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OMAHA, SATURDAY MOKVIMJ, .1UNK 2, 1909 -SIXTEEN PAGES.
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WOMAN'S SLAYER .
KILLSIIIMSELP
Own Hand Ends Life of Supposed
Murderer of Pretty Mrs.
Edith WoodilL
DOUBLE MYSTERY DARKENS CASE
Murderer Supposed to Bo "Lame Bob"
Eastman, Bankrupt Broker.
Taylor Declines
the Consulate
at Mauritius
He May Pass It Along
TAFT MEASURE
SENATE VOTES
nnwT htt
IS NOW READY
Bill to Tax Corporation Earnings is
Party Lines ShaU , " .n Penrose
Introduced in the Senate by
Aldrich.
Offers Pro vis .a for Half
a Cent.
Tekamah Man Thinks His Good
Record at Examination Entitles
Him to Better Place.
EXEMPTION OF $5,000 FIXED
GORE ON THE MEXICAN FIELDS
IS HEMMED IN ON ALL SIDES
Promiscuous Shooting, but Coroner's
Jury Says Suicide.
LETTERS FOUND ON HIS BODY
Me Trie to Throw Responsibility for
Death of Ulrl Upon Other Crime
Shocking One, bat Detail
Tint Known.
ST. MICHAELS, M1.. June 25. The last
tragic chapter In the story of a. crime
unparalleled In this section, wu written
In the half light of an early rummer's
dawn today, when the man accused of the
heartless murder of pratty May Edith
Thompson Woodlll, atood for a moment
facing the men who had cornered him on
the waters of a narrow creek, then fired
a bullet Into hla heart and fell lifeless Into
the bottom of the boat, which he had
hoped would carry him to a landing place
where flight might be possible.
Taking hla fat Into his own handa, and
blotting out untold the story of the death
of a girl, who had moved In the highest
social circles of Baltimore. Washington and
Los Angeles, a beautifultalented girl who
had been a protege of Lyman J. Gage and
of former Oovernor Frank Brown of this
state, the man known here u Emmr.tt E.
Roberts, but In reality was Robert Emmett
Eastman, a bankrupt broker of the Con
solidated Stock exchange of New York,
passed beyond the reach of the law, and
with his going there vanished the hope of
clearing up the motive of this strange
tragedy.
ay a Woman Killed Her.
A letter found upon Eastman's body, ad
dressed to Miss Vlnnle Bradcome, care of
Klaw A Erlanger, the theatrical managers
In New YorV gave Eastman's Ill-sustained
excuse for the crime. It was a rambling
account of how he had been out In a
launch with a party of men and women.
all of whom had been drinking to excess
with the exception of himself and Mrs,
woodlll; or how one of the women in a
fit of Jealous frency, had attacked Mrs.
Woodlll with a wine bottle and killed her;
how the remainder of the party had taken
flight, leaving him to dispose of the body
a ni how as a means of escape from all
if his troubles, the. writer had decided to
er.d iilH life. Eastman asked Miss Brad-
i.j.iic io 'hurry to Maryland to take charge
of ii Ik l uf y uhd his property.
. .nui -rich, after a thorough Inveatl
14 :uu l:u .c cunt aside this version of the
i: I.;. i i he ilist wurd received from Miss
D.ctUu ihi toiluy conveyed the Information
tl.ui vhc. knew nothing t-f a Mr. Roberts
o,' tt:r.nn. Foreman nadcllffe of the
formers Jury wired Miss Uradcom to
co.r.e and take possession of the body,
however, and received a reply from her
i-a; l:ig she could not because of lack of
funds. He has wired her to draw on him
for $."i0 and Is now awaiting developments,
A New Tork dspatch tonight says Miss
Bradcome admlta she Is Eastman's wife.
Neither the known movements of East
man and Mrs. Woodlll and many of the
circumstances of the case tend to bear
out Eastman's explanation In the letter
which he 'had no opportunity to mall, ac
cording to the authorities, who seem to
hellev, with Colonel Charles H. Thompson
of McDanlel, the foster father of the girl,
that Eastman, in whose eompany she last
was seen alive, was responsible for the
death of Mrs. Woodlll.
