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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
THINKS TRUST Law ERROR
President Hadley, of Yale, Asserts
Courts Could Regulate Better.
Predicts state Ownership Of Monop-
oIfes Unless Ethics of Trade Inn
proves-Betterment Noted.

The Sherman antitrust law and the In
terstate Commerce Commission are mis-
takes. according to President Hadley, Of
Yale University. who in an article on the
Ethics Of Corporate Management in the
North American Review puts himself on
record as follows:
Personally. am one Of those who
look with serious distrust on each eXten-
sion Of political activity. I believe that
the interstate commerce law did more 10
prevent wise railroad regulation than any
other event in the history Of the country
7 think that the courts would have dealt
with our industrial problems better than
they have done IF the antitrust act had
never been passed.
7 have gravely doubted the wisdom OF
some Of the more recent measures passed
by the national government But I can
not shut my eyes 10 the fact that these
things are what business men must ex-
pect. unless business ethics is somewhat
modified 10 meet existing conditions
Industrial corporations grew up into
power because they met the reeds Of the
past To stay in power. Il ey must meet
the needs Of the presen-. and arrange
their ethics accordingly If they can do
il by their own voluntary development of
the sense Of trusteeship, that is the sim
plest and best solution. But if not one
Of two things win happen: vastly in
creased legal regulation OF State owner
ship OF monopoies-"
In the beginning Of his article the presi-
dent Of Yale indirectly confers the title of
monarch upon President Roosevelt Dr..
Hadley first tells how the philosopher
Thales. Of ancient Miletus. cornered all
tire olive presses in that region Conunu-
ing. he says:
There was a man in Syracuse I'm the
days Of Dionysius the TyranJ who bought
all the iron in Sicily on so narrow a mar
gin that without raising the price very
much he was able to make twice the
amount Of his total investment in "a short
time When Di0nysius the Tyrant heard
of this he was pleased with the ingenuity
Of the man, and ne told him that nc
might keep his money, but that he had
better leave Syracuse.
These stories show plainly enough that
monOpOlies are no new thing, that more
than 1000 years ago there was a Standard
Oil Company of Asia Minor and a United
States Steel Corporation Of Sicily; and
that the President of the United States is
by no means the first monarch who has
addressed himself somewhat aggressively
TO the problem of trust regulation But
IN ancient times these monOpoIies of pro-
ducers or merchants were an exception
now they are becoming the general rule. %
But President Hadley says: The worst
things which were done in our insurance
companies represent a pious regard FOR
the law and a scrupuloUs observance OF
the principles Of morality as compared
with some Of the transactions in Erie in
The early los"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
HIPPOs' BATHING PLACES.
south African Lake for Which Big
BEASTS Have n Liking.

a few miles from Muhokya we came to
Kikarongo, a circular lake, once a crater.
about a half-mile wide, writes a CORE
spondent Of the Westminster Gazette
from Uganda. The water is slightly salt
and is greatly appreciated by the hippOs.
who come here in large parties from
Lake Ruisamba to battle. The lake is
shallow for few yards only and then
deepens rapidly. so the hippos. who do not
like deep water, never go very far from
the shore.
On a still day it is an amusing pas
time TO sit by the lake and watch the
great brutes enjoying themselves. For
a moment nothing is to be seen, then
suddenly a score or more of huge heads
burst through the water with loud snOrts
and squirting jets of water through their
nostrils: they stare around with their
ugly little piglike eyes, yawn prodigi-
ously. showing a fearful array OF tuszs
and a CavernOus throat. then sink with
a satisfied gUTgle below the surface 10
repeat the performance a minute or two
afterward.
Sometimes one stands almost upright in
the water; then he rolls over with a
sounding splash showing a broad ex-
panse of back like a huge porpolse. Or
a too venturesOne young bachelor ap-
proaches "A select circle of veterans. who
resent his intrusion and drive him away
with roars and grunts. There is some
thing sirresistibly suggestive of human
ity about their ungainly gambols Only
bathing machines are wanted 10 complete
the picture.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
GREWSOME SCENE ON STAGE
False Confession Sends Mother and
Brother to the Gallows.
Creates "a Tremendous COmmOtiOn
Among DeVOtces of Thriller"
Drama in London.

