THE WKATHKU Wednesday Increasing cloudiness nnd continued cold ; moderate to brisk north wind. C K I? K" IP 0 IP t? f If K t" K" K" K K Scml-Wcckly Founded 1908 5 V. v Weekly Founded, 1844 $ J J S J Jt J jp t? tC JO f? if X? JC ? ? P fc Wayne County Organ 5 of the 1 ' n fc REPUBLICAN PARTY v s a & vt o .vt$s & a &jjt 3 67th YEAR. HONE SD ALE, WAYNE CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1910. NO. 1 E Railroad Magnates Gain Concession From Taft. MORGAN PLANNED CONFERENCE He Saw Mr. Taft at the White House and Arranged For Visit by Hepresentatives of Six Great Systems. Washington, Jnn. 4. While the con ference at the White House between President Taft nnd the heads of six great railway systems was not produc tive of any change in the president's policy of advocating important amend ments to the Interstate commerce law, the railway men went nway satisfied that they had persuaded the president to modify some of the views which he was prepared to urge on congress. The president indicated that he was ready to acknowledge the justice of contentions made by the railway men and agreed to modify some of the most important provisions of the measure which has been drawn under his direction. An example of this Judicial spirit ou the part of the president was afforded in the matter of objections made by the railway men to the provision iu the proposed administration bill that uo railroad company should acquire stock in any competing railroad com pany or hold stock in a competing rail road. It was pointed out to the president that this would tend to work great hardship to minority stockholders of railroads whose stock was controlled by competing companies. An instance where such Injustice might result wns cited in the case of the Now lork Cen tral and Hudson Hlver Railroad com pany and, the Wnst- , Stinr. lfo'l-ivul company. It was explained' to the president that the New York Central owned a majority stock in the West Shore and that through the proposed provisions the individuals holding the minority stock of the West Shore would be pre vented from disposing of their stock holdings to the New 1'ork Central, which was, It was asserted, their only prospective market. Again it was held that if the hold ings of the Central In the West Shore had to be sold In compliance with the proposed law the individual minority stockholders would be obliged to dis pose of their holdings ut a sacrltlce. President Taft and Attorney General Wickorshain were impressed with the argument presented, and as a result they agreed to change the draft of the proposed bill, and the president in ad dition said he would revise his mes sage to conform to the change so as to provide that where otic railroad com pany owned a majority of stock iu a competing railroad it shall have the right to buy additional stock or all the remaining minority stock of such rail road, provided, of course, in doing so it would not come in conlllct with the provisions of the Sherman antitrust law forbidding combinations iu re straint of trade. The bill will provide, however, that where one railroad company owns u minority interest in the stock of a competing company it shall not in crease Its stock holdings iu that com peting company. Incident to the conference it became known that the visit of the railroad presidents to the White House was ar rai ged for by J. P. Morgan. When President Taft was iu New York lust Thursday u suggestion came to him that Mr. Morgan would like to talk with him before Mr. Taft's departure for Washington. However, this was not feasible, and it was agreed that Mr. Morgan should call ou the president in Washington on Krlday morning. At that Inter view the president and Mr. Morgan had a brief discussion of the proposed changes in the interstate commerce law, and the arrangement was made which resulted iu the visit of the sir railroad presidents to the Whl'to House. Partly ou account of the delay wbich would bo caused by making the changes promised the railroad men In his special message and the draft of the Interstate commerce bill President Taft has decided to divide his mes sage Into two sections, one dealing with the subject of antitrust law and advocating federal Incorporation for interstate corporations and the otbet urging