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PATEXTFRAUDCHARGED
THREE MEN ARRESTED.
Electrical Invention Valued at More
thai: -50, 060,000 Involved.
Washington. Fob. 27. — Three arresu to-day
brought to lig-rst a scandal in the Patent Office
which has been under investigation since early
in February, and which revolves around an in
vention valued at more than $5,000,000. The
men arrest, d are N. W. Barton, third assistant
i xaminer of the Patent Office: Henry E. Ever
• r.c. a patent attorney of Philadelphia, and
John A. Heany. an inventor, of York. Penn.
They had beea indicted by the United States
jrrand jury for conspiracy to defraud the grov
frnmptit arjd for dc^troyiiiK public records. The
indictment chares That the three men. "with nn
intent to *tea! ajid destroy." carried away from
the Patent Office certain letters, specifications
and amendment rokuinp to patents, and unlaw
fully and wilfully d«stroyod thorn. Tho investi-
Bjation \*a? made on information that as> a rosult
of a conspiracy John A. Heany hnd obtained a
patent on an invention for manufacturing fila
m^nts and *"!ecrr<ides for electric incandescent
lamps.
It is alleged that thiouph Doanfvanoe with
Barton. Heany and Everdine outrivallod more
than twenty of the larftest electrical concern? in
tke country StftVaaßl to get th" sanv- patent. All
of the^e concerns had filed applications for a
patent, but from time to tiane Barton. It i*
cha-TBr^d. BNMbM Bee tho spoclfications and «>in
r.ifiy whatever he desired for perfecttas Heany's
invention. To bo successful in this plan it was
ti«rep,igrv to awatroy certain records and file
*'!risTitut»>s therefor.
••?ary Garnrld. after a conference with
f pmm!s.-=ioner Moore, called on Oistri- t Attorney
Bsfcrr lMt Friday, and the latter Immediately
presented the c^-** to fhe prand jury. Sub
jo>n«« were hmH on Monday <itr^ctitiK Barton.
nennar and Everdinp ti> appear before tho grand
jury, and at 3:50 O'clock this afternoon tho in
dictmonts were returned before Justice Stafford
in the Crtalaßßl Court, and bench waitanta were
at once issuod for tho arr-st of tho accused men.
L'aatar saaae pretext tfce men had been kept in
th*« courthouse and Depoty Marshal.-: Stutler,
Hawfctai and R°id served the. warrants imme
dlatelv. As?j«tant District Attorney Jesse C.
_\«2kins and Huatk Taalßsil who have worked up
Ihe ca»> for the Kovernmfnt. consulted Justice
Stafford, who fixod bafl'for tho dofondants at
Jio.nnn. I>aio to-nkjht they were still iraikr%s
r<Yoj-is to procure bondsmen. All of them said
That they did not caro to make any statement,
'- • -t that their innoconco would bo prov*
rWlf«3*:!phia. »b. — Henry B. Eweralinsj has
sn office on rne Mth fls«r of th«* Hal* BuJMnar;.
The «fic^ \K 4i . locked this afternoon and a card
on ■-. door inCornted callers that Mr. Everding
■n«uld i>(miu s.t P:3O a m. Friday.
Y«rK F"nn . Ffh. 27.-John A. Heany ram- to
ihi* city about four year* ago from Philadelphia.
He was the expert for the Totor-Heany Devetop
ing Company for soveral years. Recently his in
ventions cane to the notice or local capitalists,
mi the Heany Fireproof Wire Company «as
nrsrantzed. Heany's most recent invention was
&n incandescent liplu cf sewenty-flve candle
po«c«r -Arifch be claimed did not consume, any-
Baan current than a fixteon randloj»ower lisht.
FIRE OVER MORGAN'S OFFICE
Excitfment in Financial District When Can
cf Turpentine Explodes.
A -P— M fire on the third floor of the Drexel
Buildinsr. N'o. 3 Broad street, which contains the
bankteg rooms cf J. P. Morjran & Co., caused
• ''n^iderab;^ excitement in tho financial district
reaterdjßjr afternoon. It started by the explo
sion of a can of turpentine in an empty room.
■which was being- decorated. One of tho paint
ers waF painfully but not seriously burned.
A fireman passing- the buildlnp turned in an
alarm and the arrival of th" fir" appararoi
catavMi a bip crowd to collect. An ambulance
■was called, and this added to the excltenient,
The firemen made short work of the blaze, the
damape beins: e^tlrr.at< at less than on*
hur,dr-d dollars. WmS and Broad street* were
thronged with , . oj,'.- a? lone a^ Um fm- lasted.
THIEF USES ROPE LADDER
Snipriscd in Architect's Home. But Slides
to Freedom.
A r'l.rclar ■»-.-«: smnrlsed in the bonw of Richard
W* Buckfey. an architect, .-it No. 58 Kast 7*th
BtreetJ ... but escaped before Mr. Buckley
r-sch'-d the top floor artth his revolver. The burg
lar «ole JSO ajid ■ g»W t,rarfl«»t owned by a maid.
The burglar, fho u«>d .i rop<- tadder suspended
from the roof anrJ kSMIhiK lo sn <-xtonsk>n roof
which Is m a l«wl with tho fourth -■•■• window
nf the houpo proper, escaped by moans of his
portable ladder over roofs of tho houses.
