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Newspaper Page Text"Vflitnla tirmL VOL. IX. ' FATE OF THE PEERS IS NOW DISCUSSED IN GREAT BOITJIN L What Will Government Do on r Re-Assembling of Parlia- r ment?—Some Radicals Fa- vor Elimination of Lords OTHERS WOULD CUT THEIR VETO POWER | TXJNDON. Feb. s.—Of even greater in- I terrot than the possible changes in the ’ cabinet is the c<Vir»e the government is likely to pursue upon the reassembling es parliament. Thus far on this, as on all other matters, the prime minister. Mr. .Asquith, has kept his own counsel. an<l the views of the Liberals vary accord ing to their shade of radicalism. Extreme members of the party, like the Laborttes. and even some of the more moderate men. strongly favor an Immediate attack upon the veto power of the house of lords, leaving the budget and all other legislation until the party has settled its account with the peers, who are held responsible for all the po litical troubles that ha.-e arisen. The Irish members, too, are believed to support this view, although John E Redmond, leader of the Nationalists, h who since his election has been In retire- ■ ment at his country home In Ireland. ■ has not made any announcement of his M Intentions. ■ URGE THE BUDGET ■ The more liberals. seeing the H possibility of the disorganisation of the ■ finan< e* of the country by this course of action, are urging the government first to Introduce the budget, which the lords, accepting the result of the election as an indorsement of the government’s financial policy, are already pledged to pass. On the question of the future status of the house of lords, opinions differ almost as widely. The Laboritee and extremist Radicals are for the absolute abolition of the upper chamber, which hardly comes within the peer's view of practical poli tics. Another section of the ministerial ists demands the abolition of the lords' right of veto on financial legislation and the curtailment of their veto in other legislation. So that. In the words of the resolution passed by the house of commons, when the budget was held up by the house of lords. •The will of the people as express ed by the house of commons must be adopted by the house of lords within the limits of a single parliament.” Tn other words this means that any measure passed by three successions of the house of commons must be adopted by the lords. The views of the moder ates are expressed by Sir Edward Grey. t the foreign secretary, who said: GRET'B VIEWS **No reform of the house of lords can be a real reform unless it provides for the abolition of the hereditary principle and the substitution of popular election.” The Spectator follows up this with the suggestion that the upper house be mod eled after the American senate, the house to consist of 200 members chosen under a system of proportional representation from equal electoral areas. Tn the meantime the Unionists, with the exception of a few peers who under no circumstances would find a place in the reformed chamber, are’practically unani mous for a change In the constitution ot the house of lords. Many schemes are being put forward, the most popular probabaly being that embodied in the re port of the Rosebery- committee which provides for' the election of the hereditary peers of 20n of their own number, togeth er with 130 peers qualified by service to the nation. M bishops. 5 judges and 40 life peers. w The Imperialists among the Unionists look with considerable favor upon the suggestion made by Horton Griffiths, a new member, who has had great expe rience In the colonies and elsewhere. He has proposed when the moment is op portune to establish a senate of the em pire to include representatives of the col onies. ASQUITH MAT HAVE MAJORITY. Premier Asquith can count on a ma jority for the curtailment of the house •t lords' veto, for tn this the Nationalists and doubtless the Independent Nation ists. too. will be with the government. On the budget, however, the attitude of the Nationalists is still uncertain. Mr. Redmond has not committed himself be yond giving out his cable correspond . ence with M ‘J. Ryan, national presi dent of the United Irish League of America, but many members of the party stroagly oppose the clauses Imposing whisky duties and if they do not vote against them would in their own political interest have to abstain from voting. Several Liberals are in the same pool tlon and when the budget is introduced they will be given permission by the William O'Brien, who heads the In dependent Irish members, has made his Intended attitude quite clear in a let ter In which he says: •There is no doubt that the Irish party contemplates the blackest treason perpetrated against the Irish since the act of union. The Nationalists propose to assist the government in passing the