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DID STOCK YARDS
HELP LQRIMER?
Heads of Big Chicago Concerns
Probably Will Be Called
as Witnesses.
CLASHES AT DAY'S HEARING
Editor Keelcy Put Through
Gruelling Examination by
Senator's Counsel.
Washington. July 28.?The -ross
examination of Jamt-H Keelcy. general
manager and editor of tho Chicago
Tribune, was completed to-da> before
the Senate Lorlmor committee. Not
rlncc the beginning of the investiga?
tion has a witness been put througli
the gruelling examination that Mr.
Keeley eNperlenecd at the hands of El.
bridge Hanecy. counsel for Mr. Lari?
mer. Time after time, the editor let]
the sarcastic remarks of the attorney
pass with nothing more than u shrug
of the shoulders, but at others he]
countered and retaliated. Throughout1
the day, the object of the attorney up
pea red to be to establish if possible
an ancient grudge of the Tribune
against Ltorlmer.
The committee, alter tho cross-ex
aminatlon, asked the witness just two
questions. One was whether the edi?
tor believed the story of State Repre?
sentative Charles A. White, whose al?
leged confession of graft in the Il?
linois Legislature was first printed by
the Tribune.
"1 did and do." was the answer.
The other question was dlrei ted at
what Mr. Keeley had In mind when he
fay yesterday he had about changed
his conclusion about having been
swindled, when he paid (Jeorge GUtvIs
$600 for books that Glavis claimed
?showed that I.oilmer. when In the
House, received money from lobbyists
in Washington, in a light made by the
"Fireproof" magazine of Chicago for
the mall privilege. He had not gotten
nn opportunity to c>:plaln on cross-ex?
amination
In this connrctlon Mr. Keeley also
said yesterday that Claris told him
ex-Representative Tiwney, of Minne?
sota, was "mixed up in the deal."
"When 1 came to Washington n few
days ago," Mr. Keelcy replied. ' Mr
Green, attorney for tilavls, came to me.
and said that If I would ask the dis?
trict attorney to be easy on Glavls. he
would tell me where the book was. The
trunk full of books had dwindled to a
memorandum book. Mr. Green paid
for Infants and Children.
Caslorla is ct harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare?
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Sforphlue nor other Narcotic
substance. It destroys "Worms and allays Feverislmess.
It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colie. It relieves Teeth?
ing' Troubles and cures Coustipation. It regulates tho
Stomach and Dowels, giving' healthy and natural sleep.
Tho Children's Panacea?Tho Mother's Friend.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
in Use For Over 30 Years.
TWIT l^-'^rcra^&^^r^Kffr?a^^
that the In,ok was in existence, and
that he know who had It.
"I toll] him I could not be a party to
such an arrangement, and that the
proper person for him to see was the
district attorney. He said he would
tee hl.< client, and call on me again,
but he ha* not done so. He added that
a search ^f.'1,^r?,r>, would be necessary
to -'et the book "
One of the points dwelt upon by At?
torney Hrtnccy in his crcus-exarhlna
fon was the reputed criticism In Tri?
bune editorials of Senators who voted
for Lorlmer in the recent tight over his
seat In the Sonate. Mr. Keeley Haid
he had no recollection of such edltot -
la Is.
Mr. Hanecy thereupon read several
editorials, The first war entitled.
"Don't Crowd Mr. uurrows." und de?
scribed the chairman of the tlrst Lorl?
mer committee us "picking nosee lys."
Another editorial, printed after the
vote on the Lorlmer case. .?ald that
If four more Senators had voted theti
honest convictions on the Lorlmer
case. Lorlmer would have been un?
seated.
"What four did you have In mind?"
"No four. The vole was 15 to 10.
Four from 10 leaves 12, and four added
to 10 makes H."
"Did you have nny knowledge of
any Senator casting a dlshonet-t or
rorrsrpt vote In the Lorlmer case?"
asked Senator Jones.
'Of course not The editorial was
u mere arlthmethlcal figure of speech."
It is ;>rohable that heads of big
stock yards companies at Chicago wilt1
be called .i? witnesses to explain the
use of "lard'' (mone\ ? |n the Lorlmer
election. Witness Ke??iey said repre
seritatlvea of the Armour, Swift,
-Morris und other concerns might en?
lighten tho committee,
Tnivnpy Mnkru Denial.
