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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
SECOND TRUE BILL CHARGES
GOVERNOR WITH FRAUD IN
MUsKooEE LAND CASES.
SAYS THE JURY WAS SWAYED
Executive Thinks Washington VIII
Repudlate Inquiry When Facts
Are known-Second Has
kell Indictment.

Tulsa, Okla.-Govenor Charles N
Haskell, who, with five others, was
indicted by the federal grand jury on
charges of fraud in the Muskogee
town lot cases, attributes the finding
to -four government attorneys and an
army of secret service men surround
ing the grand jury and limiting the
evidence to just what suited them"
Others indicted with Haskell are F. B.
Sewers, W. r. Hutchinson, G. w. Tur-
ner, A. q. English and w. r. Eaton.
The accused men are charged with
obtaining title from the government
to two town lots in Muskogee by ille-
gal methods. Bond in each case was
fixed at $4,000 and promptly furnished.
Arrangements for the trials have
not been made, but it is thought the
cases will be heard at an early date.
Second Haskell Indictment.
This is the second indictment for
Gov. Haskell in the Tulsa case. The
first bills were dismissed on a techni-
cality. The federal authorities at once
began preparing new evidence along
the lines indicated by the courts rul-
ing.
The fight before the grand jury had
many sensational features. Numerous
witnesses from Ohio and elsewhere
testified.
Gov. Haskell, in discussing his in
dictment, said:
GAS a result of four government at
torneys and an army of secret service
men surrounding the grand jury and
limiting the evidence to just what
suited them, indictments have been
obtained against me. l am thoroughly
satisfied that when the whole facts
are made known in the open the gov
ernmens at Washington will not ap-
prove Of these cases, which practically
all the people of this locality konw
have no merit and that there has been
no violation of the law in any partic-
ular.
Friends Bear Expense.
1.-THE later disclosures in this case
will speak for themselves, and show
plainly the origin and intent connect
ed with them. The only embarrass-
ment to me in the trial is that many
witnesses must be brought from a
great distance and will result in much
other expense, which, unfortunately.
I have not the means to bear.
However, my numerous friends in
Oklahoma, including many Repub-
leans, have generously shared the ex.
pense up to date, a kindness that
have sincerely appreciated, and I only
regret the expense Of further proceed.
ings on that account"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
KILLS SELF AND DAUGHTER
David Henderson of Jersey City Com
mits a Double Crime In
Paris Cafe.

Partisan inquest over the body Of
David Henderson of Jersey City, who
shot and killed his daughter Martha
and committed suicide, developed that
he was a mental wreck as a result Of
drinking.
BY an odd coincidence the tragedy
took place in a restaurant called the
Pere Tranquille, or Tranquil Father.
The bodies Of Henderson and his
daughter will be taken to Switzerland
for burial. The family owns a chateau
there.
Mrs. Henderson, with her other two
daughters, Olga and Gladys, and the
children's governess, was in the res
taurant when the tragedy occurred.
She is under the care of physicians in
a hotel.
Mrs. Henderson said there had been
no family differences to have caused
the attack. Henderson was a man Of
wealth and divided his time between
America and the European continent.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04

The Los Angeles report that scores
OF persons in that city have been made
Ill by strawberries from Japanese gar.
dens near Gardena, upon which a pow
erful solution was used to destroy
worms that appeared on the vines
early in the season, should warn gar.
deners everywhere to refrain from
using poisons on fruits or on vegeta.
bles that are eaten in a raw state, as
salads. The busting Of potato vines
with poisonous powder that destroys
the potato beetle is harmless because
the tubers are under the soil, but the
use Of poisons on tomatoes and small
fruits is dangerous, as has been con.
spicuously shown in the Los Angeles
poisoning.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04

