Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1910)
The Omaha Daily Bee Your daughter may be per mitted, safely, to read The Bee. No fxnmtrated account of crime, no filth, no srandal, no dime novel sensations; but all the newt. WEATKFR FORECAST For Nebraska Tartly cloudy. For Iowa Generally fair. For weather report see page t. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13, 1910 SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. VOL. XL XO.. 48. Y i I ). t ' 71 f ) ALDttlCII CALLS p UPON PRESIDENT Senator Arrives at Marblehead on Yacht Late in Say and Crosses Salem Eav Later. TAJT HAS BUSY DAY SCHEDULED lays Plans to Bring Tennessee Under Bepublican Sway. CONSULTS ON POSIAL BANKS Considers Early Installation of Model Institutions of Kind. RHODE ISLANDER TELLS .OF PLANS Vill Answer Chnriri In Resard to Cotton. Schedules of Tariff Intohde to Make Sneerh la Innrent Territory. BEVERLY, Mm., Aug. If. A call from Senator Nelson Aldrlch of Rhode Island, the laying of plana to capture Tennessee for the republican thin fnll, and further cortultatlons on early Installation of model postal savings banks promised a busy time for President Taft today. Senator Aldrlch, who last night made reply to Senator Brlstow of Kansas regard ing the rubber schedule of the Payne Aldrlch tariff law, arrived at Marblehead on the yacht O'We'Ka lste yesterday. The yacht crossed Pnlcm bay today. Senator Aldrlch soon put off for the ahore. His call Interrupted the president at a late breakfast, and the senator was Invited to Join the family circle at the morning meal. Afterwards the president Bhd the senate leader talked together for thirty-five minutes. , ' It was said Inter" that the senator's state ment as to the rubber charges formed the siM!Ot of the major portion of the conver H,Vin. Senator Aldrlch also Is said to hav? told the president his plans for an swering the charges as to the cotton schedule of the new tariff law. He hoped to mnlte a speech during the coming cam paign In the heart of the Insurgent coun try In defense of the entire tariff act. The four 'l'ennesaee leaders Invited to lunch with "the president today reached Boston' this morning aHd were brought ti Beverly In one of the president's automo biles. They are Representatives Austin, Lee Brock, Ketveil Sanders and Judge G. M Henderson. These men represent various factions of the republican party in Tenne' see, and the president la endeavoring to adjust their differences. Secretary of the Treasury McVeagh and X'ofctmasler General Hitchcock, two of the trustees of the postal savings banks will ae the president this afternoon further to discuss the details of the early opening of typical, bank In the smaller titles LEIDY files charges : AGAINST MAYOR DAHLMAN Petition Ask thnt tho Attorney Gen . eral, Be Directed to Bring ' Out?r Snlt. LINCOLN, Aug. 12. (Special Telegram.) -rreMdent J. M. Le'dy of the Anti-Saloon league lato this afternoon filed a petition ..a( the governor's office asking that the aj.ttorney general be directed to bring ouster proceedings against Mayor Dahlman of Omaha. , The petition charges the mayor with failure to stop Illegal sales of liquor, and alleges tht no effort Is made to sup press 'prostitution. The clerk In charge of the executive office received the . petition and (aid It would be brought to tha gov ernor's attention as soon as he returns to the capital. FIGHT AGAINST CHOLERA Cenunnr and AnatrU Tsk Stepa to Prevent In trod net Ion of Plosjne from ltuM!n. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. It From July aU to August 6. 20,68 cases of cholera were imported throughout Russia. i Returns from the leading provinces show the following fatalities: lion CosKacks, 1.342; Kuban, 1,122: Yeka terlnoslav. 778;' Samara, 707; Kherlson. 451. BERLIN, Aug. 12 The Austrian and Ger man health administrations are pursuing common measures against an Invasion of Russian cholera. Medical agents from both governments stationed In Russia re port the scarcity of physicians.' It appears probable thnt tha number of deaths Is larger, than Is Indicated In the different reports received here. This re port placed the number of fatalities on July 81 at 25,554. Unofficial opinions vary In estimates, some of them placing the Cumber of deaths aa high, as 40,000. A general feeling of depression la reported among tha Inhabitants of southern Russia, the gloom caused by the cholera epidemic being made deeper by the failure of the crops In some districts. LATHAM