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HREV1TPORT TIMES HAH A LArturn rincubATio THAN ANy PAPER ISSUED IN KORTH LOUISIANA. TIIM WKA I llicit. LunUlana aud ILsllpil fair, kliaHilr nurnitr tluwday. Kl l-nlr Hominy ami vrmr In vail and auniU. Arknuimi l.rurlall) fair Hn ilar ea Tula.

VOLUME. XXXVIII SIIItEVKPOItT, MONDAY, DKCEMIIEU 27, PAGES. M'AfllKH 102 TAFT GAVE DEFINITION OF WHAT WHISKY IS HASTENING TO THE AID OF BIG SHOWS LOSS OF POSE SERVICE I THE PROBABLE ANSWER iff i Ml MILLIONS The President Decides a Question Which Was Long Debated. WOMAN III CASE GEO A TWO HEX KILL EACH OTHER IT TAFT WAXTS A XEW LAW BY CONGRESS TO PROTECT THEM. THE STANDARD OIL DECISION It Has Hit Corporations and President iind Others Will Ask New Measure to Protect Wluit They Term Legtti- mate Enterprise Widen May be F.I fecled Will be Sent to Congress.

5 Washington, Dec. 26. -Serious con Ideratibn Is being given by President Taft and leaders in Congress. Including Senator Aldrich and Speaker Cannon, to the question of the of enacting a federal Incorporation act in advance of a final Judicial deci- sl'on us the Standard Oil dissolution case. There appears to be an important difference of opinion between, i Mr.

Taft and his advisors who want i him to withhold the message which he has announced he will send to Congress. It is understood that Mr. Taft fears that business will generally suffer If the Supreme Court affirms the find- Ing of the Circuit Court in the diaso-. lutlon case and that he strongly favors what mlfrht be termed "vaccination" of the body corporate by the ad- ministration of legislative remedy be--fore the evil appears. On the other hand, congressional leaders think such a enurse would merely supply ammunition to the opponents of the administration by giving them an excuse to charge that the force of the Taft regime is being directed toward creating a "shelter for monopolies." If the President should submit his recommendations soon after Congress convenes atfd should follow with what it is said, to be a personal Inclination, he would ask for the passage of a federal corporation law without delay on the eround that honest business men need not fear under the interpretation of the Sherman act, giving bv the Circuit Court decision in the Standard Oil case.

While the President's view is shared by the leaders named, they recogniao fact that there would he wrhua ovr. position to any legislation apparently calculated to narrow the scope of the Sherman law. Thev believe that this opposition Is so strong that there will be a protracted contest over such a measure. ai' that it would be a part' of the wisdom therefore to await the decision of the Supreme. Court.

Hps Personally Reviewed Cnse. Taft, it is has reviewed personally the evidence In the Standard Oil case with the result that he believes the decision by the Circuit Court correctl- Interprets the law insofar as he presumably exnects that the decree will be sustained by the Supreme Court. The understanding of those "whom Mr. Taft has consulted in the case, is that he could ask the enactment of a "ederal corporation law without becoming amenable to the charae that he was not seeking to prejudice the Supreme Court. That the present is a propotious time to send the message to Congress and no matter what might be the wording vf his recommendation, a political issue will certainly be made of it.

is the opinion of the party leaders. These leaders not all agree that the Supreme Court will sustain the decision of the Circuit Co-irt without mitigat- Ing the force of iat interpretation of the Sherman anti-trust law. They say the Supreme Court sustained the right of Congress to enact the legislation contained in the commodities of the Hepburn law, but that it did so in a manner as to make it practically non-effective. Past decisions by the Supreme Court brought in cases under the Sherman anti-trust law lave In the main confirmed the constitution allty of the law and have given it broad application. It is argued that nevertheless, in view of the far-reaching effect of the recent decision in the Standard OU case upon corporations generally, bot- good and bad.

that Congress may wet! be asked by the President to take time by the forelock and to modify the force of the act. The decision in the Standard Oil case will in probability reach the Supreme Court before it convenes January 4, and it will be requested to be advanced on the docket so that it mav be reached before March. This will give Congress time- to consider the matter before its adjournment the last of May. Fire Oder Dies. Louisville, Dec.

