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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-30
Supreme Court Denies Writ of Certiorari in
Case of Four Men Convicted of Con-
spiraey to Defraud.
MACHEN. LORENZ. AND GROFFS
MUST SERVE TIME IN PRISON
Famous Case Grew Out of Division of
Rake-Off by Machen and Lorenz on
the Croft Fastener.

The application of in Of
$4,000
spray
denied by the Supreme
of the Unite States without
deps
ment courts
penitentiary-
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MAcHEN NOT MUCH AeITATED.

said he was getting some easy money
from the high-ninded Groffs. and prom
ised himself to set aside one-half OF
all the remittances he received from
them as part payment on his debt TO
Maehen. The jury could rot see 1t that
way and convicted the four men
Mrs. Lorenz was brought into the case
because she was the drawer OF some Of
the checks which represented jusl exact
ly half OF remittances from Gro4 70
IorenZ anu forwarded TO 8facflsn II
was shown al the trial that she had
separate bank account and simply drew
the checks at her husbands request
without knowing what il was all about
II is a question whether there ever
was any seric4s intention OF conyic:ing
Mrs Eorenz, and Y was beityed that
She waS indtete4 along with the others
IN order TO Mave no technical ioophoie
Of escape Justice Pri1chard ordered
the jury 70 acquiI her
Ignored Conrad's Opinion.
a remarkable feature of the trial was
that IN his closing speech Holmes Con-
rad. the special counsel for the Gov
ernmeEst,- stated that he thought there
Of Samuel A Croft, who seemed to have
10 more business sense than child and
took whatever his brother gave him
without asking questions
The jury completely ignored s1r- Con-
RAIDS opinion. and convicted all four.
Justice Pritchard was inclined 20 sem
tence them to long terms IN the peni-
Tertiary bsIt he was afraid that SEN
fencing them on more than one count
might cause the sentence TO be set aside
on technical grounds ard c0nCented
| himself by giving each OF the four the
limit on one count-two years III Mounds
| vile penitentiary and q fine OF Slo.eo-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-30
MRS. LAMAR WILL HOLD
RECEPTION TOMORROW

Mrs. William Bailey Lamar, wife OF
REPRESENTATIVE Lamar of Florida. Will
receive tomorrow afteroon from 10
o'clock at the ShoreEa-e-
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A Formal Reception.

There Mr. Roosevelt and party were
received by commissioned officers. pro-
fessors and the midshipmen- During
the drive to the house a salute of
twenty-one guns was fred from a DO
sition near by.
AS the President entered the Armory
at II o'clock to attend the graduating
exercises, the audience, packing the
building, arose and all remained stand
ing until Mr. Roosevelt was seated.
On the departure of the President this
afternoon there Will be Il salute of
twenty-one guns. and the marines will
be paraded at the station.
Lgnch With President.
Luncheon was served at the residence
of Superintendent Brownson. of the
Naval Academy. The guests invited
We're:
President Theodore Roosevelt, Secre-
tary Of Navy Morton, Mrs. and Miss
Morton. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Morton,
! Secretary of War and Mrs Taft, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Taft, Governor Edwin
| Warfield of Maryland; Mrs Edwin War
| field Gen. Clinton L. Riggs, Commander
! and Mrs. Winslow. Hon. and Mrs- A c.
| Dayton, William Loeb, jr., Secretary to
! President; Surgeon General Rixey
I
! sian naval attache; Commander Heb
! binehouse, German naval attache; Com
| mander Isam Takeshita, japanese
| naval attache: Lieut.. Com. Luis
a Ian. Argentine naval at
| tache: Commander and Mrs Badger
! lieutenant Commander and Mrs. Boyer
| Colonel ard Mrs. Kar1nany, Prof. anC
| Mrs. Dodge. Commander and Mrs. Hal
| sey. Lieut. A H Robertson. and Lieut.
L. A. Gotten
| The receiving party for the farewell
haII tonight win consist of Mrs. Brown
| son wife of the superintendent OF th'
| Academy and Midshipman Samuel l.
Henderson, OF Arkansas, OF the secon'
| class.
On an fce-covered special OF two Pun
mans President Roosevelt and party leI
this morning at $3.50 O'Clock over tn
Pennsvlvania railroad for Annapolis t
attend the exercises of the graduating
class OF the Naval Academy
ON account of the heavy snow few peo
ple were at the Sixth street station 1
see the President off. other than tn
usual travelling public. Lieutenant Moore
I with a detail of police, was on hand I
handle any crowd that might De present
The party consisted of the president
Secretary Loeo, Secretary Morton, mrs
Morton. and Miss Pauline Morton, MI
and Mrs. Mark Morton. Secretary an
Mrs. Taft. and Mrs Charles T. Tafi
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CARS MESSAGES
TAMPERED WITH

