Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 52, Number 17, Jasper, Dubois County, 28 January 1910 — Page 7

ABSOLVE DIRECTORS

AMERICAN SUGAR COMPANY GIVE OUT STATEMENT ON WEIGHING FRAUDS. ONLY EMPLOYES ARE GUILTY Declare Absolutely None of the Officials of the Trust Had Any Knowledge of the Existence of Nefarious Transactions. ,.v York, Jan. 13. In a longthy .1,1 elaborato statement read at the n.ual meeting of the stockholders, ; . i.i in Jersey City, the dlroctors of ti,. merlcau Sugar Company, better htiwun to the public as the sugar t. ,s(. absolved themselves from all um' for the existence of tho frauds Ah nil caused them to refund to the i i.md States government no less t'.in $2,000.000, and declared that ab-luti-ly none of the olllcinls of tho , o-npariy had any knowledge of the .usance of tho nefarious transacNone Are Shielded. Nu attempt has been made to shield wni- and your board has no reason t.lipve. and do not believe, that o x-cutlve officer or dlroctor of t (onipany had any knowledge of. Participation In, this fraudulent t'.mR," is one of tho statements t.uiiM'd in this remarkable report. ! a- report further snys that, contiy to general belief, the stock of tompnny is hold, not by a few ililiy individuals, the fact being . the average holding stock by any :.wJual being less than 50 shares, r ; basis is also placed on tho asseri r. that the company does not constlf . a monopoly. N. vv York. Jan. 11. Four former mi loves of tho American Sugar Hef ' ing Company, convicted of underhing frauds, were sentenced to year's Imprisonment each by ! (ig. Martin in the United States .ir'Uit court hero. The men sent r.i-fd are Charles Kehoe, Edward A. f.ivlp. Patrick J. Her.nessoy and John M t'oyle. ARRESTS IN GRAFT CASES Five Prominent Pittsburg Men Are Charged with Conspiracy as Result of 1908 Scandals. Pittsburg. Pa.. Jan. 13. President K H Jennings and Vice-Prosldont F. tJrimn of the Columbia National bank. County Delinquent Tax Collector ar,d former Republican City Chairman Max G. Leslie, former Councilman rharlps Stewart and F. F. Nicola, a capitalist and real estate operator, wpre arrested on warrants issued by iMhtrirt Attorney AV. A. Ulakeley. tharcing them with conspiring to aus- the selection of the Columbia National bank as a city depositary. In addition. Leslie Is charged with perjury and still another Information harp's him with misdemeanor and a!pps that for two years he made a I usint'ss of soliciting the aid of counulinin to influence legislation. Tho charges are the result of tho graft scandals of 190S. when it was I'Ttmpht out that councllmen had been paid money to vote for six depositaries STOCKMEN INDORSE PINCH0T Ltve Stock Association Denounces Action of Congrest for Removing Duty on Hides. I. nver. Col., Jan. 11. An adroitly wnnird resolution commending ex-I'r-ld.'nt Roosevelt, congratulating I'r. ulnt Taft and indorsing the pollpursued by Clifford Plnchot while iii- r forester, with reference to tho I' King of grazing land and forest ro"Ms to stockmen, was adopted by 't Vmerlcan Live Stock association. H A. Jastro of nakersfleld, Cal.. was re-elected president Murdock Mackenzie of Trinidad. Col., first vicerr. sidont and Joseph M. Carey of Cheyenne, Wyo., second vice-president. Among other resolutions adopted lv tho convontlon were: A. long declaration against President Taft'g proposed commerce court. lnunciatIon of the Payne tariff bill and of the action of congress In putting idrs on the free list. STOCK BROKER IS EXPELLED Consolidated Exchange Will Hereafter Refer Breaches of Law by Members to State Authorities. Nnv York. Jan. 15. The Consoll''itfd Stock Exchange announced mruiltaneously with tho expulsion of H K Jenkins of Wall street for "obus fraud;" that hereafter "where Investigation of any member of his exchange reveals a breach of law, ''f evidence secured by tho cx'hango be sent to the district attorY for such action as ho may deem proper." This resolution passed by tho gov'mors of the exchange establishes a precedent and Is part of tho ex'hange's campaign to eliminate any r'pftitlon of the Rock Island and "'her scandals. Thaw Is In Good Health. New York, Jan. 15. Reports that Harry K. Thaw was dangerously ill in asylum for tho criminal Insane at attnnwan were denied by Assistant 'iperintendent Kolb of that litstltu- ''. Thaw Is in better physical cond'Mon now than at any other time his Incarceration, tho official eaid.

