Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1910, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION. Business Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Avenue, | The Evening Star Newspaper Company, European Office: 8 Regent St., London, England. New York Office: Tribune Building. Chicago Office: Firs: National Bank Building. | Sunday -morning | ‘The Evening Star. the ed by ¢: mail telepbene M 2440, Collection is maa by carrier at the end of each month. Che £vening Star. postage prepaid: ided, one month, 60 cents. ne raonth, 50 cents. Jay Star, $1.50 year, Ry mail 0. 17,998. Dails Saturday Star, $ TWO CENTS. Weather fol- lowed by snow late tonight or Wednesday Increasing cloudiness, ; continued cold. WASHINGTON, D. C.. TUESDAY, JANUARY 4. 1910—TWENTY-TWO PAGES. LEON DELAGRANGE, HOWLING BUZZARD FALSTODEATH. ISONITS WAY EAST French Aeronaut Killed While, Heaviest Snowfall of Year Is Making a Flight at Bor- | Due in Washington deaux Today. | Tomorrow. | WIDE AREA IS COVERED BY ADVANCE COLD WAVE NOTED FOR HIS DARING IN DANGEROUS SPORTS Broke All Speed Records in Race for Traffic and Communication Tied Up Mechlin Cup. Throughout West. HAD TUMBLE LAST NOVEMBER TWO LIVES REPORTED LOST | Warnings Sent Out by Weather Bu- reau of Storm of Great Intensity Has Made Ascensions Before Royal- ty and Has Carried Woman Pas- sengers—Offered a Guarantee of $10,000 to Come to the United States. Approaching Rapidly—Has Already Crossed. Mississippi. A heavy snowstorm, which un- doubtedly will have serious effect upon railway and other traffic conditions, has developed in the Deta- | BORDEAUX, nuary 4.—Leon grange, the French aerenaut, was killed | flight here today | while maki The de Delagrange makes the} middle west, and will set in over} fourth fe umong aviators in the} the lake region and middle and recent 1 north central valleys today and| begin in the middle Atlantic and; One of Greatest Aviators. | New England states by Wednes- | ¢ ranked among the first | ron DelaBr of the aviators of the world day. Decem jast, at Juv he broke; The District, it is announced, will again ali records. The occasion was an/be blanketed with white tomorrow. atten win the Mchelin cup. | Heaviest Fall This Year. He did not succeed in heating Henry | Farman’s record for distance, put did| Telegraphic storm warnings were sent establish a new di-tance record for mono-| broadcast this afternoon by Prof. Willis planes. i a new world’s speed record,{l+ Moore, chief of the United States | He covered 124 miles in two hours and|Weather bureau, announcing the coming thirty-two minutes, maintaining anjof @ storm out of the west. The snow! average speed uf approximately forty-|Scheduled to reach this city tomorrow sie nales ain th OUe morning, according to indications today, Tai Haaite 4) known | Will be the heaviest fall of the season. PARLADEE Sa) cee See nown’ Forecaster Garriott explained this aft- automobilist and w one of the first /ernoon that the western cold wave has men in Europe to take up aviation. His, extended to the Atlantic cvast. It is fol- feats soon attracted wide attetnion. He ;!0wed by a storm of marked intensity. esata have been offered a guarantee | , fhe storm will mone noreher award ae ky : Oe & i Forecaster Garriott said today, “and the of $10,000 if he would visit the United) indications are. it will be. preceded by States. ‘ lueavy snow. The fall will begin today | First Speed Record. over the lake region, the Ohio valley and es (Octotiens bee : the middle and upper Mississippi valleys. In October last Delagrange made al" “ye ought to reach Washington tomo-: England, establish-|;ow morning. It will be a heavy snow- fall, judging trom present indications.” Storm Warning Issued. In a speciai bulletin this morning, Prof. for one miie and 340 minute 47 1-5 Beconds. first public flight was made March} “7, at Bagateile, France, when he MUO WARE NSS AW IWIN \ END OF THE HOLIDAYS. half a foot. The around 12 below zero, wind. In central and western Kansas the fall of snow was the heaviest in ten years, and it extended west to the Colo- rado lines. In western Kansas the snow is a foot deep. The temperature in Missouri, range is no temperatur but there Kansas and northern Oklahoma averaged about 10 degrees above zero. Conditions of Ohio River. PITTSBURG, Pa.. 4.