Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 24, 1910, Page 1

THE OMAHA BEE Is the most powerful petter in the west, because It goes to the homes of poor and rich. business \ THE OMAHA DAILY BEE WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska For lowa-—Falr For weather repert ree page 2 Generally fair. VOL. XXXIX—NO. 167. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1910, SINGLE COPY TWO CEN’ S, ENGLISH VOTE DECLARED TIE British Political Parties in Most Per- plexing Position that History Records. FATIONALISTS HOLD POWER Premier Asquith Will Need Their Votes to Legislate, LOUET A8 TO FATE OF LORDS Bailoting Has Not Been Without Con- solation for Peers. HOME RULE ALSO WILL DRAG tzh Irish Wield Deeclding Vote, overnment Huw Larger Questions at Stake to He Decided First. NDON, Jan. 2.—Nevyer in the recollec- of the oldest politiclans have the h parties been in such a perplexing on a§ they find themselves today and are likely to face when the next House of Commons 1s organized. So evenly alvided with the membership of the next house, and so close Is the popular vote, that the result of the elections for all prac- tlenl purposes may be consldered a tle. No human mind can divine which of the principal and Jdifferent questions before the electors had the most Influence at the polls, or whether the results mean taht the people | Gemand tariff reform, or are loyal to the lotds, or anxious to reject Chancellor L'oyd-George's budget, or whether all three of these had an equal effect. Under these clrcumstances neither party wants the re- sponsibility of attempting to legislate, and, sirce a division must be 8o close, the unfon- isis are botter eatistled to be in opposition than to have wom by & very small ma- Jority Mr. Balfour's ches show plainly that with the existing gonditions he s glad not to have control of the government. Premier Asquith would be equally pleased to escape ihe perils of piloting the party through the troubled waters. There are precedents for him to ask the kifg to summon another lender to form the goyernment, but no one expects him to haul down his flag. Al the prophets make the prediction that the new cabinet will find itself In the minority ! within a year and that the country will plunge into another general election. ‘What Figures Show. The remarkable tigures recorded at this stago of the ballof foreshadow clearly how nearly equal both the popular vote and the membership of the House of Commons will be divided between the two great factions, The popular vote standa: Unlonists, 2,565,627; liberals, l::i:fi, labor- ites, 115. This gives f Mperal-, vote of 5,285,157, Toduy the membership of the House of Commons I8 a tle, the union- f¥ts and the combined labor and Iltberal prtles each having elected 218 representa- tives. One (hundred and sixty-seven seats re- main to be filled, of which 102 are English. In the last Parliament these were: Union- ist, 86, liberal, 115; nationalist, 16. Should the present trend of voting continue, neither the unionists nor the liberals can muster a majority of more than a dozen, and the nationalists, with elghty-five votes, will be wholly masters of the situation. The peers and the Irishmen will be domi- nating forces of the next Parliament. Pro- mier Asquith has two battles to fight, to reform the lords and to pass the budget, which falled, and the budget for the coming year. The prospest 1s that both the peers ond the nationalists will vote for the budgets. Lords Have, Chance. The House of Lords can be reformed only by a bill which the lords must swal- low. They may deny that the country hrs glven a mandate for this. The union- ists insist that the elections have not proved. that the country desires a change in the histori¢ status of the upper house. They argue that a bare majority Is not enough. No country with a written con- stitution, such as the United States, they point out, can make such changes by & mere majority. The position of the nationalists is unigue. With them all questions are subservient to heme rule. The tariff reformers claim that the Irish are all protectionists, if they could vote that issue without complica- tlons. The nationalists in the last Parlla- ment declared against the budget prin- cipally because they were opposed to in- creased whisky taxes, but they would probably help it through the next house as & Mmehsure of political strategy. Home rule 18 not likely to get far next session, according to well versed poll- ticlans, bhecause the reform of the