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LAST
EDITION
I I 1 -. . L 1 L 1 2 . .4 I 11 I I . I J ti n
ti i i i ii . , ii i r us isr
BORE CHARGES
iiniGiiow
' INVESTIGATED
. Senator Gore Promises to Gve
All the Details of the
Attempted Bribery
CHARGES IN SENATE
Gore Charged in the United States
Senate That He and a Member of
the House Had Kach Been Offered
$25,000 to Foster a Corruption
' Scheme, Whereby Indiana Were to
Be Deprived of 93,000,000 Profits
Due Them Will Now Give Names
and Dates. .
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Muskogee. Okla.. Auk. 4 Invest!
gatlon of charges made in the United
States senate by Senator Gore that
he and a member of the house of
representatives each had been offered
a bribe of f 25,000 to foster a scheme
whereby the Indians of Oklahoma
were to be deprived of $3,000,000
profits due them through the sale of
coal and asphalt lands in this state,
was begun today. Senator Gore was
: ready to take the stand when tlie
hearing opened.
"I will tell the full details of the
scaeme hatched .at Washington to
mulct these Indiana out of $3,000,-
000 through the sale of their lands,"
he said. 'T will; give names, dates
w apdj.,olher,;eirTOrosTtancs: .relative to
tne ortDe or at,uuuonereq to me
' and to a member' of. the house of
representatives to remove our opposi
tion to the scheme which would
throw that vast sunt of money Into
. the hands of private attorneys."
The committee was appointed by
the house of representatives to in
vestigate what are known as the Mc
Murray contract with the Chickasaw
and Choctaw tribes of Indians. It
is headed by Chairman Charles H.
Burke, of SoutM -Dakkota.
I - ' Oore on the Stand.
Muskogee. Okla.. Aug. 4, Sena
tor Thimas P. Gore, of Oklahoma
was the first witness to take the
Mind to-day when the special com
mlttee appointed." by the house of
representatives to Investigate what is
known as the J. C. McMurray con
tracts with the Choctaw and Chlcka-
Baw Indians.- involving the sale of
450.000 acres q coal and 'asphalt
lands in Oklahohia, valued at $30.-
000,000 to $160,000,000. assembled
' ' at the Federa.1 .court house here
where hearings are in progress. .
The Senator's opeiing statement
was in regard to letter written to
Senator LaFollette several months
ago prior ; to the alleged bribery
deal In which he called attention to
the Indian land conditions in Okla-
( Continued On Page Seven.) -
JUDGE RULES AGAITJST
:i
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
' Chicago, : Aug. 4-r-Representative
Lee O'Neil Browne lost every point
today In the ''technical legal fight
he was making, to prevent his sec
ond trial on ft bribery charge, when
Judge Kersten overruled the mo
tions of the defense which had been
argued by-Attorney W. S. Forrest.
The court held that the venue of
the trial Ilea in Cook county;' up
held the bribery statute and refused
' to" accept the construction of It of
fered by the defense; and refused
to' bar otit the "jack pot"; testimony
and corroborative testimony of Rep
resentatives Link and Beckemeyer.
Judge Kersten Indicated ' that he
would make a final ruling on these
vpolnts when 'the testimony was, of
fered." -
: : Big Fire in Kansas City,
t (By Leased Wire to The Times)
Kansas' City,, Mo., Aug. 4 Bight
persons, seven firemen among them,
were injured last night In A $300,000
fire that destroyed the Srolth-Mc-(Cord-Towlisend
Drygoods Company's
-warehouse.'.. ' ;
CIJICAGQ
BRIBER
J ' ' - tA THE TBIAL BEGAN TODAY
Three princiiwl fifrures in Spain's
break with tlie. Vatican. Alwve on
the right are Don Jaime, the ' pre
tender to tlie Spanish throne, and a
staunch supporter of the Vatican wlio
has called upon the Carltats to sup
port the church; and King Alfonso,
Che boy ruler, who has declared his
intention to support Premier Cana
lejus, whose decrees have precipitated
the present crisis.' The premier is
shown below." . '
VATICAN HOLDS FIRM.
