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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-23

Cha~ies w King. jr-. has sold his two
brick dwellings. al 1881 and 1913 Monroe
street northwest. which are now under
construction They viii be ready for
occupancy By Nav j. Stone & Fairfax
made the sale
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
HEDEFENDS HASKELL
KERN CRITICIZES THE CONDUCT
 OF THE PRESIDENT.
Declares Tint No Such An Assault Was
 Ever Made Before on the Gov
 ernor of n State by a Chief Executive.

EIicott City. Md, Sept 24-"Mr Roosevelt will find 1t quite impossible by the raising of side issues and the muddying of the water. to divert the minds of the people from the questions that must be decided by their votes in November"
 In this language. John W. Kern. the Democratic Vice Presidential candi- date, concluded a discussion of the last letter of President Roosevelt to W. J. Bryan. with reference to the charges made by W. R. -4earst against Gov ernor Haskell. of Oklahoma. treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. in a speech here tonight
 He declared that the President had abandoned hls original charges against Governor Haskell and had taken up criticism of his official acts to cover hls own embarrassment over his faIi- ure to work reforms in his own party.
 MT. Roosevelt's last Illumination as to Governor Haskell only proves that his attack was premature and uncalled for" said Mir. Kern. No such an aa- sault was ever before made upon the Chief Executive of a sovereign State by the President of the United States, His original charge of criminaIity Is abandoned. and he now contents him selft with a criticism of the Govern. or's official acts"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
A NEW DIG AT BRYAN
OKLAHOMA EDITOR WRITES OF
 HEARST CHARGES,
Says He Presented the Same Matter to Nebrnsksn Who Refused to Read
 Them and Tore
 Them Up,

Kansas City. Mo-. Sept. 24.-L. T. Russell. editor of The Ardmore. Ok Morning Democrat, tonight gave the Associated Press an open letter to Will liam J. Bryan in which he alleges that the charges made by William R Hearst against Governor Haskell relative to the Governors connection with the Standard oil Company had previously been sent to Mfr. Bryan. who refused to read them. Ieges to be proof of Governor Haskells intimate relations with the Prairie oil and Gas Company.
 In the letter Mir, Russell says in part:
 T notice that you in your reply to President Roosevelt's attack on Gov ernor Haskell say you were entirely ignorant of there ever having been any charges made against Mir. Haskell If you were ignorant of such charges 1t is because you refused to read them when presented to you when you vis- ited oklahoma last fall in the inter est of Candidate Haskell. At that time 1 personally presented to you ten typewriter pages of charges against Mir Haskell covering his operations in Ohio. New York. Arkansas. Texas and Oklah oma.
 You did me the courtesy of tear ing them up and throwing them out of the train window without reading them. The charges recently made by Mir. Hearst were all made by me at that time"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
DOWN AND OUT CLUB
HISGEN SAYS HASKELL WILL SOON
 JOIN TT.
HearHt's Candidate Puts Strictures on nemOcratic Treasurer In Hin Home state-Me ntiOns De-
 pew and PIatt.

Oklahoma. City. Okla. Sept 24.-- Thomas L. Hisgen, Independent candi- date for President addressed a large meeting tonight. He said in part:
 The revelations that have recently heen made in this campaign have thrown the leaders of both the old par ties into a fever of fear
 Senator Foraker of Ohio was ex- posed by our party and he has gone to join those other distinguished, mem- beIs of the Down and Out Club of Senators-Platt. Depew and Bailey.
 T expect to hear before many days of the retirement from the national campaign another prominent citizen of the country ard distinguished officer of this State. I refer to Governor Haskell. on whom the eyes of the coun- try are resting today.
 Bryan cannot justify his pretensa of being friend of the people and being a friend of organized labor and of being an enemy of the trusts while he allows Ha skell to remain an important officer in the DemocratIc campaign"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
NESBlT ON THE STAND
ALABAMA RAILROAD CORNERSTONE
 FIR IS EXAMINED.
s. P. Kennedy, Secretary of the Ala hama Commission Was Put On the stand Also, in Atlanta
 Hearing.

