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SECOND
EDITION
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AIEDFORD, OHKCJON, WEDNESDAY, .MAY 7, 19i:j.
NO. 31).
B UPSETS
CIVIL SERVICE
President Revokes Rule Plnchm
Fourth Class Postmasters In Class
ified List hy Executive Order no
iliilrliin All to Pass Examinations.
Reiiubllcans Holtllnu 01 lice Must
Pass HInlicr Than Other Aiill
rants to Keep Their Jotjs.
WASHINGTON, May "-iW.lrnl
WIIxiii thl iiflcrnoon nwu turned for
tiicr President 'I'n f I'm order JinIiitc
till iHllllllMtlUHH mllllltHllTH ill llll'
luifi('d civil Hirviiti lint. Thiw was
IH'INIIIiplitdll'll ill llll I'XCOIllUl' Older,
icipilriug llmt hi'iircfutlh nil fuurlli-
iIho MiMliiuiNlirf iiiiihI pnM ciiinpc
lltito I'miuiiinliiuiN.
Tin order Mpciiirii'M Unit nil fourth
cImm wiiiiit'rn receiving nmnt limn
lbl u ywir hcrcufter muni iuim w
I'Uil mirvieu iuniiruuTllfiii. TliU
itii'iiim Hint republican fourth-clam
Mtinnii'fti muit iuim n higher ex
Hinliiiiliim limn other iipplleiinU In
Imlil their Job. Tin' new regain
timiN pnivlili llmt nil npplii'iiiiln mint
iiihkI i(inlirtiTiillntiH for fllnoM pro
vlili'il liy postal Iiikm'oI(ii who will
vinlt Iiiwiik whenever it vitoiiiiny oo
cur. Announcement to thli effect wnn
made hero thin iiflcrnoon liy !tt-t-mitxivr
(Icnerul Hnrliou following n
conference willt President Wilnon.
Tim new mcntuiro lluilcon nabl, pom
plicH in both letter nnil iiirit with
llin civil Kcrvli'i' irnnlri'ini'iilH.
Iliirliw.iu Jmlils Hint rrctfhlrnl
Tit ft 't order pliii'lug imKttiiimtprH who
lutvi' lint pnnM-il examination hi Hip
cliiMillicd scrvlro violate the Ppiril
of the olvil nervlco law,
IWdeut Wilton IliU nflcrnnon
went In tlio i'iiiilol In eoiifep with
n uiiiiilinr of HennlorH in the preii
ilcnt't room. Ho expect In ilitputt
ii.M.inliiH'iilH willi litem nml will send
n Imtcli of uniniiintiiiiiN to tho Hennto
tomorrow.
Senator Lew It of IIHnoU ennfered
with the preiddcnl earlier hi lh day
lie declared llii jirwhlenl wax now
ii'inlv lo take up tin' distribution of
pntmniige, nmn'rliiiK Hint Hie weed
ing out of I'ltudldnlei wilt practically
I'liiiklinl.
KOHT SCOTT, Kim., Mnv "- Ad
lug mi order fiom AHorncy Criicrtil
McHcynoliN, Iho government miiU
ngiiiiiHt Kugciie V. leh, I'''l Wnr
n nnil .1. T. Hhcpnrd in ponneelion
wilh iu-HiiIph printed hi Hie Appeal "
Iti'iiiniii, a Hoelalitt publication, weic
iliHiniMNi'il liy the United Slate di
triet point hero toilay. It i nix
.vi'iirn iik-o iniliiy hIiipo Wnrreii wiih
first iuilielPil for iiiiIiI1n1iIii un offer
of ri'tviinl to iinyonn who would khl
nap foiiuer (lovcnior Tnylor of Ktu
lucky fiiiin- liiilinnix lu connection
with tliu killtiilt "f WilHnui (Jimliol,
piveruor of Keutunky.
HOI RULE BILL
I.ON1.0N, May 7. Hotli tho IrUh
homo rulo ami WoIhIi illHCHtuhllBli
iiimit IiIIIh worn re-lntroiliicml In tho
lioiino of coiiiiuoiiB today. Thorn will
lui no ihilmto on homo rulo tintll tho
hilt roni'licH Itu rivP(iiul remlliiB o
Juno fl.
