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Injunctions Without Notice.

Recommending that legislation be
adopted to carry out the platform
pledges with regard to injunctions the
president says;
THE ends Of justice will best be
met and the chief cause of complaint.
against ill-considered injunctions
without notice will be avoided by the
enactment Of statute forbidding
hereafter the issuing of any injuuc-
tion for restraining order, whether
temporary or permanent, by any f-d-
eral court. without previous notice
and a reasonable opportunity to be
heard on behalf of the parties 70 be
cnioined; unless it shall appear to the
satisfaction of the court that the de
lay to give such notice ana hearing
would result in irreparable injury to
the complainant and unless also the
court shall from the evidence make a
written finding which shall be spread
upon the court minutes. that immedi-
ate and irreparable injury is likely
to ensue to the complainant. and
shall define the injury. state why it
is irreparable and shall also enforce
upon the order issued the date and
the hour of the issuance of the or
der. Moreover, every such injunc-
tion or restraining order issued with
previous notice and opportunity by
the defendant to be heard should by
force of the statute. expire and be of
no effect after seven days from the
issuance thereof or within any time
less than that period which the court
may fix unless within such seven
days or such less period the injunc-
tion or order is extended or renew
ed after previous notice and opportu-
nifty to be heard
My judgment is that the passage
of such an act which really embodies
the best practice in equity and is very
like the rule now in force in some
courts will prevent the issuing of i'll
advised orders of injunction without
notice and will render such orders
when issued much less Objectionable
by the short time in which they may
remain effective
THE jurisdiction of the general
government over the interstate com
lutTtt ldS leu To tllt So-Ctlltu Sutl-
man antitrust law and the inter
state commerce law and its amend
ments The developments in the op-
Grafton of those laws, as shown by
indictments, trials, judicial decisions
and other sources of information
call for n discussion and some signs
as to amendments These | prefer to
embody in n special message instead
OF including them in the present com
munication and l shall avail myself
of the first opportunity to bring these
subjects to the attention Of con
gress.'
Political Contributions.
Under political contributions,
| the president says:
| II urgently recommend to con-
gress that a law be passed requiring
that candidates in elections of mem
bers of the house of representative!
and the committee in charge of theil
candidacy and campaign, file II
proper offices of the United States
government statement of the con
tributons and the expenditures in
Cured in the effort for such elec
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A los art Of
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tians, discovered a
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f ew years ago by
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D g amo the a no t e
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-04-21
SYNOPSIS.
ILLUSTRATED BY
RH WALTERS

Three girls - Elizabeth, Gabrielle and
Elise-started for Canada to spend the
summer there. On board steamer they
were frightened by an apparently dement,
to one of them, took enjoyment in scru-
tinizing photo Of the trio. Elise shared
her stateroom with a Mrs Graham, also
a sightseeing tour met Mrs. Graham:
anxiously awaiting her husband, who had
g mania for sailing.. They Were intro
A cottage by the ocean was rented by
the trio for the summer. Elizabeth
learned that friend Of her fathers was
to call: Two men called. one Of them
steamer. The girls were mot at home,"
but discovered by the cards left that one
Of the men was Elizabeth's fathers
BsRe and Gordon os %sp Of
fell into the hands of Elise Mrs: Ora
hams hair was black. Lady Edith told
hotel Fearing for the safety Of her own
gems, she left them in a safe at the cot
tage. Mr.. Gordon Bennett was properly
returned the lost bag and told Of mysteri:
with the cottage: Exploring the cellar,
one of the girls found sphinx cuff but
Gordon Bennett and Lady Edith were
found to possess, also. Elise, alone, ex-
plored the cellar, overhearing a CONVEX
satiOn there between Mary Anne and a
man. He proved to be her son, charged
with murder. The young women agreed
to keep the secret. Lady Edith told a
story OF lost love in c9nnection Yith
nett discovered Lady Edith and Mr.. Ora
ham, the latter displaying a marvellous
baritone ba'd n1 W. voice At supper which was
teriously lost her ring, causing search
| by the entire party.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-04-21
How the Cow HELPED Australia.

