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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
GUILTY OF KILLING UNCLE.
Wealthy Merchant of Huntington,
w. Va, Convicted,

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, February 12.-
Earl Z. Dunning, a wealthy merchant
who has been on trial. charged with the
murder OF his uncle, Supervisor Ira s.
Chapman of the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad, was today found guilty Of volun-
tary manslaughter. The jury recommend
ed the severest sentence possible for the
crime, the statutory penalty being from
one to five years Imprisonment.
The jury reported to Judge Taylor last
night that it could not agree. After
questioning the jurors, however, he or.
de- ed them to return to their celibera-
tions, today's finding resulting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
DEPRIVED OF MEAT.
Animals at Pittsburg Zoo Resent
Enforced Boycott.

PITTSBURG. Pa. February 12.-The
lions, tigers, wolves and other carnivo-
rous animals at the Highland Park Zoo
have Joined the meat boycott, and, ac
cording to Supt. George w Burke they
do not take kindly to It, The animals
fret and snarl because meat has been
taken off their bill of fare. This has
been necessary because of the high prices
and the small appropriation allowed bv
the city for the care of the animals
Supt. Burke says that dog biscuits
and geological pastry have been o.ereI
the wild beasts. but they cannot be
fooled. To feed meat, it is explained
would exhaust the appropriation before
the end of the fiscal year, and the park
management then would be at loss
to procure food for it's charges
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
INDIANIANS IN DOUBT,
Scope of Editors Resolution Not
Fully Understood.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. February 12-
Republican politicians of Indiana were
divided today regarding the sense of the
resolution adopted yesterday by the State
Republican Editors Association indorsing
the last national and state party Mat
forms.
1t was announced last night that this
meant approval Of the Payne Aldrich
tariff bill, but leaders of Il e party that
are insisting upon open Endorsement of
the so-called "insurgent'' tariff policy of
Senator Beveridge declared today that the
editors resolution could not be twisted
to mean that they indorsed the PAYNE
Aldrich measure. Officers of the associa
ton denied that any resolution speci6-
cally indorsing the tariff bill had been
adopted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
TAFT SAYS TRUSTS
MUST OBEY LAWS
Wall Street Gets Presidents
Answer to Its Cry of Busi-
ness Panic.
NO PROMISE MADE TO
SHELTER MONOPOLIES
Not Disposed to Run Amuck, But
Will Do His Duty.
PARTY KEEPING ITS PLEDGES
Payne-Aldrich Tariff Law Best Ever
Passed-Not Responsible for
Increased Cost of Living.
Not Disposed to Run Amuck, But
Will Do His Duty.
PARTY KEEPING ITS PLEDGES
TAFT TO WALL STREET.

'From time to time attacks are
made upon the administration on
the ground that its policy tends
to create panic in Wall street
and to disturb business.
"AII 1 have TO say upon that
subject Ii this:
''That certainly no one respOn-
Sible for n government like ours
would fOo1ishly run amuck in
business and destroy values and
confidence just for the pleasure
of doing 80. No one has n motive
as strong as the administration
in power to cultivate and
strengthen business confidence
and business prosperity.
"But 1t does rest with the ma
tiOnal government to enforce the
law, and III the enforcement Of
the law Is not consistent with the
present methods of carrying ON
basiness, then 1t does not speak
well for the present methods of
conducting business, and they
must be changed to conform to
the law.
"There was no promise on the
part of the republican party to
change the ANTITRUST law, ex-
cept to strengthen 1T, or to au-
thOrize monopoly and n suppress
sion of competition and the con-
troll of prices, and those who
looked forward to such n change
cannot now visit the responsible
ity for their mistake on innocent
persons.
"Of course. the government at
Washington can be counted on to
enforce the law I'm the way best
calculated to prevent a destruc-
fion Of public confidence In busi-
ness, hut that 1T must enforce the
law goes without saying
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
MINIMUM RATES FAVORED
President Advised as to India, Japan
and Other Countries.

