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jf .7- f i QUALITY! QUANTITY!! These are the Circulation Twins of modern publicity. Let us have your orders for Fair advertising. v.- J- 1 tr1 5 , V-.' - '','; .,. .-, ! "-1 - - V 1 '1 " M -T" . . - - - . v V 7 v a v m . m m m mil I B W WJ9 WW n WARttOUD HlllIGS THE Mobilization of Servian and - Bulgarian Armies Is Under Way WAR WITH TURKEY PROBABLE Servian Minister to Turkey Leaves for BelgradeAll Greek Vesaeis Have -; . Been Ordered to Leave Turkish Waters. : . ; LLondon, Sept. 30. The Balkan dif ficulties have developed with alarming rapidity to a point where only a spark is,n&ededo set the whole, of-South-' eastern -Europe&flaxne. Three of ;the Balkan States by , common' consent ixave ordered the simultaneous mobili cation of -their armies, and are mak- ' -ing every preparation - for; immediate Hostilities. v Two possibla explan&flons are offer ,r ed; . thef -first, thatT a coalition- of the Balkait teta'tes ejdstsfoxi the ;5urpose .of demanding.-from Turkey-4ef ore she 7 hatiiue-to"concludd peaea .wfth Italy the graatof eottjplete ATrtoaomy to the provineear rth6, Becbhd, that,"4 fear ing Turyjrill seeX4ni" issue from her 'dif&cpltie's. at honiei and abroad in war, they v-are preparing themselves 1 for impossible attacky- - V EvetyfhlngL iQW seems to depend on whether, jthe great powers wtil be able to bring sufficient pressure-, to bear toi prevent the outbreak of hostilities and preserve the" status quoin the Balkan's. Today's undertaking between Bulgaria, - Servia, Qreece and Montenegro direct ed J against . Tvrkef. ' , The approach o .Winter, is held to bejn factor in. favor ofpeace and In the- European capitals-, hope Is still cherished in diplomatic quarters that , the j efforts-. of' th.Tx) wers will be sao cessfol. Jtie Russian and British rejh resentayvVs :-v at ' Constantinople 'are pni-etirnv ureiaur. tiDon- the ' forte thelneee&sltx jot xmrttxiltotlr tetilL' - ion tier jfrmija rcivn j i r duee Turkey to modtry ner provoca tive milkatjr preparations, in the Adri anople district. Rushing War Preparations. Belgrade, Servia, l Sept 30. War preparations are being carried on with feverish haste. General mobili zation of the Servian array has been ordered and it is expected Iwjll be well under way within 24 hours The publication or news of military movements is forbidden. According to "newspaper reports, the Servian minister to Turkey, Dr. Nenadovitch, has left Constantinople for Belgrade. Belgrade is seething with excite ment. The streets are full of uni formed reservists and the railway sta tions are crowded with men on their way to join the colors. The mobiliza tion of the Bulgarian army simultan eously with that of Serbia has added enthusiasm to the occasion. Communication to the Porte. Constantinople, Sept. 30. Owing to the insistence of the Turkish govern ment upon obtaining a written decla ration of amity from Servia, the Ser vian minister. Dr. Nenadovitch, has sent another Important communica tion to the Porte. This follows a com munication which the minister ad dressed to the Porte Saturday respect ing the stoppage , of Servian ammuni tion after permission had been given for its passage through the Turkish lines, in reply to this the Turkish minister said that the consignment was detained because of Ihe doubtful attitude of Servia. On the declaration by the minister that the Servian poli cy was unchanged, the Turkish for eign minister asked for a written statement embodying these assur- fin pfcs The present note invites the Porte to adopt a definite decision within 48 hours, either to sanction the passage of the ammunition or return it to France. The communication is couch ed in friendly but energetic terms, it is understood that failure to comply with the conditions will lead to the departure of the minister. Greek Reserves Called In. - Alexandria. Egypt, Sept. 30 The officers of the Greek army reserve here have received telegraphic orders to Join the colors immediately. Vessels Ordered From Turkey. Ixrodon, Sept. 30. A Constantinople dispatch says, all Greek vessels have received orders to leave Turkish wa ters. Germany Prepared for Worst. Berlin, Sept. 30. The German for, elgn office is Drepared for the worst in the Balkans since the issue of the mobilization orders in Servia and Bul garia. The possibility is taken Into consideratofc, however, that the orders have been esued for tactical purposes and to bring pressure to bear on the Porte. , . , The exact aims of Servia and Bul garia in mobilizing are their own se cret and it is thought war may possi bly break out without a formal decla ration. The great powers, however, r.nn nf wham desire war, will con tinue their endeavors to prevent It un-4 til the last moment. Greeks Mobolizirfg Also Athens, Sept. SO.