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InterMountain ti ol 17 No SO Republican SALT LAKE CITY UTAH I SATURDAY MAY 28 1910 Price 5 Cents The Salt Vol Lake 150 Herald No 90
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Witness Starts Railroad Bills I Insurgents Get German Scientist I Windup Is Near Smoot Analyzes Julia Ward Howe
a Slander Suit Scope Extended I a Real Licking L Stilled in Death t in Famous Case Farmers Wealth Is 91 Years Old
AMENDMENT SPRUNG AT
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AN OPPORTUNE f MOMENT
MORE DEBATE
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Senate Had Reached Voting
Stage on the Railroad Bill
When a House Provision
Was Introduced by Dixon
SUGGESTION OF SENATOR
LAFOLLETTE ACCEPTED
Interstate I Telegraph and Tele
phone Lines Placed Under
Supervision of the Interstate I
Commerce Commission
SECTION TWELVE REVIVED
WASHINGTON May 27At the i
last moment before reaching I
the point of voting upon the railroad
bill today the Senate took the im
portant step of adding an amendment
placing interstate telegraph and tele
phone lines under the supervision of
the interstate commerce commission
This action was followed by an effort
to restore a portion of section 12
affecting mergers which heretofore
was voted out
Both provisions were introduced so
suddenly as to surprise the Senate
and the latter was considered so important
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portant that rather than vote upon it
without more consideration the Sen
ate took adjournment until tomor
row
Thy suggestion for the inclusion of
telegraph and telephone companies
within the control of the Interstate
commerce commission was made by
Senator Dixon of Montana but ulti
mately his amendment was supplanted
by one In simpler form offered by Sen
r tor LaFollette
The Senate reached the voting stage
at 4 oclock after an animated debate
which was carried on largely by the
Democratic side of the chamber and
which dealt especially with whether the
Dolliver amendment regulating the
stock and bond issues of railroads was
In accordance with the last Democratic
platform
It had been supposed that action
upon the Dolliver provision would be
followed by votes upon the physical
valuation amendment offered by Mr
LaFollette and the national Incorpora
tion amendment of Senator Newland
Same An In House Hill
When therefore Mr Dixon was rec
ognized to present his telegraph amend
ment some surprise was manifested
The amendment was in the exact lan
guage of the telegraph provision car
ried by the House bill and it purported
to reenact the first section of the pres
ent Interstate commerce law with tel
egraph and telephone companies added
It covered nine pages and much ob
jection to voting upon it without an
opportunity for examination was ex
pressed Even Mr Dixon himself was
unable to state whether the provision
was an exact reproduction of the pres
crt law with the additions mentioned
and a number of senators protested
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Washington May 27President Taft today appointed his secretary Fred
Warner Carpenter of Sauk Center MJnn as minister to Morocco to succeed
H Percival Dodge It Is likely that the President will appoint Rudolph Fors
ter present assistant secretary to succeed Carpenter
LEGISLATOR IS
UNDER CHARGES
O PEINGFIELD HL May 27An indictment for perjury was returned
D late tonight against State Senator D W Holtslaw Dem of luka The
indictment was returned by the Sangamon county grand jury which is prob
ing alleged bribery in the Illinois legislature
This is the first indictment returned by that body It is based prin
cipally upon the testimony today of Senator Holtslaw that he did not know
and had never arranged for a meeting with J W Knos of Chicago repre
senting the Derby Desk company of Boston which although the lowest bid
der in contract to supply the house and senate with furniture did not secure
the contract u
After Holtslaw had denied having
knowledge of an arranged meeting
with Knox States Attorney Burke
produced a letter alleged to have been
written by Holtslaw to Knox at Iuka
January 18 1910 in which the senator
stated It has been arranged that I
should see you and fixing Springfield
as the place of meeting The register
of the St Nicholas hotel at Springfield
was brought before the jurors who
compared Senator Holtslaws signature
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on It with that upon the letter They
were said to be identical
More Indictments are promised to
morrow with the names of two other
members of the Senate mentioned as
possibilities
Senator Holtslaw had Just returned
from a church missionary convention
in Baltimore which he attended as a
delegate from Illinois lie Is director
in several banks He was one of the
Democrats to vote for Lorimer stating
he did so to disrupt the Republican
party
BLUE FIELDS BLUFF TAKEN
BY GOVERNMENT SOLDIERS
I Defeat of the Estrada Insurgents
