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VOL. LXXXVHI-NO. 104.
WILMIJSGTON, N. C, TIIUllSDAY MOKNINGr, JULY 20, 1911.
WfltOLE NUMBER i3,6C$5.
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VV?.Lt PAPER TRUST UIIDER G.1TI
UPHOLD TAFT AND RECIPROCITY
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BIS WON TRUST IS CHH
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IN LI
IRIMER CASE
President of Chicago Bank
Tells of Hines Message
to Gov. Deneen.
NEVER HEARD OF BRIBERY
Geo. M. Reynolds Interesting Witness
Before Lorimer , Investigating
Committee The Washing
ton Incident. j
Washington, July 19. -George M .
Reynolds, president , of the Continen
tal Commercial Bank, of Chicago, who
waa reported to have : declined the
treasury port folio in the Taft adminis
tration, today told the Senate Lorimer
Committee what he knew of Edward
Hines delivering an alleged message
from the administration at Washing
ton to Governor Deneen to aid Lori
mer's election. He recited how Hines
en the day of Lorimer's election con
sulted with him as to how to deliver
the message to Deneen.
"Hines came to me that morning
(May 2Cth)," said Reynolds today,
" and raid be bore a message that
would have an Important bearing on
Illinois politics, that it came directly
from Senator Aldrich, and in reality
irom the administration of President
Taft and was to Governor Deneen.
"He told me in substance that there
had been a conference of some lead
ing Senators in Washington and lie
had been commissioned to take a mes
sage, which was in effect that the
Senators, including the President, had
expressed a desire to have a Sena
tor elected from Illinois and after con
sideration of the local situation they
had come to the conclusion that Con
gressman Lorimer .could be united
letter than any one .and they pre
ferred to having Lorimer elected rath
er than to have the Legislature ad
journ without making an. erection."
Reynolds said that be . suggested
that he; Hines, ietepnorie Deneen, lie-,
neen replied Reynolds . might have
to identify him to Deneen, but he
did not call upon him to do so. Rey
nolds said Hines told him. that a
night or so before he had Waited at
Aldiich's home until he returned from
the White House, where he had gone
to discuss Lorimer's candidacy.
According to Reynolds, Htaes re
marked once to him that - he : (Hines i,
urobablv was Instrumental in Lori
mer's election, evidently referring, to
his message to Deneen. Tne oniy
time the use of money in the . elec
tion was suggested, Reynolds said,
was when Mr. McCormick, then man
ager of the Chicago Tribuune, camo
to him with the statement that he had
definite knowledge that some one took
$128,000 from Washington to Spring
field. .-
"McCormick," he added, "said he
knew I knew about the message to
Deneen and asked if I knew anything
about the money.' r ",-'."
Mr. Reynolds said he certainly nev
er knew of the use of money in the
election 'ot Lorimer. -
C. F. Wiehe, secretary of the Ed
ward i Hines Lumber Company, de
clared that William. Burgess, of Du
luth. Minn., was an "absolute liar" if
he testified that which was read, as
Pin-Res 3' testimony. Burgess had said
Wiehe told him on the Winnipeg Fly
er, March 7.M911, that he subscribed
$10,1)00 to a Lorimer election fund.
Wiehe told the committee that he be
lieved there was a "frame-up" between
Burgess and W. H. Cook. The latter
recently testified that Edward Hines
telephoned from his room In Chicago
the day Lorimer was elected that he
(Hines) would be down to Springfield
with all the money necessary for Lor
liner's election. Wiehe said that he
believed Cook would perjure himself
xo injure Hines.
Wiehe denied that he ever heard of
the "Father Green incident," as Bur
Kess related it. Wiehe, however, re
called a rumor that Detective Keely,
of the Slate's attorneys office in Chi
tago, complained to Father Green
faboiit the work assigned to him in the
i onnier case and that Keely got Rep
imputative BecVmever drunk and that
tlim Kockmeyer was taken down to
me red light district and a comprising
photograph shown him when, he would
not testify as wanted.- ' -
Samuel J. Cusson, of Virginia,
Minn., a stockholder in the Edward
"ines Lumber Company, John . B
J rice, a lumber man of Seattle, Wash
dll,i H. A. Johnson, formerly of the
.Mneiican Lumberman, of Chicago
old of being on the Winnipeg Flyer
'J naviriR heard the remarks attrlbut
fa io Wiei1e. j
Aldrich Ready to, Appear.' i
whether the Taft administration
waiitf.fi Lorimer elected to succeed
s as Illinois senator and whet!
