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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-10-29

Mike Patton will be referee at to-
morrow nights glove, duel. Reilly
bottled the council of war at Cullen's
nomination of Dick Sullivan, and Gull
len after much palaver accepted Reil-
lys choice, to wit, Potion. The boxing
will be under Marquis of Queensberry
rules. Preliminary bouts will be in
teresting.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-10-29
SPORTDRIF

Following is the lineup of the Ma
rines for the football match with the
Townies on Sunday at the league
grounds: Little Eva Hoffman, center;
Slim Reed, right guard; Baby Roots,
left guard; Everyban Altman, right
tackle; Big Swede Nelson, left tackle;
Judge Clement, right end; Rat Maxim,
left end; Chuck Conner, quarter; Bat
Battin, right half; Kid Rhoads, left
half and last, but not least, Old Horse
Corey, fullback and captain. They
will practice secret signals tonight and
tomorrow night.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-10-29

Owing to uncertain weather the
yachting package race to Kaena Point
is postponed from tomorrow for one
week.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-10-29

Harmony LODGE, No. 8, |. o. o. F.
Meets every Monday evening at 1880
in odd Fellows Hall, Fort street. Wis.,
iting brothers cordially invited to at
tend.
F. D. WICKE, N. G.
e. R. HENDRY, Sec.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-10-29
FralernaI Meetings

HONOLULU LODGE No. GIG,
B. p. o. BLKS.
Meets in their hall on King Street,
near Fort, every Friday evening. Visit
ing Brothers are cordially invited to
attend.
e. A. DoUTaITT, e. r.
H. G. BASTON, Secretary.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-10-29

zine Job PrinunE. star omca-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-10-29
GERMAN lHI&AGIES
At the Aloha Cafe, Junction of King
and Beretania SITS.

Picked Pigs Feet, All Kings Of
Swiss, German and American Cheese,
Picked Lambs Tongue, Picked Her.
ring, Picked Hard Boiled Eggs and
all kinds of Pickles and Delicacies.
Regular Meals and Short Orders at all
hours Day or Night.
All KINDS of Liquors, Beers and
Wines at Popular Prices.
Well Trained Walters and the very
best of service.
Special Welcome to the Men OF the
Pacific Fleet.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-25
HOLD UP STRIKE SETTLEMENT.
Hotheads Postpone Final Action Al
Paris.

Hotheads Postpone Final Action at
Paris.
Paris, March "a. Although the
chamber of deputies by vote of 345
to 1873 yesterday again sustained the
governments position with reference
to the strike of the postal employees,
and several members of the strike
commission consider the govern
ment's terms amply satisfactory, the
hotheads at a big meeting held yes.
terday afternoon succeeded in post
poning final action until today.
Not content with winning all the
substantial points for which they con-
tended, including the elimination of
Undersecretary Simyan, whose retire
ment it is understood is only ques.
tion of hours, the militant strike lead
ers want to force the government to
a public confession of defeat by the
dismissal of NJ. Simyan, who is ex-
tremely obnoxious to the state en-
ployes. One of the speakers at the
meeting threatened that the move
ment would be turned into a "revolu-
tionary strike" unless satisfaction
was given on this point
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-25
FROM OTHER SHORES.

A dispatch from Murca de Paneyos.
little town about fifty miles from
Braganca, Portugal, says that during
the celebration of festival there the
people sacked and burned the tax
collectors building.
DR.. A. D. Foster, surgeon in charge
Of the American marines at Annoy.
China. reports sporadic cases of the
bubonic plague in Annoy. He recon,
mends the detention and disinfection
of passengers for the Philippines be.
fore they embark.
King Edward witnessed two flights
by Wilbur Wright at Pau, France, and
showed an equal amount Of enthusi.
asm with the other spectators in the
remarkable accomplishments of the
American aeroplanist. The king com.
plimented Mr.. Wright on his success.
full demonstration.
The reports publishing in the Unit.
ed States that serious complications
threaten Salvador or any other Cen.
trail American state are without foun.
dation. There has been no declara
ton Of war, the International situation
does not cause alarm, and Nicaragua
internally is at peace.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-25
CASUALTIES.

