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CIRCUS TIME HAS COME
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THE STEPHENVILLE
TRIBUNE
C. R. COULTER, Publisher
8TEPHBNV1LLE,
TEXAS
OLD AGE PEN8ION8 IN FRANCE.
The French senate, a moderately
progressive body, has Just unanimous-
ly approved a pension bill which It
had under consideration tor two years.
The bill, already passed by the cham-
ber, will affect about 17,000,000 per-
rons, is is estimated, and will apply
to both sexes of wage earners, in-
cluding agricultural laborers and small
tenant farmers. Railroad men, miners
and seamen are the great classes ex-
cluded from its benefits, but only be-
cause they are otherwise provided for.
English papers strongly commend the
French scheme and declare It to be
fairer and more statesmanlike than
the British. It provides for contribu-
tions to the pension fund by employ-
ers, employes and the state respective-
ly. The state’s contribution Is equal
to the sum of the other two contri-
butions. The full pension Is limited to
those who reach the age of 65, if they
have paid for 30 years, but at 55 a
smaller pension, to which the state
contributes nothing, may be claimed.
The annual pension under the sytera
cannot exceed $82.50 under the most
favorable circumstances, but In France
this will be sufficient to avert pauper-
ism and misery In old age.
Speaking of Imports Into the United
States, there Is one article which rep-
resents high value. Three trains re-
cently started from Seattle on the
Pacific coast, for Paterson, N. J„ which
la pretty near the shores of the At-
lantic. Each train was loaded with
silk for the mills at Paterson, and each
cargo worth $1,000,000 or more. That
was a bigger prize than train robbers
would get if they were to bold up an
express or palace car outfit, and It Is
not strange that tbe goods were care-
fully guarded across the continent.
And the trip was not without adven-
tures. The trains were stalled by the
heavy snow In the mountains and for
a time there was much apprehension.
The railroad officials rushed men to
the blocked trains to protect them
against possible looters, and It may
be well imagined that relief was felt
when the silk was delivered to the con-
signees. The argosies of the old seafar-
ing days which offered such tempta-
tions to the pirates of the period
were no more richly laden than those
silk carrying freight trains.
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SLOW PROGRESS MADE
ON PRESIDENT’S PLAN
ADMINISTRATION LEADER8 ARE
GREATLY CONCERNED OVER
BILLS URGED BY TAFT.
SOLONS BECOME RESTLESS
Heat of Weather and of Campaigns
Make Many Members Anxious
to Return Home.
CONFEDERATE REUNION CLOSES
New Oreans Indorsed far Convention
in 1915—»Many Cities In Contact.
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Men seem to hold that whatever a
friend does is necessarily right and
that it is dishonorable beyond excuse
for one friend to give evidence against
another. The same principle Is oper-
ative in various fraternal or mutual
benefit organizations, such as that ex-
traordinary policemen's organization
In New Jersey which maintains that
one policeman ought to be ready to
perjure himself to help another out of
a scrape. There is reason for think-
ing that a large share of encourage-
ment to evil deeds and of the Immun-
ity which their perpetrators enjoy
may be attributed to this cause. Much
is to be sacrificed to friendship, but
justice is not one of the things. It Is
not the office of a friend to compound
a felony.
The recent order of King Edward
that an official and authentic roll of
barons shall be kept at the office of
the home secretary creates consterna-
tion in some quarters and arouses sat-
isfaction in others. No more Will
bogus baronets befool the marriage-
able daughters of Gotham. Their clev-
er mammas can cable to a London so-
licitor, who will be able to run over
to the foreign office, look down the
list, and see If tbe would-be suitor
is enrolled. If not, his fate may be
to go to a mountain resort hotel and
procure employment as a waiter.
Washington, May 2.—Administration
leaders In Congress are beginning to
feel a good deal of concern over the
chances of putting through the several
measures on which President Taft has
set his heart. Hot weather has al-
ready settled down upon the city and
stifling days In the legislative halls
are sure to create a general desire
among members of Congress to get
away. Many who have hard political
battles In prospect are even now mak-
ing plans to get to their states and
districts.
