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NEWS OF THE WORLDPURELY PERSONAL.
Charles Spies was appointed post-master at Nelson, Wls,, vice K. John-/*n. resigned.
Edward O Brown of Chicago has,t‘en appointed a member of the An-apolis visitation board by PresidentTaft.
Forest Kay Moulton of the Univer-sity of Chicago has been elected amember of the National Academy ot
Sciences.Binger Hermann, former commls
*k)oer of the general land office atWashington, is ill at his home in Ore-gon, and hit condition is pronouncedprecarious.
the Peary Arctic club and the National Geographic society, has beenabandoned for this year, accordingto announcement.
In a quarrel over the boundary linesof their ranches. Emmet Newmanwas shot and killed and R. M. Gat-lin was seriously wounded Saturdayafternoon on Kelly’s ranch. 50 milesnorth of Del Rio.
Louis Rose, a 10 year old boy otJersey City, running valiantly to catcha foul tip in a baseball game tellhead foremost in a shallow pond andstuck in the mud bottom. He was
dead when pulled out.
Carl W. Eisendrath, vice presidentof the Monarc h Leather company andwell known as a club man, was foundshot dead in his room in Chicago.Death was caused by a bullet from ahunting rifle. Members of the fam-ily say that the snooting was acci-dental.
Senator Timothy Burke of GreenBay was married to Miss FrancesSheehan of Milwaukee, in Madison.Mr. Burke was elected to the state*-nate in 1908. succeeding HenryHageinelster.
Glen W. Dresbach, l,anark. HI., waselected editor in chief of the Wis-consin Magazine for next year at ameeting of the staff. Dresbach is aHophomore in the college of lettersand science. Chalmer B. Traver ofMilwaukee was elected assistant ed-itor
Capt. Edgar A. Macklin of theTwenty-fifth infantry has been or-dered to his home for retirement inAugust. Capt. Macklin was one ofthe officers who commanded thetroops of the Twenty-fifth infantrywho were Involved in the Brownsvilleriot.
Andrew De Zensky. with transpor-
tation from Washington to Russia,having money orders for sfioo, got
off the train at Sentinel Butte, N. D.,and was examined before the insan-ity board. He was allowed to pro-ceed home on the Northern Pacifictrain, the board not being satisfiedas to his Insanity.
Clad In night clothing, sixty per-sons were driven into a snow storm
in Chicago by an alleged incendiaryfire in the Cledan apartment building.Mrs. E. E. Ballard was carried fromthe structure probably fatally burned,
and four others, overcome by smoke,were rescued by firemen.
Paul Deinlnger, a Catholic priestmentioned in press dispatches ashaving turned socialist and been mar-ried to Mrs. Gertrude Beistlay Huntat. a socialist meeting in Anderson,Ind . is well known throughout north-ern Wisconsin. He was formerlyitastor of the congregation at Tony.
Mrs. Sarah Riebsam, who died in
Madison made a gift of SIO,OOO to♦he Congregational church, one of*5,000 to the Madison General Hos-fiital association, and one of SI,OOOto the Young Woman’s Christian as-sociation. She also made a numberof smaller gifts in her will of thetotal amount of $4,000.
Several teachers of Beloit collegewill be away next school year. R.I*.. Way will take the chair of Amer-ican history in the University oT Ta-il lana; R. K. Richardson will studyin Europe for a part of the year, and
'Assistant Prof. H. T. Baker willspend the year in Europe. George\V. Sherbert of Northwestern univer-sity. Evanston. Tnd.. will take Prof,
linker's ?>lace and Prof. John C. Par-ish of (be University of lowa will
fluke prof. Way’s work for the year.
The police made two unusual arrests of juvenile offenders in Pltts-gurg. Josephine Pategowska, only 13years old, is charged with settingfire to eight houses in the vicinityof her own home. She said the fireengines thrilled her. A 13 year oldboy, Barney Leahey, a cripple of thesame district, was arested for drunk-enness. He was unconscious.
