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Show SIZZLING MESoAGE SENT 10 CONGRESS {156 τ A ΝΒ moral regeneration of the STANDARD’S METHODS ARE TORN TO PIECES ' οἵ suc h a plea he ee : men caught in @ gambling est bi raided by saeῬ Disdain Proves Warm Themein Chief's gage to congress asked the enactment of a fair employers’ liability law, more wers for the Interstate Commerce ‘ommission, and the executive again called to the attention of the lawmakers his campaign against the “speeially privileged rich.” Regarding the employers’ liability act, recently declared uncon -utional by the supreme court, the president said “As regards the employers’ liability Jaw, I advocate its immediate reenact ment, limiting its scope so that it shall apply only to the class of cases as to which the court says it can constitutionally apply, but strengthenir its provisions within this scope Inte te employment being thus covered by an adequate national law, the field of in trastate employment will be left to the action of the several states, With this clear definition of responsibility the Btates will undoubtedly give to the erformance of their duty within their eld the consideration the importance of the subject demands “T also very urgently advise that a comprehensive act be passed providing for compensation by the government to all employes injured in the government eervice. Under the present law an injured workman in the employment of the government has no remedy, and the entire burden of the avgeident falls on the helpless man, his wife, and his oung children This is an outrage, tis a matter of humiliation to the na- r COMmon Abuse of the use of the injunction fn labor cases provided another theme for the executive He declared there is some need for action regarding the rights and wronesa of labor from black- listing to boycotting. said: Continuing, he with a contempt “Our opponents hay ~a public » Standard Oj] Company : discussion of the point to the truth of his His words in this con- “In enclose herewith a statement issued by the chief of the bureau of corporations in answer to certain statements (which I also enclose), made by and on behalf of the agents of the fines; and each broadcast has issued these state- ments, asserting their innocence and denouncing as improper the action of the courts and juries in convicting them of guilt These statements are very elaborate, are very ingenious, and are == be rendered him if tt is rendered equally the executive's to pool their earnings or their trate Then followed a “roast™ on the “ rich.” The president told of the ος paign which the wealthy lawbreak conducted and set forth remedial lecislation. His statement in that regard follows “Under no circumstances would we countenance attacks upon law-abiding | property. or do aught but ο ndemn those who hold up rich men as being evil men because of their riches On the contrary. our whole effort is to in sist upon conduct, and neither wealth nor property hor any other class distinction, as being the proper standard by wl ch to of men. judge the actions est man of hearty regard. great jus wealth : For th we tegard for tt part τ “the pn est newspa ment to uphold honesty must be a moveWe atment to frown on dishonesty tack only corrupt men of wealth, who find in the purchased politician the — in efficient instrument of corruption ¢ the purchased newspaper the most om, cient defender of corruption. Our main | quarrel is not with these agents and representatives of the interests They | derive thelr chief power from the sinister offenders who stand them. They are but puppets who ns the strings are pulled. It is no t the puppets, bit the strong Ssusmirt ¢ nd the mighty forces working for ΕΙ hind and through the puppets, wit whom we have to deal. We seek to con- trol law-defy'ne wextth; in the first pla to prevent its doing dire evil to the reublic, and in the next place to avoid te vindictive and dreadful radicalism they they are in no way to gloomy and frightened at Ours is a nation of masterful with a continent for its domain, feels within its veins the thrill comes to those who know that possess the future. We are not We justify doubt as to the final out- what and this is but right, cases this is the ΠΕ opiny whir a he can be reached at all. vant of the people has a right to expect to be free from just and honest criticism. “An Ethical Movement.” engaged was purely mentally an ethical \ a movement to be completed in one year, until the spirit which lies behind ft sinks We do not subseribe to . and are to be condoned when the success Is moderate and applauded when No is right. I do not for a moment believe that the actions of this administration have brought on business distress; so far as this is due to local and not world-wide causes, and to the actions of any particular individuals, it