: • -Got Word on Cobb Bill. -.

William H. Wadhams, president of theDirect Primaries Association, went toWashington and saw President Taft. HebronghT hack word that the President

fr.vored-'thf? Cobb Bill. Senator New-

oomn went "to Washington and returnedwith the same word. Senator Davenportjrot into touch with Senator Elihu Root,

and got word of like import.Speaker Wadsworth journeyed to

Washington, and on his return it was

noised among the "old guardsmen" thatno. matter what the President might

have been represented as saying thereto-fore, he didn't believe in the abolitionof any conventions, and therefore was

aeainFt direct nominations of any

variety.

ap many and as conflicting reports

I.v. been In circulation in the last few

months regarding the President's atti-tude on that question as there were re-

garding Mr. Roosevelt's position until hesettled itby his telegram to Mr.Griseomfrom Boston urging the passage of theCobb bilk* \u25a0 \u25a0•-

Itis known that Mr.Roosevelt at onetime, immediately following the inter-view piven by Mr. Sherman at Beverly,

Thought there was much question

whether President Taft had not sided

with the "old guard"—Barnes, Ward,

Wadeworth, Woodruff and company.

The really significant point, as theProgressive's view it, in the President'sletter is his reiteration of belief in thewisdom of enacting a direct nominationslaw inthis state.

Balks Efforts to Make War.

President Taffs letter to Mr. Griscom

faM set at rest effectively all efforts to

bring about an open break between thehead of the ffderai administration and

Mr. Roosevelt.

w«ek Collector U»eh. who la in tlior-

ougrh sympathy with Mr. Griscom an.',

the Progressives in this fight, also cx-poets to BO to the summer capital soon.

This Material, coming after the Pro-

• v,.,-«-es of trickery, trcacher>

aß d d«,o>a t> X P

S^rfo^cns^onal in its interest and

fr^rSfis they consider, a bitter fightItpresage..

\u25a0* primaries, andvnhin the par* mson lor they

SSSsSSS&sother" r-ar he will not. Tho 1 "-\u25a0

**lthough, have outlined their course

'

••Will Mr. Sherman retire as temporaryi -our iudgrnent?" was asKca

ofSUHf the shrewdest and best in-

formed Politicians in the progressiveMrssfed peUtldsas in tn

'r'U'

|f Sherman Does Net Quit.

••Well ifbe ioeant Itseems to me Mr.\u0084^.:;:.,tcr indicates thealtema-

ve unmistak^ly. The ball

v., have invited all to come and have a

ri*>r!v time.*Which mean, that tSie Progre^ives-... \u0084m and Ids associates here, Greiner

in Erie County. Kracke. Calder and

james in Kings County, and the men

all over the state who supported Gov-

ernor Hughes inUs fight for direct nom-

inations at the last election— willrally to

send to the state convention delegates

favorable la progressive candidates and

a progressive platform.Immediately after the £ta^° committee

meeting Barnes, Ward and Woodruffboasted that they held control of the

situation then and would retain controlat ituntil after the platform was adopted

and the candidate for Governor selectedat Saratoga- I

Analysis of the county assignment 0*

delegates to the state convention, based

on the vote in the committee meeting,

read in conjunction with a slight knowl-edge of political sentiment upstate, did

not exactly bear out their statements.Messrs. Griscom. Greiner and the other

Progressives who have announced their

intention to lead the fight and carry

it into the convention say confidently ,

that the "old jruard" never can stand the

test of appeals to the public on the di-

rect nominations and general reform is-

sues-

Friend Says Harmon Will Soon Add

New Knowledge to Air Flights.

[ByTelegraph to The Tribune]

Greenwich, Conn., Aug. Cable mes-sages and telegrams having been pouring:

in on Clifford B. Harmon by the hundredsince his achievement Saturday of theflight over Ix>ng Island Sound.It has developed that the real cause of

r<lr. Harmon smashing his machine at thelanding was that at he was about to descendhe saw three children on the beach, andnoted that they were running directly tothe spot where he was to land.

-He ac-

cordingly lifted his plane and went overthem. It is believed that the biplane willbe ready for another flight by Sunday. Aclose friend of Mr. Harmon is authority forthe statement that the aviator has a sur-prise in story which willadd greatly to theknowledge of aviation.

PREPARING A SURPRISE

Charles A. Burns, of Denver, Had Suf-fered from Heart Disease.

Charles A. Bums, of Denver, thought tobe a mining promo was found dead inthe Hotel Navarre, Seventh avenue and37th street, early yesterday morning. Mr.Burns, who came to the Navarre aboutthree months ago. suffered greatly fromheart disease. Last Thursday he sat downin the hotel lobby and put his hand on hisheart, and said that he could not breathe,but from then until Sunday he seemed tobo in good health.

He went to bed shortly after I' o'clockon Sunday evening, and a bellboy who went

to his room about midnight could nol gain

admission in answer to his knock. Thisfrightened the boy. Virglnius Norton, and

be info.mcd th* clerk, who had the doorforced Burns was found on the bed halfdroned, and Dr. Wepterman, the hotelphysician, pronounced him dead.

