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THE ROC 181 j AND ARGUS v FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 154. THE ARGUS, FRIDAY". APRIL 16. 1909. FOURTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. CUDAHY PACKING COMPANY IS INDICTED FOR FRAUD AMERICAN MISSIONARIES The Rough Rider type of officeholder and officeseckcr will find no favor with President Taft. News Item. REPORTED DEAD AT ADANA Alleged to Have Beaten Government Out of $80,000. FINE MAY BE HEAVY Declared Colored Butterine Has Been Sold Without Proper Stamps Topcka, Kan., April 10. Indictments were returned here today by the fed eral grand jury against the Cudahy Packing company of Kansas City, Kan , on 7:7 counts for defrauding the gov ernment out of $S0,uw by violations of the internal revenue law. Involved Oleomargarine. The Cudahy Packing company was indicted on the charge of wholesale violations of the United States inter nal revenue laws. The charge is that the company has'defrauded the govern ment out of over $SO,000 in revenue on oleomargarine. The maximum fine in each of the 737 counts is $1,000. .Higher Tax for Colored. The law provides that each pound of uncolored oleomargarine must bear revenue stamps of a quarter of a cent but that to each pound to which color ing. matter has been added to give it The appearance of butter, a 10-cent revenue stamp must be attached. It is charged in the indictment the Cudahy company lias sold the colored product under the quarter of a cent tax continuously and has defrauded the government out of largo sums. Innpeetora at Work for Month. Inspectors have been working on the case for several months and secured samples sold in towns and cities from New York to Seattle and from Duluth to Jacksonville. They were forward ed to the government chemist, who re ported every sample contained col oring matter. written permission of the person to whom the loan was made. Other mils Senate Faaaea, Other bills passed, by the senate were: Funk Limiting the amount of insur ance which may be carried by a town ship insurance company to $6,000 on any one risk. Hay Aniending the act for the crea tion of park districts and pleasure drives in cities contained within one or adjoiu'.ng townships so as to make unnecessary an election of park com missioners at the expiration of their terms of office unless 10 per cent of the voters within the district petition for an election, the terms of the com missioners being increased to six years. ' ' Curtis Emergency bills appropria ting $55,000 to the Elgin asylum and $0,500 to the Kankakee asylum to cover deficiencies. Humphrey Amending the act per mitting cities to construct outlet sew ers by including the words "villages and incorporated towns." Andius Amending the roads and bridges act. senator turns resolution for sine die adjournment on May S was taken up in the senate, and after discussion action was postponed. Senator Bur ton introduced a joint resolution for the submission of a constitutional amendment to permit county treasur ers to succeed themselves. Bill Tanned by House. The house passed the following bills: Pervier Providing for the printing of the annual reports of the Illinois Farmers' institute and increasing the number of copies from 20,000 to C0,0(0. Wilson Requiring the secretary of the state board of labor commissioners to furnish a bond. Pervier Permitting county fire in surance companies to increase terri tory covered by them not to exceed 10 contiguous townships. Chiperfield Authorizing railroad con ductors to wear badges emblematic of police authority. Representative Adkins secured a fa vorable report from the agriculture committee of his bill aimed at the big elevator companies and in the inter ests of the "farmer" elevators. The measure is designed to prevent the establishment of a monopoly in the tmytng and storing of farm products prohibits discrimination in the Taft returned to Washington thi3j morning. Mrs. Taft remained in New York for a brief visit. The trip was without incident. NEW LAW FAVORED Bill for Commission Govern ment for Cities Will Beach the Senate. POWERS READY TO SEND WARSHIPS TO PROTECT FOREIGNERS IN TURKEY FOR WAR VETERANS Bill in State Legislature to Erect $500,000 Monument at Springfield. Malta, April 1C. In the event of civil war or other serious develop ments threatening the safety of for eigners at Constantinople, warships will be sent to Turkish waters from .here. The battleship Ocean could sail at once. Are In Tin Danger. London, April 16. An oflicial tele gram received at the foreign office to day says all foreigners and Christians at Constantinople are being well treat ed and that up to the present time their safety has not been endangered. Manirextn Well Kecelveit. Constantinople, April 16. The mani festo issued yesterday in which the movement of the last few days is d?