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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-12
OMAHA land FRAUD TRIALS.

Omaha. April 1.-THE land fraud trials
in the federal court continued this morn
ing with testimony in the Richards Com
stock-Janison case which contained the
same charges. being read TO the jury in
the present case. There are 5000 type
written pages OF this testimony 10 be
read. To relieve the monotony of the
reading. the attorneys have agreed to al
ternate with new testimony from live wit
nesses when tired reading from the old
testimony.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-12
Would Not Talk.

Mr.. Burah declined to discuss the sub
iect further without official knowledge of
the action of the jury. it is the under
standing that James r. Barber of Eau
Claire. Wis, head of the company. has
been indicted. also l.. g. Chapman. man
ageT. who is in Jail for contempt in re-
fuSng to deliver all the books and rec
OrdS of the company to the grand jury
and other Wisconsin men interested in the
corporatiOu
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-12
STRUGGLED JAPS CAUGHT.

FL Paso. Tex, April f1.-Inspector T. +
Schumacher. in charge of the iinmigra-
ton office here. received a telegram to-
day, telling of the capture of eight
smuggled Japanese. Five were caught
at Fort Worth. one at Pecos and two at
Albuquerque. They had escaped across
the border east and west of the stafior1
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-12
BILL RETURNED
AGAINST BORAH
Persistent Rumor at Boise That
the Idaho Senator Has
Been Indicted.
LAND FRAUD CONSPIRACY
RETURN WILL BE MADE IN
COURT TODAY.
Especial to The HeraldD

Boise, Ida. April 1.-THE rumoT is per-
siSteut tonight that the United States
grand jury has indicted Senator W. i.
BOrah, and there is every reason to be
iieve the story is true. 1t is so specific
that the vote of the jury is given which
is said to have been twelve to eleven. Mr.
BOrdh stated he has heard the rumOr
and is disposed to believe il is correct.
The understanding is that the Indictment.
together with numerous others, viii be
reported to the court tomorrow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-12
Handled Purchase Money.

Another statement before the grand jury
was that Mr.. Borah handled money for
the purchase of lands. The facts of that
matter are well known. The lands in
vOlvcd were regular. The company de-
sired to get them and in the absence of
Mr.. SteunenberE. Mr.. BOTah was asked TO
purchase them. Part of that land was
patented and all had been proved up at
the time.
in the light Of all the information that
can be secured as to the evidence il is i'm
practicable to arrive at a conclusion as
to the basis of the charge.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-12
NoN-UNIoN MAN SHOT.

Elizabeth. N J.. April 11-Jonathan
Langstou. a non-union foreman. was shot
and seriously wounded in clash between
striking Italian and negro hod-carriers
and non-uniOn men here today More
than dozen shots were fired. Eight men
have been arrested.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-12
INVITATION ACCEPTED.

Glasgow has accepted an invitation Of
the American consul to send a deputa-
ton to Chicago for the purpose of in
spectiDg the sanitary conditions of the
packing houses and stockyards.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-12
WEARY OF LIFE.

Chicago, April Thames H. Brayton.
81 years of age. principal of the Raw
mond school. committed suicide today bv
shooting. III health is believed to have
been the cause.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-12
LUNATIC CARRIED
OPEN PENKNIFE
Presumption That He Intended
to PunCture Carnegie or
Some of His Guests.

Pittsburg. April 11.-Carrying a PEN
knife, which was open and partly con-
cesIed in his cuff, Frederick Slagel. aged
80 years, was arrested in front of the
Hotel Schenley this morning. SiageI was
trying to gain access to the main lobby
of the hotel when seized by policeman.
lie begged the officer to let him enter.
saying he wished to speak with Andrew
Carnegie in reference to the sale of
patent for milking cows. He was hur-
ried to a police station. where he gave
his address as Los Angeles. Cal
the Slagei incident has caused very
close watch TO be kept on the notable
guests who are today participating in
the founders day exercises at the Car
HeSle institute. Uniformed policemen and
detectives by the score are lowering about
all the prominent men
Los Angeles. April 1.-THE name of
Frederick SiaSel. aS mentiOnen i'm the
PittsbuTg dispatch does not appear i'm
the Los Angeles city directory nor in
any telephone book. He is not known
here.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-12
TOOK HALF THE
clerks SALARY
Admission Made by Bfnger Her
mann Concerning His Ca
reer in Congress.
ALSO SUBSISTENCE GRAFT
MILWAUKEE BANKER ON THE
STAND.

