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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21
New Rate Classification.

"Un6er the interstate commerce law a
new rate classification IS to be filed with
the commission. 1t is proposed now to
authorize the commission 70 postpone the
date that sltch new rate classification IS
80 ta6e e5feCt, DTOYj5e0 Ibat WjtblD XbjytY
'0zgg g CcSa QGc9 g c61e oc>21C & o<ScG
plaint be tiled that such rate or classi-
11Ca0OO s. unreasonable OF NlD50st. an
inclined to think this is fair exchange
in the provisions Of the law.
"A third amendment 70 the act should
provide that the com mission may by order
suspend, modify or anuul any changes
in the rules or regulations which impose
undue burdens on shippers. No doubt
Of the commission on such u subject, be
cause the rules and regulations of a rail
way are the means by which injustice
may be done TO the shipper. It would
seem well TO Empower the commission to
compel connecting carriers TO unite in
forming through routes and 70 fix the
rate and the gppOTtiOnment thereof
amoug t}Ie csCUieCS, Tde comJoissiou
should also be empowered 70 DresCyibe
the rules and regulations under which
the shippers shall have the privilege to
designate the route over which their ship
ments shall be carried to the destination
beyond that Of the first carrier.
Another most important amendment Of
the Interstate commerce laW-paTt of
which was specifically promised in the
teTStdUe railroad company acquiring stock
in any competing railroad in the future
and a further provision that no railroad
engaged IN Interstate commerce shall,
after certain date, hold stock in q com
peLilg railroad.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21
STORM RAGING
ALONG THE GULF
Wires Down and Damage at
New Orleans Impossible
to Ascertain.
HIGH WINDS IN INTERIOR
SITUATION SAID TO BE SERIOUS
AT MOBILE, ALABAMA.


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= New Orleans, Sept. e0.-After at .
> tanning q velocity Of 5t miles an =
> hour at New Orleans tonight the ,
- West Indian hurricane which struck ,
y Louisiana and Mississippi gulf coast =
e Wss reduced in its intensity late to- =
= niSht =
. it left four dead at New Orleans >
= and perhaps others along the gulf =
. coast though no definite adyices OF y
= mortality in other sections have been y
= thus far received here.
. The property loss IN New orleans E
. viii exceed 100000. y
5000 = 2 = ~ ? ? = > ~ -
Louisville, KY, Sept. 20.-With New Or
leans entirely stripped Of wire couiGuni-
cation and reports coming from points
along the gulf between PascagCula, Miss,
and Pensacola, Fla, Of high tides and
winds Of hurricane velocity, II was ap-
parent fought that the gQlt storEu which
StUIG2& Xxx es2Il00 92JlE I93Rg XIX
scOre6 heaYY5y % I10peYfy 00HDase, s 1a0t
50 loss VI 5Ne,
No advices have been received from
New Orleans since 3 O'Clock this after
noon. At that time the Associated Press
was Informed that the piling up OF the
gulf waters at the mouth of the Missis-
sippi had already caused a rise of three
feet at New Orleans-a result unprece-
dented.
Villages May suffer.
The present stage Of the river and the
height of tine }evee VIII admit of much
greater rise without much damage to
New Orleans, but the large number Of
villages scattered beuWeeu the city and
The gulf coast likely viii suffer severe
ly. the most threatening of the definite
HllYlCeS thOs 5aT TeCeiYe6 ZONES 1YO1n PeD-
sacOla, Where the wind HAD attained q
velocity OF sixty miles an hour and was
apparently increasing.
Later tonight the storm apparently was
headed northeast across Florida. and Ala
bama and nortnWard into Louisiana. Re
ports Of Increasing gales toward Hetteras
also were received.
At Mobile, Ala, the situation was seri-
Gus the waters OF the bay piliHg along
the water front at an alarming rate.
Communication Cut Off.
Railroad communication with New Or
leans by way of Mobile is entirely cut
Off, @ great deal Of track being washed
out. Trains are being detOuTed by way
of Meridian. Miss, but it is possible conf
munica:IOu bv ChEt route may have been
blocked, as adviCos from Louisiana and
Mississippi points north 81 New Orleans
stated that the sale had reached those
places also.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21

Watch the ads-and EouIl find
an opportunity to buy the things
you've simply been wishing you
could afford to buy.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21
Punish All Combinations.

