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i Jtljcj BOCK ARGUS. FIFTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 88. THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1910. PRICE TWO CENTS. RIVER SEINE HIGHER THAN li! 300 YEARS Conditions at Paris Are Desperate to Last Degree. ITALY IS AFFECTED Streams High and Untold Dam- age Has Been Done at Rome and Elsewhere. ' Paris, Jan. 27. Late 'this afternoon the fluvial department predicted a fur ther rise of eight inches before the crest of the flood in the Seine i3 reach ed. The flurry cf joy at noon was fol lowed by pessimism as the waters con tinued to rise. Americans Offer Help. Paris, Jan. 27. At 3 the river had risen two inches since the subsidence at noon. The residence of United States Ambassador Bacon i3 untenable and the family has removed to a hotel. Bacon called on the foreign minister THE WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. No decided change in temperature. The lowest temperature tonight will be about 20 to 25 degrees above zero. Temperature at 7 a. m., 27. Maxi mum temperature in last 24 hours, 40. Minimum in last 12 hours, 27. Velocity of wind at 7 a. m., 13 miles per hour. Precipitation, .01 inch. Relative humid ity, at 7 p. m. 74, at 7 a. m. 83. J. M. SHERIER. local forecaster. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. Sun sets 5:07, rises 7:10; moon rises 7:2i n. m. POSTAL BANK BILL PUSHED Senate Committee Pol ishing QffTaft's Pet Measure. ing developments and shortly before noon the dismayed crowd that was watching the ' water gauge at Pont Royal noticed that for 10 minutes the flood remained stationary and that at noon it actually began to subside. By 12:30 the waters had fallen three quarters of an inch. The news spread like wildfire along the quays turning exclamations of horror to shouts of jubilation. Sun Shows Face. The rain ceased throughout the af flicted districts before noon today. The sun appeared in Paris. Although the gauge showed a drop in the j waters, it was claimed later that the 1 fall woo ' T?n rv n tar-4r1 nvorflnw inf" I the Kercy quarter, where the Seine had broken its barriers. Experts say the rivers are still ' rising but the maximum of the flood should be leached at 3 o'clock. New Dintrlcta Flooded. The Bercy quarter is abandoned by the residents. Notre Dame is sur rounded by water and the crypts are flooded. Rotten palisades back of lie St. Louis gave way. as did also th-3 PASSAGE IS DUE SOON Fowler Starts Move in House to Oust Speaker from Rules Committee. Washington, Jan. 27. The finishing touches on th? postal savings bank bill, to be reported from the senate committee on postofflces, are being made by the subcommittee. The most GLAVIS TAKEN OFF THE STAND Chief Witness Against Ballinger Interrupted by Argument of Counsel. TO BE HEARD AGAIN LATER Gets in Outline of Charges that Bal linger, as Official, Followed -up Work as Attorney. Washington, Jan. 27. With Louis R. Glavls as the first witness the congres sional committee yesterday began its inquiry into the Ballinger-Pinchot con troversy. Glavis, who was ousted from the government forest service because he insisted on talking about what he declared were Irregularities in the de partment of the interior, began a re cital of the charges he has made against Secretary Ballinger. He was still on the stand at adjournment and will tell more about his alleged dis coveries in Alaska on Friday, Louis D. Brandeis. special counsel for Glavis, BILLION IN THEJERGER Copper Combine Stagger ing in Magnitude of Its Capital IN ALS0LUTE CONTROL One of Avowed Objects to Stop "Overproduction" Cen ters in Anaconda. New York, Jan. 27. The $1,000,000, 000 copper combination Wall street has been talking about, and the forma tion of which was delayed by the pos sibility of interference on the part of and informally tendered the sympathy of the American government and peo- i embankment at Qui D'Austerlitz, flood pie and asked if financial assistance ; ing new districts. The waters hav? from abroad was desired. J. P. Mor gan cabled tendering $20,000 if outside contributions to the relief fund were acceptable. Believed A ri-.eriean.i Are Safe. Washington, Jan. 27. Almost hourly not yet reached the Catacombs, where rest 6,009,000 skulls. Nome Han Deluire. Rome. Jan. 27. The ram. snow and wind B'orm increased in intensity to day. The river continues to rise and tne state department is in receipt of ; at noon had almost reached the top telegrams and letters from different I of the arches of the bridges.- Dead parts of the United States making in-j cattle and trees are being borne down quiry as to flood conditions in Paris ; the current. and the safety of relatives living in ! 