Coroner Holtzhauser took charge of theletters and papers belonging to the deadman. Burns was thought to have been inEurope recently, and he told one of thehotel employes that he had met with anaccident while there. His eye was being

treated for an affection since his return.

FOUND DEAD AT THE NAVARRE

Callfas, watching a chance, jumped overthe bridge aft through the skylight into thegalley. We.«t went in pursuit of the chiefengineer, and the men whom he hadguarded fled in all directions. At this Junc-ture Wilson, the watchman, appeared onthe sceno with the only revolver outside theciiptain's cabin. He .snapped the weapontwice at Wise, but it failed to explode. Thiswas "nougli, however, for tbe weaker oftne two thugs. He fled, only to meet hispartner, who, at the point of his shotgun.

ordered him to cut the wireless connectior.3.West began shooting whenever a head

appeared. Finally a sptasa was heard andall became quiet on board. A1Aral no traeaof either robber could be found. Wise wasafterward discovered hiding in his bunk.

According to Wise, he met West on boardthe training ship Pensacola. They desertedthe navy itnd went to Seattle. When theyboarded thr Buckman they were wel!equipped with arm? and ropes with whichto overcome and bind the officers and crew.They planned to beach the Buckman. robthe purser and passengers and make theirvay with their booty to shore in a smallboat.

San Francisco. Auk. 22.— With her captaindead in his cabin ait a result of an attempt

by two desperados to hold up and rob hisship at eea. the- steamship Buckman ar-rived to-day from Seattle with George

Washington Wise, one of the two culprit.-,

in irons. Since he was captured early yes-terday he has confessed that he andFrench West planned to murder the officersand crew of the steamship before beaching

her on the coast near Point Blanco.

This plan would have been carried out

had It not been for the. cowardice of Wise,

according to officers of th© Buckman. Afterholding a shotgun levelled at the quarter-

master and the second mate for three

hours Wise deserted his post. Seeing thefutility of trying- to overcome the crewalive. West is believed to have jumpedoverboard. No one saw him leap, however,

and the ship willbe thoroughly searched Inthe hope that the murderer of Captain

Wood may still be on board.Heavily armed and equipped with cords

to be used in tying up the "owl watch" Ithe two men invaded the bridge at mid-night, entered the wheelhouse and com-pelled Second Officer Frederick Plath and

Quartermaster Otto Kohlmeister to throwup their hands.

Leaving the second officer and the quar-termaster in charge of Wise, after binding

Plath and Instructing Kohlmelster to holdthe vessel's nose toward shore. West de-

manded entrance to Captain Wood's cabin.What reply the captain gave will never be

known. From the position of his body, ItIs believed that he was reaching for hisrevolver when West fired through the doorand riddled him with buckshot.

In the mean time Plath 6trained at hisbonds until he could reach the signal cord.He gave the signal to the engine roomthat there was a fire on board.

Chief Engineer John Callfas ran to thebridge, where he was met with a commandto hold up his hands. He obeyed promptly,

and joined the line-up, which now includedtwo-thirds of the crew. West instructedthem to hold to the bridge rope, whichwas above their heads.

Hides in Bunk After Lining UpOfficers and Men at the

Muzzle of Gun.

HIS ACCOMPLICE WEAKENS

Captain's Slayer Thought toHave Leaped Into Sea.

CUSES DICK

"Iapprove entirely of the President**courfr, as 1 tMnk he lias acted wisely. Itwas to have been saved . though, thatt-:ueh an able administrator and I .••}] anexperienced man in public affairs wouldhave alipr:ied \u25a0•••.• the better ele-ment in the advocacy of decent politics.,"1 assume that the -.'!•- stand

v. ;i1 mean a progressive platform for thoj>arty Jn Va'h state, and also the control«if the next t=tale convention in Now Yorkby the men who liave consistently Pup-

!>orled Governor Hug; and who 3iaveworked in harmony with Theodore Roose-velt for clran politics iind the best idealsin public life."

Brooklyn Progressives Commenton President's Action.

Nava- Officer Kracke. who was the onlyrepresentative from Kings County to vote

f«r Mi Roopcvelt in the meeting of theRepublican Btat< Committee, said:"Iregard President Taft's statement as

The most momentous that has been madein national politics in many a day. Ibe-lieve that 11 will have a far-reaching ef-fect, but

'need only say, 5n \u25a0 personal

way, that Isupported Mr. Roosevelt at thesstfng of th*- state committee, and that

during the ppedal Besetoa of the legisla-

ture called by Governor Hughes 1 went toAlbany, was with in In the ExecutiveMans: and <15d what 1 could to furtherthe measures he wanted enacted into law."

Darwin It. James, jr., president of theYoung Republican Ciul» of Brooklyn;%-Mch has consistently supported Gov-ernor Hugrbfes. *asd:

EFFECT FARREACHINS

PEDLERS FORM ASSOCIATIONJustice Goff approved yesterday, in the

Supreme Court, the articles of incorpora-tion of the Italian-American Pushcart IVd-lers* Association. .One of the objects oftrie association is to elevate \u25a0-:. dignify:he. business, .-v that the pedlers may Just-ly enjoy th«- esu-em and 1.-;. of mepublic. Tills is to be accomplished] oyj;roiv»ctiijß fair «lpa!lng with ihe public andto-operating with the city department! Inr^guJatinj,' tr2tlic ..i.J keeping tho street*clean.

