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Tl ROCK H FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 107. THE ARGUS. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1909. TWELVE PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. HOLDS PRESIDENT HAD STEEL STOCK PRICES GO Uncle Sam Roosevelt has certainly left his impression on Congress during the last four years RIGHT TO SANCTION DEAL Dfffl ON RUMORS OF WAR NO Senator Kittredge Reports on Coal and Iron Combine. GOES BEFORE SENATE May be Used as the Basis of an Order by Congress for Prosection. Washington, Feb. 20. The conclu sion poached by Senator Kittredge, who has prepared a report of the investiga tion of the Tennessee Coal & Iron company's absorption by the United States Steel corporation, is that the merger forms a combination in re straint of trade and thatf Roosevelt had no authority of law tojjsauction the deal , ' ',; .'j ? May Order Proaeeotton. ', This report wilt be submitted to the sub-committee on judiciary at a meet ing to be held late in the day, and if adopted, it may form the basis of an order to the department of justice to bring action against the steel corpor ation under the Sherman anti-trust law. ConnlderlnK Foreign ItelatlonH. Washington, Feb. 20. Consideration of the diplomatic consular appropria tion bill was begun in the house to day. The. bill carries an appropriation of 53,594,000. Cousins of Iowa, chair man of the committee 011 foreign af fairs, explained the provisions of the bill. The bill occasioned 116 extended de bate and was passed practically as re ported by the committee. Half Will. Kill III II. Washington. Feb. 20. After weeks of labor the house, committee on -rivers and harbors yesterday completed a bill carrying appropriation approxima ting $9,600,000 for various improve ment projects, only to be informed that Senator Hale of Maine had given notice that the legislation could" not be enacted at this session. As Senntor Hale usually tells In advance just what the accomplishments of a 'congress shall be, his announcement is taken to mean that the river and harbor bill will be talked to death if such an ex treme measure is necessary. Illinoin ProjiM-t Helped. The bill as reported provides for many projects in Illinois and other , lake states. One provision authorizes the government to acquire all public property on the St. Mary's river, Mich igan, between the present public works and the international boundary line. Provision is made for an arrangement with Canada, whereby the lake levels may be maintained, and for a national waterways commission. Surveys of Rock river, with a view to securing a channel seven feet deep from the dam at the head of the feed er of the Illinois and Mississippi canal at or near Sterling, 111., to the city of Janesville, Wis., are among the work authorized. created four years ago. which submit ted yesterday to congress a report cov cring its extensive inquiry. The com mission consists of the tvo comnil' tees on printing of the two houses of congress. ' and Senator Piatt is its chairman. t Savings of more than $r00,000 : year are being effected, according to the report, as the result of legislation lecommended from time to time, giv ing the joint committee on printing certain powers of supervision. DEMOCRATIC HOUSE IN 1910, DECLARES BRYAN Nebraskan in Magazine Article De dares Party's Principles Are Bound to Win. New York, Feb. 20. Widespread in terest among politicians has been aroused by an article by William Jen nings Bryan in the March number of Muusey's Magazine, entitled "The Fu ture of the Democratic Party." Mr. Bryan in his paper carefully analyzes the political conditions of the present 3ay, discussing the policies of his party at length. . ; "It is more than possible it is even probable," he declares, "that the house of representatives to be elected in 1910 will be democratic.? Sounding a word of warning to President-elect Taft, he continues: "The president-elect cannot possible' satisfy the expectations of. both els- ments of the republican party. Witi a republican senate and a republican house controlled by what Mr. Roose velt calls