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Only One Dollur A Year. THE TITUSVILLE HERALD. All the Home News Weekly The Best Weekly in Crawford County. tfOL. 54. TITUSVILLE, PA., THUBSDAY, MAROH 30, 1011. NO. 37. lorimer's election Urged by president NEW STORY IS TOLD COMMITTEE. receor of the La Salle Street National bank, which ls known as Senator Larimer's bank in Chicago, tbe only other witness today, also denied the use of money. During his examination Mr. Hughes presisted In praising Senator Lorimer, who, he declared, was "tbe greatest man since the time of Christ." KO FINANCIAL HELP Penrose and Aldrich Are '/ Mentioned As Being Supporters of Lorimer. By Associated Pratt. SPRINGFIELD, 111., March 28.—That President Taft and Senators Aldrich and Penrose urged tbe election of WUliam Lorimer senator from Illinois : in order to obtain a vote of the Payne- - Aldrich tariff bill was the burden of testimony given today by Edward Hines, a Ohicago lumper dealer, before the . senate Investigation committee that today began an inquiry ' into aUeged bribery ln the Illinois legislature at the time Mr. Lorimer was elected senator. I' .jj|lr. Hines was the first witness. He testified that President Taft and Senator Aldrich were uneasy about tbe senatorial deadlock at Springfield and that they had urged him to do his utmost tn bringing about Senator Lorimer's election, Mr. Hines declared -.Unt President Taft was anxious that Illinois should elect a senator Without delay ln view of the then pending tariff bill. Mr. Hi nee' Story. Mr. Hines, said: "I think, along in April, 1909, Senator Penrose asked me whether a Unit-, ed States senator would be elected fiom Illinois. I said I bad heard some remarks of a deadlock which would occur and no senator would be elected. I" told bim tbat I did not know anything about the situation. This was ■ j^fipbt tjie' middle of April. Later, only a short time, Senator Aldrich sent for me and stated that the administration at the time was very snxious for a senator to be elected trom fllinols at t|w earliest date possible and wanted to know if Bome Influence could not be -'brought upisn M^rxortme* to become a candidate, that he understood that It Mr. Lorimer became a candidate he could be elected. I told him I ■would see the congressman. Lorimer stated that he would not become a candidate and had given lt ont so to m number of his friends. "I think this conversation was early In May. Then Senator Aldrich came to me and told me the President was very desirous of Lorimer's becoming a oandidate and to do all he could to be elected at the earlier date possible, that the tariff bill, the so-called Payne- Aldrlch tariff bfll, was then up tn tbe senate and showed a very strong prbb- itbilltv of being unable to pass lt there was not a senator from Illinois. He. asked me if I could not immediately get In touch with Congressman Lorimer over the long distance telephone and impress upon his mind that the President was anxious for him to become a candidate and to do all he could to be elected. I went to the telephone between 12 and i o'clock ln tbe morning and called Congressman Lorimer. Mr. Lorimer was ln Springfield at the time. President Was Nervous. "Then Just a very short time prior to Mr. Lorimer's eleotlon. Senator Aldrich came to me again and stated tbe President was very nervous about the situation ln Illinois, that he was afraid that the legislature would adjourn without electing a United States senator, that they were very anxious to have a senator elected from Illinois and wanted me to see Congressman Lorimer and see if be couldn't be elected senator before the legislature adjourned. "I telegraphed Congressman Lorimer that I was leaving Washington for Springfield via Chicago. I arrived In Chicago on the morning of the day he was elected. I telephoned him I was going to Springfield to see him and carry the message of the President to Impress upon those in Springfield that the administration wanted Mr. Lorimer to be'elected United States senator at the earliest moment possible. He told me that possibly I could save time and accomplish the same purpose It I would call up Oovernor Deneen on the telephone and acquaint bim wltb the message I had from the President. I called up Oovernor Deneen and ex- plained my message from Washington. I then telephoned Senator Lorimer about 11 o'clock that day and told him what the governor stated." No Financial Aid. Mr.' Hines declared that the only member of the Illinois legislature with whom he discussed Mr. Lorimer's candidacy, was Senator-Thomas B. Stewart of Aurora. The witness said that Senator Stewart was pledged to Albert j. Hopkins. The witness denied that be sent an agent of any character to members of the legislature for the purpose ot aiding Mr. Lorimer's candidacy. Tbe witness declared tiiat the question of financial aid for Mr. Lorimer was not brought up either in Washington, Chicago or elsewhere that be knew of. John I. Hughes, stockholder and dl- COAL MINING INDUSTRY WILL BS INVESTIGATED Relation of Railroads and Banks to Companies to Be Probed. By Associated Prest. HARRISBURG, March 28—A sweeping legislative Investigation of the anthraoite coal industry In Pennsylvania is proposed in a concurrent resolution introduced today in the general'assembly, which has in view the enactment of laws for the protection of the people and the reduction of the cost of coal. As an Indication that the proposed investigation wUl be thorough, the committee is empowered to inquire into the relations between mining and transportation companies and the great banking houses which are said to be closely affiliated with them, and which usually conduct their financial operations. ALIEN TERRORISTS MAY BE ARRESTED The Secret Service Is After Italians. By Associated Prett. CHICAGO, March 28.—United States secret service operatives are about to explode a "Black Hand" bomb that is expected finally to run to justice officers and members of the body that ln a little more than one year has claimed nearly forty lives and caused a reign of terror in the Italian district. The threat upon the life of Judge K. M. Landis of the United States district court was but one feature of a program of threats and blackmail that has been carried into the midst of the government's department of justice in Chicago. The threats resulted in the recalling of members of the F. C. Alongl jury Whtch disagreed after hearing evidence in a Black Hand case a week ago and the discovery that members of the jury had been terrorized and that their inability to reach a verdict probably was the direct result of the threats. A CARNEGIE TRUST OFFICER INDIOTED Reichmann Was Held in Heavy Bail. By Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 28.