President Writes Keynote.

President Taft completed his letter for

the Republican Congressional campaigntextbook to-day, and forwarded it toChairman McKlnley, of the committee,at Chicago in the letter the Presidentis said to take an aggressive attitude.

As to giving out the .letter he has '\u25a0< ft

the matter entirely In the hands of thecommittee.

With the mailing of the document to-day the President completed his share•if the work. He fas said to have r.iDd'1

bis stand on many subjects entirely dear,and the letter is said to be one of thestrongest documents he has writtensince he came into th.' White House.

The letter will serve as a keynote of

the President's attitude in the comingcampaign, H. will base all that he lias10 r^iy i.-i the future upon the letter

hi. i. he sent .iv.ii> to-day.

FITZGERALD WILLING TO RUN.\u25a0 Boston. A«jg. 22.—Mayor John l". Fitz-gerald announced tO-day that lie was acandidate for the Democratic nominationfor Governor, providing ho is assured bythe party leaders that 1.1- is th* strangestavailable iiian. n>- also *aiU that he muttreceive assurance that be will have theunited support of the party.

Representative Cocks made the s.t,ite-

ment here that Mr. Sherman had beenreported in an Interview as saying thut

feat of Hr. Boosevelt for the ter-nchairmanship v.as an administra-tion victory.

It was this statement, it is said, fol-lowing his interview with the President,

that helped to upset the New Yorkleaders.

Mr. Woodruff, a representative of the"old guard," immediately after leaving

the President's home, declared that con-ditions misht arise to make him light toretain his plan- as state chairman.

Next in sequence came Mr. Griscom'ssecond visit, the one of August 18. Hereported to 111« • Pn sident that Mr. Rootwas no! available, and suggested for thefirst time that Mr. Roosevelt would serve.

Mr. Taft < athusiastically took up this-tion, and it was because of hisr talks with Sherman and Ward

t]..;t be sent the telegram to th" Vioe-Presideni requesting him to Bee Mr.

EtooseveH before the state- committeen* 1.

President Demanded Harmony.

vVice-President Sherman and William

:L. Ward, the Republican national oom-imtbteeman for New York State, came to

see the President a long time ago. They

were the first of the New York leadersto come here. They talked in a gneral

way of the campaign, but did not comedown to a question of candidates eitherfor convention offices or state offices.

The President told them that he wantedharmony, and wanted it before the con-

ventkra met.Ni-xt came Mr Griscom on his first

!visit some weeks ago. He and the Presi-d< nt talked over the temporary chair-manship in a general way. There wasno suggestion at that time that Mr.Roosevelt would be a delegate to thestate convention.

Mr. Taft suggested thst Senator Root,

a close friend both to Mr. Roosevelt andhimself, might be a good man. ThePresident told Mr. (Jrisr-om that aboveall things h<^ wanted harmony in theparty before the convention met.

What Woodruff Heard.Then came Timothy l.Woodruff. Mr.

j Woodruff, it is reported her- to-night,!told the President that he was Bure "the\ radical wing of tii^ party was going tomake a big anti-administration demon-

stration In tli\u25a0• state convention."

Mr. Tiift. it is said, waved this \u25a0 sideHi to!d Mr. Woodruff that he wanted

jthe fax-tio!i.s to get together if possible

and to harmonise their differences beforethe convention met.

Stick to Taft, He Told Them.

Iwant to say further." Mr. Cockscontinued, "that when Colonel Rooseveltwas about to leave the White House he

I a number of as up there and toldus he wanted us to work aa hard as we

could to make President Taft's adminis-tratlon a success and wanted us to stickbo Hr. Taft. no matter what happened.

-Not by word or suggestion has he atany time changed from this attitude."

Mr. Cocks deeply resented a newspa-per insinuation that the friends of Rooae-

•u!d not be the friends of Taft, and

vice versa.H- declared there were many people

who would like to see trouble between

Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Taft. but he didnot think their "seifish wish would be

gratified."

These stories were anonymous, it is

true, but there Is a feeling in Beverly

that a statement of facts as understoodby some of the lenders in New Yorkmight have changed the situation.

Mr. Cocks's Statement.

Congressman Cocks declared here to-day in this connection that ho was pres-ent at most of the recent conferencesheld at Oyster Bay. especially the onesimmediately preceding and following thoaction of the state committee.

"Nothing was said or done by any

one present at these conferences to Jus-tify the statements that were made in

the press at the time," said Mr. Cocks.

"There certainly was no intimation fromMr. Roosevelt or any one else of a

break in the relations between the ex-President and the President.

"Neither was there the slightest foun-dation for any reference to 1912 andwhat Mr. Roosevelt might do at thattime.

putting him in a false light before thecountry.

What State Fight Means.

Mr. Codes said further that the fight

be Now York State v.as not one of the"regulars" arm "insurgents.* 1 according

to the common conception of the terms.

It was a tight, he declared, between theadvocates of clean government on the

one side and the "old gang ruh" and

machine politics on the other. He said

ho never had a doubt of the President'sattitude in such a struggle.

