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WOMEN IS POlTICS
Political Parti-a af Gnat BAin Training
Female Workers for Campaign.
SCHOOLS OF INSTRUCT" ORGANIZED
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Notices Told What TV W Legal'j D .
to InfluenoVottrs.
MUCH MONEt W'LL pSPENT IN CONTEST
M lmatea that (Josus tiec-iou "in vi
OYerSeeer "10B Dollars.
UNEMPLOYED T'NG PART IN THE GAME
ew Premie ! Opportanlty to
Express III Poller Rt''lI
rmplo Worlmn Act,
ba I Sonconimlttal.
lJ.Do Jan. (Special Cablegram to
1 ho Hee iThe campaign leading up to tne
general rfertlons. now Just rolling to a
clone, ha Imd many interesting. If not Im
portant f-stures. The country has really
enjoyed-the light local showers preliminary
to tiiehviugc of oratory which this week
hnrsf ipon the t'nltcd Kingdom.
Evet; the women have ben Impressed into
the Hrvtce and society women have de
serts. the delights of bridge In order to
master the Intricacies of electioneering.
And ome of them freely confess that they
And political campaigning more fascinat
ing thatl social campaigning.
Art from party considerations and tbey
are weighty It has become the fashion for
wives to accompany their husbands to the
platform during an election campaign, and
the prospect of the excitement of a hotly
fought contest fascinates most women.
There Is hardly an election agent In the
country who does not estimate the women's
Influence In elections at Its full value, but
, they also realize that a tactless canvasser
or one who does not understand the busi
ness can do more to mar the chances ;f
the candidate for whom he is working than
n actual opponent.
tn view of the rapid approach of a
general election. therefore. West End
drawing room meetings are being held, st
which a practiced canvasser and expert
electlonei-rer explains the gentle art of
wooing the British voter Hrst hand.
Drllliaa Female Canvassers.
The canvasser is Instructed to ask to see
the voter himself. Generally his wife un
dertakes the pleasant duty of seeing the
canvassing women, and In that event the
canvasser must Ingratiate herself with the
British voter's better half, and trust to
moral suasion to do the rest.
Where a voter protests that the ballot Is
secret and canvassing is an Infringement
t trie rights of the citizen the women are
.td vised not to waste time In argument,
The 'doubtful" column is open, they are
mid.
Canvassers are also being well drilled
in the politics of the hour. They must N
well up in controversial questions If tbey
hope to he a match for the candidate who
""likes to hck.lo. Diplomatic Invasion of
difficult questions Is a special branch of
the :icw stuly.
Sometimes feminine electioneers forget
I he laws against bribery and corruption.
Knur rules are laid dawn at canvass drill:
First You must not make any payment
liatever or pion.lsc of payment or incur
any pecuniary naiiwty
Second You must not promise to give i
voter money, food, drink or any other eon
.-iteration.
Third You must not threaten any voter
with any consequences whatever.
Fourth You must nut persuade anv om
to iiereonate a voter or to vote twice at
this election or Induce any disqualified per
sou to vote.
Millions for the Campaign.
' A general election costs a vast deal of
money. Roughly speaking, about l.Ml can
didates seek parliamentary honors. Each
one is entitled to spend, according to tne
number of electors, from I1.7M to 17,200 upon
his expenses, the mean rum being about
13.500, or an aggregate amount of no less
than HllO.oni). In addition a large sum Is
spent by the various local associations,
quite apart from the expenses of the randl
dates, by leagues supporting tariff reform
free trade, the Church of England, noncon
formlty, etc. Also large amount will be
expended b) the great political organlza.
tiona In the course of their duties.
A professional political expert Is authority
for the statement that ST.oiO.QCO Is a low es
tlmate of the money directly spent on be
half of the candidates. Printers and so.
Helton have been great gainers by the cam
palgn. Motor cars that will be used w.ll
represent a capital sum of many millions,
and on petrol and lubricating nils alone
much money will be spent. Jobmasters,
coachmen and cab drivers and owners are
benefiting to the tune of thousands of
pounds; and managers of railway com
panies find that the traffic generally Is be
ing increased, coming as the election dos
so early In the year.
From the purely social point of view the
next liberal administration If the liberals
win. and everybody Is now figuring that
they will win will be one of the most re
markable on record.
Enormous wealth Is vested In the persona
of the leading politicians on the libera
side, and during the lifetime of the next
llt-ral ministry entertaining will recover
much of the scad magnificence which char-
acterlzed It in the days when Holland
House was a temple of liberalism and the
noble families of England gave their alle- '.
glance to old-fashioned whlgism.
No one commanding personality will over
shadow the doifn or more notable women
who will essay the ile of liberal hostess.
There will be many hostesses of almost
equal political Importance, and with few
exceptions, entertaining will be tn the
hands of the younger generation. The lead
ing liberals are men of wealth and social
significance, and while the new premier
will P.r.A that be has not u single duchess
smong his following for the high office of'
mistre:s of the robes which ha been filled '
by the duchess of Buccleuch durlna recent ;
conservative administrations he will have I
many ck-ver your., society women of lesser
i auk. but almost equal social Importance
The countess of Crewe, a personal friend :
i.f the queer., will probably be made
mistress of tie robes in the event of the I
return of Sir Henry Cunpbell-Bannerman i
and tho liberal party being returned to '.