ST. PETERSBURG, jan 30-It is ru-
mored sensational disclosures with ref
erence to the surrender of Port Arthur
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Rake Off Was Divided.

The contention OF the prosecution was
that Machen. the superintendent of free
delivery, went to his old friend and
partner. Lorenz, and got LorenZ to act
as a go-between in arranging for q rake
OF on the price which the Government
was to pay for the fastener. II was
shown at the trial that Lorenz ap-
preached the Grofrs in Washington and
they agreed to give him one-half the
profits on the device If he would get
adopted for the public service
The price OF the fastener when SOLD
to the Government was SIS. and it was
admitted by Lorenz that he received
so cents on each one Then 1t was
shown by a long trail Of checks and
drafts that as soon as Lorenz received
his share of the receipts he immediately
| forwarded half of il TO Machen.
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Devious Banking Methods.

Devious and somewhat complicated
banking methods were employed IN for
warding the money TO Machen, but the
latter always got his share, down to
the last penny Lorenz said he went
into the sale OF the fasteners as pro
moter. and was to use his acquaintance
ship with postmasters TO persuade theI1
TO appeal to the department TO buy the
device. as il was a vast Improvement
over the old style means OF attaching
| letter boxes TO posts, but on the stand
! he admitted that he had never visited
| a single postoffice in its interest or
! tried TO push the sale in a legitimate
manner. He said he told the Groffs that
| X was no use to drum up enthusiasm"
among the postmasters. rs Machen had
| told hin on trip on Lake Erie that
the brothers had already received a
| contract TO supply the device
/ No contract between LorenZ and the
Groffs vas produced. and none OF the
parties could explain why the brothers
/ continued TO pay the Toledo man tol
services Which he admitted he could not
render. 1t was also proved that the
| Grofrs. il the purchaser for the depart
n-ent had bargained with them iegiti-
nately, would have been only too GLAD
TO get 75 cents for the device
Paying Debt to Maehen-"
| The defense was that the verbal con
tract between Lorenz and the GroffS va:
binding and that the Groffs continued
to pay him something for nothing out oi
a high sense of honor. The forwarding
of money from Lorenz to Machen. i
was claimed,~was TO pay heavy deb
which Loreuz incurred as the result o
extensive and unfortunate speculation
in oil wells and refineries before eithe
was in the Government service. Loren.
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Partly cloudy and colder
tonight: minimum temper
ature about 100.
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TEMPERATURE.
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Charity Agents Busy.

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-26
THE EVANGELICAL SYNOD
Of Germans OF North America Sends
Greetings &c Pres. Roosevelt.

Rochester, y. Y, Sept. 25.-The
quadrrn4l;I conference Of IL" German
Evangelical synod " North America.
in acrsirn in this city, sent the fol-
lowing greeting t. President Roosevelt
today:
"rh-ounrr RuoSrl IT. President Of Tie
uitcd States. oyster Bay:
correcting on behalf of the general
conference IF German Evangelical sly
nud ii qua;!rcnnill session ut itoches-
ter. \. y. t. you. Mr. President. Our
in",t": Ephesiams Tvs to O.
y declaration Un the question Of di-
N0rre was made, today, as follows:
"Th' Synod supports the Biblical
view of the question. Both frivilous Ill
vOrc1 and imprudent marriages ar" t"
bc Ccl!Sured severely. The rc-nHr-
riage Of divorced nersuns should BE-
regulated logically. The Synod APP
proves and desires uniform divorce Leg
isidtion for the United states"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-26
CAMPAIGN INAUGURATED
To Check Evil Of Wife Desertion in
New Works East Side.