—In a fleld of ice, several with large January beats, i in a biplane. The machine|Moore warned all Libaheadane nips the | tows-of coal, left the harbor today for thirty feet in the alr and de- Bette see) ‘she aypreactiot ¢ e storm. | southern Gita) Wie tHe Gente will was first no ‘ ver the Some days later Delagrange made aljiaimse states - be in constant danger from high water flight of 45% feet, carrying a passenger. SiS os FLERE ERNE eee today {224 Jee, serious trouble is not antici- He continued experiments with a biplane.|, ‘!he disturbance is causing snow today | pareg. ; : ; Diplane.| in the Missouri and middie Mississippi ; Home jin Tams made (a Might) iver valleys, und the Rocky mountain | Danger of a flood is at an end here. aliy. Soon after-| (sion, and rain und sngw in the south: | WHEELING, 'W. Va., January 4.—The ; took west ice gorge in the Ohio’ river at Cable's on a brief trip. Officials of the bureau predict that the | Eddy, near Steubenville, Ohio, broke to- ember 6, 1908, the Frenchman | sigrm area will increase in intensity and | day and is rushing down the river, threat- then existing time record bY | move eastward, atiended by general pre-| ening all lower points. t Jo 2-5 miles in 2) minutes and} cipitation, within the next In one hour the river rose two feet here. os seconds. in May, lo, at Juvisy, he | hours in ‘the districts east of the Missis- a miles in 10 minutes and 18 seconds. taser ones 8 ndetine ews Sore: Cold Wave in Van of Storm. The First Flight in Monoplane. cold wave that came out of t sybigecs Bhai Naps Ni vanced rapidly eastward, attended vy she heat onoelane: captured the) decided talls in temperature throughout prize f stance r speed and the eighth prize the east, and as far suuth as the nortii- ern portion of the gulf states. In September last he visited D eee ene of 1S ome oenmark | whe temperature is below zero today ton Wtore Kine Frederick at Aarhone. |i Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, Delagranges first. realiy sensational | #erthern New York and the northwest- | one that made him a con-| PB Slates. The cold will contimue to- prizes ‘accomplished | Hight over the northern disiricts east ot Octobe 100. ve that} the Mississippi, aud will fail in the 6 Minutes gg | Seuth AUantic states. : 2 at times of oyee| ‘The lie of zero temperature extends ce outh of Omaiit. ‘The lowest reading t= grange has exhibi eat daring |Uay Was 25 degrees be Ow Zeru ui Mour- ae ies ata Genie garing head, Minn. ‘Lhe tnermometers at Du- vauing Of 16 below aud 14 below in the northern part ot Wisconsin The minimum temperature in the Dis- trict Was reached at 5 o'clock this morn- ing, When the mercury, whicii nad been going down rapidiy since miduight, reach- | julh gave a risks rather than to disappoint crowds that had gathered to see him. Other Accident to Aviator. oT, On November he fell with his aeroplane while giving an exhibition at|ed 20 degrees above zero. it continued esy. The iachina was) amaaheascuaepacoun eh mark today and may gu a plato .éav: . Lg Se little lower by tomorrow morning, wit aviator escaped with a few cu's and | ying north and northeast winds. bruises. It was At 1 o'clock this afternoon the tempera- ture here 34 degrees lower than it was al the same hour yesterday. Gale Off Virginia Capes. NORFOLK, Va., January 4.—With tne wwe was traveling at a high speed |Wind blowing from thirty-six to forty the ground when his machine [eight miles an hour from the northwest, swerved toward the country. The aviator |the Virginia, Carolina and Maryland tly shut off the power, and in de-/cousts were today swept by a winter z collided with an automobile. 1 itl shigie aeas During the aviation week at Rheims le, with igh seas, which made it the propeller cf Delagrange’s machine |4angerous for all shipping caught at sea. Broke from its a and the aeroplane| A number of sailing Vessels put into Hampton roads during the day for harbor. Delagrange was badly bruised. i ly last Delagrange was decorated | While the temperature did not drop be: low freezing toda it is expe e of the ‘n of Honor, order of the Lezton of Honor, |low freezing tods nd last month the \.:demy of Sciences Paris voted him 1) for aeronau- Blizzard in Far Wes: also at Issy that Delagrange narrowly escaped crushing a crowd of spectators who had taken possesston of one end of the field during his exuibi- tien. This accident happened in May, ® In Ju w A ievements “7 Delagrange vas elected prest the Aviation} CHICAGO, January 4—The Rocky | igrange is the fomth |™ountain country and states east to the se Killed in | Missouri river are in the grip of the worst ‘ane. all within fif- | blizzard of the sea ly t aerop!: Son, according