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r nn FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR NO. 54. THE ARGUS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1908. -TWELVE PAGES.: PRICE TWa CENTS. HOUSE MEMBERS SAY THEY The stretching out their holiday money as far as possible a 4 'before Christ mas" stunt most of us do. THE HIP ON ITS DOT STATEMENTS ROCK AROTB. -.-Id HOPES TO CONVICT TRUST y HAVE CAtiOU m Insurgents Declare They Will Split Republi can Camp. GET CHANGE IN 'RULES Propose to Make it Necessary to Call All Committees Once a Week. Washington, Dec. 19. The insur gents against the present rules of the house are leaving Washington for their homes jubilftnt over the progress they have made in stirring up an insurrec tion in the republican ranks. They wlil tell their constitaents that before the end of the session the rules will be amended- One Chnujte Certain. . One of the insurgents expressed him self today as certain that at least one change will be made in the rules. He said he believed there would be no op position to it at the republican caucus. . , . .. ,, , . day each week for the call of commit- tees of bills on the union calendar and ' on the house calendar. Say It I Enoueb. Some of the most optimistic claim this is all that is necessary to get re lief from the present rules. The call of the committees would enable the committee to get before the house all important bill of various kinds and would remove the speaker of liability to the charges of preventing legisla tion which was demanded by the peo ple. Both Houneii Adjourned. Washington. Dec. 19. The senate adjourned at 12:50 until Jan. 4. Washington, Dec. 19. The house ad journed at 12:14 till Jan. 4. LAST TO SUFFER Trust Witnesses on Tariff Declare Lower1 Duties Would Not Af fect Them Much. BUT WOE TO INDEPENDENTS Elbert H. Gary, Chairman of Board of Directors of Steel Corporation Heard at Washington. Washington, D. C, Dec. 19. "If you protect our competitors you leave us above protection, and I believe that the United States Steel corporation should make public its affairs and sub mit to government control,'" was the remarkable, declaration of Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board of direc tors of the United States Steel corpor ation, at the hearing before the house ways and means committee yesterday. "This is radical," he added, "but re member that I am not speaking for the steel corporation in saying thi3." Proved Good Wltnrim. Mr. Gary, like Charles JA. Schwab, who appeared before the committee Tuesday, was an admirable witness. giving much information and submit ting to a severe cross examination. His testimony in substance showed that the tariff is needed more as a protection -for the independent steel manufacturers than for the steel Cor poration. Like Mr. Scfiwab, Mr. Gary declared that the reduction of the duty on certain tteel products would compel the steel companies to reduce the cost of labor. Corporation Can Care for Itself. He said that the competitors of the steel corporation needed protection but that the corporation could take care of itself. . "Suppose this committee were to wipe out the, steel duty entirely, the United States Steel corporation would tilHS. RITTMAN GAINS OFFICE BY COURT'S ACT Chicago, Dec. '19.- The validity of ' the election which made Mrs. Rose D, Rittman high chief ranger of the Wo men's Catholic Order of Foresters was affirmed' by Judge McEwen in the su perlor court here today. still survive?" inquired Representative Champ Clark of Missouri. "I cannot say," replied Judge-Gary, "but I am of the impression that if we did we would have a monopoly of the market in this country. I don't think we could make a reasonable and fair profit if the tariff were put on that basis." Packer Dont Need Tariff. A. R Crion of Armour & company, the first representative of the larger meat packers to appear before the com mittee, als3 was a witness yesterday. He declared that it would make no dif ference to the concerns he represents if the tariff on hides is lower, raised, or taken off entirely. He said that th tariff has ac"ded from 90 cents to $1.10 to the value of hides. He asserted that the farmer received the entire benefit of this increased value. Mr. Urion said that the statement that the packers control the tanning as well as the packing business is inconsistent. BANQUET FOR FLEET AT COLOMBO, CEYLON Planters Present Americans. With 15, Pounds