that the Interstate commerce law be amended along tho lines pro jtosed by the administration bill. The antitrust and federal Incorpora tion message will go to cougresa on Thursday and will contain about 4,000 words. The message advocating changes In the Interstate commerce, law will so toVnKrew on Friday. is COUNTRY CLUBHOUSE tfURNS. Far That One Man Lost His Life In Fire at Greenwich Country Club. Greenwich, Conn., Jnn. 4. It Is fear ed that n man was burned to death in the fire which destroyed tho clubhouse of the Greenwich Country club. The bookkeeper, Hlchard Hitch, was pulled out of the window of the olllco where he was collecting his records, cash, books, etc., nnd was resuscitated with dlfllculty. Frank P. Moshler, Jr.; H. V. Kelly and others say they saw. the upraised hand of another man in the olllce, which was then almost a furnace. Who could have been in the olllce Is not known, and u search will bo made in the ruins as soon as they cool sulll ciently. The tire was discovered by a maid who heard the roof crackling. She gave tho alarm, and tho servants bare ly escaped with their lives. The loss was about ?45,000. Work on the foundation for a new $125,000 clubhouse 500 feet from tho present structure is now under way. STANDARD OIL CASE. Attorney General Urges Its Advance ment to an Early Date. Washington, Jan. 4. The advance ment for an early hearing of tho Standard Oil case was urged in a mo tion presented to the supreme court by the attorney general. This is the case decided by the federal court at St. Louis, declaring the Standard a mo nopoly and enjoining its directors from voting the stock of the tlfty-seven sub sidiary companies and the latter from paying any dividends" to the New Jer sey corporation. The attorney general urged that the case is one of such general public im portance that its early determination is extremely desirable under the net permitting such cases. Counsel for the j government and I the company navel i hearing of the caso earlier than March 1.1 ngreed that the shall be had not The court took the motion under ud-j visement. ' ' THE POPE IN ROMAN LAWSUIT i Court Rules That He Must Make Tech - urcirf'Appe'jrance In Adamf Case. Rome, Jan. 4. Cousins of the late Slgnor Adaml, under whoso will a leg acy of several million lire was be queathed to tho pope, have brought nn action to set aside the bequest. They allege that undue intluence was brought to bear upon the testator in order that his wealth might pass into tho possession of the Vatican. The court has approved the demand of the plaintiffs that when the case is called for trial the pope shall be called upon us a witness to reply to the ac cusation. This decision, however, does not compel the none to actually appear In court. It merely means that power of "I' wuu "Strict Attorney wimuian attorney for the holy see must be 1 ulld th" societies interested in the mat given to a lawyer who will conduct ! lor- Tho pieties volunteered to put the case in behalf of thu apostolic ad ministration. CZAR AS CHIEF MOURNER. Walks Through St. Petersburg Streets at Funeral of Grand Duke Michael St. Petersburg, Jan. 4. Amid falling snow tho body of the Grand Duke Michael Nicholalevitch, granduncle of the czar and the oldest representative of the Imperial house, who died at Cunues, France, was transferred from the Nicholas station to the cathedral nnd thence to the fortress of St.'l'eter nnd St. Paul. The czar and tho grand dukes car ried the coffin from tho station to n gun carriage, and tho cortege travers ed the principal streets to the cathe dral. The czar ,walked immediately behind the coffin and was followed ou foot by Prince Henry of Prussia, Prince William of Sweden and Prince Nicholas of Greece. The czarina and the Russian grand duchesses followed in carriages. DICKINSON'S ISLAND TOUR. Secretary of War Closes Successful Visit to Porto Rico. San Juan, Porto Rico, Jan. 4. Secre tary of Wnr Dickinson has been the recipient of enthusiastic receptions nil over Porto Rico. He and General I-u-wards of the bureau of Indian affairs were greeted by hundreds of school children wavlug American ihigs, and after a banquet and reception they spent the night in tho city. At Areclbo they attended a balRand dined nt the Union club. During