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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-03
CROWDS CHEER SHERMAN

Eight Illinois towns We're visited yester-
day by James S. Sherman republican
candidate for Vice President. and thou
sands of persons listened to his speeches.
ranging in subject from advice on the
best method of handling sweethearts to
the protective tariffs effect on labor. Mr..
sherman and his party started out early
from Peoria in the Pullman car Olivette
Uhe car used by w. J. Bryan on his
recent eastern trip. in which they will
remain until the candidate goes home to
Utica, n. Y, October TO- to register.
ALL NAME BUTLER AMES-
Col. Butler Ames, who was nominated
by reclamation Thursday by the repub-
Icans at Lowell, Mass, for his fourth
term in Congress, was yesterday nomi-
mated by the democrats, after vain at
tempt had been made by Humphrey O'Sul-
Ivan TO keep his name out of the con-
Vention. y scene OF turmoil followed the
nomination of the republican candidate by
the democrats.
EX-Representative Rrien presented the
name of Col. Ames, and there were cries
of Don't sell out the partyv'
Mr.. O Brien said that Col. AmeS was
too popular and it was useless TO try to
defeat him. The only way to get rid
Of him, he said, was to indorse him this
time and boom him for senator later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-03
BLACKMAIL CHARGED

SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN OPENS
Before a great crowd In the Louisville
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-17
HENEY IMPROVING
Passed a Comfortable Night and /
Better Today. +

San Francisco, Nov. 17.-It was re-
ported today from the hospital that
Francis j. Heney passed a comforta-
Bile night. No unfavorable symptoms
have developed. The physician in at
tendance stated that Heney was some
what better today.
Although the bullet has been locat-
ed, embedded in the left jaw about
one inch in front of the ear, the sur
geons have decided not to extract it
until Mr.. Heney gains more strength.
The swelling in the throat is less than
at any time since the patient was TAX
en- to the hospital and he is breath
ing normally.
Mrs. Heney spent an hour today in
the examination room of the hospital
while The surgeons were removing
grains of powder from her husbands
face and head. While this was going
on the wounded man sat up on the
table and made jocular remarks.
When told of the mass meeting held
last night at Dreamland ring Mr..
Heney showed great interest, and on
being informed that his assailant had
taken his own life at the county Jail
he said:
"It is too bad he did it before giving
his reason for shooting me-"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-17
G0MPERS WILL
GO TO PRISON
Says He Will Not Pay Fine If
Found Guilty of Contempt
of Court

Denver, Nov. 17.-President Com
pers at the afternoon session yester-
day Of the convention of the American
Federation of Labor declared that If
he were found guilty and fined in the
contempt proceedings against him at
Washington he would go to jail before
he would pay his fine or before he
would allow the federation to pay any
fine for him.
This statement was made by Mr..
Gompers during discussion of the
report of the committee on the treas
urer's report. The committee recon-
mended that Immediately following
the adjournment of the convention the
executive committee shall take up the
proposition of placing its funds where
they may be removed from danger of
attachment.
The report brought out a political
discussion in which several members
declared themselves in favor of the
formation of an independent political
party.
Treasurer John B. Lennon said he
had discussed the matter of safe
guarding the funds with good attor-
neys and they all agreed that it was
impossible without resulting at some
time in perjury by some persons. Sew
erai suggestions were made from the
floor, one being that the funds be de-
posted In Canada and another that
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-17
MRS. CONGER AND
THE EMPRESS
The American Minister'S Wife
Was One Of Her Intimate
Friends

Pasadena, Cal, Nov. 17.-"I look
upon the death of the dowager en-
press Of China az. personal loss,'
said Mrs. e. H. Conger, widow of the
ex-minister to China, e. H. Conger,
today. when my husband was Unit
ed States minister to China I had
special opportunity Of becoming ac-
quainted with her. Since I returned
to this country and since Mr.. Con-
gers death / have frequently received
messages Of friendship from her. I
admired her greatly. She was truly
q remarkable woman. We went to
China IN 1898 and shortly after our
arrival in Pekin the dowager empress
gave the first audience to foreign
women ever, given in the kingdom.
She had never even seen foreign
women, and the audience was natural
ly very formal. ! saw nothing Of her
after the return Of the court from
exile in 1902. At that time was dean
Of the women Of the foreign embassy,
. position which held until we's left
China in 1905. The position gave me
occasion to see q great deal Of the
dowager empress. an advantage to
which her friendly regard for, this
country gave added force. was al
lowed my own private Interpreter, and
my interviews were frequent and In Q
sense quite intimate. She was anx-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-17
CANDIDACY Of
ROOT LAUNCHED
New York County Assembly.
men Pledge Themselves to
Work in His Behalf

