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THIRTY-FIRST YEAR
EL PASO. TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1911.
TWELVE PAGES
PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
Sending Than Into Saloons
to Buy and Drink
MS CREATED INDIGNATION
Suppressing Information of Vio-
lation fo Law and Attempted
Intimidation of Witness
i That the action of U. S. Commis-
; (ioner Geo. B. Oliver In hiring a lit-
tle boy. the son of the late lamented
Judge WyndhaiR Kemp, to go'into a
saloon, to buy and drink beer at the
bar and buy a bottle of whiskey, has
I created considerable Indignation even
;■ among prohibitionists, was evidenced
' by the comments of business and pro-
’ fessional men yesterday.
When Maury Kemp learned of the
w Incident he called on Mr. Oliver and
expressed his condemnation of the
transaction In emphatic terms. Mr.
Oliver said he particularly asked the
boy if his mother would object to
film performing the service.-
Hiring Boys
Before County Attorney Brldgers
yesterday Mr. Oliver testified that he
first offered a boy named Putnam *5
to go to a saloon, buy a glass of beer
"I and a bottle of whiskey, and to drink
some of the beer at, th bar. but that
Mrs. Putnam refused to permit her
son to do it. Then the Putnam boy
brought to witness Herndon Kemp.
Mother Absent
Witness said he was surprised that
Herndon would want to perform the
commission., and asked him if his
mother would consent and the boy
rplied that his mother was not in
town: that Herndon insisted he want-
ed the five dollars. Then, said wit-
ness: "I said: You get another boy to
go along with you and buy a glass
over the bar and take a 6lp of it—
Just to see if they will sell It to you
over the bar, and buy me a naif pint
of whiskey and bring It back here
and I will give you $5.
Boy Got Whiskey
Witness said the boy soon returned
accompanied by Willie Valentine.
Herndon brought the whiskey, stated
that he also bought a glass of beer
and drank a. swallow of it at the
bar. It was at the Palace saloon
where the whiskey and beer was
bought.
Attorney Maurey Kemp, who was
very much incensed over the manner
in which his little brother had been
used by Oliver, said to a Times man:
“I wish you would state that Oliver
approached my little brother Hern-
don with the declaration that he was
my particular friend and to further
Win the confidence of the boy told
him that he (Oliver) had been the
friend of my father. I took Hern-
don to confront Oliver and- Herndon
told him of the arguments he had
used to induce him to buy the beer
and whiskey.
"I wish you would say that I do
not want any more of the Oliver
brand of reformers: that one of them
Is more than a surfiet to decency and
that hereafter, he must confine him-
self to defiling the members of his
own family Instead of attacking the
children of mine.
Other Witnesses
Mr.v Oliver, F. W. Freeman, J. L.
Campbell 'and E. J. Snyder also testi-
fied as to buying beef and whiskey at
the Emporium saloon on South 'El
, Paso street last Spnday.
Hired Drunken Mexican
F. W. Freeman testified that at
Ysleta he hired a drunken Mexican
to go buy him a half pint of beer,
that the drunken Mexican brought
him the beer and stated he had
bought It at the Alamo saloon. Wit-
ness testified that returning to the
city he bought Jicer at several of thq
.road houses. —'
t Others Make Purchases
Geo. B. "Oliver, J. L. Campbell and
J. O. Morris, testified to having
1 bought near-beer at Washington Park
m and beer and whiskey at several sa-
loons on the county road between
this city and Ysleta. V i
Used in Prosecution
This testimony will be used In the
prosecution of the violator* of the
Sunday liquor law, by the county and
city officials. Mayor Kelly had,al-
ready secured evidence sufficient' to
close the Emporium bar and declares
he will have the proprietor’s license,
while County Attorney Brldgers is
going to prosecute all of the offend-
ers vigorously.
he reluctantly stated that, commenc-
ing with hla man Daniels, he had
secured proof that H- B. Roeder, C.
W. Van Hook, M. B. Hanks, H. Wood
and L. H. Daniels had secured their
poll tax receipts last January without
paying for them, and that he had rea-
son to believe that Hennesey had been
Instrumental In arranging for the
men named to enjoy the privileges of
American citlsenshlp without paying
a dollar to the school fund.
The witness went on to say that ac-
cording to his Information Hennessey
had secured from the men themselves
the data upon which the poll tax re-
ceipts were Issued. He said that him-
self, Oliver and Campbell had ques-
tioned Hennessey and he had refused
to answer their questions.
