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JEFFEESON TEXAS SATURDAY DECEMBER 15 190G
ATTORNEY GENERAL R V DAVIDSON
THE MAN OE THE DOOR IN TEXA
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Sketch of Career of Texas Public Servant Wiio Is At Head of States
Legal Department and Who Has Made fame In the Oil Trust Suit
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During the dying hours of the Dem-
ocratic State Convention held In Dal-
las last August a number of candi-
dates for office appeared before the
few remaining Democrats assembled
In the Fair Grounds auditorium and
thanked the contention for the honors
the Democracy of the State had be
stowed upoi them Among these was
Attorney General R V Davidson who
had been nominated for a second time
The delegates were worn out from
the terrific battle which had been rag-
ing for two days and they were not in
a mood for oratory They did not
accord any ot the speakers an enthu-
siastic reception and what the attor-
ney general had to say to them was
not then regarded as significant or of
unusual importance But now In
view of the subsequent legal events
that have absorbed the Texas peoples
atlcntlon and has interested the rest
of the world Attorney General David
sons speech can now be turned to
with interest
His Convention Speech
Among other things he said I
want to tellyou gentlemen that it Is
very easy to criticise the attorney
generals department for inactivity in
prosecuting antitrust cases I want
to say to you that we have not been
Inactive but it Is useless to bring
suits unless jou have the proof When
you hear that Davidson has brought
an anti trust suit you may be sure that
Davidson has the proof and he will
prosecute the action with all the vig-
or and ability at his command This
may not have been the exact verbage
of his speech for the reporters were
too tired to record promises in their
reports of the convention proceedings
and the writer reproduces it from
memory
At present Attorney General E V
Davidson Is the man of the hour In
Texas His name is on tlTe lips of
every man who has taken an interest
In the political affairs of Texas Will
Davidson make good was the much
mooted question for a time but now
the minds of many have passed from
the Interrogative to the affirmative
stage Has he all the proof that he
claims He says wait and see He is
the personification of confidence and
his equilibrium seems not to he in the
least disturbed by the political erup-
tion that has occurred as the result of
the attorney generals department
bringing the present antitrust suit
No matter what the outcome of the
Bailey controversy or the anti trust
suit Is Mr Davidson at present has
not suffered In reputation and his dig-
nified manner In keeping up his end
of the controversy has won him the
respect of many Texans who had not
been his political friends
PANIC IN COTTON MARKET
Government Report Knocks Props
From Under Bulls
New Orleans Dec 12 Never since
after tie Sully failure has the New
panic than yesterday when the Govern-
ment report came in showing that the
information now in the hands of the
officials of the Department of Agri-
culture at Washington indicated a crop
for 190C7 of 12546000 bales of cot-
ton not including llnters The effect
of the bolt from an apparently clear
sky might easily be Imagined Bulls
have been basking in the sunshine of
selfconfidence during the last two or
three days and yesterday when the
census report showed that the cotton
ginned to December 1 barely exceeded
10000000 bales indicating a crop cf
less than 12000000 bales the Q
fear to the winds and went into the
game to win
Yesterdays report simply took the
wind out of their sails it knocked
all the props and false supports which
have been forced under the market
during the last few weeks skyhibh
and values tumbled 3 50 per bale in
price The landslide was complete and
values moved 10 and sometimes 20
points at a time The total drop
amounted to 70 points There was no
attempt to check this decline The
bulls were caught napping and rushed
pellmeJl from the ring
SIOO PER ANNUM
NO 25
aLASS MAIL MATTER
anal Editorial Association
Maddens Reeommenda
is for Increased Rats
TAFT LAYS BLAME ON SOLDIERS
Courtesy Dallas Dally Times Herald
Excellent Start For Second Term
