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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-23
VIII Be Married.

Miss Mary Cullaghan, daughter OF
james caIlaEhan. deceased, and niece
OF Hugh Calaghan, superintendent of
the city water works. will be united IN
marriage to Mr.. William Wanstreet
at the Church of the Immaculate Con-
ception Tuesday afternoon at S
O'Clock Mr.. Wanstreet is an engin-
eer employed at the Clarksburg
Brewing compnay's plant Doth have
a wide circle of friends who wish
them all happiness in their married
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-23
y MOTHERS PLEA.
Trained Nurse OTcrs. Cure for
CoStivcneSS.

What in the world can
do for my three children. who.
ii seems, have inherited cos
tiveness and all evils. such as
vomiting. stomachache, head
ache. dullness. lanEuor. fever
and thinness OF flesh? 1 have
tried dieting, and breakfast
foods. fruits and patent medi-
cines, but the trouble grows
worse, and 1 am nearly dis
tracted."
This mother voices the ex-
perience of thousands.
a trained nurse and we'll
known matron of one of our
largest eastern hospitals offers
the best and most reliable
harmless remedy that is
known.
just go to any well stocked
drug store and get one ounce
aromatic fluid cascara." zone
ounce compound essence car
dol" and two ounces aro-
matte syrup. rhubarb." Mix
all In a bottle. shake, and
adults take from one-haIf to
tcnspoonfuls after each meal,
while children gleefuliy take
from five drops 10 teaspoon-
full, according to age. Use
this freely whenever occasion
demands.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-23
National BANQUET.

The Sigma Chi fraternity will hold
its annual national banquet in the
Sinton hotel, in Cincinnati. November
%. and invitations have come to the
local members. among whom are Will
r. Morris. Ernest d. Lewis. DR. Cecil
Jarvis and Harry B.-Curtin. It Is ok
pected some OF the local members
win attend.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-23
Proernm and socInI.

The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Central Christian church will render
a program in the church tomorrow
evening at 1880 O'Clock and end the
event with a social The Rev. l.. E.
Peters will deliver a brief address.
Cake and coffee will be served and a
thank Offering taken.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-23
In the Same poat.

The stranger advanced toward the
door Mrs. O'Toole stood in the door
way with a rough stick in her left
hand and a frowu on her brow.
Good morning" said tho stranger
politely. I'm looking for Mr..
o'TocIc"
Som l. said Mrs. O'Tuoie. shifting
her club over to her other hand.-Ev.
erybodY's.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-23
RInchnrt Counle N1nrrted.

Mr.. Harvey Ruble and Miss Helen
Fink. both of RInehart. were married
at the Corr Methodist parsonage Sat
urday afternoon by the Rev. ]. +.
Bird. They are worthy young poo
pie and have the best wishes of, many
friends.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-23
Thnnlksglving Dnncc

Some of the society men have Ia
sued invitations for Thanksgiving
dance which they will give in the as
sembly room Of the Waldo wednes-
day eYen!ng at 9 o,clock
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-23

SCOTT RILEY.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-23
Mothers Club Meeting.

The Mothers Club will meet at the
home of Mrs. Mary Lucas on Null
berry street tomorrow afternoon at
3 O'Clock.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-23
THE NEW SHEATH GOWN

When they read the funny
papers every lady has to
frown, at the awful things the
men all say about the new
shcnth gown; for think that It's
no business OF the men. how
the women dress-and come to
think 1t over, that Is really
true, guess. But the men,
while not authority on what
the women wear. all admire a
pretty figure, so don't blame
them II they stare. But great
err worth has woman. In the
eyes of any man, when he
learns that Spartan Stain she
uses every place she can. Spar
tan Stain Is just the thing for
floors and doors and all wood
work. either old or new.
Made by the Marietta Paint
& Color Co., Marietta, o. Sold
by the Home Furnishing Co.,
Main street. Clarksburg.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-23
4 CARD % THaNI1s

wish TO thank my friends and
neighbure for their many HIpdnesHes
during my wife's sickness ana death,
Father may reward you ahundantly
for It.
SCOTT RILEY
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-23

The Ladies' Aid Society OF the Dun
Street United Brethren church Will
have an oyster supper In the base
ment fthe church Tuesday night,
beginning promptly at o'clock. All
are cordially invited.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-23
DAGMTEU HAS TYPHOID.