House of Lords, which the prime minister has writtén at the head of his program, prom- ises & great struggle. John Redmond, lerder of the nationalists, will be a figure almost as importahit as the premier, be cause Mr. Asquith can do nothing with out him. FOURTEEN WRECK VICTIMS TAKEN FROM SPANISH RIVER Grappling Operations Result in Re- covery of Th umber of Dead from Ill-Fated Train, SAULT STEMARIE, Mich, Jan. 2 Word was recelved tuday from the Cana dlan Pacific wreck at Spanish river that the wreeked dining car_had been %entirely removed from the river“and that the first class cosch was half out of the water, the bodies of fourteen victims having been recovered. Grappling operations were in- stituted today to recover more bodles from the river, The following additional names of dead were given out today: PAT! INAHAN, Bruce Mines, Ont, PATRICK X Br . A, , Toronto. FOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL, named Pees, Bruce Mines. TSOMAS AUSSANT, Blind River. W J. "ROBERTSON, auditor of the Canadian Pacifio rallroad. REV. MR. CHILDERHOUSE, North H?‘r 3" N. D, i G BEMMELS, Iisbon. N. D, HIRAM JOHNSON, Montreal. AN BLDERLY WOMAN. TWO MIDDLE AGED WOMEN, A YOUNG WOMAN. A 10-YEAR OLD BOY AND A 12-YEAR- :JLD BOY are yet unidentified. ol ot . Prairic Seotion Fintahed. WINNIPEG, Man 23.—Tho Grand Trunk -~ Paeific railway completed ~ the rAIrln. ulcuoll of Its trans-continental line ast night, 8t (he foot of the Hocky mountains, wl the mountalu section begise Iowa Man is Fatally Hurt on Eve of Wedding G. H. Couch of Spencer, Iowa, Here to Marry, Sustains Fracture of the Skull, On the 6ve of his Intended marriage G. H. Couch of Spencer, Ia., fell from his | bed in the Continental Turkish bath, Fif- teenth and Douglas streets, and Incurred a fracture of the skull which will | ably prove tatal. Mr. Couch Is a well-to-do business man at Spencer. He came fo Omaha last week and was to have been' married Sunday to Mrs. Della B. Clawson, 107 South Four- teenth street. The aftérnoon preceding the accident, which it s feared will cost him his lite, Mr. Couch and Mrs. Clawson had_been together about the city making es for fitting up the new home they £ establish \‘g 'y B. Harrls, police surgeon, was attend Couch, whom he found ffering from a nervous spasm, Wz bebly caused. the fall from the by " ¢ linjured man was taken to St Ja_Z yspital. 1Z% 1 expresses grave doubts of the % Y %is Due To Big Influx Of Immigrants New York Prison Records Disclose that Foreign Population is in Main Responsible. ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 2.—The recent re- markable Increase In prison population in New York state is due largely to the In- flux of immigrants into the state, thinks C. V. Collins, superintendent of state pris- ons, who, In his annual report to the leg- telature, suggests that the federal govern- ment, which permits these allen criminals to land on its shores, should assume th burden of maintaining them until they have served their sentences, when they should be deported and never allowed to return. A census of 4,3% prisoners In Sing Sing, Auburn and Clinton prisons showed that 1,091, or 2 per cent, were allens. “It {6 & fact worthy of mote” says the superintendent, “that ambng the nineteen condemned prisoners there was no matural- ized citizen of the United States, nor do the prison records show that a naturalized citizon has . been executed In this state since the electrical execution law took ef- fect In 1889. The total number of execu- tions during this perlod was 11 ‘Mill of Wasp o Mine Destroye Loss of ley;ndred Thousand Dollars in Black Hills—Fire Started in Tanks. LEAD, 8. D, Jan. 2.—(Special Tele- gram.)—While drying out the sand tanks at the mill of the Wasp No. 2 mine on Yellow creek this morning a fire of wood €ot away from the workmen in tank No. 3 and, fanned by a high wind, communicated With the mill bullding proper. | In a few moments the entlre structure was In flames, and there being no fire protec- tion it burned to the ground. The loss is estimated at from $07,000 to $100,000 and the insurance carried-at from $23,000 to $25,000. The mill, which had been it aperation for the last nine years, wiil be rébullt at once, as Wasp No. 2 Is one of the best paying mines in the Black Hills. Superintendent John Gray, after a shutdown’ of several months, during which expensive improve- ments had been made to the plant, had about arranged for reopening operations and work In the mines. Many miners and laborers will be thrown