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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
They DECLINE TO
DISCUSS award
Senators Lodge and Turner, Mem
bers of Alaskan Tribunal,
Return to America.
Tale of His Voyage of Exploration
Gives Two Islands in Portland
Canal to United Statcs-yVnshinS-
ton senator Says They Are of Value
Only from Strategical Standpoint.

New York, Oct. 31.-On account of his
official connection with the Alaskan
tribunal Senator Lodge, of Massachu-
sets, declined to discuss the award of
the tribunal IN his arrival here Friday
by the steamer Cedric. Senator Lodge
said the members of the tribunal have
been very handsomely treated while in
London, but, as one of the arbitrator,
he could not even venture to say that
he was satisfied with the award, and de-
clined to say anything about the attitude
of the Canadian commissioners in re-
fusing to sign the award.
Joseph Pope, representative Of the
Canadian government and n of the
assistant secretaries Of the tribunal.
who was also On the Cedric, said that
the award was of course a disappoint-
ment from the Canadian point of view,
but offered no further comment, ap-
pearing anxious, however, to ascertain
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06

Notwithstanding the fact that WON
ell reach a greater age than men they
have proved q losing venture to life in
surance companies. Women are not
prone to the excuses, nor exposed to
the rough weather, nor liable to the
accidents which, shorten life, but they
are more likely to suffer from lancer
in middle life than are men; and, too,
women much more frequently have in
tuitive premonition Of falling health
than have men, and. having that in.
tuitive fear, take life insurance.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
DOWlE IN NEW YORK.
Announces to His Followers Another
Crusadc-Claims Hosts to Have
Visited 100000

New York, Oct. 30.-At the services
yesterday John Alexander Dowie an
SADIE. He told his host to return to
Zion City and save their money against
the expenses of another crusade, be-
cause "the good work of spreading the
restoration message was going to be
carried far and wide"
New York, Oct. 31.-Dowie opened the
meeting last night with a prayer that In
the coming election the city should not
pass into bad hands. During his dis
course he said that the host had visited
600 900 homes in New York, and had
everywhere been received with courtesy.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
REBELS ARE ACTIVE.
Revolution in san Domingo Causes
Sending of WarshiDs to Protect
American interests.

Washington, Oct. 29.-Further ad-
department from United States Minis
ter Powell touching the outbreak of the
revolution in Santo Domingo, confirm
ing the report of the seizure of the port
of Puerto Plata by adherents of the
late President JimineZ, who are seeking
to overthrow President Wos Y Gil.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Darling
has sent orders to the Norfolk navy yard
for the cruiser. Baltimore to proceed
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
THE PRESIDENT
IS 10 YEARS old
Celebrates Anniversary of His Birth
at the White House and ke-
ceives Congratulations.
uu,drcds of Letters and kilograms
Received During the D~ny-PresentS
Made by of His Fahiis-
Attended to His Ordinary Routine
of Duties as Usual.

Washington, Oct. Is. = President
Roosevelt yesterday celebrated the
forty-ffth anniversary of his birth
Many beautiful and touching reminders
oil the event came to him from every
part of the country. Hundreds OF tele-
grams and letters of c"ongratulatlon were
received at the white hous during Inc
day. When the members OF the caDlnet
assembled they Joined in extending cor
dial congratulations to the president
The cabinet room and the presidents
private Office were filled with exquisite
floral offerings. A huge basket OF
chrysanthemums was sent to the pres
ident from the government propagat-
ing gardens. 1t contained about w
score of handsome specimens, many OF
them as large as the crown OF a derby
hat and of splendid coloring.
Can Claim distinction
President Roosevelt can claim the dis
tinction Of being the first president of
the United States to celebrate such a
youthful birthday in the white house,
and nearly every caller that visited him
in his Office made a point of congratulate
ing him upon that fact. The president
received presents from the various
members of his family and from a num-.
Der of friends. but made no change in.
the ordinary routine of his duties.
Early in the day a committee repre-
senting the Hungarian Republican club
of New York, of which the president is
an honorary member, called to con
vey to him the annual expression of
the clubs good wishes and to c%orgratu-
late linn upon his birthday. T
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
forthwith to Puerto Plata, San Domingo,
to look after American interests at that
blockaded port.
DEATH LIST INCREASED.
Forty-Five Persons Lost Their Lives
in Collision of steamers on
Japanese Coast.
That Makes a

