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FORTIETH YEARNO 40PRICE FIVE CENTS OGDEN CITY UTAH TUESDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 15 1910 Entered as Second Class Matter at the Postoffice Ogden Utah

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fRAME UP AGAINST GlAViS TO BE

INVEST GA TED BY THE COMMITTEE

Witnesses Including A Christensen Are toBe Called to Washington = == GIavis and At-

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r Vertrees Have Another Clash

WashIngton Feb 15Tho DamngcrPlnchot committee held an unusu-ally long executive session this morn-ing ann It was 1Ol5 oclock when thepublic hearing was resumed Glavlsagain took the stand for a continuanceof his crossexamination

Washington Feb 15ln the Ballln-RerPInchot Investigation Balllngerscounsel Mr Vertrees today requestedtie committee to summon as wit-nesses Miss Ella lL Shartoll of Seattip Special Agent Frank L SpaldIngof Cheyenne and W W Barr ofSeattle

Wa3hlngton Feb 15To ascertainwhether or not L R Glavls the ac I

cuser of Secretary Ballinger was thotlctlm of a framoup III connectionwith tho finding of various missingofficial papers Attorney Vcrtroescounsel for Balllngor requested toda > that subpoenas bo Issued forthwithfor A Chrlfitonsen Glavls successorand G W ONeill of Seattle

Washington Feb 15ln strikingcontrast to tho lively Interest of yes ¬

terday tho proceedings today In theBalllngetPinchot Investigation weredull Mr VortresB counsel for Sec-retary Balllnger continued his crossexamination of Louis JL Glavls Inorder for him to frame some of hisquestions it was necessary to firstwade through a mass of documentaryevidence and this process consumedmuch time

The committee was in executivesession forty minutes discussing the-advisability at this time of a reportfrom Seattle giving tho details of thoalleged discovery among Glavls1 ef-

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of twentyfour letters which hadbeen missing from the official fliesof the land office there No decision-was announced

Subpoenas wero Issued howeverfor A Christensen chief of tho fielddivision In Seattle and also G ONellassistant custodian of the federalbuilding where the boxes belongingto Glavls were stored

The list or prospective witnessesare increasing dally Indicating thatthe inquiry will 4jo extensive

Mr Vertrees questioned Mr Glavisabout the memorandum he assisted Inpreparing on which Assistant Secre-tary

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Pierce rendered a construction ofthe new coal land of May 190 Mr-

Glavls testified yesterday that thisopinion to his mind showed MrPierre to ho unfit for bin office

Mr VortrecB sought to show thattho Cunningham claimants having de-

cided to stand for patents under tlio-

od law were specifically excludedfrom consideration in tho Pierce opin-ion

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The attorney alsosought to showthat Attorney General WIckersham didnot overrule Mr Pierce but substan-tially sustained him In every essentialparticular

All Mr Qlavls would admit in thisconnection was that he certainly didnot intend to exclude tho Cunninghamclaims from consideration and thatmay ham construed the low as MrPiiree did tho wltncso did not thin-ko

Uut you condemn Mr Pierce onyour roiiBtruclIon of the law °

Yes sirThe morning session had not pro-

ceeded far when Mr Vertices and thowitness had another clash Tho attornor wanted direct answers Glavlswanted to explain every answer MrVerlrooB onco aroao with-

If your honor please then ho cor-rected

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himself by sayingMr Chairman

The committee ruled to let Mr GlavIs give as many and as long explana-tions

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as he desiredI dont think they are relevant

said Chairman Nelson but go on

NUMEROUS PLACES OPEN-

IN GOVERNMENT SERVICETile United States civil service com-

mission¬

announces tho following ex-

amination s for eligIbles for govern-ment

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positionsCement tester Philippine service at

n salary of 1400 a year No educa-tional examination wilt be held thebiadlng lo be mado on thetion submitted to KVashlngton Ap-plications

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must be In by March 1CAssistant doss 2 mule naval oh

n> niilory Salary 1400 a year Anexamination was held In Decemberhilt no ellgiblos wore secured Thencl oxamlnatlon will be March 16

and 17-

Iaboratory aid In the bureau ofplanl Industry at u salary of 720 aMar The pxamluallun will bo March15

