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VOL XVI—No. 172
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HATTIESBURG. MISSISSIPPI. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. JULY 27.1912.
April 6. ICO
Member ol Associated Press
SOGAR
SOGAR
COMES OP
TODAY
LAST BIG TARIFF FIGHT IN
ATE—DEMOCRTS WILL STAND
BY WILLIAM'S BILL.
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Commission and Repeal of Canadian
SENATE PASSED EXCISE
BILL B1 VOTE OF 36 TO 18
Amendments Tacked on However That
Means Fight With House Tariff
Reciprocity Opposed.
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(By Associated Press.)
*5* Washington, July 27 An agree- •> ;
❖ ment between regular and pro- ❖ j
v gressive Republicans was reach- •> j
**' ed today for passage a tariff bill -Î- ^
-> fixing a duty of $1.60 per hundred •> j
'** Pounds in place of the present <• {
❖ rate of $1.90 on sugar.
❖ provided that the progressives j
stand with its regulars, deserting •> ,
❖ (hat previous alliance with the ❖
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Washington, July 27—Strengthened
by the force of two victories in the 1
last two days Senate Democrats and I
Progressive Republicans are prepared
today for the last fight on the tariff 1
program, the sugar schedule. It is
the belief that a level lower than the
regular Republicans favor will be
adopted. It is reported today that
Senator Smoot had agreed to $i.62 1-2 1
per hundred pounds and that Bristow
had advanced to $1.60 In hope of com
promising with the regulars. The
Democrats are determined not to In- !
dorse the House free sugar bill but to
stand behind the William bill for a cut
of one third
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Senate Amendments Centre of Fight
Washington, July 27—The fight over
the excise lax bill which was returned
to the House today as passed by the
Senate was centered around the amend
for the tariff commission and the repeal
of Canadian reciprocity. House Demo
crats are opposed to both. Under
wood said he thought a compromise
would be reached.
Excise Bill Passed Senate By Vote of
36 to 18
Washington, July 27—Democrats
and Progressives united again in the
Senate last night and by a vote of 36
to 18 passed the Democratic excise tax
bill extending the present tax on cor
porations to the business of individ
uals, private firms and co-partnerships.
Attached to the measure also by the
aid of Republican votes were amend
ments for the repeal of the Canadian
reciprocity law and the taxing of $2
per ton tariff on print paper; and for
the establishment of a permanent non
partisan tariff commission.
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Senator Borah in a fight to have his ;
income tax bill substituted for the,
"tax on business" lost by a vote of
23 to 33. although he mustered to
his support many of the regular Re- ;
publicans and four Democrats, As
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hurst, Culberson, Hitchcock and Mar
tine.
The Democratic minority stood out
solidly against any change in the
House bill thaï would threaten its de
feat. They declered the tax on husi
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an income tax law had once been held ,
unconstitutional by the Supreme Court (
and might again suffer the amend
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Democrats were supported by the fol- i
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ment to the federal Constitution.
publicans :
Bourne. Bristow, Clapp, Crawford. |
Cummins, Gronna, Jones, Kenyon, La j
Follette, Nelson, Poindexter. Town- !
send and Dorks.
The measure was chnneed from the
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original House hill only in minor par
ticular, except for the addition of the
Canadian réciprocité reneai and the
permanent tariff commission provision.
It will go back to the House for the I
approval of that body and it is be
lieved an agreement will soon be
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The excise measure would J
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SCHEDULElAnother Ent
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Commissioner Race
E. B. CAPERTON, POPULAR BUSINESS
DACY—WOULD MAKE A GOOD OFFICIAL.
MAN ANNOUNCES CANDI
The News today publishes the an
nouncement of E. B. Capterton as a
candidate for the office of commission
er of the city of Hattiesburg. The
entrance of Mr. Caperton into the
race adds renewed interest to what
had already become a live campaign,
and shows clearly that Hattiesburg
need not sufTer for want of good and
true men to run its large business.
Mr. Caperton has for thirteen years
been identified with the business de
velopment of this city, and in all those
years no one ever knew or heard of his
I knowingly doing another a wrong. He
j has from the day he came here been
engaged in the freight transfer busi
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I ness and for several years his firm of
❖ j Caperton Bros, has dealt in coal.
