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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-07
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INJURIES PUT AT $4,000.
Owners of the Lord Roberts Sued fol
Damage to the Newport News.

The papers in the libel suit of Cart.
Frank NJ. Phillips. master OF the steamer
Newpor: News. for the Norfolk and
Washington Steamboat Company, OWL
ers of the steamer. against the British
steamship Lord Roberts, We're served
upon the master of the vessel at Balti-
more yesterday. The suit is for damages
sustained by the steamer Newport News
when she collided with the Lord Roberts
in lower Chesa peake hay on the morning
of March !. and is entered in the United
States district court at Baltimore The
amount of damage claimed is 10000 A
deputy United States marshal went down
the bay Friday last in search Of the IIord
Roberts, but she was on her way back
to Baltimore and he missed her.
1t is alleged in the papers fled i'll the
case that the collision was solely due to
the Lord Roberts not having a corr
petent master and crew, in failing to
sound the proper fog signals and In an
choring in the path OF steamers bound
up or down the bay. The owners OF the
New port News are represented by Loysll,
Taylor & White of Norfolk and Ralph
Robertson of Baltimore. RI is stated that
a countersuit will be entered by the
owners of the Lord Roberts against the
Newport News which struck the Roberts
while she was at anchor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-07
DEFENDS TAFT BILL
CONTINUED from First Page

petins lines OF railway. The provisions
of the Sherman antitrust law so COM
pletely cover that ground that the COM
mittee deemed II unnecessary to attempt
repetition of those prohibitions in this
act. For the same reason it was not
deemed expedient to attempt to deal with
the question of combination Of express
companies or telegraph or telephone COM
panies. because. where such combinations
constitute a restraint of trade. the Sher-
man act affords ample authority to
reach and prevent them"
Sherman Act Provision.
Attention is called 70 the fact that the
bill provides a means of ascertalning by
judicial investigation and determination
whether or not bona fide contract pro-
posed to be entered into respecting the
acquisition Of stock or property Of rail-
roads is in violation of the prohibitions
of the Sherman act before large invest
ments of capital are made in reliance
upon a seeming, although possibly wholly
illusory. legality. This provision is held
to be of obvious advantage to the gov
eminent. for the reason that such an in
vestigation would be conducted before
the contract became effective.
Bearing upon the provisions affecting
the issue of stock and bonds, the report
takes up the legal side of the questions
involved. The bill in that regard is de-
Tended. and the report says of this fea-
ture of the bill:
These provisions are SO framed as not
to prevent the ordinary means of f1nanc-
ing railroad companies. while fnterposing
an effectua1 protection against the issue
of stock or bonds without adequate con-
Sidera ton
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considered factor But it was no use
His power was gone
Plat originated the title The Easy
Boss Once when he was being made
the target for violent denunciation as a
boss he said:
We'll. after all | am an easy boss"
The last few years of Mr.. P1att'S life
were darkened by several scandals in
volving women. His first wife died in
1901. Two years later he married Mrs
Lillian Janeway. They lived together for
year or two and then separated. She
sued for divorce. naming several core
spondents. She secured separation and
he settled a large sum of money on her.
He was sued by Mae Wood, formerly a
clerk in the government employ. FOR a
divorce, on the strength of a third mar
riage never proved to have taken place.
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ANACOSTIA.

me Anacostia Citizens Association will
hoid an INFORMAL reception in the new
police station on Nichols avenue the 18Th
instant. Final arrangements were made
recently at meeting OF the committee
appointed for that purpose, with j. ".
hartley as chairman. IL is expected !,
have the Commissioners. Mai Richard
sylvester, member OF Congress and
prominent business mon present
The music Al Emmanuel Church was in
terrupied yesterday result of fire
III the southeastern section of the city.
which decreased the flow of water in the
water motor which runs the bellows Ia
feed the organ. The motor WAS installed
about year ago. aud yesterday was
the first time il ever gave any trouble
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-07
Vital Provision Stricken
From Townsend Rate Bill

