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rOL.XVlII,NO. 120.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 1, 1913.
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PEN REUNION
AiETTYSJ3URG
iarrison, Tener, Beers and
Young Principal Speakers
. at Formal Beginning
of Celebration.
ATTENDANCE EXCEEDS
ALL EXPECTATIONS
Probably 55,000 Veterans Are
in
Camp Thousands
Spend The Night in
The Open.
'-.'' By Associated Press,
v Gettysburg, July l.B'irteen thou
sand veterans of the war between the
Btates sat in the sweltering heat of the
big tent on the Gettysburg battlefield
and joined In the opening ceremonies
of. the first any In the semi-centenntal
celebration. The doctors o( the regu
lar, b rin v, the ... Pen nsy 1 vanla depart
ment of health and the Red Cross
lnnkAd with aDnrehension upon the
sweltering crowd of old and feeble
men that jammed the aisles, climbed
ovtr the seats and tried hard to loon
comfortable in a temperature that had
left. 100 behind hours before Col. J.
M. Schoonmaker, chairman of., the
Pennsylvania Battle Anniversary cele
bration 'commission, presided and the
first address was by Governor Tener
of Pennsylvania, who welcomed the
men jn blur and gray. ' .. '
1 Secretary' of War Garrison followed
.with, the oration of the day.. .Then
came addresses by Judge Albert B.
; Beers of Bridgeport, " Conn., com
mander-in-chief of the Grand Army
of tire Republic, and General Bennett
; H. Young of Kentucky, grand com1
mander of the United Confederate
Veterans. .
V Secretary Garrison reached camp at
noon. He motored from Baltimore
and arrived on the heels of Major
General Leonard Wood, chief of staff,
JV,,.Aa' The- secretary wll Jspend
several days nere ana inspect ine nig
"oltv" from end to end He was the
'. first notable of the administration o
arrive and the- battery of artillery
that haa been waiting anxiously to un
lumber got its first chance to thunder
out" a salute. -
Gettysburg, Pa., July 1. Despite
the strentfous efforts of the regular
army to -tso impossimo tilings mou
sands of- veterans spent the night on
Gettysburg-field with nothing between
them and the stars but their clothes
and thei'f. courage, and nothing be
tween them and the hard earth but a
little ritOrc of the same thing.
It wasn't the fault of the regulars
and It wasn't the fault of the veterans.
The railroads poured the thousands
Into- Gettysburg the best they could.
but train after train tnat was lOOKea
for early came crawling in near mia
nlght and afterwards.
Tlfcykept coming from that hour
until lung after daybreak and shortly
after breakfast the rush began again.
Major IV ormoyle of -the quartermas-'
ter"s d)artment, U. S. A., who has
the pulso of the- vast company under
his flnilers, went to bed not at all and
c force of army officers went no
m he. They toiled with all the
them to provide blankets, to
it tents, to satisfy the veteran
rythlng would be all right thw
They shifted trains, they
'jiglnes, they manipulated
fcwitcf s with the ease of born rail-
roadnnen: They became Information
bunf us and pack horses, but still the
Hoof of men In blue and gray came
pouring in and the tldo roso around
theft higher and higher.
iVtien tlie Kolilicr Swore.
'ajor Normoyle declared today thai
ably 65,000 veterans will be on
field by night, 5000 more than
have been looked for in the wild-
dreams of the estimators. Al
ign half that number would till the
Oil
p In comfortable fashion. Major
moyle said he would see that every
' on
was taken care of; that nobody
.w.
t hungry, and that blankets to
W.l
m and tents to protect were found
ail. In the rounds the regular
ml
le of the main streets of the camp
In it he early morning hours they ran
liJo many things that made them
nr. Whllw other veterans shivered
if ihe chill before the dawn they
found a Pennsylvanlan in hls-tent snug
ma a bug In a rug, lying on three bian
sets with three over him and nine
beneath his cot.
