TC A TL i A BM Ra TE Aa a
rn, pens A
Boga
UBLISHER
FOR CHEAP PAPER
They Want Wood Pulp Put on the
Free List
Newspaper Men Gathered At New
York Draw Up Appeal To The Sen-
ate Asking For Abolition Of Al-
leged Abuses—Print Paper Made
More Cheaply Here Than In Cane
ada—Praise Speaker Cannon And
Members Of Committee,
New York (Special).—At a meet-
ing of the American Newpaper Pub-
lishers’ Association held here the fol-
lowing minute was adopted:
“The American Newspaper Pub-
lishers' Association, at its annual
meeting in New York, with the larg-
est attendance in the history of the
organizations, comprising represen-
tatives of 290 daily newspapers, in-
structs its secretary to telegraph and
write immediately to each United
States Senator advising him that the
association, by a rising vote, earnest-
ly urges the confirmation by the Sen-
ate of the action of the House of
Representative in thle matter of pulp
and print paper.
“The invnestigation by the select
committee of the House Of Repre-
sentatives covering a period of 10
months and surpassing in thorough-
ness any trade inquiry ever attempt-
ed in tariff history, has shown that
American paper mills actually make
paper cheaper than the most modern
Canadian mill, and therefore, any
import duty upon print paper is in
the nature of a concession to the
American mills.
Trade With Canada.
manufacturers are trying to Induce
fixed by the Payne bill. The suc-
the possibility of an
sélect committee deemed
importance in order
continue to obtain
try the considerable supply
wood now used by American mills
in news print paper manufacture.
“The well matured and
mous recommenda of
committee composed
tives of both
safeguarded the
makers and consumers
possibility of hostile a
ada.
of
that we
from that
might
tions the
political parties
of
ainst
by
interests
or
aE
tion
the
which will the
sults of House committee's
vestigation, and which, b
a trade war and stoppi
tation of pulp wood
may bring great loss
newspapers and destruction
ican forezts,
“For a period of years t
ican newspapers have been the vie-
tims of paper combinations, mergers,
corners, discriminations and secrecy
in paper quotations. The failure
Paper makers to employ technic
skill in the operation of
has Increased the
sumers, We want
to these abuses by broadening
market aad stopping schemes
such as that planned in the
of the International Paper C
which aimed to destroy
and value to a
antiquated mills by b
under one control. wi
ni srland
water powers the
000 horsepowe
gigantic spe
Obligations
obligation which
TT owed to the
a tariff beneficiary has
lated. Newspapers have been forced
to bear the burden of frequent fluc-
tuations and artificial stimulations of
paper prices. The publishery ask for
fair treatment.”
The following also was adopted:
“Resolved, That the thanks of the
American Newspaper Publishers’ As-
sociation are due to the select com-
mittee appointed by the House
Representatives at the instance of
Speaker Cannon to investigate
paper and pulp industry. We
knowledge our obligation to
chairman, James R. Mann, and
members
diligence
ness of
period of
ignore
the
work
in-
ug the expor
from
to
erican
Am
to
ae
of
al
al
burdens of
to put an
by
ompany,
competition
4
tO collection of
give
les of t
fo
Tr We object to these
culation at expense
Violated.
our
the na.
Lie pa
government
been vio
ac-
their
16
inquiry,
months,
covering a
per maker and paper user.
“Resolved, That a copy of
above resolution be forwarded by the
secretary to Speaker Cannon and to
the members of the select commit.
dd
JUDGE KNOCKS
Called Stranger's Blut About His
Gray Hair,
Los Angeles, Cal.
Chief Justice Beatty,
Court, did a little law enforcing on
a Pasadena car.
tough looking citizen talking
(Special).
and cautioned the man, who replied
in insulting language,
“But 1 insist,”
tice,
“If you wasn't gray
kick your block off.”
customer.
“Forget the gray hairs and try it.”
said the Justice, his fighting blood
aroused.
