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CLERKS' PENSIONS 1
ARE NOWCERTAIN
| Leaders Resolved to Pass Bill
Through House at Present
Session of Congress.
FULL JUSTICE TO ALL,
NO TAX ON TREASURY1'
Compulsory Savings Plan to Be Put (
Into Operation.
MEASURE NEARS COMPLETION j
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Program Will Not Be Made Public Until
All Details Have Been
Worked Out. J
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"Legislation is certain to be <
enacted at this session of Con- i1
gress by which the retirement of j j
aged government clerks on pen- j <
sion will be provided for, the
superannuation problem settled j
for all time, exact justice done to >
all government employes, a com- (
pulsory savings plan put into J
operation and the efficiency of the <
government service increased 100 {
per cent. 1
"An/i all this will he done with- 1
out the expenditure of a single
additional dollar by the government/'
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This statement was made to a Star reporter
this morning by one of the leaders v
f the House who does not wish his name i
:*ed at this time, as he is now perfecting ?
the modification of the Gillett compulsory
savings p an which is to accomplish these ?
long-desired results. At the proper time t
lie will appear in earnest advocacy of the
proposition, and, as it can be demonstrat- r
ed to any member of the House that s
there is no civil pension scheme involved, ?
he believes that the House and the Senate r
will act speedily and favorably. 1
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Bouse Calendars Congested. 7
A couple of months ago the House com- ?
mitlee on reform in the civil service, of r
which Representative Gillett is chairman, |
reported favorably what Is generally con- t
ceded to be the best plan for the te- '
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iirtment, without hardship, of aged and p
inefficient employes in the classified serv- t
ice of tlie government that has ever been 0
placed before Congress. For a time the C
members of the committee were hopeful J
of getting this, bill before the House C
through the regular calendar channels, ^
l'Ut of late it has been apparent that by f
< reason of the congested condition of bus}- 1
nvss in the body this would be impos- s
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sible unless some unforeseen emergen- f
ey arose or some unanticipated and ac- I
t vely manifested revival of interest in ?
the plan occurred. a
That is just what has happened. The *
inqualiri*<1 indorsement by President Taft ^
end every member of his cabinet of a h
retirement scheme involving a maximum r
of jusuce to aged employes of the gov- ?
-rr.ment wtth a minimum of burden on f
j me federal treasury?that is, some form t
of uie compulsory savings plan?followed
ijy t;.e preparation of a list of employes
of the Treasury department slated for j
dismissal, brought the matter before Contoiess
in an acute stage. For the past J
?
ew da>s the leaders of the House have
given considerable thought to the possl- j
o.iity of enacting retirement legislation i
I at this session of Congress, and it may f
be stated confidently that the prospects j
of action along the desired lines are .
brighter now tr.an ever they havy been
before. 1
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Now Favors Early Action. i
There is no shadow of a doubt, and has ,
to en none for some time, that if Congress , r
la bed to enact a retirement law at thla j 1
session, that it would be one of the first ! '
pieces of legislation undertaken at the j j
n? xt The House leaders have endeav-j t
1 to console themselves with this i '
of the matter up to date. But now j J
.rv arc convinced that It would be to j
he best Interests of all concerned?of the \
clerks affected and of the governmnt J
" rvirt -in ? nac? the neeessarv legislation i
m before the gavels fall In both branches
>r Congress for the la?t time during the
^B ??-sslon now in progress.
The plan which is now being considered,
nd which in all probability will receive
^^B ie sanction of i?oth nouses, is simple and i
et comprehensive. Without a dollar of
^^B -xtra expense to the government It will i
^^B eirr.it of the retirement of aged and inffl
tent clerks on annual pension. It will
ol\e the superannuation problem. It will
ncreaae the efficiency of the government
^^B > rvice to a marked extent. And the com.uisory
savings feature will not he a burden
upon those employes of the government
who remain in the service under Its
^B operations.
^B Details to Be Perfected.
^B The details of the scheme are not given
B at this lime for obvious reasons. There
is some perfecting of detail yet remaining
B to b? done, and It is not desired at this
time by those having the interests of the
B rovernment clerks at heart, to set forth '
B in detail the manner in which it is hoped \
to get the retirement measure before the!
ilouse for its action.
^B But that tiie legislation in question will
h- enacted at this session of Congress is j
^^B t e tirm opinion of men in the House of |
^^B 1 epres ..talives who usually know what
tliey ar<- talking about and who have the
no t to do anil ti.e ui
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W Consul at Kingston Nominated.
Nominations sent to the Senate today
I t i .eluded the following:
I To be consul at Kingston, Jamaica, '
I . icholas K. Snyder of Pennsylvania.
