1 The Evening Standard has the J 1? & iC ll-s . I WEATHER FORECAST I H FEARLESS, INDEPENDENT, PKQGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER. 1 I Forty-th.rd vNo. iPricejejent. OGDEN CITY, UTAH, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY" 16, X9X3 e77. second.ca., M,tt.r ,t the PcTrTh I BANKERS END i TESTIMONY Business Men, Farmers and Labor Delegates to Be Called Next j Washington Jan. Ifi Tlio house Currency reform committee met todav ) to hear the last of the prominent bankers Invited to give their views on what should be incorporated in a r new banking and currency law. The ' ; witnesses for today were George M ! Reynolds president of the Comnwr ' ;. clal and Continental bank of Chicago I and YV A Nash, chairman of the ' board of directors of the Corn Ex . I change bank of .'cw York. J Chairman Glass has announced that i the committee will later seek the j i views of business men. farmers and I representatives of labor. Some busl- ness men probably will be examined early next week. That the present concentration of money and credit is a potential "men ace to the country' was asserted be fore the house money trust commit -J tee todav b George i Reynolds, president of the Continental and Com 1 I nierclal bank of Chicago Mr Re nobis said that he knew of the 'rend toward concentration of I money and credits,", and that he be-1 lieved it a dangerous thing. J "I am opposed to the concentration jjf of any sort ot power," he said. "I believe that concentration to the ioint it has alread gone Is a menace In saying that I do nt wish to sit in I I judement on the men who hold the ti power Mr Reynolds said he was opposed to the principle of Interlocking directors and potentially competing oncerns J I and that he had adhered to that prin ciple throughout his banking career. Jacob H. Sehitf ol Kubn. Ioeb & . Co.. deBcrlbcr) the method of issuing securities for corporations, as prac- ticed by his house He said after his I firm had agreed to issue the securi- II ties, syndicates were formed to un derwrite the risk assumed by th bond house "The object of the syndicate is to take over the s unties il you fall to sell them '" asked Mr Untermyer. "Yes, that's it." said Mr. Schiff. Banks and mist companies, he said. 6 i were the participauts in these under writing syndicates Mr S hin said r-bout 7c. to 126 con cerns were on a list of participants . from time to tine- ivjted to lake F part in underwriting syndicates "What are the ethics of the bank ; Ing busin ss in ' onii iion with bond issues''" asked Mr Untermyer "It is not considered good form." , said Mr Schiff. to .-rente undm- ini"--f ference or competition bv a banking firm " He added that big hanking hous ss generally had corporations as then clients and that no oilier bond house would endeavor to take issue from I the banking firm recognized as the usual fiscal agent of the cornoration At the outset Chairman Pnjo an- nounced that plans for takinu the t.s- C timony of William Rockefeller will be made when the committee reas- j p sembles next week. George M Reynolds, president of, the Continental & Commercial Ma tional bank of Chicago, testified that ill the capital of his bank was $21,500,- 9 000, and Its surplus $9,000,000 Vn affiliated in:sf company and an af- ; filiated savings bank, be said, had i J4.5O.CS'0 between them I Or resources of about $200,000,000 H in the Nationa' hank he said, about $130,000,000 was out on commercial paper. MlM'cns in Mergers. mi By morger Bin OS 1898, Mr Reyn olds said, the big bank had acquired Hbout $95,000,000 In addition, by natural growth, the bank had ac- ' quired about $86,000,000 Th; Continental and Commercial, Mr. Reynolds said loanel money to 50 its own directors and corporations ' 0 with which they were connected, but did not loan to Its own officers. He l did no lelieve officers should be II allowed to borrow from their own III banks. Mr. Reynolds declared that the Chi. r-ago clearing bouse was the first to . L employ a bank examiner. "Was that because you found the 1 federal inspection inefficient?" asked Mr. 1'nterni' er "Yes. at that time w.e found it in r efficient In connection with the three 99 banks of John R Waleh. The other i.g banks of Chicago had to guatantec ' j the deposits of the Walsh banks nPfj whi-h were iu a deplorable comlitlou. and they paid them off at a loss To prevent such a situation arising d again, we formed an examining force." WYOMING HOUSE TAKES A RECESS i Cheyenne. Yyo.. Tan 16 The Yo- ' ruing house of representatives ad journed today for three days, thereby defeating the Democratic plan to ex- j pedlte the contests against three Re publican members