Expects Spain to Yield in Conflict
With the Church.
(By Cable to The TlmeB.)
Rome, Aug. 4 The combat that
holds the attention of the entire
diplomatic world at the present time
is a duel between Cardinal Merry
Del Val and- Premier Canalejas, of
Spain. The cardinal has been given
full power to deal with the tense
situation growing out of the dispute
between -the Vatican and Spain.- !
The papal secretary has only
recently taken the reins, . for Pope
Pius bad himself directed part of
the early negotiations. .
It is said here that the action
delegating Del Val full powers was
taken only after he had threatened
to resign if his plans were Inter
fered with. The holy father wOuld
conciliate Spain and reveal to the
world the negotiations as they pro
gress. The cardinal will attempt to
drive Spain into yielding. His plang
are kept secret, even from his col
leagues in the college of cardinals.
This was made clear today Nby
Cardinal. Vannutelll, prefect of the
Apostolic .synature. .
"The details of . the conflict , hive
been revealed to me only through the
press," said the cardinal. ' "The papal
secretary of state is keeping all mat
ters with the utmost secrecy.': His
holiness -is also conferring with Car
dinal Del Val only at rare intervals.
"I believe that the papal secre
tary of state is always inspired by a
desire for the welfare of the church,
for equity and for justice.
Premier '.Canalejas, in my opin
ion, Is a terrible man) bent on ruin
ing the church. Although King Al
fonso is. a real Catholic, his youth
fulness is 8U re to cause embarrass
ment.
''If Canalejas does not yield, the
ruptur.e wiU be definite, as the church
has reached , the extreme limit in
granting concessions.
"But Catholic Spain Will doubtless
bring Canalejas to a sense of bis
responsibility. r I. don't believe the
conflict with Spain will have $hy
serious copsequences," ( . -'
J. B. Allison Tried For Killing
Floyd McGee
Hunconibe County Farmers Interest
ed In Test Farms .Buncombe Man
in , Trouble in Callforula ""hree
Miles of Sand-Clay Roud.
.(Special to The Times.)
Ashevlllet N. 'C," Aug. 4. Superior
court- mi in session here now, Judge
Council presiding. So far only unim
portant cases have been tried, but
to-day the trial of J. B. Allison for
the killing of Flo.vd McGee will be
gone In io. A special venire has been
summoned for this trial, F, C. Wat-
kjns will probably be tried again for
the killing of John Buntinng at a
Black Mountain hotel, over a year
ago. His first trial resulted in a
mistrial.:
The , farmers ' here ' are now very
much Interested in the proposition
of the U. S." Department of Agricul
ture to establish test farms all over
the State. The matter is in the bands
of the county commissioners now,
and : there is little doubt but that
they will accept.
' The- sheriff "of Buncombe ' has re
ceived a letter from the sheriff of
Santa Cruz County, Calfornia, stat
ing that he has placed in jail a man
calling hmself Brown, but who had
letters addressed to him as "Rick-
man." He was arrested there for
deserting his wife and failure to sup
port hs chid, It seems that he has
two wives there and one ' here in
Jackson County. From one if the
letters the conclusiin was drawn that
he was in trouble before he left here.
The letter goes on. to say that he
could be. drawing his pension if he
could - get out of his trouble. The
California sheriff " wrote to Colonel
Armfield. about the man and also to
Major White G. Smith of- this city,
to see if such a man had. been" in the
Spanish-American war from this part
of the State. They both replied that
there was a Riekman In Company F
but did not know what had become
of him or where he came from. And
his given name was not the same as
that given by the California officer,
He -supposed, he said, that Riekman
might be wanted here for some more
serious crime than that with which
he is charged out there. . ' - ;
The county authorities are now be
ginning the .construction of about
three miles of sand clay road. ' This
is rather- in the nature of an experi
ment There is ft stretch of sand
clay ,r0ad in the Biltmore estate but
it has not yet been tried on the coun
ty roads. .
Vituperative Campaign. f
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Loufsville, Ky., 'Aug. 4 Congress
man Edwards has challenged Caleb
Powers ,tq a joint debate througU
out the eleventh district TUe cam
paign Is the most vituperative In the
history of the district.
y Americana Arrested, ;
(B.v Leased Wire to The Times.)
