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VOL. LXXXVIII-NO. Il6,
WILMENfcrTON, N. C, TIIU USD AY MORNING, JULY 27, 1911.
WHOLE NUMBER 13,07 J,
'-j- ..1 - . . -
SENATOR ATTACKS :
II SHERMAN LAW
Resolution Adopted Asking
Investigation After Re
marks of Borah.
AS TO OPERATION OF THE LAW
May be Changed to Make Adequate
Protection Against Unlawful Mo
nopolies and Trusts
Want Amendments.
Washington, July 26. Following an
attack by Senator Borah, of Idaho,
upon the enforcement of the Sherman
anti-trust law in the 20 years that it
has been in existence, the Senate to
day adopted a resolution offered by
Senator Clapp, of Minnesota,' calling
for an investigation into the opera
tions of the , law, to determine what
changes or amendments' are necessa
ry to make it an adequate protection
and
against uumw.u.
bl::.ti;"' ' I,; Tr;,t
me htaiulc "tri
Pomerene. who called up his resolu-
tinn demanding criminal prosecution
of the officers of the Standard Oil and
American Tobacco companies' under egraphed to customs collectors along l
the recent decision oi the bupremeth rn,nr!i
Co"rt- Jreguiations provide for proper identi-
elves authority to the Senate Inter-
state Commerce Commission ot which Department has been asked to instruct Secretary Wilson declines to dis
he is chairman, to conduct a search- consular officers in" Canada to add P"ss the nature of his report before
ing inquiry mio me operation oi
law, ana to maKe recommenaaiions 10
the Senate of any changes it may
think necessary "relating to the cre
ation and control of corporations en
gaged in Interstate commerce.
Either the Sherman jaw is a fa-
eht as an economic proposition or else
mere nan ueeu iu . l
trifling with the execution of the law I
that has ever been noted since ilawNew Brunswick will do so after Octo
was first placed upon, the : statute , i :.
tooks to be regarded and objected by j
"ii". . " ... . mr
Mr. Borah declared' tbe Sherman
law had been in effect for 20 years I
with four apparent j Mslfflplerefflclent
ana arasuc remedies a6aiuw
comDinatlons or irusis.
let every One Knows luai iue iwt
. ik. In I
20 years have been years In which the I
most remamaDie progress us ureu
maae Dy mese comDinauous, " I
anu not an emDarrassmeni naB ueeu
piacea upon mem,' so iar as lueir u-
- . . .1 1
tlmate SUCCeSS was COncernea, i-
though this simple, efficient and dras-
tic law has been upon
the statute I
books all that time
Without specifically mentioning the
United States Steel Corporation Sena-
tor Boran aeciarea that me ssnerman
anti-trust act was permitted to remain
a dead letter during the time or tne
luunaiiun oi mis cuiuurauuu. """
he added, has now apparently passed befit WBOie country without injury 1 Wickersbam that the piireood cham
beyond the control of the Federal gov- t pion be allowed to resign.
ernment. Mr. Borah stated that if he
mistook not this powerful combination
"places the stamp of approval or dis-
approval upon many an act of legis-
lation in the Congress of the United
fetates.
ENGLAND'S POLITICALCRISIS
Solution Uncertain Balfour and Lans-
downs Leaders.
London, July 2G. The final solution
or the political crisis is. uncertain, bet
it may safely be assumed now that
Balfour and Lansdowne will remain as
leauers or tne unionist party.
Air. Balfour, at one of the most se-
nous crisis in his career has again
proved himself to be an astute. leader,
u sooner was ma letter affirm ncr nisi
intention to stand or fall by Lord
Lansdowne pobli9hed than the incip-
lent mutinv irollanspd Oreranlzers hf
tt.e Halsburv hannuet tumhled "over
each ot her to repudiate any disloy-
alty to Mr. Balfour. A list of more
than 2::o peers is published tonight,
v-iio, Dv etter dppinre themu vm to
he si ppoiters of Lord Lansdowne's
poncy and ready to allow the parlia-lbase
ment bill to pass under Drotest.
me dinner referred to was given
in Honor of the Earl of. Halsbury at
vbkh several hundred unionist neers.