Yokohama, Japan, Oct. Silt has
beer ascertained that as persona out
OF Jos who were on board the steamer
Tokai-Maru were drowned as the re-
suit of the sinking of that vessel
Thursday, after having been in COLI
sion with the Russian steamer Prog
ress, off Hakodate, Japan. The en-
gineer of the Tokai-Maru succumbed
after having been picked up by the
Progress. The mails and all the val
tables of the sunken vessel were lost.
The accident occurred at four a. m. in
a dense fog six miles from Hadokate.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
Found Two bodies.

Des Moines, Ia, Oct. 31.-While dyna-
hitting the river for the body of Miss
Lilly Cole, who committed suicide by
jumping from the Walnut street bridge
last Tuesday. The police not only
brought up the body of the girl, but that
OF an unknown man. The skull was
crushed, and the police believe the body
may be that of a wealthy stockman
named Jones, who disappeared in this
city some inn ago. and who was thought
to have been murdered for his money.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06

Three men in Paris, whose names
are well known in the scientific world,
are projecting balloon voyage across
the Atlantic. They are Capassa. the
aeronaut; Berget Sorbonne and M.
Reclus. the famous geographer. They
purpose starting from the Canary
islands in the month OF May. when
the winds will favor ttbbeprf1fiRdaaus. viii
the British West Indies. In their opin-
ion the voyage will last only four Or
five days.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
View the Body.
nsbukes the rresfdent.

Baltimore, Md, Oct. 31.-United
States Senator German in a speech
Friday night denounced President
Roosevelt for having raised the race
issue in the south, warned him that
the A~ngio-Saxon never had tolerated
and never would tolerate the social
equality or political domination OF lie
negro"
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06

Mrs, Overton, who lives near Glea-
son, Tenn went to town the other
day for the purpose of seeing a pas
senger train. She is so years old and
has lived within Is miles of the rail-
way nearly all her life. but had never
seen the track up to this time. On
hearing the train approaching she be-
came very much excited and refused
to go near the track, thinking the
train q great monster capable of do
ing her harm il it desired. She re-
turned greatly worked up over her
adventure.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
FALL TO THEIR A
Fatal Accident at Niagara Falls, Ont,
in Which Three Men Are Killed
and Five Injured.

Niagara Falls, N. Y, Oct. 2S.-Three
men were reported killed and five in
jured in an accident at the Canadian
Niagara Power company's plant at
Niagara Falls, Ont, early Tuesday.
Two of the dead and the injured are
Italian laborers. The other dead man
was George Hitler, of this city. The
men were being lowered into the pit
of the power company when the buck
ct was overturned by striking a ledge,
precipitating the entire party to the
bottom of the shaft, a distance of $50
feet.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06

DR.. Wiley, chief Of the bureau Of
chemistry Of the agricultural depart
ment, seems bent on finding out
whether or not the chemicals used in
curing meats and embalming beef are
Injurious to health. Having expert
rnented On a class of young men for
eight or ten months with rations
treated with borax, he has begun with
another class Of 10 young men to test
the effects OF salicy1ic acid, another
disinfectant used as a meat preserYa-
tive. the experiment viii continue
eight months.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
Banks to Merge.

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 31.-Three of the
Oldest and most conservative national
banks in Pittsburgh have decided to
merge their interests into one financial
institution. The three are the Bank of
Pittsburg, the Merchants and Manufac-
turers' national bank and the Iron City
national bank. They will be console
dated under the name of the Venerable
Bank Of Pittsburg.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06

The new Springfield rife is probably
the most effective military arm in the
world. At q distance of fifty feet it
generates fifty-five one-inch Pine
boards placed one inch apart. 1t has
a muzzle velocity of $500 feet per Sec
ond and carries a ball five miles, al
though one mile is the greatest dis
lance that any rifle can be effective,
even with telescope sights.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
Train Strikes Water Tank.