Believe It Was Jealonsy.
As fur motives, many have been ed
vanced. That Eastman was Infatuated
with the girl was well known. She, In
turn, It would seem, was fascinated by him
at times, and possibly frightened by his
attentions. In a not addressed to "Dear
Wobby," declining to see him at the par
ticular time, but not wishing to anger
him, she said:
"It is only an Intermittent delirium, any
how. and you had better go and "wash
your dishes." "
After this Eastman evidently prevailed
upon the girl to visit his farm, which was
near that of her foster fathers, to see
the new bungalow which he bad built. The
girl met Eastman Sunday, was Been to
leave the MoDanlel wharf In a launch with
him, and Wednesday her nud body was
found floating on tho surface of Rose
creek, crudely tied to a rope and weighted
with Iron and bricks.
Mrs. Woodlll had been on a visit to her
relatives, and had Intended leaving In a
few days to rejoin her husband, to whom
she was ostensibly happily marriea
Jealousy. Induced by the fact that she was
so soon to go away, la atrlklngiy foremost
In the list of theories.
The crime may have been meditated or
It may hav been the reeult of a sudden
fremy and attack In th lonely bungalow,
.There wer signs of a struggle In the
bunualow a bloody sheet, some blood
stained boards, some half burned clothing
but the real story of the bungalow can
never be known.
Were Oddly-Mated PaJr.
The meeting of Eastman and Mrs,
Woodlll wherever and whenever It occurred
brought together two oddly suited figures,
and the tragedy brought to an end two
strange careers. - Mrs. Woodlll. though
tle married, waa but a slip of a girl
vivacious, petit littl thing, Immensely
fond of pretty clothes, always Immacu
lately dressed, and weighing only about 100
pounds.
Where the girl sprang from, who her
' father Mas, and what should hav been her
statton In lif. ar clothed with much of
The same deep mylry which surround th
details of her death. Br. waa adopted by
Colonel Charlea H- Thompson, a well-to-d
firmer of th eastern shore of Maryland
nineteen years ago, when ah was a tot of
S. Th baby waa in th custody or
Minneapolis street car conductor and hi
wife, who said they knew nothing of her
parents. Th record In Minneapolis show
that tb baby adopted by Colonel Tiwrap
son and his wlf waa entered lo the records
of adoption as th daughter of Matthew
and Zetella Kulght Wits. Indications seem
to point to U faot that W1t was not her
father. Mr. Woodlll Is known to hav ad
veitUed recently In an endeavor to find
tContlaisnd act fourth Pa"-)
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 25. (Special
Telegram.) P. E. Taylor of Tekamah, who
n a large class of candidates for consulnr
positions passed extremely high and hus
been nominated for the consulate at Mauri
tius, has written to Senator Burkett that
e will not accept. However, Mr. Taylor
Is expected to reach Washington on Mon
ey and have a talk with the state depart
ment over his assignment. Mr. Taylor takes
the position that In view of his high stand
ing among those examined he ought to have
better place than Mauritius. Mr. Taylor
I so states In his letter to Mr. Burktt
that ex-Congressman Boyd will accompany
him to Washington, possibly for the pur
pose of Interceding with the State depart
ment to nominate Mr. Taylor for a better
and more satisfactory consulate.
Senator Gamble, accompanied by Assist
ant Attorney General Sterling of toutn
Dakota, had a conference today with Com
missioner Dennett of the general land of
fice and Forester Clifford Plnchot with
reference to the bill Introduced by Sen
ator Gamble granting to the state or
South Dakota 62,000 acres of land In lieu
of a like amount which was included In
the forest reservations of the state and al
lowing the state to make selections In
lieu of these outside reservations for com
mon school purposes. South Dakota Is
vitally Interested in this subject and is
willing to surrender to the government
school lands Included In forest reserva
tion In order that they may make selections
of land still in the pulblc domain to enable
them to realise on them for public school
purposes, in a number or western states
similar questions have arisen and the de
partment recognising that It Is a ques
tion of considerable moment has decided
to give the matter most earnest considera
tion In order that some general policy
may be determined upon, not only as it
affecta South Dakota, but other western
states.
