NEW TARIFF BILL
OFFERED IN HOLS
Reductions in Duty on Steel, and
Inheritance Tax Are Some
of the Features.
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NEW SOURCES OF REVENUE
Consolation Mainly Rests Upon the
Possibilities of Drawback Clause
on Exported Material.
Washington, D. C.—Representative
Sereno E. Payne of New York, pre-
sented to the House the net result
of four months of hard work by the
Republican members of the Ways and
Means Committee in the form of a
new tariff bill It was referred to
the new committee on ways and
means, and, according to present
plans, will be taken up by the house
for consideration next week.
It is the most radical revenue meas-
ure that ever emanated from Repub-
lican sources. Sweeping reductions
in schedules are made, items which
for years have been guarded with
protective rates are placed upon the
free list, a new policy of maximum
and minumum tariff has been provid-
ed for, the customs administrative
act has been amended, and the laws
for reimbursing a depleted Treasury
have been extended and enlarged.
Another innovation for times of peace
is the imposition of a duty of 8 cents
per pound upon tea, though coffee is
left upon the free list.
"A provision, considered by some as
the most important feature of the bill,
is that by which the drawback clause
is liberalized so that a drawback may
ibe obtained upon exported material,
whether it be produced in this coun-
try or abroad, if an equal amount of
such material has been imported. This
extension of the drawback is expected
{to exert a tremendous influence in
the development of the American for-
eign trade.
* Pennsylvania industries are, per
perhaps, more directly interested in
ithis new bill than any others for the
reason that the cut in the metals
schedule was the most severe of all.
It will average between 30 and 40
per cent.
Iron ore, formerly carrying a duty
of 40 cents per ton, is on the free list.
Pig iron has been reduced from
£4.00 to $2.50 a ton.
Steel rails have been ‘cut 50 per
cent, from $7.84 to $3.92.
Scrap iron and steel is cut from
$4.00 per ton to 50 cents per ton.
Structural steel is cut 40 per cent,
as is bar iron.
Charcoal iron is reduced from $12
to $6 per ton.
Cotton ties are cut 40 per cent.
Tinplate is reduced 20 per cent.
Steel ingots, blooms and slabs are
reduced 40 per cent.
Bituminous coal retains its present
duty at 67 cents per ton, with a re-
ciprocity provision by which Canadian
coal will come in free.
Hides are reduced
cent to the free list.
Lumber is reduced from $2.00 per
M. to $1.00 per M.
Plate glass in sizes below 24x30
inches gets an increased duty of 20
to 25 per cent. Above that size plate
glass is reduced.
The above items give an ldea of
the cuts that have been made in this
bill, and while the manufacturing in-
dustries of the country may feel that
they have been picked to bear the
brunt of the reductions, the farmer
also will find something to interest
thim aside from the proposition for
{free hides. Barley has heen re-
duced from 30 to 15 cents per bushel.
‘Cabbages are cut from 3 to 2 cests
each. Bacon and hams are reduced
from 5 cents per pound to 4 cents.
Lard comes down from 2 cents to 114
cents per’ pound. Green peas like-
wise suffer a reduction from 40 cents
to 30 cents per bushel.
ba, In framing this bill the committee
thas avoided changing the internal
revenue laws except in two instances.
They have provided a tax on trans-
fers of property, both real and per-
sonal, by inheritance or succession
by will. This provision alone is ex-
expected to yield revenue to the ex-
tent of $20,000,000. They also have
increased the tax upon cigarets,
which in itself will be a large pro-
ducer of revenue. :
This bill, the committee estimates,
will bring in $300,000,000 a year,
which, they believe, will be sufficient
from this source when the business:
of the country resumes its normal
condition. The maximum duties to
“be applied to those countries which
do not give the United States their
most favorable rates, are 20 per cent
above the minimum rates, a sufficient
advance to be retaliatory and enforce
our demands for consideration.
from 15 per
Bishop Horstmann’s Successor.
Rome.—The pope ratified the ap-
;, bointment of Monsignor John Farrel-
ly, .at present .spiritual director of |
the American College at Rome, to be |
Bishop of Cleveland in succession to |
the: “late’ Bishop Horstmann. The
new bishop is’ an American, a little
more than 50 years. old.
