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J WEATHER. .' : , ' J, K7 ' ' TTjWfeA -fl-"'. V' :. i , ;Who has a. house to sell . . west, local thunder showers . 1 1 1" F" 1 i p -mu XvfJF ' mi'i 'vim j Ifln?!1 . i. "Pl 1: i ' jit r "-" : . . . Faoort ion "Tuesday; Wednesday. ' ; iSSn 1? iMwHS ' VN 'UK I I V - A TTYS ! Let him put one little Busines-Lo- YOlXCai JO. 328. fcy - - WTLMINGTON, JN". 0.,TO.FSDAMOENINy AUGUST 3 W, 1913. " TVIIQIjI! NTJMBEE 13,406. TO FIND Will Be Charged With Con spiracy, if Found in " J America LEFT LETTER TO HIS MOTHER Warrant Charges Thaw With Conspi racy With Keeper, and Five Men Who Aided in Flying Escape. Poughkeepsie, N. Aug.- 18. If Harry K. Thaw has not left the coun try he will be arrested on a warrant charging hira with conspiracy and re turned to the Matteawan State hospi tal for the criminal insane. . Action with this end in view was taken in a cnoHal term of the Supreme Court here this afternoon when Justice. Jo seph Morschauser issuea a warrant, for the arrest of Thaw, charging him with conspiracy with Keeper Howard Barnum and five other men in maMng his escape from Matteawan. Thaw s escape from the Matteawan asvlum occurred at 7:45 x'clack Sun day morning. He came- into the grounds from the hospital buildings ,T,rf strolled around. Howard H. Bar- ,,m fnr 20 vears a keener at the asy lum ' was pacing to and fro at the ,n0H Mtp of the grounds. Presently a milkman drove up and the keeper Anno- nnen the Kate for him: .An in fant later Thaw made a flying escape through the gate, leaped into a big au tomobile tnat stooa awaiung nim plainlv by prearrangement, and be-fm-P the keeDer could act. the machine was off like a rocket toward the Con necticut State line, av mnes away, it passed over the State road at a rate of speed estimated at 70 miles an hour. Five men assisted in the escape and warrants were also issued for them, the names being Richard J. But- lre, Roger Thompson, Michael O' Keefe, Eugene Duffy and Thomas Flood, Thaw's alleged accomplices. Keeper Barnum, the guard, who open ed the hospital gate when Thaw- es caped, has been held without bail for examination--. Thursday Jj- Jastice Morschauser issued-the.wax mts for Thaw-and:-Ills five alleged iccomplices af ter'taking Hie evidence e: several witnesses this afternoon. District Attorney Conger claims-1 cofl spiracy is an extraditable offense ahd that Thaw can be brought back to Du chess county, no matter to what State hefted. - Armed with the warrants, Sfierjff Fred Hornbeck and his deputies left hurriedly tonight for the eastern part of the county. The sheriff made it known he had received a clue which he expected to lead to the arrest of the five accomplices. . . - - Q From witnesses today the sheriff learned that all of the men wore dark suits and four of them were clean looking New Yorkers. "Butler is de scribed as being just under six feet in height, roughly spoken, and "ugly looking". Witnesses today included William Gorden, proprietor of the Holland House at Fishkill Landing, where the five strangers stopped. Gor don verified the five names taken from the hotel register. He said the five spent much of their time in the -hotel bar room and talked freely. Accord itg to Gorden when the men were asked about their business, one of them replied: "I am in the water bus iness; I get the water out of Sheeps head Bay." After the same man said to Gorden: "I am one. of those fellows who never likes to see anybody in! yuuuie. l aon t care wnat ne nas done; when I see a fellow in trouble, I am sorry for him and will-try to help him out.". - Witnesses Tell Story. The men left the hotel together in the two cars Sunday morning." Gor den continued. "They paid their bills and one man asked another in the Party if he thought they could be oack before night. The other man re d that 'They ought to make it all ,Lillfley Churchwell, employed at it?- J?011311! house, said the car in nich Thaw escaped was a 1913 mod el and was run by a man who gave his name as Thompson. There were numbers on the car, the witness said, "Lne Lwas unable to tell in the poor "ght what they were. tnM frt Uwery, another witness, m V uthe aPProach of the five men '0 the hospital. mJLas.,workinS in my barn Sunday r c ng' he said. "wnen I heard a tn p T, ?,? the road from Matteawan tn,,rinshkm villge. It was 'a -large lounng car with two men in it One to lot- ?ut and welked up the hill se Wnt where i4 was Possible to cam! h rear gate of the hospital. He edtL 2m? and went back and climb- Krw !l aJhird time each time re imp t t( his companion. At that a 'e"t mto the house and heard one mm? down the hill and some and tlellms- Then 1 came out rar i B lame man 3umP into tne pS'sin ' the ta of the other tar K in,??vcorner and 1 sa this man tag there ar that had :been stand- There werP St,0n f"wed the other, seat of t?o threl men in the TeT hill and Z car that came down the driving.