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u,ji',-",?WP;.!;J. nn ,AND ARGTJ .JLJLLJ FIFTY-NOTH YEAR. NO. 143. FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1910. FOURTEEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS. ROOK BALLINGER GQMRfllTTEE IN WRANGLE Partisan Lines Drawn and Report Will Not be Unanimous. DISCORD IN SESSIONS Chairman Nelson Shows Dislike for Brandeis, Attorney for "Prosecution." Washington, April 1. The house, 132 to 123, amended the corporation tax law so as to provide for publicity of corporation's returns upon the dis cretion of the president alone. Washington, April 1. The adminis tration railroad bill was reported to the house today. Many of Its original features were eliminated, but it still has the provision for a commerce court, the regulation of railway agree ments, consolidation, securities, rates and routes. Majority Points Good Featuree. The 'majority report cites at im provement in regulating railroads pro vided by the Hepburn law, but says experience shows some important matters which should be subject to government control are not now with in the scope of the commission's au thority. Various subjects' coming un der this head are discussed and the necessity of embracing them within the law pointed out. Minority Oppose Court. The minority report opposes the commerce court, the change in the law requiring notice and hearings on re straining orders and provisions legal izing - agreements among carriers if ; filed, even if not approved by the com mission.' The. EJfljQribafaJaqt. commerce' couf tFlfe&g- authorised " to legalize - consolidation by permitting the acquisition of one competing line by another. They also object to the repeal of the' proviso which forbids application of the act to intrastate transportation. ! Sims and Raaaell Dissent. With the exception of Sims and Russell, the minority condemn the pro visions as to competing lines and stocks and bonds as unwarranted in terference with local authority as cal culated to favor established lines, dis courage new lines and prevent further development in sections which need more facilities. Campaign Publicity Favored. Washington, April 1. Senator Bail ey today introduced a bill providing for the publication of campaign contri butions. A similar measure has been ordered favorably reported by the com mittee on election of president and members of congress, but Chairman Gaines has not yet presented the re port. TTnnrle freer IffiJiHU-r l.m-rr. Washington, April 1. The senate again today took up the house bill amending the employers' liability law and as on the two previous days on which the bill was before the senate It was the subject of much contention among the senatorial lawyers. An amendment prohibiting removal of damage suits from state courts was agreed to. COUNTY OPTION LAW IN INDIANA IS GOOD Indianapolis, Ind., April 1. The su preme court of Indiana today decided the county optional law is constitu tional. COLOMBIAN MOB OUT AGAIN Attacks Peruvian Legation as Result of Inciting Telegram Bogota. Colombia, April 1. A mob attacked and forced an entrance into the Peruvian legation yesterday. Po lice prevented serious damage being done. Rioting was provoked through the posting about the city of copies of a telegram addressed to the Colom bians by President ALfaro of Ecuador and in which the executive expressed the hope the Ecuadorians and Colom bians would stand together In defense of the frontiers of the old fatherland. Wolter Pleads Not Guilty. New York, April 1 Albert W. Wol ter today plead not guilty to the In dictment charging him with having murdered Ruth Wheeler. He was re manded for trial. DETROIT MAN HEADS POWER BOAT CLUB Chicago, April 1. At the annual meeting of the National Power Boat association here today Charles W. Kotcher of Detroit, Mich., was elect ed president and Robert Deming of Cleveland, Ohio, secretary-treasurer. A"he association consists of 200 clubs claiming membership of 30,000. THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Saturday, tonight, with light frost. Cooler Temperature at 7 a. m., 45. Maxi mum temperature in last 24 hours, 63; minimum in 12 hours, 44. Velocity of wind at 7 a. m., 3 miles per hour. Pre cipitation, none. Stage of water, 7.7 feet; no change in last 24 hours. Rel ative humidity, at 7 p. m. 29, at 7 a. m. 70. J. M. SHERIER, Local Forecaster. ASTRONOMICAL. EVENT8. (From noon today until noon tomor row.) Sun seta 6:21, rises 5:38; moon rises 1:12 a. m. Constellations visible 8:30 p. m. during April overhead, Leo Minor; north, Ursa Minor, Ursa Major, Cepheus, Cassiopeia; northeast. Draco, Canes Venatlci; east. Corona Borealis, Bootes, Serpens, Virgo; southeast, Cor vus; south, Leo, Cancer, Hydra; south west, Canls Minor, Monoceros, Canis Major, Orion, Argo Navis; west, Gemi ni, Taurus; northwest, Lynx, Auriga, Perseus. First magnitude stars visi ble same hour, with