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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-31
Declare Man Could Not
Have Killed Himself as
Described.
BURNS OF POWDER
WOULD BE FOUND
Experiments Show Extreme I'm
probability of idea on Which Off
cialS Have Worked.

Who murdered NOrval T Harris2
Despite the compIacent attitude Of
the Police-encOurag iu their Ieth-
argy by a certificate Of suicide-in-
vesJigations made by The Washing
ton Times reporters are daily produc-
ing additional reasons why the suicide
theory should be secuted and that Of
murder take its place.
Two experts in the use Of firearms
today declared that It would have
been impossible for Harris 20 have
shot himself through the back Of the
head, unless there remained after
ward evidences o. powder burns.
Tests Of Powder
These experts, Lieut. W n Farrow
and Ralph Coleman. declare the matter
Of powder-smokeIess or black-does
not enter into the question. If Har-
ris killed himself he held gun with
in two or three inches Of his head.
Smokeless powder produces a flame
that would scorch at this distance.
Representative Of The Times today
made a series Of tests with smokeIess
cartridges Held At a distance of six
10 eight inches from q board. a pistol
loaded with smokeIess cartridges
emitted a fame that Singed and pow
der-specked a piece Of paper tackled
. TO a board Held at a distance OF two
to four inches. a black, burned spot
appeared-and this with the sO-caIled
non-singeing smokeiess powder
That. however. is but one Of the
points overlooked BY che police in
their hastily found conclusions that
because Harris was foslnd dead and
because he was invo5Ved IN 10ve
affair, he. Of necessity. killed him
self
Il is now known the detectives had
{ in their possession the letter from a
woman demanding that Harris should
been questionsd. nor has there been
any investi cation Of the possible mo-
tive for a murder by a jealous rival or
some defender OF an aggrieved woman
No Inquest Held.
The police completed their investi-
CATION of Harris death within a few
I hours. A certificate Of suicide was
! issued by the Coroner without the
/ formaIity Of an inquest The relatives
Of Harris. who. however, were not
/ closely related, agreed TO the verdict
after conferring with the police and
after having been told by the author
/ tftias that il vas "a clear case Of sui
eide
Here is a statement Of fact and a
/ catechism applicable TO the Harris
= murder mystery that tells its OWL
story OF how the fate Of the yOUng
/ street inspector was solved how al
effort TO probe the affair deeper ceased
within 8 few hours after Harris dead
i aIv was found early Sunday morning (
beside an old boiler AT Ninth and
streets south west
Gun Is Located
The victim was found dead, an empty
\ pistol holster on his side The gun va.
! missing \ short time afteTwGTd i
! turned UP IN q pawnshOp: a Negro
I pawned it. The negro his not been ap
pretended. At most, he's only a rob
/ bcr. say the police
! There vas 10 effort made 20 probe sol
/ the bullet irnbedded in Harris's brain
/ Il entered behind and Just below TIT
! Continued on Seventh Page)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-31
HOLGOAB ARRESTED
AFTER LONG CHASE
Defrauding Mail Is Charge
Against Cooperative Unit
ed Exchange Head.

After 2 spirt- Cd chase around this
city and TO other points in the Dis
trict. from here 10 Atlantic City and
back, and finally from here 20 Chi
cago. William II Holcomb. vice presi-
dent and general counsel Of the Co
operative United Exchange, AT ATi-
zona concern. mas been arrested in the
Windy City on a warrant charging
him with using the mails for a fraud
u-cnt purpose
The arrest was made by postoaice
inspectors. who had been on the
mans trail for months Numerous
other arrests are expected TO follow
in various parts Of the West, TO which
section the compaHS's work appears
70 have been confined
Only the constant vigilance Of the
local postoffce sleuths prevented
wholesale frauds in this city, so 1t Is
believed A branch was established
here a few months ago, with Frank
lin 3. Bennett as manager The
manager said today that absolutely
no business had been done here by
him or any other representative OF
the concern. so far as he knew
HOIcOmb was decOyed here last
week by the authorities, ana on ms
arrival stopped In one OF the leading
hotels. He had been her bu short
time when he became aware tha.y he
was being followed He went from
here TO Atlantic City to avoid his -BIr-
suers but when he arrived there he
found them still on the trail With
out delay he started back to this
CITY, with them close on his heels
On the train en- route he came face
to face with his purSueTs. and they
remArEdng his en- arassment and not
being ready to take him into custody
told him a little story They palmed
themselves off as newspaper re-
pOTteTS-
HoIcou1b accepted this explanation
Continued on Sixth Page)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-31
RURTLES FROM TOP
OF THE 18TH FLOOR
Body of B. H. Holbrook
Crashes Through Roof of
Building Below.
z. I. FERGUSON,
Referee.