It was intimated here to-day that an

effort to foment trouble between Mr.

Roosevelt a.nd Governor Hughes had

also been made, but that it had beenthwarted, a? v.as the attempt to estrange

the President and the ex-President.As to the stories that a split might

come between Mr. Taft and Mr. Roose-w-lt .-11 the subject of Secretary Bal-linger. Mr. Cooks declared that while he

did not think Mr. Roosevelt was In sym-

pathy with some of Mr. Ballinger's

policies, he also did not believe that

Mr. Roosevelt thought any nrong-doing:

had beer, proved against the Secretary

of the Interior.

SENATOR WARNER TO RETIRE.Washington. An* 22.— Senator William

Warner, of Missouri, announced to-nightthai be would not bo a candidate for m-.•lr.-Uon to the United States Senate, givingillhealth as the reason for his determina-tion. Th« announcement wart made m aformal statement addressed to the "Re-publicans of Missouri-

Canadians Make Amends for Destruc-

tion of Stars and Stripes.

[By T-'.esiarli to The Tribune.)Toronto. Ontario. Aug. When the

yacht Westwlnd, of Buffalo, came intoharbor yesterday she flew only an Amer-ican flag\ Some persons, calling to thecaptain^ asked, "Where is your Britishflag?" The captain replied that it hadbeen stolen from him at Port Colters*,Ontario, which was the fact, and addedthat as boob as the stores were open Inthe morning he would buy another. Sometime during the night two young men.members of the Argonaut Rowing Club,swam out to tho Westwlnd. hauled downthe American Hag and tore it to piece*.An inquiry followed, when it was disclosedthat Julius Thompson and Robert Porter.of the Argonaut club. were- the offenders.They were promptly suspended, and thecommittee recommended their expulsionfrom the club. Police court proceedingsagainst the two men will follow If thecaptain of the V.'estwind willsanction suchaction.

TORE FLAG TO SHREDS

The ore dust is to be made into bricksiiTid utilized in making pig iron. It is saidthe saving will act a.s a reduction in the

cost of r>ig iron. The dust wil]be held to-gether by lime, which also acts as a fluxin the smelting. Along the terminal rail-roads of the Carnegie Steel Company twohundred thousand tons of ore dust arepiled, which, with ore at $4 a ton. Wouldrepresent ;isaving of hundreds of thousandsor dollara,

Ore Dust Bricks Will Save Hundreds

of Thousands a Year.Pittaburg, Au«f. 22.— The United States

Stwl Corporation has discovered anotherby-product in the steel making Industry

tluit will save hundreds of thousands ofdollars a year. Vast quantities of ore dustfor which no use has heretofore been foundare to be utilized through a discovery bythe engineering department of the Carnegie

Steel Company.

ANOTHER STEEL BY-PRODUCT

Feeling hetveen the Shallenberg^r fol-lowers and those of Dahlman is at such anacute stag'^ that Shallenberger's action to-<'.;iy will deprive the Democrats of everychance of success in the election. IfShal-lenberger receives the nomination DahlmanI'emocrats will refuse to support him ;ind

Shallenberger Democrats will not vote forDahlman.

Nebraska Democrats Split and Lose

Chance to Win at Polls.[By T"!"srapli to The Tribunal

Omaha, Neb.. Aug. Governor Shallen-berger, defeated Democratic candidate tor

the nomination for Governor, filed a re-quest to-day for a recount of the ballotson twelve counties, claiming that a recount

would show that he has a majority ov»rMayor Dahlman of Omaha. Dahhrmn an-nounces to-night that he willdemand a re-count of the entire state.

SHALLENBERGER ASKS RECOUNT

Reports that P'i^h would soon be chosento succeed President Harahan became cur-rent to-day, and they were not denied by

those in close touch with the graft investi-gation. Tt was said that Walter L. FisherIn reality represents certain members of

the board of directors and stockholders whofavor the return of Fi^h as head of theroad. The Harriman influence has dwindledsince the death of the railroad king, accord-ing to thepe rumors. Should Fish be electedds president another expos* is predictedinvolvingofficials of the road whose nameshave not been publicly linked with thegraft regime. Definite action, however, willlikely be delayed pending the outcome ofthe investigation.

May Be Another Expose—

"Big

Three" Trials Set for Friday.[By Tfl^grar'i to Th» Tribun*.I

Chicago, Aug. 22.—Probability of the

return of Stuyveeant Fish as president ofthe Illinois Centra! Railroad, together

with revelations that "Big Dan" Cough-

lin had lately planned to return to theUnited States from exile in Nicaragua,;ind an agreement to put the "BigThree."former officials now under arrest, on trialen Friday, were developments of the day.

John :••!. Taylor, one of the trio, was ar-raigned before Chief Justice Olson. Jus-tice Olpon referred Taylor's case to Mu-nicipal Judge Bruggemeyer and ordered it.set for Friday morning, when tiie casesof Prank B. Harriman, former generalmanager of the Illinois Central system,

and Charles L. Swing; former general su-perintendent oi the lines north of the OhioRiver, are scheduled for trial at the Har-rison street police court.