Corn is king in America. and the
COW is queen in Australia" remarked
r. J. Guthrie, agricultural editor Of the
Sydney Mail. THE COW has redeemed
the country, and hundreds of farmers
who lost nearly all they had by the
drought of 1902 are now better of
than they ever were, and it is all due
to the COW. Australian butter ranks
well up with the best butter in the
world.
Our butter making is an done by
the cooperative creamery system. It
has been years since the farmer made
butter on the farm. We have little
Use for a dual purpose COW in Aus.
tralia. That is, the dairy farmer
wants a cow that will give milk teD
months in the year, and he uses Il for
NO other purpose, while those Who
raise cattle for beef have no thoasAi
Of milk production"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-04-21

millionaires would bet any sum. After much
persuasion agreed to go to Omaha to see s
match was due for a vacation anyway-an:t
Stowe said couldn't lose. certain A.
Shores was to wrestle the millionaires' maj :.
who had agreed, Stowe said. to let himself BIZ
thrown. took with me check for $4,000 to
make showing. The millionaires met were
this Gordon and two Others 1 told Stowe, in
Omaha, that was next and wouldn't bet my
money, but would bet their money for them
as I'd been asked to do. deposited my check
in a bank. During the betting the leader,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-04-21
No buffalo steak ever opened up its

No buffalo steak ever opened up its
heart to a stranger, or even to its
dearest friend. The buffalo steak re-
mains as a sealed book; you may lay
it in the pathway of circular saw,
and the only result will be that the
saw will have to go to the repair shop.
1t will serve all day az humping
bag in a gymnasium and show no sign
of fatigue; an intelligent shark of ma
ture years will refuse it, and as a sub
stitute for a hinge on a barn door It
will outlast the door.
Buffalo steaks have been found In
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-04-21
One Woman's Scfeme.

The thrifty wife of an officer in our
army saw no reason why the big
sheets Of linen paper covered with fig
ures and calculations should be
thrown away. She begged all she could
get, soaked them, and for her reward
had enough fine linen to make frocks
and blouses for the family. The ink
does not 60 through the surface finish
and 30 perfect treasure lies under
meath to be had for bit of hot water
and the asking.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-04-21

e''l! AloHln. lney Gad perfect book
Keeping system; they employed agents
III every part of the country, these
agents paying royalties for the use of GER
tain swindles, they travelled in palace cars
and established clipping bureau for the pur-
. pose OF manufacturing printed news items
about themselves. Agents were numbered,
Mikes" were numbered and the games they
used were also known and used in numerical
orde,
TIE head of the fraud trust" when arrested,
was residing in a palatial residence in the
south with his wife and cortege of servants
about him.
The swindes and the manner in which they
were pulled off showed ingenuity worthy of
be tier cause.
There was no haphazard work in the opera
tions of the syndicate. 1t was most careful
ly managed organization. Its qualifications
covered the whole country. A code book with
a red cover-a sort of "Whos Who in Graft
ing'-found in the leaders possession, con-
tanned the names and addresses of 3O6 of the
syndicates willing workers. agents or steerers
In all the principal cities of the country Every
one of these agents had attached to his name
a number. 1t was his duty to get up jobs or
plays as the syndicate books call them It
didn't matter what the game if the agent car
ried it through to success he got percentage
of the receipts These agents were not thugs
or pluguglies or saloon loafers. They were
chosen with particular reference to their edu-
cation, appearance manner of Dress ability
to associate with gentlemen. This fact is shown
by most of the letters captured by the govern
ment.
For nearly two years the syndicate had head
quarters in New Orleans, later moved to Seat
tie, then to Council Bluffs and finally went to
Little Rock, Ark. During all this time the
agents were busy. Wherever an agent was
stationed The books show that the syndicate
had store a genteel word to take the place
of plant or ICON game" Men with money
we're interested in proposed land deals Horse
racing or wrestling were not mentioned Moth
ing was hurried. Sometimes it took months
to land a victim properly. In one case on
record the agent worked for tSo years and
at length tapped" the Mike as the victims
are called, for $4,000 In some instances the
fraud was so smoothly handled that the Mike"
went back second time and gave up another
5000 or $4,000 before he learned that it was
loaded.
The syndicate insured atself against "squeal-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-04-21
"DeIcacy" Bitterly Criticised by St..
Louis Writer.

