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fit- "c-- y Jy- - THE ROCK AND FIFTY-SEVENTH YEAR. NO. 30. THE ARGUS. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 21, 1907. PRICE TWO CENTS. WILL REFUSE SEAT SH PALSY HEARST IS HELD New York Editor Must Answer Charge of Libeling W. A. Chanler. AROTS COMPLETES THE ORDEAL OFFERED A BRIBE WALSH BAH NOT A LOSER HITS J. United States Senate Disposed to Reject New Oklahoma Representatives President Gompers of A. F. of L. Tellsof Being Approached for the Manufacturers. CA MRS. HARTJE WINSAGAIN Superior Court Refuses to Reopen Notorious Divorce Case. n? Mrs. Bradley Leaves the Stand After a Rigorous Cross Examination. HER CASE IS DAMAGED Letters Indicate . Frequent Quarrels and Threat to Com pel Brown to Marry. Washington, Nov. 21. Mrs. Anna Bradley completed her romantic nar native concerning her relations with former Senator Brown of Utah at 12:25 today. She had been on the stand since Tuesday morning and while in really better condition than when she entered upon the recital, she manifested much relief when she was excused. The proceedings today con sisted of the conclusion of the cross examination and redirect examination. A number of letters were read and many facts relative to the intimacy between the woman and the former senator were brought out. although all of them were in line with those pre viously developed. Letter Play Part. Washington, Nov. 21. It becomes evident that various letters written by former Senator Brown to Mrs. Brad ley and those written by Mrs. Bradley to Brown will form an important part of the testimony in the case and the government will rely largely upon Mrs. Bradley's letters to Brown to sus tain its contention that the killing was premeditated and that there were two sides to the relationship between the ex-senator and Mrs. Bradley. The cross-examination of Mrs. Brad ley was resumed at 10:10 this morn ing. Arrented Three TluifK. Mrs. Bradley stated both she and Brown were arrested three times ,for adultery, and that Mrs. Brown insti gated the arrests and notwithstanding the arrests she continued her relations with Brown. Mrs. Bradley told of visits to her by her pastor. Rev. Dr. Utter, to the Idaho farm in 1002. "Didn't Utter tell you the senator would never marry you?" "I scarely spoke to him on the sub ject." Threatened tA Vuet Revolver. "Didn't you say to Utter if Brown did not marry you voluntarily "you would make him?" "Didn't lie ask how you were going to do it, and didn't yau sav: 'Arthur Brown is a coward at heart and if he refuses I will press a revolver against his heart?' " With flashing eye Mrs. Bradley quickly denied the statement. Next questioned concerning a meet ing at Pocatello with Mrs. Brown she gave particulars of the interview with that lady. lne(Ion Parentage. "She said she did not believe Ar thur was the senator's son," said Mrs. Bradley. "Speaking of Mrs. Brown," she added, "the senator had said he was not.., I said he said the same thing about Max." Witness said Brown admitted he had said this because Max looked so un like him. Mrs. Bradley told of Brown's purchase of the. revolver he gave her, telling her to use it for protection against Mrs. Brown. Mention "the Prleat." The questions then dealt with the subject of Brown's jealousy of her and several names were mentioned, including one who was designated as "the priest." She repeated the names in the letter to the senator to which she added, "let us forgot them and sip life's nectar from each other." Asked to explain this Mrs. Bradley said Brown always called Utter "the priest," and said there was no foundation for Brown's jealousy. Mrs. Bradley testified Brown and she frequently quarreled. On one oc casion she struck him in the mouth with an umbrella because of the cruel things he said to her. - Other Men In the- Cane. Extracts from letters of Mrs. Brad CASHIER CAMPBELL GRAND JURY'S MARK Officer of Borough Bank of Brooklyn Held for Larceny and Forgery in $20,000 Bail New York, Nov. 21. An indictment charging larceny and forgery . was re turned today by the grand jury against Arthur D. Campbell, cashier of the Borough Bank of Brooklyn, recently closed. Campbell was arraigned, plead cd not guilty and was held in $20,C00 bail. APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR Members Now in Washington Say Ex ecutive Exceeded Power in Act ing Before Election. Washington, Nov. 21. When con gress meets a week from next Monday there will be