OltEGOMAK. TJJLKSJJAV, APRIL
4.
1912.
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FIRM BASIS FOR
REFORMS IS URGED
FIRST AVIATOR TO CROSS CONTINENT IN AEROPLANE. WHO MET
DEATH IN FALL YESTERDAY.
Taft Makes Appeal for Reason
in Carrying Out Plans
for Betterments.
PROSPERITY IS AT STAKE
Cotton Mannfartnrrr Hear Prel
dent Argue In Favor of KevWion
of Tariff Only Cpon K
pcrt Information.
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Two counted for Taft.
WASHINGTON. April X. President
Taft in an address to the convention
of the American Cotton Manufacturer!!"
Association today renewed hla plea for
"revision of the tariff only after an In
quiry by a tariff board.
"We are In this country. In respect
to every business, on a protective
ba.Ms." mki the President. "I don't
mean that every business needs a
protective tariff to enable It to live,
but I mean that there are so many
businesses that are dependent on a pro
tective tariff that they may live that
to take away a protective tariff from
thrm would disturb the whole busi
ness foundation of the country.
Therefore It Is essential that when
we. who are charged with authority as
to the adoption of the laws and the
formation of tariff bills, attempt to
amend them, one should know that wa
are touching the business of the coun
try and probably affecting- Its pros
perity. "Reforms are all rlajht and T am as
much In favor of them, when I see
they pro real reforms, as anybody: but
the thins; that makes moat for happi
ness is s;ond business and prosperity."
Iaws that affect the business of the
country and may prove a menace to
prosperity, the President said, should
not be made by "rule of thumb." or
with "blacksmith's tools." but upon,
sound information and advice.
HOTII SIDES CLAIM VICTOItV
laft and Kooevelt Each Cry Success
In Detroit and Vicinity.
DETROIT. April S. Both Taft and
Kuosevelt forces today claimed victory
here and In township caucuses held
yesterday to elect delegates to the
Wame Cpunty Republican convention
Friday.
The President's adherents Insist that
they have at least III of the 15 dele
uiiri chosen, while the Roosevelt fol
lowers are equally emphatic In state
ments that they won of the 17" city
IHrates and twMthlrds of the '.own
nlj delegates.
FLOODS ALARM CAPITAL
w t if) u4 frem FMrt Pas
tt. At 7 A. M. today, a rise of .4
slr.ee yesterday morning was recorded.
With water pouring- over the low
lands through half a down leaps In
private levees south of Cairo, and
antiinc the main embankments at
several places, the flood situation at
tending the Mississippi River this
mornlnjr Is grave.
Measakla la Dad Way.
Cfflcially, It is predicted that the
stave at Memphis will reach i feet.
Yesterday. 4 4 feet was forecasted as
the probable maximum, but today the
prediction was revised. A T o'clock
This morning the itauge showed 4 J
fret, a rise of .1 since 1 o'clock last
nnht
r.orernment officials are still optim
istic that thev will hold the river with
in lis bounds. So far all the main
levees are Intact, although several
points are regarded as dangerous. The
Government embankment Immediately
w-t of Hickman. Ky, which protects
lte Keelfoot Basin and several West
Kentucky counties, the White River
fiont at Modoc, Ark, and the levee
ii'ir Linda. Mo, are giving to great
est concern.
Breaks In private levees at Birds
r 'olnt and near Commerce, Mo., and at
llli'kman. Ky, have relieved the situ
ation at Cairo, and the flooding of that
uv. which was threatened yesterday
probably will be averted.
Leveea Are Strvssts.ee. e.
More workmen were put on the levees
at Cairo strengthening them where
any showed signs of wearing away. A
bulkhead of five feet is be ng placed
on all levees.
Tlie flood situation m New Madrid
County. Missouri, especially In ths
towns of New Madrid and Portagevtlle,
is causing grave concern today. The
Cotton Belt Railroad has abandoned
train service Into New Madrid, as every
street la covered with water and boats
are the only means of conveyance.
Klood warnings for tha Cincinnati,
(J., district were Issued by the Govern
ment Weather Forecasters there today
:md merchants In the lower part of
i:e dtv started movlnr their goods
from cellars. The Ohio River Is rising
a'ove Cincinnati and the tributaries
r pouring out volumes of water as a
Tult of the heavy rains.
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! ROOSEVELT FINDS
FAULT WITH TAFT
Colonel Defines "Progressive,"
Which He. Says Presi
dent Is Not.
FRIENDS CRITCISED, TOO
Krulteclinitl and p?nc tlectcd.
