THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE
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VOL. XLII NO. 50.
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HITCHCOCK LEFT A
DEFICITI BUREAU
Eostmaster General Declares Prede
cessor Manipulated Records Bo
as to Show Surplus.
SPECIAL INQUIRY INSTITUTED
Service Not Self-Supporting, as
Claimed, Says Texan.
"SYSTEM OF FALSE ECONOMY"
Report Asserts Hole of $750,000 in
i 1911 Existed.
REASON FOR COMPLAINTS MADE
Dissatisfaction vrltb. Poatofftoc De
partment Attributed to Poller
Pursued Under Previous
Admtntst ration.
WASHINGTON. May 31. Postmaster
General Burleson today made public the
report of a special lnvestlRatlon Into
fiscal affairs of the postal service,
charging that .during former Postmaster
General Hitchcock's administration the
service did not become self-supporting
as was often asserted, but that In 1911
there actually was a deficiency of more
than $750,000.
The report chares than "An apparent
surplus was attained by unjustifiable
methods of bookkeeping," and that the
efficiency and morale of the postal ser
vice -were sacrificed to a "ruthlessly en
forced policy of false economy," that a
showing of self-maintenance might bo
made. The report attributes to that al
leged condition complntnts against the
service.
Deficit, Not Surplus,
Mr. Hitchcock during hla administra
tion and In his reports claimed that In
the year 1900 a deficiency of approxi
mately J17.600.000 had entirely been elimi
nated and that In the fiscal year 1911 a
surplus of moro ' than 1200,000 was at
tained. The report of the "survey" mado
at the direction of Mr, Burleson says that
at no tlmo has thero been a legitimate
surplus In postal revenues since 1883 and
that the Pastofflco department under Mr.
Hitchcock's administration In 1911 ac
tually was under a deficit of more than
(760,000! In this connection the report 'says:
"It is pointed out by the committee
that the published financial reports of
the department stated the revenues and
the cost of the service on dissimilar and
therefore incomputable bases. Revenues
of the postal service nre almost entirely
collected In cash and, consequently re
late properly to the fiscal year for which
the report is made. But, the committed
finds It has been the practice to compare
these only -with payments Actually roade.1
during the" fiscal y earfregardTess o1"oW
Jpfturred In that year, bat not to
be paid until succeeding years."
Vncnnclea Filled Nenr Finish.
JuBt before President Wilson took of
fice, the report says Hitchcock filled
long-standing vacancies, made postponed
promotions and assumed commitment to
fixing charges for long terms in such a
way "as to saddle the new administra
tion with greatly Increased expense dur
ing months, if not now in time to come.
More than 100 rural mall routes wero
authorized in three days. The fiscal
statement of' the postal servloe for 1913
purported to show a deficit of $1,785,623,
but that sum, the investigators say, was
underestimated by nearly $100,000.
Delay of promotions and filling of
vacancies that lapsed salaries might be
returned to the treasury, the report says,
caused dissatisfaction among employes
and lowered t he standard of their ef
ficiency. Employes were transferred
from other departments to the postal
service, It is charged, "at salnrles In
excess of the entrance grade" and many
certifications to the civil service com
mission that such positions could not be
filled by promotion "were unjustified."
Daniel O. Rohrer, Joseph Stewart, A.
M. Dockery, James I. Blakslte, the four
assistant postamasters general, and Mer
rltt O. Chance, chief clerk of the depart
ment made the "survey" and Blgned the
eport.
Father of Paroled
Convict Assaulting
Woman is Insane
SIOTJX CITY, la.. May 31. Andrew
Davis father of Bert Davis, the paroled
convict who was sentenced to a term of
eighteen years in the Nebraska peniten
tiary for an assault on Mrs. Caddie Mc
Glaahan Welte, has lost his reason as a
result of his son's crime.
Mr. Davit, who lived about a mile
esst of Homer, Neb., was adjudged in
sane at a formal hearing held today at
Homer and was taken this Afternoon to
be confined in a stato asylum at Nor
folk. Neb.
The family of Mr. Davis Is prostrated
With grief.
