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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-03
Villages in Ruins.

The inquiry commission visited ssr--
erai villaees and towns which fifty years
ago were in fIourishing condition. and
which are now described as nearing COM
pletc ruin. The nearer tho commission
approached Ishtlb, tke place where the
recent dynamite outrages took place, the
greater was the utter helplessness, con-
sternation and despair OF ths population.
the more marked was the general desc
latiop.
In Ishtib itself violence and assasslna-
non lasted whole week large num-
bnr were slain. How many exactly Ia
not yet known. as the inquiry is still 60
Ing on. The inquiry commission met ell
along the country road groups Of mis-
cradle looking worknsmen attending to
their fields with spades In one hand and
arms in the other. Everywhere the gov
eTnment officials and functionaries hava
helped to scatter discord and 10 augment
rebellion and outrage.
Bands OF brigands have sent them cir
culars informing them OF the intended
massacre and Pillage, but they paid 10
attention and took no preventive steps
whatever. The police and gendarrneris.
Instead of Furnishing the guilty. impris-
oned the innocent and subjected them to
the degradation or the bastinado.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-03
Montenegro Suffers.

When the Albanian troubles Nrgt
broke out we were promised compep-
sation by Italy, for example, for the
losses Incurred. But now that we
have done everything possible to ward
off the peril, we cannot get a positive
answer to our demands. Yet tho Al
bantam uprisings have cost Monteno-
gro heavy sacrifices. 7 have dllated
at this length about Albanian matters
because ] myself have Travelled over
tho entire country By order OF my
sovereign and ] have witnessed with
my own eyes the revolving scenes
enacted thero. ] am convinced that
we arc passing through mere pause
In the Albanian drama and tho main
question IL, How soon VIII 1t ter
inmate?
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-03
|klHs Are Many.

: NO postuatss which must be ac-
Without discussion and reclSoned
fUghout intensity the difficulties
"a glth the problem satisfactorily
~ ltaly's resolve TO negotiate only
asis OF annexation. and Turkeys
At!on never 10 sign away the
Amulnan province OF her empire.
cilt render formal peace treaty
-,s Consequently the plan OF Dip
anpaign must Of necessity open
n srr1lstice, 10 DO followed by a
1p Of the Turkish troops from
y q var on the one hand and the
Y ne Italian squadron on the 9th
Inst Is really all The italian
8hes, furthermore, would be will
E as compensation 8. sum vary
2 n9.qo0,000 to $50. 900, 900, and
1'ss formula which would enable
% accept the money without
(gaity.
y would not. Of course, be asked
gsnure upon the Arabs, who
hey liked, continue the war,
slmdrawal OF the regular troops
raVei! The struggle into q mere
sn acvold Of danger TO Europe.
ZIG b no peace treaty. and Tur-
iook upon Italy's action In
regard1 the British occupa-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-03
First Step.

suations. however. which have
~ iseIo abrogated by tho dcclara-
W would have to be reinforced,
@, might be effected Derhapa
Sy"msuc instrument or formal
~ simultaneously with the
1aoh Of an armistIce,
2 srlsf. is the proposal which Is
n1der the consideration OF the
N, n %Fers. Unity among them is
~ Me UNIQUE condition requisite
"Euon. Turkeys stubbornness
yUe W., but is unacceptable to
nNss Interest and aim is the
~ 0. peace. The sole criterion
~ tae conformity OF Turkeys s
& general veal. and from this
r' .s continuation OF the hos
IS. inlolerable. Everybody can
sp=iess the struggle has be-
ian cannot recover his lost
""syer valiant and protracted
,s' nIs soldiers may oppose TO
ltsnN ror Turkey is separated
hoy the sea, and possesses no
~ up communications. That
r,Ite9 VI mo mattor and the soon
ns-4IN ny Europe the better for
including Turkey herself
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-03
Detection Widespread.

