Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 9, 1912, Page 8

— ae ee ee eects MACVEAGH ON WITNESS STAND 1 { Harriman Gifts. ieimaae WERE MISTAKEN | | (Russell and Welliver Had Morgan | Mixed With Twombley — Former Senator Depew Relates His Connec- tion With the 1904 Campaign. ‘Washington, Oct. 9—Another chap- Wer was added to the disputed story of he so calied Harriman $240,000 con- ution to the Republican campaign a 1904 when Wayne MacVeagh of ladelphia, former attorney general, ld the Ciapp committee of a tele- me conversation M. McK. Twonb- ad with the late E. H. saree 904. Mr. MacVeagh said that a in Twombley’s office in October, 04, the latter had a telephone talk, jand told him it was with Mr. Harri- {man; that Mr. Harriman had said he fhad been to the White House, that (President Roosevelt had ex ressed a “fesire that a Sibi 000 fund be raised, and that Mr. Harriman had agreed to _iit. Charles A. Peabody, president of "the Mutual Life Insurance company, \Mr. MacVeagh said, was in Mr. Har- Timan’s office when Mr Harriman was ‘talking with Twombley. » ‘This was MacVeagh’s version of 2 story told by Charles Edward Russell, {Bocialist candidate for governor oa ‘New York, and Judson C. Welliver, a mewspaper man, to the effect that J. P. Morgan had received a similar tele- ‘phone call from the White House. ; “Mr. MacVeagh admitted having told Welliver about the Harriman-Twomb- Jey conversation, but knew of none in ‘which Mr. Morgan was concerned. Mr. MacVeagh testified he had been given to understand that in making con- tributions in 1904 Mr. Twombley repre- sented the Vanderbilt railroad inter- ests, Henry C. Frick the coal and steel] interests, and John D. Archboid nd the late H. H. Rogers Standara Oil interests. Depew Thinks He Gave $37,000. Former Senator Depew testified he gave $10,000 to B. B. Odell, Jr., for the New York state campaign early in the political fight of 1904. Mr. Twomb- ley told him the state committee was hort and that Mr. Harriman was raising $200,000. “I think I gave $10,000 to that fund but I cannot find a record of it,” said Mr. Depew. “Just before election Mr. Twombley told me the funds were $40,000 short nd that he was making up the differ- ence. He needed $17,000 and he as- sessed me that amount. I gave hima «check for it.” After his re-election to the senate (Mr. Depew said he was called to the White Hovse by President Roosevelt to discuss New York appointments and took occasion to thank the presi- dent for cffering him the ambassa‘or- ship to France. The president expressed surprise. “I told him that I had been offered be ambassadorship if I would with- @raw from the race for the senate. He replied that not only had he never made such an offer, but that if I had ithdrawn I would not have gotte: ‘the ambassadorship because he had a@ncther man in view.’ Mr. Depew said he had heard noth- img of contributions by sugar, steel, to- ‘bacco, beef or harvester interests or by George W. Perkins and he heard ef insurance contributions only by hearsay. He said he knew nothing of campaign funds of 1908 and 1912, ‘put he made a contribution of $400 to ‘the Taft campaign fund at Chicago. GIANT WHALE RAMS SHIP Breaks Ribs of Vessel and Disables Engine and Dynamo. Seattle, Oct. 9—How a gigantic gperm whale broke two steel ribs of the steam whaler Tygee Junior and d@isabled a dynamo and one engine when harpooned off Sitka, Alaska, was ‘told by the crew of the whaler on ar- ival from Baranof island. The battle with the whale began when Gunner Sigured Blick, former Meutenant in the Norwegian navy, har- @ooned the big fellow. The whale @ashed at the vessel with terrific @peed. There was a crash as he @truck amidships on the port side. The force of the collision increased the whale’s fury and after a hard struggle it escaped. CHOLERA RAGING IN JAPAN Disease Is Said to Be Epidemic at Yokohama. ‘Washington, Oct. 9—Cholera is epi- @emic at Yokohama, Japan, according “to reports to the public health service, end extra precautions for inspection «ef ships from there have been ordered. Gets Divorce From Leper. ‘Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 9—Mrs. John Early was granted a divorce from R. Early, the leper now at Dia- Point hospital. She was given ithe custody of the three children and 2 of Harly’s salary of $95 a month acting as keeper of another leper. DECLARES WAR a of Conversation About| Balkan State Opens Hostili- ties on Turkey. HEAVY FIGHTING OCCURS Brigade of Nine Battalions of Turkish Troops Attacked by Large Force ot Malissori Tribesmen and a Pro- longed Engagement Results. London, Oct. 9.