American Polo
Player Injured
MEADOW BROOK. L. I., May 31.
Devereaux Mllb'urn, back of the American
polo team, was seriously Injured In prac
tloe this afternoon. His horse was trip
ped with the mallet and In the fall Mil
burn was kicked in the bead.
The Weather
Forecast till T p. m. Sunday:
Far Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vlctn
1y Unsettled.
Hours.
6 a. m.
0 a. m.
t a. m.
8 a. in.
Deg.
.... 70
67
TO
73
9 a. m 78
10 a. m 77
11 a. m..... 79
12 m.... 78
1 P. m 76
2 p. m , gs
3 p. m 83
4 p. m si
HAS TO GIYE HALF HIS WAGES
Judge Troup Says Pick Must Sup
port Wife and Child.
SENSATIONAL CHARGES MADE
Wife Sny that rick Hid Not Con
duct llinuelf ns n Model Hus
band Should and She
Anita for Divorce.
Allegation made by Mrs. Km ma L.
Pick in her divorce suit against Joseph
f Ick, manager of the American Supply
company of Omaha and the York Foun
dry and Knglne company of York, first
came to light when a motion asking an
allowance of temporary alimony was
argued In Judge Troup's court.
Judge Troup decided "that If Pick Is re
ceiving a salary of $150 ho should divide
It with his wife and 9-year-old daughter.
Mrs. Pick alleges that her husband Is
the owner ofthe Omaha and York es
tablishments and Is worth many thou
sands of dollars. Pick nsserts they are
owned by his father.
Mrs. Pick alleges that soon after thel'
marrlago, September 10, 1S3S, her niece
aged 16 years, came from Ireland to live
with them at York. She alleges that In
timacy between her husband and the girl
continued for years without her knowl
edge and that sho learned of It through
her neighbors.
The wife also alleges that Pick becanv.
enamored of a milliner In York; that thoy
stopped at a prominent hotel In Omaha,
and that they exchanged endearing let
ters. She Bays that her husband was In the
habit of shaking dice for cigars at Omaha
cigar stores and that one time he had u
credit of $180 at one trtoro secured In this
way.
Mr. and Mrs. Pick have lived In
Omaha about a year, coming here from
York. .
Fight for Control
of 'Frisco System
Seems Imminent
NEW YORK, May 31. The members of
the international banking firm of Speyer
& Co., held a conference today with
New York lawyers, who will co-operate
with Frederick W. Lehman of St. Louis
as counsel to determine a plan of action
in a fight to bring about the dismissal
of at least one of the receivers appointed
for the St. Louis & San Francisco rail
road and tho substitution of a man to
represent the Interests of the bondholders.
Mr. Lehman Is expected here early next
week and will soon return to St. Louis,
where the receivers now In charge of the
road were appointed and that legal pro
ceedings would be begun early next week.
James Speyer has cancelled an intended
trip to Europe and will remain here to
look after tho Interests of the holders of
the $65,000,000 'Friscb bonds, which Speyer
& Co. floated, and who, It Is said, on
bshalfbf InVfJjjir feels a Responsibility.
uippaiciiEH irum runs suy mm a ranca
Investors In the bonds are very indignant
that the receivers should have been ap
pointed without consulting the bond
holders of the road and proposed to send
representatives to this country to follow
tho reorganisation proceedings.
The fact that Speyer & Co. Issued a
statement saying that they were "not
consulted" in the appointment of re
ceivers, both of whom are officials of
the road, has brought about what Is char
acterized in Wall street as open warfare
between the firm and B. F. Yoakum,
president of the road, and it is predicted
that the coming legal contest will amount
virtually to a fight to control the 'Frisco.
Mr. Yoakum is quoted as saying that
the "securities of the company are all
safe. The stock will be worth more than
ever. It will only take a little time to
demonstrate this." Tho fact that the
Frisco's bonded Indebtedness far exceeds
its outstanding stock Issues Is, according
to Wall street opinion, the chief cause of
tho road's troubles. On behalf of the
Speyers, It Is said the fate of tho bonds
which ana a lien ahead of the stock la the
more Important question to be deter
mined.
