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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
VOLUME XV
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, -AUGUST 2H, 1907.
NUMBER 52.
UlEST BY TELEGRAPH
SUMMARY OP THB NEWS OP
' THB WHOLE WORLD.
MANY BEING KILLED
oUITAN'S FOKCEH DEFEAT ItEH.
EI-S, KIIXINU MANY.
Mini HhhIi from the Mosque Stiller
Shout Appeal to Allah In Bcliulf
of Bultnn'3 Brother, and H'liole City
fx Thrown Into Stuto of Terror.
The sultan's troops are reported to
have again defeated a great force of
the Kmass tribesmen; In whose terri
tory Katd Sir Hany Mac Lean has been
held captive. Six hundred Moors were
killed and Severn 1 of their villages
were burned.
A semiatlonai Incident occurred dur
ing the celebration of noonday pray
ers at the grand mosque of Djldid at
Fez Tuesduy. A soldier suddenly
shouted: "May Allah render our mas
ter, Mouiay Mohammed, victorious."
Mohammed is the sultan's brother,
and as the public proclamation of a
new sultan in a mosque while the sul
tan Is living is tiaditlonally the signal
of a revolution, the faithful who were
at prayers fled In a fright into the
streets, creating a general panic. In a
very short time all- the Bhops were
cloned and the Jews barricaded them
selves in their residences.
The troops on duty at the mosqu
seleed the soldier who created the dis
turbance. 'It developed that ee was a
converted Jewe, and he was beaten
unmercifully and was taken, covered
with blood, to prison, where he will
probably be behgaded. Later - calm
was restored In the city.
HOLY WAK IS FEARED.
Morocco May Koou Re Abluze with
Fanaticism.
The Moroccan situation is regarded
In Paris as having assumed a distinct
ly more sarious aspect. The ferment
in the interior of Morocco, the procla
rnatlon of Mulai Hang, the Bultan't
brother, as sultan, by a section of the
rebels, and the appearance of a nev
Moorish army before Casablanca have
created the fear that the whole coun
V"yw"LBOon e ablaze with factional
ism. , -
Gen. Drude, commander of tht
French forces at Casablanca, has now
practically asked for reinforcements
pointing out that his men are wort)
out with being constantly under arms,
but especially insisting that he is los
Ing the advantage gained by his sue
cess, and because the small force at
his disposal prevents him from fol
lowing up the victory.
The government Appreciates the jus
tice of the arguments and although or
ders to forward . additional troops tc
Morocco have not been issued up tc
noon today the government is expected
to decide on this step before night
Over 1,000 colonial Infantry, cavalry
i and troops, under arms, have been
mobilized at Oran and aie ready tc
embark on h.iard transports, and othei
transports and warships are In readl.
nesss at Mediterranean ports to Baf
Immediately for Morocco.
SCAIJG FOIt FUNERAL SERMONS.
The Mlnlstern of CoiTeyvllle, Kansas,
Have Fixed a Schedule.
The fact that a retired or superan
nuated minister of Coffeyvllle, Kan.,
was called to a neighboring town to
preach a funeral sermon and the fact
that he had to pay about $3 out of hit
own pocket for the "privilege Is Indi
rectly responsible for the ministers ol
Coffeyvllle forming a sort of union
and fixing a charge for conducting fu
nerals. The "union" prices, however, will
apply only to those not members ol
their churches. The charge will be
uniform and is set at $5.
The superannuated minister wa
called to a small town fifteen mile
from Coffeyvllle to preach a funeral In
the country. He paid his own car fare,
ttien hired a livery team and had to
buy his own supper after he got back
to the village. He came back home
much enraged because he had spent In
all more than $3. He called a meet
ing of the local ministerial association
and the brethren of the cloth lost no
time In signing up an agreement to
make non-church members pay 5 foj
having a funeral sermon.
Hanged for Attack on Duuglitcr.
