Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 53, Number 35, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 June 1911 — Page 7

m MAKES DENIAL!

DECLARES U. 8. STEEL CORPORATluN IS NOT PLANING WORLDWIDE COMBINE. OFFERS TO LAY BARE FACTS Chairman of Board of Directors Appears Defore Investlflatlng Committee of House and Promisee to Give Frank Statements, W:!inKton, Juno 2. Elbert II. rj. 1 airman of tho board of dlroct m ' I tho United States Steel corj r-iM' t., flatly denied any knowledgo t . proposed formation of a com,,n to control thu steel trado of (. ,v rj J. Mr i;nry appeared before the bouse ( , .iii'o Investigating tho stool i u.. and declared that ho had como ,v. '.ingtou to tell frankly all that I h-. n uf tho corporation. . .jlsdaiinor as to a worldwide , ii .ition was called out by a statei . ' t.y Chairman Stanley that Mr. i ar was credited with being the dlrw ' ",k tnius of such n trustLack of Co-Operation Shown. Elimination of Mr. Gary brought cut K it tho department of commerce ttnd labor and Its bureau of corporators aro not co-operating with tho ijfurJcy committee. Mr. Stanley asked tho v'i.'83 If ho know whether a ropurt f the bureau of corporations on i-a itu stlgation of tho steel corporaUd bnen submitted to President Ta't or former President Roosevelt Vr iury said ho did not know. Mr .ury declared ho would give tip inmltteo all tho facts and figure !t di-slri'd concerning tho affairs if !. Inited States Steol corporat n aid Its subsidiary comnanlos. Controls Subsidiary Concerns. lure is not any doubt," Mr. Gary t :d o committee, "that tho Unltod ti'if'S Steol corporation as the owner if ch st of tho stocks of tho subsidiary n-mpanles ultimately controls tL 'bf f-ubswliary companies, Including ttcjr management and conducL" Abkid tf tho Cnrnegio Steel cornpat competed now with other subtalar, unpanleB In the stool corra . 'J). Mr. Gary said: I .-!.iuld say It docs, putting my t:.u r; t t.itlon on tho word. I came b trunk, and to give you tho exact fa - !.;t you may put your own . i : h'ru'-tlon on thorn. "! subsidiary companies have ' r . uii directors and omcors and ' . ritfht to act Independently. 1 . - !. steel corporation owns the s. .r.i.ta. if the conduct of tho sub- - : a ;, company was antagonistic In . . iv it would only bo n question t when tho administration of -'i!ridiary company would bo "i mean the pnrent company ' '! :.!rol tho policies of any sub- - 'inpany?" Would Control at Election. ! : ,Kht not for tho moment or " 'h, but when tho tlmo to elect r irrived It would." Mr r, ,ry declared that enforced . ' and governmental control of r: itums must come, even as to i" - Ho believed tho Sherman antl . tw was too archaic to deal with r situations and never could ful- ; wit groat combinations of cap! .v. at tho United States Steel i ion wanted, he said, was some r - "V' and official department of t. v ,. nt to which It would go and f iV virit prices can wo charge nnd : h it can wo do? isM prices aro to be charger ' : r Fteol rails, according to Mr. 1 ' HiidnT cost of labor and raw ' with a demand for heavier T given as tho reason for tho D:ES in a coach RUNAWAY C-c Van Killed, Several Persons Hurt When Vehicle Turns Over in Yosemlte Vallsy. i.i'o, ral.. June 5. In a stago ' .naway on tho steep grado be- ' ' big Tree grove nt Wawona " f!orr of Yosemlto valley, R. 1 -.ng of Allontown, Pa., was In"iv killed, three women wero serli'irt and sovernl other persons v re slightly Injured. v ' ' of the most dangerous 1 on the grado tho horses at- ' to the front stnge became ' r. d nnd unmanageable. Tho I-' , f.-lllixl tr tlr.1.1 tl... nnhlnln nml ' ' ros started at a mad gallop l' ; " i ' winding road. ' ' "lrivor mnnngod to hold the "-if'ii.-d animals In the road until, ; ' that tho runaway would re'lie stage with Its entire load ' o;pr a stecp bank, he turned the '"I" the Inner bank, runaway wns stnnned. but tho T: , ' '"und completely over and sevf tho passengers woro caught nt, it. BIG LAKE STEAMER BURNS North West, Mammoth Passenger Boat, Damaged $600,OCO at BuffaloNorth Land Scorched. ifMn. x. v., Juno 5.-Tho mam- ' 1 ikf passenger steamer North 'f "wnod by tho Northern Steamrnpany. was damaged to tho 'x'.nt nf nearly $GOO,000 by fire, v-'ring but her steol hull remains. Mstor ship, North Land, was bad- ' srnrched. No ono was Injured. Moth steamers were nt their dock n this city bolng overhauled for tho season oponlng June 21.