., fS.ce As tha dai:c!ilt.r of a hherai i
premier, and the. wife of an earl of pro- J Uon ln the districts, number,
uounced liberal vl.ws. Lady Crewe is a n'4V,n ,e,t lhir "P'o "J congre
...l.tlc.l a. well a. a social ootentste l ,h mission station at Duaseldort.
As the wife of th liberal premier, who
himself enjoys the reputation of having
the best cuisine and best wines in London,
its in London
will be called
of official en-
lidy Cumpbell-Banncrman w
on to do a certain amount
tcitur.l::g
A the leader of a iiull, but very ex
clusive set of intellectual politicians, Mrs.
iConUaued on Second Page.)
PLAN TO CONTROL CHINESE ;
Trimlltl lealslatlie t oanrll Has i
Problem to Solve Bf(Hn
trlnr hy Coollea.
JoHANNESBVRG. Jan- . (Special Ca
Th n i It in rnlv a feW
week., ago timt th- legislative cum-ii (
pafsfd the ordinance containing supple- :
mentary regulations regarding t
ment of Chinese. This ordlna
the cn.ploy-
uance consti
tutes t li- ou'.ward visible sign of the new
I regime inaugurated by the present super
intendent of Chinese. Mr. J. W. Jameson.
Finding a condition ot affairs rspldly ap
proaching chaos. Mr Jameson has net him-
I If to reorganlie the whole system of the
control or the Chinese on in nana.
It has
been established definitely. Mr. Jameson
argues, that a knowledge of the Chinese,
their character and customs. Is essential
for their adequate control. Accordingly It
Is only natural that every one connected
with the mines should be anxious to co
operate as fir as possible with the nr
superintendent and his stnff of inspectors.
The first step taken by Mr. Jameson Is to
try to bring the Chinese back to a proper
respect for the law and the government of
the country. In the place of badly drnrn 1
notices on change sheets of paper imposing
proclamations, carefully worded in th ,
angunite appreciated by the Chinamen, nre i
being Issued. These proclamations set fort a .
the duties and obligations of the Chinamen. (
together with the pains and penalties Im-
posed for breaches of the law. In the words
of one of these proclamations It Is no I
longer a valid excuse for a Chinaman to !
plead Ignorance of the law, for It Isjils frt
duty on entering a country to acquaint him- j
self with Its laws and customs, and now
these laws and customs are being brought
to his notice in the plainest manner po--
slhle. The basis of the new system of con- j
pol is that every mine must be visited once ;
In twenty-four hours by a government In-
spector, who will hear complaints from the .
coolies and from the mln ofllcials, will
settle dllllcultlf s and if need be pass sum- I
mary sentence on wrong-doers. At present '
It is only possible to provide for such a
visit once in rorty.eignt hours, nut wuu m
lucrea? in the number of Inspectors from!"'
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seven to eleven th system of supervision
will be complete. Immunity for the Rand i
rom Chinese crime and disturbances, ho. -
v r. will not have been secured until the .
riminul elemrnt that has come over wlt'i
the honaflile laborers has been eliminated.
Their numbers relatively are not great, but
an organization known us the Red Door so
ciety h;ts been formed and constitutes a
menacw to t lie public peace. In most con-
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slgnments there would seem to be two or ;
thrcc bad characters who before a very
long sojourn on the Rand discover others of
their kidney, and the society Is thus ablo to i
extend Its ramifications. A considerable
proportion of the members have already
been arrested nnd are awaiting repatriation.
It will be difficult, however, to Insure tho
elimination of every one unless further
powers nre conferred upon the authorities. ,
A tlme-honored principle of Chinese Jus-
tice s community of responsibility, and it
is said that it would facilitate the detection
of crit.-.e if this were Introduced on the
Hand. On the perpetration of any breach
of the law where the actual wrong-doers
are not discovered the Imposition of a gen
eral flue on the whole compound would not
only be understood by the Chinese lut
Would 'irrtsTaeteri-eh'TIo all compounds
at present harnoring criminal elements. It
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to Kn ish nubile sentiment- which holds
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responsible for cr mlr.al actions, such a pro -
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ceeding will not he nanctinued.
USE OF ALCOHOL BY CHILDREN
Berlin Temperance Society Collects
Some Startling Statistics In the
Hungarian Stales.
BERLIN. Jan. . (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) Friends of temperance reform
in Germany have been collecting some
startling statistics regarding the habitual
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lions were inanity pursuea.
They found In one clans of forty-nine
children of the average age of seven that
imriy-eigni ot tnese regularly drank wine,
forty regularly absorbed schnapps, and all
or mem Deer, in tne mgner class of girls
twenty-seven out of twenty-eight regularly
drank wlue, fourteen schnapps and ail beer.
Of these twenty-one admitted that they
had been more or less Intoxicated on the
occasion of weddings, birthdays, etc. In
the town of Ortelsburg, In East Prussia,
the condition of affairs is very bad. In
one school fourteen children were found
with brandy In bottles In their pockets,
which they had received from their parents.
Boys 9 years of age had to be sent home
because they were drunk.