♦ j speaking of one's fitness for the office
❖.of commissioner, it is often asked,
•> ; "Has he made a success of his own
❖ j business?" The implication being
•> j that this is a pre-requisite to qualify
^ for commissioner. Judged by this
•> j standard Mr. Caperton is qualified,
{ since his own affairs have prospered
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, on all persons, firms or co-partner- !
ships an annual tax equal to 1 per cent '
In
from the first day he came to this
, of net income in excess of $5,000. i
I The chief fight, aside from that cen
' tering about Senator Borah's income !
1 tax mea8ure ' came upon the Canadian j
I reciprocity amendment offered by Sen
ator Gronna of North Dakota. The
1 «metidment adopted by the Senate, 37
to 26, provides for the complete re
peal of the reciprocity law and for
the establishment of a rate of $2 per
ton on print paper imported from
1 Canada ' ln P lace of the present duty of
$3.75. Senator Bacon offered «an amend
ment to repeal a " of the reciprocity
laws except the free paper section. It.
! was defea ted, 27 to 37, Bristow, Clapp.
Poindexter and Works being the only
Progressives who voted for it.
1 The Senate made a change in the
j excise bill so that tax would not ap
ply to labor organizations, agricultural '
' associations or fraternal organizations j
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cial excise tax on production above a
certain amount, offered by Senator
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JUDGE HENRY REPLIES j
Til mi I IFR'K PRlTin^M
I U lULLItn UKII III5M •
Hitchcock, was defeated.
Jackson, July 27—Judge W. A.
Henry, of the seventh judicial district,
who has been presiding over the
Hinds county criminal court term
brought to a close in this city today,
has issued a statement replying to a
recent criticism by Congressman Col
lier In a recent speech in Yazoo coun
ty wherein he stateij that Judge
I Henry Is writing letters soliciting sup
i port for his brother, Col. R. H. Henry,
j who is opposing Mr. Collier for re
| election.
Judge Henry frankly admits that he
; has wrlUen lettera to frlends ln Yaz00
counfy Bollclt)nK 8upport for h , 8
brother, and Intends to keep on doing
to personally
Iso; that he will not stop at writing
hut expects
; ]etter8
I solicit votes, when he can spare time j
I from his official duties—but will not, [
; and has not neglected his official
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Boston, Mass., July 27.—Mrs. W. H. j
| Taft wife of the p reB ident, will be '
, the bonored gue8 t a t the "Montserrat !
( Country Fair," held on the grounds
MRS. TAFT AT HORSE SHOW.
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of the Montserrat Gold Club, near
Beverly Cove today for the benefit of
j the Childre n's island Sanitarium.
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ON IN TEXAS TODAY
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Dallas, July 27—A Democratic pri
mary election is being held today in
Texas. One United States Senator,
I eighteen congressmen, governor, state
officials and next year's legislature,
whlch wlU cbo ° 86 a successor to Sen
1 ator Bailey, are being voted for. Pro
hlbHIon features the campaign. _
city. No question involving the wel
fare of our people has arisen to find
Mr. Caperton uninterested or on the
wrong side. If elected no class need ex
pect him to vote to grant any special
favors, while every feature of the pub
lic weal will fully enlist his best tal
ents and labors.
TEXAS PRIMARIES.
Dallas. Tex., July 27.—Both the Re
publicans and Democrats are holding
state-wide primaries today to choose
delegates to state conventions to take
place August 13. Texas adherents of'
the new party movement have ar
ranged for precinct primaries today,
but it is probable that few Progres
sives will attempt to vote in either the
Republicon or Democratic ranks owing
to the mix-up of dates. No definite
announcement has been made as to
whether the Progressive will attempt
to capture the Republican state con
vention, this being left for determina
tion, until after the Chicago conven
tion.
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New York, July 27—Expected •> j
❖ confessions of the murderers of •>
❖ Herman Rosenthal, the gambler, ❖ 1
❖ failed to materilize today and the ♦!
❖ Prosecutor Is as much at sea as 0 j
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v ever. No further arrests are ex- ❖
❖ pected for several days.
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DISPUTE OF LONG
STANDING IS
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Washington, July 27 -The Mexican :
Ambassador and State Department
have reached an agreement to settle j
the long standing dispute regarding
| the owner8hi,, ot the Cbamlzala tract:
j ot SSO acres forming part of the city
of Elpaso, Tex., on the basis of the
P ,ircha8P of the la " d ^ICO by
• Ullited States . TUe tract l8 valued at
approximately one million dollars.
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WOULD SUSPEND
WORK ON DEPOT
New Station Little Improvement on
Old is Claimed of Laurel
Citizens.
