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S^J^WrASi*- No. 17,532. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1908-TWENTY PAGES. TWO CENTS.
GOMPERS OFFERED
BOGUSJONFESSIOl?
More Sensations Sprung Today
by Labor Chief.
TALKS OF "BRANDENBURG"
Says Latter Charged Him With Leading
"Immoral Life."
DEMANDED HE SIGN A PAPER
President Van Cleave Denies Gompers'
Allegations of Shadowing
and Attempted Bribery.
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Today's developments in the
labor contempt hearing, in which
President Gompers, Vice President
Mitchell and Secretary Morrison
of the American Federation
of Labor are defendants, brought
out charges by Mr. Gompers that
he was importuned to sign an
apostasy to labor, making him
say he confessed "the error of his
ways'' in view of his then serious
illness; that the Manufacturers'
Association sought financial support
in the case, and that the proceeding,
purposely postponed until
after the democratic national
convention, was designed to impoverish
the labor federation officials.
Mr. Gompers' cross-examination
was concluded after a sharp
verbal encounter with Attorney
Davenport.
As an echo or the bomb exploded by
President Gompers of the American Fedeiation
of Labor in the hearing of the
? ? n:ompt case before Examiner Harper,
Mr. Gompers today placed before the examiner-a
large bundle of original letters
bearing upon the alleged attempt at
briery by one Brandenburg, said to be
en agent of President James \V. Van
' 'leave cf the National Association of
Manufacturers.
tine of the papers is a purported deathhod
ronfession of Mr. Gompers. Mr. Gomjcrs
stated tliat during an interview between
himself and Brandenburg in New
V -rk about a year ago. the latter said to
toe president of the labor organization:
"1 am in charge of a certain bureau
of a department organized for the Na-,
tional Manufacturers* Association. The
purpose of it is to expose the immorality
and dishonesty of the leaders in the labor
movement. We have gone into the
records of every prominent man of the
A F. I... and we have affidavits of a
number of men, executive officers of national
unions, who Implicate you and
others, showing the immoral lives you
and they have lived. All this is gathered
and most of it in sworn statements.
Wanted Gompers to Sign.
"Tie time that you were ill at Little
Rock, Ark., in the nature of your
illness is known, and it was reported to
us that, expecting to die, you had made
a statement, which was a sort of confession
My object in coming to you is
to say that I want to save you. I want
you to make a statement, somet'..i:ig that
would appear as if you had written it at
that time, which in no way would have
east any blame upon yourself, but would
show a spirit of broad kindliness to others
whom you desire to save, a sort of a
' 'Thanatopsis.' "
Mr. Gompers said Brandenburg then
handed him a paper for his signature.
After reading it, Gompers declares, he
could hardly contain himself, and clinched
his tist. digging his finger nulls Into
his flesh to restrain his feelings. However.
for the purpose of disarming any
suspicion that he resented his statement.
and to lead Brandenburg on, Mr.
Gompers says that he replied:
Well, I do not pretend to have been
an angel.
Here Is the Bogus Confession.
Here Is a copy of the alleged bogus
deathbed confession, or sort of "Thanatopsis."
that President Gompers says he
wis requested to sign:
"So by devious ways T have come In
view of the end of the period. Not far
away is the final cessation of something
mortal. That I Know; but the mystery of
the sustention of other things immortal
must yet he made clear. Soon I shall
stand where I shall see with unblinded
I ? > es, and to that point must come every
I one, no matter by what path, and the
I realization <>f that fact palliates the bitI
t? r ih'ss with which I should contemplate
I iny own course, were It not true.
I " For I have struggled with the humI
blest on a plane of equality and I have
I walked and talked with the mighty ones i
I of the earth and have lent them my pow-j
V or. The poor cigarmaker's apprentice ..as'
I lived to become the master of a million]
I minds, and lived a little longer to be what
I he is today?BOt even master of himself.
I Justice Is Elusive.
