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llVlA^ili. OVJ 13 PER MONTH
NEW YORK FEARS
GAYNOR MAY NOT
SURVIVE INJURY
Wounded Mayor Officially Report
ed as Resting Easily but
Rumors Cause Anxiety
WIFE REMAINS AT BEDSIDE
Gallagher's Lawyers Prepare to
Make Insanity Feature of
Case for Defense
NEW YORK, Auk. 1: — 2:40 i>. m.—
Mayor (iiiynor Is resting comfortably.
Ills physicians have added nothing to
the optimistic statements Issued last
night.
[Associated Presai
NIOW YORK. Aug. 11.— Mayor Wil
liam J. Oaynor may be making satis
factory progress, as his physicians per
•.si.stently maintained today and tonight,
but there is an undercurrent of anxi
ety tonight that runs contrary to the
official bulletins. His surgeons say ho
had a satisfactory day; that he Is
cheerfull and stronger, is resting qui
etly and more than holding his own.
As opposed to this, those who read
the 10:30 bulletin thoughtfully noted
references to "complete radiogiaphie"
examination, indicating it was neces
sary to take a second set of negatives
in order accurately to tind the position
of the bullet. That an additional set
of negatives had been taken had been
reported heretofore, but the rumor
lacked confirmation.
Nothing is said in the bulletin of a
".split" bullet, mentioned as indicated
in the first pictures; instead, the lead
is now said to be lodged in the roof of
the mouth. Whether the other shadow,
as Indicated in the first picture, Is a
splinter of bone, none of the physicians
would say.
ni.oon of mayor examinkji
A sample of the patient's blood was
examined carefu'ly this evening and
pronounced satisfactory, tile relation
of the white and red blood corpuscles
having been found normal. Although
there are rumors afloat that his physl
slans are in the midst of a disagree
ment, Robert Adamson, his secretary,
and Health Commissioner Lederle dis
credited these statements. The state
ment follows:
"The surgeons in attendance on the
mayor are Dr. William J. Arlits, Dr.
George K. Brewer, Dr. George D. Stew
art and Dr. Charles N. Dowd. During
their absence on Wednesday afternoon
Dr. Charles H. Peck attended the
mayor. The mayor's family physician.
Dr. John W. Parish, also attended
him. Xo other surgeons or physicians
have at any time been called with the
ease. This statement is necessary be
oauae of unfounded reports and state
ments by those pretending to be con
nected with the mayor's physicians."
The patient's irritability this after
noon and the barring of the sick room
to all save Mrs. Gaynor and the physi
cians gave rise to disquieting rumorß.
It was admitted that the mayor had
lost temporarily at least, his cheerful
ness and had requested that his wife
remain near his bedside. Because of
soreness of the wounded throat an an
tiseptic spray was used frequently, and
it was at this process that the mayor
■bowed signs of fretting.
Gallagher, the assassin, in prison In
Jersey City, is beginning to lay the
groundwork for his defense. It will be
insanity. His lawyers and Dr. F. S.
Potter, an alienist, held a conference
with him this afternoon. Alexander
Himpson of Jersey City, counsel for
the prisoner, says he has lnvestlgatel
the man's record and finds a basis for
a trace of hereditary Insanity.
GRAND JURY AWAITS RESULTS
JKRSKY CITY, Aug. 11.—Supreme
Court Justice Swayzee charged . the
np«clal Hudson county grand jury to
day on the attempt to assassinate May
or Oaynor. He practically told the jury
th&t it would be unwise at this time
to lake up the matter of indicting
Gallagher, for the reason that the en
tire action hinged on the condition of
the mayor.
ABOLISHING CANTEEN A
MISTAKE, SAYS CHAPLAIN
Father Waring Delivers Address
Before Abstinence Union
BOSTON, AUfT. ll.—Although he did
not directly advocate the re-estab
lishment of the army canteen, the Rev.
Father George J. Waring, chaplain of
the eleventh cavalry, U. S. A., in an
address before the national convention
of the Catholic Total Abstinence union
today, implied that its abolition was a
mistake.