James Rucker, a negro, was hang
fd in Jail at Ashevllle, X. C, shortly
after noon Tuesday. Rucker was con
victed of crlminnl assault on his step
daughter. It Is said that this Is the
first time In this state that a negro
has been hanged for such a crlmo
against one of his own race.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Wednesday's quotations on tha
Floux City live stock market follow:
Top beeves, $6.10. Top hogs, $5.85.
I'utal Accident at Peace Puluce.
The cupola over the platform erect
ed on the site of the Cart gle peace plat
on the site of the Carnegie peace pal
ace at The Hague collapsed Wednes
day, killing one workman and injuring
Di'ImmciI .Mayor End Life.
Hon. Paul C. I'urth, who was re.
cently deposed us mayor of Louisville, 1
kv., shot and killed himself there
.Wednesday.
INTERESTS DAIHYMEX.
Interstate Fair, Slotix City, Iowa, Rcpt,
7-14. "07.
On account of the rapid increase in
the value of farm land, farmers aro
beginning to pay mn"o attention to
dairying and are consequently also be
coming more interested in learning
how tr produce dairy products most
economically. Those of our leaders
who are Interested In this great subject
should by all means attend the Inter
state Fair, Sioux City, Iowa, which
will be held Sept. 7-14. Secretary F.
L. Wirlck, of the Fair association, in
forms us that the exhibit of cream
separators, churns, butter workers and
all sorts of dairy utensils and machin
ery at the Interstate Fair will be un
usually large and comprehensive this
year. Everyone knows that there Is
perhaps no farm Industry that has
made more rapid progress during re
cent years than dairying and those
who have not been keeping In close
touch with dairy work should avail
themselves of the opportunity to se'j
the latest and most improved cream
separators now to be found on the
market It Is really a great privilege
to the farmer to be able to go into
single building and there study from
12 to 20 different makes of cream sep
arators and hear the agents explain
the good points of their respective ma
chines. When you go to the fair don't
leave your tongue at home bring It.
with you and if you have an extra one
bring that along, too. When you final
ly get to the fair with them both ask
all the Intelligent questions you can
think of. You will also find manufac
turers and dealers willing to explain
the wares they have on exhibit and
they will be glad to give you the In
formation you desire. They will not
be likely to tell you a great deal un
less you ask questions.
TAFT OPENS CANVASS.
Give nis Platform In Sieeeh at Co
lumbus. ,
In a speech at Columbus, O., Mon
day night, covering all the great na
tional issues, William H. Taft struck
the keynote of his candidacy for tha
highest office in the gift of the people
and gave the country a characteris
tically frank and clean cut statement
of his views. As was to be expected,
the regulation of railroads was given
a larger share of attention than any
other single subject, the striking fea
ture of the discussion being the dec
laration that the Hepburn law "does
not gor far enough."
While insisting that the measure al
ready has accomplished much good
and that no constitutional objection
can be lodged agatnBt It, the secretary
held that actual operation has demon,
trated the need of certain amend
ments. These are:
"Giving the Interstate commerce
commission power to classify mer
chandise for transportation and to fix
uniform rules for such classification.
"Prohibiting the issue of radical
stocks or bonds except on approval of
the Interstate commerce commission.
"Making it unlawful for an Inter
state railway to acquire stock in a
competing line."
Dealing with the claim that the El
kins law has proved to be an effect
ive regulatory measure and that no
other was needed, the secretary, while
not withholding credit for what has
been done under that statute, de
clared that the recent prosecutions
could have taken place under the law
which it displaced.
CLOUD OVER CHINA GROWS.
Revolutionary Movement Gains and
Officials Seem Powerless.
Adlspatch from Shanghai, China,
published Monday says the situation
in Shanghai contiues unsatisfactory.
It Is impossible to say wether a revo
lutionary outbreak is Impending, but
the revolutionary movement gains
strength and the secret organizations
are growing visibly. Chinese officials
are concealed in the foreign quarters
of the cities, thus placing themselves
outside the Jurisdiction of the Chinese
courts. The revolutionary agitation
recently has been carried to the courts,
although the officials are doing their
utmost to suppress the movement and
promote reforms. They admit they
are powerless. Murderous plots against
the Manchus continue to be discovered.