31 SEAMEN PERISH WHEN VESSEL GOES ON ROCKS Steamer Csarlnn Is Wrecked In Coos Bay, Ore. Two Men Saved. Marahfleld, Ore.. Jan. 13. Thti

steamship Czarina, wrecked on the Coos bay bar, disappeared at midnight. H. H. Kentzoll, first asslstunt engineer, was washed asnoro. Ho was restored to consciousness, but Is too woak to speak and is believed to bo Internally Injured. One seaman swam ashore. It Is bolloved the remainder of those on board, numbering 31, have ,boon drowned, as the vessel Is be J Moved to bo at the bottom of tho ocean. i I The steamer running between San i Francisco and Coos bay. was ills. abled whllo crossing tho Coos bay bar. It struck on tho North Spit, but drifted off. Lator it began drifting toward shore again. Tho crew took to the rigging to escape the waves. The water in the bay was too rough to permit tugs or tho life saving crew to go to tho roscuo. Harold Mi Ills, 20 years old, son of J. C. Mlllls, general manager of the steamship company operating the Czarina, was the only paenger. He was on his way to the University of California, after upending 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 Repre:jntativo Mann when tho Uen-nott-Sahath white slave bill was passed by tho house. That action. In effect, sends the Mann bill on the same subject to the wasto basket of the house. The Ronnott-Snbath bill Is perhaps the most drastic measure of tho kind ever adopted by any state or nation, and if it is passed by the senate will go far toward breaking up tho white slave tralllc. It makes it a felony to Import any person for Immoral purposos. and then provides that any alien found in any disorderly house, or profiting In any way therefrom, may be deported. It goes further than that, however. There Is a section lifted from the 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 tho penitentiary for ten years. URGES SAFETY OF MINERS Gov. Deneen, in Special Message, Asks Legislature to Pass Laws for Protection of Life. Springfield. III., Jan. 13. Gov. Deneen transmitted to the general assembly a special message, dealing with the Cherry 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 the Ideas of the commission were also Introduced. They provide for fire-flghtlng apparatus, 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 flooded 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 ho 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. The damage wrought Is so stupendous the officials themsolves cannot give comprehensive details. It Is considered tho greatest railroad disaster In tho history of the world. Shows Wonderful Vitality. Hammond, Ind., Jan. 13. After fighting for life for a week against tremendous odds In St. Margaret's hospital, Mrs. Jacob Busch of Langlng, 111-. Buccurabed. A week ago she was fearfully burned while trying to light a fire with kerosene. She was brought to Hammond in a bobsled with the thermometer 12 degrees below zero. A short time after her arrival she gave birth to a son. Hor case presented one of the most remarkable evidences of vitality doctors ever knew. Steamer Has Rough Voyage. London. Jan. 14. The steamer Kaiserin Auguste Victoria of the HamburgAmerican line arrived at Plymouth from Now York with fifty foot of hor nort rail gone, boats smashed In their davits and many other plain evidences that she had boon through a tremondous storm. Passengers declared they never expected to bcc land again.