Tho tarin officers of the government
have recommended TO the President
through the Secretary of State, that. as
the British port of Alden, on the Red
sea, the British colony of Malta, the In
dian empire and Japan do not unduly
discriminate against goods imported from
the United States into those countries.
proclamations be issued declaring those
countries entitled to our minimum or
schedule rates Of duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
Francis First Vice President.

Former Gov. David R. Francis of
Missouri was elected yesterday first vice
president of the Southern Commercial
Congress. at a meeting of the executive
committee of the organization, The
plans of G.. Grosvenor Dave, managing
director OF the congress- for a sustained
publicity campaign throughout the en-
tire country were approved and author
ity was given to him to broaden the
work already begun BY the congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13

wages, and that they deserve credit for
the successful business built up in strict
competition with the great packing inter-
ests of the country rather than criticism.
which, at best, is founded on incorrect
hypotheses, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13

NEW YORK. February 12.-'If the
enforcement of the law is not consistent
with the present method of carrying
on business, then it does not speak well
for the present methods of conducting
business. and they must be changed to
conform to the law
This was President Taft'S answer to
Wall street and its cry of panic" 1t
was made to a cheering audience of
hundreds of prominent republicans gath
cred tonight at the annual Lincoln day
dinner of the Republican Club of this
city, held at the Waldorf-Astoria Gov
Hughes shared the honors of the evening
with the President
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
EIGHTY-EIGHT DROWNED
IN STRAITS OF MAGELLAN
Steamer Lima, on Way to Chile,
Stranded-Steamer Hathumet
Rescues 2O5.

SANTIAGO, Chile, February 1.-THE
Pacific Navigation Company's steamer
Lima is ashore on one of the islands Of
the Huamblin passage of the Straits OF
Magellan, and will probably be a total
loss
The chief pilot and fifty passengers
were drowned.
The British steamer Hathumet rescued
205 of those on the stranded steamer
but was forced to leave eighty-eigh,
to rescue.
The Lima is a British steamer owned
in Liverpool and plying between that
port and the ports Of South America
She was last reported as sailing from
Bahai Blanca, Argentina, January &c
Peruvian ports.
The Lima is 401 feet long. registers
3,115 TONS and was built In Glasgow in
1907.
The place where the steamer was
wrecked Is proba bly, Haumblin passage,
Pedro Island and Chile. 1t Is a narrow
passage, full of dangers and difficult OF
navigation.
Huamblin rocks. two in number and
sixty-five feet high, mark the entrance
to this passage.
Rescued Taken to Ancud.
ANCUD, Chile. February 1.-THE Brit
ish steamer Strathurst has arrived here
with 18S men and women and seventeen
of the crew of the steamer Lima, which
is on the rocks in West Huamblin pas
sage, Straits of Magellan. The steamer
went ashore in storm February ). The
steamer officials report having left eighty
persons aboard the Lima, the rescue be-
Ing impossible. They had no drinking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
WASHINGTON AS THE PLACE
Capitals Chances Considered Good
as Compromise Between Cities.
BIG EXPOSITION A FEATURE
House Committee Members Look
With Favor Upon Bill Providing
for International Exhibition
in Washington.

The suggestion that there be great
celebration in the National Capital when
the Panama canal is opened in 1915 Is gain
inf friends. AS reported by The Star,
number of members of Congress have
been in favor of the proposition, and at
the Commercial Club dinner Friday night
Representative J. Hampton Moore of
Pennsylvania, one of the influential re-
publican members of the House, came
out strongly In favor of a national cele-
bration in Washington at the time of the
opening of the canal. Mr.. Moore has gone
further than the mere suggestion of cere-
monies here to celebrate the great event.
He has suggested that at the same time
great international exposition be held
here, and that the government should
take over in the meantime all the prop
erty lying south of Pennsylvania avenue
between the Capitol and 18th street, which
could be used the site for this huge
exposition. Mr. Moore declared that
Washington hac never had a great inter-
national exposition, and that 1t was very
fitting the representatives of the nations
of the world should gather here to cele-
brate the completion Of the canal.
If Congress acts upon Mr.. Moore's sug-
gestion the bill providing for such an ex-
position will be referred in the House to
the committee on Industrial arts and ex-
positions. This committee will be called
upn to pass upon the measure and report
berg of Illinois, chairman of the commit
tee, is in Tennessee and will not return
to Washington until tomorrow. but other
members Of the committee said yesterday
that they looked with favor upon the pro-
posed celebration in Washington of the
opening of the Panama canal and also
Of having great exposition here at the
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
Four More Sessions.

