Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1897), 1909-03-12

              WEATHER Rain in south, rain or snow in north portion Friday; Saturday rain and warmer. ' :;QassiDed Adsv Enable the average shrewd "American fo increase his yearly income Valuable Business Acquaintances have been made through Ohio State Journal, Want Ads. . W : . Tmmm7Z?!!". . j- t a t?" NINETY-NINTH YEAR. No. 71. ... tHlllWl'1- I . I . I -y r COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1909 HERS Still THEIR PIDTEST Letters Received by Assemblymen Object to Salary Increase for County Recorders. MR, TAFT JOIHS 1PTI1ST CLUB VETO IS POSSIBLE Legislature to Adjourn Today. A. P. Sandles Asked to : . Explain Claim. . Hundreds of . letters of protest are being received by members of the general assembly from the farmers of .Ip state aSalnst th work of the leg isiature this session. Most Of them are of the same tenor, making tae direct charge "that the body haa done nothing to relieve the farmer and every thing" it could to increase the farmer's taxes. The principal objection is to the increase of the salaries of the county recorders and the passage of the armory bill which puts the burden of the maintenance of the Nationol Guard entirely on the property owner. This is the measure which provides a county levy equal to 10 cents per head for every legal resident of the county. "I've never seen the forming element aroused so emphatically so early," declared Senator Beatty yesterday. "Already several farmers have sought me out here in the chamber lnee the recess, kicking agalnBt these measures. They say all we have don Is to pass measures increasing their taxation burdens and to block any attempt to reform the methods of tax ing corporate interests. "In addition to these personal protests letters are coming in by nearly -very mail. Unless I am badly mistaken, there will be a lot of member held to account." -While there is a possibility the gov-"Mf veto the county recorders' tfVStY grab' thwe 18 llttle Possibility M-ls not approving the armory bill. He has been favorable to thls measure as one of the new resorts for increasing the revenues. Salary Grab in Danger. Rumor about the state house yesterday was to the effect that Governor iarmon was seriously considering the veto of the several salary increase bills, partk-ularly that increasing the salaries of the. county recorders. Numerous democratic senators and fepresenta-tives have called upjn hlai to urge -such action, .,'. . ' , Although he spent nearly all "of yesterday afternoon in considering a number of bills already in his hands, the governor signed none. He is going into each of the .measures carefully, and for that reason denied himself to callers. Several probably will be signed today. Many of the bills passed have not reached him. Slowness on the part of the engrossing clerks Is partially re sponsible for this, but all of the bills passed will be ready for signature by wv u u vim tin l rovtrnnr on tvxa IN DOM PEDRO'S PALACE Spain's Ruler Making Headquarters in the Old Alcazar. IBy Associated Pr to Btat Journal SEVILLE, March 11. The king and queen of Spain are spending the early spring of Andalusia making their headquarters in the old Alcazar, the ancient palace of the Moorish kings of i-asiue and De Leon. The castle was the favorite residence of Don Pedro, the cruel, who here murdered many , of his royal guests for their money and Jewels. The queen spends much of her time In the beautiful gardens of the Alcasar, and in making short automobile trips to neighboring points of historical Interest. The king frequently accompanies his wife, but he spends the major part of his time shooting on the roval preserves. After Holy week, which will be passed in Madrid, the king and queen go to Crania, the Versailles at Spain, situated high up In the Quad? jA. rama mountains, to await the aceo V PrAoiMrf Will Act, rn.m.. - ..... . n ... j. t. ,v Hope, Cheerfulness and Conn dence to Be the Keynote of His Administration. BEGINS MESSAGE ment which is ILEJIEE.F,L HE PAID OtfER TODAY Many Solons in Both Houses Will Draw Full 12-Cents Allowance for 5 Trips. Devote All Its Time to the Revenue, 'Raising Bill. Some, Having Been Paid for One Trip, Will Take No More; Some. None at All. Mileage vouchers will be issued in both houses today to those members of the general assembly who decided to take the 12-cent mileage, allowance under the old law. There are a majority in both bodies, it is said, who will draw the full allowance. Half a dozen or more of the senators will not draw mlleaee at all. save the initial allowance of 12 cents, for which they have already obtained