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VOL. XXXVI.
NUMBER 37. |
MORSE GETS 15
YEARS FOR ICE
POOL SWINDLE
'wife collapses as judge
sentences him
DRAMATIC SCENE MARKS END OF
SENSATIONAL CASE
Curtis Given Liberty Pending Court's
Verdict Writ of Error Is
-.♦ j Granted— New Trial
Doubtful
'
"\TEW YORK, Nov. From a cell
\ in the Tombs prison Charles W.
--" , Morse How directs the efforts of
his counsel to procure his freedom, he
having been sentenced today to serve
fifteen years in the federal prison at
Atlanta, Ga., for misapplication of the
funds of the National Bank of North
America, and having made false en- .
tries in the books of the bank.
Alfred 11. Curtis, former president of
the defunct bank, who was tried joint
ly and convicted with Morse, was given
his liberty today on a suspended sen
tence//.* *.V> 7 4,
While Morse's lawyers Immediately .
applied for and obtained a stay of cxc- ,
cation for ten days, it is prboable ,
Morse will remain a prisoner in the ,
Tombs until Monday, as Judge Hough ,
has refused to admit him to bail.
, y Grant Writ of Error
The Morse lawyers applied late to
day to the federal circuit court of ap- ■
pep,is for a writ to show cause why
their client should not be admitted to
bail, and the writ was granted, but it (
is not returnable until Monday. ,
Whether a new trial will be granted
Morse is problematical. Judge La
combe granted a writ of error to the
Morse lawyers today. The writ is re- i
turnable December 3 and is based on
the usual grounds—exceptions taken
by the defense during the trial, and ex- ,
(.options to the Indictment itself.
This step had to be taken before ,
• application for , bail could be made
and it also leads to the argument for
a new trial. . *: .
The Morse lawyer* say their client
has instructed them to fight "to the |
last ditch." : ' ,
Had Spectacular Career ,
Morse's sensational rise in the world ,
of finance dazzled America. Alfred H.
Curtis, former president of the bank, ,
who was jointly Indicted with Morse, i
and who also was found guilty by. a
jury in the federal court yesterday,
was granted clemency because recom- j
mended by the jury. A stay of ten ,
days In execution 'f* Morse's sentence ,
was granted upon application of coun
sel and it Is expected that an appeal ,
from both the conviction and the sen- ,
tence will be taken Immediately.
. The scene in the court room when <
sentence was pronounced by J""'?'-
Hough was a most dramatic one. lie
wives of the two prisoners, who had
been constant attendants at court dur
ing the trial, were present early to
day as If an excuse to cheer their hus- ,
bands by their presence in the trying ,
■ ordeal that confronted them.
When the real test came, however, ;
it was the husbands and not the
wives who proved the comforters i
Morse sat like a stoic when ho heard
the words which condemned him to
prison.
Prisoner Has Iron Nerve
- There was scarcely the tremor of an
eyelid and to those who watched
there was no longer even the shadow
of a doubt that the "little man" was
indeed of iron nerve. . •_
Curtis, too. accepted the news which
came to him—good news in his case—
with the same lack of emotion that
characterized his former chief. But
the strain had been too great for the
women. '•,-■* _ __ , ,
As the truth which Judge Hough
■words meant flashed through her
mind, Mrs. Morse, who through all the
strenuous days of the trial had pre
served an unruffled demeanor, col
lapsed in her seat, burled her face in
her hands and began to sob convul
sively. - ■■'
' Still weeping, she was led away to an
ante-room, where a moment later her
husband held her in his arms and
' ■ought to console her.
Nor was Mrs. Curtis any more pre
pared for the nervous strain than Mrs.
Morse. Mrs. Curtis sat within the
rail, gazing intently at Judge Hough
as he began to speak, She had been
ill and several times during the trial
had been forced to leave her place
ln the court room. ..y-'.
Today he:- face was . drawn and
white, telling of a night of mingled
hope and fear, while her husband re
mained away from her behind the bars
of a prison cell. When the judgment of
court—the most favorable for her hus
, band that could be given— pro
nounced, she fainted and would have
. fallen had not kindly hands supported
! her. - y-y.
MATHEMATICAL FXPERT TO
TAKE UP F. A. HEINZE CASE
NEW YORK, Nov. 6.—Edward
. Maxey, mathematical expert for the
j government, who was the government's
chief witness in the trial of Charles
W. Morse and Alfred H. Curtis, Mon
day will take up the case against F.
