Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 141, Hammond, Lake County, 2 December 1907 — Page 8

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8 TH2 LAKE COUNTY TIMES Monday. December 2. 1907. CONGRESS IT SEA Of 0 WAR IN PORTUGAL I NT E R N ATI 0 N AL STOG K

HNAHGMLQUESIIOH Members Do Not Believe They Will be Able to Get Together.

OUTLINE OF THE WORK AHEAD Democrats to Force the Tariff Hope for Inland Waterways Cannon's Speech of Acceptance. Washington, D. C, Dor. l. Doth houses of congress will give th lr attention to currency legislation at th opening of the .session, but none of the leaders have any well defined id.-as of what the outcome will be. All lament the present situation, but all do not believe the remedy for it is to be found in legislation. Those who believe that such a remedy will prove efficacious are in the majority, but their opinions as to means vary so widely that all admit the treat difficulty of setting together. There is pome general division along party lines, but there is also great divergence of view among both republicans and democrats. In view of this state of affairs it is evident that little attention will be given to other questions until there can be some crystallization of thought on the financial problem. In his speech of acceptance last night Speaker Cannon intimated the possibility of some amendments to the railroad rate law, and but for the disturbance in the money centers there is little doubt that this would have been undertaken during the session. It is ptill possible that something may be attempted in that line, but all plans to that end are now quite nebulous. Democrat to l'uwh Tariff. The democrats have already indicated a purpose of trying to force the tariff to the front, but the republicans are so largely in the majority in both houses and are so well united in their purpose of postponing action upon this important subject until after the presidential election that their opponents have little hope of accomplishing anything beyond getting recognition for a few speeches for campaign consumption. Among other subjects which will receive serious attention will be the question of taxing the hales made on the utock exchanges, and, while it is appreciated that even an effort in this direction may affect the market, there are a number of senators and members who attribute most of the disturbances in the financial market to these speculative processes, and who would like to make the road as rooky as posslblo for them. It is too early, however, to say whether such efforts at legislation will be successful. There will be some anti-trust talk, but the financial panic probably will have the effect of curtailing it to a considerable extent. The Philippine tariff bill and the bills for the admission of New Mexico and Arizona as states will be introduced early in the session and it is probable that all of them will receive considerable attention, but not so probable that any of them will become laws at this session. Friend of Waterway Hopeful. Friends of the scheme for the deepening of the channel of the Mississippi river will undertake to inaugurate that enterprise during the session, and In that connection there will be an effort looking to the systematic development of all the inland waterways. The president is expected to recommend in his message a channel of not less than fourteen feet from New Orleans to Keokuk, and thus initiate a campaign which will be pressed until the desired end is attained. ONE DHMM1E HURT Senator Stephenson's Nephew Among Those Injured Near Nenominee. Menominee, Mich., Dec. 1. One man was killed and four others injured when their automobile turned turtle while going at a high rate of speed Hear here today. The man who was killed was Frank Pent, captain of company I, in the state militia. The injured were Sumner Preseott. son of a Chioagoan; Isaac Stephenson, nephew of United States Senator Stephenson; Joseph Puxberry, and Albeit Holquist. Preseott was injured internally physicians says lie may not live. and The other three suffered broken bones an.d other severe injuries. Car tioen Over Hunk. Preseott. who is treasurer of the Frescott Iran Works of this city, was driving the car at a rapid rate when it loft the road and plunged down a high embankment, pinning three of the occupants under it. Holquist, who was thrown far into the held, was the lirt to revive, lie was unable to extricate his companions, and ran to a railroad section house nearby to summon aid. When the railway men arrivt d they rescued the imprisoned autoists. A special train tonight brought the injured and the body of Pent to Menominee. Father Tells of Accident. I. C. Preseott, father of Sumner Preseott, received more details of his son's accident last night. He lives at the Lessing apartments. "It is a wonder all were not killed." sail Mr. Preseott. "The car in making a sharp curve ran into a ditch, striking a stump and turned turtle. My information is that Sumner's injuries ar not dangerous."

Reports of Internal Conflict Are Disproved by Investigation.