in an effort to ob tain control of the house M L Pratt one of the two Repub licans who refused to go into the par- j ty caucus v ote,! with the regular Re- I publicans for adjournment u o DEATH CALLS A NOTED MAN Dr. Thaddeus S. C. Lowe Succumbs to Injuries After Long Illness Pasadena, Cal , .Ian 16. Dr. Thad deus S. C I.owe noted as a scientist, experimenter and iuventor. died todav at the home of his daughter here. He had been almost helpless for a year, the result of a fall which fractured his hip Dr Lowe was born in Jefferson, V TT August 10, !S'.2 In I860 he be came interested in ballooning and in L861 and ixr,2 he was an aerial scout for the arrav of the Potomac, observ ing movemeuts of the confederates from a balloon He devised a s stem of signals from balloons which en abled the union gunners to get the range Dr. Lowe also invented an ice com pression machine and established the first cold storage plant. Other de vices Invented by him practically rev olutionized the jas manufacturing industry. ALLENS ARE REPRIEVED Governor Agrees to Hear Argument in Favor of Commutation Richmond. Va.. Jan. 16. Floyd and Claude Allen, the two Hillsville gun men sentenced to die tomorrow for their part in the Carroll court house murders last March, were again re prieved today by Cover nor Mann, who agreed to hear argument February 1 in favor of commutation. The re prieve ends March 7. FRENCH FAIL TO ELECT PRESIDENT Paris, Jan. 16 The third ballot taken today at the Joint caucus of the members of the various political parties forming the majorities In the French senate and the chamber of deputies to nominate a candidate for the presidency of the republic, gave Julius Pam8, minister of agriculture. 313 votes: premier Poincare :!JH. i Pelil Ribot -, Theopbile Delcasse 2,1 and Paul Dasehanol 1. M. Pams. In this bullot. lacked a majority by one vote and the result is taken to indicate how close the cornet will be at the Versailles con gress tomorrow, when the president will be elected. The action of the joint caucus is uot binding ISSUING PASSES TO BE STOPPED Santa Ke, N M . Jan 16. Senator B. F. Pankey today Introduced a bill to nrohlbil railroads from issuing passes In New Mexico. He also pre sented a bill to regulate railroads within the state with reference to shipping. uu MORE NAMES ARE SENT TO SENATE Washington. Jan 16. - Nominations seut to the senate today by President Taft today included John R Williams to be collector oi I uatomi, District of Alaska M mm i- I ief You Are Protected By Manufacturers .j (I There are two kinds or man fac- i turers. The honest aud the dis- jd honest the man irho makes tne best and the man who makes some 5 thins inferior. One alms to build 'Jail up a host of customers by advert ing a worthy product at an bonesl price and the other hoodwinks the & unwary by offering "omething just i as gO"d ' i-.t a tempting price. 3 One takes you into bis confidence u and deals with you In the open. tlJ The other stoops to underhand practices, misrepresentation, and 5) uufuir business methods. .Manufacturers who advertise in - I the STAN DAR D are anions those I who protect you from tne unscrup ulous. The lact thai they adver tise proveB that they have notbing , to liide. Read the advertisements iu the STANDARD closely and constant ly ever) day Get acquainted with the manufacturers who protect you from "Just as good" products by identifying their noods with ! distinctive brands, packages and ; namee. 't pay to advertise and It will pay you to read and heed 1 the advertisements 'hat appear ev , i das iii the STANDARD. STUMP IS WITNESS Brotner of Archbold Messenger Presents Signed Document Washington Jan, 16. A written ac knowledgment, purporting to have been signed b Charles Stump on Au gust 1 190.",. that he disposer! of er tain Standard Oil letters to "Mr Chamberlain" and "Mr Moone Ol I the New York Journal, for a consid eration, was placed in evidence today I before the senate campaign contribu tions commiii"'- bj George Stump, a brother of Charles George Stump said he got his broth- ler to sign the paper and witnessed ii I nimself. (Jeorge Stump testified today that the statement was prepared in ihe Standard Oil New York office. Ceorge Stump was unabb- to identi fy letters which Mr. Archbold had testified were returned He believed they were not the ones which he got from his brother and returned to Bar stow. Charles Stump Dead The witness said that Charles Stump was dead, but that hin brother, in law. Charles Rlumeling, referred to yesterday as Zlmmer," was living. He testified that Rlumeling went to the New ork Journal to get the money for the letters. The Stump statement was Now