New York, Nov. 17.-At a special
meeting of the Republican assembly,
men-elect of New York county, called
today by James A. Francis, dean of
the New York delegation, the candi-
dacy of Elihu Root for United States
senator from the state of New York,
was endorsed. After pledging them
selves to work for the election of
Elihu Root, the following resolution
was adopted unanimously:
Whereas, by his high personal
character and acknowledged ability
and experience, his standing at the
bar, and distinguished service as sec
retary of war and secretary of state,
Elihu Root, of the county of New
York, stands out pre-eminently
among the Republicans of this state
as fit successor to Evarts, Fish and
Seward:
Now, therefore, in furtherance Of
what we believe to be the best inter-
est of the party, in state and nation,
we, the Republican members of the
assembly-elect from the county of
New York, do hereby declare Elihu
Root to be our choice for United
States senator from the state and do
hereby resolve to support him for the
senatorship to the best of our ability" !"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-17
Manufacturers Seek to Convey
Impression That Products
Were Inspected
LABELS BEARING DECEPTIVE
WORDING REFUSED REGISTRATION
Commissioner of Patents Will Not
Register Labels Bearing Words
"Guaranteed Under Pure Food and
Drug Acts Of June 80, 1906"

Washington, Nov. 17-According to
a sweeping decision by the commits
sioner of patents, any laber bearing
the inscription, Guaranteed under
the pure food and drug acts of June
80, 1906" where such inscription is
intended to imply that the government
is responsible for the purity of the
goods, will be refused registration.
1t is claimed that hundreds of pack
ers and others throughout the coun-
try are so printing their labels as to
give this impression, whereas it is
held by the officials that the govern
ment simply accepts the assertion of
the manufacturers that the goods are
pure and then investigates his busi-
ness. Upon proof that the pure food
and drugs act is being violated, the
goods are confiscated and the manu-
facturer punished.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-17
DEMOCRACY IN DEBT
Contributions Did Not Pay Expenses
q. Of CONDUCTING Lost Csuse.

New York, Nov. 1.-THE contribu-
tions of the Democratic national com-
mittee during the presidential cam
paign recently ended, were not suf-
ficient to meet the expensese of the
campaign, according to Norman e.
Mack, chairman OF the committee. Mr..
Mack said today that he would make
the deficit good out of his own pocket
and that he would regard 1t as per-
sonal obligation to see that every bill
was paid. A statement Of the re-
ceipts and expenses of the committee
will be filed with the secretary of the
state at Albany on November "a.
To q reporter, who asked Mr.. Mack
who was going to pay for the main
tenance of permanent Democratic
headquarters which are to be opened
soon, either in Washington or New
York, Mr.. Mack said:
"The Democratic party of the
United States is going to pay for It.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-17
LINGERIE SOLD
Mrs. Carter's Wardrobe is to Be Sold
for Debt.

New York, Nov. 17-Nightcaps Of
pink and blue silk and lace with bows
and rosettes of ribbon to match, cor
set covers of lavender, blue, pink,
orange and white silk, all of lace.
twenty-five pairs of silk stockings in
green, blue, white and black, besides
other bits of lingerie, lawn, linen and
lace are to be sold at the Fifth avenue
auction rooms this afternoon to satis-
fy the unpaid creditors Of Mrs. Leslie
Carter.
This is the second sale Of personal
belongings of the auburn haired ac-
tress who grew into fame under the
impulsive David Belasco, but whose
career has been dimmed since her
marriage to man two-thirds her age
led Belasco to severe relations with
her. The first sale of household fur
niture, motor cars and other articles
took place some months ago.
There are suits of silken UNDER
wear SO sheer and fine that they can
be crumpled into handful the size
of golf ball. Petticoats of silk and
of lace, knit gowns, morning gowns,
lounging robes, matinee and, in fact,
every article of wearing apparel
necessary to the comfort of woman
of extreme luxury are listed.
There are scores of dresses includ-
ing the polkadot foulard Mrs. Carter
was wearing one July afternoon in
1906 when the whim seized her to be
married to William H. Payne Of
Portsmouth, N. H. Mrs. Carter, her
son, and Payne, were on a motor trip
through New England at the time and
Mrs. Carter did not bother to change
her gown when the nuptial idea took
possession of her.
There is a pair of shoes and slip
pers for every pair Of stockings. One
pair is Of black patent leather with
white uppers eighteen inches high,
fastened with black buttons as big .
dimes. Gold heeled pumps and a.
sorted colors OF leather are amoax
the shoes to be auctioned.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-17
SAGANS HAVING
FAMILY RACKET
Anna Gould Not Yet Satisfied
With French snobbery and
Princes

