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TAFT ON CONSERVATION
Present Sends Special Message
to Congress on Subject.
REFERS TO LANDOFFiCE ROW
President T?ft Would Issue Bonds to
Deepen Mississippi Valley
Waterways.
Wellington, D. C President Taft
cnt to congress another special mes-
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jage, this time dealing with the con
servation of the nations resources,.
ye urges the continuation of tno
Roosevelt policies, and pays tribute
to Ms predecessor for ms part in
starting the movement.
Basing his recommendations espe
cially on those contained in the re
port of Secretary of the Interior Bai
linser and declaring the present law;?
inaaWiate. -xlr- Tatt aSKS ' Prompt
ireasiues to save the nations re
sources. He recommends a bond is
sue of S3",uC0 OUO ior the reclamation
of arid lands, the bonds to run 14
vears or more and the proceeds to
"t-pVpplkd to the completion of th!
projects already taken up and their
1?, nf lie; rrrn wqJoi ciIq
would, he beueves, aid in clearing this
dett.
To Safeguard Water Powers.
He also urges a careful survey ot
the river improvement work, partic
ularly regarding the Mississippi, in
the hope that it may be pushed still
further eventually. The deepening ot
the Ohio and the Missouri, now under
pay, siiould be pushed, he holds.
The message also urges laws to
safeguard the nation's water power.
Although the message is of especial
significance in regard to the long dis
pute between Giffcvd Pinchot, late
chief forester, and Secretary Ballin
ger, the president mentions that con
troversy but briefly, declaring that
the results of the congressional
quiry into the case are not needed
to determine the value of the new
legislation he urges.
Improvement of the Mississippi.
One of the principal recommenda
tions of tne message is the careful
consideration of the improvement ox
the Mississippi and the pusning 01
the work if it is found justifiable.
Referring to the present situation
of the public lands President Tan
makes tnis startling statement:
The truth is that title to millions
ci acres 01 public lands was fraudu
lently obtained and that the right to
recover a large part of such lands for
Ue government long since caased ty
reasun of statutes of limitations."
Later on, returning to tne illegal
ioltns 01" lands rightfully the ua-
tious and referring specifically, ai-
uwaga without mention of names, to
the iands involved in the Bailmger-
PiEcict dispute the Cunningham
Aiasia coal land claims he says:
The Cunningham Coal Lands.
"lhe investigations into violations
of the puLlic land laws and the
prosecution, S has been tne with
drawal of coal lands for classification
and valuation and the tsmporary
withholding of power sites."
The present statutes, except those
that relate to 'purely agricultural
lands or tnese containing precious
metals, are, says tne president, "not
adapted to carry out the modern view
of tne best disposition of public lanas
to private ownership."
Turning to tne new laws he be
ueves necessary, he declares that it
the duty of congress to validate
tne withdrawals which .Lave been
made by tne sacretary of the interior
and the president and to authorize
the secretary temporarily to with
draw lanas pending submission to
congress of recommendations as iu
legislation to meet conditions or
aaergencies as they arise.
Should Classify Lands.
One of the most nressine needs of
Public land reiorm," he says, "is that
wads should be classified according
to their principal value or use."
, it was on this point that the Bal-
ser-nnchot row hune. as the for-
fft chief forester maintained that
ke government s conduct in the lii-
Satlcn over the Ounnineham claims.
"as iEtended to thwart the TTnitPn
-fates from stftnriTic thp full vaiiw
the A i - l- A Tl I ,'loitvlt' n-hinh
1 annatu wished to secure at a nom
ai value not based on tneir coal
,a'ue strict 1 v
puJ 1 laoan:5 icr accomplishing th's
::a' ho1,1 the president, is through
.-- "lienor dt-art.nient. ani ita
"rancii, the tpnidciVai enn-ov
1 -uucii of tne confusion, fraud and
m ention which has existed in the
uds, arisen from lack of an ofli-
. ua aetarnunative classification, '
--0 luessage.
Conserve Photpnate Deposits.
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For Larger Adcrtlco
mcnts Liberal Contracts
will bo mado.
Scales, the Texas Bull Leader,
Forced to Sell.
MANY TRADEBS WIPED OUT
Desertion By Men Who Had Followed
the Leadership of Scale Caused
the Slump.
be disposed of as suoh- rni on 00
phaltum, natural gas and phosphate j
piuyciues oemg reserved. The sur
face of such lands cquld be disposed
of as agricultural, the mineral and
other sub-surface rights being leased
on a royalty basis, a specific amount
of work each year being demanded.
