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Morris tribune., 1911-01-20
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, iolI.

The promptness with which the
speakers crowd in the House aban
doned their untenable position with
regard to publicity of committee ac-
tion again demonstrates the effective
ness of public opinion. Members be-
gan to hear from home, and that did
the work.
Morris tribune., 1911-01-20
Recommendation.

Didn't your old employers recon-
mend you?"
"Oh, yesr'
Their word should have been
enough"
1T was. They announced me as the
best man they ever turned out"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
AGREE ON TERMS
Of TRADE TREATY
Canada and United States Come
to Understanding.

Washington. Jan. 21.--A reciproc-
ity agreement has been reached be-
tween the United States and Canada
as a result of the conferences which
have been in progress here. The ba-
sis of the agreement is the exchange
of foodstuffs and agricultural prod
ucts of Canada for certain manufac,
tured commodities produced in this
country. The details of the agree
ment will not be made public until
1t has been submitted to the senate
and the Canadian parliament.
The negotiators were in session at
the state department, and at the end
OF the conference IL was announced
that another session will be held to.
day, at which it is expected that the
agreement will be signed by Secre.
tary of State Knox and the Right
Hon. James Bryce, the British am
bassador.
II is not expected that the agree.
ment will cover a very wide range
of commodities. 1t is said also that
| the schedules affected in the agree.
ment are such as will not provoke
great opposition in congress. II has
been President Taft's strong desire
to negotiate some kind of reciproc
ity treaty with Canada, even II II
were very narrow in scope, Such an
agreement would serve as an opening
wedge and. in the opinion of admin
istration officials, would ultimately
result in more comprehensive con
vention when the people OF both
countries are educated to the bene
fits that will flow from mutual un
derstand1ng of this character.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
NORTON TO QUIT PRESIDENT
Secretary viii Return to Private
Business In Chicago.

Washington, Jan. 2l.-Charles d.
Norton, who has been secretary to
the president for about six months,
will soon retire. This was an
nounced by the White House in the
following statement:
"The fact that Charles d. Norton,
secretary to President Taft, would
retire from that position in the near
future and return to private busi-
ness in Chicago, was disclosed in
connection with the proposal to in
crease the salary of the secretary to
the president from $4,000 to $4,000.
1t was stated in the senate subcom-
mittee that Mr.. Norton, while strong
ly urging the increase in connection
with the reorganization Of the execu-
tive staff at the White House, had
declared that he would not himself
be the beneficiary of the increase"
Representative Tawney OF Mime
sofa, Representative Edwin DENLY OF
Michigan and Assistant Secretary OF
the Treasury Charles ID. Hilles are
among those regarded as possibilities
to succeed Norton.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
HE FINALLY GOT WARM.
A Writer'S Indoor Experience on Colo
Night In Bordeaux.

What beautiful sunshine we had at
Bordeaux, and how nice and warm Il
was in the daytime! As long as the
sun kept out It was lovely; but, oh,
when the sun went down
They gave gave me beautiful, large,
lofty room at the hotel with doors and
windows all over II. After dinner |
went up to try to write, and then ]
found that Siberia had come again. ]
put great logs Of wood upon the tire
and blew them with the bellows till
the flames roared up the chimney, but
still | shivcrcd In the Icy blasts that
blew through every crevice. put on
my ulster. dragged the blankets from
the bed ran races around the room
and practiced the Indian clubs with n
heavy portmnnteau in each hand, but
st.l felt my blood congealing, and the
horrors of the early morning came
back again.
In this dilemma my companions Su-
dan experiences stood us in good stead,
He was with Gordon In the expedition
of 1861. He took our walking sticks
and umbrellas, and with these and the
blankets and the rugs he rigGed up "A
nice, comfortable tent in front of the
fire.
Sitting in this tent in our big room
we at last got warm, and my fingers
were able to hold a pen.-George r
Sims in "Dagonet Abroad"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
PERFECT CHURCH UNION PLAN
Methodist Delegates viii Report to
Conference at Chattanooga.

Cincinnati. o., Jan. 2l,.-After de.
liberating for three days the nine
delegates representing the three
branches of the Methodist church,
who gathered in this city to devise
some plan for the union of the three
branches, adjourned well satisfied
and much encouraged by the results
of the conference. The church lead
ers left for their respective homes
with the announcement that they
had agreed to report to the general
commission on unity at Chattanooga
in May, the fundamental principles
the subcommittee had decided were
those upon which the Methodist
Episcopal churches, the Methodist
Episcopal Church South and the
Methodist Protestant chulcn, might
be united into one great church.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
Wanted In kentuckY.