"fhe Pennsylvanlan was kecpl.lg
them for friends, he said, but the hard
hearted regulars couldn't see the
frrenrts and the Pennsylvanlan was
separated from all but two of the
blankets In short order. -
Many of the men of '6J spent the
night round the fires near the cook
" tents, talking and trying to forget that
their bones were not so young as they
UHod to be and that the ground was
much harder than It was fifty years
the litq
more ti
vigor if
point J
that
mornlsV
ran f
KO,
Although the railroads were not
fund tn the veterans, nature was
thoughtful and the usual cold breez.
thr, springs up In the earl mimlnn
hours dUfrnnt visit the camp, there wu
only a slight fall of dew and practl
tally no suffering.
.Many .Vol a bin 8caier.
This was the first formal day of tins
f-ttil-wnteniilnl celebration. Although
llu ford and Wheeler had a sklrmlnh
iimr ;t'tlyliiig to years ago yester
day, It whs on July 1 that the battle
ln ;nn which forced the union troops
u' f !i ttv.-turg liBi'U toward (Vme-
v rldc.
' . J. M, K lioinMiiilcr,' chitlrninn
I).,' IV! Iv.'lltlH !-iivnl.nig com-
- 1 n ; ' )
WERE ' FARTHEST
AT GETTYSBURG"
And North Carolina Troops
Are Flying Flags That
Say So.
Special to The Gazette-News.
Gettysburg,- Pa., July 1. North
Carolina veterans to the number of I
800 reached here late yesterday after
noon and are camped on Seminary
Ridge.
They were led by General Julian S.
Carr, Colonel A. H. Boyden of Balls
bury, D. C. Waddell of Greensboro,
Judges Walter Clark and Montgomery,
J,- Bryan Grtrrfes and W. J. Peele of
Ralelgh.-Major W. U London of Pitts
!bord and G'.' I. Metz of Wilmington.
Th- Tnr TTel votprnnR nrft rtrnud of
the part they tools in the Gettysburg chief of the United Confederate Vet
cohflict. The state had 34, regiment erans. In an address touay at the
of infantry, four of cavalry and four j Gettysburg reunion tliscusaed the ques
batteries of artillery. H'n of government pensions for the
There were over 4850 Tar Heel sol-1 soldiers still, alive who fought under
Hlfir who fulled fo answer the roll call
after the three days' fight around this
mountain town, and the veterans who
are here are proclaiming to all com
ers that the state's troops were "first
at Bethel, farthest at Gettysburg and
Chickamaugu, and last . at Appomat
tox..' Not only this, but flags bear
ing that inscription float from the
tents-of General Carr, and all of his
officers. "'.
s Everv North Carolina veteran reach
ed here In flnp physical condition, not
a single man so far has had to have
medical attention. '. !
Judge A. W. Graham, of Oxford,
with a special train, another special
from Charlotte and Salisbury and sev
eral special cars will arrive tonight
bringing 600 to 600 more men.
"You will find North Carolina foot
prints all over Gettysburg on Seminary
Ridge, the heights of. Cemetery Hill
Devil's Den and along both sides of
Wllloughby run," said Colonel Boy
den.. : -. , ,;.f-.Mi-'-J.
1 "No history can ever be written of
Gettysburg without giving North Car
olina a prominent part for her heroism
and bravery and loss of life.
"It's a shame upon the state that
she has let 60 years pass and no monu
ment here to mark the great needs of
her men. I trust this great reunion
will bring out the patriotism and that
immediately a monument fund will be
started to erect not merely a shaft,
but a temple of fame so that the great
historians may be able to. get their
bearings on what North Carolina
did."
That the Bixth and 57th North
Carolina got over the rock wall on
Cemetery Hill, captured and spiked
the guns was the statement of W. S.
.Artnma. of the 66th New York regi-
ment wn0 .was
ln charge ai mat
point. "
Adams declared to North Carolina
veterans . that had they been prop
erly supported at that time a differ
ent story would now be recorded of
the famous battle.
THE PRESIDENT LEWIES
FOR 3 DAYS REST CRUISE
No Formalities Mark Embark
ing of Mr. Wilson on the
' Mayflower.
By Associated Press.
Wnnhlneton. July 1. With no more
ostentation that would mark the exit
of the humblest summer flitter, fresi
dent Wilson slipped out of Washing
ton today for a three days resi
,-niUn" on th vacht Mayflower, roi
7 2 hours Mr. Wilson will tnke a com
iiU-tn -vacation from official cares In
the salt brewses in Lower Chesapeake
buy. ' His only companion Is his phy
sician. Dr. Caryl Grayson.
