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SECOND
EDITION
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MIODKOItn OH MOON, TfJKSDAV, .JvNlTARY 20, 10J-I.
NO. 257
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OF THE TRUST SYSTEM
WILSON BLAMES INTERLOCKING D RECTORATES AS THE CRUX
A
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fc- .
AND FAVORS CREATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL.COMMJ
MEET BUSINESS HALF WAY IN
PROCESS OF SELF CORRECTION
IS MESSAGE
Executive Cnusllcnlly Attacks Group of Millionaires Who, Ity Reason of
Enormous Holdings of Stock In Numerous Corporations, Constitute
Virtual Monopolies Would Have Congress Force Owners to Elect
Which Securities They Will Keep and Which Get Rid Of-Make
Interstate Commerce Commission an Industrial Commission.
WASHINGTON. Jnn 20 -Tim In
torlocklnr. or tin perMiniml o( lUroc-
tiirntiM of ureal corporation, batik,
railroad. Itnliutrlnl. mmumrclnl nml
public nirUn IhiiIIc In tliu crux of
the (nut )tiiin. In tlm oiiliilmi ol
1'nwliUmt WIImiii. I In inndo till
plain tmlnr In n Hclnt mldreim to
riiiKrc In whloh 1)0 iriiHMU4l anti
trust l(i;l'ntlon.
DlMiiwdiiK ovIIh roaultltiK from
mioIi Interlocking dlrootornto, tlm
priwldoiit rmuntlcfllly attacked a
Kraup of inllllonnlrN wlio, by rimnoii
of tiiinrtuoii liulilliiKit nf tock In
iiuumroii corporation romtltiito
lrtnnl inoiiojiollo. (In lrtiinlly
tolil rou;m thnl It lttiilt decide
whether IiIk owner of tnok In cor
poration hutild bo rompollod to
elect In which ono of them they will
exorcise their right to oto oil tliu coll.
iluct of affair.
I 'or itiilutrlil "nmiulnii
Tlm proulUouL declared omphalic
till)' for tho creation of nn Indiulrlitl
cnintnlmiloii, nnit ilecliired Hint public
opinion liml finally roiHiuorcd IIIk
IlimliiKDN no tlmt tliu average bulnci
tunii wni convinced Hint "the wny of
lllierty nrn lo tliu way of "pence nml
a I no dm way of ucru."
He einiintlcrtlly approved innkltwt
Kiillt) personal In nil milt nKaliiMi
truM. "Hvory net of IiukIiukh Ih
done nt the rnnimnud or upon tho
Initiative of homo nNcertnlnulilo per
in) II or croup of porMiti," Im unlit,
"nml ttuifto should Im held Individ
iinlly ropunlblo, nml tlm piiiiUluiionl
should fnll upon them, nml not upon
tlm liimlticmt urgaulzntloii of which
they uinKu Illegal use."
llohlug l'roic"ci
"Tlm proilurliiK InduMrle, for ex
ample, which litixn iaod tliu point
up to which coiuliltintlnii miiy bo run
I'lultuii with public Intercut nml free
iloiii of trade, cannot nlwii) bu din
MWloil Into component iiiiIIh nn rend
lly uh rnllromlH nml tdniltnr orKiinl
xtitluu en 1 1 he. Their iIIhhoIuUoii
by onllunrlly legal prnroHaoM may
ufloutlmo luiohu fliiitiii'lul couo
queiicc nml probuhly overwhelm the
iiHiurlty iiinrUi'i nml brltiK upon It
ronf union nml breakdown. It outtht
to bu nn udmliilntratlvo ronimlHHlnn,
rnpnblo of illrnctliiK nml nhupliiK hiipIi
corroctlvo iiroi'i'Minu, nml not only
nlit tliu rnurlH, hut iiIho by Imlupoiiil
"InitHiuucli nn our objoct nml Iho
GRAFT SCANDAL
AI
QUEBEC
AID
BYINTREALIIL
.MONTKKAL, Que, Jmi. 0. In
I'li'ililjln co I'm pi Ion unions tlm mem
lii'i'H of Iho lc(,'ihlulurti ill Qiiehcu wdh
uIIcliciI in mi inticlo pulil'iHlicd hero
loiliiv li.v tliu .Moiitrcnl Miiil. Jt urn
cd llm upioiiiliui'iit of a coiuiultU'u
to iimihtiKuti
"Wo know," tlio Mail sui.l, "Hint
nioiiuy hurt lii'cn pniil to lucuitiui'H of
tliu Icgisliiliiiii for li'nilntion whlcli,
on tliu i'iico of it, .in KO HIlllMM'rtivU of
I lid lUllllill illtCI'CHt UK to Ill'Cll no
iiioiu coiulciiuuilion Hum itu cliuiricb
1)0111.
