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VOL. I.. NO. 15,612.
COURT FINDS
1L
Government Loses All
But One Case.
SINGLE "TRUST" IS LOCATED
Interests Not Compelled to
Change Prices of Fuel.
RAILROADS HELD INNOCENT
afudr Derides Iiln Snch Are
No In Monopoly Plot, bnt That
One Concern They Own la ln
Uwtol Cas to Go Higher.
PHItAPET-rmA. Dec . The Cnlted
frtat Circuit Court for ths East Dle
trlet of Pennsylvania today found that
there la no general conspiracy imotif
ti-s anthracite carrylne; roads to re
strain romntrto, to monopollxe trade or
to maintain certain prlcea. but It did
decl-I that the Temple Iron Company
la a combination of anthracite coal
carrying railroads In Tlolatlon of the
Fharman Anti-trust Law.
The court rranted tha prayer of the
Gortrnmtnt for an Injunction, restrain
ing that corporation from continuing
violations of the act. The aura and
substance le that the Government wine
only one of several polnta that In the
Temple Iron Company case and that
the defendants will not be compelled to
chance the present prices of coal.
Three Optnlona Differ.
The caae waa beard by Judges George
Cray. Joseph Bufflnirton and William
l. Lanntng. last February. These opin
ions were handed down late thla after
r.oon and each differs from the others.
Judge Gray dtmlaed all of the Oe-rnn-.ent'a
charges except that relating
to the Temple Iron Company, which
tie sustains.
Judgs Bufflnirton dlamlaaed all the
charge except the one against the Tem
ple Iron Company and one relating to
the 15 per cent contract existing between
the big corporatlona and the Independ
ent coal companies. He sustained the
ehaiT" of violation of law on these two
foists
Lsnntog Dismisses All.
udae Lanntng dismissed all the con
tentions made by the Government.
The suit waa filed in June. 1907. during
president Roosevelt's administration.
The defendants included tha Reading
Company, the Philadelphia & Reading
Railway, the Lehigh Valley Railroad, the
lelaware. Lackawanna A Western Rail
road, the Central Railroad of New Jer
sey, the Erie Railroad, the new Suaeque
lanna Western" Railroad, the Phila
delphia Reading Coal Ac Iron Company,
tha Lehigh Valley Coal Company, the
Temple A WUkesbarre Coal Company,
the Pennsylvania Coal Company, the
MitiaM rl A Iron Company, the New
m I m 1 I Ik - lirTa.Vl. L j M X .JL -A - -
CONSPIRACY
Tork. Susquehanna Western Coal I of tna snglneera and firemen waa re
Company, the Temple Iron Company and That tha engineers saved
about 4 so-called lnaepeuaem cuu .u- .
fanles.
Three Koads "ol Involved.
The three other anthracite roads were
rot involved m the suit as they were not
competitors In carrying anthraclts to
tidewater. They are the Pennsylvania,
the New Tork A Northwestern and the
Delaware Hudson.
The theory of the Government's
rase was that all defendants had long
teen parties to a general conspiracy
which stifled competition In anthracite
coaL
The independent coal companies were
brought Into the case through the so
called ti per cent contract transaction.
Tha lndependenta sell their product to
tha big companlas for ti per cent of
the price the big companies receive for
It at tidewater.
Independents llelpless. Charge.
The Government contended that the
Independents were forced into making
these contracts because there was no
other way to get their coal to market.
If ths bis; companies chose to discrim
inate against them In the matter of
cars snd rales.
The Judge. In taking up the matter
f the 41 per cent contracts, concludes
that they ars not a violation of Inter
state commerce.
These contracts." Judge Gray says.
wre clearly intrastate and not Inter
State. In their character. They were
nmoi.t. when the coal was delivered
at tae mines . O. B- to the buyer. I
They did not control or anecu except
Indirectly a:id Incidentally. Interstate
commerce, much less did they suppress
sr restrain such commerce."