Helen, daughter of the Rev. and
Mrs. b. d. StelIe. is typhoid fever
patient All hope FOR her speedy re-
eovery.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-23

L. Singer Is a business visitor here
from Morgnntown today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-20
BUSINESS INTERESTS CLASH.
Move for New Bank and Elevator
Causes Trouble At Van Horne.

Special to TllneS-Repupncan.
yinton, Jan. 2O.-Intense excitement
has prevailed in the town of Van
Horne, in this county, and thru all the
country surrounding the town within
radius of ten miles, for the past
week Rival business interests head
ed by Charles Hartung, cashier of the
local bank, and Henry kirkman,
prominent citizen, have clashed. A
company Of men met together last
week, and the venture of establishing
q new bank and of the leasing of one
Of the grain elevators, with farmers
as the principal stockholders, was dts
cussed. and on Saturday morning
bright and early the contesting inter-
,ests were securing the country for
stockholders, one for a farmers bank
and elevator. and the other for
farmers elevator. All week has been
spent in a hard struggle, fifty or mo-
subscribers of stock for the new ven
ture have signed, and the trouble will
probably terminate in being new
farmers bank and two competing
farmers elevators in the town.
The affair has caused the whole of
Benton county to take notice and
watch the contest with great interest.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-20

We need hardly to point out that his
rebuttal argument is extremely weak,
altho as strong. no doubt, as the cir
cumstances would warrant. He answers
the points made by President Moffet
substantially as follows: Cd the Stan
dard Oil Company had traffic depart
ment, and should have known that the
sx-cent rate had not been filed, (2) no
answer, CD the Chicago and Eastern
Illinois rate was a secret rate because
1t read, not from Whiting, but from
Dolton, which is described as "a VII
lage of about 1900 population just out
side of Chicago. It's only claim to note
is that 1t has been for many years the
point OF origin for this and similar Sc
cret rates" The Commissioner admits
in describing this rate that there was q
note attached stating that the rate
could also be used from Whiting.
The press has quite generally hailed
this statement of the Commissioners OF
Corporations as conclusive REPUTATION
OF what is evidently recognized as the
strongest rebuttal argument advanced
by the Standard.
In fact, 1t Is as weak and inconclu-
sive as the remainder Of his argument.
The lines of the Chicago and Eastern
Illinois do not run into Chicago. They
terminate at BOLTON, from which point
entrance is made over the Belt Line.
Whiting. where the oil freight origin
ates, Is not on the lines of the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois. which receives its
Whiting freight from the Belt Line at
BOLTON. The former practice. now dis
continued, in filing tariffs was to make
them read from a point on the line OF
the filing road. and 1t was also general
to state on the same sheet, that the
tariff would apply to other points. e. g.,
Whiting The Chicago and Eastern ILL
nois followed this practice in filing its
rate from BOLTON, and making note
on the sheet that 1t applied to Whiting.
This was In 1895 when this method OF
filing tariffs was in common use.
Now let us see in what way the in
tending shipper of oil could be misled
and deceived by the fact that the Chi
cago and Eastern Illinois had not filed
a rate reading from Whiting. Commits
sioner Smith contends that conceal
nent is the only motive for such a cir
cuitous arrangement" l. e., that this
method of fling the rate was intended
to mislead intending competitors Of the
Standard Oil Company. Suppose such
a prospective Oil refiner had applied
to the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion for the rate from Chicago to East
st. Louis over the Chicago and Eastern
Illinois. he would have been informed
that the only rate filed with the COM
mission by this company was 81 cents
from BOLTON. and he would have been
further informed, II indeed he did not
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-20
Commissioner Smith VS.. The Standard Oil Co.
From the Railway World, January 3, 1905.