The Chamber of Commerce committee
will hold about four more sessions. One
will be devoted to an inquiry into changes
that have occurred in 1hc rates of rent
in certain specified localities. another to
the increased cost of clothing and the
remaining two meetings will be to draft
the report which will be submitted to
the chamber.
Another angle was given yesterday
to the congressional inquiry into the
high prices of food, when r. L. Keane
of the T. T. keane Company, one of
the operators of tie Bennlng aDatto1r.
took direct issue with the statements
made by ar. j. f.. Repp of the bureau
of animal industry, department of Agri-
culture, in his testimony before the Moc"e
committee Friday. In an interview last
night Mr.. Keane laid:
In his testimony Dr. Repp was quoted
as saying the contracts for furnishing
meat TO the Districts penal institutions
should be placed with outside firms; that
his department does not inspect meat
furnished to the District under contracts
and, finally, that he never had known of
d case Of ''big jaw" in any cattle which
had been killed under his supervision.
our firm has nothing whatever to do
with the existing government contracts,
but wish to be heard in defense Of one
of the Districts ftourishing industries,
which thus publicly has been given un-
deserved criticism. If DIR. Repp has been
correctly quoted it would certainly seem
that he did not know the details of the
work of the very office of which he has
supervision. and l have cited his state
ment relating to instances of big jaw
as merely one case in point. The rec
ords of our abattoir will show that we
killed at least dozen bullocks suffering
from big jaw in the past year, and the
inspectors who are working under his
direction passed the animals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
Senator Flint's Proposal.

There will undoubtedly be considerable
opposition on the part of those members
Of Congress who hail from the gulf states
and from the Pacific coast to allowing
Washington to have the great celebration
of the opening of the canal. They feel
that the celebration should be held in
cities which are vitality interested in the
opening of the great waterway. and are
frank to say SO. Senator Flint of Cali
fornia. chairman of the Senate commit
tee on interoceanic canals, which looks
after the isthmian canal in the Senate,
favors having the celebration on the Pa
cific coast He says that 1t should by all
means be held at seaport and that
part of the celebration should be great
maritime display. He has suggested that
the Atlantic fleet should assemble at
New York and sail down the coast,
through the Panama canal and on to the
Pacific coast as a demonstration.
However, the number of seaports which
are making claims to the celebration are
so numerous that the conflicting interests
may yet settle on Washington, 1t Is said
1t is also pointed out by the friends OF
the Washington celebration that IL a
great celebration may be held here it
will not preclude the possibility of hold
ing celebrations in other places about the
country also
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
water, the tanks having burst The first
mate of the Lima and fifty passengers
were drowned

There seems to be some doubt accord
Ing to the dispatches from Santiago and
Ancud.. respectively. as to the steamer
which rescued the 205 persons from the
steamer Lima. The Hatumet is given In
the shipping register. while the Strath-
hurst Is not listed there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
Under Federal Supervision.

with particular reference to the ques-
ton of inspection, however, 1t can be
proved absolutely that fully 95 per cent
of the bullocks, calves. hogs and lambs
slaughtered In the District of Columbia
are slaughtered under the supervision of
federal inspectors.
IF DIR. Kepp thinks that the meat fur
nished to the District penal institutions
under the existing contracts is from ami
mails killed in this jurisdiction he is mis-
taken again. because / happen to know
that not more than per cent of 1t passes
through the local abattoirs The rest
of it comes from Chicago or from the
markets outside the District"
Mr.. Keane declared that the abattoir
at Benning and those in Alexandria coun-
ty adjoining the District do a business
of s5,0OO,OOO annually; that they put in
circulation at least 0.00O.O0O annually IN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
Will Not Run Amuck.