Such .leases should provide against
the creation of an illegal monopoly,
under penalty of forfeiture.
"The extent of the value of phos
phate is hardly realized," says the
message, declaring that this staple for
fertilizers will undoubtedly besought
by monopolists. This is of timely in
terest in connection with the protest
of the United States to Germany re
garding the latter's proposed law reg
ulating the. production of phosphates.'
Balking a Water Trust.
The prevention of ) water trust Is
possible, says the message, by set
ting the term of control of water
sites by private capital at 30 years
and providing in the leases by the
government against a monopoly. The
president would have renewal privi
leges given, but declares that while
the government retains control com
petition must be retained and prices
Kept reasonable.
"The importance of the mainte
nance of our forests cannot be exag
gerated," Mr. Taft holds, pointing out
that the national reserves comprise
190,000,000 acres. He urges scientific
care, to increase the production of
lumber, without reducing the suppfy
on the ground.
Eonds to Deepen Ohio and Mississippi
The president recommends the con
tinuation of the Ohio river deepening,
which is exp-acted to cost $ti3.00o,
000. The president states that the
work can be done in ten years, ana
says that if necessary he will later
recommend bonds to carry on the pro
ject. Hq also demands the continued
improvement of the Mississippi from
3t. Paul to St. Louis, a six foot depth,
and of the Missouri from Kansas City
to St. Louis to six feet, and from
fr T,mns tn Cstim tn oicrht tno
The deTth mv hP irMfieH if tne beginning of the aecune into a
suits warrant it, he says. In the river l"eat ot tUe neatest squeeze of the
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COTTON CORNER FAILS , STBP MN
vuseuwa on ?uDjecE m neia a I ine
New York City. The big bull cam
paign in cotton dehniteiy collapsed
wiui the most bpeciacular aeoiuie
seeu in u ween of erratic recessions,
itepoiis lreeiy orcuuaeu in tne trade
anr uie close 01 tue market, had it
thiit cue jjoaitiou of tne leading
buiuhern buas has been completely uu-utrii-iued
by tne conunueu liquida
tion v iuoa nas ueea in progress ainco
cany in tne year. '
At tne low point New York con
tracts ciine of Hum $5.20
10 $o.bu u Laie Horn tne closing
prices oi tne night previous, wnicu
vas a breaic 01 noui u.iu 10 Sb.ou u
baie from the hiii azures of the
uay, and of $13.oo to a baie
trom tne hignpo int or tne season,
iuay contracts touched 13.70.
'lhe bull market nas iaoied for
over a year. &i the neignt of tne
campaign it was estimateu tuat E. Ci.
bcaies, of Texas, tne ieauer, nau ac
cumulated paper profits o "iy,00o,
000 tor the Season, as . a Cunstmaa
present he is said to have giveii $10,
U00 to one of nis favorite orokers,
and another accepted story had il
that he had made over a million in
cash to one oi his brothers. , riis
heaviest holdings were in May cotton,
ana his menus were generally be
lieved at one time to control con
tracts calling for tLe oelivery of fully
one million uaies during that monru.
The situation had developed before
and harbors bill the president rec
ommends provision for conti;
contracts for improvements.
ommends provision for continuing the r$ae' bul otner buiU tc nad IOA-
RHODE ISLAND BALKS bUND DEAL
listing in his party ueeided tne time
was riye for a bear raid.
One after another tne oik accounts
Mouse unanimously Repeals the Act began to come into tne market. The
Accepting North Carolina Bonds. Scales party was said to nave its cot
Providence, R. I- In order that the ton niurgmed town to ly cents a
state of Rhode Island may escape em- pound, ana it was confidently assert
barrasing consequences from the act ; ed that its members would never
rushed through in the final hours of ! abandon their position,
the last legislature,' compelling the ': New Orleans., One of the
stale to accept more than a half mil- j worst slumps in the history of cot
lion dollars' worth of bonds of the ! ton future trading was .recorded here,
state of North Carolina and to sue Prices of the old crop deliveries broke
the latter state for payment of the in a most sensational manner anu
coupons on these bonds, the houze of wiihin a very short time were lua
representatives unanimously voted to to lib points down,
repeal the act. The house also unan-j l he cause of the break was gen
iruously adopted a resolution direct- eraliy legardea as without explana
mg General Treasurer Waiter A. tion. Large traders, including promi
Iteed to return the bonds in question nenc men, were interested.
to the state 01 North Carolina bond
holders of New York.
