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T ROC JiJ. RGTJ NINTH YEAR. NO. 63. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1909. TWELVE PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. I r h if LAID SHIP SUBSIDY AT WHITE HOUSE ssman Sees Taft Declares Bill Will Be Passed. SE READY TO ACT ocratic Opposition Will Not Be Allowed to Stand in the Way. (A Washington, Dec. 29. Represen- ative Dwlght of Xew York, repub lican "whip" of the house, talked wltn the president some time today about ship subsidy legislation. On leaving ho asserted the president's recommendations will be enacted in to law by congress and the house -tonl1 act soon after reassemblins. THE WEATHER Generally fair and rising tempera ture tonight and Thursday. The min imum temperature tonight will be about zero. Temperature at 7 a. m., 6 below; maximum in 24 hours, 15; minimum, 6 below. Precipitation in 24 hours, trace. Wind velocity at 7 a. m., 8 miles. Rela tive humidity, last evening 92, this morning 92. J. M. SHERIER, local forecaster. Dsc. 29 In American History. 177S Savannah, Ga.. captured by the British. 1808 Andrew Johnson, seventeenth president of the United States, born; died 1S75. 1S90 Battle of Wounded Knee Creek, between Sioux hostiles and Unit ed States soldiers. IS PRESIDENT STILL, HE SAYS Zelaya Is Quoted as Making Boastful Statements on Way to Mexico City. NOT OFFICIALLY NOTICED Arrival Hailed, However, by Central Americans One Revolutionary leader Quits. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. Sun sets 4:37, rises 7:20; moon ristC 7:37 p. ra. Pinchot controversy before sending to 5 t. Mil nf Ttenresentative Humnhrev i ji n -t-(- . - m - i I it pru.n mtr3oag,c uu ( DflVaShington is the one agreed up- vation cf national resources. The pres fon by.the president and republican Went is espec,eil to begin the prcpara- leaders. i F tVtla moccairD '-e onnn n hi o 1 1 .-1 -4 i ilfiim mum Ktivt- j- t li 1 1 V 1 1 HI 1 "'1.' i - - ' - - -. .... - . .UilLl 111' 1 .1 V I t IK f'ro-Ml 1, v PrMldrnt. ' In his message to congress upon g the convening of that body the pres I ident urged a ship subsidy law look a ing "to the establishment of lines between the Atlantic seaboard and the eastern coast of South America. fi as well as lines from the west coast of the United States to South Amer ica, China, Japan and the Philippines." Wfl! Override nemocratT j Dwight declared the democratic opposition to the ship subsidy bill j will not retard the passage of the measure to any degree. ' finished that dealing with the proposed j amendments to the interstate com i merce and anti-trust acts upon which Cardoba, Mexico, Dec. 29. Zelaya declared last night that he was still president of Nicaragua, although ht may never return to assume that of fice. Madriz, he asserted, is only the provisional president and he (Zelaya) had not relinquished that office. Ze laya admitted that, in reply to his re quest for asylum aboard the British cruiser Shearwater, he was told he could board it only with the under standing that he would agree to leave Nicaragua forever. Mexico, on the other hand, he declared, made no res ervations in granting him similar per mission. Hopes Affairs Will Quiet Down. Zelaya said he was leaving Nicara gua in the hope that affairs there would quiet down. In support of his party said that MILK TRUST IS EXPOSED Combine Shown to Have Been Reaping Exorbi tant Profits. YET CRIED FOR MORE Extorted Higher Prices in the Face of Returns Already Unreasonable. the Guerrero floated the Xicaras in addition to the Mexican flag. nan Re- ports of his wealth. Zelaya said, were jhe is now engaged. Furthermore,' it . grossly exaggerated. His fortun is can be slated upon adequate authority not over $2,000,000. He denied he had j Taft is confident the conservation leg-! wrongly obtained any parr of his for iislaiion he proposes will be enacted t une through government concessions. into law before the end or ttie rresent ot officially weiewmed. session of