llllHOIS IS A Cannonismand Lorimerismthe Principal Issues In Priniary Election Held Today ES OF FRAUD o Doubt Rut ThHt Cannon Will be Renominated, as Me is the Pride of His District Cannon Men In other Districts However Having Hard Tight Lurimcr Sferi In Chi- . edgo Also Huving Strenuous Time , Many Churges of Fraud and the Hoxes Are Hcliig Watched. , (Ily Leased Wire to The Times.) L.nicago, bept. 15 Illinois voters today are-answering the questions of the whole United States shall Can non return to congress and shalfLor Imerlsm and jackpotism still continue to dominate Illinois politics? While the primaries are state-wide, the main interest centers in Danville and in Chicago. In Danville it is a certainty that Joseph Guerney Cannon will be re nominated for congress just as it is certain he will be re-elected. There never was a shadow of a doubt . that the Veteran speaker would win bands down, for the pride of the town and the county and the district Is Can -non. He is one of the picturesque landmarks and his overthrow would bo as great a blow to the district as the shattering of all other ideals com bined. in unicago, nowever, things are different. Lorimer men and jack potters are arrayed against progres sive, republicans whose .campaign slo gan has been "down with corrup tion." In the ninth district, the fate of Representative Boutelle hangs by a thread. He is opposed by Frederick Gansbergen, an attorney, and it is freely predicted' among leaders that Gansbergen. will defeat ' Boutelle on an anti-Cannon platform. On the democratic slate in the ninth, there are. thre candidates, witii the indi cations that Lynden Even will be nominated. ' In tho fight against Representative Mann in the second Illinois district, the issue again hangs on Canonism and Mann is in danger of being de feated by Joseph R. Burres, his lead ing opponent. Representative ' Foss, It appears, will bo renominated despite his re fusal to declare against Cannon and Representative Madden of the first district., another staunch Canon man, is believed to be In the lead. There are seven candidates on the demo cratic slate in Madden's district, with the chances favoring Michael K. Mahcr. ' Representative Wilson stands for reuomination in the third. He is 6p (Continued on Page Seven) T . (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Mayesville, Ky., Sept. 15 Night . riders are , again scouring the tobacco growing regions leaving burning ruins . and tales Of depredatlo?i""n their wake. .Word was received here today that raiders burned the barns and -tobacco warehouses on tho grounds of W. C. Bradford and George B. Kennedy In j Bracken county last night. The authorities fear that the present outbreak is the beginning of a scries of depredations which will rival, those of the year ago which resulted from an jeffort'to pool the Burley crop. f , Kenney permitted soldiers to camp on his farm when troops were stationed , In Bracken county during tho last night -riding warfare. - The loss from last night's marauding will exceed 15,000. ... Pistol Duel In Streets. -Lexington, Ky., Sept. 1 5 Two per sons, one an officer Tf the law, were billed today In1 a pistol duel which was fought in the principal street of White plains. " Pedestrians were put in fear of their lives by' flying but-, lets," . LOST MUCH JEWERLY Fashionables Robbed At Sum mer Resorts MyMcrloug. "Raffles" Secured 8.10,- 000 or More arid Thwarts Kvcry Effort of Police to Discover Him, (By Leased WIro to The Times) Providence, R. I., Sept. 15 Resl aenis or tne nium-miiiionaire sum mer resorts along the Atlantic coast have been robbed of more than $50, 000 in the past few weeks by a mys terious "RaffleB" who so far has thwarted every effort of the best pri vate detectives In the country to dis cover his identity. The authorities are confident that he Is laughing-at their atom pt to run him down, mean while enjoying himself as an honored guest of the multi-millionaires he is systematically looting. The mysterious burglar, who Is Said to have at least one companion, has made, a complete circuit of the north shore of the Atlantic cost, where the fashionables of America's money i aristocracy have their sum mer homes, ending up at Bristol, where Judge LeBaron B. Colt, of the federal circuit court, reported to the police today that $20,000 worth of jewels had been taken rrom his home. At Watch Hill, another fashion able center, the police were apprised today