NEW YORK. Ang- sI-The police
are. invest eating tEs death Of Edgar
H Holbrook. an insurance. solicitor.
whose body fell from the top OF the
twenty-six story Park Row building
today and crashed through the elevator
shaft OF the six-s-Ory building adJoIn-
ing
Whether he fell jumped. or was
thrown over could not be learned
The coroner believes FfOIbroOk was
dead before MS body struck the ele-
vator shaft.
4 peculiar phase Of the case IS that
the same man on January S 1898
jumped or fell eighty-three feet dowr
stairway well in the New York Life
Insurance building. sustaining injuries
that almost proved fatal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-31
By JOHN sNURE.

OSAWATO1IIE, Kan. Aug 31--The
former home Of Old John Brown fairly
went wild over Colonel Theodore Roose-
velt. when ne arrived here tOiay and
was introduced by Governor Stubbs as
the greatest man in the world
Next 10 the famous battle Of Osa-
watomie. when John Brown fought Of
the invaders from Missouri, this is the
greatest cay in the tpEns history
making preparations Not only is al
the population OF Osawatomie ont IN
spite OF the drizzlinE rain TO do honor
to the colonel, but q large section Of
the west Of Kansas is on hand
Kansas has made Up its mind thai
the colonel Is insUrgenL It mas got a
straight tip that the colonel in the
speech today dedicatinE the John Brown
battlefield. viii enunciate principles
which viii be eminently satisfactory 10
the pTogTessives and painful 10 the
standpatters. hence II is e1uberant-
StandpatteT Has No Show
A poor standpatter hardly has q
chance for his life in Osawstouie today
What adds to the interest OF the occa-
sion Is that the Republican party cOUn-
ell made up Of the leading State and
Congressional candidates and Senators
has Just EOL LlEOuEl dlDlLA4lS a. b4osN-
form at Topeka that gives the barest
sort Of Endorsement 10 President Taft
and takes a hard walloD at the tariff
law.
It is an insurgent platform out and
out Kansas is looking for Theodore
Roosevelt 10 90 some hard hitting to-
dsy
We like Roosevelt. in Kansas. but
Kansas viii be disappointed Il he does
OF hit hard before he leaves the State.
said a leading insUrgent politician yes
0R6ay afternoon as the Roosevelt spe-
eiaI crossed over the border from Colo
rado-
Not Osawatomie alone. but whaI
Kansas and the spirit Of '55 is here 20
greet Theodore Roosevelt said the
folks al OSaWarOuie when Roosevelt
reached here at $50
Great crowds about the depot set up
Foarious hOwls Of welcome Engines II
the railroad yards blew a salute
The crowds have been coming IN since
Continued on Eleventh Page)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-31
RED-HAIRED BEAUTY
ROUSES STANDARD

NEW YORK. Aug. 31.-And now its
two to one in the mysterious case cf
standard Ofls red-baired siren
First. Mrs Lillian Hobart French
who doesn't care II Fritz Heinze does
wed another If he pays her that $500
loan told of the fianing-haired beau
Continued on Sixth Pasel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-31
AMERICAN GIRL DIES
IN MUNICH ACCIDENT

MUNICH, Aug S1--Suucvk by a run
away automobile, Miss Rose Bucking-
ham, of San Francisco, lies dead today.
and Miss Agnes ROOs- Of the same cItv
is in a hospital suffering from severe
injuries.
The women were leaving the Prinz
Regenten Theater last night when an
automobile. of which the driver had oIst
control, hit them
Several other persons were slightly
injured
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-31
SUNFLOWER STATE
ROARS A WELCOME
People Put Jonh Brown and Visitor
in the Same Category OF
Fighters
Kansas Platform Best EUer
Written, Says Pn1chot