—A news agency dis- patch from Cettinje says that war has been declared by Montenegro on Tur- key. The declaration of war, the dis- patch continues, was delivered to the Ottoman government by the Montene grin charge d'affaires at Constantino- ple. Fleavy fighting is said to be already in progress between the Montenegrins and the Turkish troops along the fron tier. A brigade of nine battalions o. Turkish infantry Proceeding from Scu- tari to Tusi on the Montenegrin tron. tier was attacked by a large force ot Malissori tribesmen just before reach- ing Tusi. The battle continued throughout the night and fighting, ac cor to the dispatch, is still pro ceeding. A further dispatch from the same source says the Montenegrin govern- ment instructed its representatives at Constantinople to break off all diplo- matic relations with Turkey and to leave Constantinople immediately. The Montenegrin government at the same time is said to have handed his pass- ports to the Ottoman charge d’affaires at Cittinje. The stock exchange regarded the declaration of war by Montenegro with calmness and prices changed very lit- tle. The market appeared inclined to await the result of the action taken by the powers. It is feared generally in diplomatic quarters here that the action Monte- negro has precipitated and the fight- ing reported to have taken place be- tween Turkish and Montenegrin troops on the frontier will tend to frustrate the efforts of diplomacy. It is thought likely that the other Balkan states may decide to follow the lead of Montenegro and throw their armies into Turkey. The situation of the Christians in Albania and Mace- donia and the demand of the Balkan states that those provinces should be granted autonomous government are the main causes of the crisis. WAR FEVER GRIPS SERVIANS | ° Parliament Votes $9,000,000 for Mili- tary Purposes. Belgrade, Servia, Oct. 9.—Reports have reached here that Montenegrin troops had crossed the Turkish fron- tier. The Servian parliament voted an extra credit of $9,000,000 for military purposes and the merchants of this city are making large donations to the funds being raised for the as- sistance of poor families whose bread winners have been called upon for military service. Premier Pachitch, speaking at the conclusion of debate in the Servian parliament, declared that the treat- ment of Servians in Macedonia had gone from bad to worse and that the Balkan states could no longer endure the suffering of their brethern across the border. He insisted that the Otto- man government should be compelled to carry out reforms in the provinces of Turkey in Europe. POWERS WOULD INTERVENE Joint Representation Made to the Bul- garian Government. Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 9—The Aus- trian and Russian ministers made joint representations to the Bulgarian government on behalf of the powers. They informed the Bulgarian gov- ernment that the powers strongly dis- approved of the warlike attitude of the Balkan states and urged upon them a prompt cessation of the mili- tary concentration. They advised the government to leave to the cabinets of the great powers the task of assum- ing Macedonian reforms. Ordered to Leave Turkey. Cettinje, Oct. 9—M. Plamentaz, the Montenegrin charge d’affaires at Con- stantinople, has been ordered to leave there. The Turkish charge d’affaires has been handed his passports by the Montenegrin government. Thieves Slug and Rob. Chicago, Oct. 9—Two thieves plugged F. C. Miller, superintendent of a manufacturing concern, seized a grip containing $1,200 he was taking to a bank and escaped. The robbery occurred as Miller was ascending the Stairs to a West Side elevated station. He was found unconscious by patrons of the road. Powder Blast Kills Thirty. Tampico, Mex., Oct. 9—A powder explosion here resulted in the death of thirty persons. A warehouse in which the powder was stored and sev- eral adjoining buildings were de stroyed. ' St. Paul Wows of Especial Interest t Minnesota Readers, SLAYER CAPTURED BY POSSE Jealous Servian Shoots Bride of Ten Days Whom He Had Been Trail- ing Since Last Christmas, After crossing the lines which the Police of South St. Paul, reinforced by squads from nearby villages and from St. Paul, had drawn tightly around him by the quickest action after the mur- der of Mrs. Anna Blazich of South St. Paul, the man, who has been identified by at least four persons as the perpe- trator of the crime, was caught on the east bank of the Mississippi river at Inver Grove bridge. Ivan Wiskic, a Servian from Gary, Ind., is said to be the name of the man who has been trailing Mrs. Blazich and her husband ever since last Christmas and who apparently suc- ded in locating the two in South Paul oniy by thé news of their wedding Sept. 27. The news of Weddings travels fast by the underground wireless among the American Servians and within five | ¢ days the jealous lover had reached South St. Paul and accomplished what, from his subsequent carelessness, must have been the one purpose in his life | —the death of the woman who had deserted him. The capture was effected by five South St. Paul citizens, who had been | sworn in by the sheriff a few minutes after the crime was committed. After being placed in jail Wiskic tried to commit suicide. He hacked his throat with a rusty nail, attempt- | ing to sever the jugular vein, and phy- sicians fear he will die. VIOLATION OF LAW ALLEGED Federal Grand Jury Indicts Railroad | and Milling Company.’ The initial step in an dction which may involve many of the great grain carrying railroads and shippers of the Northwest as parties to an alleged extensive violation of the interstate commerce laws governing shipments | was taken when the federal grand jury at Minneapolis returned indict- ments against the Minneapolis, St. | Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway company and F. G. Sands of Minne- apolis, its general freight agent, and the Russell-Miller Milling company. The indictments charge that the | railway company, through its agent, | granted concessions to the Russell- | Miller Milling company of Minneap- olis, which enabled the milling com- pany to receive flour from mills in | North Dakota at 4 cents per hundred | pounds less than the lawful rate from such points to Minneapolis. The rail- way company is indicted as the car- | rier giving the concession and Shee milling company as the alleged re- ceiver of the concession. | NOTED WOMAN PASSES AWAY | Mrs. Perry Starkweather Dies Sudden- ly at St. Paul. Mrs. Perry Starkweather, head of the department of women and chil- cren of the state bureau of labor, died suddenly in the Union depot at when about to board a Northwestern train for Madison, Wis. She was to have conferred with offi- cials of the Wisconsin state bureau of labor and to have spoken before the | Federated Women’s clubs at Janes- ville, Wis. The cause of death was heart trou- ble, according to Police Surgeon Schnache. Accompanied by her husband Mrs. Starkweather left their home to take the train. It is said she recently had made no complaint of feeling ill. SMITH AGAIN AT THE HELM Re-elected Chairman of Minnesota Re- publican Committee. E. E. Smith of Minneapolis was re- elected chairman of the Republican state central committee, J. A. O. Preus was reelected secretary and George F. Dix of St. Paul was elected treasurer. The expected opposition to Smith did not develop. The harmony of the meeting was | disturbed but once, when Thomas Ra- leigh of Lake Elmo, of the Farmers’ Equity league, toward the close of the meeting, following laudatory speeches concerning President W. H. Taft, de- manded that the committee go on rec- ord as opposed to the reciprocity agreement through a resolution and demanded a roll call. A motion to adjourn cut off further action. STATE WILL BRING ACTION Suits to Be Begun Against Minneap- olis Milk Dealers. Following a lengthy conference with County Attorney James Robertson of Hennepin county Attorney General Lyndon A. Smith declared that i the Minneapolis milk dealers arrested about a\week ago on the charge of violating state laws prohibiting rd straint of trade and combining to fix will seek the re- e : | ming at large and it will be supple-| | Teaches | Those making up the balance of the | |an extent by the betting fraternity, | ernor’s majority. | H. E. Smith is at the head of the Re- | ger ends and his services were needed. ‘ed it was given at the banquet ten- Lveliest Scramble for Votes in History of State, REPUBLICAN PLAN IS UNIQUE Special Train Will Take Candidates Into Every Important Center of the Commonwealth. (Special Correspondence.) St. Paul, Oct. 7.—In the language of the track “they're off” and for the aext four weeks Minnesota will see about the liveliest scramble for political Place in its history. Into that short period will be crowded a line of activ- ity ordinarily running into months and every one interested in the game will be on the jump from the start. Two years ago the pre-election cam- paign started in August and for weeks prior the ¢ampaigh managers were busy getting re ead. The eet primary law, however, changéd ali that. It has also compelled new methods of interesting the voters. Governor | Eberhart’s managers have worked out | a scheme for reaching the voters which is unique. It involves the hir-| of the same so as to tap every impor- tant center in the state. This train will carry, including the governor, | the various candidates who are run- mented by automobiles which wil! meet | it at the big stops and allow side trips into districts which the special | can not reach. There will be rear end | speeches and local candidates will be} permitted to board the train when it} their particular territory. | There will be an advertising car) | ahead and nothing will be overlooked | in the advertising line. A brass band | | and jubilee singers may be added. Of | course all this will involve a