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HONESDALE, WAYNE CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1910.
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Sec'y Wilson Testifies Be
fore Congress Committee.
SAYS FARMER GETS LITTLE.
Calves Sell at a Cent a Found
Cheaper Than Formerly, Yet
Frice of Veal Has Risen
20 to 30 Fer Cent.
Washington, Jan. 25. Secretary of
Agriculture ,1 allien Wilson tostlfletl be
fore the Moore special committee of
the house of representatives, which
on n basis of a measure to prohibit
the storage of perishable foodstuffs
for a longer period than six months
In the District of Columbia has inau
gurated an Investigation of wide scope
and purpose.
It is Intended to call experts from
the agricultural department, farmers,
commission men, wholesalers and re
tailers from Washington and else
where. It is intended through the va
rious District of Columbia agencies to
go into the whole question of the ad
vance In prices from the farm to the
city residences that not only the
health of the community with regard
to storage, but also in prices as be
tween the producer and consumer,
would be considered.
Secretary Wilson made the state
ment that the farmers, although they
wore admittedly getting good prices
for their products at this time, re
ceived very little if any of the great
increases in the prices of food prod
ucts. "We found," lie said, "during the'
courfes of our inquiry that the two-year-old
steer ou the farm can be
bought today just as cheaply ns twelve
years ago."
Bepresentntlvo Wiley of New Jersey
hero broUe In on the secretary to say
that a friend of his who has a big
farm In New Jersey where food cattle
are fattened for market told him that
he has to sell calves at a cent a pound
cheaper now man iormeriy
"Hut," said Mr. Wiley,
I under-1
stand that the retail price of veal in
the District of Columbia has advanced
from 20 to ao per cent."
"That Is true," said Mr. Wilson. "I
nm fully convinced that the food prod
ucts of the American farm are being
sold in foreign countries cheaper than
in the United States. This Is not due,
as some have said, to the excess of
production over consumption and the
necessity for getting rid of the surplus
abroad. It is due to the trusts Just to
the trusts. I cannot And out all I
want to on this subject, for I cannot
compel people to testify. But I will
get the data to prove this statement I
have Just made."
Ou the subject or cold storage and
the length of time that meats and
other perishable food products could
be kept without spoiling the secretary
said he would have some interesting
and valuable Information to lay before
the committee In a short while.
CREAMERY BUTTER DROPS.
Cincinnati Board Decides Not to Wait
For Elgin Quotations.
Cincinnati, Jan. 25. Creamery extra
butter dropped 3 cents to 35 cents
ou the Produce Exchnnge here as the
result of a change in exchange meth
ods that had been iu operation for
'twenty-live years. All that time the
Cincinnati board has depended ou the
Elgin board for the quotation. Now
the price Is changed without waiting
for the Klgln quotation.
Dealers on change declare that this
action means failure of the staudlng
prediction that butter would go to 50
cents this winter. Housewives may
buy butter iu a few days for 35 cents.
Ten Cent Drop In Price at St. Louis.
St. Louis, Jan. 25. Butter dropped
10 cents a pound hero when prices at
the Elgin creamery market fell 0 cents
to 32& cents u pound. St. Louis but
ter dealers attribute tho break direct
ly to the consumers' sympathetic strike
against unreasonably high prices ot
provisions, in general. They admit that
many thousands of families hero have
ceased to uso butter for cooking pur
poses, treating It as a table luxury.
Consequently the creameries were
caught with an overproduction.' .;
MEAT BOYCOTT SPREADS.
Thousands of People In Indiana 8lgn
the "No Meat" Pledge.
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 25. The boy
cott against high meat prices is spread
ing all over this state, nud in some
cities grocers are abandoning tho meat
trade entirely because people will not
pay tho high prices.
At Tcrre Haute hundreds of heads
of families have signed agreements
hue
not to Buy -meat of nnj" Rind for
sixty days. A lodge of United Mine
Workers, 2,000 strong, has also signed
pledges. A number of grocers who
have meat markets In connection with
their groceries Iihve censed selling
meat. Itegular meat market men say
the boycott Is a good thing; that the
Chicago packers havo such control of
the trade In Terro Ilnute that the meat
market men get no profit.