- 6 man In the front seat LerovSp EmP"oye's Account. ' hospital eavl"1' a? emPtoye of the of the escape following account tour Stol !,door s.ome three br oown thp ,ore tne car Thaw iltro.ad- I looked ud and came saw gateann n? ln the middle of the ed there for " m 0n tne side- 1 st7- t0 thrna Ver a minute and went turnort "rness room and when T rl hill 1.11 v -"-M nn . Bobb ;faras. oing down the S?me milk anrt t !. came ln with T.haw to'LniI M to O'Dell thar4 'Are luat automnbilp w m'a S?T much hII T?d 1 said u loked Tha get in1 hZhawJ J did Pot .see (Contl nntt 04 Pag. Eight.) , nc nii vnDi omc niTnucnov APiim mrnrr i iPTbiinn AHY PERISH WITH VESSEL Steamer State of California Sinks in Cam bier Ba y N ear J u neu T we nt- ty-five Passengers and , Seven r ' v .. : ' of Crew Dead. ' Juneau. Alaska, Aug. 18. Twenty nve or more passengers and seven members xt the Pacific Coast. Steam ship Company's steamer State of Cali fornia perished Sunday morning in Cambier Bay1 ninety : miles south' of Juneau, "when the vessel struck an un charted 'rock and sank: in three min utes, -with many passengers' impris oned in their state rooms. "The steam ship left Seattle last Wednesday night ior. .HKagway- ana -way poms. - The Dead and hissina. . ' The purser lost all of his records and it is not -possible to give a com pete nst or tne missing. following is a list of the dead whose bodies have been recovered: - Mrs. A- Bu'rnham, MrsStella B-ear- aan, Mrs.' isiara vanaerias, Miss Ulla Ward, daughter of Edward C. Ward, assistant manager of the Pacific Coast Steamship' Company, died after being taKen on a lire rait. Mrs. Nellie B. Ward, mother of Miss Ward. , Four un identified women. . Following is an in comnlete list of the missing who are believed to have pensnedS; Miss Anne U Cassidy, Miss May Lixer, W. a. Dyer, Blanche Fridd, Minnette E. Harlan; Leslie Hebro maanger of, the Pacific Coast Steam ship Company a offices - in -San. Fran cisco; J. Holman. Miss Alice Johnson: Lillian B. Norman, Nick Pittulas, Miss Reardan, Mrs. C. E. Spithill and.child, Ben. A. Wade, Miss Wilson. The unin jured survivors,- crew and passengers, are heing taken to Seattle o the steamer . Jefferson; and 'will arrive there Thursday. vA. great hole was torn in the bottom of the ship. The vessel, cargo, mail and express are. a-total loss. The ship-was valued at $400,000. . . Distress Signal Given.. The .steamship JeTferson, of the Alaska Steamship Line, - southbound heard the wireless call of the sinking vessel and turned back to rescue the survivors who ' had . taken to small boats and life rafts. Ten of the pas sengers had . suffered so severely from exposure that it was necessary to take rthem to a hospital in jTmea-,Xqr Jtfeat- - The StAteof -iK)rnia. waa an -mm. T; ship of 2,227 gross tons, was huut At Philadelphia in 1879, and , carried" a qrewf 75 men. -; For' many years she had .carried passengers between Puget Sound and San Francisco. . ,The wrecked vessel was commanded by Captain Thomas H. Cann, Jr., who had command of the steamship Valen cia on her last ytrip from Seattle to San Francisco, and who was transfer erd .to another steamer when the Va lencia reached that port, thus barely missing being on that ship when she went ashore at Cape Beals, B. C, Jan- lary 22nd, 1906, with a loss of 117 lives. MURDER, THE VERDICT. Or. Coroner's July Investigating Death tor wealtr.y Lumber. Man. Duluth. Minn... Aug. 18.- Murder was the verdict returned late today by the coroner's jury which investigated the death or John jncAipine, . inimtn s wealthy lumber - man, found shot to death in the basement of his palatial East End home last' Friday morning. The Jury found that death was caus ed by gunshot wound in the head,' the weapon being inthe nanus oi persons unknown to the jury. The next official body to take up the murder mystery urobably will be the errand jury, which meets in September..