—Joseph B. Reichmann, former president of the defunct Carnegie Trust company, was indicted by the grand jury late today, charged with having knowingly contributed in making a false statement last fall as to the condition of the Institution. Reichmann returned from Dayton, O., only -last Saturday so crippled with paralysis that tt ls difficult even today for him to appear In court to plead to the indictment. His plea was "not guilty," entered with leave to withdraw and, although the charge against him is only a misdeampanor, ball was fixed at $10,000. It was furnished by a surety, company. CINCINNATI JUDGES TAKEN FROM BENOH Cox's Oase May Reach the Supreme Oourt. By Associated Prest. CINCINNATI, 0„ March 28.—There appeared tonight to be a probabiUty that the legal tangle preceding the trial of George B. Cox for perjury will reach the supreme court of Ohio within a day or two. This deduction comes from moves made by attorneys for Cox today after Judges Swing, Smith and E. A. Jones of the circuit court had been ruled off the bench by the presiding judge, Thomas A. Jones of Jackson, O. Moves in the intricate game of legal technicalities were made rapidly today. Tbe flrst step was a decision by Presiding Judge Thomas A. Jones that Judges Swing and Smith, against whom an affidavit charging "prejudice and bias" in favor of Cox had been filed by Prosecutor Hunt and Judge Gorman, must vacate tbe bench tn this case. An affidavit flled by Cox's attorney's asking for the elimination of Judge E. A. Jones, the third member of the circuit court, was then sustained by the presiding Judge. In the place of these three judges, Presiding Judge Jones named Judges Festus Walters of Circlesvllle, O.. E. D. Sayre of Athens, O., and himself. MESSAGE TO BE BRIEF. By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, March 28.—President Taft's message to the extra session of congress to be convened next Tuesday will be exceptionally brief. He has decided to deal only with the reciprocity agreement with Canada. Latert he President may send another message to the extra session urging the enactment of a law making the tariff board a permanent Institution. DATE OF PRIMARIES FIXED FOR SEPT. 30 Act Amended in Senate on Tuesday. Special to the HeraM. FRANKLIN, March 28.—RepubUcan County Chairman Frank H. Williams this forenoon received a telegram from Assemblyman W. "F. Whitman at Harrisburg, stating that the state senate today amended the aet relative to the primaries this year, making the day tbo last Saturday in September, whiho will be the 80th, six months away. The bill as It passed the house provided that the primaries should be held on Oct. 7, but there is no reason to believe th it the house will not concur in the senate amendment. The fact that the primaries will not be held until next foil means that there will be a long campaign tor those peeking nominations. It has been apparent for some time that the primaries would be late, but that has not seemed to arrest the zeal of the varicus criiididitPs. Maybe there will be a lull during the summer. SCHOOL CODE SCORED BY MANY OPPONENTS PROVISIONS SAID TO BE INCONSISTENT. POLITICS IS F E A R E D All Attempts to Amend the Measure Defeted in a Decisive Manner. By Associated Prett. HARRISBURG, March 28.—The provision ln the scbool code for the establishment of a state board of education was denounced as adding an unnecessary adjunct to the state educational system by Mr. Deardon, Philadelphia, in the committee of the whole house considering the code tonight. Mr. Deardon said that too much power was vested in the governor, who is to appoint the board, and voiced his fear tbat the board would be dragged into poUtics. In the course of his remarks be praised the present department of public Instruction and asked who weuld challenge the integrity or ability of the present state superintendent. John R. K. Scott of Philadelphia, in reply to Mr. Deardon, said that the house had better not take his colleague too seriously when he said the board would "upset the school system." Code I: Inconsistent. The code was denounced as "the climax 'of inconsistency" by Mr. Hess of Lancaster, who said the framers of the code cut down school boards to get efficient service and yet provided a Btate beard to help one superintendent do his work. The motion of Mr. Deardon to strike out the provision for a state board was generally debated and lost by 62 ayes to 79 noes. An attempt was made to defeat one of the sections prescribing duties of the board, but it was frustrated by a vote of 67 to 80. The article, creating the board was then adopted. The house went into committee of the, wholg at 10: so p. m., but previous to that these biUs were presented: Overdrafts a Felony. Mr. Fabey of Philadelphia, making lt a felony for a person to draw checks or drafts in excess of the bank balances of the drawer. Mr. Ulrich of Westmoreland, making counties liable for costs In cases of summary convictions where defendant ts committed to JaU ln default of payment. Mr. Freeman of Lebanon, fixing 18.60 as the weekly allowance fcr each chronic Insane patient, $1.50 to be paid by the county or poor district from which patient is sent. The house rose from committee shortly after midnight and adjourned until 10 a. m. Wednesday. In tho Senate. The following bills were passed finally by tbe senate today: Prohibiting the manufacture and sale of Impure sausage. Requiring common pleas courts to entertain jurisdiction in all cases of divorce snd to enter a decree in certain cases. Prohibiting the giving of short weights and measures. Providing for the original location and laying out of roads.- Provodlng for the selection of a site for a state hospital for tuberculosis. Improvement of Streams. Enabling counties to borrow or appropriate money to clean and improve streams and to prevent floods. The bill providing for the appointment of mercantile appraisers by tbe auditor general ln all counties except Philadelphia and Allegheny, which was defeated last week, was reconsidered and placed on the calendar. The senate adjourned until 10 n. m. tomorrow. MEXICAN INSURRECTOS MEET SER,OUS DEFEAT Oovernment Dispatches Tell of All- Day Battle. COMMISSION FORM IS STRONGLY URGED By Associated Prest. CANANEA, Mex., March 28.—Official government reports have reached Cananea of an overwhelming rebel defeat near Ures, a few miles northwest of Hermosillo, thd capital of Sonora, yesterday morning. The rebels are said to have lost seventy killed and more than a hundred wounded. The federal loss is given at sixteen dead and twenty wounded. The tight lasted from 9 a. m. unui 6 p. m. The official dispatch adds that 200 rebels are now suriounded at Hacienda San Rafael. HAVE BEEN AVERTED Pittsburg and Scranton Men Speak. BANKING PROBLEMS CLOSELY STUDIED National Banks May Be Given New Powers. ALDERMEN'S ORDERS DISREGARDED. A DAY OF FUNERALS Witnesses Assert That the Doors of the Ill-Fated Loft Were Not Locked. By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, March 28.