Clifford Pfnchot, in n speech from
the rear end of the Roosevelt
car, saids
seThe Kansas platform is the best
ever written
.EWho wrote ft.' asked some one.
II don't know who wrote il, but
the next time the people viii
write IT at the polIs,7 said Pin
chOt.
James r. Garfield spoke of the
progressive movement
One local speaker declared ROOse-
welt was hEhtIng for the same
things for which John Brown
fought.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-31

FORECAST FOR THE DISTRICT.
For the District OF Columbia and
Maryland. showers tonight or Thurs
day morning. followed By fair and cool
er; moderate sOutherly winds, becom-
ing variable
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Our Florida Cypress Shingles All No. I
Frank Libbey & Co., sth < " Y, Ave
Adyt-
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Florida Shingles VIII Last so Years.
Frank Libbey & Co., 9th * y. y. Ave
Adyt-
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Best Florida Shingles, $3.50 Per N.
Frank Libbey & Co., eth < n. Y Ave
AdTE
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: Florida Shingles, Perfect (A) No. u.
/ Frank Iibbey & Co., 9Th & y, Z Ave
iAdYE
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Cypress Florida Shingles, S4.so PEI 1000
Frenk Libbey & Co, sth < y. y. Ave
Adj
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Florida Cypress Shingles Better Than
cedsr-FranlS E-ikbey & Co., sth s y. Y.
AYe-AodVL-
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TEMPERATURES.
sun TABLE.


TOday-High tide, f.54 a m and 80
D m. Low tide. u-52 a. m and u-5l
2.
Tom0rrOW-High tide. So a m and
SIS 2. n Low tide. 1886 a. n
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CONDITION. or THE WATER.

HARPEriS EttR4s w Va. Aug 81
Potomac river clear and Shenandoah
river slightly cloudy this morning.
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Florida Cypress Shingles Good for a
Hfetime-Frank I4bbey & Co, 6th N Y
Ave.-AOdvt-
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Continued on Sixth Page)
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-12-30
Look at These ASSAYS

AVO1A 1S 111OOV xAO0e&yO
The accompanying assays are taken from
the grq,ed without concentrating. The
concert tes when ready to be milled will
20 just ne times as much. The mill will
handl4 over 200 cubic yards day Of
concentates, at running expense Of not
were TIN $4,000 day. So you can
III. - r.l .:.E !.
Evening journal., 1910-12-13
POLITICAL.
POLITICAL,
WHERE THE FRAUD WAS
Republican State Committee Has information
Of Outrageous Democratic Practices Cir
cumstantiaI Stories of Bribery-Cry
of Republican Fraud" Set up
to Divert Attention.

committee
bribery
in connection with the recent elections
investigation Republican
charges Of bribery and corruption agnn the Republican in this state
baseIess but TINT the Democratic organization
practices In all three counties.
"UnmpeachabIe testimony
from sixty ninety Of the
ORGANIZATIONS; that
Democratic whsk; that thousands Of dollars contributed BY the QuOr in
without parallel in
this state called into play to the Republican
all sections
Information
CATION under in all the Representative districts
counties cleVery Wha Will
been finished and what Democrats high
the state and outside.
"Crcumstantia of the bhng
told the districts
of the districts the state
publlcans active in dcbauchi,g the electorate
"In those sections of the
distracted from their own
pernicu prctces The analytical
Pennew the forceu tnteent political
state Committee action of Robert
AnBrbery League the Of Delaware pointing
don returns indicate that The Democrats and the Republicans
Wbskey
them into panic Now y seemingly seeking
silence and secuson /;
nothing 10 fear from
publicity determined,
uth With
ing interviews information which
the bribery
thOushe and reckless Hmed against the Republican
Evening journal., 1910-12-13
WHITES CONTEST
II Is Not Taken Seriously at Dover.
No Consolation Prize Could
be Expected.