FISH MAY HEAD I. C. AGAIN

MAY HAVEJIISHOP'S SILVERNewark Police Interested in Ar-

rest of Negroes Here.The police believe that in the arrest of

two negroes in West 141st street last nightthey have solved the mystery surrounding

the robbery which occurred last week inthe home of Bishop Edwin S. Lines, ofNewark.

The attention of Patrolmen Wood andPogarty was attracted to the two menby their rapid pace and the fact that oneof them was carrying -what appeared to ba

a henvy suitcase.It is also said that one of the officers

thought he recognized in one of the negroes

a resemblance to a photograph in theRogues' Gallery.

The suitcase was found to contain fil-yerware bearing various initials. Theprisoners were taken to Headquarters,

where they gave their names as MosesBagnoll and Samuel Sheldon.

Detectives were then sent to Sheldon'shome, where it vas said more, silverware,

including communion cope, was discovered,

er graved with the initials E. S. L. The

Newark police were communicated with,

and the information obtained from thatsource led to the opinion that the negroes

were the persons being sought in connec-tion with the Newark robhery.

COREA'S ANNEXATIONSeoul Believes Terms Have Been

Signed—

City Guarded.Seoul. Aug. 2.*;.—There is Rood reason

for helieviiiff that a convention betweenthe Emperor of Corea and the Emperor

of Japan, providing fnr the annexation01 Oorea by Japan, was signed here lastnight by Vi Wa» Yon. theCorean Premier, and Viscomir Tera.uchi.

the JapaneFe Resident General, but offi-

cial silence is kept.The members of the Corean Cabinet

paid a visit to the Emperor and after-ward called on Viscount Terauchi. who

will pay his last visit to the Emperor

to-day (Tuesday).

The city of Seoul is closely guarded. sm»are also the- jjersons and residences ofCorean and Japanese officials.

BRYAN THE "LAW GIVER'Mr. Watterson Discourses as to

the Test of Loyalty.[By Telo&raph to The Tribune.]

Louisville. Aug. 22.—

Inan editorial un-der the caption "Clear the Decks for1912" Mr Watterson will say in '•TheCourier-Journal" inthe morning:

"Noting In 'The- Commoner" some friend-ly observations which had appeared In'The < curler- Journal." Mr. Bryan adoptsthe tone and uses the language of supe-riority. He writes as a taw giver. Thepurpose of our preachment concernedItself rather with Mr. Bryan as an indi-vidual than the Democratic party as anorganism. Though not our lirother'akeeper, we wrote aw an elder and a wellwisher, because the glimpse had of thefamous Nebraskan in 1998 revealed \u25a0 per-sonality of so many virtues, of such realSimplicity and charm, as to obliterate by-gone misconceptions and antagonisms.

"Nobody would think of nominating aDemocratic candidate for President whovoted for McKinley in 1&00, or for Roose-velt in 1904. The point made relates to1896. We said that a test of loyalty

should no more carry to isi'ti than to 1860."But, as matters stand, it is likely to

be In 1&12 the name old tight between theBane old parties, and If the Democratsshould losu it because of Mr. Bryan's in-terposition with quiddities or disturbingquibbles The Commoner' will have gone

back fourteen years to swap places will.Mr Wuttorson, who be doubtless .-nilthinks was a very improper person In1506."

Webster Ballinger. an attorney, of Wash-ington, testified that he had contracts withseven thousand persons who claim a rightto be on th» Indian rolls. Mr. Bajlingersaid he was to receive 40 per cent of anyproperty that hr might obtain for theClaimants. He said $&..o<to had been spentin prosecuting the cases, but no money Imdbeen paid him ap a fee.

The Investigating committee will go toPawhuska. ' <k!a . to-morrow, where nnWednesday hearings will be held concern-Ing contracts with the < isage Inilian.s. whoare said to be the richest Indians in thecountry.

If $3,000,000 were paid J. F. McMurray asa 10 per cent attorney's fee in the sale orIndian lands, the government, and not tneIndians, might have to stand the expense.This was the opinion of EL W. Clapp, anattorney, who appeared before the commit-tee to-day.

Mr. Clapp, who is counsel for the Chlck-asuw Indians, said that as the governmentpromised to dispose of the land withoutcost to the Indians it was probable thitthe Indians could recover if any money.suiii as might be paid to McMurray, werededucted from tlie proceeds of the sale ofthe land. The right to recover, Mr. Clappbelieved, would, apply in the cases of minorIndians whose names had been signed to

the McMurray contracts.

McMurray Cross-Examination.

Most of to-days hearing was taken upwith the cross-examination of J. F. Mc-Murray, holder of contracts by which heseelt? to obtain a 10 per cent attorney's

fee on the sale of $30,000,0<"'0 worth of In-dian lands in this, state. \u2666

Questioned as to bis plans to dispose ofthe tour hundred and fifty thousand acresof coal and asphalt land, McMurray saidthe coal deposits held by the Indians inthif state amounted to a monopoly in Theterritory west of the Mississippi, south ofthe Missouri and east of the Rocky Moun-tains. He believed that the Indians wer<i

entitled to the value of the coal as amonopoly. He thought the land wouldbring a higher price if sold to a corpora'tion rather than if it were split up andsoi'i 'o individuals.