The following army retiring board has
been appointed to meet at Fort Meade:
Brigadier General Charles L. Hodges, Lieu
tenant Colonel Charles M. O'Connor, Eighth
cavalry; Major James R. Church. Medical
corps; Major David J. Baker, Jr., Eleventh
Infantry; Captain James W. Van Dusen,
Medical corps; Captain Hllwood W. Evans,
Eighth cavalry, recorder.
Charles D. McMlchael has been appointed
postmsster at Adams, Nuckolls county,
Nebraska, vice D. I. Wolford resigned.
President today nominated W. R. Harris,
postmoster at. Hamburg, la., and Herbert
B. Tysell at 1 Brltton and William H.
Doherty at Lemmon, S. D.
Rural carriers appointed for Iowa routes:
Dubuque, route 7, Gregory G. Besang,
Carrier; N. J. Besang, substitute. Fair
field, route 5, James M. Gregg, carrier;
Klma Gregg, .substitute. Maxwell, route. 2,
Milan D. Warner, carrier; Clarissa Warner, I
substitute. Prescott, route I, Frank Flor
ence, carrier; Romaln Florence, substi
tute. Another Blow for
Two-Cent Fare
Judge Willson at Philadelphia De
clares Pennsylvania Law
Unconstitutional.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. June 25.-The 2-
cent fare law of 1907 received another blow
today, when Judge Willson, In common
pleas court, declared the law unconstitu
tional. The decision was In the case of
th Philadelphia 4 Reading Railway com
pany to restrain the county of Philadel
phia from enforcing the law.
Coal Miners May
Call Strike
Operators Abolish Check-Off System
and ' Kansas and Missouri
Miners May Quit.
ennsspm
PITTSBURG, Kan., June 25. The Colo-
rado-Kansas-Missouri Operators' associa
tion today decided to abolish the check-off
system, now maintained with their miners,
as to raising the defense assessment. The
miner declare they will not agree to such
a move and threaten to call a general
strlk of all miners In Kansas and Mis
so vii 1.
Ensile Dtsens Bookkeeping.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. . June 26. Book
keeping, Including th proposition for sev
il Important changea in th system now
used by th order, occupied th time of
th grand board of trustees of the Fra
ternal Order of Eagles her today. The
truateea wer taken to th Hale farm to
night, where they wer guests at a bar
becue. '
Woman Cheated at Suicide
by the Wit of a Druggist
The attempt of Mrs. Mabel Schneider-1
helna, wife of August Schnelderheinx, 226
South Twenty-sixth street, to end her life,
waa frustrated by the wit of druggist
who sold ber two ounces of alcohol tinged
with th odor of chloroform Instead of
pur chloroform.
Mr. . Schr.flecriielni and her husband
hav been living apart. Friday morning
she became despondent and went to Hay
den's drug store at Twenty-ninth avenue
and Farnam, and asked for two ounce of
chloroform. Mr. Hayden was suspicious
and gave her th alcohol, with enough of
th aleep producer In It to give th odor.
Mrs. Schnelderhetns went to th butcher
shop at Twenty-ninth and Farnam streets
In which hen. husband la employed and
announced she waa about to kill herself
She then drank th (omenta of th bottle
and then proceeded, to th bom of
friend at XsM Farnam street, where she
xpected to baas away.
Death did not come, however, much to
ber disappointment.
Surprised and chagrined when sh awoke
and found ah waa still one of th living.
Oklahoma Man Says Competition is a
"Myth."
SCRAP IRON DUTY
South Dakota Senator Declares In
crease is Outrage.
TAFT'S MEASURE COMES
Its Consideration Will Probably Be
Taken Ip MonUar-i I ntereatlng
Day on Tariff In the
senate.
