Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1910 — Page 2

PINGHOT ASSAILS TARIFF AS GRAFT

Says Special Privilege Robs Con- _ gress of N ation’s Faith* - SQUARE DEAL IS DEMANDED Former Forester Tells St. Paul Roosevelt Club That Both Political Parties Are Equally Subject to Evil Rule. ' '" ~ . I . St. Paul, Minn., June 13.—Gifford Pinchot, speaking before the Roosevelt club here, scored congress and the leaders of both political parties and characterized the present government of the United States as a government by and for the special interests. ■ - : He demanded the absolute divorce of “the interests” and politics. Here are some of the pointed things Mr. Pinchot said in the course of his speech: “A representative of the people who wears the collar of the special interests has touched bottom. He can sink no farther.” Demand Square Deal. “The people of the United States demand a new deal and a square deaL” "The motto in every primary—in every election- should be this: ‘No watch dogs of the interests need apply”" “The alliance between business and politics is the most dangerous thing In our political life. It is the snake we must kill” “The special interests must get out of politics or the American people will put them out of business.” Faith in Congress Lost. “Because the special interests are in politics we as a nation have lost confidence in dongress.” “The people of the United States believe that, as a whole, the senate and house no longer represent the voters by whom they were elected, but the special interests by which they are controlled.” “Differences of purpose and belief between political parties today are vastly less than the differences within the parties;”

“It is a greater thing to be a good | citizen than a good Republican or a good Democrat.” “The protest against politics for • revenue only is as strong in one party as in the other, for the servants of the interests are plentiful in both.” j Attacks Tariff Law. In discussing the tariff Mr. Pinchot declared that congress had directly j violated the will of the people and , thereoy shown its alliance with the “interests.” He made special men tion of the coal and steel and wool 1 interests. He declared that conservation had captured the nation and that its! progress during the past twelve months had been amazing. "Efforts to obscure or belittle the issue have only served to make it larger and clearer in the public estimation,” said Mr. Pinchot “The conservation . movement cannot be checked by the baseless charge that It will prevent development, or that every man who tells the plain truth is either a muck-raker or a demagogue. It has taken firm hold on our national moral sense, and when an is-1 sue does that it has won.

“All monopoly rests on the unregulated control of natural resources and ' natural advantages, and such control by the special interests is impossible I without the help of politics.” Turn£ Fire on Congress. Mr. Pinchot- then entered upon a denunciation of congress as a whole I as having lost the confidence of the I people and exclaimed: “Who is to blame because representatives of the people are so commonly led to betray their trust? We all are—we who have not taken the trouble to resent and put an end to the knavery, we knew was going on. The brand of politics served out to us by the professional politician has long been composed largely of hot meals for the interests and hot air for the people, and we have all known It “Political platforms are not sincere statements of what the leaders of a party really believe, but rather forms of words which those leaders think they can get others to believe they believe.”

MILLIONAIRE WILL DIE POOR

David Ranken, Jr., Deeds Entire Fortune to Trades School for Boys at St. Louis. . St. Louis, June 13. —David Ranken, Jr„ one of. St. Louis’ wealthiest citizens and founder of the David J. Ranken, Jr., school of mechanical trades, has joined the Carnegie class of philanthropists and will ' die a poor man. He has deeded his entire fortune, estimated at more than $3,000,000, to the board of trustees of the Ranken school, to be used in the maintenance and enlargement of this institution, which promises to be one of the largest schools of its kind in the world. ,

Kieff Expels 6,000 Jews.

St. Petersburg, June 13. —The Retch says that 6,000 Jews have %een expelled from Kieff. They are mostly poor and many of them are wandering homeless and destitute on the out•kirts of the dty.