One provision OF the Townsend railroad
rate bill that President Taft and At
torney General Wickersham have declared
to be vital part of their program In
amendment of the Hepburn law was
stricken from that measure at a meet
ing of the House committee on interstate
and foreign commerce today. This was
the provision that proposed to legaize
present and prospective railroad mergers
comprising, as in the case of the New
York Central and the West Shore, one
carrier that had acquired by purchase at
least one-haIf of the stock of a COM
peting line.
As Originally Drawn.
The administration bill as originally
drawn provided that no railroad cor
poration which is common carrier shall
hereafter acquire. directly or indirectly.
any interest of whatsoever kind IN the
capital stock, or purchase or lease the
railroad Of any railroad corpora ton
which completes with such irst-namcd
railroad corporation
Strenuous objection Mas made to this
provision by leading railroad men. who
contended that in operation its effect
would be to dissolve number of present
mergers that were not obnoxious to the
present Lax and result In great confusion
in the railroad world The case of the
New York Central and the West Shore
was cited as an instance in point. Here,
it was pointed out, the New York Central
controlled 4 majority of the stock OF the
competing line. Under the provision to
which exception was taken. it was con-
tended. the New York Central would be
forced to dispose OF its holdings In the
West Shore, probably at a loss.
Proviso Agreed Upon.
After conference with railroad men the
President and the Attorney General
agreed to the insertion of proviso that
would not interfere with existing mergers.
but would have prevented mergers of
competing lines in the future. Since the
nroviso was agreed to- II is contended,
lnanv railroads have been quietly at work
acquiring stock in competing lines, pro-
ceedins OH the theory that the Townsend
bill in this particular to be enacted
into law without change.
Tie House committee on Interstate and
foreign commerce considered this merger
provision Of the Townsend bill at great
length and came to the conclusion that
IL enacted railroad consolidation in the
uited States would be carried to greater
extremes than had ever before been at
tempted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-07

Land has been purchased near the Sol
diers' Home al Richmond. Va. for tho
erection this summer OF buildings for a
military college to he. conducted ny the
Renedictine Society and to he known as
the Renedictinc Military College
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Downfall Comes.

In 1901 Plat consented TO the nomlna
ton OF Seth Low for the nayoralty. Low
was elected and publicly acknowledged
Platt's leadership. 1t seemed then that no
leader could rise to greater power But
at that very time his downfall was being
prepared. In a weak moment Plat had
permitted Benjamin 3. Odell to become
governor. Once in the gubernatorial
chair OdeIl laid plans to become the po-
litical leader of the state, too. He had
patronage to bestow, and there were those
a-plenty who hankered after It, Before
long it was evident that Platt was strlIe-
Cling with Odell for his political life
The first contest was over the control
OF the Legislature in 1902. In that year
the reelection of Odel made Platts
downfall certain. BY the end of the wear
Plat had ceased to be the leader
Immediately upon Odelrs succession TO
the acknowledged leadership the repub-
lican party began 10 split. The insurance
disclosures followed, IA ton reared its
head in the party, and i'm 1905 came the
Mcclellan Hearst-IvinS campaign i'm New
York city. The broken condition of the
party was such that President Roosevelt
it. He invited the help Of Higgins. who
was prompt to turn upon Odeli and seek
to make himself the new leader. Even in
this state of affairs the aged and now
broken Ilatt thought he saw a chance to
step In and recapture his lost leadership
He went to Washington. saw the Presi-
dent. and for few DAYS gave out state
mcnts indicating that he was still to be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-07

tireiy from politics Plat took the New
York delegation TO the convention or 1888
with Depew a. a stalkinS-horSe candi-
date for President He really went there
TO make such combinations as the event
might suggest Depew withdrew at the
proper moment, so that Platt could nomi-
nate Harrison
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BEYOND ITS AUTHORITY
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM
MISSION ORDER ANNULLED.
U. S. Supreme Court Affirms Lower
Tribunal in Controversy
Between Railways.

