Nebraska Newspapers

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D. H. CRONIN, FmMMimv
O'NEILL,NCBHAB
The kaiser refuses to listen to tni
revolutionary strains of the “Mar
seillaise.” Since bo came to the thron«
he has never allowed the French na
tional hymn to be played at his court,
at any of the state theaters or by any
German naval or military band. When
he entertains the French ambassador at
dinner or receives him In state and
wishes to pay him musical honors, h<
orders the musicians to play the old
"Marchs de St. Denis," which la In ev
ery sense of the word a Bourbon hymn.
There are said to be at least 13 worn
en In Boston receiving a salary of $10,
000 a year. Several of them are mem
bers of the Business Woman's club,
which Is the newest ciab In that city.
Though organised leas than a year ago,
this club now numbers Its members by
hundreds. The object of the club 1»
"to promote the common Interest ol
women actively engaged In lines oi
work directly connecting them with the
business life of the community."
A public test was recently carried on
In the Thames of a new life saving
Jacket. During the demonstration thl*
apparatus was used by a woman and
three men. The garment consists of a
loose sack, about the length of an or
dinary lounge Jacket, having a ribbing
fitted with a substance of gr eater buoy
ancy than cork. It Is so constructed
that the heads of the users are com
pletely out of the water, thus permit
ting them to take food while In the
water.
There has been a marked Improve
ment in the Sicilian sulphur Industry
during the years 1910 and 1911. wber
4 15,584 metric tons were exported. Tht
Improved demand for brimstone is at
tributed mainly to Improved condition!
of the wine market In wine growlnj
countries. There Is also some Increast
In the use of brimstone for lndustrla
purposes, as In the rase of Sweden
where It Is used In the preparation ol
wood pulp.
The Indifference of Europeans to the
aesthetic Interest of the American peo
ple is strlnklngly manifested In the
announcement that the quaint bridge
of boats across the Rhine at Cologne
is to be replaced by a modern steel I
structure. The mere convenience of the
people of that city Is allowed to offset
the advantages to the American tourist
of reveling tn the romantic associa
tions of this relic of a past age.
Within the next day or two th«
British Beekeepers association will at
tain an object for which they have beer
working for the last 20 years—the es
tablishment of an educational apiarj
under government auspices. All thai
Is now wanting for the completion ol
the scheme Is the arrival of six colon
ies of bees at a small lnclosure whict
has been prepared near the owl houss
In the soologtcol gardens.
A fine of $100, the first to be Im
posed under the wireless telegraph law
of 1910, was recently collected from ths
captain of the coastwise steamer Sa
bine, for sailing without a wireless op
erator. The law requires all vessels
that carry more than SO passengers and
crew and go 290 miles or more without
■topping, to be equipped with wireless
apparatus and to have a wireless op
erator.
The heaviest of all the cars on a lim
ited train Is the dining car, which h
ordlnally of a weight In excess of th«
other car* by 10,000 or 16,000 pounds
Between the ear construction and tht
necessary kitchen equipment and lei
box contents a full slsed standard din
ing car tops the scales at 140,001
pounds when ready to make lta cus
tomary run.
The total sale of the Aroostook (Me.)
potato crop of 1911 Is estimated at be
tween 14.990,000 and 15,000,000 bushels
leaving between 2,000,000 and 3,000,001
bushels that were sent to the starcl
factories, used for seed and food pur
poses here In the oountry or lost. Il
Is figured that for crops sold the aver
ago price was over t2 a barrel.
The man who polished the first sheet
of plate glass manufactured In the Uni.
ted States died a few days ago. Hil
name was Samuel Lewis. Mr. Lewli
learned the trade of polishing plati
glass In England before he came t<
the United States. He went to worl
for John B. Ford when he arrived It
thlB country.
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, whosi
reign began In 1411, Is crodlted by his
tory with the Invention of fixed am,
munition. In his cartridge bullet anf
charge were united In a paper case
It was not, however, until 1860 that tht
first successful metallic cartridge wot
patented—by an American.
The Chautauqua Institution put q
n'w emphasis on religious activities
uus year, and to further this purpos<
has created a new office, that of dlrec
tor of religious work. The Rev. Dr,
Shaller Mathews, head of the dlvlnltj
school of the University of Chicago it
to occupy the post.