out of work be- cause of the fire, RICHARD H. RUSHTON DEAD Phi a Banker and Raflroad Financier Dies After Long Illness, PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 25—Richard H. Rushton, president of the Fourth Street National bank, one of the largest finsncial Institutions in the city, dled this evéning from a complication of ‘diseases. | Mr. Rushton was a vice pfesident of the Tonapah and Goldfield railroad and Wwas & member of the Whitney-Elkins syndicate, which some years ago secured control of the Tonapah Gold Mining eom- pany. Three years ago Mr, Rushton's nervous system was almost wrecked by & bomb explosion. An unidentified man whao had been refused money, dropped & bomb at Mr. Rushton's office door, instantly kill- ing the stranger and the cashier of the prob- | CONGRESS HEEDS WORDS FROM TAFT President Succeeds in Uniting Repub- lican Members and Putting Democrats to Rout. MEMBERS BUSY ON HIS PROGRAM Senate Committees Take Up Admin- istration Bills, INSURGENTS JSEE RIGHT LIGHT Threatened Fusion with Minority Now Little Feared. EXECUTIVE SHOWS MASTER HAND More, Work Being Doune in Early Part of First Regular Session Than in Many Years at apital, WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—Activity, such as has seldom, if ever before, been dis- played by committees so early in the firs: regular sesslon of o congress, Is now In evidence in both wings of the capitol. Although there aye practically three partles, the ‘regular’ republicans, the “in- surgent” republicans and the. démocrats, there are signs on every Hand'that Presi dent Taft by. steering hi% characteristic “middie of the road" course isdaily gain- ing supporters for his legiskative program. The £kill shown by the president in avold- Ing clashes with efther faction ef the rul- Ing party and the knack he has exhibited in compelling the ald of both in his fight for the redemption of party pledges has noticeably impressed the democratic minor- ity. In the house there are Indications that the threatened fusion of democrats and in- surgent republicans on several legislative questions 1s now little feared by the ma- Jority, Democrats Put to Rout. “Taft Is trying to beat the democrats out of any. prosp .t of controlling the next house,” remarked a prominent democratic leader of the senate yesterday, speaking | trankly to his colleagues of both partles in & committee session considering an ad- minfstration bill. “If it were not for the way he is knocking republican heads to- gether and making them fall futo line for advanced legisla fon—democratic legislation, it you please—we would get you fellows sure,”" predicted this minority leader, ad- dressing the republicans present. The senator was talking to men who had just agreed upon the principle of a plece of western legislation that few of them favored at heart. The Incident furnishes a good lllustration of the present con- gressional situation. Committees are now considering subjects usually postponed wntil atter appropriation bills are passed by the houge: The, senate committees under pressure ffom the White Hoi e have lald’ plans to. take up admin- istration measures while the houss has supplled bills under consideration. No More Marking Time. The indications now are that by the time the house calendar has been bared of bills relating to the budget the senate will have | ready for the attention of that body a number of the most Important of the Taft bills. The picture of one branch of. con- gress marking time for the other, which has been a feature of the last several ses- slons, bids fair to be turned to ths wall, | Senate ,leaders who have gone to the | White House have been told that it is not necessary to walt for action by the house | on matters designed to carry out repub- liean pledges. Those who have been In-/ clined to stay away from the White House | have been sent for or the warning has been delivered to them by their colleagues. Not content with such notice, Mr. Taft has | taken the further precaution of getting | “service by publication.” In other words, | he has made the newspapers his confidents and, perhaps, incidentally his supporters, on most of the advanced legislation pro- posed by him. It is regarded as highly probable that| the president's proposed raliroad legislation | will be enacted at the present session, re- | gardless of the fact that the bills on the same subjects and somewhat opposed to | the Taft bill, have been introduced In the | senate by Mr. Cummins and in the house by Mr. Mann, Some