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SENATOR COKE'S
CHARGES MADE
SUALLEJflJEUGEtt
IS FOtt JIETUALFE
Organization Consider " t Offer
ing to Temperance ' Neces
sary for Harmoi. e.
Omaha Creamery
Registers Kick
on Fuel Oil Rate
VATICAN HEADY
TO RECALL VI CO
Papal Nuncio nt Madrid Directed to
Be in Readiness to Leave on
Short Notice.
The Millstone
Declares Jacob Harmon Offered Him
Big Sum to Check Certain
Bills in Senate.
Fairmont Company Alleges Unjust
Charge is Made by Several
Railroads.
TWENTY-FIVE TO FIFTY THOUSAND
FLOOD OF LETTERS'-. , 'VED
nrv
1-
Think Success of Party De . . rat
He Be Nominee.
THEY WOULD AVOID EXlaME3
Governor it More Anxious About Elec
tion Than Primary.
APPOINTEE CHANGE3 . FRONT
Dryaa Well Satisfied wlU County
Option IMrdsrc, Ae-pordlns; to
Editorial In the Commoner
Defonda Ill Work.
(From a Stafi Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 4. (Special.) The
Governor Shallenbcrger organization has
tarted out to deliver tho goods to Richard
L. Metcalfe.
Thus the evidence Is at hand to prove
that IT. Hitchcock has served his useful
ness In-so-far as the governor la concerned
and he Is ditched.
The activityof) the pnrt'of the Shailen
beiger organization for Metcalfe 'Is due
to the ilood of letters which the chief exe
cutive has received since the Grand Island
convention urging the nomination of Met
calfe as an olive branch to the temperance
element of the party In order to secure
harmony at the polls In November. One
member of tho legislature, who Is a candi
date for re-election without opposition, has
written the governor that It Is absolutely
necessary to the success of the ticket. If
Shallcnberger Is renominated, for Metcalfe
to be the nominee for senator. This man
wrote to nominate Hitchcock and Shallen
berger would be to make the ticket top
heavy and lose thousands of votes, because
of the wetr.ess of the head man. He Insisted
a a personal and political friend of the
governor that the strength of his adminis
tration and of his political organization
should be placed behind Metcalfe and
everything poeslblo done to get the demo
crats to line up for the Bryan candidate
Many more letters of a similar nature
hav been received during the last few
day and they have had their effect. The
governor is now more anxious about the
election than he la about the primary, so
he fa looking for harmony. The letters he
, has received indicate to him that Metcalfe
will be ab'.e to bring more strength to the
ticket than HUcbcock and ao his organi
sation Is now working for the nomination
of the Commoner associate editor.
One of the governor's appointees, who has
heretofore hecn working for Hitchcock has
taken rt.' M"i oaAk,4nd gorw Into the fray
for Metcalfe. Ho is now out tn the Fourth
district plugging the voters for the . new
combination. This man made the statement
himself that he' was going out to do what
he eould tor Metcalfe. Being a loyal Shal
lenberger appointee It Is not supposed that
he would do anything political which did
pot have the approval of the governor.
" That Mr,, Bryan Is well satisfied with
' Governor Shallenberger's county option
pledge U Indicated in the following editorial
which will appear In the Commoner tomor
row! "The Nebraska democratic state conven
tion refused, by a vote of 647 to 198, to en
dorse county option an dthls has been her
alded over the country as a defeat for Mr.
Bryan. Let all the facts be known: About
ay. 1 Mr. JJrynn urged the calling of a
special, session of the legislature to submit
the . Initiative and referendum. ' He stated
that by the submission of the Initiative and
referendum the county option fight could
be postponed for two years. He failed to
ecure the special session. Then he an
nounced himself In fuvor of an e"i,"-se-
ment of county option as tho only -uy to
break the hold of the liquor Interests and
Insure the submission of the Initiative and
referendum. '
"As a result of his fight the republicans
endorsed the Initiative and referendum
thus making It certain that .it will be sub
mitted at the coming session of the leglsla
turt (the democrats and populists also hav
ing endorsed it). This is a victory for the
reform for which he has c intended for
fourteen years. He can afford to be turned
down on' county option if he can make
sure of the Initiative and referendum.
