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tO PAGES WEDNESDAY JANUARY 5 1910 SALT LAKE CITY UTAH FIFTYNINIIR YEAR
AtLINoER-
PINCHOT ROW
Investigation of Controversy Or
dered by Joint Resolution of
Senate and House
INWJIRY BROAD AND PUBLIC
Committee Is Empowered toMake it Thorough and
Most Complete
Conduct of flcpartnciit of Izltcior nndIts Various Bureaus to lie Gone
Into Searchingly
Washington Tan Inrestlgatlon otthe BallingerPincliot controversy isordered by a joint rcsoluUon today Intloduced In the senato by Mr JonesnndIn the house by Mr Humphreyboth of Washington As heretofore anflounced the prevision Is for tho broad-est kind of public Inquiry the reIolu-tionoj being ot the character requIringthe signature or the president whichgives to It nil the force of goneral law
A committee of 12 Is to ho appointedto conduct the investiat1on six ofwhom shall be designated by VIce Pres-ident Shernia and six by Speaker Canlion Unquestionably Senator Nelsonchairman of the senate committee onpUblic lands will head the list ot sonfitors nrd this doubtless will result in
4 his selection as chairman of the jointeommltt e The scope of the Investiga-tion Is outlined as follows
SCOPE OF INQUIRYThe commIttee is hereby empowered
and dIrected to make a thorough andcomplete investigation of the administration and onductof the Interior de-partment Its several bureaus officersImdcmplo cs and ot the bureau of-Jorestry In agricultural departmentIts officers and employes touchIng orrelating to the reclamation conserva-tion management and disposal of thejUbIiC lands ot tile United Stat s orany lands held In trust by the UnitedStates tOL anY pUrIose including nil then3tural resources oJ such tandi andsaid committee Is authorized and em-
Pew redto mac any further nvcsti-gtFon touching said dcprtJttn Itbureaus orficers or ernlloyes and of-sziItl bureau ot forestry Its officers oremployes us It may deem desirable
The authotlty to sit during sessionoi CongteSidin recesses to requiretlit attendarido of witnesses and theproductloll Qf lJLPer8 usual to conIesslonal inqtlries Is granted by theltO lull on It Is provided rutUlerthatany pemon refusing to obey the prolOSI of the committee or to answerany question propounded shall bedeemed guilty of contempt andjurisdiction Is conferred upon thecourt of appeals ot the District ofColumbia to try and determine anysuch charges or contempt
ASSISTANCJ AUTHORIZEDEmployment of assistance egal-
or otherwise Is speclilcally authoriz-ed This Provision Is for the purrro3e-ot enabling the committee to procurethe services ot able attorneys to takocharge ot the proving so far as thedirecting ot questions is concerned ItIs the Intention ot President Taft tohave the committee name some cornpotent attorney to conduct to easeand ill possible that both of theprincipals to the controversy may berepresented by counsel
It was agreed by all persons whohaVe giCfl closo attention to the BallingerPinclipt squabble that the In-
vestigation should be oven to thepublic and this Is ordered by the re-
solution Ono or the big rooms Inthe now senate office building wIll boused lor this l urpose-
BALLINGIfRS DEMANDS
In presenting the resolution Repro-sentattve Humphrey declared the timehad come when the country demandedinvestigation of the whole matter un-
derlyingcontroversy
the oculcd PinchotBalng-CI
Secy Bztlllngcr has 1cmandcd an in-
vestigation and has Insisted that ItsnaIl be thorough and wIde enough toInclude everything connected with himand his department said Mr Humphrey who added
The country demands thIs investiga-tion Let us have light As I haveknown Secy BalngeL for many yearsso I have Pincliot for sev-eral years r have been 0 frIend ofboth and am today
I believe In their pUblic lives bothhave tried honesty to serve the publicIf the either orboth have been guilty of nay act do-
serving It let theta be promptly removed torn the ftiblie service If thereIs nothing In these charges then let ushave an investigation that will makothe truth so plain that It forever willcloso the lips of slander
PI nONNEL OF COMMiTTEE
Sieculation riCe as to the person-nel or the commitee to be named tomake the Many nameshave ben consldertd but no decision-has reached The indications arethat the following viii be Ielceted Sea