I "There is nothing of the whine in this.
I Emptied and broken as I am, I have noth
ing to ask. Nothing I might achieve
I would matter in a little while, and this
I t . at I write is after all' nothing more
I than my rertospective thoughts expressed
I tlirougli the accustomed medium of my
I "Wisdom is cumulative and out of my
I abundance 1 might endow posterity. Ven.
I geance by the law of compensation over
reaches the grave, and I might undo more
men a score of times than will regret
mv passing. Justice is exquisitely elusive,
and 1 might, with a truth told here and
there, palliate many a grave miscarriage.
Hut why? Why should I have driven on
to my own aims leave my now disabled
H chariot to retrace the hippodrome?
H "Each man. In his way, oe It great or
H, {tmall, exists in an attitude toward the
world at large, fn a second attitude toward
| 1 is immediate assoc'atcs and in a third
(Continued on Second Page >
IlILL WIN RADICALS
Effect of La Follette's Indorsement
of Taft.
BLASTS DEMOCRATIC HOPE
Wisconsin Now Regarded as Safe for
Republicans.
NOMINEE S TRIP SATISFACTORY
His Campaign Devoid of Dramatic
Elements?Ignores the Secret
Religious Campaign.
Special From a Staff Correspondent.
MILWAUKEE. Wis.. September 25.?
Put Wisconsin in the Taft column and
keep it there. Democratic hopes went
glimmering yesterday when Senator La
Follette In his speech at Madison gave
most pronounced, unequivocal and cordial
indorsement to Mr. Taft. Senator La
Follette's action is of the greatest significance.
His indorsement was gracious
and ungrudging.
We have been hearing a great deal lately
about the possibility of the radical
: I*a Follette vote in this state going to Mr.
| Bryan because of dissatisfaction with the
! action of the Chicago convention in turn'
ing down the La Follette planks. Demoi
cratic hopes have been based largely upon
this alleged prospect. Reports have even
gone so far as to intimate that Le Follette
leaders would secretly encourage
their followers to take this course. After
yesterday's magnificent and manly statement
of Senator La Follette there can be
no reason to think that his friends in this
j state will be any less cordial to the republican
candidate and ticket than he
< 1,d i ir a j a. _ i
nnuwcu lumscii >t5ieruay iu ue.
Ha Follette's Hearty Indorsement.
There was considerable speculation as
to what the senator might say in his
opening remarks, and some republicans
were fearful that he might take advantage
of the occasion to give utterance to
some of his independent opinions. Indeed,
for a few moments, he had the
politicians quite worried. In the opening
of'his speech, he announced with marked
gravity that desiring to be absolutely accurate
he had written his speech and
would read from his notes. Well, you
could almost hear the cold chills creeping
down the backs of the politicians on
the platform and they looked at each
other with anxious faces. But the senator
soon disabused their minds of any
fear and proceeded at once to give his
hearty approval of Mr. Taft.
His remarks took on added significance
from the fact that only the day before
the state convention, assembled to frame
the platform for the coming tight, had rejected
the senator's tariff planks and had
approved the Chicago platform. Some j
people thought that the senator would j
voice his resentment. Whatever his feel- j
ings upon the subject, he did not reveal
them in his remarks. It was rather a delicate
position that the senator found himself
in when he took the platform. The
charge had been made that he was losing
his hold upon "the people, as shown by
the recent primaries, when his candidate
for senator was defeated and by the
action of the state convention in turning
down his planks. Perhaps it was not bad
politics for him to come across as he did
o nd o tt n 0V1 to T~> ,>/\i-1 * T..
?uu mvav it iiiiilOCiL IU kilC liUUflCV Cll" I ail
movement.
Taft'o Trip S?-fisfactuiy.
Mr. Taft's trip thrcugh Wisconsin was
eminently satisfactory to the republicans.
