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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15
THE CIRCUIT LAW.

Now that congress is confronted
with the necessity Of increasing the
revenues and at the same time cutting
down the taxes on all articles of gen.
eral consumption SO as to decrease the
cost Of living, the agitation for the
repeal of the Grout law should appeal
with peculiar force to the law makers
at Washington. A repeal Of this law
would go long way towards both
ends sought. The Circuit law which
was passed in 1902, provided for a
tax of one quarter cent per pound on
uncolored butterine and ten cents per
pound on butterine containing color
ing matter Before that the govern
ment collected a tax of two cents a
pound on all butterine produced. The
principal argument in favor of the bill
at the time it passed congress was
based ON the general practice of the
butterine manufacturers of putting up
it could be palmed off on the consumer
as butter, but this argument will no
longer hold weight. Under the pure
food law butterine must be plainly
labeled for just what it is so that the
opportunities for INSCRIPTIONS retail
ers to defraud consumers are very
slight and surely with the lower tax
this product could be sold at a price
that would reduce the cost of living
very materially for many thousands
of people. 1t is much cheaper than
butter and is an acceptable substitute.
With regard to healthfulness butterine
is no more likely to be unwholesome
than butter for the condition of both
butter and butterine depends largely
upon the cleanliness with which they
are made. The average loss in revenue
to the government since the passage
Of this law has been a little over
100000 a year and the increased
cost to the consumer of butter from
the rise in the retail price of that
commodity which followed the pas
sage of this law and the elimination
Of butterine from competition with
the cheaper grades of butter is many
times that amount. The average con
sumner in search Of ways and means of
cutting down his living expenses is
unable to see where the justice of a
law comes in which makes it crime
to color butterine while permitting
coloring products to be freely used in
butter and at the same time raises the
price of both to him. This law de-
feats both ends sought in the present
overhauling Of tax schedules presum-
ably in the interests Of the consumer
for not only does the government lose
revenue, but at the same time the
consumer pays tribute.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15


1t never seems to occur to some of
the distinguished patriots who are SO
strenuously advocating bond issues to
pay for improvements that should have
been paid for out of past tax levies,
the money for which has been worse
than wasted, that every bond issued
is going to be burden on every do
lars worth of the taxable property Of
the city until it is paid. All they
think of and are after is the chance
to spend the money that bond issue
would bring into the treasury. And
from their point Of view they are per-
fectly right. The men who pay for
their spending are the easy marks.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15
It is reasonably certain that if the

1t is reasonably certain that if the
people Of the city had anything to
say about it, the street railway COM
pany would get the certificate of
"necessity and convenience it must
have from the State Railway Commits
sion before it can embark in the bust
ness Of selling electricity for CONNER
cial purposes without any unnecessary
delay. The idea Of competition in the
lighting business is popular, to say the
least Of it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15

The following from the Appleton
Post shows what value is placed on
the labors Of the Investigation Com
mission at Madison by lot of people
around the state To get down to
bottom facts the politicians who are
responsible for the investig cation fool
ishness have been guilty of very coarse
work and the results arc not likely
to increase the regard in which they
are held by the leaders they serve.
An investigation that is conducted at
the expense of the tax payers solely
for the purpose Of gathering cam
paign material is not likely to meet
with general approval. It is off the
same piece with charging up the CAM
paign expenses of game wardens in
their expense accounts to be paid by
the state. The Post says:
tThe tax payers of this state ought
to raise up on their hind legs and let
out such roar as will paralyze the
investigation puppets at Madison. The
tax payers don't care a continental
whose political OK is gored, but they
do care when they see their money
fritted away for no useful purpose
The investigation has played ducks
and brakes with legislation at this
session and an extra session on ac-
count Of the time lost is now GER
tainty, with all its expense and NUS
ance. There ought to be plenty of
chairs warmed by new members at
Madison at the first opportunity
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15
VERY GOOD COMPANY
Opinion of Those Who Saw Dubinskv
Bros. Company Sunday