Attempted Intimidation.
When Eugene Hennessey was asked
about the matter last night he said
he had been sent to Mr. Freeman's of-
fice: that he found there Freeman,
Oliver, Campbell, J. A. Smith and two
other men he did not know; that
Campbell and Freeman assured him
of their great personal regard for him
and of their determination t6 stand
between him and trouble.
Proffered Immunity.
Hennessey says that then Oliver,
with great solemnity, read the law to
him and told him how he could save
himself by turning state’s evidence
and then commanded him to speak
and tell all he knew. Mr. Hennessey
told the Inquisition that he had no in-
formation to impart to them.
Mr. Hennessey says that after fur-
ther persuasion Oliver offered to give
him five minutes In which to answer
his questions; that the five minutes
was absorbed in useless palaver, and
that then Oliver extended the time
thirty minutes, whereupon. Mr. Hen-
nessey says, he took his hat and de-
parted.
Will Be Probed.
Attorney Brldgers says he is going
to the bottom of this case also.
HAS RESIGNED
General Rascon Retires From
the Mexican Cabinet
VILLAR IMT BE SUCCESSOR
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LITTLE GIRL WITNESS
AGAINST HER FATHER.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Denver. Colo., July 19.—Marguerite
Beckenstein, 13 years old, is the prin-
cipal witness for the prosecution of
her father, charged with the murder
of the girl’s mother In her rooms last
February and now on trial in the
criminal court here. The girl, who
has not been allowed to talk to her
father since the murder- of her mother
Is a ward of the court. The girl, it
Is believed, will be the most valuable
witness for the prosecution.
Mrs. Mathila F. Beckenstein was
shot and killed by Benjamin F. Beck-
enstein when he called at the woman’s
apartments and accused her of undue
friendly relations with other men. The
couple had been separated for some
time, 'and a divorce suit was then
pending.
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KANSAS MERCHANT
KILLED IN HOLDUP.
Associated Prea* Dispatch.
Baxter Springs, Kas., July 19.—
Berne Wilson, a local merchant, who
was shot late last night while attempt-
ing to hold up John Hickens, a farmer,
and his wife while they were driving
home from church, died from the ef-
fects of the wound today. Wilson
was successful in two hold-ups last
night prior to the fatal attempt on
Hickens.
iMfiis
ONJJNG TUNNEL
Piercing the Continental Divide
On Mexico North Western .
There is Talk of Reyes for the
Position, and Hints of Further
Impending Trouble
IS. OVER 1,000 METERS LONG
Will Cost the Company the Sum of $225,-
000 Gold and Will be Ready for
Service by February 1
Associated rrrti Dispatch.
Mexlcq ’City, Mexico, July 19.—
President de la Barra today received
and accepted the resignation of the
secretary of war, General Eugenio
Kascon, and of the assistant secre-
tary, General Juan M. Duran.
General Jose Gonzales Salas was
appointed assistant Becretarv. The
retiring officials left it to the presi-
dent for making public the reason for
their resignation, but he withheld the
Information.
There will be no surprise if Gen!
Lauro Vlllar, who was In command
of the troops at Chihuahua during
the latter part of the revolution, is
named to succeed General Kascon.
The most plausible reason for the
retirement of General Kascon is that
given by men who have been advisers
of Francisco I. Madcro since the close
of the war, and that he was too
closely identified with the old regime.
These men said several days ago that
Rascon would “have to go” and that
his place in the cabinet would be fill-
ed by a man of Madero’s choice.
Under the terms of the peace
agreement, de la Barra was to name
•the secretary of war without Ma-
dero’s sanction and It has been as-
sumed that Rascon was solely his
choice.
General Bernardo Reyes has prom-
ised to be minister of war under Ma-
dero in the event of his election to
the presidency, and in view of the
somewhat doubtful character of
peace in the country a few news-
papers have advocated his Immediate
appointment.
That General Reyes will be an op-
ponent of Francisco I. Madero at the
presidential election In October Is the
belief of many of Madero’s personal
friends.
Should General Reyeg lead the op-
position he must withdraw the sentt*
mept expressed In his manifesto on
June 11, in which he urged his fol-
lowers to support Madero for the
presidency. Immediately after its
issuance, Madero announced he had
secured the consent of the general to
accept the war portfolio in his cabi-
net in the event Madero Is elected.
Close friends of General Reyes be-
lieve he will continue to support
Madero.
KWAYZE’S RELATIVES DEMAND
PAYMENT OF 100.000 PESOS.