LoriSMlXE. Ky.. AprU Julius
Kruttschnltt and L. J. 8pence were the
nlv new directors elected at the stock.
l ..l.Icrs' meeting of the Southern Pacific
impeny here, succeeding W, Bayard
iftlng. deased. and Clarence Mae
fay, resign"!. Mr. Kruttwhnltt Is dl
ritor of maintenance and operation of
l,e L'nlon Paclrlo anj Southern Pacific
ystems. and Mr. tp.nce Is traffic director.
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THKKK PHITNiKl'll OP CM. I. HliKK, KII.I.KU AT I.OVG BKAt 11.
AVIATOR IS KILLED
Distance Misjudged in Sensa
tional Dip Downward.
FLYING. CAREER NOTABLE
Member of Wealthy Family prawn
Into Sport Bccanse lie Wanted
I'nMrst Thing There V!..
Wife Is Prostrated.
M'onltnued from First Pag..)
killed lu L Angeles or vicinity. On
December 31. 1910, Arch Hoxsey.fell
5000 feet at Pomlngueg field and was
crushed to death. On May 17. iSU,
Addison V. Hartle. an amateur from
Marseilles. O.. was killed, falling with
in (9 feet of the spot where Moxsey
met death. In tha last International
aviation meet at Domlngues Field, on
January 22. Rutherford Page, of New
York, fell 200 feet while going at
frightful speed and was Instantly
killed.
When Mrs. Rodgers mas told tonight
of her husband's death she stood mo
tionless for a moment and then col
lapsed. She Is now confined to her
room under the rare of physicians.
LONG FLIGHT EPOCH -MAKING
Aviator Acclaimed Hero After Cro.
Ing Continent.
NEW YORK. April 3. Members of
the Aero Club of America received the
news of Cslbreath P. Rodgers' death
tonight with expressions of regre'. Af
ter his epoch-making flight across the
continent he was the guest of honor
at a banquet by the Aero Club an! was
honored with a gold medal.
Rodgers transcontinental flight be
gun at the Sheershead Bay racetrack.
Brooklyn. September IT, 111, was
marked on the second day out by a
crash Into a tree and when within
sight of lyong Beach, his Pacific Coast
goal, ho had a fall which laid him up
for nearly a month.
Interspersed with these more serious
accidents there waa a succession of
smashups and miraculous escape on
the trip, which, with Its long delays,
due to adverse westher. msde It a mat
ter of nearly threo months before, on
December 10, 191 1. Rodgers rurally
landed at Long Beach and wa ac
claimed the world's aviation hero. Hla
persistence snd nerve hart carried him
a distance of more than 6000 miles.
Although Rodgers lived much of Ms
time here, his home was In Havre de
Orace. Md.. where he leaves a mother.
At the time of his first fall. In the tree
near Mlddletown, N. Y., his mother
Journeyed there to plead with him to
give up the flight, but he assured her
he would be cautious and proceeded.
Rodgers often had talked of the
deaths of other aviators. "Kthereal
asphyxia was the trouble with many,"
he said. "It lurks In the pockets of
the upper air strata and creeps irre
sistibly upon the senses of an aviator,
lulling him into a dreamy unconscious
ness." Rodgers' death makes 1ST aemylane
fatalities since aviation began. He was
the 22d American aviator to be killed.
FAST TRAVEL CHIEF HOBBY
Aviator, Whose Family Is Wealthy,
in Game for Sport of It.
KANSAS CITY". Mo.. April S.Cal
hralth P. Rodgers waa a pupil of the
Wright brothers. Wilbur and Orvllle.
Ills first public flight waa on July 4.
last. After this Rodgers made a few
exhibition flights. Then he decided
to fly across the continent and to his
wife Rodgers gave much of the credit
for his success.
When Rodgers passed through Kin
saa City on his flight across the coun
try. Mrs. Rodgers said she knew her
husband was going to be successful In
concluding the flight. To Impress this
thought upon her husband each morn
ing she would greet him with this
sentence:
"lon't worry, you are going to fly
to California."
Rodgers came of an old family. Com
mander Mathew Calbralth Perry, who
opened the gates of Japan to the world,
mas Ms great, grandfather. Further
hark In his ancestral line was Com
modore Perry of "Don't give up the
ship" fame. His father was a captain
of cavalry in the Union Army. The
aviator sun 3; years old. slv feet, four
ln-hes tall and weighed 1S2 pounds.
Since his graduation from Princeton
University eight years ago, Rodgers,
whose family is wealthy, had tried the
bicycle and motorcar, but neither was
fast enough for him, so he took up avi
ation. Rodgers craved things that travel
fast. When not In his aeroplane, he
wanted to be In a swift motorcar.
