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VOL. XLII NO. 57.
OMAHA, .FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1912-TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS:
PENROS
RESUMES
E
HIS ASSAULT UPON
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
Letter to Cortelyou Directing Be
turn of Archbold Cash. Written
to Keep Record Straight.
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HINTS AT OTHER PAYMENTS
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Intimates that Missouri and South-
k era Pacific Contributed.
ARCHBOLD WILL TESTIFY
Oil Magnate Will Appear Before
Senate Committee Today.
WILL ASK SUBPOENA FOR TEDDY
Senator Penrose Will Make Motloa
to Require Him to Testify
Colonel Sara His Letter '
is Sufficient. '
WASHINGTON. Aug. 22.-Senator Pen
rose renewed bis attack upon , Colonel
Roosevelt in the senate today, under
questions . by Senator . Reed. Colonel
Roosevelt's statement of yesterday, mak
ing public a letter in which , he had di
rected 3eorge B. Cortelyou to return John
D. ArchbolcTs $100,000 contribution was
under discussion.1 - r r .' . . ;,
"The information I had," said Senator
Penrose, . "was that after Mr. Roosevelt
had been apprised that the $100,000 had
been spent,', he wrote- the letter to Mr.
Cortelyou,: directing its return, in order
to make the record good."
Senator Reed, in questioning Senator
Penrose, mentioned . imported contribu
tions of $100,000 each made to the cam
paign of 1901 by the Missouri Pacific and
the Southern Pacific railways. Senator
Penrose said that while he had no direct
knowledge regarding such contributions,
he believed from the Information at his
disposal that "those Interests had con
tributed heavily." -
Will Resume Investigation.
' - Senator Penrose today asked the senate
to direct the Clapp committee, investigat
ing campaign contributions of -1904 and
1908. to investigate the charges contained
in his sensational speech of yesterday in
connection with the Penrose-Archbold cor
respondence. He asked that the committee
be directed to call as witnesses "all per-
nnM monttihAil" In - Viim' nuMh ' Vilnn-l
Roosevelt was among those ' mentioned.
The motion was temporarily laid over.
Scenting 'new trails of campaign contrl-
sensational' speech of yesterday, te spe
cial senate commtttea 4nutrlne into 4he
political funds of 190) and 190$ is planning
to renew hearings at once. ' .--- v
Senator-Clapp,' chairman of the ant
mittec, today announced "his desire to; go
on and telegraphed to the two deMocratle
members, Senators Lea and Paynter, who
expected to be away until late next tall,
asking them to return at once or have
Senator Dillingham, chairman of the priv
ileges and elections committee, designate
some one to alt for them on the commit
tee. : . ' ; ,V . ; '.: . '
John 0. Archbold of the Standard Oil
company' today notified Senator , Clapp
that ha would appear before the senate
committee investigation' In the campaign
funds' tomorrow. . . .
Absnrd, Says Colonel. '
WILKES-BAKRE, Pa., Aug. 21-Colonel
Roosevelt was asked whether he was
willing to go' befofe the Clapp committee
to testify in regard to the statements that
contributions were made to. the 1904 cam
paign by the Standard OH company.
"The question is absurd," he said. "The
letters, aid' telegrams that passed . be
tween. Mr. Cortelyou ' and myself are
enough." f ".""-'.
Will Ask Sabpoena for Rooaerett.
WASHINGTON," Aug. 22. "He will have
an opportunity to' tell whathe knows,"
said Senator Penrose, after reading Colo
nel Roosevelt's statement that the tele
grams between himself and Mr Cortelyou
made it unnecessary to appear before the
senate campaign -fund committee. '
"I intend to' amend , my motion made
this morning so that the committee will
be directed to subpoena tne men men
tioned in my statement I do not intend to
have it as a mere matter of Invitation,"
added the senator.
Work of the Board of
Customs' Appraisers
to Be Investigated
WASHINGTON. Aug. 21 - President
Taft today appointed a committee, of gov.
ernment officials to investigate the board
of. United States general appraisers to
ascertain If 'there has been "neglect of
duty, malfeasance. In office or Ineffi
ciency" on the part of any of the board's
members.- The board has headquarters f
in New York. 1
President Taft named as the investiga
tion committee Chandler P. Anderson,
counsellor for the State department; Wil
liam Loeb, Jr., collector of customs at
New-York, and Wlnfred T. Denlson, as
sistant attorney general of the United
States. ' Mr.' Denlson prosecuted the sugar
fraud cases.