New Orleans,- La.; ug. A cable
gram from Celba, - Honduras, this af
ternoon Bays- that- several Amsricae
have been arrested there by President
Davltla orders charged -with being
Implicated in the Bonilla revolution. ;
.;-;Si --4.'.f'. ";. '!: '1
HAS KOTf CONFESSED
peneral Denials That Crippen
$s Admitted Guilt
Neither Confession of Incriminating
r Admission ? Has Been Made
Detective 'jttid WardresKes Sail , for
America With Extradition Papers.
:
(By Lease' WJre to The Times.)
' Quebec, Aug. 4 General-. Danial,
from all officials connected with the
case,-'' today -'tneti tJie report that Dr.
H. H. Crippen hat confessed killing
his wife, . Belle Blmore, of whose
murder in London he is accused. In
(spite of the persistent reports that
urippen- nau . either conressed or
made statements Indicating that he
had unintentionally killed Belle El
more;' through performing an illegal
operation, all' officers connected with
the case gave it the . lie from the
jailer to the' highest legal authority
In Quebec, Sir Isomer Gouin, provin
cial premier., anc attorney-general.
"There- is not-, an lota of truth in
It," said Inspector Dew, of Scotland
Yard, at his rooms in the St. George
House, while preparing for a trip to
Montreal to confer with Captain Ken
dall, of the Steamer Montrose. The
snip leaves for London Saturday.
While away from Quebec, Inspector
Dew may also take a pleasure jaunt
to Niagara Falls, Dew's denial of a
confession was ' no more emphatic
than that of Governor Joseph Morln,
of the prison, and of Sir Lomer
Gouin. I '
"Neither a confession nor an in
criminating statement has been re
ported to me as, coming trom Crippen,-"
said Sir .Lomer. "You can
deny all such stories emphatically;
they are tissues of lies."
The authorities are still convinced
that of the actual murder of Belle
Blmore, Ethel Clare LeNeve, Crip
pen's companion,' knows nothing.
Though the girl stilt persists in at
tempting" to 8iHlil -errppen to the
utmost of her power, her statements
carry no more weight than as declara
tions of her own belief.
Her cablegram to her family in
London, saying "I had seen or heard
nothing till the cruel blow fell; am
returning home," is accepted by the
police as the true statement of her
knowledge.
A mild attack of hyst'ia today
caused alarm to those who are look
ing after her. It was due, they said,
to her brooding over the sorrow of
her family. Nevertheless, the phy
sician who has been in attendance on
her today said there was no danger
of a serious setback.
No attempt has been made to ques
tion her in regard to her alleged
marriage to Crippen. It is feared
that to press her on the point would
lead to a relapse after the strong
strain of the last few weeks.
The result of the investigation
conducted by the English police has
been reserved by Inspector Dew, in
whose hands Scotland Yard contin
ues to place all details of develop
ments,' that he may be in a position
to-play upon the prisoners if neces
sary. Dew intimated this morning
that he had no intention of quizzing
the girl on the marriage question.
(Continued on Page Six.)
TO LEGISLATURE
(Special to The Times.)
Smithlield, N. C. Aug. 4 The
largest and most enthusiastic poli
tical convention that ever convened
in Johnston county met in this
place yesterday when three thou
sand democrats of this county in
convention nominated their county
and legislative ticket.; .
Col. Ashley Home- was chairman
of the convention and was nominated
for the legislature over his own pro
test, but . after his nomination he
made a speech of acceptance. . L. H.