The discomhtuue and cousternaxfon eFe
general. Even the army officers cannot
hide their gloomy apprehension and fear.
Everywhere people speak OF q general
rising Ia take place II not In the I'm
mediate future. yet most assuredly Soon
The inquiry commission. which consist
ed OF weG-known men OF excellent char
acter. give reasons for the dsplorable
condition OF Macedonia
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-03
MACEDONIAN PEOPLE
CRUELTY AFFLICTED
Suffer Terrible Oppression
and Outrages at Hands of
Brutal Officials.
BASTINADO USED DAILY
Population in State of Deiec-
ton and Once Prosperous
Villages Lie in Ruins.
BASTINADO USED DAILY
BY ROLI.A KRETSCHMAR.

special CdDIe To Jn6 IT1OunS.
CoNSTANTINOPLE. March "Details
OF terrible oppression and outrage coma
from Macedonia They are based ON tho
authentic reports of the inquiry cornnis-
sion. which was sent By the Ottoman
government to that unhappy provincs
soon after the recent dynamite outrag9s.
In many places visited by the commits
sion the entire population. Mussulman.
Christian and Israelitc, manifested tbs
greatest possible detection. On every
face there was depleted the sentiment OF
dread, coupled with utter despair. A se-
cret petition was being circulated from
district TO district implorInE the great
powers to intervene. AS soon as n suf-
6cient number Of representative siEra-
tures are gathered this petition will bo
dispatched TO Europe. should IL esoaps
the Suspicious vigilance Of the recless
and cruel authorities.
The governor general Of SalonlkA 10
proving an ignorant tyrart. whose cruel
ty and utter lack OF administrative abu-
ity are mostly responsible for tie ap-
archistlo state of affairs In Macedonia.
IT is due TO his Incidence and despobo
brutality that the assagsinations are ea-
Ing multiplied from day TO day and that
dynamite outIEEes are on ths increase.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-20
COLONEL FLAYS
TRUST DECISION
Assails Wickersham and STAN
ley Committee and Hits at
Old Parties.

OYSTER BAY. Aug. 2o.-Colonel
Roosevelt has replied to al attack
made upon him by Attorney-General
Wickersham in Washington, fiaying
Wickersham for failing to break up
the Tobacco and Standard oil trusts,
He also leveled some severe criticism
at the Stanley committee for its
methods of coping with the trust
situation.
In his reply to Wickersham the
colonel said:
The more suits against trusts that
are brought to a conclusion the way
Mr.. Wickersham brought the Stand
ard Oil and Tobacco Trust cases the
better 1t will be for the trusts. The
worst blow the antitrust law has
ever received has been given by the
decisions rendered under Mr.. Wick
ersham's guidance In the closing ac-
ton against the Standard Oil and
Tobacco trusts.
in their essence the Wickersham-
Stanley methods are alike and ade-
quately represent the effort to apply
the machine Republican and machine
Democratic platforms on this subject
and prove beyond possibility of con-
tradiction that neither of the old
parties offer the slightest hope of so
much as a serious attempt to settle
the trust problem"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-20
STOKES HITS BACK

BURLINGTON, Aug. 20.-Former
Governor Stokes, in a letter made
public here, attacks "~reactionary'
Republican State leaders who have
been attempting to read him out OF
the Republican party because of his
advocacy of R~ooseveltian principle.
He is a candidate for United States
senator, TO succeed Senator Frank
o. Briggs. Stokes's letter is a n an
swer to a bitter editorial attack IN
which he is referred to as travelling
up and down the State with n Theo-
lore Roosevelt, who has been nomi-
mated for the presidency by a mob
of soreheads and suffragettes."
81 supported Mr.. Roosevelt for the
presidential nomination." he says,
because 1 was convinced that his
nomination meant the success of the
party and because I realized that the
Democratic victories of 1910 and 1911
meant that the voters Of this country
demanded a change, and thai If we
did not give it to them they would
likely turn to some party which
would"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-20
LAND SW1NDLEs PROTECTED.