vouchers. Several have not drawn any mueage at all. These, It is understood, will not. . to draw vouchers in full for the entire to dra wvouchers in full for the entire amount possible to be drawn under tne old law Justify the action by the oiHierneni tnat tney were elected with mis mw m rorce and In consequence they are doing nothing more than was proviaea lor them prior to their nom lnatlon and election.' . On the other hand, those I refusing vouchers say the law llowhi$12 cents W. ' tw, ,? a :monwi was passea thrmigh error,- And theyjfeel they are iw enutiea to tne tnowy. ; j, iJnder the law, any member is en titled for this session to five round trips between his home city and the capital i cents a mile 2 KILLED, 2 J ClilE-li OF SEWER speaker or the house today. They will ' iu ine governor without delay after signature. Sandles Asked to Explain. As an echo to the senate niaim. committee having had A. P. Sandles, , ''"jBhJ clerk of the senate and now eeiary of the state board of agriculture, on the carpet relative to a telephone and ice bill of some $46 BO which Clerk Malloy refused to O. K.' .HutiBiju win iw a, minority report to the report of the claims committee today. In the minority report attention will be called to the manner in -which the i-uuiiugeni runo ot fioil was expended. This fund is exhausted and the ice and telephone bill Is In excess oi me allowance. Sandles, it seems, filed no itemized statement of how any of the money was spent. When he was called before the committee Wednesday afternoon he virtually refused to furnish such an Itemized statement. There was nothing on file with the auditor of state to enlighten the committee, the auditor having passed his bills somewhat contrary to the usual rigid requirements. The ice and telephone bill he also failed to explain satisfactorily. No Explanatory Statement. Senator Patterson did tae quizzing at this hearing. "Unless you furnish an itemized bill of this $46.50 for ice and teleuhone. service." he swirl "T am inclined to refuse to pay it." "That's up to the committee," Sandles replied. "1 beg your pardon," retorted pat-' terson, "but it Is up to you." No explanatory statement had reached the committee last night and i"n iiiJ . uc ovine neiy UlrtCUSHlOn relating to the ex-clerk In the session this morning. , - Jiigndldates for places under the TvlJJihon administration are calling at the' governor' office In virtual droves of i late. Most of them are being ad-j vised to file their applications, with their indorsements. The governor is refraining from making any promises i whatever. Among yesterday's visitors was S. D. Webb of Albany, one of the Democratic leaders in Athens county, who would liKe to be maue superintendent of the Girls' Industrial home, Delaware. Webb made the southern Ohio circuit With the governor last campaign. He was also a delegate to the ienver convention. , . Senate May Take Down th Bars. In all probability there will be an effort in the senate today to take down the bars and pass a number of bills. One of the measures for which there Is considerable pressure la the i,ilnrin hill n rctlnir iArin(n ',.-1- vatev-water rights above Youngstown In Mahoning river valley. The bill sei to give municipal corporations the right to appropriate water rights held by private corporations. Another measure which failed last Tuesday, night provides for the expenditure by the county commissioners of a greater amount of money In the trimming of hedge fences, the money expended to be taxed against the property owners where the fences are jiiiuue owino wi viiu nv3iiB nejiaionat leaders on both sides of the house there is a disposition to sit down on Treacherous Sandy Soil Gives Way, Burying Four Workmen Under the Debris. fSpecl.t Telegram to Stat Journal HAMILTON, March 11. Two men were killed and two injured when a 30-foot section of a sanitary sewer trench, under construction by Contractor w. H. Louthan, caved in at Wood street and Monument avenue shortly ufter g o'clock this mornina- James Isaac Robinson, colored 45 years old, unmarried: James Alunrtl; wali3ea'.i0'',!d' 35 yea''S ld' marrld. Thomas Maus, 40, a Mexican of Eaton, was crushed, hut may recover arid Jo.ln Zllliex, white, married haj his shoulder injured. The trench where the accident occurred was o feet deep and In treacherous soli. It was shored up In ?he usual way but the pressure of the sand caused a support to give way Zllliex saw the stringers give, and hilff t0 J" fellow workers, ran tor nis lite. He was caught bv falilnir earth, but managed to extricate hlm Maus was facing the collapsing wall and to this fact he Prol.ublv owes his marvelous escape from death. Me was