Father Waring declared the soldier
was driven to drink largely by the
fact that ho was practically barred
from high class amusement and re
freshments, lie added:
••He baa been deprived of a canteen
where he was accustomed to get ft
Klass of pure beer without goiiiK away
from his home, and 'Where he could
neither meet bad company nor drink to
excess. He is shunned by all respect
able people. His self-respect is crushed
within him, and he naturally enters the
only open door—that of the saloon."
The Rev. Father Walter J. Shaiiey
of Danbury, Conn., former president
of the union, advocated political activ
ity on tlic part of the member! of the
union to secure more drastic laws
against the liquor traffic, and to coin
hat the political work of the liquor in
terests.
EARTHQUAKE AT SANTA CLARA
SAN JOSE. Aug. 11.—The hjrizontal
ograph at Santii Clara college
recorded a slight seismic disturbance
uhortly after 8 o'clock this morning,
;n cording to the daily bulletin of Al
bert .1. Ncwlin, in charge at the ob
servatory. The disturbance is thought
to have been located somewhere far to
the northeast.
LOS ANGELES HERALD
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
FOB IOC AWT
I,os AiiKi-ir* anil vicinity—Fair Friday;
Hunt north wind, changing to noiilli. Maxi
mum temperature yesterday 77 degreo";
minimum temperalure 60 degrees. M """*":
LOS ANGELES
Hostess at shower party converts affair
Into aceno of her nustlul ceremony.
| PAGE i
T. Spetlacy on stand stys he paid
Young bis share of dividends with
personal check. PAGE 4
Mrs. Charles J. lluber accuses husband
In court of having tried to slap her.
( MAGE 4
Salt Lake railroad will Join with the
Southern Pacific and Santa F« In
• project for union depot. .PAGE 5
F. V. Owen made member of fire com
mission. PAGE 8
Attorney presents plan to council com
mittee to stifle garbage odors. PAGE 8
Voucher discloses how District At
torney Fredericks drew attest In favor
of brother. , PAGE 9
Accused plcketers are removed to east
juldo station to still complaints of the
prisoners' condition. PAGE} 9
Officials of Western Union Telegraph
company here to Inspect lines. page 9
Democratic county central committee
urges harmony, and advises against
unworthy candidates. PAGE 13
Johnson supporters declare his victory
assured. PAGE 13
Workman's name causes much enthusi
asm among voters. PAGE 13
Late millionaire Chinese merchant Is
burled by countrymen with splendor
of oriental ceremony. * PAGE 16
Two Republican nominees bombarded with
questions at Votes for Women meeting.
; ,\ki PAGE 16
Registers In local hotels dhow record break-
Ing number of brides among arrivals.
PAGE 10
Clerk Identifies daylight bandit suspect at
city jail. PAGE 1
Theaters. PAGE 5
Society and clubs. PAGE 5
Mining and oil field*. PAGE 6
Hullding permits. PAGE 6
sr&vsi PAGE 6
Citru« fruit repo/t. PAGE "t
Markets and financial. v PAGE 7
Sports. >--..' PAGES 10-11
Editorial and letter box. ft PAGE 12
City briefs. » PAGE 13
Politics. PAGE 13
Marriage licenses, births and deaths.
PAGE 14
Classified advertising. . PAGES 14-15
Personals. . PAGE 16
SOUTH CALIFORNIA __
Speeding auto collides with buggy and hurls
doctor from latter vehicle. . PAGE 14
Llncoln-Koosovelt league selects candi
dates for county delegates from
Pasadena. PAGE 14
Manley McGee arrested in Santa Monica on
charge of issuing bad check. • PAGE 14
Foreman of lime kiln at Huatu. Ana killed
by becoming entangled In machinery
belt. PAGE 11
COAST
Governor Hay outlines plan for meet
in ef western governors to discuss
conservation. "PAGE 3
Court of appeals decides against Napa
county public administrator In suit
over estate left "by member of the
Veterans" home.. i •.■ PAGE 2
EASTERN
Senator Aldrlch In answer to charges
made by Brlstow of Kansas denies ho
benefited by tariff on rubber. PARE 1
Mayor Gaynor reported resting quietly,
but New York fears wound may prove
fatal. • . PAGE 1
Wireless message received at Chicago
gives Information of wrong ship dis
abled. PAGE 6
Knights Templars at Chicago select
Denver for conclave' to be held In
1913. * PAGE «
lars of Minneapolis Injured by acid.
