" ROOSEVEL T VETOES DEMAND !
FOR RICH WATER RIGHTS
President Urges Necessity of Conserving Natural Resources
for Which Corporations Are Grabbing.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
