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The Paducah evening sun., 1909-12-14
PLAN TO CURB
CORPORATIONS
NAGEL URGES ESTABLISHMENT
OF PUBLICITY.
Secretary Shows Need Of Broader
Laws Against the White Slave
Traffic.
TO SAFEGUARD THE SECRETS

Washington, Dec. 14.-Charles
Nagel. secretary of commerce and
labor. has completed his first annual
report, which covers part of the ad-
ministration of his predecessor, Mr..
Straus. "to whose preparatory work, y
says Mr.. Nagel in his Introduction,
IL am in large measure indebted for
some of the recommendation which
are herein contained" Mr.. Nagel
says in relation TO government super
vision over corporations:
Fer this great problem is in i'm
perative need of two things: G)
Reliable Information upon which the
government may take proper legisla-
tive and administrative action; (2)
reliable information in concise and
available form 10 serve as a basis for
public opinion. The first step to be
taken as an advance toward a COM
plete system for obtaining and max
ing public this necessary information.
"The bureau Of corporations,
through its investigatory power, has
been obtaining this Information in
those specific instances and industries
which, with the force and money
available. it has been able to cover.
The valde Of this work has been
demonstrated beyond dispute.
Wants Corporation Reports.
at is clear, however, that the time
has come for a far wider and more
complete application of those prlnci-
pies. This can be accomplished only
by the establishment of a definite
federal system OF statutory publicity
by which ali important corporations
engaged in interstate commerce shall
be required 10 report at stated inter
walls to a federal agency such as the
bureau OF corporations the essential
fact>>fn regard to their organization,
Infringement and condition. This will
accomplish for the entire business
machinery Of the country In so far as
Il IL in the hands of corporations
what the bureau has been doing in
specific eases. II muJt be carried on
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-12-14
Mnninc Kills Eight.

Marseilles. France. Dee. Ia
Pierre Bouvler, n leading wine mer-
chant, went suddenly insane today
and shot and instantly killed his
wife and mother in their home, aud
then took a razor and cut the throats
OF two sons and daughter. Then
he went to his establishment whore
his eldest daughter was and shot
her and the chief clerk. His bloody
lust satisfied. he fred the last shot
from his revolver into his own head.
dying instantly.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-12-14

state into another state. and that
$50, 600 be appropriated to enforce
all federal Jaws against that traffic.
There Is no money available for spe-
cial prosecution of that work at
present.
Alien Contract Labor.
The need of strengthening the law
galnst alien contract labor is de-
lclared to be pressing. The present
laws do not always bring to justice
those responsible for the importation
of the men. The secretary suggests
THAT II would be well TO preinvesti-
gate the claims OF employers who
seek the exception of the law which
allows foreign contract labor. when
labor Of like Kind can not be found
IN this country. The need Of amend
Ing the Chinese immigration laws 10
ht conditions existing is urged. with
out surrendering the real purpose OF
the law, the department is working
to have Il so administered as TO give
the least cause for embarrassment
and complaint from the Chinese.
The works of the division OF nat
lural.zation are reviewed with the
statement that there were 1872
declarations of intention filed during
the last year, an increase of moro
than 5000 over the year preceding.
Turning to mis- own Office. Secre-
tary Nagcl tells OF the work of i'm
proving the personnel OF the service.
The secretary lays down the prinei-
pies that the government is entitled
10 "a days work for a days pay
and agrees that the pay should be
commensurate with the work per-
formed.
Because of the low salaries estab-
lished IN some OF the grades, Il was
found impossible. Mr.. Nagel says, TO
get civilians capable of the work at
such salaries. The secretary says in
closing his report that as a remedial
step he Is constrained to advocate the
abolition OF all clerical positions pay
ing less than 5000 a year. and that
places paying from 5000 to $500
be created In their stead.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-12-14