Augustus Helnze. y
, . Heinzo was Indicted in January last
on a charge of overcertifylng checks,
' misapplication of the funds of the Mer
cantile National' bank, of which ;. he
-was president In October, 1907, at the
time of the panic. . '
'. Maxey will first examine the books
of the Mercantile bank at the time of
the alleged overcertifleation and mis
application. ' i-At'"'. ,
The trial of Helnze may begin In
January. '. y _ -
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115 JAPANESE DROWNED
IN STORM; VESSEL SINKS
.'TOKIO, Nov. 7.—News-has' reached
here of the loss of the steamer Taish
Maru, which was sunk during a storm
off. Ktoro island.
,"■ One hundred and fifteen persons
were drowned. '::.-. " -•"'
'.The vessel was crowded 'with fisher
men ' and p passengers, and of those
aboard only twenty-nine were saved.
The Taish Maru was a vessel of 647
tons. -: . y.;
Ktoro Island is a small Island near
the island of Hokkaido. . , :• ,
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LOS ANGELES HERALD
WIFE OF CONVICTED
ICE POOL PLUNGER
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THE NEWS SUMMARY
FORECAST
• For Los Angeles and vicinity:
Cloudy Saturday; light north wind,
changing to south. Maximum tmpera.
ture yesterday, 78 degrees; minimum,
53 degrees. •-;'.
LOCAL
Judge Monroe Bays he will not order
Mayor Harper to make depositions In libel
suit before notary If newspaper men and
others not Interested are present.
Captain Fries of government corps of en
gineers urges co-operation of women In pro
moting Interests of San Pedro harbor.
Purchase of big hose by supply committee
leads to member of Ore commission saying
the members of that body should resign or
go before grand Jury.
Last supplemental petition for charter
revision lias been filed with city clerk and it
contains more than sufficient number of
names. .- I ' .
Three well dressed men. not known to one
anotfcer, under arrest on charges of passing
worthless checks.
S. W. Hadley charges his sister-in-law
with setting flre to his home, attempting to
kill himself and members of his family.
Monkey escapes from South Main street
store and gives proprietor much difficulty in
capturing him.
Chinese resist in operating laundry in pro
hibited territory and they must answer In
court next Thursday.
1 Covina woman brings suit for divorce and
says husband found married life too quite
In home city.
Mexican countess may take balloon trip
from Dos Angeles to her home in sister re
public.
Union revival conducted by Evangelist
Torrey begins Monday at tabernacle. Sev
enth and Loa Angeles streets. ,
San Pedro lodge of Elks has begun ex.
cavating for Its new home In that city. Will
cost $30,000.
Temple street end of lslg Los Angeles-Pa
cific tunnel has been completed.
tottery Agent Greenewald pays flne of
|700 which is imposed by Police Justice
Hose.
COAST
T Sixteen-year-old Oregon girl elopes to
San Francloco and dies ln hospital; hus
band and doctor under arrest. • . /
Steamer Aberdeen ashore near Eureka, but
reported resting easily and all aboard safe.
Wife of prominent Canadian contractor
sues husband for divorce in Reno.
San Francisco bank cashier confesses em
bezzlement and returns part of stolen
money; his girl wife collapses; horse races
and high life blamed for husband's down
fall.
Seattle shipbuilding plant expects to con
struct two of eight new torpedo boat de
stroyers.
Bride of two weeks ends her life in San
Francisco hotel.
•Confessed incendiary sentenced at San
Francisco to twenty-live years In Folsom
penitentiary. '
San Jose employe of ice plant fatally in
jured while loading- a car.
Bryan carries Nevada, according to latest
estimate,, by plurality of but 150 votes.
BAST-SEN
Arkansas City, Kan., bank closed pending
Investigation; commissioner placed In
charge. . ' . ■-
Roosevelt recommended as successor to
Dr. Eliot, resigned president of Harvard,
but is opposed , by many.
Charles W. Morse, convicted of misappro
priation of bank funds and ice pool swin
dles, sentenced to fifteen years in prison;
wife collapses in court; Curtis, official of
insolvent bank, on ball for ten days pending
sentence.
Students of electrical school in national
capitol escape from burning building In
night clothes. .
Missing Kankakee girl located in Chicago,
and theatrical agent, accused of seducing
heiress from home, Is placed in jail.
New York politicians discuss possibility
of giving Senator Piatt's toga to Roosevelt;
latter may accept it.
Many congressional contests so close that
courts may be called upon to decide between
Democratic and Republican candidates.
Apportionment of $646,720 for Women's
Foreign Missionary ' society announced In
Cincinnati.