PAGE 1
Decree of Memphis court discloses gross
car repair frauds against the Illinois
Central. , PAGE 1
Denver plans busy day for Roosevelt on
August 29. PAGE 1
Senate of Colorado legislature called
in special session by governor to en
act legislation pledged In platform of
1908 adjourns to caucus on seven
measures. PAGE 2
Oklahoma Democrats indorse Governor
Haskell and Senator Gore. PAGE 2
Shooting gallery proprietor In Chicago
kills three members of household and >
then commits suicide. PAGE 3
FOREIGN
Envoys from Madrlz present letters to
stale department and will be given
audience with Secretary Knox. PAGE 1
Aviator Leblano outraces storm and
competitors are caught In wind and
rain. , ;,>-:• . PAGE 3
MINING AND OIL
Business men drill for oil on a ranch
up Boyle Heights way. PAGE 6
Ninety-nine »nlne prepares for Initial
copper shipment. PAGE 6
Conference at Douglas looks like Copper
Queen will revive camp of Courtland.
Ariz. PAGE i
ALL BUT ONE VICTIM
OF AVIATOR RECOVERING
ASBITR.Y PARK, ft. J., Aug. 11.—
All but eight victims of yesterday's'
aeroplane accident, caused by the fall
ins Of Walter Brookln's machine
among a group of spectators on the
aviation field here, were doing well to
d;:y and are expected to recover.
Hrookins was painfully, but not crit
ically injured. The eighth victim, Goo.
Barnett, a hoy of fourteen, was appar
ently no better today, pnd It is feared
his injuries, consisting of a fractured
skull and dislocated hip, will prove
fatal.
BRITISH SHIP GOES
ASHORE AT HONOLULU
HONOLULU, Aug. 11.—The British
barkentlne Helga, bound from New
Castle to San Francisco, went ashore
today on Diamond Head at the en
trance to this harbor. Captain Wall
of the Helga mistook the new light
house at Makapu tor the point.
The Holga, which left New Castle
lls days iirii \ylth a cargo of coal,
leaked almost continuously during the
Voyage. The vessel has been aban
doned by the crew and is breaking up.
SIX INJURED IN RIOT
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 11.—In riot
ing late tonight, resulting from the
street car strike, six ear men were in
jured Three city detectives tired their
revolver! at occupants of an automo
bile who rode alongside and began
stoning a car. None of their bullets
found a mark.
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12, 1910.
CLERK IDENTIFIES
DAYLIGHT BANDIT
SUSPECT AT JAIL
K. I. Perelson Declares Peter Voo
rath as One of Pair Which
Robbed Pawnshop
PRISONER REFUSES TO TALK
Victim Asserts Stickpin Worn by
Man in Prison Is Part
of Loot
Detectives at the central police sta
tion bi-lieve they have one of the two
men who robbed A. 1. Shapiro's pawn
shop at 404 North Main street August
3, getting $150 cash and $1500 in dia
monds and jewelry. Peter Voorath,
alias P. Marty, arrested last night,
was Identified by K. I. Perelson, fath
er-in-law of Shapiro, who was beaten,
bound and gagged by the two men who
robbed the store. Perelson was poHi
tlve In his identification. Voorath will
be formally charged with robbery this
morning.
Voorath was taken into custody by
Detectives Home, Carroll, MeNamara
and McCann, who have been working
on the case since the morning of the
robbery. At the time of the arrest the
prisoner was wearing a stickpin which
Perelson identified us being part of the
loot. The man refused to answer any
questions relating tc the robbery, and
he has retained Attorney George W.
