CORNERSTONE AT HISTORIC SPOT Memorial Will Mark Humble Birth place of Lincoln. 'North and Homage Speaks Hodgenville, Ky. One of Greatest South Unite in Paying President Roosevelt to Assembled Host at declares Lincoln Two American SAYS CANAL WILL HAVE LOCKS Hodgenville, Ky., Feb. 13. Hence forth the birthplace of Abraham Lin coin is to be marked by a pile of stone, The emancipator of a race and, more than that, the liberator of the thought of a nation, builded his own monument in the heart of the world, and appro priately the physical structure that has now found a beginning at the place where Lincoln first saw the light takes the simple name of a memorial. It is to be a simple but classic building of granite and it is hoped that it may be completed Borne time next fall, when the then president, W. II. Taft, will officiate in dedicating it, as the presi dent, Theodore Roosevelt, yesterday officiated in laying its foundation stone. The cornerstone laying took place after appropriate forensic ceremonies were participated in by the president, Governor A. E. Willson, of Kentucky; ex-Governor Joseph W. Folk, of Mis souri, president of the Lincoln Farm association; Hon. Luke E. Wright, .secretary of war, who is an ex-Confed erate soldier; General Grant Wilson, of New York, who represented the Un ion soldiers, and I. T. Montgomery, of Mississippi, a negro and an ex-slave With one exception, the orators, repre- renting not only the conflicting sides in the great struggle, but the present generation as well, the two great par ties, the.white and black races and the -different sections of the country, spoke from the same platform and with the same flag, a splendid new specimen of the stars and stripes, fluttering over them. Six or eight thousand people were present. Many of them had come on special trains from Louisville and other Kentucky centers. The bulk of the assembly was composed, however, of the country folk from Larue and adja cent counties. There was a notable absence of negroes in the crowd, but those present were wedged in with the whites, showing that none had been kept away by race prejudice. Among those who had been expected to be present was Mrs. Ben Hardin Helm, the only surviving sister of Mrs. Lincoln, 92 years old, but she was kept at her home in Louisville, much to the regret of all, by her infirmities. The exercises were conducted under a tent, erected alongside the cabin in which Lincoln was born 100 years ago. - The weather was sufficiently disagree able to render the tent useful. The president and his immediate party ar rived shortly before 1 o'clock after a drive over a heavy red clay road from Hodeenville, and five minutesafter ward Governor Willson called the as semblage together and introduced Rev. E. L. Powell, of the First Christian church of Louisville, who pronounced the invocation. The president was rupted by applause. -confined himselt closely to his manu script, except at the beginning he de parted from it to make reply to com plimentary allusions to himself by Governor Folk. frequently inter- Mr. Roosevelt Work to Continue as Begun and Fin- ' ish in 1915. New Orleans, Feb. 12. President elect W. II. Taft landed here shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon from Panama and was enthusiastically received. He will be the city's guest until Saturday morning. Mr. Taft made a brief speech this afternoon, heartily approving the lock type of ca- nal across the isthmus. .tomorrow ne will address the negro Y. M. C. A. and at night he will be the guest of honor at an elaborate banquet. Mr. Taft received by wireless tele graph yesterday the news of the con stitutional question raised against the appointment of Senator Knox as secre- tary of state. He was somewhat dis turbed over .the situation last night, but early today he received the news of the disposition of congress to amend the cabinet salary law. He was in clined to take this as a happy solution of the difficulty. On the trip from Panama, Mr. Taft made the first draft of his inaugural address. This he intends to submit to certain friends in Washington next week. In his address here today, Mr. Taft made what he said was his summing up of his trip. "I am here on my way from a great constructive work, he said, "'the greatest entered into by any nation during the present two centuries, and I am glad to say to you that the work i3 going on as you wpuld have it go on that on the first of January, 1915, at least, if not before and I am very much interested in having it within the next four years that canal will be completed. And when that time comes you will see floating down this river your great commerce, bound through those straits to the west coast of