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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-12

until the first Monday in September
to file answer or demurrer to the pro-
ceedings.
Defendants are the Reading Com
pany, the Philadelphia & Reading
Company, the Lehigh Valley railroad,
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
railroad, the Central Railroad Conn
pany Of New Jersey, the Erie railroad,
the New York, Susquehanna & West
ern railroad, the Philadelphia Coal and
Iron Company, the Lehigh Valley Coal
Company, the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre
Coal Company, the Hillside Coal &
Iron Company, the New York, Susque-
hanna & Western Coal Company, the
Temple Iron Company.
The opening move of what is ex-
pected to be great contest between
the government and coal roads took
but few minutes. United States
District Attorney J. Whitaker Thomp-
son, of this city, appeared before Judge
Holland and secured an order to serve
subpoenas on those defendants whose
principal officers are outside the jur-
isdiction of the United States courts
for the eastern district of Pennsyl-
vania. Deputy marshals in this dis
trict will serve subpoenas upon Pres
ident Baer, of the Reading companies
and the officers of other. corporations
in this district today. Subpoenas for
non-resident corporations will be
served by marshals in the districts in
which they are located.
Immediately upon the fling OF the
bill of complaint, Henry B. Robb, clerk
of the circuit court, set the machinery
in motion to have the papers in the
case served upon defendants. The suit
begun today is the result of the in
yestigation started by the department
of justice nearly a year ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-12

lacy led even so eminent a writer
as the late Sir Henry Maine to do in
justice to democracy He pointed out
its faults. He omitted to point out
the faults of other governments. All
governments have their defects. AS the
scripture says, There is none that do
eth right, no.; not one 1t is only a
question of which does less well than
another And the general lesson of
history is that the government of one
or Of class Is far worse than the
government Of the whole people.
THE other conclusion is that altho
the best institutions and the best ad-
ministrative systems are worth plan
ming for and striving for, altho they
make an immense difference to the
welfare Of the country, there is an
other thing even more important. That
thing is the participation In the work
of government of the whole body OF
the people. Leaders. honest, capable.
courageous men. are necessary, just as
necessary in democracy as in other
forms of government THE people must
seek them out. must honor them, must
give, if their honesty is proved, it's con-
fidence. But the whole people must
continue to watch everything they do
and never surrender its judgment, or
its votes into their hands. 1t was said
by them of old that eternal vigilance
is the price of freedom. 1t is the price
of other things also. 1t is the price
of pure government and efficient gov
ernment. No citizen in free country
can escape or decline his responsible
ity for the conduct of his government.
He ought to respect the Judgment or
those whom he knows to be wiser than
himself He must avoid the error OF
those 'cranks' as you call them, who
set the particular question in which
they are most interested above the
general lines of sound national policy
But the history OF free governments
shows that when things go wrong, It
is not so often from errors of judg-
ment on the part of the people as 1T Is
from an excess of party spirit which
has led them to fellow blindly an ur'-
scrupulous leader. or from an indiffer-
ence and negligence which has en-
abled unscrupulous aHd selfish men to
pursue their own advantage at the
expense of public good.
.'The most successful of all democ-
racies. that Of Switzerland has been
that in which the whole people have
most constantly e,eerted themselves to
watch and take part in the conduct OF
their government, and the result has
been to produce in the mind OF the
Swiss people an intelligent compre-
hension of public affairs which 1t must
be hard to equal elsewhere"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-12

arsenal Yesterday afternoon given at
the home OF Colonel Blunt the COM
mandant. Last night the secretary
waa the guest of a big dinner, at which
he made response to THE Health OF the
president" He said in part:
.,rr. toast which has been assigned
"a ma is one which no man could fail
n rise to his feet and respond to with
nrtde Indeed / think It would be well
;f in ALI functions Of this kind we
shoun commence the program with
toast to the president OF the United
States. The ruler OF every foreien
country is toasted tnt banquets abroad
and am Of the opinion that we snouio
be wise to follow the example.
1T is true that In recent years some
powers have been added to those Of the
executive which may look Ike usurpA-
ton. but they are not really 50. We
were for four years in the Philippines
before congress assumed any authof1ty
and we are now building the Panama
canal without any congressional on
actment to warrant the proceeding. IN
all these things, however, the powers
of the president have not been enlarged
beyond his constitutions authority.
'.The last decade has brought to this
country prosperity utterly undreamsl
OF before, and It has been . question Of
whether We were to be corrupted ~
wealth and go the way OF the rspubhrs
of Greece and Rome. The proof that
we are not is to be found in the oct
that the public has been auiok to o1n-
denim the abuse Of trust relations end
financial power, and no man has dnne
more to quicken that ccnscience Han
Theodora Roosevelt. Because OF this
he is entitled to the appSause bote q
the democrats and tho repubHca1
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-12
Implication Of Richardson's Law
Partner in Plots Riles Gross
Examiner
SAYS ORCHARD is COACHED
This Witness strenuousIy Denies -
Fifth Day of cross-Exarnination
Brings Out Details Of Plot to As
sassinate Governor Peabody and
Court Judges.