I fttorsNelson Minnesota NewYork Flint Calforia Sutherland1thli Payntet Kentuck and either Clarke Arkansls orIlughmi Colorado Democrats
Member or the houfeDalzel Penn
Stophens Minnesota Mnrtin SouthDakota Republicans and HowardGeorgia Moon TenneSc or Shirley
0 lentuckThere Is some doubt as to the 0-
pofntmont or Senator Flint but It Isreasonably certain the other Republ
WANTEDCopies of The Christmas News
ThcChrlstmal News having beenL sold out nd many orders
still being received news dealersagntsor any other having copies
are notified that full price0 wIll b paid for same It returned
In condition to The DcseretNews
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can members named will be chosenSenator Nelson will be tho chaIrman
In the house tho rsolution was rfurred to the butthe senate reference was un-til psponedtomorrow Mr Jones themeasure be referred to the committeeon public lands but Senator Lgo requested a postponement itsimportance and the request was teceded to
RAILROAD SCHEDULESBADLY DEMORALIZED
Kansas City Jan 5RaIlroad sched-ules throughout western MissouriKansas 5211 In most ot Oklahoma wer-odemorlzed today and telegraph and
were laden with sleetand many ot thorn put out ot eomznls-sion The snow and sleet storm oryesterday was followed last night b-
lower temperatures which howeverbegan to climb upward today
The Golden State limited eastboundon th Rock Island was annulled thismorning at nerrington Kansas being12 hours late The Santa Fe also re-ported many ot Its eastbound trainsfrom four to sIx hours late and moreor less similar conditions prevailed onother roadThe gas supply In KansasCity Topka Wichita and In other
was still weak today andmuch suffering resultedThe mercury Icached the lowest
of the season at Topeka thismorning registering 3 degrees belowzero At Kansas City It was zeroWichita reported 5 degrees aboveOklahoma City 14 above and Ardmore-In southern Oklahoma 22 above zeroThis Is unusually cold weather forOklahoma and vegetation there has
TO ABOLISH GRADE
CROSSINGS IN CANADA
Ottawa Ont Jan Eliminatlon oflevel crossings In Canadt Is a pollto which the railway commission3nitted itself yesterday All highwaysthroughout the Dominion must passeither above or below railways In fu-tme
F A HEINZE RETURNSTO NEW YORK TO PLEAD
New York Jan 1F A Heinze theformer copper king will return to NowYork today only a few hours after thedeparture orAtlnt of Charles WMorse his and aocIate lie also comes back to payto the United States circuit curtwhere he wi be asked whathas to two moro Indictmentswhich a federal grand jury has foundagainst him
Tue Indictments were returned soyoral weeks ago and Mr HeInze wastold that ho would be wanted whenthe January term of court opened Thecourt was called for today and thismorning It was announced that Helno-was on hIs vay here
Both the indictments to which thecopper man will have to say guiltyor not guilty were sealed when foundby the grand jury and have remainedsealed ever since Helnze will havea dlstnglshedarra ot counsel athis in court
ROYAL EDWARDS TIRESOF BEING FUGITIVE
Seattle Wash Jon 5Sayin hewas sick and tired ot being houndedby his guit conscience and of 11lngthe arrest ever beforeRo alEdwards aged 21 confessed I-nn police court here yesterday that ho
a fugitive from justice and waswanted by federal autherities toi embezziernent of money order funds fromthe postoffice at Harrisburg Pa
Impressed by the prisoners appealalice the policeorder his discharge from a disturbancecharge whEn lie asked Edwards if hohad trouble before Lokingtile judge squarely In thewards replied
Ever since December a year ao J
have been a fugitive from Justice forembezzling 1400 from a postoffice substation I ani sick or being unobIe toloolt myself In the face and want to-go back to stand trial for the 1400which I stole
He was turned over to the Cederl-nuthorltles
JOHN M HARLANS SERVICES
For Assisting Judge Grosseup HeWants 272000
Chicago Jan 5John Maynard Herlan who assisted Federal Judge Grosscup to straighten out the tangled af-
fairs or the defunct Chicago UnionTraction company placed his servicesat a valuation of 272000
Of this amount he already has re-
ceived 72000 which he drew In month13 istalrncnts of 2000 an now h hag
Jed with the court a 1n l bill for
