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The Washington times., 1912-06-04
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
IN RALEIGH HOTEL
Tracy D. Bennett Shoots Himself
In Breast and Will Prob
ably Die.

A man believed to be Tracy D. Ben-
nett, piano tuner. OF 112O Girard street
northwest. shot himself In the brea st
shortly after l o'clock this afternoon,
whlle IN a room on the fourth floor of
the Raleigh Hotel. He was taken fo
the emergency Hospital where the surg
cons said he would probably die.
sealed letter addressed TO Rem
nett brother, X. r. Bennett, a LAWYER
with Offices in the Metropolitan Bank
building, Is believed to explain the mo-
tive which prompted Bennett to at
tempt to take his life. Sergeant lee
Of the First precinct. and Defective e
Vermillion, of headquarters, took DOS
session of the note and said they would
ing IT.
Bennett went to the hotel about
midnight last night. He had no bac-
sage and paid for his room in ad-
vance, saying he was going to leave
the city early this morning. He regis
tered as T. B. Bennett, Washingion
About 1:lb this afternoon guests Of
the hotel were startled by the report
or pistol. Several persons rushed
to the corridors on the fourth floor
Mhile one of the employees went to
1ennetts room and opened the door
with a pass key, The man was living
on the moor fully dressed, with blood
moving from the wound in his breast,
BY his right hand was the revolver
with which he had shot himself
The Washington times., 1912-06-04
PEARSALLS ADOPT
PHILIP HICHBORN, JR.
Sister Of Young Attorney Who
Killed Himself to Care
For Son.

Little Philip Hichborn. the hve-year-
old son of Philip s. and Elinor M. Hich-
born, the principals in the scandal and
tragedy that shocked social Washing
ton, was today adopted by Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul 8. Pearsall. at whose home the
broken-hearted father Of the child COM
mitted suicide on March q.
Mrs, Pearsall was a sister of the
young attorney and author who killed
himself. and Is greatly devoted to her
the name of Pearsall and will become
the heir to the Pearsail estate under
the terms of the adoption, which was
authorized by Justice Dan Thew Wright
in Equity Court No. 2,
The petition OF Mr.. and Mrs. Pearsall
relates the general features leading up
to the suicide of the child's father. II
tells of the elopment of Mrs. Hichborn
and Horace Wylie, and their flight
through Europe, and reiterates the
charge that the whereabouts of the
woman are now unknown.
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LOR|MER LISTENS
AS KERN ASSA|LS
HIS RIGHT TO SEAT
Indiana Senator Argues
Against Rule of Res
Ia Adjudicata.

with Senator Lorimer present and
listening to his speech, Senator Kern OF
INDIANA opened the battle to oust Lori
mer from the Senate this afternoon.
senator Lorimer was in the Senate
chamber for the first time in weeks,
having hurried back from Chicago yes
terday. While the Indiana Senator
spoke. the Senator from Illinois sat
eiose to him, occupying, not his own
seat but one along the main aisle.
word of the remarks of Senator Ky Ksry
snd or the Interruptions made at times
~ senators Hepburn and Dillingham;.
Iiilnois member. ''e
.,Prefacing his remarks with statements
snat ne regretted tho necessity. Of ad-
dressing the Senate in support of a
nssoiutlon declaring vacant the seat Of
one OF its members because of corrunt
methods and practices, Senator Kenn
addressed himself to the plea ~ res
ad1udicata. He held there was no
Iu$tlncation for this plea and he riddled
nrsy severely In brief. but strong legal
TO Finish Tomorrow.
senator Kern did not complete his
speech this afternoon and will resume
tomorrow. His address is the open-
ing gun In the war on Lorimer II Ia
xpected the debate will last ten days
That the struggle will end with the
unceremonious ousting of Lorimer from
the senate unless ne resigns Is regarded
US practically assured at the Capitol.
void of any attack on Lorimer. Lead
ing up to his argument on res adm
dicata. he said.
g.. my duty here is particularly pain
= because the man whose right TO
u a,
SENATOR representing a State adjacent
20 my own, a man of pleasing per-
ssonssitityi sorsiyi whose private life, as un-
Sems ife fsS Is idss Ssen PMaTe Mr and whose
lations with him during INV short
stay here have been exceedinsiy
pleasant and | can but regard him
as genial and kindly man"
Regarding the question Of res adj
Judicata, Senator Kern said:
9o not propose to discuss this
itx iHTestion at length because a major
lawyers by profession, and those who
are not are men Of AFFAIRS, not Likely
S3. to be misled by this elevnth- hour
He laid stress on the fact there
was no suggestion by Senator Lori
men or anyone else in his behalf that
s Ine senate had not ample power to
direct a second investigation of the
case. 0
SoAANS AOO LdlG.
1t was not until the hearings had
ended, he pointed out. that any ques-
tion was raised of the power of the
senate to make reinvestigatiop
"If any members of the committee be-
lieved that the questions being investi- |
gated were res adjudicata they were
strangely reticent in not mentioning It"
SAID Senator Kern. but on the othe.
hand proceeding with an Investigation
At cost of more than $50, ,0O0."
The time for plea OF res adjudicata,
he said, was before the reinvestigation
was ordered 1t was now too late to
urge this remarkable defence.
Senator Kern said for his part he did
not vote for second Investigation sole
ly because new evidence had been found.
WAS very largely Influenced to that
action, he said, by the belief that the
nrst Investigation had been utterly in
complete. and had failed to deveiop
facts which must have been accessible,
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Major Sylvester
Perfects His Plans
To Protect Crowds