The interstate commerce commission
does not have power to compel common
carriers engaged in interstate commerce
to grant a physical connection with
branch" railroads upon the complaint
of the branch railroad itself, according to
a decision announced today by the Su-
prene Court of the United States.
When the Delaware. Lsckawanna and
Western Railroad Company refused to
grant a physical connection with the
Railway Valley Railroad Company at
Summit. y. J., the latter made q COM
plant TO the interstate commerce com
mission. That body eventually issued an
order to compel the granting Of the con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-07
Machine Angered.

No appointment could have angered the
machine more for Robertson was the
leader Of the boilers from the organiza-
ton at the Chicago convention of 1880,
who brought TO naught Conkling's plan
to nominate Grant for President.
Conkling and Platt invoked the custom
Of senatorial courtesy" which means
that if the senators from any state OPP
pose presidential appointment within
that state other senators must back them
up. The result was a deadlock on all
appointments. Not only was Robertson
held M but nominations all over the
country were deadlocked. The fight
dragged on into May growing bitterer
all the time. IL ended in a crash, and
the republican party in state and nation
went down TO wreck. 1t was the resigna-
ton Of Conkling and Patt from the
Senate which Drccipitated IT.
AS long az Conklins lived there was
never any question that it was he who
initiated the resignation and Plat who
fell in with his wishes. The epithet of
Me Too applied to Platt because OF
this understanding of the case, always
disnleased and annoyed him. and after
Conklines death new version of the
story allowed to become public, in
which Platt was represented as the origi-
nator and Conkling the humble follower.
There was spirited contest in the
state but it was not allowed to reach
natural end, for Garfield was shot. and
the assassin. G1titeau. proclaimed himself
"a Stalwart Of the stalWarts. This was
the finishing blow to the StalwartS
Warner Miller was elected TO succeed
Plat and Ldpham to succeed ConklinS.
Conkling withdrew from politics and
turned his attention. to law. Plat. less
naughty, less restless, and more equally
disposed toward the fortunes of war.
Went steadily to work to build up his
machine lie still held his congressional
district and began from the moment of
his defeat to extend lis lines with a view
to capturing the state, hopeless as it
seemed then
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Decision of Lower Court.

southern district of New York held that
the commission had exceeded It's author
ity I'm issuing the order. II pointed out
that while Congress may have intended
to siye branch" railroads the right 10
complain to the commission when an tn
ters.ate carrier refused to grant a con-
nection. as we'll as TO All individual who
desired TO have a switch installed, vet
the act did not state so. II enjoined the
commission from enforcing its order in
the case
From this decision the commission ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court.
Justice Holmes, In announcing the deci-
sion Of the Supreme Court. said the lower
court had taken the proper view of the
power of the commission under the pres
ent situation.
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Proviso Agreed Upon.

TO CURE 4 COLD IN ONE DAY
Tate LAXATIVE BROMo Quiuine Tablets.
Druggists refupd money If il fails 10 cure.
oc1s mtf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-07

Farmers in PARTS of MARYLAND 6G00
commenced their spring blowing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-07

- ARLY SHIPMENTS of Spring
\Nk "PB" Suits, Topcoats, Hats and
~ Furnishings arriving daily are tax
ing their places in the modern
cabinets of our new and greater store.
1t will be interesting to the more care
full dressers to have advance information in
the matter of pattern and cut of the approved
styles for spring. To these we extend
cordial invitation to inspect the advance
"PB" lines now-and not wait especially
for the official opening of the reconstructed
store soon to be announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-07

