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‘[ CHOOSE OFFICERS ) ) A T Lewis. | NEWS SECTION| PAGES1 TO & THE OMAHA DAILY BEE v — VOL. XXXIX-—-NO. 166. MINE WORKERS Report of Tellers is Approved by Convention—Protests Are Not Pressed. PRESIDENT LEWIS MAKES SPEECH He Says “Obstructionists” Are Only Playing Into Hands of Operators, CHANGE IN MEETING PLACE Operators Are Asked to Come to Indianapolis for Joint Session. DEFINITE PLAN FOR MERGER Special Committee is Appointed to Draft Agreement for Consid- ation with Metal Miners, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 21.—At the close of today’s session of the convention of the United Mine Workers of North Ameriea the report of the tellers of the balloting for international officers was de- clared to be final. Protésts by the oppon- ents of Thomas J. Lewis, re-elected prosi- dent, that the votes of certain local unions might be shown to be of questionable valid- ity were not pressed. The new set of officers, which will take charge of the administration on April .1, follows. President—~Thomas L. Ohi Lewls, Bridgport, 0. Vice President—Frank J. Hayes, Spring- fleld, 111 Secretary-Treasurer—Edwin Perry, Oska- loosa, Ia. President Lewls, in accepting re-election, declared that his political enemies within the organization were succeeding only in supplylng ammunitior. to the operators, whom the bituminous coal miners are to meet on February 1 1o negotiate a new ‘wage contract. The “obstruetionists,” he sald, by delaying the proceedings, were plling useless expense upon the local unions, which support the delegates In the conven- tion. Operators Asked to Ind ol President Lewis opposed a motion, put by his rival in the election for the prosidency,. ‘Willlam Green of Coshocton, O., that the operators of the bituminous coal fields of western Pennsylvania, Ohlo and Tndiana should be Invited to come to Indlanapolis for, the tri-state joint conference with the iners, Instead of meeting them at Toledo, arranged. The motion, however,- was carried and the international officers and the presi- dents of the districts included In the tri- state agreement, with the addition of the Tllinols district, were appointéd & domimit- tee to ask the atofs to ochange the meeting place to this city. The report of the tellers of the balloting wad read In the convention.of the o . tion in this vity today, but the anti-Lewis party succeeded In postponing a vote on its adoption until afternoon. The convention was in a ftumult before and after the report. “InBurgents” sup- porting Willlam Green attempted to delay . the report. After noisy demonstrations on both sides and cries of 'put him out” directed against the speakers, it was de- termined to hear the report first and the | protests afterward. 1 After the report was read, Green de- manded the vote by districts In the anthra- clte region of Pennsilvania and district No. 26 of Nova Scotia, The tellers had in hand only the totals and, in the uproar, the A€halrman adjourned the convention until afternoon, X Allegea Spy Riles Convention. A man of the npame of Rivers of Alabama stirred the couyention of the United Mine | Workers of Aserican to a high pitch of excltement today, though he was not pres- ent. If he had not left the city, President | Lewls sald, he probably “would go now," for he was * a sccret agent of the oper- | ators of Alabama." | AR nim{ shouted a delegate. There was a laugh at this, but no laugh | when there were gencral cries of “Throw humn out!" | “He has vamoosed,” sald President | W. R. Fairley, executlve board member for Alabama, sald Rivers attended laht | years convention as a delegate and had with him & deputy sheriff from Alabama, | ‘an officer that has no business in a min- | ‘ers’ meeting.” a member of the local unlon before the great in that state, Falrley sald, and since then has een, he declared, at intervals in the employment of the operators of the state as a confidential agent. Definite Plan for Merger. A definite plan for the projected merger of the organized metal and coal miners of | the United States and Canada will be laid | before the convention by a committee representing the coal miuers here as-| sembled and a visiting committee sent by the metal miners of the Western Federa- | tion of Miners. President Lewls of the United Mine ‘Workers today named its conference com- mittee as follows: T. L. Lewls, president;| John H. Walker, district 12; J. R. Lawson, | distriet 16; E. 8. McCullough, district %; C, P. Gllday, district 7; Jacob Ritter, dls- trict 18; Patrick Gliday, district 2. ‘The conference cammittee of the Western Federation of Miners Is as follows: Charles H. Moyer, president; Mahoney, vice president; Willlam David- son, executive 'board member; James Devlin, Daniel Holland, M. J. O'Connor and J. D. Cannon. The two committee Immediately will take | up the work of framing a coalation con- thaot that will bring about either an | « mmalgamation; with one set of interna- ‘tlonal officers and one treasury, or an of- fensive and defensive working agreement that will yet permit the Independent exist- nce of the metal and coal miners’ organi- ations. p o Paper 3 NEMAHA, Neb., Jan. 21—(Speoial.)