'.AH combinations to suppress competi-
ton. ur TO maintain a monopoly in whole
gr jim part of interstate trade, are and
should DE In violation of the antitrust
law, and should be punished as such; and
there IS no room for the expression
reasonable or unrea ble-in this gen
eraI view OF the statute.
''The two statutes which must claim the
attention OF our congress In its next ses-
sion are the interstate commerce law and
the antitrust law.
Another series Of questions for con-
gress are with reference to the COnScrVa-
ton Of resources These I shall not dis
Cuss now, but shall DO later in my jour
uey.
THE monetary commission viii prob
ably report SO that its final conclusions
may be considered at the END of the
coming session or at the beginning Of the
next. In any event, we look forward to
the work which this congress has to do.
We must be conscious that the measures
I have proposed will consume all the
time there is.
"AH this is in the line Of performing
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21

FaclitTdTS Rate Appeals
cit is proposed now by a number Of
gentlemen OF my cabinet, who have con-
ferred with some members Of the inter-
state commerce commission, to facilitate
these appeals from the commission by the
creation Of 81 separate Interstate COM
meTCe court Of five members, which shall
sit in Washington and which shall be
the only court to which petitions to set
aside or nullify the orders Of the inter
state commerce commission can he made,
ana it is proposed TO allow g single judge
to make an order staying the proceedings
of the interstate commerce commission.
but sixty days, and thereafter that no
Injunction shall be allowed against the
order of the commission unless granted
by the whole court of five members.
"a second change in the Interstate COM
merce law ought to give to the commission
the power to hear ana entertain com
paints against unjust classification OF
merchandise Tor transportation. 1t IS per
fectly clear that by including articles in
the same class which ought TO pay diff
ferent rates 2 railroad can commit eE-
actly the same kind Of injustice as 1t
would by Imposing an eXorbltant rate IS
TO any one class. Hence, I have not the
slightest hesitation in recommending TO
congress that the power of the commits
sion should be extended to include not
only the fixing Of rates on a complaint
but also the readjustment of classifica-
ton if it proves On complaint to be I'M
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21
SPANISH ApVANcINe.

Madrid Sept. 20-It is officially an
nOUnced that the Spanish troops at Aielil-
Ia have commenced their advance against
the AToors.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21

the promises OF the Republican platform,
and we can certainly be discharging no
higher or more sacred duty"
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey


building
gradual healthy.
grippe bronchitis
all wasting weakened diseased
advice write Medical Department The DUFFY Matt Whiskey
ing
young
everywhere by druggists
deaiera. s1DDsd dhect Tor sto0 bottle
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21
POLICY
IN STATEMENT
contInued from Paae 1.
FaciIitats Rate Appeals.

shan be prompt. final and effec-
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-03-19

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-03-19
Scr Mann INN @l,tt INN Giien.

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-03-19
Gs rettete linn iein geim.

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perlieren", i6reibt S. 81. Smerion
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8ieber, @ronopiinoen, 8erbrii9r1-
gen, S6nittmunoen uno SGmorrboi.
ben. 25c BEL alien Mpotbefern.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14
Public Librarinn,n Report.

Mrs. M. E. DALEY, librarian of the pub
lie library. had her annual report ready
20 submit at the meeting of the board
of trustees Monday night, but the session
failed for lack of a quorum. Only three
members put in an appearance, and I'M
less a special session is called in the
interim by the president of the board
thece will be no meeting until the regu-
lar one in February.
Mrs. Doiley's report shows that the
cost OF maintenance of the library for
1908 was $6,405.42, the various expenses
being as follows: Heat, $3S6.36; light
s3S4.27; %janitor, $3.50; repairs and i'm
provements, 3117.s1; furniture and fix
lures, 5000; printing. $50; stationery
and catalogue supplies. $153.Ss; postage
and express. $74.31; new books. S714.19i
periodicals, $27.Ss; binding. $749.5O; in
surance. $416; miscellaneous, $10S.35; sal.
aries of librarian and assistants, $2,352
During the year 713 books were added
to the library by purchase and $50 by
donation. The total number os volumes
in the library on January 1. 1908, was
2s, 500; added during the year, 1903; to-
tai circulation. s7.1ss; largest daily cir.
culation, 284; percentage of Juvenile
books. 20; cards issued to patrons. $500
TIE library was open S07 days during tn,
year.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14