Special to The Times.
Mexico City, July 19.—-Relatives of
Robert J. Swayze, the Canadian rail-
road superintendent who was burned
at the stake by a mob of Indians at
AJuno, state of Mlchoacan last month,
will present a demand through the
British government for 100,000 pesos
Indemnity, fwayzo was well known
In railroad circles. He was a nephew
of Dr. W. S. Swayze, one of the pio-
neer foreign settlers of Guadalajara.
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WOMEN AXD BOYS <»
RAID ROSITA MINES. <•>
<S> Associated Press Dispatch. .$>
Sabinas. Coahuila. July 19.—
Women and boys armed with
<$• machetes yesterday ’raided the ^
<§> commissary at Rosita mines, a <$>
Madero property operated now •*
<$> by F. Blanco & Co., Spaniards,
■$> and took the stock -and 100,000 <8>
d* pesos. $
The striking miners watched d>
d> the raid from a distance and the £
<S> authorities made no attempt to
d- stop It.
Trouble has broken out at dt
Lampacitas mines. Twenty sol- d>
dlers were sent there. The min-
d>..ers at the Augustia mines have d>
struck. The Cloetis mines also <$>
will have to close. <$>
d> Miners In this section since
Madero's success In the revolu- d>
d- tion seem to think they do not
d> have to work. Grievances are #
d> constantly arising. The mine d>
«• managements have made four d>
d> arrangements already this week d>
d> that seemed to satisfy the men in d>
<§> the morning, but by afternoon d>
Q> they found a fresh grievance d>
d> that keeps them idle. The com- d>
d> mlssarles are raided every day. d>
d> ■$>
d,d><$d>d>d>d'd>,d,d>d>d>d>d>'$>'.8>
AGAINST ILLINOIS TWO
CENT PASSENGER RATE.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Springfield, 111., July 19.—Walter
McClellan Allen, master in chancery
of the United States court for the
southern district of Illinois today filed
a report In the case, in which he holds
that the two-cent passenger act packed
by the legislature of 1908 Is unconsti-
tutional as far as It affects the Chi-
cago, Peoria & St. Louis railway be-
cause It Is confiscatory and the rail-
road is urfable to earn Its Interstate
passenger traffic 6 per cent on the
value of the property used In trans-
portation.
He recommends a decree that three
cents per mile shall be the maximum
chargeable to interstate passengers
on the line of this railway. A tempo-
rary Injunction against the two-cent
rate was obtained by the road some
time ago.
OF NEW TARIFF
U What Senator Brown Calls
Reciprocity Measure
MADE SPEECH IN ITS FAVOR
Senator Stone, of Missouri, and
Works of California, Also
Spoke in its Favor
OROZCO DECLINED
THEN RECONSIDERED
Will Serve as Commander of
the Rural Guards
DEMONSTRATION BY STRIKERS
Manuel Rubio Attorney for the Banco
Minero—Other Appointment* In-
clude Silveitro Terrain*
ATTEMPTED INTIMIDATION
BY PROHIBITION INQUISITION.
It reached the ears of the county
attorney Tuesday that F. W. Freeman
was In possession of information
showing that the election law was
violated last January and that Instead
of reporting such violation he had re-
served his information to be used da-
cretly in trying to coerce men in the
employ of his company and of a local
railroad to vote for prohibition.
That was the way the case was put
to the county attorney land Mr. Bridg-
erc at once went to work to secure the
Information In the possession of thfe
oil reformer.
Suppressed Information.
He learned thad'lnstead of filing a
complaint or placing his information
In possession of officers of the law,
Freeman had waited until last Satur-
day and then called In Oliver, deputy
district court and United States court
commissioner, to try and Intimidate
Hennessey, night watchman at the E.
P. & S. W. building, to tell what he
knew about Freeman's man, L. H.
Daniels, getting his, poll tax receipt
without paying for 1L ,
Summoned as Witness.
So to get at the bottom of the af-
fair Attorney Bridgers summoned F.
M. Freeman, G. B. Oliver and J. L.
Campbell before Justice McClIntock
to tell what they knew about the vio-
lations of the election law.
Admitted the Facto.
Mr. Freeman, when put upon the
stand, frankly admitted that it did not
suit his purpose to then surrender to
the authorities the bludgeon ho held
Good progress is being made on
the driving of the long tunnel 'of the
Mexico & North Western railroad
that will pierce the Continental di-
vide in central Chihuahua and pro-
vide track connection between the
Juarez and Chihuahua divisions of
the Pearson road. The tunnel has
already been pushed forward 450-
meters into thp mountain. Its total
length will be 1,140 meters. The es-
timated cost of the tunnel Is $225,-
000 gold.
