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Daily Bee The OMAHA DEE goes to th homes la read by tb otui tells goods for advertiser. WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebruska Cloudy. For low Fnlr. For weather report see psRe !. VOL. XL NO. 50. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1G, 1910 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. Omaha .1 1 1JL BELGI UM' S WHITE 1 CITY IS BURNED Big" Section of Exposition Destroyed Causing Enormous Property Loss and Killing Two People. FINE ART TREASURES SAVI Belgian and British Divisions ar Concessions Destroyed. WILL RECTEN IN FEW DAT! Kone Admitted Till the Ruins Ai Cleared Away. ESCAPED WILD ANIMALS SHOT Soldiers Find Ilensts Which Escaped Suffocation In Mmgrrl Cower ing: In Fright In Various Tarls of (iroindi. BRUSSELS, Aug. 15. The ruins of the burned sections of Belgium's exposition of ll'lO, destroyed by yesterday's fire, are still smoking, though all danger of a renewal of the fire Is past. At a meeting early today the executive committee of the ex- potilton decided to close It for a few days iu order to clear away the ruins. Then the I exposition will be reopened. It la Impossible In the present confusion j to estimate closely the losses In the fire 1 which last night swepr through the Belgian exposition of 1J10, wiping out whole sections of the fairy-like architecture and causing the loss of two lives, but the damage will run Into millions of francs. The losses, however, will not be so great as was at first1 believed, when, during the excitement of the conflagration, they were roughly estimated at $100,000,000. The entire Belgian and British sections, t wholo Kermesss of Brussels, the Coney Msand of the exposition, with water chutes, toboggan slides and other special enter tainments and everything west of the Ave nue pes Nations were destroyed. But by heroic work of the firemen and troops in the early hours of the morning and the use of dynamite In blowing up buildings In the path of the flames the fire was checked. Practically everything In the American, Danish, Russian, Norwegian, Austrian, Japanese, Turkish and Swiss sections was seved. Only the facades of the Italian nd Spanish sections and about one-third of the entire French section) the latter containing a valuable art collection, were Burned. - Art Treasurer Saved. Fortunately . the , most priceless art tretsures which had been loaned to the exposition or acquired by it. Including S.0C0 Gobelin Ui peg tries, a .large exhibition of jewelry, many paintings, . marble and ancient furniture, were removed by the Folic,'. PfcMf vas ' exposition 'employes beyond the reach of the flames and the ' pillaging criminals who attempted to take advantage of the disaster. . The reproduction of the house of Rubens t Antwerp the official pavilllon of the city of Antwerp, containing masterpieces of Flemish drt of the Rubln'8 period , collected from the galleries of the worlds was not even scorched. . .', In the Blglan and British sections the flames spread with such rapidity that 'practically nothing was saved. A gale car ried the fira through the Kermosse, pam zned with 4 Sunday crowd of nearly 100,000, with such speed that it Is considered a mir acle that the panic-stricken masses got out with a loss no greater than two killed and thirty Injured. The British loss is heavy. It includes ' ZTudotr paneling from the Toronto museum, costly Morlalx tapestries and priceless furniture from the collections of Bernard Mora, on which he refused to set any price. They were Insured for 1600.000. Most of the French dressmakers' exposition, which was Insured for millions was saved. Escaped Animals Shot by Troops. A few of thu wild beasts In the menagerie hlch escaped suffocation were shot by the troops, who found them cowering In fright In various parts of the grounds. Belgium's White city stood near the end of the Aventle Louise, the fashionable park