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FIGHT UPON TARIFF
BILL IS OPENED B
ER
North Dakota Man Says Democrats
Are Deliberately Kicking Ameri
' can Parmer Into Gutter. ,
HYPOCRISY ABOUT RECIPROCITY
Underwood Bill Much Worse Than
Bill Condemned by Demoorats.
WILL NOT AID CONSUMERS
Price of Farm Products to Producers
Will Be Lower.
SHOULD BEGIN ON LUXURIES
Senator Snra 1.1 no or Coat More Than
Meat, Tobacco More Than Flour
and Amusements More
Than Potntoes.
WASHINGTON, July 11 Senator Mc
'Cumber "of North Dakota opened tho re
publican assault on tho democratic tariff
revision bill In the senate today, de
fending tho farmers of tho country
against the free listing or great reduc
tion In tariff, rates on agricultural
products, and charging tho democratic
party with deliberately "kicking the
American farmer Into tho gutter."
"In this year, 1913," said Senator Mc
Cumber, addr6sslns tho democrats, "you
are about to commltt a greater crime
against the American farmer than has
oxer been perpetrated by any political
party against any claaB of people during
any period of recorded history."
Tho tariff bill, Senator McCumber de
clared, seemed to have been "conceived
in animosity against every American in
dustry that needed protection," with the
American farmers aa "the special object
of its choler and hate."
"Is it because of his past political af
filiation that you are heaping upon him
tho vertecance for all your previous de
feats? Or do you consider yourBelt to
bo the Instrument through which Provi
dence Is to work its punishment because
in the last political campaign he forgot
the faith of his fathers and went chasing
after a strange, god, with cloven hoofs
and branching antlers? If he Is, to be
punished for his heresy, are you tho
proper person to inflict the punishment?
You are. tho beneficiary of the farmers'
Infidelity to his "own party last fall."
Ilypocrlar About licclproclty.
It' was the democrats, Senator McCum
ber declared,, wbo told the farmer that
ho had been wronged by Mr. Taft be
cause the' former president sought to
'.trade off his protection for reciprocal
tariff 'reductions by Canada" and it was
thd 4erf!9'ilt"who tried to convince the
- (armcr-that- the-republlcan -PetjMvaiinot.
to be rusted ahd that they,, instead.
hould-te trusted wtlh his Interests. The
reciprocity proposition, the senator ar
gued, had. one VJrtue. in that It pro
posed to got something for surrendering
nothing, while tho democrats proposed
to trade away tho, farmers' interest In
everything "for absolutely nothtng."
Senator McCumber asserted that tht)
democrats admitted the tariff bill would
Injure the farmer, contending that he re
ceived too much for . his products and
must be compelled to sell them'cheaper.
The senator submitted statistics seeking
to .show that the tariff did riot affect the
price of farm products to the consumer
and. again addressing tho democrats,
said: "You are reaching a point where
your Income Is unable to keep pace with
your extravagances, and you are asking
the farmer to make good the deficit by
reducing the price of his products. It
never occurs to you that tho proper place
to begin economy Is on the luxuries, tho
unnecessarles of life.
Luxuries Cost More Than Food.
"You declare to him that the American
people are paying1 11,600.000,000 a year for
meat, and you say that Is too much. Ho
answers, 'They are also paying $2,000,030.
000 a year for liquors, Cut your liquor
bill In half and you will save enough to buy
all your meat You declare they are
paying Jt35.O0O.OOO' a year for flour. He
replies.. 'They are paying JSOO.000.000 for
tobacco. Cut your tobacco bill In half and
your flour is free Tou declare they are
paying J5.)00,0OO a year for potatoes.
replies, 'They are paying $500,000,000 for
"theaters and amusements. Cut your
amusements ono-half and your potatoes
are free.' You declare they are paying
$300,000,000 a year for butter and eggs. Ho
replies, "They are spending X,CO0,000 a
year "for confectionery.
"Ills replies are unanswerable."
Prices Will Be Lower.
The North Dakota, senator asserted that
prices would be lower of ter4 -the tariff
bill becomes law, but that It would be
because of the inability of the public t
pay higher prices and because of the
general stagnation of business" brought
Yfbout by the tariff bllU
"Pass this bill and, unless this cutthroat
policy which annihilated the republican
party In WIS continues there will not be a
democratic state In'the whole north," said
the eerxtor." '
Nominations Sent to Senate.'