- McAlpine was round dead in nis home about 3 - o'clock in the morning of August ; 15th by his step son. Dale McAlpine. His son testified that he did not see the revolver found a short distance from thee body when he frst went into the- basement. Others c-f the house weer the wife, Mrs. Dale - McAlpine, and Miss Margaret Bergen, the maid. All of, them declared they had heard no shot fired, - , . , . On- the stand today Dale McAlpine stated .that he first knew his father had been shot when he was told so at the morgue. Dr. James McAulirre, deputy coro ner descf ibed a me'etlng between Mrs. McAlpine and her "son. He said Mrs. McAlpine exclaimed: vnale.' i .Mr. McAuliffe says your father was shot through the head." - "Dale gave me a witnering iook as though he would like to retaliate be cause I had told his mother," testi fied the doctor. "Mrs. McAlpine moan ed and said; 1 hope you don't think I did 1 99 Testimony by Dale McAlpine did not, agree with that of Dr. McAuliffe. A man iiamedV'Fred" was mention ed for the first time. He had threat ened to "get -even" with Mr. 'McAl pine'Jt was ' testified by Dale. HEN NESS EE NOT GUILTY. . . .... - " Jury Acquits - Prominent Physician unargea vnn Moreanton, N. C, Aug: 18 The jury in the case of Dr. E. -A. Hennessee, charged with the murder of Gorman rtr; nian - Alnine.- near here : last Winter, aftef being out since Saturday night, returned a verdict of not guilty upon - tne opening , . w mai tnifid in a fight at Glen AlDine on the. afternoon of January 18th. In the fight six men were .ser iously injured. Dr. Hennessee him- solf bearing ten wouuuo m f?6jn a fcr3fend sustaining a fractur ed Taw bone. Hennessee .was . taken to a hospital and his life was despair ed of for several days after tte en gagement. The fighf started early-to thf afternoon when ; Hemessee and Pitts engaged in a fist encounter. Hen ?essef wenf to his hpme and, armed himself and returneu w t Bad? bloof had : existed ween-toe Pitts and Hennessee families for sonle time. S the, ievSal FPnPMil . melee. , Pitts diea several days after the affair, : . ur 11c UK iuni ami -;(ti u:..jpijijniH r i u rnpi- Llgl guUHO So N Declares Attorney Gen - eral Thomas SULZER FACTION STANDS FIRM Official Opinion Declares Lieutenant Governor Lawful Chief Executive Pendjng Impeachment Pro ceedings Against Sulzer. A Albany, N. YM Aug. 18. Lieutenant Governor. Martin H. Glynn is the law ful chief executive of New York State, pending the outcome of the impeach ment proceedings against Governor Sulzer, accordingNto an official opinion handed down today by Attorney. Gen eral Thomas Carmody, to Secretary of State Mitchell May, Mr. Carmody holds that the Assembly was within its rights in instituting impeachment' proceedings at an extraordinary ses sion. - "When the Governor is impeached by the Assembly," says the opinion, "all of his powers are automatically suspended until he has been acquitted or the impeachment proceedings dis missed by the court or impeaenment. In the meantime the Lieutenant Gov ernor, acts as Governor. This is the plain intent of the constitution. An other construction would nullify its express provision." With reference to the autnority oi the' assembly to initiate impeachment proceedings, the attorney general says:- - - . "It is my opinion that if tne Assem bly was not assembled, either in ex tarordinary or. regular session it, might assemble itself and proceed to the discharge of its power in this regard. Otherwise the Governor of the State, could prevent the impeachment of him self and his f Blends in office,- for crimes, however great, after the" ad jornment of the regular session of the legislature by the simple process of omitting to call the legislature in ses sion." ; ' ' - ' - i ' - ' Neither Governor Sulzer, Lieutenant Gcverner- Glynn or their counsel would discuss the attorney general's opinion tonight. - The activities of the.nvai gubernato rial camps during the day centered largely on the escape of Harry K. Thaw from Matteawan and the meet ing of the publkwbullding board ' to open bids -for econstruction work In the capital.- The bidsaor capital con struction were opened in Mr. -Sulzei"s presence by Chester C. Piatt, secre tary o fthe board, an opinion having been rendered by the attorney general that such action met legal require ments. The Glynn partisans were elated at the stand taken by the attorney gen cral, as it is customary for the State aeparthients to heed his legal opin ions ,This tends further to isolate Governor Sulzer from the rest of the State machinery. The policy adopted by Mr. Sulzer of screening his official acts from the public was rigidly ad hered to day. Attorney General Carmody s opm- on .wiur rercrence to tne status oi the RovernorshiD ahd the authority of the legislature lays down these prin ciples: ' . Atfer.the impeaenment oi tne gov ernor' by the Assembly tne powers nd . duties of the office devolve upon the Lieutenant Governor until the disability shall