26. Benjamin Dll len. chief of the Louisville fire de pnrtment. died today as the result of injuries received last Tuesday whil making a run to a fire. The Chief's automobile was overturned and th four occupants seriously injured.

th other three, however, being now ou of danger. 1 Storm Sit nation Improved. Madrid. Dec. 26.

Official reiport received here say that the situation In the region recently swept by storms and floods is improving. to County Jail where he va fiilntnltia placed on a train for The murder of Mr. Liddell was unusually brutnl and there Is but little doubt that Fuller would have been lynched had not the military been called out. Liddell was on Ms w.ny norne day nitcht of last wffk nl'h "S.int (i mis'' for the little ts. when he.w-is suddenly pounced upon by a triiin from hind tree.

lln was beaten to death end robbed, his body in? found a short whiie H'rr. In the alleged confeee.in Fuller in -plicated Parker. Immediately up'n his arrest, the official pfac-d him aboard a train find took him lo Laurens The coroner'd fore Monday. Jury not IVJIIIEIt IN AN TOM SAX San Antonio, Texas. Dec.

26. -Wght 'persons were Injured early tonight when a big touring car, containing a family party, burst a tire and turned turtle ou the famous Mission loop, tha scene of dozens of deadly automobile accidents. The Injured: H. O. Glover, Mrs.

C. Glover and Mlgnon Glover, 7 year old, all badly bruised. E. IX Henry, arm broken and otherwise- Injured. Mrs.

B. D. Henry, badly bruised Mrs. T. II.

Gallagher, ankls broken and right shoulder dislocated. Mrs. R. P. Elstner' and daughter, Ruth, aged 7, both bruised.

Milton Elstner, aged was the only occupant of the party unarratehed. All the injured are residents of this city. WINTER SWEPT II GREAT SCFFKRrVG AND DEATH HAVE BE EX CAUSED BY WEATHER. THREE LIVES LOST IN EVERETT Gale Swept Over Greater Part of Section and Rolled a Ware Along Coat Width Readied Height of Seven Feet In Some Places Fallen Wires Caused Considerable Trouble. Boston, Dec.

2. Grim Winter wept into New England with the wings of a northeast storm, with such terrific energy as to cause great damage, suffering and death. The gale arove a tidal wave Into Massachusetts may which nearly equaled that of the famous storm of ins and the snow accompanying it prostrated all wire service. Three persons lost their lives in Everett and Chelsea by the sudden rise of the tide. The storm center was somewhere off Nantucket, but the gale swept over the greater of New England.

Coming on a full, moon, the gale rolled a wave along the coast which in some places reached a height of over seven feet above low water mark. In this city it went across Atlantic avenue on the water front. and Tilled hundreds of cellars, causing an estimated damage of one million dollars. Drowned While in Bed. In Everett, Cornelius Harkin and his wife were caught in their bed and overwhelmed by the flood while an Infant Ifjst its life ltivChelsea under similar circumstances.

In many places along the coast, persons were taken from their home in boats, hundreds of. Summer cottages were undermined, bulk heads were destroyed and persona living some distance from the otr iuuiiu uinu3ci es rootling uver me open ocean. Providence clung to the outside world by only a single wire, while communication toward Fall River, Newport and New Bedford and Cape Cod by ordinary lines ceased at Brockton. The wireless established communication with Cape Cod and there was much relief when the word came from the famous peninsula that the long sandy beach had not been marked by a wreck. Fallen wires for a radius of twenty miles around Boston and through-out Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island made it necessary to cut out complete electric lighting plants In these communities that were served by the overhead system.

Cambridge, Somerville, Lynn, Broc-ton. Providence Fall River and New Pedford were in darkness except for the light afforded by the full moon. Conditions In New York and Vicinity. New Tork. Dec.

26. New York and its environs were practically stormbound today for the first time this Winter. The west wing of railroad service was almost wholly cut off, wire communication In every direction was crippled, streets blocked with snow and shipoing even within the protection of the harbor suffered considerable damage. The derangement of railway traffic was one of the most serious disturbances In several years. Trains from the south and west bore the worst of the delay, service In these directions being practically cut off all day, while the up-State and Canadian trnlns were hours behind time.