Harry K. Steinhauser, a deserterfrom the Twenty-eighth infantry, sta-
tioned at Fort Snelling, was arrestedat Ely, Minn., by Chief Seraphlneofthe local police. The chief foundSteinhauser walking along the roadbetween Ely and Winton and tookhim in. After a bit of argument beadmitted his identity, and was takenback to the fort.
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.Kerbaugh and Pierson, proprietors
of creameries at Oxford and Jones-ville, have their new model cream-ery ready for occupation.
The Park Falls Manufacturing com-pany has installed anew fifty sixinch veneer machine and now canturn out almost double the amountof work with the same number ofmen.
The Johnson Manufacturing com-pany of Marshfield has decided to addto tin- staple gloves and i-nittens nowmanufactured at the plant a line oftents, awnings, stack covers and all• anvas goods of a similar nature.
The Chambers Creamery companyof Grand Rapids has installed a S6OOSimplex cream ripener and pasteur-
izer. This new machine will controlthe temperature and pasteurize thecream at the same time.
Libby, McNeill & Libby of Chicagohas been given a site for a picklefactory by the Wisconsin and Michi-gan railway company at Peshtigo andIn all probability the new factorywill be under construction in a shorttime.
BADGER BRIEFS.
William Knilans, arested on thecharge of selling liquor without a li-cense in Racine, paid a fine of SSOami costs.
Lillian Josrnore, daughter of a well-to-do resident at Lodi, was arrestedin Madison on a charge of shoplift-ing. She confessed, it is said, totaking articles in four leading stores.
V)laf Wagnild, of Eau Claire, aged45 years, a carpenter, while workingon the roof of a barn, lost his balance. slipped dowr n the roof, missedthe scaffolding and struck on a wagon
tongue, breaking his neck.Fred Wagner of Reedsville was
sentenced to fourten years’ Imprison-ment at Waupun after pleading guiltyto a statutory charge In which his13-year-old niece was the principal■witness. Wagner Is 23 years old anda farmer.
The Soo road has asked the cityof Glenwood to change its name.There are now on the line a Glen-wood, Minn., a Glenwood. Wis., anda Greenwood, Wis., and mis-shlpmentsoccur almost daily. Many letters arealso miscarried.
Beloit college trustees will discon-tinue its academy, founded sixtyyears ago, and will have a sub-fresh-man class next year for academy stu-dents to finish their preparatory stud-ies. Principal John P. Deane willaccept a chair in the college faculty.
County Superintendent Ruby iVT.Acker has announced that the fftateHorticultural society has agreed totake a ten years’ lease of one of toeFond du Lac county school groundsand keep it in condition, making ita model for the other schools in thecounty.
Jacob Brasser. postmaster at Hing-
ham. has been suspended from hisoffice by United States Postoffice in-spector Kittredge of Chicago, untilcertain 'alleged irregularities in theconduct of the office are investigatedG W. Wisselink, a real estate dealer,Pas been appointed temporary post-master.
The United States supreme court,holding that there was no groundtor its assuming jurisdiction, dis-missed the case brought from Wis-consin to test the constitutionalityof the Wisconsin jury law'. Mert H.Voight of Ashland, the appellant, had&een convicted at Ashland, and hisattorneys held that the jury law was*' ’'.constitutional.
forest fires have devastated a largein Bayfield county, destroying
wmber. estimated, to the value of$500,000 between Cable and Drum-mond. The settlers have been fight-ing the fires, said to hate been setfrom the section fires, on fheOmaha road, until they are ex-hausted. The fall of snow, precededby rain, has quenched the fires.
Mrs. Fred Krueger of Woodvfllewas bitten on both hands two weeksago by her dog. which has since died■from hydrophobia, as diagnosed byState Veterinarian Clark, to whom<he animal’s head was sent. Mrs.Irueger has up to the present time*fned fn take "Oaatenr •pay-
ment. The authorities have beenasked to have all dogs In this vicin-ity muz-led.