—After belng suspénded for a perlod of five monthy, the Nebraska Advertiser, one of the oldest, If not the oldest, papers in the state, will be revived again. The maoulder of public opinlon hafls from the Western part of the state. No lnln will take place, except the politics, which will be nonpartisan. Nemahans are showing by they want ~@ newspaper, and the new man will be en- ‘-mnfl in every way possible, c B| teat | WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska—Fair and warmer. For lowa—Falr and warmer. For weather report see page 3. OMAHA, SATURDAY Beef Trust Will Be Attacked by Attorney General Proceedings Will Soon Be Instituted by Department of Justice Under Sherman Law. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Proceedl will soon be Instituted' by the Department of Justice agalnst the so-called beef trust, with headquarters at Chicago. Complaint of alleged operations of the trust in re- straint of trade have been Investigated by the department. Suit probably will be brought under the Sherman anti-trust law. Lovett Allowed ; to File Views dent of Union Pacific Will Give Views of Merger Dismissal t0 Wickersham, WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Judge' R. 8. Lovett, president of the Union Pacific rail- road, has been given leave to file with the attorney general a written memorandum of his views on the request made of the gov- ernment to dismiss the suit nstituted by it to dissolye the merger of the Union Pa- cific and Southern Pacific railroads. This decision was reached at the confer- ence yesterday between Attorney General Wickersham, Irank D. Kellogs and C. A. Severance, representing the government, on the -one- hand, and President Lovett, Maxwell Bvarts, sounsel of the Union Pa- ecifi¢, and one or two other officials of the road, on the other. The ‘sult’ was brought under the ‘Sher- man antl-trust law on the ground that the merger of the new road was in restraint of trade. The following statement regarding the conference was made today at the Depart- ment of Justice: “Judge Lovett and his counsel and asso- ciates, submitted to the attorney general their contentlon that the government had failed in the sult against the Union Pacific Rallroad company and the Uniop Pacific raliroad to establsh the fact that the trans- action therein questioned constituted a vio- lation of the Sherman act, and, therefore, that the sult should be dismissed. Upon the adjournment, of the meeting leave was given to Judge Lovett to flle a written memorandum of his views, which the attorney general will take under con- sideration before reporting to the president his recommendations respecting the request to dismiss the suft.” Paid ‘Money to Black-Ha Sttt ' Beveral Viotims of Ohio Blackmailers Testify in Trial at Toledo. nders TOLEDO, O., Jan. 2L.—A threat to kidnap some of his ten children induced Fablano Chincola, & frult dealer of Cincinnati, to glve up- $1,600, according to his testimony in the trial of the fourteen alleged Black Hand conspirators here today. Chincola sald the payment was made in a room over the saloon of Francesco Spedara, in Cin- cinnati, October 18, 1908, Spedara and Sal- vator Arrigo, whom he knew, received the money. The threatening letter demanded 33,000, he sald, but he'could not raise that much, He received a letter telling him how to pay the money, and he drew. it from the bank. Francesco Canot of Cineinnatl sald he journeyed to Pittsburg and pald $400 to some man whom he could not identify. Baptiste Marcurio of Columbus, O., testified that he recelved four letters from Valley City, N. D. each demanding $,00. He paid $500 through a third person, but could not tell to whom the money went. Ignazio and Augustine Anarino of Colum- bus, O., testified: that they fled to Sicily after dynamite was exploded under their house in the spring of 1908 They reeeived another Black Hand letter in Italy. E. F. Weber, a banker of Meadvill identified the signature on a letter to Sal- vatore Lima as belng that of Peppine Galbo. DENIES ~MORSE 1S FAVOREIj Warden of Atlanta Penitent Asserts Ice King is Employed in Library. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3L—Captain Wil- llam H. Moyer, warden of the United States penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga., was at the Department of Justice today and entered indignant denial of the published stories that special privileges were being accorded |to Charles W. Morse, the New York banker. Captaln Moyer sald it Is true that, after having been removed, the mustache of Mr. Morse has been allowed to grow again. Mr. Morse, he sald, was employed In the library and was being treated precisely as any other prisoner in the institution, | Houl M, K. & T, FORT WORTH, Tex., Jan. 2lL.—Reports are current In raliroad 'circles here today | that Edwin Hawley will place P. H. Houlahan at the head of the operating de- partment of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad as general manager. Mr. Houlahan is now general manager of the Chicago & Alton raliroad. (ZAR AND MIKADO REPLY T0 KNO~ Both Nations Reject ™7 for Neutralize*' 3 * ’ JAPAN HAS M. . llau is l‘fieixdly in Tone, but Conclu- sions Are Not Qualified. BASIS OF RUSSIAN OPPOSITION Proposition is Held to Be Without Intrinsic Merit. AMERICANS. ARE DISAPPOINTED General Feeling that Adoption Scheme Would Have Had Effect of Minimising Prospect of War. TOKIO, Jan. 2L—The reply of the Japa- | nese government to the United States pro- | posal for the neutralization of the Man- churian raflways was handed to American Ambassador O'Brien this afternoon. It is a polite declination, No intimation of the eontents of the memorandum of reply is given, but the best information obtainable indicates that the communication is brief and that the declination to accept the neutrallzation proposition is based on several grounds, the chief of which are: The American plan would be of no ad- vantage whatever to Japan. It would afford no advantage to China. It would not change the commercial situa- tion In Manchuria, where Japan Is adher- Ing strictly to its pledges of an open door and eqeal opportunity. It is understood that the reply is couched In terms of friendly appreciation of the American purpose, but it is not of an argu- mentative character and its conclusions are not qualitied. Tcussin Opposes Plan. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 21.—Russia's reply to Secretary Knox's note proposing the neutralization of the Manchurian rall- roads was dellvered to Ambassador Rock- bill today. The Russign comm; proposal for the railroads. It sthf d that the Russian government gops| the alternative prop- osition for its participation in an Interna- tional syndicate for the construction of the Chin Chow-Aign line - acceptable in principle, but because of the political and strategical importance of the enterprise and its bearing on the East Chinese rail- road Russia wiil defer a final' answer on this subject pending the receipt of informa- tion a8 to the principles of the American Pproject. § N Russia resorves.the ‘right to ‘Mads upon Il such projscts as affecting its political, strategic and economic Interests, 'The note '6f * reply ‘throughout = 'in a friendly tone and the American proposition I8 criticizea strongly on its intrinsic merits. Ameriean Officinls Disappointed. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Press telegrams from Toklo and St. Petersburg recelved this morning stated that the proposal of the United States for the neutralization of the Munchurian rallroads had been refected by both Japan and Russia, were read with great interest at the State department. There s no doubt that this result of Secretary Knox's effort to eliminate the Manchurian rallways from the policles of the far east, thus mimimising the danger of war, is a keen disappointment to the officlals. Whether the matter will end with the action of Japan and Russla, is problematical, It 18 belleved to be quite possible that With the rejection of the proposition to neutralize the rallroads in Manchuria owned by Ru and Japan the United States may urge its attention to the ques- tion of financing in conjunction With Great Britain and other European nations the con- struction of the proposed rallroad, which will run from Chin Chow Fu to Tsitshar. This road will tap the Russizn Trans- siberlan road at Tsitshar. This proposi- tion formed a part of Secretary Knox's alternative neutralization plan and it seems probable that all of the powers, including Russia and Japan, may signify their will- ingness to co-operate with the United States In neutralizing this particular road, \ —_— \ WEDS. IN HOSPITAL CHAIR German Takes This Means of Saving Fortune Left Condi. tionally, IOWA CITY, Ia, Jan. 21.