" iormer Senator Aldrich. of Rhode
j-Mnu, then the Republican Senate
mat wish
1 i
...... iiiaita tuiuugll vr
was conveyed to Edwarrd
, V16 ,mberman, probably, wll
'ie.l(,,p,l tnmnrrnm At Alilploh
tZ 'Hl waFhington tonight and is
nrnl. ... al'lear before the Lorimer
h Z e. at once t0 explain his a
th in- uvlUes m connection
"Illinois senatorinl eteoHnn
nntiiUeR- llaH testfled that he waited
latter bf!nator Aldrich while" the
tver ,a n, 6 WhIte House, talked
with P.e fillnoi3 senatorial deadlock
n Resident Taft, At the conclu-
Four Indictments by Federal Grand
Jury at Cleveland Action Fol-
r lows Secret Session of the
Manufacturers. '
Cleveland, O., July 19. Four indict
ments were returned this afternoon by
the Federal grand jury which has been
investigating an alleged wall papr
trust. '- The indictments charge a con
spiracy in restraint ot trade under the
l'rovisions of the Sherman anti trust
taw. The indicted parties are all of
ficials of wall paper jobbing houses.
They are J. B. Pearce, president of
the J, B. Pearce Wall Paper Company,
of Cleveland; Norton Newcomb, of St.
Louis; Edward E. Maxwell, of Chicago,
v. aii, ui vuiumuua, vxuiu.
Bond was flved at 5,000 in each case.
. The specific charge against the in
dicted men is that they met in Clever
land on May 30, 1910, and after a se-
cret session notified wall paper man-
utaclurers of the country that if theyl
aoiu van paper io nve ana ten cen
stores, the jobbers would boycott the
laanr.facturers. -
The significance of this action, tie
government alleges, is that the four
men constitute the executive commit-
tee of the National Association of Wall
Paper Jobbers.
A cording to Federal officials over
threw hundred five and ten cent stores
throughout thecountry were aflected I
y tne anegea order of the jobbers.
uty investigation of several weeks'
durntionv . .
The fovernment first took up tho in I
tsiigation six mouths ago on the
char fee of Frank C. Hall, who oprraies
number of pve and ten cent wall pa
per mi ores in Pittsburg, that v. atl pa
er manufacturers TrTd JobbS had
ccml?ned and refused io seU h'ni wall I
pptv
AN APOLOGY TO FRANCE.
Spanish Government Regrets Arrest
- of FrenOh Consular Agent.
Paris, July 19. The Spanish am-
ro, today called on M. DeSelves, the Prom nBi unusuay Dea7 ai
pnAh rnrian if nn,i tion to old crop supplies during the
ed the regrets of the Spanish govern-
ment ror the arrest recently or M.
Boisset, French consular agent et Al -
Mr unmn hv onkh n.trni
- "1 r I
The ambassador said that the Span-
ah fni.rn miniar hod hni vot r. 1
ceived a report on the subjects but I
that after reading, the French official
vprsinn nf th incident h hAd xnrRS- I
d rperet to the French ambassador
at Madrid and his eovemmpnt. Senor I
erez-Caballero added that the minis-
ter r en nested him to reneat this
pression to M. DeSelves and inform
tho Frenfh fnrlen mlnistftr that aa
soon as he receives a full report from
the legation "at Tangier he will in-
struct Col. Svlvestre. commander of
the Spanish section 6f the Moorish
nollne to convev adeauate aDoloeies
to M. Boisset. I
In addition, the .Spanish ambassa-
dor said, his government was desirous I
of maintaining cordial relations -with
ranee and had forwarded instruc-
tions to its. agents at Alcazar in this
sense: v
CONVICT PARDONED.
Harnett Man. Gets Executive Clemen
cy In the West.
(Special Star Correspondence.)