drive, which on the west side of Brussels leads out to the beautiful Bo-is de la Cembre. The national building, that of the Belgian section, rose majestically on alight elevation facing the main entrance, To the left of the main building was the Vermes. A magnificent quadrilateral of gardens was surrounded by the four con cessions of France, Germany, Holland and Italy. The, Italian pavilion, was built after the renaissance style of the fourteenth century. The Qerman section was grouped around the main pavilion. Eight large hall were devoted to exhibits of railroad companies, agricultural machines, art and education. The Netherlands section In cluded an elevated roadbed. One of the most striking features of the Fnthch section was the palace of agricul ture and horticulture, special pavilions being devoted to Tunis, Madagascar, Al aria, western Africa and Hindo-Chlna. The Spanish pavilion offered a remarkable reproduction of the Alhambra palace at Grenada. , The Court of Lions and several of the ruins of state were represented. In which the Spanish government exhibited some of Its national treasures, such as tapestries, paintings, armors and Jewels of the former loyal families. ELEVEN HUNDRED DROWNED Dead and Missing; In Great Flood at Toklo Placed at This K Timber, TOKIO, Aug. 15. Casualties from the great flood which last week tnundited many districts In Japan and Friday and fcaturdsy submerged two of the principal wards of Toklo, were given out today as LIU dead and missing. Three thousand dine hundred and fifty-three houses were washed away. Thousands of - persons are homeless and dependent on publlo relief. THREE. CHILDREN DROWNED CI Iris and Boy Go Down In Lake K seksy When Raft la Over turned. MAIlTNETTK, Wis. Aug. 15. -Three children, two girls snd a boy, were drowned in the outlet of Lake Koquebey last-even- i lug when a raft on which they were aUuid- i Jng overturned. The drowned: IIAKRIKT LINDHOLM. aged 13 years. EVA KKXOKE.V, ard 11 years. WILLIE KtNOlUiN, agd 10 years. 4 Gaynor Nearly Outside Zone of Danger Afternoon Bulletin Says He Will ' probably Be Able to Leave Hos- 5 T W YORK, Aug. 15. -Mayor Gaynor ? ted further improvement snd strength y and his "seventh day" found , him lly emerging from the danger sone. r early bulletin of the physicians showed 2. wounded executive had passed an ex- 7", ; nt night. t official bulletin at 8 o'clock was as Mayor Gaynor has passed a good night and slept well. Me has taken nourishment well snd Is in a giiod general condition this morning. Temperature 0SH. pulse 70 and respiration 18. ARMTZ. Do WD. oecretary Adamson said the mayor seemed stronger. Now that the patient Is taking more nourishment and his sleep is better, his attendants feel that he will recruit his strength rapidly. His appetite Is good. The blood tests continue satis factory and taints of any infection hnvo not been discovered. The cough which so distressed the mayor has quite disappeared. The police are engaging themselves with the theory that James J. Gallagher, the would-be assassin, may have had an accomplice. This Gallagher denies, but a man with a police record is under suspicion. Mayor Gayror will be taken to Adlron dacks just as soon as his condition permits, but whether he will undergo an operation to remove the bullet before his trip to the mountains has not been fully determined. The following bulletin regarding Mayor Gaynor wa3 given out at 1:25 o'clock this afternoon: Improvement continues. The mayor has had a comfortable morning. One of the physicians who Is attending Mayor Gaynor said that, barring unfore seen and Improbable complications, Mayor Gaynor would be able to leave the hospital two weeks from today. Crowd in London Court Room is Disappointed Hearing of Sensational Part of Testi mony in Inquest on Remains Found in Crippen House Postponed. LONDON, Aug. 15. The spectators who filled the little coroner's court at Islington, this afternoon