No General Conspiracy Seen.
Taking up the matter of a general
conspiracy among tie defendants.
Judgs Gray saja:
-A careful consideration of the argu
ment and brief of counsel tor the Gov
ernment does not convince us that the
evidence discloses say such general
contract, combination or conspiracy
among ths defendants for ths restraint
f trade or commerce In ths aeveral
ststea, or to monopolise any part of
4he trade or commerce among the
same."
Judge Gray then takes up tha matter
st the Temple Iron Company.
It appeared from tha testimony In
ICsaciuded ea Face a.)
JAPAN WARNED TO
PREPARE FOR WAR
CLASH WITH rXITF-D STATES
PREDICTED IN TORIO.
Anonymoo. VIoe-Admlral Is Quoted
In Mtrcr Saying; Nippon
Must Bo Ready for Inevitable.
vinviBiL B. c- Dec . That Japan
. , war with the United
Etates la tha text of an article puWUhed
by tn Toklo Nippon and received tooay
by the ateamer Tamba. Maru.
The Nippon quotes an anonyn.uu- -o-
aneeo Vice-Admiral as ") i""
aver regrettable the fact may oe. n
none the less Incontrovertible that a else
between Japan and a Western power
comes chiefly from Americas attitude.
t ..in rtn statesmen and enlightened
publicists on each side preach the neces
sity and demonstrate me r."j
tual friendship." says the Nippon. Kc
the leas from time to time and even with
growing Iteration, come rrora we l.'"""
.tHT, of hostility which at
any moment may develop a strength too
great for official control.
'Japan must be prepared jor m
tlngency. She must ask herseir wnai.
objective this element of I'mied. Btates
citlsens have In view when they advocate
the expenditure of enormous sums for
furnishing the Paclflo with a, big fleet;
creating s. powerful army on the Pacific
Slope; of building a huge coal depot and
naval station In Hawaii and of fortifying
the rhlllpploes. Hawaii and i-anama.
t-- mil., u Janan may be to believe
In any quarrel with her old friend. It
would be madness for her to shut her
eyes to facts which stare her In the face.-
TYPIST WEDS RICH MAN
Cn airman of Postal TrJegrapn
Hoard to Marry at 70.
SEW YORK. Dec. t. Albert Brown
cv..ju. ts ur. old. of Brooklyn,
chairman of the board of dlrectora of
the Postal Telegraph Company, oo
. . - nn.. tn.t.v to marry Miss
uunru ... " -
Mildred Vivian. SS years old.
Miss Vivian came to New Tor from
Lexington. Mo, and met Mr. Chandler
.v... .h -K.a . stenographer In the
employ of the Postal Telegraph Com
pany. The date of the wedding was not
announced, but It may be held privately.
Mr. Chandler has a record as a wea
rapher during the Civil War times, waa
. frln. of the late Thomas T.
Eckert. and has been Identified with
tha Postal Telegraph Company con
tinuously alnco Its organization In
1884. He la a director In many banka
and corporations and. bestdea hla resi
dence In Brooklyn, haa a Summer home
In Massachusetts.
ENGINEERS SAVE TRAIN
Prompt Action Prevents Conches
From Plunging; Over Trestle.
EVERETT. WasK. Deo. 8 (Special)
Despite the fact that Great Northern
train No. t was derailed on a 400-foot
trestle east of Skykomlsh today by a
broken rail, one Pullman alone remaining
on the track, only one man was Injured
to any extent, receiving a broken wrist.
The prompt action of Engineers Calder
and Graham In bringing the train to a
standi till Instead of Jumping, was all
that saved the train from being plunged
Into a canyon hundreds of feet below.
The first engine was left with the pilot
lokinv over a bridge and the escape
KQrM o peopIa from death and serious
Injury is certain, rvone waa nun sui
flclently to go 'to a hospital.