WASHINTON, June 25.-Tr.ls was another
of the senate's active working days, and
by the time the session closed at 7 o'clock
so many schedules had been considered and
disposed of that Mr. Aldrlch freely pre
dicted that by tomorrow night all of them
would be out of the way, leaving the sen
ate free to begin consideration of the cor
poration tax and Income tax amendments
at the commencement of proceedings next
week, and to follow these with the admin
istrative features of the bill.
Beginning the day's session with an In
crease of the 6 per cent over the house
rate of 36 per cent ad valorem on harness,
the senate marched steadily along through
out the nine hours of Its sitting. Indulging
In little speech making and acting upon
many Important provisions.
Among the changes made were:
An Increase of the duty on scrap Iron
from fifty cents to $2.60 per ton, thus plac
ing It on the same level as pig Iron; an
Increase of one-fourth of a cent per pound
over the house rates on wire nails; an In
crease of from four to six cents per pound
on monasite sand and thorite and other
articles used In the manufacture of gas
mantles, and the substitution of specific
for ad valorem rates on files, rasps, etc
Oil Duty Denten.
Toward the close of the day Senator Pen
rose, a member of the finance committee,
but not acting specifically for the commit
tee, presented an amendment fixing a duty
of one-half cent per gallon on crude oil,
and after , considerable debate It was
defeated by a vote of S4 to 40.
Republicans voting against the oil duty
were: Bristo'w, Brown, Burkett, Clapp,
Crane, Crawford, Cummins, Dillingham,
Dolllver, Gamble, Johnson of North Da
kota, Jones, LaFollette, McCumber, Nel
son, Page, Piles, Root and Smith of Michi
gan. Democrats voting against th duty were:
Bacon, Bailey, Bankhead, Chamberlain,
Clay, Culberson, Davis, Fletcher, Foster.
I'vasrer, "Gore, 'Hughes, Johnston of Ala
bama.", Martin, Newlands, Overman, Painter,
Shlvely, Stone, Taliaferro and Tillman.
Democrats voting . for the duty were:
Owen and McEnery.
The principal point of contention over
the oil duty was as to who Is benefited by,
the duty the Independent producers or the
Standard Oil company. Mr. Penrose and his
followers contended that the Independents
would be the principal beneficiaries, while
the opposition declared the contrary.
Gore's Speech Feature,
One of the features of the debate was
the speech made by Mr. Gore, the blind
senator from Oklahoma, in opposition to
the duty, Mr. Gore's colleague, Mr. Owen,
voted for the duty, but Mr. Gore, notwith
standing the fact that the independent pro
ducers In hi state were In favor of It,
voted against It. The oil producers, he de
clared, were his personal friends.
"I wish that this cup had passed from
my lips," said Senator Gore, with feeling.
He declared that Mexican competition Is
a myth.
During the day the linoleum and oil
cloth schedule was recast, so as to meet,
apparently, the demands of the Insurgents,
and was adopted with the understanding
that. If It should not be satisfactory upon
Inspection In the record, the schedule could
be reopened tomorrow.
The principal debate of the day was on
the petroleum, linoleum and scrap Iron pro
visions. Speaking of the provision for a
high rate on scrap Iron, Mr. Crawford de
clared It was "protection gone mad." The
provision was also criticised by Senators
Cummins and Beverldge. It, however, found
defenders In Senators Oliver, Dlok and
Aldrlch. There were many efforts tb am-fnd
the scrap Iron provision, but It was adopted
without chang.
On th eve of adjournment for the day,
Senator Aldrlch presented the corporation
tax amendment, approved by President
Taft, stating that he hoped th senate
would be In a position to take It up for
consideration Monday.
Paymaster SnlATen to Wed.
KANSAS CITT, Mo.. June 25 A mar
riage license was Issued here today for Lhe
wedding of Paymaster General Culver
Channlng Snlffen, U. 8. A., and Mrs. Zeno
bla Richardson. Both th general and Mrs.
Richardson live in Washington, D. C. The
wedding will take place tomorrow.