reactionaries, how can he escape conflict either with the repub lican leaders or with the republican voters of the Mississippi valley?" "SKINNY" MADDEN INDICTED Chicago Labor Leader Accused of Ex-" tortion in Calling Strikes. Chicago, Feb. 20. Martin B.' (Skin ny) Madden, president of the Associa ted Building Trades union, and M.. J. Cftyle, business agent of the Electrical Workers' union 'who were indicted yes tedHJUcJa&&. oCxxtorting money from contractors, were admitted to bail today in the sum of $10,000 each. Chicago. Feb. 20. Martin B. ('Skin ny) Madden, president of the Asso ciated Building Trades of Chicago aid Cook comity, and M. .T. Ko : j, busi ness agnc or laiocincai workers un ion No. 131. were yesterday indictl by the grand jury on charges of con piracy and extortion. Two separate indictments were ra- turiifd against each of the men, r.ne on extorting $1,000 from if. P. Nelsoii of the Nelson Piano company for call- ng off a strike on his factory, and lie other for- extorting 'from Joseph Klicka $700 under similar circum stances. - i PRESIDENT TO MAKE NO MORE APPOINTMENTS Washington, Feb. 20. President Roosevelt today announced he will not make any more appointments during his term of office. AGAIN DEMAND A PARDON Petition Before Kentucky's Governor to Free Slayers of Goebel. Louisville, Feb. 20. Kentucky's most ISUPTOTHEMAYOR Enforcement of Sunday Saloon Clcs ing Not Matter for Courts to Decide. . EFFECT OF LATEST RULING Illinois Jurists Also Hold That Money Lost In Stock Exchange Gam- ' ,-bling is Recoverable ..... . ... , Springfield, 111., Feb. 20. Sunday sa loons were sustained in a. decision of the supreme court of Illinois yesterday when an opinion was handed down holding that the court had no right to cpnipcl Major Huss-e of Chicago to or der saloons closed on the first day of the week. Ahother important decision confirms the sentence of Abner Smith nd Giistav F. Sorrow, alleged bank wreckers. This saloon decision supports that of the appellate court in May, which af firmed the opinion of Judge Chytraus, ETHEL ROOSEVELT ENGAGED? Washington Society Hears President's Daughter Contemplates Matrimony. Washington, Feb. 20. An interest ing rumor was circulated m diplomatic circles yesterday to the effect that Miss Ethel Roosevelt is engaged to William Phillips, third assistant secre tary of state. It is said that Mr. Phil lips is decidealy persona grata with the parents of Miss Roosevelt and th.it although, because of her youth, . no positive engagement exists as yet. there is a cordial understanding be tween the young people. Mr. Phillips is one of the youngest men who ever held such a responsible position in the state department. He was appointed third assistant secre tary of state Dec. 8, 190G. s nut a jjiujifi 111 nun n iui tu a tnj -t mciai to periorm nis auiy, out mat quo warranto should have been brought. The supreme court held in effect that the Sunday closing law in Chicago is alid, but that its with the executive -1 Broken in Bankruptcy Plea. Boston, Mass., Feb. 20. Walter II. Trumbull of the firm of Walter II. 'Trumbull & Co., blinkers and brokms enforcement lies " of Boston, has filed a voluntary po'i muhlcipal heads, "tion in bankruptcy, with liabilities of and that there is no reason why-the $148,083 and assets placed as $30 -court should take upon Itself the duty 290. LONG PROGRAM FOR THE DAY for Mothers' Congress Commended Work in Home and School. New Orleans, Feb. 20. With the lengthiest program of any one day of the conference ahead, Mrs. Orville T Bright, president of the Illinois divis ion, called the National Congress of Mothers to order today. -"The Rela tion of Home and School" was empha sized in a message from the United States commissioner of education, El 1 mer Ellsworth Brown, who . strongly vexatious political and penal problem commended the roners for if work has emerged again with a petition pre-jio bring the teacher and parent into a iiueu to uovernor wmson yebieraay more thorough accord and understand uy tmeo rowers tor tne paraonmg or mg. former Governor W. S. Taylor, former ' ' - - Slet,arLo State Charles Finley, andQUILTY N KIDNAPING CASE eu oy io.uuw citizens ot Kenrncny re- Washington Man Convicted of Holding Ul ie governor re- Millionaire for Ransom. - puea ne would consider the matter in j Bellinghara, Wash., Feb. 20. A jury its turn. , Jat Mount Vernon yesterday declared . 