completely covered, but forced his I ,u ii.T! uiiaci-. Many men at once came to his aid and in a few minute ms face was uncovered, it reauired 105 minutes to free him. requirea The body of Robinson was found erect. Howard's head was crushed ho. tween two timbers and his death was of Immediate. (By Associated Prtis to State Journal. WASHINGTON, March 11. Presi dent Taft today said his will be an op limlstlc administration to an optimistic country, full of hope, cheerfulness and confidence. The presdent expressed this sentiment when he became a full-fiMlged member of the Optimist Club of Amer ica, upon the invitation of its founder, William J. Robinson of New York. Mr. Robinson, as optlmist-at-large, named Mr. Taft a member of the clubs exec utive committee. Andrew Carnegie is president of the organization. The president declined with regret an Invitation extended by Mr. Robinson to attend the clubs first annual ban quet in New York on March 31. The Optimist club has a membership of 250,000, Including men prominent In every walk of life. The club was launched In November, 1007, at Salt Lake City. Taft Takes Horseback Ride. After a hard day's work at his desk President Taft late today mounted his strong riding horse, Sterrett, and spent nearly two hours In the saddle, accompanied by his aid, Captain Archibald Butt. Representative Bourke Cockran met him on the speedway and Joined him in his ride for about half an hour. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Carr of Boston were dinner guests at the White Houso tonight, vice President Sherman made a brief call during the evening. Andrew Carnegie was a caller at the White Houso today, coming, he said, to pay his respects to President Taft. I wish President Taft a memorable ad ministration and I think he will have it," said Mr. Carnegie. Major General Hoad, inspector general of the commonwealth military forces of Australia, also jiald his respects. Senator Rayner of Maryland and Rear Admiral Wlnfleld Scott Schley, retired, called together today to pay tbplr respects to the new president. ."'Mr Taft today begun work on his message, which Is to go to the extra session of congress Tuesday night, according1 to the present plans. It Is understood the messagtvill deal only with tariff revision and the general subject of revenue raising. President Taft has . Indicated he - will " ask . congress to confine its labors at the extra session exclusively to this subject. The message will not go into details regarding specific schedules. It will be brief and lay great stress on the necessity of prompt action. Former Representative Watson of Indiana, who was Republican whip in the house, after a lengthy conference today with Mr. Taft, estimated the strength of the Republican insurgents in the house at 22. Says Insurgents Are Beaten. "Since the president entered the fight," said Mr. Watson, "the insur gents have been dsipplng off one by one. We recognize, that we have a hard fight to adopt the old rules and preserve the organ!zat4on, but we be lieve that we have the. matter In hand and that when Mr. Dalzell on Monday moves the adoption of the rules of the house of the last congress there will be votes enough to make his motion prevail." At the Republican caucus Saturday night. Representative Dwlght of the Thirtieth New York district probably will be elected as the Republican "whip." Representative Burke of Pennsylvania, who has been assistant "whip," probably will consent to serve for another term in the same capacity. During the passage of a tariff bill the duties of "whip" are especially onerous. Mr. Dwlght has served In the house eight years; President Taft appointed R. B. Crea-ger collector of customs at Brownsville, Tex. The appointment was made upon the recommendation of a Republican national committeeman from that state, who was at the White House today. Representative Heney of Texas today asked permission of Speaker Cannon to introduce the first measure In theSlx-ty-ftrst congress, a Joint resolution proposing to amend the constitution of the United States so as to change the date inauguration from March 4 to LIBRARY, 1909 OHIO. PRICE in 1 1 . . .. . Sill 1- I MUMPS AND VACCINNATION TAKING ' !. f PWlCHT WllCVN. f OH WE-W. HE- CAN'T I SOME RD&E. AND A PlECM I EOT ANUHtN WT W6A I -l;.., A "'" w;y : nr I ' ah YrEW.V 'was i jrsfM ! a w if.- -" : . imi "v t i i . p One cwnt In Greater Columhue. Two dU at all otbor point. COIL MT0RS TlliHDOi Flatly Refuse to Grant Any Demands Laid Before Them by Hard Coal Miners, NOT UNEXPECTED Operators Propose a Renewal of the Present Agreement for Three Years. Mrs ENVOY SPEAK HE E Ambassador to Address the Co- lumbuSi Board of Trtie Ban-t : ; queters April. 