know this already, that this rate APP
piled turnout Chicago territory. So that
whether he wished to locate his plant
at Whiting, or anywhere else about
Chicago, under an arrangement OF long
standing. and which applies to all the
Industrial towns in the neighborhood
of Chicago, he could have his freight
delivered over the Belt Line to the Chi
cago and Eastern Illinois at BOLTON and
transported to East st. Louis at a rate
of 6A cents. Where then is the con-
cealment which the Commissioner OF
Corporations makes so much of! Any
rate---from BOLTON on the Eastern ILL
nois or Chappell on the Alton, or Har-
vey on the Illinois Central, or Blue
Island on the Rock Island, applies thru
out Chicago territory to shipments
from Whiting, as to shipments from
any other point in the district. So far
from the Eastern Illinois filing its rate
from Dolton in order to deceive the
shipper, it is the Commissioner Of Cor
porations who either betrays his gross
ignorance of transportation customs In
Chicago territory or relies on the public
ignorance of these customs to deceive
the public too apt to accept unques-
tioningly every statement made by a
Government official as necessarily true,
altho, as in the present instance.
careful examination shows these state
ments to be false.
The final point made by president
Moffett that other commod ~ Of
character similar to oil we Hrried at
much lower rates than II cents, the
Commissioner Of Corporations dis
cusses only with the remark that "the
'reasonableness' OF this rate Is not in
question. The question Is whether this
rate constituted discrimination as
against other shippers Of oil" and he
also makes much of the failure Of
President Moffett to produce before the
grand jury evidence Of the alleged IL
legal acts Of which the Standard Oil
official said that other large shippers
In the territory had been guilty. Con-
sidering the fact that these shippers in
cluded the packers and elevator men
Of Chicago the action Of the grand
Jury in calling upon President Moffett
to furnish evidence of their wrong
doing may be interpreted as a de-
mand for an elaboration of the obvious;
but the fact that rate-book contain
ing these freight rates for other ship
pers was offered In evidence during
the trial and ruled out by Judge Lam
dis was kept out Of sight. President
Moffett would not, of course, accept the
invitation of the grand jury altho he
might have been pardoned II he had
referred them to various official inves-
LEGATIONS by the Interstate Commerce
Commission and other departments OF
the Government.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-20

Mr.. Herbert Knox Smith. whose zeal
In the cause of economic reform has
been In no wise abated by the panic
which he and his kind did so much to
bring on, Is out with an answer to
President Moffett, of the Standard OIL
Company Of Indiana. The publication
OF this answer, 1t is officially given out,
was delayed several weeks, for bust
ness reasons" because 1t was not
deemed advisable to further excite the
public mind which was profoundly dis
turbed by the crisis. Now that the
the Commissioner rushes again into the
fray
points in the defense of the Standard
OIL Company. as presented by President
Moffett, were, "a that the rate OF six
cents on oil from Whiting to East st.
Louis had been issued to the Standard
Oil Company as tue lawful rate by em-
ployes of the Alton. (2) that the 1S-cent
rate on file with the Interstate Com
merce Commission was class and not
commodity rate, never being intended
to apply to oil, CD that oil was shipped
in large quantities between Whiting
and East st. Louis over the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois at six and one
fourth cents per hundred pounds, which
has been filed with the Interstate Com
merce Commission as the lawful rate,
and 90 that the 1S-cent rate on oil was
entirely out of proportion to lawful
rates on other commodities between
these points of a similar character, and
Of greater value, such, for example, as
linseed oil, the lawful rate on which
was eight cents. President Moffett al
so stated that thousands of tons of
freight had been sent by other shippers
between these points under substan-
TALLY the same conditions as governed
the shipments of the Standard Oil
Company.
This defense of the Standard OIL
Company was widely quoted and has
undoubtedly exerted a powerful influ-
ence upon the public mind. Naturally
the Administration which has staked
the success Of its campaign against
the trusts" upon the result of It's at
tack upon this company, endeavors to
offset this influence. and HENCE the new
deliverance Of Commissioner smith.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-20

