Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 141, Hammond, Lake County, 1 December 1906 — Page 8
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THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES Saturday, Dec. 1, 1906.
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GEITEHAL AND EXPLICIT DENIAL
Accuser Wanted "Warren's Help for Promotion, the Senator Says.
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Difl Mention Coal Land Frauds, and Got Some Good Advice OnlyStory of Land-Grabber Methods. .
Washington. Dec. 1. Senator Warren, who has arrived in the city, made the following statement in contradiction of the aflidivit of Special Agent Meyendorff, of the general land office, ni-ido at Salt Lake City, in which Warren and his colleague, Clark, were charged with conspiring with others to put a stop to investigations into charges made in. connection with tho entry of eo-il lands owned ly the Union Pacific Hallway company: "If Meyendorff made Kuch an affidavit he must have been indulging in pipe dreams. I am Informed that Senator Clark never saw the man and never had any communication with him oral or written. Clark Needed No One's Help. "The idea of Senator Clark needing Meyendorff s assistance in his re-election is absurd, a? Wyoming was practically solid for him and no candidate opposing. As for myself I never knew that such a man as Special Agent Meyendorff existed until some time late in 1903 or in 1004, when I received a letter from him saying that he wished to see me; that he had heard that somebody had been writing me to his discredit, and asking if I would not let Mm know when I wns in Cheyenne or Denver, so that ho might call; that we were brother soldiers of the civil war, etc.. etc." Meyendorff Wanted Promotion. Warren then says that he notified Meyendorff later that he would be in Denver on a certain date, and there Meyendorff asked Warren's assistance to obtain promotion, putting his request for and on his civil war record and friendship for Warren's friends, that he (Warren) consented to mow tion the matter to Meyendorff" s superior in ollice. Then, Warren says, Meyendorff mentioned that he "had a lot of illregnlar and illegal coal claim cases made by parties in Colorado for land hi Wyoming, said to be in the interest of the Union Pacific Coal com
pany, lie asked my advice how to pro
ceed. I suggested that he follow the
law and his instructions." Makes a General Denial.
Warren says he saw Meyendorff per
haps twice later, and on one of those occasions Meyendorff again asked IT' 1 IT
arren s am. v. arren concludes as
follows: "As to the subject matter of the testimony referred to I have had no connection with coal or other
land entries of the Union Pacific, or
any other railroad or other company,
and no interest whatever in coal further than an ambition to have the peo
ple of my country get plenty of coal
of good quality and at reasonable
prices, and that the world might know
of the vast deposits of coal underlying
the soil. Adds Some Emphasis Thereto.
And further than this I desire to
Fay that any one who accuses me oth
crwise speaks falsely no matter who,
when or where."
renge and secured his discharge from positions he obtained. He also said that while he was working for the Pleasant Valley Coal company he was required to copy from Western Union wires all messages relating to the coal company. Tho last witness of the day was Attorney Edward Allison, ocunsel for the Utah Fuel company, who gave testimony to prove that the oil land near Evanston, Wyo.. had been legally awarded to the Union Pacific after a hearing before a special agent from Washington. The hearing lasted five weeks, said the witness, and both sides were fully represented. The statement of Department Chief Pollock, of the interior department, declaring false what Meyendorff had said about him was read into the cer-
ord, and J. T. Marchand. attorney for the government, was permitted to place on record a news interview in which
Pollock is quoted as calling the inter
state commerce commission's investigation a "piece of impertinence."
Om.-fja, Neb., Dec. 1. In the land
fraud trials here in the United States
court numerous witnesses, many of the soldiers, told how thev had filed on
ands for the benefit of the Itichards-
Comstock combination, and never Intending to live on the lands as the law provides. Tho soldiers filed on land to
sell it to tho combination, which was unlawful.
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DHIGAND METHODS USED
Decrees Calculated to Win Votes for Stolypin and His Adherents.
ANOTHEH REGULATOR OF TIME
Benefits Clerks and Commercial Employes Sunday and Holiday. Closing New Hight for Feasants.
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HAD A RIGHT TO BE THANKFUL
Dun & Co. Says Uncle Sam's Condi
tions as to Prosperity Warrants Gratitude. New York, Dec. 1. It. G. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
Business was interrupted by the
Thanksgiving holiday, but conditions
warranted more than ever before a
day devoted to grateful recognition. In all departments of agricultural, industrial and mercantile activity the
current year is surpassing even the
phenomenal record of liKX"), which in
turn eclipsed all preceding years. Keports from leading cities indicate that trade was1 well maintained during the lost week, and further improvements noted in mercantile conditions. Distribution of staples is on a large scale.
Leading manufacturing industries
are receiving orders for delivery far into next year, the volume of forward
business being exceptional for iron aiid steel products, and a sharp ad
vance in the price of raw cotton testifies to the consumption by spinners. Operations continue at the maximum in the Iron furnaces, yet deliveries are unsatisfactory. Confidence in well
consumption is evidenced by purchases
abroad for delivery next year.
Liabilities of commercial failures
thus far reported for November
amounted to $0,$0!e01, of which $2,-
9."7,9G9 were in manufacturing, $3,-
043,477 in trading and $208,155 in other commercial lines.