—(Spectal)— Propped up in an invalid chair, Fred Hardo. cup of Relnbeck, Ia., & victim of prematurc senility, was married yesterday afternoon In the university hospital to Miss Anna Holb, to save an estate of §15,000, Hardecup was recently left $15,00 in a German estate upon the condition that he {marry. On the point of death for aimost & month, he rallled upon receipt of the news, and yesterday afternoon before the senlor medical class ho was married by | Rev. H. C. Hoerlein. Hardecup Is 52 years of age. He has been in the hospltal for & year and it is prac. tically his home, However, now his new wife will take him to Reinbeck, where they will live. The bride is 57 years of age, The wedding took place in the reception room of the university hospital. The fn. ternes rolled Hardecup Into the room In the invalid chalr and two nurses stood near at hand, ready to administer stimulants should the patient show fatigue from the Cceremony. ition rejects the tion of existing Father Willlam J. Rigge, professor of astronomy of Crelghton university, is dis- posed to question the appearance of a |§enuine comet in the southwest Thursday evening. “1 think it must have been & pecularly formed cloud,” sald Father Rigge. not a comet. While it Is true that Halley's comet is now due, and is visible under favorable conditions through powerful tele- scopes, yet it could hardly be identified as A comet by unskilled observerf In any event jts appearance through a telescope Wwould be that of a small star, and could only be seen at present in the southwest in the evening and early in the morning only under the conditions named. “and. Father Rigge is Doubtful About Alleged New Comet “I have not yet heard of any officlal ob- Tvation of the alleged comet of last even- ing, and If such a celestial visitor is pres- ent in the southwest, and particularly of the size stated by a number who claim to have seen It, its sudden appearance is un- precedented. “1 do not wish to question the fact that an object of comet-like appearance was seen by many last evening, yet I am of the opinion that it was but a pecullar cloud. “‘We shall make a careful observation of the alleged comet visitor this evening, and will then be able, if the conditions are favorablle, to report more fully upos it to- morrow. Personally, 1 did bot see If last evening." 29 22, MORNING, JANUARY 1910—SIXTEEN PAGES. 'SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. “Hog on Ice” \ \ \ \ \ \ A\ \ \ \ \ RN AN § ‘\\\\\\\\ { oL From the St. Paul Pioneer Pr CANNON RULES FOR LLOYD Speaker Hqlds that Democrat Has Right to Resign from Committee. DEMOCRATS WILL HOLD CAUCUS Chairman Clayton Announges a Com- mittee of Seven to Outline Course to Be Pursued by the Minority. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—The right' of Representative Lloyd of Missouri to tender his ‘resignation as a member of the Bal- { linger-Pinchot investigating committee was today announced in the made by Speaker Cannon, Mr. Liova ten- dering his resignation, A vaeancy upon that committee was made and it probably will be filled .when the house assembles next Monday. Bills to relieve Willlam Boldenweck, as- sistant treasurer of the United States at Chicago, from responsibility in the loss of $173,000 stolen from his office and to pay registers of land offices back fees col- lected by them were passed by the house. The day was largely devoted to a discus- sion of various private claim measures, At 5:06 o'clock p. m. the house ad- journed until Monday. The senate was not in sesston. The joint congressional committee ap- pointed to Invéstigate the Ballinger-Pin- chot controversy will hold a . preliminary meeting tomorrow.. Chairman Clayton of the democratic caucus announced the ap- pointment of the following committee to consider the course to be pursued by the deocrats in the matter of the composition of the investigating committee: Messrs. Sisson (Miss.), Hitchicock (Neb.), Dixon (Ind.), Palmer (Pa.), Rainey (Ill), Rucker (Mo.), Kitchin (N. C.). e in_a ruling Guggenheims Grip Soft Coal Fields Secure Options on Eighty Per Cent of New River Fields in West Virginia. CHARLESTON, W. Va., Jun. fi—Local representatives of the Guggenheim inter- ests have securgd ‘gptions on $0 per cent of the New river coal field, which com- prises 200,000 acres, as part of a plan to combine the entire bituminous coal inter- ests of southern West Virginla, the Fair- mont field and the holdings of the Pitts- burg Coal company. This will give the Guggenheims control of about 75 ger cent | of the soft coal of the country. ERIE REJECTS WAGE DEMANDS Forty-One Other Rallroads Will Take Similar Action in Short Time, NEW YORK, Jen. 21.