NOME of the cruelest forms of organized swindling widely
~ practised in the United States is that of sales by fraud
ulent land companies. And although these swindles have
often been exposed by their victims the knaves who profit by
them usually go unpublished. This immunity has encouraged
the growth of the fraudulent land companies and they exist
throughout the country, use the mails and number their victims
by the thousands. Many a family has had it's life savings swept
away by this means. The Florida Everglades is mostly swamp
and uninhabitable. A company owns large tracts, has re-
claimed a small part and on the strength of that work it has
advertised and sold worthless land throughout the United States.
AS the result of an investigation by the department of agricul-
ture a report was submitted showing up and condemning this
enterprise. The report was suppressed in the department and
another report was issued favorable to the land company, while
the engineers who made the first report were dismissed on
fimsy charges. A committee of the House which has looked into
this scandal characterizes the course of Secretary Wilson as
'vacilating" and "most unfortunate" which lets the archaic
secretary down easy, and the acts of his subordinates are cen
sured. But the committee treats too lightly the great evil that
is disclosed in this case and shows that the investigation, such
as it was, did not touch the heart of the matter.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-20
WHERE WERE THE LOVERS OF PEACE?

@ INGULAR that there has not been heard a single protest
~ against the military war games in progress West and
East from the disciples of universal disarmament and
peace. Here for a week near New York infantry, cavalry and
artillery engaged in a fierce conflict, and among twenty thou.
sand young men the spirit of slaughter was rampant, and the
lovers of peace looked silently on. Surely they did not regard
the war game as a harmless summer outing for the boys! And
besides, if American lads are to be brought up with ideas of
peace, if the principles of the peace society and The Hague
conference are to be instiHed into the minds of the young. why
should the government be engaged in teaching them the art of
war and training them to fight? Clearly the peace advocates
have been sadly lacking in their duty by not protesting to Wash
ington against the war game.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-20
UNsA IsRAcToRY COMMISSION RESULTS.

TT RENToN's commission government is again in the lime
Ii light. 1t will have been in existence one year next Thurs
day and the taxpayers are examining the results and
comparing them with the referendum prospectus. A reduction
in the tax rate was promised and the rate has been largely
increased. Extravagant expenditures had been charged, but
the commission has spent 10 per cent. more than was ever spent
before. And the new tax rate will be from 10 to Is points
higher. A reduction of $4,000 a year in salaries was promised,
but the economy amounts to only $1,000. Increased taxes cause
an increase in house rents. But the hope is still held out that
everything will be all right by and by.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-20
AN UNSETTLED BAT7LEsHYp QUESTION.

m N inglorious record has been made by the Democratic
Il u majority in the House on the battleship question. Against
the practically unanimous sentiment of the country. and
despite angry protest, the naval appropriation bill was stripped
of the annual appropriation for two battleships. Then when pub
lie criticism had become too warm the majority yielded half way
and provided for one battleship only, which is inadequate to
keep up our naval defense. The Baltimore platform pronounced
for an adequate navy Was that declaration unmeaning? Did
IT mean so little that the candidate of the convention thought
proper to ignore the question while it was under popular dis.
cussion and that the Democratic House could legislate directly
contrary to it? This question is to come up again at the next
session in the shape of a proposition for three battleships to
make up for the loss now inflicted upon the nation, so it is not
settled by any means. 1t will be necessary to know how candi.
dates stand on the Question of naval policy. The issue has got
to be met with something more than generalization.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-20
BETTER CITY MARKET FACILITIES.

N Wisconsin they are doing things. Milwaukee is about to
Ii convert an entire city block in the central part of the CITY
into an oldfashioned German marketplace, where farmers
can meet the consumer, the market prices to be regulated by a
municipal board on the basis of the market quotations each day.
In Newark not the first step has been taken for new public
market facilities other than the improvement of the Centre Mar,
ket, which is inaccessible to fourffths of the population and is
no longer a farmers market, the trade being nearly all in the
hands of middlemen. In fact, there is too contracted a space for
the farmer at the Centre Market. Markets on a Milwaukee plan
should be established among the teeming populations of the east
and west ends, where the pinch of high prices is more cruelty
felt. Cheap land can be got and the cost to the city would not
compare with the public benefits.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-20
How the Campaign Progresses
ProeressiOe Democratic Republican
WILSON ATTENDS
TRENTON OUTING
Several Other Prominent State
Democrats to Speak at
Fair Grounds.