He said he never had heard of ;>. NewYork syndicate that stood ready to pay$30,000,000 for the land, as Senator Gore,

ha.l charged. The surface of the lands.which appreciate more than two millionfiv^ hundred thousand acres, th* witnessthought, might be sold separately to .-nnallholders.

"Is he secured in any way?"

"The omnibus Indian bill, passed by Con-gress in 1908, provides that the Owen feethail Le a lien on the property of theIndians."

"What would be the effect on the Indiansif the fee provided for in the contracts

were granted?""It would take all tl*c property the In-

dians have. They would be penniless ifthey had to pay the fee."

Mr. Owen was elected Senator in 1!»0T.He lives at. Muskogoe. He is now InCanada.

"He would receive BO per cent of $12,000,000or $14,000,000, according to the value of theproperty."

Abandoned Activity When HeBecame Senator

—Payment of

Fee Would Leave IndiansPenniless, Says Witness.

Sulphur, Okla.. Aug. S.—The name of

United States Senator Robert L. Owen on-tered into the Indian land investigation to-day. X- P. Hill,an attorney for the Choe-tuw nation, testified before, the special Con-gressional committee which is investigat-

ing the Gore bribery charges that Senator

Owen was the principal in a suit in whichwere involved contracts with the Indianscalling for a 50 per cent fee.

Mr. Owen, however, Mr. Hill saio, en-

tered into the contracts with the Indiansseveral years before he became Senator.He is not now trying to get 50 per cent,

but has left it to the United States Court ofClaims to determine how much he shouldreceive. It was also said that since hiselection as Senator Mr. Owen had shownno activity in the case, except to testify in

behalf of his claim.The value of the property which, it was

aFser terl. Mr. Owen's suit sought to restore

to the Indiana was fixed by the Depart-

ment of Justice at from $l:!.u<>o.ooG to$14,000,000. As attorney for the Choctaws,

Mr. Hill said ho was resisting the suit-In 1886k" said Mr. Hill, "Mr. Owen en-

tered into an arrangement with Charles F.

Winton to attempt to procure for CsoctawIndians livingeast of the Mississippi Rivercitizenship in what v.as then Indian Terri-tory. Winton went to Mississippi and gotmany individual contracts, the number ulti-mately being fifteen hundred. Inthese con-tracts the claimants agreed to give to Win-

ton and Owen .7> per cent of all property

which they would become possessed of ifthey were admitted to citizenship.

Owen Inherited Rights.•

Winton, after obtaining many contracts,

died. His rights reverted to Mr. Owen.Afte- the Indians were admitted to citi-zenship. Congress referred Owen's claim

to the court of claims, where it now ispending. Since lie became Senator, Ido

not believe that Mr. Owen has shown any

activity in his case, except to testify aahe was required."

Senator Owen based hi5*5* claim, the wit-

ness said, on legal services he rendered atWashington and in Oklahoma prior to hiselection to the Senate.

"Now"

asked Representative- Campbell,of Kansas, '"suppose Senator Owen shouldbe allowed by the court of claims all thathis contracts call for, how much would hegetr*

PROPERTY VALUESI2,OOO,OOO

Now Principal in Suit InvolvingContracts Calling for 50 Per

Cent Fee.

Nominating Conventions Also Planned,

Hopper Notifies Koenig.Albany, Aug. '-"- -Tin- Independence

cm. through Its chairman, John J.Hopper, of New York, notified Secretaryof Htate Koenig to-day of Its Intention tohold primaries and conventions to place innomination Htate, Judicial, Congress andSenate tickets, us well as candidates forvarious county offices. The bat-is of rep-resentation at the stat« convention to becalled later is to be 111 accordance withthe vote cast for < "!\u25a0 •'••\u25a0!»'••\u25a0 .1 Shears, theLeague's candidate fot Governor in 1003.

LEAGUE TO HOLD PRIMARIES

Wealthy Match Manufacturer MakesSerious Charges Against Senator.

[B] Telograph to The Tribune.]Akron. Ohio, Aug. 22.

—In reply to Sen-

ator Dick's declaration that ifO. C. Barberbecomes a < iti^en of Ohio this fall he willadd 115.000.000 to $20,000,000 to the taxduplicate, Mr. Barber to-day accused the

Senator of having lobbied the Ohio taxInquisitors' law through several years ago,and also of receiving lar^e. commissionsfrom the i:ii;ui>iior:.. The wealthy matchmaput;n.tarer i:.a. statement teli> of a suitfor |J04,000 back taxes instituted againsthim JLiy Dick when he was County Auditor,twenty-two years ago. and states that DJcklater offered to settle for $12,000, whichwas done. "Iconsider that this amountv.-as stolen from me by persecution,*' says

Mr. r.irh- \u0084

BARBER A

Says Doctor Has Advised Him Not toEnter Primary Fight.

Milwaukee. Aug. —.—United States Sen-ator Robert M. La Pollette will not

enter the primary campaign in the con-

test for renomination unless he has to,

according to a story from Madison, which

nils about a conference at the La F"ollettefarm between the Senator and a numberof his adherents, bearing on the primarystruggle. The only issue in the campaign

Is that of representative government, ac-cording to Mr. La Follette.