St. Paul. Mir.:., .luly 1*C.?Declaring
that he desired to have entered of
record with the Senat. I.orlmer inves?
tigating committee his "most solemn
and emphatic denial of ever having
had any connection, either direct or
indirect, with the "Fire Proof Maga?
zine," of Chicago, or any other jubil?
ation seeking mall or any otaer privi?
lege, elthei from the Post-Ofllce De?
partment or from Congress." former
j Representative .lames A. Tawney to?
day, after reading the testimony of
.lames Keeley, of Chicago, yesterday
I before the Lorimer investigating com
: tnittee. sent a telegram to Chairman
, Dltlingham, of the Dorlmer committee.
asking to be summoned before the
! committee to deny the charges. In his
' telegram Mr. Tawney declares that "1
want tc deny that I have ever been
connected, either directly or Indirectly.
! with any firm of lobbyists or other
representatives of raid magazine or
j other publications, or of any other in
teresl seeking such mall or any other
privilege from t.'.e y veriMiK .a-" In
added tliat the records of the Third
Assistant Postmaster-General would
irroborate his statement.
Chauffeur? Colon Meet*.
A meeting of the- newly organized
Chauffeurs' Union was held last night
at Murphy's Hotel, when the charter
Was delivered by F.mmett C. Davlson
for the American Federation of Labor.
i Officers were elected as follows: T B.
Harris, president; M. J. Mills, vice
president; F. 1-. Sargent, secretary and
treasurer.
Meetings of the union will be held
each Wednesday night at Murphy's
I Hotel, and n canvass inaugurated
throughout the city tu secure members.
The Loves of Mary Stuart
Was She
the Most
Loved of All
Women?
MARY. QUEEN OF SCOTS
Was Love
of Old More
Fervent
Than Now?
"It is said that Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, was the most beautiful,
the weakest, the most attractive and the most attracted of women, raising
around her higher irresistible fascinations, a whirlwind of love, ambition and
jealousy in which her lovers became each in his turn the motive, the in?
strument and the victim of a crime, leaving the arms of a murdered hus?
band for those of his murderer." Read the other interesting facts concern?
ing the life of one of the World's Wonderful Women, contained in the
article by Deshler Welch in next Sunday's issue of
The Times-Dispatch
Other Features in the Sunday Illustrated Magazine Are
ROBERT BARR'S clever LORD STRANLEIGH STORY entitled
"The Romance of the Golden Brick;" John Kendrick Bangs's humorous
article entitled "Pepper, and Salt;" a story by Charles Edward Hay'
"Wanted?A Good Yob;" an article by Lily A. Long, entitled "The War
Dance as It Is;" a story by Linda de K. Fulton, "The Turning of the Tide;"
humorous story by Harry Lee Snyder, "Jakie and His Two Centuries;" an
article by Lin McLean, "Why Not Teach Baseball in the Schools?" an arti?
cle on "Farming with Dynamite,'' by Samuel Wesley Long,
AND A CHRISTY COLORED C?VER
Sensational Charge Made Before
Investigating Committee
of House.
Washington, July 2>i.?The sensa?
tional charge was made before the
House committee. Investigating the
Post-Ofllce Department. to-day that
Leonard Goodwin, a Chicago lawyer
;-nd brother of Russell P, Goodwin, as?
sistant attorney-general of the Post
OIHce Department, was exploiting mail
order houses throughout the country,
1 telling them he could arrange any
trouble they might have through a de
| niul of mail privileges, etc.
I The clung; was ma le by K. G. Lewis.
I president "f a publishing company In
' St. Louis, recently denied the second
? ?lass mail privilege. Lewis also de?
clared that post-oiiice Inspectors at St.
Louis had been told to use wiulever
: methods they pleased "to put Lewis
out of business", and "to shut Lewis
up before the next campaign."
This was the campaign of 190S.
Lewis said a Rochester, N. Y.. man
had written to him that Goodwin was
the man hr ought to employ und get
him out o; his trouglcs with tho post
office Inspectors.
"This man i.-iti-r tol . me." said' Lewis,
"thtt Goodwin himself wrote tho
u-rs."
Lewis testified that he eir.ployedl
i'inkerton detectives, who went to
Goodwin's ollloo, representing them.'
selves as in patent medicine mall order
business, and In truub.v with the post
office' officials.
An affidavit was presented, sworn to
by these detectives, in which they de?
clared that Goodwin told them he had
handled thousands of cases like their |
und that he could tlx It so they would!
not be bothered by post-office Inspec?
tors. He told them, the detectives!
swore, that all they would have to do J
would be to say to the Inspectors:
"Gentlemen. w<> may have done wrong
In the past, but we are trying to live j
up to th<j laws," and this Goodwin said
would be all that was necessary.
One of the detectives told Lewis, so
the latter testified, that post-olfice of
tieclals and Inspectors at St. Louis haa
told him they would be upheld by the
department in whatever methods they
used to put Lewis out of business.