Federation of Employer.
Delegates from nineteen employers'
issociatlons In the United States met
In New York to form a general federa
tion of employers. The movement Is
the outgrowth of the meeting of the
National Manufacturers' association Ir
May.
Wreckers Attack Train.
An attempt was made Monday night
to wreck northbound Santa Fe passen
ger train No. 18 four miles north of
Wichita, Kan. Dynamite was placed
on a bridge, but was discovered and
removed before the train struck thu
bridge.
WESTERN LEAGUE BASEBALL.
Schedule of Came to fie played at
Bloux city la.
Followl.i. is a schedule of the West
ern League games to be plercd at
Bloux City In the Immediate future:
Omaha August 22, 23 24, 25
Lincoln Septembe- . 7, 8
Kills Self Ilccaii.se Disliked.
Believing thijt his neighbors did not
like him, which drove him to insanity.
Henry Van Buskirk, of Carroll county,
111., blew his brains out with u revolv
er. No One Hurt In Wreck.
An official statement from the gen-
eral manager of the Iron Mountain
lystem says nobody was even Injured
In the wreck near Allciu, Ark., Tues
day night.
BONAPARTE TO Ql IT!
New York II turn Attorney tieneral I
In Disfavor.
The Journal of Commerce Tuesday
published a story regarding the possi
ble retirement of Attorney General
Bonaparte from the cabinet. It says:
"According to Important Interests In
this city, very clore to the administra
tion, the usefulness of Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte as a member of the
president's cabinet hns culminated. It
Is not expected that Immediate retire
ment wlfl result, for such action might
be construed at a sign of weakening
In the president's anti-trust policy a
construction particularly distasteful to
Mr. Roosevelt, since not the slightest
Justification exists for It.
"But there Is no question, accord
ing to the excellent Information ob
tained, that the president Is not only
not In sympathy with the recent flip
pant and undignified attitude, and, to
ay the least, doubtful legal procedure
displayed by the attorney general, but
la in all respects opposed to them.
"The attorney general's policy. It Is
understood. Is condemned by all the
president's most trusted advisers, and
there is excellent reason to believe
some Important changes In the cabl
net would constitute a protest against
executive Indorsement of Mr. Bona
parte's program.
"Secretary Root, for Instance, Is
known to have expressed strong criti
cism of It, while Assistant Secretary of
State Robert Bacon Is also entirely out
of sympathy with the attorney gener
al's policy.
"It Is not expected, it is stated, that
any official consideration will be given
the current strained situation until
the president returns to Washington
from Oyster Bay."
AN ATTACK ON MONTE CARLO.
More for Putting "Lid" on Famous
Report.
The London Times, backed by other
English and continental papers, has
started a campaign for the suppression
of Monte Carlo gambling. The papers
demand that the governments of Eu
rope force the prince of Monaco to re
voke the permit of the company con
ducting the gambling casino and Its
surroundings. A correspondent In
Monte Carlo for the Times writes:
"President Roosevelt might well as
sume the initiative in this righteous
crusade, for American plutocrats are
aa prominent at the tables as the arls
torcracy of Europe." .
Monte Carlo has been the social
plague spot of Europe for years. The
people of Europe had begun to. believe
it' impossible to arouse public senti
ment against Monte Carlo. The mill
ions which that resort has scattered
broadcost to suppress public opinion
has made the nations regard opposi
tion as hopeless. The latest tragedy
at Monte Carlo, the murder and muti
lation of a wealthy woman by the bo
gus baronet, Sir Vere Goold, who, with
his wife, was ruined at the tables In
the casino, started Europeans to de
mand again that the place be sup
pressed. PARIS HAS CRIME WAVE.
There Is Talk of Reviving the Guillo
tine. Paris Is experiencing a orlme wave
similar to that which has swept New
York. In the last few weeks there
have been many attacks on women
and children. Not alone In the poorer
quarters, but in the fashionable sec
tions of the city have attacks been
made, and so numerous have they be
come that there Is talk of reviving
the guillotine as a penalty for the
crime. .
