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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-19
Par Describes Government
Raid on Sugar Docks.
Tells new Steel Spring Aided
H. HE uaderwelghlng.
Wslghsr hyatt Says rs Out efi1
Scales Had These Springs.

New York, May 18--Richard Parr.
the government employee whose famous
raid on the scale houses of the Amerf-
can Sugar Refining Co. in Williams
burg (Brooklyn). in November. 1897.
first uncovered the gigantic sugar I'm
der-weighing frauds whereby the gov
eminent was cheated, out of thousands
of dollars in duty, took the witness
stand today at the trial of Charles R.
Heike in the criminal branch of the
United States circuit court. Heike is
secretary of the Sugar Trust and with
five former employees of the company
stands charged with conspiring to de-
fraud the government.
Parr was examined for the govern
ment by Henry L. Stimaon. He began
a description of the raid. but had not
gone far when adjournment was taken
for the day. He described how he
found in the scales the now famous
steel spring by which it is alleged un-
derweighing was accomplished: how he
fourd holes bored in the scales to ad-
nit the spring and how he caused
drafts of sugar to be weighed to show
the discrepancy due to manipulation.
His testimony probably will be con-
tinued tomorrow.
The defence will try to prove that the
fault lay in the scales, that inaccura-
cies were due to clogging, weather
conditions and other causes.
The batteries were uncovered during
the testimony of United States Weigh
err Thomas D. Hyatt. known as the
square weigher''
A cloth that had a massive frame
eight by 10 feet just behind the judges
bench was raised and identified as q
correct plan Of scale such as was
used to weight sugar on the Williams
burg docks of the company. Then
Hyatt described the raid on the scale
houses by government agents. Richard
Parr and Brezanski in November.
1907, and identified a piece of metal
similar to a corset steel which Parr
claimed to have found concealed with
in the scales. Hyatt said this spring
retarded the action of the scale and
made il weigh less. Sixteen out of the
II scales. Hyatt said, contained the
holes described. saif 7%Sfte
At the start, of Hyatt's testimony
the government won victory by get
ting ruling from Judge Martin. who
is trying the fca4e in the United States
circuit court, that evidence of the
raid on.the docks was permissible. All
of the defence's numerous objections
were overruled.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-19
Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago May IL.
I'm every pit on the Board of Trade
closing quotations today showed a loss
Expectation of marked Improvement In
the crop showing was general because
of the warm weather in all directions fol
lowing the long continued GOODNESS and
the rains. Active features finished 1aMll
lower and May !. Corn showed q decline
of sGo1s; oats sMs and provisions 7sGp17a.
WHEAT-May 1l2a: July 1O2s Sept. 1907
CORN-May 59s: July 1s@a; Sept. GA
Dec. 57i
OATs-May A.; July 4O.; Sept. 49,; Dec
S9i.
MESS PORK-July 23.15: Sept 23.O51O7a
LARD-July 12.7a: Sept. 1856.
SHORT RIBS-July ETY.: Sept. 12.GO.
FLOUR-Steady.
RYE-No. 2 78
FEED-Or mixing barley 52d57.
MALTING-Fair to choice 62dI66.
FLAX SEEDING. | southwestern l94a i;
No. | northwestern 204a
TIMOTHY SEED-Nominal.
CLOVER-1l.2J.
MESS PORk-23 80 $50.
I.ARD-12 0oim M
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-19
Boston Curb Market.
Boston Produce Market.

Boston produce maTHo1
Boston. May Is.
BEEF-Fresh firm: whole cattle Hoe.
BRAN-Firm, 24d24.0. oo,>,oo,
BUTTER-Lower; northern zSa4oo3'
western 29a@30l. ,e,.
Enthusiastically: New YORK lSs0l6.
EGGS-Unsteady; choice 27 western %
FLOUR-Unchanged spring patents $50
HAY-Unchanged No. / 24@245O.
LAMBS-Unchanged 15M16.
LARD-LOwer: pure 15s. -
MIXED FEED-Unchanged. 24l26.
OATS-Unchanged No. clipped white
so.
PORK-Unchanged: medium backs 27.75
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.; white 7O175
SUGAR-Firm; granulated $40.
VEALS-Firm, 144I15
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-19
HOUSE AND SENATE.
Railroad Bill in Ssnate-Hawaiian
Matters in the House.