1 To be postmaster at Cresson, Pa. John
I | Parrish.
I Sx-Governor of Nebraska Dead.
I OSt'DOLA, Neb.. June 2.?Ex-Gov. John'
I rT Mickey died at his home here today.
B Por more than a year the ex-governor
tad be?n suffering from arterial sclerosis,
which finally caused his death.
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MAY HALTVESSELaJ
Permission of Madriz Needed
to Enter Bluefields.
DR. IRIAS ISSUES DECREE
Enforcement Would Mean Control
of Traffic Along the Coast.
TO BE DISREGARDED BY TJ. S.
Armies of Lara and Godoy Completely
Destroyed?Four Hundred
Prisoners Taken.
BLT"EFTELDS, Nicaragua. June 2.?Dr.
Julian Irias. the representative on the
Atlantic coast of President Madriz. has
Is: jed .1 decree that vessels cleared for
Blueflelds on or after June 1 may not
mter this port without the permission of
:he Madriz government.
The decree sets forth that all shipping
which denre.J for Blueflelds before the
Tate mentioned will be permitted to enter
:he iiarbor after the payment of custom
luties at the custom house on Blueflelds
fluff, which was recently captured and
tilt held by the government troops.
The offi lal decree was issued from
aboard the Niearaguan war vessel Venus,
jnd if its provisions are observed it will
riean tiiat the coast traffic will be absolutely
in the control ot President Mairiz.
and the consentient weakening of
he position of the Insurgents at Bluelelds.
The United States gunboat Palucah
will not permit the Venus to bombard
the city of Blueflelds or to shell the
renches of the revolutionists on the inand
side of the city by tiring over the
jrovisionai capital.
Word From 17. S. Awaited.
Whether the United States government
will allow the Niearaguan government to
ay what vessels shall enter the chief
' 01' I - I II nrnj'UJ l VI liic LUUI11I.T I VI UI1UU
vhat conditions such entrance shall be
nade, Is a matter of doubt here, where
l decision in the matter by Secretary
inox is anxiously awaited.
The district to the noun embraced by
^rinzapuika and the Rio Grande rivers
s rich in mining and agricultural inerests,
owned chiefly by Americans.
The exports from that territory to Blueields
are important, and if the governnent
should decide to hold up the vessels
engaged in moving them with the
urpose of cutting off the insurgent source
>f supplies, the situation from the standioint
of Gen. Estrada would be rendered
nore serious. '
Hope is found in the fact that the deTee
may have been issued before Dr.
rias had been officially informed of the
Lttitude at Washington toward the colleclon
of custom duties at this port. Secetary
Knox having decided that the inurgents,
although driven out of the bluff
md having abandoned the custom house
o the government forces, may still colect
customs at some other point, enourages
the belief that the American
rovernment will again Intervene to the
dtimate advantage of the revolutionists.
Dr. Irias' decree was issued on the day
n which the government troops under
Jen. Lara and Gen. Gedoy fell back afer
repeated and unsuccessful attempts
o take Bluefields with their land forces.
Jen. Estrada and Gen. Chamorro asumed
the aggressive as the Madrix army
withdrew, leaving their dead and woundmI
on the field. Altogether Estrada has
aken Wo p.isoners.
The forces under Gen. Lara are con- '
idered to be the flower of the governncn.s
army, and their abandonment, for
he time at least, of the attempt against
W^..
iiurii'-iu? iidh pn ?'ii urw i-uutdsc iu inc
nsurgent commander. Gen. Kstrada, who
as been keenly disappointed by the inibillty
of his men under Gen. Zeledon to
lold the bluff and custom house.
Gen. liara cannot retreat to any great
istance because of the swamps by which
ie is surrounded, and which have been
endered impassable by recent heavy
ains. Accordingly it appears that tne
inal issue may be fought out not far
rom the present positions of the conending
armies.
The decree issued by Dr. Irkte, in comnand
of the Madriz war vessel Venus at
Jluefields. to the effect that no vessels
rill be permitted to enter that port after
fune ] without the consent of the Madriz
fovcrnment and without having first paid
iuties at the custom house on Bluefields
ttuflf will be disregarded' by Ca.pt. Gilner
of the United States gunboat Padu ah,
and should Irias attempt to prevent
iny American vessel from entering the
arbor without having first paid duties
it the Kiuff he will do so at his peril.
This is the announced position of the
t'nited States government. It will be re Hlled
that Secretary Knox in his tele- !
irani to ('apt. Gilmer Tuesday stated in
ffeot tliat the I'nitcd States admitted the
light of. the Kstrada faction to col ect
ustoms for Bluefields and denied this
right to the other faction, and inasmuch
as the I'nited States recognizes neither
faction as a government of Nicaragua,
!>ut merely as in de facto control cf portions
of the country, proclamations on
ither's part which are inconsistent with
I his attitude are without effect on the
I'nitcd States and Its citizens.