budget, which will impose on Ire land JU,000,000 in taxation per an num.' The coming week will see a clearing nf the atmosphere. Premier Asqjith and Chancellor Lloyd-George and other ■ members of the cabinet who went to f the country after the campaign, ar® now on their way back to London. The first formal meeting of the min istry will take place February 10 and the changes in the cabinet, the wording of the king's speech for the opening of par liament and the course of business for the commons will then be decided. The king will be absent from London at that time, the plan being that he shall spend a week at th« Brighton course, in order to prevent the suggestion that he is tak ing any side in the controversy. At the same time, hla majesty will be near at hand when the premier desires to ac quaint him with the decision of the gov ernment. T. P. O'Connor, in an article In Rey nolds? newspaper, expressed the opinion that I the question as to whether the king .will assist Premier Asquith to cur tail the vote of the house of lords by the dreation of peers has already been fully discussed between the king and the prime minister and that there is a fairly dear understanding on the sub ject. Mt. O'Connor takes a most cheer ful view of the prospect and sees no signs of wavering on the part of Mr. Asquith. GRIDIRON GIVES ITS SILVER DINNER; NOTABLES PRESENT President. Cabinet Officers. Ambassadors, Newspaper men, Senators and Con gressmen Are Present u INSURGNTS GIVEN RAP IN CLEVER IT WASHINGTON. D. C.» Feb. 6.—The Gridiron club gives two dinners etch year and it fell out that the one given tonight at the New Willard was the silver dinner, marking the 25th anni versary of the foundation of the club. Wherefor there was a great gathering of notables—a president, cabinet officers, ambassadors, jurists, grave and rever end senators, frivolous representatives in congress, and a number of simple "newspaper men gathered from many states of the union. Each and all bore off a remembrance of the nappy event in the shape of a souvenir silver ash receiver, crossed by the mystic Grid iron. The fun started almost as soon as the guests were seated, with a tangle over the Inauguration of the new president of the club, Scott C. Bone, editor of the Washington Herald, for entering un timely upon the scene, came El Presi dente Zelaya, with his army, comprised Os half a dozen generals In Falstafflsn uniforms, and one lone private. Zelaya, looking for a job, had picked out the presidency of the Gridiron club as suit able, and was ejected only by the threat that Secretary Knox was approaching. Scarcely had peace and quiet been re stored when another interruption came, when to the strains of the Marsellalse. entered the “Back From Elba Club” clad in Napoleonic uniforms, and in cluding personifications of public men who have been identified by common report with the movement to return Roosevelt to the White House. The “Big Stick" figured in this, and in the fierce glare of the electric light and in defiance of all rules of secret orders, and in the presence of several hundred “Quitlanders” were dragged forth and duly initiated tjie two unfortunate neophytes of the Gridiron club, George Edmund Miller, resident corresporitfent of the Detroit News, and John Callan O’Laughlin, of the Chicago Tribune. They were made to forswear all of the policies of their respective newspapers and to pledge themselves to be on the pier to welcome “The Only One” when ne returned from Africa—all this to the chant of "When Teddy Comes Soiling Home Again, Hurrah." INSURGENTS GRILLED. TOO. The InarquerU gut their, grilUna. tqp, when between courses was rendered an affecting scene from •’Uncle Tom’s Cab in." for this occasion described as ’'Un cle Joe's Cabin, or Life Among the In surgents.” A presentment of Speaker Cannon was the clever lawyer ’ Marks’’; • Continued on page 3 $300.00 ■■■■■■■■■■—l Given Away To Our Readers By The Semi-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga. Send in the correct answer and get the prize. With every yearly sub scription to THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL you are entitled to one trial at this example. An example that has been selected that can be figured out with a verv little effort. GET YOUR PENCIL and try this EXAMPLE NOW. Here Is the Example ( A man steps 2 feet 8 inches, and a boy steps 1 foot 10 inches, but the boy takes 8 steps while the man takes 5 steps. How far will the boy walk while the man walks 3 44 miles? WHAT’S THE ANSWER? 