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THE 3IORXIXG OREGONIAX, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1010. OF HIRAM MOE, WHO DECLARES HE PASSED BRIBE MONEY AT ALBANY. NEW YORK-MESS PROMISES MUCH Here's a Toast to the TOAST Made From TABLE QUEEN BREAD ENTER RAGE WAR Another Clash Expected Be tween Authorities and Citizens. Various Angles of Corruption Work in State -to Be Brought Out. 2, WOMEN 0 F- ( V - .-w -? Si- -. ' ":: l C "' 1 MILITIA ORDERED TO CITY Wives Commanded' ly Husbands In Illinois Town to Go Armed and to Shoot to Kill if Attacked. Crisis Is Due Today. CAIRO, 111., Feb. 20. Police officials are searching the city for a negro sus pected of purse snatching and another clash between authorities and citizens Is feared if the man is caught. Company II, of Shelbyville, 111.. Na tional Guard, tonight was ordered to report here by Adjutant-General Dick son. The Shelbyville company will ar rive tomorrow on a special train. Adjutant-General Dickson and Sheriff Nellis conferred tonight and the order ing of the additional militiamen was the result. Feeling is still running high against the negroes and intensiy was added to the sentiment this afternoon when two negroes, it is 'charged, made in sulting gestures at persons in the fu neral procession that was following the body of Alexander Halliday, killed Thursday night In an attack on the Jail. Nearly 600 persons attended Halli day's funeral and accompanied the body to Mounds, Ills., In a special train. As the train was passing through the negro district of Cairo, negroes collect ed on the street to watch its passage. At Thirty-first street, members -of the funeral party say, an Insulting demon stration was made. Attempt to Raise Mob Kails. An effort was made to organize a party on the train on the return trip to Cairo to wreck summary revenge on the negroes, but no disturbance re sulted. An unidentified man created a dis turbance at the cemetery by demanding permission to make a speech over the grave but he was hurried away. He said he was a friend of Halliday and that he has been run out of town by the police. The negro the police are after is believed to have been associated with John Pratt, the negro who escaped lynching when Sheriff Nellis defended the Jail. If the negro is caught an ef fort may bemade to take him from the police before the militia has an opportunity to interfere. The militia continue to patrol the streets. Several small crowds have been dispersed, but no damage to prop erty has taken place. Women Carry Revolvers. Feeling against the negro element is manifested in threats of demonstra tions. Women are generally carrying revolvers and are urged by their hus bands and relatives to shoot to -kill if attacked. ' -' The special grand Jury which has been instructed to investigate the riot when It reconvenes. Judge Butter, who instructed the grand jury, con ferred with Sheriff Nellis today and later announced that he would decide whether a new jury is necessary. There are four negroes on the jury. The home of Sheriff Nellis is guarded by the militia and he is given a mili tary escort when he leaves the court house. Popular feeling is against him for using negro deputies and allowing Halliday's body to lie in front of the jail for three hours. Adjutant-General Dickson, Governor Deneen's personal representative, said this afternoon that Sheriff Nellis was not ordered by the Governor to leave Halllday's body lying on the ground until the militia arrived. Sheriffs Wife Collapses Today. Mrs. Nellis. wife of the sheriff, col lapsed under the strain. She is one of the women who are carrying re volvers. Preachers in their pulpits for the most part today united in urging the citizens to support the law. The Rev. Frank Thompson, of the First Chris tian Church, said in part: "No American, whose heart is filled with passion for the commonwealth, can approve mob law, yet things have occurred in Cairo, which, If they had not moved Cairo's brave men to deeds daring and desperate deeds and Cairo's fair women to tears, would have lowered them to the levels of the un feeling ox which calmly feeds as his comrade suffers or dies." CORNELL COLORS IN EGGS College Ifen I'ed Harmless Dyes, Takes on Variety of Hues. ITHACA, X. Feb. 30. So con tagious is the Cornell spirit that a white Ithaca hen of the most unblem ished character has been persuaded, after a course in diatetlcs with the pro fessors of the Cornell State College of Agriculture, to lay eggs bright with the Cornell colors. The yolks are red and the albumen white. A harmless dye was given to the hen with her feed, and when it was seen that her plumage began to turn a deli cate pink her eggs were examined and found to be more deeply colored still. Other admixtures of dye turn the yolk of the egg pink and the hen's feet pink. SLEEPERS ROUTED BY FIRE PiUsburg Theater Burns; Hotel In mates Rush to Safety. PITTSBURG. Feb. 21. Two hundred persons at two downtown hotels. New ells and the Antlers, were routed from their beds at 1 o'clock this morinng by a fire sweeping from the basement to the roof of the six-story building of the Family Theater, between the two hotels on Fifth avenue. At 2 o'clock the fire was still confined to the theater building, which had been Jamaged to the extent of $100,000. The theater is owned by the Harry Davis Amusement Company. , At 2:30 o'clock the fire was under con trol. 50 YEARS LEASE. Morrison and Seventeenth street. lOOx 100 feet. Fine hotel or department site. Apply to Merchants Savings & Trust Company. Sixth and Washington sts. Today is positively the last day for dis count on East Side gas bills. Read "Gas Tips.". , h. - A A .Ml pi. IMS i ll II r - n . . : ':1L f Photo copyright, 1910, by O.