by. Mrs. E. M. Burrall that her home had been looted of $10,000 worth of jewels. Judge Colt and Mrs. Burrall agreed today that the hleves had come.to their homes by automo bile. Beginning at Bar Harbor tho mys terious "Raffles" and his companions systematically "worked' every center of fashion and wealth down to Nar- ragansett Pier. The police, spurred on by offers of reward, are exhausting every energy to solve the baf fling trial of robberies. ' , , The chief of the marauders gained his title of "Raffles' through the Inti mate, knowledge he showed of the Interior of the palatial mansions he looted. This knowledge was so thor ough in many instances that the po lice worked' upon the clue that the thief must have been, nt one time, a guest In the homes robbed. At' Naragansett Pier robberies were committed during social func tions, the thief appearing in evening dres and mingling with the guests as one of them. In every instance money and Jew elry were taken without discrimina tion. A great, number of depreda tions are suspected which were not eported, owing to the desire of the victims to elude public attention. THE MAURETAXIA EXPECTED. Cunarder Maurctanla Expected Here Tills Afternoon With a New Rec ord.. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Sept. 15 Wireless re ports today stated that tne giant Cii narder Mauretania would probably dock Here this afternoon, hanging up new record for western voyages across the Atlantic. The other rec ord of fou.r days, 10 hours and 51 minutes was made a year ago. The new commander of the ship, Captain Dow, is anxious to establish rriark beating the best time of his predecessor. Captain Pritchard, and is driving his giant craft at top speed. There are more than 2,000 passen gers on board the ship and bets are being made upon the .outcome of the race. FAIRBANKS ATTENDED. Was Given Seat of Honor at Conse rvation of Rlshop. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Indianapolis, Ind.i Sept. 15 Before1 000 persons, representing many reli gious organizations and students, the right Rev. Joseph Chartrand was con secrated coadjutor bishop of the In dianapolis diocese at Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral today. The elaborate and impressive ceremonies, probably the most Important Roman Catholic event ever celebrated In Indiana were conducted by Diomede Falconlo, papal delegate from Rome, Italy, assisted, by priests, bishops, abbots and provincials tho various Catholics orders. - ' - Former Vice President Charles w. Fairbanks ocupied a seat of honor at the altar rail. .. President Celebrates Birthday. Beverly, Mass.,, Sept. 15 Presi dent Taft celebrated his 63d birthday today In. the midst of his ramlly cir cle and for the time politics and th cares of state Were forgotten while he replied to the congratulations which, were showered upon him, not only from this -country' but from for eign nations, ' The president was born Septem ber. 15,. 1857, in Cincinnati, O. Tbe Czarina of Russia, whose heart trouble is causing no end of unxiety to the Czar end Hie court at St. Pe tersburg. For some time past mi en deavor has been made to relieve her through hypnotism, but with little beneficial result. The primary cause of her trouble is said to lie the con stant fear In which she has lived for years. From this she has devdoiel melancholia. The hypnotic treatment in the past has not been of a syste matic form, but introductory to com. plete control by n specialist. 1 The scheme is to try and convince the Czarina that she is by hypnotic' sug gestion the-li!rpViest -mortal ' ritlve. T Insurgent Democrats Demand Party Reform .Mass Meeting Held and Present Man ugciucnt of County Party Affairs Severely Arraiifsed Hot right Be ing Waged. (Special to Thi Times.) Lumberton, . ; Sept.-. 