York, August 11, 1905 'F . Barstow Broadway, New York. "Dear Sir I hereby confirm the statement made to ou that certain letters received by J. D Archbold, amon- them letters from the late Senator Hanna and Senator Quay were disposed of by me to Mr Cham berlain and Mr. .Mooney of the New York Journal for which T received a 'consideration and that Mr Archbold's letter books were temporarily placed in the hands of the same party for examination and for which 1 also re ceived a consideration. In writing you this letter it is with the under standing that it is not in any way to be used to incriminate me. '"Yours trulv. "CHARLES STCMP ' Witnessed by George H. Stump, "Fred Mohr. Jr." Stump testified that after he was j I subpoenaed to appear before the com - , 'mlttee. but before he testified he was approached by a "Mr. Reynolds" In I tljiL.caiiit)l corridor with the state- J men' t hr t he represented William R Hearst personally "What did he say to you? asked Senator Jones. "He asked me what I knew about the matter." replied the witness "I asked why be was interested. He said that Mr Hearst knew nothing of the purchase of letters, but that ,his name was involved and he want ed to see what I knew He also asked me if 1 had any letters or knew any one who did." Stump declared his brother Charles had been unable to tell him how , much he got from the sale of the I letters. "He said it was a large one." tes tified Stump "They seemed to go down every night or so and get some money." oo DIRECTORS RESIGNING Southern Pacific Rail-j road Men Withdrawn -Other Changes Made New York. Ian. 16 In accordance I with the decree by the United States supreme court divorcing the Southern Pacific and the Cuion Pacific, five directors of the Southern Pacific rail road of Mexico announced their res ignations today They wre Robert S. j.ovett. F. V. s Crosby, R L Qerry, 'Alexander Miller and W V S Thorn, all connected with the I'nion Pacific. Julius Kruttschnitt, who resigned recently from the in ion Pacific, suc ceeds Judge Lovett as chairman of the board of the Southern Pacific of , Mexico. on WICKERSHAM IS CONSULTED Disposition of Ortie Mc Manigal Is Being Considered Washington. Jan 16. Charles W Miller, United Slates attorney at In dianapolls, late today conferred with Attorney General Wickersham and Assistant Attorney General Hurr, re garding the recent dynamite consplr acy trials. It is understood that Mr Miller look up with the attorney general the disposition of Ortie Mc.Manlgal. the confessed dynamiter, who was brought to Inldanapolll frorw Uos An geleB as a witness iu the federal trial and the question of referring testl mony taken at Indianapolis to state authorities for such action as tViey miKht desire to take against those ai itged to be respdhslble for the de- I struction of life and property b dy namite oo BRADY IS SHORT TERMENATOR Boi6e. Ida. Jan. 16 Chief Justice Ailshie of the Idtiho supreme court yielded first place In the senatorial short term contest today tq ex-Governor James H. Brady. The joint ballot resulted as follows: James H. Brady, 27; James II Ail shle. Jfi James R Hamer. 9; V) Reale, 5; Burton L French, 4; James E Babb. 3; lohn T. Morrison. I; John F Nugent .", Frank Martin, 2 PASSENGERS NEGLECTED Crew of Sinking Ship Fail to Call Them From Staterooms Yaneomer. B. ('.. Jan 16 Thai I passengers, still in the staterooms of the sinking Ches'akee at the port of Vananda, were neglected b the mem. bers of the crew responsible for csll ing them, was the opinion given ex pression to today by the foreman of ;the jury in the Cheslakee Inquest Evidence of Captain John Cockle land Chief Engineer Lewis Price of the wrecked steamer, formed the principal subject matter of the ad journed inquest on the victims on the ! insistence of relatives. REBELS SACK TWO TOWNS Bridges and Trains Are Burned and Railway Traffic Suspended Washington. Jan. 16. -Mexican rebel activity has increased north and east of Duraneo. San Lucas and Las Jas, sixty miles north of the city have been sacked and partially burn ed, according to a report todav from i Consul Hamm at Durango. who also reports that iy.3n Irhiges on the in tern tional raflwa between there land Torreon have been destroved. that trains at Catalona have been burned and that railway traffic has been suspended Nothing is known here of s report ed plot for the release of General Felix Diaz, a prisoner In Vera Cruz since the collapse of the revolt he . headed. PRESIDENT SAYS HE IS CONSISTENT Princeton. N. J., Jan. 16. The re , ports of unsettled conditions in finan ' clal circles as the result of President elect Wilson's two recent speeches, one in Chicago last