- G. Bain. Senator Jotham P. AlldH, AccuMed of Senator Bcbh Conger, Accuser of Sena Taking Bribe. tor AlldH. WORK WIDE-SPREAD Charities and Correction Con ference Plans Out. SPEAKERS WELL KNOWN Initial Programme for National Meet In May Made Public Greatest Gathering of Social laborers In World Is Planned. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 2a Announce ment of the preliminary programme of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections, which will be held here dur ing the week of May 13 to 26, was made today. This will probably be one of the great est gatherings of social workers ever held in the world. Meeting simultane ously with it, or just befo-T or Just after its sessions, conventions ..Al be held by the National Conference of Jewish Chari ties, the St. Vincent de Paul Society (the great laymen's movement for social serv ice of the Roman Catholic Church), the National Federation of Remedial Loan Companies and the National Probation Officers' Association. Just about that time, too, there will be an international convention here of the police chiefs of American and Canadian cities, whose problems are closely allied with those of the charity workers who will be meeting. Children to Receive Attention. The committee .on children, which for several years has been one of the most important of the conference, will again discuss the need for a "Federal Children's Bureau," such as is contemplated by a bill now before Congress, investigations of recreation for such children, infant mortality and medical inspection of schools. It Is proposed this year to discuss some of the defects in the system of public schools in the United States which have become apparent as the industrial life of the people has become more complex. Following closely in importance to the others is the committee on health and sanitation, of which Dr. Charles P. Emer son, of Clifton Springs, N. Y., is chair man. This committee will deal with sev eral new and vital topics. Health and sanitation will be considered in their rela tion to social conditions and the bearing of their particular problems on charity and correction. Among the topics an nounced are "The Hookworm Disease of the South," "Pellagra in the Middle West," and the "Rational Care of Con sumptives." New Committee Has Broad Work. A new committee this year has been working under the title of "Occupational Standards." Paul U. Kellogg, managing editor of the Survey, New York City, is its chairman. The programme will relate occupational standards to hours of work and health, considering the "Toxin of Fatigue," the medical aspects of long hours and nervous overstrain; "Industrial Hygiene," how bad sanitary conditions of shops and factories destroy health and make poverty inevitable; "Compensation for Death and Injury," .relief problems from the viewpoint of a relief society as to what could be considered adequate re lief, the family and home as affected by industrial casualties, the way in which' industrial accidents drive children into or phanages and Juvenile reformatories; "Wage Standards," how they relate to the cost of living" and how seasonal work and wage standards relate to living con ditions in industrial communities; "In dustrial and Social Bookkeeping," the re III I K lations of industry to social industries, especially in the large cities. The conservation movement, not only as it applies to tlje physical resources of the country but also as it applies to the human resources will be discussed. Among those of the speakers of Na tional distinction who have promised to take part In this conference are: Misa Julia C. Lathrop. of Chicago: Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett, Washington, 1. C-; Dr. Albert Warren Ferris, president New York State Commission in Lunacy; Professor John R. Commons. Madison. Wis.; Harry Olson, Chief Justice ot the Municipal Court of Chi cago: Major Richard Sylvester, superintend ent Metropolitan Police Department, .Wash ington. D. C. FAST TRAIN JUMPS TRACK Passengers Thrown From Berths, but Escape Serious Injuries. PITTSBURG, Feb. 20. As Pennsyl vania train No. 30, which usually makes New York in 24 hours from St. Louis, was seeking to regain about 30 minutes lost time by a fast run over a level stretch of the Panhandle division, Ave of its six cars jumped the track a mile west of Scio. O., at 8 o'clock today. The 29 passengers aboard, most of whom were asleep, were shaken from their berths and some suffered from shock, but none was injured seriously enough to require surgical attention. Two hours later tney were trans ferred to a westbound train which ran back 75 miles to Pittsburg, whence they took another train to New York. Traffic was delayed three hours. Railroad officials believe that a broken rail caused the wreck. Neither of the two locomotives nor mail car left the rails. Other cars remained upright after their plunge from the track. RIOT MARKS CAR STRIKE Continued From F1rt Page.) ton streets at freightcar on a nearby siding was forced across the street, to block the