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Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
FOLK CALLS FOR CHANGES
IN THE U. S. CONSTITUTION

president Mr.. Lane says that the re
port will be followed in due course by
the special recommendations of the
commission as a whole to whatever
legislation, if any, may be deemed ad-
visable.
Referring to the report that the coal
shortage was due to the presence of a
trust or combination between dealers
in coal which fixed prices in the north
west and refused TO sell to outsiders
and ''irreSulars," the report says:
Agreement shown.
"The commission has gained indis-
putable proof of an agreement between
coal dealers to maintain prices and to
boycott all who do not so agree; but
there is no evidence at all justifying
the contention that this combination is
chaTgeable with the coal shortage pre-
vailing, nor that the railroads were
party in such way to such conspir-
acy''
Financial loss to a large percentage
of the people of the northwest is shown
to have been caused by the failure of
railroads to prepare for a large move
ment of grain. Mr.. Lane shows that
the railroads tapping the great
grain belt of the northwest seem to
have been overwhelmed by this years
crop. although in fact the crop scarcely
exceeded that of 1905. nor did it equal
that of at least one other preceding
year
3S Per Cent of Grain Handled.
Fifty million bushels of grain the
report says. "as nearly as can be esti-
mated, remains on the faTms or in the
country elevators of North Dakota.
But 3S per cent of the crop has been
shipped. The country. or line. eleva-
tors at a large number of country sta
tions are full. Some of these reached
their capacity as early as September
and still contain the grain they then
held. Thousands of bushels of wheat
are lying at this time covered with
snow in open bins built beside the rail
road track. The farmer can not sell
because the country dealer can not
buy.
All Are Handicapped.
"The country dealer can not buy be-
cause the country elevator is still full.
The country elevator remains full be
cause the railroad has not moved the
grain from the country elevator to the
terminal elevator. The terminal eleva-
tors at Duluth .Spperior- and Minnea-
polls. whfch act y 'fs'esssefvofrs.
line elevators, are almost empty, and
at no time during the season have they
been filled to more than one-third of
their capacity"
In considering the evidence taken
Lane says that plan for
a proposed car clearing house. or car
pool. between connecting lines is re-
garded with much favor. The details
of such a plan have not been worked
out.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
Judge Lands Refuses to
Quash Standard In
Gictments.
REBATING IS CHARGED
Takes Position EIkIns Law Is
Not Made Void by New
Race Act.

Chicago, Jan. 3.-Federal Judge Ian
dis today overruled the demurrer of
the Standard Oil company's eight in
dictments charging the corporation
with accepting rebates from railroad
companies, but sustained the demurrer
as to two other indictments because of
technical defects.
Enforce Congress- VIII.
Landis said it was the duty of the
court TO enforce the will of congress
as expressed in the written enactment.
In ascertaining that, he is not at lib
erty to ignore the ultimate object of
the law. That object was to establish
uniform railroad rates, reasonable in
amount. The former law had failed TO
accomplish this, and was therefore
strengthened. Instead of the Elkins
law being wiped off the books as hav-
ing failed to serve its purpose. addi-
tional and severe liabilities were crea-
ted and more drastic remedies and pen
alties authorized.
Not Meant 20 Pardon.
He held that congress. i'm passing
the rate law, did not intend to pardon
the unindicted whose conduct was,
more than all other causes combined.
that which moved congress to enact a
rigid and far-reaching measure of rate
law. Indictments against the Stand
ard were found for the alleged viola
tion of the Elkins law, and the court
44eld--4thata- a-the-aew rate law did not
make them void.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
BELL NOMINATED
Little Business Transacted by
Congress on Resuming
Sessions.

Washington, Jan. 3.-The senate re-
sumed work of the session today, hav-
ing been in holiday recess for two
weeks The house convened today af-
ter the holiday recess and adjourned
after a session of 10 minutes.
No quorum was present and no COM
mittees were ready to report. The
president sent the senate the nomina-
ton of Brigadier General J. Franklin
Bell to be major general.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
TAKEN INTO COURT
Chicago Parties Attack Tax Valu-
alton Fixed by State Board
of Equalization.
SAY STATE LOSES So, 500, 900
Allegation Made Capital Stock of Cor
pcrations. is Not Taxed Accord
fns51to Law.

