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PASO HERALD
ASSOCIA 7 ED PRESS
Leased Wire.
) El Paso, Texas,
Monday Evening,
July 24, Ull 10 Paget
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair Tonight and Tuesday.
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TRUST HIH DISORDERS IN Sls" ' . PRfl nill SMI QAYQ
n , Dz m,i. imii'nr nr Ui me riection Kesults I U Ulffl Iffiflll UiilU
Declares Boutell Told Him UP fir , PnXinil III I I FIT
jLait DeSired. the EleCtiOll llOlllIi III Leading daily papers, in Texas In special telegrams to the El Paso llfiSlMfl I
q liOrimer w WWfc fell Herald" today give their estimates of the .result 'In the statewide .prohibition 1 1 IIS Ifll I "m
ft ffil 1111 f Mitt election 'and in several instances com ment upon the lesson of the election I I 1 1 M I I
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I I I I fill Illi I I KM I figures as given In tbe.returnB to date.
LrLpflfltffLfllLS In response to inquiries from the El Paso Herald, the following state-" "181" "ft "1 "1 If " P" nl I
ments were made by wire by the pap ers named: lllll I 1 W HiH
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Steel Trust Agreement Is
Lair Before the House
Committee.
ELEVEN COMPANIES
IN THE BIG- COMBINE
Washington, IX a, July 24. A copy
of Iron clad agreement by -which the
Steel Plate association of the United
States was entered into November 9,
1900, was placed before the house steel
trust investigating committee today.
Eleven gieat steel companies entered
Into the agreement and apportioned
among themselves shipments of steel
plates.
Heavy Fines Imposed.
The steel company that dared violate
the agreement laid Itself liable to
heavy penalties and it is said that lines
of 51000 frequently were Imposed on
members of jthe commission when com
plaints were filed Tvith the executive
committee.
Monthly Statements.
Each firm was required to make
montniy statements relating to ship
ments, rolling production, etc, and any
member who had done more than his
apportioned amount was required to
ptiy a penalty on each pound of such
excess, the money thus collected being
apportioned among the members who
did siot ship up to their allotted sharfe.
The agreement bound the members
to. make sales between parties to the
agreement at pool prfices.
To insure rendering of statements
and faithful adherence of each party to
-the terms of the agreement, a guaran
tee of$100,000 was provided by pay
ment of ?1000 on each percent of allot
ment. Richard Lindabury, counsel for the
United States Steel corporation, pro
tested against the Introduction of a
copy of the steel plate association
agreement.
LlndaBnry Protests.
"This Is not signed," said Mr. Linda
bury. "There is no evidence thatt it
was signed and 'the date already given
Is a year in advance of the formation
of the United States Steel corporation."
"This has an important bearing," de
clared chairman Stanely, "because
members of the pool were bound to
remain members for two years, and
further because I have been advised
that practically the same memoranda
were in the steel and wire agreement
"which resulted In "recent Indictments."
"We have not got such an agreement
in any of our files and cannot produce
it and have nothlng to do with it," said
Mr. Llndabury.
Denies All Knowledge.
"We deny all knowledge of it and
feel that we ought not to be connect
ed with it in this record, particularly
Ps this is an unauthentlcated copy and
there Is nothing here to indicate ' Its
authenticity.
The copy of the agreement was
placed in the report.
NEBRASKA COUNTY
ALMOST INUNDATED
Blue Biver Eises 26 Peet
and People Are Rescued
Prom Housetops.
Omaha, Neb. July 24. Reports re
ceived in this city from Gage and
Johnson counties in the southeast part
of the state Indicate that section was
visited Sunday by one of the heaviest
rainfalls eer received in the vicinity.
At Tepumseh. in Johnson county,
four Inches of rain in four hours..
During the same time over six Inches
fell at Crab Orchard.
Near Crab Orchard two miles of the
track of the Nebraska CIty-Holdredge
line of the Burlington railroad, is
"washed out.
From Beatrice comes the report that
government gage recorded a fall of
eight Inches of rain, and that the Blue
river rose 26 feet.
"Women and children fere r.escued
from the tops of box cars, boats being
used in the rescue work. As far as
can be learned no lives were lost.
All the railroads were hard hit by
the floods. The Burlington bridge over
Bear creek and nearly all the trackage
in the Burlington, Bock Island and
Union Pacific yards at Beatrice were
washed out or inundated. For 12 miles
hetween Dewltt and Beatrice, most of '
the tracks are gone.
