Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 54, Number 5, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 November 1911 — Page 7

HEEL TRUST SUED

DISSOLUTION OF COMBINE 10 AGKED IN PETITION FILED . DY GOVERNMENT.

ACTION IS FAR REACHING

Morgin, Rockefeller, Carnegie and Gary Are Among Individual! Made Defendant Hills Alto Involved 30 Subsidiaries Named.

Washington, Oct. 27. Suit for tho dissolution of tho United States Steel corporation was filed by tho government In tho federal court at Trenton, N. J. Some of tho subsidiary companies of tho United Statoa Stool corporation also aro attacked In tho petition, which was prepared by Jacob M. Dickinson, former secretary of war, who had been retained by tho government as Its special counsel In this caso. Charges In the Petition. Tho petition charges tho steel corporation nnd those subsidiaries which nro named aa defendants with main talnlng or att mptlng to maintain a monopoly In tho steel business. Tho evidence upon which tho Bult was brought was obtained by tho special Investigators of tho department of Justice. It la understood that somo of tho testimony whlcth was given beforo the Stanley commlttoo was used. In part s1 least, as tho basis of this suit. The petition Is In equity nnd was filed In tho circuit court. It contains tho usual prayer for Injunctions to reBtraln tho defendants from continuing tho monopoly alleged and asks for euch relief as tho court may grant Charges Are Sensational. Sensational allegations fairly topplo over each other In tho government's petition. Tho Steel corporation's acquisition of tho Tennessco Coal and Iron company during tho panic of 4908 Is declared illegal and scathingly criticised. Tho petition declares that E. H. Gary and Henry C. Frlck misled former President Roosevelt when they told him "that but llttlo benefit will como to tho Steel corporation from tho purchase." "Tho president," It says, "was not mado fully acquainted with tho stato of affairs In New York relevant to tho

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transactions as they existed. If ho had been fully ndvisod he would have known that a desire to stop the panic was not tho solo moving cause, but that there also was a desire and purpose to acquire the control of a company that had recently assumed a poFltlon of potential competition or great significance." Seme of Those Earned. Tho following aro some of those named in tho petition: Tho United States Steel corporation, Carnegie Steel company. Federal Steel company, American Steel and Wire company of New Jersey, the American Tin IMate company, H. C. Frlck Coko company, Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad company, J. l Morgan, Charles Steele. Gcorgo W. Perkins, E. II. Gary. Charles M. Schwab, Andrew Carnegie. Henry C. Frlck, James Gayley, William II. Moore. J. H. Moore, Edmund C. Converse. Perclval Roberts, Jr.; Daniel G. Reld. Norman H. Ream, John D. Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller, Jr.; P. A. P. Widener. William I'. Palmer and about forty subsidiary corporations. What Government Asks. The government asks that tho corporation, an alleged conspiracy and monopolization, bo adjudged unlawful: that each and nil or the defendants, their oilieers. directors, stockholders or agents, be perpetually enjoined from doing anv act for carrying out the same An order signed by Judge l-anning was also tiled, authorizing the Issuance of subpoenas for many prominent men in the financial world. Among those who will be subpoenaed to testify In tho ? ult are Judge Gary, John D. Rockefeller. J. P. Morgan. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.: John E. Parsons and Charles M. Schwab. Suit Was Anticipated. That the steel corporation had become convinced that the suit was coming is said to have been manifest from tho efforts mado In the last few days to get rid of tho Tennessee Coal nnd Iron company. Tho testimony of tho late John W. Gates before the Stanley committee Is eald to have played an Important part in the conclusions of the g07ern-