<tSpringfeld, Ill, Jan. 3.-The action
OF the state board of equalization in
fixing 20 per cent as the value of real
and personal property in the state for
assessing purposes this year is to be
attacked. A motion was made in the
supreme court yesterday afternoon by
representatives of Chicago. asking
1eave to file a petition for a mandamus
with the view of requiring the board
to place full valuation upon the prop
erty for purposes of taxation.
Capital stock Omitted.
1t is claimed that by the action of
the board the capital stock, including
franchise and other property of cor
poratfons owning and operating rail-
roads in the state, has not been as
sessed as the law requires-as the
capital stock, including franchise and
other property should be valued at a
''full fair cash value" for the purposes
of taxation, as the revenue law re-
quires.
VIII Lose $3,JOO,OOO.
1t is claimed in the petition that by
the action of the board the state will
lose this year $3,50O.0OO in taxes, Chi
cago's share being 100000.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
Wants Senators Elected
by Direct Vote of
People.
ALSO THE REFERENDUM
Executives of Other States
Take Up Reform In
Messages.

Jefferson City, Mo, Jan. 3.-Gover
nor Folk in his message to the legisla
ture today recommended a number OF
acts relating to life insurance com
panies, among others a standard policy
for all life companies He also rec
ommended the enactment of a law
making it crime for any one for com,
pensation to lobby with members of
the legislature. There should be a
state primary law for the nomination of
all elective officers, including United
States senator's
Would Amend Constitution
The governor invited the considera-
tion of the propriety and advisability
of the adoption of a resolution making
application to congress to call a con-
Vention for proposing amendments to
the federal constitution. particularly
with reference to the election of sena-
tors by direct vote of the people and
the establishment of the principles of
initiative and referendum and for a
just income tax.
Discusses Important Questions.
Lansing, Mich, Jan. 3.-While large
ly devoted TO state affairs. the second
message of Governor Warner to the
Michigan Legislature read this after
noon discusses several matters of nat
ional interest and Importance. He rec
ommended the appointed of legisla-
tive committee to investigate the
freight car shortage question in COOP
Grafton with the intersrake- .cennerea.
commission; recommended the placing
of electric lines under the Supervision
of the state railroad commissioners:
urged the elimination of the profes-
sional lobbyist; asks means of public
by denouncing of any legislation de-
signed solely to invite tribute from
special interests; favors an amendent
to the laws fixing three cents mile
as passenger fare on railroads in the
upper peninsula and two cents on the
lower peninsula, except in case of a
few indeDendent lines running less
than 81 900 per mile; recommended
placing private banks under the state
supervision and inspection; recon-
mended the erection of a binder man.
ufacturing plant at the state prison
at Jackson; Endorsed the indeterminate
sentence law for convicts and recon-
Michigan pure food law be made to
confirm to the national pure food as
far as practicable.
would stop stock Manipulation.
The governor joined in the recon-
mendation of the state railroad COM
missioner that the state be given pow
er to scrutiniZe and approve the issu-
ance of all railroad stocks and bonds
for the purpose of preventing manipula-
tion.
Reform I'm Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. Ex-Governor Shell
don, in his inaugural address today,
urged that the lobby be banished from
the state house and insisted that the
legislature enact a law making it lille
gal to give or accept railroad passes in
this state.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
WAR Department ADMITS ARMY is
BADLY IN NEED OF MORE RECRUITS

Washington, Jan. 3.-Not in recent
years except in war times, has the
army been so badly in need of men as
at the present time. A recent circular
addressed to all officers of the recruit
ing service, made public at the war de
partment calls attention to the fact
that recruits are needed in large num-
bers for the coast artillery, field artil-
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03

lery, white infantry and white cavalry
Recruiting officers are enjoined to re-
double their efforts to secure recruits
qualified for military service. 1t is de-
clared at the war department the pres
ent prosperity and labor famine are
more or less responsible for the inabil-
ity to get new men and it also stated
on account of lack of a canteen a great
many men were refusing to reenlist.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
Rock Island Road Off
GERS Revise Estimate
of Wreck Victims.
Ben Baumeister, of Daven-
port, Listed Among
the Dead.

