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SPLIT IMMINENT
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RANKS IN HOUSE
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Henry Demands Probe
"M.oney Trust"- Under
wood Says No.
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CRISIS WILL GOME
AT PARTY CAUCUS
Majority Divided Into Two Fac-
tions -Texas Congressman's
S ,t " Statement Warm.
By THEODORE -TILLER.
, A split in tho hithorto harmonious
i ranks of tho Democrats of the Houbo
seems imminent today becauso of
conflicting views- among the Houso
leaders us to tho necessity of tho
investigation of tho "Money trust."
In an authorized and carefully
prepared statement, Congressman
' Robert L. Henry, chairman of tho
House Rules ' Committee, today bid
defiance to those who oppose such
an investigation, declaring thai
"there should bo no pussy footing
and gum shoeing performances by
mo trustees or tho peoplo now hold
ing seats in Congress."
Divided Into Factions.
Tho House Democrats have divided
Into two 130110118, ono headed by Mr.
tf Henry and the other by Congressman
"Underwood, tho majoilty. floor leader.
pIr. Henry demands an Immediate probe
'of tho money trust. Mr. ITnderwood
has madejlt evident that ho Is opposed
., tit- the institution of further probes by
Vtho'House, on the theory that there aro
already about as many investigations
in progress as canJSe handled properly.
fMr. Underwoqd ytjclbiyes the taillt ,to
be the "ramVJtitissuo - ncroro tho
House and the ivountry. Mr. Henry.
.concedcs the Importance of the tariff,
both from an economic and political
standpoint, but hi' Insists that anti
trust legislation and trust Investigation
Is pnir.lcally of the same Importance.
It was declared this afternoon that
tile opposition of Mr. Undeiwood attl
other leaders to nn Investigation of tho
,Money trust is not dlieeUd so much to
the Investigation Itself but to tho plans
proposed by Congressman Henry. If
there is to bo an iiivistlKutlon. Mr. Un
derwood believes, it bhould be mad a
liv ono of rcjulu? committees of the
HousH,.and not bv a special tommlttw.
A Democratic caucus probably will be
held to straighten out tho Internal tan
gle among the Democrats, and pacMcu.
acrs will have to do valiant woik theie
to prevent party discord that may prove.
cmliarrnBsing and Jnjutlous to tho party.
Congressman Heme's statement, al
though diplomatically worded, is a vir
tual defiance of that faction In tho party
whlch would halt tho "money, trust"
Investigation. Tho chairman of tho
miles Committee atst-rls that the duty
of tho Home Is plain, and that the
American peoplo are eiitith-cl to know
whether a little group of men In Wall
Street dominate tho financed of tin:
country.
Advocates Searching Probe.
Since tho beginning of hearings on the
Llndberg resolution to probe tho money
power, Mr. Henry has been nn advocate
,of a searching Investigation. Mr. Un
derwood, however, also has Influence In
tho Rules Committee, and It It yet a
matter of conjecture whether tho chair
man of tho committee can muster suf
ilclcnt votes to report out the resolu
tion. In tho event of tho failure of tho
resolution In committee room, It Is un
derstood that Mr. Henry will appeal
to tho Pcmocratlo caucus and ask the
lank and llio to support him In his plea
"turn on the light."
Granting that tho Rules Committee
roports out tho resolution to probo the
Money trust, tho opposite faction In
tho House, which opposes, under tho
Underwood, leadership, tho plan to In
stitute still another inquiry, will mako
a' Mmlllar appeal to the caucus.
Tho party council may or may not
bring harmony. The Democrats under
existing leadership. 1'ave shown great
abllltyto stick together, up to this time,
but considerable missionary work must
ie done If partiv harmony is to be main
tained In tho present crisis.
Text of Statement.
