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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-02-24
GOV. HUGHES ORDERS
BIG GRAFT INQUIRY
Appoints Men TO Investigate Purchase
OF New York Lands by For.
est Commission.

Albany, n. Y, Feb. 24.-Gov.
Hughes ordered thorough inyestiga.
ton Of the scandals alleged to have
characterized the purchase and sale
of land in the Adirondack Park re-
gions. lie designated Roger Clark
and +. Leroy Austin to conduct the
inquiry. 1t has been current rumor
that thousands OF dollars have been
paid out b. the State Treasury for
doubtful titles to grossly overyalued
lands, that tracts denuded OF timber,
purchased at tax sales or few cents
an acre, have been resold to the
State for as high as s21 an acre and
that politicians high in Republican
councils have shared in the transac-
tions.
In the Conger-Allds investigation
before the Senate. Senator Conger ad-
mitted on the witness stand that one
Of the two other envelopes alleged to
have been passed by Moe was ad-
dressed TO Jean l.. Burnett, a former
Assemblyman from Ontario County,
now dead, and that he was approach
ed" in regard to the bridge bill by
Louis Bedell, former member Of the
Assembly from Orange County and
now living in New York.
The importance of the forest land
investigation ordered by Gov. Hughes
overshadows even the Conger disclos-
ures. The management OF this vast
enterprise Of the State is intrusted to
the Department of Forests, Fish and
Game, of which James S. Whipple, a
Hughes appointee, is the Commission
er, with large and expensive staff of
officials.
The Governor. in announcing his
determination to investigate the
Adirondack scandal to the bottom,
made it very plain to persons with
whom he talked that the investigation
will be as thorough as he can direct
it, and will follow every trail OF dis
honesty wherever It may finally rest.
1t is pretty we'll known that the Gov
ernor intends to assume the personal
direction of the inquiry as far as his
other public duties may permit. Clark
and Austin are splendidly equipped
for the task before them. They will
first turn their attention to an investi-
cation of all the records of Adiron-
dack transactions between the State
and private persons and through the
agency OF private counsel designated
by the State during the last ten
years.
Some of the most prominent politi-
clans and capitalists who have either
bought or sold State lands will then
be summoned to explain some deals
that according to general belief have
resulted in the spoliation of the
States forest property and its
finances.
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FREEDOM THE ISSUE
IN FIGHT OH TRUSTS
WickcrshaIn, in Speech, Says No
Free Stale Can Endure Ex-
istcnce cf Monopol.es
IMPERATIVE THAT THEY GO
Industrial Slavery Is the Alternative
Attorney Generals Words Further
Notice Of Tafrs lntention--lndivi.
dual Must ee Protected.

Washington. Feb 2i.-Further no
tice as to the intention OF the Admin
istration to enforce the Sherman anti
trust law was given in an impressive
manner here this morning by Attor-
ney General Wickersham in the
course OF an address delivered at the
Winter convocation OF the George
Washington University. Mr.. Wick.
ersham spoke on The Progress of
the Law" lie made a review of the
law of Queen Elizabeth and discussing
the development since. He contrast
ed sharply the Popular reaction in
England that followed the granting Of
numerous monopolies by Queen Eliza
beta with the agitation against mono
poles that arose in this county twenty
years ago and which led to the enact
ment of the Sherman Law.
we saw" he said. speaking OF the
time just previous 10 the adoption Of
the antitrust statute. the rapid con-
centration of power over our great in
dustries In a few hands, power
which no free State can long suffer to
endure; the power Of fixing prices at
will. determining the amount of pro-
duction, debating the terms on which
thousands of our fellow-countrymen
might pursue their means of liveli-
hood; the power TO exclude or permit
competition; the elements OF those
monopolies which so stirred the gen.
Grafton OF Eng,ishmen from whoSl the
Pilgrim Fathers came"
Thus in q single paragraph the At
to-ney General reiterates the CLASH
fication OF the practices on the part of
corporations which the President re-
peatedly has denounced as vicious -
and which. in his special message Of
January Z. he declared must be re-
strained and punished until ended"
There are those among the repre-
sentatives of great corporations who
have visited Washington recently in
the effort to ascertain Just what the
Administration has in mind regarding
them. or to persuade the President to
modify the yigor of his proposed
course, who have declared with great
emphasis that the programme out
lined by the President in his message
and speeches and now again reiterat-
ed by Attorney General Wickersham
is utopianism. II may be asserted
with complete authority that neither
President Taft nor Mr.. Wickersham
so regards it, The Administration
firmly believes that 1t is possible for
"big business" to rid itself OF these
vicious practices" without doing any
real or lasting damage to the business
Of the country.
The fundamental principle guiding
all successful civilization, Mr.. Wicker
sham said in conclusion must be to
preserve freedom of action by the in
dividual in as large a measure as is
consistent with the welfare of the
whole.
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BEEF TRUST INDICTED
FOR FIXING PRICES
Armours, swfts, Morris, and mesL.,
Accused Of Conspiracy by Hud.
son County (N.J.) Grand Ju,v