rank after each ulus, 19; southwest, Procyon, 9, Sirius, 1, Betelgeux, 11, Rigel, 7; west, Pollux, 17, Aldebaran, 14; northwest, Capella, 4. Planets during April Mercury changes from morning to evening star on the 5th, passing the sun from west to east; Venus rises about 3:30 a. m.; Mars sets about 11:30 p. m.; Jupiter, brilliant in the east and south, sets about 4:45 a. m.; Saturn rises about 5 m.; Uranus rises about 1 a. m.; Nep tune sets about midnight. Sun in con stellation Pisces till ISth. then Aries. Snn's declination 4.7 degrees north of celestial equator. Zodiacal light moon less nights after twilight In west. Lyrid meteors April 16-20. Eta Aqua- rid meteors 29th and 30th. Mars' disk 0.921 of full orb. Halley's comet dis tant today 130,000,000 miles; visible la east before sunrise. HALLEY'S COMET BULLETIN. April l Haiieys comet rises 6:12 a. m.. distant from the earth 130.000,000 miles. The two bodies steadily drawing nearer and with increasing speed. Speed today about 1,654 miles per minute. The comet passed from east to west of the sun March 27. It is therefore now in the morninsr sky, rising shortly before the sun, and should very soon be made out with the naked eye. Opportunity will rapidly improve as the comet moves up from the sun Into night, rises earlier and draws nearer the earth. It is now in the constellation Pisces, slowly ad vancing westward toward the star Omega. Work of Day in Congress "'""VrashtiJgtonpXprffi. Following is a summary of the proceedings of the two s houses of congress yesterday, taken from the official records: SENATE Senator Root continued. but did not conclude his speech on the administration railroad bill in the sen ate. He defended the merger and traf fic agreements provisions of the meas ure. There was further discussion of the proposed amendment of the Cum mins employers' liability law, but the senate took no action upon It. Adjourn ment was until today. Hot SB The naval appropriation bill pending In the house offered an oppor tunity to members to discuss various subjects. Mr. Sherley of Kentucky ex plained at considerable length his reso lution to permit a majority of the house to bring before It at any time a bill which might be pending In a commit tee. Mr. Padgett of Tennessee and Mr. Gregg of Texas, minority members of the house naval committee, each deliv ered a speech In favor of a one battle ship a year policy. Objection being made to an increase by the senate to the extent of $25,000 of the appropria tion under which the state department may encourage trade relations, the dip lomatic bill was sent back to confer ence by the house after all amendments except that one had been agreed to. BUCKLEY WORKED WITH HAMILTON With Keeper of "Yellow Dog" Insur ance Fund He Handled the Legislature. New York, April 1. How William H. Buckley, accelerator of insruance lee-lslation . and the late "Andy" Ham ilton, keeper of the insurance "yellow dog" fund for four years, worked shoulder to shoulder at Albany was brought out In yesterday's inquiry on fire insurance legislation. Henry C Wilcox, vice president of the American Surety company, testi fied that in 1901, when a bill was up to exempt unearned premium reserves of fire Insurance companies from tax ation, Wilcox wanted the casualty and surety companies also made exempt Buckley, he said, got Hamilton to help him. . The change In the bill went through as desired. Kamilton sent a bill for $10,000 to Wilcox's company. Wilcox says they compromised at $6, 469. Wilcox said the United States Guaranty company and the Lawyers' Surety company contributed also. Business Progress Steady. New York, April 1. Dispatches to Dun's Review indicate business as a whole reflects steady progress. LAND BILL TO GIVE A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH Washington, April 1. Democratic members of the house public lands Lcommittee attacked the so-called ad ministration conservation bills relating to withdrawal at a hearing today, charging they were merely to validl date existing withdrawals and design ed, to "give the administration and in terior department a clean bill of health.- . APPEARED IN DISHABILLE Mrs. Sayler and Dr. Mil ler Showri in an Un favorable Light BY MURDER WITNESS Sister of Dead Banker Declares He Was Shot Down "Like a Dog." Watseka, 111., April 1. A witness in the Sayler murder case today testified he saw Mrs. Sayler and Dr. Miller alone in the latter's office and later saw them . pitching horse shoes, she Old Alan Citizen If I pick being attired In rather transparent garments. Three bullets, said to have been fired in the Sayler home on the night of the killing of Danker Sayler were intro duced as evidence yesterday. Besides the bullets a shirt waist said to have been worn by Mrs. Sayler and a shirt worn by Grunden on Che night of the killing were identified by W. R. Night- ingale as having been In his custody since