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: • - Got Word on Cobb Bill. -. William H. Wadhams, president of the Direct Primaries Association, went to Washington and saw President Taft. He bronghT hack word that the President fr.vored-'thf? Cobb Bill. Senator New- oomn went "to Washington and returned with the same word. Senator Davenport jrot 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" that no. matter what the President might have been represented as saying thereto- fore, he didn't believe in the abolition of 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 he settled it by his telegram to Mr. Griseom from Boston urging the passage of the Cobb bilk* \u25a0 \u25a0•- It is known that Mr. Roosevelt at one time, 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 the Progressive's view it, in the President's letter is his reiteration of belief in the wisdom of enacting a direct nominations law in this 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 the head 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 fight It presage.. \u25a0* primaries, and vnhin the par* mson lor they SSSsSSS&s other" r-ar he will not. Tho 1 "-\u25a0 * *l though, have outlined their course ' ••Will Mr. Sherman retire as temporary i -our iudgrnent?" was asKca ofSUHf the shrewdest and best in- formed Politicians in the progressive Mrssfed peUtldsas in tn ' r ' U ' |f Sherman Does Net Quit. ••Well if be ioeant It seems 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 in Us fight for direct nom- inations at the last election— will rally to send to the state convention delegates favorable la progressive candidates and a progressive platform. Immediately after the £ta^° committee meeting Barnes, Ward and Woodruff boasted that they held control of the situation then and would retain control at it until after the platform was adopted and the candidate for Governor selected at 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. [By Telegraph to The Tribune] Greenwich, Conn., Aug. Cable mes- sages and telegrams having been pouring: in on Clifford B. Harmon by the hundred since his achievement Saturday of the flight over Ix>ng Island Sound. It has developed that the real cause of r<lr. Harmon smashing his machine at the landing was that at he was about to descend he saw three children on the beach, and noted that they were running directly to the spot where he was to land. - He ac- cordingly lifted his plane and went over them. It is believed that the biplane will be ready for another flight by Sunday. A close friend of Mr. Harmon is authority for the statement that the aviator has a sur- prise in story which will add greatly to the knowledge of aviation. PREPARING A SURPRISE Charles A. Burns, of Denver, Had Suf- fered from Heart Disease. Charles A. Bums, of Denver, thought to be a mining promo was found dead in the Hotel Navarre, Seventh avenue and 37th street, early yesterday morning. Mr. Burns, who came to the Navarre about three months ago. suffered greatly from heart disease. Last Thursday he sat down in the hotel lobby and put his hand on his heart, and said that he could not breathe, but from then until Sunday he seemed to bo in good health. He went to bed shortly after I' o'clock on Sunday evening, and a bellboy who went to his room about midnight could nol gain admission in answer to his knock. This frightened the boy. Virglnius Norton, and be info.mcd th* clerk, who had the door forced Burns was found on the bed half droned, and Dr. Wepterman, the hotel physician, pronounced him dead. Coroner Holtzhauser took charge of the letters and papers belonging to the dead man. Burns was thought to have been in Europe recently, and he told one of the hotel employes that he had met with an accident while there. His eye was being treated for an affection since his return. FOUND DEAD AT THE NAVARRE Callfas, watching a chance, jumped over the bridge aft through the skylight into the galley. We.«t went in pursuit of the chief engineer, and the men whom he had guarded fled in all directions. At this Junc- ture Wilson, the watchman, appeared on the sceno with the only revolver outside the ciiptain's cabin. He .snapped the weapon twice at Wise, but it failed to explode. This was "nougli, however, for tbe weaker of tne two thugs. He fled, only to meet his partner, 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 and all became quiet on board. A1 Aral no traea of either robber could be found. Wise was afterward discovered hiding in his bunk. According to Wise, he met West on board the training ship Pensacola. They deserted the navy itnd went to Seattle. When they boarded thr Buckman they were wel! equipped with arm? and ropes with which to overcome and bind the officers and crew. They planned to beach the Buckman. rob the purser and passengers and make their vay with their booty to shore in a small boat. San Francisco. Auk. 22.