FLIES ACROSS PARIS Aviator Wins 1'nloo Prise for First Flluht from One Knd of tho City to Other. PARIS. Aug. 12-iiurbert Latham, com ing from Bouy, flew over Paris at a high altitude today and landed at Issy Lee Moullneaux. The four aviators, Paulhan, Weymann, Latham and Withe, now are engaged in u final effort to capture the London Dully Mall's prize of .000 for the longest total of cros country flights made during the year, ending August 14. By flying across Paris, Latham won the Falco prise of $2,0u0. Although aeroplanes now are comparatively common sights above Parts, the cheers of tha pedestrians acclaimed the passage of the machine from one end of the city to the other. Latham's time was two hours, eighteen minute and fifty-six seconds. BOYCOTT BY GRAND ARMY ? Kentucky Vetrruus Will Star from Encampment Urrauso of II tun Itet-s. LOU1SVILLK. Ky., Aug. 12.-Fiva hun dred veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic have declared a boycott against railroads for alleged discrimination in charging the veterans an excessive excur sion rate to tha annual national encamp ment of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held In Atlantic City next month, and as a result this state for the first time will not be, Represented, The Women' Relle: corps and the. Daughters of Veterans hav announced their intention of Joining In tha boycott Wendling Back in Louisville After Long Chase No Demonstration When Alleged Murderer of Alma Kellner Beaches City Hall. LOUISVILLE. Ky., Aug. K.-Joseph Wendllng, wanted here on the charge of murdering Alma Kellner, was placed In the city Jail here this morning after a re markable chane across the continent and an almost equally remarkablu return in charge 01 uaptain jonn f. Carney, cUer of the Louisville detective department. Wendllng had no sooner been ushered into me ciner or police's room than he took a poult Ion in one of ths litres wlndnwa and busied himself by whistling and wav ing his hand to tha crowd which had ooth. ered In the street below. His everlasting smile waa much In evidence. Wendllng touched Kentucky roll shortlv after S o'clock this morning for tto first nme in many months. He and his captor took a train at Evnnvli: In,1 nhmii o'clock. Handcuffed together Captain Car ney ana mi man occupied the drawing room on the Evansvllle slecntr. Th inin . an hour late when It pulled Into the Union oepo A large-sized but orderly crowd wa epi in DOUndS bV Olentv of nnllrn n.l when Wendllng was hurried from the car te an automobile there was no demonstra- "on. it has not yet been announced when smiling win be presented In police court. The bringing nf wntin n t..i m. marks the end of one of the longest chases ... uiecuve mstory. The return trip from t-an Francisco tq Louisville stretchet the real hunt of about 11,000 miles to a total of over 13,000 miles. Not until May 30, the date that the muti lated body of Alma Kellner was found In a cellar beneath St John's Parochial school was Wendllng connected with the disap pearance of the child. It was believed that the child had been kidnaped. Numerous letters were received by the Kellner family and Frank Fehr. a wealthy brewer and uncle of the girl, demanding ransom for her return. Four months previous to the discovery of the body, Wendllhg had left Louisville quietly, not even letting his wife know that he was going away. When bloody clothing waa found In Wendling's room he was charged with the murder and the search begun. Drexel Breaks Altitude Record American Aviator Beaches Height of 6,750 Feet at Lanark, Sootland. LANARK. Scotland, Aug. 12. It was of ficially announced today that J. Arm strong Drexel, the American aviator, last high attained a world's altitude record by rising B.T50 rfeefe ,' -- ""'.: Hla "barograph -will v submitted to the experts of the KeW observatory at London, who will determine the accuracy of tha In struments. ' Drexel's flight was the sensation of the aviation meet. Ascending at 7 o'clock In the evening he shot up Into a bank of clouds and disappeared from the gaze of the anxious crowd. He landed some two hours later near a farm house twelve miles from Lanark. CHARLEROI, Belgium, Aug. 12. M. Lesnyn, an aviator, fell with hla aeroplane from a height of 100 feet today and re ceived Injuries that probably will prove fatal. ' JUDGE SAUFLEY DROPS DEAD Former J oat Ice of Territorial Supreme - , Conrt Dies at Hla Homo In ' Kentucky, LEXINGTON, ' Ky., Aug. 12. Michael Chrlsman Saufley, Judge