of Tea and Pay High Compliments. Colombo, Ceylon, Dec. 19. The chamber of commerce and the Plant ers' association of Ceylon last night gave ah official banquet in honor of t H the officers of the United States At lantic battleship fleet. Colonel Sir .Henry Edward McCal- lum, the governor of Ceylon,. In a speech said it had been the good for tune of Ceylon to accord a warm wel come to the fleet and that its presence would be instrumental in the continu ance of peace . The prosperity of Aus tralia, Hongkong, and the Straits Set tlements were due. he said, to the crown colony government, and Amerl ca would have adopted this system in the Philippine islands had its constitu tion permitted. Governor McCallum paid a tribute to the exemplary beha vior of the American, crews ashore. In the presentation of 15,000 pound3 of tea to the officers and men of the "fleet, tTie chairman of the Planters' as sociation expressed his profound ad miration of the unparalleled achieve ment of marshaling the American fleet in a stately procession from sea to sea. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE WINS IN MISSOURI No Law to Prevent Healing of Sick, Court Decides in Kansas City Test Case. Warren sburg, Mo., Dec. 19. There is no law i Missouri prohibiting the practice of healing members of the Christian 'Science church according to a decision handed down today in the chuiit court. In the case brought to test law Mrs. Lena A. Jaccard , and Theresa M. Kaywood, prominent Chris tian Science practitioners of Kansas City, were charged with violating the laws that make it an offense to prac tice medicine or surgery or treat the sick for pay without a license. TELEPHONE GIRLS GO OUT i Rockford Operators Say They Want Time to Fix Hair. Rockgord, 111., Dec. 19. Declaring that their rands were slapped by an assistant supervisor if they tried to arrange their hatr or collars while working at the switchboards, one-half of the force of the Ceneral Union tele phone operators went on strike yester day. They demanded better treatment by supervisor operators and double pay for Sundays and holidays. Manager Eby says tho charges of hand slapping are ridiculous, and that the places of the strikers have been filled. Indianian a Football Victim. Laporte, Ind., Dec. 19. Frank Han num of thl3 city died yesterday at Seattle, Wash., of injuries received in a football game. He was 26 years old Indiana Educator Dead. Terre Haute, Ind, Dec. - 19. Dr Thomas Gray, vice president of Rose Polytechnic Institute, died today after a long illnesg. . .. -, Yesterday in Congress Washington, Dec. 19. Following Is a summary compiled from the. official proceedings of the work of both houses of congress yesterday: . SENATE The senate was not in ses sion. ... ... HOUSE Because of the general ex odus of members for their homes f or i the Christmas holidays, the attendance' was far short of a quorum. Neverthe-! less. -a gnon aeai or business was vans passage of war claim bills, some ofl them giving rise to considerable discus- aion. ai :n p, m. me nouse su journed. MUFFLED PLEA FOR LIFE ANSWERED BY SHOWER OF NIGHT RIDER BULLETS Colonel Taylor, Companion of Dead Man, Gives Graphic Story of Murder of Captain Ranken by Tennessee Outlaw Union City, Tenn., Dec. 19. In the triaj. of the night riders for the murder of Captain Quentin Ranken, Colonel R, Z. Taylor, his companion, today' re cited in minute details the story of the hanging and shooting of Ranken and his own escape from death at the hands of the murderous band. The aged witness made a most profound impression. He said that while Ran ken was hanging by a rope to a tree, the latter made a muffled appeal for life, which was answered by a fusil lade of bullets from 'the night riders. State Makes Progrreim. Union City, Tenn., Dec. 19. At the end of the first day's testimony in the night rider trial the state had made material progress. It had introduced testimony covering the murder of Cap tain Ranken and supporting an identi fication or two of the prisoners as members of the masked band. The prisoners, unkempt, scowling and silent, paid little attention to the proceedings. Only once did they be tray emotion. One witness, sworn into the band against his will, testified that the only part of the oath he remember ed was the paft that provided they would kill hkn if he revealed any thing. At this a sardonic grin spread REPUBLICAN MACHINE IN NORTH BY TAV. (Special Correspondent of