The elevation of the railroad at the
point of crossing the divide Is 7,200
feet above sea level. Continuous
solid rock has been encountered in
the tunnel work, but In order to
guard against accidents from possible
falling of the roof or walls heavy
timbers are being framed and fitted,
and Inside of these masonry arches
will he added.
Dudley brothers are the contract-
ors engaged In the tunnel work.
Three»alr compressors and drills are
in use. The location of the big hole
is 75 kilometers south of Pearson sta-
tion. It will be completed for pass-
ing trins through about February l.
next
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CHARGES OF CORRUPTION
IN STEPHENSON CASE.
Associated Press Dispatch
Washington, July 19.—Charges of
SOLDIERS AT CANANEA
BY SPECIAL TRAIN
Associated Press Dispatch
Cananea. Sonora, July 19.—Fifty Ma-
derlsta soldiers and four officers arrived
from Hermosillo, tha state capital, to-
day, by special train. The men will re-
main here as a garrison under command
of Colonel Juan Cabral). The men of the
former garrison have been nearly all paid
off and during the day have been gradu-
ally drifting out of town. There Is no
further prospect of trouble here.
SENATOR’S WIFE IS
RACING WITH DEATH.
Special to The Times
Washington, July 19.—Somewhere
between Chicago and Denver Is a hos-
pital Pullman, In which Mrs. Luke
Lea, wife of the junior senator from
Tennessee, whose fight with death is
watched with breathless interest by
her friends in the capital city.
Mrs. Lea was taken critically ill
with pneun-jfinia at Deer Park, Md.
After recovering somewhat from her
recent Illness, when Senator Lea gave
his blood in transfusion to save her,
her physician said her only chance for
life was “rare air." Undismayed /by
the chances against them. Senator and
Mrs. Lea agreed to try to race across
the continent to Denver in time to
save Mrs. Lea's life.
So on Wednesday a Pullman pulled
out of Deer Park, transformed into a
hospital, in which Mrs. Lea was nurs-
ed by her devoted husband. Miss Cora
Shackleford, her trained nurse, and
Dr. Henry Fry of this city. Every pos-
sible precaution had been taken to
make Mrs. Lea comfortable. The
train arrived at Chicago Thursday af-
trrnoon at 5 o’clock and an hour later
started westward over the Chicago &
Northwestern. The news of the ar
corruption In the election of Senator j rival In Denver is eagerly awlated
“ over the heads of a lew men. But home.
Stephenson of Wisconsin will be tak-
en up tomorrow by the senate com-
mittee on elections and privileges.
Chairman Dillingham will lay before
the committee the papers concerning
the case, which the Wisconsin legisla-
ture recently forwarded to the sen-
ate with a request for a congressional
investigation.
The committee will determine whaL
action It should take, but thus far the
members have not had time to can-
vass the matter.
LONG DISTANCE WEDDING
PERFORMED BY TELEPHONE.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Coin. Iowa. July 19.—Marriage by
telephone, with the officiating clergy-
man In one place, the bridegroom in
another and the bride in still another
was made possible here today.
Rev. H. B. Minton sitting In his
study united In marriage George Pren-
tice at his home in Northboro, and
Miss Mary Dewitt in Blanchard. Coin
Is five miles north of Blanchard an.]
Northboro three miles west and about
the same distance from the pastor’s
A
here at the senator's office.
Until today news of the raoe of Mrs.
Lea with death was kept carefully
guarded, but when it spread about the
capital In the early morning her dis-
tinguished husband’s colleagues ex-
pressed the most lively interest in her
welfare.
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RAILWAY TELEGRAPHERS
DEMAND MORE WAGES.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Cincinnati, July 19.—Formal de-
mand for an Increase of 30 per cent
In wages, shorter hours and Improv-
ed working conditions was made on
the Cincinnati. New Orleans & Texas
Pacific railroad by the Order of Hall-
way Telegraphers today. The demand
was taken under advisement by Ho-
race Baker, general manager of the
road.
J. J. Dormody, vice president of
the union, said similar action would
be taken toward the Cincinnati. Ham-
ilton & Dayton abroad tomorrow. The
demands of the telegraphers of the
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St.
Louis have already gone to C. E.