Mr Harlan was appoInted by JudoCrosseup as special counsel for thecourt In the Traction IUgtlon litDecember 1905 He titlecapacIty for practically three yearsthat is until one year agoalthough Itwas two years ago that the ChicagoRailway company took over the propertics of the Union Traction companyupon the reorganIzation plan and-practically nil activity In the courtsceased short afterwards
WEDDING OF DEUMUTES
Joliet lii Jan GA wedding atwhich both bride and groom were deafmute was celebrated yesterday In
when Miss Emma Jesson otBeecher and Charles Bartois or Chi-
cago wore married by 11ev L J FGoing at the home of the brides-
Mr and Mrs Louis JessonThe tact that the golden wedding an
nlver of the brides parent wasbeing observed on theto the novelty of the occasion
ItECORD PRICE FOR HOGS
Omaha Jan LTho price ot hogs atthe South Omaha market reached another high today when 057per hundred pounds was paM for onoshipment or i hogs averaging 280
pounds eac1-
1MESSENGER BOYS TRICK
SAVED GIRLS LIFE
Denver Jan GThe inquisltlvenescthe life orof a mCi8engcr boy sCled
Miss Eva 19 years who had
taken several bichlorlde ot mercurytablets with suicidal Intent
The girl wrote a note to a tonIc friendinforming hIm ot her Intentions andgave It to a messenger boy to deliverThe latter read the missive and hustledto the police station with It PolleeSurgeon was dispatched to theurdgIrls room found her In greatagony Emltles gave relief and an 1101later the girl was pronounceddanger
She refused to discusS liar attemptto end her life
The note gave instructions to sendword to father William Frazier Wa-terloo md
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3ENSATON3PRUN
AT OGDEN INQUEST
John H Larsen Councilman From
Second Ward Breaks Down
On CrossExamination
OUT ON A DRUNKEN JOY RIDE
Found Dead Mans nat In Gear o-
rtt anti 1layfnlly Tossed ItInto Another Car
Special to The NewsOgden Jln 5A sensation was cre-
ated this niorning at the Inqucstblnghell to investigate the
< or Fhut who was run over andkilled Saturday night by a speing-auto party who were outthe new year In a white stcoer car
Hugh Wood an Idaho stockman whoowns nn automobile similar to the onowhIch killed Fut had establshe anabsolute alb for ma-chine at time Faut n killed andthe only machine of that kind that wasout at the time of tho fatality was runby Wililant
the Howel who was arrested-tor
At the opening of the hering thisforenoon Howels DJohnson preliminary talk-whitewashing his client In an effort toexonerate him from all blam He admated that Mr Howel and his partyof Joy riders tho street ntthe time the accident Is said to have-happned The party had not been drinkIng he said and the machine was beingdrison at a slow or moderte speedneither the driver nor the other occupants of the car knew that an accidenthad occurred They had felt only aslight jar at the spot where Fut waknocked to the pavementThey did not learn of the casualty untilthey were accosted in n saloon wherethey next stoPPe by a policeman whotook them garage with the ma-chine thence t the police station
DAMAGING ADMSSIONSThe only witness examined this morn
lag was John H Larson councilmanelect from the Second ward who In hisdirect testimony substantiated thestatements of Attorney Johnson Butwhen lie sas taken In hand for cross-examination by H H Henderson at-torney form Mrs Parker Faut thewidow ho contradicted himself andlater became confused that lie hardlyknewhlsownname He amIted thllfor a time on the day of the fatalityand that for three or tour hours beforetho killing or Fut they were drivingarund the streets and visiting saloonsand drinkng He mentioned six ormoro that they nad sisttedWhen the party arrIved at t1e garagehe said he found the Ielmsrunning gears of the he got Itout and playfully tossed It Into the carbolonging to Hugh HoweiI Atthepolcostation he told Howelldone wih the hat Ilowell told him to
tho garage and get it againthis lie did and on the way back to thestation lie threw It Into nn alleyway
Larson was still on the stand whenthe hearing was adjourned until 2oclock
CHIEF GLORES FRIGID RIDE
Tuml Out or Bed Drives Four Miles-To False Alarm
How would you like to be sleepingsoundly In a nice warm bed and thenbe suddenly awakened by the sound ofa fire alarm jump out of bed and haveto ride three or four mie In weatherthat threatened to the botomout or the thermometer