Allred, of Selma, was endorsed for
the. state senate. The county ticket
nominated was: - -A
Register of Deeds 8. T. Honey-
cutt, by a majority of one vote over
E. S. Edmundson on the fourth bal
lot. : y
County Treasurer W. L. Standi,
of Clayton. ,;: ' ... - . -. ,: '
Coroner Dr. Thel. Hooks. s
Su rvey or R. Lambert.
f!Li
County ; Commlfblpn.ers Di frfsight .-. negroes."' voting the straight
Oliver,. J. W. Wood, J. C. Green were
renominated, while W. T. Parker and
K." 5, Coats were hbmlnatedi ;
There Is ho doubt but that the
whole ticket will be nominated by
an orerwhelmtnf majority. '
" ':- . j ri! -.'ii At
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14 4 r Wj
Mrs. Francis Pearson. Almost siniuKaiicous with .Sir Weetiium Pear,
son's elevation in the lccraje in I, mi dim recently, ciime the Hiiiiouiice
nient of a hidden i-oiiiiincc in Ins family, whereby it was disclosed that
IiIh third and favorite son, Francis, had married the beautiful Ethel
Lewis, formerly a member of a comic opera company. The iiuu-riUK took
place last August and when Lord Wcetiniiii learned of it he was furious.
A public wiiioiim'eniejitojjhe wedding- followed nnd.thp Iwide was sent
to the continentTMwU'iicihly to llnish lier education, which' i conditional
to 'recogriition' by Hir; Weetnian. Mean while the .'bridegroom;. lvi been
taken from Cambridge - by; his angry parent and put to work in his fa
ther's olliees. . . ".-.-.'.. ,,..:,. ,:-'.;. '-?..'.'
THE VOTEPENNESSEE
Election Being Held Today
On Pattersonism
Generally Conceded That Patterson's
Ticket Will Be Defeated in To.
day's Flection.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.) ,
Memphis, Tenn.', Aug. -1 Families
have been torn asunder in one of
the bitterest state elections ever
held in Tennessee, which is taking
place today. It means the political
death or a third term of Governor
M. R. Patterson.
Back of the feeling is revenge for
the death of former United States
Senator E. W. Carmack, and Pat
terson's pardoning of Duncan 11.
Cooper, who was sentenced to twenty
years for his association, with the
crime. In ; this campaign, ' - It is
charged that Patterson endeavored
to tamper with the supreme court
of Tennessee, favoring a pardon for
Cooper and his son, Robin Cooper.
The supreme court refused his politi
cal offer and Patterson launched an
other ticket in the field against these
candidates for supreme court . and
court of Civil appeals.
Patterson and his followers de
clared the regular candidates 'bolt
ers," saying his was Che regular
democratic ticket. ' The bolters de
clared Patterson himself stood for
the pardoning of all convicts and for
general lawlessness throughout the
state and corruption in office.
Families have been separated in
this campaign. Fathers have dis
approved of sons' beliefs and mothers
have prayed for the success of the
bolting ticket, because they thought
it meant an end of Patterson and
corruption. ' - .'
The independent republicans .have
lined up with the bolting democrats
and it is generally conceded that
the Patterson ticket wilj be defeated
by an overwhelming majority, Pat
terson's friends admit, If the bolt
ing ticket wins It means a republi
can governor for Tennessee. ; .
' The independents this , afternoon
claimed that most of the white Re
publicans were -t supporting- . their
ticket. ' ' . - - ; ,
For the first time in Nashville, the
Democratic ticket was -witnessed.
Governor Pattersons pardon -.record
and his stand on the liquor question
appealed to the blacks.; vv-:. . '
: The independents this afternoon
t Continued ou Pag Six.)
ENTS IN LEAD
Came Out Ahead In First
Skirmishes
Win Two Out of Three Fights So
Far and Old Liners Are Learning
That th.o Insurgents Can't Be
Ridiculed Out of Existence.
Beverly, Mass., Aug, 4 A fear
that President Taft himself will have
to take active steps in order to
reconcile the insurgent and the
regular elements of the republican
party was expressed here today. The
fact that after the first three
skirmishes of the big battle to be
fought this fall, the insurgents stand
in the lead, has caused much anx
iety in the summer capital.
Though defeated in Ohio where
ex-Secretary of the Interior James
R. Garfield was beaten for' the
gubernatorial ; candidacy by . the
choice of the Taft-Foraker forces,
ex-Lieutenant Governor Harding, the
radicals have beaten the stand-patters
in Kansas and Iowa, The few
politician in Washington now are
divided upon the significence of this
result, but the belief that the In
surgents will, make further inroads
on the conservative ranks is gen
eral.'-
The fact that Speaker Uncle Joe
Cannon made frantic efforts to save
Kansas for the reactionaries witii-i
out avail, is regarded here not only
as a straw indicating the probable
course of the general situation, but
as a forecast of Cannon's doom in
the fight for the speakership.
