Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 54, Number 20, Jasper, Dubois County, 16 February 1912 — Page 3

KAISER SEEKS ARMS

ASKS WAR FUND INCREASE DESPITE ELECTION UPHEAVAL GIVING SOCIALISTS POWER. German Emperor Withholds Details of Military Extension, Evidently Awaiting Developments Tariff PolIcy to Be Continued. Berlin, Germany, Feb. 8. Emperor William opened the thirteenth reichtag which has assembled since the foundation of the German empire. As is customary, instead of going to the imperial parliament, the emperor called the members to the palace, "where he made bis speech from the throne I.u the great white hall. The deputies present were for the most jpart in uniform or court dress and the scene was brilliant, but no representative of the social democratic party, comprising over one-fourth of the membership of the house, put in an appearance. Greet Kaiser With Cheers. Led by the oldest member of the. Teichstag, the radical. Albert Traeger. all the deputies Joined heartily in the customary three cheers as the emperor entered. He was attended by several of the royal princes and surrounded by all the pomp and ceremonial o a medieval pageant. Asks Loyal Co-Operatlon. Alter greeting the members of the imperial parliament, in the name of th governments of the confederated states of the empire, the kaiser af Ärmed his desire to augment the welfare of all classes of the people of Kaiser Wilhelm. Germany and maintain the strength nnd prestige of the nation. He appealed to the new parliament for its loyal co-operation in this work and tlien expressed the hope that by a Strict adherence to the financial policy now in force the imperial finances soon would be placed on a thoroughly sound basis. Will Uphold Tariff. Emperor William referred to the new commercial treaties about to be entered between Germany and other countries and announced that the Im perlal government In negotiating them would adhere to the old bases of its tariff policy, under which trade, industry ana agriculture had prospered so well. Then came the part of the emperor's speech for which the members of the xeicUHtag were waiting with the utmost eagerness that part in which 1j3 made references to the international situation and tc the expected increase in the army and the navy. Silent as to Details. There was partial disappointment, however, as tho empero merely announced the measures in a general way and did not give details. He said: "For the success of our work of peace ?t home and over seas the em plro must remain powerful enough to defend at all times its national honor and its possessions, as well as itfi Just interests in the world. It is, therefore, my constant duty and care to main tnin ?.nd strengthen, both on land and on sea. the defensive power of the German people, which does not lack young men capable of bearing arms. Passes on Morocco Treaty. "In concluding our agreement with France we have given new proof of our readiness to settle international difficulties amicably, whenever such a course is consonant with the dignity and interests of Germany. "Side by side with the maintenance of our alliance with Austria-Hungary and Italy, my policy has been directed steadily toward the cultivation of friendly relations with all the powers bn the basis of mutual respect and good will. "Trusting in the healthy force of the German people and relying on God's gracious assistance, I look with confidence beyond the struggles of today to the future of the empire. "I greet you, gentlemen, at the opening of the new session of the imperial jmtliamert in the hope that your work -will be o service to the nation and to the people. ITALIAN TURK BANKS CLOSE Sultan's Cabinet Also Issue Orders as to Other Institutions In Country. t Constantinople, Turkey, Feb. 8. (The Turkish cabinet decided to put Into force the order for closing all HaiJan institutions in Turkey, including private banks, insurance companies 0ftd the orphanage at Scutari.

