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E 2 . THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, FRIDAY MORNING-, JANUARY 6j 1911. j- On and After Monday You Can H Purchase It for $8.25 H, RAILROADS AND RETAILER H! - HAVE REDUCED PRICE This Is fhe Low Point on Steam Coal and the Lowest in Years. Slack coal on Monday next will .sol) Hj in Salt. Lake for $:'.S." per ton. This reduction will enable consumers (o pur chase steam coal at the ' lowest figures they have been enabled to buy it for more, than a year. The rcdue fion is due to two causes the railroads and the retailer. Some time since i he railroads re riuoed the haul on slack coal from the mines to Sail Lake o cents per ton; Sunday next the railroads make a further reduction of 15 cents per ton in tho freight charges, thus briupinp the price down to $3,30 per ton. Fob lowing (his reduction the rctnilcr lakes a hand, and will make a further re duction of ) cents per ton, thus giving steam coal to (he consumer at $3.25 per ton. Of this the teamster receives 70 cents per ton for hauling from the car or yard to the consumer, making tho cost. f. o. b. in Salt Lake City, $2.55 per ton. Bio Grando Makes Out. This reduction in the freight rate is made b' the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, which road hauls into Salt 1 Lake about 200,000 tons of coal per annum, us against 25,000 tons hauled by the Union Pacific and Oregon Short Lino railroads. The price of slack coal will, there fore, on Monday be $3.25 per ton to consumers b the wagon or car load. This will be 5 cents less per ton than the contract price between the board of education of Salt Lake City mid the coal companies for the present The action of the railroad company, as well as the dealer, will no doubt be hailed with delight by every consumer of slack- coal in the city. According to information given The Tribune there will be uo reduction in the price of lump and pea coul. Hl What A Consumer Says. In ibis connection it might be re marked that a well-known citizen of 'Salt Lake uses slack coal both in liis furnace and in his range. He pur chases paper sacks that hold five and ten pounds. These sacks he Mils with slack, coal, tj'ing the sacks as if they "ontaincd sugar or flour. These sacks he throws into his furnace or range, and when the paper suck is burned off the package of, slack, is fused into a block, and is as good as lump coal. Ho has done this for years, and. this is how he gets around the coal combine. I PILES CUBED I$T 6 TO 14 DATS. Your druggist will refund money if , Pazo Ointment fails to cure any case k of Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protrud ing Piles in 0 to 14 days, 50c. I CHRISTMAS FOR GREEKS COMES NEXT SATURDAY Sill: following the calendar tliat most Anglo-Saxon nations moved forward jc-nturles ago, tho Greeks of Salt Lake will be one with their countrymen at home In the observance of Saturday, January 7. as Christmas day. This time, sacred to them, will he marked by all tho form and ceremony Incident to the elaborate ritual of the Greek church and the closing of the .Jreoktown stoics will make tho day a general holiday for the devotees of the Jrcok faith. But there Is no occasion for the little Wrecks to banc up (heir stockings on hiH occasion, the custom being to give presents upon the Greek New Yeur'o. which Americana call January 14. I POLICE CHIEF'S DAUGHTER IN A SINKING SPELL Miss Gladys Barlow, who 1ms Ions been critically 111 of typhoid fever, grew worse talc Thursday afternoon, and, owing to hor weakened condition, crave fears are felt as to tho outcome. MIsh Barlow, who Is tho elder da ugh - tor of Chief or Police Barlow, has waged a. desperate battle for life the last mouth. A younger slstor. aged 115 years wa stricken with typhoid Wednesday, but her case Is of tho milder form. IPlrst Women's Night. The women of Salt Lake will be llm quests of the management of the Alps skating rink tonight, the first women's free night. All women are to he extend ed the courtesies of I ho rink without Hiargo. Instruction will bo free ns well Montgomery's hand will furnish music. There will he waltzing, two-stepping awl thn like, as well as exhibitions of fancy skating. Tonight will also he the llrst society night. The American Beauty club, fifty strong, has purchased tickets and will carry out a programme of games and Ice sports. J Stork. ViGits Physician. . Dr. and Mrs. L. C. SmuU.von arc the 1 happy parents of a daughter horn Thnrs- j dny morning. Mother and child are at I tho L. D. S. hospital, doing well. r - Many aches and ills not H1 " supposed to be caused by Hj coffee, disappear when a change is made to well-mado The health