At 8 o'clock this morning a small tidal wave swept Into the harbor and with occasional fury dashed over the battery sea wall and flooded many Centlnned Page Three. the News Coming Week may be fleelde'd at the meeting of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association In New York Tuesday. Forelgn dispatch during the week may deal with the floods on the Spanish penlsula. the health of King Alfonso of Spnln; leal complications over the rich estate of Ix-pold, late king of the Relglans; the political situation In Greece where the Military league seems to be arranging things to its own satisfaction, and the whereabouts of Dr. Frederick A.

Cok. In view of recent revelations, rather morbid curlonslty exists regarding the Rrooklyn physician's personality and this wHl not be satisfied until he give the world a chance to prove the reliability of the sutpirlous concerning his mental condition. IJUUT POSTMASTER GEXERAIS UK-PORT OF DEFICIT HECFRHINU FROM SECOND' CLASS. RURAL DELIVERY NETS LOSS Service Should he Improved and Railroads Could Carry Tonnage on Cheaper HuhIm Franking Prtvlleg" Se jo be Abused Correction Suggested. Washington, Dec.

2. Confronted with a delict of $17,47. 770. tho present administration of the Postofflce Department began Its operations. This was the largest deflct In the history of the postal service.

So long as the deficit In the department aggregated only a few millions of dollars annually, little attention was paid to it; but when, in the last few years it leaped to upward of $10,000,000, and finally In li09. exceeded "ordinary business prudence suggested that the causes be definitely located." These are statements In the annual report of Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock, made public today. Concerning the results of inquiries into the deficit, the Postmaster General says: "Recent investigations have shown that the two great sources of loss to the postal revenues are second-class mail matter and rural delivery. "The loss on second-class mail matter has been increasing for many years, until It now amounts to Rural Delivery Loss.

"The loss from rural delivery, a service begun hardly a dozen years ago and of unprecedented growth, reaches as high as twenty-eight millions. "In these two items alone the postal service now suffers an annual logs of more than the entire national deficit of the last fiscal year. "Simultaneously with the growing deficit in the postal service, the Nation's income suffered last year a serious depletion incident to the financial depression. Thus it happened that the department's drafts. on.

the treasury were heaviest at. a time when the public funds were lowest- This has accentuated the Importance of the postal deficit, it conspicuous among the losses to be met by the President's plan of reducing expenditures in all executive departments. Retrenchment Policy Adopted. "Since the opening of the administration the Postmaster General and his assistants have adopted measures in conformity with the President's (policy of retrenchment, and these measures are being put into effect with substantial results, as will be shown in this report. "It should be stated with emphasis, however, that economy is not to be enforced at the cost of efficiency.

"Only such measures of economy be adopted, therefore, as can be made a consistent part of a general program having for its chief object the Improvement of the personnel, the form of organization, and the business methods of the postal establishment. Second-Class Matter. "The most striking fact disclosed by recent investigations is the tremendous loss on account of second-class mail. While this class of mail provides a revenue of little more (han one cent a pound, the cost to the Government for its handling and transportation averages 9.23 cents a jpound. The annual loss thus incurred, as already stated, is about 564,000,000.

The growth in the quantity of secortd-class matter sent through the mails has been extraordinary. Since the passage of the act of 1879 prescribing conditions under wailcTi fpuDHcatioua may be mailed at second-class rates, the Aveight of such matter has Increased more than 1,300 per cent. Last year It amounted to. over 700,000,000 pounds. By the weighing of 1907.

second-class matter' was shown to constitute 63 per cent of all domestic mail, and yet it yielded only about five per cent 'of the postal revenues. The loss on second-class matter was greater than the profits on ail classes of mail combined. It exceeded the total amount paid the railways for mail transportation. Cost of Magazines. "Magazines and other periodical publications exclusive of dally newspapers comprise about 60 per ceft of the second-class mall.

The magazines alone form about 2 0 per cent. Magazines proper, because of the long average naul. show a cost of more than flye cents a pound for transportation, while in the case of daily newspapers for which the average distance of distribution Is much less, the transportation cost Is under two cents a pound. "The annual Horss on third-class mall Is something over three million dollars. The mall matter carried free under congressional franks cost the Government annually about a half million dollars.