Bchaaf, vice president of that system.
isiMsts
Special to The Times.
Chihuahua, July 19.—A local news-
paper says that Gen. Pascual Orozco,
who was appointed commander of
rural guards for the southern district
of Chihuahua, declined the appoint-
ment by telegraph, slating that ho
wished to retire to private 1 ft/: and
attend to his business affairs, which
have suffered seriously since he took
up arms against the Diaz government.
Being again urged by the minister of
gobernaclon to accept the command,
General Orozco finally consented to
assume the post temporarily,
Strikers from the La I’az clothing
factory made a demonstration in
front of that Industry yesterday, di-
rected against a tew persons who at-
tempted to resume work. The strik-
ers called on the office force to join
them, but they refused to do so. The
factory Is closed.
Manuel Rubio, a deputy of the
state legislature and a brother-in-law
of Governor Abram Gonzales, has
been appointed general attorney tot
the Banco Minero.
Sllvestre Terrazas, owner of the
Correo, has been named as chairman
of a committee to study ways and
means for converting, the bonds of
the state debt into securities hearing
a lower rate of interest. It Is stated
that the majority of the bonds out-
standing are owned by Gen. Luis Ter-
razas and the Banco Minero, and aro
drawing Interest at from 8 to 10 per
cent annually.
Tomas Gameros has been appoint-
ed state treasurer Instead of Joso
Lamclas, resigned.
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DESPERATE MISSOURIAN
WAS SHOT AND KILLED.
Associated Press Dispatch. v
St. Joseph, Mo., July 19.-- Sirrroqnd-
ed by a posse of officers and fartners
eight miles north of town tonight,
Louis LeGatta, sought on charges of
arson and attempted murder, refused
to surrender and was riddled with
bullets and buckshot. Just as the vol-
ley crashed out Legatta fired a shot-
gun, the charge hitting W. T. Klrtley,
whose life he had attempted two
nights in succession. Klrtley’s wound-
are not. dangerous.
Accociatcd Press Dispatch.
Washington. July 19.—Vigorous
support of the Canadian reciprocity
agreement by Senators Brown of Neb-
raska, Stone of Missouri and Works
of California, and a speech by Sena-
tor Kenyon of Iowa, made up today's
debate on the measure In the senate.
Senator Stone arraigned the Inter-
ests which he said had been using
the farmers for the purpose of at-
tacking .reciprocity. Ho declared Dem-
ocrats could find no excuse for not
supporting the agreement as intro-
duced by President Taft.
"This Is part of a progressive move-
ment toward a closer commercial alli-
ance with Canada, that will be for
the lasting benefit of both countries."
he said. "The* president Is on the
right side; the Democratic house of
representatives Is on the right side.
It is pitiful if the senate stands as a
stumbling block.”
Supporting Measure.
He said he had been charged by
senate Democrats with being an ally
of the Republican president. “I am
supporting the measure, not the pres-
ident,/" he said. “As soon as It Is
disposed of 1 am afraid my alliance
with him will cease, unless he Is will-
ing to support some of the Democratic
tariff bills."
Senator Stone said the reciprocity
bill had been pictured as a ghost
"stalking around In a moonless night
seeking farmers to devour." He de-
clared the opposition of the farmers
had In almost every ease been arti-
ficially created.
The national grange had been used
by the firm of New York lawyers. Al-
len ft Graham, who were summoned
before the finance committee, said
Senator Stone, to oppose reciprocity
for the benefit of other Interests that
the firm represented. Instead of be-
ing lawyers for the farmers, he said,
"they were professional lobbyists” and
represented manufacturers.
Would Arouse Farmers.
“The Idea was to arouse the farm-
ers and have them march upon the
capital and congress." said Senator
Stolte. "Rut behind them were those
great interests, footing the bills and
urging them on.”
Criticism of his Insurgent Republi-
can colleagues In the senate for op-
posing Canadian reciprocity and praise
of the Democratic party for "having
the moral courage and patriotism to
support and sustain a Republican
president” characterized a speech to-
day of Senator Brown of Nebraska in
favor of the reciprocity measure.
“I want to express my grief, my
profound grief,” Senator Brown de-
clared, "because the hill does not have
the support of some of my friends
In this body whom I know at heart
are In fnvor(Of lower duties. I do not
complain of them. I do not charge
them with Insincerity, because I know
them to he sincere. But I simply
cannot understand them.
Extortionate Tariff.