Pearson to defend him. The officers
have made a search of many rooming
houses, but so far have been unsuc
cessful in locating his abode. They
are of the opinion that the prisoner
and his partner have a room at one
of the nearby beach towns. They as
certained that on the morning of the
robbery the two men had lodgings in
a rooming house on North Main street
one block from the pawnshop.
NATIVE OF SIAM
Voorath gave his age as 27 and vol
unteered the information that he is a
native of Siam, that his father is a
German and his mother a Siamese.
He is a linguist, speaking English,
German, French, Spanish and Chinese.
The robbery in which Voorath is al
leged to havo been a participant caused
a sensation in police circles, in view of
the fact that it occurred during day
light, in a busy part of the city, while
many people were in the vicinity.
Perelson, who is employed" as a clerk
in the pawnshop of his son-in-law, I.
Shapiro, opened the safe shortly after
7 a. m. A few minutes later two men
entered the store. One of them glanced
around and then inquired as to the
whereabouts of Shapiro. On being in
formed that Shapiro was not In, one of
the men requested to be shown a suit
of clothes.
Perelson led them to the back of the
store, and as he turned toward a cloth
ing rack he claims the men threw him
to the floor, quickly bound and gagged
him, and then leisurely proceded to se
lect what they wanted from the safe,
securing $150 in catrtf and jewelry val
ued at $1500. They placed their loot in
a suit case, which they also took from
the pawnshop, and left after divesting
Perelson of a gold watch and $65 in
gold.
When he saw the men disappear out
the front door, Perelson, being unable
to arise, rolled to the front of the store,
where he was noticed by a pedestrian,
who gave the alarm.
ARREST ARMOUR OFFICIAL
ON CHARGE OF PERJURY
Company's Attorney Cited to Ex
plain Loss of Books
CHICAGO, Aug. 11.—Thomas G. Lec\
of the dressed beef sales department
of Armour & Co., Indicted today on
the charge of perjury by the federal
grand jury, was arrested this after
noon. He gave bail for $5000.
Albert H. Urion, chief counsel for
Armour & Co., who also is president
of the Chicago board of education, Wa«
served with a writ ordering him to
appear before the federal court Mon
day morning, in regard to the alleged
destruction of books of Armour & Co.
It is alleged that Lee made false
statements to the jury on a number of
points In denying that he had attend
ed meetings where output was dis
cussed and prices were fixed, in deny
ing that prices were fixed and in de
nial of other matters.
In a special report to Judge L,andi3
the jury stated that stenographer's
notebooks of Armour & Co. which had
been demanded by the jury had been
destroyed.
ROBERT TREAT PAINE,
PEACE ADVOCATE, DIES
Was Philanthropist and Cham
pion of World Disarmament
WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 11.—Robert
Treat Paine, president of the American
Peace society, and widely known as a
philanthropist, died at his home here
tonight.
He was a sufferer from paralysis and
had beo ....conscious several days.
As president of the American Peace
society, Mr. Paine's work occasionally
ti.uk him to Europe and The Hague,
and his name was enrolled among the
prominent advocates of disarmament.
Mr. Paine was born in Boston in
1856, the son of Charles dishing Paine,
who was a grandson of Robert Treat
Paine, one of the signers of the Dec
laration of Independence.
CENSUS MEN CONFESS CRIME
HELENA, Mont, Aug. 11.—Thomas
Daley and F. C. McDonald, Great Falls
census enumerator*, pleaded guilty to
padding census return* In the federal
court this afternoon, »and we'-e sen
tenced to twenty-four hours In jail and
fined $1000 each. Two fiiore enumerat
or! will be arraigned August 17 on a
similar charce.
DEGREE OF COURT
DISCLOSES GROSS
CAR REPAIR FRAUD
Prosecutions Are Expected at
Once Against Officials of
the Illinois Central
ROAD REFUSES COMPROMISE
Memphis Company's Officers
High Employes of the
Railroad
(Associated Press*
MEMPHIS, Term., Aug. 11.—Dis
closures of a most sensational nature
Involving former high officials of the
Illinois Central railroad in the con
spiracy by which the Memphis Car
company is alleged to have defrauded
the railroad of hundreds of thousands
of dollars, were made today when a
decree was entered in Chancellor Heis
kell's court.