Wherever he spoke he was well received,
and, although there was not a great deal
of demonstration, what there was seemed
to be sincere. Anyhow, these people are
not demonstrative as a rule, r.nd do not
go up in the air very easily. Mr. Taft j
certainly made a hit with the labor people,
whom he addressed in the great shops
at West Allis. He talked tariff to them
and they seemed to like Jt. At Milwaukee
last night he was given an ovation and
made a rattling good speech.
Mr. Taft's campaign as thus far de- i
veioped, is entirely lacking in any eiements
of the dramatic. He does not at- j
tempt tlights of oratory, but talks to the
people In a straightforward business-like J
way. When he started out there were ;
great promises that he would "put gin- j
ger" in the campaign. He has not done j
it yet. however. The fact of the matter is i
Mr. Taft is not a politician. He de- ]
spises pontics ann some or nis menus
think he is not enamored of his job.
"A God-Fearing Man."
There was one feature of the meeting at
j Madison which cannot be passed over
without comment. Senator La Follette In
his introductory speech referred to Mr.
Taft as a God-fearing man, and empha1
sizod his remarks by turning around and
pointing at him. The occasion for that
arises from the fact that the Norwegian I
vote of the state shows signs of becoming
disaffected on account of the religious
crusade which is being secretly waged
against Taft in all this western country.
It is a very delicate subject not often referred
to in print, but it is discussed
ciuietly wherever you go. Mr. Taft absolutely
refuses to take cognizance of it in
any way.
Speaking for myself, I can say Mr. Taft
feeis that if the voters of this country
want to defeat him on that score they i
' can go as far as they like. He will not |
utter a word in his own defense nor allow !
his friends to do it for him.
N. O. MWRIGHT'S
FINE FLIGHT.
oo wu.n i? ic wi...t i a i
j v/uvcia ?? luiica iu uvj juiuuica it
Seconds at Le Mans Today.
EE MANS, France, September >'5.? W'lij
bur Wright, the American aeroplanist,
! made a flight at the field of Auvours this
morning that lasted for thirty-six minutes
; and fourteen seconds, lie covered twentty-two
miles at an average height or
forty-five feet, lie came to the ground
because his gasoline tank, which had not
been firmly closed, was leaking.
The distance made by Mr. Wright yesterday
when he flew for the Michelin and
Aero Club prizes has been officially recorded
at Hfi.OOo meters (a little over
twenty-four miles).
Mr. Wright denied today again that he
! had ordered a more powerful motor for
his machine. He is inclined to think that
twenty-five miles an hour will be the
maximum aeroplane speed for some years
to come.
The friends of Mr. Wright in France
are trying to persuade him to tty across i
the English channel, on the ground that
such a feat would furnish the best evidence
of his absolute confidence in his
machine. 1
THE J'
CAMPAIGNING THROUGH IOWA
TAFT'S FAILING VOICE GAINS
AUDITORS' SYMPATHY.
Gov. Cummins Pledges Hearty Support
to the National
Ticket.
DAVENPORT. Iowa. September 2.".?
Judge Tnft's voire, though evidencing
continued improvement under the constant
attention of a specialist, was not
adequate to reach half of those who tilled
the courthouse grounds here today to listen
to the candidate. Representative
Dawson's explanation that the voice of
the candidate had been used up in a good
cause, however, seemed to increase the
enthusiasm of the reception accorded the
candidate, and his valiant efforts to make
himself heard were received good naturedly.
The speech was preceded by a
parade through the profusely decorated
streets and the schedule was extended to
permit of a longer meeting than had been
planned.
Iowa welcomed Taft early this morning
and will listen to his voice throughout
the day as his special train touches at
Muscatine, Wapella, Burlington, Ottumwa
and Des Moines.
Gov. Cummins headed a committee of
escort which also had as a member John
F. 1-acey, who is the governor's opponent
for the Senate, and Representative Walter
I Smith and Kenncdv B. F. Carroll, nom
inee for governor, and a number of local
leaders.
