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New-York tribune., 1910-12-29
JOINT R. R. Commission
Tn ReolIiate Rates Between the
United States and Canada.
PLAN NEAR COMPLETION
Conferences Between Knapp and
Mabie Expected to Result
in Treaty.
rFron The Tribune Bureau ]

Washington Dec. GA Joint commission,
90 he provided for by treaty, Will probably
he the outcome of the movement under way
for many months Tor the regulation OF
rates on railroad lines between the United
States and Canada This is expected to be
the result of conferences between Chairman
f>,iara cs the Interstate Commerce Com
mission and !. P. Mabie, chairman OF the
Canadian Railway Commission. Mr. Mahie
eperlr several hours to-day conferrlnS with
Judge knapp. and their conferences VIII
Re continued tomorrow and perhaps Fri
6sv and Saturday
It is expected that the final results of the
conference will he announced IN few
Aevs Meanwhile. however, it is known
that an agreement was practically reached
when Afr Knapp and Mr. Nabie met in
New York last summer that international
r.t-s should he regulated by a joint COM
mission. The commissioners separated 10
work out the details Of g plan for resu-
Asson. They have been in correspondence
etr1oe then, and at the present conference
ere comparing notes and drawing up re-
Dorfs to be submitted TO thefr governments
The principal question TO be referred to
the 5oint commission is the regulation OF
through rates on railroads crossing the
International boundary. AT present the
interstate Commerce Commission can regu-
late rates on this side up to the boundary
acd th> Canadian commission exercises
e4suslar authority on the other side. but
unsxha body has jurisdiction over rates
eSum Q point n one country TO a point IN
xha other. The result is that rates across
chs boundary are practically divided. the
continuation being higher than would other
~lss be xhe case. Serious abuses are said
- h.~e e4own out Of this situation. There
Anry into Nsw England and New York,
1nto fAs wheat belt Of Minnesota and the
nkoeaa ana INTO Tire Far Northwestern
AeA4ee-
The question Of international rates on the
Geest Lakes has been considered IN the
conferences between Mr. Knapp and Mr..
NzAhie. but the conclusion has been reached
that lake rates, except SO far as they
may constitute part Of a combined rail and
wa1er rate, must be immune from regula-
-scn for the present, as neither the Amer
scsn nor the Canadian commission has
3nrs.etcc.on over water rates in and of
therce eiver.
Judge Knapp IS ambitious to close up
this mstter n p report 10 the State De
pertinent es the crowning work of his
long service as chairman OF the Interstate
Cor11nerce Commission. from which Office
n. Mill retire on January / 10 become
presiding Judge Of the new Court Of Com
Tnerce. aIr. Nahie is accompanied here
ny r. Richardson. OF Ottawa, his private
secretarv. and X. r. Butcher. Of Toronto
secretary Of the Canadian Railway Com
mission.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-29
MAY Reject SUGAR OFFER
Officials Think 100000 Too
Little in Drawback Case.

Washington. Dec. 2S-Recent disclosures
in the sugar drawback frauds have put
the Treasury Department in a position
practically to dictate the terms Of compro-
mise with the refining companies. The
American Sugar Refining Company's recent
offer of 100000 may not be accepted, In
view of the fact that the government is
said to have evidence to compel the return
of not less than N.o0o,0oo,
At a recent conference with Attorney
General Wickersham counsel for the sugar
company offered $500, 600 in settlement. and
declared this amount was "the last cent.
The offer was declined. and the one for
10000 came soon afterward. An official
Of the customs service is authority for the
statement that the frauds appear to grow
with every days investigation.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-29
PARIS NEW YEAR GREETING
Will Get His $4,000 Reward
This Week.

