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12?PagesToPay Tivo Sections VOL. XCn-KO. 333, Bankers Want Oweii Currency Bin Amended. - COMMITTEE TO WASHIfiBTOtl Delegation of Financiers Wnt Present; Views of Banning msmuiion. Regarding Monetary Leg- r islation. 22. Bankers from all narts of the country at tfie close of a f erence- : amreed ! on: a number of important amendments to owen-Glass Currency, v diu,, now uending in Congress, and appointed a. committee or seven iu 6v i ; :tnn and endeavor to liava the lUo" changes incorporated in the measure Members of the conference express the belief that the administration forces in Washington jarilt be conyinc- ed bv the arguments tney will present. oh modify the bill so Uiat Itjwill, be reasonably satisfactory to the bank ing interests of the , country. The amendments were presented to the conference by a committee liVJ olutions, and were adopted after aq after unanimous votej The committee went through the Cuisi rency bill secuon by secuon ana vrec ommended more than 20 changes. The r-nmmittee named by Chairman- Hepburn, of New York, to go to-Wash ington ana preseui me ecouuuBuw. tions of the conference to President Wilson and Secretary of Treasury mc Adoo, included James B. Forgan, -Chicago, chairman; George W: Reynolds, Chicago; E. J. HilL Norwalk, Connr, r F. Maddox, Atlanta; SoV .WTexler, Vow Orleans: Joseph Chapman. ' Min neapolis, and Festus J. Wade, St Louis. !. . -- The committee will go to Washing ton in a few days to begin its work.T , -ProDosed Chanaes. " :j A summary of the important, chant?: es in the currency pill proposea -oy the resolufirar aoSiyv'the"-;bank-ers follows: - ' --v -,. v' That there , should kba. Established one central Federal freserve bank un- dpp thp npw cnrrencv " and bankiner plan instead of 12, and if this is found" inexpedient the number snouia not exceed five, with as many branches as mav be required. The membership in Federal reserve banks be made voluntary instead of compulsory on' the part of National banks as is provided in the case of State banks. That the amount of subscriptions to the capital stock of the Federal re serve banks brf reduced from 20 to 10 per cent of ; the capitalization of the bank applying" lor membership.' That in order to remove control of the Federal reserve banks from po litical influence, direction' of the insti tution be vested in a board of seven members composed of the Secretary of the Treasury, as ex-officio member, three members to be selected by the member banks. The terms of office are fixed at three, six and nine years at the beginning and nine years for all members after the first term. The salary is fixed at $10,000 a year with allowances for necessary traveling: ex penses. ' That three of the directors of re gional banks shall be experienced in banking and live in the district. -r ; That directors of regional bankg-1e authorized to elect their own officers, who with the Federal agent designed by the Federal reserve board shall manage the institution. , ; -. That the appointee of the Federal reserve board shall not act as chair man of the board of directors of re gional banks. That the advisory board of the" Fed eral reserve bank be abolished. That the authority of the Federal reserve board to compel one member bank to re-discount paper of another member bank be made optional .in stead of mandatory. '. That the cumulative dividends fal lowed member banks out of earnings On their SharOO in tViQ IT'fxlavnl maoo.ytra. oanu be increased from 5 to . 6 per cent. That State banks accepting mem bership in Federal reserve banks be required to adopt the word "National" m their corporate names. .J. all government moneys be de nl X. in. Federal reserve banks ex cept the o per cent redemption fund "intending National bank notes.