Atlanta, Ga. Sept 24-The examina- tton of w. D.. Nesbit, Railroad Com missoner of Alabama. was completed this morning in the freight rate hear dnG being conducted here by the In- terstate Commerce Commission.
 He was cross. examined by Judge Dearing. one of the railroad counsel. with reference to the tables submitted yesterday.
 s. P. Kennedy. Secretary of the Ala. bama Commission. testified along a similar line.
 The railroad companies opened their defense by placing 1T. R. Smith. first vice president and trafic manager of the Nashville. Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad Company, as the first witness. He presented tables of fg- ures by which they nope to show that prevailing rates on affected comnnodI- : ties are materially lower at the pres ent time than in 1900.
 Decreased volume of business with. out commensurate decrease in operat- ing expenses Is the basis of the defense which the railroads of the Southeast are making for the recent advance in freight rates now being investigated
 E. II. Smith. vice president and traf- nc manager of the Nashville Chatta- nooga and St. Louis Railroad was on the stand during the greater part of the day as the first witness for the roads He presented statistics which he explained at length to bear out his contention. He claimed that while business depression had seriously af fected the revenues of the railroads. they had been unable to reduce ex- penses to any great extent.
 Discussing the great increase in the cost of labor during the last few years the witness stated that unorganized labor had enjoyed larger percentage or increase in wages than had organ ized labor. This was explained, he said, by the theory that the latter was already being we'll paid.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
RIDERS IN ALABAMA
NOTICES ARE POSTED ON COTTON
 GxN
Ginners at Russellville Are Warned to Close Down or Suffer the Con- sequences-Win Continue
 Business.

Russellville. Sept. 24.-The following notice was found at the cotton gin of Hall and Son at this place this morn- ing:
 Hall and Son. Gentlemen:
 You will please close down your gin until cotton advances in price and you are notified to start. We do not wish to harm you so we hope you will sub init to this request. We mean business This crop must be held.
 (Signed.) "A Band of Farmers"
 A duplicate of this was also on the gin of A. W. and W. E. Hargett. There is little probability of either firm giving 1t any attention. The cit izens of the town are volunteering to stand guard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
THE LIBERAL PARTY
CALL IS ISSUED FOR THE NATION.
 AL CONVENTION.
The Announced Purpose of the New Party is the Separation of the
 Church and
 State

Atlanta. Ga. Sept. 24.-PolitIcs was given a new turn in this State today when a call was issued for the as. sembIing of what is termed The Lib eral Party" Delegates from all States fin the Union are asked to assemble i'm Chattanooga, october 8. to nominate candidates for President and Vice-Pres- ident
 The call is signed by Sidney C. Iaup, as chairman and R. D. Woodhail as secretary. both men being Atlanta res- idents.
 The announced purpose of the new party Is the separation of church and State" and the total elimination of the church in politics."
 Another purpose as announced in the call Is the enfranchisement of women as voters. The call invites all women in sympathy with the movement to at- tend the convention as delegates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
TWENTY-FIVE ARE INJURED
 IN COLLAPSE OF BLEACHERS

Roanoke. Va. Sept. 24.--Twenty- five persons were injured on the Roanoke fair grounds today when a stand of bleachers collapsed carrying down children.
 The majority of the victims suffered sprained ankles. cuts and bruises. Mrs. Ida Meadows of Johnson City. Tenn, was :oadly cut on the face and head and her body severely bruised. S. M. Dickerson of Roanoke suffered a com- pound fracture Of the right leg. Mrs. John Beard of Roanoke had both an- les broken. The injured were removed to hospitals. Twenty thousand spec tators were on the grounds at the time and great excitement prevailed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
|Ne'HING DONE ABOUT HASKELL National Committee to
 Investigate. CHAIRMAN MACK RETICENT Committeeman Are Expressing Hope That Haskell Will Resign. Mir. Mack Says He Knows Nothing of the Report From Washington
 That Haskell Had Re-
 signed.

