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The Sentinel=record., 1912-08-24
ROOSEVELT MAY
 GIVE TESTIMONY
BELIEVED HE WILL BE CALLED BEFORE THE SENATE CAM
 PAlGN PROBE COMMITTEE.

Washington, Aug. 23.-It is believed tane the stand within few days be- fore the senate subcommittee inyes : tigating campaign. expenditures to answer charges made today by John D Archbold that Mir. Roosevelt had knowledge~of the use of Standard Oi, money in his campaign of 1904.
 The committee was divided tonight over it's futureacourse of action. Upon the arrival tomorrow of Senator Luke Lea, one of the absent democratic members of the committee, it will be determined whom to call and where the next meeting will take place Several members of the snb-commit- tee favor transferring the hearings at once to New York, where Col Roose- welt, Geo. w Perkins, Geo c. Cor telyou and members of the Standard Oil company's board of directors might testify.
 The statement made today by John D. Archibold, financial head of the Standard Oil Company. made a clear cut issue between him and Col Roose- velt, according to members of the sub committee, who would not dis cuss the matter tonight. Mr. Archi- bold testified that his understanding that Col Roosevelt knew about, and indorsed the Standard oil contribu- tions, came through former Treasurer IC. N. Bliss, treasurer of the republi- can national committe who is dead
 Although Col Roosevelt publicly stated it was absurd for him to ap- bear before the senate committee, it Is understood, he has consented to take the stand, if necessary
 If Mir. Cortelyou is recalled. it will be to explain the statements made by MT. Archibold that Mr Cortelyou, as chairman of the national committee, knew of and sanctioned the Standard Oil contributions. Senator Pomerene of Ohio, who sat with the sub-com- mlttee today to represent the absent democratic members, probably will be made a permanent member of the committee in place of Senator Payn- ter of Kentucky.
 The committee then will con- sist of Senator Clapp, chairman Senators Jones, Oliver, Lea, and Pomerene.
 The committee is authorized to continue its sessions after the ad iournment of congress, and conclu- sion of the session tomorrow will not Interfere with the immediate sum- morning of other witnesses.
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OROzCO TRAPPED
 BY THE FEDERALS
GEN. TELLEZ BELIEVES REBEL COMMANDO ER-IN-cHlEF WILL
 BE TAKEN SOON.

Juarez, Mexico, Aug. 23.-Caught as mouse in a trap, although the trap is 100 miles wide and 200 miles long is PascuaI Orozco. commander in chief is declared by advices received here by General Joaquin Teliez, federal commander of this zone. The official announcement is verified by railway representatives and other sources.
 Orozco now has only about GOO men. He is surrounded by federal troops aggregating le ,000, that are spread out from the city of Chihuahua to the south, to the border at this point and along the Mexicar Central, running directly north to the border, and the Mexico Northwestern, which runs from Chihuahua City west and north to Juarez.
 Orozco left Villa Ahumada, station midway between Chihuahua and Jua- reg, only yesterday Three times he attempted to move away from the railway only to have his scouts en- counter some federal force. On his final departure yesterday, he burned his trains, 65 ears, destroyed three lo- comotives and, mounting his men. rode away to the southwest. The rebels are suffering greatly for want of food for themselves and horses.
 Moving across this same territory, General Antonio Rabago, with 2,000 federal cavalry and 1,5UU additional troops, went west from the city of Chihuahua. yesterday. This morning 400 troops were despatched from Jua- reg over the railway for the southwest. This, it is believed here, will insure the capture of OroZco.
 Coincident with the last departure of Orozco for the southwest, the Mex ican Northwestern railway was cu1 between Pearson and Cumbro. Two hundred rebels thus attempted to make a way for their commander to escape into the state of Sonora. where the greater part of the rebel army is moving toward the west coast with the evident intention of taking sea port.
 But the communication was cut only temporarily. Seventy-fiye federal cav alrymen were sent out from Pearson and met the rebels early today near Cumbro. The insurrectos were rout ed, losing three killed and 26 captured besides suffering the loss of their am
 intuition and provision train. The
 road has been repaired and traffic is | resumed
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End Promised to Be Tame.

