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nrn N FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 287. , THE ARGUS. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 18. 1909. FOURTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. 01 As the Swing Around the Circle Progresses REVISION ROCK SLAND MOTE. D NOT PROMISE ALL DOWN I AGITATION MAY YET 80O EiJGLflUDAilD I!AISEf TO I'M! r t ; '-v'.' ': ON TARIFF: TAFT President Defends Aid-rich-Payne Bill in Two Winona Addresses. IN INSURGENT LAND llf What Country Wants Is Free Trade Put Democratic Party in Power." Winona. Minn.. Sept. 18. A vigor ous ritfense of he AUIrieh-Payne larifT liill was made by President Taft in ad dresses before two audiences in this city hist night. Following are the sal ient points of his utterances : The promise of the republican, plat form was not to revise everything downward, and in the speeches I made, in t he campaign I did not promise that, everything should go downward. What I promised' was that there should le many decreases and that th change in conditions, would make 1hj revision necessarily downward and that. I eon tend, has been the result under the Payne bill. , Oonowiril on eeeiliei. "There was a substantial downward revision on necessities, for the proportion is $5.t0i.0o0.000. .repre senting the consumption of articles to which decreases were applied, to less than $:io0,noo.0t0 of articles of necessi tv to which increases applied. I did not agree, nor did the republi can party agree, that we would reduce rates to such a point as to reduce prices by foreign competition. The proposition was to reduce rates so as to maintain a difference between the rnst of production here and abroad, in suring a reasonable profit, and the proposition to reduce rates was to avoid the opportunity for monopolies ind the suppression of competition. " Admit' IoopHftle' Of tllm k.' ' . It is entirely possible to collect evi- tlence to attack almost any of the schedules, but one story is good until aflbther is told. Was it the duty of the member of congress who believed that the bill did not accomplish everything it ought to have accomplished to vote against it? I am here to justify those who answer the question in the negative. I am glad to see that those who voted against the bill still insist they are republicans and that they intend to keep up the fight for still lower tariff rates within the party. If what the country wants is free trade it ought to put the democratic party in power if it is thought the democratic party can be trusted to tarry out any affirmative policies. For Frr Lumber. l'eronaIl.v. Personally, I was in favor of free lumber, because I did not think that if the tariff was taken off there would be much suffering among the lumber interests. . In the controversy, the house and senate took a middle course, and who can say they were not ' justi fied? With respect to the wool schedule. I agree that it is too high and think it ought to have been" reduced; that it piobably represents move than the cost of production abroad and the cost of production here. Review Fori Knelling Tropin. Minneapolis. Minn.. Sept. IS. Presi dent. Taft arrived here at 7 :.".") a. m. and was escorted to the Minneapolis f lub for breakfast. A big ciowd gave the nation's chief a noisy reception as he stepped from his car. Later the party was driven about the city parks and boulevards to Minnehaha falls, slate soldiers' home and Fort Snelling, crowds along the route giving a warm welcome. At Fort Snelling the presi dent reviewed the troops and" was ten dered a reception by the officers, while a salute, from the guns of the fort were sounded. At noon the presiden tial party boarded automobiles for a run to St. Paul via the .Mississippi river boulevard. At Si. Paul auditori urn at 1 p. m. a luncheon was tender?.! him. , Ovation at St. Paul. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. IS. This city is brilliantly decorated with flags to KILLS HIS COMRADE; TO PRISON FOR LIFE Marquette, Mich.. Sept. IS. John E. Gibson, who killed a fellow-soldier at Fort Brady, has been sentenced to a life term in the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan. Gibson's casi attracted wide interest from the con flict between the federal and state laws on capital punishment, which is forbidden under the Michigan law The jury, finding a verdict of guilty, recommended life imprisonment and the issue was thus avoided. $7,1)00,000 MAIL JOB; SPEED WAR BY RIVAL ROADS Washington. Sept. IS. Rival propo sitions to carry the mails from Chi cago to Seattle in 5; hours have been submitted to the postoffice department by the Great Northern Railway com pany and by the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad. Such an accomplishment