Saturday and the other in Trenton on Monday, provok ed a good deal of discussion in and about the state house yesterday. The President elect had read the accounts printed In the morning newspapers, and while he treated the matter light-, ly, declaiinsr that It amused him more; than anvthiug else, he permitted his secretary, Joseph P. Tumulty, to is sue a statement calling attention to the tact that the President-elect had not changed his attitude since elec tion and that he is merely saying now what he ?aid then In his t ampaigu speeches. Senator-eleet Ollie M James or Kentucky, after a conference with the President-elect, declared that if any body started a panic, the Democrats, being in control of congress, would j appoint a committee of Investigation, and find out who was responsible for it When this later was reported to the President-elect he said: Then thev could find out by the In vestigation whether I was responsi ble or not '' Tumuity's Statement Secretary Tumult b statement tul lows: Attempts are beliiL: made in ma an issue ot Coventor Wilson -peerb at Chicago This is nothing less than amusing. Governor Wilson s attitude on business and Us relations to the government as expressed In his sev eral speeches since election is. as any well informed person In the coun try would testify, exactly the same as I his attitude before election. Even word that Governor Wilson has ut tered Is in complete harmonv .with the principles to whidi he has strict ly adhered throughout his public ca- reer. . If there is any surprise at this at titude it can be manifested only by those who fall to realize that the country has elected to the presidency au honest and fearless man who means exactly what be aayi . Bed) JOSEPH P I mi LTV "Secretary to Governor Wilson.' Wilson's Visitors. In addition to Senator James the President-elects ioiiur jreiinuij i were Senator T. P Gore oi Oklahoma and William J- Stone of Missouri. Senator Obadiah Gardner ,.f Main.', who had an appoint mem with the President-elect, was detained elBO? ,. here and will sm,,' other day The President-elect has asked Col- nnei George W. GoethaH who is m rharce of Mie Panama canal work and who is understood to he a candidate for governor general of Panama to , orQe Qere Friday "I want to go into Panama sit uation as far as I can.' said the Prea Ident-elecl But I am arraid I cau nol discuss it very thoroughly these busy days.'' INQUIRY IS j TO BE MADE Government Interested ! in New Telephone Mer ger in the West San Francisco, Jan. 16. The gov 'tniiieni is taking an Interest In the effort of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company to acquire tliej Northwestern Long Distance Tele phone company of Oregon and Wasii inion under foreclosure proceedings ! recently commenced In Portland ttorney Jay Bowerman. represent ing the receiver for the Northwestern concern, is in this city today taking the depositions of officials of the Pa clfic Telephone and Telegraph coin , pany and Assistant I'niied States Dis trict ttorne Harrington is attendinc t he hearings When the foreclosure suit was i brought, complaint was made througn the United States district attorney al Portland that the Pacific State? (company was seeking a monopoly of the telephone business in California. Washington and Oregon It was shown that the Home Telephone com pany of Seattle and Belllngham and tin Independent company of Seattle alreadj bad been acquired The gov ernment now is seeking to ascertain whether there is evidence of restraint of trade in these combinations LINER BREAKS SHAFT San Francisco, Jan 16 Further cable messages from Suva, Fiji isl ands, to the chamber of commerce, re I port today that the Oceanic liner So i noma broke her starboard tall shaft in a collision with submerged wreck age The vessel is making good prog ress under her port engine 1ETTER SENT TO WILSON Western Man Wanted For Next Secretary of the Interior Washington. Jan '6. Democratic senators from the Rocky Mountain region today sent to President-elect Wilson a letter urging the selection of a representative of that section as secretary of the Interior. Mr Wilson i was assured that the appointment of former Governor B. L. Morris of Mon tana, former Governor James H. Hawle of Idaho, I N Field of Ore gon, or Clay Tallman of Nevada, will be satisfactory to the Democrats of I the far west. Senators Newlands of Nevada, Chamberlain of Oregon. Mvers of Montana, Perky of Idaho and Smith land Ashurst of Arizona, were the i signers of the letter. BANK PLAN IS OPPOSED Nash Suggests Clearing Houses as Solution of Problem Washington Jan 16. An organiza tion of 20 geographically locateu clear ing