DOVER, Del. Dec. 12---No one here
takes seriously the threat Of former
Attomey-General Robert G. White, the
defeated Democratic candidate for Con-
gresham, that nc will contest, With any
thought Of winning, the right Of Con-
gresham Heald 10 a seat in the House
of Representative Heald had a ma
iority OF 2,129. Whites most enthu-
siastic supporters admit that II he were
to make 4 contest he would be unable
to upset, even ia Democratic House
Of Representatives, such a majority as
that. It is taken for granted here,
however, that White aud his counsel.
former United States Senator Richard
r. Kenney, will 90 through the form Of
making contest. not with any hope OF
unseating Heaid. but rather with the
hope that a Democratic House will
vote TO White consolation fund %
several thousand dollars, in the guise
of a counsel fee, to reconcile him TO his
signal defeat
Whites friends say that If he makes
the contest it viii be on the ground
that Heald obtained the election as a
result of corrupt practices by the Re-
publican organization in this state. No
one here seems TO think that such
ground for contest will De taken seri-
ously by the House Of Representatives,
particularly in view of the fact that
ample evidence viii be produced to
show that IL was the Democrats ami
not the Republicans who resorted to
lavish expenditures of money, the dis
tribution Of whiskey, and the use Of
methods of intimidation in the recen.
campaign. Nor is Il thought that White
and his counsel will profit to any ex-
tent in a monetary way. by making
such a contest. There was a time
when a defeated candidate for Con
gress. no matter how fairly he had
been defeated. could go to Washington,
prosecute his hopeless contest. and re-
turn home with almost as much money
in his pocket As he would have re
ceived had he been elected Such con-
tests became 50 notorious, however,
! that finally Il became necessary for
| Congress TO enact a law for the pro
tection OF the Federal treasury. White
and his lawyers will find that statute
confronting thea II they so 10 Wash
/ ington In quest of a consolation prize
IL Is admitted here on all sides that
! for White to upset a majority or more
than 1000, it would be necessary for
him to lay before the House of Repre-
sentatives, conclusive proof Of Republi-
can wrong doing. and further proof
that the hands OF the Democrats were
clean. How he could hope TO do thai
with the Republicans I'm possession ol
proof that the Democrats voted fully
seventy-iive Pc cent of the vena
white vote: that they handled approx
mately $4,000 OF liquor interest money
not 10 mention other corruption funds
that they did their utmost to make th'
electorate irresponsible by drunken
ness, aud thst they resorted to shame
jul acts of intimidation, no one her
can understand. That Is why th'
Republicans regard so lightly the as
sertion OF Whire and his lawyers, tina
a contest is impending
Evening journal., 1910-12-13
MONEY FOR SUSSEX
Four Democrats Who Came - This
City Believed to Eve TAKEN Uaa
Back With Them Zee
Election Day.
POLITICAL

GEORGETOWN, Del, Dec. 12--It IL
asserted by a man Of prominence here
that on the Friday before the elec-
ton he was on a train on his way 10
Wilmington when his suspicion was
aroused by seeing <our Democrats
workers, each representing q district
to the western side Of Sussex county.
togther on the train lie watched
them when they arrived In Wf'ming-
ton. and saw them separate at tno
station. Two went IN one direction.
and TWO in another Being well
posted on Democratic politics, and
feeling sure he knew whittier they
were bound. the Sussex county man
boarded a trolley car and proceeded
to Ninth and Market streets in Will
mington. Stationing himself whera
he felt sure be would not he seen. ha
WATCHED the Office OF a proininent
! Democratic politician Ia 4 short
time the four Democratic workers
from Sussex county arrived separately
and entered the ONCE which he was
watching. They remained there some
time and were all there when the
watcher abandoned his position and
went away TO transact his own busl-
ness.
II chanced that he and the four
Democratic workers from the Western
side Of Sussex couaty returned homa
on the some train. Tho GEORGETOWN
man m, de IL HIS business 10 seat Inn
self Immediately behind two OF thoss
workers who had visited the poll
tician in Market Street He kept his
cara open, and after awhile was not
surprised to hear one say TO thu
other, How much did he give you7
To that quegticn the other replied,
$1,000; how much did you get2" The
reply to that oounter-question was 90
low that the listener did not catci,
the amount. For tear his identity
would be discovered ne moved his sea
70 another part OF the car In George
town this is regarded merely az :
specific instance goirg to show that
the Democrats. aud not the Republl
cans, used large amounts Of money il
Sussex county on and before election
day and that much OF Il came hers
from Wilmington. There is no do1bl
in the minds OF experienced polih.
clans here that workers from other
districts also made pilgrimages TO the
fountain Of wealth IN upper Market
} street, Wilmington. and obtained there
whatever money had been allotted Ia
their respective districts.
There is another specific instance In
. Georgetown which goes 10 show thai
az least part OF the money obtained n
; Wilmington by the Democratic
, boodle-handiers in Sussex county wa
spent for the good of Democracy. A
?. landlord here relates that on tn
3 morning Of election day one Of hi
! white tenants pleaded poverty az al
excuse for not paying his rent No
b long afterward he voted the Donle
s cratic ticket. After doing 20. he RI
n turned 10 his landlord with n now 81
& bill, proffered II in payment OF II
a. rent overdue, got his receipt at
" went away. seemingly satisfied be hr
y done q good days work.
Evening journal., 1910-12-13
p0IIrrcAI