Mr. Taft addressed a large crowd at
Clinton, lie devoted himself to the labor
question, reiterating what he has heretofore
said on that subject by holding up
the republican executive record in comparison
with democratic promises and
finally pledging himself to do everything
in his power, if elected, as he expressed
confidence he would be. to put labor on
an exact equality before the law with all
other citizens, what he termed the square
deal. Gov. Cummins preceded Mr. Taft
in an addresse in which he pledged to the
national ticket the most hearty support.
TO NOMINATE ELECTORS.
___________________ ?
Many Absentees From New Jersey
Republican Convention.
TRENTON, N. J.. September 2.".?The
republican state convention for the nomination
of twelve presidential electors met
in Taylor Opera House shortly after noon
today. The attendance was small, not
more ihan two-thirds of the delegates being
present. The absentees were largely
from the big counties like Essex and Hudson.
The convention was presided over
by Senator Kean, who made a brief
speech. During the morning before the
convention was called to order a subcommittee.
headed by Representative Gardner,
prepared a set of resolutions which
were brief and reaffirmed the Chicago
platform. A separate resolution called
upon the New Jersey representatives in
Congress to keep in mind the policies of
protection in acting on the revision of the
tariff.
THE PHILIPPINES TYPHOON.
Great Damage to Property, But Loss
of Life Slight.
MANILA. September 25.?More extensive
reports regarding the southen ty
phoon that swept through the central
section of the Philippine group yesterday
have been received. Indicating that while
there was gnat damage to property, the
loss of life will be slight. The gale destroyed
the town of Enbagan, on the
Island of Santar, leaving many homeless.
The town of Itomblon, "on the island of
the same name, was badly damaged.
Tacloban, in eastern Leyte, with a population
of over 5,000, suffered serious injury.
A number of vessels are reported
driven ashore at various points. Some
were refloated and the crews of the others
were rescued without loss of life.
Lieut. Rowell of the Philippine constabulary
was drowned in the heavysurf
off Vigan, northern Luzon.
Destructive Fire in Pasig, P, I.
MANILA, September 25.?A large portion
of the town of Pasig, near Manila,
Las been destroyed by tire.
I
OX AH STAGE OF THE CAMP .4
MR. FORAKER HITS BACK
DECLARES
PRESIDENT HAS A
GUILTY CONSCIENCE.
Taft an Associate of Trust-Law Offenders,
He Asserts?His Own
Course Honest, Is Claim.
otmmsmmm-.
CINCINNATI. Ohio. September 25 ?
Senator Foraker lias prepared a statement.
which will be made public tonight,
replying to the recent charges made by
William R. Hearst and President Roosevelt.
In addition, he bitterly assailed Hearst,
Taft and the President, charging Taft
with consorting with Standard Oil magnates
himself, and declaring that Presi
dent Roosevelt's actions Indicate a
guilty conscience. In the opening paragraph
Foraker declares the President
showed bias in accepting as true all the
charges.
He denies that he acted improperly in
accepting employment from the Standard
Oil Company, says there was no secret
about it, and produces letters to prove
that after the government began its attack
upon the Standard Oil Company he
declined to accept a retainer from them.
He charges that Hearst had other letters
in addition to those which he gave
out and that these other letters, if made
public at the same time, would have
shown how harmless was his connection
with the Standard people.
TRAIN WRECKED; 25 DEAD
FORTY OTHERS INJURED IN
MOUNTAIN COLLISION.
I
HELENA, Mont., September 23.?A spe|
cial to the Record from Livingston, Mont-,
says that Northern Pacific passenger
train N'n M?, eastbound, which left Helena
at midnight last night, collided with a
freight train at Young's Point and that
twenty-five persons were killed.
Later reports place the number of casualties
at from thirty to forty, with twenty-five
dead. A snow was falling and for
this reason the freight train's flagman
could not make his presence known to
tlie passenger engineer.
The express ear telescoped the smoker
and practically all the casualties occurred
in the latter car.