beverage which H' helps rebuild the broken down nerve centres. H't , "There's a Reason." ih Postuni Cereal Co., Ltd., i ) Battle Creek, Mich., U. S. A. l 1 I - ' J No Official Knowledge . at State Department of Revolution in Honduras : 1' ..... .. ... i MI THE REVOLUTIONARY CfUNBOAT HORNET, Which Is Bonilhi's Chief Reliance. In Spite of hack of lnfonnalion. Shiji.s of Navy iru Ooinir io Centra America. BONMLLA ARKIVfclS ON SCliNE Ijoador oT Insurre (.ion ISstabhshes Base of Oj)erai,ious and Sup plies on Rusl.au Island. WASHINGTON-, Jan. o. In view of persistent icportss of the actual outbreak of mstllltlcs In Jlonduras. the state de partment telegraphed Its minister. JIi--Crcery. in Tegucigalpa, and Consul Dawson, in I'orto Cortes, asking for an outline of the .situation. As neither the state department or the navy department has received any word of important developments from their representatives in tho little repub lic, officials here said they did not credit the reports that a revolution was actual ly under way. Dr. I. ids J-.azo, minister of Honduras, called on Secretary Knox today and dis cussed printed reports that a lnfRo revo lutionary army was advancing on Tegu cigalpa. Although in free wire com munication with his country, the minis ter had no news of 3uch a movomont. and when he appealed to Seoretarv Knox for Information he was told that the state department was also ignorant of anv revolutionary outbreak either on the coast or In the Interior of Honduras. HORNET IS RETURNING. Mysterious Little Craft Reported to Be Going to New Orleans. TUGL-CJGAI.PA. Honduras,' Jan. r. Advices from Porto Cortes sav that tho gunboat Hornet, which is In the service of Manuel Bonilla, who recently pro claimed himself president of the repub lic, has started back ,to New Orleans. In his message to congress yestcrduv President Davllla said that, on the. In vitation of the United Slates govern ment, Honduras would send financial agents to treat with .1. P. Morgan. & Co. of New York for a loan on the basis originally proposed. Mr. Morgan had declined to accept suggested modifications and full powers would be given to Juan Percdcs. minis ter of the treasury, to effect the loan. As yet no :iteps have been taken in the matter. The object of the loan Is to refund the debt of Honduras, which ag gregates something more than one hun dred million dollars. BONILLA ESTABLISHES BASE. Actions of Revolutionary Expedition Keep Davllla Puzzled. PORTO CORTICS. Honduras. Jan. I (by wireless via New Orleans, Jan. 5). The Honduras revolutionary expedition head ed by Manuel Bonilla today arrived at Bay Island and established a base of op erations on Ruslan Island, one of a group lying 100 miles from this port and forty miles from Celba. The next move of the revolutionists Is anxiously awaited by thn Davllla administration. Tho actions of the expedition arc keeping every one puzzled. Gunboats Are Dispatched. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. The gunboat Dolphin, which is now at tho Washington navy yard, has boon ordered to Central America for general service in those wa ters. She will sail In a few days for Guantunamo. The gunboat VIcksburg Is now en route to the Pacific coast of Cen tral America. She will replace tho York-town. FAIRBANKS BANK GOES INTO RECEIVER'S HANDS Big Alaska Financial Institution With Million In Deposits Suspends; Othor Banks Sound, FAIRBANKS. Alaska. Jan. 5. The Washington-Alaska bank, which has Sl, 000,000 on deposit, suspended pavment last, night, and F. W. Hawkins was ap pointed receiver by the federal court to day. Tho cause assigned was the failure of Vice President Jackson to realize on money Invested in the Gold Bar Lumber company. Several depositors, with claims of $11,000. attached the bank's property and this led to suspension. The town is perfectly orderly. All thp other banks are sound, and T're was no run on any of them. The suspended bank Is expected to pay 50 cents on the dollar. ONE-FIFTH OF COUNTY HAS BEEN DISFRANCHISED WEST IW'ION. O.. Jan. f. Aside from a controversy between County Clerk O. G. Gormuu and the commissioners, over extra salaries allowance, there was litllo that enlivened the vote buying Investiga tion today. German's claim for M00O for extra work done by him through the election Inquiry is regarded as excessive bv the commissioners. Kighty men faced Judge. Blair today for vote selling, and drew the customar'v tlnpH and disfranchisements. Only I'.OO of the 1500 men indicted remain "to be brought up for sentence'. Including those cases disposed of today, onn-fiflh of tlm entire electorate of Adams countv has been disfranchised. Boy OonfcsDSs Shooting. CHICAGO. Jan. il.