Friction between Speyer & Co. and
Yoakum began a few months ago, It Is
said, when the firm declined 'to finance
maturing notes for 32.iW,O00. This brought
about the reoelvcrshlp, although the earn
ings of the road, the bankers so', did not
warrant such action.
Young Woman Dying
of Bullet Wounds
Accuses Club Man
LOS ANGELES, May 31-Fred B. Kolb,
a wealthy young clubman, was arrested
here last night, charged with having shot
Miss Irene Noble, 22 years old, George B.
Noble, the girl's brother, according to
his statement to the police, found her
lying on the floor of his residence last
night, unconscious from the wound, with
Kolb at the telephone summoning a
physician.
When she was revived at the hospital.
MIsB Noble charged Kolb with having
fired the shot. Kolb. when told of this,
expressed doubt, and was taken before
her. She reiterated the charge and Kolb
made no denial. Miss Noble probably was
fatally wounded. A letter In her hand
writing threatening suicide was said by
the police to have been found in her
clothing addressed to her brother.
Kolb Is the son of the late C. C. Kolb,
millionaire brick and tile manufacturer,
and Inherited a large portion of his
father's estate.
Maga:
zine Tells of
Omaha Rebuilding
The June number of the American Re
view of Reviews, just cut, contains an
Illustrated artlol on the work of restor
ing the tornado havoc at Omaha, written
by Victor Rosewater, editor of Tho Bee.
The pictures show a typical reUef sta
tion, soma of the clean-up day squads
and the rebuilding operations. In the
same number are several urticles on flood
destruction In Ohio and Indiana, and
flood prevention, contributed by Governor
Cox of Ohio, Senator Theodore E. Burton
nf flhfn nnri Rnntni .Tdtnnii V TYam-aII
p. m.'.'.'.'.'.','. 83 ' of Lou181011' who Is also president of the
T P. talim.m.''.'. gijiiB-Uonal Rivers and Harbors mnrrsw
MANUFACTURERS DlJ
NU I' it
1 '
1, SAjpEDFIELD
Ridicules Contention They Cannot
Compete with Those of Other
Countries.
DOING SO MORE AND MORE
Secretary Points to Continuous
Growth of Foreign Trade.
PREDICTS A STILL GREATER
Tells of Attitude of Party in Regard
to Labor.
AGAINST WAGE REDUCTION
"New Freedom for American. Indus
try the Infective Test nomoc
racy Has Sot," Declares
Cabinet Member.
P1TTSFIKLD, Mass., May 31. Secre
tary Redfleld of the Department of Com
merce, speaking at a banquet hero to
night, given by the democratic city com
mittee, denied the contention that Ameri
can manufacturers could not successfully
compete abroad and declared that on the
other hand they were doing bo more and
more successfully.
He pointed to a continuous growth of
American manufacturers abroad, begin
ning with $443,000,000 In 1892 to nn esti
mated total of $1,600,000,000 in 1913. He pro
dieted a still greater growth with the
elimination of what he termed unsys
tematized management.
"A new freedom for American Indus
tries,' he said, " waB the effective test
to which the democratic party had set
It handss.
"It stands for education and for federal
aid to It It stands for the reduction
of the taxes, not only upon food, but
upon the means of earning, that Is to
say, upon buildings, upon machinery and
upon the means of earning! that Is to
say, upon building',' upon machinery and
upon materials, which together compose
tho fundamental of our Industrial life.
It does not stand for a reduction of
wages, because It knows that American
economic history has taught us, per
haps, its greatest lesson that the highly
paid workmen, well equipped and well
treated and well led, is tho cheapest pro
ducer In the world, else with out handi
caps wo should not be selling $1,6000,000
abroad now."
Nebraska Heiress to
Half Million Located
Newspaper Report
CHICAGO, May 81. M. S. Wilson, an
employe of the Adams Express company
at Louisville, Ky glanced through a Chi
cago paper tho other morning and found
that Ills wife was heir to $150,000. In a
letter to a friend here he relates further
the peculiar circumstances under which
an. unclaimed fortune was put within
Mrs. Wilson's grasp.