Washington, April 1.-THE examination
of Binger Hermann. which has occupied
the last seven days of his trial on a
charge of destroying public records, was
concluded today and the trial adjourned
until Monday, when the defense will con-
tinue its case
Mr.. Hermann admitted that he request
ed Mr.. Robertson to divide his salary as
clerk 10 the committee on arid lands OF
the mousse of representatives, of when
MI Hermann was chairman before ne be
came commissioner Of the general land
office He was allowed to explain that he
took this money to pay another clerk who
came TO his house two or three days
week
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-12
MET BY THE QUEEN.

TO N eaia, April liking Alfonso returned
sast a. 70 20 today from Cartagena and was
taria ~, tne railroad station by Queen Vic
ils Ao was IN remarkably good spir-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-12

It doesn't take long for the
man who advertiSeS his
goods as "Cheap" to con-
vince the people,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-12
Signature Admitted.

The defendant also admitted his sigma
ture 10 vouchers which set forth that he
mad received payment from the govern
ment at the rate of s. q day for sub
SlStenCe during each of his annual Vaca-
ton trips to oregon. made while he was
combined business with vacation on these
trims
Mr. Hermann sad he had acquired 5.o9a
acres of land. instead of 5000 as was
previously stated. while he was receiver
of the RoSeburg land office in 1872. For
this land he paid 81 p an acre. held il as
sheep and cattle ranch for many years
and then sold it for 8 an acre. Mr.
WorthingtOn read the statute prohibiting
otflcers, clerks and employees of the gen
eral land office from acquiring land of
the government ard cOHtended that this
land did not apply to employees in tir
government service outside the land Of
f!ce, such as Mr.. Hermann was at that
time.
Payments 20 Puter.
Charles Chaffce. president Of the Wis.
consln National bank. of RhneIandsr
Wis, and Henry Close. cashier of :ha
Milwaukee National bank. Of Milwaukee.
lcstlfled Tor the defense regarding the
payment in 1901 of 5000 to 5. A. ID. Pute~
MI Chaffee said his bank orderde paw
ment to Puter through the Milwaukee
canE, and Cashier Close said his bank
paid the amount by draft on the First
National bank Of Chicago and that this
draft was CaShed by the Continental NJ
tional bank of Chicago. On cToSs-exa1li-
nation Mr.. Chaffec said ne paid Putar
$50 in cash a few days before the s9O.0
payment was made. PUter had testified
that he got the two S1OJG bills from
Milwaukee bank the money being n ns,.t
OF this 5000 transa ctiOn
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-12

Secretary Taft is said to be hunt
= for A well equipped railroad en-
ne isaar 10 handle transportation
sabIams in the Panama canal
pi,rl-one who will promise faith
S,Iv 10 stick to his job preferred.
Boston Globe.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-09
FIGHT STEEL CORPORATION
Pennsylvania Railroad Denies 1t Has
Placed Rail Order.

PITTsBURG. Sept. 9.-That the Penn
sylvania Railroad has not yet placed or
ders for an ounce Of rails for 1908, instead
Of having given the United States Steel
Corporation an order for 147. 500 tons, was
the rather startling information brought
10 light through discussion at the steel
rail- conference In New York. II is further
intimated very strongly that unless the
corporation comedies some points In the
quarrel now on between It and the rail-
road that the Pennsylvania may follow
the lead Of z. II. Hartman. of the South
ern Pacific, and place orders In the South.
1t was given out by the corporation
some months ago that orders from the
Pennsylvania Railroad had been received
amounting to 1f7, so tons. This, according
to the Pennsylvania people. was based on
the announcement made from the Phila-
delphia offices Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road that its requirements for 1903 would
be l47.600 tons.
The railroad was then. as now, fighting
the corporations rail- very hard and in
sisfing that the Cassatt idea OF cutting q
per cent, OFF the top Of the ingot be
adopted. To this the corporation had re-
piled that II this was done the rail would
cost s. per ton more.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-09
ALL cREEDS LOOK ALIKE.
In Japan the Thought of the Masses Is
Thoroughly Agnostic.