cease. : - ' ''The. term impeaenment is used in this connection in its ordinary sense and means the presentation of charges. The Assembly is not precluded from the exercise of its constitutional powers by -.the fact that at the time the legislature of which it forms a part, is convened in extraordiary ses- lon for other purposes." The attorney general finds tnat tne laim that the Assembly was without authority to 'institute impeachment proceedings at an extraordinary ses sion is ."clearly based upon a misap- rohenston of. the nature or tne runc- tions of the Assembly when adopting and presenting the . articles." He adds: ' This is-nn no sense a legislature functiorrr. it Is judicial." LEO M. FRANK. Makes Statement on His Own Behalf . 1 , Befote the Court. Atlanta: Ga.. Aug. 18- Leo Mr Frank, on trial here for the murder of the 14-year-old girl, Mary Phagan, to day made ; an extended statement in his own behalf at the close of which the defense announced his case com- pleted. . :" ' - .' After relating to tne jury tne story of his early life, leading up to - the time he assumed charge of the Na tional Pencil Company's plant' here, Frank" made a sweeping denial of the acts pith which he is cnargea oy tne State.' . He described . in detail - his movexhents ;on; the. day of Mary Pha- gans disappearance as .well as tnat following, when the girl's mutilated body", was ! discovered in the factory basement. . ' - . ' Frank denled'that he nad ever been guilty 'of immoral conduct v such as that described by Conley. In conclud ing his .statement Frank said. - - "Some newspaper man - has called me - the' "silent : man in the tower.' I have kept" my words for the proper place' and 'the proper time. -.This is the " place and the hour. I have told you the whole truth." It Is expected that introduction or evidence in rebuttal by. the State will begin, tomorrow. . . Philadelphia: Aug. 18. Mrs. Fannie Hazard Dickson, granddaughter of Eb-enezer- Hazard, who was postmaster general in George Washington's cabi net,- died late last nignt at ner nome here.' J&rs: Dickson, who was the wife j 6-...t'ntl..n nnmnnTf TiViSlnC-1 of Samuel Dickson, a prominent Philai delphia, lawyer, was 7 & years old Attacks Women Suffrage In Speech Before The y , - Senate. . CALLS- IT "BEAUTIFUL DREAM" South' Carolina Statesman. Declares Franchise for. Women Will Not Tend to Correct Corruption In Politics.- .. Washington. Aug. 18.jSekator Till man, showing some of the former .vig or" that won for him; the sobriquet, of "Pitchfork -Ben attacked woman suf frage'in a Senate speech today. "It is a beautiful dream' , said he, "that female suffrage will purify, poli tics. The vital-' and ' important thing for us to consider is the- effect on women themselves. We had better en dure the evils of corruption in politics than bring about a .condition which will mar the beauty ana aim tne lus tre of the glorious ' womanhood to which we have been accustomed all ouriives. We can better afford to have de graded and corrupt politicians than de graded and bad women. To have both in ever increasing degree, as was the case in Rome, would make the world so unspeakably horrible,, as well as so corrupt, that good men and women both would disappear from the face of the earth and civilization would be bloated out like it was in the dark ages after the fall of Rome. I am so thoroughly a1 convert to the belief that you can not touch pitch without being defiled, that I shudder to think of the consequence to the womanhood , of America should suf frage become universal, taking in both sexes and all races. Yet the experi ment is going to be tried, I fear." Senator Tillman said tneoemand tor woman suffrage was growing too fast to be stopped by ' old. fogies," like himself and that it was, apparent the men of the country would -give them what they demanded, "even -though it be to their ultimate injury. I believe women will improve poli tics," said 'he, ."bat ultimately politics will destroy; her: aa w&aaww; her-and love ner r: and ' when out v good women are no longer to be found and we have lost the breed the doom of the republic is near. Senator Tillman included in his speech a vigorous attack' -upon the divorce evil and referred to the Diggs Caminetti white slave cases in Cali fornia "We have bad women in Sauth Car olina and throughout the South " he said, "but the habits of our people and their customs, inherited from our fore fathers, make it dangerous to "mon key with men's women kin' Some Northern people call us barbarians. If the California men had our customs Diggs and Caminetti would not be alive now, because