"But the democratic convention defeated,
by a vote Of ess to 292 a plank declaring
a plank declaring against county option and
' Governor Stialleubcrgcr announced at the
convention that he would sign a county
Option bill. Since the republicans and popu
lists have declared for county option and
the democratc have refused to declare
against It the chances are largely In favor
Of the ptusae of a county option Mil. it
will be seen, therefore, that Mr. Bryau has
reason to rejoice over the progress made
In Nebraska. It matters little what is dona
to him; he can be huppy so long us the
things he la fighting, for win and they are
winning in Nebraska."
SUMMONS FOR ROCKEFELLER
John D. Wanted to Teatlfy In Suit
Aaalaet His Company at
Kladlar, O.
CLEVELAND. O.. Aug. i.-John D.
Rockefaller was today served personally
with summons to appear In court In the
uit for I360.W0 damages brought against
him and the Standard Oil company at
rtndlay, O.. lust week by Thomus B. Kelly
and others. The petition In the case in
cites that through lta monopoly of th;
oil business the Standard Oil company has
caused the complainants t lose tlie amount
sued f ir.
VETERAN TELEGRAPHER DEAD
James 11. Watt. Oldest Operator la
- Employ of Aaiorlnted lrea,
I'asaea Away.
. NA8IIVILLK, Tenn., Aug. 4-James B.
Watt, the oldest telegrapher In point of
terviee In tho AHoclntd I'ress died at his
home here today at the age of 63 years.
Mr, Watt was an rxiert and In the course
of his long career at thrf key had handled
the story of the assassinations of three
.presldents--l.lneiln, Garfield and McKlnley.
nor ttira or lufiu.Ul Paralyala.
MASON CITY. la., Aus. 4-(8pecUil Tele
gram.) Burchell. tho 1-year-old son of V.
A. Nicholas, died toilay of Infantile paraly
sis. One new case was reported from Bur
lington. T cae si Rockwell proved not
t be para "..is.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASH INGTON, At.g. 4. The Fulrmont
Creamery company of Omul. a today f tied
a complaint with the Interstate Commerce
commission against the Atchison, Topeka
ft Santa Fc; Chicago. Burlington & Quinsy; !
Kansas City & Southern; Miss -iri Pacific
muI St. Joseph & Grand Island railroad
companies, alleging unjust charges by the
defendants on fuel oil shipped from Sugar
Creek, Mo., to Omaha, Crete and Grand
I.'land, at which pr'nts the creamery com-
Th ZTT' Vl&nt "nd 0P""" them
The secretary of the Interior has awarded
contract to the Pittsburg Valve Foundry
& Construction company of Pittsburg, Pa.,
for furnishing nine 68-inch balanced valves
for use In regulating the discharge of
water from the reservotrs under the North
Platte Irrigation project. Nebraska-Wyoming
and the Belle Fourche irrigation pro
ject, South Dakota. The contract price
for each vnlvc In J3.HW), the total for ths
nine being :!j,010 f. o. b. cars at FIttsburg,
Pa., and with the cost of transportation
lidded, the cost delivered at the projects
will be about 137,500.
Postmasters appointed: Nebraska Em
pire, Sioux county, David K. Merwln, vice
C. P.. Cunningham, resigned.
Iowa Ashton, Osceola county, Kdawrd
Gaster, vice F. W. Jameson, resigned.
Rural carriers n pointed: Iowa Maple
ton, route 4, Louis L. Bridges, carrier; no
substitute,
South Dakota Huron, route 2, Ernest 1).
Plckell, carrier; D. A. rickell, substitute.
Fort Dodge
Packing Plant Fire
House Which Began Operations Tues
day After Being Rebuilt
Loss is Total.