"It Is beyond my comprehension to
appreciate how In -me session of con-
gress, I could vote for lower duties,
In the next session favor a revision
of the tariff a schedule at a time,
and at a third session he against this
proposition, which, while it Is not a
revision of a single schedule, Is a re-
vision of a few schedules, not with all
the countries of the world, but with
one country; a plan that I believe
marks the beginning of the end of
extortionate tariff duties In this coun-
try."
The speaker declared that It wns
not President Taft, "hut a stubborn
senate that was responsible for the
extra session." He defended the pres-
ident from charges that, he was tak-
ing too much part In legislation,
"1 honor the day when any president
asserts his legislative as well as his
executive power." he said. "These
presidents, were greatest who exercised
to the fullest their legislative as well
as their executive power.
Disappointment to People.
"The reason for this Is that the leg-
islative branch of the government, for
some reason or other, has been a dis-
appointment to the people who own
the government. The people have de-
pended In every emergency, and most
times without disappointments, upon
force, character and Initiative of the
executive.”
Senator Rrown said that when he
found Edward Hines, whom h<' de-
scribed as the "head of the lumber
trust and the manipulator of leglsla-
speclal counsel In the fraud cases in
addition to his work as district attor-
ney. As district attorney he was
paid $3500 a year. When he under-
took the special prosecution of the
fraud case and the task of tracing the
assets of the defendants he was guar-
anteed a salary of $5000 a year and
expenses and ten per cent of the
money recovered and turned Into the
treasury.
Mr. Erwin said he expected the liti-
gation in these cases would he con-
cluded next autumn, when the new
cases now In court are determined.
WILL ASK SENATE
FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington. July 19. — Senator
Pomerene of Ohio, tomorrow will ask
the senate to dispose Immediately of
his resolution, instructing the attor-
ney general to start criminal proceed
ings against the officers of the Stand-
ard Oil and American Tobacco com-
panies.
Many members are opposed trf tak-
ing action of the proposed nature,
questioning the authority of the sen-
ate to Instruct the attorney general
In executive matters.
REVISED COTTON TARIFF
HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
Associated Press DU patch.
Washington, July 19.—The revised
cotton tariff has been practically com-
pleted by the Democratic members of
the ways and means committee. It
will be presented In the house prob-
ably next Wednesday and Majority
Lender Underwood expects that .ten
days or two weeks Will he occupied, in
debate.
WITNESS TALK!
Knew Nothing of the Actions!
of Henry O. Havemeyer
HE DOMINATED ALL AFFAIRS
Acknowledges There is More |
or Less Moisture in Stock of
American Refining Co.
URGENT DEFICIENCY
APPROPRIATION BILL
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, July 19.—The confer-
ence report on the urgent deficiency
appropriation carrying appropriations
for continuing the work of the house
investigating committees end for olh-
er purposes wns ngreed to by the
house today, which then adjourned
until Saturday,
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Associated Press Dispatch.
New York. July 19.—Although the
minutes of the meeting of the hoard
of directors of the American Sugar |
Refining company show that Wash-
ington B. Thomas, the present chair-
man of the hoard, wns elected a mem-
ber of the special committee with H.
iHavcmeyer and Mr. Senff to ac-
quire sugar refineries, Mr Thomas to-
day told the special congressional
committee investigating the so-called
"sugar trust" that he knew nothing
about It until he read it In the gov-
ernment report at Washington a fear
days ago.
"Didn't Mr. Havcmeyer notify you
that you were a member of the com-
mittee to purchuse Independent beet
sugar Interests throughout the coun-
try?" Chairman Hardwick asked. *■•
"Not that 1 remember."
"As a member of such committee
did you ever participate in the pur-
chase of such interests?"
"1 don’t think so."
"But the records shoy that you as
a member of the committee joined In
these $35,000,000 purchases of Inde-
pendents.”
”1 have no recollection of it. MMr.
Havcmeyer always attended to these
I matters alone and never consulted
, anyone.
Financial Interest.
Mr Thomas told of his financial In-
I lerest In the American Sugar Refining
company. His stock, he said, amount-
ed to about 3000 shares with a book
value of about $375,000 and the hold-
ings of the members of his family,
including his own, arc between 15,000
and 20,000 shares, with a value of
between $1,800,000 and $2,000,000.
Mr. Havcmeyer. when he died, had
only 135 shares of stock, hut for many
years had thoroughly dominated the
company, the witness said.
