Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 52, Number 16, Jasper, Dubois County, 21 January 1910 — Page 7

ABSOLVE DIRECTORS

AMERICAN SUGAR COMPANY GIVE OUT STATEMENT ON WEIGHING FRAUDS. ONLY EMPLOYES ARE GUILTY Declare Absolutely None of the Offi cials of the Trust Had Any Know), edge of the Existence of Nefarious Transactions. v w York, Jan. 13. In a lengthy v d , uborate statement road at the Mi. mI meeting of the stockholders, , j m Jersey City, the dlroctors of .... An., neun Sugar Company, better hn n to the public aa the sugar . absolved themsolves from all j .. for the existence of the frauds . caused them to refund to the i . . .1 States government no less t .in l.'.ouu.OOO, and declared that ab- ; . iy none of the officials of the i .my had any knowledge of the . t. r.i of the nefarious transnc None Are Shielded. ;:tt. nipt has been made to shield :.. and your board has no reason i.?M' and do not believe, that fl . . v ( utlve officer or director of i .uiipany had any knowledge of. : .rtscipatlon In, this fraudulent " Is one of the statements In this remarkable report. . i !ort furthor says that con- . t. general belief, the stock of .pany Is hold, not by a few . . . w Individuals, the fact being avt-rage holding stock by any . , .! .al being less than 50 shares. 1 i-is Is also placed on the asserat the company does not constli monopoly. 'a York, Jan. 11. Four former .-,'iojpg of the American Sugar Re f.r g t'ompany, convicted of under hb;ng frauds, were sentenced to viar'a imprisonment each by Ag Martin in the United States - .it court here. The men sen- ? c (i are Charles Kchoe. Edward A. i .. . Patrick J. Homossey and John M ' le ARRESTS IN GRAFT CASES F vt Prominent Pittsburg Men Are Charged with Conspiracy as Re suit of 1908 Scandals. p .lurg. Pa., Jan. 15. President H .Minings and Vice-President F. i. riffln of the Columbia National auk County Delinquent Tax Collector ai.J foni.er Republican City Chairman Max (i Leslio. formor Councilman f! .rW's St. wart and F. F. Nicola, a ;i-i!tal!st and real estate operator. re arrested on warrants issued by I'M rirt Attorney W. A. Blakeley. UrpniK them with conspiring to r..':e the selection of the Columbia Nit.nnal bank as a city depositary. In i'1'i.n'Mi. Leslie Is charged with per J . and still another information ' irg-. him with misdemeanor and a ..:.- that for two years he made a s.r...-s of soliciting the aid of eoun:i n to influence legislation. Th- charges are the result 'of the Pift scandals of 190S, when it was r gh! out that councilmen had been I '! money to vote for six deposi STOCKMEN INDORSE PINCHOT Live Stock Association Denounces Action of Congres? for Removing Duty on Hides. ! tiver. Col.. Jan. 11. An adroitly twr.).r resolution commending exI'r i i.-nt Roosevelt, congratulating !" J tit Taft and indorsing the poll1 : irsued by Clifford Plnchot while 1 : ' torster, with reference to the .-inc of grazing land and forest reto stockmen, was adopted by ! nurican Live Stock association. M A Jastro of Makerslleld, Cal.. m re-eipcted president Murdock M-ukotizie of Trinidad. Col., first vlceirMl.nt and Joseph M. Carey of 'h' nne. Wyo., second vIce-presidenL Among other resolutions adopted y the ronvontion were: long declaration against President Tdft s proposed commorte court. l"nuncintlon of the Payne tariff bill n-i f the action of congress In putting ' i'l'-s on the free list. i STOCK BROKER IS EXPELLED Consolidated Exchange Will Hereafter Refer Breaches of Law by Members to State Authorities. N"W York. Jan. 15. The Consoli- ' '' 1 Stock Exchange announcod p 'ii iltaneously with tho expulsion of K. Jenkins of Wall street for "ob fraud;" that hereafter "where investigation of any member of hi exchange reveals a breach of law, he evidence secured by tho cxrhangP be sont to the district attor- '? for such action as he may deem proper." This resolution passed by tbe governors of the exchange establishes a Precedent and is part of the ex hange's campaign tQ ellmlnnte any 'petition of the Rock Island and "her scandals. Thaw Is In Good Health. New York. Jan. 15. Reports that H.rry K. Thaw was dangerously ill in " ' asylum for the criminal Insane at Vut'.awan were denied by Assistant ! riiitendont Kelb of that instiluThaw Is In better physical con'""n now than at nny other timeMr"" his incarceration, the oilkial aid.