EIOBE
WAMUNOTON. Mny 7. l'rcal
ilont WIIhuii Hnt to tho Honato tho
follevlnKnoinlnntloiiH: To ho aiii
haHnalor to Jiipiui, tloorKo Ourthlo
of 1'jhi.irK. To ho roglstor of tho
Imiil orftvu M, North Yiiltliim, Wh..
Illehiua ,B(tt;ohiil. T 1'P lumtnmBtor
ut Astnrlit, Oio Ilonimii Wluo.
ORDER Bf TAFT
DEBS
PROSECUTION
ORDERED
DROPPED
POSTMASTER AT ASTORIA
J.S.
HOI
LOCATE
Pioneer Civil Enulucer Instructed hy
County Court to Locate New High
way Which Will Eliminate Steep
Climbs nml Toll Road.
Howard States That He Can Locate
Grade Which Will Never Be Over
0 Per Cent, Mostly 2 Per cent.
I. S. IIoiviiiiI, pioiieir civil engi
neer of Hi! Nfi'limi, wiih iiihlriii'leil
liy llii' iioiiuly court WcdncHilny In
pioei'iil ul oiiee xx tilt n Hiirvey for u
nen1 mtikoii mini over Hie Hitkiyoii
iiioii ut iihiH to tin Calil'iiruia line. The
potist ruction of (hit mail will clluil-
uiile the prieut toll nunl over lite
inountuiut, will cut down the graile to
mi dixy cliuili, nml innke the trip far
tuiire pleuNiiut for loiirihtn. The
county court will make nrniiip'mciiU
for the eoiiNtruelioii of (lie road Inter.
It will he a part of. the Pacific. High
way. Mr. Iliiivanl kuotvx the Ki"kiyout
heller thiiu uuy other eiiKiueer who
him ever endeavoreil In put a mini
over Hip HinUyou. lie locateil a
line for it railroad many year iiro
and cnginecrx later prououuceil it tho
licet ever put over the mountain. Hi)
will follow thin line with tho new
mad mid deelarcH that when eom
pleted iiiitomohile will hu nhle to
follow U ut HO miles an hour. The
Urado will lie i! per cent the j;ronlir
part of the dihtauee with a few II
Mr cent clliuht. At prwent hoiiip
of HiV' jr,,di'i, Piipniintercd rnnso
from 2i lo It.'i per rent.
l-'or homn time Hip innllcr of pur
I'hniduj; Iho toll road over the Sit
kiyoiiH Iiiin heeii di"cuncd hut tho
prieo demuuded wnt poiiMidered loo
IukIi. Mr. Howard Male that Hie
new road can li eonMrueled nl le
pokI lhaii it would reipiire to pur
pIiiui' the loll road ami placo it in
repair.
Mr Mounul will html Hie Hiirve
nl once.
OF
TO BE MADE CRIME
SACIIAMRNTO, Cul., May 7. The
California iiKHPinlily is on record to
day iim axhcrtiui; that no man Iiiih the
moral HkIiI to dentroy foodntuffH
while another is hungry, mid that the
eeonomiti hiipeniiper who dump pro
dueo in Iim river, in order to hold up
prices, shall ho aiiHwerithlo lo tho puh
lie,
Their deelnralioii of policy piiuip
with the paHMiKO of the KoIiimIk hill,
which plan to redueo lu piihI of liv
iuk, and which provide n fine of
$rt)0 or Mix month imprisonment for
violation of iU provisions. The
measure now koph n the hcuiiIp.
I
WASHINGTON, Mny 7. Tho
hopes and happiness of many demo
orals haii); on Iho contents of n black,
Ipitlhcr-covcred hioso leaf leduor that
lies on Iho desk of Joseph 1. Tu
midly, seorolury lo President Wil
son, Thorn is liltlo about Iho out
side of tho book to nltract attention
mid were it not for Iho fact Hint Iho
hook is always taken homo when
Seorolury Tumulty leaves for tho
day, knowledge of iln existence
would probably never hnvo beeoiuo
known.
The hook is indexed and loduy it
developed that thorn is ut least ouo
pago for every Hlute in tho Union,
while some hIiiIoh have half a dozen,
And the pngos ure covorod with
miniito HteiioKi'nphta entries which
Tumulty proudly boasts could linrd
l.v bo read by anyone but himself.