Opposition. There may be democratic opposition to certain features of the adminiatration bill. | | Mr. Tillman 1s now studying it and already has reached the conclusion that the propo- sition to allow rallroads, under certain conditions, to make joint rates, amounts to poollng.. The republicans say he is mis- taken, and an Interesting session of the senate committee on interstate commerce 1s predicted for Friday of this week. Rafl- road bills will be taken up by the house committee on Thursday ; The president's federal incorporation bill is expected to have the hardest sledding of | any measure In his legislative program. Land bills and measures designed to carry on the work of conserving natural re- sources will recelve careful attention at the present session, regardless of probable ex- | i bank. Mr. Rushton was injured and never recovered from the shock. | tensfon Into next summer of the investiga- Bryan: There, There, From the St. Louls Globe-Democrat. An' I owry CALLED Him A o GRAFTER! Never Mind, Those Republicans Never Could Take a Joke. JOINT COMMITTEE T0 BECIN This Week Will Mark -Start of Ballinger-Pinchot Inquiry. HOUSE WILL AGREE TO GRAHAM § Little Likelihood of Oppésition to His Selection as Member of Investi- @nting Body—Ritehepek Chares.” odeg WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—This week will probably see the beginning of work by the Joint special committee which has- been [named 1o investigate the subjects populurly Brouped under the title of “The Hallinger- Pinchot Controversy. For the moment the affairs of the In- terior department are before two commit- tees, for aside from the main investigation, the charges of Representative Hlitchcock of Nebraska, alleging reckless and im- proper. expenditures of the department of which Secretary Ballinger is the head, are being Investigated by the bouse commitiee on expenditures for that department. The committee Wil resume hearings tomorrow. When the house meets tomorrow it will probably ratify the selection of Representa- tive Grahum of Ilinols as one of the demo- cratic members of the joint special investi- gating committee, who was chosen by the democratie caucus Saturday night In place of Representative Lioyd. The committee will consist of the fol lowing: Senators—Knude Nelson of Minnesota, chairman; Frank P. Flint of California, George Sutherland of Utah, Elihu Root of New York, Thomas J. Paynter of Kentucky and Dyncan“U. Fletcher of Florida. Representatives—Samuel W, MeCall of Massachusgtts, M. E. Olmsted of Pennsyk vania, E. 'H. Madison of Kansas, Edwin Denby of Michigan, Ollle James of Ken- tucky and James M. Graham of Illinois. NEW YORK SENATORS WILL HAVE INVESTIGATION Legislative Activity Abruptly Halted by Charges Made Agulinst . Senator Allds. ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 2.—Legislative activity In the New Yory senate has been abruptly halted by the grave accusations made by Senator Conger against the Integ- rity of Senator Allds, the republican ma- Jority leader, the proposed investigation of which promises interesting ‘developments. The senate has decided to conduct the in- vestigation a& a whole and in the open, but the method of procedure has yet to be adopted. (Continued on Second Page.) burg-American line steamship Cleveland just completing a trip around the world with about 660 American tourists does not wish to incur a penalty under the coastwise laws of $200 for each pas- senger aboard, it will go to Vancouver, B. C., instead of terminating thé voyage at San Francisco, In responsé to a re- quest for Instructions frém the collector at San Franclsco, Acting Secfetary Cable of the Department of Comimerce and Labor has notified him of this decision. The law governing the case, Mr. Cable says is clear and prescribes: No foreign vessel shall transport pas- sengers between -papts or places in the United States, eithaf directly or by way of a forelgn port upder & penalty of §200 for each passenggr 80 transported and landed.” been contended, Mr. Cable says, Jaw in question is & coastwise law and applied only to coastwive busi- ness and that this trip is not coastwise business. There is nothing in the law |tteelt U@t w0 Imits its apnlication. he Steamship Cleveland May Have to Pay Heavy Fine WASHINGGTON, Jan. 2.—If the Ham- say The steamer is due In San Fran- clsco In a few days. HONOLULU, Jan. 2.