Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 2, 1909, Page 1

AT e . R N Lo T ) ) ) ) | V | {{ Only 20 Shopping Days Till Christmas THE _ OMAHA- DAILY BEE WEATHER FORECAST. Fork Nobraska For lowa— Raln For weather report see page 3 Partly cloudy. VOL. XXXIX-NO. 1 P 2(. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1909—TWELVE PAGES. MANY CHANGES FOR THE ARMY! Secretary Dickinson in His Annual Report Recommends Concentra- tion of Troops Near Cities. MORE OFFICERS ARE NEEDED System of Combining Regulars and | Militia Into Brigades Advocated. PHYSICAL TESTS FOR OFFICERS Weekly Riding or Walking Stunts in | Addition to Annual Requirement. | NINETY-FIVE MILLIONS WANTED : istimate for Fiseal Year About Eight | Milllons Less Than Amount Appropriated L t Year. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1L—Many changes military establishment are suggested | by Secretary of War Dickinson in his annual report to the president. The following are some of his recom- mendations: A change In the Roosevelt physical tests, #0 as to require of officers, in addition to the annual, a weekly riding or walking test. The division of the United States Into territorial and tactleal districts so that the organized militla of the states may be conveniently combined with the regular army stationed thereln into permanent brigades, divislons and cerps for instruc- tion and actical organization. The location of troops in or near the principal citie, of the United States in- stead of distributing them at remote forts, to meet the three requirements of econom: possibility of rapld movement and the trajning of the militia. More officers for the army and promo- tion on the merit system. 1 of the fortification projects of the Philip- pines, Honolult and Pearl Harbor. Encouragement of rifle practice among the citizens and school boys. The estab- lishment of a national park at Niagara Fally to preservo its scenic features. Ninety-Five Millions Needed. The secretary made public his estimates to congress for the coming fiscal vear, amounting to $96,325,399 or about $5,000,000 less than was appropriated for the present fizcal year. At the time of the last reports from the military departments. which were received in October, it was found that the regular army numbered 71840 men with 4200 offi- cers, making a total force of 76,049, a net increase during the year of 342l The figures do not include the 3,455 men of the hospital corps. Of the active officers of the army, the report ealls attentlon to the fact that 7 are detalled to special duty, nearly halt of these, or 345, being distributed among the varlous schools of instruction of the regular establishment or deting as instruc- tors in state educational institutions where a feature is made of military training. While there were no serious breaches of military discipline during the year, Sec- retary Dickinson declares ‘“that there can be no doubt that the discipline £ and efficlency of troops were lowered by Y. the continued absence of so many com- pany officers and the resulting frequent changes of compeny commanders Demand for More Officers. The remedy for this condition, the re- port declares, may be found In Increasing the number of officers and in the passage of legislation empowering the secretary of war, whenever the occasion demanded, to appoint retired officers to active duty tem- porarily, Under existing law a retired ficer cannot be made subject to orders, t his return to active service is entirely voluntary., In putting forward the need for some such authorization, Secretary Dick- inson says: “While it Is true that the duties per- formed by these officers are, in the main, of great importance to the army or of eaterial benefit to the country, the num- ber of officers so separated from their regular dutles with troops has now reached a point where it is beyond question fhat the efficlency and discipline of the army are suffering therefrom. On June ), 1909, more than a third of the enptains of the mobile army were absent from their proper commands on detached service, of such a nature as to cause them to be absent for some time. Including those captains who were temporarily absent from their propor commands, on detached service or other- wise, it 18 belleved that less than one-half of the companies of the mobile army were commanded’ by ecaptains.” Regular Physical Exercise. The report also advocates more strenuous physical tests. President Roosevelt in- sugurated an annual test to determine the: physical fitness of officers, compelling them to ride ninety miles in three