Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 8, 1909, Page 1

The workingman is as careful m"h‘: self - respecting what his daughter reads as banker. The Bee is in every thrifty, home. VOL. XXXIX-—NO. 1 OUTLOOK FO7'¢ BUSINESS % Speculation in Stock Market % Because of Money Condition % Abroad. UNDERTONE OF MARKET FIRM | Commercial Advices 8o Favorable that Values Are Maintained. ! praddh ! RAILROAD EARNINGS INCREASE High Prices for Raw Cotton Tend to Cause Some Disquietude. IRON AND STEEL ACTIVE Decrease in Volume of Business Not| Significant, Beeause of Record- Breaking Tonnage of Last Month. NEW YORK, Nov. 7.~The election In New Yotk apd the usual November first hollday in London and Paris caused con- slderable Interruption to the course of ovents in the stock market last week. The halting tendency of the speculation was owing partly also, to the continued un- certaintly over the position in the money | market, The result was to throw some | check upon stock market activity. Com- mercial ‘and {ndustrial advices were 0| nighly favorable, however as to malntain | a firm undertone in the stock market. | Attention was centered on forelgn money markets, in the #ffort to read the pros- pects, although advice from this centers reported that of American requirements | had much to do with forming judgment | on the outlook. The opinion persists in | the London banking world that American borrowing por purposes of stock specula- tion has much to do with the pressure upon banking resources in London. The small increase In the loan of the New York banks which followed the advances in the bank of England official discount rate fostered a conviction that American credit in London had been disturbed in one quarter only to tiud relodgment In another. Along with the report the Impression was conveyed that further protective measures by the bank of England would be resorted to In order to correct this condition. The early effect was lessened when the Im- perial Bank of Germany, and later, the Bank of England left theid discount rates “ndisturbed. Foretgn k Reports, The reports of condition of the three freat European banks for the week were weak, however, partly In connection with the November 1 settlements, and the prog- ress of the week brought reports of further advancie in the official discount rates being under discussion. The interior demand for currency continued. Light on ¢ “meney market Is thrown incidentally Dy the reception tendered by the stock market to annauncement of new stock issues. . On the Industrial side were reiterated reports of the unparralleled state of the iron @ha steel industry. The copper in- dustrials, also, weve responsive to reports of some large sales of the metal and to reports of negotiations for closer relations between the great copper producers. The speculation in cotton caused disquietude in' financial circles here and abroad as to the possible consequences. The rising tide of raflroad earnings was reflected in the reports for September net results. Commercial advices in general were highly favorable both In regard to present and prospective conditions. The large valume of bank clearings the country over reflects the activity of all branches of trade. Iron There has been a sharp contraction in the volume of business transacted in Pig fron since November 1, and yet the sales have been small only in contrast with the record-breaking tonnage sold last month. There has been & falr run in small orders for foundry and forge gredes and one con- dract for about 15,000 tons placed for de- livery over the next eight months by a rail- road equipment shop, the business going to Buffalo furnaces. The falling off in new contriucts have been especlally notable n s.cel-making iron, there being scarcely anything laced in the east; but 10,000 tons of Alabama basic has been sold for de- Mvery In the central west. Considerable | Virginia and Alabama iron has been sold for shipment to Chicago. Total sales for the week are estimated at about 100,000 tons. An easier tone has developed for foundry iron for shipment over the balance of this year and concessions of about 25 cents a toh have been made, but steel-mak- ing iron Is ms str as av Finished steel products continue strong generally, but fabricated steel s still ir- regular. The tepdency of prices for both | tinished and semi-finished steel is upward and higher prices on sheets, especlally gal- | vanised, are expected at any moment. | Contracts for rafls, which came to the | surface last week, aggregated only about 25,00 tons, but the distribution of orders for between 200,000 And 260,000 tons are ex- pected to be annouficed within a few days. | Contracts for strugtural sieel ‘rQ‘l(ed‘ between 17,000 and 14,000 tons. The prospect | is for A heavy increase in business this | month. MEXICA? GUILTY BASIN, Wyo., Nov. T7.