-rThe Greet gov ernment, in agreement with other Balkan States. toriTght ordered .the mobilization of her forces by sea, and oj iana. iae leaauu 6"u step is apprehension on the part of the Balkan States that the mobiliza- State, that tbe "iMttlto v : . ' WW I I i 111 ivbiiwb vw n . - . iii'sM Coroner Physician Testified Mrs. Szabo Was Chok ed to Death DEFENSE OFFERED EVIDENCE John Minturn,vho Was Near Scene of the Accident, Declared Mrs. -Szabo and Gibson's Boat Turned Over. . a Goshen, N: Y., ; Sept. 30. Dr. Otto-J H. Schultze, of New York, a coroner's physician, Uook the witness stand this afternoon in the prfetiminary examina tion W Burton Wl Gibson and testi fied that Mrs. Rosa 'Menschik Szabo, with whose31 death Gibson is charged, died of strangulation by compression on the throat, and not of drowning. Upon his testimony, District Attorney Rogers dec ia red the"tate's "case must stand or falL s;;- v Dr.; Sehultze detiiled the autopsy he performed on MrsSzabo's body, when it was exhumed from the cem etery In Jersey City, "where Gibson, who was- the woman's lawyer, had or dered it buried.. . . Adjournment for the day was reach ed with Dr. Schultze on the stand. After adjournment, Dr. J. J. O'Reil ly, .' prof essor of medico-legal juris prudence at St. Lawrence University, here to combat for GibsorivHhe theory that Mrs. Szabo drd not die' of drown ing, in a statement, said: ."Dr. Schultze'8 ' testimony was a learned and - beautiful lecture. His analysis shows that -death could have been due to any. Half, dozen or more causes, including heart disease,- acute indigestion,, uremia and ..drowning. .Thousands of persons have drown ed '-without Inhaling -water, U-fltavln beautifully, witbthjdefense. : Dr.Schult2e-fi ; John Mteurn, keeper"- teearGf eeuwifed -tatke, f in whose , waters Mrs. Szabo died, testi fied that Gibson and his companion were exchanging places at the mo ment their boat tipped over. He de clared that he saw the boat rock and capsize, the struggle in the water, the reappearance of the man above the surface, and his clinging to the craft as it drifted away. William Krompf, of Rutherford, N. J., was 300 feet away in his motor boat when th? boat capsized. He heard Gibson yell, inarticulately, and soon was beside him. "Don't mind; there is a lady there; look for her," he said Gibson shouted, as he neared the capsized fract Krompf pulled Gibson aboard his boat, which remained on the spot for 10 minutes while her crew of threee scanned tne water for Gibson's com panion. Albert McDaniell, whose row boat Gibson hired for the outing, declared that Mrs. Szabo wanted to take to the water in a canoe, but he told her it would probably -upset. Gibson, he added, persuaded Mrs. Szabo to take a safer boat. Gibson tonight safd he expected to be held for the grand jury, but was confident that he would win his free dom on a -trial. "Everybody who testified today told the truth," he added, "but Dr. Schultze was in error in his conclusions.'' MAY GIVE UP CASE Mediators Despair of Settling Difficul ties. Washington, Sept. 30. Unless the stubbornness which has marked the stand of both parties to the contro versy between the Southern railroads and their trainmen is broken without the next 48 hours, mediators are ex pected to give up .the case. This was the situation tonight immediately fol lowing two sessions the mediators held with the trainmen. Conferences will continue tomorrow. Since the controversy was under taken by the mediators it is under stood neither side has attempted to aid the government's agents by con ceding the slightest poiai If the ef forts of the -mediators finally fail the controversy probably will be submit ted to a board of arbitration. New York markets: Money on call strong, $ to 7 1-4 per cent; ruling