The times dispatch. [volume], August 03, 1912, Image 1

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POLICE Ol TRAIL
OF OTHER GUNMEN
Expect Capture of "Gib:
theBlood''and''Lefty'' I
Louie.
"WHITEY" LEWIS
GIVEN GRILLING'
Refuses to Admit Any Knowl?
edge of Murder of Gambler
Rosenthal?Moss Takes
Charge of Probe Into Graft?
ing System in Police
Department.
?
' ?
!'? tlhg news al any moment -,r
Cij'i of -'ill. the P.lood" a:. 1 1 Le
1- ??? i ??? o '?? thi i larte? Still at la
irrested last
llnstoh. N. Y
refused to
if town to
inm< -i ? t::i missing
same r'-K'ion wh< re
p w ,? t!t. r.-llef et
rter.i to-night, and
I a Hqu.id Of fletec
the men
It y, arid
trot.-,
ivc been
>Iomm Takes < bnrgc.
in the absehco ? i District SttorneS'
Whitman, who left for Boston .arly lit
tiie .lav. esp, ting later t '? to Man?
chester. Vt , to remain over Sunday
with his famll> pirectlng his atten?
tion to the police graft Phase of the
case, brought into prominence by the,
allegations of "Jack" Rose and "Bfldgle*"
Webber that th< annual levy of black?
mail by the police on Illegal resorts
amounted to $2,f?0.O0O; Mr. Mosa ex?
amined a number of gamble's and oth'r
characters ..f the underworld. The
assistant prosecutor would not tell,
however, what Information he obtained.
"I do not think tie $2,100,000 graft
ligures tiamtd by Jack Kos? :a ?n
txagcration'. said Mr Sloss lofnighi.
' Hut the Only absolute knowledge of
now much I'- really amounted to Is In
possession of the grafters ar.j not
. grafted. Jus-, who the grafter..
are?where the motley is going?is the '
j Hal question The arrests oi '\VhlteyT|
L*wl? and 'Dago' Krank, while Im?
portant, are less important than to
determine who is responsible at the
<('!? for .1 system Wh'cli results at lhn|
bottom In murder
Mr Mose added that he expected to
gn "very, very deeply" into the graft
feature of the case in the course of
the grand Jury Investigation The
grand jury did not meet to-day, but
will rcrume its Inquiry ntext week
Pollee-Lleutennht Beekeri P',-ked Inl
the Tombs on th> . barge <->f Instigat?
ing the murder, still maintained his
attitude of silence to-day when efforts
were! made to elicit tin admission from
l.lm.
tilven "Third IL-Kn-t."
New York August ;.?-Whttey Ja-t:
Lewis. on>' of the four men a.ise.d 'f
shooting down the gambler. Herman
Kosenthal, was given a third degree"
grilling to-day to glean further 'nfor-;
mat Inn t hat would supply corrobora- ?
tion r.f ih" confessions of Dal.! Jack"?
Rose, Hans Vallon and "Brldgie" I
Webber that p.-dlce I.leiitenant Becker
sought the death of Rosenthal.
Lewis, whose real name 1.? Krank
Reldcnsbtte, was picked -.p yesterday
on the station platform at Fleisch
111.1:..?. N. V., just as he was about to
take n train for tiie West II.- was
brought to this city this morning by \
Detective Harvey
The trip to this city was without
Incident until the train drew Into the I
/Weehawken terminal. There a hand of!
fix or seven Ka.-I Sil" g.<nfc-"*-r.- b ap?1
over the gate, separating the platform
from the tracks, and started toward
the train. Suddenly their eyes fell on
several headquarters detectives who;
had been sent across Up- river to Ii i
Detective Harvey, and they slunk back
Into the station. No movi was ma'ie 1
to rescue the prison.:, who was taken
to headquarters'. There he was lb !:?? 1
tip to await the arrival of Kolice Com- '
missioners Waldo and Dougherty.
Lewis Bald that he was on the point
of giving himself up, as h. had heard
the polled wanted him. II? would not j
a; where >.? had been in hiding. ;
Kaya lie whs tint of < Ity.
He declared that hi COU .1 and would
prove an allhl. He aaerte 1 that h.'was
out of the city at tin- time llosen- ;
thai was shot to death, hut did not toll
When he was. He would not iy what,
he was doing at Fleisch mans, but re- ,
Iterate,) that he was Stopping at "a
reputable place" and with "respectable,
peole."