congress. Mexico City, Dec. 29. Zelaya arrived i here today. No Mexican officials met CVDflDTIMfi nflVC ihim. He was. however, greeted by I possible .New York, Dec. 29. Investigation into the so-called milk trust was given added impetus today by a startling dis covery made by Marvyn Scudder, an accountant employed by the state to go over the books of the larger milk companies in the city. Scudder stated the books of the Borden comnanv showed more than $15,000,000 of the I ?2u,0!0,000 capital stock represented i "trade marks and good will," which. I the accountant said, represented noth- ing tangible in the way of assets. ! I'ajinjt 1HK Dividend. ; On the company's capitalization a ; dividend of 0 per cent was paid on preferred and 10 per "cent on common j stock. Scudder said the books showed la surplus of $8,824,230 made in 10 ! years, and Special Deputy Attorney I General Coleman is preparing to ask the company, that if such profits are WANTS TO RULE THE TEACHERS Chicago Not Only Seks Next Meeting but Demands the Presidency. AT SPRINGFIELD MEETING Mrs, Ella Flagg Young, City Super intendent. Candidate Rap x for State Solons. CHICAGO GRAFT PROBE IS BEGINNING TO BEAR FRUIT N EARING AN END BROADENS SWEEP 'High Prices for Farm Products General Juan Pablo Reyes, major gen Have Come to Stay," Says eral in tne revolutionary army of CI lamp Clark. wiin milk at S cents what 200 Central Americans and Mexicans j justification had the companies for who welcomed him enthusiastically. saying they were losing money at that Rrrolnttouary Leader Itr.lna. j price ailf "-U1 to raiiie the Drice to J- Port Limon. Costa Rica. Dec. 29. I sumiuur Time Act nut ot. Scudder further showed that of the Sheffield farms the company's capitali- Conf erence at White House Has : Important Bearing on Com ing Investigation. i Washi. .ton. D. C. Dec. 29. i "The rresent high prices for fartn ! jproducts have come to stay; the rural : population is playing out; the present j i census, if it classes the unincorporated ; J0F INTERIOR DEPARTMENT: villa"ts as towns- shwbfni ty'i ami t.o per cent or population living in towns," declared Champ Clark in "At the present United States Nicaragua, who resigned his command : and has taken up his residence at Car J tago, Costa Rica, has sent a telegram j to his late chief in which he gives as J t ho reason of his resignation Estrada'3 iiefnsal to accept Martriz as president. It is reported here t lie revolutionists : had set up as their candidate for the presidency Dr. Don Adan of Cardenas. zation of $50fl.OOi) over $::00,O0O was ; for "good will etc." The Sheffield company paid 15 per cent dividends laft year and tc ate this year 22 per j cent on its stock and its surplus was $0fi2.GT2. ncarry double the capital ' stocky Knormous profits were shown Springfield, 111., Dec. 29. (Special.) Chicago not only seeks the presiden cy of the State Teachers' association, now in session here, but will also en deavor to capture the state meeting for next year. Its candidate for the presidency is Mrs. Ella Flagg-Young, city superintendent of schools of Chi cago, and she is being backed by Pres ident David Falmley of the Illinois Normal university at Normal. Frank D. Thompson, principal of the Spring field high school, and Professor Henry Shryock, vice president of the South ern Normal university of Carbondale, are also spoken of in connection with the presidency. Committee to Nominate Named. President Bardwell of the state as- j soeiation this morning named the nom- j inatlon committee which will report ; tomorrow morning. City Superintend- ' ent of Schools T. C. Clendenen of Cal- j ro, is chairman of the committee. It is said if the committee reports adverse- j ly to Mrs. Young, her nomination will be made from the floor of the conven- j tion. The member of the nomination 1 committee rfom the Fourteenth dis- ; trict is County Superintendent E. Lb j Gregory of Aledo. j Rap for I,eKllator. Springfield. 