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" ROOSEVEL T VETOES DEMAND ! FOR RICH WATER RIGHTS President Urges Necessity of Conserving Natural Resources for Which Corporations Are Grabbing. 4 THE GIST OF IT. X 4 + 4 The great corporations are acting 4 4 with foresight, singleness of pur- 4 4 pose and vigor to control the water 4 4 powers of the country. Thirteen 4 4 concerns directly or indirectly con- 4 4 trol developed water power and ad- 4 4 vanyageous power sites equal to 4 4 more than 33 per cent of the total 4 4 water power now in use. This as- 4 4 tonishing consolidation has taken 4 4 place practically within the last 4 + live years. 4 4 — ♦ 4 To give away, without conditions, 4 4- this, one of the greatest of our re- 4 4 sources, would be an act of folly. If 4 4 we are guilty of it, our children 4 4 will be forced to pay an annual re- 4 4 turn upon a capitalization based 4 4 upon the highest prices which the 4 4 traffic will bear. 4 ,4 — ♦ 4 I esteem It my duty to use every 4 4 endeavor to prevent this growing 4 4 monopoly, the most threatening 4 ,4 which has ever appeared, from be- 4 4 ing fastened upon the people of this 4 4 nation. 4 ;* 4 + X.X.^A.A.A.*.X.X.XX X X X X X X X. X. ± A. Washington, D. C„ Jan. 19.—Presi dent Roosevelt sent a special message to the House with his veto of the hill providing for the construction of a dam across the James river, in Stone coun ty, Mo„ the purpose of the dam being to get water to create electric power. He declared that the movement to se izure control of the water power of the (country is still in its infancy, but unless [it ih controlled the history of the oil [industry will be repeated in the hydro electric power industry, with results far (more oppressive and disastrous. “It is true,” he added, "that the (great bulk of our potential water pow er is as yet undeveloped, but the sites [which are now controlled by combina tions are those which offer the great est advantages and therefore hold a istrategie position.” He says the bill gives to the grantee 7a valuable privilege which by its very nature is monopolistic and does not ■ ontain the conditions essential to pro tect the public interest. The message was received indiffer ently. After its reading it was re ferred to the committee on interstate .and foreign commerce. The Message. The message in part is as follows: To the Housi! of Representatives: T return herewith without my approval House bill 17707 to authorize William H. Standlsh to construct a dam across ! James river, in Stone county, Mo., and 1 divert a portion of Its waters through a ! tunnel into the said river again to ere- ; Ate electric power. My reasons for not signing the bill are: The bill gives to the grantee a valuable ' privilege, which by its very naiure is monopolistic, and does not contain the j conditions essential to protect the pub lic Interest. Tho people of the country are threat ened by a monopoly far more powerful, because in far closer touch with their domestic and Industrial life, than any thing known to our experience. A single generation wlii see the exhaustion of our (natural resources of oil and gas and such a rise in the price of coal as will make the price of electrically transmitted wa ller power a controlling factor In trans portation, in manufacturing, and In lliousehold lighting and heating. Our water power alone, if fully developed and wisely used, is probably sufficient for our (present transportation, industrial, munic ipal and domestic needs. Most of it is undeveloped and is still in national or Isiate control. Act of Folly. To give away, without conditions, this, lone of she greatest of our resources, .’would be an act of folly. If we arc guil ty of it, our children will be forced to pay an annual return upon a capitalization based upon the highest prices which "the traffic will bear." They will find them .selves face to face with powerful inter icsts intrenched behind the doctrine of •vested rights" and strengthened by • every defense which money can buy and ■tho ingenuity of able corporation lawyers ■an devise. Long before that time they 'may and vary probably will have become ia consolidated interest, controlled from >,the great financial centers, dictating tile [terms upon which the citizen can conduct tills business or earn his livelihood, and 1 Slot amenable to the wholesome check of ,’JocRl opinion. j Tho total water power now ill use by (power plants ill the United States is es timated by tho bureau of census and the geological survey as 6,300,000 horse power. [Information contained by the bureau of corporations shows that 13 large con cerns of which the General Electric company and the IVestinghouse Electric & Manufacturing company are the most ; Important, now hold water power instal ls lions and advantageous power sites ag gregating about 1,040,000 horse power where tli« control of these concerns is practically admitted. Tills is a quantity equal to over 19 per cent of the total now 1n use. Further evidence of a very strong • mature as to additional intercorporate re- : Jatlons furnished by the bureau, leads me | to the conclusion that this total should be increased to 24 per cent, and still other evidence, though less conclusive, never theless uffords reasonable ground for en larging this estimate by nine per cent additional. In other words, it is probable that these 13 concerns directly or Indi rectly control developed water power and advantageous power sites equal to more •ban 33 per cent of the total water power i mow in use. Worse Than Oil. This astonishing consolidation has tak- I rn place practically within the last five , years The movement Is still in its in- . fancy, and unless it is controlled, the j history of the oil industry will be re peated in Iht hydro-electric power Indus- | trv. with results far more oppressive and disastrous for the people. It is true that ihe great bulk of our potential water igiwer is as yet undeveloped, but the sites which are now controlled by comblna- ! tions are those which offer the greatest nd\outages, and therefore hold a strate gic position. This is certain to be Strengthened by tile Increasing demand for power and the extension of long dis tance electrical transmission. It is, in my opinion, relatively unimport ant for us "to know whether or not the promoters of this particular project are affiliated with any of these great corpora tions If we make an unconditional grant •to this grantee, our control over it ceases. He nr any purchaser from him, will be free to sell his rights to any one of them at pleasure. The time to attach condi tions and prevent monopoly is when a grant is made. Act With Vigor. The groat corporations are acting with foresight, singleness of purpose and vigor to control tin- water powers of the coun try They pay no attention to state boun daries and are not interested in the con stitutional law ' affecting navigable ■dreams except as it affords what has been aptly called a "twilight zone, -where they may find a convenient refuge from any regulation whatever by the public, whether through the national or the state governments. It Is signilirant that they are opposing the control ol water power on the Desplaines river by the state of Illinois with equal vigor and with like arguments to those with which they op pose the national government pursuing the policy T advocate. Their attitude is the same with reference to their projects , upon the mountain streams of the West, j where the jurisdiction of the federal gov- j eminent as the owner of the public lands and national forests is not open to ques tion. They are demanding legislation for unconditional grants in perpetuity of land for reservoirs, conduits, power houses, and transmission lines to replace the existing statute which authorizes the administra- i tive officers of the government to impose conditions to protect the public when any permit is issued. Several bills for that , purpose are now pending in both Houses, j among them the bill S. 6026, to subject i lands owned or held by tin* United States to condemnation in the state courts, and the bills. H. R. 11356 and S. 2661, respec^, , tively, to grant locations and rights of I way for electric and other power pur- | poses through the public lands and reser-i j vations of the United States. These hills , were either drafted by representatives of. ; the power companies, or are similar in j effect to those thus drafted. On the other | hand, the administration proposes that j authority be given to issue power permits | for a term not to exceed 50 years, irre- ! vocable except for breach of condition, J This provision to prevent revocation ; would remove the only valid ground cf i objection to the act of 1901, which ex- | pressly makes all permits revocable at discretion. The following amendment to authorize this in national forests was in serted in last year's agricultural appro priation bill: “And hereafter permits for power plants within national forests may be made ir- i revocable, except for breach of condition, | for such term, not exceeding 50 years, as [ the secretary of agriculture may by reg-j I ulation prescribe, and land covered b>| . such permits issued in pursuance of an application filed before entry, location, oi| application, subsequently approved under! the act of June 11,' 1906. shall in perpetuity remain subject to such permit and re-* newals thereof.” A Powerful Lobby. The representatives of the power com panies in