Detectives, It is thought, are on the ',
trail of other men wanted In the case,
Including Harry Horowitz, otherwise ,
"f.lb the Blood." and Louis Rosenberg,
alias "Lefty Louis." The latter Is said j
to have been In Boston Wednesday.
District Attorney Whitman. when '
asked about the report that it tiros
the bullet from Rosenberg's gun mat.
killed Rosenthal, remarked:
"Yes, I have he 1 id that it was the
bullet from his gun that killed Rosen
thai, out 1 hat does not lessen the
.crime of the others engaged in the
kniurder. They ate equally guilty with
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BOLT IN THIRD PARTY
Tenuesaee Progressives *>i>l 11 Over
?Iii.Mion of ?>(?(,. ||, Kit.
Nashville, Tnen.. August L*.?Whether
a State ticket nhoul,] be put ewt caused
a bolt in tho "?third" party convention
of 'renncsaee here to-day. One conven?
tion sclocted dcl< gates to tn.- Chicago
convention and the other arranged to
liavi a State committee, appointed.
This committee is to ielect the Chicago
delegates. Trouble came when the
original convention named w. F, Bos?
ton Candida;, ft Governor. Thirty
supporters ol Governoi Ben Hooper, lte
publtcan, who says ho will vote for
President Taft, but will not b-- uctlvo
in his behalf, lefi Ihn hall and organ?
ised anothoi convention. Both cbnyeh
Hons laudi-d Colonel Roosevelt.
\rl!t".-i, \re VhscDt.
New Orleans, August 2?With a few
former I" mecrat? present and negroes
conspicuous by their absence, the State
convention of the Louisiana progres?
siv.- party met here to-day elect
I rd thirty delegates to the Chicago con
vcntlon. Instructed to vote as a unit
for the nomination of Colonel Roote
vi It. for which purpose every dole
rate will have a one-third vote. The
convention adopted a resolution favor
ir.se the maintenance of the protective
rton;. "with only such changes as
I win give protection to American Indus?
tries without fostering monopolies."
A motion was made to present to the
Chicago convention as n vk...presiden?
tial candtdati th- name of .lohn M.
Parket of Nev> Orleans, for years a
leSdej in the reform ranks of the D.errt
....-??;? party ir. this State. At tho
I rcqtieet '. i" Mr. Porker's friends the mo
I tlon was withdrawn.
Be Uta P. Bryant, surveyor of the port
of New ?rleans, <-r?ated a mild sen
' sat Ion when he intimated that th." ad
; inlhlstratl in, because of his aflillatton
i with the now party, was preparing to
I have him removed. Mr Bryant said
I he has bc?-n advised that special agents
h.-.ve been ordered to New Orleans to
make certain Investigations In the cus.
toms house
"If the surveyor It to he punished be?
cause of hi* American manhood, the
people will have a right to Inquire into
ii. fate ff other Federal omens, whoso
political activity happens not to suit
the administration." said Mr Bryant.
There were several expressions fay
orlnt- the ilimlnatlor, of th-- negro from
participation In the progressiv? party
!;. tin South, but no ar-tlon was taken.
WHAT IS BEER. AND WHY?
Representative Iroiu JlluueiMUa Wnut*
III? ttuinitoiii, iBiwereili
Washington, August 2.? vynat Is
I... AhU it so. Why? are the two
questions itepreSeritattve Anderson, oi
.'.a, wants .-? ?? !ri tary Wilson to
thswer Mr Anderson asked the
in me Committee oii Agriculture to?
day for the answers, and later intro?
duced an amended resolution calling
i on the Department ol Agriculture for
?? thetn.
, Mr And-rson's only curiosity is to
' know what beer if r.ot beer, ms con?
stituents raise barley, which th.-:- be?
lli ., the only grain which eliould
go to make up beer, and that other
coni octibha are R snare.
Mr Anderson recently, with creden?
tials from the National Consumers'
League, got from the Agricultural De?
partment a definition of beer by Dr.
Harvey W Wiley; The definition was
not given the force of law by Seen ?
tary Wilson, Mr. Anderson says, and
he wants t., know why.
The Wiley definition of beer, as set
forth In Mr. Anderson's resolution, in
a "fermented product made from a
mash composed of barley malt nnd
! |>| with or without a small quan?
tity 'qf unmalted cereals not exceed?
ing 30 per cent, of the weight and of
th-- barley malt used."