When the last terrapin is served
steaming and the last lobster is to
be looked upon in it's own homemade
scarlet timbale it will be in New York.
Thither now 90 the buffalo steaks that
are 10 be found nowhere else, says the
St. Louis Globe Democrat. Two of
Buffalo Bills male bison were slain
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-04-21
NO USE FOR BUFFALO STEAK

for INSTRUMENTATION to their keeper
and shipped in proper storage to
Gotham.
But Gotham knows nothing of the
intrinsic worth of buffalo steak, and
you, gentle reader, may have never
come in contact with one; that is,
Is as far as you may 60 in max
ing the acquaintance of a buffalo steak
of modern times, you come in contact
you never penetrate.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-04-21
'CHZA MZz2z2LE 7OV) IYB@

only by occasional perfunctory re-
marks. l was conscious of a return
of my former depression, also of an
inclination to be very disagreeable
indeed should any one give me the
slightest provocation.
Perhaps my companions realized
this, for at the turn of the path they
said good-by and went on to the vii
lage, leaving me to return to the cot
tage alone. Far in the distance I saw
woman's figure l thought might be
Gabrielle coming home along the
shore, and I decided to wait for her.
So I went around to our little slip,
intending to sit upon the ledge until
she arrived. Much to my surprise, l
found it already occupied, for Mrs.
Graham sat, or rather crouched, upon
the ledge muffled in a thick shawl
Her thin hands were clasped so tight
ly together that the veins stood out
like cords and the knuckles were blue
and prominent. Although it was evil
dent from her absorption that she had
not heard me approach she displayed
no surprise when I sat down beside
her and when spoke she answered as
though had been there all the time.
The sun had quite set now and the
sky was gray and leaden. The wind
blew sharply from the east, bringing
with it penetrating chill which made
me SILVER in spite of myself,
Had you not better go homer" I
suggested. Surely it is not wise for
you to sit here"
In reply she raised her hand and
pointed toward the ocean.
HE is out there
'Mr. Graham?"
Eyes,"
Gordon Bennett had been right, and
this was the way Mr. Graham looked
after his invalid wife. I tried not to
show the indignation I felt as l
thanked her for the roses, and again
suggested she would be better at
home.
"Roses?" she repeated. ooh, yes.
1t was Harry's idea; he is always so
thoughtful. hope you liked them"
Il do not consider it very thoughtful
to leave you like this" 4s1sa
| The words sprang to my lips and l
regretted them as soon as they were
uttered.
Il told him to co. She was at
once on the defensive. Gle would
have stayed with me if 1 had asked
him. I wanted him to go. But, oh
She collapsed again and shivered
convulsively.
"The skiff is so little and the ocean
is so big"
He goes so often I should think
you would be accustomed to it,
fear my voice was not very SYM
pathetic, but, as Gabrielle said, there
were times when Mrs. Graham Jared
| ones nervous system. She was look
| ing straight at me now with an ex-
preston of terror in her large dark
eyes.
Often" she whispered; "often? All,
you don't know! Day or night when
the fancy takes possession of him he
has to go; he says he cannot help it.
Last highland tonight"
| Last night" I calculated. "You
don't mean to say he left you last
| night?"
She Immediately stiffened, resenting
the implied criticism.
There was no reason he should
not. l was all right as soon as got
to bed. He was restless and wakeful
and did not need attention. It was
best he should go. I was quite com.
Portable at home"
Quite comfortable! I could imagine
the thin white face upon the pillow
with frightened eyes staring into the
| darkness hour after hour throughout
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~ j.
The syndicate wasn't los
ing any time. While the
farmers wife was eating
sherbets and lady's fingers,
the man, his patriarchal
white beard trimmed and
brushed as it had not been
for years on the home
place, was being taken deep
ly into the innermost con.
fidence of the secretary.
This man knew that the
farmer would never have
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-04-21