Men have been caught trying to
entice little girls into lonely roads.
Many of the men have been severely
beaten. In the suburbs a little girl
was carried away and kept a prisoner
three days. She was not harmed, but
was so badly frightened that she can
give no account of her adventures. The
man who abducted her has been ar
rested. Near the foretlflcations sever
al cases have been reported. Several
times officers have driven the crimi
nals away by firing revolvers after
hearing the cries of women.
Alleged Fraud in Malls.
In the case of the LoBt Bullion
Spanish Mines company, at Denver,
Colo., charged with using the malls
to defraud, the defense continued
Tuesday to examine witnesses to prove
their claim that the property located
near Silver City, N. M., Is a real mine
and" not a natural limestone cave.
A Hat Cost His Life.
Steve McClosky, 24 years old, of Ra
cine, Wis., gave up his life in an effort
to save a straw hat. McCIoskey was
riding on the platform of a street car
and his hat blew off. Without seeking
to stop the car he Jumped after the
hat and fell on a brick pavement. Ills
skull was fractured.
Killed by l ull of 2,000 Feet.
The fate of Three German tourists
who had been missing on thejungfrau,
near Bertie, Switzerland, since last
Thursday was cleared up when guides
discovered their bodies on a glacier
below Rotthal-Kattal. They had fall.
n a dispatch of 2,000 feet.
Stork at Hughe Home.
A girl baby was born lo Gov. and
Mrs. Charles E. Hughes, of New York,
at the executive mansion at 4:30
jO'clock Monday morning, their fourth
child. Both mother and child are do.
4ng well.
Dan Intch IxiuerH Track Record.
Dun Patch paced a mile In 1:58 ',4 at,
(Davenport. la., lowering the track rec-!
,ord made by himself three years ago
iby two seconds.
Everybody works these days, even poor old father.
Mother tins quit taking In washing, ntul so hns sister
Ann, and no more It the pipe of clay dolii "overtime"
between the teeth of the old num. Press wires are car
rying the news all 'over the United States that labor
never was so scarce In the country districts. North,
East, South ntul West, the cry Is going up that there
are not enough farm hands to gather crojm Wheat,
cotton, onts, bay, everything Is suffering for want of
harvesters or caretakers. Women are
MANY MOOR . SLAIN.
Saltan's Troops Deft Large Force
of Moroccan Itebcl.
The Sultan's troops are reported to
have defeated attain a ' lrge force of the
Knass tribesmen, in whise territory Ceid
Sir Harry MacLean has been held cap
tive. Six hundred Moors were killed and
several of their villages twere burned. 1
In, Paris the Moroccan situation is re
garded as having assumed a distinctly
more serious aspect. The ferment in the
interior of Moroceof the proclamation of
Mulai Ilafiz, the Sultan's brother, as sul
tan by a section of rhf rebels, and the
appearance of a new Moorish army before
Casablanca have created fenr that the
whole country oon will be ablaze with
fanaticism. j . '
More than 1,000 colosjal infantry, cav
alry and troops of other arms have been
mobilized at Oran and are ready to em
bark on board trnnsiwrts, and other trans
ports and worships are in readiness at
Mediterranean ports to sail for Morocco.
Public sentiment Js becoming stronger
against the halfway measures, which, It
is feared, will ljiJ to disaster. The Paris
papers assert that the world must sup
port France if it is decided to send a
military expedition to Fez, as In no other
way, the newspapers sny, can the state
of anarchy in Morocco be ended. The
government, however, is resisting this
pressure, desiring to keep within the
bounds of the Algeeiras convention, and
reports that negotiations are under way
for an enlargement of the mandate of the
powers are emphatically denied. Never
theless it is admitted, even in official cir
cl is, -that something might happen which
would place an entirely new complexion
on the situation and compel France, in
the name of the powers, to chastise Mo
rocco. EDDY CASE IS DROPPED.