London. Eng.-The rumored re-
tirement of Admiral Sir John Fisher,
England's Firs. Sea Lord, has given
rise to the report, current, that Ad-
miral Lord Charles Beresford, who. in
March, was relieved Of his command
Of the channel feet, will succeed Fish
er. Such a move would mean a spec
tacular triumph for England's most
loved sea fighter in the naval squabble
that for four years has divided the ad.
miralty.
Fishers term Of office expires in
October, and his threatened retire.
ment Is said to be due to bitter dis
appointment at the governments fall
ure to support his naval policy. He
had hoped for a complete vindication,
and the offer of his present post for
another term.
In the last few months Beresford
has led an active fight against Fisher.
He wrote a communication to Premier
Asquith setting forth grave charges
against the admiralty.
A secret Commission was named to-
investigate the situation, and its find
ings are believed to have been against
Fisher on every charge except the ac-
tual incompetency of the navy.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
DENY NOTES TO KAISER
YOUNG TURKS INVESTIGATING
WiLHELM's ENCOURAGEMENT.
German Messenger to Grand Vlxer
Turned Down When He Asked
for Correspondence.

observation-disclosures Ambassa-
dor Won Bieberstein visited Grand
Vizier Hilmi Pasha Tuesday and made
q demand for the letters written by
Emperor William to former Sultan
Adul Hamid during the crisis last
April.
These letters are alleged to prove
the Kaiser's support of Adults des-
potism, and Germany's anxiety to re-
cover them is considered significant.
They were found among the former
Sultan's effects when he was driven
from the palace by the Young Turks.
The grand vizier told Won Bieber-
stein that the letters were still in the
possession of the Young Turkish in
vestigation committee and that until
they were surrendered to the govern
ment it would be impossible for him
to comply with the request.
Won Bieberstein then asked as to
the contents of the letters, but was in
formed that the Young Turks had dis
closed nothing to the government.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04

Women Of Washington are taking it
upon themselves to see that the streets
are kept clean; that waste paper,
blowing this way and that, is disposed
Of; in fact, that it is not permitted to
get upon the streets at all. These
Washington are meeting
with much success. We could wish
that the women of Philadelphia would
assume the same duties, says the Phil
adelphia Inquirer. And their duties
would be light, after all. If, as individ-
uals, they would see to it that waste
paper is not thrown loosely into ash
cans and put out on their own side
walks for the ashmen to take away,
they would quickly discover that the
greatest source of un%tidiness had been
eliminated. A combination between
the women and the police would eradi-
cate what is now a most pronounced
and disgusting evil.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
HER SECOND TRIAL Is ON
South Dakota Brewers Wife. Charged
With Killing Servant Girl,
Once Convicted.

Flandreau, S. D.-The second
trial of Mrs. Emma Kaufman,
wife of a wealthy Sioux Falls brewer,
began here Tuesday. The alleged VIC
tim was Miss Agnes Poireis, 10 years
old, employed in the Kaufman fam
lily. She died in the hospital, her head
and body covered with wounds.
Mrs. Kaufman, in June, 1907, was
convicted of manslaughter in the Sec
ond degree, but appealed and was
granted a new trial.
During the first trial it was testi-
fed that Mrs. Kaufman, a few days
before the girl went to the hospital,
poured hot water on her, after she
had fallen to the floor exhausted from
beating. The water, it is said, was to
make her "get up"
When the girl entered the Kauf-
mann employ she weighed 1873 pounds.
When she died her weight was ITO.
Mrs. Kaufman has been out on
$25, 900 bond.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
DOCTORS AND LAWYERS.

Recently Mr.. Bernard Shaw deliv.
cred an address before the London
Medico.Legal society in which he adj
vocated the "socialization' of the medi-
cal profession, so that 1t would be
possible for the doctor when not paid
by the patient, but by the state, to fol-
low the practice of the art of medicine
with honesty and truth, things at pres.
emit impossible on account Of the in
sistence of patients to receive treat
ment when treatment is unnecessary,
and, especially inopportune, because a
doctor to-day is of no higher rank than
a tradesman, say the Interstate Medi-
cal Journal. In connection with these
timely remarks we would say that
were lawyers employed and paid by
the state, instead of by their clients,
there would take place many crafty
ing changes; for the state could pre-.
vent the present attitude of law to the
science of medicine by making COM
pulsory an instructive course in its
many qualifications and could institute,
by these enlightened means, a better
phase In all legal tits than obtains to-
day, when the irresistible plea made
by money creates so great a bias for
q client that no other course would
seem to have any justification. Only
when this happier state from a modern
conception of socialism is evolved will
there be the proper rapproachement
between doctors and lawyers to effect
a medico-legal society of ~far-reaching
benefits.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
NOEL WARNED TO DES|ST.
THREATS OF DEATH HURLED AT
MISSISSIPPI GOVERNOR.
Atkinson still Eludes Posses and
state MIlitla-Governor's stand
ls Assalled.