- IflAW HE ADO cnrM A ci I hit ciarea to oe in no wise unecteci against -wn u. miiu ouii H OHIIM I a constitutional government, has creat ed an excellent impression on the pub lic mind. The new minister of marine and price of food for like commodities in different places. TO REGULATE PAWNBROKER Measure Advanced Provides for Lim iting Hate of Interest and a Strict Supervision. Final Ceremony of Heat ideal ion Will Take Place .Sunday. Rome, April 16 The final ceremony of the beatification of Joan of Arc will take place at St. Peter's next Sun day. Tho mass will be celebrated !iv the bishop of Orleans, and the decree of beatification will be read during the service. Following this announcement the pope will descend to the bascilica to venerate the portrait of the maid. After April IS Joan of Arc may 'jn publicly venerated and altars may be erected to her in churches. The pope shortly will publish a decree proclaim ing the maid protectress of Catholic France . Trains bearing pilgrims to at tend the ceremonies are arriving here. No less than f!0 French bishops and a total or 40,000 pilgrims are expected in Rome by Sunday. has resigned owing to hostility shown toward his appoint: lent by the navy. TWENTY MISSING . AFTER HOTEL FIRE Three Hundred Laborers in Mad Kusli ' to Kseape from San Fran cisco Building;. Springfield, 111., April 1 6. A bill was introduced in the house today appro priating $.".00,000 for the erection of a monument to the memory of Illinois soldiers in the war of the rebellion on the capitol grounds at Springfield. No Quorum for Ballot. Springfield, III., April 10. In accord ance with the understanding at ad- imiriimnnt tftcfnr;l'i it ihrn-n im . J " ..o-i-.u- Springfield Court Decides Negroes ...... iuv.u .out, in u. joini sesh.on A. m.,, to Ja,ag(.s lor ine election or a united btates Snriimfield. 111.. Anril 10. Onlv col- senator when the 72nd joint ballot was ored persons or the heirs of colored persons una were lynched during the DECISION ON RIOT DAMAGE race riots in Springfield last August, are entitled to damages from the city. according to a ruling yesterday of Judge Oreighton in the circuit court. He sustained the demurrers filed by the city attorney in all other .cases. The court sustained the demurrers in six cases, all suits filed by white per sons, and overruled the demurrers in five suits brought by colored persons taken. Hopkins received 9 vote: Shurtlcff 4, Foss 3. and Stringer C. I'unn broker's Hill I'n.tHcd. Springfield, III., April 16. Among the bills passed by the senate yester day was one increasing the regula tions under which it will be permis sible to conduct, pawnshops. The bill, introduced, by Senator Broderick, amends the present law by requiring the pawners to post consicuously in their places or business a copy of that section of the present law which pro hibits the takinsr of a ereater rate of I interest on loans than 3 per cent a K-t;ov. Folk Predicts Commission "'ontli. I Government for Iarge Cities. u prohibits the receipt of. pawns I Minneapolis, Minn., April 10. For lroni minors, from intoxicated persons, mer Governor Joseph V. Folk of Mis T ...... ... . 1 . .. . . ikmii persons Known ro ne inieves, or souri yesterday declared that in al from persons who have been convicted probability John A. Johnson would bt or larceny. It allows the pawnbrokers . the next democratic candidate for pres 'until 13 o'clock noon of each day to ident, that commission form of govern make their daily reports to the sheriff, ment is a certainty for all large cities tiie present act requiring, in addition, j within the next five years, and that he tnat in cities of over 25,000 inhabi- looked for. an all-American government lants a report shall be made also to which he said would necessitate th" JOHNSON FOR PRESIDENT the chief of police. Get No Compensation. It provides that stolen goods discov ered in a pawnshop shall be 'recover able without payment to the pawn biokor and forbids him to dispose of any article, even by redemption, with in 21 hours after the reports bven maje to the specified author! annexation of Canada and Mexico. PROHIBITION UP TO SENATE It prohibits the sale or disposal of nr.y article left in pawn within a yeir Measure Reported to Upper House ithout Recommendation. Jefferson City, Mo., April 1C The have senate committee on judiciary today reported without recommendation bill providing for statutory prohibition in Missouri. The measure will go on the calendar for engrossment, but it The president of the council of stato lias nl.