Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-02
AFTER THE WATCH COMBINE
Agents of Independents File Complaint
Against Official Organ Of Trust.
AllEeE IT is UNFAIR TO COMPETITORS
IL Is Also Claimed that Journal IL
Enjoying SecOnd-CIass Nail
Rates Contrary to
inv.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l-Complatnt was
today filed with Third Assistant Postmaster
General Madden by attorneys representing
the independent watch manufacturers and
watch case makers and wholesale dealers,
headed by the w. J. johnson company of
Pittsburg and the Dueber- Hampton Watch
company Of Canton, o., charging that the
Keystone Journal, alleged to be owned by
the Keystone Watch company and allied
concerns forming what is claimed to be
the Watch trust. Is enjoying the privilege
.uf second-cass rates In violation of the
law Allegations are that the keystone
publication refuses 10 publish the advertise
ments OF persons not selling the product of
the companies forming the so-called trust.
and that they have broken advertising con-
tracts with wholesale dealers when such
dealers were found to be handling and sell
ing antitrust goods. The complanants
charge that the so-caled trust endeavors
by coercive methods to drive every dealer
to the wall who docs not sell its goods and
that It appoints special agents in certain
( localities to undersell dealers who have re-
fused to handle it's products.
President Returns to Washington.
President and Mrs Roosevelt, with four
Of their younger children, who have been
enjoying two days outing at Mrs. Roose-
velts country place. plain Dealing" In
Albermarle county, Virginia. returned to
Washington at oI3 O'Clock tonight. The
president and his family entered their car
riage, which was in waiting. and were i'm
mediately driven to the White House
There was a large crowd at the station and
the president was given cordial welcome
Several representatives in congress ON
fl,at,
sembling OF congress were fellow-passen-
gers on the car with the president, and dur
ing the run to the city the president came
from his drawing room and chatted with
them for some time on public questions.
The president showed every evidence of
having enjoyed the outing and walked
briskly from the train through the long
railroad shed to his carriage.
Life Saving Service Report.
The work of the life saving service for
the last fiscal year is summed up in a re-
port of General Superintendent Kimball to
the secretary Of the treasury. made public
today. The life saving crews saved and
assisted In saving 464 imperilled vessels and
their cargoes, besides affording assistance
| OF more or less importance to 60 other ves-
sells. including craft of all kinds. making a
total of LA vessels to which aic was fur
nished. In addition, the report states p
steamers and IS sailing vessels running into
danger were warned Of their peril by the
signals Of the patrol and lookout in time
uF-cscs. pc disaster. Tho saving OF fdaIy
lives and much property is attributed to
such warnings
No less than 365 disasters to documented
vessels occurred during the period stated,
involving the lives OF 1859 persons, of whom
"a were lost The estimated value of YES
sells and cargoes so affected was s1O.32O,66O
of which $7,9l7,3s5 was saved.
Promotion for Pension Clerks.
Commissioner Warner today made recon-
mendations to Secretary Hitchcock for the
promotion of about 100 clerks in the pen
sion bureau and the reduction in salary OF
about twenty-five others The employees
who are to be reduced are generally old
persons who are claimed to be not so efli-
cient as formerly. and yet who have rem
dered such faithful service that It is mol
considered just to separate them from the
service Several such persons have beer
drawing comparatively high salaries. Many
of them will be placed on the 5000 roll.
Tax on Medicine PeddIers.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes
has isued a statement to the collectors
of internal revenue that there is no in
ternal revenue special stamp tax for the
peddling of alcoholic patent medicines and
LIQUORS and directs that peddlers going ovel
the country disposing of these things shall
be required TO pay a special tax at every
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