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VOL. XL-NO. 42.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1910-SIXTEEN PAGES.
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STEAMER SINKS
4 OFF ALASKA COAST
Eighty Passengers and Crew Are
' Saved by Beinj Taken Off
in Boats.
HONE ARE INJURED AT ALL
Princess May Founders and Will Be
Total loss.
CANNOT BE RAISED AGAIN
Plank in Bottom of Boat Torn Open
Completely.
CASTAWAYS ARE COMFORTABLE
Ytutl Doond for Vnneouver Strike
') Center . Island 1" TtIl
smooth laket Cause of
OtUrr Wreck.
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JUNEAfJ, Alaska. Aug. 6-Tho Canadian
Pacific 8teamhlp, Princess May, which left
Bkagway, Alaska, southbound for Vancou
ver at clock last night with eighty pas
senger and a crew of sixty-eight, struck
th north reef of Sentinel Isle at 4 o'clock
thin morning In tlia dark, but not foggy
-weather, and In a smooth sea and sank
two hours later. .
All the passengers and their baggage
4 were taken to the lighthouse on Sentinel
Isle whence they will be brought to Ju
neau by steamers that have gone to their
, " relief. The light keeper did everything In
Ms power to make the castaway comfort
able. None of the passenger or crew
were Injured. A boat'a crew of lx were
i picked up by a fishing launch and brought
to Juneau. Later a second boat's crew with
pilot Richardson arrived. The members of
the crew who are here, say the sterner will
be a total loss, the bottom being torn open
so that It will be Impossible to raise the
vxsel. Captain McLeod and a number of
fW crw Will stand by the ship.
At the time of the accident Captain Mc-
Leod was In his berth and Pilot Klchard
son was on the bridge. The approach to
Sentinel rock,' at the southern end of Lynn
canal, I one of the most perilous stretches
of water In Alaska. A ship must near
Jtocky Islands on both sides, the smallest
variation from the course entailing de
struction. The walls of the canal are
preclpltlous and the waterway deep and
' In many places narrow.
Sentinel Isle, situated about our miles
north Bnri rast of Bhelter Island, Is the
key to the narrow passageway by Shelter
Inland. This passage Is strewn -with reefs
and at soma points Is less than half a mile
In width. Sentinel islet Is a Jaged rock
about 250 yards long, with long, toothlike
rf projecting at the north and south
g ends.
Pilot Richardson, It is supposed. In try
lnjl .ta Bick uu.itlia 4slet In the eight failed
,,1o observe the light and struck head-first
on the north reef.
Sentinel Islet Is about twenty-five miles
from where the steamer Islander foundered
a with a loss of sixty-four passengers after
striking Ice In August several years ago
and almost opposite where . the Clara
Nevada blew up and was lost with all
I hands during the Klondike rush.
DEATH OF CHARLES R. REDICK
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of the Late John
Passes Away at
hoiua City.
I. Redick
Okla-
News of the death of Charles R. Redick,
In Oklahoma City, has been received with
deep regret by a great many Omaha people.
He was the brother of Judge W. A. Redick,
who has gone to attend the funeral, ac
companied by Mrs. Kedlck. Uurlal will be
made at Oklahoma City, where the de
ceased has resided for a good many years,
since becoming an invalid. He suffered a
stroke of paralysis while attending the
democratic national convention In 18S4 with
his father, the lata John I. Redick.
Charles R. Redick is recalled as one of
the most naturally brilliant men that
ver practiced at the Omaha bar. He
ad been admitted to practice before he
was SO., and on reaching that age was made
the candidate of the democracy of Ne
braska for justice of the state supreme
court. As a Jury lawyer he won a high
reputation almost from the start, and his
ervlee were in demand by a numerous
clientele. Ill health compelled his removal
to a milder climate some eighteen or
twenty years ago.
Mr. Redick was about 65 year of
at the time of his death.
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FREIGHT TRAIN RUNS AWAY
Crew Lose Control of Sixty Cars
While Going; Down rocono
Mountain.