Mr. Lewis accused the Post-O/llcej
Department of having sent out thous?
ands of copies of the speech delivered 1
by Senator Burton In response to that]
of Senator Jeffries Davis, of Arkansas,
attacking the department for Its action 1
in the Lewis case. Mr. Lewis 3aid he |
had learned that many persons who |
wrote to the department requesting aj
copy of the Davis speech were sent ln
stea l a copy of the Burton speech.
SHERIFF INDICTED
AraouK Those Alleged to Hove- Com-1
mined Fraud In Election.
Mays Landing. X. J. July 26.?Sheriff!
Enoch L. Johnson, of Atlantic county. |
wos among those indicted here to-day;
by a special grand jury, wl'ch in?
vestigated frauds alleged to have l,uen
committed In Atlantic City at the elec?
tion last November. The shjrlff is
charged with illegally removing cer?
tain election registry books from the
offices of the county clerk. He
pleaded not guilty, and was he'd
In his own recognizance for tr> I
In September. Thirty indictments
were returned to-day. Others in?
dicted include Al Glllison, connect?
ed with the building department f
Atlantic City. He Is charged with"
"conspiracy to pervert an election
board." and "with attempting to bribe
an election officer." He also pleaded
not guilty, and entered 18.000 bail for
trial.
NEW TEST FOR VOTE
Cood Charnrter Fixed as Requisite by
Mrmbt-r of Georgia Iloime.
Atlanta, On., July 26.?Fixing good
character as a requisite for -qualifica?
tion to vote, and determining "good
character" by the test of the reaped
of good womanhood, a bill ,us sub?
mitted to the constitutional monu?
ments committee of the General As?
sembly to-day. by which, it is said, it
will he favorably reported.
J. J. Slade, author of the measure,
declared it would disfranchise every
negro In the State. Re erring to Its
effect upon white citizens, he said:
"Any good white man can get a
good white woman to testify that she
would trust him in the dark. If any
white woman can't. the scoundrel
should he disfranchised."
The bill in part reads:
"No person shall, however, be en?
titled to register in this State who
is not declared to be of good character.
Including such character es they may
be. trusted by a modest, chaste and
virtuous female, with a feeling of
1 security to her person, when not at?
tended by an adequate protector in
i the dark or in other places of soclu
' slon."
FROM WHITEHEnB
Lake Forest, 111., July 26.?Several
excellent matches were played in a
busy day of the Western tennis tour?
nament. The match in the third round
i of the men's singles between Hugh G.
Whitehead, of Norfolk. Va.. and Harry
Waidner. of Chicago, won by the lat?
ter, 6-3. 6-1. was exceptionally inter?
esting.
In the men's doubles, second round,
Whitehead and Winston, of Norfolk,
defeated Hays anil Neely, of Chicago.
RAY MORGAN SOLD
TO WASHINGTON
Danville. Va., July 26.?Ray Morgan,
conceded to be tho best shortstop In
! the league, played his lust game with
Danville on thc home grounds this af?
ternoon, he having been sold by the
Danville club to the Washington club
of the American League for $1,500.
Scout Duke Farrell has been In thc
city for several days observlhg Mor
Kan's work. Two propositions were
made one- of $1.200 if delivered at the
end ?f the soason, or $i,nori if dellv
I ered at once It Is understood he will
report Sundav. Morgan has made a
I splendid i word. He played with the
! Goldsboro team of the Eastern Caro?
lina League last year. He has been
hitting over .300. and Is one of the best
[base runpors In. tha league.
TAFT SENDS MESSAGE
ON "CONTROLLER BAY"
Assumes Full Responsibility for
Opening Lands for
Settlement.
NO DANGER OF MONOPOLY
Brands Famous "Dick to Dick"
Episode as "Wicked
Fabrication."
Washington. July 26.?Pr tsldcnt Taft
sent a special message to th?: S- nutc
to-day shouldering full -e3pons:ollity
for opening for settlement at;.' de?
velopment 12,>>?O acres of the Chuga- h
National Korest Heser\ e In Alaska?
an incident which has become to be
known as the "Controller Bay uffair. '
In concluding he brunds the now fam?
ous "Dick to Dick1 postscript as a
"wicked fabrication," and aays that
Charles P. Taft, whose name appeared
in the alleged postscript, "has no inter?
est In Alaska, never had, and knows
nothing of the circumstances connected
with this transaction." Morcovci, the
President adds, his brolhoi d iea not
even remember that he met Richard S.
