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Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-07-09

ucsuSn
Candos and Mrs Chas. r l1sbury of Dew
Ills Lake were visitors at#thes Canfeld
home last Friday and Stature az I,
Watkins and wife left last Mondays for
Cha,ltauq qua whore they took lip their;
sresid ence in their: cottage: Chris Cor.
sdercame up from Devils Lake with the
bridge building outfit of Al. q. Bayne:
Co, this week and Is engaged in
building some bridges east Of town:
Mr. Gorder rs foreman Of the bridge
crew: toss ElWell who pure ased the,
Branch over land last spring wa. IN:
town last Monday ookfng after bust
ness mat tiers: Mr. E1We1I Is Well pleas
ED with his yestmen He ana,
many 81 his mel hbors from Illinois
look edspVer other parts ofs les ate
and many purcha Sci. land near Hope
land Hills oro at from tto sper
faers. ElWe1l con iders Ills land
which re- pure chased sat $25s per acre.
fully as good. as II and round Hope
and Hillsboa zBg tween two; hundred;
I and two hundred and .fift people went
down from here Htos Devils Lake last
I Tuesday stto attend the Barnllm and
I Bailey circus. All srep port q good show
Ssand A clean one sin every respee This
aggregations IS now owned by Ring
ling Brothers and they have always
had the reputa ION soff running a clean
show and asof owing ~ gamblers 81
thugs 10 follow their aggregate
tarkWeather Time 81
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-19
Story of How Great Tobacco Combination Was Formed
How Competition in the Worlds Trade Was ThrottI

ranv In the domestic trade. already
rec, FRED to hat company now under.
took to secure II dominant position
m the important cigar business OF
Cuba
't:ariv IL 1909 1t bought two large
factories ~ Havana, c-mbining them
u.uic" tn" name Of IT, de- Cabanas y
Curniah ;incnrpOratrGD. This COM.
many issued $500. 900 OF stock, all
III which was held by the American
Iisar Company. Shortly afterwards.
Oh My. ~, 1902, the Havana Tobac.
60 Company was organized. II took
or"r ;he stocks of Henry Clay and
rucs & Co. and the Havana Com
mrrClai Company, two combinations
which hal been Termed by indeper-
den, interests some time before. ana
also ;hat Of the Cabanas y CarbaJat
company. The new corporation issued
no Jess ihln 100000. 900 OF common
stick and $,00O,0on OF preferred. to-
g",h"r with $7.5ooooo OF bonds.
The Am. rican Cigar Company re-
crivcd lr the si.5D0.0H Of Cabaaas y
Carhaial stock $20.oOO.1oo OF COM
mon stock OF the Havana Tobacco
Company anG S2.625.ono Of its bonas.
The common stick had little value.
except for purp2se Of crntrol, ana
has never paid a dividend. The Ha-
I4ua Tobacco Company from the
outset controlled . large proportion
X he Manufacture Of cigars In Cubs. {
Merger In American Company, 1904
The control OF the Tobacco Com
hinatiGn continued 10 be exercised
Ihrorlr the Consolidated Tobacco
Company until October 10, 1904. At
that time The Consolidated and It's
two subsidiary companies. the AmerL
can and the Continental. were all
merged in,o one company called the
American Tobacco Company. This
merger was prompted in part by the
adverse decision OF the Supreme :
Court OF the United States In the
Northern Securities case. The Con-
soidatel Tobacco Company was pure
Is 4 stockholding company. some
what analogous TO the Northern Sc
CONTINUED on Seventh Page).
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-19