A Canadian Pacific engine. ran in
to a station at Montreal killing four
and injuring 30.
DOWIE FOLLOWER ENDS LIFE
Aged Man Loses Life Savings in the
Famous Zion City.
| manufactured and
RESERVOIR BURSTS
Two Million Gallons of Water Sweep
Down on West Virginia City.
Parkersburg, W. Va—With a thun-
derous crash both big tanks on Pros-
pect hill, holding this city’s water
supply, burst at 5:10 o'clock a. m.,
loosing 2,000,000 gallons of . water
which swept down the hillside, car-
rying death and ruin. Two lives are
known to have been lost, while sev-
eral persons are
Five are seriously injured, while the
property loss is placed at $225,000.
The dead are Walter Wigal and
Mrs. Walter Wigal. Those injurec
are Mrs. John Maloney, both legs
broken and head. hurt;; Mrs. Kate
Carnes, hurt internally; Mrs. W. C.
Crim, severe contusions; Clara Jones,
collar bone broken, and Blanche Hol-
linger, leg broken.
There was not an instant’s warning
of the approaching disaster. The’ big
reservoirs stood 200 feet above the
residences, 30 of which were torn
from their foundations by the mighty
torrent. Most of the buildings were
completely wrecked. The dead and
injured were among the scores caught
by the flood as they slept. St. John's
Lutheran church, recently completed,
was demolished. That the number of
casualties is so small is regarded as
a miracle.
COOPER JURY REPORTS
Return Verdict of Acquittal, However,
for John L. Sharp.
Nashville, Tenn.—When the jury re-
turned a verdict of acquittal for John
D. Sharp, charged with the murder
of former United States Senator E.
W. Carmack, and declared it was
“hopelessly tied up as to the Coop-
ers,” it was generally conceded that
the end of the famous case had all
but been reached.
Nothing daunted by the expressive
firmness of Foreman Burke’s declara-
tion of a disagreement as to the guilt
of Colonel ‘Duncan B. Cooper and his
son, Robin, jointly’ charged with
Sharp, with slaying Carmack, Judge
Hart sent the 12 men out for further
deliberation, and announced. that he
would not discharge them until he
was convinced that an agreement
could not be reached.
Nashville, Tenn.—Colonel D. B.
Cooper and Robin J. Cooper, were
convicted of murder in the second de-
gree and sentenced to 20 years in the
penitentiary for the killing of former
United States Senator E. W. Carmack.
NEW BRIDGE ELOWN UP
Steel Workers Said to Have Destroy-
‘| burg Dispatch, Cleveland Press, In-
ed Structure Being Built by
Pittsburg Company. 7
Hammond, Ind.—An explosion at
Indiana Harbor shook the city for
miles around. The new Lake Shore
bridge above three other railroads in
course of erection by the Pittsburg
Construction Company was destroyed.
One piece of steel weighing 45 tons
was blown 100 feet away. Immense
steel girders were twisted and de-
stroyed. :
The construction company is em-
ploying nonunion men on the job and
much trouble has resulted. Steel
workers from South Chicago were
seen in Indiana Harbor, and officials
of the company declare that these
men were responsible for the explo-
sion.
NO ROOSEVELT “SENDOFF”
Former President to Depart Quietly
on African Trin.
New York.—The plans of the citi-
zens of Hoboken, N. J., te give ex-
President Roosevelt a send-off when
he sails on the steamer Hamburg
next Tuesday to begin his African
trip, were abandoned when Mayor
Stail received a letter from Mr.
Roosevelt discouraging any proposed
demonstration.. The letter read:
“My Dear Mr. Mayor: = Si
“You are most kind, but I shall wish
to go through Hoboken as ‘quietly as
possible. I~ suppose a few friends
who wish to say good-by to me will
be at the pier. !
“THEODORE ROOSEVELT.”