days or to walk fifty miles within the same time, This, in the opinion of Secretary Dickin- son, should be changed so as to compel officers to undertake a certaln amount of prescribed exercise each week, the amount 1o be certified by the commanding officers in thelr monthly reports. Co-operation of the regular army with the militia of the states Is strongly urged. The sccretary outlines a plan to accomplish this. He would have the country divided into @ number of territorial and tactical Alistricts, 8o that the militla may be con- venlently combined with the regular troops stationed In those districts into permanent brigades, divisions and corps for instruc- tion and tactical organization In conjunction with the headquarters of these combination divisions, the report ad- vocates the establishment of supply depots, which can be drawn upon for the equip- ment of an army in time of need. At such depots supplles would be carrled sufficiont to outfit any additional volunteer force, up to & moderate number, that might be hastily reeruited to complete the organiza- tion of an army corps. Officers to Ald Milit Attached to the headquarters, also, the report declares there should be stationed 8 young and active officer of the regular army, whose duty it would be to Instruct and direct the militla organizations in the corps district. Such an officer, it is polnted out, could lssue no orders to the militia, but it is declared he should be given power \ \ y \ Liberal appropriations for the completion | Revenue Makes ", vid Advance, , \Imost Record In < ipts Jump to Front, %% < Millions Increase % ve Months, P % \aie = WAS 2. L=The public debt, exclusiy wticates and treasury notes, |\ ~, 718,757, which is a net in- crease of §71,3%, an actual working bal- ance iIn the treasury offices of $27,060,008, a total balance in the general fund, exclu- sive of reserve and trust funds of $81,83,125, a decrease of §7,167,963; this summarizes the showing made by today's treasury re- | ports. The national bank notes outstanding ag- gregate $707,433,457, a net increase of $3,49 701. Of these notes all but $26,435,19 In law- ful money are secured by United States | bonas. Internal revenue leaped ahead in remark- able strides, recorded 324,100,491, an increase of $2,118,842 for the month which makes a total of $113,892,527 for the five months since the fiscal year began, an increase of $ 073, the largest increase for a long period. Of the moneys in the general fund $4,- 932,742 represents the balance in the na- tional bank depositories and the Philippine treasury. Customs receipts for November reached $25,637,429 So far for the five months of this fiscal year the customs receipts run $27,148,732 ahead of the corresponding period last year. The~ aggregate inland noninterest bearing debt is $1,206,715,757, a net Increase of $571,3%, while this total is swelled by the $1,375,359,869 of certificates and treas- ury notes offset by an equsl amount of cash In the treasury to an aggregate of $2,671,078,626, a total increase of $9,653,3%5 for the month. Bigamy Charge Against Mrs. Dexey Woman Held at Columbus Must Face Accusation Filed by Miss Erder. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1.—A warrant charging bigamy was issued today against Mrs. L. B. Doxey of Columbus, Neb., by R. L. Shackleford. Mrs. Doxey and her husband are to appear in court in the Nebraska town, Friday, to answer statutory charges preferred by Kate Erder of St. Louls, sls- ter of Willlam J. Erder, who, the local au- thorities belleve was married to Mrs, Doxey at Clayton, Mo., last April Through Miss Erder, who is seeking to recover $3,200 insurance paid to her broth- er's reported widow. Attorney Shackleford certificate issued to Dr. and Mrs. Doxey at Burlington, Ia., in 1906 He has also been furnished with an affidavit by Rev. K. T. Parffer of Clayton that Mrs. Doxey Is the woman to whom Erder was married at the clergyman's residence. The warrant is based on this evidence. An application for Mrs. Doxey's extradition will follow. Constable Charles G. Bode of Clayton, St. Louls county, left for Jefferson City to- night with the warrant charging bigamy. He carried an application to Governor Had- ley for a requisition on the governor of Nebraska for the arrest of Mrs. Dora Elizabeth Fuller Doxey at Columbus, Neb. The warrant was issued by Justice Werre- meyer on an affidavit made by Prosecut- Ing Attorney Shackelford, In which he charges Mrs. Doxey with having married the late Willlam J. Erder while she was still the wife of Dr. Loren B. Doxey. Dr. Doxey and his wite are to answer to a statutory charge at Columbus, Friday. Miss Kate Erder, sister of the dead man, made an affidavit today that Mrs. Doxey is the woman who married her brother and obtained $3,200 insurance by administering on his estate as his widow. HOW DOTH HIS EXCELLENCY PART HAIR OF HIS HEAD? Alma Committee Would Know if Rumor Has it True it § (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Dec. l—(Special)—If there was any doubt about the campaign of 1910 being opened that doubt has been removed by the receipt of the following letter by Governor Shallenberger: “ALMA, Neb, Nov. 30.