The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
November 23, 1908

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EVERYBODY """"l 10 PAGES NEEDS IT. I EVERYBODY 10 PAGES READS IT. i LAST EDITION. MONDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, NOVEMBER 23, 1908. MONDAY EVENINQ, TWO CENTS. i v" -g vw CAMPAIGNMONEY Treasurer cf the Republican National ConTentiou Files a Statement cf Contribu tions to lb.? Fund. C. P. TAFT HEADS LIST. Brother of President-Elect Turned in 110,000. Steel and Banking Interests Strong y Represented. Albanv N Y Nov '1 George B "'"dn. I- -A- ueorBe O. Sheldon, treasurer of the Republican national committee, has filed the list of contributions for the recent national Thomas- F. Cole. Duluth; Charles G. campaign It shows 1' 330 contributors 1 GlovPr' Washington: Theodore Roose campaign. it snows l-.u contributors, veIti Wasninglon; Charles E. Magoon. many of them covering a number of Havana; Theodore Marburg, Balti- lesser contributions. The total amount more: Charles F. Brocker, Ansonia, contributed was $1,655,518.27. The names or individual contributors are given without specifying address or locality this being the method of entering them when received, but addresses have been inserted as far as available. $110,000 C. P. Taft, Cincinnati. ,37.7.7 United League, New York. 22.500 Union League, Philadelphia. 25,000 Larze Anderson, Boston. G. A. Carrelson, treasurer. 20,000 Andrew Carnegie, New York. 20.000 J. P. Morgan, New York. 15.000 Alex Smith Cochran, N. York. 15,000 J N. Bagley, chair'n, Michigan. 15.000 Wm. Nelson Cromwell, N. Y. 10.000 M. C. D. Borden, New York. 10,000 Whitelaw Reid, New York. 10.000 Frank A. Munsey, New York. 10,000 Jacob H. Schiff. New York. 10.000 Fred Smith. Michigan. 10,000 Edith Agnes Corbin, Washing ton. 10,000 W. J. Bohan, treasurer, Wash ington. 9.000 S. Hall and associate, Wash ington. 9.000 H. N. Coe, chairman. 7.500 Mark T. Cox, New York. 7.000 R. C. Kerens, St. Louis. 6,000 Wm. Barber, Paterson, N. J. $5,000 List. $5,000 J. C. Schmidt. Cincinnati, Ohio; Simon Guggenheim, Denver; Kuntz Brothers. New York; Wm. P. Clyde, New York; J. M. W. Seligman Co., New York; A. D. Julliard Co New York, ISorman B. Ream New York: Robert Bacon. New York: A M. Huntington, New York; George Lauder, New York; Mrs. A. A. An derson, New York; James Speyer, New York; D. O. Mills, New York; G. F. Baker, New York; E. C. Converse, New York; F. H. Smith, chairman; A. Sheppard, Buffalo; D. R. Hanna Washington; G. Pinchot, Washington; T H. Shevlin, Minneapolis; A. Busch St 1 Louis; Ferdinand Sulzeberger. Km- J. Bromley, Kansas City; F. C. Du- maine, chairman. j $4.000 George Blumenthan, New i York; C. N. Bliss, New York; J. B. Braay, iew York; J. C. Wharton cnairman. New York; L. S. Bryce, New York; F. V. Henderson, Pitts burg: George A. Draper, Mass.; Seth M. Carter, chairman. $3,500 William G. Snyder, Pitts burg; E. A. Edmonds, Pittsburg $3,000 Jos. Milbank, New York; Edwin V. Morgan, New York; Felix N. Warburg, New York; Mortimer L. Schiff, New York; T. N. Vail, New York; W. Bayard Cutting, La.; A. Heinsheimer, New York; Otto H. Kahn, New York; W. Crane, Dalton, Mass; Frank W. Cherry, New Brit ton. R. D. Eaves, New York. $2,500 Paul N. Warburg, New York; J. R. Delamar. New York; Chas. M. Schwab, New York; Elihu Root, New- York; H. L. Higgonson, Boston; E. C. Bryce, Boston; R. A. Smith, New York; Samuel Mather?, New York; Wm. A. Marburg. Baltimore; Wm. Proctor Cooper, Mass.; Robert Knight, Rhode Island; C. H. Wash burn, Boston; H. K. Cochran, chair man. $2.000 W. J. Curtis, New York; H. G. Squires, New York; Frederick Potter, New York; John Jacob Astor, New York; Charles E. Steele. New York; Charles Miller, New York; Jno. Claflin, New York; David J. Hill. Ber lin: R. B. Mellen, Pittsburg; A. W. Mellen.- Pittsburg; J. M. Hansen, Pittsburg; J. Laughlin, jr., Pittsburg; Henry A. Laughlin. Pittsburg; George N. Laughlin, Pittsburg; J. F. Jones, Pittsburg; Dallas C. Byers. Pittsburg; G. Von L. Meyer, Washington; J. Met calfe, Boston; L. W. Bryce, Boston; James and John Dobson," Boston. J1.500 Henry F. Lippett. Rhode Island; Jos. E. Fletcher. Rhode Island; F. A. Sayles. Rhode Island; S. M. Nicholson. Rhode Island; J. W Weeks Boston: Alfred Lewisohn. New York; J. G. White. New York; D. S. Rollins, New York; Louis Stern, New York; D. S. Roliin.". New York; W. C. Robin son. Pittsburg: W. W. Willock, Pitts burg: H. R. Rhea, Pittsburg; A H Martin. Pittsburg; Geo. T Oliver, Pittsburg; A. H. Martin, Pittsburg; Herbert Dupuy, Pittsburg; w. S. Glidden. Cleveland; C. G. Dawes, Chi cago; F. E. Grimes. Chicago: Z. Crane, Dalton, Mass.; Fred G. Crane, Dalton. Mass.: P. Corbin, New Brit tain; Ethan Allen, New York- J C Battell, Detroit. $1.300 W. B. Ridgely. Chicago. $1,250 Clarence H. Mackav, New York: H. Ek. Huntington, San Francis so; H. Schaswind, jr.; O. H. Cutler. Those Giving $1,000. $1.000 S. Insull. Chicago; c. P. Bryan, Chicago; P. Pam, Chicago; N. Hughitt. Chicago; J. Morton. Chicago