New York. Sept. 24.-No action will
 be taken by the Democratic nationa
 committee with reference to tht charges that have been made against Governor Charles N. Haskell. pending an Investigation of the matter, which is now being made by MT. Bryan.
 Meanwhile national committeeman here are expressing hope that the treasurer will resign from the com mittee unless he can clear himself In every particular of the allegations that have been made concerning him. It Is known definitely that several na- tional committeeman are urging that MT. Haskell be removed. National Chairman Mack said to-day that he had nothing to say about the Haskell matter and that he had received no communication from MT. Bryan or Governor Haskell on the subject. Mir, Mack said:
 don't know what Is going to be done and can't say whether Governor Haskell shall resign or not"
 National committeeman expressed the belief to-day that no official action would be taken by the national conn mittee, but that the whole matter would De settled by Mir. Bryan and Ms.ionai S.sa chairman Mack after the can didate had satisfied himself of all the dacts In the case. Mir. Mack said he Knew nothing of the report from ash ington that MT. Haskell had ten- dered his resignation and that he nad issued no order calling a meeting Of the national or executive commit tees.
 MT. Mack and Ctate Chairman Con- nors held conference to-day.
 It was stated by NationaI commit Ieemen tonight that some definite word would be received from Cover nor Haskell within the next forty eight hours whether he would resign or remain on the committee and per mt the charges against him to become an issue throughout the rest of the 
 National comrnitteennSn hene declare mat if Is not solely q question of the veracity of the charges against Cover nor Haskell, but Of the political ef- feet of having a, man on the commit. lee against whom charges of such have meen made.
 MT. Mack said today his departure ,n flying trip to PhiladelphIa that he lad received no communication from sither Mir. Bryan or Governor Has sell.
 MT. Mack's visit to Philadelphia is 'aid to have no political signif- ,ancs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
Have you conscioug.v violated the intunction?" he was asked.
 "I have nof

Have you conscious.v violated tn, inJunctfon?" he was asked.
 T have not"
 The. fact that James ". Van Cleav, was connected with the suit against the Federation officia.s and N7sk the Bucks Stove anG Range Company, VII the Stove Founders Association a& with the National Association of Myr ufacturers. of the lass of which & is president, was then broLgh. out lhs witness was then ask ,l
 "Is the same Mir. Van CleavA le on. who recently attained LroT mo by reason of an attack on ohe of the Presidential candidates."
 MT. Gempers replied In the afflrma : tive. but before his words could D. noted, Mir. Davenport protested
 object to the question as imma . terial.-irrelevant and impertinent, and will ask that the court strike 1t out" he said
 MT. Raiston led the witness to relate the fact that there is a decided con- nict between the National Manufact- urers Association and the Federation or Labor. Mir. Gompers told of the or ganizatfon led by MT. Van Cleave to prevent labor legislation and he read communications from MT. Van Cleave 10 The American Industries. the organ or that Association, in confirmation of tHe statement.
 MT. Gompers also told of the appear ance Of Mir. Van cleave before the Na- tional Republican Convention at Chi cago. and said that his purpose there was to prevent the incorporation of a labor plank in the Republican plat form. Mir. Gompers said that 1t was in response to the appeal of the manu- facturers aided by Mir. Van Cleave. that the labor plank had been thrown out.
 Hostility to Roosevelt.
 Do you know the attitude of the National Manufacturers Association towards the attitude of President Roosevelt in favor of modification of the anti-injunction 1aw?' asked MT. Ralston. and MT. Gompers promptly announced Tt is one of hostility"
 Mir. Davenport sought to bring out the fact that the Federation also op- posed the Presidents position but Mir Gompers explained that the Fedora tion's antagonism was only to the method proposed, while the associa- tion of manufacturers opposed any change.
 Mir. Van Cleave was quoted as hay Ing said in the organ of his assoct- ation that there had been an effort fin the interest of labor to obtain (Continued on Page Two.l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25

his said claims and demands agains said defendant. and this plaintiff Is nov the owner and holder thereof
 tMr. Hearst here read the official at. testation to the foregoing).
 "standard oil Tool.
 So 1t appears. not from my asser. ton. but from court records, that Mir Haskell is not only a Standard oil tool and crooked railroad promoter. but steel trust organizer.
 No wonder he can get money for MT. Mack and no wonder Mir. Bryan and MT Kern do not want to relinquish so valuable campaign treasurer.
 Before I read you few more let l. ters regarding the Standard oil I want to read you Mir. Haskel's opinion of that corrupt corporation. expressed publicly in speech at banquet at Tulsa. Oklahoma. on February 29. 1908.
 My friends. we often hear--for want, perhaps. of some clearer thought we often hear a speaker assaiI the standard oil Company. I sometimes think that the speaker has merely heard the name mentioned and does not know what the purpose of the com pany Is or its plan of business. The Standard oil Company has done won ders in the United States. The. Stand ard oil Company by the application of good sense to its business, by the ap- plication of genius to the discovery oflthe component parts of the raw ma tertal has made oil products reach values that were never dreamed of a few years ago.
 Fellow members of the Indcpcn- deace party think that we all know more about the purpose of the Stand ard oil Company and It's plan of bus mess than we did few years ago. We all know that the Standard oil Company has done wonders in the Uni ted States or at least in the United States Senate
 We all know that the Standard oil Company by the application of genius and discovery has developed some pretty raw material in the organi- sation of thee Democratic Party.
 Senator McLaurin's Letters,
 As examples of methods that were lever dreamed of a few years ago. I I'm going to read you the following etters:
 "2s Broadway. December 12. 1901. My Dear Senator:
 T have your kind favor of yester- lay We have. of course, noted your ecent disagreeable experience with I. with the utmost interest Think 'ou have done just right in not be-
 =
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
TWO ARE KILLED
 IN A GEORGIA WRECK