Washington, Aug. 23---Veterans of congress failed tonight to recall an other such tame" ending of congress as that which marks. the dying of the present session, which probably will close tomorrow afternoon. None of the feverish haste and hustle that usu- ally ohdTacterizes the completion of legislation and the passage of confer ence reports on appropriation bills was apparent tonight.
 Majority Leader Underwood today reached an informal agreement with Senators Penrose and Shoot to dis pose of all general legislation tonight leaving only the conference report on the general deficiency bill to be acted on tomorrow. The house recessed al o'clock until S:30 and the senate went ahead with the passage of the appropriation bills, so the house could consider them tonight.
 The army bill caused but little de bate in either branch, and the confer ence report was adopted by botf houses today.
 The senate passed the general de ficiency bill after short debate ant conferees will adjust differences of th' | two houses on the measure tomorrow The postoffice appropriation bin wal sIhe last to pass the senate.
 The general deficiency bill, as passed the senate carried nearly SIP ] 0O0,O0 almost double the amount o
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NEWSPAPER MEN MAKE HIM SUB JEcT OF MUCH GOOD MA
 TuRED ROASTING.
STANDARD OIL CONTRIBUTION
Rudolph SpreckIes and John ]. Blaine to Perfect Organization to Work for the Election of Demo
 cratic Candidate.

Seagirt, N. J., Aug. Ex-Governor Woodrow Wilson saw before him at dinner tonight heavy bag labelled two million dollar contribution from the Standard Oil Company" Instead of money, however, the bag contained sand
 The occasion was dinner by the newspaper correspondents to the gov ernor's cousin, James Woodrow, who has been one of the secretaries here, but who will leave tomorrow for the University of South Carolina to be- come an instructor in mathematics.
 The dinner was after the manner of Gridiron club dinners in Washington, a program of stunts" being carried out, some of which were directed at the candidate. On the table in front of the governor was bull moose. A toy battleship represented the dona- ton of the democratic congress to the navy. It was labelled, however, Made in Germany" which label the governor. in recent speech. declared was to be found on too many articles bought in this country.
 A tiny sail boat, flying the Ameri- can flag, was intended to show the restoration of the merchant marine, the subject of many of the governor s campaign speeches. During the day the governor saw few callers. Con gressman Joseph E. Ransdell, presi- dent of the national rivers and har- bors congress, brought delegation to urge the governor to attend the convention of that organization al Memphis. September 24, 25 and 26. The governor said he would go if he could possibly arrange it. Former Governor Campbell of Texas, George Foster Peabody of New York, and D. Collazo, the Porto Rico delegate to the Baltimore convention called, they said, to pay their respects. MT. Col lazo discussed conditions in Porto Rico with the governor.
 These people are very keen on the development of Porto Rico," said the governor afterward.
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ARKANSAS NEGRO NAMED.
John E. Bush Elected Vice President
 of Business League.

Chicago, Aug 25.-Dr Booker T. Washington tonight was reelected president of the National Negro BuY- ness League at the closing session Of the leagues annual convention to. night
 Philadelphia was chosen as the con yention city for 1913 The fiftieth an niversary Of the emancipation of the American negro will be observed a, that meeting. More than $20,000 al ready has been subscribed toward the payment of expenses
 Other officers chosen were. Vice presidents, Charles Banks, Mound Ba- you, Miss; J. E Bush, Little Rock, Ark; Harry T. Pratt, Baltimore, and John NJ Wright, Topeka. Kans. Elm met J. Smott, Tuskegee, correspond ing secretary; Charles H. Anderson, Jacksonville, Fla, treasurer.
 While the crowd was leaving the church in which the convention was held, J. T. Settle of Memphis was rob bed of $700.
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PEER0SE ROASTED
 RY! VAN VIA!. VAIKENHIJRRGti VvAAILKKEIIRIRt Rti
LATTER CALLS SENATOR A BRl5- FER AND coRRUPTIoNlsT AND
 OTHER CHOICE NAMES.

