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The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-08

island of Guam. It's rather neat
thing. l think"
1T sounds good" says the city edi-
tor. 1--WE have not had good story
about Guam for a week. Put 1t on
the hook. Senator. anything good
break on your run today?"
Yes. picked up a few little feat
ures," says the senator. Here's
speech l made on Senate Bill 1858.
entitled AN act to amend an net to
codify the regulations relating to the
transfer of malt liquor from distller-
les to bonded warehouses. / spoke
four hours on the bill and l think l
brought out some entirely new
points"
Sounds like human interest
story" says the city editor. Send 1t
upstairs and have m double lead It..
Who else has something light and
frothy?"
Here's a deft little thing / have
thrown together" says another SEN
ator. TITS my speech on the bill pro-
viding quarantine regulations against
the Importation of sheep with the gid.
If l do say 1t myself, l think l have
given 1t some rather clever touches"
That's the kind of stuff we want"
says the city editor. 81 see we're go
ing to have a good paper today. Now,
II we just had little something with
heart throbs and a few tears in it,
we'd be fixed"
81 think l can supply few sobs."
says a member of the committee on
the irrigation and reclamation of arid
lands. 81 delivered a rather telling
little speech of two hours this morn
ing on the bill authorizing the build
ing of a dam across the Bunc-Bunc
river. When l got through there
wasn't senator left in the chamber.
My information is they had all gone
out to cry. can give you about
four columns of that II it would help
you out"
"Fine!" says the city editor. you
are the best bunch of reporters ever
got together. l figure that we'll have
12O pages of solid nonpareil today to
gladden. the firesides Of our subscrib-
ers.
I'VE probably will miss all the mails
and not be on the street until several
hours after the other papers, but
what's the difference? Our circula-
ton is guaranteed by congress, which
says that two copies must be mailed
to each member every day. Now, ev-
erybody hustle out and get some
more speeches for tomorrow and
don't forget to insert the words laugh
ter and applause at the end Of every
third paragraph"
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-08
nIsnoslna of tho Petition.

They tell a story on Speaker Can
non which shows that even the speak
er may sometimes act subconsciously.
Rev. DR.. Couden. the blind chaplain OF
the house, early learned that, though
he is most eloquent, the briefer his
prayers the better the representatives
would like him. One time DR.. Couden
had some reverend friend accompany
him to the house, and asked him to Of
fer the prayer. The substitute prayed
to Genesis and back again, and then
some. When he concluded. the speak
er's subconscious mind was working
in other directions. and he brought his
eayel down with whack that Jared
the medallions in the glass roof. and
said: What will you do with the pc
titionr 80 they say"
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-08
USES MILES OF SUPPLIES
Postoffice Departments List for the
Present Year Shows vastness
of Extent

Four thousand miles of twine,
enough ink and mucilage to float the
biggest battleship in the navy, half
million lead pencils. two hundred
times that number of envelopes. sew
eral hundred thousand pounds of pa
per, ton of blotters and SO many
pins that If they were placed end to
end they would reach the top of the
Washington monument, are a few
items in the partial list Of supplies for
the fiscal year 1911, to be used in the
postoffice department and the postal
service, according to an estimate made
by Postmaster General Hitchcock.
Thumbtacks-1O,3 1900 dozen of them
an equal quantity of scratch blocks.
2.025 dozen memorandum books and
$50 gross of steel pens are included.
For those who manipulate typewriters
there are 1,O51 ribbons, and to rub
out all they print, If need be. 1,575
dozen rubber erasers are to be pur-
chased.
Rubber bands, stenographers' note
hooks. steel erasers, rubber pencil
erasers. ink wells and other articles
usually found on q well regulated
desk are all included in the list OF
necessary articles that will be used In
the various branches of the postal
service throughout the country during
the next twelvemonth.
The supplies listed tentatively In
the statement do not include many ar
ticles that are bought incidentally.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-08

.LORIMER BRIBERY
CASE REVIVED
HARVESTER MAoNATE TELLS
COMMITTEE OF 100000
sLUsH FUND.
u. s. SENATE MAY ACT
1T is PROBABLE THE SENATE
WILL REOPEN CASE IN MA
TIoNAL CAPITAL.

