davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Arizona republican., 1911-06-06
LEGISLATIVE BRIBER
 CONFESSES HIS GUILT
THE OHIO PROSECUTION FINDS
 AN OPENING.
He Becomes a Witness Before the
 Grand Jury.

Columbus. ohio, June 5--What Prosecuting Attorney Turner and At torney General Hogan have been hop ing for happened today when a mem Der of the legislature confessed in open court that he had accepted bribe and declared his willingness to go before the grand jury and make d clean breast of all his knowledge concerning legislative corruption.
 The legislator is owen J. Evans, a representative from Stark county. and a member of teh house calendar com mittee which was the object of much criticism immediately preceding the bribery disclosures. Evans spent the day before the grand jury and will be a witness again tomorrow
 Evans was arrested three weeks ago for soliciting a bribe and was inGct- ed twice today for soliciting and ac- cepting bribeS. To one indictment he pleaded guilty and. at the suggestion of Prosecuting Attorney Turner. the court imposed a fine of $500 instead of a penitentiary sentence. The Otner two indictments were laid away tenn porarily.
 For Evans his counsel. Thomas B. Clark. said: We could have had all the money We wanted to conduct this mans defense. but we could not af- ford to conduct it on what we consid- cred perjured testimony. therefore advised him to plead guilty.
Arizona republican., 1911-06-06
HEIRS OF MILLIONAIRE.
The Distribution of Estate of Myers,
 Tobacconist.

San Bernardino, Cal. June 5.-Judge r. F. Oster of the superior court is- sued an order today directing that the remainder of the estate of George s Myers. the St Louis millionaire to- bacco manufacturer who died here, be distributed among the heirs at once. The total value of the estate is esti- mated at $3.33S.O7S, and will be di- vided equally between Mrs. Georgia Myers Coppell of Paris, France; Mrs. Mildred Myers Cravens of Pasadena. Cal, and Mrs. Bob Myers Babcock of Colorado Springs. Colo.
 The claim of George Myers Church. q grandson of the millionaire. amount ing to $4OO,OO0. has been met, under an agreement, by his aunts.
Arizona republican., 1911-06-06
MADERO'EN ROUTE.
His Journey southward Tr'umphal
 Procession.


 Aguas Calientes. Mexico. June D. con Board Madero's Special Train)- The special train bearing Francisco L Madero. Jr.. and party to the City of Mexico. arrived here at 7:30 o'clock to- night. Two hours later it again was speeding toward the capital which Is scheduled to be reached on Wednesday
 Thousands shouted Viva Madero,' when tine train approached. and then they danced for joy, when Madero ap- peared. The manifestations in the villages and towns were no less enthu- siastic. Senor MaderO spoke fifteen times today and was enthusiastically received everywhere as the apostle of liberty.
 Zacatecas and Aguas Calientes, capi- tals of the states of the same name, contributed the most interesting dem- onstrations. In both cities Senor Ma dero was welcomed in the capitol build ings. handsomely decorated for the oc- casion At Zacatecas there was an au- tomoble procession and Madero was welcomed by thousands of civilians. Church bells rang constantly and bands played At the capitol building ban quet was given by Governor Guadalupe Gonzales. the Maderista executive of the state.
 As Senor Madero arose to speak he offered toast to President de Ia Barra which met with a hearty response When the Madero party returned to the train the demonstration was repeated. At Aguas Calientes Alberto Fuentes. who is soon expected to be named for governor of the state. met Senor Ma
Arizona republican., 1911-06-06
THE VANCOUVER STRIKE.

Vancouver. E. c, June 5.-Several demonstrations. none riOtous. marked the first day of the So-called general strike in the local building trades. A crowd of 800 men gathered in Cordova street. near the water front. today and endeavored to induce a number of workmen engaged on buildings to stop work
 A force of mounted police kept the strikers on the move and made a few arrests Instructions have been re- ceived from the International Typo graphical union reIusing the members of the local union permission to take part in the strike.
Arizona republican., 1911-06-06
EXAMINERS PATHFINDER
 SCARED BY BULLETS
The Party Will Arrive in Phoenix
 This Morning.