The Argus.? Greensboro, N. C, Dec. 17. The "re publican machine" of democratic North Carolina is worthy of the attention of the entire nation. It L, a striking il lustration of "business in politics." The machine is a business organiza tion through and through. It does not really care a continental about high tariff, low tariff, or any other kind of tariff. The men at its head spend a certain amount of money to remain in power, with the expectation of having the investment returned with a large profit. Proiltnble ta Hontlle State. One ' unskilled in high republican politics might wonder how a republl can machine could find it profitable to be inOusiness In a democratic state. This.is the answer: Under a nation al . republican administration the fed eral patronage tBe privilege of nam ing the men to fill federal positions within thestate goes to the state re publican machine. - The right to name federal Judges and marshals, etc., is a valuable right. For Instance, a railroad traversing the state a large factor in the republican machine was able to have Its attorney, J. C. Pritchard, made a federal judge for life. When North Carolina passed a . 2-cent passenger rate law Judge pritchard promptly Issued ' an injunc- , . , , , t tlon restraining the state from enfore- - : jng The machine was also able to have one of Its leaders, James E. Boyd, made a United States district judge, Band. over the features of the prisoners. PoneU'a Story of the Murder. Ed Powell, husband of the only wo man witness, yet to be called, was an important factor in the state's behalf. Powell was dragged from his bed the night of the. Ranken murder and forced to accompany the band to a hotel, from which Ranken and Taylor were taken. Powell recognized Frank Fehringer as the man who opened Ranken's va- lise, took out and read a letter. He:tere(i Dv robbers this morning, short identified Garret Johnson as the leader and Guy Ransom as the man in the white mask, the only one who wa,s dis guised. Fehringer has confessed. When the riders took Ranken and Taylor to the woods they took Powell along. He heard them questioning the two men as to their title to the land in the Reelfoot district. Witaen Feared for HI Life. Near the spot where Ranken was murdered, they halted Powell until the murder was done. Then they asked him If he recognized any of them, and when he said no, they told him to tell Ward, the hotel proprietor, to come down for the bodies of his guests.. Powell was arrested by the soldiers and testified before the coroner that hp failed to recognize the riders, but said yesterday he did so because he feared for his life. ' another -life position.. . Then when, jur-i ies in Boyd's court returned verdicts of guilty against three United States rev enue agents who had been protecting illegal distilleries while drawing sal aries for protecting the government, Judge Boyd saw to it that not one of these three members of the machine that made possible his appointment either paid a cent in fines or served a day in Jail. , Enough for All. Then the machine has a lot of post masterships and other jobs to dis tribute. There are big rewards Tor the big politicians and corporations, and little grafts for the little fellows. These are some of the reasons why a republican machine Is profitable even in a democratic state, and why "the machine" Bays to decent republicans: "We don't want you in our ranks. We'll get the federal appointments as It. Is, and if you come in there might not be enough plunder to go around. Or, you might interfere with the busi ness methods of the organizations." How the machine handles a clean and respectable republican who. tries to Interfere In Its work is shown by it3 treatment of United States District Attorney A. E. Holton. When Holton was appointed 10 years ago he found the government was being systematic ally robbed of thousands of dollars In liquor revenues annually through, the cooperation of distillers and federal revenue agents and collectors, ap- nointees of the machine. - V Holton had local inspectors search for evidence that would enable him to BLOW UP SAFE AT SHERRARD Robbers Gain Entrance to Postoffice and Make Way With Stamps and Money. , TAKE ABOUT $4-00 IN ALL Explosion It Not Heard and Burglary Is Not .Discovered Until Mrn ing No Trace of Men. Sherrard, III., Dec. 19. (Spe cial.) The Sherrard postoffice was en- ly after midnight, and about $400 in stamps and money secured by blowing