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DEMOCRATS
MAY NAME
MITCHELL
HE IS 600D TIMBER
IS BUILDING
WONDERFUL
SUBMARINE
HAH REEN INTRODUCED TO THE
LEADING DEMOCRATS OF ILL
INOIS WHO LIKE HIM AND CAN
TAKE THE NOMINATION IF HE
WANTS IT.
(United ProBa Leased Wire.)
Chicago, Feb. M. -John Mitchell,
prosldent of the United Ml mi Work
era of America, hnB bcon brought In
to tho political arena, and ho Is al
ready being montlonad as a candi
date for the Democratic nomination
ni governor of IIlInolB.
In both labor and political circles
CRAWLS ON SEA BED
CAN REALYIN SUBMERGED FOR
SEVENTY HOURS AND CAN
STEAM ON THE SURFACE
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC IS AS
IjAHGE AS SEVEN AVERAGE
SUBMARINES.
IMMENSE
STRIKE
PENDING
ON A
L 60ULD LINES
Fl
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JWLES BARGAIN HOUSE r-
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yon buy one dollar's worthfof
and you will find out that it
1W you well. We buy for cash
tor cash and allow no house
Pacific coast to beat our prices:
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Now York, Fob. 14. "If Lake's
latest undortaklng Is successful, and
tjiero Is ovory reason to bcllsvo It
will bo," said an Amorlcan naval of
ficer today, "tho United State will
soon own a submarlno warship that
will break speod rocords on tho
water, that can steam 70 consecutive
hours beneath tho surface and, If
necessary, can run on wheals on'tlTe
bottom of tho ocean."
That Is a brief description of the
wonderful fiOO-ton submarlno cruiser
that Simon Lake, an early designer
of submarlno torpedo craft has under
taken to build for tho Amorlcan navy
Tlio now submarlno crulsor will be
ovor twlco as largo a? tho biggest sub
marino now ownod or being built fo.
tho navy. It will bo 1C1 feet long.
and will dlsplaco in tons noarly seven
of itho submarines now In commis
sion. Tho vessel will probably go In
to commission in May 1910, and It
! said that it will have a surfaoo
steaming radius of ovor 30,000
milos. n
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it h concodod that Mltchojl has an
excellent chanco to solzo tho plum if
ho will consent to tho usa of his nam
b oro tho convent Ion. Ho has boon
Introduced to all tho big Demoeratls
in tho state and thoy ragard him ns
good timbor, but MItoholl Is saying
nothing.
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y 1250 Jackets.
Ccso-
Great bargains In Silk
Uk Underskirts and
Coats,
Spring
iThat Saves You Money
WOULD REVISE
NATIONAL FLAG
Washington, Feb.
h-
Having
DENVER & RIO GRANDE AROLISH
i
IlUIiKS UNDER WHICH RM-
I'IX)Yj:S HAVE REEN WORKING
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AND GENERAL STRIKE .MAY
UNCLE SAM
EXAMINES
VESSELS
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ON PAGIFIC C04ST
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JOW.
(Unftod Press Lcasod Wire.)
Donvor, Colo., Fob 1 -J .That all
shop vnfn, cnginomon, conductors and
brakemn on tho Denver St Rio
Grando railroad may go on a gigan
tic strike that will Involvo all tho
Gould linos Ib tho bollof of railroad
mon. Tho gong for tho strike was
WANTS TO KNOW HOW MANY
STEA.USHll'S ON PACIFIC ARE
AVAILARLE FOR TRANSPORTS
IN CASE THEY SHOULD RE
NEEDED.
ABE RUEF
. PUTS UP
A FIGHT
HENEY FOOLED HIM
Hl'EF FILES
RACKED
IX)NG AFFIDAVIT,
RY AFFIDAVITS OF
(United Pross Leased Wlro.)
