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POOR OLD BILL He Made a Feel of Hinself in Refasiaf to See a R'preseotative. CALLED OFFICIALLY CoDKmsnian Harrison, Democrat, of 'New York, Was the Innocent VIItiin of Taft's Had Manners, When He Called to Introduce Some of < Constitutcnts to the President. On last Thursday President Taft declined to r?#ceive Representative Francis Burton Harrison, Democrat, of New York, who called at the i White House, in company with two , other Representatives to introduce a number of Jewish rabbis, who took j up with the President the question of the expulsion of Jews from Rus- . la. The President received the delega- | tion and chatted with its various j members for fifteen minutes or more. ' .Representative Goldfogel, of New | York acted as spokesman for the par- , ty and, so adroitly had the situation been handled by Secretary Norton, ] that no one of the callers knew j anything of the incident until Repre- | eentatlve Harrison returned to the t Capitol, and there made a statement \ to the efTert that he had been rebuffed by the President. j <Mr. Taft based hiB refusal to see < Mr. Harrison on statements, attribu- i ted by newspapers to the Represen- i tative, in connection with his res- c olution in the House, calling upon | Attorney General Wiokersham for ^ full informantlon as to the connec- t tion of his office with the Ballinger- j Pinchot episode. Mr. Harrison, according to the White House version r of the matter, charged the President t and the Attorney General with hav- e lng willfully attempted to mislead 0 Congress in the back-dating of the a Attorney General's summary of the a Glavis charges against the Secretary 0 of the Interior. t It was the first time Mr. Norton r Lad ever met Mr. Harrison, and wLen ^ the two were alone, the President's v desire having been expressed private- j ly, the secretary said he was extreme- 0 ly sorry that the first meetlne should .. be the occasion of a disagree able w duty. lie told Mr. Harrison the Fres- { ldent would not see him. Mr. Har- 0 rison, according to Mr. Norton, said be thought he knew why it was? c the statement ho had made r gard- f lng the connection of the President t and the Attorney General with the \ Ralllnger-Plnchot controversy. t ' Mr. Harrison was quoted on May 0 13 as having said of the back-dating of the Wlckersham summary: j "The confession of the Attorney e General amounts to a conclusion that the President and Attorney General ^ bad agreed to furnish to Congress ( misleading information to supply an } official document as of one date, j which was really many weeks later.' Representative Harrison was very indignant, when he returned to the Capitol, over the refusal of the President to see him, inasmuch, lie said, } as he had tnade the appointment with President Taft ten days ago. ami had received no warning that be was to be publicly humiliated. He declln- j ed to comment upon the incident fur- I ther than to give a brief statement < of what occurred. "When I reached the White House I with the delegation," said Mr. Har- i rison, "I informed Secretary Norton i that we desired to see the President. ] The secretary went to the President's private office and returned with the information that the Pr sident could not see me. I then told < Mr. Norton that I bad made an ap- i pointment ten days ago for the dele- ; gation accompanying me to see the i President, and Mr. Norton again con- 1 ferred with the President. "When he returned, he Informed me that the President would see the dplpirntlnn n oonm nnnvlnc nip lmf would not see me. I admit I was surprised almost beyond expression. I Immediately left the White House. ' Mr. Harrison said he knew of no reason why the President took the action he did. as their pr< vious relations had always been pleasunt. It was suggested that perhaps the President had refused to see him because of .his introduction in the House some days ago of the resolution calling upon the Attorney General for information bearing upon the preparation of the President's letter, of September 13, last, exonerating Secretary Balllnger. Mr. Harrison replied that he did not know whether that was the cause or not. Mr. Harrison is a Democrat and Is serving his second term from the New York district, which he represents. Representative Harrison made the following statement: "It Is unfortunate for the President that he cannot stand criticism; ? It is unfortunate for the