SCRANTON, Pa., Aug. 6.-Two trainmen
were killed, another is reported dead and
two others are missing aa the result of a
freight wreck today on the Delaware,
Lackawanna A Western railroad at Anullo
inlk. west of Stroudsburg.
The freight train of sixty car ran away
While going down the Pocono mountains.
The known dead are;
GKORGB S. COGL1ZER. engineer.
HOBt'IVT O. RUEGO. condurtor.
Both lived at Scranton. The head brake
man Is reported dead. Nearly the whole
train is said to have been derailed and the
wreckage afterward took fire. An engine
company and firemen from Scranton were
sent on a special train to fight the fire.
PRIMARIES IN TENNESSEE
independent Judiciary Ticket Nomi
nated by Democrat by
Large Majority.
NASHVILLE. Aug. Il.-Whl1e Chairman
Robertson of the regular state democratic
headquarters here has clven out no statv
ItMl.t today the leaders of his, the Patter
son faction, prsuilca'.ly admit that the
Independent judiclniy ticket has csrrit-U
th tat by Si.OuO majority. Chhirmai
Vertrees In n unofficial atutununt this
morning said he saw no reason fur chang
ing his forecast made stxcral days ago
f a majority of 40.0) for the Independent.
County Attorney Iteatitus.
FLATWMOUTlt. Neb . Aug 6. ((Special.)
The resignation of William C. Ittmsey as
county attorney was accepted yctt. r Uy by
the Board of County Commissioners, and
that body appointed Calvin H. Taj lor of
Union to tUl the uneaplred terra of Mr.
Ramaegr,
Kansas Bank
Guaranty Law
Comes Up Kirst
Application for Appeal Will Bs
Passed Upon tv Supreme Court
When it Reconvenes.
WASHINGTON, Aug. G.-One of the first
questions on which the supreme court of
the United States will pass after It con
venes In October will be the application
for it to review the litigation In the federal
courts In Kansas over the constitutionality
of the Kan saa bank depository guaranty
law.
vJohn Leo Webster of Omaha, ex-Snator
Chester I. Long ami Severn 1 other lawyers
representing the Ablllne National bank and
others filed the application for a writ of
certiorari In the case.
The United States court fur the district
of Kansas, in an opinion handed down by
Judge Pollock, ruled that the law was un
constitutional as being in violation of the
fourteenth amendment and as unlawfully
discriminating against the national banks
and destroying their efficiency. However
the United Slates circuit court of appeals
for the eighth circuit reversed the lower
court and held the law to be constitutional.
"If our contentions are sound, and we
believe them to be," counsel for the na
tional banks say In their brief, "the Kan
sas bank guaranty law will operate to de
spoil national banks of their deposits by In
ducing people to believe that depositors in
the state banks are guaranteed and that
depositors In national banks are not, and
cannot be, guaranteed.
"Such process of spoliation will result
ultimately in the liquidation of national
banks and lncreaslngthe number of state
banks, or we may say the destruction of
one, and the upbuilding of the other as
has been demonstrated In the state of Okla
homa." It Is claimed that congress will never
authorize the national banks to accept the
provisions of the statute for their re-organisation
as state banks, thus pVocurlng
the benefits of the act, "because to do so
would for all practical purposes, deprive
the federal government of all control over
such banks and make said banks subject
to the control of the state of Kansas, or
In other words, to all Intents and purposes,
make them state banks."
Dahlman Men
Plan to Invade
Capital City
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City Clerk Dan Butler Leaves for
Lincoln with Purpose of Open
ing Headquarters.
That the Dahlman supporters expect to
open headquarter In Lincoln Is the asser
tion made by Colonel Charle Fanning,
head of the Dahlman forces In Omaha.
To-Da ButlB,iclty clerk of Omaha-waa
assigned the, task of opening up til head
quarters and lining up the support of the
liberal Lancaster democrats,.