Ryan. representing the Controller
Railway and Navigation ? Company.
As for eliminating the land in ques?
tion from the reserve, the Preside it
says that there is n'. danger of the
Controller Railway an i Navigation
Company, or any other interests, mo?
nopolizing th* field, und . othlng to
show that this company is in any way
connected with the Morgan-Guggen?
heim interests. Henee. he believes that
in eliminating the land he has actel
for the best interests o.' the nation.
Taking up the "Dtak to i>i'k" epi?
sode, fie President sSSfr, In conclusion:!
"Before closing I desire to allude to j
a circumstance which the terms of this j
resolution make opt and relevant. Itj
is a statement by one Miss M. F. Ab?
bott that In an examination of the files
of the Interior Department a few weeks
ago she found a postscript attached to
a letter of July 13, 1910. addressed by
Mr. Richard S. Ryan to Secretary Bal
llnger. and In the present record, urg- I
lng the elimination of land enough for |
terminals for the. Controller Railway
and Navigation Company. The post- |
script was said to read as follows:
" 'Dear D-,?I went to see the
President the other day. He asked
me who it was I represented. I told
him. according to our agreement, that
I represented myself- But this did not
seem to satisfy him. So I sent for
Charlie Taft and asked him to tell his
THE WEATHER
Forecast: Virginia and North Cant
llun?Probably fair Thursdny and Frl
duy; llirht north winds.
CONDITIONS YESTERDAY.
8 A. M. temperature . 73
Wednesday midnight temperature 70
Humidity . 46
Wind, direction .North
Wind, velocity . 6
Weather .Clear
12 noon temperature . S2
3 P. M. temperature . ><5
Maximum temperature up to 5
P. M . 87
Minimum temperature up to 5
P. M. 62
Mean temperature . 71
Normal temperature . so
1 tendency in temperature . S
Deficiency In temperature since
March 1 . 113
Accum, excess In temperature
since January '1 .3s
Deficiency in rainfall since March
1 . 7.09
Accum, deficiency in rainfall since
January 1 . S.26
CONDITIONS IN IMPORTANT CITIES.
(At 6 P. M. Kastern Standard Time.)
Place. Ther. H. T. Weather.
Abilene . S6 SS Cleur
Augusta . 76 S2 Clear
Atlanta . 74 80 Clear
Atlantic City.... 70 7? P. cloudy
Boston . 72 SO Clear
Buffalo . 61 66 P. cloudy
Charleston . 80 86 Clear
Chicago . 68 70 Clear
Denver . 80 84 P. cloudy
Dut\)th#l. 72 71 Cloudy
Galveston . 80 80 P. cloudy
Huron . 84 86 Cloudv
Havre . 84 84 P. cloudy
Jacksonville .... 78 88 P. cloudv
Kansas City. 84 88 Clear
Knoxville . 72 7S Clear
Louisville . 72 76 Clear
Memphis . 80 82 Clear
Mobllo . 80 86 P. cloudy
Montreal . 62 72 P. cloudy
New Orleans- SO S4 Cloudy
New York. 70 78 Clear
Norfolk . 74 86 Cloudy
North Platte- 82 ?2 P. cloudy
Oklahoma City.. 80 86 Clear
Plttsburg . 70 74 Clear
Raleigh . 78 86 Clear
Savannah . 78 82 Cloudy
San FtanciSOO... 56 60 P. cloudy
Spokane . SM 86 Clear
St. Paul . 76 78 Clear
Tampa . 76 S6 Cloudy
Washington .... 71 si Cloudv
Wilmington . . . . 7S sS p. cloi.lv
WythOVllle . 64 72 Clear
MIN I ATI It I. AI.MAXAC.
July 27, 1911.
Sun rises . 5:10
,Sun sets ,.?'?*?#. 7:22;
brother, the President, who It was I
really represented. The President
made no further objection to my claim.
'? 'Yours. DICK."
Postscript Not on Files.
"The postscript Is not now on the
files of the department. If It were It
would be my duty to transmit It under
this resolution. I do not transmit It.
not only for the reason that It Is not
now on the files of the department,
but for the reason that It nover was on
the files of the department, at least as
an authentic document. Who Is really
responsible for its wicked fabrication.
If It ever existed, or for the viciously
false statement made as to its authen?
ticity. Is Immaterial for the purposes
j of this communication.
I "The purport of the postscript, and
the Intention of the fabricator was, to
make Mr. Richard S. Ryan testify
through Its words to tho public that
although I was at first opposed In tho
public Interest to granting the, elimi?
nation which ho requested, neverthe?
less, through the undue Influence of
my brother, Mr. Charles P. Taft, and
the disclosure of the real persons In
Interest, I was Induced improperly and
for the promotion of their private gain
to make the order.