New York. Sept. 25.-Wife desertion
on the East side has become so COM
mon that a movement was started. yes
tCrday, ano me- leading Hebrews of that
Quarter to check the evil. OrGaniZa-
tons With this end in view are to be
formed ana a system of following up
and causing the arrest of mon who de-
sert their wives ana families will be
established. 1t is intended that the
real work Of the organization shall
begin at once. but that best results
viii b. effected early next year.
An act has been passed BY the Leg
islaturc making wife dcsertion 4
felony, but ii does not go into effect
until tie end Of the current year. In
der this act it will be possible to ex-
tradite deserving husbands from other
states. All the charity organizations
ON the East Side which have been call
I'd on to care for thousands Of women
and children each year, will help in
the campo ;gn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-26
RELATIONS VERY STRAINED
Ar'I Trouble May Arise Anytime Be-
tween Hungarian Factions.

London. Sept. L6.-SpcCial dispatches
from Budapest to this mornings Lon
don newspapers indicate that The tx-
citrmeut consequent on the strained
relations between the crown ana the
united opposition in the Hungarian
Dict IS increasing and that. while the
leaders of the coalition parties are
COjlisCllinE the people to refrain from
violating the law. inflammatory
species are being Inad" W prominent
persons in various sections of the
country and that probab., Ior the first
time the personal popularity Of tn"
King Emperor Is being assaulted. Al
the meeting OF thc executive commit
tee of the coalition parties at Buln-
pest yesterday. according to the des-
patches. several sharp speeches We're
made and the conviction expressed
that Il peaceablc settlement was impoS-
Sbl", though there was ho reference to
other than 4 legal fight over the differ
euCeq between the two parts of the
empire. II is stated that the COali-
ticn leaders proposed to Count CZiraky,
at the conference in Vienna, Sunday, to
compromise the difficulties arising from
the question of the language to be used
in the army in Hungary. by the intro
duction Of Hungarian words Of COM
mand for Is Hussar regiments only. 1t
is understood that this proposition was
carried to His Majesty whose failure
to reply indicates that his ultimatum
is Interchangeable.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-26
SUSPECT UNDER ARREST
ihou9hs tc Be Joseph Girara. Murderer
of Augusta Pfcffer.

New York. Sept. 25.-Da,e.tiva Sar-
Geant Price. tonight. received teie-
Gram from the Chief of Police of Al
banH. notifying him of the arrost NJ q
man who answers the DISSERTATION of
Joseph Girard, suspected by the noI;ce
or numbering Augusa Prefer 10 days
ago. The telegram simply read that
4 suspect was under arrest ana asked
mat 4 detective be sent IA look rim
Ovei
Detective Sergeant Barlow WAS inn
mediatrly dispatched To Central Rridqe
Sch"hi,ric county. where the man q IN
jan. HaltoT was instructed nv Price
to wiz" back a complete dissertation nf
the arrested suspect to sec il /, talli,.a
with rhal .! Girard.
Chief of Police Hyatt of Au.a,,y y
/. Monday, received 4 tcIenhone mos
sage from John Hulbrook s,nnosed
TO BE- a constable OF Central Bridge
Scn"harir county, declaring that he had
i'll custody there n man answering thr
descrii ton of Joseph Girard. wanted
by the New York police in connect!on
with the murder of Augusta Pfcifter.
Chief Hyatt knows nothing else of the
arrest being requested to for
ward IN" nc fsagc TO the New York 30
lice
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-26
GIRL THREATENS FATHER.
Wants Money and Uses "Blsck Hand"
Method to Obtain II.

New York. Sept. 25.--Nelhe Nusebaum,
Il years old. of East 61St street. was ac-
cused, today, by her father Of writing
hin. letters threatening death unless he
paid her so. The letters were signed
THE Black Hand" Nellie confessed to
the police, today. that she wrote such let
tiers 20 her father. saying that she did it
lust for fun One OF the Letters to her
IA Their began:
YOU no longer, II We don't get $50 on
Sept. %, at ii p. M, we will Kill you and
your girl. an president OF the kick m =,
can write palmer letters th1n III r 81
lStsneD TIL Black Hand.
The close of another letter read:
''Pring $50 TO the spot at 6lst street an
the East river or We will steal your !ittit
beauty girl"
Nellie herself is supposed 10 have been
the beauty girl mentioned.
Her father Was alarmed by these let
tiers and put them in the hands of tho
police. All Of them were Written within
the last two weeks Tho police traced to
Ncllie's pen another Black Hand letter
demanding money which so alarmed am
other business men that detectives were
put on his case, too.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-26
kANEKO is RECALLED.
viii Return to Japan After Good Work
for Country in the States.