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Prosecuting Attorney Mets late Saturday evening aryaigned the Mexicans, Loreénzo Paseo and Mateo Robels, for the alleged murder of Charles Cole, the Lovell saloon keeper, one week ago. They pleaded not gulity. The fact that Ben Santosso, the third one, was not arralgned leads to the conclusion that he has turned state's evidence, for was not released | from custody. One Son Dead, Another Sick. HURON, & D, Nov. 7.—(Speciai.)—When ‘the frain from the west over the North- western line reached lere this morning there emerged from the baggage car a middle-aged woman, carrying an infant child. Later & cot, upon which lay the emaciated form of & boy perhaps 14 years of age, was taken from the same car. This was followed by the removal from the car of a casket contalning the body of a dead son. The woman had eome with her bur- den of sorrow from A& point fifty miles re- n Mrom a town oh the Indian reserva- tiofe where she lived on & claim fifty miles from & rellway station. She was on her| way to Yolin, la | | his responsibilities for [reds were forced to remain without while | & detail of elght policemen under commana | was held. The deceased was a man beloved Speculation and Blackmail, Says Warriner| . Four Official Short in Accounts Gives Bond—Implicates Other Employe of Road. CINCINNATI, Nov. riner, the deposed local treasurer of the Big Four Rallroad company, who |Is charged with the misappropriation of $54.- 500, was released from custody late today on a bond of $20,000. He was arraigned this morning and his bond fixed but it was not until this evenipg that four friends came forward and’ by .signing bonds for $5,000 apiece, secured his tem- porary liberty. During the day markable change noon he gave out ~Charles L. War- Warriner made a re- of front. In the fore- a statement admitting the shortage, but declaring there were others involved. Later he changed tactics and declared that he admitted nothing. This latter dec- laration is taken to mean #hat he intends to force his alleged partners in gullt into the open. The $54,500 named In the wariant for Warrinei's arrest represents the present amount owing to the rallroad company and not the entire amount cf the shortage, which is stated to be about $100,000. The balance has been, according to the state- ment of General Counsel Hackney, cov- ered by property which Warriner has turned over to the company. Mr..Hack- ney also stated “Mr. Warriner has, with considerable frankness, admitted the ‘rregularities in his accounts. He has undertaken to ac- count for the disappearance of the moneys taken. “First, through specalation. “Second, through efforts to recover losses sustained in such speculations, “Third, through blackmail levied upon him by a former employe, who claimed to know of some such irregularities. “Fourth, through blackmall levied upon him by a woman friend of that employe.” The announcement from Chicago that Eddie Cook, former clerk in the Big Four financial department In this city, was the person named by Warriner as the man to whom he pald money for years in the form of tribute to hush up a former de- falcation created a sensation here. “I am glad 1 have been found out,” said Warriner. “Well, I'll say one thing to you, Warriner, “I am not alone In this, and I want to say another thing. I never played a game of poker in my life. There is no woman In the case, that is, as far as I am concerned. The perfect under- standing between me and my wife pr cludes my being mixed up with any woman. The other man has to do with her, not me, An officlal of the Blg Four rallroad stated tonight the the defalcations for which former Treasurer Warriner has been added THE OMAHA DAILY BEE WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska—Fair and cooler. For lowa—Fair and cooler. For weather report see page 3 OMAHA, MONDAY MORNIN FORECAST OF WEEK'S NEWS President Taft Will End His Thirteen Thousand Mile Trip Wednes- day. BIRTHDAY OF KING EDWARD British Monarch Will Be Sixty-Nine Years Old Tomorrow. |COMMONS WILL TAKE RECESS Members Will Spend Week Diges! Chancellor's Estimates. MANY IMPORTANT CONVENTIONS Federation of Labor Meets in Toronto naud National Grange in Des Moines—Congress of Mothers. NEW YORK, Nov. 7.