"Fukuzawa said: Religion is like tea;
II serves a social end. nothing more
the Nippon Club in Toxic I had the
opportunity" says Harold Boice. in APP
pleton's Magazine. "of talking at length
with a native author Of many books. and
I asked him to tell me frankly wherein
the Japanese considered themselves more
advanced intellectually than America. He
regarded the subject very seriously.
One fact is sufficient to prove that the
Japanese have taken higher ground than
any other people, said ne. y 'Agnosticism,
which is the only logical attitude for a
modern man to assume toward the mys-
terry Of birth and life and death. is o
point OF view reached in the United States
only by the most advanced professors in
your universities: whereas In Japan 1t Is
the thought of the masses. Moreover.
your Christian p-ropagandists in America
are 50 unalert to the philosophical prog
ress Of Japan as a nation that mission
aries are sent her to preach a gospel Of
miracles and mythology-a mass OF doc
trine. In the form of Hebrew fables and
traditions. which would never make the
slightest appeal to the scientific Japanese
mind. and which. In fact, the best think
ers in your own universities repudlate.'
'1t should be stated that the Japanese
analysis and rejection of many teachings
held sacred by Western nations Is not
irreverent. These Oriental ~rationalists as
calmly set aside the record that the sun
stopped In m~id-heaven at the request OF
a Hebrew general. or that the shadow OF
the sun at the bidding Of Isaiah went
back ten degrees on the dial of Ahaz, as
the Christian world labels as impossible
mvths the prodigies of the Greek gods.
THE facts that Sunday is officially a
dav of rest in Japan. and that church and
state rave been practically separated,
have given the missionaries undue cause
for eIation. 1t is true. too. that the
Young Mems Christian Association has
found favor in .Ianan- Q0nQDfCnOu4lX be-
cause OF its social service 10 the soldiers
during the recent war with Russia. Tt
Is interesting and characteristic. however.
izati0n is develoning the Young Mems
Buddhist Association of Japan. This lat
ter organization ipsludeS everything that
Association. and. IN addition thereto. IA
miiiarizes its membef with the hygienic
icsalh Of Buddhism. ana conducts summer
schools"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-09
J. P. MORGAN RACES I'M
AUTO TO CATCH TRAIN.
With Three Friends Financier Broke
Record in Berkshire Region-Nearly
Sixty Miles an Hour.

PITTSFIELD. Mass, Sept. 81.
Pierpont Morgan was the direct cause
yesterday of the fastest automobile run
ever seen on the roads of Berkshire. He
has been one of a party of friends who
have been spending a few. days with
Charles Lanier, at the l~atter's Lenox
estate, the other members of the party
being Colonel Oswald Latrobe, of New
York, and Captain e. ]. Smith, of the
Adriatic.
AS 1t was necessary for Mr.. Morgan
to be in New York this morning he de-
cided to take the millionaires' express
on the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad from Pittsheld. All
four gentlemen entered MI. Lanier's
SIS, 900 Mercedes and drove to Pittsfeld.
reaching the station just as the train
passed out Of sight around a curve.
Mr.. Morgan vas very much annoyed.
and Station Agent Gleason was asked
to wire to Lee to have the train held.
This he agreed to do, and the race after
the train began.
The big car few over the smooth
road. attaining a speed close TO sixty
miles an hour. Nc attention was paid
to the Lenox trap. although the speed
was diminished going through the
town. The auto covered the distance
to Lee in sixteen minutesZ
They found the train waiting. having
been held only a minute.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-09
WATERWAY NEEDED
TO GIVE US CONTROL OF
SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE.
John Barrett Says Deep Waterway from
Lakes to Gulf Is observation-disclosures :
ment Should Aid.

