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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-29
WRITES
TO HOUSE INSURGENT
Former President Said to Be DESTROYS
of Learning About the Stu
alton at First Hand.

Washington, May 2S.-Ex-President
Roosevelt has written a letter from
London to a prominent Republican in
surgent" member of the House of Rep
resentatives, requesting the latter to
meet him in a conference as soon after
the ex-president's arrival in New York
on June IS as possible
Mr.. Roosevelt's letter indicates shat
he is DESTROYS of learning che '1nsar-
gent situation in the House from first
hand as soon as possible after his re-
turn to this country
The member receiving the 'etter de-
clined to allow the use OF his name, as
he said it might prove embarra Ssing
for both Mr.. Roosevelt and himself If
made known at this time. He did,
however, show the letter to one or Two
should not disclose its text.
The '"inSurgent' is a long time per-
sonal friend of Mr.. Roosevelt and for
that reason has not heSitated about adj
visInG the eX-prsSident unreservedly
about the various political events
velt's departure for Africa a year ago.
In response to Mr. ROoseyeits 1e-
quest, the 'insurgent member has
made hotel reservation in New York
for June IS
This member expressed no doubt that
of house insurgents and prophesied
that he would be found making q few
speeches this fall in the districts rep
resented by insurgents" who might be
in danger of defeat.
Whatever else may have been
Roosevelt has never been accused of
ingratitude toward his friends"
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-29
Attorneys for Ballinger, Pin
chot and CLAWS Finish Their
Arguments and Will Pre-
pare Briefs by 18th of June.
COMMITTEE WILL MEET
AGAIN AT THAT TIME
Bitter Denunciation of Former
Secretary Garfield and For
mer Chief Forester Pinchot
By the Eloquent VertreeS.
HEARING ROOM CROWDED

hsnotop. Nav 2s-The Ballinger-
PinchOt investigation ended TO-DAY IN
blaze of verbal fireworks. me ora-
torfcaI efforts closed the open healins
ana the attorneys who have been en-
cneed I'm the case now VIII procure
brief. for submission TO the committee,
which viii meet June II 10
ssyVhen came into this case,
stranrer TO Mr.. Ballinger,' excla,meu
Mr., Vertrees, in closing his adoress,
.fhese were my instructions: so iar
as am concerned there is no bottom
TO this,' said Mr. Ballingeri AS 10 my
subOrdinates, IL Is not mat'eI
knowledge, but / believe those aoou.
me are honest, but whether they are
or not, let this Investigation proceed
In every direction In which 1t mny.
Whatever your report may be- L
realize fully that you cannot save MN
from the injury that has been DONE
hut at the same time, 1 know the re-
mort must be in accordance with the
evidence and the facts in TINS case any
that his official career ID "i9nous Sf'~
Il am afraid Mr.. yertrees has been
corrupted since he came here from tns
southwest" was Attorney Peppers
martins. shot in defense of Mr.. Pinchot'
.IJnsophisticated as he was, ne came
in contact with a spirit OF Suspicion,
and l think he scented a conspiracy
where there was none
asWhat there was was crisis OF sue
cessiye blows, dealt by Mr.. Baiilnger
against interests which were vital 10
a ero;p of men who had dedicated their
lives to a cause. 1 shall take the re-
sponsibility of showing that the con,
ception of a man of great capacity and
independent resources, devotlng hlmseH
to the interest of the people, with no
hope of reward and no hope of ambl-
ton, Is so far beyond the ken OF some
peopIe when they come into his pres
ence that appreciation is impossible and
unintentiona1 detraction is inevitable.
Brandeis Had Last Word.
CLAWS attorney, Mr.. Brandeis mad
the last word
Here was a man disgraced, condemn
ed. not only without hearing, without
seeing the hundreds and hundreds of
pages of evidence which were collected
by Assistant Attorney General LAWYER,
but without knowledge that there was
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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-29