ships under its own flag on certain
routes. and where they do not exist
it is willing to pay enough to get
them.
"The creation of a merchant ma
rine in foreign trade proportionate
in any degree to our rank among ma
tions must be slow undertaking.
The approaching completion of the
Panama canal, as already indicated,
will create some favorable conditions,
but ii also imposes the obligation OF
early action. Several measures TO
this end are now pending in congress.
while differing in important respects.
they all provide for an extension of
the ocean mail act or 1891. The
special reasons for American ocean
mail steamship lines to South Amer
ica and by way OF Hawaii to Aus
tralia and to Asia. including the
Philippines, have been repeatedly set
forth, as have been the reasons for
increasing the per mile compensation
of American ocean mail steamships
under the conditions prescribed by
the act of 1891 on routes to South
America Asia and Australia.
White Slave Traffic.
In the bureau of immigration and
naturalization the need of facilities to
meet growing conditions is recog-
nlzed. Improvements have been made
in the immigration stations all over
the country, and will be carried on.
In all, during the fiscal year, 944,235
aliens entered the country. and G7
per cent OF them came from Russia
and the countries OF southern Europe
total OF 20 per cent of illiterates is
shown by the report, which is some
thing of an increase over the pre-
vious year. The coming of these
Ialiens, however, brought S17.331,-
IS2S into the country and they pos
sessed an average of $23.50 each. IL
is calculated by the department, how
ever, that 33 per cent of all those
aliens were assisted with money to
reach this country.
In one portion of his report Secre-
tary Nagel takes up the white slave
traffic. Through the watchfulness OF
Immigration inspectors, a large num-
Der of prosecutions have been begun
by the department of justice.
The departments investigations
show that the traffic in women is an
established and extensive business
and is by no means confined to trad
ing in women who have been import
led. II includes alien women who
have entered the country in a regu-
lar way and American women as
we'll. Under the law now existing
the federal officers are equipped to
deai with only small part OF such a
situation. The present law merely
prohibits the bringing OF white slaves
into the country. The secretary
recommends that the law be amended
to prohibit as well the bringing OF
women for such purposes from one
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-12-14
hot DAY NEAR NORTH POLE.
Mercury Reaches Eifty-eight and
pcrspiration Blinds the Eyes.

Precipitation BIinds the Eyes.
The difncult conditions OF travelling
compelled us to shorten our next
march to eight hours. Men and dogs
were exhausted. Our eyes were blood
shot. highly inhamed and painful,
The temperature had suddenly drop
ped. and when ] attempted TO sleep
suffered more from the cold than AT
lany time since leaving Annootok
The moisture from our breath froze
at once into crystals upon everything
Il touched
The short marches. the necessity OF
hating to rest the dogs. and our own
WEAKNESS brought about by constant
back-breaking lifting of komatiks
over rough, rocky places made prog
ress slower even than had been an
ticlpated. But encouragement came
In the increasing freshness of musk
ox signs. which gave promise that our
ambition was soon to be realized.
Here we encountered the hottest
day of the season. The Thermometer
registered az 5S degrees above zero,
though later. when in camp. as |
wrote my journal. noticed that II
had dropped TO degrees above.
Travelling in this high temperature
was exceedingly uncomfortable. Per
spiration ran into my eyes. already
inflamed by the glare of sun and
snow, and they became very painful,
.Oksquddyshou and Tutshu had de-
layed the use OF smoked glasses too
long, and were suffering from snow
blindness.
Hares were very plentiful In the
valleys which we were ascending,
and so tame that we could approach
within a few yards OF them. shot
several for food. though they were
very poor. The skins. too, were in
high demand by the Eskimos for
socks.-December Outing.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-12-14
CITY ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING
WHAT SALARY THE SANITARY
INSPECTORS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH SHALL RECEIVE.
be II ordained by the General
Council of the city OF Paducah. Ken
lucky:
Section l.. That from and after the
passage. approval and publication ~
this ordinance the sanitary iuspcc-
tors OF the city OF Paducah. Ken.
lucky. elected pursuant TO an ordl-
nance providing therefor. shall re-
.ceiye salary OF sixty dollars
$4,000 per month, payable neml-
monthly out of the general funds OF
the city OF Paducah In the same man
ner that other officers OF the city OF
Paducah are paid.
: See 2. This ordinance shall take
effect from and after its passage.
approval and publication.
Approved.
A. NJ. FOREMAN.
President Board OF Councllmen.
Approved.
ED ID. HANNAH.
President Board OF Aldermen.
Attest.
MAURICE M1NTYRE.
City Clerk.
Approved.
ED ID. HANNAH.
Mayor Pro TEN
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-12-14
Collision ON Illinois Central.