Engineer Besinger of the passenger Is
slightly injured, but his fireman, Rora
Babcock, was killed outright.
FIGHT TO SAVE THEIR HOMES
SETTLERS IN CANADA STRUGGLE
WITH FOREST FIRES.
I PORT ARTHUR, Ont.. September 23 ?
Forest fires are sweeping over a large
area along the line of the Canad an
Northern railroad near Kashaboiwe, and
I have run south over a strip of territory
! ten miles along the railway. Settlers in
O'Connor and Marks townships are having
a hard fight to save their homes.
C'apt. Hector of the steamer America,
which arrived this morning from the
United States shore between here and
Duiuwi, says inai me nres nave again
broken out there and are worse than
ever.
Forest fires have broken out en the Minnesota
national forest, says a telegram
received by the forest service from Supervisor
Marshall, but the government officers
appear to have the situation In hand.
The fires are reported as having started
mostly from the railroad.
Forest officers here declare there is little
danger of any widespread damage to
the Minnesota national forests, through
the general conditions are so bad that
until heavy rains have fallen there is
bound to be anxiety.
The damage done by the present fires
lias been confined to the loss of very
i } oung growth.
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JGN.
KERN NOW CLAIMS MARYLAND
PUTS THAT STATE AND INDIANA
IN THE SAME CLASS.
And Both, He Says, Are as Safely
Democratic as That Reliable
Alabama.
BALTIMORE. Md.. September 2T?.?
After a stay of nearly a week in Baltimore.
during which time he carefully
studied the political situation in the city
and state, met representative men from
all sections and'addressed audiences comprising
all classes of citizens. John W.
Kern said today that he regarded Maryland
as certainly democratic as Indiana
and that Indiana was without doubt as
( democratic as Alabama.
Mr. Kern had no further engagements
to speak In this vicinity and prepared to
leave at 7 o'clock tonight for Mansfield.
Ohio, over the Pennsylvania railroad. He
will reach the Ohio city early Saturday
morning and speak at the opening of the
democratic campaign in that state.
Kern on the Outlook.
Speaking of the outlook for democratic
success in this city, Mr. Kern said:
"It is true that in Baltimore certain
business men, bankers and others who
view public questions only from the
money standpoint and who yet claim to be
democrats, have declared for Taft. But,
on the other hand, I have met scores
of workingmen and salaried men, hitherto
republicans, who have assured me
that they intend to support Mr. Bryan
this year. These men inform me that
large numbers of their neighbors and associates
will do likewise. I have met
many men in Baltimore, business men
who are not beneficiaries of the protective
system and who view the political questions
from the standpoint of patriotism,
and they intend to vote for Mr. Bryan
this year, heretofore having been republicans.
Tickled With Meetings.
"My meetings in and about Baltimore
have been highly satisfactory and I am
leaving the state with no doubt in my
mind as to democratic success this fall."
From Mansfield Mr. Kern will go to
Indianapolis to be with his family Sunday
and Monday. He will speak in
Kalamazoo. Mich., on Tuesday, an engagement
not included in his original
itinerary, and at Saginaw the following
day.
CHAIRMAN MACK SANGUINE.
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Appears Certain That Bryan Will
Carry New York.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., September 25 ?
Norman E. Mack, chairman of the democratic
national committee, held a conference
here last night with National
Committeeman James Kerr of this state,
which he afterward declared related to
the condition of the Pennsylvania congressional
districts.
Mr. Mack was sanguine as to the outcome
of the election. From the information
he had received he thought that the
democrats might secure ten congressmen
in Pennsylvania. He was certain that
Bryan would carry New York. "That
state." he said, "rightfully belongs in
the democratic column." Indiana, Maryland
and West Virginia, he felt sure,
would be found in the democratic column,
and reports from Illinois, Connecticut.
New Jersey and the northwestern and
Pacific states he pronounced "good, very
good."