A greater loss, about two and a quarter millions annually, results from the free handling of official mall for executive departments other than the Postofflce Department. The annual cost of handling the free official mail of the Postofflce Department is estimated at about $3,000,000. If the several branches of the Federal Government were made to bear their proper share of the expense of transporting and handling official mall, greater care would be taken no doubt in the exercise of the franking privilege and some saving to the overnment would accordingly result. The wisdom of doing away entirely with the franking privilege or official mall' has been suggested, but this is- a matter for Congress to determine. Such a plan would relieve the postofflce Department of a heavy expense It Is now obliged to Incur in the handling of fr mall for other branches of Government establishment.

Rnral Delivery. "The rural delivery service has developed in twelve years from an ex- Continued Iae night. TAKES DR. WILEY Ai OTHERS TO TASK Jleveroe Decision Given bj Them and Itraldent Roosevelt- Ho lie IK-1de Whiskey Manufactured by Various lTttmme Can labeled. Tlie Difference.

Washington. Dec. 58. The definition of the word "whlskjtf' wai given today when President Tfcft rendered the final decision on the subject In connection with the construction of pure food law with reference to labelling. The president held that whisky made of neutral spirits la whisky, when reduced to potable strength.

The President conveyed other details In his decision and gave directions for the proper branding of various varieties of liquor, holding, among other things, that whisky made from a mixture of 'straight" whisky and "neutral" spirits may be called a blend. According to Instructions under this deihion "straight whiskies" will hereafter be branded as such, but the brand may me accompanied by the legend "aged In wood" and whisky made from rectified, distilled or neutral spirits may be branded so as to make known the principal Ingredient In addition. If they so desire, act iters of straight whisky! may also use the word "bourbon" or rye" as tho facts may warrant Th definition of "blends' Is bot made broad enough to Include neutral spirits from molasses and reduced to potable strength. This article fnnot be labelled as whisky, It Is rum. The President takes Dr.

Wiley and other chemlnts to task for a "fundamental error" as to what the name "whisky has Included during the past 160 years and he also expresses the opinion that Mr. Bowers makes ''too nice a distinction" in his deductions. "If," In; says, speaking of the opinion of Mr. Uowers. "high wines at from 140 degrees to 10 degrees hen reduced to potable strength and containing a very small quantity of fusel oil and flavored" try burnt sugar are whisky, he has found, then the more Improvement In tha process ay continuous aieuwauons, so as to give a product of from 110 degrees to ISt degrees proof and still further to reduce its fusel oils, is not to change its whole nature or to' make what- I genuine whisky, imitation whisky, because of a slightly reduced trace of Ingredients.

The distinction triA Imnrartlenhle in argument for the execution of the law. President think that such tin order'as his decision contemplates cannot do injury. "Those," he says, "who make whisky of rectified, or redistilled or neutral spirits, cannot complain. In order to prevent further frauds, they ere required to use a brand which shall show exactly the kind of wsls-ky they are selling. For that reason It seems to me fair, to require them to brand their --products as whisky made from rectified spirits," or 'Whisky from redistilled spirits' or 'whisky -made rrom neutral spirits' as the case may be and when 'aged in wood' as-is some times the case with this class of whisky, they may add the-fact." Public Entitled to Know.

Speak'ng further in the same line he seys: "The public will' be made to know wn bind a nViilrv Knif and drink. If they desire straight whisky" they can secure it by purchasing wTiat is branded 'straight whisky, if they are willing to drink whisky made of neutral spirits, then they can buy it under a brand show-. Ing it, and if they ar, content with a btend of flavors made by the mixture' of straight whisky and whisky made up of neutral spirits, the brand of the blend upon the package will nable them to buy and drink that which they desire. This was the intent ofithe act. ilijures no man's lawful business "because it only insists upon the it inula mm a renrn niY- wnia kymade of neutral spirits and wish to, cair, it -wniBKy witnout explanatory facts, complain because of the of neutral spirits on the label "injures their trade they are without just ground to ask for a misstatement of facts.

More than this, if straight whisky or any other kind of whisky is aged In wood, the fact jnnr "branded on th fiatkno-o nnrt this claim- to favor may thus be truthfully; put forth. Thus the purpose of th pure food law is fully accomplished In respect to misbranding and truthful branding." Other Decision are Rendered. The 'decision follows the lines of the construction reached by the Royal Commission of Oreat Britain and reverses the verdict of former president former Attorney General flonaparte, Solicitor General powers and Dr. Wiley, Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry. The Roose- Contlaaed Page Right.