CHARLTON’S COAT IN LAKE

HUSBAND OF TRUNK VICTIM PROBABLY MURDERED ALSO. Blood-Spattered Bed Leads Authorities to Believe Double Crime Was Committed. Como, Italy, June 13.—-A part of a man’s coat, declared by some of his fisherman neighbors to have belonged to Porter Charlton, was found today in Lake Como, from the waters of which the body of his murdered bride, Mary Scott Castle Charlton, was recovered last Friday. The torn garment was fished up from the bottom of the lake, near the spot where the trunk containing the body of the woman was found. ■ This discovery strengthens the theory.of many that a double murder was committed. This is the. view of Charles M. Caughy, the American consul at Milan, who believes that Charlton met the same fate as did his wife. Mr. Caughey is actively engaged in furthering the investigation. Earlier evidence that both of the Americans were killed, presumably for their valuables, was found in the blood-spattered bed at the villa which they occupied. _ \ It is declared that the seevn wounds found on the woman’s head did not release any such quantity of blood as left" Its stains in their lake shore home. • Constantine Ispolareff, the chance acquaintance of the Charltons from whom they leased the villa, remains in custody and is frequently questioned as developments furnish the detectives with new grounds for inquiry. The Russian maintains his self-possession and insists that he knows nothing as to how or by whom the crime was committed. On the supposition that Lake Como contains the body of Charlton, a thorough search of its bottom and shores was started in the vicinity of the spot from which the fishermen had drawn the trunk with its gruesome contents. It was not long before the searchers .were rewarded by finding a portion of a man’s coat. This was exhibited among the fisher folk and others in the vicinity, who had seen the Charltons, and ‘Some of these declared at once that it was part of a suit which the young American had worn. The search was continued with renewed interest.

ENDS COLLECTION AT DOOR

Pope Says in Latest Order Practise Savors Too Much of Amusement Places. Ngw York, June 13 The latest reform document of Pope Pius X., as interpreted in the Ecclesiastical Review, the official organ of the clergy in this country, will do away with thepractise of collecting a feet at church doors, which prevails in this and other countries. The custom has been condemned from time to time by the laity of America, but has not been abolished because it was realized that in many parishes there were persons who shirked their part of the responsibility for the'-Support of their church. In his latest document the pope says this collection savors too much of the demanding of money at a place of amusement and therefore is not becoming for the church. The papal document also requires of the bishops a statement of the exact use made of the money so collected.

DROPS 8.000 FEET TO RIVER

Young Millionaire Has Thrilling Experience on His First Balloon Ascension at St. Louis. St. Louis, June 13.—J. D. Wooster Lambert, a young millionaire, who has just taken up aeronautics as a* sport, dropped from a height of- 8,000 feet into the Mississippi river while making his maiden trip in the 78,000 cubic foot balloon St. Louis No. 3 of the Aero club of St. Louis. Louis von Puhi was the pilot. Both were rescued by a motor boat and escaped with wet feet. The balloon was also saved.

DENNETT TO BE CLEARED

Land Commissioner Will Be Vindicated of Hitchcock Charges by Congressional Committee. Washington, June 13.—Complete vindication of Commissioner Fred Dennett of the general land office of all the charges of reckless expenditures brought against hlYn by Representative Hitchcock of Nebraska, a Democrat, will be announced "in the report of the majority of the house committee on interior department expenditures.

FAIRBANKS TO BE ENVOY

Whitelaw Reid’s Place in London Is Likely to Be Given to Former Vice-President. Washington, June 13. —It is understood that Charles W. Fairbanks, former vice-president, will be the next ambassador to the court of St. James. Whitelaw Reid will be retired owing to the wish of King George V:

Only Seventeen, But Thrice a Bride.

Whitesburg, Ky., June 13 The third inarriage of Sarah Jane Croft, aged seventeen, occurred at this place when she married Sandy Adams, a lad four months her senior. Divorcb'proceedings followed each of the girl’s previous marriages.

TAFT WOULD BAR WATERED STOCKS

Insists on Provision to Control Issues of Rail Bonds. CONFERENCE FIXES A PLAN Commission Will Probe Matter and Report at Next Session Best Method of Meeting the Situation.

Washington, June 13. —President Taft does not propose to let congress adjourn without showing its purpose to carry, out the pledge of the Republican party to.enact legislation providing for governmental supervision of railroad stock and bond issues. Supported by the attorney general, he delivered an ultimatum to conferees of the senate and house and Speaker k f-Tiunon along this line and as a result a paragraph will be added to the railroad bill providing for a commission to investigate and report at the next session of congress the best means of dealing with the matter. The president was told again that with all the Democrats but one opposed to giving the interstate commerce commission supervision bn this subject, it was absolutely impossible to get an out-and-out provision for the control of stock and bond issues in the bill at this session. There were present at the conference at the White House Speaker Cannon, Senators Elkins and Aldrich and Mr. Mann of the conferees and Attorney General Wickersham. Wants Party Pledge Kept. The president called the conference to indicate more clearly to the conferees that he wished the house, provision giving the interstate commerce

commission supervision over stock and bond issues retained in the bill. He declared again that the party had pledged itself to enact legislation xvhtrb would nfovont the overissue of securities, or “stock watering,” as the Viacase is more geuerany Known. The senate conferees explained the situation in the upper house to the president. The president told that every Democratic senator, with one exception, was opposed to the supervisory provision on the ground that it infringed on the rights of the state to supervise corporations chartered under state laws. Other senators, in the Republican ranks, were opposed to the provision on similar grounds, and because of pressure from their home states. Foe to "Watered” Stocks. The president declared at the conclusion of the conference that he would continue to urge legislation to prevent “watering” of railroad stocks so long as he was in the White House. It is understood that the president has receded from his position in regard to the time for the suspension of alleged unreasonable rates by the interstate commerce commission and that the bill as it comes from the conference will fix the time at fen months, the same as contained in the senate bill. . ‘