—With her captain dead in his cabin ait a result of an attempt by two desperados to hold up and rob his ship 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 and French West planned to murder the officers and 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. After holding a shotgun levelled at the quarter- master and the second mate for three hours Wise deserted his post. Seeing the futility of trying- to overcome the crew alive. West is believed to have jumped overboard. No one saw him leap, however, and the ship will be thoroughly searched In the 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" I the two men invaded the bridge at mid- night, entered the wheelhouse and com- pelled Second Officer Frederick Plath and Quartermaster Otto Kohlmeister to throw up their hands. Leaving the second officer and the quar- termaster in charge of Wise, after binding Plath and Instructing Kohlmelster to hold the 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, It Is believed that he was reaching for his revolver when West fired through the door and riddled him with buckshot. In the mean time Plath 6trained at his bonds until he could reach the signal cord. He gave the signal to the engine room that there was a fire on board. Chief Engineer John Callfas ran to the bridge, where he was met with a command to hold up his hands. He obeyed promptly, and joined the line-up, which now included two-thirds of the crew. West instructed them to hold to the bridge rope, which was above their heads. Hides in Bunk After Lining Up Officers and Men at the Muzzle of Gun. HIS ACCOMPLICE WEAKENS Captain's Slayer Thought to Have Leaped Into Sea. CUSES DICK "Iapprove entirely of the President** courfr, as 1 tMnk he lias acted wisely. It was to have been saved . though, that t-:ueh an able administrator and I .••}] an experienced man in public affairs would have alipr:ied \u25a0•••.• the better ele- ment in the advocacy of decent politics. ,"1 assume that the -.'!•- stand v. ;i 1 mean a progressive platform for tho j>arty Jn Va'h state, and also the control «if the next t=tale convention in Now York by the men who liave consistently Pup- !>orled Governor Hug; and who 3iave worked in harmony with Theodore Roose- velt for clran politics iind the best ideals in public life." Brooklyn Progressives Comment on President's Action. Nava- Officer Kracke. who was the only representative from Kings County to vote f«r Mi Roopcvelt in the meeting of the Republican Btat< Committee, said: "I regard President Taft's statement as The most momentous that has been made in national politics in many a day. I be- lieve that 11 will have a far-reaching ef- fect, but ' need only say, 5n \u25a0 personal way, that I supported Mr. Roosevelt at the sstfng of th*- state committee, and that during the ppedal Besetoa of the legisla- ture called by Governor Hughes 1 went to Albany, was with in In the Executive Mans: and <15d what 1 could to further the measures he wanted enacted into law." Darwin It. James, jr., president of the Young Republican Ciul» of Brooklyn; %-Mch has consistently supported Gov- ernor Hugrbfes. *asd: EFFECT FARREACHINS PEDLERS FORM ASSOCIATION Justice Goff approved yesterday, in the Supreme Court, the articles of incorpora- tion of the Italian-American Pushcart IVd- lers* Association. . One of the objects of trie association is to elevate \u25a0-:. dignify :he. business, .-v that the pedlers may Just- ly enjoy th«- esu-em and 1.-;. of me public. Tills is to be accomplished] oy j;roiv»ctiijß fair «lpa!lng with ihe public and to-operating with the city department! In r^guJatinj,' tr2tlic ..i.J keeping tho street* clean. President Writes Keynote. President Taft completed his letter for the Republican Congressional campaign textbook to-day, and forwarded it to Chairman McKlnley, of the committee, at Chicago in the letter the President is said to take an aggressive attitude. As to giving out the .letter he has '\u25a0< ft the matter entirely In the hands of the committee. 