—There was much dlscussien of the relationship of state banks to the proposed NaUonal Reserve association at a conference today between the National Monetary commission and the currency commission of the American Bankers' association over tbe Aldrlcn currency bUl. All the members, Cf both the monetary and currency commissions appeared io recognize the necessity of taking ctre of the state Institutions and a numbei of suggestions were made. The plan whtch appeared to receive the most favorable consideration was one looking to tbe orlnging of state banks under the federal charters. It was suggested that this end might be accomplished by broadening the privileges of the national banks. Under the present law those banks are not permitted to loan money on real estate or to do a savings bank or trust business and lt was suggested that lf tbese features could be added many of the state banks would accept national charters in order to obtain the added security which would be assured by that step. Incidentally there were many references to the postal savings bank system and there wasvgen'eral concurrence of opinion that, whatever might be the outlook the postal system, insofar as bringing funds out cf hiding and Into the banks Is concerned, It bad not met all the expectations of some of Its friends. GULF STEAMER MAY HAVE BEEN SUNK Is Long Overdue at Her Destination. By Associated Press. MOSS POINT, Miss., March 28.— The schooner Elizabeth Dantzler, which sailed from Havana, Cuba, for this port on March 7, ls believed to have encountered a squall in the gulf and foundered. Two schooners, the Griffin and the Delta, clearing Havana, after the departure of the Dantzler, arrived here ten days ago and reported not having sighted the Dantzler. The overdue schooner has a steel hull and ls capable of withstanding rough weather. The number of ner crew is not known here. VESSEL IS THOUGHT TO BE LOST AT SEA Fragments of Cargo Washed Ashore. By Associated Prett. BRISBANE, Australia, March 28.— Cargo from the overdue Interstate steamer Yongala bound from Towns- ville to Mackay with sixty-eight passengers and a crew of seventy was washed ashore today. It is feared that tbe vessel has been lost. The Yongala Is owned by the Adelaide Steamship company of Adelaide. She was built at Newcastle ln 1903 and registers 1,825 tons net. DEMOCRATS SEEK A LEADER FOR 1912 Four Men Mentioned As Party's Moses. By Associated Prett. WASHINGTON, March 28.—WiUiam Jennings Bryan, Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio and Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Texas were suggested tonight as the Democratic standard bearer ln die presidential campaign of 1912. The occasion was a dinner of appreciation given by the citizens of Washington to Senator OaUinger of New Hampshire, chairman of the senate committee on District of Columbia affairs. President Taft listened and laughed frequently at tbe speeches, often humorous, but in hisj own speech refrained from political phrases except on re when he askpd- Senator Bailey's -o-nvreion to use/the word "referendum." ■ By Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 28—The g'and Jury threw Into action today the machinery for full investigation of the Washington square flre of Saturday, in which 142 Uves were lost, by subpoenaing twenty persons as witnesses to establish the blame, and the board of aldermen paved the way for .an ordinance naking fiie drills compulsory ln factories. Among the witnesses summoned be- loie the grand jury are Max Blanchon, one of rhe proprietors of the Triangle Waist company, whose employes were Hie victims, and Joseph Asch, owner ol the building. A Day of Funerals. Fire Marshal Beers continued his inquiry today. Tlie worf^jftf Identification eliminated from the morgue an but twenty bodies and scores of funerals were held on tlie East Side. In addition, an aldermanic committee was instructed to drait a bill tor presentation to the legislature placing the installation and maintenance of flre escapes on- all buildings solely under the jurisdiction of the lire department, where. Chief Croker said, it should have rested all the while. Chief Croker declared for flre escapes cn all buildings, fireproof and Otherwise. A Disregarded Order. The proposed ordinance requiring compulsory flre drills was left with a committee. Incidentally, the aldermen Inventoried their unenforced commands and found an order to the Manhattan superintendent of buildings "to report any dangerous conditions which may exist by virtue of inadequate legislation nnd wbich may cause loss of life by flre." The order was Issued shortly after twenty-six girls lost thetr lives In a flre at Newark, N. J., last Nov. 6. Before Flre Marshal Beers a machinist named Greenspan testlfled that when he ran from his post on the ninth floor, as the flames swept through the buUding, the doors swung open to bis tugging, contrary to the marshal's statement that they were locked and barred. Greenspan said he escaped by the roof alone, although girls grasped his garments 'as he rnn. "It was too dark," he said, "to atd them." Doors Not Looked. Battalion Chief Worth, vwho ""first saw the huddled group of flfty bodies on the nlntb floor, testlfled also that he found no doors locked or barred. Indignation aroused by the suggestion that the unidentified dead be placed in a single grave was dissipated today by the announcement tbat the department rf charities wonld procure a plot of ground in a private cemetery and bury each victim in a separate coffin. The chief relief fund totalled $26,000 tonight. To Andrew Carnegie's $5,000, donated yesterday, were added today $1,500 from Mrs. Russell Sage, $1,000 from Thomas F. Ryan and many contributions up to $500. * By Associated Prest, HARRISBURG, March 28—The commission form of government for sec- I ond class cities, under what is known I as the Pittsburg-Scranton plan, these being the only two cities in that class, was advocated today at a hearing held by four committees of the legislature having for consideration a bill recently introduced. The bill provides for a council of nine to be selected at large, each member to be paid $6,500 a year. The power of the mayor and controller are to remain unchanged, but the council is to conduct the rest of the government. A delegation of 275 from Pittsburg and another of more than I 100 from Scranton arrived during the afternoon and marched to the capital : headed by a band. The speakers were presented by Thomas J. Keenan, chairman of the committee of Plttsburgers, In charge of the bill, and Included Bishop Court- land Whitehead, A. Leo Weil, George R. Wallace, ex-Mayor George W. (bithrie, Dr. Leonard Levy of Pittsburg and H. E. Payne and R. D. Towne of Scranton. The speech of Mr. Well was one of the most striking, as it dealt with conditions whioh were found to prevail in Pittsburg when the municipal graft u ph ea.varoccu rred. VENDORS OF STOOK INDICTED BY JURY STANDARD DECISION EXPECTED ON MONDAY INTEREST IS MOST INTENSE. AT WORK TWO MONTHS No Intimation Received as to the Probability of Action by the Court. Wisners Unable to Furnish Bail. By Associated Press. NEW VORK. March 28.