South America, to the Orient and to Austra lia. The board of engineers have exam ined the whole work and they say it is good; that it shall go on as it has gone on; that the organization of the isth mus, the American push and the good feeling that there exists commends it self to them as men who undertook great works of that class and convinces them that the canal is now an imme diate prospect." BRIEF DAILY REPORT ON THE WORK OF CONGRESS Saturday, February 13. Washington, Feb. 13. The ominous figure "13" dominated in the status of the regular general appropriation bills in congress today. There are 13 of these great supply bills regularly en acted at each session and today, the 13th of the month, there are 11 of these measures yet to be passed by the senate in the 13 days remaining of this congress on which they can be consid ered and enacted into law. Of these bills seven have not been acted on by the house. While 15 legislative days remain, not including March 4, when congress must adjourn at noon, one of these days must be devoted to eulogies and an other to the pas age of bills providing for the re-enlistment of soldiers of the 25th regiment, who were charged with having shot up Brownsville. Washington, Feb. 13. A variety of subjects was discussed in the house of representatives today. The Indian ap propriation bill technically was under consideration, but many members availed themselves of the opportunity for general debate. Lamar, of Florida, argued for the amendment of the railroad rate law, saying the law was insufficient to cover the cases included in its provisions. Madden, or Illinois, referred to in creases in freight rates Bince the freight law went into effect. Murphy, of Wisconsin, delivererd an eulogy of Lincoln. Washburn, of Massachusetts, favored a modification of the Sherman anti-trust law in order that it might be less burdensome. Hayes, of Califor ma, attacked the rules of the house. Langley, of Kentucky, criticised the administration of affairs of the Choc taw Indians. Sherman, of New York, explained the provisions of the Indian bill, while Foster, of Vermont, pleaded for an adjustment of postal rates as affecting merchandise sent through the mails. 12 with a depth of 33 to 37 feet, while next in order come Norfolk, League tslanl, New York, Mare Island, Chaileston, Washington and Pensacola. A successful fight led by Shsbath of Illinois was made against the senate amendment to the bill amending the naturalization Jaws, which, among other things, increased the naturaliza tion fee from $5 to $10. Mann of Illi nois openly charged that the proposed increased fee was simply an attempt to put more money in the pockets of clerks of courts. By an emphatic vote the conference report was rejected and the bill laid on the table. A tribute to Lincoln by Boutell of Illinois closed the day's proceedings. TURKEY HAS CRISIS. Two Ministers Dismissed and Four Others Resign. Constantinople, reb. VI. Ihe new government seems to be on the edge of a serious crisis as the result of the sudden removal of Nizami Pasha, min ister of war, and Arir Pasha, minister pf marine, who, without public expla nation, were replaced Wednesday by Nazim Pasha and Husni Pasha, respec tively. Kiamil Pasha, the grand vizier, in -discharging the ministers, was actuat ed by the necessity of frustrating a -coup d'etat which was being arranged by the Committee of Union and Prog ress to establish a military dictatorship under Prince Yuss of Izzedin. The affair is a climax to a struggle between the two rival reform parties, the Committee on Union and Progress and the Liberal Union. The crisis was further developed tonight by the resig nation of the president of the council, Hassan Fehmy, and the resignations of the ministers of justice, interior and finance. Long Chase Successful. Manila, Feb. 13. After months of tracking through mountains and dense forests in the interior of the island of Negros, a force of constabulary has finally run down and captured two of the murderers of H. D. Everett, assist ant director of the bureau of forestry of the Philippines, and T. R. Wakeley, another government forester, who were treacherously killed by a band of na tives while surveying and mapping the island last June. Graft in Russian Army. St Petersburg, Feb. 13. Irregular ities amounting to more than $1,000, O00 have been discovered as the result of an investigation which Senator Gar in ia making of the army quartermas ter. Several high officials are report ed to have been implicated in the irregularities. BREEDING PLACE OF STORMS Rocky Mountain Plain to Blame for Latest Blizzards. Chicago, Feb. 12. At last the trou ble-maker in things meteorological has been run to earth. The