Washington during the .Iasi ses sion agreed upon the bill above mentioned as the most favorable to their interests. At their request frequent conferences were held between them and the represen tatives of the administration for the pur pose of reaching an agreement if possi ble. The companies refused to accept any-' ! thing less than a grant In perpetuity and insisted that the slight charge now irn- , posed by the forest service was oppres- 1 sive. But they made no response to the! specific proposal that the reasonableness of the charge be determined through an investigation of their business by the bu- j reau of corporations. The amendment of the agricultural bill providing for irrevocable permits being new legislation was stricken out under th<* House rules upon a point of order made, by friends of the House bill—that is, by1 friends of the power companies. Yet. in the face of this record, the power com panies complain that they are forced t^ accept revocable permits by the policy ofj the administration. The new legislation sought in their own interest by some companies in the West, and the opposition of other companies in the East to proposed legislation in the* public interest, have a common source and; a common purpose. Their source is the rapidly growing water-power combination. Their purpose is a centralized monopoly of hydro-electric power development free, of all public control. It is obvious that a monopoly of power in any community calls for strict public supervision and reg ulation. I will sign no bill granting a privilege of this character which does not contain the substance of these conditions. I consider myself bound, as far as exercise of my executive power will allow, to do for the people, in prevention of monopoly of their resources, what I believe they would dd for themselves if they were in a position to act. Accordingly I shall Insist upon the conditions mentioned above not only ini acts which I sign, but also in passing upon plans for use of water power presented to; the executive departments for action. The imposition of conditions has received the! sanction of congress In the general act of 1906. regulating the construction of dams in navigable waters, which authorizes the imposing of “such conditions and stinula tions as the chief of engineers and the secretary of war may deem necessary to protect tin- present and future interests of the United States." I inclose a letter from tin- commissioner of corporations, setting forth the results of his investigations and the evidence of the farreaching plans and mirations of the General Electric company, the West inghouse Electric and Manufacturing com pany. and other large concerns, for con solidation of the water powers of the country under their control. I also Inclose the memorandum of the solicitor-general above referred to. I esteem it rnv duty to use every endeav or to prevent this growing monopoly, the most threatening which has «‘ver appeared, from being fastened upon the people of this nation. Theodore Roosevelt. The White House, January 15, 190P Smith s Figures Startling. Washington. Jail. 19.—Aeccnu>an.ving the message of the president was a letter to him from Herbert Knox Smith, commis sioner of corporations, containing a sum mary of a report on certain features of the concentration of the water power of the country. It was on the information contained In tills report that President Roosevelt to a considerable extent based his message. In brief the report shows that quite one-third of the water power of I the United States has been concentrated into the hands of a few large corporations, including the General Electric company, ■ the Westinghouse copipany and some 1 other corporations which cannot be iden i titled with either of the first two. The I report discloses the names not only of the I principal corporations, but of all subsi diary companies Identified with the princi pals and gives the amount of water power ! controlled by each. The total horse power ! controlled by a group of 13 selected com j panles or Interests is 1,8217,000. Commis ' sioner Smith points out that this is more i than S3 per cent of the total water power i of the country. "Furthermore," says Com I missiotier Smith, "this percentage by no 1 means tells the w'hole truth. The forego ing powers naturally represent a majority i of the best power sites. These sites are ■ strategic sites for large power and marked ! control. Poorer sites will not generally be developed until these strategic points are developed to their full capacity and i should these strategic sites be ‘coupled up’ i they become still more strategic. "The facts here set forth show the very ' rapid and very recent concentration that has already occurred, practically all in the last five years. It is obvious that the effect on the public of such present und future conditions is a matter of serious TO TRY 82 LOOTERS. I Messina. Jan. Ik.