Those Who Regan Case Decide to
Dismiss It.
The famous suit in equity brought
March 1 by George W. Glover, son of
Mrs. Mary linker G. Eddy, and others
is, "next friends" against Calvin S. Frye
and others for accounting of the property
of the aged bead of the Christian Science
church, came to an abrupt end Wednes
day. '
Immediately after the opening of court
in the continued hearing regurding Mrs.
Eddy's competency before Judge Edgar
Aldrich and his comasters at Concord,
N. II., William E. Chandler, senior coun
sel for the "next friends," announced that
he had filed with the clerk of the court a
motion for the dismissal of the suit.
Mr. Chandler said that there were mnny
reasons for this action, but that the prin
cipal one was "the unprofitableness of
any immediate result of a decision in our
favor upon the eiact issue as now framed,
compared with the burdens and disadvan
tages to be endured by us, both before and
after such a decision."
UNCLE SAM GETTING RICH.
Internal Revenue Hecelpls Ikon a
Ureal Increase. '
Internal revenue receipts for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1!R)7, show a large
increase over the figures of the previous
year, according to a report just issued by
the internal revenue bureau.
Following are the figures of the receipts
and increases from the various sources of
internal revenue :
Products. Increase.
spirits 1 1. vi, run. ooi $kim.;,mi
Toliareo Al.Ml.tMlU S.HSM.UTl'
li minted lliiiors. Mi..".H7lH 3,(t:'.',!i:.!i
Oleomargarine ... SS7.041 U17.0OH
Adulterated butter. 1J.T43 3,48.1
process or reno
vated butter. . . . J01.705 23,717
The revenue from minor miscellaneous
products was $SKil,0.C, a ditrease of
$10,4O0 from the previous year.
The aggregate receipt from all sources
for the liscul year of l!Hl7 were f'Jiiil,
04,022, nu increase of 2O,r01,2SJ over
the receipts of l'jod.
American Ituab to Cauada.
Prof. Jeremiub W. J nks of Cornell, a
member of the t'nited Slates Immigra
tion Commiuslon, is on a tour of the Ca
tiudian Northwest, investigating t lie mut
ter of American immigration iuto Can
ada, lie is also looking into the move
ment of Asiatics to British Columbia.
It is said to be his purpose to devise some
schema to turn thu America u current
hack to the Slates. lie is expected to
ma We a confidential report to tho I'resl
deut on the results of his hip.
HOME FOR VACATION.
vvtLCOMC.MY 50N t
j. YOU'RE fltST J U f
the fields, ntul farmers'- wives and daughters are work
ing side by side with the men of the families. Percy
llopperginva, son of the wealthy farmer, has hud to lay
aside Ills tennis racket, golf sticks, fishing tackle and
cigarettes to get busy tying wheat, hauling liny and all
such uiculal tusks. He hns to work every hit ns hard as
his mother or sister, right out hi the hot sun, too, si do
by side with thorn. This shows to what straits farmer!
are being put. Cincinnati Post.
obliged to get luto
FACTS ABOUT : : :
: : : THE CENSUS, i
Uncle Sam Is a successful publisher.
He issues annually the "horse book,"
which has an enormous circulation. Over
a million copies of the hook have been
printed, and still the public demand for
it Is not satisfied. Another edition of
20,000 copies of this famous volume, the
full title of which Is "Special Diseases
of the Horse," has just been ordered. This
makes over a million copies ordered, but
before the demand Is supplied these will
bet exhausted and Congressmen will find
it necessary to go down in their pockets
to have - copies of the book printed for
constituents after using their congres
sional quota. An Idea of the magnitude
of the work may be formed from the state
ment that the first edition of 301,000
copies If laid end to end would cover a
space fifty miles long, and if piled up
flatwise would make 10S piles as high as
the Washington monument.
