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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-25
HARMON DEMANDS
AN EXPLANATION

COLUMBUS, O.. March 24.-Prior To
his departure for Nebraska tonight T..
II. Moore, chairman OF the Ohio Harmon
campaign committee, gave out an open
calls upon the latter for proof of insinu-
ations that Governor Harmon Is the
candidate Of Wall freet interests" ami
also asks Mr.. BRYAN to explain the
whom YOU are supporting, is wallowing
in campaign fund the size of which
according to Editor Henry Watterson.
has not been seen since the days OF SEN
ator Hanna"
Mr. Moore expects to spend several
days this week in Nebraska in the in
terest Of Governor Harmon.
Mr. Moore's letter says in part:
This morning s press quotes you
as charging that Governor Harmon
Is the candidate OF the Hill and
Morgan interests MAY I inquire
how YOU reconcile this charge with
admitted fact that the amount OF
money expended In furtherance of
Mr.. Wilson's candidacy far exceeds
in the aggregate the expenditures Of
all other candidates: that for the
past year Your candidate has carried
on, and is still conducting a publicity
campaign that has cost a fortune?
That somewhere there has been
found a fund sufficient TO produce
journalists to pollute newspapers
and magazines with falsehoods con-
cernlng Governor Harmon and his
public career and to flood this and
other states with literature in praise
OF your candidate and in defamation
Of others.
Do you not think that your own
reputation for fair dealing demands
that you should give some concrete
Illus ustration to justify your oft-re-
peated charge that Harmon Is a re-
dictionary and a tool Of Wall street,"
The letter declares that Harmon. as
governor little deserves to be termed a
tool Of the interests when he has brought
about legislation that has shifted the
burden from the shoulders of the farmer
and small home owners TO those inter
ests and other rich tax dodgers"
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Primary for Illinois.

SPRINGFIELD, H., March PA call
for the state legislature 10 meet in eN-
traordinary session at o'clock Tues
day afternoon March 90, is in readiness
to be sent up early tomorrow morning by
Governor Deneen.
The extra session will be called for the
main purpose of enacting a law TO pro-
vide for a preferential vote on pres
ident. to be taken at the primary cleo
ton April Q.
The governor has refused to take the
responsibility OF calling d special session
for the purpose of legalizing such prl-
mary but agreed to issue the call, pro-
vided two thirds OF the membership OF
the general assembly desired him to do
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SA VS. HOTEL RATES
ARE EXORBITANT

owENsBORo, KY. March e4.-Urey
Woodson. secretary of the Democra tic
committee. today made public a copy
Grain. Chairman e OF Of the the Baltimore USn, con.
vention committee. regarding hotel rates
at Baltimore during the national con-
vention.
In his letter to Chairman Grain. Wood
sen encloses letters from many members
of the Democratic committee who ap-
prove his efforts to procure lower rates.
grapnlc copy Of the agreement that the
proprietors OF the leading hotels In Bal
timore arc alleged TO have signed and
forwarded TO the national committee
rates II Baltimore got the convention.
The proffered rates OF the hotels of
ST. Louis and Chicago also are sent to
Mr.. Grain, showing that the hotel pro-
prietors in those cities announced their
rates and agreed not TO raise them IL
given the convention,
Mr.. Woodson In the letter to Mr.. Grain
which is written under date Of March
10 says in part:
I see in the newspapers today
dispatch from Baltimore saying that
the executive committee Of the
Democratic national committee has
investigated Baltimore hotel rates
for the convention and concluded that
under the circumstances that they
are reasonable and fair
organization of the name OF the
Democratic national convention com
mittee may mislcad into the belief
that the executive committee or sub
committee OF the Democratic nation
al committee has made this invesli-
cation and rendered this verdict
which. as you know. is not true
b The action OF your committee
makes It therefore necessary that I
should send you, as well as give to
the press. excerpts from large num-
Der OF the letters from members Of
the national committee showing Just
how they feel they nave been mis-
treated by the Baltimore hotels.
Not one member Of the committee
has said these rates were reason
able or Just
Only about three Of them have
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-25
ICE JAM THUNDERS IN
VAIN AGAINST DAM
By international News Service.

