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THE WEATHER TODAY. For North Carolina : Showen, thurderstorms. For Raleigh : Thunderstorms. VoLlX ' ' RALEIGH, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 12 1905 " 2 LL TAKE THE Another , Inquiry Into I5i Cotton Leek Scandal ACTION OF PRESIDENT Department of Justice -Will Conduct the Second Investigation and the U. S. District Attorney Has Been Instructed to Expose AH the Guilty Parties Washington, July 11. By direction of President Roosevelt the lid ' is off n;i;u:i in the department of agricul tu ii and the cotton leak scandal will 1 investigated a second time, After having received a communica tion from the- president. Secretary Wil son this morning sent all the papers connected with the first investigation '.over to the department of justice. Solicitor McCabe, of Secretary Wil son's department, was the bearer of th? papers, and he carried with him also a rejquest from the secretary to Solicitor general Hoyt, the acting at torney general, , that the department of justice inquire into, the cotton scandal with a view of bringing! criminal prosecutions against the guilty per fyjis. Mr. Wilson also send word that .he department of agriculture stood truly to meet every expense connected tvith this investigation so far as the available appropriations will allow.. Mr. Hoyt this afternoon turned over 'he-papers to Morgan H. Beach, United -rites attorney for the District of Tniumbia, with instructions to pursue riie investigation of the cotton leaks v ith the object of exposing all guilty persons and of securing their indict ment if possible, on charges of e.oa piracy, bribery or other criminal eon duct. The second investigation is ex pected to be especially- difficulty be cause of the fact that the persons guilty of giving and receiving advance information in regard to the govern n.ciit cotton, reports were warned and hive had ample time to cover their t:;: ks. . Although it is too early to say what the action of the department of justice will be it is certain that the law on cers of the government do not con cc.le that a criminal' prosecution of llhvin S. Holmes, Jr., the dismissed . fatistican of the department of agri culture, and possibly of other persons concerned in the cotton leak is imprac tl able. Furthermore it is learned tr-yt the notion taken this morning was V&nlly advised by the United States. .attorney for the District of Columbia I: a ch several days ago. It was admitted this morning that th'-re had been a serious misunder standing of the district attorney's po- : sit ion in the matter. It was given out 'by Secretary Wilson on Saturday that Mr. Beach hal advised him that a criminal prosecution of Holmes would ) "t lie. The fact appears to be that Mr. Beach advised the secretary that a prosecution could not lie against Holmes o:i the evidence submitted by the' secret service oncers who investi gate! the scandal. Mr. Beach went on to say, however, that a further inves ti.sition might develop facts that would make it possible to indict and con vict Holmes and other persons pre sumably outside of the department on the charge of conspiracy. The dis trict attorney wound up with the sug ' 'st ion that the whole matter be re f rred to the' department for further "l'-i'etigation"and study, but this sug gestion was not adopted. It now aCDears that President Roose velt directed that that just this thing i. cirectea mat that just tms tmng i no none end the first step was taken ' this morning. It is virtually admitted as facials of the department of agri- . . - t cuiture that every crop report of the , civision of statistics is open to sus 'r""1' an.ougn n is sam mat not u. . picion, although it is said that not a u,?ie ract has yet been submitted to i t . . " " ; rccr.iary Wilson showmg that the re- ports on corn, wheat or tobacco have' oeen tampered with. It is not denied j tnnt Secretary Wilson has had corres- j ponnenre with tobacco-growing associ- jons relative to alleged crookedness j handling of the report In that ) r;o.lUct, but so far no evidence has j fn submitted tending to show that ; LID OFF AGAIN no-figures on tobacco have either been I jejson wm sail for Sweden on Decem jKlvd or advance Information con- ; bfl.r 10tn in the interest of the associ- "' '1 'tang? them fixron nut Vix TInlmos or : '.m t m ayi no aYnxiit riff them e-ivpn nut Viv TTnlmes or li-y other officer of the department. , Thhe; reference of the whole matter the department of justice meajss, of ourse that the original