By this decree every dollar's worth
of property in the Memphis Car com
pany's plant, and a sum in cash, will
be turned over to the Illinois Cen
tral.
Prosecutions will begin at once, it
is said, against a number of former
railroad officials.
The stockholders mentioned in the
decree, besides E. H. Ward and H. C.
Osterman, the organizers of the Mem
phis Car company, and their official
positions at the time of the Issuance
of the stock, were:
Frank B. Harriman, general managei
Illinois Central; Hugh McCourt, gen
eral superintendent southern lines, Il
linois Central; W. S. King, general
superintendent Yazoo & Mississippi
Valley, operating also the Memphis
terminals of the Illinois Central; Wil
liam Renshaw, until May, 1908, super
intendent of machinery, in charge of
repair of equipment; Joseph E. Buker,
assistant superintendent of machinery;
John M. Taylor, general storekeeper,
Burnside shops.
Renshaw is said to be In France, but
as soon as a true bill is secured ef
forts will be made to bring him back.
It Is known the Illinois Central re
fused offers of large sums in settle
ment to include immunity, declaring
the road would rather lose the millions
of which it had been defrauded than
to have the officials who had been
parties to the alleged fraud escape
punishment.
■ Two of the officials. It Js set forth,
have returned to the Illinois Central
the amounts received by them as divi
dends. These are H. McCourt and \\.
S King each of whom made volun
tary restitution of $16,000 in cash.
TELLS OF SETTLEMENTS
OF REPAIR FRAUD CLAIM
Chicago Paper Declares .Railway
Receives $200,000
CHICAGO, Aug. 11.—The Record-
Herald today says:
A settlement has been arranged be
tween Illinois Central railroad and the
Memphis Car company, whereby the
latter is to pay back $200,000 of tMe
$300,000 out of which it is alleged to
have defrauded the railroad in repa.r
ing freight cars. This will be the sec
ond settlement effected since the Il
linois Central began its investigation
Into the frauds whereby it is said to
have lost more than $1,500,000.
The suit against the Memphis Car
company is in the courts at Memphis,
and the bill charges the Illinois Cen
tral, through the conspiracy of four of
its former officials, paid the car com
pany approximately $300,000 in excess
of the money legally due for the repair
The other settlement obtained by
the railroad was with the Blue Island
Rolling Mills and Car company, former
ly the Blue Island Car and Foundry
company. The claims against the com
pany were for $600,000, and the settle
ment is said to have been made for
$85,000 cash.
ACTOR GETS LICENSE TO
WED LAWYER'S DAUGHTER
John Barrymore to Make Miss
Harris His Bride
NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—"Jack"
Barrymore, the actor, and Miss {Cath
erine C. Harris, daughter of Sidney
Harris, a well known lawyer, went to
the marriage license bureau today and
obtained a license.
Miss Harris gave her age as 10 years.
She said her father was Sidney Harris
and her mother Katheryn Brady.
Barrymore gave his name as John
Barrymore, but he said he was born
in the United States and that he was
28 years old. His father's name was
given as Herbert Blythe and his moth
er's aa Georgiana Drew.
Asked when the marriage was to take
place, Mr. Barrymoro stammered and
had what he afterward described as his
first stage fright. Ho then consulted
with his intended bride and announced
that he could not answer the question
yet.
It has been reported that Mr. Harris
was opposed to their marriage.
MILD PARALYSIS ATTACKS
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 11.—James
Whiteomb Riley. the Hoosier dialect
poet, Is seriously 111 at his home in this
city. He was able to sit up only a few
minutes today.
Mr. Riley, who is said to be suffering
a mild form of paralysis, has not been
able to leave his home for several
weeks, but his condition was not re
cardfed as critical until recently.