FRENCH FLEET THE STRONGER
Admiral Blenalme Fears that Kaiser
Will Sooa Have Better
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PARIS, Jan. 6.-(Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) In the course of an interview ' Inent Irish families. Is Just announced. Sir
with a representative of the Gaulois, Ad- Richard Jbb, the tory member for Cam
liilral Blenalme, who recently retired from bridge university and regius professor of
tne service In order to take a seat in the Greek at Cambridge, was an Irishman. His
j tnaniwr or Deputies, saia mat ir ut the
. t.resent moment a Kxr were to hra:ilr rit
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wou,d ,he advilnlilje over thc
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French waters. But that will no longer bu
the case when the German naval program
is completed. Till then, on the supposition
that France had not the support of a pow
erful alliance, a war with Germany would
be reduced to privateering and a succession
of rartial and Indecisive engagements. If
France does not immediately set ubout
building large ironclads. Admiral Blenalme
fears it will be outstripped by Germany.
wno, unuer toi ri ui pciiil- ueciaraiiond,
will have completed Its program In about
fiva years.
.,,.,., a'Tiwr anr uaipaew
AF HIUAN NA I IVtd AKt UN t AST
I toiony rarmrra nuy Revolvers
Near Popalatloa.
, to his memory, saying that he doubted
CAPE TOWN. Jan. .- Special Cable- ; whether during the entire course of his re
gram to Thc Be -There Is a strange ' ma,riiable career Sir Bry an had evsr made a
movement afoot among the colored popula- penonal enemy on either side of tha house
Farmers are d:quieted and are purchasing
I revolvers. The district magistrates have
itprwin w i.ui ..u..:, m iw-
cautionary measure, that strong drift of
! iap "lou,u'J P"l' should be despatched
! mi a tour through these districts. The
represented to thc colonial office, aji a pra-
agitation Is acrioU to colored speakers,
who have lately traveled about the country tloa waa the approaching Moroccan confer
promulgating the doctrine of "Africa, fur anca, to which Sir. Whit and to Uaxo,uis
lb Africans. " J Vlsoo&U Veaeat. ra Ak(e.ta , .
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FaTorod 8'ock Broken Draw Big Frofi'.i
frsm the Fands for Land Purchase.
GOVERNMENT CONTROLS THE BUSINESS
Places Orders for Securr.iet with Van
atitfac'.ery to the Officials.
LAND OWNERS NOT LL SATISFIED
Desire to Deal wi.h Man in Whom Thej
Ears Oocfidenee.
DECLARE RULES PRODUCE A MON'
Dissatisfied Irlthmrn
Matter Before Pa
Roles Made by k.
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Corn-
nlaaloner Arc Mot y.iaeiged.
DUBLIN, Jan. . (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) Dublin stockholders have Just
Issued an emphatic protest against a few
stockbrokers enjoying through the special
favor of the lord chancellor a monopoly
In the vnst and profitable business involved
In Investments under the land purchase act.
The grievance, as Is pointed out. Is the
more seriously felt because there has been
a continued depression In the business of
the Dublin Stock exchange. There Is In
the land act a practical provision which
enables the vendor or vendors within a
limited time to elect In what security the
purchase money is to be Invested pending
distribution. The election is of course cir
cumscribed as to trust funds, but even
this necessary restriction leaves still a
very wide range for selection. Pending the
election the money Is retained In consols.
There is a natural disposition on the part
of Investors to make at this early date
ft permanent InvefUinent. Otherwise they
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- iu-,-a to onnsioeraoie expense in
" aim nuying in. ana are suDjeci
l" lu- nucTuations oi tr.e marKet. mat is.
'aln' enormous ana pront-
nic nusiness i; oistrinuieft rainy, wnn
absolute discretion of each
vendor to se- J
I lect his own stockbroker. Hut this Is for
I hidden by a rule made under the act hav
I Ing the to-ce of law. The rules Issued by
i the land commissioner, who i "the rule
making authority." requires that all In-
rt"i'irrnn p-iiu iik un!r u uon snail ne
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I by the lord chancellor, and many Instances
i have occurred and continue to occur In
which vendors or the'r solicitors having
consulted their own brokers under the Ide
that they were permitted to employ them,
have been compelled to look on while their
business has forcibly been diverted
to the chancerv broker an4 v.r.i Aa
dr th(, m,ny va of h
, system. The essentlnl e.nn.i
relations of broker and client has been
absent, and dissatisfaction and In some
cases serious loss to the latter have en
sued. This committee hss been In contact
with Instances of this, but their chief con
cern is with the grievances of the excluded
broker, who ta In this manner disabled from
performing Jhn. business for -whv-t. he, ha-
taken out his license, rented his office am)
paid his staff.
I Forced to Go to Strnntrrra.