CHICAGO. Sept. 9.="The Great MID
die West will control the trade of tins
entire west coast of South America
when the Panama Canal is completed
providing the deep waterway from the
Lakes to the Gulf Is constructed
Otherwise 1t will be Japan, Germany
and England which will exercise com
mercial sway over this vast empire 70
be opened up"
This statement was made yesterday
by John Barrett, director of the IN
ternationaI Bureau of American Re-
publics. who has been in Chicago for
several days comforting with men IN
terested In the deep waterway PROPOSE
tion. 1t Is his contention that the Fed
era1 government should lend all the
aid necessary for the construction OF
this ship canal to make the great ad-
vantages of the Panama Canal avail
able to the Mississippi Valley.
Mr.. Barrett said:
"It is not excessive to estimate the
value of products which these Repup-
lies will then be purchasing from for
eign countries at $500, 100000.
1.-THE major portion of these supplies
will come from America II the great
manufacturing centres of the Middle
West are provided with water trans
portation. 1t requires no stretch OF
ina gination to conceive boats or barges
loaded in Chicago. Joliet, or other
points in this manufacturing district,
making the entire trip. America has
been slow to improve its waterways,
much more so tina any other of the
great powers, n 1t Is time we awoke
to the advantages to be obtained"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-09
PLANTS THAT KNOW MAN.
One Kind Resents Intimacy and the
other welcomes 1t.

There are two classes of plants which
are melted by mans presence to describe
certain definite movements. One class, the
sensitive-plants, retract their leaflets as
we approach them as IL they resented any
attempt at closer intimacy, while the other
class, comprising all those vines which
develop climbing organs called tendrils,
will reach out toward us II we place our
hands in contact with them, and Will even
use a finger as a support to climb upon,
We know that these tendrils will wind
Just as readily about a twig or a grass
stem, but as one feels these sensitive
strands multiply their encircling tolls about
ones fingers. there almost seems 70 pc
world a more Intimate Relationship than
has ever existed before.
Tendrills are indeed capable OF exhibiting
faculties and going through evOlutions
more wonderful perhaps than many OF us
realize. 1t Is only after we have seen
them at work, testing with their sensitive
tips the objects they come in contact with,
apparently considering their suitability as
a support and then accepting or rejecting
them, as the case may belt Is only then
that We realize how justly they have been
called the brains Of plant life"
The thoroughness with which these
wondering tips explore their surroundings
Is Illustrated by an Instance 1 observed
in a grapevine tendril. A cherry branch.
whose leaves have been Variously pune
tured and scalloped by insects, hung near
the tendril. and n particular leaf had Just
one small hole in It's blade, not over s-1eths
OF an inch IN diameter. So cnreful had
that this one small hole had been discov-
cred by the tendril. which had thrust
itself nearly three inches through the
orening.-Howard J. shannon. IN Harper'e.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-09
LUSITANIA IS AHEAD
NEW CUNARDER PASSES THE
OLDER SHIP, LUCANlA.
Expected to Reach New York by Next
Friday, and to Beat
the Record.

QUEENSTOWN. Sept. 9.-The new Gu
harder Lusltania reached Queenstown at
1926 a. m. yesterday, and the Lucanla, of
the same line, which sailed four hours
ahead of the big tubiner, got in ten min
utes later. Both ships encountered a fog
The Iusitania passed the Lucania yesterday
morning off the Skerries. The passengers
of the new boat said they were delighted
with their trip up TO the present. 1t Is
expected that the Lusitania's mail will be
delivered in New York on Friday. She
left Queenstown al 12:11 p. m. The
Lucania sailed at 11:40.
A wireless message from the Lusitania,
via Crook Haven. County Cork, timed
7:22 Sunday evening. says:
1ple Lmsitania travelled at no great pace
MT first. but tie absence of vibration was
50 noticeable thai 1t made the passengers
believe they were dining In a hotel. After
dinner the pace was Increased.
The electric lifts aboard the ship were
busy until a late hour Saturday night, con-
veying people swiftly up and down through
each OF the FIVE decks. While hundreds
were exploring and admiring the comforts
of the steamer. groups of Cunard directors.
ship experts and naval architects gathered
In the smoking room and earnestly dis
cussed the prospects of the voyage
The Lucania, which left Liverpool four
hours ahead of us, was overtaken ard
passed at 4.30 Sunday morning. She had
half an hours start of us leaving Queens
town.
Two hours after we left Queenstown
the Lucania was still ahead. AT 6 o'clock
tonight she was about fifteen to twenty
miles in front of us. A fog caused the
Lusitania To slacken down her speed,
which greatly disappointed the passen-
gers. There we're occasional patches OF
brightness during which the pace was in
creased"
Shortly after midnight the Lusitania
passed the Lucania.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-09
WALL STREET
ADVANCES IN
SLUGGISH MARKET.
Attack on Amalgamated Copper Helps
to Send other Metal Stocks Down
and Affects Railroads.