houses, with authority to issue loan certificates convertible on de mand into government currency at m per cent of their face value, was pro posed to the house ClirrenC) reform committee today as the natural so lution of the currency problem, by W A Nash president of the Corn Change bank or New York and a for mer president of the New York Clear ing House association. Mr. Nash saw no necessity for a Central bank; deprecated the idea Ol i i ei k European methods and urt;ed the committee not to seek the plan of some theorist in tinance. who be said, is more to be dreaded than bull in a china shop." Mr Nash said the clearing house contemplated in his plan practically would be regional banks NEW INDICTMENTS FOR RAILROAD MEN New York. Jan. 16. New indict ments against Messrs Mellen and Chamberlin, presidents respectively Of the New Haven roa.l and the Grand Trunk of Canada, and Allied U Smlthers chairman of the Grand Trunk board, were expected from the federal urand Jury todav The three re recent h indicted for alleged participation in a motion. oly agreement? in viola l the Sherman anti-trust law 11 waa auh. ,,. ,cnth contended that one ol the grand uirors not being a resident of New York invalidated the Indict- "it was said today that the govern. Lent had substituted anothet errand 'jT.ror to Insure the valid, ty of the proceedings oo SALARIES SHOULD P,E GUARANTEED mteazo Jn W AueusI Herr ra'n,;. "uuirmua of t. N.Uol Bu. ball commission, in his annual report recommended that every league bound! by tno terms of the Nationa' agree ment establish a fund to guarantee the salaries of players. According to Umpire Ollie Chill, good youngsters are scarcer than ever now, which accounts for the exorbi tant terms demanded by those who hold contracts of stars The Ameri can association was late in opening! ! its meeting The commission expected late today to report on the class AA salary, I Which the National association pro-, posed to set .it $6,000 -i month Ob-' JeCttons it is said, were filed to the; limit by President Barrett, of the In- ternat'onal league. Chairman Herrmann, secretary John Bruce and Assistant Secretary A. J Planner, were re-elected. WOMAN DIES ON A LINER Wireless Brings Sad ! News to American Rel atives and Friends San Francisco. Jan. 16. Wireless brought word today of the death last night on board the liner WilhHmma, eight miles out, of Mrs W P. Thunv mel a daughter of Lieutenant Colonel William Beter9 Hepburn. formerly roprcsentaf i e from the Kichth Iowa district, and one time chairman of the bouse committee on interstate and foreign commerce. Death resulted from heart disease. Mrs. Tbummel was on her way to Honolulu with friends on a pleasure trip The Wilhelmlna sailed yester day afternoon and Immediately ran into heavy weather W P. T hummel is an attorney In New York city. TO STEAMSHIP POOL IS DISSOLVED Antwerp. Belgium. Jan 10 The Atlantic steamship pool has been practically dissolved according to the Neptune, by the Canadian Pacific company's decision to Inaugurate a I new service between Trieste and Can ada and the Hamburg-American lines nnnouncenient of a new line of steamers between Hamburg and Bos ton. A rate war will begin Immedi ately, It is said. The delegates of all the Atlantic steamship lines are to moot in Ber lin, January 28. sr TRAGIC END OF QUARREL Veteran Shoots Widow and Kills Himself After Dispute Pueblo. Colo.. Jan 16. Lysander L. j Johnson shot and instantly killed .Mrs Maud Murray and then killed himself here today. The shooting I followed a quarrel over the owner ship ol a business enterprise i Johnson was 70 years old and a veteran or the civil war. Mrs Mur- i ra was 38 years of age and a wid ow for 13 years. oo STOLEN SATCHEL WORTH $400,000 Chicago, 'an. 16. Wi D Wade. SO ears old. president of the Australian Marine Fibres. Limited, a foreign corporation, who arrived 'ielc today on his way to lxndon. Hngl&nd, re ported to the police that a satchel containing stock in the company of ithe par alue of $400,000; had leen i stolen from him in a Chicago railway i station. COLORADO TO INVESTIGATE High Cost of Living an Issue Before the Lower House Denver, Jan ltl The house of rep- I icseutatives adopted a resolution lo day asking the Colorado congression al .b l.'k'a'ion to support the Crawford- 'Sulzer bill for an investigation Into I the high cost of living. Measures Introduced In the lower house included a bill establishing a passenger rate of 2 cents on the Plains and :'. ..