TRENTON, Aug. Ex-Governor VII
| son arrived here this afternoon to
| speak at the outing of the Demo-
| cratic League at the fair grounds.
The Governor went to the State
| House on his arrival and was es-
cial committee.
Besides Governor Wilson the speak
ers will be Judge John w. Wescott,
candidate for United States Senator;
former Mayor Frank H. Katzenbach,
jr., of Trenton; Mayor H. Otto Witt
penn. of Jersey City; United States
Senator James e. MARITIME and Con-
gresham William Hughes.
Between 1000 and 5000 German
Americans greeted Wilson at Union
Hill Schuetzen Park, North Bergen,
yesterday, where an address by the
Governor was a feature of the day
at the Plattdeutscher volksfest.
The Governor declared there had
been no trouble with the ideas of
the people, but that the difficulty had
been hal there was something which
clogged and prevented the ideas be-
ing carried out.
(which is the open road to get
what we want?" the Governor asked.
One voice shouted wilson and an
other Taft" Pointing in the direc-
ton of the second voice the Governor
said:
Our friend over there is perfectly
welcome to use his road, but If he
goes that way he will find that he
is in a blind alley, because there is
one thing that was proved at Balti-
more, and hat Is that the people of
this country choose their candidates
and the bosses do not"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-20
AT o5 FAvoRS TAFT

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2O.-Will-
lam ]. Price, the Oldest member of
the Philadelphia bar, celebrated his
ninety-fifth birthday by gathering
around him numerous younger men,
bers of the bar and advising them
to cast their vote for President Taft
at the next election.
I'm politics. gentlemen said Mr..
Price. as he sat in the same Office at
727 Walnut street that he was occu-
pied for seventy years, 81 am an in
dependent, and I will show my in
dependence this year by voting for
President Taft. I will not be bull
dozed by a lot of alleged reformers
whose skin is SO thin that their am
billions are apparent"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-20
CHOSEN
c. OF. TREASURER
Announcement Is Made After
Conference Between
Taft and Hills.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2O.-George
r. Sheldon, treasurer of the Republic
can National Committee in 1908, has
been selected as treasurer of the
committee for the present campaign.
Charles D. Hilles. chairman of the
Republican National Committee, to-
day made the announcement.
Mr.. Hilles has t~elegraphed every
Republican Congressman stating that
he desires to consult with them at
the Republican room in the House
Office building. It is believed that
this conference may mark the begin
ming of active work in the move
ment to read the Progressives out
of the Republican party.
Coincident with this consultation
will be a conference of the Repub-
lican Congressional Committee, a call
for which has been sent out by Chair
mar Mckinley. Mr.. Hilles will at
tend this meeting. The Congressional
Committee and the National Commit
tee plan to cooperate closely during
the campaign.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-20
ON PENRosE

WASHINGTON, Aug. POT. R."
In large glaring letters adorned a
placard that was placed or the desk
of Senator Penrose IN the Senate
chamber.
1t was executed with a blue lead
pencil by Senator Burnham as a
diversion during a few moments when
there was nothing occurring in the
Senate.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-20
SUFFRAGISTS AID T. r.

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-Two of the
most recent energetic additions to the
Progressive party are Miss Mary Don
nelly, formerly of the Political Equal
ity Association and the Interborough
Suffrage Club, and Mrs. Sarah Ruth
lin, of Brooklyn, widow of Gus"
Rubin, saloon-keeper and ex-prize-
fighter. who caused much excitement
in suffrage circles a year ago by
holding suffrage meetings in the rear
of her husbands saloon and conduct
ing a prize-fight in the interests OF
the cause.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-20
BANKS ARE SILENT

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-No replies
have been received to the request of
William G. McAdoo, acting chairman
of the Democratic national commit
tee. to the banks and trust companies
asking that they receive and trans
NIT campaign funds to the various
political committees. James B. Reyn-
olds, secretary of the Republican ma
tional committee, said he did not
think there was much possibility of
the banks and trust companies agree
ing to do this.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-20
r PLANS ATTACK

WASHINGTON, Aug. Ex-senator
Penrose, of Pennsylvania, announces
that he will make a statement in the
Senate tomorrow relating to the con-
tributions to the Republican cam
paign fund in 1904.
THE statement will be of such a
character" Senator Penrose declared,
that the committee on privileges
and elections cannot help but take
notice of It."
The Senator would not go into de-
tails, but said his statement would
be enlightening as to contributions
to the fund which preceded the presi-
dental election of that year.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-20
TAFT FIGHT