. "Tlio lc'j;iMlutioH wuh litcrnlly
miiiikkIi'iI tlii'oiiKlt nl ovory hIiik" In
hiiuIi u wu.v n to uvmln tliu Hcrntiny
of tlio mom decent elements In tlio
tWO lltMIHOH llllll tilt) llH'llllH'l'rt (if tllO
lreni Kloy'
WON
OS
nplrlt of our nrtlou In thexu tuntterit
I to timet bit-dimim hnlf wny In tlm
prnreittmii of mdf tiirrectlon nml till
liirh II pi lnKltlmnte roil mo tin little
H)Mibli), we oiikIiI to cu to II, nml tliu
Judgment of prnctlcnl nml nnKncloim
limit of nffnlrn every whoru will n
pliunl ii h If wo did eu to It tlmt tlm
puiinltlen nml ptiulidiuiiMit'ri ulioulil
fnll, not upon hinliicim Itnelf, to IIk
roufuitlon nml Interruption, but upon
tlm IndlvldtiutH, who ufu tliu Itmtru
iiieiilnlltleii of ImihIiicih to do the
t lit it k which public policy and noiind
lumlneiin practlco condemn. Kvcry
nt'tlvo builniHiK Ih done nt tlio roin
luatid or upon Hut Inlllathu of t-onio
niircrtnlunblu pernon or Kroup of per
oiim. Theno dhotilil bo held Individ
iinlly rcnpntmlblu nmt piinUlitnuul
ulioulil full upon Uiem nml not upon
tlm orr.nnltntlon of which they tnnko
Illegal lire.
IVroounl I'liiilttnucut
"It should bo ono of thu main oh
(Contlnuea on paRn 3.)
ONTARIO, ( nl., .Inn. 'JO. ttoiitiu.t
uxorci-i", nl tin iioulli Kiiclnt mIhhiI
wcio iiitcrruiitctl tmliiv when Mix. It
V. (Hidden, the principal, irt'uiI t"
heed nil order iIi-cIiuikiiii; her, uml
reiuilf.cd ii i til 1 1 v led liv Siiiiui iiittn-
ileni of Sclinolr. V. ,1. Ali'Mlllilcr,
which iilliiuplcd to enter tlm build
Ml'H. (Hidden W'.'iN o rile red ilii.
iiiNhciI nt tlio rchiilt of cliiiiyeh him
filcil npihiht AlcMimlcr, IVuu .Ii
iiilvicu of Aiiluiit foiintv Superin-
teniliilil nl' Sti'lll.nlK Aniiiii'kiiii. hint
dericil AluMiiiiler uml .Mr. M. ),
Seliiilkiml, iiuined to Miececil hur,
when they iippenicd nt tlm hcliool
fluiikcil hy it erowit of frleinln. Tint
licHicuiiiL' imilv finullv letiictl to
M'k li'Kitl roniihi'l.
NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR
TltKNTON, N. .1., ,iim. ao. Sim
pie hcrvieen inniKed the iiiuiiKUiu
lion hero loilny of Jiiiiich A. Fiedler
uh (ovcruor of Now .leiey. After
WViinlrow 1Iiuii lieeninu luehident,
I'lcliler wus uetiui,' Koveriini-. tin re
tireil from the place lust full to be
come ii cuniHitiitu for Iho full term
uml wns elected.