Jersey City. N. j.. Feb. "a IT..
National Packing Company OF Chit
and New York, one OF the largest con-
Germs doing a cold storage business e.
this country, will be indicted nv ha
Grand Jury in Hudson County \
on charges Of conspiracy in restrain,
of trade, according to Prosecutor Gar.
ven in Jersey City.
Garven said the Grand Jury ordered
him to draw The indictment on bls
recommendation that It do so Ito
said he believed he could 20 into
court with the evidence he has and
show that the corporation has been
acting directly to depress the market
to raise the prices of food stuffs and
maintain them at high level.
The National Packing Company he
said, included IN its list of directors
men who are the recognized heads Of
great packing and foci interests. An.
parently those concerns were working
independently OF one another. but
there was evidence that the directors
OF the National Packing Company me,
and took formal action to raise the
price of beef and to hold the surplus
beef in cold storage until their price
was met The directors are J. Ogden
Armour, Edwin Morris, II. +. Swift. L.
NJ. Morris. Abraham Meeker. Edward
Tilden, T. ]. Connors. l.. A. Carton. T.
Z. Wilson, C. II. Swift, L. II. Heyman.
Samuel J.. G. Roberts. +. A. Fowler.
A. w. Armour, l.. f. Swift aud Ken.
meth X. McLaren.
The indictment. Garven said, will
be blanket charge broad enough to
cover every detail OF the case in
which he thinks the chances OF con.
viction possible. He said one OF the
best witnesses relative to the meet.
ing at which 1t was agreed to raise the
price of beef consists of the minutes
OF the corporation.
In speaking of the general inyesti.
CATION. Garven said he had positive
evidence OF where fowl had been kept
| in cold storage for seven years.
The corporation has been under fire
for several weeks in Chicago where it
] pPti NUMEROUS NlAltoStS
have been summoned before the fed
eral Grand Jury there.
The prosecution of the Beef Trust
In New Jersey is based on testimony
showing an arbitrary increase Of
/ prices, which Is made possible large
! ly through the warehouses which are
grouped about the Jersey City termi.
mails of the railroads and are being
used by the trust in furthering its
plan to artificially increase the cost
of meats and other commodities.
Thousands of tons of food are also
cached against the day of higher
prices in New York, and for that rea-
son the District Attorney of New York
County will cooperate with the New
Jersey authorities in further invest-
| cation.
In New York County the Grand
Jury decided to find indictments
against dozen or more members OF
the milk combine.
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MILITIA QUELl RIOT.
Sheriff and His Deputies Kill One and
Wound Four Would-Be-Lynchers.

Cairo, H., Feb. 22.-Three com.
panies of militia, commanded by Gen.
Frank S. Dickson, Adjutant-G General Of
the State, guard the jail which mob
of 500 attacked in an attempt to seize
and lynch two negro prisoners
Sheriff Fred. D. Nellis and twelve Of
his twenty deputies, who we're armed,
fired on the mob.
The Dead.
HALLIDAY, ALEXANDER, thirty
five, dairyman. son OF the late Mayor
Thomas w. Halliday.
The Wounded.
CREHAN, HORTON; wounded in
ankle; had stopped to see what was
the trouble.
MALONEY, JOHN, brother,in-law
of Mrs. Rose Maloney, whose purse
had been stolen by John Pratt, one of
the negroes wanted by the mob;
slight wound in cheek.
WALKER, GEORGE b., correspond
ent of the Associated Press; wounded
in the leg while gathering news.
MESSENGER, SAMUEL, former po.
liceman; wounded in head and shoul-
der
The city is comparatively quiet to-
night the riotous spirit is quelled
temporarily at least, by the presence
of the militia, the saloons are closed,
no one is permitted to loiter on the
street; II group Of three or four men
gather the soldiers disperse them.
John Pratt and Lincoln Wilson are
the negroes the mob sought. Pratt,
who committed crime in Clarke
County. H., broke his parole, escaped
and snatched pocketbook from Mrs.
Rose Maloney in the street She shot
at him with a revolver, but he got
away. When arrested he implicated
Lincoln Wilson. who was found guilt
less OF the theft. So II the mob had
caught Wilson an innocent man would
have been hanged.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-02-24
PUBLICITY CLAUSE HELD UP.
No Money TO Enforce That Part Of
Corporation Tax.