J. A. Patten, Chicago: A. S. Llttleneld, Chicago: F. T. Frazer, Chicago; J. G. Shedd. Chicago; J. T. Pirie. Chicago; R. T. Lincoln Chicago; W. H. Bartlett, Chicago; N. W. Harris. Chicago; C. R. Crane, Chicago; H. H. Hewitt, Chi cago; F. A. W. Kiesehheffer, Milwau kee; F. Disston, Philadelphia; W. Diss ton. Philadelphia; J. Disston. Philadel phia: G. C. Ketzel. Philadelphia; J. A. Brown, jr., Philadelphia; H. G. Dal ton, Cleveland: Howard P. Eels, Cleve land; W. P. Hurray, Cleveland: W. J. Boardman, Cleveland; C. McKnight, Pittsburg: W. L. King, Pittsburg; W. S. Miller, Pittsburg; George B. Moore, Pittsburg; J. R. Ginley, Pittsburg; E. Pitcairn, Pittsburg; J. E. Patton, Pittsburg: William L. Clause, Pitts burg; W. H. Hartupee, Pittsburg; Charles W. Brown, Pittsburg; Wiljiam L. Jones, Pittsburg: J. B. Laughlin. Pittsburg; W. H. Rowe, Pittsburg; John Bindley, Pittsburg: E. D. H. Bindley, Pittsburg; W. E. McCook, Pittsburg; Emile Winter, Pittsburg; J. F. Byers, Pittsburg; Eben M. Byers, Pittsburg; David B. Oliver, Pittsburg; Henry White, Paris; John Stoughton, Newberry, X. Y.; J- B. Ford, New York; W. H. Woodin, New Yjrk: M. Olivia Sage, New York; E. R. Stat tiniiis. New York; Seth Low, New York; Horace Russeil, New York; Oscar Straus, New York; VV. Bmlen Roosevelt, New York; W. D. Sloane, New York; Clarence Whitman, New York; John S. Kennedy, New York; E. H. Wells, New York; Harry Balfe. New York; E. H. Vaningen, New York; Henry W. Taft, New York; Maxwell Brothers, New York; A. A. Forbers and partners. New York; es tate of Fred Billings, New York; W. A. Read, New York; Alfred G. Vander biit, New York; Cornelius Vanderbilt, New York; J. L. Cadwalader, New York; Charles S. Francis, New York; Estabrook Co., New York; Henry Clews, New York; S. S. Palmen, New York; Rutherford Stuyvesanl. New York; W. H. Sage, New York; C. D. Barney Co., New York; L. S. Thompson, New York; C. L. Blair, New York; Levi P. Morton, New York; G. P. Welmore, Newport; T. L. 1 1 .1 1IT tXT l V.-i o p0""use. xsosion; vv t i"u, Williom 4 Pgino Rnstfin- Frank B. Kellogg, St. Paul; C. A. Severance, I St. Paul: E. N. Saunders. St. Paul; J Conn.; George Tod. Youngstown, O.; Franklin Murphv. Newark, N. J.; G. A. Hobart, Newark; R. C. McKinney, Connecticut; J. H. Whittemore, Con necticut; H. H. Peck, Connecticut; A. B. Voorhees, Cincinnati; Julius Fleischman. Cincinnati: William Worthington. Ohio; B. S. Cunningham, Ohio: R. J. Gampby. Providence L. V. Nedringhaus, St. Louis; William Miller Collier, Madrid; G. M. Bowers, West Virginia; J. A. Jeffry. West Vir- g.n,a; J. R Gundy. W Hardee Fred ?-i?M;nn w Snuon Morris 0Lphinn-x,W;.- ?aCkSOnr Morri3 Bachinan, C. F. Atkins Less Than $1,000. $900 J. F. Dryden, Washington. $750 H. B. Joy, F. M. Alger. R. A. Aiger, T. H. Newberry, J. W. Packard, P. S. McMillan, Edw. Kee, W. H. Dun woothy, all of Detroit. duo l.. v. ijemmericn k o. a. j m. uurnee, J. f isacne ac o., jonu Stevenson Co.. Kech, Lowe Co., Walter Bennett, Alfred Jarretsk, H. C. Noble. W. S. Gurtee. D. N. Barney, M. S. Murrill, C. A. Moore, G. A. Mor rison, D. F. Bush, Harvey Fiske Co., A. A. Fowler, R. M. Thompson, D. Robinson, L. H. Lavham, Robert Walteon Goelt, J. W. Morgan, J. L. Brandegee, M. Campbell, August G. Paine, Lispenard Stewart, Oelrichs Co., J. B. Greenhut, Charles G. Ray- ner, D. Lubin, George Crocker, S. C. I Clark. C. W. Kelsey, Louis C. Clark, George C. Clark, Edw. Colston, R. F. i Cutting, N. H. Davis. F. August Schermerhorn, L. T. Hungertord, A. A. Housman Co., L. A. Ault, James McLean, Cleveland H. Dodge, Arthur C. Barnes, John Steward, George W. Wockerman, Charles Lancer, Lucien Wulsien, W. H. Lewis. William Solo man Co., Hanan Son, C. N. Bass, jr., Lehman Brothers, Joseph H. ch.ite- estate of Henry Tod, W. C. Sheldon, Gibson Fahnstock. T. M. Adams. James H. Jones. Leigh Hunt, Harold Carroll, all of New York. POTTERY SCHEDULE. Is Expected to Be Warmly Contested at Tariff Hearing. Washington, Nov. 23. Many points were expected to be contested at the hearing today before the house ways and means committee for considering changes in the tariff on earths, earth enware and glassware. The bureau of manufactures of the department of commerce and labor had issued an ex haustive report on the pottery indus try of Germany. This document, pre pared by special agent Charles M. Pepper for the use of congress in its proposed revision of the tariff, gives much information regarding the ex ports of pottery to the United States, the cost of labor and material, freight rates and profits of the industry in Germany. Mr. Pepper places the total annual pottery output of Germany at from $45,000,000 to $50,000,000, an increase of from 80 to 100 per cent within 10 years. About one-half the produce is exported to other countries, and in 1907, the exportation to the United States amounted to $7,881,418. Most of the articles brought to this country consists of tablewares, the production of which, according to Mr. Pepper, is largely regulated by a general organ ization which not only fixes price:!, but also undertakes to control to some ex tent the relations of the manufactur ers and their employes. The wages of German pottery workmen range from 56 cents to $1.32 per day for adult male work men, while women earn from $2.16 to $2.64 per week. Notwithstanding these modest wages, Mr. Pepper estimates that labor represents 40 per cent of the cost of pottery produced in Ger many. CALLS IT THEFT. Dr. Parkhurst Attacks Wearing of Merry Widow Hats. New York, Nov. 23. "Any lady who decorates herself in a way to shut off the view of those sitting behind her, commits a theft a theft not tolerated in the theater ana a theft which Christian consideration ought to ren der impossible in the sanctuary.'