FORT DODGE, la., Aug. 4. (Special
Telegram.) The Fort Dodge Corn Belt
Packing company's plant, which began op
eration Tuesday after rebuilding when the
plant was destroyed Just after completion
last Christmas, Is again burning. The lo
cation of the blase cannot be found and
tho fire Is gaining great headway, aided
by a strong wind. The plant is valued at
over t75,000. The cause may be Incendiary,
At 1 o'clock the fire had spread to the
entire plant and the whole Is doomed. The
loss will be total. Two theories .are ad
vanced for the cause of the fire. One Is
faulty Insulation and the ether spontaneous
oombustlon In air felt in -the cooling room.
An inspector says the 'latter isimprobabteH
as air felt la used lu'all such plants -without
danger. .
Dynamite was used twice unsuccessfully.
The Fort Dodge fire, department with a
chemical engine Is working desperately, but
without avail. . The plant Is two miles from
the city.
The office . at the opposite end of the
doomed property, now Is burning and Pres
ident 1. J.- Ryan states he Is certain the
fire there Is incendiary In origin and this
makes suspicion greater about the rest of
the plant. The matter will be Investigated
thoroughly. Mr. Ryan says a little thing
like two fires, will, not prevent rebuilding.
The Insurance is 150,000.
PYTHIANS CHOOSE OFFICERS
Vice Chancellor Hanon Made Chan
cellor and Thomas J. CarllnK
Elected to Place Vnrnted.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Ausr. 4. Following
precedent, the supreme lodgo of Knights
of Pythias In biennial convention elevated
Vice Chancellor George M. Hanon of Calais,
Mich., to the office of supreme chancellor
and after a prolonged session selected
Thomas J. Carllng of Macon, Ga., supreme
vice chairman, chancellor, on the fourth
ballot, Benjamin I. Salltnger, Carroll, la.;
B. S. Young, Ada, O.. and P. C. Richard
son, Richmond, Va., were the other candi
dates. BALLINGER WRITES NOTE
Secretary Says Conference with Sen
ator Crane Had JVn Relation
to H'ntirlf.
ST. PAUL. Aug. 4. Secretary of the In
terior Ballinger, while en route to Seattle,
wrote the following note to the Associated
Press:
Please say for me that reports to the
effect that Senator Crar e's conference with
me had to do with the suggestion that I
resign, are without foundation.
Our conference did not In the slightest de
gree relate to myself or any matter affect
ing mo. Very respectfully,
R. A. BALLINGER.
EiturntH'rucr-Oi'krriilaa.
HtLDRtTH. Nem.. Aug. 4. Special. )
Miss Edna Leon a Ockermun of Hlldreth
and August O. Eserbcrger were married
at the ltome ot the bride's parenU at S:3C
p. m. Wednesday. - Rev. A. M. Steele of
Ong officiated. Miss T'.e&slc Wait of
Palmyra attended tho bride while Mr.
David Claen of Ong was bt-st man. The
brlio Is a prominent pUnnlst and music
teacher. The gnm Is superintenden'
f schools at Western, Neb.
Swain Who Thinks Darkness
Protects Him is Bombarded
An apology: This atory la scarcely fit for
publication: yet, It goea to show, as some
wiseacres of history once remarked, "pride
goeth before a fall." ,
It happened out at Lake Manawa, over Ir.
front of the camping grounds. A young
man from Omaha, who Is noted far tn.i
wide as a drawing curd v.lth the fair -sex.
was the star actor and It Is with his
"pride" and with his "full" that this tale
h-s to deal.
The Klrl In the cane there's always a sir
In It somewhere was one of tho many fair
campers. Uhe had unncxed the aforemen
tioned your.g. man ur lu th- park lunl
after a season of listening to the soulful
music of the bind he gall.intiy proceeded
! to escort her to hei tent.
1H. (Bought there was no one watching.
Perhaps there wouldn't have beui had it
COMPLETE RUPTURE IMMINENT
Cardinal Merry Del Val Working on
Ultimatum.