Mrs. Schneldarhelni declared she would
yet end her life.
"I'll get a chance and I'll do it," she said
with emphasis.
HOLDS ALDRICHJS IN ERROR
John Norrl Tell Senator Statements
in Wool Pnln Fight Are
Wrong.
WASHINGTON. Jun J6.-John Norrls of
New York, representing newspaper pub
lishers in their effort to secure lower du
ties on pulp and paper, has sent a letter
to Senator Aldrlch of tb finance commit
tee, in which he point out what he re
gards as "grave errors of facta," In Mr.
Aldrlch's statement to th senate. Mr,
Norris enumerated sixteen Items. He con
tradicts Mr. Aldrlch's statement that there
has been no advance In paper prices and
refers to th house committee report to
how that th actual advance In paper
price aggregated (5,000,000 par annum to
May, IMS.
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From the Chicago News.
SECRETE MAN IN BEDROOM
Florence Women Charged with Defy-
" ing Federal Officers.
THREAT TO SHOOT IS CHARGED
Mrs. Jennie Florlne and Dsearhter,
Mlsa Grace Florlne, Save Walter
Oasjood, but Ret Themselves
In Tolls of Law.
Through their friendship for Walter' Os
good, alias Will Lee, who is under indict
ment for impersonating a government se
cret service officer, Mrs. Jennie Florlne
and her daughter. Miss Grace Florlne,
laundresses at Florence, were arraigned be
fore United States CommiHsloner Anderson
Friday afternoon on the charge of resisting
a government officer and threatening such
officer with violence, going so far as to
threaten to shoot.
United States Deputy Marshal J. B. Nlck-
erson, with City Marshal Aaron Marr of
Florence and two assistants, went to the
reuldence( of the Florlnes at a late hour
Thursday night to arrest Osgood, whom
they had reason to suppose was concealed
In the Florine house. It Is alleged by
some of the Florence officers that Osgood
was seen about the Florlne house late
Thursday night, and the federal authorities
were notified.
A descent was made on the house with
the necessary warrant and copies. Osgood
Is thought to have secreted himself In the
bedroom of the Florlnes,' and a demand
was made to open the door. This was re
fused by the women and they threatened
to shoot to kill If any attempt was nude
to force the door, and used some strong
language, according to the officers, defy
ing them. Osgood kept discreetly silent
during the controversy, though the officers
believe he was In there.
The officers, fearing an attempt to force
the door might result in bloodshed, called
a truce.
Big; Revolver Flourished.
Mrs. Florine ordered the officers to leave
the house, and as they did so. the woman
appeared from the barricaded room and,
as stated by the- officers, poured out an
additional volley of expletives. It was
claimed the woman had a gun big enough
to do Ber v Ice.
Th officers returned to Omaha and
swore out a warrant for the arrest of the
two women Friday morning for resisting
an officer of the government. Deputy
Marshals Joseph Proctor, J. B. Nlckerson
and D. W. Dickinson went to Florence Fri
day afternoon and arrested the two women.
Osgood had fled In th meanwhile, and
no trace of him could be found. He is
still at large. Besides being sought for
trying to Impersonate a government offi
cer, he is charged with having passed a
check on a Florence saloon keeper on th
authority of his fraudulent claim of being
an officer.
At their arraignment Friday afternoon,
the women cried and strenuously denied
that Osgood was in their house Thurs
day night, saying that neither of them
had seen him for three months, and that
they had received ' authoritative informa
tion he had died about three months ago.
The elder woman has lived in Florence
about seven months, and conducts a laun
dry. She is assisted in the work by her
daughter, who Is only about 17 years of
age. Mrs. Florlne Is a widow. She has
no means, except what she earns by her
laundry work.
The hearing was continued until this
morning at 10 o'clock.
Girl Begs Plteonsly.
Both women were placed under $500
bonds. The girl was released on her own
recognizance on account of her youth.