"The statement. In so far as my |
brother is concerned?and that IS the
chief feature of tho postscript?Is ut- j
tterly unfounded. He never wrote to
me or spoke to mo In reference to j
Richard S. Rynn or on the subject of
the Controller Bay or tho granting of
any privileges or the making of any
orders in respect to Alaska. Ife has
no Interest In Alaska, never had, and
I knows nothing of the circumstances
I connected with this transaction. He
i does not remember that he ever met
[ Richard S. Ryan. He never heard of
I the Controller Bay Railroad until my
cablegrnm of Inquiry reached him,
which, with his answer, is in tho
record.
"Mr. Ballinger says In a telegram
In answer to my Inquiry, both of which
are In the record, that he nover re- I
celved such a postscript, and that he 1
was In oeattlc on the *%te of July 13. j
when It was said to have been written.
"Mr Richard S. Ryan, In a letter1
whicit he has sent me without solid- !
tatlon, and w hich Is in tho record, says |
that he never met my brother, Mr. |
Charles P. Taft, and that so far as n.: ]
knows. Mr. Charles P. Taft never hod i
the slightest interest in Controller Bay. I
in the Controller Railway and N'avi
gation Company, or In any Alaskan!
company, and he utterly denies writing!
or signing the alleged postscript. The
utter Improbability of his writing such
a postscript to Mr Balllnger at Wash?
ington, when the latter was away for
his vacation for two months, must Im?
press every one.
Did Not See It.
"The fact is that Mr. Balllnger never
saw tho lcttor of July 13. 1910, to
which this postscript Is said to be at?
tached. It w;as sont to mo by Mr.
Carr, Secretary Bullinger's pricat-j
secrotary. at Beverly, on July 14?th.)
next day. I read the letter at Beverly
In August with other papers and sent
them to the White House. It was
placed upon the White House flies ami
remained there until April 22. 1911.
when it was, by request of Secretary
Fisher, returned to the Interior De?
partment, and It was after this that
Miss Abbott says she saw tho letter
with the postscript attached. Mr. Carr
saw no such postscript when ho sont
tho letter to me. X did not see It when
I read it.
"Stronger evidence of the ralslty and
maliciously Blanderous character of tho
alleged postscript could not be had. Irs.
only significance Is the light is throws
on the bitterness and venom of sonm
of those who take active part'ln every
discussion of Alaskan Issues." Tho in?
tensity of their desire to besmirch nil
who Invest in that district, and all who
nre officially connected with Its ad?
ministration, operates upon the minds
of weak or depraved human instru?
ments and prompts tho fabrication of
such false testimony as this post?
script. I dislike to dwell upon thlH
fcaturo of the case, but it is so full
of a lesson thnt ought to be taken
to the heart of every patriotic citizen
that I cannot pass It over In silence.
"When I made this order I was
aware that thc condition of public
opinion in reference to Investments In
Alaska, fanned by charges of farud?
some well founded and others of a,
hysterical and unjust or false char?
acter?would lead to an attack upon
It and to the questioning of my mo?
tives In signing It. I remarked this
when I made the. order, and T was not
mistaken. But a public officer, when
he conceives It his duty to take nf
tirmntive action In the public Interest,
has no more right to allow fear of
unjust criticism and attack to hinder
him from tnklng that action than ho
would to nllow personal and dishonest
! motives to affect him. It is easy in
leases like this to take the cours-i
i which timidity prompts, and to do
I nothing, but such n course does not
Inure to the public weal."
MT. M'KINLEY HER GOAL
MIm Keen Will Attempt to Climb
Aluskan Penk.
Philadelphia, July 26.?Miss Dorn
Keen, daughter of Dr. W. W. Keen, the.
widely known surgeon, is equipping an
expedition to attempt the ascent of
Mount McKinley, In Alaska, a feat Dr.
Cook claimed to have performed. Shu
now is at Seward, where the expedi?
tion Is fitting out.
For several summers Miss Keen has
been climbing in Switzerland. She has
climbed Mount Blanc and the Matter
horn from practically every side, a
rare feat for a woman.
When Miss Keen starts on her expe?
dition she will have to carry all hor
supplies with her and establish va?
rious stations to which a successful
retreat may be made. It Is understood
she has discovered a new route up tho
mountain.
Miss Keen has with her three Swiss
guides that she brought to America
to assist her. and will have a number
of Alaskans who participated In som?
of the previous attempts of others^_
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1000 lbs. capacity. 35 .00
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