Scientific assistant In library scl-OUCP at a salary of 900 a year Exaiiiinallona March 16 nnd 17

Wagon maker for service at theIndian school at Phoenix Ariz at aKalary of F20 a year ExaminationMarch 16-

Albany N Y Feb In Followingthe example set by Mark Twainfume > oarc aco a Now York city res-taurant keeper has applied to Secrotar > of State Kobnln for papers incor ¬

porating himself

CANADA WILL NOT BUILDTHE GEORGIAN DAY CANAL

Ottawa Onl Fob 15 Canada docsnot propose to construct the GeorgianBay canal as a public work This IH

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the declaration of Dr PuRsloy minis-ter of public work With the Giand

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Trunk Pacific railway the HudsonI Bay railway the improvements of the

port of Montreal and tho St Lawrence1 river Gonads has all the financial ob-

ligations that can be convenientlyI handled he said-

It is probablo that the Georgian Baycanal will be started by n British firmwhich will have aid from Canada inthe form of a guarantee of intereston bonds to the amount of a hundredmillion dollars-

NATIONAL AMATEUR WRESTLING

Chicago Fob 15ln yesterdaysmall the Illinois Atholtlc club received50 entries for the National AmateurWrestling championshIps which arclobe held here February 25 and 26The lht Includes wrestlers from NowYork Boston Portland Ore and SanFrancisco

COURT MAYI

BLA TIE

Speculation on PossibleOutcome of Trust

Suits

Washington Feb 15The possibili-ty

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of the supremo court of tho Unit dStates being equally divided on thobig trust suits which it will havebefore it for decision this spring Is recoivngno little comment Tho npccu-Intlon is based largely on the absenceof Justice Mood from the court on ac-count

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of a prolonged attack of rheu-matism

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The tnci that some of the great commeiciul questions which have comobefore the court have been decided bya majority of only one has drawn at-tention

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to tho present situation Thiswas the case in the income tax dcclslon several years ago I

The effect of the decision of thecourt four to four would be to affirm I

the decision of the circuit courts Inthe case of the Tobacco suits tho com-bination

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complained of was found tobe in restraint of Interstate commerce

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while in the Standard Oil case thecombination attacked has been heldnot only to bo a conspiracy in re ¬

straint of trade hut a monopoly

AIDE OF ROCKEFELLERDIES OF HEART FAILURE I

Orange N J Feb 15Capt Chns-W OwBton for forty years an aide ofJohn D Rockefeller and one of themost widely known oil men in thoUnited States died of heart failurein tho Iackawanna railroad stationhere yesterday lie was about to leavefor Hot Springs Ark on a trip forhis health

NEW CHIEF OF POLICE

1is Angeles Cal Feb 15 Alexan-der

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Galloway former general superin-tendent

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of tho Cincinnati Hamilton <<

Dayton railroad at Cincinnati andlater superintendent of the OceanShore at Sn Francisco tookoath today an chief of police havingbeen chosen at midnight last night bythe police commission

CRIMINAL NEGLECT

CAUSESJHSASTER

Denver Colo Feb ISThe Newstoday says-

Criiniual neglect and incompelencyon the part of State Coal Mine Inspec-tor

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John D Jones Superintendent Kit i

patrick Mine Boss Williams and tho-

i management of the Colorado FuelIron Company arc given as causes of

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the Prlmero mine disaster of JanuaryI 81 In a report Issued by TrinidadI Miners Union No HIS Western Fed-

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of Miners-Resolutions adopted by the union j

ask for the removal of Inspector Jonesand thn coroner of Las Anlmas coontj alsu demand that the governorappoint a commission to lnCBllgaletho dlbastcr

The union claims tho explosionwhich killed 76 men was caused b-

one of tho foremen lighting his pipein tho mine-

Inspector Jones denies the state-ment

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contained In the report and doclarc the report Is composed of testi-mony of men who know nothIng aboutcoal mining

Inspector TOUCH who returnedfromPrlnuro yesterday will make a reportto Governor Sbafroth pending whichthat otllclal will take no action I