May Not Enforce Decree.
This position clearly covers the present j
i-ase, and in view of the instructions to ;
i apt. Gilmer to carry out this policy of
lite government it Is not believed that
L>r. Irias. in command of the Venus, will
Invite, certain destruction by any show of
force to .carry his decree into effect.
A belated telegram from Consul General
VI off at at Bluefields states that the number
of killed in the recent engagements
tear there was about 130, with 250
ivounded, and that Gen. Kstrada is giving
aLt tA thp n'AlmHA.1 1 af !
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tic field. The remnant of Gen. Gam's
irmv, -which was in full retreat, is said
lo \h- Iti a pitiable condition.
Front private advices he has received
from the interior of Nicaragua. Senor
CastriUo, representative nere of the Kstrada
provisional government, believes
the Madriz army which was destroyed at
Bluetields comprised .Madrlz's entire ?orce.
The number of government troops reported
to be at Kama is comparatively insignificant.
he believes.
Tudav Senor Castrlllo received cablegrams
"sent by Secretary of State Diaz
from Blueflelds, via Colon, saying the
irmies of Gens. Gara and Godoy were
rompletely destroyed. From Minister
[Jen. Rivera, Senor Castrlllo also received
cablegrams reporting that Chamorro,
took four hundred prisoners, J
great Quantities of arms and ammunition
and all the field pieces the Madriz
forces possessed. More than two
hundred wounded were taken by the
provisionals and cared for.
Because of the character of the country,
the flight of the government troops
to the base of supplies at Rama must
be up the river, because an overland
Journey at this season of the year
would be impossible. Before a junction
of the remnants of the government
forces could be effected there, Senor
Castrlllo believes, Gen. Mena's forces
ran take what is left of the government
army at that place.
The United States, it was officially declared
today, has no present Intention of
assuming a protectorate over Nicaragua
or in any way intervening or recognizing
either party to the controversy until one
faction or the other has obtained full
control of the country and machinery of
tlie government by the consent of the
people and is In a position to meet its
national and International obligations. ?
I
m VOI[ TODAY
Senate Certain to Pass Administration
Railroad Bill.
ONE REPUBLICAN IN DOUBT
Not Known How Senator Bourne
Stands on the Measure.
TWO AMENDMENTS ADOPTED
One by La Toilette Requires Roads
to Keep Agents in Washington
to Accept Service.
While clearing up minor amendments to
the administration railroad bill, which
had been put off until the last, republican
and democratic leaders in the Senate today
busied themselves with canvasses to
ascertain what the final vote was likely
to be. At 1:15 p.m. it was regarded as
certain that the vote would be taken before
adjournment, that all of the republicans
would be recorded for the bill, except
possibly one. and that all but six
or seven of the democrats would be recorded
against it.
The republican whose vote is in doubt
is Senator Bourne. He has not stated
how he stands, but the general impression
is that he is opposed to the bill. One
of the democratic leaders sad that 'f
there were danger of the defeat of the
bill through democratic votes not one of
the minority would vote against the bill,
notwithstanding the fact that it is called
an administration measure. He said that
as amended the bill contained far more
good than bad. Its final passage is assured.
Crawford Amendment Up.
The Crawford amendment to the bill,
modifying the commodities clause of the
Hepburn act of 1906, was taken up when
the Senate met at 11 o'clock.
This provision, ^lke the Bailey amend
merit, which was voted down yesterday,
looked to the complete separation of
transportation from production, but it
differed from the former in that it permitted
a carrier to transport articles
which it had produced, providing that
as long as ninety days previously they
had passed into other hands.
Owing to the prohibition against the
ownership of the stock of a producing
company by a transporting concern, Mr.
Smoot complained that by buying only
one share of stock in an independent oil
company the Standard Oil Company
could put the independent company out
of business.
Senators Bacon and Sutherland objected
to fixing an arbitrary* time in the matter
of the sale of the commodity. They
insisted that the essential point was the
matter of good faith in the sale. Mr.
Crawford conceded this fact, but said
that the time was a mere evidence of a
bona tide transfer.
An amendment offered by Senator Overman
regulatng the suspension of state
laws by the Issuance of Injunctions In
Interlocutory proceedings In federal courts
was adopted. 33 to 2K Tt prohibits such
a course, except after hearing by three
judges.
Two'Amendments Adopted.