ILLINOIS HOUSE KILLS DEEP WATERWAY MEASURE

Dallot Results 60 for to C5 Against the Dill Championed by Gov ernor Doneen. Springfield, 111., Oct 2C Dy a vote of CG to UJ tho stato administration's 120,000,000 water power and conservation bill was defeated in tho house of representatives. Seventy-seven vote wcro necessary to pass tho measuro. Forty-two Republicans and 17 Democinta voted for tho bill. Twentysoven Republicans and 33 Democrats voted against iL Doth houses will adjourn tonight

intil Wednesday, November 8. In tho

senate an elfort may bo made to start tho fight all over aKaln by Introducing a straight out conservation bill, providing for un appropriation from tho statu revenue nnd not tho $20,000,000 fund, but It Id probablo that znuuy of the admlnlstrutlon men will not approve of this plan and that waterway, water power and conservation legislation is dead for tho present qcqsIou. Tho defeat administered tho bill ends a bitter fight that nasi engulfed Illinois Republican leaders for tho past threo years. Rack of practically overy special session of tho general assembly held In tho past flvo years tho waterway proposition has been the principal consideration that resulted in tho frequent reassembllnga. It caused two recent adjournments of tho general assembly elected In 1907, and a reces3 adjournment of tho assemblies of 1900 and 1911, with tho 1911 body still In stolon. Disagreements between tho two houses and In conference committees havo kept the sessions recessing and reassembling for these several years, but not until now has tho Issuo finally come to a dl rect vote on tho administration measure.

TAFT TO CUT GIANT CHEESE

President Will Sample Immense Exhibit at National Dairy Show Just Opened In Chicago. Chicago, Oct. 2G. Ono of tho iiiOst Interesting attractions in the National Dairy show, which opened hero today. Is tho largest eheeso over manufactured. It is big enough to mako 200,000 cheeso sandwiches, and on Monday President Taft will cut and sample this lrrmcnne product of tho dairy. Tho big cheeso weighs six tons and stands higher than a man, and its cost was ne iy $6,000. To manufac turo it 1,200 model dairies did tho milking of 8,000 cows at tho samo time, and tho 32 cheeso factories which manufactured the curd had to follow tho samo process to make tho curd uniform. Other attractions at tho show aro numerous and lncludo all sorts of dairy machinery nnd equipment and an excellent display of dairy cattle.

DENIES ANY L0RIMER DEAL

Roger C. Sullivan Testifies Democrats - Made No Actual Compact, Out Aided Republicans. Chicago, Oct. 27. Roger C. Sullivan took tho witness chair beforo tho Lorlmer committee and denied that any contract" existed between Lorlmer Republicans and tho state Democratic organization, although he 'thought" Senator Lorlmer's friends aided the Democratic candidate for governor In 190S. "It wasn't that they loved Stevenson so much as they hated Deneen," Sullivan commented. The Democratic national committeeman stated that "from tlmo to time he is somewhat active in politics," but that "gas and biscuits" aro his real vocations So far as ho knew money was not used corruptly In the legislature at Springfield, ho said.

LASTED HOPES

GLIDDEN TOUR JUDGE SLAIN

Auto Overturns Near Tlfton, Ga., and S. M. Butter Is Killed Two Injured.

Tlfton, Ga.. Oct 26. Samuel M. Putler. chairman of tho American Automobile association and one of the best known men in tho United States, was Instantly killed about three miles south of Tifton, when the car In which he was riding was overturned in a ditch. At the samo time P. J. Walker of San Francisco and his wife were badly Injured. The machine they were riding in was a Cunningham, driven by Charles F. Kcllman of Rochester, N. Y., which was acting as pacemaker for the Gild den tour, a caravan of seventy odd automobiles which left New York city on October 14 bound for Jackson. Fla.

EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA ILL

All Audiences With Ruler of Dual Monarchy Canceled as Resuit of Illness. Vienna. Oct. 26. Emperor Francis Joseph is ill of bronchitis. All audiences have been canceled. Rome. Oct. 26. The pope Is anxious concerning the condition of Emperor Francis Joseph and ha9 instructed Mgr. Rislettl. major domo of the Vatican, who Is In Vienna, to keep him

i advised of the true situation.