BIRTHDAY RttUUMZtD.
wernment Authorized Virginia Of-
w iose January 13. '
''.ion r,t C ' wiuciai recog-
L - -e birtnday of General K.
n " " ue given Dy the treas
U hSf ent ' The anniversary
tidier T 1, . famous confederate
''lector January is, and the
6ws v -u:st-nis at Newport
r-se'hi has been authorizeu to
cg g li ofcl-Q on that day for as
irniit -?le as Public business wixi
hs nic, nonr paid General
ki,. wemor' is an unusual one.
t evr it , ' -
ottoA i V "apcuS mat a puL-
celb J.- u uu ine occasion ot
Cleans 0n 0i birtndavs of notea
Memphis, "I enr.. i? or the first time
in the history of the Memphis cotton
JYnaTlffo sill nnnlntiAlia n.ora
Seminole Lfflclals found Guilty. I off tne Loard, tne entire spot cotton
Columbia, s. c Tnhn v r.nnintrtnT, market being nominal
and J. Stobo Young, formerly presl- Ttns is tne result of the action ol
dent and secretary, respectively, of tne factors and syot cotton nolders
the Seminole Securities Company, of tne cltv- vQO' at the recent de
were found guilty of breach of trusL cline o more tnan 2 cents in options
with fraudulent Intent, the fourth in New York' h&ve refused to sen
count in the indictment against them, cotton at a decline exceeding l-4c.
The other four counts were dismiss- and Iany not even at that small con
ed. A motion fnr a new trial wan cession, in view or the absolute lack
made. The charge on which Garling- of cotton to be had, the quotation
ton and Young were convicted is that committee was unable to fix prices,
they fraudulently appropriated from ne prominent factor had printed a
the Seminole Securities Company large card which read: "No cotton for
amounting to S35.596.70. . sale."
This was tacked on his cotton room
380 Bottles of Whiskey Burned. door- The s?k of co"n n Mf mi"
J is, m round figures, 200,000 bales, but
Fayetteville, Tenn. Three hundred so confident are those who own it
and eighty bottles of whiskey have that hisher values will Drevail that
een burned on the public square they have adopted the course as
nere Dy memoers 01 tne iaw anu above outlined.
Order League. The liquor was sold :
at auction by the sheriff after it was C0FSoIDN Of HAY LAMPHERE.
captured in a raid on a soft drink
stand. It cost the league 15 centa Dead Convict Said to Have Told of
per bottle. j Gunness Murders.
j St. Louis, Mo. In a copy-righted
Roosevelt Bags tfnite Khinoceros. stv .fiThi11 ed
J what it claims was the confession ot
Butiaba, "Uganda. Colonel Roose- Rav LamDhere. who died a few davs
velt has shot the white rhinoceros, ago n ne Indiana penitentiary, at
which was one ot the objects of hla lichigan City, while serving a sen
African hunting trips, according to - tence for settinjr fire to the home of
advices received here, by runner. The Mrs. Belle Gunness, near Laporte,
former president . got the white rhi- in(j. r is known that the Rev. E. A.
noceros at Camp Rhl-no, where the Schell, formerly of Laporte, heard
party now is. Lamphere s confession.
"Tz The confession shows that . Mrs.
i:0rni CaUSed Ureal Damage. Gunness and three children were
Washington, D. C Dispatches from ' chloroformed by Lamphere, who was
points in the Mississippi and Ohio vai- robbing the house with a woman ac-
leys tell of enormous damage dona complice; that Jennie Olson was not
by the recent cold and heavy snow, killed by Mrs. Gunness;. that the
Even with a thaw in sight, great ap- chloroform used by Lamphere was
prehension is felt in many cities along Part cx mat ue uougui iui ivna. vruu
... , , i nta to kill three men. one of whore
river Daniis.
White House.
Washington, D. C. A conference
looking to the renewal of the fight
on gambling In futures was held at
the white house, when President Tatt
took the subject up with Representa
tive Scott of Kansas; Lowering of
Massachusetts, and Burleson of Tex
as. The discussion was based on tho
bill introduced by Mr. Scott last year
forbidding interstate telegraph, tele
phones -and the mails to transmit
messages with reference to future
contracts 'for the sale of farm prod
ucts where there is no intention to
deliver the products.
