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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

There is considerable talk over the coun-
Try about rural mail routes his is something
that is badly needed by the farmers, and
should be encouraged by every business
man The best way for the business man TO
prosper is to let the farmer prosper first Ev-
erybody help get rural mail routes over
the country Mabcetic News
Everybody should and at the same tim,
should help get more farmers to help get NOR,
rural mail routes for he day is rapidly near
ing when the million iallow acres OF the Pan
handle will be quickcncd to marvellous productiv
ity by the vtalling pillow. And farmers who
make this mlhmcnl possible will be entitled tC
the hes, that this modern day can provide Rura
mail routes rally newspapers at the farm home
rural telephones, better highways, automobiles,
improved farm implements and scientific meth
DDS have cmancipalcd the present-day famc
from the slavery OF grinding toll, and will in tim,
make him the most independent OF men.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

In these piping days a man OF above forty
years Of age IS called colonel major or
Planvicw News
That's ono provided and there arc severa
others This honorary handle is bestowed upor
a man who has laid up more than a few for an
measure of distinction. or who has been in poll
tics and isn't any longer
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

a late report says that FELIX Diaz wants peace.
Is Felix sickp
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

Some OF these oubsi Jokes alleged have onl,
one side And that is fiat
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

The Daily News will be delivered by carrier
anywhere in Amarillo. or by mail outside of the
city. for IS 90 year or SOC a month, in advance
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

Ii is now proposed to equip Congressman SIS
son with Mexican silcnccr
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

Take the count. Old Schedule N
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

Only morning Newspaper in the Amarillo
Country Covers the Panhandle Of Texas East
crn New Mexico, Southern Colorado and Western
advance of Denver Dallas, Fort Worth, Oklahoma
City and other papers carrying telegraphio dis
patches
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

Alta VISTA Hotel Headquarters for Daily News Excursion While COOra
do Springs.
THE ALTA VISTA is situated the finest residence the City
only blocks from the union depot and the business CENTER block
from the famous Carlsbad spring Monument Valley Park two blocks
from the opera house and three from the pOo consequently the To-
cation accessible and desirable One finds here the comforts Of city
without its noise and hustle
There inside and all have telephones hot and cold water
with perfect, sanitary plumbing, many with private bath.
THE ALT AVISTA has long enjoyed the destination of being the most
clearly kept hotel in the West
The dining operated the European plan with superior spen
did service and reasonable prices
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

A Texas girls picture will appear on the me-
currency. We want some OF IT,
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

Peach prospects arc declared to be most prom
ising. We're coming Galveston
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

Great Britain recognized Hucra on Saturday
last Just in time. Uncle John
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

Wall Street is said to be hard up. We strong
ly advocate a Coincidence Society.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

}, 1879
Only morning Newspaper in the Amarillo
Country. Covers the Panhandle Of Texas, East
crn New Mexico, Southern Colorado and Western
Oklahoma from twelve to twenty four hours in
advance of Denver, Dallas Fort Worth, Oklahoma
City. and other papers carrying telegraphic dis
patches.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
The Daily News will be delivered by carrier
anywhere in Amarillo or by mail outside Of the
sity. for $500 year. or SOC month, in advance
Top O HE MORNING
Take the count Old Schedule ~
a late report says that Felix Diaz wants peace
Is Felix sckp
Some of these eubl,i Jokes. alleged have only
side And that is flat
1t is now proposed to equip Congressman SIS
son with Mexican slencer
Texas girls picture will appear on the new
currency We want some OF IT,
Great Britain recognized IIuerta on Saturday
last Just in time Uncle John
Peach prospects arc declared to be most prom
ising We're coming Galveston.
Wall Stree, is said to be hard up We strong
ly advocate Coincidence Society
How deep is farmp asks contemporary
Just as deep as the farmer can pillow.
The latest indicates that Balkan peace is again
near But isn't it shy, young thng}
The Worcheslcr Post insists that the editorial
is not declining No. brother Nor Is the editor
According to writer in system color is an aid
to business Yep Long green is most effective
The government is working on a new plan To
conserve gas. A suppresser Is needed in some To-
cations
Another rap at the tipping evil a wealthy
waitress.
According to the Waco Iimcs-H Herald Tex
ans Are Up in Arms Some Of the younger
ones are.
A Kansas City policeman shot the wrong man
the other day X { should import some Texas
patrolmcn.
George Bernard Shaw says that the future SUP
erman will be a sei-oon,rolIed cprcpuo. Go on.
and give EN- fits.
A Sunday article on How Wireless Systems
Differ" evidently draws distinction between tel
egraphy and politics.
-o
Speaking OF high society the Presdcp, held an
informal reception in the SUNNI, tower OF the
Washington monument the other day
Senstor-who-,vas Bailey has broken into prin,
with surprising frequency since his assertion that
the press is an enemy to the public peace.
-B-
The high cost OF pie IS worrying the salons IL
Washington The inaooessbiity Of the same d
causing a few million outsiders to groan in thei
sleep.
The latest photograph preparation snow
President Wilson wearing his baseball smile
Hughey Jennings would better look after hi
face.
Akhay Kumar Mozumdar. a high-caste Hindu
has been made full nedged American citizen
All right. bu, we favor changing his monaker Il
Smith.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