their stay they nttended a special racing matinee for the benefit of the Deaf and Dumb asylum. The secretary re ceived an enthusiastic greeting. The party then sailed on the May Dower for Santo Domingo. A, great crowd saw them off. From Santo Do mingo they will proceed to Havana. As '.an In Uua'get Fight, tome, Jnn. 4. William Waldorf A tor has left here for London to, take part In his son's fight as the Tory can didate for member of parliament for Plymouth la the coming general election. lOiLllCU r i r ii ii i ! Young Rockefeller Heads White Slavery Inquiry. j MADE GRAND JURY FOREMAN. I tt tii j -r i e t. v i 1 He Pleads lack of Experience, but the Court Tells Him He Owes i Such Service as a Patriot ic Duty. New York. Jan. 4. John D. Rocke feller, Jr., Is foreman of a special grand jury in the court of general ses sions to investigate the entire white slave tratilc of this city. When Mr. Rockefeller's iinrao was called he asked Judge O'Sulllvan to al low him to withdraw from service. Ho did not know nt the time that the special task of the grand jury would j be to investigate the white slave traf- tic. Judge O'Sulllvan said: "I have selected you for foreman of the jury because of your standing in this community. You owe this service j as a patriotic duty to your city." I Mr. Rockefeller pleaded poor health and lack of experience and said he would prefer that an older man were put iu charge of the Investigation, but ho took his seat as foreman. Some time ngo Judge O'Sulllvan de cided to have the white slave condl- tlons looked Into nnd take the matter s, In tho hands of the district attorney all Information they possessed. The Unit ed States Iminlgru'.lon authorities also came forward with what information they have gathered, much of which i was ciuoouicu inline report recently made In Wushingtfm. Judge O'Sulllvuu in his charge to the grand jury said: ( "There have bijen spread broadcast iu the public prints statements that the city of New York is n center or clearing house fii- au orgnnlzed traffic in women for jmmorul purposes or what has comelto be known as the white slave trijlllc. Some of these statements are Kised upon official in vestigations and charges made by per sons who profe a to have knowledge of the fact. "If thlf- so cai ed white slave tratlle exists it is uotnough that we should await federal action or that we should seek new legislation to stamp it out. "This trntllcilu women, it is charged, follows two Inaln objects first, tho procuring of women of previous chaste character who through force, duress or deceit nreYlnully made to llvo Im moral lives; ik'cond, tho procuring of women mid nluclng them with their consent In bouses where they may ply their trade. I "Tho main object which 1 desire you to keep in mlnll is the uncovering not aIouu of lsoilU.d offenses, but of au organization (ll) any such exist) for a truflle In the ladles of women. You should make yinir investigation suffi ciently broad i) cover not only the present condition, but also conditions existing in the Sunt within the statute of limitations, "It is your iQity to pursue inquiry into every channel open to you and to , ,)ri!Hent to thiscourt tho facta found by you. If in pour Investigation you find facts warranting indictment It Is your duty to priseut such indictment "The law inly never succeed In stamping out individual violations, but Its machinery is Xt your command, the wealth of this opulent city Is at your call, the sympathy and sentiment of Its decent and la) abiding citizenry are -with you. Yl ur Inquiry should not be .satisfied twer. If cganl ih a halfway an te woman exists In this clt s adequate' to end It and pi ereoaa en- ffOMd In if-' INDICTED. Former U. G. Treasurer Charged With Using Mails to Defraud. Washington, Jan. 4.