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stockbroker, but evidence Is not wanting to
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show that, the Injury to the cl ents Is not
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! less serious. Most people who have money
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me cnaracter or other investments. Apart
from stock exchange gamblers people gen
erally have little notion of the values of
securities or their stability. They rely on
the knowledge and skill of their special
stockbroker. This rule deprives them of
that privilege and protection. They must
go to a stranger: thev must tnUa -he
xire of a stranger, when the brief lnt of
Ume ailom, llttle opportunity of i,,de-
pendent inquiry. The stockbrokers are
now)
making out a very strorg case in
trVlllg
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act of Parliament. In part they say
The wording of the section i.
general
and contains no specific reference to th
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the executive
carry out necessary details. Its full Big- i
ntneanee as applicable to the employment
of stock brokers might easily be missed
aim proi'auiy was missed Dy the Haulers
of the act of 1. which incorporated pre
vious land octs, out did not otherwise refer
to the stock exel ange. though the Interests
oi tuner proiessionais sucn as solicitors
were protected. We do not believe that the
government consciously sanction.. .-
handing over to a minority, or for the mat
ter of that to a majority, of the members of
a public profession in a poor country like
Ireland of a monopoly Involving j:ii),'i
of money derived from lis chief source' of
wealth. We strongly insist, therefore upon
our light in the l.utt resort to a government
measure of relief.
! Tl"y- ,l,pr'fo1"'- ""Ire an amendment
I which will give the vendor the same llbert;.
! and rational right to select his stockbroker
that he has to select his security.
Two Prominent Irishmen Die.
The death of two men, members of prom-
grandfather, from whom he was called
TYielinrH Thh wKn maa e-. ac-
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a Judge or the Irish court of the king's
bench, was a vehement opponent of the
union and although he had not a seat in the
Irlsh House of Commons contributed greatly
to the anti-union cause by his writings. As
for Sir Richard Jebb himself he was prob-
ably the most profound and at the same
tlmo most graceful classic scholar of his
time. His work on "The Attic Orators" not
only proved his possession of a knowledge
and appreciation of a great period In the
history of the Greek language, but showed
his wonderful mastery of the English lan-
gHge, which he wrote with singular lucid
ity and charm.
The recent death of Sir Bryan O'Loghlen,
, ban., produced many remarkable tributes
tnrounout a11 Australia. The legislative
. assembly ot Victoria decided, on the motion
, of tn Premier, Mr. Bent, to adjourn out of
; respect tor ru memory. Mr. Bent recalled
i that on two occasions Bir Bryan O'Loghlen
had refused offers of a judgeship. The fed-
; eral premier also paid a remarkable tribute
Sir Bryan, who came from an old Clare
family, waa a strict home ruler.
Ambassador Whlta Eatartalas.
ROME. Jan. t Ambassador White nn ,.
dinner last night ln honor of the new for-
" -"" " new ior-
. elgn minister, the Marquis San Giullano.
Among the guests were the Marquis' Vis-
j conti Venoeta and Former Treasurer Min-
later Luxzatl. The ehief topic of conversa-
WILLIAM FEARS SOCIALISTS
tretivthenlnit af 4rmi Really a
Preraatloa Acalaat Growth af
Liberal Spirit.
BERLIN". Jan. . (Special Cablenram
to The Bee.) The German emperor Is
seen bfore the world today in a new
role. Instead of playing the part of the
War Lord he Is apparently the apostle of
peace. The cue and the clue was given to
the public in the following which recently
appeared in the Parts Temps and which
the Temps claims Is what the kaiser said
recently In a private Interview:
"It is wrong to say that there exists
around me a war party. This party do s
Even If It did exist It would
no Importance, as to me atone belongs
xl lit to arrive at a decision on such
int. I do not want war because I
nsider war directly contrary to my duty
to God and my people. I have been Irritated
by grating proceedings on the part of Del
tas se. but I render whole homage to the
tact and firmness of Rouvler. I shall do
nothing to create difficulties. I have given
all of the persons connected with foreign
departments the moat conciliatory instruc
tions. "
That there is more behind this private
statement of the German emperor than ap
pears on the surface. No nuitter what the
reason, a change haa corns across the
spirit of the kaiser. As he grows older he
grows more and more conservative. What
ever he says In the jingo spirit of "I-don't-want-to-fight-but-by-Jlngo-lf-I-do"
Is ap
parently for home consumption, and with
the Idea of securing larger and larger ai- j
proprlations for his army and navy always .
a difficult proposition with the represents-
tlves of the socialists, the agrarians and ;
the workingnien constantly and continually j
Increasing in numbers.
One great German authority says that
th
e German emperor has been deeply lm-
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pressed by the fate which has overtaken
his royal relative, the cxar of Russia. It
would have been Impossible, It Is argued,
for the Russian revolutionaries to have
made any headway In Russia if It had not
been for the unexpected defeat of the Rus
sian armies and nnvlea at the hands of the
Japanese. With these necessary weapons
of an autocratic government in his hands
as perfect as they .were three years ago it
is argued that the oiar could have put
down any rebellion which might have
arisen. A shock to the ferman arms, the
destruction of German prestige, nnd the
kaiser knows that lie would be as much
at the mercy of the revolutionary forces as
Is the czar today. More than he fears
France, more than he fears England, the
crar fears the growth of socialism at home.
His Increase In the army and the navy
is really for the purpose of putting down
rebellion at home. In order to wring the
appropriations irom ini" nficnuias n. m
necessary for the kaiser to appeal to tin,
military and patriotic epirl of the empire
by making faces, and saying things which
may be Interpreted aa oeinsr nosnie to
France. All the time this Is a red herring
drawn across the trail of th- socialists,
Exort In the ease of an extremity the
i kaiser would never appeal to a contest at
arms to .settle a difficulty
great powers ot earth--
L-lth anv of the
SMOKE , IS FATAL TO ART
Palntlnsra and Marhle Are iteairoyea
hy the Foul Atmosphere of
London.