There v.ere detectives and policemen stationed
all fifoTind tViis section^ srhich oontahw the homes
of many wealthy penm but the rgiai siippod
through tfcoir nua with the ssnw ease he passed
through th*rn '"rlior in tho night when on ■■- waj
•r. rot» Mr. BucXl«y** bom'-
FORECLOSES ON LABOR LYCEUM
3rooklyn Unions Hit by Mortgage Fore
closure for $25,000.
Justice Carr. of the Supreme Court, granted
permission yesterday to William Mauer to Core
«lo*e his BHirrli?»f on the Brooklyn Central
]>abor Lsceum.L s ceum. al Willoughby and Myrtle ave
nues. The mortgage is for $25,000. It waa re
corded on December 11. 1902.
Joseph, Henry and Charles iMnann, the
brewers, mr tke original mortgageors, but they
assigned the mortgage to Mauer. Only $4,.*{<«o
of •■,' miii li.tii money lias been repaid, and
toe Interest is due from the recording date. Tho
Lyceum adH be sold at public auction. The
pt neadJflc will be a blow to nearly .very labor
union and socialistic organization in Brooklyn,
us nearly all own ,-f.ck in it.
C. M. SANFORITcARKIES BULLET AWAY
Warn I Submit to Operation Unless Surgeons
Use Locai Anaesthetic.
Chaxle. m Sanford. the lawyer, who was ate)
. . LT-tk..— >•>■*"- •»••■»•• l; "; : ;;^
Tuasdav l^ft S.-n,-y limn*"' Brooklyn, >^f
th« Oarfleld Building. N«. 36 <*«*»*«£ the „-
Me refused to rmlt an operation for llm «
,,. 33^?S2SS Sanford hascx-
S2SSS | sal sßßßwatj .inc* the rtooM
TWELVE-YEAR-OLD TO ENTER HARVARD
, By T< !**™P» *» **• Trlbun< • '
.. , V_ A twelve-yeai boy will cuter
W-.on. rob - - A tHe fa ■••"■■ nougwon: son
?™ nJ^ill«n l llou«l,tor.. a Universal*. mi»
»!*«£ of "° n - ■.;..,!,..] wort from the register
DOCTORS VISIT EVANS.
Admiral lias Rheumatic Gout, but
Is in No Danger.
I.in-..T. Feb. -Two IVrnvian physicians. Drs.
l^arri-: and Rospigliosi, to-day paid a profes
sional visit to Roar Admiral Evans, on board the
flagship Connecticut, and alter a consultation
declared that Admiral Evans was suffering from
rheumatic gout, but that his condition was not
serious. A course of treatment was begun.
It is believed that the commander of the fleet
■will be able to direct the movements of the bat
tleships on their departure on Saturday.
MR. EDISON OPERATED ON.
Treated by Dr. Duel Again, This
Time for Mastoiditis.
A second operation was performed yesterday on
Thomas A. Kdison at tbe Manhattan Eye, Ear and
Throat Hospital. This operation, which was per
fornv-d by Dr. Arthur E. Duel, was for mastoidi
tis It was said last nlsht that Mr. Edison's con
dition was serious, though there was hope for his
recovery.
Dr. I>uel said the operation followed r. consulta
ticn. U»OS3 present besides himself being Dr. W.
Gill Wylle. Dr. James F. McKernon and Dr. Brad-
Fbaw, of Orange. N. J., the last named being Mr.
Edison's family physician.
In explaining the trouble Dr. Duel said that fol
lowing the operation on Sunday, when an abscess
which had formed in the middle ear was opened.
a second infection penetrated the inner wall of the
mastold cells, requiring a second operation for
mastoiditis. This operation was fiimilar to one
performed on Mr. Kdison three years ago.
IIEVNE LONG DELAYED.*
German Tramp Steamer Had Des
perate Battle Coming. Across.
Not since tho disabled steamer Ponce was
mlpsinp more than a yoar ago haa n steamship
taken lonerer to make port than did the German
tramp steamship Robert Heyne, which arrived
yesterday with a cargo of chalk from Dunkirk
and Qucenstown.
She left Dunkirk seventy-four days aso and
wont to Queenstown for cargo, leaving that port
on February »>. It took the Heyne twenty days
to fight her way through what Captain Stobe
now s;iid was the wnrst storm he had ever en
oounterpd on the Atlantic Her cargo of chalk
w.-is HgTit. and she rode high in tho water at tho
mercy of th«» gale and sea until about three
days ago. when the weather moderated.
According to th« crew, the little 1,786-ton
vs-'! simply pitched and pound od her ivay
a«*roP3, and that she ever got her»> with h«>r
cargo Intact they considoied miraculous. She
got into a terrific, northwest gale on February
13. and the seas rolled as high as her foremast.
Tons of water washed h^r docks continually, and
carried overboard everything movable on deck.
A long mountainous rombpr that was seen
from the bridge fully threo minutes before it
struck the vessel broke against the house with
terrific force, smashing: In the doors of the rap
tain's quarters and carrying away all the ship's
papers. Xo one aboard was injured.
NEW MERCANTILE HEAD.
John 11. Edwards Slated to Succeed
Seih M. MUlikcn.
The adjourned annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Mercantile National Bank will b<>
held to-day and afterward the directors will
meet and elect a new president to succeed Seth
If. Mfllfken. who announced ( >m.> time iisr> that
\\<- would have to be relieved of the cares of
the presidency. It is understood that John H.
Edwards, who resigned recently as Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, will take Mr. Milll
ken's place.