31 SEAMEN PERISH WHEN

VESSEL GOES ON ROCKS Steamer Czarina Is Wrecked In Coos Bay, OreTwo Men Saved, Mnrshflold, Ore., Jan. IS. The steamship Czarina, wrecked on tho Coos bay bar, disappeared at midnight. H. II. Kentzell, llrat assistant engineer, was washed nsüoro. He was restored to consciousness, but is too weak to speak and Is believed to be in ternaily Injured One seaman swam ashore. It Is believed tho remainder of those on board, numbering Ji. have been drowned, as the vessel Is bo jlioved to be at the bottom of tne ocean. I Tho steamer running txt.ve-n San i Francisco and Coos bay. disabled while crossing the ( -s bay bar. It struck on the North Spit. bu drifted off. Later It began drifting toward shore again. The crew took to the rigging to ecape the waves. The water In the bay was too rough to permit tugt or the life saving crew to go to the rescue. Harold Jlilllg, 20 years old. son of J. C. MtHIs. general manager of the steamship company operatic the Czarina, was the only paenger. He was on his way to tho University of California, after pending a short vacation with his parents here. PASS WHITE SLAVE BILL House Adopts Drastic Measure Which Will Go Far Toward Stopping Nefarious Traffic. Washington, Jan. 13. Representative Sabath of Chicago scored against Representative Mann when the IJen-iielt-Sabnth white slave bill was passed by the houso. That action, in effect, sends the Mann bill on the same subject to iho waste basket of tho house. The Bennett-Sabath bill Is perhaps the most drastic measure of the kind ever adopted by any state or nation, and If it is passed by the senate will go far toward breaking up the white slave traffic. It makes it a felony to import any porson for immoral purposes, and then provides that aay alicn found in any disorderly house, or profiting in any way therefrom, may be deported. It goes further than that, however. Thor Is n softlnn Hfl ml f mm tho Mann bill, but written In more forcible terms than those of the Mann bill, which provides that anyone who shall either directly or indirectly furnish transportation from one state to another for any person where the object of the Journey is an immoral one. shall be guilty of a felony and liable to imprisonment In the penitentiary for ten years. URGES SAFETY OF MINERS Gov. Deneen, In Special Message, Asks Legislature to Pass Laws for Protection of Life. Springfield. 111.. Jan. 13. Gov. Deneen transmitted to the general assembly a special message, dealing with the Chorry mine disaster and suggesting drastic amendments to the mining laws intended to prevent accidents. The governor's message Is accompanied by a report of the state mining investigation commission created by act of the last legislature. Three bills are proposed to remedy existing dangers in the mining industry. The commission made an exhaustive investigation following the Cherry disaster. Tho three bills embodying tho ideas of the commission were also Introduced. They provide for fire-fighting apimratus. establishment of rescue stations and institutes for technical education of miners. FLOODS CAUSE GREAT LOSS Ninety-Three Miles of Track Is Washed Out in Utah Damage Stupendous. Salt Lake. Jan. 13. Advices from the Hooded district of the San Pedro. Los Angeles. Salt Lake route filter in slowly. It is known that 93 miles of track are washed out and that the road is, in fact, practically washed out In long stretches. All trains, save four locals, have been abandoned. It Is announced that there will be no through schedule made before September. It is conservatively estimated that it will cost $14.000.000 to rebuild the line, which must follow a different route and one which detours to Meadow Valley. Tho damage wrought Is so stupendous the officials themselves cannot give comprehensive details. It Is considered the greatest railroad disaster in the history of the world. Shows Wonderful Vitality. Hammond. Ind , Jan. 13. After fighting for life for a week against tremendous odds In SL Margaret's hospital. Mrs. Jacob Busch of Lansing, 111., succumbed. A week ago she was fearfully burned while trying to light a fire with kerosene. She was brought to Hammond In a bobsled with tho thermometer 12 degrees below zero. A short time after her arrival she gave birth to a son. Her case presented one of the most remarkable evidences of vitality doctors ever knew. Steamer Has Rough Voyage. London. Jan. 14 The steamer Kaiserin Augtiste Victoria of the HamburgAmerican line arrived at Plymouth from New York with fifty feet of her port rail gone, boats smashed In their davits and runny othor plain evldencos that she hid boon through a treason dons storing Passengers declared they never expected to see land again.