In 10O4 the census bureau started out
to ascertain whether the country Is get
ting better and it now announces that,
better or worse, the ratio of persons in
prisons to the entire population has de
creased since 1H!K), Out of every million
Americans there now are 1,000 in prison,
not including trust magnates, while in
l.S!0 there were 1.007. The census ex
perts point out that this decrease mny
mean only an extension of the probation
and parole system. In 18S0 8 per cent
of the prisoners were women ; in 1SIH) 7
per cent, and in 10O4 5 per cent. Colored
persons were more common among the
prisoners in 10O4 than they were in 1S!K).
' FIRES DESTROY FORE8T8.
A boat 7,BOO Acres of Timber De
stroyed In New England, ,
Unusually dry conditions in the forests
throughout Massachusetts, caused by the
absence of rain during the last month,
have been responsible to a large extent
for the great damage by forest fires, which
have swept through southeastern Worces
ter county, across the Cape Cod district
and over Itristol and Plymouth counties.
About 7,,'iOO acres have been destroyed,
and in several cases tho names have not
been checked, despite the fact that 2,500
men are engaged in fighting them.
The extensive fires which have devas
tated the Cape Cod forests had their
origin in small blazes caused by sparks
from locomotives, while various causes
have been resHtnsible for the others.
Hluckened trunks and smoldering embers
are all that remain in many places where
formerly were forests of marketable tim
ber and heavy underbrush.
The most extensive Ore Is that raging
iu the Douglas woods, one of the richest
areas of timherland In the State. The
flumes there have devastated 5,000 acres
in Massachusetts and have spread into
Connecticut, where the dumage is believ
ed to be about one-fifth as great. Begin
ning iu Ikiuglas, the fire hns eaten its
way through the forest land in the towns
of Sutton, East Douglas, Webster, Mill
bury, Oxford and Itridge, and is still
spreading.
Odds and Ends.
Danish engineer discovers a process by
which beer is made from tablets.
Last year 31 large steel vessels were
built for service on the great lakes.
Sweden is the most progressive couu
try iu Europe In use of the telephone.
Only 3."i per cent of Spain's 20,Hs,M0
population are able to read and write,
(icrman steamer lines threaten to stop
mail service on Atlantic unless paid more.
Elks puradu In Philadelphia in hottest
duy of year ; 4,-i:i0 persons were suu
struck. William Abroms Murtin, the solitary
survivor of the twelve men vviiu couvicied
John Drown, is still living in Virginia.
He hns celebrated his seventy-fifth anni
vt ra ry.
The value of the India rubber imported
into the United Stute during the lust
year in the crude form aggregated $.Vl,
Ish,(iO. Urazil is the thief source of
supply.
A Chinese merchant of Peklu who v:is
convicted 'of murder was sentenced m
dcutli by being deprived of sleep. Four
warders kept watch over him tii k"c;) h::.i
awake and on the tenth day he died.
SEA COAST DEFENSE8.
Atlantis Seaboard Can Look Aftes
Itself Wlthont Battleahlpa.
The determination to send the bat
tleships or the . North Atlantic fleet to
the Pacific const, whence, even In tha
gravest emergency, they could not re
turn in ' less than two months, has ted
to some anxious Inquiry regarding the
security of the great cities along the
Atlantic in the possible event of attack
from an enemy's fleet. The grave anxiety
which attended the departure of the At
lantic fleet for the Caribbean, in the
Spanish war, when it was feared that a
part of the Spanish navy was on the
high seas bouud for the North Atlantic,
has not been forgotten, and there is some
disposition to question the wisdom of a
move which might leave Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Washington, Charles
ton and other great centers "without pro
tection." -The conditions are, however, radically
different from those which obtained in
INKS, and, according to the military ex
perts, the cities and harbors of tho At
lantic const would he amply protected
from ' capture or bombardment by the
coast defenses, which huve been so ex
tensively Improved In the last ten years.
Of course, the jiresence of a fleet along
the Atlantic coast in time of war would
bo essentiul to prevent the landing of
an invading army at points not covered
by the coast defenses, hut the harbors
and great cities would be entirely safe.