—Charged with fraudulent use of the mails in inducing S. Riddell of McCloud, W. Va„ and other persons to Invest In shares of the California Diamond Oil company, Archie L. Wisner, his brother, Emmet S. Wisner, who are of this city, and John J. Myers of San Francisco were indicted by the federal grand jury today. Tbe three men operated as A. L. Wisner & Co, and, loUowing a raid of their offices on Fifth avenue yesterday, ■the postal inspectors ! estimated that transactions in excess of $10,000',000 throughout the country has been carried on by the concern during the last year. It Is alleged that to attract In. vestors It was fraudulently claimed' that the oil company's shares were protected by a special guarantee fund, which Included securities worth $3,- 000,000. The Wisner brothers were unable to furnish ball tonight and were locked up in the Tombs. Myers is under arrest ln San Francisco. By Associated Prest. WASHINGTON, March 28.—Unless the supreme court of the United States hands down its decisions ln the dissolution suits against the Standard Oil | and the Tobacco corporations next Monday tbere will be a truly disappointed group of men around the cap- it ol on that day. Inquiries made dally at the court room indicate tbat tbe chamber will be crowded with anxious individuals. Not the least intimation has been given by the court tbat the decisions will be announced on that day. Ths belief that there will be a very early determination of the cases ls attrabu- table to several reasons. For the two months the entire court has had tbo cases under consideration and tbe majority of the court had the cases under advisement several months after the first argument. Two recesses have heen taken to enable the members to devote themselves exclusively to the preparations of opinions In cases already argued before them. Tbe last one' of these recesses will end Mon- day. Recess Was Unusual. Particular attention has been directed to it because it is understood to be Intended to take tbe place of the recess the court usuaUy takes at Easter. Tt ia suggested that tbe court, appreciative of tbe general anxiety for as" early opinion in tbe so-called "trusts cases;"- advanced their recess so as to devote'"their time earlier in the year, to a settlement of tbe controversy. The fact that the court has rendered comparatively few opinions since the Argument of the "trust cases" has led io the presumption that its members are devoting themselves largely to a consideration of these "big" cases. The belief was expressed today that if tbe decisions should not be announced Monday the court will surely reach a conclusion of the cases before adjourning at tbe end of May until' next October. STOCK INCREASE OF PENNSY APPROVAL OFFICERS OF TOWN KILLED BY REBELS Present Issue Will Be Over $40,000,000. STRANDED VESSEL IN A BAD POSITION Help Must Reach Her at Once. No Quarter Given by the Insurrectos. By Associated Press. EL PASO, March 28.—Mall advices from Alamos, Sonora. confirm the report that revolutionists, led by Loya, slaughtered every federal official of the town of Guazapaias, near the Sonora line, In Chihuahua, when they took the town. All were placed In jaU and shot. A young telegraph operator alone escaped. He fell with the others beneath the dead and crawled out twelve hours later alive and made his way barefooted to Chlnipas, forty miles away. Advices received here today are to the effect that insurrecto plans to destroy the' railroad bridges south of San Luis Potosi and prevent fuel oil shipments have been discovered. By Associated Prett. PHILADELPHIA, March 28.—Mora than 60 per cent, of the stock ot the' I Pennsylvania Railroad company was' I voted at the election today ln favor of Increasing the capital stock from $500,000,000 to $600,000,000. Eight hundred and eighty-eight stockholders I voted In person and 5,028,588 shares I were voted by proxy. WUliam H. Barnes, George Wood and C. Stuart Patterson, the directors' whose terms expired today, were reelected. Tt was announced that only $40,000,- ~ 000 of the $100,000,000 will be Issued for .the present. Of this $18,000,000 will' ' be added to an authorized stock balance of $22,000,000 already on hand, making $40,000,000 to be devoted to the I purchase of equipment and for the con- | struction, Improvement and expansion during the year. By Associated Prett. WASHINGTON, March 28.—Twenty eight men in the crew of the steamer I D. H. Luckenbaeh of New York, which grounded eight miles from Key West J yesterday, while bound from Tampa to Baltimore, are in peril of losing their lives and the navy department have been appealed to for help. Owners of the vessel reported the steamer to be In a dangerous position today and asked the navy department to send the naval tug Massasel from Key West to assist the Luckenbaeh. r President JOHN FBRTIO Vice President W. J. STEPHENS Cashier ,...F. 0, WHEELER GIRL'S BODY FOUND. By Associated Prett. PORTLAND, Ore., March 28.—The body of a well dressed unidentified girl was found late today in tbe brush on a vacant lot on Forty-seventh street, in an eastern suburb of Portland, Her skull had been crushed with some blunt Instrument. She was apparently about 15 years old. RUSSIA SATISFIED. By Associated Prett. ST. PETERSBURG, March 28.—The Russian foreign offlce has telegraphed the Russian minister at Peking that China's reply to Russia's ultimatum is satisfactory aud expressing the emperor's gr?'ill cation at the happy termination of the negotiations. r \ Established 1865 oa Bank. TITUSVILLE, PI'S / I CAPITAL - - SURPLUS - - S2J5.800.00 We have the most complete banking facilities fcr meeting the requirements of all classes of people. Large Resources. Savings Department. Safe Deposit Vaults. Foreign Exchange Dept. INTEREST ALLOWED ON TIME DEPOSITS. Safety the Best Policy. —DiRECTO RS— John Fertig WUliam Bayliss Louis K. Hyde John H. Scheide S. C. Fertig Samuel Grumbine John L. McKinney W. C. Warner W. J. Stephens