Mr. Thomas said the $90,000,000 of
CRUISER OILS MOINES
GOING TO HAITI.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Boston, July 19.—Sailors and naval
officers were hustling aboard the pro-
tected cruiser Des Moines at the , Hl
Charlestown navy yard today making j a,on„ „ni1
final preparations for her voyage to '
the scene of the Haytlcn rebellion.
The Dos Moines will leave* Boston
tomorrow and within a week she will
ho at Guantanamo to take on coal*
aftpr which hpr commander, Gnptaln
•'man, expects to proceed to Fort Au
Prince.
.................... I—
FORMER POLICE CHIEF
GOES TO PENITENTIARY.
Associated Press Dispatch,
Seattle, Wash.. July 19. Former
Chief of Police Charles W. Wnppeti-
ste’.n, convicted of accepting a bribe
lor permitting Gideon Tapper and
Clarence Gerald to operate houses of j Kto,,u ,lf tho ,.omplun. was represented
prostitution during the Gill adminis- ; „ m, „ ......u
tration, was sentenced today to not
iess than three nor more than ten
years’ Imprisonment In the state peni-
tentiary, Wappensteln has ninety
days In which to appeal to the su-
preme court.
RELEASE SOLDIERS
FROM THE PRISON
Conditions at Agua Prieta Have
Somewhat Improved
THE SITUATION WAS CRITICAL
Bloodshed Was Threatened in Settle-
ment With the Disbanded) Troop*,
But Wa» Finally Averted
Klrtley 1h manager of a biff atork j turo*" oppoainff thp measure, “in the
farm and dlscharffed Begatta parly in | namP 0f and for the sake of the fnrm-
thr* week. For the last two nights | r.rH 0f thin country. I begin to think
Legatta and a companion have been j that there must be something in thIh
skulking about the farm firing hay- j which ought to command the re-
packs in order to bring Kirtley from i HpPCt and support of every honeut
his home. When hn did ao they fired ! man fn this country."
at him. Last night JKrtley was shot i “This bill," he concluded, “is the
In the cheek when the men fired j corner stone of a new tariff system
through the windows of his home.
Tonight the members of the posse
were waiting to he assigned to their
places when Legatta, hidden in a
fence corner, shot at Kirtley again as
the latter entered his home. The man
was quickly surrounded and killed.
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FOIIT DAVIS SODA FOUNTAIN
F V PDODED WED NK8DAY.
Associated Press DU patch.
Fort Davis, Tex., July 19.—A ter-
rific explosion occurred this morning
about eight o'clock in the Fort Davis
Drug company’s establishment, when
the soda water tank blew up, wreck-
ing the fountain fixtures and doing?
minor damage to the building. H.
M. Jones, the manager, and H. A.
Klug narrowly escaped serious injury.
BREAD MAKERS* STRIKE.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Mexico City, Mexico, July 19.—The
striking bakers gained many recruit*
today and it is believed the atrlke will
be cloaed tomorrow.
I corner
j which will put an end forever, T hope.
I to unnecessary and excessive duties.M
Associated Dress Dispatch,
Agua Prieta, Son., Mex., July 19.—
Lieut. Colonel Rafael Komero, super-
intending the discharge of insurreeto
soldiers, who was thrown into prison
today when he demanded th*‘ surren-
der of the soldiers’ guns, was re-
leased late today when he promised
that the pay of the men would be
Increased’ to from $490 to $500 each,
The men were at first promised only
$40 each, Mexican money.
The situation was less tense to-
night and ft Is believed that trouble
of a serious nature has beun averted.
Bloodshed was threatened early to-
day when the soldiers refused to sur-
render their arms on Homero’s de-
mand and martial law declared after
Komero and several customs officers
had been imprisoned on orders of
Captain Hererra, commanding the
garrison here. ShotMd guns were
pointed down the streets and a guard
mounted on the international line, al-
lowing no one to pass between this
town and Douglas.
Komero and the customs officers
were paroled tonight, having agreed
to remain here until all details of
the payment of the troops and sur-
render of their arms had been com-
pleted.
Duing the forenoon telegrams were ,
sent by both parties to the controver-
sy to Provisional Governor Mayto-
reno, who is at Cananea, and to Kran-
rlsco I Madero. but no replies bad
been received at nightfall.
b\ real property with a book value of
$195 for every 100 shares of stock.
Chairman Hardwick said he would
not accept the company's book value
as correct.
“Anybody can figure book value,**
he said. “What I want is actual valuo
by unprejudiced experts” and It was
Intimated that the committee would
endeavor to arrive at such a valuation
by the employment of experts to ap-
praise the value of the property.