Deputy Marshal Riley and two guards
were in charge of Morgan and two
other prisoners from Salt Lake con-
signed to the government prison at
+ ort Leavanworth- Riley gave the
sheriff no details of the escape, but
furnished a description of the prisoner
and the information that he was gone.
Morgan had two ShackleS on his legs at
the time of the escape, and 1t is not
believed that he could travel any great
distance.
Morgan is described by Riley in his
message to the sheriff as follows:
Five feet ten and one-half inches tall,
twenty-eight years old, smooth-shaven,
long, peaked face, pale, sallOw COM
plexion, aquiline nose, brown hair, has
slight cough, alleges to be consump-
tive, and often feigns illness to enlist
sympathy.
Deputy Marshal Riley went to Fort
LeavenwOrth with his other prisoners,
telling the sheriff that he would re-
turn at once and aid in the search. a
message was received by the sheriff
later in the afternoon from United
States Marshal James II. Anderson Of
Utah advising that he had instructed
Riley to return at once to Russell and
assist the sheriff. 1t is understood that
Deputy Riley is on his way here froa
Kansas City and that he will arrive
shortly after midnight The sheriff
sent word to all neigh boring towns to
be on the lookout for Morgan, and 1t is
not believed that he can long evade
capture.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-29
HARVEST FOR EUROPEANS
Outgoing Steamers Crowded With
Tourfsts-Seventeen Thousand More
Have Engaged Passage In June.

New York, May 2S.-The grand rush
for Europe is now in full swing. and
thousands of people from all over the
United States are moving on this port
to go abroad.
Eight big transatlantic steamships,
the Cedric, St Paul. Columbia, Ger
mania, Chicago, Barbarossa, Mime
tonka and Deutschland, steamed away
today with crowded cabins.
More than seventeen thousand per-
sons have engaged passage for this port
In June, and Will pay s3.000.000 for
first-class tickets on board So steam
ships The amount spent in Europe by
these travellers alone is estimated at
$4,000, 900.
The rush will reach its high tide by
the middle of July.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-29
TWO CASES UNNECESSARY
One Set of Records Enough In the
Pullman Car Matter, the Cir
cult Court Says.

ST. Paul, May 2S.-Judges SanboTn.
Adams and Hook. OF the United States
circuit court, today postponed the hear
ing of the application of the Great
Northern Railway company for an in
junction to restrain the interstate COM
merce commission from putting into
effect the reduction in sleeping car
rates, until June s.
The hearing was postponed at the
suggestion of Judge Sanborn, the other
judges consenting, in order to permit
the Great Northern railway to go to
Chicago, where it will ask to be al
lowed to intervene in a similar case
before the court there and get hear
ing. If the court at Chicago allows the
Intervention the caes here will be dis
missed.
Judge Sanborn said that il the Great
Northern railway was allowed to come
in as an interviewer in the Chicago case
it could present its argument and then.
If any appeal was to be taken, one set
of records would do for both cases.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-29
A Clever Prisoner.

Local authorities are free to admit
that William Morgan, arrested in COM
fefting, January &c, was probably the
cleyerest prisoner that ever attempted
to cut his way out of the county jail
His attempts were numerous ard mar
velously varied, and It was found nee
essary to keep constant guard over him.
In spite of these guards, however, he
cut nearly half q dozen heavy steel
bars in cells into which he was shifted
from time 70 time. The tools with
which he operated with remarkable ra-
pidity varied from wires taken from
ordinary house broOms to points Of
steel knives that he broke off when
unobServed.
Though its duration in Salt Lake was
comparatively brief, the history Of the
counterfeiting operations of Morgan
and Sprague extends back nearly two
years. According to Roland K. God
dard, chief of the United States secret
service in Denver, amusement houses in
the Colorado capital and Kansas City
have suffered from spurious coins
that they distributed broadcast. Until
they came to Salt Lake they had made
such perfect limitations of dollars and
half dollars that government officials
found difficulty in detecting them
Moving picture houses in Salt Lake
were flooded with spurious half dol
lars beginning with January 20. The
attention of the police was called and
an investigation was made by Detective
George Chase who obtained several
specimens They were tracked to
Morgan and Spra que, who had occu-
pied rooms at IS East First South
street. In the room occupied by
Sprague was Miss Minnie Kooyman,
daughter of Mrs. John Kooyman, 627
Second avenue The girl was Swallowed
and January % was placed under ar
rest at First South and State streets by
Detectives Curran and Ripley.
Girl Flights Detecf5~eS
Well aware of the intention of the
detectives the girl fought the detectives
like a tigress. Efforts to make her di-
vulge the whereabouts of Morgan and
Sprague failed. Later, however, Detec-
tive Curran arrested Spra que as he was
attempting to sneak into his room.
simultaneously IL was learned that
Morgan had been in Ogden distributing
spurious half dollars. Upon returning
to Salt Lake an hour after the arrest
of Sprague. he was trapped by Detec-
tive Ripley at First South and State
streets and brought to police headquar-
tiers.
A search for the plant which Morgan
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-29