WASHINGTON., July H.-The president
today made the following nominations:
Secretary of legation of Paraguay and
Uruguay. H- F- Arthur Schenfeld of Dis
trlctTof Columbia.
The Weather
For Nebraska Generally fair tonight
Mid Tuesday; cooler tonight; warmer
ruecday west portion; moderate winds.
For Iowa Tunder showers tonight or
Tuesday; cooler tonight t west portion;
moderate to brisk winds.
Temperature nt C-.nnrm Yesterday.
Hours. es.
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SMOOT HAS WOOL SCHEDULE
Utah Senator Introduces Substitute
for Underwood Provision.
THREE GRADES OF RAW WOOL
Proposed Dittr Ranges from Seven to
Sixteen Cent n l'oaml Cnrpet
Wool Are to De Prac
tically Free.
WASHINGTON, J.uly 11. - Senator
Smoot, republican member of the finance
committee Introduced today a substitute
for the wool schedule of the Underwood
Simmons bill, proposing rates based
directly on the report of the tariff board
and adopting In each grade the lowest
rates. Tho schedule Is lower than, that In
troduced last year by Senator Penrose
as a substitute for the Underwood bill
and Is tho lowest of all wool scheduler
ever Introduced by a republican senator.
As a substitute for freevtaw wool the
JSmoot schedule divides raw wool Into
three grades and establishes rates rang
ing from 7 to 16 cents per pound. Clasn
one wools, made dutiable at IS cents per
pound If scoured and IS cents per pound
on cleaned content. If Imported In the
grease, Including Merino wools Imported
usually from Buenos Ayres, New Zea
land, Egypt, Australia, Cape of Good
hope, Russia, Great Britain, Morocco,
Down combing wools and Canada long
wools.
Wools of class two. made dutiable at
It cents per pound If scoured and 13
cents In cleaned content In" the grease.
Including all hair of camel, goat, alpaca
and Leicester, Cotswold, Lincolnshire
and similar long combing wools of Eng
lish blood.
Wools of class three, dutlablo at 7
cents per pound If Imported in their
natural state and 14 cents If scoured, ink
eluding donskol, native South American,
Cordova. Valparaiso, native Smyrna,
Busslan camel's hair, Bagdad, China lamb,
Cost Branco and all such wools upually
Imported from Turkey, Greece and
Syria, A drawback of 89 per cent is pro
vided for on wools of class three used In
the United States for the manufacture of
carpets, druggets, mats, flpor rugs, has
socks, art squares, etc., which would
make carpet tyools practically free of
duty. The duty on wools or hair on tho
skin would be 1 cent less per pound, In
every case, than on the wool content.
Manufactured goods and wools ad
vanced beyond the natural state, the
rates of the Smoot bill are correspond
ingly lower than present raesj
The schedule contains a provision that
the rates on raw wool should be effec
tive November 1, 1913, and on woo) manu
factures January 1, 1914.
Auto Tosses Buggy
Over the Horse
WASHINGTON. Jul; 11-Search is bi
Ing made today by- the police 'for a high
powered automobile which crashed into
a buggy, tossed the vehlple completely
over the horse, throwing out the four
occuparrtr'-Timl "Injuring" pone "ol "Ihe
frightened persons not" the animal. Thu
driver of the car did not check his wild
flight.
Wlljlam. Parrls, his wife apd. their two
daughters were returning from the coun
try. When they turned Into a road n
the outskirts of the, city the touring car
swung with great speed around the bend
and crashed into the rear of the vehicle.
Tho four were thrown high in the air,
falling by the side of the road, while tho
buggy was hurded completely over the
Jogging horse, which broke from the
wreckage and bolted.
Aviators Die When
Biplane is Burned
VERSAILLES, France, July 14,-The
charred wreckage of an aeroplane with
the incinerated bodies of two aviators
lying In tho ashes, was found this morn
ing near Nohacouft, near Paris and Gran
ville. The dead flying men were recognized
as a man named Percin, who was ex
perimenting with a new monoplane of Ills
own Invention, and his eon, who accom
panied htm as a,' mechanic.