Means End of Nicaraguan
Revolution
LUEPIELDS Nicaragua May 27The government forces under cover
BLTJEPIELDS the gunboat San Jacinto today routed the insurgents and
revolution captured Bluefields bluff This loss to the Estrada forces probably ends the
This morning at 3 oclock the Madrlz
gunboat San Jacinto began bombard
Ing the bluff the troops landing under
cover of her guns There was only
flight fighting however until 6
clock when the Madriz forces suc
ceeded In taking the position of the
enemy and the bluff
The Estrada troops were under com
mand of General Zeledon The force of
Madriz In the engagement is estimated
at 500 and that of Estrada at 200
The Estrada gunboats Blanca and
Ometepe escaped pp the Escondldo
river
The government generals Lara and
Chavarria have not yet attacked Rama
which Is in the hands of the revolu
tionists
General Estradp takes his defeat et
Bluefields calmly He says he intends
to make further resistance No dam
ago has yet been done to American
property here
Washington May 27The Madriz
forces have completely surrounded the
city of Bluefielc 3 the last stronghold
of the Estrada faction in Nicaragua
according to a cablegram received at
the navy department today from Cap
tain Gilmer of the United States gun
boat Paducah
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ntGUSE NEXT YEAH
Ka tsas City May 27The national
contention of Railway Clerks ad
journed today after having been in
sessipn here for three days
Syracuse N y was given the con
vention for next year without contest
All of the otficers who served last
year were unanimously reelected to
day
now FARMERS HAVE
GROWN PROSPEROUS
Some Statistics Presented by Senator
Smoot and Comparisons Made Be
tween the Present Year and 396
Special to The HeraiaRepnbllcnn
WASHINGTON May 27Senator Smoot who is a member of the
finance committee and of the committee to investigate the increased
cost of living today submitted to the Senate some highly interesting and very
significant facts showing how the farmers of this country have grown pros
perous in the past few years His statements were supported by tables of
statistics proving that the purchasing power of farm products was very much
greater in 1910 than in 1896
Senator Smoot said I aesire the
attention of the Senate for a few mo
ments to present a few facts with ref
erence to the present condition of the
farms of our country as compared
with their conditions In the year 1S9C
While the prices of practically all
commodities have shown some advance
during the past few years the products
of the farm show a much greater ad
vance than Oo the prices of the products
of mines and factories
Farm land itself has advanced In
value rapidy and everything produced
on the farm has also advanced ma
terially The financial condition of
the grain raiser of the northwest the
gt neral farmer of the middle west
the cotton planter of the south is bet
ter than ever before Instead of
having to market the grain as soon
as harvested and the cotton as soon as
picked the producer Is now in a posi
tion to hold his crop and market it to
the best possible advantage Finan
cially the farmer has become inde
pendent The rural free delivery and
the telephone have placed him In touch
with the world and he Is as familiar
with current events as Is the city
dweller
The real value of any article Is Its
exchange value The real worth of
farm products Is measured by their
value when compared with the value
of articles which the farmer desires to I
purchase No comparison of retail
prices for 1910 and 1896 Is possible
TanS theretall price of any commodity
i follows In a general way the whole
I sale price Without retail prices It is
Impossible o measure the exact pur
chasing power of farm products but
the proportionate change In purchas
ing power Is practically the same when
wholesale prices are used as when re
tail prices are used
Where the Farmer Gains
Ten bushels of corn equalled In
value seventy pounds of Rio coffee in
March 1910 and twentyone pounds In
March 1896 Ten bushels of corn
equalled In value sixteen gallons of
New Orleans molasses in March 1910
and eight gallons In March 1896 Ten
bushels of corn equalled in value 131
pounds of sugar in March 1910 and
fiftynine pounds In March 1896 Ten
bushels of corn equalled in value eighty
yards of brown sheetings In March
1910 and fiftyone yards In March
1S9S Ten bushels of corn equalled In
value sixteen yards of cashmere all
wool dress goods in March 1910 and
fourteen yards In March 1896 Ten
bushels of corn equalled In value
thirtyfive bushels of anthracite stove
coal In March 1910 and twentytwo
bushels in March 1S9C Ten bushels
of corn equalled In value fiftythree I
gallons of refined petroleum in March
1910 and twentyfive gallons In March
1896 Ten bushels of corn equalled In
value 337 pounds of wire nails In
March 1910 and ninetyfive pounds In
March 1S96 Ten bushels of corn
equalled In value 1040 brick In March
1910 and 519 in March 1896 Ten
bushels of corn equalled in value four