one state which will be entirely without representaton in the senate. That state will be Oklahoma, just admitted to the sisterhood. The new commonwealth will be without representation in the senate for a month or more; in fact, until her first legislature assembles and formally elects two senators. The first official act of Governor Charles N. Haskell after assuming of fice was to appoint Thomas P. Gore, the blind orator, and Robert L. Owens as United States senators to hold of fice until a legislature should be elected. Hold Power Ksceerieil. If these two men present their cre dentials on opening day they will not be accepted. This is the opinion of senators w-ho have expressed them selves on the case, as they hold that under the federal constitution the gov ernor has no power to appoint sena tors. It is said this is the first in stance where a governor of a state newly admitted has sought to appoint senators before the meeting of the legislature. CALEB POWERS WINS; VENIRE DISCHARGED Charges 'Of Undue Political Influence Prompt Judge Morris to Take Action. Georgetown, Ky., Nov. 21. The at torneys for Caleb Powers in his fourth trial won for him yesterday the first substantial victory in his fight for life and liberty when Special Judge Morris sustained the motion to discharge the second venire. The main contention has been that politic has been injected into the w-atf-aH ertorrr-triritSTt'' that an effort to continue this condi tion has been made in the venire of 200 men summoned from Harrison county and that the defendant could not obtain justice. It has been argued that the 12 men ultimately selected to try the case would all be democrats. For this rea son counsel for Powers attacked the venires drawn from Harrison county. Proof was forthcoming as to the po litical character of those sections of Harrison county from which the ven iremen were summoned. Following the order discharging the econd venire Judge Morris overruled the motion to discharge the first, de claring that the objections to it had not been sustained. ley to Brown were read, in which the names of Schroeder, Evans, McGuire and "the priest" were mentioned. Mrs. Bradley declared Brown's jeal ousy of these men was not justified. She added these gentlemen would be astonished to learn their names were eferred to. When the relations be tween herself and Brown first became known to Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Bradley said the senator instantly advised her to say nothing and deny everything. At 11:22 the cross-examination was concluded. Phj-sleiun on Stnml. The afternoon session began at 1:20. The first witness was Dr. Whit ney of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Bradley's physician, who testified Senator Brown come to him on one occasion regarding treatment being given Mrs Bradley in consequence of a criminal operation performed upon her. RefiiNed to Compromise. Major Samuel King and Colonel M. M. Kaighn, Sale Lake City attorneys who interviewed Mrs. Bradley for Brown in 1902 with the object of get ting her to compromise with him for money, testified she refused to do so, Mrs. Bradley told Kaighn the entire story of her relationship with Brown and insisted when he first began to make advances toward her she re pelled them. Said She Wan AhiiNed. Kaighn said Mrs. Bradley came to him in a frenzy, and charged him with being a friend of Arthur Brown. She said to him Brown was abusing her and her family frightfully and that Brown performed three criminal oper ations upon her and was scandalizing her for not submitting to a fourth. Shot Aronsed Her. Washington; Nov. 21. "He just rushed to me. I don't know what he said. I don't know anything I did until I heard a shot, which seemed to arouse me. He just walked the floor and swore. I did not know he was shot. I did not take aim. I did not know anything about it." Thus Mrs. Bradley yesterday de- (Continued on Page Eight.) Oil Magnate Declines In vitation to Feast in His Honor. CAME FROM ST. PAUL Commercial Club Proposed Banquet in Appreciation, of Public Service. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 21 A letter was received today by President Losk of the Commercial club from John D. Rockefeller, expressing Rockefeller'. regret at not being able to attend a banquet which it was proposed to give at the club in honor of Rockefeller. Hailed um Phtlnntltropint. Invitations were ready some time pending Rockefeller's acceptance, and it is stated the banquet and reception was to have been "in recognition and appreciation of that which he has done for philanthropy, education and the re cent unselfish act of pledging his for tune for the benefit of the commercial ami financial interests of our country." lilvex Money Situation an ExeiiMe. Rockefeller gave ill health of Mrs. Rocktft:lier and the financial situation as reasons for his inability to attend. BANK DESTROYED BY FIRE Harlem institution Burns with Loss of $300,000. New York, Nov. 21. Sulzer's Har lem bank was totally destroyed by fire today. The loss is $300,000. Mrs. Lena Leister Jumped from the third story into a blanket, breaking both legs. FORAKER BOOMED OHIO-REPUBLICANS JOLT MRrTAFT Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 21. Senator Joseph Benson Foraker was "vindica ted" yesterday by the executive and advisory committee of the Ohio League of Republican clubs, in joint session. The senator was endorsed for re election to his Washington seat and declared to be the league's choice for the republican presidential nomination. The nomination of the senator, the resolution of endorsement said, would at this time of business depression GAVE AWAY RIGHTS OF WHICH THEY Ilinois & Michigan Canal Commission Deny Responsibility for Believe to be Therefore Invalid Shaking Up for Chicago, Nov. 21. Prospects that the state will be able to oust the Economy Light and Power company from the Desplaines river and reclaim that and the Illinois river for the purposes of a deep waterway were brightened yes terday by the results of the legislative nvestigation of the Illinois and Michi gan canal board. Evidence is being developed to show the private concern is an interloper in the river, that the. rights and priv ileges conferred on it by the canal board are worthless, and that the ob struction which it has placed or is placing in the Desplaines rier must be removed. If the contentions of the state be sustained a. far-reaching scheme of water power development by private individuals will collapse, the way will be opened for the building of a ship canal - with money to be earned by water power developed by the state, the opposition maintained by a clique of politicians will be overthrown and Illinois can proceed in good faith toi ask its voters next year to authorize the issuance of $20,000,000 worth of bonds for the building of the channel. Will Affeet Other Work. If the contentions of the state be sustained the Dresden Heights dam, now being built, not only will have to come out, but the entire framework of the Economy Light and Power com pany, including dam No. 1 in the Des plaines river at Joliet, will be swept away. Attorney Merritt Starr, who is act ing both for Governor Deneen and the legislature committee, had introduced in the record of the investigation, dur ing the afternoon, a reference to the ordinance of 1787 declaring all streams contributory to the Mississippi and St Lawrence rivers navigable and pro claiming they should forever be held free for the use of the public as high ways. Canal Comminution Convinced. Mr. Starr and Attorney William A. Meese have shown to the satisfaction New York, Nov. 21. Justice Wyatt in the court of special sessions today held William R. Hearst to the grand jury on the charge of criminal libel preferred by William Astor Chanler. S. S. Carvalhe gave bail for Hearst. RAIL STRIKE IN INDIA IS SERIOUS Business Pfralyzed and Prices of Food stuffs Are Rapidly Rising Disorder Begins. Calcutta, Nov. 21. A British regi ment has left Fort William for Asanol. Bengal, a junction of the East Indian & Bengal and Nagpur railroads where railroad strikers are looting cars. Government business is almost at a standstill. At Simla the official cap ital is isolated. Prices of provisions are rapidly rising. HUNTED BY WHOLE SALVADOREAN ARMY John Moissant, American, Arrives Frisco After Flight from Cen tral Republic. In San Francisco. Cal., Nov. 21. After a desperate flight into the mountains of Salvador and a week's perilous journeying in the jungles of Honduras. John Moissant, upon whose head the government of Salvador set a high price, returned to San Francisco, his former home. Moissant escaped from Salvador while the entire army and navy of the Central American republic was searching for him. Big Bleachery Suspends. Hamburg, Nov. 21. The firm of J.J. Moeller, operating a big bleachery at Altoona, suspended today. The liabil ities are $2,000,000. FOR NOMINATION; and financial uncertainty