rate 6 1-4. Spot cotton closed quiet. Flour quiet and easier. What, spot irregu lar; No. 2 red 1.03 1-2 elevator and 1.03 f.o.b. afloat. Corn, spot easy; export 59. OatB, spot weak. Turpen tine firm. Rosin steady. tlon of the Turkish army and the dis quieting internal condition of Turkey mieht induce the Porte to seek a way out of the difficulties In war. Denies Receiving Ultimatum Constantinople, Sept. 30. The for: eign minister denied tonight that the government had received an ultima turn either from Bulgaria or from Bulgaria and Servia Jointly. Gay lord's Opening today.. " - Every VoT nr-hofliitv in the Millinery line. Come down and fees. (Advertisement) Robin o5 haU. for children ' at - 2L ;. Gaylord's" Opening. r Mm oceflfed store- lOPPONEHTS OF DIX TAii Murphy Is Urged to Withdraw a His Support From N. Y. ' Governor CONVENTION MEETS AT NOON Delegates Gather for Meeting Today and Consider Availability of Dif ferent Candidates Several in the Running. Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 30. The night before the Democratic' State Convention that meets hereV tomorrow found a sharply drawn issue over the re-nomination of Covernor DfcC: All day opponenis of the Governor "mass ed' their forces around the headquar ters of Leader Charles P. Murphy, of Tammany Hall, to urge Jjjm, to with draw his. support from the Governor. When night came they claimed to have won a victory. They asserted that the Governor would not be re-nominated," and that the availability of other can didates was being considered. Justice Victor J. Dowling. of New York, and Congressman William Sul er were said to be the leading candi dates in opposition to Governor DixL Others' talked of Wyman H. Glynn, of Albauy, who is to preside as tem porary chairman of the convention; John Purroy Mitchell, president of the board of aldermen of New York; Su preme Court Justice James W. Ge rard; Lieut. Gov. Thomas F. Conway, ThpmasrD. Lockwood, and Senator George B. Burd, of Buffalo. .-Nominations for the State ticket are not .expected until Thursday, and Mur phy has let It become known that he thinks plenty of time should be taken to .consider the situation. The Tam many leader insists that the conven tion wlll an open one. The : convention .will assemble alt nooix tomorrow and hear the keynote j speecinor ;naarman uiynn it'ovxe&ukve pratforniln tended Vto go-rteaft AiHhr parties, Wag discussed tonight in prep aration for the organization of the committee on resolutions. Wilson Calls Dix's Bluff. Seagirt, N. J., Sept 30. Governor Wilson, when he reached Seagirt to night from Atlantic City, where he had made a brief speech of welcome to the American Good Roads Con gress, permitted the correspondents to announce formally that he had read with great surprise the statement said to have been made by Governor Dix today, for he had absolutely no recol lection of having written Governor Dix any letter in which he expressed an opinion of any kind as to his ad ministration. The Presidential nominee referred to a statement issued at Albany ear ly in the day by Governor Dix in an swer to Governor Wilson's pronounce ment of yesterday, urging the Demo cratic .State Convention to name a progressive man. Governor Dix had been quoted as asserting that there was nothing in his personal corres pondence with Governor Wilson to in dicate that the Presidential nominee opposed him. Governor Wilson was greatly astonishecPjfrhen he was shown Governor Dix's Catement and al though at first hesitant to make any commeht, as he desired to avoid any personal references, he finally allow ed the reporters to quote him indi rectly as stated above. The Governor said he had received many telegrams today commending his action of last night when he urged that the New York convention be free and open. FAEL DENIES REPORT. Senator Says He Hasn't Recommended Intervention in Mexico. El Paso, Texas, Sept 30. Senator A. B. Fall denied today that he and William A. Smith, of the special Sn ate' committee investigating condi tions in Mexico, had decided to rec ommend intervention. He added that no preliminary report had or would be mde until the ultimate findings of theNipmmittee were announced. Senator Smfth is in California and Mr Fall is here continuing the inves tigation. Senator Fall said that the commit tee obtained evidence that the so-called' Socialist element was attempting to unseat President Madero, after as sisting in exiling ex-President Diaz, and that the plan was to set up a So cialist government in Mexico'.