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Agents are allowed to enter for them selves an answer in the contest on each subscription they send, besides the subscriber’s answer. NO PERSON CONNECTED with The Atlanta Jour nal. nor any member of their family, can enter this contest. Should the cor rect ANSWER be sent more than once, the prize money will be equally di vided. The Journal’s total liability in this contest is S3OO cash, as offered. This Contest closes May 1, 1910. All letters must be received in this of fice not later than May 3, 1910. Send all subscriptions and answers to The Semi-Weekly Journal Atlanta, Ga. BIGGEST BLIZZARD OF SEASON STRIKES’ WHOLE EAST COAST - < , Minimum Reached in New York With Two Above, Cou pled With Untold Suffering Among the Poorer Classes TWO FROZEN TO DEATH IN PHILADELPHIA , WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. —Almost ev ery state on the Atlantic seaboard from Maine to Florida today Is experiencing Wie cold weather of the winter. The cold extends into the south, where tonight frost will be felt as far south as northern Florida. The weather fore cast officially says: Warmer weather Is promised for tomorrow throughout this section. New York’s Minimum Reached In Cold Weather Temperature NEW YORK, Feb.'7.—New York city struck the minimum today in winter tem perature and just about the madlfaium of cold weather suffering. Records for 1 1 the season were broken wjth the mercury Itwo degrees above zero at 8 a. m. The lowest point previously reached by | the official thermometer were five de grees above on January 5. These cold facts tell but Inadequately, however, the tale of today’s severity as measured by the effects upon the shivering public. Th£ cold was ushered in by a gale reaching at times 40 miles an hour velocity. Tn the houses of the poor the suffer- I ing was intense throughout the nigitt. More than 5700 persons were sheltered I More than 500 persons lodging houses. I In addition greater numbers of people i were driven to ask aid than even dur ing the great blizzard of 20 years ago. Indications were for a continuation of i the cold wave In the severest form. • Along the Atlantic coast the wave of | frigidity was felt to an extent not ex i pe.lenced for perhaps a decade, the com bination of the temperature with a gale i so high not often being recorded. At Platteville. N. Y., the thermometer Indicated 20 degrees below zero; Utica 24 below; Amsterdam 18 below, and Roches ter 30 below. Extreme Cold Prevails in Three States; 2 Are Frozen PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 7.—Extremely i cold weather prevails today throughout eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and • Delaware. The bodies of two men were ground on the street here during the night, both frozen to death. Tn the anthracite coal region the tem perature is below zero and some of the mountain sections of Pennsylvania the mercury fell to ten degrees below. The minimum temperature in Phila delphia was 5 degrees above at 7 a. m., the coldest weather recorded since Feb ruary. 1908. ATLANTA. GEORGIA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1910. 4 “THIS JOB ISN’T WHAT IT'S CRACKED VP TO BE” 3 Below in Boston BOSTON, Feb. 7.—ln this city from midnight until 8 o’clock the temperature was 3 degrees below zero. At sunrise the thermometer at Eastport, Maine, mark ed 8 above; Nantucket 2 above: Northfield, Vt., 14 below: Greenville. Maine, 16 below; Portland, 2 below; Concord, N. H.. 6 be low: Hartford. 1* below, Block Island Pittsburg’s Coldest PITTSBURG. Feb. 7.—Pittsburg experi enced its coldest day of the present winter when the official government bureau thermometer recorded a minimum of 2 degrees above zero at 8 o'clock this morn ing. Outlying suburbs report an average of 10 degrees below zero. ENDURANCE FIGHT FOB AND AGAINST HIGH MEAT WAGED Prospects Are for Trouble for Illegal Combines in the Met ropolitan Territory-Enthusi asm Beginning to Wane DIG UP OLD LAWS FOR PRESENT USE (By AMOciated Frets.) NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-Wlth extreme cold weather tending to drive quotations up and the first wave of enthusiasm in the crusade against high food prices re eedlng, the compalgn In metroplltan ter ritory settled down today to something like an endurance contest. The week opened, however, with pros pects of trouble for the combines alleged to be illegally keeping up rates for nes- Msarles of life through misuse of cold storage and by other means. New York and New Jersey renewed activities In ihe campaign. Attorney General O'Malley of New York state, is credited with the inten tion to invoke an old injunction against the packing companies, granted In the su preme court In 190 C, and forbidding them from fixing meat prices and preventing competition by agreements as to rates and supply. This is said to be still In force. Regulative ordinances Introduced in the New York board of aidermen and aimed particularly at alleged cold stor age evils are to be pressed for passage. In New Jersey the Hudson county grand jury today continued inquiry into the business of the great storage ware houses of Jersey City. Butchers’ President to Testify Before Grand Jury CHICAGO, Feb. 7.