GIANT AMERICAN FLAG-IS TO BE UNFILLED

Montclalr N JFeb IitlvalIlngthe Statue of Liberty as a ofhope and a promise of prosperity tothose entering the States agiant American flog lo to fly from a I

steel polo JOG feet in height at tho

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summit of Eagle Rock here The summit of the rock looks out over NewYork harbor and the flag will comeInto the view of immigrants HOIII-Otlmo before tho Statue of Liberty issighted

The polo is to be erected by patriot-Ic organizations of this city and willbe dedicated with elaborate ceremony-on the Fourth of July

INOLUVNTARY BANKRUPTCYIS STRONGLY RESISTED-

Salt Lake Feb 15Thio case ofthe Sat Lake Hardware company andothers to force Involuntary bankruptcy-upon the Utah Building and Manufac-turing

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company was heard In theUnited States court Monday Timcase way argued and submitted andwas taken under advisement by JudgeManumit until next Monday

Several creditors of tho companyproduced evidence to show that thocompany could not meet Its obliga-tions A special defense backed brtIm American Surety company was In-

troduced

SULLIVAN 6ETS A

BLACK HAND NOTICEC-

hicago Feb 15A 5000 blackhand demand was served on State Rep-resentative P J Sullivan yesterdaybut as he left for Springfield InsL night I

to resume his duties at the extra leg¬

islative session he could not remainto place tho money on the bridge atWest Chicago avenue and North Halsled street as requested

Mr Sullivan branded the letter asa Joke The legislators residence isnear the Italian settlement but ho I

does not believe It to bo the work ofa genuine Black Hand society anddid not report It to tho police

The letter was printed In lead pen-cil

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and was as followsFriend Sullivan Bring 5OOO to

Chicago avenue bridge and HalstedWednesday Feb 1C 1910 Dont failor we will kill you like others Time11 oclock p In Signed BlackHand

SMALLPOX BREAKS

OUT INTHE NAVY

Seattle Wash Fob 15 Wirelessmessage received from tho armoredcruiser Washington on its way to thePugot Sound Navy Yard from Hono-lulu

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state that there aro five cases ofsmallpox on board and Instead of goIng direct to Bremerton for repairs-the vessel will put in at the quaran-tine station nt Diamond Point

Tho cruiser Tennessee which waswith the Washington will go directto Bipmerton and go in dry dock forrepairs preparatory to going to BuenosAyres to participate in the centennialthere in June Two cruisers arc ex-

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to reach Puget Sound watersthis aftern-

oonJAPANESE

EMIGRANTS

They Make a BadReputation For-

Themselves

Tokio 1londa Jan 2LThc con-dition

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and behavior of Japanese emi-grants

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to Chlnn are matters of com-ment

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generally It appears that asin the case in other batches of omlgrants a very large number of illcondlllonod and Inferior Japanese coolieshave gone to South America and theresult IK that not only among thopeople of that country but amongtheir own nation they have an ex-tremely

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bad reputationThe foreign office Is making close

investigation and will bring hack toJapan all suspicious characters InSouth America

WILL TRY TO KILL CANALSAYS BOB EVANS

Non York Feb I5flcar AdmiralRobley D Evans who has been ex-plaining

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tho probable future of thePanama Canal In a striking series ofarticles In Hauiplons Magazine concludes In tho forthcoming March num-ber with a direct attack upon the rail-roads and their ratemaking methods I

which is perhaps the most lucid ex-planation

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of the whole situation yetscon in print

There Is no more important ques-tion

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before tie Amerlan nation todayhe Hays than thla of making verysure that when they have Investedtheir hundreds of millions of dollarsIn the canal It shall bo permitted togive them returns on tho Investment-

The Panama Canal will tarn litereturns albeit perhaps Indirectly f-

It Is gIven tho chance But It wiltnot he given the chance If the transcontinental railroads can prevent

Decndo aftbr decade tho greatcastandwest railroad systems op-

posed and prevented toe building oftho canal They knew what Its cornpetition would mean in the reductionof tholr freight raton