profits Of III" business
The further expansion which the
new calilal furnished nv the C"ns'!
da,rd nsad,' possible. took. rs one di'
rec ion, tn" foreign trade.
In the fan o. 1901 the T"hac;
{, mhinatiuu rntvrrd u.On Il campaign
l.'si.,n,d u %vcmr" it u powerful posi-
iinu III Gc,ai H'itaIn, For TINS phr'
pose j. b,Irht { uIr | q! tgi"n :
u.iuitrdl leading English mant,
far,ur"r. uaNirR rh,r"rDr Over $".W'o,-
600 The OGd,Ns company ii ono"
offered most liberal inducements ~
tnr trad. This "ntranc" of tn"
American Tobacco Company interest
INFO Great Britain alarmed the other
tuharr, manufacturers there. and Al
mos Immediately. rs n s"l!pr>t"ctl&n.
thirteen Of the most important "s.
fabli shed Il great combination IN"
Imperial Tobacco C0mra'N. the
American and tn" imperial waS"a Il
I. nlurtitivr Wlrlarr Of extraordinary
NlSti ltl ~ 'ti!N S't'. '"''''
end OF 100" however. an agreement
between the i've intrr' SITS was effect
I'd
"Bv this agreement tho American
r baccr Company and lis ahlia'""
concerns rcliHguishri their enlre
buSin, ~ in Great Britain and Ireland
to the Imperial. receiving therefor IN
cash and securities of the lmptfiai
something over $500 600. The Ia :
ter CumHany agreed. Gu The ether
hand MOI to Manufacture or sell to-
hacc, IN The United States or is
lcl,rld,nri or in CUBA. Til" Amert
can and i'm q; ial interests then joined
in the organization OF a third com
many to exploit the tobacco business
of the world olt side OF Great Britain
ana II" United States. This COM
nanv, the British American Tobacco
c. mpaHy. was inC0rp rated under IN"
laws Of Great Britain in 1902.
Cuban Cigar Business. 1902.
".,uolh her d!rrC ton in which eApan'
yi,n was now sought Was in cigar
n,auufacture Here. too, the ne"
capital furnished by the ConSolidai-
ed was us, full. Aside frcm the
activity OF the American Cigar Com
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-19

earnings CT the American and con
rlu"ntal rr!nr to tn" formation ct the
Consolidated, il w,uld scarce ~ nav"
'yrm rosEill" 10 ply dividends "h
til, il preferred stocks L1G interest
= IL" CrnS ',idat"d hondS nn'ins
h" three Years ana fnmr months tel
lowing we organize iol q! Tho Con-
5 Edat,A. however, TN" earnings or
the TIVE Gem an!'S ""r" sufficient
to pay those charges ard also t.
leave , ;r,nt fully $.sr."on""b
,purr e The time $1,000" 900 That
company during thls p"liud Of i'm"
paid ST. 0u, .ouO In diNidrndS. &c.
,umulatrd Il surplus OF $ls .""','""
and subs'antialk became "n'i'."'
also 10 the increase In he sui plus"S
OF the American and Continental com
Lani,>. amounting to oN"r '.onh.'
unn
The, b, ncnt e This inara,r IN pro
fits was. hy reason o. H. Drgarika-
rion ,i tn" Cunsu,iGAt"d largely con-
c"ntraicd in ihr hands o: II i""
men This is seen in the fact that
i,nnrtlatrly after the OrEhni"nl III
Of h.. Consolidated mere han hai
of its shares were held by six m"n
James Il. Duke. A. y. brady, q. II.
PAYNE. Thomas f. Ryan. T. A. Is.
Widener. and William {. WhiIn"\,
Thi uugh the ownership + IN" socks
of the American and Continental by
the Consolidated. these six ni"n
were moreover, in position to d"'il'
nate the entire COmbinat0in The
same six m"n had JUS previously
.wned only a min ri,y # the stocks
OF the American and apparently
\,r, little Of ,Ar Continental, though
they had been very powerful IN IA"
ma ,ag.m"nl o. bu H. Mot OF tl,""c
men II will l,e observed w"r" n"
fnancicrS who had entered the Com
hination in 1898 and 1892 They and
a few associates hal supplied ~"
greater rart CT III" new capital Now
made available tor tn" expansion
policy; bur they did so Only h"Cani'"
il was evident that through the or
of the Consolidated. ih"N
might enormously incr"as, their pow.
or and their share in III" prosperity"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-19

CONTINUED on Seventh Page).
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-30
A SIGNIFICANT COMPARISON.