Boise. June 12.-With the resump-
tion of the Haywood trial this morn
ing the cross examination of Harry
Orchard was continued.
Attorney Richardson began at once
to question Orchard regarding the con-
ference with Meyer at the latter's S
home in Denver, about April 1905. Or
cnard testified yesterday that Meyer,
Pettibone and Haywood told him at
this time to go to Canon City, Col, to
get Governor Peabody. Witness was
up. Meyer said he wanted to set rid
of Peabody, so no one else would fol-
I low in his footsteps. Peabody had gone
out of office at the time.
/ Orchard said he talked with Hay
wood and Pettibone at the latter's
store They gave the same reasons
for wanting to get rid of Peabody.
Meyer also had feeling Of personal
enemity toward Peabody, Orchard said.
DiaHllIS MIN 1uT UellS t1Ie Se1oSo VI
his arrest.
Orchard said that Pettibone asked
Ehim to get position as life insurance
solicitor before going to Canon City,
I so he might have some semblance OF
an occupation. He got letters of rec
lommendation from several persons,
among them Hawkins, the law partner
of Attorney Richardson, who is con-
lducting the cross examination. Witness
said he made. the pretense at insurance
solicitation while in Canon City and
vicinity, but sdi idn't succeed in writing
fany policies. He then went into the
hail insurance business with man
from Kansas City named Vaughn.
which he said was a fake. Orchard
said he made a great deal of money
out of the scheme. The plan to blow
up Peabody with a bomb had been
abandoned in the meantime, because
Peabody had stopped sitting by the
window.
Richardson again suggested that Or,
chard was being coached by Detective
MCFARLAND, and counsel for the prose-
cution provoked the sharpest wrangle
that the attorney and witness have had
IN tnelr lOuS COuteSI. OlSIo1u SPiAAe
edly denied that he was being coached,
and asserted that he was telling the
truth.
The witness said that when the hall
insurance business gave out, he re-
turned to Denver and went to work on
Judges Gabbert and Goddard. Orchard
said that Pettibone had an agent in the
country soliciting orders for his house
specialties. These men sometimes So
licited life insurance. orchard said that
he and Pettibone discussed the pro-
ject of killing Judge Gabbert, but he
alone had started out to murder
Judge Goddard with bomb, witho 1T
any suggestion from Haywood, Meyer
or Pettibone, except general oae
made some months before.
Just before the noon recess the mo-
notony of the examination was broken
by Orchards description Of his at
tempts to kill Sherman Bell, in Den
yer. For some twelve nights he was
at Bells residence, waiting the oppor-
tunity to shoot him More than once
Bells life was saved by the barking of
small dogs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-12
SEAk[N DROWNED
LIKE RATS IN TRAP
Fate of Eleven Officers and Men
From Battleship Minnesota
is Determined
LAUNCH STRUCK BY a TUG
Sailor. Go to Bottom With Boat, Be-
ing Caught Under Canvas Covering
-Effort to Be Made to Recover
Hodies-soat Responsible For Dis
. aster Known to Officials.