Washington, Dec. 2S.-Richard Parr, the
special customs agent who discovered the
steel springs In the scales on the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining Company's dock at
Williamsburg and furnished most of the
evidence by which more than s3,ec0,eao has
been returned TO the Trea sury, will get his
reward as New Years greeting.
PARIS moiety for his work was 100000.
He received s2n.ea0 sosne time ago but the
Treasury had no funds TO complete pay
nent. The urgent deficiency bill passed by
Congress carried $4,000 for Parr. Secre-
tary MacVeagh will sign a warrant this
week transferring the money TO Collector
Loeb. who Will be able to pay Parr before
New Years DaF
New-York tribune., 1910-12-29
INSANE: INHERITS 100000
Unable TO Comprehend That Fortune
Has Smiled Upon Him

Washington. Dec. 2s. - Though Frank
Healv. for seventeen years an inmate Of
tho government hospital for the insane, Is
sole heir 10 an estate worth nearly 500, ,0o1,
left him by his brother. James A Healy. g
druggist who died last Sunday, he may
never be able TO use any of IT.
The Probate Court WAS advised to-day Of
Hoaly's Incompetence to manage the estate.
2nd a committee Of administrators was ap-
pointed The court was informed that
whcn tic news Of his brothers death was
i,npsrtod 10 Efealy at the asylum lie
neither responded nor gave any sign OF un-
derstandinc what was being told him
~ ihc death of the present heir the es-
tate viii &c 10 the nearest relatives Of the
dead druggist. who are cousins.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-29
NO HOPE OF PARDON FOR MORSE
His Friends to Urge President to Com
mute Sentence.

Washington, Dec cs.-Fr.ends Of Charles
W. Morse. the banker. who is serving
term 81 the Atlanta penitentiary, have
efout decided 10 concentrate their efforts
IN q plea 70 President Taft TO commute
his sentence All hope Of obtaining an un-
conditional pardon with g restoration of
c4vn rights has practically been abandoned.
y IS said that Mrs. Morse has been won
ever 10 this view and that Senator Hale,
who presented her petition TO President
TAFT. has been urging a Communication on
Attorney General Wickershem. Mr.. Hale
res also urged Mr.. Wickersham to hurry
consideration Of AIorses pardon. if neces-
cary, out of its turn. 1t has been pointed
out 90 Mr.. Wickersham that il President
Taft were to commute Morse's sentence 10
Eve wears the prisoner, with allowances
for good conduct, would serve only three
EeYTed q year.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-29
LAY TWO DEATHS TO CHIANTI
Woman Alleged to Have Supplied Wine
for Christmas Feast Arrested

Mrs. Maria Del Gudicia, twenty-five years
CID and Rocco De Marco, thirty. Of No. SIS
Sullivan street. are dead and James En-
fonti. thirty-fve. and Michele Jacobini,
twenty-six. of No. 65 Thompson street,
are critically i'll from drinking liquor last
Monday night at IA Christmas feast held
in the home of pe Marco. The guests all
drank freely of chianti. some of which, 1t
is said. came from A shop in Thompson
street kept by Mrs. Maria Lanais.
The woman was arrested yesterday af-
ternoon, charged with homicide and taken
before Coroner Winterhottom for exami-
nation The police say that she carries
only an internal revenue license and holds
none from the city. 1t is believed that
the wine contained wood alcohol
New-York tribune., 1910-12-29
STUDENT ON DUMBWAITER,
Also in Wrong House-Had Taken -
Ball or Two

Millard f. Woodrow. Of Adairville Ky,
A law student at Columbia University,
who up to last September attended Christ
church, Oxford, as Rhodes scholar was
found astride tho dumbwaiter i'll the tene-
ment house at No. 49S West l24th street
at $50 o'clock yesterday morning. lie
was so beNildered that he could give no
explanation as to how he got in the sha #
except that he had taken "a bali or two. /"
Woodrow makes his home In this city
with Mrs. Philip Lessing. at No. $50 West
123d street. number OF other, Columbia
students board there. lie was found i'm
the 1a4th street house by the ianitor.
Thomas Duggau. who summoned Patrol
man Roddell. of the West le5th street sta-
New-York tribune., 1910-12-29
POLICE GET OLD OFFENDER
Man Known as 1.-The Hotel Rat" Ar
rested in Guest S Room.