KEoKUK, Ia, March 24-Thousands
of people watched today the unsuccess-
full assault Of the biggest Ice movement
ever seen in the Mississippi river upon
the big construction plant Of the Missis-
slppi River Power company. including
cofferdam unwaterlng thirty-flve acres
Of tho bottom OF the river. A gorge at
at the same time the ice broke up on the
rapids above Ice piled thirty feet high
with cnnnonadDg heard mile against
the cofferdam, but no damage was done
the works.
The Ice dam at Warsaw went out this
morning and the danger was past. All
electric communication was cut Off be-
tween keosuk and western Illinois when
the Ice tore down two wire towers on the
Illinois shore
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-25
Household Remedy
Taken in the Spring for Years.

Ralph Rust. Willis. Mich. writes;
Hoods Sarsaparilla has been house,
hold remedy In our home as long as
can remember. have taken II in the
spring for several years. It has no
equal for cleansing the blood and ex-
pelling the humors that accumulate
during the winter. Being a farmer
and exposed to bad weather, my sys-
tenn is often affected, and / often take
Hoods Sarsa parilla with good results"
Hoods Sarsaparilla Is Peculiar to
Itself. There Is no, "just as good"
Get II today in usual liquid fornA or
&blets caIlod Sarsatahs~
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-25
LA TOILETTE MEN
WANT CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO. March 24.-Sup-
porters OF La Toilette will meet at their
headquarters in this city tomorrow and
ii Is believed will announce their state
ticket for the presidential primary. 4
message from w. l.. Houser. La Fol-
lette's national manager, made public
here today said;
I'VE licked them to FRAGILE in North
Dakota. and must repeat In California,
Redouble your efforts, we are coming to
help. Rely on La Toilette. Let's make
II two to one in California The peoples
IJnT-SED
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ALLEN BAND ESCAPES,
BATTLES ALL POSSES
Continued From Page one.)

picture men who induced Prosecutor 6,
Floyd l.andreth and Former Judge u. w.
Bollin. attorney for Floyd Allen, 10 pose
IN the act OF discussing their plans
The north ana west Will soon see in
Its theaters n reproduction OF the court
house tragedy and some OF its surviving
characters.
There Will be some legal action pre-
imlnary 10 the trial OF the Aliens Tues
day and Wednesday, regardless OF
whether any more of thcm are caught
OF not
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-25

mad as we'll submit TO It gracefully.
You will see from the letters / send
YOU that there is fight In many OF
these gentlemen.
] am quite willing to submit the
matter TO the delegates and alter
mates and others who expect to at
tend the Baltimore convention on the
facts and figures l have presented.
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Rattler Leads to Gold Ore.

BY International News Service.
SAN BERNARDINO Cal. March 24.-
When big rattlesnake wiggled acroas
the path OF Edward Lyons. a miner, It
proved good omen. Lyons seized the
nearest piece OF rock he could find and
was 30 struck with its appearance and
weight that he almost allowed the snake
To escape. After killing the reptile he
again examined the rock and found il
spTlnkledt with gold. A short search re-
yealed rich vein four feet wide and ore
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Missouri Threatening.

OMAHA, Neb.. March 24.-Much anx-
Lefty Is felt over the probability of floods
in the Missouri river watershed, Rail-
roads are expecting trouble. Dynamite
with which to break ,tp possible Ice
gorses. has been distributed To various
places.
There Is more snow on the ground
than for many years at this season The
river is icebound, but the ice is becom-
ing weak and may go out at any time
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COUNTESS OF WARWICK
RETURNS ON BUSINESS
BY International News Service,

BY International News Service.
NEW YORK. March 2l.--An eXplana-
tion Of the hurried departure of the
Countess OF Warwick. who came to this
country TO deliver a series of lectures.
was received by Lee Keedlck. who was
to manage the tour OF the royal lee
turer The countess wrote when she
sailed that sne had cables from her hus-
band at home compelling her Immediate
return upon important business,
''The coal strike affects us consider
ably and my presence is necessary"
she added.
Only five Of the thirty scheduled lee
lures were delivered.
Van Camp Pork aad Heans upR 1nr.
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Taft Has Colorado.

BY international News Service.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo. March
24.--Taft will have a majority of the 912
delegates to the Republican state con-
vention which will meet here Wednes-
day. The latest official count gives him
700. with 212 for Roosevelt. The solid
Roosevelt counties arc El Paso Delta,
Weld. O.ero, Morgan and Montrose. The
Second Congressional district Is claimed
solid for Roosevelt
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Conflict Threatened.
Prince Governor Assassinated.