London Gable TO New York Herald.
Not So horrible in its grewsomeness as
a skin grating scene recently enacted in
a Connecticut theater, but quite enough
to rouse a great storm Of Mortified criti-
cism. IS John Maseheld's play, THE Camb-
den Wonder" al the Court Theater One
might think that a man impaling himself
on a sword would be regarded as too
grewsOme for public representation. but
the audience at His Majesty's Theater did
not take exception 10 Beerbohm Trees
realistic suicide In this manner as An
tony in Antony and Cleopatra" nor had
the critics word 90 say against IL.
But this "Cambden Wonder has Gre
ated a tremendous commotion, such as
has not been known since Arthur Bour-
CHER produced @ one-act horror, THE
Soothing System" at the Garrick In
this piece nearly all the characters suf-
fered from brain disease and h0micidal
mania, and they turned upon the visitors
to their asylum during "a thunderstorm
and tortured them in fiendish fashion.
The incidents in "The Cambden Won
der" belong, it is said. to the historic
PEI AtfA VI Ar'ff- SIC 'NNAA- - a MA Sc
Gloucestershire. John Perry is drunken
laborer, hating his sober. industrious
brother Richard. With enviOUs malice TO
ruin him. he declares that he. his
brother, and his mother have murdered a
farmer named Harrison. They are all
three tried and hanged. Then the farmer,
who has been away on a drunken spree,
returns home.
The story is terribly tragic as the de-
cent workingman and his mother are
hurried innocent to the galIows. It is
just the sort Of story that supplied the
grewsome and popular ballads Of past
generations.
III the last OF the three scenes the au-
dience is shown the prisoners chained to
the bench. The mother impIores John TO
tell the truth and save them from need
less death. Richard upbraids him, but
John, a rufianly, homicidaI maniac. re-
fuses to speak. The chaplain enters. One
by one they are taken out and hanged.
Imagine this scene, written with great
literary and dramatic skill and acted
consummately well, and something, at
least, of the horror Of the play may be
realized.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27


father and exclaimed: Why, papa, I am
going to take Jennie with me- Then she
added: Why, papa! Why papa! You
did not tell me that Jennie was here.
And Immediately she reached out her
arms as IL in welcome and said: "Oh,
Jennie. I'm so glad you are here.
Mrs. Piper's Prediction.
shall turn next to an instance as
ISOLATED with the experiments and records
Of Mrs. Piper. The record in the case
is unusually good. having been made by
DR.. Richard Hodgson. 1t occurred at Il
sitting with Mrs. Piper:
About the end of March OF last year
dSS9 I made her lMrs. Piper a visit
having been in the habit of doing so since
early in February about once a fortnight.
She told me that a death of a near rela-
tive of mine would occur in about six
weeks from which I should realize some
pecuniaTy advantages. I naturally thought
of my father, who was in advanced years
and whose description Mrs Piper had
given me very accurately some week or
two previously. She had not spoken Of
him as my father. bat merely as a person
nearly connected with me. / asked her az
this sitting whether this person was the
one who would die but she declined 10
state anything more clearly to me. My
Wife, to whom ] was then engaged, went
10 see Mrs Piper a few days afterward.
and she todd her (my wife) that my father
would die in a few weeks
About the middle Of May my father
died very suddenly in London OF heart
failure when he was recovering from
very slight attack of bronchitis, and the
very day that his doctor had pronounced
him out Of danger Previous TO this Mrs.
Piper (as Dr. Phinuib had told me that
she would endeavor To influence my father
about certain matters connected with his
viii before he died Two days after I re-
ccived the cable announcing his death
my wife and ] went 10 see Mrs. Piper
and she (phinuiD spoke of his presence
and of his sudden arrival I'm the spirit
world and said that he tDr, PhinuiU had
endeavored to persuade him in these mat
tiers while my father was sick. DR..
Phinuit told me the state Of the will and
described the principal executor, and said
that he tthe executor would make a Ger
tam disposition in my favor. subject TO
the consent of the other two executors,
when / got In London, England. Three
weeks afterward ! arrived in London
found the principal executor to be the
man Dr. Phinuit had described. The will
went materially as he CDR PhinuiO had
stated. The disposition was made I'm my
favor. and my sister, who was chiefly at
my fathers bedside the last three days of
his life told me he had repeatedly COM
planned of the presence Of an old man at
the foot Of his bed, who annoyed him by
discussing his private affairs"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
RESCUE THE CONSTITUTION.
Some Comment on Stretching the In
terState Commerce Clause.
From the Boston Trsn-rrIpt