-Governor A. C. Shallenberger: At a meeting of the most influential citizens held in the back room of Sims' drug store the remark was made that you parted your halr in the middle. Please deny or affirm by return mall. We want to know where we are at.” The letter Is signed “Committee, by B. M. Sims, chairman, and R. M. Liberty, secretary."” The governor was out of town when the letter came, but Secretary Furse, after carefully examining & photograph of his excellency, answered that the Rovernor parted his hair a little “off of center.” In fact, enough off to be noticeable. Mitehell Succeeds Laffan, NEW YORK, Dee. L—Edward P. Mitch- ell, for many years on the editorial staff of the New York Sun, it was announced | today has been elected president of the Sun Printing and Publishing assoclation succeed- Ing the late Willlam Laffan. | DIPLOMATIC TIES ARE SEVERED Secretary Knox Hands Passports to Felipe Rodriguez, Nicaraguan Charge d’Affaires, ULTIMATUM ACCOMPANIES NOTE | Men Responsible for Torture of Amer- icans Personally Responsible. MUST OBSERVE AGREEMENT Nation Must Obey Principles Laid Down in Washington Conference. IRIAS MAY FOLLOW ZELAYA Minister General May Be New Pres- 1 obtained a certified copy of a marriage | ident of Niearagua-—France Looks Into Report of Maltreatment of Its Citizens. BULLETIN. WASHINGTON, Dee. +1.—Felipe Rodri- guez, charge &'affaires of the Nicara- guan legation, wus tonight tendered his [passports by Secretary of State Kuox, thereby severing the diplomatic relations of the two countries. In delivering passports to the Nicaraguan charge d'affalres, Secrctary of State Knox Informed him by note that the United States would hold personally responsible the men responsible for the torture and exi cution of the two Americans, Groce and Cannon, who recently were killed in Nicara- gua. Secretary Knox also informed him that Nicaragua would be held to an ob- servance of the principles of the Wash- ington conference of South American re- publics In the interest of general peace and harmony. WASHINGTON, Dec. L.—Dispatches con- tinue to be recelved at the State depart- ment saying that President Zelaya Is con- templating retiring from the presidency of Nicaragua. The latest one stated that Zelaya In all probability would turn over the presidency to Iras, his minister gen- eral. Whetber this is a play for time is not known here PARIS, Dec. 15~The forelgn office cabled today to the Fremch consuls in Nlcaragua, instructing them to furnish mformation re- garding the published reports that clitizens of France had been 1l treated in Nicar- agua. Upon the rature of the replies will depend the subsequent action of this gov- ernment. A recent dispatch from San Jose, Costa Rica, id that an officlal complaint had been lodged with the French consul gen- eral there by Fuastino Montcl, a French- man who clalmed to have been attacked and brutally treated by troopers who rep- resented themselves to be members of the Nicaraguan army. France has one America. 1s minister to Central He is Jacques De Casotte, who located at Guatemala. The consular jesents in Nicaragua are A. Gabinet at Grenada and Levy Fernand at Leon. Arms for Insurgents. BLUEFIELDS, NICARAGUA, Dec. 1.— The Norweglan steamer Stavangeren has arrived here from New York with arms and ammunition for the insurgents. latter have been handicapped up to this time by a lack of ammunition, but are now well equipped and are also supplied with machine guns and small arms, Accordingly it is announced at the surgent camp that the plan will be changed. General Estrada immediately assuming the aggressive. General Chamorro has arrived here and reports that the situation at Greytown Is unchanged. The troops of President Zelaya are making no effort to evacute the city or, sa far as can be learned, mak- march on Bluefields. The {nsurgents here claim to be confident of ultimate success. They state that re- crults are arriving from many sources and dally strengthening Estrada's cause. The