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How George D. Hallidny Iiost Valuable Coal Lands. Salt Lake City, Dec. 1. Inter
shite Commerce Commissioner Clarke
continued his investigation of the coa
trace m the inter-mountain country
and the methods of acquiring coa
properties. The most interesting testi
mony was given by George D. Halli
day, of Salt Lake City, who told of
lis efforts to acquire title to a tract of coal land in Whitmore canon, near Sunnyside. lie organized the Ilolliday Sunnyside. He organized the Halllday Coal compary and undertook to mine coal. Robert Forrester, geologist of the Utah Fuel company, with J. Kipnnn and other men, came to him, he s.i;d. and told him that unless he got oT the land they would jump his claim. Later, during his absence, armed men went in and took possession of his property to which a man named Robert Kirker set up a claim. Hallidav
testified that he attempted to contest Kirker's claim in the district court of tho Third Utah district, but every decision wos against him until he secured a trausfer of the case to Salt Lake City. Ilaliiday told of several conversations with Robert Clark, superintendent of the Pleasant Valley Coal cornpiny, and other officials of the companies, in which sometimes threats were made against him and at other times efforts were mr.de to buy bim out. Finally tiring of the straggle ho sold out to the coal company for ?22.C00. This land today is one of the n ost valuable coal and coking propertics owned by the Utah Fuel company. Arthur A. Sweet testified to a simllar case to Halliday'a in whieh Sweet was kept off his own land by armed men, and when he obtained two injunctions both were disregarded. He tried to use his land but found that ho could get no capital, no rates and no
RUSSIAN TACTICS IN MEXICO Strike Intended to Interfere with the Enforcement of Mexican Law.
Tucson, A. T., Dec. 1. The Sonora
railroad, which Is the southern extension of the Southern Pacific system
from Xogales, A. T., to Guaymas, state of Sonora, Mexico, is tied up as a result of a strike which has ns its ob
ject the securing of the release of Jesse M. Reitz, now held at Hermosillo on a charge of manslaughter. Reitz
was the engineer of a passenger train which killed a Vaqui Indian while the latter was walking on a track near
Hermosillo last Saturday. Reitz was arrested and at prelimin ary hearing was held for trial in de
fault of i?n,000 bail. By preconcerted
arrangement all trains on the road
were pulled into Hermosillo and aban
doned by the crews, who refused to
move the trains until Reitz is re
leased.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 1. An important part of the administration's programme for industrial reform, designed to appeal for the votes of the great mass of clerks and commercial employes at the coming elections, has been promulgated In a law providing for the "normal repose of commercial establishments," which was signed by
the emperor Thursday night. In addition to a ten-hour day for employes in stores, offices, and so on, and a fifteen-hour day for those who work In
restaurants, saloons and similar estab
lishments which are allowed to be
open at night, the law embodies the
statute regarding Sunday closing, pro
viding for closing stores and the ces
sation of work in factories, except in
the case of industries where con
tinuous activity is necessary.
Seven-Hour Day for Boys. Groceries and meat markets will be
permitted to open for a few hours on Sunday. In addition to two hours
at noon employes under 17 years of age are entitled to three hours daily
for school time. The provision for Sunday closing extends also to the
twelve great holidays of tho Russian
church, but in the districts chiefly In
habited by the non-orthodox population other days' of corresponding Import
ance may be substituted.
Had to Make the Concessions. The law does not extend to the fac
tories and industrial establishments,
which will be covered by a law to be
issued later. At the outset the Industrial and commercial interests offered considerable opposition to the enact
ment of this" legislation, but shifted
their ground owing to fear that the labor movement would again enter a
revolutionary phase if the concessions
were not granted. Peasants Get a New Right.
Another step in the direction of
equalizing the peasantry with other
classes of the population was taken.
when the emperor signed a law permitting peasants to mortgage their lands
in order to obtain money for improve
ments for the purchase of implements
or for obtaining additional lands. In
order to prevent the exploitation of
the peasantry by unscrupulous, irre
sponsible individuals- or corporations tho money can only be borrowed from the government or agrarian banks. Hitherto, under the communal system,
the peasants did not have the authority to mortgage their farms, which were regarded as belonging to the state
until payments for the land were fully
completed. ROOSEVELT COMMENDED
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A Few More Lots in McHieand Wood
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Interesting from "The" Allen.
New York, Dec. 1. "The" Allen,
whose home was recently raided under orders from the district attorney's
office gave out a statement in which
he denies that he has had any inter est in games of chance or made a con
fession implicating the police. He also
says that the only times he ever contributed to an election fund was when
he gave Thurlow Weed $50,000 to help elect Abraham Lincoln, and when
he subscribed to help elect William Travers Jerome.
Receives Scores of Letters Approving
Ilia Course with the Negro Soldiers.
Washington, Dec. 1. Scores of
telegrams and letters! have been re-
by President Roosevelt commending his course in dismissing without honor the members of the three companies of
the Twenty-fifth infantry. They come mostly from the north, and include many from persons who served as officers and privates during the civil war, and who have served with negro
troops.
It is expected that as a result of the
criticisms of the president which have
been made a resolution will be introduced in congress calling for all the
information in the war department, to
gether with the president's action in the case. Meanwhile any further state
ment from the president on the subject
is sa'd at the White House to be very
tmlikei
Couldn't Do Up Two. San Francisco, Dec. 1. Joe Thomas, the welterweight champion, knocked out Frank McConnell, of this city, in the first round, after a minute and a half of fighting. Thomas, after a half hour's rest, took on Al Nell and endeavored to stop him in ten rounds, but failed, Neil getting the decision at the end of the bout.
Another Devil Wagon Danger. Philadelphia, Dec. 1. Gustav Soedng. aged T8 years, well-known as a promoter of amusement enterprises, was found dead in his automobile in a garage in the northern section of the city. He had been asphyxiated by gasoline fumes while leaning over the tank of the machine making repairs. They Just Carried Off the Safe. New Orleans, Dec. 1. It has developed that the fashionable boarding house of Mrs. Frank Emmett, 2722 St. Charles avenue, was entered by burglars Wednesday evening and a
small iron safe containing diamonds
and jewels worth from &,000 to $6V 000 carried off.
Fatal Agrarian Riot. St. Petersburg. Dec. 1. An agrarian riot broke out in the village of Veteroff, Kazan district. The rioters looted
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