the adjournment of the grand Jury which Indicted the prisoners ac cused of the murder. The state offered these articles in evidence against the defendants. Banker Sister Telia Her. Story. According to Mrs. Myrtle Green of Onarga, sister of J. B. Sayler, Mrs. Sayler exhibited no sign of grief over her husband's death the Monday after the ahooting. "Mrs. Sayler leaned over the body of my brother," said the witness, "and said, 'Undoubtedly It was all By's fault'" The witness was agitated as she re peated the words and with still more emotion declared that Mrs. Sayler said she ran from the room when the trouble started. "She 6aid she would not wear mourning," continued the witness, "and Golda said she would. Then she said to Golda, 'Sweet, the doctor would never have done this.' "Shot Brother Down Like Dog-. "Then I spoke up and said, .'It's not what he would have done, but what he has done. It was a dog'B trick coming into his home and shooting my brother down. " Mrs. Green identified the shirt waist with blood spot on it as being Mrs. Sayler's, and identified the 6hirt worn by John Grunden. PAINTERS OUT AT CHICAGO Thousand Quit Demanding Increase of 5 Cents an Hour. " Chicago, April 1. One thousand painters and decorators who demand a wage Increase of 5 cents per hour struck here today. It is believed that by night 4,000 men will be out. LAVA. INVADES LISI PLAIN Flowing Toward Cisteria and Regina Borrello Not in Danger. Catania, April l The river of lava from. Mount Etna today invaded Lisi plain, flowing in the direction of Cis terna and Regina. , Borrello is not in danger. Another stream- is advancing toward Mount Nocllla. BREAK UP CLIQUES Object of Eesolution Introduced in Congress by Represen tative Sabath. AIMED AT JUDGE GROSSCUP Impeachment Proceedings Hinted at as Result of Receivership Appointment. Washington, April 1. Behind a sweeping resolution sent to the house of representatives yesterday by Con gressman A. J. Sabath of Chicago a movement has been started looking to an attempted Impeachment of United States Circuit Court Judge Peter S. Grosscup. Congressman Sabath's resolution directs the attorney general to fur nish the house with the names of all persons connected with the depart ment of Justice "and particularly the United States circuit and district courts, who receive compensation other than a fixed salary. The Chicago representative said that .he desired mainly to break up the court cliques In Chicago that All April First Observation that up I may get fooled if I pass it have got a corner on bankruptcy pro ceedings and receiverships." YVanta Record Shawn. The primary purpose of the reso lution, he explained, was to secure a record of all clerks, special attor neys, masters in chancery, referees and other attaches of the court who receive compensation other than that fixed by the regular salary list, in or der that their relations with the sev eral courts could be checked up. ' He cited the Union Traction liti gation in Chicago as an illustration of what he meant by the "system" he objects to. Naturally, he added, the investiga tion would lead up to Judge Gross cup, who appointed his confidential clerk one of the receivers and named John Maynard Harlan one of the special attorneys. Sabath asserts that nearly a quarter of a million dollars was taken out of the assets to pay receivers, special attorneys and other appointees of the courts. Otbern Iarnore Reqaeata. Other federal courts in Illinois, Mr. Sabath charges, have been ignoring the requests of interested litigants and their counsels and apparently throwing all their receivership and bankruptcy cases to some one firm or favored friend of the court. BIG WRECK TO COST C. R. I. & P. $500,000 Des Moines, Iowa, April 1. The railroad commissioners who have re turned from Marshalltown, where they investigated the Green Mountain wreck, refused to make any an nouncement at this time. Claim ad justers at work say the wreck will cost the Rock Island $500,000. PLAYING "POSSUM?" MENELIK NOT DEAD Berlin. April '1.- A special to the Tageblatt from Addis Ababa indicates King Menelik was still alive yesterday. London, April 1. Skepticism Is still expressed here regarding the recent announcement that King Menelik was dead. A dispatch from Rome today says that advices purporting to b'e au thentic from the Abyssinian capital not only flatly contradict the announce ment, but insist there has been no change of late in the monarch's condi tion. ' ' " OPENS WITH A HOLIDAY Mine Strike Inaugurated With Celebration of Anniversary. MAY LAST FOR WEEKS Brazil District in Indiana the First to Agree Progress Made in Iowa. Baltimore, Md., April 1. Forty-five thousand unorganized coal miners of Maryland, northern West Virginia and southern Pennsylvania received an ad- by it m ay be the real money. vance of wages of 5 per cent today. Celebrate Aaalveraary. Indianapolis, April 1. Celebrating