New York. Sept. 25.-Baron kaneko,
who has been i'm this country as the
confidential agent of the Emperor or
Japan has been recalled. He Will re-
turn 10 Japan with Baron komura, one
of the peace ENJOYS. the party start
ing, Wednesday, and going by way
Of Montreal to Vancouver. and sailing
for the Orient on the Empress of In
dia, oct. =.
II have been IN this country 10
months. during most critical time In
the history of Japan" said Baron
Kanrk0. tonight Il have been re-
ceivcd IN every quarter III tn. most
friendly manner. Americans have,
shown a keen interest in my country
and her affairs.
AS for the relations between Japan
and th.. United States they will, III my
opinion become closer. Tn" interests
Of th.. nations in the Far East in tn"
future should go hand in hand. | am
sure nothing vii! occur to interrupt
those relations, for the exports Of
America differ from those Of Japan
and the commerce Of the two countries
should not conflict"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-26
THE ERA OF SELF MADE MAN
Is On the Wane Says Professor At
Chicago University.

Chicago Sept. 25.-The era Of the
self inads" man is on the wane. Eff
ticiency can no longer be manufactured
or home made. Competition Of the
present day is too murn FOR the self
made man.
So holds Professor Nathaniel Butler
prin, ipal of the School of Education
department OF the University of Chica-
go. WHO spoke. yesterday, at the clos
irg session Of the twentieth annual
convention of the Brotherhood of St
Andrew i'll Mandei hall at the Cniver-
sity Of Chicago. The subject OF his al
dress was Education as Il Factor Of
Efficient Manhood" Prof Butler spoke
in the place. of President William r
Harper. WHO was too i'll 10 attend the
session.
N he term self made man is a mere
fallacy." Prof Butler declared. The
SELF made mans success is due only
10 unusual ability. Efficient manhood
tn" manhood that ought to be offered
To the world-no longer can be home
made. IN this time Of competition. the
world is willing to pay the highest price
for tn" efficient just rs for articles OF
commercial use"
In speaking on public ideals" Gift
ford Pinchot, head Of the bureau Of
forest reserves. said:
The one great thing that Theodore
Roosevelt has done for the United
States is not his service in the recent
peace conference. nor the use of the
prestige Of his great office in behalf of
6ecency. The vital and important
thing lies in the change which he has
brought in the attitude Of young men
towards political life.
The time is not long past when it
was not considered respectable to 60
into politics. hope the time is not
far distant when it won't be respect
able rot to hc III politics. When this
tim" comes. this country Will do things
H. III" world that never were done be-
fore"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-26
START THE BALL ROLLING.
Contest for Supremacy On Between
New York Political Organizations.

New York, Sept Accommodating
for the control of the city adninistra-
ton for the next four years and the
election Of the county and borough Off
Gals throughout the city will begin in
earnest. today. Leaders of the Demo-
cratic forces will take active charge
of the fight for Mayor McClellan's re-
Election. Delegates from the Republi-
can organization, Citizens Union and
the Municipal Ownership League will
meet again, tonight, to make another
attempt to agree upon candidates for
mayor, controller and president of the
board Of aldermen. II it is successful,
the Fusion ticket will be placed in the
field by the city convention Of the Cit
iZen Union. Thursday. District AttUr-
ney Jerome held q consultation, yester
day. with his assistants regarding plans
for his campaign.
Interest Is centercd chiefly in the Flu
sion conference, tonight, the first that
viii have been held with the Citizens
Union since that organization bolted,
more than n week ago. Three candi-
dates for mayor will probably be dis
cussed, representing the three import
ant Fusion elements, rs follows:
John Ford. proposed by the Republi-
cans and indorsed by the German
American League.
Martin ". Iitton. proposed by the
CItizcns tnIun.
Samuel Scabury. proposed by the Mu-
nicipal ownership League.
All these candidates arc stated to be
;dyocat.s If the municipal ownership
az control IS public utilities.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-26
FIREWORKS FACTORY ExpLoDEe
Proprieto:'s Sen Killed ard Wife anc
Two Sons Seriously Injured.