Special Gable to The Tribune.
CONSTANTINOPLE, March PA
Greek member of the Hellenic party as
sassinated Andre kepassis Effendi. prince
governor OF the island OF Samos, today.
The assault was due to a political cru
sade against the prince governor, who
had maintained the enmity OF the Hell
lenics since his appointment in 1907 The
assassin was arrested
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Banker Morse in Rome.

Special Cable to The Tribune
ROME, March 24.-Charles w. M
arrived here today and consulted Pro
sor Marchiafaita. the pope's physic
Mr.. Morse appeared depressed and
and walked with a perceptible limp.
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To ASCERTAIN
ACTUAL VALUE
OF RAILROADS
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Will Ask Authority to
Make Complete PhySi-
cal Valuation.
INCLUDES INSPECTION
OF FINANCIERS BOOKS
Propose to Make Examination
of Records of Morgan &
Co., and Kuhn, Loeb
s. Co.

IN Z ASHINGTON. March 24.-Pre-
VA senting a complete plan for the
wv physical valuation OF all the
W railroads In the United States
and expressing firm conviction
that overcapitalization can never bo pre-
vented or equitable transportation rates
fixed until such valuation Is made, DEM
ocratlc and Republican members Of the
interstate commerce commission have
Joined hands in an appeal TO congress
FOR an appropriation Of sS.0oo,ooo to ac-
complish that great work. They ask for
an additional appropriation to investi-
gate the amount of water In present rail-
road securities.
AS one of the essential steps to an ade-
Quatc physical valuation the commission
announces that It would insist upon au-
fhority to investigate the books Of J.
p Morgan & Co. and Kuhn. Loeb G. Co.
This revolutionary step was advised by
Commissioner Clements. Democrat, and
Meyer, Republican. at an executive ses-
sion OF the house committee Of inter
state and foreign commerce, now consd-
ering a bill drawn by Chairman Adam
son, authorizing the commission to make
the physical valuation and the bond and
stock inyeStjpation
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Three Dissent.

Commissioner Clements. in his dis
senting opinion, maintains that the COM
mission has transcended It's authority,
He urges that the situation between
Louislana and Texas can be reached
only bye ladditional legislation, and that
the commission in Its decision has
usurped the powers of the congress.
Commissioner Harlan dissented from
the majority opinion on substantially the
same grounds. He held that the ma
jority opinion is insecure" because 1t
flows from a process OF reasoning that Is
a mere construction, rather than an ad-
ministration of the law.
Commissioner McChord dissents rad
ically from the majority, He concludes:
My position is that this commission
should confipe itself within the four cor
ners OF the law OF It's creation, usurplng
neither the legislative function of the
congress nor the judicial power Of the
courts
Van Camp PORK and Beans now l0c.
1Sc 00c
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-25
CHINESE PIRATES
ATTACK AMERICANS
One Teacher Killed and Two
Others Wounded; All
Are Robbed.

I-CHANG, PROVINCE OF Hu-PEH,
China, March 23 (Delayed).-A telegram
received here from Wushan. province of
SEE -Chuen. says that three Americans,
Messrs. Hicks. Hoffman and Sheldon,
who are presumed to be missionaries,
were attacked while exploring the gorges
in the Yanstse river in a boat. and all
three were robbed and wounded
Soldiers and a doctor have been dis
patched from this city to Wushen. which
is about seventy-five miles to the west
on the Yangtse.
One Is Killed.
PEKIN, March 2d.-The American le-
cation here received a telegram from e.
Carlton Baker. consul at Chung King,
saying that the Americans attacked at
Wushan are teachers
The consul says Mr.. Hicks, whose home
was at Oshkosh, Wis. was killed. and
that his companions, though wounded. are
taking his body to I-Chang. The consul
adds that the attack was made by pirates
and was not due to antl-foreiGn hatred.
Chinese gendarmes are pursuing the pir-
ates.
The American legation here today tele-
graphed Roger S. Greene, consul general
at Hankow. to send Vice Consul General
j. Paul Jameson to I-Chang to obtain
further information concerning the attack
upon the Americans.
Looting the Rule.
PEKIN. March 24.-The Kan Su army
arrived at Sian Flu. province of Shen 81,
on March 20. and the Chinese soldiers.
fearing the Mohammedan troops would
loot the city, themselves began looting
The Mohammedans retired. All foreigners
are reported safe.
The representative of the Belgian A.
nancial syndicate will. pay three million
morrow unless the powers interfere
considerable disorder at Che Foo. A dis
patch from the Tsinan, province OF Shan
tung. reports the looting by soldiers OF
all but two native banks at Tsin-C Chow
Flu. Foreign property was not molested.
Conflict Threatened.
HONGKONG. March IA conflict be-
tween the Chinese and Europeans at
hundreds of refugees are fleeing to this
city. The powers have agreed to sup
press rioting In the European quarter.
The insurgents are defiant in spite Of
heavy guard OF Occidentals.
The French steamer Paul Beau mar
rowly escaped capture in the Canton
river today. She was attacked by sew
eral junks filled with river pirates armed
Beau repelled the boarders with sharp
musket fire and made his escape by or
dering full speed ahead and running
down one Of the attacking vessels.
Troops at Linchow, Kwantung prov
ince,. revolted today and are threaten
ing to loot the city
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Federal Laws First.

