Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 54, Number 13, Jasper, Dubois County, 29 December 1911 — Page 3

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SECRETARY WILSON IN ANNUAL REPORT BLAMES COLD STOR. ACE FOR HIGH PRICES. ASKS FOR WAREHOUSE DATA Cablet Member Would Have Reports Made So That the Public Might Judge of Future Cost of Food Commodities. Washington. Dec 7. "The consumer r,a a dollar for food, the farmer gets job's than 50 conta of iL Who gets the rest" ' That Is a question which Secretary Wils, n of the dciartment of agriculture aKid In his annual report. 7tf bicrotary does not attempt to jrsw.r it Ho does explain In some jetaii the results of an Investigation tis J. j.artnient has Just concluded Into : effect of cold Btornge on the whole fi7. n f-H and cost of food. His lnvesti.'a:it.n bads him to recommend publw.fi f r tho amount of food in cold sf ragt-, just as the doj)artinent now giws lubliclty to iho condition of cinj s fron, uonth to month. Ir..-t ".ui of food remaining in storage for 1 nev'T than a year or two years, as a rui' . tiie secretary declares that his la' stigation showed that "receipts Into n id borage are entirely or nearly cxt nd.-ti i by tho deliveries out of cold Storni- within ten months." Cost a Barrier. I,.r.g storage Is the exception, the Sf. p-t r asserts. Warehouse men exi)ain. i to tho department that exces s,.t j.. l ng storage was duo to the law a.t- an J othor circumstances of an uflficin.erclal nature. Tho cost of i . irirludlng storage charge, interis at. l insurance, is considered a barmt hi l ng storage. ( . .1 hti rage. tho secretary reports, ta- r,,:scj the cost of living by Incia.Mig tho annual price level for butter and eggs. TU retary says that an cxaxnlnats d of the record of prices gives a BUFixIon" that there has been much speculation in eome years by the men 'i.o keep commodities In cold storage. Storage Men Make Mistake. Hp refers to "an apparent mistake" of the storage men in overestimating tje consumption of eggs by the public at exorbitant prices, last winter, with the ri ault that, in the spring, the storage n.en had to sell eggs at rcmarkat:y low prices and send abroad the largot amount of eggs over exported is frier to get rid of the supply. TV secretary declares that the warehouse men ought to be required to Ht.l to Washington each month the mrount of commodities placed In storage fo that tho public may bo ablo to JuOgr- of the future trend of prices. A great variety of subjects are dealt u i : r. In the report, Recorumendatlf.'i 1 n.a 'e that all government agenues ttat rn;..(re health should be groupad t 5. hT In one bureau. TL.- 'Apartment announces that the rrrn crop is moving northward by seed T!.o American systems of renting l.rd are declared to be faulty and rem t 1 soil robbing. It Is sugscsted ,vnt domestic anlmnls be kept on furrrs. even if the land owaer must I .rr.i-h them, and that there be a rotatu n of crops. TELLS STORIES IN CONFLICT E. J. Bell, Lorlmer Witness, Is En tangled in Contradictions on Witness Stand. Washington. Dec. 9. Tho defense in ir.wstlgntion of Senator William I. rimer struck a snag when one of Its -rus-es became involved In contradif t ry testimony. I- J Holl, a Chicago street car conduc tnr testified In an effort to 'show tint Sid'ipy Yarbrough was In Chicago fn 'br nicht of May 24, 1009. Instead of in a hotel room at Springfield with n-.arlra a White, the legislator who ma.Jp a confession of bribery. White had sworn that he was at tho Illinois 'apital When Bell was taken In hand for cross examination he contradicted euch r.f his former testimony, heferocre to the record of tho second Browne trial disclosed that his statements today were substantially different in answer to practically the sai-e questions. NEGRO SENTENCED TO HANG Death Penalty Inflicted In Morgan County, III., for First Time In Seventy Years. Jacksonville, 111.. Dec. S. Tho tlrst ""'h penalty In 70 years returned against a criminal In Morgan county Wft8 Riven by the Jury in the case of Jr'bn Mattlock, wirb was found guilty of tho murder of Frank Cnshin. a cignrmakerof this city. Robert Prultt. An accessory to tho crime, was sentenced to lire ImprisonmetiL Hoth wen aro negroes. HELD ON SHOOTING CHARGE 8n of Former Governor of Tennessee Accused of Fatally Wounding Washington Liveryman. Seattle, Wash.. Dec. 9. M. C. Patterson, son of Malcolm R. Patterson, former United States congressman end governor of Tennessee from 1P07 J 1S03, is under arrest for probably fatally shooting R. T. Seal, a Port Orchard liver? man. hut refuses to dlsum it in R0 vay

STEEL HEAD URGES U. S.