That was a wonderful demonstra-
ton in the waters of New York Sat
urday, when water craft trailed in
procession fifteen miles showing the
greatest naval display in all history.
The Hudson-Fulton celebration was
on such a scale as TO give the peo-
PIE something TO think about. Hud-
sons Half Moon had the misfortune
70 collide with Fultons Clermont
but II was fortunately not a SER
dous matter. However. the compare
tive insgnifcance and smallness OF
sucn tubs as Hudson's ships which
were built 800 years ago afforded an
excellent opportunity 10 measure the
lnarch of progress. Hudson's ship the
Half Moon of the Mayflower Of the
pilgrims or the caravels of Columbus
when compared TO one Of the great
transatlantic liners OF today like the
Mauritania shows a marvellous trans
f6rmation. 1t is like placing the hut
OF an Indian by the National Library
building at Washington.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-30
WHO PAYS THE TAXES.

Speaking OF the corporation tax law
recently enacted by Congress, the tax
commissioner OF Kansas says that
not single corporation would, in the
end, bear the burden of a federal ia,
but would immediately shift it to the
consumer. This is no doubt true.
There is a great deal of demagogism
in the public discussion, where in the
claim Is made that the taxes are put
on the rich corporation. They are
ostensibly so, but in reality the peo-
pie are made to pay them.
1t will be great thing for this
country wien the people are undeceiv-
ed about this matter, for as long as
they think the rich pay the taxes. so
long they will be Indifferent as to how
the taxes are spent. When the peo-
pie can see and feel that they furnish
the puolic revenue, they will keep a
closer watch on the men that spend
IT. And right there is where the
game is-the politicians making the
people believe they don't pay the
taxes so they can be reckless as
they please about making the appro-
priations; and thus they can increase
salaries, establish needless offices. buv
automobiles, ETC.. and the people be
out their own privation and sacri-
flee.
IL the taxes were directly imposed,
they wouldn't be heavier than +bay
are now, but one thing it would do,
and that is, it would incite the peo-
pie to keep their eyes on the Official
money-spenders, and that would i'm
prove the citizenship a great DEAL
o. S. Journal.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-30
Antiauitv Of Niokrames.

The origin OF The word as well MS
the exact date of appearance OF the
custom Of ''niclinaming' is unknown.
Such names are rs old at least as the
most venerable chronicles. for upon
diving into ancient history we have no
trouble ut all IN proving that Plato
was called the Attic Bee" and Socra-
tes "Old Flat Nose There isn't the
least doubt but that many of our sur
names come from nicknames applied
10 our ancestors. such. for instance as
"Dollarhide.r "Oxenrider," Bright"
"Lightfoot." "Walkingshaw." RED
head" "Longman," "Longfellow," etc.
Julius Caesar was popularly styled
"Raldhead." and even the third Ram
eses is said TO have been known by an
Egyptian word which signifies 'lmpy."
No one has been, able 10 escape the
bllghtins or benign influence of the
nickname, Kings, queens. philosophers.
divines, statesmen. ms well as many
other eminent persons, have been made
to prosper or suffer by having some
appropriate or ridiculous sobriquet be-
slowed upon them.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-30