Davis, drugs.
6tockert sells carpetR
Ed Rogers. Tony Faust beer.
Lewis Cutler. funeral director. Phone g.
woodring Undertaking mpa Tel 800.
Pictures for gifts. c. d. Alexander, go
broadway.
Annual % Per cent discount sale on stoves
and furniture Petersen q Schoening Co,
Mrs. A. ]. Kerr OF Seattle. Wash, who
tas been visiting her brother. J. III. Hop
Bns, 1901 West Broadway, left last evening
for her bone
Word has been received by friends here
Chantier, mother OF Mrs. N. G. Phillips,
who with her daughter. ormerly resided in
Council Bluffs.
We quote facts, not hot air. when we
say we have the best system of doing
fine watch repairing in the city. Try US
prices charged. o. Mauthe, 12s B'way.
Articles Of incorporation Of the Sporting
a Triplett company were filed for record
yesterday. Henry sperlins and b p. Trip
lett are the incorporators and the company
will do a jobbing and retail implement and
vehicle busiDeasL The capital stock Is placed
~ $4,000.
Eugene q Boudinoe n surveyors OF Red
Oak, Ia, filed a voluntary petition in bank
Tuptcy IN the federal court here yesterday.
He schedules liabilities a~gEregating $3.50. G
and assets of A,6L His liabilities consist
chiefly OF notes payable TO the National
bank Of Danville
The police rOoelved word yesterday that
nearly 300 hides supposed TO have been
stolen from the Lindsay warehouse In thia
city have been recovered at Lincoln. Neb.,
where they had been sold for tl1S. Albert
Hogan. the alleged thief, was brought back
from Lincoln and IL to have his preliminary
hearing In police court this morning.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14
Iowa Newa Notes.

CRESTON-The stockholders of the Cres-
ton Mutual Electric Light, Heat and Power
company have just declared a 6 per cent
dividend for 1905, which indicates the COM
pany to be In a prosperous condition.
,MARSHALLTOWN-The First Methodist
church of Lakeview county was totally de-
stroyed by fire early this morning. The
fire is supposed TO have started from the
furnace. The loss is about 5000, partly
insured.
ATLANTIC-At a recent meeting of the
County Board of Supervisors a resolution
was passed to the effect that the fees for
all service papers in civil cases must be
PAID In advance. This ruling will probably
be the means of saving many a dollar for
the county in the future.
FORT DODGE-On his SD birthday Rev.
rather" Stevens of this city filled the
congregational pulpit in this city and gave
a sermon evidencing that his mental powers
are stnl in fine form and that he is only
as old as his mental powers suggest in
stead of as old as he feels.
FORT DODGE-J. Winter, out on bond
to the amount of $1,000 furnished by his
wires rather, a fairly well-to-do farmer OF
this vicinity, has been missing ever since
his release, and when he was scheduled to
appear in district court this morning 1t
was found definitely that he had skipped
out.
ATLANTIC-The death Of Mrs. Lovina
Smart, wife of D.. w. Smart of this city,
occurred at the home of her son-in-law az
the result of paralysis, from which she had
suffered for about two years. Mrs. Smart
had been a resident of Cass county since
$50 and of Atlantic since 1890. She leaves
besides her husband, two children and one
brother and one sister.
ATLANTIC-George Templemen, livint
near Anita, was the victim of an accident
late last week which cost him his life. He
was riding a horse, when the animal fl
on him, causing conclusion of the brair
and seriously ~injurlng his stomach ant
lungs. He died shortly after. He was the
son of Frank Templemen of near Atlantic
and leaves besides his parents, a wife ant
five children.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS riding on,
horse and leading another, w. T. Collins
ously and 1t Is believed fatally injured
The animal he was leading became frac
tious, and In attempting to pass the hors,
he was riding, 1t dragged Collins from tn,
saddle. He was dragged a distance anC
then kicked in the head by one Of tn,
horses. His skull was fractured and it IL
thought that he will die.
CRESTON-Miss Della Sherwood, daugh
ter of County Treasurer and Mrs. Georg,
Sherwood of this city, was married Januar,
2 in Seattle, Wash, to Rev. Irwin BairC
Taylor at the home of the brides brother
Guy Sherwood. They will live at Yves
Branch. near Seattle, where Rev. Mr.. Tay
lor holds a pastorate. Both of the con
tracing parties are we'll known here AM
highly respected. Miss Sherwood has beer
prominent in the musical circles Of thu
city.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14
Convicted of stealing Pass.