ing Mikes"-another name for victims who
complain-by photographing every event. At
some time in the contest picture would be
taken, and always these pictures contained
faces of the syndicate leaders and the victim
close together, usually shaking hands. These
pictures could be shown to family, If neces
sary, to prove what father had been doing
when he lost his thousands. They were very
valuable Several Of them were found.
Land propositions were the favorite bait for
men with wealth. The sporting event came
In casually, as side play such ashley de-
clared-any party Of millionaires might choose
to arrange. The leader and his companion mil.
lionaires never by any chance induced the
Mikes" to bet on an event. That was left in
the hands of the agents. The case of a wealthy
farmer in Illinois, WILL perhaps, serve as we'll
as any of the 400 or more recorded to show
how the swindle was worked. The farmer
wished to buy land as reimbursement One of the
syndicates agentsknew Of 5000 acres that could
be bought for $3.50 an acre, and if bought at
once, might be sold Immediately for $3.50 an
acre. That sounded good. The farmer and
his wife accompanied the agent to Little Rock
to see the land. On the road down south the
agent showed supposed newspaper clippings
describing the westward trip of his principals
and other "millionaires' in private car. The
government found bundle of these clippings
in the leaders valise. They evidently were
made in job printing Office, but they i'm
pressed the farmer and his wife and made
them feel important in being allowed to meet
such large men.
There was much delay in arranging 4 trip
to see the land. The owners were away some
where-they usually were hard to find-but
everything would soon be all right. The farmer
proved, with draft for 100000 his financial
standing requirement never neglected by the
millionaires, and were shown every courtesy
by the receiving party. He was daily visitor
in the excellently equipped Offices in the South
ern Trust building and became we'll acquaint-
ed with the private secretary. His wife was
taken out in the touring car to the beautiful
mansion-rented- where she met the leaders
wife, and had lovely time.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-04-21

the tombs of the mound jewellers,
looking as cheerful and juicy as when
they lay down for their 20.century
sleep beside the f1inthead arrows.
They are oblivious of time and de-
cay, and when the earth has crumbled
and dispersed among the star dust of
the milky way there will remain but
one relic Of all its teeming life, and
that will be buffalo steak, indestruc-
tible and eternal, world without end.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-04-21
CHAPTER Xl.-Continued.

It was very beautiful world, too,
as the sun sank slowly out of sight,
leaving the heavens tinted with scar
let and gold, fading here and there to
amber and palest pink, and we in.
stinctively grew silent while watch
ing it.
Finally Mr.. Bennett touched me on
the shoulder.
Look" he said.
I turned in the direction he indi.
Gated and saw a little skiff under full
sail, heading for the open sea. The
white canvas cleaned rosily pink in
the sunset glow, and we could see the
figure of a man silhouetted against
the sky. A fresh breeze had sprung
up and the boat cut through the
waves, now careening to one side un-
til the sails seemed to dip in the wa
ter, now righting itself and darting
forward as though exulting in its dan
gerous freedom. Steadily onward it
went, and as I watched it Mr. Ora
hams song returned to me. Almost
unconsciously l repeated a few lines:
'Where the far-away dim horizon
Touches the mist-bound sea,
There lieth an Unknown Kingdom
With it's gates ajar for me-
"Yes," said Gordon Bennett, adding
after moment, 1T is Graham, you
know"
contradicted him at once, secure in
my superior knowledge.
ooh, no! Mr.. Graham is at home. I
saw him this afternoon and he said
Mrs. Graham was far from we'll. He
is with her, of course"
rose as spoke, for it was time to
60 home, and Mr.. Bennett rose also.
He looked at me in a puzzled, incred-
ulous sort of way and once or twice
seemed about to speak, but thought
better of it. AS we walked toward
Mr., Blake remembered the shadows
and my fright of the previous night.
began to tell him about it, but a
CLEAN of gold caught my eye and
saw he was wearing the scarf-pin with
the Sphinx's head. For some reason
the sight of this pin checked the words
on my lips and q feeling of distrust
arose In my heart, totally unjustifable.
Mr.. Blake joined US and we walked
slowly home II silence, interrupted
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-04-21