tu au- es coming to Chicago today. Railroad| fhic eral transcontinental lines | his paralyzed. GUEST OF HONOR. | The ielexraph and telephone wires are oe = Toye Z down in many Sections. Bitter cold pre- Minister Morgan Ertertained Prior | + . In sections business is at a stand- to Leaving Havana. in Colorado four men are reported to | HAVANA, January 4—Edwin V. Mor-| have lost their lives tn the snowslides| piesa z Ree PL Gh been confirmed, gan. the American minister, was the] The seems to be general over} guest of Sonor en the occasion of his ap-| Nebraska, western Wyo! Colorado proacling departure at > breakfast which | and even extending into I | was attended by 100+ entative Amer-| li sections of Coiorado the snow is re- feans. Cubans, Spaniards and English-| Dorted to be from fifteen to twenty-five | feet deep and drifting. In northwest Nebraska railroad traffic hus ceased entirely. Telegraph wires are crippled and the country is cut off from | men. All the members of the diplomatic corps were present Addresses expressive Mr. Morgan were made the outside worl: Lanuza, leader the ‘The four fatalities are reported at Shen- | andoah, Col., where a number of | al Mr. snowslidi ave taken place. Railrc | riving, expres hope pped eperation in this section, Lt | Cuba would maint efore traffic can be resumed, | her will be days and her cordial re ions with! In Idaho ft 15 below zeyo th morn- | a States. ling, the coldest in twenty Years. In tne » will sail for New York] larger citi Deny: Omaha and Lin- | coln, the traction companies are having | | hard work keeping lines in operation. Murder, Then Suicide. | Snow Closes Nebraska Schools. | rIMORE, Md.. January 4—William| KANSAS CITY, Mo., January 4.—Snow rter, thirty-five years of age, today| and sleet, accompanied by a cold north | shot and killed Mrs. Belle Warner, forty,| wind, fell in the central west today, the | torm extending from Oklahoma north- ard. In a way the blizzard interfered at her home, No. 128 West Camden street | and then committed suic! Carte: who! wehializoad’ tra mic: was a married man, was said to have| Im Nebraska schools are closed on ac- been infatuated with Mrs. Warner, who| Count of snow blockades. The snowfall in northern Nebraska and southern South Dakota is reported as % is understood, repulsed his advances. jlar when she smelled smoke. | Owens of NEW YORK, January 4.—High winds | which swept in from the west today worked havic in many sections of the city and vicinity, tearing away signs, stripping roo’s from buildings and cau: ing heavy property Gamage, especialy in the exposed outlying section ‘The wind ushered in a cold wave, which sent the temperature down from 34 de- grees at midnight to 11 above zero at 5 a.m. and kept on downward, registering 40 degrees at 10 a.m. Arctic’ frigidity is predicted by tonight. Damage in the city included the blowing down of a house under construction in Bronx borough and the tearing loose from their moorings of small craft in the harbor. RETURNS TO KILL HIMSELF. Murderer of Woman Is Suicide in Front of Her Home. AKRON, Ohio, Janua 4. Schmidt, alias Mike Jor night murdered Mrs. — Charles Barnhart with whom he boarded, gave that crime a sensational climax this morning: when he returned to Akron and killed himself in front of the Barnhart home. Police were searching for him in Akron and neighboring -towns at the time he committed suicide. WITNESSES CHILD'S DEATH. Frantic Mother Unable to Rescue Daughter From Burning Home. WESTWOOD, Mich., January 4—Un- able to rescue her seven-year-old daughter from their burning home, Mrs. E. Helsen was compelled last night to stand by the house and see her ¢hild burn to death. It is feared she will lose her mind. Her husband, a lum- berman, is being searched for in a neighboring logging camp. Mrs. Helsen was working in the cel- She went doorway in she escaped The daughter was pounding on upstairs and found the flames. Rushing down, through a window. in the second story the window, pleading to her mother to save her. In a minute she dropped back from sight and was enveloped by tho flames. DIDN'T KNOW IT. |Memphis Man Walks Streets With Broken Neck. LOUIS. Mo. January 4.