Springfield, Ill.-Clarence S. Funk,
general manager of the International
Harvester Company. before the State
Senate bribery investigating commit
tee exploded the biggest sensation OF
the Lorimer bribery case.
Mr. Funk testified that Edward
Hines, of Chicago, millionaire lumber
dealer, asked him, as manager of the
harvester company, to contribute SlO,-
600 to reimburse certain men VINO mad
put up a 100000 slush fund to elect
William Lorimer to the United States
senate.
The Harvester company manager
further testified that Mr.. Hines named
Edward Tilden, wealthy Chicago pack
er. as the collector of this fund to re-
imburse the men who, as Mr.. Hines
was quoted as having said, had "un-
derwritten" the election of Lorimer.
Mr.. Funk said the object he had in
giving this testimony was to save II.
II. Kohsaat, publisher of the Chicago
Record Herald, from possible jail
sentence as a result of Mr.. Kohlsaats
refusal to give certain information de-
manded Dy the cOHlHlllee'
The witness said he had given Mr..
Kohlsaat information in confidence
upon which the Chicago publisher had
based an editorial.
The publication, in February last, OF
this editorial, which charged the use
of a 100000 fund to elect Lorimer'
resulted in the calling of Mr.. Kohlsaat
as a witness before the committee.
Mr.. Kohlsaat refused to make
known the name of Mr.. Funk. The
Chicago publisher was then given one
week in which to divulge this name
or stand in contempt of the Senate
committee.
Funk testified that he voluntarily
released Mr.. Kohlsaat from the pledge
of confidence when he felt that the
publisher would be sent to jail unless
the information was given.
The disclosures made by Funk oc-
Cured unexpectedly at specially
called meeting of the Senate commit
tee members.
But Mr.. Kohlsaat and Mr.. Funk ar
rived in Springfield from Chicago and
Chairman Helm of the investigating
committee at once calleu its Hieihpei
ship in special session.
News of the disclosures swept from
the Supreme Court building to the
State House near by within few mo-
ments
The reports caused excitement, much
discussion and hurried consultation
among certain members in both
branches of the Legislature.
Several House members left their
seats in the midst of the debate on the
civil service bills to learn more OF the
disclosures.
Mr. Kohlsaat preceded Mr.. Funk on
the witness stand. He briefly stated
that he was ready to give the name OF
the man who had furnished him with
the report of the alleged 100000
slush fund.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-08
May Reopen Lorimer Case.

Washington. Little doubt exists
here that an effort will be made to re-
open the Senator Lorimer case in the
present congressional session. Insur-
gent Republicans have considered the
question at recent conferences and the
understanding is a resolution for the
re-opening of the case will be offered
either by Senator Borah or Senator
La Toilette. These senators sought at
the last session to induce II. H. Kohl
saat of Chicago to make statement
along the testimony given in Spring
field, but they failed.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-08

pursuit and eradication Of the hog
tick.
1t also prints a large amount OF fic-
tion, although 1t is not officially clas-
sifled as such.
The Congressional Record, pub
lished daily by congress, enjoys
wide circulation among Its contribu-
tors, but 1t never has been a success
as a newspaper. Although 1t has
nearly 500 reporters. on its local stan
senators and congressmen-it Is
scooped every day by every other pa
per in the country. The members OF
the staff never turn in a line OF copy
except about themselves. II one or
them were sent out to cover fire he
would make a ifour-column speech TO
the iremen and turn 1t in as a news
story. There is little chance that the
Record ever will become a live news
paper until there is a change on the
city desk. What it needs is a city
editor who knows his business and
few good copy readers to rewrite
leads and throw some life into the
COPY Without mentioning any names,
the, writer knows several strong
armed desk men who could take a
speech of United States senator,
throw away two-thirds OF it, break
the rest up into Jim dash. pull the
news into the lead. slip in few live
ly subheads, throw some direct dis
course into two-column box, slap
a scare head on the whole and rail-
road it into the first edition in some
thing less than nine minutes fiat, and
1t would be real story instead of be-
ing marked optional, open page, good
for early editions only"
The Record carries no advertising
except of course the speeches made
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-08
Turning in Their Copy.

by members. II members had to pay
space rates for these free reading
notices the Record would be paying
sheet. Strangers In Washington who
have picked up the Record hurriediy
to consult the help wanted column
have searched it's pages in vain. 1t
carries no theatrical news and no
editorials and although 1t Is full OF
quotations none Of them are on the
stock market. The scene which takes
place in the Record city room every
day is enough to indicate to anybody
tho theory on which 1t is published.
well, gentlemen" says the city
editor to his staff. "the advertising
department hasn't sent up any sched-
ule today, SO thereIl be plenty OF
space. What have we got for out
side7"
Here's a seven-column speech
made today" says congressman.
ION House Bill 46.496. providing for
the revision of the mining laws in the
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-08
viii Adjourn April 22nd.