WILL HE COME IN

I TAFT WITS PEACE LABORS FOR SUPPORT OF "INSURGENTS" AS WELL AS REGULARS." CAUCUS IS AGREED UPON Factions Reach an Agreement to Meet and Name an Impartial Committee to Take Charge of Ballinger Plnchot Matter. Washington. Jan. 15. Here Is President Taft's official attitude toward the "insurgents' in congress, both as president and as titular head of the Republican party. The president has been laboring earnestly to bring the insurgents" and regulars'' together in support of the progressive measures promised by the Republican platform of 1903. He has not threatened to wlthold patronage from any "Insurgent" on account of his action on the tariff bill or his vote with respect to the speakership or rules. By custom of the party, the recommendations of Republican senators and congressmen as to local officers have been given conclusive weight If the recommendations were of persons fitted to discharge their duties, and. under these circumstances, in the view of the presldenL it becomes necessary for him. in following that custom, to determine who axo Republicans and who! are not. Regards All as Republicans. In making that choice it can be said flatly men who have Mted against the tariff bill, who have voted against the speaker, who have voted against Cannon la respect to the rales and who are called "insurgents." the president regards as Republicans still, because they were elected as stich. The president has only said that where a man. elected as a Republican is taking steps to defeat the legislation recommended by him in the performance of party promises, he is no longer a Republican, and to glTe weight to his recommendations for patronage would be to furnish him means in the future of defeating the administration policies. The president ie threatening no one with a view to undue support of legislation; he Is only declining to furnish means for defeating his legislative purposes by following the recommendations of men who recognize no obligation to the party of which the president is the titular head. Factions Reach Agreement. From the White House has come this statement: "It has been agreed between the regular Republicans and tbe socalled "insurgents.' represented by Mr. Dwicht on the one hand and Mr. Hayne. on the other, after conferences with the president, that a caucus should be held to pass upon the question of the committee In the Interior department investigation, with the assurance that the 'insurgents.' if they came into the caucus, would be treated fairly and that a committee of acknowledged impartiality would be appointed. "A further agreement was foreshadowed that caucuses should be held from time to time to which all members elected as Republicans should be invited to take up the various measures recommended by the administration as performances of party pledges, the subject os each caucus to be announced In advance. Charges Fraud in Mine Election. Bridgeport. O.. Jan. 15. Tom I Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, charged fraud had been practiced in the election of national officers In this district, favoring William Green, his opponent Ex-Judge Charles H. Truax Dead. New York Jan. IS Charles H. Tntax. who retired from the supreme coHrt bench Jamwry 1, after an Incumbency of neatly 13 years, died. He was CI years old.