Yuma. Ariz.. June 5.-(Special)- The Examiner Pathfinder arrived in Yuma at six o'clock tonight after a strenuous trip through Mexico where We were fired upon by MeNicans- Bullets pierced the auto but did not hit us.
 We broke the Los Angeles to San Diego record We have kept an ac- curate account of the mileage between water holes on the route and have kept the mileage of every turn and town. We have the most accurate map of the route ever compiled.
 CHESTER LAWRENCE. Automobile Editor Los Angeles EX.
Arizona republican., 1911-06-06
MEXICAN TRAINS
 ARE RUNNING AGAIN
Communication Between Mexico City
 and Juarez Reopened.

Juarez, June 5.-For the first time Tn three months train service through out northern Mexico was begun to- day. A train arrived from Mexico City via Chihuahua. The last pre- Vious train was in February. The re-Opening will enable the federal troops To evacuate Chihuahua. and the insurrectos to take possession. Thirteen hundred federals under Gen eral Luque entrained at Chihuahua today for Lower California to CO operate there with the Madero forces in suppressing the rebellion.
 Madero enroute to Mexico City wired General Viljoen: "On my ar rival at the capital I will make all necessary arrangements for sending more troops. The federals and revo- lutiOnary forces will work in har- mony."
Arizona republican., 1911-06-06
PORTLAND ELECTION.

Portland. Ore. June 5.-A. G. Rush. light. regular republican, was chosen mayor of Portland today in the muni- cipal election Joseph Simon, inde- pendent republican. his nearest op- ponent, was defeated by 4,000 votes George H. Thomas, democrat. ran third, with Charles H. Otten, socialist, fourth. J. Allen Harrison. prohibi- tionist. received probably less than 1000 votes.
Arizona republican., 1911-06-06
REDUCED IRON PRODUCTION.
May Shows Decided lessenina of
 Output.

Cleveland, Ohio, June 5.-"Curtail- ment in the production of coke and pig iron throughout the country was very noticeable in May" says the Iron Trade Review. statistics col lected from various blast furnaces show the total output for May to be ]. 1.S56.915 tons. compared with 2.O44.5O4 tons in April, a loss of 1S7,9SS tons in May, although it had one more working day than April
 Further confirmation of the cur tailment figures is found in the re- duction of the number of active blast active on the last day of April and 2O7 on the last day of May, d loss of stacks from the active list :"
Arizona republican., 1911-06-06
AN AVIATOR LOST
 IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
He Has Started on a Flight From
 Mainland to Corsica.

Nice. June at appears probable tonight that Lieutenant Bague, the French aviator, has met the fate of Cecil Grace, the Englishman who was lost in the North sea while attempting flight from Calais to Dover last De- cember.
 Lieutenant Bague. who holds the over the-sea flight record, left Nice in an aeroplane today for trip to Corsica. The distance is about a hun dred miles. When nothing was heard from the aviator torpedo boat destroy CTS were sent to seek him.
 The destroyers returned here this evening and reported that they could find no trace of Bague Other naval vessels are continuing the search. but it is feared it will prove fruitless
Arizona republican., 1911-06-06
NORTHWESTERN GOLFERS.
J. Barnes of Tacoma Winner of the
 Championship.

Portland, June 5.-J. Barnes of Ia coma, won the Pacific Northwestern professional golf championship today on the Waverly links by nOsing out George Turnbull of Portland in the fourth round of a 72-hole competi- ton. The final scores were: J. Barnes, 315; George Turnbull, Port land, 321; Alexander Guthrie. Van couver. B. C.. 34: John Johnson, Seat tie. S36; w Moffitt, Victoria, with drew
Arizona republican., 1911-06-06
IOWA BYE-ElECTlON.

Des Moines. June 5.-Judge w. R. Green, republican. was elected to con- gress today to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Walter I. Smith. by an estimated plurality of 1900
 His opponent was W. :. Cleveland. of Harlan. The reciprocity question was the issue. Judge Green declaring against the proposed agreement.
Arizona republican., 1911-06-06
ANTl-MADERO PLOTTER.
De Villiers, the Boer, Released on
 Bail.

Fl PasO. June 5.-Daniel de Vil- Hers, charged with complicity in a plot against Francisco I. Madero, to- day was released from custody upon furnishing bonds in the sum of $2 .00O.
 General J. B. Viljoen. who is push ing the case against de Villiers, said today that the information in his pos session indicated that some former Mexican officials were implicated in the alleged plot
Arizona republican., 1911-06-06
FIRST SOUTHERN STEAMER.
Fighting Her Way Through Ice to
 Reach Nome.