Jackson, July 27—The Mississippi
railroad commission has been request
ed by citizens of Laurel to order a
suspension of construction work on
the new depot of the New Orleans &
Northwestern Railway at that place. [
The request is based on the conten- !
tion that the new station is not com
mensurate with the needs of Laurel; |
that it is entirely too small for the j
volume of passenger traffic through |
the place, and but little more com
modious that the old frame depot it
is to replace,
It developed that plans for the sta
tion were not submitted for approval,
either by the railroad commission or
the city council of Laurel.
SENATE TO VOTE ON SUGAR.
Washington, July 27.—The Senate,
according to schedule, will take a de
cisive vote of the sugar tariff bill
day. The regular Republicans |
been trying to secure the supped
the progressives in order to be
reject the bill, but the progrdjjl
have been working with th^9|
crats, who have been tryini
their teams, but without res
ly satisfactory to all concea
probable that the bill will«
DIRECTORS OE BANK
WANT CASHIER
INDICTED
DEFUNCT NEWTON INSTITUTION'8
OFFICIALS CHARGE SIVELY
WITH FORGERY.
Jackson, July 27—Chancellor Sam
uel Whitman, Jr., of the second dis
trict, has denied the application for
the displacement of -H. W. Hoye
receiver qf the defunct Merchants
and Farmers Bank of Newton, and
orders have been issued for the
celver to proceed with the adjudica
tion of the affairs of the institution.
as
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f0r ™ g,8tratI °" within the next three
months.
Creditors must present their claims
Public interest is still centered in
the criminal phases of the bank fail
Advices from Newton state that
President Doolittle and several of the
directors, who are under bond in the
sum of $5,000 each for appearance at
the circuit term next month, are de- 1 *
termined to have Hamilton F. Llvley, I
the cashier, presented to the grand I
jury for forgery and perjury based
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on the statement of the financial
dition of the bank filed with the state |
! auditor in April, to which their
: ' ire attached ' claiming that they did
! "°* * f th ° s ' aten,en t. »»d had
seen it until they came to Jackson to
I inspect the original copy on file at 1
I the auditor's office.
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,w ill reveal some fresh sensations
A comprehensive statement of the
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ESCAPED TIGRESS CAPTURED.
The sheriff's office this morning re* j
ceived 'phone advice of the arrest at
Beaumont of Ida Bolton, a negro wo
sen* !
I man convicted or "retailing' and
j tent ed to the county farm, who es
i raped about two months
I prisoner was lodged in the jail at Ne
j Augusta to await an officer from here
on this afternoon's train.
ago. The
P I lirnnn Tnuritrnn
truckers |
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Sanford, Miss., July 27.—While the
< ' aiU,, ' ^ r °P ere Is by no means the
l,88t ' th e Sanford truck growers yes
t8rday a solid car containing
BOO bushels of tomatoes. The ship
«> ent wa8 consigned to the American
Can ft Plckie Company, at Wiggins.
The truckers have just finished the
cucumber crop, shipping an average
Of one carload a day for six weeks,
. all the shipments going to Wiggins for
, pickling purposes.
1 year for trucking at Sanford, and the
results will lead to larger things next
The Ship Island Lumber Com
pany has set out upwards of sixty
thousand strawberry plants.
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season.
$75 AND COST
In the City Court this morning there
' va8 hut a single case for the consld
[ ©ration of Mr. Fuller, that of Lige
! Maggard, whom Willis Moore, chief ot
police, had detected in the act of
| handing out the beer and taking in the
j nickels. The man plead guilty to the
| charge and was fined $75 and cost
LEADERS VISIT
GOV. WILSON TODAY
(By Associated Press.),
Seagirt, July 27—Gov Wilson re
turned today with his notes and speech
of acceptance of the Democratic nom
.inatlon. He experts to receive a del
Hhtion from Brooklyn, Senator Gore
w Herman Riddei today. Rldder is
Bjfeasurer of the National Committee.
THE WEATHER
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Colonel Completes
His Chicago Speech
says THAT MEASURE8 HE ADVOCATES ARE "CORECTIVE TO SO
CIALISM AND ANTIDOTE TO ANARCHY".
Oyster Bay, N. Y„ July 27—The,
"confession of faith" of Colonel Roose- ! a
velt is now down in black and white, ! lay
the finishing touches having
of
the
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recital of his doctrines in Chicago on !
the night of August 5, he probably I of
will be called socialistic or anarchistic I
and may be both, he said .tonight. But he
e insisted that the measures he ad
vocated must come. the
been
made. When he has completed the
"They are a corrective to socialism
and an antidote to anarchy," he de
clared.