And he was superstitious. When he
began his trip from Sheepshead Bay a
small bottle for water was placed be
side his seat in the plane. In his ac
cidents on the trip across country, this
bottle always had come out without
a scratch. Before Rodgers would go
aloft he always made sure that the bot
tle was beside him. "Nothing can hap
pen with this mascot here." he said. .
WILSON DEFENDS ACTS
SECRETARY DENIES BOOMING
EVERGLADES LANDS.
Original Excerpt Fjxm Report De
clared to Ilaie Been Published
Without His Consent.
WASHINGTON, April 3. Secretary
Wilson testified before the House com
mittee on expenditures In the Agricul
tural Department today In answer to
critics of his conduct In connection with
reports on the drainage of the Florida
Kverglades. Wilson had been attacked,
first for permitting to be published de
psrtmental reports which boomed Ever
glades lands, and then because he sup
pressed the information.
Wilson denied that the original ex
cept of the report of Major J. O.
Wright on the Everglades was given
out with his consent. This excerpt was
used for advertising purposes In
Florida.
It was obtained In the department
by Henry Clay Hall. Later, Wilson
said, he wrote ex-iovernor Gilchrist,
of Florida, and authorised the publica
tion of parts of his letter In relation to
the Everglades.
The Secretary denied any personal
knowledge about land sharks but he
wss unable to say to what extent sto
ries of their operation had influenced
him.
Wilson was asked to repudiate the
excerpt of the Everglades- report sent
to the Governor of Florida, but he said
It was "st!)! valuable, as far as it is
useful."
Secretary Wilson defended the de
partment's actions In connection with
reports on the Everglades. He denied
categorically and in detail that anyone
had approached him either directly or
indirectly with any proposal to sup
press any department Information on
the subject with an Improper motive.
At the conclusion of Mr. Wilson's
testimony the Everglades investiga
tions hearing were adjourned. The
committee will now formulate its re
port. x
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EX-MANAGER OF MAGAZINES
TELLS OF' IMMENSE VALVES.
Former Employe Says Withdrawal of
Second-Class Mall Privilege Dam
aged St. Louis Properties.
ST. LOUIS. April S. M. J. Lowen
steln. manager of a St.Louls newspa
per, testified today in" the trial of E.
0. Lewis, charged with using the mails
to defraud, that before second-class
mall privileges were withdrawn from
the Woman's Magaxlne. a Lewis publi
cation, the magazine waa worth in ex
cess of Its physical plant between 11,
600.000 and $2,000,000.
He followed with the statement that
the withdrawal of the mall privileges
would work Irreparable loss to any
newspaper or magazine by crippling
Its circulation and destroying the con
fidence of Its advertisers.
The witness at one time managed the
Woman's Magazine and said that Its
advertising rate was a line. He tes
tified that the Woman's National Dally,
another publication of Lewis, was val
ued at $1.000,000 In 10.
rrzr.M.t ci red-in i to days.
The Paris Meillclne C.. S:4 Pine St.. Rt.
1. eulm. X.. manufacturers of Laxative Bro
mo Qutnine.'bave a new snd ondrful (lis
roveiv. OROVES SAXAJIE CfTIS. which
thev guarantee to cure any caae of ki(ZEMA.
no mttr of how lung atan'ltur. In 1 to J
oars, snd will refund money if It falis. This
elntment is perfectly clean and does not stsln.
If your drusciat hasn't It. send ua 0c In
- -- stamps sad U will be aaut by mail.
Opposition to Recall of Decisions Is
Denounced as "Championing
Cause of Special Interests"
Against People.'
LOUISVILLE. Ky.. April 2. "Every
man who fights fearlessly and effec
tively against special privilege In any
form Is to that extent a progressive.
Every man who. directly or Indirectly,
upholds privilege and favors the spe
cial Interests, whether he acts from
evil motives or merely because he Is
puzzle-headed' or dull of mental vision,
ot lacking In social sympathy ' or
whether he simply lacks Interest in
the subject. Is a reactionary."
So declared Theodore Roosevelt here
tonight In a speech which he devoted
largely to defining "progTesslveness."
as he applies the word to American
politics of today.
"In his recent speech In Philadel
phia." began Colonel Roosevelt, "Pres
ident Taft stated that he was a pro
gressive and this raised the question
as to what a progressive is. More is
involved than any man's say-so to
himself. Vision and sincerity of con
viction must go to make up any man
who Is to lead the forward movement
and mildly good Intentiona are wholly
tixolcss as substitutes."