POPE'S ADVISERS DISCOURAGED
Clericals and Antis Are Preparing to
Make Demonstrations.
SAN SEBASTIAN IS FOCAL rOINT
Vatican Authorities Believe aponlaU
Premier, Cnunlejaa, Will lie Com
pelled to ' l'uah Campaign
Against raares.
ROME, Aug. 4. Mgr. Vlco, the, papal
nuncio to the Spanish court, was given In
structions from the Vtmcan today to .be
ready to leave Madrid at a moment's notice
in case of an unfavorable issue to the nego
tiations. This preparation for a complete
rupture of diplomatic relations between
Spain and the Vatican would indicate that
little Is hoped from the answer which Car
dinal Merry Del Val Is now drafting., , ,
Although the Vatican is earnestly trying
its best to avoid . a complete break with
Spain, Cardinal Merry Del Val fears that
Senor Canalejlis, the Spanish premier, .will
be forced. In oraer to satisfy his extremist
supporters, to still furtner . accentuate his
antl-Cathollo policy and the. cardinal is
preparing, for the worst. v
' The note which will be submitted to the
papal congregation of extraordinary affairs
will not be -given to the press here .before
its delivery to the Spanish premier at Mad;
rid, .to' comply "with the usual courtesies of
diplomatic 'intercourse. .
1 MADRID, Aug. . A renewed and formal
prohibition ' of the proposed' manifestation
of the clerical forces at San Sebastian, the
Summer capital,' next Sunday was Issued to
day 'by the minister of the interior! '. The'
organizers of the " demonstration ' neverthe
less peisiNt in their, plans and as the rej
publican leaders are- arranging an anti
clerical demonstration at San Sebastian on
the same day great apprehension prevails.
The clerical press publishes today further
articles of extreme violence against the
government. The organisers of the anti
governmental demonstration have, In cir
cular letters to the clorgy, urged them to
Incite their congregations to refuse obedi
ence to the prohibition of the demonstra
tion. ' ' .' : .
The civil Authorities are -considering pro
secution of the organizers of the proposed
Catholic manifestation and troops are ' In
readiness to erter the summer- capital - at
amy. moment.
Street Fight lo- -Barcelona.
BARCELONA, Spain, Aug. 4. A collision
In which weapons were used took place on
the streets today between the Carllst ad
herents of Don Jaime, pretender to the
Spanish throne, and' republicans. One of
the -republican faction was wounded with a
knife. - The police charged the fighting
crowds and dispersed them.
BROWNE MUST STAND TRIAL
Court Denies Motion of Illinois Dem
ocratic Lender to Dismiss
Case. .
CHICAGO, Aug. 4. Judge Kersten today-
refused ' to quash tho lndlcments ogalnbt
Lee O'Neill Browne, democratic minority
leader of tho Illinois legislature, charging
him with purchasing votes for William
Lorlmer for United States senator. The
court deferred Judgment on the plea of
Browne's counsel that the testimony of
Representative Link Myers and Beckmeyer
that they had been paid or offered money
for voting for Lorlmer be barred from this,
the second trial of Browne. The first trial
resulted In a disagreement after the Jury
had been out 115 hours.
Judge Kersten later announced that his
decision ; regarding the testimony of the
other legislators would be rendered when
the prosecution sought to put them on the
star.d.
The first 100 veniremen rvrenred In court
today.
DUMA PRESIDENT IN JAIL
M. GochUoff Temporarily Resigns to
Serve Short Sentence for
Dnrllnar. ,
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 4. Alexander
Guchkoff, who temporarily resigned his
functions as president of the Imperial
Duma in order to serve a sentenoe of four
weeks' Imprisonment for fighting a duel
with Count Uvaroff, a rival leader in ths
Parliament, began his term In the fortress
of St. Teter and Paul today. In the duel,
which was fought November 20, M. Guch
koff, then a private member of the Duma,
wounded Count Uvaroff slightly In the
shoulder.