' Mr. Butler left Friday morning for
Lincoln, first to consult with ohn O
Maher, according to Mr. Fanning, woh
said:
"We believe t.iero are large number
of democrats In Lancaster county, who
would like to rally around the Dahlman
banner If thsy are but given a chance,
and we propose to give them & chance.
"The governor opened headquarters In
Omaha and we believe In returning the
compliment." ' ,
Boy Hangs Self .
With; Necktie
Blaine Thayer, Eleven Years Old,
Commits Suicide Because He
Was Punished.
KALAMAZOO. Mich, Aug. 6,-Blalne
Thayer, 11 years old, son of Deputy Sheriff
Charles M. Thayer, hanged himself in his
room today. When he refused 'to take his
music lesson this morning, it was said at
the lad's home he was sent to his room as
punishment. He failed to respond to calls
at noon and when the door of the room
was opened the boy was found dead. He
had fastened his necktie around his throat
and hanged himself to a bedpost.
TIMOTHY H. C0STELL0
MURDERED IN SALT LAKE
Loral Follower of rlace Tracks Meet
Death by Violence In Utah
City.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Aug. S. (Special
Telegram.) Timothy H. Churchill of
Omaha, was murdered here today.
cnurcnui was a rouower or the race
tracks, and his real name was Timothy
Costollo and he came from Pittsburg,
where his relatives reside.
PIONEER NEBRASKAN DEAD
Charles Angnit Sell mil I, Who Had
Hexlilrd Ili-re Mure IS'O,
Passes Away.
Charles August Sehtnltt, aged M)
died at the home of Ger.era
years,
Bruno
Tschuck, 119 South Twenty-fifth street, on
Friday, August 6. '
Mr. Schmltt wus .lorn in Bremen, Ger
many, came to Nebrnskn In the early 50s,
and resided for many years at Bellevue,
where many of the old settlers were among was a personal letter sent to Grand Army
his friends and acquaintances. The extreme I men generally throughout the state."
heat and general debility Incident to old ' ,
age were the causes of his death. I Roosevelt Back In Srxt York,
The funeral will take place on Saturday NEW YOrtK. Aug. 4. President Roose
Auust . at 3 o'clock at II. K. Burket'8ivelt returned to New York today from his
undertaking rooms, m North Kh street, j Tu "if hV waK to' &
Interment at Forest Lawn. Bay.
Girl Falls Under Train
on Bridge and is Unhurt
ASIIVILLG, N. C, Aug. 8. Caught
a high trestle Just beyond the Huraln tunnel
on the Southern railway between this city
and Old Fort. MUil pi, Nellie Smith of
Kuthrrfoid. this state, threw herself b
wein tho vails In front of passenger train
No. K this morning and miraculously es
caped death when the engineer brought his
train to a standstill over her prostrate
body.
When th excited train crew and pas
senger gathered to pick out what they x-
T AFT ANNOUNCED
BY TOWN CIUERS
Arrival of President at Princeton
Heralded by Old Method Long
Since Disused.
EIGHT WARSHIPS WELCOME
Dedicates Granite Shaft to Memory of
Pilgrim Fathers.
BRONZE TABLET
UNVEILED
Gift of Charles Eliot of Harvard of
Principal Importance.
MILITARY
HONORS
GIVEN
Executive Holds Reception for Offi
cers of the Fleet on the Connec
ticut Monument to Pll
arrlnia Dedicated.
FROVINCETOWN. Mass., Aug. S.-No
greater duty ever devolved on Province
town's two criers George Washburn Ready,
and Walter Smith than their announce
ment today of the coming of President
Taft and the dedication of the granite shaft
on Town Hill, erected to the memory of the
Pilgrim Fathers.
This old custom of crying Important
events through the streets remains Intact
In Provlncetown.
The cornerstone of the monument was
laid August 7, 1907, by President Roosevelt.