111.. Dec. 29. What i "low brow" disciples of brawn would I have classed a "short jab in the J wind." but which ethical pedagogues . declared was simply a polite protest, j was handed the general assembly at j the opening, session of the State i Teachers' association last night. J President C. !. Bardwell of Aur-i ora was the one to pass out the wal lop to the lawmakers, and he was applauded by his fellow teachers as vociferously as though the "polite nrntest." had been a knockout. In his annual address Mr. Bardwell de-j clared the legislative acts of past and parliament with scarcely a dis senting voice voted confidence In the ministry after the government's policy, Including economies to meet the finan cial deficit and the eradication of the cause of the Adana outbreaks was ex plained. The committee of union and progress, which was the moving spirit in the overthrow of the former sultan, has, since the change of administra tion, retained its grip on the govern ment machinery- Recently the com mittee demanded the resignation cf the minister of public works, and this was complied with. The grand vizier's program did not satisfy the wishes of the Young Turks. Connery and Rogers In dicted for Alleged Coal Frauds. -4 ONCE A SUSPECT Colonel Gordon, Appointed Sen ator to Succeed McLaurin, Had Price on Head. AS LINCOLN CONSPIRATOR SOLD FUEL TO THE CITY Other Corporations and Indi viduals Expected to Come Within Scope. Compelled to Lire in Canada for a Time After Close of War Proved Charges False. . r --...j JtflHaa,; ji.'y.M m ' POSTMASTER IS "BURtiDr". -Th rrnflt" Taft Will Share With Congress the i the house yesterda Responsibility for the Verdict Retnrned. j ate, in 2 it years, the 0(Ti inl at .ralon. Mo., J,oes Life When Home Is Destroyed. Avalon. Mo.. Dec. 20. Cyrus East- - h-ji-rt (man m-iili t It r A 1 rv o ?i tl r t i that have benefited teachers Lam putii .uiui cuiiiiiaiiy ai o cents ptr " . . , , . , , . . ' Knon foil.- Qflfl far nPt.WWn. til- Sifcjduer also suhmltted figures from j Following this dab at legislative the ooks of the Borden company j ti , tl Aurora man charged showing that during the nine months of this year ending .Sept. "HO the com- ! will (ease to be an exporting nation. ior agricultural products, except as to ; man agod the postmaster was nanv's clear profit In New York and ; cotton. i burned to death in a fire that destroy-j Chicago was 51,076.772, exceeding. by Washington. D. C. Dec. 2!). Th? re i "One of the principal causes of the j ed his ilon,e today. He had escaped ! $022.9 17 the net profits of the"sam were the liveliest of developments vc-i " i"" i'l,u,,lw " """.nut returned to tne nuuair.g to save ; nrancnes ot nusi.ness in tne t-orresjiona j . . , 'world movement ct i.eople toward tiie ,-oi,,ni,i mnr,re terday in connection with tiie impend- i . .. .. ,. jAaui.iDie papers. ing congressional inquiry into the con duct of Secretary of the Inrerior Bal linger. While it has been aut.horita- , tirely stated that the investigation would be thorough, it became certain, asa result of the acute stage reached in the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy, that it will be much more comprehen sive and sweeping than has e?n imagined. At an extended conforence yesterday between President Taft and Iteprcsrn; . j.ative John Dalzeli of PennsylvuniT. member of the committee on rules and one of ths most influential republican ' members of the house of represnta - fives, it was derided that h;' join '"X-ommitte" of the senate and home v. hicli will inn'iire into the nrourie; v of Secretary Hi'Hn?rerc conduct v hi commissioner general ot the land ff- f:ce. as wel! as head cf tr.'5 interior n- ing months of 100.?. i . ! in towns and cities have gardens d j raise chickens and occasionally pwf ! j practically the entire town anrt city j I popnlai ion are nonproduccrs of any- j j thing to eat. 