secret men of the United States weather bureau have put their fingers on the capital offender to blame for the major portion of the squalls, gales, hurricanes, drizzles, deluges, blasts and blizzards that afflict mankind. The Rocky mountain plateau is the guilty party, according to Professor Willis L. Moore, chief of the govern ment weather forces, who is in town this morning for a three days' visit His arrival was made signal by the eclaration that the long distance weather forecast is a success, and that the weather office has proved its abil lty to detect approaching storm areas more than a week in advance. As an instance, Professor Moore ited the cold snap, preceded and ac companied by much moisture and vigo rous air currents, that has just passed over this city on its way to New Eng land. When that storm was discover ed, having just assumed malignant pro portions, it was located in Eastern Asia, but its baggage was checked right through. Across Land and Ocean. New York, Feb. 12. A bit of wire less news from the American fleet reached here tonight. It came from the battleship New Hampshire some where in southern waters and was probably flashed to that ship through American warships in the Carribean sea and the Key West station. The dispatch referred to the Ameri can Pacific squadron, which left Callao, Peru, yesterday for Panama. The dis patch is as follows: "Position of squadron 8 p. m., Feb ruary 11, latitude 62:27; longitude 71:47. All well." Friday, February Washington, Feb. 12. Believing that all work and no play is bad for congressmen, members of the house are urging the president-elect should not call the special session of congress for the consideration of the tariff to meet until March 15. The unusual honor conferred upon Representative Fitzgerald by Speaker Cannon in appointing him chairman of the special committee to investigate the regularity of bills and resolutions signed by more than one member, has brought out the fact that Mr. Fitzger ald is slated for a position on the com mittee on rules of the next house. He is the only Democrat to be appointed chairman of a committee during the present congress. In his invocation today Chaplain Couden, of the house, paid a beautiful tribute to Abraahm Lincoln. Mr. Bou tell, of Illinois, read Lincoln's Gettys burg address. General appaluse greeted the reading of a letter from British Ambassador Bryce, enclosing a dispatch from his government conveying to this govern ment, "the sympathy of the British government with the celebration of the centenary of President Lincoln." ' The names of the commissioners to represent the United States, Canada and Mexico at the conference on the conservation of natural resources of North America, which meets here next Thursday, were announced at the White house today. The United States will be represent ed by Secretary of State Bacon, Secre tary of the Intreior Garfield, and Gif- ford Pinchot. Wednesday, February 10. Washington, Feb. 10. Following close upon the discovery that Senator Philander C. Knox could not, without violating a provision of the constitu tion of the United States, accept the State portfolio in the Taft cabinet, the senate took prompt action today to re move the constitutional objection. Senator Hale introduced a resolution, which was referred to the committee on the judiciary, providing that the Balary of the secretary of state he re duced from $12,000 to $8,000, the fig ure at which it stood before it was in creased, along with those of all other cabinet officers two years ago. In view of this resolution, Assistant Attorney General Russtll held that if congress restored the salary the case fell outside the purpose of the law and was not within the law. In the house there was general ac ceptance of the suggestion for the re peal of the law standing in the way of Senator Knox's transfer to the State department, but it was not accepted by all as feasible. Some members raised the question, if even after a repeal, he would not be prohibited, inasmuch as the constitution forbids the appoint ment to an office, the salary of which has been raised during the appointee's term as a member of congress, nothing being said about the subsequent reduc tion of the salary. The establishment of a children s bureau in the department of labor is provided for in a bill which the house committee on expenditures has decided to report favorably. The bill places the bureau under a chief, to be ap pointed by the president, who is to re ceive $5 000 a year. Consideration ot the postal savings bank bill was resumed in the senate today. Piles, of Washington, became involved in a controversy with Hey- burn, who was criticising various pro visions of the