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 the strongest documents he has written since he came into th.' White House. The letter will serve as a keynote of the President's attitude in the coming campaign, H. will base all that he lias 10 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 a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor, providing ho is assured by the party leaders that 1.1- is th* strangest available iiian. n>- also *aiU that he mutt receive assurance that be will have the united support of the party. Representative Cocks made the s.t,ite- ment here that Mr. Sherman had been reported in an Interview as saying thut feat of Hr. Boosevelt for the ter- n chairmanship 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 York leaders. 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 to retain his plan- as state chairman. Next in sequence came Mr. Griscom's second visit, the one of August 18. He reported to 11 1« • Pn sident that Mr. Root was no! available, and suggested for the first time that Mr. Roosevelt would serve. Mr. Taft < athusiastically took up this -tion, and it was because of his r talks with Sherman and Ward t]..;t be sent the telegram to th" Vioe- Presideni requesting him to Bee Mr. EtooseveH before the state- committee n* 1. President Demanded Harmony. v Vice-President Sherman and William : L. Ward, the Republican national oom- i mtbteeman for New York State, came to see the President a long time ago. They were the first of the New York leaders to come here. They talked in a gneral way of the campaign, but did not come down to a question of candidates either for convention offices or state offices. The President told them that he wanted harmony, 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 was no suggestion at that time that Mr. Roosevelt would be a delegate to the state convention. Mr. Taft suggested thst Senator Root, a close friend both to Mr. Roosevelt and himself, might be a good man. The President told Mr. (Jrisr-om that above all things h<^ wanted harmony in the party 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 to make a big anti-administration demon- stration In tli \u25a0• state convention." Mr. Tiift. it is said, waved this \u25a0 side Hi to!d Mr. Woodruff that he wanted j the fax-tio!i.s to get together if possible and to harmonise their differences before the convention met. Stick to Taft, He Told Them. I want to say further." Mr. Cocks continued, "that when Colonel Roosevelt was about to leave the White House he I a number of as up there and told us he wanted us to work aa hard as we could to make President Taft's adminis- tratlon a success and wanted us to stick bo Hr. Taft. no matter what happened. -Not by word or suggestion has he at any 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 did not 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 understood by some of the lenders in New York might 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 conferences held at Oyster Bay. especially the ones immediately preceding and following tho action 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 from Mr. 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 and what Mr. Roosevelt might do at that time. putting him in a false light before the country. 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 the advocates 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's attitude 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 been thwarted, 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-night thai be would not bo a candidate for m- .•lr.-Uon to the United States Senate, giving ill health as the reason for his determina- tion. Th« announcement wart made m a formal 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 into harbor yesterday she flew only an Amer- ican flag\ Some persons, calling to the captain^ asked, "Where is your British flag?" The captain replied that it had been stolen from him at Port Colters*, Ontario, which was the fact, and added that as boob as the stores were open In the morning he would buy another. Some time during the night two young men. members of the Argonaut Rowing Club, swam out to tho Westwlnd. hauled down the American Hag and tore it to piece*. An inquiry followed, when it was disclosed that Julius Thompson and Robert Porter. of the Argonaut club. were- the offenders. They were promptly suspended, and the committee recommended their expulsion from the club. Police court proceedings against the two men will follow If the captain of the V.'estwind will sanction such action. TORE FLAG TO SHREDS The ore dust is to be made into bricks iiTid utilized in making pig iron. It is said the 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 flux in the smelting. Along the terminal rail- roads of the Carnegie Steel Company two hundred thousand tons of ore dust are piled, which, with ore at $4 a ton. Would represent ;i saving of hundreds of thousands or dollara, Ore Dust Bricks Will Save Hundreds of Thousands a Year. Pittaburg, Au«f. 22.