Washington, Feb. 2l.-The teeth
have been drawn from President
Taft's corporation tax law, at least
until Congress acts. The President
and his advisers have discovered that
Congress has appropriated no money
with which to index and display the
returns from the corporations.
The President intends until this
condition OF affairs can be rectified
to treat the returns from corporations
merely as internal revenue returns.
and thus the business secrets extract
ed from concerns all over the country
will be accessible only to the corpora
tion or its attorney. or to such Per-
sons as are authorized by the Presi-
dent.
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new YORK MARKETS.
Wholesale Prices OF Farm Products
Quoted for the Week.

Wholesale Prices Of Farm Products
Quoted for the Week.
MILK-Per quart, 4c.
BUTTER-Western extra, 2S929c';
State dairy, 23424c.
CHEESE-State. Full cream. special
17h @1Sc.
EGGS-State. Fair to choice, 2op
&c; do, western firsts. 2SQ3Oc.
APPLES-Baldwin per bbl., $2'ioW
400.
DRESSED POULTRY-Chickens, per
h., 15Q21c.; Cocks, per h., l4c';
Squads, per dozen, $500 Q575.
HAY-Prime, per 100 lbs, $l.l0.
STRAW-Long Rye, per 100 lbs, SOv
SOC.
POTATOES State, per bag. sl,SOW
LAO.
ONIONS White. per crate, 25Q6oc'
FLOUR-Winter patents, s56Oqo'lo'
Spring patents. $5.50@6S5.
WHEAT-No. 2, red. s1.29A q l.3o q
No. 1, Northern Duluth, $l.2S%'
CORN-No. 2, II " d73c.
OATS-Natural white, 52q55c'; CLIP
ped white. 5SQ56c.
BEEVES-City Dressed. SOLO hc'
CALVES Dressed, 10Ql6c.
SHEEP-Per 100 lbs. $3.50,
LAMBS-Per 100 lbs. 1855.
HOGS-Live, per 100 lbs, s9.4o'
Country Dressed, per lb, ilglee
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-02-24
FRISCO GETS BIG FIGHT.
Settled That Jeffries and johnson VIII
Meet at Broadway A. C.

San Francisco, Feb. 24.-Supervisor
John l.. Marget (Young MitchelD who
is chairman of the committee of the
Board of Supervisors who grant the
fight permits, held meeting here to-
night with Tex Rickard the principal
promoter of the Jefferies-Johnson
fight.
II was decided that the big fight
would be held here in San Francisco
on July 4 before the Broadway Ath-
letic Club, one of the clubs favored by
the new administration.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-02-24
TILLMAN REGAINS SPEECH.
Doctors to Whom He Talks Think Re.
covery Of II Will Be Complete.

Washington. Feb. 22.-Until to-day
Senator Tillman had spoken but two
words since he was stricken last
Thursday. When the family physician
entered this afternoon his face bright
ened and he said:
Hello, Doctor" A little later an
other physician, whom he had seen
but once, said to the Senator, 81 don't
suppose you remember me?"
"Yes, | do" replied Mr.. Tillman,
"you are DR.. White"
The doctors consider this return OF
speech most favorable, and they en-
tertain no doubt now as to the patti
ent's full recovery of his speech.
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New York, N. Y. Feb. 24.-Proba.
bly, the worst group of criminals that
ever came TO this country were dealt
with here by a United States Court
in a fashion that should strike terror
TO their kind The punishment they
got was the heaviest ever given for
counterfeiting. so far as there is any
record in this country.
Fo twenty-five days their counsel
had battled for their liberty before
Judge Ray and jury in the Criminal
Branch OF the United States Circuit
Court. For the same period the coun-
sci for the government. Abel |. Smith,
Assistant United States Attorney. had
fought for their conviction. The cGl-
mination came when the jury. after
a two hours session, found verdict
OF guilty. The same length of time
was spent in imposing sentence. which
was done amid sobs Of the prisoners
and one OF their counsel, and the col.
lapse Of Giuseppi Morello, who was
said to be the leader of the whole
band. The sentences follow:
IGNAZIO LUPO, thirty years and
81 900 fine.
GIUSEPPE MORELLO, twenty-five
years and 1000 fine
GIUSEPPE PALERMO, eighteen
years and $1,000 fine.
GIUSEPPI CALICCHO, seventeen
years and 5000 fine.
IGNAZIO CYCLIC, fifteen years
and $1,000 fine
SALVATORE GINA, fifteen years
and $1,000 fine.
NICOLO SYLvESTRO, fifteen years
and 81 900 fine.
ANTONIO CECALA, fifteen years
and 81 900 fine.
The crime for which the eight men
were convicted was the making, at
Highland, n. Y. OF counterfeit bills
and their circulation and sale to
countrymen. The chief of the Secret
his men worked on the case for nearly
year. The arrests were made last
fall
1t is believed by those who have
been working on the case for the gov
ernment, and by Headquarters men,
that in Morello and Lupo. and the
men who looked to them for leader
ship, they have those responsible for
the murder OF Detective Petrosino In
Palermo.
IgnaZio Lupo, "the Wolf" and his
seven associates, the scum of the out
casts of Sicily, who had baffled Chief
Flynn's Secret Service men and the
Central ONCE detectives for years,
were taken to Atlanta to begin their
terms in the Federal penitentiary.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-02-24
Four Killed by Falling Wall.

