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Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-03-13
Judge A. B. Anderson Gave
Peremptory Instructions
to ACquit.
INSUFFICIENT PROOF.
The Fine Originally Assess
ed by Judge Lands Was
$2o,240,OOO.

Chicago, March 12.-The famous
suit of the Federal Government
against the Standard Oil Company of
Indiana, wherein the defendant com
pany at one time faced a fine of $780,
240, 900 at the hands of Judge X. M.
Landis, on a charge of having accept
ed rebates in freight from the Chica-
go and Alton Railroad, came to an
abrupt end Wednesday. Judge A..
B. Anderson, before whom the case
was brought after reversal by the
United States Court of Appeals, in
structed the jury to find verdict of
mot guilty"
Judge Anderson's decision was not
altogether unlocked for when the
case was called to-day, he having
previously announced to the prosecu
tors that the proof relied upon in the
first trial was incompetent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-03-13
TOBACCO ACTIVE
Heavy Transactions on All Of
the Loose Floors.

All three of the loose floor houses
have been having a big rush this
week, the sales exceeding 100000
pounds a day. Prices went as high
as $1O25 for leaf Thursday. The
continued season has kept the fac
tories busy handling the receipts and
next week promises to be another
busy week.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-03-13
Pool Deliveries.

The tobacco in pool A is being de-
livered this week to Tandy & Fair
leigh. at the Rock Bridge SteInmery
and paid for as fast. as the tobacco is
Saccepted. Under the terms of the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-03-13

has awakened our people of Chris
tian county as nothing had ever done
before. 1t has taught them the
"bigness" Of the Association: the
large scope Of it; it has shown them
that promiscuous loose sales are not
compatible with the maintenance Of
the Association (more than one Of
the poolers has said as much to me)
and it has been the means Of show
ing to the world. who may be de-
pended on to do patriotic service in
time of need.
What little say on this subject,
say at least with the strength of con
viction. My tobacco was not in the
pool. / discountenanced efforts to
put it there. l advised intima, e
friends not to put theirs into it.
may be mistaken, but l had rather
my tobacco was in my barn than
sold through these pools. And |
hope every loyal and true Associa-
ton supporter can feel the same way.
Understand then that it is the rul-
ing Of the Board of Directors that
these pools cannot be added to, but
loose selling stops with them
Now as to the sale of the first pool
to other than a Stemmer. When the
bids for this pool were opened it was
found that Tandy & Fairleigh's bid
was 5 cents per hundred pounds
higher than the ImperiaPs bid. This
information was told to me and 9th.
er officials Of the Association over
the telephone and we were asked if
Mr., Ewing as our representative
would ratify the sale to Tandy &
Fairleigh. When we made some pro-
test on the ground, as every Associa-
tion man might expect, that the to-
bacco sold to these men would con-
fiict with the terms of our agree
lnent toprotect the old crop in the
Association, we were asked if we
would make our refusal and the rea,
sons therefor in writing. To make
a long story short, Mr.. Ewing wrote
a letter to the sales committee fol
the pool, in effect referring them tt
the agreement and stated he would
ratify a sale made in accordanc
with that. Without going into de
tails it seemed to us that several lit
tie things were done to get Mr.. Ew
ing to positively reject the sale 4
Tandy & Fairleigh, the highest bid
ders. But he never did it. Tandy
& Fairleigh were then told just how
matters stood and were asked if they
would take the tobacco without Mr.
Ewing's ratification. They agreed
to do so after first consulting a law
yer. So the sale was made.
was told that number of thc
farmers who sold were expecting ar
injunction suit to be filed, and thai
Tandy & Fairleigh also would moi
have been surprised, and it was init
mated to me they would have beer
very much pleased if there had been
We note that the difference in the
two bids amounted to only $500 on
the entire pool of 100000 pounds,
and one of the men told me he stood
to lose $3.50 of this amount, yet he
was one of the four OF the sales com
mittee to vote to sell to the Imperial,
because he saw it would then be in
accord with the agreement, while
NONTTNJTTED ON EOTrpTIJ pANE
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-03-13
Female Meat Thieves.

Two negro women were arrested
at Herndon yesterday, charged Wild
stealing some meat. Their names
were not learned. The meat was
recovered.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-03-13

contract made with the Imperial To-
bacco Co. for the sale of Pool B no
deliveries are to be made until next
Monday, as the purchaser was un-
able to receive it before that time.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07
HOW JACK SPALDlNG VOTED.