With a record extending from here TO
San Francisco and back. James Kelly, fifty
six years old, better known to the police
as 1.-The Artful Dodger," was arrested yes
terday morning at the Herald Square Ho-
tel on the charge of burglary and grand
larceny He was arraigned later before
Magistrate Corrigan, in Jefferson Market
Court and held in $1,000 bail for the grand
jury. The complainant was Benjamin. II.
Taylor, broker, staying at the hotel, Who
says he found the prisoner in his room,
calmly going through the pockets of his
clothes.
At Police Headquarters the prisoner was
recognized as an old offender. He is known
20 the oldtime detectives as THE Hotel
Rat and under half dozen aliases. The
police say that he escaped from Jail in New
Orleans in 1900 and is wanted there to serve
an uneXpired five-year sentence
New-York tribune., 1910-12-29
DETROIT WON'T LOSE 100000
Jim Scott Last joke Iasures Him
Public Monument

Detroit, Dec. 2S.-The Detroit City Coun-
ell voted this morning to accept s5oo,to
set aside by the will OF James Scott, long
q picturesque figure Of this city, to be used
in building q memorial fountain and life
size statue of him in Belle Isle Park For
more than a month the clergy and various
citizens and organizations fought against
acceptance Of the gift. because they con-
sidered its donor not the proper person TO
be remembered by any public object, even
if he left the money for it.
The clause in the will setting aside the
$4,000 for the memorial has been dubbed
Jim Scott's Last Joke"
New-York tribune., 1910-12-29


The Detroit is third class cruiser Of
co72 tons and belongs to the Boston. the
Atlanta and the Raleigh class, although
smaller than those vessels. The Boston
and the Atlanta belonged TO the famous
White Squadron" which marked the be-
ginning of the new American navy. Per
haps the most notable incident in the career
Of tho Detroit was when in the early eos,
under command Of Commando, now Rear
Admiral. Willard II. Brownson, she broke
the Mello blockade In the harbor of Rio
de Janeiro. Admiral Mello commanded an
.nsursent squadron which had interfered
with commerce The passage of some
American merchantmen to the wharves
had been prevented, and Rear Admiral
Belknar. commander Of the American
squadron. ordered the Detroit 20 escort
them to their destinations. Some resistance
being offered by an insurgent vessel, Com
fnsnder Brownson fred n musket shot
scross her bows. and declared he would
sink her II she did not get oJ,t of the
way This quickly brought the insurgents
20 terms. and there was no more fnterfer-
erce with commerce
New-York tribune., 1910-12-29
CITY COLLEGE W1LLED $4,000
Testament of Millionaire General IRE
main Admitted TO Probate.

Glen Falls, \. Y. Dec, @.-Tha Will of
General Henry z. Trenain. of New York.
admitted TO probate here to-day, leaves
5000 10 the college of the City of New
York 10 maintain the Tremain history
prize bequeatl,es sums ranging from $ioe1
10 $1,000 to employees and gives the rest of
tho estate to relatives. No statement of
the value of the property is given, but Gel-
eraI TreInain was generally rated million
aire He maintained his legal residence
hera.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-29
HATPINS TO BE MUzZLED
Law Doesn't Say How to Do It, but
Saws You Must.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. cS.-Women here
must ''muzzle'' their hatpins or they will
be a liable TO a fine Of from 81 to $500. The
upper and lower houses OF the City Coun-
ell passed the hatpin ordinance last night.
Mayor Brown has said he VIII sign the
ordinance.
How the hatpilfs are to be muzzled is not
stated in the new ordinance. That the
women must figure out for themselves
New-York tribune., 1910-12-29
HE GOES BACK TO JAIL
Say Convict Who Got Parole and Bride
Celebrated Unwisely.