they would be. ac quitted almost without the jury leav ing the box. "The unwritten laW is the best law to protect women's virtue that I know of. The more I think about the Diggs- Caminetti case the more outraged I grow at the state of morals and so ciety which not only premits sucb crimes but encourages them." COLLECTOR KEITH IS SAFE Will Not be Removed on Political Grounds Wilmington ; Postal Clerk Protests Against Colored Mail Clerks. ; (Special Star Telegram.) -Washington, D C Aug 18. It' is pretty well settled that Collector- of Customs Keith, of -Wilmington, will .be allowect to serve out his -commission, which expires some time in 1915. This opinion was expressed by Representa tive Godwin when asked today as to the status of the Keith case. Mr. Godwin believes in filling every office with a Democrat just as soon as the office becomes .vacant- He does not believe, however, that a man should be removed from office before his commission expires, unless for in competency or some other just cause. It was pointed out that the case of Postmaster Wallace could not fairly be compared with the Keith job. Mr Wallace was allowed to serve out his commission and a few months more, while if Mr. Keith is removed now It would be. beforehis present: commis sion expires. :." IMay Seat Clayton V There was- a marked change in the attitude of the ...Senators today with (Continued on Page Eight.) OUTLINE S Lieutenant Governor Glynn is now' the chief executive 'of New York State, according to the, : opinion of Attorney General Carmody. -. Huerta. replying to Wilson's note. refuses mediation in, the Mexican sit uation by a foreign government. - - Republican Senators assail Demo cratic proposal to place sugar on the free list In 1916. " Thirty-two persons killed , in wreck of steamer State of, California in Cam bier Bay Sunday morning. Authorities unable to pick up trail of Harry K. : Thaw. , . ' Lobby' investigators of the Senate continue investigation of the MulhaH charges of lobbyism. v New York, markets: Money on call steady 2 to 2 1-4; ruling rate 2 1-4; closing bid 2 to 2' 1-4. Flour firm. Wheat .firm. Corn firm. Rosin and turpentine steady. A Spot cotton quiet mljlin .i:.J. '10 AAi' nrMJIInn middling uplands -12.00; middling gulf lz.zs; .sales 200 bales . v- Ruin Will , Result, if Measure .-; is Adopted, Say , Republicans.., MANY AMENDMENTS PROPOSED Simmons May Urge Daily Sessions to Expedite Work Sugar .Schedule i Absorbing Attention of Senate. Would Ruin' Louisiana. ' . Washington, "Aug. 18. Freb sugar was the text of the tariff debate in thef Senate today, Republican members as sailing he pemocratic proposal to put sugar on tne iree list m iaib, predict ing the' ruin of the Louisiana cane ffisugar industry, and the "gobbling up" by the; trust of the domestic beet sugar industry of the country. Senators Bristow. Smith, of Michi gan, Sterling, Smoot, Lodge- and Cum mins led in the-attack.' oh,. the sugar schedule which-bids fair to- hold at tention of the Senate for several days. No time has been fixed for a vote on the- Democratic, rates of- amendments proposed today by Senator Bristow, which .would provide for -a gradual reduction of the tariff on refined sugar until the figure would reach : $1.26 a hundred pounds in 1919. - Democratic leaders asserted tonight that the Bristow amendments would be voteddown, and that there would be no ; Democratic- votes to be cast agains fthe majority, except those of the Louisiana Senators, Thornton and Ransdell, : who' gave notice . of their purpose to the Democratic caucus. ; In today's discussion Senator Bris- tow asserted that the American Sugar Refining Company, which several years ago started out to -acquire the beet sugar factories, abandoned' the plan because "they found it would be cheaper and easier to destroy this in dustry through free sugar than to con trol it by purchase of stock." - v Senator Walsh declared, that f testis mony of beet sugar men ?. before the lobbv committee was to'- theeffect that the reason the American -Sugar ftftfi n in iComTiany reduced its holdmsf un tne oeet sugar plants m xne wei was because of fear of the bherman anti-trust law. ; V .Senator William Alden Smith vigor ously supporting the Bristow amend ments, declared: , X,- "I venture the assertidn that the American;, Sugar , Refining Company, nor any,'if",1ts owners, has not pur chased any beet sugar( stock since" the Democratic-partE. came into power and will .not buy anyijuntil you .have pass ed your biifand-our three years of stratgulatioh have, persecuted the beet sugar meosand the tremendously re duced