A Forecast of ffor the Interest in the Nlcaraguan situation Is now divided between Zelaya's movements, and the effort of Madrlg to unite the warring factions of the republic. A gathering of scholars will be the convention feature of New York this week. On Monday Mr. Tftft with the Governor of the State and the Mayor of the City will welcome leaders of tpn learned societies embracing some 1,000 1 members. The gathering which will mark the J5th anniversaries of the American ITistorlal Association aid the American Economic Association, will last through Friday.

Effort to settle the rwttohmen strike In the Northwest continue. The future of collegiate MRS. JTEAXETTE STEWART-FORD WILL GO TO TRIAL TODAY. IS SAID SHE BLED WARRINER Woman Has Threatened to Make Interesting Revelations and for IMs Reason Much Interest I Attached to Her Trial Warriner Will Probably Tell His Story on Witness Stand. Cincinnati, Ohio.

Dec. 26. Charged with having rectved stolen money and with blackmail, Mrs. Jeanette Stewart-Ford, will be placed on trial in this city tomorrow. Charles L.

Warriner the convicted local treasurer of the Big Pour Railway, in whose accounts there was a shortage of $643,000, is scheduled to be the star witness in the hearing before Criminal Court Judge Woodmansee. Warriner, who on last Wednesday pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six years in the penitentiary on a charge of embezzlement, ate his Christmas dinner In a cell in the county Jail here, his entrance into the prison at Columbus being deferred in order to permit him to be used as a witness In the trial of the indictments against Mrs. Stewart-Ford, the ''woman in the case." Mrs. Stewart-Ford, both individually and through her counsel, has announced that she will fight to the limit the Indictments against her and she has broadly hinted at. revelations of a startling nature.

There Is, as a consequence, widespread Interest with reference to this phase of the case. There Is likewise no lack of Interest regarding Warrlner's testimony Inasmuch as he had not yet told his story on tha witness stand. Is Prepoes8lng Woman. Mrs. Stewart-Ford is described as a woman exceedingly prepossessing personal appearance.

She is the daughter of the late Martin Tlmmons of Portsmouth. Ohio, and Inherited a fortuoe of $60,000 some ten years ago, and since that time she also Inherited a comfnrtable fortune on the- death of an aunt. Mrs. Stewart-Ford Immediately before her arrest alleged that she had not inherited all this money, but It I1 understood that the prosecution vUl try to show that her fortune was en- Continued en Vnttr F.lght. TO STEAM PIPE CITIZENS OF Ht RLET, VA MADE VERY SHORT WORK OF MURDERER.

KILLED MAN AND SHOT WOMAN Was Shot by Mrs. Baker After He Had Killed Her Husband and Later Wounded by Sheriffs Posse. Taken From Improvised Jell by Crowd of 100 Later In Night. Hurley, Dec. 26.

Following the killing here on Christmas Eve of Samuel Baker and the serious wounding of his wife and two children by the former's enemy, Henry Pennington, a mob of one hundred citizens late last night took Pennington from an Improvised Jail -where he had been Incarcerated under heavv guard and hanged him to a steam pipe. Pennington, who, it is alleged, had been drinking, quarreled with Baker and then later shot him while he was on the way to a Sunday School Christmas tree with his wife, two children and a friend, Wyatt Meadows. Seeing that he had killed Baker, Pennington started to run away. Mrs. Baker called after Pennington and implored him to help her take the body home.

The ruse worked and Pennington went back to the spot where his victim lay. Bent upon avenging the deed, Mrs. Baker grabbed Pennington's pistol from his --pocket and shot twice at him. Her aim was had, but she succeeded in him in the hand and Pennington recovered possession of the pistol and then shot the woman and attempted to kill Meadows, who was running away. It Is said, and the two children.

Pennington then fled, but was surrounded by a posse en the outskirts of the town later in the night. He was captured after an exchange of shots with the officers who badly wounded him. Being too weak to stand the 'Journey to the Jail fifteen miles distant over a mountainous country, Pennington jvas locked up in a boarding house "under a strong guard. Last night a band of about one hundred citizens quietly overpowered the guard and Pennington was taken to the engine room of a lumber mill near by and hanged to a steam pipe. The body was riddled with bullets and was left hanging until 9 o'clock this morning when It was cut down.