Plans for handling the crowds that
are expected here for the unwilling OF
the Columbus Memorial were COM
pleted today. Major Richard Sylvester,
chairman Of the citizens committee on
public order, estimates that at least
$1,000 visitors will arrive and that &c, OOO
Will march in the parade.
Every precaution Is being taken to
guard citizens and visitors against
crooks, who the major believes are
certain to be attracted to the city.
Orders were issued from headquarters
this morning to the captains OF the Diff
ferent police precincts to have all sus-
picious characters rounded Up this af-
ternoon and tomorrow and arrsIgned in
Police Court as vasrants. An effort
Will be made to have all such persons
committed to the workhouse or Jail un.
Major Sylvester says that there will
be fifty extra detectives on duty.
Pennsylvania avenue will be roped off
from Fifteenth street to the Peace Mon
be- used to rope of the space around the
Presidents stand in front of the me-
mortal and the grand marshal's stand.
In Stanton square.
for handling accident cases will be put
up on the White Lot, There will be
ambulance stations at nine different
points along the line OF march. Fifty
will be in readiness to handle
cases and special preparation
will be made At all the hospitals.
Every available patrolman in the Dis
trict will be assigned to duty in the
SECTION OF the city where the parade
will pass.
The fnal meeting of the committee on
public order will be held in the rooms
OF the Chamber OF Commerce tonight at
8 o'clock. Detailed instructions will be
given the members as to their duties.
The oath OF office will be administered
and commissions as additional privates
issued. Major sylvester Is chair
man of the committee.
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No Hope of Changing
Inauguration Date

Rsther than attempt to push his
amendment to the Constitution changing
the Inauguration date from March 4 Ia
the last Thursday in April against ehe
heavy opposition of the Democrats and
Republicans. Representative Henry, of
the Rules Committee, today withdrew
me measure from consideration of the
House. He will not recall the measure
at this session of Congress.
After Henry's montion, Rrepresenta-
tive Fitzgerald, chairman of the House
Committee on Appropriations. moved
mat the House resume consideration of
the sundry civil bill.
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Minister Egan Will
Address Alumni Body

Eighty alumni OF the Catholic Uni
versity Of America will dine together
this evening at the annual banquet of
the alumni association which will be
held at Rauscher's beginning at $3.50
o'clock. Maurice r. Egan. United States
minister to Denmark. and former pro-
fessor of English at the university, will
be one OF those responding to toasts as
will the rector OF the university, Mgr.
T. ]. Shahan. 1t was expected that the
papel legate, Mgr. Bonzano would be
The Washington times., 1912-06-04
Sues for $4,000.

Mrs, Hannah Newly today filed suit in
the District Supreme Court for $4,000
damages against the Capital Traction
Company. She alleges she was injured
when street car collided with a car
riage In which she was riding on De-
cember q last. Attorneys Alvin l..
Newmyer and 8. @. Quinn represent her
The Washington times., 1912-06-04
Boarding House Owner
Saws She Was SWindled

Mrs, Sarah Mclean, a boarding house
keeper at 22i First street southeast, re-
ported to the police today that she had
cashed a worthless check for $40 by q
man who engaged a room at her house
yesterday. The man offered to pay
check for SO, receiving IS in change.
The police say the man answers the
description of a swindler who has OBJ
tained small sums of money from
number of other boarding house keepers
in a similar manner during the last few
weeks
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Committee to Probe
1908 Campaign Funds

