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WHO IS YOUR MILK MAK?
Why not us? We sell Pasteurized Milk
and Cream only. Delivered to any part of
the city.
CREAMERY dairy CO. F hones 871
VOLUME 29, No. 353
/ce Gorge in Mississippi River Breaks Qoing Great Damage-One in Ohio River Still Holds
WHERE IS IRA
C. RINEHART?
Bonds of President of Prudential In
vestment and Other Companies
Declared Forfeited.
WIFE SAYS HE IS RAISING MONEY
Ira C. Rinehart, president of the Prudential Investmant* com
pany and several other subsidiary concerns, failed to appear this
morning when his name was called in the county court and his bonds
were declared forfeited.
. Mrs. Ira C. Rinehart, his wife, admits that he is out of San An
tonio and that she knows where he is. It would not be to his in
terest, she says, to tell. He went awav abont a week ago, she de
clares. to secure money to rehabilitate his companies.
Ten cases of misdemeanor, handed
down by the district grand jury, are
pending against Rinehart in the county
, court. Bond in each case had been fixed
at $2OO and the sureties were F. TV.
Extence. manager of one of Rinehart’s
companies, and W. F. McCurdy. Noti
fication was sent them this morning.
Mr. Extence appeared much perturbed
at the turn events bad taken.
Mrs. Rinehart manifested much inter
est when told that the federal grand
jury, which went into session January
3, had adjourned this morning and that
all the indictments had been made pub
lic except one. It was rumored that the
inquisitorial body was going into cases
of reported misuse of the mails. She
had declared that Mr. Rinehart meant
to return to San Antonio, but qualified
her statement with the remark that “If
this one is against Mr. Rinehart it may
not be to his interest to return.”
Following the forfeiture of the bond
this morning in the county court, new
capiases were issued and placed in the
hands of the sheriff for the arrest of
Binehart. It was only when the case
had been called and the defendant fail-i
ed to respond that his absence from
the city was hinted. This was later
confirmed explicitly by Mrs. Rinehart.'
who said that she knew where he was,
but that she would not tell.
Indictments charging Rinehart with
misdemeanors were handed down byi
the district grand jury during the Oe
tober term. His arrest and release on '
bond followed, F. IV. Extence and J. Q. i
Taylor being the first sureties. Taylorl
L withdrew from the bond and Extense 1
filed his withdrawal. Epon '
Arpresentations made by Rinehart, how ■
■■'er, he decided to remain as surety.;
■’lit l entire ten bonds, totaling $2000,*
declared forfeited this morning.
K To a reporter for the Light and Ga
®zette, Mrs. Rinehart said that her hus--‘
■band had left the city about a week
HLigo. ®l' e denied that he had left on
■January 5, as stated by others, but con
■ tended that he went away about a week
Bago to try to secure funds for the re-
B habilitation of his companies.
B ”1 know and yet I don’t kuow where
■tic is,” she said. “He was to go to two -
for three places after money, and he is
r at one of them now, which one T can
f 'not tell. Neither will I tell where he
expected to go, as fhat may not be to
ibis interest.”
W. R. Camp, attorney for Rinehart,|
made a plea in the county court that)
the bond be not forfeitetd, but Judge I
Shook held that the case had been post I
poned several times already and that it
should not be continued longer. Two
continuances have already been granted
because attorneys either for the state
I or for defendant have been engaged in
the district criminal court when the ,
lease was called. Attorney Camp stated ,
(that he bad fully expected his client)
to be present this morning and that he,
was much puzzled by his absence.
The cases against E. D. Wyity, in i
dieted at the same time as Rinehart, i
were continued generally.
KYLE PROPERTY TRANSFERRED
" i
Kyle, Tex.. Jan. 14. —T. T. Hawkins ■
has sold his residence in Kyle to .1. L. ] ।
[Armstrong, assistant lecturer and or- j ,
ganizer of the State Farmers’ union. ,
Qu'te a hard norther came up yester
day morning and indications are that i<
we w’U have another severe spell, j (
we <
\
< Local Weather ?