"A physical ailment has prevented mofrom entering the campaign," Senator LaFollette is quoted as saying. "Ihave Justhad a long talk with my doctor, and headvises me. to stay out of the campaignfor the present unless It is absolutelynecessary for me to enter it. He tells methat before the primary closes Ishall beable to make two or three speeches if Ihave to do so. But unless Iam needed inthe primary campaign T prefer to savemy strength for the more strenuous fightthat we shall have to make after theprimary."

LA FOLLETTE OUT OF CAMPAIGN

REFORM IN LOUISIANAMovement Against Sanders and

Bossism Starts with $50,000..[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]

New Orleans. Aug. 22.—Denouncing UnitedStates Senator Jared Y. Sanders as havingrepudiated party pledges, and attributing tohim a system of personal dictatorship, two

hundred reform Democrats from every part

of Louisiana met here to-day and launchedthe Good Government League. Resolutionsdeclare that the reformers are "tired of

rule by a gang of pirates." The state pri-

mary law was branded as "a pet club forpolitical rascality.**

Judge Thomas H. Lewis, of Opelousas,was made chairman of a permanent or-ganization tor sustained battle against po-litical bossism. Edgar H. Farrar, legal ad-viser of a score of corporations, after an

addres3 in which he declared thai present

conditions In Louisiana compel Democrats,

in the exercise of private rights or publicpreferences, to bow before 3f handful ofbosses, deposited a $500 bill as the firstcontribution to the campaign fund. There-

after cash ami plages came fast, and themovement starts with $50,000.

Will Address Progressive Republicansof Northwest at St. Paul.IBy Telegraph to The Tribune. J

St. Paul. Aug. 2-— Theodore Rooseveltwill be the guest of the St. Paul Republi-

can Club on the evening of September »5 at

a dinner which promises to bo a great

love feast of the Progressive Republicans

of the Northwest. Hugh T. Halbert. presi-

dent of the club, returned from New Yorkto-day with the news that Mr. Roosevelt

had agreed to attend the dinner. Among

the other gufsts will be Senators La Fol-

lette and Dclliver, Francis J. Hen* y. ofCalifornia; Giffcrd Pinchot. James R. Gar-

field. Governor Herbert S. Hadley and

others.

ROOSEVELT LOVE FEAST GUEST

Chicago, Aug. ~.—Vice-President Sher-

man will make two speeches in Illinoisthis week for Congressman "William B.McKinley. candidate for re-election in the

ISth District. One willbe at Clinton Satur-day afternoon, and the other at Decatur inthe evening. From Illinois Mr. Shermanwill go to Missouri, where he will makespeeches in several Congress district?.Other dates are being arranged for himin the. Southwest.

Sherman Won't Be in Utica To-day,

Owing to Previous Engagement.Utica. N« V., Aug. 22.

— Vice-PresidentSherman on Friday will .start on hisspeaking tour of the We^t. He willnot be

in Utica to-morrow on the occasion of the

visit r.f Theodore Roosevelt, as he had aprevious engagement.

NOT TO SEE EOOSEVELT

Scout Cruiser Likely to TakePresident to Isthmus.

Beverly, Mast:., Aug. £2.—It is iifysv prac-

tically certain that President Taft will

make his proposed trip to the Isthmus ofPanama in November. The trip will bo

curtailed considerably, however, and thetime ct the President's absence may hecut down from twenty days to two -weeks.

In order to do thif it is proposed to makethe run to the isthmus and back at therate of twenty-one knots. This rate ofspeed can be maintained by th*. scoutcruisers Chester, Salem and Birmingham,

and it is nw believed that two of theseswift vessels \u25a0will be used to convey theparty

TRIP TO PANAMA CERTAIN

Both May Speak at RepublicanLeague Dinner, October 1.

[From Tl!« Tribune Bureau.)Washington. Auk. 22.

—President Taft

and ex-President Roosevelt may speak tothe same audience this year on the achieve-ments of the Republican party. It is theplan of the National Republican League tohold a dinner at the Hotel Astor, in NewYork, on the night of October 1. which willbe the biggest political dinner ever held inthis country. It is probable that both the

President and the ex-President will attendand make speeches. Vice-President Sher-man probably will speak also.

John 1 lays Hammond, president, an-nounced to-day that the biennial conventionof the National Republican League will bo

bald at Carnegie Hall. New York,on Friday

and Saturday, September 30 and October 1.

Kach state will be entitled to six delegates

atvlarge. and there will be four delegates

from each Congress district where league

clubs are organized.

TAFT MAY MEET ROOSEVELT

NEW-YOftlv TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 101

PRESIDENT SATISFIED TRIED TO HOLD OP SHIPSENATOR OWEN ALSOREPRESENTED INDIANS« i.ntlniir.l fmrn flr<»t pagr-

CHARLES K. OLIVER DiES AT SEA.[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]

Baltimore. Aug. 22.— Charles K. Oliver,

who died at sea on the- Grosser Kurfurs*.due at New York to-morrow, was presi-

dent of the Consolidated Cotton Duck Com-pany and vice-president of the recently

reorganized Cotton Duck Corporation. Kehud been travelling in England. He wasfifty-six years old. He built the mills atColumbia. S. C After the merger of th*<cotton duck properties he became an otS-cial of the Mount Vernon-Woodberry Coa-pany' He was a member of the MarylandClub and of several New York clubs. H»leaves a wife, a son and a daughter.