—Elghty-two per son^, arrested for stealing during the earthquake disaster, will bo tried by a court of martial law. -I-— ... ■— — drunken man is BURNED IN HOME Gettysburg, 8. P„ Jtui. 19. R. Mc Cloud, a former railroad man in the -nrlo’v of the Northwestern. was fiurned in his house, which was con sumed by fire Thursday night. McCloud wras taken home drunk, and it is thought that in some way he set tire to the house. His head and arms 'were burned off. making identification ■difficult STATEHOOD BILL WILL NOT PASS, SAY SENATORS Washington, Jan. 19.—Delegations from New Mexico arid Arizona, which have come here to press the claims oi those territories for statehood, have learned that the Senate leaders do not Intend to permit the statehood bill to pass at the present session. This de cision has been reached at an Informal conference of Senate leaders. Famous Russian Admit a! is Dead rp&OM J^ffce JWW2ALM*jtt7VEN3£Z ^St. Petersburg. Jr;n. 18.—The deatn of Vice Admiral Rojestvcnsky, who \ was in command of the Russian fieet | in May, 1905, when it was practically annihilated by the Japanese battle of the Sea of Japan, occurred here yes terday due to neuralgia of the heart. THORNTON J. HAINS • IS FOUND NOT GUILTY Defendant Is Much Affected When Decision of Jurors Is Announced. Flushing. N. Y.. Jan. 18.—Thornton Jenkins Hains, who, together with his brother. Captain Peter C. Hains, was charged with the murder of William K. Annis, was today acquitted by the Jury. The jury was out 22 hours. When the verdict was announced a great shout came from the crowded court room. Justice Crane ordered the spectators from the room. Hains Affected. The defendant smiled when he heard the verdict, but his eyes were filled with fears when he turned to his coun sel and shook them by the hand. It is learned from one of the Jurors that seven ballots were taken. Thu first ballot stood eight to four for ac quittal. The next change came early tills morning, when the ballot showed nine Jurors in favor of freeing the de fendant. Back Into Court. Flushing, N. Y., Jan. 15.—The Jury in the trial of Thornten Jenkins Hains. after deliberating all night, sent word to Justice Crane at 8 o’clock this morn ing that they would like to have read to them certain testimony. Justice Crane sent for counsel on both sides and Thornton Hains. who had shortly before been taken to a nearby hotel and gone to bed. Justice Crane said the testimony would have to be read in court and it was pos sible that most of the day will be con sumed in going over the testimony. He said he would not dismiss the Jury for failure to agree until 25 hours had elapsed from the time the Jury went out. The Charge. Justice Crane began his charge at 3:20 o’clock yesterday afternoon. In speaking of the people's case he said with much emphasis: "If the defendant intentionally aided and assisted in killing Annis, you need not consider or decide his sanity or insanity. You may dismiss the ques tion for the defendant would even then be guilty of crime. Thus, gentlemen, the question and the only question for you to decide, is did Thornton Hains intentionally aid, abet and assist Pe ter Hains to kill Annis? "Take this case, gentlemen, review it carefully and patiently, and say whether you find this defendant guilty of murder in the first degree, murder In the second degree, manslaughter in the first degree, manslaughter in the second degree, or not guilty.” Juror Boenig wished to have his rec ollection refreshed on that por’ion of the judge's charge that had reference to Hulns' walking away from his broth er on the dock just before the shoot - ing. Justice Crane Explains. “I think I can make that clear," said Justice Crane. "If Thornton Hains merely walked away while the shooting was going on, he’s not guilty; but if he went down on that float, though with no design to kill, but to stop oth ers from preventing killing, hi’ is guilty of manslaughter in the first degree.” Hains stood guard over his brother. Peter, while the latter shot Annis at the Bay Side Yacht club, August 13, last, but did not actually participate is the shooting. His brother lias not yet been put on trial. ANARCHIST JAILED AS FATHER DIES San Francisco. Jan. IS.