•-i|
For San Antonio and vicinity. : I
tonight and Saturday: ’
N Unsettled weather; warmer I
Saturday. ।
The maximum temperature I
. s for the 24 hours ending at 3
E ’clock this morning was 6S de- ;
grees and the minimum was 44 ,
nr* degrees.
T Comparative temperatures fori r
this year and last: i t
19'19 1910 } 0
4 a. m 44 47
IP 6 a. m 4 4 4« ; u
Sa m 44 44 'a
Dl“ a- in 49 45 j 7
12 noon go 4'.
1 p. m 63 50 * 11
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I Standing of AH Contestants
Will Be Found on Page 12 ।
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SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
AND GAZETTE
•SISTERS TAKE
d I
5 SIERS 10 RECOME
d 1
NATURALIZED
Pl
tj .
The novel sight of four Sisters
■ of Charity filing their declaration
’ । of intention to become citizens of
’ the United States, the first in the
' local federal court, and perhaps
1 . in the state of Texas, was witness
ed this morning in the office of A.
’ I. Campbell, deputy United States
clerk.
1
The sisters making their application
, are all from the Incarnate Word Acad
■ emy of San Antonio and are as fol
j lows:
Marie Broillier, a native of France.
[ Sister Broillier has been in this epuu
, try twenty-eight years and renounced
her allegiance to the president of that
| country.
Margaret O'Shaughuassy, a native of
Ireland. Sister O'Shaughuassy has been
, a resident of the United States since
• 1883 and renounces her allegiance to
, Edward, as do:
Jiflia Harrison, a native of Ireland, j
। Sister Harrison has been a resident of;
‘the United States since 1881.
Julia Fora, a native of Ireland. Sis
' ter Fora has been a resident of the :
j United States since 1881.
The filing of the papers by the four ;
sisters of charity is only the starting:
.movement in which all the sisters of
the country who have business to trans
act in Mexico and the United States
will become citizens. The sisters who
I filed their declarations of intention this!
morning, will two years from date be
granted theii; final papers which will I
make them full fledged citizens. Attor-[
ney John Sullivan, who was represent
ing the sisters this morning in the til- (
ing of the papers, speaking of them I
becoming citizens, said:
Attorney Makes Statement.
‘‘Many of the sisters of this country,
I have business in Mexico and go ami j
( come at all times. Unless they are a citi- I
zen of some country they have no pro- I
tection. Great Britain would not give I
them the protection that they are en i
titled to and therefore they are to be- I
come a citizen of the United States .
which will afford them ample protection ■
under this flag.
“A law passed in Mexico in the sev- '
enties provided for the confiscation of
all church property and that no religious
schools should be tolerated. That law -
has not been enforced to the letter un-1
til recently and then only when France •
started its movement against the Catho
lie church. Now any citizen of Mexico
can point out a piece of land as being [
church property and the government •
confiscates the same and a« a rule the
man who denounces the property is thd
person who secures same for a mere i
pittance, with an understanding from । 1
the government that he is to be the
one who purchases the property.
‘•With the sisters now clothed as a
citizen of the United States they can ’
enter Mexico the same as anv other for
eign citizen and acquire property and I
have the same protection afforded them
as any other purchaser.
COTTON RAIDED '
BREAKS 100 POINT i
; j
One of the most direct and ‘effective 1
raids ever made on tße New York cot-1 1
ton exchange occurred today at 12:301 i
o'clock. , ' I
So sudden nnd unexpected was the, I
upheaval the board was thrown in the 11
greatest confusion. A break of over f
U'O points was made within n few min- t
utes and so wild was the optional trail- I
ing that a fluctuation of over 130 points'
was registered on the .Inly offering with ' S
•tlicr active months ranging accord r
ingiy. < o,isternation ami uncertainty a
r. icained throughout the day and the
hoards elo-cd after one of the most re- .
markable raids in history. i e
16 PAGES
BREWERS OF
COUNTRY IN
ONE PROTEST
Western Classification Com
mittee Meets Opposition on
Proposed Changes,
BIG FIGHT IS BREWING
Want Open Carrier for Short
Hauls and Weight on Beer to
Be Determined for All Time,
The largest brewing interests in
the United States combined their
forces this morning and went be
। fore the western classification com
mittee as opposed to the proposed
elimination of the open carrier used
by the brewers In the short haul
shipments, also asking that they
allow the present .classification on
return empties to remain, unchanged
and that the estimated weights on
beer be also left as at present, or
at least until the uniform classifi
cation committee, which is now es
j timating the weights on beer from
most every brewery in the United
States, give out a result on the
average weight of the liquid in
casks, barrels, bottles, etc.