It can not be denied that he has
made an excellent start on his second
term in office and he has shown to
enemies and friends alike that he Is
not lacking In either nerve nor good
judgment
A North Carolinian by birth a Tex
an by inclination and a public servant
by the choice of the people of the
Lone Star State he is equipped by
birth environment and opportunity to
render a groat service to his people
Sketch of Career
Attorney General Robert Davidson
was born and reared in the mountains
of North Carolina He received his
education In that statp came to Texas
in 1875 and located in Galveston
where he practiced his profession con-
tinuously until his remoial to Austin
to enter upon his duties as attorney
general
Before Mr Davidsons election as
attorney general he was senator from
the Seventeenth senatorial district for
two terms resigning that office when
elected attorney general Prior to his
election as senator he was for years
city attorney of the city of Galves
ton
DAVIDSON
Mr Davidson has given his whole
life in Texas to the practice of his
profession and while In Galveston
devoted much of his time to the pub-
lic free schools of that city as presi-
dent of its school board for a number
of j ears and a member for some fif-
teen years While In the senate he
signed the passage of the act provid-
ing for the great sea wall at Galveston
of which he is quito proud
Much Work In His Department
General Davidson during his term
in office as attorney general had to
deal with an enormous amount of lit
igations to which the State was a par-
ty especially in land suits involving
the constitutionality of the numerous
revenue laws passed by the last legis-
lature and has had the satisfaction of
seeing eiery one of them sustained
by the appellate courts of the State
in the face qf a brilliant array of op-
posing counsel
Much of General Davidsons time re-
cently has been given to the prosecu-
tion of the alleged anti trust violations
his avowed purpose being to drive
every trust out of Texas He was re
cently elected without opposition for
the second term as attorney general
Says Negroes Certainly Used Guns at
Browsvllle
Washington D C Dee 12 William
H Taft Secretary of War of the Unit-
ed States in his anaual report made
public yesterday places the entire
blame for the riots at Brownsville Tex-
as in August last upon the negro
soldiers discharged declaring that
there was submitted direct evidence to
the effect tihat the guns used musl
have been handled by themshrdlu i
have been handler by some of them
Taking up In detail every matter per
talnlng in any way to the final denou
ment In the death and terror spread
throughout the town at any time Sec
retary Taft reverts to June on the 4th
day of which month he received a
communication from United States
Senator Culberson objecting to the sta-
tioning of the black troops at Browns
ville Secretary Taft then reproduces
the letter which he wrote to Senator
Culberson in reply to the protest the
letter of the Secretary showing that
in his opinion the negro troops would
be as well behaved or as well as white
soldiers would be although in the let
ter Secretary Taft says he recognizes
that not the most cordial feullng might
exist between black soldiers and white
citizens
The Invalids They say the doctor It feeling especially vigorous since hit
vacation trip
SERIOUS IN VENEZUELA
PRESIDENT CASTRO BELIEVED TO
BE NEAR DEATHS DOOR
REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT
Gen Paredes Now In Exile Declares
Ho Will Take the Field with
15000 Rifles
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Fatal ThreeCornered Shooting
El Paso In a shooting affray in a
saloon In this city Monday afternoon
three men were shot and two of them
will probably die The wounded men
are Bob Culpepper a railroad man
Tom York horse trader and John
Nelson a switchman The man who
Isalleged did the shooting has been
arrested and Is in jail
Recently a company headed by Maj
B S Wathen asked for a franchise to
furnish natural gas to the city ot Dal-
las at 110 per thousand feet Now
comes W H McGoldrick president of
the Abilene Gas and Fuel Company
and proposes to supply Dallas with
natural gas at 50 cents per thousand
feet and alleges that plenty of gas
Is known to exist near Dallas