The Worches,cr Post insists that the editorial
is not declining. No. brother Nor Is the editor
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

TOP O HE MORNING
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

How deep is iarmp asks contemporary
just deep the farmer can pillow
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

The latest indicates that Balkan peace is again
near But isn't It shy, young thingp
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

Senator-who-,sas Bailey has broken into prn,
with surprising frequency since his assertion that
the press is an enemy to the public peace.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

According to a writer in system color is an aic
to business Yep Long green is most effective
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06
HILTON r. GREER. ....... Managing Editor

Entered as second-elan matter at the post
office at Amarillo. Texas. under the act OF Marct
J. 1879.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

The government is working on a new plan t.
conserve gas. A suppresscr Is needed in some 10
cations.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

Speaking oil high society the Presidcn, held an
Washington monument the other day
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

A Sunday article on How Wireless system.
Differ" evidently draws distinction between tel
egraphy and politics
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

The high cost OF pie IS worrying the salons in
Washington. The inaeoessibilty Of the same is
causing a few million outsiders to groan in their
sleep.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

Akhay Kumar Mozumdar. a high-caste Hindu.
has been made full-nedged American citizen
All right bu, we favor changing his monaker 10
Smith
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

The lstes, photograph preparation shows
President Wilson wearing his baseball smile q"
Hughey Jennings would better look after his
face.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

George Bernard Shaw says that the future SUP
crman will be sei-oonuoed epleptic Go on
and give EN- fits,
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

Another rap at the tipping evil A wealth
Memphis lumberman has Just married hotc
waitress.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

A Kansas City policeman shot the wrong man
the other day. X c should import some lexas
patrolmcn.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-06

According to the Waco Tunes Herald Tex
ans Are Up in Arms" Some Of the younger
ones are.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-19
CRIME OF A CHEF
MURDERED WIFE AND FOUR
CHILDREN AND KILLED SELF.
Restaurant Chef Sought 10 Justify
His Crime by the Poets and
Philosophers.

NEW YORK. Aug. 1S.-Lcaying
for the corner "a letter IN which he
apparently sought through quotations
from philosophers and poets to justi-
fy the taking of ufc Henry W. Lake,
chef OF restaurant, murdered his
wife and four children and shot him
self in a hospital. Lake and his
dead were discovered lying in their
brooklyn home today, several days
after the crimes were committed. The
police are not certain whether it was
ON Friday or saturday that the
tragedy was enacted.
81 am tired of living" Lake wrote
to the coroner my wife is slowly dy-
ing andfuu r children are small, deli
cate and sure To- get trampled ON iu
the struggle of life. II is best for
them to return To- unconscious dust
with their parents lscc Schopen-
haucrs Essay ON The Suiferings Of
The WorldJ."
Lake was found family breathing.
Beside him were a revolver and an
automatic magizine gun. In bed
/ with daughter. Dorothy. l3 years
old. lav Mrs Lake, who was a suf-
ferer from capcer. Estelle, "a, was
on the floor. walter. 10 and Horace,
|f7. were ON the floor In another
room. All had been shot to death.
Lake did not regain consciousness af-
ter reaching tho hospital.
In his letter Lake willed insurance
papers. money aud iewelry to sis
ter. Mrs. Blanche DeMar of Saranac
Lake. n. y. whom he requested to
have the bodies cremated.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-19
GLYNI.z IS Governor
NTIORNI3N GGNER AIS RULING
IL HARD BLOW 10 SULIEk.
Both Claimants 10 Chicf Executives
Orficc Attempted 10 Garry on
OlfiCial Business Yesterday.