.' The wave of protest against the "Merry Widow" and other large sized women's headgear having reached the Madison Avenue Presbyterian church, the Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst so declared himself yesterday in a short prelude to the regular morning ser mon. The terse rebuks, reminder and suggestion, said Dr. Parkhurst by way of introducton was not prompted by the general fitness of things, but by "very determined complaints made by members of this congregation." A number of generously proportion ed hats were seen to come off after the minister's statement and it is predict ed that mote will be removed on Sun days to come. Protests against large hats have been made in several of New York prominent churches. Parsons Policeman In Jail. Parsons, Kan., Nov. 23. Paul Weg gen, the police officer who is1 charged with robbing Strausberger's store of silks and other goods valued at $5,000. was arraigned in a justice court and his bond fixed at $2,000. He failed to give the bond and was placed in jail. He refuses to make any statement, al though it is beli.eved that he will im plicate others. REVEflUETARIFF. Is Adrocated by Andrew Car negie in Magazine Article. Says Infant Industries Are Nearly All Grown Up. NEED IVO PROTECTION. The Steel Manufacturers (an Defy Free Competition. Infants Nursed by the Nation Should Be Weaned. New York, Nov. 23. A notable article from Andrew Carnegie, deal ing with the tariff, will appear in the forthcoming December number of Century magazine. The ironmaster take3 the position that "infant indus tries" no longer need protection, that the steel and other industries have now grown beyond the need of tariff protection, that duties on luxuries used by the rich should be maintained but that those on manufactured articles should be reduced greatly or abolished entirely when no longer j needpd Mr. Carnegie s article is en titled "My Experience With and Views Upon the Tariff." He first reviews the tariff move number of anecdotes in whirtl he figured with the various leaders of the various periods. He ment down to the present Dingley adds:. "Much water has run under the bridges since then. Many changes have .occurred and hence many changes can be judiciously made in the tariff. There is do doubt about this; but, on the other hand, I have been led to the conclusion that con- ditlons have changed so greatly In the interval that the tariff should now be viewed from a new standpoint. "The writer assumes a decided majority of our voters are agreed: "First, that it Is advisable for new countries to encourage capital by protective duties, when seen to be necessary to develop new industries. "Second, that after full and exhauS' tive trials. If success be not finally attained, such protection should cease except as noted hereunder. "Third, that should the experiment succeed protection becomes unneces sary and should steadily but gradually be abolished, provided that the home supply of any article absolutely neces sary for the national safety shall not thereby be endangered." Further on Mr. Carnegie says: "We have become by far the great est of all manufacturing nations. Our infant industries of the. past have reached maturity- and. speaking gen erally, are now r-uite able, to protect themselves. The infant in the nurse's arms that congress in 1871 nursed so tenderly will appear next year before its guardian as the stalwart champion who has conquered in many fields, thus proving himself worthy of the protection bestowed upon him in his youth and fully vindicating the pro tective policy pursued. No Longer Protective. "While the tariff, as a whole, even today, has ceased to be primarily bene ficial as a measure of protection it has become of vast importance from the standpoint of revenue, and it is to this feature I bespeak the special attention of readers of all parties for duties upon imports, not for protection, but for needed revenue, should not become a party question. Reasonable men of all parties may be expected to approve this plan of obtaining revenues." After giving tables showing that the bulk of tariff duties are collected on luxuries used by the rich, Mr. Carne gie says: "Thus does the American tariff in happy contrast to others almost ex empt the poor and heavily tax the rich, just as it should, for it is they