—Emma Gold man, the notorious anarchist, and lien Reltman. well known os "King of th Hoboes,” were arrested late last night as they were about to hold one of eight meetings they had previously an nounced, and lodged in the citv prison on eight charges of conspiracy to roil'. A “rout" Is defined by the state stat utes as the assembly of two or more persons at a meeting where measures tire advocated where. If they are ac tually carried out, would lead to a riot. William Ruwulda. who was dh-hn" orably discharged from the army and sentenced to five years' imprise in.eai by a court-martial for shaking hands with the Goldman woman, also was placed under arrest because i f Ids vig orous protest against the action of tie police. 4 4 STRIKE OF 25.000 4 4 MEN IS ORDERED 4 4 4 New York, Jan. IS.—Follow- 4 4 !ng the receipt of the order tlis - 4 4 continuing the use of the union 4 4 label, the national board of the 4 4 United Hatters of America, hav- 4 4 lng about 25,000 members, to- 4 4 day ordered all employes in fae- 4 4 tories owned or controlled by 4 -4 members of the Associated Hat 4 -4 manufactuiers, to go on strike. 4 4 4 4444444+444444444444444444 JAPANESE REGARD j THE BILLS LIGHTLY Newspapers Not Inflamed Over Bills in California Assembly Against Aliens. Tokio, Jan. 16.—Though certain of the Japanese newspapers are seriously exercised over anti-Japanese bills be fore the California legislature, others style the matter a "tempest In a tea pot." There is no tendency to find a sin ister design In the Increase of the American navy, and newspapers gen erally are expressing the opinion that America’s growing interests in the Pa cific demand a stronger navy, even when it has no particular enemy In mind. —— ANTI-JAPANESE MEASURES IN CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 16.—The three anti-Japanese bills introduced in tho assembly by Grove L,. Johnson, of Sac ramento, and the one by A. M. Drew, of Fresno, prohibiting aliens from holding land In the state .have attracted such wide Interest that the 1,000 copies print ed of each are alrea'dy exhausted and there .Is a demand for more. The Johnson bill is designed to pro ve tit Japanese .being directors of cor porations, to segregate their children in the schools and to segregate all Jap anese by defining the limits within which they must live. The bill relating to directors of corporations prohibits all aliens from being members of such boards, and its purpose Is to prevent competition of powerful Japanese con cerns with Americans. The third Johnson bill gives munici palities. power to prescribe the limits within which "undesirable, Improper and unhealthy persons whose prac tices are dangerous to the public mor als of a community" shall live. "I regard the presence of Japanese as more dangerous a hundredfold than that of Chinese. In our schools, Japa* nese youths of 16 to 18 years, with their characteristic disregard for the virtue of women, should not be permit ted to sit beside our own children. They a re a menace to the girlhood of the state," said Representative Johnson. FARMER KILLED AN UNKNOWN MAN Aopeka, Kan., Jan. 16.—Topeka's fa mous hostelry, the Copeland, noted as the stopping place of legislators and politicians, was destroyed by tire early today. I. E. Lambert, of Emporia, one of the most prominent politicians In tho state, Is missing, and is believed to have been burned to death. A dozen of the 150 guests were injured, but none is thought to have been fatally hurt. There were many sensational escapes, several persons jumping from windows. The seriously Injured are: Mrs. W. Y. Morgan, wife of the ed itor of the Hutchinson News. W. O. Murray, Kansas City, Kan. Thomas Benton, (Bent), of Murdock, Eldorado, a well known editor. A. W. Smith, of McPherson, former republican candidate for governor. The Copeland hotel was of brick con struction, four stories in height. It was situated at the corner of Nipth and Kansas avenues, one block from the state capitol. It was one of the oldest hotels in the state lof Kansas. It had a roomy lobby and wide hall ways. plentifully supplied with Are es capes. The main stairway, however, was built around the elevator, and the flames, shooting up the shaft, soon shut off this means of escape* The fire started shortly after 4 o'clock this morning in the kitchen oellar, partly front escaping gas. The flames had gained great headway when the fire apparatus first arrived. The rear stair way had been cut off as a means of es cape. As soon as the fire was discovered Henry Wills, the colored porter, and William Jenkins, night watchman, be gan a systematic trip through the house, waking the guests, men and : women and children, scantily clad, soon j crowding the upper halls. About 150 guests managed to get to the lower floor and out through the front and side doors beforo the stairway was cut off. Half a dozen were forced to jump from the windows, while others were rescued j by the firemen from the windows of the [ hot 1 and from the tops of adjoining buildings to which they had jumped . from the fire escape landings. But I few of the guests had time to collect : their personal belongings. Most of them got out only in their night clothes. ! The ground was covered with snow and tho refugees tramped barefooted and j scantily clad to the Y. M. O. A. build- j ing and to nearby drug stores, where the injured were cared for. Within an hour after the fire started the hotel was a mass of ruins, only the walls re maining. The loss is estimated at tl00,00u. SAN FRANCISCANS STILL MONKEYING WITH JURORS San-Francisco, Jan. 16.