Such was the experience or ClofGlove or the lire department earlymornIng If there had been a teal hatiire perhaps he would not have mindedso much hut the only fire discoveredwas In the furnace although there wasa ret deal ot smoke
alarm came from the home orH p Lytle Sit Ninth East street Theman who lixed the fUloce forgot toturn on the drat and It was not longbefore the filled with smokehlnking the place was on Ire Mrs
Lytle turned In an alarm The appar-atus from No5 just a short distancefrom the Lytie home responded hutChief Glare had to make a run fromhedquarter When the chief retUnc l
process Icllulled
tmeHENG IN GOOD PLACE
Is Appointed Curator of the UueS-
aconnl lc ttrqucoiogea In Mexico
Paul IIenitig tOIisome time 0mem-ber or the University tacul hareceived an appointment curtor Inthe deportnient ot ethnology otthe famous museums ot Mexico tue-Musee Naelonal do Arqueologea Henning enters the position vcli equippedhaving spout many years In exploration-and research particularly In SouthAmerca He was the interpreter of
U expediton to the southercontinent agocent years has accepted private com-missions along his special line of workMr henning Is intensely interested InsecurIng clvii records In the southerncontinent which will iubstantiato tothe world the declarations or the BookQf Mormon with r gard to the people ofthe American contnents and In a rocent letcr artist Falr-bani this city lie says that lie Isalready sure his prezent position wIenable him to achieve this resulthas receiitiy had access to a collectionIn Mexico which he copied which hassited ranch light upon this sUbject MrHennln Is a German and became amember or the Church In Mexico andsince hIs connection with It lie has beenan ardent follower ot Its teachings HeDpealt
Spanishfluently Fench Englsh Ger
welversed In Latin and ninny Indianbets
WA1RIOR RETURNS
David McAndrows formerly of NewYork City who played tulbok on theDartmouth college fortour years and graduated there In 1890-
is In tho city to occupy a positon withthe audiors department Ore-gon Mr MoAndrows WUIan employc or lie Salt Lakefew years ago nt thIs point hutto San Fncl9co where he was a yard-master Southern Pacific andcoach for the football team ot the UnI-versity ot California
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GOVERNOR DENIES
TRIUNEFAKE
Tells of Launching of the Battleship Utah and Senator-
Snioots Speechi
NEVER MADE REMARIWIAED-
Noflilng
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Said ltegardlngJosephSmitlj-snirtliaayrtigagciiiciit
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or IcutCommander Pearson Announecil
rGOV SRYS DENIAL
lhe report circulated by tIiebtressthat Senator Reed Smoot made uspeech saying that it was a fittlntribute to the memory of lieProphet Joseph Smith to have thebattleship launched on
ersary of hIs birth was all nonsense Senator Smoot made nosuch remark nor anything 111cc itThe story caused some comment but-I take great pleasure in denying it-
Governor William Spry to TheDesert News
Gov William Spry was busily en-gaged at his desk bhind stacks or maland official morningthree hourafter lie returned from theeast where ho and his family and of-
ficlal arty attended the launching ofthe United States batleship Utah thelargest manofwar specialtrain was deiayed many hours by noVand the cold wave which has tine en-
tire country In its grip arrIving here-about 6 oclock this mornIng
Althouch Coy Spry was burled soto speak wIth the affairs or lila otlice lie had time to talk of the success-ful launling
theof the
eastbattleship aid the
The ceremonies were very simplebut perfect While the workmen wereknocking the supports away the Uthpart stood on a small platform Tenthe great steel hull began to trthe tattleship was named and it wasreleased gilding majestically Into thewater
rRIU FAKE DENIEDThe report circulated by the press
that Senator Reed Smoot made aspeech saying that It was n fittingtribute to the memory of the ProphetJoscph SmIh to have the battleshiplaunched the anniversary or lilabirth wa all Smootmade no such remark or anything likeIt The story caused some comment but-I take great pleasure in deayingi
Wihout a hitch the launching andfeatures were carrie ott
perfectly lie eclared TheUtalZ j
now the largest battleShijag a displacement 000 tons e-
Sout Curolina Is the largest ship nowtlS6 It having a displace-