The investigation will be part of the
general plan of the' Treasury department
to rehabilitate , the customs service as a
Whole, and, according to an official state
ment, "is the result of complaints that
the work of the board does not give satis
factory result as a portion of the gov
ernmental mechanism of collecting reve
nue from customs."
' The board of United States general ap
praisers Is composed of H. M. Somer
ville, president; T. 8. Sharretts, W. B.
Howell, I. F. Fischer, B. S. White, E. G.
Hay, C-P. McClelland, R..H. Chamber
lain and S. B. Cooper. Each receives, a
salary, of $9,000.
The committee will be instructed to
recommend any desirable change it may
find In the. personnel as well as in the
methods of the board.
.The committee will begin the inquiry as
soon as its program can be mapped out
AMERICANS SLAIN IN
MASSACRE AT LEGN
H i-
Lighton Accussed
of Securing Cash
on Forged Checks
DENVER, Colo., Aug. 21.-(8peclal Tel
egram) Louis Lighton, 48 years old.-, a
traveling salesman who is said to have
put a Chicago wholesale drug business out
of business three years ago by nivalis of
an order scheme, has found a new and
easier way of making a living, according
to a confession . said to have been rr.ade
to representatives of a detective. agency.
Lighton was arrested yesterday on a
warrant charging him with forgery on
ten different counts. It is said he admits
he has committed forty-one fo-gcrles
within the last month, many of which
have been accounted for and also that bis
speculations have netted 1 him ,' several
hundred dollars In the last three months.
"It Is the easiest thing In the world to
be a forger in - these days. There are
many grasping business men who will ac
cept a, check rather than sea your . trade
go ' elsewhere . I preyed on these - and
found it easy," said' Lighton.' v . ',;
Lighton .while . employed by a CM
Two Citizens of United States Are
Deliberately Murdered by
Nicaraguan Rebels.
BOTH MEN. AT" -WOUNDED
'towH.'Veet Death
ftvcaing"" Hospital.
GOVERNMENT MAKES INQUIRY
Report of Slaughter Fully Con
firmed in Belated Cablegram.
MARINES PROTECTING MANAGUA
United States Forces Hold the City
. Against Looters Corinto Is In
Danger and Women Sleep
on Warships.
HftVh IhMn' Ain Mtnnanv ' . - tr-LVAlirtff
salesman three-years- agtris said taliawt"- he w-Jitett. taea. warships.
sent In large fake orders, for carloads of
goons. ie collected his commissi -im ana
When, the goods reached the w..t' they
were undelivered; The company is said
to have gone into bankruptcy because of
his workings The accssed man, wh6 was
divorced last' year, is identified from his
picture oy former Omaha residents as a
few years ago In charge of the7 anchor
fence factory in that city. v
AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR
AT WASHINGTON RESIGNS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-Unofflclal
notice has been given to the United
States that ' Baron II.engelmuller Von
Hengervar,. ambasuador from Austria
Hungary, will retire .from that poat when
he saila for Europe -wsxl week. - The
baron had been at Washington eighteen
years and Is the clean of the Diplomatic
corps at this capital. Earoti'IU'tiselimiller
Is understood to be relinquishing his post
in .Washington because be has attained
the age of retirement in the Austrian
diplomatic service.
The Weather
Officii! Fowoiit
Forecast till 7 p. m. Friday:' 1
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Fair tonight and Friday; not much
change In temperature.
Temperature '
nt Omaha
Hours. Dec.
... 67
... 67
... 66
...
72
74
77
78
79
82
82
t a. m.
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11 a. m
12 m.
1 p. m...
2 p. m...
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Local Weather Record..
. 1912. 191L 1910. 1XW.
lowest last night....... 68 53 75 , 70
Precipitation ...... 00 .00 .00 .03
..viumi iviuicrnuje lur iuuy, de
grees. Deficiency In precipitation since March
t 6.23 Inches.
Deficiency corresponding period, 1911,
1170 inches.
Deficiency corresponding period, 1910,
12.93 inches.
Senator Page Starts
Filibuster that May
Delay Adjournment
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-A filibuster
in the senate today, conducted by Senator
Page of Vermont, threatened to wreck
the legislative program contemplating a
speedy adjournment of congress. . .
