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Evening star., 1909-03-09
Revives q Discussion.

The celebration Of the Lincoln cente-
nary has revived the discussion as to the
time and place where Lincoln used that
famous epigram You can fool all OF the
people some of the time. and some Of the
people all OF the time; but you cannot
fool all Of the people all Of the time"
A long letter on this subject was pub
lished May 8. 1905. and gave the testi-
mony Of the witnesses on both sides.
The late John Hay and the late John q.
Nicolay. who were Mr.. Lincoln's private
secretaries and biographers, were positive
that he never used the phrase at any
time. and that P. T. Barnum. the great
Snowman. was the author. 1t was flrst
attributed to Mr.. Lincoln. they said. In a
thor. entitled 'Lncolns Yarns and
Stories" They do not allude to the SUBJ
ject in their ten-volume biography.
The late Robert r. Hit, who reported
in shorthand the debate between Lincoln
and Douglas fin 1853. and published the
full text of the speeches in book form,
said that he never heard Mr.. Lincoln use
the epigram, and 1t does not appear in
any Of his published speeches.
Nevertheless. ]. ]. Robinson Of Lincoln,
J. l.. Hill of Fletcher, Louis Campbell OF
Dewitt county and E. f. Pierson of Clin-
ton, ILL.,, are equally positive that they
heard Mr.. Lincoln utter those words In a
speech in reply to Senator Douglas during
the course OF that famous debate at Clin-
ton, ILL.,, September 6. 1858. Regardless
of this testimony. 1t does not appear in
Mr.. Hits shorthand report of that
speech or in any of the abstracts given in
the newspapers.
Remember Hearing Phrase Used.
Furthermore, ex-senator william Pitt
Kellogg Of Louisiana. who was a repre-
sentative in Congress from Illinois at
that time: the late Lawrence Weldon Of
the Court Of Claims, who was practicing
law at Bloomington and was one Of Mr..
Lincoln's most intimate friends: Richard
p. Morgan Of Dwight, ILL.,, an eminent
civil engineer, who was building the Chi
cago and Alton railway at that time, and
several other equally reliable persons re-
member distinctly hearing Mr.. Lincoln
use the famous phrase in a speech at
Bloomington, and Mr.. Morgan says that
he used it not only once but frequently
in his political addresses.
Mr.. T. II. Hirst Of Bellevue, Ohio. who
was residing at Atlanta, ILL.,. twenty
miles south OF Bloomington, at that time.
says that he heard the words used by
Mr. Lincoln in q speech In Harvey Tur-
ner's grove at Atlanta July 4, 1858. but
1t does not appear in the published re-
ports Of that speech.
the several volumes containing the auto
biographies, anecdotes, speeches and
maxims Of Mr.. Barnum, which were
printed in book form and sold under the
tent at every performance OF his circus.
This ts a brief summary Of the evidence
on either side of the controversy, and the
reader can Judge for himself
Evening star., 1909-03-09
Farnum to Wed Leading Lady.

CHICAGO, March 9.-Dustin Farnum.
the actor. has taken out license here to
marry his leading lady. Miss Mary r.
Conwell of Cadiz. Ohio. Mr.. Farnum ad
mitted the engagement but declined Ia
state what date, if any, has been set for
the ceremony. The license was taken out
last week for ID. Lancy Farnum, age
thirty-four years. and M. 3. Conwell.
age twenty-seven years" i'm which form
it passed unnoticed until yesterday.
Evening star., 1909-03-09
Wealth Of United States.

These figures mean that the taxable
property, the money in the banks, the
stocks and bonds. the real estate. pubic
buildings, the cattle and sheep, the horses
and hogs. the manufacturing plants, the
diamonds and automobiles and all
other articles Of value belonging TO
the citizens of the United States are
worth $1O7, ,1O4. .211, ,917. and have in
creased a hundred billions since 1880.
1t also means that il this wealth were
population Of the United States, each
one Of us would be entitled to the sum
OF $1.31O11.
According to the best authorities the
estimated wealth of the several other
great nations is as follows:
Evening star., 1909-03-09
KILLED BY HoUsEKEEPER.
Wilson Laraway Shot to Death at
West Virginia Home.

