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ESTABLISHED IN 1868. EAST ELY, WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1910. VOL. XLI NO. 87.
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Jin Intensely Cold Wave Blows Into Jlctivity
HE BILL
PRESENTEI
Provides for Some Drast
ic Changes--Railroader
Gives Bill Endorsement
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.---A bill
making sweplng changes in the In
terstate Commerce laws lor the reg
ulation of the railroads and differ
ing essentially from ihe one prepar
ed by the Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce, under the
direction of President Taft, was in
troduced in the house today by Rep
resentative Mann of Illinois.
The measure does not provide for
a special court to hear Interstate
Commerce cases, as has been report
ed would be the form of legislation |
on this subject that President Taft
would recommend.
The Mann bill proposes, however,
to create a department of the Com
merce and I^abor bureau to be called
the “bureau of transportation,”
where the shipper may tile his com
plaints against the railroad. If,
after investigation, the commission
er of tiie bureau of transportation
finds that there is justice in the
complaint he must report the facts
to the Attorney General of the Unit
ed States, who, if he is satisfied that
there is cause of action, is required j
to file a coin plain t with the Inter
state Commerce Commission and
prosecute the case at the expense of
the government.
The commission Is given power to j
adjust complaints, establish rates
and prescribe classifications, regula
tions and practices generally.
Under the Mann bill the railroads
may exchange transportation for the
advertisement of their time tables
In newspapers.
Common carriers are prohibited
from owning or acquiring owner
ship of stock in any competing car
rier.
The regulation of issues of stocks
and bonds by railroads and the sale
of the same are important features
of the bill.
Every shipment of property on
which a rebate is paid is a separate
offense, and the Elkins law is amend- ,
ed to that extent. The bill provides !
a penalty of $20,000 line and Impris
onment for five years for the illegal .
Issuance of stocks and bonds.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—"I know
pretty well what the hill provides
and I can say it need not alarm the
investor nor embarrass any railroad
thut wants to do business in a
straight forward and oruerly man
ner."
Such was the declaration today of
President W. C. Hrown of the New
York Central lines, who conferred
with President Taft yesterday on
proposed railroad legislation.
Fears that the president’s forth
coming special message would prove
embarrassing to the present control
of the country's carriers has been
in a great tneusure allayed by Presi
dent ltrown's reassuring statement.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Repre
sentative Humphrey, of Washington,
Introduced a house bill providing for
a ship subsidy by the United States
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• AKHONA1T KILLED •
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• BORDEAUX, Jan. 4.— •
• Leon De La Grange, the •
• noted French aeronaut, was •
• killed today while making a •
• flight. •
• De La Grange fell with his •
• machine from a height of •
• about 65 feet and was crush- •
• ed under the wreckage. His •
• oeath was instantaneous. He •
• had been flying in a wind that •
• wras gusty and frequently •
• blew at a rate of 20 miles •
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government. The measure is under
stood to have approval of President
Taft and the administration and is
to be one upon which the opponents
of ship subsidy will concentrate their
efforts.
KXPMHMNG COMBS KILL HKU.
Lighted Celluloid Fires a Woman's
Garments in Odd Mauner.
LANCASTER. Pa., Jan. 4.—
Mrs. Mazle Mcl^ane, wife of Deputy
Recorder McLane, was fatally burn
ed early this morning. She arouse
at 3 o’clock to lake medicine and
after lighting the gas threw the
match into a tray.
The burning match caused the
celluloid comb to explode and the
flames ignited Mrs McLeaue’s night
dreBs and she died several hours
later.
OIIORCIC1
Wollll'll VulllCll MS Co-KeH|MHuil*|lt
Callhcs Arrest of Wife Who
llrought Counter Artion.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—A remark
able tangle of domestic troubles was
revealed on cnarges of criminal libel
and perjury of Mrs. Jane Humes
Parker, wife of John Ally Parker,
a Wall street banker and broker.
-Mrs. Parker was released In $2,000
ball, and the heariug was adjourned.
Mrs. Edith Moser Ellis is the com
plainant. The alleged libel and per
jury were commuted in affidavits
made by Mrs. Parker to support a
motion for proper counsel fees in de
fending an action for divorce brought
by li,er bnsbund.
Parker, in his divorce papers,
charged his wne with statutory of
fenses with a dashing Austrian while
she was studying music in Vienna
last year. Mrs. Parker immediately
filed a counter suit, namlug Mrs. El
lis us co-respondent.
As a side issue to the divorce case,
Mrs/ Ellis' husband, Samuel Ellis,
who lives in , hiladelpbla, has sued
Parker for $200,OOu, charging alien
ation of Mrs. Ellis' affection, and
Mrs. Parker, according to her coun
sel, Is contemplating a suit against
Mrs. Ellis for the same amount and
on similar grounds. The Parkers were
married in Chattanooga, Tenn., in
1892.
After two previous failures, Mrs.
Nathaniel Price, a negresB of Hoston,
set lire to her clothing a third time
aud burned to death.
Hlood poison front a scratch on
the thumb while operating on a
patient, caused ,be death of Dr. A.
