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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-19
M'MURRAY FLATlY SAYS HE is
NOT GUILTY OF CHARGES
,pREFERRED AGAINST HIM.
DESCRIBES CONTRACTS
Man Accused Of Cheating indians in
Land Cases Denies Every Allegation
Made by United States Senator
Says Vice President Had No Con.
nection With Deals.

Sulphur, Okla, Aug. iS.--"It has
been charged that you. through Jake
l.. Hamon, offered Senator r. p. Gore
$4,000 or $4,000 as bribc to influ
cnce him In congress 20 withdraw his
opposition to the approval of your con-
tracts. Did you. Or did you not offer
Senator Gore such bribc?"
J. r. McMurray answcd No" to that
question In the hearing before the con-
gressionai committee investigating In
dian land affairs today Mr.. McMur-
ray, who holds contracts with the
Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians for
the sale OF $30,O00,000 worth of their
lands In this state on 10 per cent
contingent fee basis. was on the stand
all day. The questions were pro
pounded to him by Cecil II. Smith, his
counsel.
Did you ever tell anyone that Vice
President Sherman had any interest
In your contracts"
y never did," answered McMurray.
Did you authorize Hamon to say
Mr.. Sherman was Interested"
II did not"
Kansas ever have any interest IN the
contracts?"
He never did and never told any
one that he did"
Did you ever tell anyone that Con-
gresham B. S. Mcclure had any In
terest In your contracts?"
II never did"
.Hamon Not Authorized.
Did you ever authorize Hamon 10
represent you before any members of
congress or anyone clsc?'
81 did not
HAS any member Of congress, or
any employe of any department of the
government any interest In your con-
tracts?"
hey have not"
Describing his contracts as a plain
business proposition. Mr.. McMurray
tPld OF his relations with the Indians
Which he said began In 1899. In the
first contracts for the sale of the land
Cecil Lyon. national republican com
mlttceman of Texas, was partner.
McMurray said.
THESE contracts were disapprovcd
by President Roosevelt In 1908 and
Mr.. Lyon ceased to be connected with
them"
Mr.. McMurray said he then en-
ployed AS counsel former Senator j.
NJ. Thurston of Nebraska, former Sen.
ator G. ]. Long OF Kansas and Rich
ard G. Adams OF Washington. The
witness also denied lie ever had Of
fercd $4,000 as a bribc to d. c. Nc
Curtain. a choctaw lawyer; McCur-
tain had testified the offer had been
made to him In connection with the
old tribal contracts. Senator Gore has
testified that Hamon offered him n
brlbe In the senator's private office In
Washington on May last. Mr.. Me-
Murray today testified he twice had
called on Senator Gore after that date
and the senator had made no reference
to the alleged offer of bribery until his
speech In the senate on June 4. Jake
L. Hamon. mentioned by Senator Gore
as being the man who offered the
bribe in McMurray's behalf, took the
stand two weeks ago and denied he
had ever made any such offer. The
examination Of Mr.. McMurray will be
cAntinucd
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-19
ODD FELLOWS PUSH
MURDERER'S TRIAL

Little Rock, Aug. l8.-W +. Smith
chief counsel for j. g. Lansston. IL
All investigation to determine who as
sassinatcd a. w, shIrey, an aged
merchant Of Mlnturn, was indicted by
special grand jury at Walnut Ridge
late yesterday as an accessory to the
murder. The grand jury also indicted
Langston for murder in the first de-
gree.
Shirley. who Is reputcd to be worth
half II million dollars. was shot t.
death the night of March last at
he stood near the window in his store
at Minturn, Shirey willed his estate
TO the Odd Fellows of Arkansas, whe
nave been pursuing the murder in,
vestigatiol.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-19
ROPKE'S SHORTAGE
OVER ONE MILLION

Louisville. Ky, Ang. is Stoekhold- :
ers of the Fidelity Trust company at
Il meeting this afternoon unanimously
voted to Increase tho capttal stock Of
the company from $l,O06.O0O to 5000. :
900 The net shortage Of August
Ropkc. former assistant secretary Of
the company, was announced at 81,
100000, his gross shortage having been
reduced considerably by securities
turned over to the bank. 1t Was an
nounccd that through recoyerles from
RoDke there would be II surplus Of
$4,000 left the company. whereas it
had been previously stated that Ropkc
had made away with the entire sur
plus.
RopkeAis still In Jail awaiting trial.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-19
longworth and Taft.