Topeka, Kan, Jan. Sit is still i'm
possible to say exactly how many per
sons perished in the Rock Island train
wreck at Alma yesterday, as num-
ber of bodies of Mexicans were COM
pletely destroyed by the burning smok-
ing car.
The conductor says there were 7G
Mexicans on the train and it is feared
ID of these were killed, together with
train porter, making a total of 49 dead
CorOner's Inquest Held.
The coroner's inquest will be held at
Alma today when John Lynes. the boy
telegraph operator, who is blamed for
the collision. will testify AS far as
known all the women on the train es-
capped death, and none were even seTi-
ously injured.
Insist But 80 Were Killed.
Rock Island officials today insisted
that but 80 persons were Killed and 80
others seriously injured. and declare
the statement attributed to the conduc-
tor that he had tickets for 76 MeXicans
is mistake. There are II seriously
injured in the hospitals here. Some of
these may die Most of the slightly in
jured have left the city.
List of Killed.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. 3.-Those
killed when two passenger trains on
the Rock Island railroad collided, head
on, four miles west of Volland, Kan,
yesterday, are. as foil QilQws::---.--.s--.4a---
JULIUS BURMEISTER, Davenport
Iowa. aged 3S.
WILLIAM MILLER, Soldier City,
Kan.
ALBERT LINK, Topeka, Kan, col
ored porter
FRANK SAVER, passenger, New
London, Mo.
MEXICAN LABORERS, numbering
% or 80.
w. H. OSGOOD, Mitchelltown, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
PREFECT is SHOT
Police Officer of St. Petersburg
Victim of Assassin at Med
icaI Institute.
EMPEROR ISSUES BUDGET
Extraordinary Expenditures for Army
and Navy Bring Total to
High Figure.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 3.-Major Gen
eral Won der Launitz, prefect of police
of st. Petersburg, was shot and killed
by young man at the institute of ex-
perimental medicine this afternoon.
Attending Conservation.
Won der Launitz, at the invitation of
Prince Peter AleXandrovitch, duke of
Oldenburg, brother-in-law of the emper-I
or, was attending the conservation of
the institute chapel During the serv-
ices. and while mingling with several
high officials the prefect of police was
approached from behind by young
man who drew a revolver and shot him
in the base of the brain. Won der Lau-
nitz died in two minutes.
Cut Down by officer.
AS the assassin turned to fee, one
of the officers present drew sabre
cut him down and killed him. The
identity of the assassin has not been
established.
Made Another Attempt.
The assassination of the prefect of
police was preceded by an attempt to
kill Dr. Dubrovin, president of the Re
dictionary League of Russian People.
The revolutionists attacked him on the
street while he was returning home
last night. firing several shots at him
without effect.
Arrest n Suspect.
Gendarmes on duty at the Tsareken
Selo railroad station last night arrest
In,
lice uniform The prisoner is thought
to be a member of the organization
which is responsible for the assassina-
tions of General Alexis Ignatiaff and
Prefect Won der Launitz. and it is be-
lieved he was to Tsareken Selo on a.
similar errand.
Budget is Big.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 3.-The prelim-
mary budget estimates of the ministry
of finance for the first six months of
1907, -eeEaznsReinE cm Jam 14.=pFoxide
1928, 900 for regular expenditures,
an increase of $1S,S96,000 over the
same period of 1906. The greater part
of the increase will be absorbed by
the interest on the big loan of 1906,
which increased the total interest
charges from $11,O9S,0O0 to $94,730,-
900.
The second largest item is an in
crease of S6,7S2 900 to provide for the
increased manufacture of spirits to
meet the steadily increased consump-
tion.
$I7I,OOO.OOO for Army and Navy.
Other important items in the budget
are $95,095, 900 for the war ministry,
$76,01S,O 900 for the navy, $11S.670,000
for railroads, So. 100000 for the min
istry of the interior, $13. .094 900 for the
ministry of justice, and $11,610,000 for
education.
The estimates for the extraordinary
expenditures, including large sums
which are to be devoted to army re-
form, education, and possibly to naval
construction, have not been published.
The new estimates do not contem-
plate a deficit in the budget of 1906.
which foresaw a deficit of $79,000,000.
This and the increased expenditures
for famine relief and other purposes
during the year are covered by an in
crease in the revenues over the esti- |
mates, which up to Nov. IA reached |
$102, 500, 900, and was steadily grow
ing.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
PEACEFUL IN COLORADO
The Legislature Was Organized With
out Any Difficulty.

