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CASE READY TO
HEAR WITNESSES
Counsel for the Meat Packer
Conclude Opening .
Statements. :
T'S WITNESSES
Three Hundred Will Be Called and It
I Will Require Many Months to
Take All the Evidence
Government's Case
Chicago, Dec ; 22 .Counsel for the
ten. Chicago meat packers charged
with combining to control the price
of meats in violation of the criminal
.sections of the Sherman law, conclud
ed their opening .'statements to the
jury today and; United States District
ji-'dge George A. Carpenter adjourned.
court luuii next Tuesday morning. iAt
that time the first witness for the gov
ernment - will take the' stand.
The government will present Itf
case in chronological order. The flr
witness will tell the etory of the old
packers' poo which It Is charged, was
in existence, prior to the organization
oi the National Packing Company In
and which held, weekly meetings
.it which, the government charges,
prices were, fixed. Later conditions
which led to the formation of the Na
tional Packing Company will be detail
ed and in concluding its case, the gov
ernment will endeavor to prove that
the National Packing Company was
the instrument the packers used to
continue the .old pooling arrange
ments. . ' . . " '-
' Three hundred - witnesses will be
called by the government and it ia
believed it will take several months
to present their testimony. In Add;
lion to this a mass-of documentary Ev
idence will be offered-by the prosecu
tion. - . ". -t",
The jury will be closely ; guarded.
during the adjournment' of court, and
;te twelve men. all of whom ate roar
ried. will be obliged .. to ? eat tfcett
S'hrismas finnff vat x down' town ho"-,
tel.. - t : .J . :,
Attorney John , Barton. Payne, ..who
appeared for the National . Packing
Company, and Edward Tilden, its pres
ident, today read voluminous extracts
from the report of -former . United
Kates Commissioner of Corporations
James R. Garfield, on the packing in
lustry, made in 1905, to refute the al
legations of the government against
the packers, f
Attorney Payne in his opening
statement, said in part: -
"As I view this case, it is not the
irdictment of the defendant . but an
indictment of a great business. The
effect of this trial will be felt all over
the world. :
"For this reason I regard this mat
ter as international importance. Chi
cago's commercial supremacy always
has been closely linked, with the meet
packing industry.
"The growth and development of
the country made big business enter
prises necessary and the packers wero
no exception to the rule.
"In 1005, United States Commission
er of Corporation James R. - Garfield. :
acting under the instructions of Pres
ent Theodore Roosevelt, made an In
vestigation of the. entire packing - in
dustry and submitted ; his report to
Congress. Many of the questions rais
ed in this case were considered at
'wigth in that report. '
"The Garfield report admits . that
packing industry conducted enable
the farmer to get a high' price for his
cattle, and allows the consumer to get
his meat at a lower price than If he
was obliged to rely on local butchers "
said Attorney Payne.
Mr. Payne read from the Garfield
report, to show that the National Pack
1 ing Company had never been used bv
th( packers to control prices. lo
said the earnings of that corporation
had never exceeded 10.74 per cent, oo
'ts capital stock and . that its profits
"ii sales had never exceeded 1.59 per
'Hlf.
Attorney John S.' Miller, represent
h'K the Armour interests, concluded
'he opening statements of counsel for.
Hi defense. ' lie said meat price
were regulated by the natural law or
supply and demand and ridiculed the
' '"stion that the Indicted packers
had the power to control the meat bus
iii'-ss of the country, even if they ?o
desired.
A SHIPPING STANDSTILL
Densij.ptg in Chesapeake Bay
and
Along Virginia Coast
Newport News. Va.. Dec. 22. Ship
Ping in this section of the Chesapeake
J,ay and along the Virginia coast has
M actually been at a standstill for the
I 21 hours owing to the dense, fo?
'"at lias enveloped the entire eastern
l'orth.n of the State. 'Since, earjy
iiiursday night but few steamers
"five moved and a number of foreign
i earners as well as American steatu-
''s and sailing vessels are anchored
or saiety in Hampton Roads or tne
ower Chesapeake. The coastwise and
"J pasenger steamers are delayed
causing considerable inconvenience to
'host homeward bound for the holl-
''ys.j x0 accidents have been report-'
i to this time and may not be,
Tit; t(. PTDQtoet nWaalKIa taiiHMi la
, in
used in navigating.