Countess Eugenia Bertinatti aged
eghty years is dead in Nashville She
Was born In Sumner County Tennes-
see and was a niece of the late Sen-
ator William B Bate of Tennessee
Judge Russell has introduced a bill
to appropriate 50000 additional to
the work of the Department of Agri-
culture in searching for means of the
extermination of the boll weevil
AT THE CAPITAL
SOLONS TAKING IT EASY
Getting Ready for the Holiday Re-
cess
Washington Dec 10 The National
House of Representatives will give the
greater part of Its time during the
present week to the consideration of
the legislative and judicial appropria
tion bills while the Senate will pay
special attention to the report of the
Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections on the right of Senator
Smoot of Utah to retain hl3 seat
In the House the appropriation bill
will be taken up Monday immediately
e > fterthe close of the routine morning
business while in the Senate consid-
eration of the Smoot question will be
postponed until Tuesday The Sen-
ate proceedings on that subject will
be intermittent after one days dis-
cussion to give place to the Algeciras
treaty which Is set for Wednesday
Representative Tawney chairman
of the House Committee on Appropri-
ations is of the opinion that the leg-
islative bill will bo voted on before the
close of tho week
The fortification appropriation bill
which is now under consideration in
committee will immediately follow
the legislative bill and Chairman
Tawney is hopeful that it will pass
before the holidajs
Comln In Blocks of Fourteen
Houston On family of fourteen
people consisting of father mother
and twelve children of which tne eld-
est child was not over sixteen jvars
of age passed through Houston for
Hallettsvllle where they villi make
their home The couple are Mr and
Mrs John Slocum and they came to
Texas from Minnesota They have
bought tw o hundred acres of land near
Hallettsvllle and will settle there Mr
Slocum was a well todo farmer in
hiir own section
Salton Sea Aaain Filling
Tuma Ariz The entire Colo-
rado River has found a channel
around the H > nd dam and is flowing
back Into Salton Sea Unless the
flood can be stopped very soon tho
main line of the Southern Pacific will
have to be rebuilt for 200 miles on
higher ground and a thousand people
in Salton Basin will loss their homes
No less than
25000000 depends upon
the success of the efforts to close the
break
President Awarded Prize
Christiana Norway The Norwe-
gian Parliament has conferred the No-
bel Peace prize upon President Roose-
velt It is awarded to President
Roosevelt In recognition of his ser-
vices In ending the RussoJapanese
war Candidates for this distinction
must be proposed by legislative bod-
ies peace organizations or universi-
ties It is understood the Presidents
sponsors were Prof H P Judson act
ing President of the Chicago Univer
sity Prof Baldwin of Yale Prof Har
berger of the University of Munich
and the faculty of Georgetown Unlvep
sity of Washington
Fort De France Island Martinique
Reliable advices received here from
Venezuela set forth that President
Castro was moved down to the little
seacoast village of Macuto near La
Guayra last Monday The president
Is described as being very 111 He
made tie trip from Caracas in a bed
When he arrived at Macuto ho ap-
peared to be absolutely unconscious
It Is generally believed that he has
no chance of recovery
ViolentlyWorded Posters
Violentlyworded posters have been
circulated in Caracas declaring that
no one Is today deceived regarding the
gravity of President Castros illness
and Insisting that the exercise of the
executive power be assured through
a vice president as Is provided for
in the constitution For a long time
past the poster continued only rou-
tine government matters have been
attended to and important questions
are being held In abeyance
Organizing a Revolution
Gen Paredes an ex revolutionist
now In exile Is organizing a serious
insurrectionary movement and de-
clares that he will soon take the field
He claims to have 15000 rifles at his
disposition
IN CONGRESS
D Van Atta of isewark O aid se
verely wounding J E Kinnison iiiper
intendent of the public schools of this
city After half a dozen shots had
been fired by the frenzied man he
was thrown through the car window