Health Experts to Hawaii. San Francisco. Oct 27. Dr. Rupert Blue of tho United States public health and marine hospital service, who has been stationed In this city for years, will call for Honolulu November 4 to become chief quarantine officer of the islands, accompanied by Assistant Surgeon C. W. McCoy, who will relieve Dr. Donald Currle at tho leprosy laboratory on MolokaL

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INDIAN PITCHER IS MASTER

Sender Hurls Four-Hit Game While His Teammates Administer Worst Defeat of All Three of McGravs Twlrler8 Fall,

Philadelphia, Oct. 27. Tho Philadelphia Athletics aro champions of tho world for tho second successlvo year. In an exhibition of batting seldom seen In a premier baseball series, tho American leaguo team defeated New York In tho sixth gamo of tho set by tho overwhelming scoro of 13 to 2, thus giving them tho four necessary games out of tho six played to carry off br.sebali's greatest honor. It was moro than a mcro defeat for tho Giants, It was a rout. With tho victory goes CO per cent, of $127,910.01 or $7C,74G.37, of which each Athletic player will receive $3,051.59. The losers will receive tho remainder, $51,101.21, or $2,430.39 for eacli New York player. Glvo Fine Dattlng Matinee. Th batting matinee that tho Athletics gave was ono of tho (Inest exhibitions of offenslvo playing seen at Shibo park In a long tlmo. Coming from behind after ' New York had scored one run In tho first Inning, tho Athletics tied tho scoro in the third Inning, won It In tho fourth hy making four runs, mado It a llttlo safer In tho sixth, when they added another run, and crushed tho Giants In the soventh Inning under an avalanche of seven hits, which, with a couple of mlsplays, added seven moro runs to tho total. Tho struggling National leaguo champions sent In threo pitchers to stem the tide, but all were hit almost alike, Wiltso getting tho worst whaling. Tho other two wero Ames, who started the game, and Marquard, who followed Wiltse Into tho box. Thirteen hits for a total of seventeen bases-wras thj total shown by tho hit column when the gamo wras over. Murray Fails to Get Hit. Every member of tho team got a hit with tho exception of Collins and Bender, but tho former mado a timely sacritico that helped to scoro a run. Murray of tho New York team Is tho only one of its regulars who failed to connect with any Athletic pitcher In tho series for a hit. To "Chief" Bender, the wonderful Chippewa Indian twlrler, goes the credit of pitching the final victory. His work In the box surpassed the exhibition he gave in the first jamo on tho Polo grounds in New York. Threo singes and a double In as many Innings were all the New Yorks could garner off his delivery.

BRYAN HITS AT COURT

Nebraskan Anxious to Know Whom Combines Select for the Place of Harlan,

Sioux City, Neb., Oct. 27. William J. Bryan spoke , hero In behalf of the Democratic state ticket. Asked for an expression on national politics, he said: "I'd like to know whom the trusts want for Supreme Justice In place of Harlan. They have all the rest of the bench, and I am anxious to see whom they shall select for his placo. "When we shall have enacted a law compelling the president to make public the recommendations of candidates, we shall know more of the influences which select our Supreme Judges."

Roosevelt Fifty-Three Year Old. New York, Oct. 2S. Theodore Roosevelt Is flfty-three years old. He was the recipient of congratulations, but passed the day very much according to the routine which marks his everyday life.

NEW CURE FOR SPINAL MENINGITIS IS FOUND

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Dr. Flexner of Rockefeller Institute Says Newly Discovered- Serum Makes Disease Less Dangerous.

New York, Oct. 28. Dr. Simon Flexner, director of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, announced to tho annual conference of sanitary ofllcers of tho state In Carnegie Lyceum that epidemic spinal meningitis could now bo absolutely controlled. . Doctor Flexner said tho euro had been perfected through tho discovery of a new method of using tho serum. It Is now injected Into the cerebral spinal membrane instead of into tho blood. "Influenza meningitis In tho child," said tho doctor, "will, with the application of this now method of treatment be not one-tenth as dangerous as it has formerly been. "It has taken a largo sum of money and a long tlmo to perfect this cure. This Is tho llrst tlmo I havo announced It, as only very recently havo I demonstrated to my own satisfaction that the scrum will do what I claim it will." Dr. W. S. Magill of tho stato hygienic laboratory expressed his disapproval of tho way in which many physicians were using diphtheria antitoxin. "Kvcry tlmo wo send to a doctor any antitoxin for diphtheria thcro Is a sheet of instructions included," he said, "but out of 100 cases I found only ono had tried to follow directions. Of tho 100 cases I looked Into all of tho patients died and In every Instance antitoxin had been used, but had not been used correctly."