A drummer's line of fancy Christ
jnsis imesents on sale at Gaylord's, at
Will,, AilEDIlOERBOHDS
Secure Their Appearance at Trial of
Rev. RIcheson Minister Very
Weak From HiaSelf-infiict-
ed Wounds.
Boston, Mass., Dec. 2. Followine
the holding of Charles S. Pierce, a
Newton . Theological Institution stu
dent, in $300 bond yesterday, as a wit
ness in the trial of the. Rev. Clarence
V. T. RIcheson, charged with the mur
der "of Avis Linnell; it 'became known
today that another witness had to fur
nish bond for appearance at the trial.
Miss Lucille L. Zeigler, roommate of
miss, L.innell, at the Young Woman's
Christian Association dormftnrv wn
held under $500 bond.
Although Richeson's counsel wtf-
Miam A, Morse, after visiting his cli
ent m jail today, said he appeared
Very - weak, Dr. Howard A. Lothrop,
who performed the operation, on the
prisoner after RIcheson had mutilated
himself Wednesday, said that the pa
tient was "getting along as well as
could be expected under .the circum
stancesv'Vand that unless : unforeseen
complications developed he should be
able to attend the trial on January
15th. Attorney Morse said the de
fense hid no plans to announce yet
and could do little until Richeson re
gained sufficient strength to enable
his counsel to converse with him at
length.
REINDEER MEAT.
Opinion That It May Substitute Dwind
ling Beef Supply.
; Washington, Dec. 22. Reindeer
meat from Alaska may be a food com
mon to the American fable in the near
future to supplement the dwindling
beef supply. This was the opinion (ex
pressed today by William F. Lopp, in
charge ' of the government's reindeer
service, who has just returned , from
a 14,000 mile tour of inspection
through Alaska on behalf of the Unit
ed 'States' Bureau , of Education, which
administers the reindeer in the north
ern peninsula. ' A
; "A commercial Shipment of reindeer
meat, the first madr? into this country,
has just been received at Seattle,"
said Mr. Lopp. "In 25 years from now
at th present rate of increase there
should be 3,000,000 prime beef rein
deer in Alaska on which the people of
this, country can depend for much 'of
their fresh diet. -
-v rJa;.aatjTein4eei meat is a cross
between mx!it&& -'anteefCTbutr mdre
palatable than , either. Reindeer can
be raised more cheaply than, cattle
because they will thrive on wastes so
barren that even goats would starve
there. There are 400,000 square miles
of frozen tundra on Alaska fit for
nothing else, but which as reindeer
ranches would, provide abundant pas
turage for 10,000,000 of the animals
? "Reindeer raising." Mr. Lopp ex
plained, "was introduced into Alaska
about 20 years ago by the government,
originally as a benevolent and educa
tional enterprise, to raise the civiliza
tion of the natives from the huntln?
to the pastural stage. There are 3,000
of the animals there of which 20,000
belong to the natives."
PURE FOOD BOARD.
Ovsters Floated in Brackish Waters
Considered Adulterated.
Washington, Dec. 22 Oysters float
ed in brackish water for fattening
purposes hereafter will be considered
as adulterated under the pure food
and drug act,' according to a decision
bv the Dure food board. The decision
will not be final until signea Dy sec-
. . - ri
retafv of Agriculture Wilson. .
Under a decision last year oysters
wet-A allowed to be fattened In "wa
ter of a less saline content than that
In which oysters will properly ma
tuie." It is now held that this expres
sion "is impossible of interpretation
''The practice of noatmg pysiera
and other shell fish," the decision
adds, "results in their adulteration by
thA addition of water, it is iounu i-
so that the floating gives to the oys
ters and other shell fish a nctitious ap
pearance resulting in the deception
of the consumer. Moreover, the water
tv vhioh thev are erown. is usually in
the mouths of streams or artificial in
lets surrounded by nouses ana is ai
mnut variably polluted."