—Ralph Memphis, twenty-four years old, walked the streets of St. Louis for ten days with a broken neck and did not know it until he went to Mullanphy Hos- pital yesterday, to get treatment for rheumatism. He fell ten days ago and sT. | since that time his head had been drawn back, but he did not suffer much pain. He was operated on last nght and n CINCINNATI, Ohio, January 4—With recover. a bullet in her heart and a revolver lying nearby, the dead body of M Tillie Counterfeit in Circulation. Schwaab, eighteen years old, was found Chief Wilkie of the secret service nas| Yesterday in the home of her father, | learned of a counterfeit one-dollar }j1|John Schwaab, a member of the board of which has been circulating in Chicago. There is no evidence to show that it has circulated outside that Secret sery- ice. men found the bill and have sent specimens to Washington n who last | | TEACHER WINS SUIT FOR LONGEVITY PAY “Permanent Appointment,” After Probation, Establishes Miss Martin’s Right. The District Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Justice Robb today. sus- tains the right of public school teach- ers to longevity increase of pay in jcases where the teacher has had the requisite experience in teaching’ in ac- |eredited normal or high schools, al- | though the probationary period of such , teachers’ appointments commenced be- fore the passage of the act granting such inc e. The court held that when thereafter the teacher received her permanent ap- |pointment she was “hereafter emplos ed” within the meaning of the law. The holding of the court sustains the action of the District Supreme Court. The appellate court in affirming the judgment as to Miss Jennie T. Martin does nut seem to adopt.the opinion of Justice Stafford that the longevity In- crease extended to all the teachers in the system at the time of the passage in the act. The opinion appears to deal only with those who received permanent ap- pointments following probationary terms that expired after the act of June 1, 1908, went into effect. *“'Phe affirmance is, therefore, considered as only a partial victory for the teach- ers and a case involving the broader in- terpretation may have to be filed. Miss Martin, who filed the case in be- half of herself and other teachers simi- Marly. situaied, was appointed a teacher “the high schools and assigned to ‘oup A, class 6, the first year in which ‘up is made probationary by the law. igs Martin received a second appoint- ent September 1, 1908, as permanent her. Prior to her appointment as obationary teacher she had nine years’ nerience in accredited normal and high ‘schools. : “The intent of Congress.” says Justice Robp, “in prescribing that the first year in this group or class, which includes head teachers and teachers of normal, high and manual training schools, should be probationary, was, we think, to sub- ject’ the applicant for permanent appoini- ment to a period of trial, that the appli- cant’s qualifications, capacity and desira- bility might be determined before final appvintment. “When permanent appointment fol- lowed, the court held, the teacher was ‘hereafter employed as provided by Con- gress and therefore entitled to longevity increase. QUALIFIES FOR GIFT. Vatiecics Bible Society Believed to Have Raised $500,000 Fund. NEW YORK, January 4.—A casting up of the books of the American Bible So- clety, late today, is expected to show that the organization has raised the $500,- Qu necessary to secure the equal amount given it by Mrs. Russell Sage. This morning’s maf!s brought still fur- ther contributions. from the south and west. It w expected that, added to yesterda: receipts by mail of upward of $20,000 and Saturday's $30,000 or more, the $100,000 fund to be needed at the last casting up of tie bocks weuld be supplied, Mrs. Sage has not indicated what her course would be if the soctety came little short of securing the ‘stipulated $500,000, A BULLET IN HER HEART. Mystery in the Death of Young Cin- cinnati Girl. education and prominent in local politics. Members of the family refuse to ac- cept the suicide theory. Miss Schwaab, according to her brother, had no cause to take her Hfe. The girl when last seen by relatives was playing on a piano, being an accomplished musician. RUSH OF M ESSAGES President to Send in Four Within Ten Days. | FIRST ON ANTI-TRUST LAW| To Be Transmitted to Congress | Thursday of This Week. | | | NEXT THE BALLINGER CASE Papers in the Controversy Expected } to Go in Friday—Interstate Com- merce and Conservation. President Taft will send to Congress | | | | within the next ten days the following messages: Thursday of this week—Dealing with the Sherman anti-trust act. Friday—All the papers connected with the Ballinger case, as called for by a res- olution of the Senate. Accompanying the papers will be a brief message from the