The Eighteenth General Assembly
will adjourn without day on April 22d.
The House will concur with the
Senate in adopting a resolution fixing
this as the day for closing the regular
session. Leaders have decided that
this will be sufficient to pas sail the
laws that can be passed by this as
sembly in regular session, as well as
to break the senatorial deadlock.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-08
UNCLE SANS DAILY
GREAT LITERARY LuMINARY, THE
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.
Subsidized Organ Not a Howllns sue
cess as a Newspaper-Needs
Husky Editor With Big
Blue Pencil.

Along with its other activities the
government is the greatest pupiisher
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-08
Bills Made Special Orders.

The other bills made a special order
which were not reached:
S. b. No. aga, Cornforth, an act to
encourage the breeding of horses and
creating a state racing commission.
S. B. No. 465, Cornforth, an act to
regulate the holding of racing meets.
S. B. No. 1913, Hits, an act making
new regulations to govern warehouses
and the issuing of warehouse receipts.
HI. B. No. III, Teller, an act making
a new classification of counties and
regulating the salaries of county Of
ficers.
H. b. No. 256, Slattery, an act to
amend the revenue law of t>e state TO
require the payment of fee when
state license is transferred
H. B. No. 544, Madden, an act to
make possible the creation OF road I'M
provement districts in rural communi-
ties.
H. B. No. 1, Skinner, the railroad
commission bill. platform pledge.)
H. b. No. 116, Lafferty. an act max
ing an appropriation to enforce the
act providing for the examination and
care of pupils in the public schools.
II. B. No. 321, Parker, an act pro-
vIding for change in the terms OF
the district court for the Thirteenth
district.
H. B. No. 1863, Ellison, an act re-
healing the law requiring the Supreme
Court to hand down written decisions.
H. b. No. 2S7. Hasty, an act pro-
viding for the creation of the Four
teenth judicial district, to be composed
of Prowers, Baca, Kiowa and Bent
counties. =
II. B. No. SO, Vogel, an act provid-
ing for the building of bridge over
Sand creek in Cheyenne county.
II. B. No. 172, Riddle, an act pro-
viding for the appointment OF an as
sistant state librarian.
other special orders will be made
by the combine that has control OF
the situation from time to time.
At the request of Representative
Ashton of Pueblo his anti-cigarette bill
was also made a special order of busi-
ness.
H. b. No. 542, Pearson. the new coal
mine inspection law
The House has under consideration
the bill providing for the creation OF
state board of examining osteopaths.
H. B. No. 26S, Dulin abolishing the
use of the public drinking cups.
S. B. No. 116, Burris, bill to change
the law regarding the formation or
public improvement districts in
Pueblo.
H. B. No. 365, Newton. appropriating
$4,000 for the establishment OF a
school of forestry and horticulture az
the Grand Junction Indian school.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-08
Editor kohIsaat Tells.

Springfield, Ill.-H. H. Kohlsaat, edi'
tor of the Chicago Record-Herald, told
the Senate Bribery Investigating com
mittee that Clarence S. Funk, general
manager of the international Harves
ter Company, was the man who in
formed him that a slush fund of $780,
600 was put up to elect Lorimer.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-08
War of determination Declared.

Eel Paso.-A war of determination
that will turn Mexico into vast buri-
al ground is believed imminent follow
ing the positive statement by Madero,
provisional president of Mexico, tha-
the insurgents will never lay down
their arms until their demands are
granted.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-08
COLORADO
LEGISLATIVE
. OIL N G s
Cove Bank Guaranty Bill.