open the safe. The robbers secured about $200 worth of stamps, but the amount of cash taken cannot be 'defi nitely determined until the accounts have been checked. The robbers gained entrance to the building through a rear window, which they pried open. The safe was blown to pieces with a heavy charge of ex plosive, . presumably nitro-glycerine No one noticed the explosion, which, in any other than a mining town would have attracted attention. The mining company frequently explodes charges of- dynamite under ground, and even had the explosion set off by the safe-blowers been heard, it would not likely have attracted any attention. Leave Tool In Haute. The robbers took everything of value CAROLINA THRIVES go into court and break up the con spiracy. He was baffled by the ma chine at every turn. The inspectors, machine men in nearly every instance. reported they were unable to find any evidence. Seeing that practically every federal officer in the state was attempting to make his probe fruitless, Holton finally induced the internal revenue depart ment at Washington to detail Secret Service Agents J. M. Wright and E. P. Adams to North Carolina for an In vestigation. Maay Stllla Not Destroyed. , In 1905 these officers developed 70 cases in which machine appointed rev. enue agents, had reported the destruc tion of Illicit stills, when in . reality they had cooperated with the blqck aders, allowing the stills to remain in business.' ; - Twentyeight revenue officers were indicted at one time, and nearly 50 distillers. . Thousands of dollars of fines were Imposed on scapegoats. But the story of the trial of Deputy Collector Laus E. Davis, a machine man, before Judge Boyd, the. machine judge, is worth narrating. . Davis was chairman of the Wilkes county board of commissioners when arrested and convicted. Judge Boyd sentenced Davis to 12 months In the penitentiary, and Imposed - a fine of $1,000: In doing so the court was mov ed to use scathing language. - He said there was no doubt Davis was the lead er of the hand of revenue agents ap-J (Continued on Page Four.) in the safe. In their haste to escape they left behind them their tools, with which they gained entrance to the building. Dogs were heard barking ex citedly about 1:20 this morning, and possibly their noise was inspired by the flight of the robbers. No trace of the men who robbed the office has as yet been found, although it is assumed that they made their way to Rock Is land, using either a handcar or a rail way velocipede, one of which was main tained here by the mining company. Police Make Search. The robbery was reported to the trl- city police this morning by Postmaster E. G. Danielson, and a search was in stituted for some trace of the men. No description of the men could be se cured. The Sherrard office has of late been in charge of G. W: Bell, under Mr. Danielson. TO START A BANK Henry E. Agar, Indiana Man Whom Woodmen Traced, Prospered in Texas. LIVING A RESPECTABLE LIFE Says He Had Determined to Begin Life Over Again and Did Not Know Insurance Was Collected. Princetoi, Ind., Dec. 19. Henry E. Agar, who disappeared Jan. 23, 1907, and is alleged to be an embezzler and forger to the extent of $125,000. has been living a respectable life in Texas nearly ever since. When arrested, he, with others, was preparing o open a bank in San Ben ito. As A. R. Conners of the real es- Uate firm if Conners & Purvis, he was one of San Benito's foremost citizens, and his arrest was a shock to that community. Employer Skeptical of Char re. He also was secretary of Colonel Alba Heywood, a prominent business man Colonel .Heywood- refasedto-be-4flatlonal lieve the charge on which Agar was arrested and instituted habeas corpus proceedings to obtain his release. Agar, however, confessed, and told the story of his disappearance from In diana. " Agar was thought by everybody here to have been drowned near Mount Car mel'lll. He was aboard the steamer Lafayette cr the night he was last seen. The evidence that he fell into the river was so strong that his wife collected cue insurance policy on the theory that he was dead. Determined to Start Life Anew. Agar told Colonel Heywood that while standing on the ship that fateful night, he was accidentally knocked off, but was picked up by a houseboat few minutes later. The next morn ing, realizing he was facing ruin, he decided to take advantage of the op portunity ind get away. A short dis tance farther down