country that he cannot stand the truth. My newspaper statement, at which he takes offence, was merely an exposition of the scandalous fact that the President had rnt to the Senate of the United States an official documment in the Balllnger-Plnchot controversy, of which the date had been wilfully falsified by being predated. My resolution of Inquiry drew out this in DALZELL CHEATED OR HE NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN RENOMINATED. One of the Cannon's Chief Lientenanta Faces Fraud Charge# In Connection With His Election. Declared the winner of the Re nuujiuaiiuu lur V/UDgresS ID the Thirtieth district of Pennsylvania, Congressman Dalzell, the high priest ?f protectionism and the chief lieutenant of Cannon, is up against a fraud contest. His opponent declares that with a legal election be would have won In the Pittsburg district by 1,500 votes. The first step in his contest was taken when he madre out information against J. Harvey Evans, judge of election of the Third ward, McKeeaport, charging him with violating the election laws. Other arrests will follow as soon as information is at hand. If Dalzell is nam??d as the Repubican nominee he ma" be defeated at the poles for the Democrats are planning to put forward J. A. Wakenfleld, Esq.. or Janvs A. Fulton. If elected Dalzell's seat may be contested. In his complaint to the court. Dr. Black, Dalzell's contestant, declares le and others saw Evans change balots openly, and that the men protesting were thrown from the poling place. In filing his quarterly report be'ore Judge John O. Haymaker, in Common Pleas court in Pittsburg ast week Constable J. H. Campjell, of Turtle Creek, in the Dalzell listrlct, swore that the election joard in the Third ward. Turtle 3reek. left the polling plaoe unguarded and went home after closing the tolls. The constable said he was summined by a citizen, who asked him o take charge, and when he arrivd at the polling place he found the fficial ballots strewn about the floor nd the tally sheets on the table. He lso asserted that th-ore had been ither persons in the room between he time the board left and his arival. The district attorney's olflce ias started an investigation of the iolation of the law. Dr. lllack -has emanded a recount of all the votes f the district and declares that he xpects to have the prisons tilled >-ith Dala li s friends before he gets hrough and also to have Dalzell out f Congress. If the stand-patters in Congress annot hold their own in rock-ribbed 'ennsylvania where can they expect o win? Is the question politicians In Vashington, D. C.. are asking. Litle interest was taken in the outcome if the light in Iowa, the heart of the progressive" territory. S nators >olliver and Cummings led against tvery candidate not identified with 'progressive Republicanism." In general, it is declared that followers )f Cannon suffered in the recent iritnaries and many of them will lave close calls for election. "HOLY CJHOSTKU" KMUKLLKD. IVunuin Mini tier Children Taken From Vessel. Armed with a writ of habeas Corpus Sheriff Melville W. Thelethen lioarded the barkentine. Kingdom, on>e of the vessels of the Rev.. Frank W. Sandford's "Holy Uhost and Us" fleet ot Portland, Maine, and took under his care Mrs. Florence Whittaker, and her four children. In letters to relatives she declared, she was held against her will. Mrs. Whittaker's husband, A. A. W.hittaker, who has been an apostle of Sanford, for 13 years, was aboard the Kingdom, but offered no resistance. Mrs. Whittaker was one of the colony established in Palestine several years ago, but while her husband remains true to the faith she i has rebelled, as the Sandfordites term it. formation in a written confession by the Attorney General. "It i? of no concern to me that 1 am not welcome at the White House, but it is of concern to every American citizen that a stat ment of the truth about the President may render it impossible for a Representative to discharge his duties. "I came to the White House today. nbt as a matter of pleasure, but in the performance of a public duty. 1 came by appointment, made with the Presidential offlce on May 31, to | present a delegation of distinguished Hebrews on an important public mis-| slon. After a delay of forty minutes at the very door of the President's offlce, I was told that the President would not receive me. It is not surprising that he did not care to meet face to face anyone who was instru