At South Bend, Fort Wayne, Bush
vllle, New Albany and many other
cities people are signing agreements
to abstain from meat entirely, and "no
ment" clubs hare been formed In many
cities and towns. The feeling nmong
the people Is intense against the meat
packers.
Cheaper Beef In England.
London, Jan. 25. London's beef, apart
from what Is home grown, comes from
America, Cannda, Argentina and New
Zealand and in small quantities from
Australia and Denmark.
The price of loins starts with Argen
tine frozen beef at 10 cents. Argentine
chilled beef comes next at 15 cents.
Bibs cost from 10 to IS cents n pound.
Chuck ranges from 12 to 10 cents nud
round from It) to 20 cents. West end
prices are: For Australian ribs, 12
cents; loius, 14; chuck, 10, nnd round
steak, 12 cents. Kast end prices are:
Bibs, S cents; loins, 8; chuck, 10;
round, 9.
Colorado Workers Join Big Fast.
Denver, Jan. 25. Forty thousand un
ion men in Colorado have joined in the
meat boycott. Olllclals of the Colo
rado Federation of Labor, to which
these 40,00(1 union men belong, say
that the trust will be forced to reduce
prices of meat. Without organization
of any kind thousands of Denver peo
ple have cut out meat.
Miners to Give Up Meat.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 25. Leaders
of the mine workers say that thou
sands of the anthracite workers have
joined the beef boycott and will ab
stain from meat until the cost of It Is
decreased. Most of them are foreign
ers, who buy largo quantities of the
cheaper meats and will keep the boy
cott strictly.
Drop In Price of Milk.
New York, Jan. 25. Owing to the
public clamor against the high price
of milk one of the largest dealers has
reduced the price from 9 to 8 cents
per quart. It is said that all the firms
m tIl ml,k tntst wH1 r0lluee their
price to s cents wituin iorty-eigut
hours.
Coffin Makers Boycott Meat.
Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 25. Slxty-flve
employees of the John Marsellus Man
ufacturing company, casket manufac
turers, hnve taken a pledge to abstain
from meat for thirty duys.
KATHERINE GOULD'S DRESSES.
Sued by Milliners, She Says Her For
mer Husband Is Responsible.
New York, Jan. 25. Mrs. Kntherlue
Clcmmons Gould nppeardd In the su
premo court for the Ilrst time since she
got her separation from Howard Gould
to defend a suit brought by Malcolm
llutlcr as assignee of a millinery firm
to recover ?2,GS0 from her for wearing
apparel.
The plaintiff called witnesses to sup
port Its contention that Mrs. Gould
bought all her wearing apparel in her
own name and paid for It with her
personal checks, some signed Knther
lue Gould and some Mrs. Howard
Gould.
Mrs. Gould testified that on Dec. 4,
1900, sho was notified that her hus
band had refused to settle a bill there,
and sho went down to see the head
milliner. lie admitted, she said, that
he had no claim on her nnd said he
was going to sue Mr. Gould.
As Mrs. Gould was leaving court
she was served with papers in n suit
brought against her by "His" Hawley,
Tho suit is said to be over money lent
to Mrs. Gould by Hawley.
U. S. GIVES UF SLAYER.
Sailor Taken to Rochester to Stand
Trial For Murder of Girl.
Portsmouth, N. II., Jan.' 25. James
Hall, tho self confessed murderer of
Anua O. Schumacher of Bochester,
N. Y on the evening of Aug. 7, 1009,
was turned over to Sheriff Willis K,
Gillette of Munroe county, N. Y., to
day.
The navy department honored tho
requisition papers" presented by the
New York oillcers nud signed by Gov
ernor Hughes nnd gave telegraphic or
ders to Captain Frank A. Wllner,
U. B. N., the cojninnudnnt of tho navy
yaru, to turn mo prisoner over.
Sheriff Gillette confirmed tho con
fession of Hall nnd said that there
was no question In his mind that Hall
was the right man.