Nearly all of the Taft bills are sus-
pended by more or less uncertain
threads. The railroad bill Is the pend-
ing business In both branches, Is not
out of danger. The amendments al-
ready adopted In the Senate and
House, and a number of others which
are almost certain to he adopted In
one branch or the other, will produce
measures so widely different that har-
mony In conference threatens to be-
come utterly out of the question.
The House has adopted an amend-
ment making provisions for the ascer-
tainment of the physical valuation of
railroads, and this Is sure to meet with
determined opposition In the Senate.
It is said also that on the final vote
the House Is likely to strike out the
provisions for the creation of a com-
merce couree, which feature is certain
to be retained by the Senate.
By the time the bill reaches Con-
gress President Taft will have return-
ed to Washington, and It Is hoped he
may bring the conferees together by
commanding each side to grant con-
cessions. Nothing but the most de-
termined pressure from the White
House, It Is admitted, could accom-
plish such result.
Supporters of the land and short-
haul amendment, which was Intro-
duced by Senator Dixon, claim that
they have votes enough to Incorporate
It In the bill. Party lines will be
broken on this amendment, In all prob-
ability, and the outcome generally Is
thought to be uncertain.
What measures will he taken up In
the Senate following the vote on the
railroad bill Is a matter of speculation.
The Administration Senators want to
bring up the bill giving the President
unlimited authority to withdraw public
lands for conservation purposes, but
Democratic Senators will Insist that
the statehood bill be considered. In
the House there Is some demand that
the postal savings bank bill bo taken
up, hut it Is still in committee, and
an order of a majority of the House
may be necessary to dislodge It.
Peculiar situations exist In relation
to both the statehood and the postal
bank bills. The first-named bill has
passed the House and a radically dif-
ferent one has been reported from the
Senate Committee on Territories. The
postal bank bill has passed the Senate,
but In a form which seems to be whol-
ly unsatisfactory to the House. If
the statehood bill should pass the Sen-
ate In the form reported and the pos-
tal bank bill pass the House In the
form approaching the general demand
of that body, It Is extremely doubtful
whether either could get out of con-
ference.
Mobile, Alabama: With Little
Rock, Ark., chosen at the reunion city
for 1911 and New Orleans Indorsed (or
the honor In 1915, and with an elec-
tion of officers, the United Confederate
Veterans closed their business session
Wednesday.
The selection of Little Rock has
been freely predicted, and though the
Arkansas city lacked a majority on
the flrBt ballot, she was so far In the
lead that a vote to make the selection
unanimous carried with a roar. Tim
vote stood: Little Rock 1,470; Chat-
tanooga, 640; Oklahoma City, 17.
When Texas was reached the veter-
ans saw how things were going and
threw their strength to Arkansas. The
Indorsement of New Orleans as the
meeting place for 1915 was contained
In a resolution favorably reported and
adopted. It recites that New Orleans
proposes to hold a Panama Canal Ex-
position in 1915, that the Crescent
City has asked the veterans to indorse
the exposition and attend It In April,
1915. It was resolved, therefore, that
each reunion until 1914 take this same
action and that tbe reunion of 1914
follow the Idea and designate New
Orleans as the next meeting place.
The program for the election of offi-
cers was carried out to the letter.
Gen. George W. Gordon of Memphis,
commander of the Department of Ten-
nessee, was chosen Commander in
Chief, succeeding Gen. Clement A.
Evans of Atlghta, Ga. Gen. Evans was
elected Past Commander In Chief, and
Gen. W. L. Cabell, Commander of the
Trans Mississippi Department, was
elected Past Commander in Chief. The
new Commander, Gen. Gordon, has the
distinction of being one of the four
living Confederates who were actually
Major Generals before the war ended.
He also has a record of being ca-
tured by the Federal forces three
times.