-o surrendered office on account of ill health. No .VhviiI nriiionHtrnlliin Planned. lxindon, April 10. The admiralty to day gave denial to the report emanat ing from Vienna of a joint naval dem onstration at Constantinople. I.jurli Shin Commander. Constantinople, April 10. Arif Hey, commander of the battleship Assar-i-Tewfik. was lynched on the grounds of the Yildiz Kiosk yesterday by mar ines during" a demonstration against the new minister of marine, Vice Ad miral Adjlemin Pasha. The marines gathered n force and seized and conveyed to the palace Arif Hey, who Is a member of the com mittee of union and progress, and who had ordered the guns of his ship train ed on the Yildiz Kiosk when the rising was at its height, with the intention of supporting the committee. PAYING FIDDLER Poor Forced to Part With More for Bread as Result of Wheat Advance. DUE TO "BULLING" MARKET Cost to liakers Nearly Doubled and Hundreds Lose Work as Means of Retrenchment. LEAVES MAYOR AT HEAD Hoard of Four Members Given Legis lative Function All Ward Lines Wiped Out. Two Said to Have Been Victims of Mohamme dan Mobs. SCANT NEWS RECEIVED Apprehension Felt for Safety of Chicagoans Known to Be There. WHEAT NERVOUS; PRICE IS LOWER Kcpmt That Patten Has a Body (iiiard Is Said lo He Without Foundation. San Francisco, April 16. Three hundred guests, mostly laborers of tht St. George hotel, a lodgimr house in Howard's street were thrown into a panic by a fire which completely de stroyed the building, a three story frame structure? early today. While ii is not known any lives were lust, thi hotel clerk raid at least 20 gus!s could not be accounts! for. Six inei: were severely burned, one probably fatally. Many received minor injuries by leaping from the upper stories or by being trampled on in the mad rush to escape. When the ruins bad cook d off suffi ciently to permit a search, six bodies were recovered, but they were so bad ly charred that identification was im possible. There are probably eight to ten more in the debris. Chicago. April 16. Following ye lerday's sensational market wheat was nervous at the opening today, ratten was said tr be a buyer. .Inly opened .i $1.16 to $l.lfi 1-2, May $1.27 1-2 to i.zt !-, September ?l.oi 1-2 in ?l.m; .1-1. The story that Patten his employed a body guard has no prop m foundation. SUPPLY STEAMER IS HOME Celtic Kelurns After Spending Three .Months in Fartluiuake one. New York, April 16. The United States supply steamer, Celtic, which was one ofthe first relief ships u reach the earthquake scene in Sicily, arrived here from Messina today. Jt had been ministering to the wants of earthquake sufferers at various points in the path of the disaster ever since it arrived at Naples Jan. 20. from the tirae of default, except by t'ae final disposition is uncertain. GALESBURG BANKER DEAD John O. Vivion Was Prominent fi nancier and Writer. Galesburg, III., April 16. John O. Vivion, for years one of the most prominent financiers of this city, died yesterday after a long illness of anaemia, aged 56. He was the son of Dr. J. B. Vivion. one or (he early phy sicians of this part of Illinois. Starting as an employe of ths Far mers and Mechanics' bank, he rose to the position of cashier. Subsequently he had a leading part in the manage ment of the Second National bank and was one of the organizers of the Peo ple's Trust and Savings bank, which he served as president for several years, until his health three years ag: compelled his retirement from active business. He enjoyed an extensive acquain tance with Illinois bankers and was a member of the Illinois Bankers' asso elation. He wrote extensively on finan cial subjects and locally was deemed ) an authority. NO FURS; INDIANS STARVE Deplorable Conditions Said to Prevail in Alberta, Canada. Edmonton. Alberta, April 16. Re ports from Fort Chippewa state as a result of the failure of the fur crop the Indians are slowly starving o death. . SLIGHT QUAKE IN CALIFORNIA SHAKES TOWNS El Centro, Cal., April 16. Both Im perial and KJ Centro experienced three distinct earthquake shocks last night at intervals of several seconds. Build ings were shaken, windows rattled, and dishes clattered, but no damage was done. . New York, April 16. With flour up 40 cents a barrel in the -local market, and the prospects apparently good for a further rise, New York city is now facing the possibility of bread at 7 cents a loaf. What will appear to hundreds of thousands in the poorer quarters like famine rates for this sta ple bid fair to be forced as a. result of the recent rise in the price of wheat. The Ghetto of New York has already felt the effect of the buoyancy of the Chicago wheat pit. Six cents