Train Strikes Water Tank,
The wrecked train was the east-bound
City Wednesday evening at six O'Clock
for Chicago. The train was derailed and
struck a steel water tank, and all except
the mail and express cars and the day
coaches were wrecked. Consul Booth
Tucker and Col. Holland were the only
occupants of one of the Pullman cars.
q time it was believed that the uncon-
scious man was Commander Booth
Tucker, and in the confusion this re-
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 30.-On the
way home from the Salvation Army col
ony in Colorado, and expecting to meet
her husband Thursday in Chicago, Mrs.
Emma Booth-Tucker lost her life in an
accident to a Santa Fe train from Cal
ifornia. Col. T. c. Holland, a leader
in the Salvation Army at Amity, Col,
founded by Booth-Tucker, was fatally
injured. A dozen other passengers were
hurt.
1t was n of the most peculiar rail-
Q accidents on record, and one which
could not have been prevented by the
Santa Fe. A rod on a Pullman car
broke, and vas rammed against the rails,
throwing four cars from the track.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06

The production Of coal in Belgium Is
n of it's richest resources. The pro-
nounced %capabill,y of the miners, e
pcrts for generations, brings from the
earth recesses an annual production
of 5000, 900 tons. The production for
the five following years was: 1890,
90, 900, 900 tons; 1895, 20,000,.yo tons;
1899, 22,OO0, 900 tons; 1900, 23,000,0 900
TONS as.d 1867, e, zoo q tic 6 TONS.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06

Postmaster-General Payne has APP
proved the new design for q twocent
stamp which will succeed the flag
stamp. The latter stamp has been in
use about six months, and it has been
greatly criticized by hundreds. SO
strong has been this criticism that it
1as thought best to arrange for q new
stamp to take this ones place. The
new design will bear an improved pic
ture Of George Washington, and In
stead Of the flag the great seal of the
United States Of America will be sub
Etstuted.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
Postal investigation.

Washington, Oct. 30.-Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General Bristow has
practically completed the abstract of
his report on the postal investigation.
The abstract as now drafted makes be-
tween 10000 and 25,000 words. The re-
port itself, it is now stated, comprises
2,5O0, 900 words OF exhibits and Ito, 900
of the report proper. The report is be-
ing considered by the attorney general.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
Told Hnw To Na4.
Grand Rapids, Mich, Oct. 2s.-Tbe

Grand Rapids, Mich, Oct. 29.-Tbe gem
eral conference Of the Wesleyan Meth
odist Church of America took action
looking toward the merging of that
church with the Free Methodist church.
The conferences adopted a resolution
which requested all voting members Of
the church ssete the ticket of the pro-
hibition party.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
Murder

Dubuque, Ia, Oct. 31.-The charred
bones OF Justus Harwig, a prominent
citizen Of Dubuque, were found iii the
ashes Of a haystack near Volga City
orone inquest brought to light the
fact that the skull had been fractured.
and It is believed the man was murdered
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
Combine Gives In

Des Moines, Ia, Oct. 31.-H. w. Nc
QUAD, a prominent grocer of Des Moines.
ana interested in q number of other gro
Gerry stores, announced the end Of the
consolidated Groeers of America, which.
was organized last February with s. 1900
ooO capital, and which it was proposed
Mould control the leading retail grocer
les of the country.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
Broke Three Record..

Denver, Col, Oct. 3O.-Barney Old
field. at Overland park, broke three
worlds records for automobiles. For
FIVE miles, old record, 4:54, made in
4:43; ten miles. in 1888, former record.
9:45, and Is miles in 12:24A, former
record. 14.35.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
May Appoint Governor HINT

Washington, Oct. 22s--It is understood
to be the intention of the president to.
appoint Gov. William H. Hunt, of Porto
Rico, United States district Judge Of
Montana to succeed Judge Hiram
Knowles, who expects to retire some
time during the approaching winter or
early spring. Gov. Hunt formerly occu-
pied a place OF the supreme court bench
of Montana.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
selIs VIE for Horse.

Beatrice. Neb., Oct. pa curious
deal was consummated here when VIII
liam Race purchased a team of horses
from Peter Williams and secured the
laftef,6 wife TO boot"
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
Forty-Four Drowned.