Only one weak sst remains, and plans
for Its protection have, been perfected, al
though the money uecessary has not been
appropriated. The weak spot Is the en
trance to Chesapeake Hny, which is out
of range of the great disappearing guns
of Fortress Monroe. In the opinion, of
the National Coast Defense Hoard, "with
the entrance as it now ts, unfortified, a
hostile fleet, Bhould It gain control of the
sea, can establish, without coming under
the Are of a single gun, a base on Its
shores, pass in and out at pleasure, have
access to large stores of valuable supplies
of all kinds, and paralyze the great trunk
lines of railways crossing the head of
the bay."
The entrance to Chesapeake Kay Is 12
miles from Fortress Monroe, while tha
effective range of the big guns there
Installed Is only 12,000 yank To rem
edy this defect. It is proposed to con
struct an artificial island, practically
midway between Capes Charles and Hen
ry, and to erect thereon a modern battery
of disappearing guns of the most effec
tive character.
Hut in all the harbors of the Atlantic,
on which have' been built large cities,
giant strides have been made in estab
lishing effective coast defenses. A year
ago 172,750,000 had been expended on
the coast dufenscg of the country, most
of this sum being used along the Atlantic
coast. Something over ."0.000,000 re
mams to be spent to complete the defenses
in accordance with the present plans.
I his year Congress has appropriated $1,
024,000 for the continuance of the work.
Of this sum, floO.UK) has been set asids
for the construction of a 14-Inch gun for
the artificial island above referred to,
$47.1,000 is being expended for submarine
mines, $12.',000 for searchlights and
$700,000 for the establishment of fire
control stations.
. Under the present system every foot
of navigable water in the harbors Is cov
ered by the powerful guns which have
been installed in tho coast defenses. Ev
ery channel Is susceptible of being milled
according 'to plans already worked out,
the preliminary work. Including the as
sembling of paraphernalia, having been
so carefully dime that every harbor on
the Atlantic could he effectively mined on
4S hour notice.
t'liiriuulowrauha and Ytalou.
The police of Merlin, Oermnuy, art
u. liking war on the numerous moving pic
ture shows iu that city because the doc
tors say they are injurious t the eyes,
esiscially to those of the young.
Government II cut Kblp liullder.
Tha battleship Connecticut, tho first
of lis class In be built by the government
instead of by private contract, in a series
of rim over a measured course off tb
MuliM coast has proved herself bettel
than her sister ship, the Louisiana, built
h.v the Newport News Company. Thi
Connecticut made an average speed ol
is. 7: knots for her five best rum, and
he;- fastest mile was I'.l.Ol, not allowin
f'.r Jd.il corrections, Tlis best avern.jt
' f ','.10 I.o,ti:,i.i!ia wus 1S.!)9 for five ruua
PEOPLE OR TRUSTS?
PRESIDENT IN SPEECH
WHO SHALL RULE.
ASKS
No Countermarch In GoTermmeaCk
Campalan to Punish Wronadoers
Favors National Incorporation,
, Law and Protection for Workers.
President Itoosevclt was the central fig
ure at Provincetown, Mass., at the laying
of the corner stone of the Cape Cod Pil
grim Memorial monument. The Presi
dent delivered the principal sddres at the
ceremony. He reiterated the purpose of
the administration to curb the criminal
tendencies of great corporations that are
engaged in interstate commerce. Pun
ishment for Individuals as welt as cor
porations thnt vitlat the law was urged,
end the executive declared that punish
ment by imprisonment as well as tine for
flagrant offenders would be the aim of the
department of justice.
He declared he was determined to find
out who was to rule the governmont-r-tho
people throtign their governmental agents,
or the wealthy few?
Mr. Itoosevelt gave his direct sanction
to a national incorporation law for con
cerns doing an interstate business, saying .
that It is his belief that such corporations
can be controlled by the federal govern
ment under the interstate commerce
clause and, if necessary, under the post
roads clause of the Constitution.