15 Pursuant to a call by many of the most prominent democrats in Robeson countk, a large delegation assembled in the court house here today In a .mass meeting which had as its object the uplifting of pol itics and raising a higher standard of civic righteousness. Mr. J. S. Oliver, of Marietta was made chairman of the meeting which was opened with a prayer by Rev. C. H. Durham. Mr, R. D. Caldwell in stating the object of the meeting said that it was a voluntary gathering of the citizens and the call did not come from the county executive committee and Its purpose was to overthrow the present management of the democratic party in Robeson county and restore harmony to the party. A committee was appointed to draw- up an order of exercises and while this committee, was absent from the room several men in the audience yvere called upon to make short talks. Prom inent among these were three ministers of the county who declared in one ac cord that the time had come when the righteous citizen of the county should rise up and put an end to the corrupting Influences in certain branches of Robeson's politics. The committee On the order of busi ness reported several recommendations some of which were: That the mass meeting endorse two men for tho leg islature and five county commissioners. That Mr. Geo. B. MeCleod be asked to resign from the chairmanship of the democratic executive committee and that Sheriff E. C. McNeill be endorsed for sheriff. All these recommendations) were accepted' by the meeting. Dr. B. F. McMillan, of Red Springs and J. O. McArthur, of Thompsons township were endorsed for the-house. The men endorsed for county commissioners commissioners were: A. J. Floyd, of Whltehouse township, D. Z. McOoogan, of Lumber Bridge, J. A. McPaul, of Blue Springs, J. A. McCormick, of Pembroke and W. H. McCelland, of Thompsons. . A very hot fight Is being waged for the office of sheriff, ex-Sheriff Geo. B, McLeod contesting with Sheriff E. C. McNeill for that office, honors ap pearing at this time to be about even between them. , The mass meeting de manded the resignation of Mr. Mc Leod from the chairmanship or county executive committee because be Is a candidate for the office of sheriff, but at this time he has not resigned and there seems little, likelihood of his do ing so. The fight In Hobeson seems to be taking on the form-of a-ring and tm anti-ring vencounter. - ,; , ? . ,-; -r- '.-.. .: ; HASKELLrrj ROOSEVELT Governor oft Oklahoma Even ing Iftj Old Scores - 'to..' '-. :-:-,-. '-. Derided the Square Deal" as E- . omplilled by'feoosovell and Denied That a New Ijewlorshlp In the Per. , son of Coljicl - Roosevelt Was Necessary; (By Leased Wire to The Times) . Lawton,, Okla,, Bept. 15 In a siieech here tO(I'MGovernor Charles N. Haskel t'ooH .fttng at the policies of Theodora Rpo-6velt and intimated that Rooseyeltlintended to climb tne heights of glorj hitherto undreamed of in the 'nieVican democracy in iact, to niatglhijfnsulf a regular mon arch. The peech was delivered at tne (JomanciiyB jconnty ran , as an ans wer to someot Roosevelt's charges against Haskell. . Governor Haskell derided the square .deaf''? and ''American ideals as portrayed by; Colonel' Roosevelt He denied a hfew leadership' for tho ship of.statcv-jltt the person or Col onel Roosevelt, at least was Headed, and he discussed Colonel .Roosevelt's relations with the late Edward H. Harriman. ... -. ' The governor "'asserted there was no ocasion for mistaking the gns of the times and . $hat the activity of Roosevelt and Mb asoclates made it clear that RopseWilt aspires to again rule the XTnitod States. "Colonel, Roosevelt's 'platform of princides,' declared the governor, must be written from his several speeches on the recent lour west, in substance,' he declares the supreme court of the United States is an un safe co-ordinate 'branch of our gov ernment. If this be true, then the beginning of the end is at hand, for. with the destruction of any one of the thre co-ordinate branches of our form of government, the entire struc ture must fall tJfitl a Hew- plan arise over its wreck. : "With a legislative branch of the government to make our laws, a ju dicial department to construe thorn and sit in final judgment on our dif ferences, and an executive depart ment to administer our government when one is to lie assailed and dom inated by another, that means a de cay of the republic ana the building of a monarchy. That means the rise of military domination under the dic tations of an executive and the decay of the popular will. "Is the Roosevelt of today, who would reflect; upon the integrity and efficiency of the entire supreme court, the same ' Roosevelt, who, in 1S9G, condemned others for the criticism of an individual of that court? "Is it building for the welfare of our country, when the leaders of its public thought, breed lack of respect or encourage contempt for our great institutions?" Moiionlniie Wrecked, : (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Sept. 15 At the con clusion of his first long flight in an aeroplane Hary S. Harkness, an am bitious