; Senator Page began after he had failed
to secure consideration of . his . bill for
federal support of agricultural and voca
tional schools. The senate had under con
sideration the newly-drawn legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation bill
and was ready to vote upon It when Mr.
Page took the floor. He was armed with
a mass of printed material and In re
sponse to inquiries, announced:
"I "am going to have my innings on this
bill now." ;
Meanwhile the legislative bill waited
and the bill to create a department of
labor wis also delayed. '
Ringlings' Main Tent
Destroyed by Fire,;
No Lives Are Lost
STERLING. III.. Aug. 22.-Sparks from
a burning barn carried three blocks by
tha wind fell on the main tent of the
Rlngling Brothers' circus at 1 o'clock this
afternoon and burned it to the ground
within ten minutes. - - '
The afternoon performance" had not
started and the few people - In the tent
escaped.' The animals were' saved.
The loss Is placed at 1200,000.
First Point Settled
in Traction Dispute
CHICAGO, "Aug. 21-Mayor Harrison
announced this afternoon that employes
of the various Chicago traction lines and
the companies had reached a tentative
agreement on every point in dispute ex
cept that of wages. The agreement was
brought about . at a meeting called by
the mayor In an effort to avert a strike.
The Chicago Street railway receded from
Its position regarding night service and
agreed, to a. schedule satisfactory to the
employes. At a later conference today
the wage problem will be attacked.'
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-Two Amer
icans are reported to have been deliber
ately murdered in the massacre of the
Nlcaraguan Loyal troops by the rebels
at Leon on August 19. One waa said to
be Harvey Dodge of Kosciusko, Miss.,
the other a man named Phillips. The
two men had been wounded and were
seeking .refuge In a hospital, according
to the report received today at the State
department. Dodge and Phillips were
said to have been fighting with the gov
ernment troops. '
The killing of Dodge ' and Phillips,
though not entirely a parallel, recalled
the killing of Cannon and Grace by Zel
aya in 1909. which resuled in an upheaval
that threw the dictator out of office and
sent htm to European exile. The State
department is pressing for more Informa
tion. A delayed despatch from Corinto to
day says the rebels are taking towns be
tween Leon and Chinandaga. They are
reported to have confiscated a large plan
tation, and a distillery containing 15,000,-
000 worth of alcohol.
With the arrival of the United States
forces In Nicaragua, Rear Admiral Suth
erland on the cruiser California will take
full, command. ,'
' The massacre of the loyal Nlcaraguan
troops sent to defend the towq of Leon
is Jully confirmed in a belated cablegram
received today from the American le
gation at Managua, dated August 19. The
rebels refused quarter and annihilated
the whole force of defenders except three
or four. ' '
Today's early advices to the depart
ment are that the situation Is critical.
Though the American marines and blue
jackets are holding Managua against the
would-be looters and .; pillagers, grava
danger Is threatening Corinto on the west
coast Women and children of tha for
eign families in the town art sleeping;
John J. Donahue
UNDERWOODJMHE TARIFF
Majority Leader Sets Forth Rates as
He Sees Them.
SAYS ALL NECESSITIES TAXED
He Attempts to Show That All Bills
Proposed by Democrats Are
Good and That Present
Law la Bad.
Nebraska Moose Call
Provides for Naming
Entire State Ticket
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 22.-An official
call for a state convention of the progres
sive party In Nebraska - was today pre
pared In the office of Governor C. H.
Aldrlch. It bears the signature of A. O.
Wray a chairman and John C. Sprecher
as secretary. ' The ' convention is to be
held in this city September 3. The busi
ness of the .convention, as enumerated
In the call, is: The formation of a new
party, the u adoption of a party name,
the nomination of eight presidential elec
tors, a United States senator and a state
ticket from governor doWn. A state ren
tral committee will .also be chosen.'
St. Louis Man Kills
Himself on Grave
of Faithless Wife
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 22.-A triple tragedy
was rounded out toaay wnen ine poay oi
Gustav keschner - with a bullet holo
through his head was found on the grave
of his wife, Camilla Keschner, who in
July, 19U, was shot dead by Rudolph
Karlsbel, a member of the Austrian no
bility, when Keschner returned home one
night to find the Austrian in a room with
Mrs. Keschner. At the same time Karls
berg shot himself, dying two days later,
and severely wounded Kescnner. Kesch
ner after a long treatment at a hospital
was discharged as well.