Beverly. Mass. Aug. 18.-It had been
regarded as significant that Mr.. Long
worth had been called into all of tho
recent conferences of political char
acter held by President Taft. He was
present yesterday afternoon when tho
president and vice president talked to-
gether. 1t was reported then that a
statement adverse to Mr.. Cannon was
being prepared In quarters close to
the administration and 1t was also In
tlmated that Mr.. Sherman who, like
Mr. Longworth. has always been a
supporter of Mr.. Cannon. had become
reconciled to the fact that Mr.. Can
non must go.
There may be further Significance
In the fact that Representative. Long
worth is going to Oyster Bay on Sat :
urday to spend several days with his
father-in-law Colonel Roosevelt.
lonsworth's Statement.
Mr.. Longworth's statement in fun is
as follows:
Beverly, Mass. Aug. Is, 1910.
I'm view OF Mr.. Cannon's uneuuiy-
0cal declaration that he intends to he
candidate for speaker of tho next
house, think II is incumbent on those
OF us, who are candidates for mem
Dership In the next house, who have
made up our minds on our course Of
action and have positive views on the
subject. to state our position public
~.
/ Had Mr., Cannon not made this an
nouncemant and had 1t remained
doubtful whether he would be can
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-19
LAucHAsLg EPISODE AT SUITE,

Butte. Aug. 1s.--One OF tho most
laughablc alimony proceedings ever
heard. In this county was aired be-
fore Judge Donlan this afternoon
when the case of Florence Shafer
against Hiram Shafer was heard. Both
are young people, the husband being
about 23 and the wife three years his
junior. She stated to the court that
she wanted alimony. and her testimony
showed that she wanted 1t bad. and
she received It, after regular war OF
words in the courtroom with her hus-
band
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-19
MONTANA CITIZENS
HELD UP ON TRAIN

Custer, Mont, Aug IS. Held ~ at
the point of two rnVolvers and robbed
of every dollar they had in their pos
session was the experience of 4. p.
Bruner and u, D, Deraney Of Billings,
while on route from Custer 70 Billings
on a freight train. The robbery WIS
perpetrated early this morning and
two suspects are now In jail al For
syth In addition to the men meiss
toned, five others also wore held up
and small amounts taken from them,
brakeman was compelled TO hold up
his hands but the highwasmen did not
60 through him Nearly 5000 cash was
secured
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-19
THIRD DEGREE" NOW
BEING INVESTIGATED

San Francisco, Aug. ls.--As mem
Der OF the senatorial committee ap-
pointed at the last session of congress
to investigate the methods OF obtain
Ing testimony in federal courts. In
volvlng an inquiry into the so-called
third degree" United States Senator
william J. Stone, Of Missouri, began
the hearing of evidence In this city to-
day. He opened the investigation
alone. his colleague. Senator Borah,
not having arrived from Idaho.
The charge that undue influence
was brought to bear to procure the
conviction OF DR.. II. b. Perrin accused
OF land frauds. Is one OF the subjects
being considered.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-19
PRESIDENT or EspEHANTos,

Washington, Aug. ls.--John Barrett,
director OF the International Bureau OF
American Republics. today was re-
elected president OF the North Amerl
can Esperanto association. Sectional
meetings OF the association also were
held for the election of counsellors,
whose duties will be those OF board
of directors OF the association.
Among ,those elected WIS: Rocky
mountain division. +. w. Loud, Colo
rado Springs. Colo. i'd
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-19
MINER LOSES HIS LIFE
BY TUMBuNC ROCK

Butte, Aug 1s.-s. kuspnzeg was
almost instantly killed in the specu-
lator mine this afternoon By a tum-
bling rock, his skull being crushed,
he had been working on the first
level and has gone to the waste chrte
to see what was the trouble, when IA
rock fell upon him. He was Mon
tenegrin and had been working in the
Butte mines for three years.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-19
FUNERAL OF MoNTr.