The
strike,
knocked
headed,
said
as if to
tough drew i
promptly
and the Justice
him down.
W. M. Stewart Dead.
Washington, D. C.
William Morris Stewart, for
a senator from Nevada,
the foremost advocate
last haly century of the free and
unlimited coinage of silver, died at
the Georgetown Universiiy Hospital,
{le had been at the hospital since
March 30. On March 21 an opera
tion was performed, from which he
rallied and made preparations for
his summer vacation, But last week
he suffered a relapse which resulted
fatally,
28 years
and probably
during the
MRL TRIE at
ATR sR enn —
THE SUL
Constantinople Now
&
TAN
An inquiry by Parliament into
the Sultan's reported complicity
in the recent mutiny.
Upon the result of this will de-
pend his fate,
The army to be cleansed from |
sedition and.brought to a proper ||
state of discipline.
To convict and
who have murdered their officers ||
and led the uprising. :
From 60 to 200 may have to ||
meet the death penalty. |
The army's mission fs to
hold the civil government.
execute those
up- ||
Constantinople (Special). — The
Yildiz garrison surrendered Sunday |
to the constitutionalist forces. The!
commanders of these battalions be- |
£Zan sending in their submission to |
Mahmoud Schefket Pasha Saturday |
night, and the whole of the troops |
protecting the palace gave their form. |
al and unconditional surrender, |
shortly after dawn. Niazi Bey, who!
is called the hero of the July revo- |
lution, is now in command of the
garrison. ,
Sultan Abdul Hamid has been per- |
tted to remain within the walls of
Yildiz Kiosk, where, in command
with his ministers, he waited for the
| outcome of the struggle between his
loyal troops and the army of invest-
ment, each hour bringing to him
word of a fresh disaster. It has been
stated, since victory rested with the
constitutionalists, that the Sultan
himself gave orders to his men nct
to resist. Whether or not this is |
true, it can be safely saig of the
troops within the capital that they
put up a stubborn resistance at all
points, and the losses both sides |
are exceedingly heavy for the length
of time the engagement was in prog-
Tress,
A
in-chief
m
on
representative of the Command-
of the Constit
is authority for sayi
Sultan wil be dealt with
ariiament and that there will be an
adequate Inquiry into the sovereign's
alieged complicity in the recent mu-
tiny Up to the present the ministry
has not been dissolved, but Constan-
tinople and a number of other places
declared in a state of
utionalist
hat
ney 4
GE 1
by the,
have been
Seige
Law,
and while
among the
Under Martial
Martial
there
5
law
some
prevails,
uneasiness
people has been maintained
with a strict hand. The last garri-
son to surrender as the Selimish ar-
tillery barracks i
Stamboul Four
tioned there with
threatened to
is
order
opposite
# men sta-
hundred guns
the city into
uins, but General Schefket t
dered up 60 guns and
batteries of machine guns to pos
which commanded the barracks, and
the cruiser Medijleh steamed out of
range of the fleld and prepar-
ed for action. commander of
the barracks ubmitted,
and the artillerymen will be marched
the troops of gar.
already have been treated and
Wary prisoners without
await transfer to outlying
blow
oday or-
big several
itd @
tions
Bisco
pieces
%
i
©
ns the other
ollowing Saturday's terrific fight.
the took an aspect of |
strange quiet toward evening. There |
fear that there would be
PROTECTION OF CHRISTIANS
city on
oe
was t
some
: }
United States Asks Other Powers |
to Assist.
Attention Of These Powers Called To |
Enforcement Of The Treaty For |
Application Of Reforms Under- |
taken Hy Turkey For Protection |
Of Armenlans—American Govern.
ment Relies Upon Russia To Save |
Our Citizens In Persia—Taft Stir!
red Over Reports Of Atrocities,
Washington, D. C. (8pecial).—
Realizing the impotency of the Turk-
quately safeguard American lives and |
property in the present diturbed con-
ditions in those countries, the ftate|
Department has intimated that it will |
wlecome any assistance in this direc
and Russia.
