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VOLUME XXXVII. XO. 334. SAY THREE MORE WILL DESERT Opponents ol Aurora Can didate Declare That be fore tod of Week Several of His Former Supporters Will Be Casting Votes lor Rivals, -i. FRANK O.

LOWDEN THE DARK HORSE Friends of Congressman Have Been Making a Determined Campaign In His Benall Tnroagnont Slate Other Desertions From Standard ol Senator Are Predicted. Three more eupportera of Albert J- Hopkins will desert the ranks this week. This statement given out by the anti-Hopkins forces in Chicago was one of yesterday" developments in the senatorial deadlock. Another waa a report to the effect that Congressman Frank O. Lowden Is being looked upon by several members of the House aa a dark horse candidate.

As regards the predicted desertion of three of Hopkins' supporters this week, the anils declared yesterday that they were men who have been elosely affiliated with him up to this time. Furthermore, they declared thai acveral other Hopkins men stand rtady to witch over a soon as a suitable candidate Is agreed upon. Values Xat Reveille. Those" responsible for the statement did not reveal any names. That Is being kept secret for the said.

Politicians declared yesterday that tbe boom down state for Congressman Frank O. Lowden as-a senatorial candidate-was increasing in strength. Congressman Lowden has a large number of friends who have been actively at work for some time In his behalf. In aouthera Illinois politicians are busily engaged looking after his Interests, and- they are receiving the co-operation of not a few country newspapers. Several members of the Legislature also look upon him with favor.

However, Mr. Lowden has already said that he -would not become a candidate as long as: Senator ItapWtunntttnj the 'nod be- stm maintains this attitude. Congressman-la said to be' keeping in close touch with the dead lock' situation through political friends on the scene. William B. TrnlMH Active.

One of these; it' ia aald, is William E. Trautmaa. United 8tatts district attorney, of East EL Loais. It is said that Traut-mann sees in Lowdeo an excellent possibility, as a dark boraev candidate; and be has even bee a mtnUontd as a prospective campaign manager for Lowden in the aouth- rn part ot the state. Senator Hopkins entertains a feeling of resentment for Trautmann, according to goeeip from Springfield, because he btlievea the latter, responsible for John L.

Flsnnl-gens breaking from bis forcea last hiirtir TMntminii'fl ilft I A a that he was not responsible nd that Flannlgen's action was taken of his own-tree will. -Friends of Harry Ward, postmaster at 111., are also mentioned 'as being friendly to Lowden. and It Is pointed out that Postmaster Ward himself has been- keeping of Lowden's possible candidacy have teen circulated persistently. Flan rMpal. Tha-CongTesaman'a political frlenda flown state are said to have planned a systematic campaign luruugu ine country newspapers ln-hls Interest.

Long articles and editorials-are being printed from- time to time, ttoom-Ing Mm for Senator. Close observers of the situation yesterday that." Supporters ot Lowden arc doing everything possible to increase his strength. It was further pointed oat that whew 8ei ator Hopkins was in Washington not long ago the only Illinois Congressman he did not visit waa Mr. Lowdeo. The latter was reported to iie-ill In Atlantic City at the time, flfcortty after Senator 'Hopkins returned borne-.

Mr. Lowden reappeared in Washrng-ton." Congressman Lorimer aoon after aaw -air. Lowden in Washington, and when he returned home reported that the latter was la good health. Politicians asaert that rumors to the effect that Republican lo the southern part of the state, would vote for Rodenbprg hay really meant that so much work was being done for Congressman Lowden. v--v-' The belief has been expressed that Governor Deneer will not arree td Mr.

Lowden for Senator, and will oppose any ideal which iias that end in view. Coavsay- Mar Enter-Flwat. According to -report current yesterday X. 8." a member of the Chicago Association of Commerce, may enter the senatorial light this week. With the primary- election 'two days off Republican and Democratic politicians alike were "busy yesterday arranging final details nd planning ward to be held this afternoon and tonight in the interest of the various Especial Interest- la centered in next Tuesday's primary from the fact that it will be the first held under the new election law.

The rolls will be. open from o'clock In the morning until o'clock in the afternoon. At 'a meeting of the political management committee of the Democratic party yesterday afternoon credentials were? given out to the committeemen: The candidacy of Harry Hlldreth for city tressurer teas Indorsed. as was also that of Alderman Franc-la Coa-ery for city clerk. -V' Will Avoid Caaf The board of election commissioners yesterday notified the party commit teea to make some arrangements ts avoid confusion In mom of the river wards, where there ia a surplus of precinct committeemen as a result of the direct primary last August.