investigation A'il. be reopened as it Is necessary to .fcure additional or supplementary evi enco in order to make a case against JTolmes. it ig the intention of the au 'horitieq t0 probe tne cotton scandal JO the 1(-.ft. j it., i v, S'nr !udf j, iie inquiry-will be broaden- m tts pcope and the exact situation r i n.f' to 0,hf,r crop reports obtain- liiiat Holmes dealt in other mar f; si'k:'n cotton is the general belief antliat he was the only one who i mflt( 'fl the operations which were Clicked, by the sacret service officers has been doubted from the beginning. Every facility at the command of the government will be employed to ascer tain the identity of Holmes' accom plices, whether they be in the depart ment or outside of it." ' ' While Chief Statistician John Hyde: ihas b?en shorn of practically all of his authority in the new regulations gov erning the, preparation of crop reports tthe belief Is' Strong here that he will ho temporarily, relieved of duty when the investigation has been reopened in order that those to', whom it may be intrusted may- have a .full swing in the division of statistics, and further to relieve the department of .any criti cism that might be aroused if the chief statistician were permitted to remain on duty while his dive was being in vestigated. .'.'.'-'' The new system of preparing the monthly report, devised by Mir. Wil son since the .cotton investigation be gan was put in force today. The crop- report was made public thi3 evening, and Secretary Wilson believes that the steps taken to safeguard the figures were well night perfect. Early in the day Assistant Secretary Hays, Chiefs of the Statistician Hyde .and several experts of the department were placed in a room t under lock and key and kept t'here until 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The key holes were calked and a cerful scrutiny of the windows exercised in order to prevetn the opera tion of the wig-wag system which was ?o successfully worked by Holmes, the former assistant statistician of the de partment. WHAT CHINA WANTS Particular How Manchuria May Be Handed Back to Her Paris, July 11. China has addressed a note to the French government simi lar to the notes she haV already ad dressed to the Japanese and Russian governments. She adds that in case her. demand for representation at the peace conference shall be rejected by Japan and Russia, she hopes for the support of the powers. China had rather have Manchuria handed back by a formal act agreed to by Russia, Japan and China than to receive it from Japan's hands alone. St. Petersburg, July 11. Officials of, the foreign office this afternoon ex pressed doubts whether any of the neutral powers would support China's wish to participate in the peace con ference. It is believed the concensus of opinion among the powers is that the belligerents should first arrive at a settlement, and that China might then be allowed to raise the question. GOV: GLENN TO SPEAK ; :. Will Address Real Estate Men Next Saturday I Important Meeting ' of the North Carolina Real Estate Dealers As sociationOutline of the Proceed ings Greensboro News Greensboro, N. C, July 11. Special. There will be an important meeting of the North Carolina Real Estate Deal ers' Association in the assembly ' hall of the Guilford-Benbow Hotel next Saturday, July 15th. The morning ses sion will begin at 12 o'clock and the afternoon session at 3 o'clock. The in dications are that the meeting will be by far the best in the history of the association. A large attendance of members and others is expected, and many interesting matters will come up for discussion. Among the speakers at the meeting will be Governor Robert B. Glenn, who has shown himself a warm friend or I the association and strongly advocated ! thf bill for the establishment of a bu reau of immigration during the recent session of the last legislature. Among the other speakers of the meeting will be Commissioner of Agriculture S. L. Pntterscn. Mr. M. V. " Richards, land 1nrtustrlal agent of the Southern . Uon of the buerau of -Immigration , imiatinn nf c-r-r rr t n t line1 1 vi i ui ..iiiiiiiifti rarolina: Mn T. P. Keator, edi- d Loans and city Bonds, tor of Farm and Loans and City .Bonds, Chicago; Mri Joseph E. Pogue of Ral- . Cq1 John s Cunningham, " ' . nf thfi aaS) nresident oi me. assuumuuu. - interesting address is T NeiSon, a expected practical - wor nf SwedpI1. whd will address the association along the lines of practical af?rlculture He is an authority upon matters of this kln(j