CONTROL OF BIG TRUSTS E. H. Gary Concedes There Should De Federal Law to Make Corporations Do Business Fairly. Washington, Dec. 8.E. II. üary, head of tho United States Stpet corporation, urged beforo the senate committee on Interatnto commerce a föderal commission authorized to consider management, character and extent of corporations and to permit certain pooling arrangements when conditions warranted. "No corporation can reach a permanent success in this country unless it is willing to recognize at all times the public interest and welfare." aqld Judge Gary. He reiterated that business llrrns must be given somo means of knowinj; what is an - unreasonable roBtralnt of trado" before they take any stops that might make them liable to federal prosecution. "1 would have tho law explicit," said he, "and permit the corporation commission to say what agreements would ho permitted. Such agreements. approved by the commission, and made with full publicity, would be in the public Interest, preventing bus! nesa demoralization. "No corporation has the rlgtit to object to the Sherman law if it means, as I think it doeB, that no combination shall be created with the purpose of croating a monopoly, or tho necessary result of which shall be the creation of a monopoly; or which shall be car ried on for the purpose or with tho result of unduly restraining trade, tr the corporations are prevented from creating . monopolies or unduly re straining trade, then the public Is protectad. "The Sherman law leaves everyone In that position, but the trouble is that no ono. not even the court, knows what will bo an 'undue restraint or trade.' In the dally tnanagoraent or our business we are uncertain what Is opposed to the public Interest In the moaning of the Sherman law." SHUSTER TO DEFY THE CZAR U. S. Minister at Teheran Tells American Treasurer General of Persl? to Stand His Ground. Washington, Dec. S. With 2.000 Russian Cossacks advancing to occupy Teheran, proclaim martial law and eject him at the point of the bavonet. W. Morgan Shuster. finan cial agent of tho Persian government. Is advised by the American st-.te de partment to stand upon his cccsiiuitional rights and defy the czar. This startling move by Russia was officially reported by Charles W. Rus sell, United States minister at Teher an. Following this intelligence a cable was sent Minister Russell lnstnictlnc him to advise Shuster to stand his ground. Should Russia eject nil Persian otnclals. as Is anticipated, Shuster. rolow'.ng bis instructions, win appeal 10 .Minister jiuc-ii .iuu iuube i-v with tho Russian diplomatic agent at Tchcran. The situation win men uecorae ohu of international import ueieeu tu Russian and, American governments, nlready milled by the czar's refusal to honor nassnorts held by American citizens of Jewish faith. PRINCE CHUN FORCED OUT Chinese Regent, Who Has Been De clared Stumbling Bicck to Gocd Government, Resigns. Peking. Dec. 7. Prince Chun, the regent, has abdicaiud. and thus is removed, revolutionary leaders declare. tho chief stumbling block In the road toward a constitutional government of China. In Chun's place two guardians have imnrt nnnolnted for the Infant emnoror. Pu Yl. They are Hsu Shlb Chang, a Chinese diplomat, and Shlb Hsu. a Manchu and cltse associate of ih pmncror. Doth wero formerly zrand councillors. Yuan Shi Kai. the premier. Is be lieved to have forced the regent to step down as a concession to the of:repeated demands of the revolutionIsts, who have always regarded Chun as a traitor. GET $25,000 LONG MISSING c t oiil Postoffice Inspectors Re cover Package From Clerk Lost September 14, 1910. SL Iou!s. Mo.. Dec. S. A package containing J25.000. which disappeared from the annex postcfflce station Sep tember 24. 1910. was recovered. George V. Steck, a ostfllcc clerk, who was employed I tho annex station, has had the package since Hp dlKannearante. He confessed to postoffice Inspectors. Of the full amount 51.400 is miss ing. Steck declares he spent this. Oyster No Fever Agent New York. Dec 9. Tho oyster hps at last been exonerated of causing Uphold. A report by Health Oomtols

.doner Lederte of New York city rives mcrt of Lawrence U Murray, compthe succulent bivalve a clean bill of v.or ot the current made public.