- I.esicr Carlson. 13 years old. who confessed to shooting John Wlcsnlowski. fi years old, while playing "Indian," today was hold to the Juvenile court by a ooronor'n inrv. While Carlson was describing the nhootlng of Wlcsnlcwski. the dead boy's father at tempted to attack Carlson In the court room, but waa restrained. Tranquil in Nicaragua. WASHINGTON, Jan. r,.TranriulllM v prevails throughout. Nicaragua and tho election of General Estrada ax president has restored public confidence, according to a. telegram received by the slate de partment today. MIGUEL R. DAVILLA, President of Honduras. WAR DEPARTMENT NEEDS MONEY FOR PANAMA ROAD Relocation of Line Involves Greater Expenditure Than Former Route Through Culebra Cut. WASHINGTON. Jan. 5. An appropria tion of 51.700.000 in lieu of the $1,000,000 previously asked, for tho cxfUnsc of re location of the Panama railroad, includ ing the salaries, supplies and other de tails, was asked of congress today by the war department. The original plan was for the railroad to pasa through the Culobra cut at nlnety-tlvc feel above sea level. Then, for numerous reasons. It was decided to move the lino back of the cut and east of Gold Mill. The surveys Just completed show the cost of this reloca tion will aggregate the amount named. The 51.750,000 is for use during the next fiscal year. Bdsidos that, the war depart ment also asked todny for a deficiency appropriation of $. 000.000 for tho same purpose for the current fiscal year. These amounts arc additional to $2,000,000 which has been previously appropriated under the same head. PROJECTS TO DEVELOP AUSTRALIAN WILDERNESS WASHINGTON, .Lin. i5. Plans have been set afoot in Australia for tho de velopnicut of a laro portion of the island continent which is now littlo more than a wilderness. According to consular reports, the parliament of tho commonwealth has passed a bill accept ing from the stato of South Australia tho territory of northern Australia. This acceptance will menu the connec tion by railway of Port Darwin, the port of the northern-territory, with tho rail system of South Australia, involv ing an expenditure of about 50,000, 000. Jn norl hern Australia there is but a scant population. The territory com prises 5211,620 square miles and has only about 5000 inhabitants, of which two-tliirds are Asiatics. Railway de velopment will bo followed, it: is ex pected, by tlio exploitation of the ro Rourccs of the territory that, now is dormant. The territory is relied upon as a fmo field for the production of rubber, the recent, phenomenal ad vances in tho prices of that commodity causing those interested in its produc tion to take advantage of any region promising a profitable yield. It is said that the only drawback the coun try offers to rubber culturo is the fear of whi to ants, which are a terrible scourge, and to cope with which some moans must bc found. Buffalo arming also, it is said, will form one of the pursuits of the terri tory. About 5000 hides of theso ani mals aro now exported yearly from Port Dnrwin. CAPTAIN OF POLICE SHOT' WHILE SITTING IN HOME SPOKANE. Wash.. Jan. f.. Whilrt sit ting In his home, about 9:30 p'clock to night, Captain of Police John Sullivan was shot by some person, who tired through the window. Sullivan was taken to a hospital and It Is said he cannot, re cover. Ho was formerly chief of police. The police arc looking for a convict, wnqse capture and conviction for rob bery was brought about by Captain Sul-. Ilvan, and who recently wns paroled against the vigorous opposition of the 'police captain. Tic is alleged l.o have declared that he would "get" Sullivan. Kegrets lefean Bill Defeat. ROCHESTER, N. Y.. Jan. f.. At a con ference today of men attending tho annual convention of the New York Slate Fruitgrowers association, the purpose of which is to devise methods to meet the competition of western apple growers, regret was expressed that the I-afean bill was defeated In congress, as a result of opposition by western fruitgrowers be cause It proposed to regulate the sizes of boxes nxed in packing fruit. Theft of Umbrella No Crime. PATERSON. N. J., Jan. t". It is no crime to steal an umbrella on a rainy day, according to a decision by Recorder Carroll of tills city. Robert McCauley of Philadelphia was tried for taking an Umbrella from a hotel In Tuesday's rainstorm. The recorder dismissed the case and tho Philadelphia!! thanked him, adding that ho was glad to know that Jersey law was so sound. Charged With Murder. NEWARK. N. J Jan. r.. Mrs. Caro line B. Martin and her sister, Mrs, Mary Snoad. will stand trial next Monday on the ehargo that they murdered Occy Sneau, Mrs. Martin's daughter, Ladies free tpnight, "Tlic