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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-28

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
MANY MILLIONS INVOLVED
Mexican Land Grants Figure in
Suits at FL Paso.

Ell Paso Tex, April limited States
District Attorney Terrell today received
a telegram from Acting Attorney General
Hoyt at Washington instructing him TO
at once stop proceedings in the cases
brought in the United States district court
by the Texas & Pacific and the FL Paso
& Northeastern railroads for the eviction
of persons occupying land between EIev-
enth street and the Rio Grande Acting
Attorney General Hoyt SAYS that the
question is one for the international boun-
dairy commission and not for the courts
to decide The railroads claim the land
in question under a deed from the CITY
of Fl Paso and the state courts affirmed
their title. whereupon the roads had about
sixty-five Mexican families eI-icted
Others. however, refused to Vacate claim
ing title under Mexican grants. The
question as to whether that part of n
Paso south of Overland street which vr.s
many years ago the bed of the river. was
or was not a part of Mexico has figured
often in the state and federal courts rho
action of the attorney general has cause5
a sensation here. The value of the mon
erty involved in the railroad suit is aho,,t
81 .000.000, while the value of all that tbe
title to which Is, according to the attor-
ney generals opinion, to be subject IN
settlement by the international houndary
commission, is estimated at s7OoeOO0
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
PROBE BEING INSERTED.
Prominent Men Before the Grand
Jury in San Francisco.

San Francisco, April 2.-The grand jury
recOnvened at o'clock this afternoon to
hear further evidence in regard to the al
legged bribing of the supervisors in the
interest of the Home Telephone company.
District Attorney LangdOn was not pres
ent. being engaged in the trial of Abra-
ham Ruef in Judge DUNES court, but
the prosecution was represented by As
sistant District Attorney Heney, who has
from the first been in active charge of
the graft situation.
George f. Hatton, political manager for
United States Senator Perkins was the
first witness He was followed by Henry
I. Scott. president of the Pacific States
Telephone company. Other witnesses I'M
der subpoena and in attendance at the
grand jury rooms are Marcus l.. Gerstle
president of the Home Telephone conn
pany; r. NJ. Hotaling, a former director
in the same corporation; Vanderlyn Stow.
T. W. Eaton and r. j. thinner. Eaton
and thinner are secretary and auditor
respectively of the Pacific States com
pdny
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
Invited by Mine Owners.

The visit of the states chief executive
to GOldfield at this particular time is the
result Of an invitation extended to him
by those representing the mine owners
who are labOring most earnestly for a set
tlemeut of the existing difficulty The gov
eTuOr spent today in TOnOpah and there
held a conference with representa- tives of
the mine owning interests in Goldfield
district. This conference was subsequent
to another which was held yesterday be
tween representative of the mine own
ers and the special committee which was
appointed one week ago this evening at
the meeting of the miners union.
At the latter conference the attitude of
the mine owners was made clear to the
representatives of the miners. 1t is ex-
pected that tOnights meeting between the
miners committee and the executive com
mittee of the Mine Owners association.
viii continue until after midnight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
MOVE MADE IN
BRADLEY. CASE
Counsel Asks That Defendants
Witnesses Be Allowed Their
Expenses.
Especial to The Herald.)

Especial 10 Inc t1STdlu.D
y Washington. April Counsel for =
= Mrs. Annie NJ. Bradley. who killed y
y former Senator Arthur Brown in this =
y city last December. appeared I'm court =
y today and in view of the poverty of =
+ defendant. moved that the court or y
y der her out of town witnesses to ap- y
y pear at the trial and that the gov y
\ eminent bear the expense attendant =
y upon their appearance. y
He also filed an affidavit alleging =
y poverty and further alleging that his =
y clients mind at the time she killed =
= Brown, was in such q diseased con- y
4 ditiOn that she was not responsible y
y for her act y
He asked that certain witnesses he =
= summoned to substantiate this al =
y legged fact, among them her sister /
y now living at GOldfield, New. Colo y
y mel M NJ. Kaighn and George and y
y Willard Hanson. all of Salt Lake \
y City District Attorney Baker will =
T. probably ask the court some time 4
4 this week to fix a date for the trial ,
\ of Mrs. Bradley, and it is the expec- i
y tation that the case Will be called +
y about the middle of the present \
y month. .
$%v%$ .
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
SPARKS USING
HIS INFLUENCE
Governor of Nevada at Gold
field Trying to Straighten
Out the Camp.

Goldfield New, April Extraordinary
efforts were put forth tonight to effect
a settlement of the labor troubles. Gov
ernor Sparks and United States Senator
Nixon arrived here today. the latter of
whom. with George Wingfield, has the
largest mining interests in the camp. Gov
eTnor Sparks mad acted as mediator once
before and effected the settlement of the
last labor dispute. He was in consulta-
ton all day with the leaders of the min
ers. a committee from the miners met
the executive committee of the Mine Own
eTs' association late this evening Tonight
the miners held their regular weekly
meeting and installed. the new officers
elected xs-paLr
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
BROWNSVILLE INQUIRY.
Another Army Officer Wro Believes
the Negroes Innocent.