SECOND LORIMER PH0Z1

IS ORDERED BY SENATE Regular Committeo on Privileges and Elections Will Conduct Investigation Into llllnoisan's Election. WnshlnKton. Juno 2. Tho senate of tho United States passed tho resolution offered bv Senator Martin of Vir ginia, directing the standing commit tee on privileges and elections for tho second tlmo In a year to ascertain If corrupt methods wero used In tho election of William Lorlmor as Junior senator from Illinois, and in tho same lnoulry to nrobo Into tho world-famous "Jack-pot" fund of tho IllinolB assem bly. Tho voto was 48 to 20. It mnrkoil tho defeut of tho resolution submit tod by Senator La Fullotto of WIscon i sin. nrovldlntr for r Htineltil Invest Inn. ting committeo of llvo new members of tho senate, and for which a most significant light has been waged for two wooks. Tho Martin resolution was tmsscd with the understanding that tho actual work of lnvestlKatlm: tho I)rlmor case shall he conducted by n sub-corn-tnlttce consisting of tho following senators: Dillingham nnd Gamble, Republi cans, and Fletchor and Johnston, Democrats, representing tho pro-Lorlmor element Claim and Sutherland. Republicans, and Kern and Len, Democrats, on tho antl-Lorinier sido. FOURTH IN A "JOY RIDE" DIES Harrlsburg (Pa.) Men and Women Killed as Auto Falls From Bridge to Tracks 50 Feet Below. Harrlsburg, Pa.. June 3 Miss Laura M. Nellson, a stenographer of New Hloomllold. near hero, tho fourth victim of an automobile accident in which three persons wero Instantly killed, died In a hospital. Sho never regained consciousness after the accident. Miss Neilson was In tho automobile with C. A. Sefton and W. R. Harrnr, promlnont Harrlsburg men. and Mrs . Robort W. Dunlop. They were crossIng a long bridge that spans the Pennsylvania & Reading railwaytracks, when tho machine swerved, crashed Into the railing of tho brldgo nnd fell fifty feet to the tracks. All were dead except Miss Nellson when removed from the wreckage. Sefton was married and the owner of a large carriage factory. Harrnr was unmarried. MARY MANNERING IS WEDDED Former Wife of James K. Hackett Is Married to F. E. Wadsworth, Michigan Millionaire. Now York. Juno 2. Mary Mannering. whoso charm, beauty jind histrionic ability have won her an unsurpassed ios!t!on among American players, ended all speculation regarding her matrimonial Intentions by wedding Frederick 13. Wndsworth, a Michigan millionaire- with whoso namo hers hns boon linked since sho secured nn interlocutory decree of absolute divorce from James Iv. Hackett on January 5, 1910. Mr. Wadsworth is president of the Michigan Steel Boat company of Detroit. His wife, who was Miss Luella Peck, divorced him at Kalamazoo. Mich., on July It lasL MANAGUA FORT IS BLOWN UP Explosion Wipes Out 150 Soldiers In Nicaragua and Official Censors Keep Cause a Secret. San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. Juno 2. Tho fortress on Tisrapa hill. Managua, was blown up. One hundred nnd fifty 'soldiers perished In tho explosion. All the ammunition la tho fortress was destroyed. The cause of tho explosion Is as yot unknown. Strict cnblc censorship has boon established from Managua. Washington. Juno 2. One hundred o.i nrtv men woro killed In an explo sion at tho Fortress Laloma at Man agua. Nicaragua, according to a toiogram to tho state dopartmont from Minister Northcott. The causo of tho explosion Is not known. LAW ON JEW IS UNCHANGED Modification to Aid American Citizens Denied at St. Petersburg No Information at Embassy. O Unlnrehlirr. RllSSl.1. June 2. A rnrrnsnondent has made a careful In qulry respecting tho report that tho i,,ccinn pnvornment has In contempla tion a change In Its regulations for ,n mitrv of American Jews to litis sla. Inquiry nt tho American emt.nnnv In Jewish ClrCiCS. at IttO UC partment of tho foreign offlco In charge of the status of foreign subjects as well as at tho ministry of Interior resulted In a disclaimer by every ono of any knowledge of n proposed change. Leading Educator Dead. Milwaukee. June 3. Dr. Albert Salisbury, president of tho Whitewater (Wis.) Normal school and one of the foremost educators In the middle west, died from heart disease at a local sanitarium, where ho had been receiving treatment for several weeks. Colqult Is Threatened. Austin, Tex.. Juno 5.-Governor Colquitt, leader of tho "wets," Is going to Fort Worth, despite, a letter warning him that ho may be killed If ho attends an antl-prohlbltlon rally there. Ha has received many other threats.