Mr. Taft adhered to his purpose of dis
cussing platform pledges and how they
should be kept 1t was at the conclusion
of a detailed argument as to how the
republican party is redeemng its pledges
that he came to a discussion of the anti
trust law and Wall street, on which lis
utterances had been awaited with the
greatest interest. The President declared
that the administration would not fool
isnIy run amuck in business and destroy
values and confidence. just for the peas
ure of DONG so.
No one, he continued, has a motive
as strong as the administration in power
TO cultivate and strengthen business con-
iidence and prosperity.
But there was no promise on the
part of the republican party to change
the antitrust law except to strengthen
II. OF course, the government at Wash
lngton can be counted on 10 enforce the
law in the way best calculated to prevent
Il destruction of public confidence in busi-
ness, but that II must enforce the law
goes without saying
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
Favored by Mr.. Langley.

Representative Langley of Kentucky, a
member OF the committee on industrial
arts and expositions, said last night that
while he had not talked the matter over
with other members Of the House, he
personally felt that the opening of the
Panama canal should be celebrated In the
National Capital.
Il read the suggestion made by Repre-
at the time of the celebration" said Mr..
Langley. land / am inclined to think the
idea excellent Undoubtedly the American
people should celebrate the opening OF
the great isthmian canal with proper
ceremony, and there is no place more mt
ting for a national or an international
celebration of the event than is Wash
ington.
Il have visited the Canal Zone twice,
and each time. l have been more and
more impressed with the magnitude of
this great work. and what 1t will mean
magnificent piece of work, and one OF
which we are justly proud"
The other American republics are al
most as vitally interested in the COM
pIetion of the Panama canal as is the
United States, for it will open for them
new fields Of trade. too. There are some
twenty-one Of these republics south of
the United States, some of them making
very rapid strides in their commercial
development All of these countries are
represented, with the United States, in
the international bureau of American re-
publics. of which John Barrett is the di-
rector. Mr.. Barrett has expressed him.
self much interested in the coming cele-
bration of the opening of the Panama
canal, particularly because of what both
the opening and the celebration will
mean to the other American republics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
Three Governors Present.

Three governors were present among
the Loo persons who heard the Presi-
dents address-Hughes of New York,
Fort of New Jersey and Weeks of Con-
necticut. Two hundred and fifty women
dined in one of the small rooms apart
from the grand ballrooru where the ban
quet was held. and with others later
CONTINUED on Sixteenth Pa9e.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
Mr.. Barrett's Views.

Il am heartily in favor of great cele-
bration of the event, and also of an in
ternational exposition at the time" said
Mr.. Barrett, but 1 am not at liberty to
say that 1 prefer Washington to other
cities which are laying claim to the cele-
bration, since /, in q way, represent other
nations than the United States. There
are several other cities who have en-
tered claims for the celebration, includ-
ing San Francisco, New Orleans, san
Diego and some of the other gulf cities.
But wherever it be held, or even II
there be celebrations In a number of the
cities, 1 believe that there should be a
great exposition, at which the American
republics may make display of their
commercial activity and OF their
products. The United States has been
slow to recognize the great industrial and
commercial development of her sister re-
pubIics living to the south. We are Striv-
ing always to open new fields or trace Tor
all the republics, and to bring them closer
together in their trade relations. con-
slider that an exposition at the time OF
the canal opening would be an admirable
manner of still further cementlng the
bond, between the republics.
Chairman Mann of the House commit
tee on interstate and foreign commerce,
under which all matters relating to the
Canal Zone and its government comes in
the House, is not averse to having a
celebration of some kind In Washington
at the opening of the canal. but he be-
lieves. too. that there should be cele-
bration of the event on the Canal Zone
itself, and he expects to prepare a bill
for that purpose if he be chairman Of
the committee at the time of opening.
LAS far as an exposition Is concerned -
said Mr.. Mann, that will be handled by
the committee on industrial arts and ex-
positions, and my committee will have
nothing to do with it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
Attacks on Administration.