DOMESTIC.The proposed American south polar
expedition, under joint auspices of
P. J. Holm and company of EauClaire have taken possession ot thebuilding formerly occupied by theBurdick Motor company and will re-model the structure to suit the needsof the company in the manufactureof gasoline engines.
At a meeting of the creditors ofthe Annen Candy and Biscuit com-pany of Green Bay, an advisory boardwas named to w'ork with the manage-ment of the company in conductingthe factory. The statement of the
company showed the assets to he farin excess of the liabilities.
The American Brass company atKenosha is planning for the expend-iture .of from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000in the extension of tne plant of theChicao Brass company in that Mty.The plans are to make the Kenoshaplant one of the largest if not thelargest brass rolling mills in tbeworld.
Anew company has been formedat La Crosse with capitalization of$50,000 which has brought out theinterests of the mortgages in the LaCrosse Pure Food company, takingover the plant and business, andhereafter will conduct the concern,although retaining the name The LaCrosse Pure Food company. Thecompany will continue to manufactureand wholesale dairy products.
The Sheboygan Evaporated Milkcompany, incorporated some weeksago. failing to find a satisfactory lo-cation near Sheboygan, has finallydecided to locate at Jefferson wherethe company has already contractedfor some 1.300 cows and will handle60.000 to 70,000 pounds of milk aday. The main building will belsox40 feet, two stories high. At right,angles from near the middle of themain building, another building UOx40 feet, two stories high, will beerected
At the annual meeting of the stock-holders of the Crivitz Pulp and Pa-per company a dividend of 6 percent was declared. It is proposed todevelop power at the Sandstone Rap-ids and convey it to the company'spulp mill at Crivitz. Eventually thispower will run the machinery of alarge paper mill which will be builtby the company and it is expectedthat enough power can be generatedto furnish electric lighting for thevillage and also any industries which•nav b induced locate in Crivitr.
OBITUARY.Manley Gilbert, aged 9 years, eld-
est son of the Rev. A. S. Gilbert,pastor of the First Methodist Episco-pal church of Dodgeville, is deadafter a short illness.
Dr. W. W. Gould is dead at his(home in Rochelle, HI,. He was amember of the American Institute ofHomeopathy and of the Ililnois Home-opathic Medical association.
John W. Good, millionaire Molinemanufacturer, and chief stockholder,in the Deere & Mansur company, whowas touring the east with his fam-ily. died at Bombay, India.
Mrs. Joseph H. Twitchell, whosehusband, the Rev. Joseph Twitchell,
j was summoned from New York byher illness while he wr as attendingMark Twain’s funeral, died in Hart-ford, Conn.
John Bullock, aged 51 years, ter-mer member of the common councilof Racine and former chancellor com-mander of Racine lodge Knights ofPythias, was found dead in his roomsat Waukegan, 111.
John Brantford Alcott, widelyknown as a grass expert, died at hishome at South Manchester, Conn.,aged 70 years. He laid out the grassgardens of the Smithsonian institu-tion, Washington.
Charles Edwin Hurd, who had beenliterary editor of the Boston Trans-cript since 1874, died in Boston. Mr.Hurd was born in 1833. Early in
his career he was editor of the Erie< Pa., i Dispatch. He was an artistand author of note.
Simeon Brownell, a philanthropist,who was one of the earliest advo-cates of abolition and and active con-ductor on the “underground railroad,”died in Whittier. Cal. He was rearednear Bennington, Vt., and owned ex-tensive slate quarries in New York.He was 82 years old.
John D. Miller died at the Wiscon-sin Veteran’s home. He was born inGermany seventy years ago, and hadbeen a resident of Wisconsin since1856. He served during the late warin Cos. C., First N. Y. Light Artillery,for forty-four months, and was ad-mitted to the Wisconsin Veteran'shome July 24. 1894.
Charts B. Draper, proprietor ofDraper Hall and one of the best knownhotel men in the state, died at hishome in Oconomowoc after a longillness, aged sixty years. Charles B.Draper was born in Milwaukee. Whenhe was a young boy he went withhis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin T.Draper, to Oconomowoc to reside
PRINCE PLACES WREATHON WASHINGTON’S TOMB
Washington. May 3.—PrinceTsai Tao. brother of the prince re-gent of China, yesterday morning vis-ited the Washington navy yard andcapitol. He met Speaker Cannon andalso saw the supreme court in ses-sion.