Cleveland once made a Joke. An ef
fusive southerner burst In upon hln
and exclaimed loudly: "Mr. President
I owe you an apology." "What for?'
■aid Cleveland. "For not having callet
upon you earlier, sir.” "Well." Bail
Cleve and, curtly, “I haven't been lone
some.
At Winfield, L. I., ground has beet
broken for a school for women, it
wnlch plumbing, building, masonry an?
other similar tradcH will be taught
There will be room tor* 150 student!
end more than half that number havt
already been enrolled.
In the French aerodome at Villa
caublay a woll known aviator took ui
on his monoplane his little son, wh!
thus made his debut In the air at th,
age of three years and a half.
Western Oklahoma contains .-argo
■eposlts of gypsum than any state ti
the union, it has been estimated thni
there are 125.000,000,000 tons of tht
material In sight In the state.
Every German town will hereafte
»eep a record of hard drinkers and doc
tors Will have to report all person!
who are addicted to habitual intoxica
tion.
An International exposition of book
making and Its allied arts and science:
•rill be held In Germany lii 19)4.
The shrinkage and evaporation o!
food when cooked by elecirlcty is ubou'
one-third as great as when other nieth
ods are used.
Funds raised by popular subscrlptloi
have given Pittsburgh. Pa., the thirt
largest telescope In the world, a 30
Inch refractor.
American gardeners suffer from thi
fepredations of the gopher, a rat tine
burrows In the soli and eats the root!
of plants.
There are more than 4,000 brewen
9* the United Kingdom.
SUBURBANITES WILL
PAY 5-CENT RATE ON
ELECTRIFIED LINES
State Railroad Commission
Qives Company Right To
Raise Its Fares.
Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 12.—On and aftel
September 10, unless the state railway
commission’s order is appealed from,
the Lincoln Traction company will put
a partial zone system of fare collection
Into operation In this city and vicinity
The company will be permitted to
charge passengers on Its College View
line east bound to any point beyond
the Intersection of Thirtieth' and Van
Dorn streets a straight 6-cent fare and
passengers on the Normal line getting
on within the city limits and traveling
beyond the Intersection of Thirty
third and Sumner streets a similar
fare. Passengers traveling from within
the city to University Place or Have
lock are also required to pay the faro
of 5 cents straight Such Is the effect
of an order Issued by the state railway
commission today. The same rates ap
ply on incoming cars.
The following provision is attached
to the above order: "That no change
shall be made on any of the other
lines as to the Issuance of school chil
dren's tickets under the same condi
tions as now existing aud that passen
gers riding between University Place
and Havelock In either direction, but
not paslng the city limits of Univer
sity Place westbound, and passengers
passing between College View and Nor
mal In either direction on the direct
line, but not beyond the limits of Nor
mal westbound, shall be permitted to
travel at the present rate of Bix for a
quarter fare.”
On that part of the order relating
to the amount to be set aside monthly
for maintenance and depreciation,
Commissioner Thomas L. Hall con
curred, but the rate change did not
meet with his approval. The order and
opinion of the commission were writ
ten by Commissionctr H. T. Clarke,
Jr., and were concurred in by Com
misloner H. J. Wlnnett.
The commission finds that the
straight 5-cent fare between Lincoln
and suburbs will Increase company
revenues $8,000 per year, but that with
this addition the corporation will earn
but 6.2 per cent on the physical valua
tion fixed by the commission, $2,244,
649.
DORMANT FRANCHISE IS
REVIVED BY PROMOTORS
Lincoln, Neb.. Aug. 12.—Another
complication has been added to the
contest for water power rights on the
Loup and Platte rivers. Some years
ago what Is known as the Fremont
project was started. This proposed to
lake water from the Platte south of
Schuyler and develop It Into power at
Fremont, for distribution over the east
ern half of the stute. This scheme lan
guished for lack of capital, but some
preliminary work was done, and the
permission of a former board of Irri
gation was obtained so that work need
not be completed until 1916.
L. D. Richards, of Fremont, and at
torneys and engineers for the Kountze
Bros., bankers of Omaha and New
York, are here trying to find out if the
Fremont Power company’s title Is good.