Washington. May 1S.-The debate on
the railroad bill lasted all the session
in the Senate today. ,N
The House spent the entire day de-
batting a bill to extend to the territory
of Hawaii the laws Of the United States
concerning appropriations that are en-.
joyed by the territories within the
United States The bill was passed.
having been previously passed in the
Senate.
Both houses will meet tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-19
AGAIN CHAMPION.
DeOro Defeats Hueston $50 to ia at
Three Cushion Billiards.

New York. May 18.-Alfred DeOro is
again the worlds three-cushion bill
lard champion, and the holder of the
Jordan Lambert trophy. In the final
block Of points in his challenge, match,
with the holding champion. Thomas A.
Hueston, tonight DeOro defeated the
younger player SO points to 38, making
the total score for the match $50
points to ia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-19
New York Cotton Market.

New York. May Is.
Spot closed quiet IS points decline Mid
ding uplands 1910; do. gulf 1866. Sales
ll,l45 bales
Galveston easy, Is; New Orleans easy.
nominal. IS; Memphis steady. Is.
Net receipts for five days 1854
Exports to Great Britain 17.4S9; to
France 913: to the Continent 11,671.
Stock 490535
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-19
BOSTON STOCK EXCHANGE
Suspends Friday Until Noon Out Of
Respect to Late kinq.

Boston. May 1s.--Following the ac-
ton of other exchanges the governing
committee of the Boston Stock Ex-
change voted today not to begin bust
ness Friday until noon. out of respect
to King Edward VII.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-19

Percy & Small at Bath began
Wednesday,. laying the keel of q four-
rnasted schooner for their own ac-
COUNT At present they will work only
|a small crew They have had the.
frame in the yard some years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-19

Information has reached the Interstate
Commerce Commission that the trans
continental railroad liies next autumn
will advance the freight rates on all for
est products, and perhaps on other COM
modities from the north Pacific states
to Eastern destinations.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-19
z. p, w..hburn Of Thom...on Dead.

Portland. Me-. May 1S.-Edwin p.
Washburn of Thomaston. one of four
brothers famous as shipbuilders. died
here today. He was born April Is. 1852.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-19
San Francisco Gets the Fight.

San Francisco. May lS.-Ohicial an
nouncement was made tonight by the pro-
motors of the Jeffries-J johnson fight that
the tight will be held July lin San Fran
cisco. ~ ff5&
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-19

The Republicans Of Houlton in cau-i
Hersey for the Legislaturd
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-19

dafr1eS 2INI20.
Realistically; at market cases includ-
ed, 1919. firsts 10; prime tirsts 20; re-
ceipts 1901 cases.
CHEESE-Steady, 13aM15.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-19

New York, Nays.
Prime mercantile paper 4s@5i per cent.
Sterling exchange firm at 839On4A for
G0-day bills and at 1870 for demand.
Commercial bills 483lQ2.
Bar silver So.
Mexican dollars A.
Government bonds steady.
Dol
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-19
A Mile Stone.

While a thirty-ninth birthday an.
niversary lis not usually. made an oc-
casion for special celebration. it is
worth while for The Bee to note the
passing OF another milestone in its
career as a newspaper
From the very start The Bee pro-
claimed certain definite purposes and
has aimed to follow a definite policy
that would make it at once a credit TO
journalism, and the greatest service TO
the people of its city, state and nation.
1t is needless to remind our readers
that The Bee has never faltered in the
path originally mapped out, and is
constantly expanding to meet the
growing demands upon it, and to keep
in the forefront of the ever changing,
but ages old, combat with ignorance
which opens the way for the uplift of
humanity.
We invite our readers today, and
every day, to judge The Bee by com
parison with its contemporaries, con-
fident that even those who may differ
with us or have fault to find, will
still be able to recognize what is OF
merit and to concede a measure OF
credit for having high ideals and hold
ing fast to them.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-19
Post Graduate Lessons.