Their aeroplano capsized from an un
known 'cause at a height of 150 feet, and
the violence of the compact caused the
fuel tank to explode. Pinned beneath
tho motor, the aviators were' burned to
death.
MANY RAISE ASSESSMENT
OF HOMESTEAD MINE
DEAD WOOD, 8. D., July 14. (Spe
cial.) Mining circles and businessmen
generally of this section are much ex
ercised over the appearance here of the
members' of the rtate tax commission
which has pust held a speclcal session
with the county commissioners who
hitting as a county board of equaliza
tion. The commissioners came here ostensibly
to look Into all assessments, but the
real purpose of their visit, developed
when they summoned T. J. Grler and
the Homestake officials of Lead to ap
pear and show cause why the Home?,
.stake assessment should not he raised
from the 13,000,000 assessment returned by
the city and county assessors.
Commissioner Preston submitted Mr,
Grler to a gruelling examination of the
methods of- operation, values, earing
etc., of the Homestak and got Into a
tilt with Chambers Kellar. attorney fot
the Homestake, over the tactics he pur
sued In the course of the examination
The commissioners spent much time In
questioning Mr. Grler concerning the
market Value of the stock of the com
pany. It Is declared that the Home
stake companyy will not pay what It
considers too excessive taxation and will
attack the position of (he commissioners
In the curt, Such a legal struggls
would deprive Lawrence county of, any
Homestake taxes until the case was de
cldede which might be years' and min
ing men here assert that this would cut
off the county's chief tax resources as
the Homestake now pays "over 1100,000
taxes In this cbunty-
Incldentally the commissioners ruled
that the assement made In this county
this .year had not complied with the
law in the matter of affidavits by those
taxed, but that as the -time was tooo
short and the expense too great, they
would 4e permitted to stand and no
new assessment 'would be ordered.
RAIL MANAGERS AND
MEN TOARBITRATE
At White House Conference Yester
day, Amicable Understanding
is Reached.
ARRANGE FOR ARMISTICE
Settlement to Be Made Under Pro
posed Erdman Act.
AS SOON AS IT BECOMES LAW
Vote to Walk Out Had Bee;
Previi
HUNDRED TH
fULVED
President Lee nntl UnVretson Had
Ueen AnthoHed to Call n Strike
PcndlnK Outcome of AVanh
x Ington Meet.
. UULLISTI.V.
WASHINGTON. July ll-lmmedlately
after tho conference President Wilson
announced that the railroad managers
and union officials had agreed to arb,
trate their differences under the provi
sion of the Newlanda act an soon as It
should become law. In the meantlmo and
armistice has been ngrccd on by the rail
roads and the unions.
Strike Vote Ilntltlcid.
NEW YORK. July 14.-Labor leaders
and railroad heads looked toward Wash
ington today hopeful of a favorable out
come of the conference with President
Wilson through officers of tho National
Civic Federation, railroad representatives
and officers of the Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen and the Order of Railway
Conductors, wer,, to seek a solution of
tho crisis Involving tho demand for higher
wages by 100,000 men on torty-flve castorn
roads. The roads navtng refused to arbi
trate under the Erdman net In Its present
form, and the employes having refused
to modify .their demands, apparently tho
only compromise possible lay In altera
tion of the law by Increasing the number
of arbitrators from "three to six, thus re
moving tho railroads' chief objection to
the act.
,Wlth a strike authorized by an over
whelming majority and ratified by gen
eral committees of both unions, Presi
dents Lee and Garrctson of tho train
men and conductors, respectively, wero
authorized last night to defer calling u
walkout pending the outcome of the
Washington conference. Both left for
Washington last night.
Porifiril Notice io Mnnnnrrrn.
The conference commltteo of the rail-,
road managers' received from the union
formal notification that the strike vote
had been ratified yesterday.. The state
ment recites' that the general commltteo'
of the unions, meeting separately, "have
unanimously approved the strike vote'
and haye authorized Messrs, Lea and
Qftrtiontelsi'theJ hdur-at which these1
organizations.1 Will retire from.' service;"
The latter says that Leo and Garrctson
havo at the "earnest solicitation of dis
interested interests" been authorized to
attend tpdayfs conference at' Washing
ton, and' adds:
"The local committeemen have returned
to their homes under Instructions not to
return to tho service pending further In
structlons, and we sincerely trust that
a crisis may not be precipitated by an
effort to compel any of those committee
men to return ,to' service,"
Mopt of Undelegates who attended the
convention ' that ratified the strike vote
left the city' last night. The general com
mittee of 100 Is still, here. Leo and Gar
retson expect to return to New York to
morrow morning and before leaving they
said the hour for calling the men out In
the event that no settlement could be
reached was uhknown to anybody except
themselves.