and is intensely interested ln the work , of bringing to Mftrth Carolina men who will help to , . th farmink sections... Mr. ation, and will return to America about May 1, 1906. Mr. J. S. Kuykendall, secretary of the association, whose home is in this city, hajS sent notices of the meeting to all the members and a large number of other eral eistate dealers in the state. He has received letters from many sig nifying their intention of being present at the meetinsr. It is 'thought that a number of new members - will be se- j cured at annual r 1 elected a t tne , meeting. a meeting nev officers will be and nther business will be con sidered at the business meeting which will follow the addresses. Since the last meeting of . the asso ciation the benefits to.be derived from (Continued on page two.) , . EXCITED OVER GOLD DEPOSITS An Asheville Chicken the Pioneer Miner RICH VEINS IN TEXAS A Ledge Six Miles Long That Is Al leged to Pan Out One Thousand Dollars to the Ton of OreEx tends Partly Through State Lands and People Rush to Buy Claims Asheville, N. C July 11. Special. Recently the family of W. A. Davis, a merchant of this city, residing in the Woolsey section of -Asheville, killed a chicken and from the gizzard of the fowl were taken four small gold nug gets. At first none of the family thought it possible that the small pav ticles could be gold and the lumps were left lying about the house. It occurred to Mr. Davis, however, that the nuggets might be gold and he de termined to have them assayed. In the meantime the largest of the four lumps were lost and Mr. Davis brought the remaining three to town and going to a local jeweler today had the mineral rendered. It Is developed that the lumps are really gold nggets and that there is $5 worth of gold in the thtree lumps. Mr. Davis son declared, upon being told that the nuggets were gold, that (he knew where a lot of the nuggets were to be found, qaying that he had seen a number in Colonel Long's branch. Austin, Tex., July 11. J. J. Terrill, state land commissioner was advised today that a ledge of gold and silver ore fabulous, richness has been discov ered In Kinney County. The informa tion came to ' Mm in a letter from a man jvio claims to .be acquainted with the. facts of the discdvery. ' The latter states that the ledge of ore is several feet" wide and' that ir extends across the surface of the country for a dis tance of six miles. The assay shows that the ore values of the remark able lead average $1,000 gold and $100 copper to the ton. It is understood thit some of this ledge Is situated upon state land. Mr. errill will in vestigate the matter and if the dis covery is as great as it is claimed the state will receive a large revenue from the sale of mining claims. - Application to purchase mining? claims in Kinney county have recently been made. It is stated that the dis covery of the rich ledge is known to only a few people and that there Is great excitement among those who are acquainted with the facts. The location of the mine is about forty miles from the Rio Grande. INVESTIGATING A JUDGE New York Legislature Looking Into Alleged Dishonesty of Hooker Albany. N. Y., July 11. The state legislature in joint session today began the hearing of -the testimony relating to the charges made against . Supreme Court Justice Warren B. Hooker of Fredonia, who is accused of miscon duct in connection with postoce ap pointments, of having procured the entry of an improper and fraudulent 'judgment for the benefit of the post- oce building at Dunkirk, owned by himself and State Commissioner Lester F. Stearns. To these charges Justice Hooker has entered a general denial, denying the inferences and implications of improper intentions in the facts alleged, and con tending that, even if proved, they con stitute no cause for his removal and disputing the jurisdiction of the leg islature in the premises. Justice Hooker's counsel made it plain at the outset that they intended to fight for every detail T)f their client's rights under the proceedure adopted. They challenged the right of the members of -the assembly judiciary committee, which has already declared unanimously that - Justice Hooker should be removed, to participate in the proceedings, but were overruled by Lieutenant Governor Bruce, the presid ing officer. ' They completed the actual reading of the testimony taken before the as sembly judiciary committee, objecting to the adoption of an agreed selection from the testimony. A. T. CO. FILES ANSWER In the Suit of Dana