A statement was made in the Sem
ate to the effect that nearly 80 per
cent of the banks OF the country are
made insolvent through loans to their
officers, directors and stockholders.
Senator Frank Il. Cove who prepared
the banking code" portion OF the
Crowley bank guaranty bill, explained
that. If depositors are to be fully pro-
tected. hard and fast rule on the
subject of loans by state banks would
have to be enacted and the Senate
voted to retain the following provi-
sions of the Crowley bank guaranty
bill.
"No bank shall loan to any officer
or employe thereof. No officer or en-
ploye OF any bank shall become en-
dorser for any person. firm or cor
poration borrowing money therefrom
without the approval of the board OF
directors entered on record In the
minutes OF the board"
The same provisions apply to unin-
corporated banks and the following
amendment was adopted: mo bank
shall become the creditor of its stock
holders in an amount exceeding 40
per cent of its capital"
For three days and two nights the
Senate, in committee of the whole,
has subjected the Cove portion OF the
bank guaranty bill to critical analy-
sis and of the sixty-three sections OF
the bill thus far considered, but rev
amendments have been offered. Sem
ator Cove prepared his portion OF the
bill with the aid of thirty state bank
ers and as the measure now stanus
the guaranty offered to depositors con-
sists in the enforcement of rigid bank
ing regulations as to loans, invest
ments, reserves and examinations.
The bill applies only to state panKs
hereafter organized.
Bill Establishing New Court.
There is one bill in the Senate over
which both legislators and politicians
have given themselves but little con-
cern. The bill becomes quite import
ant as adjournment approaches De-
cause there are the Democratic plat
form pledges, the tunnel and the ap-
propriation bills which will crowd
every minute of the remaining portion
of the session and force night sessions
besides. The Cove bill, re-establish-
ing the court of appeals has been lost
sight of. but its author will call 1t out
into the sunlight one day, not later
than next week, and Senator Cove
will try to make it a special order on
the calendar.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-08
Tioket scaIpers Form Trust.

Chicago-Chicago is to have new
"trust''-a combination of the theater
ticket scalpers, who have stations in
all the hotels.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-08
would settle canadian Matter.

Washington.-Con listened to
President Taft's brief message urging
the reciprocity agreement with Can
ada.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-08

In inc WOiio.
turns out annual
ly more printed
matter than all
the newspapers,
magazines a n d
book publishers
in the country
combined. Its lit
erary productions
lu d g every
thing from the
speeches Of Unit
ed States sena-
tors to learned
treatises on the
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-08
Descendant of George iii. in Jail.

London.-A great-great-granddau
ter of King George ILL., is in Jail await
ing trial on a charge of obtaining
money by fraud.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-25
ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARDS..
This Weeks News Forecast

D. c.
it
be II Or the call TO order.
to
and i a a
ON
of from
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new and dew n he
OF
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-25
COMMUNICATIONS.
BRUTALITY TO HORSES.


are as o S
o
is exploiting
attribute
every
is
The swirl
kind
so
business all
meaningless
drivers employed public
o inc of
The public blame not
Calumet mercy in
observed
miracle afraid
ofense of being oheated they
in
his security,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-25
"TH1S is MI SAITH BIRTHDAY"
Rear Admiral Lace

Rear Admiral stephen 3. Luce. u. S.
y, retired, who had sixty mine years of
actual service in the navy record
that has never been equaled, was born
IN Albany. n. Y, March %, 1897, and
was appointed as a midshipman in 1S41
He served on the Pacific coast during
the Mexican war. In the civil war he
served with distinction and was ad-
vanced one complete grade for eff
cient and faithful service" After his
retirement for age in 1889 he founded
the Naval War College at Newport, and
Tor twenty-one years, until last De-
cember, he remained on active duty
at the college as a lecturer and in
structor. In addition to founding the
Naval War College Admiral Luce was
mainly instrumental in the establish
ment of the naval training system.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-25
"THIS DATE IN HISTORY
March DC

f674-Drury Lane Theater opened. af-
ter having been rebuilt by Sir
Christopher Wrea.
l190-First naturalization law in the
United States enacted
1s24-Ludwig Won Beethoven. cclebrat-
ed composer. died in Vienna. Born
in Bohn, Dec. is. 1870.
1S60-Following a five months war
Spain signed a treaty of peace with
the Moors
1S64-Paducah. Ky, captured by the
Confederates.
lSS0-The Wisconsin State Asylum fol-
the Insane opened I'm Milwaukee,
1SS5-Conflict at Duck Lake marking
the beginning of the rebellion in
Northwest Canada.
ls92-Walt Whitman, the poet died In
Camden, N j. Born in Suffolk
County, n. Y. May 81. 1919.
191o-President Taft and the Canadian
Minister of Finance. in conference
at Washington, reached an agree
ment in the tariff dispute
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-25
UP AND DOWN IN
INDIANA
FACES s14a.ooo JUDGMENT.