heavy | expenditure of money, but Mr. Eber- | hart’s managers consider it the cheap- | i est in the end, as the cost will be di-| vided among those participating. a4 P. M. Ringdal’s managers have any | new scheme in view for the advance- | ment of his cause they have not made | the fact known. Their money is lim-| ited and it is more than probable that | | it will be invested in postage for the circulation of Democratic literature and a railroad ticket for Mr. Ringdal. ticket will have to get along as best | they can. If the committee can put | Mr. Ringdal over it will be more than | satisfied. +e In this neck of the woods Governor Eberhart’s election is regarded by the | Republican king makers as a certain- | ty and their optimism is shared in to | which is offering odds. They may go broke, however, on some of the ab-| surd claims made regarding the gov- | The tip is that the | Democratic standard bearer is going to be a better vote getter than some think and that his speaking campaign | is going to make the other side sit up | and take notice. The logic of the situation makes Governor Eberhart | the best bet. He is in office, this is a | Republican state and he has an organ- ization that has been nearly three years in the making. The Democrats | seriously marred their claims to rec- ognition two years ago when they took up the slogan of county option. That one thing lost them the liberal and the better part of the German vote of the state and its fairly safe to say that most of it will continue to | stay outside the ranks, as far as the head of the ticket is concerned, for a while at least. There is no more un- certain game than politics and who | knows what Nov. 5 may bring? It might be Mr. Ringdal. You can never | tell what the dear voter will do. ++ + The Republicans and Democrats | eompleted their state organizations last week and as expected the old | crowd prevailed in the case of each. publican organization, while Frank A. Day will perform a like service for the Democrats for the next two years. Frank is not exactly state chairman, Martin O’Brien of Crookston was given that honor, but the Fairmont man was on the job when Democratic head- quarters in St. Paul were opened up. He is chairman of the executive com- | mittee. Mr. Smith’s selection may bring forth some criticism, still his election was unanimous. It was ad- mitted even by those on the commit- tee unfriendly to him that a change might be dangerous. Like the Fair- mont man he has the game at his fin- ++ + President Taft was not endorsed at the meeting of the Republican state central committee last week, but it was not because of the fact that he lacked friends in the gathering. The timid candidates prevailed and no at- tempt was made to push through a resolution. Minnesota has been re- garded as a Bull Moose state, but it has to be said that the past week has brought to light a number of things indicative of a growing friendliness for President Taft. One hears it in the was about the hotels; business | on the trip. | Wilson get by this fall. dered members of the state central committee by Secretary of State Schmahl in St. Paul Thursday. Those present from the country all joined in saying that the Roosevelt stock in their districts was slumping. ++ + What has perhaps hurt the Roose velt cause in Minnesota more than anything else and caused a number of the Oyster Bay man’s strorgest supporters to desert him for Tefi has been the impractibility of those in charge of his campaign in the state. The third party ticket lost the cause the valuable services of James A. Lar- son, assistant secretary of state, and caused dozens of others to desert. I. A. Caswell, who piloted the early Movement to success, was compelled to throw up both hands and cry quits. As he tells it he was hampered on all sides by men who saw in the move- ment aid for their own selfish desires. H. T. Halbert of St. Paul is now at the head of the Roosevelt campaign in Minnesota and his management is be- ing opposed by Minneapolis admirers of the Big Stick. Andy Rahn of that city is making the chief protest and the national organization has been compelled to send men to try and straighten out the tangle. Rahn’s kick is that Halbert is using Roosevelt’s cause to boost his campaign for con- | gress. avemai te + Principle is the big word at the Roosevelt headquarters and while 1 hate to say it more than the cry of principle is necessary to inveigle voters into the political net. Princi- ple, Mr. Halbert says, compelled the | ing of a special train and the routing | third ticket and while it may have | lost the cause some strong supporters he thinks their desertion will be more | than offset by the knowledge that the ; Roosevelt campaign is one of uplift and not for pelf. Halbert will never be an Ed Smith, nor will he ever get into the Frank Day