Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 54, Number 7, Jasper, Dubois County, 24 November 1911 — Page 3

is WU TING FANG AND OTHER REFORMERS DEMAND ABDICATION OF THRONE. AMERICAN TROOPS TO CHINA Soldiers Stationed at Manila Will Be Dispatched to Chlnwlnjjtao Within Reach of Peking Legation NanKing Taken by Rebels. Peking. Nov. IS. Yuan Sbl Kai has ccei'ted the premiership and will assume olflce at once. The Official Gazetto contained an expression of thanks from Yuan Shi Kal to the throne for his appointment, bot the truth Is that ho did not undertake the task without receiving guarantees that he would have practically t free hand In conducting affairs while be retained bis oßlclal position. Tfco new premier received several foreign ministers. Including the United States minister to China. William J. Calhoun, who only recently returned here. In conversation with a foreigner. Yuan Shi Kal said he Intended to form a cabinet Immediately and endeavor to carry on the government by gaining the support of as many provinces as possible, allowing the remainder to retain their independence for the time being. It would be his endeavor also gradually to win back ibeir allegiance to the throne. Viceroy Sent to Jehol. Another important development in the capital was the Issuance of an ed;rt ordering Ilsl-Llang. formerly viceroy of Manchuria, to assume comcurd at Jehol, where the summer resides e of the emperor is situated, in pliic of Pu-Tlns, the Tartar general Tt:s appointment has led to the belief jn . rr'ain quarters that the court may retire to Jehol. leaving Yuan Shi Kal as Lief executive until the opportunity arrives for the court to reassumo a measure of authority. San Pao Chi. tho viceroy of Shantung, has been elected president of the republic which has been proclaimed in that province. His acceptance of this offlce is In accordance with the government's advice, and several other viceroys have gone with the people In the hope of influencing the provinces later to renew their allegiance. Asks Aid of United States. Wu Ting-Fang, secretary of foreign affairs In the provincial government of Shanghai, and other noted reformers, have sent a telegram to the American charge d'affaires here, asking the good offices of the United States In connection with the delivery of a demand for abdication. The legation made no acknowledgment of the receipt of the telegram, and did not deliver It to the regent, but unofficially permitted Yuan Shi Kal to peruse iL U. S. to Send Troops to China. Washington. Nov. 16. The state department has virtually decided to send a regiment of troops from Manila to Chlcwingtao. a seaport in China about 2.ft miles from Peking on the Guir of Perhlll The purpose is to perform an International duty under the Boxer treaty In keeping open the line of communication between Peking and the sea. TOBACCO PLAN IS 'ACCEPTED Federal Judges Approve Scheme for Trust's Reorganization Independents Intervening Plea Denied. Ner York. Nor. 17. Judges Lacombo. Coxe. Ward and Noyes of the T'm'ci States circuit court Issued their final decree approving the tobacco tiust's plan of disintegration and Noryaiiization. Prior to the issuance of the decree they denied the petition presented for the privilege of interVfnfng in the caso for the independent tobt ceo Interests with the view of carrying the plan to tho Supreme court for review. U Is generally assured that the action of the circuit court effectually fttlea the case and no way Is now left open for the Independent tobacco interests to secure the Supreme court's llnal review. WANAMAKER IS GIVEN CUP Merchant Celebrates His Fiftieth Year In Business Advocates Government Ownership of Utilities. New York. Nov. 17. John Wanamaker advocated government ownership of the telegraph, the telephone and express companies and the creation cf a parcels post at a luncheon Klven at Sherry's by a committee '"Presenting the merchants of tho Lnitcd States. In celebration of his fiftieth year in business. During the luncheon he was presented with a large silver loving cup, a tribute to his life, career, success nd usefulness and an Indication of the esteem of his fellow merchants In a'l Parts of the country. 'T'S HARVESTER FIRM'S MOVE Negotiations with United States SuspendedAction of Officers Awaited. Washington, Nov. 18. The next ovo looking to the voluntary disintegration of the International Harvester wmpany rests with that corporation, negotiations between the department t Justice and the company have been suspended, pending action by officials the so-called harvester trust upon government's objections to the fn ot solution submitted by the ."presentatlwes of the corapaky.