Jackson, Miss.-Governor Noel has
received about sixty letters warning
him to desist from pursuit OF
Tom Atkinson, the escaped convict.
The governor is warned under penalty
of death to let Atkinson alone.
II will pay 40 attention to the let
ters," said the governor.
Troops and posses searching for At
kinson were fired on last night from
an ambush near Noxapter.
There was a lively exchange of bull
let's, but darkness, the thick UNDER
brush and a rainstorm prevented good
craftsmanship.
More troops and b~loodhounds have
beer sent and another effort will be
made Friday to capture Atkinson.
The 500 soldiers and officers here,
wearied out, are resting.
Atkinson has been a fugitive twenty
one years, and has lived a blameless
life all that time, since fleeing from
the p~enitentiary. He had been up for
life for killing a man. He married
since escaping, and was living happily
until some informer unearthed his
secret and betrayed him. Atkinson
seized his gun and fled to the woods.
He says he will not go back alive to
the penitentiary.
Governor Noel insists that the law
is plain and must be obeyed. He says
sentiment has no place in the matter.
He has been condemned all over the
county for his stand.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
PUBLICITY TIRES NAT
Actor Goodwin, Weary Of "Abomin.
able" Notoriety, viii Retire to
Private Business.

Oakland, Cal.-Nat Goodwin de-
clares he is through with the stage
and he gives the unique reason, for
an actor, that he does 81 because Of
his dislike for publicity.
Goodwin is to appear in a suit
brought by his home agent for alleged
back rent against Mrs. Horton Phipps,
known in vaudeville as "Lavalers,"
and when subpenaed declared that he
is to devote his attention to business
matters.
II am heartily tired Of this abomin-
able and unbearable publicity" says
Nat, "and when our contracts run out
my wife EDNA Goodrich) and myself
will retire from the stage for good"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
COSTA RICANs IN CLASH
Seven Killed and Twelve Wounded In
Political Fracas In San
Pedro Mojon.

Port Limon, Costa R~ico.-Seven
were killed and tweleve wounded in
an encounter between the Democrats
and Republicans at San Pedro Mojon.
The trouble arose over the killing
of atRepublican policeman by a Demo-
crat. Precepia Arana, the leader of
the Democrats, was stabbed, but will
recover
Jaun Maria Segreda and Claudio
Coto, presidential candidates, ar
ranged a duel, but the police got wind
of their plans and interfered.
The combatants had begun to step
the customary twenty PAGES when the
officers arrived.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04

1t is going to be a strenuous season
for the "skeeter." New Jersey, which
is the home of some of the most dread
full OF the species, has already begun
war on the pests. The authorities are
trying to kill off the mosquitoes by
draining the swamps and destroying
the eggs. Still, il is likely to be some
time before life will be one glad, sweet
song in which the hateful note of the
mosquito does not take an inharmoni-
Gus part.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04

Japan is fast taking on the ways Of
modern civilization. Nine members of
their house of representatives have
just been arrested for being graft
ers." At this rate, Japan will Don be
in the front rank of modern, progress.
sive nations. Civilizations vices al.
ways accompany civilizations benefits.
Only So years ago Commodore Perry
opened the ports Of Japan; but in this
half century that island empire has
made gigantic strides toward civiliza-
ton. Her people are "the Yankees of
the east" Dishonesty and immortality
are characteristics of barbarous and
semi-barparous people, but the crimes
Of civilization are more difficult to
handle because covered and protected
by the cloak of responsibility. The
prompt arrest of Japan's civilized
grafters augurs we'll for the future Of
that ambitious government. The au.
thorities will mete out summary pun.
ishment to these Offenders, and teach
a salutary lesson to future would-be
grafters. Thus the nation may escape
the scandal of corrupt politics.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
ARE FORCED TO ARBITRATE
Georgia Railway Firemen's Strike to
Be Left to Committee
Unable to Agree.