Baker's funeral was held today but htl wife was too badly wounded to at tend. Baker was a son-in-law of "Aunt Betty' Justice, and a brother- in-law of George Mendows, two of the victims of the famous sextuple mur der here several months ago for which Howard Little has been sen tenced to death In the electric chair on January Dr. Brook Dead. Chicago. Dec.

26. ---Dr. Almon Brooks, for 35 years a resident of Chicago, who served as surgeon In the Confederate Army. Is dead at his home, aged 69. A native of Ohio.

Dr. Brooks lived In TonnPFsoe and Arkansas before coming to Chicago. Pot Offi-e Robbed. "hattanonKa, Hoc. 26.

Some time during Inst nUht robbers entered the postofflce at Ringgold, twenty miles from this city and robbpd the safe of $800 In stamps and $10 In Hloo.i hounds trailed the thief to tho d-pot where boarded a train 1-V A DCED NEAR ARXOL'D ILI.E. TILES HAD BEEN Both Made Liberal Use of Their Revolvers Two Men Said to Have Caused Trouble Arrested Carroll and Magee in a Shooting Scrape at Palmetto. Special to The. Times. St.

Martinsville, Dec. 26. Ozeme Roy and Wade Higginbotham killed each other last night in a fight in Roy's saloon near Arnaudville on the dividing line between St. Landry and St. Martin Parishes, and S.

Hardy and Isaac Thibodaux are in Jail as accessories, because they are said to have carried talcs which brought about the double tragedy. Higginbotham was a constable in St. Landry Parish, and he was told yesterday that Roy had denounced him in the presence of a large crowd. Yesterday he paid three visits to Roy's place, but It was not until 8:30 o'clock that he found Roy, and protested against the language used about him. Roy denied the statements and called Higginbotham a lair.

Both drew their revolvers, Roy shooting six times, and Higginbotham five. Ro was shot through the heart and in falline- shot Higginbotham through the head, killing hlin instantly. The sheriffs or both St. Landry and St. Martin are on the scene.

Two Shot at Palmetto. Special to The Times. Melville, Dec. 26. At Palmetto last night Charles Carroll and John Magee renewed an old quarrel, and Magee was shot down and seriouslv wounded by Carroll.

Ernest Soileau, A brother-in-law of Magee came up and shot and wounded Carroll. Magee is not expected to live. A few years ago Soileau's brbther was shot and Instantly killed In a fleht with Carroll's brother, and Magee was seriously wounded in that arfair. Fought to a Draw. New Orleans, Deo.

26. Ray Broton of Indianapolis, and Matty Baldwin of Indians, fought twenty rounds to a draw before the Westslde Athletic Club at McDonoghville this afternoon. The fight was fast. The men weighed In at 133 pounds. 1 SIX HURT IX AITO ACCIDENT.

Jacksonville, Dec 26. Six persons were more or lrss seriously Injured late this aft-ternoon when the big touring car owned by George N. Iane of Chicago, struck a curbing anl turned turtle. The occupants were violently thrown from the machine which was badly wrecked. Mr sustained- a fractured shoulder and It la believed Is Internally Injured.

Mrs. Lan" was badlv bruised. Mr. and Mrs Elmer E. Lawrence were severely shaken up.

Charles E. Smith was knocked unconscious and Mr. Smith was badly Injured about the arm and body. MY. Is the clPrk of the Mon-rrelf race conr bore.

Alleged Murderer Was Rushed Creenvliln. S. Dec. 16. Jesse Fuller, charged with murdering fJ.

E. Iilddell, a prominent reiil estate was rushed to the County Jail this afternoon, only-after the local authorities, assisted by a local military company had narrowly averted a lynching. Joe Barker, licit! as an acomrdlee In the murder, was rushed to the Laurens Jail. Fuller, who Is regarded as a desperate character, was arrested the morning following the alleged confession made Hi W. O.

Stover, a contractor. Shortly after the arrest, crowds gathered around the Jail and threats of. lynching were freely made. Thi Hlytlte Rifles were called out to pr-Wt the end at an opportune moment Fuller was placed In an automobile and taken tit Spartanburg.