where the Investigation of me urippen murder mystery was con tinued, in the expectation of h waring sen sational discoveries In connection with the remains, stipponwd to be those-' of Belle Elmore. In a cellar of the Crippen " resi dence In Hilldrop Crescent, ' were' disap pointed. '. , The officials In charge of the case were responsible for the disappointment, having decided to wlthhould the sctentifio evidence of - this nature and - the identity of the remains found in the cellar until Dr. Crip pen and Miss Leneve return. A new witness, Mrs. Belinda May, sec retary of the HuslcHall ladles guild, of which Belle Elmore was, treasuerer, took the stand. She testified that at' Christmas time, , Mrs. Crippen complained that her sleep was disturbed by a choking sensa tlon as if .she were going to die. She further stated , that on Feburary 2, Miss Leneve brought to her a passbook, check book and a letter In Dr. Crippen'a hand wrltting, saying that Belle was going away for a few months and asked the Guild elect a new treasuerer. QUEBEC, Aug. 15. The fifteen days Dr. Crippen and Miss Leneve were required to spend here before they could be sent to England on a charge of murder, ex ptres tonight, , but there were no legal moves In the case this morning Pittsburg Passes Half Million Smoky City Shows Gain of 18.2 Per Cent in Population Syracuse, N. Y., Also Grows. WASHINGTON. Aug. 15. The population of Pittsburg, -Pa., is 638,905, an Increase of 82,393, or" 18. t per cent as compared with the combined population of Pittsburg and Allegheny 451,182 In 1900i The population of Syracuse, N. T., Is 137,2-h). an Increase of 28,875, or IS. per cent as compared with 108.028 In 1900. INFORMATION FOR VOTERS Primary Election All Political Parties, Tuesday, August 16, 1910. Polls open la Omaha and South Omaha 8 A. M. to 9 P. M. Blanket ballot Includes candidates separate columns. Voter must make cross-marks In one part column only. Votes In mors than one column spoil the whole ballot and the ballot will not be counted. The only safe way is tor republicans to vote only in ' the republican column. WHERE TO VOTE. OMAHA. firstTward. 1 120J South 6th. I two Pacific. 1703 South 10th. 4 91B Bancroft 5 ISHtl South 5th. SECOND WARD. 1 S424 South fflth. S .'5 Vinton. 5 1M1 Vinton. 4 1711 Vinton. 6 24 South lth. THIRD WARD. 1 1519 Webster. Sl South 10th. 5 SIS North 16th. 4 410 South IKthu fc-tot, South Uth. . FOURTH WARD. 1 118 Capitol. . X X14 Hsrnev. 5 718 South K.th. 4 314 Houth Win. 5 2tf North 14th. FIFTH WARD. 1 a fherman. t sfjol Kherinao. S ?! Sherman. 4 lt Wierman. SIXTH WARD. 1-2307 North lth. I I'.vl North 4th. S It Norm 2sth. 4 ISM North 13d. 5- 2M6 Military. SEVENTH WARD. 1 4719 Leavenworth, t 1525 Georgia. 13.18 Park. 4 Slue South 33d. EIGHTH WARD. 1-19U4 North 24th. t 1S09 Cuming. 5 12 North 17th. 4-2-115 Cumijig. NINTH WARD. 1 J579 Cuming. 2 SJ37 Cuming. S 3304 Davenport. 4 211 South Soth. 5 2U Famam. , TENTH WARD. 11018 South 10th. 1 lriJl Leavenworth. (2121 Leavenworth. 4-14.10 South 16th. s-lta couth 13lh. ELEVENTH WARD. I turn UcmlllM, DAHLMAN MEN FEELING BLUE Mayor's Crowd on Eve of Election Sees Handwriting on the Wall. TRY TO CONCEAL FEELINGS Brave "Front" Attempted, but Effort is Vain. . HITCHCOCK VEXES MANY Dahlmen Men Will Throw Strength to Willis Reed. ' - METCALFE'S FRIENDS ACTIVE Three Men Still . In ' Democratic Ilace for Cona-ressloual Nomination Each' Making Die' Claims. On the day of the primaries the Dahl msnltes are down in the dumps, Mayor "Jim's" boosters are still trying hard to put on a brave front, but among them selves and their Intimates they admit that the Jig Is up. From the first, Dahlman and his crew conceded that he would not 'have even a look-in If the voting were to be done by democrats, but they were figuring that they could get enough liberal republicans to come across Into the democratic primary and save the day for the cowboy mayor. They have played all the