—This week will wiiness the close of President Taft's 13,000 mile ourney, the birthday of King Bdward, the continuation of the Steinheil trial in Parls, the meeting between the monarchs of two nations in London, and an im- portant lobar conference In Toronto. In the forelgn field, Interest largely centers in the sensational trial of Madame | Steinhell. The sixtyninth birunday of King Edward will bring forth public commor- ations of note on Tuesday. During the weck the King Is expected to welcome to English shores King Manuel of Portu- gal. In the British Parliament the con- test over the budget is approaching a erigls, but the commons will have a res- pite of a week or more owing to the ad-| journment to be taken on Tuesday until November 18. to permit the members to digest the revised estimates of Mr. Lloyd- George, chancellor of the exchequer. The revolution in Nicaragua still holds attention, in view of the conflicting cialms of advantage put forth by both sides and |1esults of the encounters, Wednesday will find President Taft's journey ended with the return to Washington. Hardly will he will have time to look the improve- ment made in the White House, before he starts on a short trip into New Eng- land, where at Middletown, Conn., he will on Friday attend the mstallation of Dr. Willlam P. Shanklin, as President of | the Wesleyan University and return im- mediately to Washington. At Toronto, President Gompers and other officers of the American Federation of Labor have aiready arrived for the an- nual convention of chat organtzation, which begins on Monday. Farmers will meet in Des Moines, I on Tuesday for the sessions of the patrons of husbandry, national grange. arrested will be far in excess of $100,000. According to this official the sum will reach in the nelghborhood $600,000, and that a total of $88,000 {s sald to have been paid in blackmall. Two women and a man are mentioned as the blackmailers. Detectives are sbadowing one woman, who lives in Cincinnati, but it is stated that the raliroad company does not intend to have her arrested, but will endeavor to use her as a witness for the state. FUNERAL OF FRANK KASPAR IS VERY LARGELY ATTENDED Bohem Socleties Sokol Tyro Zap Jednota Palacky Conduct the Services, Impressive ceremgnies marked the burial yesterday afterngon of the late Frank J Kaspar, who passed gway at midnight Wednesday, after a brief lliness, The fu- neral service wi conducted by two Bo- hemlan socleties with which the deceased had long been affillated and the entire ritual and eulogy was in the Bohemian language. For hours preceding the last rites and until the body was borne away to its final resting place, hundreds of friends and sym- pathetic acqualntances crowded the K par residence, 1460 South Seventeenth street, and pald their last respects to the dead ploneer. The little Kaspar home was crowded to overflowing and several hund- a the final obsequies were taking place. The rituals of the Sokol Tyro and of the Zap. Jednota Palacky socleties were read, after which a brief, but inspiring eulogy was delivered by John Rosicky. The casket was then taken to the Bohemian National cemetery, where Interment was made. The pall bearers were: John Chleboral, V. V. Kunel, F. Kopecky, Jacob M. Bandar, Ja- cob Hawronck and Joseph Vanek df the Sokol Tyro soclcty and Louls Berka, Jos- eph Kovan, Vac Engtaler, Frank Pall Jan Panuska and Antone Bilek of the Zap. Jednota soclety, six members of each or- ganization alternating with the other six In carrying the casket. The funeral cortege was an unusually large one, a good many prominent citizens of Omaha being present. Muyor Dahiman, of Sergeant Vanous and the socletles, with hundreds of carriages made up tege. Some very beautiful floral tributes were recelved at the Kaspar home Friday, Sat- urday and Sunday morning, evidence of the esteem and friendship In which Mr. Kaspar the cor- by all who knew him and his death caused general regret throughout the entire city. Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island will de- liver the second of a series of adresses ex- plaining the work of the Monetary commis- slon at St. Louls, Monday. Trial of the Tennessee night riders is set for Monday at Union City. Cincinnati offers an aviation meet be- ginning Friday and continuing three days. Cook and Peary. Developments in the North pole contro- versy may come out at “Vashington, where the National Geogravhical society, after certitylng Mr. Peary's claim, is searching to obtain data bearing on Dr. Cook's expe- dition. Mr. Peary leciured before the so- clety on Friday, giving the first of a series of addresses. In New York the National Horse show and first nights at the new theater, the Manhattan opera hquse and the Metropoll- tan Opera house, open the social season. The American leaders of Judlaism, attend- ing the control conference of American rabbis, will be in session in New York be- ginning Tuesday and untll November 16. CUMBERLAND FACTION SUES FOR POSSESSION OF COLLEGE Refuse to Recognize Union of Church with Presbyter! Body Formed tn 1906, MARSHALL, Mo., Nov. 7.