Springfield. H.. Dec. IA north
bound passenger train and a south
bound freight train on the Illinois
Central crashed near Pana. Both
engines were demolished, four thou
sand bushels OF corn dumped into the
ditch and 100000 damage being done
to rolling stock. Engineer Phillip
May, of Clinton. jumped through the
cab window when he saw that a
wreck was inevitable. He was in
jured internally. The freight train
drove the passenger engines tender
through the baggage car and the
stove in the baggage ear fen on Bag
gageman p. X. Farley, of Clinton,
burning Il IN badly.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-12-14

by the federal government because
that agency is the only one whose
Jurisdiction is commensurate with the
Subject matter and which can pre-
scribe uniform conditions for the en-
tire country. Any attempt to solve
the problem through state action has
been and necessarily will be futile.
No considerable number of states can
ever agree In establishing or main
tanning any one system. No state
Ialcne can make its own system effec-
tive. In financial and commercial
conditions the business of the coun-
try has become nationalized. It's legal
regulation also must be national"
Ocean Mails and Commerce.
At the end of this fiscal year the
department still has on hand investi-
cations of the lumber and steel in
dustriea. the International Harvester
company, concentration OF water
power ownership, transportation by
water in the United States. IL was
still continuing its Investigations of
the tobacco industry. the operation
of cotton exchanges and state systems
of corporate taxation.
On the subject of ocean mails and
commerce under the section OF the
report devoted to the bureau of navi-
cation of the department, Secretary
Nagel says. in part:
with good reason, we are build
ing a powerful navy. and congress
has been generous in its appropria-
ltions for the purpose. The argument
for an adequate merchant marine is
fully az strong and should appeal
with equal force to men of all parties.
BY the common consent of civilized
nations the policy of discriminating
duties was abandoned long ago. The
conditions of our foreign commerce
render il particularly inapplicable 10
our own situation. At the present
time foreign governments are spend
ing annually about S45. 0,000 upon
certain types of merchant steamships.
The form of expenditure varies, of
course, and the objects differ.
The Merchant Marine.
''In some instances the prime OBJ
ject IS to promote regular transporta-
ton facilities. in Others to provide
reserve cruisers, or army transports,
While the creation of body OF naval
reserve seamen, the encouragement
OF shipbuilding and regular and swift
carrying OF ocean mails are reasons
for other appropriations. Whatever
the purpose, the result in each case
is the same-the increase of the ma
tion's merchant marine and mer-
chants seamen II is not material
that I'm some instances the amounts
are described as subsidies and others
as payments for services rendered.
Nor do | deem the amounts and con-
Iditlons OF appropriations essential
The fact. common to all. these ex-
Ipenditures, suiIiees-that each nation
desires certain types OF ocean steam
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-12-14
Wanted a Daylight View.

How does Wrigley like his new
home In the country?"
Pretty well. lie has to get up in
the dark to catch the train. and it's
after dark when he gets home And
he sleeps all dag Sunday. Last week
he begged a day off at the omce?"
"Wha. for?"
80 he could get a good look at his
home by sunlight. cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-12-14

"De world" said Uncle Eben. "is
sumpin' like a lookin' glass. You's
g'inter get better results II you
smiles dan II you makes faces. -
Washington Star.
The Paducah evening sun., 1909-12-14

Bachelors are the only men who
think they know il all.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-22

