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.
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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.
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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.