who have the ability to pay as required by the highest economic authority." Mr. Carnegie says of future tariff legislation: "The next congress dealing with the tariff will probably be inclined at first to reduce duties all around and per haps to abolish some, but its first care should be to maintain present duties and even in some cases to Increase them upon all articles used almost ex clusively by the rich, and this not for protection but for revenue, not drawn from the workers, but from the rich. "That is the first and prime duty of Congress. We should not forget that government expenditures have in creased enormously in recent years and that additional revenue is re quired. "Its second duty Is to reduce duties greatly upon manufactured articles and to abolish entirely those no longer needed. Need No Protection. "The writer has co-operated in mak ing several reductions as steel manu facturers became able to bear reduc tions. Today they need no protection, unless, perhaps, in some new special ties unknown to the writer, because steel is now produced cheaper here than anywhere else, notwithstanding the higher wages paid per man. Not a ton of steel is produced in the world at as small an outlay for labor as in our country. Our coke, coal and iron ores are much cheaper, because more easily obtained and transported, and our output per man is much greater, owing chiefly to the large standardized orders obtainable only upon our con tinent, the specialized rolling mills machinery kept weeks upon uniform shapes without change of rolls, and several other advantages. "The day has passed when any foreign country can seriously affect our steel manufacturers, tariff or no tariff. The republic has become the home of steel and this is the age of steel. It may probably be found that there exists the small manufacturers of some specialty In steel which still needs a measure of protection. The writer hopes, if such there be the committee will give patient attention to such cases. It is better to err on the side of giving these too much, rather than too little support. Every enterprise of this kind should be fos tered. The writer speaks only of the ordinary article and forms of steel as being able to stand without pro tection. He hopes there are today pioneers in several new lines re quiring protection which will be gen erously given temporarily. The com mittee should welcome such special cases." Mr. Carnegie says that several other features of the tariff should be care- fully looked Into, more particularly illuminating oHs, tnreaa ana cutlery. Further on Mr. -Carnegie says: "The infant we have nursed ap proaches the day rwhen he should be weaned from tariff milk and fed upon the stronger food of free competition. It needs- Mttle. -if any more nursing, but the change should not be made abruptly. It is better to err upon the safe side, if we err at all, but he is the best of protectionists who cor rects all faults as they, are revealed and positively declines to subject the nation to protection in any branch where it is not clearly needed, afford ing protection always with the resolve that it shall be temporary. "There .is no occasion for haste or for any revolutionary step in coming tariff legislation. It Is beter to go a little slow than a little too fast. In the writer's opinion, the revision of the tariff could today safely and ad vantageously be made a radical one upon the lines suggested; but, if Con gress, in deference to the timid manufacturer,, 'whom we have always with us,' thinks Jt prudent not to dis turb his dreams unduly, and only halves present duties on some articles, and abolishes them entirely on others always, provided, it guards zealous ly the present duties upon the luxuries of the rich for revenue the writer will be thankful and philosophic as usual because one step in the right direction will have been taken, and he knows the final step must come before long, the sooner the better." TSAI FU LANDS. Chinese Prince Greeted by Jf ews of the Empress's IHath. San Francisco, Nov. 23. Conveying to the American government the gratitude of the Chinese people for remittance of a debt amounting to nearly $14,000,000, Tang Shao Yi, a powerful figure in the affairs of the Chinese empire, arrived in San Francisco on the steamer Mon golia. With him was Prince Tsai Fu, a member of the royal family, and a large retinue. Thrice in the history of the oldest na tion has there arisen occasion for the appointment of such a commission as is domiciled in the Fairmont hotel and never has a foreign power been so strongly represented through diplomat ic channels during the period of a crisis of world-wide import. In his honor the dragon flew from the mastheads of a score of vessels in the bay, guns mounted on the harbor front boomed out a salute and thou sands of his countrymen, silk robed or silk hatted, thronged the dock where his escort landed. Not until the Mongolia dropped an chor in the harbor did Tang Shao Yl and his staff learn that the dowager empress