The attorneys think it Is. Kountze
Bros, are also behind a claim for wat
er filed months ago by Engineer
Charles Ross, of Omaha, but this 1b be
ing vigorously disputed. It Is sus
pected that they will drop this claim
if the record in the matter of the Fre
mont company is clear enough to just
ify them pinning their chances of pri
ority to that franchise.
PASSENGER EARNINGS DON’T
8HOW SIGNS OF DIMINUTION
Omaha, Neb.. Aug. 12.—At the office
of the state railway commission the
claim made by the passenger agents
of some of the railroads that the au
tomobile Is making serious Inroads In
to tbelr passenger earnings Is gently
pooh-poohed.
Secretary Allen says that It is un
doubtedly true that the use of auto
mobiles In making summer trips and
visits between folks In different towns
la doubtless depriving the railroads of
some revenue, but that nevertheless
the figures on file with the commission
show that the number of passengers
carried and the amount of money
earned Is steadily Increasing each year.
During the year 1811 the seven rail
roads in Nebraska received In pass
enger revenue $13,196,180,95 and a total
passenger train revenue of $16,682,099,
12. There were carried 10,750,475
passengers, or an equivalent of 63G,
939,484 passengers one mile. In 1909,
there were 9,625,492 passengers carried,
paying a passenger revenue of $8,468.
671 and a total train revenue of $10,
235,250.
CHOPPING UP THE STREETS
TO BE UNDER OFFICIAL EYE
Fremont, Neb., Aug. 12.—Careless
excavation In FremonCa paved streel
sections prompted a lively session ol
the city council and the outcome is a
drastic ordinance by which the city
will take over all activities pertaining
to digging In the streets. Members ol
the council, spurred on by muny com
plaining citizens, declared that thous
ands of dollars worth of damuge had
been done to Fremont's newly paved
sections by workmen for plumbers, th«
gas company and others thut have oc
casion to tear up the streets In order
to reach pipes. The ordinance will b«
unanimously passed, but It was per
mitted to pursue the usual course ol
three readings.
SEVEN YORK BANKS
UNDER ONE CONTROL
York, Nob.. Aug. 12—Control of seven
banks of York county. Including the
First National bank, of York, has been
sold by George W. Post to C. A. Mc
Cloud and stockholders of the Farm
ers' National bank, of York. The sale
was on account of the falling health
of Mr. Post.
The Institutions affected are the
First National bank, of York; the First
Trust company, of York; the First Na
tional bank, of Hrudshaw; the First
National bank, of Benedict; the Farm
ers' and Traders' bank, of Warn; the
Bank of Lushton. the Blue River batik,
of McCool, and the Bank of Thayer.
MARINE BAND WILL
APPEAR AT FREMONT
1- reutont. Neb.. Aug. 12.—Fremont's
I oiTHn• tviaI club, which was stung by
an ai-rui lane company that fulled to
furnish a single successful flight at a
t'lri" days' aeroplane meet last fall,
wii' att-nipt to S( t Itself right with the
pti. lie by giving a free bund concert
re October 4. The i'riited States mu
cme band, of Washington. D. C„ has
Ik cit t nguged for the occasion.
OSCEOLA—The rai„ ,hat fell hors
IftFi night was four and a half inches,
Ti ls wakes a total of seven liK-ter
within 36 hours.
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NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES
REWARD—Annual convention of the
Nebraska and Wyoming districts of tht
Lutheran Missouri synod Is to be held
at Reward August 14 to 20, Inclusive.
More than 300 pastors, teachers and lay
delegates, representing 300 congrega
tions. will meet In St. John's Lutheran
church here. Dally morning session*
•f the convention will be devoted to
reading and discussion of doctrinal pa
pers. Business matters concerning the
church will occupy attention of the del
egates at the afternoon meetings.
CENTRAL CITY—Mrs. W. H. Hone
meyer, of this place, was almost in
stantly killed and two men and a baby
were Injured when an automobile In
which they were riding was struck by
a motor car on the Union Pacific rail
road near the town of Polk. The acci
dent occurred at a crossing of the rail
road, the occupants of the automobile
apparently not seeing the approaching
motor car. The automobile was wrecked
ajid the motor considerably damaged.