SLIP OF PAPER IS
SHOWN TO COMMITTER
s.
"Washington, D. C, July 24. Edward
Hines, of Chicago, caused a sensation
today by testifying before the senate
Lorimer committee, that representa
tive Henry S. Boutell, of Illinois, now
American minister to Switzerland, told
him that president Taft, regarding
Lorimer as an acceptable senatorial
candidate, was anxious to have him
elected and would be very glad to as
sist in nis election.
Today's session of the cqmmittee be
gan with attorney Hancey, counselor
for Lorimer, questioning Hines further
about his trips to New Xork last win
ter, when the Lorimer election issue
was pending before the senate.
Hines testified that on one of these
trips he called on E. H. Gary of the
United States steel corporation, to see
about the price of stock in a Colorado
iron company,. Suddenly at the in
stance of his counsel, Mr. Hines pro
duced a sheet of paper without a let-
. terhead, and without signature or
date, but which Mr. Hines swore was
in Mr. Boutell's hand writing. The
sheet contained these words:
Who Went to President?
"I should like to .have the senator
know who was the only man in Wash
ington who went to the president In
his behalf, and bring off (sic) the
goods."
Mr. Hines stated that the senator
referred to was senator Lorimer and
that his election to the senate was the
subject of note. Mr. Hines declared
that Mr. Boutell said he had gone to
see president Taft and had told him
that Lorimer seemed to be the only
man on whom the factions could unite.
Mr. Hines continued:
"Lorimer Acceptable."
"Mr. Boutell said that after he told
the president of Iorimer's capabilities
he (the president) said that he was
very anxious to have a senator elected
from Illinois and that Mr. Lorimer was
very acceptable to him and that he
would do all he could to assist in
electlng-'him:"" ' - - - - --
"When did you find this supposed
letter?" asked senator Kern, of Indi
ana. "I found it yesterday in going
through my papers."
"Bid you have it when you testified
a few days ago?"
"Yes."
Hines testified that Mr. Boutell's
talk with the president was two or
three weeks before Lorimer was
elected.
Knows the Day.
"I know the day," declared Mr.
Hines, "because I met him on the way
to the white liouse. He said that he
was going to the white house to tell
the president to see If Mr. Lorimer was
the only man on whom the factions
could unitex and to ask the president
to help him."
Premier Asquith Is Howled ; Dallas times-herald
, SAYS ANTI BY 5000.
Down Halt a Dozen Times
by the Members.
WILD SCENES ARE
ENACTED IN ANGER
London, Eng., July 24. Scenes of
wild disoder marked the session of the
house of commons today. Half a dozen
times the prjtmier rose to move to
consideration oX the lords amendments
to the parliamentary bill and each time I
he was howled down by a din so ter
rific that . the speaker had difficulty
in making himself heard as he -appealed
to both sides to observe parliamen
tary decorum.
After trying vainly for three-quarters
of an hour to get a hearing, pnemier
Asquith cut short his projected speech
and amid a hubbub declared that If the
lords would not consent to restore the
veto bill even with reasonable amend
ments, to substantially its original
form, the government would be com
pelled to invoke the exercise of the
royal prerogative for the creation of
new peers.
Causes Sensation.
No parliamentary event of modern
times has so quickened the public pulse
as the present political crisis arising
from the veto bill and anxiety to know
the exact terms of premier Asoulth's
ultimatum to the peers crowded the
house and its galleries in a way not
seen before for many years.
Wild Scene Emanrted.
The members of the'lower chamber,
usually so decorous, gave vent to their
feelings by rising and cheering fran
tically and waving handkerchiefs as
their respective leaders entered. There
were some groans from the unionist
benches intermingled with an occasional
shout of "traitor" when Asquith made
his appearance.
The "Opening scenes -of the' "Historic
session were among the stormiest ever
J witnessed in the house. As he rose to
speak, the i fr-mler was encouraged
a roar of applause from the radical
Dallas, Tex., Juljv 24. The antis have
i won the election by possibly 5000 ma
jority. The Pros, concede their 'de
feat. It is possible that the Pros, will
try to contest the election in the
courts. This is the present outlook.
It will 'be several days berore the
final results are known, but the figures
will probably stay around J5000 ma
jority for the antis.
Jake Wolters claims more than this,
but he is rather liberal in his esti
mates, it Is believed.