impression is general that the situation now existing will soon end despite Presi- dent Zelaya's claims to the contrary. It is reported that the Nicaraguan presi- dent has fewer than 5,000 troops at ali in- of action points with which o attack the insurgents |the Chicago, and regain the eastern coast, which has been lost to him. Many prominent liberals who are fugitives from Managua are join- ing the forces of General Chamorro. Reinforcements have been sent to Gen- eral Matuty, who reported a decisive vic- tory over the government troops near Rama on Monday. HUGHES MAY REMOVE COLER Charges Made by Commissioner of Accounts Against President of Brooklyn Borow NEW YORK, Dec. L-Removal of Bird 8. Coler from the presidency of the Bor- ough of Brooklyn is expected of Governor Hughes by the commissioners of accounts #n a communication accompanying the charges against President Coler, which were drawn up today for submission to the governor. “Incompetency maladministration and misconduct in office and serious waste of the public funds,” were the accusations in the report. “Yes, 'm E. T. Miller. What can I do with this greeting that a_ traveling stopping at the Henshaw stepped man across his room to meet a stranger who rapped at the door. “Guess you. don't remember Brother Charlle,” the stranger answered. “It's been about twenty years or more, Ed." Then the recognition came. Way back in the later 'S0s this older brother Charlie left the Miller family home at Tower Hul, 1. That was the last heard from him. Litie brother Edwin, man, had all but forgotten, and the family thought the wanderer dead years ago. Tuesday afterncon this wandering Charles, now employed in the raflway yards here as a switchman, saw a tiny mention of his brother's name in a daily paper. It was just & chance, he thought, s supervise the equipment instruction .3 the volunteer troops of district and Wontinued on Second Page) » that this man might be his brother. His reflections led to the lnvestigation and the | meeting. now the traveling | Twenty Years Rambling, Discovers Brother Here Through the many years intervening Charles Miller has been rambling about along the western coast from Mexico to Carada, always rallroading. “Always meant to write, then something would come up and I'd forget,” he ex- plained. Sunday will be a bright day in the Miller family at Fremont, Neb., when Edwin leads his long lost brother back Into tle fold. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. G. Miller; are both past 10 years old. “I wrote & letter home telling them about It” sald Edwin Miller. “I don't want the surprise of the meeting up there Surday to be too great. But the folks will_certainly be happy. “Charlie and I talked till after midnight last night. There has been a lot hap- Pened In that twenty years that we both wanted to know about.” Charles Milier has been in Omaha for two months. He rooms at 317% South Thir- teenth street, ¥ The | | | | From the Sioux Mty Journal, Mr. Bryan Has a New Vehicle in Which to Make a Fourth Dash for the White House. FRISCO ROAD SOLD TO YOAKUM Complete Separation from Rock Island §,stem Announced. LEGAL REASONS ARE GIVEN 3!-! Aetion on Deal Made to Grounds They Are Competing Lines—Mudge to Head the Rock Hefadl NEW YORK, Dee. 1L—Definite announce- ment was made this afternoon that B. T. Yoakum, B. L. Winchell and their asso- clates have purchased the St. Louls & San Francisco raliroad from the Rock Island company. Separate operation of the roads has been decided, it is stated, and It Is announced that Mr. Winchell is to become president of the St. Louls & San Francisco company. H. U. Mudge has been elected president of the Rock Island road. Benjamin F. Yoakum, chairman of the executive committee of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad company, amd his assoclates today resigzned from the di- rectorate of the Rock Island company and Willlam H. Moore, Danfel G. Reid and Francis L. Hine also resigned as directors of the St. Louls & San Francisco Railroad company. The following official given out this afternoon: “The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Raliroad Company of Iowa today sold and delivered to B. F. Yoakum and others com- mon stock of the St. Louls & San Franclsco Rallroad company representing the con- trolling Interest and. being all the shares of stock which the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rallroad company has heretofore owned in that company. “A meeting of the board of directors of Rock Island & Pacific Rail- road company was held this morning, statement