Its dedication by President Taft attracted
a crowd that taxed to their limits the nar
row streets of this old fishing vtown. A
fine nor-wester was blowing straight across
the bay from Beverly to Cape Cod, and
running before the wind, the president's
yacht, Mayflower, came flying across to
be welcomed by a mighty array of the na
tion's naval power.
Preparations for receiving the crowd and
the distinguished guests were completed last
night and before the exercises today, the
fleet sent ashore 2,000 of its sailors, who
formed along the streets from the wharf
where the president landed to the grand
stand.
The principal act of the dedication of the
monument was the unveiling of a bronze
tablet over the door facing the harbor,
which was given by President Emeritus
Charle W. Eliot of Harvard. .
The town clock was striking nine when
the Muyflower came around the little
white beacon at the end of Long Point
and passed In between the lines of battle
ships. .
Eight of the great war vessels were here
to greet the president, . the Connecticut,
Michigan, Mississippi. . Idaho, South Caro
Una, Louisiana, Kansas and New Hamp
shire. ....
A the 1 Mayflower headed in the first
gun boomed from the flagship Connecticut
followed by, twenty-one guns frotn all the
the entire ship companies stood at atten
tlon. ' "
The Mayflower dropped anchor at the
head of the line at 9:30 a. m., ejid President
Taft immediately went on board the Con
necticut, where he received the' command
ing offloers of the fleet
The reception on the Connecticut lasted
about a half an hour, and then the presl
dent started for shore:-
Seven Suffocated
in Lodging House
Five Men and Two Women Are
Smothered to Death in
New York. '
NEW YORK, Aug. 6. (seven lives were
lost early today In a fire which destroyed
a three-story lodging house In the foreign
quarters of Jamaica, L. L The blaze
started in a hallway, the only exit, and
spread so rapidly that few of the inmates
had an opportunity t escape.
The lodging house was occupied for the
most part by poor workmen employed In
the neighborhood. The owner, George Dun
beck, occupied apartments with his family
on the ground floor. He and his household
escaped safely In their night clothes by
.climbing through the windows to the
street
rne aeaa, rive men ana two women, were
all foreigners. They were asleep at the
time and were all suffocated by smoke as
they lay in their beds.
The blaxe was a small one', and a single
company of firemen, with one line of hose,
extinguished It within a few minutes of
their arrival. The property loss will not
exceed $1,500.
CAPTAIN ADAMS' STATEMENT
Superior Candidate flay Had N
Correspondence with Veteran
Club at Lincoln.
Captain C. E. Adams of Superior Is vis
iting In Omaha to let people know he Is
out for United States senator.
"Referring to tho dispatch from Lincoln
In the Hi e of August 2." says Captain Ad
arsis. I wish to say briefly that I never
i had any correspondence with the Veteran
licpuullcan club of Lincoln In regard to
my candidacy for United States senator,
neither did I request for myself or ask any
person to bring my candidacy before that
organlzntlon. The letter they acted upon
on petted to l the young woman' mangled
nooy. they wore told by a muffled voice
from beneath tie engine that she was un
hurt. The train wa backed into the tunnel
and there was revealed to the astonished
gaze of the passengers and crew the figure
of a woman covered with cinders and
drenched with water, but otherwise un
harmed. Miss Smith waa taken aboard the train
to old Fort, where sh wa received by
a Irleod,
From the Chicago Post.
FEW CALL ON THE GOVERNOR
Shallenberger's ' Levee at Paxton
Draws Light Attendance.
SITS TO HEAR GOSSIP ONLY
Listen . to Tale, Jollies with Re
porter and Hie Away to Sooth
Omaha on HI Campaign
Work.
Governor. ?hllenbergej Jeyeev with Jhe
"pre be" attached.- was not ea warm or en
thusiastic as might have been expected
from the heat engendered In the prelimi
naries. Omaha cltisens are not crowding
each other In their zeal to aid his excel
lency in black-washing their home city.
The governor arrived at the Faton early
Friday morning and was Joined a little later
hv his secretary. Colonel W. J. Furse.