—The Erie raflroad this afternoon formally rejected the de- mands of their trainmen and conductors for increased wages, The rejection fol lowed a friendly conference of the road's officlals and a committee of employes. Forty-one railroads have yet to act on the demands of thelr men, but by an un- derstood agreement they will reject them. Conferences will follow the rejection. Please bring your Sunday Want-Ads in as early as pos- sible Saturday. They are received for Sunday as late as §:30 p. m. Saturday, but it is best to get them in edrly to insure proper classification. If you cannot come down town use the telephone. Call Douglas 238 and ask for the Want-Ad. Department. \ " \ L \\\\\\ ; \ i 3 =" \)’ G e '——@/ T 1l li Tusk Hunters Slaughtering Wyoming Elk Pile of Nine Dead Animals Found in Jackson’s Hole—Vigilance Com- mittee Organized. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. K 2.—Game 'Warden Sorenson reports ‘that a gang of tusk huriters has been slaughtering wild elk. In Jackson's Hole he found nine dead in one pile. ' A report from Jackson, Wyo., says the citizéns theer have appointed a vigilance commilttes 'and have warned the tusk hunters to leave the state within forty-eight hours. @ petition in opposition to the Gros Ventre winter elic, reserve requested by congress, Willing to Make Place for Roosevelt Representative Cocks of Oyster Bay District Will Retire if Ex- President Will Run- . WASHINGTON, Jan. 2L.—Confirming the story of his readiness to retire from con- gress in fhvor of former President Roose- velt, Representative Cocks of New York, who represents the Oyster Bay dlstrict, where the Roosevelt home is located, added today that he had informally talked over the subject with Mr. Roosevelt. Representative Braldley, according to Mr. Cocks, 1s likewise willing to give way .in the house of Mr. Roosevelt In the event the ex-president should desire to enter con- gress. The, conversation took place one night last February. “The talk was entirely in- formal,” sald Mr. Cocks, “‘and the presi- dent's expressions were given In a tentative way. Incidentally the fact that John Quincy Adams had ocoupied a seat in con- gress subsequent to his presidential term was brought up. “Mr, Roosevelt belleved that the holding of a presidential office did not bar any man from later taking up other public duties, There was a reference to the pos; dential contest, but chat. “I want to say to you that the Roosevelt friends are loyal supporters of President Taft. I do not think that Mr. Rooseveit has made up his mind yet what to do.” POWER SITES TO STATES Senntor COarter Will ‘Introdyce Bill Providing for Cession by Fed- eral Government, it was just passing WASHINGTON, Jan, l—Senator Carter ( will introduce a bill which, In effect, will turn over to the state any government land chiefly valuable for use in the development of water-power. The plan ds the reseult of a conference between Senator Carter and western governors. Citizens of Ulntah county are circulating, sibility of his agaln re-entering a presi- | imck, captain; Finely, Trimble, Dodds, Rec to PLTLLS ffl.‘- I = e (SLLEGE MERCER PLAN OFF Bellevue Trustees Make Formal | Declaration of Independence. CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED FOR MONEY'| With Consolidation Scheme Blocked, Bffort Will Made to Seeure $150,000 to Insure Perma- nence of 0ld School. Trustees of Belleyue college, in s:ssion Friday afternoon at the Young Men's Christian association bullding, formally and finally voted to reject the proposition to merge with Hastings college as ordéred by the Presbyterian synod at Its last ses- sion. By taking this action the trustces have made a declaration of independence’ from the synod and will endeavor to rehabilitate the finances of the sehool and placé it on a sound financial basis. Plans were made for an immediate campaign to be launched at once to raise funds to insure the future Iife of the sehool. The following resolutions were adopted by the trustees after the merger proposi- tion had been coldly turned down: “Resolved, That the board of trustees recognizes that Bellevue college is a trust committed to It for maintenance, protec- tion and development at Bellevue, and we hereby express our determination to matn- tain the college in its integrity at Belle- vue with all its present functions unim- paired; that we recognize the necessity for an immedlate and aggres:ive financial cam- palgn along the lines suggested by the executive committee in October, and that we take up and unremittingly