of China was dead. In Hon olulu the cable brought ne.ws of the emperor's death, but said nothing of the dangerous illness that threatened the end of the dowager empress re markable career. It was only when Hsu Ping Chen, the'... onsul general at San Francisco, boarded the steamer with a score of eabtegrams from the far east, that tiie distinguished visitor was acquainted with the tull extent of the changes -that had occurred since his departure. Even the habitual Ori ental reserve did not suffice to -conceal his perturbation, and while dignitaries of the state and government awaited his attention, he scanned message after message, apparently unconscious. of their presence. In accordance with the edict of mourning his entire party- will remain practically secluded during its stay of three days and the local Chi nese colony's arrangements for costly hanonets and other forms of entertain ment have been cancelled. In ail other respects, however, the mission of -the special embassy will be fulfilled and Tang Shao Yi, with the 50 members of his retinue, will go directly to Wash ington, where he will remain until after the inauguration of President-elect William H. Taft. HENEY ABLE TO TALK. He Gives Ont an Interview on the Graft Prosecution. San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 23. The Call this morning prints the first in terview granted to the press by Francis J. Heney since the district attorney was shot in Judge Lawler's court room, November 14, by Morris Haas, while the hearing of one of the cases against Ruef was in progress. After expressing devout thanks for his escape Mr. Heney said: "In this great human battle against vice and corruption let no one believe that the true source is to be found in the individual dynamiters, jury bribers, kidnapers and assassins and that their extermination means ultimate victory Such beings are but the bubbles from the pool of filth that has been years in making. The seed has been sown and we must reap the harvest, but in gath ering the tares let us be satisfied with nothing but the root. "It has been terrible sacrifice, but if my blood has not been shed in vain, if the assassin's bullet has suddenly dis closed to the public eye the hideous -ness of the gigantic conspiracy to de feat the law, then I shall feel that I have not lived in vain, that my poor efforts have met with immeasurable benefit to mv beloved "city and state." The foregoing is a part of the state ment which Is published over Mr. Heney's signature. The wounded man is well on the road to recovery and stated that he was eager to get back to the prosecution of the graft cases again. CHANGES WilND. Admiral Sperry Will Let His Men Go Ashore. Washington. Nov. 23. The officers and crew- of the battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Sperry will be allowed full liberty at Manila as at any port at which they have touched. Admiral Sperry reached this conclusion after thoroughly investigating health condi tions at Manila. The officers and crew will take part in a parade and enjoy the liberty of the city. Cases of cholera reported in the Philippines it is stated at the navy department are isolated and in control and do not menace the public health. Weather Indications. Chicago. Nov. 23. Forecast for Kansas: Probably showers tonight and Tuesday. Cooler. MUST TELL IT ALL Rockf f Her Is Not to Be Per mitted to Dodge Anything By Putting It Off Onto Shoul ders of Arrhbold. HE OPENED THE YAJ For the Government Attorneys to Get Whole Story Of Standard Oil Down to the Present Time. New York, Nov. 23. Whether John D. Rockefeller will be compelled to enlarge the scope of his testimony was a question when the hearing in the government's suit to dissolve the Standard OH company was resumed today. It had been the plan of the Standard's attorneys to have Mr. Rockefeller tell only of the com paratively early yeara of the com pany's existence, and his direct examination included no reference to any happening later than 1882. It was announced at that time that the remainder of the Standard's story would be told by John D. Archbold and other officers of the company who are more familiar than Mr. Rocke feller with the happenings of the last quarter century. Frank B. Kellogg, the government counsel, contends however, that Mr. Rockefeller himself by one of his answers, made It pos sible for the government to go as far as it likes In the cross examination. In his direct testimony Mr. Rocke feller had said that business of re fining oil w-as a hazardous one. In his cross examination Mr. Kellogg asked him how he could regard as hazardous a business which had re turned such enormous profits. Mr. Rockefeller replied that the fact that a business was profitable was no argument against a contention that It was hazardous and he reiterated that oil refining was a hazardous business, "even up to the present time." Mr. Kellogg maintained that Mr. Rockefeller's gratuitous statement that the business is hazardcus "up to the present time" opens up to