was {proper authority was given and the trans- action was later in the day closed “One of the reasons for the sale was the legal advantage of a separation of the Rock Island and 'Frisco properties, a question having been raised both by the federal and certaln state governments as to the two roads being parallel and competin Operation to Be Separate, “The Rock Island and 'Frisco rallroads will henceforth be operated as separate properties, there having been a complete legal severance of all relations heretofore existing between them. Notwithstanding the friendliest feelings exist between those in control of the two roads, and, it is intended that they shall be operated to the mutual advantage of both, wherever it may properly. be done. “At & meeting of the board of directors (Continued on Second Page.) What shall I buy them for Christ- mas? You will find the answer on the Want Ad pages, under the head of *“Christmas Hints.”’ ‘This classification is a fine thing for both our readers and our adver- tisers. It gives scores of things, that you would not. think of, that will probably be more pleasing than anything else. It tells you where to buy them and Iin most cases what they will cost. Look over the Christmas Hints column beore starting on your shopping trip. Do not wait until the last day. Have you read the want ads yet todayt * ok & “Oh, Pshaw,” Says Oil King When Told About Plot John D. Rockefeller Declares There is Nothing in Story of Plan to Kidnap Him. NEW YORK, Dec. L—"Oh, pehaw,” said Johm D. Rockefeller smilingly, today as he alighted from a train from Cleveland and was told that he had been marked for kidnaping or perhaps killing in his home eity. The president of the Standard Oil company was accompanied by his wife, who s quite {1l “Why, there's nothing to that story at #ll,”" added Mr. Rockefeller. “It all seems |to have started because I did not make a speech 1 had promised at the Euclid Ave- nue Baptist church in Cleveland. The con- ditlon of my wife's health prevented that, that's all. “My wife is very slek and 1 at this time instead of ea her health. 1 am not wo story."” Mr. and Mrs. Rockefeller were met at the {ullllnn by their son, John D. Rockefeller, {§r., and their daughter, Mrs. Harold Mec- {Cormick, and her husband. Mrs. Rockefel- ler was wheeled to an automoblie and then taken to the winter home of the Rockefel- lers on West Fifty-fourth street. Harold 8. Smith of Minerva, O, told the Cleveland police yesterday that he had overheard a plot in Alllance, O, to kidnap or kill Mr. Rockefeller. BOOM FOR G. C. JUNKIN AGAINST G. W. NORRIS Secretary of llln:: Being wed Candidate Against Present Con- gressman in Fifth. came here because of about this (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Dec. 1.—(Special)—~Word has reached the state hous from th: Fifth {district that a number of republicans out |there want George C. Junkin, secretary of |state, to make the race for the republi- can nomination for congress against Cin- gressman George Norrls. Mr. Junkin him- selt has received a number of letters urg- ing him to permit the use of his name in this connection. Mr. Junkin would not say he would be a candidate, but on the other hand inti- mated that he would prefer to go back to the farm and attend to his private business when his term of office as secrelary of | state expires. Mr. Junkin's term as secretary of statte will not expire until a year from Jan- |uary and for that reason and for the further reason that he is anxious to get back to his private busimess, he may not make the race, Orlando Tefft to Europe, BOSTON, Dec 1.—(Speclal Telegram.)— Orlando Tefft of Avoca, Neb., ex-chairman of the Nebraska republican stite committee, sailed today from here for a European Lour, GOVERNOR HALTS OVER CALL Initiative and Referendum Ditched Once by Democrats, BRYAN THERE TO LOBBY FOR IT In Face of Record, and After Show- ing Opposition to Peerless Ome, Executive in No Mood to Yield, (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Dec. 1—(Special.)