young aviator of Cleveland, O., had his machine, wrecked at the Garden City, h. I., aviation field to day by making a precipitous descent. Harkness had flown the length of the held in his Antionette monoplane. In attempting to land his machine was totallywrecked. The aeronaut was uninjured. FITZGERALD KNOWS WHO GOT THE MONEY (Fiy -.Leased Wire to The Times.) Chicago, Sept. 15 George W. Fitz gerald, at one time assorting idler in the United States sub-treasury here, who was re-arrested yesterday was brouRht into Judge Land is' court room at noon today where his attorney, Ed ward IJtzinger made a tight to have his ball of $50,000 in the $173,000 federal sub-treasury theft, reduced to a smaller figure. The fight promises to be bitter and to continue until late In the day.' It was said that It Fitzgerald ihould be able, to produce the $50,000 the government would ask for an in crease to' keep him behind the bars. . On his way to the. court room Fitz gerald declared to the deputy marshals who had him in charge that he was innocent and that he knew -who the real thieves were. "If the federal authorities had look ed into the land , purchases of two big republican politicians a short time af ter the robbery they would have got the real, thief. I shall tell his name to Judge Landis at the proper time, but to no one else," said Fitzgerald. Judge I.nndls after a brief hearing .denied the motion to reduce Fitz gerald's ball to $50,000. . " . I If 1 1 lalc'.il!i! 1!. PatterstMi, Governor of Tennessee, ulio l-jis recently with, drawn from the gulievnutorial race in his state, a'-id wIiom '-'action has set tbe wisest of the politicians guessing. Patterson ' defeated ' Senator K. W. t'urniiick lor the ii!7i:iiiatlo; to the clHce bo now holds, the victory being a clinlux to a fierce political end, CaniiiicU was killed i;y the (.'obprrs, one of wlJitii was tried nnd convicted. Governor Patterson panlo-M d him a few monients niter the conviction. It is said the reason why the uoveriior lns decided not to retain the deino-J cratic nomination which he had al ready gained is because us long as lie is a political factor the party will be split. ' '':.- IN THE M TODAY The Democrats Will Select Either Godwin or Clark Today Will See the Knd of the Fij-ht For the Democratic Nomination For Conurcss lloth (iodwin and Clark Have Made a Hard Fight...''" Today marks the conclusion of the sixth district light between Congress man H. h. Godwin and Mr. O. L. Clark, and the democrats will decide a question that has caused no. little anxiety to the party organization for the past c'oupue of months. The weather is not the best for a heavy vote, but the intense feeling that has been aroused will doubtless serve to bring out the full strength. The indicatoins are that Godwin will be nominated to succeed himself, though the followers of Clark are just as confident that their man will win out. No matter' which wins the party will be ably represented. . ' The special committee made fair and '-'impartial rules and regulations to govern the voting primary, and every safeguard has been thrown around the primary to insure fair play, and whoever wins out today will do so fairly, and the people of the sixth will abide by the result and help elect the nominee this fall. Since, the state executive commit tee ordered the voting primary to settle . the contest, both - cnntildat.es have been hard at work, and every nook nnd corner has been thoroughly worked. : .. ' . Missorm PHOGKF.SSIVK, Dcnioerats Denounce Taft and En dorse Folks For President. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Jefferson City, Mo., Sept. 15 Gov ernor Hadley won out in the platform light at the republican state conven tion here jestorday and as a result the platform has a strong progressive leaning. The stand-pntters of the old guard are not entirely left out in the cold, however. Tho Taft administration was in dorsed, Roosevelt was named as the man who had made conservation pos siblo, and the home rule for cities and a utility commislon urged. The tariff -law was half-heartedly en dorsed. The democratic platform, wjiich was made public at the same time, de nounces the tarift and endorsed Folk for president. The socialist conven tion met, but failed to agree on cer tain planks and one faction bolted the convention. ..-.. . V -b-'X.. V: "v ',;:.'..; t.i.-V':;v '; i HAS THEM0NEY HID Banks Believe Rothbarth Has Secreted Large Sums .Man Who Got $.