of the Thirteenth Kentucky district court ant former asso ciate justice of the Wyoming territorlnl supreme court, waa found dead In the stable of his home at Stanford, Ky., this morning. He was 6s years of age. He was appointed to the Wyoming Judicial body by President Cleveland in 18SS. BOLD ATTEMPT TO ROB BANK Bandit at Fond da Las Captnred After Hunnlnir Fight In Street. . FOND DU LAC, Wis., Aug. 12. A. O. Crane, giving Ms home as Milwaukee, made a bold attempt to rob the Coles Savings bank this afternoon. He was pursued by citizens through the streets, firing his re volver as he went, and waa finally caught by W. J. Holth, a Chicago traveling man. INFORMATION FOR VOTERS Primary Election All Political Parties, Tuesday, August 16, 1910. Polls open in Omaha and South Polls open In country precincts Blanket ballot Includes candidates separate columns. Voter must make cross-marks In one party column only. Votes Mn more than one column spoil the whole ballot and the ballot will not be counted. The only safe way is for republicans to vote only in the renubllran column. WHERE OMAHA. FIRST WARD. 1 1203 South 6th. 2 W Pacific $ 1T0S Soutn 10th. 4 916 Bancroft 5 1H01 South 5th. SECOND WARD. 12124 South ttlti. aS Vinton. 3 15:3 Vinton. 4 1712 Vinton. 5 2.14 South 16th. THIRD WARD. 1 Wehater. 2 PW Pouth lOt'.i. 8313 North li.th. 4410 fcoutli Vth. ' b-iu South Ui !. FOURTH WARD. 1 111 Capitol. 2 1M4 Harney. a: 7 lis South lrith. I 4 314 South l-th. 6 21J North !4lh. FIFTH WARD. 1 304 Shftrman. 2 fMt Ktiennan. 5 Sua Filter man. 4 IMii Hhernian, 5 UJs North ldtb SIXTH WARD. 1- 2307 North 24th. 2 VJ02 North 2-1 th. J XOH Norm 2Sth. 4 U23 North tWL 6-2Jo5 Military. H12VENT1I WARD. 1 271 I j-avenwortl. 2 1525 Georgia. J 1338 Park. 4 21mi South 23d. EIGHTH WARD. 1 134 North 24th. I I'M Cuming. J-612 North 17th. -2Ui Cuming. NINTH WARD. 1 2T.7t Cuming, t 8227 Cuming. 3 Davenport. 4 111 South Sum. 6 11 Farnam. i TENTH WARD. 1 101S South 10th. J 1S21 Leavenworth. 3 2121 Leavenworth. 4 IU) South 11th. fr 1421 South 13th. ELEVENTH WARD. 1 410K Hamilton, MAYOR GAYN011 IS SU11E TO RECOVER Victim of Assassin's Ballet Out of Danger, Barring Accidents Which Might Change Condition. TAKING NOURISHMENT WELL Doctors State that Patient is Steadily Improving. BULLETINS ONLY INFORMATION Reassuring Tone of Official An nouncements Allays Fears. ALL REPORTS ARE OPTIMISTIC Second Examination Shows that the Supposed Fragmest of Ballet la a Small Piece of Bono. NEW YORK. Aug. If. "Barring accident. Mayor Gaynor's recovery is practically assured." This statement was made by tho mayor's son, Rufus Gaynor, who aald that he had the attending physician's as surances to that effect. An additional assurance waa contained In the bulletin given out by Secretary Adamson. It read: The mayor passed a comfortable morning. He Is taking nourishment well and Is steadily improving. W. J. ARLITZ, CHARLES H. DOWD, M. D. The physicians were not willing to supple ment bulletins with even formal statements as to the patient's condition, evidently as suming that the reassuring tenor of the official announcements would be all that was necessary to allay any fears that had found expression late yesterday and last night. All Reports Cheerful. It was commented, however, that the temperature, pulse and respiration given Indicated a practically normal condition for the patient and the news brought from tho mayor's chamber by his day attendants was of a decidedly cheerful nature. The mayor's secretary, Robert Adamson, coming down shortly after 8 o'clock said that the mayor had been breakfasted about 7:35 o'clock with his usual good appetite. Mrs. Oaynor, who had been near her hus band through the night, again prepared his morning coffee. . There was no attempt today to leave a vague Impression regarding the radio graph examination made In the search for the bullet Secretary Adamson com mented on the Interest the mayor displayed yesterday In the mechanism of , the X-ray apparatus, which comment In itself inglcaed clearly enough that a second set of radio graphs had been taken. .These showed the presence of the bullet In the vault of the pharynx, or. In other words, In the. watt. of the throat, "just be hind the palate. . '. It waa generally believed today that the physicians were In agreement that there had been no splitting of the missile and that the apparent fragments shown by the first X-ray examination to be separate from the main portion of the bullet was In fact probably a fragment of bone. Man Robbed and Thrown Into River John Naughen of Harlem Cat and Beaten by Thugs, Who Took Money and Watch. NEW YORK. Aug. 12. Robbed of $400 and his watch "by thugs, John Maughan. an elderly and well-to-do resident of Har lem, was cut and beaten and then thrown Into the North river early today. He clung tor three hours to the cross beams under the city pier at Thirty-ninth street, his life menaced by attacks of hordes of rats be fore his moans were heard by policemen, He will reoover. SEMI-FINALS AT KANSAS CITY Only Two Matches Had Been Com pleted Up to One O'clock This, Afternoon. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 12. The semi, finals of the Missouri Valley tennis tourna ment began here today. At 1 o'clock two matches of the singles had been finished. Jack Cannon of Kan sas City defeated W. B. Uhls of Osawatoml, Kan., , '6-1, 6-1. 't-4. H. B. Jones of Kansas City defeated O. V. Vernon of Kansas City 8-4, 6-8, 6-0. Omaha 8 A..M. to 9 P. M. 8 A, M. to 6 P. M. for all political parties arranged In TO VOTE. 3J26 Farnam. 8 14 South 34th. . 4706 South 27th. TWELFTH WARD. 1 2412 Ames. 2 Ames. 8 U5 Corby. 4 2SI13 North 24th. fr-441 North I4th. SOUTH OMAHA. FIRST WARD. 1 843 North 20th. 65 North 24th. SECOND WARD. -l!i! South 20th. 2 l'JB North 24th. THIRD WARD. 1 R. It. Ave. and "?lst J 4'W South S3d. (Rear.) FOURTH WARD. 1212 North 25th. 11 South ioth. FIFTH WARD. 1-K10 North 27th. I Corner 33d and K. SIXTH WARD. 1-1214 North 24th. 1 North ftih. rom the Chicago, Evening Post. 8 .LUNGER ON CONSERVATION j Says Only Real Work Has Been Done by This Administration. WILD THEORIES ARE DENOUNCED Plans of the Faddists and Fanatics ia Their Last Analysis Simply Mean Government Own crshlp. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 12. Secretary of the Interior Richard A. Balllnger. who WM the guest of honor today at a noonday luncheon given by the Commercta.1 club, addressed hla .hearers on the subject of conservation. ..v "What la there about It that ealla for excitement, bitterness of spirit or conten tion?" aald Secretary Balllnger. "Nothing. The explanation of popular excitement Is In the fact that many people have been led to believe that conservation holds the se cret of our national well being. The dema gogue, the fanatic, the sentimentalist, the faddist are crusading under the banner of conservation mainly because It Is popular and holds the attention of the hour. Their energies might be equally employed on any other human virtue with the same argu ment, but such reformers are more like torrents generally doing more damage by floods than by the steady flow of the stream. "Beyond the matter of agitation what has the doctrinaire accomplished, unless It be the hyseria of conservation? Has he suggested any practical methods by way of legislation for disposing of the remainder of the public lands so as to give the public better safeguards against existing abuses? The fact Is that all the substantial progress made In this direction has been enacted by the last congress as the result of recom mendation Initiated by this administration." Mean Government Ownership. Secretary Balllnger aald that conservation theories In their last analysis mean govern ment ownership and operation. He said they proceed on the theory that the states were not to be trusted to take care of their natural resources. He said that because some states had been wasteful or their officers corrupt It did not follow that no state could safely manage Its own affairs in this particular. He said that In view of the fact that the states control and own water for develop ment. It would seem that the most feasible and practical method would be to transfer these sites to the states under proper limi tations to prevent injurious monopoly. 1 Taking up the subject of Alaska coal lands, he called attention to the fact that with 1,200 square miles of known area, containing an estimate amount of fifteen billion tons, some of the very best quality, Alaska buys most of its coal from British Columbia, and the United States navy on the Faclflc obtains Ha coal from the Poca hontas fields of Wert Virginia at a cost to the government of 17 a ton, of which 85 per ton Is represented by the freight charges. If the mines of Alaska were In operation coal could be laid down et Port land at from S3 to $4 per ton. Objects to Withholding Land. Secretary Balllnger declared he waa op posed to withholding any lands In the pub lic domain that were capable of