None of the formalities that gen
.rii 1 1 v ma rk th embarking of the
Dresldent was observed. At Mr. Wll
non'p request no salute, was fired, nc
whistles blown and the formal wei
come aboard by the officers was omit
ted. Virtually the only evidence thai
the president of the United States and
commander-in-chief of the nation i
sea strength was aboard was the pres
Ident's flag at the masthead.
The president expects to return tc
I h White House Thursday night. H
will go to Gettysburg reunion Friday,
where he will make a brief add res
and then proceed to Cornish, N. II., t
spend three days with his family.
MAJ. THOMAS F. ALLISON
niHtlngn.'Hlicd Confederate BoUller les
t Age of 81 Father of Mm.
IVnniirun.
Friends in ABherville will hear wltr
regret of the death of Major. Thoma
F. Allison, father of M rs. Ji'irolS
Pennlman of this city, which oc ree
at his home In Nashville on Sunda
night. Major Allison u In Ashevllli
a thort time ago on a visit to hi
daughter and wus taken III while here
He was muc h beloved by a lrxe rlr
cle of friends end wns a fllHtlttgtilHh'
southern subtler. Ills death oecurre
Hi the tinfl of It I Bud be Is Miirxlvcr! I
IliH Ui'inW lull) ( w-n II .-!, t . I M. M '
I M f , ; IMUl W"U M 1 3 J 1 ! i! H I . ,
PENSIONS FOR 40 U I
CONFEDERATES? BY HI IIDS
Tn nrnir uniinn
General Bennett Young Fore
casts Offer of Federal Aid
to Survivors of Lost
Cause.
SAYS SOUTH HAS PAID ,
MILLIONS TO NORTH
Gray Commander, However,
Withholds Views as to
Whether Grant Would
Be Accepted.
By Associated Press. '
Gettysburg,' Pa., July. l.-General
Bennett S.. Young, commander-in-
the stars ana oars.
"It may be." he said, "that the sug
gestiun lately put into form to give
confederate soldiers tne same privi
leges in. national soldiers homes as
federal soldiers, may lead to the es
tablishment of this right; or that
peace in its demand for the oblitera
tion of all the bitterness of the past
may demand tnat tne nation snau
Donnion surviving confederates. I do
fnot even suggest or in -the nameN of
my- people Bay that it would be ac
cepted, but this' republic is-a great
destroyer of the cherished ideals of
the past, when they stand in the way
f completest justice. For nearly 50
ears the people of the south without
omplalnt have Contributed . millions
for the pensions of federal soldiers.
nation's gratitude has been meted
out through enormous grants to pro
vide' for the federal ; soldiers, their
wives and their children. No mur
mur has ever come from the men of
the. confederacy, -at ,this,,vat . outlay
and there are some who predict that
the hour may arrive In national life
when the few and Infirm remaining
men who fought under the confeder
ate standards with admittedly unsur
passed courage should have In the
vening time the comforts and con-
eniences that ' their Intrepidity de
served.
William McKlnley reached the
subllmest heights of statesmanship
when he allowed a little daughter of
the south to pin a confederate badge
on Ms breast, and when, gifted as few
men with the power of forecasting po
litical events, he urged that the graves
of the confederates who had died In
northern prisons should have, at the
cost of their nation's treasury, a stone
to tell who they were, whence they
came and where they died. No great
er triumph of generosity was ever
witnessed than when the United
States put up markers over the
epulchres "of southern soldiers and
carved upon them those Inspiring
words, 'Confederate Soldier,' and thus
declared to the world that the men
who fouhgt for the life of the con
federacy should have over their dust
these magic words that touch the ten
derest sentiment of a southern heart,
and proclaim highest distinction
amongst those who love them because
they died for the southland.
'The splendor and Importance of
this occasion Is Immeasurably en
hanced by the fact that no explana
tions are sought or expected. The
men who come from the south come
as confederates. True, in a broader
sense they are Americans, but for this
particular occasion they are distinctly
confederates.