Nome, Alaska, June 5.-Marking the opening of navigation in Boring sea, the steamer Corwin from Seattle. load ed with green produce and carrying 104 passengers, arrived off the road stead late today and began bucking the ice floes in an effort to reach the shore ice, which extends seven miles out.
 The whole town gathered on the water front to welcome her.
Arizona republican., 1911-06-06
A DEAD AVIATOR.

Havana. June 5.-Marcel Pennot. the French aviator. who fell from q height of fifty feet while giving an exhibit ton at san Diego de los Banos on June l. died this afternoon at a hospital here.
Arizona republican., 1911-06-06
MOVEMENTS OF. REYES.
Holds Himself at the Pleasure of War
 Department.

Vera Cruz, Mex, June 5.-Gen. Der nardo Reyes, who arrived from Ha- vana yesterday, expects to proceed to Mexico City some time this week He will stop en route at Orizaba to await instructions from the war department
Arizona republican., 1911-06-06
MISSOURI VALLEY WARMTH.

Kansas City. June 5.-At Kirksville. Mo, the temperature reached 1O5 in the shade. The same degree of heat was recorded at Phillipsburg, Kans., where rain fell, accompanied by hail.
Arizona republican., 1911-06-06

(Continued on Page 10)
Arizona republican., 1911-06-06

FOR SALE-Four- room brick and screen sleeping room, modern, close in, east front; for a few days at ;2,15o E. E. PAscoE,
 110 North Center St.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-22

post and deposited 1t in the mans bank,
where it started from, and the bank
credited the company with a deposit of
slO0,ooo 1t sounds a little complicated, but
you can figure it out il you think it over
Anyhow, everything was all right SO far
Then the insurance company called in
the Insurance Department Of the District
of Columbia, made affidavit that it had
100000 on deposit with the bank, showed
the books, got clean bill Of health and
went ahead and did business.
Burned the Certificate.
Then one morning this man walked
into his bank, opened the vault. took out
the certificate and the note he had given
for it in the first place. took 'em to his
hotel, held 'em to q gas jet and burned
EN-. Now. it isn't a nice thing for q
business man to burn up q note he has
given to anybody. let alone a note for a
small fortune, let alone q note to his
own bank.
well, Of course, it wasn't long before
the insurance company had some big
losses that wiped out its receipts sew
eral times over. Then the insurance de-
partment came in again and wanted to
know where the 100000 was. OF course
the bank had given credit for that
amount. They put it up to the banker.
He broke down, confessed the whole story
md made good every cent Of the losses.
That. just shows you the state Of mind
The Washington herald., 1911-01-22

some people get into. Apparently he fig.
ured that the crime would never be found
out and that his insurance company
would make money without capital.
Now look here'-Mr. Best pointed to
a paragraph in his insurance journal
which told of a police raid upon the Office
of fire insurance agent in Brooklyn.
That fellow. has been selling bogus in
surance for twenty-five years. His record
Is an old iallapaloosa.
1.-THE first time I heard Of him was
when one Of his companies busted q good
long while ago. I remember it because he
jigSled and Sided around, and finally
stuck his father for the losses and most
Of the blame. The old man paid up and
died. Then this fellow trailed along with
a whole row of these little companies I
was telling you about. They blew up so
fast they sounded like a string Of Chinese
firecrackers.
THE next We heard. our friend turned
up over in Jersey as the defendant in an
case. The court ordered
him to pay the girl an allowance. I be-
lieve he moved to have it reduced. The
judge finally made it IS a week.
Then he lay low till the st. Louis ex-
position. The game he worked then was
q corker. In those days you or I could
walk in a stationer's shop in London
and buy an insurance policy Of the Lon
don LOyds in blank. When you bought
your insurance you went to the Lloyds'
The Washington herald., 1911-01-22
,c;., Corresnondence The WASHINGTON Herald.

