Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
SEES ATTORNEY GENERAL
President Has Expressed His Inter.
est in the Matter.
TAFT's STRENGTH IN KANSAS

Labor Leaders Gala. J. Halford
Urged for Public Printer-Fair-
banks People Pleased.
Herman Ridder. president Of the Ameri-
can Newspaper Publishers Association
and executive head Of the Stats Zeitung
visited both the White House and Depart
! ment of Justice today in his crusade
against the white paper trust. which Is
so rapidly raising the price Of paper on
the newspapers Of the country that some
OF them are seriously embarrassed He
has laid before Attorney General Bona
parte additional facts to show that the
trust is operating in violation Of the Sher-
man antitrust law. and there Is strong
probability that proceedings will shortly
be instituted against 1t as q result OF Mr..
Riders work. His visit to the White
! House. the second he has made In the last
few days. had reference to efforts In Con-
gress to take the tariff off white paper
and the pulp from which II 10 made.
Mr.. Ridder said he could not reveal what
the President had said. as that would have
to come from the President. DIT the Pres
ident some time ago promised com 'nttte
all IN his power to aid them. laW sly from
the motive Of saving the forests OF this
country It Is not improbable that the
President may follow up his favorable at
titude then by message to Congress,
pointing out the situation In the newspa.
per business and the need Of action. At
any rate, Mr.. Ridder will not relinquish
his efforts In or out Of Congress. althoug
h, is said not to be exceedingly hopeful
He has conferred with Speaker Cannon.
legislation being CON idsred at this session
It was coincident that Mr.. Ridd and
Speaker Cannon were at the White House
at the same time today. The SpT aker.
wearing q light fedora and a light over
coat, paid his respects to the President.
When he was asked whether he had seen
Mr. Ridder while in the Presidents rooms
he said he had not. He admitted. though.
that he had talked yesterday with MIR.
Ridder.
on this sub!ect?'
Il don't know a - thing about 1t.
There is nothing pending before Congress
that know Of He also declined to stat
whether there was any hope for action
repeating that he knew nothing about 1t.
Bryan and Roosevelt Nominees.
Mr.. Ridder was sounded as to the po-
litical situation. It has been asserted tina.
he has been travelling through the south
seeking to work UP q sentiment against
Bryan and saying unconplimentary things
about the President, which drew forth
q charge that the President had denomi.
mated Mr.. Ridder the ''limburger states
man." all OF which does not seem to have
The President has told friends 1t was
false. So there are no hard feelings on
that score.
''Oh. don't know that there is any
thing to say on pol tics" declared Mr..
Ridder Bryan and Roosevelt will be
the nominees"
Newspaper men expressed surprise at
the Roosevelt end Of the statement You
boys. who are here all the tine. know
that Roosevelt is going to be nomina ted.
Now. don't you? You are too well posted
not to see the way things are going"
Fairbanks People Pleased.
Vice President Fairbanks made a cali
of respect, spending a short time with
the President Fairbanks men who were
around the White House today were tubi.
liant over the election OF ex-Gov. Bradley
as United States senator from Kentucky
They declare that this puts Senator Brad
ley at the head Of his party in Kentucky
and gives the bulk of the vote of that
i
new senator is a warm friend Of the In
diana statesman. and Is frankly support
ing him. although he has not been work
ing much for him pending the result of
now free to use his Efforts for Fairbanks,
and it is predicted that he will at once do
SO. That Mr.. Fairbanks would have got
a portion Of the Kentucky delegation
whether or not Mr. Bradley became SEN
ator has been admitted BY Taft people
Kansas All for Taft.
The republican state convention of Kan
| sas to elect delegates to the national con-
vention will meet next Wednesday. Sena-
tor Long Of Kansas. whose untiring work
for Taft is greatly appreciated by the
Ohioan, called on the President today. He
will leave for Kansas this afternoon SEN
ator Long said that the third district OF
Kansas met yesterday and instructed its
gressional conventions will meet Monday
and do the same thing. he said, and two
more will be held Tuesday and anothe'
Wednesday. BY Wednesday afternoon he
the state will have been instructed for
Taft. Two other conventions will be
held later in the month.
Story Of Two Rings.
Senators Carter and Dixon Of Mon
Jana presented To- the FTeSlQeut q party
Of visitors from their state, and among
them was man whose story about two
finger rings greatly interested the Presi-
dent. This man was Maj. w. r. Logan.
an Indian agent on the Fort Belknap
reservation. Maj. Logan's father was
Capt Logan Of the United States army.
He was killed by Nez Perces Indians at
the battle of Big Hole in 1877. The In
dams mutilated his body and took from
his hands two handsome rings, one Of
them bearing enpblems of the Masonic
fraternity, Of which he was q prominent
member. The son at once began a hunt
for the rings. One OF them was taken by
an Indian who was killed In battle two
years later. A Mexican halfhreed took
the ring off the Indian and went to old
Fort Benton to trade It, Mai. Logan.
recovered it. The Masonic ring was hard
to trace. and it was twenty-three years
afterward when an Indian squaw with
the ring on one hand. walked into Maj.
LoRan's Office. So soon as she spread
out her hand Maj. Logan recognized the
ring. The squaw told a long and strange
story of how she had obtained 1t from
tn, buck who had originally taken 1t.
Mai Logan wore one Of the rings, and
showed it to the President
Labor Leaders Call.
w. 8. Stone, grand chief Of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers; f. w.
Hurley and F. 4. Burgess. assistant
chiefs OF the same organization, accom-