To republican leaders the most im
portant factor in the Kansas, Ohio
and Iowa fights has been the slap
directed at President Taft in the
Iowa convention, under the leader
ship of Senator Cummins.
In the Kansas primary fights, the
issue was between insurgency and
the stand-pat forces with the per
sonality of Mr. Taft playing but a
small part. In Iowa the position
given him was that of reactionary
leader.
The coming state contests In the
west will show the same results as
those which have already been de
cided, it Is expected, by the progres
sives, but with a greater tendency
toward the adoption of ta . radical
stand.;-. ... " . .
On the other hand, the regulars de-i
clare the Kansas and Iowa result to
be the product of local conditions
and predict a wholesale defeat for
the forces taat have, been fighting
the administration and the regular.;
TRUST TO BE
Standard Oil Interests Backing
Aeroplane Company Thai
Is Being Organized '
MEANS BITTER FIGHT
New Company .Means a Bitter Fight
For the Control of tlie Aeroplane
Industry The Old Company
Organized By the Wrights Is Hack
ed By Ryan, Belmont and the
Yauderbilts First Skirmish, At
ready Occurred. "
(Ry Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Aug. 4 An airship
trust, controlling aerial machines and
the air . lanes. Is the object of the
Standard Oil interests, according to
a report current in Wall street to
day. . .
The first move has been the forma
tion of a company under the Illinois
laws . to compete with the Wrieht
brothers. William S. Romme, a New
York inventor, is supplying the aero
plane plans. His sheds are at Stam
ford, Conn. Romme. la the president
of the new company, but among the
directors are Harold " F. McCormlek,
son-in-law of John D. Rockefeller;
John A. Chapman, of Chicago, and
John v. RocKefWtetvi'yf. .v-i'"
The Wright ConTpahy is backed
by Belmont, Ryan and Vanderbilt,
The first skirmish in an aviation
war is said to have been the change
In the plans for the international
meet to be held in - October. The
change of scene from Hempstead
Plains to Belmont Park, and the re
tirement of Gage E, Tarbell as man
ager, he being succeeded by August
Belmont, are developments said to
forecast a bitter struggle.
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WANT MORE RACING.
Kffoit Will Be Made to Amend Hog.
tile Anti-Racing Laws. . ! .
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New Orleans, La., Aug. - 4 Fur
ther effort will be made to provide
for some sort of friendly amendment
to the hostile anti-racing laws at an
extra session of the legislature late
this .month. The business men's
league, urged by prominent mer
chants, will lead the work and al
though it has not been f- decided
whether a pled for machine, oral
or book betting will be made, it is
certain that a final concerted movfe
will be made to re-open for a ninety--day
winter meet commencing Thanks
giving Day, v :
FIRE IN TAR HEEL
PLANT AT BETSY CITY
V,
(Special to The Times.)
Elizabeth City, N. C, Aug. 4
A fire occurred this morning at five
o'clock in the plant of the Tar Heel
Publishing Company, in which thB
third, floor of the building was badly
burned and all the machinery badly
damaged from water. Work will be)
gin at once to repair the damages.
The paper will likely make its
regular appearance this week.
REVOLUTION IN HONDURAS.
Revolt Has Broken Out at
Points.
Many
)
New Orleans, La., Aug. 4 A
cablegram rom Celba,- Honduras, ..
says that revolt has brokekn out at
many points in that country and
that . Americans about Teguicalpa,
the capital,, have fled to the United
States consulate for -protection. 11
Ex-President Bonilla's troops are
Hearing iijd aij. u j uui uuiltivilfl, ,
that President Davilia will be able tf -hold
'put. . It is reported that the
Italian consulate has- been attacked
and its flag insulted. Ah Italian war
ship la reported to lift ve been called,
for. v ,
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