Alps" skating rink, Eighth South and Main. Fine, smooth ice. P'EmTINAYS" Hitlng Pays- LOS KLES Hi JURY FILES CHARGES Twenty-Two Indictments Re turned in Connection With Times Explosion. Concluded From Pago One. dynamite conspirators. The other, pre sented by n commit too named b' the stato building trades convention, then in session here, was that gas was re sponsible. Moro than forty witnesses, tho ma jority of them identified with the union labor movement, were summoned from San Francisco nnd other cities. In ad dition, labor union officials hero -were summoned. In all, the grand jury ex amined more than 200 persons, who, in the opinion of tho detectives that worked here and in San Francisco, could throw some light on tho alleged niur'J.'r plot. Labor Leaders Summoned, Among the labor leaders summoned from San Francisco wero Olaf A. Tveitmoe and Anton Johansson, who were, snpposc.l to have known .1. B. Brycc, M. A. Schmidt and David Kap hn, thrco suspects in the case, who were in the city until a few hours after the explosion, but subsequently disappeared. According to tho detectives, Brycc, Schmidt and Kaplan wero the three who purchased from a San Francisco powder Grin the dynamite used to de stroy the Times, and part of which was later found in tho infernal machine planted under the residence occupied bv Felix .1. Zecliandelaar, secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers5 as sociation, an organization which op posed the extension of labor unions in this city. Two days ago an additional reward of $25,000 was formally offered by the county board of supervisors for their capture. STATUS OF ONE CLASS 1 OF AMERICAxS DEFINED WASHINGTON. Jan. 5. In deciding the case of Bradley Martin. Jr. of New York, who resisted payment of duty on his personal belongings, on the ground that he was a citizen of England, the t 'nllcd States court of customs appeals today dcllncd the status of at least one class of American citizens who live abroad a number of years and then re turn. Colloctor Loch put the duty on Brad ley Martin's luggage and the, board of general appraisers sustained him. saying it "was not convinced that, he was not a resident of the United States." The court today reversed the decision of the collector and the appraiser, on the following substantial facts. Bradley Martin landed in October. 1909. He resisted payment of duly on the ground that he was entitled to tho e.Neoptlonn allowed to foreign visitors. He declared that he had first gone abroad In 18S1, making his home In Eng land and Scotland, owned property hi both places, had married a native of Scotland, nnd lived In his father's house in london. He found It necessary, he said, to visit the United States for two or three months each year on account of business. He declared he had paid an Inheritance tax In England, had never claimed the right to vote In the United Stales, and had no Intention of remain ing In this country when ho landed. Nevertheless, two months after he landed, Bradley Martin, Jr.. determined to remain In the United States, and went Into tho banking business In New York City. He told tho appraisers that he had made up his mind to remain in this country about two days before lie went Into business. RESOLUTION TO INQUIRE INTO ROOSEVELT EXPENSES WASHINGTON Jan. 5. Representa tive Ralncy of Illinois offered a resolu tion in the house today asking for the appointment of a committee of live to invest igato tho railroad expenses or Theodore Roosevelt for travel while he was president. The resolution proposes to give the commltleo authority to examine tho books of tho Pennsylvania railway, the Southern railway and lhc Northern Pa cific railroad. DECIDES TURF EXCHANGE IS NOT GAMBLING HOUSE OKLAHOMA CITV. Jan. 5. The pro prietor of a turf exchange cannot bo prosecuted under the antl -gambling laws of "1111:1 state, although the exchange It self Is a common nuisance, according to a decision of tho court of criminal ap peals today. Tho decision was a. re versal of a former decision sustaining the conviction of men charged with operating a pool room for race track betting. HIGHER COST OF LIVING BLAMED FOR DIVORCES CLEVELAND. Jan. u. The high cost of living Is blamed for most divorces by Judge W B. Neff, who. during the term of court Just ended, granted 42S separa tions, breaking the record for Cuyahoga county. Judge Neff said: "High prices coupled with small in comes, resulting In an Intense struggle to keep up appearance's and gratify social ambition, are responsible for the wreck ing of a large number of homes." Many Adjudged Insane. CLEVELAND. Jan. C Forty-two men and women were adjudgod Insane today In probate court, by Judge