LONDON. Jan. . (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) At a smoke abatement nuisance
conference Just held at Westminster Sir
W. B. Richmond. R. A., declared that
until London was rid of the roison of the
smoke there could never be a durable
painting In the metropolis, no matter how
valuable.
"Pictures." he said, "become black or a
deep yellow If shut up In a case for any
period. Titian used to dry his In the sun
and' leave them in the tpen all night and
obtain the advantage of the morning dew.
I have tried this In London, with disas
trous effects.
Mamie is poisonen oy pmuf aim iiict--
' leSS lireeK Sno n)riiin woine ui mmimiin
in the BHt'sh museum are slowly but
snrelv decsvin.
! "The National gallery Is
orth millions I
n' money, the British museum and South
Kensington museum are likewise worth
,,, n(1 private collections in London
and other dirty cities are also priceless.
"Putting the matter on the lowest
grounds of commercial Interests, It Is not
wise to risk the certainty of destruction
whlrh must come sooner or later unless
public opinion forces the Imoenetrable talk
ing house (Parliament) to legislate firmly
and sternly.''
Sir John Primrose of Glasgow urged the I
making of a svstematle comparative
analysis of the air of towns and a consoli
dation of the law denllng with smoke emis
sions. A smoky atmosphere. It wss added, was
Inimical to health conducive to depression
and destructive of plant life, as well as of
building material. !
FFVIVAL OF FRJDAL DAYS
British Colonel Would Hnre Landed
Proprietors and Wealthy People
Maintain Volunteers.
LONDON, Jan. . (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) Colonel J. M. Heath has com
menced an agitation In favor of the repre
sentatives of great and wealthy families
being asked to take certain milltla and vol-
i unteer regiments under their special care
I an'1 patronage. He thinks that the heads of
th"' irreat families should lie chosen
colonels or honorary colonels, and assist
th,! various regiments with their superfluous
wealth.
' He considers that no additional taxation
,nr ,he Increase of the auxiliary forces
must be expected from the middle classes,
whose burden ts already too heavy and to
press whom further would be neither wise
nor judicious. But he thinks that the greit
territorial and moneyed classes could do
much for the defence of their native land.
GROWTH OF WORLD' COMMERCE
falted States Third la Valae of
Imports and la Second la
Exports.
LONlMiN, Jan. t Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) Semi-ofTlci.il statistics Just issued
here give some remarkable figures show
ing the growth in the world's commerce
during the first nine month of 16. Those
for the four principal countries indicate, ln
a measure, the existence of a world's trade
boom and are as follows:
Imports tin millions of pound i:
Country. i:fi
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14
34a
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Exports tin milliom
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I'mted Kingdom
I'nlted Stales
Germany
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ROGERS OX TUE STAND
Standard Oil Magnate Examined bj
Attorney General of Kissoari.
DECLINES TO ANSWER MANY QUESTIONS
Balks Attempt to Eh)w Belatioas Betweea
Standard an1 Other Companies.
MAY BE CITED FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT
Commissioner Will Cortif Qoeatisns to
New York Supremo Lonrt.
TESTIMONY OF MRS. IDA M. BUTTS
Office Employe of Maa Who Foiutht
Oetopas for Twenty Years Tells
of Manipnlatloa of
Stocks.
I
NEW YORK. Jan. . It developed from '
the questions asked by Attorney General j
Herbert 8. Hadley of Missouri of Henry j
H. Rogers, vice president and director of
the Standard Oil company of New Jersey. 1
that one of Mr. Hadley's chief purposes In
conducting an examination of officers of
that company in this city is to find out
whether that company owns a controlling j
Interest in the standard Oil company of !
Indiana, the Waters-Pierre Oil company j
of Missouri and the Republic Oil company.
This, Mr. Hadley said tonight, he regards
as a step in the direction of exeljding the
three latter companies from doing business j
In Missouri.
To most of the Important questions asked
V.. tm U.s. !!. rlncr Airaotlv rn tl
by Mr. Hadley bearing directly on tl' '
question of stock ownership Mr Rog"'
declined to give any answer, "on th : .1
vlce of counsel." and Mr. Hadley requettd
Commissioner Frederick H. Sanborn o
certify tho questions and Mr. Rogers' re
fusal to the supreme court of this state for j
a determination us to whether or not Mr.
Rogers must answer them or be adjudged
in contempt. t
Mr. Rogers declined to reply to qus- i
tlons ss to whether he controls any stock '
In the Waters-Pierce Oil company, whether j
M. Van Ruren of New York holds n con- I
trolling Interest In that company for the
Standard Oil company of New Jersey,
whether the New Jersey company con
trols the Standard Oil company of Indiana
or the Waters-Pierce company or whether
two-thirds of the dividends of the Waters
Pierce company are not paid to H. M. Til
ford, whom. Mr. Rogers said tonight, had
an office at M Broadway.
Will Appeal to Supreme Court. ,
The attorney tonight declared he would
take alt these questions to the supreme
r"un w ....... .