Lisbon, Dec. 2. The baseless character of the alarmist rumors representing that Portugal was on the eve of civil war and revolution has been fully established by the independent investigation of a staff correspondent of the Associated Press. There seems never to have been the slightest excuse, for the stories circulated from the frontier that the king was a prisoner in the castle, that the navy had mutinied. A strong suspicion exists that such reports were part of a campaign of Premb-r Franco's enemies, instituted in order to create distrust abroad in the country's financial position and thus discredit and bring about the downfall of the premier at home. Nothing could be more peaceful than tlu appearance of the country through whieh the Associated Press correspondent traveled from Madrid to Lisbon. The American minister, Charles Page Bryan, who has just returned from a .'ifjO-mile business trip through the country, observed similar tranquility everywhere. Yesterday was a national holiday, commemorative of the downfall of Spanish dominion, and it was celebrated as usual, although troops were held In reserve to break up any attempt at political manifestation. Nevertheless, Portugal is passing through a history-making epoch, from a political point of view. It is necessary to keep clearly in mind that what has happened and is happening is entirely over the heads of a patient, hard working people, SO per cent of whom are illiterate and seemingly Indifferent to the battle which Franco is waging, almost single-handed, against practically the entire political organization of the country, with the avowed purpose of ending the intolerable condition of party politics which has bred abuses and a system of graft that would make the most corrupt city ring in America blush with envy. Society women served on the pay rolls, but nowhere else. The royal family was reduced to such straits that the king, after mortgaging the family fortune, appealed for advances from the treasury. The civil list provided only $300,000 for the keeping up of the palaces, the maintaining of royal dignity, the entertainment of the nation's guests, contributions to charity, etc. The debt of the royal family to the government was $700,000 when Franco came into power eighteen months ago. In the face of strong opposition Franco determined to resign, but the king granted him power to govern by decree. STARTS LONG CRUISE Battleship Louisiana Will be First to Arrive at Evan's Rendezvous. New York, Dec. 2. Ready in every detail for the long voyage, the battleship Louisiana, the 16,000 ton pride of (he American navy, will sail at dawn from the Ilrooklyn navy yards for Halifax. There it will rendezvous with the rest of the battleship fleet. The Louisiana will be the first man of war to reach the starting point of the cruise. It carries in its magazines 2,000.000 pounds of ammunition for its own and other vessels' use, and is manned by nearly 1,000 men. linn Crews Score Vletory. The sailing of the Louisiana is accompanied by news from Washington that the gun crews of the vessel made practically a clean sweep at the recent target practice for ships of its class. In navy prizes and ship awards the men behind the Louisiana's guns won nearly $2,000. This included first prize with the 12-inch guns, first and second prizes with the S-inch rifles, and third prize with the side battery of "-inch guns. With the 12-inch guns the Louisiana's crew made a percentage of approximately 72. S. This means practically SO per cent of hits with the big shells, for the allowances for hits to the Louisiana are placed lower than 100, this being done in order to bring the ships with rifles of lesser power on equal terms in the competition for battleship trophies. Vermont Aext at Itendesvou. The amount of ammunition stored aboard the Louisiana will be duplicated on all the vessels of its class, including the Connecticut, flagship of Hear Auimarl Iiobley D. Evans; the Kansas, the Minnesota, and the Vermont. While this store seems large, it would be increased by at least one-quarter if the fleet were equipped in battle array. The Louisiana probably will be first joined at Hampton Roads by the Vermont, which sailed from Boston on Saturday. The Connecticut is due to have the Brooklyn yard on Wednesday. Tiiis leaves under repair here the Virginia, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Ohio, and Alabama. The New Jersey sailed from Boston yesterday, leaving the Illinois and Missouri still there, with the Kentucky en route to Boston to report to Admiral Evans in the Virginia roadstead by Monday, Dec. Tins is the last week for work on the ships, and the immense forces of r ohauies at Brooklyn. Boston, League island, and Norfolk will have to labor overtime in order to get all the vessels ready. snangha! Fears tnc Tram. An electric tramway service 'will probably be started in Shanghai soon. A native paper has been urgins the Chinese guilds to organize a boycott of the trams, and it declares that the dangers from the speed of the trams and live wires must cause innuraerable fatal accidents.

SHOW OjlfJ CHICAGO This Day Dedicated to Chicago Association of Commerce.