Secretary McGillen of the Democratic central committee said if there was any contusion among their precinct committeemen the central committee would certify who should be Eight meetings, each one representing five were held in the Fourteenth ward last night, indorsing the candidacy of James Law-ley for the Republican nomination for alderman. r-; Jacob Goldstein, candidate for the Demo? eratlc nomination for city clerk, is receiving tCentinued on rage 5, Column 4.) HOPKINS IS MYSTERY III SEEK DIVORCE! JUDGEWILL flEOPEII THE TfilAL After Decree Is Granted, Suspicions Are Raised by the Actions of Man and Wife During the Hearing of the Case. DECLARED TO HAVE COME TO COURT IN AUTO TOGETHER Extraordinary Steps Taken to Keep Affair Secret Even'From Mother of Woman Cruelty Was Charge in Petition. Of all mysterious divorces chronicled In the annals the Chicago eourta, that granted yesterday to Mrs. Mary Cramsle Seek from James Henry -Seek it the most mysterious.

Mr. Seek la vice president of the Covel Manufacturing company, fih Dearborn -Owing to -strenuous effort, on tae part ol Mr. ana atra.Seek- to keep, details of. the divorce from the newspapers, an iavestlgar tioir bv an Infer Ocean reporter revealed a Condition of affsirs probably unprecedented In the history of divorce case in Chicago or anywhere When The result or.tne reporter lnvesn-aatlona waa made known to Judge Albert Barnes of the Circuit court last night he announced that he reopen the case-end probably would aet aside the decree dtvorce; whlcn waa enterea reaterusy morn ing One of the strangest features pi tne case (Continued on Page Column 4.) aasaassBBB BSBBSssaaaBassBBssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss CHICAGO, SUNDAY 3IORNIXG, TEimUAKY .21, 1909. SEVEN TARTS.

PRICE FIVE CENTS. CHILD'S- SKELETON IS FOUND-UNDER HOUSE; CRIME THEORY tenants Cof; Twenty Years to Be Examined for Solution; of JVlystery Supposed to Have' Been; Murden: 'The finding of the skeleton ofa child, apparently about a years boried. under a house at 57a West Belmont avenue, yesterdsy gave tbe police a clew to what Is believed to have been a murder. 1 Apparently tbe child bad been killed by. being struck-' on the The skuU was.

crushed above the temple. A dosen detectives from the Shakespeare avenue police station the More than a score of families have lived In tfce house since it was built, twenty years ago. Tbe namea of every family that ever lived In the dwelling baa been secured. They will be given a chance to help solve the mystery. The house is occupied now by V.

Swan and family. They have lived there, but four month. Charles W. Wank. 2180 -Xorth Francisco avenue, a plumber, discovered the skeleton.

He was engaged in taking up a clogged water pipe when he 'uncovered tbe boxJji which tbe ekeletoo lay. Tt box bad been burleA under a part of the bouse where excavation was least likely to be started. There was a space of but two feet between the ground and the Joists of tbe first floor ot the house. Wank struck the box with' a spade. The rotten wood -crumbled.

He dug the box out carefully and carried lt'lo tbe light. Open 150 ARE ARRESTED AROUND PRIZE RING III BIG POLICE-RAID Students in Miscellaneous Throng in Stock Yards Building Taken Up for Attending Proposed Box-' ing Match. YOUTH FALLS DURING ESCAPE ATTEMPT AND IS INJURED Second "-Lid Lifting" Within Month Stopped by Assistant Chief of Police With Patrol Wagon Cara van. One hundred and fifty men and boys, most of them students at the University of Chicago, were arretted last night In a raid on a prise fight" being held by the Algonquin club at Us clubhouse, 812 Sixty-Third street. PERSONAL OR NATIONAL? The raid 'was unexpected by the members of' the club, and when seven patrol wagona backed vp in front at the building there Vw.as -a grand for the doors.

Through the doors, not guarded by policemen, through windows and through every possible exit the men tried-to eacapc- William Webb. 3548 Emerald avenue, tried to escape by sliding down a It broke and he fell on the pavement, striking his He waa taken to the Washington park hospital, where it was that Jits skull was fractured. Halc Prevlsa. Attemat. v.