a loaf is the price now charged by some baker ies, while the proprietors of hundreds of others declare that they cannot con tinue selling at 5 cents much longer, with flour of the better grades costing from $7 to $7.20 a barrel, against $6.60 to $6.80 a few days ago. They add, moreover, that wjth flour permanently up to the rates recently quoted even C cents would not give them any sort of a profit. Itnkrrn May Raise Price. While no concerted action in the matter of raising bread prices has yet been taken developments along this iine are expected at the next meeting of the East Side Master Bakers' asso ciation. This organization comprises about 400 proprietors of the smaller bakeries, 22 of whom have, it is Bta.ted, given up buriness since the big rise in wheat began. 1 Their secretary, II. D. Brayer, de- lared that recent conditions in tne flour market meant either a cut in the weight of each loaf or else an in rrease in the price. Working forces have been cut down already in east side bakeries. Secretary Brayer said n the effort of proprietors to meet the loss of profit from the Increased price of flour. The tendency for a long time, Mr. Brayer added, has been to increase the price and reduce the weight of the loaf. Prior Nearly Doubled. "You could buy a 20-ounce loaf of bread on the east side eight months ago for 4 cents," he declared, "and now a 10-ounce loaf costs at least cents. It is safe to say that the price of bread and rolls has practically doubled. Fifteen hundred bakers have been thrown out of work by the neces sity of retrenchment to meet expenses and 2.000 others in various parts of the city are now without regular em ployment the majority with none at all." The Influence of the rise of wheat on the flour market is feared by all bakers, large and small, and many of them do riot hesitate to predict a ris ing scale of flour prices between now and June in 'any 1 event."' Seven-cent bread, either through an out-and-out advance in price or an equivalent shrinkage in the loaf, seems Inevitable, Springfield, 111., April 16. A sub stitute measure for all pending bills to ailow cities to establish the com mission form of government has been agreed on by the senate committee having charge of the subject and has been reported favorably to the upper branch. It practically is house bill 342, in troduced in the' lower branch by Representative Lyon, with some ad ditions made by the senate committee. It retains the mayor as an elect ive city officer and provides for a commission of four additional mem bers to be elected from the city or town at large, all ward lines being wiped out so far as the election of commissioners is concerned. Tel it if n hy One-Tenth. The bill provides that on petition of one-tenth of the voters of a city or town to the county court the coun ty judge shall order a special election to submit the question of adopting the commission form of government. If a regular election happens to fall within the specified 60 day period in which the election must be held it may be used, but otherwise the coun ty judge is required to call a special election, and in any case the propo sition must be submitted on a sep arate ballot containing the names of no candidates. If the voters elect to avail them selves of the proposed act and to es tablish.. thfrr"TltrUi":inTl system, an election for the choice of a mayor and four commissioners shall be held on the third Tuesday in April follow ing the decision on the proposition. The term of office of the mayor and commissioners are fixed at two years. I' nder Five Departments. The city government then, under the terms of the pending bill, would be divided into five departments, as follows: ' Public affairs. Accounts and finances. Public health and safety. Streets and public improvements. Public property. The mayor ex-officio becomes head! of the department of public affairs, and the commissioners select from their own membership heads of the other four departments, each commis sion being placed in charge of one. Contain Salary Lint. The bill contains a graded salary st for the officials in towns accord- ng to population, the compensation being fixed by this sliding scale. It contains, also, provisions for the ref erendum 011 all franchise ordinances or ordinant.es granting the use of public property. It provides for the recall and reniov commissioners the power to originate local legisla tion by the initiative. Mersina, April 16. The massacre of Armenians at Adana continues. Troops are powerfess to control the situation. Some soldiers are joining in the p'A- l lage of tne city. --V-: Two American MiMalonariea Killed. Constantinople, April 16. Informa tion received here