Denver, Jan. 3.-The general as
sembly of Colorado organized yester-
day afternoon. There was no contest
over the organization, the officers hav-
ing been agreed upon in the republican
caucus. Representative Robert G..
Breckenridge of Rio Grande county.
was elected speaker of the house and
Senator NJ. e. Lewis president pro tenn
of the senate.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
SHIvElY WOULD RUN
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
Indiana Ex-Congressman Will An.
nounce Candidacy to Democrats,
it is Said.

Laporte, Ind, Jan. "a close friend
of Benjamin F. Shively of South Bend.
formerly congressman from the Thir-
teenth Indiana district, is authority for
the statement when the proper time
arrives Shively will formally announce
his candidacy for the democratic NOM
ination for vice president of the United
States.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
COULD|S SANCUINE
Head of Great Railway System
Controverts Statement
of Fish
PREDICTING CRISIS SOON
Declares He Believes Commerce VIII
Be Greater This Year Than
That of Last.

Pittsburg, Jan. 3.--George j. Gould,
head of the Gould system of railroads.
arrived in the city on tour of inspec-
ton of the roads of his system. He
had read the statement of Stuyvesant
Fish, formerly president of the Illinois
Central road, that an industrial crisis
is at hand, and smiled as he said:
Business conditions of the country
look very encouraging.
Predicts Greater Things.
"The immense volume of business
done by railroads during 1906 will not
be equaled. in my judgment, but sur
passed during the present year.
"There is no industrial crisis immin-
ent," Gould continued, "and while the
market declined recently, it is a tenn
porary but healthful reaction"
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
predlcts Grcater ThIngs.
cAssATT FAMILY GETS ALL
Estate of Rail Magnate to Be Divided
Among Widow and Children.

Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. 3.-Counsel
for the estate of the late A. j. Cassatt
has issued statement to the effect
that Mr.. Cassatt by his will left his
entire estate to Mrs. Cassatt and his
children, Captain Edward B. Cassatt.
Robert X. cassatt, and Mrs. w. Plum
kett Stewart. Mrs. Cassatt, the three
children, and the Fidelity Trust com
pany of Philadelphia are appointed ex-
ecutors of the will
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
CONSULAR SALARY SMALL
Zanzibar official Declares He Cannot
Pay the Piper.

Washington, ID. c.. Jan. 3.-Freder-
ick McMaster, American consul at
Zanzibar, has resigned and proposes
to embark in private business. He as
signs as his reason for resigning the
impossibility of properly conducting
the consulate at Zanzibar on the $4,000
salary authorized by law.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
TAKES MORE Time
Michigan Republican Legislative
Caucus Adiourns for In
vestIgation
INTO GOV. WARMERS CHARGES
Allegation Of Doodle in Deal to Elect
Arthur Hill Senator Halts
Proceedings.

Lansing Mich, Jan. 3.-To permit
Governor Warner to make good his
charge in a statement which he issued
from his sickbed at Harrington yes.
terday that Arthur Hill of Saginaw had
employed improper methods in promot-
ing his candidacy for United States
senator to succeed General Alger, the
republican legislative caucus last eve
ming adjourned within 10 minutes OF
the time it was called To order. The
caucus will meet again next Wednes-
day.
The governor. by intimation, charged
Hill with the use OF Doodle, and the
same document hayed Railroad Com
missioner Atwood for his alliance with
Hill.
HIN Has Lead.
BY this combination Hill has secured
an undoubted lead in the struggle At
wood was one OF the men who helped
make Fred NJ. Warner governor.
That Governor Warner will make
good his charges specifically is the
prediction of his friends. In rumors
around Lansing no names of legislat-
ors have yet been used. but II is whisp-
cred that $500 is the price that the
wealthy Saginaw lumberman is willing
to pay for the votes.
The only aspirant who prepared any
thing formal to present to the caucus
was Hill. His communication set forth
a conversation he had had with the
governor, in which the latter said he
was opposed to only one candidate.
and that was not Hill.
Attack ON Reputation.
The latter viewed the governors
statement as an attack on his reputa-
tion. Accordingly he suggested ad.
journment in order that an investiga-
tigation might be made. In newspaper
interview previously he had denied
charges of improper conduct. and Com
mander Atwood declared he had found
rumors of Doodle to be without found
alton.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
w. 3. LEEDS HAS PARALYSIS
Former President of Rock Island Goes
to Paris for Treatment.