Within Iho covers nro Blnlemeulsol'
Iho exact political situation existing
in tho doinnorntio party In eaoh of
tho stales, names and data about job
haulers and the men who, having no
desire themselves for jolm, nro try
lug lo hold the veto power over
OA
OER KY
UMULTY KEEPS
Speaker Clark Calling Congress to Order
' ' ' ' A
WHITE
SLAVERY
PROBERS ATTACKED
El
M
spKiN'nnnu), in., Mnv 7.
Cliargpi of tho Knivpst iinluro
ncaitiNt I.iputpnnui flovcnior llarrctt
O'Hurit wrre Kuhmilted today to n
special cxnmiiiine eoiiiioiltco of tho
Illinois fcnale. O'llara and another
meiuher of the M'imtc Kpceial invithti
Katiut; Ciuumittce which has beou
pmliiiiK htnrvutiou waPti and prot
titulioii tiro uttaoked.
The charxoH UKainut the lieulemint
Ktenior liepwino public when Depu
ty Sheriff Sitllivmi of Sunuamon
county presculod an afflihnit which
ho re f u seil to Kuhmit until ho had
been nxxtircd that tho nniiira of tho
affiants would not he mndo public.
Senutor KttidMiii of tho special
committee told tho Kcunlu the affi
davit continued the irrnot. oharuei,
and said that tho eommiltoo needed
time to invpiliKiitP. On thirt hIiow
intf tho senate poKlponi'd considera
tion of the matter.
Later O'Hura declared that Iip wns
npipininled with Iho oontentn of Iho
affidavit and Hint tho charges mndo
were all perjured. Ho snld:
'Tho 'interest' nro hard hit as it
result of Iho pmho into white slav
ery mid luivp rcKorted lo their usual
luetics when their methods of oppro
siou are rpvealed. They Imvo simply
oblalned porjured leslhiimiv to al
liti'k tho 'utitrviitinii wngit. iitvmli
Kiithn; ponunittee."
L
Ihoso who nctuallv ure seeking gov
ernment employment. The whole is
mi application to the affairs of the
United Stales of it liltlo plan that
Tumulty tried out fiit In his law
pructieo in Jersey City, Inter ns n
member of tho assembly mid finally
as secretary to (lovcnior Wilson. Ho
jots down everything Hint ho hoars
about a state situation.
The various delegations which call
to get tho president's car nro always
anxious to talk to Tumidly. He is a
good listener-nml the lender who is
having trouble getting plucos for the
faithful can ho assured llmt ho will
get a cordial hearing and much sym
pathy 1'ioin Iho president's seoretury.
Hut there is one thing Hint few of
them have us yet found out, mid
llmt is Hint the "high spots" of their
stiiteinonts to Tumulty nro mndo a
part of his privato records,
And In tho vnrious slntes whoro
Ihero is a reul fight on, Tumulty's
notes will be the "filial word" when
the president of Iho United Stules
taken up for seltleiuoiit Hie vnrious
difficult problems of patronage hi
thubo Hcotkmy,
LAM
NTERESTS
MIA
I HI!
FIND SKELETONS
OF ENTIRE FAMILY
, UNDERJ HOUSE!
OAKLAND, Cat . May 7 The no
Urn here bellcvn that nil entire fam
ily, mother nml five children, was
wiped out by a murderous maniac,
their liodles coiiHiimeil by ncld anil
then burled, on tho finding today o!
nix complete ukulctonn beneath nn
old Iioiimii nt 532 Seventeenth Direct.
The skeletons were thone of n woman
nix (cot lull, nml five children be
tween the age of four months and
li ear. Tho babies' bones were
carefully wrapped In n well pre
served piece of paper bearing tho
tiaiuo uf n Tailored business mnn.
Tho skeletons were found by Mare
Cochran, who has resldod In the
house three months. Uc was clean
ing the collar at the time, when his
rake uncovered a portion of a. skele
ton. The house Is about HO years old
and Is next door to tho" abandoned
old SwedlHh church under which
robbers a your ago attemuted to tun
nel to the Hank of Commerce.
The skeletons were burled within
u half foot or tho surface of tho
ground to tho oust of the entrance to
the tumemeut and were mingled to
gether, with the exception of that
of the baby.