- , hii!uai hfderal reserve banks be pro-. dra. r Tom re-discounting: paper! than or, carr'ing of securities, other! than stocks and bonds. y ? :- urvLati the country banks required re S , educed from 15 to 12" pev be Lnntd tnalnot less than 4 per cent, than i1 ln tne bank vault 'not'JesB" Krni per cent deposited with the der . relerve bank and the remain-1 Th , the respondent. . ; ed ppco e ,Teserve city bank's requlr-' stPart ZV,he fixed at 18 Per cent inr. cent tn I 20 -and 25 Per cent; 6 per a Pedfrimam in vault: 6 Per cent in cent S-?tv1tiff8erVe bank- 6 Per tral reserve baCnkreSPndent in & reJJirli1116 central reserve city banks" quired reserve which varies from cent- t ')er cent- be fied at 20 per Per cen ?ertuCent in tQe vault and 10 That th? e Federal reserve bank. That Sfl r.om nine to 12 months, to savji Is hfi1,0? f the bi relating Thai th ftricken out. sue tL noFederal reserve banks is notes li tessary currency -bank ler of r;de;nrcontrol of the comptrol, treasurv nn?JresQCy'lnstead f having ment otes issued by the govern- PlaTnheneceifarvnfe considered this the ?overnmolJor the Protection of ar orJts credit . in time .. of The "lPrgency. for tnis vonunued on Page EighL) v I AGREE OHlAilGUi III lymrJr f klrinilnPI - mil i ri 1 1 1 1 1 i itifs Ml IIIUIIU I iiiwiwwtita mam: nnwa wmAc: i . This DhotoeraDh of Ha being held pending the efforts of the Matteawan insane.-Asylum. - -- W'S COUNSEL DEBATE NEXT MOVE WhetHer to Produce the Prisoner in Court on- Writ of Habeas Corpus, or Abandon Writ and Submit to Deportation, the Question Sherbrooke,. Que., -Aug. 22. Harry K4TaWp; squabbling.; with,' thIidmin- 4Wsfeaiing lawyers, retained t6relVin heI?' 'ItaIe.a; lot of . things on ini .nos. return . ia ine jviatteawaa State Hospital for the Insane, .from which he. escaped. last Sunday morn ing, tonight apparently was as much in ignorance of the next ' move in his case as- the casual idler around the Sherbrooke jail. Fpr two hours his counsel conferred this afternoon, debating whether they would produce maw in court on a Writ of habeas corpus next Wednesday or abandon the writ, surrender him to the 'immigration authorities and coun tenance his deportation to Vermont, a procedure to which it was said here the immigration officers had agreed The two-hour talk was preceded by a conference with Thaw as to his pref erence, but it resulted in no definite decision. j Thaw was erratic,, domineering and it - was decided to await the arrival her e . of Roger O'Mara, of Pittsburg, Thaw s detective-guardian. Accord ing to the understanding here he will arrive tomorrow night, Never in- the history of Quebec pro vince, orthe Dominion of Canada nas such a legal snarl within snarl been before the courts. In "brief. Thaw is held on a com mitment charging " him with being a fugitive from Matteawan, where ,Vhe was confined 'on a criminal charge. Thfs is , an error. Acauitted of Stan ford White's murder ion the ground of insanity, he was ' held . , there on no charge, but as a lunatic. . Commitment' uetective. Both sides had admitted that the commitment' is defective and. it was conceded that he would fce released on the writ, when arraigned. "Why r not then," Thaw's lawyers woro asiSzfA ' hV - immiffration"' authori ties. cancel. as it were, all your obf jections to his being held, turn him over to u, have a hearing at Coati- cook, where he was nrst locKea up al ter crossing the border, and e will rtcnnTt Hm to Vermont? .It will then be up to New York State to extradite him.'' - : .4 . . -But the agents or tne immigration authorities here are subordinates and Thaw's . lawyers believe that the final decisionMn the matter of deportation will come from, the Minister of the In terior who at present is in Vancouver on a vacation. Facing such a predica ment it a was. said tonignt inai.iue ud. beas corpus hearing- would : be held Wednesday. , x , , .Another Dossibility was suggested. Thaw' would come into court, plead not'guilty to tne present cnarge am Ain -frfal . This. ' it was saio. might not take place until the October "Hdw about - v-Jl naw . w "-cu-woit frr RoeefTr he said. O'Mara was thus ' literally the miss in the Thaw forces to nights and William T. Jerome, Thaw's &es It ws safd llere that Jerome retained: by tne t new lore.j general's - department, would arrive Sunday;,-;. -: : Utar-w v Tbaw ' aia. not npy" ditnribea" when told Jerome was njir-j Zf ii&L t7u? nrninff "Lhe said; i"For onceri (my life I ;haye lJfrs. e no tremendous u"u t. . rnnfpr 'with -them. I mas, andmayoe-a. "f.r, ' who were worth over. $25 a day-. "A -cliaue of ,l?Stanford ;; White s friends have always 9 they. pursued me up here .