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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-25
Believes no Revision of Tariff Should be
Effected Without Full Information

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. 25-President
dent Taft, in his address at the CONS
cum Saturday night, discussed the
work of the tariff board.
The presidents complete address
was as follows:
The Tariff Board.
NV Fellow Citizens: The issue has
arisen in respect to the wisdom and
propriety of the veto of the three
tariff bills which passed congress at
thu last session and were presented to
the executive for signature has
brought into greater prominence tnan
ever before the question of the reces'
sitv for a tariff board to advise the
executive and congress as to the 1ac1s
in reference to the present operation
of an existing tariff and the future
operation of a proposed tariff.
Impartial Investigation Demanded. -.
The heated discussion that followed
the passage of the Payne bill devei'
oped among the people of this country
a deep feeling that never again ougnt
tariff legislation to be attempted
without a fairer and more Impartial
investigation than had been possible
under the system which prevailed IN
the making of the Mckinley bill, the
Wilson bill, the Dingley bill, and the
Payne bill. These bills were prepared
by men Of great ability and large ex-
perience, but they were members OF
congress. The investigation devoted
to the work did not exceed more than
a few months, the witnesses who were
called were generally interested IN
the matter and pront to gle a COL
ored view Of the facts in reference
to the protection needed, the tarir
itself was complicated matter, the
terms used were not easily under.
stood, and while the question was OF
the utmost Importance to the people
at large the people at large had little
opportunity to know what the changes
were which were being actually effect
ed and what their operation would be
either upon the industries protected
or upon the cost of living to the con-
Stunning public.
Information 10 Inadequate.
This sense Of inadequacy of in
formation in respect to the operation
of tariff changes naturally reused the
business men of the country, who
could appreciate more than any other
class the possible injury and disturb
ance Of business by all advised legis-
lation, to the necessity for reform.
An association was organized among
the commercial bodies of this country
to promote the passage Of bill pro-
viding for a permanent tariff commits
sion or board which should be con.
stantly engaged in the investigation
into trade relations, should have on
hand the data from which the com.
parative cost Of production of dutiable
articles at home and abroad could be
promptly stated. could furnish to con-
gress the revenue producing capacity
OF all rates of duty and give all the
other facts with reference to <he ef-
feet of the operation OF the tariff
which congress ought to know in de-
termining whether changes were
needed or not and in determining
how best taxes might be reduced If
there was surplus or how best they
might be increased II there was a
deficit.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-25
TAFT PLACES HIS FAITH IN
WORK Of HIS TARIFF BOARD

of the royal prerogative and my atti-
tude Is compared to that Of George
III. OF course understand that these
periods of rhetoric are usual under
such circumstances, and I do not find
myself greatly troubled by them when
called upon to exercise a clearly i'm
posed constitutional function.
The Constitution of the United
States says that
every bill which shall have passed
the house of representatives and
the senate shall, before it be-
comes law, be presented to the
president of the United States; If
he approve he shall sign 1t, but IT
not he shall return it, with his oh.
jections, to that house in which
it shall have originated, who
shall enter the objections at large
on their journal and proceed to
reconsider it.
Could Not Avoid His Responsibility.
did disapprove these bills, and J
therefore withheld my signature. fol-
lowing exactly the injunction OF the
Constitution. The truth Is, that IN.
strument makes the president part OF
the legislative power in the enact
ment of bills. l could not avoid the
responsibility, and having the respon-
sibility: I must meet it and exercise
the function imposed on me in accord
anos with my best ability. I did not
feel that the information was at hand,
either for the use of congress or my
self, upon which the bills proposed
ought to have been passed. The mere
fact that in the case Of certain sched-
ules there ought to be reductions was
not a sufficient reason for making any
kind of a reduction. Revenue meas
ures of this sort, in which the pro-
tective principle has heretofore been
recognized and enforced, have direct
bearing upon the business and pros
perity of the country, and substan-
tial change in the rates ought not to
be made without an earnest inquiry
as to the effect that may be had
upon the industries affected. The re-
form aimed at in the organization of
a tariff board for the purpose of max
ing an impartial investigation into
such facts as are relevant to these
issues Is of the highest importance
to the country. In the long run
believe it to be of higher Importance
than the reduction OF any particular
schedule. The agitation for such a
board in the last two years has been
greatly in the public interest. and
now to throw away the benefit secured
by this public movement toward a
better method Of readjusting the tariff
is to take a retrograde step.
Tariff Board Members Are Not Ex.
perts.
The tariff board has been referred
to sometimes as a board of experts
on the tariff. This is hardly a correct
description. 1t would be impossible
to secure board all tho members
of which had expert knowledge upon
all the subjects of the tariff, for
the IA or Is schedules are very broad
in their scope and include much of
what is manufactured or produced in
the world. Indeed. it is by no means
clear that it would be of advantage
to have in the board itself men who
are experts upon the makine and sale
Of particular articles mentioned in the
tariff. 1t is far better to have in the
board men who are in the habit of
making Investigations. who are in
the habit Of calculating costs. who are
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-25