Diplomatic representations having
this object in view already have been
made to the foreign offices at lon-
don and St. Petersburg, whose ships
operations. At the same time efforts
are being made to learn whether the
| powers of Europe, in which rest the!
| superintendency of the apnilication of
reforms undertaken by Turkey in
the provinces inhabited by Armen-|
ians according to the Perlin treaty |
iof 1878, have taken steps to check |
the horrors now being perpetrated |
against those people. [he superine- |
reforras is given to the powers by
————— a A — ——insi
Town Topics Loses,
New York (8pec'al) —The jury In
| the libel suit of Samuel Dompster, cf.
: Pitt: burg, against Col. Wm. D. Mann, |
editor of Town Topics, brought In a |
verdict for $40,000 In favor of the
plaintiff. The sult was for $100,000,
The plaintiff is prominent socifily |
and in a business way in Pittsburg.
The offensive article accused Mr.
Dempster of social irregularities in
y hin awn town,
Putin at etl Se AR
GIVES
Bg vp gig te
WAY
In a State of Siege---
further fighting during the night, as
the forces of General Schefket were
strongly posted close to the palace
But beyond a few scattering shots,
there was nothing to disturb the
peace of the city.
THE SAVAGE FANATICS
The Horrors in Asiatic Turkey On
the Increase.
A Turkish Governor Refuses To Per
mit A British Cruiser To Land Aj
Relief Party—Every Man, Woman |
And Child In One Town Murdered |
=A Missionary With A Force Of |
Turkish Troops Hurrying To The!
Relief Of An Armenian Village In
Which 10,000 People Are Beseiged |
~=PBritish, French And German |
Warships Have Arrived.
Beirut (Special). The situation
in Asiatic Turkey is one of extrem
gravity. How many thousands have
massacred be esti
mated, because the disturbances have
it impos-
of
past
cannot even
nt
i
ns
is
the
10 days.
the number
of Adana
25,000, and
death |
been so widespread th
to secure details hap-
penings during the
The latest estimates
killed in the vilayet
reaches approximately
thousands have been done
the towns of other districts. The
siege which several of the
undergoing has brought
to the verge of star
brings its tal
and the depths
which
brought
of
to
of
are
tate
places
each €3
atrocities
and
further
misery and «
savagery of the
the people,
Several warshi
waters, but the disorders
reaching that the effort
ers to restore normal
as yet hardly bees
crulser Jules Ferry
immediately
swarms of
Leki
vation
of
the
theso
far-
in
80
are now
I
i
pow-
left almost
refuse
fugees are pour-|
where
ing In
tritiak
iritish,
WAr- |
ma-
dis-
more
German
and
French
at the
been land quell
ia
at
ghi
ps 0
rines
are
have
orders as far as 3
important points
One of the
andretta, Mr
Turkish
lief of
lage on the coast,
withi the
immense |
cassians On
sh warship re
the governor
refused the com
iand a relief
The water
the
u ng greatl
The children are
tracks after
the
troo
Deurtyvu
the where
ple n
by
from
Moy
L$ £54
mal
been
Armeni
men
have been sl
property at Kes
Chambers,
safe
an vi
and
wom
The
was de
American
'
B80
an
mas
that whose in
sailed during th
the Balkans, he United States was
not a signatory the convention
Inquiries have been directed to Lon-
don with a view to learning whether
the ships dispatched by the British
government to the vicinity of the
trouble in Asia Minor will afford
adequate protection to all
treaty egrity was
went troubles ovey
a8.