"Oh, Judge, Judge, I don't want to be
separated from mamma," cried the girl,
when told she rWght go. "If she must go
to Jail, I want to go, too. Please, Judge,
do not separate us. I have no friends and
no place to go but home, and If mamma
Isn't there, I don't want to go. Please,
Judge, don't send us to Jail."
Th girl was finally persuaded to go to
Florence and see if she could not find
someone to go on her mother's bond.
Mr. Pnlltser Dead.
NEW TORK. Jun 25 Th death at her
horn In this city yesterday of Mrs. Albert
Pulltier, wife of the well known journalist,
waa announced today.
Express Schedules
for South Dakota
Board Informally Adopts Tariff
Reducing Present Rates Twenty
Per Cent.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D.. June 25. (Special
Telesram.) The state Board of Railroad
commissioners held a meeting for the pur
pose of Informally adopting a new sched
ule of express ratos for South Dakota.
Recent meetings held by the board Jjaved
th way for the presentation today of new
schedules, which were prepared with a
view to fully complying with an aot at the
legislature last winter which required the
railroad commissioners to put Into effect
July 1 a new schedule of express rates
which should be a reduction of 20 per cent
from the rates In effect January 1.
The new schedule presented to the board
was carefully examined and upon being
found to fully comply with the new law,
was Informally adopted. Formal action on
the new schedule cannot be taken by the
board until the new law goes Into effect
July 1.
Accordingly the new board decided to
hold an adjourned meeting on Friday,
July 2. at which time formal action will
be taken on the adoption of the reduced
schedule of express rates.
It was desired that the new schedule
should be formally adopted so the express
companies can have It printed and In the
hands of their agents In South Dakota at
the. time the new law goes Into effect at
midnight next Wednesday night.
ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN
Section of Milwaukee Track Kear
Itedfleld, S. D., Blown Oat
with Dynamite.
ABERDEEN, 8. D., June 25. A desperate
attempt to wreck a southbound Milwaukee
passenger train, lust north of Redfleld,
S. D., was made last night. A young
farmer who was walking on the track to
his home heard an explosion. He Investi
gated and found a section of the track had
been blown out. He flagged the passenger
train and prevented a disastrous wreck.
There Is no clue to the perpetrators. The
motive is supposed to have been robbery.
South Dakota Bank Deposits.
PIERRE, S. D., June 25. (Special.) The
last report of the, condition of state banks,
on a call of May 2S, will show that at that
date there were 452 such banks doing busi
ness In the state, which were carrying In
dividual deposits amounting to 115,222,661,
which was an increase of 12,193,130 from the
call made in February last. While the
state banks were carrj Ing over forty-five
million dollars of Individual deposits, the
national banks doing business In the state
were carrying practically J22,0O0,OOO, bring
ing the total deposits of Individuals In the
L state to very near $0,6O0.O00. The Increase
In deposits for the last three months being
Irclose to (3,000.000.
Chicago Saloon Wrecked by
Bomb, 30th in Two Years
CHICAGO, June 25. Another bomb, the
thirtieth of a mysterious series auring me
last two years, wrecked the saloon of
Manning & Howies at 321 States street
here today, causing a loss of $25,000. Win
dows In a nearby department stor and a
restaurant wer shattered by the force of
the explosion. Michael Yargarbarkln, who
waa asleep at his fruit stand In front of
the place, wa burled under the debris,
but rescued and taken to a hospital. James
West, who was passing th saloon, sus
tained slight injuries. Corporal Benjamin
BertwhUtle, L. Martin, William Fred
ericks and Henry Rutrough of the United
Stales army recruiting service wer thrown
from their bds In '.be recrulltlng offlc
above the saloon. They were not hurt.
Whether the bomb was thrown In the
so-called gambler war which has mysti
fied the police for a long time, or was
thrown as the result of a personal quarrel
with th proprietors of th saloon la not
MRS. COULD WINS HER CASE
Court Exonerates Her of Charges
Made by Husband.