""iuiu:;r memhora nf thA Tlnnon nf
. . . ' J Vt. t,u
l-ommons and party workers attend-
l1 -
h exat't n nm hai rf n&A.a n1'KAi.imy I
to the Earl of Halsbury is not known
I
('eat fntLiiaincT. .
tns llals .iir-v h9nni,. ,., n
q. lllllll wrm I 1 I. I
th-?t T:i ,s emPhasized the view
JrtLi? ..exercise individual
- t wunout necessarily causing
,,, '.'.'r11 . " the party or. implying
"-'u.i ,111 V to the 1
SKELETON FOUND ON MAINE.
SUflht HP of Identification Foun
t, tam Found. . i.
m o T1' 2C.-A. skeleton,' al-
. , "l'M. utu preae,
'f 'location, was
discovered on
i3 lid:,.... , it . .. . - '
41. YT r 1 1 I II HI V HZ 1 1 1 1 f I a
u . "'ihvhii i no r trio nViinti la
ua of a ,..-, "
that section of the flhin.
.uiu uiiiuer wnrw nngr.
mi
'"ains s 7 oiai number or re-
14- loav'n larrrc?ve,red approximately
P,..., bodies nnraxnvar
i o loiai number or re-
PractiT", i.' bodies unrecovered.
W" recovery of other r.m!n
as all th t l,,e11cenlrai superstructure,
di n nf . U . mmmm.
uioa nas been destroyed,
TUFT SIGHS RECIPROCITY BILL
V
Interesting Sene at White House Yes
terday Messages of Congratu- ,
lation from Many Notables
to the President.
V
Washington, , July 26. President
Taft signed the Canadian reciprocity
bill at 3:10 P. M. today. ; ;
Secretary of State Knox, Secretary
of Commerce and Labor Nagel, secre
tary to the President, HIJles, and Rep,
resentatlTe Uttletonvof New York,
several newspaper men and a battery
of photographers witnessed th Rien-1
P f
- "Come over here Brother Knox,"
he said, "you are responsible for this."
The Secretary of State stood , beside
the President as he placed his name
on the parchment.
- "It's done," said Mr. Knox.
"It's done," echoed the President
as the two" clasped hands across the!
aesK,
To give the photographers a chance
the-President went through the mo
tion or signing the act again ' a few
seconds later.
"I didn't know there was so much
interest in It as this " h said "hut "
He was "snapped" wearing a broad
smile. - I
The gold 'pn' used by the President
In signing the treaty 1 was sent to
Chairman Penrose, of the Senate Fi-
nanc : wh . d th "fi b
l Mil in the.Senate.
instructions for the , administration
milu fw, , ' . ,a
5i ki -jI
wlUp "XI ,iT,Li:"
rtf ryanAin vTri hA.Gl
their certificates to the declarations of
tne imDorters
Tjntil the Ca
Until the Canadian Parliament rati
fies the agreement only section, two,
which covers- wood pulp, paper and
paper board, ; will be'" effective; ". The
regulations under the new law provide
iree entry to ail sucn .imports rromi
nrtvofn lanila rtr fprvm ' prnwn Infills
proyided n0 export Ux na9 been lev-
led. . British ' Columbia, Ontario and
r0h tmnAaa ATnnw hlh
.. Congratulations iman the passage
me measiirA kenr tne wntre House
tirmth wirM husv all dav m
.OTn. in
alI over the woHd secretary, of War
gtimSott and Gen. Clarence R. Ed-
warda. a close friend of Mr. Taft. ca-
Mod tholr r.nmi tu1atlr.no frnm Pans.
, I
ma. secretary of Navy Meyer and
former Rerretarv of the Interior R. A.
Ballineer. aent warm messaees.-
AnHra nomoirta con the fniiowinc
meSsage from' Skibo Castle:
" -o-- I
PnrrHnl eonratnlatinna limn del
gryed success in -your noble neigh
borly policy. Now for treaties', secure
these: then rest. No other worlds to
rnTW1I1'aP
prom James J. kill came this mes
saere:
Mv nrarmoat -.ntrMtiiinttrina for i
your. steadfast support , of Canadian
fMinuif Tta anrroaa u irpariv i
nn f th ohnrtBt mosuirpa was
froni j c Schmidlapn of Cincinnati,
a f riend of the President, now
in EiiroDe, He cabled one word.
1Shake."