'out nre consumers only. ! I "For the first lime Argentina last ; ; year hcpi i:g in exporting corn, and ! j Argentina and Brazil arc now fighting j i to take the frozen meat trade from us." j RUN HUGE CAPITAL REQUIRED TO ARGE CITIES, THE CENSUS SHOWS WORSE'S aiOTIOM FOR NEW TRIAL DENIED Now York. Dec. 2?. Judge Hough of the United States circuit, court this afternoon denied a motion for a nw j trial ior 4'hanes W. Morse. Washington." D. C, Dec. 29. If the , tenance and operation and interest I5S largest cities of the United States j upon cbte cities of the United ppri.m?nt. vi!l be created under a joint resolution. ItrlTisrK In AH (iovrrnnirn.t. The significance of the decision is . this: While tmder a simple resolu tion of the senate or housp the inventi- gat ion would "no conducted only ly the body in which s'.ich a resolution originated, and while, under a concur rent resolution, the inquiry would be broadened to cover both branches, thus making the inquiry a purely congres sional one, under the joint resolution the case resolves itself into one ( f "the federal government vs. Secueta-y of the Interior Ballinger." ' It was President Taft, who not long ago came out w'ith as sweeping an In dorsement' of Secretary Ballinger as any member of a cabinet, accused of high, crimes and misdemeanors, ever ' has received, who yesterday insisted that the responsibility of passing upon Mr. Ballinger's conduct be not put en tirely up to congress but that he be permitted to have a share. The joint ' resolution will accomplish this. rft Angry at Crittelama, BOILER 3 LOWS UP; FIVE DIE Accident t Plant of the Metropoli tan KJccli-ic Co. at Heading, i'a.. H'wUing. Pa., Dec. Z'K Five cm. ployc-i wera killed by Hie explosion cf a boiler at the new plant of the Metropolitan Electric company in West Reading. Til" dead: CUKFOKD -MAKTIX Toms River, N. J. ELMKR DEXGDKIi, fireman, Pen n. MARTIN I,YNCH. Phoenixville. JAMES COXXOI,lY, Reading. FRANK COI-E. Reading. Mt Pa. Would Succeed DsArmond. Butler, Mo., Dec. 29. Philip S. E. Griflith of Greenfield, Dade county, yes terday was nominated by acclamatiou by the republicans of the Sixth Mis souri district as candidate to succeed the late David A. DeArmond. On De. 2:i the democrats named C. C. Dickin son as their candidate. were to merge themselves into one great corporation, they would need a working capital of $1.230,'i"),oji or jwst about the equivalent of the capi tal stock of the Urgtod States Steel , corporation turned into hard cash. The census bureau has made an elaborate invest lira: ion i .wnat u ! ros: s to run our municipalities; how the money is spent, and who gets it. The net amounts spent on public I works and departments, or collected ! from taxes or either sources ef reve i nue. cemrosed about per cent cf ! tin? total transactions for 1007. The ! remaining 12 per cent was spent in i cidontal to the conduct of the city"3 i business or in transactions where tin 'city acted merely as a fiscal agent, ph in tne collection of revenue tor tn-j state cr county. Orpnrtinpnts tnt BiK Per Cent. To maintain the departments of city government takes ?,0 per cent of the total cost. During 1907 the 153 cities enumerated- collected nearly Lincoln's Office Burns. Danville, 111., Dec. 29. The old war museum, where President Lincoln had his office when he was riding the cir- -MT. Taft has been irritated as a re- j cuit as an attorney, burned today. suit of the criticisms of his course in "putting the Ballinger-Pinchot contro versy up to congress" after his pub lished statement giving his secretary of the interior a clean bill of health. So now, in order that no one may say he shoved off on congress the duty of whitewashing Mr. Ballinger, or'nmde possible a 'Scotch verdict of "guilty but not proven," he wants the con gressional committee created in such a way that it will have every facility for arriving at the truth. HMuge on ConnervaMon. Washington, Dec. .29. Unless Presi dent Taft abandons a pTetty firmly tlx . .ed intention, he will not wait for the conclusion or even the beginning of be congressional Inquiry Into the mat-v-.ra . connected ..with the Ballinger- Homer Davenport III. San