Raleigh, N. C, July 19 McKinnon
Williams, serving six months in Har
nett county for abandonment, is. par-
doned by - Governor Kitchin in order Df &x or seven points, but the mar
that he ma"y go to a hospital to have jet .soon weakened !again under selling
an eye removed in order that hemay that was every bit as active and as
save the other one. ne is to give &uu
bond for good behavior and as a guar -
antee that ne win contriDuie as raucu
as 10 per month toward tne support
of his wife, the payments to begin six
months hence. , . .
State Commission of Labor ana
Printine M. L. Shipman, lust Dae k
from an inspection of the Cranberry
mines in Avery county, following, the
killing of L. C. Tolley some weeKs ago again heavy buyers, and in connec
through the explosion of a sharge or jlon wItn covering by shorts, checked
hlaat nowder that had failed to go Off
4ln tvAalr hut onmo nf tho rtld hull
when the fuse was lighted and then
iifftphnrcpd from subseauent detona-
..Hv...OV. - - ,-.1
tions of the drills, says at inere ,
remarkably little political talk in tne
West, the people giving their atten-
tion to tneir worn auu w mo
tainiATit of the ereat numDer 01 visu-
ors That are invading the mountains
for the Summer. The Summer visit
ors ire the most -numerous Jnown
arcould b7 wished.""
, i vimiv f Aoex. Wake
-w .
TlaTeleh N C July 19. There was
a nevere Bail storm in the vicinity of
Aoex Wake county, .late yesterday
1
afternoon which is said to' have dam-
aged the crops to the extent of $40,000
or $50,000.' Apex is in a great toDac-
co section and the damage to this pro -
duct was extensive. . .. Oyer juo acres
araa ilootrnVAd. ' .
. x. . Uli.ns' OHM hi
President wanted Lorimer elected.!
vri. ninAA has souEht-to prove that
his own energies were directed toward
the election of Lorimer as the result
that alleged conference' at .' the!
whit Hniisfl and declared he believed
he held the commission of tne adminis -
tratlon '- . ' " .
Following Mr. Hines' testimony a
statement of the President's attitude
tho Tllinois election contrary
to the impression "created by Hines,
v;aa " issued: from tne wmte nouss.
Th testimony of Mr. Aldrich has been
awaited with much interest. -
MAY tt: MILLIONS
Bull Operators Who Took
Fortunes Recently Threw
Over Holdings.
DRASTIC LIQUIDATION llfllED
Aftermath of Recent Heavy .Selling
Movement Sensational De-
clins Continues The Gener
al Situation.
New York, July 19. A renewal of
the heavy 'selling movement in the
c,ctton market; today seemed calculat
ed to remqve whatever doubt ma;
uae exisiea lonowing me Dig aecnno
of Tuesday that at last leading bull
interests, including Eugene Scales,
Colonel Thompson,; the New Orleans
f. nr,A rtA,a , . ,r fl
operators and others who have qgo?
cd 80 Prominently in the market re
ports of the last two years as having
taken fortunes out of cotton, had large-
,T thrown over thir holdings. Va
rious estimates were ventured during
the daj, as to the probable losses of
the bulls and their, friends, all
of
which ran up into the millions.
The impression appears to be thatl, in aimost every (Case been artili-
the-bulls emboldened by the success
fh ' maintained
their position on the market owing to
the strong statistical position of the
old crop and an expectation that
drought In the Southwest, or the boll
weevil in the central belt, would cause
another partial failure of the crop.
With trade reports unfavorable, the
drought in Texas relieved, new crop
?umm U Is, supposel tb, bul 3
ir . 1 i- C J
lXi?rt ot the market, at a time when
Southern offerings against prospec-
I1J ltbln n.o,o
c I ' v J
steadily.and that the iheavy selling
, . T - , T;
luv jiiatuwi. iuauuuuuitui
holdings. !