NEW ORLEANS
PROTESTS. i
' i:
Against Reduction In Force and Equip-
ment of Navv Yard. I
Washineton. Julv 26. Protests from I
rnmmrrial hodies .of New Orleans
Uralnst the reduction of the force and
equipment of the navy yard there!
were received b"v Acting Secretary of
Navy. Winthrop today.. The commutiment to ue maae wun ur. a., a. nus-
nications expressed the belief that thelby,- Of i Columbia Unrversity, New
decrease of the importance or the
abandonment of the New Orleans na-1
vol atnttnn woniri btiuvrb the eitv to
a disastrous attack in time ot war. Mr.
Winthrop has1 replied that a navy
varii.haa nn fortlflcationa. and cannot 1
hA rotrariiod aa a. means tf defense.
On the other hand, he added, it was
actually an invitation to attack as it
is an axiom with naval commanders
to nttemnt to destrov tne navy yaras i
Of an enemy in order to cut off Ws
of supplies and repairs,
I '
JEWELERS ON TO RICHMOND
National Association May Propose Un-1
Ifnrm Rf.amnlnn L)wL
. . Wilt.
Richmond, Va, July 25. Jewelers
from everv Dart of the country will
n.oat in Rto.h.mond no-rf week. It is
expected that a plan will be proposed
..nifnnn ayyA biivAP atsmnine
w. r r,nttQi
t 3. mm 13 mj m. . u a.
t, win he held at the
Hotel Jefferson auditorium and there
will be manr magniflcenrdispla
goods manuracturea lor: me jeweiry
trade. Many prominent, speakers are
l,A nrnm-ommn The session wil
eontTnn davs.' T :
v 1 -
MORE GERMS THAN : 4CE CREAM.
'
RVOOO nnO Bacteria AST Half Sooonful.1
w F 1 1 - - - 3 . 'I
Boston. July - 25. Announcement
I that 55.000.000 bacteria ., had been
I ... JUIUltU. .11 LUC UUaiU Ul 1.UH1
I . . . ' ... . ...... . .
I hA nmiiiff n a lr t no ino gmra to nXH
IT' ".I-.-', r.r.: ZZIi
in BmerEeuci uieaauie iiujuiuk iuoi
the frozen delicacy must hereafter be
sold
ages.
Th
sold ana servea oniy in onginai pacs-
ees - ' ;'- v- ' ' - .
The. sample was purchased in the
- - . . . i, '
For hosiery,: gloves and corsets, goisionef xouug,, wnu asneu .inaiue ul-
tc C. H. Fore & Co.
WILEY TO Mil
PURE FOOD CHIEF
Secretary of Agriculture Wil
son Against Dismissal in
Report to Taft.
HEED HIS VALUABLE SERVICES
Chemistry Chief
i be Admonished for His Actions.
. Taft Can Now Act Without
.. Embarrassment,
Washington, D. C, July 26 It be-
came known. here late today thatSec
i etary of Agriculture Wilson in a re
port to President Taft had recommend:
etl, that Dr. Harvey yW,. Wiley, the
pure food expert, be admenished., but
not dismissed. Secretary Wilson, it is
understood declares leniency must be
shown Dr. Wiley because of his valued
services to the government in the past
and his usefulness for the future. For
this reason, be apparently does ndt be-
lieve that "condign punishment"
Uhold be meted out in the case
snoum oe meiea out in me case.
Under the recommendation the
President will be able to retain Dr
n Position, as it has been
Zlt SZBkOT&? TJ.
barrassing situation will be avoided
lue f resiuen sees u. iu ma. it yuu
DR. HARVEY W. WILEY.
Chief of Bureau of Chemistry.
lie. What little he-iias had to. say has
i-ji a a i . x i i j - x j : .j
maicaieu uwi ue iiiu -nui aumseu
"turnine down" flatly the recommen-
dation of his department personnel
committee ana Attorney enerai
From - what was . learned today, it
appears . that the secretary upholds
the charge of the committee that Dt.
Wiley 'iommitted a grave error and
violated the law, out suggests that m
view, of the doctor s splendid- worjc
in the past and his i value to the de-
panfnent ne should be aamonisnea
and detained in the service. There
nas ueen no mtiiuaiiou as iu wueu
Presldeht Taft will announce his. fle-
clsion . and maKe pudiic me papers in
the case.