The canal however Is being dugNot because the public rose to an

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acute ronllzalion of the commercialnecessity for It hut because of thoOregons trip from the Pacific to theAtlantic That one voyage of one linttleshlp In a tlmo of national crisisserved to crystallize a purpose In thenational mind that all the powers ofrailroad finance and railroad politicscould not thwart

Today we take a certain pride Intho fart that American genius and entnrprlse arc achieving tho most won-

derful engineering work ever undertaken by man But wo are giving nothought much less taklnc any stepsto assure to ourselves as a nation thecommercial benefits which that workmust bring If It shall not bo a disap-pointment and a failure

Do not imagine that I have becomeafflicted with any popuHstlc antirailrond mania There is not a trnnspor-lallon authority among all the ruloisof the rail who will claim more forthe steam railroad as a factor in thodevelopment of the country pastpresent or future than I will concedeBut tho truth will not be suppressedTIle railroads always havo been hos-

tile to the canal and they may be hostllo to It In the future I bollovo theirhostility is basod on a narrow ronceptlon a shortsighted view Butreasonable or unreasonable It Is the

factWe aro spending 400000000 dig-

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at a canal which ought to reducefreight rates across our continent toa fraction of what they are now Thocommercial justification of that expcndlturc will never be found as Ihave heretofore tried to show In theImpetus that will be given our foreigntrade It must be found In benefit toour domestic commerce

Water transportation is the cheap-est

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known to the world Whereverthere is fret and fair competition thewater highway takes the businessfiom tho railroad Year after year alarger and larger proportion of Lon ¬

dons coal comes down foUl tho northof England by the sea Year afteryear the Importance the Internalwater routesrIvers and canalsontho continent of Europe Increases asthey carry a steadily Increasing proportion of the freight tralllc WhyBecause it Is more economical to movetraffic by water than by land

Yet for nInny years we have con-sented that tho railroads should monopollze the transcontinental trafficwhich a canal would havo carried atgreater spood and vastly less costWo have developed our continent thusfar without thought of the possibilitiesof the greatest transcontinental traderoute that via the Atlantic the ca-

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and the Pacific and without con-sideration of the possibilities of ourImperial system orle-

rsSHIPPING

MANY EGGS

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Foreign Countries En-

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the New YorkIMarket

I New York Feb 16For the firsttlmo in five years tho product of the

I pauper hen of Europe is being Im-

ported¬

Into this city in competition-with tho results of home IndustryThe eggs are shipped by brokers InHull England but aro gathered orig-inally from Austria France and Gcrmany Up to today the total receipts-of tho foreign oggs amounted to 900cases

All foreign eggs are coated on theoutside of the shell with a secret com-pound of parafllno to preserve themBuyers can readily distinguish thornby this coating

The duty on foreign eggs is fivecents a dozen and the shipping chargesabout four cents a heron Dealers saythe European markets aro flooded andthe low prices there allows tho ship

to make a good profit on theirimportations

NEW GAS POWERLIFESAVING BOATS I

Washington Feb 15 Assistant Secrotary Hllles of the treasury depart-ment

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has accepted the bid of a NovJersey boat building concern to con-struct ten thirtysix foot Bolfrighting-selfballing life boats with gasolineengines They are to be delivered atNow York at different periods prior toOctober 1 The contract prlco is 71700

STANDARDIZING PAVINGSPECIFICATIONS=Chicago Feb 15 Mayor BUSRC has

appointed a committee of 19 men tolay plans for tho first national convention of city olllcials and engineers-for

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the purpose of standardizing pnvIns specifications Tho convention-willI

he held here from Feb 21 to 26Salt Luke City Js among tho cities tobo represented

STAY OF EXECUTION AGAINSTHOCKING VALLEY RAILROAD

I Columbus 0 Feb I5The Snprome court today granted the motionfor a stay of execution In the Judg-ment of the Franklin county Clrc ltcourt in the case of the Hocking Val-ley Railroad company against John MSheets attorney general This meansthat the Hocking Valley Railroad com-pany

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will bo unable continue to own I

stock in other corporations and to do I

other things of which the state com-plained

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pending the review of theJudgment of the Circuit court by theSupremo Court-