Mr. Anderson's resolution asks the
secretary to turn over to the House
th,- Wiley definition, or any definition
the secretary lias, and if no t,<-r-r pre- j
sorlptions are. in the department, to
appear at the bar of the House .ind
WASHINGTON ANXIOUS
Another Gunboat Is Rushed to Nica?
raguas \\ uters,
Washlngtbn, August 2.?Evidence of
the crowing anxiety of the adminis?
tration In regard to the revolutionary!
niOiVement in Nicaragua was shown
to-day when orders were issued to the
gunboat Tac?ma, at Guantanamo. ?
Cuba, to proceed forthwith to Ulue- J
fields, Nicaragua, on the Caribbean;
Coast. She Is due to arriv- there
next Monday, and will try to communi?
cate with Managua to allow Minister!
Weitzel t? keep the state Department
informed of developments. The gun
hoai Annapolis, on th* west coast, has
been getting Only fragmentary advices
from Managua Thes* have hee-i suf?
ficiently ?iarrrilng to warrant sending1
another warship
Poor crops and a naralvsts of bust-!
rs- BS; which administration officials
here ascribe to th* failure of the;
American Senat* tr> approve the p*nd
Inc treaty to rehabilitate th.- finances
Nicarasfun, are deelnr*d to be pow?
erful factors in strengthening th* re?
volt e trains! President Pinz Another
threatening element Is the hasty de
put ire from f'os'a Rica rind other
nearby republics for Nicaragua of th^
Partisans' of the old discredited '/elnvn
government, who **e in th* Liberal
uprising rip otvnort unity to retrain
power and influence
LAWS MUST PROTECT CATTLE
I lie Stock I'.veliuuge Believes Other
wise I'rleex \\ ill Soor.
Chicago, August .'.- .\ warning that
something must he done to protect the
cattle-raising industry In the United!
States In order to prevent the further
reduction in the volume ol cattle
raised and a consequent further ad
vane,- in !>? ,-i prices was voiced here
yeaterdiiy ??'- Charles s Jones and
other officials of the Chicago Live
Stoi k Exchange.
"Congress or the State Legislatures
must etinct legislation s,..,ii ror the
protection of cattle-raising in this
count . or the cattle market will be?
come dangerously tight," said Mr
.Idhes, "Bills should be passed that;
would prohibit th* slaughtering ol
young cows nnd calves, in order
ftlrther breeding ends'"
The members of the exchange made 1
It known that they arc readv and nnx-1
Iptm .xei'i their influence to have.
laws passed along these liner.
Convent Gels f2.10,000 Batate,
buffern, N. Y.. August .'.?Announce
mcnl Ii mad,. ,.t the gift oi Mrs Thos.
hortune Ryan of a .250.000 estate hero
to the Convont of th* Holy Chi"!. The
property includes i fine ,,id fifty-room
? olonlal resldonct nnd about eighteen
a.-.v ,-,f ground. The estate is to be
u*.'?- ".tl neademy for young women.
\hrnni V Mnckej Dead.
Mllflton. N. v.. August 2. - A bra in
Ma, key. who was in charge of Gen?
eral Grant's dispatch boat, the pierce.
during the Civil War. Is dead at
Athens, N. Y.. aged eighty-one years.
The Pierce wan used In Convoying Jef?
ferson Dav<s us a prisoner to Fortj
WARNING ISSUED1
lOWiEWLO
Foreign Powers Must
NotEncroach oriNorth
or South America.
NO PARTICULAR
NATION AIMED AT
Senate Believes That Wi'h Open?
ing of Panama Canal This Coun?
try's Position Must tic Clearly
Defined?Debated Three
Hours in Executive
Session.
Washington. Aug ;bi 2?Th? Cnltod
St Itci Seriate to-.lay issued a warn?
ing to the nations Of the world against
encroachment upon the continents of
North and South America.. The United
States will not see ""Althout graVe
I concern.'' said the resolution. any
"naval or military site pat's into ,on
tr"l of a foreign corporation, when
such possession might threaten the
commerce or the safely of tnc L"nit-d
States."
so v ial were the issues d!s;usse'. lit
the : i sol .tlon. which se.t forth
I th.e policy of the L'nlted States a* to
points situated like Magdaleria Ray. In
low'ei California, that the doors of tho
Senate were closed for three hours,
while the r*t lutlon was debated tit
secret session.