IS
IION'KST, TI1EKE AUK
;
rne suinnas .nt
vor so go
m y
,'IT WILLS, "TIUMI
HBkL, A'WKU
TSS 7 MS NAT VsUUO I T"CS
i "Ni'' M W ti'iwi' n n "trump runirillnn," 1orihi nn n U"'i nsaltiKt
:iit wife In .New rl. uh Ii he Known lit no Joke. It Ih founded in ivnhiirm
kii kti.wii to h, )ic'if, but It dcKci Into thu lutrlcnrlrt of the Illinois lawn
"ii' rr ,.k mairl ife. iliturco nml rcinurrlnKo. nnd the purpoM.' of it all U to
Ptuin nn nnnultnriit,
I Jum n innn- would imt know tin rninoillnn If In were called Iuiln
Mri.i.tli Wil'ii. I." rltht iinim, few aouIiI placo Mr, lionise WUK who
onii) '. I n IW TI.poiuIi.
PRISON
II
IN OKLAHOMA ENDS
M'AI.MSTKU, Okln., Jnn. 20.
With huvoii men In the iiiorRiiu nnd
two iimn nml a woman In tlio boopltnl
uh a reuult of tlio mutiny Into yostur
dny In tliu penitentiary here, n rig
orous liivetlKntloii wn In proKrctf
today to lenru how the thrco rliiK
lcnderH of thu uprltdiiK obtained the
IlrcarniH with whlcli they did such
deadly work buforo tey wore thom
xelvuH killed '')' tlio Kiinrds. Tlio
five hundred odd roinnliilni; prlttoner
were milieu nml unruly.
Tlio mutiny occurred jimt nt thu
cud of work for tlio day. China
Itccd, Tom I. ano nml Claud ICaontz,
HorvlitK rimpccllvoty two yenrH for
homentonlliiK, flvo yonrs for forRory
uml forty jours for lunnuInuKhtor.
took tlio opportunity to npproueli tlio
door of the tailor tdiop, whuro they
worked, nnd told Turnkey John Mar
tin they wauled to co tlio purolo of
ficer. An Martin turned to open the
door Iho moil Hiiddeuly drew rovol
let'H. Ueed xhot tlio turnkey through
tlm eheek nnd' then bent him down
with repeated blow on thu head with
his pinto! buriel.
Unsli fin- Liberty
SolxltiK tlio turnkey' keys and
hIioiiIIiik to the other prUonurs to
Join thorn, thu trio then daubed Into
tho ynrd nnd toward Wnrdon It. V.
(Continued on pao 3.)
SEVEN
SU-Mlil .MKN IN THIS
woiujd of orns who dress like this
,r &r&
21 1
rs
our 7HK
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mam dM
pgp'
COMICDLIX,"
jISKS jIX.YCLMILYT OF M.IIHiMUR
MWtk. o - IS, ft pM
HUFRIA
ABANDONS
PLAN OF LEADING
MEXICO CITY. Jnn. 20. Tlmt
Pre.-iilent Hiut n liml nbiituliincd
leni)orHrily' '. pbm to tuke the field
in person iiiiumt tlio luhels was
htntcil officiullv today.
Tlm clinnp in program did not
iilense tlm dietntor very well, it wns
umleitooil, hut hi- entiinet insi-tcd
on it. lliicrtn called the iiieuiherM to
Kelher iiiicxpociedlv nliout iniiluiht
to tell them Unit ho thought he could
J put the rebellion down if he led his
troops hiiiiMtll and tlmt he proposed
to do it. Without exception the min
isters objected m vehemently, how
ever, tlmt he liti.i II v yielded, nt least
for tho lime.
The main ion-oil for hi- nnxiely
to eheek the rebcU nt this time was
snid to he that tl'v nro npptiinehini
Torroon, whore there is stored cotton
worth several millions, nml hu rioc
not wmi I it to lull into their hands.
A rumor was current that the pres
ident intends to turn tlm uovetnment
to n cnmiuisMon of five Mexicans,
himself rosinuinj nml possibly leuv
inu the eouutr.v.
Archbishop Mom todny seouroil
tlm rolenso fiom prison ot'v Senutor
Somollorti, iiuiiounl iihuiriuiiu of the
Cutholiu pntly, uml Senor Zepodn,
Somollern's piutner in the ownei-sliip
of tho newspaper l.u Nneioii.