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OIL TRUST PAYS LAST

DIVIDEND OF ITS LIFE Standard Company Has Distributed $751,000,000 on Its Shares Since 1882 Ready for Distortion. New York, Nov. 1C Tbo Standard Oil Company of Now Jersey declared a dividend of seven dollars a snare for the last quarter of the year. Tali Is tho last dividend to be declared boforo tho company dissolves under the mandate of the Supreme court. Since the Standard Oil was given corporate form in 1SS2 it has distributed about $751.000,000 la dividends. The Standard Oil Company of New York also declared a duldend of 320 a share, which Is equivalent to a ' dividend of 13.05 a share on the stock of the Standard Oil Company of New , Jersey. Following the meeting of the directors formal announcement was made of the manner of distribution of stocks of subsidiary companies to the shareholders of the Standard Oil Com-1 pany of Nerf Jersey. It provides that j m tne segregation In compliance with the decree of the United States Supreme court fractional narts of tbe shares of subsidiary companies win j be exchanged for each share of the New York corporation. Shareholders of the Standard OH Company of New Jersey will receive in exchange for their stock, the stock of thirty different companies. The basis of distribution was de-I termlned by the capitalizations of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and Its subsidiaries. Col. Oliver H. Payne resigned from the board of directors of the company. His successor has not been named The report that John D. Rockefeller. William Rockefeller and others of the older group of Standard Oil men are to retire from the company and turn Its affairs over to the direction of the younger element Is officially denied. HUGHES FORFEITS BIG GIFT Pulitzer In Will Sets Aside S100.OCO for Jurist If He Accepted Trusteeship, but Duties Prevent. New York, Nov. 1C. The complete text of Joseph Pulitzer's will, which was filed for probate, revealed a provision for the payment of JIO0.000 to Justice Charles E. Hughes of the Supreme court of the United States It Associate Justice Hughes. he accepted service as one of the trustees and executors of the estate. This sum, which was to be siren In lieu of commissions. Justice Hughes renounced on the ground that public duties would prevent him from qualifying as a trustee or executor. The four trustees of Mr. Pulitzer's two newspapers, the New York World and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, will receive lump sums of $50.000 each In lieu of commissions, according to the terms of the wllL INDICT 13 FOR REBATING Railroad Officials and Chicago and New York Merchants Accused by Federal Jury. New York, Nov. 17. Indictments returned by the federal grand Jury against three prominent railroad officials and seven business men with important connections with this city and Chicago for giving and receiving rebates on freight revealed a government Investigation of common carriers that may Involve many other roads. Vice-President Thomas N. Jarvls and Freight Traffic Manager Clarence A. Blood of the Lehigh Yalley Hail road company and Robert B. Ways, foreign freight agent of the Baltimore & Ohio, are charged with refunding ten per cent of rate charges to the shippers indicted with them. TAFT ASSAILED FOR PARDON Idaho Governor Condemns President's Leniency Toward Bank Oficlal Convicted of Embezzlement. Boise. Idaho. Nov. 16-Gov. James II Hawlej gave out a signed statement In which be condemns the acno or President Taft In granting a pardon to Clarence W. Robnett, former booKkeeper and clerk In the Lewiston National bank ot Lewiston. Bobnett was convicted of embezzling funds ot tue bank, and was sentenced In the federal court at Idaho Springs to ten years' Imprisonment. Ho never eatcred upon service or his sentence. Bloodhounds Trail Robbers. Rosedale, Mo, Nov 17. Posses with bloodhounds nrrestcd two men who are held as suspects In the robbery of a number of stores In this vicinity, aad of several hold-up durlag the past few weeks.