The prince later was given a lunch-eon by Secretary Knox and thenboarded the president’s yacht, theMayflower, for Mount Vernon. Theprince placed a wreath upon Wash-ington’s tomb.
DIES IN POPE'S ARMS.
Mgr. Guglielmo Pifferi, Parish Priest,Has Passed Away.
Rome. May 3.—A typical figure olthe Vatican passed yesterday with thedeath of Mgr. Gug’ielemo Pifferi, whohad been the sacriista or parish priestof the apostolic palace, since the timeof Pius IX. The aged ecclesiasticdied in the arms of the pope, who hadgone to the bedside upon learning thatthe end wag near. The monsignorhad served for 50 years under threepopes. The post of sacrista has exist-ed for six centuries and Is always con-ferred upon an Augustinian.
NATION’S DUTY TO .
FORTIFY PANAMA CANALWashington. May I.—ln a special
message to congress yesterday, Pres-ident Taft urged that the defenses’ofthe Panama canal be ready for busi-ness on January 1, 1915, on whichdate it is also proposed to open thecanal to navigation. He says theduty of the nation is to fortify thecanal. The cost of fortification is es-timated at over fourteen millions.
TO ADVANCE ALLRAILROAD RATES
TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES
SERVE FORMAL NOTICE ONCOMMERCE COMISSION.
SHIPPERS OF MIDDLE WEST
WILL SUFFER THROUGH NEW
REGULATION.
Washington, D. C., May 1.—Rail-road freight rates throughout thecountry will ge materially increasedby tariffs filed with the interstatecommerce commission yesterday bywestern trunk lines. Tne rateschanged primarily affect points onand between Missouri river and Mis-sissippi river transfers and propor-tionately will increase the rates fromthose points to Atlantic and Pacificseaboard terminals.
In every instance the tariffs filedwill become effective on June 1. Theincreases are wholly on commoditiesand do not effect the class rates.They amount, on an average, to an in-crease of approximately 18 per cent.,the various increases ranging from 16to 23 per jcent.
For instance the rate on hides isincreased 16 per cent.; on westboundagricultural machinery, 18 per cent.;beer and beer bottle caps, 18 percent., and paper, 23 per cent.
Other important commodities in-cluding general machinery, wool,bags and bagging, iron pipe, soapsoap powder and washing powder,candy, cement, pitch and tar, cerealfoods, and creamery machinery takean increase of from 16 per cent, up-wards to 23 per cent.
Naturally, these tariffs, which ap-ply directly to Mississippi transferpoints, including Chicago, Milwaukee.Duluth and St. Paul, and to Missouririver transfer points, including Kan-sas City. St. Joseph, Leavenworth andOmaha, will affect all of the commod-ity rates, from those points to theAtlantic and Pacific seaboards.
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.Washington. April 20.—In the sen-
ate the administration , railroad billwas taken up again. Senator Clappspoke in opposition to traffic agree-ment clause and advocated Cumminsamendment, which provided that suchagreements shall be made only withthe approval of the
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interstate com-merce commission. Senator Owenintroduced a bill providing for theelection of postmasters by the people.The committee on irrigation author-ized a favorable report on the Guggen-heim bill appropriating $50,000 to de-fray tbe expenses of the eighteenthnational congress to be held at Pu-eblo.
In the house the railroad bill wastaken up under the five- minute rule.Mr. Sulzer spoke in advocacy of theHearst commerce court bill as a sub-stitute for the commerce court sec-tion of the present bill. Mr. Sulzerfailed to receive any support fromcolleagues. Later Mr, Hubbard movedto strike out commerce court section.Motion resulted in tie vote. The waysand means committee ordered a fullreport on the Underwood resolutioncalling upon the president for all pa-pers relating to the granting of theminimum to foreign nations.
