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i i HE WEATHER TODAY For North Carolina : Fair For Raleigh : Fair VoL IX SIMMONS' CALL AT WHITE HOUSE . ... 1 1 . . -- oosevelt Enthusiastic Over His Southern Trip HE CHARLOTTE STOP "ill Probably Linger a Half Hour in the Queen City That May Make Impossible the JSxtra Hour in Raleigh Positively Not a Can didate for Third Term By THOMAS J. PENCE Tashington, Oct. 4. Special. Sena- Simmons was a visitor at the ilite House today, where he spent ne time with the president, whodis sed his trip south this "month to exclusion of nearly every other ject. The president lis enthusiastic r this visit" to Dixie and he let the lor Tar Heel senator know that he looking forward with no little de lt to his coming visit to North olina and especially his stay in igh. Ir. Roosevelt was very glad that alor Simmons called, and gave evi ct of this fact in more ways than . For instance, he went over" sev ! subjects with him that he will ass-" on his trip south, but ob sly Senator Simmons declined to what these subjects were. The :ral Inference is that the president not refer to partisan political tions. The senator learned that president will make one of his : Important speeches at Raleigh, i afternoon paper here stated that president, told Senator Simmons he could not give Raleigh another , and that the schedule as ar d mufst be adhered to. This nent is erroneous. Senator- Sim did not take up . with the lent the subject of remaining Idltlonal hour In Raleigh, for that matter to. be presented by a. spe committee of citizens from the ',1 city, which is coming here for purpose. Mr. Loeb informed the. or that the president .was dis sd to change the schedule, but Id not say that changes would 3 made. No material change will ide, but the schedule of any one 5 program might be arranged and this niay be the case in i Carolina. I i only serious objection to ths : to have the president remain an longer In Raleigh Is the' fact that a change Would make the presi .5;' stop in Charlotte rather late, loosevelt volunteered the informa to Senator Simmons that he 3 to make a short stay in Char Senator Simmons is of the 3 that the president .will make i it st half an hour's stop in Char- ! . and in this even there must be X age, In ' the present schedule, r . . only calls for a five-minute -, at the Queen City. ' people of the state are going o ' Iva the president a most cordial t,' el: erne," the senator said. "It is hard - t xy how many people will greet Mr. I velt In Raleigh. Estimates of a jr 1 of from 35,000 to 100,000 are . Certainly the railroads will be 1 to accommodate all those who to see him while he is the of the city. That is one reason quest Is to be made that the 3nt extend his stay in the capi 3 hour." ibly the most Important feature senator's .visit to the White related to a statement the nt made with reference to a )rm.v He expressed to the sena satlsfactlon and peace of mind ie fact that he is not a candl r another nomination, and said would not permit the use of ie In that connection. Senator a was with the president for Ime and he was requested to xln at the White House before ; the city. paper men wanted to know if -sldent said anything about dis r the subject of railway rate Ion on his trip south.rThe sena- 3 he did not. i no reason why he should not," e senator's comment, "for the n is not a political or partl 9. Democrats as well as Re ns favor - legislation looking to nentaL control of railway rates. )f the opinion that the presl 111 have the solid Democratic of congress in any efforts he ike to enact railway rebate on and towards the revision of ff." i c ti h! H: r r" " i Cheatham Wants a Job ngressman H. P. Cheatham of Nc 'arolina, one of the few colored rr. o has served In the house in re ears, is here, seeking a political ar sent. Cheatham is endorsed by t. th Carolina Republican organi ' " T : 1 ZIZZZZZ ---------------------.. , , . . . . The , 1 ; i ... - 1 1 - - - rnrMwi zation, and he has hopes of securing a good office. Today R. H. McNeill, for merly secretary of the state commit tee, called on Postmaster General Cor telyou and urged recognition of Cheat ham's claims. The former colored con gressman did a good deal of speaking in northern states where there is a large colored vote last fall. Cheatham has not' yet decided what position he will go after, though he would like a foreign post. ' " ' Mr. McNeill talked with the post master general, who is also the Re publican national chairman, about the new Republican daily to be started in the state. Mr. Cortelyou said this ven ture spoke well for North Carolina Re publicans. He expressed delight at the prospect' of a Republican daily in the south. All the talk about Assistant Attorney General Robb going to Greensboro to assist , District Attorney Holton in the prosecution of the cases in the federal court is without foundation. Mr. Robb said today that he had -no idea of go ing to Greensboro. He says the cases are absolutely in the hands of Mr. Hol ton, in whom the department has full confidence. - Olmstead Aftar Hyde's