THE MAN WITH THE HOOK

In tho first federal anti-trust proceedings brought under tho Sherman law as Interpreted by tho Standard Oil decision, tho department of Justlco filed suit In the United States court In New York tho other day against tho smaller constituent organizations of what the department of Justlco calls tho "lumber trust," alleging tho existence of n widespread conspiracy, "unreasonably" to restrain tho lumber trado in this country.

TAFT DEFENDS PACT PRESIDENT SAYS CANADIAN TREATY WILL BE A HELP TO FARMERS. BELIEVES BILL WILL PASS Hits Lumber Tru6t and Paper Manu facturers, and Scores New York Publicity Firm for Arousing Opposition to Reciprocity Measure. Chicago, June 5. President Taft, In n speech before tho Western Economic society hero, declared that tho princi pal opposition to the Canadian reciprocity agreement came not from the fanner, but from the lumber trust and from American manufacturers of print paper. lu ono of tho most comprehensive addresses that he has over made on the subject, tho president outlined some of tho methods employed by the opponents of reciprocity, practically told tho farmors that they wero being "bunkoed" by special interests and said that tho fate of tho agreement rested not po much with the United States senate as with tho people of tho country. Fears Vote In Senate. If tho farmer and the country nt large, ho suld, could be brought to understand that this treaty was In tho interests of tho majority of tho people he would no longer fear the coming vote In tho senate. The president was not sparing In his words. He told the reasons for the opposition to tho treaty by the lumber trust and by the paper manufacturers, and, without using names, scored a New York firm, some of whoso members recently appeared at the hearings before tho senate finance committeo in Washington, ostensibly In behalt of tho National Grange, objecting to the enacting of the agreement. Alludes to Lumber Monopoly. Ho alluded to tho monopolistic conditions prevailing In the lumber Industry, ns revealed by the reports of tho commissioner of corporations. "Tho control of tho country's lumber supply la in comparatively few hands," he said. "And they are so friendly that tho chance of a monopoly Is neither remote nor Impossible." His audience cheered long and loud when ho said: "I submit that as lumber is essential to all classes, farmer and merchants, as tho price has gone far beyond what It ever was In tho past, and ns our supply Is being rapidly exhausted, wo ought, when we can, to enlarge the sources from which our people can sceuro It at reasonable prices." Believes Bill Will Pass. In spite of protests that arc arrayed against it, tho president expressed tho belief that tho agreement wquld become a law. "Tho bill," said he, "will pass, if It passes at all. because of tho force of public opinion In Its favor." The president took great pains In his replies to the objections raised in hnlmir of the farmers, arguing that not I only would the treaty not injuro tho agriculturists of tno unueu amies, but that It would be a positive benefit to them In the long run. His audience was enthusiastic with him. paid close attention to his argument, applauded orten, and laughed heartily at his Jests. NEED 12,000 HARVEST HANDS Big Wheat Crop In Kansas Leads Farmers to Issue Early Call for Help. Topeka, Knn., Juno 3. Although the wheat will not bo ready to cut for two or three weeks, Kansns farmers have called for 12,000 harvest hands. Charles Hnrrls, director of tho state free employment bureau, Bald that the bureau expected to ask for 15,000 to 1S.00O men this year.