-Tho grand jury. ,ms returned Indictments ngainst -vf, vo ly treasurer of the United States. The Indictment charges that opcrat- n ,t'lc ,Nnt,0,,?ITTL; pany of Washington nnd the National Trust company of Delaware Huston and his associates obtained more than ?40000 from niluInK nnd otllcr conipa. nles. The alleged object of the two companies named was to guaranteo the issues of stocks and bonds of other companies to facilitate their being bought by investors. According to the Indictment, Huston acted as president of the National Trust company of Washington and with Hurvey M. Lewis was also con nected with the National Trust com pany of Delaware and a company known as the Enterprise company. Everett Dufour and Samuel Graham, it is nlleged, would represent to the officers of companies desiring to sell stock that If their stock or bond Issues were guaranteed by the National Trust company it would enable Dufour and Graham to sell the stock. When pre- inlums for Insurance were paid to tho trust company Dufour and Graham would receive a percentage, but never sold any stock. James N. Huston was a state sena- tor from Kayetto county, Intl., In 1SS.1 and 1SSS and was chairman of the In diana Republican state central com mittee In the latter year, when Harri son was elected president. Ho had large manufacturing interests nnd was j president of a private bank. He asked for and obtained the secretaryship of ! tne treasury tinner Harrison, out neiit i the olllce only a short time. MAY BE A CANCER CURE. I Manila Medical Society Reports Re j suits With a New Vaccine. Manila, Jan. 4. The Manila Medical I society has made it preliminary report I of recent experiments which seem to show that a successful cure for can j.cer'lltts lv."ri discovered. The treatment consists of tho use of vaccine made from bacilli taken from j patients suffering from the disease. It 1 has been used in cancer cases after surgical operations and has also been ' apparently successfully used In cases , where operations were impossible, i A number of patients who have been treated by this me' .tod have been ex hibited by tho soci ty to showthe good results obtained. The discoverers of the vaccine are not prepared to make l a positive statement that the vaccine i effects u cure at present. They are watching the cases which have been ttUll'lliUh Ulc n huh natu treated for a possible recurrence of the disease before finally accepting tho vaccine as u sure cure. LOST ON WHITE MOUNTAIN. Four Men Forced to Spend Night In One of Worst Blizzards of Year. Sarauae Lake, N. Y., , an. 4. Lost on the side of White mountain and held .prisoners In the clutches of ono of the worst blizzards of the year, four Sarauac Lake men were forced to spend the night under the open sky with only a blanket lean-to as shelter from the freezing wind. William Distill, a Columbia univer sity student; his father, a Saranac Lake artist; Herman James and Ar thur Cook set out to scale the 4,800 feet of old White Face. They were overtaken by a blizzard late in the afternoon before reaching the summit, strayed from tho trail and were forced to camp to prevent accident on the steep sides of the hill. They endured scvero hardships dur ing the night and were so greatly ex hausted that they traveled all day be fore reaching the hotel nt the foot of tho mountain. KING LEOPOLD WAS MARRIED. Belgian Prelates Announce Religlou Ceremony With Countess Vaughan. Iirussels, Jan. 4. Tho religious mar riage of tho late King Leopold and the Countess Vaughan lias been an nounced from the pulpits of all the Roman Catholic churches throughout Relglum. Cardinal Mereier, the premier of Rel glum, in a pnstoral letter, which was signed by all the Relglan bishops, stated that the marriage took placo shortly before King Leopold's d.jath. WRECKED CREW AT BERMUDA Steamer Kilsyth Brings In Sailors of Lumber Bark Crown. Hamilton, Bermudn, Jan. 4. Every tcamshlp arriving here brings soma report of marine Ulsaster during the recent heavy storms. The British steamship Kilsyth, from Marabclla for Philadelphia, brought in the crew of the bark Crown, lumber laden, from Tusket Wedge, N, B., for Eahla Blanca. The bark was ban doned waterlogged 1100 nllea caat uvriuuua. JAMES 17. II The Kilsyth picked on th ANDREI'S bHLLODN , , ., Report of Its Landing at Reindeer Lake Confirmed. RECORDS FOUND IN BASKET. Danish Explorer May Have Crossed Arctio Circle Nearly Twelve Years Before Peary Reach ed North Pole. Prince Albert, Snsk., Jan. 4. Tho finding of Andree's balloon ut Reindeer lake, in the nrctlc circle, IKK) miles north of here, is confirmed by AVllllani Irviue, a Hudson Ray company trader from Fort Good Hope, and a party will bo sent up tp brlug back the relic. Irvine says that the Indians