GUARDIAN FOR A JOCKEYEARNING 500 A MONTH

Fresno Cal Feb15Mrs AnnieTaplan was appointed yesterday by

I Judge Austin of the Superior courtan guardian of Eddie Taplan the Jock-ey whoso homo IB In this city it wasstated by Mrs Taplan In her applica-tion that her eon Is a minor nnd thatlie is earning 500 per mouth A bondof 5000 was furnished

UE DOES NOT

liKE CHRIST

Average Man Prefers toKeep the Company-

of Pilate

Chicago Fob 16tWo are not gottlnp hold of the college men saidPrf Shailcr Mathews of the Univer-sity

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of Chicago In an address yesterlay before the Chicago Methodistproachurs meeting in the First Meth-odist

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ohtirch In too many cases thecollege man has an Idea that his edu-cation

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has raised him above the con-ceptions of the religious mind

yi dont bellovQ tIle natural manlikes Joans Christ I dont bellcvo hegoes o Christ naturally but rathertoiPilntc Let us JJr t only send mis-sionaries to Chlni but also to tho av-erage

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nHEAVY SNOW IN

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oknnc Wash Fob 16Snowwhich hau fallen steadily in Cocurd Alenc and western Montana is soriously Interfering with traffic Morethan four feet has fallen In tim lastthirtysix hours

Four men were caught by a slide inthe mountains east of Wallace IdahoTwo extricated themselves A forceof twenty men Is working to uncovertUe others They have been underthirty feet of snow for ten ho-

ursRAilROAD

COURT WEEK

Many Important CasesJ to Be Heard by the

Supreme Court

Washington Feb 16Because BO

many big railroad suits have boen setfor argument next week before theSupreme court of the United Statestho designation of Railroad weekhas been given to tho days imme-diately following Feb 21 when thecourt reconvenes after a three weeksrecess All cases have been advancedfor an early hearing in view of theImportance of questions involved

The Portland gateway case rankshigh among these It is a fight overpassenger routes and joint rates be-

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the east and Pugot Sound terri-tory

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via Portland OroTho Northern Pacific Railway com-

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hus declined to join the UnionPacific and other roads In granting athrough rate over Its line from Port-land

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to Tacoma Wash and other sim-ilar points from tho east because itprefers to have the traveler journeyover 1U longer stretch from St PaulNina or even from Billings Montt

Portland interests aro desirous ofinducing the trasol to take tho south-ern route The interstate commercecommission Issued an order for theestablishment of Joint rates throughPortland but the Northern Pacifictook tire matter Into the courts on thoground that it already maintained apatlflfactory or reasonable route andthat tho commission hind no authorityto make It Join In another The lowercourt sustained this view of the mat I

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Tile attack on the constitutionality-of tho North Dakota law of 1907 fixing j

the rate on local shipments of coal Isset for hearing during the week TheNorthern Pacific the Minneapolis StPaul and Sault Ste Marie and theGreat Northern were enjolnod fromcharging a higher rate than that fixedby law on shipments of this characterSuch action of the state courts is upfor review

The question of whether tho rail-roads

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can be compelled by tho inter-state

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commerce commission to accord-to forwarding agencies carloadrates on a shipment collected fromseparate IIospe tIe shippers for thopurpose of making up a carload offreight also comes up for argument atthe same time The matter Is raisedin a suit brought by the DelawareLackawanna Eastern Railroad com-pany

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The first case on the lint for argu-ment next Monday Involves the ques-tion

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as to whether or not the inter-state commerce commission can com-pel a railroad engaged In Interstatecommerce to grant privilege of a I

physical connection with a branchraUrotd

oooooooooooooooo 0O HER ASHES WILL BE 0O STREWN OVER GRAVES 0O 0O Rodondo Cal Fen 15The 0O body of Mrs Mary T York 0 I

0 who died hero yesterday will 0O bo cremated d In accordance O

O with her wlahes tho ashes 0O strewn over the graves of yet OO rna of t ho Civil war III the 0O burial ground of tho Soldiers 0O Home at Sawtcllc 0O Mrs York for many years 0O WBaa worker In the relief 0O corps and at the time of her 0O death was vicepresident of the 0O Stanton Relief Corps of Los 0O Angeles 00 O-