Columbus. o., Jan, 2l,-A man who
gave the name of w. II. Thomas OF
Spokane, Wash, when he registered
at hotel here, was arrested by a
detective after ID. o. MOssman, a
banker of Wheeling, w. Va, told the
hotel manager that he had recog'
nized him on the street as badly
sought forger. At the police station
he said he was w. n. Harner of Fort
Wayne, Ind, Richmond (Ky,) Off.
cials notified the police that they
would send for him. He is alleged
to have secured $500 on a forged
note there, The man admitted he
was wanted at Richmond and al
other towns in Kentucky, also at
Spokane. on forgery charges.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
CANDIDATES GROW NERVOUS
Ask Governor Glasseoek to Coax
Senators Home.

Charleston, w. Va, Jan. 2l.-More
concerned than any other Democrats
in West Virginia over the deadlock
In the legislature are Clarence E.
Watson and William Z. Chelton,
Democratic caucus nominees for the
United States senate. The balloting
Is to begin on Tuesday. and they an.
ticipate trouble If Governor Glass
cock should refuse to issue commits
slons They called upon the execu-
tive and conferred with him for some
time, but neither side will disclose
what occurred II is understood that
they asked him to use his influence
to induce one of the Republicans to
return and participate in the election.
The absent Republican senators
have sent their ultimatum that they
will not return unless Senator Hearu.
whom the Democrats unseated, has
been reinstated, and the Republicans
he permitted to organize by electinE
the president
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
HAD SYSTEM or HIS OWN
Illinois shsrin PolIed More Votes
Than There Are In County.

Danviile, ILL.,, Jan. 21.-rhe vote
selling scandal has developed into a
real sensation. and II is now known
that summonses will be issued Mon
day and will include the workers for
every candidate who has been before
che people for the past three years.
Among those who have been elect
ed TO once during the past three
years are; Judge Kimbrough, presid-
ing Judge OF circuit court, who deliv-
cred the sensational charges to the
grand jury on vote-selling; States
Attorney John II. Lewman, who is
conducting the vote-selling inyestiga'
ton; Sheriff Shepard, who polled
more votes at the last election than
there are In the county, and Mayor
Louis Platt, who was elected on q
reform ticket.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
sheehan Needs Eleven Votes,

Albany, n. Y, Jan, 2l,-The third
Joint ballot for United States senator
again resulted in the failure to elect
The vote was as follows: William f,
Sheehan, 60; Edward NJ. Shepard,
II; John d. Herman, 4; Alton b. Par
ker. 8; d. Cady Herrlck, 3; Martin
w. Littleton, 2; James W. Gerard,
Q; Martin II. Glynn, 2; Morgan ],
O'Brien, l. Simon w, Rosendale, /
Chauncey NJ Depew, 80, Total, l4l;
necessary for choice. n; absent and
necessary for choice, II; absent and
not paired, 8; absent and paired, o..
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
WESTERN MINERS
TO Get CHARTER
American Federation Of La
Dor Yields Point.
AYERTS THREATENED WAR