The " personnel committee changed
Dr. Wiley '.with permitting an agree-
York, a .noted phermacognosls, lor
compensation In excess of the ma?l-
mum auioweu oy ia.w. .
; Since this became taurwn protest
against the proposed dismissal of Dr.
Wiley have-been pouring .in' from an
Inarts of the country. It was charged
that interests whose activities have
been Interfered with by the pure food
champlon sought this means to get rid
oi nim. - . .
1 An investigation of the case has
been ordered .'by the House and will
begin soonY whatever may be the final
decision of the President. ,
. C, 4 0. AND SHOP EMPLOYES
I , , . , , , . T ' f
Amicable" Adjustment of Differences
M Are Announced.-: .. ,
I Richmond, . va., July 26. it is an
nounced. that an amicable adjustment
I of the -.differencas vDetween tne snop
emtrloyes of- the Chesapeake & Ohio
I Railway and the officials of the road
1 w . . . -
has beeu reached T railway one"
J l?mt JS
k u v - ""r,
resenting Jbe bin , will, recommend ac.
CeDiance ill . IUB VUCi . nc ouvi wcu
asked a increase-of flyo cents- an
I EOUr, DUVU "IS ueiievtau iucjt jpri" auupi
I le recprawieuuauuu m
I tee in. View Ul,.o 1 caisuus uivuur
stances
. . . .
.COLO lit i,rxT i mm urvotw
f .
I n..llnn Xv4Vilana nnrf fimiTfl. Maxtor
uii uuua .j ."""'- ..-.n
f the , TCTAheduer Miller, were de-
i v i-. . - . ..
posed in the. prand Lodge election!
iierw w "r' ?, iIV. v
I an- f a,uuu snoriage ami
appropnaung ,uuu.
The ' JShdrtage was discovered yes-
I terday. Dy tJiaip insurance, v;ommis
I " 1 .1,, T.f 4 1 , 3 1L A 1 1.1
,'ncers oe pui ql uua uw Vmea.twvcu.
EllSieil ROBERT Y0UII6 FOUND
Missing Concord Nava Officer Located
in New York, Afterj Long Siearch -
Father Bringfc Him to
Morgantin.
Charlotte -N: C. July 26. Ensism
Robert, S. Young, Jr.of Concord, N.
Ci," who disappear3d frtom nis ship, the
torpedo boat destroyer Perkinsf, in
New Yorkfc recently, arrived at Mor
gan ton on a midnight train last night,
accompanied by his father, Dr. Young.
He was-, immediately taken to Broad
OakS; Sanitarium. The arrival was
' m mm : r , 1
very careiuny-pianneq ana news or
Young's presence dl not becabue
known generally 'uptil tiis afternoon.
He appeared to be In perfect health,
but beyond the statement that he
would remain at the institution long
enough to have a complete rest, no in
formation was given out. v
It Is said that the -missing ensign
was discovered ' by his father in New
York several days ago. and bad been
kept quietly in a hotef there until ar
rangements, could be made to take1 him
to Morgan ton. - f
SENSATIONAL CHARGES.
Chicago Lawyer, Brother to Assistant
Attorney General, Involved.
r wasmngton, Juiy - z. rne sensa
tional charge was . made before the
House Committee Investigating the
Postoffice Department .today that
Leonard Goodwin, a Chicago lawyer
and brother of Russell.P. Goodwin, as
sistant attorney general for the Post-
office Department, was exploiting mail
order houses throughout the country,
telling them he could : arrange any
troume tney mtgnt nave tnrough a
denial. of mail privileges, etc.
The charge was made by E. -G. Lew
is, president of a publishing company
in .St. Louis, recently .denied the sec
ond class .mail, privilege. Lewis . also
declared that postoffice Inspectors at
St. Louis had been told to use what
ever methods they- pleased to "put
Lewis out of. business," and to shut
Lewis up before the next campaign.
This was the campaign of 1908..
Lewis said a Rochester, N. Y., man
bad written to him that Goodwin was
the man - he ought, to: employ to get
him out ot his trouWe with the post
omce. inspectors. -'
"This man later told we" said Lew
is, "that Goodwin himself wrote the
Jetter." Lewis testified that be em
ployed Pinkerton' detectives who went
to Goodwin's office,. representing them
selves as. in patent medicine mail or
der business and in trouble with the
postoffice ' officials. An affidavit was
presented, sworn to by these detec
tives, in which they declared that
Goodwin told them he' had handled
thousands of cases like this arid" that
he 'could fix it so they would not be
bothered by postoffice inspectors. He
told them, the detectives, swore, that
all they would nave to do would be to
say to the inspectors: "Gentlemen,
we may have done wrong in the past,
but we are trying to live up to the
laws," and this Goodwin said would
be all that was necessary.