Campaign dates are keeping the governor
so busy' his confidential man doesn i gei
much chance to consult with him at Lin
coln. .
. ..,nr'i callers were John
Anions iuw b""- . . ,
j, O'Connor. Warden Smith of the peniten
tiary. Warden, "the detective;" unc.ia.
H. T. Brass of South Omaha. D. C. John,
j'i.- tho issue, orean of the antl-
saloonlsts; Lee Herdman, Dave Anderson
of South Omaha, two saloon keepers named
Boyle and Kirk and a man named Critcher.
and that was about all except the news
paper men. .
Lee Herdman Insisted his business Is not
the managing of the governor's campaign,
"although 1 am for Shallenberger, flat
footed." he remarked, with a wide smile
of Indorsement.
Dan HorrlKnn' Compliment.
And th governor had his smile with
him. with all the lights turned on. He
almost indulged to the point ot a laugh
when he read the following note from
Secretary Horrlgan of Dahlman'. cam
paign committee:
Hon. A. C. Shallenberger Dear Governor:
I am informed that you are hoW'" l'e0e"
for-all testimonial meeting at the Paxton
hotel today concerning law violations i n
Omaha, with reference more panlcularly
to violation of the 8 o'clock closing law.
Assuming that you have the publ c good
only in mind In connection with this mat
ter and that it would be better served
f a spirit of falrnes. to all concerned
ihould prevail in its procedure. 1 on
behalf of Mayor Dahlman an opportunity
to be present. Very truly yours.
V DAN HORRIGAN.
Having debated the matter a' few
moments Secretary Furse drew up the
following reply, to which the governor gave
his approval:
Mr. Dan Horrlgan. C it y pear S lr : Re
plying to your messenger note, will M tM
governor Is not here for the Purpose of
holding any free-for-all testimonial meet
ing concerning law violations in Omaha,
or upon any other subject.
The governor is here, however, to hear
any and all statements of fact from those
knowledge and facta relating tntl e
... n...i ..ri'a htm hv Bit. lul-
compiaini -. ,h.
bach, if you have any such evidence the
governor will be pletaed to ve V?"
Very respectfully. W. J. F''R3
Mr. Horrlgan did not call. Neither did
Congressman Hitchcock or Chairman
Flynn of the democratic county committee,
nor any of the colonels of the staff who
reside in Omaha.
Listens to All.
As rapidly as the callers appeared the
rnvernnr received them, took them Into a
private room and heard their tales, whiijh
got no further than his own ears. No one
stayed very long, Mr. Herdman taking a
little the most time.
During a lull Governor Shallenberger
was asked If he and "Dick" Metcalf have
made a tleup.
"I only know what I taw In The Bee,"
he said. "However, I am glad that both
candidates seem to consider me aa the
next candidate for governor. I feel very
sure of the outcome myself, and am de
lighted to have both senatorial candidate
In a friendly humor."
About 11:30 a delegation of South Omaha
men arrived at tho Taxton In four auto
mobiles to take the governor to their city.
In the delegation wre Deputy Fire War
den A. M. Gallagher, J. J. Fitzgerald,
Representative J. P. Kraus, C. A. Melcher,
Charles Scsrr. S. C. Shrigley, J. M. Mullen.
Judge P. C. Caldwell. W. W. Fisher. J. H.
Koplets, Charles Fernland, Qeorge Park
and Dr. C, 11. BchlndeL
Confiscation
The Government Has No Monopoly of the
Lorimer Democrats
Read Out of Party
by the Commoner
Bryan Says a Fool in a Legislature
May Be Nearly as Dangerous
. as a Knave.
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 5. In a statement
published In hi paper, today in reference
to the meeting held recently In Lincoln,
111. to protest against legislative corrup
tion, Wtllam J. Bryan declared that the
democratic legislators who voted to elect
William Lorimer to th United States sen
ate, should be read out of the democratic
party. , . . i
"Any democrat who voted for Lorimer
for "patriotic reasons ought to be retired
to. private life and kept. there long enough
to learn what patriotism mean," said lr.