WILL HE COME IN

TAFT WANTS 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 BallingerPlnchot 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 tho Republican platform of 190S. He has not threatened to wlthold patronage from any "insurgent" on account of his actlou 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 president. It becomes necessary for him, In following that custom, to determine who are Republicans and who are not. Regards All as Republicans. In making that choice it can be said flatly men who have ptod against tho tariff bill, who have voted against the speaker, who have voted against Cannon in respect to tho rules and who are called "Insurgents." the president regards as Republicans still, because they were elected as such. 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 give weight to his recommendations for patronage would be to furnish him means In the future of defeating the administration policies. The president Is threatening no one with a view to undue support of legislation; ho 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 the socalled 'insurgents,' represented by Mr. Dwlght on tho one hand and Mr. Hnyne. on the other, after conferences with the president, thnt a caucus should he held to pass upon the question of tho committee In tho Interior department Investigation, with tho assurance thnt the 'Insurgents.' If they came Into the caucus, would bo treated fairly and that a committee of acknowledged Impartiality would bo appointed. "A further agreement was foreshadowed that caucuses should be hold 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 bo announced In advance." Charges Fraud in Mine Election. Bridgeport. O., Jan. 15. Tom L. Lewis, president of tho United Mine Workers of America, charged fraud had boon practiced In the olectlon of national officers In this district, favoring William Oreon, his opponont. Ex-Judgc Charles H. Truax Dead. New York, Jan. 15. Charles II. Truax, who retired from tho supremo court bench January 1, aftor an incumboncy of nearly 15 years, died. He was -64 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, fo mented by the friends of Juan de Lac! erva y Penafiel, former minister of the Interior, against the Liberal cabinet. The building occupied by tho military club was surrounded by the po lice 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 roynl decree. The origin of the trouble was the complaint against the system of ad vancement for army officers which was made upon the recommendation of persons of high rank, among whom Plgnatelll was the leader. The correspondent of the Tempo describes the situation In Madrid aB critical. The cabinet Is between two fires. On the one hand are the Repub Hcans and Radicals who are attacking tho 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 it. There are rumors also of a Carlist uprising, and it is understood that Don Jaime of Hourbon, the Spanish pretender, is preparing to Issue a man ifesto describing the ruin of Spain since the dethronement of his great grandfather, attacking tho free-think ers and Protestants and urging a re vlval of Catholic unity as the only means for Spanish regeneration. Despatches from Barcelona report much excitement there. The troops aro hold In readiness in their barracks. TO STOP SHIPPING ABUSES Interstate Commission Begins Inquiry Into Milling In Transit Privileges Granted by Railroads. Washington, Jan. 14 The intor state commerce commission to-day be gan a thorough Investigation of tho subject of "milling in transit" prlv llegos accorded by the railways on many commodities. These aro the rates under which grain or similar raw commodities may he shipped to a cen tor point and milled or manufactured, and then reshlppcd out under tho ori ginal through rate, which is usually less than the combination of single rates Tho purpose is to secure data on which to base an order that will pre vent nbuso of tho transit privileges by tho shipper, with or without collusion on tho part of the railroad, by inanip ulatlon of commodities such as tho substitution of a higher grade artlclo than that contained in the original shipment. Tho hearings are public and ship pors, railroad officials and others in terested will be given an opportunity to present ovidenco and arguments Harmon Will Run Again. Mobile, Aln., Jan. 15. Gov. Judson Harmon of Ohio, In answer to a letter to a personal friend In Mobile, said that ho would not give the presidency any consideration until after tho fall election In Ohio, as he would bo a can dldate for re-election for governor. Coal Famine at Rockford. Rockford, Jan. 15. Rockford manu facturlng concerns are facing tho worst situation In freight conditions that have' been known for 25 years Factories employing hundreds of men arc ceasing nctlvltles because of the shortage of coal. Find Last Body In Mine. Ncgaunee, Mich., Jan. 1. Hurled bencnth tons of sanU, tho body of Os car Mattlla, the last of tho four minors entombed by a sudden run of mud In tho Negaunee mine, a month ago, wns discovered.

LAHRE 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 ponltentiary at Michigan City, while serv ing a term for setting tire to the home of Mrs. Hella Gunness, near Laporto, 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 uear ho confessed. The confession was made to Rev. Dr. E. A. Schell, formerly pastor of the Laporte Methodist church, now president of the Iowa Wesleyan uni versity at Mount Pleasant, la., and hold by him Inviolate as a secret of the confessional. Confession Is Authentic. The Post-Dispatch says Rev. Mr. Schell would verify it If he would consent to break the silence, the confes sion It publishes. The Post-Dispatch, however, says the confession It publishes was made to a man of unassailable character. Lamphero, according to the confes sion, had a guilty knowledge of the murder of three men In the Gunness homo 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 said he thought he had not re ceived 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, find ing between $G0 and $70. Chloroformed While They Slept. The light they used was a candle. and they left the house without know ing 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 murder ed, 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 Helgeleln and probably Ole Budsborg and Tonness Petersen Lien. Trusted Ally of Mrs. Gunness. Lien, Lamphere thought, was tho third husband of Mrs. Gunness. At the time of the Lnmphere trial It was thought Jennie Olson had been killed by Mrs. Gunness. 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. Lamphere received money once moro from Mrs. Gunness, and be said he became the trusted ally of Mrs. Gunness. Then Andrew Helgeleln came from South Dakota with a check for J2.S93.20. This was cashed and Helgeleln was given to understand he was nothing moro than a farm hand. Lamphero was sent on an errand to Michigan City to remain nil night. Ho returned to the Gunness home, and through a hole in tho floor heard Helgeleln groan in distress. He was begging Mrs. Gunness to send for a doctor. Lamphere Kills Mrs. Gunness. It was chloral she had given Helgeleln, nccordlng to Lamphere. Presently Helgeleln fell to the floor and Lamphere said he saw Mrs. Gunness Btrike the prostrate form and end the man's life. Lamphere the following night buried this body with Mrs. Gunness' assistance. Shortly after Mrs. Gunness and Lamphere quarreled over money and ho was ordered off the farm. She put her money In the bank the afternoon before Lamphere, seeking money, robbed and set lire to the place. Lamphere said he was drunk the night he visited tho place. Ho thought he would get $1,500. Lamphere said tho chloroform ho used was part of the quantities ho 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 Paulhan of France, riding on a fllmBy frnmo 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 mnchlno enthusiasts, broke the world's record for altitude attained in an aeroplane. Ho reached a height of 5,000.04 feet. Tho Frenchman's daring nnd sensa tlonal feat stirred watching ablators and enthusiasts into a frenzy of de icht. Finds Mother Beaten to Death. Doniphan, Mo., Jan. 15. Mrs. Hot tie Reynolds, 30 years old, was found dond In bed by hor 11-yoar-old son when ho returned from school. She had been beaten to death.