Reloading his pistols he made his
way uptown pursued by officers and
citizens who finally shot him through
the head fatally wounding him Mc
Neil was twice a patient at the Tthens
insane asylum but was not consid-
ered dangerous
STRANGE WOMAN TAKES POISON
The Santa Fe railway announces
that after December 31 no interstate
transportation will be granted In ex-
change for newspaper advertising
The road will pay cash for all advep
tlsing
Winds Wreck Frisco
San Francisco A southeast gale
sweeping along the coast at a regis-
tered velocity of forty eight miles an
hour resulted in the death of one man
and in the severe Injury of several
others Shipping in the harbor was
damaged considerably and in all
quarters of the city tottering walls
were blown down blockading streets
and Interrupting traffic Owing to the
danger from falling walls the street
cars were stopped
Chicago Held by Octupus
Chicago Corporation Counsel Lew-
Is has warned the council committee
on gas oil and electric lights of the
ported merger planned by E H
Harriman and the Rockefeller Inter-
ests of all Chicagos public utility cor-
porations Early rumors of the pros-
pective consolidation were taken In
city hall circles with a grain of salt
Colonel Lewis assertion sets all doubt
t rest
Love Tax Matter Goes Up
Austin It has been decided by the
railroads to appeal to the United
States supreme court the Injuction suit
of the Texas and Pacific railway
against the State officials in the Love
tax matter and it was agreed with
the State that the other injunction
suits may remain upon the docket of
the supreme court to await the de-
cision of the supreme court of the
United States
Cooper Finnell a negro was killed
In an affray at Waco early Straady
morning a bullet from a revolver
piercing his body Another negro al-
leged to have fired the shot is in the
custody of the Sheriff
Arthur Green was placed in Jail at
Cleburne charged with killing Turner
Bennett with an axe at the county
road camp near Lillian Both parties
are negroes
Great Temperance Movement
New York The New York fire de-
partment is going to have hot coffee
and a sandwich wagon to look after
the comfort of the men at all big fires
in the winter time The vehicle Is to
have a boiler for making coffee and
a counter for making sandwiches
Three firemen have been assigned to
the wagon This innovation will be
watched and if successful other hot
coffee companies will be formed
Says She Is a Writer and a Relatve
of the President
The Commercial Bank of Brady
McCullough County with 100000
capital was incorporated Saturday
The safety of the traveling public
must be considered paramount and
the making of fast schedules must be
a secondary consideration hereafter
on the Burlington Railroad
The second annual exhibit of the
Lamar County Poultry Association
opened on Grand avenue with 101
coops and 409 fowls on exhibition and
a large crowd attended tho exhibit
Plans for New Depot at Texarkana
Texarkana The plans and specifi-
cations for the Kansas City
City Shreveport and Texarkana and
Southern office building to take the
place of the one destroyed by fire
last March have been received hew
from Kansas City It Is understood
that bids will be asked for at Kansas
City Shreveport and Texarkana and
that work on the new structure will
begin some time in January The new
building will be of brick and will be
three stories high
Milners New Place
Austin In the acceptance of tho
position of Commissioners of Insur-
ance Banking etc at a salary of
2500 Col R T Mllner of Rusk will
be compelled to relinguish the presi-
dency of the Texas division of the
Southern Cotton Association which
has a salary of about 2000 per an-
num Col Milners successor will bo
elected at the meeting of the associa-
tion to be held in this city some time
next month
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Body Bore Marks of Violence
Brownwood From the ruins of a
residence which was burned to the
ground early Sunday morning search-
ers took the body of H C Pride an
unmarried man who lived in the place
n elderly couple keeping house for
hlra When the remains were re-
moved It was seen that the skull had
been crushed In two places leading
to the Inference that the man had
been killed before the building