—~The Cumber- land Presbyterian church today sued the Presbyterian church for the possession of the Missouri Valley college of this city, which, with its endowments, represents a value of $i0,000 The Cumberland Presbyterians refuse to agree to the unlon effected In 1906 be- tween the Cumberland church and the Presbyterian churches. The college was formerly a Cumberland Presbyterian prop- erty and on the grounds that a decision of the state supreme court declared the union of the two churches vold, the Cum- berland church demands the return of the property. LONG STRUGGLE ON ROOF Hospital Finally Overpowers Woman Whe Sou, to Kill Herself, DENVER, Colo., Nov. 7.—While doctors, nurses and patients breathlessly looked on, Willlam 8. Southerner, driver of the county ambulance, struggled fog fifteen minutes with Norah Wheeler, an insane patient, on the narrow ladge at the roof of the in- sane ward of the hospital today. A dozen times it seemed as if they would fall to the ground fifty feet below. Finally the woman's strength gave way and South- erner dragged her to safety. Rear Adrfiiral Chester Says Cook’s Claims Are False WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—That Dr. Fred- erick A. Cook could mot have reached the pole and that Commander Peary did attain the goal, were statements made tonight by Rear Adiniral C. M. Chester, retired. The officer was a member of the com- mittee of the National Geographical soclety that passed upon Commander Peary's data and anuounced thelr conviction of its genu- | ineness. The lecture, delivered to scientists in the hall of the University club, created | & profound impression, for it was prac- | Ucally the first utterance by an official of | the National Geographical society, although | glven unofficially, which has flatly and| openly cast discredit on Dr. Cook. | Admiral Chester contended that Dr. Cook erred in saying that at a certain point in | his travels north he witnessed & remarkable speaker continued, he would have found the sun high in the heavens. The testimony of the Esquimaux who ac- companied Dr. Cook also was reviewed. This testimony, the admiral Insisted, showed conclusively that the party wit- nessed the sunset at 81 degrees north, a considerable distance from the pole. He also declared that Dr. Cook's party would have been compelled to travel forty miles a day 40 have accomplished the trip, & speed that was Impossible, even under the most favor- able circumstances. The speaker made numerous references to the nautical almanac to disprove Cook's contentions and to prove those of Peary. While tonight's lecture was intended only for scientists, Admiral Chester announced that be had in the course of preparation sunset. If he had been at that point, the & statement to the public, which, he sald, ‘would establish the truth of the matter, 4 NOVEMBER 8, 1909. SINGLE COPY TWO OENTS. From the Washington Star. STILL HOPEFUL. LABOR LEADERS IN CANADA | Convention of American Federation Begins in Toronto Today. GOMPERS CASE WILL COME UP Question of Appeal to reme Court of United States Will Be Deter- mined—Industrial Trafning to Be Discussed. TORONTO. Nov. T.—For the first time in the twenty-nine yeaks of its existence, the American Federation of Labor has crossed the border line of the United States and beginning Monday, wil hold its an- nual convention in Canada. With jail sen- tences hanging over the heads of President Gompers, Vice President John Mitchell and Secretary Frank Morrison for con- tempt of court, as a result of the Buks stve case, the question as to whether an appeal to the United States court shall be made, will probably be decided by the convention. b Mr. Gompers and his assoclates contend that the constitutional right of free.speech and the freedom of the press s involved. Mr. Gompers returned recently from a four months' trip abroad to study labor conditions. His report is expected to be of material benefit in determining the ques- tion of atfillating with the lator unions of forelgn countries. Industrial training is likely to prove a live tople for dlscussion and the problem is the one that differs radically in the dit- ferent branches of industry. | The trouble in the ranks of the Indus- trial Brotherhood of Electrical Workers n Ohio and Iowa, where rival factions are | secking representation at the convention, promises an interesting chapter, Tomorrow's session will be glven over | to addresses of welcome and the reports of President Gompers, Secretary Morrison and Treasurer Lennon. LOST CHILD GLADDENS POLICE Stray Youngster Made Gloomy Station Ring with Mirth anda Joy. ola The Omaha police station was trans- formed into a playhouse for several hours yesterday afternoon, while the policemen, under the lead of Bergeant