Tho Senate adopted an amendment to
the railroad bill offered by Senator Burton
requiring the interstate commerce
commission to report concerning uniform
classifications and another by Mr. La Follette
requ.ring railroads to keep in Washington
agents who may accept service.
HflllSF AGREES ON S100
PENSION TO MRS. HOWARD
Senate's Action Regarding Amount
of Monthly Allowance to General's
Widow Concurred In.
After a lively debate the House today
passed a bill granting a pension of $100 a
month to Mrs. O. O. Howard, widow of
MaJ. Gen. O. O. Howard. Thae bill as
originally passed by the House fixed the
amount of the pension at $30 per month.
The Senate increased this figure to $100
a month.
Representative I^oudenslager of New
Jersey, chairman of the committe on
pensions, led the opposition to the Increase
in the House. In making the in- J
crease to $100 the House ignored a fixed;
rule of the pension committee limiting I
the pensions of widows of general officers !
to $30 a month.
The vote on the bill was entirely nonpartisan.
Opponents of the increased penston
contended that widows of men In
the ranks were required to get along on
much less, and that no exceptions should
be made to the fixed rule of the House.
* mm-fir* favArod Ihn 1
AIIIVU^ lliuat lurvt VAJ v<*v wwwv
were Representatives Alexander of New
York, Foster of Vermont. Gardner of
Michigan, Olcott of New York. Parker of
New Jersey. Jveifer of Ohio and llltchoock
of Nehrasko. Among those who opposed
the Increase were Representatives Campbell
of Kansas, Richardson of Alabama
and Clayton of Texas.
CONSOLIDATING ITS DEBTS.
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Co. Executes
Mortgage for $20,000,000.
POTTSVILLE, Pa., June 2.?A mortgage
for 120,000.000 was recorded at the
local courthouse today by the Lehigh
and Wilkesbarre Coal Company to the
Donnavivania Cnmnanv for the Insurance
on Lives and Granting of Annuities of
Philadelphia. The mortgage covers fiftyone
tracts of land in Schuylkill, Carbon
and Luzerne counties, and thirty-six extensive
leases owned by the company.
The instrument was negotiated In order
that the outstanding indebtedness of the
company might be consolidated and the
bond issues due for redemption yesterday
might be secured by new capital.
SUFFRAGE IN OKLAHOMA.
Question of Women Voting to Be Decided
at Regular Election.
GUTHRIE, Okla., June 2.?Whether
women will be granted suffrage in Oklahoma
will be decided at the regular
election to be held in November. The
last obstacle in the way of voting on
this question was removed yesterday
when the state supreme court sustained
the action of Secretary of State Cross
in overruling objections to the petition of
the suffragists asking that the question
be submitted to the voters.
Diz Democratic State Chairman.
NEW YORK. June 2.-John A. Dix of
Washington county was today elected
chairman of the democratic state committee.
succeeding William J. Conner* of
Buffalo.
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THE HO
BOTH SIDES ARE FIRM
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NO CHANGE IN ANTHRACITE
MINE STRIKE SITUATION.
Employes in Pottstown District, It Is
Said, Want a Written
I
Agreement.
k~tm<KSBBMtJHB. P*.. June 2?Thare Is
no change today in the strike of the
12,000 anthracite mine workers in the
Pottstown district. Both sides are Arm.
The officials of the Pennsylvania Coal
Company declare no agreement can be
reached until the strikers first return to
work, according to the ruling of the
! strike commission. General Manager
May is quoted as saying that to pursue
any other course would put the company
in the position of violating one of
the most Important rules of the commission.
Ignore Conciliation Board.
The strike leaders, on the other hand,
claim that the employes of the company
, will not wait for a decision from tl>e
conciliation board, but want a written
agreement from Manager May. They say
a verbal agreement would not be acceptl
ed, as some of the miners, when they
presented their grievances on alleged excessive
dockage to the mine foremen in
the past, were promised redress if they
i continued at work, but they claim the
grievances never were passed upon. The
high officials of the company say they
know of no specific cases that wero ignored.
Many of the strikers show an ugly
spirit today, and the state police are in
readiness to move to any point in the
region at short notice,
PREMATURE EXPLOSION
OF BLAST KILLS EIGHT
Foreman of Quarry Workers and
Two Men Hurled Two HunI
dred Feet Away.
ALLENTOWN, Pa., June 2.?The premature
explosion of a blast In the quarry \
of the Lehigh Portland Cement Company,
at West Copley, today, snuffed out
the lives of eight men. Among the killed
was Daniel Gannon, the foreman, of Allentown,
who leaves a family of ten children.
The others were foreigners.
The men were preparing three holes
sixty feet deep, and had put in 600
8ticks of dynamite when the explosion occurred.