THE MELANCHOLY

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OiKESHMES CITIES HOHENZOLLERN CASTLE AND OTHER PLACES IN EUROPE DAMAGED 3Y TREMORS. PEOPLE ARE PANIC-STRICKEN' s I Theater Audiences Stampeded Violent Earth Shocks, Followed by Several Lesser Ones Spread Alarm Among Folks on Mountain Sides. Berlin, Germany. Nov. IS. An earthquake which was felt over a wide area of central Europe, damaged the castle of Hoheazollem. on the steep Zollerberg, near Hechlngen, Prussia. Statues on the beautiful structure were disfigured and great cracks appeared la the towers. At Constance, In the grand duchy of Baden, the spire and cross of the cathedral, the most Imposing building In the city. fell. A colossal statue or Germania, which crowned the postoffice building, tumbled into tbe streetReports say the kingdom of Württemberg also was shaken hard. Frankfort In a Panic Earth shocks are unusual In the districts affected and the alarm of the people generally was greater than would have been the case in countries where seismic disturbances are a more common occurrence. At Frankfort, where houses were shaken, the populace rushed into the streets, panic stricken. Great cracks were made in the walls of several buildings. Stuttgart felt the movement strongly. Houses rocked, pictures fell from the walls, and furniture was tumbled about Reports from Munich. Strassburg and Mayence tell of similar experiences. Flee Heidelberg Theater. There was a panic in the theater at Heidelberg. Near Lautlingen a railway viaduct felL Several buildings, including SL Stephen's church, were damaged at Mulhaustn. and a large stone was shaken from the church steeple. Switzerland Gets Big Shock. Bern, Switzerland. Nov. IS. A violent earth shock was felt throughout Switzerland at 10:27 p. m. This was followed by lesser quakes. The movement was especially strong In the cantons of Bern and Zurich, In the district of lnterlaken and throughout the region of the Alps. So far as known there were no casualties. In Geneva street cars were derailed. In this city and in Zurich theater audiences were thrown Into a panic and rushed Into the streets. At Chamonlx enormous avalancnes rushed down Mont Blanc. Glass ornaments were broken in homes throughout the disturbed area. The seismic motion was from north to south. WALSH'S WIDOW GIVEN ALL Late Banker's Will Filed for Probate Leaves Estate Valued at $OO.00O. Chicago. Nov. IS. The will of John R. Walsh was filed for probate. The entire estate Is left to the widow. Mrs. 5Iary L- Walsh, who Is named as the sole executrix. The estate consists of 00,000 in stocks and bonds and a single parcel of real estate, the homestead. Half or the 5SO0.000 in stocks and hnnrls now Is in the possession of the ! estate; the rest Is pledged as security for a loan, but will be redeemed In J fulL The will was made by the baaker October 23, 1903. IS days after his conviction on a charge of violating the j banking laws had been affirmed by the i United States circuit court or appeals. Hands Gibbons $50,000. ... V'Ar It IJnillnff uaiwmoie, u & , $50.000 in J1.000 bills to Cardinal Gib-1 bons ii man asked that a cbalr be ; founded in the new Gibbons memorial j institution, and exacted rrom tne church officials a pledge of secrecy concerning bis name.

DAYS ARE HERE

THREE KANSANS CONFESS TO TARRING OF WOMAN Pleas of Guilty by Assailants cf School Teacher Astound Ccur One Is Mill President. Lincoln Center. Kan, Nov. 17. Sberrill Clark, a wealthy merchant: A. N. Simon, a mill worker, and John Schmitt, a farmer, were placed on trial "for assault and battery" in connection with the tarring of Miss Mary Chamberlain, following Judge Glover's denial of their application for a change of venue. Everett G. Clark, president of a Shady Bend milling company; Watson Scraaton and Jay Fitzwater, farmers, astonished the prosecution by entering pleas of guilty, and throwing themselves on the mercy of the court. Previously Edward Ricord. a barber, had entered the same plea. When Clark, upon whose case those of the other eight men accused o connection with the tarring were expected to hinge, announced his plea of guilty Judge Grover said: "It is necessary that I reserve sentence, for, as I have beard no testimony in this case. I really do not know the nature of the offense. Accordingly 1 shall wait until after the other cases have been heard." Tbe pleas of guilty by Scranton and Pi'zwater were than announced. The men attacked Miss Chamberlain without a word being spoken, threw her to the ground, and tore off her clothing While one hold her down, another held a tar bucket. A third man smeared tar on her from her waist to her knees, after which the entire bucket of tar was poured over her. The only excuse for the act. according to the attorney, was that meddling women had whispered evil of the girl and incited their "men folks" to punish her. Investigation convinced the county attorney that the allegations made against the young school teacher were untrueFEAR ANOTHER MEXICAN WAR Danger of Uprising Prevents Return cf United States Troops From Border Line. Washington, Nov. IS. Danger of another well-organized and formidable revolutionary movement in Mexico has caused the suspension of the return to their home stations of the American troops sent into tbe border country during the Madero revolution. The attitude of the United States Is one of apprehension of further trouble, against which every precaution Is to be taken to Insure the strictest neutrality. Austin, Tex., Nov. IS. Two companies of Texas Rangers were ordered to the border, with Instructions to prevent any activity in Texas toward starting a revolution in Mexico. These movements were made after a conference between Governor Colquitt and Ranger Captain Hughes. Tbo claims to have evidence that part of the preparations for a Mexican revolution are under way In this state. DR. ALONZO A. AMES EXPIRES Former Minneapolis Mayor Who Became Notorious In Graft Exposure Found Dead in Bed. Minneapolis. Minn, Nor IS Dr. Alonzo A. Ames, for many years mayor of Minneapolis and head of the notorious Ames regime, was found dead in his bed. At the time of the expose of graft in his administration, ten years ago. Doctor Araes was Indicted and was tried four times, but never convicted. His brother. Fred Ames, who was chief or police, went to prison, as did several members or the police force. Doctor Ames later was a candidate for congress and for governor. He was born In Garden City. HI- sixty-nine years ago. and was a Civil war veteran. Jersey Bank Closes Dears. New York. Nov. 18. A dispatch from Easton. Pa- received here, states that the Washington National bank of Washington. N. J-, has cleeed its deors.