The commencement season is upon
us and the graduate is abroad in the
land.
There are two lessons which well
learned will add materially to the eff
fectiveness of the diploma. One is the
realization that commencement marks
the beginning instead of the ending of
education and the other the necessity
of fitting into the proper sphere of life
work as early as possible. The techni-
cal student, of course, has prepared
himself definitely for his occupation,
but the graduate of the classical school
may have no more idea at commence
ment time than he had at matricula-
ton what his vocation is to be. The
young man or woman who has learned
both these lessons we'll has something
to his or her advantage.
This matter of choosing ones life
work is one of the severest tasks a per
son has to, meet. Many men do not
find their spheres OF greatest useful
ness until middle age, while others
never find them. Education ought to
help one to find his true sphere. The
great difficulty with SO many young
people is they show an adaptability to
too many things, they become what
their fellows or instructors call ver-
satile. The versatile man sometimes
is the worst handicapped man. He can
do dozen things fairly we'll and he
spends his time between them, scatter
| ing his fire, instead of concentrating
on one object, single purpose and
better than he could do each of the
| eleven. The man who with bent for
music, can play half a dozen instru-
ments, is not nearly SO likely to play
as we'll as the man who becomes ex-
pert in the use of that one. The yer.
satile man is seldom more than an
amateur. being kept out of the profes.
sional class simply because he has
never learned to concentrate his full
powers on one thing.
Young men and women must look
out for these pitfalls. The only talent
that ever accomplishes anything worth
while is that trained along a certain
definite, fixed line. The graduate from
high school, college or university whC
can find his or her place in the worl(
at once, get in it and make the bes
of it Is sure to be Of actual service t.
the world, while the one who jumps
from place to place and spends the bes
years, of life in fruitless experiment 1
likely to fall short of the commence
ment Grafton ideals.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-19
PER SONAL AND OTHERWISE.

When the tumult and the shouting
dies" what then?
Advance pointers on the aero meet may
be had by watching the house fly.
United States of America has no rivals
or imltators Officially United South
Africa is named the South African Union
No doubt the gentlemaniy railroad
agents will arrange stop-over privileges
at any Nevada point on those through
tickets.
Unusual serenity approaching Indifference
Is noted among voters. The genius who
fashioned the wind shield for automobiles
builded better than he dreamed.
The Chicago professor who, a year ago,
sobbed over what the Africa climate would
do to the health OF Roosevelt, has taken
his reputation TO the woods for repairs.
For a man without training or a reputa-
tlon as an interpreter Of the manly art, the
governor of California delivered to the
heavyweights knockout OF the state
With pride entirely justified. Kentucky
points TO graftless new state house and
a F-year-old girl with record OF three
marriages and two divorces. The Blue
Grass state is going some
Mrs. Alice Thaw Of Pittsburg is one OF
the very few American heiresses who
compelled her titled ex-husband to let 90
some Of her patrimony. The propert,
valued at 100000 happened to be on thi.
side Of the pond.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-19
SERMONS BOILED DOWN.

Some have no faith. except when they
are feeding.
Saints sights may do more harm than
sinners smiles.
lie cannot love his fellows who helps one
man to hate another
Casting your care on the Lord does not
mean quitting your job.
When man makes his own halo he
always gets tangled up in IL.
There's world OF difference between
borrowing trouble and sharing It, ...
Preachers would get nearer to hearts II
they cared less for counting noses.
An honest prayer for harvest always
inspires a man to get out and hustle.
The soft places are always mucilaginous.
Your success is TO be measured by your
service.
The man with an eye only for tho main
chance usually gets off on the side track
Of selfishness.
A. good deal of our dignity is really but
imprudence in view Of our large Indebted
ness to the world.
No man knows how much JOY there is in
the world until he becomes concerned In the
sorrows of others.
It's not much use talking of giving your
heart TO God when you leave only the
flag end OF yourself for your family.-Chi-
cage Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-19
Gambling in Necessaries.

The governments proceeding
against James A. Patten and some of
his associates in grain and cotton spec
ulation Is another evidence that Il is
keeping faith with the people in its
effort to determine whether or not the
law permits a few men to gamble In
the necessaries of life to the serious
detriment of millions IL the govern
ment succeeds in proving it's charges
of conspiracy in restraint of trade 1t
will be" another credit mark for the
Sherman antitrust law, under whose
provisions the action is brought.
Men who manipulate the markets
have not ordinarily been classed as
criminals, and yet there are few crimes
worse in their effect than gambling in
the commodities on which every house
hold must depend and by the power of
speculation and for the purpose of per-
sonal enrichment, artihcially running
prices up 10 a prohibitive figure. That
this has been done on numerous occa-
sions is evident enough, and It has
doubtless figured as one OF the vital
elements in the enormous rise in the
cost of living. II that be true, and II
the government can secure the convic
tion OF the men responsible for II, II
should succeed in breaking up the sys-
tenn and convincing them that they
had better engage in a form OF bust
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-19
HEROES OF THE SCHOOL.