CnnncsMimn Henry's MgnWcunt
f-iatcmcn: Is as follows: t
"ft (Kikins for myujlt exclusively. iio
j..tli ql duty uojiiirt plain. It Is .is
ileartii inv-as tho noonday sun blazing
forth from tho heavens. Tho American
jjeoplo are entitled to an Investigation
of the V'icv trust. , pure must be no
m-nsatlonal and muck rakliis: inquiry,
l.ut n wis", deliberate, systematic, nna
effective probing 'nto tho conditions
constitution): tho trust,
"On yeituril-iv Mr. Samuel Unter
lryrr ina1o an oxhaustlvo &nd abso
4 lulc-lv iiiifinHVcriblo argument before
llio Commltte on IU'les In favor of
tho Investigation. Every truo Atncrl
cin citizen should J cad. It, and line
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WEATHER REPORT.
FORKCAST FOR THE DISTRICT,
Cloudy and continued cold tonight and
Bunday: lowest temperature tonlgnt
bout 18 dcgiees.
T10MPERATURES.
U. S. BUREAU.
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YUAri SHI KAI.
Reward Offered By Enemies for Hi
'Assassination. '
REIGN OFTERROR
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Twenty-One
Members of
Revolutionary Council
Brutally Slain.
PEKING, Jan., 27.-With the throne
vacillating between abdication and nn
attempt to rally tho still loyal troops to
oppose tho lepubllcans, massacre and
terrorism ruled China today.
Twenty-ono members of thp revolu
tionary council at Mukden were seized
by, the imperialists who put out their
victims oyes and then behoaded them
in the -street oj a "warning asalnstHBe-
An'ijikflowli rrc-5tutlonlslf.4,lrcwift
- "k nr hand grenade at Gen. Chang
Hula Tzo, loader of tho imperialist
ffH uuTlen-tsin, but it failed to ex
plode K
aaiioi'at - Liang Pi, foimer comman
dant, of tho, imperial guard, and ono of
tho throno'u most trusted military ad
visers, waatyrobably fatally Injured' to
day by a terrorist. Tho general had
Just driven up to his home after a con
ference with I'rinco Chlng, when a
bomb was thrown at his carriage. .Both
of Liang's legs were broken and ho
was badly wounded about the head.
Tho would-be assassin was killed by
his own bomb. Tho bones in Liang's
right leg were so badly shattered that
amputation was necessary. Physicians
In attendance report that ho might die
at any time.
General Liang, a Manchu, earnestly
counseled tho throno to hold out
ugalnst abdication. Several days ago
no was ptiDUciy accused or being im
plicated In the recent assassination of
General Mu Lu Cheng, a prominent of
tlcer in tho imperial army.
Kepotts from irrr-erlal garrisons all
over tiic north eay tho troops aro on
the rcrgo of mutiny, and that they will
not oppose tho republican army unless
trov are given their pay, now three
monthH ovo'dup. Tho lack of 'oyalty
among tho soldiers was regarded ni nn
ominous sign by tho elder memhers if
tho imperial clan, and they have re
newed,, thoir , efforts to get the othr
ineml(E.ifl',to consent to abdication.
Tho belief was general that China was
rapidly drifting Into, anarchy, and un
less peace was restored It is believed
foreign intervention must be inevitable.
Yuan Shi Kai Is
Marked for Death
By Manchu Clan
SHANGHAI, Jan. 27. Yuan Shi Kal
has been marked for death by his ene
mies hi tho Imperial clan, according to
secret advices received hco today by
revolutionary leaders. A roward of $5,000
Is said to liavo been offered by a young
Manchu prlhco for any ono who will
assasblnato tho premier. It Is now bo
lloved t-lie recent attempt to kill Yuan
with a bomb wob made by criminals
who were attempting to win the re
ward. Contrary to previous reports, it was
learned today thg,t Yuan had agreed to
permit President Sun to act as provis
ional prpsldentuntll after tho throno
had abdicated and peace restored. A
national convention was to bo held to
agree on tho future form of govern
ment, and select a chief executive. Sun
had piomlsed to tlnow his support to
Yuan's candidacy for tho presidency.
dukeWcBhuught
Unrecognized, He Is Jostled About
by Crowds in Railway
Station.