In Pite of a feeling that .rallies was
to be anticipated after such drastic
nquiaauon as mat 01 several aays
ex-tPast, local sentiment still seemed or
a very bearish average after the close
OI - dus mess nere lonigm aim mere
was tallr in some quarters of eleven
and even ten cent cotton, owing to
tne expectation of a very favorable
Atgust ronditlon report and the de
moralizatlon of the bull party. Trade
interests, however, had been very
heavy buyers of both old and new crop
deliveries -during the day, and many
traders who had sold before the big
decline started appeared to De taking
profits on their short cotton, possibly,
t- wait for further hopes from the
crop, which, however, brilliantly it
may promise is admittedly not yet
assured, and for a better idea of the
attitude of the Southern planter with
reference to marketing his yield at the
lower orlces
. Afterthe early sensational break,
a lull in the Jiquidating movement ,to-
wa.nl mid-day, .permitted of a rally
urgent as any noted since the begin
pjng Gf the bean movement and for
the first; time in nearly two years,
January contracts broke below the 12
cent . ieveL August was relatively
I weak bh this decline, selling at 12,89
or 2.25 per bale under the closing
i vostprdav while new croD
positions showed, a net loss of about
2 Doints. .Trade interests wer-
kfokerg continued to sell, and rallies
u.u,i ti Ami t woo-vorv
steady, however, at the net decline of
12 tQ 42 points, with August closing
at 1292t ahd January at 12.06 after
lft f?l W llUlltU.' . V- ... M.W . V J
that month had gold at n.99
DR. WELLS DOING WELL.
0f !8ubeMtfu 0peratlon for
. Appendicitis Yesterday Morning.
(Special Star Telegram.)
, . Richmond, Va., July 19.-Jtev. J. M
Wells, D. D., of Wilmington, was sue
cessfully operated upon this morning
at Johnston-Willis Sanitarium, for ap
Lpendlcitia. Following the operation
I . v 1 A 1
he spent a comiortaDie anernoon, out
m the evening ne oegan to suner con-
siderable pain. His condition, however
Ms considered satisfactory . Mrs. Wells
J Jt M Wfelis, Jr.; and Dr. Wells' bro
uher from'-Mississippi are with mm
I '
THE 6TEPHENSON ELECTION.
- :v" -Committee Today.
Washington. July 19. Charges of
corrUptlon in the election of Senator
Stephenson, or Wisconsin,' win De taK
en up tomorrow iby the Senate Com
I mittee on Elections and Privileges
j Chairman Dillingham will lay before
I the; committee the ' papers, concerning
the case which the Wisconsin Legis
lature recently forwarded to the Sen
ate with a request for a Congression
al investigation, c The committee will
aeieiuiiue nu vuu il euuum wrb,
but thus far the members have not
u uuw wia uc
si
one and Works
Made Strong Speiches in Senate
i ' Yesterday- New Features
- Are BroudtitjOut.
Washington, July Vigorous sup
port of the Canadians Reciprocity agree
ment by Senators Brown, of Nebras
ka; Stone, of Missouri, and Works, of
California, and a short speech against
the measure by Senator Kenyon, of
owa," made up todajr's'debate on the
measure in the Senate.'
Senator Stone arraigned the Inter
ests which he said hadtbeen using the
farmers for the purpose of attacking
reciprocity. He "declared Democrats
could find no excuse for not support-
mg tne agreement . introduced Dy
President Taft. ' '
'This is part of a great progressive
movement toward 'ar-"closer commer
cial alliance with Canada, that will be
for the lasting benefit 'of , both coun
tries," said Senator Stone. "The pres
ident is on. the right-side; the Demo
cratic House of Representatives is oh
the right side. It; will be, a pitiful
:ectacle if the Senate should stand
as a stumbling block." : ,
He. said he had been charged by
soroc Democrats with- being an ally
of the Republican President..,
'I am supporting the measure, not
the President," he said. "As soon as
t is disposed of I am afraid my alli
ance with him will cease, unless he
s willing to support some of the Dem
ocratic tariff bills."-.
Senator Stone said the reciprocity
bill had been pictured as a ghost
stalking around in a moonless light
"t
1 M- A A A. . t T T J.
cially created.
The 30.000 name petition from Min
nesota, presented by Senator Nelson
was the result of the activities of an
agricultural paper, ho said.
The National Grange had been used
y t'.ie firm of New York lawyers, Al
len & Grahame, who1 were summoned
before the Finance Committee, said
Senator Stone, to oppose reciprocity
for the benefit of other interests that
the firm represented.- Instead of be;
iug lawyers for the farmers, he said,
they were "professional , lobbyists
and represented manufacturers.