"The scenes at Gettysburg today are
the complotest evidence of the great
ness as well as of the perpetuity of
the American republic. No man who
loves his country can fail to read in
ha circumstances surrounding this
celebration the stimulating and up
'iftlng power of a people's govern
ment. It Is the breadth of thought,
iction, and speech at this celebration
that, makes It so supremely great. If
ny southern man who comes here
Mad In the gray uniform so dear to
him and those of his blood, believed
he would be expected, even In
'.hought to question the memories
connected with the herolo past, he
would go out from these tents and
inlckly march away. When the con
federate comes her he comes with
his heart still loyal to the south and
how who made the four yan of the
confederate nation's life resplendent
vlth heroism and glory, and noblest
:acrlllce."
FRANCE WINS AT GOLF 1
FROM AMERICAN TEAM
Hy Associated Press.
La rioulle, France, July I. France
'oday won. the - International golf
match between teams of professional
-epresentlng Frnnce and the tnltrd
Hates. The Frenchmen beat the
merlcan players In all of the foil
tingle matches, thus with yesterday
wo wins tn four-lmll games scorln
fx out of the posnlble six points. .
Flynn- Cunk Near Jury.
Dy Associated Press.
Paterson, N. J., July 1. Only on
wltnewd remained to b called by th
'tuts at the r'-Hiimptlun t"liy of th
rial f r:ilznh.-th Hurley I'lynn, th
ndiifttrtnl workers of the wurld lend
hnri'.d Inrldh the Hllk M
V., I I .-I t'l rl.it. The :i ir..l .. -
i .; ! '-i I' - 1 '1 i'H h-:. ! li t
uwtiuuun
Rebels Gulty , of Wildest Ex
cesses After, Capture of
Durango Torch Put
to Town.
AMERICANS WOUNDED
- DURING FIGHTING
German Women There Forced
to Submit to Indignities
i
One
-lishman
Is
Killed.
By Associated Press. . '
Mexico City, July 1. Forty women
residents, most of ifienr of the better
class, have 'committed suicide, In the
city of Durango, since Its occupation
last week by trfo 'rebels after a long
siege.-accordlng to a private letter re
ceived her from that city today.' The
women, it says, bScaino aeseperate as
the result of their "treatment by the
victorious ; rebels Consular advices
say that the rebels who entered Du
rango conducted themselves' like ban
dits, burning a loa part of the busi
ness section after Jigting It and join
ing In the wildest excess. The report
says that foreign flags were not re
spected. ; -' j ii
A ' few " American j citizens were
wounded during the fighting while one
Englishman, was killed, according to
these reports, " ,
Private advices from other sources
say that a group of German women In
Durango wert forced to submit to In
dignities from "'ie rebel. , ,
Tf.e mxt; ' ' VVesnmsBt la prepar
ing a column of troops to march to
the relief of the city, but many days
must pass before Its arrival there.
Jaures lit Menaced.
El Paso, Tex., July 1. Rifle pits
and trenches were being dug today
by federal soldiers at several points
n the western outskirts of Jaurex
and barbed wire Is being stretched as
an additional defense against attack
constitutionalists. An outpost of
00 federals has been stationed two
miles south of the town. Scouting
parties are moving east and west of
the border town. General Salazer was
In charge of the scouts. ,
Villa's column Is reported camped
on the Palomas ranch, 50 miles west,
and Ortega's cavalry was seen yester
day by .Americans opposite San Ellza-
o, 25 miles east of Jaures. - Consti
tutionalist agents in El Paso assert
that the projected attack on Jaurez
wllloccur by the end of the week.
PROPOSAL IS PREPARED
Provides for Small Circuits,
with Few ; Rotation Dis
tricts, Appellate Court.
Special to The Gazette-News.
Atlantic Hotel, Morehead City, July
1. An amendment to the homestead
law has been introduced by a sub'
committee, which draws the benefits
of homestead from a'slngle man who
has no member of his family depend
ent upon him. This Is a sail part of
what the Btate Merchants' association
asked. .
There has been no debate upon this,
and It is difficult to predict Its fate. It
will probably get some rough usage.
The ebmtnisslon spent the entire
morning session In debate upon the
report of th judiciary sub-committee,
which passed Its second reading -with
several amendments.