LINCOLN—R. D. Pinch, proprietor
of one of the leading cafes of the city,
was robbed of $150 shortly before 3
o'clock yesterday while standing on the
corner of Eleventh and O streets. Three
men performed the act In plain sight
of the passing crowds. The robbers
made their get-away by way of a street
car and want to the Burlington depot,
whence they escaped In some manner
as yet unexplained by the police. No
clew has yet been found.
LEXINGTON—In a case tried he™
by a special term of district couf?,
with Judge Grimes of North Platte
presiding, wherein the state was trying
a young man by the name of Young
for murdering an Indian by the name of
Blackhawk, the Jury was unable to
bring In a verdict after being locked
up for two days and two nights. The
killing occurred at Gothenburg, Neb,,
about a month ago and there was no
eye witness.
LINCOLN—I* K. Holmes, aywell to
do brlckmaker, died last night from In
juries received by being run down by
an automobile. Holmes Uvea In the
suburbs and was crossing the road to
his home when run down by a machine
driven by E. W. Truman, a laundry
man. Truman says the electric lights
from an approaching machine blinded
him so that he did not see Holmes In
time to stop.
LINCOLN—Gilbert Hart, sent up
from Dodge county, stepped out of the
state penitentiary yesterday at the con
clusion of a two year term for horse
stealing and Into the arms of an of
ficer from Michigan, who will take him
back there to spend 12 years for a
similar offense. Hart was sent up in
Michigan for IB years. After he had
served three, he was given a parole,
which he Immediately broke by leaving
the state.
or-iiiaivrj—rorresi nryam, a young
farmer living near Holmesville, was
probably fatally injured by falling on
the handle of a pitchfork which had
been left sticking in the ground. He
was working on a threshing machine
ut his place, ahd as he went to Jump
down he became impaled on the fork
handle, which entered the abdomen
from the lower extremities almost a
foot. He Is 25 years of age.
LINCOLN—Rather than submit to
the extortion attempted by owtiero of
land adjoining the state school for the
deaf and dumb, at Omaha, the state
board of public lands and buildings
has decided that It will rent farm
land upon which the youth attending
that institution may experiment with
corn and wheat growing. The owners
wanted 31,200 per acre for fanft land.
BENNINGTON — Fred Wendt, a
farmer living four miles east of Ben
nington. fell from a load of grain and
broke his neck, dying instantly. The
accident happened at the homo of a
neighbor, where Wendt w-as assisting In
the threshing. Wendt was about 35
years old. He leaves a wife and four
small children.
SCOTTS BLUFF—Dr. A. G. Emerson,
who attempted suicide, and who also
administered poison to his son, was
given a hearing before a sanity com
mission and was declared insane. Sher
iff Aaron has taken him to the stlfte in
stitution at Lincoln. Both he and the
boy hnve recovered from effects of the
poison.
WEST POINT—The West Point
Milling contparty hus abandoned all
hope of ever being enabled to restore
the dam at West Point which was
completely destroyed by the floods of
last spring. They are Installing s
steam plant an.l in the future will de
pend altogether upon steam power tc
vun the mill machinery.
' BENNINGTON—Word from St. Ed
vard, Neb., tells of the serious Injuries
suffered by Mr*. James Killian, for
merly of Bennington. A team of mulei
hitched to a grass mower ran awa>
with Mrs. Kitliah on the seat. She w-as
thrown out, her hand cut off, her kfe
severely lacerated and her body was
bruised.
LINCOLN—Three hours after she at
tempted to stimulate a kitchen Are with
kerosene, little Marie VanKlahck, ll
years of age. died in a hospital. In het
terror, she fought off attempts to heal
out the blaze, and when she wrenched
herself out of a rescuer’s hands she left
part of her flesh in his grasp.
DAKOTA CITY—Charles T. Barto,
an old resident of Dakotu City, while
engaged in a friendly scuffle, had the
misfortune to slip and break his arm
in two places. As he is just fO years
old. the shock id proving very great. He
lias been removed to Wakefield, Neb.,
where his relations are living,
NELIGH—G. E. Ward, Bert AY. AVat
tles and G. AY. Wurtsbaugh appeared
before Police Judge CasBidy en com
plaint of Officer Jackson for fractur
ing the speed ordinance. Being the
first offense, they were given the min
imum fine of 31 and ousts, which was
nHicl.
pniu.
