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MT. VERNON, 0., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1910 No. 12
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Seeks lo Enlarge Scope Of Stole
Railway Commission
Represents Views Of Freight Shippers-Chairman William
Of Food Probe Committee Forecasts Report As Flea
For Exodus From Cities To Farming Communities
And Greater Activity On Part Of Grand Juries, Dean
Bill Almost Ready
Columbus, O., Feb. 10.-Tho rival
SnoaBuro to tho Woods public utilities
1)111 mado Its appearance !n tbo
fcouso when Representative Ervln of
(Meigs county Introduced a bill
lo cnlargo tho scopo and powers of
the stato railroad commission which
kho Woods utilities bill abolishes.
Tho Ervln bill Is the bill of tho
freight shippers, who are earnestly
against the merging of tho railroad
commission into the more compro
&enslvo utilities commission. Tho
ehlppcrs have brought sufficient pres
suro to bear to Induce Chairman
Crawford of tho houso railroad com
mittee to agree to let them havo a
upeclal hearing In which to register
their protosts against the utility' hill.
Tho shippers' bill U far-reaching.
It extends tho authority of the rail
road commission to supervision of in
to rurb an and street railroads by re
vising tho legal definition of a rail
road to mean a railroad operated by
Rteam, electricity or other motive
power. It gives tho railroad commls-
REPRESENTATIVE ERVIN.
Aathor of Dill to Enlarge Scope of Stat
Hallway Commission.
elon all tho power to regulate railroad
corporations which tho utilities com
pilaslon would have under the Woods
bill. It confers practically complete
power over classification, regulation,
practice and service-
Can Veto Raise In Rates.
It is given specifically tho power to
veto an increase of rates. The su
preme court bas held that under tho
present law tho commission has no
supervision over rato-maUing. Under
tho Ervln bill any shipper may pro
test when a railroad gives the requl
elto 80 days' notice on an increase
The commission must hoar tho pro
SENATE PROBE
PROVIDED
Washington, 17eb. 10.-:Tho senate
was in session thrco hours. Tho El
klns resolution authorizing an inves
tigation by a special committee of
Boron senators of tbo Increased cost
of living, was passed after some de
licto. Tho names of tho committee
will bo announcod later by Vlco Pres
ident Sherman.
BILL
HA!
test ariu liia"? eanctl V.i6 new rate. At
a rate hearing and on all complaints
tho burden of proof Is placed in tho
company. Freight scaleB-aro to bo
Inspected by tho commission.
Senators William G. Pharo of Cuya
hoga and D. C. Mooney of Auglolzo
and Representatives B. H. Gaston of
Belmont and Mahlon Gebhart of
Montgomery were appointed as mem
bers of the Joint committee to inves
tigate charges of the gobbling of ca
nal lands in the state.
Although no public meetings havo
been held by tho committee that Is to
Investigate food prices, It Is known
that the report will be a "back to tho
farm" plea and a stirring up of grand
juries. Senator Williams, chairman
of tho committee, gave out tho follow
ing statement relative to the probablo
findings of the probers;
"The investigating committee ba3
gono far enough In its work to bo
ablo to say that its report to the leg
islature will contain only two reme
dies of any Importance.
"Wo will recommend to tho people
of Ohio tVit they go back to the
farm; that Ohio's agricultural su
premacy of 40 years ago be restored;
that moro attention be paid to every
phase of agriculture with the end In
view that the state's yield bo Increas
ed; that agricultural experiment sta
tions bo established In every county;
In short, that the state push !t3 agri
cultural Interests with tho samo de
gree of enthusiasm that it pushes
manufacturing or business of other
kinds.
Prods Grand Juries.
"Our socond Important recommen
dation will concern grand Juries. Tho
reason these legislative probes are
necessary Is because grand Juries fall
to do their duty. It was originally
Intended that grand Juries should bo
Inquisitorial bodies, always alert for
Infractions of tho law; Instead, they
havo decayed until they aro more ser
vants of prosecuting attorneys. Wo
will urgo that grand juries wake up
and get busy. Thcro Is plenty of law
on the statute books and they can
break up 'all these Illegal combina
tions thai aro boosting prices If they
will only do their duty."