Atlanta, Ga.-Unable to agree up
on the terms of settlement, Off
Gals of the Georgia railroad and
of the Brotherhood of Firemen have
invoked arbitration under the Erdman
law.
Commissioner of Labor Neill and
Chairman Knapp of the interstate
commerce commission reluctantly
gave up the effort to bring the warning
elements together. Commissioner
Neill notified both parties to the dis
pute to select an arbitrator within five
days.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
Mormon Inquiry Asked.

Victoria, B. C.-Petitions are be.
ing prepared for circulation in
all the principal population centers OF
British Columbia, and also resolutions
are being presented for adoption in
the affiliated women's councils asking
the government to investigate condi-
tons in the Mormon colonies in south
ern Alberta, and to break up these
colonies If it is shown, as suspected,
that the Mormons are evading the
anti-polgamy laws, keeping hundreds
of inferior" wives, which are classed
as domestic servants.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
LOSES NEGROES LEGACY
Louisiana Judge Decides White Man
Cannot Inherit $4,000
From Negress.

New Orleans.-Frank Walker can.
not become legatee of the $685.
900 estate left by Virginia r. Davis,
a mulatto, who died recently and who
remembered Walker, a white man,
with whom she had lived twenty-six
years, in her will.
The decision Of the court adverse
to Walker was severe in it's condemna-
ton of Walkers course of conduct.
George Campbell of Nashville, a
natural son of the woman, contested
Walkers right to control his mothers
property.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
TeIls Lie TO Leave ship.

Christiana.-James Small, the 30.
year-old sailor who created a
sensation by first confessing he aided
Mrs. Guinness, the La Porte (Ind.)
woman, in committing a number of
murders and then later killed her and
her children, but who, as soon as he
was discharged from his ship, de-
clared there was no truth in the con-
fession. was surrendered at the United
States consulate here. He will be sent
to the United States June A, but not
for any connection with the Guinness
murder.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
NEWSBOY STOPS KIDNAPER
Calls Police When Man Attempts to
Take Girl, s, Away In
Taxicab.

New York City.-A small news
boy who saw a man rush up to a taxi
cab with a 5-year-old girl, checked
what the police say was an attempted
kidnapping. He called a policeman and
the man, who gave the name of George
Douzio, was arrested.
The child proved to be Bertha
Schmitt, the daughter of a Sixth ave
uue baker. A crowd, threatening VIC
lence, followed the prisoner to q near
by police station.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
Santa Fe Fast Mail Wrecked

Topeka, Kas.-Santa Fe passenger
train No. 8, westbound, known as the
California Fast Mail, was wrecked at
Peabody early Monday and H. G.
Thompson, postal clerk, Of Kansas
City, was killed.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04

There are a few college professors
In this country who should take a
years lay-off and find u just what is
being preached in the churches. Some
OF them might be amazed to discover
that we are no longer living in the
seventeenth century.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
switchman's Leqs Cut OF.

st. Louis.-Charles McIvers, 1871
Old Manchester road, a switchman for
the Frisco. lost both legs which
switching In the yards at Kingshigh-
way Friday. He tried to board a nov
ing freight car.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
Confederate Fountain Of Marble.

Eldorako, Ark.-The Henry G. Dunn
chapter, U. D. c., has selected
a design by a marble company of Ma
rietta. Ga, and a $500 monument OF
Georgia marble will be erected as a
Confederate memorial fountain in this
city.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
EnoIlsh eattIeship is Speedy.

London.-The cruiser battleship in
vincible in an eight-hour speed trial
maintained % knots throughout and
for a short time made 20 knots. 1t is
claimed this is the worlds record for
any ship of its size or type.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
Lama Drive Wlth Broken LED.

Rapid City, s. D.-With his leg
fractured by a fall from his wagon,
8. G. Coffman, 65 years old, of Zeal,
8. D., drove 80 miles to Phillip, where
he took a train to Rapid City to get
medical assistance.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
Mol Indictment for Lynchers.