pricV of their stock." "If the industry is going to be ruin ed" asked Senator Williams, "why should the stock be bought then?" "Because the Democrats' lease of power "replied Senator Smith, "is but temporary anVi : there later will j be a reaction." ' - . "If this , party's lease or power is temporary," Senator Williams return ed, "why picture all this despair, why not pass the bill, turn the Democrats out, re-estaoiisn your lines , ana gy ahead?" - ' The Republican Senators unanimous ly .contended that the proposed . rates would not cheapen sugar to the con sumer, .. Senator Cummins said the removal of the sugar duty in 1916 would tend to abrogate the present reciprocity treaty with Cuba, because ik would abolish' the Cuban sugar preferential, the chief provision of the treaty. He raised the Question, however, whether the proposed law or the treaty even tually would prevail. Senator Lodge, who said he drafted a portion or tne ;u'Dan , reuiyruciiy treaty declared that the pending" bill made an immediate reduction in the sugar, rate of approximately 20 .cents a hundred pounds and that this re duction would not conflict with : the treaty. . . . : Senator Williams aiso lnsisiea mat there was no conflict between the treaty and the bill. The treaty, ; ne said, applied to all imports, guaran teeing Cuba a preferential,, but. no preventing a change of tariff rates, by law. . Undoubtedly." he added, "tne Din will e-iv fiiibR the risrht to serve ho- tir of abroeation of the treaty , if she wants totake that view. . or it. -.Jurj Cuba may conclude, as she gets many other things in preferential rates hat it as to her intertst to (keep thistreaty anyhow. .. .... Senator sterling saia agiwuuu ior frp fmsAr had deterred capitalists from erecting beet sugar" factories in South Dakota. Senator Walsh, T of Montana, expressed the r belief- that manv nroiected beet sugar factories in the West had been kept from entering the field by the '."powers that be" In the beet sugar industry. ' Senator Lodge gave satisfies to show that, the price of sugar gradually had declined for many years and -argued that it was idle' to expect; that free- sugar would deduce the cost , of living. Free sugar in Ms opinion, was destroyed oy tne cane-, sugar, i einwo of the country in order to kill off com petition -of the beet sugar; interests and control the American, market ab solutely. These retiners, .ne asseneo, the Federal, the Arbuckles and the American Sugar. Refining Company, agitated free, sugar ; "because-: they thought there was money in it - - The amendment or tne oai i nnnnfi Committee to the Hotise' sugar schedule," which would make :the pro posed rates effective Degmnmg marcn i 1Q14 but not affecting the provis ion for free sugar in 1916, "wag aih the r!Kfltft Of A the day Senator Norris, of Nebraska ; thof (ha wniiifl nffar an mniiment to strike out the proposed? provision for free sugar in 1916,- HUERTA REFUSES ALL PROPOSALS OF PEACE MICHAEL'S STORY ASSAILED Former Chief Page of the House .Sub jected to Grilling Cross Exam- : ination by McDermott's Lawyers. Washington, Aug. 18. Representa tive James T. McDermott's lawyers turned- a . grilling cross -examination today upon T. H.' McMichael, former chief page of the House, planning to shake his story,, that McDermott got 7,600 from Washington pawnbrokers trying to beat the Federal loan shark bill. McMichael referred, in the lobby ex posure, to Martin M. Mulhall as chief spy upon Congressmen for the Nation al Association of "Manufacturers, 'tes tified he had not seen any money giv en to McDermott, and had only Mc Dermott's own word about the alleged transaction with the loan sharks. McMichael swore that in an effort to have him "keep his mouth shut , McDermott's brother-in-law had prom ised him a municipal job here. Met Michael said he was to get the job through Attorney Ralston, counsel for "the American Federation of -Labor, and a former partner of District Com missioner Siddons. Ralston denied that he or the Federation was con cerned m the alleged offer. " - Isaac Heidenheimer, .a . Washington pawnbroker, testified about efforts of the brokers to defeat the "loan shark" bill. He said . he contributed about $1,500 to a fund raised by another pawnbroker, George D. Horning. He thought about $1,550 of a total of $3, 750 raised .went to lawyers and print ers. He would not swear, however, that the total amount had not been greater than $3750. With other pawn brokers, he Said, he called upon Rep resentative McDermott in his office twice, but-had not discussed the loan shark legislation with him except