OUT OF THE

RAIN? SPANISH CONSPIRACY IS NIPPED IN BUD Military Plot to Overthrow Liberal Cabinet Is Thwarted by Many Arrests. Paris, Jan. 15. Despatches from Madrid indicate that the government thwahted a military conspiracy, fomented by the friends of Juan de Lacierva y Penafiel, former minister of the interior, against the Liberal cabinet. The building occupied by the military club was surrounded by the police and eighty armed officers in the building were arrested. Forty of the officers implicated have been sent to various provincial fortresses pending trial by court martial. The colonels of the Princes and Queen's regiments have been relieved of their commands by royal decree. The origin of the trouble was the complaint against the system of advancement for army officers which was made upon the recommendation of persons of high rank, among whom Pignatelli was the leader. The correspondent of the Tempo describes the situation in Madrid as critical. The cabinet Is between two fires. On the one hand are the Republicans and Radicals who are attacking the army and at the same time charg ing Premier Moret with employing the methods of his predecessor; while on the other hand is the army enraged at the campaign of the government against iL There are rumors also of a Carlist uprising, and it is understood that Don Jaime of Bourbon, the Spanish pretender, is preparing to issue a manifesto describing the ruin of Spain since the dethronement of his great grandfather, attacking the free-thinkers and Protestants and urging a revival of Catholic unity as the only means for Spanish regeneration. Despatches from Barcelona report much excitement there. The troops are held in readiness in their barracks. TO STOP SHIPPING ABUSES Interstate Commission Begins Inquiry Into Milling in Transit Privileges Granted by Railroads. Washington. Jan. H. The interstate commerce commission to-day began a thorough investigation of the subject of "milling In transit" privileges accorded by the railways on 'many commodities. These are the rates under which grain or similar raw commodities may be shipped to a center point and milled or manufactured, and then reshipped out under tbe original through rate, which is usually less than the combination of single rates. The purpose Is to secure data on which to base an order that will prevent abuse of the transit privileges by the shipper, with or without collusion on the part of the railroad, by manipulation of commodities such as the substitution of a higher grade article than that contained in the original shipment The hearings are public and shippers, railroad officials and others Interested will be givon an opportunity to present evidence and arguments. Harmon Will Run Again. Mobile, Ala., Jan. 15. Gov. Judson Harmon of Ohio. In answer to a letter to a personal friend in Mobile, said that he would not give the presidency any consideration until after the fall election in Ohio, as he would be a can didate for re-election for governor. Coal Famine at Rockford. Rockford, Jan. 15. Rockford manufacturing concerns are facing the worst situation In freight conditions that have been known for 25 years. Factories employing hundreds of men are ceasing activities because of the shortage of coal. Find Last Body in Mine. Negaunee. Mich, Jan. 15. Burled beneath tons of sand, the body of Oscar Mattila, the last of the four miners entombed by a sudden run of mud in the N'ogaunee mine, a month ago, was discovered.