DEAD MOURNED; MAN DIES
Marlon W. Roberts Grieves to Death
Over Brother's Tragic End.
niTTrw Or Dfc 8. (9pecial. Marlon
W. Roberts, one of the well-known farm-
era In the southern part or Marlon coun
ty, died today, after grieving many weeka
over the death of his brother. J. E.
Roberts, who was murdered on the re
form school bridge near this city.
Brlght's disease Is) given as the direct
cause of bis death, but relatives declare
he lost health from the moment he heard
of the tragedy, ilr. Roberts waa M yeara
ot ge. He Is survived by a widow snd
three anna C M. Roberts, of Ealem
v.rl snd Ernest Roberts. botU of
Turner.
FIRE PURSUES AUTO FIRM
Two Machines Are Damaged
names In One Xl-ht-
hj
in luck Dursued ths Harrtooa Auto
Uvery Company last right, two of Its
machines being damaged by r.re witnin
an, of ' i hours. .
At a o'clock last evening, a CWO touring
car belonging to ths company caught fire
near tha ten-mile post on Base Line road
and was damaged to ths extent or xaro.
At o'clock this morning, ths Firs
Department responded to an alarm
turned In at Sixth and 'Washington,
streets to quench a blase In a landau
lot car, caused from a back firs. Ths
loss on this machine was nominal.
TURKISH COUP RUMORED
Military Dictatorship at Constanti
nople Is Not Confirmed.
LONDON. Deo. 8. According to spe
cial dispatches, rumors have reached
Berlin and Vienna of a projected coup
at Constantinople to establish a mili
tary dictatorship.
No confirmation of this report has
bean received hers.
CHURCH GETS BULK
OP EDDY FORTUNE
Board of Directors
to Control Bequest.
SON DOES NOT GET CENT
Instruction of Poor Persons in
Science Is Recommended.
COUSIN GETS KEEPSAKE
Members of Household Staff for Six
Yours Receive) Bequests of From
$1000 to $10,000 and ex-Con-gressmaxt
Is Administrator.
BOSTON, Xw, Dec. 8. Opelcal.V
The terms of the will of Mrs. Mary Bakar
CI. Eddy were learned hers late tonight.
To the Christian Science Church, the
source from whloh It came, goes the bulk
of her estate, which. Inclusive of the
value of copyrights. Is about tl.fJO.O0a
Thla part of the estate, which will be
about C.000.000, is under the terms of the
will to be devoted to the propagation of
the faith.
To the board of dlrectora Is left the
final decision as to the form which this
bequest will tales; but In her will Mrs.
Eddy has left several suggestions snd it
Is said the principal one relates to the
Instruction of needy persons who may
desire to become Christian Science
healers.
The construction of a college for
Indigent students may be the outcome of
this provision of the will, but It Is con
sidered equally probable that the bequest
will be devoted to the spreading of the
faith in foreign lands.
Ideas among both these lines are said to
have been Included In the wilL
Mother Church Gets Balk.
Other provisions of the will are as
follows:
The estate at Chestnut Hill Is be
queathed to the Mother Cburch. Its fu
ture will be determined by the board
of directors.
The house numbered 3S6 Commonwealth
avenue also beoomee the property of the
church. It Is the residence of Judge
Clifford P. Smith, the first reader, and la
next door to the residence which Mra
Eddy deeded to the church but retained
a life Interest.
'Pleasant View, the splendid estate
at Concord, N. H.. where Mra Eddy made
her home before coming to Chestnut Hill,
la to be sold.
The will specifies the administrator of
the estate must sell Pleasant View,
either at private sale or auction. The
administrator of the estats is ex-Con
gressman Henry M. Baker, of Bow, N.
H. He was the favorite relative of Mra
Eddy and she affectionately called him
"Cousin Henry," but all he gets under
the terms of the will Is, a keepsake.
something that will be valuable merely
as a remembrance.
Members of Mns. Eddy's household are
(Concluded on Page 4.)