Coke Merger Planner,
The consolidation of the indepen-
dent coking plants in the Connells-
ville and lower Connellsville districts
will take place at an early date. The
project contemplates “the amalgama-
tion of about 65 companies and means
a $40,000,000 combination. It is de-
clared that definite financial arrange-
ments have been mafie to complete
the merger and that all independents
will enter the agreement. . -
—_—
Hold Recount Not Warranted.
Springfield, Ill. — Adlai E. Steven-
son’s contest of Governor Charles S.
Deneen’s election was * decided ad-
versely to Mr. Stevenson. The legis-
lature, in joint session, adopted the
majority report of the contest com-
mittee, finding that the Stevenson peti-
tion for a recount of the vote for gov-
ernor had not made out a case which
would warrant the recount.
Would Tax Weapons.
Washington.—A novel way of rais-
ing revenue was ‘proposed ‘in the
house by Representative Sisson of
Missouri. It is provided in a bill he
introduced that a tax of $2 be levied
on every deadly weapon, such as pis-
tols, dirk knives and brass knuckles,
sold within the
United ‘States.
BLOW PRISONERS FROM. GUNS
| Sepoy Mutiny Punishment Repeated
New York.—Despondent because
he had lost all his life savings in in
vestments in Zion City industries, the
leity started by John A ander |
Dowie, IL Auguszt, aged 71,
committed, sui 4
g. P en
form a h
dent steel
Upon Plotters.
Peshawur, British India—It is re-
ported that 1,200 arrests have been
| made at Jellalabad, Afghanistan, in
-onneection with the plot recentlty dis-
covered to murder the Ameer, the
heir apparent and other members of
the royal family.
rding to
rs are being
advices batches of
reported - missing. |
-{ New Wilmington.
blown from guns |
LITTLE BOY TAKEN AND
HELD FOR RANSOM
Strangers Drive to Schoolhouse
and Get Lad on Pretense that
He Is Wanted at Home. =
RANSOM OF $10,000 DEMANDED .
Boy Was One of Heirs to a Large. Es- |
tate—Father Is a Wealthy © §*
: Attorney. .
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Sharon, Pa.—Kidnapped by two
men through a simple but cunning
artifice practiced on his school teach-
er, William Whitla, the 8-year-old son
of Attorney James P. Whitla, one of
Sharon’s wealthiest and most promi-
nent citizens, is held by his captors
for $10,000 ransom.
Following the receipt of a letter by
Mrs, Whitla demanding ransom, which
made it certain the child had been
kidnapped, the entire town was in
a frenzy of excitement. Police in
every town, village and hamlet with-
in a radius of several hundred miles
were notified. The town council held
a meeting preparatory to offering a
reward for the capture of the mis-
creants, and five special policemen
were ordered on duty. :
Shortly after 9 o'clock on Thursday
two men in a buggy drove to the
school house and told the janitor® to
call Willie Whitla as he was wanted.
Not suspecting anything wrong, the
teacher permitted him to go.
Willie failed to appear at his home
on East State street at the moon re-
cess and his mother became alarm-
ed.
Mr. Whitla had gone to New Wil-’
mington early in the morning to visit
his parents, so Mrs. Whitla sought
the advice of her neighbors. At
12:30. o'clock she called up Whitla’s
teacher by telephone to learn that the
lad had been taken away in a buggy
by a strange man. Mrs. Whitla then
communicated with her husband at
He hurried home.
In the meantime the postman brought
a letter to the Whitla home. The:
envelope bore Willie's handwriting.
The enclosed missive was a demand
for $10,000, which his abductors have’
placed upon the boy’s head. The con-
tents of the letter, in part, says:
“We have your boy and will deliver
him for $10,000, advertise according
to provision in this letter in the Pitts-
dianapolis News and the Youngstown’
Vindicator. Insert a personal in each
paper, if you are willing to pay the
$10,000. Simply say: ‘A. A. Will do
as requested. J. P..W.”
Investigation developed that the let-
ter had been dropped in a majl box
at Sharpsville and Hull streets, Sha-
ron. William Lloyd, the letter carrier
who lifted the letter from the Dox,
also delivered it to Mrs. Whitfd af 1
o'clock this afternoon. Upon #eading
the letter Mrs. Whitla at onee noti-
fied the police. In less ‘than .a half
hour 200 persons were searching for
Willie and his abductors.