OPENS MANY ACRES TO ENTRY

President Hopes to Stop Immigration From United States to Canadian Northwest. Washington, June 13—By approving the latest step in the reclassification of the national forests and public lands President Taft increased the public domain available to homestead entry by 1,182,816 acres and Increased the national forests 381,094 acres f The reclassification is the government’s hope of stemming the tide of emigration from the United States to the Canadian northwest.

Roberts to Be Mint Director?

Washington, June .13. —It is rumored that George E. Roberts, president of the Commercial National bank of Chicago, may be offered the position of director of the mint That office is now vacant

HELP FOR THE TOTTERING

Baseball Results

Standing of the Clubs. NATIONAL LEAGUE. , Clubs. W. L. P.C.I Clubs. W. L. PC. Chicago ..28 15 . 651 St. L0ui5...21 24 .467 New York.2S 17 .622 Brooklyn ..29 25 .444 Cin’inati ..22 19 .537 PhiJ’del’ia .17 24 . 415 Pittsburg .21 20 .512 Boston ....16 29 .356 AMERICAN LEAGUE. New York.2B 13 683 Cleveland .17 20 . 459 Phll’dei'ia.2B 14 .667 Wash’ton .21 26 . 447 Detroit ...31 18 .633 Chicago ...15 26 . 366 Boston ...22 21 .512 St. Louis .. 9 33 .214 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. St. Pau1...35 18 .660 Ind'ap’lis .24 30 . 440 Min’apolis.3s 19 . 648 Kan. City..2o 28 . 414 Toledo ....33 21 .611 Mil’w’kee .20 30 .400 Cplunib’s .23 29 ,442 Louisville .20 34 1370 THREE “I” LEAGUE. Spri’gfi’d .23 12 . 657 Peoria .....19 19 -500 Waterloo .22 18 .550 Bl’m’nt’n ,19 -19 .500 R. Island.2o 17 .541 Dubuque ..16 24 .400 Dav’port .20 17 .541 Danville ...11 24 .314 Results of Sunday's Games. NATIONAL LEAGUE. No games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Chicago, 0; Washington, 2. St. I-ouis, 6; Philadelphia, L New York, 3; Detroit, 8. ~ AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Louisville, 2; St Paul, 1. Toledo, 5; Milwaukee, 4. Indianapolis, 4; Kansas City, 2. Minneapolis, 3; Columbus, 1. THREE “I” LEAGUE. Bloomington, 8; Danville, 5 (first game); Bloomington, 0; Danville, 3 (second game). Peoria, 2; Springfield. 3 (first game); Peoria. 6. Springfield, 8 (second game). Waterloo, 0; Dubuque, 2. Davenport, 3; Rock. Island, 0. CENTRAL LEAGUE. Fort Wayne, 6; South Bend, 5. Zanesville, 2} Terre Haute, 5 (first game); Zanesville, 1; Terre Haute, 1 (second game, 11 innings, called on account darkness). Wheeling, 5; Evansville, 8, Dayton, 5; Grand Rapids, 2. WISCONSIN-ILLINOIS LEAGUE. Appleton, 9; Green Bay, 3. Fond du Lac, 1; Oshkosh, 0 (12 innings). Rockford, 5; Aurora, 3. Madison, 2; Racine, 6.

RATIFY BIG BANK MERGER

Directors Sanction Consolidation of Commercial and Continental Nationals at Chicago. Chicago, June 13.—Directors of the Commercial National and the Continental National banks ratified the plan for the consolidation of the two institutions. The action was unanimous in both boards. August 1 was the date set for opening under the new arrangement. It was decided to form an entirely new corporation to take over the« business and the assets of the present banks. Its name will be the Continental and Commercial National bank. Its capital stock will be $20,000,000 and it will start with surplus capital of $13,072,000. Included in this merger will be the American Trust and Savings bank, owned by the Continental, and the Commercial Trust and Savings bank, recently organized by the Commercial National. These four institutions, when combined, will have a total capital of $23,000,000 and surplus and undivided profits of $10,000,000. Their total deposits are close to $185,000,000 and their total resources about $218,000,000.