Atlanta. Ga, Sept. 24-Two persons were killed and four others injured when southbound passenger train No. fl on the Southern Railway ran into an open switch near Duncan. $. C.. late today
 The engine and the baggage car and one coach turned over, the engineer and firemen being killed. Three pas- sengers and the baggage master were more or less seriously injured
 The train Is a local which runs from Charlotte. N. C., to Toccoa Ga.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
The Chienrn Meeting

Chicago, Sept. 24.-That W. J. Bryan and Governor Haskell both will be in Chicago on Saturday morning was ad- mitted at Democratic national head quarters tonight but no information was given out officially that the Demo cratic candidate and the Democratic treasurer would meet charges made against Governor flask ell.
 MT Bryan. 1t was said, would be In Chicago between and o'clock on that morning on his way to Terre Haute. Ind. and to Madison. Wiscon- sin. It was given out at headquarters that this was part of MT. Bryan's itin- erary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
TO RECALL MIR. WU
CHINESE MINISTER AT WASHING
 TON TO RETIRE.
His Successor, Chung Men Yevv, VIII Arrive In Washington Tn Novem- ber-Tang shaO M Ia
 Coming.

Peking. Sept. 24.-wu Ting Fang, the present Chinese minister to Washing ton. Is to be replaced in November Of this year. His successor is Chung Men Yew. who was consul general of the Chinese empire at Manila in 1904 and who goes to Washington with Tang Shao Fl, special representative of the Emperor.
 5earipg letter to the people of the Emperor of China, Tang sbao Vi z Chinese official of high standing. lert here today for America by way of Japan. By the time he returns to Pekins. he will have made a tour of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
HaskelI on To Chicaxo.

Guthrie. Okla. Sept 24.-Governor Charles N. Haskell, treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, left at D. nl.. on Santa Fe train for Chi cago. accompanied by State Treasurer J. A. Menefee.
 They go to confer with the national committee and Mir. Bryan with ref erences to charges made against the Governor by President Roosevelt and W. R. Hearst. A thorough inyestira- tion of the charges Is to be made.
 The Governor announced that he would return to Oklahoma before so- ins to Indiana and Ohio on the cam paign tour. He stated, however, that the tour will not commence until octo- Der 5. when he will deliver his first Ohio address at the County Fair in Ottawa, his old home.
 The Governor stated that he would make no additional statement relative to the Roosevelt Hearst charges of present.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
NIGHT RIDERS APPEAR.

Paragould, Ark, Sept. 24,-There is no buying or selling of cotton in this o0unty as the result of recent agitation due to the appearance of night riders in the cotton raising com munities of Mississippi.
 A band of men appeared at Bethel, four miles south of this place last night. The appearance of the band has created considerable excitement in the community.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
Few |. M,aeIr r....-.

Chung Men Few, who. according tn the Pekin dispatch. Is to succeed wu Ting Fang as Chinese Minister at Washington, is widely known in the United States. where he has spent much of his life. first as a student and later in the diplomatic service at Washing ton. MT. Chung was edvcated at Har- yard University. Later he became In terpreter at the Chinese Embassy at Washington. Mir. Chung is a widower with one son. who has received his ed ucation in the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
FIRE IN NEW ORLEANS.
Blaxe at Corner of BarOnne and Go
 mon Streets.

