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THE SIOBTXG THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1905. DENVER BANK FAILS Run on Savings Bank Drags Down Western. IMBODEN'S QUEER FINANCE Head of Two Institutions Said to Hare Bought Both "Without Spending a Dollar Has Had Bad Record; DENVER, Colo., Aug. 9. The Western feank. a state institution, failed to open this mornlngr. Notice was posted an nouncing that Henry M.-"Beatty, assistant cashier of the bank, had been appointed assignee. C. Brown is president and W. T. Perkins cashier. The 'run on the Denver Savings Bank, iwblch began yesterday, was resumed to flay. There were about 500 people In line rhen theEank opened. The bank con itlnued paying 10 per cent of deposits. Vice-President F. P. Jones made the fol lowing announcement: "The public is assured, on honor of the management of this bank, that there is absolutely no occasion for any uneasiness fus to the bank's condition." The Times says: "Imboden is said to have secured control jjf the stock of the two banks (the West ern and Denver Savings) without a dollar of Investment. He bought the holdings of er-Presldent Wllfley. of the Denver Easlngs Bank, which were hypothecated in New York, assuming the Wllfley note, it is said. Within the past six weeks he is understood to have-borrowed from the Denver Savings Bank JS1.000. with which he purchased control of the Western, put ting up as collateral with the Denver the ctock of the Western." H. M. Beatty, the assignee of the West ern, Is treasurer of the local order of Eagles. A few days ago the Eagles drew out about 125,000, leaving a small balance to cover outstanding checks. Waldron. Thompson & Blankeney, at torneys for the Western Bank, stated this afternoon that there would be no pro ceedings In court, as an assignment can be made without application to a court. "The bank was advised," said a mem ber of the Arm. "to make an assignment to protect Itself and Its depositors. There is no cause for uneasiness." The Denver Clearing House Associa tion, it was announced, had refused as sistance to the Western Bank on the se curities offered. None of the Denver Na tional banks is affected In the least by the embarrassment of the Imboden Insti tution. A meeting of the depositors of the bank was hold tonight and a committee of three appointed to Investigate the condi tion of the bank, along with the work of the assignee In that direction. IMBODEN'S FORMER EXPLOIT Started Bank Without Capital and Was TrlcdJor Forgery. KANSAS CITY, Aug. 9. Leonard Imbo den formed the Planters' Bank here in 3899. An examination by the State Bank Examiner showed that the bank's capital on hand some ten days after It opened its doors was J2S5. Imboden was arrested, tried and sentenced to ten years in prison on a. charge of forging a $15,000 draft to Increase, it was alleged, the naper credit' of his bank. This was September 26, 1899. The Supreme .Court ordered him retried, and, as E. E. Yates, who was then prose cutor, "had no new evidence, Imboden was released a free man. Assets of Kansas City Bank. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. The Controller of the Currency today made public a statement showing tho condition of the failed City National Bank, of Kansas City. It? classes the assets as follows: Good. $4S9,998; doubtful, $551,898; worthless, J71.5S2. Charles Loomls "and C. H. Pattlsbn, of Kansas City, today had a long conference with the acting controller In regard to the proposed organization of a trust com pany In Kansas City to take over the assets and assume tho liabilities of the City National Bank. They were advised that the proposition could not be enter tained in the form that it was at present. WILL MAKE FEW SPEECHES PRESIDENT STARTS OX TOUR THIS MORNING. Addresses Miners and Catholic Ab stainers t Wilkesbarre Today, Chautauqua Tomorrow. OTSTER BAT, Aug. 9. President Roose velt will leave Oyster Bay tomorrow on what will probably be the last trip he will make during his Summer sojourn at Sagamore Hill. Late tomorrow afternoon he will deliver an address"to the United Mlneworkers and members of the Catho lic Total Abatlnence Union at Wilkesbarre. Pa., and at 10:30 A. M. on Friday he will speak before the Chautauqua Assembly at Chautauqua, N. Y. On the trip the President will be ac companied by his son Kermlt, his nephews, Hall Roosevelt, Philip Roose velt, a son of W. Emlln Roosevelt. Acting Secretary Benjamin P. Barnes, Jacob A. RIls, Surgeon Charles F. Stokes, of the Navy: M. C. Latta, his personal stenog rapher; H. A. Strohmeyer, photographer; representatives of the press associations, secret service officials and messengers. The President will go by special train on the Long Island Railroad to Long Island City, thence by boat