IS AWARDED HEAVY ALIMONY
Howard Mast Pay Her f.t.OOO a
Month for Her Support Decision
Is Sweeping; Victory for
Accused Woman. -
NEW TORK, N. Y., June 25. After
trial which lasted nearly three weeks,
Kathetine Clemmons Qoud obtained a le
gal separation from her r (Riband. Howard
Gould, third son of the"ue Jay Gould
today.
With the exception of alimony, her vic
tory was complete, but In this phase of
the case the court decided that t.K,000 a
year was sufficient, although In her suit
Mrs. Gould asked for S250.0O0. She has
been receiving (25,000 a year from Mr.
Gould.
It was In the vindication of charges of
tntoxl allon and her alleged relations with
Dustln Far num. the actor, that Mrs.
Gould scored most strongly, for, notwlth
standing the long array of witnesses for
Mr. Gould, who gave such testimony as to
make Mrs. Gould appear at times as de
fendant rather than plaintiff, the court
held that the alleged "Intoxication" might
have been due to excitement.
Farnam Relation Innocent.
As to Dustln Farnum It was held that
her association with him came after Mr
and Mrs. Gould separated, and that the
husband apparently made no objection.
Delancey Nlcoll, for Mr. Gould, asked
for a sixty-day stay ef Judgment, and
Clarence J. Shearn, for the plantlff, was
on his feet to object. He asked for an
Immediate Judgment. Justice Dowllng
compromised by making the stay thirty
days.
Mr, Shearn then asked for an extra al
lowance for counsel fees, and the court
gave him $2,000. This, together with the
(10,000 allowed recently and the original
allowance of $5,000, will bring his fees to
$17,000, with an additional sum of $3,900 for
expenses. '
Friends of Mrs. Gould crowded about her
as soon as the decision was announced,
and she was kept busy receiving congrat
ulations. As the decision was read she
kept her head cast down and seemed
plainly disappointed by the allowance. As
soon as the case was closed, however, she
shook hands warmly with Mr. Shearn and
thanked him for his conduct of her case.
Then she beamed upon her friends and
even smiled upon the downcast trio of
lawyers, who hsd fought for her hus
band's Interests.
Howard Gould hurried from the room
and declined to discuss the case.
Mrs. Gould drove away In an automo
bile. :,mi
Blnsbin Sues for Slander.'
NEW YORK, N. Y.. June 25-Pollce
Commissioner Bingham today brought suit
against Supreme Court Justice William J.
Gaynor. claiming (100,000 damages for de
famation of character in letters criticising
the commissioner.
known. The police expressed a belief in
the latter theory, Inspector Wheeler de
claring that there had been no gambling
at the Manning & Bowes establishment.
LEWIS0HN WAS NOT KILLED
Cablegram from England Denies He
port of Fetal Antomoblle
Accident.
NEW YORK, June 25. A cable message
from Oscar Lewlsohn, reported last night
to have been killed In an automobile acci
dent on the European continent, was re
ceived today by Martin Vogel, attorney for
the Lewlsolin famly here. The cablegram
read:
"Ascot. England No foundation In re
port. Both Well. "OSCAR."
Mr. Vogel staled that efforts were be
ing mad to locate Jessie Lewlsohn, elder
brother of Oscar, who la known to b on
th continent.
Every Character ' of Profit-Making
Corporations is Affected.
RUNNING EXPENSE DEDUCTED
Machinery for Collecting Revenue is
Provided For.
RETURNS TO BE UNDER OATH
Government Atrnta Forbidden, fnd
Penalty, from Disclosing; Cos
fldeulal Information te
Business Rival
WASHINGTON. June 25. President
Tad's much heralded corporation tax
plan was presented to the senate today by
Mr. Aldrlch, chairman of th finance com
mittee and was ordered printed as a com
mittee amendment to the tariff bill. If
schedules arc completed by Monday the
corporation tax amendment will then be
taken up and held before the senate until
final disposition Is made of It and of
amendments on the subject of a direct
tax on Incomes.