nient of tons While theIs now the largest manofwarU1e
government contemplates the construebattleships much larger
but they wi not bo In cOmmissionsonic conic
The Utah Is equIpped with all themodelnppllances 01 can be used as
It is the onlybattleship with a battery which willdestroy torpedo boats by shootng-under water The Irst batteryot 14inch guns secondary ba-tten ot smaller suns and rapid lire
The shIp company was leponslhlefor tue launching on thatMay the president of the company sidthat the Utah was the heaviestship that had ever been launched andto have waited until the turrets had
ben In place and the heavy machlnwould have made It dangerous to
launch The iivor near the shipbulding yard oftimes freezes andbeen delayed any longer the launchingcould not have taken place until March0l April This would have delayed theworl materially The Utah weighedabout 1000 tons when It was launchedas IUTAHS SAILOR ENGAGED
LioutWhile
Commanderwe were In Phiadelphia
was with tlto par Ills engagementto Miss Norris York was an-nounced at a dinner given by thecompany at whIch lie was one of theinvited guests Miss Norels la aprominent society and club womanor New Yoik and very handsome andcharming-
Wiieii the battleship Is placed incommission I think it would be a
ery fitting complement to Utah to-
lasso Lleut Commander Pearson Incommand or the ship lie still holds toUtah as his home and Is exceedingproud or the battleship whIch curriesthe name of the state
CALL ON BALLINGER
While In Washington SenatorSmoot Fanlt Pierce and myself cal 11
on Secy r In regard tolund In the southern part of the statewhich hail been withdrawn from entrybecause of the possible development otoil There are two largo Irrigation pro-
jects under coiitotnplation whIch wouldreclaillt this land Seey Balngel saidthat there was no anyoil Imineral In tracts of this landthat it would bo rinstated fo entry
willTho projectsreclaim about 20000 ares of land andit could be taken up the CareyLand act The promoters Intend totake tho water from the RIo VIrgin elyor to apply on the land and mens ngreat thing for the southern ofthe state Senator Smoot and r alsohad a talk with Secy Ballinger In re-
gard to mineral lands found In schoolsections Mr i3aliinger was willing thata friendly suit should be Instituted tosee whietlier these lands reverted to thestate or not and to determine whatlandsschool
shouldlands b accepted In lieu of
Wnshingtoti nas ery quiet while Iwas there I vIsIted with Senatori3moot Senator Suthclnd and Con
Howell CamlesANSSman all well and then Is anxious to participate In thetat amount of legislation whIch will
como up In this sessiOn of Congress
sWITCHMENS UNION
AGREES TO ARBITRATETHEIR DEMANDS
Chicago Jan 5Mombers of tho-switchmens union iepresenting thewestern roads today agreed withthe General Managers associationto submit their demands for advance In wageS and changes Inhours to abitrtion under the Enlman law asked tor-
arblmton
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TO CREATE NEW
JUDICIALCIRCUIT
Rep Taylor of Colorado Intro
duces Bill for Creation of One
To be Known as the Tenth
WOULD DIVIDE THE EIGHTH
Stales Composing U Would he UtahColorado Nebraska Jinn ns-
AmI Oklahoma
Special to The NewsWashington D C Jan 5Represent-
atlwe Taylor of Colorado has preparedand tolay will introduce 0bill amend-ing tim federal statutes so as to createa neW judicial circuit to be known asthe Tenth circuit The purpose of thisact Is to divide the present Eighth distrlct In which Colorado Is locte ma-king a new dIstrict thestates of Utah WyomIng Colorado Ne-
braska Kansas and Oklahor To thisproposed district New will beattached whenever it Is admitted tostatehood The present district as nowcomposed Includes besides the statesmentioned as Intended to include thenow Tenth tiistiict an arm ofcmlraccg10712 square populatIonapproximately of H000CO0 people
Sessions ot the circuit court ot ap-peals are now held at St Luis StPaul Cheyenne and Denver 11-1gation arising from the western parotthis circuit court cannot all boed to at Denver withiout great dciay-To hasten cases and make oral aigu-nients thereon counsel are frequentlycalled to St Lions or St Paul wltlis quIte a bprden or expensegiints and time to counsel MrTaylor is of the Impression that tubshroPoSeddiis1on wI meet with thehearty endorsement the bar through-out the entire clewt of 12 states suchtto be divided division Itderstood meets with the approval otJustice Brewer to whose control theEighth circuit Is assigned