No one knows the cause, but It
is believed something fell into one of the
holes, causing the cap to explode. Gannon
and two men were hurled 200 feet
away, and four others were thrown Into
a wheat field.
OVER A HUNDRED START.
Championship Tournament of New
Jersey State Association.
ORANGE, N. J., June 2.?One hundred
and thirty starters teed off In the championship
tournament of the New Jersey
State Golf Association which began here
today on the links of the Essex County
Country Club. Prominent in the field were
Max Behr, the title holder; Jerome Travers.
a former national and New Jersey
champion, and Archibald Graham, who
won the first championship ten years
ago.
Scores ruled high In the qualifying round.
Up to the early afternoon j*iax xienr. the
title holder, led the field-, with a score
of 76. Travers had not then finished.
PEARY RECEIVED BY KINO.
?fArctic
Explorer Discusses Scott's
Chance at South Pole.
LONDON, June 2.?Commander Robert
E. Peary was presented to King George
at Marlborough House today.
He remained a half hour telling the
king something of his own achievements
and discussing with him the prospects of
Capt. Scott's.antartic expedition,
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OSIER DEMOCRATIC NIGH'
WOULD SHIFT BLAME
Gerbracht Questioned on Sugar
Underweighing Frauds.
ATTACKED BY PROSECUTOR
Sharply Examined as to Reports on
Tests.
NO FAITH IN POLARIZATION
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Former Superintendent Denies He j
Was Directed by Mr. Havemeyer
to Falsify.
NEW YORK. June 2.?Ernest \V. Gerbracht's
effort to put the responsibility
for sugar undcrwelghing frauds solely
upon Oliver Spltzer, former superlntenddent
of the American Refining Company's
Williamsburg docks, or by implication
upon men now dead, was sharply attacked
by Prosecutor Henry L?. Stlmson,
at the resumption of the sugar conspiracy j
trial today. Gerbracht was superintendent j
of the Williamsburg rennery during the i
period when the cneating devices on the |
scales were in use. Ho is the second of
the three men on trial to present his defense.
James F. Bendernagel's side of the
case has already been presented.
The defense of Charies R. Heike, secretary
of tlie sugar trust, is yet to be submitted.
Mr. Stlmson questioned Gerbracht on
croBs-examinatlon awniie today as to how
lie accounted for discrepancies between
government weights and refinery weights
in the technical statements w#<.hout getting
much information cut of the witness.
Then he took a new tack.
"Now I think that you said that H. O.
Havemeyer directed you to falsify the
reports on the tests of raw sugar?" said
Mr. Stimson.
uenies incriminating aavemeyer.
"No. I did not. I never said any such
thing," exclaimed Gerbracht, excitedly.
"1 think you testified that lie toid you
to make the tests of raw sugar low," continued
Mr. Stimson.
"No, sir. He told me to keep tlicm
low," corrected the witness.
"Well." said Mr. Stimson, with a note
of triumph in his voice, "the' difference
seems only to be a slight one in veroiage.
As a matter of fact, did not this amount
to a direction to affect the price paid to
the sugar merchant from whom the sugar
was bought?"
"No: It referred only to the cost of
refining sugar."
Gertnacnc said he had no idea of any
other purpose. He denied that he had j
ever withdrawn refinery figures of raw I
sugar tests and substituted figures furnished
by tests made in the Wall street
offices of the trust. Mr. 8timson thereupon
read into the evidence letters to
show that the figures of the tests were
changed time and time again.
Gerbracht explained that ho didn't make
the tests personally. They were made in
the refinery room.
Made Lower Than True Figures.
"Now, didn't you make the tests lower
than their true figures?' asked Mr. Stimson.
res."
"And didn't Mr. Havemeyer tell you
to?"
"Yes."
"So now you don't object to my saying
that Mr. Havemeyer directed you to falsify
the tests?"
"I do; he didn't."
"Do you mean to say there's a difference
between falsifying teats and keeping
testings lower than their true figure?"
"Yes, there is a difference." <
"What is the difference? What do you ,
mean?" asked Mr. Stimson.
"I mean there was no true test in polarization,"
said Gerbracht. <
"Why did you use the polarization test <
if it was not true? To fool the sugar 1
growers?" !
"I don't know," answered the witness, t
"Well. I would like to know .the ethical 1
basis of this practice," observe^ Mr. I
Btimson.
Kentucky's New Capitol Dedicated.
FRANKFORT, Ky.. June 2.?Ken- ]
tucky's two-miilion-dollar caplto! was
dedicated with a program of exercises '
that occupied practically the entire i?
day. ' i
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rMARE.