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Full Text | Only One Dollur A Year. THE TITUSVILLE HERALD. All the Home News Weekly The Best Weekly in Crawford County. tfOL. 54. TITUSVILLE, PA., THUBSDAY, MAROH 30, 1011. NO. 37. lorimer's election Urged by president NEW STORY IS TOLD COMMITTEE. receor of the La Salle Street National bank, which ls known as Senator Larimer's bank in Chicago, tbe only other witness today, also denied the use of money. During his examination Mr. Hughes presisted In praising Senator Lorimer, who, he declared, was "tbe greatest man since the time of Christ." KO FINANCIAL HELP Penrose and Aldrich Are '/ Mentioned As Being Supporters of Lorimer. By Associated Pratt. SPRINGFIELD, 111., March 28.—That President Taft and Senators Aldrich and Penrose urged tbe election of WUliam Lorimer senator from Illinois : in order to obtain a vote of the Payne- - Aldrich tariff bill was the burden of testimony given today by Edward Hines, a Ohicago lumper dealer, before the . senate Investigation committee that today began an inquiry ' into aUeged bribery ln the Illinois legislature at the time Mr. Lorimer was elected senator. I' .jj|lr. Hines was the first witness. He testified that President Taft and Senator Aldrich were uneasy about tbe senatorial deadlock at Springfield and that they had urged him to do his utmost tn bringing about Senator Lorimer's election, Mr. Hines declared -.Unt President Taft was anxious that Illinois should elect a senator Without delay ln view of the then pending tariff bill. Mr. Hi nee' Story. Mr. Hines, said: "I think, along in April, 1909, Senator Penrose asked me whether a Unit-, ed States senator would be elected fiom Illinois. I said I bad heard some remarks of a deadlock which would occur and no senator would be elected. I" told bim tbat I did not know anything about the situation. This was ■ j^fipbt tjie' middle of April. Later, only a short time, Senator Aldrich sent for me and stated that the administration at the time was very snxious for a senator to be elected trom fllinols at t|w earliest date possible and wanted to know if Bome Influence could not be -'brought upisn M^rxortme* to become a candidate, that he understood that It Mr. Lorimer became a candidate he could be elected. I told him I ■would see the congressman. Lorimer stated that he would not become a candidate and had given lt ont so to m number of his friends. "I think this conversation was early In May. Then Senator Aldrich came to me and told me the President was very desirous of Lorimer's becoming a oandidate and to do all he could to be elected at the earlier date possible, that the tariff bill, the so-called Payne- Aldrlch tariff bfll, was then up tn tbe senate and showed a very strong prbb- itbilltv of being unable to pass lt there was not a senator from Illinois. He. asked me if I could not immediately get In touch with Congressman Lorimer over the long distance telephone and impress upon his mind that the President was anxious for him to become a candidate and to do all he could to be elected. I went to the telephone between 12 and i o'clock ln tbe morning and called Congressman Lorimer. Mr. Lorimer was ln Springfield at the time. President Was Nervous. "Then Just a very short time prior to Mr. Lorimer's eleotlon. Senator Aldrich came to me again and stated tbe President was very nervous about the situation ln Illinois, that he was afraid that the legislature would adjourn without electing a United States senator, that they were very anxious to have a senator elected from Illinois and wanted me to see Congressman Lorimer and see if be couldn't be elected senator before the legislature adjourned. "I telegraphed Congressman Lorimer that I was leaving Washington for Springfield via Chicago. I arrived In Chicago on the morning of the day he was elected. I telephoned him I was going to Springfield to see him and carry the message of the President to Impress upon those in Springfield that the administration wanted Mr. Lorimer to be'elected United States senator at the earliest moment possible. He told me that possibly I could save time and accomplish the same purpose It I would call up Oovernor Deneen on the telephone and acquaint bim wltb the message I had from the President. I called up Oovernor Deneen and ex- plained my message from Washington. I then telephoned Senator Lorimer about 11 o'clock that day and told him what the governor stated." No Financial Aid. Mr.' Hines declared that the only member of the Illinois legislature with whom he discussed Mr. Lorimer's candidacy, was Senator-Thomas B. Stewart of Aurora. The witness said that Senator Stewart was pledged to Albert j. Hopkins. The witness denied that be sent an agent of any character to members of the legislature for the purpose ot aiding Mr. Lorimer's candidacy. Tbe witness declared tiiat the question of financial aid for Mr. Lorimer was not brought up either in Washington, Chicago or elsewhere that be knew of. John I. Hughes, stockholder and dl- COAL MINING INDUSTRY WILL BS INVESTIGATED Relation of Railroads and Banks to Companies to Be Probed. By Associated Prest. HARRISBURG, March 28—A sweeping legislative Investigation of the anthraoite coal industry In Pennsylvania is proposed in a concurrent resolution introduced today in the general'assembly, which has in view the enactment of laws for the protection of the people and the reduction of the cost of coal. As an Indication that the proposed investigation wUl be thorough, the committee is empowered to inquire into the relations between mining and transportation companies and the great banking houses which are said to be closely affiliated with them, and which usually conduct their financial operations. ALIEN TERRORISTS MAY BE ARRESTED The Secret Service Is After Italians. By Associated Prett. CHICAGO, March 28.—United States secret service operatives are about to explode a "Black Hand" bomb that is expected finally to run to justice officers and members of the body that ln a little more than one year has claimed nearly forty lives and caused a reign of terror in the Italian district. The threat upon the life of Judge K. M. Landis of the United States district court was but one feature of a program of threats and blackmail that has been carried into the midst of the government's department of justice in Chicago. The threats resulted in the recalling of members of the F. C. Alongl jury Whtch disagreed after hearing evidence in a Black Hand case a week ago and the discovery that members of the jury had been terrorized and that their inability to reach a verdict probably was the direct result of the threats. A CARNEGIE TRUST OFFICER INDIOTED Reichmann Was Held in Heavy Bail. By Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 28.