'that city. The department does not ! believe the lives of any Americans have been lost, inasmuch as an official Kxtent of namnse Not Known. Florence, Jan. 27. The River Arno is out of the banks and flooding arr- i jacent districts. Wire communication cablegram from the American embassy MTll1 rpltvav transnnrtati. tn nnint at Paris last night makes no mention ,' in the Biirrolindins city are cut ofT and of the flood. The department has ; it is impossibie to learn the extent of cabled the embassy for information. . the damage wrought in the flooded Record since 1813. villages. Relief workers were dis Piuris, -Jan. 27 The stage of the water this morning exceeded all rec ords back to 1C15. and the river con tinued to rise until noon when It be came stationary. The most alarming . feature of the situation this morning ! was a fissure at the Auteuil viaduct at the foot of Paris. Should this give i. ..t i A n .1 .j i aj ii wuuiu n . nam auu suu- j Jogt merge tne enure city. The river i Marne is still rising and a new and higher flood was racing down th3 i Yonne and Grand Morin. Valley Terrifying Spectacle. "patched to nearby places. Prayer to Combat "Evil." . Naples, Jan. 27. Damage from the ftorm Increases. Many roads along the sea front are under water and the country at these points is devastated. Wreckage thrown out by the tidu proves many small boats have been Churches are filled with persons praying fervently for the passing of the evil. Save 1.50O I.lvea. Charenton, France, Jan. 27. The As Champ Clark His Figured Out a Roosevelt Dream 1 1 r. " i i o cjt vi . --7, -v - y arm i.c v i'-,': I ml- $ yigp JrArfe many perplexing problems In connec tion with operators in the Butte dis trict. Cannot Mea-reicnte Owneraulp. "Mining claims of the Anaconda Cop per Mining company and of the other companies affected by this plan are all located within a comparatively circum scribed area and are contiguous and so closely and inextricably interlaced as to make almost impossible the seg regation of ownership of underground ore bodies. "Some of the operating features which have been considered in favor ing the proposed transaction are econ omies which will result from working all the mines in accordance with a general system of development, thus ' relieving owners from necessity of maintaining numerous expensive sur face and underground plants necessary under the present conditions of sep arate ownership. Logical Owner. "The Anaconda company, because of Its size and its location, is regarded as the logical company to become the purchaser of properties of the other companies, and the step taken to call a special meeting was the first toward submitting the matter to stockholders of different companies for their con sideration. "It is not likely that all of the In crease of stock, if authorized, will' be used at present for carrying out this plan." The copper combination was fore shadowed by the court decision per mitting the combination of the Utah, Boston Consolidated, and Nevada Con solidated, which will involve about $100,000,000. Concern In the Merger. The companies that will go into the merger include: Capitalization. Amalgamated $155,000,000 INDICTMENT IN AGAINST P. REDIESKE Resigned Deputy Commis sioner at Chicago is Accused. FRAUD IN CONTRACTS? Ten Others Also Under Charges as Result of Work of Merriam. Anaconda Utah Copper company Boston and Montana Butte and Boston Parrott Silver and Copper company 2,298,500 Washoe Copper company.. Colorado Smelting and Min ing company 2.500.0O0 Butte-Coal it ion 11,000,000 COSTS MORE HERE THAN ELSEWHERE Chicago, Jan. 27. An Indictment against Paul Redieske, who recently resigned as deputy commissioner of public works, was returned today In the criminal court. In his official po sition Redieske was oonnected with some phases of sewer contracting, which Is under investigation by tno Merriam commission and grand Jury. Ten others were sIbo Indicted. MeOov-era la One. The other indictments Include M. H. McGovern, members of the contract ing firm which had the contract for excavating the Lawrence avenue sewer, for which.lt Is alleged, the city was over charning $45,000; O. E. NIchoff. Max Languth, George More, Robert Green, Ralph Bonnell, former assistant city engineer, John C. Parks, Richard Burke. John McNIchols and Josep'a 5.000,000 i Mahr. ! AgsTegate Sam Big. The indictments, it is said, charge conspiracy to defraud the city and the amounts involved are said to aggre gate $254,000. 30,000,000 23,000,000 3,750,000 2,000,000 Living Expense in United States Com mented Upon by Secretary Wilson. ' WOULD CHANGE THE ANTI-TRUST LAW ! flood situation is critical. Blue jackets i The valley of the Seine presents a ; and soldiers with canvas boats and j terrifying spectacle. The flood is ! barges worked throughout the night j miles wide for 25 miles above the nar- under the light of torches and rescued raging torrent runs through the nar- : 1,500 persons imprisoned in their row gut of the city at 25 miles an hour, j homes at Ivry and Alfortville. It is flush, with the parapets of the ; The Marne rose three feet during ' bridges, where it is not actually over- ; the night, flowing them, turning streets into j mandated neiow ran-. muddy lagoons and choking the under. - Versa,llpg Jan 27. The