-,00,000 From Hanks on 'Worthless Collateial is Thought to Have Much of the Money .Secret e; Anxious o Serve lrison Sen tence Then to Spend it. (By 'Leased Wire tn The Times.) New . York,' Sept. 15 That Adolph Ihithburth lias secured a large portion of tlie $r,o.owi he is supposed to have secured from New York banks on worthless collateral, was the startling report that reat-heil District Attorney Whitman' this afternoon with a request by the victimized bank that every de tail of the accused merchant's recent career he brought tollght. , Rothbarth is still in the Tombs prison in defaut of 2O.AC0 ball, where he Is charged with getting $133,000 by fraud ulent., methods from'; the Mercantile National liank and the Liberty Na tionai liank.,- Charges by other banks that are said to bring .the: total - of his borrowings, on mythical affets up to the million mark. Iti 'preventatives of the Mercantile and Liberty, banks and the National Park Dank requested the district attorney for a ri'jid Investigation, declaring their belii f that much of the money borrowed by : Rothbarth had been hidden . and that tile accused hop merchant is anx ious to serve, his prison' term -.id de part for Germany, liis native country with his stolen wealth., 1 t Stole Many Thousands. New York.. Sept. 1T An internation al aspect today was added to the fraud case of Adolph Tiothbarth.. a hop im porter who is in the Tombs prison ehareefl with duping the Mercantile National Rank and the Liberty Nation al Bank out of $1.13.0(10' In the attempt to make a million in Wall street when lawyers for the banks in question be gan work on steps to hold foreign companies responsible for Rothbarth's speculations. Indication today were that Kotliliarth's bank deals might aggregate. $jn.on.O more when they were all '.uncovered.' ' The -. 'ftoihbnrth firm of hop dealers is one of the : biggei t . houses ill the world dealing in that commodity. U is div'tled into two branches, Adolph, through.- power of attorney controlling the. American branch and his brothers the foregin section.. . Because of Adolph's power of attorney from his brolhers. lawyers believe' that the European house can be held respon sible for' all 'of "his vast financial ob ligations, . Adolph Kothbarth maintained Amer ican offices in this city under the name or Martin Kothbarth & Company. The foreign branches of the company are controlled by -.Adolph's three brothers, Justus Rothbarth in London: Leopold and Martin in charge of the main of fices in Frankfort-on-Main and another of lice in Nuremberg. Adolph has never been u member of the foreign firm but acted merely in capacity- of American agent Avith of fices in New York. Rothbarth is - accused -of .. securing $rS.t)0( from the .Mercantile--National Bank ami. $Tr..0i0 from the Liberty National Bank but specifically he has been -arraigned upon but one charge that ''of ': securing $10,000 on September t, 1P0S from the " Mercantile National Bank with fraudulent security. Tlie other charges are still pending. The lawyers for the two New -.York banks which were taken in on worth less collateral, believe that they can collect Adolph's debts from the other brothers in Germany.-.' The main firm of Rotliburth & Company is an extremis- ..wealthy organization. In case : the German Rothbarth repudiate Adolph's debts a bitter in ternational legal battle will ensue and the steps which were taken today merely related to a formal request that the Kothbarths in Germany make a settlement on the bank claims. .-Adolph Kothbarth's ambition as he declared in Tombs, prison . where be is held in default of $20,000 bail, was to make a million dolars then retire. He dabbed in stocks until the crash of 1907 when Wal street engulfed his little fortune among with the fortunes of others who wen? trying to make ti million. :.: Kothbarth' chief hope now is to be sent to prison. He presented a con trite aspect today as he begged . for the longest term that the courts could give him. The Kothbarth case again brings -to view the ease with which large sums of money can be secured from eminent financial institutions. Presenting a mythical list of assets, which were not investigated. Rothbarth secured huge ums of money merely upon his own world and pert-final reriresentation. Kothbarth secured a $30,000 loan from the Mercantile Bank. The ease with which he secured this loan led him, shortly afterwards, to borrow another $ii0.ooo. , :: The