Francisco, Cal.. Dec. 29. Homer C. Davenport, the cartoonist, is seriously ill here, a victim of com plete nervous collapse. ELEVEN CRAFT AND SIXTY MEN LOST IN STORM . St John's, N. P., Dec. 29. Eleven Newfoundland schooners - and their crews of 60 men are belleved- tp have peeivtTjs in the Christmas blizzard, while great destruction to property ?n this island " colony has resulted." States had' among them $122,000,000 to push new work. It costs more than $93,000,000 in a year to protect life and property: It costs more than $37.0010-0 for sani- ! tat Ion and the preservation of health; the leading item of $109,000,000 is for education, and fftr rerreaf4on we spend least of all, a little more than $12, 000,000. It costs $3.37 per capita In New York to maintain the police force and only 49 cents in Oshkosh, Wis. It costs $3.42 in Washington and only 4 i cents in Dincoln, Neb. Many Citlrn Own Wnt I'Inntn. It "Psts only 40 cents per capita to maintain the fire department in New port, Ky., and 41 cents in Harrisburg, Pa., but it costs $3.C2 in Atlantic .City. The tendenery of municipal owner ship shows itself in some directions. Of these 15S cities, 11G own and oper ate their own water plant3. Only 7C of them own their own market places. And. in summing up the costs of all the general assembly with" overlook-I ing the importance of consulting t he i teachers on subjects which really in terested them. j Teachfrn Appland Kap. "They consulted the brewer's wishes on liquor legislation: why not; the teachers on educational ques tions?" was Mr. Bardwell's parting' shot, and it evoked a loud burst of j applause from the-700 instructors in j representatives' hall.- t In extending a welcome to the as-j soeiation Governor Deneen declared; he was once a teacher. He remem bered that he had endeavored to give adtice to other assemblages in the representatives' room, but had met with less success at times than at present. He hoped the time would come when he would see more of the class of persons he was addressing j i in the other gatherings that used the hall. Jackson, Miss., Dec. 29. When Colonel James Gordon of Okolona is sworn in as the new United States senator from Mississippi he probably will be the only member of the upper house of the United States congress on whose head the government once put a price of $10,000 "dead or alive." Colonel Gordon, who has been named by Governor Noel to fill the un expired term of the late Senator A. J. McDaurin, was one of several confed erate leaders suspected of being in conspiracy with J. Wilkes Booth to kill President Ljncoln. He escaped arrest and probably death only by th" intervention of a Yankee colonel with. whom he had crossed swords in a fight in Virginia. Wan Intimate with Booth. During the earlier years of the war Colonej Gordon had formed an inti mate friendship with Booth, and after the assassination of President Uneoln tle reward--of-$10;0C'9 was offered for his capture. Colonel Gordon went to Canada, and it was -?veral months after the close of hostilities before he found it safe to return home. j During one ofthecampaigns in Vir ginia Colonel Gordon had fought with the colonel of a New York cavalry . regiment. Both were wounded in the conflict; but they afterward became fast friends. Former For Rcfrlendn Him. j Colonel Gordon wrote a letter to this New Yorker denying that he had any part In the conspiracy and stating that I he desired to return home. His for-. mer foe took the matter up with Gen- oral Dix, then in command of the army forces in New York, and the latter sent him a passport and an invitation to come to New York and surrender, which he did. He afterward satisfied General Dix that he knew nothing of the Lincoln conspiracy. He took the oath of allegiance and returned to his home in Chickasaw county, where he since has resided. Chicago, Dec. 29. Two indictments on the charge of obtaining money from the city by false pretenses in connection with the sale of coal to the city were