is due to the speculative folly and flagrant dishonesty of a few men of great wealth, who seek to shield themselves from the effects of their own wrongdoing by ascribing its results to the actions of those who have sought to put a stop to the wrongdoing But if it were true that to cut out rottenness from the body politic meant & momentary check to an unhealthy seeming prosperity, I should not for one moment hesitate to put the knife to the corruption On behalf of all our people, on behalf no less of the honest man of means than of the honest man who earns each day's livelihood by the day's sweat of his brow, it is necessary to insist upon honesty in business and in politics alike. in all walks of life, in big things and in little things; upon just and fair dealing as between man and man Those who demand this are striving for the right in the spirit of Abraham Lincoln,” said the president in conclusion. FEW FREAKS IN ARCHITECTURE. whic h ‘the Standard oil people and those Eccentricity on the Part of Those Building and Furnishing Houses, would “also | form of violence, on es halt of, one "ot we althy owners flocks of sheep Instances of eccentricity on the part of those building and furnishing houses are common enough in. every community. The following instances of freakishness in that regard may be cited in illustration of certain phases. A Russian gentleman has erected at a cost of 8,000 rubles on his country estate at Savinowka, in Podolia, a 16room house made entirely of paper. This house, which was constructed in New York, is calculated by its archi- tect to last longer than would a stone building. The whole of the furniture, too, is made from the same material, In County Westmeath, Ireland, a house has been built whereof all the windows are made to resemble in outline the backs of of easy chairs, being Stote Government Must Aid. thus constructed byits eccentric owneer to match the backs of a set of chairs in the dining-room. In Connecticut a certain land owner thinking that the view from his house lacked a church, proceeded to supply its place by erecting a rowof cottages so des gned as to resemble, from his side, the edifice required. Approached from the other direction, however, the τι ipresentativ 8 sham is at once manifest, Some years ago a manof scientific attainments, as well as of considerable means, elected to live in a tree in a ; suburb of Washington—that is, he en| 1 his leisure moments in the branches of the tree itself, where he had caused to be built a platform large enough to a commodate easy chairs and such other furniture as he desired to make use of during the day. At the base of the tree, however, and surrounding it was built a struegreat corporature of brick and stone inclosing the sleeping apartments of this eccentri much of it has been c individual. For many years. this 1ctihon of the state | unique residence was one of the sights of the national capital. One of the oddest houses ey er con- » worrowth of unecontrolled mon "Pol » in the national Points to the Future. Jackson, Ky —Former County Judge Hargis, for many years a member of state Democratic executive com, accused of complicity in many murders and a prominent figure in feuds which have disrupted Breathitt county for several years, shot and killed in his general store here Thursday afternoon by his , Beach Hargis. The sonfired five in rapid succession at his fawho fell dead while his clerks were waiting on customers. The exeause of the murder has not been learned, but is supposed to have been result of differences which have existed between father and son for some time. The two men are reporthave had a quarrel several nights ago, when the father, it is alwas compelled to resort to violence ta restrain his son Young Hargis was arrested and placed in jail. He was raving like a maniac, and the officers were compelled to drag him to jail Judge Hargis will be buried in a which he himself purchased about a month ago GIVES UP THE FIGHT. Former Premier Franco Flees From Lisbon to Save His Life. Lisbon.—The secret and sudden flight of Franca, the former premier of Portugal, from Lisbon across the frontier into Spain, accompanied by his wife and son, was caused by the threats of death which had heen made against him. Since the murder of the Franco has been in receipt of letters, all threatening vengeance. Already Franco as dictator bad been plotted against and had gone about protected by armed guards, who also watched his house lest those who opposed his iron rule should do him harm, and of late to these were the enmity of those who held that Franco was responsible, indirect- least, for the tragedy of Saturlast. Two of Franco's ministers also have cgpentes. | Structed was the fruit of a French- man’s inventive fancy. This was the “revolving house.” a structure actually built upon casters, so