Father of New Tariff Bill and
Kansas Senator Who Attacks It
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KELSON W. AMJBICH AT LEFT OF JOSKPH 1. BBISTOW
MADRIZ ENVOYS
IN WASHINGTON
Bring Letters in Spanish to Sec
retary Knox and May
Have Peace Terms
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Modesto
Barrios and Sebastian Salinas, the en
voys sent to this government by Dr.
Madriz to negotiate for peace in Nica
ragua, will be received at the state de
partment tomorrow morning.
The commissioners will be received on
the same footing as have the repre
sentatives of both factions since the
trouble began.
The special ambassadors have pre
sented their credentials to the state de
partment. Three letters in Spanish, ad
dressed to Secretary Knox, also were
presented.
These were turned over to translat
ors. Their contents are not known.
Barrios and Salinas were received by
an attache of the Latin-American di
vision, who assured them they would
later be received for an audience with
the same consideration as had been
shown to Dr. Casrtillo, the Estrada
representative, and Senor I^uis Corea,
who had previously represented Madriz.
Both the envoys declined to say
whether the letters they presented con
tained any peace proposals. They de
parted to await a request from the
state department for their presence.
BUSY DAY FOR ROOSEVELT
IS PLANNED BY DENVER
Will Address Livestock Associa-
tion, Spanish War Veterans
and the Press Club
DENVER, Aug. 11.— The program for
Col. Theodore Roosevelt's visit to
Denver was announced today after a
conference between the Colorado Live
stock association and a representative
of Gifford Pinchot.
Colonel Roosevelt will arrive in Den
ver at 10:30 a. m. Monday, August 29,
on a special train from Cheyenne. He
will be met at the Union depot by rep
resentatives of the suite ami city, the
Livestock association, the Spanish War
veterans and others. Following a
parade headed by a carriage in which
Colonel Roosevelt, Governor Bhafroth
and Mayor Speed will ride, Colonel
Roosevelt will be the guest of the
Denver Press club at a cowboy lunch
eon at Overland park.
At 2:30 o'clock ho will address a
public meeting under the auspices of
the Colorado livestock association at
the auditorium. At 5 o'clock Colonel
Roosevelt will address the Spanish
War veterans at the auditorium. At
6:30 o'clock he will be the guest of
honor at a "round up" dinner at Xl
Jebel temple.
Colonel Roosevelt will leave the next
morning for Kansas City.
FORMER PRESIDENT OFF
TO INVESTIGATE FARMS
MINEOLA, L. 1., Auk. 11.-Theodore
Roosevelt arrived unannounced In
Mlneola today, and took a special
train with Ralph Peters, president of
the Long Island railroad, to some
point cast of here on the Hetnpstead
branch. His destination was not dis
closed.
Colonel Roosevelt would say merely
that he intended to inspect a number
of Long Island farms t.) learn what
the farmers were doing. Ho wishes to
get in personal touch with the farmers,
as he did with the miners on his trip
to Pennsylvania last week, when he
was able to talk with them in many
instances without disclosing hla
identity.
BONILLA ARMY NEARS CEIBA
NEW ORLKANS, Aug. 11.—Informa
tion brought here by the Grlb, arriv
ing tonight, was to the effect that the
forces of Gen. Leo Christmas, sup
porting the Bonllla movement in Hon
duras, were approaching the city of
Ceiba Monday night.
CTVfIT li ( I^II>TI/*«J • DAILY te. ON TRAINS So.
SLN(.JC.Lr.J LUU.h?>. SUNDAYS 80. ON TRAINS 100.
TOSSES BURNING
FLUID OVER AUTO
Miscreant Injures Eminent Com
mander of Knights Templars
on Street in Chicago
CHICAGO, Aug. 11.—j; C. Lewis, em
inent commander of the Minneapolis
Knights Templars, was badly burned
and several other occupants of an au
tomobile in which they were riding
were less seriously injured when a bot
tle of sulphuric phosphorus was tossed
into the car in Michigan avenue this
evening.
Besides Lewis the car contained Mrs.