Havey, Aat- tempted to amuse a 3-year-old tot who was picked up at Seventeenth and Cuming streets early in the day. The little fellow thoroughly enjoyed the ride in the police auto and soon made himself at home at the station. He was an chap and the officers, for the time, forgot their cares and worrles In their endeavor' to make life happy for the kid Sergeant Havey was especially attentive and there was very little he could have added to the boy's comfort. The boy sald his name was “Ray" or something that sounded like that, but could not remember or did not know his last cognomen. But that did not bother him very much and he made the station ring with his glad cries and pleasant savings. It was with reluctance that the officers looked forward to the time when they would be forced to turn him over to his parents. It was one of the brightest rays of sunshine seen at |police headquarters in some time and erybody made'the most of it DEATH RECORD. Funeral of John Hoge. KEARNEY, Neb, Nov. T.—(Special)— The last respects were pald to the late John Hoge Saturday by his many friends when the funeral services were held at 11 o'clock at the Christian church, Rev. E M. Johnson delivering the address. The palibearers, all old-time assoclates at the bar, were: Benator Norris Brown, Judges Oldham, Calkins, Hostetler and Hamer, and Attorney Frank E. Beeman. Funeral Bandmaster STURGIS, 8. D., Nov. 7.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The funeral of Willlam Stratton, bandmaster of the Fourth Cavalry band, took place at Fort Meade this afternoon under the auspices of the Masonic lodge unusually bright ¢ of Sturgis. He was given full military honors. The eatire garrison apd the Eagles' lodge of Sturgis attended the serv- foes. City Will Ask That Machines Be Opened Councilmen Not Satisfied with the Figures Returned on Bonds by Election Officers, A meeting of the Omaha city council will' be held at 10 o'clock this morning for the purpose of canvassing thé returns on the bond issues voted on at the election on November: 2. a The meeting is an adjourned one, and the plan is to again postpone the_ officlal canvass until the city attorney can secure an order’ from the district court to have certain machines opened and their figures verified. In some precincts of the Fifth ward and two precincts of the Third the figures ‘are so strongly against the bonds as to have aroused the suspicion of the counclimen that they may have been set down in reverse order on the tally eheets. It is understood that the county attorney is also being urged to call for the opening of three or four machines for the purpose of having their count verified Gilbert Suit Creates Interest Council Bluffs Banker Defendant in a Suit to Recover Where Usury is Alleged. Omaha bankers are watching with a good deal, of iInterest a lawsuit across the river in which John O. Yelser is prosecut- ing a suit for $15,000 against Ernest Hart and the First National bank of Council | Blufts, of which Mr. Hart is president. A. G. Gflbert is the plaintiff, and he as- serts that he was compelled to sign a note for §2,000 to Mr. Hart and to pay the bank $1,600 on a note owned by his brother before it would lend him the $9,500 which he sought to borrow. The defend- ant has testified that Glibert voluntarily assumed the brother's note and that the| note for §2,000 was freely and voluntarily given as & bonus. Under the law, the plaintift, if he proves his case, can recover double the sum ex- acted, together with interest. : JAPANESE BUSINESS MEN TO BE WARMLY WELCOMED Commereial Club Plans Make Their Stay Here Profitable, Omaha s preparing to do itself proud this week when the Japanese Industrial commission pays the Gate City a visit. It has been quite a task to figure out some line of entertainment which has not been over and again by other cities along the route of travel, but the Commercial club thinks that a plan has been outlined which will be mosh inter- esting for these seekers for information. to covered over Czar Will Appoint New Governor, Who Will Carry Out His Policy. AGRARIAN BILL IN DUMA First Installment of Reforms Prom- ised in October Manifesto, Ready for Considera- tion. ! ST, PETERSBURG, Nov. 7.