Attorney General VVickersham and
Herbert Knox Smith, commisisoner
of corporations, were present at the
conference. In the., end the whole
matter was referred to the attorney
general for consideration as to the
form of the Scott bill and to Commis
sioner Smith for recommendation in
the light of his previous investigation
of the methods of the cotton exchang
es. ' .. -
It is expected there will be a hear
ing on the bill some time in the near
future, at which represenatives of
those who desire to oppose the nev
legislation may be heard.
R. F. D. MISREPRESENTED
Comparative Cost of Rural Mail
Service Is Not Great.
FARMERS ARE CONCERNED
Charge That the Rural Mail Service
Causes the Postal Deficit Are
Greatly Exaggerated.
SOLDltKS IN IDE SENATE.
Nine Ex-Confederate Fighters in the
United States Senate.
Memphis, Tenn. Colonel James
Gordon, the new member of the Uni
ted States senate from Mississippi,
takes rank among the oldest members
in point of years. He has just turned
hi sseventy-sixth year.
The death of Senator McLaurin ot
Mississippi reduced the number ot
ronfederate veterans in the senate to
eight, but the appointment of Colo
nel James Gordon as his successor
restored the number to the original
figure of nine.
The other eight ex-confederates in
the senate are Bankhead of Alabama,
Taliaferro of Florida, Bacon of Geor
gia, MoKnery of Louisiana, Money ot
Mississippi and Daniel and Martin ot
Virginia.
By a curious coincidence there are
also just nine ex-soldiers of .the union
among the senators Bulkeley of Con
necticut, DuPont of Delaware, Brad
ley of Kentucky, Burrows of Michi
gan, Nelson of Minnesota, Warner of
Missouri, Aldrich of Rhode Island,
Scott of West Virginia and Warren
of Wyoming.
HARMON EOT READY FOR RACE.
Cannot Consider the Matter Until Af
ter Eletion in Ohio.
Mobile, Ala. Governor Judson Har
mon of Ohio, in answer to a letter
to a personal friend in Mobile, said
that he could not give the presiden
cy any ; consideration until after the
fall election in Ohio, as ho would
be a candidate for re election for gov
ernor, and meant to make the fight
on state issues, and would be unable
to hold the republicans to that line ?T
they could put him in the light of a
national candidate.
Governor Harmon's letter in ef
fect was that the question of his can
didacy in 1912 must develop of itself.
Washington, D. C. The future ol
the rural delivery service is a topic
which interests- 20,000,000 people, or
over one-htlf of those living in con
tinental United States.
The references made from tima to
time as to the cost of the service that
furnishes the farmers of the country
their mail, has caused some concern
lest there should be a discontinuance
of improvements and further exten
sion of the service.
These references to expense and
the charge that the rural service
causes the postal deficit, are greatly
exaggerated and calculated to mislead
popuiar sentiment, and do injury to
the greatest wealth producers in the
aggregate in the nation.
Rural delivery is .now an establish
ed fact in practically every commun
ity in the country where local condi
tions warrant it.
In the matter of cost the rural mall
sei . ice is not only the least expen
sive of the national utilities In pro
portion to members employed, but is
one of the small minority that yields
in large part an equivalent in money
for outlay besides service which bene
fits the whole people and the wholv
country, appartaimng as it does to
the producing factor and not destroy
ing element in ,the equation.
The per capita cost of rural deliv
ery in 1908-9 on the basis of a con
stituency of 20,000,000 inhabitants
served, about one-half of whom are
of gainful age and occupation, was
?1.7o.
An approximation based upon a spe
cial count for March, April and May,
1909, seeding time, when mail is usu
ally lljhter than during other months,
yielded for the fiscal year 1908-9,
2,723,262,000 pieces handled by rural
mail carriers upon which, with the
exceptions noted, full postage was
paid. Thus in the brief space of four
years we have an increase in volume
of rural delivery business amounting
to 1,336,204,289.
$5,
,617,200 lor Fortifications.
Washington, D. C The house pass
ed the fortification appropriation bilL
carrying ?5,617,200. Almost half th
amount is to be spent for fortifica
tions in the Philippines and Hawaii.
Madriz's Troops hetuse to Fight.
Bluefields, Nicaragua. That th
troops of Zelaya's heir, President Ma
driz have refused to give battle to
the Estrada army under General Cha
morro at Acoyapa and are retreating
toward Managua, was indicated, in u
message from the front. Spies . de
clare that Madriz has bottled up all
sources of news on the Pacific coast
King's tngagsraent Announced.
Paris., France. A special dispatch
received here from Lisbon quotes
from an authorized source, affirming
that the marriage o'f King Manuel ol
Portugal and Princess Victoria Patri
cia, youngest daughter of the Duke ol
Connaught, will be solemnized in May.