have several books which were found in tho basket of the balloon, and these are the records kept by Andree of his trip across the frozen north land. The Danish consul nt Montreal has directed the sending out of nn expedi tion to bring back tho remnants of the explorer, and the Swedish government by cable Iuy agreed to pay all tho ex penses of such a trip and provide men to take charge who are well versed in northern exploration world. It Is believed that Andree In his bal- loon may have crossed the north polar (.rc.i,; juy iso7, nearly twelve ! yers before Commander Robert H. iCiirv reached the north pole. Til0 jlev. nr. Tuniuetll. the mission I ary in charge in northern Saskatche- wan and the Mackenzie river district, brought In the original news of the 1 discovery. Rlshop Pascal of this city , Is authority for the story told by the i missionary. I Dr. Turquetil speaks Cree, Chlppe- wayan and Rlnckfeet tluently and read ily understands the Eskimo language. He is stationed in the far north nt Reindeer lnkc. a settlement altr.ost en tirely inhabited by Chlppewayaus. Within about six days' travel by dog sleigh east from Reindeer lake by the Hudson Ray seas or seven days' travel in a northerly direction from Fort Churchill is the Eskimos' land. This territory Is almost fifteen days' dog sleigh traveling from tills place. The missionary was anxious to visit this new territory and to learn some thing of the customs of the Eskimos. A number of Chlppewnyans agreed to accompany him. The district was readied after about eight days' travel ing. Turquetil carried a small revoiv- , -!- 1 er. nnd this is the instrument by which ho first received information of white men having visited the country. The natives were greatly Interested In the missionary's novelty and exam ined it closely. Turquetil, after show ing them its use by killing birds fly ing nbout in'the thickets, handed It to ono of them for examination. "That looks like the thing that white mun had," said one of the Eskimos to his companions. "Yes," returned the other. "What white man?" inquired Tur quetil. The Indians snld that "n white house had fallen from the sky, that it was covered with ropes and that three men were In It." They also told where the house had fallen", adding that the men, who were very hungry, had died shortly after their arrival. The Eskimos had used the ropes and were still using them In padding their canoes and fixing their tents. Dr. Tuniuetll In relating his story here said ho believed that Andree and his companions had shot some deer or other animals after arriving, and the Eskimos, becoming angry, killed them. Irvine, who has for many years been in chrrge of the Hudson Ray post nt Fort Good Hope, says that Indians in his district told him they saw the bal loon traveling very low and watched it for hours before it descended, u had three men in it. Solomon August Andree, the Swed ish noronnut and explorer, left Danes Island. Snltzbergcn, Denmark, on July 11 1K!7. in a well equipped balloon to sail over tho north pole. Andree's balloon was slxty-seveu feet In diameter, with n capacity of 170,000 cubic feet. Its speed was esti mated nt from twelve to fifteen miles an hour, at which rato the polo should have been reached in six days, pro vided n favorable nnd constant wind had been blowing. Two days after his departure a mes sage was received by carrier pigeon, which stated that at noon on July 13 they were in latitude 82.2 degrees and longitude 1B.0 degrees and making good progress. This was the last word recelred from the explorer. Blsriet Aereplanea For England. Paris, Jan. -i.-B!erlot, the ajbtor Jthe machine aua kg eold sre: tk fjereru "WED. Government's Dissolution Suit Before United States Supreme Court. Washington, Jan. I. The tobacco trust is now before the bar of the United States supreme court and upon the decision rendered will depend Its entire future. All the genius of great corporation lawyers lias been exerted to prepare arguments demonstrating that the combination is not illegal. J. C. McRcynolds, formerly assistant attorney general and later specla, counsel In prosecuting the tobaccc trust, is associated with Attorney Gen eral Wlckcrsham nnd Solicitor General Rowers. In his opening address for the gov ernment