When F. Augustus Heinze was force,! to re
sign as president last < >ctober as a result of
his connection v. ith the disastrous I'nite.i Cop
per corner Mr. Milliken and bis friends ac
sumed charge of tho bank and piloiod it safely
through the panic period. At the annual meet
ing in January, however, the Gould interests,
ho disposed of the bank a year ago to Mr.
Heinze iiml his friends, again came into control,
and Edwin Gould. William H. Taylor and Will
lam Xolson Cromwell were elected directors.
Mr. Milliken then announced hia intention of
resigning, but agreed to remain in office until a
suitable successor was found. The annual meet
ing was adjourned from January 14 to February
14. and, as no one had been found to take .Mr.
Milliken's place, was further adjourned until
to-day.
MARDI GRAS OPENS.
Parade of Knights of Momvs a
Brilliant Spectacle.
>;• ■ Orleans. Feb. "JT.-'riv- street (lageants
of the Mardi Gr&a carnival began in New Or
leans to-night with the parade of tho Knights of
Monius. Seventeen allegorical floats, each rep
resentlng on« of j32sop's fables, drawn by sev
eral horses anil bearing masked and fantasti
cally dressed Sir Knights, paraded through
packed streets estimated to contain between
50.000 and 00.000 visitors. Thousands "i
torches rendered the procession a blaze of light
and brilliant colors. The floats showed all the
hues of tie rainbow, nearly a year of secret
work having been spent in their preparation.
Following the parade the Knights of Momus,
Btill masked, held an allegorical ball on the
stage of the French Opera House Hero,- as In
the dub balconies during the parade, the con
sideration shown the women spectators was one
of Tli.- mo.st striking features of a brilliant
scene. In the third and fourth galleries every
available bit ol space for spectators was occu
pied iv women, while the men stood about the
corridors or occupied the topmost gallery.
ERIE TO USE HUDSON TUNNEL.
President Underwood Announces Closing of
Coiitract for Through Service.
Montclair. N. J.. Fob. '_'T (Special)*— President
F. D. Underwood of the Erie Railroad has an
noanoed that tli rough aervlce in the McAdoo
tunnel will be available for passengers from
Montclair and other points.
"Tho contract between the Erie Railroad and
th< Hudson River Tunnel Company has already
been signed." said Mr Underwood, "and wo can
make connections with the new tunnel within a
fow months. Tho Erie Railroad will positively
connect with the new tunnel."
President Und«n l also declares that the
Greenwood Lake branch of tho Krio Railroad
in ltf . electrically equipped aa soon as tho
financial conditions warrant tho expenditure In
wived in such an uudeitukins.
RAILRuADS PROTEST. I
BIG LOSSES OF BEFENUE.
Saji They Cannot Comply tdth Re- \
quircments of Xine-IIo;ir Laiv.
Washington, Feb. 27.— Operating officials of rail- j
roads from all pnrt« of the country were in at- :
tendance on the hearing gtv^n to-day by the In- j
terstate Cnmnicrrf CommiFsion on applications fur I
an extension of the time of the going Into effect
of the nine-hour law. ■
C. K. Gray, of the St. Louis & San Francisco j
Railroad, directed attention to what he termed the i
"marvellous depression of the revenues of rail- ,
ways" which had taken place since October 1 last, j
umountiriK in general to Hilly SI per cent. "In ii"
way." said he, "has it beea found possible to in
crease the operating expenses in view of this im- ;
:nense reduction of revenues. Xo manager could ;
havo foreseen SOCfl a slump in revenues as has
Occurred in the last three or four months. The. car
riers ar<- likely to be involved in financial disas
ter if the reduction should continue. if we are
subjected to such an increase of operating <x
pensea as this law contemplates «-o will hare to
ask an increase of rates, gubocquently t<> offset j
this Increased charge." ;
•]s not this a matter." inquired Chairman |
Knapp, 'for legislative r.-ij. f rather than for re- ;
lief from this commission."
Mr. Gray replied that tbe railroads considered it j
necessary to present the matter to Congress, but
delays In legislation wrre always unavoidable and .
reliff was necessary Immediately. He believed un- j
der the law the. commission might afford at .last j
temporary relleT.
Panl«l Willard. vice-president of the Burlington ]
system, said that as to ITS stations on the Bur
lington relief was asked of the commission.
"There Is nothing in this law," said Chairman
Knapp, "which contemplates the Indefinite sus
pension or the abrogation of the law."
11. B. Ferham. presideni of the Order of Railway
Telegraphers, declared that there was no question
about the ability of the railroads to obtain tne
number of operators required under the law.
NOT EARNING FIXED CHARGES.
C. H- Ackert. vice-president and gftierai man
ager of the Southern Railway, testified that as to
three hundred stations his system asked the com
mission for relief. Ho said the decrease in bust
ness on the. Southern Railway since October 1 hail
been tremendous, resulting in part in the taking
off of passenge- trains alone to the amount oC
ti\'f> thousand miles a day. He explain, that it
would be necespary. nndfr the law. for the South
ern to employ two hundred and twenty additional
operators.
"Are you earning your flxed rhargesT" inquired
Mr. Moore, special counsel for the commission.
""We are not." replied Mr. Ackert.
"Are you reducing operating expenses?"