Mr. Rogers to show cause why he shall
not answer them.
Mr. Rogers did say that he never heard
Of an agreement neiween ine ntanoara un
Teement between the Standard Oil
company of Indiana and the ators-pierce
company to divide the jrade of Missouri
and he did not believe It was ever made.
Mr. Hadley said afterward that he had an
.islon, but he
was "unable In MtssoirrT Urshnw Ty flie'tf-
fleers of the ' companies that they were
owned by the same parties. This is what
he is aiming to show by the New York
hearing.
Mr. Rogers today declined to answer the
question whether he had a transaction
with H. Clay Pierce In 19"4 by which Mr.
Rogers secured all or part of the Waters
Pierce OH company's stock for the Stand
ard Oil company of New Jersey or for the
Indiana companv. Mr. Rogers was still on
the stand when the hearing was adjourned
until Monday.
The installation of a typewriting machine
and operator
In the hearing room before
today's session opened, by order of Mr.
Hadley. Indicated an effort on his part to
save the commissioner from the necessity
'of writing down in longhand the words of
the questioner and witnesses, which was
Insisted upon yesterday by counsel for the
Standard Oil company.
Mrs. Rntts on Stand.
Before the opening of proceedings Mr.
Wellman announced that after today tho
hearings will be transferred to the offices
of a reporting company at 67 Wall street.
The first witness today was Mrs. Ida M.
Butts of Marietta, O. When the examina
tion of Mrs. Butts was begun the type
writer began his work, but Frank Hager
man, for the Standard Oil company, de
manded that the operator repeat each ques
tion and answer after he bad written It.
Mr. Hadley agreed to this.
Mrs. Butts said she was a stepdaughter
of the late George Rice of Marietta and
had been employed In his office. Mr. Rice
was an independent oil operator and was
engaged in litigation with the Standard
Oil company almost constantly for more
than twenty years up to the time of his
death, about a year ago.
When Mr. Hadley asked the witness If
Rice was ever coneeted with the Standard
Oil company, counsel for all the oil com
panies represented objected, but the wit
ness said: "If holding a certificate is a
membership, he was a member of the
Standard Oil trust." j
"Were those certificates Issued by the 1
Standard Oil trust?" !
"Ye." I
Counsel also objected to this question and
nswer.
Proceedings In Ohio.
Witness said the Standard Oil company
was organized In U8J, George Rice died
last year and witness now holds the certi
ficate as his administratrix.
"So far as you know are these the only
certificates of tha Standard Oil trust in
existence?"
"So far as I know." Mrs. Butts reDlled.
She said that suit was brought against
the Standard OH company of Ohio to drive
them out of the territory or out of the
state if they remained ln the trust.
In response to a request by Mr. Hadley
for a aU.ieme.ni of the history of that liti
gation and what the Standard Oil coiupany
did in defence. Mis. Butts said:
"Thc Standard Oil trust moved to dissolve
In ls92 and these were liquidating trustees
certitlcates. This went on until about 16S7,
few, very few certificate being liquidated.
General Monett. attorney general of Ohio,
brought suit and I think the supreme court
decided that the trut should get out of
Ohio in 1&9 and then the Standard OH
company of New Jersey became the holding
company. i
"Was this move in 12 to dh-sulve the j
Standard Oil company after a Judgment of
the Ohio courts against the Standard Oil
company of that state?" asked Mr. Had-
"I think o. "
Mr. Hadley iied if atier the adverse
Judgment of the Ohio court the standard
Oil company dl ncl enter on a tiissolution
by using lluuldating certificates in place of
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THE BEE BULLETIN.
Forecast for XehrasVe 'unit Sunday.
Monday Fair and Colder.
SEW FCTIOM F.laht Paaea.
1 Women In Politics In Rrent Brltala
(.raft In Land Matters In Ireland.
Tt oners Testifies In Oil Case.
Kaiser Has o support In Morocco,
a anarchy Holds Una, la Siberia.
Kill for Control of Corporations.
Fna System Prevails at tnnapolls.
3 rni from All Pnrta of Sirhrsskn.
Cost of the Mate Institutions.
ew Theory In Mnrder Myater.
4 Oendlork In Fontanelle tlob.
Affairs at South Omaha.
Statements by Minor and Hall.
A lloase Discusses Snaar Tariff.
Past Week la Omaha Society.
Woman la t'lnh and Charity.
? Council Dion's and Iowa ftii,
KniTOHIAL sF.CTIO Klaht Paaes.
1 Lincoln Term of Court Postponed.
Old Deputies Serve Tempornrll).
Crowe Desires an Early Trial.
i Editorial.
3 Omaha Boj 'a Life In the avy.
Contributions to Letter Boa.
4 Want Ada.
A Want Ada.
6 Want Ads.
Condition of Omaha's Trad.
T Financial and Commercial.
8 West llnck to Old Grain Kates.
Politics Start One Week Early.
II.LI STRATEO ECT10 Eight Pages.
1 Omaha Old-Timers la llenilnlsceot
Mood.
2 Entertaining- stories for Little
People.
Curlooa and Romantic Capers of
Cupid.
fiosslp About People of ote.