Philadelphia. Aug 23.-E A. Van Valkenburg. editor of the North Amer ican, tonight issued an open letter to Senator Penrose in which he gives his version of the prosecution for bribery brought against him 16 years ago, which was referred to by the senator in his address to the senate Wednes- day.
 In the letter, Mir Van Valkenburg declares the prosecution was the re- suit of conspiracy and tells of efforts to get the editor to trial
 Confronted with the exposure Of a trial would have inevitably caused, of the crime and corruption of your friends the letter continues, your state machine ordered the abandon ment of the prosecution, and it was abandoned of record No penny was ever paid by me, or with my consent or knowledge by any one else for me, or in my behalf.
 This was 16 years ago. On We'd nesday last under the cover of a claim of personal privileges, you ad- dressed your colleagues in an at- tempted explanation of your unques- tioned guilt You availed yourself of the opportunity to make an assault upon me by making false statement respecting the abandoned criminal charge of 16 years ago that your friends brought a convicted periurer to institute.
 The true facts of that conspiracy framed in your behalf, have stated above Your falsified version was a mere subterfuge to divert the atten- ton of the public from your proven senatorial crimes.
 @The stain of corruption money is on your hands The mark of corporate bribery is on your forehead, and your attempt to divert the finger of scorn and accusation from you by a slauder of me will De unsuccessful.
 You have more to answer to the nation for than the Standard Oil bribes which passed into your hands. The foundation of your present title to- admission to the senate is as black with moral and legal guilt as Lori mer's. If an authorized tribunal of the senate will hear the testimony, the North American will produce the evi- dence that you are briber and a cor ruptionist, and that you hold your seat by support bought with money. If you are a man-an ordinary man with red blood in your veins-you will ask the senate to investigate this direc; and unequivocal charge
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DENY CANAL RATE WAR.
suez Company Says Rates Were Re
 duced to Cut Dividends.

Paris, Aug. 23--ln reply to reports cabled hare from America. stating that canal rate war was predicted in Washington and that this would in volve all the maritime nations of the world, the Suez Canal Company today authorized the following statement:
 For many years dhe Suez Canal Company has pursued a policy by which every time it's dividends have increased. the tolls have been reduc' ed It was in accordance with this traditional policy that the stoclxhold CTS were advised at the general meet ing last June that a reduction of dues weuld be granted, The directors ol tho company have In no way consid cred the hypothesis of measures oi reprisal"
 The Snez Canaf Company, at its an nual meeting in Paris on June 2. re ported an increase of $S66i000 in its receipts. compared with tho preceding
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spreckIes to Aid Wilson.

Chicago, Aug. 23.--Joseph E. Davies of Wisconsin, secretary of the demo- cratic national committee, tonight an nounced that Rudolph Spreckles of California, and John J. Blaine of Wis consn, both supporters of United States Senator La Toilette in his campaign for republican presidential nomination, had agreed to head an or ganization to work for Woodrow VII son.
 According to tentative plans of the democratic managers, the organization will be known as the Wilson National Progressive League, and will make an active fight in support of Wilson among republicans.
 In reply to a telegram from United States Senator Gore of Oklahoma, one of the democratic leaders at the Chi. cago headquarters, Mir, Spreckles tele- graphed that he would be glad to act as president of the proposed league.
 MT. Blaine, who directed consider able of the work of Senator LsaFol- lette's pre-convention campaign, tele- graphed he would assist Mir. Spreckles.
 It was said Mir. ,Spreckles would or ganize the western division of the league at San Francisco, then come to Chicago and organize the middle western division, and finally go to New York to open an eastern head quarters.
 Allied in this work also will be Charles R. Crane of Chicago, formerly active in the republican party
 A. s, Burleson of Texas, chairman of the democratic campaign speakers bureau, arrived today. He will go tt Maine to make a series of speeches there during the state campaign.
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COOPER SURF PRlsED.
Member of General Board of Apprais-
 CTS Hears News.

Beaumont. Texas, Aug. 2S.-Hon. s. E. Cooper member of the board of general appraisers who is spending his vacation here, was rather surprised at the announcement in the press this morning that President Taft has or dered an investigation of the board.
 T had no idea that an investigation of our branch of the treasury depart. ment was contemplated" said MT. Cooper. There has been some lits4- friction between the board and As sistant Secretary of the Treasury Cur tis, and | think possibly the animus for the investigation may have come from that section. It is also probable there is nothing more to the matter than general inquiry into all depart ments.'
 Mir Cooper admitted that the only interest he could see that the treas ury department had in the work might be the boards failure to bring about larger revenues to the govern ment through it's decisions.
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SEEKS ANOTHER PROBE.