. .... rnorc " Iho resnt. ncann. . i.i ,. -ovo eint nvestlratiou has failed to trace a single case cf tbe lino 11 . .. llseaso to the eating or oysters City Gives Work to Poor. Kansns City, Mo.. Dec. 9. Employ ment for all who are willing to work Is to be given during tho winter at Kansas City's municipal rock quarry. The workers are being paid with ordors upon merchants instead cf cash, tn inniirn ih wc fare of wives and I children and to discourage dissipation.

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NAVAL BOARD THAT EXAMINED BATTLESHIP VRECK GIVES OUT ITS FINDINGS. BLOWN UP FROM OUTSIDE Exterior Blast Explodes Large Amount of Black Powder Contained In Magazines, Causing Destruction of ; Vessel and Loss of Life. Washington. Dec. 9. -The battleship Malno was blown up in Havana har-1 hnr nn prnlnsfnn from the outside. ' This is tho gist of a short statemnnt Isshpi! bv the navv deDartinent. based on findings made by the Joint . . f . A army and navy ooara, wnicn speni several months In Havana harbor Investigating the wreck. Test of Statement. The statement was as follows: "The board finds that the injuries the bottom of the Maine were j to caused by the explosion of a charge of low form of explosives exterior to the ship This resulted In Igniting and exploding the contents of the sixInch reserve magazine, said contents including; a large quantity of black powder Th - CQmn ete cx plosIon of the contents of the remnlninc forward magazine followed. Th macazlnG Grniocio resulted in destruction of the vessel. Tcft Has Report. This report was placed in the hands of President Taft and will be careful ly reviewed by him beforo being adopted in full. Tho board's report settles for all time the cause of the explosion and vindicates the findings of the Sampson board immediately after the destruction of the vessel. It also Justi fies the war with Spain. In the statement Issued by the secretary it Is said that while the Spanish mine did not in itself destroy the vessel, this undoubtedly caused the explosion or the ship's magazines, wbich resulted in the destruction or the Maine and the death or more than 200 American officers and seamen. "DRYS" RENEW OLD ROW Jones-Stewart Feud Splits the Prohlbltlon Party's National Committee. Chicago, Dec. S. Pronloition party jca(ers are endeavoring to forget the bitterness that marnea me closing session of the party national committee meeting. The old Joues-Stewart feud was reopened at the closing ses sion after tho cold water leaders de cided to hold their national convention in Atlantic City. X. J- between June 20 and July 20. In the factional ngnt cnairman Charles R. Jones of the national com mittee routed those wbo miiowcd Oliver W. Stewart of Chicago. A resolution indorsing the administration of Chairman Jones was adopted by a vote of 33 to IS. in the mention or presidential candidates for the party William J. Uryan's name was brought rorth. Others spoken or were J. Frank Hanly or Indiana, former governor: Richmond P. Hobson. Alnbama. and Eugene W. Chafln, now ot Arlxoua, Comptroller of Currency Report. Wrshingtcn, J cc. 7. Tho annual - - - ..,. , .t-... ..... I e a IntiZ SJU ymy"'-""c Blatte n "t CI we im'-" nun the currency lo II parts or tho counI j wttti eti.. f-f.Hnt.a f try. and closes with suNgeatlous of a number ot aaienaracois 10 me na tlonat bank acL Charged With CG;;p!cy. Oiorto. Dc. 7. Castcllo Dranco. who was minister to China during the divt, of the Pcrtuguese monarchy, was arested here ou the charge oT conspiring agamsi iue "u" " " 1 visit to Brazil.