The creation or crcui wientail a most triflingpease as there already exists In thepresent circuit four circuit judge twoof whom have their the1ioPOSed new circuit and the othertwo In tim old Eighth as embraced Inthe proposed bill No additional elcult judges would be necessary atonto though In a short time one ad-ditlonal circuit jqdge In each circuitmay be required The only additionalexpense immediately called for wouldhe one additional clerk and one a d-
ton11 marshal
VERNAL LAND OFFICEH J
rj l tt I JtOIiter nCnCol01 tobe itecqlcer
< Ia The NewsWashIngton D C Jan 5The pre
Ident sent to the senate today the nom-Ination of Charles Demols of Utah tohe register and Don B Colon of Utahto ereceiver of the lundomce Thomas H Bartlett of Omahans register of tho land omec at Lewiston Idaho and the following Idahopostmastels roio M Sargent GleansFerry Nadina Jerome HubertO Bell Mimer and Joseph W Fold atHale Also Clyde B Walker ot Ida
regIster of the land office atJuneau Alasl
SENATE CONFIRMSOF THOS HULL
Washington D c Jan iTho sen-ate today confirmed the nomination otThomas Hull to be surveyorgeneral ofUtah
PUTRID CODFISH SEIZED
State Chemist Vlll Examine Samples-Tolen Today
Food Cornmisaionor IInnsen seizedTuesday aftornoon a large lot ot drIedcodfish shipped in here by tho SwedishProduce company of Chicago and theSeattleAlaska Fish company or Seattie The entire consignment appears tobe iotten front tile samples taken andhanded over to the stte chemist forexamination the putrid ammonlo from the stuff beIng cry mark
view of the sltaip watch maintouted over food products shipped Intothe1ialt Lake market It might be welfor coilaignoril to exercise a hittins to the character of the goods theyare sending In here say the pure foodofficials
DEATH OP M-S HATENSTINMrs E A Hlltensteln wife of for
met Cuiichhiiian E A Hartenstoin diedat 235 t11 morning at her home lnthis city Canyon road ot pneumonicMrs Hartomistein was the daughter otWIlliam C and Hannah Dunbzuwas born at the old Dunbar home Inthe Twentieth ward She was 47 ellot age Daring the hast 10 yershealths has not been robust slvhas bre liar ihiiessand surferlag with
her lovable disposition liessurrounded her at all times with awIde circle ot steadfat friends She i-ssurvive by During
or her Ines sonic of thebest medical this city Calfornia and Europe have been Intendance upon her About her death-bed was a circle of relaUesgtherand funeral will be heMtom S D Evans mortuary chapel In
street Thursday afternoon at 3oclock Friends are InvIted to attend
f
HATCHING FISH BY MILlIONS
The state fish commissioner has no-w7oOeastr brook trout fry in the
A large batch ofGerman brown trout will be hatchedout In three week and duringmonth there bhatched out amillion or rainbow These youngfish are to b planted In U10 varoulstreams of state nextcommlslone has now 400000 trout fry
Creek hatchery to whicha half million wi be added In 0 towdays
ROUGH VOYAGECAINSTtATJSBoston was a rough road
that the siearner Culrntrath travoled-In her long voyage across the Atlanticfrom Mediterranean ports which hasjust ended at this porL Twlco shewas forced to replenish her coal bunk-ers from the Island port of S1-
rt
Micliacls and Bermuda Sho lost decktlngs and ventiators had abridgosmashed and torn away andat one time 150 tons of water In hertore peak
She met an 103 gale early yesterdaywhich covered her with Ice so that sheseems like an animated berg ns shelies ather doelt here today
MILK INVESTiGATION
May Develop Facts to hc Picscntc1l toGrand Jury
New York Jan 5DIst AttyCharles S Whitman has decIded thatthe milk Investigation iastitutcti bYth stato attorney generals officebetermbno whether dealers In New Yorkhave conspired to control and increaseprices might develop testmony which-would warrant action grand-jury lie has assigned his assistantWilhlam A DeFord to attend the sessions and to watch the progress ot pro-ceedings with a view to reporting thematter to the district attorney
OPERATIN RESTOREDSUDBRINKS SANITY