Clark. Democrat, of Vandalia, Ill.
Capiases and bench warrants were
issued Immediately for Senator Penn
berton and Representative Clark on the
conspiracy charges in connection with
the furniture contract.
Although an Indictment charging
conspiracy was returned against Sena-
tor Holtslaw, it was Immediately
annulled, and immunity for Holtsiaw
was ordered by Judge James a Creigh-
ton
HOIfsIaw's Confession.
Before going to the grand jury room
Holtslaw made a statement to States
Attorney Burke, in which he said, in
part:
Il voted for William Lorimer for
United States senator and received
therefor $500. I also received 500,
which was given me without explana-
tion, with the statement that 1t was
coming to me. I was promised $500
for my connection with the letting of
the furniture contract"
Holtslaw later repeated his CONVEX
sation to the Associated Press. He
told in detail of the meeting he nao
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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-29

The unexpected turn in the Lorimer
scandal was an offshoot of States At
tcrney Burke's investigation of alleged
graft in the legislative furniture deal
Senator Holtslaw had been indicted on
a perjury charge in connection with
the furniture contract, and, upon ad-
vice of his lawyers, when offered i'm
muuity, greed to make confession
Then he told the grand jury that he
had received $500 for his vote for
Lorimer; 500 as his share of a legis-
Iative Jackpot" and a promise of
$500 as his share Of the state house
furniture deal
Senator Holtslaw's confession re-
garding the furniture deal was cor
roborated before the grand jury by
Otto FREEZER, who, as agent for the
Ford-Johnson Furniture company of
Chicago. obtained the furniture con-
tract.
More Indictments.
The two confessions regarding the
furniture contract resulted in two ad-
ditiOnal indictments on conspiracy
charges. These were: State Senator
s =. Pemberton. Republican, of Oak
land, H., and Representative Joseph s.
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and Sprague had used In the counter
feiting of coins followed. At the home
of Mrs John Kooyman, 627 Second ave-
nue., they found moulds and several
spoiled coins that had been thrown into
an ash barrel. A little brother Of the
Kooyman girl told the detectives that
his sister had furnished a composition
cake dish to Morgan and Sprague,
which they melted up and cast into
half dollars.
Since the conviction Of Sprague and
Morgan, who were sentenced to serve
two and two and one-haf years re-
spectively in the penitentiary az Fort
LeavenWOrth, Mrs. Kooyman has taken
her family to Denver, where she Is liv-
ing. It was found that her daughter
had fallen in love with Sprague, en-
thusing over his skillful manner OF
counterfeiting coins. Just before
Sprague was taken to Fit. LeaYenWoTth.
May 26, Minnie Kooyman was married
to him She will make her home at
Fort Leavenworth until her husband
is freed from the penitentiary.
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fed Erder arsenic in the form OF caco-
dylate Of soda
The alleged words of Erder were
stricken out after prolonged argument.
Mrs. Connolly said that Erder's moth
er told Mrs. Doxey to refrain from kill
ing her husband. Mrs Doxey after
ward had said that she had done ali
she could for her husband. Mrs. Con-
molly testified that Mrs. Doxey had said
her parents were dead.
Mrs. Mollie Bremmer. who lived in
the flat above the Erders, said Mrs
Doxey, when she was ErderS widow,
told her on the second day after the
death that even If they cut her hus-
band open and found poison they would
have a hard time proving who gave II
to him. She told OF a letter she re-
ceived from Mrs. Doxey cautionfng her
in the city.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-29
Georgia Business Men Angry
Over the Way House Demo
Gratis Acted in Regard to
Taft's Travelling Expenses.
LOOKS SMALL AND MEAN
TO THE SOUTHERNERS
Telegram Sent to Speaker
Cannon From Augusta Stat
ing That the South Stands
Indignant and Mortified.
PRESIDENT IS PLEASED