WRANGLE OVER TEST OF LORIMER SLEUTH

Stenographer Sheridan Given Trial and Lawyers on Opposite Sices Diffc as to Result. Washington. Feb. 10. The senate Lorimer committee In executive session put J. E. Sheridan, the detectivestenographer, who has figured in the charges of perjury against Charles McGowan, a Hines-Lorimer witness, to a test of his ability to record conversations over an electrical apparatus, while concealed from the speakers. Immediately after the test Sheridan was put in the witness chair and had no difficulty in reading his notes. There were frequent breaks, but it was said they represented parts of sentences which he did not record because he had been instructed to take only conversation relating to the Lorimer case. A little table with an open note book and a Bible upon it had been made ready for the demonstration. Sheridan swore before the committee that he had made a shorthand report of a conversation in Voronto on January 6, when McGowan admitted receiving money from C. F. Wiehe for "perjuring" himself in giing testimony for Senator Lorimer The charge was made that Sheridan's notes were "faked," and that he could not make such a shorthand report as he claimed he had made at Toronto. Conditions in the hotel rooms at Toronto in which. McGowan met the detectives were reproduced as nearly as possible in Senator Dillingham's offices. In one room where three persons were to hold a conversation was hung a delicate telephonic apparatus. Wires led to the table in the next room. The Bible was to permit Sheridan to have a weight for one corner of his notebook, while he used his left hand to hold a telephonic apparatus to his ear. BIG PROBE OF MONEY TRUST House Committee Chairman to Ask Plenary Powers for Quiz Underwood Resolution Passed. Washington, Feb. 9. Representative Pujc of Louisiana, chairman of the house committee on banking and currency, to which the Democratic caucus referred the proposed investigation of the "money trust," declared that he would Introduce a resolution to vest his committee with plenary powers to learn if there is a money trust in the United States. The Underwood resolution was substituted fer the Henry resolution by a vote of 115 to 66 after a hot discussion and then was adopted. It refers the matters for which investigation was demanded to four standing committees of the house those on judiciary, interstate commerce, banking and currency and election of president and vice-presidenL SCHWAB MAY "CASH IN" Bethlehem Magnate Before the Senate Finance Committer Attacks Underwood Measure. Washington. Feb. 9. Charles M. Schwab, the steel magnate of Bethlehem, Pa., testified before the senate finance committee in protest against the Underwood rates on larger steel products would be of most serious consequence to the industry; without protection he would want no financial interest in the steel business, and would regard as wasted the $35,000,000 which recently had been invested in his business. "After all my work and the investment of my fortune, I have never taken a penny out of the industry and have never paid a dividend, and ir the proposer tariff is to be the law, I repeat that 1 shall cash In," said Mr. Schwab in closing his general statement MANILA CASH BILLS FAIL Philippine Legislature Adjourns Again in Deadlock Without Passing Appropriation Acts. Manila, Feb. S. The extra session of the Philippine legislature came to an end at daybreak, the deadlock on the appropriation bills not having been broken. The same thing happened in 1911. According to the law the old appropriations are renewed. The session was noteworthy for the attention paid by the assembly to economic measures, although the controversy regarding the privileges of tho two houses caused tbt defeat of many important bills. The first irrigation bills introduced In the Philippines were, however, enacted. ABE RUEF WILL TESTIFY Former Political Boss to Be Taken From Sa- Quentin to Frisco for Eugene Schmitz Trial. Sau Francisco. Cal., Feb S. Announcement was made that "Abe" Ruef. the former political boss, would be brought from San Quentin prison to testify for the prosecution iL the bribery trial of former Mayor Eugene Schmitz. A jury has not been obtained, and pending trial preliminaries Ruef will be lodged in the county jail. Aluminum Canteens for Army. Washington, Feb. S. The ordnance department of the army is about to place a contract for 60,000 aluminum canteens, designea to lighten the soldiers' equipment and for use over the camp fire in emergencies "SpunM out of solid disks of metal, the nev canteen is so difficult to manufacture that only a few concerns have been found willing to undertake the job.