BRYAN BEATEN BY CAUCUS; TAX ON WOOL INDORSED

Democratic Caucus Approves Underwood Bill, Which Cuts Tariff More Than 50 Per Ceht. Washington. Juno 2. Democratic members of tho house of reprosonta tlves administered to William Jennings Bryan a rebuke for his Interfer ence with their legislative plans nnd his demand for free raw wool. By a unanimous voto tho Under wood bill, carrying a revenue tariff on wool, was indorsed. This action followed Indorsement of a resolution declaring it tie sense of the Democrats that they fhvor froe raw wool as a party principle, but tho exigencies of the government troas ury made it nocessary to carry a rov enuo duty on raw wool. This rosolu tion was presented by Claude Kltchin, after a conference with Speaker Clark and Representatives Burleson. Jnmes and Fitzgerald. Spoakor Clark sutinorted it and it was passed with cheers. Then followed unanimous ap oroval of tho Undorwood bill. Before this final vote was taken Francis Bur ton Harrison, loader of the Bryan forcos. presented a resolution for free wool as an amendment to the bill pre sented by tho ways and moans com mlttee. The proposed tariff ropresonts a reduction of only Jl.350,000 In tho rovenuos of the government, according to a statement presented to tho caucus by Chairman Underwood. All specific duties, whereby a stated sum Is collected by the government on certain grades of wool, aro changed by tho now bill to ad valorem duties The general average ad valorem duty on manufactured wool under the pro posed law is estimated at 12.55 per cent., while under tho existing lnw It is figured at 90.10 per cent. Tho duty on raw wool under tho proposed law would h; 20 per cent., while under tho existing law It Is 44.31 per cent TAFT CHEERED BY BRITONS Andrew Carnegie Mentions Prcsl dent's Name In Peace Speech at London Banquet. London, Juno 2. Andrew Carnoglo was tho guost of honor at a banquet given nt tho National Liberal club The Ironmaster's speech was cheerod vociferously, especially his one refer once to President Taft, tho company rising and waving serviettes and hand kerchiefs. "When Taft has made up his mind to do" things ho Is stubborn as i mule." declared Mr. Carnegie. "Now owing to his efforts, victory is within our grasp. Our public spend 70 por cent, of tho entire national revenue upon pensions for war and Its prepnra tions. You can go on preparing and tho more you prepare tho moro you breed tho particular danger, but when our race banishes war wo sound its deathknoll. A glorious task is ours to lead the world." POSTAL BANKS ARE POPULAR Hitchcock Decides to Increase Depositories Fifty Per Week Extends Them to First-Class Offices. Washington, June 5. Postnl savings banks havo boon bo well received and patronized by the public wherever they have been established that Postmaster General Hitchcock has decided to extend the system from 100 to 150 offices a week. At this rate 1,000 offices will bo in operation by July 1. According to tho statistics of tho department this Is a world's record. Meglnnlng July 1, tho postmaster general will extend tho system to post offices of the first clnss. Up to tho present all offices designated as postal savings banks have been second-class offices. Marys Give Queen Mary $60,000. London, Juno 3. One of Queen Mary's coronation gifts consists of $00,000 contributed by Marys throughout the empire.