Two weeks ago the same club is aald to bare attempted to pfy loose tbe boxing lid (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) ing, the- lid, which bad been securely nailed down, be waa horrified to find the skeleton ot a child. William 8tahl of the Shakespeare Avenue police station was notified of Wank discovery. He at once detailed detective to Investigate the case. The skeleton was taken to tbe county morgue, where It was examined by Dr. Warren Hunter, the county expressed the belief that the child waa about 3 years old.

Gcstav'EchilHnger, owner of the house, was communicated with. He supplied a list ef tbe tenants who bad lived ia the dwelling. He aald he would gladly assist the police in clearing up the mystery. Lieutenant Stabl feels certain that he will be able to learn something definite about the parents of the child today. i "It Is certainly the child of some one who has.

lived In the bouie," he said last night. "None else would have burled a body where this waa buried. We have a complete list of the tenants of the house for several yeara past, and I believe that we will have little trouble In getting evidence In the case." Pbysiciane who examined the box and the skeleton are of tbe opinion that the body had' been" burled at least five They explain that being tinder the house In a dry place-, -the bones would- be preeeiwed-much longer than if burled ia the open. DICKIIISOil FOR POST OF WAR SECRETARY! IIAGEL LABOR CHIEF Tennessee Man Agreed Upon at Conference, but President-Elect Will Not Give Out Statement Re- garding His Action in Matter. BALLINGER OF WASHINGTON TO GET CABINET POSITION Prospective Officials Have Been V.

Long Favored Candidates for the Places, and Their Fitness Has Been Generally Conceded. pcta! ntapateli to Tha Inter Oesaa. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 20. J.

M. Dickinson of Tennessee will be Secretary of, War in the Taft Cabinet Charles Nagel of St. Louis will be Mr. Taft'g Secretary of Commerce and. Labor, R.i A.

-Ballinarer will be Secretary of the Interior. -I-. Thla. statement ia not made upon tha an-oonncement of Mr. Tart, but its correctness may be accepted without question.

'5 Mr. Kagel waa a caller uponthe Presidentelect ifrrlday "and Mr. Dickinson had ference with blm today. iv -J Taft Heaaalae 9ileat. "4 MrvTafl will permit of no announcement from him aa to these conclusions.

It' has been known for sons however, that be bad practically -decided upon Mr. NageJ's appointment, and the interview yesterday neara all the earmarks of having bean ar- ranged, for the express purpose" of an offer r.Dd acceptance. i Mr.v Dickinson came -to tyncinhatl-from Chicago today. He has- not been under con sideration aa a uamnet possioMiiy ior long a -time, 'but-bas been personally and. most favorably known by Mr.

Talt lor nan Hit fminent lexal record aBd acknowl-. 'fdfed ability such as -to commend blm, peculiarly' to Mr. Dickinson ia a Ttnnesseean, aiihougn temporarily Tesia-ing in Chicago, where his duties aa general solicitor of the Illinois Central systetn. required hls presenpe. He Is a Democrat, althougn always hating opposed Brya'd.

'iee at At "yenla, Ohio. Mr. Taft's car was surrounded by an eager i-rowdi and he came out on the back platform and asked for the aup-port and prayera ot tbe people that the duties (Continued on Page 4 Column 'INDEX TO THE rt. Page. 1 feelare three deaert Ilnpklna.

Seek dlwe. -Areet tnw at prise hi, Taft Blcka Dleklnaaa. .1 "Mjrmtrry la fladlaar of skeletaa. Bride (esse alala. Prcaldeat acoreal for ateel sleal.

2 Caleaaro eeater ofsleel war. Deelare GlaaTlea alrl'a atorr trae. Ma4ses aaaln ladleted. Cooler ta biMl of ksssr. 4 Thaasaada la welcome fleet.

ardera' kill. Crawda at eemeat ahaw. Kdltarlal. Kewa af the railroads. Coata immesiie la Boath race.

8 Robla Cooper rlaliaa aelf-defeaae. Iteaerr riant for Saell sallllaaaw City rata aa jbr rldea, 'i rlr Iirlaea pence 1a Ai Ma Bear ninthly rlde MFWiPR IS II sW aasr a Ja at a aL m. as a AND. PRESIDENT DID 'SENATECOMMITTEE VERDICT Bride of Week Who Wat Murdered i Her Home Yesterday, wm if 11J iUFt, mm mm BRIDE SHOT POLICE Mrs. Ida Cbdper' Murdered After.