In a paper of May 19 a small item
headod, "Hunt Heiress to $460,000." It
was republished In other newspapers,
among them theLoulsvllte Times. Mr.
Wilson read the Item, sought its source,
and sent for a copy of the Chicago news
paper containing Us original publication.
It was sufficient to Indicate to him at
once that Mrs. Wilson was the missing
heiress.
Margaret Hawthorne was the heiress
sought. Her mother was a daughter of
David Shatter, who died at Vassar,
Mich., In 1908. Miss Hawthorne's mother
had died In the meantime, and there was
no other heir to tho Shatter properties
than Margaret, who was believed to be
living In Chicago.
Margaret Hawthorne was adopted by a
Mr. Ladd of 1460 Michigan avenue, Chi
cago, but, under reverses, he was obliged
to return her to the orphanage from
which he had obtained, ner.
Then she was adopted by Mr. and Mrs.
George B. France of York, Neb., and
there she grew to womanhood under the
name of Eva Hawthorno France.
In 1902 she was married to Mr. Wilson,
and with him moved to Louisville later.
Tn make sure that her family name
might be retained. Mrs. Wilson caused
to be filed in Lincoln, Neb., a record of
all the papers concerning her adoptions
and of her residence in the orphanage.
This precaution will be her means of es
tablishing legal proof of her Identity and
her ability to claim the $4EO.f00 estate left
by her grandfather, Mr. Shatter.
Secretary Bryan .
Has Private Seal
WASHINGTON, May Sl.-Secretary
Bryan has Just made for himself a pri
vate seal, of which he Is especially proud.
It Is a repllea of the design on a coin
that was circulated in the time of Alex
ander the Great, which Colonel Bryan
obtained while on his tour around the
world. The design discloses a man hold
ing a bird aloft. The bird la said to re
semble a falcon, but Secretary Bryan,
whose peace propensities are weU known,
insists It is a "dove of peace." '
Mr. Bryan had not become the head of
the -tate department before he realized
the. onerous task of affixing his own sig
nature to the. enormous mass of corre
spondence which comes over his desk. So
he hit upon the scheme of a private seal
and stamp bearing the words, "William
J. Bryan," and his name will be stamped
upon all documents and papers of a
purely routine character.
Cudahy Plant at
Sioux City Idle
SIOUX CITY, la, May 31.-As the re
sult of a strike yesterday, the Cudahy
packing plant here was shut down to
day. About 900 employes are Idle. Flvn
hundred struck for an increase tn wages
and 400 more were forced into idleness.
No serious trouble oocurrsd today.
Drawn for Tho Bee by Powell.
GRAND JURY TO LOOK
INTO FALL OF PIER
Yerdiot of Coroner's Jury Not Satis
factory to Xong Beaoh
Citizens.
THREE EXPERTS TESTIFIED
.Their. Statement'tlint Adtfjnato In
spection Would Have Revealed
Weakness Cause of Seo
ond Inquiry.'
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Mt.y Sl.-The
clamor following the failure of the cor
oner's Jury to fix responsibility for the
collapse of the auditorium pier at Long
Beach, which killed thirty-seven persons
last Saturday, resulted today In an an
nouncement by District Attorney Fred
ericks that he would present the case
to the grand jury Monday.
The coroner's Jury held one rotten
girder responsible for the disaster. The
board of three experts appointed to ex
amine the ruined structure reported that
an adequate Inspection would have re
pealed the weakness of the structure in
time to prevent the accident.
Fredericks said this report would be
called to tho attention of the grand jury,
but added that proceedings based on any
alleged criminal negligence Involved in
the construction of the pier and audi
tort urn would be barred by the statute of
limitations.
Estimates for the
New Hotel Run Too
High for Directors
Estimates on the cost of construction
of the Fontenelle hotel as presented to
the board of directors at a meeting yes
terday run over $1,000,000, and the board
remanded them to the architect to be cut
down.