“Billy” Whitla is one of the three
direct heirs to the Forker-Porter-
Buhl estate, valued at $50.000. There
is one other child in the Whitla fam-
ily, Felina, a pretty 5-year-old girl.
James P. Whitla, in accordance with
directions of his son’s kidnapers,
placed $10,000 under cannon in Flat
Iron park, Ashtabula, O., but hotel
clerk’s blunder in opening note from
abductors aroused the police, who
guarded the scene of the proposed
transaction and the ‘Sharon boy was
not delivered.
Maryland Company Cuts Wages.
Baltimore.—A general reduction in
wages at Sparrows Point, amounting
to 10 per cent and affecting all divi-
sions of the works of the Maryland
Steel Company, will be put into effect
on April, 1, according to a high of-
ficial of the company. The order
to reduce the wages, the official said,
was in line with a general policy of
retrenchment considered necessary
until after the readjustment of the
tariff question allows the resumption
of normal business in all industrial
lines. Approximately 1,200 work-
men will be affected. In normal
times upward of 4,000 men are em-
ployed by this company.
GERMAN NAVAL PROGRAM
1.
Thirteen Big Battleships Are Now
. Being Constructed. ;
Berlin.—In view of the assertions
made in the British house of com-
mons that Germany in the spring of
1912 would have 17 warships, all of
them of the big gun type, the navy
department authority the statement
that in the autumn of 1912 Germany
will have 13 such vessels.
Makes Good Get-Away.
Springfield, O. — After knocking
down the sheriff's wife and a female
attendant who stood in his path, Al-
fred Frey, colored, leaped through a
window is the county jail here and
escaped. Bloodhounds were secured
and a posse headed by Sheriff Law-
rence was guided by the dogs to the
north of town.
Along the paths of duty are the
flower beds of ease.
Marines to Go Back.
Washington.—Arrangements are be-
ing made by the navy department to
carry out the will of congress contem-
plating the return of the marines for
duty on ships of the navy, whose
services aboard the vessels were di-
rected to be discontinued by Presi:
dent Roosevelt in an executive order
issued several months ago.
Official announcement was made
that the Glidden tour this year will
tart from Detroit. It will start July
AMENDED CENSUS BILL
Measure Obviates Veto Objections and
Prescribes Quotas by State
Populations.
Washington, D. C.—The first piece
of legislation to be passed by the
house during the special session, was
the bill providing for the taking of
the thirteenth census. The bill was
passed at the last session, but was
vetoed because it took away from
the civil service commission the ap-
pointment of the clerks.
. An amendment by Mr. Sterling
(Ill.) was agreed to providing that
the appointments shall be made In
conformity with the law of apportion-
ment among the states under the civil
service act. Through an amendment
by Mr. Hay (Va.), which also was
agreed to, messengers, assistant mes-
sengers, messenger boys, watchmen,
unskilled laborers and charwomen
are exempted from taking examina-
tions. As amended the bill then was
passed.
WAGE CUT ANNOUNCED
Cambria Steel Company Slices All
4 Employes Salarles.
Johnstown, Pa.—In the various de-
partments of the Cambria Steel Com-
pany plant here the following notice
has. been posted:
“On account of the recent sharp de-
cline in the market prices of the com-
pany’s products, following the long
continued business depression, it be-
comes necessary to announce a re-
duction in salaries and wages averag-
ing 10 per cent, to take effect on and
after April 1, 1909.”
The reduction will affect all em-
ployes, from the highest to the lowest.
There is a general expectation that
this reduction will enable the concern
to take business it could not accept
with a profit under the old rates. The
Cambria company employs about 18,-
000 men.
GROVER CLEVELAND HONORED
Anniversary of His Birthday Celebra-
ted In New York City.
New York.—Tributes in poem, song
and speech were rendered March 18
in honor of the seventy-second birth-
day anniversary of the late Presi-
dent Grover Cleveland at memorial
exercises in which President Taft,
Governor Hughes, Chief Justice Ful-
ler and Mayor McClellan made ad-
dresses and hundreds of New York's
most prominent citizens attended.