mental in bringing to light the desperate attempt to bolster the Administration case in the BallingerPinchot matter, by manipulating public document*. If everyone who is Justly criticising the Taft Administration is to be barred from the White House, it will become a lonely place." Representative Goldfogel, as had Representative Kellher, slated that had he known Mr. Harrison was not to t>e received at the White House, he also would have refused to go In. \ W A LONE BANDIT ROBS TOURISTS, WHO HE HERDS PRIVATE, AND Collects Their Valuables, Shoots Oul Train's Rear Lights and Make-" Clean tietaway. Shortly before midnight Friday nlg.ht, eastbound train No. 2, of the El Paso & South-western railroad was hel 1 up by a lone bandit, who herded the occupants of tb? touri3t sUepor into a private car, compelling them to deposit their money and valuables in a heap, and made his escape with the plunder across the desert toward th mountains. Rough estimates place the value of his ban! at several thousand dollars. The hold-up occurred a mile east of Robsart, N. M., near Corrizo. At this point the robber. w4io had boarded the train at Corrizo, covered the Pullman conductor and the braitonian with his gun, compeWlng them to stop the train. Driving the men before him, he entered the sleeping car awakening the occupants with a gruff command to gather their valuables together and proceeded to the private car of Superintendent G. F. Hawks in the rear. 'One by orve the half-dressed passengers were covered by the robber's gun as t.hey clamored from their berths. Taking his time and exhibiting remarkable courage, the bandit carefully took an inventory of what each bore in his uplifted hands. The job was through, not a passenger escaping and not one being able to keep anything of value. \Vlh>t n all tile berths were emptied, the bandit drove his victims into the private car, where all, including Superintendent Hawks, were told to place their property in a pile on the floor. Still cowring the crowd with his gun. the bandit swept the plunder into a sack and backed out of the car. As he departed he shot out the rear lights of the train, tiring four times. Hastily organized posses are in pursuit of the robber. The passon gers. who have been left destitute fci the time being, are b.-ing cared for by the railroad company That the man is an old hand at the game and probably a desperado, who will put up a hard battle before allowing himself to be taken, is believed from the manner in which he carried off the daring holdup. Members of the posses pursuing him are prepared to shoot on sight. * TAMO OF SHIPWRECK. The Captain's Daughter Showed Herself n Heroine. After a three days terrific fight for life in two small boats, 450 miles out in the Atlantic ocean. Miss Elizabeth Eriksou. .her father. Capt. 1\ A. Erikson. and nine men, composing the crew, two dogs and a cat, who were rescued in the nick of time by the British steamer Metis, after having abandoned their baikentine. Good News, of Philadelphia, are rejoicing at again being able to set foot on land. It is a thrilling and heart-rending tale of the sea that Capt. Erikson and his crew tcld on their arrival at Norfolk. Struck by a heavy storm, the Good News sprang a leak. All hands remained continuously at the pumps, but failing to keep her atloat, at noon dune 3 the ship was abandoned. The captain's daughter showed great bravery and after the Good News sank to the bottom she cheered the men. At times it seemed as though the two little boats containing the rescued would be swamped by the huge nn?cB. uuring inree days and three nights of awful siis|? use a sharp lookout was kept for the approac.h of a passenger vessel. Monday th? Metis hove in sight. Soon the Metis was alongside and the exhausted crew was taken aboard. CATS DESTROY A HOME. llushund Is Driven Out in Despair by Wife's 512 Pets. Cats are cited as the cause of a suit for seperate maintenance between Or. Robert A. Pierce, a teacher in Tufts Dental School, In Boston, Mass . and Mrs. Pierce, a noted cat fancfc r. I.ast October the Pierce home was broken up and the wife is the complainant in court. Oimosintr Ihp Inallmnnf "' ^ * ? Fierce, I)r. Pierce declares hia wife owns 32 cats which crawled and mewed about the hails and rooms ol t-helr home. They slept in the bath tub by day and at night produced I such volumes of melody that sleep ing was next to impossible. He de Clares that they ate regularly ai