Tardy Arrival of Steamer Com-pels Abandonment of Visit

to City Hall.The Vienna Academic Singing Society •%

i here, It came from Austria last night on. the Hamburg- American liner Moltkc, ar.f\u25a0from Sandy Hook m Hoboken the singers

Idid not utter a note. It was an orderlyiaggregation, which showed much interest!but little of the hilarity common ar- g'big bodies of mala singers.

Local Austrian** came from the fourjpoints of the compass win Heboken 33a centre last night la the hope of catch-

• ing some strains of sweet music from th*:temporarily imported warblers, but not so1

much as a hum was heard. It was ex-plained that they were all in tune andpreferred la sing properly at the kommert

; to be Riven by the Arloa Society in th«sevening.

The singing party from Vienna, whichiis under the direction of Dr. Hassfl'Swobodir, president of the University ofVienna, consisted of 180 persona. T »-

were dfvided Into four groups— fifty activestudents of dM university, fifty bronzedand grizzled alumnt. fifty guests. \u25a0''1thirty women relatives of the singers. Th*

active students and some of ti»e alumnitravelled in BBS 3econd cabin. Bya special

concession of the Hamburg-American Line*they -were permitted the freedom of th^Moltk- and enjoyed all the privileges of.the. first cabin passengers.

The women of the party wore a smalt"bow of the university colors pinned on!their dreeses. and the men were adorned

with student cap 3and sashes.: On the way up the Bay about sixty ofthe singers leaned over the rail and scannedthe harbor. The skyline of New York wasunder discussion after the Maltha passedby the Battery, and then something awful,

happened. Behind the groups " stewardsquietly unfolded a dozen portable musicstands and as many brass instruments. I-

was "der shlb'3 pand." which always petsinto action when * German liner is .Ap-

proaching her dock. Suddenly the ban<i; began to play, and It broke up taa dis-cussions ofthe skylln-.' There were wryfaces then along the rail, and in groups, th«men accustomed to the soft mi;.-. of th»throat left the raspln? Instruments andfought the seclusion of the other side 0* -the steamer.

Through the courtesy of the Treasury He-'

partment the examination of the bagwa--

of the Vienna singers was expedited, \u25a0 \u25a0

about an hour after the Moltke docked the

entire party started for the Hotel Plaza,

where they willremain while In New York.The tardy arrival of the Aloitke caused

several changes to b<* mad- In dM pro-gramme in this city. .-••--- City

Ball, scheduled for 3 p. m.. and the recep-

tion at Columbia University at \u2666 p. m. wereabandoned, as the lloltke did not dockuntil 6:30 p. m. This forenoon willbe given

to a rehearsal under Director Ernst Kunz-Id. In the afternoon the society will b-?

received at Columbia University and in th©evening it will give a charity concert •"

Carnegie Hall.On Wednesday Cyril O. Assmu?, of tha

Hamburg-American Line, will take- the so-ciety by boat la Boston, where they will

be entertained at Harvard University. Thenext journey will be to Buffalo, where thj

singers will be entertained by the OrpheuJ

Singing Society, and after \u25a0 visit to Niagara

Falls they will go to Washington andPhiladelphia.

On Thursday, when the Moitke was in

mid-Atlantic. Captain Meyer, on request ofthe German Emperor, gave what was called"The Emperors" Dinner." Two large feaalof the Kaiser and the Emperor of Austriawere pot at the speakers' taole and tha

festivities lasted until midnight.

Party from University Numbers180 Persons in Ail.

TO BE AT COLUMBIA TO-DAY

VIENNA SINGERS ARE HERE

VisitYellowstoneParkthis seasonTime -ret to doIt.The Park clonesSept. 15th. Send Ax.-c «tamps fortwobeautiful books that tellof th-Part and the way to to. Th?title* are "Through Wonderland"and On the l.\ legs of tieWind."Printed Inrich color*,embossed in«old. Remember: the NorthernPacific i*the onlyline to GardinerGateway official Park eatraac*.Through sleeping cartel-, icedirecttpOardiner. Through trains fromChicago, iicI_oui». <ac*a.-« City.St. Paul. Minneapolis. Duluth -»MSuperior daily.

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—Bis

W. F. JIERSHO.N, O.A.p. D

Northern Pacific Ry

Isms cfme the Sara toga oonventioanrd the primaries from now or> ar< likely

I. »..- marry a atiwersles "on principle."

Mr. Barnes, fallowing the State Com-mittee meeting, Bald that he hadn't paid

enr attention to the question of candi-

date. Speaking for himself and theother "old guard" leaders, he Bald they

were in the fight on direct nominations

to the end, and would carry the light

into the convention or to any point—"onprinciple."

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That report persisted, even though it

v.as pretty general knowledge that Mr.

GrißCOnu during the extra session of theLegislature, had a telegram from the

President expressing his approval of the.Cobb bill in general tfrms.

This final settling of the question, Pro-gressive? declare, will be a bitter blowto Barnes, "Woodruff, Wadsworth andcompany.

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