Detectives who wero detailed :o
Investigate the caso believe that n
orltno has been committed recently,
an tho welt preserved state of tho
paper In which the baby's boncw
wero wrapped supports the theory
that the bodies have not been burled
long.
Tho police department Is extend
ing Its Investigation to every part of
California In order to learn of the
disappearance pf some family who
had previously occupied the house.
Following the cluu of tho paper
which bore the namo of a Tailored,
Cnl business man, the police will
canvass that town for n posslblo so
lution of thu mystery.
E
LOS ANOKLKS, Cnl May 7.
John Shcuk and Henry Uoso will op
pose ouo another lor the mayoralty
of Los Angeles nt thu regular oily
election Juno It, This was assured
today when complete returns front
yesterday's primary election showedJ
nlipiik anil Koso to no tno two mayor
alty oandidntes polling tho highest
vote, Job Harriiuan, socialist, was
a close third to Hose. The vote was;
Shenk, :i(l,:i8l; Hose, 'Jl,137j llar
tiiuun, UOJol).
for Debate Over Underwood Tariff Bill
PROFITS SHARED jCOMPLETE JURY
. WITH EMPLOYES
ESCAPE TAXATION
WASHINGTON, May 7. Officials
of the corHiratiiiii tux division of the
treasury department explained today
that llio-c corporations which main
tain a contract relation with their
employes to share in profits will not
come under the provisions of the cor
poration tax law for payment of
revenue on actual amounts shared
with employes.
SH'iiking in this connection today.
Chief Spee of the tax division said:
"Shares of profits by corwrntions
with their employes must not be
bouous nor a voluntary distribution
of profits, but a contractual relation
with an employe giving the latter a
legal right to demand his share."
TO FIGHT
FOURTH OF JOLY
SPOKANB, Wash.. May 7. Flat
assurance that Willie Itltchte, light
weight champion of tho world, will
defend his title July 4, elthor In
California or New York, was given
hero today by Hilly Nolan, the cham
pion's manager.
"Willie will surely fight July i,"
said Nolan. "Wo do not know yot
who will bo his opponent or whoro
the fight will be staged. I am con
sidering several offers from New
York and California.
'New York has nmilo a strong bid
for a match between Itltciile and
elthor Leach Cross or l'ackoy Me
l'niiand." E TAX IN
WASHINGTON, May 7 With
consideration of tho Income tax par
agraph concluded, the house began
today a long debate on tho adminis
trative features of tho Underwood
tariff bill. Tho debate Included a
renewal of tho fight for authoriza
tion of u tariff commission.
Other proposals dobated included
authorizing tho president to nego
tiate reciprocal trade treaties with
foreign countries, taxing l'hlllpplno
imports, exempting exports to Porto
Hlco; providing retaliatory duths
ngalust merchnudUo from countries
whl:h tax similar merchandise from
tho United States, mid permitting a
rebate of 10 per rout on merchandise
Imported In American vessels,
Tho only Important Income tax
changes wero; To exempt ru-lusiu-
Ill
; TO TRY JOHNSON
R
MMORALITY
nilCAOO, May 7.-Tho nctunl
trial of Jack John-on, Hie negro
prizefighter, on cbnrges- of violat
ing the Mann white slave act, began
here at 2 o'eloek this nfternoon with
Assistant District Attorney Parkin's
statement. The jury was completed
and sworn in at noon.
Parkin declared in his outline of
the case, that Belle Schreiber, whom
Johnson is alleged to have carried
from state to state for immoral pur
jvises, or C. P. Dewoody, a white
slave prober, would be called to tho
stand within an hour. Parkin's
opening statement wns very brief.
Yank ICcuiiv. who trained Johnson
for his Reno fight with Jeffries mid
who split with the negro over finan
cial matters, is still missing today,
and the polico fear ho has been mur
dered. Kenny was to hnvo been one
of the government's most important
witnesses.
Angered by newspaper stories Hint
efforts have been made to tamper
with the jury. Judge Cnrpentor nil
nounccd today that ho intended to
hold to strict accountability all news
papers covering the trial and Hint he
would not tolerate misleading reports.
The court room is under closo guard
to bar nil but persons entitled to ad
mission from entering.