Struggle With Be One; She Refused to Wed. i Mrs. Ida Cooper, a bride of four days, was murdered Jn the bedroom of her home at 4223 "Emerald avenue yesterday. -V'Tv Boarders entering- the bouse at noon found her lying on the floor beside her bed la.a pooh of blood A' wound over the right temple showed Where a ballet bad It came" out a "the base Of the Marks oii the woman's throat -indicated her assailant bad attempted tochoko police searching for Edward Thompson, a boarder at the Cooper borne and former sweetheart; of the mnrdered woman. A Search jforTbomBSon i began- J(f ter ot her boardera4old.th police he bad tb'reateaed on.

several occasloasrta kltnst 'Cdni'aa- If she in arrled Coopers Etbei SeydT, 13 years Void; who lives" next door to the 'heme, aaw a man leave the place' soon after the.shoqting.-v-Th. description he gave 'the 'police tallies with other descriptions of Thompson." i Thomas Cooper, butband of Abe murdered woman, openly accused Thompsoa'yesterday and threatened to kill him on tight; In the relations of -Cooper a-nd bla "wife bod. their boarder la disclosed one of the strangest stories In the police annals of the city, Ha Made Death Threats. Information furnished by half a dosen persons showed that both Cooper and Thompson were suitors for the hand of the dead woman and that Thompson had threatened death- to alt three: Cooper was married. -to Ida MUlef by tbe Rev.

Johnston Meyer at Immanuel Baptist church Tuesday, afternoon. Wedneaday he- and bis wife accompanied Thomson to the Polk Street depot, where. Cooper, purchased a ticket to' New--York tor-Thompson over the Lehigh paying $1 for. lt. Thompson- took it- and boarded-the -train.

Later In the day the ticket waa returned unused, to the general bfllces of thccompany ana the purchase price refunded: x. -Six men 'employed- In stock; yards neighborhood, are boarders. at -th'e Cooper They are Howard Gates; Willis Burley. S. C.

Biack, Ben On-trvers and Edward O'Brien. Gates reached tbe home shortly after noon. Dinner was ready to be served and a kettle waa bailing over the kitchen Mrs. Cooper was nowhere td be seen. Gates started to hunt for her.

pushed open the bedroom and found tbe dead- body. Blood still tricked from the wound and was spattered over tbe bed clothing and Into an open trunk. Haabaed Aeeasea Hlval. Police at the stock yards etatlonVere notified of the murder and -Captain William Phinkett and Lieutenant Michael d. -Crane, and later.

Inspector William Clancey, took charge of the case. Thomas Cooper, husband of tbe murdered woman, an engineer at the Chicago Reduction company. Thirty-Ninth and Iron streets, reached bla home as the police arrived. He threw himself on the floor Iwaidethe body of bis bride and gave way to a frenxy Police officers lifted him to hi feet and il if mm IN HOM SEEK SUITOR then he cursed his former boarder, charging. Dim with the murder of bis wife and threat ening bim with deatK on sight.

ts. waa removed a at Wt rorty- Tlilwl trt.i-. i a lilniiilkTnNtfT li LVaclouavr-She came to Chicago-from Nw J-if I Tor and secured employment u.rai.a im euucom- as waitress at a.board1ng-ouae" conducted effect, would be to administer by 41(1 Halated street, i taot severe-rebuke-to President Roeaevejt She waa employed there wntir Jan." 1. when practically lo direct the Attorney Gen-' she rented tbe house at 4223. Emerald avc- raHobring proceedings against the 8ieel nue and started, a boarding-bouse for her corporation under the Sherman law.

place four or er In the Senate make no aecret ot the fact five boarder l.rt.ttt Brown house and went 1 that jhey are nnwilllng to go that far. -to; board: Mtsw Among tbeae CaasaaMtee Will Ca Slaw. t.TiMinr-..V- r. these cireumsrancea Iha fnll com-. ttaaaaacaV Thompson 'pot in an appearance several days aft-er the- new boarding-house was opened; eamingo Chicago from Florida.

He took up bis abode at Mtse Miner a ooaromg- He has-aad no employment since arriving." j- f-'" From Brown." former employer of tbe murdered wad secured much information with reference to the movements of the Coopers and "While Mia-Miller, was with me" said Brown "she told me she bed a sweetheart back in New York; After ahe started her own boarding-house and bad promised to marry Cooper, she said she asked Cooper (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) TO HAVE A CLEAR, VELVETY- COMPLEXION "7 By Madame D'Mille. i Mm. D'M-ille onerof Parla' most famous bcairties. Juft r-SKsing through Chicago, give a few valuable ideas on -akin treatment, ss" 2-- i iusu eoni from beautiful japan, and. aay th.