to day, the anniversary of the institution of the 8-hour day, 300,000 bituminous coal miners faced an enforced holiday of far greater duration. In many states the miners' two-year wage contract with the operators expired last mid night and the men quit the coal pits, demanding that their new contracts must provide for a wage increase of 5.55 per cent a ton on screened coal and an equivalent increase on "run of mine" coal. The adjustment of the difficulty may be a matter of weeks or days. In the Brazil block coal district of Indiana there will be no suspension of work, for late yesterday the operators conceded the higher wage demand of the miners. On the other hand, in Illi nois and western Pennsylvania, where the powder question and which side shall pay the shot firers enter the con troversy, there will probably be a pro longed contest In hundreds of meet ings in miners' communities, where people dependent on the industry as sembled' to listen to speeches of their union leaders, "Strike" was the sole subject of discussion today. Lewla at Belleville. President Lewis spoke at Belleville, 111., this afternoon, and will visit vari ous points in the affected territory. Secretary-Treasurer Percy today went to Des Moines to participate in a Joint conference of the Iowa miners and op erators. Lay Off Freight Crewa. Danville, 111., April 1. Suspension of work in the mines already has had its effect on the railroads in this territory. The Chicago & Eastern Il linois laid off 25 freight train crews, the Chicago, Indiana & Southern 10 and Big Four 10. As the strike con tinues more crews will be withdrawn, the companies announce. Iowa Mlaera Claim Victory. Des Moines, Iowa, April 1. Iowa mine workers claim a victory as a res suit of the first Joint wage conference, at which the operators agreed to pay the increase of 5.55 for men to man the mines during.the suspension. The Joint conference adjourned until April 11. The old officers of the mine workers were today reelected with the excep tion of Auditor Harry Howe of Hlte man, who is succeeded by Harry Bar ber of Everist Hamber Oat '400,000. Indianapolis, , Ind., April 1. Three IV" UMBER OF MIXERS IDLE. Western and central Penn sylvania 100,000 Ohio 47,000 -Indiana 18,000 West Virginia 10,000 Illinois 72,000 Iowa 15,000 Michigan 3,000 Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma 25,000 Colorado 5,000 Western Kentucky ....... 5,000 Total (300,000 hundred thousand miners in the bitum inous coal fields of the United States suspended work and demanded higher wages last night, according to the of ficial statement given out at the head quarters of the United Mine Workers of America. Coincldentally the national officers of the organization, who had been in session for two days, departed for their respective states to advise the miners in the district conferences with the mine operators, in which, it is hoped, settlements will be speedily reached. Mtaera Dear Any Strike. The miners declared the walkout was not a strike, but a suspension of work pending an arrangement between tne workers and the operators of a wage scale for another year, the old scale having expired with the month of March. The men demand an in crease of pay in some instances -of 5 cents a ton and in other instances certain changes in working conditions. Confidence was expressed by the operators that there will be no general coal famine, large supplies of fuel hav ing been secured in anticipation of the walkout. Operatora Continue Peaalmtatte. While the miners predicted the sus pension would be cut short by a prompt signing of wage scales, some of the operators maintained the mines might be kept closed for a month or longer. News of the miners' first victory was received yesterday by the national of ficers of the United Mine Workers from Brazil, the center of the Indiana block coal district At the close of a secret conference between the miners and operators of that district it was announced that the operators would grant a wage increase of 5 cents a ton and that there would be no strike. Lewla Talks ( Oajtlook. Reviewlpjthe . situation. President Lewis Betid": ' ; "When the national executive board adjourned we all felt that the prospect was satisfactory for the miners. In many districts it is now only a ques tion of th miners and operators sit ting down together and talking over business. "In eastern Ohio, where we expect ed strong opposition, it is reported to us that three of the largest companies are ready to sign the contract we formulated at our recent meeting In Cincinnati. "In Indiana and the Hocking district of Ohio we will reach a settlement next week. There probably will be more difficulty In western Pennsyl vania and Illinois, where the powder and shot firers' wage question are in volved." BIG RATE FIGHT IN FINAL STAGE CJovenunent Files Brief in U. S. , pre me Court in Missouri Itlver Cases. Su- Washington, April 