New Orleans, Sept. 25.-A threaten- ing Ire broke out at l:30 o'clock this morning in the downtown district at the corner of Baronne and Common streets
 The blaze was discovered In a gem eral store building adjoining the New Orleans Gas Light Company offics building
 The fire was brought under control after being confined to the top floor of the building in which it started. Several firms suffered small losses. mostly from water damage
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
WINFIELD TUCKER WILL.
Alabama Girl Gets No Part of the Els.
 fnAaE

tate.
 New York, Sept. 24.-The will of the late Winfield Tucker. who died September last near Lake Toxaway N. C., was filed for probate today in the Surrogates office.
 Requests to the amount of $7500O are left charitable institutions, a sim liar amount is left to relatives and the residue of the large estate Is left to the domestic and foreign mission ary societies of the Protestant Episco- pal Church. The largest other beouest is to the Presbyterian Hospital New York. which gets $22.5O0 for the en- dowment of three beds in perpetuity to the memory of Joseph. IsapelIa and Alkaline Tucker.
 Mir. Tucker is said to have planned to wed an Alabama young woman the day he died.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
WOODWARD NAMED AGAIN.
He Defeats Hirsch and Goodwin fs
 Mayor of Atlanta.

Atlanta. Ga, Sept. 24--James G Woodward was for the third time nom. mated for Mayor of Atlanta by the city Democratic primary held today His opponents were Joseph Hirsch and Thomas H. Goodwin.
 A full set of Aldermen and Council men were also selecued. The nomfna- tions are equivalent to elections.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
LITTLE ROCK FIGHT.
Fatal Array Between Two We'll
 Known Men.

Known Men.
 Little Rock. Ark, Sept. 24.-W. L. Greer a we'll known collector of Lit tie Rock. is in jail here charged with murdering James W. Renau a brake man, also of this city.
 It is charged that Greer stabbed Renau with d paper cutter. He was cut in ten places and died almost in- stantly in Greer's office.
 A coroner's jury tonight held that Renau was killed by Greer while the deceased was held by Miss Cora Da- vidson." Greer's stenographer, and re- commended that Greer be held without ball.
 The stenographer testified that she seized and held Renau's hand which held a gun while the two men were on the floor grappling with each oth CT.
 The trouble between the two arose over the collection of a small bill
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
TRAGEDY IN MEMPHIS.
James Tracy Foud Dying Under an Unfinished House.


 Unflnfshed House.
 Memphis. Tenn, Sept 24.- James Tracy was found dying in a house under construction on Gilbert Avenue. this city. early today.
 His head had been battered in with some blunt instrument. Tracy died at the city hospital shortly after being taken there. without regaining con- sciousness. or giving the slightest clew as to who his assailant was. Papers found on his body showed that he was a member of Parlor City Lodge of Machinists. Monroe, Louisiana. let ter was also found In Tracy's cloth Ing from his brother Daniel Tracy, 1907 Park Avenue. New York. Tracy is a stranger in the city and is the victim ofsecond mysterious murder within five days.
 Blood -sprinkled about the sidewalk in front of the house where Tracy was found until 1t looked like a shambles, gave rise to the theory he was assault ed there and then carried into the building and left to, die by his as- sailants.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
Chokes ChiIa to ne,,h

Elkhart. Texas. Sept. 24.-Mrs. John Dalton. living three miles south of here. became insane yesterday and choked her baby to death. There was no one at the house at the time ex cept Mrs. Dalton and the child.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
CHOLERA IN MANILA.

Manila. Sept 24.-The epidemic of cholera continues to assume less alarming proportions.> The daily aver age of new cases discovered or re- ported is about thirty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
Bennett WnI Re Hanred.

fayetteville. Ga. Sept. 24.--Jim Bennett. negro who shot and killed D. MeEachern and wounded S. R. Ad- ans, white men, near here last week. was today found guilty and sentenced to be hanged October IS. The affafr created some excitement and Bennett was taken to Atlanta for safe keep ing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
CAMERON IS WARM
OKLAHOMA EDUCATOR WRITES
 TO ROOSEVELT.
Superintendent of Schools Tells the President He Is a FaIsiaeF, a SIan- derer and A Four
 EIuaherU

derer and A Four
 Flusher."
 Guthrie, Ok. Sept. 24-State Super intendent of Public Instruction E. D. Cameron. in a 2.00O word letter to Pres ident Roosevelt. declares the charges made against Haskell of using the State educational system for per sonal ends, is base falsehood, and that the President, finding he could not prove his charges against Haskell on his own record. 'descends to the dirt and filth of a ward politician to wilful- ly and indignantly islander the educa- tional system of Oklahoma"
 "The President" continues Mir. Cam eron, "Is a fragrant falsifier. a ward politician and a four husher,"