We come back, therefore, to the cones
clusion of the whole matter, which ~
that the Standard Oil Company OF In,
diana was fined an amount equal to-
seven or eight times the value OF 1ta
entire property, because it's trafrlc des
partment did not verify the statement
of the Alton rate clerk. that the s1xsi
cent commodity rate on oil had BEEN
properly filed with the Interstate CONS
merce Commission. There is no evil. I
dence, and none was introduced at the
trial, that any shipper of oil from Chi.
cago territory had been interfered with
by the eighteen-c rate nor that tina
failure Of the Alton to file It's six-cent
rate had resulted in any discrimination
against any independent shipper,-we
must take this on the word OF the
Commissioner of Corporations and or
Judge Lands. Neither is 1t denied
even by Mr.. Smith that the "indepen-
dent" shipper of oil, whom he pictures
as being driven out of business by this
discrimination Of the Alton, could have
shipped all the oil he desired to ship
from Whiting via Dolton over the lines
Of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois t0
East st. Louis. In short. President
Moffett's defense is still good, and we
predict will be so declared by the
higher court a
The Standard Oil Company has been
charged with all manner Of crimes and
misdemeanors. Beginning with the fa-
nous Rice of Marietta, passing down
to that apostle of popular liberties,
Henry Demarest Lloyd, with his
Wealth Against the Commonwealth.
descending by easy stages to Miss TAR
bells offensive personalities, we finally
reach the neither depths Of unfair and
baseless misrepresentation In the re-
port Of the Commissioner OF Corpora
tions. The Standard has been. charged
with every form Of commercial piracy
and with most of the crimes on the COR
poration calendar. After long years OF
strenuous attack, under the leadership
OF the President of the United States,
the corporation Is at last dragged to
the bar Of Justice to answer for Its
misdoings. The whole strength OF the
Government is directed against 1t, and
at last, we are told. the Standard Oil
Company Is to pay the penalty OF Its
crimes, and it IS finally convicted Of
having failed to verify the statement OF
a rate clerk and is forthwith fined q
prodigious sum, measured by the car.
Under the old criminal law, the theft OF
property worth more than a. shilling
was punishable by death. Under the
Interpretation of the Interstate Com
MERGE law by Theodore Roosevelt and
Judge Kenesaw Lands. a technical err
ror of a traffic official is made the ex-
c,,ca for the confiscatiOnsS of vast
amount of property.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-20
General Land Offices Ruling
Has Bearing on Fourteen
Other Iowa Cases
FARMMER NEAR eowRIE WINS
A. w. scott's Title to Swamp Land,
Contested by Iowa Railroad Land
Company, Sustained in Decision at
pes Moines in 1908, and Now A.
firmed-Othsr Iowa News.
special to Times-Republ,can.

opeClal 10 lneS-RepuDltcdh.
Fort Dodge, Jan. 20.farrell & Far
rell, attorneys in this city, have re-
ceived notice from the United States
lan.. office at Des Moines advising
them of their victory In the swamp
senior member Of the firm to Washing
ton to appear before the secretary OF
the interior. The case in which the in
terror department has handed down a
decision is that of the Iowa Railroad
Land Company VS.. A. w. Scott, the
latter's title to the property being con-
tested by the company. The case was
first taken into the courts at Des
Moines in 1903, and was decided In
favor of Mr.. Scott q resident near
Gowrie. However, an appeal was TAX
en- to the general land office at WASH
ington, which has just handed down a
decision.
This ends the matter and settles the
title of the land In Mr.. Scott.
lands Of fourteen other owners III
Webster county has not been nm
ally decided by the secretary of tho
interior. In the latter case the coun-
ty board of supervisors formally
waived all claim that any of the four
teen or more tracts involved were
Swamp land" tho the county had sold
them all as swamp land IN 1860 and
had received pay for the lands at that
time.
The land scrip Spectator seeking to
strip the owners Of their lands RELIES
upon this action Of the Webster coun-
ty board Of supervisors to sustain their
contention. but the attorneys feel cons
fident that the rights Of these settlers
will be protected by the secretary. and
that the mistake of the county board
Will not be permitted to work rob-
berry of these land owners thru the
operations Of this land scrip holder.
The action Of the county board did not
cover the Scott tract and for that rea-
son his case has reached an earlier
conclusion than the others.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-20
HM >6Arv
oRAToRY AND BASKET BALL.
First Debate Of the Season at Cedar
Falls Normal School.