burned An arrest was made
Xi
Meat Boycott Wins
New York The women of the East-
Side are winning their fight against
the butchers who recently raised the
price of meat In turn the packers
it is stated have capitulated to the
retailers upon the threat of the latter
to close 5000 shops that cater to the
teeming thousands The price of meat
was formerly 14 cents a pound A
week or two ago it was raised to 16
cents a pound because the wholesale
dealers had increased the price
New York N Y Lulu B Grover
45 years of age and who describes
herseir as a magazine writer was re-
moved to a hospital early this morn-
ing suffering from chloroform poison-
ing Her condition was said to be
critical
When the police visited the house
they found on a table In the parlor two
letters one sealed and the other open
The sealed letter read as follows
Saturday Night Dec S 190C To
the coroner or the first police officer
who finds my body here I beg of
you to telephone to President Roose-
velt He will have my body cremated
I have written to him have made my
will and all I have Is his He will
have ever thing attended to just as I
wish it to be right He knows where-
to find everything Please find in
closed 5 and a thousand thanks for
your kindness Please do not let my
poor kittens be frightened or an-
noyed President Roosevelt will take
them as soon as he receives my letter
I mailed to him Please lot them stay
here until then My heart is broken
so I take my own life In the familiar
way I know by drinking chloroform
No one Is to blame but myself I trust
my spirit and future life to a merciful
and loving God who knows and judges
our sorrow Lulu B Grover
2089 Lexington Avenue
When asked as to who should be
notified In the event of Eer death she
replied
There Is only one person and that
is my relative President Roosevelt
More Money for WellsFargo Men
Houston Texas As the result
of a conference In Kansas City of
tho officials of the Wells Fargo Ex-
press Co It has been decided to ad-
vance salaries of employes but the
advance not to be on a stated per-
centage basis
House
Washington The socalled lumber
trust of which St Loul3 is Bald to
have the most powerful as well as
the most oppressive and grinding
branch In the yellow pine manufactur
ers association Is attacked In the
house ot representatives In a resolu-
tion of inquiry Blmllar to that offered
In the senate last week by Senator
Klttrodge of North Dakota It is
doubted In some quarters whether
the trust can be reached as are oth-
er combinations because there Is no
central organization but an alleged
general combine existing between
several constituent organizations with
allied interests In the language of
the high financier there Is a com-
munity of interest without an actual
organization or a gentlemans agree-
ment through which prices are con-
trolled and the lumber business as
at present conducted is operated In
restraint of trade
Postmaster General George B Cor
telyou submits his report to congress
It Is a voluminous document replete
with review of the departments serv
ice and suggestions looking toward
its future betterment
Senate
Washington It is learned on high
authority that the senate judiciary
committee has decided to hold up
the confirmation of Alfred W Cooley
as assistant attorney general until the
committee has had a chance to In-
vestigate his fitness for the position
Several members of the committee
regard Mr Cooley as too young and
inexperienced in the actual practice
of law to hold such an Important posi-
tion The holding up of the nomina
tion does not imply that It will be un
favorably reported to the senate but
friends of Mr Cooley are seriously
worried over the situation
Senator Beveridge has been notified
that a delegation from New Mexico
will arrive in Washington early In
January to urge single statehood for
New Mexico It is thought that the
attempt to secure joint statehood ior
New Mexico and Arizona will be
abandoned completely
Fireman Killed at Crossing
Pittsburg Kan In a collision here
between a Missouri Pacific passen-
ger train northbound and a Frisco
special stock train at the crossing
ot the two roads Thomas Freeman
of Nevada Ma fireman of the pas-
senger train was killed Engineer Al-
bert J Page ot the passenger train
also of Nevada and Mrs Anna Steele