THIRTY GUESTS CARRIED
FROM BURNING HOTEL
ONTARIO. Cat., May 7 Trapped
lu the second story of tho Dark hotel
which burned early today, 30 guests
wero carried down ladders to safety
by Frank naker, manager of the
hotel, and othor employes.
TARIFF DEBATED
nbco reserves of mutual fire Insur
ance companies and exempt pay
ments to beneficiaries of life Insur
ance policies of matured proceeds be
fore reinvestment.
Efforts to reduce tho minimum In
come tnxablo failed.
To house minority proposod to
demand separata roll calls on many
features of tho bill, but Majority
Leader Underwood Insists that the
passage of tho bill tomorrow Is cer
tain, Tho house this aftornoon defeated
a republican incomo tax amendment
exempting nil mutualjnstimnco com
panies without capital stock uud
stockholders or share holders. Tho
vote was US to 108.
Itcprcscutative norland of Miss
ojirf criticised tho big mutual life in
surance companies.
OIL MACADAM
PAVEMENT TO
LEAD TO SUIT
E. A. Welsh, Property Owner, Says
He Will Make Fight in Courts
' Against Laying of Oil Macadam on
Cottage Street.
Says He Wants lo Pay for a "Real"
Pavement and Nat for Work Which
Will Have to le Done Afafn.
That the oil macadam parcment
laid on Taylor fttroet is far from at
Isfnctory and that ho does not pro
pose to hare It laid on Cottage street
where his property faces If an Injunc
tion can bo obtained to atop It,
the declaration of B. A. Welch today.
Mr. Welch has retained Porter J.
Neff to bring suit to restrain the city
from granting the contractors, Hehell
& Bchcll, a contract for the work on
Cottage street, and falling In ihhi
will bring a suit to prevent a collec
tion of tho amount to he OMesed
against tho property.
Pavement Joke.
Mr. Welch charges that the oil
macadam pavement is a "Joke," de
claring that be can tako an ordinary
match anywhere and dig through the
wearing surface. An examination of
Taylor street seems to bear hi state
ment out es tho wearing surface of
tho street Is very soft and seems to
creep, rut and became uneven eas
ily. Flushing has not been practiced
and Mr. Welch state that la front
Of his property ho wants a pavement
"you can wash."
II HeoMB.te .Kick.
"I have a reason to kick," Kates
Mr. Welch. "When tho council de
cided to grant Schelt & Schell a con
tract to pave Taylor street, which
bounds my property on the south, I
made no protest, as I wanted to
know first what I was talking about
before I complained. Now I know
and I do not want a pavement which
will havo to bo replaced within two
years, and which is entirely unsatis
factory nt any time. It Is really a
Joke ns & pavement.
"I hare nothing against Schell &
Schell. I am kicking about the pave
ment. Neither am I pulling for any
other contractors. What I want is
a pavement that will stay there,
letting of Contract Queer.
"Tho courso of the city council In
(Continued on page 2.)
SEEK SUBSCRIPTION
LIST OF GRAFTERS
SAX FRANCISCO, Cab, May 7,
Search was begun here today for an
alleged subscription list started by
Italian bunco men for the widow of
"Danny," n gambler who was mur
dered In Portland, to which, It U
said, San Francisco policemen placed
their names for various amounts.
Michael C-allo told District Attorney
Flckort today of tho existenco of such
a list, but knew nothing as to Its
present whoreabouts.
C-allo relteratod today his charge
that bunco men operated In Oakland
with tho knowlodgo of the Oakland
police. lie said ho had no charged
to make agalust Chief of Police Pe
terson of Oakland but that It the
proper Inducements were offered ho
would show thut certain members ot
tho Oakland police worked In con
junction with tho swindlers.
10 QUIZ FISHER
ON ALASKAN ENTRIES
WASHINGTON, May 7, The sen
ato committee on territories wan pre
pared today to question, former See
rotary ot tho Interior Walter L.
Fisher when he appeared at tho
Alaskan railroad hearings this ufte--noou
why Alaskan coal claims should
not be patented to private Interests
under tho law of 1008. Senator
Walsh of Montana Intends to usk
Fisher why he advised former Presi
dent Taft to sUspeud the operation
ot tho law,