MONTREAL. Jan. 27,-Thci was no
great outpouring of the curious to greet
tho Duke and Duchess oConnaught,
and their daughter Prlnes'-pa,trlcla,
when they arrived here today. s
The royal tourists walked about ithe
station for a few m'nutes unrecognized
by tho hurrying people who JosUi-ihem
In their rush to get to tho trains.
The duke was accosted by newspaper
men but declared ho had nothing to
iiay concerning his visit to thu United
8tntes other than the statement he
giivo out beforo he left Now York.
The duke and his party left later tor
Ottawa.
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COURT OF HONOR
Watterson Would Submit
Differences With Tillrnqn
to'TriBunal.
WANTS FIVE MEN
TO HEAR "EVIDENCE"
Kcntuckian Says He Would Glad
Iy Welcome Senator at
His Hotel.
A "court of honor" today was sug
gested by Col. Henry W. Watter
son, to settle tho Harvey-Wllson-
Vvattorson controversy regarding
Watterson's authority to solicit
campaign funds for Gov. Woodrow
Wilson's boom.
Colonel Watterson today made tho
following statement:
"In my letter to Senator Tillmau
I offered to furnish him proof of any
disputed statement made by me. If
Senator Tillman will do me tho
honor personally to call upon me, '
as I am confined to my hotel and
cannot personally call upon him, I
will furnish him proof not only that
I had authorization to raiso money
for tho Wilson campaign, but that I
did in fact raiso a considerable sum.
Fire In Court.
"In case Senator Tillman's averment,
after inspecting this proof, bo deemed
equivocal or insufficient, I propose that
Governor Wilson iamo two confidential
friends, I to namo two, tho four to
name a flfth. and this "court of nentlo-
men thus established determlno the!
JsUe.bctwcn xta. jrijtehzi!- "rrf-if-y'V
;1jrfutMWhhla4tip donlf-t
once, as j must leave Washington next
Tuesday night "to nil Important engage
ments." " J"
With this statement "Marso" Wat
terson dcclared'ho has "the goodB" to
back up and exhibit to, tho gentlemen's
"court."' Ho stands ready to display
them lnstantcr. It was made when
the doughty colonel was shown Gov
ernor Wilson's statement passing the
direct He that Watterson was author
ized to solicit funds to which Thomas
Fortuno Ryan is said to have sub
scribed. "I novcr yet entered a public con
troversy that I did not como out wltrV
colors Jllymff. !d tho Kentucky war
horse. "And when I mako a serious
public statement of momentous Import
as this, I have proof to back it up."
The plcturesquo plan of a "gentle
men's court'' is regarded as typically
Wattersonlan. He- fairly oozed South
ern chivalry and sentiment in making
the declaration of war. putting tho Is
sue squarely up to Governor Wilson.
His head swathed In gauze bandages,
nursing a pet carbuncle on his brow,
ting his whit locks Into a bcllg
gerent pompadour "Marso Henry" snap
ped his sentences to his visitor.
"Not a word, not a word," said the
colonel, pounding his kneo with his
list, when usked for details regarding
tno contributors to tho Wilson fund
and Its approximate size.
"Do you think I would elvn .Iptnlt
like that when I propose submission of
all the- proof to a gentlemen's court of
honor?" he asked indignantly.
Cocking ono cyo at his interviewer, ho
gave vent 10 a minniess laugn, us no
said:
"Now, that's as far as I am going to
go; we'll seo what comes now.'1
Colonel Watterson denied, that he Is
an invuuu, uiiiiougii swamea in uanu
ages. Much Interest Here.
Democratic politicians In Washing
ton aro wrought up today over tho
publication of the spirited correspon
dence between Colonel Watterson and
Senator Tillman, which furnishes tho
most spicy chapter of tho Wilson-Harvey
episode.
