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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-15
ONE MAN DEAD IN
 INTERURBAN WRECK

Greencastle, Ind, Aug. 14.-One man was killed, two seriously in- jured and ten others hurt late this afternoon when a limited interurban on the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction line, ran into an open switch four miles west of here.
 Walter E. Fritsche, an Indianapolis motorman was killed. The wrecked car went through the switch into a ditch and stopped with its pilot and part of the vestibule buried in mud bank. The car was running at a speed of 45 miles an hour.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-15
HOUSE SLAPS TAFT
 A SECOND TIME.
PASSES STEEL BILL OVER PRESI. DENTS VETO BY A VOTE OF
 173 TO SS.
Representative Stanley Takes . Fall Out of Roosevelt, Perkins and
 Federal Bureau.

Washington, Aug. 14.-For the sec ond time in "A hours the House today by a vote of 173 to S3, over-rode the veto of President Taft on a tariff measure. when Democrats and Repub- licans passed the steel bill.
 Sixteen Republicans aided in the repudiation of President Taft's pol- icy today.
 The passage of the metal schedule immediately followed the reading of the Presidents message in which the latter protested against the tariff re- duction without proper investigation and scientific aid.
 Following the passage of She metal scredule, Representative Stanley, chairman of the steel investigating committee. in vitriolic speech as sailed Theodore Roosevelt. George ". Perkins and the federal bureau ok corporations for their protection ot the steel monopoly. ssgs x
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-15
sMrs. Hallie S. Forrest, Niece of Col. Bedford For
 rest Suicides in St. Louis
WAS IN SANITARIUM
Made Serious Charges in Letters Found Pinned on Her Waist
 Believed Insane.

St. Louis, Aug. 14-With a photo- graph of her son and thre notes b d. ding farewell to friends pinned on her waist just above the heart, and a loaded revolver ready for use if the carbolic acid with which she had committed suicide failed to kill her. the dead body of Mrs, Hallie s. For rest, blonde, said to have ben a daughter-in-law of the late Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest noted cav airy leader of the Southern Confed- eracy, was found this afternoon in Forest Park in St. Louis fashionable west end.
 One of the three notes pinned to her waist was addressed to Dr. Paul Y. Tupher, 4029 Berlin avenue. Tn it she in effect said that while con- fined in a straight jacket in an in- sane asylum she had been crimin ally assaulted and her condition caused by the assault caused her to end her life. The second note addressed 10 Lou and Emma, her nieces, asked the'r pardon for trouble. The third note said: Vengeance is mine saith the Lord, and I will reply"
 She was committed to the city eanitarium January 25, last. Super intendent George Johns reports her case as diagnosed as paranoia, her hallucination being she was suffer- ing from some disease. Superinten- dent Johns says the criminal assault charge in her letter was unfounded, that she was under constant surveil- lance by four woman attendants while in the asylum and it would have been impossible to have cr:mi- nally assaulted her. Mrs. Forests sons and other relatives reside in Memphis. The body is in the nor gue.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-15
BANK BOOKS OPEN 10 MIR. WHITMAN .F'inancial Institutions Of New York Have Joined in
 Rosenthal Inquiry. .SCHEPPS IS SUED
Man Arrested at Hot Springs Made Defendant in Divorce Proceeding
 No New Arrests.