Diamond Ulnar for Railroad Man.
FORT DODGE. Ia., Aug. 4. (Special Te'.e
gram.) C. H. Fletcher, former superin
tendent if the Illinois Central, today re
ceived a 1350 Masonic ring set with an im
mense diamond, the gift of employes of the
division as a token of the great esteem iu
which Mr. Fletcher was hold during the
his thirty years of service ended June 15.
not hen for the rain; but the rain Inconsid
erately dampened the downy couch In the
"la!io Kane's" tent and the flap was wide
o i ii in-d the "gang" waa awake.
To return to the story, the music In the
park, the cool breeres wafted from over
the lake. In fact, the whole harmony of
nature, awakened In the young man tha'
sentimentality which had made him
famous.
His srm stole gently 'round her waUt.
She didn't seem to objwt Ho began to
talk the time waa about ripe for a few
flowery remarks and the girl began to
listen. "Can't you see I'm craiy 'bout"
A heavy camp chair left In the pathway,
u shin minus several Inches of hide, arid
a roar from the "gang" put a complet'u
a.'i lasting "quieiua" to the hean-m iner'
talc of adoration.
. Gig
Br....-.:-. ..:
ivs - ns'nH
. - V - ."
From the- Brooklyn jpiijfie.''
BUSY DAT FOR!
Much Interest Attaches ,to His Visit
for Complaints.
TO TAKE TESTIM0NY, ON" CEIEj?
Chairman Flynn of -Dunocratle Com
- ralttre Woold Ask Governor Who
He Favors for Senatet Says
Talnks Would Not Say.
Considerable curiosity is in evidence con
cerning the hearing which Governor. Shal
lenberger will open at the Paaton hotel
Friday morning, when he has invited to
appear any and all persons .who uaye com
plaint to make of the enforcement, of law
In Omaha. .....
"While they are giving testimony, 'If any
Is given,"- Bald Chairman Flynn-. of the
democratic county committee, some of these
people ought to ask the governor what
candidate he favors for United States sen-,
ator. - Metcalfe has declared for nun, and
If he would declare what senatorial can
didate he favors It would serve to . clear
the political atmosphere a good deal. The
question doesn't occur to me as being Im
pertinent, under the circumstances, but J
very much doubt the 'governor will an-.
swer It."
It has been expected that Elmer Thomas
and some others of the old guard of the
anti-saloon brigade would appear before the
governor, but It has recently developed
that Thomas has lost confidence In the
governor. He has been declaring that when
the Omaha Flro and Police-board was In
the humor to reduce the number of saloons
by about forty, by refusing licenses to cer
tain r'aces, the governor came personally
to Omaha and Insisted that the licenses
should bo Issued That ended the activity
of Thomas, bo fur as Shallenbcrger la con
cerned; s-nd Just at this time the noted
"reformer" Is In a pickle as to what he
will do In tho primary. - -
Will Wateh Visitors.
When be was here and announced his in
tention to have a da for all kickers on
law enforcement, the governor did not in
dicate that he had a list of witnesses who
are to appear. Hence all. hands will watch
the vlsltor3 to the governor tomorrow with
more than ordinary interest. The mayor's
frier ds profess to have . t.o concert) at all
in the matter, but there are those who
hint that when tho taking of testimony be
gins things will be brought out to involve
the mayor as well as the three republican
con
mmisatoners concerned.
Friends of the members of the flro and
police board r jw claim they eaui see the
real reason lor the governor coming to
Omaha lo secure evidenco against the
board. They say that It is an admission on
tho part of the governor that he has no!
tho evidence against these men which he
said he had when he directed the attorney
general to begin ouster procdinss. Th.-y
say he now wants to secure complaints
to make good his deficiency. If such u
thins l possible.
Have you a sew
ing machine that
you do not use?
Why don't you sell it?
A Bee wuut ad will do the
work.