Two men were killed and a third
was seriously injured by boiler ex-
plosion at Gardiner, Me.
Clifford La Rue, young man living
near Spencer, Iowa, while hunting,
was instantly killed by the discharge
of the gun, the top of his head being
blown off.
M. A. Harlwan of Alden, brakeman
on the Illinois Central, was killed at
Refnacker Siding. Iowa. The accident
is the fourth to occur there during the
past month.
A hot fiat iron which Joseph D.
Druse "a farmer of Design, ILL.,, took to
bed with him two months ago burned
one of his feet so badly that he died
from blood poisoning.
Seven passengers were injured,
some severely and two perhaps fatal
iy. when a passenger train ran into
an open switch and crashed headlong
against a switch engine on a side
track in the yards at Sanderson, Tex.
While crossing the Northwestern
railway tracks about quarter OF a
mile from Daggett station, Mich,
where his mother was waiting for the
train. George Eek, nineteen years old,
was struck and killed by passenger
train. His head was crushed and his
body terribly mangled.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-25
news OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
important Events at Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
personal.

G. p. Taft has given $4,000 for a
park shelter house at Cincinnati. to be
named after the president.
Former Judge w. w. Howe Of the
Louisiana supreme court died at New
Orleans. aged seventy-f1ve years.
Capt. Henry c. Kelly, one Of the ex-
perts who made transportation by
pneumatic tube a success, is dead in
Chicago.
Paul Stanley, comedian and CON-
poser Of the song, "Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-de-
Ay," is dead at Denver after linger-
ing illness.
Henry Clay 'Cullom. brother of Sem
ator Cullom. died at Peoria. ILL.,. aged
seventy years. His death was the re-
suit of paralytic stroke.
Lewis McClough, formerly president
Of the state agricultural college Of
South Dakota. died at New Britain.
Conn, aged seventy-three years.
Lieut.. Herman E. Mitchell, son Of
former Senator Mitchell Of Oregon,
has resigned his commission in the
army. The action is voluntary, Lieut..
Mitchell desiring to live abroad.
Mrs. Benjamin S. Edwards, eighty
nine years old, daughter-in-law of Min
ian Edwards, one Of the early govern
ors of Illinois, died at Springfield. III.
Mrs. Edwards was sole survivor of the
adult witnesses of the wedding Of
Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-25
five PRESIDENTS TO CONFER
Central American Executives Will Try
to Arrange Plan to Avoid
Intervention.

City Of Mexico. March 23.-It is now
believed certainty that conference
of the five presidents of Central Amer
lean Republics will be held shortly.
Word has reached here that President
Cabrera OF Guatemala, Davila of Hon.
duras and Zelaya of Nicaragua have:
agreed to the proposed meeting. 1t
is thought certain that President
Ffgueroa of Salvador and the presi-
dent Of Costa RIGA will also consent to,
the invisatin which was sent out by
Senior Echeverris. president of the
Central American branch of the, bu-
reau Of American republics, and the.
purpose at the gathering, will be Of
ways and means to live up to the let.
ter and spirit Of the Washington peace
pact and thus remove all cause for
intervention in Central American af-
fairs on the part either of the United
States or Mexico. It is considered
likely that request will be sent to.
the, American state department asl
soon as Salvador and Costa RIGA are
heard from asking that thee confer
ence be permitted to meet on board
Of one of the cruisers Of the Pacific
squadron. The harbor Of Amapalal
will probably be selected as the meet
ing place.
This new turn in Central American
anairs is looked upon by those we'll
Informed as the most important that
has happened in recent wears. and is
believed to have been forced by the
firmness of the state department at
Washington.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-25
DOCTOR DEAD; HOST ACCUSED.
DR.. Lambert Laurens Dies In Flame.
and Ameil Roseneau Is Held,

DR.. Lambert Laurens Dies In Flames
and AmeiI Roseneau Is Held.
Montgomery, Mimi, March "a. -
After night spent in drinking and
playing cards, during which several
alterations occurred between Ameil
Roseneau. the owner of house and
farm, and his friends, Roseneau emp
tied the contents of a can of oil on
the floor, touched a match to the oil
and started fire which destroyed
the house and burned to death DR..
Lambert Laurens, retired physician,
sixty years old.
This in effect was the finding of the
coroner's jury at an inquest held yes.
terday afternoon. The witnesses upon
whose testimony the finding was
based were Mrs. Roseneau, John
Kennedy, Mrs. Roseneau's brother
and George French, helper on the
farm.
Roseneau has been arrested and
will be held pending the action of the
grand Jury, which will investigate the
case.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-25
OTHERWISE

The California assembly passed q
bill making 1t misdemeanor for one
man to treat another in a saloon.
Norval Baptie, worlds champion
professional ice skater, again was de-.
feated by Morris Wood of New York
at Cleveland in the final contest Of the
indoor meet.
The constitutionality of the New
York public service commission law
was sustained by a unanimous deci.
sion Of the appellate division of the
supreme court.
Pat Grove. former kidnapper and
later an evangelist, recovered from
his third tall from the water wagon"
in Chicago last week, and allowed his
friends to. put him On train for Pom.
tiac. He was hurried to the santa.
rum there.
Miss May Irwin. actress, composer
Of cook book and owner of an isl.
aud near Clayton, in the st. Law,
renee, river, has. announced that she
has decided to convert her house on
the island into hotel and conduct it
next summer under the name Of May
Twins Inn.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-25
GRIMES.