strings they could reach, and have been spending all kinds of money put up by the brewers and liquor dealers, but have found that the job of getting republicans to abandon their own ticket was too much for them. The re publicans who were expected to come to the relief of "Jim" have been serving notice that ' they would stay . with their own ticket and vote for Cady and a legis lative delegation of liberal republicans, and would refuse to let their own ticket go by default The Shallenberger forces are also active and hav accomplished a , good deal In puncturing the Dahlmanite's claims. It had been given out that Dahlman would not let Shallenberger get a single vote In the lower wards of Omaha, but the Shallen berger forces here have been organised to devote special attention in that direc tion and see to it that no votes are counted for "Jim" that do not belong to him, and that no votes cast for Shallenberger are overlooked. Hitchcock In Bad. Out aide of the governor's fight the demo crats are having merry war in, several place. Hitchcock for senator Is not to have a walkaway If the eleventh-hour licks of some of Metcalfe's friends produce results, and the Dahlmanltes show their resent ment as they threaten by giving Willis Reed the' best of. It," Hitchcock .has" bean straddling as much as he. could as between other candidates and as a consequence has the good will of none of .them. In Omaha he has pretended to be with Dahl man, and out In the state he has been plugging for Shallenberger, while his paper has been blowing hot and cold. The democratic, free-for-all for congress seems to show three men really In the race. Comptroller Lobeck la depending on his Swedish nationality to send him to Wash ington, while W. F. Stoecker is cashing In on his Dutch, and Attorney Fleharty figuring on being the beneficiary of the Dahlman organisation. The democratic legislative candidates are all pulling . at cross-purposes. Hitchcock has gotten out a slate headed, "Democra tic Cltlsen's Ticket," which throws down all the law-makers seeking re-election ex cept Tanner and Thomas, and there Is a merry howl coming out of the ditch. The democrats expect to cast a bigger primary vote in Omaha than, ever before. but will do so only to the extent that Mayor "Jim" reaches out for republicans to make good his deficiency of democratic support KANSAS PRIMARY SURPRISE Official toast Shows that Justice Porter, Who Conceded Defeat, la Renominated. TOPEKA. Kan., Aug. 16. The official count of the ballots cast at the recent re pulblcan primary for Justice of the supreme court furnished a great surprise, it de veloped today that Justice Silas Porter of Kansas City, Kan., who had conceded his own defeat, has been renominated. - His plurality la 169 over Justice C. B. Graves, i, ii borers Killed kr Collapse of Dana. WATERTOWN, N. Y., Aug. 15. Several Italian laborers were killed and a large number Injured by the collapse today of a portion of a dam of T. A. Gillespie com nanv at Massena on the big power canal. The Injured were taken to a hospital at Cornwall, Ont for all political parties arranged in S92 Famam. 14 South 4th. 4706 South 7th. TWELFTH WARD. 1 24.11 Ames. 2 Silt Ames. 30U Corby. 4 SU18 North S4th. 4418 North 34th. SOUTH OMAHA. FIRST WARD. 1643 North 20th. t 25 North 24th. SECOND WARD. v-m south th. t It North 24th. THIRD WARD. 1 R- R Ave. snd st 5 toO South 18d. (Rear.) FOURTH WARD. 1512 North 26th. I UA South 30th. FIFTH WARD. 1-810 North I7th. 8 Corner 83d and IC SIXTH WARD. 11214 North 24th. 04 North Xth. in y Ci MX r A 'l ' From the New York World VERDICT BLAMES MRS. MOTT t . Coroner'. Men Say' She Shot Hedy in His Home. MANY WITNESSES ARE HEARD Contradict DlMid Man A boot His Little Son Beting Present at the Tim Woman Fired ' : Revolver. The verdict ol the coroner's Jury In the Otis Hedy case hhynes Mrs. Bertha Mott for the shooting, holding that Hedy was shot In his own house at 823 South