It is a matter of mere child's
play, say -0 cents und the
thin?; is about over.
Call Tyler 1000, if you can't
come down nnd an ad taker
will write your ad and place it.
ON ' ' XS,. iT
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lasBssssBnnskto3)tBsa'
Thousand Police
. . - for Columbus
Mayor is Swearing in Special Officers
- - . a. a fsjt a '
,, ana, ran or. iroops Are uemg . :y
Sent. Home.
, COLUMBUS, O., Aug., 4. Mayor Marshall,-
with the departure of half of the
national .guard on riot duty today; Issued
a formal call on the men of Columbus fof
1,000 special - police to' serve, during the
Blreet car strike. The mayor calls on
members of the chamber, of. commerce,
made up of business men of the ,"Hy, .to
volunteer. , ... ...
The homeward movement of the 1.S00 sol
diers of the Ohio national guard ordered
dismissed from strike duty here, began at
Ji o'clock today. -
. .There is little prospect of a settlement of
the carmen's strike. There has been no
,disnrdor and 'more people are riding-on the
cars today than-for a week.' Seventeen
hundred troops still remain here.
Mrs. McMahon and
Mrs. Hanify Held
Slayer of David P. Thomas of Sturgis,
. S. D., and Woman with Her Are
Charged with Murder,
t
STURGIS. R. D., Aut,-. 4 (Special Tele
gram'.) Charges against Mrs. Nellie. Mc
Mahon, who shot und killed David P.
Hiomas Saturday morning, were dismissed
by the state this morning and immediately
thereafter a new information filed and war
rant Issued charging Nellie McMahon and
Mnry Hanify Jointly with murder. Mrs.
Hanify, Is ' a niece of the late Michael
McMahon. Defendants were Immediately
arraigned and tho preliminary hearing set
for 2 o'clock this afternoon. The state was
represented by W. M. Kasher, states at.
torncy by special appointment, assisted by
Robert Stewart of Deadwood, and the de
fense by Harry P. Atwater and A. It
Gardner.
WYNNE GRANTED- REPRIEVE
Execution of Oiler Who Killed Engi
neer nt Honolulu is Delayed
Ninety Days. -
WASHINGTON. Aug. 4-Through a
presidential reprieve nnnounced today, John
Wynne, an oiler on the I'nitcd States
steamer Rosecrana. nt Honolulu, Hawaii,
who was sent, need to be hanged on Sep
tember 5, will not expiate the crime of
which ho was convicted until ninety days
after the date fixed by the execution.
Wynne killed Third Assistant Engineer
McKInnon. whom ho had imagined waa try.
Ing to make him lose his position. Wynne
was Intoxicated and killed the officer with
a hammer.
The reprieve was granted on the g-round
that tho attorney general could not con
sider the case aa required by law before
tho date first set for the execution.
Loses Life in Diving for
' Sunken Torpedo in Lay
PROVINCF.TOWN. Mass., Aug. 4.
Thirty fattu.ms detp In the waters , of
Capo Cud Lay In search of a sunken toi
pedo, George Wl'llam Falrey, a gunner's
mate on the battleship Connecticut, l"St
his life yesterday. The Connecticut was
engaged In torpedo practice, when one of
the missiles f lost und Falrey was sent
out with a boat's crew and diving ap-
a'
A.
MOKE MONEY IS : WORKING
Farmers Are Borrowing and Prepart
' x - ' ing to Move Crops.
BANKERS ; 0 COME TO OMAHA
... (.J..',': , . .
Arrangements . Are - Being Perfected
' for . the Entertainment ' of the
' . Delegates to the Nebraska
. Bankers' Aaaociution.
W.B. Hughes, secretary of the Nebraska
Bankers association is busy making ar
rangcinents for the convention of thd as-
soclatioh,- which will be held again in
Omaha, the dates being September 27 and 28,
As 'In tha past the state convention Is
scheduled Just ahead of the national gath
ering; that or the American Bankers' as
sociation, which this year convenes in Los
Angeles, October 3 to 8. A large number
of special trains will come through Omaha
the day followlhg the adjournment of the
Nebraska association convention, and a
number of special cars will be occupied
here by Nebraskans who will go to the
coast meeting.