Bryan. "It is almost as dangerous to have
a fool in the legislature as a knave."
"A democratic legislator who could be
convinced that h was performing a patri
otic duty In voting for Lorimer could be
persuaded to do anything desired by a
lobby, provided the same patriotic argu
ments were used. He i not fit for any
representative position It is hardly safe to
allow him to run at large.
"Turn them out The party cannot pause
to defend those who are guilty or who, If
innocent, have aroused suspicion which can
never be removed."
JAPANESE STEAMSHIP
MAG MATE GOES TO CHICAGO
Director Shlralshl Will Probably gee
Vice President Stahh of Vnion
Pnrlfle Todny.
NEW YORK. Aug. 5.-Dlrector Shlralshl
or me Toyo Kisen Kalsha has terminated
his conferences here regarding tho Amerl
can connections of his line with the South'
ern Paclflo company and bas left for Chi.
cagro. It Is staled that the Toyo Klsen
Kcisha will terminate Its contract with
the Harriman lines at the end of th vear
when traffic relations with the Western
Ptclflc will be established. Director Shi
ralshl has been here two weeks. It is no
unlikely that he may soe Vice President
Stubbs of the Union Pacific In Chicago for
a final conference either today or to
morrow. ,
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WENDUNG IfJ DENVER JAIL
Men In Charge of Alleged Murderer
Are Taklnsr Rest on Way' Back
to Kentucky.
DENVER. Aug. B.-It Is probable that Jo
seph Wendllng, alleged murderer of Alma
Kellner, will remain In the Denver Jail for
two or three days, according to the Intlma
tlon given out by Police Chief H. Watson
Lindsay of Louisville this afternoon. Colo
nel Lindsay did not actually say he and his
associates, Detective Carney and Colonel
Whalen, would remain In Denver with their
prisoner so long, but did say that the main
object of their layoff In Denver was to
give Detective Carney a needed rest.
Big Shrinkage
of Meat
WASHINGTON, Aug. .-Conslderable
shrinkage in the commercial supply of th
prime necessaries of life Is Indicated by the
trovements of live stock and meat products
In the United States during the first half
of the present year. Tnl decline was
shown both in domestic and In foreign
commerce. ,
According to figures by the bureau of
of statistics the shortage in the commercial
supply of live slock Is best shown by a
comparison of the half-yearly figures,
which totalled 16.4M.Ti6 head for the first
six month of 1910, a compared with mors
than' 20,000,000 In the same period last year
and nearly 21,000,000 for the corresponding
period of .
This loss Is due almost entirely. It Is re
ported, to the smaller number of hogs
brought to market, the shortsge In them
thus far thi year being about 25 per cent.
Th curtailment la the commercial upp!y
Game.
ENTIRE CREW OF KN1GUTS
Knights Templar Special Train
to
Chicago Thoroughly Manned.
OMAHA AND STATE TEMPLARS
Commandery Will Leave Omaha Sun
day Afternoon- State . Knlsrhts
Arrive Sunday Moraine to
Join with Omaha.
Engineer,' fireman conductor and brake-
mew, every member of the train -fretr which
takes out the Knight Templar special Sun
day afternoon, will be a Knight Templar.
This feature ha been especially arranged
by the trainmen, and to thus complete the
orew an engineer volunteered to act as
fireman and conductors volunteered as
brakemen.
Mount Calvary , Commandery, Knights
Templar, will leave Omaha at 2:30 p. m.
Sunday over the Northwestern for Chicago
to attend the thirty-first triennial con
clave of Knights Templar, to be held Aug
8 to 13.
The 'conclave will be the greatest of mod
ern times. Commanderles from North
Platte, Kearney, Norfolk, Fremont, Colum
bus and other points will arrive In Omaha
Sunday at 7 a. m. They will be received
by the Omaha Knights and entertained
until afternoon, when all will leave to
gether. Arrangements for the entertainment of
the Knights, enroute and while they are at
Chicago, are In the hands of the Mount
Calvary Conclave elub. Its officers are Em.