NICKERSON—Miss Linda Roth and
Guy Spangler were quietly murrled
and left for N'eleigh to spend their
honeymoon with relatives. The groom
is a well-known young business man
of this place, and the couple Will rr.cko
their home hare.
ULYSSES—Material for the con
struction of tie Iron bridge across the
Platte river near Edholm has been
shipped to that place by the lUVrlingtoti
company and work will begin In the
near future.
NORTH BEND—Rainsford Brown
e'l. the well-known Sounder* county
hti"«eman, has bought the Ea.-Om rece
de tvx property and will retire soon
from the farm, taking up residence
hire.
WEST POINT--Albert Wagner, p
well known citizen and a native of
West Point, died yesterday ut the
of 39. of tuberculosis, after some yta>*
of suffering. He had been connected
with the city police force in various
capacities for so’Me timo and was g
man of sterling character unu attain
mer.ts.
LINCOLN—It will cost the s-nte <"•!
Nebraska £100,000 for coal for h-.a’v..
purposes ut the vailous state iu* -.'.u
tions the coming year. The V'n-\*. o>
cuUie lands and bulldinrs * - * j..c
) risked Its award of corthtv ts ..or
of th.-i Institutions, local i.VtVa- -y'dw*
iliv Ivin;; favofs<L
RAILROAD TRAVEL HIT
BY AVIDITY OF TASTE
FOR AUTO LOCOMOTION
Assimilation Of 30,000 Gaso.
line Cars Makes Passenger
Agents “Holler.”
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 10.—Automobiles
are becoming the bane of the passenger
departments of Nebraska railroads, and
the same condition is said to exist in
all other states. Local officials admit
that "business is rotten" and lay the
blame at the feet of the autos.
So serious has the situation become
that the Burlington railroad went to
the trouble of corresponding with the
secretary of state of Nebraska to get
data on the automobile question. It
was found that there are over 30,000
automobile numbers registered in Ne
braska, some of which are dead num
bers and some motorcycles, leaving
over 25,000 autos actually in service.
This is one machine to every 48 citizens
in the state.
"People are now taking auto tours
on their vacations,” said a Burlington
passenger official yesterday, “instead of
patronizing the railroads. What is
more, the citizens desiring to go from
one town to another, or business men
living out of town, invariably use their
cars instead of ours. The loss to the
railroads is tremendous—greater than
anyone would imagine."
This Burlington official says that ac
cording to data secured from the sec
retary of state, 14,500 automobiles have
been purchased by Nebraskans in the
past 19 months. He asserts further
that the amount of money expended
on autos in that time in Nebraska ex
ceeds the total profit to the producer
and middleman from the entire wheat
crop of the 19 months.
"We have no way of coping with this
situation," admitted the official, "but
the road is securing all possible data in
all states. It Is true that there Is one
auto to every 100 citizens in the Uni
ted States, which is a formidable ar
ray.”
The "dope" secured by the Burling
ton likewise shows that there are but
17,500 automobiles reported in Nebras
ka for taxation, although, as has been
said, there are over 30,000 registered
numbers, and probably 26,0000 active
machines.
The other big railroads admit that
the “auto peril” is a very serious one,
and is cutting down the passenger
revenue fearfully ”
FORTUNE COMES TO WOMAN
WHO MADE TEDDY’S BRIDLE
Hartington, Neb., Aug. 10—Lon Ly
dlck, a harnessmaker of this city, has
just received the surprising news that
he has fallen heir to a. large sum of
money. It is said that he is one of 60
heirs to inherit 130,000,000, an estate
which comes down to them from a
great grandmother and is invested in
Pennsylvania coal and iron mines. The
man to whom good fortune has come
in such an unexpected form has lived
in poverty for years and is scarcely
able to write his own name. He and
his wife both work at the harness
trade and ljve and work in the same
room. Mrs. Lydlck is advertised as
the "only living woman harnessmaker
in the -world” and won no little notor
iety a few years ago by sending a hand
made bridle to Theodore Roosevelt and
receiving a personal letter from him in
acknowledgment.
MOTHER OR STEP-MOTHER
TO HAVE THE CHILDREN?
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 10—Judge Risser
has an interesting problem to decide,
and that is whether the children of
John Frederick, killed in a wreck near
Phillips the other week, shall be given
into the custody of their mother or
their stepmother.