Rlace . Victor H. Olmstead of North Caro lina, who was appointed acting assist ant statistician for the department of agriculture after the removal and flight of E. S. Holmes, Jr., is a candidate for the position of statistician of the de partment, the position held by John Hyde,, who is sojourning in England. Birmingham, Ala., wants more of th3 ; president's time. The state fair will be in progress when, the president gets to ; Birmingham, and the people of that I . (Continued on page 2.) i VON BUELOW'S OPINION! Scouts Idea pt English-German War They Would Hurt Each Other Too Much, He Says Double System of Alliances Assures Equilibrium of Europe Paris, Oct. 4. Prince Von Buelow, the German chancellor, who is spend ing a holiday at Baden-Baden, is talk ing freely to French reporters. Fol lowing the interview, with him pub lished by the Petit Parisien, the Temps prints an interview in which the chan cellor refers to the persistent predic tion that war is . inevitable between Great Britain and Germany as a piece of stupidity. They would hurt one an other too much, he says, and they will not try the experiment. He adds: "I do not underestimate the violence of the press campaign and the nervousness of the public, but I affirm that the governments at Lon don and Berlin have too much regard for their responsibilities to allow them selves to be influenced by such vio lence. If prejudices exist between thi Germans and English they would dis appear sooner or later. France can help dissipate them by calming instead of exciting public opinion. France's example, too, proves it is always ros sible to effect a reconciliation with Great Britain. The same considera tions apply to -Russia. 'Our relations with Russia are excellent, as is natural and traditional. Why should France take umbrage? Germany is not en raged at the Franco-Russian relations. The double system of pacific alliances assures the equilibrium of Europe. Friendships can and must overlap thes.i alliances. You stand well with Italy and we with Russia. It is only necessary-not to give the Franco-Italian approachment anti-German character and the Russo-German approachment an anti-French character. What is t-asier? Prince Von Buelow reiterated tha causes that gave rise to the Moroccan trouble, and added: "The essential point is that a useless conflict has been avoided and peace maintained. I hope the relaxation of the strain is the pre lude to reciprocal qonfidence. German public opinion will share this feeling as soon as it is assured there no longer exists in Paris the Idea of creating a void around us and isolating us." ANOTHER REJCHST AG ROW One Member Shies Glass of Water at Another Session Suspended Vienna, Oct. 4 There was another uproar in the Reichstag today growing out of an attempt to dfscuss the race riots that have occurred. In the course of the, discussion Baron Sternberg, a czech Jleader, threw a glass of water at Herr Wolff, a pan-German. The disputants became so disorderly that it was necessary for the president to suspend the session. s The emperor-king spent several hours today conferring with Count Coluchow sky, minister of foreign affairs, and Baron Fejervary, Hungarian prime minister. So far as known nothing has been decided. London, Oct. 5. It is understood ' Great Britain has" accepted the second Hague conference in principle, but awaits Information as to the scope of the conference.- j-vjl u'Ji, 11 o x y.f5JL; . ' l : i ' RALiEIG-H. Gas Explosion in Court House at Cincinnati THE HILLED WERE TWO There Had Been a Hunt for Weeks After Escaping Gas, and Tracing a Pipe With a Lighted Match Yes terday Caused the Disaster Pan ic in the Building i Cincinnati, O., Oct. 4 Gas that had been escaping for a long time from a corded pipe and had accumulated between the flooring in an iron porch of the second floor of the court house ex ploded with terrific force this afternoon and two men, Chief Clerk George Zim merman, aged fifty years, and Assist ant Russell Blair, aged twenty-two years,, of the county commissioners clerical force, were crushed under fall ing debris and killed almost instantly, while at work at their desks. George Leeman of the county auditor's office was seriously injured. He was stand ing at the telephone talking in the same room, but his position was partly out of the way of the stone and iron which crushed through the ceiling. There had been a hunt, for weeks after the leak that allowed gas to es cape and find its way into corridors and offices. Today Superintendent Pat Welsh was tracing a pipe to the point where the odor seemed strongest when the lighted match he had in his hand caused the explosion. Welsh was un injured, as was County Clerk Weid ner, who was at his side. The force of the explosion rocked the entire court house, which occupies a whole square. The sound of the explosion was heard for blocks. The court house was filled with a blinding cloud of dust and the smell of escaping gas was almost over powering. A panic ensued. Clerks rushed wild ly from their offices into the corridors, judges quit their benches, jurymen