The Idaho Statesman from Boise, Idaho • 1

IDAHO nr A FORTY-NINTH NO 142 BOISE IDAHO TUESDAY MORNING JANUARY 7 1913 PRICE FIVE CENTS FWIT GROWERS HIT HARD IT COLD SHELL SUPREME COURT REJECTS PLAN OF RAILROADS Executive and Administrative Officers of Idaho All But One of Whom Took the Oath Yesterday FIGHT OEGOEED Spectre of European Glue Trust Southern Pacific Stock May Not Bull Moose Conference Picks New Leader and a New Issue California Orange Groves and Orchards of Deciduous Fruits Damaged HERMAN II TAYLOR First Term Lieutenant Governor JOSEPH If PETERSON First Term Attorney General Be Sold to Stockholders Exclusively MAY DIVIDE THE STOCK Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Stockholders May Share in Purchase WASHINGTON Jan 6 The plan proposed by Union Pacific railroad at-tornesy for the Union Pacific-Southern Pacific railroad -merger by allowing the Union Pacific stockholders to have- the exclusive privilege of buying the Southern Pacific stock owned by the Union Pacific railroad corporation was curtly but positively rejected today by the supreme court of the United States Justice Day announced the conclusion of the court on the plan proposed by the railroad attorneys and opposed by the government as he delivered the opinion December 2 holding that the ownership of the stock by the Union Pacific company was a violation of the Sherman Anti-trust law Government officials who heard Justice Day were convinced that a complete end of the merger must be agreed upon and that a dissolution would be rejected by the court Position of Court Tlio court took the position that a corporation is another name for the stockholders and to allow the Union I'aclflc stockholders to buy the slock now lidd by the Union Pacific Railroad company the corporation of which they are the stockholders would amount to liotliing effectually Tlfis action Is regarded as highly Important precedent In anti-trust litigation The case will now go back to the district court of Utah in which' the suit originated for that court to enforce the decree of dissolution directed by the supreme court 31a Dlrido Stock The court did not change today the power of the district court to approve the method of the proposed dissolution further than to hold that the railroad plan of dissolution would not be effective The railroad attorneys and Attorney General Wlckersham are expected to resume negotiations at once for the ending of the merger and some in Washington regard it as not Improbable that the railroad attorneys will assent now to the proposal to allow the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific stockholders to share in the purchase of the Such a plan would not require the stock to be dumped upon the open market IDAHO LIVESTOCK SUFFER ST ANTHONY Jan 6 Cattle and sheep arc suffering In a freezing wind blowing from the north Temperature is around ten below PREPARE FOR CAMPAIGN Fnll State Legislative and County Tickets to Be Put Up in 1914 Castigating tlie Mormon church for -what was termed malicious interference in politics in vilifying Senator John Hart of Fremont county as Ma director of the sinister influences which defeated and tacitly pledging allegiance to support Fred Dubois for the United States senate two years from now was practically all of the work done by the Bull Moos-ers who met in the Owyhee hotel yesterday The main session of the party leaders was executive except for the admittance of members of the press which supported the Bull 3lnose candidates in the late election The first gun against the 3Iormon church and Senator Hart was fired by Chris Jensen of Fremont county who attacked Senator Hart It was urged by several of those present at the meeting that the matters discussed in reference to the attacks upon the church and the members thereof be put in writing and the resolutions be passed by a viva voce vote After parleying upon this matter for the greater part of the morning it was decided that these matters should not be put In writing but that the memberi of the party who were present should agree among themselves to carry out the views as expressed by the speaker Small Crowd Present The conference of the Bull Moose leaders was not as well attended as had been hoped for by those who arranged the meeting There was only about 33 present during the entire session In tlie Jungle room of the Owyhee The matter of placing a candidate before the legislature at this session for election to the United States senale was discussed ot length and the conference decided that no action should be taken upon this matter but that each Individual who was present should go out among the members of the legislature and work for Progressive It was tacitly understood that Fred Dubois Is the Progressive who will be boosted by those who were at the meeting yesterday No Legislators There There was not a member of either (Continued on Page Five) HUSTON First Term Auditor MISS GRACE SHEPHERD Second Term School Superintendent Is Pictured in Argument SIDE BUSINESS PAYS WELL Tariff Encouragement Wanted for Infant Industry of Man ufactured Sponges WASHINGTON Jan 6 A score of manufacturers Importers and representatives of other interests affected by customs changes recounted their grievances before the house committee on ways and means today in the first of a series of hearings preliminary to the sharp revision of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law at the coming extra session of congress The discussion ranged from poker chips to sponges 'and from caustic potash to laundry soap The burden of the arguments was the maintenance of the present tariff instead of the