It finally passed with only four votes
air it list It. Notwithstanding the com?
parative unanimity of the Senate upon
the note of warning. It is understood
the measure w!l not have the official
??ment uf the administration It
?????>s f::.m?..l entirely ojttl !.? th- .-tale
Department; and It Is und. rs.tood the
executive branch of the government
w.it not consulted with refcr-id the
Senate's pronouncement
The resolution uro*- from the re
j ported attempt of a Jeparicse syndicate
, to Becure land about Magdaleivi Hay.
I In the form final', y adopted b>: lite
Seriate, It declares against the aciui
I Bltlon of any threatening location by
j a foreign corporation ' which has B?ch
\ a relation to another gOTertiment not
; American, as to give trial govern?
ment pra-tlcal power of control for
j naval or military purposes."
Those who opposed the resolution on
Its final passage were Senator* Cum?
mins. McCurhber, Percy and Stone, Pe
[ maud was made In the secret session
: r :.;e designation of the country 10
; ward which the resolution was di?
re. ? td
I Those who supported It. Including
I Senators Hoot, Lodge. Burton. Hitch?
cock and otners, declared It was not
a warning to any nation in particular,
but a definition of this country's posi?
tion "before embarrassing situations1
might arise."
Senator Cummins opposed the resolu- |
tl?n because he believed It was not
direct and specific enough, he sa'd,
In Its reference to the control of land
by foreign corporations. Senator
Lodge insisted that the opening Of thej
Panama Canal made !l necessary for
the l'nlted States to make clear at!
on<-?. Its opposition to the establish
ment of any foreign power, elh-r di?
rectly or through a commercial cor- |
poratior. where It mlcht endanger thej
safety of this country.
IRON MOLDERS ON STRIKE
Seven Foundries In New England, r.ni
ploylng tOO Men, Affected.
Boston. Mass.. August 2.?Strikes af?
fecting 400 workmen went into effect
to-day In seven brass and iron foun?
dries In Boston and vicinity, where the
new wage sc.V.e providing for a mini?
mum of $3 50 for nine hours' work has
been denied The foundries where the
strike is on include concerns in Quiney,
Cambridge. Everett and tills city.
Ninety rriolders struck at the Fore
River Shipbuilding Company's yard?,
where the Argentine dreadnought Riva
davla IS tinder construction. It was
expected that work on the ship would
not be affected by the strike.
DROWNED UNDER AUTO
rnr Slips Dowu Embankment and
Overturns In i anal.
l'tica N V., A?gUSt 2.?Mrs. John F,
Hubhard, sixty-six years old, is dead
here as 'he result of an accident last
night, when her automobile slipped
down ah embankment Into the Black i
River canal.
The automobile, which contained n
family party, had turned to the s.d ?
of the road to allow a farmer's wncr.n
to pass, when the road gave way and
the machine slipped down the three
foot embankment, turning over In four
f.-et of water. All were pinned beneath
the machine, but the others escaped
after being In the water only a few
minutes.
CHARGE FIRM IS INSOLVENT
( redltors l'r<.cd Against llnckett,
i nrhnrl A i it.
New York, August 2.- -An Involun- '
tar} petition in bankruptcy war. ni.d
to-da\ In the; United States District]
Court against Haekett, Carhart A <??>..
clbtlllerS. Of tins city, by three firms.
The claims of the petitioning creditors
aggregate $10.500. Admission of Insol?
vency Is alleged in the petition.
Members of the firm explained that '
the fa'lure Involved inlv the retail
firm "f Haekett; Carhart ?- Co.. Incor?
porated last j'ear, and In no wise af?
fected the wholesale firm of Haekett.
Carhart & Co.. whose offices are at the
same address.
SIX CONVICTED OF FELONY
Eight Other Industrial Workers of
World Found Not flail t>\
San Diego. Cal.. August 2.?Six prom- 1
ment Is made of the ?lft by Mrs. Tims,
ers of the World were found guilty!
Of felony late last night The donvli I -
ed men are Attorney R 1" Kirk, Attor?
ney Hairy M. McKcc, Jack WhJ'te, II
(User, F, W. Hubhard ami Robert
Onusden. They were convicted of con?
spiring to violate the traffic ordinance !
of this city.
Right other Industrial Workers who
.were UUU were found not guilty.