flood grouna wormng or tne city to tni yn"-. j below Paris, but the work of succor Two nivera Vnder city. j is well orsaniZPd and casualties are There are 700 miles of sewers and , few. The propertv loss is enormous, two rivers, the B.evre and Grange I AKnto Botel Betliere. under Paris, the latter j Ximos France Jan Thc running under an opera house whose . hag risrn jn anfl Jmmon3e daraa?e confining walls are subjected to thou- b0 done the dopartment of GarJ. sands of cubic yards of water. Where- ever a break in the masonry occurs i streets cave in and water and refuse emerge. Thus hi dozens of places mile back from the , river the streets are flooded and walls of adjoining buildings rendered unsafe. Like Beleagrmrcd City. Paris today resembles a beleaguer ed city. The military commander of each of the five sections into which the metropolis is divided nolds sol diers in constant readiness for dis patch to points of danger. Military barracks and public schools are plac ed at the disposal of the refugees who already number more than 100.- 000. Fifteen thousand laborers are out of work. i Every M In ate Adda to Disaster. I Every minute today brought a new tale of disaster. At 8 o'clock the vault of the Orleans Railway tunnel gave way. The quarters of th Ger ; man embassy are flooded. The for eign office is surrounded with water and abandoned. The main drain un der Champs d' Mars broke this morning. The blanket of water ex tended back to the Invalides. where repose the bonos of Napoleon. Water In President' Basement. Basements of the Grand Palace and the home of President Fallieres important amendment under considera- j summed up the "case for the prosecu tion is designed to- prevent the con-I tion"' in this way: centration of postal deposits in the ; "That prior to entering the govern money centers of the east. The bill j ment service in any capacity R. A. will probably be reported Friday. j Ballinger acted as attorney in draw vant Speaker ot Committee. ! ing up an agreement in escrow and Washington, Jan. 27. Representa. j deeds in the Wilson Coal company tive Fowler of New Jersey, one of the 1 cases in Lewis county, Washington, ex-! original "insurgents," yesterday in-; these cases being an alleged fraud Philadelphia. Pa.. Jan. 27. "It costs more to get the common neces saries of life in the United States today than in any other country in the world." This startling statement was made last night by James Wilson, secre tary of agriculture, in an address de livered before the Manufacturers' club of this city. Secretary Wilson discussed "The Present Food Crisis" in a way that was original and force- jful. j The secretary said he believed the the government, was launched yester-1 American people to be suffering at day, and an official statement by John ; present not so much from the high . i II..! f . . 11 A 1.X I- D Rvan. Dresident of the Amaleama- , ls- 01 a lruul lut" 1,1 u,s" ted Copper company, giving some of j WEARS SELF OUT ON PRIMARY LAW Illinois House Lays Matter Over Till Next Week After Long: Session. PASSED TO THIRD READING Committee's Measure Moved Forward After It Is LilKM-ally Plastered With Amendments. are filled with water. Whole section jof the city are roped off. Boiling waters between Pont an Change and Pont JCotredame Indicate the roof of 1 tho subway underneath has collapsed. J There Is great danger to the Insti ' tue de Franco, the home of the Acad emie Francaise, which Is surrounded by tho waters. The neighborhood of the law courts of the prefecture of polico Is flj.ided and tables and chairs aro drifting about. The Court St. Chapello, tho most glorious gem of 1 Gothic architecture of France and tho lower floor of the historic Con cicrgeerie are flooded. Xote neelnnlns of Foil. j tends for miles, inundating the region 1 troduced a resolution providing for a reorganization or tue ruies commit ' tee and the removal of Speaker Can non from that committee. The reso lution aims straight at the house or ganization and would shear the speaker of a great portion of the power of his ofilce, according to the statement of the author. The resolu tion provides that Feb. 7 the house shall elect five additional members of the committee on rules, four republi cans and one democrat; that flic speaker shall no longer be a member of the committee, which shall con sist of the four members heretofore appointed and the five members to be elected, and that the committee, con sisting of six republicans and three democrats shall elect one of its num ber as chairman. Jeff Davis Seea Fraud. Washington, Jan. 2 7. Senator Jeff Davis today charged fraudulent purpose in connection with considera tion by the senate of the bill provid ing for the sale of unallotted landfl in tho Rosebud Indian reservation Id South Dakota. He referred espec ially to the pro3ion authorizing payment for certain sections of land for school purpo&es, declaring much land was arid and wortnless and as serting there was somo "powerful force" behind the tcheme to compel the government to buy the land. National Uoard of Trade Favor riad ical Amendments Federal Inspection Opposed. Washington, Jan. 27. After endors ing sweeping amendments to the Sher man anti-trust law so radical in char acter as to alter the present effect very largely, and placing Itself on rec ord as unalterably opposed to federal inspection of grain, the National Board of Trade ended its annual meet ing today. Mrs. Ford's Trial Begun. Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 27. The trial of Mrs. Jeannette Stewart Ford, charged with blackmailing the convict ed former local treasurer, Warriner, of the Big Four railroad, was began today. The court room was crowded. upon the land laws. Mr. Ballinger s name did not appear In the court rec ords of the case. Not Sufflelently Diligent. "That Mr. Ballinger. as commission er of the land office in 1907, did not show due diligence in investigating the alleged frauds connected with the Cun ningham coal land claims in Alaska; that he had knowledge of all the cir cumstances surrounding these claims, and in spite of this entered the employ of one of the claimants after leaving the land ofllce and before becoming secretary of the interior: that he or dered these claims to be 'clear listed' for potent without due Investigation, (Continued on Page Five.) ELLIS IS SENT TO HELP BEEF INVESTIGATION Chicago, Jan. 27. Assistant Attor ney General Wade F. Ellis arrived to day to take charge of the federal grand Jury's investigation of the meth ods of the so-called "beef trust." Ellis refesed to say he would take charge of the investigation, but said he was here to assist If needed. the details, was issued. The Anaconda company will be the nucleus for the combination. It will take over the securities of the Cole Ryan Amalgamated Copper company and also the Guggenheim companies. The capital will be increased from $30,000,000 to $150,000,000. Deelde to Meet. At a meeting of the board of direc tors of the Anaconda Copper Mining company it was decided to call a spe- j jcan cjties. The duty is 3 cents a living, his statement being: "It has been said an American Is the best fed. best clothed, best edu cated and bes housed man upon earth. We shall have . to add now that he is the most expensively fed. "Some persons," he continued, "tell us that if we repeal the present tariff law to let in foreign products fre of duty the presen- difficulty will cease. I do not believe it. Eggs are 33 cents a dozen in Canadian cities and 6 0 cents a dozen in some Amer- cial meeting of stockholders of the company In Anaconda on March 23 for the purpose of considering the proposi tion of Increasing the capital stock of the company from the present authoriz ed issue of 1,200,0C0 shares, having a par value of $25 a share, to C.000,000 shares of the same par value per share, for the purpose of acquiring the prop erty of other companies located in the Butte district. Statement Concern In Plan. Concerning tho plan to merge the various properties in the Butte dis-! trict, the Amalgamated company in its j statement says: I "The reasons for the proposed in- j crease In stock Involve consideration j of difficult and complicated legal ques-! tions as well as those relating to the economical and efficient management of business operations of the different companies. "What is known as the law of the apex or the right to follow a vein on its dip extra-laterally beyond the sur face lines of mining claims, prevails In Montana, and has given rise to Two Miners Killed by Fall. Collinsvllle, 111.. Jan. 2 7. George Grim and Herman Blue, miners in the Cuba shaft, were killed -today by falling 300 feet down an open shaft. Oldest Actress Auto Victim. New York, Jan. 27. The condition of Mrs. Sol Smith, the oldest actress on the American Btage, who was seri ously Injured in an automobile acci dent last night, was 6omewhat im proved today. In tho midst of Uia new and alarm- for dollar, Michigan Bank Closes. Brohson, Mich., Jan. 27. The pri vate bank of L. Rudd & Son closed yesterday owing to slow collections. The deposits are $70,000. Manager Rudd declares the bank will pay dolla HIGH PROFITS OF PACKERS SHOWS WHERE PART OF YOUR MONEY GOES BY TAV. (Special Correspondence of The Argus.) Washington, Jan. 25. Thirty-five per cent Is the amount of profit Ar mour & Co. forced the public to pay last year. This fact has been ascertained by the statement submitted by Armour & Co., in connection with the listing of a bond Issue of $30,00,000 on the stock exchange. The company by its own showing made a gross profit of $10,582,000 for the year 1909 on a capital stock of $20,000,000 and earned a turplus of $7,127,928, or the equivalent of a dividend of 35.6 per cent, far in 1910 the price of meat has been higher than In 1909 which would make it appear 35.6 per cent profit on capital stock la not ample, even. . though the commodity concerned is one of the necessaries of life. Requirea Mod If) en Hen. The revealing of this enormous profit