-nis In the mountains in Colorado, n blue sky law." and a constitutional amendment permitting school districts to build and maintain separate schools for white and necro pupils SHIP'S ACCIDENT WAS NOT SERIOUS New York. Jan. 16. No passengers were Injured when a boiler exploded on the Fabre line steamship Madonna in the Mediterranean, according to a cablegram received today b local agents frn the line The cablegram said that all the passengers were safej and that the accident "was not of a serious nature." GROSS FRAUD I IS CHARGED I Minnesota Indians in I Pitiful Condition H Robbed By Agents H Washington. Jan. 16. Charges of gross frauds against the Indians on H the white Earth reservation In Mln- nesota, that their physical and ma- H terial condition Is pitiful and that. H Major lames McLaughlin. Tndlan in- mm spector, did not properly guard the VMM Indians- Interests jn the allotment of H Hnds, were made to the house today In a report bv the committee on ex pendpures in the Interior department It recommended that some remedy be ltt foiiml by congress for the pr-.-ent Mm "anomalous situation' b which the iM commissioner of Indian affairs has complete control over property worth $1,000,000,000, belonging to Indians of 'M the various tribes In the United States. Fraud in Timber Allotments. The committee charges that " fraud ulent partiality' was shown by Simon Michalet, Indian allotting at;ent, In allotting the Indian timber under the VM law of 1005. 'The best and most valuable pine allotments," says the report, fell in to the hands of those- who were In- vM tended in advance to receive them " Agent Made False Reports ft declares that Major lames Me- Mm Laughlln, th,;. second acent sent om, refused to allow the full blood In Idians to send out runners to bring In jthe people; made false reports as to . ,the number of full bloods present, an, M9 gave no adecpiate notice to the In idians of the mass meeting, at which the question came up. which "In ef fet was a council of lumber com Ipames." The action of former Commissioner H francls E Leupp. was condemned on 'iUm I the ground th t he prevented a full statement of 'be Indian complaints to Hy President Roosevelt. w uu GRAND DUKE I LOSES RANK I Drastic Steps Taken By B Czar to Mark Disap- h proval of Marriage ft St. Petersburg. Jan. 16. Because Ihe married a woman in private life : against the wish of the emperor, the Grand Duke Michael, brother of Em peror Nicholas, was removed todav from his loftv rank in the army and M forced to turn over his property and affairs to a guardian The imperial manifesto specifically relieves the grand duke of his duties as commander of the Chevalier guards and establishes a guardianship lover his person, property and affairs I under the supreme direction of the emperor, while the administration of hi- estate is transferred to a depart ment of the imperial court. It states that these steps are taken mM b the emM?ror " to mark his disap proval of the recent marriage of the mM grand duke to Madame Sheremetiao- The manifesto also removes the mm grand duke from his position as re- MM p.iii-desit;n ito duriuc t he minorit !jp the Imperial crown prince, in case of the death of the present emperor. f1: The issue of a further rescript se- & ei ting B successor to the Grand Duke ifcf' Mil hael in the regency Is expected m.me!i;iu-lv No name has been di- . rulged but the Grand Duke Diemitrl R Pavlovitch. son of the Grand Dukfl E Paul, has been frequently mentioned jfr unofficial gossip EVIDENCE FAVORS I THE PRISONERS Seoul. Korea, Jan. 16 Evidence favorable to some of the 106 Korean ; prisoners, charged with conspiring to j kill Governor General Count Terauchi. &' was presented at the resumption of ' the trial here, when three witnesses j called for the purpose of proving alibis were examined. Police Inspector Kumimoto thank- p; ing him. and saying that he was pleased at the treatment given the prisoners. I;? Counsel for the defense argued that if the previous statements mad.- be- fore the authorities and Christian ministers made by the court, the oth- er part of their statement must he similarly discredited. K -on BSSSH RENO MAIL CLERK I CONFESSES THEFT Reno. Nev., Jan. 150. O. Dobbin. a registry mail clerk of the Reno postoMe;. was held to the federal grand j"rv b United States com- missiouer Waldo, today, after he had confessed to having taken a package I of currency containing 1500; In transit mM from the postmaster of Verdi. Nev.. ito the postmaster of Sacramento. Cal., $ last December. Dobbin was committed to the coun- IK Jail In default of $1,000 bail. The MM I confession was made to Postoffl S 1$ Inspector M . Martin, who s.srned M the complaint. FARE FOR FAIR. "What g thp meaning of this elnbo rate collection of charlotte russe, fudge and sweet pickles?" Oh. 1 am advertising a business ijjjja lunch."