President. Next Monday or Tuesday—The Presi- dent’s recommendations as to amend- ments of the acts relating to interstate commerce. Last of next week—Messaze recom- mending specific laws for the conserva- tion of the natural resources of the coun- t ry: President Taft decided ye: noon that he would s-parat mendations regarding the Sh trust act and the interstate question and make different the first to go in Thursday after- ecom- | man anti- | commerce | mes-ages, Change in Program. The White Hous, however, has chang-} ed its program as to the time for sending { in the intersta'+ commerce message. Yes- | terday it was the intention to send in| that message tomorrow, but it was post-| poned until Friday of this week and to-| day was again posiponed until Monday or Tuesday of next week. The postponements are due to the de- sire of a number of senators and rvp: sentatives to be heard in connection with various features. Senator Elkins, chair- man of the Senate committee on inter- siate and foreign commerce, is scheduled for a conference tomorrow morning with the President, who will listen to the views of a number of others before he finally transmits his opinions to Con- The discovery of the body was made| gress. by a sister, who is a teacher in the pub- le schools. SHOULD HAVE DEMANDED ENTRY TO COAST STATES View of Japanese Statesman on De- sired Trade Relations With This Country. SEATTLE, Wash., January 4.—Ayawo Hattori, member of the imperial Jap- anese diet, who is making a tour of the Pacific coast states gathering informa- |tion upon the relations of the Japanese to the United States, said last night that Japan should have demanded an open- door to the coast states at the time of the Portsmouth conference when Japan guaranteed an open door in Manchuria. “To my mind there is but one big question for the United States to con- sider with regard to Japan,’ said Mr. Hattori, “and that Is fo give my coun- trymen.the same rights here enjoyed by Europeans. It is true that foreigners in Japan are not permitted full rights in owning land and mines, but Japan was under the feudal system only forty years fago and our political progress must be gradual. “There has been some talk concerning |the probability of Japan seizing the Philippife Islands. No anxiety need be felt on Japan has a heavy burden in Korea and Formosa and it is unlikely that my country would even desire to assume new burdens in the Philippines... .Your government knows what it has cost.” DEAD AT AGE OF 96. James Ottley, Unversity Employe for Half a Century. ANN ARBOR, Mich., January 4.—James Ottley, familiarly known to the students of the University of Michigan as “Uncle Jimmie,” for eighteen years keeper of the cloakroom of the general library, died last night, having reached the age of ninety-six years. Ottley had been em- ployed in various capacities about the un!- versity for half a century. ‘He had the distinction of having served the university more years continuously than any other man. NEW COST ACCOUNTING. Paymasters to Have Charge at Larger Navy Yards. The Secretary of the Navy has issued orders to have the cost accounting at th larger navy yards placed under paymas- ters. At Mare Island and Puget Sound, where in each case no separate paymas- ter is available, the general storekeeper has been temporarily designated as ac- counting officer in addition to his other duties. The new cost accounting system is in successful operation at the Boston navy yard and is being installed at the New York navy yard. It will be carried to other yards as fast as practicable. ‘As soon as trained paymasters are available the cost of accounting offices at all navy yards will be placed under their charge directly under the commandant. It is desired to separate the cost fixing feature from the working departments as soon as possible and to install the improvements in methods that have been worked out at Boston, in order that all Inavy yards may be compared on tne same basis. ooo L. Wills Brodhead Dies Suddenly. PHILADELPHIA,, January 4.