The estimates were based on prelimi
nary plans and skeleton specifications,
and consequently were considered by the
directors not to be amounts that actually
would be necessary for the hotel con
struction. The estimate of the Selden
Breck Construction company was II,.
007,000. James Black & Sons went to
$1,060,000 In their estimates.
Thomas R. Kimball told the director
that the hotel he has In mind can be
built for less than $500,000 and the cost
thus kept within the original Intentions
of the company. He will modify the
, plans he presented to the bidders and
I ask for smaller estimates. These will be
taken up by the directors in the near
I future.
Rosewater School
Gets New Pictures
For the Edward Rosewater school, the
principal, Mrs. Martha W, Christlancy,
has acknowledged the receipt of two plc
I tures for the walls, one a large photo
; graph of the school Itself, and the other
i a photograph of the 1912 competitors in
' the track athletics, both neatly -framed.
The pictures were sent to the school with
the compliments of Victor Rosewater,
editor of The Bee.
Amateur Flier is
Crushed Under Motor
CHICAGO, May 8L Aviation claimed
another victim today when James Colo
van, a young amateur filer was killed by
the overturning of his biplane when It
struok a tree. The accident occurred just
outside the flying field of the Aero club
of Illinois. Colovan was crush d under
tha engine.
This Is Editors' Week
SEVENTEENTH AMENDMENT IN
Secretary Bryan Signs Formal No
tice of Its Ratificat'on.
PROVIDES DIRECT ELECTIONS
Four Pens Are Used, Three of Which
Go to Men Who Championed
the Measure on the Floor
of House and Senate,
WASHINGTON, May JL-In the pres.
ence of a notable "comtffclr&Minfl
many legislators who had. to do with its
adoption, Secretary Bryan today signed
the formal announcement of the seven
teenth amendment to the constitution,
providing for direct election of senators.
Former Representative Harry St.
George Tucker of Virginia, chairman of
a committee In the fifty-second congress
having charge of the first direct election
of senators resolution that passed the
house; Representative Rucker of Missouri,
chairman of the committee In the sixty
second congress which had charge of the
resolution which finally was adoptod,
and Senator Borah, who championed the
orange In the senate, were present, as
was Mrs. Bryan.
Ilrnn Distributes Pens,
Secretary Bryan used four pens to sign
the proclamation. The first, whioh he
used to write "William," went to Mr.
Tucker; tho second, with which ,he wrote,
"Jennings," went to Mr. Rucker; tho
third, with which he wrote "Bryan," he
kept for himself, and. that with which he
wrote the date he delivered to Senator
Bora.
To thoso assembled Mr. Bryan ex
pressed his gratification at being the offi
cial to proclaim the constitutional change.
Moro Democrats on Committee,
Increased senatorial representation on
the democratic congressional committee
was discussed today at a eonferenoo be
tween Chairman Lloyd and Secretary
Page of the campaign committee and a
coynmlttee of five senators. President
jWllson favors a plan to have on the re
organized committee a senator from each
state where senators are to be elected
by direct popular vote In 1911. Accord
ing to the committee's Information these
states are:
Kentucky, Kansas, Ohio, Oregon,
Arkansas, Florida, New Hampshire.
Oklahoma, Alabama, Nevada, North Car
olina, New York, Illinois, Indiana, South
Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, Arizona,
Missouri, Colorado and Louisiana.
Subcommittees Are
Grinding Away on
Tariff Schedules
WABHINQTON, May 3L-Snator on
the finance subcommittees grinding on
the tariff bill foreswore their usual week
end holidays and continued at work. The
subcommittee working on administrative
features considered tho possibility of
amending the "anti-dumping" clause to
take tn articles on the free 'list and
worked on a modification of the provision
to compel foreign manufacturers to show
their books to American customs agents.
Several nations have protested against It,
Neither the house nor the senate was in
session.
REPUBLICAN MEMBERS
ON HOUSE COMMITTEES
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, May Sl.-Speclal Tele
gram.) Nebraska republicans in the
house have been recommended for the
following committees by minority leader,
Mannt
Barton For public buildings and
grounds, reform in the civil service, and
war claims.