-He add ed that some .evidence' showed that certain labor and political elements in the United States were assisting the Mexican Socialists to this end. The Industrial Workers of the World and the Western Federation of Miners were mentioned in the evidence," said Senator FalL . Ely, Nev., Sept 30. Emphatic de nial was made by President Moyer, of the Western Federation of Miners, to day, when he was shown a dispatch from El Paso in which Senator Fall was Quoted as saying that the fede ration was mentioned inthe evidence tending to show that certain American organizations were Interested in pro moting, the revolution in Mexico witn a view to establishing a social ' com monwealth. . ,v , v.. f V The '.federation - has- taken: no part in any, way at any-time. in the trou bles of Mexico , as an organization ' or as lndivtdnala.sojar as I know," said air. uvjct, LEADERS CALL OFF Clashes and Riots Mark the Day's "Demonstration" Walkout THE TRIAL AtSALEM OPENS Jos. J. Ettor, Arturo Giovannittl and Jos. Caruso A r Placed on Trial for Murder i Connection With Latst Strike. Lawrence, Mass., Sept. 30.-Organ-ized labor for the first time in the country conducted a "demonstration," strike hero today . against the Impris onment ot labor ;ea!$rs, After hand- to-hand clashes betwdln rioters and police lasting, all 'djky J fe "demonstra tion" was declared! ofV by the Indus trial Workers of th$ World. The strike was .calred for 24 hours, beginning this morning, in protest against the imprisonment of Joseph J. Ettor, Arturo Giovannittl and Jo seph" Caruso, whose' trial in connec tion with the deatftof Anna Lopizzo opened in Salem today. Seven thous and of the 2o,000 operatives in the cot ton and woolen mills here obeyed the call, forcing out .5,600 others either through intimidation or lack of work because-of closing down of depart ments. Then at a. mass meeting late this "afternoon, the workers were told to go back to work tomorrow ready to come out again at the call of the Industrial Workers, if the leaders are rot satisfied with the progress of the trial. .. . The worst rioting occurred at the opening pf the mill gates this morn ing. Pickets armed "With revolvers, knives, sledge hammers, Iron bolts and other weapons, attempted to stop operatives from, goin;'; into the mills. When police Interfered to maintain order, the pickets strtf tgled with them desperately. Swinging their clubs with effect. the .blue ctia.t drove back the 'pfcjeets,. vA Sfi0 i2..a?rests were Men, women and' children on their. way to work, were held up and as saulted by strikers or sympathizers. But one hospital case was reported. that of an operative who was thrown headlong from a street car and ren dered unconscious. No policeman was wounded and no shots were fired. It was announced at headquarters that a vote would be taken tomorrow among the textile unions of . Lowell on the matter , of striking in the big cotton mills there, and that similar action would be taken at other New England mill centers during the pres ent week. The Industrial Workers are sending out circulars throughout the country, it was learned, asking individual mill operatives whether they are ready to go out on a general strike as a protest against the trial of Ettor and Giovannitti, "if it is not conducted properly." Two Jurors Accepted Salem, Mass., Sept. 30. Of one hundred and six talesmen examined by Joseph F. Quinn in the Superior Court here today for jury duty in the murder trial of Joseph J. Ettor, Ar turo Giovannitti and Joseph Caruso, growing out of the Lawrence strike riot last WSnter, only two were ac ceptable. The two men who occupied seats in the jury box when court adjourned to nWht were Christian S. Larsen. a Haverhill hair dresser, and Robert S. Stillman, a carpenter, of Rockport. Caruso, who is charged with be ing the principal in the murder of Anna Lopizzo during the L.awrence strike, did most of the challenging to day. He ' spoke through an Italian interpreter. Ettor and Giovannitti, who are charged .with being accessories before the fact, challenged