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.-. . ... LAST EDITION rQ& ALL THE MARKETS THE BALEIGfi TIMES. EVENING voltjub 1 SUIT AGAINST Charged WItb Eresch cf Prom ' te ty E!b LcrJale, 11:2 Actress THE SENATOR TALKS Letter Show Closest Kind of Inti macy Between Them, Even Up to a Month Before Elkins's Marriage Last February Mfsn Lonsdale Haa 200 of Thone Spicy Eplstlee -The Senator Says That Hit Son Never ; Promised to Marry the Young Wo- man -Lived Together. :.' (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Sept. 2 5 Miss Ada Louise Lonsdale, the actress, recently with the Shuberts, who has begun suit for alleged breach of promise, claiming $100,000 damages from Blaine Elklns, son of United States Senator Stephen B. Elklns, of West Virginia, today, through her lawyer, Jesse Epstein, made public some of the 2 00 letters and telegrams she says she received from young Elkins. The letters show the closest kind of intimacy between Miss Lonsdale and Blaine Elklns, even to within a month of his -marriage to Miss Emily Bird Kenna, last February. A month before his marriage, while, he was stopping with his sister at the Marl-borough-Blenhelra, at Atlantic City, he wrote to Miss Lonsdale,-according to one of his letters', to come down to the seaside resort. - Miss Lonsdale says she has 200 let ters from Elklns. ' ;; Senator's Statement. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Elkins, W, Va., Sept. 25 "My son never promised to marry this young woman. There Is not the slightest ground for her action. Ho denies her whole story absolutely."' This statement was made today by Senator Stephen B. Elkins, father of Blaine Elklns, in a breach of promise suit for $100,000 by MIbs Ada Louise Lonsdale, an actress, who claims that she and young Elkins lived together as man and wife up to within three days of his marriage to Miss Emily Bird Kenna, in February. Blaine Elklns Is a brother of Miss Katherine Elklns, who. Is to marry the Duke De Abruzzi, cousin of the king of Italy. Up to the last moment before serv ing the papers upon Blaine Elklns, Miss Lonsdale said today she was willing to compromise for $20,000, but she declared that young Elklns would not even attend conferences to arrange a compromise. 'Senator Elklns' denial was made at his home, Holyhurst, Elkins. In her deposition Miss Lonsdale says: '- '.- "In 1905 we went to Washington and were living at the National hotel. He purchased a plain gold band wed ding ring, and presented it to me and, in the presence of Carry Johnson, said that we were married now be yond questionand that to ease my mind for the future he placed the ring on my finger. "We lived together as husband and wife until three days before his mar riage to Emily Kenna." WILL TAKE TEN DAYS TO FLOAT THE "YANKEE." (By Leased Wire to The Times) i Newport, R. I., Sept. 25 A wire less message received today from the torpedo station says that - divert .worked all last night on the stranded cruiser Yankee, and that it will re quire 10 days before she can ybe floated, v Even then weather condi tions must be favorable, for a storm W I J 1 1 1 1 1 I M iHUtl m L I1C TVDWIi A UC naval authorities are relying upon calm weather and rapid work by JJie divers. . -' y " TRAIN WRECKER ARRESTED NEAR WELLFORI) TODAY. (By Leased Wire to The Times) ' Spartanbrg, S. C, Sept. 25 Clar ence Agnew, a negro, was arrested near Wellford this morning on sus picion of having opened the switch at Wellford last night which caused the wreck of Southern train No. 41, ; la which Engineer Fonville and Flre- man Sid Bowers were killed. . Agnew resisted arrest and attempted to take the handcuffs from the officers, being overpowered only after a hard light. OLIEELKinS IlASKELLViLLBE ASKED TO RESIGN This Statement Made Today By Tto Close, to Mr, Bryan WILL MEET TOMORROW Statement is Made by Friends of Mr, Bryan Tluit Haskell Will be Asked to Resign From the Treasure rship of the Democratic Committee Haskell Now on His Wat to Chi cago and He and Nebraskan Will Meet Tomorrow Haskell Says He Has Whole Bunch Licked. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) -' Cincinnati, O., Sept..