MAtLilcU 50 VUMML
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.... von ivjueiier Arrest
!vveJ on Bigamy Charge.
TUn., . 'ty- "Baron" Ri-nii
C1?6"" i3 declared, by tne
t in 'T; ,rVVere notified of his
irge cf w0 Anseies. Cal., on a
.t .... 1 bigamy. rn ha .
citia r ' "noiesaie scale in
5 his vh-tin I e urPose of ron-
4 Miu
fifty 'iei' U!X victimized no less
iH '--en during the last ten
To Test Tennessee Prohibition Law.
Chattanooga, Tenn. A test of the
law which prohibits the manufacture
of whiskey in Tennessee, is to be
made here. Sheriff Conner summon
ed the proprietors of the Deep Springs
distillery to appear before the grand
jury. J. Wr. Kelly & Co. own the
plant, which has been in constant
operation since the state wide law
went into effect, January 1.
On the outcome of the case prao
tically depends the potency of the
prohibition laws of Tennessee.
neis to kill three men, one of wnom
was Andrew Helgelein,- the others
probably Ole Budsberg and Tonnes
Peterson !Lien, and that one of the
men, probably Lien, was the third
husband of Mrs. Gunness.
The confession establishes the fact,
doubted by thousands, that Mrs.
Gunness is dead. "
MEV3 FEE I LARDER. 7
An Increased Demand for Huge Sizes
in Shoes.
Brockton, Mass. A local expert as
serts that men s feet are larger than
they used to be, and that there is evi
dence of this in the increased demand
for the large sizes in shoes, more
eights and nines being made up than
ever before.
The demand is being felt for
twelves, and from that anywhere up to
fifteens. They say Chicago and other
cities have numbers of citizens wh?
wear fifteens.
PIXCHOI'S SUCCESSOR NAMED.
Bureau of Forestry To Be Conducted
by Yale Man.
Washington, D. C. President Taft
has appointed Henry S. Graves, di
rector of the Yale Forest school, as
forester of the United States to suc
ceed Gifford Pinchot, and Albert F.
Potter, at present acting forester, as
assistant forester. Both men have
served under Mr. Pinchot, and botn
are in sympathy with his policies.
It was largely through Mr. Pinch
ot 's efforts that the Yale Forest
school was established, and Mr.
Graves went from the post of assis
tant chief of the division of forestry
under Mr. Pinchot to become director
of, the Yale Forest school.
WOMAN UPHOLDS THE WORLD.
Sculptor Puts Woman in the Role of
Atlas. '
New York City. Woman upholds
the world in a statue of Atlas just
completed by Gutzon Borglum, the
New York sculptor. Mr. Borglum dis
agrees with the ancients, who mod
eled Atlas as a broad-shouldered,
heavy-hewed man with a sweeping
beard, and this figure is intended--to
record his conviction that the real
burden of the world is supported by
women.
HI6H PRICES LAID TO LABOR.
Advance in Prices of Commodities
Due to Labor, Says Pres. Kirby.
Springfield, Mass. Large responsi
bility for the higher cost of living
was laid by John Kirby, Jr., presi
dent of the National Manufacturers'
Association, upon what he called the
"labor trust" in an address before the
Employers' Association of Springfield.
Mr. Kirby further declared that trade
unionism aspired to "absolute con
trol over all labor that is hired and
paid for by employers."
Newsy Paragraphs.
. Prison Commissioner Henry Solo
mon of New York advocates surgery
on criminals to overcome obstacles
which bar his way to successful life.
"The most casual Inquiry discloses
among the convicts," he says, "the
presence of a large variety of dis
eases amenable to modern surgery.
They have apparently been almost to
tally disregarded, and the convict has
been released with his physical im
perfections continuing to act as a
handicap in hl3 struggle for a liveli
hood." '
Statistics of gifts for humanity dur
ing the year 1909 foots up a total of
$150,641,253, about half being in the
form of gifts and half bequests. This
was distributed as follows: Charity,
$67,446,441; education, $46,122,241;
religion, $22,443,885; art, $8,616,410;
libraries, $3,012,293. At the head of
the list of individual givers stands
John D. Rockefeller, credited with
$12,130,500, . most of which went to
educational agencies. Next in line
ranks Andrew Carnegie, with a total
of $4,652,500. Mrs. Russell Sage
comes in with Sl.Soi.lbi, ana other
names prominent on this roll of hon.
are D. K. Pierson, Charles hi. Ellis,
Elizabeth Bingham, H. C. Frick, J. D.