SPOKANE, Wash, Sept. 29.-orcb.
ardists all over the continent win ho
interested in the research work irst
completed by Ren Fl Rfco sooro
tary-manager of the National AnnIa
snow me, showing that the so-called
"nu apple or wild crab" from
wh'eh many of the present standard
oonnHhereiai varieties have sprung
were wayward descendants of trees
originally imported from England
ana other foreign countries in the
18th century.
Mr' Rlce has compiled data, tracing
the seeds from their habitat in foreipi,
SOILS to these shores, also the wan
dering OF the trees from the patb NJ
civilization, reverting TO sayagery
and then brought to the present dav
peetion as TO COLOR size and flavor
er-years of toll and study. or tho
conuibutary factors ne saws that the
process of cultivation was not of sllf
iiciently long duration nor was IL
complete and, as CONSEQUENCE
atter few years neglect, 1t was nat
ural for the fruit to return to its
normal state.
The appended excerpts are from
Mr.. Rice's manuscript, to be presented
TO Professor II. Il. Van Deman of
Washington, ID. c., who will head
the board of judges at the second
national apple show in Spokane, No
vember Is to 20.
During revolutionary times and
the days of the Indian wars. when
thousands of men were called TO
bear arms, many farms were permit
ted to run to waste and weeds. In
| numerous instances the isolated
homesteads and even settlements
were attacked and destroyed, the
occupants slain, the buildings sacked
and burned and the stock scattered
when not stolen. Thus, few years
completed the transition from pio
neer husbandry to utter ruin and
chaos.
Frequently these settlements were
the outposts of civilization. situated
as they were on the very edge of the
wilderness and in the course of few
years, rank weeds pushed their heads
! through the rotted boards and
logs, pine, hemlock and maplt
growths sprung up in the clearings
and wild things scampered unmo-
Tested over the ruins, which were
rapidly accumulating moss and Itch
ems. In word, the wilderness had
stretched forth its hands and claim
ed its own.
The young orchards. which with
the poplars and other trees, served
as wind-brakes, were quickly sur
rounded and outstripped in growth
by the native WOODS, the I anglec
underbrush choked the tender trees
and the fruit reverted to the wild anc
free manner OF the pigeon-be an(
beechnut.
''Wild apples" 20 called. had
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-30
..SHORT WORD.
Whitney's Reply to Peary's
Charge Might be Express
ed by Four Letters.
BY United Press Wire.

st. Johns. N. F., Sept. 29.-Harry
Whitney, of New Haven, who oday
is sailing from here on his way to
Sydney and Boston aboard the steam
ship Jeanne, threw new light on the
Cook-P Peary controversy just before
his vessel sailed
On the hour Of his departure Whit
ney received a message from Peary
complaining that the hod not fully
informed him of DR.. Cooks belong
ings. The Inference of this mes
sage being to the effect that II Peary
had known about DIR. Cooks belong
ings which he left with Whitney,
and which Peary refused to take on
board the Roosevelt, he might have
changed his mind and taken them.
In commenting on this message Whit
ney said:
Commander Peary is in error |
informed him fully concerning DR.
Cooks belongings, as fully as l was
able from my knowledge of the con-
tents of the boxes. Not inly that,
but Captain Bartlett of the Roose-
welt saw all these things and helped
me cathhe them at Etah after Peary
refused to take them on board"
Whitney says Cooks Eskimos
never told him that they had only
gone "two sleeps from land and
that they had full confidence n
Cook.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-30
THE HUNCHBACK.
Rcns5ce Of the Duke de Richelieu and
Mile, de Rochechouart.

Rcms1ce Of the Duke de Richelieu snd
Mlie. de Rocheehouart.
The Duke de liicheieu married when
seventeen years OF age Mile. de Roche
chouart. little girl OF twelve. AS was
the custom In the eighteenth century,
the young bridegroom set out on his
travels after the ceremony, and the
child wife remained with his relations
In Paris. Three years passed. aud the
duke dhen Count de Chinon,. who had
received many charming letters and a
charming miniature from his wife dur
Ing his absence. determined to return
home.
On his arrival he was met on the
grand staircase OF the Hotel de RICHIE
lieu by his family. and. to his horror,
instead of the pretty girl OF fifteen
that he expected TO see, the count saw
a little hunchback who was none other
than his wife. The unhappy young
man, who was horror stricken. left
Paris that night and for fifteen years
remained away.
The poor little wife possessed beau
tiful and generous disposition, and, so
far from being embittered by her hus.
bands behavior. she did her best to
prevent any family discussions arising
through II and went to live on her
estate of CourteilIcs. near Paris. 1t is
said that she was deeply In love with
the duke. and IN time the accounts OF
ber nnsellshness and devotion to his
family so touched her husband that
he went to visit her.
The first visit led 10 many. and this
strange couple became firm friends,
aud just before he died the duke con-
templated residing permanently at
Conricilles with bis wife. from whom
he had fed in disgust many years be-
fore. Chicago News.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-30
SETTLED
Long Street Car Fight in
Cleveland Now at
an End.
BY United Press Wire.

