Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1911 — GENERAL NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL NEWS

At Indianapolis. Tuesday, representative of railroads operating iu Indiana declined before the state railroad commission to enter into a defense of any motive the roads might have had in the order issued several Weeks ago to increase from 25c to 35c the minimum freight charges on small package shipments within the state. A committee from the roads, headed by Frank Littleton of the Big Four, stated that the action of the roads In filing a subsequent order annulling the order of increase was taken by the roads to be sufficient and asked that the hiring be cancelled. This the commission refused to grant and the railroad men with their attorneys withdrew. A permanent order against any increase is ordered.

The question cf whether the United States government employes can be members of labor unions will be tested on Sept. 4, Labor day, when %the National Federation of Postoffice Clerks assembles for the sixth annual convert tion in Des Moines, la The postoffice clerks, according to President Nelson, expect then to affiliate formally with the American Federation of Labor. A government clerk’s right to Join a labor organization has been in doubt since President Roosevelt’s “gag-rule’’ for civil service employes was issued in 1902. That order stated “employes of the government shall neither directly nor Indirectly through associations make any attempt to have their rate of compcnsicn increased.” .

The policemen of Yonkers, N. Y., are searching for James H. Gore, chief clerk of the National Sugar refinery here, on a warrant which charges him with the theft of more than 2,000 barrels of sugar, valued at nearly $50,000. It is alleged that the sugar was stolen a barrel at a time over a period of many months. It was discovered some time ago that a considerable quantity of sugar was missing and investigation showed that many barrels bad been delivered to local grocers at reduced prices. These dealers told the police that the sugar had been sold to them by Gore

The report which was sent out from Mexico that the control of the National railroads had pac sed out of the hands of the Mexican government through the sale by General Diaz and Minister of Finance Limantour of their reported controlling personal holdings to New York b&kers waa denied by D. P. Bennett, vice president of the road. He said that in the plan for the merser of the National Railroad company of Mexico and the Mexican Central, forming the conrclidated company, it was distinctly stipulated that conrcl should be lodged with the federal government.

At New York Friday L. C. Hanna of Cleveland, O:, a brother of Mark A. Hanna, told the house of representatives’ committee of inquiry into the United States Steel corporation his version of the absorption of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company by the steel trust in 1907. He was one of the managers of the Tennessee company. E. W. Oglesby of Cleveland, who also was connected with the Tennessee deal, followed Mr. Hanna on the witness stand. He is now a director of the Republic Iron and Steel company. The Paris, France, Matin’s Berlin correspondent says he learns on high authority that the German emperor is furious at tbe situation in which Baron von Kiderlen-Waechter, the foreign secretary, placed Germany in his absence, which was the result of falsconformation. It was believed that Great Britain was utterly indifferent to Morocco and would abandon France in the moment of danger. Denouncing at Washington as absolutely false the charge of William Jennings Bryan that he blocked the efforts of Speaker-Clark and others to revise the iron and steel tariff schedules, Oscar Underwood, Democratic house leader, amid uproarious Democratic applause, spoke in the national house in defense of his position and that of the Democratic house. After being hit by an auto at Kalamazoo, Mich., and knocked to the pavement, Jerry Linihan, an aged resident of the city, saved himself from being crushed under the machine by catching hold of the front axle. He was dragged along on the pavement until the machine was stopped. While badly hurt it is not believed his injuries will prove fatal. At Philadelphia in the presence of high dignitaries of the chnrch and virtually all the clergy in the archdiocese, the Most Rev. Edmund : Prendergast was enthroned archbishop of the Metropolital See of Philadelphai in the cathedral of SS.\ Peter and Panl, succeeding the late Archbishop Patrick John Ryan. At New York Friday the offices of the .American Tanning company in the Produce Exchange annex, were raided by postoffice inspectors, who made four arrests Illegal of the mails was the charge on which the raid was based.

At Peoria, 111., ten or a dozea firemen were injured, two serious.} when fire destrov ed the Greeley school building. Captain James Lynch and Hoseman Frank Hadley were badly cut and bruised. Lawrence B. Stringer, Democratic nominee for senator in 15)09, asserted his belief that Lorimer won hig senate seat by corruption. Canadian people will decide reciprocity bill’s fate in new elections in 1 September brought on by dissolution of pailiament. President Taft will veto a wool revision bill if it reaches him at the present sessjon of congress. •' * •' ■ ‘V■' *' v - .. ’ i . 'w!