Gen. Gordon will be succeeded In
command of the Department of Ten-
nessee by Gen. Bennett Young of
Louisville, Ky. Gen. Gordon will not
announce his staff for several weeks,
but It Is understood Gen. W. E. Mickle
will remain Adjutant General and
Chief of Staff to Gen. Gordon.
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One of the Disadvantages of tho Boy In a Big City Where the Clreue la
Held In a Coliseum.
'HOUSE IS TO START T0 REPUNT Mfl00«°ACRES
FRIAR LAND INQUIRY
INHERITANCE TAX LAW OPINION
Assistant Attomy General Rules That
Sum of $500 la Exempted.
Austin: In an opinion to the Con-
troller, Assistant Attorney General
Leddy construed the Inheritance tax
law of the Thirtieth Legislature and
ruled that the sum of $500 "la abso-
lutely exempted from taxation, and
that only theamount In excess of this
sum would be subject to the tax lev-
ied,” by subdivision 3, section 1 of
this act, relating to Inheritance by
parties not related to the testator. The
opinion says: “That is to say, that an
estate which does not reach the sum
of $500 would not be subject to any
tax, and that an estate which exceeds
the amount of $500 would be entitled
to have the sum of $500 deducted In
computing the amount of tax, and
♦hat in collecting the same, the tax
Rhould he graded as provided in sub-
division 3.
SANTA FE RY. RAISES WAGES
Unorganized Men Get Six Per Cent
Increase.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH RULING
Court Decides In Favor of Plaintiff at
Abbott.
The seventy-foot tug Sebastian, which
left St Johns, N. F., ninety-three days
ago for Vancouver, B. C., has arrived
at San Diego, Cal., to coal for the
completion of her fifteen thousand
mile trip. When the Panama canal Is
really for business, Canadian owners
can transfer their floating property
from coast to coast with more facil-
ity, and enjoy privileges which will
enhance the power of the United
States navy and the coastwise mer
chant marine service.
The report that a valuable nugget
of gold quarts has been picked up In
the Street of a Rhode Island town Is
not likely to turn that busy Industrial
center In a mining camp. Little
Rhody will continue to get Its chief
prosperity from Its manufactures.
If tbs chicken-raising enthusiasm
continues to roll up, Plymouth rock
will be much more famous for some-
thing else thag for tho pilgrim fathers.
There ere 110 students In the Mis-
souri State School of Journalism,
most of them making future trouble
Cor city editors.
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* Mob doctor gives it si his
gjlglOB that women eaa never b*
teally artUtie. • Another trouble
Hillsboro: A case entitled, J. J.
Jackson et al. vs. A. II. Duff et al., in-
volving the title to the church prop
erty at Abbott, formerly owrfed by the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church of
that place, was decided In the District
Court here in favor of the plaintiffs.
The plaintiffs, who represented the
Unionist faction, claimed the property
by virtue of the union made between
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
and the Presbyterian Church, U. 8. A.,
consummated In 1906. The defendant
refused to go Into the union, claiming
that tho proceedings were Invalid.
Judge F. L. Hawkins of Waxahachle,
by exchange with Judge Wear of this
district, tried the case. The holding
of the court was that the union was
valid and that It was not competent to
go Into the regularity of tho proceed
Ings. He^ce ho Instructed a verdict
for the plaintiffs. The Supreme Court
of Texas has heretofore determined
the same question in a case from Jef
ferson.
Galveston: President Ripley of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail-
way recommends a 6 per cent Increase
in salaries and wages of all unorgan-
ized employes on the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe lines, extending through
Texas, Oklahoma and Louisville.
There are 11,500 employes and the
greater percentage are unorganized,
for the Santa Fe system has contracts
with only the trainmen and yardmen's
unions. The Santa Fe mechanics are
not union, so the mechanics as well as
all stations and office agents and
elerkB will get the Increase, which
ranges from $3 to $15 a month. It
swells the payroll about $400,000 an-
nually.
BELGIAN CAPITAL IN TEXAS
Capitalist* Secure Control of 8an An-
tonio Water 8upply.