today from Adana, Asiatic Turkey, declares two American missionaries were killed in the anti Armenian outbreak at that place. Death I.lxt Reported at 60. A large number of Christians are re ported killed at Adana throughout the night. One report says 60 Armeniaus lost their lives and many houses were looted and burned. There is no con firmation of the death of two Ameri can missionaries. Town Burning for a Day. Berlin, April 16. A dispatch receiv ed today from Mersina says Adonia has been aflame since Wednesday ev ening, and that horrible massacres are being carried out on the streets. C'hiragoan at Adana. Chicago, April 16. Associated Press dispatches from Constantinople creat ed alarm in Congregational circles to day. Among the missionaries at Adana where, some are reported slain, are Rev. William - N. Chambers and wife who are maintained by the First Con gregational church of Oak Park, a suburb of this city under the auspices of the American board of commission ers for foreign missions. The Misses . Elizabeth S and MaryC. Webb, whose . homes are in Missouri, also are sup- posed to be at Adana. ALBANIANS ARE STARVING TO DEATH Hunger Ix-ads to Clashes with the Authorities Hundred Dead From Lack of Food. Berlin, April 16. Dispatches from the vilayet of Monastir, not far from Saloniki. declares the Albanians of that vicinity are showing signs of un rest. Already there have been several clashes with the authorities. A famine is prevailing in Macedoni aand Old Ser via. Eight thousand families are suf fering. More than a" hundred persons are already dead of starvation. ANOTHER ERA IN JAP CIVILIZATION Members of Diet Arrested, Presum ably for Bribery and Big Sen sation Is Caused. SHOT BY FORMER EMPLOYE Joseph McCann, FJmira, X. Y., Busi ness Man, is Murdered. Elmira. X. Y., April 16. Joseph Mc Cann, a business man, .was shot down and prohably fatally injured on the ailant Is pposed to have been Raymond Gill, a young man formerly employed by Mc Cann and who had been dirmissed be cause of an elleged shortage in ac counts. The assailant escaped. oval of the mayor or' treet nerp fod The a8Sa and gives the voters suppoi,ed to have been Burglars Get $5,000. llarrisville. Mich., April 16. Bur glars last night blew the safe in the Alconia County Savings bank here and escaped with $5,000. 1 Tnkio Anril 1K A Irompniinna con. ' sation developed here today with the arrest of nine members of the lower house of (he diet. The nature of the charges Is being withheld. It is be lieved,- however, bribery in connection with tho recent difficulties of the Japan sugar company) is alleged and there is great unrest in tho capital, is- It Is stated some members of the up per house are liable to arrest also. RECEPTION TO D.A.R. HEADS Mrs. Nannie! N. Barker Entertains Delegates at Washington. Washington, D. C-', April 1C. The first of a number of social functions to be held hero previous to the opening on Monday next of the convention of the Daughters of the American Revo- Ycsterday in Congress Washington, April 16 Following is a summary, compiled from the official proceedings, of the work of both houses of congress yesterday: SESATE Shortly after the senate met yesterday It agreed to a resolution of the house asking- that the tariff bill he returned to that body so it might bo amended lo place upon the free list tho products of. as well as crudo and refin ed petroleum. The bill was soon re turned to the senate with this amend ment. The president's message for a revision of the Philippine tariff so that the principle of protection might be ap plied to the industries of those islands. and at the same time, in view of prac tical rree trade with the lTnited States, sufficient revenue might be provided, was laid before the senate and refer red to the committee on the Philip pines. Senator Bailey introduced an amenomeni piacinK a lax 01 i per ceni on incomes of over $5,000 annually, which, lie said, would provide a rev enue of from $60,000,000 to $80,000,000 lntion, was n rocention Hven vestprriiv a,mua"Jr- wnaior Aiancn announcea luuon was a recepuon given jesteraay , tnat ne wollld VPak upon the tariff bin by Mr. and Mrs. Samuel N. Barker !o .next Monday. The senate at 1:30 o'clock Mrs McLean, president, and Mrs: rt. otheToasession L.. Hodgklns. chairman Of the press but 10 minutes. The principal business committee Of the organization. All transacted was the reception and ref- line guests were, presented 10 Mrs. the president transmitting the proposed Taft in Washington. Matthew T. Scott administration, can- tariff revision law of the Philippine is- Washington,1 Aprir 16- President I dldate for president ot the society. takeft u<ill&y?' adjournment was . 1