fled from their boxes and witnesses made dives for the nearest exits. There was a wild rush for the stairs and several persons were hurt. None of these, however, was seriously injured. County Auditor Eugene Lewis was the first to enter the county commis sioners' office after, the force of the fatal explosion. He found Zimmerman and Blair, who had been occupying op - posite desks, completely buried under a mass of falling stone and piaster Blair was dead when taken out and Zfmmerman " died on the way to the hospital. . The loss to the building was not very great, prpbably not exceeding $1,000. RATHER BE ROCKEFELLER - Dr. Pearsons, Chicago Millionaire Speaks Praise Of Oil Magnate . I Chicago, Oct. 4. "I would rather be John D. Rockefeller today, divested of his wealth and with his lovable per-' sonality, (than any of the crew, saint.s or sinners,' who are attacking him." The foregoing is a quotation from an interview published today from Dr. D. K. Pearsons, a Chicago millionaire known as the giver of sums to many funall colleges. "Tainted money!" con tinued Mr. Pearsons. "To the popular mind, excited just now by socialistic outcries, there is no wealth that is un tainted. This cry of 'tainted money' is no jest. It is unfair and not Ameri can. It has become the rallying cry of the socialist, the drone and the dis contented member of society who hates those whose talents ' or wealth exceed his oW"." ' .'-;'' Mr. Pearsons, after talking in this strain with viror for some time, show ed a recent letter which he had re ceived from Mr. Rockefeller. Divested of personal items, it concluded: "Thank you for your kind words. Good friend, I appreciate-them. Life is short, and you and I have too much to do in the world to be diverted from our pur- . pose to try ana maKe tnings Detter. j Let us keep right on and do our best in our day and generation, rejoicing ! in the beautiful sentiment expressed j by our lamented. Lincoln, with 'malice toward none and cnanty ior ail.' " PEABODY TRUSTEES Million Appropriation for Nashville Teachers College Deferred CI FRKS CRIin A HORDES S New York, Oct. 4. The trustees of ' that I can hardly believe he made it. : jor general to succeed Major General the Peabody fund met in the Fifth It- certainly is untrue. For, several Geo. N. Randall when the latter re Avenue Hotel today. The. meeting years I have made no effort toward' tires on the 9th of this month, was called to-order by the chairman, securing the arrest of Crowe, although.! General Weston has had a varied Chief Justice Meville W. Fuller. Presl- I have had two letters sent to me. army experience, Including servjee In dent "Roosevelt was the only absentee, signed by him admitting that he alone the line, and he will after his promo The proposed appropriation of $1,00D,- was guilty of the kidnapping and ber- Hon to a maqor general be assigned to 000 for the establishment of a teachers' fcing- clemency eome oae of the great military division li TV II 1 1 rv 1 - i i NX t T C XI II I J VI 1 11 3 v w ii n i h 2 i ii xv I ! i ii rii tv r u i i N. C. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 5. 1905 college at Nashville to bear the name ; of George Peabody was deferred until 1907. This appropriation was voted at the last meeting to take effect on the i appropriation of $250,000 by the Ten nessee legislature," $50,000 by Dickin son county and $200,000 by the city of Nashville. These sums were appro- i priated, but a legal defect was found in the state appropriation act, which necessitates a delay until January 1907, the time for the next session of the Tennesse legislature. The treasurer's report showed that j the fund consisted of i a little over $200,000. No action was taken toward closing the trust or the permanent distribution of the $1,300,000 until it is provided for. Dr. Green, the secre tary, said, however, that this matter would probably be taken up at the next meeting and-settled 'before. July, 1907, the" time on which the trust may terminate. The following officers were re-elected: Chairman, Chief Justice Fuller first vice chairman, Joseph H. Choate; second vice chairman, President GiK man; treasurer, J. Pierpont Morgan; general manager and secretary, Dr. Samuel A. Greene. Arrived at Panama. Panama, Oct. 4-The advisory board of canal ensrineers arrived here this morninff from Colon and snent the dav sight-seeing. Mr. Shonts, chairman of the canal commission, informed your correspondent that the engineers would tomorrow begin studying conditions in detail. He added that as the matter had been thoroughly studied theoreti- cally in Washington they will only study the physical conditions here. j " ; EYES ON LIVERPOOL Decline Mere Than Met New York Break This Led to Further Break in Local1 Havemeyer, who were standing close . .together, were knocked down by the Cotton Market Tumiifrv Sold at Whock. Miss Margaret Thomas and 10-15 and Rallied to 10.25. Cot ton Moving Freely New York, Oct. 4. After yesterday's exciting events in the local cotton mar- ket, attention was . (-rotered on the i face. Some of the women fainted be course