giving strength and permanent prosperity to the country in agricultural, commerce or In dustry. In conclusion he amid: "Standing securely on my conscious recti tude in the endorsement of the laws aa raid down by congress In these particulars, the criticism of the Ignorant or the mall clous of the conduct of the Interior depart ment are Impotent and will fall of Inter rupting the regular and orderly course of conduct laid down by the law for the administration of the publlo domain." Think today of The Want Ads You can sell anything In the world through a Bee want ad. If you can't prepare the ad and can't come to the office, call Tyler 1000 and the want ad man will write your ad, place It, and the trouble Is over. Everybody reads Dee want ads. Everybody believes In Bee want ads. Call Tyler 1000. Mad Dog . Don Jaime Sends Letter to the Carlist Leaders Pretender Says He Will Do His Duty if Religions Traditions of Spain Are Menaced. SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Aug. 12-Don Jaime, the Carlist pretender to tha throne, today issued a letter, addressed, to the leaders of the Carllsts, In - which he ad vises his followers to resist with all their force the rising tide of radicalism, but not to have recourse to violence. Tha pretender says he does not propose to depart from paatflo methods unless the existing regime ! threatened, - "If revolution menances religious, family and property traditions of catholic Spain," he adds, "I will do my duty." One of the recipients of the letter today Bald; "We are we!1, organized and ready to rise at a signal, but wl,. attempt nothing against the present dynasty Vinleaa the king totally forgets his title of catholic majesty or revolution breaks out For us the dynastic question Is secondary to the essential point, which Is the preservation of the religious traditions of Spain." Roosevelt Will Make Address Former President Will Tell New York Republicans What People Ex ' pect of Party. . NEW TORK, Aug. 12.-There were re ports this afternoon that at the suggestion of Lloyd C. Griscom,. chairman of the re piVbllcan county committee Theodore Roosevelt has taken under advisement the proposal that he act as temporary chair man of the New Tork republican state con ventlon, and it la said. Is Inclined to view the Idea favorably. . Whether he acta as temporary chairman or not. It Is stated he win go to tne convention ana make a speech In which he will talk very frankly about the kind of work that the republican party has to do In order to retain the con fidence of the voters. Japanese Towns are Washed Away Loss of Life and Property by Flood is " Enormous Thirty Thousand Houses Submerged. TOKIO, Aug. 12. The devastation wrought throughout mary districts by the recent floods Is appalling. Whole villages and towns have been washed away and many lives have been lost In the lower sections of . Tokio alone, 80.000 houses are sub merged. Communication by railroad throughout the flooded area has been In terrupted. There Is much suffering and In many places the Inhabitants are destlnat and threatened with starvation. The mone tary loss amounts to millions of dollars. Bloodthirsty Bulldogs Work Terror on Children Acting Mayor Bmeker and Chief of Po lice Donahue have been appealed to by several dozen outraged owners of cats as the result of the continuous raids upon cats made by two bull dogs. More than forty house eats In the vi cinity of Sixteenth and Fort streets, groups about with neither ears nor tails. Each day additional victims to the Incon ceivable atrocity appear at the family doorstep, where the children scream with horror as they see what has happened. It Is probable that an active campaign against the terrible cruelty to the dumb animals will be waged by te city police. Chief Donahue has given orders for an In vestigation at once. For a distance of more than two blocks on each slue of Sixteenth and Fort streets, there is scarcely a cat which has not been inulinel In some fiendish manner. Gradually the number ot cats which have fallen victims la the hands of' th marauders have STING STOCKHOLDERS MEET Nebraska Men Organize for Meeting of Cement Company. NOW PROPOSE TO REORGANIZE Lumbermen's Portland Cement Cor poration of Carlisle, Kan., Likely to Have Some Water Sqneeaed Ont of It. One hundred stockholders of the Lumber men's . Portland Cement company, all liv ing In Nebraska; met at the Commercial club yesterday afternoon and organized. Tha meeting was held to prepare for a