Stockholder sues to oust big Chicago
Western Trust and Savings company from
acting as trustees of ,10,000,000 bond issue;
sensational charge., made against bankers.
Judge Grosscup In United States court at.
Chicago grants « temporary - Injunction
against interstate commerce commission
from putting into effect Missouri river rate
ruling. . - '
.President Gompers of A. F. of L. leaves
Washington 'to attend convention of his or
ganization at Denver and . answer charges
preferred against him in connection with
his support for Bryan.
Shipwrecked seamen arrive in New York
and tell thrilling tale of escape from storm
which wrecked schooner.' *. '_
President-elect Taft and party goes to
Hot Springs, Va. . Chairman Hitchcock to
be his guest there. .
Committee of foreign missions of Metho
dist church appropriates 060,000 for use
In 1909. . . . . --
Five hundred thousand me% to be given
work ■as result of general -resumption of
railroads and factories announced in New
York yosterday; many mills already resume,
and the railroads, will release orders for
$240,000,000 worth of equipments, according
to Omaha report.
Russian woman ' tells dramatic story In
court of escape of refugee, Pouren, wanted
by czar and now fighting extradition.
Tammany Leader -Charles F. Murphy de
nies he "knifed" Bryan and explains his
defeat to "weakness." y-y-.y:
1 OKKH-X 7
Duke d'Abruzzl to leave Rome for New
York and denies there has been any hitch
In his engagement to Miss Catherine Elklns.
Hamilton, Ontario, parents object to
daughter's admirer; latter fires five bullets
Into girl's body and then ends his own lite,
leaving note. •-.. ,- '• ,'.',' ."■
Earthquake terrnles inhabitants of
rioatien, Germany, who flee panic-stricken
Into streets; seventy shocks felt dally for a
. Engagement .announced, In Berlin, of
daughter of Washington man to first sec
retary of United States embassy at Rom*.
SATURDAY MORNING; NOVEMBER 7,1908.
RAYS OF LIGHT
BEAM THROUGH
L. A.-P. TUNNEL
DAY LABORERS WIN HONOR OF
/. REACHING GOAL
•
CROWDS WATCH MEN COME
THROUGH APERTURE
Work of Completing Subway Extend-
Ing from Sunset Boulevard to Ver
mont Avenue Will Be Exe.
cuted Vigorously
SIZ! BOOM! thundered a blast at
noon yesterday at the Temple
street end of the Los Angeles-
Paciflc tunnel, and as the first ray of
light penetrated the underground cav
ern -before the smoke had cleared away
twelve men, headed by Foreman F. L.
Manly, crept through the two great
crevices made by the falling earth and
stood at the edge of the Temple street ,
entrance with their caps raised In air. '
A great crowd of persons stood on |
Temple street to watch the men come ;
through tho heading, and one man re
marked: "They look like a delegation
from Inferno, don't they?"
Since 2 o'clock yesterday mornb- - tte
night and day men' had progressed
about seven and one-half feet. J. G.
Green, superintendent of the night
shift, had tried hard to be the flrst to
break through, but It remained for the
day workers to be the flrst to breathe
the air on Temple street.
i There is still a large amount of work
to be done before the first section of
the $4,000,000 subway from Sunset bou
levard to Vermont avenue, near Six
teenth street, Is completed. The sec
ond section, from Temple to First
street, will be started as soon as tire
street, will be started as soon as tho
tion, is completed, and perhaps sooner.
, Other Drifts to Be Dug ~
"The second two drifts will be taken
out Saturday and Sun Cay," said "Mr.
Manly, "and the other drift will be
removed some time next week."
From the Temple street entrance of
the tunnel the distance Is 200 feet In a
southwest direction to the Temple
street crossing pit the junction of Tem
ple and Hill streets, where the second
section of the excavation will be start
ed. At this Juncture double car tracks
cross double tracks on Temple street,
and when the work Is finished It may
be necessary to place a watchman at
the crossing, as traffic there will be
somewhat congested. ..
The two-story house on Temple street
owned by the Los Angeles-Paciflo com
pany is situated on the southwest cor
ner of Temple and Hill streets, and It
is the Intention of the company to
move this building to a lot on Califor
nia street, also owned, by the company.
In its present position the structure
obstructs one of the tracks. AaA
Propel Cars by Motor
"We now have an electric motor to
propel the cars," said C. H. Page, su
perintendent of the day force, "but we
are not using it, as the wires have not
been put in, owing to so much other
Important work-that had to be done.