The Pabst Brewtng company of Mil
waukee, the Schlitz of Milwaukee, the
Anheuser-Busch and Lemp of St. Louis,
the Hamm of St. Paul and the Min
neapolis were represented by their traf
tic managers, who stood unanimously to
get her on these subjects. Another most
important subject of interest to almost
every farmer and dairyman of Texas or
any other place was the argument pre
sented before the committee by G. A.
Wrightman of Des Moines, lowa, repre
seating the lowa State Manufacturers’
association, on the petition to change
the classification and lower the freight
rate on cream separators used by farm
ers. Mr. Wrightman"s argument was:
‘‘The fanner, being the consumer of,
the separator, is the man who is imme
diately interested in the subject of re
duced rates on this implement. The
stiff competition among the manufac
turers of cream separators has reduced
every element in the cost of manufac
turing and distributing very close to
the ultimate figure.
Remains Where First Put.
‘‘The freight expense tjoue remains
! where it was originally put when the
; first high priced separators were put on
I the market. At the present time the
• freight charges for an average haul of
i 500 miles in western territory is about
5 per vent of the value of the separator. ,
The history of freight charges on new
; inventions is that they are placed high
because the price of a new article is
unusually high, owing to some extent
। to the patent protection and cost of car
’ tying the device through its experimen-|
I tai stages in production and selling ex
; penses. The time is overdue when the
i freight expense of distributing cream,
separators should seek its natural and
, permanent level in comparison with the
! other farm machinery which is entirely
I analogous, to it from a transportation,
I point of view. The farmers are looking j
' for the cream separator that will do
: their work with the least expense ami
i the manufacturers and distributors are j
I bound now to insist that freight ex
j pense shall be reduced, as they have re-j
. dueed the cost of production and their,
। profits, so they can go to the farmer |
' with a machine he can afford to buy. I
Hence the farmer is the man who is to I
gain by the reduction as well as are we. |
The reduction which conditions demand
I is about thirty-three and a third per I
j cent in freight charges. The conditions
l of separating cream have radically!
changed during the last five years. The I
farmer now separates bis own cream at,
home with a han<l separator, keeps his •
skimmed milk as a valuable feed and |
saves the great expense of carrying to I
market this bulky product only to throw I
the skimmed milk away.”
With Agricultural Implements.
He also contended that the cream sep
arator was an agricultural implement
1 ami desired that it should be admitted
in mixed ears of agricultural imple
i meuts.
J. L. Nelson, representing the Nelson
Manufacturing company of St. Louis,
presented an argument in behalf of his
petition on the subject of i<-e cream re
frigerators. T. W. Ross, representing
' the Fibre Shipping interests, spoke on
the subject of fireboard or pulp board
pails, drums or cylindrical boxes. Wal
lace R. Lane, representing the National
Association of Corrugated Culverts,
which has two offices in Texas, regis
tered the change in classification on gal
vanized iron and steel tanks. The dif
ferent breweries were represented as
follows: Pabst of Milwaukee by Charles
Zeilke, manager of the traffic depart
ment; Schlitz of Milwaukee by C. J.
Bertsehy; Anheuser Bisch of St*. Louis
by R. Muehlberg: Lemps of St. Louis j
by Louis Feickcrt: Hamm Brewing com- !
pany. St. Paul, by George Myron, and '
the Minneapolis Brewing company byi
H. F. Voges.
George E. McKinnon, representing the '
Scudders Galo Grocer company, spoke I
on the package used in shipping cigars'
and cigarettes.