38. - - April 30. Cuntluued Secoad Pag. Sundau s Ohio State Journal Will As Usual Be the Newest and Most Entertaminu Newspaper Published in Central Ohio. Among Mang Other Features, the I Ho .,;rij Will Attract Special Attention: The New Belle of .the White House. ' . ' A Plan, for Raising Sunken Ships. Economy of Thought, A Secret of Power. In a Strange Palace of Marriages. Westerman's Popular Woman's World Page. "Science-made Marriages, Best. , "Home Page," by Margaret Hubbard Aver "I Am Going to Marry a Prize Fighter." Finding the God of Thunder and Lightning Eating Lunch to the Music of a Millionaire Orchestra The Newest Way of Marrying Happily. . For the Industrious Needlewoman, by Adelaide Byrd - Two Full Pages of Entertaining Color Comics. "oo bFr f at- aU newS stands in Columbus and at all of our 23 Branch Offices. FIVE CENTS E VERY W HE RE Count Joachim von Bernstorff, impe rial German ambassador to the United states, has accepted an -Invitation to address the members of the Board rf Trade at their annual banquet to be given April 28 at Memorial hall. This was made known yesterday when a teiegram was received from Washing ton that he would attend the banquet, At the same time, Ambassador Bryce of England wired his regrets that he would be unable to attend the banquet Count von Bernstorff Is the latest re cruit to the ranks of t the diplomatic corps in this country. Born in Ens land, and wedded to an American German descent, the German ambas sador is even more at home In th English language than he is in th tongue of the fatherland. Has a Wonderful Smile. Physically, the count Is tall, clean cut, bearing himself straightly and with shoulders thrown back. One ha to gee the count smile to appreclat the inspirational smile, it Is said. It is the smile that has won for the count more than anything else. He smiles and smiles, and sometimes even wh he is bored he smiles, friends declare that he won his way to the heart of Emperor William by his Bmlle. When he comes to Columbus he will smile and talk not much, because he Is quie ana lets otners do the talking. ilerore Count von Bernstorff came to America he was his Imperial malestv's representative at the capital of the Khedive of Egypt. Young Newspaper Man Offers to Give Himself Away. (By Associated preai to Stat Journal. 1 ST. LOUIS, March 11. William H. Pope, jr., 23 years of age, who claims to be the son of the judge of the Fifty-eighth Texas judicial circuit at Beaumont,- today received two answers to an advertisement in, which he offered to give himself, away for three months. Pope says he wrote the advi?&!semeitt because ha Mitt on the verge of starvation and 'could not beg. He claims to be a high school graduate and college student and to have done newspaper work In Fort Worth. He came to St. Louis seeking employment. 10 MEfi ROBBED BY 3 HIGHWAYMEN Robberies Occur an Hour and a ' Mile Apart, But Probably by Same Trio. r GEORGE W. FAULEY DEAD Father of Weil-Known Passes Away. . Artist George W. P'auley, aged 76, father of Albert Fauley, a well-known local art iHi,, is dead at the Columbus State hospital after a long illness. Fauley had spent much time receiving treat ment ior insanity at different state hospitals since 1S67, when he was sent rrom nis home In Muskingum county to the old State Hospital for the In sane. On two different occasions he was at the Athens stHt hnsnifai r ;nau Deen at tne local institution since ; iao-. t ne body will be buried at Ford i ham, Muskingum countv. where t-h- wiuow lives. Missing Girl Located. Mrs. J. B, Christie of 311 North wasningion avenue yesterday made known the -disappearance of . Mary Thompson Christie, aged 15. an adopted daughter, who has been missing since eb. 28. During the day The State Journal was Informed that the girl was at the home of Mrs. Amelia J. Wiggins, at Buckeye Lake. Woman Dies Suddenly. Mrs. Anna Benoy, aged 43. wife of Henry Benoy, 106 McAllister street, died suddenly shortly after last midnight from heart trouble. Dr. Charles Turney was called but the womun's death occurred before his arrival. He notified Coroner Hanes. BEAUMONT, Tex., March 11. W. H. Pope, jr., who advertised in St. Louis to give himself away for three months. Is a son of Judge W. H. Pope of this city, judge of the Fifty-eighth district court, former member of the state legislature and prominent In state politics. Until two months ago young x vfo ,aB news eanor or a local paper nen ne went to Fort Worth, where he was heard from no more until his appearance in St. Louis. At different Luims ne was employed by newspapers omcvepun ana jsew Orleans. Both the Victims West