he left the house boat and mrde his way to Louisiana, determined to start life anew. Under the name of Ralph A. Conners he got a job with Colonel Heywood. He quickly rose in the estimation of his employer and went with him to Jennings, Tex., then to San Benito, where he rlso engaged in business for himself. He said he was not aware that his wife had attempted to collect Insurance money. Mrs. Agar, who up to yesterday maintained that her husband was deadr now thinks the man in Texas is Agar, having received a message from his lawyer thre. She is holding intact the insurance money paid her and is ready to return It. f RAMMED STEAMER SINKS AT NEW YORK Thirty Members of Crew Are Rescued By Boats of the Other Vessel. New York, Dec. 19. Amid pounding seas and a heavy mist the Brltlstl freight steamer Daghestan, outward bound for Marseilles, was sunk last night outside the harbor by the tramp steamer Catalone, owned 07 the Eng lish and American Shipping company of London. That no lives were Io3t was due to the prompt action of Cap: tain Glover of the Catalone In lowering lifeboats. His men put out in the rough seas ana vent to the rescue of the 30 sailors aboard the stricken ves seL The Dtghestan after being ram med settled so rapidly that some of its crew were compelled to jump into the sea. ". ' - ; Cuts Off Fingers to End Thefts. . Cornwall. Ont, Dec 19. W. . Bero, arrested on a charge of theft yester day, chopped off his fingers, saying, 1 those "fingers will steal no more." Attorney General Hadley Springs Coup on Har vester Combine IN ACTION TO OUST IT Rests Case After Only Compa ny V Witnesses Have Been Heard. Jefferson City, Md., Dec. 19. Attor ney General Hadley announced today he lias notified attorneys for the In ternational Harvester company that the state will present no further testi mony in the ouster suit which the at torney general is prosecuting against the concern on the ground it exists in violation of the anti-trust laws of Mis souri. - Would Attack Owa Statemeata.. The case for the state wllj ihus rest upon the evidence of officials of the defendant company," only, no other witnesses having been called. by- the prosecution, if the defendant inter ests wish to offer testimony it will be placed in the shameless position of at tacking the statements of its own offi cials. . - CONGRESSMEN NAME CENSUS OFFICIALS Rule Prevailing Heretofore Wilt Followed, Favored Candidates Taking Examination. Be - Washington, D. C, Dec. 19. The ap pointment of clerks and other em ployes needed for work on the 13th census-will be-ongressional patronage as in the case ol the taking of the previous- censuses. Senator Long, chairman of the committee on census, today reported the senate and house bill jroviding for non-competitive examinations to be held through out the country by means of the civil service machinery but based on the form of examination to be prescribed by Director North of the census, and confined to persons designated by sen- ators and itpresentatives. TAFT CABINET IS ALL CHOSEN, ' REPORT SAYS Cincinnati, Dec. 19. A Times-Star,' Augusta, Ga., special says: "When. Philander C. Knox comes to Augusta to discuss with the president-elect the makeup of tLe remainder of the new administration cabinet Taft will askt him to approve of Myron T. Herrlck, former governor of Ohio, as secretary of the treasury. This fact can be stated as coming from authentic sources. 'When Knox arrives here Taft will submit to him for his inspection and approval the following cabinet list: . Secretary of State Philander C Knox of Pennsylvania. . Secretary of the Treasury Myron T. Herricks of Ohio. Attorney General George W. Wick- ersham of New York. . Secretary of War Charles Magoon. Secretary of the Navy William' Loeb of New York or Charles A. Thompson cf New .York. Secretary of the Interior1 Richard A, Ballinger of Seattle, Washlngon Postmaster General Frank H. Hitch cock of Massachusetts. ' Secretary of Agriculture James M. Wilson of Icwa. Secretary of Commerce and' Labor- George A. Knight of California. BURLINGTON BUYS A COLORADO. LINE New York, Dec. 19. Leading Inter ests in the Colorado & Southern Rail road company announced today - the sale of the road to the Burlington Railroad company. - Life Term for Woman. ; Oakland, . CaL, Dec 19. Mrs. Isa bella J. Martin,, convicted of conspir acy In the dynamiting of the borne of Judge Ogden In this city, was sentenc ed today to imprisonment' for life. 11 1