AZ prelude to the campaign In Ma.
son City. Iowa, against tuberculosis
last week, Martin Elafson Of Clear
Lake, fearing that he would die from
the disease. shot and killed himself.
Overriding motion for a new trial,
Judge Prince Of Laurens, S. c., sen.
fenced Wade Cothran Pieson to two
years in the penitentiary for the kill
Ing of Thornwell Boyce last Novem.
Der.
Edward Butler, saloonkeeper at
Trinidad. Colo, was shot and instant
ly killed by ]. NJ. Justice. Justice
gave himself up to the officers and
stated that Butler had stolen his wife
from him.
For the first time in the annals Of
the criminal court of the District of
Columbuia. an Indian, Robert McCulic,
was sentenced to serve twenty years
in the penitentiary for murder in the
second degree.
Two unknown men attempted to
assassinate Mayor E. ]. Adams of
Pass Christian, Miss. One of the men
was bending over Mayor Adams with
an appraised knife when Mrs. Adams
awoke and screamed. The men were
frightened off and escaped.
Saying his conscience hurt him so
badly as to force him to surrender, E..
Il. May. wanted for forgery at Noun.
tain Grove, Mo-, walked into the sher-
ifs Office at Alexandria. La, and gave
himself up. He was taken back to
Missouri.
Word has been received at Danville,
ILL.,, OF triple murder and suicide by
Robert Stravser, rural mail carrier,
at Flore. Strawser gave his three
children strychnine and then swallow
ed a quantity of the drug. The four
lifeless bodies were found by Straw.
ser's wife.
Thomas Benson, alias Daniel b.
Pearce, who claims to be a marine
engineer from Boston, was arrested at
Philadelphia On the charge of forging
William NJ. Cramps name to a check
for $1,000. The prisoner claimed he
had received it from Mr.. Cramp be-
cause he had been struck by the lat
ter's automobile.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-25
FEAR AERoNAurs ARE DEAD.
Balloon With Passengers Has Disap
peared at Los ANGELES.

Balloon With Passengers Has pisap.
<peared at Los Angeles.
Los Angeles. March 24.-For more
than fifty hours, friends Of the six
men who assembled from Tournament
Park in Pasadena at 8 o'clock Satur-
day afternoon in the big Ferris bal
loon America" have been without
word of them or the slightest knowl-
edge of the fate that has overtaken
the aeronauts. AS far as information
here goes no human being has
caught sight of the huge gas bag
since it rose above the park inclo.
sure.
The balloon, carried by stiff
breeze. majestically sailed into the
long-hanging clouds that lay far down
on the mountain sides and disappear.
ed from view.
The belief that some tragic fate has
befallen the men which formed tho
party has led to the formation of
many relief expeditions into various
parts of the Sierre Madre mountains
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-25
REPuD'ATE INSURGENTS.
Democratic Members Of Congress
Hold Lively Caucus.

Democratic Members Of Congress
Hold Lively Caucus.
Washington, March "a. - After
hours of bitter wrangling the Demo.
cratic members of the house Of rep.
resentatives, in a caucus which was
in session until after midnight, by an
overwhelming vote repudiated the
Democratic supporters of the Fitz.
gerald amendments to the rules which
were adopted at the opening of the
special session of congress over the
opposition of Minority Leader Clark.
The debate which preceded the
adoption of the declaration repudiat.
ing the action Of the recalcitrants
was one of the most bitter heard in a
Democratic caucus in years. A set
of rules to govern future caucuses
also was adopted.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-25
THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.

Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock centers.
st. Paul, March %. - Wheat-No. l.
hard, $1.17; NO. Northern, s1.16;
No. 2 Northern. s114@1.14 IA. Corn
NO. 2 yellow, 81 1-4@62 3-4c. Oats
No. 2 white, so 1-2@511-2c.
Minneapolis, March 2S.-Wheat -
No. hard, s1.17; No. 1 Northern,
$1.16; No. 2 Northern, $1.14@1.141-4.
Corn-No. yellow, 81 1-4@62 SIC.
Oats-No. white, so 1-2@51 1-2c.
Duluth. March 23.-Wheat-No. 1
hard. $1.16 So; No. 1 Northern,
$1.15 So; No. 2 Northern, $1.13 So;
Flax-$1.65 70. Oats - No. 2 white.
sic.
Chicago. March 23.-wheat-No. 2
red. $1.22@1.24 No. 2 hard,
$1.15 1-2@1.177-s. Oats-No. 2 white,
81 1-2@54 1-2c. Corn-No. 2 yellow,
66 1-2c.
Milwaukee, March 23.-Wheat-No.
1 Northern, $1.1s@1.19; No. 2 North
ern, $1.15@1.16. Barley - Standard,
Ct 1-2c.
chicago, March %. - Cattle -
Beeves. $4.6o@7.25; stockers and
feeders, $3.35@5.40; cows and heifers.
$1.90@570. Hogs-BulL, $6.5O@6.75.
Sheep - Natives. $3.15@5.65; lambs,
$5.5O@765.
Sioux City. Iowa, March 23.-Cattle
-Beeves, $4.75@6.50; stockers and
feeders, $3.S5@5; calves and year.
lings, $3.50@4.45. Hogs = Range.
$6.30@660.
South st. Paul, March 23.-Cattle-
Granted steers. $5@6.25; COWS and
heifers, $4@5; veal calves, $3.50
$3.50; good to choice stock steers,
$3.75@4.25. Hogs-Bulk, $6.35@6.40.
Sheep - Yearlings. $606.S5; spring
lambs, $6@6.85.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-25
Scores of Twin City Business
Men Are Mourning Loss of
Large Sums of Money.
one Man OUT ABOUT 100000
Companies Are in Hands of Re.
ceiver and Promoter confesses
Himself Broke.

st. Paul, March 24.-George Heat
on, we'll known st. Paul land man,
is out close to 100000. and hundred
or more st. Paul and Minneapolis
business men are mourning the loss
of various sums ranging all the way
from a few hundred dollars to as
many thousands. as the result of what
appears to have been another mining
stock company fiasco.
Some time ago Mr.. Heaton became
interested in the apparent good thing
offered by the Panhandle Smelling
company, limited. of Sand Point. Ida
no. and he was considerably shocked
when he learned last week that a re-
ceiver for the company had been ap-
pointed and that it's president, ]. Her.
bert Anderson. had appeared in q
Chicago court and confessed that all
the property he had was diamond
pin, a gold watch and 10000 shares
of the Manhattan Mining company
stock.
Stock is Worthless.
This means that the stock in the
Panhandle smelling company, the Pan
handle Development company and the
Ponderay Transportation company,
held by hundreds of Twin City peo-
pie, is worthless.
About 300 prominent business and
professional men in st. Paul and Min
neapolis. and many in Duluth and
over the state. are holding stock in
one or more of these related CON-
panies. fondly hoping that there will
be dividends some time. But the
company ran only four months since
1t started to advertise its stock in
1902. and it's promoters have got away
with the profits.
Familiar Tactics Employed.
The stock sold for cent a share in
the earliest stages of the promotion.
1t was gradually forced up in the now
familiar way Of floating such compa-
MES. It sold for IS cents a share
when the last sucker in this city was
roped in. although 45 cents share
was extracted from Washington in
vestors.
A year ago the company had ST.
100000 Of treasury stock on hand
and debts amounting to only 100000.
Now the treasury stock is said to
have disappeared ind suits are pour
ing thick and fast upon the main pro.
moter, ]. Herbert Anderson, who
made his headquarters in Chicago.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-25
SHOOT PRISONERS FROM GUNS.

Twelve Hundred Arrested In connec.
ton With Plot to Murder Ameer.
Peshawur. British India, March %
1T is reported that twelve hundred
arrests have been made at Jellalabad,
Afghanstan, in connection with the
plot recently discovered to murder the
ameer, the heir apparent and the
other members of the royal family. Ac-
cordinS to advices patches of prison.
ers are being blown from guns daily.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-25
WON'T STAY DEATH SENTENCE

Hughes Denies Application for Glenn
eney in Case Of Mrs. Farmer.
Albany. N. Y. March "a. - Gov
Hughes announced yesterday that he
had denied the application for execu
tive clemency in the case of Mrs
Mary Farmer, who is under sentence
Of death at Auburn prison for the
murder of Mrs. Sarah Brennan al
Brownsville, near WATERFOWL. Mrs
Farmer will be executed some time
next week.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-25
GENERAL.