returned by the grand jury here today against James P. Cot nery and Michael H. Rogers. Company la Arrunrd. Connery is secretary and treasurer of the Chicago Fire Appliance com pany, one of the corporations under Investigation in regard to alleged graft charges, and is secretar yof ths Miami company. Rogers l demo cratic committeeman of the Thirteenth ward and is head of the Rogers Coal company. Kxprrlrd to F.ilnid, It is expected that the investigation by the giand jury will extent to other corporations and individuals who ara charged with having illegally profited in transactions with city hall offlciala in furnishing supplies to the city. j HONOR MEMORY English, Assisted by Other Na tions, Celebrate Gladstone Centenary. SERVICES AT WESTMINSTER Statue in the StrnnI "IJtrally Coh ered With Floral Offering, Many From Abroiid. r ' ' V i-. ' $60", 000,0-00 in their own revenues and the items' of city government, it ap- that interest upon borrowed COOK REPORTED AT LONDON, ONT. lttinmr Says He Started for Detroit, but Search Fails to locate Him. then borrowed more than $100,000,000 for improvements. But an American city as a collective institution is far from a bankrupt. During 1907, after paying all main- Detroit, Dec. 29. Specials from London. Out., says that a man closely resembling Dr. F. A. Cook, the ex plorer, passed through London yes- j terday en route to Detroit. A diligent search by newspaper men has failed to locate Dr.1 Cook in this city. When the report, reach ed here yesterday that the; explorer had taken a train from London. Out., to Detroit it was thought he might LOVERS DIE IN HOTEL ROOM Parental Opposition Leads to Trag edy at Peru, Ind. Peru, Ind.. Dec. 29. A man regis tered at a hotel as L. B. Lenhart of Chicago shot and killed Dora Chappell and then killed himself in the dining rem of a hotel this afternoon. The cause Is not yet known. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 29. The man who shot Dora Chappell In Peru, Ind., today was Roy McKinney of this j city. Ho and the girl were Jn love but her father separated them. London, Dec. 29. The centenary cf the birth of William L'wart Gladstone was commemorated today by memorial services. Floral offerings were placed upon his statue in the Strand, many of which were sent from abroad. Many foreign delegates representative of Finland, Russia, Holland, Bulgaria, Greece, Servia, Armenia, and other states, joined in the services at West minster. At Hawarden, where Glad stone died May 19, 1S98, and at other points throughout the country largely attended memorial services were held. Statnr Illridra. The statue of Gladstone In the Si rand was fairly bidden beneath floral ofTer-, ings that had come from all parts of. the world, while his tomb in Wostmln Eter abbey was covered with tributes, including a solid 6llvcr wreath receiv ed from the government of Bulgaria. Y . pears vm-tns- it1r-A. nlnlrt,- rt n nrroqt O C Y taKe me uuliis or iu ja;ivtuii ing per capita as any averages $3.0-1 per capita and goes up as the size of the cities increase. NEWLY DISCOVERED GAS CAUSE OF AURORA BOREALIS, SCIENTIST SAYS Boston, Mass., Dec. 29. Neon, a newly discovered gas, is the cause of the aurora borealis, according to a statement made yesterday by Dr. W. L. Dudley, head of the depart ment of chemistry at Vanderbilt un iversity of Nashville, Tenn., before the division of physical and inor ganic chemists of the American As sociation for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Dudley showed what he claim ed to be the only sample of neon in this country. It requires more than 100 tons of air to get a pint of neon. ' Dr. Dudley has discovered that the friction of neon against mercury in a Crooke's tube produces a yellow light and when held near a wire less coll Hertzain waves illuminate the gas. ' Dr. Dudley's conclusions are that at the magnetic poles of the earth neon, under high pressure, because of the cold, is acted upon by mag netic currents, thus producing the aurora borealis, a