Washington, April 27.—1n the sen-ate there was a debate on the railroadbill. Senator Rayner spoke againstthe bill and created amusement byappealing to republican insurgents tocome into democratic fold. Assert-ed that good features of measure areimperiled by others that are unconsti-tutional. Proposed regulation ofstock and bond issues had nothing toto do with regulation of interstatecommerce and would not be so re-garded by supreme court. Dolliver andBailey also discussed bill.
In the house Mr. Sabath securedamendment of land bill, giving every-one equal Chance in next drafting.Committee on rules granted hearingto Mr. Scott of Kansas. Mr. Burlesonof Texas, and Mr. Lever of South Car-olina on resolution, asking committeesto report special order for considera-tion of Scott bill to prevent gamblingin cotton futures. Committee informedthem it would not be possible to se-cure vote before May 9.
Washington, April 2s.—In the sen-ate a resolution passed reinstatingnine West Point cadets, dismissed forhazing, so they may be tried by courtmartial under new law. Postoffice ap-propriation bill reported as it passedhouse without single amendment;this is the first instance of the kind.Message received from president ve-toing the bill authorizing secretary ofinterior to grant leases and permitsfor mining coal or lumber use in Mes-averde National park, Colorado.
In the house a motion by Mr. Adam-son of Georgia to strike out sectionof railroad bill permitting carriers tobring suits against government incommerce court defeated 129 to 132.Vnuerwood resolution calling on pres-ident for papers relating to grants otminimum tariff to foreign governments adopted. Olmsted resolutioncalling cn secretary of war for infor-mation relating to sale of Philippinefriars land adopted, v
both houses in eulogy.
Accept Statue of Francis H. PierpontFrom West Virginia.
Washington. May i.—The accept-ance by congress of a statue of Fra*cis H. Pierpont from the state ofWest Virginia, for permanent exhi-bition in the capitol. was the occa-sion of eulogies in the houses yester-day.
The house devoted several hours tothe passage of numerous privateclaims bills.
ROOSEVELT’S SONIN CARPET BUSINESS
Thompsonville, Conn., May 1Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., who, follow-ing his graduation from Harvard,came here to work in the c%rpet fac-tory to learn the business, has com-pleted his apprenticeship and hasgone to New York. After his mar-riage in June, he will go to Californiato represent his company.
HYDE MURDER CASETAKES NEW TURN
Kansas City, May 1.—Whether aperson caused the deaths of ColonelThomas H. and Chrisman Swope maybe determined by
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a commission ap-pointed by the judge in the Hyde mur-der trial. The court made a sugges-tion yesterday and will announce to-morrow whether it believes such ac-tion would be legal. Mr. Hyde’s at-torneys refuse to state wiiether thisplan of procedure is satisfactory tothem. The prosecutor is satisfied.The offer of Judge Latshaw came af-ter a long debate over the admissionof certain expert testimony. Severalexperts for the state testified to theirbelief that Colonel Swope did not diefrom natural causes.
BUILDING MONORAILROADS IN ALASKA
■ London May 3.—The first prac-tical application of Louis Brennan'smonorail invention is to be made inAlaska, where a system of monorailrailroads will be built, connectingseveral camps. Exclusive rights havebeen granted to an American syndi-cate.
IOWA COUNTY DMjPOTAT, MOTE&AL POINT, WIS., THURSDAY, HAY 9, 1910.
ILLINOIS SLUSHFUND EXPOSURE
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LORIMER AND FRIENDS IN RUSH• /
T'J ENTER DENIALS OF PUB-LISHED STORY.
ASSEMBLYMAN WHITE STICKSTO HIS TEXT—WILL TELL
GRAND JURY.
BLACKMAIL SUGGESTED ANDTALES TOLD TO REFLECT ON
CREDULITY OF WITNESS.
Chicago, May 1,—RepresentativeCharles A. Whites sensational story7that he received $l,OOO to cast hisvote for William Lorimer for the Unit-ed States senate and that he (White)also accepted $9OO as his share of analleged legislative “slush fund” metwith denials on the part of all oth-ers yesterday.