However, I think' the motor will be
ready Saturday, and it will be used
until tho tunnel" is completed. This
motor also will be used on other sec
tions."
It is estimated the flrst section, from
Sunset boulevard to Temple street, will
be finished by the flrst of December.
When every section Is completed it
will provide a splendid service for the
Los Angeles-Pacific lines.
The tunnel from Fourth street to
Vermont avenue will permit a reduc
tion of twenty minutes in the running
time to Venice, Ocean Park, Santa
Monica and Redondo. .- : ■ ''
The completion of the first, section of
the tunnel will permit those who live
near It to sleep more and sounder.
"I'm glad it's done," said A. Davis,
who lives in a two-story house just
above the Temple street end of the tun
nel. » •
"I guess every man has a lot of ob
jectionable things to account for on
the last day. Last night I was awak
ened by a great noise, and I thought
my time to give an account had come.
I hadn't heard Gabe's trumpet, but I
believed I had heard Lucifer beating
his drum. My hair stood straight up.
At least I felt it did. I was too shaky
to go to the Vnirror to see, even had I
been so disposed. I was glad to find it
was only the noise of blasting. Just
think what might have happened if a
quantity of dynamite had exploded
while they were digging through there!
Why, it would have blown this whole
hill all to bits; but the beauty of it is
—it didn't"
■» » » —
Consults with Sultan
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. John
G. A. Lelshman, the American ambas
sador, was received in audience by the
sultan of Turkey after the selamllk
today. His majesty was in excellent
health and .spirits. He conversed with
animation on current topics and spoke
approvingly of the progress of the new
regime. '
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everyday, and that without cost to you?
If so, fill out this coupon and send it to
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GO BALLOONING
Aeronaut Wild Extends Courteous In.
vitation to Distinguished Guest
to Accompany Him in
..Race'. .
Come Ball In my' balloon •
Around and around the monn. ■ i.-.-.
. . ,-._}. —Popular Sons.
Countess Olga Ihle, young, beautiful
and rich, but ennuied, who came a few
weeks ago' from her homo in Mexjeo
to find in the United States some new
enjoyment to interest her, now 'has
the opportunity in Los Angeles. She
may, if she will, return to Mexico, on
the balloon, "United States," as a part
way passenger in the transcontinental
aerial race from this city to New York
this month. :£.k
Aeronaut Horace B. Wild, who will
pilot the "United States" in its contest
with the "American,". Captain Muel
ler's air craft, learned yesterday that
Countess Ihle had wished for some
novel phase of American life to match
the plcturesqueness of her • mountain
home near Santa Rosalia. Wild has
just left. Berlin, .where he participated
in the endurance race of balloons, and
he believes that German women , are
unusually appreciative of the pleasure
in aerial navigation.
"It Frau Ihle would like to journey
from Los Angeles to her home ln Mex
ico we . will swerve around | that ' way
and make a special stop | for her," he
(Continued on I'age Two)
MAKES CHARGE
TO OUST BANK
Sensational Suit. Is Filed in Chicago
'ft:* Against President 1 of Western
Trust and Savings In.
. , . . : . stltution , -,: : ;..:-. .
! MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Nov.,. 6.—Suit
to oust 7 the Western Trust i and i Sav
ings: bank. of Chicago as trustee of
the .$10,000,000 bonds issue.of the Chi
cago-Milwaukee Electric Railroad com
pany • was begun today by Alexander
Beaubein, ■ a bondholder, _ who makes
sensational charges - concerning Presi
dent A. C. Frost and others'who had
to do with the i construction of the
road.
Mr. Beaubein is unable to state ex
actly the amount of the alleged Illegal
bond issue, but' thinks that one-half
of the entire $10,000,000 worth of bonds
were Issued to cover property valued
at less than the required 75 per cent
of the par value of the bonds. •'..*'
On the. petition of the plaintiff Court
Commissioner. Hugh Ryan issued a
temporary injunction restraining the
bank from acting 'as trustee , of-, the
railroad company or attempting to do
so, pending the. hearing before Judge
Turner on November 21. on an ord'_r
to show cause why ■ the Injunction
should not be made, permanent. -
Willoughbyß. Walling, secretary of
the bank, who is said to have acted
for the bank in the several deals al
leged to have been. Is made a co
defendant, as is the Chicago & Mil
waukee Electric Railroad company.