—Premier Stolypin has taken to the emperor tha resignation of General W. A. Von Boeck- 1nen, governor general of Finland, and M. Knichoteh, director of General Von Roeek- mafi's chancellery. There is little doubt that these will be accepted and that thelr tuccessors will carry out the government's policy of bringing Finland under close con- trol. It is announced that General Markotf ex-chief of the mobllization department of the Russian general staff, will be ap- pointed vice president of the Finnlsh senate, The cabinet has decided that the Russian minister of rallways stall hereafter have supervision rights over the Finnish rail- ways. The Duma has finished the first reading of the agrarian holdings bill and has begun the discussion of the conditional sentences bill, which is based on the American system of suspended sentences. On November 12 general discussion will be opened on the reform of local courts |and immedtately thereafter the bill on In violability of person will be taken under consideration. This legislation Is the first installment of the reforms promised in the Ostobar manifesto and excites considerable interest here. The Duma is making efforts to ex- |tend condittonal sentences to political | erimes, not of a violent nature. The courts bill virtually re-establishes the judiclal reform of Alexander 11, whick was supptessed in the relgns of subsequent monarchs. The bill abolishes the peasant communal court, which Is considered anti | quated. In the future justices of the peace will all be elected. The appellate court of instance Includes two elected, one crown and a presiding judge. hTe highest cour ‘Of Instance Is the senate. The reform will | cost the treasury $6,500,000 yearly in salari>s. [H. G. MKINLEY RELEASED M Convicted of Oregon Finishes Sentence. PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 7.—Horace G. McKinley, convicted of defrauding the { sovernment of public lands several ago, was released from the county jail today. McKinley convicted with @ number of others and fled the country, going to the orlent. He was cap- tured In Manchuria and brought to this city Land Frauds in His Multnomah Kinley today took the pauper's oath and was relieved of the payment of the fine. Root an d fifighes Speak at Opening of Theater NEW YORK, Nov. 7.—The New theater, at Central Park West, from Bixty-second to Bixty-third street, buflt by private sub-| seriptions for the encouragement of Amer- ican dramatic genlus, and for the presenta- tion of the best in all literatures of all times, was formally opened Saturday after- noon by' representatives of the state and nation, who dedigated It to the people. The ceremonies began with an overture rendered by the Mstropolitan Opera com- pany, following which the keys were de- livered by the architects to the founders, represented by J. P. Morgan, who then in- troduced Senator FAihu Root and Governor Charles Hughes. Senator Root sald, In part: “This institution, abjuring all pretension covered by the cant phrase about ‘slevating the stage,’ makes it its purpose Lo preserve what is best In the drama by presenting what is best upon the stage, even though | the demands of profit may call for a lower standard.” Governor Hughe | Root, sald, in ps “This should be regarded as the people's theater, making an appeal to the intel- ligent public, and it should be generously supported by the public. We cannot con- celve of a state of soclety in which the dramatic Instinct of our nature should not have play.” Among those off the stage and in the audience were: Dr. Nicholas Murray But- ler, president of Columbia university; Woodrow Wilson, president of Princeton university; Dr. John H. Finley, president of the College of the City of New York; General Horace Porter, former ambassa dor to France; Brander Matthews, profes- sor of dramatio literature at Columbia uni- versity, and Willlam Winter, the eritie. A dress rehearsal of “Antony and Cleo- patra,” with which the theater will open next Monday night, was given tonight. FINLAND COMES UNDER YOKE | company. |optomistic and enthusiastic over the busi- He was sentenced to two years' im- | prisonment and to pay a fine of $7.500. Me- | e a modern |ana faith, and |MR. BALLINGER EXPLAINS ACTS |Secretary of Interior Says His Orders | Regarding Power Sites Are Misrepresented. PROMOTES CONSERVATION POLICY Change in Garfield Order Logical Step in Its Development, |LANDS RESTORED TO ENTRY | | Areas Excepted Not Needed to Pro- teot Power Sites. | ADDITIONAL WITHDRAWALS MADE Number of Valuable Sites Are Now Protected that Were Not Ine Order Made by His Predecessor. cluded in WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—Secretary Bal- ‘Ilnl(u s widely discugsed revocation of the { famous ‘Garfield order” withdrawing | from settlement 1,600,000 acres of public lands, and the substitution thereof of a | withdrawal order, withholding from mettle- | ment 300,000 acres, today was declared by { Mr. Ballinger to have been wholly pro- | motive—not subversive—of the conserv: | tion poliey. A lengthy explanation of his cancellation of the Garfield withdrawal was glven to the press by Mr. Ballingdr, who asserted that It was a logical step in the preparation of the policy of conserving the water- power on the federal domain, an