the table, crept Into coat pocketi and made temporary homes in hat: and other wearing apparel. ' Horrible Accident. Beoomming entangled in the run nlng gear of an aerial tram, at Can non City, Cal., Merl Kissender, boy, was carried 100 feet suspende by his thumb 25 feet in the all Gradually the thumb was torn fror the hand and the boy fell to th ground. * . -u "the higher ops High Officers of the Sagar Refining Company Convicted. i * WERE GUILTY OF FRAUD Aged Secretary of American Sugar i Refining Company, Broken in Health, Faces Possible Sentence of Two Years or $10,000 F*ne.?Execution of Sentence Means Death. * At New York Cliarles R. Heike, the white haired secretary of the American Sugar Refining Company, was convicted Friday night on one count of an indictment charging conspiracy to defraud the Government of customs duties on sugar Ernest W. Gerbacht, former superintendent of the Williamsburg (Brooklyn) Refinery, was convicted on all six counts. For James F. Bendernagle, former cashier of the refinery, the jury stood 7 to 6 for acquittal. He will be tried again. This ends the government's second attempt to imprison the group of men responsible for the vast underwoighing frauds, to which the socalled trust has virtually confessed by the restitution of more than $2,000,000 in duty. Heike is the highest official of the company upon whom blame has been fixed, and he now faces a possible sentence of two years in the Federal penitentiary and a fine of $10,000. He is t>f> yeors old and broken in health and spirits. His counsel in summing up declared repeatedly that a prison sentence meant nothiug less than death. Convicted on all six counts, Gerbracht can be sentenced to twelve years in prison, with a maximum t tine of $40,000. He is 53 years old. e All three defendants, who were b under bond, were paroled in the cus- 1 tody of counsel until 10.30 o'clock e Saturday, when Court will hear the b usual motion in the case of Heike o and Gerbacht, and barring some stay, will announce the time of sentence. i< The trial just ended was started ti on May 1 , with six defendants in- e eluded in the indictm nt. Besides >' Heike. Gerbracht and Bendernagel, ri there were three minor employees? d Harry W. Walner, assistant dock a superintendent, and Jean M. Voelker, and James F. Halligan, checkers. The trial had not progressed far. however, when the testimony so in- ^ criminated th^se men that their council ent red pleas of guilty. They have nut yet been sentenced. Bendernagel had l>?en tried previously with Oliver Spitzer, the par- S loned dock superintendent, wiio tes- t itied at the trial just closed, but j, the jury disagreed. Spitzer got two t) years and four checkers were sen- n 'enced to one year each. They are j still serving time on Blackwell's Is- ,, land, but Spitzer, conscience-stricken. w ma le a confession and told a story hat resulted in Heike's conviction.* n * UK LIVED ON I.OVK. t a Man Hail a Matrimonial Bureau for ; )] Money Only. David H. Hartman, a young mar- * ried man of East Petersburg. Pa., ^ was arrested, last week, on the charge of operating a fraudulent matrimonial scheme. His plan, ac- 3 cording to his own confession, was to personify a woman, and, when a correspondence ha'd developed to the point where marriage was proposed j ind accepted the "bride-to-be" would write for money to pay traveling expenses. When the money came the correspondence always ceased. Hartman was married a year ago ( and since then has lived on the fat ' of th'- land, being supported on rev- * enues contributed by victims all over 1 the United States. Hartman, repre- " senting himself as Miss C itharne L. 11 Hartman, Catharine L. being his wife's name, advertised in various v papers for correspondents, with a ' view to matrimony, passing himself ' off as a maiden of 40 years and heiress to #1 8,000. A photograph, which was sent to every correspon- 1 dent, was that of a good-looking wo- l; ' man, th>e picture of his wife. WOMAN'S BODY IN THI NK. , c 1 The (iluwtly Find in u Ijtke iti Italy ? r oil Friday I.iist. j The badly mutilated body of a ' woman, believed to be that of Mrs. ' H. N. Castle, who was Mary Crlt- 1 | tenden Scott, of San Jose, California, v ! was found in a trunk. shhmergeJ in a lake near the village of Moltrasio, , Italy, last we- k. Wrapped about the body was a piece of old cloth, which 1 3 bore the initials. "L.," and from* i 3 letters in the trunk, written in Eng- ! lis.h, it appears that the woman in 1 1906, lived in 3 4th street. New York city. Tb? police, basing their opin" ion on wounds on the head, evident ly made by a blunt instrument, are a of the belief that the woman was d murdered, and they have taken into " custody a Russian, named Constann tine Ispolatoff. 