ALBANY, a. y, Aup u.s. lj.u.
tenant Governor Martin H. GNWn lis
the lawful chief executive of N,w
York State pending the outcome of
Impeachment proceedings against
Governor Sulzer according TO in Of
ncal opinion handed down today by
Attorney General Thomas Carmody
to Secretary of state Mitchell May.
Mr.. Carmody holds that the assembly
was within its rights in insututlng
Impeachment proceedings at an cN-
traurdinary session.
"Whcn the governor Is impcachcd
by the assembly" says the opinion,
"all of his powers are automatically
suspended until he has been acquit-
ted or the impeachment proceedings
dismissed by the court of impeach-
mcnt In the meantime, the lieu
tenant governor acts as governor.
This is the plain intent of the con
stituton Any other construction
would nullify its express provisions"
Neither Governor Sulzer Lieut.
Governor Glyun nor their counsel
would discuss the attorney generals
opinion tonight
Thr activities Of the rival guber-
national camps during the day cen
tered largely on thccscapc of Harry
K Thaw from Mattcawan and the
meeting Of the public building board
to open bids for reconstruction work
iu the capitol The bids for capitol
construction were opened I'm Mr. sui
lrr's presence by Chester G.. platt
secretary of the board. an opinion
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-19

abolish the Cuban preferential, The
chief provision of thc treaty He
raised the question. However. whether
the proposed law or the treaty would
prevail
Senator Lodge who said he drafted
portion of the Cuban reciprocity
treaty declared that the pending bill
made an immediate reduction in the
sugar rate of approximately 20 cents
a hundred pounds, and that this re
ducton would not be iu conflict with
the tr,a atty.
Senator Williams also insisted that
there was no, conflict between the
treaty and the bill The treaty. he
said, applied to all imports, guaran-
tecing cuba prcferentiaL but not
preventing change of tariff rates
by lay go,
"Undoubtedly." he added, "the bill
will give cuba the right to serve no
dive of ahrogation of the treaty If she
wants to take that view Of it, but
cuba may conclude as she gets many
other things in at preferential rarJ'.
that it is to her interest to keep IHia
treaty any how o.,
Senator 5 sterling said agitation I"i
free sugar had deferred capitalists
from erecting beet sugar factories IN
South Dakota. senator Walsh Oh
Montana expressed the beliel lhaI
many projected beet sugar factories
Continued on page s.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-19

identified tonigh, a picture Of the
asscmblyman as one Of his late guests
The clerk Of the hotel bore him out.
In New York trace was found Of a
Builder of the same initials, familiar
ly known as Hooks said of late
to have operated taXcabs and for
mcrly to have been lonEshorcman,
Assrmbymau Butler IS said TO
have been Identified with the long
shoromru's union. Mrs. Butler said
tonight that her husband was absent
from home from Friday afternoon
until Sunday night last she did not
know whore he had gone,
A. Fiukgu, who conducts q trans
fer service, said that he not only
know Butler, but Thompson, O.lNvefe,
Duny and Flood .all Of whom he de-
sCIihed as chaulieurs
u have been handling the baggage
~ t,h Thaw family for Fifteen years
that transfer man is quoted as say
ing land know Mrs ThaW and oth-
cr members of the family. Last FRI
day man | know very well, but
whose name ! wouldn't give upon my
life appeared down here at the N"sl
shore ferry AT the foot of West ANA
street i'm big touring car.
Knew All About IT,
I'm not going to say how ! know
this. but ! do know that TINS man
said he ed five good automobile
mon to 20 up to Mateawan on hunt
lCnntinurd on page S.)
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-19
twenty-five DROWN
WHEN STEAMER FOUNDERS IN
ALASKAN WATERS.
Passengers Drowned Like Rats Nh'h
Hoat Struck "A Reef and Sank in
Three Minutes.