Cleveland. Ohio, Sept. 30.--The
city council in a special open cau-
Gus this afternoon decided to accept
the Cleveland Railway company's
proposal to settle the long street car
war in this city by leaving the ques-
tion of the valuation of the lines
and the maximum fare to be charg-
ed to II. w. Taylor, Judge of the
federal court This is taken to mean
a settlement of the fight the city
has made on the company. Any
franchise drafted on this settlement
will go to a referendum of the vot-
ers. If accepted by the people, 1t
will mean the operation of the street
car lines on basis of six per cent
return, and no more, on the actual
capital invested.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-30

Brandt Walker, one of the panic
plungers, who blazed metor-like
across the Wall street sky in 1907
and was lost to view year later got
q fresh start a few days before Mr..
Harriman's death. On the final stage
of the break in Union Pacific from
219 to 1874 he rolled a stake of $780,
OOOinto 100000 by fast play. On the
two-day 14-point rise after Mr.. Harri-
mans death he lost the 100000 and
went minus ONE.
Out of an original winning of $3,O00,-
900 in 1907 Walker is said to have
planted" s1,OOO,OOO so that while he
lives he can only have the use Of the
income.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-30
1 Ramember.

remember. ! remember the house
where ! was born; the voice Of dad
that beloved forth TO rouse me every
when winter breezes blew 10 clear the
sidewalk of llie snow. the chores had
TO do. remember, remember. the
old time days IN school. the lickings
thar | always got for breaking some
darned rule. the moonlight nights |
used 10 go out in the old bob sleigh
and hug and kiss the pretty girls be-
meath the robes aud hay. ! remember.
! remember. oh, no, I'll not forget; I'D
like to wander back again to those Old
days, you bet.-I.os Angeles Express.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-30

A little girl aged about four or five
years, got off of the 8 o'clock inter-
urban car coming from Bucyrus this
morning. She was Juggling a heavy
suit case and was all by her lonesome.
When the police questioned her she
said that she was expecting someone
to meet her. She was crying bitterly
when the authorities discovered her.
She was taken to police headquarters
where she will be held awaiting de-
velopements. The police have been
unable to learn her name.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-30
LOOT BANK
Unmasked Men Do Neat Job
and Escape Now
in Pursuit.
BY United Press Wire.

Glenwood Springs, Col, Sept, 30
No word has been received early to-
day from the mounted posses In the
valley west OF here who are on the
trail OF three unmasked bandits who
robbed the Citizens National Bank
of this city in broad day light late
yesterday afternoon and escaped with
900 in cash. The men were heavily
armed apparently were experts and
trouble is feared should the posse
overtake them.
The bandits looted the bank with
great coolpess. They rode up TO the
rear of the building, dismounted in
ie.surely manner and tied their hors-
es. Being unmasked, they aroused no
Isuspecions.
They then went to the front en-
trance and two entered and held up
Assistant Cashier Il. II. Drach, who
was behind the cashiers window,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-30

One of them cooked his gun and told
Drach to "hurry or beshot." Drach
gave the men all the money inside,
which they put in sacks and then
left the bank.
Just as the three mounted their
horses Deputy Sheriff Dev'ldiss ap-
peared, and suspecting something
wrong by the actions of the men,
started toward them. He ordered them
to halt but they paid no attention
to him. The officer fired several shot
at the robbers, but they spurred
their horses and escaped.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-30
TAFT is NEUTRAL.