to speak, in | order that the occupant might by to See Says Waste and Extravagance Caused Panic. Cineinnati—In his anual address before the National Hardwood Lumber association on Thursday, President John B. Rasom declared that “wasteful extravagance in public and business life was the cause of the recent panic.” He spoke of the value of the movement for improving the waterways and preserving national forest lands. He said a large percentage of the lumber mills were closed, but that the “lumbermen were far from dead.” The report of Secretary Lewis Doster showed that 76 per cent of the mills had been shut down during the panic and that most of these will not begin operations until March 30 or later. Sailors Faced Death for Many Months. Francisco.—The schooner William long overdue Nottingham, on which 50 per cent reinsurance was quoted, arrived here Thursday, 340 days from New York, on her way to Seattle via Melbourne. During nearly the entire trip she encountered rough weather and was obliged to remain at Melbourne from August 29 to October § to repair damages and obtain a new set of sails. After leaving that port, she sprang a leak, and for 120 days the men were forced to work at the pumps to keep afloat. The officers and were almost prostrated when this port was reached. Ice Gorge Changes Course of Stream and Floods Streets. Dillonvale, O.—Heavy rains caused the ice in Port creek to gorge on Thursday, and at the Dillonville Athletic park a bank of ice thirty feet formed. This changed the course of the stream and water and ice covered the lower portion of the town to a depth of fifteen feet. Fifty families escaped from their homes by horses and boats and first floors were merged. Two Polish girl were drowned. boys and Terrible Suffering in New York City Among the Poorer Class as Result of Storm. In Order to Keep From Freezing to Death, Bonfires Are Built in the Streets Along the Bowery by Members of the Army of Unemployed. New York.—With the thermometer registering 1 degree above zero at 7 o'clock Wednesday morning, New York experienced a taste of real winter. It was 3 degrees colder than any previous day this season and within one degree of the cold weather record in NewYork forthe past five years Charity institutions were overcrowded with homeless men Tuesday night. Early Wednesday when those without shelter were ppt inte the streets from the saloons, many of them built fires in the streets along the bowery to keep from freezing. An unidentified man was frozen to death in Brooklyn. New York harbor was filled with a subone Us Will Work on the Big Live Ditch Across Isthmus Abandoned. Washington.—The deficiency appropriation of $12,178,009 for the Panama canal contained in the urgent deficiency appropriation bill provoked a general discussion in the senate on Tuesday. Senator Teller spoke of the general cana! project and said that he regretted that a sea-level canal had been abandoned. “I wish to put myself on record,” he said, “in saying that in my judgment the lock canal will be an absolute failure and will not meet the de mands of commerce.” He believes the lock caanl would cost but little less than a sea-level. “I do not believe any engineer in this country today believes it can be built for $300,000,000, and when it is built it will be a second-class canal. Some of us will live to see this canal abandoned and some of us will live to see a sea-level canal between the Atlantic and Pacific.” BLUFFED POSSE ΤΟ STANDSTILL. Montana Murderer Gets Best of Fight great field of drift ice, which impeded and Calmty Rides Away. the passage of all except the powerful steamers. Reports from northern parts of New York showed colder weather than ever before recorded there. At Saranac lake the temperature ranged from 45 to 50 degrees|below zero. Great Falls, Mont—A mounted posse is now in pursuit of William Mesney a half-breed, who is wanted for the murder of Robert Holmes, a negre prospector who was shot wiitle aicne in his cabin last Septemper. Mesney came into Cascade, fifty miles from Helena, for provisions, and was recognized. He was followed ind took refuge in a deserted cabin in the Big Belt mountains. During the battle between the officers and deputies, Joe Dowdell, a member of the posse, was shot through the jaw and the arm. While the sheriff was taking the wounded man to Cascade, the jesperadv calmly left the cabin, and, in the presence of the deputies, saddled a horse and rode away amid a storm of bullets, Frozen to Deathir in New York City. New York.—Two women were found dead Wednesday in the kitchen of a house which they were caretakers. They were Mrs. Margaret Meek Bertle, 70 years old, and Mrs. Margaret Kelly, 40 years old. For many years they had been friends There was a little coal in a bin in the cellar and 17 cents were found in a cupboard. The police think the women sat by a stove, in front of which their bodies were found, to keep warm and fell asleep before the fire went out and were frozen to death. MILLIONS FOR NAVY. Louis.