JURY DECLARES
HER GUILTLESS
Mi\<. Grace Freed on
Charge of Trying to
Kill Husband.
SILENTLY GRASPS
HANDS OF J URO RS
Then She Hastens Away to Bed?
side of Her Blind Son in
Philadelphia?". 'rctty Rot?
ten-' Is Comment of Grace
on Resu.i of
Trial
Atlanta, Ga-. August S ?Mrs. Daisy
Oi>ie Ora--e was declared not guilty of
trying to kill her husband, by a jury
here at S o'clock this evening Mrs.
Grace, wealthy anO weil known in her
former homo tn Philadelphia and here,
was n the verge of collapse when the
twelve men who had di :lded her fate
rt.f : Into the courtroom. When the
verdict w.-?s announced tii< simply
b?w e1 her head.
a few minute.- after she had been
freed she was banded a telegram say?
ing h"r blind son was Very ill in Phil?
adelphia and it Is understood t:.-;t she
will leave for Ids bedsld- lit.- to-night.
Immediately after the verdict was
g'ven women struggled frantically to
reach ti;o place whore :i:s Grace sat,
only to oo forced back by officers. The
jurymen remained In the |dac i even
aftor they had been discharged. A full
minute -'iapsed and then Mrs. Grace
arose and ?.is assisted to the jury box.
For the first time she showed a sign
of animation, as silently she grasped
the hand of each of tho twelve men.
Mrs Grac..- was escorted from the
court-room immediately afterwards.
Argument In the case was concluded
shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon
und Judge Ruin Immediately began ills
charge to the jury. In this charge, ho
said In part:
"You have heard the defendant make
her statement. She was r.'.t subject to
examination or cross-examination and
her statement was not made under
oath. The Jury can take that state?
ment is It sees P.t. It can believe It all.
oi r Jecl it all, as it sets rtt. in other
words, It Is for the Jury to determine
the force and effect that ?hall be given
her htnti-ment."
Grace was round in otd it ids home
here tho morning of March .'? last shot
In the side. The buliet lodged against
the spinal cord and since then he has
been paralyzed from his waist Jown.
He charged that his wife had drugged
ami .-not him. intending to kill him to
get JJ.'.OOO insurance.
Mrs. Grace said Grace shot himself
In a scuflle with her over possession of
a revolver after he had threatened to
kill her.
Mrs. Grace at tirst maintained that
she knew nothing of the shooting.
Yesterday she was placed upon ihe
witness stand and told the story of
the scuffle, adding that Grace had
threatened (?, kill her several tlnie>.
It was this statement referred to In
tha judge's charge
Calls II -I'rcti > Rotten.*'
Newnan. Ga.. August ?"In her
heart she knows she is guilty." de?
clared Eugene 11. Grace at his home
here this afternoon when informed
that his wife had .r.i>< been acquitted
of the charge of shooting him.
"It's prettj rotten, I don't see how
they could have even had a mistrial.
\She may be Innocent in tho eyes of
, men. hut she is guilty in the eyes of
God
"It U bad enough to lie here help?
less, even if 1 had been shot tn n
good cause, but it Is almost unbear?
able when 1 have been shot in cold
blood.
"When she testified that she had
taken an oath oh the Bible to keep
this shooting a secret she told an In?
famous lie. It was U sacrilege on her
part to hrlng in God's name."
Grace declared he reaffirmed in every
detail his statement of how he was
shot, "because it is true."
AEROS CRASH AND FALL
Neither tilnli'r Iteliui Nor Slelnliiner
KerlOUMl; Inlured.
Garden City, N Y , August 2 ? A col?
lision between two monoplanes near
the Gard.n fity nerodrpmc last night
brought both machines crashing to
earth. The fall was a short one. and.
while both monoplanes were badly
damaged, neither aviator was Injured
seriously.
William Heina Of Pittsburgh had
Just learned t.> fie .lames Stelnhauer,
of Cleveland, was the- other nvlator.
Th.-ir machine? wen -.dug in the same
direction, on-- directly under the other,
when the accident oreurred.
Hitchcock Contributes
Real Detective btory
Washington, August ? it is not
often unit Postumster - Genernl
Prank Hitchcock contributes a de?
tective Mor) i" eontcuipornueoiiH
literature, but lie did ln-iiuy v. hen
he forwarded Iii i imgrcs? the "trull
of I be three IrilukN, ?r who got Hie
poMitge stniupsf"
The sti.r. i. ii.e volume, mid
suitable for llirlil summer rending
It is ii stirring rule or the reasnus
wli> Bilgnr Vllnii, Jr.. poNtmnaler
ul Richmond, should be relieved
from a..iintlng for ?>i7,7ss worth
of 2-rrnl stamps stolen from hl?
po?t-oMcr to March, (010.