would seem on the face of It to require a modification of tho explan ation of the high price of. meat re cently made by the chairman of the packers committee. That explana tion was in effect that the packer, be ing obliged to pay a higher price for livestock, passed on the additional cost to the dealer, woo, jn turn. shifted it to the consumer. This, however, is not the whole story of the rise of mess beef from $8.85 a barrel In 1906 to $13.20 in 1908. For Its full understanding there must be taken into account the mil lions In surplus profits reserved by the packers to convince Wall street of the safe and lucrative nature of their business. Should be Easy. It is generally believed that the de partment of justice will have little trouble In convincing the beef trust Springfield, 111., Jan. 27. Direct plu rality primary legislation was, theoret ically at least, brought many degrees nearer enactment last night when the lower house at 11 o'clock advanced the committee primary bill to a third read ing after three sessions lasting from early morning until close to the mid night hour. Hard fighting marked proceedings. Twenty-one amendments were offered, and of these 11 weathered the storm. Thoroughly exhausted, the legislators agreed upon making the primary bill a special order of business for next Tuesday morning, instead of precipi tating the final vote in the house to day. Every actor in the complicated situation appeared pleased at postpon ing the ordeal. Marked difference of opinion exists as to the actual value of the progress made. The Mil as it stands does not differ materially from the senate bill save in the absence of the blanket ballot provision the latter carries and as relates to the amend ment tacked onto It last night. Tlpplt FlKhta Hlanket In use. Representative Murray, democrat, maneuvered in many ways to include the blanket amendment, but failed. Thu chief opposition came from Represen tative Tlpplt, a downstate democrat, who fought the proposition on the ground of unconstitutionality. As it ; stand3 the houe bill is under strong Washington, Jan. 27. Following is' a ' sm-idon of being burdened with Ieg- , . v, . . ... .. jislational provisions, particularly that summary or tne proceedings of the two ' . . . . .. ... j which places the power to decide the houses of congress yesterday, taken number of candidate8 to be nominated from the official records: jn the hands of the party senatorial ses.ite The senate spent the day ! committee. For that reason It is not ' welcomed as a particularly dear legis- dozen. What difference would it make whether you took off that 3 cents or not?" Serretary Wilson pointed out that the fundamental difficulty was that the people are leaving the farms to such an extent that there are not enough remaining to produce the food of the increasing population. The boys and girls of the farm, he asserted, are being lured away to the cities, to the factories, and to the mines, and to too great an extent the agricultural resources of the coun try are being neglected. Work of Day in Congress In consideration of the Aliskan letfls- lon- lative council bill nnd the Sunday c ins: law for the District of Columbia. Adjourned at 3:40 p. n IIOl'SIO The houne pnsoed the Mann "white slave" bill by a viva voce vnto without material amendment from the form in which It wan reported from the committee on Interstate and foreign commerce. Durlnp a debate of two hours opposition was made on consti tutional arguments ajralnst the bill'a provisions requlrlm keepers of broth els to report to the commissioner Ken eral of Immigration persons within their houses who had come to the I'nlted States within three yewrs. which. It was claimed. Infringed upon state's rights. Adjourned at 6:-0 p. m. PRICES OF FOODS AGAIN LOWERED New York, Jan. 27. Many retailers today lowered the prices of meat and other commodities continued to decline. Ohioan Dead at 119. Flup'!i rhl, Ton 97 ! T r. Ma" Tnhn of being in existence in violation ot ..n ' o ' , . ,. . , . , ... . . . , . Ramsey, lly years old and thought f.) the anti-trust law. or of proving that (Continued on Page Six.) t have been the oldest Dorson In Ohio. 1 la dead. lative child of the administration. The 11 amendments adopted last night were as follows: By Murray, four, eliminating the ro tary principle and providing that can didates' names shall appear on the ballot in the order filed. By Murray, two. empowering sena torial committees to dictate the num ber of nominations to be made for rep resentative. Advlaory Vote F.llmlaated. By Butts, one, eliminating the ad visory popular vote for United States senator. By Wright, one, shifting the primary date next fall to Sept. 10. Indians Seek Own Kingdom. Lahore, British India, Jan. 27. It developed at the trial yesterday of an alleged Indian conspirator that the plans of conspiracy against the Brit ish Indian government included the establishment of an independent kingdom. - The seat of government was to be at Delhi. . ,