"The idea was to, arouse the farm
ers and have them inarch upon the
capital and .Congrps" saidj Senator
Stone. , .?BiittumCijem were these
great sheltered intermits, forcing - the
bills and urging them on." I
THE CRISIS IN. PERSIA.
Brought About by Presence- of the
Former Shah.
Teheran. July 19. At a special
meeting of the National Council today
the premier emphasized the necessity
of absolute union in the crisis which
has been brought about by the pres.
ence of the former Shah Mohammed
Ali Mirza in Persia and the revolution
movement headed by the ex-Shah's
brother in Kurdistan. Several speech
es were made endorsing this view and
the National Council empowered the
government to proclaim martial law
of the most rigorous description.
An expedition composed of 500
Bakhtiyaris, 500 reformed cavalry and
a large contingent of volunteers will
start forthwith: against Mohammea
Ali.
Opinion here is interested in the at
titude Great Britain will adopt as co
signatory of the protocol of August
28, 1909, in which Russia promised to
prevent political agitation on the part
of the ex-Shah.
NO CHOLERA IN RUSSIA.
Authorities Replied to Message Sent
by United States.
WashlngtonJuly -'Supplementing
the' usual precautions taken by this
country to ascertain through its con
suls abroad the existence at any place
of cholera, yellow fever, plague or
other dangerous . diseases, Surgeon
General Wymaa, head of the Public
Health and Marine Hospital Service,
asked the - State Department to en
quire whether there was any cholera
in Russia and the Russian authorities
replied today in the negative. A,ca
blegram from the American consul
general at Moscow said that no chole
ra is officially reported anywhere In
Russia.
Boston. Philadelphia, Baltimore and
other ports are being watched closely
for ships coming from Italian ports,
OUTLINES.
Attorney General Wickersham made
a radical address favoring Federal
regulation of industrial corporations-
before the Minnesota State Bar Asso
ciation yesterday. Many feature's of
his address were nothing short of sen
sational. Geo. M. Reynolds, presi
dent of a Chicago bank, told what he
knew of the Hines incident to the
Lorimer Investigating Committee at
Washington yesterday Aa a result
of the recent drastic liquidation in
cotton, it is known that ..several prom
inent bull leaders . threw ; over their
holdings, and their losses will run up
into the millions. Four men were
indicted at Cleveland yesterday as
result of the Investigation into the
alleged trust in wall paper. The ac
tion is brought under the , Sherman
anti-trust law -Speeches were made
in the Senate yesterday in favor of
reciprocity.
New York markets: Money on cal
steady 2 1-4 to 2 1-2 per cent.; ruling
rate, and closing bid 2 3-8, offered at
2.1-2. Spot cotton closed 30 points
lower, . middling uplands 1370, mid
dling gulf 13.-&5". Flour was moderate
ly active with prices lower. Wheat
spot easy, No.' 2 red 89 3-4 elevator
and 91 1-4 f.o.b. afloat. Corn spot
easy, export No. 2, 67 f.o.b.' afloat,
Oats spot steady, standard white 48
1-2. Rosin and turpentine steady.
Senators Brown,
OFF RHODE ISLAND
B&ttleships Still agin Ex
citing Mimic Warfare in
That Vicinity.
THE VICTOR IS YET
People on Shore Saw. Series of Maneu
versBattle at Sea Proves In
terestingNight Attack
Contemplated.
; Block Island, R. I., July 19. Al
though the theoretical smoke of the
toothing's powderless battle at sea
had hardly cleared away tonignt, an
other conflict is believed to be impend
ing. Even the men of the fleets do not
yet know officially which was the vic
tor: in the enffaeemerit earlv tndav
arid will not know for some months
hence when the Navy Department has
had an opportunity tt examine the re
ports of the umpires.
All that the people on shore saw
this morning was a series of maneu
vers by two fleets. At dawn today
the submarines were apparently pa
trolling the 'ocean between the east
erly side of Block Island and No Man's
Land with the destroyers along a sec
ondary line between Gardiner's Bay
and : Newport and the cruisers on
guard at Newport, Point Judith and
Garnider's Bay.