as is pro posed would clip 10 hours off the pres ent schedule for the 2,200 miles. The threatened speed war has for its reward the four-year contract for car rying the overland mail from Chicago for the Puget sound country, Alaska and trans pacific ports, 'and from Chi cago to St. Paul and Minneapolis. It means nearly $7,000,000 additional rev enue to the successful road during the four years following next February, when the contract is due to be awarded. The completion of the Puget sound extension of the Chicago. Milwaukee &'St. Paul has made it possible to compete for the contract for carrying the Puget sound mail. day in honor of PresideniiTaff s visit, and Jhe streets were thronged when the party arrived from Fort Snelling. At the auditorium, where luncheon was served, a great crowd assembled and gave the president an ovatio.i when he appeared. Governor Johnson, who had planned to be present to ex tend the official welcome, is recover ing from an operation in St. Mary's hospital at Rochester, and was unable to attend the function. After luncheon Taft was escorted, by troops from Fo-t Snelling to the- state capitol for an in spection of that building. I'rineipal Aililreaa Tonight . The president reached Auditorium hall at 1.05. and after the banquet the general public was admitted. Ad dresses of. welcome were made by Mayor I.awler and others. The presi- deirt-will be escorted hack-roM' apolis at 5::?0,to give him time to rest before the banquet tonight, when he will make his principal address in the twin cities. McCANN IN DENIAL Indicted Chicago Police Inspec tator Tells of His Plans in Handling Underworld. WAS LENIENT WiTH WOMEN Allowed to go Unpunished on Prom ise of Future Good Conduct Xeer Took Graft Money. Chicago. Sept. 18. Inspector Ed ward McCann, on trial charged with "grafting," testifying in his own be- half today, outlined in detail tJ plans he inaugurated for the control of ille gal establishment m his district at the .time he took charge ot tne ies- plaines street police station. He told the method of procedure in the case of women arrested in these houses. Many" of these women, he said, were allowed to go without their names being written in the arrest hook on satisfactory guarantees of their fit ture good conduct being given. The inspector stated he had frequent. occasions to make arrests of women living at houses owned by Louis Frank, the chief witness against him The defendant declared emphatically that he had never collected or caused to be collected money from owners of illegal establishments. 4; rami Jnry C-onlraey Alleged. Chicago. Sept. 18. Bench warrants were issued today by Judge Baldwin in the circuit court for John J. Hol land, member and secretary of the Cook county jury commission; Nicho las A. Martin, secretary to Alderman Kenna of the First ward, and Willis J. Rayburn, a real estate man. The charge is they conspired to draw name charge is they, conspired to draw names- of grand jurors In a manner other than that required by law. AYaolenale Expntte. The state's attorney remained silent concerning the details of the allega (ions against the accused, men, but in criminal court circles the action was regarded as a forerunner of the whole sale expose of alleged ronspiracie which may have affected drawing of other grand and petit juries. Weekly Bank Statement. New York. Sept. IS. Bank state ments: Ijoans, decrease $20,732,000 deposits, decrease $25,944,000; reserve, decrease $5,304,000; surplus, increase $1,122,000; Ex. U. S. deposits, increase $1,131,000. COOK, NEAR HOWIE. ANXIOUS TO FACE CHARGES OF PEARY On Board the Steamship Oscar II At Sea. Sept. is. via Marconi Wireless Telegraph to ( ape Race, X. F. "Tell he people of America to have the fu- lest confidence in my conquest of the pole. I have records of observations made by me which will prove my claim, l shall be glad again to s?t my foot on American soil." This was the brief message Dr. Fred- rtcii 'A.Vo'oIf seifl" His "count rymen hs he nears home on the steamer Oscar II.. bound from Christiansand, Norway, o New York. The Oscar II. is due to arrive there some time next Mondav. Dr. Cook discussed freely with it correspondent today the assertions of Commander Peaty that he (Cook) had never reached the north pole. This discussion drew from him a dctailel story of the causes that brought about dissensions between the two explorers. When he departed for the north Dr. Cook said, he left a depot of provisions at Annatok. north of Etah, in. charge of Rudolph Fraucke and several Es kimos. Francke had instructions to go south aboard a whaler and return later. This he did but missed the re timing vessel, owing to a slight ill ness. He was then taken aboa-d Peary's ship, the Roosevelt and pro ceeded north. Foil nil Siiiiliex at Annatok. "Commander Peary found my supply lepot at Annatok," Dr. Cook continued,' 'and the Eskimos in charge told him hat I was dead, which they fully be lieved to be true at the time. 