seven members % fthe crew lth'
| p,cffic Coast Steamship company S
| steamer state of California, perIshcd
sunday morning in Gambler Bay
/ ninety miles south of Juneau, Wh'n
| tbe vssel struck an uncharted rock
/ and sank in three minutes, with many
messengers imprisoned in Their state
| rooms. ,..
The steamship left Seattle late
| Wednesday night for SkagWay ana
other points. The purser lost an Oh
his records and it is possible to give
! a complete list of the missing.
Following is list of dead whose
bodies have been recovered;
Mrs A. b. Biernum.
Mrs. Stella Reardan.
Mrs Clara Nandorlass.
Miss Lila Ward, daughter OF
assistant manager o fthe racine
Coast steamship company died after
being taken off life raft.
Mrs Nellie b. Ward, mother OF
| Miss Ward.
Unidentified woman.
Following is an incomplete list OF
the missing who are believed to nave
/ perished
Miss Anne l.. Cassidy.
Miss May Dixon.
w. A. Dyer
BlancI' 'IE"'
Minette T.. Harlan A..
Leslie Hobrow, manager OF the
| Pacific Coast Steamship ONCE J." san
! Francisco.
j. Holman.
Miss Alice Johnson.
Lillian Is. norman
Nick ltttulas.
Miss Reardan. ,,
| Mrs {. ~ SpIlhI anu Ni''U'
Ben A. wade
Miss Wilson. ,.,a
The uninJured surNlN ols' ~,
| passengers are helnE taken - .,,i ~.
ON the steamer JEFFERSON anu wiz
! rive there THURSDAY -.
A great hole was Torn "a ."' nv, Tho
| tom OF lle o'dle VI a,,'I IS
vessel and cargo, mail ana express
are a total loss. Ihe snip WAS N''-
ued at 100000.
The Steamship Jefferson OF lhe
| Alaska Steamship Line Southpouru
heard the wireless can oil the loulu-
ering vessel ana put PACK 10 rcScuS
the survivors VINO hau tahch 70 Sit.,i ~
! boats and lie raIIs. zen ol ''i
/ passengers hau SulIeIeu o' -, ',,'
| from exposure thai II was HeI' 'SS'li
to take them to a hospl'al III '""''"
for treatment
The state 81 Calil"rIHl' an ilo" @
steamship OF 2,-'o EIoSS ."'-1' va
built at Philadelpha lh .''' anu
carried crew OF 10 men or I'3'''
| years she mas C'IIIru P' -,
tween Pudget Sound ana san ram
cisco.
The wrecked vessel was colli'aIu-
ed by Capt. Thos. H. cam r. Wn"
has command OF the sWtealhshlp w
! lencia on her last trip from Seal'lc
to san Francisco, ana VINO was trans
! ferrcd to another steamer Nu'n Inc
! Valencia reached that port mus
barely missing being ON lhaI shiP
when she went ashore nj 'ape bealS'
| B. c., January %, l9Ob, with q loss
of III lives.
The state of California was going
at fun speed when she struck the
reef and great portion OF the ships
bottom was torn off, letting in flood
Of water winch quickly ehsulleu th'
members fthe crew who perished
were in their staterooms and there
was not time to get the mout before
tho boat went down.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-19

Miss Askitt-Doctor, is it dangerous
to the brain to bleach ones hair?
Dr. Emdee-Yes; it's likely to make
one light-headed.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-19
HJERIA SENDS
An UlTIMATUN
DEMANDED RECOGNITION BN L.
-. BEFORE MIDNIGHT
LAST NIGHT.
MAY sever ALL RELATIONS
Looks \S Though the Mexican Cow
crnmcnt Has Taken the First
Ntrap Leading To- War

MENlCO CITY, Aug. lS.-The init
ed STATES Government b,. I..r ..I,,,.r
.,.,l ,,.a...,.
'""'""' 'D II'7'u'HI
II"'IIl iu recognize MrNco, % is oil
uc.ully stated. The government is not
specific iu the public announcement
as tu what course then viii be pur-
sued, bat IL is understood that il
means the scycr.ug of an relations be-
tween the two countries
President iurra iu his reply. told
lhr United States that ne vould toll
crate mo- Interference. even though in
lrrIorrucc might be- characterized as
friendly mediation. The character of
'hr reply of Washington to President
iiurrla.s note VIII determine tine next
action lu the International drama.
All those connected with the Amcri-
can embassy refused iD admit the roe
cclpt of inc note and lhat ID had been
sem, was not admitted officially Dr., fbo
McNicau governments Az the embassy
there Was Ju evident dc-.r. 10 luu.lI
uItDmHuc and one was he'd u b.i...o
that Mr. Lind stiI hoped for "A Cou-
uuulUon of relations
C.n,,, or Animal,
r....,
S''"''' 'I"'I '" s. i'IuIr To lNe up
"''"' '.' 'N''' "'u "9 'h' apIl'J or
IT, '", l'",'' ''' ""t'u ne S'ld Mr.
,'','" ""u'a pe I,5''Iu Iur' as persona
''''' ~ '',' '' u' "Iu HuI uiins To- MeAl-
w. P''i'' ','"'S' '"S''hoF with
,'..',-, '''',-' ''.'l' ... ~ Ol' I'punuC by the
'i i''" ''''','' ia" r"u"'u lhr puplc
4" '"'I' was p"SslhIllJy lhdt
'',''' !" .o0''N' WIN I"For IN
r' rW,'. -, .',''' we ""s IONS "I inc
" y"n' Va ''i' ""SH'nsloh az
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-19
ONLY 2S DAYS