Alex ander Pladden. This Is believed to bo the largest number of persons declared mentally unbalanced in one day by ono Judge In any city in the world. Forty of tho persons adjudged Insane, however, were inmates of the city infirmary. Many of them have been crazy for years, but were nuyer legally committed to an insane hospital. Sleeping Car Bates Lower. BUTTE, Mont.. Jan 5. Tho railroad commission of Montana received word today from G. S3. Fornald. general attor ney of thn Pullman company, according to local railroad people, to the effect that where the lower berth charge In Montana is ?1,50, the charge for an up per berth shall bo $1.25. Where the rate for tho lower berth Is $1.75 or more, the upper rate shall be L'O per cent less. The new rales become effective February 1. Planter Kills Wife. PKNSACOLA. Fla., .Tan, 5. Believed to bo Insane. William Morgan, a wealthy planter, is being hold In jail today, hav ing killed his wife at their homo near here late last night. Morgan Is 70 years old. Tils wife was only a few years younger. Becoming aware of her j.t;rll, Mrs. Morgan attempted to flee from tho house, but was caught by Morgan, who cut her throat with a pocket knife beforo the servants could Interfere. Juan PaBos Dead. MANAGUA, Jan. 5. Juan Pasos, son-in-law of Jose Santos Zclaya. formerly president of Nicaragua, died today after an operation for appondicllls. Pasos was arrested last year at Managua on the ehargo of misappropriating government funds. Lnst January he was released on the payment of $10,000 In gold and tho surrender of 130,000 poaoa in unsigned bills. r POSSE TO RAKE ISLAND FOR S. P. TRAIN ROBBERS Concluded From Page Ono. PInkerton agency Jn Salt Lake, detec tives and deputy sherllfs of Sail Lake and Weber counties. Havo Ono Clue. Two shotgun shells, used by one of Hie bandits In a lC-boro sawed -off shotgun, are In the possession of tho officers, and some clue may be obtained from tills fragmentary evidence. One of the Khclla. loaded -with buckshot, was found in the drawing room where the negro porters SAYS NO CUT IN STEEL PRICE IS CONTEMPLATED Independent Company Official Asserts Resignation of Corey Will Not Change Rates, JOHNSTOWN, Pa.. Jan. Because of manv assertions that the resignation of William b. Corey as president of tho United States Steel corporation would bo followed by prlrc concessions In the steel trade in order lo attract more busi ness, President Charles S. Prlco of the Cambria Steel company, ono of tho strong Independent steel Institutions, to day Issued a statement upholding Elbert II. Gary In his reported attlludc toward price cutting. Tho statement says: "Judge Gary has been consistently against a policy of cutting prices, bc causo It unsettled business, and conse quently labor conditions, and in no wise contributes to an Increase of orders. The facts arc, aa gleaned by our agents from all parts of the country, that tho con sumer docs not want, lower prices, ap preciating that steel prices have not been high. All that he wants is to bo as sured that If he places an order, his competitor will not get a lower price. "I do not look for any reduction in prices of steel products and as no or ganization, or gentlemen's agreement, even, exists, there could bo no concerted action taken at the dinner next week at the Waldorf-Astoria, or at any other time. At these dinners only an Inter change of views Is had. "A cut in prices would havo no per manent effect In stimulating business. It has been tried too often, resulting only In bringing In a few orders for Im mediate nocd. that would have been placed In a few days or weeka, at any rale." MANIAC MAKES HIMSELF AT HOME IN OTHER'S HOUSE HEMPSTEAD, Ji. L. Jan. 5. George Dusonbcrry, an escaped maniac, is back in tbe asylum at Central Islip, Long island, today after a week's vacation spent in the country homo of David Campbell of New York, at Kolbrook, Li. 1. Dusonbcrry appropriated, the house to his own uses and successfully defonded it against all comers for four days. Campbell went out to the house last Sunday and was greeted by tho maniac. "This is my house," de clared the man in possession. "I shall defend it with my life." Campbell apologized for his intrusion and withdrew. He informed the local authorities and an attack began. That was on Sunday, and Dusonbcrry tc pulscd every assault, using Campbell's dishes and furniture for ammunition until Wednesday, w.hen tho houso waa carriod by a rush of oflicers nnd vol unteers and its valiant defender re moved, bound hand nnd foot, s OBJECTION TO MILITARY DRILLING IN UNIVERSITY SEATTLE. Wash., .Ian. 13. Protests ac'iinst compulsory military drill at tho University of Washington will be made to