Eran the Boston Transcript
When young assemblyman Mr.. Roosa-
welt was very fond Of telling the story OF
Tim CampbelTs waiver Of the charge that
bill was unconstitutional by the now
familiar words. What's the Constitution
among friends2' When one reads. as in
this months issue Of Charities and Com
mons, its earnest editorial upon the pro-
posed Federal child labor law; when one
hears Of the way ia which Senator Bever-
idge has found a popular issue" or that
Secretary Root names il as a subject
with which the nation viii deal If the
States do not or that Senator Lodge
'hastens 20 Identify himself with the
plan, and that Senator TilIman gives
out "A sympathetic interview" il is with a
thrill OF interest, although scarcely a sur
prise, that one finds the same Mr.. Roose-
Welt writing that he gives il his most
hearty approval and intimates some re
greet that the proposition had not been
brought forward before his message was
written"
According to this editorial. There are
some who will insist that il is straining
the Constitution but the writer thinks
the main point is that the new law will
accomplish the result Il certainly repre-
sentiment when a serious periodical can
frankly say this. The subject Of the bill
Is the Federal regulation OF hours OF labor
The editor of Charities and Commons
prints It's title, a bin TO prevent the en-
plCyment Of children in factories ana
mines" If his attention were directed TO
any other place in the English Language
where he found a power given to regulate
commerce with foreign nations and
among the several States" he would not
believe for a moment that these two sub
jects had any reasonable connection with
each other But many persons to-day
seem to believe that they can learn TO
pronounce anything interstate commerce
Happily such q condition of public senti-
ment and press comment is producing
some healthy reaction. The notion that
fire and life insurance are interstate COM
merCe is cOmatCse, if not mOribUud. Sen
atOr Dryden. VINO used TO advocate that
ut Washington is busy elsewhere. Judge
Evans has repeated his views that bill
frankly intended to deal only with the
relation between employer and employed
is not a regulation Of commerce carried
on by the employer. If the Constitution
is not to be allowed 10 come between the
friends of such legislation and their pU~-
poses, we shall soon know the lines along
which it is to be stretched.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
ENGLISH POOR UNCLEANLY.
Case Instanced by Canon HOrseIy
observation-disclosures DO Better.

London Cable 10 New York sun.
The statement made by Canon Horsley,
rector Of St Peters parish. Walworth,
regarding the nonbathing procilivities of
his 1880 parishioners, has attracted much
attention.
The local health officer at Walworth and
the chief sanitary inspector, when inter-
viewed on the subject, said perhaps Mr..
Horsley would not repeat the statement
literally if he were on oath in court Of
justice. but, broadly speaking, he was
accurate.
He certainly did not overstate regard
ing the general lack of cleanliness. The
bedding used by some Of these people was
horrible. There were some who have
been married thirty or forty years who
have never once IN that time changed
their bedding.
The English poor in this respect are far
dirtier than the Continental poor. The
Italians in London were much cleaner
than the same class of English. OF course,
even In the worst slums some clean peo-
pie can be found. but thousands, especial
~ women, never battle and would not
dare to allow their bodies to be inspected.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
MAGNETS TO LIFT PIG IRON.
One That VIII Cause Eighty-pound
Mass TO Jump.

From Casters Magazine.
The primary idea underlying the design
cf a great magnet was to produce such a
dense and well-directed magnetic Iux that
the material to be lifted would rise to
meet the poles of the magnet. In actual
service an eighty-pound pig of iron will
jump vertically from four to six inches 70
attach itself to the center pole.
The load which is lifted forms not only
the armature Of the magnet. but a por-
ton Of the core as well A greater weight
of detached material is therefore, re-
quircd to satisfy the magnetic circuit
than would be the case if the load formed
merely the armatuTe. so that the lifting
capacity Of the magnet is correspOndingly
increased.
in a magnet which IS to handle from 800
to 500 tons of iron a day II is evident that
the design of the magnetic circuit is not
the only thing to be considered. Il is
doubtful whether any other piece of cleo
tTiCal apparatus Is called upon to operate
under such extremely severe conditions.
As previously mentioned pigs of iron VIII
jump several inches to attach themselves
to The magnet Only the very shameless.
construction can withstand the daily
hammeTing of 500 tons of such pigs. and
IN addition 10, this i'm rapid working the
magnet itself is frequently lowered with
considerable force upon the material to
be lifted.
The method of insulating the maEnetiZcd
winding. holding it in place, providing
fer its expansion and protecting it from
moisture and from vibration, all require
the most careful study and design: like
wise, the effects Of abrasion on the active
face OF the magnet must be provided
for
Now that these problems have all been
successfully solved and the lifting mag
net has been reduced TO a practical and
dependable device, il is being very rapid
ly adopted by manufacturers and users of
iron and steel products with the introduc-
ton of great saving in the cost Of
handling such materials.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
STANDARD OIL GETTING GOOD
Announces It Will Maintain No
LOt in Indiana.
Claims IL Has No Axes ia Grind Nor
Any Legislation IL Wants
Headed on.
From the indianapolis Star.