The "Nsw tdea" spreader:
puiverxes thoroughly
the evenly and in wide making nice covering
applying evenly. machine equipped
distributing
Because should the puering cylinders have missed
fully fined particle Of will
ton from the rapid rotating distributor
other
chunky
Because machine is protabs 1t
value the where puverizer
q Think this when buying
q substantial having
all the weak wed during the Of testing expert
menting building selling them consequently timeed
machine machine II take
thing like built heavy
traction roller and ioad
going the field coming bsck empty
wheels track farther
the machine spreads wider
the widest machine machine win through
r through
axles connected by strong
coupling wen braced the No
under the machine when
driving through
bitches and strain te bed but the ~ 10
the reach under the bed the REACH
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-22

manager of the hotel came up, but he
didn't see Mrs. Could
The trip to the West Indies was
marked with several instances of Mrs
Gould drinking, but she was never un
der the influence of liquor, the former
valet said.
Mrs. Gould usually drank Manhat
tan cocktails on that trip. She drank
a great many of them
after drinking great many cham
payne cocktails Mrs. Gould had Man
haitian and then ordered the coachman
to drive about the grounds to dis
charge the servants.
"She asked me II would unite her
shoes and she kicked them of.
when she got back she went to he,
room. Later that night went to her
room. She was lying on her bed, heI
hair disheveled She was snoring and
her skirt was up to her knees"
Snoring is hardly ground for aban.
donment," offered Mr.. Shearn, caus.
ing laugh.
THE next day Mrs. Gould sat around
drinking lots of ice water" Veitch
added.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-22

New York, June 22.-One Of the wit
nesses in the Gould trial was the for
mer male valet of Mrs. Gould, Harry
]. Veitch of Des Moines. Iowa. He
was a dapper, well dressed type OF no
tel clerk and said that he was engaged
as such in the west.
For ten months was Mrs. Could !
valet" he said. During that time |
was with Mrs. Gould in the West In
dies, in Europe, at Lynchburg, Castle
Gould and at the st. Regis. l went
to work for her in December, 1905
His duties were to pack baggage
and on one occasion he said he assisted
Mrs. Gould at her toilet
II saw Mrs. Gould under the in
duence OF liquor on more than one
occasion" he replied to Mr.. Nicoll.
Before we went to the st. Regis
Mrs. Gould had some drinks served al
. meal. The waiter didn't come quick
" enough. After the meal was owe;
Mrs. Gould told me to throw the tabl.
into the corridor
did you do it?''
II did, breaking some dishes and not
doing the table much good. Later the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-22
SPIDER SILK.
~ Vvonae1ful strength, Elasticity
ana Lasting Quality.

~ wonderful strength, Elasticity
and Lasting Quality.
The astronomer after the experience
Of many years has found that the spi-
der furnishes the only thread which
can be successfully used In carrying
on his work. writes Ambrose Swazey
In the Scientific American.
The spider lines mostly used are from
one-6fth to one-sevsnth Of q thousandth
OF IN inch in diameter. and, in addition
to their strength and elasticity. they
have the peculiar property Of with
standing great changes Of temperature,
ana often when measuring the sun
spots, although the heat Is 80 intense
a to crack the lenses OF the microme-
ter eyepiect.. yet the spider lines are not
In the least injured.
The threads Of the silkworm. al
though Of great value rs q commercial
product, are so coarse and rough COM
pared with the silk of the spider that
they cannot be used in such instru-
ments.
Spider lines. although but fraction
Of thousandth Of an inch In diameter
are made up Of several thousands Of
microscopic streams OF fluid. which
unite and form single line, and it il
because Of this that they remain true
and round under the highest magnify
ing power.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-22
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

Residence property num-
bered 1874 and 336 South 7th
street; rents for $500 per
month; centrally located; large
lot 46l feet by 210 feet; all
improvements made; good tt
tie free Of incumbranCe; ap-
praised at 81 1000 worth
more. Must sell at auction un-
der order Of Court, to the high
est bidder upon easy terms.
Rare chance for good safe in
vestment.
Sale, Thursday, June Path,
at z O'Clock p. n. at the prem
iseS.
WILLIAM II. KELLEY,
is'st Commissioners.
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international Event to Be Held
1t Zurich, Germany,
IN the Fall. i i
PLANS BEING PERFECTED