LiPH TOLD ALL

BEFORE DEATH HE CONFESSED HELPING MRS. GUNNESS IN WHOLESALE CRIMES. DETAILS OF TRAGEDY TOLD How the Borgia Lured Victims to Death Told by Accomplice Confesses to Killing of Arch Murderess and Three Children. St. Louis, Jan. 14. Ray Lamphere, who died recently in the Indiana pent tentlary at Michigan City, while serving a term for setting fire to the home of Mrs. Bella Gunnoss, noar Laporte, Ind.. did not carry the secrets of the Gunness charnel farm to the tomb with him, according to a copyrighted story In the Post-Dispatch. When he believed death was near he confessod. The confession was made to Rev. Dr. E. A. Scholl, formerly pastor of the Laporte Methodist church, now president of the Iowa Wesleyan university at Mount Pleasant, la., and held by him inviolate as a secret o'. the confessional. Confession Is Authentic. Tbe Post-Dispatch says Rev. Mr. Schell would verify it If he would consent to break the silence, the confession it publishes. The Post-Dispatch, however, says tho confesaiou It publishes wan made to a man of unassailable character. Lamphere, according to the confession, had a guilty knowledge of the murder of three men In the Gunnoss home during the time he lived there, about eight months in 1907, and he assisted Mrs. Gunnesss in disposing of the bodies of tho three men. He Baid he thought he had not received as much of the profits of the transaction as he considered himself entitled to, and he went to the farmhouse at night with a woman, chloroformed Mrs. Gunness, her three children and Jennie Olson. He and the women then searched the house, finding between $60 and $70. Chloroformed While They Slept. The light they used was a candle, and they left the house without knowins they had left behind a spark that soon burst into flames. Mrs. Gunness' method of killing her victims. Lamphere said, was first to chloroform them as they slept and then if the drug did not Itself kill, to sever the heads with an ax. Each time a man was to be murdered, according to Lamphere. she sent him to purchase chloroform. Lamphere said he saw one of them killed and aided in burying all three. These men were Andrew Helgelein and probably Ole Budsberg and Tonness Petersen Lien. . Trusted Ally of Mrs. Gunness. Lien, Lamphere thought, was the third husband of Mrs. Gunness. At the time of the Lamphere trial It was thought Jennie Olson had been killed by Mrs. Gunnoss. Lamphere. however details how Mrs. Gunness had secreted her in her house after she returned from a visit and she was chloroformed by Lamphere and his accomplice. A few nights after they came back there was another burying. Lamphore received money once more from Mrs. Gunness, and he said he became the trusted ally of Mrs. Gunness. Then Andrew Helgeleln came from South Dakota with a check for $2,S93.20. This was cashed and Helgeleln was given to understand ho was nothing more than a farm hand. Lamphere was sent on an errand to Michigan City to remain all night. He returned to the Gunness home, and through a hole In the floor heard Helgeleln groan In distress. Ha was begging Mrs. Gunness to send for a doctor. Lamphere Kills Mrs. Gunness. It was chloral she had given Helgeleln, according to Lamphere. Presently Helgeleln fell to the floor and Lamphore said he saw Mrs. Gunness strike the prostrate form and end the man's life. Lamphere the following night burled this body with Mrs. Gunness assistance. Shortly after Mrs. Gunness and Lamphere quarreled over money and he was ordered off the farm. She put her money In the bank the afternoon before Lamphere, seeking money, robbed and set fire to the place. Lamphere said he was drunk the night he visited tho place. He thought he would get $1,500. Lamphore said the chloroform he used was part of the quantities he bought for Mrs. Gunness. PAULHAN BREAKS RECORD French Aviator Attains an Altitude of 5,000.04 Feet on His Flimsy Aeroplane. Los Angeles. CaL, Jan. 13. Louis Paulbnn of France, riding on a flimsy frame of wood and metal, covered with white silk, mounted nearly a mile above the ground at the International midwinter aviation tournament and. before a madly-cheering multitude of 40,000 flying machine enthusiasts, broke the world's record for altitude attained In an aeroplane. He reached a height of 5,000.04 feet. The Frenchman's dnrlng and sensational feat stirred watching aviators and onthuslasts into a frenzy of delight. Finds Mother leaten to Death. Doniphan, Mo.. Jan. 15. Mrs. Bottle Reynolds, 30 years old, was found dead In bed by her ll-yuarold son when he returned from school. Sho had been beaten to death.

THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

For tho purpose of teaching college students tho evils of intemperance, Herman Yerkes of Bordentown, X. Y., has glveu $10,000. More than $4,000,000 is the estimated loss to date in wages and profits of emp'oyers as the result of tho girl shirtwaist makers' strike in the east Overproduction of gold rather thaa trusts or the tariff is blamed for higher food prices by Prof. E. R. A. Selig man, the economist of Columbia university. Max Pam of Chicago has offered a prize of 51,000 to the students of Notre Dame university for the best thesis dealing with the subject of religion in education. There is reason to believe that Japan and Russia have reached a complete agreement on the neutralization of the Manchurlan railways proposed by the United States. Two persons were hurt when tho St Louls-Xew York express on the Vandalia road was derailed at Woodland. 111. A broken frog caused the wreck. Two sleepers were overturned. Paul Redleske, deputy commissioner of public works at Chicago, whose name has boon mentioned in connection with allogod graft unearthed by the Merriam commission investigation, has resigned., A new universal language, known as "Ido." has appeared In New York. It Is said to be superior In some respects to Esperanto. Prof. Josperson of the University of Copenhagen is said to advocate it. Many theatrical people, most of them scantily clad, were drlvon Into tho snowy streets by a fire in the Richmond hotel at Chicago. Many were rescued by the firemen. The majority of those driven out were chorus girls. As a contribution to the American Bible society's $500,000 endowment fund, a box containing several hundred rare coins, many of them more than 500 jears old, has been received from a farmer In Carroll county, Illinois. The members of the royal family, with the exception of Princess Louise, daughter of tbe late King Leopold, have arranged to do everything possible to avoid lawsuits and scandal in connection with the distribution of Leopold's fortune. The grand Jury which has been investigating the defunct Citizens' State bank of Edgemont, S. D., which closed Its doors three or four years ago, returned Indictments against the president, James A. Stewart, and the cashier, C. A. Grippen. A concurrent resolution Introduced In the New York legislature proposes to put that body on record against the federal Income tax. The resolution Is drafted along the line of Gov. Hughes' special message, recommending the nonratiflcatlon of the federal tax. A plan was launched at a meeting of the board of directors of George Washington university to raise $2,000, 000 as an endowment fund within the next three years. Henry C. Perkins, member of the board, made an Initial subscription of $50,000 toward the fund. TO FIGHT CORPORATION TAX Commercial Men Meet In Chicago to Devise Concerted Action Against the Publicity Clause. Chicago, Jan. 14. Summoned by LaVerne W. Xoyes as president of the Illinois Manufacturers' association, a large number of representatives of business, manufacturing and commercial organizations are holding a conference to-day in the Congress hotel. They have gathered to discuss the new corporation tax law, and especially to devise ways and means to fight tho enforcement of the publicity clause of that statute. A canvass of senators and congresmon already is under way with the purpose of feeling the pulso relative to a repealing movement. Tho campaign against the law is participated in by numberless corporations throughout tho west THE MARKETS. Now York, Jan. 15. LIVE STOCK-Steers ft 75 ff 7 15 Hoks S 75 y 9 W Shwp 00 ? 5 50 KLOrit-Wlnter Straljjhu.. 5 20 & 5 50 WHKAT May I"20i0 12l COHN Hay 7S Ö 7Si OATS Natural White 5Jiö 55Vi RYIS-No. 2 Western SI Ö S DirTTEU-Crenmary 30fcft 31 KntJS 30 St 31 CHEESE C 13 CHICAGO. CATTLE Nfttivo Steers..... S7 23 f? 8 S MiKlUim to Good S tears.. 6W "2 Cows. Plain to Fancy.... 3 00 ö 5 to Choice Heifers 5 0) & 6 (" Calves S0 ft 7 75 HOGS Packen S 15 6 8 SO Mixed Hutchors 8 SO ff S 1CS 8 W ÖS nUTTEU-Creamery M G 3i Dairy 24 (t 30 LIVE POULTRY JO 17 EGGS 17HÄ 40 POTATOES (r5r bu.). ....... J J g 50 Kl-Otm-SprlnK Whoat. Bp'l G 30 g 6 to CHAIN Wheat. May 1 13 i 1 Uh Corn. May Ci4f H Oats. May iiff MILWAUKEE. GRAIN-Wlwat. No. 1 Nor'n $t 13 ß 1 Mbv 1 "'.Iti 1 13li Corn. May 70 k 70!4 Oats. Standard J$ Itye 73.M? 80, KANSAS CITY. GRAIN-Wheat. No. 2 Hard Jl 12 Q 1 li4 No. 2 Kl - 24 V 1 CornT No. 2 Mlxd H 4 Oat. No. White 51 Hyo ,0 " ST. LOUIS. CATTLE Nallr Sters W f? S 40 Texas Stwra HOGS-I'iwfcera 8 49 & ltutdit-n. f nr'A SI.1KB1 Natlvs 'W C J) OMAHA. CATTLE-Native Slrn . l 00 Ö 7 23 row nn-l Heir-r S SHKEl'-Wether w U