of Erie Col were Injured
Three Boys Drowned
Albany N Y William Lauster
Matthew Moss and George Brayton
boys about 15 years old broke through
the ice and were drowned while skat-
ing on the Hudson river opposite this
city
TAPS FROM THE WIRES
Mrs Saras Rlmler 91 aunt of Con-
gressmen Charles and Fred Landls of
Indiana dead at Dajton O
Dr Fernand Henrotln known in
medical circles all over the United
States and In many centers abroad
died at his home In Chicago after a
serious illness of two weeks dura
tion
Gompers is summoned by wire to
settle St Louis hoiiermakers and Iron-
workers difficulties
Walter Robertson of St Louis and
Otto Bnddemeyer are slain at Wash-
ington Mo as result of rivalry for
girls heart and hand
Postmaster General Cortelyou rec-
ommends that the parcels post be
established on rural routes
Representative Murdock believes
that 7500 a jear is too much for a
congressman and that the present sal-
ary is all he is worth
Judge Shepherd to ask 100000 in-
crease in territory school fund Lob-
bying for sale of segregated surface
lands in small tracts
AN AVFUL STORY OF CRIME
Evidence of Wholesale Poisoning In
Chicago for Insurance
Chicago 111 Tha police investi-
gation into the deaths of the six mem-
bers of the Vzral family have de-
veloped the fact that a proposition to
secure money by poisoning was enter
tained by Mrs Rose Vzral who was
lupposed to have committed suicide
last Tuesday and Herman Belek the
lalmist suspected of having adminis
ered poison to Martin Vzral and the
atters four children Tha evidence
hat such a proposition was considered
a in the form of a letter from Mrs
zral to Blek asking that he se
cure money for her In return for what
ho had given him by poisoning his
wn mother who lives In Cleveland
3 When questioned Belek admitted
that the request was made not only
ihat he should poison his mother but
hat he should take the life of his
vlfe by the same means Beleks
statement was confirmed by Mrs
3elek who said that she had been In
onstant fear of her life because of
he Jealousy Mrs Vzral and her daugh-
ter entertained against her-
On the strength of the letter a war
ant embodying a direct charge of
nurder against Belek and his wife
were sworn out before Judge Maxwell
jefore whom they will be taken for a
bearing
BRYANS COMMENT ON MESSAGE
Much That Is Good and Much That
Is Bad He Says
Great Exposition Planned
San Francisco Fifteen citizens
have formed a corporation to be
known as the Pacific Ocean Exposition
company which plans to give a mam-
moth fair in 1913 to commemorate the
400th anniversary of the discovery of
the Pacific Ocean and the completion
of the Panama Canal The Joining of
the two Ideas by the promoters seem
ed especially appropriate since it was
after crossing the isthmus that tha
navigator first looked on the Pacific
English Educational BUI
London Eng The education bill
passed its third reading In the house
of lords by 105 votes to 28 The tone
ot the speeches indicated that a set-
tlement is still not impossible
1
Demand for Cash Wheat
Chicago 111 An improved demand
for cash wheat and an Increase in
flour shipments from New York
caused strength in the wheat market
The purchase of wheat for milling
purposes at the principal grain cen-
ters is of an urgent character
Torpedo Cruisers for Black Sea
Odess Russia Orders have been
placed with the Nlkolaleff shipbuild-
ing yards for the construction of four
modern torpedo cruisers for the Black
sea fleet
Into the Salton Sea Again
Yuma Ariz The entire Colorado
river has found a channel around the
Hind dam and Is flowing back into
Salton sea
New York Dry Goods Market
New York N Y The dry goods
market strong with the demand ac-
tive for greasy goods for converters
and printers Brown sheetings and
drills are firmer Plaids firmer with
no advancing tendency in staple lines
Mens wear goods more active
Fleeced hosiery for 1907 held freelj
Sugar Maid 20 to 1
San Francisco Cal Three favor-
ites won at Emeryville The last
race of the day furnished a surprise
in Sugar Maid at 20 to 1
Lincoln Neb Commenting on
on President Roosevelts message W
J Bryan says there is much that is
gvA > d and much that Is bad In it but
it may be regarded as the presidents
most important state paper
Mr Bryan complains that what the