The petition for the injunction re
cites that January 1, 1905. an issue of
10,000 $1000 twenty-year flrst mortgage
bonds was authorized. The bonds were
secured by a trustees' mortgage exe
cuted to the bank and Mr. Walling as
trustee. The plaintiff owns ten bonds,
arid avers that the company Is now
insolvent and the application states
that the I Interest due January 1, and
July 1, 1908, has not been paid.
p Makes Many Charges
To uphold his claim of the unfitness
of the present trustees, Mr. Beaubien's
complaint recites a .lengthy list of al
legations, citing specific instances -of
alleged Irregularities and Juggling of
the bonds of the road, detrimental to
the financial interests of the bondhold-
The object of the suit is to establish
which has prlorlt- lights to the rents
and profits of the railroads—the credit
ors at large, or the bondholders, not
all of whom are interested in the pres
ent suit because, the plaintiff alleges,
they are deriving - advantages • not
shared by Beaubiens and his fellow
dissenters.' _.•_■•_•_..
It is alleged neither the bank nor
Walling has complied with the laws
of Wisconsin regarding the trusteeship
of the character Involved. y
The receiver's certificates, Issued on
federal court order for the purpose of
completing the road, put a cloud ' on
the bonds, greatly damaging their
value, it Is claimed. "... *
It is alleged that "Walling and Jo
seph K. Otis, president of the defend
ant bank, have been and are in. close
touch with A. C. Frost, working with
him on financial arrangements and giv
ing him p too free rein, in violation of
the trust mortgage.; . „,!*,*;
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ISSUES MISSOURI
RATE INJUNCTION
Temporary Order Given . by Judge
Grosscup Prevents Interstate Com.
merce Body from Execution
• of Ruling
CHICAGO, Nov. 6—Judges Grosscup,
Soman and Baker, in the United States
circuit court, today granted a tempo
rary injunction restraining the inter-
state commerce commission from
carrying into effect Its order in what
is known as the "Missouri river rate
case."
The court did not go into the merits
of the law in the case, but stated that
the temporary order would issue, in
asmuch as no Injustice would be done
by allowing the old rate to continue
until the matter is finally adjudicated.
Judge Grosscup suggested that the
lawyers endeavor to agree on a state
ment of facts which could be pre
sented without loss of time to the su
preme court. '.. "•.
The' ruling of the Interstate com
merce commission, requiring lower
rates between Mississippi and Missouri
river points on shipments originating
east of Pittsburg and Buffalo than in
those originating west of the cities
named, was alleged by the railroads
which entered suit for an Injunction
to be revolutionary. ....•• .■-»•"■■
The ruling, it is declared, if allowed
to stand, would fix pi principle tanta
mount to government ownership of the
roads. The ruling was also declared to
discriminate against communities west
of Buffalo and Pittsburg.
Counsel for the commission Hook the
view that if Chicago or any other city
considered itself discriminated against
they had but to prove the fact to the
commission to have the rate equal
ized. With these opposing arguments
before them the judge too the case
under advisement. ■
Judge Qrosscup's Ruling
Judge Grosscup, in delivering the
ruling of the court, said:
"Only one feature of the bill, in the
opinion of the court, need be spoken of
at this time. That feature grows out
of the fact that under the order of the
Interstate commerce. -. commission a
rate of 9 cents less was given on first
class and other classes of freight pro
portionately to traffic from tho At
lantic seaboard to Missouri river
points. y ■ •'.' I
"The Mil of complaint cites the
opinion of the commission, which
frankly and clearly shows that pi dif
ferential of 9 cents .'was created. To
make the reduction universal In place
of differential would put the eastern
cities^ on an equality with the Mis
souri * river cities. Whether the bill
and the answer and the opinion of the
court sufficiently show | this , condition
Is not the question considered or at
tempted to be passed on now. .:■
"The question. which the court Is
concerned with is:' Has the prima facie
case been made out authorizing the
court to enter the Interlocutory order
prayed for? The rules of , the Inter
state commerce commission are au
thorized on the ground that they would
prevent undue discrimination.
• "The sole point, to bo considered, is:
What Is undue discrimination?
(Continued' on race Tiro)
*£ CENTS
500,000 MEN TO
GET WORK AGAIN
IN MANY CITIES
MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
SEES PROSPERITY
FACTORIES AND RAILROADS TO
EMPLOY ALL IDLE
Glowing Prophecies Are Sent Out
from New York—General Re. V
sumption of Activity
Announced
[By Associated Pres*..
; VTEW YORK, Nov. 6.—The National
l\ Association of , Manufacturers
•^-' publishes in the current Issue of j
American Industries, its official maga
zine, a statement on trade conditions
Issued by Its 3000 members, represent- ■
ing every branch of industry.. :.