-25 That Governor C. N. Haskell, of Oklahoma, will be asked to resign as treasurer of the democratic national commit tee w'lthln the next day or two Is the statement made here today by those close to W. J. Bryan. Governor Haskell is now on his way to Chicago and it is said he will meet Mr. Bryan there tomorrow, where the candidate Will be on his way from Terre Haute to Madison, Wis: Governor Haskell, while passing through Wichita, Kas., on his way to Chicago, when informed that Secre tary Garfield had answered his at tack on former Secretary Hitchcock, admitted having had telegrams from Garfield but had Wft them at home. In his characteristic manner he' de clared he had the "whole bunch licked." - - Reported in iicago.; I (By Leased Wire to The Tlmos) Chicago, Sept. 25 It is reported Governor C. N. Haskell, of Okla homa, has resigned as treasurer of the democratic national campaign. committee, MONUMENT TO FRANKLIN. Will be Opened In Boston Tonight. A Trade School. (By Leased Wire to The Times) , BoBton, Mass., Sept. 25 Boston's $430,000 monument to the public spirit of Benjamin Franklin and the most striking reminder of the grow ing power of money In the country will be opened tonight. When Franklin died he loft $5,000 for the erection, when the gift had sufficiently increased, of a trade school. Carefully guarded and In vested, the original - sum increased until It reached the amount expended upon the Franklin Union, Just erected. It Is one of the largest trade schools in the United States. Cur rent expenses will be met by the in come from a gift by Andrew Carne gie, who duplicated the amount of the Increased Franklin fund for this purpose. FLYING THICK (By Leased Wire to The Times) Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 25 Charges of attempted bribery, both by the use of money and by distribu tion of offices, are flying thick and fast about the state house aa a re sult of the county local 'option fight. : Two cases were pointed out yes terday in which representatives had received offers of $10,000 and $5, 000 respectively if they would vote against the bill which passed the senate yesterday. Efforts were made to get these men to sign affidavits giving details of the alleged transac tions but it Is stated they refused to go further than to make an unsworn statement. On the other hand, it was charged by democrats that offices had been offered to men to vote for local op tion, and In one case .that of a dem ocrat, Governor Hun ley had offered to go Into his county and make speeches )a his favor if he would vote for the bill. This story was confirm ed by a republican, who (aid the governor seemed so determined ' in the matter that he would urge the re turn of a democrat to the legislature BRIBERYCHARGES RALEIGH, & C.i FEIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1908. Four Professional Are Attracting SENATOR i. XV. BAILEY. Joseph W. llalley, C. . S. Senator from Texas, iwho figures in the Sibley Archbold Standard Oil letters. lOVKRXOR C. M. HASKELL. C. M. HaKkell, Governor of Okln bonia, and Treasurer of the National Deinoeratle Committee, who is In volved In the recent Stundiird Oil ex- mmures, . TROLLEY CARS CRASH TOGETHER ( By Leased Wire to The Times ) New York, Sept. 25 In a rear-end collision between two trolley cars on the Flushing Meadows, seven persons were seriously injured early today. The motorman on a car bound from Flushing to College Point, did not see a car ahead and ran into It at top speed. 'The fog on the meadows hung thick and low and ' the motorman could see but a few feet of track ahead. When the crash came both cars continued on the rail for near ly fifty feet, locked together, so great was the Impact. The ambulances wore sent from the Flushing Hos pital and police reserves from the nearest two stations. Both cars were well filled with passengers. AUGORA GOATS (By Leased Wire to The Times) Trinidad, Col., Sept. 25 Demon strating that Angora goats are as serviceable as horses for long dis tance journeys and less troublesome and dangerous than automobiles, Captain Edwards, of Hastings, Neb., Is driving a team of the animals from San Diego to New York. - Captain Edwards has arrived here and departed, declaring that It would be easy to make the remainder of the journey east as he had traversed the worst part of the route. When Captain Edwards arrived here his goats were In fine fettle and evidenced appetite that could scarce be appeased. In some Instances the four goats made forty miles a day, which Captain Edwards declares to ba a very fine record. '- I t - ' It W.j I GO HORSES Politicians Who National Attention SENATOR J. B. FORAKER. ST -in t v A 'W-VJ Wk t- 4 Joseph H. Foraker, V. S. Senator from Ohio, who was retired from the Uepuhlicnu cniiimii;ii on account of( jus correspondenee with standard Oil offioiiils, wlileh was i-ecently brought to light. : MR. J. D. ARCH BOLD. )olm 1). ArrhlMtld, the Standard Oil olllelal with whom Senator Fora ker, nnrt former Representative Sib ley, had some correspondence which lias recently In-en made public and re sulted ill Senator Foraker retiring from the republican 'campaign. : EL (By Leased Wire to The Times) .Washington, Sept,-.' 