Nine teenth street ' ' . Toe. evidence ot fixi wltnesses..t the lnr quest' held yesterday, tended , strongly to show that the shooting of Hedy occurred as he asserted in his ante-mortem state ment. Thirteen witnesses were put, on the stand and those who were in thej build ing at the time gave the most damag'ng evldenoe to the defense. But those who testified were almost certain that Mr. Hedy'a son was not in the- room -at the time of the shooting as Hedy swore. Mrs. Mott still holds to her original story: That Hedy came to her room, insulted her, and that as he was leaving, she Shot She was not placed on the stand yesterday, though she was present at the Investiga tion. Mrs. Hedy gave evidence, and after testifying to what her husband had told her at the hospital, seemed In a state of col lapse. Heard Voices In His Room. All.' WUHfLma who llvf.fl Ml the second floor of ths building, and over the Hedy apartments, said: . 1 "The first thing that my attention was called to was the sound of voices In Hedy's room. I was sitting beside an open window in my room, and next heard footsteps be low, and then the shot I saw , through the porch floor, where boards were gone, that Hedy had fallen to the floor. . "Upon cross-examination, this witness admitted that while she thought the voices cams from the Hedy room, they might have come from some other place. Mrs. Rose Fuller lives In the basement beneath Hedy's room. She was sitting In a chair In her kitchen at the time of the occurrence. She said: "I heard a scuffle of footsteps at the Hedy door. There was next u dull thud as the screen door was opened and knocked against a washtub. which stands beside It on the porch. I then heard the shot and someone fall upon the porch. Going to my door, I saw Hedy's arm protruding over the edge of the porch, and the blood from his wound trickling down Into the areaway, which leads to my rooms." It was testified that the little Hedy boy had gone to a nearby grocery store but a, short time before the shooting, and was not present when It occurred. Those who testified gave it as their opinion that the boy was In the front yard. This Is contrary to the statement made by Hedy to his wife when he said the boy was a witness to the affair. Aside from this the testimony seemed to uphold Hedy's version of ths shooting. The Verdict. Following is the verdict given by the coronor's Jury arter tne inquest: w. the 1urv. according to the evidence. And that Otis Hedy came to his death by a gunshot wound by the nana or mi n.rfhi Mott at 823 South Nineteenth street. of Omaha. County of Douglas, State of Nebraska. The deed was committed on August 11, 1910, between the hours of S and p. m.. and ths victim aiea aujub m. 1910, at 8.10 p. m." , ,vir. vtAv. who la arief stricken and suf fering greatly, stated she would leave Mon day evening for her xatners num. i Granite. Iku, where she will probably re main until the case Is brought up In dis trict courts this fall. FIGHT OVER A GAME OF CRAPS One Mnn Killed and Twro Fatally Wonnded In Battle at Big Springs, Kr. BRANDERBURQ. Ky.. Aug. U.-Charles Gear was shot to death, Joseph Thomas wu faijlv wounded, and Preston - Gear crawled Into the woods presumably dying from a gunshot wound during a fight over a crap game at Big Springs, Ky., yester day. James Tate ana josepn Ajnraon, charged with the crime, art) being pursued by a posse. The three victims are sons of well-known farmers. Prsstoa Gear has not been found, although a trail of blood left by him was foilt for some distance Undisturbed sr.. .r - -i.vvx- cj"' T .