The committee which will make An in
vestigation of campaign contributions in
the campaigns of 1908 held a meeting
today at the Capitol.
The committee consists OF Senators
Clspp, Oliver. Jones. Lea, and Kenyon.
Senator Jones was put on in place Of
Senator Bradley who was first chosen
Senator Clapp was chosen chairman
The committee directed hiIa to go ahead
and gather all the information he could
as chairman of the committee. and II
adjourned to meet July !. Witnesses
will be called later.
The Washington times., 1912-06-04

city.
alumni association will be held at 1880
O'Clock and the president, the Rev. will
liam J. Fitzgerald. OF Miilville. N. j..
VIII preside. Father Fitzgerald will act
as POSTMASTER at the dinner,
The Washington times., 1912-06-04
Commissioners Silent
In Repayment" Claim

Until the provision Is discussed on
the floor Of the House the Commits
sioners and officials of the District de-
cline to talk about the provision in the
sundry civil appropriation bill provindg
for the repayment by the District to the
United States Of $7696Ss.09, which Is
claimed as one-half the per capita cost
of maintaining INDECENT patients at the
Government Asylum for the Insane
Commissioner Rudolph said today that
the Commissioners are not fully inform
ed as to the grounds for which repay
ment is asked.
The Washington times., 1912-06-04
National Commercial
Body After Charter

Harry A. Wheeler, of Chicago. presi-
dent of the new Chamber of Commerce
of the United States, and other MEM
bers of the board of directors. met to-
day to arrange for a Federal charter
for the organization. They called on
the House Judiciary Committee and
explained their plans.
Fifteen members OF the board are In
the city attending the sessions at the
Raleigh Hotel
The Washington times., 1912-06-04
Police Seek Trace
Of Check Forger

been sent out from police headquarters
today asking for the arrest of William
A. Coutant, forty-five years old, wanted
in this city on a charge of passing an
alleged worthless draft for $3.50 on "a
prominent citizen"
Major Sylvester. superintendent of po-
lice, and Inspector Boardman, in charge
of the detective bureau, declined to
make public the name OF the man who
cashed the draft or discuss any of the
details of the case.
The Washington times., 1912-06-04
For Freedman Depositors.

senator Cullom introduced an amend
ment to the sundry civil bill allowing
more than $4,000 to pay depositors
OF the defunct Freedman Savings and
trust company, senator Cullom ac-
eonpanled the amendment with a letter
explaining the nature Of the claim Of the
The Washington times., 1912-06-04
Demands Jury Trial.

Julian F. Jones, alias ]. Fred Jones,
arrested on four charges OF false pre-
lenses, which involved the giving of
checks aggregating about $40, pleaded
not guilty In the Police Court today and
asked for jury trial Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Ralph Given fixed the
was remanded to Jail In default of the
bond. No date has been set for the
trial
The Washington times., 1912-06-04
Former Ambassador
Breaks Collar Bone

WEsTBURY. N. Y, June 4-While
playing In practice game of polo on
Phipps field here, Robert Bacon, former
ambassador to France, was thrown
from his pony and broke his collar bone.
Mr.. Bacon was riding down field on a
gailop; when In turning his mount, the
animal slipped, falling partly over him.
The collar bone was set yesterday and
Mr.. Bacon 10 doing nicely.
The Washington times., 1912-06-04
Lecture TODAY.

"Tho Child in the Home and School,
is the subject TO be discussed at the
meeting OF the Home Economics AS
sociation at its headquarters, COZ q
street, this afternoon. All persons in
teTestsd In the subject are invited 10
The Washington times., 1912-06-04
Fisherman Arrested.

Indicted on a charge of violating the
section of the District code prohibiting
using a sein In the Potomac river, AL
bert Queen, colored, of Tenleytown,
was arrested this morning by police OF
the Seventh precinct.
The Washington times., 1912-06-04

Attractive and Comfortable Porch
Rockers, Just like the cut to the right.
round spindles in back and double
woven rattan seats. Have natural mir
ror-like gloss finish. Special net price
for Wednesday and Thursday, Soc.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-01-12
Eleven Indictments