San Francisco, Fob. 14. For tho
first time olnco tho days preceding
tho SpanUh-Amorlcnn wnr agentH of
tho government arc actively engaged
In examining tho largo merchant ves
BOln trading on tho Paolflo coast with
a vlow to ascertaining their valuo as
sounded when tho Donvor & Rio transports or colliers In tho event of
Grando ported a bullotln in all its tho govarnmont tlndlng It necessary
shops thpt on March 14 tho company
will rpvBG its rulos for ompIoyltiK
mon. Tho notico follews:
"Effoctlvo March 14, tho rulos and
regulations govornlng employing
mon In dopartmonts, moohnnlcs, boll
ormakors and holpor's and apron
tlces of tho Donvor & Rio Grando rail
road will bo abolished."
Meetings of union men will be
held alll over tho stato to dlscuwj the
order. Committees aro to bo ap
pointed to discuss tho situation with
tho officers of tho road, und to on
doavor to soouro now contracts for
tho noxt year. In ovopt thoy cannot
secure such contractu thoro is Hkoly
to bo a walkout, that will precipitate
a strike of hmgo proportions.
OTHERS THAT HE WAS PROM
ISED IMMUNITY, RUT THAT
HENEV WENT RACK ON HIS
WORD.
fix d tho gold coins "artistically" by
! eliminating tho "In God W Trust"
, motto, and changing tho general da
sign, Prosldont Roosovolt is now con
sidering a propoiUon to revise the
national flag by an ontiroly new re
arrangement of tho stars.
The plan was presented to tho
President by Dr. A. M. Martin, of
nioomvlllo, O. The President wild
that ho regards the suggestion M a
good one. and will soo what can be
dono.
i On July 1, another star wuet be
'added io the flag to repreetut Okla
homa. The scars are bow arranged
,in lines, and if the precedt were
followed the change woald involve
' merely the addition of on star 1b
one of tho line. The Martin plan,
howevor. now advanced, calls for a
geometrical design, conslstlflg of. flvt
arcs in combinations. Tbl means a
I big star with five points, the center
being occupied with a few etars.
JUDGE BURNETT
WILL NOT ACCEPT
(United Prose Loasod Wlro.)
Portland, Or., Fob. 14. Since
George H. Durnott, of Salem, has vir
tually deollned to allow his namo to
be contldored ns a candldato for the
office of United Statos district attor
ney, the namo of John H. McNary,
district attorney for Marlon county,
will be eent to Washington for ap
proval. It 1ms boon known for somo
Umo that Judgo Rurnott'e frlonda
were urging him to try for tho office,
but Judgii Durnott hae hold out that
tho oath which he took whon ho bo
Game Judge bars him from being a
candidate. It has also bon kuown
that he has urged Mr. McNary to try
for the position. Yesterday strong
ondorsvments for McNary were telegraph-
d to Washington.
u
nt any tlmo to onllsutholr services.
For somo wocks Roar-Admiral
Henry Glass has boon ongngod lu ex
amination of tho vessols of tho Pa
cific Coast Steamship Company, with
a special vlow to tholr nvnlljbilily as
transports and colliers.
It was loarnod that a comploto list
of ail Amorlcan vossoIh on tho Paolflo
coast which might bo utllltod by tho
govornmont will soon ho In tho pos
session of the officials of tho navy de
partment at Washington.
Whou nsked last night whothor tho
examination ho was making had any
special significance- in vlow of recent
rumors affecting tho relations of this
country and Japan, Ronr-Admlr.il
Glaee mado tho assertion that tho
work lio was doing had no special
significance of any sort, but was
moroly a part of tho rogrular policy
of tho navy department to keep In
touch with all vossols flying the
American flag, both on tho Atlantic
and tho Pacific, whlt'h might be used
by tho govornmont nt any time.
FORAKER WAKES
WAR ON TAFT
IluritHl In o Conl Mine.
Durban. Natal. South Africa. Feb.
14 -Forty-two men have been en
tombed In a coal mine at G!encoe as
the result of an explosion today It
(a believed that all of them have perished
JUMPED FROM
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
New York, Feb 14. Ja.tnes Grant,
a wealthy manufacturer, while cross
ing the Brooklyn bridge in an auto
mobile, accompanied by two women.
