer here has received a wire
less from the steamer Cape Blanco Of
the same line, lying off Lisbon, that
warships began bombarding the palace
as soon as the rising within the city
began. Shortly the revolutionists
hauled down the royal standard over
the palace and replaced it with the re-
oublican green and blue flag.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05
Fears for Cages Safety

FeaTS Tor Oa2e SaIety
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4.-The news of
the Portuguese revolution has resulted
in some apprehension here for the
safety Of former Governor Henry. Gage
of California. Gage was appointed
minister to Portugal last December and
left Los Angeles to assume his duties
a few months ago. With Mrs. Gage
and his family he is supposed to be in
Lisbon at this time.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05

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The San Francisco call., 1910-10-05

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