—Fred Joseph, presi dent of the New York Butchers' Dressed Beef association, arrived here today to testify before the federal grand jury in Its investigation as to ihe methods of the “beef trust.” Arthur Block and Aaron Buchbaum, organizers of the New York association arrived on a later train. Food Probe Delayed . WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—No report was made by Chairman Kean, of the senate committee on contingent e penses, on either of the resolutions be fore It providing for an investigation into the increased cost of living. Action was delayed In order that the Senate leaders may confer about formu lating some plan for a quick and thor ough inquiry. mrs/cWeslTmorse IS IN ATLANTA AGAIN Mns. Charles W. Morse, wife of the for mer ‘ milfonalre financier, ice king and steamship magnate of New York city, who is now serving a term of 15 years at the Atlanta federal prison for- violating the national banking laws, arrived in the city at 1:35 o'clock Monday afternoon over the Southern railway. This makes her She came alone; but In a few days, it is understood, that Attorney Martin W. Lit third visit to Atlanta since Morse was brought here, tieton, Morse’s chief counsel, and W. K. Reid, his close personal friend and busi ness associate, will be here. Between February 15 and 20 the fight for Morse's release will begin in the At lanta courts, it is stated. FITE ID WRIGHT. RUMOR SAYS. WILL HUN FOBJOHOfi Report Not Definite in Either Case-Said That Judge Fite Will Contest on Prohibition Platform COMPTROLLER GENERAL IS OTHER MENTIONED Already the gubernatorial contest looms big. Will Judge A. W. Fite run for the office on the prohibition platform? Will Comptroller General 'William A. Wrfeht be a candidate on the straight democratic platform? So says rumor, in either case. In regard to Judge Fite, the rumor is positive. Judge Fite, himself, living In Cartersville, Ga., could not be Interviewed Monday. Close friends in the city ac knowledged the possibility of his run ning. They say, however, they have heard nothing definite in the matter. Concerning Comptroller General Wright, rumor is more speclatlve—that his candi dacy would sweep the field, and that thence its logic and imminence are de duced. It is known, however, that his name has been up in more than one po litical powwow recently. \ Captain Wright, approached with a di rect question relative to the rumor, pro tested that it was the first he had heard of that report. "I am not a candidate for governor,” he went on to state. “I am a candidate for re-election as comptroller general.” Asked if he would .consent to be a can didate, Captain Wright said that he would not. shootTSHßeßl SURRENDERS TO FATHER MACON, Ga., Feb. 7.—After shooting Patrol Officer J. K. Collier, while he was on duty in East Macon, James E. An drews. today surrendered to his father, J. B. Andrew’s, who is jailer of Bibb county. Young Andrews claims self-de fense and will make this plea in court. Soon after Collier went on duty last night Andrews and two friends, Son Nas worthy and John Spikes, emerged from an alley on Main street and the firing began. Andrews says the officer fired first, but other witnesses say the officer fired last. Two shots struck the officer, one glanc ing from the head and the other grazing the thigh. Neither will prove fatal. Collier arrested Andrews Saturday night for drunkenness and locked him up. When he was released Andrews went after Collier and offered to go beyond the city limits and settle with the officer, according to the statement of other offi cers present. Free Asthma Cure D. J. Lane, a cbt mist at Kt Lane Bldg.. St. Mary’s. Kansas, manufactures a remedy for asthma in which he has so ranch confidence that be sends a SI.OC bottle by expnss to any one who will write for it. His offer Is that he Is to be paid for it if it cures, and the oae twklag the treatment is tn be the jtfdga. 11 ME DEAD IN MINE HORROR; 1 ESCAPES ST CRAWLING AWAY Ten Hungarians and One American Toll of Latest Hor ror, This Time in Pennsylva nia-Bodies Are Found 110 MEN ESCAPE BY OTHER HEADINGS INDIANA, Pa., Feb. s.