The series of these showing improve
ment in commercial conditions ap-:
peared in the October 15 issue of the
magazine. The series now published
Indicates a continuation of this im
provement and for the most. part an
optimistic view of the business out
look.
Telegrams were also sent prior to the.
election to a number of the associa
tion's member* asking them to state'
specifically how many workmen would
be added to their present force by De
cember 1 If nothing occurred to Shake
commercial confidence. .
A resume of the information con
tained In these replies is given by the
magazine as follows: '■'
The percentage of replies received
indicate that an ■ average of 135 men
each will be added to the majority of'
manufacturing plants In the association
by December 1.
Half Expect to Prosper
The reports show at least one-half
of the 3000 members of the association
expect to add to their force more than
200,000 workingmen. ,-:'-i
Taking this as a basis, says the arti
cle, it is safe to assume that the 13,000
manufacturers, which according to the
census of *^00 employed an average
each of 100 men or over, will add at
least 50 percent to their present force.,
making a total In round figures, of
660,006 men. .-,"'-' ■
In other words, with the continuance
of the business advance, the important
manufacturing Interests of the coun
try will be enabled to increase their
present force by more than 500,000
workingmen to meet the market de
mands for their products.
. In securing this information Demo
cratic and Republican manufacturers
alike were addressed. No attempt was
made to limit the canvass to any par
ticular Industry or to any particular
section of the country, and the queries
sent to manufacturers were based sole
ly upon actual business conditions and
business possibilities for th* future. y
NEW. YORK'S STOCK MARKET
PRICES SOAR; BUYERS MANY
NEW YORK, Nov. 6.—There was an
outburst of speculation in the market
today which swept prices to a higher
level in a sensational manner.
Commission houses report a large in
flux* of buying orders from western
sources and from large eastern cities.
The Industrial stocks were conspicu
ous in the movement, the ■ iron and
steel Issues being in heavy demand for
accounts of the industrial centers of
activity in those lines.
Railroads most affected were those
which have not moved upward before
In accordance with the advance in
the speculative leaders. The speech of
Judge Taft assuring . non-interference
with honest corporations was assigned
as a motive for buying. •
Reports of placing of large orders In
Industrial lines and activity In the
metal market helped. The settlement
of the Lancashire Cotton Mills trouble*
was expected to help the demand for
cotton. ..•.*.
Many unverified rumors accompa
nied the animated t speculation, which
had run up a total of three quarters
of a million shares transferred by
noon. Advances from two to over
four points were numerous all through
the list of active stocks.
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SIX THOUSAND MEN HELPED
BY RESUMPTION IN TOLEDO
TOLEDO, Ohio, Nov. 6.—The Toledo
Shipbuilding company announces that
work on a new drydoek ' to cost be
tween $250,000 and $300,000 will begin
soon.
The Toledo Shipbuilding company,
which has a contract to build a new
steel freighter to cost $500,000, will
push the work.
The Toledo Machine and Tool com
pany will soon be operating a full com
plement of men.
The Edward Ford Plate Glass com
pany, which has been running half
time, will start full force in a few
days.
The Toledo Malleable company is
making preparations for a resumption
of business, and the Toledo Furnace
company is operating one of Its stacks,
with the probability of the resumption
of the other In a short time.
Fully 6000 men will be affected by the
resumption.
RAILROADS RELEASE ORDERS
. V "7 FOR $240,000,000 SUPPLIES
_— .
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 6.—The Bee to
morrow morning will say: The rail
roads of the United State; have re
leased orders for equipment and sup
plies aggregating $240,000,000 since elec
tion day. • ' -V"
These orders had been placed prior
to November 3, contingent on the out
come of the campaign. . '
This statement was made by First
.Vice . President Brown of -the ' New
York Central lines at Clarinda, lowa,
the day after election. Mr. Brown was
visiting in Clarinda, his old home. He
said the day after election the allied
lines • forming his ' system, ' released
$31,000,000 of these orders and that
had sent out more than 100 telegrams
to manufacturers. releasing orders for
railroad supplies. ■ , -
ELECTORAL VOTE FOR TAFT; -
IN MISSOURI IS CONCEDED
ST LOUIS,' Nov. 6.—Returns , dim- :
oiled' by • the Republic A, (Democratic):
tonight give .Taft, the electoral I vote |of
Missouri by a plurality of 3172. ' These
returns are complete from all but three
I ' y (Continued on race Two)