prosecute a campaign for the seguring of funds to the amount of §150,000 at least, 350,000 of this amount to be applied to current expenses and $100,000 to be Invested as endowment, and we, the trustees, pledge our individual | and collective active support in this en- deavor, and we invite the friends of Chris- tlan education throughout the state of Ne- braska and the east to join In this work, 50 that while the permanence of Bellevue college is assured, its effectiveness may be to a standard of assured compe- Hastings college has already given out the Impression that it, {s weary of the whole mgtter and Wil-do nothing to coerce or dissuade Bellevue from its position. The legal action filed by Bellevue to en- jein the merger probably will be dropped now in view of the formal action of Bellevue and Hastings' attitude. Those present at the conference were DF. Edwin Hart Jenks, H. E. Maxwell, Robert | Dempster, Judge A. L. Sutton and Henry T. Clarke of Omaha, Dr. W. A. Kearns of Beatrice, Dr. R. H: Braden and Mr. Burtch of Bellevue, Dr. W. H. Bets of South Omaha and Dr. McClure of (Council Bluffs. Omzha Boys te Play St. Joseph. Omuha High school sent six of the mem- bers of its basket ball squad to St. Joseph to play St. Joseph High school tonignt Omaha expects to find the St. Joseph team one of Its hardest opponents during the season, as the Missour! lads have made a fine showing so far. The Omaha boys have been practicing their passing and throwing in the last week and hope to take In an- ofher victory. The squad consists of Bur- r and Patton. ' Coach Carns accompanied the (eam on its trip. Bar Scores Abuse of Habeas Corpus in the Thaw Case ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. 2.—In a re port which scathingly rebuked the efforts to liberate Harry K. Thaw from the Matteawan asylum, the special committee on the commitment and disgharge of the criminal insane recommended to the thirty- third annual meeting of the New Ygrk State Bar association the amendment of the habeas corpus law. It Is suggested that the law be so amended that & person confined in a private asylum may ask for a%writ of habeas corpus at any time and without supporting affidavits, but that a person confined in any state hospital for the insane or & state hospital for insaue criminals, or & state hospital for insane conviets, may make an application for writ of habeas corpus only upon a written iverified petition accompanied by & cer- tificate made under oath by two qualified medical examiners In lunacy. The report continues: To emphasize the need for this remedy reference should be made to a well known | cage which has been .In the public eye for a long time, where a murderer, hav- ing escaped the consequences of his crime | by the plea of Insanity, is trying to escape the consequences of his plea by means of & coutinuous performance In habeas corpus, “A youthful debauchee of great wealth, trained to belleve that his money gave him | & right of freedom from all restraints, in- heriting an abnormality of mind likely to develop into homicidal acts, Teading a de- based and ignoble life, without & thought of the responsibilities which wealth im- poses upon Its owner, commits & foul and cowardly murder in a public resort. He is sent to the asylum for the Insane. From this he plans to get free upon successive writs of habeas corpus, which he purposes to apply for so long as his purse will enable him to pay zealous counsel and unserupu- | bership | lution will lous experts.”” MEAT BOYCOTT IS SPREADING Movement to Combat High Prices is Assuming a National Character, MANY THOUSANDS ARE ENROLLED City and’ Cleveland Are Taking the Lead. Kan LOWER PRICES ARE LOOKED FOR Packing Houses in Western Citiel Expected to Make Reductions. DES MOINES RETAILERS MAKE CUT Prices Will Be Raised Again as Soon s Stocks on Hand Are Gone— CHICAGO, combat the Jan. 21.<The movement to high prices of meat spread rapldly today and is assuming a national character. Colncident with the growth of the movement came announcements from Milwaukeo and Cleveland that the price of meat had dropped. In Milwaukee two retall butchers quoted porterhouse steak at 10 conts a pound, sirioln at the same price and other meats in proportion. The wholesale price of beet fell off 15 cents a hundred pounds in Cleveland. From Denver came the report that Samuel Dutton, president of the Westerh Hotel Men's Protective assoclation, an- nounced that the proposition of cutting down the consumption of meat would be brought before his organization at a meet- ing to be held here on January 2. Dis- patches trom Baltimore, Kansas