the legislature at its coming session, as a result of a students1 meeting held last night. Drill was made a requirement for graduation from the university by a rider on the biennial appropriation bill two years ago. The rule has met -with consistent opposition from students on account of the expense of buying the uniforms nnd tho amount of time con sumed. "I believe that, military education is a good thine and would favor its continuation if possible, especially as a compulsory subject for the fresh men," said President Thomas F. Kane last night. "I would not object, how ever, to an alteration in tho rule mak ing it elective for sophomores and upper classmen." LAKES REPLACE CITIES RESULT OF EARTHQUAKE ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 5. A mcs saco from Tashkent, Prussian Turkestan, says there are unconfirmed rumors that the towns of Przhevalsk and Pishpek, in the territory of Sciniryctchcnsk, were destroyed by yesterday's earth quake, and that a" lake has formed on the Iocntiou of tho former town. Each town had a population of about S000. Communication with the disturbed section is still impossible, and the gov ernment; has no advices today substan tiating the latest alarming reports. Przhevalsk, so renamed in honor of tho great traveler, is bettor known un der its former name of Karakol. It is situated cast of Luke Issikkul. Pishpek is about 150 milos south of the south west est remitj' of Lako Balkhash. Receiver for Bank. PITTSBURG. Jan. 5. The banking houso of P. V. Rovnlanok & Co., with branches in Now York City and Union town, Pa., was placed in the hands of a receiver by an order of tho court today. Robert H. Marshall was appoint ed receiver, with a bond of So0,000. The liabilities are placed at $1,000,000, with assets at $1,100,000. TWO BROTHERS KILLED IN MONTREAL COLLEGE FIRE GRANBY. Quebec. Jan. n. Brothers Danlela and Louclero. superior and as sistant superior of St. Joseph's college lost their lives by a tire which destroyed the college building last night. Roth re mained in the burning building aldinr thirty-three students and twcnt.v-nlno teachers to escape. Brother Danlela finally jumped from u window and was fatally injured, while Brother Louclere perished In the building. Students and teachers had to (lee In night, attire. As the thermometer was about 25 degrees below zero they suf fered severely. The cojlego building, which cost $7.". 000. was ruined. Explosion in Coal Mine. KREBS, Okla., Jan. 5. An explosion in Osage mine No. f here tonight Impris oned Tony Wakl. a shot flrcr. and short ly afterwards tire started in the vi cinity of the cave-ln. Assistance was summoned from the government rcscuo station at MeAlester. Justice Whitney Doad. CORNWALL. Conn.. Jan. Judge K. Baldwin Whitney, appointed on Decem ber 2t by Governor White to tho su preme bench of New York, died at his country home today of pneumonia. Ladies froo " tonight, "Tho Alps" skating rink, Eighth South and Alain. Piuc, smooth ico were Rhot. The empty shell was found near the intermediate semaphore where tho Overland Limited came i to a stoo at the danger signal. An effort is being made to find whero these shells wero PlThcarcmains of William N. Davis, tho negro porter who was shot by tho ban dits, were shipped cast from Ogdon on Union Pacific No. 10. Thursday morning, to his relatives at Chicago, where he s survived by a widow and several chil dren. A. N. Tavlor. tho wounded por ter. Is reported to he. Improving at the Deo Memorial hospital In Ogdbii. REPARATION DOES NOT FOLLOW RATE REDUCTION Interstate Commerce Commlsnlon Lays Down Principle of Importance to Shippers and Railroads. WASHINGTON. Jan. fi. That tho awarding of reparation by no means nec essarily follows the reduction of a rate, whether by voluntary action of the car riers or by order of tho intcrstato com merce commission, Is tho principle laid down today by the commission to govern proceedings in reparation cases. On account of tho immense numbor of reparation complaints tiled by shlpi2rc. it has been doomed necessary that certain general principles bo laid down. These principles aro presented by Commissioner Clements In the case of tho Anadarko Cotton OH company ngainst tho Atchison, Topcka & Santa Fe Railway company nnd other carriers. By the decision, tho rates on cotton seed oil are reduced from points in Oklahoma to Galveston about 4 cents a hundred pounds, approximately li'i per cent. Reparation was not granted, although it was prayed for by the complainant. SMUGGLING SCHEME OF CHINESE IS DEFEATED SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5. The re niarkablo stoutness of Leon Kuang, a Chineso passenger on the steamer Mon golia, caught