barrels of Portland cement In March
1910 apd one barrel in March 1896
The senator produced tables showing
the purchasing power of ten bushels
of wheat or flaxseed and of twenty
bushels of oats rye barley and pota
I toes 500 pounds of cotton one ton of
timothy hay 100 pounds of hops a
1200pound steer a 300pound hog 20
pounds of dairy butter and 30 dozen
of eggs
VESSEL DRifTED AWAY
XO Hope for the Officers and Marines
Who Went Down on the French
Submarine Pluviose
London May 27The French sub
marine Pluviose with her crew ft
twentyseven dead is today a vagrant
in the underwaters of the English
channel For hours the divers had
struggled to prepare the way for the
raising of the 450ton weight vhen
the wounded war craft under the pres
sure of the swift lower current took
herself free from her mud moorings
and drifted away Late this afternoon
she had not been again located
After being struck by the crosschan
nel steamer Pas de Calais two miles off
here yesterday the submarine rose to
the surface for a moment and then
sank to the bottom of the channel more
than a hundred feet below the surface
where she remained fast until released
by the action of the swift waters this
afternoon
Up to that time every effort had
been made by the wrecking crews un
der the direction of Admiral de la
Payrere French minister of marine to
reach the wreck In the hope that some
of those on board might survive There
was however little to encourage this
hope ° The divers reported that the hull
of the submarine appeared to have been
crushed but their examination was not
satisfactory as because of the swift
I current they were unable to get a ood
view
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BIG STORM IN r ONT ANA
School House In Anaconda Struck by
Llshtnlnp Panic Amon Chil
dren In Primary Grades
Anaconda Mont May 27Qne of the
most severe electric and rain storms
in years visited Anaconda today the
principal lightning disturbance occur
ring at the Prescott school About 2
oclock a bolt of lightning struck the
school which contained about 150
young pupils and a panic ensued The
children In two primary grades fled
from the first floor while those In the j
two rooms on the top floor remained In
their seats under discipline leaving
only when the fire drill signal was
given The fire department was sum
moned as smoke filled several rooms
but there was no blaze Practically
the only damage wag the breaking of I
several windows and the burning put
of several fuses The principal ex
citement was due to the arrival of
anxious mothers from nearby homes
One woman fainted and had to be car
ried out Innumerable fuses about the
city were burned out and many nar
row escapes were recorded
OPERATORS WILL FIGITT
Chicago May 27At a meeting
here today the Illinois Coal Operators
association prepared to wage a vigor
ous fight against the striking miners
The first act of the association was to
I expel those operators in the Belleville
district who have signed wage eon
I tracts with the miners
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u S boundary commission taken on board the steamship Lapland just before sailing to adjust the Canadian
boundary dispute with England Left to right Robert Lansing Watertown James B Scott solicitor department
of state Charles B Warren Detroit Samuel J Elder Boston George Turner Washington Chandler P Ander
son New York Senator Elihu Root
LAWYERS I SUMMING
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UP THE TESTIMONY
DAY DEVOTED
JTO ARGUMENT
oint Congressional Commit
tee Hears What Messrs
Brandeis and Pepper Think
of Secretary of the Interior
ALSO WHAT VERTREES
KNOWS ABOUT PINCHOT
Defense Much More Vigorous
Than the Prosecution and
Glavis and Kerby Were De
nounced in Scathing Terms
TWO CONNOLLY LETTERS
WASHINGTON May 27Wit
the attorneys on one side
scoring Secretary Ballinger as a man
unfit to be at the head of the interior
department and with the leading at
torney on the other side defending
him and denouncing his accusers
whom he termed the I GlavisGarfield
Pinchot group the BallingerPin
chot investigating committee listened
to summingup arguments by counsel
today The arguments probably will
be concluded tomorrow
Attorneys Brandeis and Pepper told
the committee they had produced evi
dence which they said established that
Balllnger was not vigilant and reso
lute in resisting the aggressiveness
of special Interests and that his course
had been characterized by a lack or
fidelity to the public Interest
Attorney Vertrees reply was that Mr
BallinRer was as much of a conserva
tionist as anyone In a proper sense
but he did not belong to the PInchot
brand of thirtythird degree conserva
tionists < who have gone to seed on
conservation
The lawyers for the prosecution
finished their speeches but Mr Ver
trees was hardly launched on his argu
ment when tha committee adjourned
He will conclude tomorrow Brandeis
and Pepper will make short arguments
in rebuttal
It was his constant yielding under