Klnkald Irrigation of arid lands and
Invalid pensions.
Sloan Ranking member on expendi
tures in the Department of Agriculture
and agriculture and forestry.
TIS
AK-SARJN'S PLAY
Mystery as to Kind of Show at the
Den Tomorrow Night
Cleared Up.
EDITORS TO OPEN PERFORMANCE
fFnsitertatninipnt of tU"ioeaon
Will lie aiven Monday Hvenlnic,
with Vlsltinic Newspaper M,en
as the (Incuts.
"Our Arabian Knights of Aladdin's
Wonderful Lamp" la tho title that has
been given the how which begins the
season at the Ak-Sar-Bon Den tomorrow
night. Samson has Just announced 'It
after months of wondering wneuim ...
would do to give the general publio any
intimation of what was going on them
But the nature of the Initiation, tho play
and tho original muslo that goes with
them brought about tho name and Sam
son decided at least to give that out
Ous Rwixe, who planned the various
Initiation devices and the soenery and
soenle effects of the show, says the
New York Hippodrome might compare
with It if a few of the bigger stunts nt
the Den were eliminated. Asked if there
would be a stage with a regular curtain
and nil he answors loudly and enthusi
astically that thoro will bo stages and
stages. Probably the stories of the
Arabian Knights require "stages and
stages" and If they require them there
is no doubt that Gus has provided them.
He is a stickler for necessities and oven
luxuries and everything must be replete
when It comes to staging a show with
blm.
The play portion of tho entertainment
will be a musical comedy. Tho book and
lyrics wore evolved by Miles Grecnleuf
after he had seen what Gus Intended to
present. Oreenleaf doesn't say whother
they are satires on the stories In the
fairy book: others say the lines all
through are of the kind that rock the
risibilities.
Omnhn Music.
And for the third time In the history
of Ak-Sar-Ben the musta of a play at
the Den 1b to be entirely original. Four
years ago Lee Krati wrote songs for
"Paprika Schnitzel" and two years ago
Harry Hangauer wrapped scores around
The Gymkhana." This year Slgmund
Lansberg, the Omaha pianist, has
equipped the show with more muslo than
any Ak-Sar-Ben show has had and It
Is all of that lilting kind that brings the
audience Into closest sympathy with tho
delights o( the play. He devoted a great
deal of time to the effort. A thirteen
piece orchestra will render It, the
orchestration of the TJandsberg muslo
having been happily accomplished by
Th. Rud. Reese.
Have Larire Cast,
The cast which will present the story
and songs is an unusually large one and
there are in it many of the lights that
have shone so brilliantly In former
productions of tho knights. Henry W,
Dunn, chief of police, has been assigned
the role of the Caliph of Bagdad,
Charles Gardner, who was one ' of the
headllners in "The aymkhana," will be
back tn the cast, this time as the
character Binbad, the Sailor. Charles
R. Docherty, who has done several years
on the professional stage as well as
many memorable appearances in local
theatricals, will be the lucky Aladdin.
Joe Latch will be presented as the chief
of the forty thelves and Ross Johnson
the little tenor, will have the emotional
singing part of Princess Castorla. As
the chief of the Persian police force.
W. T. Lawrence, a SL Loulsan, who has
come to make his home In Omaha, will
get an introduction to his new home
(Continued pn Page fclvej
ROOSEVELT IS GIVEN
SIX CENTS DAMAGES
IN HIS LIBEL SUIT
Defendant Takes Stand and Makes
Statement, in Which He Admits
Injustico Done Colonel.
ASKS FOR NOMINAL VERDIC1
He Says There Was No Malice Back
of His Editorial.
ROOSEVELT MAKES STATEMENT
Defendant Says Be Did Not Qo Into
Case for Money.
WANTED TO BRING OUT FACTS.
Court Then Dlrvota to llrlnrf tn Ver
dict for Nominal Dninsgrii,
Which Mrnn .Six, Cents
Without Costs
MAltQUETTli. Mlon., May Sl.-The jury
tn the Roosevelt libel suit awarded the
defendant damages In the sum of t cents,
without costs. This action was taken by
direction of tho court utter statements by
the defendant and plaintiff.