—At the open ing of today's session of the trial of Patrick Calhoun, president of tho United railroads, accused of offering a ; bribe, Joseph Dixon, a prospective Jur- j or, reported to Judge Lawyer what he believed to have been an attempt, to j ascertain his attitude in the case. Dixon stated that a young man had come to his house last evening on the ; pretext of being a real estate dealer, I and had endeavored to learn from Mrs. ] Dixon how the talesman stood upon i the Ruef bribery case. Dixon was ! passed, temporarily, to fill first place iii : the jury box. DYNAMITE BLOWS WIFE OF MINER TO ATOMS Leadville, Colo., Jan. 16.—Mrs. Rich- | ard Lauterbach, wife of a miner, was ] killed and Miss Esther Schuster, a guest of the former at her home near Mitchell, 10 miles west of here, was bad-j ly injured when a mysterious fire in the Lauterbach cabin set off several sticks of dynamite. The explosion, blew Mrs. Lauterbach to atoms, wreck-, ed the cabin and severely hurt her; woman companion. The husband otj the dead woman is a prospector and' miner and had been in the habit of; keeping several sticks of dynamite in, his cabin. He v as away when the ex plosion occurred. How the fire started is not known. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ASKS TAFT TO NAME WILSON SECRETARY Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 16.—The T^os Angeles Chamber of Commerce yester day telegraphed President-elect Taft, asking him to reappoint James Wilson secretary of agriculture. A New York Broadway druggist es timates that the people of the city spend $2,980,000 each year for patent medicines. CARMICHAEL CRIME TO GET INSURANCE Tried to Mix Identity of Victim With His Own to Defraud Companies. Burlington, la.. Jan. 15.—"John H. Carmichael killed Gideon Browning in 1 an effort to give the impression that he himself was the victim and that his wife might get his insurance money.” , Thus declared Deputy Sheriff Moore, of Port Huron, Mich., when he passed through here yesterday afternoon with the body of Carmichael, who killed himself at Carthage. 111., after fleeing there from Adair, Mich., where he killed Browning In the Buttle Bun . Methodist Episcopal church. “This mercenary motive," Insisted the ' deputy, "caused Carmichael deliberate- j ly to plan and carry out the murder.” j lie regards the minister's story of ■ Browning's hypnotic influence as a mere invention of the murderer for possible use In Ills defense. Sheriff Waggonstell and DeputySher iff Moore, of Port Huron; Lieutenant Ely Baker, of the Detroit police de partment, and two Chicago detectives Identified the body of Carmichael at Carthage and took charge of it. Hypodermic syringe wounds were found on the body. This suggested to some that Carmichael was a victim of drugs. In one of Carmichael’s pockets I was discovered Browning's watch. It 1 was also ascertained that the pocket knife with which Carmichael commit ted suicide was Browning's. The letter left by the murderer to Mrs. Carmichael was made public yes- I terday. In It Carmichael accuses him- j self of cowardice In not staying to face the consequence of his act. Last Letter Home. Following is Carmichael’s letter to Ills wife: "Dear Wife: 1 am so tired of being | chased that I have written to the sher- | Iff telling him all of the particulars of I this awful tragedy. 1 cannot see why 1 it came about as It did. My money I had kept concealed on my person while Joe was at home and happened to have it with me on that awful night, so I have had plenty to use. You know that I did not prepare to leave in such a hurry. Others may not understand it ' that way. 1 soon will be In the hands j of the state oflleials or In those of the Judge of all. I wish 1 had told you or j some other friends of the Influence that , man was gaining over me, but I feared that you would only laugh. If I j had not been crazed by fear 1 would have let Browning know of the deed that night before it went so far. But , I was in a state of terror. I know now that I should have been brave and faced the matter squarely ns soon us he was dead. I always was a coward and it has robbed me of my Judgment. j 1 thought I could get away and hide and then be helpful to you In some way j when the excitement should be all over j with. Goodby to you and each of the ! children, Caila, Joe and Kirtha. Your loving husband, J. H. Carmichael. "P. S.