Terre Haute lad Jan 5John Sodbrink who has been Insane since hewas Injured two years ago when working as a brakeman on the Dig Four hasbeen restored to sanity by an opera-tion on Ills skull only to be told thatig000 damages obtIne front the
company for hIm expendedtratmentS-
TARVING HERMIT HAD
22000 ON HIS PERSON
Evan srihle lad Jan 5DeputysherIs who yesterday went to the
Marshall MeMurran ag GO 0hermit near to removeState Insane hospital round tat theman had 22000 on his person lurran was almost starved
GOT HIS CHISTMAS GUN
DIED OF LOCKJAW
Waterloo Iii Jan 5EveryChristmas for the last six earArnold NoteI teased his parentssome a shootng weapon
3 a Cliristnias pleadingsresisted by his prudent parentuntil the Christmas just past
his father presented hIm with a blankcartridge pistol
Arnold was 15 years of age diedyesterday of tetanus after several daysot suffering The first cartridge hi-eattempted to shoot In his longdesiredgift jamed In the breech and hotrIed It out with a nailvrhe cartridge exploded and drove the
nail so deeply Into the boys hand thatIt had to he drawn out with forcepsFive days later tetanus developed
SERIOUSLY BURNED IN
GASOLINE EXPLOSION
Chicago Jnn5FIe persons weleburned one In a lireby an explosion ot gasolne In the com-mon kitchen of a lata nlbhtTwo men who wro startingIn lie kitchen stove poured gasoli-neou4otacn on some kindlng whtic1lied 6ii1gniteiL Th throwthe contents of the can all over theroom Three ot tile wonton burned weretaken to the Cook County hospitalMiss Pauline Savenski wJ probablydieThe fire did little damage to thehouse the fames beIng extinguishedby FIreman who was passlag at the time and heard time crIes ofthe women rushed Into the house-and tHewith h and other articlesof clothing and blankets smotherlthe names
BARONESS WILMOWSKYNOT FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE
New York Jan 5Ilaroa Ylmowskyot Berlin and his wife whoBarbAra Krupp daughter oi the greatGerman sunmaker have left for Germany aieI a three mouths sightseeing-trip In Unite SUttcs and CanadWhat us mostbaron just before depatting was thesettlement work which we obsered InNew York ChlegSanother cItes tnlts great Inter-est in work Is carrying-btok wIth her many America Ideasand plans whIch she InGermany
When the baroness was asked if shewa an advocate of woman suffrage
she and her husband laughed andrepled together
not that
ROCK ISLAND COMMON
WAS UNLOADED FAST-
Ness York Jan GUnloadlng orthousands of Rock Island common
share today on the stock exchanethe price down fromGO and opened the floodgates orcountless reports chief ot which wasthat G Reid one ot the controlling Interests In the railroad wasreducing his commiments preparetory to a trIp
Mr ReId was at lila office todayand It was said there that he expect-ed to take his usual winter vacationnext month Whether Mr Reid was
any or his holdings In Rockselnl could not be learnedThe governors or the stock ox
change will act next Wednesday onthe report of the speclai committeeappointed to Investigate the recentsensational skyrocltotinK of Rock Is-
land stock which bounded from 51-
to SI and back again In 15 minutes
BIG SLEET STORMDELAYS TRAINS
Jan 5Delny to steam andChicrailroad trains time
stinging sleet sterns or last night Alight rain which froze as It fell thismoinln made walking difficult and
Trains from the wetImpede tmfc to 20 hour lateOverland limited on Chicago-Northwestern railroad was 20 hotmr3
late
COURT OF CUSTOMSAPPEALS NOMINATIONS
Washingtomi Jan 5President Tafttoday sent to the senate the nonilna-tlon ot members ot the neW couit otcustom appcai8
lawauthorized under the
To bo presiding judge Alfred CCoxe at present Unite States circuit-judge on the
To bo associate judges William UHunt at present United States judgefor the Montana James FSmIth formerly governorgeneral fthe Philippine Islands former judgethe supreme court or the Philippine Islands and former cletor or customsIn the Philippines Barber at-
Vermont a prominent lawyer or that-state MtIXISn at present chairman or ito board of general appraisersat Now York
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INSURGENTARE
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At Reports That They Are tobSingled Out by
AdDinistrI
tion for
NOT AGAINST TAFT Po iWii1>
RCJ Iallson Says Iroulmic wl i-
Gctldrch amid Canimoim ttJ 7rSupport TIicnm 1<
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rWahlnslon Jan 5With nthaz-mit