president says on the subject of gov-
ernment by injunction will not be
satisfactory to the laboring men or
to those who respect the right of
trial by jury The presidents stand
on child labor Is commended as is
also the position he takes on the
eight hour day law and the right of
the people to criticise a Judge H3
pays a deserved tribute to tha prog-
ress of the Japanese nation says
Mr Bryan There will be general
disappointment at the warlike tone
of his message where he discusses the
army and the navy He speaks of
the navy as the surest guarantor ot
peace which this country possesses
Shame upon the chief executive that
he should place an instrument of
brute force above the nations sense
o justice as a guarantor of peace
Louis Mo At a joint meet
of the transportation and postal
latlon committees of tie Nation
Mltorlal association it was de
id to communicate with all of the
ite press associations and have tho
orious organizations seek aid from
heir respective congressmen in an
endeavor to defeat the proposed plan
of the third assistant postmaster gen-
era to increase the rate on second
th class postal matter The association
a has decided to hold Its next conven
thii tlon at Norfolk Va on June 1 Tho
> Hng committees spen1 the greater
J part of theay nuophr out plans to
head off Assistant Postmaster General
Madden and took a shot at the inter-
state commerce commission for It3
ruling on transportation The debates
which followed the Introduction of tho
two subjects were heated
R F Dowdell of Artesian S D
moved to recommend to President
Roosevelt the dismissal of this
chucklehead Madden and get some
fellow with a noodle who was not
prejudiced against the newspapers to
succeed him
Resolutions
The following resolutions wera
adopted
Whereas It is for the benefit of free
government thit intelligence with recant
to all public affairs and ill other matter
affecting the welfare or tin people should
be
made to penetrate the whole mass of
the people and to reach every Individual
andWhereas
Whereas This can only be accomplished
through a free and independent news
paper and periodical press and whereas
newspapers and periodicals are of a char
acter to be handled rather as express than
55 V 3 er and can he so handled
with little added cost In connection with
other postage matter In general and no
added cost at all on rural routes and
whereas The present postal laws and
rates have been entirely satisfactory to
the publishers and to the people served
who as citizens constitute the govern
ment and
Whereas There does not now exist any
real deficit in the United States postal
service It the departments and officers
or the government are properly charged
for postal service rendered but is an ao
tual proflt used by the gov eminent In the
payment for the transportation and tha
handling of its own mail matter there
fore be it
Resolved That we as members of the
executive committee of the National Edi
torial association in annual session rep
resenting 10000 newspapers and periodi
cals protest against any change in th
postal laws of the United States thit wilt
cause an advance la postal rates or
charges on secondclass mail mitter
Resolved That we believe it has been
fully established that 1 cent a pound Is X
full and adequate charge for newspapers
and periodicals
Resolved Thit we deem the present
law
entirely eleir and forceful and that
the only troutle his been tint of burden
ing the law with rules and reflations
not required in the laws enforcoment nor
justified by any fair interpretation there-
of
Resolved Further Thit we protest
against the charge that newspapers and
periodicals cause ary loss or that they
are subsidized by the payment made by
the government to meet a deficit that Is
really the result of the cost of postal mat
ter carried by the gimminent
Those Present
Those present at the meeting were
John E Junkln Sterling Kan H B
Varner Lexington N C Will 1L Miyes
Brownwood Tex Congressman W A
Ashbrook Johnstonn O J H Cockrum
Oakland City Ind n B Herbet Chi-
cago J R Bettls St Louis E W
Stephens Columbia Mo Walter WU
llams Columbia Mo J il Page J9r
seyrllle Ill R M White Mexico Mo
John W Jacks Montgomery City Mo
J W Peppernan Montgomery All J
P Baumirartner Pasadena Cal Carl An
derson Port Collins Colo George C