Fredericktown, Mo-, Feb. 22.-Four
men were instantly killed and four
others were seriously hurt when the
brick wall Of the burning Keyes Build
ing fell upon them at 2 in the morn
ing. The killed were Lee Brooks,
concrete contractor: William Hicks,
Everett Cowden and Charles Joiner,
colored. The seriously injured are
Judge F. F. Parkin. Frank Kelley
John Egnery, Jr., and aJmes Blantes.
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Roosevelt on the Job.

New Haven, Conn, Feb. 24.-"Mr.
Taft is the head man, but Mr.. Roose.
welt is coming back" This was the
reply made in the United States Cir
cult Court here by an applicant for
naturalization, when among other
questions he was asked "Who is the
head man Of this country"
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Scores Injured, Including Women
and Police, and Cars Burned
by Strike Rioters
TRAFFIC TIE UP COMPLETE
Like City In State Of Siege as Mayor
Summons 1000 Extra Men TO Help
Regular Force Check Street Fight.
ing-2e7 Cars Wrecked.
MAIN POINTS IN MAYORS
STRIKE PROCLAMATION.

Use the streets as little as
possible, and for travel only,
and keep children from becom-
ing involved In the disorders.
Make no unnecessary stops
thereon.
Do not loiter.
Do not collect In or join
crowds.
Make no outcries and use no
Insulting language.
Peaceable citizens move on
about their business.
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JUMP FROM CAR, BREAKS NECK.
Two Killed When Car at Ell Paso Is
Set Afire.

FL Paso, Texas, Feb. 22.-Two peo-
pie are dead, one is seriously injured,
and several are slightly hurt as re-
suit of a street car accident, caused
by the blowing out OF fuse Flames
appeared and the people became panic
stricken. A number jumped from the
swiftly moving car.
The dead are A. V. Smith, 32 years
old, and Miss Maggie Riley, of Cana
da, both of whom broke their necks.
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Washington, Feb 22.-The Ameri.
can woman is wearing more silk every
year and more American-made silk.
Last year the value of silk used by
the country was S166. 5000 900, OF which
sl32. 100000 was home-manufactured.
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.LUPO AND HIS GANG
HEAVILY SENTENCED
Prison Terms of the Eight Italian
Counterfeiters Aggregate
$50 Years
$500 IN FINES ALSO SET
Thirty Year Term for Leader Of the
Band-Fifteen Years imprisonment
the Lowest sentence-Made spuri-
Gus Bills on Remote Farm.
$500 IN FINES ALSO SET
Sentences Imposed on
Counterfeiters' Band.

1gnazio Lupo. thirty years at
hard labor.
Giuseppe Morrello, twenty
five years and 81 900 fine.
Giuseppe Callachio, seventeen
years and $1,000 fine.
Nicolo Sylvestra, fifteen years
and $1,000 fine.
Salvatore Gina, fifteen years
and $1,000 fine.
Vincenzo Giglio, fifteen years
and 1000 fine.
Giuseppe Palermo, eighteen
years and 1000 fine.
Antonio Cecala. fifteen years
and 81 900 fine.
Aggregate Of sentences, $50
years.
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Fearing Blindness, Kills Herself.