to Set Aside the Merger of Companies Trenton, N. J., July 11. Ohe Amerl can Tobacco Company and its direc tors filed in the court of chancer- to day their answers to this suiz of Rleh ard T. Dana, of Jiew YorK, seeking to set aside the ners:er of the ConsoJI dated and Continental Tobacco Com panies and the original American To bacco Company, under the corporate title of the latter. . : - In addition to the general and spscfic denials to the substantial charges made by Mr. Dana, the defense is en tered that he himself Ratified the terms of the merger to th extent that is practical or customaiy for a stock holder in such affairs psf a corporation. The answer declares that since ihe merger an intelligent and bona .fide effort has been made to maintain the affairs of the subsidiary companies on a paying basis, that the defendant cor poration is willing tp pal to Mr.v Dana the market value of h&s stock in, the original Ameriman Tobacco Company; says. that he has redress in any action at law for any loss that may have been sustained by him by reason of the mer ger. The defendants are Thomas Dolan, Benjamin N. Duke, Pierre Lorillard, Thomas F. Ryan and all other officers or directors in the Amer ican Tobacco Company. J. N. Ramsey Dead Asheville, N. C, July 11. Special. John N. Ramsey, a well known and highly respected citizen of Asheville, died this afternoon at 1 o'clock after a protracted illness. Mr. Ramsey, who was 46 years of age, was "a son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Ramsey of Beaver Dam township. For a number of years he was identified with this city's in terests, and of late years held the po sition of bookkeeper with the Asheville Dray Company. REPORT OF NAVAL BOARD Recommends Change in Appointing Candidates for Midshipmen Washington, July 11 The Board of visitors to the Naval Academy have submitted their report to the secretary of the navy. The board are of the opinion that the discipline and the morale of the midshipmen are In a high state of perfection and that the practice of hazing has been effectively ended. The members of the board speak in High, terms of Superintend entCrowson and officers at the Acad emy, and make the following recom mendations: hat the laws be so amended that nominations of candidates for appoint ment as midshipmen shall be made a year in advance of the entrance of the mfdshipmen to the Academy. An amendment is proposed which hanges the date after which nominations may be made from March. 5th, of the year of entrance under the present system to June 1st of tha, year1 preceding the date of entrance. Tlehange ite rec omended-in order that members of con gress may have more time to select their candidates and that candidates may have better V opnoi-tnutties for preparation for the examanittlons, with the idea of eliminating special courses and "cramming" for the entrance ex amination. It Is believed, also that the longer time of notice will result in a larger number of candidates pa-sssing the examination. Captain John Wikes of Charlottte is a member of the board. SHOT HIM TO DEATH Gorilla Negro Who Attempted Rate Meets Death in Railroad Car Jackson, Miss., July 11. Frank Col lins, colored, I was shot and instantly killed by Robert Young, brother-in- law of Miss Ada Hogg, dau'gjvter of a prominent Copish county farmer. Col lins had attempted to. outrage Miss Hogg. Judge Miller had held a special term of court at Hazlehurst today to try Collins, and he had been convicted and sentenced to ten years in the peniten tiary in two hours. The prisoner was turned over to an officer who boarded a train for Jack son. Thjere was an effort to lynch the negro at the Hazlehurst depot, but the leaders were arrested and the officer came on towards Jackson. At Crystal Springs Young, who was on the train, made as though he was going to disembark. At the front of the coach he turned, walked up to the prisoner, who was handcuffed to a seat, and shot "him three times in the breast and stomach, killing "-him in stantly, j Young surrendered, and a frined who was with him was also taken into custody. The killing has caused a great sensation. Governor Vardaman says he could have prevented it had he known there was . danger of, lynching the negro, as he would have sent troops to accom pany the prisoner to Jackson. COULDN'T GET A RECEIVER Ji r- The U. S. Bankers Corporation De clared to Be Solvent , New York, July 11. Judge Lacombe In the United States circuit court re fused today to appoint a receiver for the United States Bankers' Corpora