'Peary placed two men in charge of the depot. Boatswain Murphy and an other. Harry Whitney, the New Haven hunter, also remained there. Murphy had orders not. to search for me. but was told he could send Eski mos northward the following spring from the relief depot. "When I returned from the pole, un expectedly, Hany Whitney was the first to see me and tell me what had occurred. Whitney was nlaced in pos session of the facts concerning my journey to the pole, on condition that he would not inform Commander Peary or his men of them. At the same time the Eskimos who had accompanied hie BRITISH WITH FOREIGN LETTER NO. 13. BY TAV. (Speoinl f'orrcspoiirtonce of The Argus.) IMidon, Sept. ?,. Not only are Brit ish trades unions standing out almost solidly against the suggestion that free trade be laid aside for protection, but the leading bankers, merchants and business men of Indon are equally antagonistic to a change. At a meeting held recently in Queen Victoria street, and attended by -.tin best known British financiers and the most prominent merchants of London, there was formed a City Free Trade association. This body will remain in dependent of political parties, concen trating all its strength and energy '.o perpetuating , England's free trade pol icy. Labor Member for Free Trade. The beat itrdication of the British workingman's views on the tariff ques tion is that thpre-la no labor member 'in the house of commons who Is not north were told to maintain the strict est silence. "When 1 went into the depot there was a dispute between myself and Murphy, who delivered to me written instructions he had received from Peary, although he himself couid neither read nor write. These instruc tions showed that he was making a trading station of my depot, the eon tents ot whictrjjud been used in trad ingfor Furs aiid skins."' "-"""'. " I'earjr Abandon Artie Queata. Battle Harbor. La bra do, Sept. 18. (By Wireless to Cape Ray. N. F.) "My work in the field, either arctic ir Battle Harbor. Iuibrador, Sept. 17. ways will be available, if desired. ;!i the promotion or organization of other work in those regions. PEARY." This dispatch from Commander PeaTy was sent from here today in answer to a message addressed to the explorer asking whether there was any basis for the rumors that his next un dertaking would he an attempt to reach the south pole. After a week of rest for the-crew of the arctic steamer Roosevelt, on board of which Peary is making his way south, there was today bustle and ac tivity as the men put the finishing touches to the vessel preparatory to the start for Sydney. CUBA IS SENDING A GULF TWISTER Washington, Sept. 18. A tropi cal hurricane, which was first report ed over western Cuba, passed over Pinar Del Rio province. Cuba, last night, and is now about 100 miles north of Yucatan channel. It is trav eling at the rate of about 200 miles a day and should reach the American gulf coast by Monday. Havana. Sept. 18. A severe storm passed over Pinar Del Rio province yesterday. Wires are down and the extent of the damage is not yet known here. LABOR NEVER FAVOR UPON FREE TRADE in favor of free trade, and no single) trades union has declared for protec tion. At the trades union congresses held during the last few years resolu tions in favor of free, trade have been carried by enormous majorities. The position of the bankers as .o tariff reform in England is set forth in an interesting manner in the manifesto issued ,at the meeting in Queen Vic toria street, which, in part, reads as follows: -Xo Cae Made Ont. -"We feel strongly that no case has been made out for a reversal of the policy of free trade. It has been al leged by those who wish to return to protection that our foreign trade is de clining, that we are becoming impov erished as a nation, and that our in dustries are being ruined by the com petition of our rivals. We reply that, since th?. adoption of free trade, our foreign commerce has progressed as it never did before; that our exports- CLINGING TO LIFE Governor Johnson, on Border land of Death, Sends Mes sage of Welcome. TAFT IN A FEELING REPLY Atrcitdinir Physicians Look for Xn Immediate Change in Condition of Minnesota Execntive. -ttoesferf a w T"- Ifncn till) 'TlfWT dZmdSV TrflTlTl. I son Is resting easily. He Is entirely conscious and composed in his mind. He is so far holding the gain which he made last night." It is the general opinion the gover nor's life now hangs in the balance. He has just a fair fighting chance. Rochester. Minn., Sept. 18. At 7:30 this morning the nurse at St. Mary's hospital