THE NEWS IN BRIEF For the purpose of teaching college Btudonts the evils of intemperance, Herman Yerkes of Rordentown, N. Y., has glvcu $10.000. More than $4,000,000 Is the estimated loss to date In wages nnd profIts of omp'oyers as the result of the girl shlrtwulst makers' strike in the east. Ovorprodu fyon of gold rather than trusts or the tariff is blamed for higher food prices by Prof. E. R. A. Seligman, the economist of Columbia university. Max Pam of Chicago has offered a prize of $1.000 to tho students of Notre Dame university for the best thesis dealing with the subject of religion in education. There is reason to believe that Japan nnd Russia have reached a complete agreement on the neutralization of the Manchurlan railways proposed by the United States. Two persons were hurt when tho SL Louis-New York express on the Vandalia road was derailed at Woodland. 111. A broken frog caused the wreck. Two sleepers were overturned. Paul Rcdleskc, deputy commissioner of public works at Chicago, whoso nnme has boon mentioned In connection with alleged graft unearthed by the Merrlnm commission investigation, has roslgned. A new universal language, known as "Ido." has appeared in New York. It Is said to he superior in some respocts to Esperanto. Prof. Jesperson of the University of Copenhagen Is said to advocate It. Many theatrical people, most of

them scantily clad, were driven Into tho snowy streets by a fire In the Rich mond 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 moro than 500 years 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 the late King Leopold, have arranged to doeverythlng possible to avoid lawsuits and scandal in connection with the distribution of Leopold's fortune. The grand Jury which has been In vestigating the defunct citizens' State bank of Edgemont, S. D., which closed Its doors three or four years ago, re turned 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 nonratlficatlon 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. Noyes as president of the Illinois Manufacturers' association, a large number of representatives of business, manufacturing nnd 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 nnd means to fight the enforcement of tho publicity clause of that statute. A canvass of senators and congreamen already is under way with the purpose of feeling the pulse relative to a repealing movement. Tho campaign against the law is participated in by numberless corporations throughout the west THE MARKETS. New York, Jan. 15. LIVE STOCK-Stoers f 75 & 7 15 Hoks 8 75 9 SHH.p 4 00 & 5 50 I'LOUR-Wlnter Straights.. 5 20 ; 5 50 WHEAT May 1 SOViV 1 21 COItN-Mny 78 H 7S.I OATS-Natural White 53V4W 551 RYE No. 2 Westarn St 9t S2 nUTTKH Cronmory 30.fi 31 KOOS 30 $ 31 CHEKSB 6 13 CHICAGO. CATTLE Native Steers V 25 7 8 23 Medium to Good Steers.. 6 00 ti 7 2a Cows. Plain to Fancy.... 3 t) 15 00 Choice Heifers 5 00 f0W Calves 50 ft 7 . HOC.S-Pnrkors S lo S CO Mixed Butchers S 0 j S Ia 1rs S 00 fd S ) Ht'TTElt-Croamery j 3 Oalry 21 & 30 LIVE POULTRY 10 U 17 tXJGS 17W POTATOES (ptir lu.) 43 50 FLOUR-Sprlnc YVhwU. Sp'l 6 30 f 60 OHAIN-Whent. May 113 g 1 13 Corn. May Wif .0 Oats. May Vi MILWAUKEE. OUAIN-Whont. No. INor'n $1 19 1 20 Jny 1 13V4ft 1 13s Corn. May 70 70U SR.?.!?.:.::v:::::: J KANSAS CITY. rjKAIN-Whent, No. 2 Hard $1 12 Q 1 lift Tied 1 Zl Si I a ConC No. I Mixed Cfi Onts. No. 2 White $ 5t Itye 0 f " ST. LOUIS. CATTLE-Nntlve Steers MM gSjJ Texas Stw-rs 3 SO W U HOGS-Pnckfr W it 60 an jSISp-uw OMAHA. CATTLB Native Steers 1 1 W 77 25 Stock. nnjl Ifwlew Jf 5 Cows nnd Helf-rs Uss Sit KEP-Wethers 5oJ 5 86