covering, as it must, many months of
time? Besides this work Of investi-
cation, there has been much work
done in the preparation Of a glossary
for many of the schedules covering
not only the important statistics but
a description of each article enumer-
ated in the tariff, with an explanation
of its relation to the industry, its i'm
portance to producers and consum-
ers, and the nature of the tariff duty
imposed. Besides this, technical ex-
perts have been employed to maka,
special reports on special schedules
of the tariff, which will serve as
basis for later investigation of more
detailed character. Preliminary work
of this kind. for instance, has been
done in the case of iron and steel.
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-25

Continued on Page Seven.)
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
COLLEGE MEN WILL
Be SEEN IN CAPITAL
IN FEMININE ROLES
Female Stars" Featured in
Simply Cynthia and
Made in India

Two college men who have been pro-
nounced the best amateur female imper-
sonators Of the season are 10 he seen
with the college plays tha- come to
Washington this week. The Capital has
always literally patronized amateur
theatricals put on by both local and
visiting collegians. and past perform
ances have deserved this patronage.
Another treat is now promised in the
visit of tHc~Columbia varsity show and
the Princeton Triangle Cluo. The CO.
lumbia boys, with W. v. SAKE in tine
leading female role, will be seen in the
New Willard ballroom this afternoon
and this evening in a production entitled
Made in India"
Tomorrow afternoon, at the Col1rlbia
Theater. the Princeton Triangle Club, in
which j. n. DuBarry, third, Is the
leading lady," will present Simply
Cynthia
The gowns worn by the girls in both
productions are of the most expensive
sort, and are said to be decidedly
fetching" All of the young college
men purchased their outfits at the
same New York shop, and there is a
friendly rivalry between them.
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
Cleaning Windows Crystal Clear

With dry. soft cloth remove the
dust from both outside and inside,
cleaning the corners and grooves with
the point Of a stick covered with a
cloth. Have ready a pail CT warn
sUds made by dissolvins n tablespoon
Of Gold Dust washing powder in warm
water. Dip a soft cloth in the water,
squeeze almost dry and wipe the glass
off. Polish with chamois. as IT leaves
NJ lint and does the work with more
ease. Do not wash windows when
the sun is shining on them. Mirrors
should be washed in the same way
as windows. Then polish with a soft
cloth charged with powdered whiting.
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
Veteran Senator Frye
Soon to Quit Office

That the oldest member I'm point of
service of the Senate. William p.
Frve OF Maine, is likely to announce
that he will not seek another term
in that body. is given out here
Senator Frye is in I'll health and is
now confined to the Hotel Hamilton.
suffering from an injury to one OF
his feet. 1t was caused by a shoe rub
hing his heel causing a blister. 1t has
not healed, and is giving him much
trouble.
Senator Frye is expected to follow
Senator Hale's example and refuse to
run again. His health would not per-
NIT him to undertake hard cam
pagn. He would leave the Senate
now were ii not that the Legislature
is Democratic and would supplant
him with a Democrat.
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
hASONS TO HOLD
FUNERAL TUESDAY
FOR v. H. DECKER
Served His Country Long
and Well in War and
Peace.