Antltreating Bill In New Jersey.
Trenton, N, J., Jan. 25. Assembly
man Heritage of Gloucester ha Intro
duced a bill prohibiting treating in sa
loons or taverns. He holds that much
drinking would he averted if every
mau were compelled to pay for his
own liquor.
Women Take $28,000 from
Warner M. Van Norden.
OUTSIDE WALDORF-ASTORIA.
Financier Had Been Dining and
- Was Beguiled Into Conversa
tion While They Went
Through Wallet.
New York, Jnn. 25. Wnruer M. Van
Norden, president of the Van Norden
Trust company at 780 Fifth avenue
nnd n deacon in tho Fifth Avenue
Presbyterlnn church, wns robbed of
?2S,000 in bills outside of the Waldorf
Astoria hotel here, and ho accuses two
women of being the thieves.
Though one of the women has made,
a partial admission of the crime
charged against her, neither of them
lias produced the twenty-six $1,000
bills nnd twenty $100 bills which Van
Norden says disappeared from n wal
let in the iuuer pocket of his evening
coat after an encounter ho had with
the women.
"I had been to the theater with
friends," said Mr. Van Norden in de
tailing his experience. "We stopped
at the Waldorf and had supper, after
which 1 started to go home. As I left
the hotel I noticed two women Just
ahead of me, an old one and a young
er one, both rather flashily dressed.
"One of them turned and looked at
me, and the young one dropped her
reticule. I Immediately stooped to
pick it up. They spoke to me for a
minute, and the younger one threw
herself upon my breast apparently in
excess of gratitude, winding her arms
about my neck.
'"Don't mind her, said the other
woman. 'She's drunk.'
"Hut the young woman tried again
to throw herself upon me and made
desperate elTorts to pillow a large pic
ture hat upon my shoulder. 1 pushed
the woman away and walked home.
"When 1 got home 1 remembered my
wallet and tool; It out. From one side
S.000 was gone. On the other side
$900 was safe. The stolen money con
sisted of twenty-six $1,000 bills and
twenty $100 bills. I then called up po
lice headquarters and told my story."
Mr. Van Norden said he could not
understand how It had been possible
for the young woman, who had lunged
at him, to find the wallet, abstract so
many bills and return the wallet to
his Inside coat pocket without detec
tion. One of the women arrested by tho
police is known as May Williams.
She gave her age as twenty-four. The
other, nn older nnd henvler woman,
said she was Bessie Boberts, forty
years old. She is also known ns Kitty
Dowdell of Chicago, an expert nt
purse grabbing.
Both women have a police record,
and their pictures are in the gallery
here. May Williams was arrested once
iu 1900 and once in 1907 on grand lar
ceny charges, but she was discharged
in both instances. Bessie Boberts had
her picture taken In New York head
quarters on Oct. 13, 1905, when she
was arrested for picking pockets.
Mr. Von Norden went to headquar
ters and recognized the women ns the
two who had robbed him.
BALLINGER HEARING.
Commissioner Dennett of Land Office
Denies Hitchcock's Charges.
Washington, Jau. 25. Commissioner
Dennett of the land office of tho inte
rior department continued his testi
mony before the house committee ou
expenditures iu the interior depart
ment, which is investigating the
ehnrges of extravagance and misap
plication of funds mnde by Beprescnt-
utlve Hitchcock of Nebraska.
Mr. Dennett denied practically nil of
tho Hitchcock charges, although he
admitted that in some instances clerks
were transferred from tho statutory
rolls to what is known as the Schwartz
roll at increased salaries. Ho also ad
mitted that his office was two or three
months behind In Its correspondence.
The work of examining entries is so
far behind that July nnd August en
tries of 1909 are now being examined.
TURKS WON'T GIVE UF CRETE
But Grand Vizier Says Autonomy Will
Be Granted to the People,
Constantinople, Jan. 25. Tho grand
vizier, Hnkki Bey, uunounced In the
chamber of deputies that tho Turkish
government wuh prepared to extend
to tho Cretans the largest measure ot
autonomy, but was determined at all
hazards to uphold tho rights of the
sultan as suzerain pf tho Island.