There were many propositions to
change the judicial system. The vot
lug was close and Interesting, Pro
posals to divide the Supreme court
Into two sections and to create appel
late courts between the Supreme and
Superior courts, appoint special Bu
perlor court judges, and to abolish th
rotation system were suggested.
The judiciary report as passed on
Its second reading provide for small
"Irrults, composed of a few districts
for the Superior court judges to rb
tate In, and for an appellate court be
tween the, Suprems and Superior
courts.
Thers will be an amendment sug
uated providing that fines and for'
feltures for criminal offenses shall b
applied to the public srbool fund of
the nudity as the legislators may dl
rert. This Is sn attempt on the part
of cities with Recorder:,' courts to re
the fines of such courts for the clt
traded schools, Thisc fines now I
to the County school fands.
It looks as though ths commliHli
"sn not possibly finish Its work before
the last of the weAh, thoutth there I
vtme tulk of finishing tomorrow.
The nlKht sowluri vuh hthen tin wit
'he Inlthitlve siut rs'f ren1tni. N',
predion hna h-en B'' l ! V t',' 11
' i r 1 fit to t r I, ' ' . 1 I I ! ' i r
HKFS ni
-
Declares She Did , Not Exert
"Undue Influence" to Get
Sir John Scott's
.Millions.
DENIES FLIRTATION
WITH WALTER SCOTT
No Plot to Estrange Brothers
Through Jealousy, She
Says rlissing Codicil
Not Found.
By Associated Presa
London, July 1. Lady - Sackvllle
and her family today entered a gen
eral denial of the allegations made by
the relatives of the late Sir John Mur
ray Scott that they had Influenced Sir
John to leave to them the fculk of his
fortune of 5, 000, 000, or that Lady
Sackville had alienated him from his
family. ; ' '' '.
Since the suit opened last week in
terest In the proceedings has increased
day by day owing to the prominence
of the parties concerned. Lady Sack
vllle Is a relative of a former British
minister at Washington, and is well
known In political and diplomatic cir
cles, while Sir John Murray Scott was
equally well known.
The case for the defense concluded
this morning and Sir Edward Carson,
counsel for the Sackvllles . addressed
the jury. ,
Sir-Edward pleaded that air the
facts In connection with the drawing
of the will by the late Sir John Murray
Scott proved there had been no coer
cion on the part of the Sackville fam
ily - - .
Counsel for Malcolm Scott,: the tes
tator's brother, and the other mem
bers of the Scott family, agreed that
there was no-evldence of the existence
of an alleged codicil to the will
revoking the legacy to Lady Sackvllle.
Sir Edward Carson said the evidence
would show that the friendship be
tween the late Sir John Murray Scott
and the Sackvllles was that of con
noisseurs.
He contended that after making hi
will. Sir John executed codicils which
left more money to his family than
the original will had done and that he
liberally provided for them during his
life from money which had come to
him from a stranger. Lady Wallace.
All the evidence, said counsel, showed
that the Sackvllles used no undue In
fiuence. During the reading of the
farewell letters from Sir John to Lady
Sackville, In which Scott twice repeat
ed that he rejoiced to have some one
to whom he could confide his fine
things. Lady Sackville was overcome
with emotion. At the conclusion of
Sir Edward's speech. Lady Sackville
entered the witness box bnd told of
her first meeting with Sir John.
Lady Sackvtlle denied the statement
by Walter Scott that she tried to ex
tract a declaration of love from him
with he object of estranging the re
lotions between the two brothers. She
said that as a matter of fact Walter
Scott had repeatedly declared his love
for her. On one occasion she swore
he touched her knees, upon which she
repulsed him and threatened to tell
her husband and Sir John Scott. On
another occasion she declared Walter
followed her across the room on his
knees. She did tell her husband of
this and he repeated it to Sir John.
TO
HIE FMSICIIT1
D. Harris of Local Association
Will Go Down to Assist in
Organization.
Secretary D. Harris of the Western
North Carolina Fair association
go to Rutherfordton shortly to assist
In the organisation of a fair assocla
"on for Rutherford county. Mayor
John P. Bean of Rutherfordton Is Ir
the city today, having come to atten
the ceremonies of laying the come
stone of the new Masonic temple, sn
he stated to Mr. Harris this mornln
lhat he come down thers and co-op
erate with them In getting a live or
ganluitlon started so that the Initial
fair may he held this fall.