ROOSEVELT PEA1BUB
PRESIDENT TO HAKE HIM
HEAD OF COMMISSION.
To Bo Charged With Duty of Promoting
World-Wide Amity and
Seducing Armaments.
Theodore Roosevelt is to be appointed
by President Teft at the head of a commission
of five members charged with the
auty 01 promoting world-wide peace.
The House committee on foreign affairs
at a meeting today authorized Representative
Bennet of New York to combine
his resolution on this subject with that
introduced by Representative Bartholdt
of Missouri, so as to provide for the creation
of this commission "to consider the
expediency of utilizing existing international
agencies for the purpose of limiting
the armament of the nations of the world
by international agreement, and of constituting
the combined navies of the
world an international force for the preservation
of universal peace."
It is expected that when this resolution
comes before tne House it will be passed
without opposition.
Discussing this resolution, the purpose
of which he heartily favors. President
Taft, it is understood on excellent authority,
has already formally announced that
he would appoint Col. Roosevelt at the
head of the commission. He has not yet
decided upon the other members.
SEVENTEEN LABORERS
LOSE LIVES IN BLAST
Four Hundred Xees of Powder in
Utah Cement Works Explode
Prematurely.
OGDEN, Utah, June 2.?Four hundred
kegs of powder were prematurely discharged
yesterday In the quarry of the
Union Portland Cement Company near the
Devil's Slide in Weber canon, eight miles
east of Morgan. Seventeen laborers are
missing and it is believed all were killed.
Those missing include Hugh McGuire,
the foreman; seven Italians, seven Hungarians
and two Japanese.
A tunnel had been driven Into the hill
above the cement plant and 400 kegs of
powder had been placed therein. The
workmen were preparing to seal the
ehaniDer, preliminaiy to firing tne blast,
when the powder exploded. No oamage
was done to the company buildings nearby,
but ranennouses for distant were
damaged. Telephone and telegraph wires
were torn down and the first news of the
accident was sent by courier.
STUDENTS TO BE BEEBLESS.
Appellate Court of California Up*
holds Liquor Begulation.
MENLO PARK, Cal., June 2.?The last
stein song has been sung and the last
stein drained by merrymakers at Leland
Standford, Jr., University. The
appellate court yesterdaj upheld the state
law which prohibits um selling of liquor
within one and omtafcalf miles of the
school.
The opinion was handed down on an
appeal in a. case brougnt by a Menlo
Park saloonkeeper to test the validity of
the law.
WON BY SIB MABTIN.
Bace for the Coronation Cup Bun at
Epsom Downs.
EPSOM DOWNS, England, June 2.?
The coronation cup race, for a gold cup,
value 200 sovereigns, and 1,000 sovereigns
In specie for the winner, for three-yearolds
and upward, distance, the Derby
course, about one mile and a half, was
run here today and won by Louis Wlnans*
Sir Martin, ridden by "8keets" Martin,
the American Jockey. Bachelor's Double
was second and Louviers third. Nine
horses started.
Joseph S. Harris Dead.
PHILADELPHIA, June 2.?Joseph S.
Harris, former president of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad Company,
died suddenly today at his home in Ger- '
mantown, a suburb. _
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DENEENJOAID JURY
Governor to Appear Before
Bribery Investigators.
LABOR FOR PRQSECUT'ON
Heavy Day's Work Cut Out in Probing
Illinois Scandal.
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DbCJklUbXbll. XlbAU X 1U 1AJL.&.
Will Tell What -u.e Knows?O'Briea
to Be Called?Foster Enters
Denials.
SPRINGFIELD. II!.. June 2.?The legislative
inquiry here opened with a program
which, if carried out, will keep
State's Attorney Burke and his associates
busy, today.
Salient features scheduled for the attention
of the prosecutors arc:
A conference between State's Attorney
Burke and Gov. Deneen, looking toward
the presence of the governor in the grand
Jury room to explain legislative affairs
to the Jurors and to give the investigators
whatever information the executive
has on matters of interest to the jury.
Questioning of Representative H. J. C.
Beckemeyer by Mr. Burke and before the
grand jury.
Inquiry Into the causes which ied to
the killing of the fish bill, fathered by
the state fish commission, which was
killed in committee.
Questioning of Representative C. L. McMackin,
republican, of the llolstlaw district.
Fish Bill Inquiry.
In the examination before the im-v
Representative A. M. Foster, chairman
of the fish and game committee, is scheduled
as the first witness.
Following him it is planned to have
! Representative Bcckcmeycr, who has told
his story to the Cook county grand jury,
t throw what light he can on the alleged
bribery both in the senatorial election
and in legislative matters.