Baa Antonio: A syndicate of Bel-
gtaa capitalists has secured control of
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Glnners Report 69 Per Cent, of Cotton
PlanteA
8ARCHLIGHT THROWN ON SALE
TO 8UGAR TRUST OF PHIL-
IPPINE PROPERTY.
TEXAN’S IDEA IS FOLLOWED
Representative Olmatead Introduces
Resolution Which Is Copied from
Measure Drafted by Texan.
Washington, April 29.—The light
will be let In at least to a limited ex-
tent on the sale of 55,000 acres of tbe
friar lands In the Philippines to a
representative of the sugar trust as a
result of the adoption by the House of
a resolution reported from the Insular
Affairs Committee by Representative
Olmstead of Pennsylvania. The reso-
lution reported was based on one in-
troduced by Mr. Slayden of Texas, and
not on that of Mr. Martin of Colorado.
Memphis, Tenn.: In a statement is-
sued by the National Glnners' Associa-
tion it is estimated that the acreage
planted to cotton in the Southern
States on April 26 had been Increased
by seven-tenths of 1 per cent as com-
pared with the same date laBt year.
In the Eastern States a small Increase
Is reported, while the valley States
show a slight decrease because bf the
spread of the boll weevils. Texas
shows a slight Increase and Oklahoma
about 10 per cent, not as much as in-
dicated In March In either State. This
is explained by the scarcity of feed-
Btuffs Increasing the acreage in corn,
oats and alfalfa.
Reports to the association show that
64 per cent of the crop has been plant-
ed. The greater part of the plants
which were up before the recent cold
weather were killed except in Central
and Southern Texas, and it is esti-
mated that 14,000,000 acres should be
replanted. With average weather a
loss of 10 per cent In the yield is pre-
dicted.
indictments against the Cudahy
ing Company, SchwarzschiM A
berger, Swift * Company, the 1
Packing Company aad Nelson-Mi
£ Company as corporations
against the following individuals:
matt B. Adams, local ggeat at Sava»*
nah for Swift ft Company; WilUn», v
D. Cooper, agent for Armour Packing^
Company; Fred M. Hall, Jr., agent for
Nelson-Morris * Company. Them are
two counts in the indictment, one
charging the corporations sold mend
at 'deqp- than cost .for the purpoee of
putting the South Atlantic PicMlg
Company of Savannah out of business,
and the ether that the local agentn
entered Into a combination to arbitrar-
ily fig the price of beet eliminating
competition. The agents indicted have
not been in the employ of the peaking
houses locally for a year or more.
Cooper is now a broker In Nashvilto
Hull is in Little Rook; Ark.
The Savannah repreeentatlvee ef the
two other packing house# named la
the Indictment are not mentioned*
The date of operations for whdcfc
tbe indictment is brought in for
year 1908.
It is alleged that the packing
named in the indictment bought and
slaughtered live stock at - varloun
points in the West and. North, shipped
fresh meats to Savannah, reduoed tho
price of meats and sold them no tho
market at a loss. The result of this
alleged manipulation, it It charged*
forced the South Atlantic Packing and
Provision Company of Savannah to
sell its products at a loss and wan *
conspiracy in restraint-' of busiest*
trade and commerce. The intent off
the larger packing house# ie allegnd
to have been to force the local hOUB#
out of the field of competition.
Now the War Department officials
and Attorney General will have an op-
portunity of explaining their actions,
not only in the matter of the sale of
65,000 acres of friar lands to the sugar
trust, but of all other land sales in
the Philippines, the resolution of in-
quiry having been broadened by the
Insular Affairs Committee so as to
cover the whole field of land transac-
tions In the archipelago. The crucial
point In the whole matter is the course
of the War Department in ratifying
the sale of 55,000 acres of friar lands,
regardless of the express provision of
both the organic act and establishing
the Philippine Government and the
and the land laws ndopted by that
Government concerning the disposition
of the public domain of the Islands.