Members OF the G. A. r. and Masonic
orders will be present at the funeral
services for William Henry Decker, a
veteran of the civil war and one of the
oldest employees of the general post
office. The funeral will take place to-
morrow afternoon at 1:SO o'clock from
the Protestant Episcopal Church of the
Ascension, Massachusetts avenue and
Twelfth street northwest. the Rev. j.
Henning Nelms, d. D.. rector, officia-
ting. Interment will be in Arlington
Cemetery, with Masonic honors.
Mr.. Decker was 81 years old and died
yesterday morning at 3:45 o'clock, at
his apartment in the Ontario, after a
brief illness. He was born in Mil
waukee September l. 1874. He was edu-
Gated in the schools of his native city.
At the outbreak of the civil war in
1861 he was one of the first young men
OF his city to respond to President Lin
coins call for volunteers. He served
throughout the war in the Milwaukee
volunteers, and at the close of f1ostili-
ties participated in the review Of troops
In Washington.
He came to Washington 2S years ago
to accept Government position. hav-
ing previously served as QuarlermaSter
agent for the United States army in
Mexico in 1875. At the time of his death
he held a position of trust in the office
of the sixth auditor of the general post
office, where he had served a number of
years.
In Masonic life he was widely
known, being a member OF Lafayette
Lodge, Columbia Commandery, and a
thirty-second degree Scottish Rite
Mason. He also was a member OF the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion, and
the Soldiers Alliance Mr.. Decker is
survived by his wife. There were no
children.
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
Biologists to Study
Great Alaskan Glaciers

ITHACA, n. Y, April 17.-Special
study of the Taku and Muir glaciers in
Alaska will he made this summer by
a party headed by Prof. Ralph S. Tarr,
of Cornell, and Prof. Martin, or the Uni
veristy Of Wisconsin, geoloGists.
The coming expedition will be the
third that has been made under the
auspices Of the National Geographic
Society for the same study.
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
Interstate Decision
Restricts Demurraqe

The wholesale levying of demurrase
charges by railroads was prohibited in a
decision handed down by the Interstate
Commerce Commission today.
The commission ruled ''demurTage
may not be assessed except for or be-
cause of failure on the part of shipper
or consignee to comply with his abliga-
tons
The Washington times., 1911-04-17
Minor Cases for Easter.

Judge George c. Aukam sat in the
District side of Police Court today in
place Of Judge A. r. Mullowny, who
is out of the city for short time. Eas-
ter Monday furnished a dock of twenty-
five prisoners, but only minor offenses
figured in the list.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-29
BITTER AGAINST FATHER.
Girl Shot BY Parent Testifies Against
Him.

Philadelphia, Sept %. - George
Schachte, forty-fve years old, was given
a final hearing before Magistrate Spiess
in the East Girard avenue police sta
tion. and held in 81 900 bail for cour
ON the charge of shooting and seriously
wounding his daughter, May, twenty
years old. on Sept. s.
Schachte lay in wait for his daughter
and fired four shots at her. one taking
effect. She was sent to st. Mary's hos
pital and Schachte was locked up.
Miss Schachte had sufficiently re-
covered to appear against her father
at his hearing as did her younger sister,
Evelyn. The wounded girl was espe,
cially bitter against her father. After
the shooting it was alleged that
Schachte had tried to cut his wife's
throat two years ago and had been
prevented by May and that ever since.
then he has held grudge against the
girl
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-29
DEFENDS VETOES.
Taft Talks on Tariff at
Last Stop In Kansas.
BIG CROWDS AT EVERY PLACE
President Visits Four of Eight Con.
sressiona Districts In State, Divid.
ing Time Between Insurgents
and Stand Pat Statesmen.