The majority held that
''If state by the exercise Of its law
full power establishes rates which the in
terstate carrier makes effective upon
state traffic, that carrier does so with
the full knowledge that the federal gov
eminent requires 1t to apply such rates
under like conditions upon interstate
traffic, To say that an Interstate car
rler may discriminate against interstate
commerce because OF the order of a
state commission would be to admit that
a state may limit and prescribe the flow
OF commerce between the states.
IAN interstate carrier must respect
the federal law and II II is also subjected
to state law It must respect that In SO
far as II can without doing violence TO
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-25
LAYS DOWN PRINCIPLE
FOR RAILROAD RATES
Commerce Commission Holds
for Justice, Disregarding
State Lines.
FEDERAL LAW SUPREME
Carriers Must Meet National
Statutes First, State Acts
if They Can.
FEDERAL LAW SUPREME

WASHINGTON, March 2i.-Thc' inter-
state commerce commission. in an opin-
ion made public today. established the
far-reaching principle that "A railroad
must SO adjust its rates that Justice
shall be done between communities re-
gardless of state lines.
II railroad makes a low rate upon
traffic wholly within state, even when
forced TO do so by a state commission,
II must accord the same rate to inter-
state traffic moving under substantially
similar conditions.
The principle was laid down by a vote
Of four to three. The minority held that
the powers of congress were usurped by
the majority opinion that the remedy for
such n situation should be applied
through additional legislation
The case practically precpitated a
conflict between federal and state au-
thority over the control of interstate
traffic. The opinion OF the majority by
Commissioner Lane is a definite asser-
tion of the supremacy OF national rcgu-
latory authorities over the powers exer-
cised by any state. Ii is the first time
this assertion has been made distinctly
by the commission. Chairman Prouty
and Commissioners Clark and Meyer
concurred with Commissioner Lane, and
Commissioners Clements, Harlan and
McChord dissented.
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Require Much Time.