class. He loves the spotlight and he has been pretty much in its glare for the past two years. He is honest, however, and sincere in his ideas, but he will never be a politician. He is not practical. a a William Jennings Bryan is making a dash across the state this week and the expense of the trip, it is said, is being borne by Fred B. Lynch, nation- al Democratic committeeman. Down here it is said the “Peerless One” has no love for Mr. Lynch, but that fact did not prevent the St. Paul man from coming across with the tender of a special train when Mr. Bryan wired that he would like to spend a day in the state. Mr. Ringdal and the other Democratic candidates are his guests It is sure a cold day when you catch that Lynch boy sleep- ing on the job. Sd sts Speaking of Fred B. Lynch no one down here would be surprised if he was handsomely remembered should Not that he needs the money, for he is said to be in the million dollar class, but there are other things than money in the political game and Fred could use them with credit to himself and the country. A foreign post has been sug- gested. Then there are numerous commissions that he could serve on. Governor Wilson is reported to have | taken quite a fancy to the St. Paul | man and if he is elected will want him in his cabinet. ee ied If Judge Hallam of St. Paul, who is a candidate for one of the places on the supreme bench, does not. get by it will not be the fault of a number of self appointed friends who are push- ing his candidacy for all it is worth. | Hallam’s candidacy is opposed by one ; of the leading daily papers of St. Paul, on the ground that the present su- preme bench should be returned in- tact, but his primary vote did not suf- fer much because of this opposition. The nonpartisan feature of the new primary law as applied to the judiciary is supposed to take the bench out of | the active political scramble, but if the voters only knew it the present scramble for place on the supreme bench fairly reeks with politics and of @ kind that the rankest convention ever held would not tolerate. Hal- lam’s opponent is Judge Bunn, also of St. Paul. + + + That an effort will be made to in- duce the coming session of the legis- lature to repeal the nonpartisan fea- ture as far as it concerns the judiciary was made plain in a speech delivered Yast week by State Insurance Com- missioner Preus before the members of the state central committee. He called attention to the resignition of Chief Justice Start and declared that ft was a shame that such was neces- sary. The law, he said, placed an of- fice that called for a special line of training at the mercy of every quack and charlatan and he advised its re- peal without delay. If continued, he said, it meant the demoralization of the bench. + + + Secretary of State Schmahl will turn loose in 2 few days a line of busi- Ness that will mean about $35,000 to 250 or more papers throughout the state. It is the publication of the con- stitutional amendments and each pa- per favored will receive about $159. The money, however, will not be forth- eoming unti] the next legislature meets and appropriates it. Soe ep No jackknives for members of the legislature this winter. The secre tary of state says so and he includes notice to the effect that there will be rothing else in the stationery line. Complete Vote for the Various State Offices, REPUBLICAN. United States Senator—Nelson, 88- 145; Peterson, 63,431. Congressman at Large — Manahan, 42,595; Eddy, 35,873; Thorpe, 28,475; Eustis, 27,715; Dehnel, 10,965. Governor—Eberhart, 62,402; Lee, 40,571; Young, 30,398; Spooner, 12,- 233; Gordon, 11,927; Falk, 6,536. Lieutenant Governor—Burnquist, 74,- 107; Neill, 64,946. Secretary of State—Schmahl, 78,322; Mattson, 48,549; Ege, 20,495. State Treasurer—Smith, 124,720. Attorney General—Smith, 84,816; Fraser, 56,137. Railroad and Warehouse Commis- sioners—Six-year term—Elmquist, 67,- 733; Rosenwald, 66,428. Four-year term—Mills, 71,067; Canfield, 63,646. DEMOCRATIC. United States Senator—Lawler, 27,- 686. Congressman at Large—Buell, 21,- 658. Governor—Ringdal, 19,871; Andrist, 11,567. Lieutenant Governor—Powers, 16,- 041; King, 13,433. Secretary of State—Grimmer, 19,871; Olund, 9,048. State Treasurer — Wessel, 18,270; Bibb, 10,523. Attorney General—Donahue, 25,237. Railroad and Warehouse Commis- sloners—Six-year term—Reiter, 14,447; French, 14,147. Four-year term—Gay- nor, 11,343; Strickler, 8,688; Currier,. 7,934. NONPARTISAN. 61,126; Stanton, 54,710; Stewart, 46,- 119, Assiciate Justice Supreme Court— Class 1—Holt, 126,323. Class 2—Hal- lam, 77,835; Bunn, 73,805. Its getting to that time of the year when the Turkey Trot may fit- tingly join hands with the Cranberry Canter. | Grand hanite | Minnesota Civil Engineering ITASCA ENGINEERING CO. J. A. 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