changes proposed by the Democrats along the lines of the chemical tariff revision bill that was put through both houses to a White House veto last year Spectre of Trust The spectre of a gigantic glue trust whose tenaclea reached out over- Europe and into South America was raised by Charles Delaney president of the National Association of Glue and Gelatine Manufacturers Mr Delaney pictured the glue as controlling 75 per cent of the output of glue of the continent of Europe and extending its operations to South America The glue trust he also said was largely engaged in the manufacture of gelatine The' witness said the present tariff on glues and gelatine was not prohibited He declared any material change in the present conditions seriously would weaken the Industry He suggested separating the two items agreeing there could be some adjustment of the rates if glue (Continued on Page Two) ATTACK POLICE IN HEWYORK Busy Day in Newark With Eight Hundred Marching Strikers NEW YORK Jan 6 In their efforts to intercept 350 young women employed in the wholesale clothing manufacturing concern of Taylor Co as they were leaving work tonight SCO striking garment workers the majority cf them women attacked the police on guard in front of the building Automobiles were waiting to teke the young women to their homes' and the police had formed lines on either side of the doorway across the sidewall to the curb The police used their clubs on the outstretched arms of the strikers who tried to' seize the dresses of the girls The automobiles quickly were filled and rushed away This was the only disturbance of the day which marked the' beginning of massed picketing by the strikers The police were busy today at Newark keeping in check the 800 strikers who formed In bodies and marched through the factory districts Five arrests were made AN OLD RESIDENT DIES Joseph Farrell of lcatcllo Found Dead In Bed at His Ranch POCATELLO Jan 6 Joseph Farrell 50 years of age and an old resident of the city was found dead In bed at Ills ranch three miles south of here this morning He left his home for the ranch last Saturday and that was the last seen of him alive His dead body wds discovered by a neighboring rancher who called to get some milk Foiling to awaken Farrell whom he could plainly sea lying In the bed he called assistance and made forceable entrance with the result stated Death was due to natural causes Deceased leaves a wife and four children NEW 31EDAL FOR PRESIDENT Jewish Society Honors Him for Intervention With Russia WASHINGTON Jan 6 President Taft has added to his collection of decorations a gold medal presented to him for the championship of the Jewish cause In the recent diplomatic em-brogllo wIthRussia which resulted in the abrogation of the treaty The medal is the gift of the B'nal GETS C03I3IISSI0N GOVE11X3IEXT OTTUMWA la Jan 8 This city today adopted the commission form of government by a vote of 1351 to 1275 LOSS REACHES MILLIONS Arizona Colorado Wyoming and Texas Suffer With Zero Weather WATER SUPPLIES FREEZE Salt Lake Business District Is Without Adequate Fire Protection At POMOXA Cal Jan When the mercury dropped to 19 just before midnight tonight the own- ers of two thousand acres of orange groves in this section gave i up hope of saving their crops They said their loss would amount to liuindreds of tliousonds of dollars LO Jan 6 Thousands of men were out tonight pitting their Ingenuity against the cold weather In an effort to save from further damage Southern California's orange and leon -crop which was valued at £arly 950000000 What the loss entailed by last night's freeze will be cannot be estimated with any degree of accuracy so serious growers and experts say that it will have an appreciable effect upon the price of fruit and the outlook tonight was not encouraging The weather bureau predicted a calm windless night with temperatures as low as or lower than those which last night shattered the record' of thirty years Smudge Pots in Action Within a radius of 125 miles of Los Angeles an area which embraces virtually all of the Important orange and lemon growing sections smudge pots by the thousands smouldered or lazed emitting dense clouds of oke which It was hoped -yould the temperature within the orchards and groves sufficiently to prevent further freezing of fruit on the trees All sorts of smudging systems were employed In places crude oil was used to roll thick clouds of black pungent smoke among the orange and lemon-laden trees In other sections blazing distillate burners dotted the hillsides and valleys luridly illuminating the smoke clouds overhead Damage Is Immense These smudging operations were in progress all of last night and today and will be continued until the present cold wave abates Then -it will be possible to estimate the damage done not only to the citrus crop but to veegtables and the orchards of (Continued on Page Twh) SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY THE WEATHER Tuesday probably fair and warmer (Detailed report on page 6 NEW STATE officers Installed and both houses of legislature meet and organize GOVERXkOR message to be delivered today INAUGURAL BALL promises to be most elaborate function of Its kind ever held SENATORIAL candidates appear to be far from goal none having half the votes needed ULL MOOSE leaders parade and call oil newspaper men in county jail CROWDS IN CITY to attend lnaug- ural find beds all taken and many spent night In chairs DUBOIS FOR senate and war on Mormon church is battle-cry of Bull Moose HEAD OF Blackfoot asylum wants larger appropriation for Institution ACCIDENT AT Swan Falls and Ice at