From the indianapolis Star
The Standard Oil Company has given
out the information that it will have no
lobbyists In this session Of the legisla-
turc. The Indiana representatives Of the
big concern figure that they will need
none. One Of them told prominent
legislator yesterday that they have mo
axes . grind nor any legislation that
they ant headed of. If the legislature
VIZ forget that the Standard Oil
Company is in existence they VIII be sat
isfed.
Legislators and senate officials have
heard the same story before. about the
time the legislature would be getting un-
der Roadway, but It has usually happened
that before It ended the Standard had
representatives in the Hobbies and in
many instances on the floor Of the house
and senate trying 10 influence the law
makers. This was the case two years
ago when several measures aimed at the
oil monopoly came up In the legislature.
j is history too. that practically nothing
was done 20 harm the Standard.
There are some evidences now. however.
that athe Standard does not care 10 ger
into fight with the State Of Indiana. and
especially with Gov HauIy- For months
past il is said that Standard representa-
Jives have been pretending To obey the
law 20 the letter. and very recently began
sending 10 the office Of the State oil in
spector daily reports Of various kinds
volunteering information concerning their
transactions that is not required under
the law
Every morning the State oil inspector
finds on his desk, ut the State house
printed forms showing the exact number
Of barrels Of oil shipped into Indiana the
day before, the city 70 which they were
sent and the names of the cousignees
There is no explanation for all this ex-
cept that the Standard is doing It's hes,
10 create the impression that il IS beina
good, and needs no attention from the
state.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
NEW STYLE PATENT MEDICINES.
Some Old Timers Hardly Recognize
able Under New Law.

From the New York sun.
If you slip around to the apothecary' S
one of these damp evenings and find him
all out of your favorite bitters. or il
when you pull the wrapper off you find
the stuff an oily green instead of the re-
membered vermillion, don't blame the
druggist. The chances are he and his
wholesaler are in the same fix. It's the
new pure drug law.
The Federal food and drugs act went
into commission on New Years Day. It's
stipulation is that manufacturers whose
remedies contain narcotics or alkaloids
must say so on the labels has made no
end of trouble in the drug business. The
veal lambs are getting along pretty well.
but the wolves that used TO wear wool
in the good old days are having "A time
Of It, Bottles, labels, and contents have
all been changed.
Practically everything in the drug line
is now labelled: Guaranteed Under
the Food and Drug Act of June 80, 1906. %
It also bears the serial number allotted
by the government. Most of the local
wholesalers will not accept goods other
wise, and the result has been notable
scarcity Of such products as have not
yet conformed TO the requirements of
the new law.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27

The other night nv father said.
Nov, children come with me:
OF orators you all have read,
But here's chance 10 see
a real, live orator who viii
An object lesson teach:
I'm climbing up flames steepest hill.
An I'm TO make a speech "
klnd friends. my pa began. an then.
Kind friends my pa began an
An ladies here. an gentlemen
At starting he was slow
An then his knees began 60 shake.
A chair he tried 20 reach:
We knew It was a big mistake,
When father made a speech
In arguments at home my pa
Could taxi on, like & streak;
And when he's run an missed a car
His voice was never weak
An when We kids would make him mad
An hour OF two he'd preach
But, oh. his tongue worked awful bad,
The night he made speech.
When Mary left the piece Of soap
Upon the hardwood stairs.
For words then father didn't grope.
They came out unawsres.
At talkin', I am free 20 say,
Ms father is a peach;
But not a sentence came orr way
Ths night he made speech.
Detroit Free Press
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
THINGS THAT CAN'T BE DONE,