MARTINSBURG. ". Va, March O.
Wilson Laraway, aged eighty years. met
tragic death yesterday at Buckhill,
this county. in desperate encounter with
his hoGsekeeper. Mrs. Liza Plother, whom
he had threatened to kill. Laraway went
TO his room and secured his revolver and
the woman grappled. with him.
During the struagle the weapon was dis
charged. the bullet entering the left
breast OF Laraway, who died instantly.
The coroner's jury returned verdict Of
justifiable homicide.
Evening star., 1909-03-09
Marylander Dies at Advanced Age.

BALTIMORE, March 9.-John r. Bull
for many years. a prominent resident OF
Middletown, died suddenly yesterday at
an advanced age at the home of his
friend Mr.. Thomas r. Cole, at Hamp-
den. Mr. Bull is survived by six chill
dren, Mrs. Howard T. Hunt of Washing
ton. ID. c.; Mrs. Howard Michael and
Messrs. Clarence w. ard NJ. lie Roy Bull
Evening star., 1909-03-09

will not agree to the renewal OF the
present agreement, which they signed
three years ago, and II It Is renewed the
miners will have to elect some one else
to represent them.
Wealth Of United States.
In reply to an inquiry I would say
that according to the highest authori-
ties the total wealth Of the United
States is two-thirds greater than that
of any other nation in the world. The
United Kingdom comes second. The
wealth of the United States has more
than doubled in the last twenty-five
years. and has more than trebled in the
last thirty-five years.
The following table. based upon the
shows the increase Of total wealth, and
the increase per capita during the
last sixty years:
Evening star., 1909-03-09

language in New York city: S. Daoud and
M. Samaha of this city. They say that
Munji Bey is 'insolent, arrogant and a
continual CRATER and added that three
hundred thousand subjects residing in this
country want him Immediately deposed as
consul.
Evening star., 1909-03-09

About once year the Queen of Siam
wears a state robe which is considered
the most magnificent garment in the
world.
Evening star., 1909-03-09

OF Tie 1.511 million pouncs of sugar
produced at home. 544 millions were
produced from cane and 81 millions
from beets.
Evening star., 1909-03-09
Agree With Mr.. Truesda1e.

Several other railway presidents and
as Mr. Truesdale, and declare with great
emphasis that the demands Of the union
leaders will not receive any consideration
because they do not come from the actual
working men, but only from men who
have not seen the inside Of mine for
years. and are In danger Of losing their
salaries as officers of the union unless
the operators will recognize their organi-
tlement of complaints and disputes, in
stead of with the conciliation board
The principal demand made by the dis
trict presidents. they say, demonstrates
the situation very clearly. 1t asks that
hereafter the paymasters OF all the mining
companies shall deduct from the wages OF
every employe the regular dues of the
labor organizations and hand the money
over to their treasurers. This, the Op-
orators claim. is nothing more or less
than blackmail. and shows the desperate
straits to which the labor leaders have
been reduced. The miners will no longer
pay their dues, and now the officials of
the unions are trying to induce the en-
ployers to compel them to dc SO. This
proposition was made to the strike COM
mission in 1902 and again in 1906 and
unanimously rejected
1t looks very much as If some of the
big operators wanted a strike, or, to put
it in milder way. they would not be
sorry If the miners compelled them to
shut down two or three months until
they get rid OF the enormous surplus of
coal that has been accommodating during
the mild winter months. At any rate,
some new arrangement will have to be
made between the operators and their
|. employees, because the district presidents
Evening star., 1909-03-09

of Baltimore and Francis and Emory F.
Bull of Freeland. Mr. Bull was one Of the
organizers of the Middetown Lodge OF
Odd Fellows and was a member of the
Royal Arcanum and the knights Of the
Golden Eagle.
Evening star., 1909-03-09
STRIKE NOT LIKELY
Big Coal Operators Appear to
Be Confident.
SYMPATHY OF THE PUBLIC
Propositions Of the Miners Twice
Rejected.
CANCELLATION BOARD UPHELD
Celebration Of Lincoln Centenary
Revives Discussion Of Place Fa-
nous Epigram Was Used.
CANCELLATION BOARD UPHELD
BY WILLIAM F.. CURTIS.