The state association will bring between
C00 arid 700 bankers to Omaha from all parts
of Nebraska. Details of the program' have
not been made out except that papers will
be presented on emergency currency, u cen
tral bank, ' bank advertising, the effect of
postal - havings -on savings banks, and the
goad old theme-of "the relation of the
banker t6 the public"
,-Vhe -visitors will be entertained here as
lavishly aa in tho pas and, while arrangements-on
this have not crystallized, the
annuals-dinner will probably be held at tho
Field; tlub, 'a heretofore.
Officers of Association.
The officers of tho Nebraska Bankers'
association are these:
j President J. W. Welpton, Ogalalla.
Trtasurer Frank T. Hamilton, Omaha.
. Chalrnian . Executive committee C. F.
McGrew, Omaha.
Secretary W. B. Hugl es, Omaha.
Local, bank" report considerable demand
for loans and currency from the country
banks, an Indication that some crops are
moving in good shape, and that prepara
tlons. for. tha crop movement Are going on
apace.. It la generally held here that the
country, banks have bigger outstanding
loans. than a year ago and that this-will
contlnuo to be the case, because farmers
arc every year developing a greater tend
ency to keep their money working, to bor
row money from tho country banks when
a busines1: opportunity Is seen, and, in gen
eral, to net more like the ordinary business
man and less like the eld fashioned farmer.
OIL STRiKE IN WYOMING
Xortheastrrn Part of the State U
Worked I'p Over III Flow
of Mew Well.
CREYBULL, M'yo., Aug. 4. (Special Tele
gram, j Northeastern Wyoming is all
worked up over the new oil well which haa
be-n drilled at this jKiint. At a depth of
$1.4011 feet today the oil was struck In large
quantities and flowed so freely that It
covered up ail the machinery.
parotus to recovei It. On his way to the !
bottom lie slunalled "O. K."
There v. as a pause for a moment when I
he reached the bottom and then a faint I
algnal of danger. The comiadea pulled the'
diver as quickly as possible to the surface
Haatlly opening ,inor. they found
Falrey unctwoua, but still breathing.
All efforts to rescue him failed
Made to Clear Way for Three Million
Dollar Attorney Fee.
VICE PRESIDENT IS MENTIONED
Oklahoma Senator Says Wat Told He
Was Interested.
SHERMAN SAYS IT IS UNTRUE
Senator Charles Cartls of Kansas,
Conicreasniaa D. S. MeGoIr of
Oklahoma and Others In
volvU In Charges.
MTSlvOGKE, Okl., Aug. 4.-.Vhat hap
pened In the prlvats office of United States
Senator Thomas P. Gore at Washington
at noon on last May 6 formed the basis
of sensational charges involving the names
of Vice President Sherman, Senator
Charles Curtis of Kansas, Congressman
B. S. McGuIre of Oklahoma and others in
a hearing before the special Investigating
committee here today.
During the thirty or forty minutes of a
conference held In that office Senator Gore
testified that lie had been approached by
Jake Ia Hamon, former chairman of the
Oklahoma territorial republican committee
and also former chairman of the Oklahoma
state republican committee, and that he
had been offered a bribe of I2&.O0O or $50,000
to remove certain legislation pending In
congress; so that 3,000,000 might be paid
to J. F. McMurray, an attorney at Mc
Aleater, Okl., and ills associates.
"Attorney's Fees."
The money waa to represent "attorney's
fees" of id per Cent of 80,000,000 which waa
to be secured from a New York syndicate
for 450,00 acres of coal and asphalt land
now owned by the Choctaw and Chickasaw
ii dians In this state.