Lewis, Mrs. J. F. Boeke, wife of a
Minneapolis meat dealer, and Albert
Nathan, president of the Illinois Cas
ing company, of Chicago. The cloth
ing of the four was ruined.
Both Lewis' hands and his left knee
were burned and Mrs. Boeke was
burned about the knees.
The open bottle of the burning fluid
was tossed into the car by someone
hidden in a row of seats occupied as
the grand stand for the Knights Tem
plars parade. The attack is believed
to be the corollary of the recent strike
of the automobile drivers.
LIVES OFTEMPLARS
ENDANGERED BY FIRE
CHICAGO, Aug. 11.—The lives of
fifty persons, including numerous
Knights Templars, were endangered
tonight when the south breakwater,
100 feet in the lake, on which a Knight
Templar fireworks display was being
given, caught fire.
Several leaped into the lake and were
rescued by launches. Others were
taken off by boats.
The fire was extinguished by men
from fire tugs after several thousand
dollar! 1 damage had been done. It
started among the fireworks and the
dry wood of the pier soon was flaming.
WOMAN LAWYER, SPEAKER
AND WRITER, PASSES AWAY
■WASHINGTON. Aug. 11.—Mrs. Ju
dith Ellen Horton Foster, noted
throughout the country as a temper
ance lecturer and writer and advocate
of missions and philanthropy, die.l in
Garfleld hospital here early today, fol
lowing an operation.
Mrs. Foster was born at Lowell,
Mass., in IS4O. While residing in lowa
she studied law and was admitted to
the bar of that state. Later she took
an active interest in the W. C. T. U.
and became a Republican campaign
speaker.
During recent years Mrs. Foster had
made her home in Washington, where
she was actively engaged until rt
cently in prison reforms for the de
partment of Justice.
RUMORS OF CHAMBERLAIN'S
ILLNESS DENIED BY SON
BIRMINGHAM, England, Aug. 11.—
Inquiry at his Highbury home today
elicited an explicit denial of alarming
rumors which has been current h'jre
concerning the condition of Joseph
Chamberlain, who has been in feeble
health for a long time.
His son stated that his father's con
dition was quite normal and that there
had been no change in his liealth re
cently. The veteran statesman con
templates remaining at Highbury for
some time.
ROCKEFELLER TO CHANGE
CHURCH INTO THEATER
NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—John D.
Rockefeller, jr., has signed plans for
changing a church into a moving pic
ture theater. He will alter the two
story Armitago chapel in insth street,
just north of the West Bide Neighbor
hood house, into a moving picture show
place.
The chapel building, owned by Mr.
Rockefeller, is a branch of the Fifth
Avenue Baptist church and has been
closed for some time owing to the fail
ure of the neighborhood to support it.
FALLS DOWN SHAFT TO DEATH
CHINESE CAMP, Cal.. Aug. 11 —
dragged from his place in the hoist
basket by a loose cable, G. Morales,
a miner, was hurlod down the shaft of
the Eagle Shawmut mine today to a
level 300 feet below and instantly
killed. His body was terribly mangled.
CENTS
ALDRICH RESENTS
ATTACK MADE BY
SENATOR BRISTOW
Solon Denies Tariff He Fathered
Added to His Pecuniary
Benefit
TAKES FLING AT INSURGENTS
Rhode Islander Declares Rubber
Concern in Which He Is
Director Not a Trust
(Associated Press)
"WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Senator
Kelson \V. Aldrlch of Rhode Island,
enumerating the counts under which
he was indicted by Senator Joseph W.
Bristow of Kansas, in recent campaign
speeches dealing with the tariff on rub
ber, in a letter made public tonight,
denies the charges in their entirety.
Incidentally ho pays his respects in
caustic language to Senator Bristow,
and what he terms a "little group ot
men" who entertain opinions similar to
those of the Kansan.
The letter ia addressed to William
B. McKinley of Illinois, chairman of
the Republican congressional campaign
committee, and was sent to the head
quarters of the committee in this city.