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NO TRACE OF-

NiNASIPFears Expressed That

the Tug and CrewAre Lost

Washington Feb ISAn atmos ¬

phere of gloom pervaded the navy de-partment

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today when the messagesreceived over night failed to disclose-any woj i Ogardlng the whereaboutsof tho missing array tug Nina withIts crew of 32 Tho officials appear tohave lost hope of any of the men be-

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aliveThe commander of the scoutcruiser

Salem and revnuo cutter Apache bothreported that their search during thenight had been fruitier

During tho day naval officials be-came

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satisfied that tho Nina did notproceed on Its voyage any furthernorth than Fenwick Island light ves-sel

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I off tho coast of Delaware andorders accordingly were given toabandon the search of tho districtsnorth of that territory

HALIFAX TO BE A MOREIMPORTANT NAVAL STATION

Halifax N S Feb 15The navalcollege which Is to be built In con-nectionI with tho Canadian govern-ments navy will be located at Hali-fax

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as the Atlantic station of the twonow Bristol cruisers the six destroy-ers

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and the cruiser Niobe which isto be purchased at n coaL of two mil-lion dollars Halifax will bo tho At-lantic

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naval headquarters Tho an-nual cost of the Halifax naval stationwill bo about 3000000 Tho pay ofofficers and men for the boats will to-

tal nearly a millio-

nTRAGEDY OVER

ALASKAN LANDSS-

eattle Wash Feb 15The bodyof Peter Taubs of this city president-of tho American Marble company wasfound last Friday on tho companysproperty on Fox Island Alaska Thecause of death has not been ascer-tained

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The company has had much troubleover Its Alaskan holdings Five yearsago Wm Deppy a stockholder wasshot and killed on the companys landby Robert Ball a disbarred attorneywho had gained control of a majority-of the stock Ball was given a twelveyear prison sentence hut Js now Inthe National Hospital for the Insane-at Washington D C

The property was recently sold tothe Vermont Marble company andTaubs visit to Alaska was In connection with the transfer

FIRE INSURANCE COMPANYTESTS A POWDER CASE

Washington Feb 15Whothermany folks around Punxsutawney Pahave the habit of sleeping with blast-ing

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powder under their beds-Is one of the questions that thejustices of tho supreme court of thoUnited States are supposed to be-

thinking about during their present re-

cessSome time ago u miner living at

PunxEutawncy was entertaining com-pany

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A firecracker was accidentallythrown Into an open can of blastingpowder Four persons lost their livesThe house In which the explosion oc¬

curred burned down and 1U ownerMrs Annie D Penman sought to col ¬

lect InsuranceThe SL Paul Fire Marine Insur-

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company protested against pay-Ing on the ground that the policy Wasvoid because blasting powder was kept-in tho house

Counsel for Mrs Penman contended-that It was tho custom In tho com-munity

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to keep blasting powder in thehomes of miners and besides blastingpowder was not included In the termsother explosives forbidden by the

policyThe circuit court of appeals held

that the verdict should have been di-

rected¬

for the Insurance company

INA SECRET MISSION

Chicago Fcb15A secret missionhas brought Charles P Xelll UnitedStates commissioner of labor fromWashington to Chicago-

I am here on a special mission-he said lust nlghf and will return-to Washington tomorrow night Mymission pertains to labor matters ofcourse

He Is accompanied by C F Osbornof the sumo department

WICKERSHAM WILL TALKON THE ADMINISTRATION

Chicago Feb 15 Attorney GeneralGeo W Wickorshnm has accepted anInvitation to deliver an addrena beforethe Hamilton club of this city at thoApponmttox day dinner April 9 Thesubject of his address will be ThoAdministration

San Francisco Feb llilrs AnnaSpreckles widow of tho late ClausSprockles died today She leaves a-very arge fort-uneoooooooooooooooo oO LARGE GUN IS 0 I

0 PLACED IN POSITION 00 O0 New York Feb 16The now 00 lMnch defense gun at Sandy 0 I

Hook said be theO to largest f I

0 piece of Its kind in the world0 has had Ha first trial from 0 I

0 Its position overlooking Now 00 York harbor 0o secrecy was maintained but 03 tho concussion following tho 00 firing was plainly felt at Atlal 00 tc Plains six miles awn 0O O-