Norfolk. Va. June 12.-It Is reporteo'
today that the disaster In Hampton
Roads Monday night. which resulted
in the sinking of a launch from the
battleship Minnesota. and the drowning
of eleven men, Resulted, from the MIN
nesota's launch being run down BY a
tug and a coal barge which the former
was towing.
The report, which, 1t was stated, had
been made officially on board the Min
nesota, did not give the name OF the
tug. 1t is said the tug stopped in the
roads immediately following the acci-
dent, but finding no trace Of the object
which it had struck or any signs OF
life, resumed its course. The presump-
ton is that the launch, small craft,
sank Immediately in the darkness OF
the stormy night, the eleven occupants
being caught in their canvas covered
craft with no possible way of escape,
and were carried to the bottom, GROWN
ing like rats in a trap.
were sending the spray to such an ex-
tent that it became necessary for those
in the launch to have the canvas cover
ing buttoned tightly to the sides OF the
little vessel.
There was an opening on each side
Of the canvas for passengers to enter
and leave the launch, but both of these
it is believed, had been buttoned down
immediately upon the launch leaving
Discovery Landing at the jamestown
exposition pier shortly after rniSnight,
and the launch was making rapidly
thru, heavy seas for the Minnesota
.wlacn ss1e was suddenly ~ srd
sent to. the bottom in several fathoms
OF water.
Torpedo boats have been continually
searching Hampton Roads for some
trace of the bodies of the missing elev-
en-. The weather continues stormy In
the roads, and the waters are too
choppy to attempt to drag for the
missing launch as yet, but this will be
commenced as soon as the elements
permit.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-12
Washinoto, Not worri.d.

Washington, June 12.-While no
word reached the navy department
early today concerning Secretary Met
calf, no apprehension is felt for his
safety. The original intention of the
secretary was to return to Washing
ton in time to be at his Office tomor-
row morning. Postmaster General
Meyer, who went with Metealf in the
lighthouse tender Yor a trip up the
James river Tuesday, left the secretary
at some point on the river and went
to Richmond. whence he took train
for Washington. reaching here last
night. If any misfortune has happened
to the lighthouse tender, the officials
here believe it can be but slight, and
that Metcalf will reach Hampton Roads
with very little delay.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-12
BRYCE TO STUDENTS
British Ambassador Delivers Com.
mencement Address at University Of
IIIinois-TaIks Of Relation of His
tory to Politics.

mencement Address at University Of
IIIinois-TaIks Of Relation of His
tory to Politics.
Urbana. Ill, June 12.-one of the at
fractions at the commencement exer-
cises of the University of Illinois, today
was the address by British Ambassador
Bryce.
In his address, Ambassador Bryce
considered the relation OF history 10
politics. and the value of history ID
the citizens and statesmen, saying
there were two general conclusions
which public spirited citizens OF the
United States who wished to serve
their city or state or country might
draw from the political history OF 9TH
er countries.
"One is" said he, ''that no one who,
seeing the faults that belong to popu-
lar government and the difficulty of
bringing it up to the ideal which the
theory of democracy sets UP, need pc
disheartened, no, not even by repeat
ed failures, to effect the reforms which
good citizens desire. History has COM
fort for him. 1t will show him that oth-
er forms of governm ent, autocracy and
oligarchy, have their faults also, and
grayer faults. You may find now and
then a wise and high-souled despot
who will do his best for his subjects.
but there is no security, there is not
even probability, that he will be sue
ceeded by other despots of like virtue.
You may have prudent and skillful
oligarchic government which will ex-
tend the power of the nation in the
world. But it is certain to govern IN
its own class interests not in that of
the people at large. This was the fall
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-12
Secretary of War Delivers Com
mencement Address at State
University
THE PRESENT DAY PROBLEMS
Questions That Confront Municipal,
State and National Management
Taft Also Guest at Alumni Banquet
Leave. For Minnespolis Tonight
News Of the Day.
.necial to rimes-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Iowa City, June 12.-Secretary OF
War Taft arrived in this city last night
TO deliver the commencement address
at the university armory this morning.
He also attended the alumni dinner
and later delivered an address under
the auspices of the commercial club.
In the evening he will be the guest Of
the newly organized Yale club of Iowa
and will leave in the evening for Min
neapolis.
Secretary Taft responded to a toast
at the alumni banquet. his theme be-
ing "Circumspects." The program was
novel In its toast titles. Other speak
ers were Emerson Hough, the author.
an alumnus of Iowa. now in Alaska,
who spoke on Respects; the retiring
dean, Professor Amos N. Currier, af-
ter forty years service, discussed Re
Prospects; Attorney Hugh Stuart, OF
Dubuque, whose theme was Expects; ;
Governor A. B. Cum minis, on Intro
spects"; and DR.. George E. MacLean,
president of the university, whose SUBJ
ject was Prospects" George F. Hen
ry. of Des Moines, president Of the
Iowa Alumni association, was toast
master.
Secretary Taft In his commencement
address today pointed out the fact that
abundant opportunity lay before the
university graduate during the next
generation, even as 1t had during the
past. He declared that the politics
and economy problems of the next
thirty years would be to clean the
stables of municipal politics and the
state legislatures, to regulate corporate
wealth in industrial and public cor
porations; the regulation OF railroad
rates, and the race problem, wnich ne
declared would be solved by the in
dustrial development of the negro. He
touched on the disposition of the Span
ish dependencies and declared that
they must have either their freedom
or there must develop relations similar
to those existing between England and
Canada. With reference TO the move
ment toward International peace ne
stated that the maintenance of stand
ing armies did not portend war and
that during the next thirty years 1t
would be harder for nation TO en-
gage in conflict than ever before on ac-
count of the development of an inter-
national conscience.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-12
Government Begins Suits
Against Hard Coal Compa-
nies and Allied Roads
ACCUSED OF BEING MONOPOLY
Petition Ayers That Companies Are
Organized to Carry on a Monopoly in
the Production, Transportation and
Sale Of Anthracite-Bis Eastern
Corporations Among the Defendants.