CHARGES FRUIT WASTED
BECAUSE FREIGHT IS HIGH
(From, a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, July 14.-(SpccIal.)-Repre-sentatlve
O. A. Corbln has filed his ap
plication for a hearing on a reduction
of freight rates on fruit with the rail
way commission.
The complaint Is mado against all rail
roads In the state and eats outt hat there
aro very large amounts of fruit go to
waste In Nebraska every year while other
portions of the state are unable to get
Nebraska fruit at all on account of the
high rate In shipping rates.
He cites that from his town of Vest
to Grand Island on the Burlington the
rate la 16.3 cents per hundred pounds,
a distance of 139 miles, and from Vesta
to Alliance the rate Is 4MB cents, a dis
tance of 41S miles.
He shows that 'the Iowa commission has
fixed the rate on fruit n one Instance
at 10.7 per hundred for 140 miles and 2$
cents per hundred for 420 miles.
No date has yet been set by the com
mission for the hearing. '
SCREENS FOR CRYSTAL LAKE
TO KEEP OUT COARSE FISH
(From a .Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Neb., July 14.-(8peclal.)-Game
Warden Gust Rutenbeck and Fish
Commissioner O'Brien havo returned from
Dakota City, where they went to look up
the proposition of putting In careens at
Crystal lake near that elty, to prevent
carp and buffalo fish from getting Into
tho lake during high water periods and
destroying, the bass, which are quite
plentiful In the lake. The lake Is com'
prised of the old bed of the Missouri
river .and Is about six miles in length.
It has been, stocked with bass, and If
the carp and buffalo can. be kept out of
It the fishing for the former will bo good,
OMAHA BAffALlbTORDERED, ,
TO LINCOLN RIFLE RANGE
(From a tSaff Correspondent)
LlNCOIiN, July H.-8peclal.)-JkdJu.
taut General Hall has ordered the Omaha
battalion, composed of of Companies A,
K and C of the Fourth Infantry, to re
port to the Lincoln rifle range for prac
tice. They will tx In charge of Captain
C. A. Lloyd. They will report tomorrow.
Company A of IJncoln, Fifth Infantry,
has been ordered to report at the Lincoln,
line range July 3.
Captain Ion Keeaterson Is at Alma this
week, supervising the work of the Alma
company on the range at that place.
From Tho Philadelphia Inquirer.
ELEYEN DBAM70 INJURED
Two Electrio Trains Collide Near
, Los Angeles.
BODIES ARE BADLY MUTILATED
Stories of Pnsaencccrs Differ So
Widely that It Will lie Difficult
to Fix Responsibility -Cars
Meet 'cnr dtirvr.
LOS ANGELES, Cal July 14. Cor
rected lists showed today that eleven
persons wero killed last night In the
wreck of -two .ele'ctrlb tralps between thla
cltyrarid Venjc'e' a '.seaside resort."" Tho
tllred-cnr flyer' rah into a stalled Irn'ln
ahead of It; Twenty passengers were
jSerlodsly Injured, several porhaps fatally,
und 160 others received cuts and brillses.
( P. R. Forrtster, motorman of the flyer,
whose failure to observe signal Is
inougni to navo caused the accident, dis
appeared after the crash. He was lo
cated today by company officials.
Carrol Bathoiumni, conductor of the
last car of the stationary train, said to
day ho made an offort to "flag down"
the approaching cars, but that the inotor
mair failed to observe his signals.
Bodies ninlly Mutilated.
Stories of the accident related by pas
sengers'on tho two trains differ so widely
that much difficulty was experienced by
llio road's officials and tho coroner's
jury. The craBh came-so" suddenly that
only those on the rear car of' the stand
ing train had any wnrnlng.
Of tho dead four men remained un
identified early today, two Japanese, and
two whites.
The dead are:
MIKS KDNA ALTPJR, Pasadena.