25 It was ad mitted -by Secretary Locb this morn ing that "the resignation of Mr. Dii pont has been expected at the whits house for some tiruc.' The Dupont referred to la T. Coleman Dupont, the republican national' committeeman from Delaware, who is head of the republican -campaign, speakers' bu reau. It has been stated very positively that President Roosevelt asked : for Mr. Dupont's elimination, owing to his relationship with the head of the powder trust. Mr. Loeb would not confirm this report further than to say that the resignation had been "ex pected." LIVING FUGITIVE (By Leased Wire to The Times) Laporte, Ind., Sept. 25 C. L. Fish, a Chicago detective, who has been working on the Gunness case In the interest of attorneys for Lay Lam pere, who Is under six Indictments for complicity in the woman's crimes, arrived In the city today from a six weeks' trip. Mr. Fish declares he is in possession of Incontrovertible evl dence proving that the woman is alive and that the Lampero trial will be most sensational In establishing the fact that Mrs. Ouunes, who lured eleven victims into her house of rays- tery Is not dead but a fugitive. Mr. I Fish, as well as the attorneys for Lamnere. refuse to dlvulee the char actor of the evidence whlca they will Introduce. A 1 H 1 1' ' ROOSEvELTASKED OR IMINA TiflN G1NESS WOMAN HEARST MAKES MORE CHARGES South Carolina Senator Hit By His Accusations Last Night PARTY STATE PLATFORM Independence Party Places Complete . . State Ticket in the Field Conven tion . Enthusiastic Denounces Rosses, ItosNlsm, Corruption and Tnist Domination of the Old Par lies Attacks Hughes and Chan ler Declares for Initiative and Referendum Contains Strong La bor Plank Standard Oil Plays No Favorites.'- (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Sept. 25 Enthusiasm swept through Cooper Union like an avalanche as the Independence party placed In the field Its complete state ticket late last night. The state conventions of the repub lican and democratic parties saw no such outbursts as attended the nam ing of the state ticket of the; new party. Below are some of the sal ient points In the platform of the party: ; . - - Denounces bosses, bosslsm, corrup tion and trust domination of the old narties. Attacks Hughes for vetoing the 2- ecnt rate law and the 5-ceiit Coney Island car bill and declares his pub lic service commissions are jokes and scores Jerome. Attacks Chanler as the tool of Mur- Rhy,-,Cpnjier&ajd. . Belmont.;;. . Declares for Initiative, referendum and recall, three platoon of police and firemen, honest election laws, di rect senatorial nomination, enforce ment of employers liability. Contains a strong labor plank and planks for the plain people. In his speech before the conven tion : William Randolph , Hearst went still further last night and made fur ther charges in the political Standard Oil controversy. The following are his latest allegations: Governor C. N. Haskell was not only a Standard Oil Haskell but a steel trust Haskell. j Senator John L. McLaurin, of South Carolina, dickered for Stand ard Oil support to help him fight Tillman. Congressman Sibley tipped John C. Arch bold off to a republican United States senator, whoso friendship could be bought for a loan of $1,000. John C. Archbold sought support from the election to the United States senate of Governor Fleming, of West Virginia. Sprenie Court Judge John P. El klns, of Pennsylvania, asked Stand ard Oil aid in a county fight. Standard Oil buys both old par ties, plays no favorites and plays to win. MAN DIES TODAY Chicago, Sept. 25 Leslie Carter, one of the best known men In the business, social, and club world of Chicago, died at his NorthBlde home this morning. : He has been uncons cious almost continually Blnce Novem ber 9, nearly a year ago, when he was accidentally asphyxiated by gas, and has been in .a dying condition ever since. ' ' He had just resigned as president of the Southslde Elevated Railroad Company and had accepted the elec tion as