SUFFRAGETTE WHIPS A JUDGE

Opposition to Bench Brings Public Attack Assailant Jailed, Refuses to Give Bail.

Seattle, Wash., Oct. 28. Mrs. Christine Oleson, wealthy ardent suffragette and worker, lay in wait in tho county courthouse and rushed upon Judge john F. Main when he entered, lashing his face, head and shoulders furiously with a big horse whip, raising large welts on his face. She is in the county jail and refuses to give bail. Her sensational attack is generally regretted, as Main is one of the most satisfactory members of the superior court bench of King county. He set aside a verdict rendered in her favor some time ago. There have been several mass meetings denouncing all judges, both state and federal, held hero recently at which disobedience of court orders were urged.

ORDERS FREIGHT RATE CUT Commerce Board Says Tariff on Dressed Meats Must Be LowerLive Stock Cheaper. Washington, Oct 27. Freight rates on both fresh and cured meats and other packing house products from Cedar Rapids, la., to eastern destinations must not be greater, after December 1 nexf, than those from Mlss&ri river points or froji Chicago. An order to this effect was made by tho interstate commerce commission in the case of T. L. Sinclair & Co. of Cedar Rapids against the SL Paul and other railroads. The complaint showed that the rate on live stock from Iowa points to the east Is lower than on dressed hogs and hog products.

NO ATTEMPT TO KILL CZAR Report Declared False Said to Have Been Circulated to Influence Stock Market. SL Petersburg, Oct. 27. There Is no truth in the Veports circulated In European capitals of an attempt on the lives of the emperor and empress. The reports are declared officially to have been circulated for tho purpose of influencing the stock market.

CHINESE IMPERIALISTS TO NEGOTIATE WITH REBEL LEADER3 TO END HOSTILITIES.

WAR MINISTER IS OUSTED

Yuan Shi Kal Takes Command Assembly Atkt Popular Parliament Gen. LI Yuen Heng Claims He It President of New Republic

Peking. Oct. 28. Tho Chlneso throne, recognizing the futility of attempting to put down tho revolution by force, has yielded to Yuan Shi Kal, tho recalled reformer, and will seek to open negotiations for a settlement with tho rebels. The announcement Is mado olllcially hero and Is regarded as a victory for tho revolutionists. To bring about peace the throno must offer terms on a basis of constitutional government and It is authoritatively declared that thc'throno Is ready to tako this step. Government Makes Advances. It Is proposed to send government emissaries at once to ti:o Yangtso Klang regions, tho hotbed of tho revolution. The government Is said to have made such advances already to certain of tho rebel chiefs to learn their temper and to havo received tho reply that no capltltulatlon will be agreed to unless It provides for a complete reorganization of the government, including the Immediate convention of the representative parliament and the appointment of Yun Shi Ial as premier. The national assembly adopted a resolution to memorialize tho throne requesting tho immediato institution of a popular parliament, with the nobles excluded from the cabinet and the pardon of all political prisoners including the rebels. More Cities Are Seized. The rebels havo taken no cognizance of the new attitude of tho government, however. Mganklng, tho capital of the province of Nganhwel, 1G0 miles southwest of Nanking, has been taken and other minor successes arc reported from several sections. Great excitement was caused hero when a band .of rebel sympathizers set upon Shehg Hsuan Hual, thn removed minister, and were prevented from assassinating him only by the prompt Interference of the Imperial police. He asked to be talren to th3 American legation, whence he was escorted to Tientsin by a squad of soldiers. ' Yuan Shi Kal has been placed In complete control of tho Imperial army and navy and will proceed to Slnyangchow at onco to tako command. Ho relieves Gen. Tin Tchang, minister of war, who has been ordered to return to Peking. A well grounded rumor Is current hero that Tin Tchang Is dead.