phenomenon that has always puzzled scientists. "It is an unnatural biological con dition to have two closely allied species of animals living side by side in the same area," said Dr. Charles W. Stiles of the United States pub lic health and marine hospital ser vice, in an address on the hookworm problem before the American Society for the Advancement of Science last night. "The white man has brought dis eases from Europe which are deadly to the blacks, nd the negro has brought certain diseases from Af rica, which are spreading, with ser ious results to the whites," be add Mich., where he has rHatives, but he can not be found in either of those cities tonight. RIVAL POISONER OF GIRL? Ix)s Angeles Police Called Upon to Investigate Peculiar Death. Ijos Angeles, Cal., "Dec. 29. Believ ing her daughter Bessie, aged 18, poi soned, Mrs. Jennie Priest today asked the authorities to investigate the cause of her death. She was engaged to marry Harry Sayre of Newark, N. J., and recently dined with a woman said to be a rival and was immediately taken sick, death following. Bulldog Attacks Young Girl. Detroit, Mich.. Dec. 29. Beulah Jar. vis. a 12-year-old girl living near Co runna, was set upon by her father's big bulldog and so badly bitten that her recovery is duobtful. Rail Conference Again Futile. Chicago. Dec. 29. The conference of representatives of railroad men and railroads was resumed today but no definite progress was made. GIRL'S BODY FOUND; JUMPED FROM TRAIN? Malvern, Iowa. Dec. 29. TJhe body of Miss Cecil Dodd, aged 20.- a. stenog rapher, who lived at Red Oak, Iowa, was found beside the Wabash railroad; tracks here today. It is believed she jumped from a train while it was In motion. SICILIAN QUAKE RECALLED TURKISH CABINET IS OUT Young . Turks, However, Keep Their drip on . the Government. Constantinople, Dec. 29. The Turk ish cabinet resigned last evening, fol lowing the resignation earlier of Hilmi Pasha. It is reported that serious conflicts have occurred in Bagdad. This is no' confirmed officially. The cabinet was constituted May 5 ! New Tariff for France. Paris, Dec. 29. The deputies today, j 365 to 142, adopted the new tariff bill. I WINNIPEG HAS INTENSE COLD; WAVE GENERAL Chicago, Dec. 29. Extremely cold weather prevails throughout the north west. The lowest temperature report ed this morning was at Winnipeg, 23 below; Huron, S. I)., 20 below; Nor folk, Neb., and St. Paul,' 18 below; Sioux City, Iowa, 16 below, and Dea Moines, Iowa, 12 below. Central and west?m Kansas marked 8 to 18 above, while central and northern Missouri went the other way. reporting an aver age of 7 below. Indications are that Thursday will see rising temperature with possibly Enow flurries In the far westera sections. Italy Fittingly Commemorate Aan versary of Catastrophe. Rome, Dec. 29. King Victor and Queen Helena united with their sub jects yesterday in religious services and other exercises held throughout '' Italy in commemoration of the first.' anniversary of the earthquake which . destroyed Messina and Reggie and killed 260,000 persons. The promi nent newspapers are urging greater interest in reconstruction of the stricken towns. The exercises Includ ed the presentation of bronze plates by the naval league to the consuls of the United States, Russia. Eng5' land, Spain, Germany and France in gratitude for the relief work of those countries. -' i , ; i .il.." Old Contractor Bankrupt. Chicago, Dec. 29. A voluntary peti tion in bankruptcy wan filed here to day by Paul F. P. Mueller, a buildlm; contractor, with liabilities of I230.C07 and assets of $117,173. Mueller had been in the contracting business 23 jears. Big Loan fcr Paris. Paris. Dec. 29. The chamber of deputies yesterday voted authoriza tion. the Paris municipality to con tract for a loan of 1180.000,000 ' for an elaborate scheme of improve ments Including the demolition unsanitary quarters, tfiy- lGi)Btruc tion of new street gardens and" schools and rar other changes In nub 11c wr "PUD, I