Canned Goods in Cars.
The./'nndy ami confectionary inter
ests were represeiilcd by J. A. Hafner
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. FRIDAY. JANUARY 14. 1910
PASSENGER MEN
CONVENE HEBE
FOR BUSINESS
Texas Traveling Passenger As
sociation Gathers in the
Annual Session
DISCUSS DALLAS MEETING
The third annual convention of the
Texas Traveling Passenger Agents' as
sociation convened .this morning in the
main auditorium of the Chamber of
Commerce, with N. 3. Davis, president
of the association, presiding.
Following a discussion of the enter
tainment to be provided for the Na
tional Association of Passenger Agents,
which meets at Dallas in October, this
year, the election of officers for the en
suing year was held. Only one name
was offered in nomination for the
offices in the association and the elec
i tion of each man was unanimous.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year were as follows:
President. F. A. Kellogg, ticket agent
I union station Katy, Frisco and Hous
ton 4 Texas Central, Denison; first vies
presi, l,vht. W, E. Fitch, southwestern
passenger agent. Missouri Pacific X
Iron Mountain. San Antonio; second
vice president, 11. C. Carson, general
agent passenger department. Now York
Central lines. Dallas; secretary an I
treasurer. J A. Chilton, traveling pas
senger agent, Texas & Pacific, Fort
Worth.
Through the courtesy of the Chamber
of Commerce, the traveling passenger
agents were handed several boxes of
good cigars, and all enjoyed a smokefest
during the proceedings of the con
vention.
Following the election of officers
I thia morning nnd short talks made bv
the mon selected, there wore several ad
dresses made by the railroad men pres
ent on the good of the order, aftor
which the meeting adjourned sine die.
The railroad men have accepted an in
vitation to attend a bean supper to be
given at the Elk club rooms tonight
and the majoritv of them will remain
over for the event, which promises to
be a warm one.
Those attending the convention are:
11. W. Pinn’ek, Frisco, San Antonio;
.Tas. A. Marks. Rock Island, Fort
Worth: E. J. Naylor, Toledo, St, Louis
A Western It R. Los 'ngeles; Arthur
31. Hall, M. K. A T.. Dallas; Cornelius
A. Baird. Pennsvlvania Lines, San \»i
♦onio; E. B. Pope. Chesapeake A Ohio
railwav. St. Louis; B. J. McKay. To
ledo, St. Louis A Western, Chicago; J.
F Gowens. Aransas Pass, Camcron;
Walter Walthall, Katy, San Antonio;
George W. Thoma’ Toledo. St. Louis A
Western railroad. DaHns; N. S Davis,
Fort Worth A Denver City Railway,
Tort Worth; Jake Gerlach, Missouri.
Kansas A Texas Railway, Denison; W.
E. I'it.-h. Iron Mountain, San Antonio;
W. F. Connor. Wabash, Dallns; H. C.
Carson. New York Central Lines. Dal
las; W. B. Morgan. Burlington Route,
Dallas; Cus Hoov'r. Cotton Belt. Fort
Worth; R. L. McKibbin, Sunset, San
Antonio; T. L. Cleveland. Sunset Route,
Beaumont; E. A. Kellogg. Katv. Deni
son; J A. Chilton. Texas A Pacific. Fort
Worth: 11. .1. Williams, Santa Fe, Snn
Antonio.
|of Chicago. G. A. Wrightman of Des
Moines and T. W. Maxwell of St. Jos-1
I eph. Mo. Mr. Jones of the Merchants’
| Exchange of Chicago and T. W. Max
, well of St. Joseph took issue with each
I other on the subject of canned goods in
i mixed or solid ears. Jones contending
I that the mixed eSr should be allowed
; and Maxwell that it should not.
L. G. MeComer of Toledo s poke on
I the subject of ehiuaware in crates, in
j voice value not exceeding $2O. The
question of the most desirable package
. for shipping roasted and green coffee
and the s light difference in the value
! of roasted and green coffee was import
i ant to coffee roasters in that the en
; dorsement of the paper lining and bur
I lap bak was given bv several shippers
interested.