arouse the old-time spirit of republicanism, re store confidence, and insure victory." Friends of Secretary Taft evinced no alarm at the Foraker meeting. They said that now perhaps the question of "Taft or Foraker" might be put be fore the people. They also pointed out a clause in the constitution of the league which prohibits any pre-conven-tion expression of sentiment, as a league. of the legislators and of the canal commissioners themselves that the agreements and leases which the canal board has given the Economy people are full of holes and that the canal commissioners acted ignorantly and in excess of their powers. They also succeeded before the close of the afternoon session in showing that the water power rights of the state were not the negligible quanti ties which the - canal commissioners declared them to be when they gave away the privileges at Dresden Heights. With Superintendent Leon McDon ald on the stand, it was brought out that at the time the canal board gave away the rights which it attempted to surrender at Dresden Heights it was obtaining a revenue of over $2G,000 a year from water power rights leased at four points along the canal. When it was obtaining this revenue it surrendered the state's privileges at Dresden Heights for 20 years, if not in perpetuity, for $2,200. TurnM Bnek on I.enne. The principal witness was Commis sioner William Sackett, who had two sessions with Mr. Meese and Mr. Starr, ! one In the morning and one in the afternoon. In the morning he prac tically repudiated the leases to the Economy company, saying he did not know they contained the grants which they were disclosed to containe, and that he signed them at the recommen dation of the attorney of the board, Charles L. Walker of Rock Island, who has been summoned to the inquiry, but who has furnished a physician's cer tificate to the effect he is ill. Mr. Sackett said he could not ap prove such grants as had been given and certainly would not approve them now. It was suggested by( Mr. Starr that he be given an opportunity to refresh his memory and that he be called for the afternoon session. : Saw Snively. When he came back he knew the commissioners had regarded some of BLOW FOR HUSBAND Petition Alleging New Evidence Thrown Out and Wedded State Continues. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 21. Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje, who was sued for a divorce by her husband, F. Augustus Hartje, the Pittsburg millionaire, won a complete victory in the Pennsylvania superior court today wnen that tribu nal affirmed entirely the decision of the Allegheny county court which re fused to grant Hartje a divorce. PetitiouM Ileuied. Petitions filed by Hartje asking the superior court' to reopen the case on the ground of newly discovered evi dence were denied. SPEAKER CANNON IN WRECK Car Thrown Across Track, But Does Not Overturn. Danville, 111., Nov. 21. Speaker Can non was in a railroad wreck at Bis marck, 111., a short distance from Dan ville, yesterday. He escaped Injury. Train No. 14 of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad ran into an open switch, derailing two cars. The one iu which Speaker cannon was riding turned squarely across the track, but miragulously did not overturn. Beyond being badly shaken up, none of the passengers or trainmen was injured. COMER IN HOPEFUL VIEW Governor of Alabama Declares WealWr 1ower "Ts Checked. Montgomery, Ala,, Nov. 21. "Insane commercialism and reliance on the power of wealth has received a check," says Governor Comer in his Thanks giving proclamation today. "There is less evidence of thoughtless and re morseless combinations made for the purpose of undue gain," he continues. Lake Shore Official III. Chicago, Nov. 21. General Manager E. A. Handy of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad is critical ly ill at a hospital here. KNEW NOTHING Economy Lease, Which Attorneys State Politicians. the grants as beyond their power to confer. "Who has refreshed your memory?" asked Mr. Starr. "Mr. Snively," said Mr. Sackett. Mr. Sackett recalled there had been considerable consideration given to such privileges as the power to dredge the Illinois river, deflect the water of the Kankakee, and dam the Desplaines. "It is my recollection that Mr. Gris wold and Mr. Monroe were told these grants were beyond our authority," he said, "and that they accepted them at their own risk." Hint of Dlaeloaurea. Up to date no hint of wrongdoing