But you're woman, Helen, and
women don't understand politics"
81 understand enough about poll
tics to know that Otto Dimmit
shouldn't be elected prosecuting at
torney of Blackwell county"
/ "Dimmit is good party man and
has always done his part, giving
his time and money for the success
of his party's ticket
THAT doesn't alter the fact that
he's scoundrel, that he has been
proved a jury briber and a vote
buyer-and has escaped punish
ment simply and wholly because
he is good party man."
Il can't see for the life of me
why you want to get so deeply into
this thing. It's nothing to you
who's prosecuting attorney. Wom-
ems place is in the home. We men
can attend to the politics."
Yes, and a fine job of attending
W yOu Ii uO IL you ClSCt SuCu IuCh
as Otto Dimmit''
'I'll suspect you of wanting to
vote, next"
Suppose l should? I've every
moral right to-
mo, you've not"
why not?"
Sfnnnntron hn
YOU
well, I'd like to have vote this
time, just to cast one ballot against
Otto Dimmit."
at would be lost, because I'd dis
count it with my vote for him"
Jack Spalding! You're not 60
ing to vote for Dimmit?"
Il most certainly am. | know
Marshall is the better man, but it's
case of party and i"
do you mean to tell me that you
are going to vote for Dimmit, al
though you know and admit that
Marshall is an honest, efficient
man, while Dimmit is a crook"
That's just what I'm going to
do. That's what every good party
man should do"
"Then | wish to inform you that
everything is at an end between us.
Good afternoon"
Helen, do you mean"
II mean that l release you from
your engagement Good afternoon"
Tearing her beautiful diamond
ring from her engagement finger,
Helen Thornotn threw it angrily on
the floor at Jack Spaulding's feet
and swept out of the room.
Early the next morning Jack
Spaulding entered the voting booth
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07
COMPENSATION IN SICILY.

The law of compensation always is in force.
Sicily and southern Italy the farest lands under the
sun, are most frequently and most sadly afflicted
Here the earth greatest glory and its greatest terror
strive ceaseessly for the mastery
The bluest of skies is most seldom free from the
smoke of slunbering volcanoes dreaming of devas
taon and DEATH and the greenes of garden spots most
often backened and buried by seethng of lava and
storms of ashes
Here the most magnificent temples and the most ex-
quise statues raised by human hands have been
turned by the quverng of the earth to the dust from
which they came.
Here cities, once most powerful in and commerce,
and most beautiful in architecture hideous heaps of
ruins sunken in the plying
people that contributed most richly to the glorious
history, to the classic poetry, and to the inspired myth
oogy of golden ancient days reduced to the
est and most helpless
The land whose wealth and culture and patriotism
whose martial spirit and mighty heroes, Thucydides and
Cicero have imnortaized in praise, today claim
tribute even from the nraanest.
strange is that of Scily-different from any
other in the world 1t is blend of the Greek and the
Cartha gnan who warred for 20 centuries for domination
the island and finally together only under the
yoke of Rome. Their political history is unparalleled
succession of expressions and of independence Of
mighty triumphs and tragic failures.
Through it all they have the waving signal
of death from the crater of Etna and ever heard the whs
per of dreadful doom in the earth s rumbngs.
With without eruptions from it's volcanoes, this
region has felt disastrous earthquakes in almost every
century since history began to be written For instance
Caana, which is again visited is said to have lost $4,000
people by earthquake in 1887 and to have been wholly
destroyed in 1893, with loss Of $4,000 lives Messna
racked in 1888 that arcaeoogsts have been able to
find there few buildings of earlier date except the Nor
cathedral begun by King Roger in the eleventh
fury By the earthquake of 1893 81 Sician cities and
towns and 800 villages wrecked with total loss of
100000 lives
And yet despite all hopedestroying vicssitudes and
heart deadenng danger people earth better love
their land than do the Scians.
For, after all, it is home.
And the law of compensation you-aways is
in force.
The lava and ashes that bury the old vineyards enrich
the soil for the growing of the finest grapes in the world
The earth may culver, but it the greenest earth
under the sun.
The sky may show ribbon of smoke, but it is the
bluest ceanest sky that smiled.
Men and women and children may die by the hundred
thousand there but to the true Sician is sweeter to
die in Sicily than to live elsewhere.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07