— The United States Stwl Corporation has discovered another by-product in the steel making Industry tluit will save hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Vast quantities of ore dust for which no use has heretofore been found are to be utilized through a discovery by the 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 an acute stag'^ that Shallenberger's action to- <'.;iy will deprive the Democrats of every chance of success in the election. If Shal- lenberger receives the nomination Dahlman I'emocrats will refuse to support him ;ind Shallenberger Democrats will not vote for Dahlman. 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 ballots on twelve counties, claiming that a recount would show that he has a majority ov»r Mayor Dahlman of Omaha. Dahhrmn an- nounces to-night that he will demand a re- count of the entire state. SHALLENBERGER ASKS RECOUNT Reports that P'i^h would soon be chosen to 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. Fisher In reality represents certain members of the board of directors and stockholders who favor the return of Fi^h as head of the road. The Harriman influence has dwindled since the death of the railroad king, accord- ing to thepe rumors. Should Fish be elected ds president another expos* is predicted involving officials of the road whose names have not been publicly linked with the graft regime. Definite action, however, will likely be delayed pending the outcome of the 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 of the Illinois Centra! Railroad, together with revelations that "Big Dan" Cough- lin had lately planned to return to the United States from exile in Nicaragua, ;ind an agreement to put the "Big Three." former officials now under arrest, on trial en 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 cases of Prank B. Harriman, former general manager of the Illinois Central system, and Charles L. Swing; former general su- perintendent oi the lines north of the Ohio River, are scheduled for trial at the Har- rison street police court. FISH MAY HEAD I. C. AGAIN MAY HAVEJIISHOP'S SILVER Newark Police Interested in Ar- rest of Negroes Here. The police believe that in the arrest of two negroes in West 141st street last night they have solved the mystery surrounding the robbery which occurred last week in the home of Bishop Edwin S. Lines, of Newark. The attention of Patrolmen Wood and Pogarty was attracted to the two men by their rapid pace and the fact that one of 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 the Rogues' Gallery. The suitcase was found to contain fil- yerware bearing various initials. The prisoners were taken to Headquarters, where they gave their names as Moses Bagnoll and Samuel Sheldon. Detectives were then sent to Sheldon's home, 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 that source led to the opinion that the negroes were the persons being sought in connec- tion with the Newark robhery. COREA'S ANNEXATION Seoul Believes Terms Have Been Signed — City Guarded. Seoul. Aug. 2.*;.—There is Rood reason for helieviiiff that a convention between the Emperor of Corea and the Emperor of Japan, providing fnr the annexation 01 Oorea by Japan, was signed here last night by Vi Wa» Yon. the Corean 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 of Corean 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. — In an editorial un- der the caption "Clear the Decks for 1912" Mr Watterson will say in '•The Courier-Journal" i nthe morning: "Noting In 'The- Commoner" some friend- ly observations which had appeared In 'The < curler- Journal." Mr. Bryan adopts the tone and uses the language of supe- riority. He writes as a taw giver. The purpose of our preachment concerned Itself rather with Mr. Bryan as an indi- vidual than the Democratic party as an organism. Though not our lirother'a keeper, we wrote aw an elder and a well wisher, because the glimpse had of the famous Nebraskan in 1998 revealed \u25a0 per- sonality of so many virtues, of such real Simplicity and charm, as to obliterate by- gone misconceptions and antagonisms. "Nobody would think of nominating a Democratic candidate for President who voted for McKinley in 1&00, or for Roose- velt in 1904. The point made relates to 1896. 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 the Bane old parties, and If the Democrats should losu it because of Mr. Bryan's in- terposition with quiddities or disturbing quibbles The Commoner' will have gone back fourteen years to swap places will. Mr Wuttorson, who be doubtless .