bill. He appealed to the senator from Idaho to accept amendments as a means of facilitating the passage of the measure, and added that if it should not be enacted thi3 session he would go to the president elect and ask him to insert in his call for a special session a recommendation that a postal savings bank bill be passed. ' 111 The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition is within ten perc ent of being ready to throw open to the world. By May 1, thirty days before the day set for the formal opening, it will be complete in every detail, with practically every ex hibit and every Pay Streak attraction installed, so that when the big day comes on the first of June, it will break all exposition records by being readv and down to the minute on the day first announced. The splendid buildings being erected by the United States government to house the exhibits of Alaska, Hawaii, the Philippines and the fisheries, are be ing rushed to completion and Canada's handsome structure is well under way. Oregon and Cajifornia were first to complete state buildings and Oregon's exhibit is now being installed. Other state buildings and the buildings of sev eral of the provinces of the Dominion are under way and will be finished with in the time limit. The magnificent scheme of electric illumination and decoration is ninety per cent complete and the landscaping and gardening, which are to make a brilliant feature of the exposition, are as near completion. With its innumerable features so nea ready and with the northern railroads predicting an exposition transportation, through St. Paul alone, of 1,000,000 persons, it would seem that the A. Y. P. E. is to be one of the most notable of exposition successes. " WRITES OF UNSTRUCK BLOW. President Says Riding Story Is Not Worth Denial. Los Angeles, Feb. 9. Mrs. A. W. Rhoades, of this city, whose daughter was mentioned in the Washington story which was widely circulated to the effect that President Roosevelt had struck the young lady's horse while riding past her on the road, has receiv ed the following letter from the presi dent on the subject : "My Dear Mrs. Rhoades: I thank you for your letter of the 29th ultimo and am glad to hear from you that your daughter denied the story that I struck her horse. Of course I never struck her horse or any other lady's horse. The whole story was so absurd as not to be worth denial. Numerous stories of this kind are started from time to time by foolish or malicious people. Occasionally I am obliged to deny . them, but as a rule I find it best sim ply to ignore them, because denying them calls attention to them and gives a chance to mischief-makers to mislead well-meaning people by further repeti tions of the stories. Sincerely yours, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." GERMANY NOT HOPEFUL. Desires Understanding With Britain, But Has No Confidence. Berlin, Feb. 9. The visit of King Edward tomorrow is regarded general ly in itself as an event at the present moment of the greatest political signi ficance, and with the feeling that it would be an excellent thing for both nations if the meeting of the two mon archs resulted in a mutual understand ing tending to allay international ten sion. From no quarter, however, is the expectation voiced with any confi dence that the visit of the English king will produce direct tangible effects. King Edward is accompanied by Queen Alexandra, and official circles t welcome the royal visitors in the most i courtly tone, regarding their coming to I Berlin as a return for the emperor's visit to England, and are making no comment on the political importance of the event. REDUCE PHEASANT SEASON. Woolbuyers in Combine. Pendleton, Or., Feb. 12. Though often accused before, the Eastern wool buyers are coming into the local field, for the first time, with an openly-acknowledged organization. It is denied by the buyers, however, that the orga nization is formed for the purpose of in any way attempting to control the price, declaring the individual buyers will be free to bid any price they may see fit. They say the movement is merely to give them an organization to deal with the organized sheep men in arranging the sales dates and other similar matters. Students Slur Principal, Stockton, Cal., Feb. The citi zens of Stockton were greatly surprised this morning on passing through the streets to find the fences, billboards and walls plastered with a large poster grilling Principal E. B. Wooten, of the high shcool. It was an imitation of a theatrical poster, and, instead of using his correct name as star of the show, he was billed as "Hank W. Booten," starring in "The Czar of the High School" in a three weeks' engagement. Tornado