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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-08
NO DEAL, SAYS FRIEDEL
Declares He Waited Three
Years for His Appointment.

Louis F. Friedel, Republican leader of
the 9Th Assembly District. which Ogden L.
Mills, treasurer Of the Republican County
Committee. told the Senate committee
yesterday was sold out to the Roosevelt
forces at tho spring primaries. and who.
Mr. Mills said, had been appointed TO an
ONCE under Controller Prenoergast, denied
last night that he had secured his Office
| by any such means
Il applied for the position of deputy
superlntendent' OF markets three years
| ago.. Friedel declared. and had been
waiting to be appointed all that time
Finally, on August l OF this year. I was
position"
Mr.. Friedel did not state what had
iinally caused the Controller to act
Regarding the statement by the treas
urer OF the county committee that votes
In the district had been cast for Theodore
Roosevelt In alphabetical order, all Friedol
said was: II am not an election inspector.
Inc matter cannot concern me-"
II Is possible" he added. that later
may issue statement replying to the
charges made by MIR. Mills, but until I
nave seen the men back OF me I do not
care TO say anything"
Friedel was insistent, however, that his
appointment as deputy superintendent of
markets was not made because of ser
vices rendered the third party.
II had not seen Mr.. Prendergast," he
said, FOR three years, and entered into
no agreements with him whatsoever.
state this because | do not want to be
thought responsible for having brought
Mr.. Prender2asts name into this mat
ter"
While he did not deny any of the other
statements by Mr.. Mills. Friedel said he
believed the whole thing was an attempt
to take his job away from him. He had
served several years as district leader,
he declared, without any business occli-
patton, and now that he was making a
little money there were some who would
deprive him Of the opportunity
Frfedel was more inclined 10 hint az
affairs similar to those disclosed BY Mr.
Mills in Koenig's district, the 9th Assem-
bly,, than he was to discuss affairs In his
own.
IF make any statement" he said Il
will ask Mr.. Koenig a number of CUES
tons. II he does not reply, | may"
William A. McQuaid, Deputy Attorney
General In charge of the New York Office,
said he was positive no complaint OF the
way the election was conducted in tho
Sth Assembly District had been filed in
his department. He declared no COM
plant OF any sort over the primaries had
been referred to him.
In the Sth Assembly District was brought
to the attention of District Attorney
Whitman he declared he knew nothing
about the matter.
mo complaint that know Of has been
received at my Office" the District At
torney said.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-08

| Progressive conference held In ChcaR'
last October cost the La Toilette man
ayers ss3s 70.
Louis N. Hammerling, president OF th'
Association Of Foreign Newspapers, tolc
the committee his only knowledge OF ISL
campaign expenses concerned an adver'
Using contract of $500 by the Roosevelt
managers, covering advertising In thirty
foreign newspapers for Roosevelt dele
gates" in the New York primary hght
The committee excused him after foul
minutes In the witness chair.
John ]. Hannah. secretary Of Senator
LaFollette. referring to z. H. Hooker's
statement that Charles r. Crane had
given $4,000 to the LaFollette fund. said
the only amount he knew of Mr. Crane
giving over and above that entered II
! the account presented was s3.1& 40, In
cluded In the statement OF the Chicago
| bureau and given to make up deficit
There were funds. he said. in states with
which he had nothing to do.
In Ohio, Mr.. Hanna said, Walter Pol.
lock, ]. A. Barber of Toledo: C. T. Elder
OF Columbus, and J. B. Fackner handled
funds not reported to the LaFollette ma
! tional headquarters. George S. LOTUS
Of Minnesota; II. N. Tucker, Of Courtney
| n. D., and A. B. Blake. of Huron. s. d..
were named as those who could account
for expenditures. In Oregon. Thomas Nc.
Custer. of Portland. was in charge.
"The expenses Of the California cam
paign," said the witness, were borne
largely by Rudolph Spreckels. who made
no accounting to me-"
Senator Pomerene called attention 70
the statement by Hooker that Mr.. Crane
had ''up to a certain date given $4,000 to
the LaFollette campaign"
There was no such arrangement, there
was no such amount contributed" said
Mr. Hannah. He mentioned personal
contributions" made TO Senator LaFot.
lette--onc OF $500 by Mr. Spreckels.
Charles r. Crane testified he gave
So, eS4 40 to Senator LaFollettc's campaign
and $1,000 to the Governor Woodrow Will
son fund before the Baltimore convention.
Mr Crane was appointed minister to
| China in 1909. and was recalled by Presi-
dent Taft before he assumed the office.
Are these all the contributions you
made, either to Senator LaFollette or
Governor Wilson," asked Senator Clapp.
Yes. sir; ali"
Mr.. Crane said he gave the $4,000 for
Governor Wilson to William +. McCombs,
his manager, In two instalments-March
Is and April 30, 1872 He denied having
told Hooker he had contributed $4,000 to
each.
II Just wanted to have one Progressive
succeed" said Mr.. Crane: II didn't care
which one IL : az
Mr.. Crane said he had been attacked
throughout the West" during the cam
paign as "heId Of the bathtub trust" He
, declared he had no connection with the
! organization.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-08