stated Governorl Johnson was sleeping and his condi-jthe president. At 10 o'clock Freder tion was somewhat improved. ick V. Johnson, the governor's i iiHd.v K,h...ted conditio.. TJlinc-.. Minn CT.t Ifi ThO I McNevin: "Governor Johnson's nulse is 105. temperature 99, and respira- tion normal. He is resting easily and is suffering little pain. He is, however, in a very badly exhausted condition, but is holding his own. If the governor continues to hold his own through the rest of the day and night until tomorrow morning in as good condition as at present his chances for recovery will be better. niinte welcome o Taft. Rochester. Minn., Sept. IS. With doctors watching at .his bedside in St. Mary's hospital and fighting to ward off the grim reaper. Governor Johnson lies weak and exhausted, Hope has about been abandoned, but not entirely. ' The governor so far. his -own -con- dition today as to dictate this tele-1 gram of welcome to President Taft: "Hearty and sincere welcome to the state of Minnesota. 1 greatly regret illness prevents my presence at your reception." Preolrieut KxnreaMea Sympathy. President Taft replied: "I am LOOKED we take a single example which amounted in 1850 to $300,000,000 amounted last year to. $1,885,000000, far exceeding those of the great pro tected states; that, so far as our beiu5 excluded from protected markets, even high tariffs cannot and do not keep out British goods. . while in neutral markets free trade gives us ad van tages such as no protected country can. secure; that, instead of becoming impoverished, we have . steadily and rapidly increased in: prosperity and wealth; and that the development of our industries .as a whole has mad? immense progress since we cast aside the shackles of r protection (in 1S16.) AH Should Preaoer, "It is doubtless true that other na tions have prospered also, and it is to our interest that thev should do so. It is enuallv true that this tirnsneritv has in some cases come to nass iinrter tuonunuea on ra; Foar.) OHIO MINISTERS BAR TIMEPIECES FROM CHURCHES Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 18. "No more clocks for the Methodist Episcopal churches in Ohio. They are a nui sance. They keep the minds of the people and the pastors in a stew for more than two nours eacn aur.aay. Therefore no more clocks." This, in effect, is the substance of a resolution which was adopted today at the conference of Ohio Meth odist ministers at Jackson, Ohio. It was prompted by Bishop Thomas B. Ncely, who is attending the confer ence. Bishop Neely is a Philadelphia man, but has been stationed for a good many years at Buenos Aires, Ar gentine, South America. He told the ministers that they never would know what "quiet blessedness" is until they get. rid of the clocks in their churches "People are always turning around to see what time it is and the speaker naturally follows their eyes and sees what time it is," said Bishop Neely. "Therefore, I have put them out of places where I speak and find it a re lief." greatly distressed to hear of your serious illness. I miss your smiling and courteous personal greeting, which I've had every time I've come to your state heretofore, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your message of welcome sent when you are on a bed of pain. I fervently hope and pray your wonderful strength and fortitude will make your recovery speedy. My compli ments and respects to Mrs. Johnson whose visit in Washington I remem ber with much pleasure.'" "Phyaieiana Vneertaln. What the day will bring forth phy sicians are not willing to predict. The hospital authorities said the gover nor's condition is desperate and that wit v -t . 1 S i 1 Dr. Mayor issued. Hrtr-'foU. M'ng at 9:30: "Governor Jph'nsow5VjfWlng easier. I think he is gaining some strength. He has just taken a tea spoonful of carbonated water, which he successfully retained on his stom ach. His pulse is 104, temperature 99, two respirations normal. I look for no immediate change." Johnson was much gratified when he read the message or good cheer from brother, arrived, and he and the gov " "CIC HUIIIlliru IV tUC SiLlV NIHARARIIA PfiriPTfl W.IUMnIUUM vUi.ICO.IU TERMS IN OLD CASE Delay of Country at One Time Xearly Broke Oh Itelations With , Uncle Sam. I Washington. Sept. 18. Represen I tatives of the Nicaraguan govern ment and the George L. Emery com- pany of Boston, whose claim growing out of the temporary annullment of the company's timber concession has been pending for some time reached a settlement today, the Nicaraguan government agreeing to pay the com- pany $600,000 for the purchase ol I the concession and the company waiv ling all claims -against Nicaragua. A I one time the delay of Nicaragua tc I come to a basis of settlement came near resulting in