-Aw iSfM. i The Primary Ths Bee submits for ths guidance ot republicans ths following Ust of oandi datss to be voted on la Douglas county as worthy of support i For United States Senator. ELMER J. BURKETT. For Governor, . . ADDISON E. CADY. For. Lieutenant Governor. . M. R. HOPEWELL. . . -'' For Secretary of State. . . .'JOHN J. RYDER.' ' i For Auditor. ' . SILAS Ri BARTON. For state Treasurer, WALTER A; GEORGE. i -. ,i For Superintendent of Public Instruction. FRANK 8. PERDUK or , ' ;, ... J. W.. CRABTBEE. . v .", ..i For' Attorney General. . . ' ' C. P. ANDERBERY. ; '. ' . For Land ' Commissioner, - ' EDWARD B. COWLES. For Railway Commissioner. HENRY T. CLARKE, JR. For Congressman, CHARLES L. PATTNDER3 or . ABRAHAM L. 8UTTON. For State Senators Vote for Three. .JOHN T. DILLON, J. L. KALE f, ARTHUR C. PANCOAST. For Representatives Vote for Nina. NELS J. ANDERSON, . U. M. BACHMANN, K. W. BARTOS. F. C. BEST, HERMAN G. BOESCHE. M. O. CUNNINGHAM. ROBERT HOUGHTON. ' JAMES P. REDMAN. F. S. STUCKER. , . For 'County Attorney, 1. JAMES E. RAIT. For Commissioner. 1st District -JOHN GRANT., . . For Commissioner, 2d District . JOHN C. LYNCH. For Commissioner, 4th District - JOHN C. TROUTON. For School Board Vote for Four. M. F. SEARS. J. L. JACOBSON. -.'.' GEORGE COT1-. , ' "W. A. BOURKB. Cut this out and take It with you to ths pons. Republican Primaries August W. 1910, LIND WILL NOT MAKE RACE Former Governor of Minnesota Ad heres to Hla Decision Not to -Be Candidate. I '. ST. PAUL. Aug. US. In a letter today by F. A'. Day, chairman of the demo. cratlo state central committee. John A. Llnd of Minneapolis, who Is in Seattle and who was named for governor by the demo cratic state convention In July,- says: I cling to my original decision to refuse to be the democratic candidate for gov ernor, though I am without a full knowl edge of the situation." t . . FORT. RILEY MANEUVERS BEGIN Kansas Militia Are First to Take the Field Nebraska Troops to Asrlvo Wednesday, , JUNCTION , CITY. Kan.. Aug. , US.-The opening tactics In the fall maneuvers at Fort lUley, In which (.000 troops of ths regular army and the organised mllltla will take part began today. . The Kansas troops took ths field first, The Nebraska troops are due to arrive next Wednesday and the Missouri and Oklahoma soldiers in September, Brigadier General F. K. Ward has com mand of the maneuver camp. Spain Blames-Merry Val for Rupture with Church MADRID, Aug. IS. Semi-official note Is sued today attributes to Cardinal Merry Del Val, the papal secretary of state, sola responsibility for the acts of ths Vatican In the controversy with Spain. The note says thst the statements issued by the cardinal for the purpose, according to the note, of Influencing ths press of the world, wilt make no impression on the Spanish govern ment . "The congregation of extraordinary af fairs," ths Inapirers of ths nots state, "was never consulted during the negotiations be tween Spain snd the Vatican which have been going ou for months. Premier Caoale- ) ti) JLaOs- REPUBLICANS MORE ACTIVE Nearly Everybody Prefers to Have : Ticket Headed by Cady. SEVERAL - LIVELY CONTESTS Question Asked Wkr Real Estate . Bisrh Wants to Own Delegation of Law Makers for the , ' : ' Leglalature. Ths canvass for primary votes among re publican candidates is close, with noticeable nativity all along the line. Practically all local candidates are , expressing preference fqr'Cady to head the ticket for governor te&liJsr: vtfnvittted that he would be the stronger' man and would help materially In the election. With Cady as ths candidate for governor' they all feel that a winning fight ' could be carried through in Douglas county with mudh less effort and outlay. The' few ' Aid) Ich enthusiasts who started to make a holse last week have apparently subsided, and no real work In his behalf Is apparent, on the surface. The congressional contest between Saun ders and Sutton Is easily absorbing most of of the . local ; Interest among republicans. Saunders Jhas. a. wide-awake organization that Is coveting the whole district for him and relies on the strength, he has with the butineas interests through his record in the legislature, it Is conceded tnat Judge Sut ton will run ahead In South Omaha and ths country.', v . Rait Shows Strength. For . comity, attorney