Washington, Fob. 14 As predict
ed, the plan of the Foraker-DIck ma
chine in Ohio Is to carry their fight
against tho nomination of Secretary
Taft for president up to election day
if necossary. From Foraker-DIck
sources It Is stated that the plan of
the Ohio senators and their machine
is to organize a new Republican par
ty la Ohio, including in u an ine ne
groes nd union labor men opposed
to Taft and tho Roosevolt elements,
hold a sute oonvontlon of their own
send a contesting delegation to Chi
cago, and ask that It be seated, on
the ground ths thr recent prima
ries in Ohio were IMegal under the
call of the national committee.
HIWRST WOULD LIKK
SKCONI) PLACE ON TICIUfT.
New York, Feb. 14 Aoordlng to
a report, wunam iianueijm nwii
leaped from the machine into tho t jB wi)ng to be nomlnateJ vleo-p ros
ier river, and Is new In a precarious Wwat oa tno Bryan ticket If Mr. Bry
condition at a hospital. ,aB has no objection.
Hundreds of persons who were
walking across the big span wit
nessed the daring plunge, and Grant's
two women friends swooned when
thev bsw his form dlsay " over tb
railing A ug separated Grant from
the drifting Ice cakes and brought
him ashore He has not explained
bis reason for making the leap
Tho story that Is being told here
is to the effect that Hearst will de
liver to Rryan tho full strength of
the Independence League, wherever
It exists. If he will allow Hoamt to
bo tho tall end of his kite While
He rat denies the rumor, there are
thore who say that such u bargain is
on tb fire.
(Unltod Press Lensod Wlro.
Son Francisco, Fob .14. Abraham
Iluof this morning sat lu court und,
with tears ntreamlng down his face,
listened to tho uflldavlt of his aged
father and that of his sister tolling
how ho had bon lod to pfoad guilty
to tho extortion charge, nhd thou ap
poarod boforo tho grand Jury, roly
Yng ontiroly upon tho repented assur
ances and' promises of' DsteotlvoWH-
Ham J. Ruins, Elisor Rlggy und Rnl
bis Kaplan und Nloto, to the offoct
that should ho do ns thu prosecution,
desired hb would bo given full and
complete Immunity. Tho atlUlavIt of
itho two rolatlvee of Ruef dosorlhod
at longth how thoy wora suffering
from a ot1oiiH ailment at tho time of
his trlnl boforo Judge Dunne on tho
ohargo of extorting rnonoy from the
Fronoh rostnurunt kocpors, and how
thoy had urgod him to save tho lives
of his family by plodding guilty and
rolylng upon tho promises of tho
prosecution and ending the stiBponso.
Tho aflldavlt of Ruef, which was
road prior to those of his father nnd
t'lstor, all of which wore presontod
In support of tho claim that Ruof
had never boon legally urralgntd, la
In part as follews:
"Tho afllaut deposes and says that
ho was first tukon into custody upon
tho first day of March. 1007, by Wil
liam J. Rlggy, an olisor,, uppolnted
by tho Judge of department six, and
that ho was kopt in olo uonfliiomont
at tho little St. Fruncln Hotol, mir
rounded by guards appointed' by
William J. Burns, ae agent of Fran
cis J. Honey, a special prosooutor lu
theso cabos. Hto was afterwards tak
en to a house at Fillmore and Green
wich streets by tho elisor und later
takon to a private house at Fillmore
street and Paolflo awuue, whore ho
romaltied until sent to the nounty Jail
During all of tho time, from March
8 until the atllant was taken boforo
the grand Jury tho ssld Burns had
access to tho affiant at all hours of
tho day and night, and that the said
Burns repeutodly limed the afllaut to
teU all he knew of certain transac
tions, and that these actions upon
tho part of Burns were known to
membors of the district attorney's
oflloe. Burns continuously and re
peatedly urged the defendant to tell
all he know of the transections, and
declared to him thut he would be
granted full immunity in return for
his testimony. Thjs the nfllant re
fused io do. The prosecution then
had a Jewish clergyman, Rabbi Kittto.
call upon him and urge that ho toll
all that he knew about the matter.
Upon tho affiant's ropeated refusal to
do so the prosecutlou approached an
other Jewish clergyman. Rabbi Dor
nard Kaplan, who called upon tho
affiant, and urged him to accede to the
wishes of tho prosecution for the
benefit of his city, and stated to said
affiant that he would be given full
Immunity should he do so Afflant
(Continued on pae four.)