—“General” J. S. Coxey of Mount Vernon, O., who led an “army” of unemployed to Washington in 1895, arrived here on Thursday to take part in the convention of itinerant unemployed. The “general” announced that be has been making money during the past few years, and will use it to take out a special train over the country advertise a bill he has prepared. The bill provides that states, counties, townships and cities be permitted to issue bonds without interest, the bonds to be deposited with the government, which will permit the issuance of paper money to cover the face of the as a foundation. Believes That Some of by Drunken Son. Coxey Again in Public Eye. prosperity OR TELLER DECLARES— HOWELESS BUILD ‘SENAT CANAL WILL BE A FALURE FIRES IN STREETS plicity in Many Murdeis, Murdered misdeeds done in the present must be permitted to shroud from our eyes the glorious future of the nation; but beeause of this very fact it behooves us never to swerve from our resolute pur- pose to cut out wrongdoing and uphold lawbreaking men ο. wentth: weight of Judge James Hargis, Accused of Com- spiritual life which is to be built upon that themes | The law requires that rates shall be 80 adjusted as not to discriminate ἵν tween individuals localities ent species of traffic. Ordineri all competing lines must be As applied to practical conditions, the railway operations of this ountrs can not be conducted according to law without wl is equivalent to confer ence and agreement The artic! wr der which such associations operate should be approved by t} ommis . all thelr oper ms should be open to public insne n; and the rates, regu lations, and pract Ss upon which they agree should he s ject to disapproval by the commission.” which cast down by the fear of failure. way with- Pose of conferring on rates In that connection he contiuned as follows “JT desire to repeat my recommenda tion that railways be permitted to form traffic associations for the purp: of conferring about and agreeing προῃ affect rates, reculations, and practice ing interstate business in which the members of the association are mutually interested. This does not mean that they should be given the richt for ist are to be corrected; but they in no Would See Traffic Associations. of who suffer because involved in a come, doubt as to the great material prosperity of the future, or ef the lofty being one two At are upheld by the confident hope of ultimate triumph. The wrongs that ex- he Standard ou out foundation.” whichis of interest to the general pub lic and President Roosevelt advised pool of traffic associations for the ur vast com- such time it is a sad fact that en- ceed energy, and it which fnorallte which other individual the tion so absolutely sure of ultimate success as ours Of course we shall suc- ac hieved beet“fortunes can"only be ton Uniformity of railroad rates was an- vast the outlook; but there is no justification for this feeling. There is no na- illustrate the equally The fortunes, rules regulating the acquisition and untrammeled business use of property, In order both that property may be ‘adequately protected, and that at the same time those who hold it may be prevented from wrongdoing. men Heney sufficiently ods of the high officials of the Santa Fe and showthe utter falsity of their lea of ignorance, the similar plea of under and was adapttotally different condir vects inadequate to ew conditions. These make it necessary to as in the past we have respiaon At such a time there is a natur “ndency on the part of many untruthful in important particulars The letter and inclosure from Mr meth- The ex- sitate a change from the old attitude of the state and the nation toward the erash guilty by the courts of criminal misconduct; both have heen sentenced to published force snd corporate ers, closed, made by the president of the Santa Fe Railway Company. The heavy position tirely innocent people suffer from no fault of their own; and every one must feel the keenest sympathy for the large body of honest business men, of honest investors, of honest wagework- Standard Oj] Corporation and the railway company have both been found pay tolerate this binations of capital, which have marked any Standard Oj! Corporation and a letter of the attorney-general containing an answer to certain statements, also fn- and left to the common law I do not for one moment believe that our people Talks of Financial Stress, with effect. In his message 1ο inclosed letters of correspondence, which he declared statements nection are the the power to dea “We have just pased through months of acute financial stress. servant That the Santa Fe railroad president had guilty