jefferson City, Mo, Dec. 2S.-Clarence
Beauchamp. Of Kenuett, No, who was
paroled last Thursday by Governor Hadley
and Immediately married in the peniten-
tiary to Mrs. Ruth Ritch, will have to
forego a longer honeymoon and return 10
the penitentiary to serve his sentence OF
two years.
Governor Hadley revoked his parole to-
day upon the recommendation Of two men
who said Beauchamp celebrated his parole
and wedding too hilariously.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-29
LIVES MINUS PART OF BRAIN
Pistol Shot Also Carried Away Section
of Skull. but Patient Is Recovering.

independence. Kan, Dec. 28.-Althoush
FIVE square inches Of his skull and a part
Of his brain are gone. Claud Stafford. nine
teen years old, Of Peru, Kan, apparently
was recovering in a hospital here to-day
from a bullet wound received in Talala,
okla, last Saturday Stafford is conscious
and carries on an intelligent conversation.
lie was shot by the Talala town marshal.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-29
FUNDS QUICKLY RAISED
Under Threat Of Governor Oklahoma
CITY Snbscribes s71, 900 for Capital.

Oklahoma City. Okla. Dec. Ex-Governor
Haskell to-day notified the residents of this
city that he would give them twenty-four
hours to raise an additional bonus of s71 900
before he would sign the capital bill. The
funds are 10 be used in connection with the
capital removal expense. the Governor said.
Thirty thousand dollars was subscribed
in an hour to-day. and the balance is In
sight.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-29

man composer. on Friday night a. II.
Hotel Astor. A large number OF invita-
tions have been issued, and il Is expected
that about two hundred persons VIII IA
present. Among the speakers win IA
Baron Won WoIzogen. of Munich Tho
committee of arrangements is composed o.
Mr.. Kneisel, Mr.. Herzoz, Rubin Godmark.
Otto Goritz, Alfred Hertz and Raphael
Joseny. Acceptances should be sent to
Stgmund Herzog. No. 100 Riverside Drive
New-York tribune., 1910-12-29
FIGHT FOR RoeiTAiLLE's ESTATE

A notice of contest was filed yesterday
In the Surrogates Court to tho will of
OnesIme Robitailie, who. under the name
of j. q. Roberts, accumulated a fortune of
about $4,000 in the importing business in
this city. Roberts died last July, leaving
his entire estate to thrty-seven nephews
and nieces. The contest Is brought by Jo-
seph Robitaille, brother of tie testator
who was not mentioned in the will He
alleges that his brother was not of sound
mind when he executed the instrument.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-29

ton, and with the assistance OF ten@s
in the house dragged Woodrow out oi 'io
shaft The Iatter's left leg and ankle "ei0
fractured, and Dr. Buck took the coiiee
to the J. Hood Wright Hospital
New-York tribune., 1910-12-29
BUSY YOUNG BURGLARS
Eleven Operations Melted Them $1,000
in Two weeks

Chicago. Dec ga youth OF twenty-five
years, his nineteen-year- wife and her
brother, sixteen years old. were arrested
here to-day. charged with eleven burglaries
which netted them s1,600 in the two weeks
since they came to Chicago from Spring
field, Mass
Samuel A Butler. the husband, and
Walter Gray, the boy, are accused Of hav-
ing done the actual robbing, While the
wife Is charged with having acted as look
cut.
burglar alarm led to the undong of
Butler and Gray. when they tried to
Jimmy open a window leading into a
silk store They admitted their depreda-
tons, insisting that the woman knew moth
ing of them, but she insisted upon being
arrested with them.
Springfield, Mass. Dec. &.-After investi-
cation here, the local police declared that
the trio under arrest for burglary in Chi
cago were Samuel A. Bertrand, his wife,
Gladys, and Harold L. Gay. brother of
the woman. Bertrard's mother is a widow,
who lives here, and who is highly respect
ed and the possessor of considerable prop
erty.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-29
DINNER FOR HUMPERDINck.