Two of the more striking
measures
favored by Colonel Roosevelt are the
flxlng ' by Iaw > of minimum wage scales
for women workers and a guarantee
by laW to worknlen employed in what
lle calls the '' continuou s industries" of
eighthour shifts and °ne day's rest
1 * n every 8even | he
I Although Co,one ' Roosevelt has tak-.
I Pn " nn8,lal Precautions to prevent the , to
con,ents of his speech from becoming .
I known prematurely, he gave a glimpse j
behind the viel.
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TROOPS RUSHED TO
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Charleston, W. Va„ July 27.—A ❖,
special train carrying troops is •>
hurrying to the Point Creek dis- •>
trict where coal miners have been ❖
I •? on strike since last April. Serious ❖ j he
j conditions exist on account of •> |
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I ❖ rioting.
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NeW 0rlean8 ' July 27-The net ad
vauce of more than a dollar a bale
I on cotton was the result of bullish ac
i counts of crop damage in southwest
Texa8 due to the hot dry weather. I
0ctober and December went above j
tll0 thp-teen cent level The forecast
ot (alr weather over Sundav f01 . the \*'
w^tn b T led Z bu.U to hei.eve
tbe advance would be contihued Mon- '
day . The market clo8ed 24 to al
24 polnt up Qn the New y or k ex . 1
change , he price8 clo8ed 32 to
point8 advance.
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Chicago, July 27—Wheat steady ; un
changed to half up. Provisions firm;
shade to twenty cents higher.
FISTICUFF AT
THE FIRE HALL
ton
of
the
Considerable excitement prevailed
around the fire hall this morning when ' '
B. it. Eaton, a member of Fire Com
panly No. 1. assaulted Watson Fairley ;
B. B. Eaton Struck Watson Fairley
For Alleged Wrong, Which
Is Denied.
with his fist, inflicting a wound above
the eye from which blood flowed free
W.
ly. Eaton was arrested by the police
and released on his own recognizance,
subject to a full investigation by tbe
city officials. Upon investigation itl
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what he regarded as a perfectly re-1
liable source, that Fairley had been
making a too free use of his tongue 1
in speaking about him and he (Eaton)
had said that the first time he met
Fairley he would "whip him." As this
morning was the first time they had
met, he proceeded to carry out his !
threat, with results as stated.
Mr. Fairley makes a statement 1
which puts a different aspect on the
affair. Fairley claims that he did not
know Eaton and that he never saw |
him before this morning; hence could
[ing
tlrely with broad
economic problems
a °d gave the impression that he will
lay em P ha8 i 8 chiefly upon subjects
of this nature which he says both
the Democratic and Republipan parties
have Ignored rather than upon matters
which might be placed under the head
of partisan politics.
Colonel Roosevelt »aid at the ouUet
he had not wished at the present to
take up new things, but had come to
the conclusion that he must develop
some of the doctrines in his Chicago
speech and had gone further than
before in advocating what might be
regarded by hiB opponents as radical !
ever
among business men by his speech In
Columbus, O., last February, in which
| he first advocated the recall of judi
cial decisions. The thing he now hag 1
, to say, he added, he hoped would not ;
. frighten these men, for, if they were ! 11
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measures. He said he was curiouB to '
see how his speech would lie received i
by the large business in'erests and
recalled the opposition stirred
up
! he was acting in their Interest.
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man that he did not know, never saw
! and never heard of, until his cousin
Archie Fairley last night, told him
j that there was a young man named
Katon at the fire hall who wanted to
see him this morning. Acting on this
information he walked into the fire
hall and asked for Mr. Eaton.
j he was pointed out, the two walked
| together to the back door, when Eaton
asked, "is this Watson Fairley?" and
when told that it was, before another
word was said, struck Fairley a
stunning blow that knocked him
off his feet. Until further investiga
tion by the city, nothing further is
expected as a result of the occurrence.
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Indianapolis and Nashville are ■
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ELIMINATION BALLOON RACES.
Kansas City, July 27.—The best bal-|
■ loons in the country, engaged in com- ;
petitive tests, will start in the elimi !
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for ten
Lumber
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VISITING FRIENDS
Prof. M. E.
Morehead,
years principal of the
ton public school,
city, having been called here by the
illness of his baby, who, with its
mother, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Love, on West Pine street.