New York, Aug. 14.-For the first time in the history of modern fin anee, every bank in New York city i has offered their services to further the graft investigation which will fol- low the indictment of the murderers of Herman Rosenthal and which in- | dlCtments are expected tomorrow. Bankers, following the direction of the New York Clearing House Con- mlttee, will turn over to District Att torney Whitman all of the suspected graft accounts on their books. With the unearthing of the hidden stores of the system" it is claimed that four police inspectors have been found to have large deposits. The grand jury now has clear trail to the deposits of the suspected men and will investigate them. It is admitted that three deposits are safe; they can not be touched by the authorities without proving from which parti- eular graft every dollar came and this is admitted impossible.
 The announcement of the unparal- elled action of the bankers followed the furnishing of testimony, showing that Police Lieutenant Becker on a salary of S2,250 year, has deposit ed $5S,S45 in four banks in less than nine months. An examination of Becker's bank accounts will show, it is believed, that he derived $2OO, ,OOO from gambling and disorderly houses and other forms of crime. John D. Rockefeller appears to have been the first to suggest that the banks give all possible aid to the District At torney, as the first step in this di- City Bank, Rockefeller institution
 Disclosures by District Attorney Whitman as to the graft deposits and the action of the banks in bringing these deposits to light, have caused panic in the police department. All day today police officials have been conferring with their attorneys and friends in efforts to find places to conceal their wealth. Back of the investigation by the District Attorney, there still remains the aldermanic probe which threatens to extend to the highest officials of the city.
 Detective Burns and his men have given up temporarily at least, the search for Lefty Louie "Rosenzweig and Harry Horowitz, otherwise known as "Gyp The Blood.' The police de- partment is still keeping up a per functory search and detectives that the District Attorneys office are fol- lowing clues none of which have pro- duced the missing men.
 Mrs. Sam Schepps, wife of the all. legged murder paymaster" now under arrest in Hot Springs, also has brought suit for divorce, alleging that while her husband earned $55 week, he never gave her cent. She declares Schepps was always a gam- bier and associated with evil com panions.
 Four new eyewitnesses to the Ros- enthal murder have been found by the District Attorney. Excitement prevailed in the West Side police court prison this afternoon as re- suit of wordy battle between Jacob Reich, known as Jack Sullivan, king
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-15
|r Collier Put On The De-
 Lave After Starting |pumor About $2,000. |ORoUGH INQUIRY
'. Commission Put Him And h,,s on the Stand Without De-
 laying Matter.

briberry charge that was
 n,tly snipped in the bud' and
 ,bed to smithereens by the Jeff
 m county Free Bridge Commas
 was the all-important feature of
 .pssion of the Bridge Commission
 Bprday. It resulted in several
 esses being called by the COm-
 siou and niterrogated in an ef- ! 10 get at the bottom of the ru-
 that was spreading rapidly and
 Hn few hours the commissioners
 aei the bottom of the whole af-
 nd put President T. J. Collier, |he Jefferson County Taxpayers |E'ation, who is leading the anti k Bridge fight, on the defensive. Itfal prominent Little Rockians, ber Congressman c. c. Reid and Eney James A. Gray, were men,
 M during the. investigation, but BOsely did the commissioners
 at the heels of the rumor and
 lpparently not well founded and
 started with the intention of Hing sentiment against the Free ks
 |e bribery charge loomed up nhlef .l lhlis when the Commission con- A Tor the day. President Hearn Va the regular inquiry that has ? in progress all week, to carry |ths Investigation and almost in- .uy after the Commission meet Esas opened, Attorneys J. H. Car aaa and Asa c. Oracle, of Little < representing the Taxpayers, put under oath and required to " which they willingly consert- Rdo T. J. Collier, County Clerk h shelby and Dr. o. w. Clark also called as witnesses.
 k inquiry Was occasioned by a suent Of Dr. Clark to the effect on Tuesday, while in Shelby's @ @ Colller told him that he or s'csneys had been offered $2,000 Hsndraw from the anti-Free x llgnt and that the offer had nade ind rectly for the Comm.s- as' It Was supposed to have aiade to Collier in Little Rock Aulns 10 Clark, and the latter let with the impression that the n'ssloners were behind the aa bribery.
 comm ssicners learned of the x through Dr. Clark, who want sSsusure them for such conduct, 'as true, and who declared that su MT. Collier during the con- son that he hoped the Anti x Y people would win their fight. ' .'ns'aadlng he had signed fer p'ase and was an enthusiast c DNoge advocate. The Commis- m xoula not tolerate any such s'sns without an immediate in- ss'.On '. and they delayed no time 's.s 's.'as a thorough inquiry.
 less Gracie and Carmichael
 sr'a that they knew nothing 1>~RuN
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MT. Carmichael-Why, yes. Mir Gracie-Yes, sir.