Georgo A. Newett went on the witness
ntnhcl thin afternoon and retracted the
alleged libel charging Roosevelt with
drunkenness. Ho said he had been Im
pressed that nn Injustice had beon don
th colonel In tho publication of the ar
ticle nnd deoply regretted it. Tho plain
tiff then, In person, united tho Judge ta
Instruct the Jury to bring In merely nom
inal damages.
Mr. Ncwelt's statement follows;
"I was born nn n form near Janes
villi, Wis., In ISM and lived thero until
I wns about 10 years of ago.
"I obtained my education In a district
school In that vicinity, working on th(
fnrm sunimorB and going to school wlnv
ters. I came to Mnrquotto county in IKij
nnd havo lived hero ever since. In 187(1
I hegnn working for tho Iron Home, the
first pnpor published In Ishpemtng, and
have ever slnco been engaged In news
paper work In this county.
"In 1S79 I left tho Iron Homo and
started the publication of a paper of my
own nnd havo continued Its publication
from then until the present time. This
paper Is known as Iron Ore.
"The Iron Ore Is a weekly paper which
contains the usual local nows published
In such pnpern In communities like Ish.
pcmlng, nnd In addition specialties in
mining nows, covering not only the min
ing districts of Michigan, but elsewhere.
In October, 1912, It bad a circulation of
from 3,600 to 3,000, four-rlfths of which
was confined to the county of Marquette
nnd the greater part of tho remainder
to other town? I tho upper peninsula.
IS n Trrtolnlrr, Himself.
"I do not use wines or liquors myself
In any form and am an absolute teetotaler,
having strong convictions on this sub
ject. Neither do I uso tobacco tn any
form.
,fW'U9l I was appointed commissioner
of VilmWal statistics for ho state of
Mlchlgon, a position I held for four years,
covering two terms, my first appointment
having been made by Governor Rich and
my reappointment by Governor Plngree.
In 1906 I was appointed postmaster nt
Ishpemtng by the plaintiff of this case
and held that office for four years, nt
the end of whloh term I resigned, t
have also held various positions on clvlo
boards In tho city nf Ishpemtng and am.
now president of the Ishpemtng Ad
vanremcnt association.
"Prior to 1912 I had been for many
years a strong supporter of Theodora
Roosevelt, recognizing him as the great
republican leader, and had frequently
published editorials In Iron Ore commend
ing him and approving his policies, and T,
had heretofore assisted all his campaigns,
not only by pVsonal effort, but also by
financial contributions, Even tn the pri
mary campaign of 1913 I supported him as
second choice for the republican nominee
"I mention these facts as Indicating the
Impossibility of my harboring any feeling
of personal mallco against the plaintiff
Hn! nf CharKes.
"Some time before 191! I began to hear
statements from various sources that Mr,
Roosevelt was drinking wines and llquois
to excess. During this period I took n
trip throughout i the western country,
passing through the states of Montana.
Nevada and Arizona, as well as the Inter-
(Continued on Page Five.) "
The Housewives
of the Nation.
A thinking writer observes
that "the housewlvoa of Amer
ica arc engaged in one of the
most actlvo trades of the day
houBekooplng.
Solid senso In that remark.
But how many local advertisers
the small merchants in any
community study this fact deep,
ly. analytically with a view to fit
ting It to their businesses to
increasing their trada with the
housewives T
The home Is the backbone
of every community; the very
foundation of this nation. And
nearly every home has fem
inine head.
Housekeeping In the large cities
is becoming more and more a sci
ence; in the smaller towns it is
being lifted out of tho sphere of
drudgery.
And It is advertising that has
done so much for the housewives.
Advertising brings to their doors
the things that lesson the drudg
ery and make housekeeping a
pleasure.
Read the advertisements in
THE DEE, almost any day,
and you will read of labor
saving devices for the house
hold. Appeal to the Housewife,
Mr. Storekeeper, and you will
make no mistake. SHE is a
power in tnis lana.