The Judiciary committee has decid
ed to report back to tho senate on
tho recess appointments of Governor
Harmon. All appointments wero ap
proved. Senator Dean of Sandusky county
mado a statement that within n short
time he -would lntroduco his hill to
amend tho Rose county local option
law so ns to glvo cities tho right to
dccldo whether or not they shall have
saloons Independent of tho action of
tho- county or subdivisions, on the
subject. At tho last meeting of the
Ohio Federation of Labor a reso
lution was adopted indorsing this
homo rule proposition nnd tho bill
will probably recelvo tho support of
labor.
HOOTS WIFE
AND SELF
New-"York", FeT). 'IF. Josuph Har
bin, a young consumptive, shot and
killed his 'wife and thon shot himself
on tho street here. His wlfo died In'
r.tantly. Harbin was taken to Bello
ruo hospital. Tho physicians said ho
'couldn't llvo long.
RIVAL
DAMAGE WKOUGHT BY FLOOD
ON THE FATHER OF WATERS.
.. rst. Mississippi KiveGmgMi A'l
VC FERRYBOAT Oi2Zrr . - V
While the Paris Hood engaged the nttcntlon of the entire world some
sections of our own country have not escaped damage by rising waters. Melt
lug snows and heavy rainfalls added to the volume of some of our rivers so
greatly that considerable loss was caused nlong their banks. Especially woe
this true of parts of the Mississippi. One of our pictures shows the City of
Providence, one of the largest and fastest of the river's boots, left stranded on
the bank at tho mouth of the Hlver des I'eri-s. near St. Louis. The City of
Providence Blink subsequently to the bottom, causing n loss of $150,000. Other
Mississippi river boats, Including ferrybouts, met disaster In the Hood.
TELLS HOW MORGAN
GOBBLED 'PHONE INTERESTS
. Now 'York, Fell. T6. Edward J.
Hall, vice president of tho American
Telephone and Telegraph company,
was examined before John F. O'Neill
as a special commissioner in connec
tion with suits Instituted in Ohio by
minority stockholders of western In
dependent telephone companies, who
want to know about tho recent ac
quisition by J. P. Morgan & Company
of a controlling interest In those com
panies. Mr. Hall acknowledged freely that
bis company had sought to obtain
control of the independent companies
involved In tho suit, and had consid
ered going about It in ono ''of two
CHARMED
LITE ENDED
Dayton, D., "Fob. "TO. Auer having
fallen Horn the roof of a two-story
building twice und from tho topmost
height of a 'three-story structure once,
after receiving an ugly wound in tho
Jugular vein while opening a bottle
of pop by tho breaking of the glass,
and finally being run down nnd In
jured by n streetcar, Charles Schwo
gel, a carpenter and millwright, who
seemed possessed of a charmed' life,
met n tragic death when ho wa3
caught In tho shafting of n rattler at
the plant of tho Dayton Casting com
pany, In North Dayton.
Albany, N. Y Fob, "10. Hiram O.
Moe, tho agent of the Conger Broth
ers In tho alleged bribing of Senator
Altds, continued on tho witness stand
throughout the session of tho Conger
chargos under tho examination or
Martin W. Littleton, of counsel for
Senator Altds.
Despite continued questioning. Mr.
Llttloton was unablo to locate Mr.
Moo on a single train between Croton
nnd Albany, either coming or return
ing to Croton, when hp brought his
boodlo fund of ?G,500 to Albany from
tho Congor bank at Croton. At tho
conclusion of a long gruelling of tho
WITNESS HAS POOR
MEMORY FDR DATES
ways, flo ai;, However, Viol bis pur
pose had been abandoned by legal ad
vice after last fall's decision in the
Ohio Standard Oil caso regarding
holding companies, and that the first
knowledge his company had of tho
Morgan purchase was obtained from
the published announcement of such
purchase.
The aim of the suitors Is to show
that, as they think, Morgan & Com
pany bought the Independents on be
half of tho American Telephone and
Telegraph, company.
Death la the golden key that open
Hie palace of eternity. Milton.
ILAC1AILED
St. Joseph, 1To Feb". '10. Father
W. Rnkowski, priest in charge of St.
Peter's and Paul's Catholic church,
was blackmailed out of u noto for
$5,000 arid $150 In cash by Policeman
Allan .McDonald and "Dot" Coon and
Fred Duncan, a roal estate man, ac
cording to ti confession mado In writ
ing by Policoman McDonald. The
priest acknowledged tho fact, Bishop
M. F. nurko Issued an ordor relieving
tho priest from further service with
tho parish. Tho priest was lured to
a woman's houso and arrested.
wltnessr"inirTng "wulcii "dr. Tiloo baf
fled every effort to obtain informa
tion regarding tho trains ho rodo
upon, Mr. Littleton exclaimed: "Isn't
It truo, Moo, that tho reason you
won't glvo mo these train times is
that it would help mo to show that
you wero never In Albany?" Moo's
reply was that ho could not romom
bor tho particular train times that
Mr. Littleton questioned him about.