Eight Of the II indictments re-
turned by the grand jury in the
federal court are against persons
charged with selling whiskey to
Indians at Missoula. The re-
naming three indictments charge
tine introduction of whiskey on
the Flathead reservation.
The most important indictment
returned is that against G. A.
Larson, of Poison, who, while
landing on the beach at Poison
from a launch on the lake, was
shot by a special agent of the in
terror department. Larson there
upon sued the special agent for
$4,000 for personal injuries.
This suit is now pending. The
special agent contends Larson
was attempting to bring in a sup
ply of whiskey, and was shot
while resisting arrest. There are
two counts against Larson, one
charging him with introducing
80 quarts of whiskey on the res
ervation July 81 last, and the
second with introducing 60 quarts
on August 6 last.
Mike Matt was indicted on a
charge of introducing whiskey
on the reservation August s last;
and John Herrick in two counts
with introducing whiskey July 6
and July 20 last.
The following persons were
indicted on charges of selling
whiskey to Flathead Indians at
Missoula on the dates mentioned:
Elmer McMenus, Aug. IL, 1911;
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years business it was found that
the last three months Of 1911 had
brought the railroads a large and
profitable traffic, and while the
years traffic may not have shown
as great an increase in volume
over 1910 as 1910 did over 1909,
still a very satisfactory gain was
made, and the return in general
on this class of investments has
left the railroads in position to
get all the money they may need
for extensions and other improve
ments. This confidence on the
part of the big industrial inter-
ests is shared by manufacturers
and business men generally. The
general retrenchment which has
been applied by all has greatly
strengthened them, and in the
next sixty days it appears GER
tain that buying of stocks will be
heavy in anticipation of the
years demands. Lumber deal
ers and others will be heavy buy
ers as soon as they can be as
sured that the presidential year
does not hold the usual menace
to business. This assurance will
be general within the next two
months.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-01-12
Roosevelt and LaF0llette
After Convention Control

tending toward the accomplish
ment of certain great reforms.
Roosevelt will not close the doors.
Through this opening owing to
the fact that Roosevelt will not
promise not to accept any nomi-
nation at any time comes the
great sweep of the Roosevelt
sentiment.
The hopeless politician, desert
ing Taft, fearing LaFollette and
desiring to save his job, has
jumped to Roosevelt. The maR
in the street who always has
loved Roosevelt and has refused
to believe him down and out
this man welcomes the talk of T.
K. Some of the LaFollette fol-
lowing who marshalled them
selves behind Battling Bob as a
forlorn hope, and made a desper-
ate charge on the administration
ramparts- some of these think
they see a chance to transfer the
banner to the hands of the vet
eran general and transform what
has already become a hopeful
fight into a brilliant and easy VIC
tory.
But after all the facts are only
these:
LaFollette is the progressive
candidate.
Roosevelt is avowedly not a
candidate.
Roosevelt and LaFollette are
working in entire accord.
The LaFollette- Roosevelt al
lance is against the nomination
of Taft.
The LaFollette-Roosevelt alli-
ance aims to write the platform
of the next republican conven-
ton.
The nomination will go to that
progressive who is most likely to
lead the cause to victory.
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ellison Gardner, special Wash.
ington correspondent, writes the
following interesting letter on
political conditions as existing at
the present time in the progress
sive republican camp. He says:
'LaFollette and Roosevelt are
working in harmony to insure a
progressive control of the next
republican national convention.
LaFollette is more encouraged
than ever before to carry through
his canvass to the last ballot in
Chicago.
There is no clash between the
LaFollette and the Roosevelt
movements.
LaFollette is a candidate.
Roosevelt is not a candidate.
Both are opposed to Taft. Both
are for the progressive program.
Roosevelt is LaFollette's chief
support. He believes LaFollette
is the best man to make the pro-
gressive fight. The fight must
be made agressively and in the
open.
Roosevelt is not in a position to
make the fight himself. He does
not feel that he can take and ag-
gressive part in sending into pri-
vate life the man he put into the
presidential office.
But Roosevelt will not help
Taft to another term. Taft re-
pudiated all the policies to which
he was pledged, and Roosevelt
feels that this reputation has
deprived Taft of any claim which
might otherwise be imposed by
personal relations or party reg
ularity.
But while Roosevelt will not
help Taft, neither will he be a
candidate against him. If the
voters clamor and the politicians
use his name even after he has
announced that he is not a cam
didate, he cannot help it. Per-
haps it pleases him. He is hu-
man.
If the country should rise as
one man and demand that he ac-
cept another term it is safe to
say that Roosevelt would be even
more pleased. But that has not
yet happened. Perhaps it never
will. But this brings us to the
final paragraph in defining Roose-
velt's attitude.
Roosevelt will not say what he
might or might not do if there
were an overwhelming popular
demand that he take a second
term. He might decline the
honor. He has put aside one re-
nomination which he could have
had. Then he might accept. He
might look upon it as a duty
more than honor. He might re-
gard it as a party Gala call by
earnest citizens for a leadership
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Indians Want
The Money