HITS TUFT POLICY

ROOSEVELT SAYS CHAOTIC GOV ERNMEMT TRUST PLAN SHOULD EE REDUCED TO ORDER. FOR BUREAU AS REMEDY Former President In Magazine Article Sees Miscarriage cf Justice as to Combines Denies That Steel Men Misled Him. New York. Nov. 17. Recent litigation and legislation to regulate the trusts Is discussed and a remedy Is suggested by Theodore Roosevelt In an editorial entitled "The Trusts, the People and the Square Deal." published in tbe Outlook. "The suit against the Steel trust by the government." Mr. Roosevelt begins, "has brought vividly before our people the need of reducing to order our chaotic government policy as regards business." He closes with the following recommendatloa: "The national government "exercises control over interstate commerce railways, and it can In similar fashion, through an appropriate governmental body, exercise control over all industrial organizations engaged In intrastate commerce. This control should be exercised, not by the courts, but by an administrative bureau or hoard such as the bureau of corporations or the interstate commerce commission: for the courts cannot with, advantage permanently perform executive and administrative functions." Denies Steel Men Misled Him. Before taking up his general theme Mr. Roosevelt pauses to deny that the representatives of the Steel corporation misled him while he was presi dent. Referring to the suit against the Steel trust, he says: "One of the grounds for the suit Is the acquisition by the Steel corporation of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Ex-President RoosevelL company, and it has been alleged, on the authority or the government offldais engaged in carrying on the suit, that as regards this transaction I was misled by the representatives or the Steel corporation, and that the facts were not accurately or truthfully laid before me. This statement Is not correct "I believed at the time that tbe facts In the case were as represented to me on behalf of the Steel corporation, and my further knowledge has convinced me that this was true." Lawsuit Plan Is Attacked. Returning to the main subject. Mr. Roosevelt continued: "To attempt to meet tbe whole problem, not by administrative governmental action but by a succession of lawsuits, is hopeless from tbe standpoint of working out a permanently satisfactory solution. Moreover, the results sought to be achieved are achieved only in extremely Insufficient and fragmentary measure by breaking up all big corporations, whether they have behaved well or ill. into a number of little corporations, which it Is perfectly certain will be largely and perhaps altogether under the sasae controL "Such action is harsh and mischievous If the corporation Is guilty of nothing except Us size; and where, as in the case of the Standard Oil. and especially the tobacco trust, the cor poration has been guilty of immoral and antisocial practices, there Is need for far more drastic and thoroughgo ing action than any that has been taken under the recent decree of the Supreme court. See Miscarriage of Justice. "In the case of the tobacco trust, for Instance, the settlement In the Circuit court. In which the representatives of the government seem Inclined to concur, practically leaves all of the companies still substantially under the control of 29 original defendants. Such a result Is lamentable rota the standpoint of justice. Tbe decision of the circuit court. If allowed to stand. mcan3 that the tobacco trust has merely been obliged to change its clothes and that none of the real offenders have received any real pusishraenL "Surely miscarriage of Justice Is not too strong a term to apply to such a result when considered la connection with what the Supreme court said of this trust. Must Support Victim's Widow. Milwaukee. Nov. IS. Judge August Backus sentenced Emil Samefink, a carpenter, to support the widow of the man he killed. SameSak pleaded guilty to manslaughter in cositectloB wjta the death of Albert Jutrxtswkl d arise a row over a game ef cards.

SPARKS FROM LIVE WIRES!