Second Avenue Residents Methods Are Identical. COLISEUM BURNED PIS GREET. IN E SUP PIS Farmer Foils Plot Which Might Have Cost Lives of Many Eaters of Syrup and Sugar. fSpecte.l TeltKnm to Rtate Jounva.l WOOSTER, March 1 1.' A plot which might easily have cost the lives of scores of maple syrup and sugar eaters was foiled when George Gorstenlager, a Congress township farmer, this morning found parts green In a hundred s buckets in his maple grove. ne noieu a greenish tint In seve buckets. In a few hp frmmi , powder still undissolved floating on the liquid. Gorstenslai?pr fnii..H - i. . a . x , . .. LI till iaihl irat-ns ana tonight declares h win swear out a warrant for a nelgh- MOB AFTER MURDERER Slayer of Clara Rosen Saved by Policemen. IBs- AMoclated Praus to Sta,te Journal 1 BURLINGTON. Ia.. March 11 .Inhn Junken, slayer of Clara Rosen, of Ot-tumwa, narrowly escaped lynching tonight by a crowd that gatehred about the police station, where Junken was held for a time Fort Madison prison, and accompanied the .prisoner to the train. Two sheriffs and a souad of nnitpe. menjruarded the negro, and they had to fight a wav thrnmrh f.i- Chief of Police Hlltz knocked one man uuj n na an me omcers i ruw roiit,-n to protect the prisoner, who was finally placed on a train. A shower of stones crashed against the coach, shattering windows near Junken, but he was finally taken out of the city and lodged i un iviauinuu pillion. With the police making every effort to apprehend them, the three young hohitip men who have operated in various parts of the city last night held up and robbed two neighbors resident in West Second avenue, at points more than a mile apart, in an interval of little more than an hour. The first robbery was that of J. W. Hartness of 121 West Second avenue which occurred at 11:15. The police were notified before midnight. Hartness said ne was on his way home when he was accosted by the three men when he reached Buttles avenue and Park street. One of the men, he says, struck him in the face, knocking him to the ground, and be rore ne couia rise a revolver was pointed at his face by a second man. Despite tne ract that the weapon was pointed at him Hartness is said to have struggled until one of the men choked him into submission. Held at Pistol's Muzzle. While one held the revolver and the fingers of the other were around the throat of the victim the third robber went thorugh his pockets and cured $11 and some change. The men then disappeared, and although officers were rushed to the scene as soon as tne robbery was reported, no trace of the highwaymen was found. Hartness told Sergeant McManns that when the men held him up he started to run, but they pursued him nearly to me ivoi'xncrn hotel and at the muzzle of a pistol made him re turn to the Goodale street entrance of tne park, whore he was robbed. Descriptions furnished lead the po lice to Deileve that the many recent holdups have been the work of the same trio. At 1 o'clock this morning Robert E. Wood. 132 West Second avenue, reported that he was similarly robbed at 12:20 by three men believed to be the same, at Rich and Pearl streets. They secured $2.50, a watch and fob. 15,000 Square Miles Added. LONDON, March II. Fifteen thou sand square miles of territory has been added to the British empire by the treaty signed today at Bangkok. Slam, under tne terms of which Slam cedes Firemen Are Injured in Bad Blaze at Louisville. tBy Airaoclnn. Prs to 8tt Journal. 1 LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 11. The Coliseum, used as a skating rink, for concerts, foot races and similar forms of amusement, located at Fourth avenue and A street, burned to the ground early today. The loss Is about $75,00J. A number of attractions were still on the books for the present season. captain Rtle.y and Jacob Keefe, of the' fire -department, wer badly - injured by falling walls. Two thousand pairs of roller skates were destroyed. The safe in the office of the building was meiiecl out or shape, but ir,0 In money was found Intact. The building, which covered over half a block, contained In addition to 1600 square feet or sKaung suriace. one or tne. largest swimlmng pools In the country, with 10 marble shower baths and 13S dressing rooms. Augustus E. WHlson was nominated for governor in this building last October and Judge Taft spoke there during his campaign. A series of symphony conceits hud been arranged, the first being scheduled for tomorrow night. The Southern Baptist convention will now probably be held in the armory. A 10-mile race between Bean of Louisville and Miller of Indianapolis last night was the last event at the Coliseum. OF N