THE WHITE HOPE

p CHURCHILL JEERED FIRST LORD OF BRITISH ADMIRALTY FACES HOSTILE THRONG IN BELFAST. ATTEMPT MADE TO RUSH AUTO Foes Threaten Machine in Which Visitor Goes to Football Ground for Demonstratioin City Paraded With Effigy of Official. Belfast. Ireland, Feb. 9. Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, the chief figure in the home rule demonstration, arrived here with his wife at the central station and had a somewhat mixed reception. A number of orangemen who had gathered at the station greeted him with groans and boos, but these were drowned In the hearty cheers of the crowd of liberals and nationalists. There was no disturbance at that hour, and the large force of police on duty in the station had an easy task. Detachments of police have been posted everywhere, and the troops are held in readiness in their quarters. Crovri Threatens Churchill's Car. Matters olokeci ugly for a moment when Mr. and Mrs. Churchill started for the place where the meeting is to be held. A large crowd which had gathered outside the hotel appeared inclined to rush Mr. Churchill's motor car, and tried to block its passage, but escorting cars packed with detectives succeeded in working a way through tho groaning throng and got the Churchills safely away. In the course of the morning a crowd of unionists paraded the streets carrying an effigy of Mr. Churchill to which was attached a placard bearing the words: "Down with Churchill!" "No home rule!" They proceeded to the hotel at which Mr and Mrs. Churchill are staying and sang the national anthem, after which they dispersed without, disorder. Inside the marquee effigies bearing the labels "Carson and Londonderry Turncoats and Traitors," swayed from poles. Rousing Reception by 6,000. Mr. Churchill was greeted with a rousing reception from the 6,000 people gathered within the tent, whose enthusiasm not even the depressing surroundings were able to quench While rain poured through a canvas a band played popular airs, mingied with the Irish melodies "The Wearing of the Green" and "The Boys of Wexford." Mr. Churchill immediately got on good terms "with h!s audience, promising that the government Intended to pass a home rule b!!l which would be harmonioub with imperial interests, smooth the path of the British empire, liberate new forces for Its service and forever do away with the accursed machinery by which hatred had been manufactured in the past. KAISER IS HOST TO HALDANE British War Minister's Visit to Germany Is Intended to Relieve Tension. , Berlin, Feb. 10. The German emperor and empress gave a luncheon at the imperial paalce in honor of Viscount Haldane, British secretary of state for war. Among those invited to meet the viscount were Dr. von Beth-mann-Hollweg, the imperial chancellor; Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, minister of marine, and Gen. Josias von Heeringen, minister of war. It is admitted that one of the aims of Haldane's visit to Germany is to relieve the tension which has existed in Anglo-German relations for some time. Nothing definite as to the nature of the discussions between the British statesmen and his German confreres became known. Woman Skater Issues a Defi. Ludlow, Mass., Feb. 8. Miss Margaret Graham, New England woman skating champion, has challenged Miss "Bobbie" Leonard of Cleveland, the world's champion, to a match for the title. Martinique Shaken. Fort de France, Martinique, Feb. 8. An earthquake shock was felt on the island. No damage has been reported.

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NEW GRAFT RUMORS IN RAIL SENSATION Son-inLaw of A. J. Eariing Is President of Firm Which Got Contracts. Chicago. Feb. 10. Amplification of rumors of .aft in connection with the construction of the Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound railroad was made here, though the mysterious suits, declared by rumor to be filed within twenty-four hours, were not forthcoming. The name of the Beaver Dam Malleable Iron company was dragged into the affair when it was charged that contracts for tie plates and various varieties of iron specialties were received by that company, of which Lawrence Fitch, son-in-law of President A. J. Eariing, is vice-president. President Eariing declared, however, that the contracts were let to the Beaver Dam company only after bitter competition. He declared also that, so far as was possible, his railroad purchased supplies from plants located along the lines of construction. He declared he could not estimate the amounts in dollars and cents of the various contracts let to his son-in-law's concern. President Eariing urged that Mr. Fitch's name be kept out of the story, saying there was no reason for the connection. KING OF DENMARK TAKEN ILL Bulletin Says Frederick Has Fever, but Passed a Good Night Stricken Suddenly. Copenhagen, Denmark. Feb. 8. An official bulletin issued by the physicians in attendance on King Frederick, who last evening when out walk' King Frederick. ing was seized with a sudden illness, says : "The king passed a satisfactory nighL Ho slept well, but ha3 a little fever, arising from slight inflammation of the lungs." BANK SHORT FOR 20 YEARS Examination of Institution's Books Disclosed Fact $36,000 Was Taken From 1871 to 1891. Windsor Locks, Conn., Feb. 10. Examination of the books of the closed Windsor Locks Savings bank has shown thus far that A. W. Converse, former treasurer, left $36,000 unaccounted for from 1S71 to 1S91. That sum, with f interest, would make the loss to the bank approximately $135,000. The books have still to be gone over for twenty 3rears more. Experts, however, declare that they believe the bank is solvent. Customs Office for Kansas City. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 9.-- Because of the growing importance of Kansas City as an import center, the board of general appraisers of the United States customs department will open an office here February 13. The work of this board is to settle appeals on import duties. Man 8G Dies at Funeral. Cheboygan. Mich., Feb. 10. Overcome with grief, Michael O'Donnell, $6, dropped dead in church while attending the funeral of a friend. O'Donnell was one of the wealthiest farmers in this section.