him the whole period of the Standard's history. Mr. Rockefeller returned to the city today from his country home, Pocantico Hills, where he had rested over Sunday. He exercised yesterday by walkhrg home from the Baptist church, a distance of two miles. Mr. Rockefeller was called to the witness stand when the Standard Oil hearing was resumed today. Refrethed-.,Jy .day's,, rest,. Rockefeller wa-smiling when -Frank B. Kellogg, special assistant attorney genera! resumed his cross examina tion. Mr. Kellogg'a first inquiry was whether all the stockholders of the south improvement company after wards became holders of stock in the Standard Oil company of Ohio; but Mr. Rockefeller said he did not think so, and when Mr. Kellogg read a list of the South Improvement company's stockholders Mr. Rockefeller named several of them who he said, did not hold stock in the Standard. Replying to further questions Mr. Rockefeller said that he thought there was an increase in the stock of the Standard Oil company of Ohio from $2,500,000, to $3,500,000 in 1875. "In making the increase did you not submit a paper on which appeared the names of all the stockholders of the South Improvement company?" asked Mr. Kellogg. "The paper would be the best evi dence," replied Mr. Rockefeller. Mr. Kellogg then read several names from the paper and Mr. Rockefeller said it was possible several of those mention ed might have been stockholders of the Standard if they had the money to purchase the stock. Railroad Men in Standard. "How many railroad men did you take into the Standard after 1870?" "I could not say." "Was W. H. Vanderbilt a stock holder?" "I can't say definitely. He might have been a stockholder for a trifling amount." "Did you not sign a paper on March 10, 1875. requesting an increase of capital stock as follows: 'W. H. Vanderbilt by J. D. Rock efeller, his attorney?' "That may be; the paper would be the best evidence." Mr. Kellogg brought out the fact that Amasa Stone, then president of the Lake Shore Michigan Southern railway; Stillman Witt, a director of the Lake Shore and Big Four roads; and J. P. Handy, also a director of the Big Four road, were taken into the Standard Oil company in the early days. Mr. Rockefeller said that P. H. Watson seemed to have access to W. H. Vanderbilt and the witness thought he afterwards became president of the Erie railroad. "And he was president while he was stockholder in your company?" asked Mr. Kellogg. "If so he was not a stockholder for any length of time." The witness said he did not think that any officials of the Pennsylvania railroad were connected with the Standard Oil company. RAIN FALLS TODAY. Deluare Begins at 2 OVlock Tills Afternoon. Cooler weather accompanied by showers Is the weather forecast for the next few days. The weather to day has been featured with heavy rain clouds and a dense fog during the forenoon. At noon today a light rain fell and this afternoon heavier show ers are the programme. The pros pects are for a good hard rain tonight and tomorrow. As a result of the heavy clouds it is a dark and gloomy day. There has been a light precipitation as a result of the rain and falling fog. which amounted to .09 of an Inch at 2 o'clock but It had then turned to a deluge. The wind today is six miles an hour from the northwest. The fol lowing are the temperatures: 7 o'clock 51 11 o'clock 52 8 o'clock 51 I 12 o'clock 53 9 o'clock 51 I 1 o'clock 55 10 o'clock 49 2 o'clock 55 IS STARTING A NEW BANK Neal Can't Take Presidency of the Commerce. Kansas City, Nov. 23. F. P. Neal. vice president and active manager of the Union National bank, which was absorbed by the National Bank of Commerce and who, it had been gen erally expected, would be elected president of the latter bank to suc ceed W. B. Ridgley. has announced mat ne could not be considered a can didate for that office. Mr. Neal an nounced that he had almost completed the organization of a new national bank with $1,000,000 caoital. all sub scribed In Kansas City, and of which he is to be presidenf. Mr. Neal's an nouncement leaves J. Wilson Perry, vice president of the National Bank of Commerce of St. Louis, the only active candidate for the presidency of the National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City. FILES HIS PETITION. General Bonaparte Asks for Writ of Certiorari. Washington, Nov. 23. Attorney Gen eral Bonaparte filed today a petition for a writ of certiorari in the supreme court of the United States urging that court to Issue a writ of certiorari to the circuit court of appeals for the sev enth circuit to review the judgment of that court reversing the rulings of Judge Landis In the case in which the Standard Oil company was fined 29 mil lion dollars on the charge of violating the anti-trust Jaw. The attorney gen eral takes the position that the court of appeals was without jurisdiction when it reversed Judge Landis' decis ion. The wording of the government's petition Indicates that the department of Justice is fully aware of the court's