To do tjils every means within the
power of the government would b
used.
FI00D HAVOC III FRANCE.
Thousands of Homeless Flock to Paris
For Shelter. .
Paris, Jan. 25. The Hood situation Is
fast becoming desperate. The river
Seine is still rising, and the cold Is
causing Intense suffering among those
who have been rendered homelCHS.
Two thousand hnve nlrcudy come to
Paris for shelter.
The Bed Cross society Is organizing
aid for the sufferers. Subscriptions
hnve been opened, and the theaters are
tirranglng benefits.
It Is estimated that one-qunrtcr of
France Is under water, and both snow
and rain are swelling the Hoods. An
enormous number of aulmnls hnve
been drowned In the departments of
Mnrue, Aube, Alsne nnd Mouse.
The police are making a house to
house canvass, notifying people to boll
all water used for drinking purposes
In order to avoid n typhoid epidemic.
The water supply In seven nrron-
dlssemcnts has beeif" crippled, as tho
pumping engines have stopped work.
Tfiere Is no water for manufacturing
purposes, and the Industries are prac
tlcally suspended.
Paris is threatened with an Immedi
ate, complete tie-up. Most of the lines
of the subway nre closed down be
cause of JkcIs of electric current. The
stopping of transportation has raised
the prices of food, which is becoming
scarce.
The east, central and southeastern
districts of Franco nre terribly allllct
ed. Valleys and plains are Inundated,
and cities and towns are In darkness.
At Tours-sur-Marne eight houses and
nt Juvlgny fifteen houses collapsed.
A hundred houses at Chalons threaten
to fall.
TAFT TO WAR ON TRUSTS.
Start Made by President In a Crusade j
of Great Extent. i
Washington, Jan. 25. With the beef 1
trust already under lire and the Stand-1
ard Oil and American Tobacco compa
ny cases in the hands of the supreme
court, the administration Is planning
u crusade against tho trusts such as
this country has never seen since the
passage of the Sherman antitrust law1
uvftout twenty years ago.1- "'" ,
President Taft Is waiting only for,
the decision of the supreme court In
the Standard Oil and tobacco cases be
fore ho begins his campaign against
the trusts. He is firmly convinced
that tho highest judicial tribunal will (
decide against the oil trust nud the to-1
bacco trust, and after that he Intends
to begin the prosecution of every il
legal combination.
Already the department of justice
has started Investigations of many cor
porations which nre operating In re
stralnt of trade by combining to eon-
trol prices, by unjust discrimination
and by Illegally maintaining n monopo.
ly of any product.
MINERS DEMAND ADVANCE.
Resolution Calls For Continuance ot
Work Till Wages Are Settled.
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 25. The Unit
ed Mine Workers of America adopted
a resolution In the national convention
here demanding an increase of wages
in all districts.
The resolution was presented by
President Lewis. It sets forth that
"we demand an Increase In wages in
each nnd every mining district in the
country, that nil districts arc author
ized and instructed to negotiate wngc
agreements, but no district shall sign
a contract until nil wage contracts
ure negotiated, and that all mines shall
continue working after the 1st of April
and continue working until wago con
tracts are finally negotiated, provided
the present rates continue until final
action Is taken."
UNDER THE SEA TO THE F0LE.
German Doctor Is Building Submarine
to Rival Captain Nemo.
Berlin, Jan. 25. The old Idea ot
reaching the north pole by submarine,
us was so graphically set forth in
Jules Verne'H story of "Twenty Thou
sand Leagues Under the Sea," has
been revived by Dr. Anschuctz Kemp,
tho well known Inventor.
Ho will build n submarluo of his
own design capable, It Is asserted, of
remaining under water at n great
depth for a long period.
Dr. Kemp has also Invented and pat
ented in all civilized countries tho dif
ferent apparatus by means of which
ho hopes to tuku his soundings fluid
bearings when deeply submerged.