TELLS OF GRIEVANCE

MITCHELL, CONTEMPT DEFENSE, TELLS COURT OF FAMILY DISAPPOINTMENTS. THINKS SENTENCE IS UNJUST Judge Explains Why Request for Delay Was Not Heeded, Whereupon Defendant Denies Intention to Be Unfair. Washington, Feb. 10. John Mitchell's trial for contempt of court, in which he was involved with Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison, officials of the American Federation of Labor, in connection with the Buck's Stove and Range boycott case, took on a dramatic touch at the hearing. Mitchell had seemed to be criticising Justice Wright, before whom he is on trial, and the justice had displayed some impatience with his critic. "Let me explain this," said Mitchell. "I have much in my heart, which I never have said, which has, perhaps, no place in these proceedings. When I was summoned to Washington to appear before this court for judgment I faced a long term in prison. Day Before Christmas Eve. "It was the day before Christmas eve. I was living in New York. I had not seen my family and children, who were in Illinois, for two months. John Mitchell. I had bought and packed in my grip toys and gifts for my children. I was summoned to Washington to receive my sentence. I asked that the decision be postponed. It was not. I was brought here and sentenced. "I had merely done what I believed was my right under the government my father had sought to uphold. So when I appeared and was sentenced and discussed it afterward I could not attempt to disguise and did not disguise my feelings at being sentenced on the day before Christmas, and I felt outraged that I did not receive the same consideration that would have been given to the worst offender in the land." Asked A. F. of L. Head to Act. "Mr. Mitchell," interrupted Justice Wright, "you have shown some bitterness toward the court for the manner in which you were sentenced. What reason have you for believing that the court knew of jrour request for a postponement?" "I wrote to the presideit of the American Federation of Labor and asked it," replied Mr. Mitchell. "I supposed that my request had been conveyed to the court." "No request was conveyed to the court," replied the justice. "It came as a demand. There was an atmosphere of antagonism about it. It was a demand from the vice-president of the American Federation of Labor for a postponement. I did not think he had any more right to demand it than any other man." Mitchell Expresses Regret. Attorney Alton B. Parker, for Mr. Mitchell, suggested that there . had been a mistake and asked who presented the demand. Justice Wright explained that a Washington lawyer had approached him in chambers. "I have been under the impression that my request was conveyed to the court and was denied. If I have been wrong in that I would not do the court an injustice and I regret that 1 have made it appear so." said Mr. Mitchell. HAWLEY ROMANCE IS BARED Railway Magnate Wished to Leave Million to Woman He Loved No Will Found. New York. Feb. 9. So far as his closest friends know, Edwin Hawley railroad owner, left no will. Accord ing to information from Chatham, N. Y., Mr. Hawley 's native town, there is knowledge among his relatives of a will drawn in 1903, in which his partner. Frank H. Davis of New York, was named as executor. To Mr. Hawley's friends he said no will had been found. Mr. Hawley was a methodical man. It is known in Chatham that he had spoken of leaving $1.000.000 to each of his near relatives and that to Mrs. Lou Payn, Jr., and her two children he would leave another million. Mrs. Lou Payn, Jr., was Miss Florenco Hayner. Mr. Hawley was in love with her and wanted to make her his wife. Said a friend of the family: "There never was another woman in his life. She was the 'one and only one.' In his disappointment he threw himself more deeply into business."