OLI.IE W. AXI.KY, 8nn Francisco.
MISS VERONICA MILLER, 1B An
geles. ,
MERLE EVANS. Los Angeles.
WILLIAM TAYLOR.
JACOB UARNAM.
EDWARD MURRAY, addresses un
known. The injured:
Miss Iugcborg Swendscn, Chicago, knee
fractured.
L. T. Denton, Kansas City, leg and
ribs broken.
E. Arey, Torreon, Mex., both legs
broken, Internal Injuries.
Sidney Johnston, Youngstown, 0 In
ternal Injuries.
Helen Ilane, Escanaba, Mich., woa re
ported today as probably fatally Injured.
Her body was crushed.
C. B. Craig and his wife of Detroit
were internally injured und their condl
tlon Is serious.
While no formal statements have been
Issued by railroad officials, they aro In
clined to place the blame for the accN
dent Upon Forrester, tho motorman, ana
the conductor of the stationary train.
Four Iloillcs I'nldrntlflrd.
Most of tho killed were cut In pieces.
Their Identification was slow. Special
trains rushed the Injured to Ios Angeles
hospitals and the dead io morgues here.
Passengers on the rear ear of the stand
Ing train filled the seats and stood In the
aisles when the crash came. Tho scats
were shuffled as a deck of cards. Those
who stood were crushed against each
other Into the far end of the car. The
lights went out.
Arthur Hill, a sailor from the torpedo
boat, Paul Jones, carried out eight bodies,
tnc)u'dlng a woman gripping an Infant's
body In her arms. Mother and child wero
dead. Mrs. W. B. Stewart of Los Angeles
dragged out the prostrato body of her
husband, who had been stunned.
Few of tho Christian Endeavor dele
gates were on the. trains. The headquar
ters of the Toronto delegation of 1 an
nounced late last night that none' of the
Canadian visitors were In the wreck.
The National Capital
Monday, July 14, 1010.
The House.
Not In session; meets at noon Tuesday.
The Sennte.
Received answer to Tillman resolution
Informationon armor plate from Secre
tary Daniels urging investigation cost of
government armor plate factory.
Senator McCumber, North Dakota, -assailed
agricultural schedule In speech on
tariff bill.
Lobby Investigating committee contin
ued hearing Mulhall testimony.
The Prfee Loaf,
Preacher Defies
Tradition and We&rs
White Suit in Pulpit
CHICAGO, July 14. The Rev. Arthur J.
Francis, pastor of tho First Presbyterian
church of Englewood, defied church tra
dition yesterday by appearing III tho pul
pit dressed entirely In white, There was
nlmost ,ii gusp from tho congregation
When he stopped on tho platform. The
preacher appeared comfortable In a tem
perature of 92, while many members In
Prince Alberta and stiff Sunday gowns
fanned vlatirausly. After tho sermon thu
preacher solii ho .lhaUKhl the convert
... . . . . .
uqnai neavy diuck ooai anu sun collar
wero "nonsense." He said ,f eAteru&yis
costume permitted him to '3eI.Vfr three
times a better sermon" In hot weather.
Auto Thief Puts One
Over on Policeman
CHICAGO, July 11 Policeman George
Argyle, his hands and head bandaged so
that ho was not recognizable, reported to
tho Stanton nvenuo station last night to
tell of a weird expcrlonce with an auto
moblto thief.
Early yesterday morning ho stopped a
negro drlvjng a touring car. The latter
didn't know tho license' number and fin
ally confessed he had stolon the machine.
"Jump In and I'll drive to the police
station," he told the fficcr. Argyle
climbed In tho rear seat. After tho auto
mobile has gono a few blocks tho negro
turned In full epeod and leaped. Tho
drlverless car careened down Cottage
Grovo avenue nt a forty-mile gait for a
block and crashed Into a saloon entrance.
Tho owner .of tho machine and the
saloon keeper are going to sua the police
department for damages.
Millionaire Mine
Owner Disappears
TISRRE HAUTE. Ind July 14.-James
McGregor, said to be rf millionaire mine
owner of Salt Lake City, has been miss
ing from the homo of his sister, Mrs.
