The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-02-17
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GENERAL NEWS,

| mer plans to speak in his own behalf
This address from the accused" will
be the feature of the investigation, his
friends say, and in it he will not only
| fatty deny the charges, it is declared,
but he will bring in a new line of evil
dence to prove his election untainted
Senator Lorimer is said to be working
| on his speech ard is preparing to
make it the event of his political life
He has conferred with his friends and
allies in the senate and may hit some
of his traducers hard, it is said
A bill to be presented to the New
Hampshire state legislature this year
provides fine of SO for each and
| every offense of unlawfully breaking
| in on telephone conversation or TAX
ing down receiver and listening to a
conversation between others on the
party line" The bill has been pre-
pared by Representative Herman A.
Clark at the request of telephone sub
scribers in the rural districts, where.
four or five party telephones are nu-
| merous
President Taft is cheered by many
| on his way back to Washington,
reached Pittsburg, cheered by many
kilograms of congratulations on the
| manner in which he conducted his
| brief campaign in Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois for reciprocity with Canada.
| In spite of the information that Speak
er Cannon is opposed to the agree
| ment, the president is more optimistic
| than ever over the prospect for pas
sage of reciprocity legislation at this
| session of congress.
Senator Roots speech against the
election of senators by direct vote
was characterized from the floor as
one of the most impressive speech
ever delivered in that body. For more
| than two hours the senator from New
| York held the attention of every mem
Der and the crowded galleries while
he pictured the effect of the adoption
of the proposed constitutional amend
| ment upon the institutions of the coun-
try and the senate itself.
The new commerce court formally
organized in Washington and then ad-
journed until Feb. 49, Before adjourn
ment, Presiding Judge Knapp an
Rounced these special appointments:
Clerk, George F. Schneider, at pres
ent clerk of the interstate commission
of the senate, of which the late Sen
ator Elkins was chairman; marshal,
Fred j. Starek, of Cleveland, o. The
clerk and marshal are to receive sal
aries of $4,000 year each.
By vote of al to 80 the house
passed the Lowden bill authorizing the
purchase of embassy building abroad.
This bill or similar bills have been
pending for many years. This is the
first time that the supporters of the
idea that the government should own
its own embassy buildings in foreign
capitals have ever been able to induce
the house to act favorably on the
proposition.
In New York city Mrs. Roberta
G. Hill, divorced wife of Captain James
Hill, one time of the English army,
and fined $4,000 by Judge Martin of
the United States circuit court. She
had pleaded guilty to charge of
smuggling into New York a sable coat
and jewelry, the aggregate value of
which is about $4,000.
Under the new three-year contract,
which goes into effect next season,
Signor Caruso has agreed to sing un-
der the management of the Metropolis
tan only in America. All his Euro
pean engagements will be under other
management. He will receive $4,000
q performance and probably will sing
sixty or seventy times in this country.
Hiram G. Gill, mayor of Seattle,
Wash, was removed from Office by the
voters participating in the recall cleo
ton, and George w. Dilling, Public
Welfare league candidate, was chosen
by plurality of 5000 to serve as
mayor during the remainder of the
term for which Gill had been elected.
At Marietta, Ohio, Edward A. Ep-
Ter, former auditor of the Marietta,
Columbus and Cleveland railroad, who
is charged with embezzling $4,000 of
the funds of the railroad, escaped
from the county jail. George Bayless,
arrested on a charge of burglary, es-
capped with him.
In the executive session of the
senate at Washington the nominal
ton of ex-Representative Duncan Nc
Kinley to be surveyor of customs for
the District of San francisco and
James Britt of North Carolina, to be
third assistant postmaster general,
were confirmed.
Daniel w. Field, breeder of Brock
ton, Mass, has just announced there
the sale of his 7-weeks' old Royal Par
pie bull calf, Aggie Cornucopia, Sir
Colantha, to w. II. Minor, of Chicago,
the purchase price being $4,000, the
highest amount it is said ever paid for
a young bull
Danger to the public interest from
the ever-tightening grip of a lumber
monopoly is strongly set forth in a