knowledge of rebating is an assertion which the executive made itt the development of our industrial sys| tem reate new conditions, and neces- t but who, when the need arises, uses it fearlessly, confers the greatest service upon our people, and his preemias treated themselves and have expected | others to treat them as being beyond shackled last message to congress usefulness τ which grew up ed to deal with tions, in many deal with the new conditions hackle cunning Tells of Criticising Judges. NOTED KENTUCKY. FEUDST SHUT GOWN GY {3 SOM the Under the has ring the t shown t ean be althiest cornd mest powpulator of that and fearless i t humblest offender. they have been enforeed ne ery wrongdoers and wrongdoers who have for years gone scot-free and flouted the laws with impunity, against great law -defying corporations of immense wealth, which, until | within the last half dozen years have. would it were possible, I should ex most unwise to abolish the use , process of injunction It is necessary n order that the courts may maintiin their own dignity and in order that they may in effective manner check disorder and violence. The judge who uses it cautiously and conservatively should be heartily recognized, But there is no question in my mind that it has sometimes been used heedlessly and unjustly, and that some of the injunctions issued inflict grave and occasionall irreparable wrong upon those an idined the as traordinary growth of modern industrinlism has rendered the common law, “As regards injunctions, I can do little but repeat what I have nent s by r mit a return to the utter lack of control which would obtain if they were carriers meta fng the public" Assails Injunction Abuse. ting the stat ΐ see und control their actions in the interest of the general public and to per- » successful effort Oil people to crush out every tion that there should not be on our statute books provision to meet and partially atone for crue! misfortune when it comes upon a man through no fault of his own while faithfully serv- 8 t of three courses followed The first ourse is to abandon all effort to overfrom the disgrace of whi ; mes- a2 sizzling eel = Roosevelt's 1 = I per- with an even rich and peo: Moor there these difficulties must be faced, and one the combination >=: Prestdent t of jus- ability it great < araaeat ons engaged = interstate comerce, and above all, with the creat interstate common carriers, Our people should clearly recognize’ that while there are difficulties In any course of conduct to be followed in dealing with these great corporations, ch will prevent a repetitior Communication. our ted w orsuee “Over- Public,” t S |} and above all poasible check from law. It wed eapeotally necessary to secure to | the +e atives of the nations oy- ἢ Awe, Crush and id epartment r Τι OF THEIR ATTITUDE. to t zg 1 gt xisting been t past » by a enfor BIG CORPORATIONS BECAUSE Concern 50 t Ν of Oil ts nd to » PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SCORES ου: Tendency to be, what it now t where Big ied pin Are Hit. Secretary Metcalf Asks for an Appro propriation of $73,770,000, Washington.—Before the house committee on naval affairs, Secretary Metealf on Wednesday asked for an appropriation of $73,770,000 for construe. tion and conversion of war vessels, The impressfon prevails that the sec retary’s estimate will be reduced materially, possibly to $40,000,000 The secretary urged the necessity of authorizing the construction of four battleships to cost $38,000,000 for all, four scout cruisers at $10,000,000, ten destroyers at $8,500.0000, four sub. marines at $1,520,000, one ammunttion ship $1,750,000, one repair ship $2,000,000, two minelaying ships (cruisers to be converted and equipped) at $5,000,000 and four fleet eolliers at τω 000,000. CAUGHT BY AVALANCHE. Four Men Carried Down the Moun. tainside, Two Being Killed. SHOULD CHANGE THE BRAND. Tacoma Citizens See Red and Green Lights at High Altitude. Tacoma, Wash.—For several evenings strange red and green lights have been seen at high altitudes at Tacoma, Kent and other places along Puget Sound and as far south as Gray’s harbor. On Monday while a Northern Pacific train was waiting for a drawbridge in the Tacoma yards the engineer saw a strange object very big in the air and somewhat obscured by the heavy weather. He called the conductor's attention, and finally several passengers saw it. Tourists who had field glasses declarei the »bject to be an airship and said it carried a Japanese flag. That it is a Japanese airship, carrying spies who are studying the coast topography, is the firm belief of many persons. Pension Agencies Abolished. Washington.