special meeting at Carlisle, Kan., next Monday ot all stockholders. The Lumbermen's Portland Cement com pany was organized about two years ago but has. not yet completed Its plant In debtedness to the amount of 850,000 exists and likewise a demand for reorganization. According to several speakers at yester day' meeting stock subscriptions have party been "wasted in salaries and un necessary expenses." Also there Is a good deal of promotion stock Issued and this It is proposed to squeeze out. Lumbermen who became stockholders were made pleasing contracts In the way of free cement and brick and a few of the I subscribers received shlpmenta on account. It Is the plan of reorganization to wipe out all these bonuses as well aa the watery stock and to begin anew on a dollar for dollar basis. The meeting yesterday waa preoiJcd over by L. J. Millard of the Independent Lumber company. The principal address was made by 'John W. Tpwle, who Is a member of the executive board of the Lumbermen's Portland Cement company, a position to which he waa recently elected nt the Instigation of Nebraska stockholder. C. A. Ooss spoke of the situation from a legal standpoint, warning shareholders that they would be responsible for stock subscriptions signed and unpaid if the com pany went into the hands of a trustee In bankruptcy or a receiver. It was moved and carried that a commit tee of twelve represent the stockholders of Nebraska at the meeting Monday and this committee was named as follows: N. 8. Pearln, J. A. Aspergren and A. A. Tanner, Lincoln; A. V. Perry, Cambridge; A. E. McCormlck, Laconla; J. C. Newcomb, Friend; O. Geer, Grand Island; J. W. Towle, Omaha; C. A. Baar, Wakefield; H. M. Pettigrew, Wakefield; W. M. Banning, Oxford; J. A. Bingenhelmer, Union, and J. A. Papousek, Lohrvllle. Mr. Towle Is chairman of the committee. UPPER BERTH RATES TOO HIGH Stat of Indiana Files Petition with tha Interstate Commerce Commission. WASHINGTON, Aug. U-AllegaMons that the rates exacted by the Pullman com pany for upper berths are exorbitant and unreasonably discriminatory were made In a petition filed today with the Interstate Commerce commission by the state of In diana, through Its attorney general, James Bingham. The 'complaint Is directed against the Pullman company, and espe cially the railroads operating In central traffic territory. grown larger until everyone In that district Is rolled to the point of determination. A family near Fort and Sixteenth streets, consists of a man and la wife and five children and two bull dogs. To the qulneteet of children and dogs is attributed the unusual tortures which have been In flicted on the house cats. It Is stated that they have waged little less than war against anything that looks Ilk cat, until now there are but few unharmed kittens in th neighborhood. An appeal that the prevailing condition b remedied at one came to G. F. Uiurker, acting mayor, from W. Z. Watts Thursday. He stated that not only did the children hunt through the barns and sheds and back yards of the vicinity for their prey, but the bull dogs were also fond of children. The term fond seemed to Imply cannibalism, for It wss stated that th children wne forced often times to go blocks out of their way In order to avoid the dogs. M'MURRAY DRAWS BIG LAWYER FEES Indians Pay Large Sums for "Special Services" by Attorneys Expense Accounts Mount Up. WERE ALWAYS FORCED TO PAT Regular Representatives on Salaries Do Not Protect Pocketbooks. FIRM AFTER FIVE MILLIONS Contracts if All Carried Out Would Bring in Huge Sums. UNCLE SAM WOULD NOT CHARGE Government Had Promised to Give Indians Same Services Free of Cost Regular Lawyer Were Less Active. SULPHUR, Okl., Aug. 13. -Lawyers' ex. pense accounts running as high as 300,000, a single fee already paid amounting to $750,000 and contingent fees still pending that would aggregate about $0,000,000 fig ured In the investigation of the Indian land affairs by the special committee appointed by the house ot representatives today. It was pointed out that the Indians never had secured largo amounts of money due them without having to "come across" In the shape of fees, and, although they em ployed regular lawyers on yearly salaries, extra fees were constantly paid for the employment of special counsel. The spe cial fee or $760,000 was paid several years ago to J. F. McMurray and his law part ners after they had prosecuted what are known as the "rltlzenshlp cases," which It was stated, kept off the rolls 