—L. Wills Brodhead. owner of one of the best known hotels in the Pocono mountains of Pennsylvania, died suddenly here today from heart disease. He complained of great pain last night, and was found after midnight wandering through the corridors of a hotel. He was taken to his room and apparently became better. Later he was discovered unconscious. A physician who was called found him dead. The President had no conferences this morning on the subject, owing to the cabinet meeting limiting his time. The whole subject was threshed out at the cabinet meeting later, the President read- ing the message and referiing to ~ome corrections he has made since he !ast talk- ed with his advisers. These deal witu the contro! of the issue of stocas and bunds. Particular attention was given to a dis- cussion of amendment of the Sherman anti-trust act. in the specia! message on conservation the President will, it is said, suggest that the government borrow $0,000,000 on bonds or certificates to complete the reclamation projects that are now in Process of erection. Senator Borah, the author of a bill for a $30,000,000 bond issue, is opposed to putting certificates on the market He has talked with the President several times. So has Senator Carter. Want Alaska Included. Senator Jones of Washington and Dele- gate James Wickersham of Alaska asked the President today to recommend that Congress definitely apply the provisions of the existing interstate commerce acis and future amendments to Alaska. They stated that there is now a case pending before the interstate commerce commis- sion, in which the application of existing laws to Alaska is disputed on the ground that Alaska is not a territory of the United States. The President will prob- ably embody the request in his message. Col. James Gordon, the newly ap- paid r ex- pleasure at his reception. ‘Col. pr : Gordon said he understuod that he would take the oath as senator tomorrow, and did not know of any objections to this course. “If there is any opposition to my being seated I do not know it,” he said. “I suspect that any such oppos tion would be really opposition to Gov. Noel, who appointed me as a representa- tive of the ex-Confederate soldier, and who is popular with the old boys.” Sanford for Judge. Senator Taylor of Tennessee urged President Taft today to nominate Judge Edward T. Sanford as circuit court judge to fill the vacancy in the sixth circuit made by the promotién of Judge Horace Lurton to the Supreme Court bench. The Tennessee democrats have united with the republicans in asking that the vacancy be given to Judge Sanford, who stands high throughout the state. Mr. Sanford was in Washington for a number of years as assisiant at- torney general, having succeeded James MacReynolds, another Tennessee: in that position. He was appointed United States district judge two years ago, and was succeeded in the Department of Jus- tice by Mr. Fowler, also a Tennessee man. Kentuckians are urging the promotion of Federal District Judge A. M. J. Coch- ran, who was appointed to the ‘bench in that state in December, 1901. ‘the President is also considering a Michigan man, despite the fact that there 1s a Michigan judge upon the sixth circuit bench at this time. He is Judve Henry F. Severens, whose home is in Kalamazoo. The states in the circuit are Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. Ohio is represented by John W. Warrington, ap- pointed to his position less than a year ago. Unoccupied Home Burns Up. CHICAGO, January 4.—The new build- ing of the Norwegian Old. People’s Home, which was to have been occupied Jan- uary 15, was entirely destroyed by fire here today. Loss, $65,000. It was thought the fire might spread to the old building, immediately adjoin- ing, and the sixty-three aged inmates were taken to places of safety. Brothers Burn to Death in Cabin. NEW FLORENCE, Pa., January 4.— John and Daniel Utsler, brothers, eighty- five and eighty years, respectively, were burned to death today in a fire which destroyed their little one-room log cabin located in Indiana county. near here. —__—_—_e—_<__ Blown Up by Faii on Dynamite. CHICAGO, January 4.—Otto Stall, a wealthy farmer of Big Rock, IL, slipped | and fell in his yard today, exploding a| capped stick of dynamite in his pocket. A hole was torn in his side, one hand was blown off and his head was cut. Physicians say he will die. Stall had been blowing out stumps and was returning home when the accident occurred. ; to any but those CONGRESS ASKED TOPROBE INTO HIGHER PRICES Mr. Hull Introduces Joint Res- olution for House and Senate Inquiry. | STIRRING SPEECH MADE BY DOUGLAS OF OHIO “Daily Bread and Meat as Impor- tant as Battleships. PLEADS FOR WAGE EARNERS The Greatest Sufferers, He Declares, by Increased Cost of Living. Farm Production Not Keeping Pace With the Population. Aroused over the increase in the cost the executive de- partments are preparing for exhaustive investigations of this subject Not only in Washington, where the cost of liv ing Is becoming practically unbeara whose the of living, Congress and purses are fat Is tsis question vital. 