MT. GTdClc-I CS, oiA'
 Mr. Hearn-Mr Carmichael; merely state, I want to state pefofe hand that this Commission has done it's utmost to give you all the cour- tesies possible in the conduct of your investigation. We have treated you as gentlemen and honest men. We want to and want to continue to GO SO. hut there has been a matter ru- mored on the streets over night that we think it's our duty to look into. That rumor is to the effect that this Commission has offered the attorneys of the opposition two thousand dol lars to drop the question or withdraw from the suit I would like to ask Mir. Carmichael if that's true in any respect
 MT. Carmichael-That's not true. No member of the Commission ever spoke to me looking towards qulttlns or even suggesting or requesting that we might quit.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-15
MERRY CHARGE SMASHED ! BY BRIDGE COMMISSION

oi any such attempt on the part if The Commission or anyone represent Jug It, Mr. Oracle said that he was told by c. C. Reid in Little Rock lew Weeks ago that the anti-Frea 'Di luSe people We're beaten and asked nm il they would not quit. He said MT Reid did not speak for the Com mlssloh, but was anxious to retain what nancial assistance he had secured fer the Little Rcck-Pine Bluff lhtefufban, and feared if the fight continued his people might withdraw from the project. Last Christmas sad Mr. Oracle, he had a conversa- ton W th James A Gray, in Little ROCK, Who, he said, spoke for c. c. kaVanaugh, and who asked him if he would not gtf his father, J. VI. Oracle out of the anti-Bride fight. If he would do so, said the witness, he was told that he would be taken care of III EnaL cial way when it came to building the Little Rock-Pine Bluff lnterurban. This was the only offer ever made 10 him, he said, and this was done, be declared, 10 'join forces and bring about the building of the interurban. John M. Rose, of Little Rock, and others interested ill the Fisk interurban project, which failed, We're anxious to put the pres ent interurban project through in order to pro.ect losses sustained in the Fisk venture. Mr. Collier, when sworn. denied that he made the state- ment that a Commission had offered a bribe to stop the opposition, but he sad that 1t came from another source. He said he got his idea from what MT. Oracle had said to him re- gardiEg his conversation with MT. Gray. He testified that on a visit to Little Rock Mr. Reid talked with him regarding the bridge fight and that when he though MT. Reid was leading up to something else" he told h m he did not want to continue the subject.
 Mir. Collier would not say that the Commission offered to bribe him or his attorneys directly or indirectly, denying emphatically that he had made the statement to Dr. Clark. Later, however, Dr. Clark on the stnnd testified that Collier had said that the bribery attempt was from the Bridge Commission indirectly, and that he created the impression that it was the Commission offering it. He would not be shaken in bis testimony on cross examination. MT. Shelby who witnessed the meeting of Collier and Clark, test fled that he heard only a part of the conversation and that he heard Collier say some thing about a $2,00O bribe and that his impression was that it was of- fered the Taxpayers Attorneys.
 The rest of the days session was taken up in going over pet tions on which it was claimed signatures were forged. The commission made good progress in the work of comparing signatures and hearing W tne'sses and affidavits.
 The stenographic report of the bribery investigation follows:
 MT. Hearn-The meeting will come to order The Secretary call the roll.
 By secretary-(After calling rolD. Seven present.
 Mir. Hearn-Why, gentlemen, there is a little matter that I would like to take up. we would like to take up first. I would like to know il MT. Oracle and Mr. Carmichael can bel sworn.
 MT. Carmichael-Why, yes.
 Mir. Gracie-Yes, sir.
 Tnhn
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-15
FOR SALE CHEAP

{ One half block of srouad. wsth
 modern cottage on Chestnut and 1stA
 street Apply to Mrs. Ns3ie Wilaon
 Froug's Department sto6e.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-15
HOUSE COTTON BILL
 BECOMES A LAW
Senate Passes Measure After Turning Down Substitute Bill Offered
 By LaFOllette.

Washington, Aug. 14.-The Senate today by vote of 36 to 19 passed the House cotton bill, which is similar to the one vetoed last year by President Taft. Many of the Republican sena- tors did not vote. An amendment re- pealing all of the, imperative sections of the Canad an reciprocity act was appended to this measure.
 A substitute bill offered by Sena- tor LaFollette carrying duty of 25 per cent was turned down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
EIGHT TRAINMEN KILLED WHEN
 FAST SEABOARD TRAINS CRASH