Mrs. Cleveland, with a party of
friends, occupied a box in Carnegie
hall, where the memorial was held.
A second memorial was held at
night at the College of the City of
New York. at which speeches were
made by Governor Hughes, Senator
Root, Mayor McClellan, Judge Gray,
of Delaware; William B. Hornblower
and Edward M. Shepard.
BATTLE WITH MOROS
Eight Natives and Two of Constab-
ulary Dead on the Field.
Manila.—A dispatch from Lake
Lano reports that a band of Moros at-
tacked Lieutenant Furlong’s detach-
ment of constabulary at Bordong
March 8, and after a sharp fight eight
Moros and two members of the con-
stabulary were left dead on the
field, while two soldiers and one civ-
ilian were wounded.
A company of the Twenty-fifth In-
fantry and a detachment of scouts
have gone to the aid of Furlong’s
forces. The day after the fight a
constabulary soldier ceserted, after
stealing five rifles.
. 54 VESSELS FOUNDER
Typhoon in Sea of Japan Reaps Har-
vest of Death.
Victoria, B. C.—Much loss of life
and several disasters to Japanese
sailing craft as a result of a typhoon
near Shimnoseki are reported by the
steamer Lyo Maru. At Shimnoseki 54
junks foundered.
The British steamer Tsinen rescued
a man and his wife, the survivors of
a submerged junk, found clinging to
a capsized vessel in the ‘Sea of Ja-
pan and the French steamer Salazie
took off 16 survivors of the sailing
junk Yebisu Maru who were clinging
to the ‘wreck during the gale.
BIG WHEEL ORDER
Pennsylvania Railroad Buys 40,000
from Carnegie Company.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has
placed an order with the Carnegie
Steel Company for 40,000 steel
wheels, one of the largest orders the
company has received since it enter-
ed the business of making the new
wheel. ‘
Strike in Paris.
Paris.—A general strike of the tele-
graphers of the postoffice department
was declared following a meeting of
the General Association of Post-
Telegraph Employes, at which 5,000
were present. The resolution to
strike was voted without a single dis-
senting voice, and orders were issued
immediately for the withdrawal of all
operators employed in the telegraphic
bureau of the department.
Kills Three Children and Self.
Danville, Il.—Word has been re-
ceived here of a triple murder and
suicide at Flora, Ill. Robert Straw-
ger,’ a rural mail carrier, gave his
three children strychnine and then
swallowed some of the drug.
BIG CONTRACT FOR SHELLS
Government Orders Armor Piercing
Shells for Navy Department.
Washington, D. C.— Contracts for
armor piercing shells have been
awarded by the navy department as
follows:
To the Firth-Sterling Company of
McKeesport, Pa., 3.000 12-inch shells
at $197.50 each, a total of $592.500.
To the Bethlehem Steel Company,
1,000 10-inch shells at $131.41 each,
and 2,000 8-inch shells at $67.18 each. |
TAT SENDS FST
MESSAGE T0 CONGRESS
Prompt Action on Tariff Demand-
ed by Business Conditicns.
PRESENT REVENUES TOO SMALL
The President says Conditions Have
Changed So Much That Read-
justment Is Necessary.
Washington, D. C.—President Taft
sent a message to Congress in which
he gives his reasons for convening the
extraordinary session. The message
says:
“To the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives:
“I have convened the Congress in
the extra session in order to enable
it to give immediate consideration to
the revision of the Dingley tariff act.
Conditions affecting production, man-
ufacture and business generally have
changed in the last 12 years as to
require a readjustment and revision
of the import duties imposed by that
act.
“More than this, the present tariff
act, with the other sources of govern-
ment revenue, does not furnish in-
come enough to pay the authorized
expenditures. By July 1 next the
excess of expenses over receipts for
the current fiscal year will equal
$100,000,000. \
“The successful party in the late
election is pledged to a revision of
the tariff. The country, and the
business community especially, ex-
pect it. The prospect of a change in
the rates of import duties always
causes a suspension or halt in busi-
ness because of the uncertainty as to
the changes to be made and their ef-
fect. It is therefore of the highest
importance that the new bill should
be agreed upon and passed with as
much speed as possible consistent
with its due and thorough considera-
tion.