AST0R WILL IS AGAIN
.OFFERED FOR PROBATE
NEW TORK, Aug. 22.-In compliance
with statutory requirements covering the
birth of a posthumous heir tiie will of
Colonel John Jacob Astor, who perished
In the Titanic disaster, was offered again
for probate today. Since the will was
last probated a son has been born to
Mrs. Madeline Force Astor. Surrogate
Fowler set September 4 for reprobating
the will, but did not name a guardian
for the week-old child
First Day's Battle
" is Called a Draw
V . : . ' -.'
BANNER SPRINGS, Kan., Aug. 22.-
Shortly after daybreak today the first
battle of the Kansas war maneuvers de
clared drawn by the umpires yesterday,
was resumed.
The portion of the red army new la
Banner Springs outnumbers the blue
forces, and should reinforcements fall to
arrive promptly the blue - forces will
probably meet defeat, unless and this Is
what has the reds guessing the blues
have some artillery concealed In the hills
south of here. A small blue battery
well stationed could shell the enemy out
of town In a few minutes.
Brigadier' General R. D. Potts, com
mander of the Central division, U. S. A.,
and bis staff, joined the blue forces to
day ' and will direct the mansuvers -ir;
that side.
The blue command, however, is under
Colonel Daniel Cornman, N.. S. A,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-Majorlty
Leader Oscar W. Underwood, reviewing
the achlevments of the democratic house
in the Congressional Record today set
forth, as he. sees it, the situation before
American consumers under the present
tariff systm In this fashion:
"Under the present oppressive tariff
law the laboring man returns at night
from his toll clad in a woolen suit taxed
76 per cent, shoes taxed 12 per cent,
stockings and underwear 71 per cent, a
cotton shirt taxed 50 per cent, a wool hat
and wollen gloves taxed 78 per cent He
carries a dinner -pail taxed 45 per cent
and greets his wife as she looks through
a window pane taxed 62 per cent, with
a curtain taxed 42 per cent.
After scraping bis shoes on an iron
scraper taxed 75 per cent he wipes them
on a mat taxed 60 per cent He lifts
on a carpet taxed 62 per cent, andtisses
his wife, clad In a woolen dress, taxed
76 per cent- She is mending an umbrella
taxed 60 per cent, with thread taxed, 70
per cent ' , ,
'The r house is made of brick taxed 25
per cent and lumber taxed 9 per cent
with paint taxed 32 per cent. Their wall
paper was taxed 25 per cent and plain
furniture 35 per cent. He hangs his pall
on a steer pin taxed 45 per cent, using
soap taxed 20 per cent His looking
glass was taxed 45 per cent and he combs
his hair, with a rubber comb taxed 35
per cent , '
Stones and Crockery.
"He proceeds to eat his supper, which
was cooked on a stove taxed 45 per cent,
for which his wife used pots and kettles
taxed 45 per cent On their table is com
mon crockery taxed 55 per cent and cheap
glass tumblers taxed 45 per cent. The
sugar he' puts in his tea is taxed 54 per
cent, which he stirs with a spoon taxed
45 per cent His meal is a frugal one
because the cost of living is high.
"He uses a knife and fork taxed 50
per cent, in eating saltfish taxed 10 per
cent, bread 20 per cent, potatoes 22 per
cent, salt 33 per cent, butter 24 per cent
and rice 62 per cent He proceeds to
read a book taxed 25 per cent and at
the close of day reclines In an Iron frame
bed taxed 45 ner cent with a mattress
taxed 20 per cent sheets taxed 45 per
cent, woolen blankets taxed "5 per cent
and a woolen spread 45 per cent
"He is taken 111 and the doctor pro
scribes medicine taxed 25 per cent, which
being ineffective, he passes from this
active sphere of life and his body is
deposited in a coffin taxed 36 per cent,
which is conveyed to a cemetery in a
wagon taxed 35 per cent, deposited in Its
resting place in mother earth, and the
grave filled in by use of a shovel taxed
45 per cent, while over his grave is raised
a monument taxed 60 per cent."
Mr. Underwood at considerable length
reviewed the legislation effected by the
democratic house and condemned the
republican policy as is disclosed in the
session, now closing."
Extradition Court
Dismisses Charges
Against Kid McCoy
LONDON, Aug. 22.-"Kid" McCoy. (Nor
man Belby) the American boxer, was dis
charged from custody by the magistrate
of the Extradition court at Bow street
today. He was arrested July 36 on ' a
provisional extradition warrant charging
him with larceny alleged to have been
committed at Ostend. The proceedings
were taken at the instigation of the Bel
gian legation.