7 high and the control for t e al congre= campaign @ cost of living gain of food stuns by the trusts opened today in the House of Repres-ntatives. Representative Douglass of Ohio made a carefully considered speech on the sub- ject and Representative Hull of Ten- nessee introduced a concurrent resolution |for a congressional investigation of the subject. Other members of Congress are preparing ammunition on the subject, which promises to receive considerable attention in both branches of the na- tional legislature at the present session, prices, the increa The Hull resolution calls attention ta, the fact that during the past twelve months the prices of commodities has. imcreased trom 11 to 30 per cent; that the increase in wages has not kept pace with this higher cost of living, and that millions of people find it impossible to buy food and clothing consistent with their urgent needs. The resolution further calls attention to charges that the recent tariff legislation has operated as a strong price-raiser; that there is an absence of competition; that the American Sugar Refining Com- pany is selling sugar at 2 cents a pound more in the United States than in foreign countries; that the prices of cotton and woolen goods have been arbitrarily in- creased; “that the price of meat has been raised by the meat trust enough to en- able Armour & Co. to make a net profit of more than 35 per cent on its pital stock in a year,” and that the prices of most of the necessaries of life jon which protective duties rest - have j been raised above the world’s level ef prices. Committee of Twelve. The resolution authorizes the appoint- ment of an investigating committee, to consist of seven members of the House and five members of the Senate, “to inves- tigate and ascertain particularly what ef- fect the trusts and combinations, the in- creased volume of money, the increased population, the Increase uf demand, the supply and the issuance of government bonds, thus increasing the public debt, have each or all had upon prices, and also to investigate the extent, if any, to which existing tariff rates have in any other way affected the prices of articles ime necessity by suppressing or m: interfering with competition.” of Mr. Douglass was & statistical review of high’ and the causes thereof. Not an Alarmist. “It is not in-any sense as an alarms ist,” he said, “that I call attention to a fact more or less accurately known to every member of the House, indeed to every head of every family throughout the land, that the prices of food products, especially of the products derived from the farms of the country, have risen and are rising out of all proportion to any in- crease in wages or salaries, and to an ex- tent that is bringing actual suffering to Many millions of people. “Great crops usually bring low prices, but today, in spite of the most abundant crops pe the country has ever nc prices of corn, wheat and other cereals remain exceedingly high. The explaNation lies very largely in the fact that our food supply, raised upon vur farms, has not kept pace relatively wth our increase in population.” “Ashamed to Take the Money.” “What is true of all foreign products is especially true of the great meat staples of the country. The production of cattle, hogs and sheep is not keeping pace with the increase in your popula- tion. Cattle of the best grade are sell- ing in the Chicago market at $9.25 per one hundred pounds on the hoof. A price unknown within the memory of most of us here. Hogs are selling at $8.50. When buyers come to my farm and offer me the present prices for fatted cattle and hogs, I confess that like the little boy in the picture I am ‘ashamed to take the money.” “Between the census year of 1ss0, when the population of the United States w 50,189,200, to 1900, when the number was found to be 76,303,38T, the population of the country had increased 26,114,178, or just about 32 per cent during that time, according to the same authority the meat cattle of the country other than dairy cattle had increased about 29% per cent, thus failing to keep pace with the population by 22% per cent.” Mr. Douglas then took other figures to prove that the same thing held true with milch cows, hogs and sheep, and that none of these classes had kept pace with the increased population. “Figures Are Startling.” “These figures," said Mr. Douglas, “ap n,