. nTM-rnv t?TcIT.V. DECEMBER 9. 1910.
'I I 1
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Th Weather.
TEFTERDAT'S Maximum temperature, 52
decrees: minimum. 46 degree.
TODAT'S Occasionsl rain; cooler: westerly
winds.
Foreign.
Anonrmooi Jsnsnese Vlce-AflTilrai.
Toklo newnpaper. warns country i' v
pare for war with United State.. Page '
Chinese throne arcedei to popular oemanu
for constitutional Cabinet. Page 1.
Britlrh elections bring practically no change
in poaiuon ol parties, rase o.
National.
Panics no longer necessary, or even respect
able, says MacVeagh. Page T.
President calls Cabinet to consider Bnprsma
Court appointments. Page 10.
Champ Clark predicts approval of redsraJ
irovernment or mianu - ' -
House of Representative. Page T.
Government loses all but en of cases
charging conspiracy in rwi.iui v.
tnraclte coal trade. Page 1.
Poll tics.
In proposed reapportionment of ecmS?frr
Slonal dtstneta. aiui"omaii
to RepreMntaUv. Pag a.
Visiting Iowan predicts nomination of Cum
mins tor President, rag .
Wood row Wilson calls on New Jrssy leg
islature to sleet direct primary onoio.
&nator. Page 2.
Domestic.
Witness In Wattle I Blane trial says Mrs.
Glover threatened to snoot
t.- K
Rscetrack men have poor mmori at graft
Inquiry. Pag 1.
Fifteen Celestial stowaways entering San
Francisco successfully. Immigration iu"
double Tlsllanee over steamers. Pag -
Lou Kita Smith accuses sanitarium pro
prietor on stand. Pag &.
Spokane's eanau 104,402. lncress of 188
per cant. ag .
Mrs. Eddys will bequests bulk of stst t
Mother Churon. Fag I.
Sports.'
Msnv members of Multnomsh Club go to
beech tomorrow to atttsna wmueu -
i.lnmlnf race. Pas 8.
Neal Rail doesn't want to play ball with
Portland team. Pag .
Commevelal and Marine-
Potato shipping season has opened. Page 23.
Eteady derlln in Chicago wheat market.
Pag 23.
Stocks clos at best prices of day. Page 23.
Holiday orders for applea Pag i.
Pavclne Northwest.
Hhridenee In T.a arand murrttr case proves
most contrsdictory. Pag e.
Man onfe to murder of woman who was
thought killed by train. Page 1.
Han Patterson, former ehorus-gtrl. tried
for murder of Cseaer Young, is the bride
of Captain 6umnar Preecott. residing at
eeattl. Pag
"Wts" msk noisy demonstration at Steila-
eoom. Psg 6.
Portland and Vtclntty.
L. p. T,lmertck's entry takes blue ribbon In
fit gam class st in poultry snow,
ag IS."
Port of Portland Commission win issu 10.-
OOO of S oer cent bonds. Page 22.
Ben Francisco banker says Psnama Canal
will do much to build up Pacific Coast.
Pag IS.
Modlnratlons of liquor llcens ordlnsnc dls
use4 by Council commute. Psg 17.
Accused "slaver" sent to roykpils for msal-
mura trm. rsg .
uii.,it1im mnd is said to b vlannlnc n
trace to Portland by Chatt lln and
traffic arreement. Pag 18. .
Chief of Police Cox warns hotelkecpers to
einel undesirable women. Page 14.
Woman's yell In courtroom stirs audience
st Kersh murder trial, rag
Mt' Hood Railway will aak of Council permit
to cross sld streets. Pag la
Oood roads advocates propose tax on auto
mobiles. Peg .
Poatoffle site not yt mad public. Pag 4,
Commercial Club would bring urban home-
seekers from East, rsg iw.
NINE NEED SIGM VERDICT
Damage Case Arises Under New Law
Recently Insecd.