McCoy had appeared before the magis
trate on several previous occasions on
the same charge and on August 2 was
released on bail while awaiting the arrival
of the documents connected with the case
from Belgium. '
McCoy's attorney. In addressing the
court said the depositions had arrived
from Belgium and after carefully study
ing them he considered there was abso
lutely no case against McCoy. It was
most extraordinary proceeding that Mo
Coy had been arrested on the unsworn
statement of an Intoxicated woman who,
when she became, sober denied her own
statement , said the attorney. The reason
McCoy found himself In that position was
that he happened to travel to Ostend and
stay, in the hotel where the theft wt
MmlHlfHlw' I J, . .I-"
The magistrate said he had read alt tho
papers and concluded that there wa not
sufficient evidence to Justify, extradition
and he .therefore dismissed the case.'
Dr. Sarah F, Wells, '
Recluse, Author, and
Physician, is Dead
8T. LOUIS, Aug. 22.-Dr. Sarah F. Wells,
formerly a professor In tha New York
Medical college and hospital for women
and later organizer and president of the
Women's Medical college and hospital in
San Francisco, Is dead. She died In rags
from burns received at a public bathing
house, although In the queer little apothe
cary shop of which she was proprietor
were found trunks containing silk gowns
and rich oriental garments estimated to
be worth 15,000. -
Mrs. wells was the author of 'Ten
Years' Travel Around the World" , and
Mysteries of the Harems and Zenanas.
the material for, which she gathered In
roaming around the world as gold seeker.
parachute dropper and the companion of
her husband,' a poet-aeronaut, who died
here two years ago. , '
Just before her death at a hospital,
Mrs. Wells gave to a neighbor the last
three of fifteen strange cats which had
held the neighborhood In awe. She fre
quently spoke to neighbors of tenement
houses In Kansas City and Ohio, which
she said she owned and of government
bonds In her possession.
BECKER NOT READY TO PLEAD
Lieutenant Formally Arraigned for
Rosenthal Murder.
HE IS GIVEN UNTIL TUESDAY
Foor Other Acenssed Men Plead Not
Galltr Cltliens Offer' Reward
for Capture of Two Mls
Inn; Men, -
WINS NOMINATION FOR
MAYOR 0NJ30TH TICKETS
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 22.-(Special.)
In the contest for the mayoralty nomi
nation Henry Sweet, publisher of a
weekly magazine and proprietor of a
print shop, not only defeated Hon. C. L.
Hlnkle for the republican nomination, but
also secured the nomination on the demo
cratic ticket, defeating ex-Mayor D. W.
Gill and General Leopold Kabls. Sweet
has been conducting a house to house
canvass for several- weeks, while the
others simply announced their candidacy
in the newspapers.
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WORLD'S SHORTHAND
RECORD IS BROKEN
V
NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-The world's rec
ord for shorthand speed was broken here
today when Nathan Bhrtn, official sten
ographer of the New York supreme court,
wrote on an average of 278 words a min
ute for five consecutive minutes. The
previous world record was 269 words a
minute.
COUNTERVAILING DUTY
PLACED ON GERMAN GRAIN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. Secretary
MacVeagh today ordered the imposition
of a countervailing duty upon Importa
tions of wheat flour, rye flour' and spe
cialties exported from Germany with the
benefit of the eGrman bounty.
The National Capital
Thursday, Anarnst fi, 1012.
lie Senate.
Convened' at 10 a. m.
Senator Bacon discussed Nlcaraguan
situation and urged consideration of his
resolution calling for an Investigation.
General deficiency appropriation bill,
carrying lll.153.S71, reported.
The House.
Convened at 11 a. m.
Coosa river dam bill considered and two
hours' debate agreed upon.
Proposed Raise in
Coal from Illinois
Mines is Suspended
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-The Inter
state Commerce commission today sus
pended from August 26 until December
24 a proposed Increase of 15 cents a ton
In the transportation charges on coal
from Illinois mines to destinations In
Iowa. The Increase was proposed by the
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St.
Louts railway and affiliated roads. Sev
eral previous efforts of the railways to
Increase the coal rates from Illinois
mines to various destinations have been
prevented by suspension of the tariffs.