One of the detectives told Lewis,
so the latter testified, that postoffice
officials and inspectors at St. Louis
had told him they would be upheld by
the department in whatever methods
they used to put Lewis out of busi.
ness.
, Mr. Lewis accused the "Postoffice,
Department ox . having sent out thous
ands of copies of the-speech delivered
by Senator. Burton in response to that
of Senator Jeff Davis, of Arkansas,
attacking the department for its ac
tipn in the Lewjs case. "
. Mr. Le.wis said that he had learned
that many persons who wrote to the
department requesting a copy of the
Davis speech were sent instead o copy
of the Burton speech.
MILLION LABOR FUND.
American Federation Issues Call
Unions of the Country.
to
Washington, July 26. An ' appeal
for a ,$500,000 fund to defend J. J. Mc
Namara, the labor man accused Of dy
namiting,' has -been issued by Secreta
ry Morrison, Of the American Federa
tion of Labor, to the two million mem
bers of labor unions. " He suggests
that each member contribute 25 cents
OUTLINES.
Secretary Wilson.' in his report to
President Taft has recommended that
ur. Harvey, W. Wiley, the pure food
expert, be admonished but not dis
missed. The President can now act
favorable to Dr.- Wiley without embar
rassrilent. President' Taft's Con
troller Bay . message explaining the
Alaskan situation, which was caljed
for D tne Senat
PeciaMnterests had gained con-
trol of the coal lands, was- submitted
to the Senate yesterday. r Attorney
General Wickersham appeared before
the steel trust investigating commit
tee yesterday pd told what he know
Of the Harvester combine. James'
Jieeley, of Chicago, was put through
firuelling examination by the Lorimer
. nvestigating Committee" yesterday.
Ensign Robert Young, Jr., has
been found In New York and brought
to Morganton. N. C by his father.
New York markets: Money -,on call
steady 2 1-4 to 2 1-2 per 'cent, ruling
rate Z 3-8, offered at 2 etaoin shdrlcu
rate 2 3-8, closing bid 2, offered at 2
1-4. Flour was, steady with. a. mode
rate jobbin ginterest. Wheat firm,
new No. ' 2 red 91 1-2 elevator and 92
1-2 f.o.b. afloat. Corn -steady, exnort
No; 2, 69 1-2 f.o. afloat: Oats steady.
luiures , mixed nominal, uosin and
feirpehtihe quiet. Spot cotton closed
quiet, middling uplands 13.60, middling
gun 13.S&. ;
CABINET MEMBER
GIVES TESTIftlON
Wickersham Tells the Steel
Probers About Harvest-
er vombi
ine.
IHPflBtAIIT FACTS lEiATED
Spoke With Reference to" Report of
Bonaparte, Declaring Harvester
Company Operating in Re
straint of Trade.
Washington, July 26. Attorney
General Wickersham appeared before
the Stanley "Steel Trust" Investigat
ing- Committee today to tell what he
knew concerning a report made to for
mer Attorney General Bonaparte by
Burdette Townsend, a special agent
6f the department in 1908, in . which
the latter urged that the International
Harvester Company. had operated in
violation 6t the Sherman anti-trust
act.
The attorney general, when shown
a copy of the voluminous docum'ent by
Representative Stanley, said he never
had seen it before, though sinfie he
had been head of the Department of
Justic he had heard rumors that there
had been an investigation of the Har
.vester combine.
Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, former as
sistant to the Attorney General, sum
moned -before the committee for the
same purpose, said he had " advised
further investigation before any pros
ecution was undertaken under the re
port
Commissioner Herbert. Knox Smith,
of the Bureau of Corporations, which
is now investigating the International
Harvester Company, also had beard
of the report.
The matter was injected into the
steel inquiry because the report
charges that ' the., steel - corporation
pays a rehAe kf ,.$.3sa tonto harvester
companies' on ."steel. Durchased. and be?
cause the committee "has 'Information
that thee is.,a.arrangenjtj;btwen
the two eiant 'i'cornorattons nwherebv
the harvester compares' buk exclu
sively fronV,tpe Steel Corporation.