Frank MqKcou, since Friday evening. A
negro, who lives on the hanks of the
Wabssh river, says he saw him walking
near tho stream. The river was dragged
Sunday and the "search will be continued
today. Mr. McGregor had been under
treatment sovcral weeks for a nervous
disorder.
Frank McKeen Is a brother of Will
MoKeen, president of MoICeen Mptor Car
company of Omaha.
GRAND SECRETARY OF
CONDUCTORS IS DEAD
CEDAR RAPIDS. la., July II W. J.
Maxwell, grand secretary and treasurer
of the Order of Railway Conductors, died
at his homo hero today after an Illness
of several weeks. He was S4 years old,
and had occupied his position with the
conductors' order for fifteen years.
Mr. Maxwell was taken seriously til at
the recent convention of the Order .of
' Railway Conductors In Detroit, where he
was re-elected. He formerly was a con
ductor on the Pennsylvania lines and ro
elded in Philadelphia.
STRIKERS BURN TRACTION
CAR AT LEXINGTON, KY.
LEXINGTON. Ky., July1 11-Dlsordcr
marked the attempt of the Kentucky
Traction company to operate cars with
strikebreakers today and as a result an
appeal has been made for state troops.
One oar was filled with passengers, but
everyone was ejected by the strikers. An
other par was burned On the tracks and
tho company abandoned Its efforts. Many
arrests were made und a number of
strikebreakers and deputy sheriffs were
badly beaten. The men struck Saturday
for higher wages and recognition of their
newly formed union.
WHEELER DEFENDS BUSINESS
President of National Chamber of
Commeroo Makes Address.
MANY INDISCRIMINATE CHARGES
lnulnr Prejudice First Aroused
An-nliiflt Itnllronds Is IlclnB Kx
tended to Other Line
Business Men Honest.
SAN FRANCISCO. July ll-'To aid
every administration by cordial co-opera
tlon! to draw together In' a.iicoromon.
bond tho business men of- America In
-dsfense.of their good name, and In the
creation of an instrumentality through
which they may spook as a wholo With
authority to the executive and to con
gress relative to tho tilings which busi
ness needs; to create a forco comparable
In every respect to tho organized forces
of labor, and of agriculture." These.
are tho objects of tho chamber of com
merce of (he United States now being
formed, ns outlined by Harry A. Wheeler
of Chicago, president of the organization.
Mr. Wheeler, expounding his theme
here tonight before the San Francisco
chamber of commerce and other com
mercial bodies, said frankly thut, aside
from the natural evolution, another
reason for the organization of a national
body at this time, Is "the Indiscriminate
nttacks mado upon business generally,
Upon public .platform and In the dally
and periodically press of the country."
Prejudice HrIntr Extended.
"The popular prejudice, which flrst2was
aroused against the railroad, has ex
tended Its line of attack to include the
Industrial life of the nation and the pro
fession of banking," he snld, ''Popular
sentiment has It that all who have been
successful In the accumulation of wealth,
have become so by predatory means, and
that rottenness underlies tho entire com
murclal fabric of the nation. To be
popular with the general public upon the
platform has been to glvo voice to vio
lent attacks upon these Interests. To
popularize the periodical press statement
having little foundation often have been
made or an Isolated example of evil
doipg was mode to bear upon an en
tire Industry,
"As an argument for the larger gov
ernmental regulation of business, one of
the candidates In the last presidential
campaign repeatedly declared that the
business Interests of the country were
engaged In a chaotic struggle to devour
each other and that all were combined
In an effort to enslave tho working man.
"For ten years this campaign of mis
representation has been going on with
little or no contradiction on the part of
business, nnd the Chamber of Commerco
of tho United States enters the field tp
present a legitimate defense against these
unjust attacks.
Business Generally llonent.
"Ninety per cent of business Is honest.
The American business man stands In
the forefront of those who adhere to the
highest principles of honor and Integrity,
but single-handed he has been powerless
to present a proper defense."
Other objepts touched upon by Mr.
Wheeler were the assistance of Indus
trial corporations; the development of a
merchant marine; the enactment of mone
tary legislation, making the banking sys
tem more stable and allowing fo
branches in foreign ports and the en
couragement of reciprocity.
Tho organization, he said, was being
effected not for tho purposes of warfare,
but that compromise and arbitration,
might take the place of open antagonism.