Under the previous decision oysters
floated in water less salty than that in
which they grew had to be labelled
"floated oysters."
SECRETARY HESTER'S STATMENT
Comparatively World's Visible Cotton
Sudd I v American Bales.
Npwt Orleans. Dec. 22. Secretary
iTaetor'a, statement of the world's vis
iM oimniv. of cotton Issued today
shows the total visible to be 5,345,558
bales against 5,095,436 last wees anu
KOS2 9.25 last year. Of this the total
of American cotton Is 4.615.558 against
4 426 436 last week and 4,109,725 last
year and of all other kinds, including
... a - min Ain k.lao
Eeynt Brazil, inaia eic. uai
against 669,000 last weekend 973,000
Of the world's visible supply of xot-
ton there is now aneat ana nem iu
Great Brltala and continental Europe
2,610,000 as against. 2,592,000 last year;
f' varont 99.3.nn0 aEainst 277,000 last
year: In India 251,000 against 307,000
last year, anu iu wo
462,000 against .1,906,000 last year.
Sacramento, - Cal., Dec 22 . The
State Senate passed the Presidential
preference primary bilK today without
a dissenting vote. The bill now re
ira. niv the Governor's signature
to become a law. It provides for the
electioii of delegates to national party
conventions by a Statewide vote, tho
entire group being pieagea.ior r-ie3
Idential preference.
Ve 'need the moneyif you need
PREMIER IS FIRM
Evidently Steadfast in Not
Accepting the Republican
Form of Government.
WOULD RESIGN AS MINISTER
If Republic is Unavoidable Associates
v Say He Would Give Up His
Office Outcome 'of a
Breach
Peking, pec. 22. Yuan Shi Kai, the
remler, evidently still remains stead
fast in his decision not to accept a
Republican form of government for
China as the price of peace within the
Empire. Members of the Premier's
entourage reiterated today that Yuan
never will advise the abdication of the
Emperor and thereby become a trai
or. They say that if the formation of
a Republic is' unavoidable he will re
sign as prime minister. It had been
suspected that Tang Shao Yi, the rep
resentative or Yuan and the Imperial
government at the Shanghai peace
conference, and Yuan weie playing
a prearranged game with the intention
gradually to shear the Manchus of
power and thereby prevent a Manchu
rising in Peking; but tho fact that
Tang has telegraphed "friends here
asking them to endeavor to persuade ;
Yuan of the necessity to accept a Re
public seemingly indicates that Tang
and the Premier are not in accord. Af
ter many conferences prior to his de
parture for Shanghai, Tang evidently
believed that Yuan had. been won over
to the republican" idea while on the
other hand. Yuan thought Tang had
been brought around to see the neces
sity for the continuance of the mon
archy Members of Yuan's entourage
declare in these beliefs each man was
self-deceived. " Though no member of
the foreign - legations will venture a
prediction on the outcome of the situa
tion, there is a feeling that an agree
ment Is possfble between Yuan and a
number of the rebel provinces perhaps
iraMntmediatefr; 1alteYera-renewed
''armistices Yuan, it Is thought,
may offer the last concession possi
ble, namely, the retirement of the em
press dowager and the appointment of
a Chinese regency to effect peace. The
Premier has steadily been replacing
officials and army officers through the
northern provinces with trusted men,
loyal to himself.
, He believes he could regain and re
tain many of the rebel provinces if
money were obtainable. A quartette
of bankers is willing to support him,
but up to the present time the lega
tions have disagreed regarding a loan.
The British legation desires the mon
archy continued, but is receiving ser
ious "protests from business interetss
in the South, which dread a boycott
of their goods. The American lega
tion, and also that of Japan, advocate
supporting Yuan Shi Kai financially.
Should a definite breach come, with
an Imperial government in the 'North
and a Republic in the South, Yuan
possibly could obtain money, though
in fear of a boycott by the republican
provinces, the legations have stated
that loans must be for the peaceful
administration of the country only.
The government is continuing its. so-
called patriotic loans, which are more
or less enforced from the princes and
high officials.