—This is my share of the Ax tell property. I shall never need It. I enclose herewith $185.” It lias been ascertained that Car michael during his flight rode on a Bur lington train from Chicago to Mount Pleasant, la., arriving there Thursday morning. He passed Thursday there, intending to go to Donnelson, la. Ho had checked his baggage to that point, but missed a train. Then he had his baggage forwarded to Burlington. Af ter having his beard shaved off, com pletely changing his appearance, he went to Carthage Friday afternoon on ■a freight train. BALKAN WAR CLOUD THEREATENS NO MORE Constantinople, Jan. 15.-—There is lit tle doubt that parliament will ratify the Austro-Hungarian offer of indem nity tor the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and that the Austrian boycott will be raised immediately. It is believed that the ambassadors of Great Britain. Germany, France and Italy all advised Klamil Pasha to ac cept the offer, and that although both the young Turkey committee and the boycott committee were against the ac ceptance they will loyally accept the government's decision. The greatest satisfaction is expressed on all sides at the successful conclu sion of the negotiations, as it is believed war will now be averted. The next care of the Austro-Hungarian government will be to rebuild the Austrian trade in Turkey by the removal of the boycott which led to its collapse. The govern- i ment continues in the belief that Ser via has no grounds for complaint, and j as a protection against any surprise will keep up military preparations in the annexed provinces and on the Ser vian and Montenegrin frontiers. EITTER DISAPPOINTMENT IN SIBERIAN GOVERNMENT Belgrade, Servia, Jan. 15.—The an- | nouncement that the Turkish govern ment had accepted the Austro-Hun garian offer is a bitter disappointment to the Servian government. The cabi net was summoned immediately after the foreign office had received the news. The king presided, and the new situa tion created by the settlement between Turkey and Austro-Hungary was die cused at much length. The ministry for war ordered 1,300 additional horses. The newspapers de clare hotly that Austro-Hungary will have to exterminate the Servian people before being permitted definitely to possess Bosnia. CLUB MAN WAS REAL RUDE; IS OUSTED Chic ago, Jan, 15.—Royal C. Vilas last night was expelled from an exclusive South Shore country club, for throwing salad in the face of his friend. George C. Jerome, in the club's dining room, December 20. It has been understood that Mr, Vilas had too many Manhat tan cocktails, and no denial of the as sertion was made before the trial hoard. In fact Mr. Vilas was repent ant. and declared that he did not clearly remember what ho had dono or said. The hearing also developed that In addition to hurling a plate of salad at Jerome, Vilas also tried to plaster his face with a piece of te nder custard pie, and would have accomplished the trick had not members led him into the open j air. MUSKOGEE SCORCHED; LOSS IS $250,000 Muskogee, Okla., Jan. 13.—Fire today did a quarter of a million dollars’ dam age in the business district of town. The water pressure was inadequate, fire burned itself out, after destroying almost the entire square of three and | four-story brick buildings. [ F.thel—So your engagement is broken? | Fred—Yes; wo couldn’t agree. 1 like j watermelon cut in round slices, and she always cuts watermelon In long slice*. WORLD FLEET TO END TOUR WITH BIG RAGE President Wants Spectacular Speed Contest as Farewell to Office. New York, Jan. 15—The president haa given carte blanche to Rear Admiral Sperry's Pacific fleet, returning from its world-girdling tour, to cut loose af ter leaving Gibraltar and race across the Atlantic, "ship against ship and may the best boat win," Tills will probably be the last chance of President Roosevelt, whose blood runs strong In sporting earpuscles, to give loose rein to his strenuous pro pensities and afford the nation and the world a spectacle. This information came out through a message received from Dorchester, .Mass., the home of James B. Connolly, the sea w riter and romancer, who Is a favorite with President Roosevelt. Mr. Connolly, according to the mes sage, has been invited, nay urged, by Mr. President, real head of the navy, to cross the ocean to the Mediterranean and return with the fleet as the veracious chronicler of the »ace against time and the competition for glory and records. Mr. Connolly has not yet decided If! he will accept the president's invlta-| tton. The sea writer has been Invltedi to be the guest of Captain W. B. Pottefi on hoard the United States battleship. Vermont. If Mr. Connolly decides to write the story of what wilt prove an( historic event In the annals of warship racing, he will probably sail on the next trip of the Carmania to the Med-j Iterranean and. board the Vermont at Gibraltar _ YOUNG KING IS ILL; FEARS FOR MONARCHY Utsbon. via Badajos, Spain, Jan. 14.