Just as the sun was peeping over
the horizon, according to Commander
liberie of the defenders, the battle
ship fleet approached from sea, engag
ed the enemy and was apparently de
stroyed theoretically.
At 10 A. M. three cruisers, Washing
ton, Salem and Chester part of the
attacking fleet, came in from sea very
rapidly, passed the north end of Block
Island and then headed in the direc
tion of Gardiner's Bay. This move
ment was designated as a ten-minute
attack by Rear Admiral Osterhaus, in
command of the invaders, and. he
claimed to 'have won victory by "one
and one-half minutes. , .-.-"
Tohtghtr.lae Invading ;fiee&iilbe:
weakened by the loss of the Connect!
cut, Rear Admiral Osterhaus' flagship,
for she is actually out of commission
for the time being through the crack
ing a crank shaft. After a day of
resting about Block Islaid the attack
ing fleet put to sea late today, but left
the Connecticut behind. She will re
main here until the "war" is over, and
then proceed to New York for repairs.
Rear Admiral Osterhaus has not trans
ferred his flag to another ship when
he battleships left.
During the day the torpedo boat de
stroyers and others of the steel of de
f ense, rested in the ' vicinity of New
port, but left about the same hour the
battleships, headed out to sea. It is
understood tnat a night attack is con
templated tonight, and that the at
tempt of the so-called hostile fleet to
open a way tnrougn tne aeienamg
fleet to reach New York through Long
Island Sound would be made in the vi
cinity of Montauk Point.
SIMON BRINGS TROOPS.
Haiti President Personally Directs At
tack on Revolutionists.
Port au Prince. July 19. President
Simon arrived here this1 "evening on
board the German steamer Syria. He
was accompanied by a- large force of
troops, which have been with him at
Fort Liberte. The return ot a sum
cient force to garrison the town .has
temporarily relieved the"an-xiety of
the people, who feared that-' the capi-
- . - - m llil... 11
tal might ran Deiore an attacK 01 tne
revolutionists.' "
It is the 1 intention of the cruiser to
bombard the towns of St. Marc and
Gonaives, both of which ports are oc
cuDied by revolutionists, if the revo
lutionists refuse to withdraw.' 'ine
diplomatic corps met this afternoon
at the call of American Minister Fur-
niss and decided to protest against
the threatened bombardment of these
unfortified towns.
DROWNED AT GREENSBORO.
Parents in Charlotte, Lad Lost Life In
Ogburn's Pond.
Greensboro. N. C, July 19. Cass
ius J. Finley, Jr.. son or Mr. and Mrs
C.'J. Finley. who are living at present
in Charlotte, was drowned yesterday
afternoon at 5:30 o'clock in Ogburn's
nond. near Sumtnerfleld, this county
Two hours afterwards the body was
recovered and was brought to this city
last night. Mr. an Mrs. iniey were,
promptly notified, and they came to
Greensboro on a late train me iu
naroi nrraneements have ' not .been
completed, but It is probable that the
burial"' will take place in Mempms
Tenn., the former home or tne iamny
FIRE SUFFERERS GIVEN HELP.
Minnesota Red Cross Sends $5,000 to
the Victims in Michigan.,
Bav City. Mien., July 19. Capt. Lu
ther Beckwith, in charge of the ruined
cities of Oscoda and Au Sable; and
other devastated territory, has re
ceived a telegram from the Minnesota
Red Cross Society, advising him that
the society had sent-State Treasurer
sieener $2,500 for the fire relief rund
This is the first aid from outside the
state, and. according to the .telegram
is sent in remembrance of the fact that
several years ago, when Minnesota sur
fered heavy losses by forest fires,
Michigan was the first Stated to send
aid to Minnesota. "
llinois Fire Marshal Declares Gigan
tic Fire Bug Organization Exists.
Spreads Over the Cduntry.
Doyle's Address.
Chicago, July 19. That there ex
ists a gigantic, country-wide arson
trust with headquarters - in Kansas
City, and represented in, nearly all
the large cities, the members of which
make a business of setting fire to
buildings to enable the owners to col
lect large sums of insurance, was the
charge made today by C. J. Doyle,
State fire marshal in an address hp-
fore the Chicago Association of Com-iA8k
merce.