“For these reasons I have deemed
the present to be an extraordinary oc-
casion, within the meaning of the
Constitution, justifying and requiring
the calling of an extra session.
“In my inaugural address, I stated
in a summary way the principles upon
which, in my judgment, the revision
of the tariff should proceed, and indi-
cated at least one new source of reve-
nue that might be properly resorted
to in order to avoid a future deficit.
It is not necessary for us to repeat
what I then said.
“I venture to suggest that the vi-
tal business interests of the country
require that the attention of the con-
gress in this session be chiefly de-
voted to the consideration of the new
tariff bill, and that the less time given
to other subjects of legislation in this
session, the better for the- country.
“WILLIAM H. TAFT.
“The White House, March 16, 1999.”
President Taft’s message was read
to the senate immediately after it
assembled.
Its reading was received with man-
ifest expressions of approval from Re-
publican senators, who not only liked
its brevity, but also its expression of
desire that the business of the spe-
cial session should be confined as
much as possible to the consideration
of the revision of the tariff. The mes-
sage was referred to the committee
on finance.
On motion of Senator Hale it was
then agreed that, when the senate ad-
journs today, it will lbe to meet Fri-
day. Among several petitions that
were presented was one from the
New Hampshire legislature in oppo-
sition to the proposition for a feder-
al impont tax, asserting that that
source of revenue should be reserved
to the states. On motion of Senator
Frye, at 12:10 the senate went into
executive session.
Prolonged applause greeted Secre-
tary Latta when he entered the house
with the message. During its read-
ing members listened with the great-
est attention, and at its close there
was a whirlwind of handclapping.
The first business of the house was
the report of the committee appoint-
ed to wait on the President. Repre-
sentative Olmstead, Republican, of
Pennsylvania, announced that the
committee had performed that agree-
able duty, and that the President de-
sired him to congratulate the mem-
bers upon their prompt organization.
The message was then read.
Steel Company Gets Aid.
Springfield, Ill.—Relief legislation
for the Illinois Steel Company, a sub-
sidiary company of the United States
Steel Corporation,
amounting to millions of dollars hing-
ing upon its outcome, was introduced
in the legislature today in a bill pro-
viding that 334.16 acres of land in
South Chicago, now made or to be
made. be sold to the company for
$37,157.
Jordan Succeeds Dunkle.
John H. Jordan of Bedford, Pa.,
.was nominated by President William
H. Taft to be United States attorney
for the western district of Pennsylva-
nia, to succeed John W. Dunkle. The
nomination was sent to the senate
and undoubtedly will be approved.
The new attorney was recommended
by Secretary of State Philander C.
Knox, then a senator.
Shortest Bill Presented.
Washington.—Representative Coud-
rey, of Missouri, has just introduced
what is probably the shortest bill so
far presented during the present ses-
sion of congress, yet if enacted into
law, it would probably attract more
attention than the Sherman anti-trust
law. After the enactment clause the
entire bill is as follows: “That from
and after the passage of this act all
corporations shall pay a license tax
of 1-10 of one per cent on their cap-
ital.”
with investments |
GETS WIRELESS CONTRACT
To Furnish Equipment by Whieh
Messages Will Be Transmit. % ”
ty
ted Across Sea. i
Washington. — By an agreement
reached between Secretary Meyer and
representatives of the National Elec-
tric Signaling Company, of Pittsburg,
the naval establishment is to be fur-
nished under contract, with wireless
apparatus, which will transmit mes-
sages for a distance of 3,000 miles
day or night and two ships are to
be furnished with similar apparatus
capable of sending messages for :a
distance of 1,000 miles.
The apapartus, it is said, will be
30 times as powerful as those in or-
dinary use. This will enable the
department to communicate with its
vessels practically across the Atlan-
tic ocean and if successful will mark
one of the greatest achievements in
naval practice.