32.000 per sons who wanted to participate In th claims against the government. By the winning of this suit It was ex plained that the value of the property to the Indiana who remained on the rolls was enhanced $10.000,000, ' on a basis of $5,000 for each of the 82,000 claimants who were kept off. The sale of the property and the division ot the proceeds is still being fought for by the Indians. Scott Secured Many Signers. This testimony developed In the exam ination of George F. Scott, a Choctaw. Scott was active In securing signatures for th McMurray contracts, th approval of which by congress. Senator Gore charges, on May S last he was offered a bribe of $25,000 or $u0,000. McMurray'a contracts, Scott testified. If carried out In their entirety, would dispose of about $50,000,000 worth ot property, which on a 10 per cent "attorney' fe" basis would result in a net profit to McMurray and his associates of almost $5,000,000. This fee, according to Senator Gore and mem-' ber ot the committee who Interrogated the witnesses,' would be paid for services that the government already had promised to give the Indians without cost. Scott also showed In his testimony that th cost of employing McMurray would be In addition to $30,000 now paid annually to regular attorneys. Scott's contention, was that the attorneys on the regular sal aries were not so active as- contingent fee attorneys. Scott appeared after his name frequently had been mentioned by previ ous witnesses. It waa he who testified he had sent telegram to Washington urging the ap proval of the contracts. ' He had been working for M'cMurray without any writ ten or verbal agreement, he said, as to sharing In the fee, and had Induced many Indians to sign. He worked In this re spect among the Indiana despite th op position of Green McCurtain, chief of 18,000 Choctaws. In one telegram to Richard Adams, an attorney at Washing ton, he referred ta Vice President Sher man and Senator Charlea Curtis of Kan sas as "understanding better than any one else what the Indians wanted." ' Questioned as to what he meant by that Scott aald he understood Mr. Sher man and Senator Curtla had long been familiar with Indian affairs, and he thought they were the ones to be ap pealed to, notwithstanding It had been shown that both Mr. Sherman and Mr, Curtis had protested against the 10 per cent fee. They held It to be too high and unnecessary. '; Previous to being connected with Mc Murray, Scott had been treasurer of th Choctaw nation. Department Had Complained, ' " On cross-examination the witness said the Department of the Interior sometime had complained concerning his methods ot cashing warrant for money due against the nation. He aald he sometimes had favored friends In making payments when hi authority for ao doing was In dispute. .-. . "Did you ever make any payment after you had received notlc from the department that you were not to do so until the act authorizing you to make such payments had beon approved by He president?" asked Representative C. B. Miller. "Yes, I believe I did; but it was when the act Itself was In dispute." , , "Then you admit that you deliberately violated the order from the department?" "1 understand It was the opinion of some lawyers th it I had the right to make the payments." ' "Did you ever consult a lawyer a to your rights?" "I may have." "What lawyer did you consult?" "I don't know." "Is It probable that you consulted Mc Murray'a law firm, which at that time was acting as special counsel for the Indiana?" "If I consulted any lawyer I may have consulted McMurray'a firm." McMurray Had Contributed. In a political campaign among the Choc taw tribe. Scott said, McMurray once had made a contribution of $1,000 "Did McMurray ever give you money for the work you were doing for him?" "He gavo me $3,000 once for expenses and some money I had collected as fees, about $1 a luad, I believe, for inch of the l.ftl) tax case contracts which I had secured.' ' "McMurray would reimburse me for my lime and trouble after he had gotten his fee, but there was no agreement as to that." In the 8,000 tax cases which formed a suit to prevent the government from collecting taxes on allotted lands, Scott said, Ma Murray wa4 to get $10 for winning each cae or $M,000 for winning the cases colleo lively. "Do you mean to eay the Indiana wer going to pay $SO,000 for agreeing to that which was virtually one tax case?" ak4 Representative E. W. Saunders. "Kes, $10 a case, or $).000 for the lot" 1