Pine Bluff, Ark.--In spite OF the
emphatic charge delivered by Judge
Grace, who witnessed the lynching Of
> metro here Wednesday night,
the special grand jury adjourned with
out returning any indictments.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04

An Eskimo boy lays civilization has
done nothing but harm to his people.
In brief. where they were satisfied 10
gnaw a tallow candle before, they now
demand porterhouse ond tenderloin
steaks.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
Prohibition Debeate at Seattle Elk.

Seattle, Wash.-Samuel Dickle,
president of Albion college, AL.
bion, Mich, and Mayor David S. Rose
of Milwaukee will hold a joint de-
bate on the liquor question on the
Alaska-Yukon-Paci exposition on
June IL.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
no Wed Man She Jailed.

Jacksonville. Ind.--Just twenty
years from the day she sent Lige
Feldon, her sweetheart, to the
~penitentiary because she believed he.
had stolen her ring, Miss Mollie Lienk-
cart, June 20. will be married to the
man whose innocence was only re-
Gently established.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
Yoeman to Gather.

Rolla. Mo--Rolla Homestead, Amer
lean Yoemen, are mHxlng preparation
for the district meeting Of the order
In RolIa, Friday and Saturday, August
Is and "a. One thousand yoemen will
bo In attendance.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
DR.. John w. BIshoff Is Dead.

Washington, d. Cdr. John w.
Bischoff, the blind organist of Wash
ington," died here. His wife, a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Lucille Chester Of New York,
and a son, John e. Bischoff; Of Den
yer, survive him.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
Bill for Eiqht Submarines.

Washington.-Representative Weeks
Of Massachusetts has introduced a bill!
authorizing the construction Of eight
submarine boats at a cost Of not to
exceed 100000 900.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
Go North In Diners.

Assistant United States District At
torney Shirer, who had charge of the
cases, says that the Americans, Chi
nese and Mexicans collaborated u n
ningly. Two Mexicans gathered the
Chinese on the Mexican side Of the
border and forded them across the
Rio Grande at Ell Paso during low
water.
Then, it Is charged, Stephenson,
Clark and Holtzell, brakemen on
United States railroads, took the Chi
nese north as walters and cooks as
sistants in dining cars.
The government collected its evil
dence against the smugglers with
great difficulty and one man who re-
vealed the secrets of the gang was
murdered at Alamo Gordo, Mexico,
not long ago.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
PAY $500 FOR CH|NAMEN
HUGE SMUGGLING SYNDICATE AT
EEL PAso SUSPECTED.
Mexioans and Americans Are Accused
Of Shipping Chlnks North as
Dining Car Help.

Chicago.-Americans, Mexicans and
Chinese charged with smuggling Chi
nese into the United States, arrived
here from Ell Paso, where govern
ment detectives have been at work
for months gathering evidence. Their
trial, set by Judge Lands for June 8,
is expected to uncover details Of q
plan by which several thousand celes-
tails were brought into this country
in the last few years.
Back of these smuggling operations
Is said to be a Chinese syndicate
which paid the men under arrest and
their associates $500 each for bringing
In the aliens.
The men brought here by United
States Marshal Herman r. H%illebrand
and his assistants, are Robert w. Ste
phenson, American; Bob Leung, a
wealthy Chinaman; Jose Tara and
Carlos Savetra, Mexicans.
Jack Holtzell and w. H. Clark,
Americans, will be brought here later.
All these and Sam Wah Of Chicago,
said to be Bob Leung's partner, a fu-
gitive, were indicted in Ell Paso, Tex,
for violating the Chinese exclusion
laws. 1t was charged that they snug
gled into the country 700 Chinese for
which they were paid $500 a head by
the smuggling syndicate. Judge Thorn
as Maxey, in Austin, May 3, ordered
their transportation to Chicago for
trial.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
Would WIpe out Family.

Iowa City, Ia.--Levi Hill shot his
wife, their 4-yeAr-old boy and then
himself. at THIN. All are alive. Details
Of the shooting ere lacking.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
cigarette Papers, Newsboy Fined.

Cigarette PaPers, NeWsboy Fined.
Ell Reno, Okla.-Car Bright, news
hutcher on the Rock Island, was
Ened IS and costs by Justice Johnson
ON a charge Of selling cigarette ps
pers.