CrtS0.r7HEWAVS
OrGCmtlGIHTQ
TJC OVSfi-CMT
ATTACK ON
REBELS
' rJ xa
&? A
SSI0NI0REGJJLAT1
fnnr
FOR FIFTH TIE
N HAS
PRESIDENT TALK
Wilson Reads Message Upon Trusts
Before Packed Galleries Mann
Leads Applause on Part Enlarging
Duties of Interstate Commerce.
'Admission Only bv Tickets and Hard
to Get Bryan Escort South Amer
ican Diplomats.
, WASHINGTON. Jnn. 'JO. For the
J fifth time since ho ivnn elected, Pre-
nli'iit Wilson todny journcyril from
tlm whito house to the enpitid to
inililrecs cnngreh th's time on the
subject of tho trust oiicvtion. Most
of the c.nliinct turmbcrri nccoinpnnicd
him. Ailmission to hear the address
rend was' by ticket-, and the tickets
were cxcceilinjilv linrd to obtain.
Only one apiece wns allowed even to
congressmen iind'seiiutors.
(.'nllerles Are l'ackcil
Nearly every inemiier of tho house
wan in his sent ami the galleries
I were packed some time before tho
'hour set for the president's nprvenr-
nnee. Just bet ore he stepped into
the ehnmber, the scnutpr.s with Vice
President Marshall nt thc'ir ""head,
filed in nml took sent, in front.
Tho chief executive Uml been chnt
t'ue; in tho meantime in Speaker
Clurk'rt office with the senate anil
house committeemen delcuu'.ed to net
us his escort. At l'J:30 the speak
er'; gavel tnpiH'il his desk nnd n mo
ment later tho president walked in,
I nccoinpnnicd bv Senators Kern, Onl-
Iiiirit nnd Rueoii nnd bv Congress
men Mnnn, Underwood nnd Fitzger
uld. His voice ns he rend sounded full
nnd strong, nnd renchod every cor
ner of tho big ehnmber. Congrcss
mnij started the first applause when
the president reuehed tho portion of
his message snyini; that the people
were ready to welcome n hnv givim:
tho interstnte comiueree commission
control of tho railroads' financial
policies.
Mann U-nils Applause
Kcept for the diplomutio uml ex
ecutive roservntions the gullerios
were filled bv 11 oVIoek. Mrs. Wil
son, with her ilntishtcrs, Mnrgnret
nnd Klouiior, Miss Helen Hones nml
Dr. Oruyson, nrrived nt 12:20. Sec
retary of State llrynn, nlo nrriviug
soiuewhnt lute, escorted n party of
South American diplomats to their
seats. Ho wns smiling, affable nmt
evidently happy.
At the rending of prcions mes
sages women hnve been in a majority
in tho galleries, but today there were
as many men ns women present.
The assertion that "guilt is per
sonnl" was also warmly nppluudeo
nnd the president himself was heart
ily cheered ns ho left tho ehnmber.
Tho senators took their departure as
soon as he had cone ami tho house
resumed its routine.
lleforo returning to tho whito
houso tlio executive visited tho sen
ato offico building and inspected a
comprehensive exhibition there show
ing Alaska's resources, industries
ami needs.
FOSTER ENRQUTE 10
I
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 20. Miss
Dcliah Uradlov, tho 10-year-old gill,
who, with J. M. Foster, son of the
millionaire president of tho Interna
tional Correspondence schools, was
nrrested in Mobile recently on n whito
slavery ehurge, wus virtually a pris
oner nt tlio Wtimlsor hotel hero toduy.
Sho is in charge of relatives, Foster
is said to bo speeding north to join
her hero,
GOVERNOR BLEASE HANDS OUT SOME KNOCKS.
1 JlfiSllL
1 inn? Sfeitniu
COLE L.DLEASE. y
ffiiiitrniip Ctt !.. Hli'iihii nl SCitntli f 'iirnlirm in liw nnminl ,nimtii
- ------ . . - ....... - -
kllM S..rnf ftrt .if III., Vnt'i Tlfitntf.lw
inn n mid is tint nt mrntiil enlilier tn
been appointed."' Of Daniels' promiso to improve the nuvnl stnlibn nt
Port Ituynl if the sale of "blind tiger" whisky to tho men in barracks
is siopncu, tie reions;
"So far ns I nm concerned, I want him (Daniels) to understand that
I am not asking for nny of his Yankee money. ... He can keep it
in the treasury or stmk it in bis ears, ns may bet suit hlrh.'