In general form the corporation tax
measures follows the outline given by the
Associated Press after the conference at
the White House on Tuesday night, when
the subject was considered by the presi
dent, lawyers of his cabinet and senate
and house republican leaders. As drafted
by Attorney Guneral Wlckersham ami
Senator Root, the measure Is believed to be
amendment proof and an effort will be
made to put It through congress un
changed. It will be designated as "the
Taft plan," the weight of the president's
name being depended upon largely to en
compass Its enactment.
Tax on Earning.
Briefly stated, the plan Imposes a tax
of 2 per cent upon the net earnings of
every corporation. Joint stock company or
association, organized for profit and hav
ing a capital stock represented by shares,,
and every Insurance company organized
under the laws of the United States or
of any state, territory or dlstrlot or or
ganized under the laws of any foreign
country and engaged In business within
the United States.
Every latitude Is given to concerns sub
Jeot to the tax for the exemption of ex
penses, cost of maintenance, the depre
ciation of property, debts and the Interest
thereon, other forms of taxation and all
expenditures usually taken from earnings
account. Every corporation Is also given
an exemption of $5,000 of earnings before
the tax shall apply.
All of the machinery relating to the col
lection, remission and refund of Internal
revenue taxes Is made applicable to the
corporation tax and the responsibility for
the enforcement of the proposed law rests
with the commissioner of Internal revenue
in the same manner as other internal
taxes.
While the corporations are required to
supply Information of a most Intimate
character relating to their business, pro
vision Is made to safeguard them against
wrongful use of data obtained for the
purpose of assessing the tax. Penalties arc.
provided In cases of false or fraudulent
returns.
Scope of Tax Wide.
Practically every character of Incorpo
rated Institutions organized for profit Is
brought within the provisions of the cor
poration tax. The provision defining the
concerns from which the tax will be col
lected Is as follows:
"That every corporation. Join stock com
pany or association, organized for profit
and having a capital stock represented by
shares, and every Insurance company, now
or herefafter organised under the laws of
the United States or of any state or terri
tory of the United States, or under the
acts of congress applicable to Alaska or
the District of Columbia, or organized un
der the laws of any foreign country and
engaged In business In any state or terri
tory of the United States or In Alaska
or In the District of Columbia, shall ba
subject to pay annually a special exclsi
tax with respect to the carrying on or
doing business by such corporation, Joint
stock company or association, or Insurance
company, equivalent to 2 percentura upon
the entire net Income, over and above $5,000,
received by It from all sources during
such year, exclusive of amounts received
by It as dividends upon stock of ether
corporations, Joint stock companies or asso
ciations, or Insurance companies, subject
to the tax hereby Imposed, or If organized
under th law of any foreign country,
upon the amount of net Income, over and
above $5,000, received by It from business
transacted and capital Invested within the
United States and Its territories, Alaska
and th District of Columbia, during such
year, exclusive of amounts so received by
It as dividends upon stock of other cor
porations. Joint stock companies or asso
ciation or insurance companies, subject
to the tax hereby imposed.
legitimate Expense Dedarted.
"Such net Income shall be ascertained by
deducting from the gross amount of th
Income of such corporation, Joint stock
company or association, or Insurance com
pany from all sources all the ordinary and
necessary expenses actually paid within
the year out of income In the maintenance
and the operation of Its business and
properties.
"All losses actually sustained within the
year and not compensated by Insurance or
otherwise. Including a reasonable allow
ance for depreciation of property, If any,
and In the case of Insurance companlea th
sums required by law to be carried to
premium reserve funds.
"Interest actually paid within th year
on Its bonded or other indebtedness not
exceeding the paid-up capital stock of sui'h
corporation, Joint stock company or as
sociation, or insurance company outstand
ing at the close of the year.
"All sums paid by It within the year for
taxes imposed lender the authority of th
United States or any state or territory
thereof.
"All amounts received by It within th
year as dividends upon stock of other cor
porations. Joint stock, companies or as
sociations, or Insurance companies, sub
ject to the tax hereby Imposed; provided
that in the case of a corporation. Joint
stock company, or association, or Insur
ance company, organized under the law
of a foreign country such net lnoom shall