of prices abroad. Traders were ! fre he P ws reached, and when iL . , , , . , ; the party had returned to Colorado interested in Liverpool, as the supply Springs last night they were still reel- of cotton there is large, and for some ing from the effects of, their experi- time whatever there has been has come ehce. from that direction. The south sells The Portland management, it is un there more than In New York, and the derstood, has ordered an investigation, effect of the hedge sales is -one cause . Why the party, were taken into a cham- of depression. With the astonishing high figures from Washington " it was a question how the Liverpool market would take the report. , The decline more than met the break i here, and this led to a further break ! in the local1 market. January sold : down to 10.15 and December to 10.09. With this point heavy covering began, The short sellers at high prices,' seeing the break of about a cent in two weeks, ! were led to take profits, regardless of ' the future course of prices. This atti- tude was made one of diplomacy by the chambers and ignorant of the death uncertainty surrounding the attitude of trap they were walking into Have the south after the break. Thus far meyer and his friends curiously in the south has not been led to sell its ppected the rock crevices and walked I'cotton on a decline.- After selling at 10.15 for January the 1 market rajlied 'to 10.25.'- While some aeaiers reporiea interior maiKets as weakening, and the amount of cotton for sale all that spinners could absorb, others found it impossible to obtain substantial supply. This was a factor in the early steadiness, and there was a large number of traders who were inclined to believe that some sort of a readjustment might be necessary before business with the south could go o;i. It was not expected that the south would present a complete change of front simply because the Washington fierures haoDened to indicate a larerer crop than had been talked of. To make the holder sell may require some weeks of waiting, but in the event which a crop of 71 would indi- cate, arguments for higher prices would not be such as to run the south's prices much higher than those prevailing now. The report is likely to lead to con - servatlve buvin- hv. sninners n inne- . . J "-O J X . v " - - CZ . as frost damage is not reported. Receipts of cotton at Houston were about double those, of last year, and the estimate attracted some attention. Cotton is moving freely and the appear ance of large receipts from points where little cotton was received a week or ten days ago swell the movement considerably. t-M Brands CrOW Story False Omaha, Neb., Oct. 4 Edward A. cudahy, a packer, today issued a signed statement regarding the charges made by Pat Crowe in his confession pr0posed transfer of the isthmian canal laa. night, in which he implicales COrrimission from the war department Eddie Cudahy in the kidnapping five j to the state department, but other mat years ago. Mr. Cudahy says: ters occupied the time and the canal "As to the alleged statenient of affairs were not mentioned. Crowe that my son was a party to it was decided that Brigadier eGneral : the plot, it is so absurd, particularly i in the light of his previous statements, WALKED m A DEATH TRAP Havemeyer and Party Escape .by Miracle DYNAMITE IN THE MINE Sugar King With Several Friends Inspecting Great Portland Mine 500 Feet Under Ground, Vhen Dynamite Stick Exploded in Very Chamber They Were In Coloxado Springs, Col., Oct. 4 Five hundred feet underground in the great Portland mine at Cripple Creek yester- day H. O. Havemeyer, the sugar king, stood within a few fet of death's door. That he and the other members of his party were not killed is considered a miracle, a an explosion of dynamite occurred in the very chamber of the mine they were Inspecting.' W. B. Thomas, the Boston millionaire, who, with his family, is in the Havemeyer . party, was the most seriously injured, j He stood within five feet of the explo sion and the right side of the man's face was slightly burned. It was sev eral minutes before he recovered from ! the shock. Miss Adelaide Havemeyer, j eldest daughter of the trust magnate, had a iSwer limb badly cut by a flying piece of rock. Miss Helen Thomas and Miss E. Horace Havemeyer were some dis ' tance from the explosion and escaped unhurt. The fact that Havemeyer and his wife wrere a few feet further away than Mr. Thomas saved them from a similar experience, but as it was both were severely shocked and the entire party had to be assisted to the sur- ber of the mine in which a shot of dynamite had been fired will be hard to explain. I -Mine Manager Kuri was with tho ' party. The only explanation offered is that they were so long in exploring the mine and reaching the fifth level that all knowledge of the time of day had escaped the superintendent, else he must have known that shots were about to ro off. When the party entered the fifth level miners had scattered in anti- ; within five feet, it is said, of the sticic of dynamite. When the explosion oc- currcd