Paris, Nov. 17.-F'ollowing reports
from London that she had twice in
stituted suits for separation from her
husband within the last two weeks,
the Princess de Sagan, formerly Anna
Gould and the Countess Castellane,
vigorously denied the statements to-
day.
J. According to- the reports, the prin-
cess privately applied to the British
courts for a separation on the ground
of cruelty.
In spite of her denial of the report,
however, it Is generally credited here
and friends of the prince and princess
declare that the separation plea is
only preliminary to suit for divorce
to be brought by the princess.
Married Five Months.
The Sagans have been married only
little more than five months. After
the honeymoon they returned to Paris,
but did not remain here long. They
have been in London frequently and
the princess has made q number of
new friends.
II the reported suit for divorce
should follow the appeal for separa-
ton, the grounds on which the suit
would be brought are matter for
considerable speculation. The smart
set hears that such suit might de-
velop sensational details, but friends
of the princess declare that any suit
would be prosecuted with the utmost
secrecy.
The action of Count Castellane in
seeking the custody of his children on
the ground that Prince de Sagan, their
stepfather, is not fit person to have
them in his keeping, is said by the
friends of the princess to have
prompted her to consider divorce pro-
ceedings, hoping thereby to be allow
ed the continued custody Of her chill
dren.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-17
PRINCE MADE
EMPEROR TAKE
SECOND PLACE
Won Buelow Carried His Point
in Conference With the
Emperor
WILLIAM WAS PLAINLY AND
POINTED ToLD TO keep QUIET
Ministers Who Are Responsible Arc
the Ones to Talk About Matters in
Which the Government Is Concern,
ed and Not the Divine Right Rulen

Berlin, Nov. 17.-Emperor William
and Chancellor Won Buelow were in
conference for three-quarters Of an
hour in the new palace at Pottsdam
this morning. His majesty accepted
the proposals made by the chancel.i
lor concerning the future conduct Of
state affairs and it is evident that
Prince Won Buelow will remain in OFF,
flee. The understanding reached by
the chancellor and the emperor is sat.|
isfactory. 1t has been officially an-
nounced that Emperor William gave
Prince Won Buelow assurances of his
complete confidence and that the
prince will continue to act as chan.
cellor.
The chancellor presented to tho
emperor a strong statement with re-
ference to the attitude of the reichs-
tag, that the entire reichstag had as
sented to declarations made by its
members that the emperor had ex-
ceeded his constitutional authority in
discussing controverted questions,
with which the government is identi-
fed with foreigners. He communi-
Gated to the emperor the opinion
formulated at the meeting of the bum
desrath that it would be wiser for
the emperor not to express views at
fecting the relations Of the empire
with other countries, except through
the responsible ministers. He i'm.
pressed his majesty with the fact that
the people at large and the press of
the country are opposed to his inter-
yention in affairs for which the chan
cellor and the other German officials
Of state are responsible.
Chancellor Won Buelow In the
course of his interview with the em-
peror asked his majesty for declara-
ton, together with permission to pub
lish the same to the effect that in the
feature the emperor would deal with
state affairs only through the existing
constitutional channels, namely,
through the chancellor. His majesty
aceded to this request and the dec
laration asked for appears in Reich
sanZeiger TODAY.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-17
Told a Neighbor He Would
Commit Suicide and Kill
Someone Else
RUFF SEEKS TO SECURE CHANGE
Of VENUE BECAUSE EXCITEMENT
Notorious CRATER Fears Public is so
Aroused That He VIII Find No
Sympathy Among tho People Whom
He Has Despoiled.