It tnkes n sthrong tnnn to bo mean.
Whin I clvo u tip 'tis not because I
want to, but heiausa I'm nfrald of
viat tho waiter '11 think. Mr. Dooley.
A PR EST
CHARGED
WITH ASSAULT
PlquaTO., Teb. 10. "A "sensallon
was caused hero when it becamo
known that tho Rev. James Thomas,
CO, a Christian minister, whose homo
is in Marion, Ind., but who had been
located hero in charge of a gospel
mission for several months, was
wanted upon a charge of assault
upon Ruth Rumple, 7, tho adopted
daughter of airs. Johnnie S. Rumple.
Zanesville, O., Fob. "10. James
Kline, an Anti-Saloon league detec
tive of Columbus, was arrested In this
city on tho charge of drinking nnd
giving away Intoxicating liquors on
nn Ohio Electric company interurban
car between Zanesvlllo and Colum
bus. The charges against Kllna were
preferred by Conductor Pearl McCor
mlck In the Newark police court, and
tho prisoner was taken to that city.
Kline was on his way to this city to
testify against C. W. Morrison, whose
place bo helped raid.
Cleveland, "6., ""Fob. 10. John Jan
owskl and his comely young Polish
bride, found murdered In their beds,
died in satisfaction of a debt of $60.
This Is the story told the police In a
statement which they say was made
to them by George Boscardo, 23, ar
rested on thp charge of murder In the
first degree. He had lent the money
to Mrs. JanowskI, according to this
statement, to secure her love, but
found himself unable to realize on
tho Investment. Angry because of
his failure to get bis money back, the
police say that Boscardo tells of wait
ing for the couple to return to their
home, of again demanding the money
and, failing to get It, of killing, tho
woman with a section of gas pipe.
The man, as the story is told, suc
cumbed only nfter a struggle.
Columbus? t57, "Feb. "10. Frank
Meadows, chnrged with the murder ot
Mrs. Amelia Splno, was ncqultted by
a Jury In Judge Dillon's court, but
was returned to Jail to await trial on
tho fcharge of killing tho woman'3
husband, Pasqualla. Tho Splnos wero
killed when their homo at Marble
Cliff was dynamited July 21, 1000.
Meadows, who was a former suitor
for tho hand ot Mrs. Splno, was ar
rested and tiled on purely circum
stantial ovldouco. i
.
UIETFOURTI
Canton, 0.,FeD. TS. Mayor A. B.
Turnbull stated that the sale nf lire
crackers and other dangerous explo
sives likely will bo prohibited hero
next Fourth of July. Iu this stand he
Is bncked'up by tho council. A mu
nicipal celebration Is now planned. A
letter from Governor Harmon was
mado public hero In which ho said:
"I do not think It Is possible to regu
late tho uso of dangerous fireworks.
I think tho sale of them' should bo
abolished.
ACCUSED
OF DRINKING
KILLED
FOR REVENGE
MEADOWS
NOT GUILTY
ANTON WANT
PINCHOT STIRS
OP OLD STORY
Speaks At Dinner
National
Attacks Solicitor M'Cabe Former Head Of Forestry Ser
vice Asserts That Law Was Not Violated When
Rangers Were Sent To State Universities To Per
fect Themselves In Duties Also Charges That Law
Was Prostituted To Secure Reversal Of Practice
New York, Feb. 10. Speaking at a
dinner given In his honor by tho Na
tional Arts club, GIfford Plnchot,
president of the National Conserva
tion association, bitterly attacked So
licitor McCabo of the department of
agriculture at Washington. Mr. Mc
Cabe Is the man who was temporarily
put In charge of the forestry depart
ment after Mr. Plnchot was dismissed
by President Taft.
Mr. Tlnchot accused the solicitor of
misrepresentation and of "prostitut
ing the law." The Plnchot attack Is
based on the action taken by McCabe
in refusing to continue making pay
ments for the education ot forest
rangers at some of the state univer
sities. The complaint of President Tlnchot
against the solicitor found a ready
sympathy among the dlnera. They
applauded him again and again. Mr.