casually. WOMAN KILLS TWO. Divorced. Woman Murders Former ' Husband and His Wife. - Millen, Ga., Aug. 18. W. S. Godbee, prominent citizen of this place, - and his wife, Mrs. Florence Godbee, were shot to death' here today by . Mrs. . Ed na Perkins Godbee. - from whom - he was divorced several years ago". . The shoo tine occurred atitha entrance. I therjMenpostomce. The divorc woman . used .a large ; calibre ; re vol ver wnicn - sne had - concealed in a hand bag. Without warning she fired three shots at her former husband, all of them taking effect and killing him in stantly. She then turned upon Mrs. Godbee, inflicting three wounds from which she died this'afternooh. After the shooting Mrs. Edna Per kins Godbee replaced her weapon in the handbag and walked auietly to her home, several blocks distant. She was later arrested there, and held without bail. She would make no statement beyond saying she was perfectly sat isfied with .the success of her attempt. Mr. Godbee was weir known throughout this section of Georgia. He was a member of the board of commissioners of Jenkins county, and had been extensively interested in politics. 'Although both he and Mrs. Edna Perkins- Godbee maintained their residence here after they were divorced, they were not known to have had any dealings with one an other. Mrs. Florence Godbee, who married the, murdered man only recently, was formerly Miss Florence Boyer, -of xoungstown, Fa. ASSAIL CURRENCY BILL. House "Insurgents" Continue Fight on Administration Measure. - Washington, Aug. 18. "Currency in surgents" continued their attack oh the-administration currency bill in the House Democratic caucus today. Rep resentatives Calloway, of Texas; Bow die, of Ohio, and others talked against the bill, while Representative Weaver of Oklahoma, and Brown, of West Vir ginia, , members of the- banking and currency committee, defended It. The net result was a further delay in tak ing up the measure for amendments and general debate may not be con cluded in the, caucus tomorrow. Representative Calloway during a long speech declared he hoped there was "some way to ; bring pressure to bear to rdake the chairman of the cur rency' committee or members who know tell who it was that originally drew this bilU' ? McCalloway added that' he under stood the measure was drawn by John V. Farwell, of Chicago, and other rep resentatives of banking interests. He opposed the plan in its entirety and declared he had a substitute of his own based on the'system used in Scot land for 217 years, and Canada for a shorter period without panic. Representative Bowdle pleaded for delay until the December session of Congress, saying the caucus was (leading general ignorance and "try-ng-to shift -the blame on the bill'.s undisclosed author." - THREE SERIOUSLY INJURED. When Mob Storms Jail Attempting to v v v Lynch Negro.- ; ' Spartanburg, S. C. Aug. 18. Three men. Frank Enpley. J. C. Owensby and John Turner were seriously injured tonight when a mob stormed the coun ty jail in an effort to lynch Will Fair, a negro prisoner charged with assault ing a young white woman, near' here today. Sheriff White and a deputy, facing the mob alone, repeatedly drove them back with pistol shots when they advanced with battering rams,; . Members of the rnob finally return ed the fireNand inthe darkness- the three men. were struck. They were not fatally - wounded, but were taken to a hospital for attention. , .' The young, woman was assaulted in a lonely farm house this morning in the -absence of her husband. atdr Simmons announced that unless more raoid Droereaa was made by IWednesday, he would urge that daily Sen-Isessions begin at 1.0 A. M, Delivers Ultimatum De manding Recognition of His Government " WILSON IS DISAPPOINTED Administration Officials Puzzled at the Latest Turn of Event Situation Discussed at Official Con ference in Washington. Washington, April 18. Administra tion officials were puzzled late tonight when they received the announcement' through 'press dispatches that Provi sional President Huerta had deliver: ed an ultimatum demanding recogni tion of his government in Mexico by the United States. Secretary Tumulty, at the White House, read the Associated , Press .dis patch from , Mexico : City received shortly before midnight stating the in tention' of the Huerta government and immediately communicated it to Secretary Bryan. President Wilson; had retired early and was not awak ened. ' X Secretary Bryan said he had receiv ed merely, cablegrams announcing the rejection by the Huerta government, of the American - suggestions for a. peaceful settlement. In