Sir Charles L. Shook, president; Sir Zoro D.
Clark, secretary; Sir Victor White, treas
urer. At Chicago an entire floor of the
Lexington hotel has been reserved for the
accommodation of tho party.
Leaving Omaha at 2:30, the party will ar
rive at Boone, la., at 6 p. m. Here they
will be entertained by . the Boone com
mandery and the Boone Commercial club
at the new Boone Masonlo temple. Leaving
Boona at 9 p. m. they will arrive at Chicago
Monday morning at 7 o'clock.
The train will be one of the best equipped
and most elaborate which has ever been
used by a body of Omaha men. It will be
electrically lighted throughout, including a
dynamo baggage car, Pullman standard
drawing room sleeping cars and composite
buffet-library and observation car.
Richard C. Jordan, eminent commander,
is In charge of the trip. . the number ex
pecting to go Is not definitely known, but
It Is certain to be larger than any which
has attended a triennial conclave In the
past.
POPULATION OF ST. PAUL
Capital of MlnuesutA Ha Nearly Two
Hundred and Fifteen Thou
sand Prople.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-St. Paul, Minn.,
has a population of 214,744, according to the
thirteenth census, figures made public today
by Census Director Durand. This Is an In
crease of 51.679 or $1.7 per cent over 1!W0
when the population was 103,065.
in Supply
and Provisions
of cattle has been 6 per cent less than nor
mal. while the receipt of heep at the
seven leading markets shows a decline of
11 per cent. The decline In the supply
of sheep began after 1D06. that of cattle
after )!7 and that of hoKS after lm
Instances of the heavy Insses In export
trade are shown by the fact that, while
more than 200,000,000 pounds of fresh heft
were sent out of the country In the fiscal
year 19j8, only 7o.0u0.0W pounds were sent
during the fiscal year Just closed; that the
shipments of bacon droopea rrom ZU.tMu.uno
pounds In 193 to 152.000,000 pounds this
year; of hams and shoulders, from 2:'1.00),orii
pounds In 1908 to 14S,OOO.ouo pounds in lam,
and of lard from more than friO.OjO.joo
pounds In 1908 to 862.000.000 pounds in 1910.
Ths stock of meat Held In five prlncp,
stork yards centers at the end of June last
was M per cent less V.ma th five-year
average for lb sain data,
HAM0N ENTERS
GENERAL DENIAL
Man Accused by Oklahoma Senator
Takes Witness Stand to Clear
Himself of Charges.
NEVER MADE SUCH AN OFFER
Wholesale Contradictions Made for
Four Hours Straight
DID NOT MENTION SHERMAN
Claims He Was Not Interested in
McMurray Contracts. '
NEVER HAD PENNY'S INTEREST
He Ray Positively These Were Not
Mentioned During HI Con verna
tion with Senator (resgrt
Also Testifies.
MUSKOGEE, Okl., Aug. 6-Wlth United
States Senator Thomas P. Gore retsertlng
his charge that he had been offered a bribe
of $25,000 or J.'iO.OOO to influence his action In
congress, and with Jake L. Hamon, accused
by the senator of having offered the bribe,
denying he had ever done any such thing,
the investigation of the Oklahoma Indian
lands deal by a committee ot the house ot
representatives today simmered down to a
mass of denials.
For four hours Hamon, former chairman
of the Oklahoma republican state commit
tee, entered a continuous series of denials
relative to his alleged relation with what
aro known as the McMurray contracts by
which .according to Senator Gore, $:i.000,00(,
or 10 per cent of $:!0,000,000 to be realised
ftom the sale of Indian lands to a New
York syndicate, wks to be diverted from
the Indians in the shapo of "attorney fees.1'
Hamon also answered Congressman C. E.