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 20.-Rather
than further endanger their control
of the Republican State organization
and in order to sidetrack a separate
Republican fight being made in this
State, Senator William Finn and his
principal lieutenants are reported to
have agreed to divorce the Taft and
Roosevelt campaigns In Pennsyl-
| vania.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-20
McADoo IS DOOMED

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-Pamphlets
dilating upon the personality and
achievements of William G. McAdoo,
vice-chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, are being dis
tributed throughout the State. On
the cover this is printed in big black
type: Does New York Want a Real
Governor" There is nothing on the
pamphlets to indicate where they
came from. 1t is not believed that
Mr.. McAdoo would consent to take a
nomination for governor this year.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-20
WOMEN ORGANIZING

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-Miss Helen
Varick Boswell, as chairman of the
women's department, has opened
headquarters at the Republican Ma
tional Committee rooms. In doing
so Miss Boswell said:
Committees of women are being
organized in the counties Of all the
States where women have the ballot
to work in harmony with the re-
spective county chairmen, and de-
vote their attention to getting out
the full registration and show the
women voters of the country why
they must vote for President Taft"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-20
WILSON SEES WELLS

NEW YORK, Aug. Ex-Governor
Wilson paid his first official visit to
the Democratic national headquar-
tiers last night and conferred with
Treasurer Rolla Wells on campaign
funds.
The Governor was asked If he had
heard Chairman McCombs intended
to resign.
81 have heard nothing of such a ru-
NOR" he said. 1--WE certainly will not
let Mr.. McCombs resign unless his
health makes 1t necessary"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-20
DEMOCRAT AT 100 .

JERSEY CITY, Aug. 2O.-Peter
Rowe, Jersey City's Grand Old Man,
announced from his home at the Hud-
son boulevard and Warner avenue
that he will celebrate his one hum
dredth birthday, which falls on cleo
ton day, November 8, by voting the
Democratic ticket, as he has done for
s~eventy-nine years.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-20
Dinner Stories

During the time of the French
revolution Edmund Burke created
something of a sensation in the House
OF Commons by taking a huge dagger
from his pocket and throwing it on
the speakers table, exclaiming:
There is French fraternity for you.
Such is the poniard which French
Jacobins would plunge in the heart Of
our sovereign"
This dramatic exhibition startled
the house for a moment, but soon the
dagger was greeted with a litter,
hen a shout of laughter when Sheri-
dan said:
THE gentleman has brought his
knife with him, but where's the
fork?'
Owen Wister, the novelist, was
talking in Philadelphia about a poet
whose work sold poorly. Z
Poets are usually without honor"
he said. Remember Wordsworth's
case. :
THE great Wordsworth, you know,
was in the habit of spouting his poe
try aloud as he took his lonely walks.
Thus he polished and elaborated his
lines. Thus. too, he got the reputa-
ton among the Rydal Lake folk Of
being a bit daft. :
Well, John. what's the news?'
Hartley Coleridge once asked an old
stonebreaker by the AXE shore. ;
Why, not varra p%artickler,' the
s~tonebreaker replied: only old
Wordsworth's broken loose agin'.'"
When General Moreau was in Eng.
land he was once the victim of a
rather droll misunderstanding. He
was present at a concert where a
piece was sung by the choir with the
refrain: d
Tomorrow, tomorrow" :
Having a very imperfect knowledge
of English he fancied it to be a can
tata given in his honor and thought
he distinguished the words:
ITO Moreau, to Moreau.' s
Each time the refrain was repeated
he rose to his feet and gracefully
bowed on all sides, to the great as
constituent of the audience. who did
not know what to make of ii.
When James T. Brady first opened
a lawyers office In New York he took
a basement room which had been
previously occupied by a cobbler. He
was somewhat annoyed by the pre-
vious occupants callers, and irritated
by the fact that he had few Of his
own. One day an Irishman entered.
The cobbler's gone, l see, ne
said.
Il should think he has" tartly re-
sponded Brady.
And what do you SELF" said the
visitor, looking at the solitary table
and a few law books.
"Blockheads." responded Brady.
"Begorra," said the Irishman. we
must be doing a mighty fine BUSH
ness-ye hain't got but one left"