H. Hoad ley, »f Northampton, Mass.
COOK CONTROVERSY STILL
HAS LOOSE ENDS DANGLING
GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY RESIGNATION IS ONE
WAHHINUTON^Jan. 4.-—l>r. Frederick A. Cook’s polar records are
now enroute to Washington from the I'nlversity of Copenhagen for ex*
atnlnatlon by the National Geographical Hndcty.
Yesterday, President Willis L. Moore of the society let it he known
that he would not be a candidate for re-election. Home see in this an
nounced action a reflection of the polar controversy. Mr. Moore lias pos
itively declined to discuss the causes of Ills a«tion.
WORST BUZZARD OF SEASON IS SWEEPING
OVER NORNHEASTERN NEVADA AND UTAH
MERCURY TAKES BIG DROP LOCALLY-DAMAGE FROM THE LAST STORM
The worst bdzzard yet, was the
sum and substance of telegraphic ad
vices received from Cobre and way
points along the Northern last night.
The Cobre advices said the storm was
raging all along the U. P. and S. P.,
according to word received there and
was the worst of the winter by all
odds. Of its own situation, Cobre
said it was some unspeakable,
with a frightful gale howling over
the country and snow and ice travel
ing with it.
The train crew of the main line
passenger reported on arrival last
night that throughout the valley on
the home trip it had been bufTeted by
a fierce gale and much snow. The
view was unanimous that it was the
very worst storm in the experience of
ail aboard in this Bection of the coun
try.
In the immediate district the mer
cury got busy on a downward scale
early in the evening, after the cold
est day from dawn until dark that
has been bad in many winters. A«lt
man street, considered the very cold
est locality in the entire camp, waa
frozen stiff at 3 o’clock this morning
with the thermometer at 20 below
and prospects good for still further
decline. It promises to be a bully
day for the plumbers.
Wind has so far lacked locally
with the big storm, which carried
spurts of snow nearly all night. And
wind is a development in connection
with the storm that is very earnest
ly not desired, particularly by the
Telephone Co., which nad all the
wind on Saturday that it wants for
several years. The company is doing
its best to get over that wind, but
has as yet only picked up the nearby
ends. The service remains utterly
disorganized, and some .more wind
would put the date of completion of
repairs in the indefinite class.
Excepting the Telephone Co., it de
velops that there were no other suf
ferers in the district. The Light &
Power Co. lines were up on a wind
resisting basis and were not bother
ed. No one missed a single minute's
light or had a flicker on power. This
was also true with the power lines of
the Steptoe Vaney Smelting and the
mines, which remained Intact.
The will of Samuel Huston, of Co
lumbus, O., devises 125,000 to the
American Sunday School Union of
Philadelphia.
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President Ohaldla Disregards His Su
preme Court in Kkpclling
American.
COLON. Jan. 4.—W. G. Splller.
an American, proprietor of the Astor
Houbo here, and alleged owner of the
Cuban steamer Oteri, was expelled
from Panama territory today. He
was put aboard the Royal Mail steam
er Magdalena, bound for Jamaica and
New York, by decree of President
Obaldla.
The Oteri has made several trips to
Brazil, taking a large number of
' canal employes, all of whom Splller
asserts left the isthmus of their own
volition. He is charged with having
enticed them to leave their work on
the canal to take employment in
South America.
Splller was arrested here a short
time ago, but his attorney secured a
habeas corpus, and the matter was
taken to the Supreme court.
December ’2 the court decided that
President Obaldia's decree of expul
sion was illegal and ordered Spiller's
release. President Obaldla disregard
ed the decision and Spiller was kept
in custody until embarked today, on
the Magdalena, under police super
vision.
The case engrosses public attention
and is being widely discussed in all
circles, as it is likely *o assume an In
ternational phase. Splller recently
paid a fine of $500, having been con
victed of a similar offense.
Ait u» a Mivai. ja n. uu «« i\
BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON AND HIS FAMILY.
The illness of the aged Norwegian poet, dramatist and novelist Rjoru
■tjerue Bjoruson arouses sympathy among the lovers of true literature al
over the world. Bjornson is now seventy-seven years old. He was born on
Dec. 8, 1832. In his youth he took up journalism after leaving college aud
early turned his attention to the drama. He was director of the Bergen
theater in the latter tifties, after which he resided for a time in Italy, Oer
1 many and Denmark. Iteturuing to Norway, he took charge of the Christiania
theater, which he directed for several years. He was in America in 1881 aud
1882, lecturing in all the larger cities.
COLORADO IS HARD HIT BY A
FIERGE BUZZARD-LIFE LOST
SNOWSLIDES CLAIMING VICTIMS-RAILROAD TIE-UP
DENVER, Jan. 4.—A groat storm
is raging along the eastern slope of
the Rockies in Colorado, extending
from the continental divide to the
eastern boundary line and from the
northern to the southern lines of the
state.
In many sections the storm is the
worst of the winter. Stockmen say
they are expecting heavy losses. As
yet there has been but comparatively
little Interruption to traffic.
From Durango, in the southwest
ern part of the state, word comes
that traffic in that section is at a
standstill, wires are down and new
snowslides running.