The stepmother says she loves them
and wants them, and that since they
have been with her and Frederick she
has become much attached to them.
Frederick and his first wife were di
vorced four years ago. He was given
the children, their mother being ill and
Unable to work to support them. The
mother of the children says that the
separation of herself and her husband
was caused by his attentions to the
woman who is now also his widow.
HUSBAND’S FIRMNESS DRIVES
ELOPING WIFE TO SUICIDE
Grand Island, Neb., Aug. 10.—A tragic
ending of domestic discord took place
when Mrs. Ray Edwards, unsuccessful
in the effort to get her husband to take
her back, swallowed carbolic acid and
soon thereafter died. They had lived
happily until three or four weeks ago
when she ran away with a telegraph
operator from Lexington. After her
first disappearance, she returned and
informed friends that the only thing
she had against her husband was that
he was too good to her. She again
went to Lexington and Edwards filed
suit for divorce. Last night she again
returned from Lexington, called on her
husband at the waterworks station and
sought his forgiveness and pleaded that
ho take her back. His interest in her,
to thut extent, seemed dead, and ht
declined. While he left the plant for
a few minutes she went to a nearby
drug store, bought the acid, drank it
and left the station before the hus
band's return, dropping on the street a
block and a half away. Doctors were
at' once summoned but could not save
the woman’s life.
COURT DECISION* IN WAY
OF THE EXPORT OF POWER
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 10.—If the Ne
braska Power company, the Babcock
project for harnessing the Loup river,
wins out in its litigation with rival
companies, Sioux City and Council
Bluffs are scheduled to be benflciarles
of the electrical current and power de
veloped. The record tn the appeal case
from Platte county, where an injunc
tion suit was won by Babcock, shows
that these two cities are to be in
cluded.
There is still a stumbling block in the
way. When E. L. Kirk, of Sioux City,
sought to get water power rights on
the Niobrara river, the state board of
irrigation refused on the ground that
the constitution and laws did not per
mit of transmission of power thus de
rived beyond the borders of the state.
The supreme court upheld this view.
FUMES OF GASOLINE
THE CAUSE OF DEATH
Fremont, Neb.. Aug. 10—Overcome by
the fumes of gasoline, Clare Bunt, aged
21. son of Rev. P. O. Bunt, a Metho
dist minister at Alexandria, S. D., died
in the Burlington storage pit, near the
Burlington passenger station, about 6
o'clock yesterday evening. Until six
weeks ago, when the Fremont carriage
factory was destroyed by fire, young
Bunt was employed there by his uncle.
John Bunt, the proprietor. He secured
temporary employment at the Burling
ton station as baggageman three
weeks ago.
STEEL MANIPULATION
PERNICIOUSJE SAYS
Chairman Stanley Of Investi
gating Committee Gets
Speech Into Records.
HIS REPORT IS REVISED
House Democrat Flays Rockefeller
and Morgan and Pays Tribute
To Carnegie, Iron
Master.
Washington, Aug. 10.—The absolute
divorcement of the ownership of rail
roads and industrial organizations was
declared by Representative Stanley, of
Kentucky, In the House last night as
the one preventive of such a monopoly
as he described the United States Steel
corporation to be. Mr. Stanley spoke
for an hour and a half, reviewing the
work of the special committee which
investigated the steel trust for several
months. When he began less than a
score of representatives were present.
Representative Cline, of Indiana, pre
sided.
The speech was a review of the re
port which was recently submitted for
the majority of the committee. It was
an elaborata excoriation of J. P. Mor
gan, John P. Rickefeller and others who
have figured in financing the steel in
dustry. Mr. Stanley was frequently in
terrupted, and several of his assertions
of facts were challenged by Represent
ative Gardner, of Massachusetts, repub
lican, who prepared the minority re
port In opposition to the maiority re
port.
Brick Bats for John D.
The Kentucky representative re
viewed the story of John D. Rockefel
ler’s acquisition of the Missabe iron
ore range. He told picturesquely of the
manner in which Mr. Rockefeller’s al
moner, the Rev. Dr. Gates, conducted
the negotiations with the Merrill broth
ers, discoverers of the range. He as
serted that $400,000 was the price which
Rockefeller paid for property which
he afterwards sold for $80,000,000 in
stock of the steel corporation.