OIL MADERO PLOT

REBEL LEADER AND HUNDREDS OF DANCERS WOULD HAVE BEEN BLOWN UP. WOULD-BE ASSASSIN CAUGHT Deposed Mayor of Guedatoupe, With Can Full of Dynamite, Is Caught by Guards Who Prevent Use of Infernal Machine. El Paso, Tex., Juno 3. General Francisco I. Madoro departed for Mex ico City today without knowing that an attompt which almost succeodod was mado to assassinate him and soveral hundred of his guea's as they danced in tho customs house at Juaroz. When tho festivities wero at thnlr height, Cruz Roy, former mayor of tho town of Guadaloupo, located forty mllos oast of Juarez, jumped from a stroot car In front of tho building In which Madero and his wlfo were hosts to a largo number of El Paso nnd Juarez society folk at a farewell re ception and made a dash for tho front door. Man With Bomb Caught. Under Rey's arm was a bome-mado bomb, a tin can filled with dynamite and steel slugs sufficient to have wrecked tho building and to have killed half the people on the iloor. A guard caught him and assisted by a number of others who came at his call, hurried him away. Rey was ousted from his position as mayor last February whon Madero first took tho field, nnd mado Guadaloupo his hoadquartors. In Juarez the statement is mado that ho will bo executed. Madero is being guarded closely as he makes his journey to tho Mexican capital. Unltod States secret servlco men and employes of tho railroad socrot serlvco aro watching his car. They surround it at every stop and peace officers of the various towns aro summoned in advance by telegraph to bo at the station and co-operate by pointing out local suspicious characters. Governor Is Assassinated. Telegrams from Sonora state that Dlogo Redo, governor of Sinaloa, personal friend of Porfirlo Diaz, has been aasasslnatod and that Red Lopez, who j led tho insurroctos In the attacK on Agua Prleta and then abandoned them, was shot to death, attempting to escape from tho guards. Lopez had been sentenced to seven years In prison. Information received here direct from Mazntlan. Slnnloa. state that tho city has fallen Into tho hands of tha Insurroctos. Tho peace pact has boon signed almost two woeks and the fighting continues. Police Shoot Rebels. Guanajuato, Mexico, Juno 5. One hundred residents of Leon aro deed or wounded as tho result of a riot in that city, according to tolephono messages received here. Forty rebels entered tho place to await the coming of Madero. Tho leader went to tho Zocalo and while making a speech there a mob formed and attacked the jail to release the prisoners. The police fired on tho rioters. The rebels rushed to the defenso of tho local authorities and wero mistaken by them for a part of the mob and fired upon. Notwithstanding this the leader gave orders to continue In the assistance of suppressing the mob, but order was not restored until scores had been injured and many killed. Diaz off for Spain. Havana, June 5. The steamor Yplrauga with former President Diaz on board sailed from here for Spain. Spanish clubs and societies of Havana gave tho retiring oxocutlvo a groat parting demonstration. REPUBLIC IS GIVEN AWAY American Bankers Obtain Practically All Mineral and Franchise Rights at Guatemala. Now York, Juno 5. L. A. Sarecky, socretnry of ox-Governor A. E. Sprlggs of Montana, and long a business as sociale of Senator W. A. Clark, has received a cablegram from Governor SnrlKCS. who Is now In Guatemala City, announcing that the national as scmbly of Guatemala Just before Its final adjournment ratlfiod tho mining and public concessions grnnted by President Cabrera to the Guatemala Mining nnd Development company, of which Governor Sprlggs is presldenL Mr. Sarecky Is authority for tho statement that Cabrera and tho tia tlonal .assembly have practically turned the entire republic over to tho American company. REFUSES HONOR TO MOROCCO British Government Withdraws Invl tation Because of Cruelty Upon Part of Soldiers. Iondon, Juno G. Tho British gov ernment's invitation to Morocco to send a special ambassador to the cor onatlnn of King Georgo has been withdrawn, and tho foreign office has notified El Mokrl, who has been des lgnatod to represent Sultan Muln Ilnfld, that ho will not bo rcctlved This action wns brought about by tho cruelty with which tho sultan's troops treated women nnd children during tho recent riots at Fez. The soldiers captured many women and girls and Bold them on tho streets of rex.