ment credited to e. II. Hooker, Pro-
gressive treasurer at New York, that
go 600 votes were cast for Roosevelt
delegates in the March primaries and
were no. counted"
1.-The polls were fully manned by
Roosevelt watchers" said MIR. Mills
land Mr.. Roosevelt got as many as
10000 votes"
Two days before the primary. he
said, reports were made to him OF at
tempts to bribe Taft election district
CAPTAINS to deliver votes to Roosevelt
but he did not verify any Of these.
Mr.. Millss testimony came as the climax
TO a session which. up to that point
seemed dull by comparison with those
that had preceded It.
John j. Hannah, treasurer OF the La
Toilette pre.conventon campaign. brought
TO light the fact that the anti-Taft move
ment of the Wisconsin Senator was
financed for the most part by Charles K.
Crane. who was recalled as Minister to
China; Clifford Pinchot, the deposed Chief
Forester. and his brother. Amos Pinchot.
and William Kent, the California Repre-
sentative. all OF whom had grievances
against the Taft administrs ton.
Tire Pinchot brothers and Kent gave
SO 600 each to the La Fol cite campaign
and Crane gave s26,6S4, giving to the VIII
son campaign at the same time Slom.
His explanation was that both candidates
were progressive and the old distinction
between the Republican and Democratic
parties no longer existed. He was also
importuned by the Roosevelt treasurer 10
contribute to the Third Term movement,
but refused.
Charles Edward Russell. Socialist can
didate for Governor Of New York. and
Judson welliver. q newspaper writer
confirmed the testimony OF j. Pierpont
Morgan that he had had no telephone
conversation with President Roosevelt
concerning contributions to the 1904 cam
paign. The conversation Mr.. Morgan had
over the telephone. according to Welliver.
was with Z. II. Hartman.
An account of the receipts and expenses
of Senator La Follette's campaign for the
Republican Presidential nomination was
filed with the committee to-day. showing
the Senator collected s63.e69 Sc and spent
$50. s6i IS.
Besides the contributions of Mr.. Crane,
the Pinchots and Mr.. Kent, Alfred L"
Baker gave 5000, Rudolph spreckels
Sc0 William Film, OF Pennsylvania,
s.. 90. and Senator La Toilette himself
s.5Oo The account contains entries of
two loans, one Of $1,000 by Medill McCor-
mick and one Of 500 by Senator Gronna,
OF North Dakota. Both we're marked re
paid"
The account shows Slo.H7 I3 was paid for
the washington headquarters, and the
Chicago headquarters spent 5000. La
Follette's expenses at the Republican Ma
,ional Convention were ,l.55s 10. and the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-08

my contribution to the Wilson fund. u
said Mr.. Crane. was made after 1t had
become apparent that LaFollette probably
| could not be nominated. I could very well
support both Wilson and LaFollette, as
both men are Progressives. That I was
| contributing to both funds was known to
| the managers of the two campaigns.
made no secret OF the fact"
Russell on Morgan Conversation.
When Charles Edward Russell took the
stand Chairman Clapp read to him a. re-
port OF one of his speeches In a New
York paper. describing an alleged teIe-
phone conversation between ]. p. Morgan
and the White House during the 1904 cam
paign, In which Mr.. Morgan was asked
for 100000 contribution to the Repub-
| lican campaign fund. The published re-
port said Wayne MacVeagh. formerly At
torney General. was a witness to the con-
versation.
Mr. Russell said the story came to him
In 1910 from a magazine writer, who told
him he had the story from Mr.. Macveagh.
After the committee insisted on know
lnk tno nhNlS Oh TIC Writer, MI Russell
said he was Judson c. Welliver.
| Mr.. Russell said he had never made a
charge that Colonel Roosevelt had de-
manded funds of Mr.. Morgan.
1T might have been Mr.. Cortelyou or
Mt Bliss who was said to have talked to
Mr. Morgan on the telephone" he de-
clared
WaiIixar v1-nrkipO ot he foh1 10
was called to the stand, and said Mr. Mac
Veagh had told him OF being In Mr.. Nor
CAMS private Office in October, 1904; that
Mr.. Morgan had been called to the tele-
phone and was informed E. H. Hartman
wished to speak to him. Welliver testi-
fed Mr.. MacVesgh told him that when
Mr.. Morgan returned from the telephone
he said:
What do you suppose that man I'm the
White House wants? 1t seems that Har-
riman has gone off down there to Wash
ington and dined with him, and now he
comes back and says that the President
wants him to raise more campaign funds.
He has given s5O.oo0. and now he wants
me to give $4,000"
Sent Check to Hartman.
Mr.. MacVeagh. according to the wit
ness, told him that Mr.. Morgan wrote a
check for $4,000. which he sent to Mr..
Harriman's office Welliver said he could
not recall whether Mr.. MacVeagh used
the word maniac" in quoting Mr. Nor
gan's reference TO President Roosevelt.
you are sure the name Of Mr.. Harri-
man was given as that of the man who
asked to have the money raised?" asked
Senator Pomerene.
Yes, am sure Of that" said Welliver.
Mr.. Mills took the stand In the after
noon session of the committee, and at the
conclusion of his evidence adjournment
was taken until tomorrow. when the
committee expects to hear Ormsby Nc
Harg. primary contest manager for Colo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-08