Senator Tillman was at his office this
morning In a most amiable and pleasant
frame of rnlld un1 apparently not dis
turbed by tho statements of Col. Henry
Watterson. When asked whether ho
would make any further statement, Sen
ator Tillman said: "I havo nothing more
to say on tho subject. Tho Isuo la not
between Colonel Watterson and myself.
,but between Colonol Watterson and
Governor Wilson. It is for them to
sottlo it."
The South Carolina Senator docs not
tako seriously tho notion of a court ot
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Last Minute Jjgws Told in Brief
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STEAMER IS RELEASED.
ROME, Jan. 27, The French steamer
Tuvlgnano, seized by Italian torpedo
boat destroyers off Tunis, has been re
leased according to an announcement
made at tho foreign offlco. Tho steumer
was tuken to Tripoli, where sho was
searched. No contraband of war being
found, the government permitted tho
vessel to Return to Tunis.
ORDERED TO SURRENDER.
TABRIZ, Persia, Jnn. 27. Notices
have been posted about the city that
all Persians and Armenians must sur
render tholr arms within two weeks or
they wTl be executed by the Rutslan
tVoops.
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MAJOR GENERAL BADEN-POWELL,
Who WiU Visit Capital Boy Scouts
Next WeMnesdw?.
Signal Honor Will Be Con
ferred on Scout Next
Wednesday.
One Boy 8cout in Washington will ride
next Saturday from tho Union Station
to the White Houso with Maj. Gen.
Radcn-Powcll, tho hero of Mafoklng.
The Identity of that lucky scout, who Is
not 'ct picked, is tho foqus of Interest
among tho COO Roy Scouts of Washing
ton. Thof escort will bo chosen next
Wednesday night.
Invitations have been sent from Wash
ington Roy Scout headquarters to troops
In Maryland and Virginia, Inviting them
to be present In Washington next Sat
urday, when tho scouts here will be reviewed-
byGeneral Badcn-Powoll. Sec
retary E. S. Martin said this morning
this Invltatoln might bring 100 or more
boys to "Washington.
Tho Baden-Powell program In Wash
ington lias not been changed in any,
particular from the plan of a review,
lecture, and reception first announced.
Mrs. Murray Crano will head tho re
ceiving line at Continental Hall, Satur
day evening.
General Bad6n-Powc!l. or "B.-P," as
his men called him after tho seven
months' slego of Mafeking. will arrive-
In New York next Wednesday.
His coming has aroused unusual In
terest In the Boy Scout movement, and
enlistments are being mado moro rapid
ly than scout masters can be found to
Instruct the recruits. A new company,
tho twenty-eighth In Washington, has
(not Vionn nrimnlzcd at tho LudlOW
School. It comprises sixty boys. This
is an unusually iirb .uihiuji ...
may later be cut into two divisions.
Whefe Are You
Going Tomorrow?
Your mother went to church
do you? Come to the
church of your choice to
morrow. You will be welcome. .
J. J. HILL SEES TAFT.
James J. Hill, of St. Paul, the rail
road magnate, called to seo the Presi
dent early today. Ho would not say
what his business was or whether or
not It was a business call. Tho White
House let It bo known that .the rail
roader had simply called to.-fTay Ills
rcspoets.
ARREST CONSPIRATORS.
State Department dlBpatchc3;roport
tho capture ot General Giitlcrrex and
eighteen other Honduran "political
emlgrados, who were fomenting Va
revolution ulong the Honduran border.
The conspirators will be tried In San
Salvador city.
WASHINGTON YOUTH
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NEW COLD WAVE
TO TARRY HERE
FOR FEW DAYS
Mercury , 'Will Drop ; to 18
Degress Above Zero'
i by Tonight.
SfORM IS SWEEPING
EAST FROM ROCKIES
Force of 400 Men at Work Clean
ing City Streets Railroad
v Traffic Affected.