The Nevada senate killed the guar
anty clause of the banking bill.
A graduate school will be establish
ed at Cornell college at the beginning
of the academic term next fall.
Gravel, which assayists say contains
$40 worth Of gold in every ton, has
been found on a farm west of Massi.
Ion, Ohio.
One hundred stables and 1900
horses in Philadelphia are under
quarantine as the result Of an out
break of mango.
The special session of the Cuban
congress adjourned without taking &C.
ton on any important measures. It
will reconvene on April 4.
The deep waterways convention at
New Orleans next fall will be held
Nov. 10. 10 and 20, according to an
announcement Just issued.
Figures computed at Reading, Pa,
show that there is sufficient anthracite
coal on the surface to supply the
trade for the next eight months.
At the annual meeting of the In
diana Woman Suffrage association at
Logansport, petition to President
Taft, imploring the right to. vote.
was started.
The two houses Of the Pennsylvania
legislature in Joint session formally
declared George T. Oliver of Pitts.
burg elected United States senator to
I'LL the unexpired term OF Mr.. Knox.
A bill DISTINGUISHING illiterate voters
has passed the Missouri senate. While
the bill ostensibly makes an educa-
tional requirement for all voters, its
real intent is said to be to disqualify
negroes.
While William Jennings Bryan was
delivering his lecture on 1.-THE Prince
Of Peace in University hall at Ann
Arbor. Mich, Mrs. Mary Miller, sixty.
five years old, fell dead from heart
disease.
Jackson s. Elliott, formerly. re.
porter Of Sioux City, has received or
ders from Melville E. Stone, head of
the Associated Press, to accompany
Theodore Roosevelt on his hunting ex.
petition to Africa.
Five years to the hour from the
time the first boring was completed in
the system, the fourth and final tun.
mel of the Hudson companies under
the Hudson river system was blast.
ed through last week.
! Gen. William ]. Palmer, founder OF
Colorado Springs, Colo, died at his
country seat, Glen Eyrie, west of that
city. Death came as result Of fall
from a horse in October, 1906. which
resulted in breaking his back.
Before ten thousane spectators, Z
large majority of whom were his
countrymen. Dorando Pietri defeated
Johnny Hayes in the rubber mattel
for Marathon supremacy in New York
The race was at the regulation dis
lance, 26 miles 1856 yards. Both mer
were in excellent condition and Do
rand0 proved himself to be the mas
ter of Hayes at the game Of long-dis
lance running.
A bust of former Vice President
Fairbanks has been placed in the sen
ate chamber. 1t was given a place IN
the reserve gallery alongside of the
bust Of the late Vice President Ho
bart.
The failure OF the Porto Ricar
house Of delegates to pass the def
cheney appropriation bill has resulted
in the c'-sing of number of nigh
schools, the insular library and othe
public institutions. The federal cour
is without funds to Ray the Jurors ant
a reduction OF tie police force will b,
necessary
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-25
REPLIES TO SECRETARY KNOX

Nicaragua Does Not Meet Every De.
n1and Of This Government.
Washington, March "a. - President
Zelaya has through Mr.. Espinosa, the
minister of that country to the United
states, sent his reply to the demand
made by Secretary Knox for the ar.
bitration of the Emery claim, arising
out of the annulment by Nicaragua of
a concession granted by that country
for cutting mahogany, because of an
alleged violation of it's provisions.
No statement was obtainable at the
state department yesterday as to the
nature of Zelaya's reply, but enough
is known to warrant the statement
that it does not meet every demand
of this government.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-25
Bowers Succeeds Hoyt.

Washington. March 24.-The presi
dent yesterday announced that he
would appoint Lloyd Bowers to be so
licitor general. vice Henry Hoyt, re
signed. Mr.. Bowers is general coun.
sci of the Chicago & NORTHWESTERN
road, with headquarters at Chicago.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-25
Gets New Railroad

La Crosse. Wis. March 24.-At a
meeting of promoters and stockhold.
ers 100000 stock for the Sparta Mel.
rose electric railroad was subscribed.
Building will be started as soon as
the frost is out of the ground.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-25
TO FIGHT FOR 2-cENT FARE.
Missouri VIII! Issue a Call for a Con
ference Of ATTORNEYS General.

Jefferson City, Mo-, March "a. -
Attorney General Major will issue a
call soon for meeting of attorneys
general from nearby states to plan
concentrated fight for the 2-cent
fare laws. The conference is a coun-
ter move from the recent railroad
conference in Chicago, where it was
decided to put the 3-cent fare in force
In Missouri, and where, it is said,
plans were discussed for general at.
tack on the 2-cent laws of all the
states that have passed them.
Indiana, Illinois, Arkansas, Nebras.
ka, Iowa and Kansas will be asked to
take part in the meeting. It will
probably be held in Kansas City.