mel Roosevelt; Representative william 3.
Mckinley. manager of President Taft's
pre-convention campaign; ex-senator
Chauncey NJ. Depew. said to have given
$o,ooO to the Hartman fund In 1901; ex.
Senator Nathan B. Scott, connected with
the Republican National Committee that
year, and Matthew Hale. Roosevelt leader
In Massachusetts last spring.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-08
ROOSEVELT AIDED
BY GROSS FRAUDS
Continued from flrst page.
9Th District were summarized by Mr..
Mills as follows.

The 9Th Assembly District. on the lower
East Side of New York City. is the only
district on the East Side that was car
primary. March 2s, 1872
The total vote was 759 for Roosevelt.
S2s for Taft. At the previous election, in
Isll. LIZA voters enrolled as Republicans.
IN the spring primary. six months later.
iiOSS Republicans voted. Never before In
the history of the Republican party In
OF enrolled Republicans participated In a
primary election in one Assembly district
The largest part of the 9Th Assembly
District lies in the 18th Congress District.
In that Congress district there was no
contest, for the reason that the Roose-
welt forces nominated the Republican
nominees for delegates.
In the list, Cd, Sd, 4th. 9Th. 18th and 18th
Election Districts of the sth Assembly
District (being part Of the 18th Congress
DISTRICT, the candidates were, Of course,
different On behalf OF the regular or
SANITATION Congressman Van Vechten
Olcott and Alexander Wolf were the Taft
delegates. On behalf of the Roosevelt
forces Nathan Greenbaum and K. w.
Bloomngdale were the delegates.
A fight against the Taft leader in the
18th Assembly District had been begun
by the Roosevelt forces. The 4th As
sembly District lies wholly In the 18th
Congress District, and the Roosevelt
forces hoped, with a fight against tho
leader in the 4th District and the aid OF
the Taft leader in the Sth District, to elect
the Roosevelt delegates. Bloomingdale
and Greenbaum.
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WANT A BETTER ROOM?
Consult the /Tribune's Room and
Board Register. 800 Tribune Building.
-AdN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-08

The fraudulent work in those cleo.
ton districts in tho 9th Assembly Dis
trict was Of the most barefsced kind.
The daily sentinel., 1912-07-17
MR.. CANON IS
IN THE RACE
AGAIN

Benton Canon, treasurer of Mesa
county for the past two years, au-
thorizes the Daily Sentinel to an
nounce that he is a candidate for re-
nomination, subject to the action of
the democratic county assembly and
the primary election.
This announcement will be re-
ceived with genuine satisfaction in
every precinct in Mesa county. No
man who ever served in county Of
fee is more popular with the people
in general than Benton Canon. The
Sentinel predicts that he will be en-
dorsed and selected as the choice of
the democratic county assembly by a
unanimous vote, and he will have no
opposition for the democratic nomi-
nation in the primary election.
Benton Canon richly deserves re-
nomination and he richly deserves
Continued on Page 81
The daily sentinel., 1912-07-17
IS
IN CUSTODY
ROsenthdI, Before His Death,
Told Prosecutor Who
Guilty Police Were
MORE ARRESTS ARE EXPECTED
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
New York. July 17.-Further ar
rests in the murder case of Herman
Rosenthal, the gambler who was shot
down and killed yesterday few
hours before he was to make addi-
tional charges that the police ana
gamblers were in colusion, were eX-
pected today to disclose whether the
police or gamblers instigated the
murder.
District Attorney Whitman said
today he would proceed with the
grand jury investigation into the
charges made by Rosenthal. 1t was
reported that Rosenthal gave the
prosecutor the names of three men
who had to be "seen" by gamblers
before they could do business. One
of them is said to be a former city
official. another a police department
official and the third clerk in the
police department.
The fourth arrest in the case was
made today when Louis Webber, VINO
ran a gambling house in opposition
to Rosenthal three years ago and in
Cured Rosenthal's enmity was
brought to police headquarters.
The daily sentinel., 1912-07-17
ROAD MEET
NEXT WEEK
$4,000 Club viii Discuss the
Paradox Highway on July
25th at Luncheon.
VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION

A week from tomorrow at the st.
Regis hotel the Fifty Thousand ciuD
will take up its first definite wors
toward the Paradox road. The hon
or guests of the occasion will be
Chairman c. p. Allen of the sta,e
highway commission, Chief Engineer
Maloney of the same body, b. W.
Marsh of Paradox and George j. ID.
Williams, his local representative.
The committee which went over
the road with Messrs. Allen and Ma
loney will make its report to the club
and will tell what the situation is
in respect to the proposed road.
The club will recommend first a
thorough permanent survey for the
road. 1t will ask that the club take
up the matter OF division of expense
of the engineering party between the
city. the county, the state and the
Paradox people. Until this survey =
made and the engineers report =
submitted no action is intended to
be taken toward actual construction.
The boosters want to know first
Just what the constructed road is
going to cost.
The daily sentinel., 1912-07-17
DLATEAU Valley to Hold Fruit and
r Produce Fair In Collbran Septem-
L Der 1920; Farmers Institute Also

some of the best racing, bucking con-
tests, roping and tying affairs are to
be scheduled. Blackboard racing is
also being arranged and baseball
games will be played probably with
one Of the local city league teams.
The Mesa County Fair will be
benefited by this Plateau valley fair,
because all the exhibits and all the
cowboy performers from Collbran
will be brought to the Mesa county
fair, which is to be held few days
later than the Plateau valley fair
This will increase the local exhibit 20
per cent.
Arrangements are now being made
for a farmers institute to be held
in connection with the Plateau fair.
Experts from the State Agricultural
college are to be brought over to
speak and demonstrations will be
held.
There is a talk of trout fry for
visitors, but arrangements have not
been completed for this.
The daily sentinel., 1912-07-17
Ed. v. WECKEL
ANNOUNCES
TODAY

For seventeen years a resident of
Mesa county. Edwin w. Weckel, one
of the leading and most successful
farmers, fruit growers and stockmen
OF Mesa county, naturally enjoys a
very extensive acquaintance and the
announcement that Mr.. Weckel has
authorized The Sentinel to state that
he Is candidate for the Democratic
nomination for county commissioner
from the Fruita district will be re-
ceived with interest throughout the
county.
In 1895 Mr.. Weckel came to this
valley from Iowa where he had re-
sided for fourteen years. His native
state is Wisconsin. On arriving In
this valley he settled near Fruita and
through all the years that have fol-
lowed he has been a resident of that
section. Today Maple Lawn Farm,
Continued on Page 81
The daily sentinel., 1912-07-17
WILL SETTLE
SIDE LIGHT
PROBLEM

Whether or not Grand Junction
will install the side lighting system
this year will be decided at a lunch
con of the Fifty Thousand club to-
morrow at the La Court, at which
Walter Walker, editor of The Sem
tinel, will preside as toastmaster
The committee. composed of A.
NJ. Schmidt. Don C. Pistt and w. p.
Ella, will submit report on the
proposition which will make the
monthly maintenance cost within
reason. The cost of the poles and
wire installation will probably be
threshed out at the meeting.
The situation has resolved itself to
this:
l. A tungsten system of two
lights of 60 watts each on ornamen-
tai poles, of which there will be IS
between Seventh and Main and Sec
Continued on Page 81
The daily sentinel., 1912-07-17

At meeting of prominent ranch
men and business men of the Pla-
teau valley district held yesterday
morning in Collbran, preliminary
plans were made for the first fruit
and farm products exhibition and fair
ever held in that section. The fair
is to be held at Collbran on Septem-
Der 19 and 90. and the committee in
charge has announced that it is to be
an annual occurrence hereafter.
Arrangements have been made for
large exhibition hall, to be built
soon. 90 by so feet in dimensions.
Here will be placed choice products
of the orchard. the field and the
range. A special exhibit of stock
is arranged and the growers of that
section are noted for their stock
raising abilities.
There will be two days of wild
west sports in connection with the
fair. Purses are being raised among
the cowmen and the ranchers, and
The daily sentinel., 1912-07-17
JUDGE BLACK
URGED To
RUN