The Commissioner Corporations
was required " to' intercede witl; the
President "on behalf of the comnilttee
to see if information regarding the re
lations of - the two corporation at
present in the .hands of the bureau
could not be placed at the committee's
disposal, . Richmond LIndabury, coun
sel for-the United States Steel Cor
poration, offered to furnish all the in
formation of the records of his corpo
ration bearing on the points, at Issue.
Despite protests from the Steel- Cor
poration counsel that the Inter nation
al Harvester line of inquiry was part
from the inquiry directed by Congress
Chairman Stanley insisted that it was
essential and he reported he had' in
formation tending to - show that., the
harvester and steel corporations were
practically the same. Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham agreed -to have Mr.
Townsend, who is still In- the service
of the Department, , appear before the
committee at. a later date.
'We will have Mr. Carnegie before
us in October," said Mr. Stanley, "and
perhaps you could arrange to have
Mr. Townsend here about that time
The Attorney General said it would
be possible to do so.
"Do you know of any reason,
Chairman Stanley asked, "why this
harvester company investigation was
not acted upon by the Department of
Justice prior, to. the time you assumed
charge of the department?"
"I do not know " .Mr. wickersham
replied, "I surmise this is only a sur-
misethat the case was delay ea pena
ing a decision by the Supreme Court
in -the Standard Oik and Tooacco cas
es. It was not considered desirable
to press these cases until a decision
Of the Supreme Court was received
and in this case, i tninK many or, me
same points were involved. -
1 Chairman Stanley announcea mat a
subpoena had been issued for Mr.. Bo
naparte," who is now iri Canada to as
certain from him why .the Internation
al Harvester Company, .was not prose
cuted upon Townsend s charges.
Mr. Townsend, in his report, states
that the International Harvester Com
nanv was organized In 1902, the tran
saction being directed and guided by
J. Pierpont Morgan & Company.. The
report stated that . the McCormick
Harvester Company was- "related by
marriage to the great American fami
ly of "trusts." the Standard Oil Compa
ny.
It also referred to J. Pierpont Mpr
pan : as "the trust architect, a good
hnilder who received fabulous fees
for his work."
The report particularly referred to
the price paid to J." Pierpont Morgan
& Company, m the harvester deal, de-
eiarine that $5,000,000 is a very high
price for the simple- service of. sug
gesting tovpeopie .now iue u, b
in a legitimate transaction, it is uui
linn sual he said! -Ola illegal transac
tions, -such as creating a trust. Which
can evade the laws. ,' Doubtless, if pro
ceedings were .instituted against the
International Harvester Company,, the
manner)! its aeiense win aemuu
Btrftte that the fee was earned." "
' The steel committee left tonight fqr
New York, where - the investigation
will be resumed tomorrow. '. k
Consult Dr. Vineberg; the. Eye Spe
cialist, "Masonic Temple, about your
eyes. - You will save time ahd money.
Eves tested free. Glasses .from $1.00
up.: -'-v .r.
B!JIllJETLOBif.lEfi PROBE
Editor Keeley and Counsel for Illinois
Senator AtOuts During the Day
Put- Through Gruelling'
Examination.
Washington, July 26.-r-The cross ex
amination of James Keeley, general
manager' nd editor of the Chicago
Tribune, was completed today before
the. Senator Lorimer, Committee. Not
since the beginning of the investigation-has
'a witness-been put through
the grueling examination thajt Mr.
Keeley experienced at the hands of
Eldridge Hanecy, counsel for Mr. Lor-
mer. Time after time tlTe editor let
the sarcastic remarks of the attorney
pass with nothing more than a shrug
of the shouldeus, but at others, he
countered and retaliated. Throughout
the day, the object of the attorney ap
peared to be to establish, if possible
an ancient grudge of the Tribune
against Lorimer.
The committee, after the cross ex
amination, asked the witness just two
questions. One was whether the edi
tor believed the story of State Repre
sentative Charles A. White, whose al
leged confession of araft in the Illi
nois Legislature was first printed by
the Tribune.