The Bohemians, a society OF musiciahs
of which Franz Kneisel is president anu
Sigmund Herzog secretary. VIII give
dinner to Engelbert Humperdnck, the GER
New-York tribune., 1910-12-29
THE DETROIT SOLD
Cruiser That Broke Rio Blockade
Brings Only $4,000.

Washington, Dec. 2s.-The unarmored
cruiser Detroit has passed out OF the hands
"f the government, having been sold to
. J. Corhin, Of New York City, the high
st bidder. for $4,000
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-12-16

give him the slip as easy as you
may think how | could refer you to
more IL | just had time but you 40
as you like / will expect you TO
place the money wrapped up In 4
shot sack and for you to come back
there or tell any one about It for at
least 6 months as we have more
more around your town so you know
what to expect If you don't so you
have been warned and we are strong
enough to carry It all out as you
see 80 will close signed the gang
Mr. Mitchell took tow men into his
confidence. and they accompanied
him TO the place designated, where
he left a package with a $40 bill on
the outside, to make 1t appear like
the real thing, and the sheriff and
deputies were at hand to capture
the rascals. Some how the gang
got onto the plans of the officers
who, It is said, did very poor detec-
tive work. The Camden Adyance
says THE blackihailers are
shrewd bunch, we'll organized and ~
will take some shrewd detective
work to capture them, 1t could
have been done the other night II
a little more precaution had been
taken"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-12-16

Daniel O'Connell Lively, general
agent OF the Portland Stock yards
made the sapient statement at tha
annual meeting of the Portland Ad
Mems Club Wednesday at the Ore
gon grill. that Oregon was making
too much of apples and fruit and
not enough OF general farming.
He said men in the middle west
who knew nothing about fruit grow
ing and were successful grain and
stock raisers were not attracted
here because they got the impression
that We had nothing but apple, pear
ana prune lands, when they want To
engago in dairylng and general
farming. Hence they are not COM
ing here as much as they might.
One community has made a big
success of Fruit and has also a repu-
tation for general agriculture and
that is about Brownsville as the fol.
lowing Items of laLd movement will
show:
NJ. O. Edwards and A, G. Green
and families, of Walla Walla, Wash
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-12-16
FARMING LANDS SELLING
UP ON THE CALIPOOIA

ington, have shipped their stock
and household goods here, having
bought the 800 acre Fitzhugh farm
south of town for $4,000. They
intend to make this their home in
the future. l4@
G. Il. Adams, of Eugene, Oregon,
recently from Livingston county,
Illinois, has bought a fine 100 acre
farm in the edge of Brownsville
from H. b. Lamb for $4,000.
A. NJ. Brown has sold the grocery
sore, VIII ch he recently purchased
of Holcomb and Walker, to Mr..
Refine of Gates, Oregon. and Mr..
Rider of Salem. Oregon, who has
been employed in the Salem post
office for a number of years.
X. w. Trip, manager of the
Brownsville Real Estate company,
who makes most of the sales in this
vicinity, has iust nnrchased 100
acres of first class farming land, To-
Gated north OF town. of Lulu a
Ross of Portland, Oregon Consider
alton, $500.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-12-16
Black Hand Again.
tste6ben, o.. RepublIcan.l