We are," replied Mr. Ackert. "We cannot com
ply with "this law and at the same nine meet our
other obligations. We cannot Increase our ex
penses. and keep out of the hands of the. bondhold- i
pi-s of th*- road. We are struggling- to prevent a !
catastrophe."
"Von nr' virtually asking us," suggested Chair
man Knapp, "to apply the law to one-third ( <t
your ptatlona and abrogate it as to two-thirds of
m?"
"We »r» asking that the time b<» extended." re
plied Mr. Ackert, "until we get the money to
pay."'
"In other words." said Commissioner Knapp,
"Congress has legislated an to ono-thlrd of the s-ta
tions, and you ask us to legislate as to the other
two-thirds."
T. F. Whtttlesey, general manager of the s>ea
board Air LJrie, testified that there had been a. se
rious flump in the revenues of that road in the last
four months, and the company simply did not have
tho monoy with which to pay increased operating
expense".
H. C. kludge, second vice-president of the Rock
Island f=j-stem, s=*id that business had fallen off to
such an extent in the last three months that the
road now had about eleven thousand idle cars.
He asserted that under normal conditions the road
would bo seriously embarrassed! by th«» enforce
ment of the law, but under existine conditions it
would not be able to comply with the new law,
"You want us, then," said Chairman Knapp. "to
make an order anticipatory of a return of pros
perity?"
Mr. Mudgo replied that the Rock Island fortu
nately was in a position to puy its flxed charges,
but it had hoped that the commission tniKht see its
way clear to grant a reasonable extension, because
if prosperity should return to the country as Hud
donly as adversity had come tho system would be
placed in a serious predicament.
Substantially similar argument! \v«re made by J.
G. liav.n. vice-president of the Illinois Central
Railroad, on behalf of that line, the Yazoo & Mis
sissippi Valley and ill" Indianapolis Southern.
"You bav« beard," suggested Chairman Knapp.
"the cases presented here since is. o'clock this
morning. How much of the nine-hour law would be
left if we granted ail the petitions?"
-Ar much, Mr. Chairman," responded Mr. Rawn,
"as the pr.'.'S'-nt conditions would warrant.
BALTIMORE & OHIO'S CONDITION.
George L. potter, operating vice-president of
the Baltimore <fc Ohio, said thai road had already
put the law into operation to a considerable ex
tent, but on the 24th inst. it lacked ninety-three
men. It was proposed to meet this emergency by
closing some offices and by placing a few other
twenty-four-hour ottlces on an eighteen-hour basis.
"In January." said Mr. Potter, "the Baltimore &
Ohio failed even to earn its lixfd charges by $100.
('00, and the indications are thus far in February
that the situation 18 still worse."
A. R. Lawton, ftrst vice-president of the Central
of Georgia Railway, asked a suspension of the law
as to twenty offices. "If we have to comply with
the law," sal'i he. "w< will close these offices. Wo
cannot afford to t-mploy any more men."
Representatives of other lines presented substan
tially the same arguments.
It Is regarded as significant that, with the ex
ception of th« New York Central lines, none of
the great Eastern roads nave applied for exten
sion. In thi> Northwest the Wisconsin Central,
the Great Northern and Northern Pacific are not
represented among the applicants. Under the law
and a ruling of the commission no road which does
not apply for the extension e;tn have the benefit
of any order granting the extension to other lines,
even if such order should be Issued, It Is assumed,
therefore, that the companies which have not ap
plied have made arrangements to conform to the
provisions of the law when it goes into effect on
March i.
Omaha, Feb. 27. — It was announced by the
T'nioi! Pacific, Northwestern and Burlington
railroads to-day that they would observe liter
ally the nine-hour law, which becomes effective
on March 4. These three roads will employ
about two hundred additional telegrapher!? on
lines west of the Missouri River. Train service
is to be curtailed wherever possible. Th* State
Railway Commission ordered ti,.- Union I'aciiic
Railroad to-day to appear on March i and show j
cause why s number of trains on branches aban
doned because of alleged poor business should
not be placed In service again
L. & N. MEN ACCEPT REDUCTION.
Louisville, Feb. !7.— After an all-day conference
between the officials of the Louisville \- Nashville
Railroad and a general committee of adjustment.
headed by J. D. Keene, general chairman ol the
Cider of Railwaj Conductors, it was announced
to-night that the Louisville & N.i . I tie conductors
have agreed to ■ reduction in wages, consisting
of a return to the scale in « ff ect prior to March 1,
-; to take effect March 1. 1908.
, _* — —
WEIGHED 300. FLOATED ALL NIGHT.
anon. iVn'n., Feb. 27— His horses bavins been
washed. away and drowned while he was attempt
ing to ford the swollen Quittaphilla Creek last
night. Solomon Croh, of Cleons. floated on the
water In his boxlike wagon throughout the night
to I>«* rescued to-day by persons who heard his
ehouis for assistance. Croh wi Igha U»re« hundred
pounds; and to get Wm out of the middle <>T the
Mrram ropes .-..•. to led to hln by the aid of
which the wagon was dia«!i aabor*, r.;-j
INDICTS THE THOMASES
SPECIAL JCRV ACTS.
Charged rath Manipnlatmz Provi
dent Life Funds in Stock Deals.
Charged with manipulating the funds of the
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
their own benefit in violation of the state in
surance laws. Edward R. and Orlando F.
Thomas were indicted yesterday by the spatial
grand jurv which two days ago finished an in
vestigation of the affairs of that society. Tho
Indictments were handed up to Justice Dowllng
in the afternoon; two were, found ajrainFt E. 11.
and one against Q. F. Thomas.