Lee O'Neil Browne of Ottawa, dem-ocratic minority leader at Springfield,
.and Senator Lorimer were here yes-terday, and both denied the use ofbribes.
Browne, alleged by White to havebeen the distributor of the Lorimermoney, declared that White hadrushed into print because he failedin an attempt to use his story to .se-cure “hush’’ money.
Robert E, Wilson, democratic rep-resentative of Chicago, declared byWhite to have doled slush money atSt. Louis, admits it, but declares thatthe democrats who assembled there
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• * Subpoena for White. *
* Chicago, May 1.—State’s At- *
* tomey Burke of Sangamon coun- *
* ty, at Sjringfleld, last night is- *
* sued a subpoena for White, re- *
* turnable May 9, when the coum *
* ty grand jury meets. The sub- *
* poena was sent to St. Clair *
* county, White’s home, and also *
* to Cook county so as to be sure *
*to get service. Burke 'has re- *
* ceived no official information *
* regarding the alleged bribery, *
* but believes the circulation of *
* the alleged confession justifies *
*an inquiry. According to the *
* printed confession. White’s por- •
* tion of the alleged bribe money •
* was paid him in Springfield. *
This would make the matter *
* actionable in Sangamon county *
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were partisans of Browne’s whowished to arrange a banquet for himat his home town. Browne frownedon the enterprise and the banquetwas called off.
According to Browne, White for-merly was a street car conductor inEast St. Louis, and later appeared atSpringfield as a lobbyist in favor of'abor bills. Then he was elected tothe lower house.
White, In his charges, states thatthe public might expect to hear himcalled a blackmailer, but that he wasprepared for that.
In an Interview yesterday, Brownesaid that White, during the session,appealed to him several times forloans. He says he let him have fiftydollars several times for which Reholds notes. He says the appealscame so often that he got White ajob paying $75 a month which Whiterefused to take. Then the coolnesssprung up. He next said he receiveda letter from White saying:
“I have written the full story ofmy experiences at Springfield at thelegislature. Those who have seen itdeclare it is the best story that theworld has seen. I wrote it for pub-lication. I have used your name init with deep regret, but I cannotavoid it and still set forth the facts.T also have told Senator Lorimerabout it.’’
Browne said further:“He did not ask for money, but in-
timated, as plain as if it had been inscareheads. that, unless money waspaid the story would be published. Itwas my first intimation that he hadgone into the thug business. Ilooked at the situation from everyangle and at last concluded there wasbut one thing to and igpore theletter and its writer.”
White was secretly interviewed byState’s Attorney Wayman yesterday.He is expected to tell the story to thespecial grand jury. ♦
At Jeffersonville, Illinois, Represen-tative H. A. Shephard, named fnWhite’s story as being one presentat the St. Louis conference wherethe alleged “slush’’ money was divid-ed, yesterday denied that he was aparty to any such deal or knew ofany one paid to vote for Lorimer.
At Knoxville, Tennessee, White’sparents received a letter from him,dated at Chicago, saying he was pre-paring to enter a great fight to clearIllinois of corrupt practices in legis-’ative affaire an( j gayfng also that hewas taking a clean and honorable po-sition in his efforts.
MARINETTE LADWINS COURT CASE
Marinette, W’is., May I.—HarrySuplinski, a li-year-old boy. conduct-ed a case in police court here yester-day, representing another boy. Ray-mond Wiegers, his friend. Wlegershad been arrested for disturbing areligious meeting at the Jewish syn-agogue by throwing snowballs. Thedistrict attorney appeared in the caseand Suplinski conducted his side ofit, bringing witnesses and making sogood an argument that the defend-ant was discharged, after it had ap-peared there was almost a conclusivecase against him.
Chicago, May 1,—Senator Lorimerlate yesterday issued a statement say-ing the White statement is absolutelyfalse. ,
“What is the matter with White isbeyond me. What is the matter withthe people behind him—the ChicagoTribune—is easier to tell. They aretrying, by deliberate lying, to wreckfinancial institutions which I amknown to be starting. It is an oldgame with these people.