done which Mr. Garfield must have taken him- self had he remained In office. “The first order was a blanket with- drawal issued to meet an emergency and without taking time to ascertain just where the power sites were located," Sec- retary Ballinger said. “Intelligent prose- cution of the policy demanded that as soon as possible thereafter these sites be located and the lands not needed to pro- teet them be restored to entry. It would be an unwarranted reflection on Secre- tary Garfield to assume that he would not | have done precisely what I did—ascertain as soon as practieable where the power sites were actually located and Issue a | new order withdrawing them from settle- ment and restoring to entry all linds not needed for that purpose. Orders Made Retromctive. “I found that by utilizing the geological survey instead of the reclamation service which had been employed by my prede- cessor, 1 would secure accurate Informa- tion as to the location of the power sites. On consultation Avith the legal officers of my department, I found that I could make withdrawal orders retroactive; that 1is, that I could issue withdrawal orders later which would effectually protect any power sites within any entries which might have been made In the interim. The retroactive provision of the subsequent withdrawals operated complétely to conserve the sites. “Not a single power site has passed out | of the possession of the government dur- {ing this administration,” continued the | secretary. “As & matter of fact, the withdrawals ordered by me protected B0 per cent more power sites than were conserved by the Garfield order, This Implles no ecritielsm of the Garfield order and merely shows that the Garfield order was tentative. Several Withdrawal Orders. “My first withdrawal order' was dated [ May 4, 1909, and the last, which Included lany of the lands formerly withdrawn, June 10, 1909, but each of these orders con- tained the sentence, ‘All existing claims, | filings and entries are temporarily sus- pended.’ As a matter of fact, there was not a single fililng made on a power site during the interim., On the other hand, the restoration to entry of over 1,000,000 cres of land not needed to proteot power siites allayed widespread discontent and thus avalded unnecessary making of ene- mies for the conservation policy. Since | June 10 T have made twenty-five adaitional | withdrawals in entirely new territory." | Secretary Ballinger stated that his or- | ders of withdrawal do not protect power | sites within forest reservations, and added |in explanation that previously he had of- ered to include power sites on forest res- ervations, but that the offer was declined on the ground that the forest service could | take care of such sites. The secretary as. serted that a number of factors caused his ourse to be misunderstood and misrepre- ! sented, but some of these he was not at | berty to atscuss |MACKAY TALKS OF THE WEST Telearaph Magnate Describes Busi- news Conditions in Glowing Terms, NEW YORK, Nov. T.—Clarence H. Mac- [kay. president of the Postal Telograph returned to New York today {noss outlook In the west The reople out there,” he added are YEArS |50 watching the horizon for a return of | prosperity; It already has arrtved.” This bellef of Mr. MacKay was bawed, he sald, on obscrvations mace by him dur- |Ing on 8000 mile trip of nspection of | his company’s property “Eastern people who * sald Mr. MacKay “have no comprehension of its growth and development. San Francisco rvel of American courage eattle of American ener not go wes and sl ‘All the way through the middle west signs were equally gratifying. 1 was told n Montana and North Dakota the farmers have learned the lesson of modern Indus- rial development through savings achieved by co-operation and are forming great farming communities. The beneficial char- | acter of such agricultural progress can- not be over-estimated. It fetches the bone who suceeded Senator | and sinew of the land into harmony with the co-operative spirit which has evolved our great manufacturing centers and put the United States so far ahead of all other countries that Its commercial supremacy 18 unquestioned.” Robbery at Sturgis. STURGIS, 8. D., Nov. T.—(Special Tele- gram.)—A daylight robhery took place in Sturgls today. The saloon of Lant Mer- rill and Reed & Eatons butcher shop were entered from the rear. In the saloon a large amount of case goods and clgars were taken. From the butcher shop meat and other things were taken. An attempt was made on Nelson's saloon, but the rob- bers falled to Kain entrance. Some of the goods have beem recovered. Five ar- rests were made this afternoon and some of the goods stelen found in the possession of some of the partiey arrested.