Hon. Thomas Black of Montrose.
one of the leading lawyers of western
Colorado as well as one of the most
popular, is being urged by attorneys
and many other citizens in every
county of the seventh judicial district
to announce himself as a candidate
for the democratic nomination for
district judge.
For months members of the legal
fraternity and citizens generally have
been urging Judge Black to get into
the race, but he has so far refused
to make any announcement
Indicating the strong demand be-
ing made upon Judge Black to make
the race is the fact that petition
bearing the signatures of over 10 at
torneys of the district will be pre-
sented to him this week. uring him
to make the race. This petition has
Continued on Page A.
The daily sentinel., 1912-07-17
No Corporation Money
Receiued to Boost Taft
Says Frank Hitchcock
Minor Contributions of Several Hundred
Thousands Came From Carnegie, Num-
seq and "Brother Charley" Taft.

corporations. Hitchcock said, because
Congress had just passed a law pro-
hibiting it. The only contribution
he could remember rejecting was
that of Gen. T. Coleman Dupont or
Delaware, then member of the Re
publican executive committee, VINO
offered twenty thousand.
81 told Mr.. Dupont | did not think
we could accept it because the gov
ernment had a civil suit against a
corporation in which he was inter
ested. | instructed the treasurer to
return it and he did so" said the
witness.
Hitchcock insisted that with the
exception of about 25 all of the con-
tributions were below $1,000. He
mentioned as those who advanced
money before the contributions be-
gan to come freely Charles p. Tart,
fifty thousand, William Nelson Crom-
well, twenty-five thousand, Andrew
Carnegie, twenty thousand, Frank A.
Munsey, ten thousand.
The daily sentinel., 1912-07-17
ETHEL CONRAD
Of COURT FAME
FOUND GAGGED
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
New York, July 17.-Ethel Con-
rad, the chorus girl who with her
chum Lillian Graham, was acquitted
to attempting to murder w. u. ID.
Stokes, is a patient in a local hos
pital to which she was brought after
being found Unconscious, according
to the police, in vacant house.
1t was said that choloroformed
handkerchief was found in her mouth
and her hands and feet were tied.
She told the hospital authorities
that after leaving a subway station
she was followed by man and that
her mind suddenly went blank."
The young woman refused to tell
her name until she was identified by
Miss Graham
The daily sentinel., 1912-07-17
Says Darrow Case Mas
Brought Especially to
Lnuolue Samuel Gompers
Fremont Older, Frisco Editor, Will Tes-
tiy For Defense -Many Labor Lead
ers We're Brought Into Case tt doy.

object of involving Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor.
Fremont Older, managing editor
of the San Francisco Bulletin, and
two San Francisco attorneys sat III
rectly behind the defendant when the
trial opened today. Older was sum-
moned as a witness for the defense
while the attorneys are said to be
here in the interest of o. A Tveit-
moe and other San Francisco labor
leaders whose names have been
drawn into the case.
The daily sentinel., 1912-07-17
Ramey Doing Great Work.

Lloyd Ramey, the Grand Junction
twirler on the Fremon team of the
Nebraska state league, is making
good with vengeance. His fielding
average. as shown in the official
table, just made public. is 81. He
has made but one error in 80 chances
and his record states oath on list
of 1873 players in the league. Most
of the men who are above him have
played in many less games than he.
The daily sentinel., 1912-07-17

WIN FIGHT To
ACT ON BILLS
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Washington, July 1.-THE Demo-
cratic forces in the Senate practically
won their demand for the considera-
ton of the remaining tariff bills and
the eXcise tax bill. Senator Sim
mons, in charge of the tariff bills,
told the Republican leaders that the
Democrats would resort to every de-
vice to delay business unless assurec
of a vote on the tariff measures.
Senator Root Immediately called
the other Republican leaders into
conference. They agreed to accede
to the Democrats demand SO far as
possible.
The daily sentinel., 1912-07-17

Charging extreme cruelty, Mrs.
Mary E. "Opens this morning filed
suit for divorce from John F. Ep-
pens in the county court through her
attorney, II. l.. McClintock. Mrs.
"Opens asks s25 a month alimony
until she has been paid $4,000. The
couple were married in Denver July
3, 1910. They have no children.
Mrs. Eppens charges that on July Is,
1912, her husband beat her with his
fist and bruised her badly.