has crept into the record, but the in vestigators are on the track of evi dence which may or not be forthcom ing. It may bring unpleasant disclos ures for some politicians. A mere mention of the name of Con gressman Howard Snapp of Will coun ty was placed ia the record during the day and it was merely In connection with legal work which he did for the Economy Light & Power company. President Samuel InsuU of the Chi cago Edison company has been sub poenaed, along with Attorney Charles Monroe,' who put the Economy com pany in possession of Its state privi leges and, with the contractor who now Is doing the work at Dresden Heights. The committee decided to postpone the hearing until tomorrow and to work today with the records of the canal board at Lockport. TURNS GAS ON IN HER HOME Massachusetts Wcman Kills Self and Two. Children. Newton, Mass., Nov. 21. Mrs. Jessie T. Hodges, wife of William Hodge3 killed herself and two sons, -aged 11 and 6, by asphyxiation it her. some at Newtonville today. During the night all the cracks of the i xrs and win dows.were plugged and (he gas turned on. Her husband was avay on.a busi ASKED TO TURN TRAITOR Delegates Signify Approval of Course After a Dramatic Recital of the Facts. Norfolk, Va., Nov. 21. President Gompers created a sensation in the American Federation of Labor yester day afternoon when he told of an al leged attempt to bribe him at the Vic toria hotel, New York, in October by a young newspaper man, giving his name as Charles Brandenburg. Brandenburg, said Gompers, declar ed that he represented the National Manufacturers' association and was prepared to offer him Immunity from all exposure and to make him finan cially secure for the remainder of his life if he would sign a certain paper and otherwise aid in the "exposure of the other leaders in the American Federation of Labor with the view to destroying the influence of organized labor." The paper, said Gompers, was to purport to have been signed when he was ill in 1905. This paper, Gom pers said, he had preserved. While sHence prevailed in the con vention Gompers drew forth the orig inal document and read it. ItendM the Document. During his recital of the alleged at tempt at bribery he called upon sev eral delegates present, who were with him during interviews with Branden burg, to verify his statement. This the delegates, rising in their seats, did At the close of Gompers' speech there was a big demonstration, even Victor L. Berger of Milwaukee, the socialistic opponent of Gompers, de claring that he will be the one this year to move to make his election unanimous. fv A statement of F. D. W. Ryan of Springfield, 111., that the Illinois mine workers had voted confidence in Com- pers and denouncing the Manufactur ers' association, received immediate consideration. Mould Build a Telegraph Line. A resolution was Introduced provid-ing-rhat the government experiment with federal ownership of telegraph lines - between Washington and New York. The convention recommended, in view of the organization of "employ ers' associations" and "citizens' al liances," that no employers of labor be admitted to membership in any city, state, national or international union. Brandenburg Statement. New York, Nov. 21. Broughton Brandenburg, president of the National Institute of Immigration and a maga zine writer, said last night that he was the man referred to by President Gom pers of the American Federation of ,abor when the latter at the, conven tion in Norfolk declared that one Charles Brandenburg," a newspaper man, attempted to bribe him to take part in an "exposure" of other federa tion leaders. In a statement-dictated last night Mr. Brandenburg emphatically denied that he had attempted to bribe Gom pers. He also stated that he had no connection with the National Manufac turers' association and that his deal ings with Gompers were solely in the interests of a publication which he represented. He himself, he said, had been the intended victim of a plot that failed. FIVE CHILDREN CREMATED Parents and Two Others Injured in Fire Which Destroys Home. Pleasantville, Pa., Nov. 21. Five children were cremated and their par ents and two other children seriously burned when the home of Thomas Zuzer near here was destroyed by fire. STOCKS HAVE A POOR DAY Prices Rule Weak and Trading Is Light Throughout. New York, Nov. 21. The tone at the opening of the stock market was affected by the pronounced weakness of a few stocks but changes