j1 some cases bordering cii t-
aner the Insurgent nepubUc-bels
menJ
ot the housl tQ e pubreports that hey were to be
singled out by the mlilhlstrnton foUr
puniahment for cnduct as members ot the mijparty of the houseSeveral of them were unsparbngin I
their denunciation a policy hichsough to punIsh a man for lndpen j
though anti action si thexpressed atew tvcro loathto believe that Plesldcntstt woufl-lend his ail to lnist I
castigation to them for shpportngthe l
vcr principles and jclaimed the party Itself stood
pledged I
INSURGENT POSITION
Representatve Madison ot Kansasa ot the matter to j
which several of his asociates stubscribed He said
We Insurgents a we are called iare not against Taft Or his policies-
C are unanimously I believe iiifavor of every leading reform towhich the soul time Repubihcnn party Is committed For instanceI am In favor or postal banksconservation of natural resources re-gulation or injunction reform orfederal coUrt procedure goernmentregulation and control otlndutrlaand carrying corporations the publcncampaign funds andton oJ Most or the other Insurgentare for these same things
It Is slanderous to ay that we canlie swerved front time course of sup-porting these reforms by the with-holdingI of any official patronage by I
anybody or be Induced to stijport thisI or that proposition by the offering r-
I olIelal sop ot ally kind Ve ore cciiito the principles which I litive-
cnuniorated because we beleve theyare rIght and not presldent or anybody else Is for or againstthem
It Is not the insurgents ot tiehouse but men like Aldrich andnon whom the president will hmve io-
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Induce to support lila jUcc in-
surgelita are for th anc 1
have been all time time-Reprosentatie Norris or Nebraska
added his of this deelarttioflas did Represenlative Ilayes ot Call-
forniaI
who said his might was solelyagainst the rules or the houseond itspresent oigauiiztttlomi Ott the latter
said Mr hayes lie waproposItonfight to the ilnishi It jI
the Independence or the ropriusentativo-ill Congress which he was contendl
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forMAY HOLD MEETINGT-
ime Insurgents are discussing time dc-
sirabihityI or holding an early rneeUngamid ascertaIning front President Taftwhere they stand The calngot themneetiimg is In time hands en-
tathe Hayes or CallforaiaThere was ito apprnt sIgn of the-
insurgent senate Itof the Capitol further than tho numous eohfernc which insurgent Re
the housit side neroholding with tIme senators frolic thtirstates regarding time policy which theywere to pursue
Senator Cummins saId he had cxperienced no dlfCleuly wIth the jostotlc
other goIn regard to his patronagedeprtment
REDY DEATH STUGGLMomit of the rdica Insurgent
ers on the feel that withthe a few months dis-
tant eleetonsbut death struggle with
them and consequent when forcedInto the fra hesItation boutcarrying time war to any extent lime
effort to defeat Insurgent congressienby starting a fight aWell home districts as was reportedyesterday begun In severaldIstrIcts of the west lies lilt hardandthe conressniefl so attacked will prob-
ably make no choice ot weapons In de
tendIng tlmoniselve-sIt was expected that some statements
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would be forthcoming ode from theadministration side as to Its attitude I
time insurgent So far Post-
master General bias remaInad silent under the statementeianating front
to time effect that Mr titchiholdlng up the appintments-
of
1nesoto
postmastersimmembers ot the
house Publishmed intlitmations thatthl I
course was beIngonce to a number of congressnteml trorMinnesota amid WisconsIn lies so
no formalauthiorlt-
yPostmasterGao
denial com any ad-
ministration HItChCOCk who iii
regarded the closest poiL-
ticalgenerally a declinedadviser of tIme
to make any statement fur pubhicfltiOfl
regarding time cjuciitlOrm lie did notdeny having a conversation with BeP
Miller or Minnt Otnno ot
the In thehme
Insurents him what the admni-
flistrati6ns position was likely to be liewas Quite sure that whatever determinatiomi mIght be preIdent federal patronae-would
rspctngmerely thedepartment but all branches or the
Iovernmont
SUGAR ADVANCED
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