Order of Moose Honors
Memory of Founder
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 22. Tribute was
paid to the memory of Dr. John R. Wil
son of Louisville, Ky., who fo'inivt the
Loyal order of Moose In 1SS1, by -he con
vention of that organization he.'e today.
Dr. -Wilson wrote the ritual of the. Oder
and lost a fortune In keeping up several
lodges which he organized. A resalutbn
adopted provided that Mrs. S. E. Tyler
of Louisville, bis daughter, h)iUd re
ceive an Income of $30 a month from
the lodge.
The report of the supreme counUi on
the Austin, Pa., flood rell-jf finl slnwtd
that 18,000 had been paid for the relict
of sufferers.
.Most of the day's cession was given
over to the consideration of resolutions,
really the most tmpurUnt work of the
convention. The delegates also lifK-red
to addresses by Elbert Hubbari of Eurt
Aurora, N. Y., and John J. Lents, for
mer congressman from Ohio. Mr. Hub
tard Is chairman of fie resolutions committee.
NEW YORK, Aug. 22. Police Lieuten
ant Charles Becker and four of hit al
leged underworld accomplices, were ar
raigned In the court of general sessions
today to plead to an Indictment charging
them with the murdor of the gambler,
Herman- Rosenthal. Counsel for Beckir
said that he was not ready to nload
today, and the court set next Tuesday
for the pleading. '
The other four all pleaded not rullty
with permission to withdraw or exchange
the plea by Tuesday. - .
District Attorney Whitman has Infor
mation that he Will lay publicly before
Justice Ooff that no less than four In
spectors and three civilians are Involved
in police corruption.
The arraignment of Becker was pre
ceded by the coroner's inquest, which had
LhSipafljourned. ..Daniel Frohmftn was.
foreman of tha jury, wnion, alter neanng
the evidence, returned a veralot that
Rosenthal had come to his death by
means of a bullet wound in the brain
"caused by some person or persons un
kndwn." They recommended that Louis
Libby, part owner of the gray "murder
car" be discharged from custody. "This
will he done. '
District Attorney Whitman gave out the
Information this afternoon that he had
unearthed six more bank accounts of
Police Lieutenant Becker, showing de
posits of about $12,500. The prosecutor has
now located sums of money aggregating
$135,000 hold on deposit in several banks
by tha accused police officer.
v I'ltUrns Offer Reward.
Charging that "some members" of the
New York police department knowingly
permitted the escape of "Gyp the Blood"
and "Lefty" Louie, the missing gangsters,
Indicted for the murder of Herman
Rosenthal, District Attorney Whitman
tonight announced the offer of a reward
of $5,0C0 for the capture of the fugitives,
throughout tha country.
One -of the district attorney's reasons
for suspecting that the police have al
lowed the two to. escape was Indicated
tonight when it became known that Sam
Schepps In his testimony before . the
grand jury yesterday said that three de
tectives .from 1 New .York , police head
quarters had recognized htm .while he was
hiding in Fallsburg, N. l, and had
deliberately allowed him to escape. These
detectives wera three of five sent to the
region to , find him and arrest him on
the charge of murder, which the police
had made against him.
Schepps told the jury, It Is said, that
he and the detectives knew each other
well and that they had accepted his
facetious declaration that he was "Mr.
Smith", with mock apologies for dis
turbing him.
Flynn to Assist 'n Inquiry.
The news, from Washington that' Wil
liam J. 'Flynn, chief of the New York
division of the United States secret serv
ice, was to assist the graft investigation
of the aldermanlc committee caused a
sensation In police circles here tonight
Flynn was for six months head of ffie
detective, bureau, the r position now held
by Deputy Commissioner Dougherty. ' His
publicly stated reason for resigning was
that his .powers, had been curtailed and
his efforts to close up gambling resorts
had been Interfered with. He declared
there were several high police, officials
who were crooks and that when he had
given evidence of their dishonesty to his
superiors nothing had been dons about It
DA
SUCCUMBS
Tr
Georgia Democrats
Renominate Bacon
ATLANTA, Ga., . Aug. 22.-Approxl-
matejy complete returns' from yesterday's
democratic primary show that John M.
Slaton, president of the' senate, gained
the gubernatorial - nomination. He was
opposed by Hooper Alexander and Joe
Hill HalL
United States Senator A. O. Bacon was
renominated by 50,000 majority. Congress
man Charles L. Bartlett was defeated
for renomlnation In the Sixth district by
J. W. Wise by a plurality of 209. Judge
Charles F. Crisp easily won the nomina
tion for congress In the Third district
as did Congressman Thomas M. Bell In
the Ninth. In the Eleventh district Ran
dall Walker, according to incomplete re
turns, Is ahead of Judge T. A.. Parker by
a narrow margin. There were .no con
tests in other congressional districts.'