were gen erally narrow and the volume of busl ness small. The stock market closed steady at a rally. STEAMER'S CREW WAS NOT GUILTY Inspectors Decide No Recklessness Was Shown on President's Trip Down the River. Cairo, III., Nov. 21. Federal Inspect ors Waltz and Hodge of Memphis, who yesterday begun the trl.l of the case of the officers of the crcs of the steamer Dick Fowler, charged with reckless navigation on the occasion of President Roosevelt's trio down the - ; IMississippL Oct 3, returned a verdict Defense Shows Securities Money Was Borrowed On Were Sold. BROUGHT FACE VALUE Chicago Financier's Attorneys Bring Out Much in His Favor. Chicago, Nov. 21. National Bank Examiner Moxey was still on the stand when the trial of John R. Walsh open ed today. Attorney Miller, acting for Walsh, resumed the cross examination. The first inquiry related to the sale of other bonds than those used for col lateral for various memorandum notes mentioned on direct examination. It was shown by the defense these bonds had been sold to the public at prices equal to those received for same from the Chicago National bank., under the management of Walsh. During the cross examination the defense brought out the fact that all bonds of the various Walsh companies accepted by the Chicago National bank had been sold to outside parties without loss to the bank. On re-direct examination it was brought out many memorandum notes which defense claimed Walsh had paid had been simply renewed. AYalHh Han Inning. Chicago, Nov. 21, John R. Walsh had his first innings in Judge Ander son's court yesterday since his trial for the misapplication of $7,000,000 of he funds of.the ChicaS National bank began a week ago. What are considered by the defense to be several important props in the carefully laid foundation of the gov ernment's case against Mr. Walsh were knocked oulthrougn the admls-l sions of United States Bank Examiner E. P. Moxey in a searching cross ex amination by Attorney John S. Miller. Mr. Moxey testified In his cross ex amination as follows: That the eompelte records of the bond and note transactions had not been brought out in his direct examination by Assistant United States Disrict At torney Fletcher Dobyns. That the part not made public by the government showed that all the notea discounted by the Chicago National bank were paid at maturity, and that all the bonds purchased by the bank had been resold at a good figure to re sponsible brokers and banks. (Defense, claims bonds are carried now in 131 eastern banks.) That whenever there was a loss In the bond .sales John Ft. Walsh gave the bank his personal check to cover the sum, and whenever there was a gain the bank profited by it. Ko Intent to Defraud. In this testimony the defense consid ered it had struck a blow at the heart of the government's case, in showing that Walsh had no intention of , de frauding the bank which he headed when he sold the bank the securities of his own corporations. The other important feature is the testimony of the books that the bonds of the Southern Indiana and the Illi nois Southern were worth as much to outsiders as they were to the bank thus disposing of the count in the in dictment against Mr. Walsh declaring these bonds worthless. Mr. Miller also made much of the fact that Mr. Moxey had not told all that teh books showed when he was on the stand. 3 FUNERAL STAMPEDE TRAMPLES 9 PEOPLE Church Packed with Crowd at Services for Murdered Youths Whose Caskets Are Knocked Over. York, Pa., Noc. 21. In a panic at Quickel church yesterday Eli Gross of Zion's View was probably fatally in jured and eight others were hurt. While the funeral of the victims of a doulVe murder was in progress a reporas circulated that the build ing r as falling. Just then the stove was pushed over. The congregation, which filled the church, immediately became frenzied, and a struggle en sued to escape. Men, women and children fought to get out of the win dows and doors. The injured were hurt by being trampled upon. The stampede occurred after 425 persons had passed before the caskets containing the bodies of the murdered youths. In the panic the caskets were thrown to the floor. The funeral ser vice was postponed and the bodies were buried as soon as the injured were removed and cared for. f Cotton Report Given Out. Washington, Nov. v. 21. The census bureau reports 7,311,202 bales of cot ton were ginned from the 1907 crop to ii c o I J J I i 1 ca ii ii. -or not guuty. ) -.-