—The house committee on appropriations on Tuesday reported favorably the pension bill for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909. The bill as reported abolishes the vension agencies located at Augusta, Me.; Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Columbus, snowslide O.; Concord, N. H.; Des Moines, De- occurred on Wednesday near the workings of the Crested Butte coal mine, which is located on the mountain a mile south of town, whereby four men were carried down the mountainside for a distance of 1,000 feet and two of troit, Indianapolis, Knoxville, Leuisville, Milwaukee, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, San Francisco and Topeka, and consolidates them in one central distributing agency at Wachington. The bill reported carries a total pension appropriation of $159,869,000, which is $174,000 less than the aggregate estimates—the exact sums available by the constitution of the agencies. Crested Butte, Colo—A_ them were buried and killed in the slide. The other two managedto ride the sliding snow and were found at the bottom of the mountain uninjured, The slide was witnessed by miners on top, who at once rushed tothe rescue, but the men were dead before found and dug out of the snow. Killed by Snowslide. Telluride, Colo.—Michael O'Rourke, a millman, employed on the Liberty Bell property, is dying, and nine other men are suffering from more orless serious injuries as the result of five snowslides which have run in the vicinity of Telluride during Wednesday. Southwestern Colorado is in the grip of a fearful storm. Railroad traffic is completely demoralized. Snow lies to a depth of from one to four feet in the cities of Telluride, Durango, Silverton and Ouray. Brutal Kentucky Night Raiders. Salem, Ky.—Two hundred masked night riders visited Dycusburg, Ky., early Tuesday morning and applied the torch to the Bennett tobacco warehouse and distillery. Both were completely destroyed. The loss is about $40,000. The mob shot up the home of William Groves, foreman of the tobacco factory, drove him from the building and whipped him almost to death. Henry Bennett, a member cof the firm of Bennett Bros, was taken from his home, tied to a tree and severely whipped. He was left bound to the tree Horse Racing in Cuba. Won Wager But Lost His Life. Seattle, Wash—John Johnson of Kent made a bet on Wednesday that he could stop the through Tacoma-Seattle interurban train. He stood on the track and waved his hat. The motorman saw Johnson and blew his air whistle. Jhnson paid no attentin. The motorman thought he would get out of the way, but Johnson was bent on winning his bet. He won the wager, but the cost was his life, for the train struck him, rolled his body beneath the wheels, mangling it frightfully. New York.—Horseracing is io be a feature of the winter festival season in Cuba, according to advices received by racing interests here from Edward W. Dennison, secretary of ihe Cuban festival committee. It has been de- cided to inaugurate the sport on a new track at Buena Vista. near Hayana, on March 12, at a meeting to be managed by the Cuban Kacing association, which, with the festival committee’s co-operation, has been able to offer $20,000 in purces. If the meeting is successful a longer season may be heid next winter Submarines to Make Record Voyage. Bitten by§Baboon. John D. Couldn’t Save Bank. New York.—Three submarine boats of the United States navy, convoyed by the converted yacht Hist, started from New York on Thursday on what is said to be the longest trip ever made by submarines in the open sea. Ocean Park, Cal—Mark Howlett, 13 years old, and a pupil in the Ocean Park school, was badly bitten in the face, the back of the neck and legs at noon Wednesday by a large African baboon, which had escaped from its cage at the home of George B, McClelland and brokeinto the lunch roomof the school, causing panic and confusion before it. Another baboon which escaped at the same time raced around the school yards and chased the fright- New York.—John D. Rockefeller just before the panic in October, loaned $100,000 in bonds to the National Bank of North America, which suspended last week. The paper was pledged with the Washington authorities against public deposits, and as soon as the bank closed its doors Mr. Rockefeller’s counsel opened negotia- The flotilla includes the Viper, Taran- tula and Cuttlefish. Their ultimate destination is not made public, but they are expected to call at Delaware breakwater and Hampton Roads, after which they will proceed to some point means of an ingenious mechanism at farther south, where, in warm wa ers, any time roll it about. obtaining what, they will engage in a practicedrill ever light and air his fancy dictat ed. ened children, who took refuge in the school house and other buildings. tions with the receiver to regain the bonds. This is the first recorded innee where an important bank has failed while holding bonds of wealthy men pledged as security for government deposits. |