—Joseph B. Reichmann, former president of the defunct Carnegie Trust company, was indicted by the grand jury late today, charged with having knowingly contributed in making a false statement last fall as to the condition of the Institution. Reichmann returned from Dayton, O., only -last Saturday so crippled with paralysis that tt ls difficult even today for him to appear In court to plead to the indictment. His plea was "not guilty," entered with leave to withdraw and, although the charge against him is only a misdeampanor, ball was fixed at $10,000. It was furnished by a surety, company. CINCINNATI JUDGES TAKEN FROM BENOH Cox's Oase May Reach the Supreme Oourt. By Associated Prest. CINCINNATI, 0„ March 28.—There appeared tonight to be a probabiUty that the legal tangle preceding the trial of George B. Cox for perjury will reach the supreme court of Ohio within a day or two. This deduction comes from moves made by attorneys for Cox today after Judges Swing, Smith and E. A. Jones of the circuit court had been ruled off the bench by the presiding judge, Thomas A. Jones of Jackson, O. Moves in the intricate game of legal technicalities were made rapidly today. Tbe flrst step was a decision by Presiding Judge Thomas A. Jones that Judges Swing and Smith, against whom an affidavit charging "prejudice and bias" in favor of Cox had been filed by Prosecutor Hunt and Judge Gorman, must vacate tbe bench tn this case. An affidavit flled by Cox's attorney's asking for the elimination of Judge E. A. Jones, the third member of the circuit court, was then sustained by the presiding Judge. In the place of these three judges, Presiding Judge Jones named Judges Festus Walters of Circlesvllle, O.. E. D. Sayre of Athens, O., and himself. MESSAGE TO BE BRIEF. By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, March 28.—President Taft's message to the extra session of congress to be convened next Tuesday will be exceptionally brief. He has decided to deal only with the reciprocity agreement with Canada. Latert he President may send another message to the extra session urging the enactment of a law making the tariff board a permanent Institution. DATE OF PRIMARIES FIXED FOR SEPT. 30 Act Amended in Senate on Tuesday. Special to the HeraM. FRANKLIN, March 28.—RepubUcan County Chairman Frank H. Williams this forenoon received a telegram from Assemblyman W. "F. Whitman at Harrisburg, stating that the state senate today amended the aet relative to the primaries this year, making the day tbo last Saturday in September, whiho will be the 80th, six months away. The bill as It passed the house provided that the primaries should be held on Oct. 7, but there is no reason to believe th it the house will not concur in the senate amendment. The fact that the primaries will not be held until next foil means that there will be a long campaign tor those peeking nominations. It has been apparent for some time that the primaries would be late, but that has not seemed to arrest the zeal of the varicus criiididitPs. Maybe there will be a lull during the summer. SCHOOL CODE SCORED BY MANY OPPONENTS PROVISIONS SAID TO BE INCONSISTENT. POLITICS IS F E A R E D All Attempts to Amend the Measure Defeted in a Decisive Manner. By Associated Prett. HARRISBURG, March 28.—The provision ln the scbool code for the establishment of a state board of education was denounced as adding an unnecessary adjunct to the state educational system by Mr. Deardon, Philadelphia, in the committee of the whole house considering the code tonight. Mr. Deardon said that too much power was vested in the governor, who is to appoint the board, and voiced his fear tbat the board would be dragged into poUtics. In the course of his remarks be praised the present department of public Instruction and asked who weuld challenge the integrity or ability of the present state superintendent. John R. K. Scott of Philadelphia, in reply to Mr. Deardon, said that the house had better not take his colleague too seriously when he said the board would "upset the school system." Code I: Inconsistent. The code was denounced as "the climax 'of inconsistency" by Mr. Hess of Lancaster, who said the framers of the code cut down school boards to get efficient service and yet provided a Btate beard to help one superintendent do his work. The motion of Mr. Deardon to strike out the provision for a state board was generally debated and lost by 62 ayes to 79 noes. An attempt was made to defeat one of the sections prescribing duties of the board, but it was frustrated by a vote of 67 to 80. The article, creating the board was then adopted. The house went into committee of the, wholg at 10: so p. m., but previous to that these biUs were presented: Overdrafts a Felony. Mr. Fabey of Philadelphia, making lt a felony for a person to draw checks or drafts in excess of the bank balances of the drawer. Mr. Ulrich of Westmoreland, making counties liable for costs In cases of summary convictions where defendant ts committed to JaU ln default of payment. Mr. Freeman of Lebanon, fixing 18.60 as the weekly allowance fcr each chronic Insane patient, $1.50 to be paid by the county or poor district from which patient is sent. The house rose from committee shortly after midnight and adjourned until 10 a. m. Wednesday. In tho Senate. The following bills were passed finally by tbe senate today: Prohibiting the manufacture and sale of Impure sausage. Requiring common pleas courts to entertain jurisdiction in all cases of divorce snd to enter a decree in certain cases. Prohibiting the giving of short weights and measures. Providing for the original location and laying out of roads.- Provodlng for the selection of a site for a state hospital for tuberculosis. Improvement of Streams. Enabling counties to borrow or appropriate money to clean and improve streams and to prevent floods. The bill providing for the appointment of mercantile appraisers by tbe auditor general ln all counties except Philadelphia and Allegheny, which was defeated last week, was reconsidered and placed on the calendar. The senate adjourned until 10 n. m. tomorrow. MEXICAN INSURRECTOS MEET SER,OUS DEFEAT Oovernment Dispatches Tell of All- Day Battle. COMMISSION FORM IS STRONGLY URGED By Associated Prest. CANANEA, Mex., March 28.—Official government reports have reached Cananea of an overwhelming rebel defeat near Ures, a few miles northwest of Hermosillo, thd capital of Sonora, yesterday morning. The rebels are said to have lost seventy killed and more than a hundred wounded. The federal loss is given at sixteen dead and twenty wounded. The tight lasted from 9 a. m. unui 6 p. m. The official dispatch adds that 200 rebels are now suriounded at Hacienda San Rafael. HAVE BEEN AVERTED Pittsburg and Scranton Men Speak. BANKING PROBLEMS CLOSELY STUDIED National Banks May Be Given New Powers. ALDERMEN'S ORDERS DISREGARDED. A DAY OF FUNERALS Witnesses Assert That the Doors of the Ill-Fated Loft Were Not Locked. By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, March 28.