Dallas Times-Herald.
HOUSTON POST FIGURES
ANTI MAJORITY ABOUT 5000.
Houston, Tex., July 24. At noon to
day the Post's tabulation-accounts for
about 455,000 votes, but the revision
continues. About a dozen counties are
missing, most of them dry and all
small.
Of the tabulated vote the antis show
a lead of approximately 6000, with es
timated majorities given the Pros, in
the counties missing, the lead of the
antis is cut to about 5000. However,
some of the counties that are in- Hand
are not complete and there may be a
further revision of this estimate neces
sitated, but fhe antis will gain some
what also In the completion of these
counties, and as far as possible to fore
cast at this time, taking figures as
well as estimates into consideration,
the antis appear to have & lead of 5000
on the final returns.
Chairman Ball today gave out this
statement:
"It looks like the complete returns
will show a- small majority for the
antis, and that the -Pros. --will either
have to take it to the courts or to the
people again."
' Houston Post.
FORT WORTH RECORD PUTS
THET ANTI QIAJORITY 6CO0.
Fort Worth, Tex., July 24, The best
information at this time indicates an
antl majority of 6000.
Hunt McCaleb,
Managing Editor Fort Worth Record.
HOUSTON CHRONICLE SAYS
RESULT TEACHES A LESSON.
Houston, Tex., July 24. Complete
and incomplete returns received by
the Chronicle up to noon Monday in
dicate the defeat of the statewide
amendment by a very narrow margin,
probably not more than 5000 In a total
vote of approximately 475,000.
Officials of the prohibition campaign
concede defeat but talk of a contest
in the courts or another referendum
vote. On the other hand anl head
quarters declare that In many prohi
bition counties the vote far exceeded
poll tax records and that they will be
prepared to make a showing if called
upon In this regard.
The Chronicle editorially analyzing
the fixtures and discussing the result
declares the meaning to be that the
antis must submit to drastic saloon
regulalon, Involving very early clos
ing, a quart law for whisky and the
j ultimate elimination of the saloon.
The Chronicle.
With Heaviest Vote in History of the State, Wets Lead
by Not More Than 5000 and Chairman Ball Admits
Defeat But Claims Frauds Returns Yet
to Come Cannot Change the Result.
Antis Lead By 4387.
Dallas, Texas, July 24. The anti majority in the Texas prohlbitioa efeo
fcm was 4387 at 1:45 this afternoon, according to nearly complete bwfc ua-
inciai returns to the Associated T,ess. The aati-prohibition tote from
returns totaled 230,136. The prohibition vote totaled 225,749.
Dallas, Texas, July 34. Texas defeated state-pride areaifeitie ia Satur
day's election according to admission today of tie "dry" campaign keaca
ters aBi also according to retuma early today.
After 36 hours of ballot eoHstingr, the "vretaP xaaiataiaed a sleaier lead
hardly more thaa 5000 ia unofficial returns. , -
Unless the vote yet to come is different la tener than that a t areseat
time, the remaining few thousands of ballets cannet swing; the clectiea te fh
-drys."
Doty Blamed For Cholera
Scare In New York City
MAJORITY IS SMALL BUT SAF&
San Antonio, Texas, July 24. Though nave a very small vote. It Is therefore
by
and labor benches, but an answering
volley of cheers came from the oppo
sition -while a small group of stend
paters busily chanted "traitor, traitor,
traitor," until speaker Lowther warned
them to control themselves.
Balfour's Charge.
A. J. Balfour replied that the gov
ernment, by this one stroke had mis
used the prerogative of the crown to
destroy the second chamber. Others
attempted to speak but were howled
down and unable to restore order,
speaker Lowther decided the sitting
suspended until tomorrow.
Prominent among the disorderly ones
was lord Hugh Cecil, the conservative
New "Fork, N. X., July 24. D. A. H.
Doty'&f-admnistratton as 'health officer
of the port of New Tork is bein in
vestigated at the order of governor Dix
because of the cholera scare in the me
tropolis. The quarantined home of
night watchman Patrick Cushing, who
died as the result of Asiatic cholera
contracted during his work at the
S-winburne island quarantine station is
shown here.
The cholera specter in New Tork has
become genuine and drastic measures
are being taken to prevent a sreneral
epidemic of the dread disease.
Lieutenants H. B. Claggett. F. Mor-
' row and B, J. and Miss Herman went to
Cloudcroft on Saturday.