--Bat JJieir influence-: learning hat NeTork. lfttymg.to But f think it was wiser, to have come WTLMEGTON, First: PHogfpJaw in His United States and New York State a - ' - IN- THE CASE 4 - to Canada than, to enter Pennsylvania. vveli; I hope Jerome has a . good Jeronm:.'!5 Was eoine . to 'snrine them at" White Plains in 1908, but decided not to. ; I'll -spring them some time, though." . v. E. : A. - Conger, district attorney of Dutchess county, said tonight that, of course,; he and Kennedy would be su perceded when Jerome comes. "I don't believe all this talk about the agree ment deport Thaw to Newport, Vt.," said Conger. "While I understand the Fmmigration agents here have been instructed, to use their discretion .in the matter, they are, in my opinion, nothing more than policemen, and I think the decision is up to the Minis ter of the Interior. He will get Thaw sure. Whether they will deport his to Vermont -I can't say. We haven't succeeded, however, in getting even a tentative promise to shoot him across at the' New York State line. . PROMINENT FARMER KILLED. R.1 'Fl Smathers Shot by Tenant Over -; '-' Trivial Argument. Asheville. N. C, Aug. 23. R. F. Smathers, 25 years oldfj a well known farmer and large land owner at uan ton, near here, was shot and instant ly killed about 7 o clock tonight By John' Waldroup, a tenant on one of Mr. Smathers' farms. waldroup escaped J ' and is being - hunted through the mountains by a band of armed- men. - - McKinley Gibson, who-was standing a short distance away at the time -of the shooting declared tonight that he heard the two men arguing about a lock and key and heard Waldroup say "I'll, get my gun and put you out of -business. . A few seconds later tne fatal ' shot was fired. Smathers died almost .instantly and Waldroup took to -the - mountains witn which he is perfectly familiar. A posse was quick- ly iormeo ana went on ms trail, uut at midnight tonight no trace of the fugitive had" been found. CHARGE WHITE SLAVERY. Tar Heel Arrested in Georgia for Vio- " lation of Mann Act. Valdos'ta. Ga.. Aug. 23. R. T. Lu- shin wasarresteLhere today charged with: -violating the Mann White Slave Act.'- Rushin came here from-. Jack sonville with a young woman who gave - her name as Mamie Williams. Both say they are from Charlotte, N. C--:-ajf.houBh-Rushin savs his comDan- ion: is' from Columbia, S. C. Berne. Switzerland,' Aug. 23. Pleas ant. A-.: Stovall. of Savannah. Ga.. pre sented: his credentials today as unit ed States minister to Switzerland. He succeeds i H. ,S. Boutell, of Illinois. ' OUTL I NE S Foteign ' nations are ' interpostng their m influence upon the Huerta . re gime Jn: support of the United States, efforts to 'bring about an amicable ad justment r ' of Mexican revolutionary troubles; " Bankers vwiir send a delegation to Washington to recommend to Con gress certain amendment ' in the pend itif f!tirfnv Jlill - V Harry-K: Thaw's counsel are now debating" whether it is better to pro duce the prisoner to the court on writ of habeas corpus; or abandon th&writ and submit to deportation.' - r ' With, the closirigiargument of the prosecution in the friafcr of Leo 'M. Frank, for: the. murder of Mary Pha gan, yet" tinfinished; an adjournment wasbrdered suntil Monday: v. -:k'y-New. York markets : Money on call nominal, no lqans. Flour quiet;; Wheat steady.: . Corn easy.1 - Rosin -steady; Turpentine ;steady. Spot cottonStea- dy; middling -uplands; 12:30? middling gulf i 12.5&; sales 80 bales. . N. C, SV 1 . Canadian Celll uthorities to have him - returned to '-.y . WILMINGTON GETS $500,000 President McQueen Arranges for a Half Million, for Murchison Na tional to Move Crops C. F. & Y. V. Suit (Special Star Telegram.) Wilmington, N. CAug. 23. H. C. McQueen,' of the Murchison National Bank, of Wilmington, made .'final ar rangements here today to get $500,000 of-"the government ,loan which is to be . distributed fjarHth'e i movement of orops. ; Thlmbnei wHi te sent ;to Wil mington immediately. Mr. McQueen said he was delighted with Mr. Mc Adoo's plan and believed it would be of grear benefit to the State. Raleigh Greensboro and Charlotte, will get amounts ranging from $200,000 to $500,000 