was an equally high-handed piece Of
business. We are positive the whole
thing was set up lob against the
two men--to keep King away from
the polls, and TO discredit Records
In the minds of the voters know
one man who says he was offered $50
by the Democrats for his vote in this
district The plan was that when he
went into the voting place he should
call for the Democratic voters assist
ant instead Of the Republican voters
assistant"
Curtis II. Davis, another prominent
Republican in the Fifth Representa-
tive district, also denied the use Of
money by the Republicans for corrupt
purposes. He said the way In which
the white venal voters voted this
year showed clearly 10 his mind
which party was using money.
There are about 25O white 6oaters
in this Representative district" Mr..
Davis said This year the Democrats
got fully 10 per cent. OF them. That
shows which side the money was on.
The whiskey that was used here al
the last election, --w---here was lots OF
Il, was brought in ~ the Democrats
IL and money have always been the
main arguments for the Democrats In
this district I am informed that q
prominent Democrat Who used to sell
whiskey In this district, but who. since
local option went into effect, he's beer
In the wholesale business, was COINS
the rounds here on the Saturday before
election with an extra supply OF whis
key for use among the Democrats anC
venal voters. The old Democratic
price for votes In this district wa
from IS to $40. After tho election herr
this year a fellow who had voted fo'
the first time, showed a 81 bill AM
said he had got It from the Demo
Gratis for voting the Democratic ticket
He refused to tell, however, from whom
he had received the money. The Dem
ocrats carried the DelmaF district il
this Representative district by an IN
creased majority; they carried tn
First election district in Laurel by
normal majority, while IN the Thir
election district, which is iu Laure
the Republicans showed gains, due Z
the patching up OF old differences
Evening journal., 1910-12-13
poTT TrrCAr
SUSSEX FLOATER" VOTE
indications That it Was Cast for the Demo-
cratic Candidates Citizens Give
Their Views of the Situation Mo
Evidence of Republican
WrOng-dOing.

LAUREL. Del. Dec. 12.--I. Dallas
Marvil, son OF former Governor Mar
vii Of this state. Is indignant that the
Democratic managers, in thcir Efforts
to give color to and bolster up the
proposed contest of Robert G. White,
Democrat. for the seat of Representa-
tive Head, Republican, In Congress,
should have raised the charge Of Re-
publican bribery and corruption I'm the
recent election. There Is, perhaps, no
man In Sussex county, 40 is more
familiar with political conditions in
that section Of the state. The Sena-
torial district in which Mr.. Marvil
lives is composed OF Little Creek,
Gumboro. and Dagsboro hundreds. The
Representative district, the Fifth. in
which he lives, Is made up of Little
Creek hundred. II is normally Demo-
cratic.
III the Republicans spent a dollar
to corrupt the electorate In this dis
trict. certainly know nothing about
II and l do not think for an instant
that the charges Of tho Democrats are
true" Mr. Marvil said. Certainly the
election returns do not indicate Il. I
believe fully that the Democrats
voted the white ioaters, or venal
voters, this year. know personally
Of four such men they voted whom
they could not have swung TO their
side except by the use of money. I am
informed that all Of those men voted
the Democratic ticket this year.
Throughout the campaign did not
/ see any indications that tho Repub-
licans had money for use I'm buying
votes, and If such practices we're re-
sorted to the fact is unknown TO me
/ The people of Laurel. regardless Of
politics, regard the arrest OF Records
our candidate for State Senator, and
of King, our recorder OF deeds. an out
rage. II was ridiculous for the Demo
Gratis to resort to such methods of in
timidation, which are condemned b.
decent Democrats as we'll as by Re
publicans. Recorder King wac
voters assistant, and. in compan!
with many others, always shall be
lieve that his arrest was a Democratil
scheme TO keep him away from th'
polling place. The arrest Of Record