Leavenworth, Kan. Sept 2S.-Presi-
dent Taft ended his four days visit to
Kansas with speeches to three large
audiences.
There was a G. A. r. reunion meet
ing in Topeka and county picnic at
Atchison, so that the president was
kept away from politics except for his
final address to a crowd in the public
square of this city. Here he discussed
the tariff.
Mr.. Taft just before leaving issued a
statement thanking the people of this
state for their kindly reception. Here
is the presidents message to the Kan
sans:
81 am sincerely grateful to the people
of Kansas not only for the warm vel
come which they extended to me as
president of the United States. but for
the kindly attention which they gave
to what | said. / found the intelligent
men and women of Kansas looking
prosperous, happy and contented and
congratulate them on the evidences
thereof that abounded on every hand"
Mr.. Taft has now Travelled through
four congressional districts of the eight
of this state. Two of these were in
surgent districts, admittedly so even in
Kansas. and two of them were ranked
as "stand pat" having returned their
old congressman after hard fights in
the primaries during the heyday of in
surgency in this section of the coun-
try. 1t is admitted by his enemies that
the president has covered representa-
tive portion of the state on his visit
The presidents first day here was a
surprise to every one. The reception
did not abate in numbers through the
whole four days trip in the state.
Forty thousand people packed into
the public square before the state cap
itol at Topeka, where the president
spoke at the G.. A. Il. reunion. Mr.
Taft was obliged to go from one corner
of the big platform to the other in or
der to satisfy the crowds that banked
the platform on every hand. He made
most of his talk for the benefit Of the
old soldiers. and only reserved a small
portion of it for himself in his arbitra-
tiOn speech.
The picnic and reception at Atchison
was the most picturesque Of the four
| days of his visit here. Bale Waggener
was the host of the children of the
county, and the president accepted the
invitation to become part of their
show.
In Leavenworth the president had a
noisy reception. They brought out the
| show cavalry from Fort Leavenworth
and several bands and gave the presi-
dent a fine parade. 1t was close to n
| hundred degrees where the president
! discussed the tariff with an immense
audience in the public square. cou-
pie Of old men had to be hurried out
of the press. 1t was another Kansas
audience that stood quiet and atten
tive while the president went over The
tariff with them. The most persistcni
criticism that has been leveled at the
president during his visit here has beer
that he has wasted his audiences and
has not discussed politics as often as
he might.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-29
ITALIANS WANT A WAR.
Reserves Report For Duty Amid Anti.
military Demonstrations.

Reserves Report For Duty Amid Anti.
military Demonstrations.
Milan. Italy, Sept. 2S.-The general
strike has failed, but revolutionary So
cialists and anarchists are provoking
antimilitary demonstrations. The gov
ernment has kept troops in readiness
to occupy stations at many Industrial
towns. There has been much stone
throwing in the streets and hundreds
have been arrested throughout Italy
The enthusiasm for the Tripoli eX.
pedition, however, is great all over
the country and especially in the.
south and in Sicily. All of the re.
servists have answered the call ana
entered barracks amid cheers of the
citizens. At several stations trains,
have been stopped by mobs of women
and children, who lay on the rails un
til they were driven off by cavalry
and carbineers. The cry of the re,
servists is Live Italy and Italian Tri-
poll"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-29
CHARLES G. GATES Welded.
Miss Florence Hopwood Becomes Wife
of Late Financier's Son.

Uniontown, Pa, Sept, 2S.-Miss
Florence Hopwood, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank P. Hopwood of Min
neapolis. and Charles G. Gates, son of
the late John w. Gates, were married
here Just one month and eighteen days
after the death of the wealthy tinancier.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. DR.. ]. w. La Grone of Port
Arthur, Tex, in the presence of seven
ty-fve intimate friends and relatives
of Miss Hopwood and Mr., Gates.
Mr.. and Mrs Gates left in their prl-
vate car for honeymoon trip. They
will be at Port Arthur, the Gates sum-
mer home, in six weeks and after the
1st of November will make their home
in the Plaza hotel, New York.
The wedding presents included some
costly diamonds and pearls from Mr..
Gates to his bride, and Mrs. John w.
Gates presented her with more than
700 pieces of costly silverware.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-29
PRIMARY FIGHT.
Warrants Out For Earle
Voters In Philadelphia.
MANY ARRESTS MAY FOLLON.
Political Activity Among Police and
Firemen Charged Against Ware by
Earle Party-Committee Gives
Warning Of Prosecution.