BY WILLIAM F.. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.
NEW YORK. March 8, 1909.
The big coal operators are confident
that there will be, no strike in the an
thracite regions this spring, although the
recent convention of the mine workers
at Indianapolis indorsed the demands OF
the unions in the anthracite district. and
the district presidents are. therefore bound
to make them. The conditions are not
favorable for a strike, and the case of
the miners is very weak, because every
proposition they will make has been twice
considered and rejected by the commits
sion appointed by President Roosevelt
which settled the long strike several
years ago.
contemplates the abolition of the concilia
ton board in the anthracite coal regions
will command the sympathy or the sup
port of the public, because it would be
long step backward to abolish that tri-
bunal, the first and only permanent board
of arbitration in the United States for the
settlement of disputes between labor and
capital. The conciliation board has been
great success. and is entirely satisfac-
tolS Tic ditHou6l IL ID d IIICh~
nee to the unions, and that is the only rea-
son why the district presidents are de-
termined to abolish it. A workman who
has the privilege of applying to a perma-
nent tribunal with power to remedy his
grievances at once has no use for a union,
and the leaders of the United Miners dur
ing the last three years have been brought
to realize that fact in very forcible
manner AS long as a miner has the
right to appeal directly to a court with
mn ~ nf bn iC mi RI
troubles to a walking delegate or the pres
ident of a union. The result Is very
large decrease in the union membership
throughout the anthracite region, and
the organizers never had SO much diff
Guilty in recruiting as they have today. If
they are deprived of that right the Or
ganizers think they will return to the
unions.
Evening star., 1909-03-09
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No Apprehension of Strike.

Mr. Truesdale, president Of the Lacka-
wanna Railroad Company, has no appre-
hension of strike, although he says the
miners may suspend work March 81 un-
til the existing agreement which expires
on that date Is renewed. But the op-
orators are not at all likely to comply
with the demands that have been made.
The same demands, he says, were pre-
sented and argued before the Roosevelt
commission in 1902 and again in 1908,
and were denied by that tribunal on the
ground that they were unjust and un-
reasonable They do not affect the well
fare Of the miners In any way, put are
simply for the benefit of the leaders OF
the labor organizations. Conditions have
not changed since 1902 or 1905, and no
new reasons can be urged now In favor
OF those demands than were presented at
that time. Mr.. Truesdale says, there
fore that the demands have not received
any consideration and will not receive
any consideration.
''The accumulation Of stocks of coal
which Is so general with all the COM
lis not considered alarming by them in
view OF the fact that the existing agree
ment with their employees, under which
wages were fixed in 1905, will expire by
limitation in March. and there Is pos
sibility that. as in 1906, the miners may
suspend work pending the outcome of the
negotiations. Should there be such
suspension the accumulated stocks Of coal
will be required to supply consumers un-
til the resumption of work. and they
are amply sufficient. The employees have
been prosperous and apparently contented
during the last three years. They GER
tainly have suffered less from the depres-
sion of general business than any other
important class in the country. This
fact, however, does not seem to have had
tho least Influence with the leaders of
the labor organizations as respects the
character and the extent of the demands
they have decided 10 make upon the
anthracite companies
Evening star., 1909-03-09
Sustains Cancellation Board.

Public sentiment throughout the mining
district approves and sustains the con-
ciliation board and is decidedly against
q strike The butchers. grocers, bakers
and other tradesmen who usually suffer
quite as much as the miners themselves
when work is suspended are almost
unanimous in their opposition to a strike.
and they take practical view Of the
subject They can judge of the situation
from a perspective, and they can see
that the operators were never so well
prepared or the miners so Ill prepared
for a strike as now. They have also wit
messed the wholesome effects Of the con-
ciliation plan that has been in operation
for three years, and recognize its ad-
yantages over the old plan OF trying to
redress grievances by coercion.
The membership of the unions Is
smaller now than it has been for many
years. and their treasures are practical
ly empty. AS long as there Is no neces-
sity for the protection Of q union the
men are not apt to pay dues. and the
conciliation board Is answering every
purpose.
On the other hand the visible supply of
coal is larger than 1t ever has been at
this time Of year. The mines have been
working full blast all winter, and the
mild weather has lessened the demand
so much that the railway companies, the
independent companies and all the large
consumers throughout the country have
a sufficient stock on hand to last them
several months If there is no strike
there will probably be a shutdown IN the
spring for several months In order that
the companies may get rid Of their sur
plus on hand.
Evening star., 1909-03-09