Horseshoe Bend curtails Electric power service WOOLGROWERS in annual convention urged to use better methods in packing wool for market FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy burned to death at Sheridan Wyo WO 31 AN RECORDER of Park City Utah charged with grafting and shortage SUPREME COURT rejects plan of railroads in disposing of Southern Pacific stock TURKEY'S proposal to renounce Crete but keep Adrlanople not satisfactory FORMAL TRANSFER of Idaho Northern road and equipment made APPLE BUTTER and jelly finds good market and paying prices BUNKER HILL SULLIVAN Mining company mutet pay for timber SALT LAKE banking situation lias hearing before investigating committee i COLD WEATHER results In enormous losses in California fruit crop IIOLtSE COMMITTEE commences preliminaries to tariff changes EIGHT ARE KILLED in explosion in boiler room of French warship JOIIX 31 HALVES Ilrst Term Governor WILFRED GIFFORD Second Term Secretary of State BAR TO SOLO NS HEN OFFICERS Senators Kept Outside Awhile Due to Jam of Srfec- tators Simplicity and brevity marked the ceremonies in the house of representatives when the newly elected state bfflcers took the oath of office yesterday morning The retiring governor presented the governor-elect and Chief Justice Ailshle administered the oath of office Other- state officers followed in order but a few minutes were required to install the new administration The proceedings were marred by the lack of space due to the crowd of spectators that overflowed from the gallery to the floor Hell Did Not Appear Robert Bell who was re-elected state superintendent of mines did not appear to be sworn in He was in the city but was possibly so engrossed irf the discharge of his official duties that he did not have time to stop for formality He will be sworn in later Space in the house chamber has been reserved for the senate but the officers who were to be sworn in prt ceded them into the chamber They stood in the aisle and the way was blocked The senators were thus left out in the hall while Governor Haines was being inaugurated After the governor had taken the oath the way was cleared for the senators to take their seats Frank Gardner a member of the house from Ada county did not appear when the time came for inaugurating the representatives He arrived later however and was sworn in by the speaker Joseph Rosevear representative from Elmore county was also absent but a letter was at hand explaining it It Took Twenty Minutes The inaugural proceedings iff the house began promptly at noon and were concluded at 12:30 when the: senators filed into their own chamber to be sworn in The -floor was then clehred for the organization of the houre Rev Wright chaplain of the senate pronounced the invcca- tlon POCATELLO WOMAN DIES Mrs Carter Leaves Ten Children and 22 Grandchildren (Special Dispatch) POCATELLO Jan 6 Mrs Lydia Gardner Carter 56 years old and for 25 years a resident ofthis city died at her home here Sunday evening of a complication of diseases She was the mother of 15 children 10 of whom are living She also leaves behind her 22 grandchildren NEIL IS RENOXIINATED WASHINGTON Jan 6 President Taft today renominated Charles Neil to be commissioner of labor EXPLOSION KILLS EIGHT IN FRENCH BATTLESHIP Installed On the Supreme Court Bench For Another Term Petty Officer Six Stokers and anArtificpr Are Found Dead in the Hold After Collector Pipe of Boiler Bursts 'V ALLEN Second Term Treasurer ROBERT BELL Fifth Mine Inspector Islands when the steam collector pipe of one of the boilers burst The warship1 was stopped and the engine room staff rushed to the stoke hold as soon as the steam cleared where they found a petty officer six stokers and an artificer lying dead RECORDER IS CHAR CEO WITH Mrs Holland Arrested for Shortages in Street Department PARK CITY Utah Jan 6 31 a Mamie Holland city recorder was arrested today for alleged padding of the payrolls of the city street department Shortages also are also said to have been' found in the accounts of other city departments which were under her supervision Mrs Holland It is said has agreed to reimburse the city for her alleged shortages and will not be prosecuted She is a widow and the mother of two children SUCCESSOR TO SENATOR DAVIS LITTLE ROCK Ark Jan 6 Governor Donaghy today appointed Seiskell editor of the Arkansas Gazette United States senator to succeed the late Jeff Davis MONTANA LEGISLATURE 3IEETS HELENA Jan 6 The Thirteenth session of the 3Iontana legislature convened at noon TOULON Jan 6 Eight men were killed today by an -explosion in 'the stpke hold of the French battleship Massena The Massena accompanied by two cruisers was proceeding for Bizerta She was passing the Hyeres FIRE RESULTS DEATH OF FIVE YEAR OLD BOY The Father and Two Other Children Are Badly Burned SHERIDAN Wyo Jan 6 Willie Masters 5 -year-old son of George Masters living at Kooi 10 miles north of here was burned to death In a-fire that lestroyed the Masters home this morning The father was seriously burned in an attempt to rescue him Two-other children burned -'The fire is supposed to have started from an overheated stove VANDALS DESECRATE ALTAR Stef) From Cathedral bf St Peter and St Paul in Chicago A CHICAGO Jan Vandals desecrated the altar and stole the communion service from the chapel of the Episcopal cathedral of St Peter and St Paul The sacred vessels were recovered later in a rooming house and two meifewere arrested IION GEORGE II STEWART If Judge Stewart completes the term of office begun yesterday lie will have Sserred the people of Idaho on the bench continuously for nearly a quarter of a century.