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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 9, 1910)
iJTtZSKfi t """a. $& jjisurjJtcaa,swiK53 aeacraxj:-, I .WITHDRAW RATES , .- President Taft Agrees to Draj 1 Injunction Suit, AVA1T0PERATI0N OF HEW LAW. COLONEL ROOSEVELT. !n Robes After Receiving His Cambridge Degree. Conference of Railroad Presidents With Chief Executive at White t Hour's Lasts Four Hours Attorney j Gcncal Wlckersham and Cabinet Members Present. Washington, Juuo 7. A complete nirreoment between the- government and tho recently enjoined railroads at tho Western Trunk Line association was reached at a Whlto House comer ence which lasted moro than fou. hours. The railroads represented agreed to withdraw all rite lucreaseJ filed to be effective on or after Juno 1, and agreed to file no more Increases until tho bill In congress which gives tho Interstate commorco commlss.on power to investigate and Buspend In creases that are not Justified becomoa a Inw and goes into effect. 1'resldont Taft thereupon stated that tho administration's purpo3o In bring ing tho Injunction suit had been ac complished and the suit would bo dis continued. Tho discontinuance will not bo entered, however, until the new rollrond law Is signed. Tho bollcf was expressed that nil of the other rail rondB of tho country which have filed increased rnteB or have had such n plan undor consideration, will abide by the agt cement reached with tho twenty-four rnllroadB named ns defendants in tho Hnnnlbnl Bult. Kvory one connected with thU con ference seems gratified over the out come. All that President Tnft has do Blred Ib that tho lnt&rstute commerce commission should havo authority to investigate the proposed Increases to dotermlno whether or not they are Justllled by conditions and nro Just to tho shippers. This power Is bolna conferred under tho now law. Tho railroads on the other hand, it Is pointed out, nro to bo relieved ol ombarirtssing litigation, nro assured ol a "square deal" when their caBo Is presented to tho Interstate commerce commission and nro free to rosumo tho contracts and improvements and extonBloiiB which they threatened ta cancol had the court proceedings con tinued. The now railroad bill contains a clause which gives It effect sixty days after being Blgned by tho president. It will bo necosBary to make tho pro vision ns to tho supervision of rates by tho interstate commorco commis sion lmmodlatoly effoctlve, and to: thU reason, ob President Taft Indicat ed, It will be necessary to Bend tho bill to conference. President Taft summoned throe membora of hlB cabinet to sit with him in conference with tho four railroad officials. FRAUD ISCHARGED Illinois Central Files Suit for Accounting. MISAPPROPRIATION IS ALLEGED. CONDENSED NEWS Photo by American Press Association DARBY THIELMAN ESCAPES Alleged Mabraylte Breaks Away From Officer While In Hospital. Seattle, Juno 6. R. I. Thielman, alias "Darby" Thielman, arrested hero on nn Indictment returned in Omaha, chnrglng complicity with tin Mnbrny gang of fako prize fight promoters, es caped from Deputy United States Mar shal Lathe. He has not been captured. Thielman went to visit his little daughter, Edith, who is In n local hos pital Buffering from tuberculosis. He was permitted to remain In tho room nlone with her a moment and escaped. JONES OUT OF A JOB Suspended as Agent of General Land Office at Portland. Portland, Ore., Juuo G. While his resignation from tho position of gen eral agent for the general land oiTlce wna In the malls, on route to Washing ton, Horace T. Jones wob. "Indefinitely suspended" from sorvlce at tho order of Secretary of the Interior Balllnger. Jones was a wltne33 against Dallin ger and in support of tho charges made by Louis R. Olavls. ENGINEERS AND FIREMEN WIN Twenty-Seven Thousand Men Secure Increase In Wages. Chicago, June G. The federnl arbi tration board, which has been taking testimony In tho wage controversy be tween 27,000 enginemen and forty-nine railroads west of Chicago, handed down n decision In favor of the en glnemch. The arbitration board granted the employees GO per ccat ol their demand for a 12 (A per cent in crease. Tho men Involved in the wage con troversy decided by tho nrbltration board are members of the Brother hood of Locomotive Firemen and En glncmon. Under the ruling of the ar bitration board the wages of the men vary with tho different classeB of ser vice. The hearing before the arbitration board hus been on for three weeks Scores of witnesses testified regard ing the high cost of living. The rail roads opposed