New York. Jan. 3.-It is reported
William B. Leeds, the tin plate mag
nate and former president of the Rock
Island. is critically i'll with paralysis
He has gone to Paris for treatment.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
French Church Law Signed.

Paris, Jan. 3.-The new law amend
ing the church and state separation
law OF 1905 was signed by the presi.
dent and promulgated today.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
Attack ON ReputatIon.
General oeoroe A. Bell Dead.

Washington. D. G., Jan, -Brigadier
General George A. Bell. u. S. A., re-
tired. is dead. He was graduated from
the West Point Military academy in
1853 and was breveted four times for
gallant conduct during the civil war.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
Was a Railroad Man.

The Davenporter "Burmeister" NAM
ed with the dead in the list given out
by the company, appears to have been
Ben Baumeister. railroad man who
has boarded at the st. Louis house in
Davenport for the last year. He left
the city on the i'll fated No. 20 on
sight seeing trip. He was 40 years of
age and single.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
FEVER is WIPED OUT
Not One Case in Havana-Seven Deaths
Since September.

Havana. Jan. 3.-There is not one
case of yellow fever in Havana. From
Sept. 80 to Dec 20 there were 53 cases
under treatment, of which seven died.
There are only two cases under treat
ment in the whole island outside of
Havana, one in Cruces and the other
in Neuva Paz.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
Reform I'm NebrnsI<a.

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. Ex-Governor Shell
don, in his inaugural address today,
urged that the lobby be banished from
the state house and insisted that the
legislature enact law making it ille-
gal to give or accept railroad passes in
this state.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
Made Another Attempt.

The assassination of the prefect of
police was preceded by an attempt TO
kill DR.. Dubrovin, president of the Re
dictionary League of Russian People.
The revolutionists attacked him on the
street while he was returning home
last night. firing several shots at him
without effect
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-04-27

Easter weddings have this wear an
|elemeflt Of novelty so far as the pres-
ents are concerned, which the talent of
ia French medalist now In this country
has made possible. The wedding med
Eal has just been on the market by q
flrm OF Fifth avenue jewellers, and at
many OF the spring marriages there
mas been seen such a gift ON the table
or presents. 1T rs usually given bv thn
bridegroom to the bride, or BY the bride
to her husband, although 1t may Be
presented by any friend or relative IN
lieu Of an ordinary gift.
These marriage medals are made 0f
silver and are about two inches In di-
ameter. One one side In q, pair Of
figures IL classical fashion, and Oh the
other is wreath Of laurel bearing the
words souvenir de Marriage" and
after that are the names OF the con-
tracing parties with the date, and the
words "prosperite" and "bonhcur.e The
silver il frosted ana the worlxn1ansg,ip
of the medallion Is especially fine.
Men have asked why Mark Twain
Is adored SO widely by women. The
answer isn't hard to find. Everybody
who has seen the white haired author
~ their society could supply it. The
answer Is that few Americans treat
them with such marked deference al
that. invariably shown lii Ifuckleberry
Finn He isnst the least tinaid Or them.
On the contrary he approaches them
with manifest confidence, born, doubt
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-04-27
st24yooo,OOo IN SHIP MERGER.
Scope of Morse Deal Which includes
Clyde and Mallory Lines.

New York, April 27-Details became
known tonight of the terms and scope
of the o. w. Morse steamship CONSOLE
dation in connection with the meeting
of the Clyde and Mallory lines under
the control Of q holding company
which is known as the Consolidated
Steamship Co.
The holding company VIII issue, it
was stated, $4,000. Coo of securities
when the merger details are completed.
Half of this amount will be in one
class Of stock and the balance of $62,-
100000 win be collateral trust per
cent bonds. More than 100 sea-going
steamships will be owned by this COM
paly.
The terms Of consolidation, briefly
stated. are that 100 shares of new
stock of the Consolidated Steamship
co. and ten bonds will be given in ex-
change for each 100 shares of stock
of each cOmpeny.