the chamber was dense with Emun.r. ; The shrieks of the women pene- trated to the level of the mine and were heard by the miners. Manager Kuri and .Superintendent Small were thoroughly alarmed, as a single stick of dynamite is capable of vkilling a number of people. Probably all that saved the party from death was tho peculiar position in which the stick was placed, and the fact that several of the members had scattered to other, ! parts of the chamber before the con- , cussion occurred. .News of the accident was suppress- ;ed. The miners, it Is understood, were ; cautioned not to say a word about it. I Upon the Havemeyer party reaching the surface they were' taken to their special train and left Immediately for ' Colorado Springs in charge of W. "L. , Kennedy, who was also with them when the explosion occurred. The party returned to Colorado Springs last night. GEN. WESTON'S PROMOTION Will be Major-General to Succeed Gen. Geo. N. Randall Washington, Oct. 4. Secretary Taft had a long conference with the presi dent af the White House tonight. One of the objects of the secretary's talks ; M ith the president was to discuss the 1 John F. Weston, commissary general 0f the army, shall be appointed a ma- I 1 ' i of the country. It is probable that Col. Henry G. Sharpe of the subsistence department will be appointed commis sary general in place of General "Wes ton. , Mr. Taft said that it was decided tonight to increase the military forces in Hawaii from two companies . to a battalion of infantry. The reason for this is that, in the opinion, of the presi dent and the secretary, a larger force is desirable to uphold the dignity and prestige of the United States in the island. j . AFTER MARINE HOSPITALS Secretary Shaw Will Recommend That Eleven Be Abandoned Washington, Oct. 4. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw has been investigating facts in the marine hospital service with the result that he decided today to recommend , the abandonment of eleven hospitals in that service now maintained at the expense of the gov ernment. -There are only 23 of these hospitals in the United States. Secre tary Shaw's investigation was quietly begun several weeks ago, the particu lar object being: to find out why it is that the marine hospital service is an nually costing the government at least twice as much as it did only a few years ao. The secretary suspected ex travagance, and he now frankly says that he found It. Surgeon General Walter Wyman is the chief officer of the marine 'hospital- service, and the relations between him and Secretary Shaw, under whose jurisdiction this service is included, have become rather strained. BONAPARTE IS WARM Assails the Maryland Suf frage Amendment Declares That in Baltimore 46,000 White Voters Will be Affected, and Only 18,000 Colored In the State 64,000 White Baltimore, Oct. 4. The Republican state convention which adjourned early this month .after adopting a platform, reconvened tonight and. nominated by acclamation Henry M. McCullogh of Cecil county for state comptroller. Secretary of the Navy" Bonaparte presided and made an address on the issue of the campaign the proposed disfranchisement amendment. He said in part: "The Democratic platform I admits that the party wishes and that the Poe amendment is meant to rob ne groes of their constitutional rights. It denies that the disfranchisement of white men Is either desired or intend ed. The admission is discreditably true, the denial more discreditably, false. Every man who voted for the Poe amendment in the legislature, every man who was prominent in its advocacy last Thursday has sworn some of them often to up hold the constitution of the United States; all of them have held, some hold now, offices of trust- and profit by virtue of that oath, yet we are told, and told . without disguise or shame, that they have all plotted together to defeat and overthrow ' what is owned to be the undoubted purpose ind in tent of that constitution, and jit is a boast that they can and will do this with impunity. "The colored voters of Maryland were last year 52,000; the wite voters, placed by the amendment in precisely the same case with the colored, will be, as nearly as we can judge f rom official figures, over 64,000. Does this ldok like a measure affecting negroes only? in the city of Baltimore we have some 18,000 colored voters. The Poe amend ment ; groups with them over 46,000 white voters. The rights of five white men are endangered to expose those of two negroes to the same risk, yet we are told and asked io believe that no white voter need concern himself personally as to whether the amend ment be or the amendment be riot, adopted." . A GRUESOME FIND Skull and Leg Bones Unearthed Point to a Murder ' Elizabeth City, N. C, Oct. 4. Special. Skull and leg" bones with fragments of clothing and old shoes' were, discov ered by hunters within 5C0 yards of the Norfolk and Southern Railroad track, just outside town, in dense woods. The evidence, that murder was commit ted is strong, and it is the opinion of the doctor to whom the significant relict