“For 20 years the Tribune has im-agined that it could ruin me, not onlypersonally and politically, but In everyenterprise with which I have beenconnected. How well It has succeed-ed anybody in Chicago may judge forhimself."
Mr. Lorimer goes on to say henever had buit a casual meeting withWhite and never saw him alone. Hesays any one familiar with Springfieldaffairs wr ould know in a minute sucha thing is untrue.
Mr. Lorimer says he can t tell whyW hite should tell such a story. Hesays some time ago in Washingtonhe got a letter from White saying hewas going to write a story of his lifein the legislature. He said he hadwritten 30,000 words for which hehad an offer of $2.50 a wcrd.
As this would mean $75,000 Lori-mer says he concluded the man wascrazy, \
He said his secretary suggested theletter w'as a blackmail letter, butLorimer says he did not believe it at
LORIMER SAYS STORYIS ABSOLUTELY FALSE
the time. He wrote White saying hewas glad he was doing so well,
Lorimer said that previously hehad been told that White was verypoor. He asked some friends fo getemployment for him as he had votedfor him. He says White never ap-peared to take a place open for him.
Lorimer says the untruthfulness ofWhite’s story is shown by his quotingCharles Luke as his authority wherehe attempts to bring him (Lorimer)in directly. Lorimer then says:
“Luke ts dead. There is the pointto the He, There can be no reply
from the grave. The trick is somuch a newspaper trick that I canhardly think White did it. I am con-fident that the people in the Tribuneoffice, who made it an object for him
to sign the article, supplied him withthis crooked falsehood.
“Incidentally, after reading thedime novel stuff printed In fhe Tribune and comparing it with the letterhe wrote to me I can say that Whitehad about as much to do with writ-ing the Tribune story as if he hadnever been born."
Roger C. Sullivan, leader of jthedemocratic party in Illinois, discred-its the bribery story by saying thatBrowne, who is
(charged with hand-
ling the funds in the case, was a can-didate for the senatership himself,and was not therefore working in theinterests of Lorimer. He said he didnot believe any democratic memberimplicated in the matter in any way.
QUESTION VALIDITYOF AD VALOREM LAW
Lansing, Mich. May 1.—Chargingthat Michigan’s ad valorem system oftaxation is in violation of the stateand national constitutions, the West-ern Union Telegraph company yes-terday paid the state $20,673 of Itsassessed $31,009, and the AmericanTelegraph and Telephone companypaid $7,752 of its assessed $9,302. Thebasis on which the companies esti-mated that they owed the state theseamounts is not known.
ROOSEVELT VISITSTOMB OF GROTIUS
MUNICIPALITY PRESENTS HIM
DELFT PLATE WITH PORTRAITOF WILLIAM OF ORANGE.
The Hague, May 1.—Mr. Rooseveltagain was the object yesterday otmuch enthusiasm on the part of Hol-landers. Groups of singers serenad-ed him and later he was cheeredwhen he appeared on the streets.Mrs. Roosevelt sent congratulationsto Queen Wilhelmina on the birthdayof her daughter. The Rooseveltparty went in an automobile to Delftyesterday afternoon to visit to tombof Hugo Grotius, statesman Themunicipality presented Mr. Rooseveltwith a delft plate, with a portrait otWilliam of Orange.
He then visited the Prizenhof, thescene of the death of William of Or-ange the silent, founder of the Dutchindependence, who was assassinatedin 1584. Bullet holes in the stairswere pointed out.
The Roosevelts last night dinedwith the American minister, Beanpre,a distinguished company being present. A reception for the Americancolony was held afterwards.
PARIS HAS SCHOOLFOR SMUGGLERS
MANY PLANS HATCHED TO BRING
GOODS ACROSS DUTY
FREE.