Philadelphia, June IA suit of the
United States government against the
anthracite coal carrying railroads,
which are charged with carrying on a
monopoly in the production, transpor-
tation and sale of hard coal. was filed
here today in the federal court. The
defendant railroad and coal companies
have until the first Monday In August
to make appearance in the suit and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-12
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS ELECT
Annual Business Meeting Of Mother
Church in Boston Is Held.

Annual Business Meeting Of Mother
Church in Boston Is Held.
Boston. June 12.--The annual busi-
ness meeting of the First Church OF
Christ, Scientist (the mother church,,
was held here and the following offi-
GERS We're chosen:
Presfdent-Eugene H. Green, Of Pro-
vidence, R. I.
clerk-william B. Johnson. of Bos-
ton
Treasurer stephen A. Chase, of Fall
River, Mass.
The report of the clerk showed an ad-
dition to the membership of the mother
church in the last year of 4,0S4. The
treasurer reported large balance In
the treasury. A message was sent to
Mrs. Eddy, in Concord, saying:
"In this hour, when evil surges with
tumultous impulse against your peace
and station, we, who are the bene-
ficiaries of a measureless blessing,
stand by your side and wait with you
for the deiiverance which God has
promised to His own"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-12

Russians have large private property
in Manchuria, and the United States
has considerable mining and other in
tercsta in Corea, OF such interests,
Japan proposes to deprive them. At
all events, that's the object of her
proposition. "The United States pro-
poses to bring motion diametrically
opposed to that of Japan, and this, in
view os the present existing friction
between Japan and America, it is easy
to see, contains all the makings of a
first-ciass international row.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-12
aht shall have been concluded.

fight shall have been concluded.
The passenger men were presented
with copy of letter written by sec
retary Moseley of the interstate com
merce commission to F. g. Donald.
chairman of the Central Passenger
association, stating that the proposed
plan for putting National Educa.iotla, !,
association rates into effect is Illegal
and cannot be tolerated.
In pursuance of the dedeion OF the
railroads to fight the 2-cent laws anu
not to grant reduced rates, the Chicago
Commercial association, and similar
organizations will be told that rates lor
merchants meetings are no longer
available.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-12
HONOR IOWA PASTORS
Swedish Lutheran Synod Names a
Sioux City Man and Rev. c. A. Lind
vail, Of MarshaIItown, as Direct

New Britain, Conn. June 1es--'.yhe
synodical council of the Swedish
Lutheran church nominated the fol-
lowing directors: G. N. Swan, of Sioux
City, Iowa; F. L. Lingholm, of Min
neapolis, and Professor L. e. S. Esd
jorn, of Rock Island, Ill.
DR.. c. w. Foss, of Rock Island, H.;
Philip Phelander, of Batavia, ILL.,, and
Rev. C. A. Lindvall, of Marshalltown,
Iowa, were nominated directors of the
book concern. Rev. P. N. Lindberg
was nominated as superintendent of
the Deaconess institute at Omaha, and
the following were named as directors
of the institute: Rev. P, A. Lindvall,
of Rock Island; Peter Peterson, of ST.
Paul; Rev. c. A. Branded, of Denver.
and P. Blom, of Omaha.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-12