Zurich. June 22.-One Of. the princi-
pal events which Is occupying the
attention Of all classes In this enter
prising city Is the race for. the Coupe
Internationale des Aeronautes. which
viii take place October 3 from the
gasworks. two miles from the main
railroad station.
The cup having been won by =
Swiss balloon last year. the Aero club
In hand. The club Is a young organ
ixation, having been founded In 1901
with fifty members. Last year its
membership rose to 100 and at the
present time 1t has increased to $50.
Of whom the largest proportion are
citisens Of Zurich.
Perfecting Plans.
The president, DR.. i. Hans. and the
general secretary, Captain e. Messner,
both Of this city, are giving much
thought and time to perfecting plans
for the aeronautic week, which has
the support Of the club and the best
wishes OF many leading citizens, who
have subscribed more than 100.000f.
$50, OOO) to meet the expenses.
The International Aeronautic Fed
GRAFTON, which comprises representa-
tives OF Germany. Austria Hungary.
Belgium. Spain, America, France.
Great Britain, Italy, Sweden and
Switzerland il the SUPERIOR authority
whose rules govern the contest. The
aeronauts taking part in the meeting
will gather here on September 20.
There will be two small races on
October 1, the first one point to
point event and the second q long dis
lance contest. It is possible one or
moro airships will come to Zurich at
the same time, those of Count Yep
pelin and Major Won Parseval being
mentioned.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-22
Morgan County Republicans
Worried By Religious Sect

e Martinsville, Ind, June 22-Repub-
lican politicians Of Morgan county are
up against q new proposition and it
is one which promises to tax their In
genuity to the utmost. The whole
dilemma has been brought about by
the peculiar beliefs Of the Crabbites.
religious sect which holds forth in
the hills south of Martinsville along
Gose creek and Little Jordan. II the
religion OF the Crabbites sticks" it
will mean some new method Of politi-
cal maneuvering by the Republican
central committee.
The Crabbites, according to Re
publican leaders who have Investigate
ed the question, will refuse to vote,
because It is against their religious be-
lief. The Crabbites live In Washing
ton township, and the vote In Wash
ington township. in which Martins
vile is situated, always cuts a pretty
big figure in the county election. Al
80. the precinct in which the Crab
bites live cuts pretty big figure in
the results in Washington township.
Therefore the county politicians are
extremely anxious about the Crab
bites.
Hard Work for Organizers.
Heretofore those who are now
known as Crabbites have usually vot-
ed the Republican ticket, but great
amount of organization work has been
required In the Gose creek and Little
Jordan country. Expert organizers
have been known to work as late as
midnight on the night before the
election perfecting little details in the
Organization. But with the Crabbites
refusing to vote this Organization
work will be useless One Republican
leader. however, believes that the Re.
publicans will be benefited by the new
situation. He summed It up as fol
lows:
| We can now let Gose creek and
Little Jordan go without any. atten-
ton. Brother Crabb will take care oi
things down there. Meanwhile we
can be putting forth our best efforts
In other parts OF the county and can
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-22
Two Early Snake Stories From st. Mdys

The metal part came In contact with
his leg, leading him to think q snake
had taken refuge in his trousers. He
grasped the leg about the object
screaming for help. Fellow-workmen
cut the fabric with their knives, when
Ferrule tainted from fright and re
quired assistance to bring him to his
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-22
What IN Earthquake u.

"An earthquake" writes Frank A.
Perret, formerly honorary assistant at
the Royal vesuvian observatory. In
Century, rs nm undulating vibration
Of the ground resulting from some
sudden movement Of the underlying
strata. This may Be produced BY q
volcanic explosion. the breaking Of a
stratum Of rock under strain or the
sudden intrusion Of lava between the
strata or into fracture, the types re
spectively known us volcanic. tectonic
and intervolcanic. Ny own impression
IN experiencing these shocks was that
Of q rubbing together Of masses un.
der pressure. which throws the adJoin-
ing material into vibration. II you put
q little water into thin. wide mouthed
crystal goblet. wet the finger tip and
rub It around the rim, Z sound will
BE- produced and the water will be SET
In vibration like the ground waves Of
an earthquake"
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senses.

st. Marys. O.. June 23.-August
Bauer was standing in a deep ditch
beneath an Oil rig. hauling old pieces
of cable and other rubbish out. when
he grasped q piece Of rope which OF.
fered unusual resistance. All his
strength was required to haul the OBJ
ject to him and coil its folds In his
lap. when he discovered 1t to be five
foot serpent The rapidity OF his as
cent from the ditch is declared to ex