.1 Playa. Players and Playhouses,
Musical Matters and Notes.
4 Omnha's llackmen and Their
Services.
Quaint Happenings In Everyday
Life.
A Purl of Rrfriaerator Car la Meat
Trnde.
Winnipeg, the Northwest Metrop
olis. For and Ahnnt the Women Folks.
Some of I .a test Fashion Hints.
T Sporting fiosslp of the Week.
Pioneer Itecalla Old Times In
.Milltla.
Interesting, and Timely Tales.
COLOR SECTION. Four Pngea.
I Buster llrottn Takes a Hath.
I S The Mystery of a llnnaarlan Castle
' From Near and Far.
3 Snlinir the -I naolvablc Mystery.
Condemned, hut Innocent A Story.
'I he World's Greatest farmena.
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COLLISION
NEAR CORY, PA.
Thpf, Trainmen
Killed and Twenty
Passengers More or Leaa Seri
ously Injured.
CORRT. Pa., Jan. As the result of a
head-on collision tonight between passenger
train No. 4 on the Philadelphia & Erie rail
road Rnd a freight engine moving light,
three trainmen were klllnl and .twenty pas
sengers more or less seriously Injured. The
accident happened during a severe snow
storm ot Horn's Siding, ten miles east of
this city.
The dead:
THOMAS FINN. Erie. Pa., engineer pas-
sengerttain
FREDERICK HERMAN
Erie, Pa., flre-
man passenger train.
A. NEIL, Kane, Pa., fo
nreman freight en-
glne.
Injured :
Herman Henderson, three ribs broken,
head crushed, hurt internally: will die.
Mrs. Henderson, his wife, fatally Injured.
Ilehla Henderson, a sister, falallv hurt.
. ''W rson' baby, head and
Mrs. Oscwr Johnson. Garland. Pa.
Mrs. II. Eil Witt, Cotry, Pa.
H. S. Peston. St. Louis, Mo.
Mrs. Ellen McGlll. I'nion Citv. Pa.
Elliott MctJlll. Cnlon City. Pa.
W. A. Rudd. express messenger. Erie. Pa.
Edward Walker. Warren, Pa.
LINCOLN WOMAN WINS HONORS
Flaying at New England Conservatory
Becltal Meets Favor of
Critics.
BOSTON. Mass. Jan. (Special Tele
gram.) Critics who were present at the
public recital given at the New England
Conservatory of Music this afternoon by
advanced pupils gave high praise to Miss
May Belle Hagenow of Lincoln, Neb., who
had a leading numlier on the program.
Miss Hagenow rendered Raff's Gigue, In I)
minor, with fine interpretation and tech
nique, showing the result of careful traln-
ing and painstaking study, with great pos- ; 1
siblllties for the future. There was a large
and annreclatlve audience nresent.
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OUT MAYOR
St. flood Saloon and Business Men
Order City Executive to
Leave City.
ST. PAfU Jan. . A special to the Dis-
j patch from St. Cloud, Mlun.. says that
i aloon and business men at a secret meet
ing today decided to order Mayor Benxen
out of town within twenty-four hours. The
trouble grows out of the mayor's order
closing saloons at 11 p. m. and all dty
Sundays. Today the mayor said to a re
porter that he would go to Mexico, where
he has business Interests.
SEPARATE SCHOOL LAW VALID
Kansas Supreme Court Derides Negro
Children May Be Separated
from Whites.
TOX'EKA. Kan.. Jan. S The state su
preme court today decided that the law '
passed by the last legislature providing for
separate high schools for the whites and
negroes at Kansas City, Kan., Is valid.
The decision paves the way for the legie
lature to pans an act separating the whites
from the negroes in all the school In the
state.
j Movements of Oceaa A easels Ja
(1.
for
At New York Sailed' St. I-ouis.
Bouthanipton: Campania, for Liverpool;
Celtic, for lverpo4 Hamburg, f .r Niples:
Giaf Wnldersee. for H imburg; Minneapolis,
for Ixmiion; Madonna, for Naples. Arrived:
Philadelphia, toin Bouthanipton.
At LI verp.vil Sailed : l-ucania, for New
York; Victorian, for New York. Arrived:
Turcoin.tn. trorti Portland.
At Glasgow-Sailed. Mongolian, for Bos
ton. At Chcrlourg-F't:ted: t fraul. for
N. y,j,:-..
At An' ' et p Sailed Kioonland. fur N A
York Arrived. Mouuiiiinee, from Phila
delphia. At P vniouth Arrived: Bremen, from
New York; ew lor, from New York.
RAISER IS ISOLATED
Germany las a s that All Powers Aid in
Executing Vororran Refers
FRANCE WILL NOT AGREE TO THIS
Great Britain ftipports French View and
Will Ee Assis-ed by Oihers.
ITALY OCCUPIES DELICATE POSITION
Treat; with Frr.sre Cedes All Italian
Riga's in Morocco.
ALSO UNDER OBLIGATIONS TO GERMANY
Kaiser Saya Italy and Aaatrla
Mast Come to Aid of Ger
many la Case It la
Attacked.