Creager with a denial. Replying to the
congressman's charge that Hamon had sug
gested that an "interest" In the contracts
might be available to the congressman if
the latter helped remove opposition to con
gressional approval, Hamon testified:
Friend Tells of Charge Made.
"It was Just this w ay 1 was 'down here lr.
Oklahoma attending to my business, when
a friend told me Creager had said I haa
approached him Improperly In regard to the
McMurray contracts. So I hopped on a
train and went to Washington. I got hold
of Creager and said, 'Look here, you know
I never said any such thing.'
"Then Creager said: 'Now Jake, that cer
tainly was the impression I got that you
suggested I might get an Interest in the
contracts.' I replied, 'You certainly are mis
taken.' Then Creager suld: 'Well, If you
said I shouldn't, I won't go before that
investigating committee down at Muskogee
and testify that you approached m,'").' ..
Among Hamon's denials were the follow
ing: '
He denied that he ever at any time had
been closeted with Senator Gore in the
senator's office at Washington to urge the
approval of the contracts. He denied he had
ever mentioned Vice President Sherman,
Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas or Con
gressman B. S. McGuIre ot Okluhoma as
being "interested" In the contract a
charged by Senator Gore.
lienie Speaking of Bribe.
He denied he bad ever spoken ot a bribe
to anybody about any legislation or that he
ever was Interested In Uj MucMuiray
contracts. ,
He denied that at the lime the contracts
were being discussed he had called up
Congressman Creager on the telephone at
Washington, asking for an appointment,
but said Mr. Creager had called him up;
Mr. Creager previously had testified that
Hamon asked for the appointment, at
which the "interest" in the contracts was
spoken of. . ''
He denied he had ever said "Dick, the
senator is becoming mighty hard on his
friends," in the presence of D. F. Gore,
brother of Senator Gore; D. F. Gore had
testified that rlamon made the remark Just
after this senator refused the bribe.
He doliled he had ever said "I want to
make a lot of money and don't care much
how I make It," In the presenca of J.
Leroy-Thompson, Senator Gore's stenogra
pher. Thompson previously had testified
Hamon made the remark.
Interrogating the witness. Congressman
E. W. Saunders, a member of the commit
tee said: "Now, Mr. Hamon you have de
nied th estimony of all of the witnesses
who have preceded you. You have branded
the assortlon of the senator, his brother,
his clerk and the congressman as being;
absolutely false. It would appear from your
denials that conspiracy had been entered
Into grossly to misrepresent you. How ao
you account for that?"
"That's beyond my power or conjecture,"
replied Hamon. "I never had one penny's
worth ot Interest In the McMurray con
tracts and never offered a bribe to any
one.
Rays Gore Wanted Help.
"It Is barely possiblo that I did see Sen
ator Gore on May 6 last, when he s.iys the
offer of a bribe was mude. I raw him fre
quently, but at this time I believe he tuok
me up Into the library of the senate and
closed the doors. He wanted to talk over
with me his coming campaign and seo how
I could help him out financially. Although
I am a republican and he a democrat, I
was in the habit of helping him out.
"You and Senator Aore had been go;id
friends, had you not?" asked Chairman,
Burke.
"Yea, I had known him as a friend for
about nine years and had business deal
ings with him."
Asked to explain some of his business
dealings, Hamon said several years ago
at Iwt-n, C4tl., when the government de
cided to sell at public auction some lands
belonging to the Indians h, Senator Goro
and others entered Into a combination not
to bid against each other, so that the prop
erty might be obtained cheaply.
Ail of them, secured some of the land, ha
said.
Chairman Burke Don't you know that
there is a federal statute against a com
bination to prevent compe;ltlv hMd'ng?
Hamon I did nrt know of that law then,
but I have since thought of It. It was
Just a desire on the part of all of us to
get the land as cheaply a possible. It
was understood between us that we would
not bid aiialnxt each other.
Conifressman Miller You know that the
proceeds from that sale were to go to the
Indians; do you think that was honorable
toward the Indlani?
IbluH Different in West.
Hamon V did aut louk at It that way.