-nil thinks was a very improper person In 1506." Webster Ballinger. an attorney, of Wash- ington, testified that he had contracts with seven thousand persons who claim a right to be on th» Indian rolls. Mr. Bajlinger said he was to receive 40 per cent of any property that hr might obtain for the Claimants. He said $&..o<to had been spent in prosecuting the cases, but no money Imd been paid him ap a fee. The Investigating committee will go to Pawhuska. ' <k!a . to-morrow, where nn Wednesday hearings will be held concern- Ing contracts with the < isage Inilian.s. who are said to be the richest Indians in the country. If $3,000,000 were paid J. F. McMurray as a 10 per cent attorney's fee in the sale or Indian lands, the government, and not tne Indians, might have to stand the expense. This was the opinion of EL W. Clapp, an attorney, who appeared before the commit- tee to-day. Mr. Clapp, who is counsel for the Chlck- asuw Indians, said that as the government promised to dispose of the land without cost to the Indians it was probable thit the Indians could recover if any money. suiii as might be paid to McMurray, were deducted from t lie proceeds of the sale of the land. The right to recover, Mr. Clapp believed, would, apply in the cases of minor Indians whose names had been signed to the McMurray contracts. McMurray Cross-Examination. Most of to-days hearing was taken up with the cross-examination of J. F. Mc- Murray, holder of contracts by which he seelt? 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 of the tour hundred and fifty thousand acres of coal and asphalt land, McMurray said the coal deposits held by the Indians in thif state amounted to a monopoly in The territory west of the Mississippi, south of the Missouri and east of the Rocky Moun- tains. He believed that the Indians wer<i entitled to the value of the coal as a monopoly. He thought the land would bring a higher price if sold to a corpora' tion rather than if it were split up and soi'i 'o individuals. He said he never had heard of ;>. New York 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 million fiv^ hundred thousand acres, th* witness thought, might be sold separately to .-nnall holders. "Is he secured in any way?" "The omnibus Indian bill, passed by Con- gress in 1908, provides that the Owen fee thail Le a lien on the property of the Indians." "What would be the effect on the Indians if the fee provided for in the contracts were granted?" "It would take all tl*c property the In- dians have. They would be penniless if they had to pay the fee." Mr. Owen was elected Senator in 1!»0T. He lives at. Muskogoe. He is now In Canada. "He would receive BO per cent of $12,000,000 or $14,000,000, according to the value of the property." Abandoned Activity When He Became Senator — Payment of Fee Would Leave Indians Penniless, 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 which were involved contracts with the Indians calling for a 50 per cent fee. Mr. Owen, however, Mr. Hill saio, en- tered into the contracts with the Indians several years before he became Senator. He is not now trying to get 50 per cent, but has left it to the United States Court of Claims to determine how much he should receive. It was also said that since his election as Senator Mr. Owen had shown no 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 Csoctaw Indians living east of the Mississippi River citizenship in what v.as then Indian Terri- tory. Winton went to Mississippi and got many individual contracts, the number ulti- mately being fifteen hundred. In these con- tracts the claimants agreed to give to Win- ton and Owen .7> per cent of all property which they would become possessed of if they 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 is pending. Since lie became Senator, I do not believe that Mr. Owen has shown any activity in his case, except to testify aa he was required." Senator Owen based hi 5*5 * claim, the wit- ness said, on legal services he rendered at Washington and in Oklahoma prior to his election to the Senate. "Now " asked Representative- Campbell, of Kansas, '"suppose Senator Owen should be allowed by the court of claims all that his contracts call for, how much would he getr* PROPERTY VALUESI 2,OOO,OOO Now Principal in Suit Involving Contracts 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 Secretary of Htate Koenig to-day of Its Intention to hold primaries and conventions to place in nomination Htate, Judicial, Congress and Senate tickets, us well as candidates for various county offices. The bat-is of rep- resentation at the stat« convention to be called later is to be 111 accordance with the vote cast for < "!