Special Correspondence The Washington Herald
New York. Jan. 21.-Everybody knows
that certain policyholders defraud nre
insurance companies by false statements
and happily timed fires. 1t took the
probe CT the legislatures graft hunt,
however, to lay before the public the fact
that the policyholders in their turn are
often defrauded by weakened fire in
surance companies, which sometimes ac-
tually do not exist, and by their
agents, who unquestionably do exist
and prosper.
A NJ Best had some picturesque things
to say about the Illicit insurance trade.
He is the head Of a fire insurance rating
agency which investigates the condition
of insurance companies and publishes its
reports of their standing.
There are two different kinds Of bad
policies" he said. lone is the kind that
is issued from the printers Office, repre-
senting itself as the contract of corpor-
alton which never existed In this ter
restrial ball That is the plain stealing
kind Buying one is precisely like buy
ing counterfeit money. The other kind
of bad policy is the policy of the unsafe
company. Usually 1t is a little company,
e~sAA~
times by fools, under lax insurance laws.
There are some States where about all
YOU have to do to write insurance Is to
hang up a sign that sounds well and sit
and take in the money. Over In Penn
syIvania anybody who is out OF Jail can
organize a mutual fire insurance COM
pany simply by proving to the authori-
ties that he has applications for 100000
worth of insurance. The State can't re-
fuse his application. for the law Ii man
datory. Not that he needs to be prom
Used 100000 in premiums. mind you: he
has only to agree to undevwrite property
worth $500 900. See how little that means?
At 4 per cent the company might be do
ing only 5000 worth Of business. You
could nearly say they could insure the
big dam in the Susquehanna. which
would be worth 100000. The fire risk on
that would be covered by q premium of
about 10 cents.
Up in RhDde Island there was . cashier
in . sound. legitimate bank who went
wrong. He tore out . blank certtncate
Of deposit from the banks book. hlled
1t out and loaded up an Insurance COM
pany with II. He hgured-lots OF these
fellows seem to igure-&hat II the COM
pany could only get started doing bust
ness II, could pay. tn losDes cut OF the
prsmiytns y took n and would never
The Washington herald., 1911-01-22
TOLD OF FRAUD BY INSURED COMPANIES

need to fall bal on its assets-on the
place where its tets ought to be.
There was bmpany in the State Of
Washington tina claimed a capital of
$4,000 and $l00,l of surplus. 1t was
licensed to do Illness in twenty-three
States 1t failedp pay its losses. and
a receiver was aRinted. He found that
the assets werebearly all mortgages
made by real este concern and given
to the company In Exchange for its stock.
But the mortgageEere made out in the
names Of two offls Of the real estate
company, who al, took the insurance
companyS stock | their own names,
and SO the mortAes were fraudulent
and void.
This hallucinatidI spoke about, that
all you need Is to / a company going
and 1t will pay easyAoney, made a Curl
Gus tangle in a. lart city not long ago.
There was a mani millionaire, who
owned big hotel an was vice president
Of bank. The otN character in the
story was an insurae company which
needed some propertto start on. So
this banker gave q M for 800, boo to his
bank and got certilte Of deposit for
the same amount-tn is, the amount
was such that he g81O0,OOO after the
proper discount was be. /!
He turned the ce4cate Of deposit
over to the insurance hpany and took |
the companys STOCK Exchange. Then l
the company took thettificate of de- I
The Washington herald., 1911-01-22

Its no use,' he said. Your father.
DR.. Lockwood. and Ben Ford will run
the whole thing. as usual
My father was as true and good a man
as ever lived. Lockwood and Ford were
good men, too. Well. l persuaded my
friend to go along with me and 1 picked
up about twenty more young men before
got to the meeting place. l had myself
elected chairman because 1 had learned
parliamentary law at college. Ny asso-
ciates and myself managed everything.
Bailey. senior. Lockwood. and Ford sent
a contesting delegation to the county con-
vention, saying, among other things, that
l was disqualified because 1 lacked four
years OF being a voter. But We were
seated. Then my father proposed that 1
give his delegates na.r a vote each. You
may have our chairs to sit in, l said.
but we shall do all the voting ourselves
And We did.
Until four or five years ago, I was
called a radical on the railroad question.
Now I am said to be a conservative. 1
believed that the government should own
our transportation lines. 1 did not, nor
have 1 changed my mind. I think the
railways should be permitted to charge a
fair price for god service and that every
shipper should he given the same rate
for the same ervice under similar cir
cumstances. If the national government
ever begins to bther about the small de-
tails Of supervision and regulation, it
will overlook th big matters that are of
vital importanG to everybody
Why II Moved to Texas.
Moving to fxas that he might get |
out Of coutry where negroes out
numbered the white men two to one, |
Bailey, at the zee Of twenty-seven. OPP
posed Judge Sis Hare for the nominal
ton to Congress The last meetings Of |
the campaign vre held at Mckinney, in !
the northeastet part of the State.
Bailey addressed the voters at IL o'clock
in the morning At the close of his
speech he said hat Judge Hare would
The Washington herald., 1911-01-22