© re
to
foreigners |
and intinating that the United States
hopes that everything feasible willl
be done to safeguard human life
Russia has been told that the Uni
ted States will have to rely ‘on her
if lives
iatter state-|
their
in Persia
The
citizefis
in jeopardy.
our
ports that a military expedition from |
country is about to be sent to]
the relief of Tabr'z. President Taft |
is deeply stirred over the reports of |
horrible atrocities which have reach-|
is anxious that no stone be left un-|
torned to afford relief wherever pos- |
gible.
lish Daily Paper.
Mexico City (Special) Even
Mexico Is feeling the effects of the
¢
oh
the capital have organized and
are preparing to publish a daily paper
in Jhelr interests. Gradually
states are enacting more rigid regula
tion, and in many parts of Me
no saloons are now allowed open at
or on holidays. i
The latest regulation in this city
¢ a rule banishing games from sa
ivons. Even dominos are prohibited.
the |
(ico
875,000 Lost In The Mails,
Denver (8peclal). Chief Inspece
tor Cochran, of the Denver Postoffice,
29 reglatored packages had been lost
from a.Union Pacific train between
Green River and Bryan, Wyo., Sun.
day night, Three packages of un-
signed bank notes, aggregating $75,
000, consigned by the Treasury De-
partment to California banks were
among the contents of the missing
pouch,
NE FR VE 2 id
LIONS PROWLING
"ABOUT HIS TENT
Roosevelt Is Now in the Country
of Big Game.
HE SEES RHINOCEROS ON WAY
His Train Also Passes Girafies,
Zebras, Wildbeestes, Waterbucks
And Ostriches — The Caravan At
Kapiti Plains Has A Total Of 260
Followers—Old Glory Flying Over
The Roosevelt Tent—Ex-President
In A Khaki Suit And Helmet
Ready To Tackle The Lions,
British East Africa
Roosevelt
Plains,
Theodore
Kapiti
(Special),
reached the hunting grounds
camp been established near
station here for the
expedition, and lions
has
railroad
velt were
tents,
to the
every
The country is
recent rains,
prospect of
green,
and there
good sport.
owing
lose
their
the huntsmen will
getting started on
tiful, and
time in
shooting trips.
The special
toosevelt party from Mombasa
rived here at 1.30 o'clock P.
Only the members of party
off at Kapiti Plains. F. J. Jackson,
the
ar-
M.
got
train bearing
tHe
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. BY TELEGRAPH
The body of former Senator Stew.
art, of Nevada, was cremated and
the ashes will be taken Nevada
for interment,
The Btate Department has granted
a short leave of absence to Whitelaw
Reid, the American ambassador in
London.
The
from
down
away,
to
army
Fort
near
balloon which went up
Meyer yesterday came
Cox, Md., about 60 miles
Senator Bailey will start the argu-
ment on his tariff bill amendmen:
The Secretary of Commerce and
Labor is directed to prepare a table
showing duties imposed by the Uni-
ates, Germany and France on
pottery, glass, paper and woolens.
A session
International
American Society
Law addressed
of the
was
GOVERNMENT 10
BOND 5 ENPLOYES
An Alleged Combine to Mulct
Uncie Sam.
MUST CUT DOWN THE RATES.
A Bill To Be Introduced In Congress
Provides That Otherwise A Fund
Will Be Established From Which
The Government Will Indemnity
Iself——Blow At The Alleged Come
bine — Baltimore Bonding one
pany Oflicials Deny The Rates Are
Too High.
Washingion
addition to
made by Reps
{ break the combin
| formed by
ran.es
ington,
miral Sperry
The nomination of Elliott
cott, of West Virginia, to be nr
to Columbia
North-
iinister
was confirmed by the
Senator Aldrich announced that on
final reading by para-
Tariff Bill would be
the
graphs of the
up from Mombasa continued on to
Mr.