COMMENTS ON LETTER
Sheldon Says Roosevelt Requested the
Correspondence
New York, Dec. 22. George R.
Sheldon, treasurer of the Republican
National Committee, commenting to
day upon the publication of corres
pondence between himself and Theo
dore Roosevelt relative to the Harri-
man campaign contribution in 1901,
and alluding particularly to his own
letter to the Colonel,. said it was writ
ten at Colonel Roosevelt's .request.
Mr. Sheldon took exception to the in
ference that the publication of the
correarpondence at this time indicat
ed that the Colonel was a candidate
for the 1912 Presidential nomination.
"Colonel Roosevelt has not told me
that he is a' candidate," said Mr.
Sheldon." On the contrary he has told
me. repeatedly that he Is not-a candi
date.
"Colonel Roosevelt and myself
were aboard a train together some ten
days ago and the matter came up in
conversation from something in tho
news. I said, 'Why was the truth nev
er tolfl about this whole business, so
that it could be snut up? coionei
Roosevelt, why can't you tell it, now
That is all there Is to it." '. . ; ,
Mr. -Sheldon, questioned as to
whether he regarded it as wise to re
vert at this time to the Harriman con
tribution incident, replied:
"I thought not, but Colonel Roose
velt asked me to write the letter and
I did so. ' It was purely a matter of
ffriendshlp on my part. That letter
states the whole truth and ougnt to
stop comment."
Guayanil. Dcquador, Dec. 22.- The
funeral today of Emio Estrada, pres
idAtit nf the Republic of Ecuador, who
died suddenly here at midnight, was
attended, by all the government offi
cials, the foreign consuls, officers of
the armv and a large crowd of citi
zens. Estrada, who was sixty-five
years of age, died of a complication
of diseases.
We need the - money If you need
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Officers in Virginia County Where ll
legal yotes Were Cast Wul be
Permitted to Hold
Offices
Bristol, Tenn., Dec.?: 22. Office
holders in Lee.'county Virginia, who
were elected at the recent election
in which illegal votes Jare alleged to
have been bought and sold in whole
sale numbers, - will be permitted to
hold their .offices unchallenged-, ac
cording to Judge H. A.iS'keen, who
has been conducting the grand jury
probe into election irregularities. This
promise was made, It was stated to
day, to get evidence before tne grand
jury upon which to; indict the vote
sellers. Despite Judge Skeen's proclamation
permitting guilty men to eontess, taite
a minimum fine of $100 and escape
further prosecution, no . confessions
were received today.T It is "authori
tatively stated that more tnan 200 in
dictments were . found by tha grand
jury but evidence secured indicate
that nearly 1,200 voters in tne county
engaged in the vote traffic in the last
November and preceding - elections.
According to commonwealth Attorney
Ely, bf Lee county, more than. $3G,000
was paid out for votes at the. Novem
ber election. -' . :
Attorney Ely charges that vote traf
ficking is even worse in some of the
adjoining counties than in Lee and at
the conclusion of the investigation in
l.ee county a similar probe will be
started in Dickinson county, also in
Judge Skeen's court.
.The Lea icounty grand jury will re
convene In February to complete its
work. Unless a satisfactory number!,
ox confessions . nave Deen received, it
is stated, the jury is expected to re
turn nearly 1,000 Indictments.
DIES FROM OVERDOSE.
Popular Novelist: Took Morphine and
Death Followed. .
Chicago, Dec. ?2. Margaret Horton
Potter, a novelist, was found dead to
day in her apartments from an over
dose of morphine which a coroner's
jury found was accidentally taken. For
a time it was reported that death was
from heart disease.
Testimony at the inquest was that
she had long been -addicted to the use
of drugs and a few months .ago was
permitted to leave a sanitarium to
which she ' had been committed. She
complained of - iltoes.-two days ago
and tier friends beneve. that the drug
was taken "by her in an effort to re
lieve her suffering.