For the first time In the history of
the Multnomah County Circuit -ourt a
n.-.a Instructed yesterday that only
nine of the Jurora need sign the verdict.
Thla Instruction was given by Circuit
Judge Hamilton In the case of George
K. Kunitake against Albert Bahl. under
the law passed at the last general elec
tion, requiring only a three-fourth ver
dict. Kunitake. a Japanese, sued Bahl, a Ger
man farmer, for 113,907 damages, alleging
Bahl set fire to a slashing, and caused
.i nindmini Gresham fire last August.
icrgs part of Kuni take's cord wood was
burned. The Jury was Instructed to re
turn a sealed vemioi
"HEBE!"
CHINA
ADVANCES
THER STRIDE
Creation of Cabinet to
End Absolutism..
PROGRAMME IS PROGRESSIVE
Revolution Under Forms of
Law Seems Successful.
PEOPLE ARE UNDISMAYED
Throne Cannot Overawe Spirit of
Liberty In Senate and Leaders
From Provinces Evince De
termination to Succeed.
PEKW. Deo. 8. It seems aafe to an-
nnnniu that the ancient absolute
regime In China will exist only histor
ically after the Chinese New Tear In
January, mi. It Is stated that the
throne has decided to accede to tne
resolution of the Imperial Senats pray
ing for the immediate creation of a
constitutional Cabinet.
vniitiAfli aveintji in China have moved
with a rapidity that appears almost
revolutionary when It Is considered
that the provincial assemblies repre
senting the first step toward popular
government in the umpire s nistory ui
thousands of years were Inaugurated
ao recently as October 14. 1909.
The first Imperial Senate met Octo
ber t last.
Tk late TCmnresi Dowasrer decreed
that a general representative legisla
tive body, to be known as tne imperial
Parliament, be convoked In 1916, at the
end of a nine-year period of prepara
tion.
Taste Increases Ambition.
TTnwevar. the Deonle, having had a
taste of popular government, were Im
patient and the senate, soon alter it
was organized, demanded the Immediate
convocation of a general Parliament. The
throne and grand council yielded to the
extent of advancing the date for the In
auguration of Parliament to 191S, a de
cree making this effective being promul-
gated November 4.
It waa at first thought that the Sen
ate, one-half of the membership of
which was appointed by the throne,
would be subservient, but early In Its ex
istence It developed a striking Independ
ence and exhibited a spirit almost re
bellious. Leaders Not Discouraged.
"When a few weeka ago this attitude
was changed the general belief was that
the body had been Intimidated. An in
creased number of troops in the streets
was mistaken as an evidence of the gov
ernment's determination to suppress the
activities of the provincial delegates and
ti1r annnnrterS.
It appears now that these and others
nrs-ed a still earlier meeting or
Parliament had no Intention of abandon
ing their campaign but simply altered
their tactics and embarked upon a' plan
of private though undoubtedly forceful
persuasion.
AO
MAN SAYS HE IS
WOMAN'S SLAYER
SHE IS THOUGHT TRAIN'S VIC
TIM UNTIL HE SPEAKS.
Native of Switzerland Declares He
SInrdered Her When' She Refused
to Give Him Fifty Cents.
MEDFORD, Or., Dec. 8. (Special.)
Besides tha Southern Paclflo tracks a
mile sooth of Medford there was found,
yesterday morning, the body of a
woman and It was supposed that she
had been killed by a train, until, to
night, E. G. Brooks, a native of Switz
erland, surrendered himself to the local
police and confessed that he had mur
dered her because she refused to give
him 80 cents.
The dead woman has been Identified
as Mrs. Belle Ellis, and when found
she was lying beside the ties, her face
lying in the blood which oozed from a
wound In her bead Immediately the
conclusion was reached by the authori
ties that she had been struck by the
Shasta Limited, and the story of her
murder would never have been known
had not Brooks' conscience led him to
confess.