These acts provided that not more
than forty acres of the public domain
should he sold to an Individual, and
not more than 2,500 acres to a cor-
poration. After the sale of 56,000
acreB to & sugar trust representative
the War Department, at the request
of the purchaser, asked the Attorney
General to render an opinion on its le-
gality.
In this opinion, Mr. Wlckersham
fouigi that the sale was legal on the
ground that the Inhibition in the or-
ganic and Philippine land laws re-
ferred to tho public domain acquired
by the United States from Spain, and
not to the friar lands, which were
purchased by the Insular Govern
ment with Its own funds.
CONSERVATION COMES FIRST
To Fore* Westerners to 8upport Ad-
ministration Bill.
Washington: It appears now that
the proposition to authorize a $30,000,-
000 bond issue to complete the unfin-
ished reclamation projects, Including
the Single dam in New Mexico, is not
dead, but has been hung by the Ad-
ministration over the heads of the
Western Senators to force them to
vote for the Administration measure
authorizing the President to withdraw
public lands for conservation purposes.
Thede Senators are opposed to this
number of the President's legislative
program, but aro striving hard to ob-
tain the passage of the bond Issue. The
bill authorizing this Issue is being held
up by the House Committee on Ways
and Means until the Western Senators
vote in favor of the conservation \}ill.
This conservation bill has already
passed the House and has been fa-
vorably reported by the Senate Com-
mittee on Public Lands, with an
amendment seeking to throw the lands
that may be withdrawn open to ex-
ploitation and purchase under the min-
eral lands act. It is accordingly ex-
pected that as soon as the Senate
passes the conservation measure tbe
Ways and Means Committee will re-
port the $30,000,000 bond bill to the
House, with a recommendation that it
pass.
DEMAND FOR AGRICULTURISTS
A. & M. College Unable to Supply
Teachers for Public Schools.
College Station, Tex.: Within the
last week there have been a half dozen
applications received at the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College for
teachers of agriculture. That Is,
schools are wanttng teachers who
have been educated In scientific agri-
culture to take positions that are mad*
necessary by the state law requiring
tho teaching of agriculture in the'pub-
lic schools. This demand is greater
than the supply of teachers. Home
of thnne who are taking agriculture
are going out to teach and nearly
every member of the senior class in
agriculture this year has had an ot-
ter.
The circumstance which aroused
suspicion about this transaction with
the sugar trust and the Attorney Gen-
eral's sanction of it, despite the legal
limitations on the amount of Philip-
pine lands that could be sold to an
individual or corporation, was the
fact that the firm of New York law-
yers with which the President’s broth-
er, Henry W. Taft, Is connected, In-
itiated, the negotiations for the land
purchased by tho sugar trust. Other
Early
Returns Show Treasury
mate Excessive.
Estl-
suspiclous circumstances pointed out
by Representative Martin of Colorado,
who has probed the affair quite deep-
ly, are apparent evasions In tt\e in-
formation thus far given out by the
War DepartmcnL
In addition to throwing light on
land sales In the Philippines already
consummated, the resolution will
bring out tbe facts aa to options on
other large tracts of friar lands re-
liably reported to have been given by
the Insular Government to represent-
atives of sugar companies allied with
the big auger trust and to tha tobacco
trnet t
Washington: It becomes apparent,
much to the surprise of Treasury of-
ficials, that the returns from the cor-
poration tax law will fall short of the
estimate. The original estimate was
that at least $26,000,000 In revenue
would be collected from this source.
Calculations upon the t)a*is of the re-
turns from the larger cities, which
were the first to come In. this esti-
mate was raised to $30,000,000. It now
seems certain that not more than $22,-
000,000 will be collected, and the total
may fall a full million below that fig-
ure. Returns from Western, Southern
and Southwestern sections of the
country were overestimated. It was
shown that many of the larger con-
cerns doing business In these sections
were branches of Eastern corpora-
tions. A big percentage of the smaller
houses were able to show that their
Incomes did not exceed $6,000 and are
exampL
the Safi Antonio Watar Supply Com-
pany by the pnrcbaae of holdlnga of
George 3. Kobusch of St Louie, Ho.,
betas » P»r oent of tbe sleek ef a T<
Hrepne al Tk» price paid nr
wag net made pnbUq. |fii
Dallas Excursion Party at Homs.