Norlina, x. G., November 19-Eight trainmen were killed and three badly injured near here early today when seaboard Air Line through passenger trains, running between New York and Jacksonville. Fla. collided head-on Both locomotives and three passenger coaches were demolished. Further deaths and injuries were prevented by the fact that there were no passen- gers in the coaches demolished
 The dead;
 Will A. Patron. engineer. Raleigh. N, C..
 Charles A, BeciSham, engineer Ral- eigh. N C.
 Richard Gray, colored. hreman. Ral- James Rurin, colored, fireman. Ral- eirh. N. C.
 Thomas Rogan, colored. porter Rich mond Va.
 J. R. Rountree. express messenger, Jacksonville. Fla.
 c. v friddy. express messenger. off duty, Boykin. Va.
 Henry King, dead heading
 The injured:
 Bryant. baggage master. badly hurt about body and face
 @ Brown. baggage master. badly bruised.
 Willis Pope, colored porter. scaided about he head and neck.
 The wreck, which occurred seven miles north of hero. occurred at 1 o'clock this morning just as train No. Sl. aouthboiind, was coming out of a long curve iT q deep fill Both trains were running at full speed and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
ALABAMA CONCERNS
 ARE NOT INVOLVED
Proposed Federal Control of Water Power Does Not
 Apply to State
By c. E. STEWART

Washington, November -(SpeciaD-T ' Secretary Fisher today admitted to Cap tain W. P. Lay and J. W. Worthington, representing the power development liroj- ect on the Coosa and Alabama rivers. that the proposed government control and regulation of waterpower on navigable streams did not apply to the Alabama companies, and only in those cases where the public domain was involved as in California and other states where the streams on which power is developed originate or pass through national parks or forest reserves.
 This point was not brought out yes terday, and Captain Lay and Mir Worth ngton were both on hand this morning to oppose such a policy
 During the last session when the Ala bama Power company grsnt at lock is was before the house, it was opposed by several gentlemen who claimed to be conversationalists, and who wanted to levy d tax of a certain sum per horse power to be paid into the federal treas ury
 The bill was passed, however. despite this opposition, and was vetoed by the president. but 1t is the intention of the promoters to bring it up again in the next session of congress.
 Mir. Northihgton left Washington to- night for New York and Captain Lay returned 10 Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
THE MAN AND WOMAN KILLED
 IN HOTEL DIED FIGHTIHG

New York. November fs.-iIenry yogel, ..Weeplng Thief and 'Fagin master of more than forty girl thieves who stole for him, died fighting when trapped in Bronx hotel last night Evidence developed that he did not turn his eleven shot automatic pistol on himself after he had shot one man to death and wounded four others, but with the woman who was known as his wife was killed by bullets from detectives revolvers
 This new light on the sensational af- fray was revealed by the autopsy. Vo- gels pistol fired only steel jacketed huI- lets; one loaded bullet from a police revolver pierced the heart of the thief, another bored through him directly un- der the heart. and a third shattered his right wrist The woman at first thought to have been killed by Vogel. was also killed by bullets from the detectives weapons.
 yogel's identity was easily established, but who his woman companion was re- mains unknown. What. 1t is hoped will prove a clue to various unexplained rea- lures of the case. was a cipher code in capital letters, written on q sheet Of paper found in q bag carried by the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20

woman, Experts have been given this code to decipher.
 Vogel, who had long criminal record and many aliases, had thoroughly sys- tematized his operations as "A. Fagir, the detectives investigating the case say. His servant girl tools said to number forty or more, were moved as chess pieces in game. their master causing Them to bring their loot to one of several homes he maintained and then answer advertisements, and obtain new positions where they could gain more piunder.
 sophie Beckendorff girl of 19 years old, arrested by one of her employees im- plicated Nogei. who came under suspicion when he hired q lawyer to defend the glrl Tn court In more lengthy con fession today sine said
 Lottie Vogel taught her 10 steal, ac- eording to Assistant District Attorney Emory
 Joseph Von Plaszyusk was vogefs right name. according to police records Several times he 'fwept his way out of court" escaping conviction for robbery. hence the sobriquet of Weeping Thief
 The trunks and suitcases taken from the hotel where the shooting took place last night were opened today. They contained hundreds of articles of iew- elry. silverware. linen and clothing and revolyers and cartridges. There were also incomplete parts of what evidently was q letter containing the words: .It is all over. Me are going to kill ourselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

l-Maniae armed with internal machine
 dictates to police
 Turkey will appoint plenipotentiarIes
 today.
 Gunrnen found guilty.
 Steel suit hearing brought to abrupt
 end
 Hotel operated by Emil Lesser burns. Miss Farley tells of Zollinger's death Alabama concerns not involved. 2--Clerks already busy preparing tariff
 figures.
 Alabama man killed in Memphis. g. Major smith may fight charges. Ten years of Alabama. 4--Editorial comment. 5-Jnderwood thinks merchant marine
 must be created.
 North Alabama Methodist conference
 opens today.
 Bingham secures coal lands. Wood llocl< pavement contract again
 Transferred
 Tribute 10 Underwood. 6-Societs.
 Dolly Dalrymple.
 lielping hand hints. 7-4Sports. S-Eye witness of tragedy testifies 9-- farrar unable to serve conn,ittee l0- Newspaper club planning big time. 1t-Oil magnates will not be arrested ls Markets li-Negro shot and killed by csnzen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
NIL SON BEGINNING
 TOFORGET HIMSELF
President-Elect Pays Off, cial Visit to the Governor
 General of Bermuda