Accompanied by counsel, the Thomases were
promptly arraigned, pleaded "not guilty." and
were released in $5,000 hail for each indictment.
Which tho Fidelity and Deposit Company, of
Maryland furnished. The indictments charge
Violation Of Section 36 of the insurance law.
which is a misdemeanor and punishable by a
fine of .^x>. imprisonment for one year or both.
In reality the indictments are the result of
their speculations in the stock market. Both of
them carried large blocks of stocks on margin
through the brokerage firm of Thomas, Maday
& <V>.. uhich was forced to suspend several
weeks ago, and it was to protect these stocks.
the indictments allege, that the Thomases vio
lated the Insurance law by depositing and loan
ing funds of the Provident society to different
banking and trust companies on the ,-ondition
that the deposits should in turn be loaned to the
brokerage firm of which a son of O. F. Thomas
\\ as a member.
The indictments allege that the Thomases used
the funds of the insurance company to enable
customers of Thomas. Maclay & < "o. to -play
the market**— to buy or sell stocks on margin.
TWO COUNTS AGAINST K. EL THOMAS.
The first indictment accuses "E. EL Thomas of
the crime of unlawfully being pecuniarily in
terested in a loan from an insurance company,
of which corporation he was'then a director,"
and is based on two specific counts. The first
i.s a loan of >:i(Mt.<MK» of tho Provident society's
funds to the Italian-American Trust Company
with the understanding that that bank should
loan it to Thomas. Maclay & Co. so the brokerage
firm might pay a demand loan from the Hamil
ton Bank and thus prevent its failure and re
sultant financial loss to Mr. Thomas; the second
alleges that the loan was not on a policy issued
by the company and therefore Is a violation of
the insurance law.
K. H. Thomas is accused in the second indict
ment of "unlawfully receiving a valuable thin?
for procuring a loan from an insurance com
pany, in which he was then a director." It says
thai '^i February ."». l'.H>7. h-> procured a loan of
$30,000 for the L'nion Bank of Brooklyn, from
th* 1 Provident Life. Five days before this h«
got a loan of H6M96 from that bank and
agreed In return, it in charged, to %f>t the Provi
dent society to make (t a loan, -which part of
hie contract he carried out."
HISTORY OF THEIR DEALINGS.
An account of the stock speculations of the
Thomases, especially of E. U., is given in th«
indictments. According to the indictments tho
brok.-rage. firm lent them largo, sums of money
on -demand notes, which the Thomases validly
guaranteed, to speculate in stocks on margin.
To got this money to advance to the Thomases
the firm had to borrow .itself. This it did from
various financial companies in this and other
Cities, givinp as collateral securities of its own
and its customers, the indictments say. These
loans, too, were mainly payable on demand. If
any of them should be called tbe firm could pro
t.-et Itself by calling some of the Thomas loans.
Two wrre called, and to meet them the firm
called upon the Thomases. They in turn, the in
dictments charge; deposited funds of the insur
ance company which they controlled on the con
dition that the depositary companies should
make loans to Thomas. Maclay & Co.
Furthermore, the first indictment charges that
the securities deposited by Thomas, Maclay
& Co to secure their loans were not listed on the
Stock Exchange and wen- of a questionable
character, and says E. R. Thomas knew this.
On this point the indictment says:
\monc tbe said Indebtedness of Thomas Maclay
& Co. were certain loans the payment of which
had been heretofore valldly guaranteed by K R.
"Thomas." Including the following: Two hundred
thousand dollars from the Metropolitan Trust Com
nani-made; December 20, 1905; $100,000 from same
co,,,panv made February =1. 1907;. 1100.000 from the
Mercantile National Bank, made December 27. 1905
jldO.ooo from same company, made August 20. 1908
$100,000 from same company, made January -2. 1.«i. :
$100000 from same bank, made March .. 19OT; *150.0W
from tho Bowling Green Trust Company, made
January 29. ISO7, and $30,000 from the Mount Morris
I;';u;k on January 24. 19d6. „
All of these limns were outstanding and unpaid
on \pril 2 ISO7 and were payable on demand, and
for the payment of each of which K. R. Thomas
was personally liable by reason of his guarantee.
FEARED SLUMP IN MARKET.
Thus, on April 2, when Thomas, Maclay & Co.
owed more than $900,000, which amount the firm
had a right to demand from E. H. Thomas at
any time, tho Hamilton Hank, to which the firm
was indebted, called a demand loan tor $100,000.
Thomas. Maclay & Co., the indictment says,
did not have $100,000 on that day, and called
upon K. R, Thomas for it. Mr. Thomas saw
that failure by the company to meet this loan
would moan that payment of other loans would
be demanded, and in default of such payment,
tin Indictment points out, the securities pledged
as collateral would be dumped on tho. market and
"said securities, because of their kind and nature,
would then and there have sold for considerably
less than the price being paid lor securities of
the same kind sold in small lots."
In the event of such sales, the collateral which
Thomas had guaranteed would have gone for
loss than the amount of the loans, and because
of his guarantees be would have had to make
good the deficit. It was therefore obviously to
his advantage to supply the tlrm with $100,000
to meet the Hamilton note. To do this Mr.
Thornaes, the indictment charges, used the
funds of the Provident Society.