Protests against the conduct of Munti
Bey made yesterday afternoon to the
Turkish ambassador by a delegation of
Turks will be looked into by the embassy
But Hussein Kiazim Bey. the ambassador
Is by no means inclined to condemn Munji
Bey without a hearing and incidentally
Is much put out by the publicity Cam
paign in which the complainants appear
to have INDUCED.
"The reports that Munji Bey had offend
ed Americans, that the State Department
was involved and that 100000 persons had
demanded the consuls removal are en-
tirely untrue" asserted Raghib Raft Bey
counselor of the Turkish embas.1
From the fact that the compla iLtS have
been given such wide publicity, 4 looks
as though there were some plan on foot
to injure Munji Bey. He may have made
some mistake and he may not, but il is
without question that the persons who
have publicly complained of him have not
done right.
I've will look into the matter. but will
hear Munji Bey's side fully before we
make any statement 1t is possible that
he may have some rational explanation
of the complaints made against him.
The delegation which called on the am
ba ssador yesterday was composed of five
men. headed by Nagee A. Sawawa. edi-
tor and owner of the Al-kown (The Cni-
verse;, newspaper printed in the Arabic
The Colorado statesman., 1909-06-19
BUT BELIEVES THAT CONSTITU-
TlONAL AMENDMENT WILL
BE NECESSARY.
A SPECIAL MESSAGE
WOULD ALSO LEVY TWO PER
CENT. TAX ON INCOME OF
CORPORATIONS.

Washington.-Rec legis
lation looking to the placing of two
per cent. tax on the net income of cor
porations. and also the adoption of an
amendment to the constitution provid-
ing for the imposition of an income
tax without an apportionment among
the several states President Taft We'd
nesday sent to Congress a message
embodying his views on the subject.
In his message the President speaks
of the apparent inability of Congress
to agree to an Inheritance tax, and as
regards an income tax he refers to the
decision of the Supreme Court in the
case of Pollock VS.. the Farmers Loan
and Trust Company, in which the
court held the tax to be unconstitu-
tional unless apportioned according to
population.
at is,'' says the President, "un-
ment ought to have 1t might be in
dispensable to the nations life in
great crises"
The amendment, he declares, was
the only proper course. Such an
amendment to the constitution, he con-
tends, was preferable to the one pro-
posed of reviving a law judicially de-
clared to be unconstitutional.
The amendment which he says
should be made to the tariff bill pro-
vides for the imposition on all corpor-
ations and joint stock companies for
profit, except national banks (other-
wise taxed), savings banks and build
ing and loan associations, of an ex-
else tax of two per cent. on the net
income of said corporations.
This, it is estimated by him, will
bring an annual revenue of $25,00O,-
900.
This is tax on privilege and not
on property" he says, "and is within
the federal power without apportion-
ment according to population"
The President points out that an
other merit of the tax ON corporations
is the federal supervision which will
give to the government, the stock
holders and the public knowledge of
the real business transacted and the
gains and profits of every corporation
in the country.
The adoption of the amendment, he
says, will make a long step toward
that supervisory control of corpora
tions which may prevent a further
abuse of power
The Colorado statesman., 1909-06-19
More Irrigation Plans.

The State Board of Land Commis-
sioners on the 10th inst. approved the
application of the Wyoming Land and
Irrigation Company for an additional
segregation of 1000 acres of land to
come under the Shell canal project at
Big Horn. This will bring about 12,-
900 acres under the entire ditch at a
total cost of about s265.OO0.
The application of William F. John
son for the segregation of 1000 acres
to come under the Agate ditch at Big
Horn was also granted. the estimated
cost being about S13,500.
The sale of tract of 160 acres at
Glendo was ordered The land was
appraised at SIG an acre.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-06-19
Troops Guard Wyoming jail.

Basin, Wyo.-A company of state
troops, in command of Lieut.. Clarence
Williams, has arrived here from Cody
to guard the county jail. There is lit
tie fear of an attempted Jail delivery
but it was thought best to take no
chances of the murderers of Allemand,
Emge, and Lazier, the Spring Creek
Bheepmen, who were slain several
weeks ago, and two of their number
incinerated in the sheep wagons,
which were destroyed, being liberated
by their friends, or injured by persons
who have been loud in their condem-
nation of the outrage
The Colorado statesman., 1909-06-19

An interesting feature of the meet
ing of the National Educational Asso-
citation in Denver next month will be
the meeting in Unity Church of the
teachers of the Indian schools of the
country AS there are over 5000 In
dian school teachers in the employ OF
the government, it is expected that
the meeting will be well attended. A
number of Indian school pupils will be
brought to Denver especially to show
what progress has been accomplished
in the work Superintendent c. E.
Burton of the Grand Junction Indian
School will bring the orchestra of the
institution to Denver and a large ex-
hibit will be installed.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-06-19
Greeley Expects New Railroads.