I Come, come, am ready for der
obsequies."
"Iss dot why you are so obse-
quious. tee hee?''
I'm abouid a minude / am going
to let daylight drough your thick
carcass"
"Dond do i'd; you voult only OK
pose my family skeleton"
Hurry, l say. Diss ISIS no dime
for pitziness; we hat serious
amusement on hant."
bah, I defile you to do your
worst. AID der count of dree we
fire,"
I'VE do. Count"
Won, two, four, fife"
Holt on, you Overlooked some
dings."
dit 1? Maybe l wass losing my
memory"
Fool! Anyhow, you ain'd los
ing you presence of mind"
we'll. eff i'd ISIS all der same to
you l will consiter myseluf tech
nically shot" (Falls heavily.)
We're wasS you vOundet?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07

(Rusing to his side). On der breast
bone?"
No. On der felt of honor"
81 see. Effidencely der bullet
missed your jocular vein. Shell l
call helup?"
"Of corse nod. l am voundet
enough
Der puncture must nod be ferry
dangerous; you are nod debating
much"
Better listen eff my heart ISIS
beating"
"Yess, i'd ISIS still knocking"
"Subbose i'd shout stop beat
ing?"
Den i'd voult be dead beat"
Il hope ven l am gone, you will
keep my CRATE green
so? Vot do you want blantet
on id Spinach
Farewell. l hear der deaf rat
tie"
Dense idiot dot you are! Dot
ISIS der rattle of der patrol wagon
Upon which they were both
seen to be brave men in a pinch
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07

Veil Adolf, hat you selegtioned
der vebbings?'
"Yess, OSCAR, l hat chosen heafy
ardillery ad two PAGES"
Two PAGES. Ain'd dot RAIDER
close apart?'
"Chackass! Dot abblies to der
Weddings. Der principals can slant
we're dey vish.'
Il don'd want to slant we're wish.
| want to sit down. We're will you
stant?"
"Behint my obbonnent."
DOT von'd do. You might get
hurt ven | retread'
Den l will slant behint tree. l
am sure i'd will nod run in der same
DIRECTION 1 do"
"Ah, ha! You must be picnic
stricken alreaty"
"Haf no fear. l am resigned to
my fate"
I'D ISIS useless; you are already
elegtet. Shell we shoot ad der trop
of der hat?'
"Hartly. l would RAIDER shoot
vile you are picking up der hat"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07

Base ball season opens April II.
When a man borrows money and
spends it on other mems wives he
can be said to be burning the
candle at both ends.
Young Wife-Have you any cells
today?
Fishman-Yes' m; how much will
you have?
Young Wife-Oh, give me about
a yard and half.
"How did you and your husband
discover that you were affinities?"
1--WE didn't, thank you; we were
married without scandal"
The total net property of Y. M.
c. A. in this country, including en-
dowments, Libraries. furniture and
buildings, is $50,229,026.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07
Cold Beef Salad.

Chop together four anchovies, a
shallot, small onion and a little
parsley. Mix with two tablespoon.
fuls of salad oil, dessertspoonful
OF white vinegar, little French
mustard and pepper and salt to
taste. Cut neat slices of cold roast
beef. lay them in a salad bowl lined
with crisp lettuce leaves, scatter
chopped capers over the top, cover
with the dressing and serve.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07
Sandwich RoIla.

These should be made from fresh
bread wrapped closely in a towel
wrung out in cold water as soon as
taken from the oven, covered with
several thicknesses of dry cloth
and set aside for four hours. Cut
away the crust, using sharp, thin
knife. and slice as thin as possible
Spread with butter and cover with
thin shayings of meat, ported meat
or chopped nuts, roll the slices
very closely and pile on a serving
dish.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07
Butter Cakes with Bakinu
PoWder),

Put two cups of sifted flour, one
half teaspoon of salt and one and
one-half teaspoons of baking DOW
der into a mixing bowl. Make a
hollow in the center, put in the
well beaten yolk of one egg and the
whites of two, add the grated rind
OF one leman, one teaspoon of
melted butter, and mix with one
cup of milk, into stiff dough !;
lastly stir in one-half cup Of well
washed currants. Spread the mix.
ture into two well creased shallow
tin pans, brush them over with the
remaining yolk, then with two
tablespoons of melted butter. Mix
three tablespoons of graduated
sugar, two tablespoons of finely cut
citron, one-half cup finely chopped
almonds; sprinkle this over the
cake and bake in a quick oven.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07
COUNTY BUYS NEW MAPS.