testimony showed that Roth barth's claims, made to the banks, were not Investigated. He declared that his firm hud thousands of bales of hops In the warehouse here whereas it had practically none. His statements chowed that his branch of the bus iness was collossally rich in assets and the bankers took his word for It. Mr. Fred Ci. Staudt returned from Baltimore this morning Vhere he had been attending the National . Bakers' Convention, , PRESIDENT GETS OFF OF ES He Is Now Willing to Grant Federal Patronage to .', Insurgents HOPES FOR HARMOiIY The President Hereafter Will Draw 1 Xo Distinction Between Insurgent nnd Regular Republicans in ' the Distribution of Patronage Course -of Events iu tlie West Caused Him to Realize That His Threat, Wouldn't Save the Regulars and He Now Seeks Harmony Thinks -Value of Federal Patronage Great- ly KKerated Any way. , ' ," (By Loused Wire to The Times.) Beverly. Mass., Sept. 15 President Taft hereafter will draw no distinction between Insurgent and regular repub licans in the distribution of federal, patronage. This was made clear today .. in a letter from the president to cer tain of the Iowa insurgent leaders' which was made public att he summer white house by Secretary Norton. : - in taking this course the president , indicated that he Is but bowing to the wishes of tlie majority of the people. 1 His letter says: , . ,-. "Your letters of the 9th are at hand ' and I have delayed replying until af ter the primary elections. The pres ident directs me to express to you and to your friends his deep appreciation for the work which you'" Jhave; done, -, uid the powerful assistance which you have extended to the administration from the beginning an assistance that has contributed much to the legisla tive and other successes which have been secured. The president recog- nlzes that your efforts have been wholly disinterested: that you have fought sturdily and generously for what you believe to be his interest and the w arfare and , the success of the party. . - V 'While republican, legislation pend ing in congress was opposed by certain republicans the president felt It to be his duty to the party and to the coun try to withhold federal patronage from certain' senators and congressmen who seemed to be in opposition to the ad ministration's effort to carry out the promise of the party platform. , "That attitude, however ended with the primary elections and nominating conventions, which have now been held, ind in which the voters have had op portunity to declare themselves. The people have spoken nnd as. the party faces the fall elections the ques tion must be settled by republicans of every shade of opinion whether the differences of the last session shall be perpetiulted or shall be forgotten, - "He recognizes the danger that In certain eases expressions of feeling were so intense and to make it diffi cult in some instances for factions to come together and work loyally for the party, but, as he stated In his let ter to the republican congressional committee he believes It can be done and should be done. The president Is confident that you will yourself meet your local and state situation in this spirit and that you will write to your friends and ask them to do likewise. The president feels that the value of (Continued On Page Seven.) FOR GRAFT PURPOSES (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New Yorki Sept. 15 Street railways in the state paid out more than $32,000 for legislative graft purposes in the year 1903. it was brought out today at the session of the legislative Investi gating committee In the city hall. The money consisted of two assessments made by the state railroad associ ation and collected by G. Tracey Rogers, the lobbyist. Out of this large sum the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, on account of the Third Avenue Railroad Company of this city was assessed $8,000 alone. These facts ; were brought out by the testimony of W. W. Cole, former treasurer of the state railway commission. Gray For Governor. 1 -.-(By Leased Wire to The Times) ' St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 15 James Gray, of Minneapolis, editorial writer of the Minneapolis Journal and form, erly prohibition mayor, will ' be the democratic nominee for governor of Minnesota. He is the unantmoua choice of the state central committee; which Is meeting here today; , ; : '

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