Broke told the police tonight that
he met the woman on the track, in the
darkness early Wednesday morning and
asked her to give him 60 cents. "When
ahe refused, he says, te pulled a ham
mer from his pocket and hit her over
the head. Then he threw the hammer
away.
The woman did not speak afterward,
he said. Be searched her clothing and
found 1S In ber stocking. He put the
money In his pocket and walked to
Medford. He cams here from Albany
and says he has a brother living In
Dldsburg, Alberta, Canada.
The murdered woman was seen on
the streets of Medford several . days
ago. She continually made Inquiries
for a man named "Fred" and acted as
If ahe was drunk. Ordered .off the
streets by the police, she started to
ward the depot.
TRAINS GET LUNCH CARS
Southern Pacific Will Pnt Counter
and Stools on Board.
SACRAMENTO, Cel., Dec. 8. Spe
claL) The Southern Pacific will soon
commence building here a lunch car, one
of several the company will in b tall on its
system. The car will have a kitchen and
the lunch counter will run around the
sides. They will be along the interior
plan of the lunch counter in the ferry
boat Solano. High-backed revolving
chairs will be used. The car will be a
decided innovation In the way of supply
ing food to the hungry who have not
sufficient means to patronise the Pull
man cars on the trains.
The Rnuthern Pacific has another novel
project in sight. It will wltiln the next
week give a complete railroad men's ex.
amlnation to 28 prominent business men
and as many newspaper men for the
purpose of giving a practical demonstra
tion of the manner in which the com
pany's employes are put through the
course of sprouts.
BOYS' JOKE N0J0KE AT ALL
Stockton Youths Sued for $5000 as
Result of Prank.
STOCKTON, Cal., Dee, 8. (Special.)
Efforts of boys to frighten Noah E.
Crewdson, of this place, by a trick is
proving far more than a Joke in th
Superior Court of San Joaquin county.
He is suing seven boys, or their par-
ents, for J5000, due to an alleged seri
ous Joke the boys played upon him. All
the boys are of respeotable parents.
He sets forth In his complaint that
they caused him much mental anguish
and that his health was greatly injured
by certain acts. From the testimony
presented today It appears Crewdson
was employed in an orchard near Lln
fled, and that the youths informed him
that a man had escaped from an asy
lum, and was liable to appear at any
time where Crewdson was employed.
One of them impersonated the sup
posed crazy man, with the result that
Crewdson was given a fright.
LUCY WHITE HAYES WEDS
Crowned Daughter of Confederacy
Makes Mining: Engineer Husband
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Dec 8.
Miss Lucy "White Hayes, daughter of
Joel Addison Hayes and the late Mrs..
Margaret Howell Jefferson Davis Hayes,
'who, following her mother's death sev
eral months ago, was crowned Daugh
ter of the Confederacy, was married to
night In St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
to George Bower Young, of Flacervllle,
Colo.
Mr. Toung Is the son of the late Har
vey Young, the famous painter, who
died in this city about nine years ago.
The Rev. A. M. Taft, rector of St.
Btephen's Church, officiated.
After the ceremony there waa a re
ception at the Hayes residence. Mr. and
Mrs. Young will go direct to Placerville,
Colo., where they will live, and where
Mr. Young is a prominent mining engin
eer. BAD EGGS BACTERIA ALIVE
Over 150,000,000 Germs to Cubic
Centimeter In Seizure.
KANSAS CITY. Dec. 8 The Govern
ment today seized 176 cases of eggs
which had been shipped from Dallas,
Tex., to a local candy company after
a chemical analysis showed that they
were spoiled.
They contained 150,000,000 bacteria to
the oubio contimeter, the analysis
snowed. -
PRICE FJVE CENTS.
RACETRACK W$
MEMORIES BLANK
Graft Inquiry Fails to
Trace $20,000 Item.
BOOKMAKERS KEEP NO BOOKS
"Legal Expenses" Allowed
Without Question or Voucher.