Until Tulsa will have an
ample supply Of pure
water for drinking and all
other purposes, is the pos
tive assurance of the
present city administra-
ton.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-19
Democrat, Confident.

Democratic leaders asserted tonight
that The BrIstow amendments would
be voted down and that there would
be no democratic votes to be cast
against the majority except those OF
the Louisiana senator's. Thornton ana
Rausdale.
In today's discussion, senator Brls-
tow asserted that the American Sugar
Refining company which several
years ago started out To acquire he
beet sugar factories, abandoned the
plan because "they found it would
Dee cheaper and easier TO destroy TINS
industry through free sugar than TO
con rol it by purchase of stock.
Senator Walsh declared that tcsti-
mony of beet sugar men before the
lobby investigating committee WAS to
the effect that The reason the Amer
lean Sugar Refining company reduc-
ed it's holdings In the beet sugar
plants Of the west was because OF
fear of the Sherman antitrust law.
Senator william Alden Smith Wig
orouslv supported the Bristow amend
ment and declared: a..
81 venture the assertion That the
| American Sugar Refining company
nor any Of its owners, has not pur-
! chased and beet sugar stock since lhe
democratic party came lntu power.
and will not buy any Until you nave
passed your bill and your three .'lIa
of strangulation have prosecuted !h'
beet sugar men and treemndou.ly re-
duced the price Of their stock.
Wanted Reason.
"1f the industry is going to be
ruined" asked senator Williams.
why should the stock be bought IN
"Hacause the democrats lease OF
mower" replied senator smith rs is
| but temporary, ana there ld'el "'''
| be a reaction ... e..
"If this party's lease of power IS
,a,nnorory." Senator Williams return
ed "why picture all this despair.
why moi pass the bill turn the demo-
Gratis out. re-establish our own lines
Tho republican senators unani-
mousiy contended that the proposed
rates would not cheaper sugar to the
| consumer.
| Would Abrogate Treaty.
Senator Cummins said the removal
of the sugar duty in 1915 would tend
to abrogate the present reciprocity
treaty with Cuba, because 1t would
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-19
lrIle WGa0Ih0P

TULSA, Aug lS-The tenn
pcrature. Maximum 90, minimum
73; south winds and clear
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-19
An Ex-Assemblyman

Th. description Of Butler tallies
closelyA with an ex-assemblyman OF
the SAM name. from New York city.
WiLiiamk iordon, proprietor of the lit
tie hotel\et Fishkill Landing, where
the five ma n headquarters for
two days prior to Thaw's escape.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-19
Wanted II Reason.

Senator Cummins said the removal
of the sugar duty in 1915 would tend
to abrogate the present reciprocity
treaty with Cuba, because 1t would
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-25
WILL SUMMON
HARRY K. THAW
AS A WITNESS
Will Be Asked ta Tell Gov
ernor Suffers Committee
What He Knows of the
Recent Attempt to Liber-
ate Him From Asylum.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Albany, Feb. 24.-Harry K. Thaw
will be asked to tell Gov. SuIzer's COM
mittee Of inquiry what he knows about
the most recent attempt to liberata
him from the Matteawan hospital.
This announcement was made by
this committee after William F. Clark,
former secretary to the committee, had
bitterly attacked the methods of Supt.
Scott, of the state prisons, and his as
sociates, as a prison ring Clark
said hat in January he heard the
prison ring were in a conspiracy to
involve the governor, so they might
be retained in their profitable business
of brokerage on pardons. II was then
requested that Thaw be questioned.
Thaw will probably be examined
Thursday.
On the stand today Col. Scott cor
roborated DR.. Mays's declaration that
DR.. Russell had said at would please
Sulzer" to have Thaw released. DR..
Russell reiterated the statement that
he was offered twenty thousand dol
lars to free Thaw.