the Incrensa on the ground that they could not afford to meet it. Roosevelt at Stratford. Stratford-on-Avon, Eng., Juno C Theodore Roosevelt arrived here for n short visit to Sir Georgo and' Lady Trevelyun. He was hcnr'.lly cheered by n large crowd that gathered nt the stntlcn. He visited Shakcspeaie's blrthplnce nnd Anno Hathawny's cottage. Kalcrr Back on the Job. Potsdam, Juno 4. Emperor William wns able to resume tho signing of oHldal documents, tho abscess on his sisht wrist having nearly healed'. ADMITS TAKING BnIBi i Illinois Man Confesses, Money Wai paid Him Tor wonc an Fisn License. Springfield, 111., June G, State At torney Burke has advanced a step fur ther in the Investigation of the $3,Ej fund alleged to have been contribute.! to aid in the defeat of tho fish license bill, which died In the closing hours of the legislature. F. J. Trout o: Benrdstown, lor a long time identified with fishing interests, admitted to Mr. Burke at Benrdstown that he got the money from John Dixon, one of the jlloged collectors of the fund, and he sat beside Representative Foster when the bill was slaughtered. Beyond these admissions the final disposition of the fund is a mystery which the grand Jury will be called j to solve. Plans have been mapped cat for n wholesa'e Investigation noxt week when Representative Foster will be heard after contributors to tha "Jackpot" have told their stories. Governor Dlueen took no action up on the resignation of State Senator D. W Holstlaw, the resignation messase from the latter having remained Jn possession of Secretary of State Ro3e Foundrymen In Big Meet. Detroit, June 7. A convention ol foundry interests opened in Detroit It is estimated that before tho conven tion is adjourned G.03Q delegates wll! have Icen in attendance. inc. marine id t CM3$C'iMS'lMtlSl'l2MlaSM3M''3M3llS2'Z'f7 Chicago, June 7. Actlvo buying of wheat hero by foreigner today em phasized the significance of higher prices in Europe. Liberal orders to purchase were also received from the northwest aud the southwest. Indica tions were plain that some of tho larg er shorts had covered In anticipation of an alarming showing in the govern ment's forthcoming report on crops. Not only wheat, but every one of the leading staples on 'change scored u substantial advance. Wheat closed lc to iysl-yc up; corn, l01Vjc; oats, r&iftc, and' provisions UOGSc. Closing prices; Wheat July, 94:',c; Sept., 91"4c. Corn July, 59c; Sept., G0'G0i. Oats July, 36; Sept., 36V- Pork July. $21.00; Sept., $21.55. Lard July. $12.30; Sept.. $12.2.1. Ribs July, $12.57: Sept., $12.25. Omaha Cash Prices.' Omaha, June G. Wheat lc higher; No. 2 hard, 95097c; No. 3 hard, 91 94c. Coin !vic higher; No. 2 white. 69ft 6914c; No. 3 white, 5814 CfS9c; No. 2 jollow, 55V,c; No. 3 yol low, 555'554c; No. 2, 55c; No. 3, 5-lVj 55c. Oats Unchanged; No. 3 white, 853C;V,c; No. 3 yellow, 34140350. South Omaha Live Stock. South Omaha, June G. Cattle Re celp's. 2,200; active and 10c higher: native steers, $5.50$.10; cowb am' holi era, $3.50 G.75; western steers, $3.507.00; Texas steers. ?3.O3((?)C.00j Btockers and feeders, $3.50G.25; calves, $1.0007.50; bulls and stajs $3.755.75. Hogs Receipts, 3.G00; 5c lower; heavy, $8.959.00; mixed, $8.9f 9.00; light. 39.0009.05: Pigs. $S..0T 9.1)0; bulk of nale3, $8.971409 00. She?. Receipts, 2,000; strong to 10c high er; yearlings, $5.75G.25; wethers. $5 0CT5.75; ewes, $4.755.25; lanibr $G 758.35. Four Former Railroad Officials In volved In Case Five Big Companies Said to Have Benefited by Contracts. Conspiracy Alleged to Have Been of Long Duration. Chicago, June 7. Charging It haa been defrauded out of about $2,000,000 on repair work In four years, the Illi nois Central Railroad company filed Buit for an accounting against four of its former officials in the circuit court hero. The railroad company's bill, which alleges conspiracy to defraud, names tho following men: Orlando S. Keith, former superintendent of transporta tion; Joseph F. Buker, former assist ant superintendent of car machinery; William Renshaw, former superin tendent of machinery; John M. Tay lor, formor general storekeeper. . In connection with theso charges made against Its former officials, tho Illionls Central road declares in its bill that theso concerns profited in al leged overcharges on car repair work In tho following amounts: The Blue Islnnd Equipment com pany, $400,000; tho American Car and Equipment company, $100,000; Ostcr mnnn Manufacturing company, $750, 000; tho Memphis Car company, $300,-000. In addition to the suit filed' against tho four former officials, tho