Dubinsky Bros. Wallack' IS Theatre
.Co. opened their eight days engage
ment at the Rhode Opera House Sun
day with two performances of ''Phe
Mansion of Aching Hearts,, play
with a strong story and pleasingly
presented. The company is on a par
with other of the better class of stock
companies and excellent work was
done by the leading people Edward
DubinslSy and Miss Irene Daniels.
The vote in the county on the
county superintendent of schools bears
out the old adage that "The man with
grievance has no friends. -
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15

1t is reported that there is to be no
opposition to the reelection Of Mr..
Zimmers as superintendent of schools
and there should be none. Largely
through his efforts the Kenosha schools
have a standing second to none in
the state and he has earned his re-
election.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15
COMPLETE OFFICIAL COUNT
Official Figures on Municipal Election
Show Little Change in Figures

The County Canvassing Board this
morning completed the work of can
vassing the returns of the election held
on Tuesday and the results make lit
tie changes in the pluralities of the
candidates as given in the unofficial
figures. The vote on the various of
fees was as follows:
For Justice of the Supreme Court
John Parnes 1893
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15

The weather prophets are not hold
ing out much encouragement to the
proud possessors Of new Easter bon
nets. The black and white flags indi-
eating rain or snow for Sunday show
on all the calendars.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15

There is tremendous amount of
work in drawing up building ordi-
nance for the city, but the commit
tee which has the work in hand is
about through with its labors and the
ordinance is nearly ready for the con
sideration of the Council.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15

Those balance sheets which are to
show the amount of Indebtedness of
the city a year ago and at the present
time should go a. little farther and
show the balances in the treasury and
the amounts raised by taxation or
otherwise in the interval.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15

There are hundreds Of people in the
city and county who have no right to
complain of the results of the election.
They did not take the trouble to vote.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15

SUSANNA:
Good housewives prefer Gold Medal
Flour. SALo1IE
Want ads bring results.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15
ANNABEL:

tANNABNLs a n
Use Gold Medal Flour for your pastry
GERALDINE.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-08

brokerage firm with which Sheldon is
said to have dealt, was a witness be-
fore the grand jury today. r.. T.
Roremus, receiving and note teller Of
bank; Charles F. Coster, secretary
of the Phenix Insurance company o!
Brooklyn, and Frederick Cutter, a
bookkeeper in the brokerage firm re
ferred to, also testified.
Henry Evans, president Of the
Continental Insurance company, who
was elected chairman of the executive
committee Of the Phenix Insurance
company of Brooklyn, today intimated
that other officials besides President
Sheldon may be deposed as result
of the disc osures. Mr.. Evans added,
however, that the Phenix Insurance
company was sound President Shell
don is still in a critical condition at
his Greenwich, Conn.,, home.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-08
STIRRING DRAMA OF REAL LIFE

Fit subject for the best that could
be done by the pen of Victor Hugo
or other master of thrilling and en-
thralling words was the drama of real
life enacted in the dark depths of that
Illinois coal mine, where twenty one
miners were imprisoned for seven days
and then rescued alive.
One of the saved men says these
miners, sealed up in a pocket of the
earth, divided into two factions, one
side insisting that the three sick men
of the party should have first call
upon the small amount of water that
seeped into the shallow pits dug into
the coal A big fellow tried to take
the water from the sick. Nothing
but a miracle can save us, anyway"
was his plea. why should we sac
rifice our own lives? We will not have
lighting chance by giving out pre-
cious water to those who are doomed"
AZ last, dCCOIuIIIS " tIliS Hail WIZ
tells this story, one of the sick men
said he had been pushed away from
the water. A secret guard found the
man who had been doing the work
He was set upon and beaten When
he drew a knife and began to slash
about him he was felled with an axe
| helve and dragged into corner.
| But these imprisoned men were
finally drawn together by their suf-
ferings and the seeming nearness of
| their doom. They made peace with
one another and determined to meet
their fate with hands joined in that
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-08