Washington. April Captain Samuel
p. Lyon Of company d, Twenty-fifth in
fantry, was the only witness examined
today in the Brownsville investigation
before the senate committee
Although examined and cross-examined
at length, Captain Lyon was unable to
add much to the evidence. His personal
view that negro soldiers did not do the
shooting attracted much attention. as he
said at first he was convinced of their
guilt, but his opinion was changed by
the report of experts who examined the
shells picked up in the streets of Browns
Vile 1t was the finding of shells of the
type used in Springfield rifles that had
first caused white officers of the Twen-
ty-fifth infantry to believe their men
guilty
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
RESPONSIBILITY IS FIXED
Verdict of the Coroner's Jury Which
Investigated the Cotton, Cal,
Disaster.

Cotton. Cal. April 1.-The verdict of
the coroner's jury summoned to investi-
gate the wreck at Cotton last Thursday.
in which twenty-three people lost their
lives. and nearly a hundred more were
injured, was returned this evening The
foreman of thu switching crew and his as
sistant arc saddled with responsibility for
the wreck through criminal negligence;
the engineer Of the wrecked overland
train is declared guilty of negligence
through running too fast: the Southern
Pacific is censured for operating the frafl
cars in which many of the Italian immi-
grants were killed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
HARTMAN BELIEVES
HE WAS FLIM-FLAMMED
Railway Magnate Shows Up Roosevelt
and Republican Corruption in
Campaign of 1904.
President Sends Out a Few Thousand Words in Reply
and Places Hartman in AnaniaS Group

Albany. \. Y. April Alton B Par
ter. Democratic candidate for the presi-
5err,, in 1884. displayed the keenest in
terest in the letter Of L. II Hartman
,.ublished today. especially in regard 10
,-z relating to his own charge made IN
,-s 1901 campaign that the great corpora
,faus were largely financing the Repub-
loan campaign Tonight he issued the
following statement;
r8nftabIe. Mutual and New York Life
4Ds51r4ur,. companies to Mr. COrtelyou 5
committee has never been denied. OF
course Ii was testified to under oath
frfora "a body who could have sum
moued Mt Bliss and Mr.. CortelYou 10
The witness stand if it had been denied.
Cannot Be Summoned.
eli is safe to deny Mr. Hartman s
statement because there is not a commits
SION before whom Mr.. Bliss Mr.. COrtel-
YOU and others can be summoned ana
compclled to testify. Congress has re-
fused TO make an investigation of the
.1rDoratc contributions of 1904 or to pass
a law prohibiting corporate contributions
i'm the future The moneys raised by Mr.
Hartman and contributed by the life
insurance companies. aEgregating S3J0,0o0
WAS but q drop in the bucket as COM
uared with the total contributions by
railroads and other great corporations
The public choice of an investigation at
this time, therefore, cannot be over
estimated.
Presses for Solution.
"One Of the questions now pressing for
solution is whether federal governmental
control over railroads and other great
corporations shall be extended further
il will help TO solve that problem rightly
To learn that governmental power in the
past has been used for political purposes
used to raise money TO continue an eX-
isiiug administration The proof that
81 has been SO used viii make it clear to
every mind that 1t can he used again
Possession by the public Of that knOwl-
Cdge aud the deductions theTefrom in
evitably viii lead to attempts 10 sur
round such power as has been OF may be
conferred with the absolutely necessary
against political abuse of il.
So far no effort has been made in this
direction. IL has not been made because
The people have not appreciated the ne
Cessitv for il That they may do so, an
investigation should be had that Il will
bring ont the whole truth. It will help
many 10 see quite clearly what is now
hidden. viz. the ultimate purpose of
some Of those who seek to strip the states
OF power that II may be conferred at
Washington
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
ROoSEVELT'S DENIAL.
Some Inside History of Republican
Rottenness.

Washington. April president Roose-
welt today emphatically denied the state
ments contained in letter published this
morning purpOrting to have been written
by e. II. Hartman to Sidney Webster
Of New York in the latter part of De
cember. 1893. In Mr.. Harriman's letter
the statement is made that at the re-
quest Of President Roosevelt. he. Harri-
man. assisted in raising a fund of $4,000
10 be used in carrying New~York for the
Republican party at the election. This
statement the president characterized as
a deliberate and wiIlful untruth-by
right it should be characterized by an
even shorter and more ugly word
never requested Mr. Hartman to raise
dollar for the presidency campaign of
1904 -
The presidents denial was contained in
brief statement and copies of letters
written to Representative Sherman of
New York The letters are dated Oct S
and Oct. II. 1906, respectively
The president after furnishing the let
tiers TO the press, dictated the following
statement:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
WRECK IN MONTANA.