the eyo of Customs In spector John Toland yesterday. What was particularly unusual in the China man was that the stoutness was con centrated around the region of the waistcoat. At Toland 's request the waistcoat was removed and Leon ceased to bo stout. In the lining of tho garment these articles woro found: Six embroidered pillow covers, two bolts of silk, seven embroidered silk table covers, three embroidered silk piauo covers; six embroidered silk handkerchiefs, five packages of silk thread, ten embroidered silk doilies, one piece of gold embroidery, one linen table cover, twelve silk scans, one em broidered silk blouse pattern; ono em broidered silk shirt and ono embroi dered silk corset cover. CANNED SALMON SHORTAGE IS REPORTED FROM CHICAGO CHICAGO, Jan. 5. Canned salmon Is in greater demand than at any correspond ing period in the memory of men now engaged In the wholesale grocery busi ness in Chicago, said a well known local canned goods man yesterday In comment ing on the unusual conditions at tills sea son of the year. "Inquiries," he continued, "arc coming to Chicago jobbers from all over the country from other jobbers who aro writ ings here and there with a view to pick ing up an odd lot or two to cover their immediate needs. Such a slate of affairs is unprecedented for this season of the year, when the market Is usually wellv supplied with canned salmon, tho first of tho new pack generally arrivinng during the late fall months. "Dealers who aro short are willing to pay a considerable premium, but the goods do not seem to be obtainable In quantities to relieve the situation. Natu rally canned salmon is exceptionally firm and prices show further evidence of souring." PREFER REVENUE PAYERS TO DEADHEAD PASSENGERS NEV7 YORK. Jan. o. A lino of dc markation between a rcveuuo passen ger and deadhead passenger travel ing ou its lines has been established by tho Loug Island railroad. An ordoV just issued will compel persons travel ing ou passes to make known their identity if the train is crowded and give up their seats to the faro paying passenger. Passes issued for free transportation now bear this paragraph: "This pass is issued with the dis tinct understanding that its holder is not permitted to occupy a seat in a crowded train to tho exclusion of a revenue passenger. Fniluro to observe this rulo will result in recall of the pass." WOMAN SENTENCED TO PENITENTIARY FOR MURDER PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 5. Mrs. Car rie ICersh, a former resident of Seattle, was sontenced today to fifteen years imprisonment for her connection with the murder of William A. Johnson in this city last .rune. Johnson was beaten to death and robbed and his body placed in a trunk for shipment to a small town in Wash ington. After tho truuk was dolivcred at. tho depot, blood was seen trickling from it, and investigation revealed Johnson's body. Jesse P. Webb, Mrs. Kersh's alloged accomplice, was convicted of-murder in the first degree ami sentenced to death. Mrs. Ivors h had two trials, the jury in tho first being unable to agree. OIL TO REPLACE STEAM AS SHIP'S MOTIVE POWER WASHINGTON, Jan. fi. A new method of driving transatlantic ships is about to be tried by a prominent ship company, according to consular re ports. The new vessel will be unique in design in that the steam boilers and external chimneys arc to bo done away with. In their placo two oil burning en gines of the explosive type, developing lfiOO-horsopower and making 120 revo lutions per minute, are to furnish the ' means of locomotion, The external appearance of theso , ongines will not: differ greatly from that of tho ste.-un engines. Mother and Child Dead. WLNNIP1CG. Man.. Jan. o. The bodies of Mrs. Samuel Turner and hor 13-year-old son wore found today several miles from their farm near North Portal, Saskatchewan. Mother and son woro lost In the blizzard while going from the stable lo tho house Tuesday night and wandered many miles beforo succumbing to the storm. Soldiers in Madeira. LISBON. Jan. .. Six hundred men of the Sixth light Infantry, with quick-firing guns, sailed toduy for Madeira to assist In carrying out the sanitary measures ugulnst the cholera. r,ac-3rJ,,Tr',T, " SY STEIIP Sll IS FRIEHU.Y ACII01 " k Atlantic Line Officials Assert I They Have Long Wanted Law Tested. I Concluded From Pago One. .' steamship lines must have thoajajj. fi of agents all over tho vnnous counlri 1 "Those agents, of course, cannot 1 paid salaries, but have to he i I numerated by tho means of cornel S sionsc In the competition for biisitra many of the ngents were splittinc tfcIr 1 commissions, and so some of the nit' S songcrs were getting a rebate, or