Mr. Cawkins, representing the Quincy
| ami Peoria manufacturers of Illinois,
I asked that the classification on farm
I trucks be not eliminated.
The members of the classification
committee and all of the delegates will ’
be given a Mexican supper tendered by j
the freight traffic officers of the Gould
lines tonight at the St. Anthony hotel. I
IL C. Dinkins, general agent of the I
Gould lines in Mexico, will be toa’tmas I
ter. More than 300 persons will par- [
ticipate.
COLD. PREDICTED.
WILL BRING DISASTER!
Chicago, Jan. 14. —Weather condi
tions have produced a condition in the
railroad transportation business in this
city that is akin to calamity. The coal
carrying trade is paralyzed and traf
fi<- generally on the steam roads is so
demoralized that passenger schedules
have been smashed and the movement
of freight regarded as almost a minus
quantity.
Chicago, which for weeks has suffer
ed from a scarcity oi coal, ise threaten-;
MURDERER
OSES GERMS
OF TYPHOID?
Believed Bacilli Were Adminis
tered to Swope Heirs in
Kansas City.
AN ARREST IS EXPECTED
Post Mortem on Stomach May
Reveal Newest Method or
Committing Murder.
Special Dispatch.
Kansas City. Mo., Jan. H.-rA plot
is believed to have been unearthed
here that for very horror outrivals the
intrigues that surrounded the life of
Lucretia Borgia, the middle century
poisoner. Kansas City is shaken to
its center by vague rumors that a de
liberate attempt was made to do away
with the Swope heirs by administering
typhoid fever germs to toe entire fam
ily of seven.
I'bomns Swope died here in October
of typhoid fever. His brother, Chrisman
Swope, succumbed to the malady soon
afterward and the other members of
the family were stricken nt the same
time. The conditions were so sus
picious that an investigation was in
stituted, which has been carried on
quietly. Wednesday the body of Thos.
Swope was disinterred secretly, a
coroner's inquest held and the stomach
removed and sent to Chicago for exam
ination.
While no definite charges can be
| made until the result of the chemist’s
analysis is known, it is said the man
suspected of having administered the
germs is under constant surveillance.
The prosecuting attorney is prepared to
make charges should the examination
in Chicago develop that the germs had
been administered, and an arrest is ex
pected at every moment.
The other members of the family are
out of danger, after suffering severe
illness for several weeks.
Rumor unfolds a plot that promises
a historical mark in fiendish planning.
The suspect has been, enmeshed in a
web of evidence from which there is ।
no escape. It is reported that he is
known to have procured a large supply )
of typhoid fever germs, supposedly for
scientific purposes. Tlp> illness and I
deaths in the Swope family ensued.
As to th? manner in which the germs)
were administered if indeed they were
there it yet no positive information,
although the examination of the stom
ach in Chicago is expected to reveal
much.
The prosecuting attorney’has appoint- i
e<l Henry .lost, as special prosecutor, to
conduct the examination of Ilie Swope
mystery and every effort will be made :
to bring to light criminal actions.
GAMBLING ROUSE
FALLS; GOLD FOUND
The finding of money caused much
interest to be shown today, when the
old building, which was formerly oc
cupied as the Western Star gambling
house was razed to the ground. Large
numbers gathered around after the
floor was torn up and many of I be 200
or 250 who seethed about the place
hunted for money, which might have
been stored under the floor in the old
days. One was successful. He found
) a can in which was hidden $5O. and a
Mexican found a $5 gold piece.
This was a two story frame struc
ture and was one of the largest gamb
ling houses in the city forty or forty
five years ago. It was then known as
the ‘‘Old Gray Mule,” and is said to
have been the only gambling house in
town in which a murder had not oc
curred.
A new two-story business block will
be erecteii on the site.
‘‘What do you do for a living?”
‘‘l’m a farmer.” “Oh! A scientific
up-to-date farmer?” ‘‘Am I? Say, I
pasteurize my milk-weed!”—Cleveland
Leader.