81 no steala anything. Da man he giva
da pass me. He saya 1t a good all over.
/ no steala It," declared Mike Rappo, an
Italian railroad laborer. when arraigned in
police court yesterday on the charge OF
stealing IN annual pass on the Great West
ern good between Council Bluffs and Car
roll. from the desk of F. c. Cole, car fore
man at the roundhouss.
In the Information filed yesterday by
Agent McAlpine, the theft was alleged tc
have been committed December 10 and
testimony was offered to show that Rappc
had ridden to Harlan on the pass on that
day. Rappo had been employed at the Goa
chute in the yards Of the Great Western
but is said to have told the conductor he
was a car cleaner. Judge Snyder found
Rappo guilty. but in consideration of hh
apparent Ignorance, let him off with a ten
day sentence in the county jail.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14

FORT. DODGE, Ia, Jan. 13-(special.)-
Judge w. s. Kenyon. general attorney for
the Illinois Central, discovered Hiram
Wheeler. a former republican candidate for
governor OF Iowa. a man broken In spirit
and dependent upon the scanty bounty OF
his aughter. Once he owned about 1000
acres OF Iowa farming land and was a
prosperous and well liked man., popular
enough to receive very hearty support for
the candidacy OF Iowa's greatest office.
Now he is unkempt, ragged, a pathetic fig
ure who exists and is swallowed up in the
great tide OF humanity hat calls Chicago
home.
Hiram Wheeler converted his farms into
money many years ago and went southwest
where he lost everything. Since then he
has drifted back to his daughter, and his
discovery by Kenyon was occasloned BY
his appearance In a big legal case OF the
Illinois Central's recently in regard to lake
front land. Wheeler claimed to have q
title TO 1t. but It was found that he must
have been seven years old when he bough
it II his assertions we're true and the claim
was so tangled and uncertain that nothin
came OF II.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14
PROHIBITION IN TENNESSEE
Senate Passes Statewide Measure by
Vote of twenty 10 Thir-
teen.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. lS.-At 500 this
afternoon senate bill No. !, prohibiting the
sale of liquor within four miles of any
school house in Tennessee, passed the SEN
ate by a vote OF 20 to 10. 1t is expected
that the house will pass the bill tomorrow,
Immediately after the vote was announced
the widest disorder prevailed and as soon
as a motion to adjourn could be put and
carried, a big crowd surrounded Messrs,
Holiday and Mansfield, floor leaders Of
the prohibition forces, and congratulated
them.
The debate was replete with sensational
Incidents, one of which was Ex-Governor
John l.. Cox's speech in defense OF his past
record and his present atttidue toward tenn
perance legislation, Charges Of intlmida-
ton were made by Senator Fort against
Rev. DIR. f. E. Folk of the A~nti-salOon
league. Senator Fort declared DR.. Folk had
threatened to ruin him Teligiously as well
as politically, II he voted against prohibit
ton. and that Folk was attempting 10 carry
out his threat by publishing in his paper
"a insinuation that Fort was an infideL.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14
wealthy Insurance Man Dies.

WATERLOO, Ia, Jan 18-(Specdal Tele-
gram9HThe will of Ralph Wells was filed
for probate in this city today. Deceased
was an inmate OF the insane asylum for
twenty years. He left an estate valued at
nearly &5O,Oco. He was a brother of the
late George Wells, the millionaire banker
and farmer of Grundy Center. c. w. Mul-
Ian and James l. Gavin of this city, are
administrators Of the George Wells estate
and the court has named ]. E. sedgwick
of this city administrator for the Ralph
Wells estate. Two sisters survive, one Of
Faribault, Mimi, and one of Bristol, Conn,
Grandnieces and nephews are beneficiaries.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14

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Women who suffer from those dis
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IfyOu want special advice write
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14
High school Debate,

The next debate of the team represent
ing the Council Bluffs High school In
the series of contests for the high school
championship of the state is to be held
at Missouri Valley on Friday evening,
January 20. The same question that was
debated in the recent contest with the
Red Oak team, in which the Council
Bluffs team won. is to be discussed,
and the Bluffs representatives will have
the same side of the question as before
the negative.
The local team is composed of Miss
Lucy spooner, Erwin Snyder and Louis
Cook. They debated on the negative of
the question, Resolved, That the fed
eral government should have exclusive
control of all corporations doing an
interstate business, constitutionality
granted"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-14
PUBLISHERS HELD FOR LIBEL
Hearst's Agents Take Appeal in
Rockefeller Suit.
CHANGES IN NEW YORK BANKS
James StilIman Retires from Presi-
dency of City National and Is
Succeeded by Frank A.
Vanderbilt.

NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-On the ground
that the publication of their names as
the responsible heads of the Star Pub
fishing company, which publishes Will
liam r. Hearst's New York American,
made them personally liable for libelous
matter appearing in that newspaper,
Magistrate Moss today found S. S. Car
valho, Bradford Merrill and Edward S.
Clark guilty of criminally libeling John
d. Rockefeller, jr, and technically COM
mitted them to the Tombs prison.
On notice that the defendants would
apply for a writ of habeas corpus in or
der to test the validity of the law under
which they have been sentenced, the
magistrate allowed them to remain in
the private reception room of the prison
while their counsel, Clarence J. Shearn,