Attacks on Administration.
President Taft did not hesitate to dis
cuSS the attacks that have been made
upon the administration and the party or
the danger TO future success in the insur-
gent movement and other dissensions
Republicans who feared defeat at the
polls in November he declared, however
should take courage from the demoraiized
condition of their opponents, the demo-
Gratis
1t was Grant said the President amid
whirlwind of laughter who banished
lis own fear in battle by thinking how
much more aft aid the enemy was"
MIR. TAFT again came TO the defense of
thc Payne-Aldrich tariff bill. He did not
hesitate. he said. TO repeat at II sub
stantlally complied with the party pledge
Tor tariff revision and that, through this
bill, the parry has set itself strongly in
the right direction, toward lower tariffs
Reductions in the Tariff.
The President brought tistics into his
argument 10 demonstrate that during the
first six months Of the new tariff law
there has been shown a II per cent re-
duction In the percentage ad valorem du-
ties which have paid on imports and a IL
per cent increase in the per cent of i'm
ports admitted free. I me and Il wider
knowledge, he thought would serve to
justify the bill
Reviewing the party platform the Presi-
dent spoke of postal savings banks,
amendments To the Interstate commerce
law, the anti-injunction plank, statehood
FOR Arizona and New Mexico and the
conservation of the natural resources.
bills 10 carry all of which promises into
effect were pending in Congress, and he
believed would be passed.
Three Governors Present.
Three governors were present among
the Loo persons who heard the Presi-
dents address-Hughes of New York.
Fort of New Jersey and Weeks of Con-
uecticut Two hundred and fifty women
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
WEATHER.

j. Fair Sunday and Monday;
moderate west to northwest
winds.
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
A Tall Corn Story.

This is the tallest corn story of the
season, and is being told among the
travelling men over the State. 1t is
said to have been in a letter written
home by an Eastern visitor: Most
Of the Kansas streets are paved,
grains of corn being used for cobble-
stones, while the cobs are followed
out for eve pipe. The husk, when
taken off whole and stood on end,
makes a nice tent for the children to
play in. 1t sounds queer to hear the
feed man tell the driver to take a
dozen grains of horse feed over to
Jackson's livery stable. If it were
not for soft, deep soil here I don't see
how they would yer harvest the
corn, as the stalks would grow up as
high in the air as the Methodist
church steeple. However, when the
ears get too heavy, their weight
presses the stalk down in the ground
on an average of n~inety-two feet. and
thus brings the a near enough to
the ground to be chopped off with an
axe."-Kansas City Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Floor Borders Of Mating.

We decided, instead of purchasing
a new carpet for a room, to buy a rug.
This necessitated staining OF other
wise treating the floor which would
show outside the rug. As the floor
was very poor, we decided not to
treat it. but to buy mating. This we
allowed to extend a few inches under
the rug, and we planned, If necessary,
to cover the rest of the floor under
the rug with newspapers. But we
found that the ridge where the mat
ting ended was not noticeable. The
expense of the mating was small,
and it was put down in a very short
time, while if we had stained and
oiled the floor it would have prevent
ed our using the Don (and it hap
pened to lie a room we used constant
ly) for some time.-C. K. F., in
House and Garden.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Hobbyhorse Cycle.

A new kind of velocipede, and one
which will give the boy an added
pleasure in riding it, Is that designed
by an Illinois man. 1t works the
same as an ordinary velocipede, but
the saddle, instead of being a mere
framework, is on a horse body, which
gives the rider the impression of be-
ing mounted on a pony, The steering
bar runs up through the neck OF the
horse and the saddle, of course, Is In
the same position it would be on a
real animal. Below the body Of the
horse is the gear wheel and pedals,
the pedals being in relatively the
same position that stirrups would be-.
Mounted on this lifelike vehicle, a
small boy can pedal away and per-
suade himself, as small boys can so
easily do, that he is on a real pony.