Dallas: Twenty five minutes ahead
of time, the tenth annual trade ex-
cursion of Dallas business men arrived
In the city Thursday night On tha
home stretch from Longview to Dallas
tbe Texas and Pstelflc tracks were
kept clear and the 124 miles were
made in three aad one-half hours. It
was a trip la which all of tha men
declared they had found condition# In
trade sttuatiao
COTTON POOL PROSECUTION
Government Operation# Await Grand
Jury In New York.
Texas
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Washington: Operations of the De-
partment of Jastlce against tha al
laged cotton pool are awaiting the tm
paneling ef a new Grand Jury la New
York City. When this la done and
tha panel to reedy to take np tho In-
vestigation, Clark
ant atto
Coldest In Seventy-Four Years.
St Lxmls, Mo.: Tha lowest temper-
ature recorded In 8L Louie ee late in
the season In seventy-four years and
the heaviest snow flurrtea at this time
of years in twenty years wars two rec-
ord-shattering festurta of the return
of winter Saturday. The mereury drop-
ped to S8.4 degrees above aero shortly
aftar 8 a. m. and 6.01 of an Inch of
■now (ML tha
assist- fewest on
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department, will 28, i
temperature
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Patten and
Associates
Profits.
New York: Profits very near $820,-
000 were shown Saturday by careful
calculation of the work of James A.
Patten of Chicago and hit aaaoclaUp
In the great bull clique whloh has m*»
nipuiated May cotton almost to th*
exclusion of everyone else, and vlo*
torlous In deals for 200,060 bales, to
now turning Us attention to baying all
of July cotton that is offered. Mr. Pat*
ten Is believed to have carried la hto
own name about one-half of the May
rotton bandied by tbe bull crowd, amt
his Individual profits were estimated
at approximately $160,006. The cottom
was taken over at 14.60c, and the prlo#
had risen to 14.82c, the closing prlo*
for May on tbe exchange.
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Washington: Senator HejrburU'*
Committee on Manufactures, whloh to
prying up the lid on cold, etorage prao-
tlces, is deeply perplexed on one onto
jecL Investigators from all oyer th*
country have related how the left-over
holiday turkeys are brought out for
sale a year later, how eggs 1$ «m*h>s
of age are masqueraded aa “strictly
fresh," how beef livers black aa*OMl
and almost as hard as stone from tang
preservation are “Improved" by eofito
ing. Now there la to come a wltnass
to swear that the eyes of cold storag*
fish are actually polished by tba daalar
In order <o give a still better appear*
unco to this comomdity upon hto etottk
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REAR ADMIRAL HICHB0RN DEAD
Was Important Factor In
Nation’s Navy.
TAX ESTIMATE WAS TOO HIGH
Washington: Rear Admiral Phillip
Hlchhom, U. S. N., retired, who from
shipwright's apprentice rote to the re-
sponsible post of Chief Constructor of
the Nation's navy, dlod In hto homo to
this city Sunday aftar a long Illness.
He was 71 yearn old. America's great
fleet of battleships, which early last
year returned from a cruise around
the world, la in no small way a result
of the genlna of Rear Admiral Hleb*
born, often called the Nation's master
ship builder.
BIG ENDOWMENT FOR COLLEGE
8t. Louie Millionaires' Give $2,000,000
to Aid Washington University.
8L Louie: Four 8t Lento mllttota |
alrea, Including Adolphus Batch, have I
Four of
given $2,000,000 to Washington JR
varsity to establish tha
leal college In the wirld.
most celebrated German
to head the faculty. Two
hospital! are Included in the i
Ing the total value of the
$5,000,000.
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