breaking of friend ly relations between the Unitec States and that country. OMAHA CAR LINES TIED UP BY STRIKE Union Men Are Dissatisfied 'With Warps and Working Condi tions. Omaha, Sept. 18. All lines of the Omaha and vonncil Bluffs street rail way were practically tied np by a strike this morning as a result of a vote of the Street Carmen's union. The men are dissatisfied with wages and conditions. OWN RECORD BESTED BY 0RVH.Lt WRIGHT Berlin, Sept. 18. Orville Wright made a. new record today at-Tempel- hot held for. sustained aeroplane flight with a passenger. -He remain ed in the air 1 hour and 35 minutes viriyiuB apiain ungienarut. He broke h,s ow record, made July 27 wuen ue siayea up with a passenger 1 1 hour and 12 minutes AV.V'1 Though Neither Country j Desires Trouble With Other, Says Balfour. ARRIVES IN ADERICA Alliance of English Speaking Nations Advocated to Avert Future Conflicts., i New York, Sept. 18. Lord Bal- -four, who is a member of the com- ; mission appointed by King Edward to protect colonial trade, arrived here today. Lord Balfour gave it as his opinion there is very little probabil ity of war-between England and Ger- : many and said neither country de- , sires war with the other. The great- est danger, he said, is the agitation which has been aroused and which can easily lead to international com plications. " An Alliance to End Warn. New York, Sept. 18. Admiral' Lord Charles Beresford, for 50 yearsi; a figure in the British navy, .was,; guest at a luncheon given at the Law- .-l yers' club under the auspices of tbol Pilgrims of the United States. In a brief address Lord Beresford i. took occasion to refer to the Euro pean situation. He remarked that as far as Great Britain was concerned-! the situation looked "red ahead." He ' added that in view of this situation there was nothing else to do but for ' the nation to come forward with ' great scheme of imperial defense.; :, "Whnt wo wont " - ennHnttoj! itUi ! admiral,, "is that we shall bold what . we have. Supremacy at' sea means life or death for the British empire. It is different with the United Stales, - which, by its own natural resources.. j JtAkes care of the nation's needs; but ', Jth u s the g"esttoii of aupremafv t; sea Is most important?., IlT ls ot - So much that we should retain-a big . i I a m . , " m in war, out ior me purpose or pre ventiug war. ; -.j 1.'$? -'V. ' " Kuirlinh People Sfcoald United- .v'-' ? "Surelv the limp ban arrived w1t- ' we should come together for the fcai1 pose .of preventing war. It is ,moal:H,c i important for the English speak tug" nations to prevent war. As a.mat 'V ter of fact, the English speaking, na-" tions are trade nations. In trade. the- prosperity of their people depend. -When the time comes when the great ' N; English speaking nations get togeth- ;; er, there will be no war. It appears 'J to me that it ould be a simple mat- ' ter for these five great nations to -unite for the purpose of protecting ', the bonds which now exist between them, thereby benefiting humanity , and greatly adding to the happiness of tens of millions of people. . ' "1 must confess I . feel nervous "- about the future, as it appears to me to be 'red.' But I caunot see why it is not possible for the five great . English speak'ng nations to formu- ite a scheme of imperial defense v which would not be considered ag gressive, but simply for our own In terests. .-.'. IraiHea the American Or nine. "Should the British empire lose . r its supremacy at sea it would be of no benefit to the United States, nor, on the other hand, would the loss of';. supremacy or the other English . speaking nations be of any benefit to Great Britain." Lord Beresford referred to the re- cent cruise of the American fleet v- around the world. He was pleased that America accomplished that eat so well, he said, as he believed often times when war appeared on the hor izon a demonstration of that charac- ter had a tendency to restore peace. He further remarked that one of.- the two things that impressed him most during his recent visit to Can - ada was the wonderful progress that - Canada is making, but he also was : greatly impressed with the feeling of good will which existed among the people of Canada toward the United ' . States. COUNT FOR BOXING GAME IN NEW YORK New York, Sept. 18. Sporting men accept it as a fact that th box ing game, as far as New ! York is concerned, has been given a decisive knockout blow by Governor. Hughes, 5 whose action prevented the Ketchel- Langford fight. - - V Drowned in Squall. ' ,4 Victoria ,B. C, Sept. 18. The Jlgat-house-keeper at Race Hocks reports seeing a Columbia river boat capsized and eight or - ten Indians. vlncludloji women and children, drowned during a squall yesterday. : " "'- - . i - i ' . O