HAL HT DAYTON Another Case Added to List of Mysterious Deaths Baffling Gem City Police. tBy Associated Prss to Stat Journal. DAYTON. March 11. Another baffling mystery confronts the police in the discovery today of the decomposed body of an unknown white woman in the canal below the Apple street bridge. In the opinion of the officers it must have lain in the water about a month. Harry B. Keith, a colored boy, was In a rowboat on the canal when he noticed the body. Police, headquarters were notified and the body re moved to an undertaking establishment. The woman apparently was 30 years old and well dressed. She was attired In black, wore Romeo slippers, but over these she had a pair of rub ber shoes. The decomposition will, It feared, prevent Identification. A theory has been advanced that, providing it was a case of murder, the body might have rolled down a very steep hill skirting the fair grounds on the east. The fair grounds is the ren dezvous of men and women. A. month ago Charles Slefert stated to Coroner Swisher that he had seen a well-dressed white woman standing at the end of the Apple street bridge apparently waiting for some one. He said she seemed very nervous. Finding that Reception for Roosevelts. OYSTER BAY, March 11. The citizens of Oyster Bay have arranged to give ex-President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt a nnhltr. Town hall tomorrow evening. The suefts are restricted to residents of tiie villus , HELD ON BIGAMY CHARGE . G. Stone Arrested in Cincinnati and Brought Here. . John G, Stone of Cincinnati was arrested In Cincinnati and brought to Columbus last night to answer to a charge of bigamy. Charles E. McGan-non county detective, filed the affidavit. mi c,har!res 'hat in 191)6 Stone married Miss Grace Rouse in Cincinnati, while a wife, Mermlne Westcrrneler, whom he rrmrrled In Is still living. Stone was returned by Detective Landacre to Great Britain the states of Kalanian Trlngan and Kedah which hereafter j she was watched, she walked toward the fair grounds, which end at Apple will be administered with the Malav Federated States. Under the treaty, British capital to the extent of $20-000.000, will be furnished for the construction of railroads south from Bangkok. Pour Liquor Into Sewers. STEUBENVILLE, March 11. An unprecedented spectacle for Steuben-vllle was afforded today when Chief Larklns and the police emptied BOO gallons of beer and whiskey confiscated in search and seizure raids and bootlegger arrests ' Into the main sewer. Gives Liquor Away; Fined. BELLEFONTAINE, March 11. Isaac Moore returned from Sidney last night with a satchel full of liquor. He gave some of the liquor to Atnos Smith. The street, and was not seen again. was In fBy Associated PrnB to Stato JotirfutlJ PHILADELPHIA, March 11. Tht anthracite coal operators met the committee of hard coal miners in the Reading Terminal building here today and flatly refused to gTant the men any of the demands they laid before them and at the same time proposed to the mine, workers that the present 'working agreement, which will expire ! March 31. be renewed for another term of three years. This, 'decision was not unexpected by the mine workers, as they had long ago learned that the operators were against making any concessions. Thomas Lewis, national president of the United Mine Workers of Amerii a, declined to comment on the developments of the day beyond stating that he and his committeemen will meet to discuss the situation. The miners will meet the operators again at 2 tomorrow afternoon. The formal announcement made for the benefit of the public of the refusal of the operators to grant the demands of the men was contained In a statement agreed upon by both sides. It follows: Refuse to Grant Demands. A committee of seven representatives of anthracite mine workers and a committee of seven representatives of the anthracite operators held a joint meeting this afternoon to discuss the mine workers' demands.. These demands are the same that were drafted in Beranton last October. The operators declined to accede the demands. The chief reason offered fur the rejection was that any increase In the cost of production would necessitate an advance in the price of coal . and that such an advance was Impracticable. Te operators said tnat wages In the anthracite mining industry were already at a high level -and could not be Increased. The announcement of the operators was followed by a free discussion of the various demands, each side stating its views fully in regard thereto. The. operators declared their unwlliingnert to reopen the, elpht hour day question and other questions passed upon bv utK in.iirni.