possible arrival of fire engines. The pins were withdrawn from tho car wheels and every precau tion was taken to prevent the moving of the car after the torch had been, ap plied to the cotton waste with which it had been filled. Before the car at Fifth and Somer set streets was set on fire it was raised from the tracks by stone blocks. Strikers and their sympathizers are displaying more bitterness against the company than at any time In the strike last Summer. At no time in the former strike was the rioting so widespread, nor were so many persons engaged in attacking the cars. Unlike the previous strike, men with union buttons were found in the mobs today everywhere, and they are charged with being ringleaders in many disturbances. More rioting is ex pected tomorrow. Orders of Mayor Reyburn to swear in 3000 additional police have embittered the men. Much difficulty is being experienced by friends of those arrested in today's riots n finding the prisoners and in getting copies of the charges. It is asserted that prisoners are being sent to station-houses far distant from places where the arrests take place. NEAV YORK MAY HAVE STRIKE Traction Employes Said to Be Or ganizing Secretly. NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Surface car em ployes said here tonight that all traatlon employes of the city are organizing se cretly and will present demands for wage increases when they feel conditions war dant. No action will be taken until 50 per cent of the employes have signified their in tention of joining. It is the intention then to call a meeting, elect officers and organize. The men feel that they must organize with great care, as they say that the traction companies) maintain an exten sive system of spies, and that any man known es an organizer would be dis missed instantly. SUBPENA SERVERS BUSY Ways of Bridge Companies In Par celing Out Contracts and Brib ing Town Officials to Be Shown T7p. ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 20. (Special.) Sensational disclosures of ' an unex pected character are foreshadowed in the Allds bribery trial this week as a result of material which has come into the possession of the defense during the last two or three days and of the sub penalng of witnesses whose names have not yet been mentioned, s For several days subpena servers have been making mysterious visits to many corners of the state and startling surprises are predicted as a result of these visits. It has already been inti mated during the trial that the various bridge companies which did a thriving business before the passage of the amended highway law in 1D05 had an agreement under which a certain Arm should get a certain contract and that all the others should split up equally on the excess profits, which were known as a "consolidation fund." Boodle Fund Set Aside. The successful bid was made suffi ciently high to yield an enormous profit anJ out of that profit, according to the records, a certain sum was set aside as "boodle" for town officials. This remarkable working agreement was operative in the days when town officials and highway commissioners were permitted to make contracts for any sum for bridges or bridge repairs without submitting the proposition to the voters or having the plans approved by the State Knglneer. The law which was passed in 1905, after the bridge in terests, according to Senator Conger's testimony, had refused to pay $10,000 demanded of them, tied the hands of the town officials. Plans for all bridges calling for an expenditure of more than $500 thereafter had to be approved by the State Engineer and all plans to spend upward of $2000 had to be voted, on by people of a town or county. Allds Worked for Boss Piatt. It is generally understood in Albany the basis of the Allds defense will be that Thomas C Piatt, while the absolute "boss" of the Republican party in the state, sent orders to Albany to have the highway bill killed and that Mr. Allds, then an Assemblyman and . a strict organization Republican, helped to smother the bills because of Sena tor Piatt's orders and not because of any bribe money that was either of fered or paid to him by the bridge in terests which were represented by the Congers. That many side lights on the meth ods employed by the Republican state organization to raise campaign funds will be furnished during the week is the confident belief of those interested in the trial. One of the" first points which the Allds attorneys will seek to bring out is the sizeof the contributions which Senator Conger has testified he paid to the Republican fund on various occa sions. Bridge Deals to Be Probed. It is the belief also that a strong light will be thrown upon the inside workings of the bridge combination, which, up to 1905, held a grip on the bridge business of New, York State and the entire East. It- is said to be possible that evidence will be developed show ing corruption among town and county officials which may be made the basis for criminal proceedings against some of the bridge officials who were in the combination up to the late Spring of 1905. DEPOT CAMPAIGN BEGUN EAST SIDE TO IXSIST CPOX BUILDING BY O. It. & X. Subject of Vacating Streets and Amending Franchise May Go to People on Referendum. The East Side Business Men's Club will start an active campaign this week to require the O. R. & N. Company to build a freight depot at some convenient