Cold weather for the next' forty-
olght hours that may bring a return
of tho skating and likewise cause a
renewal 'of the suffering that marked
.tho last protracted cold wav is
promised by the Weather Bureau to-
day. "
i 'Tonight the mercury is expected
to drop to 18 degrees above zerb and
to hover there all day tomorrow.
Though the sun broke through the
clouds about noon the forecaster
gives his assurance that the thaw
would be of brief duration, and that
more snow by tomorrow evening is
a possibility.
At Work Cleaning Streets.
Moro than 400 men were sent out this
morning by the Street Cleaning De
partment. They worked on crossings
and sidewalks, and this afternoon gut
ter plows were put In operation. B
night the thoroughfares In the down
town sections and In the thickly settled
residential sections will have crossing
footpaths made at all corners.
The work was made heavy'' today be
cause J. W. Paxton, Superintendent of
ijftSSJrV9W8?,r?"-
wouiu coiKD ii ins ma oi inc. ucjmm ,i
merit yesterday, andconsequenUy little
"workwas dona! . ,
Believing, the expense of. hauling the
know" from , the Intersections of tho
street railways should bo borne by the
car companies, the1 District will not
engage In this work as it did After
thelast storm. Though the fund is
far from depleted, Superintendent Pax
ton Is taking advantage of every pos
sible economy to make the money hqld
out In case of another heavy snow
storm. Unsettled weather prevails all ovor
tho Eastern part ot the country. With
in tho last twenty-four hours thero
vscre snows In tho North Atlantic
States, tho upper Ohio vallcv, and trio
Lako region. The temperatures remain
unseasonably low over the Northern
tier of States from Maine as .far weHt
as North Dakota. Moderately low
temperatures also prevail In southern
New England States. At GreonnvllIe.
Me., tho tomperaturc this morning wns
32 degrees bolow zero, and tho same
record wr.s reported from Grand Forks,
N. D. Devil's Lake, In North Dakota,
had 34 degrees below, the coldest rend
ing sent in today.
Snowstorm Due East.
A disturbance that now covers the
Rocky mountains will move eastward,
and It is this condition that may bring
snow by tomorrow night. Local snows
tonight are predicted In New York and
northern Pennsylvania, and there will
be rains in Tennessee and the South
Atlatic States.
The Associated Charities was buy to
day providing for families in need.
Though the enow and tho calls for pro
vision over Sunday made a heavy
budget of work for the charity agents,
tho calls did not reach tho records set
during the recent cold wave.
responses were received to tno calls
of the Central Union Mission and tho
Gospel Mission sounded through The
Times, but bed clothing Is still needed
by tho former organization, and men's
clothing Is welcomed uy both. A heavy
demand also was made for shoes as a
result of the snow.
The snowfall was not vhcavy enough
here or In other parts of the East to
interfere seriously with traffic. Early
morning trains today came tnto Union
St. tlon behind time, but by noon they
were arriving on scheduled time.
May Revive Skating.
If the cold promised for tonight and
tomorrow la'sts for twenty-four hours a
revival, of skating on the Basin Is pos
sible. At present the lec Is dangerously
thin.
Street cars last night on both tho
Capital Traction Company and tho
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany managed to maintain their schod
ules. Snow plows made the'lr way pp
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CONDEMNS BOY SCOUTS.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 27.-Condem-natlon
of the boy scout movement was
registered when tho constitutional
amendment providing that no "member
of tho boy scouts can bo a member of
tho United Mlno Workers was prcsciiti
ed to' tho miners' convention here.
WILL FIGHT HOME RULE.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan. '27,
Eleven hundred natives of Ulster today
volunteered to return to Ireland apd
take up arms against the government
if a home rulo law is passed. Eight
thousand dolldra wcrtf pledged to aid
In the campaign.
Removing Snow
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J. W.- PAXTON,
Superintendent of Street 4 Cleaning,
Who Has 400 Men At Work Today.
IICT
ISSUES APPEAL FOB
STRICKEN CHINESE
Relief Organization Seconds
President Taft's Plea
for Help. .