IONDON. Jan. K According to official
Information received in Iondon, Germany
not only demands thnt all the po'rs shall
participate In the execution of reforms In
Morocco, but the work of watching the
frontier shall be divided atnong them, thus
realising the fears expressed by an official
of the Foreign office in an Interview with
the Associated Press last Thursday that
the German delegates might insist on
regulations clashing with what France con
sidered Its special privileges, for Instance,
the policing of the frontier. If Germany
persists in this attitude In the conference
It is believed a most serious situation wilt
arise, as France Is certnln to resist, and
Great Britain will support France.
The British government, while believing
the conference will reach a satisfactory
settlement, realises that persistence by
Germany In Its demands will cause Irrita
tion which will require nil the efforts of
the delegates to remove, and In this It
experts the support of the I'nlted States,
Spain and Italy.
The. British public Is busy with the elec
tions and is not taking much Interest In
the question. Members of the diplomatic,
corps believe Germany Is putting forward
lis demands before the meeting Of the
conference to see how they are received,
in official and unofficial circles the possi
bility of war Is considered the remotest,
even if the conference falls, particularly
as these who are Inspiring the German
policy do not belong to the war party, but
are powerful commercial men.
Italy's Position Delicate.
ROME. Jan. 8. Interest here In the con
ference on Moroccan reforms Is growing.
This Is due to the predominant position
that Italy will assume because of the
Importance of Its delegate, Marquis Vlscontl
Venosta, who, when he was Italian minister
of foreign affairs, concluded an agreement
with France by whlrh Italy abandoned Its
; claims on Morocco for France. This agree
ment was completed later by Foreign Minis
ter Prinettl. who pledged Italy's help tn
France in Morocco, receiving In exchange,
the help of France in Tripoli.
At that time Germany had shown no In
terest In Morocco, while Italy considered .
Itself free to so act, Morocco not being in
cluded In the agreement of the triple al
liance concerning the equilibrium of the
Mediterranean. Now Germany, It is said,
maintains thnt any question, even If It
were not contemplated by the triple alli
ance, comes within the terms of the treaty
and If Germany Is attacked by another
power the other two members of the triple
alliance. Austria and Italy, are compelled
to assist it with arms.
Thus the situation of Italy In the confer
ence Is becoming more delicate as the con
ference may lead to war. though the pros
pects at present point toward peace.
The opinion Is prevalent here that Franca
should represent the powers In the work
. . I ,W. . I . .kn.,1 J
Ol CIV1HZIUS, itUT". ' nuu lllffc nit-j biiuuiu
Intrust to It. or principally to It, the exe-
cutlon of the program of reforms and tha
safeguarding of the Interests ot Germany
and Spain and the ensuring r.f the complete
liberty of commerce for all time.
t"p to the present time It Is asserted Ger
many has refused to even discuss this posi
tion, limiting Itself to the recognition of
the right of France to protect the Algerian
frontier on the Moroccan side.
Foreign Minister Bangullano haa tele
graphed to Stgnor Pnnza, the Italian am
bassador at London, to come to Rome to
discuss with Mm Great Britain's attltudo
on the Algecelras conference. There is much
speculation here as to the attitude ' Tunis
will take. Several Journalists have en
gaged to Interview Ambassador White with
regard to this, but he has refused to be
questioned. Mr. White will leave Naples
January 12 on board the Trlncess Irene, on
his way to Algecelras.
Germany Avoids Friction.
BERLIN. Jan. 6. The German Foreign
I offlre book on Morocco, w Inch will be laid
i before tne neicns.ag next wee, contains
scarcely more than n tenth of tho docu
I
ments relating to tne sunjeri.
Those ee-
; i"!i"r'lZ!''? IT'LZT'
Everything of an Irritating nature will
be omitted, as it is regarded as unwls
to publish on the eve of the Moroccan
conference documents that might causa
strife or produce a mood among the rep
resentative powers unsulted to calm dis
cussion. It ts believed that France's policy
has not been the same; that an important
change took place when France asked the
sultan to sign the treaty presented by
M. Tallladler and that lad that treaty
been signed and supported by the agree
ment between Frame. Great Britain and
Spain It would have been difficult to safe
guard German Interests. The book will
also make a further exposition of Ger-
! ma' Ioli y ,'ar5!' France during th
' recent discussions, but lt will not contain
' any sensational matter.
ENLARGING CARNEGIE PLANT
Steel Trust Decides to Spend 7,(KM,
OOO la lacreaalast Its
Capacity.
i PITTSBI'RG. Pa . Jan. 6. Plans were aa-
nuunced today for the enlargement of tha
Homestead works of tho Carnegie Steel
company on an enormous scale, Involving
an Investment In new nulls, new furnaces
and building if about T".).iv.
At a meeting of the Carnegie Steel com
pany otflc-UI today, at which President W.
E Corey was present, advices were ra
ce! -fed from New Y'ork that the directors
of the I'nlted Slates Steel corporation had
approved the plans The improvements In
clude two ew- blast furnaces at once ta
be added to the (arrl- group, ten ope a
hearth furnaces, one structural steel mllL
one modern plate mill, the rebuilding of
the tl.irt -tivc-in' h mill and the erection
of a new of! buddi-u;.
The new mi'.! ur.-i I jm.i.k, it is Said.
I will afford employment for aavarai Uuiit-
, .,.i.
1 and lditlouai maa.