McMackin, who, like Beckmeyer, comes
from the Hoist law district, is then scheduled
to be examined.
Great stress is expected to be laid by
Mr. Burke on the legislative jackpot"
feature of the investigation.
Representative H. J. Beckmeyer arrived
on an early train.
Beckmeyer Willing to Talk.
Beckmeyer. whose admissions to State's
Attorney Wayman of Chicago and the
Cook county grand Jury have been considered
corroborative of the confession of
i Representative C. A. White, declared he
was ready to talk to State's Attorney
Burke and had no objection to go before
the Sangamon grand jury and answer its
questions.
A subpoena was Issued today fpr RepeaoantalivA
THnrviaa a#
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(Chicago, but was stopped when It was
I learned that O'Brien came to Springfield
j on the same train with Beckmeyer.
O'Brien was one of the democratic representative*
who voted for Lorimcr.
Foster Declares Ignorance.
CHICAGO, June 2?Talking over the
long-distance telephone from Peoria today,
Representative A. M. Foster declared
he knew nothing of alleged bribery
in connection with the election of
Senator Lorlmer.
With , regard to reports that interesting
disclosures were expected in connection
with the killing of the "fish" bill. Representative
Foster said he knew why the
bill was killed. There was nothing evil
or mysterious about it, he said.
Mr. Fqster was leader of the democratic
caucus when Senator Lorlmer was elected,
and also chairman of the committee
on fisheries. He is expected to testify
before the grand Jury at Springfield.
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS
BILL UP NEXT WEEK
Keport on Measure Expected Tuesday?Consideration
Likely to
Begin Next Day.
Indications are that the postal savings
hanks bill will come up for consideration
in the House next week. Following the
action of the republican caucus last
night in reaching an agreement cn section
9 and other features in controversy
the leaders were busy today in an effort
to ascertain whether the measure could
be considered under a rule. Special rules
are unpopular with the insurgents, but a
canvass made today disclosed that a majority
of the republicans favored consideration
of the bill with a bar against
indiscriminate amendments.
The present plan contemplates a report
on the bill agreed to in caucus by the
House committee on post offices and post
roads Tuesday of next week. On the
following day it is planned to report a
rule for the Immediate consideration of
the bill, the rule to permit the minority
to offer a substitute and allowing two'
j a at j r a. ....
uaye tor me urumr. n is expected tliat
the bill, which aiready has passed the
Senate In a different form, will be in
conference by a week from this Saturday.
But it is hard to guess whether or not
it will emerge from that conference at
this session.
CONVICTS SHOT DOWN.
One Killed and Two Wounded in
Effort to Recapture Them.
CALDWELL, Tex., June 2.?In a fight
between Sheriff Henslow and deputies
and nine convicts, near Milano, Tex.,
one convict was killed and two wounded
yesterday, according to reports received
in Caldwell last night.
The sheriffs were close behind the
convicts at last reports. More bloodshed
is expected before a capture is
effected. The convicts escaped from a
railroad gang.Creosote
Plant Consumed.
TEXARKANA, Ark., June 2.?The
plant of the International Lumber and
Creosoting Company, together with 125,0<h)
gallons of creosote, twenty-eight carloads
of creosoted cross ties and a large quantity
of raw material, was destroyed by
fire last night.
The loss is $750,000.
Representative Ranch Renominated.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind., June 2.?
Congressman George W. Rauch was
unanimously renominated by the democrats
of the eleventh Indiana district,
in convention in this city yesterday.
The platform denounced the PayneAldrich
tariff law as "a legislation of
private graft against which the people
of the country are in righteous revolt."
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TAFT ATBRYN MAWR
Delivers an Address at Commencement
Exercises. <
FOR WOMEN'S EDUCATION
Learning, He Says. Does Wot Unfit
Them for Duties as Wives.
IS ENTERTAINED AT LUNCHEON
Seventy Young; Women Receive
Diplomas?Taft Leaves This Afternoon
for Ada, Ohio.
PHI I .A DELPHI A, June it?Prastdent
Taft rame to Ilryn Mawr College today
and dt livered one of a number of commencement
addresses he is to make this
month. Hryn Mawr and all the other
nearby fashionable suburbs were in a
flutter early today in anticipation of the
visit of the President.
At the college all had been put tn order
for ihe coming of the lYesident. vho-e
daughter, Helen, Is a student at the lna'ltution
and will be graduated mxt year.
The commencement exercises were Ueid
shortly before noon, and seventy young
women received diplomas.
The President arrived here at 10;lt!
from Washington, and his car was
switched to a lo. al train and taken l ?