GIRL CONFESSES
STEP-FATHER SHOT
TO
GALKSHUHG, III., .Ian. 20. Con
fession that her stepfather, Kobeit
Higgins, aged 20 years, shot nnd
killed her mother nt New Henderson
on January 5 was made hero today
by Gulia Fluke, a Kl-year-old girl.
The girl declared that Iliggius slim
to kill nftcr his wife discovered that
ho hud been intimate with her dmigh
tcr. She denied, however, that she
nnd Higgins hud ngrecd to gut mar
ried nfter ho had killed her mother.
The girl showed no emotion in tell
ing the polieo of the murder.
"The crime litis been n burden on
my mind ami I am glad to get celiof,"
she said.
State's Attorney WiNon declared
here that Higgins had corroborated
the girl's confession. Higgins snid
that he nnd Miss Flake had arranged
for him to shoot his wife with a
shot gun. Neighbors, be snid, rushed
iu nftcr the shooting uml ho fought
with them, pretending that he wanted
to get the weapon ami kill himself.
Then, ueeording to Wilson, Higgins
nnd the girl explained to the neigh
bors tlmt the gun wits accidentally
discharged while it was being clean
ed. Litter it coroner's jury rendeie.l
n verdict to tho effect tlmt Mr. Hig
gins had been killed accidentally.
Mrs. Higgins would have beeoino u
mother in three mouths.
IS
FEOERAL JUDGE SPEER
MACON, Gn., Jnn. 20.--A commit
tee from tho houso of representatives
todny continued its probo hero of the
charges that United States Judgo
Speer of Georgia hud used his offic
ial position unjustly nml hud cor
ruptly decided cases in favor of rel
atives. It is also charged that Judgo
Speer allowed his son-in-law to tako
jobs about the court uml that Judge
Speer ulso wns guilt v of unlawful
and corrupt conduct iu deciding cases
where lii sou-iu-luw had a conting
ent fee,
I
DEATH
Bffi BUSINESS
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fiT Tnrill rfirfilftn !: ",l I'nfv mi. mil
fill tin, itiisitiiitt l wliieli In. linn
TRAIN BANDIT ROBS
UNION OFFICIALS OF
WHKKLING, W. Vu., Jan. 20.- A
tms-emrar in n sleunin? cur on tho
l ---r--- -- ---
; Ilnltimore & Ohio rnilroad's Now
York & St. Loui flvor, James Uodda,
an official of the United Minework
crs, was robbed nt the point of u
pistol last night of union documents
nnd relief funds for striking miners
iu tho West Virginia coal fields.
The hold-up occurred near Chirks,
burg. Tho lobher entered the Pull
man unobserved, stepped directly up
to Itoddn, thrust his pistol in tho hit
tor's fnco and kupt him covered while
ho forced him to turn lib. pockets in
side out. Then he jumped from tlio
train and disappeared.
Posses woro seouriug tho country
tor him toduy.
Itoddn assorted tlmt hu recognized
tho bandit n a private dctcctuo
hitherto employed by West Virginia
initio owners, lly i added that he be
lieved the mini Pared less for hu
money than for the papers ho had
with him, which ho described as re
ports concerning tho West Virginia
strike, which he wus to hnve taken
to tho minors' convention in Indian
apolis. Hu was asleep in his boith when
the robber entered, ho iaid, and woke
to liml the latter covering him with
his weapon nnd demanding: "Don't
move; give mo those reports."
None of tlio other passengers wus
molested.
CONGRESS FOR SAFEIY
AT SEA ADJOURNS
LONDON, Jnn. 20. After tlm del
egates hud signed ii convention at
tho foreign office hero, tho interna
tional conference on safety nt sea
adjourned today. December 11 w
tho date fixed for tliu nntioiiH rop
resented to accept Iho agreement, If
thoy do so it will become effective
July 1, 1915.
It provides for uiiHinkuble khip
with lateral and cross-section com.
pnrtiuotits, adequate lifeboats hk4
wireless equipment,
A
AND
S