"I did and do" was the-answer,
The other question was directed at
what Mr. Keeley had in mind when he
said yesterday he had about changed
his conclusion about having been
swindled when he paid George Glavis
600 for books that Glavis claimed
showed that Lorimer when in the
House, received money from lobby
sts in Washington, in a fight made
by the "fire proof" magazine of Chica
go, for the mail .privilege. He had not
gotten an opportunity to explain on
cross examination
In this- connection Mr. Keeley also
said yesterday that Glavis told him
ex-Representative Tawney, lof Minne
"When I came to Washington a few
days ago, 'Mr. Keeley replied, "Mr,
Green, attorney for . Glavis, came to
me and said that If I would ask the
district attorney to be easy on Glavis
he would tell me where the book was-.
The trunk full of books had dwindled
to v a memorandum book. : Mr. ,Green
said that tho book was in existence
and that he knew who had It
! told him I-could "not' be a-party
to such an arrangement and that the
proper person fOT'-hira-to ee-waa- the
district attorney. Tit! said" ne'' would
see his client and call on me again,
but he has not done so. He added
that a search warrant would be neces
sary to get the book."
One of the points dwelt upon by
Attorney Hanecy in his cross examina
tion was the reputed criticism' in the
Tribune, editorials of senators who
voted for Lorimer in the recent fight
over his seat in the Senate. Mr. Kee
ley said he had no recollection of such
editorials.
Mr. TCanecy thereupon read several
editorials, the first was entitled "Don't
Crowd Mr. Burrows," and described
the chairman of the first Lorimer com
mittee afc "picking nose gays."
Another editorial printed after the
vote on 'the Lorimer case, said that if
four more senators had voted their
honest convictions on the Lorimer
Case, Lorimer would have been un
seated
"What four did you have In mind?'
"Not. four. The vote was 46 to 40,
Four from 46 is 42 and four added to
40 makes 44
"Did youi have any knowledge of
any senato casting the dishonest or
corrupt vote, on the Lorimer case?
asked Senator Jones.
Of course, not The editorial was
a mere arithmetic figure of speech.
"It is probable that heads of big
stock yards companies at Chicago will
be called as witnesses to explain the
use of "Lard" (money) in, the Lori
mer election. Witness Keeley said
representatives of- the Armour, Swift,
Morris and other concerns might en
lighten the committee
St. Paul. Minn.. July Z6.--Ueciaring
that he desired to have entered on
record with the Senate Lorimer Inves
tlgating Committee his "most solemn
and emphatic denial or ever naving
had any connection, either direct or
indirect, with.the 'fire proof magazine
of Chicago, or any other publication
seeking mail or any other privilege
either from the Postoffice Department
or from Congress" former Represen
tative James A. Tawney today, after
reading the testimony of James Kee
ley, of Chicago, yesterday before the
Lorimer Investigating Committee, sent
a telegram to Chairman Dillingham
ot the Lorimer Committee, asking to
be summoned "Derore. tne committee
to deny the .charges. ' In nis telegram
Mr. Tawney declared that "I want to
deny that I have been connected ei
ther directly or . indirectly with any
firm of lobbyists -or other representa
tlves of said magazine or other ..publi
cations or of any other interest seek
ing' such mail or any othef privilege
from 4he government."". He added that
the records of the thinrasslstant post
master general would "corroborate his
statement. .
UNITED A'GAINST GERMANY.
Last Ditch Fighters Ready to Close?!
, Up Ranks, It Would Appear.
London, -July . .26.-rThreatening for
eign complications are to some extent
drawing attention ' from the constitu-
tional crisis and a greater disposition
was shown today by some of the last-
ditch fighters to close up the ranks In
the face of what is regarded here as
German aggression. ' ? - ' '
. There seems to be no doubt that
King George and the government have
appealed to. tne leaaers or tne opposi.
tion to do everything possible to avoid
further iaternar disruption so that tbe
government may. have the general sup
port of-all parties in dealing witn tne
Moroccan . tangle. ? .. ,
TAR MAKES REPLY
ON ALASKA AFFAIR
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Shoulders Responsibility with -
Regard to Controller
Bay Incident.
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SENDS MESSAGE TO I iSENATE
Tells of Settlement and Development'
of Forest Reserve Also DIS
cusses the
Letter -
"DIck-to-Dick"
- Features.