Adella Washer, in New York Times
used to think that Ned was quite
The smartest boy in all the land,
That fortune held, In trust for him
The choicest gifts within her hand.
And when each Wednesday afternoon
Bruce spoke his piece" in tones intense,
L pictured him an actor grand,
With jaurels won by eloQuence.
Johns voice was liquid nnslody .. ..
That rippled forth In music sweet,
And When. he played his old guitar
My feet the measure beat. - i"s' RS
Jim ran to art; his thin, rough hand
Could pencil pictures full of grace; ~.
And Tom was great in history, - '-..- ay.
He knew when everything took place.
Joe. had no gifts, but his old sled
was quite the largest in the school,
And on the snow-paeked coastinR ground
He followed out the Golden Rule.
Ned drives Il grocer's wagon now,
Bruce lies among the quiet dead,
John works and sings and taps old shoes,
And Jim paints houses for his bread.
Tom went to congress once or twice,
He knew how all the laws should be;
But Joe he was the bravest one,
For he, oh, yes, he married me.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-19
Uniform Legislation.

The need of uniform legislation,
particularly as affecting business that
cuts across state lines, has been re-
peatedly emphasized by The Bee. The
conference on uniform legislation held
at Washington last winter under the
auspices of the National Civic fed
eration--formulated a program for CO.
operative organization throughout the
various states with a view to arousing
public sentiment generally, and to
focusing 1t from time to time on par
ticular subjects of legislation as they
may be presented. There are many
fields of legislation purely in the
nature of local regulations in which it
makes little, If any, difference to the
people of one state what their neigh
bors in another state may do, but
there are other fields and the number
is rapidly growing. where the action
of one state is seriously impaired If
not entire nullified by the action
of it's neighbor,
NeDTdSkd mas dlIeduy mdu6 bOHlS
Roadway in the desired direction by
spreading on its statutes books legis-
lation patterned after accepted model
laws, such as the negotiable instru-
ments law, the child labor law, the
pure food law and several others The
very fact, however, that Nebraska has
to a certain extent realized the value
OF legislating uniformly with other
states In such cases is all the more
reason why Nebraska should help the
movement along as a whole, because
full returns can come only proportion
ately to the extent to which all the
states take 1t up.
A large number of we'll known men,
leaders in their various pursuits, are
interesting themselves in the subject
of uniform legislation, several of
whom are coming to Omaha to present
its various features to our citizens
and 1t Is to be hoped that they will
meet with a cordial responSS.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-19
TRUTH WITH THE BARK ON.
some Sentiments of Chancellor Dag
ApplRuded.
Pittsburg Gazette-Times.


Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
1t is not often that one finds anything
in the utterances of Chancellor Day to
which unqualified approval may be given
He has a happy faculty, for taking the
wrong side of every question, apparently
obsessed with the delusion that to be right
one must be unpopular. Therefore let US
make haste to take advantage OF the rare
opportunity. to applaud. sentiment of
Chancellor Days before some fresh break
makes It impossible. Speaking to the grsdu-
ating class at the Syracuse university, of
which he is the head, the chancellor said
something that is updeniably true and NO
less important: ,, .-- .. a.,
IF you want to know why men marry
less than Of old. the secret is in the false
whim in supporting a wife. He cannot af-
ford to support a wife, the bachelor says.
No woman ought TO consent to be such a
wife. She ought to say: L am not seeking
or consentng to be supported. There will
be two Of us. II l cannot earn as much as
you l can save more. We will plan to-
gether " ''r-
The decreasing marriage rate, no doubt,
has direct relation to the increase cost
of living, But this false ideal Of marriage,
which Chancellor Day castigates, Is re-
sponsible for the undue emphasis put upon
this factor. The love Of luxury, the desire
to enjoy the refinements and pleasures OF
life, while escaping its toll and sacrifice
have made the cost OF living their excuse
1t is selfishnessl not prudence, that prompts
such reason for celibate life. Fortunately
love is potent enough to overcome such
doubts in most cases, but If more women
deteloped the independence and pride ex.
| tolied by Chancellor Day, no man would
be found TO take a cowardly refuge behind
his self-confessed incompetence to support
another beside himself. Chancellor Days
sentiment is one which deserves the in.
| dorsement Of everybody, and iVis especially
appropriate in this month OF commence
ments and wedding bells.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-19
Unity of Faith.