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BANDITS GET

A BIG SUM

Blow Open a BanksSafe After Gagging

an Officer

Chatsworth Iii Feb 16Four banditas blew tho safe of tho Citizensbank here early today got 10000 antiescaped Night Marshal Wm Callwas taken unawares at tho citylag station about 1 oclock by twoof desperadoes bound and gagged-and taken to a garage opposite thebank With Cahlll out of the way tilehank door was forced and work onthe safe commenced-

A baker en route to his shop wasnext caught tied hand and foot anddragged Into the bank heree re-

mained¬

until 1 oclock when he wasable to loosen himself and give thealarm In tho meantime the safe doorwas soaped and opened presumably-with nitroglycerine

With the safeh stowed10OOlaway In a sack robber left thetown and drove cast

Cahlll while ho saw only three menIs confident there were four In thepartThe

loss to the bank is covered byinsurance

WOMEN IN-

ELECTION

Beaver Pa is Having-an Exhibition of

SuffragettesB-

eaver Pa Feb 15Somethinl ofthe methods of ofEngland ls apparent in the local alec¬

tons hero today for school directorsWomans club and the Daughters

of the American Revolution are upagainst the political machine and forweeks an aggressive campaign bRIhen waged on a or nokindergarten Issue CnsslngfolItheir candidates theswarmed into stores and businessoffices lectured to shopmen duringthe noon hour and buttonholed menon the streets

Political chafing dish parties andhow to get the ballots and sewing

bees have been going on apace despiteI the Lenten seasonI

CUBAENJOYINf

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New York Feb 1Alfred Zaynsvicepresident of Cuba who expectsto have a talk with President Taftlate today gave out a long statementregarding conditions In Cuba beforeleaving New York for Washingtonthis morning The statement says inpart

Cuba is prosperous and well San

1af conditions are holler than everour death rate last year was the

lowest of any country in the worldBusiness In Cuba is increasing rap-

idly Wo havo record crops of ugnund tobacco and our fruitgaining very fast The financial condllion of the republic is excellent

Cuba feels nothing but friendshipfor the United States It Is full ofgnatlttMo to the American andthe lltto breczQS of acclsatlon against-our ability to govern tatsometimes tlcklo tho ear do notus a chi Wo havo good advisers antishall able to find our road withoutmaking any mistakes of serious con-

sequences

Seattle Wash Feb 15After re-

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250 in cash for his third Interest In a small uptown cafe JohnMorris 22 years of age bado hisfriends farewell bought a revolverrented a room In a cheap hotel andcommitted suicide No motive for hisact is known

000000000000000a 0O THOUSANDS THREATEN TO 0O STRIKE IN NEW YORK 0O 0O Now York Feb 15A build 0O ing trades strIke which wJ 0O involve thousands of 0O workers Is threatened Forty 0O thousand union men have OO voted to quit work this after 0O noon and thousands of others 0O are voting on the qucullon of 0O striking in sympathy 0O Should thto workmen In ho 0O building trades go out In sym 0O paihv with th stcamfitters he 0O employers say they will declare 0O an open shop OO 0ooooooooooooooo-oooooooooooooooo 0O TWELVE YEARS FOR 0O SIXTYNINE CENTS 0O 0O New York Feb iThomns OO McCormack must serve twelve 0O carK In Sing Sing for a ro 0O bory which netted him 0O cents On the night of Febru 0 I

O ary 1 he held up a bolaled O0 pedeslrlan on a street 0O and was promptly nabbed by a 0 I

O passing policeman He pleaded 0I

O guilty and received a long sen OO once aan old offender O-

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NEYORKPu-

blic Demand Forcean Investigation of

Broad ScopeAl-

bany N Y Fob 16Investlga ¬

legislative corruption In everypossible forni and nt nay Inio alncotho organization of the New Yorksate government Is the program ofthe Republican leaders to satisfy tiltpublic demand arising from the CongcrAllds bribery scandal