Recall of Derisions Defended.
Referring to the method he had ad
vocated of letting the people of a
state decide upon the constitutionality
of certain acts of their courts. Colonel
Roosevelt declared:
"To denounce such a proposition as
putting the ax to the tree of freedom,"
without proposing any more workable
or bettor remeds'. is to champion the
cause of the special interests In whose
favor, as against the people and
against the cause of justice, the
courts have decided.
"When, In deference to the reac
tionaries in Congress, the President
put a stop to the work of a country
life commission so that for three years
the Government has done little but
mark time or. Indeed, to step back
ward as regards this movement, then,
no matter how good his intentions, his
actions ranged him against the pro
gressive side. When the President
opposes the effort to give to the sober
judgment of the people due effect as
against the decisions of reactionary
court, then he shows himself a re
actionary. Taft'a Supporters Criticised.
"Four years ago the progressives
supported Mr. Taft for President and
he was opposed by such representa
tives of special privilege as Mr. Pen
rose, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Aldrlcb, of
Rhode Island; Mr. Gallinger, of New
Hampshire, as well as Messrs. Lori
mer. Cannon and McKlnley, of Illinois,
and he was opposed by practically all
the men of the stamp of Messrs. Gug
genheim and Evans, in Colorado, and
Mr. Patrick Calhoun, of Sen Francisco.
These men were not progressives then
and they do not pretend to be pro
gressives now. But. unlike the Presi
dent, they know who Is a progressive
and who is not. Their judgment In
the matter Is good.
"After three snd a half years of
association with and knowledge of the
President, these and their fellows are
now the President's chief supporters;
and they and the men who feel and
act as they do In business and in poli
tics, give him the great bulk of his
strength. The President says he Is
a progressive. These men know him
well and have studied hia actions for
three years and they regard him as
being precisely the kind of progressive
whom they approve. However good
the President's intentions, I believe
that his actions have shown that he
Is entitled to the support of precisely
these men.
Party Facing Crista.
"The Republican party Is now facing
a greafc.rlsis. It is to be decided
whether it will be. as In the days
nr m.aIh (ha nirtv f the nlftln nen-
ple, the party of progress, the party
oi social anu i uu u u jai jubulc,
or whether It will be the party of
nplvltaira and cneclal Interest, the heir
to those who were Lincoln's most bit
ter opponents.
"Prosperity only csn . come perma-
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honesty and of fair treatment for all.
Those men Of enormous weann wno
bitterly oppose every species of ef
fective control by the people through
their Governmental agents over the
business use of that wealth, are, I
v,rl l v believe, most short sighted as
to their own ultimate interest. They
should welcome every effort to make
them observe tne law, so mai meir
activities should be helpful.
"I stand for the adequate control.
ka p.bI .nntrnl of all hiar business
and especially of all monopolistic big
business where It proves unwise or
when such monopoly cannot be broken
up.
HARMON WILL RETALIATE
Speech in Omaha Will Be Only Re
ply to Mr. Bryan.
COLUMBUS. O., April 3.-Governor
Harmon, aspirant for the Democratic
n..ij.iitlal nnmlnatlnn announced to
day he would return in kind a proposed
tOUr OI jniO py wimwi tfciiuniK. wi-
an. Harmon will speak In Omaha April
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12. on which date Bryan Is speaking
against Harmon In Ohio.
At Harmon's headquarters, it was
said: "This will be the first and only
reply by Mr. Harmon to attacks made
on him by Mr. Bryan."
COL-OXTX GETS TWO IX MAIXE
First District Defeats Taft Delegates
by Eight Vote.
PORTLAND, Me., April S. Frank M.
Lowe, of Portland, and Gilman G. Deer
Ing. of Saco, are the choice of the First
District as delegates to the Republican
National convention.
Both men have pledged themselves to
vote for Colonel Roosevelt and were
elected over the Taft delegates by a
majority of eight.
Power of the Printed Word
T IS AS EAST to sell by means of th printed
word, in an advertisement, as It is to sell by
personal contact. This is being; demonstrated
from one end of the Nation to the other. Every
successful department store evidences this fact
Any store can increase its business, at a profit,
by advertising;. All that Is required Is the right
kind of copy in the right mediums.
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Campbell's Clam Chowder.
Yes, it may be the very next day, to
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we get the clams right out of the water
and put them up immediately after a
careful examination of every clam.
All the good things that go with it
are eaually perfect. And
you get a delicious chowder
fresh and breezy as a
shore dinner".
as
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