each. ' C. F. & Y. V. Suit Attorney A. L. Brooks, of Greens boro, held another conference with officials of the Department of Justice today m connection with the suit be ing brought against the Southern and the Atlantic. Coast Line railways to have the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley railroad restored and thus give the State a competitive freight and pas senger service from the coast to the mountains. After his conference Mr. Brooks said he was well satisfied with the status of the1 case. Further than to say that" "luture developments hold great prospect for relief," the Greens boro man would not discuss the pro posed suit. Simmons and Underwood Aqree. Senator Simmons said tonight .that when i. next Saturday night rolls around, the Simmons-Underwood tariff bill will either have reached the final vote or he would be ready-to call for the ihnal test the vfirst thing the f ol lowing week. Senator Simmons said he-had already held a conference with Representative Underwood - and that nis views, ana tnose oi tne tiouse Reader were so near alike that the conferees would have little difficulty in reaching the final agreement on the bill. P. It. A. CROP MOVING FUND GOING OUT. Government Rapidly Distributing' the Fifty Wlillions or Dollars.' Washington. Aug. 23. The govern ments $50,000,000 crop moving lund is being rapidly forwarded to the var ious cities in which the National banks have complied with the condi tions imposed by the Treasury Depart ment. . Banks in several Southern cities al ready have sent their list of securi ties to the department for approval and these are being examined as to their acceptability. While the exact amount of depos its already placed has not been -announced at the department, it is un derstood several hundred . thoueasid dollars have been sent into the larger reserve cities In the south to aid in moving the cotton crops. - The department today completed the list of cities in that section where the deposits are to be made.- It in cludes Birmingham, Mobile and Mont gomery. Ala.: Little Rock. '- ; Ark.: Jacksonville, Pensocpla, and Tampa, 'ia. ; Atlanta, . Augusta, - Macon and Savannah; Ga.:1 Lexington and Louis ville, Ky.; New Orleans and Shreve port, La.; Jackson, Meridian and Vicksburg,- Miss.; Charlotte, Greens boro, Raleigh and Wilmington. N. C. ; Muskogee and Oklahoma City, Okla.; unariestpn, Columbia, ureenville and fepartanburg. S. -C; - Chattanooga. Knoxville, Memphis and Nashville, renn. ; Fort Worth, Galveston, Hous ton and San Antonio, TexX;, Lynch burg, Norfolk Richmond and Roa noke, Va., and Wheeling, W. Va."- r rwenty-eigh cities in . Central and far Western States also were selected. WOMAN ELECTED PRESIDENT- Only Female Head of Railroad Compa ny in the soutn. Bainbridge. Ga,, Aug. 23. At a meeting OL the, directors Of the Geor gia, Alabama ? Florida Railroad to day, Mrs. Cora B. Williams, was elect ed president: succeeding her. husband. the late - Capt.- J. P. Williams. -.Mrs. Williams is believed to be, the ; only woman in the Sonth-?whtK is resident Jpf a railroad; s,H'r::':-'k- MOIUOf ATOTJST. 24 , 1913. POWERS FAVOR PLAN ,1 Want Huerta to Accept Pro posal of the United - States. ;:; ': Wilson Permits , Exportation of Ammunition to HuertaX TENSE EXPECTANCY PREVAILS Mexican Authorities Now Hope s to Prolong Negotiations With Urtili ed States Huerta Jn Bad s "ll- Way Financially. : Washington, Aug; 23.- Great Brit ain, France - and Japan- are- among the nations - which have interposed their influence -upon the . Huerta "ad ministration in- Mexico in- support of the; effort sof the United ' Stated to iring about a peaceful ' settlemdlnt. of the revolution. " W'hile administration officials were. silent today regarding this phase 'of the situation there was a lively , in terest manifest in diplomatic Circles here as to the probable effect of for eign pressure on the Huerta govern ment. - - il' " . It was learned that the Mexican authorities hoped"i President Wilson would not read his message to Con gress next Tuesday, as he had plan ned, and snowed a disposition to pro- ong the negotiations. Unless some tangible overtures, however, are re ceived within 48 hours from the Huer ta officials,- indicating