five talesmen be tween them. . A crowd of several hundred people, many of them idle mill operatives from surrounding . cities,- hung about the Court House throughout the day, but caused no: disturbance. The only demonstration came when the prison ers were being taken in. and out of the building when the crowd gathered about the carriages and cheered loud ly. Fifteen Thousand Workmen Strike Boston, Mass., Sept. 30. Fifteen thousand Massachusetts . . workmen tsruck today in. protest against the improvement of the three leaders f the Industrial .Wokers of jthe World, whose trial on murder charges in connection with last . Winter's tex tile strike in Lawrence opened in Sa- Llem this- morning. Repealed ciasnes between rioters and the police occur red in Lawrence, where 12,000 cotton and " woolen mill workers were out. Theue were many minor injuries, but no one was seriously hurt In Quincy between one and two thousand men and women paraded the streets, call ing out workmen from the granitei quarries, but there was no outbreak.. Minor disturbances also developed in Lynn, where -a few hundred shoe workers struck and attempted to :ge others to join them. In Haverhill, 300 shoe operatives: anticipated a general sympathetica strike which - had- been planned for '-Wednesday, y Their ' pa rade about-: the city did-' not add any recruits to their ranks.7 ; - The Barre WooK Combing Company and -the Norway Worsted Company., In South Barre were crippled when 700 (Continued on agd. Eight) :; v DlfiPl PTnwr LHMnCHUL GinillL l . f : ; 1 II - Speaks at Academy j-&&3&--r.- ; HON. FURNIFOLD SIMMONS VENABLE REPORTS ON HAZING Executive Committee of the University Declines to Go Behind Faculty And Refers Hazing Investiga tions to Them (Special Star Telegram. J - " Raleigh, N. . CtVSept. '.SaAflJtof hearing the'feport" : of President Ve able and listening to the defense of D. L. McWhorter, a suspended Junior, theexecu tive committee ofth e Uni versity this afternoon declined to go behind the faculty's probe of the mat ter of 'hazing last Spring and this Fall, and referred such matters back to the faculty. President Venable made a. lengthy report, in which he said that the faculty in investigations of hazing incident to the Rand affair, had learn ed that Sophomores of the previous year bad been guilty and these "had so far as was possible been punished by suspension. Hazing began at the Uni versity tnis Fall "even berore regis tration day. The first Monday night of opening week some Sophomores made Freshmen dance. This was fol lowed Tuesday and Wednesday nights and on Thursday night, the night Rand fell from the barrel, three dis tinct incidents occurred. Freshmen were made to danee, Dr. Venable said, but in the investigation it was shown that no Sophomores laid violent hands on Freshmen. Seniors and other upper-class men interfered and in one instance a Sophomore drove a crowd from his room. Only 15 men, as far as could be learned, had practiced this form of brutality. University men and others in Raleigh do not ap prove of the faculty's action in go ing after last year's alleged hazers, they .believing it too far-fetched. Those men suspended or expelled have been given the privilegexof appealing to the faculty. "This affair of last Spring" said President Venable, consisted fin a c rowd of students going to the cottage on Franklin street near Pickard's Hotel, where there were three Freshmen. Whey they tried to et them out the Fresbmen ciosea and barred the door. A pistol was fired at the room. Examination the next day showed three possible bullet barks. Stones were thrown tnrougn the window. There was much noise and firing of pistols with blank car tridges. The president was 'absent oni the nis:ht of the occurrence, un nis return he found the student council making an investigation, also the dean on the part of the faculty and the may or of the town. He gave such assist ance as he could. The student coun cil after some days reported failure on their part to find the guilty parties and the other investigations also fail ed. "After the coroner s inquest in the Rand case some two weeks ago an of ficial of the town gave the president information which was followed up by the committee of the faculty, disclos ing some of the parties engaged m the