• A I
cd with one of the worst fuel famines
in years, according to expert observ-1
ers. To make matters worse, the weath
er forecaster declares that a cold spell
is at hand, which means that thou
sands of freight-laden cars in the vari
ous railroad yards which arc now axle
deep in snow nn<l slush, will become ice
hound on the tracks. Nothing but in I
unusual rise in temperature, it is a« I
sorted, can then reieaM them from I
; their aueli g , j
Ift PAGES
CONSERVATION IS SUBJECT
OF THE SPECIAL MESSAGE
Taft Recommends Issuing of $30,000,000
Bonds for Completion of Reclamation Pro-
‘ jects in the Southwest.
RECOMMENDS BALLINGER’S SUGGESTIONS
Lead Message Conservation
Washington. Jan. 14.—The president’s special message on the
conservation of natural resources was sent to congress today and its
reading commenced in both houses.
President Taft recommends that congress follow out the sugges
tion of Secretary Ballinger in regard to classification of lands and
the withdrawal of them which are incorporated in bills prepared by.
Ballinger and which are at the disposal of congress.
The message also recommends that congress give authority foe
the issuance of $30,000,000 in bonds to complete reclamation projects
in the semi-arid districts of the south and southwest. There is urgent
need, he says, for the completion of these projects.
I'he president goes on record as mildly in favor of inland water
way development where actual need is shown and actual cost has been
figured. He recommends provision by congress !n the river and
harbors bill for the carrying out of the project to maintain a depth
of >even feet in the Ohio river by the erection of dams. This project
will cost $63,000,000 and will take ten years to complete.
At the conclusion of the message Mr. Taft says that the results
of the Ballinger investigation are not needed to determine the value
of and necessity for the legislation he recommends in regard to public
lands and reclamation.
luiios ami reclamation.
IP The full text of the message is a
’g follows:
n ‘‘To the senate and the house o
ic representatives: In my annual nies
e. i sage I reserved the subject of the con
oi serration of our natural resources fo
n I consideration in a special message a
d follows:
x i ”Iu several departments there i
presented the necessity for legislatio
'•’’looking to the further conservation o
e i our natural resources and the subjec
• is one of such importance as to requir
E” a more detailed and extended discus
” , sion than can be entered upon in thr
communication. For this reason I sh»l
’[take an early opportunity to send s
j special message to congress on the sub
r ject of the improvement of our water
; । ways: upon the reclamation and irriga
j tion of arid, semi-arid and swamp
< [ lands; upon the preservation of our
forests and the re foresting of Suitable
. areas; upon the reclassification of the
public domain with a view of separat-
I ing from agricultural settlement min
t eral, coal and phosphorus land and
| sites belonging to the government, bor
dering on streams suitable for the util
ization of water power.
‘‘ln 18(10 we had a public domain of
1.055.91 acres. We have now <31,-
354.081 acres, confined largely to moun
tain ranges and semi arid and arid
! plains. We have in addition 368,035,-
975 acres of land in Alaska.
‘‘The public lands were during the
earliest administrations treated as a
। national asset for the liquidation of
■ the public debt and as a source of re
, ward for our soldiers and sailors. Later
on they were donated in large amounts
1 in nid of the construction of wagon
।' roads and railways in order to open
1 up regions in the west, then almost in
i necessible. All the principal land sta
'. tntes were enacted more than a qnar
’ ter of a century ago. The homestead
I act, the pre-emption and timber culture
' aet, the coal land aiid the mining acts
were among these.
‘‘The rapid disjiositiou of the public
j lands under the early statutes and the
। lax methods of distribution prevailing.
I due. I think, to the belief that the
[ lands should rapidly pass into private
ownership, gave rise to the impressi-m
that the public domain was legitimate
/prey for the unscrupulous and that it
. was not contrary to good morals tn eir
j Cumvent the hind laws.
Millions Obtained by Fraud.
‘•This prodigal manner of disposi
i tion resulted in the passing of large
i areas of valuable land and many of
। our natural resources into the hands
j of persons who felt little or no respon ।
I sihility for promoting the national wel- i
, fare through their development. The [
' truth is that title to millions of acre’
' of public lands was fraudulently ob i
। tained and that tltc right to recover si
I large part of such lands for the gov i
ernment long since ceased by reason '
of statutes of limitation.