practice of denying 90 per cent of such petitions. The court grants these peti tions only when constitutional ques tions are involved and the attorney general makes a strong effort to have it appear that the present case falls within this category. Much of the body of the petition is devoted to ad ducing reasons why the court should review the controversy. "Whether," says the petition, "tha government is or Is not right In Us contentions, we respectfully but very earnestly urge that the court should issue the writ. The case is of the first consequence. The principles decided control the entire meaning and purpose of the law and impair the underlying policy of congress. If for example it is necessary that the government should prove actual knowledge by the shipper of the lawful rate the law will be al together deprived of effect against the very shippers who violate it. In the view of the government it is extremely important that the law should be de termined and expounded now at this stage of the present case, by this court." The attorney general also takes the position that the supreme court is vested bj: lw wfthauthuritT to order any case of which a circuit court of ap peals has final Jurisdiction to be brought up by certiorari and to de termine It in the same manner as If it had been taken, up on appeal or writ of error by the defendant. "It can not," he says, "be true that the authority of this court to exercise jurisdiction in the interest of the whole people in such a case as this may be cut off by a convicted defendant's choice of the forum inferiorem." In conclusion the attorney general called attention to the fact that he ap pears merely as the representative of the whole people and he says that his only purpose is to suggest to the court that the case is of such nature that It is to the interest of the entire coun try it should be reviewed and authori tiatvely determined by the highest court of the nation. It is understood that the petition will be formally presented to the court when it reconvenes next Monday but It pro bably will not be acted upon for some time thereafter. If the petition is granted the entire case will be reviewed by the supreme court. If it is denied the decision of the court of appeals will stand. HIT BY A CAR. Mrs, Charlotte LlndeU Is Painfully Injured. While crossing a double track just behind an east bound street car, Mrs. Charlotte Lindell of 412 Fillmore street was hit by a westbound car at Sixth and Fillmore Saturday evening about 8:30 o'clock and knocked to the pavement narrowly escaping death un der the wheels of the fast approach ing car. Mrs. Lindell had just accom panied her. son, Albert V. Lindell to the car line and when he had boarded the eastbound car for the city she turned north intending to return to her home and as she stepped on the track the west car hit her. Her son was on the back platform of the car when the accident occurred and his warning cry saved her from death. Mr. Lindell had heard the rumble of the car and feeling that something would happen he called to his mother. She heard him but step ped back too late to get clear of the car and the corner of the front vesti bule struck her in the forehead knock ing her to the pavement. She has a gash about two or three inches long In the forehead and bruises on the arms and shoulder. Today she is able to be up and around the house. Although she is 76 years old she is a woman of remarkable vigor and it is this that has fought the bruisef. The- double track system In Topeka is run on a "rube" plan. There is no manner except the familiar sound of the gong to warn passengers who step oft from one car and pass behind it to go to the other side of the street. Mrs. Lindell failed to hear the gong last night and with the buzz of the starting eastbound car in her ears it was Im poslble to hear anything else. In any city where the double track system is used it is an iron clad rule that no car shall pass another going the op posite direction when the other is stopping at a street crossing. A mot orman who disobeys this rule is fired from the force at once and the street railway is liable to a heavy fine from the city. There have been hundreds of such accidents in Topeka every year and the local railway should loos en up on their "rube" methods. To peka has adopted the law against "Jay" driving on the streets and if this rule would be applied to the street cars it would probably save many In juries and possibly some lives. POLITICAL GOSSIP Why Senator Long: Doesn't Want Cabinet Job. Could Not Afford to Rnin Him self Financially. MK. FAXOA'S IDEALS. Says Southwest Will Com to Legislature Well Organized. Will Demand Reapportionment of Representative Districts. Ralph Faxon, Senator long's private secretary, is In Topeka today on his way to Washington, D. C, to resume his duties for the "short session." Speaking of the rumor that Senator Long will go Into Taft's cabinet, Mr. Faxon said: "I do not attach any Importance to that talk. As Senator Long has