Archbold, Caroline Phelps Stokes,
John S. Kennedy,-George Crocker, A.
H. Wilder, John M. Baker, etc.
The attention of the department ot
justice has been called to an alleged
violation of the anti-trust law by an
organization known as a clearing
house of some twenty large periodi
cals, with headquarters at New York,
the complainant being Librarian Brett
of the Cleveland public library. When
he tried to get a discount on $4,Oo
worth of magazine subscriptions from
the Franklin Square agency of New
York he received a curt refusal, and
the statement that the agency as a
clearing house ' now -controlled the
prices of all magazines listed
SAYS PULPIT IS OBSOLETE.
Failing Church Attendance Proves the
Failure of the Pulpit.
New York City. "is the pulpit ob
solete?" asked Dr. Felix Adier, the
lecturer and author, and answered
-yes" to his own question. "Failing
church attendance,'' .continued the
speaker, "testifies to the failure oi
the pulpit. Formerly, views on im
portant subjects were heard by the
clergy. Now we hear the views ol
bankers.
"The best men are no longGr going
into the pulpit. The age is practical
and men want visible results. In
turn, the influx of inferior men di
minishes regard for the pulpit.
"Oratory as an art is dying out. In
the pilgrim days men listened to
preaching for nine hours at a
stretch. Now - they wil not stand
more than 25 minutes."
Dr. Adler believes that in more
ethics, less theology and fewer dif
fuse discourses on general subjects
lies the cure of the clergy plight.
LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
It was reported In New York City
!hat Miss Anne Morgan, daughter ol
F. P. Morgan, 4s contemplating the
formation of a $1,000,000 corporation
to manufacture shirtwaists. The re
port could not bo verified. Miss Mor
gan has been an active sympathizer
with the shirtvralst makers now on
strike. - t ,
"I will devote my entire time to
freeing my husband," Mrs. Charles W.
Morse declared. Mrs. Morse is back
at her home in New York City from
a visit to her husband, who Is In the
federal prison at Atlanta, Ga. She.
Intends, she said, to . invoke every
possible legal means to secura , Uu;
former banker's release.
The $8,180,621 was spent in the
United States last year for the treat
ment and' cure, of persons afflicted
with lung' diseases is announced by
the Association; for the Study and
Prevention of Tuberculosis. In this
work New York ranks first, Pennsyl
vania ' second and Masaschusetts as
third. The next seven states in order
named are Illinois, Maryland, New
Jersey, California, Colorado, Connect
icut and Ohio.
The family of G. Rowland leavitt,
banker and railroad financier, of New
York Sity, confirms the announce
ment that his daughter, Miss' Marga
ret Howland Leavjtt, 25 .ears old,
and heir to a million dollars, was
married "without the knowledge or
consent of her parents" to Joseph h
Smollen, her chauffleur.
If Referee in Bankruptcy Blair will
allow, Alice Copely Thaw, sister ol
Harry K. Thaw, now in Matteawu..
asylum, New York state, will pay
$10,000 for some cuff links, scarf pins,
a cigar cutter and books said to nave
been Harry Thaw's when he was a
boy in Pittsburg. A petition nas been
filed by the trustee of the estate oi
Thaw, requesting that the personal
effects of the former Pittsburger bs
sold for the benefit of his creditors.
The annual message of Governor
Hughes announced the gift of 10,u.
acres of land along the upper pall
sades of the Hudson river from tha
widow of E. H. Harriman, carrying
out his intention to form the nucleui
of a great state park. . Mrs. Harri
man also gives $1,000,000 to further
the park plan and contributions are
also made by Rockefeller and Morgan.
PRICE OF MEAT RISING.
Packer Swift Says Scarcity of Live
Stock is Responsible.
Denver, Cola. Harold Swift states:
"Prices of meats are very high now,
but there is every indication that they
will go still higher. This, is attribu
table to the high prices of corn and
the consequent scarcity of livestock.
As long as the scarcity continues, it
is well to educate people to use the
cheaper cuts of meat. These cuts
are just as good and more wholesome
if properly cooked."
Mr: Swift admitted that the retail
dealer is making a large gross profit
on meat.
HIGHEST AEROPLANE FLIGHT.
Louis Paulhan Rose Over 4,000 Feet
at Los Angeles.
Aviation Camp, Los Angeles, Cal.