In his cordial but jocular accept
ance of Pearys gift of the north pole,
President Taft manifested serene
neutrality. He congratulated the
doner, of course, as he had already
congratulated Cook for the same do
nation. Polar wranglees evidently
have no power to divert him from the
charmes of the golf course or induce
him to become a partisan in arctic
controversy. While the rest of the
world has warmed up to this very
cold subject, Mr. Taft remains i'm
patiently cool.-Boston Globe.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-30
STANDS PAT
Peary Refuses to Give an
Inch and His Report
is Very Forceful.
BY United Press wire.

Bar Harbor, Me-, Sept. 29.--Stll
refusing to declare abso lutely that he
disbelieyes DR.. Cooks story of the
| discovery of the pole, but intimating
that he sides with Peary President
of the Peary Arctic Club General
Thomas II. Hubbard today declared
that the statement of the latter will
be made public only when It has
been approved by the officers of the
Peary Arctic club in New York.
Commander Pcary's plans are to
leave here today and return TO his
home at Eagle Island. There he cx-
poets to pass tonight, starting for
New York tomorrow eening. Nothing
as yet has been decided as to wheth-
,er the Roosevelt will take part In
the Hudson-FuIton celebration.
General Hubbard said today: Now
that Commander Peary and 1 have
gone over the report together, 1t will
be submitted to the officers of the
Peary Arctic club to Anton Haven,
Henry Parish and Herbert L. Bridg-
man, of New York and zenas Crane,
of Dalton, Massachusetts. II may be
that these gentlemen may think
some OF Commander Peary's state
ments too fiery and in that case the
commander will be asked to modify
the language to soften the report
somewhat.
But as far as the facts go, moth
ing will be done to detract from the
force OF the report or add to 1t. 1t
will be just as much Commander
Feary's statement of the case as II
the members of the Arctic club had
rot made minor suggestion. be-
ieve all the statements Commander
Peary makes in his arraignment OF
DR.. Cook are true adg,will be so ac-
copied by the public.iF " "a
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-30
AMERICAN THRIFT.

One of the big trust companies oI
st. Louis has compiled some statistics
on the subject of savings accounts
that Will surprise most people. The
figures that relate to European coun.
tries are particularly noteworthy, as
they do not by any means confirm
ordinary opinions.
America shows q better record fol
average savings deposits than any 9th
er country. In the United States the
average savings account deposit is
si2. lnl Germany noted for the nui.
versal thrift OF its people, the average
savings deposit, according to the stat.
istics of 1905, is only sl6S. Austria.
Hungary SLOWS up better with an av-
erage of sl91. The United Kingdom OF
Great Britain and Ireland exhibits an
average deTosit OF $50 and France on
iy s74.
These figures can only be explained
by the assumption that in Austria
Hungary the deposits are relatively
few and the average therefore high. As
to France, whose financial resources
are so enormous that she lends mon
ey TO all nations and more than once
has saved the bank of England from
disaster, it must be inferred that hel
peasants do not place their money In
the banks but bury it, or else put
il in an old stocking, which is but a
phrase and fact. The tillers of the
soil in France can find all kinds oi
money when the opportunity for q
good investment presents itself, and
are always eager to buy safe bond
or debenture. 1t is absurd to sup
pose that Frenchmen have less money
than the people Of Austria-Hungary
France is immensely wealthy and Il
the Worlds spot-cash nation.
The greater everage prosperity o
American workingmen has much to dc
with the superior record of this coun
try in the matter of savings deposits
but a ,ommendable and growing ten
dency 10 thrift is also responsible
The panic and hard times that fol
lowed the financial crisis of 1907
has made tens Of thousands not only
more economical than they used to b'
but also more provident. The salts
faction of having some money in /;
safe place-we do not mean under tn,
carpet or in a pillow-slip-adds mucl
20 human pleasure.