1t may be an utopian dream in the
of idealism TO expect that
all people will some day come to
unity of faith, but nevertheless it is
one of the tests the world has ever ex-
acted of the Christian church-the test
that it sink dogmas and doctrines in a
universal creed.
The Worlds Missionary conference
at Edinburg has undertaken a large
step toward that idealistic goal. 1t
has brought together in one meeting
and one cause representatives of vari-
GUS churches and united them in the
zeal of evangelism that has made mar
tyrs and upbuilt the kingdom of God
on earth. And this approach to a
unity of faith Is the distinguishing
feature of that convention, and not the
fact that it is there to promote plans
for the spread of the gospel. Not
only Protestant churches, but Catholic,
have lent the spirit of their co-opera-
ton to this great gathering. Mon
signor Bonomelli OF Ceremonial, Italy,
one of the powers of the Church OF
Rome, has written a lengthy letter to
the conference in which he stoutly
commends its purpose and plans, de-
claring on this point of unity OF
faith:
1t is therefore legitimate TO aspire to =
unity Of faith and OF religious practice and
10 work for it's realization by the consecra
ton OF all energies Of mind and heart. Il
is a work we in our day may well CO,
operate in.
And after dwelling upon the power
of Liberation from the passion of sec
tartan prejudices," he concludes:
My desire for you is but the echo o.
Christ's words. which have resoundeC
through the centuries, Let there be on,
flock and one Shepherd"
The religious man, whatever his sec
may be, who cannot find in thes,
words a rebuke to the prejudiced doc
trinaire, or the worldly man who can
not see in them a tangible evidence o
religious progress, is blind to the trutl
and significance of these manifesto
lions of the times.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-19
Points Nailed Down.


While the afirmance by the United
States supreme court of the judgment
against the city of Omaha for $6,262,-
295.49, fixed by the appraisers as the
purchase price of the water plant
could not have been surprising to
many, still it may be of interest now
that the full text of the opinion in this
case is at hand to know Just how
the highest court disposed of the
various points that had been raised.
The court takes up in order the
three major objections urged on behalf
of the Water board against the ap-
praisement.
First. The Water board had insisted
that the award was not binding be-
cause 1t was signed by only two of The
three appraisers, the third, or city's
appraiser. having withheld his sigma.
ture by direction, the city proceeding
on the theory that the proceeding was
an arbitration and not an appraise-
ment. This contention the supreme
court brushes aside as follows:
The matter In question was in no proper
sense an arbitration. The contract was in
all of its terms agreed upon. One party
was to sell and the other to buy at a val
| uatlon determined by the Board of APP
praisers. and unanimity was not stipu-
lated for. Unanimity was hardly to be ex-
pected in board made up as this was.
Second The Water board alleged
fraud on the part of the appraisers
because they had had a confidential
audit made of the water company's
books. On this the court declares:
There is not the slightest evidence in the
record Of partially, bad motive or mis-
conduct affecting the action of the board.
Third. The Water board objected
to the award because 1t included the
whole water works plant, some of 1t
in South Omaha and other adjoining
territory outside of the corporate
limits of Omaha, and alleged want of
legal power to operate plant for peo-
pie outside of Omaha. Here is the
answer of the supreme court:
We are satisfied that the acquisition of
the system as it existed at the time the
| city made its election to purchase was
| within the contemplation OF both the city
and the water company, and that the val
uation of the system as an entirety was
the matter which the appraisers were re-
quired to do. ." A presumption
against ACKNOWLEDGMENT Is not overthrown
even IL the city had no power to sell water
to people or municipalities beyond. its
limits. If these outside distributing pipes
could not be lawfully used by the city for
the purposes for which the water COM
! pany used them it does not follow that a
contract to buy would be thereby any less
| a contract to buy a plant as a unitary
| system.
In view of all the false issues that
have been raised in the course of this
long-drawn-out water works litigation
it may be well to nail down few OF
these final qualifying findings.