The county commissioners have.
ordered three copies of a new wall
map of the city, just issued, at $25
per copy The map takes the place
of the last wall map issued in 1904.
and shows all the new additions,
schools and car lines, also two
miles of the territory adjacent to
the city on all sides
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07
Scattered Facts
About Uncle Sam

. From the Annual Report
. of the Secretary of
. the Interior.)
. Total patents issued last
. year 43,003.
. Porto Rico is preparing to
. spend 100000 on an irri-
. cation project.
. There are $1,000 perma-
. nent white residents of
. Alaska.
. Gold was produced in
. Alaska last year to the
. value of $17.490,777.
= The government main
. tains 25 reservations for
. the protection of native
= wild birds. 4
= The United States has
= school fund of $38,313,100.
. There are 1927 day
. schools for Indians. I
. No intermarried whites
. are on the rolls of the
. Creek or Seminole nations. 4
. More than 40,000,000 bar
. rels of oil were marketed (
. from Indian lands in the 4
. year. 4
. >>>>~>>>>>>>>>S
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07
Rare Beef Sandwiches.

To two parts of chopped lean,
rare beef, add one part of finely
minced celery, and salt and pepper
to taste.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07
NOSTANYTHiN{GG

Il carry $4,000 insurance in my
wife's favor
Huh! You ought to be ashamed
to live"
In our complex English we find
such words as suicide capable, of
being spelled sioux-eye-sighed.
- =
Girls work in stores for Sc "a
week that were formerly paid $40
a week in a factory, in order to
escape doing one thing all-of the
time, which is the penalty of mod
ern machinery.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07
Fruit Salad.

Put one pint can of pineapple
into glass dish and six large ripe
bananas. cut In thin slices. swseten
y taste. and let It stand one hour.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07

II a man had as many wives as
Solomon he would wonder il some
other one wouldn't have suited him
better.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07

No other people have tc meet
such keen and 80 much competi-
ton as liars.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07
Here S a NelU Idea
Housewives Like

Housewives who live to practice
economy are using the new heart
shaped saucepans. The pointed
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07
f B8SR

Just before serving strew shredded
cocoanut over the top and cover
with whipped cream.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07
AN AMBITIOUS YOUTH

James Danielson, a poor but de-
serving young man, has petitioned
the county commissioner for the
free scholarship to the state COL
lege at Pullman, which the commits
sioners will soon give out. Daniel
son secured the scholarship two
years ago and managed to make
his way while at school by working
on the outside. Last year the
scholarship went to a young woman
at Rockford.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07

THREW 1T ANGRILY AT JACK
SPAULDING'S FEET.
pencil and began checking off the
candidates of his party He marked
a neat cross opposite the name of
each without hesitation until he
came to this:
FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
Vote for One)
Otto Dimmit.
George Marshall.
Jack Spaulding chewed the end
of his pencil with absolute disre-
gard of sanitary precaution and
microbe theory. Then he smiled,
grasped the little stick of wood and
lead firmly in the fingers of his
right hand and marked cross op-
posite the name Of-which?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07
DAILY SHORT STORY

near his home and asked for bal
lot. He entered the secret seclusion
of the canvas closet, picked up a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07

The people who build castles in
the air are never sure of their
ground.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07

After O hard battle the pugilist
generally has a rapt expression.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-07
A WORD FROM JOSH WISE.

"Some people
think their viii
lainy's e xcu S :
able eff they're
only perlite err
bout it,"
The Detroit times., 1909-07-13
NOTED COUNSEL
FOR JUDGE LOOK
Don M, Dickinson and F. A. Baker
Appear for Defendant in Dis
barment Case.