When asked about the RooseveltBryan-Haskell
controversy. Chairman
Mack said: "President Roosevelt has
taken matters out of the hands of Hitch
rock and others and Is the whole show.
He and Haskell now have the center of
the stage and Haskell seems to have the
best of It at present."
Mr. Mack was the guest of Roland S.
Morris at a dinner given at the Racquet
Club.
DOESN'T REMEMBER MATTER.
Elkin Has Nothing to Say About
Letter to Archbold.
INDIANA, Pa.. September 25?"I have
no recollection of the matter and have
no statement to make," was the reply given
by Justice John P. Elkin today when
asked for a statement relative to the letter
said to have been written by him to
John I"). Archbold of New York, in 1004,
j touching the political situation in Lancas.
I ter county. Pa., at that time.
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DELINQUENTS PAY UP
Threat by the Collector of
Taxes Has Effect.
VISITORS CALL WITH CASH
I
Official Sends Forth Force of Bailiffs
and Clerks.
POSSESS POLICE AUTHORITY
Assessor Says He Means to Gather
in Special Assessments Amounting
to Nearly $100,000.
Following the declaration yesterday by
Charles C. Rogers, collector of taxes,
that he means to exert every effort to collect
unpaid personal tax bills, and proposes
to employ stringent measures, delinquents
have been hurrying to the District
building to "pay up."
The publicity given the proposition has
already produced results, according to
Mr. Rogers. Thirty-three persons who
owed the District for personal taxes appeared
at the collector of taxes' offlea
yesterday afternoon and squared their accounts.
All today residents have been
visiting the collector and placing in his
hands real money in order to secure the
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list.
Won't Take "No" for Answer.
Collector Rogers equipped his three
bailiffs and five clerks with police badges
this morning and started them out to
make collections. The force will do its
work with the resolution, "Don't take 'no'
for an answer."
Mr. Rogers said today that he is veiy
hopeful of the results and predicts that
by the end of next week more than 50
per cent of the outstanding bills will be
collected. ^
Assessor Gets Busy.
There are unpaid special assessment
taxes amounting to nearly $100,000, some
of them dating back seven or eight years,
and William P. Richards, the recently appointed
assessor of the District, says he
proposes that they shall be paid.
Mr. Richards announced today that
since his appointment he has been examining
the books and records of his office,
and was astounded to find such a large
amount of unpaid special assessment
taxes. Thev are. for the most Dart, due
the District for street extensions, and
those assessed are the owners of property
benefited by Improvements made by the
District. That there are so many of the
bills unpaid Is in no way due to any lac*
of activity on the part of the collector ol
taxes' office, according to Mr. Richards,
but because some officials doubted the le
gality of forcing the collection, as in the
case of delinquent real estate taxes.
Advertising Property for Sale.
It has been the ccntenticn of the assessor's
olfice that the District is without
authority to advertise the property for
public sale, as in the case of ordinary
real estate arrears, and for that reason
nothing has been done, and the number
of unpaid special assessments has grown
each year.
While making an examination of the
books in the assessor's office, Commissioner
West discovered, on the records of
the arrears division, the long overdue
special assessments for street extensions.
Inquiry as to why the taxes had not been
collected was met with the response that
the otth-e had been advised that assessments
for street extensions were in a different
category from other taxes, and
that property against which the assessments
had been levied could not be advertised
for sale unless some other general
or special tax was due on it. Commissioner
West thereupon directed the assessor's
olfice to prepare for him a state
ment snowing tne assessments for street
extensions.
Statement of Assessments.
Acting Assessor Benjamin F. Adams
reported the following:
Name. Date of record. Total.