a desire, to ac cept the fundamental proposals of the United states the President 'will pro claim to Congress, andto,the world, the attitude of this government to ward the Southern republic. The tact. that diplomats from some of the very . countries, which not only have, formally recognized. Huerta, but whose bankers hitherto have floaed loans for him. are using, their inniienco on the ! Mexican "administration-; is- cal culated, to produce something definite shortly. ' " ., . Huerta Regime Desperate. . Official reports to the - Washington administration show the Huerta re gime to be in desperate financial straights with little prospects of get- i-ting funds anywhere to meet the run ning expenses of. the government to 3ay its troops, already restive be cause of deferred payments.'. So . important is this, aspect of the situation regarded that an air of tense expectancy prevailed tonight in offi cial circles .where it was "believed some pronouncement will be forth coming from Mexico City before President Wilson finally, determined to communicate .his message to Con: gress. - - The insistence of the United States on a constitutional election and the elimination of Huerta was reiterated positievly by administration officials a position which Mr. Lind has been instructed to emphasize, only , con cessions by the Huetra Government, it is believed here now would persuade President Wilson to hold up the, pre- The President's Message.- : The President 'finished the docu ment, read it over to Secretary Bryan and will discuss, it Monday wit hmem bers oL the Senate and House com mittees on- foreign relations. In the meantime officials will await . word from Mexico City, as to a possible change of attitude. ' - . The sending of a special envoy from Mexico to Washington further to dis cuss the situation with President Wil son is regarded here as 'a dilatory move, it is -Known tnat tne wasnmg- ton has made it. clear that such a pro cedure would not alter the views, ex pressed in its first note. It, is be lieved, however, that tne Huerta offi cials now have abandoned tne ideas of sending an "envoy, -and are seeking to develop a new ibasls for negotia tions. r. - . . ; -i 2,000 Rifles to Huerta. - President' Wilson has granted per mission for the exportation of 2,000 rifles -and- tu,uuu. cannages to me Huerta Government. All but ; l.uou rifles - which go to Vera Cruez from Naw. Orleans will be shlDned rrom m Paso via Juarez. Some of the-latter already have gone. :? ' .' AltViMttrh it wn a tho tirar twrmls Finn erranted since - June 25th and many applications have - been- turned down it was declared no change nan been "made in the " government ,s polV icy and officials pointed i out : that the neutrality proclamation permitted fthe President to authorize - shipments in his discretion, v . ' v . TTnofflr.iallv it is said that the Unit ed States is not opposed to having he Huerta garrison, at Juarez . well . arm ed, to discourage attacK ana a battle on the border: - with its : consequent complications.- Neither is this gov ernment opposed, to seeing tne line ox communication Detween vera cruz ana Mexico City kept open as ah avenue fagress . for roreigners-- ln-Mexico City. ..v':: No general shipments wiu do per mitted. r--;: ''.;fS"C Investigate Killing By Federals. Secretary Bryan today - .ordered American Consul Letcher at . Chihua hua to investigate the reported kill ing by Federals of EJdward Hayes -an American aid and unnamed negro -connected with the Madera Lumber Com pany. The consul also was-, instructed tn demand ofHhe military commander of Chihuahua that -, the guerillas who killed an American hamer Uriicen near Churuchupa- on July 6th,- and who as saulted .Arch F. Parks,, be adequately punished. , .; ; A. , Insufficient Border Protection. - Wit!h onlv three American- soldiers available for - the protection o feacU mile of the Mexican' horde rand cer tain knowledge that quantities of arms (Contii''Hi nix Page aght) m MEXICO Governor of Philippines Washington, Aug. 23. Representa tive Francis Burton Harrison, of New York, recently confirmed as Governor General of - the Philippines, will not resign - his seat in . Congress until he learns of the plans of Governor Gen eral Forbes, the retiring head of the Philippine government. Mr. Harrison, who is arranging his affairs-for the departure of himself and Mrs. 