—With a fine of $200 for each passenger landed here con- fronting the vessel, as a penpalty for violating the coastwise shipping laws, which forbld a foreign ship from carrying Passengers from one American port to another, the Hamburg-American steam- ship Cleveland, with 650 around-the-world The man who owns an automobile should take advan- tage of this severe weather to have his car thoroughly overhauled and painted. tourists from New York, is due to arrive at Honolulu tomorrow. The Treasury department at Washing- ton cabled to Collector of the Port Stack- able today to enforce the coastwise reg- ulations upen the steamship's arrival, and that no exception will be made in this case. While the fine of $200, it is under- #tood here, will only be imposed on about ten or twelve of the tourists who expect to remain in Honolulu, this penalty will Pply to all the passengers upon the arrival of the steamship at San Fran- clsco, whence the touvists expect to return to ‘New York by rall. The Cleveland is under forelgn reglster and salled fram New York on October 16 On the first want ad page, under the classification, Auto- mobiles, are a number of firms who are skilled in automobile overhauling and painting. There are also many opportuni- ties to purchase a good used car cheap under this popular cassifica- tion. Have you read the Want Ads today? Miners Have Wage Problem Before Them United Workers This Week Will Decide What Ihorease to De- mand of Operators. momentous question before the bituminous coal miners of ' the United States—what per cent of increase in wages shall they demand and just how far shall they go in enforcing the demands—confronfs the eon- vention of the United Mine Workers in this city this week. The wage scale commit- tee will report to tife convention, fthe con- vention will adopt or amend the commit- tee's report and the demand will be sub- mitted to the owners of the mines at the Joint conference for western Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, to be held on February 1, either at Toledo or Indlanapolis. The new wage contract I8 to be dated April 1. The per cent of wage increase to be demanded by the ‘miners will probably be 10, accord- ing to the more conservative leaders, but some local unions are insisting" that 20 per cent increase be asked, and ‘one resolution submitted demands 40. The report of the committee preparing a plan for the amalgamation of the metal and coal miners' unions—the Western Fed- eration of Miners and the. United Mine Workers of America—to be given to the convention this week, will be of interest. JOHN F. OBERG KILLS HIMSELF Farmer Living Near ‘Valley Drinks Carbolic Actd—Lgaves Wife and Large Family. VALLEY, Neb., Jan. 23.—(Special.)—John F. Oberg committed sulcide at his home this afternoon at 4:30 by drinking carbolic acld. Oberg lived three miles northeast of Valley and was quite well known. He was eccentric at-times. He leaves a wife and seven children, the youngést a babe in arms. % DEATH RECORD. : Lacy Truesdell. BRADSHAW, Neb., Jan. 23—Special)— The funeral of Lacy Truesdell took place at the farm home, three and a half miles west of this place, at 2:3 o'clock yester- day afternoon. Mr. Tuesdell had lived in this vicinity since his early boyhood. His death occurred Thursday evening, the {result of blood polsoning, after an iliness of nearly four weeks. He leaves a wife, a brother and two sisters. Interment was e in the Bradshaw cemetery, in charge the Anclent Order of United Workmen lodge. George H. Schubma LOUISVILLE, Jan. 28.—George H. Schu- mann, president of the Loulsville Anzelger company and one of the oldest German- American newspaper men in the United had been at the head of the Anzelger for half a century. He was honorary president of the Loulsville Liederkranz soclety. INDIANAPOIAS Wid.. Jan: 23 —The moét | States, dled today, aged 73. My. Schumann | RIGGE OBSERVES NEW COMET Creighton Astronomer Sees Celestial Surprise for an Hour. NEW ARRIVAL MADE A SNEAK Under Cover of Cloudy Weather, the Comet Made Progress om Other . .alde of the Sun—Hns & Tas Long Tail. Rev. Willlam F. Rigge, astronomer of Creighton university, picked up the new comet Sunday evening. It was observable from Crelghton two or three minutes after 6 o'clock and was in sight untll 7 o'clock. “It was directly west,” said Father Rigge, “about one-third the distance from Venus to the western horizon. The comet is ap- parently of very substantial size and has a pretty large tall.” Father Rigge also sald this comet must not be confounded with Halley's comet. “This new arrival is a traveler that has stolen upon us on the other side of the sun during