—Ten Hungar ians and one American is the death toll of a gas explosion today in the No. 2 slope of the mine of the Jeffer son and Clearfield Coal company, five miles north ot tnls place. The explo sion occurred in a heading where 12 workmen were located, and one or tnese, Andrew Krazcer, escaped by crawling a quarter of a mfle on hia stomach to evade the noxious gases. His inability to speak English pre vented a lucid explanation of the cause pf the explosion. VX hen he saw the lights of the rescuers, he moaned and tried to crawl. He was slightly burn ed, but suffered chiefly from the effects of tne afterdamp. He was placed In a car anu immediately taken to day light. Some ot the dead were found near the entrance to the heading, others lay along the track at short distances from each othera imost at the face of the coal. The position of the bodies show ed that the men had made desperate efforts to crawl away from the head ing. KRAZCER CRAWLED. How Krazcer escaped cannot be learned. The only intelligible moCTons he makes are of crawling. When he recovers from fright and exhaustion it is thought he may be able to tell of the accident. One hundred and ten men working in the slope escaped through other head ings ot the mine, although they were held back for about ten hours by the black damp until a rescue party of 12 mine bosses reached them. One thousand qlher men working in adjoining mines within a radius of three miles who heard the concussion, paid no attention to it and did not learn ot the disaster until they came out of the mines early tonight. Four men who were laying tracks just with in the mouth of the mine slope wero knocked unconscious by the concussion, but wsre revived later. KNOWN AS GASEOUS MTNE. The mine has been known as a gas eous mine and plenty of fire tx>eses nave been maintained. Tonight It is reported that no fire boss made any | return of his inspection tills morning, and this has been reported to the state mine inspector of this district. The rescue party of 12 mine bosses went in to the mine about 9:30 this morning, shortly after the accident, and wnen they came out about 5 o'clock they brought with them the bodies and an nounced that there was no one else in the mine. The bodies, blackened by flames, were immediately sent to th homes of the unfortunates and the fu nerals will be held tomorrow. The in quest will be held Monday. tn the meantime. State Mine Inspect ors Koger Sampson, of Punxsutawney: Joseph W. Williams, of Altoona; Thomas Louden, of Tyrone, and Thomas 1). Williams, of Johnstown, are inves tigating the cause. ONLY AMERICAN DEAD. Michael Harrington, the only American among the dead, was a son of John Har rington, foreman of the mine. The young er man, acting as assistant to his father, was directing the work of the heading when the explosion occurred. The first report of the explosion was made by seven track repairers, who had been working at the back of the main entry. They were hurled from their feet, although 125 feet away. As soon as they came out of the drift, a rescue party was headed by John Harrington. Some of these were overcome and were found by a second rescue party, but all revived shortly after being taken out. Two hours after the explosion. Father Amelio Farri, an Italian priest, with Mi chael Sullivan, one of the mine foremen, went Into the mine slope to administer the last rites of the crurch to any vic tims he might be able to reach. Hardly had the priest got well into the mine, when he was overcome and was with dis - ficulty brought back to frezh air. Coroner James M. Hammer, who ar rived about noon, was not permitted t» go into the mine because of the preva lence ot gas and when Clarence Hall. W. C. Snelling and A. C. Ramsey arrived from the government geological station at Pittsburg with oxygen helmets and apparatus, they were advised to defer any attempt until tomorrow. No More Bodies to Be Removed From Cherry Soon CHERRI, 111., Feb. 6.—lndications tonight are that no more bodies will be removed from the. St. Paul mine be fore the middle of next week. A large number of men are making every effort to reach the dead miners, but the pas sages are dangerous, loose rocks slip ping down Into the galleries unexpect edly at frequent Intervals. The body recovered from the mine yesterday was buried today at Ladd. Alexander Rosenjack, who was mainly responsible, according to miners, forth? fire that caused the loss of nearly 300 Ilves In the St. Paul mine last Novem ber. was found tonight through letters received recently by Mrs. Annie Stofan, with whom he roomed before he was hustled out of Cherry. Rosenjack Is working for a street car company in Cleveland, Ohio, according to Mrs. Stofan. He lives with his father, Martin Rosenjack. Robert Dean, who is said to have shared responsibility with Rosenjack for the disaster that started in a load of hay 35'i feet underground on November 13. is said by his sisters to have gone to Scot land. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR MEET MONDAY NIGHT A stated conclave of Coeur de Lion commandery. No. 4, Knights Templar, will be held in its asylum, corner Peach tree and Caln streets, this Monday even ing at 7:30 o'clock. The Order of the Red Cross will be conferred. Eminent Sir Charles S. Wood, grana recorder, will visit and commandery. Re freshments will be served. All qualified Sir Knights are courteously United ta attend. NO. 42.