This and other co-operation will b
gladly lent by ths Western North Car
olina association, the management
having announced early In ths year
Hint everything possible would
dune to aid the smaller fairs of th
section In holding suoceful events
It Is believed that such fulls at In
itrtirnental in bringing out ths very
bet that community csn produce
slid It Is the Itlea of the local amocln
tlnn to help western North Carolln
n every development throughout th
ectlon will mean a better and blgge
fair here.
Vnvor li.nti Is saturnine over tl
i.i... ts ' f a f " lr In li Im count us I
, f ! t l L. i . ' ns n r,. anxious f
' t . ! ' -i i I"'
MULH ALL RIGHT
SAYSGOMPERS
FEARS THAT SON
HAS BEENIOIED
Young McCarson Miss7 Since
a Month Ago, from home
near Sulphur Springs.
A few weeks ago it was reported
that some clothes had been found on
the banks of the Asheville school lake,
and at the time It was not known
host they Were, J. F-. McCarson, who
lives near Sulphur Springs, fears that
the clothes-must have belonged to his
6 years old son and that his son was
drowned in the lake. He has not seen
the clothes, however, and does not
know .where they are or who'found
them; but he is investigating.
According to Mr. McCarson his son
disappeared from home about a
month ago. He did not feel much un
easiness at first, thinking that the boy
had gone to visit his grandmother, but
later he began 'to make inquiries and
found that the boy had not been at his
grandmother's. Then he thought
probably the boy had run away with
other boys. A few days ago Mr. Mc
Carson heard of the report . that
clothes had been found on the bank
of the Asheville school lake, and be
gan to make inquiries as to where
they might be.
Mr. McCarson says his Bon left home
one morning presumably to go to
work at a local tannery, where he had
job. That was the last time he saw
him. ' "
If he can find tho clothes and they
prove to be. his son's, he says he will
undertake to have the lake dragged.
TOR ITSELFVWEBB SAYS
This Is North Carolina Con
gressman's Answer to Al
legation of Mulhall.
Gazette-News Bureau,
Wyatt Building,
" ' Washington, July 1.
Representative Page has been se
lected as chairman of the sub-commit-
ee on appropriations of the District
of Columbia committee, a desirable
and much sought assignment.
North Carolina veterans by the
score passed through Washington .on
through Washington on their way to
Gettysburg, all of. them stopping to
call on the senators and representa
tives of the Tar Heel state,
Friends of Representative Webb are
rallying to his support and resenting
Inference resulting from the including
Inference resulting from the including
of his name among those named by
Mulhall, National Association of Man
ufacturers' agent, as subject to in
fluence" by representatives of the In
terests.
Mr. Webb will Join with other rep
resentatives In pushing the demand
for an Investigation by the house, that
lis own integrity and that of its mem
bers may be protected. It is pointed
out that Mr. Webb's record has been
Just the reverse of what it would have
been had he sympathised with de
mands of the Interests.
Mr. Webb said: "Those who know
me know that this suggestion Is abso
lutely false. My record will speak tor
Itself."
Senator Simmons expects the tariff
bill to be Introduced In the senate
about July 7, the first Monday after
the holiday. The work of the caucus
on the bill Is now practically finished.
V- V . ... til
Kcpreseniaiive uounwin
liver a Fourth of July address at Jef
ferson. He returned horn oday.
R. R. King of King Kimball, Is
here on legal business '
A. D. Watts, collector to be, la busy
arranging to have his bond approved
that he may take offlco at once. Watts
Is said to be opposed to removal of the
office at any I1mj.
While the president was at tha capl
,ol today Senator Overman saw 'him
itnd asked him to have a lightship
which has been located.nn Frying Pan
ahoals, off Wilmington, but which Sec
retary Redfield without authority, a
the senator alleges, had sent II miles
out to sea, be ordered back to Its
former position. The president prom
ises to look Into the matter.
Quarreled with Kwccthcrt; IHca by
Carbolic Acid.
Special to Ths Gaiette-Nsws.