and jockeys awaiting them. They
were to race to the foot of hill about one
hal1 mile away. The farmer liked the appear
ance OF the sorrel mare on which he and the
mllllonafres had bet their money and he was
justified, because the sorrel really was mag
niicent animal
They got away in good shape, the sorrel in
the lead. The other man, the friend with the
losing horse, was sad. The Illinois farmer
threw his hat in the air and yelled
But All, as they say in novels, what's this?
Something had happened to the jockey on
the sorrel-he had fallen suddenly forward
he was on-down-on the ground and the
mfllionaires and the friend" were running
down the road toward the spot.
When they reached him they found his face
covered with blood, it was flowing from his
mouth, he was injured internally, he was
dying. Fright seized everyone.
OF course the Illinoisan didn't know, he
learned only few days ago. that the syndicate
Jockeys and wrestlers and boxers always bled
much at the mouth. He didn't know they car
ried little thin rubber sacks filed with blood,
or something resembling it, in their mouths:
that sometimes they bit the sack and some
times burst it against their ears to show how
dangerously they have been injured.
The millionaires said it mustn't get into the
papers. The farmers wife said she wanted to
go home. Then she thought of her husbands
$4,000. When they turned to see the stake
holder, one George Wilson, he had disappeared.
The millionaires were furious So was the
"friend" whose horse certainly had won be-
cause of the accident.
II am a lumber dealer" said Minnesota
man. Il am not 30 years old. I used to go up
to Minneapolis occasionally and there met an
old acquaintance, Louis Stowe, whom hadn't
seen for years. My family had known him
for 20 years. His father is an Episcopal rec
tor. took this fellow to my home often after
met him. One day he said he had a friend,
Frank Myers, an instructor in physical culture,
whose cousin, George Bennett, was private
secretary for three or four millionaires in
Pittsburg, Pa. These millionaires had devel-
oped a wrestler, German by name, whom they
would match against anyone. Stowe said the
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anything to do
with a Wrest-
ling bout or a
prize fight but
he knew, also,
that the farm
er liked horses
and had run
them. himself
once upon a
t i'm e. He
touched hi m
where he was
weakest. He
was willing to
b e t O n a
fixed" race.
The agricul-
turist met the
m / l ! | O n
aires andlater
he said there
was fully a
bushel of mon
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-04-21
CApIURE~ or TIE SWINDLERS !

Morgan h i m S e ! f
might choose, these
magnates in fraud
lured their victims
towards the glitter
OF easy money"
propositions nd
then plucked their
feathers in UGH
adept manner that
often the Mikes"
themselves could not
discern the swindle
andasa consequence
they became victims
again.
The heads of the
sWindle called them
selves "millionaires"
with money to in
vest and thus in
many in s t nee S
coupled their money
with that of the in
nocent sheep" and
the latter was tleeced
in due time.
Every game known
to the underworld
was theirs and new
ones We're invented
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-04-21

london's Public Schools,
London has $40 public schools.
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4 >EAhED DEATH >ONTHE MT,

Gordon, asked me to place bet of $4,000
or 10000 on the side. I deferred doing
it, however. Shortly afterward George
Bennett, the private secretary, told me
that his money, which he had hoped to
get in Omaha to bet on the match, had
not come and that it might be declared
off if I wouldn't help. Stowe and Myers
and Shores, the wrestler, wept and plead
ed with me to help them by putting up
the stakes they needed. Finally consent
ed. The money was to be merely an ad-
vance, got the $4,000 at the bank and
gave it to Stowe to hold, as he was the
only man knew well-or thought l did.
He gave me this receipt:
Received 600
which is not to be bet or hazarded in any
manner. (Signed) LOUIS STOWE.
"The wrestling began promptly. Our
man, Shores, got the first fall. He was
to get the second, too, because the mil
lionaire's man, German had agreed to give
up. But in the second bout Shores fell,
and apparently bursting a blood vessel,
gave every evidence of dying in great
agony.
: Everyone was greatly excited. Cor
ing to his family in having him present
at such a death. In the midst of the ex-
element, Bennett, the private secretary,
rushed up and whispered that he was
ruined. He had bet his employers mon
ey-the stakes he held for them-and
must now escape to Canada. I was hus
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BILE when the milliOnaires
quit betting. 1t included
$4,000 of his money.
After this was finished
e party went to a lonely road
the city near Fourche
There they found the horses
KEYS awaiting them They