SPARKS FROM LIVE WIRES

Pat Crump, a negro, who, it Is charged, tried to attack tho wlfo ot a plunter at Whlto Haven, Tenn., was hanged by a mob no - Memphis. Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati, brother of President Taft, was presented to King Georgo at Buckingham palaco by Whltelaw Held, tho Amorican ambassador. An Inventory of tho ostato of David H. Moffat, lllod In tho Denver county court, shows that tho testator died possessed of property worth moro than $15,000,000. The national anthem, sung on tho streets of Denver by 100.000 people, will bo ono of the features of tho "safo and sane" Fourth of July celebration planned for that city. Nino hundred cans of opium, valued at 127,000, were seized by Unltod States customs officials on tho Japanese llnor America after tho vessel passed San Francisco quarantine. Quoon Dowager Marghorlta granted an audience to Mrs. Helolso Durant Hose, tho American authoress, In Rome, and said sho would probably visit tho Unltod States In tho autumn. Railroads cannot limit thoir liability for baggage lost In transit in Now York state whon tho traveler is not asked In advance as to its value, according to a decision of tho stato supreme courL Tho Yale Art school announces that J. H. Halladjlan, a student fron Anltab, Turkey, is tho winner of the Ethel Child Walker prize and the Yalo anatomy prize, two of tho most coveted awards of the year. Saloon men from all parts of Ta coma, Wash., were booked at tho police station when seven detectives mado twenty-one arrests for alleged violation of tho city's ordinance, which prohibits treating in saloons. Conspiracy is charged In restricting bids on supplies for the Puget navy yard and the assignment of tho award by tho Fowler Metal company to the Groat Western compnuy of Seattle, Wash. Several arrests havo been made. Capt. A. J. Renkel, a Jeweler of Augusta, (Ja., was killed, his wlfo suffered severe injuries and his son Louis and daughter Vivian wero bruised In a collision between their automobile and a buggy near Otis Creek, Ga. Edward Moyso & Co., i cotton brokerage house, was expelled from mombershlp In tho Now York cotton exchange following nn Investigation extending over many months. AIeged vlolntioa of a customer's order was lven as the cause. An amicable adjustment has been reached between representatives of the tar men, bollormakers, blacksmiths and sheet metal workers oC tho Southern railway and other lines, according to a statement Issued by tho American Federation of Labor. Fifty million dollars is tho value of an estate tho Robb Heirs' association of Kentucky will claim In tho next few days. A committeo appointed by tha association, after touring tho country near Hoavon county, Pennsylvania, ns cortalned that there wero tenable claims amounting to this sun. WOMEN ASTRIDE ARE BARRED Confederate Veterans Will Not Permit Fair Sex to Ride Astride in Parades. Nashville, Tenn., June 5. Because several girls were mounted astride in the recent Confederate parado at tho Little Rock reunion, the local bivouac of Confederate veterans adopted this resolution: "That no woman shall nppoar In tho parades of the camps, tho stato divi sions or tho general association astraddle, and should any so appear. tho ofilcors In charge of said parado shall politely request that they retire." Quentln Roosevelt Awarded Prize. Cambridge, Mass., June 5. Quentln Roosevelt, tho thirteen-year-old eon of Thcodoro Roosevelt, hns been awarded a prize at tho Groton school for being tho second smartest scholar la hlB class. THE MARKETS. New York. June 3. LIVE STOCK-Stoers M 75 C A5 Hors 6 00 Ö 6 50 Sheep 3 "5 W 4 75 FLOUH-WlntPr Straights.. 4 IS g 4 , WHEAT-July 7 ft 9,H COUN-Juty 61 61Mi OATS-NO. U liiS l-l RYE Nn. 2 Western i BUTTER Creamery 1". 22 EGOS U SI 23 CHEESE 15 CHICAGO. CATTLE Good Beeves (5 75 O C CO Fair Beeves 4 75 5 2o Fnnry YearllngH B "0 6 40 FeillnK Steers 4 B0 Q 5 TO Heavy Calves 4 W) fi5M ItOOS-Heavy Packers 5 CO E 75 Butcher Hobs 5 So StKi Plug G CO (t 6 00 BtJTTKU Oronmory 18 25i Pnlry LIVE POULTRY GHß 13 UGOS Hg 13 POTATOES (por bu.). ........ 3 g Fl.Orn-Sprlmt Wheat, Sp'l 0 M S 5 40 GUAIN-Wheat. July 9Wg WVi Corn. July Jg Oats. July SGHfl 37. MILWAUKEE. GUAIN-Whoat. No. 1 Nor'n $1 OtWT 1 03 JU1V öl Ol5) corV July .V.V. raw m Oats. Standard SW 3, nyo w 0 KANSAS CITY. GBAIN'-Wheat. No. 2 Hard $ S7HJ? No. 2 lml M ft Corn. No. 2 White M Onts No. ! Whlto K 35 Hye &- 0 oo ST. LOUIS. CATTI.ENatlvo Steers $5 75 ff C 23 Texna Steers 4 2 W Butchers 5 25 C W SHEEl'-Nntlves 3 7o 0 4 2S OMAHA. CATTLE Nntivo Steers 3 13 g 6 15 Stockers nnd Feedern.... 3 7a 8f 6 75 Cows and Heifers 3 00 O 4 IHOGS-Hcavy 5 00 g8W SHEEl'-Wothor 0 Ö 5 0