to Jersey City and leave Jersey City on a special Lehigh Valley train at 1 A. SL Brief stops will be made at Phlllpsburg, N. J., and Easton. Bethlehem and Allentown. Pa., the President speaking at each place from the rear platform of his car. Wilkesbarre will "be reached at 3 P. iL The party will be conveyed to a stand on the river commons, where the President will deliver his address. John Mitchell. president of the United Mlneworkers of America, will preside over the mectlntr. being Introduced by Mayor Klrkendale. of i liKcsbarre. Cardinal Gibbons Is exDect cd to be present and very likely will make a short address. At the conclusion of the meeting the President will be taken for a drive about the city and to thet Wyom ing monument. Leaving Wilkesbarre at 7 P. M. and making brief stops at Sayre, Pa., and East Waverly. N. T the President will arrive at Chautaqua at 8:5 A. M. Fridav. His address to the Chautauqua Assembly win oe aeuverea aoout 10:30 o clock In the Amphitheater. He will leave promptly at noon, the return trip to Jersey City be ing made over the Erie Railroad. He Is scheduled to arrive at 9:40 A. M. Saturday in Oyster Bay. This was a notably quiet week day for the President. The disagreeable weather caused by a heavy and almost continuous rainfall kept him Indoors much of. the time. He was occupied for several hours In disposing' of executive business. No engagements had been made for callers and no visitors were received. CATHOLIC ABSTAINERS MEET Great Gathering at "Wilkesbarre Sends Greeting to Pope Plus. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Aug. 9. Over S00 delegates to the National Conven tion Catholic Total Abstainers' Union of America assembled at St. "Mary's Church today to attend pontifical high mass, which was celebrated by Bishop Hogan. Bishop Canavln, of Pittsburg, the National president, presided. In re pondlng to an address of welcome he spoke of the Importance of the conven tion owing to the comng of President ttooseveit and Cardinal Gibbons. The afternoon session was mn.ln notable by the presence of Cardinal Gibbons, who next to President Roose velt is the most distinguished guest of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union for tomorrow's celebration. The car dinal Jellvered4a short address. Soon after Cardinal Gibbons arrived there was dispatched from the con vention hall the following cablegram: To H1b Holiness. Pins X, Rone Italy: The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Atnrira already bleroed by Leo XIII and numbering mure uiiui ai,wu rarir. Dera, oeins aMemoJea iii .uo cjij- oi ivuKceD&rre in tne ciocwe or Srranton. and honored by the presence of His Emlnmpf r"n rdlni 1 r?IKwn on Tl dent Roosevelt, return thanks to Tour Holi ness Xor your blis!ntr Just received, and ex tends Its best wishes. This cablegram was in reply to one received from his holiness. Plus X. the contents of which will not be made public until tomorrow. Hamlet the Strenuous. Exchange. "It was my first engagement. The roar from the front was horribly new to me. Our assailants, who outnum bered us 20 to 1, were yelling like fiends, and their ammunition seemed unlimited. I was struck several times. My company, which had stood by me gallantly till now, turned and fled. It was more than flesh and blood could be expected to endure. The " "What battle did you say it was?" asked the man next him. "Who said anything about a battle?" replied the first speaker in a surprised tone. "I wa describing my first ap pearance as Hamlet in an amateur theatrical society." Water Going to Waste. Exchange. A well-known actor says: "The day I first saw Niagara a man touched my arm as I looked up at those white waters. I turned to the man. He had the silly and vacuous smile of the con firmed Joker. ''It seems a shame,' he said, 'to see all this going to waste.' "'What are you, said I, 'an elec trical engineer?' '"No." he answered; 'a milkman." GUBERNATORIAL POSSIBILITIES NO. 1. DR. ANDREW C. SMITH. By Harry Murphy, Artist and Biographer. I approach my present subject with profound awe. Indeed, " I have found that a mere pictorial portrayal of this great man Is totally impotent to con vey an idea of his superlative genius to an expectant populace. I do not wish to separate Boswell -from his lau rels as the "first biographer," but pos terity must receive the first considera tion at my hands. Dr. Smith believes that only good men should hold public office, which explains his own candidacy for the Governorship. Just what the doctor's principles are has not been ascertained. Delicacy has suggested that I watt until he can learn what the people want before interjecting my Interro gation. It is strongly suspected that Dr. Smith would like to perform an operation on the United States con stitution. Perhaps he has designs on its appendix. The charge that be is Irish Is an InfamouB .falsehood, clrcu- OFF DIM SGtNT Democrats Seek Campaign Thunder in Graft. BUT DO NOT DISCOVER IT President Wants Better Laws to Punish Grafters Keep Commis sion Pursues Wrong Methods.. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Aug. 9. Representative Living ston, of Georgia, leading Democratic member of the committee on appropria tions, declares that the Democrats will be able to make first-class political capi tal out of the exposure of graft In tho Washington departments!, and will prob ably be able to capture the next Houso of Representatives on that Issue alone. Thi is tho Rfimf ort of talk that was heard when President Roosevelt went after the Postofflce grafters, ana tne ex perience of the last campaign demon. ointM Viotl ufful fiuch an Issue is to the Democrats. The graft that is being unnrthAi in th several deDartments Is not a thing of recent origin; much of It has been going on for years, it is hoc chargeable to this administration or to any other. Each case stands on Its own footlnir. Rut whatever credit Is to be bestowed on account of these exposures mnct en tn President Roosevelt. The credit is due to the man who is pushing the Investigation, unoarinmg tne iraua and making every ondeavor to have the offenders punished. Make Iiaws to Catch Grafters. it Is Mtremelv unfortunate, as pointed out by Attorney-General Moody, that the laws on the 6tatute books are not suffi ciently up to date to covor the cases of many men who have been Indulging In grafting In government offleea Because of ii tnrA manv offenders will never be brought Into court, though some others will meet the fate mat oeieii "uus ia rfipn th klntr crafter of the Postofflce Department. The attention of Congress will be called to this snortcoming in tne first message of the President next Win ter, and every possible pressure will be brought to bear by the administration to secure the enactment of new laws suffi ciently wide In scope to reach all classes of men who Indulge In graft, not alone In Government offices, but In the outside world. The President is personally very lated, no doubt, by one of the trlbe of malicious detractors who always dnj? the footsteps of true greatness. The doctor served la the Oregon State Sen ate to the admiration of himself and his constituency. While there he uav the Bacillus Graft an awful run for its money. It was here that-his nat ural genius as an orator was at Its best. He found that his words of wis dom were more potent upon his fellow Senators than his favorite anesthetic That Smith's training eminently qualifies him to diagnose the diseases of the body politic I entertain no man ner of doubt. If the neoDle know good thing when they see it, the Doc ought to have a cinch. If I have been too glowing In this panegyric let envious minds disabuse themselves of the notion that this- was written at so much per line, or that it Is in any way connected with "Fads and Fancies." HARRY MURPHY. anxious that the laws shall be made more comprehensive and sufficiently wide- reaching to punish every grafter, whether he be a Government grafter or the ordi nary everyday svecies. Wrong: Way to Learn Facts. Unless the Keep commission, appointed by the President to Investigate conditions In the various departments, "takes a tumble to Itself, and materially changes Its method of operation. It will present to the President a report not worth the paper on which it is written. While this Commission was investigating the type setting .machine scandal In the Govern ment Printing Office, its members rolled up their sleeves, got right Into the mldsti of the Printing Office, conducted a per sonal Investigation and were able to reach Individual and Intelligent conclu sions. But when that was done, the members of the commission scattered to the four winds, leaving behind for the chief clerk of every department a long list of questions which are to be answered In full and submitted to the commission. These questions are Intended to show the manner of conducting business, the com petency of various bureau officers, of clerks, and other employes, and are sup posed to form a basis for a conclusion as to how th6 service may be Improved. But from tho very manner of conducting the business of the departments the questions asked by the commission will be answered by the men under Inspection, and of course every man Is going to mako a favorable report on his own efficiency and the efficiency of the bureau under his- direction. These reports will be O. Kd. along up the line until they reach the Keep commission. Such information is of no vaiuc. The only way for the Keep commission era to get at the facts Is to do as they did In the