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Special Dispatch to The Inter Ocean, WASHLXOTOX. D. Feb.20. President Roosevelt was given a eevere rebuke toCar by (he aubcommittee of'the Senate commit tee on Judiciary, which decided-" by a rota ot 3 to 2 that tha-Executive' had acted with- put any-autbority In law in sanctioning tb "merger of the Vnited States Steel corpora- tlon and'the Tennessee Coal and Iron company. The committee decided also that the merger was aa illegal combination In restraint of trade.

Tk-e commutes holds 1 bat no matter what the emergency tbe President has no discretion in tbe.enrorcetneiil of wfaickt mesjjs that it cousidirs tby thlt augiyirat guilty'ot tbe ueurpat lint ef poref.r The President ia not the only oae. however, to be made a target by the committee. Statements by Judge TB. H. Gary and H.

Prick, thai they did not want to buy the Tenaessea. company are treated satirically la the committee report: It la probable that the report will ba greatly modified and aborn -of most of its sting by Vhe time, it reaches the Senate. If it should be adopted In its present faraa there would be hardly any alternative than, to direct' tbe. Department of Justice to prosecute the United States' Steel corporation) nader the Sherman anti-trust law. Hals PmUtat Rseeeaed Pawer.

When the aubcommittee, which bas bee a Investigating- the merger of the Tennessee) Coal and Iron company and the United State T- rm Pat Inn n. rtAmni la decided by a vote of to a to report to tb full lb President was net authorised "permit -the-abrorptlon. Tha CommfUxe found also that President Roosevelt "was equally to direct i ha A rtorney General not to interfere with tha and awt- to enforce the federal statutes against it.1 It waa decided alco that aa both. companies were engaged In lntr-slate commerce the absorption was in viola-, lion mf the Sherman anti-trust law. It waa found, thai: the.

effect and purpose of the ab- MWVW sorption ere. to -monopolize tbe iron or supply or toe country and generally foeltm-. inate I be Tennessee company as a com sell tor United States Steel corporation The fact that, such a report wa ior. ba uoc crruq ouuiwnmm la-vne- senate. me xoircomautte.

mliteei' witen' it meets on Monday, probably decide to consider carefully tbe postibla 5f the report before deciding to adopt 1 conceded that the deliberations ot 1 and It is likely that action ca a not be had at tBi'-stOaV The report aeted upon ws drafted by Sen-ater author of the resolution, providing for the Inquiry. Inquiry was conducted by-a aubcom-mtttee of Messrs. Clarke of Wyoming, uiiiinxnam. ivmrrazp I uinman inn inir. man, first three of these axe Re pub- lic'ana, and the last two Democrats." Seuator Kittredga joined with the two Democrats la making' the majority report.

No minority rtnnrf wilt mutto Kv onatr. ft r-l wJt Dillingham, as thfy expect that when th: wnoie-matter gone over by the full rem-mtttee; there will be a division requiring more than one report. Whatever report they will make- ail! be to-tbe Senate. Tbe aubcommittee decided not to make tha text-of its report public, although tbe inter-i-st-in'U was great that the findings ba-; came know to practically the entire Senata during the afternoon. "tis( Bo a da far Mark." -1 id addition to.

the findings -of law Jhe com-xnlitee reported on -many -queei Ions of fact connected with the merger. It was found that during the panicky daya of November the United States' Steel corporation our- chased all the stock of tbe Tennessee Coal and Iron company except 1220,160, the amount of stock acquired being 130,375.823. It was shown-that only 3632.6S in cash was paid for tb ateck, and that bonds of the Steel corporation were Issued to the amount of or nearly 35.000.COO in excess ot the par value of the Tennessee company stock purr The report quotes from the nt message declaring the absorption was et -sary, according to the representations to iirn by Judge E. H- Gary and H. C.

Frick. on behalf of the Steel corporation, as a certain bualnesa firm of real Importance in New York circles would undoubtedly fail unless the deal could be made. From testimony of a number of witnesses, tbe report declare that the firm of Moore A Schley, stockbrokers of New York city, was tbe tine referred to by Messrs. Gary and Frick. This I the concern whloh 'managed the' affairs of a party of financiers who bought a majority-.