\u25a0•'••\u25a0!»'••\u25a0 .1 Shears, the League's candidate fot Governor in 1003. LEAGUE TO HOLD PRIMARIES Wealthy Match Manufacturer Makes Serious Charges Against Senator. [B] Telograph to The Tribune.] Akron. Ohio, Aug. 22. — In reply to Sen- ator Dick's declaration that if O. C. Barber becomes a < iti^en of Ohio this fall he will add 115.000.000 to $20,000,000 to the tax duplicate, Mr. Barber to-day accused the Senator of having lobbied the Ohio tax Inquisitors' law through several years ago, and also of receiving lar^e. commissions from the i:ii;ui>iior:.. The wealthy match maput;n.tarer i:. a. statement teli> of a suit for |J04,000 back taxes instituted against him JLiy Dick when he was County Auditor, twenty-two years ago. and states that DJck later offered to settle for $12,000, which was done. "I consider that this amount v.-as stolen from me by persecution,*' says Mr. r.irh- \u0084 BARBER A Says Doctor Has Advised Him Not to Enter 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"ollette farm between the Senator and a number of his adherents, bearing on the primary struggle. The only issue in the campaign Is that of representative government, ac- cording to Mr. La Follette. "A physical ailment has prevented mo from entering the campaign," Senator La Follette is quoted as saying. "I have Just had a long talk with my doctor, and he advises me. to stay out of the campaign for the present unless It is absolutely necessary for me to enter it. He tells me that before the primary closes I shall be able to make two or three speeches if I have to do so. But unless I am needed in the primary campaign T prefer to save my strength for the more strenuous fight that we shall have to make after the primary." LA FOLLETTE OUT OF CAMPAIGN REFORM IN LOUISIANA Movement Against Sanders and Bossism Starts with $50,000.. [By Telegraph to The Tribune.] New Orleans. Aug. 22.— Denouncing United States Senator Jared Y. Sanders as having repudiated party pledges, and attributing to him a system of personal dictatorship, two hundred reform Democrats from every part of Louisiana met here to-day and launched the Good Government League. Resolutions declare that the reformers are "tired of rule by a gang of pirates." The state pri- mary law was branded as "a pet club for political 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 public preferences, to bow before 3f handful of bosses, deposited a $500 bill as the first contribution to the campaign fund. There- after cash ami plages came fast, and the movement starts with $50,000. Will Address Progressive Republicans of Northwest at St. Paul. I By Telegraph to The Tribune. J St. Paul. Aug. 2-— Theodore Roosevelt will 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 York to-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. of California; 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 Illinois this week for Congressman "William B. McKinley. candidate for re-election in the ISth District. One will be at Clinton Satur- day afternoon, and the other at Decatur in the evening. From Illinois Mr. Sherman will go to Missouri, where he will make speeches in several Congress district?. Other dates are being arranged for him in the. Southwest. Sherman Won't Be in Utica To-day, Owing to Previous Engagement. Utica. N« V., Aug. 22. — Vice-President Sherman on Friday will .start on his speaking tour of the We^t. He will not be in Utica to-morrow on the occasion of the visit r.f Theodore Roosevelt, as he had a previous engagement. NOT TO SEE EOOSEVELT Scout Cruiser Likely to Take President to Isthmus. Beverly, Mast:., Aug. £2. — It is iifysv prac- tically certain that President Taft will make his proposed trip to the Isthmus of Panama in November. The trip will bo curtailed considerably, however, and the time ct the President's absence may he cut down from twenty days to two -weeks. In order to do thif it is proposed to make the run to the isthmus and back at the rate of twenty-one knots. This rate of speed can be maintained by th*. scout cruisers Chester, Salem and Birmingham, and it is nw believed that two of these swift vessels \u25a0will be used to convey the party TRIP TO PANAMA CERTAIN Both May Speak at Republican League Dinner, October 1. [From Tl!« Tribune Bureau.) Washington. Auk. 22. — President Taft and ex-President Roosevelt may speak to the same audience this year on the achieve- ments of the Republican party. It is the plan of the National Republican League to hold a dinner at the Hotel Astor, in New York, on the night of October 1. which will be the biggest political dinner ever held in this country. It is probable that both the President and the ex-President will attend and make speeches. Vice-President Sher- man probably will speak also. John 1 lays Hammond, president, an- nounced to-day that the biennial convention of 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 at v large. 