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Prof. Morehead Is now the principal
of the Panola County Agricultural
High school, located at Courtland on
the I. C. R. R. As principal of the
Lumberton schools he made an envi
able reputation as an educator and
b,,ilt up tbere a 8cb ° o1 of great •«»- j
' ' iency - rbe Pano,a t ounty High
8,1,001 wlth its main b,,ilriing and
; dormitories, is already being taxed fori
room, and its work is receiving strong !
endorsement from State Superinten
dent of Education, J. N. Powers ami |
W. H. (Corn Club) Smith, representing !
,he Sm,tbern Educational Association. ;
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ELECTS OFFICERS
At a meeting of the members of the
Forrest Club, Friday night the follow
! ing officers were elected for the ensu
1 1st vice-president, E. R. Farrell; 2nd
vice-president, R. K. Smith, 3rd vice
president, J. E. Davidson; secretary,
| Geo. D. Stockman,
[ing year; president, W. G. Gillespie;
The affaira of the club were shown
DETROIT ALDERMAN
CHARGED WITH
GRAFT
ACCUSED OF RECEIVING OR CON
SPIRING TO RECEIVE MONEY
FROM RAILROAD.
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"Honest Tom" Glinnin, Leader of
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SEVEN OF EIGHT RELEASED
ON FIVE THOUSAND BAIL
Council and E. R. Sdhreiter, Secre
tary American League Municipali
ties Involved in 8candal.
T6ceiving or conspiring to receive
money for closing a street for a rail
1 road were released today on five thou
; Ban( i dollar bail.. "Honest Tom" Glin
! 11 en was granted temporary liberty to
! attend the bedside of his sick wife,
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i Detroit, July 27— Seven of the eight
(By Associated Press.)
aldermen arrested with the Secretary
of the Commen Council charged with
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$9
I He is leader of the council and is al
leged to have received one thousand
dollars.
Investigation Began Last February.
Detroit, July 27—Eight aldermen
and the secretary of the common coun
cil committees were arrested Friday
afternoon on charge of accepting
bribes and conspiracy to accept n
bribe for their votes and influence In
the passing of a measure affecting
city property recently transferred to
the Wabash Railroad. At least six
other arrests of aldermen are expect
ed at any moment, and it is believed
that $3,700 passed hands in sums of
from $100 to $1,000. The bribery was
consummated and the arrests were
accomplished under the
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personal
supervision of Detective Wm. J.
i Burns.
The officials already arrested
Thos. Glinnan, president of the
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1 have accepted $500; Alderman Martin
' T Ostrowkki, alleged to have received
$200- Alderman Patrick O'Brien enn
splracy: Alderman Louis Tossv' said
*° have received $200;
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cll; E R - Schreiter, Jr., secretary of
; counc R committees and also secretary
! of the Ame rican League of Municipal
R * e8, wbo * 8 charged with conspiracy
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Frank J. Mason, Alderman Louis Broxo
and Alderman Deimel, the last three
being charged with accepting $100
each.
Alderman Glinnan, who long has
been known in city politics as "Honest
Tom," when arrested is said to have
turned over $1000 and made a com
plete confession. Schreiter, who, it
is claimed by the authorities, negotiat
ed the affair, was arrested in his office.
Officers claim he went to the office of
the detectives, who were posing
Wabash Railroad agents, to get his
money, and discovered the officers
who had just arrested Glinnan. It is
as
said he also made a statement to the
officers.
The detectives say they have caught
their men not only with market mon
ey, but telephonic testimony and
Phonographic records.
,n the arrests has been going on since
February, when rumors of graft in
tk e councllmanic body began to
j 8ume 8erlouB Portions,
MACHINE F0R MAKING
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The Investigation which culminated
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POPCORN "CR18PETTS."
| metropolitan cry.
! "Rive us factories if they are but
Factories and more factories is the
It is often said,
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'" S , Urg ln lbe ^ ac « or > Rn e helps to
j 'small." J. W. Hopkins has Just put
in a machine for turning out popcorn
•'crlspetts," which, judging from the
samples, is destined to supply a long
felt want—in the children's appetites,
being similar, but a great improve
ment on, the popcorn always in evi
dence when the circus comes around-'
EMPEROR8 STRENGTH
18 FAST EBBING.
Tokyo, July 27—Bulletins from the
bedside of Emperor Mutsuhlto indi
cate his strength ts fast ebbing. H»
is suffering from a
plication of dla-