Mr. McRcynolds recited th history of the tobacco trust, told of Its organization and methods, declared that various component parts were each trusts iu themselves, asserted, that each and all violated the Sherman antitrust net and asked that they b enjoined from continuing to do so. lie made a bitter arraignment of the great trust, which, he said, comprised some sixty-five concerns and twenty live individuals, with assets worth more than $400,000,000 nnd controlling a large proportion of the world'a to bacco trade. Among the lawyers retained by the trust are William 1$. Hornblower, W. W. Miller, De I.ancey Nicoll, Charles R. Carruth, John PIckerell, William W. Fuller nnd John G. Johnson. BOSTON STREETS FLOODED. Bursting of 26 Inch Water Main Has Disastrous Consequences. Roston, Jan. 4. The twenty-six inch water main running beneath Tremont street burst, and for nearly nn hour a geyser of water shot twenty-five feet into the air nnd caused a tlood in the j neighboring thoroughfares. Two thea ters, the Majestic and the Globe, were put out of business by the How of wa ter Into tho cellars. The water tlowed north down Tre mont street and thence down Eliot street, there being a solid river three feet deep in places from building to building. Cellars of stores and busi ness houses were flooded, furnace fires were extinguished, nnd goods in stores :vere danmgsd.' 'Hu.iu'-eds ot fedes- trians were marooned In doorways lor hours, nnd the trolley cars were oblig ed to take roundabout courses. Tremont street, from Holds to Eliot, was undermined, and the foundations of some of the buildings were dam aged. ANOTHER BLIZZARD DUE. Weather Man Says It Will Sweep the Atlantic Coast. Washington, Jan. 4. Out of the northwest is coming a second cold wave which weather bureau officials promise will spread during the next twenty-four hours over the Atlantic" coast. The arctlc-Ilke wave is attended by the coldest weather of the ser.son. X temperature of 44 degrees Iwlow zero is reported at Prince Al.'t, Sask., and zero temperatures aJB-ni; orted from the northern plains ntes. The cold wave i expected to reach the Atlantic eoastiby this evening and will hold the entire north and south in its frigid grip, with snow iu the north and snow or rain In the Intermediate districts. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Closing Stock Quotations. tnnpv nn mil wns 5 Trfr nnt time money and mercantile pnper unchanged In rntes. Closing prices of rtocks werej.y Atnal. Copper... DOH Norf. & West ..138 Atchison 1I24 Northwestern Penn. R. It. Reading Hock Island... St. Paul Southern Pao. Southern Ry . South. Ry. of. H. & O U7i Urooklyn R. T.. 79li Ches. &Ohlo.... 904 CC..C.& st.L.. so; I). & II 1S3! Krie 33i Gen. Klectrlc... 159 111. Central Hii . Sugar Int.-Met 21 Louis. & Nnsh.. 1S7'4 Manhattan 12S Missouri Pac... 71 N. Y. Central... 12t Texas I'acltlc. Union Pacific. U. S. Steel..... U. S. Steel pf.. West. Union- Market Reports. BUTTER Easier under Increased sup plies; receipts, C.9C7 packages; creamery, specials, SGc; extras, 35c; thlids to firsts. 29a3lc; held, seconds to specials, SaMa: stato dairy, common to finest, St&Ha: process, firsts to specials, 2Ca29c. : west ern, factory, seconds to firsts, 2taXc; im- itnt'ion creamery. KaiSc. CHEESE - Firm; receipts. 915 boxes; state, new, full cream, special. uHalsc; September, fancy, t"c; October, best. lOHc; winter made, best, HUc; common to good, 13ulSc; skims, full to specials. taKHc. HAY AND STRAW Firm; timothy, per hundred. tS7Hca1.02V4; shipping. SOaKc; clover, mixed, S0a95c; clover. 80a90ci long rye straw, i5a90c.i oat and vheat. Be; half bales, ZHaSc less. DltESSED POULTnV - Weak; lrregu-i lar; turkeys, nearby, per lb., JtaNc; tur- keys, eeiectra. western, ary pickcu, q,; scalded, itc: fair to prims, western, Za Be.; old toms, ac; broilers, nearby, fan cy, squab, per pair. COaTSc; 3 lbs. to pair, per lb., 22aSc; wtstern. dry picked, milk: fed. Ma23c; corn fed, lSailc: scalded, ISa IJc; roasting chickens, nearby, fancy. 2Sc; western, milk fed. fancy, IlaUc New Office For British Author. London, Jan. 4. Sir Henry Nor man, the well known author and traT eler, has been appointed assistant post master general, tie M tne oral persga to hold that office. TOBACCO' TRUS1