SPECIAL PROGRAM PREPARED Big Arena This Evening Will Show Feature Attractions for Expected Big Crowds. Chicago, Dec. 2. This is Chicago Association of Commerce day at the eighth annual international live stock show. - It will also be "all Chicago day" if the plans of the exposition management and of the association are fulfilled. A special programme for the evening, bristling with attractive events; special train service for those members of the association preferring to avoid a ride on the surface cars; elaborate preparations for the entertainment of the thousands who are expected to Hock to the Fnion Stock Yards these are some of the arrangements. The desire is to Impress upon Chlcagoans the magnitude of the enterprise which is bringing to the city hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the country, and upon the visitors Chicago's appreciation of an exhibition which includes the best in live stock from all over the world. Some of the Features. For the evening the program will include the following as some of its features: Parade of Emperor William's horses in the arena. Exhibition of fancy drills, saddle and bareback mounts, and the like, by picked men of Company B of the Thirteenth United States Cavalry. Arena display of the Arabian horses which created a sensation in New York. Mine. Marantette. with ha world's champion high-jumping horse, St. Patrick. Parade of the prize winners of the day. Judging the six-horse teams in competition with, the Armour team, which was a :-ensation abroad last summer. Arrangements for the day, so far as the Chicago Association of Commetce is concerned, have been made under the direction of a special committee, acting with Executive Director Barlow of the organization. The committee comprises T. Edward Wilder, chairman; Homer A, Stillwell and Richard C. Hall. The special train for the stockyards will leave LaSalle street station at 7:30 p. m.., arriving at the exposition at 7:15 o'clock. Returning it will leave the stockyards at 10::!0 p. m., arriving at LaSalle street at 10:45 o'clock. Sunday Crowd Plenaed. Visitors to the show yesterday, although there was no set program in the arena, were entertained by the exemplification of cross-saddle and side-saddle riding for women by two skilled equestriennes. Afterwards the' riders discussed the relative advantages of their methods. One was Mrs. George TV. Lederer, wife of the manager of the Colonial Theatre, and known on the stage as Heine Davies. The other, who is a professional equestrienne, was Mme. Marantette, who exhibits a string of high school and high-jumping horses daily under the auspices of the show's tanbark ring for practice. Mrs. Lederer, riding astride in divided skirts, proved that a woman need not perch sideways on a horse in order to present a graceful appearance. She put her two favorites, Trim Luckie, a black, and Blue Jay, a gray, through their paces with much skill and charm. Mme. Marantette tried some practice jumps riding side-saddle on St. Patrick, who went at bars like a greyhound. With St. Patrick she has established the world's high jumping record for women, the heighth being 7 feet, 10'i inches, and she intends to set still higher before the present exposition ends, being scheduled for nightly trials. Discus Relative Merit. "I never ride a sidesaddle," said Mrs. Lederer. after her practice. "I find the cross-snddie position much better It gives me a safer command over my mount. I hate the other way, and if I had to ride in that fashion, I think i'd give up my horses almost." 2! THAAL TODAY District Attorney and Lawyer for Defense Clash in Effort to Postpone. New York. Dec. 2. The second trial of Harry K. Thaw will be called in the supreme court here tomorrow, but it is generally believed that there will be a postponement of the case until after the holidays. District Attorney Jerome will request that such action be taken. Martin V,. Littleton, the new leading counsel for Thaw, has announced that he will oppose the motion. This is done at Thaw's request, the prisoner beintr i impatient as usual. t'- have his day in I court. Mr. Littleton is not sanguine 1 that his request for an immediate trial will avail. Difficulty in securing a jury is ant icipated, and -vir. Jerome believes it would be practically useless to impanel j twelve men at this time. Each juror would be confronted by the prospect of spending Christmas at some hotel. ! the guest of the county. The district j attorney will also base his motion on j the press of ether work in his office, to which he declares preference over ( the Thaw case should be given,