1 Leo Bezemer guilty of kidnaping for OMVinU UN rrUNllNU DlLLd the purpose of holding for ransom : .The penalty is an . indetermiiUte Inquiry Started Four Years Ago term of from 5 to 21. years' im Results in Report to Congress. prisonment. Bezemer held up Edward wasningion, u. jr. Feb. 20. Con- English, a millionaire near Mount stant and uninterrupted growth of the Vernon, bound hint to a tree, and com' cost of public printing has increasel pelled him" to' write an order to his tms item or public expense from $200.- wife for $5,C0O. Before Mrs. English 000 in 1840 to more than $7,000,000 in could secure the money -her husband 1905, according to the report of escaped. Bezemer was captured two ! on Dec. 31. 1908. of directing the head of the municipal ity when his course is marked out for him in the law. ' The constitutionality of the wheel lax .ordinance is again sustained by the supreme court ,thls time on points not raised in the previous case. The court's opinion is handed down in the suit of Joseph D. Ayres "aud 21 others against the city of Chicago. The appel lants are automobile owners and sought to enjoin the city from collecting a wheel tax on their automobiles on the ground that the ordinance is in con-j flirt with secticn V& of the motor ve-j hide law in so far as it relates toj motor vehicles. ' j Can Hrrorrr Mtnry liONt. Money lost in gambling on the stock exchange or board of trade can be re covered at. law. and there is no way of making these illegal transactions legal. This is the gist of the opinion of the supremo court in the case of Pelouz vs. Slaughter. Dealers on the board and in bucket shops have sought to evade the statute through a process of ratifying transac tions after their consummation. The court holds that l'atificaiiou of such illegal transactions afterward is not ;i bar to recovery uuder article 132 of the criminal code. In other words, il- AN ANTI-CZAR PLOT Russian Reactionaries Said to Have Proposed Removal of the Emperor TO PLACE REGENT IN CHARGE Death of Vladimir Reported to Hav Halted Plans to Do Away With - - - Liberal Policies.- - - w - formed a plan to establish a regency under Grand Duke Vladimir. ' I)a(h Unit Inquiry. How far the grand duke was cogni zant of this scheme is not set forth. but. the official in question said that a search of the documents in Vladimir's palace was about to be ,taken when the grand duke suddenly died. This put an end to the project. Kmprror Follow Remain. St. Petersburg, Feb. 20. The re mains of Grand Duke Vladimir, who died last Wednesday, were today con veyed from the duke's palace across the river Neva to Fortress St. Peter and St. Paul. The emperor and grand dukes oh foot followed the gun car riage on which was the casket. None of the representatives of foreign sov ereigns were present for the cere mony. They will attend the interment tomorrow. The way was lined for the entire distance by troops. At the street intersections spectators massed in large numbers. ALFONSO RESISTS THE TEMPTATION TO FLY Present at Exhibitions of Wriaht Brothers ,But Remains on Terra Firma. Market Unsettled as Re sult of Contest With Independents. MANY ARE UNLOADING Officers of Company. Plan to Blame Proposed Wage Cut Upon Lower Tariff. Pau. France, Feb. 20. King Alfonse was present at the flying Held near Pau today and witnessed the flights of the Wright brothers, the American aeroplanists. It had been generally believed his Majesty would venture New York, Feb. 20. Announcement of the decision to cut steel prices made late yesterday by the United States Steel corporation's -board of directors was reflected in the stock market to day ;"The offering of 12,000 shares of steel, common at! from 47 to 47. yesterday's close; . was: the feature of the opening. U. S.1 Steel preferred de clined a full point.; , The general mar ket was lower in sympathy. '. Anothrr Drive Made. During the second hour another drive was made