City, Mil- waukee, Memphis, Hittsburgand other cities told of the rapid growth of the move- ment. Cleveland, credited with being the originator of the scheme now has 80,000 names enrolled in the crusade, while Kan- sas City reports’ 80,000, The heads of the leading packing houses of Kansas City and Chicago refused to discuss the effect of the movement upon thelr business, NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—New York to- day joined forces with its sister cities in making a fight on the nigh prices of meats. Scores of laboring men and others are making pledges to abstain from using meat for thirty days, while many others are only eating meat once a day. Mrs. Anita Comfort, prominent in club circles, has come forward with a suggestion that 1,000,000 housewives unite to force prices down, Clevelund Expects Lower Prices. CLEVELAND, O, Jan. 21—Now that the meat boycotting move which started here this week as a remedy for the in- creased cost of moat has necéme general local: packers ‘and dealers expect lower prices in the Kansas,City and: Chicago wholesale markets. While the number of pledges of ab- stainers Is got great compared to the total populafion the movement is grow- ing. n’:he wholesale price of beef fell off 15 cents a hundred pounds here today. Hog prices are steady. There has Jbeen & slight decrease in the price of eggs fol- lowng the boycott on eggs started yes- terday. The city council will investigate the high food prices. Ment Prices Reduced. DES MOINES, Jan. 2L.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The price of meat dropped 2 cents the retall shops of Des Moines, due to screased demand. Dealers claim it will ralsed again as soont as the supply In the hands of local dealers is exhausted. Petitions which were circulated in Des | Moines today were signed by geores of men and women, who agreed to éat no meat for thirty days. The’unions have not as yet taken any official notice of the crusade. MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan, 2.—Porter- house steak, 10 cents a pound; sirloin steak, |10 cents g pound; pork steak, 14 cents a pound; veal steak, 7 cents a pound. These are some of the prices quoted In advertise- ments In Milwaukee newspapers this aft- ernoon by two retall butchers wha have responded to the agitation of a most strike in Milwaukee. Oneadvertisement s headed “Meat 1s Coming Down,’ and the. prices are far below those quoted for months past. Eighty Thousand Dieters. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 2L.—That 80000 people in Kansas City will join the anti- meat eating crusade dufing the next ten days is freely predicted by labor leaders Tere todav. The building trades councll, with a mem- of 5000, representing elghteen crafts and thirty local lodges, will meet to- night, when it is practically assured a reso- be passed pledging the mem- bers to refrain from eating meat for thirty days. The Industrial Trades' councll, which has 13,00 members and represents ninety-nine crafts, will meet Sunday to take similar action. The Building Trades' council and the fn- ustrial Trades' council hold the balance of power in the labor organizations of the city. The Carmen's unlons are enthusiastio supporters of the crusade and have voted today to refraln from meat eating. The Allied Printing Trades which has 5500 members, hak council, called & | meeting to take action on the matter, Hotel Men Are Stirred. DENVER, Colo., Jan. 21.—Something of a national charecter is to be given the re- cently inaugurated boycott, according to Samuel Dutton, president of the Western Hotel Men's Protective assoclation. The proposition of cutting down the consump- tion of meat whl be brought before that mody at a meeting to be held in Chicago, January 81, when the assoctation will.be made national. “Unless something Is done to edrtall the consumption of meat,” sald Mr. Dutton to- day, “the time is coming when the poor of this eountry will be no better off than the peasants of Lurope. “When the people learn they can live just as well and feel much better and cut doww ftheir housenold expenses by eating more vegetables the condition of the work- ing cluss will be greatly Improved. “Huy No Meat” Butto BALTIMORE, Jan. 2L—Buttons bearing the inscription “I don't buy mest. Do you?' appeared on the streets here in large numbers today following the action of local Federation of Labor, which adopted a reso- lution calling on labor unionisis and ‘thelr sympathigers to abstaln from eating meat for one month. The demand for buttons is not gontined to laboring men, more than Lal! the re-

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