ENGLAND HONORS , PEARY,
8peolal Gold Medal Awarded to Dis
coverer of the North Pole.
London, Jnn. 25. Tho Boynl Geo
graphical society has awarded a spe
cial gold niedal to Commander nobert
10. Peary for haying been the first
man to lend n party of. explorers to. the
north polo and for having undertaken
such scientific Investigations as bis
apparatus permitted.
It wns decided to glvo a silver re
plica of tho medal to Captain Dnrtlctt
of tho qtenmer Boosevelt, Teary'a
CANAL LIBEL SOIL
Government Prosecution of
New York World Begun.
JURY BOX IS SOON FILLED.
President Taft, His Brother Charles
and Former President Roosevelt
Named as Complainants In
Federal Court.
New York, Jan. 25. The criminal li
bel suit of- the government against
the Press Publishing company (the
New York World) went on today In
the United States circuit court before
Judge Charles M. Hough. The com
plainants, whom the World Is alleged
to. have libeled In a series of slxnrti
cles published in October, 1908, nre
Theodore Boosevelt, President Wil
liam Howard Taft, Charles P. Taft,
the president's half brother; Douglas
Boblnsou, brother-in-law of Colonel
Boosevelt, and William Nelson Crom
well. The Indictment, on which suit is
based, contains fourteen counts, which
charge that seven specific offenses
were committed simultaneously on ter-
rjtory belonging to the United States,
the military reservation at W est Point
oint
aud the federal building Iu this city
In substance the Indictment charges
that the World accused certain peiwons
(Americans), some of whom appear in
connection with this prosecution as
complainants, of receiving some part
of the $40,000,000 paid by tho govern
ment to the French Panama Canal
company and that the United States
government and certain Individuals In
tho government conspired to bring
about the revolution In the republic ot
Colombia by which the present cunnl
zone was detached from the republic.
Various arguments arose between
De Laneey Nlcoll, counsel for the
Press Publishing comimny, nnd Unit
ed States District Attorney Wise foi
the government nud tho complainant
as to the Jurisdiction of the court.
In examining the first batch of tales
men Mr. Nlcoll asked if they under
stood that iu libel actions in this
state tho Jury are the judges of the
law as well as of the facts. Mr. Wise
promptly objected,ind Judge Hough
sustained the objection.
Mr. Nlcoll, arguing against tho rul
ing, contended that Inasmuch ns crimi
nal libel Is un offense covered by the
penal code of this state the United
States court In considering the ense
must take over tho body of the state
law relating to libel ns well and the
constitution of the state.
He maintained Iu that connection
that while tho law of the stato mak
ing tho Jury the Judge of both the law
ami the facts hi criminal libel cases
does not take from tho court the duty
of explaining tho lnw to tho jury the
Jury la not obligated to abide by the
explanation.
Judujj Hough held that tho consti
tution and law of this state nro not
applicable to tho case on trial. The
act of congress of 1898, under which
the proceeding has been brought, cre
ates a situation, be said, exactly the
samo as if congress had specifically
enacted certuln sections of the penal
codo of the state of New York with
out any reference to tho constitution
of tho state.
The Jury chosen consists of three
merchants, two real eatuto brokors,
ono stockbroker, a building contractor,
an accountant, n theatrical manager,
tho secretary of n gas company and J
two manufacturers, .
Mr. Nlcoll, as counsel for the de
fense, strqvo' to impress ou tho minds
of the talesmen the unprecedented na
ture of the suit the first of any sort
of proceeding of that nature In eighty-
pll fe- IIJL
poircTrcr?ocriypoo,y.t'7i
DB LANCEY NICOLL.
fivc years, he salihaBtt the necessary
latitude that ncwKSIur hnve had in
criticising public
District AttonuKtWlsc nuked the
talesmen to be very careful in distin
guishing between the license nnd liber
ty when they considered the matter
of the freedom of the press.
Mr. Nlcoll summarized the points to
be emphasized by the defense two In
number, justification and cxcusr-.Me li
bel. "I want to show," he said, "the facta
and circumstances which will create
tho belief that when wo printed, theso
things we thought they were true."
