Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-05-26
CABIN
RUJlM||ORSj
Taft Would Cut Out Insurgents IN
His Fear Of LaF Toilette
Boom.
KNOCKING THE LUMBER TRUST
Dispositions ii Missouri Action
Against Big Combination Car
negiie Will Willing 10 Essttify sstif

Against Big I0mbinaI0n Gar
negie " fiilllliiny 10 Testify Il
Washington, May 26.-Many rumors
of a resignation Of another member
of Taft's cabinet are in circulation.
1t is said that w. L. Fisher, the new
secretary Of the interior. is now very
close to President Taft, who is an. 7
xious to placate the insurgents and
head off the LaFollette boom for pres
ident. 1t is rumored that either Knox
or MacVeigh will resign and that a
progressive will take his place.
After Lumber Trust.
St. Louis, May 26.-The taking of
depositions in the suit brot by the
state OF Missouri to GUST the lumber
trust from Missouri which Is aimed
at over 100 companies, was begun be-.
fore Robert NJ. Reynolds, special com
missioner
LET HIM TESTIFY.
Washington, May 26.--Andrew Car
negie is SO willing to tell all he knows
about the organization Of the steel
trust that he has notified the. Stanley
Steel trust investigation that he was
ready at any time they needed him to
testify. 3.E E u #
JuareE, May z6.--.Rumors of pending
American Intervention III Mexico have
added to tho difficulties confronted
BY Madero.
a 1t is rumored that Japan is likely to
! ask the United states to intervea 81 to
enforee the Monroe Doctrine, because
number OF japanese were killed at
To1reon.
Madero is puzzled over the situa-
ton, because he has no control over
the $4,000 insurgents in Southwest
Mexico, who ignore him.
sss Appreciates Advertising.
Chicago, May Backward Hines,
the millionaire lumberman who was
charged with declaring he raised the
100000 Lorimer slush fund. was
greeted with cheers as he declared al
the ninth annual convention of the Ma
tional Lumbermen's association that
he is innocent.
Hines attacked reciprocity and he
claimed the reason the lumber inter
ests are attacked is because they dc
not advertise in the newspapers.
A sensational resolution declaring
Hines guiltless and expressing ''un
bounded" confidence in his ability tr
prove his innocence was unanimously
adopted by the association
4 Goods UndervaiIed.
New York, May 26.--In the federal
court Judge Martin imposed a fine
of $4,000 on Henry j.. Duveen, an
English importer who pleaded guilty
of undertaking. imported goods.
Taft Selecting Mate.
1 Washington May 26.-One of tht
most interesting bits of political GOSSIP
Washington heard in a long while wal
current to the effect that the entrance
Of Henry L. Stimson of New York into
President Taft's cabinet may NEAR
]that he will be Taft's running mate il
the campaign of 1912.
President Taft, it is said, fully ex
4 poets to be erenonlinated, and little cor
sideration is given here to the reports
to the contrary. Friends and adviser:
Eof the president look with much fayol
upon Stimson. They appear to be anx
i ious to get strong man with the pro
gressive element and prefer or. from
4 a pivotal state like New York.
i Other vice presidentian possibilitie.
discussed by political leaders include
Senat tor Cummins of Iowa, and Senat
or Borah of Idaho.
j Rooseyelt,s influence was behint
Esstimson in the New York gubernator
EiaI campaign last fall, and undoubtedl,
is one of the elements being consider
4 ed at this time.
# DR. BARTRoN MARRIED.
81 DR. aH A. Bartron and Miss Mar,
Horrigan were married Wednes
\ day evening at the Immaculate Con
4cept:on church and left immediate1.
4 for q wedding trip in Minnesota.