Bryn Mawr. ten miles west nf ?i,i* e.iiv
The President spnk f?n "Woman s College
Education." .ind loiloumi, lit.. xei eises
ho was entertained at luncheon at
the deanery by ..t.-s Caiey 1 nomas,
president of the coliOKe. There wtre l.?u
guests at the luncheon.
This afternoon the President leaves for
Ada, Ohio, where he will attend another
commencement.
Remarks of President.
In opening his address at the commencement
exercises. President Taft said:
"Young ladies of the graduating class:
Your ahle and distinguished president
has asked me at ihis commencement, to
say something in respect to the higher
education of women. It is. of course, a
theme most relevant and germane to the
occasion, hut it is one ol which 1 hesitate
to speak in the presence of those
who have made it their life study and
whose opinions in regard to the mailer
are of so much more real weight than
my own.
"The marvelous progress In material
and other ways made by the world in tna
nineteenth century is only less wonderful
than tlie ease and rapidity wttn wnictt
we forget tne steps in tlie progress, tin*
difficulties in its attainment and the condition
that existed prior to its coining. "
The President reviewed the advances
made in educational advantages for bot.i
sexes since 18U0, reciting the growth from
the two small schools in Pennsylvania
that offered opportunity for even a grammar
school education for girls in that
year to the magnificent colleges of iha
present day, turning out women capabla
of teaching in its highest form.
Does Not Unfit for Business.
Continuing, the President said:
"l dissent from the view that an academic
education unfits a man or woman
for business. It may be that the ta^tea
that lead one to an academic education
arc not those which insure business success:
but that the mental discipline, the
power of reasoning, the cultivation ?nd
comparison of ideas are not of assurance
In business transactions in wturh
the highest qualities of the. nvind ars
acuteiy in action, can hardly be true.
"Hut it is said that women are not all
going into the professions, and so that
the education necessary as a basis for a
professional career is not needed by those
women who have a competency or who
look forward to marriage and motherhood
as the chief end of woman.
"It has been suggested that the higher
education of women rather unfits them
to discharge the duties of a wife and
mother; that In some way or othei it
robs them of a charm and gives ttiem
an intellectual independence that is inconsistent
with their being the. best wives
and mothers. I utterly dissent from this
view. Tire companionship of married lit*
is the chief charm and reason for its
being, so far as it relates to the two persons
concerned. The enjoyment of the
home, with the children, and the training
of tliem are. of course, among the moat
important uuties ana pleasure-. < f married
iife, and it certainly does not detract from
the power of a woman to make a good
eompauion or to teach and train her
children up to high ideals that she should
ha"c the advantage of the higher education.
Need Not Be Blue Stocking.
"It is not essential that a woman who
i. mnoli tmiet t-nnffirm tn th<? un?
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attractive manner and ways of the conventional
^lue stocking; that she should
make the extent of her knowledge <4
source ot discomfort to those with whom
she associates, or that sne should los*
her interest in the sentiment and motion*
of life, or fall to have an appreciation of
beauty and romance.
"T am quite ready to concede that marriage
and motherhood are a normal
status for women, and other things being
equal she is happier in that condition
than in any other. But this is far
from saying that a woman's life Is a
failure because she has not married, ar-t
that her life may not be a failure because
she has married. The home ard
the family are the nucleus of the highest
happiness, but if circumstances are such,
as to force women to accept husband*
whom they do not respect and love, and
whom they would not marry except t<?
| escape a life of poverty, the home and
the family are not likely to be a model or
j to furnish an ideal.
| "One of the great advantages of tho
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nigrier euuionv/u pu a> ?u
judgment is in the independence that it
gives her in the choice of the kind of
life which site is to lead.
More Woman Teachers.
"In the nrofespion of teaching tha
women already have the advantage over
men in point of numbers. It is true that
they do not receive the same compensation
as men. I do not know how this
can be remedied. I presume that the
salaries received are affected by the
same law as that which controls prices
in other markets?to wit. the law of supply
and demand?and as there are more
female teachers than male teachers, and
as the common opinion Is In many institutions
that there ought to be some
man teachers, the men receive higher
salaries.
"We cannot be blind to the general
movement in l'avor of opening more and
more occupations not dependent on physical
strength to the female sex.
"I do not think we can estimate tha
enormous advantage that the present
generation has enjoyed and that the
future generations are to profit by in
the increasingly sound and thorough
education of the mothers of families.
"I do not think we can estimate tha
increased happiness that men and women
have experienced who. as h* ahanda
and wives, have enjoyed the higher
sense of companionship that is made
possible by the Intellectual sympatic
and association of Ideas between two
thoroughly educated people.
"The higher education of woman
should be sought wholly without regar-t
either to a professional or matrimonii^