"3 i RON TRADE PINCHED Curtailment in Productions is Reported Generally St. Louis Men Idle. Cleveland, O., Dec. 1. Among manufacturers of iron, steel, machine tools, and machinery there is a general belief that the present depression will not be so prolonged as in previous periods of stagnation in business. Careful inquiry made by correspondents of the Iron Trade Review in many cities of the LTnited States indicates a somewhat better feeling, especially as to financial conditions. There will, however, be further curtailment of production, especially in pig iron, steel and .semi-finished products, but aside from plants which manufacture such products the numbers of closed concerns are not large. although there is a',general reduction of the hours of working and of the number of employes. Curtailment In East. Curtailment of pig iron production has proceeded at a rapid rate In the east, and In eastern Pennsylvania 60 per cent of the furnaces have been put out of blast within a few weeks. The United States Steel corporation now has fifty of its ninety-five workable furnaces out of blast and several more are expected to be blown out within a few days. The Republic Iron and Steel company will start its Youngstown plants tomorrow, and has resumed operations at its East St. Louis plant with onethird of the number of employes. "With approximately 30,000 men out of employment in St. Louis and 10,000 in East St. Louis, and the announcement that the various industries of the North American company in St. Louis will lay off an additional 1,500 men, comes the cheering announcement that the St. Louis Terminal railroad association will expend $4,000,000 in the construction of viaducts, tracks and bridges. In East St. Louis the American Aluminum works is idle with 1.600 men out of employment. The American Steel Foundries plant at Granite City, 111., is closed down permanently. In Cincinnati nd vicinity there have been very few actual shutdowns, but many plants are running with reduced forces on short time. Unfilled orders are sufficient to keep the plants going for another thirty days on short time, but new business is light. Foreign Trade Help. From Cincinnati, Columbus, and New England cities come reports that or ders from foreign lands are doing much to make up for loss of domestic trade. At Worcester, the center of the machine tool industry of New England. the banks have not acutely felt the lack of cash, but a number of plants have curtailed production. In Milwaukee about 4,000 men are out of employment. The Milwaukee plant

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of the National Enameling and Stamping company, which has just shut down, does not expect to resume until after Jan. 1. Reports from Cleveland, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Dayton, Detroit, Indianapolis, Louisville, Philadelphia, Syracuse .and Toronto indicate that there is a general but gradually decreasing embarrassment on account of lack of currency. FLURRY TO END SOON Treasury Officials Pleased With Developments in the Situation. Washington, D. C, Dec. 2. Developments of the last week have made the treasury officials and banking circles in general confident that the financial conditions soon will return to their normal state. The resumption of a cash basis and the retirement of the emergency currency in the different cities are expected during this month and reports from the different financial centers indicate there will be no runs when this date arrives. The government's action in proposing $150,000,000 in new bond issues has proven its worth so well that the officials have cut the amount to be issued to half that amount. It is probable also that the issues of new bank note circulation will fall considerably within some of the earlier estimates, because of the abundance of currency which will be available when currency payments are resumed. , Hankers Report Funds IMrntiful. Since the Panama bonds will be held by the treasury as security for the fiublie money which is paid for them and left on deposit with the purchasing banks, the bonds are not expected to be deposited to their entire amount for new bank note circulation. They can only be so deposited by substituting other classes of bonds as security for deposits of public money. Yhiie this would have been done if the new circulation had been required, it is now expected that it will not be done to anything like the full issue of bonds. j If public money is withdrawn from j the banks in the spring the bonds will ' be released and can be substituted as j security for circulation issued against the one year certificates if the latter were then paid off with interest to ! the date of payment. ! Many bankers have reported cash rei serves in their institutions much in exi cess of legal requirements. Evidence that pressure for currency is diminishI ing is found in the statement of the New York clearing house banks on Saturday, with its actual increase of nearly $2,000,000 in cash and its reduction of the deficit in reserves by over $1,000,000. It is expected the statement of next week will make a still more favorable showing, because of the gold on the way from Europe. The manner in which the national

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banks have stood the strain has been gratifying to Controller Ridgely. Less than a dozen failures have occurred since Oct. 1, which is but little above the average of normal times. This is in striking contrast with the conditions in 1S!3, when more than 160 suspensions occurred. BEGINS A CACTUS DIET Los Angeles Man to Live Two Weeks on the Desert Shrub. Los Angeles, Cab, Dec. 1. Cactus for breakfast, cactus and celery for lunch, cactus with a few nuts and a little celery for dinner. Such is the diet adopted for a two weeks' endurance test, to prove the nutritive value of Luther Burbank's thornless product. The test, began Friday at noon. Since then Dr. Landone has been working eighteen hours daily. One of his secretaries and a stenographer are eating only the diet above mentioned. They are attempting to prove that body and brain can do more than the usual amount of work with less fatigue on a cactus diet. Small "Waste, Little Repair. "Eat cactus, lettuce, celery, spinach, and asparagus, if you don't wish to (become tired out by an ordinary day's work," says Dr. Landone. "Meats, nuts, cereals, beans and pea3 help to repair wasted tissues and are of value but the best way is to preserve the

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