Four men are reported killed in a
snowslide at Sheridan. From fifteen
to tw'enty-flve feet of snow cover the
Denver & Rio Grande tracks be
tween Durango and Silverton, and
it is doubted if the line can be open
ed under a week’s time.
SAYS COOK Al/MITTED FAKE.
Supposed Dead Man Rack From
.tinskn Punctures Climb.
FRANKLIN, Pa., Jan. 4.—Mourn
ed as dead oy his parents for more
than five years, John Reynolds, 40
years old, has returned to the home
of the aged couple in Titusville, and
he brings with him a story of a per
sona* interview with Dr. Frederick
Cook, the Arctic explorer, when the
latter was on his Mount McKinley
expedition. Cook, he says, told him
then that the climb was a failure.
Reynolds says:
“1 met Cook near Cook’s Inlet
after he had made an attempt to
make the climb, and he admitted to
me that he had not been successful.
Barrill, mountain guide, was with
him at the time. In the presence of
myself and a number of friends,
cook said the mountain was inaces
sible; it could not even be reached,
not to mention ascending It.
’’ me next tuing we people in
Alaska knew about the matter, a
magazine published the article about
cook’s successful climb. The miners
and other Inhabitants, knowing how
nearly impossible the feat is, look
the matter ns an interesting joke.
Reynolds left home in 1895 and
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• BALTIMORE & OHIO
• PRESIDENT RESIGNS
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• NEW YORK, Jan. 4 — Os
• car Murray, president of
• the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
• road company, today resign
• ed h.is office. His successor
• will be Daniel Willard, vice
• president of the Burlington
• AtQuIncy railroad.
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went west. He has been in Alaska
live years. He prospected for gold,
with indifferent success.
THROl’GOcT THE COl’NTRY.
Oklahoma suffragists petitioned
for initative election for constitu
tional amendment.
Driven melancholy by bashfulness
Henry Welte of Cleveland, 22 years
old, committed suicide.
In a colision of freight trains in a
Cincinnati suburb, two trainmen
were hurt seriously and six slightly.
When George Osborn, a jeweler of
New Haven, Conn., took apart an old
clock, brought to him to be repaired,
Taft Delays Presentations
-To Advise Reclamation
Bonds-IVicaragua Quiet
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Another
change in President Taft's program
for the special messages to congress
was announced at the White House
today. It was stated that the mes
sage on the Interstate commerce law
probably would not go to congress
until next Monday or Tuesday. The
anti-trust message is still scheduled
for Thursday.
Friday, President Taft will send
to the senate a brief message trans
mitting all of the papers and the re
port of the Attorney General con
cerning the Glavis charges against
Secretary Ballinger. These papers
were asked by the senate in a reso
lution Bhortly before adjournment.
A Bpecial message on conservation
of the national resources, which the
president had hoped to get ready hy
Monday next, has been postponed un
til the latter part of next week. In
his special message on conservation,
which President Taft now expects to
send to congress on Monday, a loan
of $30,000,000 to complete the execu
tion of reclamation projects, will be
suggested. The loan probably would
be floated as a short term bond is
sue or by certificates of indebtedness.
Expected developments in Central
American affairs have not material
ized in diplomatic circles so far this
week. So far as the State depart
ment knows, no particular efforts are
at present being made in Nicaragua,
either by President Madriz or gen
eral Estrada in the interests of
peace.
Unofficial advices indicate that
General Estrada is getting his army
in shape for an early move on the
capital, and that Madriz is hastening
an army eastward to meet this force.
A conflict, reports say, may be ex
pected before Estrada's army has
reached the vicinity of Managua.
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NAB A BANK BOOKKEEPER.
Officers of Bonding Company Put
Him Under Big Bail.
PITTSBUhcl, Jan 4.—What
promises to be a sensation in bank
ing circles was uncovered here to
day, when Individual Bookkeeper
t uarles Veverka, of the Working
men's Savings and Trust company,
of the NorthSlde, was locked In
jail under >20,000 bail charged with
embezzlement of at least $40,000
from the bank.
Veverka has been in the employ
of the bank for 18 years, and there
is much mystery surrounding his
case. That politics entered into the
case largely and that an expose may
come, was intimated tonight, when
all Pittsburg newspapers were order
ed by politicians not to print a line
about the arrest of Veverka.
The bookkeeper's arrest was not
ordered by the bank officers, but by
a bonding company which held
security for hkm for many years.
he found a green wad of $150 tuck
ed in the back of It.
Two trainmen were killed when a
snow plow ran into the rear end of
a freight train near Northfleld, 111.
OGDEN MILLS DIES AFTER A
BRIEF ILLNESS AT HIS HOME
HEAVILY INTERESTED IN MANY ENTERPRISES
SAN FRANC8CO, Jan. 4.—Darius Ogden Mills, Philanthropist and
tinuneier, father of Mrs. Whitelaw Held, wife of the United States am
bassador to tireat Britain, and interested in many corporations, tiled at
his winter home near here tonight of heart disease.
He was H4 years old. Death came almost without warning, after a
period of better health than Mr. Mills had enjoyed in several years.
Mrs. Held was the only child at his bedside when the end came.