SPARKS FROM LIVE WIRES

St. Louis physicians received letters from the city health commissioner warning them of the dangers of an epidemic of meningitis. A dispatch from Vienna says Count von Aehrenth&l, the foreign mlnisur, is in such a serious condition that no hope is entertained for his recovery. The nude body of a middle aged man with the head and arms cut off was found frozen Into shore Ice near the bank of the Great Kanawha river near Gallipolis, 0. State Auditor of Public Accounts McCullough has filed suit for $5,000 against the Western Union Telegraph company at Springfield, 111., becausa a messenger hoy on a bicycle ran into him, Injuring him. Rev. O. E. Harvey, a veteran evangelist among the woodsmen of Minnesota and Wisconsin, was found dead in bed at his home at Fond du Lac, a suburb of Duluth. He was dressed and both feet were frozen. Members of the Jersey City Business Men's association have pledged themselves to boycott members of the Hudson County Bar association because that organization decided to go to a New York hotel' to hold its annual banquet Chauncey Hammond, who in 1910 was acquitted of the charge of stealing a $17,000 pay roll from a Detroit automobile concern, was convicted of stealing an automobile. Ho will be sentenced later. Hammond was arrested in Columbus, O. Presideni Taft's meditations on filling the present vacancy in the Supreme court were momentarily disturbed by a communication from the Woman Suffrage Association of the District of Columbia suggesting that a woman be appointed. Shiloh, "the Holy Ghost and Us" colony near Brunswick, Me., has not yet capituiated to Rev Arthur Hersee, who went from Vancouver to take Rev. Frank W. Sandford's place as leader. Hersee styles nimself "Boanerges, the Son of Thunder." Free marriage licenses are Offered by County Clerk Singleton of Paducah, Ky., to all girls in "Jackson's Purchase," who will make affidavit upon application that they proposed to their fiances. This offer stands, the clerk says, until February 2S. The meeting of the Interparliamentary Peace union at Brussels is regarded at Rome as highly important, owing to the decision of the Italian group not to participate and to sever connection with the union if the meeting insists on condemning the action of Italy in the conflict with Turkey. News was brought to Victoria, B. C, by the Canada Maru of the arrival at Yokohama of the Teyo Kisen Kaisha steamer, Kiyo Maru, from South America, without fuel. Chief Engineer Yamashita committed suicide by jumping overboard. A note he left says he did so to atone for his fault for the fuel shortage. Sixty-two miners entombed in the Bunker Hill mine for 23 hours by a cave-in in the mouth ot the shaft at Suter Creek, Cal., were rescued, after desperate work by miners from a near-by mine. None of the men was injured. Several were weak from lack of food, but none will suffer any permanent ill effects. A cordon of policemen and detectives paced the streets surrounding Bellevue hospital. New York, throughout the early morning hoars to guard an expected attack on the institution by gangsters, who, it Is said, were planning to rescue from the prlscn ward of the institution a man who was shot in a street tight January 26. DEATH FOR WIFE SLAYER Alison MacFarland Is Sentenced to Chair in Newark, N. J., for Giving Poison to Woman. Newark. N. J.. Feb. S. Allison MacFarland. found guilty of murdering his wife. Evelyn, by giving her cyanide of potassium, was sentenced by Chief Justice Gummere to die in the electric chair at Trenton in the week beginning March 17. MacFarland's counsel says he will appeal. THE MARKETS.

New York. Feb. 9. LIVE STOCK Steers 54 75 0 7 ST, Hogs 6 50 6 75 Sheep 2 75 fc 4 25 FLOUR Winter Straights.. 4 00 4 25 WHEAT May 1 07 1 07 CORN -Export 72fc 73 OATS No. 2 CO 0! GO1 RYE No. 2 79 y) SO BUTTER-Creamery 30 fi) 34 EGGS 30 (up 45 CHEESE 7 17& CHICAGO. CATTLE Prime Steers $7 50 (3 0 00 Fair Beeves 4 00, f 6 1 Fancy Yearlings 6 50 tfdSOO Feeding Calves 4 45 5 10 H;avy Calves 4 25 8 25 HOGS Packers 6 16 6 25 Butcher Hogs G25 & Q 40 Pigs 4 50 d 25 BUTTER Creamery 2S j 34Vi Dairy 23 $ 27 LIVE POULTRY 9&fl 14 EGGS 23 q 34Vi POTATOES fper bu.) I 00 fr 1 OS KLOUR-Sprlng Wheat. SpM 5 CO ß 5 SO GRAIN Wheat. May 1 mm 1 04& Corn, May GS G9H Oats, May 52& 52? MILWAUKEE. GRAIN "Wheat, No. 1 Nor'n 51 11 0 1 13 May 1 02 & 1 02H Corn. May CS & 6SH Oats. Standard 51340 52 Rye 93 St KANSAS CITY. GRAIN-Wheat, No. 2 Hard $1 03Mrft 1 10tf No. 2 Red 1 OOVfr 1 01 Corn. No. 2 White CT ö CS Oats, No. 2 White 53V& 54 Rye 95 Ö K ST. LOUIS. CATTLE Native Steers $7 75 0 S 75 TexM Steers 5 00 7 00 HOGS Heavy C 30 0 S 4 Butchers 6 15 0s fi 4 SHEEP Natives 3 55 4 50 OMAHA. CATTLE Native Steers 5 25 C 75 Stockers and Feeders.... 3 50 6 2 Cows and Heifers 300 S3 HOGS Heavy Id SHEEP Wether 3 TS 4