affair. It was our clear duty to pun ish the guilty whenever found out" The Wake county grana jury to morrow is expected to return bills of Indictments against officers of Wake county for the alleged unsanitary, con- ditions. of arconvict camp anq ior tne reported flogging of a convictr The Chamber or ' Commerce anq tne PraCTetSsrve -'pscrty oi Wake county hay? appointed, committees 4-to give Col. Tlqosvelt ; entertainment when he arrives tomorrow afternooiUr :ne win speak!, at night. Jn the Auditorium, - . Gavlord's OPenmg. : today, - Every thing of beauty in the MiUInery line. Come down and see. (Advertisement;..) ! of Music Tonight, "OiLTRUST' HEARING RESUMED Standard Oil Secretary-Treasurer. Tes tifies in Legal Fight Between Waters-Pierce Co., and Rocke feller Interests. ' '.Chicago, Sept. 30. George W. Stahi, rpther:Ld-law of John Dtecft bold,1 - and s Wretarynreesuref of? the Standard - Oil Company, of Indiana, was the chief witness today in the re sumption of the legal fight between H. Clay Pierce, of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, of St. . Louis, and the Rockefeller interests. Counsel for Mr. Pierce devoted the entire day in efforts to prove their contention, that John D. Rockefeller, John D. Archbold and "other important men in the Stan dard Oil Company of New Jersey, still own and control the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, despite the dis solution order of the United States Supreme Court. The hearings are based on manda mus proceedings brought by Col.. Rob ert E. Stewart, tf Chicago, against the Waters-Pierce Oil Company toj compel its officers to accept his votej of proxies he holds in their corpora tion. The Waters-Pierce officers refused to accept these proxies on the ground that they were controlled by the Stan dard Oil Company of New Jersey, and therefore were being used illegally in opposition to the decree of the Feder al Supreme Court. Beginning at a date in December, 1911, Mr. Stahl was questioned closely regarding all directors' meetings of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana Under the questioning of Attorney Fordyce, he said that a board of five directors who personally owned but 17 shares of stock in the Indiana cor poration, voted 8,008 proxies when the capital stock of the concern was increased from $1,000,000 to $30,000, 000 after the Supreme . Court dissolu tion order had been issued. He test! fied this was done without any order or suggestion from Mr. Rockefeller or Mr. Archbold and so' fir as he knew on the initiative of the five directors "How were Mr.- Rockefeller's per sonal stockholdings in the Standard Oil Company of Indiana affected by the increased capitalization?" Mr Stahl was asked. Mr. Rockefeller owned 2,482 shares. When the capital stock was increased to $30,000,000 he automati cally became holder of 74,460 shares.' Stahl then testified that the 80 new stockholders had come into the Indi ana company since the dissolution. The witness then was directed to bring before the examiner a complete list of both old and new holders of stock in the Indiana corporation. REVENUE DISTRICTS MERGED. Four Are Abolished and Added to Ra leigh District. Washington. Sept. 30 Four inter nal revenue districts, including the South Carolina district, were abolish ed today in accordance with Congres sVmal action. The South Carolina district, of which Micah J. Jenkins was rolleptnr.. with headciuarters at Columbia, is merged with the Raleigh, N. C- district. Danville, Va., Sept. 30., Carolina Comer, negro cook, was struck by a Southern Railway locomotives tonight just south of ' Danville and killed. While crossing the track ahead of the engine her hat blew off and she turn ead back; to recover It with fatal con- sequence. BIG FUND .RAISED AT T. hYS REQUEST Harriman Agent and Attor ney Thus. Testify at Campaign Probe NOTED CORRESPONDENCE READ All That Passed" Between Roosevelt And Harriman Placed Before In vestigating Committee Lit - tie Brought Out Washington, Sept. 30-. All of the orrespondence between President Roosevelt and the late Edward H. Harriman, from 1901 until Mr. Harri- man's differences with Mr. Roosevelt in 190G, was placed in evidence today before the Senate committee investi gating campaign expenditures. Out of the scores of