heroic friendship that unites men who
face death together.
What a scene! A dark hole in the
earth. A little pool Of water. A sick
man pushed away by a strong fellow.
The detection of this fellow by Sc
cret guard. A fight with such a set
ting. The final scene, when peace and
concord succeeded strife among those
men whom Death seemed to have
chosen for his own.
Lord Byron had himself locked for
a night in one of the underground cells
of that prison in Venice where in the
darker ages so many men were put
to await their doom. Byron wanted to
realize the sensations of a man thus
immured in a dungeon, but what a
tame experience compared with that
of the miners who acted in the desper-
ate drama in this Illinois mine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-08
RIVERS AND HARBORS MEN
MEET TODAY AT CAPITAL
Sixth Annuat Session Promises to
Develop Proceedings of Great
Interest.

WASHINGTON, Dec. THE sixth
annual convention of the National
Rivers and HarborS congress tomor-
row promises to be the largest as
semblage of representative men in
terested in the development of water
ways ever held in the country
The convention will declare for a
comprehensive policy of waterways
development.
All projects that have the sanction
of the army engineers and some which
are in their formative period have
representatives on the ground. Sixty
persons have come from the Pacific
coast to participate.
The platform of the National Rivers
and Harobrs congress may be sum-
married as follows:
No waterway Improvement shall be
entered upon by the government that
has not the unqualified approval of
the army engineer corps.
Projects that have received this
endorsement and are now under con-
struction should be pushed to COM
pletion as rapidly as commensurate
with good business methods.
Funds necessary for this purpose
should be provided by a bond issue
in the event that current revenues
are not sufficient.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-08
GREAT POLICY NO LONGER
QUESTIONED.

With the whole nation talking ABOUT
a bond issue for reclamation and water
ways and fixing the limit anywhere
from $30,000,0 900 to $50,000,000 it seems
a strange thing that the question of in
ternal improvements was once a party
issue and bitterly fought by one of the
great parties in our national govern
ment Henry Clay, as champion of the
Wing party, was the first notable ex-
ponent of the appropriation of govern
ment money for internal improvements
The building of canals and national
highways was the direct case in point.
Some national aid was given to these
improvements, notably that given for
the building of the Cumberland road,
but there was a storm of protest from
the opponents of the Wing party and
the democrats won out on the issue Of
opposition to the use of money for in
ternal improvements. The state of
New York was forced to build the Erie
canal out of it's own resources, and the
canal and road building in other states
was conducted on a purely local basis.
But the fight for government aid con-
tinued from session to session and op
position to the policy lessened till it no
longer was used as a political issue,
the statesmen conceded it's national
scope and it's efficiency. The fight then
centered in the appropriation bills and
the demand of different sections to get
recognition. The rivers and harbors
committee felt the principal stress of
this for years, and their budget became
known as the congressional pork bar
rel
Since the establishment of the re-
clamation service on a national basis
the question of internal improvements
has taken new ground, and coupled
with the conservation movement is
easily the largest public measure be-
fore the nation today. 1t is national
in it's sweep and national in it's interest.
Everywhere it is conceded that it ac-
composites the greatest good for the
greatest number. No one any longer
questions the policy of government aid
for internal improvements. No policy
is more national in it's compass than
this. Under the head of conservation
it touches directly every locality and
the only issue is an issue of a square
deal on a basis broad enough to be-
gin and keep going reclamation, wa
terways improvement, the good roads
movement and other of the great ma
tiOnal needs.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-08
PROBE PHEN|X
AFFAIRS NOW
BROOKLYN INSURANCE COMPANY
TO BE INVESTIGATED BY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
OTHER OFFICIALS BESIDES
PRESIDENT SHELDON SAID
TO BE IMPLICATED.