against common, forcing the price down to 46. The stock was heavily dealt in. Much of it was ap parently offered at forced sale. The market closed weak and unset- aloft on one of tho trios, hut he did not do so. and it became known Uiat be-!,led- The continued unloading of steel fore leaving Madrid he had promised naa a oppressing enect. common boiu Queen Victoria and Premier Maura h?!as Iow as 4C- would not go up into the air under -J waw riianpe n Tariff club. any circumstances. , j New York, Feb. 20. Assurances that j the price of steel rails will not be cut GEN. POOLE UNDER ARREST:as a result of the Price cutting in fm- i ished steel products were given today Former Head of North Dakota Militia by men high in authority in the steel Swears Over Telephone. manufacturing business. It was stated Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 20. Ex-Ad jut- by a steel official that the present ant General T. H. Poole is under arrest schedule of wages in the steel mills llpfTJll nr p-umtilirK i rMiio;intirnG r-innnl urlgc Chytraus held that mandamus fce niaJo Joga, by ra, incat it)tl by nies St. Petersburg. Feb. 20. A sensa tional story of a reactionary plot to dethrone Emperor Nicholas and pro claim regency in Russia was related in St. Petersburg yesterday in con nection with the recent death of Grand Duke Vladimir, the emperor's eldest uncle. The authority for the story is a high judicial official of St. Peters burg. According to this individual the affair was uncovered in connection with the revelations concerning the Azef and Lupokine cases. . OpiiOHOd Liberal Policy. While investigating the relations be tween Azef and the reactionary organ izations, (Azef is the man who has been condemned to death by tht: or ganization because of his alleged treachery) the prosecuting department of the government fond indications that the organization, dissatisfied with I pULJril ixie present moaeraie policy 01 iiie gov ernment, desired to substitute a strong- handed reactionary regime and had charged with using improper lan guage while talking over the tele phone. It is alleged that he called up the wives of several men whom he dislikes and abused " theirTTusEandsT and "because the telephone operato1- switched him to the chief of police he turned his 'abuse on the gii4. j The telephone manager sought to '. have Poole arrested, but County At will not be changed until the new tar iff on-steel is known, j Independents Korce War. : , New .York, Feb. 20. A war of prices - in steel is , said to be imminent, ltd ; .effect is expected to be far-reaching;' The cause of the belief that such con ditions will prevail is the statement of the United States Steel corporation 1 1 r . a. in m....A toruey Stevens refused to issue a war- ",ai "'"'i'"" cuuiui, uB rant. Assistant Attorney General Zur-Ibeen fort'ed to a reduction of prices, ger then took the matter up and will The statement was issued by E. IL prosecute Pocle I Gary, chairman c the corporation. I "The leading manufacturers of (ron STEAMBOAT IS IN DIRE PERILiand Tf'" s,aid Ir Gary' ,"have deteu . j mined for the present at least to sell Goes Ashore at Bridgeport, Conn., But'at such modified prices as may be nec Crew Is Taken Off Safe. lessary in order to retain their fair Bridirenorf. Comi Feh. "ft The i snare ot business. steamboat John II. Starin of the Trans portation line, which ran ashore off the" outer breakwater last night, was TruM Outgrowth of War. The steel corporation was organized jin 1901 largely as a result of the price in a precarious position this morning, j war of 1900, in which the price of steel with heavy waves breaking high over it. There were no passengers on board. The crew was rescued in safety by a tug. IS AT CINCINNATI WARTIME TAX PROPOSED; PREPARING FOR INAUGURATION the printing Investigation commission, weeks later. BY YAV. (Special Correspondence of The 'Argus.) Washington, Feb. 18. Because of the unparalleled extravagance of th'e Roosevelt administration Uncle Sam will probably be forced to resurrect Eome war-time taxes to put the finan ces of the government on good footing. During January the deficit was near ly $16,000,000. This brings the deflcit thus far in the fiscal year up to $79. 