Louis Paulhan, the French aviator,
broke all official and unofficial rec
ords for altitude in a Farman biplane.
It is estimated that he rose to a
height of more than 4,000 feet. As
methods of measurements are not ex
act, this may be questioned, but it is
certain that he exceeded Hubert. La
tham's record, made at Mourmelon,
France, December 1, 1909, which was
given at between 1,600 and 1,800 feet.
The instrument on Paulhan's machine-registered
his greatest height
at 4,600 feet.
STEAMED IBEMUKABLE TRIP.
Seventeen of Crew of British Ship
Died During Voyage.
Savannah, Ga. The British steam
ship Goodwin has arrived In port
from Caleta Buena, Chila, after a
memorable voyage. Since sailing on
November lstn last for this port, 17
members of the crew of 63 men have
oither died or have been left behind
for medical treatment. . Bri-beri at
tacked the crew of Lascar3 and sever
of them died. Throe were buried at
sea. , The carpenter was washed over
board in a storm. 'Eight of the sail
ors were left at Montevideo. Captain
Porter brought the ship into port witb
some of the crew still suffering from
diseases, but improved.
3 PiKVuv.S CfiLfoAl ED.
Fire Destroyed Several of the James
town Exposition Buildings.
Norfolk, Va. Three persons, tw
of them children of YVa.ter il. Hal
sted, were burned to aeath in a lir
which destroyed several of the small
er buildings on the Jamestown Expo
sition grounds.
The fire started in tuo Baltimore
city building, which was occupied by
H. T. Halstead of La' -ore, us a
residence. The occupants were all
1 asloep when the fire beaa.
Washington.
Carrying an appropriation of $95,
200,000 for the maintenance of the
army for the fiscal year of 1911, the
army appropriation bill passed ti
house by a vote of 183 to 106; pres
ent and not voting, S. The opposition
was due to the fact that the depart
ment estimates were exceedingly
high.
The treasury deficit for the first six
months of the fiscal year just ended
is $56,500,000 and the working cash
balance is only $28,267,000. The treas
ury officials find it impractical to is
sue Panama bonds to relieve the sit
uation because the outstanding 2 per
cent bonds have gone below par, ana
it is feared that an issue of 3 pei
cent would still further depress the
2s. - - ,
Representative Sulzer of New York
wants the United States to have the
finest roads in the world, and accord
ingly, he has introduced a bill pro
viding that the federal government
loan to the different states sums for
the purpose not exceeding a million
dollars annually, the states to pay it
back yearly. The postofflce depart
ment would- supervise the work ol
building the roads.
Seven hundred rural schools will
at once be opened by the government
in the eastern part of Oklahoma, ac
cording to a statement made by Jno.
D. Benedict, superintendent of Indian
schools in Oklahoma. The govern
ment will spend $150,000 to maintain
schools in districts where there is
not enough taxable lands to maintain
schools. Full-blood Indian and minor
lands under the enabling act can not
be taxed.
Secretary of State Knox is quoted
as defining his foreign policy as be
ing the protection of every American
citizen in whatever portion of th
globe he may be. Said Knox: "Tht
same protection to American citlzeri
as Great Britain extends to her sub
jects. 1 do not propose to have it
said during my administration of th
state department that an American
traveler abroad has had to seek pro
tection under the British or German
flag."
To prevent a serious set-back to the
development of the Pearl harbor. Ha
wail, naval station through' exhaus
tion of the regular appropriation ol
$1,000,000, by February 1, the secre
tary of the navy sent to congress a
deficiency estimate of $300,000 toward
completing the dredging of tho 35-foot
.honnai fnr the station. secretary
Meyer hopes to have the station read ,
to take care of the neet Dy juiy x
1912.
President Taft Is heartily in favor
of the plan to raise the battleshij
Maine from the bottom of Havana
harbor. The president has informed
Representative Lord of Michigan that
he desired to see the latter s bill, ap
propriating money for the purpose,
enacted into law, and that he stood
ready to offer support,,
Quite a radical change in tne man
ner of conducting the great state re
ceptions at the white house are noted
and for the first time in many ad
ministration refreshments are now
served. The blue room circle, whicU
nourished druing the Roosevelt ad
ministration when a selected coterie
of social friends v.eic invited behind
the line, was entirely done away
with. -
Secretary of State Knox gave out
a statement explanatory of a circular
note which he had sent to other na
tions on October 18th last. The pro
posal was in substance that nations
having constitutional objections tc
any direct appeal from their owr
higher court suiould let 'lhe Haguf
court arbitrate the question of a ves
aels capture as a reti-iul ue novo, wita
power only to aw-u uamages. Thui
it is proposed to Ui.fc.t .ne interna
tional piue court .a.a tiie liuictionf
of a court cf ai-itrul' justic8 iu Unit
of peace.