Causes Death. Philadelphia, Feb. 12. A ten-min ute wind storm of almost tornado pro portions struck the upper part of Dela ware and Southeastern Pennsylvania this afternoon, causing the death of one man and a child and doing much damage in the narrow path it made through the two states. Thursday, February II. Washington, Feb. 11. The agricul tural appropriation bill was passed by the house today, practically as it came from the committee. The debate dragged wearily on for several hours, when the proceedings were enlivened by a brief but spirited tilt between Macon of Arkansas and Cook of Colo rado. During the debate on the agricultural appropriation bill Bartlett of Georgia suggested that some provision should be made for the preservation of the possum and provoked the house to laughter by reading a humorous dia logue between two negroes, who found fault with President-elect Taft's recent possum dinner in Atlanta on the ground that possum was not a white man's dish. All attempts to pass at this time the census bill over the president's veto were abandoned today by leaders of the house and senate. Senator Gallinger has presented to the senate a document known as "hy drographic data concerning United States navy yards and stations," in or der to make a permanent record as to the actual depth of water that prevails at the various naval yard3 and in the channels to sea. The data is based on information taken from government surveys. From the table it is shown that the Puget Sound navy yard has the greatest depth of water, varying from 37 feet to 61 feet, with Portsmouth, N. H., second Pension Ex-Presidents. Washington, Feb. 10. African hunts and magazine writing will not be nec essary as the occupations of ex-presidents of the United States, if a bill in troduced by Representative Volstead, of Minnesota, be enacted. This meas ure provides a pension . of $12,000 an nually for every president after he leaves the White house. No duties will be required of the retired execu tive, but, if he should be again elected, his pension would cease during his term. Tuesday, February 9. Washington, Feb. 9. Under a spe cial order the house took up the bill "to provide for the government of the canal zone, the construction of the Panama canal and for other purposes." The report says a system by which appeals may be taken from judicial de cisions in the canal zone to the proper courts in the United States is neces sary. As there is little litigation in the zone, the report says, there is no necessity for three judges of the Su preme court there at present, nor for the court at all, if appeals be other wise provided for. The discussion brought out that President-elect Taft had been consulted concerning the provision giving to the president absolute authority in the matter of constructing the canal and providing for the abolishing of the present canal commission. The prospcets for the passage of the resolution making February 12, the 100th anniversary of Lincoln, a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories, were dimmed in the house today through an objection by Mr. Underwood of Alabama, to a mo tion to send the resolution to confer ence. An amusing encounter between Smith of Michigan and Lodge of Mas sachusetts marked the debate of the Canadian boundary waterways treaty in the executive session of the senate today. Lodge asserted that the foreign affairs committee had received from the State department information which he believed answered Smith's objections. Smith in his reply declared that the treaty had not been prepared by ex Secretary Root, but that it was the work of Chanler Anderson, a New York lawyer, who has been engaged by the State department on various occasions in connection with treaties affecting the relations of this country and Cana da. Smith intimated that Mr. Ander son was too close to the interests that control power rights at Niagara Falls and that the whole treaty was prepared for the purpose of quieting the titles of New York corporations. Agree on Dry Farm Measure. Washington, Feb. 11. The confer ence committee on the dry farm home stead bill reached an agreement today knocking out the non-resident feature except as to Utah. An amendment was adopted providing that no dry land shall be subject to entry in 320-acre tracts until such land has been desig nated by the secretary of the interior as not being susceptible of successful irrigation at reasonable cost from any known source of water supply. Cologne, Feb. 8. King Edward and Queen Alexandra arrived here at 10:30 o'clock tonight and proceeded to Ber lin. STAGE WORSE THAN EVER. Hunters Allowed to Kill But Five Birds a Day for One Month. Salem, Feb. 9. As amended