Refusal to Accept Metal Diegers From
Western States on Equal Footing
With Pick Swingers In other Parts
Of Country Would Have Resulted
In Withdrawal Of $4,000 Members
OF U. M. w. Of A. From Gompers'
oreanization-Color Line Drawn.
Columbus, o., Jan. 21.--A bulletin
from Washington announced that a
charter had been granted the West
ern Federation Of Miners by the ex.
ecutive council Of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor. Il will be similar
to the charter of the United Mine
Workers OF America, giving them
jurisdiction over all crafts employed
in and around the mines.
This action by the executive COM
mittee of the American Federation OF
Labor averts the threatened seces-
sion of the United Mine Workers OF
America and adds to the parent body
25 900 metal miners of the Western
Federation of Miners. 1t is regard
ed as a big victory for the United
Mine Workers, who have been fight
ing for several years for a solidifca-
tion OF the two organizations. 1t will
add to the strength of the coal min
ers of Colorado, where the organiza-
ton has been battling with the oper-
ators since last April in q strike.
Miners declare that the threat OF
the machinists and other crafts to
withdraw from the American Fedora
tion of Labor will not be carried out
and that everything will be smoothed
out now by the officers of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor.
BY an overwhelming majority the
United Mine Workers of America in
convention in Columbus voted to In
struct the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor, In
session in Washington, that unless g
charter is granted the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners similar to the one
held by the United Mine Workers
"the United Mine Workers Of Amer
lea, 100000 strong, will join with the
| Western Federation of Miners, witt
$4,000 members, in a movement tha
will insure the unity and co-opera
ton in action which has been sought
in the American Federation of La
bor This would amount to seces
| sion.
The fight is OF vital interest to the
| 100000 trades unionists of the coun
try. The miners are the stronges
| organization in point of numbers II
the American Federation of Labol
and the carpenters are second.
Somewhat OF a sensation was
sprung in the convention when 1
was announced that the color line
had been drawn by the management
of the Normandie hotel, where Secre
tary Perry has temporary headquar
ters. Colored delegates said the!
had been asked to use the freigh
elevator to get up to the secretary'i
rooms. Secretary Perry verified thii
statement and said he was seekinl
other quarters.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
WAR BUCAB0O
VISITS HOUSE
Committee FavOrS Two Mon.
Ster BattleShipS.
WILL COST $l1,OOO,OOO

Naval Program contemplates Total
Expenditure Of $4,000, ,ooo and In
eludes Two Golfers, Eight Torpedo
Boat Destroyers and Four Subma-
rlnes-Representati VIII Follow
Recommendations Of Secretary
Meyer as to Battleship New York.
Washington, Jan. 21.-Uncle Sam
may be in possession of the two big
gest battleships in the world if con-
gress enacts into law an amendment
incorporated In the naval bill by the
house committee on naval affairs.
The naval building program involves
a total expenditure of s36,OOO,OOO. or
this amount $12,sOOOOO is made
available for two battleships "of not
less than 27,OOO tons each"
According to the information re-
ceived by the committee 1t is the
purpose of the secretary Of the navy
under this authority to let contracts
for two battleships OF approximately
10000 tons each Others in the pro-
gram include: Two colliers to cost
100000 each; eight torpedo boat
destroyers, sS25.00O each; four sub
marines. 100000 each.
OF the total OF s36,0O0,000 allowed
for new building, the expenditure OF
Sl5,000,000 will be authorized in this
years naval budget. The remainder
will be made available from time TO
time as 1t is needed, according to
the progress of the work.
The house has decided to follow
the recommendation OF Secretary
Meyer relative to the building OF the
battleship New York This vessel
was to have been constructed in the
Brooklyn navy yard. Secretary Mey-
er has informed congress. however,
that If the New York is built in the
government yard the limit OF cost OF
the vessel must be increased from
$6,O0O,OO0 to S7,OOO,OOO. The commit.
tee has consequently decided to au'
thorize the building of the vessel un
| der private contract.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
PHONE INTERESTS CONFER
VIII Have Merger Bill Ready For
Legislature Next Week.

Columbus. o.. ian. 21.-Represen-
tatives OF the big independent tele-
phone interests throughout the state
have been In Columbus for the last
several days comforting with Bell
agents regarding the telephone
merger bill planned for this session.
They expect 10 have a merger meas
ure introduced In the house and SEN
ate next week.
Some OF the independents stated
that they would accept a provision in
the bill which would effectually pre-
vent watered stocks II some other
law could be passed to cover other
public utilities on this point. The
bill as drafted now does not touch
at all on stocks, bonds or capitaliza-
ton. Opponents Of a merger meas
ure say any bill would prove disas'
trous to the people without safe
guarding capitalization.
II Is believed that the Morgan in
terests will fight hard against any
provision to prevent watered stocks
They say II would be unfair to tele'
phonc companies to limit them on
this point unless other public utilities
were treated in a like manner.
Representative William 7. Smith
OF Marion, who is drawing up the
taxation measure to be introduced at
the suggestion of Governor Harmon
will have 1t ready Monday. Members
OF the tax commission have been
working hard over these bills, and
while they are not completed, they
are being whipped into shape. With
this bill, which will limit the tar
rate to per cent, and the public
utility bill which Mr.. Winters OF Erie
Is drawing, nearly all OF the admin
istration measures will be in. The
utilities bill will be introduced early
tn the week.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
FIGHTING NATURE.
What One Mans Patient Effort Wruns
From a Desert In France.