Butte. Mont. April "A Missoula spe-
cial to the Miner says the North Coast
Limited and tho Burlington flyer coll
lided at Big Bend tonight, the air of the
flyer failing to work when the train At
tempted to take siding for the limited
Fireman Saunders of the limited vas
badly scalded and may die A number
Of passengers of the limited sustained
bruises The Burlington train was being
pulled by two engines, both of which are
badly wrecked, as is the engine Of the
North Coast
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
WAITING FOR ADVICE.
Especial to The Herald }

Boise. April 2.-The United States grand
jury was quiescent today. 1t held short
session in the morning. There are some
witnesses about yet. waiting TO be called.
but the jury did not seem ready TODAY
to hear them 1t is thought the fact of
Special Assistant Attorney General Burch
coming may have caused the district at
torney to delay further work until he
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
The Sherman Letter.

After writing these letters to Mr.. Sher-
man. the president was assured that Mr.
Hartman had not made the statements
which Mr.. Sherman credited to him with
making. InasmuCh as the same state
ments appear in the major part in the
letter to Mr.. Hartman now published
the president deems it proper that the
letters he sent to Congressman Sherman
last October shall now he made public ="
In the first letter reference is made to
a converse ton between Mr.. Hartman and
Mr.. Sherman which was repeated to the
president. in which Mr.. Hartman is said
to have given as a reason for his personal
dislike Of the president. partly the lat
ters determination to have the railroads
supervised and partly the alleged fact
Continued on Page 2.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
MINER ROUGHLY USED
BY G0LOFIELO TOUGHS
fSpecial to The Heraldl

Goldfield. April I'D. A. Shea. who has
been employed as nightwatchman at the
Daisy mine at Diamondfield. was assault
ed last night by half a dozen /. w w
men and then compelled to go to the min
ers' hall in Diamondfield, where he was
struck over the head with a revolver and
threatened with further violence if he
reported the assault. Shea recognized the
men who attacked him and today swore
out warrants for three leaders of the
gang. Gilkerson, Harper and the notori-
Gus kid" Allen. The first is now in iail
and the others are being hunted
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE
DROPS DEAD OF AP0PLEXY

Central City Colo, April 2.-During d
celebration in his honor. which was be-
ing held in the rotunda of the Teller no.
tel. after the announcement of the result
of the election tonight, James A 5flmoIIr
Democrat. who was elected mayor TODAY.
cropped aead from an attack OF apoplexy.
Mayor-elect Gilmour had been a resident
Of this city for thirty-five years. and was
one of the most prominent men in the
district
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
JAPs IN HARD LUCK.

FL PaSo. Tex, April 2.-The new immi.
grafton law went into effect Yesterday
and as result 800 japanese Iaborers n Re
in Juarez in Strengthened circumstances.
ii is said Several are being detained in
Jail here pending deportation via San
Francisco The Japanese are not to be
irto Mexico. but are to be or
dered back to Japan direct,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
CHICAGO GETS CONTRACT.

Washington. April 1.-The secretary Of
the interior awarded the contract to the
Universal Portland Cement company OF
Chicago for 5000 barrels OF Portland ce-
ment for Use in several irrigation projects
in Wyoming Montana and North Dakota,
at $50 per barrel. f. o. b.. at the COM
panys MILL South Chicago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
Ryan, Root and Roosevelt.

'Ryan's success in all his manipulations
traction deals tobacco combinations ma
nipulation of the Tate Trust company into
the Morton Trust company, the Shoe &
Leather bank into the National Bank of
Commerce, thus covering up his tracks
has been done by the adriOt mind of Efihu
Root, and this situation has been
brought about by a combination of cir
cumstances which has brought together
the Ryan, Root. Roosevelt element.
Where do / stand? ?"
Yours sincerely.
(Signed). e H. HARTMAN"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
HARRIMAN'S CHARGE.
Roosevelt Must Have Known Where
the Money Came From.

Chicago, April "A sensation was Gre
ated here today by the publication of
letter written in December. 1875, and ad-
dressed TO MI Sidney Webster Of New
York aud signed IF. II. Hartman
Sidney Webster is a lawyer and writer
on political subjects. HIS wife is a sis
Ter Of StUyVesant Fish. who lost the pres
ideucy Of the Illinois Central railroad
few months ago after antagonizing Mr..
Hartman. This is the letter:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03

Surely but truly is coming the con-
Viction that to be a good advertising
man one must first be a good business
man or both simultaneously. We are
beginning to learn that literary tai
ent is but single detail OF the agents
commerce, purchased as readily as pen,
INK or paper by the advertising man
who knows what he desires To ex-
press--4'he Advertising Agent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
SUICIDE AT OMAHA.