Proclaimed as Pre&ldcnt. Gen. LI Yuen Heng, leader of rebel forces, has Informed the elgn consuls that he has been

claimed "president of tho republic of China." It is believed, however, that In tho evmt of a new form of government Yuan Shi Kal will become the ruler of China. Business hero is at a standstill and a feeling of expectancy, approaching alarm pervades the city. All explosives are being removed from the vicinity of the city and the China navigation company has abandoned Hankow as a terminus, following the seizure of ono of their steamers by the rebels, who are using It as a transport.

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TURK TROOPS HEM TRIPOLI

Force of 60,000 Will Attack Italian Army City Is in Panic of Fear.

Malta, Oct. 28. A force of G0.000 Turks and Arabs has been mobilized outside of Tripoli, according to dispatches received here, and Is expected to attack tho Italian army at any hour. The city is terror-stricken and hundreds are fleeing to the country for safety. The Mussulman force is well supplied with ammunition and provisions. It Is feared the city cannot be saved from destruction, as the Italian force is numerically inadequate to oiler any serious resistance. It develops that the three days battle at Tripoli was the result of a premature attack on the part of the Mussulman force, who either misunderstood the plans or disobeyed orders. The Mussulmans Intend to surround the Italian positions, annihilato tho force and enter the city. London. Oct 2S. One thousand Turks and Arabs and 100 Italians were killed and wounded in the battle of Tripoli, according to an official dispatch from Tripoli from an Italian source. Details of the conflict were not given owing to the strict censor

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SPARKS Fn0M LIVE WIRES It ob bo-ra blew open tho vault la tho Stato bank at Foster, Mo.t and escaped with $2,500 in cash and over $30,000 worth of notes and checss. Exceeding last year's record by $900,000, the trado of Newfoundland for the fiscal year has set a new high mark, reaching a total of $25,400,000. 'Grover Cleveland school" Is tho namo selected by tho commissioners of tho District of Columbia ror tho latest public educational iubtltutlon of Washington. Lowcry Goodo of New York, president of tho Cairo & Norfolk railroad, was found dead it tho Parker houso In liostou. Death was attributed to an overdose of morphine. Hy large majorities two Ohio coun ties shifted from tho "dry" column aa a result of elections held In .Scioto and Lawrence countlvM, including tho cities of Portsmouth ami Ironton. Hear Admiral James H. Samis, U. S. N., retired, who participated in tho evacuation of Charleston, died at his homo In Washington of acute Indigestion. Ho was sixty-six years old. Harry H. Davis, llrst baseman of tho world's champion Athletics and lieutenant of Connie Mack, their manaser, has signed a contract to manage tho Cleveland team of tho American leaguo in 1U12. Walter Freeman, a noted dwarf, who, although thirty-six years old, was only threo feet tall. Is dead at Harre, Vt., of acute indigestion. Freeman weighed 59 pounds. He was successful as a farmer. Lnrz Anderson, the Washington and Pittsburg millionaire, sailed from New York with Mrs. Anderson on Li Provence to assume his new post as minister to Hclglum, In which ho succeeds Charles Page Hryan. A co-operative brewery and ico manufacturing plant is the answer. St. Louis saloon proprietors mako to tho proposed incrcaso In the price of beer. Sufficient stock has been subscribed to assuro erection of a $250,000 plant. The first application of New York city employes for pensions under tho new law providing pensions for thoso who havo served thirty years or moro havo been granted by the board of estimate. Tiie men aro retired on half pay. Fusion of progresslvo Republicans and Democrats was delicately proposed by Gov. Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey In an address at a luncheon at Madison Wis., attended by 1,000 stato Democrats and many La Follctte Republicans. A party of suffragists, to lncludo Mrs. Catherine Waugl McCulloch of Chicago, will start sl ortly on a tour of tho south and west, propagating suffragist doctrines from a private car. Announcement of plans was mado at Louisville, Ky. Dr. H. Clark Hyde'a counsel, at his murder trial at Kansas City, Mo., aro charging that Jurors who read accounts of the first trial In tho Kansas City papers are biased. Their contention Is prolonging selection of a Jury to hear tho present caso. William J. Hryan, at South Sioux City, Neb., said ho would "Ilko to know whom the trusts wish for Supreme Justice In placo of Harlan. They have all the rest of the bench Ho advocatted a law compelling tho president to make public recommendations of candidates for Supiemo Judgeships.