20th street Oct. 6, 1R99 fNtO.OC
S, 22d & Decatur sts.-Jan. 16, 1900... ." ItMl 0C
19th street Jan. 11. 1900... lft.933.Wl
Rhode Island avenue.. Jan. 30, 1900... 18 l?3.2fl
Staughton street July 30, 1001... 1 186.3"
Kith street May 5. 1902... 15.136.57
Pennsylvania avenue... Oct. 15, 1001... 104 4C
5th street Dec. 10, 1901... 50.04
Sherman avenue Oet. 28. 1901... 27,::w3.50
N ew Hampshire avenue Sept. 25, 1901.. 3,*20 22
Columbia rd. & 16th St. Kept. 24, 1901.. 3.250.00
$91,793.24
About one-half of the amount Involved
wis reported to have been advertised, but
in view of the fact that the arrears
amounted to nearly $100,000, Commissioner
West directed the acting assessor to make
a full report on the matter, which report
was referred to the corporation counsel
for opinion.
Corporation Council Gives Opinion.
Corporation Counsel Thomas later submitted
his opinion to Commissioner West,
holding that the taxes in question should
be collected as are other taxes In the
District of Columbia. Commissioner West
recommended to his colleagues the approval
of the opinion, which was given
without delay.
Mr. Richards said today that he is preparing
to undertake the collection of the
arrears, and those that are not paid prior
to the next tax sale will be advertised
and sold.
COURT USED FOR MEN'S SCHEME
New Yorker Claims He Is the Victim
of Alleged Conspiracy.
NEW YORK. September 23.?A pretended
arraignment and a pretended discharge
t 4 <ti Iho Trtmhc i i rt in f n ? U
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of an alleged conspiracy to defraud
are the charges in a case which came to
light upon the arrest of Samuel Hayman,
Henry Gladstein and Bernard Chapman.
The complainant Is Paul Tinklestein of
th's city.
Finklesteln says he put up 51.600 for interest
in J.1,200 worth of goods which Hayman
and Gladstein said were to be
shipped on to them from Philadelphia.
When he went to get his share of the
goods, however, the two men told him, he
alleges, that they had been arrested for
stolen goods, and that the goods had been
seized and sent back to Philadelphia.
He went with them down to the Tombs
court, he says, and heard the names of
Hayman and Gladstein called. He and
they were inside the railing Presently
somebody said that the two men had
bee.i discharged, and they all left court.
Afterward he said it was discovered that
they had not been arrested at all. and the
goods had been shipped away to Chapman
in Brooklyn.
The Tombs court records do not show
that Hayman and Gladstein were arraigned
on tha day in Question.
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HASKELL IS SARCASTIC
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President's Course Characterized
as "Edifying Example."
"FOUR-FLUSHER," HE SAYS
4,So Brother Hearst Has Cut Loose
Aguin," He Remarks.
HAS NO REPLY TO MAKE NOW
On His Way to Chicago to Me?*
Leaders?Has No Thought
of Resigning.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. September 25 ?
"It's petting to be an edifying example
when the President mixes in personalities.
Early in the summer we were to
have a.ladylike campaign. The President
is the biggest four-flusher in the political
business today. You ought to hear what
they think of the rascal down in Oklahoma."
Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma uttered the
foregoing words to a reporter today Just
before boarding a train for Chicago.
Gov. Haskell, treasurer of the democratic
national committee, goes to confer
with William J. Rryan and the leaders
of the democratic national organization
regarding the charges recently made
against the governor by President Roosevelt
and William R. Hearst. The governor
reiterated the statements he made
yesterday in his open letter to the Associated
Press," but declined to reply at .nis
t imA to thp add It ion a 1 oc?/*?icoflc??
in New York last night by Mr. Hearst.
Hears From Chicago.
Gov. Haskell remained in Kansas City
an hour. He was accompanied by James
Menefee, state treasurer of Oklahoma.
Soon after his arrival here the governor
went .to the telegraph office in the station.
There he was handed two telegrams
from Chicago. He declined to mako
known the contents of the messages, and
after writing a couple of telegrams left
the office.
Gov. Haskell was "handed a copy of a
morning paper and he huriedly glanced
through Its pages.
He was asked to make a definite statement
In regard to some of the accusations
against him that the paper contained.