WASHINGTON, May "a pro-
w test against the action of Ger
tain Democratic members of
Congress I'm opposing the appropriation
of $4,000 for the Presidents travelling
expenses, covering the President1s last
southern trip, and offer TO make
up the deficiency was teleEraphed TO
Speaker Cannon today by the Augusta
tGa.) Chamber of Commerce and Cot
ten Exchange and GeOrgfa-CarOIina
Fair association
The telegram announced that at
called meeting of the three organlza-
lions held today the following memo
rial was ordered sent to the
speaker. to be presented to the House
and to President Taft:
Augusta, the winter home of Presf-
dent Taft, stands indignant and morti-
fled at the action of certain Democratic
members of Congress in defeating by
technical objection the proposition to
make retroactive, so as to cover
all the expenses of his last south
ern trip. the appropriation of $4,000
for the Presidents travelling expenses
AT a joint meeting of the Chamber
or Commerce, the Merchants & Manu-
facturers' association, Cotton Exchange
and Board of Trade and the Georgia.
Carolina Fair association, held this
day, it was unanimously agreed that
we respectfully tender through you to
the government of the United States
Ine $0,OOO necessary to meet the de-
fieiency of the Presidents recent trans
continental trip, which did so much to
cement the ties between the different
sections and bring the nation and the
nations chief executive in closer touoa
and sympathy each with the other"
President Pleased.
The resolution contains the sigma
lures of the presidents Of the associa-
lions named.
When President Taft received the
telegram from Augusta it gave him
great pleasure, but he cannot accept
the offer of the patriotic Georgians
and will pay out of his own pocket
his travelling expenses for the re-
mainder of the fiscal year. These will
amount to about $1,000 or $4,000.
Representa- ives Hardwick and Bart
lett of Georgia denied that the tele-
gram in any way reflected on their
action They stated that they took
part in the House debate only after
Representative Tawney had criticised
southern hospitality and charged that
President Taft had been forced to pay
for his board while in Georgia
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-29
DRIVEN BACK INTO PALE
Exodus of Jews from -I<iev, Russia,
COntinues-No Estimate as to
Number Forced Into Exile.

Kiev, May 2s.-One thousand and two
Jewish families have now received Of
fetal notification that they must leave
the city in accordance with the deter
mination of the Russian government to
drive back into the pale all Hebrews
who are unable to establish teeir legal
right to remain outside its confines.
This number includes fifty families to
whom notices of expulsion were sent
today.
the suburbs outside the city proper are
subject to deportation before June Is
unless in the meantime they produce
proofs OF their right OF residence in
their present sites
1t is impossible to get statistics
showing the number of those already
expelled. Even the Jewish relief COM
mfttee is unable to state the exact fig
ure, but the committee estimates that
between geo and 800 Jewish families
have left the city.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-29

Mrs. Doxey's peculiar actions before
end after the death of Erder and her
conf letting statements about Dr. DoX-
ey. her legal husband, were the sub
!ects of extended testimony
Mrs. MoIlie Bremmer testified that
she saw Mrs. Doxey pack the house
hold goods and heard her tell an ex-
press company agent to bill them to
Columbus, Neb.
William k Erder thought it strange
that his wife did not eat the same
food she served him. according tc the
testimony today Mrs. Frances Con-
molly of st. Louis county. an aunt, tes-
tilted that her nephew said to her:
Isn't II strange that Dora does not
eat what she serves 20 me2"
The state charges that Mrs. Doxey
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-29
TROOPS GOING FORWARD
Conflict Between Peru and Ecuador
Over Boundary Dispute Now
Seems Inevitable.

Washington, May 28.-Omcial dis
patches received at the state depart
ment from both Lima, Peru, and Qui-
to, Ecuador, indicate that warlike
preparations between Peru and Eeua-
dor are being rapidly pushed forward,
and that a conflict seems inevitable.
Washington, May 2s.-In view of
the fact that both Peru and Ecuador
had accepted without reserve Secre-
tary KnOx'S proposition for the United
States, Brazil and Argentina to medi-
ate between those two countries on
the matter Of their boundary dispute.
the state department officials are at
a loss to understand their present at
titude.
1t was the understanding of the Off
Gals that in opening the mediation
proposition they had Of necessity ac-
cepted the conditions proposed by the
offer, the principal one being the i'm
mediate withdrawal of their reserve
armies from the common frontier.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-29
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CHARGED WITH BRIBERY.