Bremen Aug. ls.-The funeral of
President Pedro Montt. OF Chile. who
died here August Ii, while on his way
to Carlsbad for medical treatment,
will be held in Berlin, The date has
not yet been fixed.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-19
INSURGENTS MAKE
GREAT GAINS
IN WEST
HIRAM JoHNSON's> MAJORITY rs
ABOUT THIRTY THOUSAND
IN CALIFORNIA.

san Francisco. Aug lS.-s,ave that
late returns from cofntry precincts i'm
periled the earlier lead OF several in
surgent candidates for minor positions
on the republican state ticket, todays
post primary developments added
scope to the victory scored on Tues
day by the Lincoln Roosevelt league
II was claimed at league headquarters
today that not only would the nsur-
gents have nine-tcnths of the delegates
to the state convention, which VIII
adopt the party platform. hut that the.
would control both branches of the
legislature. which Will elect the sue
cessor to United Statcs Senator Flint
The nsurscnt managers state that.
Notwithstanding the Closnnesg OF tho
advisory vote for United States sen :
atOr. the result of which the official
count must determine. john ID. Works,
I their candidate for the party indDrsc-
ment, undoubtedly has won by wide
margin. 1t Is pointed out that the ad-
vsory vote Is taken by districts, while
Works. according to the insurgent
, managers. has carried Il large majority
Of the senatorial ana assembly dis
trcts.
Returns that driftcd In slowly today
from the primary election of Tuesday
did not materially affect the results
previously indicated, save to place sew
cral state offices In the doubtful col-
umn. The plurality of Hiram w.
johnson, insnrgent candidate for the re-
publican nomination for governor over
Charles r. Curry, his nearest rival, Is
close to 10000 and WIN be slightly In
creased by the returns from precincts
jstll missing.
Congressional returns give the reg
lars four and the insurgents three
nominations, gain Of two for the lat
ter The Eighth district represented
by Cylyester C. Smith member Of
the rules committee of tho house, was
again placed in the doubtful column
today although Smith probably has
pulled through by a narrow margin.
The official count will be awaited for
a definite decision of this contest.
John ID. Works. insurgent, has a
slight lead over A. G, Spauldng and Il.
w. Meserye. regulars for the indorse-
ment of United States senator, but late
returns may wipe out his margin.
y. y keesling, regular, IL only few
votes behind a, j. Wallace. insurgent,
for lieutenant governor. and the of
Girial count must be awaited to take
this place out of the doubtful column,
Frank G, Gordon, Independent re
publican: Walter G. Wagner, regular,
and r. j O'Brien, insurgent are run
ming nose and nose" for the nomlna-
ton of secretary of state.
Lincoln !R oos seveit League.
1t is claimed at insurgent headquar-
ters that the Lincoln Roosevelt league
will control the republican state con-
yention, at which the party platform
will be framed. Los Angeles county.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-19
Lincoln .'R oosevelt League.

1t is claimed at insurgent headquar-
ters that the Lincoln Roosevelt league
will control the republican state con-
yention. at which the party platform
will be framed. Los Angeles county.
whose representation will comprise
one-f fourth Of the state convention del
egates, went overwhelmingly insurgent
In Tuesdays primary and the Lincoln
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What viii Hc Do?

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-08
Honor TO Herself

has many urged recognition Of
made their history this The
Palladium William Dudley Foulke
bringing the of
simplest
the and acts OF Morton, Mendenhall and Julian
In doing this Wayne herself
formative
indicative the citizenship Of this
the
right
o a o
cered action.
House-the s N
appropriate integral
which led
The Palladium wishes
buildings Rhmond-he
without
IL thing altogether of of Richmondthis
naming the schoosand tablets
OF Richmond these one before.
That memorial
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-08
News Forecast For Coming Week