San Francisco, Nov. 17.-In an ef-
fort to establish more clearly the mo-
tive Of Morris Haas, who shot and
seriously wounded Prosecutor Francis
]. Heney last Friday. the police have
renewed their examination of Mrs.
Miriam Cohn, a friend and neighbor
to whom Haas conf1ded his intention
of killing the officer who had exposed
his criminal record.
Mrs. Cohn stated to the police that
Haas had several times threatened
suicide and that he would take an
other life when he killed himself. On
one occasion he declared, she said,
that he was going to kill his wife and
their four children. At all times Mrs.
Cohn testified she attempted to dis
suade him from his purpose.
The trial of Abraham Ruef on the
charge of bribery the progress of
which was interrupted last Friday,
was resumed today. By the interposi-
tion of afiidavits setting forth that it
would be impossible to secure a fair
and impartial trial in the present state
Of public opinion, the defense secured
q continuance until tomorrow at
which time the prosecution will file
counter aff1davits. When court adj
journed Reuf was taken back to the
county jail. 80
Never before in the history of this
city had such extensive police precau-
tions been taken, to safeguard q court
OF Justice as when Reuf was brought
to thespa Of Judge Lawler's court to-
day.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-17

tous to learn, and showed q wonder
ful knowledge OF outside affairs, par
ttcularly as relating to this country.
"She showed the greatest respect
for the United States. l remember at.
one time when she had been assailed
most bitterly had an audience with
her. General and Mrs. Nelson A. Miles
and Mrs. Admiral Evans being with
me. made so bold as to ask permis-
sion to bring an American painter,
woman, with me for the purpose of
getting her portrait to be exhibited at
the st. Louis exposition. She quickly
assented, asking only that the work
be done in such and such a month,
that being counted propitious month.
I Immediately sent for Mrs. Carroll,
suggesting that she stop with me until
the dowager empress should summon
her. She did SO. The portrait was
painted, exhibited at the st. Louis ex-
position and by the dowager empress
later presented to the American peo-
pie as token Of her friendly feeling
for the people OF this country.
I'm her audience the dowager en-
press was always exceedingly watch
full Of her guests comfort. Her en-
tertainments were elaborate. For in
stance, her own private theater played
for us, and she personally explained
the play so that we might enjoy 1t.
At another time asked her for her
autograph. She readily agreed to what
must have seemed an audacious re-
quest and asked me to provide a suit
able blank book. / did So I did not
dare to ask for the autograph of the
emperor, but when the book came
back to me short time after it con-
tanned not only Sthe autograph and
seal Of the dowager empress, but also
the seal of the emperor. himself and
the signatures Of the princes and prin-
cesses of the court. You may imagine
that prize this gift very highly. At
another audience the dowager en-
press painted eighteen scrools for her
guests standing all the time over the
table on which the paper was laid
and welding the brush without ap-
parent fatigue"
Mrs. Conger brought out the scroll
which had been given to her and
showed it to the reporter. 1t was
eighteen inches square with scarlet
and ground net work, background
and Chinese dragons predominating.
Upon shis was painted in large black
Chinese characters signifying good
health or wishes for happiness.
"You can imagine from this" said
Mrs. Conger, lust how vigorous ply
sicallys;the empress dowager was at
that time. She was at that time 20
years OF age. At the time of her death
she must have been Is years of age.
Her birth month was November. She
had the tender heart of woman, and
in associating with her learned more
Of the. true Chinese character than
in any other way. never talked re-
ligion with her. It would have been
l.unwise. When we, came away from
China the dowagerz empress bestowed
upon me q special order or decor
alton Of the double dragoon. the first
ever presented toaa woman. Since
coming to .PasadenaRg have had mes
sages. from the .dowager empress and
from the princes ofethe court showing
that their friendship Still continued.
I am very sorry to hear Of the dowa-
ger empress death. She was my good
| friend" -.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-17
TOGO ENTHUSIASM
Reception Of Fleet which He Com
mands q Remarkable One.

Kobe, Nov. 17.-Admiral Togo drove
through the streets of this city today
amid scenes of tremendous enthusi-
asm. The emperor sent an imperial
message to the feet which consists
of one hundred and twenty-four YES
sells anchored three miles from the
shore. In his message the emperor
exhorted the officers and men of the
Japanese navy to work assiduously to
maintain It In satisfactory condition.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-17
MRS. STALLS DEATH
Died From Natural Causes and Was
Not Robbed.