—Before Gov- ernor Shallenberger calls that extra slon which Mr. Bryan wants him to call to pass an Initiative and referendum law, a great deal more pressure will have to be made upon him. Without committing himselt either way before leaving for Chi- cago Governor Shallenberger left the im- pression that he did not think well of the extra session, The legislature which would In extra session last winter defeated initiative and referendum bil* which Mr. Bryan himself lobbled for and the presi- dential candidate was within earshot, in fact, in the lobby of the house when the voie was taken in there Mr. Bryan followed the bill to the sen- ate and kept up the fight, cven going so far as to wilte letters Res- be called to some of the members, particularly the Douglas county smembers, in which he Aenounced them emphatically, saying in substance that the only reason he cou'd see for their attitude toward the bill was thelr subserviency to the brewers. Senator Ransom at that time prepared | an answer to the Bryan letter, which, It | was told, wis hot enongh to raise biiste but whether It was ever sent the records of the time do rot show. Parties close to the governor doubt very much that he will bow his will to Mr. Bryan and attempt the passage of the initiative and referendum bill by the same bunch of people who killed the bi'l last winter over the Dryan protest. Governor Shallenberger will serfously con- sider the matter before he takes any ac- ton, for the reason that some of his ad- visers, no doubt, would like to see the gov- ernor get 0 bad’y mixed up that he could rot be a senatorial possibility. NATIONAL BANK FOR MORRILL Comptroller of Currency Applieation Made b Men of that City. Approves sineus (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dee. 1.—(Special gram.)—The application of H. O, of Mitchell, Neb.; H. 8. Clarke, jr. Minor, C. W. Scoville and L. M. Eastman to organize the First National bank of Morrill, Neb.,, with $25,000 capital has been Tele- Bastman W. L approved by the comptroller of the rency. Jerome F. Leuthold has been appointed rural carrier and Arthur C. Barton substi- tute on route No. 4 at Plankinton, 8, D, cur- WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—"It Is estimated that there will have been collected from the speclal corporation excise tax by July 1, 1910, $15,00,00 and that an addl- tional $10,000000 collectable for the calen- dar year from January 1, 1910, to Decem- ber 31, 1910, will be collected subsequent to July 1, 1910, making the estimate for the total amount of the collection for the fiscal year, 1910, $25,000,000."" In this way Commissioner of Internal Revenue Cabe’l n his annual report, made public today, discusses the corporation tax law. The internal revenue recelpts for the fiscal year were 3246212719, a decrease of 95,453,230 from lust year, but the recelpts for the first three months of the current years, §65,176,638, Increased $2,966,667 over the same period & year agr N ew- Corporation TaxAWill Raise Twenty-Five Millions “It 18 estimated,” says the commissioner, “that receipts from corporations in 1910, will amount to $15,000000 and from all other sources to $263,000000 making a total of $268,000,000. It also Is estimated that the recelpts from corporations In 1911 will amount to $25,000000, and from al: other sources to $205,000,000, making a total of $250,000,000, “During the last year there was col- lected on distilled apirits $128,315,181; on | fermented liquors, $56,303,4%, and on tobaceo | 51,887,178 y Beer production has decreased and tobacco and souff manufacture has In creased. There were 139,391.631 gallons of distilled spirits produced during the year, 16,000,000 more than the previous year. year, The total estimated expenses of service an | INDUSTRY FEELS EFFECT OF STRIKE Twelve Thousand Men Idle in Twin Cities and Duluth Because of Switchmen's Walkout, LITTLE FREIGHT IS MOVING Continuance of Blockade Will Throw Thousands More Out of Work. OFFICE MEN AS SWITCHMEN Little Impression is Made on Yards Full of Stalled Freight Trains. IMAY TIE UP BIG SMELTERS Butte Plants, Which Employ Ten Thousand Men, Will Soon Run Out of Coke if Service Is Not Resumed, ST. industry PAUL, Minn,, Dee. 1L—Every line of the Twin Cities, Duluth and | Superfor and all eities of the northwest de- | pendent on the movement of supplies Is se- | rously affected by the strike of the rail- road switehs which began at § o'clock in last evening It is estimated about 12.000 men are idle ltontght on account of the strike order, thousands of freight handlers and team- sters are losing time by reason of the freight blockade in the lvrm\xl towns, while a continuance of the strilf® for sev- eral days will throw additional thousands out of work. The raflroad yards are filled with stalled frelght trains, and an attempt to move a few by the ald of the office men drafted as switchmen is making no impression. The railroad managers announced today that they were bringing to St. Paul new switchmen to take the places of the strik- ers. To this President Hawley of the Switch- men’s Union of North America said: “All right; let them