Washington, Aug. 23-The senate today adopted Senator Bacon's resolu- tion authorizing an investigation of "the invasion of Nicaragua by Amer ican troops. The senate's special committee, he added, by Senator Wil. liam Alden Smith. appointed to inves- tigate the alleged aid by Americans of revolutions in Cuba and Mexico, is empowered to make the Nicaraguan inquiry.
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SEVEN POLICE INSPECTORS SUM- MOVED BY ASSISTANT DIS
 TRicT ATTORNEY DeFoRD.
ASK THEM ABOUT DEPO SITS
Whitman Denies There Is Any Clue to Murderers at Large--Many "Nearn Catches Have Resulted Since
 Offer of the Reward.

New York, Aug. 23-~The firss step toward laying a foundation for the "John Doe" proceedings by which it is planned to bare police graft in this city, was taken today when seven po- lice inspectors were summoned to tho office of Assistant District Attorney DeFord They were under summons authorized by Justice Golf, to bring with them all data pertaining to gambling and other illegal resorts in their respective districts. This data includes addresses of raided resorts. names of their ruptured owners and records of all arrests and convictions in the several districts during the last three years. including the recent period during which Police Lieutenant Charles Becker, the accused instiga- tor of the murder of Herman Rosen- thai, is charged by his self-confessed accomplces with having profited from blackmail
 This material will be used by MT. DeFord, who has been given charge of the inquiry as a ground work for the investigation for the summoning of witnesses and tIhe cross-examina- tion of the inspectors themselves. all of whom, 1t is expected. will be sum- moned before Justice Golf. Former heads of tine. police department under Mayor Gaynor's administration are among those who will also be asked to testify as well as number of dep uty commissioners. It is not unlikely. it is said. that Mayor. Gaynor himself l will hn called
 One of the inspectors. together with high civilian employe at police headquarters, will be asked to explain at the proceedings the reason for she unusually large bank accounts which investigators have found in their names, as well as their reason for re- gently engaging safe deposit boxes. investigation Ss ttiiiese tii accounts, as well as those of other police officials under suspicion of grating, was con tinued today, but nothing could be learned as to the results.
 District Attorney Whitman,s offer ing reward of s5.000 for the capture of "Gyp the Blood and Lefty Iz0uie' wanted for the murder of Rosenthal, resulted today in the receipt of dozens of near" clues from all over the country. One of them had it that Lefty Louie had been found in the Colorado Rockies, but it was denied at the district attorneys office that any authentic track of either man had been obtained
 MT. Whitman left today for his usual weekend visit with his family at Man chester, Vt.
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HOUSEsPASSES BILL l ID HELP FARMERS
PROVIDES FOR GOVERNMENT AID TO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES
 BY DEMONSTRATION WORK.

Washington, Aug. 23.-The house today passed the Lever bill to provide for federal appropriations to estab- fish agricultural colleges for extension of farm demonstration. An agricultu ral extension department would be es' tablished in each college to give In structions and practical demonstra ton in agriculture and home econo mics through field demonstrations. pub lieatluns and otherwise, The hill has not passed the senate. where the Page vocational education bill Is pending The two measures are similar In some respects.
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year, the total for 1911 being $27,- 762,000 This, it was said, at the meeting. justified a further reduction in the tariff on vessels which would go into force next January.
 The reduction in tolls granted by the Suez Canal Company to become ef- fective with the beginning of next year amounts to 10 cents per ton.
 The council of administration is anxious to make it clear that tHlis re duction has no connection with any possible competition between the two international waterways.
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le expectation of receiving improper