Boston, Nov. 17-After an autopsy
and nearly twenty-four hours of in
vestigation,; the local police announc-
ed today that they were satisfied that
Mrs Charles w. (Chick) Stahl, the
widow of the American baseball play
er. whose body was found yesterday
in doorway of q house. in South Bos-
ton, died from natural causes, and
that she had not been robbed of any
ieWalry.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-17

looked over the documents, his sobs
were audible. Among the documents
before the court were the Grossman
notes. Lefens and Seipp. the hold
ers Of the notes, first testified. They
were followed by John A. Vanderpool,
. clerk in Van vlissingen's office, who
testified to having no previous knowl-
edge Of any irregularity In the ONCE.
Van Vlissingen was then called. His
testimony In part follows:
How long have you been In busi-
Ya7s In Chicagol"
sakn'4t twenty years"
shown the Grossman notes
and t5st 3, sisnat1rss s1 ares ths including
laas public q and sar ane On t1a the nGsary deed
were ain a,l sihse serses,s msSnar exe.n. ,or..,v
committed by you?"
II did It by tracing"
Just describe to, the court how you
traced the instrument"
Laid one paper on the other and
had an electric light underneath, made
It transparent that way, and traced
It."
"That is the electric light was un-
derneath the tablet"
Yes. Sir, small hole in the table" !"
WAS It a glass table7'
NO. sir, wood"
How would the light reflect through
tho table?''
"A small opening through the wood
"a small opening with the light right
under 1t"
"And there was glass over that
was theref"
"Yes, sir"
"In this case did you have genuine
trust deed7"
eyes, sir"
"And took the genuine papers and
traced them overt"
Eyes, SIR"
Prisoners Story.
How long have you been in forger.
les Of that nature"
"oh, I should say about eighteen
years"
Approximately how much will
those forgeries aggregate?"
about 100000.
Where has the money gone TOT"
"Paid back in interest and lost IN
business"
Have you epeculefed on the board
Of trade or in mining stocks or In Wall
street,"
''No, sir"
y "How many times have you dupli.
Gated any one genuine instrument?' 2
"Once. and in, think, two or three
instances, twice."
"That is in two or three instances
you have sold three mortgages where
there was only one genuine mort.
gager
"That is right7"
The court here interposed, saying
the evidence was Sufficient, and after
the prisoner had again asked fol
speedy punishment, the sentence was
imposed.
The court said:
The Sentence.
s Four sentence to the penitentiary
win, be an indeterminats one. I will
report to 1.-THE penitentiary commits.
sioperse the situation and the length
'of the Tins that you will have to re.
main there will depend on their &C.
tion. It will not be less than one
year nor to exceed fourteen years."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-17
TWO ELECTROCUTED
Caught By Heavily Charged Wire
With Fatal Results.

Warren, r. l., Nov. 17.-1n working
today among number Of high power
electric wires at the power station of
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford railroad, at Brayton, William
Guam of Fall River and Fred Ross Of
this town, were electrocuted. Quan
was instantly killed. Ross met death
while trying to pull Quan's body
away from the wire with which it had
come In contact,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-17
BALLOON SIGHTED.

San Bernardino, Cal, Nov. IT,
The balloon United States has been
sighted northwest of this city travel
ing toward the San Bernardino range
of mountains at god rate of speed.
1t was near the ground.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-17
AUToIsT WAS KILLED
BREAKING RECORD

; . = sls ssssss &c .
! Birmingham, Ala, Nov. IL
Emile Striker was killed on the :
; fair grounds track today in his :
effort to lower the twenty-four :
hour automobile record.
s.s sis Ssss-s 80 see :
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-17
MURDERER TO HANG
Man Who Killed Whole Family Must
Paw Penalty

Chicago, Nov. 17-Herman Billek,
convicted Of the murder of five mem
bers of the Vzral family, was SEN
fenced by Judge Barnes today to hang
on December II. The fight of Billek
and his friends for liberty which car
ried the case to the United States
supreme court, has attracted wide at
tention
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-17

i ]. Il! Your sentence to the penitentiary
viii; be AN indeterminate one. will
report to 1.-THE penitentiary commits
sioperss the situation and the length
0f the. Tins that you will have to re-
main there will depend on their ac-
ton. It will not be less than one
year nor to exceed fourteen years."