James E. Rait is picked as .the winner, as he Is the only candidate who gives any assurance of being able to put up a strong fight against County Attorney English later. . On the legislative ticket there are slates and slates. Ths list recommended by The Bee has met, with wide favor, and contains the .names of most. If not all, of the win ners.; The slate put up by the real estate men v la drawing considerable fire. ' "Why should the real estate men want to own the', law makerfT" is the question asked. ''Are not the present laws favorable enough to 'the landlord and hard enough on the tenant?" - The 'real estate men's slae Is said to contain the names of several die guisod county optionlsts and prohibitionists. . On the ' f etiool board there Is nothing djolnf and on the Water board It is every body for himself. Columbus Trolley ; i - Strike Spreads JTateruxban line to Dayton is Tied Up Thousand Troops Will Ee '.; - Brought to City, COLUMBUS, .O., Aug. .Cars on the uoiumbus-Dayton division of ths Ohio Electrto. Railway .company wars operated irregularly today because of the strike of tne motortnen and conductors. ' It Is Said- that fifty motormen an4 enn ductors are out, tlelng up the Una from oiumous to, Dayton. Clerks and stenog rapnsrs. pave been put on as conductors of some oi tn cars. Troop B and Battery C, both of Colum bus, .have been ordered out in the car men's' strike. Military officials are going ovsr lists to order out 1.000 trooDa at onra The First regiment of Cincinnati also has been ordered out Del Jas knows that svery decision In ths pres ent controversy was taken solely, fcy Car dlnal Merry Del Val." ROME, Aug. IR-Owlng7 to a mlsunder standing Jt was related at the time of the abandonment of the clerical demonstration at Ban 8ebaetlan, August T, tht ths Vatican had instructed the Roman Catholics of Spain to prevent the manifestations. The Vatican now wishes it clearly known that this statement was Incorrect. The Holy See maintained a wholly extraneous stll- tuds on the subject, taking no steps regard ing .- the movement and doing nothing either to prevent, or promote It ' Wi LAND GRABBERS WELL ()RGANIZED Cost of Disposing of Property of Indian Boy Two Thousand Dollars More Than Value. PEOPLE THINK IT A SCANDAL Witness Savs Congress Should Take Look at Laws. CHILDREN ABE DEFRAUDED" Minor Gets Threi Hundred and Fifty from Half Seption. PROBATE COURTS KNOW FACTS JadR-ea Said to Do Fully Avrare o Manner In Which Thousands of Acres A re 'Transferred to V.'tilte. SULPHUR, Okl., Aug. 15.-Detalls of a :hnne by which "land arahhera , Ized systematically to enrich themselves at ie expense or minor Indians were related t the congressional Investigation Into In an land affairs today. In one Instance. It was asserted, the cost r disposing of the nroDcrtv of sin ikv. of Id Indian was $20.75 more than the nmi.,-v brought and the condition which permitted this and similar deals was declared to be a aisgracs to Oklahoma. Hearing thst the scheme prevailed gener lly, Representative Fhllip A. Campbell of Cansas, a member of the investleatinir mlltee, had put on the stand James Yarbor ough, a Chickawa Indian by Intermarriage. u juu can mis sort of thing grafting or lust plain stealing?" aked Mr. r.mnh.n after the witness had related the circum stances. Well, the people down our wav Mnu is a scandal that the laws Drm(t .,,,-h . thing, and w e think it is time that congress take notice of It." The probate court at Duranl aiinn,. .i,- guardian to sell for S2.600 a trant f iu acres of what Is known as the allotted i.nu ownea oy an 18-year-old child. ino guardian then put in a claim 'on the proceeds. Big; Fees t in I mod. The claim included 1S.