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Correspondence Seized at Indianapolis Reveals Amazing Series of Dynamiting Expeditions. Indianapolis. Ind.. Dec. 9. Ortie McManigal's coniession to the federal authorities at Los Angeles, In which he is said to have stated that other pernios than John J. McNaniara, secretary-treasurer of the International Association or Bridge and Structural ' Iron Workers, paid him for dynamite "Job since 1907, will be confirmed when United States District Attorney Miller begins to submit his evidence to the grand Jury here. As carefully as the evidence is be ing guarded important facts regard u are comius to nBui. om , t M It V. . Ol.. V. 1 ieaerai government seized it from the state a month ago. It has been watched day and night, but prior to that several persons saw portions of J. J. McNamara's private books and papers. That the latter reveal an amazing chain of evidence of dynamite plots the very boldness of which ought to have made them comparatively easy to run down, was stated by a man who read some of the McNamara private correspondence. While it has been stated repeatedly by the iron workers and other labor leaders that the unions ought not to be held responsible for the string of explosions that occurred during the past four years, the evidence will show. It is said, that every one was planned and executed with the deliberate purpose of warning the advocates of the open shop that the unions must be recognized. The evidence, It is declared, trill connect heads of local Iron workers' unions In a number of cities with the dynamite plots. STOKES ACCUSED AS SLAYER i Lillian Graham Believes Hotel Man Killed AI Adams, "Policy King," at New York. New York, Dec. 9. Lllllam Graham sprung the greatest sensation that bS arisen in the case of the shooting show girls when she testified that she shot Millionaire W. E. D. Stokes because "the facts flashed through my mind about his having murdered Al. Adams, and 1 knew he would murder me. Miss Graham was asked If Mrs. Stella Singleton, her sister, bad talked to her about Stokes. "Yes." the witness swore, "she told me he was a very, very dangerous man. She said she had heard Stokes killed Al. Adams and was seen com Ing down the stairs of the Ansonla hotel near Adams' room shortly after the body of Adams was found." Al. Adams, the policy king, died at the Ansonla October 1. 1907. It was given out at the tlrao that it was a case of suicide. ASKS S20,000 FOR KISSES Wealthy Farmer Is Sued By Girl for Seven "Smacks" Which She Claims He Stole. SL Joseph. Mo., Dec, 9. Margaret Bender has asked a jury to pass upon tho value of seven kisses which she asserts were taken from her by force by V. T. Maget, a wealthy farmer. She declares they represent to her $10.000 actual and $10,000 punitive damages. The two sides agree that Maget went to the woman's room and kissed her. He says he did so at her Invitation. She charges that ho forced his way Into tho room and used such violence in his osculation that she was severely bruised and her nervous systnm shocked. Dies Speaking at G. A. R. Banquet. Doston, Dec 9. Whllo spcaklrg at a banquet of Grand Army men here. Capt. John IL Lakeman of Salem dropped dead of heart failure. He was prominent as a -campaign and after-dinner orator.

EMPEROR AT DELHI

GEORGE AND MARY GREETED BY HIGH OFFICIALS AND 150 INDIAN CHIEFS. MAJESTIES IN TENT HOUSES Magnificent Spectacle Is Presented When Royal Couple Make Their State Entry Into City in Presence of 250,000 People. Delhi, Dec. S. The most mngaitlrent orectacle in India' a long history of brilliant events was witnessed by roro than 250,000 people when George V, king of England and emperor or In'Iv and the aucen-empress made their state- entry into tee city. The king and queen arrived from Bombay and were greeted with a salute of 101 guns. The route to the Durbar camp had been a sceno or great activity long before dawn, and whoTi the time came for the procesBlon to start the roadway was lined on either side with bejev.'aled Indian princes, military officers, administrative officers, foreign tourists and large numbers of natives. Troops Line Route. Stationed closest to tho roadway. ana extenaing over me enure ruuvu. were regiments of British and Indian troops, forming the official guard. Packed behind these picturesque streams or humanity were hundreds of bullock carts, the smartest modern carriages, powerful motor cars and hooded horses. Their majesties first proceeded to a pavilion within tha Tort, where they received 150 ruling Indian chlcrB. Then began the great procession. The King-Emperor George V. Lancer.5 and bands came first, and behind them rode General Peyton, the herald, in silk and gold tabard and 16 British and native trumpeters, all mounted on black chargers. Next followed the native escort of the viceroy In scarlet and gold, preceding the Imperial cadet corps, compose! entirely of princes and their sons. Emperor Astride Charycr. The emperor came next, astride a magnificent charger, followed immedi ately by tho empress In a state carriage drawn by six horses. As their majesties approached the entire Hue of troops presented arms, the natives bowed to tho ground and tho L'uropeans doffed their hnta. Following their majesties, and outshining all In point of splendor, rode 150 maharaJas, nawabs and other chlertains. Tho column was closed by a ba:a of savage Afghans and Pat'.an chlers, mounted on wild penies. The emperor and empress entered tho city through the king's gate, wnlch had not been opened since 1857, wceu the king of Delhi went to public worship. They at once tepalred to their camp In the center of the vast tented city. Their majesties received great dignitaries in the emperor's palatial tent, while outside stood thousands of natives hoping to secure anothor glimpse of the members or tbe royal suite. BRING POTATOES TO U. .S Importations of Tubers Have Reached 25.000 Sacks fur the Season. New York. Dec. 9. Importation of potatoes from abroad are beginning to arrive In this port, the bulk ot them coming from Ireland. Up to date about 25.000 sacks have arrived. Wholesalers quote Maine potatoes lu tbe market hero at $3 a sack and say this price Is about double the ;pr.lce of a year ago. Since early fall the I rice had risen steadily and $1 a sack is expectod by February. Not only Is there a scarcity of potatoes lu this country, but from practically all the potato producing countries of the world reports show slack crops. nFl AYS MIKADO: KILLS SELF Japanese Railroad Official Commits Hari-kari Because Hl Fault In convenienced Emperor. Victoria. B. C, Dec. 9. Giving hla life as atonement because the emperor ot Japan was forced to spend an hour delayed in a commou waiting room Mojl ShlJIro Sblmldzu. a train ...n.lniniii1nnt throw hlmsnlf linrinr A train, according to advices brouGht by tnc Awa .unru. cMtnlriiti toft a letter sivlnt. he con " . " ... sidered It his duty to give hla life pay for tho emperor b embarrassment. The emperor was much distressed when tho Incident was rei.Jrtei to him.