—In order to dissipate the rumors current here that his recent Illness had entailed lung trouble/King Manuel, attired In the uni form of a Held marshal, yesterday rode through the principal streets, fellowed by a brilliant staff, and It was ueted that the king was very pate and that he sat on hie horse with difficulty. Afterward he went aboard the royal yacht. Amelia. His physicians aro Insisting that the king make frequent cruises In the hope that the sea air will strengthen his constitu tional weakness. It is said that the Duke ef dporto, the king's uncle, and heir apparent to the Portuguese throne, has declared that la the event of Manuel’s death, nothing could Induce him te assume the crown. In such a circumstance as this there Is no other descendant of the royal family in direct lino of euecession, the menarchlal government In Portugal would be serious ly Jeopardized. ITALY IS SHAKEN BY ANOTHER QUAKE Rome. Jan. 15.—Several earthquake! shocks were experienced at Florence* Venice and Milan this morning, caus-| ing considerable alarm. The people rushed from their houses1 In trepidation, but as there was noi repetition of the quake, calm was soon restored. No damage was done. According to the records of the ob servatories, the center of today’s dis turbance was near l^lmbaoti, Saxony.. The quake was strongest In Italy at Treviso, 16 miles north of Venice. Rlesl, tho birthplace of the present pope, Is located In this territory. The first reports that came into Roma were alarming. The people feared a repetition of the catastrophe of De cember 28, but the prompt use of tho telegraph soon brought out the fact that the shocks had not been severe, and that no damage or loss of Hfe had resulted. DEADLOCK IS OFF, DENEEN ELECTED Springfield, 111., Jan. 16.—The dead lock In the Illinois legislature over the canvass of the vote for state officers, which has tied up the activities in Springfield since last Thursday, was broken today, when the senators crossed the corridor of the state house and took their places in the hall of tho house of representatives to witness tho canvassing of the returns. In accordance with the published, official returns the republican candi dates were declared the state offlcers elect. Following the announcement of the canvass of the returns declaring Gov ernor Deneen and the other state offi cers elected, Representative Browne, the democratic leader, was given rec ognition by the speaker for the pur pose of the serving of nqtlce of con test on the office of governor against Deneen in favor of Adlai E. Stevenson. Plans to hold the inaugural next Monday were then taken up and ar rangements looking to that end begun. With the Inaugural ceremonies over, the further proceedings in regard to a recount of the votes cast for. the gov ernor and his democratic opponent can take an orderly course. The breaking of the deadlock on the canvass of the votes does not entirely clear the situation, us there remain many points of difference between the contending forces. The lines of cleavage between the Shurtleff republicans and administra tion republicans who attended the re publican caucus ore as sharply drawn as ever. “Getting together" on the canvass, however, will permit the completion of; the organization of the house and the commencement of the actual work of the legislature, which, until the can vass of votes for state officers was announced, could not proceed with Us usual business. CHARGED WITH RAPE. FARMER KILLS HIMSELF I Shenandoah. Ia., .Tati. 15.—A. L. Mc Clanlian, living near here, has commit ted suicide by taking strychnine. He took out a marriage license yesterday to wed Miss Mabel Chester, daughter of Joe Chester, a wealthy farmer. The father protested and had the girl swear out a warrant charging Mc.Clanhan with rape. He died before the officers i could reach him. 'SAYS TREES WILL DISAPPEAR Washington, Jan. 15.—“The time is coming in this country when trees will be as scarce as diamonds unless immediate steps are taken to preserve our forests.” This was the dark picture painted in an address by Secretary of Agricul ture Wilson at the 28th annual meet ing of the American Forestry asso | ciatlon here today. The secretary emphasized the lm portance of states, the various asso ciations and individuals in helping to solve the problem by planting tree* la denuded places.