the cloudy weather. It will prob- ably be In sight for a week. The Creighton astronomer talks with con- siderable enthusiasm of the new arrival and applies to It some comment In his own delightful way, indicating that the comet has stolen a march on even careful ob- servers. Because of the very fact that this comet now in sight 1s new, Father Rigge hesitated to give public utterance to any- thing concerning it until he could see it through his own glass. Now he welcomes it as a highly diverting surprise party and 1s fairly reveling in quaint and original talk on such an unexpected appearance. Of Halley's Comet itself, Father Rigge says its location is so well known it is quite commonplace. It is in view now, but has not yet acquired a tall. Later on it will, or ought to, acquire a tall as long as any other sky cat. But at that the Halley comet has some qualifications of greatness, If distance enhances the enchantment of the view, for it Is thirty-five times as far trom the sun as we are when it is at the most distaut point from that orb. Seen from Other Points. An Omaha traveling man who passed through Genoa Saturday evening called up The Bee Sunday to add his testimony to that of others that It is a real comet that is hanging in the southwestern sky. “I wasn't drunk,” he Insisted, “and there were twenty-five others as sober as I was who saw It. We were waiting for the train about 5:45 when we saw the comet. Venus was visible at the same time and the comet was a little southwest of Venus in the southwestern sky. A tall seemingly a yard and a halt long projected eastward from the comet, which was easily seen, We all looked at it for some time until the horizon became clouded. There 1s no doubt in my mind about its being a comet. It could not have been Venus, because Venus was visible at the same time ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—A new comet, outshining Venus in brillancy, is visible in the sky here last night. Along the At- lantic seaboard in the south, where the |skies are not clouded it can be most Lelearly seen. Although unidentified by the scigntists, it is unmistakably distinguished from Halley's comet, and the astronofmers at the naval observatory here have trained their telescopes upon it night and day for nearly a week. It is now s0 close to the sun that the scientists have not been able to see it plainly by day, and the nights have been so clouded that their view has been obscured. Early in the week the comet was visible at Johannaburg, South Africa. Its appearance was reported by cablegrams New Comet Seen by Naval and Harvard Observatories sclentists have been on the watch for it night and day. CAMBRIDGE, M , Jan. B.—A cable message has been received at the Harvard college observatory from Kiel giving cal- culations of the orbit of the mew comet, known as “Comet A, 1910 The comet was pearest the sun January 17, its distance from it then being 8,500,000 miles. It iy now receding and diminish- ing In brightness, but is expected to be an Interesting gbject for several days in the southwest after sunsef TOLEDO, O, Jan. #4--Rev. Father HilMg, professor of astronomy of B8t Jobns college, saw & new comet last night Just after sunset. It was plainly visible to the naked eye. The comet appears mouthwest to fhe right of Venus and be to the naval observatory hLere and the | tween Venuws and the horizon “ECONOMY," CRY PRICE FIGHTERS Battle Against High Charges Sounds Note of Warning to All on Expenditures, MOVEMENT GREATEST IN WEST East Slower to Take Up Gage Against Packers. MIDDLEMEN ARE HARDEST HIT Not So Well Equipped as Big Com- panies for Contest, INVESTIGATION BEGINS TODAY Chicago Pack Bay They Welcome Look In at Methods—Grand Jury Promises to Thorough. CHICAGO, Jan. 28.—“Revolutions have been started by less than the American people are suffering now,” says Senator Joseph L. Bristow of Kansas. “Meat toots up to a quarter of the average household expenres and It ought to be cheaper today instead of dearer than it was twenty-five years ago, because of the greater economy in its preparation for sale. When 1 way & boy, % per cent of the.carcass went to waste. Now, nothing goes to waste, not even the blood."” Senator Bristow's words crystalize the seniiment of protest in all paris of the country against the higher cost of living. Thus far the movement, which first took form in an actual boycott at Cleveland, has met with the most of success In the west. The east has been slower to fol- low, Influenced pethaps by & widespread