"The country Is facing one of the
most gigantic organized arson con
spiracies the world has ever known,"
said Mr. Doyle. "The State fire mar
shal department , of Illinois has unit
ed with the State fire marshals of
Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio to
wipe out the band of 15 men at the
head of this arson conspiracy. The
head of the fire bug trust Is in Kan
sas City from which city the opera
tions of the entire gang is directed.
The tentacles of this octopus have
extended, as the . daring of those be
hind the plot has grown, into a dozen
or more cities. They have been found
at work, at Bloomlngton, Springfield,
111.; Pittsburg, Cleveland, New York,
Buffalo, St. Louis, Chicago and else
where. Two of the gang have been
convicted and are now imprisoned in
a . Southern city. The others will be
behind the bars before long if we are
successful In following the "Clues we
are now working on.
"The fire bug problem is one of the
most important which confronts the
country. Even "without the cases, of
arson, the fire losses of the country
are appalling, abounting to about $500
minute. In Chicago the loss is $a,-
000,000 a year, while in Berlin, the an
nual loss does not exceed $200,000.
We should adopt the fire protection
plans of European cities."
BQNES TAKEN FROM MAINE.
Discovery Made in Mud and Rubbish
on the Main Deck.
Havana, Cuba, July 19. Fragments
of bones believed to represent three
bodies, were recovered this afternoon
from the wreck of the Maine. The dis
covery was-made in a pile of mud and
mhbish on th main? deck: almost dv-
rectly-KenBath Aa i inverted r conning
iowert wnicn aaa ueen upsta aim uuu
ed sixty feet aft from its original po-
sition.
The remains consisted of a s'kull,
minus the. lower jaw, the frontal part
crushed in, several fragments of jaw
bones and portions of vertebrae.
Other splintered fragments were not
identified. The -bones are diolored
and coral encrusted, and possibly un
less the teeth afford some clue, they
will be listed among the '.'unknown."
All were taken in charge by the of
ficial undertaker.
The work of exploring the wreckwas
interrupted today by the necessity of
letting in four feet of water for the
purpose of floating a scow used as a
receptacle for wreckage, which ground
ed in tne mud. Probably the last of
the water surrounding the wreck will
be pumped out In a day or two.
SPLIT AT HARRISBURG, PA.
Two Factions Held Separate Commit-
i tee Meetings Yesterday.
Harrisburg, Pa., July 19. The ex
pected split in" the Democratic State
Central Committee came about' today:
when the two factions In the party
held separate State committee meet
ings and completely reorganized.
While there were wide differences
between the two factions on party
matters, both agreed to one proposi
tion and that was the endorsement of
Governor Woodrow Wilson, of New
Jersey, for the Democratic Presiden
tial nomination. EaCh meeting passed
a resolution to that effect. The only
other Presidential boom In town was
that of Governor Judson Harmon, of
Ohio. "Cards calling attention to his
availability were tacked about the ho
tels and some literature urging the
Ohio governor's claims also appeared.
The trouble In the party was
brought to a climax by the showing
made at the gubernatorial election
last-Fall when the Democratic voters
split on two .candidates. The dissatis
faction led to the appointment or a
committee of seven to re-organize the
party. No agreement could be reach
ed and the result was today s spin.
DEATH FROM CHOLERA.
Oocurred at New York Quarantine
Station Yesterday.
New York. July 19. Another death
from Asiatic cholera occurred at the
Swinburne Island hospital station of
the New York quarantine station to
day. The victim was Giuseppe Pet
tinicchia, 32 years old, who arrived
here on the steamer Moltke. .
Notwithstanding this additional
death, making the count seven at this
Dort. Health Officer Alvah H. Doty is
sued a statement tonight in which, he
said the situation was satisfactory
No further cases of the disease have
developed among the detained immi
grants. , . . ,.
ENGINEER DIES. AT THROTTLE.
Fatally. Stricken While Train Does
-Forty Miles an Hour.
Pensacola, Fla., July 19. While his
freight engine speeded along at a 40
mile clip," Engineer George McDonald
of the Pensacola and Perdido Railroad
late yesterday toppled from his seat
in the cab to the floor dead.