The
fol
established for
Roosevelt {8 most elaborate.
caravan will have a total of 260
lowers There are 13 tent
Europeans and their horses
tents for the porters An
flag is flying over the tent to be
cupied by Mr. Roosevelt All
native porters of the expedition were
lined up platform when
Roosevelt pulled in, and
Mr. {loosevelt stepped down
the train ealute
his honor n response Mr.
velt raised his hat
Mr. Roosevelt
station by Bir Alfred Pease,
be his host
Roosevelt
and +v
bright
All
joved
The camp
for
and 60
American
on the
y ial
Special
r shouted a in
they
I1 ae
who will
fs sed in a kbaki s
white weather
and
the
the
An
been
indefinite leave of ab has
granted to Robert Watchorn,
commissioner of immigration at New
ai
sence
The army
with Major
Kk,
rd,
transport Kilpatric
General Duvall abo:
“a
Willlam B. Stewart, former
tor from Nevada, died at Georget
Hospital
Taft
candidates
President
several
“third de
for
master
put
ding Temple
saw
the
tar
gree," atte
Lodge
BRYAN WILE NOT RETIRE.
Find It
Him: Run,
win l
To Have
Kansas City,
an address
sary
length
‘s defeat, and then
ities of the
of
follows
discussed at som
for his party
red the
campaign as
While 1
not find
as a Prégidential
next campaign
slatement
to possi
DOD
it nece
Democrat
party
EMBEZZLER SURRENDERS SELF.
Man Accused Of Taking £100,000
To Plead Guilty.
J {Specia
A SUEILIVE
at
+ stepped
:
ia
been
arregte
A. M.,
from Philadeiph
3
the
4 here
as he
He
idea of surren-
having arranged to
brother-in-law.
his plans
f
ih,
an
an
gon d
latter revealed
t police, and the arrest was the
result Sykes {8 now in il He
he will plead guilty
his medicine
Former Judge Arrested.
Wash. (Special). -
Gordon, former counsel
is
gAvVs and
Spokane,
M. J
Judge
Baron
Mexican
Barra,
ne
dela
Roland P
President's
the Lit
National J
Alexander
secretary
TAYICR
A PARDON,
ty grand jury.
embezzlement of funds from the rail-
His bond for appearance was
20,000,
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
in spite of Turkey, European Gov-
ernment bonds advanced.
So far this month 18,900 tons of
copper have been exported.
There is rumored that New York
Central will {ssue $100,000.000 of
stock.
Dividend and interest disburse.
ments in May will aggregate $90.-
For his 100,000 shares of United
States Smelting stock, which he sold
to other directors of the company, R.
D. Evans received $4,350,000,
Strong Philadelphia houses were
quoted as saying Pennsylvania iz now
about the best buy in the market, as
it has not risen so fast as many other
stocks.
New
York Central shareholder:
riman and W. C. Brown, a3 directors
of that company.
A conservative estimate puts the
shrinkage In stock market values. on
the report that E. H. Harriman Is
going to Europe, at $50,000,000.
The Wall Street end of a leading
Philadelphia firm of brokers has pur.
chased in the past ten days 40,000
shares of Reading.
In March the Pittsburg, Cinein-
nati, Chicago & 8t. Louis Railroad.
4 part of the Pennsylvania system,
showed a decrease of $565,380 in op-
erating income compared with 1908,
A Protective Committee, of which
Charles M. Warner is chairman, ad-
vertises a call for the deposit of
bonds of the Pennsylvania Sugar Re-
fining Company. Deposits may be
made with the Trust Company of
North America of this city.
nor (ochel,
Sta
been fugutives
indiana for
Powers, brot
have
nine
ber
believed to in
land Whittaker, of Bu
John 1 of Loulsvi .
and Zach Steele, Bell County, who
did not flee the State
Those over whom
John
Powers,
Hondur
Of
ig be
to fol
County avies,
of
indictments are
Golden, of
Colorado
Bell now a
detective In Louis, and
Culton, of Owsley Coun-
in the West
County, now of
County
st
¥
Cecil, of
ty, said
recently.