“Was not this statement of Leoni
das Merritt on the ’ transaction with
Rockefeller retracted?” asked Mr.
Gardner.
“It was,” answered Mr. Stanley, ex
plaining that Mr. Merritt signed a re
traction when a settlement was made
with his brother for $400,000.
Representative Gardner asked Mr.
Stanley if this portion of the story of
steel was not struck from the report by
the other majority members. Mr. Stan
ley said that It was and that he told
it on the floor to get it to the pub
lic.
Boquets for Carnegie.
"The gentleman should not convey
the impression that it was not made
public,” said Mr. Gardner. "Every
new'spaper in the country printed it
when the testimony was given.”
"Oh, the newspapers are printed to
day and lost tomorrow. I want to get
it in the imperishable records,” said
Mr. Stanley.
The Kentucky representative traced
the growth of the steel trust through
its processes and described how An
drew Carnegie had forced it to buy him
out by threats of competition. He said
Carnegie was not afraid of Morgan or
the Morgan banking syndicate.
"Mr. Carnegie paid more attention to
making steel billets than to issuing
bogus bonds,” he said. "He was an
iron master, not a stock broker and a
high class gambler.”
The holding company and the protec
tive tariff were pointed to as the bul
warks of the steel trust’s strength. The
holding company was described as a
“pernicious device,” and the forma
tion of the steel trust was termed a
"scheme that exceeded the dream oi
the most avariacious scheme maker
that ever lived.”
Mr. Stanley declared that the steel
trust levied a tax on every man, Woman
and childd in the.United States.
ISLANO IS ATTACKED
BY BAND OF PIRATES
Chinese Marauders Clash With
Portuguese — Details Of
Fight Unknown.
Hong Kong. Aug. 10.—A band of pi
rates today attacked the small Island
Colowan, In the vicinity of the Portu
guese dependency of Macao, at the
mouth of the Canton river. Details of
the fighting have not reached here.
Reinforcements consisting of a de
tachment of 40 Portuguese soldiers
have been hurried to the scene from
Macao. Since the fighting which oc
curred in July, 1910, between the Chin
ese and the Portuguese on the island of
Colowan, owing to a dispute over the
question of its ownership, a military
post consisting of 150 Portuguese sol
diers has been stationed there.
WHITE HOPE PRACTICES
ON INNOCENT CITIZEN
Oklahoma City, Okla, Aug 10—If Carl
Morris, earstwhlle “white hope,” could
land as effective a blow' on the Jaw of
Jack Johnson as he did on Alonzo Min
nis near Choctow City yesterday, he
would be champion, according to the
story told In the superior court here to
day, where Minnis had applied for an
injunction to curb the big fighter.
Minnis also had Carl arrested on a
charge of assault and battery.
Morris, according to Minnis, came to
his home near Choctow City and at
tempted to put him off a piece of land
owned by the fighter’s mother. Minnis
asserts he rented the farm until next
July and refused to leave. Then the
former aspirant for pugilistic honor
landed one blow on his Jaw. Minnis
took the count and after being revived
sought aid of the law.
AIR NAVIGATOR’ MAKES
F|RSTj.EG °F PLIGHT
Havre, France, Aug. 9.—Ensign Jean
Louis Camille Conneau, of the French
navy, who flies under the name of An
dre Btaumont, has accomplished the
first stage of his journey from Paris
to London in a hydroaeroplane. Start
ing from Paris on July 26, he followed
the course of the Seine and landed to
day on the sea front here. He intends
to proceed along* the coast to Boulogne,
there cross the English channel and
then fly up the Thames from its mouth
to London.
SUSPECTED FORGER
TELLS LIFE STORY
Man Held At Kansas City Had
Cashier’s Checks Totalling
$55,275.
Kansas City. Aug. 10.—After hav
ing maintained silence for more than
a week, William J. Renk, who was ar
rested on a forgery charge under the
name of Arthur H. Frank and whose
people, he say a, reside in Oshkosh,
Wls., has made a sworn statement to
the police authorities in which he gave
a history of his career. He was ar
rested after It had been ascertained he
had ordered of a printer blank cashier
checks on 20 hanks. In his luggage at
a hotel were found 85 cashier checks
totaling $55,275.