For many years she had been prom
inent in literary circles and her nov
els were popularly supposed to reveal
thinly veiled phases of society life m
Chicago. Iq 1902 she was married to
John D. Black and was divorced by
him in 1910 shortly before she was
sent to the sanitarium.- . ;
Miss Potter was borm in Chicago hi
1S81. She was the daughter of Orrin
W. Potter, one of Chicago's first mil
lionaires. Her name came into prom
inence when, at 36 years old, she pub
lished a book which was so startling
that her father and other members cf
the family bought up every copy they
could find and destroyed ae plates.
Others of her books have been refus
ed entrance to libraries.
SERUM WAR ON TYPHOID
Department of Agriculture Field Force
Is to Be Vaccinated
Washington, Dec. 22. As a result
of the report of the commission re
cently appointed by Secretary James.
Wilson, of the Department of Agricul
ture, it was decided yesterday that the
field force of the department should be
vaccinated against typhoid fever. This
the first time that a civil depart
ment of the government has taken
this step. The serum will be. obtain
ed from, the surgeon general of the
army.
The most striking case of the bene
fits derived from the use of the serum
was with the troops at both San An
tonio and Galveston during the recent
mobilization;
FIRE AT TIMMONw.iLLE
Destructive Blaze in South Carolina
Town $80,000 Damage
Durham, N. C, Dec. 22. Losses
aggregating about $80,000 were entail
ed in the destruction by fire today at
Timmonsville, S. C, of the Tim-
monsville Oil Company's mill, the
stemmery of W. P. Henry; an inde
pendent tobacco manufacturer, of this
city, and the Enterprise Stem Plant
The loss to the oil plant alone amount-:
ed to between $50,000 and. $60,000.
OUTLINES.
Counsel for the Chicago packers
have concluded their opening state
ments and the hearing of witnesses
will commence after the holidays. The
government's witnesses number ,300
The opinion has been given 'that
Alaska reindeer meat may substitute
the dwindling supply of beef in the
United States in the near future
Two witnesses have been placed un
der bonds for their appearance at the
trial of Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson,
under charge of murder, at Boston.
Persia has -agreed to accept tpe
terms of the Russian ultimatum, and
the hostilities- of Russian authorities
have been ordered to cease- Four
men charged with stock swindling
through the malls admitted their guilt
yesterday at New York and, were sen
tenced to a year each in prison. '
' New York markets: Money on call
steady, 3 1-4 to 4 per cent.; ruling
rate 4; closing bid 3 1-4; offered at 4.
tSDOt cotton, dull. Flour dull and -un
changed. Wheat spot, , easy; No. 2
red 95 1-4 elevator, export basis, to
arrive; 97 fob afloat. Corn, easy; ex
port, new C9 1 fob afloat Rosin firm
Turpentine quiet. . '
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FOR TARIFF WAR
Bill to Propose Raise
Russian Duties
Ridiculed.
is
APPLICABLE TO UNITED STATES
Opposing Members Duma Say Russian
Agriculturists and Cotton Man
ufacturers Would Be Ones
Affected
St. Petersburg, Dec. 22. Oppo
sition members of the Duma ridicule
ex-President Guchkoffs legislation
proposal to provide for tariff War
schedules applicable to the United
States at the exposition of the Russor
American treaty of commerce and
navigation which he and other signers
representing the Octoberist and Na
tionalist parties in the Duma have in
troduced into that body. The opposi
tion declare that the proposal would
strike hardest at the Russian agricu:
turists and cotton manufacturers.
They do not expect the measure to
advance beyond the committee stage
The Duma will adjourn tomorrow for
month aud action on the proposal
probably will be taken at the end of
February.
The bill proposes to raise existing
Russian duties by 100 per cent. anJ
also to impose a duty of 100 per cent.
on articles which are admitted frei
under the present Russian tariff. Be
sides these impositions the bill pro
poses also to levy double the- gross
weight tax established by the law of
June 21st, 1901, on merchandise ar
riving by sea and to levy a double ton
nage tax. Should the present Amer
can tonnage .tax be raised to the dis
favor of Russian vessels then the Rus
sian, tonnage tax will be correspond
ingly increased.