Upon one subject matter the encamp-
ment now in session in Dubuque will
not again act, or at least ii q different
way. For a number Of years the an.
nual encampments have been demands
ing that the legislature provide for
publication of the complete roster Of
Iowa soldiers. The veterans have
urged this on the general assemblies
and the governor has been urging 1t
in as strong language as he Is capable
OF. and this time the legislative com
mittee will have the pleasure Of re-
for the publication and the work OF
compiling the roster has already been
entered upon by the state officials.
Col. Charles A. Clark, the retiring
department commander, would probe
ably have been indorsed for commando
erin chief at this encampment II ho
had yielded to the opportunities of his
friends to become candidate He very
much desired that General Dodge be
a candidate and Iowa would back him
up, but the general refused Iowa
will not have candidate at the Sar-
atoga meeting.
Chief interest In the encampment
now centers In the election OF 0nicers.
1t looks like Dave Palmer, Of WASH
ington, has a walkaway for depart-
ment commander Of the q. A. r. The
real struggle Is on in the w. r. G., who
are likely to elect today. The active
candidates for state president are Mrs.
C. ]. W. Saunders, of Dubuque; Mrs
Estelle Ploper, of Iowa Falls; Mrs. Jen-
ME Whedon, of Winterset and Anna
Smith Of Winterset.
Business sessions are in progress IN
all departments Of the g. A. r. ana
auxiliaries this morning. The first
campfire Of the encampment was held
in the opera house last night. Sena-
tor Allison was loudly cheered as Nc
arose to speak and as the other speak
ers referred to him it was demonstrated
he has the hearts Of the old soldiers.
Allison warned Iowa against the choice
Of a faddist in selecting men to hign
office. 1t was construed to be slap
at Cummins. He declared such men
fail to measure up when q crisis ar
rives.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-12
RAPs PRESIDENT AS A HUNTER.
Animals Friend Says He Violates I'm
written Laws Of Camp Life.

written Laws OF Camp Lite.
Boston, June 12.-Aieorge P. Angel.
president of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals feels
rather bitterly toward President
Roosevelt because of the latter's at
tack on nature fakers," and especial
ly the criticism on Rev. William ).
Long.
In the next issue OF Our Dumb AMI
mails. the official publication of the So
ciety Mr.. Angel will say, over ms
own signature:
"Rooseveltis books are stepped In the
blood of wanton slaughter and ne re-
vels in the telling of the wounding or
beasts the killing of fawns and MOTH
er animals, and Of the disregard of the
unwritten laws of camp life. Far from
being the foremost authority on Am
erican mammals, Theodore Roosevelt
has written himself down as being not
even Il true sportsman"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-12
PAGE ONE.
News.

Po06 ON~
TsIegraphie News.
Seamen Drowned Like Trapped Rats.
First Move in Great Contest.
Government After Coal Trust.
Taft Guest Of Iowa.
Orchard Irritates Lawyer Richard
son.
Fewer Veterans Answer Taps.
Palmer Leads for Commander.
International Row Brewing.
Iowa Pastors Honored.
PAGES TWO AND THREE.
Iowa News.
Herriott's Politics Fail.
Iowa Prohibitionists Lose.
Interesting Law Point in PoWeshiek.
Put Off Train, Will Sue.
Roads Voluntarily Adopt Joint Rates
Town Without a Council.
PAGE FOUR
Editorial.
The Curse of Color. q;
Shippers Can Get Joint Rates.
The Neighborliness of It. az
Topics of the Times.
Iowa Opinions and Notes.
PAGE FIVE.
General News:
Solving Rail Mail Puzzle.
A Civil War Speaker.
Oddly in the News.
PAGES SIX AND SEVEN.
City News:
st. Mary's Commencement.
Will Weigh All Mail.
The Peclcham Funeral.
Rev. C. A. Lindvall Honored.
Blackburn Seeks Executive Clemency.
Alva Anson's Anniversary.
The City Field.
PAGE EIGHT.
Markets and General:
Wheat and Corn Firm.
Cattle Hold Steady.
Hogs 10 Cents Lower.
Slump in Crop Conditions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-12
TO FIGHT 2-cENT FARE.
Organized Assault Planned on New
State Laws by Western Roads.

Chicago, June 12.-Western railroad
presidents at a conference yesterday
decided to contest the 2-cent passenger
laws in at least five states-Illinois,
Nebraska. Iowa. Missouri and Arkan-
sas. Following this decision the pass
enger representatives of all western
roads agreed not to grant any reduced
rates for any occasion until the 2-eent