After eluding the authorities more
than a year and leading them a chase
extending over three states Thad NJ
Talcott, Sr., wealthy retired merchant,
wanted at South Bend for perjury in
connection with divorce proceedings
arrested at Toledo and was
brought to South Bend yesterday TO
answer TO the charges Governor
Marshall issued requisition papers and
Sheriff Kerr and special agent F. II.
Wurzer left at once to bring home the
prisoner. q
STEAM USED TO PUT OUT FIRE
The plant of the American ~
phaltum and Rubber Company at
Lawrenceville. ILL.,. nine miles west of
yincennes, was destroyed by fire yes
terday morning he loss is estimated
at $4,000, with heavy insurance. The
fire was probably due to the boiling
over of kettle in which the compost
ton was being cooked. Steam from
the fire fighting equipment of the So
600. 00o American Refining Company,
with which the rubber concern was
afTiliated. was used to subdue the
flames
SHOOTING FOLLOWS SCJFFLE.
In an encounter on country road
near Stanley. Warriek County last
night, Caleb Hedges. general store
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-25
"THIs Is MY 18TH BIRTHDAY.

James X Patterson, who served more
than forty years president of the
Kentucky State University and during
that time built up one of the largest
and most progressive universities in
the South, was born in Glasgow Scot
land. March IS, 1888. As boy he was
brought by his parents to America and
his education was received at Hanover
College in Indiana. After his gradua-
ton in 1856 he taught school for some
years and in 1869 he was made presi-
dent of the newly established AEricul-
tural and Mechanical College or Ken
lucky. 1t was largely due to Presi-
dent Patterson's influence and exer-
lions that Congress passed the Morrill,
Act in 1890. providing for an annual
appropriation of $4,000 to each State
for the further endowment of land
grant colleges established under the
act of 1852. Last year DIR. Patterson
resigned the presidency of Kentucky
State University on account of age.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-25
~THIs DATE IN HISTORY.

s4i--Lotteries were authorized by
law in Massachusetts,.
la74-British Parliament passed the
Boston Port Bill.
ls0f-Parliament passed an act
abolfshing the siavetrade in the
British empire
lS2o--Jesuits banished from Russia by
decree Of Car Alexander
ls25--The University of Virginia was
opened for students.
ls46-Michae1 Davitt Irish political
leader. born Died May 81. 1906.
19o1-Charlotte NJ. Yonge. English
author, died. Born in 1928
19oS-Irish Land Bill introduced in the
British House of Commons.
19lo-Nicaraguan Government seized
two American-owned steamers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-25
BANK TELLER SHORT $4,000

John w. Blauth. teller and book
keeper of the Evansville Trust and
Savings Company. of Evansville, has
been found to be short in his accounts.
1t is indicated, as a result of the work
of state bank examiners that the
shortage may reach about $4b 900. An
officer of the bank. yesterday morning
admitted the amount might be from
$4,000 to $4,000. The examination
has not been completed.
HAREM SKIRT CAUSES CONNECTION
Miss Edith Decker, who came from
her home in Toledo o.. to visit Marion
relatives and friends. created a sensa-
, ton when she entered a dance hall
wearing black satin harem skirt. 1t
was the first time a harem skirt has
been worn in Marion. and 1t was such
a novelty that other dancers We're
scarce on the floor while Miss Decker
was dancing, the former desiring to
use their eyes rather than their feet
REMAINS TRUE TO SCOTLAND.
If a person was born on the high
seas at a point between Scotland and
the United States, in what country was
| he or she born? That was the ques-
ton Mrs. Frank Newburn had to
answer yesterday, when she and Jesse
marriage license. Asked in what
country she was born, Mrs. Newburn
hesitated to reply and then proceeded
| to explain the circumstances of her
birth. which she said occurred on an
ocean liner several days after her par
ents elft Scotland for America. Just
| let the record show l was born In
Bonnie Scotland" was the wonicr s
| final answer
SCORCHED, hut FAITHFUL.
| When Edward Stephan. after com
pleting his visit at the John Bickel
home. near Bippus went behind the
barn to get his buggy to drive home.
he found the horse standing patiently
in front of pile of smoldering enlbers
and tangled steel. The animals tail
was singed and his tanks were scorch-
ed The only plausible theory to ex-
plain the fire is that the occupant OF
the buggy dropped his cigar stub in
the bed of the vehicle instead Of drop
ping it Into the road as he thought he
did.