The explanation of rubber duties and
the denial of the charges made against
him by Senator Bristow are based on
the fact that Senator Aldrich was
called on by a .Republican candidate
for congress to furnish the facts con
nected with the changes in the recent
tariff act.
Referring to the charges made by-
Senator Bristow as "absurd misstate
ments," Senator Aldrlch said the per
sistent reiteration of them impelled
him to make a full statement. At the
outset of his long letter the senator
divided the speeches ot' Mr. Bristow
into five parts, each of which contained
a specific charge. He then dealt with
them in order.
INCREASE MADE FOR HARMONY
In the first place, the senator de
clared, the increase from 30 to 35 per
cent on a small number of manufac
tured articles of rubber was for the
purpose of making the tariff uniform
on kindred articles ami facilitating tho
labors of the customs officials.
In that conection he made public a
letter to him from Gen. Thad S. Shar
rotts, a member of the New York board
of general appraisers, asserting tha
change was advisable, and had been
agreed to unanimously by the senate
and house committees and by the con
ferees on the tariff bill at the earnest
solicitation of the tariff experts of the
treasury department.
Laying particular stress on the
charge made by Mr. Bristow, the chair
man of the senate finance committee
said that "neither he nor any mem
ber of his family ever has had any
pecuniary interest as to whether the
rates on manufactures of rubber were
30, 35 or 300 per cent, or whether crude
rubber was on the free or dutiable
list."
Dealing then with charges that the
Tnter-Continental Rubber company, of
which he is a director, is a trust; that
It advanced the price of crude rubber
and controlled the world's supply, and
that the company had paid enormous
dividends, Mr. Aldrich treated each at
great length.
TAKES FLING AT BRISTOW
Without raising any issue concerning
the "progressives" campaign gener
ally, Mr. Aldrich referred to Mr. Bris
tow and his immediate associates aa
follows:
"In the tariff discussions of other
days the advocates of the progressive
policy usually have been called to meet
in debate men with convictions on the
subject —Democrats of character, whose
theories of government differed com
pletely from those held by Republican
protectionists—men who had some re
gard for the accuracy of their state
ments and some knowledge of the sub
ject they discussed.
"Now attacks on Republican meas
ures are led by men whose political
existence depends upon their capacity
—and to this there seems to be no
limit—for misrepresentation and the
ignorance of their adherents. Strangely
enough, this little group of men—very
small in number —has arrogated to it
self the leadership of the progressives,
and its members prate about the treat
ment of the tariff as a moral question."
J.ETTKR TO CHAIRMAN
The letter, in part, follows:
"Providence, R. 1., Aug. 10, 1910
"Hon. AVilliam B. McKinley, Chair
man Congressional Committee, Wash-
ington, D. C.i Dear Mr. McKinley—l
have been asked by a Republican can
didate for congress in an Illinois dis
trict to furnish him the facts with
referenoe to changes in the rubber
duties in the tariff act of 1909.
"The persistent reiteration of the
absurd misstatements of Senator Bris
tow with reference to the tariff on
rubber furnishes such a choice illus
tration of the nature of the criticisms
and the character of certain critics of
the tariff act of 1909 that it seems
to be desirable that a full statement
of the facts should bo made in re
sponse to this inquiry.
"Senator Bristow's statements were
as follows:
"1. That the senate committee on
finance, of which I was chairman, In
creased the duty upon certain manu
factures of rub" er from 30 to 35 per
cent.
"2. That during tho session, or im
mediately after the adjournment of
congress, I, in connection with others,
had organized a gigantic rubber trust,
known as the Inter-Continental Rubber
company, in which I was a large
stockholder and a director.
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"3. That this huge rubber trust Im
mediately advanced largely the price
of crude rubber, 'the supply of which
it absolutely controls.'
"4. That this vast rubber monopoly,
the Inter-Continental Rubber company,
was able, on account of the changes in
the tariff referred to. to advance—
and did rapidly advance—the price of
every rubber product, 'from automo
bile tires to baby rattles. 1
"5. That the increase on the rate of
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