814,443. Official figures do not sustain the position of the republican leaders that the increased deficit is due "en tirely or chiefly" to the reduction in the national income because of slack ened commercial activity. ..They hid? cate the deficit is due more to an in crease of expenditure than . to a de cline of revenue. fay More, Itreclve Lena. During the first six months of the fiscal year, which ended last June 30, the total treasury receipts were $317, 412.C29. They were pnly $283,422,803 during the first six months of the. fiscal year now current, which shows a falling off of $23,989,766. But the expenditures during the corresponding feriods were $326,815,059 and $357.- 13,374 reEpectlvely. This Is an in crease of expenditure of $30,998,31; which accounts for substantially more than halt-of the actual deficiency. , The deficit A for the present fiscal year threatens to run up to $130,000. 000, and the deficit of the next fiscal year, according to ' Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou, will be very ckwe to . the . sum ', of $143,000,000. This doeEn't mean that the tynited States government is on the verge of bank ruptcy, because the available balance was $103,953,332 can party are worrying, for a few an nual deficits of more than one hundred million would make quite a hole in a surplus of any size. , Income Tax Attain. It was at first rumored, and now il is being stated as a certainty, that the ways and means committee, which is in charge of the tariff revision, will ultimately have to recommend income and inheritance taxes in its report. Champ Clark and his associates in democratic leadership believe 'income and inheritance taxes to be far prefer able to imposing duties on necesstCier, which- the republican party would really like to do. Representative Clark and his col leagues have been canvassing the sit uation with great care. If the ways and means committee fails to provids for the income and Inheritance taxes the democratic leader . will formally move a provision for such legislation be inserted when tho matter como? before the house. Program Worked. Out. Here Is the program that , has rathec definitely been worked: out by the" re publican managers, to meet the rev enue situation r -' . .: . . National League Head Retires to Room and Refuses to See Callers. Cincinnati. Feb. 20. President Har ry L.. Pulliam of the National baseball league arrived in the city today from St. Louis and went at once to a hotel. He retired to his room for a rest, re- the income and inheritancs taxes, fusing to see any callers, wnich would call upon the people of wealth more than those who toil to give assistance in standing Increased expenses of. the government.. Ready to Fight. ' On this isue the democrats Wednesday in Congress Washington, Feb. 20. Following is a are I summary, compiled from the official ready to meet defeat on the floor of I proceedings, of the work of 1 both the house if necessary, and then take houses of congress yesterday their case to the country in the next I sexate XotdurinR-theprosontf.es congressional election that they have the republicans hope-1 senate as was accomplished yesterday. ular with the country and -wrdn.gr "'In principle. They also believe that the I However, the financiers of the republi- country is more than ever in favor of lPssly "in a hole" on the proposition. J Vo'Vord 'n They are making plans with the Ut- sion bill, with appropriations nKrre- mmt Pr nA ppnnhlicans who know Ka,ln $160,869,000, of which JIGO.OOO- most care, ana repimiicans wno Know ((()0 was for pt.nsi(ns anr) jssa.ooo for what is going on aamit , iranKiy tneyiiees. etc., were passed. Forty-five oth er ouis, ot wntcii nad previously been favorably- acted upon by the house. Not only are the democrats' looking I wore jessed. Adjourned at 5:29 o'clock., toward the congressional election Of completed and went over to the senate: 1910 with the hope Of carrying ' th J the sundry civil bill was reported and , , . , , t iiiir 1 ' '.'.