point in the warehouse district. Accord ing to the East Second-street franchise, a freight depot is required at some point south of Hoyt street, so the officers of the club assert, and refer to the franchise in support of this contention. A com mittee from the club has the subject in hand, and .has authority to start an initiative measure, if necessary, to get the freight depot. Officials of the railway company set forth that in order to permit a suitable depot several streets must be vacated north from East Oak. The depot pro posed will be 400 feet long and extend across two blocks. A committee from the United East Side Push Clubs is in vestigating conditions incident to the va cation of these streets. Thomas Hislop, who circulated the pe titions for the vacation of the streets, says that he did so to build up a commission-house district and declared that he did not in any sense represent the railway company, but did represent the owners of the property, three-fourths or whom, he says, have signed petitions for the vacation of the streets. However, other property owners say that the streets are public property and that the whole city is interested in seeing that the interests of the city are protected if the streets are vacated A majority of the members of the East Side Business Men's Club seems to favor the vacation of these streets, provided the railway company gives concessions in return and is not permitted to "bot tle" up the East Side warehouse district. G. T. Atchley, president. Insists that the railway company should be treated as a private individual who wants to se cure valuable property from .the city he should give the city a consideration. The amendment of the present franchise on East Third street, so that there will bo a common user provision extending to the proposed railroad bridge, will also be insisted on. Present indications are that if the streets are vacated without these requirements the whole question will go to the people under a referendum. ff f" ii5 Here's a boost for the man j j( J ifV jv Who will lay every plan r nV'I ' Avv V ti To get the best food for himself that he can. VO VM TABLE QUEEN I LULL1S MOMENTARY- Wall Street More Cheerful Over Price Prospects. FOREIGN DEMAND BETTER Railroad Situation Regarded as Im proved, in View of Amendments to Commerce Bill and Prog ress of Merger Hearing. NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Financial con fidences improved last week, reflected in the movement toward recovery in the stock market. There" was a mo mentary interruption to the recovery which had set in the week before, fol lowing false reports of what President Taft was going to say in Jiis New York speech on Saturday preceding. Profes sional operators who had bought stocks because rumor had said that the President would say that the Govern ment's attitude toward corporations would be moderated, sold hastily after reading the speech. Timidity Is Overcome. The prompt rebound from the first sharp declines demonstrated that the timidity caused by the amenability of corporations to the law was losing its force as a speculative factor. More , sober consideration of the probable course of procedure by the Supreme Court convinced careful ob servers that the American Tobacco case was likely to be considered with tho Standard Oil case, which is set for ar gument in the middle of March, thus leaving an indefinite postponement of the decision possible. Proposed amendments to the bill to alter the interstate commerce law were rgarded as reassuring from the stand point of the railroads. The progress of the hearing in the Government's suit to dissolve the Union Pacific and South ern' Pacific merger was interpreted in the stock market as showing strength for the contentions of the railroad companies. Foreign Market Better. Last week's rebound was based, to an important extent, on the needs of the bears left uncovered on the short side in the long previous decline. The growing abundance of money in for eign markets, the low prices to which securities had" fallen, and the credits to be met on account of the small excess of our merchandise exports over im ports, combined to Induce an appre ciable foreign demand for American se curities. The rebound in the stock market has brought with Jt a more cheerful feel ing over the trade outlook and greater confidence that the lull in business was temporary. BUILDING XOW IN DEMAND Structural Market Improves, Though Railroads . Are Cautious. NEW YORK. Feb. 20. Railroads placed few contracts for equipment last week, but there was a fair volume of business, with an increase in specifications in many lines of unfinished steel. A little more confidence is evident, and the general belief Is that the present flur ry in raw material will soon pass. In not a few instances, the impression Is that the reaction has been exaggerated undu ly. Most finishing mills are booked far ahead. In building lines a large number of Here's a word for the wife Who is wise all her life BuyB bread that will settle all family strife. TABLE QUEEN I Here 's a cheer for the child Who, with appetite filed To an edge, for its goodness goes literally wild. TABLE QUEEN I Here's a toast to the host On the mountains and coast Who call for it, eat it and love it the most. TABLE QUEEN I Xt's the best! And the test? Put it under your vest. 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