tne absence of official confirmation, Secretary Bry an, said, no announcement would be made by this government. V The Huerta government's rejection of the suggestions made by the Unit ed States for a -peaceful solution of. the Mexican revolution reached Wash ington late today. President- Wilson, . Secretary Bryan and Counsellor John Bassett Moore, of the State .Depart ment, discussed for nearly two hours the dispatches of John Lind, personal representative of President Wilson, ln Mexica, describing the attitude of the Huerta officials. .. The' President and ': his v advisers were plainly disappointed at the turn of events, ; but - announced -r that the -American- erovernment" would .'-bAve1' 'nothing taeay c todays - , Instead the. .giericaacomnmiura van ... appealing; rpr : a Buspermon or' nosnnxies ana- a' eonstitutional election, together with the emphatic, statement that under no circumstances, courd the United States recognize the Huerta retime because it1 was set up by Irregular force Instead or constitutional order will be made public tomorrow.-- In-view -of the re-- jection of the suggestions contained in the communication presented by Mr. .Lind,-. Its publication tomorrow will constitute a reiteration before the world of President Wilson's Ideas as fo constitutional .government in Latin-America.- : , , In all -likelihood today's "events means the end of any dealings with the Huerta officials. Though there was much talk in official, circles of lifting the embargo oh. arms and permitting the constitutionalists to get the muni--tions of war with which they claim they can soon overthrow the Huerta administration, it. is likely that such a policy will be carefully, considered in the Senate before any action is taken. The position taken by administra tion officials tonight was that the Unit ed States had done all that a friendly neighbor could do without actually us ing force. The only interest, it was' pointed out, that the United States can have in Mexico, is the protection of lives and property. Financial los ses can be met by indemnities, it is believed here, and lives can best be protected by the withdrawal, of Ameri cans from the danger zone. To this end officials are considering the re moval of Americans and the payment of transportation for the destitute. A strong sentiment in favor of giv ing the constitutionalists arms on an equality with the Huerta faction exists in the Senate. President Wilson is said to be opposed to such a measure, as it is not a move ln the direction of peace, but he has not finally made up his mind on the subject. - Senator Ba can, chairman of the foreign relations committee, was informed by the State Department of the rejection of the American communication . by Huerta. He made this statement on the situa tion: i . "Whatever the result of the present negotiations, the American people will be conscious of the fact that the Pres ident has done his full duty in -trying to bring about a satisfactory solution of the trouble-in Mexico- Foreign gov-, ernments will realize also that the United States has shown Its friendly intentions toward a neighboring - re public. "I am particularly gratified to know and have the public realize the earn- ' estness with which Republican Sena tors,, with a very few exceptions, have upheld the hands of the President and it is through a continuation of such co-operation that we will "be able to ' carry out our foreign " policy in the Mexican situation. -Fortunately there '. has been no disposition to draw, party lines, Republicans being just as zeal ous as the Democrats, striving earn estly to handle the question on a broad, patriotic basis.'.; Speeches by Republican Senators on the floor of the Senate have - at no time shown partisanship. The President's recent conference -with the entire Senate' committee on Foreign Relations, re sulted in a strong feeling of co-operation which we hope will continue. He is conferring daily with Senators, re gardless, of party, which means that the American government? is moving with a single patriotic purpose in a delicate international affair. - - Huerta Defiant. Mexico City Aug. 18. Provisional President Huerta, replying today to President Wilson's note, which was recently delivered to the Mexican government through ex-Governor John Lind, refused mediation in the Mexi can situation - or any similar - sugges tion made by a foreign government. ; Mr. Lind has forwarded Gen'. Huerta's- (Contlnuea on Pafe Elfht) - : I' : J -.i - . - ; ..' f r- ,1! ' v -i v ; ; , V ', . 'i 1, ii
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