It is said that the schedules are to
be applicable to all countries which do
not grant to Russia the most favored
cation treatment" in commerce and
navigation.-- -The tproposiU ."; vJte
submitted to" a financial commission"
The necessity for the proposed leg
islation is explained in an accom
panying declaration in which it . is
stated that the regular American tar
iff schedules which will be applicable
to Russian goods at the expiration of
the treaty of commerce and navigation
of 1S32, will be so high as to have a
prohibitive character and that the7
greatly exceed the Russian normal
tariff and navigation taxes . which
would be naturally applicable to Am
erican goods in the absence of the
ti eaty.
IS L. M. SANDLIN IN SANE 7
Final Appeal for New Hanover Mur
dererHas Been Examined
(Special Star Telegram.)
Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 22. L. Clay
ton Grant, Esq., of Wilmington, and
E. M. Koonce and J. E. Sandlin, of
Onslow county, the latter a brother of
L. M. Sandlin, conferred with Gover
nor Kitchln today and presented evi
dence as to insanity in the Sandlin
family in the hope of having the lifo
of the New Hanover man spared by
executive clemency. Sandlin- was
granted a reprieve until December
29th in order that new evidence might
be presented. He was convicted and
sentenced to die for the murder of his
wife in Wilmington. ' '
This afternoon the Stato hospital
physicians examined Sandlin as to his
sanity and they will make a 'report to
the Governor. It is contended that he
is not of sound mind, that he has on
former occasions shown symptoms of
insanity and that he was not respon
sible for his awful deed.
SCORES SUPREME COURT
Senator Owen Replies to Judge's Ar
raignment of Judiciary Recall .
Oklahoma City, Dec 22. Declar
ing the Supreme Court of the United
States "has become a bulwark of priv
ileges," United States Senator Rob
ert L. Owen at todays session of the
State Bar ' Association replied to the
arraignment of the judiciary recall by
Judge B. C. Stuart. Senator Owen
said he did. not impugne the motives
or honesty of the United States Su
preme Court judges but that "all were
influenced by their previous training
and associations." - f
"Every man. who has gone on that
bench since the trans-Mississippi fate
case had been in favor of writing into
the laws the word 'unreasonable'
which Congress refused to put there
said Senator (Owen.
Cincinnati, Dec. 22. August Herr
mann, chairman of the National Base
ball Commission, said today tnat Ma
jor League owners will not worry over
the formation In New York last night
of an outlaw baseball league . with
plans to put .teams in Cincinnati, New
York, Pittsburg, Brooklyn, ialtimore,
Washington, Reading and Richmond.
"All those leagues wind up at the
same place nowhere," . ,-
Fire Works, Fire Works. A carload,
they must be sold, our prices are tight
Farris Bakery, 121 So. Front Also
call at Annex. 131 Market de 18-6t
OPPOSE
STOCK SWINDLERS SENTENCED
Four Will Serve Term of One Year
n Prison Netted Millions of
Profit, Occuping Expensive
. sive Offices
New York, Dec. 22. As punish
ment for carrying on a stock swindle
by mail, alleged to 'ave extended ov
er a period of two years and to have
netted millions in profit, four promot
ers of the firm of Burr Brothers, Inc.,
were each sentenced today to a year's
imprisonment on Blackwell's Island
The prisoners are Shelton C. Burr,
president of the corporation; his
brother, Eugene H., who was secre-
lary-ireasurer; Chanes ,H. Tobey,
mvv president, ana Edwin
Preston. Unexpectedly they
pleas of guilty before Judge
the criminal branch of thn
Wesley
offered
iiolt in
United
oiaces circuit court late today. Th
Indictment upon which '.hey -were
called to face trial specifically cnarg
ed a swindle involving $08,000, in con
nctltn with the sale of the stock of
the-Peoples Association Oil Company,
but the government alleged that this
vas but one of the containing series
of; frauds estimated to have involved
nearly $50,000,000 with $15,000,
profit to the promoters.
, Counsel for the defendants declar
ed that rather than involve the ex
pense of summoning witnesses from
distant points, it was decided to plead
guilty to the specific Indictment. The
maximum sentence possible on this
charge is 18 months, and counsel for
the defendants urged clemency.
United States District Attorney
Wise opposed the plea for clemency.