A resolution introduced In the soivate today by Senator J 1Wlnwrlhtprovides for the

committee of tbred senators andfive who shall be given-an ample appropriation and practicallyunlimited powers

The resolution Js supposed to rep-resent the views of Governor Hughcana WK advisors and its sweeplngproIons reveal how

situationmelJ

POWELL WILLIE FAVORITE

Los Angojcs CalXFcb 1LcwPowell Is so well llkcd1 the bettingthat ho wilLprobably enfar the ringtonight tonround bJut tltOeo Mesrnlc a stronE favoriteell was so backed bj thefilends In the north that the dRquoted today wore 10 to 7 that hawould beat Mosmle However Meemlc has ttralncd hadSUIT FOR ALLEGED

BREACH OF PROMISE

Los Angeles Cal Feb 15A 10c000 suit for alleged breach of promisewas Instituted In the Superior courthere yesterday Miss Julia WarGibson against Aha Dcwlttputed millionaire mine owner andfounder of Goldfield Nov

Miss Gibson who Is the daughter ot-a Presbyterian minister asserts thatshe met Myers last Juno while shewas writing tides for a magazine onselfmado men and before Myera wasdivorced from his wif-

eAIERICANS

INSURGENT

IN TiE

Sow Orleans Feb iThci J inar1cart scouting detachment under Gnpra Gordon in the Eta armyMincresa readilyadapted Iscl to conditions and clivcum Staff correspondence ofthe Associated Press from that placeunder date of January 26 by specialcourier to DJuefiolda and rooelved bymall steamer here today says

Under just what arrangement tbas scouting party of Americans undo

Gordan from Panamais here-is a matter on which Oordais not lluent Tluy camo near ¬ 1ing on the way bore from Panamahaving been delayed and out of fundsLifo for them meant u tireless hut I

for grub Thoy descended on ¬

era Mona a lean active capable looklag lot ton days ago and took to thecanoe paddles as if horn tIL On totrail from Muclle DC Lo Duelsfoil behind the main body of troopwhich had scarcely anythingand Invariably struck some side trailleading to bountiful rpast of prkchicken eggs and t

Samuel Drobbin of Philadelphia istho veteran soldier of the outfit al-

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all are more or less experi-enced

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He was aquartermaster sergeant Inthe man Isone he calls Duth who as quarter-master

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sergeant know how to drawdouble tho rations to which be was lentitled If a lilt of food finds its wayInto camp Drcbbin Is the frt manafter it Ho introduced thomenu also pancakes made of flourwater and lard and he paid threo do-llars

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for a pound of native smcarkasoWhich arrived in a dirty box U

He drills tho squad with enthusiasm-In a skirmish drill which no lednaked from the waist up ho lay firingnt will in a nest of voracious ants I

from which ho refused to move untilthe time for the command forward

Frank Reynold of MlttincagueMass Is another able andcook Jesso Knig Is the Interpreter-

of the command and G Bushbyof his Britannic majestys navy

causes worlds ot laughter with hisstories told in his native cockney

H D Walters of Atlantic City N Jand Knig disappeared last nIghtWhen they put In an appearance todaythey brought with then tortillas yuccawhich resembles sweet potatoes

two haunches of venison and six eggsThey stated that the egg marketshowed somewhat stringent condi-

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At tho proloIBCamla hacienda I

called hind athrilling nod chilling experience with j

two mountain tigers lie went un-

armed arid in the darkness for some jdistance to got water Ho walked a I

to find hisfew paces up stream onlyroad blocked by two tigers one oneach side of tho brook Bushby bent-

on his pall and shouted but tjie ant>

male refused to be scared away ITho Englishman halffrozen ratheithan rIsk running past tbemsperjt tilenight perched on a rocKlnthe bush

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OFSTUDENTS AT ARBOK

Ann Arbor Mich Feb 5Rcentphysical oxaminationa ofwho entered the literary and engineer-ing departments of lie University oi

made by Dr Gee t

May radical examiner show that theaverage physical standard of the classIs con lderabl above that of other

The conspicuous features ofthe aoragelnro thai over hat of tbl

lc ofthat only Illume tobacco

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