—There was much dlscussien of the relationship of state banks to the proposed NaUonal Reserve association at a conference today between the National Monetary commission and the currency commission of the American Bankers' association over tbe Aldrlcn currency bUl. All the members, Cf both the monetary and currency commissions appeared io recognize the necessity of taking ctre of the state Institutions and a numbei of suggestions were made. The plan whtch appeared to receive the most favorable consideration was one looking to tbe orlnging of state banks under the federal charters. It was suggested that this end might be accomplished by broadening the privileges of the national banks. Under the present law those banks are not permitted to loan money on real estate or to do a savings bank or trust business and lt was suggested that lf tbese features could be added many of the state banks would accept national charters in order to obtain the added security which would be assured by that step. Incidentally there were many references to the postal savings bank system and there wasvgen'eral concurrence of opinion that, whatever might be the outlook the postal system, insofar as bringing funds out cf hiding and Into the banks Is concerned, It bad not met all the expectations of some of Its friends. GULF STEAMER MAY HAVE BEEN SUNK Is Long Overdue at Her Destination. By Associated Press. MOSS POINT, Miss., March 28.— The schooner Elizabeth Dantzler, which sailed from Havana, Cuba, for this port on March 7, ls believed to have encountered a squall in the gulf and foundered. Two schooners, the Griffin and the Delta, clearing Havana, after the departure of the Dantzler, arrived here ten days ago and reported not having sighted the Dantzler. The overdue schooner has a steel hull and ls capable of withstanding rough weather. The number of ner crew is not known here. VESSEL IS THOUGHT TO BE LOST AT SEA Fragments of Cargo Washed Ashore. By Associated Prett. BRISBANE, Australia, March 28.— Cargo from the overdue Interstate steamer Yongala bound from Towns- ville to Mackay with sixty-eight passengers and a crew of seventy was washed ashore today. It is feared that tbe vessel has been lost. The Yongala Is owned by the Adelaide Steamship company of Adelaide. She was built at Newcastle ln 1903 and registers 1,825 tons net. DEMOCRATS SEEK A LEADER FOR 1912 Four Men Mentioned As Party's Moses. By Associated Prett. WASHINGTON, March 28.—WiUiam Jennings Bryan, Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio and Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Texas were suggested tonight as the Democratic standard bearer ln die presidential campaign of 1912. The occasion was a dinner of appreciation given by the citizens of Washington to Senator OaUinger of New Hampshire, chairman of the senate committee on District of Columbia affairs. President Taft listened and laughed frequently at tbe speeches, often humorous, but in hisj own speech refrained from political phrases except on re when he askpd- Senator Bailey's -o-nvreion to use/the word "referendum." ■ By Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 28—The g'and Jury threw Into action today the machinery for full investigation of the Washington square flre of Saturday, in which 142 Uves were lost, by subpoenaing twenty persons as witnesses to establish the blame, and the board of aldermen paved the way for .an ordinance naking fiie drills compulsory ln factories. Among the witnesses summoned be- loie the grand jury are Max Blanchon, one of rhe proprietors of the Triangle Waist company, whose employes were Hie victims, and Joseph Asch, owner ol the building. A Day of Funerals. Fire Marshal Beers continued his inquiry today. Tlie worf^jftf Identification eliminated from the morgue an but twenty bodies and scores of funerals were held on tlie East Side. In addition, an aldermanic committee was instructed to drait a bill tor presentation to the legislature placing the installation and maintenance of flre escapes on- all buildings solely under the jurisdiction of the lire department, where. Chief Croker said, it should have rested all the while. Chief Croker declared for flre escapes cn all buildings, fireproof and Otherwise. A Disregarded Order. The proposed ordinance requiring compulsory flre drills was left with a committee. Incidentally, the aldermen Inventoried their unenforced commands and found an order to the Manhattan superintendent of buildings "to report any dangerous conditions which may exist by virtue of inadequate legislation nnd wbich may cause loss of life by flre." The order was Issued shortly after twenty-six girls lost thetr lives In a flre at Newark, N. J., last Nov. 6. Before Flre Marshal Beers a machinist named Greenspan testlfled that when he ran from his post on the ninth floor, as the flames swept through the buUding, the doors swung open to bis tugging, contrary to the marshal's statement that they were locked and barred. Greenspan said he escaped by the roof alone, although girls grasped his garments 'as he rnn. "It was too dark," he said, "to atd them." Doors Not Looked. Battalion Chief Worth, vwho ""first saw the huddled group of flfty bodies on the nlntb floor, testlfled also that he found no doors locked or barred. Indignation aroused by the suggestion that the unidentified dead be placed in a single grave was dissipated today by the announcement tbat the department rf charities wonld procure a plot of ground in a private cemetery and bury each victim in a separate coffin. The chief relief fund totalled $26,000 tonight. To Andrew Carnegie's $5,000, donated yesterday, were added today $1,500 from Mrs. Russell Sage, $1,000 from Thomas F. Ryan and many contributions up to $500. * By Associated Prest, HARRISBURG, March 28—The commission form of government for sec- I ond class cities, under what is known I as the Pittsburg-Scranton plan, these being the only two cities in that class, was advocated today at a hearing held by four committees of the legislature having for consideration a bill recently introduced. The bill provides for a council of nine to be selected at large, each member to be paid $6,500 a year. The power of the mayor and controller are to remain unchanged, but the council is to conduct the rest of the government. A delegation of 275 from Pittsburg and another of more than I 100 from Scranton arrived during the afternoon and marched to the capital : headed by a band. The speakers were presented by Thomas J. Keenan, chairman of the committee of Plttsburgers, In charge of the bill, and Included Bishop Court- land Whitehead, A. Leo Weil, George R. Wallace, ex-Mayor George W. (bithrie, Dr. Leonard Levy of Pittsburg and H. E. Payne and R. D. Towne of Scranton. The speech of Mr. Well was one of the most striking, as it dealt with conditions whioh were found to prevail in Pittsburg when the municipal graft u ph ea.varoccu rred. VENDORS OF STOOK INDICTED BY JURY STANDARD DECISION EXPECTED ON MONDAY INTEREST IS MOST INTENSE. AT WORK TWO MONTHS No Intimation Received as to the Probability of Action by the Court. Wisners Unable to Furnish Bail. By Associated Press. NEW VORK. March 28.