- lui:iv t uiiiHutiimuuii mil w tl - UUUte oil HH jucuuiu uuu luueuuuira ,.. to conference. The i-enort of the tax issue, but have the presidential J special commission on, pulp and paper . . . - -4 n 1 n c . 1 iiiv.-.-i.ifc:iLi'iii nan trtiu , mr iivt-r Mini eitrctiuu..ui ijji- iu ui.nua cc. xuc harbor bill was reported.-and the re sunreme court, it is nointed out. has l port of the special printing investiga undergone changes in It$ membership tne &en.ral debate on the fortifications since the original income tax decision I bill numerous speeches on mtsceila- was overturned 'by a divided court, MaB8achuSetts pleaded for a children's Standing 5 to 4. - ' I bureau for the study of problems for .."" . ' ' ':' ' line wouare 01 tne youngr; ir. easier 01 bcuus nraoy ior uTniiRiuon. 1 Vermont discussed the question of or The men who are making s study of der among members in the house, his the question and it Is being made by J Davia of Minnesota and the speaker! the ablest democrats,, from the tOlitl-who occupied , the chair, calling mem- made some observations on recent court -ucceed in decisions affecting labor; Mr. Foster of framing a satisfactory meature which Mr. Cox of indfana favored a modinea- will be so far different frr.fei the for-tlon of the. law relatina; to writs of in " . . IJiinctlon in certain cases. At 5:21 the uivi, uire.M i BC' iue tsuvtguic tuun ihon6e recessed until today at 11 a. m. ample ground for conceding Something J . ,. : to nifblic oninlon and hnlrl it con- Leading Detroit Man Dies. . ' . vT" I - T..J "UK IaIi irv. . nn tJ. r oreaKiasi- taoie is tnorougniy unpop-; .... : ;f . Rresror. nrMr.' Wnm ... ; inere is Eometmng m tp very -air l. v-f .1 -Ttncra nan IT onri nno ir . llotrnit'a laarl To impose a tat of t cents a : " . pound on coffee, frhioh it Is " estimated wonld produce an nually approximately .27,000000 To Impose a'tax of 10 cents on tea. producing . 10,000,000 To increase from 1 to I-'the. internal revenue tax on " beer, per barrel, producing. 0,000,000 Total increase in sight. .., .$37,000,000 The democrats believe ihe tax on the billets went down from $33 a ton to $17 wilhin six months, and rails from $35 to $26. Ever since its organization the corporation has been a steadying influence on prices. This announce ment that it will hereafter depart from" observing any schedule is taken to Im ply that another price war is threat ened. IndrpendentM Force Trunt to. Cot. The issuance of the statement fol lowed an informal conference Thurs day with a number of leading inde pendents. The situation was thor oughly' canvassed, but no agreement was reached on either side. The in dependents, it was understood, refused to be bound by the present scale, and the corporation, in view of the fact that there is an: enormous tonnage shortly to come into the market from . the 'Pressed Steel Car .company, as well - as from other manufacturing sources, found Itself compelled to take the stand it did. . ' , ... After Blir Cantomera. A . The-attitude of the United States! Steel corporation, it is said, has been conciliatory from the start, but the ag- ' gressiveness of some of the independ ents, who have been underbidding and reaching out for the customers of their big rival, has forced th corporation into abandoning the one-price policy which, its officers say, it always main tained steadily. x However, the independents profess to have no fear that the rate cutting will go to extremes. An officer of one of the biggest independents said that if the cut went deeper -than $3.50 a ton it would surprise him. : - cal, the revenue, and the constitution al sides believe they will luc .UuUuJ -uU 1U pnnsvlvanis. m,. t kt wnnid r&s o&ub., ana one n -yecroii a . ieaa principle. They also believe that thej i ? . . ling business men, died last night of jangina pretoris. OGLESBY PICKED TO HEAD. STATE MINERS. Peoria, 111.; Feb. 20- Duncan . Mc Donald Oglesby was today elected president of the Illinois United xMlne Workers of America. - t DowagervQueen Near Death. . Lisbon, Feb. 20.U "was announced ; . todayecondition, ot Dowager Queen V-' Maria Pia is alarming. She has been ill for several weeks with an Inteatin-. ' la! disorder. .- :... t ' ; t . . . (Continued on Page; -wo.) i t