letters, cover ing every subject from exhibits of Indian pictures to the appointment of Federal judges and territorial Gover- nores in Arizona, the Senate commit tee was able to secure little new light nearing upon the subject of campaign contributions or the disputed Ques tion of whether or not President Roosevelt had spesifihally asked Mr. Harriman in 1904 to raise a fund of $240,000 for the aid of .his -campaign. SJ. C. Tegethoff, agent for the Har riman estate and former private secre tary to Mrl Harriman and CharlesA. Peabody, president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company and personal at torney f(fr Mrs. Harriman in the ad ministration of the estate, both testi fied that Mr. Harriman had told them. the raising of the big campaign fund, had been undertaken at President, Roosevelt's request, a ' statement which Mr. Harriman made before his death, but which was denied by Col onel Roosevelt. Aside from the file of the letters', given the . committee, no documentary evidence, was. offered, however; and, out of the many letters none was pro-, duced" exeepi thatvwrjtteTa by' Mr . Har- . riman to SMaey vTtfebstfiTa . V190H, that lhfahwway, beiposf;fte " charge-hattYres went Roosevelt, .hadi asked the railroad man to raise funds.- The Webster letter, made public by; Mr. Harriman himself during the con troversy with President Roosevelt over; the fund, intimated that Mr. Harri-' man had been asked by theresident to raise the fund ; and that it had been the understanding among financial men to whom he appealed that Senator Depew was to be given the ambassa- . dorship to Franle. William Flinn, of Pittsburg, Roose-' velt leader in Pennsylvania, and E. H . Hooker, of New York, treasurer of the Progressive party, will appear before the committee tomorrow. Earlier in the day, when the com mittee opened its hearings, Cornelius B. Bliss, Jr., produced three letters,' which he claimed were the only ones bearing on campaign matters, left by his father, who was treasurer of the- ReDuiblican National Committee in 1904. None of the three letters touch ed upon the facts alleged by John D. Archbold, that Mr. Bliss had assured him President itoosevelt would wel come a contribution of $100,000 from I the Standard Oil Company. One bore directly on campaign contributions and was a vigorous defense of Mr. Bliss' integrity, written by President Roosevelt in 1906, in which the Presi dent asserted that no one had asked him for favors because of contribu tions to his campaign fund; and that no one had been favored or discrimin ated against because of their contri butions, or their opposition to him. The receipt given Mr. .Harriman for his personal contribution of $50,000 was produced by Mr. Tegelhoff ; but he said he did not know what other men had contributed to the so-called Harriman fund. The checks, passed through his hands, he said, but had no way of identifying them. The Senate Committee had expect ed to hear Ormsby McHarg, contest manager for Colonel Roosevelt last Spring, at today's session. Mr. Mc Harg was at the committee room, but after a short conference of the mem bers, he was asked to appear Tues day, October 8th. No explanation of the postponement was given except that the committee members wanted to "complete the investigation of cer tain data before, McHarg was quesr tioned concerning his campaign work in the South. CLARENCE RICHARDSON DEAD Columbus County Citizen Passes Away In Jacksonville, Fla. (Special Star Correspondence.) Whiteville, N. C, Sept. 30. Mr. Clarence G. Richardson, who has been in Jacksonville, Fla.-, for the last few months .died at that phice Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clocfc His son was with him when he died, and he is ex pected to arrive today with the re mains which will be interred in the cemetery here. Mr. Richardson was formerly,. In business . here, and has ' many friends who will reffret to hear . of his death. He was a brother of Sheriff Allen Richardson, of this coun ty,-and besides his mother and several brothers and sisters he is survived by his wife and three Children. 54-inch $1.25 all wool black and bine serge, 89c ; at Gaylord'a opening. . - 2t - - (Advertisement) S i Jf! '.''-'r. )- V i i 'JJV: V
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