spokesman of President Hayes. The
Hayes forces were defeated. GOV Cor
nell, after his election, made Mr.. Platt
quarantine commissioner an office
which he held until he was removed by
Coy. Hill in the eighties
IN $50 Mr.. P!att was a prominent fig
ure i'll national convention. Here he
went down to defeat, unCer the leader
ship Of Roscoe conkHEg. as an advocate
for tile nomination Of Gen. Grant. Car
field named, and Garfield was not
friendly t. the stalwart branch of the
republican organiza ton il New York
Halfbreed- Stalwart Contest.
III the following year, when the so
called halfiEeed stawart contest, which
kept the republican organization in New
York in a turmoil for a dozen years or
more, had gained impetus through
the bitterness of the presidential ante
convention campaign Of the year before.
Mr.. Platt entered the field as candidate
for sena torial honors. The antl-machlne-
or. As they We're also known. the Blaine
neutrality-suspicious. had chosen Chaun-
cey NJ. DepeW as their candidate. The
stalNarts Mere divided between Thomas
c. Piatt and Richard Crowley of Nj
agara county When the legislature met
the Crowley men were strong enough TO
elect the speaker Of tie assembly, ano
chose George r. Sharpe. who withheld
his committee assignments for two weeks
to influence the caucus Oh the senator
ship. TIE greatest bitterness developed.
ConklinG was appealed TO, but declined to
interfere in Platt'S favor Finally DepeW
withdrew and Ilatt was nominated by
a vote Of II Ia - for Crowley.
Platt was not this time TO remain long
in the Senate however. The outlook at
the beginning Of GarfieldS administration
was the worst possible. Garfield had
promised the secretarys ship Of the Treas
ury 10 Levi =. Morton in the campaign
in return for that gentleinans aid in
raising money for tie campaign fund,
but he broke thai. he did his subse-
quent promise to Conkling. and made the
halfbrecd leader Blaine his Secretary or
State.
on Sunday night III April Conkling
went to the White House and received
Garfield's promise that he would not APP
point a successor to Gen. r.. a. Merritt.
collector of the port Of New York with
out consulting him and Plat. On the
following Tuesday the President appoint
ed a number of stalWarts to office, and
the machine leaders were highly delight
ed In the meantime however, Blaine.
who had been i'll in bed when Conkling
obtained Garfields promise, got the Pres
ident's ear and Wednesday Garfield sent
in the name of William H. Robertson of
Westchestcr, the halfbreed leader, to
succeed Gen Merritt.
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His Power Increasing.

By 1854 he had acquired considerable
power in quiet way. He beginning
TO he talked Of as the men who might
to the leadership. Tic went to the Chi
caso convention and helped to nominate
Blaine. whom he had fought so vigorous
~ three years before. The reason was
that Arthur. the opposing candidate was
no longer a staWart. Throughout the
campaign Platt gave Blaine the most val
the old halfhreed faction, retaining that
of the old stdiwarts for the factional
lines disappeared after CIevelands cleo
ton.
After that Platt grew strong enough to
dispute the leadership with Miller. though
he was stiil ridiculed the Me Too.
W hen the Legislature met ne had candi-
date for senator. Levi L. Morton. While
Morton was beaten 10y William NJ Ev-
arts. prov Ing that Plat was not Vet strong
enough to dictate his wishes to IegiSIa-
lures. the same convention in the follow
ing year found him a potent force and
trolied 50 much of it that he was already
spoken of AS the future boss
II was not until 1887, however that he
definitely established himself as the re
puhIiran leader. He had been beating
Miller inch by inch. Tile legislature met
and proceeded to elect Miller's successor
Morton was again Platts candidate
Neither he nor Miller had a majority
Platt threw his strength to HiScock the
third candidate, and Hiscock was elected
bein. wise enough Ia 90 into the Plat
camp.
In few years Miller disappeared en-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-04
Frame Dwelling on New Paris
Pike Was Burned to the
Ground Today.
PLACE WAS NOT OCCUPIED
ONE OF THE LOCAL FIRE COM.
PANIES WAS SENT TO BLAZE,
BUT HOUSE WAS DOOMED BE.
FORE ITS ARRIVAL.