'Har rison" for. 'Manila, was given an infor mal farewells reeeption tonight ' by . a Congressional committee: at the home of Representative Ken V of California. Many -public . men , and other friends of Mr. Harrison attended. - RAPID PROGRESS ON TARIFF Senate Committee Disposes of Wool " Schedule Only a Few Features of the Bill Now Remain for Consideration. Washington, Aug. 23. Rapid pro gress on the tariff bill was made to day, in the. Senate.. The wool schedule was disposed of so far as it will be considered by the Senate in Commit tee of the Whole, and a deep inroad was made into the free list. Though 'no vote was taken on free raw wool, the decisive- showing on that having . been deferred until the bill comes from the Committee of the Whole, the Finance' committee rates on wool manufactures were agreed to without amendment, and there was every indication that raw wool would remain free." The Penrose, LaFollette, Smoot and Catron substitutes for the schedule will come, up .when the bill appears m the senate proper. With only a part of; the free list, a portion of the paper schedule and the sundries schedule remaining to be considered in committee, Democratic leaders expressed commence that the income tax would be disposed of be fore the end of the coming week. , It was their hope to have the bill ready tor the final vote in the Senate within wo weeks. Among the articles oh the free list ratified today were agricultural imple ments and sugar cane machinery.- al cohol, horses and mules and animals for breeding, apatete, asbestos,, baux ite, Bblies, bread, biscuits and many others. UNDERHILL FOUND GUILTY. Jury Returns Verdict of Manslaughter in neath Murder case. (Special Star Telegram.) ' Kinston, N. C, Aug 23. The case of State against James Underhill and Joe Tisdale, for murder of Carlysle Heath on the night of June 21st, was concluded at noon today and the jury took-the case at one o clock. Three hours later a verdict of guilty of man slaughter as to- Underhill and .not ;i j a m: s l . a. j. a guilty as taj. Aisuaie was reiurnea. The case occupied nearly three days ln: Superior Court, The . defense built up its case around. jhe statement j of het defendants that Underhill was shooting- at negro with whom they had had altercation while the State tried to-prove that Underhill mistook Heath in the darkness for Thos'..; As kew, with whom , he had had alterca tion a week before. ADJOUDNED UNTIL MONDAY Argument of : Prosecution in Frank Trial still unfinished. Atlanta, Ga. Ae. 23. With the closing" argument of the prosecution in the trial : of Leo M. . Frank for the mudderof Mary. Phaganf still uncom pleted, Judge Roan today ordered an adjournment until. Monday morning. m expectauon tnat solicitor General Hugh Dorsey would .finish his speech the court - remained sitting until nearly ' 2 -o'clock; Mr. ' Dorsey. how ever, announced that; he intended to read the statement inadev by Frank and to comment theron at length; He ndicated that this would reauire some time, and Judge Roan at once adjourn ed court, . - .- .. N f " WHOIiE NUMBER 13,41 ! GLYNN HOLDS LEAD IN NEW YORK STATE Is in Practical Possession of the Gubernatorial " . . Machinery. QUIETLY ISOLATES SULZER The' Lieutenant Governor. Entrenching , Himself Behind the LegaP Ram parts of Attorney.Generars ' " ' Office Action. v Albany, N. Y., Aug. 23. The close of the second week of rival governor ship camp -at r the" Capitol: finds acting Governor .Martin H;; Glynn . In practi cal possession, of, most! of , the machin ery of State,, so. far as. surface indica tions go. : ' s - J" . . ' Mr. Glynn has adhered rigidly to his programme 'of -quietly , isolating Gov- v ernor Sulzer. He has made' no spec tacular attack : upon the Sulzer fort ress, but all the while1, has been, en- , trenching himself behind the legal ramparts, furnished by the .attorney general's office by-' means '.of which some of the main; State departments avowedly and others: tacitly have ac knowledged allegiance to his author!