Hamilton. Bermuda, November 1s.- President-elect Wilson declared today that he is beginning to forget himself Mrs. Wilson and other members of the family have been busly engaged in unpack- ing.
 The injury received by MT. Wilson in an automobile accident before the cleo ton does not trouble him any more. The plaster covering the wound on his head came off this forenoon, showing the abra- sion had sranulated Terrific gales are prevalent.
 President-elect Wilson today paid an official visit to the governor general, Lieut.. Gen. Sir George NJ. Bullock. Later he had tea with the army officers.
 MT Wilson eontemplates occupying much of his time in walking and bicycling and preparing for future legislation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20

engineer of neither could have seen the approach of the other for more than a minute before the crash.
 The wreckage did not catch fire and there was no panic among the passen- gers There was some suffering among tine passengers on account of the cold. The cause of the wreck is, as yet, un- known. but is believed to have result ed from misreading of orders.
 Shortly after the wreck occurred farmers nearby brought coffee to the scene for the benefit of the chilled pas sengers and injured. wrecking crews and relief trains were sent out from Raleigh and by late this afternoon the track was clear of wreckage
 One of the women passengers was hurled back ward from her berth to the compartment back of her. She tore U hole through the thin partition, but escaped injury
 Raleigh, x. C., November l9.--NiI- liam l. Bryan. who was detained in Raleigh today by the wreck of two passenger trains near Norlina two hours before his train was 10 leaya Raleigh, was detained last January iu Raleigh by similar smash also near Norlins. Engineer Beckhain, one of the engineers who was killed today called on Mr. Bryan at the home oe National Committeeman Josephus Dan iels Monday morning and presented the Nebraskan with basket of fine to- matoes. MT. Bryan expressed his grief at the death of the engineer and orr dered lilies of The valley sent to Mrs. BeckhaH as an expression of sym patpy Later in the day he and MT. Daniels called at the grief stricken home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20

constantinople, November 1s, Qf:0 D. m.)-The porte tomorrow will appoint plenipotentiaries to meet the Bulgarian plenipotentiaries with regard to an armi- stice.
 An official not issued tonight says that the Bulgarian government has replied to the Porte's recent communication re- specting an armistiee and that Bulgaria is ready to enter into relations with the Ottoman plsnipotentaries with a view to the conclusion of an armistice, and to diseuss conditions of peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
THOMPSON TO
 SUCCEED M'CLUNG

Washington November 1e.-carmi Thompson. secretary to the President. will be appointed treasurer of the United States within the next few days 10 succeed Lee Mcclung, who resigned from the position
 It was understood that Mr. Thomp- son would take the oath of office dur ing the day. but Charles D. Hilles. who returns to the position of secretary to the President. will take threeNor four days vacation before resuming the task which he held before he became republican national chairman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
NO ARMISTICE TO BURY DEAD IN THE
 TCHATALJA BATTLE
Prospects of European Dissensions Arising From the War Become Daily More Menacing Bit Bit
 terness Between Austria
 and Seryia Grows
COMMANDER
 TO REPRESENT BULGARIA

oonstantinople. November 20, Bulgaria has nominated the commander in chief of the army at TchataIja to negotiate the arn1istice. The negotiations will be conducted at Hademkeui, where Turkey will send her del- egates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
DOGS SKIN GRAFTEDl ON A WOMAN'S ARM

Chicago. November 19.-Announcement was made at a south Side hospital of the successful outcome of skin grating in which large piece of skin of a Skye terrier was placed over a wound on the arm of Mrs. H. W Johnson of Meno- mine, Wis. The wound had been left after an operation for tuberculosis ui- eer. The operation said to be the first of it's kind ever performed, took place ten days ago. and today Mrs. Johnson returned to her home, taking with her the dog which had contributed to her convalescence.