50 years old. whom e they suspect of .having knowledge of I * how the woman met her death. 1 TWO FIREMEN' DIE FIGHTING A STUBBORN FIRE IN CITY OF NEW YORK. Liquors and Die Stuffs Stored in Building Produced Larire Yulumni of Deadly Fumes. Two firemen were killed and more :han a scote were overcome by stifling fumes in fighting a stubborn warehouse fire near the North river 'ront In New York Monday. Ten of the firemen overcome were caught in a back draugh on the !ourth floor of the building. Two Tien who managed to avoid the very svorst of the burst of fl.ame, and lense smoke, screamed from a winlow for help. Ladders were raised ind the unconscious men were earned down. Fireman Timothy Colter died on :he sidewalk after having been carded from an upper floor, where ho lad lain unconscious for morb thau in hour in a pool of water. Firenan William Healey was taken out >f the building dead. Three of the njured firemen are still in a hospl:al In a serious condition. The ire was in a five-story building oc'.upied by the free storage bonded warehouse. The loss is estimated at 575,000. The dangerous character of the ire became apparent when the first tangs of firemen entered iu with lose. A large part of the contents if the warehouse consisted of liluors and analine. dyes, and noxious umes from these burning substances mused the firemen to drop, by the lozen. It was only by heroic work hat their companions suQceeded in laving several of the unconscious ( nen. Fire Chief Croker personally lirected the rescue. Lieutenant Campbell was over- ( omo v.aiile at the head of a rescue iarty. He was missed when the par- . y returned to the street and anoth- < r detafehment hagi to enter the , uilding at great risk and save hiui , le was revived with the many oth- | rs. over whom a bLg force of am- t ulance surgeons worked like beavers , n the sidewalks nearby. Searchers going through the build- s ig after the flames were under con- t rol stumbled over the bodies of sev- ( ral of the firemen who had dropped 1 their tracks. Most of them were . evived. but Edward Donevell may ie as a result of inhalation of smoke nd (lames. KAZOKKI) HIS THKOAT. j n Old Colored .Man ('onunits Sui- t ride in a Shop. ( The Charleston Post says "John mythe, an old colored man, cut his j .iroat from ear to ear Friday morn- < nit shortly after 9 o'clock, at a arher shop conducted by R. Fen- < ix, in Elliot street, and the negro ied two hours later at Roper IIos- ! ital from the effects of the gash ' rhich he made upon his neck. "Smybhe entered the shop of Fenix, snatched up a sharp razor, and ndieted the fatal wound across his hroat. He staggered from the shop nd fell in a pool of blood near the ront steps, where he was taken up iy Policeman Dugar and sent .hur- i iedly to the Roper hospital. Smythe i eemed determined to make a good 1 ob of the slashing, for he pushed he razor blade firmly back against he handle, and getting a tigJit grip n the dealy weapon, proceeded to lash his throat." * CROOK WANTS TO REFORM, fsketl the Memphis Police to I.ock II *iii in Station. % "I am the boas crook of the counry and I want to reform," said Jas. f. Drury, who says he lives in Springfield, 111., as he walk d into he police station at Memphis, Tenn., Sunday night and asked to be locked ip until he could vnd work. Drury says that he has worked vith some of the "biggest yeggs ' n the country and has done time n several prisons. "Rut I have been given the hot nd of it by my pals and want to 111 it t.he game." Ho will be held tending an investigation. Woman Murdered. At Leavensworth, Kan., Elizabeth Schlutz, a wealthy widow, aged 74. vas Friday found murdered in her sidence where she lived alone. The nurderer had set the house afire, 'olicemen seeing the fire extinguish>d the flames and then discovered he nude and charred bodv of a voman. Must Stcul to Live. Peter Zimmerman, aged 87 years, vas released from the Western pententiary last week after serving 10 rears for horse stealing. He declares he is too old to learn to work and will have to steal for a living. He has spent most of his life behind the bars in various prisons. lU'aten to a Pulp. James