The Ntorj n thriller, ami cur?
ries Ibe reader over seven or eight
Slates, Oetectlves disguised n*
liugKnge-sninsbers and otherwise
iluon- frequently. The tale reVolves
? round the desperate attempt nf
i'ldwnrd luv anil Richard Barrls tu
??net IIway with the swag" In rtiree
trunks, nnd ihe irnll or the trunks,
which led to ihe discovery of tin
CIllprltHi Ibr reliirn ,,f part of Ihe
booty; und prison cells for the
bin Kliirn,
The iiosloiii-.fi r Is technically re
mponslblr for Hie partial Ions, Ii
tins been ihe eiialom of Congress tn
?unke good tlie liiiim of bondsmen
In sneh cn*e?.
She's a Free Woman Now
MRS. n UM' OPIE CK Ac Ii.
SENATE WILLING
10 ?I? REFUGEES
Votes tu Spend Si00,000 to Move
Them Wherever They May
Wish to Go.
BAILEY PRESENTS MEASURE
iie Would Like to Tell of Bru?
talities Americans Suffer
in Mexico.
Washington. August 2.?The destltu
!JLion ?t American refugees from Jlox
j leo. now quartered at El Paso, resulted
In the passage by the Senate to-day
"f .< resolution Authorizing the War
Depart ment to spend {loo.ooo in trans?
porting tiiem to such points in the
United States .,s they wish to leach.
The measure was presented by Sen?
ator Bailey and passed after a brief
debate. It will heed the approval of
the House and tiie President before the
appropriation becomes available. Sen?
stor Bailey declared the refugees w? t j
in dire need and in most crises werft
unable to proceed beyond that city.
Transportation would be provided, un?
der the resolution, only for those ?no
are receiving some aid In "shelter and
sustenance" from the government at I-.l
Paso.
Members of the Senate received dur
inc the afternoon a request from an
El Pa SO newspaper to com? to that city
August 12 and confer regarding "affairs
in Mexico and plans to meet the Im?
pending crisis."
The special Investigating committee,
head..! by Senator William Alden
Smith, which is to Investigate the
charge- that Americans have been In?
citing and sustaining the Insurrections
In Mexico and Cuba, particularly was
appealed to Senator Smith sent word
to El Paso that his committee woub'
visit that city as soon as possible, but
that It would not be able to take part
in the conference there August 12.
During debate on the relief measure
Senator Iii I ley declared that If It were,
not for the proposed investigation by
the Senate committee he would address
the Senate in detail on the brutalities
suffered by American citizens In Mexlcc
and tell something of the experience of
cltiz.-ns of Texas at the hands of the
l'nlted States Army.
"There Is no doubt In my min?1. ' he
added, "that there lias been a delib?
erate attempt on the part of certain
pi rsons to force intervention on the
part of the United Stales."
Not Seeking t'eure.
El Pasbi Texas. Angus: 2.?Pa-cunl
Orozco. chief of tile Mexican rebels, de?
clared to-day that he had hot sought
! peace terms for himself or for any of
his men Orozco was asko,| about a re
I ort from Mexico City last night that,
said the rebels wen to test the temper
.?: the government as to possible peace
conditions orozco denied the report.
He said the lighting was just beginning
and that "there could he no peace as
long as Madero remained President
The rebel cbi. f asserted that "Mex?
ico City was giving but stories that
"1 have ask.-.i for peace as i means oi
Injuring the rebel cause In the . s of
foreign nations"
General Orozco remains in Jtiares, al?
though the I-'ed. ral army look thi town
of Mndera from the rebels and now Is
marching north toward Casas Grandes
whence OrOZCO has been supposed to bo
Intending to retreat, 'inly a row rebel
hands are reported between Modern
?'and Cash's Grandes and the Federals
might to b. able to get to CaSfttt
Claudes In a few hours If tie > get
there they COUld 'lit Orozco off from
retreat Into Sonera.
It I? understood that all American
women and children have fled from the
1 (Continued on Seventh P-ffo.)