A fire at Ogden. Utah, destroyed taV Eccles offlce building and the home of. the Weber club, a business men's organization. Lass. J7S0.0G0. It Is believed at Topeka, Kan., that the manner of Infection of pellagra has been discovered and that the disease Is carried by sand fleas. The sale of chewing gum in ship's stores has been prohibited. This order is regarded as a step toward the banishing of gum from the army and navy. The board or education of Superior, Wis, has decided to engage aa instructor to teach horticulture and floriculture to school children during the summer. In order to maintain the parity of the postal savings bonds, trustees of the postal savings banks at Washington announced that they would purchase these securities at par. Fred Warren, the Socialist editor of Girard, Kan., who was pardoned by President Taft upon conviction for ! using the malls improperly, has been indicted again for the same offense. Peter Lenane. a saloon keeper, was shot and killed at the threshold of his home In New York by a man whom he refused to serve with liquor several months ago. His alleged' slayer was arrested. An engineer, an oiler aad two Swedish deckhands employed on the Seneca river section of the barge canal were scalded to death at Aubura, N. Y In the explosion ot a 700-borse power boiler. Adjournment until after the opening of congress was taken by the house committee which has been investigating the claim for 53.000,000 damages by -JE. G. Lewis against the government in SL Louis. At the close of the Carnegie foundation trustees meeting In New York It was announced that Mr. Carnegie had authorized an additional gift of 51,000.000 to the foundation for pensioning college professors. Miss Stella Braymer. daughter of Daniel Braymer, one of the richest men in Caldwell county, Missouri, was arrelgned In the United States court, charged with using canceled postage stamps In her private correspondence. Henry S. Graves, head of the United States forest service, has written to district foresters throughout the country commending them and their men on their success during the season in keeping forest fires down to a mini mum of destructiveness. Henry W. Taft's automobile was wrecked in a smashup with a taxi cab in front of the Metropolitan opera house. New York. In the automobile was William Howard Taft, son of Henry W. and nephew of the president He was unharmed. A Jury at Fond du Lac. Wis., has awarded damages of JS0O to Mrs. Meta Monrean. who sued the Eastern Wisconsin Power and Light company for 510,000. alleging responsibility for the death of her eigbteen-months-old son, who recently was killed by a car. EIGHT MILLION FACE FAMINE Inhabitants of Twenty Russian Previnces in Dire Need of Food Through Crop Failure. SL Petersburg. Nov. 17. Eight million persons are In need of immediate relief, owing to the failure of the crops in twenty Russian provinces. This startling announcement was made in the duma by Premier Kokoyzoff in reply to interpellations concerning reports that famine threatened a wide area. BEATTIE MUST DIE IN CHAIR Governor Refuses to Interfere With Death Sentence Against Convicted Wife Slayer. Richmond. Ya- Nov. 16. Governor Mann declined to Interfere In the case of Henry Clay Beattie. Jr. The yousg wife murderer's last hope of escaping the electric chair November 21 thus was swept away. A petition had been presented to the governor for a respite of at least 39 days for spiritual preparation. THE MARKETS. New York. Nor. LIVE STOCK-Steer... 115 fj Hotrs f t Sheep W f 3 mm H-winter Straljtlila.. 4 OJ K i "WHEAT-December ........ CORN No. - - OATS No 2 RYE No- 2 BUTTE K Creamery EGGS CHEESE CHICAGO. CATTLE Native Steers.... IT "3 9 ' 4 (i 6 50. fie 4 S V 4 50 & 35 0 6 55 q 4 43 30 Ö 5 SO O ' WH 4IH Fir ueeves Fancy Yearlings Feeding Steers Heavy Calves HOGS Packers ........ Butcher Hogs Pics v BCTTER-Creamery Dairy 1.1 VB POULTRY EGGS POTATOES ipr bu.) ........ Fl.OfR Fprtns Wheat. Sp'l GRAIN wheat. December. Com. December , Oats. December MILWAUKEE. GRAIN Wheat. No. 1 Norn December Com. December - Oats. Standard Rye KANSAS CITY. GRAIN-Wheat. No- 2 Mard 1 No. Z nta Corn. No. 2 Wh Ite.... Oat. No. - White.... Rr ' ST. LOUIS. CATTLE Native Steers V 50 f Texas Steers i S X HOGS-Packers 52 2 Butchers 5 S 2 SHEEP Natives ICQ H OMAHA. CATTLE Native Steers ITO Stockers ani Feeders.... 3 W Cow and Heifers 1 W HOGS Hvy SHEEP Wetliers

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