BIG OIL PLANT TO CLOSE

Standard Company Purchases Texas Concern But Cannot Lawfully Operate in the State. f *5 Galveston, Tex., June 13. —The Standard Oil company having acquired control of the Texas City Refinery company, the big plant completed a year ago at a cost of nearly $2,000.Q00, will be closed down. It was built as an independent refinery by Texas and Oklahoma capital and has a capacity of 3,000 barrels of oil per day. It was in direct competition with the Standard, exporting much of its product. The Texas laws will not permit the Standard to operate in this state. It purchased individual stock at fabuloiis prices until it acquired a majority of the stock.

Brodie L. Duke Weds.

Washington, June 13.—Brodie L. Duke and Miss Wylanta Roschell were married in Camden, N. J. The ceremony was performed by H. F. Garrison; justice of the peace.

AVIATOR MAKES TERRIFIC SPEED

From New York to Philadelphia ~ : in Two Hours. HAMILTON FIRST IN RACE Effort to Win Prize for Trip to City of Brotherly Love and Return Half Finished Without Mishap. Philadelphia, June 13. —Charles K. Hamilton finished the first half of a record-breaking aeroplane flight from New York when he landed at Front and Erie avenues in this city at 9:28 a. m. today. As he reached the field he circled about several times, rose to about 200 feet and then shot to earth easily, A tremendous crowd cheered him. He had covered the distance in seven minutes less than two hours. Hamilton passed Metuchen, N. J., 25 miles from Jersey City, at 8:09 a. m„ flying directly over a special train of the Pennsylvania railroad, which acted as a guide. He passed over Millstone Junction at 8:19, having traveled five miles in ten minutes. Eight Hundred Feet Over Trenton. At Trenton, N. J., Hamilton flew over the Clinton street station of the Pennsylvania railroad at 8:50 a.m. A minute later he passed over the Delaware river into Pennsylvania. An enormous crowd gathered at Trenton to see him. As he went over the city Hamilton dropped a message giving his elevation as 800 feet. Between 8:09 and 8:50 the aviator flew 31 miles.

Starts After Delay by Accident. New York, June 13. —Charles "~K. Hamilton,' the aviator, started from Governor’s island at 7:35 o’clock this morning in his aeroplane flight from New York to Philadelphia and return under the auspices of the New York Times and the Philadelphia Public Ledger. His propeller, broken in an attempted start ’25 minutes earlier, was repaired quickly- and the aviator made a graceful rise, circled the island and then headed off over the Kill von Kull at a height of about 225 feet. Cheered by Crowds. Crowds which had assembled to see the ’start gave the aviator a hearty cheer as he arose and cheered him again as he swept around and passed over the island on his final getaway. No flags were flying from the aeroplane, but Hamilton carried several hundred small, round, flat celluloid disks, known as “peace bombs,” which he intended to drop at designated places in his flight as an illustration of the possibilities of the aeroplane in war. Hamilton carried letters from Govand Mayor Gaynor, which he was to deliver to Governor Stuart and Mayor Reyburn in Philadelphia, and a special message from the New York Times to the Philadelphia Public Ledger. The two papers contributed a purse which was to vary according to what Hamilton should be able to achieve. The total amount has not been made public.

FOUR FIGHT SEA FOR LIFE

Edna Wallace Hopper Stranded on Rocks With Three Others in Open Boat. New York, June 13. —After spending a night of terror in an open power boat fast on the of Little Hell Gate and exposed to pouring rain and cold, Miss Edna Wallace Hopper and Miss Laura Guerite, two prominent women of the stage, with their husbands, A. O. Brown, lately a stockbroker, and John J. Parker, who is in the electrical business at 1 Madison avenue, are now confined to their homes in Flushing, L. I. The women suffered seriously from the exposure. The men are little better off. Mr. Brown also injured one leg during the all-night struggle to keep the stove-in boat bailed out. A third man, John Shriner, chauffeur for Mr. Parker, was also in the pow’er boat and suffered exposure.

POSES AS PRESIDENT’S WIFE

Secret Service Men Search for Woman Masquerading as Mrs. William H. Taft. Washington, June 13. —Mrs. Taft is in Washington. This Information will be a surprise to many folks in the middle west who have been imagining that they have come in contact with the wife of the president. Word has reached Washington that a woman calling herself Mrs. Taft is aboard a 1 lake sjtfamer somewhere between Ashtabula, 0., and Duluth, Minn. She has been posing as the president’s wife and has given away souvenir postal cards with the alleged autograph of Mrs. Taft. The secret service division of the treasury department is looking for the bogus “Mrs. Taft.”