pressure that Brandeis thought most
unfitted Ballinger to carry forward the
broad policies of conservation Pepper
advanced as the reason Ballinger
should be supplanted as secretary was
that during his regime there had been
no administration worth the name but
a series of acts unwise In themselves
referable to no principle of action and
the cause of embarrassment to the
President and of Injury to the public
Vertrees + Vigorous Defense
Vertrees said Ballinger was to be
commended for the socalled Garfield
policies he had reversed and contrast
ed former Secretary GarfIeld with Mr
Ballinger He said the former thought
he had the right to do what he was
not specifically prohibited by law
from doing while Mr Ballinger always
was guided by law In his official acts
Defending Mr Ballingers action In
restoring water power rights with
drawn during the last days of Gar
fields administration and in subse
quently rewithdrawing them Vertrees
said Ballinger had merely carried out
the wishes of the President and that
he was fortified in his construction of
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PROFESSOR ROBERT KOCH
Baden Baden May 27Prof Robert
Koch the famous bacteriologist died
here this afternoon from a disease of
the heart He was born at Klausthal
Hanover Decemher 11 1843
Professor Koch became distinguished
as an Investigator of microorganisms
but probably gained most renown as
the discoverer of the baccili of tuber
culosis and of cholera He was gradu
ated In 1866 from the University of
Goettingen and while a practitioner
at Wollstein began his researches In
bacteriology
It was in 1S82 that Professor Koch
first announced his discovery of the
bacilli of tuberculosis The following
year he was sent by the German gov
ernment to India and Egypt to study
cholera and there he discovered the
comma bacillus the presence of which
Is regarded as an infallible test in
diagnosing Asiatic cholera
In 1890 at the meeting of the Inter
national Medical congress Professor
Koch announced the discovery of a
specific cure for tuberculosis but while
his announcement created a sensation
the medical profession generally did
not accept it as a fact and subsequent
experience did not fully substantiate
the claims of Professor Koch In this
direction
Professor Koch received decorations
from the German and French govern
ments for his discoveries He visited
the United States in 190S and attended
the International Tuberculosis congress
in Philadelphia
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SPECTACULAR BLAZE
Thirtyfive People Rescued From Burn
lug Building in Kansas City
Kansas City May 27Thirtyfive
people were rescued from the upper
floors of Long Brothers building in
Main street today when a gas ex
plosion started a spectacular fire that
soon enveloped the place No one was
killed Injured
John King an attorney Insisted on
jumping from his office window on the
third floor but was restrained by fire
men who dragged him to the fire
escape
Fifteen girls employed In a tailor
shop on the fourth floor were rescued
by firemen The loss was 100000
SLANDER SUIT OUTCOME OF
OSCAR LAWLERS EVIDENCE
c P Connolly Demands 20000
for Use of Name in Ballinger
Pinchot Controversy
WASHINGTON May 27Christopher P Connolly a lawyer of Montana
VV and New York and a well known magazine writer today filed a slan
der suit in the supreme court in the District of Columbia against Oscar Law
ler assistant attorney general for the interior department Connolly asks
20000 damages
The suit is the first of the threatened legal proceedings growing out of the
BallingerPinchot inquiry
It was rumored around the court to
day that Secretary Ballinger was pre
pared to invoke the law against some
of his alleged traducers
The basis of the action is the testi
mony alleged to have been given by
Mr Lawler May 17 before the Bal
lingerPlnchot committee wherein Mr
Lawler is alleged to have referred to
Mr Connolly and others as despicable
scoundrels who would stoop to any
depths of degradation He is further
alleged to have testified that a man
named Connolly stood on the deck of
the steamship Republic justbefore she
went down and trampled down women
and children In an attempt to get the
lifeboat
When asked to identify the Connolly
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referred to It Is alleged Mr Lawler
said He Is an employe of Colliers
Weekly and is a tall slender man with
short gray moustache
This Mr Connolly says described
him
Mr Lawler Is further alleged to
have said that he had considerable
contempt for the Connolly connected
with Colliers Weekly anyway and
would not put him above anything of
that kind
Mr Connolly charges that this con
necting of him with the person on
board the Republic is false and that
the accusation was maliciously made
Mr Connolly said later that at the
time of the loss of the Republic fl <
was In Los Angeles many miles awaj
from the scene of the disaster

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