Philadelphia. Pa. Sept. 2S.-The lat
est accusation in the mayoralty tight
is that in defiance of the order of May
or Reyburn. Mr.. Clay. director of pub
lie safety. has again become active
with the police and tiremen in the i'll
terest of the candidacy of William D..
Ware.
Supporters of George H. Earle charg-
ed that several policemen who favor
the candidacy of Mr. Earle have been
transferred to far points and that en-
ployees of the electrical bureau have
been taken from their usual posts ana
sent to post which will insure theil
being inside the city hall through ui
election day. This will prevent their
voting at the primaries COnfrOn q
with these accusations, Mr.. Clay said
he had received the mayors order am
was enforcing it.
The committee of seventy issued a
statement that any attempt to cocT e
city employees would be prosecuted.
1t was reported that large number d.
warrants had been issued for the ar
rest of men living in wards regardud d
as the strongholds of Senator Nc
Nichol According to the report the
warrants were issued after a confer
ence between Mayor Reyburn and d.
Clarence Gibboney, candidate for may
or on the keystone ticket. The Earle
party charges that the warrants We're
issued as a rptaliatOrV measure for
the Endorsement that Senator Nc
Nichol and Senator Penrose gave Mr..
Earle's candidacy
George X. Stearns, former director of
public works, whom Mayor Reyburn
recently dismissed, appeared before
the Catlin senatorial commission and
testified that contracts were improper
ly awarded in the department of
which he was once the head. He dis
claimed responsibility for what he
termed irregular contract awards.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-29
FOR -FOUR DEATHS
New Orleans Holds Girl as
Wholesale Slayer.
LOVES CLOTHES. HATES MEN.
Annie Crawford, Ugly and a Morphine
Fiend, Is Charged With Most Sen.
sationaI Series of Crimes In
History of the South.

New Orleans, Sept. 2S.-That Annie
Crawford, ugly and man hater, poi
soned four members of her family to
crafty her inordinate love of dress is
tional murder case in the history OF
New Orleans. That this love of dress
was exaggerated through the fact she
Is morphine fiend is another side
light. According to a statement by
the district attorney after the girl
ty-four hours, she has not confessed
to her alleged crime or crimes. and
there is no likelihood of her doing so.
The woman-she is twenty-seven
years old-is under arrest charged
only with poisoning Elsie Crawford,
the stenographer, who died mysteri-
ously few days ago 1t seems al
most certain. however, that she soon
will be served with affidavits in smi
lar cases in which her father, her
mother and her sister will be named
as the victims.
The result of the district attorneys
examination # the Crawford woman
and various relatives of the faulty is
being kept as secret as possible, but
the case appears TO be growing more
serious all the time.
Annie Crawford through long serv-
ice in the drug department of the New
Orleans sanitarium. from which she
was discharged for alleged irregulari-
ties in her accounts, was familiar with
the action of poisons and seemed to
have worked with the careful patience
Of a scientist conducting an expert
ment. Her alleged methods some
times We're crude, but she seldom bun
gled
Since her discharge from the hospi
tai two years ago she has not worked,
hut has paid board to the uncle and
aunt with whom she lived. At first
she claimed she had saved up some
money, but later she said she could
not have kept up but for the insur
ance money she received by the deaths
of members of her family. In addi-
ton to being addicted to morphine.
she was eccentric otherwise. She sell
dom ate at the table, usually taking
her meals in the kitchen. When
young men called upon her sisters she
ran off and hid. Yet her clothes We're
handsome and expensive.
Each of the four whose deaths prob
ably were caused by the woman now
in prison carried insurance. Recently
Annie Cra wford took out insurance
upon the remaining members of the
family.
The circumstances surrounding the
death of Elsie Crawford. who was the
prisoners junior by several years,
were mysterious at the time. Elsie
had been treated for heart trouble by
Il Dr. Mcguire, who, however, upon
the young lady's death on Saturday
refused to give certificate of death.
saying that the symptoms were not
those of heart trouble. DR.. Mcguire
is said to have declared at the time
that if he had been prevailed upon to
give a certificate of death he would
have diagnosed it as morphine poison
ing.