-iie swine cumimsM ion m I 1902. They also declared thentmeive j opposed to the mine workers' piopo OJW.'II , W CV UIIC J Fill tft I TJIIICIVl- ;' I They declined to recognize h United Mine 'Workers of Amefr-a, chiefly on the ground that It was controlled by bituminous workers. Thev said they met Mr. Lewis and his committee as representatives of the anthracite mine workers and not as offi cials of tne union. The operators called upon the report of the strike, commission to support their refusal to deal with the United Mine Workers. At the end of the discussion the operators made, the definite proportion to renew the present agreement for a term of three years. Demands Rejected Three Years Ago. The present agreement, made in New York three years ago, when John Mitchell led the miners In the negotiations, is Identical with the award of the strike commission made in 1903, after the strike of 1902. Three years ago the miners mane numerous demands but all were rejected and they accepted the renewal of the strike com-, mission award, which Is the same proposition again made by the operators today.The demands of the mine workers, drafted in Seranton last October and ratified by the national convention in Indianapolis in January, are as follows:1 That an agreement shall be negotiated between the representatives of tne miners and operators of the anthracite region, and all disputes arising under the contract shall be adjusted as provided for In the said agreement. 2 We demand the complete recognition of the United States Mine Workers of America as a party to negotiations on wage contracts and the United Mine Workers of America shall be recognized In our right to provide any method wa may adopt for the collection of revenue for the organization. 3 That we. demand an eight-hour day, with no reduction In wages. 4 That ail coal shall be mined and paid for by the ton of 2000 pounds. 6 That we demand a definite and more uniform scale of wages and prices for all classes of labor at all collieries In the anthracite region and that all employes paid $1.60 or less per day Bhall receive a 10 per cent advance and all employes paid mora than $1.50 and lees than $2 per day shall receive a 6 per cent advance. Want Contract System Abolished. 6 That the system whereby a contract miner has more than one job or employs more than two laborers bo abolished. 7 That the employers be required to loo, unlfArm nnu aial.in.nl. J.iiv.,n, line- the nama of the comoanv. thn nurnA of the employe, the colliery where employed, the amount of wages and the class of work performed. S That the contract shall be made for a period of one year. While President Lewis has not announced what he will do, it is believed he had prepared himself for the result of today's conference and that he will impart his intentions to his fellow-commltteemen and perfect the details of the next move before they again go Into conference tomorrow afternoon. Those who have followed the trend of affairs 1ft the anthracite region believe it will be useless for the miners to insist further upon any material ohange in tne present agreement, aia. it is cx- entlrely In black. Six girls have been found slain In Dayton recently. Four of ths murders have never been solved. This ?J Z-1:!; Hf"I.Uted the miners' committee will "alia convention irom tnree district to take up the operators' refusal am, counter proposition. So far as could be learned from the miners today, a majority of the workers are opposed to a strike, because they feel that they are not strongly enough Intrenched to carry on ymm-palgn of the magnitude of thats3f isoo and 1902. President Lawis Exasperated. President Lewis was much exasperated wheiv shown the statement that had been Tflven out. He said the arrangements with the operators vias that the secretary of each subcommittee was to act as a press committee and prepare a statement for the pub lic, secretary lieorge W. Hartloln represented tnn miners on All But Two Dropped. CHICAGO, March 11. All of the criminal prosecutions of the Standard Oil company of Indiana, pending- in the Northern District of Illlinois, with the exception of two cases, have been abandoned by the government as the result of Judge Anderson's decision. The two cases which may still ; be pushed are those Involving oil shipments from Whiting, Ind., to Evans-ville, Ind., over the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad by wav of Dolton Junction, 111. The most the government tma emu.. police saw the transfer. Monro .'.,m h - .h. ' ... " T.T"k"'' r-araer or .New ttn -h -.,.. .7 "- mww a, une iorK acieu T vi .,uuv,uuu. Lewis left ior tne operators. Mr. the meeting before tb