—Charged with fraudulent use of the mails in inducing S. Riddell of McCloud, W. Va„ and other persons to Invest In shares of the California Diamond Oil company, Archie L. Wisner, his brother, Emmet S. Wisner, who are of this city, and John J. Myers of San Francisco were indicted by the federal grand jury today. Tbe three men operated as A. L. Wisner & Co, and, loUowing a raid of their offices on Fifth avenue yesterday, ■the postal inspectors ! estimated that transactions in excess of $10,000',000 throughout the country has been carried on by the concern during the last year. It Is alleged that to attract In. vestors It was fraudulently claimed' that the oil company's shares were protected by a special guarantee fund, which Included securities worth $3,- 000,000. The Wisner brothers were unable to furnish ball tonight and were locked up in the Tombs. Myers is under arrest ln San Francisco. By Associated Prest. WASHINGTON, March 28.—Unless the supreme court of the United States hands down its decisions ln the dissolution suits against the Standard Oil | and the Tobacco corporations next Monday tbere will be a truly disappointed group of men around the cap- it ol on that day. Inquiries made dally at the court room indicate tbat tbe chamber will be crowded with anxious individuals. Not the least intimation has been given by the court tbat the decisions will be announced on that day. Ths belief that there will be a very early determination of the cases ls attrabu- table to several reasons. For the two months the entire court has had tbo cases under consideration and tbe majority of the court had the cases under advisement several months after the first argument. Two recesses have heen taken to enable the members to devote themselves exclusively to the preparations of opinions In cases already argued before them. Tbe last one' of these recesses will end Mon- day. Recess Was Unusual. Particular attention has been directed to it because it is understood to be Intended to take tbe place of the recess the court usuaUy takes at Easter. Tt ia suggested that tbe court, appreciative of tbe general anxiety for as" early opinion in tbe so-called "trusts cases;"- advanced their recess so as to devote'"their time earlier in the year, to a settlement of tbe controversy. The fact that the court has rendered comparatively few opinions since the Argument of the "trust cases" has led io the presumption that its members are devoting themselves largely to a consideration of these "big" cases. The belief was expressed today that if tbe decisions should not be announced Monday the court will surely reach a conclusion of the cases before adjourning at tbe end of May until' next October. STOCK INCREASE OF PENNSY APPROVAL OFFICERS OF TOWN KILLED BY REBELS Present Issue Will Be Over $40,000,000. STRANDED VESSEL IN A BAD POSITION Help Must Reach Her at Once. No Quarter Given by the Insurrectos. By Associated Press. EL PASO, March 28.—Mall advices from Alamos, Sonora. confirm the report that revolutionists, led by Loya, slaughtered every federal official of the town of Guazapaias, near the Sonora line, In Chihuahua, when they took the town. All were placed In jaU and shot. A young telegraph operator alone escaped. He fell with the others beneath the dead and crawled out twelve hours later alive and made his way barefooted to Chlnipas, forty miles away. Advices received here today are to the effect that insurrecto plans to destroy the' railroad bridges south of San Luis Potosi and prevent fuel oil shipments have been discovered. By Associated Prett. PHILADELPHIA, March 28.—Mora than 60 per cent, of the stock ot the' I Pennsylvania Railroad company was' I voted at the election today ln favor of Increasing the capital stock from $500,000,000 to $600,000,000. Eight hundred and eighty-eight stockholders I voted In person and 5,028,588 shares I were voted by proxy. WUliam H. Barnes, George Wood and C. Stuart Patterson, the directors' whose terms expired today, were reelected. Tt was announced that only $40,000,- ~ 000 of the $100,000,000 will be Issued for .the present. Of this $18,000,000 will' ' be added to an authorized stock balance of $22,000,000 already on hand, making $40,000,000 to be devoted to the I purchase of equipment and for the con- | struction, Improvement and expansion during the year. By Associated Prett. WASHINGTON, March 28.—Twenty eight men in the crew of the steamer I D. H. Luckenbaeh of New York, which grounded eight miles from Key West J yesterday, while bound from Tampa to Baltimore, are in peril of losing their lives and the navy department have been appealed to for help. Owners of the vessel reported the steamer to be In a dangerous position today and asked the navy department to send the naval tug Massasel from Key West to assist the Luckenbaeh. r President JOHN FBRTIO Vice President W. J. STEPHENS Cashier ,...F. 0, WHEELER GIRL'S BODY FOUND. By Associated Prett. PORTLAND, Ore., March 28.—The body of a well dressed unidentified girl was found late today in tbe brush on a vacant lot on Forty-seventh street, in an eastern suburb of Portland, Her skull had been crushed with some blunt Instrument. She was apparently about 15 years old. RUSSIA SATISFIED. By Associated Prett. ST. PETERSBURG, March 28.—The Russian foreign offlce has telegraphed the Russian minister at Peking that China's reply to Russia's ultimatum is satisfactory aud expressing the emperor's gr?'ill cation at the happy termination of the negotiations. r \ Established 1865 oa Bank. TITUSVILLE, PI'S / I CAPITAL - - SURPLUS - - S2J5.800.00 We have the most complete banking facilities fcr meeting the requirements of all classes of people. Large Resources. Savings Department. Safe Deposit Vaults. Foreign Exchange Dept. INTEREST ALLOWED ON TIME DEPOSITS. Safety the Best Policy. —DiRECTO RS— John Fertig WUliam Bayliss Louis K. Hyde John H. Scheide S. C. Fertig Samuel Grumbine John L. McKinney W. C. Warner W. J. Stephens |
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