1. The biggest freight rate fight since the passage of the Hepburn rate bill entered the final stages today when the govern ment filed in the supreme court of the United States a brief in the so-called, Missouri river rate cases. They in volve interests of the manufacturers, jobbers, merchants and railroads from the Atlantic seaboard to the Rocky mountains. Aged 94; Commits Suicide. Los Angeles, April 1. Weary of waiting for death because of infirmi ties of old age, J. A. Diirfee, formerly of Chicago, and 94 years old, com mitted suicide last night by shooting himself In the head. Copeland Burlington Postmaster. Washington, April 1. William W. Copeland was today nominated a3 post master of Burlington, Iowa. GANADAlETS " BETTER CLASS OF IMMIGRANTS Washington, April 1. Senator Dil lingham, chairman of the joint immi gration commission, submitted a re port to congress today. The most Im portant statement relates to the situa tion In Canada, where the report shows the policy is to encourage im migrants whose purpose is to enter agricultural pursuits and keej) out those whose presence tends to the con gestion of cities and towns. The re port also shows that 70 per cent of Canada's immigrants during the past decade came from northern and west ern Europe and only 30 per cent from southern and eastern Europe. The reVerse Is true as to the United States, REPORTS ON RAIL BILL PRESENTED Majority Points Out Vir , tues, Minority Its Faults. LATTER RAPS COURT Main Objection Lies in Legal- izing Consolidation of Competitors. Washington, April 1. The Balllnger. Pinchot hearing went on today with Secretary Balllnger's counsel in charge of the presentation of evidence. As the hearing progresses Indications mul tiply that the congressional commit tee is so seriously split along party' lines that a unanimous report la be yond the bounds of possibility. DcmornU w'aat PabUettr. Democratic members have notified their republican colleagues they will participate in the executive sessions of the committee only upon the under standing they shall be free to an nounce their votes and contentions during the public sittings. Executive sessions have not been very harmo nious. 1 Claah Anion a; Menkera. The taking of testimony was Inter rupted today by a serious clah among members. Chairman Nelson accused Attorney Brandeia of concealing cer tain facts and brought from the lat ter a demand that . the remarks be stricken from , the record, together with the intimation that If the chair man followed the proceedings more closely he would see where bis remark was unjust jtr'- bome aemocrauc znemoern movea to a l reci- tne cu airman to witnaraw his remarks and it was this motion that brought on a quarrel which lasted nearly an hour.' Nelson refused to withdraw his statement. A motion to ay the whole matter on the table was finally adopted. FRENCHMEN FIGHT A DUEL: ONE DEAD Other Escapes and New York Police Are Unable to Secure Ught on the Affair. New York, April 1. Two French men fought a duel early this morning in a New York street not far from the east side water front. One was killed by a shot fired through the head. His adversary escaped, leaving no clue to his identity. Nothing is known of the cause of the duel, nor has the dead man been identified. Two Killed at Herrln, III. Herrin, III., April 1. In a street duel here last night Special Officer Hilton was killed by Otis Kearney, who died later. Kearney and a friend had been arrested and the friend resisted. Hil ton fired his revolver twice and Kearn ey shot six times. BOY DRAGGED TO DEATH Six-Year-Old I.1 Tangled in Hope While Iiradlng a I'ow. Boone, Iowa, April 1. Emmett Val line, the 6-year-old son of Henry Val line, at Kelley, was killed while lead ing a cow this morning. Getting en tangled in the roi, he was dragged to death. FAILS TO STOP STRIKE John Mitchell Holds Several Confer ences In Philadelphia Fight. Philadelphia. April 1.- Following tho arrival here yesterday of John Mitch ell, the well known labor leader, sev eral conferences were held with a view of securing an adjustment of the Btrike against the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company. At a late hour last night, however, leaders of the street ?ar men and officials of the rapid transit company united in declaring the situation to be unchanged. Call for Condition of Banks. Washington, April 1. The controller of the currency today IpsuchI a call for the condition of national bank at the close of business March 29. PEARY IS THROUGH WITH EXPLORATIONS Chicago. April 1. Commander Peary, who arrived In Chicago today, in an interview declared he was posi tively through with polar exploration for all time. "I am absolutely at the end of my career as an explorer," said he. "Reports that 1 am 10 lead, an ex pedition into the antaraU regions are jnot true and I certainly to not contem plate another trip to the north pole," re