Fire, believed to have been of incen-
diary origin, totally destroyed the
frame residence owned by Daniel Co
ins, colored, which is situated on the
New Paris pike just beyond the city
limits. The fire occurred this morn
ing at about $50 o'clock. A telephone
call was sent in to the fire departments
but in view Of the fact that the fire was
outside of the city only one company
responded and by the time it arrived
on the scene the flames had gained TOO
great headway to be extinguished.
Loss Is About $500.
The loss was about 1900, it is said.
The house was burned entirely to the
ground. Had it not been for the fact
that the house was vacant at the time.
the property loss would have been
much greater. The fire presented a
spectacular appearance, the flames
shooting high in the air and lighting
up the country in that vicinity for a
distance of several miles. The police
have several reasons to believe that
the fire was of incendiary origin and
are working on several clues which will
probably result in arrests later.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-04

ion that as articles Of building and
eouipment were added. that the value
of the plant was being enhanced just
that much. All business firms follow
this practice. The excess receipts ov-
er operating expenses in 1909 was
$45,361S2 and for the benefit Of those
who believe that the expenses OF
building and equipment should be fig
ured along with the operating expen-
ses, the report shows that even then
the earnings of the plant were. $34.-
S68. 10. In 1908 the excess receipts ov-
er operating expenses amounted to
$31, ,796.45.
In connection with his yearly re-
port, Mr. Rogers also made his regu-
lar monthly report for December. 1t
Is in part as follows: Receipts from
street lighting, $3,S54.37; receipts
from light and power, $7,17S.14; total
receipts, $11 11,032.51; disbursements
operating expenses, $3,6O2.49; build
ing and equipment, $307.44; total, $3,-
9O993, and excess of receipts over op.
Grating expenses for month, $7,430.02.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-04
Which Was Submitted Last
Evening at the Council
Meeting by Retiring Supt.,
Chas. H. Rogers.
FIGURES CAST BOMB
IN KNOCKERS CAMP
Doubtful If a Single Private
Corporation in the City Can
Show Better Per Cent of
Increase.

rhe Municipal Light Plant had the
banner year of its career during 1909,
for not only was the floating debt of
the plant, $4,000, owed to the city,
finally paid off. but sum of 1850. %
was placed in the general fund of the
city treasury. In addition to this, the
receipts of the plant for the year were
much larger than in 1908, and the
profits accruing were even greater
than during the corresponding period
Of 1908. The receipts for the year
were $45. .361 50 in excess of operating
expenses. which is the best showing the
plant ever made.
Last evening Charles Rogers, the re-
firing superintendent of the plant gave
his yearly report to council. BY way
of showing what the plant has done in
the past two years the following com .
parative statement of monthly re-
ceipts is given:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-04
HARMON WON'T COME
Governor of Ohio RegretfulIy
Declines Commercial
Club IBID"
HAS TOO MUCH BUSINESS

E. NJ. Haas. secretary of the Com
mercial club, is in receipt of letter
from Hon. Judson Harmon, governor
of the state of Ohio, in which he states
that it will be impossible for him to at
tend the annual banquet to be given by
the local Commercial club in the
spring, owing to the fact that the legis-
lature will be in session at that time,
and his time will be occupied. Cover
nor Harmon expressed regret at being
unable to attend the banquet. declar-
ing that he always liked to attend such
occasions. but that business before
pleasure" should be the maxim Of all
public officers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-04
sick MEN CREMATEO

New Florence, Pa, Jan. 1.-TWO
brothers. both old and helplessly ill,
were burned to death in their home
this morning. They were John 8. Uts-
Ter, aged eighty-five years. formerly a
prominent farmer and Daniel Utsler,
aged eighty, a veteran of the Civil
war. The latter had just completed
arrangements to enter the soldiers
home. Origin OF the fire is a mys-
terry.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-04
AARMESEM IS HURT

While Albert S. Harmesen was driv-
ing team of horses hitched to a
heavy wagon in the field near his resi-
dence. 401 South Fourteenth street,
yesterday afternoon. the double tree
of the wagon broke and he was
thrown forcibly to the ground. His
back was badly sprained and it will
be several days before he will be able
to resume his work. The injury is
not at all serious. however.