MAGICIAN HELD AS SUSPECT.
New York Police Say They Have Slay
er of Two Six-year-old Boys.
New York, Jan. 25. Herbert Jerome
Dcunisou, a magician, has been arrest
ed here and held without bail as the
man who killed little Bobert Lomas
and Arthur Shlbley by shooting them
on Jan, 12 in Ulghbrldge park.
Tracing his history, the detectives
nay that Dennison wns nt one time
with Herrmann, the magician, nnd
that In nu net on the stage he fired a
thirty-two caliber revolver. This wos
of a Hopkins-Allen make, and the po
lice say that a bullet taken from the
Lomas boy after his death was fired
from just such a weapon.
Tho police say that Dennison is very
erratic. They allege that he was in
un Institution for the insane in Con
necticut and left there Jun 1.
Another point upon which the police
base their Idea that Dennison Is the
man wanted Is that a revolver of the
Hopkins-Allen make was found near
the place where the double shooting:
occurred. The police also say that
Dennison shaved ,off his beard aud left
town tho night'jjf the murder.
The prisoner "was searched, and on.
him were found tattoj) marks that In
dicate that he s Irrational.
On bis- breasV is a huge Spanish flag
and a cross with the words, "I hate
all Anic'ricnnsJ' . .
On his right arm ire two more flags
and uuder thes6 thy words, "Scientist,
Alchemist, Priest, Atheist."
He was asked wfiatjthey meant.
They mean I nm a magician," was
his reply, "I am greater Jthan. Herr
mann. I am the greatest man In the
world."
AGAINST THIRTEEN RAILROADS
Accused of Raising Rates on a Com
petitor of the Steel Trust.
Washington. Jan. 25. The High
lands Iron and Steel company of Terre
Haute, I nil., iu a complaint made to
the Interstate commerce commission,
charges that a recent raise in freight
rates by the Vandalla railroad, the Illi
nois Central railroad and eleven other
carriers was "for the purpose of ar
bitrarily favoring the United States
Steel corporation and other large com
petitors by excludlug the complainants
from the market."
The complainant says that the ac
cused carriers made a Joint traffic
agreement which raised the rate from
0V6 cents to 12 cents a pound on their
products from Indianapolis to Louis
ville, but left undisturbed the present
rate arrangements with connecting
lines thut reached points where com
petitors of the Indiana firm were lo
cated. The Indiana company claims
that It will be put out of business un
less tho commission orders a re-estab-llshmeut
of the old rates.
FEASTING TAE BRYANS.
Brilliant Entertainments In Lima At
tended by American Visitors.
Lima, Peru, Jau. 25. William Jen
nings Bryan and his wife and daugh
ter have been guests here at n num
ber of brilliant social functions. They
were present at the Municipal theater
at a benefit performance for the So
ciety For tho Protection of the Poor.
President Legula and his wlfo were
present at the entertainment. The
members of tho American legation,
tho ministers of stato and diplomatic
representatives nlso attended.
A tea In honor of the Bryan family
was attended by many American fam
ilies and tho British minister to Pern.
CLEMENTINE'S BRIDAL.
King Victor Will Be a Witness at Nup
tials of Leopold's Daughter.
Brussels, Jan. 25. It la announced
that when prince Victor Napoleon Is
married to tho Princess Clomentino of
Belgium, tho youngest daughter of the
late King Leopold, .King Victor Em
manuel of Italy will bo n witness for
tho former nnd will bo represented at
tho csroiaony by an Italian prince.
German Chancellor Breaks Down.
Berlin, Jan. 25. It is rumored Iu of
ficial circles thut tho health of Dr. von
Bethmaun-IIollweg, the Imperial chan
cellor, has broken down nnd he Is
anxious to resign.
Harry Payne Whitney Drawn on Jury.
Mlueolu, N". Y., Jan. 25. Harry
Payne Whitney Is among tho trial
Jurors drawn for the Bupreme court
term before Judge Maddox, sitting
here this spring.