First Debate OF the Season at Oeoar
Falls Normal School.
Special to Times Republican.
Cedar Falls. Jan, 20--Saturday even
ing was memorable one in this city for
contests in oratory and basket bali
games. AT the state normal We're
played two games Of basket ball. the
first between the normal second team
and the Cedar Rapids high school
team, with score of "a to Ia in favor
of the high school boys. This was fol-
lowed by game between the team
from Drake, under the direction OF
Coach Pell, and the normal regular
team under the direction of Coach
Seymour The result was 53 for the
pedagogues, and 81 for Drake.
At the same hour there was held In
the Cedar Falls high school auditor
ium the first debate of the season. in
the interests OF the state high school
debating league. The question was,
"Resolved. That g. limited disarmament
OF the leading nations would promote
the civilization OF the world" The at
firmative was championed by the Ce-
dar Falls team. Messrs. Carson Tay-
lor, Glenn Davis and Max Cunning.
and the negative found hearty support
by the three women from the East
Waterloo high school, Misses Gunsau-
lus, Rector and Dunkelbure. The
Judges were Attorneys Charles Gun
Judges were Attorneys Charles Nurl-
ing, Of Clarksville; q. II, Hasner, of In
dependence, and M. F. Edwards. OF
Parkersburg. The affirmative re-
ceived two of the three votes and will
consequently contest for the champion
ship OF northeastern Iowa. Simultane-
ously there were held high school de-
bates in this section of Iowa on the
same question, between West Union
and Waverly high schools and Usage
and Elkader. Interest In the state
high school debating force is greatly
increased since the opening of these
annual contests.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-20
EACH HIGH SCHOOL WINS.
Waverly Gets Debate, West Union the
Declamatory Contest.

waverly, Jan. 20.--A debate and de-
clamatory contest held here between
the Waverly high school and the West
Union high school resulted in VIC
tory for the local high school in the
debate and defeat in the declamatory
contest.
The question discussed was. Re
solved. That the limited disarmament
the leading powers would promote the
civilization OF the world" The local
high school had the negative OF the
question and the decision of the judges
was unanimous In its favor. West un-
ion was represented by Charles Gray.
Glenn Dewey and Howard Richmond,
Waverly was represented by Carl
Maaser William Antes and Max
Houghton. Mary Wright. OF West
Union won the declanatory contest.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-20
FALLS FoRTv-slx FEET; LIVES.
N. E. Christensen, Of Webster City,
Was Repairing Windmill.

Special TO Times Republican
Webster City, Jan. 20--While repair
ing windmill on the w. III. Hill farm,
northwest Of here, N. F. Christensen.
a member of the firm Of H. f. Pringle
Company, fell forty feet to the froz-
Z. sound The windmill was broken
in s~.h a way that it could not be re-
paired without lowering the tower. Mr..
Christensen had climbed to the top of
the tower to fasten a rope, when in
some unaccountable manner his hand
slipped. He fell on his feet and side
and was semi conscious when picked
up few moments later. He was
brought to this city at once and DR..
Buxton called to determine the extent
of his injuries, who pronounced one
ankle to be broken and Mr. Christen-
son otherwise very badly bruised, with
possibility Of internal injuries. Just
how serious his injuries are cannot
now be determined.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-20
PUPILS GIVE ENTERTAINMENT.
Grundy Center High School Students
Hold DecIamatory Contest.
Snecial IA, Times. RenuOlican

Special IL Times Republican.
Grundy Center Jan. 20.--A very sat-
isfactory declamatory contest Of high
school pupils was held at the opera
house last evening at which the fol-
lowing program was rendered: 1nvoca-
ton, Rev. Chaffee; song. Girls Glee
club; "rhe Pluned knight" Oscar
Ady; Value of an IDEAL" Tom Holck
"At the Virginia Convention" Floyd
Philbrick; Character Of Washington"
Henry Sprague; instrumental duet,
Mrs. Thome and Mrs. Willoughby;
Jean Vatican and the Bishop" Anna
Engelkes; 1.-THE Rivals" Russell Gray;
THE Death Disc" Hazel Mulch; "The
Lion and the Mouse" Beulah Sperry:
solo, Miss Riker; "Mr. Travers' First
Hunt" Percy Barker; "A Call OF the
President" Vera Black; "Dooley on the
Grippe" Arthur Frederick; "Burdick's
Music Box" Charlie Mooty. The judges
were Thomas E. Johnson Of Rein
beck; Superintendent Hezzlewood of
Iowa Falls and r. M. Lampman Of
Cedar Falls. Oscar Ady won first In
the oratorical class, and Tom Holck
second. Beulah Sperry won first in
the dramatic class and Ann Engelkes
second. Arthur Broderick won first
in the humorous class and Charlie
Moot hsecond. Miss Beulah Sperry
won first over all al gill represent
our school in the district contest, with
Arthur Broderick as alternate.
On th same evening our debating
team v, I to Usage and debated the
high school team of that place on the
question Of disarmament, resulting in
a victory for Usage altho two Of our
debaters were very strong. These de-
partments of our school work are be-
ing emphasized more than formerly.