Roosevelt Writes Letter to Julian
Harris Explaining His
Attitude.
PARTY IS NOT LILY WHITE
Appeal Will Be Made to Best
Men, Whether They Be
White or Black.
New York. August ? In a letter
written to Julian Harris, of Atlanta,
editor of Uncle Remus Magazine and a
son of the late Joel Chandler Harris,
Colonel Rooicvelt expresses his views
on the position of the negro in na?
tional polities and the representation
oi the ioi;ro delegates In the conven?
tion of the progressive party In Chi?
cago. In part Colonel Roosevelt
writes;
"in pursuance of our conversation I
write you this letter. There is a pe?
culiar fitness in writing it to the son
of the man whose work ma le all Amer
, leans his debtors. Ills life and his
work tended to bring his fellow coun?
trymen. North nnd South. Into closer
relations and understanding; and ture
II it should bo needless to say that
the author of T'nvle Remus' and 'Freti
JI ? and tin- Rest of the World' felt a
deep and most kindly Interest In the
welfare of the negro.
"Many letters dealing with the sub?
ject of which you spoke to me have
been sent to me within the last few
days. Those written by men living in
Ho- North usually have asked me to
Insist that we get from the South col
i re,i delegates to the national pro?
gressive convention. Those written
I ?. citizens of the South ask that I de?
clare that the new party shall be a
white man's party. I am not able t>
I i;t.e to either proposal.
Each Man on Ills Worth.
In this country wo cannot perman?
ently succeed except upon the b^sis of
treating ealch man on his worth as a
i man. We can fulfill our high mission
among the nations of the earth, we can
do lasting good to ourselves and to all,
(mankind, only If we .-o act that the
'humblest among us, so long as he her
I haves in straight and decent fashion.
I has guaranteed to him under the law
; hi.- right t.. life, to liberty, to protec?
tion from injustice, bis right to eii
jbj ib.- fruits of his own honest labor,
land bis right to the pursuit of happi?
ness in his own way, so long as he
does not trespass on the rights of 6th
! ers. For us to oppress any class or
I cur fellow citizens Is not only wrong
to others, but hurtful to out stive-.
Surely no man can quarrel ?Ith those
principles.
"I believe the progressive movement
should be made fron the beginning
< he in tt>" interest of every honest, In
diisti'lotis, lav. abiding colored inttn.
.mst as it is in the Intere t of avery
In i.ist. Industrious, law-abiding whit?
man i further believe that the surest
way t" i'o.ttdor !,,<' movement Impotent
"to help .Ith.- the whlti man or the
colored man iu thos< regions of the
South where th<.lored man la most
numerous would tie t,-. try to repeat
the curse that lias been followed by the
1.1 publican pai'tj In those districts for
so many years, or to endeavor in the
States In question to build up a pro-;
gresslvo party by the same methods
Which In those States have resulted
If making the Republican part'- worse
than Impotent.
Itoth Causes w rong.
"In t'ie south the Democratic mi
chltio has nought to keep itself para
I mount by encouraging the hair. .I of
the white man for the black; the Re
I publican machine has sought to per
jp.tuate Itself by stirring up tlie black
1 iCuntlnucvd. 55 Fifth 1'uKc.l
RESPONSIBLE FOR
GROWTH OF TRUST
Committee Blames Him
for Gigantic Stature of
Steel Corporation.
INVESTIGATORS
SUBMIT REPORT
Combine Is Arraigned as Un
American in Its Methods and
Hostile to Best Interests of
Labor?Morgan and Asso?
ciates Ecneiiciaries of
Overcapitalization.
Committee Findings
Recommends lenliilntloa kugifcstt >l
as remedial.
J. I'lerpont Morgan ami bis us
virlnlr? belli U|l UM tiling lii'llnl
? lurid of enormous profits rculireil
rrom overcupltulizatlou.
Gary illnu-.-- credited with being
?eherne tu control price*.
former President limine vclt In?
dicted for uiaktnu coutrnl ui Ihe
? teel trust lihnollltc, hud chill _< it
vtith brlus responsible fur the ti
ttuntic Hint ore. which (lie i.iia lias,
attain eil.
I ulteil States Steel < orporntiou
Hayed us .in enemy ?f orguulSed
labor, accused of lowering the no
rloloalrnl eohilltliUiN of Iii employ en
ami of contributing: in Amcrlci u
Industry nnil \?i?rk method** un
Amerleun an.I mr-luii in the beul
Interests 'if Inlior.
