Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-02-08
HOOK IS BLOCKED
| IN JUDGESHIP At
THE LAST MINUTE:
i Taft intended 10 Send His Name
To The Senate Today. But
/ Protests st5p His
] Action.
4 CONSIDERING OTTER MEN
I,orisner Witness, Accused By
Burns Detectives Of Fer
jury, Takes Stand to
Deny His Guilt
CONSIDERING OTTER MEN
TODAY in CONGRESS.

Senate IN session at 4 g. M.
Hearings on stee! tariff revision
bill begun by finance comfnit*ee.
Charles McGcwan, Hines Lori
ner witness, repudiated ALLEGED
admissions of perjury before Lori
mer committee.
House met ut neon.
Investigation of Lawrence,
Mass. strike asked by Representa-
Agricultural departments atti-
tude toward Florida everglades
lands discussed by agriculture
committee.
Steel trust investigating corn
mittee heard testimony on convict
labor in steel plants in the south.
Foreign affairs committee mem
bers will introduce legislation to
give president added power to pro-
tcct Americans along the Mexican
border.
Senate forrian relations cornmit-
tee sheived Honduren loan treaty.
FUR seal treaty bill up for de-
bate and vote in the House.
Representative Martin. CT South
Dakota, introduced bill for fed.
eral corporation commission Of
five members to regulate affairs OF
interstate corporations.
Washington. Feb. Following AN
hours session of the fou, lawyers IN
President Taft's cabinet today 1t be
came known that the proposed nonina-
ton of Judge William &. Hook, oi
+ ansas, to the supreme court had been
held up and would not be sent to the
Senate this afternoon us President Taft
had intended.
According to Kansas men at the
White House today the latest protests
against Judge Hook have grown out OF
an Oklahoma case In which an attempt
was made to secure dining and sleep
ing car privileges for negroes The
United States court Judge Hook con-
curring, decided that IL was optiona
With the railroad to furnish these cars
for negroes. Representative Anthony
of Kansas, told President Taft today
that many negroes in his state i1at
withdrawn their protests against Judge
Hook.
1T was SAID the president has opened
no the whole question again and taa'
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Ma
gel and Senator Sutherland, of Utah
are again being considered. Mir Mage
Was not present at the cabinet nleee
Ing today.
Charles McGowan. the young Cana
dian, who has been the storm cente
for the Lorimer senatorial investisa
ton since private detectives Charge
that he admitted procuring llinsel
TOR $l,500'' testified today that he ht,
received $500 from G. r. Nicfe.
I,rotherinlaw of Edward Hines for III,
losses sustained by abscntc from III
business in Canada whtle NJ Was be
3i'o he committee in Washington las
i flS
Mcc.ossan testified that while waitin,
in Chicago several days to see Mich
about reimbursement he met II ;.
Shields. who has .!gurcd several time
in the investigation
you wouldn't get q cent If yo
were dealing with me- Mceowan tes
tified Shields remarked when !,
had explained his desire To sc
Wiehe Mr. MCGOWAN told of mn@t
ing Detective Bailey
did you ever tell Bailey or any
body else that you had periurcd youi
self terribly for the Hines bunch. ,
thai. in substance" asked Attoino
Iienecy.
~oia You ever say you were goin
TO hold the Hines bunch up for So
Oo02"
eDld you ever ask &. E wiebs :,
$4,000 or $1,000 Tor perjuring your
self%7
NO sir"
MCGOWAN denied that r. j. shiel,
'sho.ed money" toward him when i
signed an affidavit in the case So O
through Baileys testimony the attorne
went, MCGOWAN c:tegorically dienyir
| in short no sir" answers material a
| legation by Bailey of McGowan's 81
| called admissions.