Plnchot said In part:
"About the middle of January the
papers contained stories of now tho
forest service was paying the ex
penses of students at various colleges
and how this alleged Illegal expend
iture had been discovered and
stopped.
States Facts In Case.
"Tho facts are these: The forest
service has never spent a cent for the
training of any young man who was
not already In the service. It has
never sent any student to college.
But It has ordered picked men al
ready In the service, one or two from
each forest, to go for eight, 10 or 12
weeks to four state universities in
order to learn things necessary for
their work for the government. These
men were ordered tu take courses
prescribed by the forest service, partly
taught by Its officers and organized
nnd arranged especially to meet Us
needs. And what the service thus did
was well done.
"No ono has denied or can success
fully depy that the training of the
rangers Is necessary for the admis
sion, protection and improvement of
the national forests. It is so recog
nized In tho rule book and officially
approved. Money Is appropriated In
the agricultural bill 'for all expenses
necessary for tho administration,
preparation and preservation of tho
forests.' I
"Tho expenditure of tne public
funds for ranger schools, conducted, '
attended and taught wholly at gov- j
ernment expense, Is recognized as
clearly within the law. Money spent
for ranger schools at state universl-1
ties Is in precisely tho same legal j
position. I
"Under this stato of law, suddenly
tho law was Invoked to stop the
training of the rangers. It happoncd '
thus: Upon my dismissal the solicitor i
of tho department of agriculture,
pending the arrival of another officer
from tho field, was made acting for
Stearns? "KT 'ob". To. An unex
plained cxpjoslon in MIno No. 1 of
tho Stearns Coal company killed six
white men outright. It is thought tho
victims ran Into a rocket of gas
which ignited when it enmo Into con
tact with their lamps.
The dead: A. B. Thrasher, Edward
SIX MINERS KILLED
BY GAS EXPLOSION
In His Honor By
Arts Club
ester Tor Three or four days. It ap
pears that he learned then of tho
ranger schools at tho four stato uni
versities, and 3ent telegrams to tho
disbursing officers in tho field to pay
no expenses connected with them.
These telegrams wero kept secret
from every member of tho service in
Washington except tho stenographer
who wrote them. With equal conceal
ment from all the men In tho forest
service, a letter waa prepared and
sent to the comptroller asking for 'a
speedy advance decision' as lo tho
legality of tho ranger schools. This
letter was clearly Intended and was
so tramed as to secure a decision
against the schools, and It was suc
cessful In doing so.
Letter a MIsreoresentatlon.
"This letter Is a misrepresentation
because it omits to ctate the central,
essential and Incontrovertible facts r
first, that the forest service must
have trained rangers, and stfeond,.
that It can get them only by training
them after they enter the service. It
fallows that the training of the
rangers by the service Is necessary,
clearly and undeniably, for the ad
ministration, protection and 'improve
ment of the national forests. Beln?
necessary for that purpose, It falls
well within the terms of the agricul
tural appropriation bill, and is there
fore lawful.
"I am not concerned with :ho mo
tive behind the Indefensible sacrifice
of the public welfare. It Is a typical
Illustration of a certain way to 'obey
the law.' Of course it Is not obedi
ence to the law at all, but the prosti
tution of the law. IJ; Is the method
so effectively used by the special In
terests against the people, and there
Is nothing to be said in its favor."
Cleveland, "0., Feb. 10. Fay Court
ney, actress, was granted a divorce
by Judge Keeler at a trial lasting 15
minutes. She refused to discuss her
reported engagement to Vaughn Gla
zcr, tho matinee idol.
Her Nationality.
When small SIgrld made her first
appearance In an American school,
says Harper's Magazine, she was ask
ed tho usual puzzling questions, ono
of which was:
"Whnt Is your nationality, SIgrld?"
"SIgrld tossed her flaxen braids.
"I'm an American of Norwegian do
slau." she said promptly.
Thrasher, "C. '", TT.ng, CV.'jil Cfundy,
Benjamin Grundy, John Troxoll.
Traveling Salesman Dies.
Columbus, O., Feb. 10. tvilllam
Lackayo, 5S, a traveling salesman of
Terro Hauto, Ind., who was taken
suddenly 111 at a local hotel, dlod lu
Grant hospital from appplexy.
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