The greatest array OF legal talent
seen I'm the circuit court for seveTa-
years lined up In the defense ~ Tor
mer Judge Look. against whom disbar
ment proceedings began before Judges
Muffin, Murphy and Hosmer. Monday
morning. Behind him sat Fred A. Ba'
ker. Don NJ. Dickinson AMI Danioi j.
-Gampau Attorneys Baker anti Dick
inson were for years the very leaders
at the Detroit bar, and opponents III
many hardfought lawsuits Campau
and Dickinson have been bitter poll
teal opponents for wears. out all these
differences were forgotten and the
men were particularly friendly Ii was
Mr.. Dickinsons first appearance In
court for several years. and for nall
an hour he was surrounded by attor'
neys. shaking hands.
The only testimony heard WAS that
OF Rudolph knorr, all aged German
with a defective memory. loud voice
and a disposition TO talk. He testified
that he gave to Mr. Look 4 mortga &c
for $50 Tor safe keeping. and thai he
had never received a cent in return
and had never seen the mortgage
since Beyond that, his memory was
defective, his testimony being Il mass
OF immaterial matter. full OF contra
dictions.
His cross-examination was conduct
ed by the accused attorney, who WAS
constantly coached by the trio or en-
minent lawyers Mr.. Look question
ed knorr at length about his ;ion!eS-
tic affairs and particularly about his
divorce. During this questioning he
asked knorr il he knew a Bertha Seip
The old man said he never kneH her
and never had lived in her home on
Harper.ave lie said he was sure OF
that, and declared loudly that he had
never heard the name before. Then
the woman was called forward aud
Knorr shook hands with her and the
two conversed for some minutes In
German. Then Knorr admitted that
perhaps he did know her. and he
might have lived In her house
What has all this got 10 with the
case. anyway" asked Judge Murtin.
Il want TO show that this mar is a
liar" Mr. Look answered. He Is d
liar and | can prove II.
1t is charged that Enorr gave Look
a mortgage for $50 for safe keeping
the proceeds of which were to pay tor
his keep by the Little Sisters OF the
Poor This mortgage. it is alleged
Look used 10 raise money to pay off
a debt OF his own To local bank.
Attorneys Harris and Perry are con
Quoting the case against Look. The
hearing will probably last several
days
Attorney Herbert c. Munroe, repre-
senting the heirs of Joseph Bender
is about to start suit against the
bondsmen' of Look 10 recover the pro-
ceeds OF the sale OF personal prop
erty belonging to the estate. Look
was appointed special adminiStratos
of the estate, and, it is alleged, sold
the personal property and failed ia
turn over the proceeds. SUIT was
brought against him in the circuit
court and judgment given. Look
appealed 20 the supreme court and
the appeal was dismissed. Suit vii!
now DC entered against the bondsmen
The Detroit times., 1909-07-13
WIDOWS STORY
AIDS DEFENDANT
Mrs. Barrows Says Her Husband Had
Threatened To Kill
Burkhart.

Testimony tending strongly 10 sup
killed Robert Barrows in self-defense
was CLEANED by the defense from Mrs
Pauline Barrows. the widow, when ner
cross. examination was continued by
Attorney Percy Crosse, Monday nCrn'
ing. Mrs. BarTows admitted that about
wo-weeks- before the shooting, her
husband showed her revolver and a
box of cartridges ana said TO her:
do you see these? Well. the next
time | see Burkhart with you, I'm go
ing to XIII him"
And the very next time he did see
Burkhart with you was the night or
the shooting. was II aot?' asked
Crosse.
Yes" replied the witness.
Another admission, damaging 20 the
prosecution, was that the shooting did
not take place until Barrows had
reached the top of the Steps iE the
rear OF the boarding house at No l43
Lafayette boulevard. In his opening
statement To the jury, Assistant Pros
ecutor- Aldrich said he would show
that Barrows was shot as he was run
ming up the steps The defense also
showed BY the witness that the steps
We're SO constructed thar Bu:khart
could not have gotten away except by
running down the steps Several dis
crepancies between Mrs. Barrows' ties
timony on direct examination and pre-
vious statements made by her were
discovered by Attorney Crosse, and he
made the most of them.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-13
GIRL IDENTIFIES SUSPECT.
Louise Kreueer Says Arthur Murphy
Attacked Her.

Followed for several blocks by a
strange man, as she was returning to
her home shortly before midnight,
Sunday, Miss Louise kreuser, aged -,
of No. 125 Inglis-ave., stumbled anu
fell when she tried to run away from
the fellow, and he attacked her vici-
-ersly,, choking her until she was al
most unconscious.
Miss Kreuger screamed as the fe!-
low rushed toward her. and her cry
attracted the attention OF her brother.
Frank. Hell assallant fled as her
brother approached. Miss Kreuger
gave a description Of the man to the
police OF Delray station. and early
Monday morning, Sergt. Hayes arrest
ed Arthur Murphy. aged 30. OF No. IL
Austin-pl. on suspicion. lie was TAX
en- from his home to the station, and
Miss Kreuger positively identified him
She later swore out warrant.
charging him with assault and bat
teiy.
Murphy. who denied that he had at.
tackled the young woman. pleaded not
guilty, and the case was set for July
lG. Justice Stein set Murphy's bail at
$500 in one surety.