d. begin the
will Missouri and the
quet the Knights Columbus will conclude his
candidacy OF
States Senator
its
winter Owing the lack fun bench II believed that rev
decided
President OF
president
his family will to Washington for winter
Columbus will Wednesday
Dominion
conference Wednesday
to discuss relating
of Gettysburg which hold
HoQuos Memorial
victims 1908.
this side of
Africa parliament the London OF
capital of the of the University of
Among the important of the week viii be the American
Council Congregational Churches affiliated societies
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-08

glense turned as pale as ghost In
stead of her usual elaborate couture,
Lima wore her hair low and tied with
ribbons as she had seen it on the
paintings of SASHA. Over her usual bal
let she wore crepe and she danced as
she had never danced before. The
rid marquis followed with eager eyes,
the graceful movements Of the beauti-
full girl dressed in black and white.
until she dropped to the floor with
the grace of dying butterfly. The
music suddenly ceased, Lima arose,
went over to the marquis and threw
herself at his feet. There were tears
in her eyes and her white bosom was
palpitating as she breathed the words
she had read in Sasia's last letter.
Suddenly she stopped with cry of
horror, for the old marquis rose to
his feet. deadly pale, gesticulated wild
ly with his arms, rafting sound
came from his throat and he fell back
ward upsetting the table and breaking
the Venetian glass.
The musicians rushed to his aid,
but it was too late. for the Marquis
de Tetyglense had died from the shock
when he thought he recognized in the
living dancer the dead woman he had
never been able to forget.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-08
Heart to Heart
Talks.
Copyright. 1908. by Edwin A. Nye
IN THE ROCKIES.
BY EDWIN A. NYE.

m THE ROCKIES.
The call Of the mountains.
Do you know that call:
The mountains are such stanch
friends. If you will let them they will
rock your troubled spirit into peace
even as your mother Graded your
baby hood.
The mountains.
Almost sheer upward towers a
height Of some 500 feet But there is
trail. Stout boots, stout stick, stout
heart..if you are expert-will take you
up in fifteen minutes to the place
where the real mountains begin.
Up. up. up! If you feel it is impossi-
bic to take another step a minutes
rest in this tonic air will restore you.
Up. on, up! As you stop betimes the
kingdoms OF earth lie beneath you and
the kingdom of heaven is within you.
You are on the top. How the petty.
sordid things dwindle! About are only
the rock. the sky. the afr, you-and
God. You have found your lost soul.
Believe me. tits something to be cast
Face to face with yourself at last.
Down at the bottom Of the canyon
the Big Thompson dashes through
thirty miles Of rugged, primeval beau
ty. flinging here and there the lacy
drapery Of its cascades, and the roar
Of 1t Is seldom out Of your ears. The
wild waterfall literally ''leaps in glo-
ry." And
"Honk, honk. honk!"
A pest on civilization. but-stand
aside. The tourists. male and female,
sway and loll in the big steamer autos
on the canyon road. Tonight they will
dance at one Of the resort hotels up in
the park, and tomorrow they will
spoil some other solitude with the
stencil Of their burning oil.
Seeing the mountains?
What do these get-beauty-quick tour
lists see Of this wondrous mountain
stream, beside which one must spend
days of appreciation. or Of the gran
deur Of crag and pine and the noun
tain Businesses, or of the aisles Of
stately forest. or Of purple shadows
falling on eternal SHOWS?
The mountains! How their majestic
and mystic charm steals into the
heart and soothes and satisfies and
purifies! And how the memory Of
them fingers!
There they stand, pile and terrace
and crag, higher and higher and yet
higher until they blend their snowy
horizon against the cobalt blue Of the
heavens.
In their mighty presence what soul
Of man could be mean?
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-08
The DQncer--A Short Story
BY EDMOND JALOUX