' "V
President ' Taft't? ifKftWmimiti flor
the famtne-strickcni Chinese was fol
lowed tAdity by an' earrtcst'-rrtjudst' Mr
funds by the District of Columbia boaitl
of the American Red Cross Society.
Relying on tho generosity with which
Washington has always responded to
such appeals, the board askn for con
tributions for tho millions of Chinese
who arc facing starvation as tho re
sult of recurrent Inundations by the
YantKze and othor rivers, which havo
destroyed crops and prevented tho cul-'
uvation of tno land.
. Tho board's appeal Is as folluus:
Tho District of Columbia board of
the American Red Crocs Society is
advlred by tho proclamation ot the
. President of the vast prct ailing dis
tress In China, and of the lmmcdlato
notvl of mllef to millions in that
.couqtry, who arc now exposed to
starvation through the destruction
of their crops and the prevention of
agriculture by the overflow of tho
vi crsf
In keeping with the spirit of the
announcement, tho Members ot tho
local board earnestly appeal to the
citizens of tho National Capital for
all the aid they can give, end feel
that they 'will respond with tho
generosity with which they havo al
ways meUcuch solicitations
Contributions should bo sent to
Howard S. Reeslde, treasurer at tha
American Security and Trust Com
pany,' or to CommlsMuier Rudolph,
preBldpnt oi the local board.
The boaid consists off Commissioner
Cuno H. Rudolph, president; Howard S.
Reeslde, .treasurer; Charles J. Bell,
Emlle Uerllner, John Joy Edsoii,
Charles C- Glover. Arnold Hague, Hcn
nen Jenntngs, and Henry B. F. Mac
fa rl and.
Gift of Fortune
Depends on Stork
BRUSSELS, Jan. 27. Former Empress
Eugenie of Franco Is hero today await
ing the expected visit of the stork to
the homo of Prince and Princess Victor
Napoleon. If tho pitneess Is presented
with a ooy, t-ugenie, announced tnat
she would make him heir to her vast
fortune..
COLD HURTS HENS
Wholesale Cost 40 Cents
Dozen When Retailers De
' mand 50 Cents.
"Eighty per cent of -tho h'ens are In
the hospital," said George C. Lapgley,
dealer In eggs, -in the' Center Market,
today, "and as a result tho wholesale
price of eggs Is" advancing sharply, with
little prospeqt of any reduction until
warm weather." '
Pressed to explain Just what ho meant
by saying tho hens aro In tho hospital,
Mr. Langtey said: ,"i mean that the
recent cold weather has frozen the
combs and foot of 'at least SO por cent
n 4Ua liana f tlin nAiin(iu ,. n tf ...
suit of tho feverish condition caused by
mis iiiuy win my uu ckko, CdUBing tno
supply to bo tut off."
.Yesterday the wholesale price o'f eggs
wna 3S rpntft A flnr.nn T.ta.. ,..
l-wholesalo price Is .40 cents a dozen.
Theie are no stoiage eggs In Washing
ton to fall back upon In-an emergency,
dealers say. v-
Theie will bo sharp advances In tho
price, of eggs next week, and, accord
ing to dealers, record prices may be -tabllshed.
Tho retail price of eggs to
day, ranget at from 45 cents to GO cents
nor dozen fur tno stiiollv fresh ones.
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Commissioners. Will' Gdn
sider Yearly Earnings of
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PRESIDENT LEITER
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Agrees to Furnish Board, ith
' the Necessary Figures--SenSs
Letter Today.
Further reductions in tho price of
gas may bo mado as tho result of a
statement 'of the truo valuation of
tho property of tho Washington Gas
Light Company to be submitted to
tho District .Commissioners. '
In response to their request for
information, which will enable them
to determlno whether, the dividend
of $624,000 declared in tho year 1911
is a fair return on tho amount in
vested, the Commissioners received
today from Joseph Loiter, ; president
of tho Gas Company, a letter prom
ising that a statement of tho value
of the property will be placed in
their hands at the earliest possible
moment.