Yokohama, Oct. 3O.-A collision oc-
Cured in a fog Thursday off Hakodata
Japan, between the Russian Yushen
kaisha company's steamer. Progress
and Takai-Maru. The latter sank. a.
the 100 passengers and crew On hoard
the Takai-Maru only Sc were savad
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
Yields Good Results.

Washington, Oct. 31.-Judge Advocate
Genera Lemley, in his annual report,
says the system of probation of prisoners,
which was adopted by the department
somewhat more than two years ago, still
yields good results, which, in his opin-
ion, will warrant its continuance. The
National Prison Association of the Unit
ed States is given credit for the idea. of
introducing this system in the navy.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
AsDhyxiated-

Chicago, Oct. 31.-Horace L. Green.
editor and publisher Of the Free
Thought Magazine, and his wife were
found dead in their bedroom here from
a~sphyxiation. AT first the police were
inclined to the belief hat the aged hus-
band and wife had committed suicide,
but later developments tended to show
that the two were the victims of an acct
don't
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06

Six women and four men were sem
fenced by the Paris criminal court re.
Gently to terms of Imprisonment for a
series of ingenious swindles by which
they represented that they We're lega-
tees and executors of fortunes which
legal ANTIQUITIES alone prevented them
from enjoying. Their victims were en-
tered In g hee! bearing the inscrin-
ton, DIRECTORY Of Softheads."
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
PmrIxs Conrfct~d.

New York, Oct 31.-For the second
time within two months Samuel j. Parks.
walking delegate Of Honsesmiths. and
Bridgeman's union, local No. 2, has been
convicted Of the crime Of extortion in the
Of general sessions, and reraandeds
for sentence a week hence.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
AUTHORIZATIONS Needed.

Washington, Oct. 31.-Acting Secre-
tary Moore, of the department of agri-
culture, has completed the estimates Of
appropriations needed for the next fiscal
year, a~ggregating $4,000. $3.50, exclusive
of $4,000 for agricultural experiment
stations. The aggregate is an increase
of $751, go over the appropriations for
the current year.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06

The biggest monkey ever exhibited
is a gorilla 6 feet 10 inches high, with
an arm spread of 0 feet 8 inches, from
the Camaroons, West Africa. He
stands, with his skeleton beside him,
in the museum of Hamburg. The
crowds in the museum have been enor-
nous, and the comment upon its
marked resemblance to the human
species has been general.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06

A pair Of women's shoes made in
Lynn, Mass, to establish a record for
rapid shoemakiEg required 81 differ
ent operations and the use of AZ ma
chimes and 100 pieces. All these parts
were assembled and made into a grace
full pair of shoes ready to wear, in IL
minutes.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
CureI by wnIkin,.

New Yorw, Oct. 29.-After a tramp
covering 5000 miles and which took w
years, Charles E. Norris, almost so a
old, walked into New York from San
Francisco. When he started Mr.. Norris
was afflicted with tuberculosis and
weighed only So pounds. When he
reached New York his lungs were sound.
and he tipped the scales at 1877.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
Met All R~euirement..

San Francisco. Oct. 29.-The sheathed
protected cruiser Tacoma was given 4
contractors trial on the bay and ex-
ceeded all of the government require
ments, including that Of 1914 knots.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
Lived Half an Hour.

The wreck occurred at Dean Lake,
Mo-, IS miles east of this city, about ten
O'Clock Wednesday night. Mrs. Booth
Tucker lived for half an hour there
after, and passed away at Marceline,
Mo-, after being taken thither on a re-
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
There ii d Tal,nud parable to this

There ~ q Talmud parable to this
Effect: After Noah had established his
vineyard and got on an occasional
spree. he was visited BY Satan, who
drank with him, His Majesty Of Hades
slew g lamb, q lion, e pig and an ape
70 teach Noah that man, before wine IS
InEhlm. 10 3 lamb; when he drinks
41oderately he is q hon; when lie
aSinHs like 4 sotne ~ q swine, and
ANY excess after reaching that stawa
laakes himkAn ape that senselessly
c1HItf and jal,bers, We fail to sas
xnan wine has cbanged in
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
Hanged on same GaIIow..