OppoNcx Interlocking rtlreetornteii
of railway nnd Induatrlnl organisa?
tions.
Kennlinien Is IcgdslnCInn tn eure
Iron evils ninl ??? n?ert e?l?.'fnii
conditions.
Disapproves cimiml nf ? orporn
tlnns bj Federal government.
\dvoenteu evident publicity of
operations of Ibe I nlled ?>iu(i-h
??leel i ?e;lor<ltlolt.
Siitm eni*t*dOUM prnllii are in i
due tn n degree nf Integration of
efficiency no1! possessed by 111.ir
porntlon*M competitor*, but in Ibe
owner-hin of ore rrnervcii on I o<
nil proportion to 111 output or re?
quirements,; mid to Hie control nnil
niieriitli.il of rommnii 'jirrliT*, ill* I
clnn ol rules nnil liberal ntlownare*
obtained from other concerns
fhrnuuli Inequitable nnd Inorillnnte
terminal allowance*,
Partien Injuriously n fleeted hjr
convhlnntloun nbjiald bnve access
to the courts fur nufllelent remedy.
Washington. August ?The report
I of the majority of t!.. committee of
i the liousu of Representatives directed
more than a year ago to Investigate
? the United States steel Corporation was
submitted to the House to-day by Rep?
resentative. Stanley, of Kentucky, chair?
man of the committee.
The report was signed by tho chair?
man and Representatives Bartlett, of
Georgia. McGlllluuddy, Maine, Beall,
Texas, and Littleton, New york, Demo?
crats Representatives Gardner. Mass?
achusetts; Dunfotth. New York; Young.
Michigan, and Sterling, Illinois, Repub?
licans, dissented lruiii the report of tho
majority. Representative Sterling sub?
mitted his individual views In a minor?
ity report, nnd Representative Little
ton. Democrat, dissenting from the re?
commendations of the majority for
amendment of the Sherman antitrust
1 law. tiled his views.
Repr?sentatives Gardner and Dun
forth will unite in another minority
report, which Representative Young
will sign and add to It his own Unding?
? Us to the facts surrounding tho or
i gnnizatl.m and operation of the Steel
! Corporation.
i. en cm i Accusations.
The report of the majority deals
With the steel trust from Its Inception
and describes the various steps bv
which J. r. Morgan and his associates
built up the corporation. In addition
to recommendations for legislation sug?
gested as remedial, the Democratic
? members of tho committee made sen
i cral accusations against tho men re?
sponsible for the organization.
.' P. Morgan and his associates ar.i
: held up as being the beneficiaries of
i enormous profits realized trom th..
overcapitalization of the subsidiary
companies of the Steel Corporation, and
later of th. corporation Itself.
Judge i; H. Gary and his dinners to
9tec! manufacturers are credited with
a scheme by which prices and territory
were, controlled by the .-to.M trust af?
ter pooling agreements were discard
Former President Roosevelt Is In?
dicted f.-r making the c ntfol or tha
steel trust absolute and is charged
With being responsible for the. Ktgun
tli stature which the trust Ii i - attain
The United States Steel Corporation
flayed as an enemy of organlzi d labor,
licensed ,jf lowering the sorlolr glca!
conditions of its employes an I of con
trihtitlnp to American Industry work -
inch am! work methods un-Aim-rlc-an
Imd foreign to th-- best Interest* of
la b ir.
Principal stockholder* -t th- steel
Corporation are accused of exciting a
powerful nnd Injurious Influence on the
business of the united Slates by means
of control excrcls* 1 through interlock?
ing lirectnratrs <f railway and Indttf
trial organizations
The activity of th* corporation In
pOlttlCS is laid tare and its InflUetlCSJ
described, an,', the "Steel trust'- as a
t irlff beneficiary and Its part in the
making of the Payne-Aldrlch tariff aot
: nre touched upon by the Democrats.
Tn Cure Trust Kill?.
The committee recommends legisla?
tion to cure trifft evils and to meet
existing conditions It condemn.- th?
Steel Corporation, but does not invade
tin |u i sd let Ion of the Untied states
Ctaiiri In which there ia now pending S
government suit for its dissolution.
h? arty In it-., report the eommlttno
s, I* form that it would Investigate "aw
1 (Cuuiw*?ud as Scvcnta P-iK*-). ,