The tower in which the aparatus is
to be installed will be erected here,
it is now contemplated, and will be
constructed probably by the govern-
ment. “=
SOUTHERN STEEL SUCCESSOR
New Company Organized With $17,
000,000 Capital. :
New York.—The Southern Iron and
Steel Company was incorporated at
Trenton, N. J., with $7,000,000 pre-
ferred and $10,000,000 common stock,
as the successor of the Southern Steel
Company, an Alabama corporation,
which went into a receivership in Oc-
tober, 1907.
The incorporators are D. G. Boisse-
vain, Carl M. Ower, W. R. Saintsbu-
ry, William B. Denton and K. K. Mec-
Laren. The reorganization plan con-
templates the issuance of $10,000,000
bonds in addition to the $17,000,000
stock. It is expected that the South-
ern Iron and Steel Company will bid
in the properties of the Southern
Steel Company at the foreclosure sale
with the consent of the reorganiza-
tion committee.
HARRIMAN PROPOSES A LAW
Says Business Will Boom If Railroads
May Combine.
Pasadina, Cal.—“Resumption of rail-
road improvements and extension
contemplated before the fall of 1907
will follow the passage by congress
of a law giving the Inter-State Com-
merce Commission power to allow the
railroads to enter into a mutual agree-
ment; that is, permitting the strong
railroads of the country to extend
their credit and protection over the
weaker railroads,” said E. H. Harri-
man who is in Pasadena to attend a
meeting of officers of the Harriman
lines.
“Such a renewal of railroad activ-
ity,” continued Mr. Harriman, “would
mean the expenditure of an immense
amount of money, and eventually I
believe it will result in reduction in
the cost of operation and in charges.”
STANDARD FINED AGAIN
Assessed $20,000 for Rebating to
Vermont; Most Counts to Come.
Buffalo.—United States Judge Hazel
denied the motion of the Standard Oil
Company for a new trial and imposed
a fine of $20,000. The case hinged
on the Standard Oil Company's ac-
cepting concessions from railroads on
shipments of oil from Olean, N. Y., to
Vermont. There were in all 346
counts found against the oil compa-
ny, but thus far only 40 have been
considered. The railroads involved
are the New York Central, the Penn-
sylvania and the Rutland.
The company was given 60 days in
which to prepare an appeal.
Ten Per Cent Cut.
Harrisburg. — The Pennsylvania
Steel Company, one of the largest in:
dependent steel concerns in the
country, has announced a reduction in
wages approximating 10 per cent, ef-
fective April 1. The order stated
that the reduction would be made
“pending a return of normal business
conditions.” It was somewhat of a
surprise to the 6,000 employes. There
are 9,000 men employed at the plant
when running full.
Baltimore Has $40,000 Fire.
Baltimore.—Fire did damage, esti-
mated at $40,000 to the three-story
warehouse of the New York & Balti-
more Transportation Company,
Hughes street, near Light, and its
contents. The loss is fully covered
by insurance. Quantities of sugar
and cotton were in the building and
for a time it was feared that the
flames would spread to nearby. build-
ings and vessels, but this was pre-
vented.
Enough of Consumptives.
Los Angeles.—At a meeting of rep-
resentatives of all permanent chari-
ties of Los Angeles a resolution was
adopted asking all charitable associa-
tions of the United States to refrain
from sending any more consumptives
to Los Angeles:
If- more are sent, the resolution
says, necessity will compel the local
associations to return them at once
to the place whence they started.
Ambassador O’Brien Stays at Tokyo.
Washington, D. C.—American Am-
bassador Thomas J. O’Brien, at Tok-
yo, is to remain where he is. This
announcement was made by Senator
William Alden Smith, after a confer-:
ence with President Taft.
Duke Wills Gems to Miss Elkins.
Rome, Italy.—The Duke of the Ab-
ruzzi, on the eve of the departure of
his Asiatic exploration party, has
made a will bequeathing to Miss
Katherine Hlkins the finest of the
jewels left him by his mother, ac-
cording to the friends of Marquis Ne
grotti, who will accompany the par-
ty. The jewels left to Miss Elkins
in case the explorer meets death in-
clude a pearl necklace, emerald
brooch and several diamond rings
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