Omaha. April "A. B. Lscquith, "a
years old. one of the promoters of the
Omaha grain exchange, shot and killed
himself at his home this morning. He
is believed to have been despondeat
over financial reyerses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
Boys Wanted to Have Some Fun.

Apri9
Of White
Of of
fsat
TO
Of clothing.
kened futile
ngTh Tho he
a hospital condition
rou
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
Pure Food Law Prosecutions.

Washington April 2The prepare
at
which the be based.
offending Establishments
United States district
O
Or
that large number their in
tgaton
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
SLIGHTLY BETTER.

New York. April 2.-Ricaard Mansfield.
who is seriously III. was repoS<ed tonight
by his manager. r. ID. Stevens, as show
ing signs Of improvement.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03

The decision of Judge John a. Marshall
of the federal district court on the de
murrers entered by +. w. Senior. Don c.
Robbins. W. G. Filler and c. NJ. Freed to
the indictments against them. charging
conspiracy to defraud the government out
of coal lands, will decide whether the
United States can maintain criminal ac-
lions for conspiracy in all the land fraud
cases pending in the west, and will be the
first construction of section J44O of the
statutes with land fraud cases as a basis
made since the law was enacted in 1861.
The decision will be of the most far
reaching Importance. and the outcome of
out the country.
The arguments for the defense were
made yesterday morning and afternoon
by John NJ. Waldron of Denver and G.
S. Narian of Salt Lake. and Hiram Booth,
district attorney for Utah, began the ar
gument for the United States. He will
be followed today by Frederick Maynard.
special assistant to the attorney general,
who has had charge of all the land fraud
prosecution brought by the department of
justice in this section.
The principal argument of the day was
made by Mr.. WaldrOn. 1t was a clear
and fOrceful explanation of the theories
advanced by the defense in asking that
the demurrers be sustained. lie took &C
casion during his remarks to score the
president for his ''Officious authority in
administering the land laws" He said
that the president was an ''overzealous
Teformer," and that his strenuous spirit
had led the department of justice to carry
its crusade to such an extent that the
spirit of American Jurisprudence is
threatened"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
They Are Coming, Father Patrick, 100000 Strong.
ONE TALESMAN
PASSES MUSTER
After Many Delays Abe Ruef Is
Placed o.. Trial Before
Judge Dunno.

San Francisco. April "A legal battle
that promised to last for weeks and which
is expected to be in measure pivotal
of all the criminal proceedings growing
out of the grand jurys bribery graft in
vestigatiOn, was begun in earnest today
when Abraham Ruef, San Franciscos in
diCted political boss. was placed on trial
in Judge DUNES department of the su-
perior court on the charge of extorting
large sums of money from local French
restauranteurs under threat that unless
paid. he and Mayor SchmitZ would pre-
vent the renewal of their liquor licenses
by the police commission.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
One TaTesman Passed.

Only a very brief session of court was
held in the morning, adjournment being
taken until ocloCk owing to the alb
sence of a talesman, for whom a bench
warrant was issued When court ad-
journed at the conclusion of the after
noon session one talesman had been ex-
amined and passed without challenge by
both sides. and a second was under ex-
animation by the defense. The first is ]
r. Bradstreet a weather strip manufac-
tUrer Of No. 759 Eddy street; the second
Angelo r. Duperu. a real estate man Iiv-
ing at 2152 Pine street.
Hiram w. Johnson, as special counsel
for the prosecution. and Henry ACh. of
counsel for Ruef, conducted the exami-
nation of talesmen. and the questions
put by them indicated to a degree how
searching is TO be the scrutiny that must
be withstood by each of the twelve men
who will weigh the guilt or innocence
of Ruef
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-03
No Extension Possible.

Acts defining crimes cannot be ex-
tended by construction. and "A case must
be plainly and Enthusiastically esta blished
by strict construction of the statutes
before a man can be punished If penal
statutes are susceptible to two cOnstruc-
tons, the court must give to IL the one
most favorable to the defendant Surely
the word defraud here has two mean
ings. 1t has a meaning when applied in
a court of equity and a meaning when
applied in a criminal court Which
meaning are we tie take? Surely this
court will not say that a meaning which
is broad enough to cover the ramifica-
lions of equity Jurisprudence should be
applied to criminal action with its lati-
tude unabridged?
During my study of this subject l
have examined 40 cases prosecuted I'M
der section $40 All of them have been
under the homestead presumption. timber
culture or stone entry acts. but in these
acts 1t is specifically stated that no en-
tryman shall make contract with an
other for the disposal OF the land he is
to obtain. Sworn statements to this ef-
feet must be made before the entry is
made, and charges of perjury and CON
spiTacy will lie if the contract is not car
Continued on Page 9.