by the i joint committee on game, the season for hunting pheasants has been short-' ened to one month October 15 to No- j vember 15. The limit has been reduc-1 ed from ten to five birds a day. One concession was made to the sportsmen in that hunting with dogs will continue to be alio ved. The season for duck-hunting on the Columbia river has been fixed from September 15 to January 15. This was a compromise by the committee to : satisfy the conflicting interests that appeared before it. The limit will re main at 50 ducks, but the sale of this game will not be permitted in the market. The committee tonight completed its examination of the revised game laws as compiled by Secretary Eberhard, of the Oregon Fish and Game association. and with a few slight amendments will report the original draft back to the house favorably tomorrow. W. L. Finley, representing the Au dubon society, succeeded in having the open season for ducks shortened 15 days. Archbishop Farley Calls Modern Plays "Orgies of Obscenity." New York, Feb. 9. "The stage is worse today than it was in the days of paganism," said Archbishop Farley in his sermon in St. Patrick's cathedral today. The archbishop sp.id : "The old preachers wanted ns to be lieve that we must live undefiled to be saved. All about us we have the men and women who are setting evil exam ples. Men hoary with age go to the public places and to the theaters in shamelessness and they bring with them youngsters who cannot escape corruption. We see today men and women old men and old women who ought to know better, bring the young to these orgies of obscenity." Nebraska Takes a Hand. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 9. Representa tive Jerry Howard, of Douglas county, today introduced in the house of repre sentatives a bill to segregate Japanese and Chinese laborers from white work men. The measure provides that the Japanese and Chinese must not work in company with white men and must not be employed in the same building. Howard says his bill was evolved to eradicate conditions existing in South Omaha, where Japanese laborers are employed in the packing houses. Wheat Market Soaring. Chicago, Feb. 9. May wheat dis play ed a runaway tendency today and made a new high record. The market opened with unusual excitement in the pit and early displayed such restive i features that the leading owners not only sold heavily to check the advance, I but advised all their followers to do likewise. This advice was followed so promptly that the position at the close showed the reverse of the early ten dency, May closing with a gain of cent, while other months gained to 7g cents, as compared with Saturday's finals. The range for the day was : Open ing, $1.10 s8'; high, $1.11 34'; low, $1.10f.; closing, $1.11,18'. Filipinos Want Home Rule. Manila, Feb. 9. A group of Philip pine assemblymen, headed by Felipe Agoncillo, has prepared a resolution for presentation to the assembly, di recting the three delegates sent to Washington from the islands when the present congress convened, to keep in Russia Bullying China Fekin, Feb. 9. Foreign residents at toucn Wltn matters at the capital bear Harbin are alarmed at the activity shown there by Russia during the past fortnight, in installing a municipal ad ministration, hitherto held in abeyance, and in overpowering Chinese authority, collecting heavy taxes and exercising severe police measures. It is further reported that the Russian authorities are ignoring the treaty rights of other nations, and that the viceroyalty of Mukden is excited over the situation, ing on the Philippines, to petition con gress to abolish the Philippine Insular commission and substitute therefor an elective Filipino senate. Nevada Smothers Anti-Japs. Carson, Nev., Feb. 9. In the Neva da legislature this morning the assem bly bill prohibiting Japanese and Chi nese from acquiring land or acting as corporation agents came to the senate. I This body, instead of referring the Ministers Taboo "Salome." ! measure to the foreign affairs commit- Philadelphia. Feb. 9. The forthcom-! tee, postponed it indenniteiy. ing production of "Salome," at Oscarl Hammerstem s Philadelphia opera house Thursday night, with Miss Mary Garden in the title role, has aroused the opposition of the clergy of Phila delphia. Several of the ministerial bodies adopted resolutions of protest today. The house was sold out a few hours after the ticket-office opened. King Menelik Not III. Addis-Abeba, Abyssinia, Feb. 9. The local representative of the Reuter Telegram company has been officially requested to deny the report in circula tion recently of the serious illness of Kine Menelik. The king is now ab- Bent on an automobile tour.