In reply to Representative Madison
Mr. Thomas went Into the formation
of the organization.
Tin* Organization.
“The refineries composing the first
company were capitalized at $6,500,-
ooo and were given $50,000,000 of su-
gar trust stock for their property, were
they not?**
“I believe so.”
“That’S a whole lot of moisture, was
It not?”
“I guess so."
“Do you not know that much of tho
slock is now water?”
Mr. Thomas admitted that thii
might be true.
“In the reforms you inaugurated
a ho Lit the time of Mr. Havemeyer’8
death did you reduce .salaries?”
“I did in my case.”
“What are you getting**
“Twenty-five thousand a year.’*
“What was Mr. Havcmeyer get-
ting?”
“<>ne hundred thousand.”
“Was n«»t John E. parsons, as coun-
sel, paid $100,000 for his services in
bringing in the Philadelphia refiner-
t€8?”
“Yes, but we have cut out such
matters now.”
ltc<*olvcs No Salary.
Mr. Thomas added that Vice-Presi-
dent Atkins, although taking a very
active interest in the affairs of the
company, receives no salary. He ex-
plained this by saying that Mr. At-
kins liked to work. Among the re-V
forms to bo Instituted by the L’ompanyJ
according to Mr. Thomas, is a pension
system for employes. —
Mr. Madison, who took a hand in
the questioning, said he believed the
< ommon stock of the National Sugar
Refining company in the New Jersey
mjif would lie Invalidated “as the Is-
suing of that stock was a terrible
steal,” and that this would give the
American company control, thus In-
creasing its output to nearly 60 per
cent of the country’s product.
This, with the American’s large in-
terest In the beet sugar industry,
would make the American a most for-
midable corporation, absolutely con-
trolling one of the country’e necessi-
ties
“Do you not think congress shoulor
control such a powerful organiza-
tion?’’ he was asked.
“I think it would be a good thing.*•
replied the witness.
WAS PAID $7«.72»
IN TWELVE YEARS.
Associated Press DUpaUf*.
Washington, July 19.—Marion Er-
United States district attorney
for the southern district of Georgia,
and special counsel for the govern
ment in the Greene-Oaynor-Carter Sa-
vannah harbor frauds, testified before
the house committee on department
of justice expenditures today that dur-
ing twelve years he had received from
the government as special compensa-
tion $76,724 in salary and fees.
He also said he expected commis-
sions on amounts recovered which
would bring his total compensation on
amounts recovered to about $101,-
000 for the twelve years. Altogether
there have been recovered from Cap-
tain Carter. Green and Uaynor about
half a million dollars In rash, besides
property valued at about $200,000.
Erwin teatified he was employed as
t
MARK LEAVES HOSPITAL.
A>-sOriated Prem* Dispatch.
Erie, Pa., July 19. or<* in body and
{ limping. J. C. (Bud) M*trs, left the
1 hospital today, where he has been re-
covering from Injuries due to a fall
from his biplane last Friday.
Mars said he would not attempt an-
other light for at least six months and
may abandon aviation.
♦ ' <•> /i ’ • ♦> '*■' ^ ^ ($)
-. PESSIMIST!! REPORTS <*>
•< OF FUTURE IN MEXICO.
Americans returning from
'•> Mexico to tho States during the ?>
past week report affairs in that ■%>
'*> country are not shaping up as r$>
<* they should, and that It need not •>
create surprise if another season <?>
& of turmoil and conflict prevails, '*>
*$> beginning in the very near fu- <*>
ture.
<9 ♦
COLLEGE BULLETIN
ON MONEY EXPENDITURE.
.1 ssneiotod Press Dispatch.
Madison, Win., J111y 19.—That over
ten billion dollars are spent In th«*
United States annually for food, shel-
ter and clothing and that New York
City’s per cent of this sum Is spent
by women who have no knowledge
] of the value of a dollar, says the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin bulletin, Just is-
! sued.
j It is pointed out that women are
j subjected to the skill of the advertiser
; without any knowledge that will en-
• able them to determine whether a cer-
| tain advertised article is worth what
I is claimed for it or whether it will be
of any value in the house.
The state is taxed, the bulletin con-
tinues, to provide instruction in the
principles governing tho production
of raw material and the manufacture
of these raw materials Into the fln-
j ished product. Women should be
j trained to use this material; there will
j be the least possible waste of time
l or money.
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