ROUGH
ROAD
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Insurgents Expected to Keep
, " up Hostilities.
UNREST EXTENDS TO SENATE.
Fate of Several Administration Bills
One of the Livest Topics With Nat
ional Law-Makers.
Washington, Special. No matter
how satisfactory ' an arrangement is
made for the selection of the joint
committee to investigate the Bal-linger-Pinchot
controversy, the insur
gent fight promises to occupy a prom
inent place in the congressional situ
ation during the week. .
Dissentions between the insurgents
and regulars in the House have oc
cupied the center of the stage for a
fortnight. The bickerings have even
spread to the Senate wing of the
Capitol and legislation there has
been at standstill.
That there will be a lull in hostili
ties in the House as soon as the Bal-linger-Pinehot
committee is. appoint
ed is concealed, but those who are
anxious that legislation may proceed
without delay or not over sanguine
of their efforts to keep the insurgent
row in check. They look for renew
ed outbreaks whenever any question
affecting the Cannon rulers is inter
jected into the proceedings. ,
Second interest to the discussion of
the battle between the Republican or
ganization and the insurgents in the
House is the gossip in both branches
of Congress as to what wil be the fate
of the several administration bills to
put into force what are known as
Taft policies as differentiated from
Roosevelt policies. These embrace
the program for the amendment of
the interstate commerce laws, the
Sherman anti-trust law, and carrying
into effect measures for the conser
vation of natural resources.
Little opposition has been heard to
the administration measures for the
strengthening of the interstate com
merce act. On all sides it seems to
be conceded that some such measure
as is proposed by Mr. Taft will be
enacted.
Several hearings of more than or
dinary interest are scheduled to take
place, or at" least begin, during the
week. There will be the consid
eration of the interstate ' commerce
bills at both ends of the Capitol, the
Mann canal bill before the Senate
committee on interoc-eanic canals, and
the meat inspection question before
the House committee on agriculture.
Another interesting situation will be
raised in the House committee on ex- '
penditures in the Interior Depart
ment by Representative Hitchcock of
Nebraska, who will endeavor to sub
stantiate the charges made by him
in the House of extravagance in the
conduct of land offices.
G ARLINGTON GUILTY.
Former Officer of Seminole Securities
- Company Sentenced to Hard Labor
Columbia, S. C, Special. Judge
Prince Saturday sentenced John Y.
Garlington and James Stobo Young,
secretary and treasurer for the
defunct Seminole Securities Co.,
who Avere tried in fivs counts for con
spiracy and fraud in connection with,
their manipulation of . $55,000 of the
assets of the company with fraudulent
itnent; the former to three years and
the latter to one year on the chain
gang or State penitentiary. Bail has
been granted pending appeal, at $5,
000 each.
Shoe and Leather Men Meet.
Boston, Special. Saturday more
than 200 men representing the Shoe
Wholesalers' Association, met here
to consider whether the trade is real
ly confronted with a radical advance
in leather and shoe prices. President
J. K. Orr, ot Atlanta, Ga., presided.
Smallpox Closes Theatres.
High Point, N. C. A Special says
the health authorities of this city
have ordered that all places of wor
ship and theatres, motion picture
shows be closed from the 15th to the
24th, to prevent the spread of small
pox. Twelve cases reported, but the
situation is well in hand. No crowds
will i be allowed to congregate at the
depot or on street corners. Day
schools will hot be closed.
The Hookworm Conference.
Atlanta, Ga., Special. With three
members of the Rockfeller commis
sion for the study of the hookworm
disease in attendance, more than two
hundred prominent physicians, life
insurance officials and representatives
of. civic and commercial organizations
gathered in Atlanta Tuesday for the
opening session cf the first national
confeernce called for the study of
the hookworm. The conference was
in session two days and a permanent
organization, to be known as "The
Southern Health Conference" was
perfected.
Notable Meeting This Week.
Washington, Special. Representa
tvies of every phase of the complex
citizenship of the United States ns
sembled in conference Tuesday and
Wednesday, under auspices of the
National Civic Federation, at the Ba
lasco theater for the puriicsu of de
vising ways and means to bring about
uniform laws relating to (inarriage
and divorce, child labor and . pure
food and drugs.
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