Vice President Sherman's name waa mon-
tldned by Mr. Uumun, Senator Gore tes
tified, as being "intei-osted" In the land
deal to the extent Ot favoring the approval
by congress of what Is known as the Mc
Murray contracts with the Indiana.
What happened In another private room
In Washington and also where, it waa al- '
leged, Hamon made more "overtures" rel
ative to the uand deal, was told by Con
gressman'' Ct E.'Creager of the Third Okla
homa district. Congressman Creager sup- '
plemented the testimony of Senator Gore,
He said on June 18 last he had been in
vited by Hamon to meet him In a private
room at the Occidental howl in Washing
ton. '-Having gonr-there, .Jtlrj,; Create teett- s
fled, he was Irrfciriped,. : ha could have &
substantial "Interest" in -the land deal. If -he
would withdraw his opposition to tha
approVal of the McMurray contracts by
congress.
Asked the question: "Were any figures
mentioned as to how ' much you were to
receive?" Mr.' Creager replied, "no, I did
not let It go so far ds that. I mads it
p.aln I was not open to being Influenced
fn that wuy.
"Froar Leg" Suppers.
"I had already gone on record as being
firmly opposed to the granting of such
an enormous fee to attorneys." Congress
man 11. 8. .Mt-Gutre, . who was charged by
Senator Gore as being "interested" In the
McMurray contract, was said by Mr.
Creager, in his testimony to have been at
the time of his visit, an occupant of tha
same suit of rooms with Hamon and Mo-
Murray at the hotol.
Clerks of Senator oGie testified to hav
ing bfeen Invited by McMurray and Hamon
to "frog leg" supper at Washington at
which the Indian - contracts wore to be
"talked over." . '
These invitations, It Is declared, were all
"turned down."
On one occasion, one of the clerks testi
fied, Hai.ion said Senator oGre was awfully
hard on his friends.
Senator oOre, In' his testimony, asserted
that the offer of bribery went so far
that Hamon said the 128,000 or $50,000 would
not be paid over In the form of a check
or marked money, but that 'It would be
all clean, hard rash.' '
Tha committee that heard the charges
hvus appointed by Mo.Murrsv contmni
,,
which are declared to have been made by
McMurray Individually with 10,000 Indian,
each of whom, agreed to turn over 10 per
cent of their profits from the sale of their
land, provided tha contracts were approved,
by congress.
The committee headed by Congressman
Charles H. Ilurke of South Dakota, chair
man, as composed of Congressman Phillip
P. Campbell of Kansas, Charles B. Miller
of Minnesota, John H. Stephens of Texas
and R. W, Saunders of Virginia. Its
Initial session was held today.
Congressman's Creager's appearance en
the witness stand followed a series ot
charges Core's
sensational statements.
Nenator Gore's Charges.
Among Senator Core's assertions were the
following:
That Hamon told lilm that a man higher
up In the government was Interested In
the approval of the contracts and therefore,
thci was no reason why Senator Gore
should not lie; that When asked who was
the man "higher up," Hamon had replied
Vice President Sherman.
That Hamon told him Senator Curtis of
Kansas waa "Interested" In the deal.
That 11 union told him Congressman Mc
GuIre of Oklahoma was "interested" In the
deal.
'J hut Hamon told him that an employe of
tile ,di purtment of Justice at Washington
"win interested" In the deal; that ho (Sen
ator Gore) knew the name of the employe,
but would not divulge his name, or the
name of hi-. Informant espei tally because
the latter would lose hla position.
That furn.er Senator Long of Kansas,
ucling as counsel for McMuray had groue
to resident Taft on Aurll 28, to urg tha
approval of the contructa, but that the
president hud laid "It would tske a good
dial of figuirent to convince him that tho
amount of fco asked by McMurray was
Justified. "
Scuutor Curtis today sent a telegram to
the coiiiinltu-e denying that he was in any
way Interested In the contracts and offer
I Ing to appear before the committee. Chalr-
j a.an Burke aul Senator Curtla would be
I subpoenaed to testify.
An account of that part of Senator (lore's
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