NEW YORK, Dec. Acting upon
the recommendations Of H. o. Hotch-
kiss, state superintendent Of insur-
ance, whose preliminary report yes
terday disclosed such alleged extra
ordinary irregularities in the MAIL
agement of the Phenix Fire Insur-
ance company of Brooklyn, the dis
trict attorneys Office began investi-
cation before the grand jury today.
Four witnesses were examined by
Assistant District Attorney Mott, all
former business associates of George
P. Sheldon, deposed president of the
company. Lawyers following the
case point out that the first mates
to be investigated will be in connec-
ton with all specific irregularities in
the use of the company's funds by its
former president. And, if any indict-
ment is found. it is said it will be
upon a charge of larceny
Edwin A. Carter, connected with
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-08


teamwork between the executive anu
legislative branches of the govern
ment.
This is the situation that the insur-
gents face as they return to Wash
lngton. There is strong working
force behind the administration har-
mony. Their beiligerent battle line is
outside the breastworks The speaker
is in office. He was elected for the full
term of the Sixty-first congress. The
rules We're adopted for the same term.
How far then are the insurgents going
to make good on the awful threats
htey have been making? If they con-
tinue to fight what possibility Is there
for them to get through the legisla
ton wanted and demanded if they
make good with their constituents? The
heated applause from the public will
hardly warm up the chilly atmosphere
in Washington.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-08
MAY
INSERT PROBE
DESIRE BY MEMBERS TO PEEP
INTO SUGAR ScANDAL-OF-
FIC4ALS OBJECT.
TREASURY AND JUSTICE DEPART
MENTS SEEN ANXIOUS TO
KEEP CONGRESS OUT.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-While the
impression seems to prevail among
member sof congress that thorough
investigation of the customs service
as a result of the sugar frauds at the
port of New York, should be made, no
disposition to take the matter out of
the hands Of the treasury department
and of the department of justice, has
been shown.
Three resolutions bearing upon this
subject, introduced in the house yes
terday, were referred to the commit
tee on rules. Representative Camp
bell of Kansas, author of one resolu-
ton, called at the department Of JUS
tice today to ascertain the attitude Of
the department towards his measure.
Attorney General Wickersham emp "a
sized to him the desire of the presid MT
that congress. should keep hands Off
at present.
Mr.. Campbell said afterward that ne
told Mr.. Wickersham that a mass of
testimony bearing upon frauds in the
customs service which would be irrel-
evant in law suit, could be brought
to light by means of a congressional
inquiry He said neither he nor other
members desired to interfere with the
work of the executive department.
Probe the camping contributions of
the so-called sugar trust and show
who gave and now much, is, in effect,
the direction of bill introduced today
by Representative Gillespie of Texas.
1t calls for a congressional investiga-
ton of the sugar frauds.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-08
WHERE THE INSURGENTS CAN
NOT lNSURGE.

For the past three months the insur-
gents have been doing all the talking.
In the public press and from the hau-
tauqua and lyceum rostrums they have
had their own way, but they are re-
turning to Washington to face differ
ent atmosphere and will soon be in a
position to think more and say Tess.
With the assurance of the heartiest
cooperation between the president and
the congressional leaders. the insur-
gents are face to face with the project
of embarrassing the administration of
their own party and they are beginning
to realize that caution is better thing
than excessive zeal.
Aside from the few broadsides that
Mr.. Cannon has exploded during the
summer there has been no word di-
rected against the insurgents and they
have been largely in the limelight.
They have made all the noise, while
the strong and substantial men of the
party have maintained a discrete 81
lence. Evidences multiply from recent
conferences that the strong leaders
both in the house and the senate are
in full accord with each other and with
the president and that the session will
be characterized hy the finest kind of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-08
HAY GR|[[ED
FIVE HOURS
GOVERNOR ON WITNESS STAND
YESTERDAY IN HAMILTON
EMeEZzLEMENT TRIAL.
SAYS "SLURRING REMARK" BY
ATTORNEY GENERAL CAUSED
HAMILTON TO TALK.