tion. This is the corporation of which John G. Carlisle was presndent before being ousted at a meeting of the stock holders held a few weeks ago. Holis J. Parks, who applied for the receivership, was one of the directors under Carlisle. Affidavits showed that 2,982 ' shares supported Parks applica tion and 3,360 opposed it. , . Judge Lacombe said that there was nothing in the affairs of the company to indicate insolvency and that as the company ras. organized in Maine, this circuit had no primary jurisdiction anyway. - " I - . i ZZT NOW THEY ARE AFTER DEPEW Equitable Investigation Hits New York Senator VERY SUSPICIOUS LOAN Depew Improvement Co. Borrowed $250,000 on Security, Worth Lit tle More Than Half That Sum. Depew's $20,000 SalaryDistrict Attorney Jerome Angry New York, July 11. Jacob H. Schiff's statement before State Superintendent Hendricks that the records of the Equitable Life Assurance Society are (false when t!hey record the sale of Union Pacific preferred stock to the society by the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., led Chairman Paul Morton today to instruct his accountants to give him a full report on this matter. Mr. Scfiiff 's charge is regarded as one of th'e most serious yet made and It was suggested that there might be g'rounds for criminal prosecutions. "I am investigating in my own way," said Mr. Morton, "and it will prob ably take some time before I have anything definite to announce." x Mr. Schiff refused to add anything to what he said on the stand before Mr. Hendricks. ; E. H. Harriman, when he was ques tioned in regard to the Equitable's transactions in Union Pacific peferred and in regard to the circumstances that his name had practically been on.itted, not only from the Hendricks regard but from the testimony, replied emphatically that he had nothing to say. - District Attorney Jerome was angry over the publication of Hendricks' testimony before it had reached his hands. He issued this statement to night: . . "My desire to examine the testimony taken before Superintendent Hendricks in the Equitable is to ascertain if the evidence taken is sufficient to form the bais of a criminal prosecution. "The proceedings before Mr. Hen dricks were secret. If there wrere any reasons of public policy why these proceedings should be disclosed the question of disclosing them should be left to the man charged '.with the duty cf determining that there were grounds for criminal proceedings against any body interested. "Today I made a distinct and posi tive effort to get the evidence, but I have not got it yet." The report of the testimony which was published here today created a sensation. Among other things it is stated that Senator Chauncey M. De pew testified that the Depew Improve ment Company, in which he was in terested, obtained a loan from the Equitable of $250,000 on property which the state insurance department valued at only $150,000. He admitted that neither principal nor interest had been paid, and that the Equitable had been forced to foreclose. He admitted as a member of the executive committee of the Equitable he had not advised this loan, but had voted for It. He confessed to making a promise that the Equitable should be made whole, but in the same breath said that "promise was not legally bind ing. , , As to how he earned his $20,000 salary from the Equitable, Mr. Depew said his advice was often asked, and "of course, freely given." As a salary raiser Mr. - Depew lifted young Hyde's salary to $100,000 a year at Hyde's request, Tbecause of what his father did. He raised Alexander's to .make it even with Hyde's. . The disclosures regarding Senator Depew's services as special counsel to the Equitable and the loans to the De pew Improvement Company brought the statement that there Is strong feel ing among the trustees that Mr. Depew ought to retire from the directorate. Many policyholders, is was said, had written to them suggesting that he get out. . - Chairman Morton will call, a meeting of the Equitable board of directors for Friday to act on the names which the trustees, Grover Cleveland, Justice Morgan J. O'Brien and George West inghouse will suggest to fill vacancies on the board. , The trustees held another meeting at the Hotel Bucking ham today for the purpose of consider ing candidates, and it was said after ward that they would probably not. be ready to recommend men for all the nineteen vacancies on Friday. KIT0X AND ROOSEVELT Held a Conference That Is Supposed to Have Been Important Oyster Bay, July 