; Denver, May 2S.-Clarence E. :
, Hagar, former secretary of the :
; state board of pardons, was plac- :
; ed under arrest here tonight upon :
; a warrant sworn to in Cripple :
> Creek yesterday, charging him :
; with accepting a bride to secure :
a pardon. Hegar was permitted to
; go to his home tonight On his own
; recognizance, and will go to Grip :
; pie Creek tomorrow for the pur-
; pose of arranging bond.
, The warrant on which Hagar
; was taken in custody was issued I
; on complaint Of John F. Wright, :
; a business man of Cripple Creek, :
; in which it is charged Hagar, on :
, Sept Is, 1907, while secretary of :
the pardon board, accepted the sum :
; of $3.50 for his influence in push :
: ing the application for naTdon of :
; Samuel Haas, then serving time I
; In the state penitentiary. Haas
: was sent up from Cripple Greek. :
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-29
DIFFERENCES SETTLED.

Little Rock, Ark. May 2S.-Announce-
ment was made here today that the DIFF
ferences between the boilermakers ana
Missouri Pacific railroad officials have
been settled A nine-hour day with
three cents an hour increase were the
terms of agreement. The boilermakers
had notified the company that they
would strike tomorrow.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-29
GOING AFTER RECORDS.

New York, May 2S.-Chester Beecroft
of Pelham Manor, n. Y, announced to-
day he will sail for Etah June Is. with
the Bernier expedition to the Arctic in
the hope of finding the records DR..
Cook says he left in the north. 1t Is
said he was supplied with funds by DR..
and Mrs. Cook. 1t was through Bee
croft's efferts that the Eskimo boy,
Name, sole Survivor of the Peary expe-
dition of 1898, was sent back north.
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I'm Ohio this year the sentiment
among the Democrats was that the
matter should be left to the members
of the legislature and their constitu-
ents- Mr.. Bryan's opinion is always
entitled to the greatest respect, but
I am confident that his long absence
has made him unfamiliar with the
present peculiar conditions in Ohio,
and that If he knew them as they are
known here. he would see the good
policy of emitting the senatorship
from consideration by the convention.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-29
HONOR FOR WATTERsON.

New York, May 2S.-Henry Waiter
son, editor Of the Louisville Courier
Journal. was the guest of the New York
Press club at a dinner In HIS honor to-
night. Among the guests were Brig.
Gen. Walter Howe, commander of the
department OF the east, and Represen-
tative Sulzer of New York.
The cover Of the menu was a repro
duction, reduced, Of the first page Of
Col. Watterson's paper, the Courier
Journal A cut Of Col Watterson
adorned the inside.
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ACCUSED OF REBATING.
Federal Grand Jury Investigating
Charges Against Illinois Central.

Chicago, May 2S.-It was learned to-
day that two former employees Of the
Illinois Central railroad company were
summoned recently as WitnesSts in an
investigation by the federal grand jury
Of allegations made by Edward G,
Davies, a Chicago commission merch-
ant, that the Illinois Central had been
guilty of granting rebates It was
learned that many books and docu-
mentS said to bear on the subject had
been seized by che government
Mr.. Davies gave his testimony before
the Interstate commerce commission
some months ago and this information
was turned over to Attorney General
WickerSham-
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-29
OHIO DOES NOT ASK ADVICE
FROM BRYAN OF NEBRASKA
Governor Harmon Issues Statement
in Reply to Editorial in
COn1mOner

oLUMBUS o. May 28n formal statement issued reply
~ W. Bryan editorial the Commoner calling Governor Hr
coming Democratic convention endorse candidate
Harmon in
be 20 o
whether this should
ascertain the will of the voters and the legislature depends
theye exist
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-29
SISTER OF MURDERED NAN
TESTlFIES Ia D0XEY CASE
Miss Kate Erder Tells the Jury of
Peculiar Acting on the Part
of the Defendant

persstency In
- gathering led the indictment of Dr. Loren Doxey and Mrs
brother William Erder
attempted
of matmony
Doxey William the witness letter
To to DR. Doxey who in
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-29
BREAK FOR LIBERTY
BY UTAH PRISONER
William Morgan, on Way to Federal
Prison in Charge of Deputy Riley,
Escapes From Moving Train
Especial to The HeraId-RepubIican1

28-WIiam Morgan, Salt
~ Lvenworth oneha counterfeit
ing eaped Pacific Kansas City
245 O'Clock this afternoon and made his from Deputy United States
Marshal Riley
United States
a and Immediately notified.
organized
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CPRIEGFIELD May
Washington State
bribery
grand today Brodek indictment the direct
State Senator D. W. Hotsaw
BrOdk paid him $1,000 vote for Lormer for
capias bench issued
fol his