The Indictment against O. F. Thomas states
that he guaranteed the following loan- to
Thomas, Maclay & 'o. : $50,000 from the Empire
Trust Company, mado January .'.'!. 1907; $25,006
from the Oriental Hank, made December 26,
1!>00, and $10,000 from the Bank of Wayne, made
August 4. I»©6. For each of these loans be made
himself personally liable. Thomas, Maclay &
Co. owed the Hudson Trust Company on March
8, 1905, $75,000 on a domand note. On that date
it called the loan and the brokerage company,
having only $25,000 with which to meel it, called
upon Mr. Thomas for $50,000. Here was the
same situation that confronted E R. Thomas.
<>. K. Thomas met it in the same way, the in
dictment says.
The transactions on which the grand iury
based the flrsl and third indictments wew simi
lar to those originally disci trered by S. M. Wolfe,
a consulting actuary, who made an examination
of th< society for the Colorado Insurance De
partment, and the results of which examination
were published In The Tribune on January :'i.
Justice Dow ling gave counsel for the Thomases
until March it> In which t ( > prepare demurrers if
.-... inclined
ORMOND-DAYTONA AUTO RACES
Mcli. 2-7. TI •■ •-• I •'-' -I Florida Mini;- d -daily
all I'uilrran travels sliortesl route. Through I'ine
hurstrCamden-Savannali. The A. C. A. uses this
train 0O I'bth.' Oflico US3 Udwy.— Advt
.1//.V7-; IMI'RISOXS :«<>.
Entombed bm Explosion of Gas m
Mexico.
San Antonio. Tex.. Keb. 27.— A special from
S.-ibinPs. Coahulla. Mexico, says that at .=> o'clock
this morniner there wa.s an explosion of -' • - n
mine No. 3 of the Cla. Carbon 6e Sabinas mine-;
at Rosita. There are about two hundred BW«
working in *b« mine, and up to 7:30 o'clock a* m.
none has come out. It is expected that many
are dead or badly injured.
A -[. cjal train has left her- with physicians.
MISSOURI FOR TAFT.
Four Negroes Chosen Alternates b$
State Convention.
St. Louis. Feb. 27.— Resolutions favoring the
candidacy of Secretary William H. Taft for
President and comjiiendins; the administration
of President RoosvreJi wore adopted by the Re
pubhean State Convention here to-day. In ad
dition Attorney General Herbert s Hadley was
indors.-d as tho Republican nomine" for Gover
nor; Charles Nago!, <>r St. l.ouis. was made the
choice of tho cotivtntion for national committee
man and four delegatcs-at-largo to tbe national
convention and four alternates were selected.
Tho. convention was composed or 1.074 delegates
from tho sixteen Congress districts, one for
each 300 votes cas»t for Piealdem* in 1904
The delegates chosen were United States Sen
ator "William Warner. Attorney General Her
bert S. Hadley. John H. Bothwell. of Sedalia.
and John R. Holmes, of Joplin. Senator Warasr,
who was made permanent chairman, presided.
The alternates, who aro negroes, aro Nelson
Crews, of Kansas City; J. R. A. Crossland. of
St. Joseph: C. K. Robinson, of St. Louis and
H. G. Phillips, of Sedalia.
At the do.se of the convention resorotioaa men
adopted rcafflrmins 'devotion to the doctrine.*
and principles of our party." Cwnllnuftßgt trio
resolutions were, in part:
We indorse especially the administi of
Theodoro Roosevrii and commend his efforts to
secures square deal forall tbe people. Through
out his administration the rights of the common
people havo been recognized and upheld as never
before in the history of this country..
We believe William H. Taft to be the logical
candidate of th" Republican party for th? Presi
dency of the United States, that he represents
the Republican principles and policies which for
tho last decado have made this the gresitosi and
best ruled nation on earth, and wo hereby in
dorse hi* candidacy for President and pledge him
our active, support and co-operatloß to hrin*
about his nomination and election, it behasj our
firm conviction that there could b<> no safer or
nr<> experienced statesman t.< guMe "Ur futnre
national destinies.
And in fnrtheranr* of thi> sentiment -ve liere
by instruct our delegates to tho national con
vention to cast their votes for William H. Taft
and to uso all honorable mram to »ecwr« his
nomination for tho Presidency
Tb" records of Senator Warner an<l the P»<?
puhlican Representatives from Missouri in Con
gross were also Indorsed, and tho convention ad
journ od.
BRYAX SCEXTS TREASON.
Say 8 Money Is Being Used— Also
Attacks Bidder.
: By jtlßßissli to TJi<" Ttnmmt, i
Lincoln. Neb.. Feb. 27. Charging that money
is boinsr BMd to defeat the will of tho. Demo
cratic party in the select ten of doKgates to the
Denver convention. W. J. Bryan will publish the
following in the "Commoner" to-morrow:
Watch the personnel of delegations to Denver.
Money Is being; used in some of the states of tho
Mississippi Valley to secure a delegation who
will be obedient to the predatory interests. Vig
ilance is necessary Put none but trustworthy
men on guard. The Democratic masses are
aroused and they must not be betrayed by rep
resentatives of the system.
Mr. Bryan follows this up with a charge that
Herman Rldder, of New Toatt, is travelling in
th.^> South working against the selection of dele
gates Instructed f>>r Bryan, and adds:
But why should rank and Hie Democrats
to their representatives the duty of doing
tbe rank r-nd tile should do? So fat as Mr.