said, the cabinet Is a rich man's Job. and ha does not eare to ruin himself financially to satisfy political ambition. Senator Long has Important interests In the cement business at Medicine Lodge, and I anticipate that he will return there after the adjournment of con gress. He may go Into the pract'ee of law, and If so It will probably be at Wichita, or some other point where ha can keep la touch with the cement plant." Mr. Faxon does not anticipate that there will be any tariff legislation at the short session. "The tariff can't be revised In two or three months," he said. "It will not surprise me if the special session, to be called for about March 15, tihould con tinue until September. The session which passed the Dingley tarff con tinued till September. The article by Andrew Carnegie concerning revision. Is of great significance. I think tha tendency of congress will be to make a revision which will provide for Just sufficient tariff to represent the differ ence between the cost of labor in Amer ica and in Europe. This will protect the American laboring man without preventing American manufacturers from coming into competition with European manufacturers." Speaking of state political matters, -Mr. Faxon said: "We had a meeting of nine state representatives and one senator at Garden City the other day, to discuss what our part of the state will stand for at the coming session. You will find that southwestern Kan sas will come before the session well organized and ready to shoot some holes in the plans which have been madef without reference to the Interests of southwestern Kansas. "We want a legislative reapportion ment, to give the counties In western Kansas the representation to which they are entitled under the constitution. Each county which casts 200 votes is entitled to a representative In the leg islature, and yet there Is Meade with 2,000 votes and Seward with 1,500, cou pled together for legislative purposes. Every combination district should be separated. "We' want some action taken which will bring about more effective enforce ment of the forestry laws of the state. The present law is good enough, but it isn't enforced. The law requires the forestry commissioners to make a re port to the governor showing the kinds of trees adapted for planting in west ern Kansas. He has not made such a report for eight years. My suggestion Is that we make the salary of the for estry commissioner $1,500 a year in stead of $1,000, and get Gifford Pinchot, the United States forestry commission er, to send one of his young men out here to take charge of the Kansas for estry station. Then we will get soma results worth while. "We also want legislation for better roads. I believe that the best plan Is to make the county surveyor the high way commissioner for each county, and authorize a direct levy for road Im provement. Then let the county sur veyor apportion this levy to different -districts and see that the work of road improvement Is properly done. Out in our part of the state we have found that we can find at numerous places de posits of clay, which are necessary to make good roads. By stripping the sand from these clay beds, we have abundant material for making good hard roads through the sand hills. "I am prepared to endorse the Stubbs administration through my paper and personally so long as it carries out the good roads reforms and forestry re forms and other policies for the good of the state. I am not going to fight the Stubbs administration Just on gen eral principles. I will endorse it where I can consistently do so. "I believe that J. N. Dolley Is the most available man for speaker of the house." Robert M. LaFolIette is sending out to many Republicans of Kansas a cir cular letter announcing that he will soon begin the publication of a week ly paper, in support of government by the people. Senator LaFollette says in thi letter: "I shall print the records of public officials and political parties on vital questions. I shall discuss men and measures impartially and fearlessly. "With the assistance of able writers and correspondents I will furnish readers a pummary of important news, a digest of proceedings in congress, a report of the progress made in the struggle for self government in cities and states, and timely, well considered contributions and editorial discussion upon economic, financial and social questions. "Mrs. LaFolIette will have a depart ment In which education and the home will be discussed from the wom an's standpoint." The state board of canvassers met today, in accordance with the law. to canvass the returns of the recent elec tion. The meeting was held at the of fice "of the secretary of state. W1U Pray for Zinc Tariff. Joplin, Mo., Nov., 23. Ministers of twenty-five towns In the Kansas-Missouri zinc mining district in their pe titions to the Almighty on Thanksgiv ing day will pray for a tariff on zinc ore. Rev. Dean C. Dutton of Webb City advocated this idea and the min isters of the other towns have consent ed to it.