1
A few weeks ago James wigent
an industrious young farmer LIVING
near Montgomery, over in Hillsdalc
county, was relieved of $500. money
he had to borrow, to satisfy the de-
mand of rascal who threatened n
take his life. burn his buildings and
murder his family If the money was
not placed at a certain place at q
time named. Wigent kept his secret
for quite a time, but finally he told
his experience, but the money was
gone. A few days ago James Nit
chell, merchant at Montgomery,
received a similar letter, but this
time the demand was for $500,
and It must be in So, $40 and $50
bills. The letter was dated. at Mont,
gomery, but mailed at Fremont IA
this county, and was in part as fol.
lows:
Mr.. Jim Mitchell
your family and yourself will he
murdered all but one which will le
held to months torture OF un-
speakable kind If you don't place
81 500 under the front steps Of
that new house south of Lime Rus
sells on the east side of the road
now Mr.. Mitchell by the time you
get this letter we will have a man
on your track and II you try any
smart work we will not be leiniately
with YOU all you have TO do is 20
get the money and walk to the place
named and place It under the step
and turn around and walk slow
back and II all is there as we tell
you you will not be harmed or any
of your loved ones but IL you dom
will not vouch for your skin be.
cause there are Z of us viii be scat
tered from your town to the place
of putting the $500, and as we
are all known to signals you VIII
stand poor show. so now by pen.
atty don't say word TO even your
wife about this or any one else for
at least six months and come alone
with the money and you VIII not De
harmed II you do as this reads but
II you don't / guarantee you get
what we say you will. now leave
your home as soon as O'Clock and
80 minutes in the evening Nov. 18th
1910 now we wont write you any
more warning SO you can do as you
like We know your circumstances
and could ask for $1,000 II we were
hogs but We don't want all you got
now Mr.. Mitchell we win show you
that we do as we say we told Henry
johnson IN Decaib county TO place
$4,000 In a tree close TO his home
so he come with note tied in the
package and It said he could not
get the money but we knowed he
could 90 he got his tongue cut on
even with his throat an he Is now In
the hospital at Daton Ohio and his
wife and Kid burned. Our spotter
Is sure TO ma eyery move that Is
made and you or any cns else cant
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-12-16
MRS. ASHLEY
GIVEN TIME TO
RECUPERATE
GuxIrEp rsess Lzxsno wIHn.l

Los Angeles. CAL, Dec. 16.-Foi
four days Mrs. Lillian Ashley Turn.
bull will have opportunity to recuper-
ate from the terrible grill;ag of a
four-hours' merciless cross examinna-
tion at the hands OF attorneys. Tues
day she m usC resume the witness
stand and prepare for another ordeal,
Continuance until Tuesday was
taken by Judge Rives to consider q
mass Of probate business that has ae-
cumulated since the suit to break the
Baldwin will began.
Attorneys for the Baldwin estate
went to San Francisco after adjourn
ment yesterday. They will spend the
recess in attending to other business,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-12-16

and will return to Los Angeles Mon
day.
Mrs. Turnbull will be kept on the
stand until her cros-examination is
completed.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-12-16
Piles Cured in 0 to - Days.

Corvallis will take the referendum
on the new ordinance prohibiting
dogs from running at large.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-12-16
LENA MAY CLARK
BECOMES MRS.
H. A .C0RN0YER

At the residence Of Mrs. Nancy
Clark. grandmother of the bride. on
East Chemeketa street, Thursday ev
ening. December 10. 1909. Rev. P. S
knight performed the ceremony tina
united as husband and wife Mr.. II. A,
Cornoyer and Miss Lena May Clark,
both of this city. After brief wed
ding trip TO Portland the young peo
pie will be at home In Salem.
Piles Cured i'm o 10 10 Days.
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to
cure any case Of Itching. Blind
Bleeding or Protruding Piles In 6 to
IA days or money refunded. soc.
mwf
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-12-16
all patent medicines or medicines ad
vertised in this paper are for sale al
DIR. STONES
Drug Store

rhe only cash drug store in Oregon
owes ncfone. and no one owes It;
carries large stock; its shelves
counters and show cases are loaded
with drugs. medicines. notions. toi
let articles. wines and liquors OF all
Kiads for medicinal purposes. DIR
stone 10 a regular graduate in medi
cine and has had many years Of ez
perience in the practice. Consulta
tions are free. Prescriptions ART
free. and only regular price for med
cine. DR.. Stone can be found ~
ais drug store. Salem. Or. frorp
. the morning untii ~ night