New York. May l.v-SpeciaJ AgentC. C. Wall was at his desk in the cus-tom house yesterday after a long andimportant trip abroad. He was semto Europe to acquire expert knowledgeto be used in the detection and prose-cution of customs frauds at this port
Mr. Wall said he had found an in-teresting state of affairs abroad, es-pecially in Paris, where, to his sur-prise, he heard plans for customsfrauds discussed freely and openly.
“In the American, colony in Paris.”he said, “I found that many plans—-and some of them good ones—arehatched for bringing foreign purchas-es into America without paying duty.The best dressmakers, for example, of-fer to help you in avoiding paymentof duty on your purchases.
“The spirit is much the same inLondon, Berlin, Cologne, Antwerp,Marseilles and Edinburgh, but itcounts most in Paris, the mart of theworld. At Antwerp, an enterprisingcenter of the tricksters, more atten-tion is given to the smulggling ofsmall articles. Antwerp is the head-quarters of manufacturers of trunkswith false bottoms and shoes with hol-low heels.”
COUNTY JUDGE MAKESDRY TERRITORY WET
Marion, 111., May 1.—County JudgeW. F. Slater in a decision in the anti-saloon election contest case yester-day, changed Bush, Herrin, Johnsoncity and Marion from “dry” to saloonterritory. The anti-saloon representa-tives will appeal.
mm CHARGESSEEP CONSPIRACY
BALLINGER DENIES ALL STATE-
MENTS AND ACCUSATIONS
AGAINST HIM.
BRANDEIS BELIEVES ATTORNEY
GENERAL WICKERSHAM PRAC-
TICED DECEPTION.
Washington, May I.—Mr. Ballinger
continued to contradict ami deny thestatements and accusations against
him from the witness stand in the in
vestigation. yesterday. He launchedinto a justification of his attitudetowards the reclamation service.The mojt important denial was of thecharge made by Director F. H. New-ell and Chief Eng'neer A. I*. Davis, ofthe service, that he misrepresentedto the president that the reclamationservice had recommended restorationof water power sites withdrawn oySecretary Garfield. These officialsswore that Ballinger ordered them iurecommend these restorations. Mr.Ballinger swore he made no such or-
der although he felt that the laudhad been illegally withdrawn andshould be restored. He made nosecret of the fact that ho would liketo see Mr. .Newell superseded ns headof the reclamation. He said Tte“ didnot have much confidence in Newell sadministrative ability, although hodenied hostility to the governmentsreclamation policy and said thatmany projects under way had greatpossibilities for development. He ex-plained why he was not in sympathywithpthe prevailing system of re-clamation work. He said he did notthink the secretary of the interiorhad the right to undertake any pro-ject without having sufficient fundsin sight to complete it. He thoughtthe work should be done under con-tract system Instead of under thegovernment system.
Mr. Vertrees. Ballinger’s counsel,charged that a conspiracy Is afootagainst other advisers than Ballingerof the president who happened to bedistasteful to the conspirators. Heintimated that Messrs. Garfield andPinchot were the chief conspirators.
Mr. Brandeis for the defense, open-ly stated a belief that the attorneygeneral had antedated his summarywith the “idea of making that appearproper which was not proper whendone.” He had reference to the dis-missal of L. R. Glacis, by the presi-dent on September 13 lust and was in-timating that the attorney general,months after that date, had drawn upa summary in an effort to justify anerror .of the president and in order tomake the deception complete haddated it two days before the presi-dent’s action was taken.
HAWKEYES OPPOSEHIGHER MEAT RATE
Washington, May I.—Senator Cum-mins headed the greater part of thelowa congressional delegation at aconference with Chairman Knapp of \
the interstate commerce commission,to protest against a request by theMilwaukee road for a modification ofa recent order fixing the rate on meatproducts from Sioux City, lowa, toGary, Indiana, at 20 cents per 100poundts.
Recently the railroad filed a tariffIncreasing the rate from Sioux Cityto Chicago to 23V2 cents. Shippersthereupon shipped for the east throughGary instead of Chicago. The roanthen asked the commission to makethe Gary rate the same as the Chi-cago rate. It Is probable now that theGary ratd will stand a considerabletime.
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