Washington, D, C, July 20th.
resident Taft sent a special mes-.
sage to the Senate today shouldering
full responsibility for opening for set
tlement and development 12,800 acres
of the Chugach National Forest Re
serve in Alaska, and Incident which,
has become to be known as the ''Con
troller Bay Affair." In concluding he
brands the now famous "Dick to Dick"
postscript as a "wicked" fabrication"
and, says that Charles 1. Taft, whose
naine appeared ' in the alleged post
script, "has no interest in Alaska, nev
er had, and knows nothing of the cir
cumstances connected with this tran
section." Moreover, the President .
adds, his brother does not even re
member that he ever met Richard S.
Ryan, representing the- Controller
Railway & Navigation Company, t
As for elinimating the land In ques
tion from the reserve, the President
says that there .is no danger of f fie
Controller Railway & Navigation. Com -pany
or any-other interests monopo
lizing the field, and, no thing to show ,
that this company is in any way con
nected with the Morgan-Guggenheim
interests. Hence, he believes that in
eliminating the land he has acted for
the best interests of the nation.
I wish to be' as specific as possi
ble upon this point," says the PresI-'
dent in his message,. Vahd to.. say-. that .
I alone am responsible for the enlarge
ment of the proposed elimination from
320 acres to-12,800 cres,;nd that I
proposed" the change and stated . my
reasons therefor. The thing which
the -Territory, of Alaska needs la de
velopment, and where -rights and fran
chises can be properly granted to en
courage investment fend construct a .
railroad without conferring exclusive
privileges, I believe it to be in accord-
ance with good policy tp- grant them."
Accompanying the "President s mes- '
sage are documents, reports and maps
bearing on the case, as requested from
him by a Senate resolution of June
27th last. "I deem It wise," says the
message, "to accompanying the sub
mission of these documents with a
statement in narrative form of the ac
tion of the administration with the
reasons therefor." Here follows a det,
scrlption of Controller" Bay and envi
rons and a map showing tne effect o
withdrawing the much mooted 12,800
acres' from the reserve. The Presi
dent then takes up the thread of his
narrative as concerns the events that
precipitated the controversy.
He relates how Ryan, representing
the Controller Railway & Navigation
Company, applied in 1909 for the elim-
ination of a tract to enable 'this com
pany to secure railroad terminals, etc.
The application was referred to the
Forestry Bureau and then to the Navy
Department with a -view that perhaps
the Navy desired to use Controller
Bay as a reservation. The forestry
Interests found no objection to the
elimination ot the tract Indicated, "or
indeed," as the President writes, "to
the elimination of 18,000 acres in the.
northwest shore of Controller Bay." .
The Navy Department's answer was
"negative" says the president, and ar
ter the matter had -befcn considered
by the . Secretary of Agriculture, , by
the Secretary of the Interiar and the ,
r T 1 t M tnKAntmAnllA.
Vjteuera.1 lniiu uuh:i i cvuuuuruua
tion was made to him 'that 320 acres .
with a frontage of 160 rods on the
northwest shore of Controller Bay be
thrown open. A formal order to this
effect was flnallysubmltted to him in
October, 1910, .but. when the matter .
came before . the cabinet late In that
month he found objection to it. His
reasons for taking this stand,, he .ex
plains in his message in '.part as fol-
lows : ' ' ' v .
"I expressed, dissatisfaction with
the order because it purported on its J
face to make the elimination for the ,
benefit of a-railroad company of a.,
tract of land which the company could
not by lawful entry secure, for it was
a tract. 320 acres in one body when
only 160 acres could thuB be acquir
ed. In the second place,. I preferred
to make a much larger -elimination of
a tract facing the entire channel, and
with sufficient room for a terminal
railway town. I was willing to do this,
because I found - the-restrictions in ,
the law sufficient to prevent the pos
sibility of any monopoly of either the
upland or the harbor or channel by
the Controller Railway & Navigation
Company or any other persons or com
pany. Because of a lack of time suf;
ficient to draft a memorandum myself,
I requested the Secretary of the Inter
ior, who, with the Secretary of Agri
culturet after- full ' discussion, had
agreed in my conclusion, to prepare
a lefcer setting forth the reasons for
making the larger elimination, so that
it might become a part of the record.
"I wish to be as specific as possible
upon thir point, . and to say that I
alone am responsible for the enlarge
ment of the proposed elimination from
320 acres to 12,800 acres," and that I
proposed the change , and stated my
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