. Acute Indigestion, due to eating1 wa
termelon, caused his death. . The fire
man quickly reversed the engine" and
hurried back 6 this city ' with the
body. .
Speech of Wickersham in
Minnesota Nothing Short -of
Sensational.
TAKES AN ADVANCED STAND
Federal. Regulation! of Industrial
Organlzatibns His Most Radi-
cal Speech Since He En
tered Official Life.
Duluth, Minn., July 19. Attorney
General Wickersham, before the Min
nesota State Bar Association here to
day took an advance stand on the
further Federal regulation of corpor
ations and declared that a govern
ment commission to regurate great in
dustrial organizations, in the same
way that the Inter-State Commerce
Commission . regulates railways," was
certainly most desirable, and that ' it
might be absolutely necessary.
Mr. WSckersham's speech was little
short of sensational in many of its
features. He declared that it was a
matter of serious consideration wheth
er it would be practical td give' to the
proposed inter-State corporation com-
sion should not be given the power to
fix
prices, to do this in theory.
would simply require an extension of
the principle by which the Inter-State
Commerce Commission 'Controls the
rates on railroads. " .
The law of supply and demand, Mr.
Wickersham said, no longer controls
prices of the "United 'States. For
years, he declared, the prices in all
the great staple-Industries have been
fixed by an agreement between the
principal producers and not by a nor
mal play of free competition. An inter-State
commission such as propos
ed, the Attorney General added, would
prevent violations of the anti-trust'
act and aid . business men to maintain
a continued status of harmony with
requirements ot iaw.
Many of Mr: Wlckersfiatt's -declaral"-
tions .were the most radical he has .
made' since his entrance" into official
life. With the weiglrt of an admin
istration officer behind them, his re-
nranqs made a deep impression. There
was nothing in the speech,' however.
tc indicate how far the Attorney Gen
eral reflected the views of President
Taft. On several occasions ' In the
past, however, he has been .regarded
as a spokesman for the administra
tion. The Attorney General, discussed the
general question of what further reg
ulation of inter-State commerce is ne
cessary or desirable, from a broad
point of view, and said that he had not
attempted to express a conclusion but
merely, to state the elements of a'
great problem which goes to the root
of the prosperity df , the American
people.
"That some further regulation over
corporations carrying on commerce
among the States is necessary," he
said, "it is, however.comlng to be.
generally recognized. - it has Deen,
openly advocated quite recently by
representatives of some of. the largest
combinations of. capital, probably as a ,
means of salvation, and to preserve
coder government supervision, great
organizations whose continued exls
tance Is menaced by the recent Inter
pretation of the Sherman act, and
disintegration o$ .which would be ne
cessarily attended with much loss.
To. such, . it is a. case of 'any. port ;
in a shipwreck Better continued co-,
operative life, even under a powerful
master, than ' disseminated properties
and segragated activities without con
stant governmental supervision-
"But there are other reasons for
such regulation. The Federal1 De
partment of Justice is not organized
01 equipped to maintain constant sup
ervision and control over business or
ganizations. It deals only with cases
of violation of the law. The activi
ties of an administrative board or
commission would be directed to pre
venting such violations, and In aiding
business men to maintain a continued
status of harmony with the require
ments of law.
Whether or not such a Federal
Industrial Commission, should have
pewer to regulate prices is, of course.
a matter for serious consideration.
The Inter-State Commerce law pre
scribes as, a legislative rule that
prices for transportation by rail, or
wire, or pipe line, shall be reasonable,
and that no unjust discrimination
shall be made between individuals or
localities similarly situated. A similar
rule might be declared by Congress
with .respect fo the prices of com
modities the subject of sInter-State
commerce.
, "We have become accustomed to
the regulation of rates of transporta
tion, but the suggestion that prices of
commodities be regulated tby Congress
seems novel and radical. Yet the
principle on wnich the regulation ot
transportation rates is based Is simply
that when property is used in a man
ner to make it of public consequence
and effect the community at large It
becomes clothed with a public use, anl
may be controlled by the public for
the common! good. In the early days
In some parts of this country statutes
were enacted to regulate the business
of millers and the rates they might
charge for grinding. At that time It
Was a matter of public concern that
every' farmer should have the right to
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