- -ty. "According to the Glynn adherents, the State prison 'department is - the only big wheel in the commonwealth's machinery that Is turning openly for Governor SulzerV : ;'-:. S 6 care f ul haActing Governor Glymi been, to avoia anything savor-ing-oY- a-- physical . conwX or ; which might precipitatan!appeal ';: to - the courts, that he has not carried s out his previously announced intention of. re quisitioning members of the guberna torial clerical force -who continue ! ia ifrSulzer's service. ' t : ' : i ...x-.SwIzerReticenti A v.- ' ; V ' , Gavernor Sulzer' continues- to oh- : serve Nthe policy of silence which he -has- f ollowehjepachent - It v . ., o.ixy Bieua utu ueeu lit&eu ua uih uo ' - half to bringVthefGdrfemto versy intd';courCthe; have ben can-cealed.- v 'M-t .The Glynn partrsans regarded : as annthor fonifVior In thalt.an fViQ hnn. " oring of Mr. Glynn's requisition for a fugitive in Chicago ' by Governor Dunne of Illinois, as announced in a telegram irom Chicago late today. - New York. Aug. : 23. Alton B. Par ker, Democratic nominee for Presi dent in 1904, will conduct the im peachment proceeding against Gov ernor Sulzer next' month before the court' Of impeachment, ; according to announcement , made : here' todav bv Aaron J. Levy, majority' leader of the Assembly. . - r CHARGES AGAINST? iM'DERMOTTV Mulhall Tells of Bribe Offered to Rep resentative from Illinois, Wlashington, Aug. 23. Martin. M. Mulhall, confessed lobbyist, .testified to the House Lobby ; committee today that Representative McDermott, of Illinois, told him he ' rpceivedr 2,000 from brewery Interests .during the 1912 campaign for . .something that was to be done here,:.: v . - - Mulhall said that John A. McDer- '"." mott, of New . -York,.-. a cousin of the representative; a Mr. Fleming, a : brewer's agent and a'brother-in-law of the . Congressman, and I. H. McMich- ael, one time page ofthe' House, also told him about the .$2,000. -Representative McDermott told him hfa rmiRln promised ?5,000. - Mulhall told the committee. McDer mott's cousin said the $2,000, was paid to Representative . McDermott for his . part in the Cannon ruleVfleht of 1910 . by the Brewers' Association. Mulhall repeated his charge that. Renresenta- . live McDermott had ' forged his en dorsement, to a $250 . check given to him In the 1912 campaign- by Harold" F. McCormick. . ; T, v ; Hugh Harvey, of tha- "Waahlneton Retail Liquor Dealers." -Association, told the committee , theT organization had loaned $500 to Congressman Mc-- Dermott last - September , and never nan oeen repaid. . .yri;;v , narvey said McDermott gave a 90 day note for the $500. The note was put in a bank. He knew, of no serious . effort- to collect, although 'At had been running now for almost a year. Mem- v . bers of the committee; expressed sur prise that McDermott should borrow money from. Washingtotf; liquor deal ers when he might have; gob it in hia home city. Harvey, agreed it did look ; strange v now, although; .he., hadn't . tnougnt ,or it af that timer He denied , McDermott : Was asked to : aid the li- quor men against , the District" of Co- , lumbia excise law when it- was up last .2 session. v He said he knew' of no other loans -to Congressmen by .'his associa tion. . .-- ' - 4 . - If Congressman McDermott - has ever done -anything for-iis," he said emphatically, "I do -not' know it." , "Has Mr. McDermott .-'ever express ed any intention of paying the note?" he was asked. . . ' -.- , I asked him today, if he intended to - pay it," said Harvey, Vand he said he did." . ;VAy-v ... ATLANTIC fLEET. I' Approaching Virgina Capes With Mid- snipmen Aboard. Norfolk. Va-1 Aug. 23-With mld- shinmen on board, nearly nverv shin .. of the Atlantic .fleet, at a late hour to- .' night was approaching .the Virginia Capes. The fleet is expected to steam up Chesapeake Bay to Annapolis to- . morrow to put the midshipmen ashore. The fleet will then return to Hampton Roads to prepare for target-practice. . . Vincent , Astor is ' oh board the bat- ' tleship Utah. , His yacht Noma sailed today .fof Annapolis to await the ar-; rival of her, bwner. - The Noma - is scheduled to sail Sunday afternoon for -Maine with. Vincent Astor on board. - - - V-..' '."-
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