The Missoulian of last Satur-
day contained an inspired article
concerning the complaint of the
Federated Association of North
American Indians concerning the
withholding of certain money
belonging to them. 1t seems a
Spokane lawyer has conceived of
the plan of organizing the In
dians of the United States into a
secret society, the purpose of
which, primarily, is to get a big
fat fee out of them for some
services to be performed or a
promise to perform. 1t has sue
ceeded SO far as to have the as
ssciation started and officers for
the ensuing year elected, and
some press agents appointed.
The most serious complaint is
the use of their money to build
reclamation bitches, and to this
they are unalterably opposed.
They want the money distrib-
uted now, not after the bitches
are completed and the white set
tier has made his last payment
of the money borrowed from the
Indian. In one way that is all
very we'll, but in another it is all
wrong.
In the first place the Indian
lands here will be much more
valuable with good system of
irrigation completed and it does
not matter whether the water is
ever used or not, this statement
is positively true. One dry sea-
son and the bitches will be worth
all they have cost. Of course, it
may not be just the thing to take
the Indian money to build the
bitches with, when SO many of
them need the cash at this time.
The government agreed, so we
understand, to build the bitches
without cost to the Indian, but
it is taking his money to do the
work with, and will pay it back
after it has again been paid into
the treasury by the white set
tiers, whose lands are to be irri-
gated through the same bitches.
This is true, although the recla-
nation service, or the Indian
reclamation service at least, deny
that any of the white mans
lands are included in the scheme
1t has not been so very long ago
that the writer heard one of the
head engineers connected with
the Indian reclamation service
say that none of the white set
tiers land would be furnished
with water. When asked if the
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-01-12
Railroad Building In 1912
Will Be a Record Breaker

There is every indication that
the railroad building for the year
1912 will be a record breaker.
This is especially true for Mon
tana where several lines are pre-
pairing to extend branch feeders
in several directions and in as
many different parts of the state.
The Milwaukee is preparing to
build in the eastern part of Mon
tana, and also in the central por-
tion. There is also a prospect,
according to reports, of this road
invading the Flathead reserva-
tion on it's way westward to Spo-
kane. The Great Northern has
already let contracts for consid-
cradle work in Fergus county
and it is expected that the work
started there will be continued on
to Mondak, in the extreme east
ern part. Some reports assert
that this road will also build into
this section the coming year, and
it may do so. The Northern Pa
cifc will keep pace with the
other Montana roads and it is
from this line that Roman eX-
poets the most during 1912. 1t
is almost certain that a branch
line will be built from Dixon to
Roman this year, but it is some
what problematical whether this
branch will be built any farther
than here for the time being.
Roman would be delighted to be
the terminus for a few years of
a line from Dixon this way, and
we expect to have this realize
before the summer is over.
In discussing the prospects for
railroad activity during 1912, A.
S. Taylor of the Union Trust Co.,
at Everett, Washington, who
lately visited the east for the
purpose of ascertaining the in
tentions Of the big companies for
the coming season, says:
I'm Montana the Great Nor
thern and Milwaukee railroads
have completed their plans to
push new lines through the state
and to construct feeders. The
Flathead reservation section as
we'll as the eastern and central
sections are to be invaded and
the contest between the two rail-
roads is to be the livliest of any
waged in years.
plans and operations show
that a strong reaction from the
depression which has prevailed
over the country is now under
way" said Mr.. Taylor. Those
interests which exert the great
est influence in industrial affairs
are going ahead in a way that
indicates that nothing is going
to occur to retard a business re-
vival that will mark the year as
notable in general prosperity.
In the summing up of the
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-01-12
B1RDsEYE VIEW OF ROMAN DID,

Pat Moran, Aug. II, 1911; T. j.
Tilton, Sept. 10, 1911; Jess
Brooks, Oct. 2, 1911; J. A. Frid,
Sept. II, 1911; Emil Groth, Sept.
II, 1911; Rudolphy Borneman,
alias Rudolph Boreman, Sept. 10,
1911; Frank Williams, Oct. 2,
1911.