In the southwest of France bet"een
the rivers Adour and Garonne, are
long stretches Of pine woods, green
and cool.
Where these pines now stand was a
barren waste In the middle of the last
century. Sun and wind We'd with each
other in making the land drier and
dustier. Over the stormy bay of Bis
cay came winds that set up great
sandstorms and sometimes buried
whole villages. The whole region was
one of hopelessness aud despair. Fate
was against IT,
But finally there came a man who
acknowledged fate only as something
TO be overcome. This man, one Brc.
montler. was an inspector of roads.
He began fencing In the desert He
built a fence and behind 1t planted
broom seeds. Behind the broom seeds
he put seeds of the pine. The fence
protected the broom seeds, and the
broom grew. Then the broom in its
turn afforded shelter to the delicate
pine shoots
Soon the pines spread. and their
tough roots bound the sandy soil to-
gether The first step was accomplish
ed Then canals were made to drain
the wet parts and carry water to the
dry.
Thus did one man by patient effort
turn Creary desert into home for
an industrious and healthy population,
II was an instance of triumph over
fate.--New York Tribune.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
VIRGINIA MINE is
Scene OF EXPLOSION
Six Dead, -Four Fatally and Seven
Seriously Injured.

Gayton Mines, Va, Jan. 2l. - Six
men are known to be dead four IA.
tally injured and seven more or less
severely hurt as the result of an ex-
plosion in mine No. /, Carbon hill,
Gayton Mines. Others are still en-.
tombed. The work of clearing out
the mine is under way and it is
thought that more miners will be
found. More than 200 men were en-
ployed in the mine and the number
missing has not yet been ascer-
tanned.
The dead Lewis Salvlnsky, John
Geramis, Frank Burger, Stanisau
Salvini; two unidentified men, known
only by their numbers. Seven men
were seriously injured, among them
Joseph Verdina, James Robinson
Thomas Lee Jefferson Deter.
The cause of the explosion is un.
known. 1t is thought it may have
been due to disregard to signals by
miners.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
NEGRO suspect Ia Held.

Columbus, o., Jan. 21. - Awaiting
Identification by Clarence Stack OF
Chaseland, a negro is held in the Jail
at Ashley, a few miles north of Della
ware, in connection with the murder
OF Mrs. Alice Griffis at Chaseland
Tuesday night. Ashley authorities
who had been informed OF the mur-
der and given a description of the
negro suspect by the Delaware po'
lice, located the prisoner in the out
skirts of the village and notified the
local county authorities.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
MAY NOT CALL
ON MRS. SCHENK
Attorney O'Brien Says Testi-
mony Not Needed.
TRUMP CARD UP SLEEVE

Defense In WheeIins's Sensational
Poisoning Case Announces DIscov.
cry Of Now Witness Who VIII
Clear Woman Accused Of Feeding
Arsenic to Her Husband - Jurors
Ask Judge to Hasten Trial as They
Arc Growing Weary Of Job.
Wheeling, W. Va, Jan. 81. - The
most notable feature OF the proceed
ings In the trial OF Laura Schenk
was the announcement made by At
torney Frank A. O'Brien of the de-
fense that new witness had been
secured for the defense that will
prove their strongest card. Attorney
oBrlen stated that the securing OF
the new witness, who is woman.
will eliminate the necessity OF
placing Mrs. Schenk on the stand.
" was not stated definitely, however,
that Mrs. Schenk will not take the
stand In her own behalf. Mr.. 'O'Brien
expressed himself as confident that
the new witness will clear Mrs.
Schenk. II is understood the mys-
terious witness is Mrs. Lasch, a
friend OF Mrs. Schenk.
Judge Jordan announced that night
sessions would be held hereafter, the
court indicating that the Jurors have
requested this, as they were becom-
ing wearied from their long contine-
ment and that they were desirous OF
bringing the trial to an early conclu.
sion.
The defense called DR.. George
Slappy, Pittsburg physician, by
whom they intended to prove that
Elinor Zoeckler, the detective nurse
who testified for the state. was a con
hrmed morphine eater and that it is
impossible for morphine eaters to
tell the truth at any time. Prosecu.
tor Handlan objected on the ground
OF raising a collateral issue. and the
court sustained the objection. DR.
Blappy was not permitted to testify
The defense called a number OF
local physicians OF prominence to the
stand to testify that they would not
believe Dr. j. w. Myers on oath
Myers 10 the physician who testified
for tho state that he sold Mrs
Sehenk an ounce of acetate of lead
and shat she tried to buy Fowler's
solution OF arsenic from him and
that he refused her.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
Can Not Hold Bald Eagles.