Los Angeles. Cal. Feb. 24,-Fearing
the approach of blindness, Miss Mae
Callahan, thirty-two, manager of the
Western Union Telegraph Company at
San Bernardino. committed suicide by
shooting.
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Philadelphia, Feb. PA proclama-
ton Of Mayor John +. Reyburn, de-
claring the riot act in force against
the street car strikers and their sym
pathizers was issued in order to give
the police more power in coping with
the rioting mobs.
Practically admitting their inability
TO cope with the situation except un-
der the most favorable circumstances,
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com.
pany announced that no cars would
be operated under prevailing condi-
tons in Philadelphia. There was a
complete tieup Of traffic.
The strikers themselves were no.
where in evidence along the street car
lines, nor have they been since the
strike was declared. All the rioting
has been on the part of sympathizing
crowds and has been an expression Of
feeling against the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company, which has been
growing for the past FIVE years. The
service has been getting steadily
worse during that period.
Reports were current all over the
city that blood is running in the street
and that armed clashes between the
police and the strikers had occurred
Strikers, police and company officials
issued statements denying this state
Of affairs, but all admitted that scores
had been wounded.
Six persons were dying in the hos
pital as the result of the riots follow
ing the first determined attempt of the
company to run cars. More than 100
persons, including a number of won.
en-, were suffering from various in
iuries.
More than thirty OF the seriously
wounded were taken to the hospitals,
.wo of them being women struck by
bullets, while 500 persons were arrest
ed on charge OF melting riots.
A statement issued by the company
says that in all 297 cars were damaged
Turing the disorders, two cars were
)urned, and one partly burned, and
l,608 car windows were broken.
Three thousand special policemen
we're held at City Hall ready for a
rush call to cope with the street car
rioters In addition 1000 others were
;tationed at the trouble centres where
90 persons were injured and one lit
lie girl seriously wounded by a pistol
hot. These, with the regular police,
;ept everybody on the move and scat
:ered any attempted gathering.
It is estimated that 100000 persons
walked to work. The rain added to
he misery Of the pedestrians.
Various vehicles were pressed into
sharged for transporting persons to
FORK. Many used roller skates, the
,sphalt streets forming a good surface
ior rapid progress.
The Central Labor Union decided
. call out every one Of the 10000
MON men in the city II the company
ttempts to run it's cars with strike
breakers.
Ths trouble began when the Off
ials of the company treated with the
members Of the Keystone Union,
sainst the wishes of the members OF
ne Amalagamated Association. The
after body made the request OF the
:apid Transit officials that no other
MON be recognized. The recognition
II this union was one Of the main
oints at issue between the strikers
and the company.
The rioting extended to all sections
Il the city, and the cars were attack
ID by mobs OF from five to ten thou
and persons. There were half doz.
4 serious riots and innumerable small
mes.
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Lancaster, Ohio, Feb. CIV. b.
Henry, ex-County Clerk. 55 years old,
and his daughter Ellen, aged IS, while
driving, were killed by Hooking Val.
ley passenger train at Willow Cross.
ing, west OF this city, near their coun-
try home. Mr.. Henry served two
terms as Fairfield County Clerk.
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DECIDE AGAINST PROHIBITION.
rlrglnia Bill for Election to Settle
Question Reported UnfavorabIy.

Richmond, Va, Feb. 24.-The Ny
rs bill, calling for a popular election
decide on the question Of State
'ide prohibition, was reported unfav-
-erably.
This is regarded as blow to the
Prohibition movement.
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Aimed at Graveyard Circulation" :"

Washington, Feb. 1s,-The pend
ing Post-Offlce Appropriation bill con-
tains a provision aimed at grave
yard circulation" The bill directs
postmasters to return any non-deliv-
cradle paper or periodical to the pub
Usher, with postage due, at the third
class rate of two ounces for / cent.
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Kicked Eight Feet, but Lost Life.

Aida, Neb., Feb. 22.-George Har.
EFT, nineteen, champion high kicker
II the village, after winning a contest,
aade wager that he could kick and
ouch a mark eight feet above tho
oor. He won, but in doing SO burst a
Llood vessel and died Of hemmorrhage.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-02-24
Texas Suicide After Triple Murder.

Waco, Texas, Feb. 23.-Charles
Franks. bartender. shot and killed
Josie Donovan, fatally wounded Roy
Anderson and Lulu Holt, and then
killed himself in rooming house
here. Franks entered the building and
saw Anderson talking to the Holt
woman, and, mistaking him for an
other man, opened fire.
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South Carolina fer Income Tax.

Columbia, S. c., Feb. 22.-The in
come tax amendment passed final
reading i'll the State Senate. II al.
ready has passed the House and rati-
doaIoa is low complete.
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NO DRINKS FOR MiDDIES.
Maryland House Passes Bill Making
Liquor Sellers Criminally Responsible.

Annapolis. Feb. pa bill making
sellers Of intosicants in Annapolis
criminally responsible for sales made
to midshipmen, st. Johns students
and minors generally, the need for
which has been pointed out by Captain
j. NJ. Bowyer, superintendent of the
Naval Academy. has passed the Mary
land House OF Delegates. Heretofore
a provision that the owner is not re-
sponsible for sales made by employees
has made the law farce.