among small dealers and in the labor un- lons that a universal boycott, though ot~ fective as a protest, would ‘actually play Into the hands of the packers, who, with their control of cold storage houses and refrigerator lines, could ecarry their pro- duct through a prolonged boycott whereas even thirty days cessation of trade 'would put the small independents out of busi- ness, g Necessity for Economy. What the scattered and sporadic boy- cotts all over the country and the universal protest have done, however, is to focus the attention of the nation upon the necessity for economy. The mest serious warnings have been sounded on this subject by economists, statisticans and business men without bringing the truth home to the pecplo as has their sudden realization of its application in one particular. President W. C. Brown of the New York Central lines sald in a recent address: “The most important cloud wpon the politieal or economic horizon s the steady, relentless Increase w_m: goes to mak - bt Mt 5 | ‘Prof. E. R. A/ M&nmhl--ufi “The situation I8 really so serioun that the government should awaken to it.” James J. Hill has said that unless more economical methods of firming are devised the nation in another generation will be Importing Its food supplies. Such men as these hope that the present natlonal awakening will not exhaust itselt on one particular phase of a national peril. Against publle clamor the packer reply that high prices for meaty are attributable |to the high price of corn and advocate that the poor be educated to eat pheAper cuts. “These cuts are just as good and more wholesome If properly cooked,” says Harold Bwift of Swift and Company. ‘‘Prices are very high, but there is eyery indjoation that they will go higher.” Actual consumption of meat fs reported by retall dealers everywhere to have dropped sharply. 14l Investigators Are Ready. With the heads of all the big packing houses gathered here and attorneys arrayed on each side, the government's Investiga~ tion of the dressed meat Industry is ex- |pected to be ready for action when the |federal grand jury convenes tomorrow. Whether the price of meat is artificlally kept high 1s to be the contention of & battle which may last for weeks. Subpoenas have been prepared to bring before the jury witnesses from all depart- ments of the packing house businéss, and it 1s promised this inquiry, will ‘surpass all former attempts for thoroughnes: The packers are ready for combat. “All T've got to say," sald J. Ogden Armour, “is that such co-operation as may exist among the packers, is a benefit to the public rather than the reverse. Three lines of action have been outlined. These are: Criminal prosecution for alleged viola~ tlon of the anti-trust law, Civil action ‘for the dissolution of National Packing company, Contempt proceedings for alleged viola- tion of Judge Grosscup's injunction, re- straining packers from fixing prices in restraint of trade, Practically all of the evidence guthered by the: government in a previous investi- gation, it Is sald, has been abandoned and entirely new data, obtained during seéveral | months, will be utilized, Much Interest has been taken herd fn the eppointment. of Charles B, Morrinoh, spe- clal assistant to the attorney keneral, to the position of federal master In cHahcery, { Mr. Morrison has been made: thorgughly | familiar with the beef situation, A master in chancery will be selected by the eourt to take evidence if District Attorney Bims flles clvil proceedings against the packers, The question has been msked, Will Mr. | Morrison be selected to take the evidence? |1t 1s sala the packers will oppose him on |the ground that his previous experténce | has disqualitied him, EXTRA ENGINE IS CAUSE OF FATAL WRECK IN SOUTH | Takes Track When it Should Have the Observed Schedule of Regular Passenger Train, JACKSON, Tenn., ' Jan. #.-Fireman Mocre was killed, Fireman Foster wa fatally injured from sealding, Engincer M. | Maroney had both legs broken, while Fungl- |neer John Tatum saved his life by leaping from his eab when passenger train No, B, | 8t. Louls to Moblle, on the Mabile & Ohlo, collided headon with an extra engine to. dey at Carrol, Tenn. Express Mcssenger Carroll badly shocked. None of the passengers was Injured. The extra engine, Just out of the shops, was making a trial run to Humboldt, running without orders, It s sald, and should have observed the #chedule of the passenger train. The pas- senger engine was driven through the ex- press car, o