11. Senator Phil ander C. -Knox of Pennsylvania arrived here this .afternoon. Kermit, Archi6 and (Juentin Roosevelt met him at the r - - station and he drove to Sagamore Hill, where he will spend the, night. Senator Knox had been asked by the president during the Cleveland trip to come out to Oyster Bay, but the sena tor said he was not .quite certain him self just what the president wished to discuss with him. There is a rumor here that the presi dent, who is much interested in Mayor Weaver'sv fight against corrupt politics in Philadelphia, wished to discuss the situation with Senator Knox. Anyhow it is admitted that the visit is an im portant one. Senator Knox will leave here on an early train tomorrow. Count Cassini Sails for Home New York, July 1L Count Cassini, the retiring Russian ambasisador to the United States, sailed today for Bremen on the Kaiser Welhehm II. Cape Noto Captured by Japs Tokio, July 11. 1 p. m., The navy department has received the follow ing report from Admiral Katasakorsk on July 10, with soldiers on board, for the purpose of landing and occupying Cape Notoro. "After some bombardment . the place, was taken. The light 'house and build ings were left undestroyed. "Four prisoners were taken." Cape Notoro is the most southerly point of Sakhalin Island on La Per ouse Straits, directly facing Cape Soya on the Japanese coast. It commands the straits. MURDER IN MADISON Sixteen Year Old Boy Shot and Killed Another Lad Asheville N. C, July 11. Special. A -special from Marshall, in Madison county, today gives details of another homicide that occurred on Little Sandy Mush in that county Sunday evening when Arthur Freeman, a boy 16 years of age, sho and killed a young man by the name of Morrow. It is said that the boys had some trouble over a number of turkeys, and that Freman accused Morrow of killing several of the turkeys. Hot words were passed, when Freeman drew a pistol and shot Morrow twice. Both shots took effect and Morrow died within a few minutes. Freeman was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Worley and placed in jail at Marshall. It is said that both boys are members of highly respected families. WILL BE A CLOSE VOTE Special School Tax Election Today in Durham Aged Woman Dies in Her 98th Year. Dr. W. C. Tyree Cables Frieonds in Durham From London Other Bull City Items g . Durham, N. C, July 11. Special The remains of E. L. Abernethy were in terred in Maplewood cemetery this af ternoon between 3 and 4 o'clock. , The funeral service was conducted fromi his late home in East Durham, by Rev. J. W. Downey, pastor of the Baptist church. Mr. Abernethy was 54 years of age and left a wife and one child, a daughter, and a number of other rel atives, j He had been ill for sometime and death was not unexpected when it came last night. News was received here today of the-death near Selma of Mrs. Sallie Fitzgerald, grand-mother of Mrs. J. E. Owens, of this city, last night. The de ceased was in her 98th year and had been very feeble for several months. She left a very large family. From the grand daughter who lives here it Is learned that she had seven living chil dren; thirty-five grand children; forty- eight great-grand children, and ten' great-great-grand children, making a grand total of 10O direct descendants' of this good waman who are now liv ing. They are scattered throughout the State and into other states. The fu neral and burial took place this after noon, the body being laid to rest in the family burying place near where she lived and died. ' Ta: listers are now at worw on the proof sheets of the taxes ' in this county It is expected that the taxes will be computed - by the end of this week or the first of next. Pending the completion of the' proof sheets th5 board of equilization has adjourned un til Monday' of next eek when the board will meet for the purpose of hearing complaints and equalizing taxes. It is thought now that the total valua tion of the taxable property In this county will show a considerable gain over last year, when the valuations were between twelve and thirteen mil lion dollars. Today Chairman. Allen, of the board of commissioners, for warded to Raleigh the list of those who gave In incomes and also a list of those, who in the mind of the chair man, should have given! in for income taxes. Under the new State law the list of those paying income tax cannot be published, thte publication of this list being a misdemeanor. Tomorrow the special election for the (Continued on Page T&o.) ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED LIBEL Case in Which Miss Alice ' Roosevelt Figures . EDITOR THE OFFENDER Three .Congressmen Contemptuously Characterized in the New Yorker. Miss Roosevelt the Supposed Fi ance of One of Them Civil Ac tion Followed by an Arrrest NwTork, July 11 Miss Alice Roose velt's introduction, through Represen tatlve Nicholas Longworth, to Repre sentatives Joseph L. Rhinock of Ken- tucky and George B. Cox of Cincinnati, ; at Latonia some weeks ago, was the subject of an article in "The New.j Yorker," a weekly publication, which.5 today resulted in the arrest for libel 1 of the editor, Robert W. Criswell, by 2 direction of District Attorney Jerome. The paragraph which refers to the in- troduction of the president's daughter t at the Latonia Club house refers con- f temptuously to Longworth, Rhinock and Cox, particularly attacking Repre-r sentative Longworth and alleging that he sought political advancement by in troducing his, supposed finance, Miss' Roosevelt, tajpoliticians. Direct assertions derogatory toj Messrs." Rhinock and Cox was also? made in the article. As a result is said-' that as soon 'as the district attorney's bce can determine who besides Cris well, shares the blame, more warrants will be issued. The criminal proceedings were the outcome -of Representative Rhinock coming to New York' to begin civil suit against "The New Yorker." He placed his case in the hands of former State Senator Corcoran, and his ; counsel as a matter of courtesy tq the district attorney laid the facts of the case before Mr. Jerome. ! u i Before an invesigation the district at- torney announced that there had been a plain infraction of the penal co'do and took up the case. Assistant Dis trict Attorney Paul Krotel was as signed to the prosecution, and the lat ter issued the warrant today, on an affidavit sworn to by Representative Rhinock. . Criswell was arrested at the oce of "The New Yorker," No. 22 Thomas street. The article, . which was headed "A insult to Miss Roosevelt,'' read: "Considering that Alice Roosevelt la a self-respecting young woman, care ful as to her company and the daughter of the president, it is unfortunate that her social sponsors permitted her to 1 make her visit to Cincinnati. Con-' gressman Nick' Longworth apparently utilized the visit there as a means to advance his prestige with, such poli ticians as the notorious 'Boss' George Cox. At the Latonia race track the pure-minded young woman was intro duced to Cox, and the even more no torious 'Joe' Rhinoch. ex-mayor of Covington, who notwithstanding his recent election to congress, has th further distinction of having been con victed by the Campbell court -(Kentucky) grand jury on the charge of snatching a roll of $50 from an old farmer at the- Alexandria ' fain He may not have snatched the bottle, but the grand jury thought he did. "Other men of like character, whose evil reputations Miss Roosevelt had no means of knowing, were forced upon, her attention. She is in no sense to blame, but Congressman 'Nick Long- . worth is. It is about as discreditable a thing as even he could b guilty, of. 'Boss' Cox seems to have selected th& young congressman to boom him social- ly. Cox, in society, is a rare joke. Ha', formerly -was a prominent figure in,) Longworth's society, and doubtless-, figures that a Longworth. whom he j sent to congress, can broaden his views. 'Joe' Rhinoch and "Nick' Long- worth are a couple of social secretaries, that are' well calculated to make th ,; bones of the late" lamented Ward Mc Allister stir in their last resting' place." Criswell was arrested and arraigned : in the Tombs police court. He said j that the information in the article had . been , sent to him by a correspondent In Cincinnati who he had known for twenty years. Criswell asked for long delay, but his examination was set for next Tuesday. Criswell was held irtf $1,000 bail. - Franco-German Moroccan Agreement Paris, July ll.-Referring to tha argreement between France and Ger many with regard to Morocco, tha Figaro says: "France may hold her head high among the nations, Eurqpai will be grateful for what we have dona to spare the old continent the frightful' affliction of a general war. We ar going into the conference with ourt friendships in tact, our engagements respected and our title deeds beyonJT suspicion." ' ' ; r- -ct.a. "TVi settlement ine uauiois j does not serve our interests. Above all it does not flatter our national pride. 7r V .
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