Woodruff Litchfield Conn Willhm Cur
tis Kewanee I1L W I Janes Lebanon
111 A W Glessner Calena flL W F
Parrott Waterloo IiCD Hellen Web-
ster la Sheridan Plonshe Hutchinson
Kis George C rilrbanks Jfatlc Mass
W R Hodge Sleepy Kye Minn R iL
Henry Jackson Miss W R Painter
Carrollton Mo J G Newblll Springfield
Mo Ernest II Pierce Revere Mass C
R Douglas Muskogee L T Walter H
Frost Providence It I R E Dowdell
Artesian S D J R Ransome Jr Cle
burne Tex W S Copeland Richmond
Va and H J Simmons of Clarence Ma
who les a candidate for speaker of tw
Missouri housB of representatives Miss
Rose L Colby of Chicago was the only
woman delegate at the meeting The
wives of several editors however were
present
The two committees to meet In
Washington are composed ot the fol-
lowing Transportation J E Jun
kln W A Ashbrook R M White H
J Knapp W F Parrott and C B
Douglas postal regulation B B Her-
bert A W L e Thomas P Peer G
C Fairbanks F M Davidson E W
Stephens and P V Collins
ON CAPE FLATTERYS R0CK3
Unknown Vessel Reported Wrecked
on That Dangerous Coast
Influential Clergyman Dead
Holland Mich Dr E Winter one
of the most Influential clergymen
in the Dutch Reformed church
lied heTe at the age of 70 He was
a professor in the Western Theologi-
cal seminary of Holland for several
years
Great Treadwell Mine Closed
Douglas Alaska For the first time
In twenty jears the great Tread
well mine 13 closed Douglas and
Juneau are suffering from coal famine
ind lack of fuel has resulted In the
losing of the mines
The United States Treasury
Washington D C Statement of
the treasury balance in the general
fund exclusive of the 150000000 gold
reserve shows available cash balanca
232862511 gold coin and bullion
109436330 gold certificates 11436
331
Died of Heart Disease
New York N Y Rear Admiral
Peter Asserson U S N retired died
suddenly at bis home In Brooklyn
His death was due to heart diseaw
Ae was 66 years of age
Money for Japanese Navy
London Eng The Times Toklo
correspondent cables he understands
the coming Japanese budget will in-
clude 37500000 to be spread over
seven years for the purpose of In
creasing the navy
Portland Ore A special message
has been received here from Seattle
stating that an unknown vessel has
been wrecked off Cape Flattery i
Cape Flattery Is the extreme enl
of the coast of Oregon whero tha
strait of Juan de Fuca the body of
water that ncparates Orv > ton from
Vancouver island Joins the Paclflo
ocean It is a wild rocky coast and
many vessels have been wrecked
there
Bad Fire In Montreal
Montreal Canada Fire burned otn
three buildings In tha wholesale dry
goods section of this city The total
iosa is 100000 The iosse3 were dis-
tributed among nln firms totally
burned out and half i doren with par-
tial loss The heaviest losers werit
Canadian Underwear Co 75M0
Matthews Tower Co D50CO YorV
shire Importing Co 30000
TwoCentaMile Books
Washington D C House commit-
tee on interstate and foreign com-
merce wil consider the Sherman bill
providing for the sale of mileage
books at 2c a mile Hearings will
probably be granted on this measure
Seaboard Air Line Bond Issue
Baltimore Md Holders of stock
and voting trust certificates of tho
Seaboard Air Line railway have re-
ceived official notification of the plan
of the company to issue 18000000 of
5 per cent bond3
Witte Received by the Emperor
St Petersburg Russia Count
Witte the former premier of Russia
who recently retired from abroad was
received In audience by the emperor
Friday The counts reception has been
delayed on account of his ill health
Indians on Verge of Starvation
Grand Marals Minn Dec 7 Many
of the Chippewa Indians at the Port-
age reservation are on the verge of
starvaion The customary allowance
of flour and pork from the govern-
ment has not been received
Favorable Impression In London
London Eng The action of the
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw In re-
lieving the American money market
as well as the suggestions In hU re-
port regarding currency reform mada
a favorable Impression here
A Kansas Law Dexiared Void
Kansas City Mo The Kansas
grain inspection and weighing law
has been declared void by Judge R
S Peters special master appointed
by Judge Pollack of tha United Statea
circuit court
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