the expectation of receiving improper consideration.
 q do not for one moment believe that MT. Bliss made any such re- marks to MT. Archibold as MT. Archi bold says For example, MT. Archi- bold states that he and the late H. H. Rogers visited me at the white house and 1 then remarked to them that there had been some criticism about campaign contributions. This is a falsehood. Neither on that oc- casion nor on any other occasion was one word said by either MT. Archibold or by MT. Rogers to me about cam paign contributions.
 'fMr. Rogers and MT. Archibold called on that occasion to protest against any government action being taken against the Standard Oil com pany. This was one of number of calls which MT. Archibold made OH me to try to prevent action against the Standard Oil company by the bureau of corporations under the de partment of the interior and by the department of justice. If MT. Archi- bold had really believed that MT. Bliss had told him that l knew of any con tributoin by Standard Oil or had felt that he was jeopardized by progress refused to make contribution or was entitled to immunity for having made one, he would certainly, in one of those calls, have said as much. He never broached the subject.
 ''He merely said. over and over again, that Mir. Garfield and Mir H. K Smith were treating him unfairly and he denied again and again that the Standard Oil company ever got any rebates or ever did anything that was not absolutely proper And, he would keep on with these henials even when 1 would tell him that l had in my possession reports from the bureau of corporations and the sec- reary of the interior which con showed that the Standard Oil company had been taking re- bates of the largest possible scale.
 "Inasmuch as Mir. Archibold does not tell the truth in regard to hig
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PRE SENT SESSION EXPECTED TO END WITH THE PROCEEDINGS
 OF TOMORROW.
END IS DECIDEDLY TAME
Underwood Reaches Agreement With Senate Leaders to Dispose of All Pending Legislation and
 Adjourn Today.

Washington, Aug. 23.-Plans for ad- journment of congress tomorrow were threatened tonight in the house by a determined fight of Representative Murdock of Kansas against an appro- priation of $S5,000 for mail service on the Eads bridge across the Mississippi river The bridge connects East St. Louis and St Louis, and is owned by l5 corporations.
 MT Murdock, amid exciting scenes among members anxious to get home. insisted on point of no quorum and a hurried call was sent out for ab- sentees.
 The attack on the bridge company came during consideration of the conference report on the postoffice appropriation bill, which the senate already had adopted Mir. Murlock first made the point of order that the coDferees had exercised their author ity in putting into the bill an amend ment which provided tii;at part of tine appropriation for inland transporta- ton of mails should be paid for car rying mails across the bridge connect ing those two cities, "other than upon a mileage basis" and vesting discre- tionary authority in the postmaster general to pay fair and reasonable price for the special transfer and ter minal service, the cost not to exceed s35,000.
 MT. Murdock said that a trust con trolled the Eads bridge, the same trust that operated the Merchants bridge nearby. Representative Moon of Tennessee and Representative Weeks of Mississippi, the house con. ferees, replied that the appropriation just about covered the actual cost of the service to the bridge company. MT. Murdock suggested that the SUI preme court had declared the Eads bridge company trust Mir. Moon replied that, trust or no trust, the gov ernment should deal fairly and justly with 1t.
 The speaker overruled The point of order on precedents that he said stretched back over century, and then overruled Mir Murdock's request for unanimous consent for a separate vote on the amendment.
 Mir. Murdock then made the point of no quorum, and score of members voiced their indignation across the house chamber, Earlier in the day, in anticipation of the move, Speaker Clark and others had talked with MT. Murdock in an effort to show that in sistence upon a quorum at this time might mean throwing adjournment of congress over into next week
 After the roll call had proceeded some time, 1t became apparent that not even an approximate quorum could be obtained tonight and the house adjourned until 10 o'clock to- morrow morning, when the question of the adoption of the conference report on the postoffice bill will be again brought up. It was generally under stood after adjournment that Mir. Murdock would not renew his vital point, of no quorum, in which event the democratic leaders will be able to carry out their adjournment program.
 House leaders, taking no chances, sent messages late tonight to ab- sentee democrat representatives to rush back to Washington to insure quorum.
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the house bill Many amendments were adonted in the senate

the house bill. Many amendments were adopted in the senate.
 Chief among the senate's additions was the item of $66,000 to repay con trfbutors to the ransom fund for El- len M. Stone, the American mission ary, captured in 1901 by Bulgarian brigands
 An amendment changing the title of the office of supervising architect in the treasury department to the bureau of public buildings, was adopted.
 The supervising architect would be known as the director of public build ings.
 The senate agreed to the confer ence report on the postoffice appro- priation bill after a short discussion of the parcels post plan indorsed by by the conference committee.