NEW YORK, Sept. Every light orders
the stock market and prices moved slug
gishly ~downwards. Northern Pacific de
clined q and American Smelling and Col
orado Fuel *. Third Avenue sold at an
advance of ~ and Reading and Pennsyl-
vania rose small fractions.
IL a. ma sluggish recover set in
which continued until Reading had risen
Ia beyond Saturdays closing. Union Pacific
l and half a dozen other active stocks
from x to y. Amalgamated Copper
reached u, but liberal offerings at that
level drove 1t off sharply and affected the
other metal stocks. besides restricting the
advance In the railroads, The tone was
firm at the end of the hour.
Noon-Prlces dipped again and sold gen.
orally below Saturdays level. There were
heavy dealings In United States Steel, at
a decline of q. ST. Louis Southwestern
fell IA and Northern Pacific, Denver &
Rio Grande. Amalgamated Copper and In
ternational Paper, 1. The market steadied
and became dull. Reading recovered TO
the top figure. Bonds were heavy.
/ p. m.-Higher prices were paid for
after Y o'clock. the market rising
to the best in sympathy with Reading,
gained 2 points.
2 p. m.-Very little business was trans
acted but prices in the general list held
firmly. Twin City Rapid Transit rose /,
Anaconda fell l and Third Avenue relapsed
to 2R below last week.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-09
MOTTO
PROSECUTE
INTER-MET.
Action on Burning Books
Outlawed, lie Says, by
Statute Of Limitation.

NEW YORK, Sept. 9.-District Attor-
ney Jerome said today that no criminal
proceedings would be begun by his
Office against the officers of the Met
ropolitan Street Railway Company for
the destruction Of its old books, EVIL
dence of which was brought out in
the traction inquiry by he Public Serv-
ice Board.
action on this matter by my office
has been outlawed by the statute of
limitations" said Mr.. Jerome. Accord
ing to the testimony of Secretary Moor
head the books were destroyed in 1904,
over three years ago. Even If there
had been anything criminal in the de-
struction of the books. which does not
appear from the evidence, l could not
proceed against Mr.. Moorhead or any
one else after the expiration of two
years from the date of the commission
of the act.
ION the other hand, there Is nothing
in the evidence to warrant my taking
action There must have been some
reason for destroying the books, but
there has been nc evidence produced
to show that it was done with criminal
intent or with the object of destroying
evidence of a criminal act on the part
of the company. Even IL 1t did come
within the statute of limitations there
is a question of whether I should pay
any attention to it. The act was only
a misdemeanor at best.
1.-THE relations between myself and
the commission are particularly friend
ly,'' he continued, IAN If anything
crops up which will warrant action on
my part, the public may rest assured
that 1 will AXE it up at once"
d. c.. Moorhead, secretary and treas
urer of the Metropolitan, admitted on
the stand that the books of the COM
pany, covering the years between 1898
and 1902, had been destroyed. On the
same day a statement was given out
at the offices of the company. which
said:
There should be no mystery or mis-
understanding on this subject. When
in February, 1902, the New York City
Railway Company became the lessee of
the Metropolitan system, we opened a
new set of books. The old books for
the period prior to the lease soon be-
came obsolete and were crowded out of
the vaults at our main office by the
accumulation of current books and
papers. They were then transferred to
the storage loft provided for the stor-
age of unused books and papers, and
were finally turned over with other OBJ
solete books and papers to the party
who purchases our accumulation of old
papers, large quantities of which are
then disposed of and destroyed each
year."