Earnings of Company.
If it is determined hat the earnings
of the company In 1911 Is consistent with
sucli action, the Commissioners again
will request that, the prici-of gas be
further deduced In compliance with the
terms of an agreement' mado with them
on December 8, 1910. ,
One ot the ternjs of this agreement ijy
hm nun. tiic uuujnauy siiuuiu, vu ttliu 'itt:
after the first day of January. 1912.
make atfurther .reduction, provided. that
an analysis 'of lts; accounts 'for the yiar
ion
'should show that the company, could
uyciauiib vu nfi o-cw .uait,
mako a-runner reauciion wunqui sac
rlnclng Its legal, right to a reasonable
return oh tbe value of tho property cm
ployed In tho conduct of .Its business."
The Commissioners have directed tho
attention of the company to a net cor
porate increase of nearly 10 per cent
under the" 85-centrate. Notwithstand
ing these Increased earnings, there has
been no reduction to tho consumers, and
the Commissioners want to know why.
Reply to Request. "'
In reply to a request for tjiis Informa
tion, they have received from Mr. Lclter
n loiter Inviting them tq appoint an au
ditor to go over tho books. The offer
'was declined, the Commissioners stat
ing they aro willing to accept tho com
pany's statement in Its annual report
of tho cost of operation, maintenance,
and earnings, but desire to know the
truo value of the, property, without
which they aro unable to arrive -at a
conclusion as to what Is 'Considered a
reasonable return on tho amount Invest
ed, In order to Justify another decrease
In the price of gas.
From information at present in the
hands of the Commlsloners. they say U
appears that the compahy won not only
nblo without loss to reduce tho price ot
gas to S5 cents on January 1, 1911. but
actually Increased Its profits while doing
so. ' i
In tho lcttor today Mr, Lclter says
nmn tlmi will he reaulrcd'ln the nrena-
mllnn nf tho stntnmellt. but that It will
io submitted at tho earliest possible
moment.
Tafft Felicitates
Kaiser on Birthday
President Taft today congratulated
Emperor William of Germany upon the
celebration of tho latter's fifty-third
birthday. A "cablegram w-as sent to
tho emperor extending felicitations in
tho namo of tho Government and tho
peoplo of tho United States, and ten
dering tho President's own best wishes
for tho Emperor's welfare and for tho
continuance of tho cordial relations ex
isting between Germany and tho United
States.
1 IN, CONGHE3S TODAY )
V, SENATE.
President Gompcrs before Education
and Labor Committee In behalf of
eight-hour, bill.
Senator Tillman says settlement of con-
1 trovcrsy over Harvcy-Wllson bicak Is
upvto Watterson and Wilson.
Owen bill taken up by Public Health
' Committee
Senate not In session. Will meet Mon
day. ,HOUSB.
House met at noon.
Congressman Umlei wood moved to close
gen-iral debate on the'seel bill.
Republican opposed tho motion, but on
a roll call the Jcbaio was closed.
The MU. wis then takon up under tho
tlv's-rvbtutes rule for amendment.
Charles- H: Jciim attacked the Shoe
Machinery trust befoie tho Judlclury
Cnnunltteo.
Congiewman Henry Issued a statement
demanding a probo of tha Mony
White House Callers,
SENATORS,
Jones, Wash. Ica. Tenn.
Stephenson,' W)s, 'McCumber, N. D.
Burton," Ohio. , V '
CONGRESSMEN. N i
Smith. Mich. Goldfogle, N..Y.
Hayes, Cal.' J Doremus, Mich.
Drlscoil.N. Y. ' McLuughlln, Mich.
Knowland. Cal. Cooper, Wis.
Hubbard, Iowa. Taylor, Ohio.
OTHER VISITORS.
.Attorney General Wlckersham.
Secretary of State Knox.
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