Montgomery, Ala, Oct. 31.-Gov-
jerks to-day refused to interfere in the
cases of the negroes Lon Shaw and
Jim Chambers, sentenced to hang for.
the murder of a negro man, and the
men were hanged on the same gallows
at Luverne.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
Train Wrecked.

Pueblo, Col, Oct. 31.-East-bound
Chicago flyer" No. 6, on the Santa
Fe road, was wrecked at Apishapa Creek.
four miles east of Fowler. The spikes
had been removed from one rail onthe
bridge over the creek, and when the en-
CINE left the track one span of the bridge,
100 feet long, went down. Over 80 per-
sons were injured, none fatally.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
Hot MIL. Rcnume,

Sharon, Pa, Oct. 29.-The entire
twenty hot mills of the American Tin
plate company at South Sharon went
into operation Wednesday for the frst
time for several months.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
Germany heads the list as a reading

Germany heads the list as a reading
nation, and Russia is falling to zero.
In 1893 23,607 books were published in
Germany, as compared with S,0S2 in
Russia. In regard to newspapers the
inhabitants of the United States are
catered to by $4,000 journals, while
Russia, with a population of 100000
coo, has only 500.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
Reduction in Estimates8

Washington, Oct. 29.-The estimates
of congressional appropriations needed
for the District Of Columbia govern
ment for the fiscal year beginning July
l, 1904, aggregate s12, 1856 ,S25, a reduce.
ton of $1,111,95 from the estimates SUBJ
mitted to the district commissioners by
the subordinate officials.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
NO snndnx mn.rp

Detroit. Oct. 29.-At a meeting Of the
National Union of Shfpwrights, Joiners
and Calkers OF America, held here. 4
nine-hour work day was established. II
was also voted to do away with all sun
day labor.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
Strike IL CompIefe.

Susquehanna, Pa, Oct. sI.-The strike
OF the Erie railroads union boiler max
ers and their helpers In all of the shops
on the SYSTEM between New York and
Chicago Is now complete.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
Instannx KiIIea.

Dayton. O., Oct 2S.-Henry Kissinger.
OF Dayton, ex-state commander cf the
GA. 3. of Ohio. was Instantly killed
during d GA r.. parade BY being
thrown from his horse.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
salvation Army
LEADER is KILLED
Mrs. Booth Tucker, Daughter of
Gen. Booth, Meets Death in a
Wreck in Missouri.

breaking of n Rod Throws Four Cars
from the ~Track-List of the Casual
ties-Mr. Tucker Frustrated by thu
News-Message from Gen. Booth,
Father of the Victim.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
Celebrate ..Mitchell, Day.

Scranton, Pa, Oct. 30.-Yesterday
was John Mitchell day. That is to say,
all the United Mine Workers of Ameri-
ca in the Lackawanna and Wyoming
regions were out on parade to the num-
Der of $4,000. 1t was a holiday in the
enQed on Tie,
circus grounds, where Mr.. Mitchell and
Mr.. Duncan made speeches on the topic
OF labor and trades-unionism.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
Dank Itobbed.

Toronto, s. D., Oct. aI.-The First
national bank was robbed Thursday
night Of $500 In silver. There is no
clew.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-06
The Steel Trust-There Goes That Kid with a Gate. That Makes a
Bad Hole in Our Monopoly Wall.
how the decision had been received in
Gnnnao =
Aid in Reaching Decision.

Former Senator Turner, of Washing
ton, another American member of the
tribunal, was not willing to discuss how
the agreement anne to be reached, but it
was admitted that the decision giving
two islands in the Portland canal to the
United States was based on Van Couver's
narrative Of his voyage of exploration.
The question hinged on whether he had
called the water to the south of the is
lands, the channel, or whether he had
gone to tAe north of them. 1t was found
that he recorded having gone from the
entrance to a point of land about the
islands in a certain time. To do this it
was figured that he entered the broad
channel. followed 1t up and turned in
between the four islands.
This led the commissioners to decide
that the two islands lying near the
mouth of the canal and opposite Port
Simpson belonged to the United States.
MIR. Turner, while he was not willing to
discuss in detail the subject, admitted
that this was true.