Government Printing Office, get. into the different departments. look around for themselves and see with their own eyes; not take the word. of somebody else. There 19 plenty for the commission to find, but It will never find It by cor respondence. Wilson's Usefulness Gone. The Impression is gaining ground In Washington that Secretary Wilson will have to retire from the Cabinet on ac count of the condition of affairs unearthed In his department. It is not likely that his resignation will be demanded by the President, at least not publicly, but It is beginning to be believed that before many months have passed the Secretary of Ag riculture will deem It expedient to re Unqulsh his public office "on account of his health" or for some kindred reason. There Is such a thing as having one's usefulness destroyed. It is declared in many quarters that this has happened, to Mr. Wilson, though It Is not charged and It Is not believed that he Is personally Im plicated In any of the corruption that has been uncovered under his official roof. Mr. Wilson, by the way. Is the only member of the present Cabinet who en tered upon that duty at tho beginning of the first McKinley Administration. He has served continuously since March 5, 1S37, and has a longer Cabinet career than al most any other man In the history of this country- If he retires, E. A. Hitchcock will become the pioneer of the Cabinet, he having occupied the office of Secretary of the Interior since December 21, 1SSS. Mr. Hitchcock was not a member of the orig inal McKinley Cabinet, having succeeded Cornelius N. Bliss, but he served three years In McKInley's first term, through the brief second and through the unex pired term under President Roosevelt. The vindication of Mr. Hitchcock by the action of the courts In the Oregon land fraud cases. Insures him a tenure of office to the end of the term of Mr. Roosevelt, provided ho cares to remain. That Is a question about which Mr. Hitchcock does not talk. Fish May Succeed Shaw. Speaking of Cabinet offices, It Is re ported from New York that Hamilton Fish, Assistant Treasurer of the United States. In charge of the New York sub- treasury, la to succeed Secretary Shaw when the genial Iowan retires next Feb ruary. There is no question of Fish's ability to fill tho office with credit to himself and the Nation, and. if he Is ap pointed. It will be purely at the desire of President Roosevelt, for the New York Senators are "agin" him, and Piatt. It will be recalled, made a strong effort" to prevent his appointment to the place he now holds. Hamilton Fish, of course. halls from the same state as the Secre tary of State and the Postmaster-General This fact will bo apt to operate against him, as three New Yorkers in the Cabinet Of a New York President would be making It pretty strong for tho Empire State. And yet New York Is grooming Repre sentative James W. Wadsworth, one of her favorite sons and now chairman of the agriculture committee, for Secretary of Agriculture In caso Mr. Wilson retires. New lork Li not overlooking any bets wnen it comes to Cabinet vacancies. Band Concerts for Peace Envoys. WASHINGTON. Aunr. 9. General Chaffee has directed tnat the Tenth Band of the Artillery Corps shall bo stationed at Fort Constitution and give local concerts while the neacA nleninn tentlaries are at the Hotel Wentworth Old Mnid's Delight. Fllegende Blaetter. Spinster I want a novel In which the old maid marries In the end. Salesman Sold out, madam. "Give Me Liberty Or . Puck. 'And they ask me for liberty!" said the Czar, bitterly. "As If I had any!" Cut it Off Short for 10. days and find, out For Sure if coffee is really causing your trouble. You say "nonsense, there's old Bill Jones 'drank coffee for 50 years " Never mind him, remember you're not Bill Jones You're You and want to be well and if youll cut out the drug coffee for 10 days and use well boiled POSTUM in it's place, our word for it you will reap a great reward. There's a Reason Get the little book. The Road to Wellvllle," In each pge. IJfij Nothing that approaches it in quality is obtainable at the IJftLjJl 8S5r Nothing that surpasses it in richness, purity, mildness or 8 aroma is obtainable at twice the price. fejfifl phHt The perfect and ideal blend that best unites all the character- mk m ktks of Turkish Ggarette tobacco is given in B The Turkish Cigarette that leads the world Cp! 8 1 pir J price, but because of its fundamental quality, jS CONGRESS IT FAULT Never Makes Attempt to Hunt Out Grafters. COMMITTEES DO NOT WORK They Are Appointed hy Both Houses to Investigate Departments, but Never' 3Ieet and Never Investigate. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Aus. 9. The prevalence of unre strained corruption In some of the Gov ernment departments, while primarily chargeable to the men directly implicated. Is. In a measure, due to the negligence of several committees of Congress, appoint ed to head off Just such operations as are now being unearthed. This responslblllty Is divided between the Senate and House, the Senate having" a committee on "organ ization, conduct and expenditures of tne executive departments" and a committee on "civil service and retrenchment." with a third Tiqmmlttee to "examine the several branches of the civil service." The House, on the other hand, haa eight "expendi tures" committees, each assigned to a special department, one on "expenditures In the Department of Agriculture," an other for Justice, a third for the Interior, and so on for every department except the new Department of Commerce and Labor. Each and every one of these commit tees. Senate as well as House, has full authority to go Into the departments to examine Into the metho'ds of conducting them and to report back to Congress whatever conditions It finds. It Is within the scope of these committees. If they jjhould And a misappropriation of funds or an Improper use or tne congressional ap propriations, to report the fact to Con gress and have the practice stopped or the appropriation shut off. But nothing of the sort has ever been done. Not one of these' committees, either of Senate or House, ever holds a meeting; not one has ever raised a hand or written a letter to ascertain how expenditures are being made In the departments. The committees, so far as action Is concerned, are utterly and absolutely dead. Tho maintenance of these "expendi tures" committees Is a farce, and they would have been dropped long ago, but for tho fact that they provide a means of supplying certain favored Senators and Representatives of the majority party with committee-rooms and committee clerks. No one seeks these chairmanships except for -the committee-room and the ad DON'T The Woodard - Clarke ditional clerk; no chairman ever gives a thought. to making anything of his com mittee. These chairmen don't want to i work, and they don't have to. And yet they one and all have It within their power to bring their committees out of oblivion and Into the limelight, and pos sibly, in view of what Is now transpiring In Washington, some of them may adopt this course next Winter. There Is pretty good material In the Senate committee on "organization, con duct and expenditures In the executive departments." Senator Allee. of Dela ware. Is chairman, and on the Republi can side he has such fellow committeemen as Allison of Iowa. Knox of Pennsylvania flate Attorney-General), Bevorldge of In diana and Wetmore of Rhode Island. There are also four prominent Democrats forming the minority membership. This comlttce, if it started, could certainly turn up some very Interesting stuff In the Government offices here. But it has never heid a meeting. "Civil service and retrenchment Is also in a position to do good work If It wants. Senator Perkins, of California. Is chair man, and the membership Includes Lodge of Massachusetts. Elkins of West Vir ginia, Piatt of New York and a vacancy to be filled. Dubois of Idaho is also a member of this commlttee- On "examination of several branches of the civil service" are such Senators as Clapp of Minnesota. Smoot of Utah. Crane of Massachusetts, Culberson, Texas; Sim mons, North Carolina, and McCreary. Kentucky. But this Is another dead one. It hasn't worked yet. The House committees are Just as bad. Of course they must be reappointed at the opening of tho 59th Congress, but they will probably Include practically the same membership as In the 53th Congress. Look ing over that list. It would seem that Representative Wright, of Pennsylvania, chairman of the "expenditures In agricul ture," had been derelict In not examining Into the methods of the men under Secre tary Wilson. Mr. Humphrey, of Washing ton. Is on that committee. No less a member than Calderhead of Kansas, a very active man for his district. Is chair man of the Justice expenditures commit tee. Mr. Minor, of Wisconsin, 13 at the head of a committee that could well afford to probe Into expenditures In the Interior Department. Captain Dovener. of West Virginia, Is the ranking Republican mem ber. House Committees Do Nothing. There Is talk of extravagance In the Navy. Representative Greene, of Massa chusetts, and his little "expenditures" committee have authority to find out about It, but he has never made the at tempt. And while all the stir was on In the Postofflce Department. Representative Wagner, of Pennsylvania, and his little committee never budged In their chairs to perform the duties for which their com mittee was formed. The same is. true of them all. 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