‘‘There has developed in recent .
rears a deep concern in the publie ।
: mind respecting the preservation and
I proper use of our natural resources. |
I This has been particularly directed to- i
word the conservation of the resources I
of the public domain.
‘‘The problem is how to save and]
how to utilize, how to conserve and '
still to develop, for no sane person ean ;
contend that it i« the common goo I
that nature's blessings are only fori
unborn gonenitions.
“My DistinguisheiJ’redecessor.”
‘‘ Among the most noteworthy re- r
forms initiated by my distinguished .
predecessor was the vigorous prosecu
tion of land frauds and the bringing
to public attention of the noecaaity of
preserving the rematutug public do-1
GOLDEN ROD BUTTER
Made at home. Guaranteed of the high
est quality. We churn every day.
CREAMERY DAIRY CO. Phom 871
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
as t main from further snoliation for th*
I maintenance and extension of our for
nf est resources and for the enactment of
>• laws amending the obsolete statutes so
n- as t« retain governmental control over
or that part of th ( > public domain within
as which there are valuable deposits >f
coal and oil and of phosphate, and in
is addition thereto, to preserve control,
on under conditions favorable to the pub
of i lie, of the land.’ along the streams in
ct I which the full of water r»n be made to
re [ generate power to be transmitted in
s- , the form of electricity many miles to
is I the point of its use known as water
11; power sites.
a | ‘‘The investigation in the abuse of
»• ; the land laws and prosecution of Jan I
r- [ laws have been vigorously prosecuted
i- 1 under my administration ns has been
p j the withdrawal of eoal lands for class
r 1 ification and valuation and the tem
e 1 porary holding of power sites. Sine*
e j March 4, 1904. temporary withdrawals
- j of power sites have been made on 102
streams and these withdrawals, there-
1 j fore, cover 229 per cent more stream*
than were covered by the withdrawal*
I-1 made prior to that date.
Statutes Not Adapted.
f : “The present statutes, except so far
1 as they dispose of the precious metals
and the purely agricultural land*, ar*
I ■ not adapted to carry out the modern
,- view of the best disposition of publl*
lands to private ownership under eon
e ditions offering, on th® one hand, suf
i ! ficient inducement to private capital to
f take them over for proper development
. with restrictive conditions on the oth
r er, which shall secure to the publia
s that character of control winch will
a 1 prevent - monopoly or misuse of th*
a ! lands or of their products.
‘‘The power of the secretary of th*-
interior to withdraw from the opera
'. tion of existing statutes, tract* of
] lands, the disposition under which sta
e tutes would be detrimental to the pub- ]
s | lie interest, is not clear or satisfactory.
This power has been exercised in th*
e interest of the public with the bop*
8 that congress might affirm the action
~ of the executive by laws adapted ‘*
> ' the new conditions. Unfortunately.
, congress has not thus fully acted upoa
। the recommendations of the executive
, and the question as to what the exeeu
t tive is to do. is under ths cirenm-
I stances full of difficulty.
Congress Should Validate Them.
‘•lt seems to me that it is the duty
((Continued on Page 3.)
10 DIE 01 Allows
IBM FOR UWES
. Associated Pre,s.
New Orleans. Jan. 14. —The crime for
I which Carl Bortuna. a young German
j condemned to die here today on th*
gallows, was the murder of his employ
er, George Kuscht. proprietor of a lo
ies! bakery. Boruna brained the baker
] when the latter upbraided him for at
tentions to his (Knecht’s! wife. Ae
'cording to Roruua's -wn adnession. this
Iwas the second homicide committee by
i him.
TO TAKE UP RATE SUIT.
-
Austin. Tex.. Jan. 14.—The suit nf
the (ishestnn Chamber of < mnm*»rro
! against the railroad <*ommiK>ton of Tei
us will b<' taken up again in the Twti-
Ityuxth diatrict court