-.0 f,,i- . guardian, tl.tfso for Improving the lands""1 , uw ir oarn, ioi ror posts, $45 for fences, $8 for witnos fees and more monev for otner purposes. It was found when ths deed was closed that the child owed his .uimei- guaraian x.tf,5, and now ths guar dian Is threatening to llBA'A than nrAnarlv Of the child sold In order to get the $J,0T6. i Know ot another case in which 825 acres were sold for an Iidlan child mH ,h the claims were paid ths child got $,150. In another Instance $1,500 was obtained o. 200 acres, but . the child only got ". in other ' words tha n- of dacea.tei Itt- uian in mis state whlre are located one third of all the Indians In tha iinni ct.... are systematically being robed of the es- ''" a"ocea mem by the government. The property Is sold at Drlces uiat-A u.. land robbers. The children are robbed at oum enus, at one end by their guardians, and at the other by the purchasers." "Do you mean to sav that .i-h are countenanced by the probate court?" lney to on with full knowledge ot the Judges." Thousands of Acres Taken. "Thousands of acres of property thus are taken from the Indians and thrown Into the lands of white people, the lnduns getting poorer and the land grabbers richer. Most of todsy's testimony was given by wit nesses for the defence. J. is. McMurrsy, whose 10,000 contracts allowing him a 10 per cent attorney's fee for th .i. . 000,000 worth of Indian land caused ths present investigation, sought to show that a large percentage of the signers wers hHII In fnvn. At Mm ...... - A j M. . . awa Indians testified they were willing to Increase the foe If It ,would result In the prompt sale of allotted holdings by trusts and the government. Thomas B. Crews, an attorney of St Louis, testified he had contracts with 700 freedmen, or hegroes who claim Indian blood or claim to be descendants of former slaves or Indians. These freedmen assert they were wrongfully kept off ths clUsen shly rolls. On the basis of his contracts, Mr. Crew said he Would be allowed a $5 per cent attorney ' fee. A cltisenshlp right Is estimated to be worth $5,000. The 709 claimants, If successful in litigation, it was said, would acquire a claim on the gov ernment of about $3,600. The attorney's fee Involved would be $1,225,000, It was es timated. ' Mr. Crews said he slso had contracts with about 100 negroes who desire to take ad vantage ot a right to purchase 20 acres ot land at an appraised valuation, in dddition to the acres given them as freedmen. Un der contract. Crews is to furnish the oaab to purchase and Is to receive In return one half tho land. " In another set of contracts, he said about 1,300 Choctaw Indians in Mississippi want to get enrollment here, on a 26 per cent basis. ' More details of J. E. McMurray's alleged activity at Washington to promote his 10 per cent attorney fee contracts In ths sals of $30,000,000 worth of Indian lands were re lated before the committee today. W. R. Johnson, former United States at torney, testlfed that certain indictments against McMurray In ID05 were ordered dismissed by the attorney general. Ths Indictments were returned against Mc Murray and others In connection with a $300,000 expense account which McMurray's firm had filed against the Indians In prosecuting citizenship cases. It was al leged in the Indictments that ths exponas account had been "padded." At ths tlms ths Indictments wers being; Investigated Cecil A. Lyon, national re publican committeeman for Texas, was In Washington. Mr. Lyon previously had testified he had urged the attorney general to investigate th Indictments, but he de clared he never asked that they bs dis missed. The Indictments later wers ordered dismissed. Mr. Lyon then became Interested with Mr. McMurrsy in what art known as ths old tribal contracts and talked with President Roosevelt in regard to them. Only Iadletnsent Dismissed. "During your term of offlcs how msny indictments were returned?" Mr. Johnson was asked. "About 5.000." "How many of these lndlctements wers dismissed?" "Only one, that against McMurrsy." -After tha McMurrsy indictment was. re turned, I was called to Washington. 1 took all ths pspers there. After nine days A-