SO when the old man suggested that
in the future she should dance to him
alone, she accepted his offer with
enthusiasm. the more SO as he offer
ed her more money than she had
ever seen. She thought he would
make further propositions later, but
In this she was disappointed. for the
marquis remained politely respectful
to her and was satisfied to kiss her
forehead every night after she had
danced to him. This was very CALLING
to Corradini who had ambitious plans
and wanted to marry the old man, but
did not know how to succeed.
BY spying on M. de Tetyglense, Lima
Corradini at last discovered that every
afternoon he locked himself up in a
certain room and remained there for
hours. BY means of a false key she
got into the room herself but stopped
on the threshold. Everywhere on the
walls she saw her own portrait in
dresses she had never worn and with
her hair dressed In a strange manner
A name that was once famous was at
the bottom Of each painting and Lima
understood that the marquis had been
in love with SASHA, the wold-renowned
Russian dancer of thirty years ago
and that by a stronge accident she,
Lima. had the features, the smile. the
eyes and the figure of this woman
who had died long ago. It was a be-
loved spirit. and not a young living
flesh, that the marquis saw in her.
Lima soon found out all about the
marquis love affair. for little desk
was full Of old letters from SASHA, and
when she had finished reading all
these letters the Neapolitan girl al.
ready saw herself as Marquise de
Tetyglense. for IL the old fool did not
love her enough, she thought it was
because she did not resemble SASHA
enough, and all she had to do was to
make her resemblance still more strik-
ing.
In the last letter Sasia had written
were the words: "Soon, very soon l
am to dance before you for the very
last time and on that day l will wear a
skirt Of black crepe. When the dance
Is over will say to you: Good night.
dear old friend, our beautiful day is
gone and We must now prepare to say
goodbye for the long sleep"
These words Corradini learned by
heart and put the letter back in its
place, that the marquis should not dis
cover anything.
When the dances appeared in the
hall a week later Marquis de Tety-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-08
Nd MORE LEA|ENcr

New York, Oct. 8.-M. L Morgan
than, millionaire candy manufactures.
was today fined $1,000 for attempting
to smuggle through the New York
customs jewelry and clothing bought
on his summers trip to Europe. With
the imposing Of the fine which = the
maximum. Judge Hand announced Il
was the last time that penitentiary
sentence would be withheld In similar
cases.
Morganthau with his wife and two
daughters returned on the Mauritania
September Is. Over 5000 worth
OF undeclared pear necklaces and dia-
mond pendants were found on the wo-
men, besides $4,000 worth OF undeclar-
ed clothing in their trunks. Morgan
thau took the full blame tor the IT.
tempted smuggling, declaring that the
three women had concealed the valu.
ables 1t His suggestion.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-08
Court Facing Heavy
Docket for Term Just Beginning

shall be determined by the individual
shipments or by the train.
Two suits on the docket bring up
the dissolution OF the tobacco corpor.
alton. Two more cases involve the
validity of indictments for grazing
sheep on forest reservations without
permission of the government; two
others, the use of the waters of Walk
er river in California and Nevada, and
two more the enforcement OF the pro-
hibition laws of Oklahoma In inter.
state shipments.
Other cases to be reargued are the
dissolution suit against the Standard
Oil company; the case involving the
constitutionality of the hours of serv-
ice law for railroad employees. and
that arising out of the use OF the
water of the Upper ella river in Ari-
xona for irrigation. Six cases argued
remained without action when the
court adjourned for the summer vaca-
ton. or these. the only one OF gen
eral interest was that involving the
rights of forwarding agencies to de-
mand carload rates from railroads.
One of the first questions on which
the court will probably pass will be
the application for review Of litiga-
ito n in the federal courts in Kansas
over the constitutionality of the Kan
sas bank depositary guarantee law.
The United States circuit court for
the district of Kansas. In an opinion
handed down by Judge Pollock. ruled
that the law was unconstitutional, as
being in violation of the fourteenth
amendment and as unlawfully dis
eliminating against national banks,
and destroying their efficiency. How
ever, the United States circuit court
Of appeals reversed the lower court
and held the law constitutional.
The United States will figure large
ly in the business before the supreme
court at its coming term. Many Of
the cases in which its representatives
appear are of general public interest.
In addition to the corporation tax
cases and the Standard Oil and tobac-
CO corporation issues, there are the
controversy involving alleged con-
tempt by Samuel Gompers and boy
colts by the American Federation Of
Labor; case under the railway rate
law in which is brought up the ques-
ton OF the liability of the original car
rier for loss In transit; the so-called
government Panama libel suit against
the Press Publishing company of
New York, and the suit against tho