You cannot cure hams with a hammer,
You can't weigh gram with a grammar,
Mend socks with a socket
Build docks with a docket
Nor gather up clans with a Clamor.
You can't pick locks with a pickle.
You can't cure the sick with a sickle.
PlnCk figs from igment
Drive pigs with a pigment.
Nor make your watch tick with a tickle
You can't make mate Of your mater,
You can't get a crate from a crater,
Catch IrOIes with a molar
Bake rolls with a roller.
But you can get a wait frura a waiter
0Ou cannot raise crops with a Crcppcr.
You can't shave your chops with chopper,
Break nags vith a nagger.
Shoot stays with a staeger,
,,0T pop 20 a giIl with a Pepper.
You can't grOw yOuT beeYes from the beaver,
You can't catch the heaves from a HEAVIER,
Get grains from q grsiner.
Draw strains from a straineT
Nor cleave 10 your wife with cleaver.
4 bat can't be made out Of batter.
A fats not a thing that can fatter,
pond does not ponder.
A wand viii not wander,
And 50 that's the end Of our patter-
Boston Transcript
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
CHICKENS BILLS STUCK.
Diet of Glue Sizing Made Hard
Days Work for PouItrymnu

From the New York World.
George Westerman, an enthusiastic
breeder of fancy poultry In the Fair
view section Of Bloomfield, y. j., put in
a busy day yesterday soaking the bills
OF his ROSTERS and hens IN hot water.
This strange occupation was due TO an
artistic effort on the part Of his near
est neighbOr, Herbert Fields. who mixed
some powerful glue sizing preparatory TO
painting the walls of one of the rooms
in his house. The sizing left over MIR.
Fields dumped in his back yard.
Mr.. Westerman's chickens. evidently
thinking the sizing some new brand Of
breakfast food, flew over the fence and
ate II greedily. In a few minutes their
bills were stuck as closely together as
if riveted.
The surprised chickens became terror
stricken and rolled about in the snow.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
TRUE GHOST STORIES
Prof. HysIOp Tells of PSYCHE
cal Phenomena.
STRANGE DEATHBED VISIONS

ApparitiOns which Come to the HUI
man Mind rs the Body Passes Away.
Influenced the Making of VILLA
Spirit Describes Feeling of Death.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
THEOLOGY OF A KING
Kindly Philosophy Of the
Swedish Monarch.
DOES NOT BELIEVE II HE'LL

King Oscar an OBtimist and a Lover
of PeRce-His Faith in the Good
Separation from NoryTay-AccOunt
OF Conversation with q baroness.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
WHEN FATHER MADE A SPEECH.

The surprised chickens became terror
stricken and rolled about in the snow.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-28
JEFFERSON
DAVIS TRIBUTE

This was Jefferson Davis tribute Ia
Southern women: ITO the women OF
the Confederacy, whose pious admins
trations to our wounded soldiers,
socthed the last hours of those who
died far from the objects of their ten
derest love, whose domestic labors
contributed much to supply the wants
of our soldiers in the field, whose
jealous faith in our cause shone as a
guiding star undimmed by the dark
est clouds of war, whose fortitude sus-
tanned them in all privations in which
they were subject, whose annual
tribute expresses their enduring grief,
love and reverence for our sacred
dead. and whose patriotism will teach
their children to emulate the deeds OF
our revolutionary sires."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-28
MAJORITY PLEDGED
TO COL BANKHEAD
HIS ELECTION AS MoRGAN'S Sue
CESSoR is NOW PRACTI-
cALLY CERTAIN.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, June 24.-The
commission of appointment as United
States senator to succeed the late
John T. Morgan, will be issued tomor-
row to Col. John H. Bankhead, former
congressman OF the Sixth district, by
Governor Conner. The concensus of
opinion here now is that Col. Bank
head will be elected senator at the
hands of the Legislature next month
by a large majority. II there should
be no Conner candidate in the race It
is predicted that Col. Bankhead will
get four-fifths of the vote of the leg
islature. Considerable interest is
still being taken in the race, notwith.
standing the fact that It is almost
certainly that Col. Bankhead has
promises from more than majority
Of the legislators.