WILSON PARDONS TWO
IDAHO BANKERS
WASHINGTON, July 11-Presldent
Wilson today granted unconditional par
don to William F. Kettenbach and George
11. Kester, each sentenced to five years'
Imprisonment for making false reports
tt tho comptroller of the currency on the
condition of tho Lewlston (Idaho) Na
tional bank, where they were president
and cashier respectively. They were con
victed April 4, 1911, but have not served
any of their sentences.
MULHALL OFFERED
$158,000 FOR HIS
LETTERS ID PAPERS
.Obbyist Says Manufacturers' Associ
ation Tried to Buy Records Now
in Evidence,
OFFER PROMPTLY REFUSED
He Asks that Editor Maxwell of New
York World Be Called.
DETAILS OF FIGHT ON PEARRE
Lobbyist Tells Why Manufacturers
Wanted to Get Congressman.
WRONG ON THE INJUNCTION BILL
Much Persuasion Nrressnrr, nt Many
Voters llnd to lie Seen Often
Says (Soinnrrs Threatened
Itooserelt.
WASHINGTON, July 14.-Mrtin L
Mulhall, self-styled lobbyist for ten year
for the National Association of Manufac
turers, Interrupted the senate lobby In
vestigation today In reply to what he
declared wero personal attacks on his
character and his purpose In the expose.
He denied that he had tried to sell
tho great mass of papers and letters
which were recently published and which
now are In the hands of the senate com
mittee. Later, he said ho proposed to In
troduce witnesses and letters to show!
that he had been engaged for months' In
"trying to glvo away" the great file of
correspondence which has brought offi
cers of tho National Association of Man
ufacturers nnd labor leaders and conn
gressmen Into prominence.
Mulhall's statement was made In con
nection with his request that he bo al
lowed to read a letter he had written
May IS, 1913, to Perrlton Maxwell, editor
of Hearst's Magazine, urging him to havo
William R. Hearst make tho mass of let
ters public through his publications, Thut
letter reiterated former statements that
the writer did not want money, but
wanted to get the lobbying documents
published "aa c. service to the public."
Tried to GIt Them Amir.
"I havo attempted for the lost twtt
months to glvo them away,"' Mulhall
told the committee, "I never had In
mind tho question of the money I would
receive for them."
"But you did sell them later to the New
York World?'" asked Senator Reed.
'II would like to 'offer further lettera
and witnesses on that point," said Mul
hall. "I did not sell them. I fell Into
tho hands of a gentleman named Barry,
who came over to look at the letters for
Mr, Ilears. I haVe learned atn,ce that hq
IfC&hatl Is known its,. a. newspaper tipster.
The letters were given to the NewTorit
World, but Idler Mr. Barry came an!
wanted me to break the contract with tha
World, saying he could set Jl&O.OOO for
the letters from the National AsaoclM
tlon of Manufacturers.
"I said the letters wore not for sole!
the National Association of Manufactur
ers did not have money enough to buy
them; that I had no proposition of blacks
mall in connection with (hem."
At this point Mulhall's statement was
Interrupted by the committee. He said
he wanted Editor Maxwell and Louis
S, Eibold of the New York World and)
other witnesses called In his behalf, Mr.
Slcbold Is already under subpoena by;
tho committee.
The house committee appointed to Inves
tigate the Mulhall charges was unable)
to proceed today owing to the monop
olization of the witnesses by the senate
and Is consideration taking a recess for
two weeks.
John Mitchell, the labor loader, was
subpoenaed for today. Former Congress
man George A. Pearre of Maryland was
excused until next Monday and Mitchell
was told to come back July 15, when
Samuel Gompers has been directed to
appear, "
Campaign Airalnst Pearre.
Mulhall's first testimony today related
to letters from Marshall Cushlng, secre
tary of the National Manufacturers' as
soclatton, suggesting a campaign against
Pearre.
Mulhall said he made frequent visits
to Pcorre's district and conferred with
Farmer Senator Wellington, George H,
Jlpltsman. postmaster at Cumberland,
and others,
"Why did you oppose Pearre?" asked
Reed.
"On account of his stand on the In
junction bill, same as I did McComas,"
said the witness.
The plan by which Mulhall and the of-,
fleers of the Philadelphia Typothetae pro
posed to break down the printers' strlka
there In 1505 was outlined In a report
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