Indiana Dank Will Quit. Montgomery. Ind.. Oct. 2S. After having met the withdrawal demands of a line of uneasy depositors, the dl-

this city decided to liquidate its affairs. The business has not been profitable, the directors announced.

Oklahoma Bank Is Raided. Shawnee. Okla., Oct. 2S. Robbers attacked the town of McComb, several miles from here, cut telephone and telegraph wires, then blew open the safe In the town bank. They got a largo amount of money and escaped.

SHOOTING AFFRAY IN COURT

Two Men Charged With Robbery Aro Fatally Wounded at Mason City, la.

Mason City, la., Oct. 28. Nine pistol shots were fired In Judge Rankin's court, and as a result Robert Gablo and Rex Kibbling are at point of death at Park hospital. The two men wero suspected of robbery. Kibbling accused Drexel of owning a revolver taken from them. Drexel, without warning, whipped out a revolver and at close range fired at Kibbling, the bullet lodging In his back. Gable opened fire on three pollco officers, who returned the shots, ono ball passing through Gable's lung. Both men will die.

THE MARKETS.

New York. Oct. 27. Livn STOCK-Steers U 00 7 50 Hogs 6 ft) $f 7 00 Shpp :r. ra i o FI.OUR-Wlnter Straights.. 4 O) f 4 25 WHE AT Doc c m be r 1 Oi O l CORN No. 2 81 6i SIV OATS-No. 2 12 it Wg RYK No 2 73 Cr & mTTTEIl Creamery 19 23 . EGGS 12 f? 23 CHEESE 9 Q 15 CHICAGO. CATTLE Native Steers 7 73 Q 8 75 Fair Hooves 4 73 (i 5 7S Fancy Yearlings 6 SO it S 2 Feeding Steers 4 40 U 5 2j Heavy Calves 4 r-0 it 7 75 HOGS Packers 6 10 ft d 20 Butcher Hogs 6 23 U 6 43 Pics 4 2T, U C 21 BUTT KR Creamery 23 i 22 Dairy 3K',t 27 i.IVE POULTRY 8 15 KG GS !2U' 23 POTATOES (pr !u.) M 5 Ff-OUR Spring Wheat. Sp'l 6 13 5? 6 ?S GRAIN Wheat. December. Wtt 1 Corn. December C1'4 f.T Oats. December 47 4TH MILWAUKEE. GRAIN Wheat. No. 1 Nor'n Jl 14 ? 1 1 December 1 V2 U 1 CiH Corn. December CI O Oats. Standard 4 it 4 Rye W4V KANSAS CITY. GRAIN-Wheat. No. 2 Hard It C2f? 1 00 No. 2 Red 1 00 u I on Corn. No. 2 White 72 f 72V, Oats. No. 2 White 43 Rye Ü 91 ST. LOUIS. CATT LE Native Steers V 25 Q S M Texas Steers 4 0 If 7 CO HOr.S-l'aekers 6 13 it 6 2.) Rutchers 6 20 U SHEEP Natives 3 25 V 3 75 OMAHA. CATTLE NatJve Steers SI 75 f? 7 75 Stockem ant! Feeders.... 3 2 j O 5 75 Cows and Heifers 3 00 it 5 10 HOGS-Ikavy 6 05 it 6 15 8IIEEP Wethers 3 IQ U J O