"No. not until I have read them carei
fully," said tihe governor. "It would b*
. pretty uncertain work for me to under,
take that tack in these few minutes. But
I have a statement that I prepared yesterday.
It's a general reply to Hearst,
r and I think that will hold the New York
? editor, for the time at least."
? The statement referred to was that ls[
sued by the governor at Guthrie yesterday
I through the Associated Press.
Gov. Haskell was asked about the re.
- DOrt that tip intPnHP/t l-pcicnin or o a rr,o CI1
s rer of the national committee.
"Absolutely nothing to it." was t?he governor's
reply. "Of course, I'll admit that
the recent developments have necessitated
a little haste in my going to Chicago,
but resignation is out of the question. It's
simply the republican press that is roaring.
and well might they, when they hold
special cabinet sessions at the White
House about me."
"Brother Hearst Loose Again/'
Glancing over the morning paper, the
governor turned to Mr. Menefee and remarked:
"Well, I'll be kept pretty busy
all morning in simply reading what the
gang has to say about me. So Brother
Hearst has cut loose again." he added, as
he hastily noted the accusation that Mr.
Hearst made last night In New York.
"So they have coupled me with the steel
trust? I feel highly honored to be classed
1 with Schwab, Carnegie and J. P. Morgan.
"Oh, yes," continued Gov. Haskell, talking
to the reporter, "I had almost forgotten
that I want to deny the accusation of
Edward I... Oppenheim. the New York
banker, who said yesterday that he was
present in my box at a big gold democratic
meeting In Madison Square Garden in
1896. I want to say that I was never in
Madison Square Garden. It's perfectly
ridieulous when he said that I waved my
hat whenever Bryan was attacked in the
meeting.
"I notice," the governor went on, "Sect
rot.'irv Ojirfiel/i hits trilr^n u hun.l in fli??
matter of the Prairie Gas and Oil Company.
He ought to know that matter
very well, for I took occasion to call him
down last summer when he tried to give
the oil company special privileges in laying
the interstate gas line."
LESLIE CARTER DEAD.
?
Prominent Resident of Chicago Succumbs
to Illness.
i CHICAGO. September 25.?Leslie Carter,
one-time capitalist and president of the
Southside Elevated Railroad Company of
[ Chicago, died in this city today after a
prolonged illness.
Mr. Carter had not been active in business
for several years. He suffered a
stroke of paralysis a few years ago, and
I recently his system became poisoned from
, the fumes of gas which, presumably by
accident, had escaped into his room. A
few months ago he was declared mentally
incapable of caring for his estate and a
conseravtor was appointed.
Mr. Carter was born in 1851, was a lawver
hv nrnfessiori Vint v. i i*
J ? ? , uu. wvu liilUOCl L
chiefly to commercial pursuits. He was
at one time president of the Chicago
Dock Company, the Chicago Chamber of
Commerce, and was interested in many
other civic and financial organizations,
both in Chicago and New York. The
present Mrs. Leslie Carter-Payne was up
to the time of their divorce, about fifteen
years ago, the wife of Mr. Carter.
FIVE BROKERS ARRESTED.
Grand Larceny Charge Against Members
of A. 0. Brown & Co.
Sixvtal Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. September 25.?A. O.
Brown, his brother, Samuel C. Brown.
Edward F. Buchanan. Lewis G. Your.g
and W. Rhea Whitman, members of the
firm of A. O. Brown and Company, were
arrested shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon,
upon leaving the post office building
after the hearing in bankruptcy before
United States Commissioner Gilchrist.
The arrests were made by Headquarters
Detectives Summers, O'Farrell, Reardon
and Hasselmarket.
The prisoners were taken directly to the
Tombs police court. It is understood the
arrests were made on warrants issued on
complaint of House. Grossman & Vorhaus.
counsel for creditors of the firm.
The charge is grand larceny and toe
warrants were issued by Magistrate Fina
In the Tombs police court.
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