"Was he going to tell that the J free trader from Oxford university.
Democrats would vote for Lorimer?"
asked senator Kern.
"I think not. We thought then that
the Republican factions could unite on
Lorimer."
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DOG PUSHES BABY
FROM CAR TIVACKS.
St. Louis, Mo., July 24. A pet
dog saved the life of 3yearold
Hazel Southard by brushing
her away from the street car
track near the Southard home
on Washington avenue in Upper
Alton.
Motorman William Coleman
saw the child running on the
car track followed by the doer.
4" but It was too late for him to
stop the car. He applied the
4" brakes and the car slid to
4" Tvhere the child had been play-
4 ing. Passengers saw the dog
41 run under the child, tipping It
4- In such a way that It fell clear
4 of the track. The baby was un-
4" injured.
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PACKING PLANT BURNS
EXPLOSION WRECKS TWO BUILDINGS
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Sweetwater, Texas, July 24. Sunday morning fire broke out in the 31c
SweeHey packing house and both buildings are a total loss.
Daring the fire several explosions "occurred. It Is supposed that the
BHllalnxs -were dynamited. Forfy thousand dollars Insurance was carried.
TWO SQUARE MILES
Ceastaatlnople, Turkey, July 24-Tho conflagration which started yes
terday afternoon oatlnued until 3 clock this morning, by which time the
flames were aader control, but practically because there was no further fuel
la their path. The dlsaseter was the greatest since the great fire in. Pera, the
Earopeaa quarter ia 1S70.
It is believed that the preseat fire was the work of political incendia
ries. It broke oat simultaneoasly at several places In Satmboul, the ancient
r -- ...c racuraung me aimrrerijary or the new constitu
tion.
It is roughly estimated that
Tw square miles of the city was devasted.
over 5900 houses were destroyed.
The Europena quarter across the Golden Horn to the north and eatt
at ae time la daager, owing to the csntrary direction of the wind.
was
who incessantly chanted "divide, di
vide divide." This created fierce In
dignation on the radical side of the
chamber from which the members ap
pealed to the speaker to metaphorical
ly turn him out.
Awaits Lull In Storm.
Meanwhile premier Asquith stood at
the table waiting a lull In the storm.
His first word, however, was a signal
for another cyclone and for 20 minutes
Le premier stooa, unaoxe to get in a
word.
Cries of "Hurrah for Redmond," the
real leader," suddenly broke out from
the conservative benches.
Yell for Redmond.
"We will listen to Redmond," they
added. "The British aristocracy," was
the scornful reply -of the radicals.
"Look at 'em," tagain and again Asquith
tried to speak but a whirlwind of cries
drowned his voice.
A strong appeal by the speaker fi
nally caused a momentary cessation of
the veribal tornado. Asouith rot out a
fcouple of sentences, asserHng that the
principle of the- parliament iry bill was
affirmed as far back as 1907 and after
wards was confirmed at the .general
election.
Asquith Pleads.
Interruptions followed, the unionists
shouting "cannot we hear the dictator."
Asquith ?went on.
xne nouse oi commons carried a
resolution in favor of the bill in 1910
by a large majority, atnd but for the
death of king Edward "
"Keep the kmgv oufc of politics."
"Who killed him you did," resound
ed In the opposition benches.
During the next lull, the premier
resumed:
"But for1 the death of the king and
the temporary truce (cries of 'a bright
sort of truce ) It would have been
pressed at that session through all Its
stages. The constitutional conference
proved that with the best will a set
tlement by agreement was impossible.
This bill was presented to the lords.
It was laid aside In favor of an alter
native scheme put forward by lord
Lansdown, on behalf of the responsi
ble leader of the opposition."
Uproar Continues.
As the premier spoke, the uproar
was- continued and only snotches of
what he said could be heard. He added:
"A situation has been created (cries
of 'by Redmond) from which there is
only one constitutional escape. That
is unless the lords consent to restore
this bill, with, if you like, reasonable
amendments consistent with its prln- j
clple and purpose we shall be com
pelled to evoke progative of the
crown."
At this declaration the tumult was
renewed n all its early strength. There
were shouts of "shame, Redmond, yau
are disgraced, you are no prime min
ister.'" Asquith concluded in a few sentences
inaudible in the press gallery, but evi
dently uttered In great heat .and with
emphasis.