In his statement today Renk said
he was born In Chicago and that his
father, Nicholas Renk, now resided in
Oshkosh, and that he had a wife liv
ing In Waukesha, Wls., from whom he
had not been divorced. He said he had
served nine months in the house of
correction at Chicago after having
been convicted of a charge of embez
zling $300 from a life Insurance com
pany.
Since then, he said, he had been In
many cities of the country and in
Washington. D. C., last July had mar
ried Miss Mary T. Judge as Arthur H.
Frank.
TONG WAR MAY COME
AS RESULT OF RAID
Chinese Slave Girl Rescued
From Plight—Chinatown
Is Arming.
San Francisco, Aug. 10.—Because I
Seem, a Chinese slave girl valued a.
M ,500, was rescued from a den in a
raid by the police Wednesday evening
and taken to a mission home, there is
portent of strife in San Francisco’s
Chinatown. The tongs are muttering,
and the hatchet and gunmen are arm
ing. while the police squad is seeking
the tong leader, who is supposed to
have been the owner of the girl.
The Four Families tong, of which
the girl's former master was a mem
ber, accused two others of the tong of
having informed the mission of the
girl's plight and the accused men have
been served with notice to appear and
exculpate themselves or prepare for
death.
ULTIMATUM IS SENT
TO TRACTION HEADS
Chicago Car Men Say Strike
Is Inevitable Unless Of
ficials Meet Demand.
Chicago, Aug. 10.-—An ultimatum
from street car and elevated railway
employes that the traction officials
must answer definitely the demands
of the men for higher wages this aft
ernoon was placed in the hands of the
street railroad officials today.
Union men declared a walkout seems
inevitable if the traction officials re
fuse to act on the demands.
A strike, one is called, would af
fect the employes of all the surface
lines and the elevated roads.
Mayor Harrison has announced he
will do all he can to bring about g
settlement.
ENGLAND WILL STUDY
OUR INDUSTRIAL LAWS
London, Aug 10—Sir Gergoe Askwlth,
chairman of the industrial commission
of the board of trade and famous as
a successful mediator in industrial dis
putes during the lust few years, is to
be sent shortly by the British govern
ment to Canada to investigate the
working of the industrial disputes in
vestigation act in the Dominion. Dur
ing Ids trip, Sir George probably also
will visit the United States, where he
will make a study of the latest indus
trial legislation.
Sir George Askwith's trip to Canada
indicates that the government is de
termined to attempt to remedy by leg
islation the conditions which have kept
the British Isles in a constant state of
industrial warfare for the past 18
months. He is undoubtedly the best
informed man in the United Kingdom
on industrial questions and he enjoys
the confidence of both capital and la
bor.
MUST IMPROVE SOIL
OR IMPORT PRODUCTS
Chicago, Aug. 9.—America is facing
a famine unless agricultuf-al conditions
are vastly improved, according to pre
dictions made by speakers at the an
nual meeting of the National Soil Fer
tility league yesterday.
••Statistics show that the agricultural
situation in the United States has been
so neglected that within 20 years we
will be forced to import our principal
food products from foreign lands." said
Howard H. Gross, president of the or
ganization. “We are facing an inev
itable famine unless the soil is greatly
improved.”
The officers elected are:
President—H. H. Gross.
Treasurer—Davis R. Forgan.
Directors—Frank G. Logan, F. A. De
lano, E. S. Conway, Clarence S. Funk,
and John S. Goodwin.
An advisory committee selected in
cluded James J. Hill, chairman; Presi
dent William H. Taft, William J. Bry
an, "Franklin MacVeagh, Champ Clark
and Samuel Gompers.
ASK NEWSPAPERS^D
IN LOCATING WOMAN
Columbus, Ohio. Aug. 9.—Newspapers
lire being depended upon to unravel
the mystery of the disappearance of
Mrs. Ethel Keating Boggess, wife of
Dr. John S. Boggess, formerly of the
United States marine hospital service,
according to a statement of her fath
er. Pictures of Mrs. Boggess have been
sent to newspaper agencies at Chicago,
St. Louis and Kansas City with a mi
nute description of the missing woman
and it is hoped that this will lead to
some clue of her whereabouts.