Theie cases, with the possible ex-
against Cecil, will be
to have died
in
person
of
now serving a life sentence
State penitentiary, the only
to suffer for the assassination
Goebel, °°
Eight Persons Drowned.
New Orleans (8pecial).—Eight
persons were loft and seven others
on board had a thrilling escape from
death when the towboat Eagle, of
the Louisiana Petroleum Company,
went down in the Mississippi River,
about 40 miles south of New Orleans.
The accident occurred at daybreak,
while most of those on board were
asleep. Without seeming reason the
boat began to dip and take water
and soon went down,
as it sank,
Dynamited As He Slept.
Chattanooga, Tenn. (Special).
Rudolph Buol, aged 55 years, was
askassinated at a late hour while
asleep. The murderer, who is un-
known to the police, opened Mr
Buol’'s bedroom window and placed a
stick of dynamite on his bed, explod-
ing It with a fuse. Buol was killed
instantly. His wife, asleep at his
#ide, estaped without Injury. No mo-
tive Is assigned for the crime.
". ehpcsconit Hag "
New York (Special). The be-
quest of $1,000,000 left by the late
Louis Heinsheimer, a member of the
banking house of Kuhn, Loeh & Co.
conditional upon the federation of
various Jewish charitable organiza.
tiong of New York City is to revert
to the redduary legatee, Alfred Hein.
sheimer, the organizations in ues.
tion having found it undesirable to
| their interests and merge. There
# sald to be a desire on the part
of Mr. Alfred Heinsheimer to donate
the million to charity, |
will be mas
entirely the
stated that 15 or
bonding companies
of the strongest con
more, bh ted in
rates by whi *h the
for yment
many
will
probably
Thursday
ernment
bill is
letter
Treat,
States
a £2
Grose t
pres
ave un
hill
Dili
writ:
the
LEAPS ELEVEN STORIES.
Women Faint By Dozen As Suic ide
Falls Among Them.
New York (Special)
ef a crowd of gl! Pe
In full view
rs, ir the
n
eleventh
most
old
floor of
and was
body struck
Street, within
part w
man leap
the
children, a
the
inamaker Build.
instantly killed The
the sidews of Ninth
a few vards Broad-
way. Fainting women by dozen
were carried into Wanamaker
store and the matrons there had
their hands full
Although nearly every clerk was
called to view the body, none re-
| membered ever to have seen the
{ man, There was no identification
| marks on the cheap silver watch,
{ which had stopped at 1.20 a clock,
the time the old man jumped
ing
LE]
the
the
Recalls Famous Tragedy.
Harrisburg, Pa. (Special).
persistent efforts on the part of
{friends in this and other states,
| James B. Gentry, the actor who is
serving a IMe sentence in the pen
| itentiary at Philadelphia for the
{ murder of Madge Yorke. an actress,
14 years ago, wa: granted a rehear-
ing by the State Board of Pardons
on an application for a complete
pardon. The application, which will
come before the board on May 21.
will be based on the grounds of
insanity when the deed was com-
mitted, and that the prisoner is now
in poor health.
-After
Ten Cottages Burned.
Grafton, W. Va. (Special).—Ten
frame cottuges and a small boarding.
house burned to the ground at Ham-
mond, a village of 300 inhabitants.
nine miles west of Grafton, sn the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. and
two others had to be blown down
with dynamite before the flames
were subdued. The properties wore
owned by the Hammond Fire Brick
Company, The loss is $10,000.
Chooses Love In Cottage,
Bt. Louis (Special) Miss Maury
Morgan Fullerton, St. Louis’ richest
girl and niece of J. Plerpont More
is to be married in Juve rey Pani
Bakewell, a young attorney iu mod.
erate circumstances. In compliance
with the, wishes of her fiance,
Fullerton™ has sold her
here, which was recently b
will live in a cottage whic
well is building. She is a
American girl, an expert golf and
tennis plaver, and drives her own