CASH BORROWED TO PAY
Item of $250 for Missionary Work
Among Ministers Appears Bet
ting by Women Is Stopped
After Protest Is Made,
NEW TORK, Dec. 8. Missing book
missing witnesses, faulty memories and
the easy-going methods of the Metro
politan Turf Association (the book
makers' organization) netted the mills
jot the Joint legislative committee only
a meager grist of new facts today.
Isalore Kresel. assistant counsel for
the committee, tried to get John J.
Evans, treasurer of the Metropolitan
Turf Association, to explain the origin
of 820,000 deposited to the credit of ths
association with the Mutual Bank. He
had little success.
Amasa Thornton, a New York law
yer, who spread the pro-racing views
of certain clergymen, according to
August Belmont's testimony yesterday.
told how he earned a fee of $250 from
the Westchester Racing Association.
Richard T. Wilson, Jr., president of
the Saratoga Racing Association since
1909, explained that ho did not take
office until after the Hughes anti-racing
programma had been carried
through and that, therefore, ho knew
nothing of the activities of the associa
tion in 1908. when the books of the as
sociation show that It spent 818.B44
for legal services, as against JJ185 the
year previous and 88750 the year fol
lowing. Treasurer Has No Records.
John J. Evans, of the Bookmakers"
Association, was the most important
witness of the day. He repeated again
and again that as treasurer he kept
no books and no correspondence and
that he could not be expected to re
member where all the money went that
passed through his hands, or where it
came from. He did keep a check book
and a bank pass book, and the entries
and stubs in these gave the Assistant
District Attorney hints for mot of
his questions.
Mr. Kresel, for Instance, sought to
find out about a payment of 14600 to
Edward Burke, chairman of tha As
sociation. "The way 1 did was this:" explained
Evans. "We were at the trac. and
were talking about the way business
was going and he said: 'John, I got a
bill for e4500, and I wish you would
give me the money.'
"Legal Expenses" Paid.
" 'All right; whYt fori' I asked.
" "Legal expenses.' says he.
" "When do you want itf
" "Want it now.'
" 'Check or cashT
" "Want cash.'
1 went and borrowed the cash from
a man at the track and gave it to him."
Burke Is now In Havana. Evans did
not know why he went. "Never had
asked him or when he would be back,"
he said. "Burke," he added, "was a
very uncertain man."
Item of $20,000 Forgotten.
"1 don't know," replied the witness,
after some parleying.
"Isn't It a fact that $20,000 was col
lected as a result of a special assess
ment?" "Not as far as I know."
The witness said he would try to find
out. He admitted that the day after
the $20,000 was deposited he took out a
deposit slip for $15,000 for counsel fees.
Evans admitted payments of $12,d00
to other attorneys, but said this was
not for fighting the racetrack bills
but to look after members of the asso
ciation who might be arrested.
It was made to appear from pay
ment Of loans to the Mutual Bank that
in 1908 the bookmakers' association
borrowed about $19,500 In 'two loans,
one of $12,000 and one of $7500. But
it was impossible to prove this, be
cause a ledger containing the book
makers' association accounts for 1908
had been lost.
Betting by Women Stopped.
Thornton, who testified concerning
his dealings with ministers, said:
"In a conversation with several min
isters In the Fall of 1906 the question
came up of the conduct of. racing at
Aqueduct. The secretary of one of
these ministers suggested I go down
there. I found some 2500 women and
1000 men there. I did not like the way
the crowds were acting, especially the
women. I went back to the church
people and reported to them.
"I knew Mr. Belmont and told him
of conditions as I found them. I told
him I thought If the messengers were
taken from the grandstands so thai
women could not bet, a good thing
would tie done. This was done In 1907.
"One day in the Fall of 1908 I callec
at Mr. Belmont's offloe at his request
I saw some ministers and I mads ra
forts back to Mr. .Belmont T - -