Bellefontaine, o., Jan. 2l.-That It
is against the Ohio law to hold bald
headed eagles in captivity was the
ruling received from Attorney Gen
eral Hogan by Elmer Fawcett, a Lo-
gan county farmer. Fawcett has one
of the birds and the attorney general
ordered its release. The big eagle
was captured after fierce fight sew
eral weeks ago, Fawcett discovered
1t with its talons fastened in lamb.
He asserts that he will fight the
ruling in court.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
a Useful Remedy,

Little four-yenr-old Billy was visiting
his neighbor Jerry, Billy showed ev
cry evidence of a bad cold. Jerry's
mother asked with grave solicitude
Doesn't your mother give you any
thing for your cold. Billyf" whereupon
Billy answered. feeling in all his pock
cts at once, Yes, ma'am; she gives me
a clean handkerchief f"-Lippincott's.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
Talks to Miners,

Columbus. O., Jan. 81. -- Mother"
Jones, whose name and fame is
known throughout the country as the
friend of laborers, addressed the
miners convention this morning and
was given rousing ovation when
she appeared on the stage. Mother
Jones claims the United States as
her only home and registers on the
hotel registers accordingly She is
81 years old. and her hair is as
white as snow. without husband or
children, she has chosen as her fam
lily the thousands of toilers from the
Atlantic to the Pacific.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
White slavers Suspected.

New York, Jan. 2l.--The police
were notified that Annie Del Duca,
whose sisters, Mary, Ii and Josie, 8,
testified against a gang Of five white
slave traifickers. last summer, send.
ing five of them to prison, is mysteri-
ously missing from her home. The
girls parents told the police that
they relieved Annie had been kidnap-
ed for revenge, either by other mem
bers of the band or by their friends.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
FIRE DtSTR VS. HOTti
Two Inmates Can Not Be Accounted
For and May Be In Ruins.

Clarksburg, w. Va, Jan. 2l.--Fire.
originating in the servants quarters
of the Traders hotel, swert part
of the business district, lnnicting a
pecuniary loss of S25O,OOO while 1t
is estimated two died in the ruins.
The fire spread to the Grand opera
house. It was destroyed, with the
effects of "The Told In the Hills"
company. The herald Printing com
pany plant, the D. M. Ogden dry
goods store, Palace Furniture com
pany and other smaller structures
also burned.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
Many Hurt In coastlna Accident.

Laoonia. ~. H.. Jan. 21.--Eighteen
boys and girls were injured in
coasting accident here when double
runner on which they were travelling
at speed of fully so miles an hour
missed a turn in the road and crash
ed into wooden fence. The sled car
ried away 10 feet of the fence and
the manned occupants were thrown
in all directions.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
sibbaId,s Body Recovered.

Cincinnati o., Jan. 81. - Just 10
days after fire wrecked the Chamber
Of Commerce building the body Of
Charles s. Sibbald. secretary of the
Early & Daniel company, one of six
killed. was recovered This is the
third tody recovered Sibbald's hand
was clutching a telephone receiver
when found. He had been telephon.
ing to President Lee Early when the
building collapsed.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-21
"rhree Sheets In the Wind"

"What was the origin of the phrase
for drunkenness. three sheets in the
wind?" landsman asked a sailor the
other day. "Well," said the sailor,
'Tll explain that matter to you, The
two lower corners of ships sail are
held taut by two ropes, one called n
tack and another called sheet, The
tack is always kept very tight, but
the sheet is loosened according to the
wind, and the looser the sheet Is the
more freely the sail swings. II the
sail Is quite free its sheet is said TO
be in the wind Now. suppose that
all three of ships sails were quite
free. They would then fly about very
crazily, and the ship would wabble
The course of the ship would be zig
gag one. and the reason for this would
be that she had three sheets In the
wind That, | guess. Is why a mar
when he zigzags In his course is said
to be three sheets in the wind also"