railroad also filed suits for nn accounting against tho West Pullman Car com pany nnd against the American Car and Equipment company. These suits were also filed In tho circuit court. Tho action follows months of In vestigation by the railroad compnny and numerous rumors of an alleged graft "ring" in the Illinois Central railroad. The bill ngalnst tho four former de partment heads alleges that the men entered Into a conspiracy in June, 190G, and that from that date until April, 1910, the railroad company was defrauden' out of nearlv $2,000,000. BLEACH NG AFFECTS ODOR This Is Testimony of Government Ex perts In Flour Hearing. Kansas City, Juno 7. Further evi dence In the bleached flour case to support the contention that the bleach ing process injures Hour was submit ted by the government in the federal court here. The government will call a number of expert witnesses this week. The millers also have Bub poenaed several experts. Andrew S. Mitchell of St. Paul, a chemist in tho employ of the govern ment, corroborated the testimony of previous witnesses to tho effect- that the process of bleaching flour lessens the food value of tho flour. He said that blenching affected the odor of flour and that he could detect the dif ference between tho bleached nnd un bleached product by the odor. On cross examination he was asked to smell a sample of flour and tell whether it was blenched or un bleached. Ho refused to submit to tho test unless two samples, one of bleached and the other of unbleached flour, were given him at the same time. This was not done nnd tho test wns not made. Tho witness ndmltted that there wero nitrates in the air and that bread made from unbleached' flour In n kitch en where gas or coal wes burned might nbsorb nitrates. The city of Nanking, China, hnB been posted with placards Inciting the peoplo to the destruction of foreign life and proporty. Jockey Fred Langan, mounted ou Stalwart. Lad, was instantly killed when his mount fell in the closing race nt Gravesend. Mord normal weather conditions will prevail over the United States during the week according to the forecast of tho weather bureau. The spring gold cleanup of Nome district is estimated at $1,175,000. The spring output of Innoko and Idltarod combined is estimated at $1,250,000. Articles of Incorporation were filed for tho Nebraska and Dakota Railroad company, with hendquartcrB at Pierre and a business office In Chicago. It lis capitalized at $4,500,000. Domocratlo leaders in tho Iioubo claim they have discovered a "Joker" in tho sennte amendments to the rail road bill which would enable railroads to return lo the proctlco of rebating. After serving as a vehicle for polit ical debate in the house for nearly a month the sundry civil appropriation bill, carrying proposed appropriations aggregating $110,000,000, was passed. ' Tho United States auxiliary cralsar Prairie, which sailed from Philadel phia Mny 29, nrrlved at Colon. She FISHER.ES CASE AT HAGUE Proceedings Open With Presentation of British Statement by Finlay. The Hague, June 7. The first busi ness session of the arbitration tri bunal which is to decide tho New foundland fisheries question between the United Stales and Great Britain was held in Blnnenhoff. The president of the court Is Professor Helnrlch Lammnsch of Austria. Tho proceedings opened with the presentation of the British case by Sir Robert B.' Finlay. Senator Ellhu Root heads the delegation of nttur noys representing the United States. The international dispute grew out of opposing Interpretations of tho New foundland fisheries treaty of 1818. NEW YORK FIREMEN KILLED Two Suffocated -rd More Than Score Overcome by tt'-fllng Fumes. New York, oi o 7. Two firemen were killed anil ore than n score overcome by stif. .jg .-nes in fighting a stubborn ware iiiso fire near the North river front. Ten3 of the fire men overcome were caught In n back draught on the fourth floor of the building. Fireman Timothy Cotter died on the sidewalk after having been carried from an upper floor, wheie he had lain unconscious for more than an hour In a pool of water. Firomnn William Hea'y was taken out of the building dead. McCLUER'S A full line of HAIR GOODS Real Hair Switches, $4.00, $5.00 and $10.00 each Hygienic Human Hair Braids at $4 and $5 The Perfect Fitting- Turban at 75c Sanitary Turbans with Rolls and Net Covered, 65c . and 85c each 4 Indestructible Natural Hair Turbans, 65c McCLUER'S Packers Cranted More Time. Chicago, Juno 7. Judge Groiscup extended the time for the packers to entor in the dissolution suit against the National Packing company and subsidiary concerns. Judge Grosscup Sve the ccuuvel until July 1 If n de nvirrer Is filed, and until Aug. 1 to vr.er pl:r.o will take on board a detachment of marines from Panama for cLrvire nt Blueflelds. During n thunderstorm tlsrce men broke into the postofficc- nt Knna.iolU. Kan., loaded the safe on n true":, nnd took It some distance away, wl.:ro it was cracked open and QS"0 in caih r.nj $1,000 in Btamps taken. John Bedell of Long island had lit tie difficulty In winning the top inil' motor-paced raco at the Revere track, Boston. W. L. Mitten of Davenport, la., won the one-mile professional raco In 2 minutes 1 second. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., accompa nied by his fiancee, Miss Edith Butler Alexander, applied for his licence in New York to marry Juno 20. He gave his age ob twenty-two and Miss Alex ander said uhe is twenty-one. There Is a general consensus of opinion in South Africa, both in the press and nmong the public, that the opener of the union parliament should be accompanied by the heir apparent, Prince Edward Albert, duke of Corn wall. Directly across the street from the Chicago board of trade, John Larsen, Janitor of .the Kent building, wa3 killed while In his sleeping apartment. His charredbody was found following a fire which did' considerable damage to the structure. The May Department Stores com pany of New York has been Incorpor ated with a capital stock of $20,000,000. It is Bald that this U the nucleus of a still larger corporation, which will op erate department stores in every city in the country. Miss Mary E. Williams of Philadel phia hn-l Howard Francis Bishop of Ames, la., missionaries of the board of foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal church, were drowned while sea bathing in the gulf of Cambay, at BulBar, north of Bombay. Boudy Sheward, deputy sheriff, is Cead, being the third victim of a riot In Pike." county, Ky. A Jesse James tent show was In full swing when a gang of rowdies were ejected f,-on the tent and be?an shooting. Two deputy sheriffs were shot dead. Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati, a brother of President Taft, accompan ied by his wife anj daughter, sailed for Europe on the steamship Amerlka. The Taft party will remain until Octo ber, and wi'l then hurry home to en able Mr. Taft to vote in Cincinnati next November. Climbing down un Improvised ropa ladder from a garret, three stories above the ground, fourteen-year-old Stella Ivy, daughter of Marshal G. M. Ivy of a Cincinnati ccurt. Joined her lover, Albert Hlnkle, also fourteen years of ase and departed in search of a marnago license. The secretary of the interior has affirmed the decision of the commis sioner of the lan-1 o.Tice in the case of J. H. Taylor nralnst Samuel V. Martin, on appeal of tho former in rojectlns his contest agatnst homestead entry of the latter, located In Broken Bow i land district, Nebraska. At least $2J0,0i0,000, which Ameri can railroads havo tentatively ar- railgeu io spuuu in rBiiun.cim.-ma ua it result of increased revenue from an advance in freight rates they had ex pected, must now be used to Btave off ruin, nccordlng to a statement made by Slason Thompson or the rail way news bureau. Miss Mollle Revel, un actress asso ciated years ago with Clara Morris, visited the latter woman's home io YonkerB, N. Y.. but there had beon a turn for the worsa in Miss Morris' con dition and Miss Revol was not per mltted to see tho former star. Mis Morris sight, which had been rapid ly falling for two weeks, is now in ouch a slate thct she is practically blind. Rotums of the uniform primary election held by all parties throughout Pennsylvania show that th Ropublio an orgnnlration has succeeded in nom inating nearly all Its Blntod candidates. Tho only break In the congressional slate wns In Schuylkill ccinty, where Ithf prtscnt con;r8sman, Alfrd I) Garyer, n suprorfr of Spaker Can ron w?a defeased !- R IX ITantDn en an ' 2r.:u-5Kit p'l ." -ra " m s i '- JA8. GRAHAM'S Grocery andMeatHarket Groceries, Fresh and Cured Meats, Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts, Candies, and every thing else good to eat Phone 50 N. W. Cor. Box Butte Ave. and Montana St. Hr Railroad Milk Cans Complete line at the following prices: 5 gal.,12fclbs $2.25 10 -gal., 17 lbs 2.50 10 gal., 20 lbs 2.75 10 gal., 22Jlbs 3.00 XebYY"td. Co. EEfli OTIS Sc BUSH CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS CEHENT WORK A SPECIALTY Twelve Years' Experience All Work Guaranteed 307 Toluca Ave. . 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