h' oilier -words, . there was the tame ft, : f crimination in the steamship buMntji' as there was in the railway husinci ' n before the interstate commorco comnji- V sion Jaw -was passed. ' ' (- "The lines have felt, and still fyl ? that all they havo been doing and m doing is entirely legal, nnd isjn rcalilr T for the best interests of tho stecrap J passenger, but if it is dete'rmined fa': this suit that any of the practices ate 1 in violation of the law in any kj ; they shall bo only too glad to coj' such practices." SAY SUIT IS WELCOMED, 1 ,! ForelQn Companlec Assert They Deilrtf Ruling on Anti-Trust Law. HAMBURG. Germany, Jan. 5, No jlti-. Icty Is expressed In local shipping c!r- -1 cles concerning the mil coma of the nit i , Instituted by the United States govtn. : t mcnt to close American ports to tius of the thirteen defendant trans-Atlajille 1 steamship companies comorlblng tbe At' i lantlc conferenco so long as ihcy cw- a tinuc an alleged agreement to appor.te i I all traffic pro rata and destroy the mb- m petition of other carriers engajej in 1 the steerage passenger trado between lis xl United States and JSuropc. I In a statement Issued from the offlca ' j of the Hamburg-American line today It 1 Is explained that the suit Is wclcomHi 1 with confidence that the Sherman act' t under which the action Is brought, vi ; be declared Inapplicable to foreign con J : panics. V ; "The foreign companies thcmiclvn," reads the statement, "desired a legsJ action for the purpose of testing whetber ' ' tho American antl-trust law affectf thjj j t position or not. They are convinced lbs! 4 l tho suit will servo only to clear tip that t " situation, and provo that the law Is la- i c applicable, and thus put an end to ih! f agitation of competing companies. b 1 are tho solo Instigators of tbe move.? I ment." The statement concludes. H "Leading American lawvers arc of tb! jT. ' opinion that sucli an extension of tMl ; Sherman anti-trust law to foreign can- J panics Is impossible. Othervds u. I1 American anil-trust law could be ip- piled to all foreign manufacturers ut', I export goods to tho United Statea ixA , who are members of any syndicate." PROPOSES ALIENS SHALL f NOT OWN OR LEASE LOT BUI Introduced In California Leglshturti Will. If Passed, Have Far- ' Reaching Effect. SACRAMENTO. Jan. fi. AH aliens n:t eligible to citizenship arc prohibited fns 1 owning or leasing land in California. iJ tho terms of a bill Introduced by Stats ,. Senator Sanford of T'klah In tho lojf' -j ture today. Tho bill was offered t M years ago and attracted wide atttla r The support of the Asiatic ExdiHfcS . league Is claimed for it. Under its provisions, tho 200,000 orswa ' acres of California laud now liM f i Japanese or Chinese must eventually M- A vort to tho state unless citizenship mw i wiille is conferred upon these people, an ' no more land can be obtained bv their- The bill provides that all lands pasaat ,, i to aliens by devise or becpicst may it ,; held for a period not to exceed live yean ., , thereafter, and at tho end of that lis. If. still in the i-sscsslon of such alien1, ( j must escheat to the state. ,: : Authority Is given district attorneys lj , act In cases of collusive transfer iB j! sell the property involved. !; : MISS PANKHURST SAYS 1 WOMEN WILL GET BALLOT f I NEW YORK, Jan. r.. Miss B. I 1 Pankhurst. daughter of the leader of i" ' British militant suffragettes, and has been imprisoned twice because her activity In the cause In the Flr V of London, Is here, to Instruct Aniic women In tho latest English method bringing about women's suffrage. "Will tho English women Ret the Mi (f lot ?" she was asked. , ... ';! 1 "They will." was the ndmpt rW- . "We will get the ballot In a years iw--We havo the assurance from 'hegrel that the old bill will reach Us thIM Tin . . Ing during the next parliament. all we want the third reading. Then en. i Just rights will come." U Whistles Hymn, Hobs Girl- u , KANSAS CITY, Jan. 5. Bocaufi,r '4 i man who walked up behind her oi i a " J g street was whistling a hymn. M' r Childress of this city was not MgMew until he grabbed a sealskin b". ; if tabling a small amount of r,one. i m ran. The robbery occurred In tuo 11 . dence section of Kansas City. hvnin t "Tho man was whistling Bringing in the Sheaves. 31 . IP. Childress. , jJ 1" MEREDITH TRUNKS WITH- If STAND THE KNOCKS OF THE f ! BAGGAGE SMASHER And It's only that kind of a mink that's worth while In trawJJ. . K We know Just how to put j ; L together for hard usage, , W ; m don't charge any more M that knowledge. See what . jfe make and you'll buy. r Ml OENI tt I jij main sTHEer- X HONEST WOBK Y HONEST PBICBS b , teat's of Jl's" Pa Temper U- f4fr