OLYMPIA, Wash, Dec. Five
hours today Governor M. E. Hay on
the witness stand at the rlal W
former Adjutant General Ortis HAM
ilton, accused of embeZz ing large
sum from the state military funds
was subjected to a severe cross eA-
animation by the counsel for the ue-
tense. At no time were the pro-
ceedings dull. The attorneys were
determined to ensnare the SoVerhoi'
but he was equally determined
He said that it was "slurrins re,
mark" made by Attorney General heli
in referring to Hazel Moore, Haih",
toms alleged affinity, that cause'
Hamilton to give his alleged COMES
sion. Governor Hay said that ham
ilton maintained his composure uh'r
Bel said that the girl had ''nfoWa
him over" and then Hamilton s"u
he would tell the whole story II -ne'
would leave her out of it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-08
WATERS COLLEGE COURSE.

AT last the patience of the republic
has been rewarded. Something sound
and rational has come out of the Uni
versity of Chicago. For years this
institution has bred only hectic, the
cries from it's own socialistic ferment.
1t has had, APPARENTLY, a bad case OF
moral distemper. But by some happy
chance the University of Chicago has
found itself. 1t has set it's feet upon
the path of it's true destiny. 1t has es
tabilshed a school for walters, and
now in addition to stereotomy, hrin-
olaryngology and voice culture the for
tunate student of the University OF
Chicago will be sent out into the world
well equipped to juggle ham and" in
a way that will entice the furtive tip.
The eminent mind that conceived
this course of study is hardy pioneer
in the field of applied economies. He
is superlatively practical. In all other
institutions of higher learning too
much attention is paid to abstruse
theories and enervating classics. But
in Chicago the graduates are being
prepared for the battle of life aiong
the line of probable development How
many times have We encountered the
waiter with the retreating forehead
who could repeat virgips Georgia.,
without skipping line of these chez
ry observations of the ancient reuben,
and yet could not serve cup of cof-
fee without spilling it in the saucer!
We have seen walters who have spent
their whole lives cogitating upon the
fascinating theory of the Latin SUBJ
junctive and yet did not know that
tartar sauce should not be served with
mutton. What is the binomial theorem
We learn from a few excerpts from
the walters textbook that the student
is told not to scunle, not to slam
things down upon the table and how
he should place the water and tools
incident to gastronomy. A careful
search of the meager data, however,
does not find the clause which pre-
scribes the waiter with toothpick be-
tween his lips or the servitor with
the dirty digits. But these things are
porivded against without doubt. When
waiter so demeans himself as to
opportunity for reform.
The students Of the University OF
Chicago should take advantage of the
course for walters. They should not
let the present prospect of life Of
luxury after college days cloud their
vision. Many a valedictorian is vend-
ing beans and hosts of academicians
are thumbing fish balls. To be Mas
ter of Arts is important, but to be
Doctor of Dishes will mean much
more when the student leaves the pro-
tecting walls of his alma mater and
pelltioHS tie OledSlilouS pIopIleloI VI
'hot dog establishment for job.
1t is a pleasant accomplishment to
be able to describe the nebula of Canes
Venatici, but the graduate who can
expeditiously add the bill of a Dutch
lunch so that it will leave ten cents
from a dollar is the man who will adj
vance until some day he will have
bone wagon of his very own.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-08
Difficult Problem Up.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. Can a
tooth be lodged in the lung of per-
son and remain there for nearly a
year, and if so, would it cause SER
ious illness? were the questions put
to medical experts in Judge James
court today in suit brought by r.
w. Pell, a stenographer, against DR..
A A. Shaw, a dentist. Pell claims
that DIR. Shaw permitted a tooth to
slide down his throat and that its
lodging in his lung has caused him
serious difficulties. He asks $10,750
damages. More physicians will tes-
tify tomorrow.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-08
JOHN GROVER, Observer.

President Taft regrets the Nicara-
guam trouble. But his regrets and a
transport laden with 700 marines stuck
fast in the mud of the Delaware river
will not bring Cannon and Groce back
to life.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-08
Veterans Are Not Satisfied.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7-Regard-
less of the recent legislation provid-
ing a pension of not less than $12 a
month for practically al old soldiers
of the country, congress is still i'm
portuned for increases. OF the three
or four thousand private bills al
ready presented in the. house a large
majority are for pensions. The house
committee today ordered favorable
reports on $50 of these bills.