Bryan is concerned he bas noi asked and will
not ask for th-> vote of any man oi ai v ■ ,-.
Hi> does say, however, thai it Is th- dnty of
Ufmocrats in precinct county and stal •n
ventlon to Instruct their delegates aa to then*
choice for the Democratic nominee.
SOME CAPITOL VALUES.
Wide Discrepancy Between Experts'
Prices and Those State Paid.
rlarriaburg, Penn., r>b. 27. -The first wit
nesses Introduced in rebuttal i;. the Capitol trial
to-day were font furniture experts, thr Hi
whom were sab-contractors under Sanderson,
one of the defendants, and tbe other from Mil
waukee. Before their testimony was taken the
defence argued strenuous!) for nearly two hoars
against the admission of their evidence, bat waa
overruled.
Tho testimony of the experts showed that ths
rostrums of the nate and House caucus rooms,
for which the state paid Sanderson $!M>.74580.
were worth $4,000; that tho bootblack stand for
which Sanderson collected Sl.»">l!> 'JO was worth
$18250. that a sofa for which Sanderson re
ceived $1,920 waa worth $2SO, and thai another
sofa for which Sanderson collected $358 was
worth $120.
This testimony also showed thai the Speaker's
chair, for which Sanderson K"t ST*'' l was worth
X1T"»: that the fifty Senate desks, for which San
derson received $285 eaten, were worth $Boi and
that the Bouse desks, for which Sanderson
chnrped $2^"> each, were worth Sl<>.~.
YONKERS WATER BONDS BRING 109.788
High Bid Made by N. W. Harris & Co. for
Issue of $100,000
\ $100,000 issue ..f Yonkers forty yeau watet
bonds bearing S pet cent interest were sold
yesterday at the highest price eret paid for a
similar security in that city. The bSSMb Vtfl
purchased by N W. Barrta & <"o. ol New York,
who put in a bill of i««>.7s.s for the entire Isswe.
There were eleven other bMMerm, the bids rnn
nitiK from HH.S to the blKh mark -et Iv the
Harris company, In Um hurt adaataistrattoa <>f
the city, long before the Pnanc lal paalr, th.-
Mayor had difficulty in disposing of a similar
Issue at i«h; ;inti this had been >.t aa the high
est mark which could poaafMy be expected tma
the preaenl lot.
SAY MANAGER EMBEZZLED $36,000.
PJqua. Ohio. Feb. T,.— J. M. HudMon, mi Ij
nn rotary- uret and general nHUUSSi of th*
Piqua Flour Company, was placed under arrest
to-day, charged with ths emb«aieaa«M of 136.000
.if the company'i money. It hi s<uii h*> lost ti.<
money in stock speculatioii Mr. Hudasa asserts
lhat he made .ickn>i\\ leilir. in. • t of his xhort.»RC.
tinned ovei $17,500 in st<>«k and money t<« *he com
, ,•. , the tir«-t of the year, ;<m«l rfcelvctl therefor
a receipt, which will protect him from the chars*
of embeszlcinent. . -v_
PRICE THREE CKNTS.
INDIAN WAIILV SENATE
HOT, 111 T NO BLOOD SHED.
Oicen mnd Curtis li'i-id Verbal
Tomahawk* mnd Scalping Knives.
; frnm Th- TflbrtM Bur»au. \
Washington^ Tt-br 27.— Tomahawks and .«ca!p
ins knives were brandished in tSe Senate f>
day when Brave i Hrem «>f Oklahoma, and Brav**
Curtis, or Kansas, rawawd *>ver an apparently
innocuous amendment which the Senator frmn
Oklahoma sought, wstl true Indian strategy; V*
insert in the Indian appropriation bill, anil
which. if ador«ted. would have probably made
.tear the title of Mr. • 'wen to that 3.000-acre
ranch which, with small sums of cash and lar*»
amounts r.f persuasive oratory, he has almost*
priK-iir. />im his brother Indiana. Just how
much actual money \\a.-« at stake when th»
Owen amendment was j>ein? debated Senator*
did not know, but there some who »<«timat«»
that Mr. Owen'a *thre>» thousand acre* must b#»
worth not less than $200 an acre, arMcll wou!d
brin«c the nor«« up to $60«.0O0. There are
others, however, who. reca!Ur.s: Mr. Kar«»
laconic ccmmMit on Texa.« land, declare that
this is too liberal an estimate for land so near
the Lbsm Ma State.
Consideration of the b:!i had not proceeded far
when a provision authorixlng the Secretary of
the Interior to sell for the b»n*>ftt of Indian
tribes lands an.l buildings belonging to them
but used for Kov<rnnient school? was reached.
Senator Owen then proposed hii harralesa ook
injc little amendment. It r«a*i
•'On lands h-retofore »mwt4 by laal late Fits
Civilized Trib*s."
In se»'ktnjj M havo the word; "late" placed be
fore "Five Civilized Trib*-s" he declared that h»
wanted to record the d-.irh ••f the old tribal
relations
FEN'ATOR CTIITI9 AROUSED.
Senator Curtis, Ike only other Indian in th»
Senate, saw the point and objected. Then the
taaaakawhs wen brought out. and for a few
moments it looked as if there would be bioodl
shed. Mr Cavthi pointed out that this lancuase
would operate to remove all restriction now at
taching to the alienation of th*tr lan.l- by the
Indiar:s-
Mr. Owen -;ia!nrain«.l that ther- were mm
laawrr any .Indians in Oklahoma, as they were
n.-vw all citizens si the United State*.