New York. Sept. 25.-By the explosion
Of ? large quantity Of powder the fire
works factory of Joseph Spcizo il Cree
Point was totally destroyed. today
SpciZo's lG-year-old son Antony being in
stantly killed and his wife md two
younger sons and Il workman being s,.ri-
ously injured The explosion shock build
ngS within radius OF = mile and for Il
time II was believed that many persons
had been killed.
All thu members OF the Spcizo family
worked IN the factory. a small tram.
structure in an open LOT, II Which they
mad" bombs III Italian festivals. THIS tn
vOlVed the use of much black powder.
quantities of which were scattered ovc.
The work benches. Joseph Sp"2o til.
proprietor was ah9rnt I'll" place btins;
IN charge Of his Oldest sou. Murl!el. WHO
by one of the yornr,'r 10 &; ... l..,1r-
sion was inn m n. !. ill., ......r... f.t..,..
pl0sion could not be l,..ru, q
The loss On the stock ana building
about 5000
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-26
THE NEUTRAL LINE
As Drawn on The Siberian Cost ky Japs
and Russians.

St. Petersburg. Sept. 25.-DetaNs wcr.
Obtained. today, of the naval HImiStre
and demarcatlon lire along thn Siberian
coast arranged by the Japancs" ard Rus
slams. Sept. lS The line Of demarcaIiun
which cannot be travcr>;ed by arm"d YES
s"iS # either country starts from Cane
RoGcsnon. runs east and then runs north
through ;hc middle OF the Straits OF Tar
thry to Cane Elizabeth. thence east to
near kamchatka, thence south To longi-
tudc $3.50 north, and then east again To
the Commander iSlardS about five degrees
north Of the line. The nalrowcs; part Of
the Straits OF Tartary is nGdr neutral
that is 10 say, ships OF neither country
can traverse II.
At the beginning of the conference OF
the admirals. which occurred in Kornllon'
bay. Rear Admiral Shma mura. for Japan.
proposed to establish a line from coast
to coast about 10 miles south of EIadivos-
tok, hut Rear Admiral lessen. for Rus
s!a. rejected tie proposition All the dc
tails of the "rInisticc in Korea have not
yet been settled.
The representatives. of both armies ar.
still working on ,herA.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-26
CARGO or WILD ANIMALS
Causes Lots Of Trouble and Injuries To
Grew On Voyage Of Indramayo


New York. Sept. "a badly laccrated
crew arrived here. today. on the steamer
indramayo, guarding a cargo of wild ami
mails from Chinese and Japanese ports.
Six lcopards and two big snakes caused
most OF the injuries which were inflicted
by the animals during an exciting voyage.
Besides these animals I'll" II.tr;tmayO car
ried an elephant. six monkeys 81 l"rR,.
ana savage species and some smaller ami
mails.
The leopards from their cages succeed
cd in decorating the arms and legs OF six
sailors who attempted 70 feed hem on
the rolling, pitching slip in thu RED $r;t
one of the snakes, which weighed 3Gi
pounds and WAS - feet long, escaped
from his Gag" and rrawed Ont upon the
deck about dawn. During most OF the
fore noon tn" entire crew fought and roll
ed anort the deck in Il struggle IL a."i tn
snake back into his casc. They finally
succeeded.
-Four days ago the elephant died Of sea
sickness and III" animals body was
thrown overheard
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-26
RUN DOWN b. AUTO.
Ten-year old Boy Probably Fatally In
iured In Chicago.

Chicago. sept. 25.-Surrounded by :
crowd Of excited pedestrians. all
threatening vengeance, Arthur Stewart.
16 years Old. a negro, was held prison.
or until the arrival of two policemen,
last night. after having knocked down
and probably fatally injured Louis
Weinberg. ten years old, while driving
an automobile.
In the automobile At the time of the
accident were Mrs. Mary Stewart. the
mother of the chauffeur, and William
Holiday. of Milwaukee, the owner o.
tEe machine. They also were prevent
"a from leaving the scene of the acct
dent although when the police arrived,
Young Stewart was considered to be
the only person to blame. He was ar
rested charged with operating an au-
tomobilc without Il license. The injur-
cd boy may die.