An earnest word was spoken for legls- '
lation which will conserve the rights and
interests of wage-earners employed by
corporations engaged In interstate com- -nierce.
Mr. Itoosevelt said that if tbe
law enacted last winter limiting the hours
of work of railway employes was not.
strong enough it must be strengthened.
For Strong Employers Liability Law
Declaration was made that a more far
reaching and thorough-going employers'
liability law must be passed. The Presi
dent said: 'It is monstrous Uiat a man.
or a woman who la crippled in an indus
try, even as the result of taking wbt
are the necessary risks of the occupation,,
should be required to bear the whole bur
den of the loss. By making the em
ployer liable the loss will be distributed
ultimately among all the beneficiaries of
the business."
for trusts that are guilty of wrongdoing
Mr. Itoosevelt said that the desire is "to
do something effective," and that "more
over, when we thus take action against
the wealth which works iniquity we are
acting in the interest of every man of
property who acts decently and fair by
bis fellows, and we are strengthening tho
hands of those who propose fearlessly to
defepd property against all unjust at
tacks.". . ; ' :. '-..v
Concerning Individualism and socialism
the President said : "It Will be highly dis
astrous If we permit ourselves to be mis
led by the pleas of those who see in an.
unrestricted individualism the all-snffi-clent
panacea for social evils ; but it will
be even more disastrous to adopt the
opposite panacea of any socialistic sys
tem which would destroy all Individual
ism, which would root out the fiber of
our whole citizenship."
An echo of his recent "undesirable citi
zen" pronouncement is to be found In this
passage from Mr. Roosevelt's speech :
"There is unfortunately a certain number
of our fellow countrymen who seem to ac
cept the view that unless a man can be
proved guilty of some particular crime he
shall be counted a good citizen, no matter
how infamous the life he has led, no mat
ter bow pernicious his doctrines or his ,
practices, id is is toe view announcea
from time to time with clamorous insist
nnce, now by a group of predatory capi
talists, now by a group of sinister an.
archistic lenders and agitators."
supervise Hallway iiu panKav .
In touching1 upon the railroads thu
President declared: "The national, gov
ernment should exercise over them a su
pervision and control similar to that
which it now exercises over national .
banks. We can do this only by proceed
ing farther along the line marked out by.
recent national legislation."
Concerning the matter of national con
trol as it might conflict with the rights of
the States Mr. Roosevelt said :
"It seems to me that such questions ss
national sovereignty and States' rights
need to be treated not empirically or aca
demically, but from the standpoint of ths .
Tl toritttrai rf tha iuiai.Ib mm a nrknU
tionul sovereignty is to be upheld In so
far as It means the sovereignty of the
people used for the real aud ultimate good
of the people ; and States' rights are to b
upheld in so far as they mean the people's
rights. Especially la this true In dealing
with the relations of the people as a whole '
to the great corporations which are the
distinguishing feature of modern business
conditions."
Mr. Roosevelt said a word concerning
what might be accomplished in time in
the way of making easier the path of use
ful combinations, but he said flatly that
the day could not come before there was
far more thorough control by the national
government. On this matter his words .
were:
"Ultimately, and I hope with reason
able speed, the national government must
pass laws which, while increasing the
supervisory aud regulatory power of ths
government, also permit such useful com
binations as are made with absolute open
ness and as the representatives of the gov
ernment may previously approve. But It
will uot be possible to permit such com
binations save as the second stage in a
course of proceedings of which the first
stage must be the exercise of a far mors
complete control by the national govern
ment." Told la a Few Line.
Postofiice Iepartnieut orders reductioa
of $l,0ti0,000 in pay to railroads for car
rying mails.
A fiOO-inile canal, projected to drain the
great swamps of Florida, would reclaim
0,r0O,000 acres of laud.
To-day India hns 4,000,000 school chil
dren. Fifty years ago only irsj.000 na
tive children were being educated.
It iu estimated that the total first cost
of England's present navv was SJ70.
OOO.OOO, and about ;!!HM"H,'HHJ bus beea. '
spout n the las-ten years.