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 SHIP SENATOR OWEN ALSO REPRESENTED 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. Ke hud been travelling in England. He was fifty-six years old. He built the mills at Columbia. 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 Maryland Club 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 I did not utter a note. It was an orderly i aggregation, which showed much interest ! but little of the hilarity common ar- g ' big bodies of mala singers. Local Austrian** came from the four jpoints of the compass win Heboken 33 a centre last night la the hope of catch- • ing some strains of sweet music from th* : temporarily imported warblers, but not so 1 much as a hum was heard. It was ex- plained that they were all in tune and preferred la sing properly at the kommert ; to be Riven by the Arloa Society in th«s evening. The singing party from Vienna, which iis under the direction of Dr. Hassfl ' Swobodir, president of the University of Vienna, consisted of 180 persona. T »- were dfvided Into four groups— fifty active students of dM university, fifty bronzed and grizzled alumnt. fifty guests. \u25a0''1 thirty women relatives of the singers. Th* active students and some of ti»e alumni travelled in BBS 3econd cabin. By a 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 3 and sashes. : On the way up the Bay about sixty of the singers leaned over the rail and scanned the harbor. The skyline of New York was under discussion after the Maltha passed by the Battery, and then something awful, happened. Behind the groups " stewards quietly unfolded a dozen portable music stands and as many brass instruments. I- was "der shlb'3 pand." which always pets into action when * German liner is .Ap- proaching her dock. Suddenly the ban<i ; began to play, and It broke up taa dis- cussions of the skylln-.' There were wry faces then along the rail, and in groups, th« men accustomed to the soft mi;.-. of th» throat left the raspln? Instruments and fought 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 will remain 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. were abandoned, as the lloltke did not dock until 6:30 p. m. This forenoon will be 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. The next 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 and Philadelphia. On Thursday, when the Moitke was in mid-Atlantic. Captain Meyer, on request of the German Emperor, gave what was called "The Emperors" Dinner." Two large feaal of the Kaiser and the Emperor of Austria were pot at the speakers' taole and tha festivities lasted until midnight. Party from University Numbers 180 Persons in Ail. TO BE AT COLUMBIA TO-DAY VIENNA SINGERS ARE HERE Visit Yellowstone Park this season Time -ret to do It. The Park clones Sept. 15th. Send Ax. -c «tamps for two beautiful books that tell of th- Part and the way to to. Th? title* are "Through Wonderland" and On the l .\ legs of tie Wind." Printed Inrich color*, embossed in «old. Remember: the Northern Pacific i* the only line to Gardiner Gateway official Park eatraac*. Through sleeping cartel-, ice direct tpOardiner. Through trains from Chicago, iicI_oui». <ac*a.-« City. St. Paul. Minneapolis. Duluth -»M Superior daily. X. X. Otlii-r: .".19 Bway. 'Phone Worth — Bis W. F. JIERSHO.N, O.A. p. D Northern Pacific Ry Isms cf me the Sara toga oonventioa nrd 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 en r attention to the question of candi- date. Speaking for himself and the other "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—"on principle." W.iJ.SLOANE Decorative ,- Furnishings V $As' IN variety and exclusiveness of de- &Tffi T sign and color effects, our dis- y plays of Floor Coverings and Decora- tive Materials cannot be approached. Wilton Carpets Oriental Rugs Brussels Carpets Kalliston Rugs Axminster Carpets Imperial Rugs Velvet Carpets Axminster Rugs Linoleums Wilton Rugs Mattings Mohegan Rugs Lace Curtains Fine Furniture Wall Papers Draperies Upholstery Fabrics Shades Broadway &Nineteenth Street That report persisted, even though it v.as pretty general knowledge that Mr. GrißCOnu during the extra session of the Legislature, 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 blow to Barnes, "Woodruff, Wadsworth and company. 1