speak ir the afternoon. "All of you
know Judge Hare" he went on. for he
was Confederate solder; he has lived
among you for many years. and he has
served in Congress with distinction. l
hope you will hear his speech
The particulars Of the meetings at Nc
Kinney. given me by Texas man. are
OF moment in estimating the Bailey habit
OF mind inside and beyond the Senate.
dict in his own behalf. did not cause
him to say: Il hope you will hear his
speech
They did hear his speech; but not
before Bailey. seen at the courthouse
door. had been lifted to the shoulders
OF several young men and carried to a
front seat. There were unmannerly
cheers for Bailey after Hare began to
speak, which Bailey silenced while stand
ing on a chair. At the second outburst.
winch was general and prolonged, Judge
mare said: Il came here after the war
between the States. I have lived here
ever since Here my children were born.
III young man, rather new to the conn
Try. must arise and beg you to give me
respectful hearing. / think it is time
LOT me to quit. Nominate him." Until
ms oeath. several years ago. Hare was
Bailey's faithful friend, rejoicing in his
honors and helping him when he could.
And So He Came to Congress-.
And SO Bailey came to the House of
Representatives. tall slow-moving boy,
dressed in Texas frock-coat, wide pant
aloons. and low-cut vest On his feet.
as 1 remember him. there were boots.
On his head there was big. black hat.
caved in on the crown to take away its
Quakerish look. When he arose to talk.
as he did right away. he seemed to be
principally OF white shirt. That
was in 1891. Bryan and he were sworn
in on the same day. He had the advan-
tage Of his party 10 1886, therefore. in |
that he knew Bryan from the start.
You lived in Mississippi as a boy"
said to Senator Bailey, digging for per-
The Washington herald., 1911-01-22

'Tn begging" said tlphilosophical
beggar. much, very md depends ON
the manner Of approach.
The old. old way Of SD 4 walled
the streets last night a1've rot to
walk 'em tonight and ut had any.
thing to eAt for seventeenk the I'm.
pie and commonly clumsy kal to sym.
pathy. is still the way molten fol-
lowed because 1t IL the Ell: hut not
all men are sympathetic then the
person appealed to In this Is always
ready to detect q naw In ttory. the
purpose Of which n thus ddkd nv In
OVERRIDING.
'TxaSyeration - the fatI S6scf N
most begying stories, . def( hst not
only defeats the .beggAr BID - The
person to whom appeal 10 md 70 dr.
tinct sa&iGfactions. In the q heco e
Gives that pesson . chance I'd rSa-
II 10 himself for detecting . and
then knowing that - has (rthers
The Washington herald., 1911-01-22

satisfaction OF keeping his money, he
doesn't have to give up.
The application Of title to man Is q
great help II you know the title to give
him and just how to apply It. Many .
man likes to be addressed ~ Judge. .
great many men are nightly pleased by
being addressed as doctor and there are
men who like to be addressed by military
titles. might say that some such men
/ address AZ Colonel. but more ~ Majof.
and there Il sound reason In this. Plenty
Of man would not aspire to or would not
expect to attain the rank Of Colonel, and
they would shy II 70 addressed. though
the1 might consider themselves fully
oqual to and fitted for the RANK Of Major.
In military titles never 90 below that
rank. I never call anybody Captain, there
p no mau who doesn't consider himself
q for higher rank than that, and very
leldpm addroD . man - booAy though
hat NAY somst1mee a an - we'll
The Washington herald., 1911-01-22

$50 now with this appeal to human
vanity to be used. II It may be. as an aid
and an opening wedge. I compose my
story. know on sight what persons I
can strike with some hope Of success, and
don't waste time on others: and then I
must decide on sight as to the form Of
the appeal and ~ to whether Il should be
made to sympathy only or to both SYM
pathy and vanity.
Here now Is begging that calls for
keen discernment. quick action In deci-
sion ~ to the precise nature and the ex-
tent Of the call and sound Judgment a. to
the opening approach. Such begging b
indeed an intellectual pursuit, calling
Into operation Ill the faculties Of the
mind. with an added tincture Of the
heart: and just ~ surely - doss success
rome to every man Who follows what
svef pursuit with intelligsnce and with
complete devotion, % dos such oagy1ngl
he1ng IT. own rev1edD = ~ be9Baf."