Harding, his wife and son, living sixteen miles southwest of Marshaltown, Iowa, were found in their home early Tuesday, their heads being beaten to a pulp. J UNDER ARREST Ex-President Charged With Violating the Banking Laws. FIRST CASE OF KIND J. A. Blackwelder, Formerly Head of Bank of Chapin, In Lexingtoa County, Served With Warrant Sworn Out by State Bank Kxaminer, for Violating Banking law. J. A. Dlackwelder, former president of and prime mover In, the organization of the Dank of Chaplu, located in Lexington County, was arrested at his home in Newberry Monday by Deputy Sheriff Miller, upon a warrant sworn out before Magistrate Thomas L. Harmon, on Saturday, by State Dank Examiner Giles L. Wilson, of Spartanburg, charging Mr. Dlackwelder with violation of che S'ate banking i*-wg. rrhe case is without a parallel in the history of the State, it being the first of the kind ever brought to light, and, therefore, a few facts and the law governing the case will be of general interest to the public. The affidavit of Mr. Wilson sets out. in part, that "J. A. Dlackwelder. of Cliapin. said county and state, did on September ir>. 1908. and other days prior thereto, violate the banking laws of this State. Vol. 1, Code of 1902, Section 1.777. against the peace and dignity of this State, a(nd against the statutes in such cases made and provided, and that deponeth, J. S. W?ssinger, and J. F. Honeycutt are material witnesses to prove the same." Section 1,777, civil code, under which the warrant waa issued, says: "No direct or other office of any iuch bank shall borrow therefrom, ixcept on good authority in writing iefore two-thirds of the whole board )f directors of such bank, and no director or other officer of any such >ank shall become an endorser or surety upon any loan or credit made >r extended to any other director or jffleer of such Dank: "Provided, That the total ltablllies to any such bank or any director. or of any firm of which such lirector is a member, or any com>any or corporation of which such lirector Is an officer, shall at no time ixceed one-tenth part of the amount >f the capital stock of any such bank ictually paid in." The hank of Chapin was charterid a few years ago, with a capital >f $10,000. J. A. Black welder was ts first president, and remained at ts head untif a little over a year ago, when ho was succeeded by J. S. Wessinger, a leading merchant of :ho town. It is said that Mr. Black welder's account at the bank is overdrawn to the amount of several hundred dollars, the entire sum for which he is responsible being something like $4,000. Mr. Wilson stated while here that he had been very lenient with the accused, and had accepted promises for a long time, but each time Mr. Bl^ckwelder failed to make good the amounts due the bank. He stated that the case will be prosecuted to th-> full limit of the law. and that no compromise will now be accepted. The alleged offense is punishable, under Section 218, Criminal Code, by fine or imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of the trial Judge. It will be recalled that Mr. Blackwelder came before the public a couple a years ago by his alleged connection with the supposed finding of a pot of gold und'T a house on Huger street. In the city of Columbia. It was rnm/?rx?a th.1t h.? eeived something in the neighl>orhood of $1,000 on this occasion. Policeman Fulmer, of the city force, was also conected with the finding of the money, it was said at the time. While the Rank of Chapin will lose something like $4,000. it will in no way he impaired by the loss, as it -has had a most sucessful business, loss. WORK Kit (1AMK IN PRISON. Two Convicts Are Arrested for Counterfeiting. A fully equipped counterfeiting plant was discovered in the Missouri peniitentiary Monday. Federal inspectors found the outfit in the cell occupied by L?'e Jayer and Joseph Vail, and they will bo brought to trial in the federal court on the charge of counterfeiting. Gov. Hadley announced that he will pardon i>otJi men in Octol?er next, when federal court convenes, that they may be prosecuted. Five pairs of molds and several half and quarter dollars which were good imitations of real money were taken from the cell. Witness Assassinated. Jules Robinson, an important witin ess in the night rider casee, which will be brought to trial at Hopkinsville. Kv., was assassinated from ambush Friday night on the farm of George Goodman, near Otter Fond, Ky. f *5.