was brought for examination that it was a white man. It is thought by some that it was some tramp who had entered the woods and died either by sickness or suicide, but the body had been thinly buried and had been un earthed by carrion birds or hogs, which confutes such a theory, and the gen eral opinion is that it, was the place where some murderer hid his victim. No one was missed at the , time the body was placed in the woods, -which much have been all of two years ago. UoMPERATURE: Hqum: No. 109 EGISLA1I New York Life Paid 800, 000 to Judge Hamilton ; , - . ( . : ' NO ACCOUNTING MADE The Judge's Receipt the Only Vouchers Had by the Compiny. Paid $60,000 to W. F. Thummel, MetuaPs Legislative Man, $90,000 to W. J. Holden and New York, Oct. 4. -Testifying: before the Armstrong: insuranoe committer today, John A. McCali, president of th New York Life, told in detail of the money that institution has spent in tha last six years in ,4supervlsing" legisla tion in the tJnlted States and Canada. The payments made by the New York Life in that period amounted to $590,? 127.02. Of this amount $476,927.02 was paid to Judge Andrew Hamilton, j Judge Hamilton, -Mr. McCall admittea today, has entire charge of legislative matters for the New York Life in the United States and Canada. Th above amount which went to the Judgt does not, however, kiclude the $235,00 which Mr. MoCall said when on th stand a week r more ago was pai to Mr. Hamilton lor use in aoquirinf real estate in the rear of the home office building. The $235,000 was ,de posited by Hamilton in the State Na tional Bank at Albany, and was check ed against until on September 19 last only $176 was left, although no account-, ing was ever made by Hamilton to th New York Life of the disbursement oi the money. - j . The fact was disclosed today also that TO "SUPERVISE" ON Hamilton, in addition to the $476,000 and the $233,000, has! $75,000 morel of the New York Life's money which so far as the testimony before the ii vestigatlng committee shows has never been accounted for. This $75,000 was paid to Hamilton in 1904 for the pur pose originally of paying the state taxes on the New York Life's prem iums for the year 1903. , But the money, through an understanding with Presi dent McCall, was used by Hamilton in connection with his legislative work. This amount, taken with ti e two oth er sums mentioned above, makes a . grand total of nearly $800,000, which has been paid to Hamilton by the i New York -Life-Insurance' in the past six ' years and for which, according to Mo Call's testimony, the New York Life has had no vouchers except the judge's receipts for the money. j " '. 7 y Mr. McCall explained in detail the . circumstances which required the New -York Life to maintain a department that was concerned entirely in super- ; ; vising legislation. He declared that the institution of which he was presi dent was "badgered and harrassed t death" in every state in the union dur- -ing the first four or five months of ; each year by the introduction' into the legislatures of bills framed for the pur pose of making a strike on the Insur ance company. The managements of the insurance companies, he said, really ; are frightened sometimes at the magni tude of these measures, and it Ha for the purpose of 'combating them, he declared, that the New York Life main tains its legislative department with Judge Hamilton at its head. Mr. McCall denied all knowledge of a pool among the three big companies for covering the 'expenses in supervis ing legislation all over the United States. Mr. McCall said th it Judge Hamilton had full sway in th-: matter of legislation, and that he, President McCall, knew nothing either about the manner" in which Mr. Hamilton dis posed of the moneys paid to him or in regard to any arrangements which he might havo with the ; representa tives of other, companies. Mr. McCall admitted that the New York Life .had paid $60,000 to W. F. Thummel,;, the MU tual's legislative man, but Mr. Thunv mel, the New York Life's president said, was retained on only two occas- ions when it was thought he was best fitted to meet 'the situation. One oi these occasions was when efforts wer being made in Washington last year U put through a bill providing for fed eral control of insurance companies. Mr. McCall " admitted also that the New York Life had paid W. J, Holden of Massachusetts $30,000 for three years. Mr. Holden at one time also Vas in the pay of the Equitable. Ihe New York Life also, according to. the evidence today,' paid W, H. Bulkley of Albany several checks aggregating $17,200. f. In regard to the contributions to the Republican campaign committee amounting to $150,000, Mr. McCall jde clared that . he had absolutely no un derstanding with the Republican man agers in either of the throe" carnpiirj to which the New York Life contrib uted' as to any favors which 'the New Ynrk Life or Insurance companies i.t i general might expect in return for the ! money. ' i Mr. McCall explained now it was mat i (Continued on page bix r
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