Mr. Curtis -one It interrupt amirs. ar.<i Mr.
Owen tin usiiuti declined to yWd the floor.
•'The F^nator fr.>m KaasaM finds no objection
in the espres^n "late Delaware?* becau?** th*»
Delawares havo boon absorbed by the Chero
kee*." he aatd, -but the Cn«Tr*e»9 f»T« been
absorb*-.! a»jr OMahiia— mmi are now <-»t»;<»n<« •*
the VnitH OlalWl. uri.i shnu'ul n<-» IsaanVT suff-r
the domination ot the Department of the In ~
terior."
Hero a paief.T from West Virsiana. I'r-
Scott, undertook* to pass the calumet— that i?.
he _tl»wwil an explanation, «Mrt dM rt"t
tw«H to tmnm mu<-h 'i ht on tho situation.
"Both Senators are undoubtedly rajM." said tSr.
Bcott, who loves th- via m«dla with a passionate
devotion, and he proce-ded to #>xpUin. In ris
ing he said:
"Now that I have prexr: tho pr"po?ition. -
appeal to the Senator from Oklahoma to kit tf
I am not right."
"You are not." rrs*Ued M- Owen, with awn
brevity than tIWUHJF. -There arc no Indian?
m tho so-called Five C*raa*a»i Tribes. Am I. a
Senator of the United States, an Indian, a ward,
an alien?"
•Yes. and rather .t bnd Indian." murmur^ th»
literary member of the Senate. awM Toce.
Then arop« Mr. Cor* Hal blind Senator tn \
OUahoaaa. 'Mr. President. I move that th-»
Senate Immediately recognize tho belligerent
rights of the two bt Meeaw Indians." h.e said,
! and in the laugh which followed, the hour of 'JI
arrived, and the Aldrfch bill was laid before th«
Sena
fiWHN' KKTIT.NS TO ATTACK.
When ii tor MeCreary had made a brief
speech on th>? financial bill, huwerer, Mr. Owen,
returned t<> tka attack, renewing his declara
tion that the Five Civilized Tribes had ceased
to exist.
Mr. CnrtM protested that they did exist, an<i
pointed tu Int fact that they had chiefs and +
legislature of their own. Mr. O-\ert bru?hei
these fact3 aaada with ■ wave of the hamJ.
"That merely proves lhat they d.v not enjoy
their rights," be said. "Their chiefs are ap
pointed by the Secretary of the Interior. Th»<r
legislators «re under his domination. Their
leaders — merely his c!erk>=." and he mado am
eloonenl plea for the relief of the Indians from
"bureaucratic rule."
Senator MeCumber. "■ member of •-.-> Indian
Committee, then t<x>k th-- floor and proceeded
to cTtttctse the SeauMoa' from Oklahoma.
•I doni believe that any sympathy toiilfj be
aated on Senator Owen." h*» said. "He"s ob
viooaly able to take- care of his own interests.
I do not believe that sympathy should be wasted
on Ike white man. who. havirij from one-eighth.
to one-twentieth Indian blood In hi.-* veins,
boasts of it because of the homestead the gov
ernment gives him.. Tmo sympathy wi!! gr> t»»
th»- full blood Indian, of whom them ar» many
in the »i. •,« State of Oklahoma, and who shout'!
be protected in his property rights, because he
cannot protect them, cannot compete with th»
white man. For him Ihe government should* do
soanethißMj because it aaa robbed him of hi3
heritago."
Mr. Owen declare! that the white man had
robbed Um Indian of Mn than bis heritage '
his self-reliance ar.ii hia self-respect. "The In
dian is s»-lf-supporting. n- supported himsei*
before- Columbus landed on these shores." he de
clared.
Mr. MeCumber made short work of that ar
gument.
"As awaia |ta robbed him of his land. h<
said significantly, "hn downfall besjan. Th*»
Indian bdassjja I* th»* land. Yon cannot elevate
him and cannot trust him with th»' property, or
the white man or the Hv;hth. blood will <et it."
Aft) r BMN protestations on the part of Mr.
Owen, and so:n»- debate on the lescal eff*»«-t <>f
the proposed amendment. Mr. Lods»« took the
r'.oor and declared that this amendment would
effect a reversal of all t^»»> legislation of ♦\>n
irress. thoughtfully conceived and carefully en
acted t>> protect th»» Indians. n<- pointed ti> th*
fact that no one had e\, I- denied that the S'.x
Sations were Indians (■•<-, i ■!-■■ they \ver»» also
cltizt-ns t'f tho J'ntte.i States, and expr^sst-d the
hope thnt the amendment would r.ot pa.-«».
Mr Owen caasl the only affirmative vote for
the m*»nilm»'nt.
Tka Secretary of Um Interior bbm caused an
investigation to be made Into the m«-th«>«l by
which Senator Owen acquired the options ■•!»
th« thref thousand BCflni or moro which, beneath
|ka snt'.icc were involved in to-day's dVbate.
550 TOUR TO FLORIDA.
l-a»t of the season via l'»nnsvhant,» ft-tiiroail
Lcavea New fork Slarrh 3. Special PoUbbui train
t.» Ja<kson\i!le T:.k» Is znn.\ returnins until May
St. ItnwrrWa anJ f U information of Ttokat
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