Judge Holt pronounced sentence as
a year each and the men were taken
tc the island tonight.
A little over a year ago the four
men, were prospering, occupying ex
pensive offices in a Broadway sky
scraper. On November 20th, 1910
Federal -agents raided their offices in
ctnnection with a general round-up of
mail stock swindlers ordered by Post
master General Hitchcock. Their
business had. been mainly the sale of
stocks and bonds and oil and gold min
ing enterprises.
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TAFT COMPLETES PURCHASES.
Christmas at the White House Begins
Today.
Washington, .Dec. 22. President
Taft continued his. Christmas shop
ping tonight, visiting several down
town., stores and. making. a. few. )ure
cbaaes Washington was swept by a
Winter rain all afternoon and' when
the President ventured out It was in
One of the White House automobiles.
With his purchases tonight the
President practically completed his
list which includes 'friends all over
the world.
Tomorrow the Christmas season at
the White House really begins for
more than 100 fat turkey gobblers
will be distributed for the President
to all married men employed around
the building.
The President and his family plan
to observe this Christmas just as they
have the other two they have spent
here. Miss Helen and Charlie Taft
are already at home and Robert, the
oldest son, will arrive tomorrow. Char
lie is too old now for a Christmas tree
and probably will not hang up his
stocking" this year.
The White House dinner will be
served at 7:30 and there will be no
guests. During the day the President
probably will attend church- and If it
is fair, will take a long walk- with
some friend. Several gifts already
have reached the White House, but
have not been opened.
UNCLE SAM'S UNIFORMS.
Laws in States Having Naval Posts
to Prevent Discrimination.
Washington. Dec. 22. In an attempt
to have States which, ffave not' as yet
placed such laws on their Statute
books and which have naval estab
lishments within their borders enact
legislation td prevent discrimination
against the uniforms of the men of
Uncle Sam's service, Assistant Secre
tary of the Navy Beekman Winthrop
has addressed letters to the govern
ors of Massachusetts, Maine, Califor
nia, Illinois, Virginia, Colorado, Wash
ington, South Carolina and Maryland.
The States of New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and
Minnesota already have such laws,
and Mr. Winthrop has forwarded with
his letters copies of the laws now In
force in these States. He urges the
governors to prevail upon their legis
latures to enact the proper legislation
which would insure respect for the
uniform of the United States.
FAMILY TREES SPLIT COUPLE
Daniel Boone's Descendant Gets Di
vorce from Kin of Thos. Jefferson
St. Louis, Dec 22. John T. Boone,
Jr., a lineal , descendant of Daniel
Boone, obtained a divorce at Clayton
today from Ethel Edwards . Boone,
great-grandniece of Thomas Jefferson.
One- of the allegations Boone made
on the witness '. stand Was that his
wife repeatedly tbld him that her fam
ily tree was superior to his. She con
sidered Thomas Jefferson a more dis
tinguished ancestor than the great
Kentucky pioneer and Indian fighter;
and that she repeatedly declared the
Tioones "looked lice washerwomen
when compared with the Jeff ef sons.
Thev were married in 1S92. An
alimony settlement was made out ' of
court Though Mrs. Boone had an
ncunced she wduld contest the suit,
she did not appear. , 1
Solid gold cuff links, scarf pins and
tie clasp. Lockets and neck chains
are some of my leaders. J. T. Burke,
the Jeweler, No. 27 South Front street
do 3-tf.
jWe need , tfye ,money jf youieea
PERSIA. YIELDS 10
The Persian Charge 1 D'Af
faires Officially Made
Announcement.
DISMISS TREASURER GENERAL
Russian Authorities Instructed to
Cease Hostilities Persia Will
Pay Indemnity for Expenses
Incurred
London, Dec - 22. Persia ' today
yielded to the demand of the Russian
ultimatum that v.- Morgan Shuster,
an American who holds the post of
treasurer general in the Persian gov
ernment, be dismissed from the ser
vice of the Persian government. The
Russian ultimatum also calls for the
payment of an indemnity which is to :
reimburse Russia for money expend
ed in sending an armed expedition in
to Persia to enforce her demand.