SPARKS FROM LIVE WIRES Kentucky Stato university students, by a vote of moro than two to one, adopted a system of self-government

Mrs. Mary L. Sudall, who shot and killed her husband, Joseph Sudall, last July, was acquitted of the charge of murder by a Jury in the superior court at San Francisco. The bodies of Lorenzo Corroni and his wlfo Cora of New Galilee, Pa., were found six miles from Heaver Falls, Pa. The police believe the couple were murdered. M. C. Patterson, vho says ho Is a son of former G' Malcolm 11. Patterson or Tennessee, Is under arrest at Hremerton, Wash., for shooting iL T. Seal of that city. As a result of pleading guilty to charges of robbing bodlos In a cemetery at Grand Forks, N. i., J. W. Knapp began serving a sentenco ot nine years In the penitentiary. Five boys, all under twenty years of age, members of prominent families, confessed to a series of robberies that have puzzled the police depart ment of Rock Island, 111., for montns. ' The American Tobacco company has purchased from the Burley Tobacco society at Lexington, Ky., at 16 centB a pound all the tobacco remaining In the 190'J ool, about S.OUO.UOU pounds. Tho will of Cornelia H. Dudley, wlfo of a. former C'hicaeo. Burlington ncy raUroad conductor, bequeaths npnnrt j,n nno to endow a chair of science in Knox college at Galesburg, 111. Attorney General Major of Missouri will file In the Supreme court of tho United States a motion to dismiss the appeal of the International Harvester company from the ouster decree of the supreme court of Missouri. Charles Green, an employe of a Denver livery stable, died in a hospital there from a fractured skull, sustained when he fell out or bed while he was dreaming that he was breaking a spirited horse to the saddlo. Charles W. Penrose, a member ot the council of the twelve apostle3 ot the Mormon church at Salt Lake City, was appointed to succeed Iho late John Henry Smith as the second counselor to Joseph F. Smith, president of the church. A new record price for New York real estato is marked by the sale ot a plot representing exactly half of a city lot at the corner of Broadway and Thirty-fourth street for $1.000,000.- The plot contains less bau 1,200 square feet and brought nearly $470 a square focL A lake on John D. Rockefeller's estato at Pocantlco Hills. New York, has disappeared. Tho Croton a-j2v duct runs through Mr. Rockefellers estate about 300 feet underground and the water from tho lake flowed down into the aqueduct through & crevice. The Payne bill to establish a permanent tariff board was brought up In tho house committee on ways and means at Washington and postponed indefinitely on a unanimous vote of the Democrats. This probably shuts off consideration of tho mcasuro at this session. Victor C. Penner, nn Illinois Central railroad guard, was killed and Capt. Q. W. Dlllaway. deputy United States marshal, and Charles McCalman, a railway guard, were wounded in a light which occurred in tho Illinois Central yards near Memphis, Tenn., betwene the guards and a marshal's force. AUNT BEGS KING'S PARDON Infanta EuWIa Puts a Quietus on Spanish r'amlly Quarrel In Message to Alfonso. Madrid. Dec. S. El Imparcial, In a lending article, says tho Infanta Eulalia has hurriedly begged the pardon of King Alfonso, and thus put the quietus on a family quarrel which has interested all Spain tor a week. In her message the Infnnta Is quoted aa saying: "Fll de la Vie. my innocently titled book, strangles and suffocates me." THE MARKETS. LIVE STOCIC-Stcers Hoks FLOUR Winter Straights.

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