come, we will not object Business men are beginning to feel the resuit-of the strike, Information is glven out from the switch- men's headquarters that if the raliroads attempt to use nonunion switchmen the | locomotive firemen may refuse to handle | e nd it 1s understood from one mem- ber of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire- | men that the chief of that organization | has instructed his men to decline to work with nonunion men. It is sald the fire- | men have had a grievance for some time, Both Sides Make Claims. Both sides in the controversy eclaimed to have the situation well fn hand this | morning., Passenger traffic was maln- [ta'ned in the Twin Cities last night and {this morning, though with considerable delay, but very little frelght was handled anywhere between the great lakes and the Facific const. The switchmen are firm (n thelr de termination to hold out for an inerease of 6 conts an hour in wages, with double time | for overtime, Sundays and holidays, to- | gether with other concessions, while the | rafiroads claim that things will adjust | themselves to thelr normal condition within a few days despite the walkout. | National Association in Fight, | Tt is sald that the moral and financlal | surport of the fonal Rallway assocla- n to the rallways of the | tion is being glvi | northwest in this effort to overéome union rule. An indieation of the far-reaching effeot of the strike, should it be protracted, is shown In a dispatch from Butte, Monts | where immense copper mines and smeltors are located. These are wholly dependent |on the rafiroads directly concerned in the ! strike. Inability to ship coke to the smelt- | ers will cause a suspension,of operations | &rd fully 10,000 men there will become idle. A summary of the switchmen on strike in Montana shows 2 out at Livingston, 12 | at Glendive, 7 at Billings, 10 at Helena, § - | 4t Butte, % ai Deer Lodge, Avery and Al- | berton; 0 at Missoula, Garrison, Salte 5t Regls, adise and Wallace, Idaho; |80 at Great Falls and 5 at Havre, One Train Leaves I neapolis. No freight was handled out of St. Paul last night or this morning and only one train left Minneapolis, that soon after the strike was declared. Rafroad officials, traln dfspatchers and members of train crews did the switching in the Twin City | yards. The freight handlers at the Min- | nesota transfer, the freight gateway of the northwest followlg instructions, did not report for work this morning. All freight trains at Duluth and Superior |were at o standstill this morning. Tt iy h:mid should the strike last, fully 10,000 men | will be thrown out of work at the head of the lakes. The strike order was generally followed between here and the Paelfic coast, and where traffic was not entirely tied up it was seriously delayed. In most places frelght trains were side- tracked, as at Missoula, Great Falls, Liy- |ingston, Grand Forks, Fargo, Mandan, Jamestown and Havre, and agents refused to accept freight for shipment. At some | points in Minnesota, as Helena and Billings, | all switchmen did not strike, some of them belonging to the Brotherhood of Rallway Trainmen. itcports from Wallace, Butte, Forsythe and Paredise are that the men | refused to strike and-the freight is belng hand'ed. It was reported this morning that the members of the Brotherhood of Raflway Tralnmen would also strike today, but this could not be confirmed Const Citles Tied Up, TTLE, Dee. 1.—Freight service on the anscontinental lines In the Pacifie north- i | west Is practically at a standstill, because of the walkout of the switchmen last night following orders from the head office at St. Pauv In the northwest the Northern Pacitic and the Great Northern rallways are the greatest suffercrs, as they are the only northern transcontinental lines that ploy numbers of switchmen. In the northwest 700 switchmen obeyed the strike order. In Seattle 200 men are em- affected. Tacoma has 100 strikers, Spokane 180, Pascoe fifty, Ellensburg forty and Everett thirty. The strike was not felt |at Portland, Ore, and Vancouver, where ths switching crews are made up of mem- bers of the rallway trainmen’s unlon, In Seattle no erfort was made to bandle freight trains, other than those carrying live stock, last night. Through passenger trains were enabled to leave on time only because the terminal superintendents and yard mesters made up the train: Ten Thousand Out of Work, for the fiscal year, ending 1911, is 35,302,640, including $100,000 for the corporation tax. DULUTH, Minn, Dec. L-Only two switch engines are working today st the