Mr. Shuster's administration of Per.
sian finances has been displeasing to
Russia from the istartand when he
caused the seizure of -propAt'yjbelbng-Ing
to the brother of the ex.-Shah, over
the protest of the Russian vice consul,
Russia at first demanded an apology
and as this was not forthcoming, call
ed for the dismissal of Mr. Shuster.
This has finally been acceded to.
The Persian charge d'affaires at St.
Petersburg called at the Russian for
eign office late today to announce offt-,
dally his government's decision to
abide by the terms of the ultimatum.
Up to a late hour tonight, however, no
public announcement had been made
at Teheran of the recession of Persia
from the defiant attitude she original
ly took against the demands of the
Czar's ministers even in the face of
threatened aggressive measures. The
deay In making public the fact that
she had yielded to the Russian " de
mands probably was through fear of
codsequemies of-public resentment. '
Mr. ShusteF Is still . without formal
notico, of- his dismissal. v He la. resol ute
in declaring that be-wouhr-have noth
ing to-do with the negotiations and
would only recognize the right of the
National Council to dispense with his
services!' " ; - .: .
The exact form . of Persia's reply to
Russia is not yet known, but from the
latest news received from Teheran, It
would seem-that. the. cabinet has over
ridden the wishes of the commission
which the National Council appointed
to deal with the matter. It is not pro
bable that there, will be a withdrawal
of the Russian troops In Persia while
disorder such as those at Tabriz are
occurring. There are only 200 Rus
sian troops encamped three miles out
side of Tabriz from, which guards are
sent to town daily for .the consulate
and banks. From conflicting Russian
and Persian accounts of .the trouble
at Tabriz, it is difficult to ascertain ex
actly what happened, but reports pub
lished in St Petersburg are to the ef
fect that several Russian soldiers
were killed in the fighting there.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 22. The Per
sian Charge d'Affalres called official
ly at the foreign office this afternoon
and announced that Persia ,had yield
ed to Russia's demand.- He had an
audience, with. M. Sazonoff, the for
eign secretary, and in the name of the
Persian government, . iormany declar
er d that Persia, would concede all tht
points' mentioned in the Russian Ul
timatum. A telegram received here from Te
heran says that W. Morgan Shuster,
the treasurer, general pf Persia, h3
been notified of bis dismissal and that
the Persian government has Instruct
ed the local authorities to cease hlstii-
ities and enter into negotiations witn
the Russian consuls to restore normal
conditions.
Russia Will Get Indemnity
St . Petersburg, Dec . . 22 . The.Rus
sian ultimatum to the terms of which
Persia has now acceded -was aelivere i ;
to the' Persian government. by the Rus
sian minister at Teheran on Novem
ber . 29th. It demanded besides th
dismissal of Mr. Shuster, an apology
from the Persian government on ac
count of Its interference . with th-a
property of Persians under Russia.i
protection, and also .the payment or
an indemnity to .Russia . for the ex
penditure she had incurxed in sending
troops on to Persian territory. Thv
National Council declined : at first to
comply with Russia's demands al
though the cabinet was inclined to da
so. Yesterday Russia '.threatened to "
order the advance of 4,000 troops of
all. arms from . Kasbln, unless Persia
ceded within twenty-four hours. A
further discussion-of the-question at.
issue between the. members of the
Persian cabinet and the National
Council, evidently led the latter to seo
the advisability ot yielding to Rus
sia's demands.
National Council Meets.
Teheran, Dec. 22. The cpmmislon
appointed by the National Council to
deal with the acceptance of the Rus
sian ultimatum held a long session to
night, but it is reported that its mem
bers, were unable - to", agree on the
wording of the cabinet's draft of a re
ply to Russia. :
It Is stated, in Russian official cir
cles ... that while the Russian . govern
ment is sincerely desirous for an early
withdrawal of its, troops in Persia, it
will be upable- to pledge an evacua
tion immediately unless . Persia com
plies with the terms of the ultimatum.
. Speculation Is rife whether the cabl;
'net will-acl without sanction. Oh ita
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