Denver.-A Republican special from
Greeley Tuesday says: Tomorrow
work begins on the new electric street
car line and at the same time the city
will start grading and gravelling Sew
enth avenue, on which the line will
run. The road is to be completed and
cars running by August 1.
d. A. Garfield, B. H. Sanborn and
another member of the Commercial
Club have been named to present to
officers of the Union Pacific the prop
osition of bringing the Julesburg
branch into Greeley, instead of La
Sale. 1t is said this has been favor
ably considered by the Union Pacific.
The track into LaSalle can be used for
freight. but all passenger service from
the East to Denver will then come
through Greeley. By this Greeley will
become a railway division point sec
ond only to Denver and Pueblo.
The Burlington road is expected to
announce it's intention of coming to
Greeley before the month is out and
will probably connect its Greeley
line with one built from Hudson
through the Beebe Draw country.
Officers of the several interurban
electric companies say they will not
retire from the field.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-06-19
Nioht Rider Feud in Missouri.

Cowgirl. Mo.-Farmers working in
the fields near Taitsville, fifteen miles
south of here, are doing so with rifles
slung over their shoulders. This con
dition was caused by the murder from
ambush of Clyde Hatfield, a young
farmer, last Sunday, and the shooting
of Henry Barry by might riders" May
Both. The feeling in Taitsville is that
several men must die or move from the
community before the feud ends and
peace is restored Every house in the
Taitsville district Is supplied with fire
arms.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-06-19
SECRETARY STATES WHAT WILL
BE EXPECTED OF LAND
COMPANIES.
SQUARE DEAL REQUIRED
HONEST PLAN, FAIR PRICE TO
STATE, PROTECTION TO Fl.
NAL PURCHASERS.

Denver.-The Republican Thursday
ing, held yesterday morning at the
Capitol, the state land board an
nounced its policy in regard to large
land and irrigation companies, and
great reclamation projects in Colo
RADIO, to a committee from the Pueblo
Chamber of Commerce. Through it's
spokesman, Senator A. T. Stewart, the
committee asked that the land board
cooperate with the Orlando Ditch
company, which is contemplating the
irrigation and development of $4,000
acres of arid land in the southern part
of the state.
The only two members of the board
present, Secretary of State James B.
Pearce and Attorney General John
Barnett, told the committee that they
would take the matter under consid
Grafton, but that, although the board
was Jealous for the development of
the state, the greatest care is to be
used from this time on in seeing that
the rights of the individual purchaser,
and the private farmer into whose
hands the holdings of the large land
companies will eventually come, shall
be fully protected. The committee
[ asked that the land board sell Frank
H. Allison, manager of the Orlando
Ditch company, the land required for
the immense project at a reasonable
rate. The board replied that it would
be pleased to do so if after thorough
examination by the state engineer, the
value of the land and the water to be
put on the tract, could be valued so
that subsequent holders could not be
charged exorbitant rates for irrigated
farms.
The members of the committee ex-
pressed themselves as well satisfied
with the attitude of the land board.
and Senator Stewart stated that if the
Orlando Ditch company was reliable
concern, as he believed it was, no OBJ
lection could be had to the policy of
the land board. Secretary Pearce, in
speaking of the action of the board
in the informal meeting, said yester-
day afternoon: "It is our intention to
see that the farmer shall be protected
when he comes to be the ultimate and
individual owner of a tract of land i'm.
proved by the large companies. He
must be especially protected as to
water rights and not forced to pay
rates far in advance of the true value
of his holdings"
ITO make the matter clearer, l will
say that it is to be the policy of the
land board to allow land to go to large
bona fide companies for the develop
ment of Colorado, and at the same
time protect the small owner. We be-
lieve that the irrigation companies
should make good profits, but not
swollen, unfair fortunes out of the
natural resources of Colorado. The
attitude of the board on the question
may be summed up in three sentences
first, we want to see if the scheme
is on the square; second, we are deter
mined that a fair price shall be paid
for the land taken over, and, third, we
will see that the individual owner is
protected and not subjected to exorbi-
tant prices for water rights"