Greene County herald., 1911-08-11

GENERAL NEWS

niuin lSlRFt charges on small pack
age shipments within the state. 1
committee from the roads, headed b,
Frank Littleton Of the Big Four, state,
that the action Of the roads in film,
subsequent order annulling the or
der of increase was taken by the road
to te sufficient and asked that th,
hearing be cancelled. This the com
mission refused to grant and the rail
road men with their attorneys with
drew. A permanent order against an,
Increase is ordered.
The question Of whether the United
States government employees can b
members of labor unions will be tested
ON Sept 4. Labor day, when the Ma
tional Federation of PostofIice Clerk,
assemblies for the sixth annual conven
tion in Des Moines, la. The postof.ic,
clerks. according to President Nelson
expect then to affiliate formal,
with the American Federation OF La
Dor. A government clerks right TO joiI
a labor organization has been in doub
since President Rooseyelt's 'gag-rule'
for civil service employees was issuet
in 1902. That order stated "employe,
of the government shall neither direct
iy nor indirectly through association
make any attempt to have their rat,
of compression Increased"
The policemen OF Yonkers, N. Y.
are searching for James H. Gore, chic
clerk OF the National Sugar renner,
here, on warrant which charges hin
with the theft of more than 1000 bar
rels of sugar, valued at nearly $50,
1t is alleged that the sugar was stoler
a barrel at time over period o
many months 1t was discovered some
time ago that considerable quantit,
of sugar was missing and investiga
ton showed that many barrels hat
been delivered to local grocers at re
duced prices, These dealers told th<
police that the sugar had been sold tt
them by Gore. E..
The report which was sent out from
Mexico that the control Of The Nationa
railroads had aired out of the hands
of the Mexican government through
the sale by General Diaz and Minister
of Finance Limantour of their report
ed controlling personal holdings t
New York bankers was denied by D
+. Bennett, vice president OF the road
He said that in the plan for the mer
rer of the National Railroad compan.
of Mexico and the Mexican Central
forming the consolidated company, /
was distinctly stipulated that conro
should be lodged with the federal gov
ernmcnt. ea1 ~ ls
At New York Friday l.. C. Hanna
of Cleveland, o., brother Of Mark A
Hanna, told the house OF representa-
tives' committee of inquiry into th'
United States Steel corporation hi!
version of the absorption of the Ten
neesee Coal and Iron company by tn,
steel trust in 1907, He was one of thu
Of the Tennessee company
E. w. Oglesby of Cleveland, VIII,
also was connected with the Tennessee,
deal, followed Mr. Hanna on the wit
ness stand. He is now director O
the Republic Iron and Steel company
At Ell Paso, Tex, Friday James H
Conlin, aged fifty, at one time vic'
president and general manager Of thu
Chicago, Rock Island and Mexico
railroad, a short line since acquired
by the Rock Island road, and In 190'
superintendent of the Rock Islan'
terminal elevations in Chicago, wa
found dead in room of the Robert
Banner building with bullet in hi
heart, evidently self-inflicted.
The Paris, France, Mathis Berlil
correspondent says he learns on higl
authority that the German emperor il
furious at the situation In which Barol
Won Kiderlen-Waechter. the foreigl
secretary, placed Germany in his alb
sence, which was the result Of false in
formation. 1t was believed that Grea
Britain was. utterly Indifferent to Nc
rocco and would abandon France II
the moment of danger.
Denouncing at Washington a
absolutely false the charge of William
Jennings bryan that he blocked tn
efforts of Speaker Clark and other
to revise the iron and steel tarii
schedules, Oscar Underwood, Demo
cratic house leader, amid uproariou
Democratic applause, spoke in the na
tional house in defense of his position
and that OF the Democratic house.
After being hit by an auto at Kals
mazoo, Mich, and knocked to th'
pavement, Jerry Linihan, an aged resi-
dent of the city, saved himself from
being crushed under the machine b.
catching hold of the front axle. HI
was dragged along on the pavemen
until the machine was stopped Whil'
badly hurt 1t Is not believed his In
juries will prove fatal. 81
At Washington. the Democrats
cotton revision bill, which just abou
cuts the cotton rates of the presen
tariff law in half, was passed In tn
house by vote Of 202 to 81. Twen
ty-six Republicans. Representaiv'
Aiken OF New YORK, VINO Is unClasSe'
politically, and Representative Berger
the Socialist, helped to jam the meas
ure through
At Peoria, ILL.,, ten or dozel
firemen were injured. two seriously
when fire destroyed the Greeley schoo
BUILDING. Captain James Lynch AM
Hoseman Frank Hadley were badl!
cut and bruised. - s.
Lawrence D. Strineer, Democratic
nominee for senator IN 1909, asserted
his belief that Lorimer won his sen
ate seat by corruption. osss5s.. h.
President Taft will veto wool re
vision bill II 1t reaches him at the
session Of congress-.