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several counties, most of them in the
Panhandle andTthe extreme southwest,
are yet to be heard from, there is no
doubt that the antis have carried the
election, although by a narrow margin.
Counties which sent in Incomplete
retnrns, have preserved the percentage
of dry and wet votes in a remarkably
close -degree and tfor'this reason there
Is little to justify the conclusion that
the pros will profit by the complete
vote cast.
In view of the fact that the. Pan
handle counties still out have bur a
very small population, the nositinn nf
- the antis is safe in 'this direction. The
xvuhtoihii uuuuties sucn as z.apata,
Presidio and a number of others, arso
not likely that the vote will be raa-
-terlally -changed by reports-frora them.
Aa Interesting Featare.
. One of the Interesting featmres of
the amendment election is that several
counties along the Red River and a few
in the east have turned ia a much
larger number of votes for the aatTs
than was anticipated.
On the other hand a number oi coun
ties in southwest and south Texas have
gone dry or cast a large vote for the
pros. Moreover the vote, cast la the
southwest is much, smaller thaa was
supposed' before the election.
Total Yote Incomplete.
At least another day must elapse be
fore the total unofficial vote Is In from
(Continued on Page Three.)
GEORGE OLIVER SA YS
PROS. WILL CONTEST
jTiuuiUMJomsts wm contest the elec-, the wets exneeterl o ,n- . , ,.
tion Saturday If the final returns do of 3000 Sstead? xl Z frlty
notshowamalorltvnfmnr.!,,, jen vt,- A. sted tho ,-otal Tte "went
7 number in El Paso in spke
of the efforts that were made to get
out the vote. Many of the "ring" work
ers were busy until the polls closed
Saturday night getting out every pos
sible wet voter to swell the total
against the constitutional axnendmest.
A message from the anti prohibition
headquarters was received here late
Saturday afternoon, saying that the re
sult looked doubtful, and for the faith
ful to keep up the work until the polls
closed. All of the autos on the stand
were pressed Into commission and
many private conveyances were In use
by the workers against the proposed
amendment.
This statement was made by secretary
George B. Oliver, ot the prohibition
organization, Monday mornlne. "TO
have evidence of Illegal poll tax mandn-
umuon sumcient to tnrow out a large,
number of votes in El Paso county "
he sasd. "I am surte that there will be
a contest If the majority shows less
than 5000."
Prohibition Talk of Town.
Politics, prohibition politics, is all
that is being discussed on the streets
and Is all that has been discussed since
Saturday. Sunday was decidedly a
prohibition- day. Even the strongest
antl prohibition leaders conceded the
victory to the prohibitionists and for
a day the pros were victors as far as
known. When reports began arriving
giving the results In some of the
doubtful counties, the prohibition
stock fell several points and by Sun-daj-
night the antis "were claiming the
victory. The final outcome was in
doubt Monday and prohibition con
tinued to be the sole and -single topic
for discussion among the men of the
city.
Lighter Than Expected Here.
That the vote in El Paso was much
lighter than was expected by either
side, is conceded by both organization.
Mexicans- Gene te War.
Old Col. Apa chy was again in control
of a large number of votes. Many of
.the faithful believed that the state
would go wet by such, a large majority
that they did not take the trouble to
vote. This accounts, for the small num
ber of votes cast. Another reason giv
en by ore of the Mexican leaders for
the small vote -cast, was that many of
the Mexican voters who had stood by
the organization In the past, had joined
Madero's army during the Mexican rev
olution and had scattered throughout
eiiw r were m the standing army
SetPSffnbItI?Xlte? eXSeCted i0 n atl VWIa rd could not be Se
least 1000 votes for their cause while l tn f De nere
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NEW YOBK DOES NOT
FEAR AN EPIDEMIC
Effective Measures Have
Prevented the Further
Spread of Cholera.
New York, N. Y., July 24. The
stringent measure taken to prevent
an epidemic of cholera, here undoubt
edly will prove effective according to
the health officers, who today noted
that no new cases had developed
since last Saturday.
Reports from Hoffman iciami thia
. ., "l -emonte, are still at .Anchor off
ViUli,6, siuiou tucie were no iurtner ; tne quarantine station.
e Daily City Circulation
of The Herald
suspicious cases of sickness among
those detained from the steamship
Oioltke, and that more of these pas
sengers probably would be released
soon from quarantine. No further
deaths were reported from Swlnburn
island.
The steamer Peruiria and Princln
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