Require Much Time.
Commissioners Clements and Meyer ex
pressed the BELIEF that they can max
the special inquiry into stocks and bond
in two years, but that 1t Will take a
least three years TO complete the valua
tfon Of the railroad properties, which ar
said to be worth s1s.50O, 600, 600. Judg
Clements said:
The inquiry ought to be extended
to enable the commission or who
ever undertakes 1t TO make an In
spection or examination of the books
OF those banking institutions that
conduct these organizations. like
Pierpont Morgan's house in Louis
vile & Nashville and the Atlantic
Coast line transactions. and Kuhn,
Loeb s, Co., that figured In the Alton
case,
The holding company that stands
between the operating company,
which serves the public and is q kind
OF a screen for the people who ac-
tually control the operating carrier
and yet are not in direct contact
technically with It. is matter that
StiSh' ~ OS iiNeStlSdtPu
Must Be Thorough.
do not believe a congressional
body is the only body with authority
10 do this work. Our commission
could dc it il the law gave us direct
authority.
An imperfect valuation would be
woree than none; II would be nisin-
lorna ton. IL wc make an inventory
valuation. il will require engineers
with education and practical expert
ence sufficient TO do their work thor
ouglily. intellgently and accurately.
and who have character enough that
the country will feel assured that
they are cold blooded In being fair
and nnapproachable from any stand
point. The government must pay the
cost.
The contention OF the roads now is
that they are entitled to earn on the
present value OF their property no
matter how that value came about
There has been no decision by tha
supreme court that is definite or
makes plain what will be the rule Of
law ABOUT IL.
Rates and Earnings.
The theory OF President Taft's
stock and bond commission, as shown
by it's report, is that the matter of
capitalization is practically imma-
teriai upon the question OF reason
able rates. Theoretically, that NAV
be sound 1t may be that the courts
would hold that the railroads were
entitled to reasonable rate, whether
II earns its interest on it's bonds
or pays stock dividends or not. But
what is reasonable rate? IT takes
but glance tn see that the value
OF The stocks and bonds depends upon
the rates you are going to let them
earn. Their value rests upon the
rates and the earnings. Embraced
In the investigation would be thirty
one different items grouped under
seven heads.
First, valuation Of the properties.
Second. the cost TO the present
owners.
ThIrd. the cost to the original own
ers
Fourth, the profit or loss In their
construction to the original owners
Fifth, the cost as to the bonds out
standing and the amounts realized
etc
Sixth, the facts az to the original
oi,t-tending securities.
Seventh, the facts as to the present
fcf Z. 4 t--
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In Louisiana Case.

proceedings brought by the Louis
lana commission placed in issue the
right OF interstate carriers TO discrim-
mate in favor of state traffic and against
Interstate traffic.
''The complaint" the opinion says, "is
that the carriers defendant make rates
out OF Dallas and other Texas points
into eastern Texas which are much low
er than those which they extend into
Texas from Shreveport, La. A rate or
60 cents carries first class traffic 10 the
westward from Dallas, distance of leo
miles. while the same rate OF 60 cents
will carry the same class OF traffic only
hfty-five miles into Texas from Shreve>
port"
The low rate within the state Of Texas
was forced upon the railroads by the
Texas railroad commission In furtherance
Of a policy to protect and promote the
jobbing interests OF Texas. The Louis
lana commission declared that Louisiana
was being Disseminated against because
OF the action of the higher rates from
Shreveport westward and demanded an
adjustment The contentious Of Louis
lana were sustained by the commission.
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Van Camp PORK and Beans now l0c.
15c 2Oc
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-08-09
About Wonders.

The seven wonders of the modern
world, according to poll taken OF
1000 scientists 10y Popular Magazine.
are wireless telcgraphy. the telephone.
the acroplanc, radium, aniiscptirs,
spectrum analysis and the N-ray.
This is twenty centuries after the
Greeks had agreed upon a list Of seven
wonders. Twenty centuries hence the
list may run something like this: uni
versal peace. universal justice. end OF
man s exploitation Of man, the end OF
of crime, the conquest Of all infectious
diseases. the adjustment Of poverty
and the establishment oftrue equali',
and brotherhood.
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-08-09
LOriner.

Lorimer out of the United states
never TO have been a member of that
body Is In his right place. In theory,
at least, the upper house at WASH.
ington is place for men who repre-
sent the American people al their
best. How far the theory Is short Of
the actual facts is another story.
Nevertheless, II Is q safe PROPOSE
tion that the masses of the American
people will believe that a blow has
been struck for genuine government
in the ousting of Mr.. Lorimcr though
there may he proper and widespread
sympathy for big man who began
life with many handicaps, and who.
in a material sense. met his handi-
caps like a man.
1t Is true that the evidence against
the fallen politician was not the kind
that could be submitted with assur-
ancc In a court of law. No man who
accepts a bride and then confeSscs j.
not a Trustworthy witness. man
who could he induced to triile with a
high position, and to betray the vo-
ters Who trusted him, night be ex.
pected TO he capable Of swearing Ia
lies.
But there were too many confeS-
sions In the Lorimer affair. and few
Of them. at least. smacked Of the
truth. The testimony Of Ilol,slaw.
particularly, vas that of man who
had been corrupted 10y cunning. and
who was genuinely repcnlen'.
Perhaps the best public sentiment
has held that a United States Scna.
tor should be above reproach or SuS-
picion: and that, very certainly. Lor.
liner vas not.