chairman of the board of di rectors of the road. He had bocn preeldenont of the Rochell and South ern. ' Mr. Carter was worth between $100,000 and $200,000, according to his closest friends, though he was generally reputed to be a millionaire. As a phllantrophlst he was well known. His greatest work of this kind ,nnd perhaps the greatest of his career was In securing the Smith me morial building for St. Lukes' hos pital. Mr. Carter, who was a farm er's boy, secured. an education and then came to Chicago to bogia life, Plans fnr tha Ftinarol mm moila at once. The services will be beld ( Monday afternoon. . WELLKNOWNCLUB PRICE 5 CENTO. SOME FACTS OF LAST CAMPAIGN New York World Gives Some Interesting Figures as to Republican Methods . STANDARD OIL MONEY Rogers Persnaded to Give $J0O,0OO, and Asked For $250,000 More. President Denounced the Contribu tion in Public, But Used the Money in Private President's Well Known Transaction With Hani man, Whereby $260,000 Was Raised For Purposes of Corruption. Interesting Sidelight on the Pres ent Controversy. (By Leased Wire to The Times. ) New York, Sept. 25 The World this morning says: Early in the 1904 campaign the Standard Oil, as well as other trusts, railroads, banks, and large corpora tions, received a request to contrib ute to the republican national cam paign fund. This request was ig nored, Henry H. Rogers being re sponsible for its refusal. Later, when the second call for campaign funds was made. Mr. Cor telyou, chairman of the republican national committee, sent word to Mr. Rogers asking for an appointment, at which the existing conditions could be explained and the financial sup port of Standard Oil secured. . This appointment was made by Mr,' Rog ers Itr be 1sept at" No. 26 Broadway, the Standard Oil building, and Mr. Cortelyou was informed that both Mr. Rogers and John D. Archbold would be pleased to see him. Mr. Cortelyou finding that Mr. Rogers was not to meet him alohe, but that Mr. Arch bold was also to be present, concluded it would be safer and more discreet not to go himself. The appointment was kept by Cornelius N. Bliss, treas urer of the national committee. At this interview Mr. Rogers ac cused Mr, Roosevelt of ingratitude and recalled many past favors from the Standard Oil to republican can didates and campaign funds. Mr. Bliss admitted that President Roosevelt might have acted harshly toward the Standard Oil, but said that while Mr. Roosevelt's first term was "constructive" his second term would bo "conservative." ; Relying on these assurances Mr. Rogers and Mr. Archbold made a con tribution of $100,000. This contribution coming to the knowledge of President Roosevelt he wrote to Chairman Cortelyou a vio lent letter, denouncing the Standard Oil Company and directing the return of tho contribution. This letter is on Mr. Cortelyou's file and a copy of it Is kept by President Rooseevelt for the purpose of making It public If ever the facts of this Standard Oil contribution become known. The contribution was not returned. Not one cent was paid back. The same was used, so far as Mr. Rogers and Mr. Archbold know, In like man ner with other contributions. Lnter In the campaign, when Presi dent Roosevelt became scared about the resujt, and about the time that he summoned Edward H. Harriman to Washington and Induced Mr. Harri man to raise $260,000 for the cam paign fund, a further request was made of the Standard Oil people. At the time of the $100,000 con tribution Mr. Bliss expressed his dis satisfaction with its size, and said that the amount should be several times as great. At the time of the third request the definite sum of $250,000 additional was asked for. In the meantime Mr. Rogers had learned of Mr. Roosevelt's letter to Mr. Cortelyou and of the direction to return the first $190,000. He de clined to g,vo any more money and recalled the fact that the president's Instructions to return the first con tribution had not been complied with and that Mr. Roosevelt must have known all along that the $100,000 which he had repudiated had not only been accepted, but used. In view of this fact he declined to accede to the request for a further $260,000, or any further sum, and denounced Mr. Roosevelt for seem ingly trying on the one hand to se cure contributions from the Standard Oil Company, and on the other hand to make political capital by denounc ing the company. . s ... t
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