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IfTEfiA PROLONGED
AND HEROIC BATTLE
Series of Rallies and Relapses Puttie
Surgeons Attending: Chief . -of
Police.
BLOOD P0IS01T CAUSES DEATH
Toe Becomes Affected and Finally
His Bight Leg is Amputated. . . ,
PATIENT CHEERFUL AT TIMES
During Rallying Periods It Was
Thought He Had a Chance.
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BELOVED BY ALL HIS FORCE
Donahue Canto . to Omaha In . 1891,
Taklna; a Position as Patrol-.
man Within a Few Year
He Waa Made Chief.
Chief of Police John J. Donahue, died
last evening at 6:10 o'clock at; BU
Joseph' s hospital. - ."- '
He was. conscious up to., the last
moment and chatted freely with Dr.-I
A. Dermody . and tha hospital attaches.
Dr. Joseph Borghoff, his son-in-law, was
the only relative at the chief bedside
when death called him. ' , ' . '
Mrs. .Donahue, the two sons and daugh
ter, who had been at the hospital , tho
entire morning yesterday, were so en
couraged by the' chief's cheerfulness
that they left shortly after 13 O'clock,
uu uiu .nut niiyif.ui umui uwf.it in
formed by the sister superior at tha
hospital. .,....'.
Fathers Devlin and Doscet, of Crelgh
ton university, Drs. Dwyer , and , Der
mody and the chief's son-in-law, , Dr
Borghoff , . were at his bedside when he
breathed .the last ... '
Mayor Dahlman visited the chief
shortly after noon yesterday and Jok
ingly asked him if he wanted nlra to
send down for the police automobile and
take him for a ride. The chief was talk- j
Ing to Dr. Dermody about how good it '
would seem to get out In. tha machine '
and get a breath of fresh air. when, ha '
raised his head from the pillow -and
dropped back dead. , .
Mrs. Donahue 7 la- prostrated with
grief over her husband's death, v Al
though the surgeons aald death waa In
evitable, she hoped against , hope that h
would overcome tha deadly grip of the)
notaon and recover. .
The body .was taken to the Donahue;
residence, 136 : South Thirty-fifth street '
last night . .. ,; r: .-.,
Blister "tarts Trouble: .
The trouble first started on Monday,
August 5, with a blister on tbr-sraaJWoe
of tha right foot caused by wearing tight
shoes'. On Wednesday, of the same week
gangrene set in and within a, few hours
the .entire .foot wa swollen. '
'! At. first tt' was thought the removal of
the toe .would stop, the deadly polsotv- To
chief's weakened condition, . caused by
diabetes, . , made , It Impossible . for the
dootors'to operate' until 'he was dieted and
able to. withstand the shock.
When he was removed to St.-Joseph's
hospital Monday morning, August 13, tho
entire leg was gangrenous. As a result
Dr. C. C. Allison was forced to remove
the right leg below the knee.
After the operation the chief continued'
to improve" until last Friday . afternoon,
when he took a ,turn for the worse. . That ;
night he rallied for a few hours ana Sat
urday afternoon he suffered another re
lapse. AH hope , for his recovery waa
given up by close friends Sunday, How
ever, the chief spent a restful night Sun
day and Monday morning he was so much
Improved that the members of the fam
ily, who had 'spent the greater part' of
Ik. . . LI. U
mo maul, u ins muu, ivuvwmi uuyv
for his recovery.--.;." .'.'"'',".
' Has a Relapse Wednesday.
The chief continued -to improve . until
Wednesday, night, when he took a de-.
elded turn for the worse. At times duS
ing the night he was delirious and cpuid
hardly speak above a whisper. ',!-,.
Wednesday night the entire leg became
fast taking hold of the upper portion
of his "body. The doctors agreed that
only another operation could prevent tho
progress of ' the , poison, but refused - to'
operate, knowing the chief would never' '
survive the shock.
During1 the entire two 'weeks that .the
chief had -been at the hospital hovering'
between life and death his wife had been
almost continually at his 'bedside, refus
ing to give up hope,' even when the at-(
tending physicians hinted -that it wouia
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