, Durham, July I. Lillian Branch, a
cotton mill operative of West Dur
ham, killed herself yesterday after
noon by taking rurbollo acid. The
girl. It la said, was despondent over a
'luarrel with her sweetheart
She asked her landlady for a pistol
and this was refused. Later shs sent a
little girl to a drug store for ths acid,
saynng shs wanted to kill bed bugs.
Kh drank the full ounce bottle In
the presence of the little girl who
btotikht It, and Immediately fell over.
Hhe died before medical aid could
n seciirctl.
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h a native of Ktunrt,
i- i . . i . ! have been notl-
Labor Leader Makes Public
Statement to Confirm in
' Part Assertion of Ex
Lobbyist. DETAILED REPORT OF
1 ATTEMPTED BRIBERY
Gompers Relates His Exper
ience with Broughton
Brandenburg, Now a
Singsing Convict.
By Associated Press. ,
Washington, July 1. Disclosures
that promise to follow the reopening
of the senate's lobby investigation to- .
morrow are expected to be among the
most important departments of recent
years in a congressional Inquiry. Since
publication of Martin M. Mulhall's
story of how he had operated to In
fluence legislation and elections In be
half of the National Association of
Manufacturers, scores of labor lead- j
ers, present and former congressmen
and others have come forward with
testimony and asked that they also be
heard by the Investigators.
Louis J. Slebold of New Tork has
also accepted service. He has been
called as a newspaper man connected
with the publication of the Mulhall
statement, to give the committee
what information he can as to its
preparation, and as to the letters and
telegrams Mulhall has agreed to-produce.
- - .
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, who
figured prominently : In Mulhall's
story, as the object of a long con
tinued attack by those who attempted
to bribe him and force him to give
up his fight In behalf of labor legis
lation, has made-publlo a detailed re- ,
port of the attempted bribery. It con- .
firms the story told by Mulhall.
The Gompers statement Is a report
that the labor leader prepared in 1907,
after his experiences with Broughton
Brandenburg, now a convict in Sing
sing, who claimed to be In the em
ploy or the National Association of
Manufacturers. Efforts to secure pri
vate Interviews with Gompers aroused
the latter's suspicion and he took a
number of labor leaders into his con
fidence, and later made a full report
to them of the occurrances that fol
lowed. . Gompers met Brandenburg, the re
port says, under the advice and at the
suggestion of other officials of the
American Federation of Labor. Bran
denburg, it says, represented himself
as In charge of a bureau of the Na
tional Association of Manufacturers,
organized "to expose the immorality
and dishonesty of the leaders In the
labor movement."
According to his report, Gompers
led Brandenburg on until the latter
proposed that Gompers should pre
pare a general statement In the na
ture of a "confession;" should stand
for re-election as president of the
American Federation of Labor in
1908; and should then resign, leaving
the federation of labor crippled by
his retirement and the exposure of
other leaders.
"My object in coming to you Is to
say I want to save you," Brandenburg
is quoted as saying. "I want to save
you, and while I do not want to ex
press In speclflo financial terms what
the National Association of Manufac
turers Is willing; to do, yet I can guar
antee that you will be financially safe
for the balance of your life."
The Gompers report states that ths
interview terminated there; that
Gompers succeeded in keeping tha
paper Brandenburg had prepared for
him to sign; and that Vice President
Duncan and other officials of the
federation were at once made ac-
qualted with the circumstances. Pres
ident Gompers and other officials oT
the federation of labor probably will
testify before the senate committee,
as the alleged activities of ths lobby
ists bore directly upon national leg
islation. FEDERAL COURT UPHOLDS'.
EXPOSE JBYJHEWSPAPER
Judge Hanci Refuses to Res
train Journal from Attack- '
ing Farm Agency.
By Associated Press.
New Tork, July I. A newspaper
has a lugal rtghf to expose a business
firm's methods of doing business, pro
vided the motives of Its publisher "are
open to the belief that they are In
over reaching the simple and
abusing the confidence of the
good faith, expot-mg those who are
credulous." This was the sulstant
of an opinion handed down today by
Judge llsnd In the federal court, de
nying a molion made, by the R. V
Htront Farm nio-my for nn Injunction
restraining tne Kuml ) 'u hi intiiiuf com
pany from 1. 1 tMh I UK threat to eX-.m-
the plalnti.X.