Lightning Kills Six; Injures 97.

Berlin, June 13—Six persons w r ere killed, 17 severely and 80 slightly injured by lightning which struck among a party of excursionists last evening. . ■

Ties World’s 100-Yard Mark.

Cedar Rapids, la., June 13.—1 n Coe College Home field meet Wilson, Coe’s crack sprinter, tied the world's 100yard record. Time, 9 3-5 seconds.

BROWNE'S TRIAL IS BEGUN

IS CHARGED WITH BRIBERY IN SENATORIAL ELECTION. Many Politicians Are Present —Ther» Is Great Rush for Seats in Courtroom. Chicago, June 13. —The trial of State Representative Lee O’Neil Browne on the charge of offering a bribe in connection with the election of William Lorimer as United States senator began here today. With a few exceptions no trial in recent years has attracted so much attention. More politicians are at present in the city from down state cities and towns than have ever before gathered here, except during conventions. The demand for seats has been so great that Judge McSurely several days ago decided to limit the attend-, ance strictly to the seating capacity of the courtroom. Tickets corresponding to the number of seats available were printed last week. These were distributed in the order of application. The courtroom was crowded to its full capacity when State’s Attorney Wayman started his opening address to the jury. . Representative Charles A. White, who accuses Browne of having paid him SI,OOO for his (White’s) vote in support of Senator Lorimer, was due to take the witness stand following the opening statement of the prosecution.

GREAT BUSINESS CONGRESS

Sessions of the International Meeting of Chambers of Commerce Begin in London. London, June 13.—The International Congress of Chambers of Commerce, one of the most important commercial assemblies in the world, began its sessions here today, ana for a fortnight men of business from many lands will discuss big commercial topics. Delegates from some 200 organizations are present. The program provides for the discussion and consideration of seven topics, all of them of great Interest to Europeans, and most of them to Americans, because of their trade relations with the countries across the sea. These topics are: 1. Establishment of a fixed date for the annual Easter festival and the unification and simplification of the Gregorian calendar. 2. Direct representation of commerce and industry at official conferences and International economic congresses. 3. Development of postal relations and of the European postal union. 4. Unification of the system of interchange of bank checks. 5. International agreement by which, any judgment of a court of arbitration award shall be accepted in later proceedings in - another country without question or revision. 6. Indorsement of the action of the Madrid convention on trademarks (marks of origin). 7. Methods of custom house valuations for statistical purposes. Both Spain and the United States have asked for the next meeting of the congress, which will be held in 1912.

ANGRY CROWDS STONE GIRL

Drive Daughter of Governor Haskell From Guthrie Streets, Resenting Transfer of State Capital. Oklahoma City, Okla., June 13.—1 n a wild automobile drive in the midnight hours Saturday, the seal of the state of Oklahoma w T as brought from Guthrie to Oklahoma City, following the announcement that Oklahoma City won in the state'capital fight by a majority of more than fifty thousand votes over Guthrie and . Shawnee, Oklahoma City probably will be proclaimed the state capital. The sear was surreptitiously removed from the secretary of state’s' office and is now declared tp be in the rooms of Governor Haskell at the Lee Huckins hotel. Jane Haskell, 17-year L old daughter of Governor Haskell, was hooted and stoned from the streets of Guthrie Saturday night, when she started for Oklahoma City, and was forced to flee to the governor’s rooms in the Royal hotel with her escort. She came to Oklahoma City on the first train.

LOWER BERTH RATE STANDS

Pullman Company Is Denied Writ of Injunction Against the Commerce Commission. Chicago, June 13. —The United States federal court, Judges Grosscup, Baker and Seaman sitting, denied the petition of the Pullman company for an injunction restraining the interstate .commerce commission from enforcing reduced rates for berths between Chicago and the Twin Cities, Chicago and the Pacific coast and the Twin Cities and the Pacific coast. The ground for the dismissal of the Pullman company’s bill was that sufficient cause had not been shown to warrant the court’s interfering with the order of the commission.

Foreman Is Killed in Strike.

La Crosse, Wis., June 13.—John H. Studier, foreman of the La Crosse Pearl Button company’s plant, was shot and killed as a result of a strike, and scores of citizens are aiding the police tn a search of the swamps near the Mississippi river for the murderer.