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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-12-07

Miss Meadows, of Ashton, was
shopping in town Saturday.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-12-07

The increase from 1900 to 1910,
therefore, is eee,sl9, or s7.4 per
cent, as compared with an increas
for the preceding decade of 1876, 6,oo6,
or e5,7 per cent.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
WANTS
NATIONWIDE STRIKE

Newcastle, Pa. March Following
the second meeting of the Pennsylva-
mia Federation Of Labor In which res
olntlons were adopted asking the Am
eriean Federation of Labor TO call
nation Wide strike. conservative dele
gates tonight expressed fear that their
action was too preeipitate. Some
charge that the convention was stam-
peded by w. D. Mahon, president Of
the Amalgamated association of Street
and Electric Railway Employees,
President II. Il. Greenwalt Of the fed
eration appointed committee Of nine
to confer with the Philadelphia com
mittee Of 10 as to when the strike
shall be lnaugufated In other cities.
The committee Of nine held meeting
tonight and formulated report which
will be presented 10 the convention to-
morrow.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10

old document of the 9th congress. 1t
Is a recommendation by the secretary
Of the treasury for an increase In the
salaries of clerks and the senator to-
day obtained from the senate permls-
sion for the reprinilng of the paper.
The paper was accompanied by a
private memorandum of expenses kept
by clerk, which showed that the
price of sugar was fourteen cents n
pound at that time: flour eight dollars
barrel and Illuminating oil one dol
lar per gallon.
Labor was paid only Is cents day
transportation cost 10 cents Il mile,
whereas 1t Is now cents" said Sena-
tor Bacon. Conditions are entirely
different"
The date of the document was 1896.
II costs less To feed the navy on the
Chinese coast than at any other por-
ton of the globe according To figures
transmitted to the house today by
Secretary Meyer in response to res
olutlon calling for the prices paid for
foodstuffs at home and In foreign
ports during 1909.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
BODY STEALING CHARGE
AGAINST MAN AND WIFE

Great Falls, March s.--On charge
of being accessories To the robbing of
the grave of the infant son of Mr.
and Mrs Harfleld Conrad in Highland
cemetery the night of November 25
last. Ed Locker and a woman known
AZ his wife. who gives her name as
Alice Locker, have been arrested by
the police and are prisoners at the
city Jail, pending their hearing in the
court of Justice OF the Peace Stafford
this morning ut II o'clock, The arrest
was made at the instance of Assistant
County Attorney Sam Stephenson
after he had made an investigation of
tho facts n connection with the affair
Chief Of Police Pontet arrested Locker
and the woman Friday night, but the
fact that the couple had been taken
into custody WAS not made public until
last evening, when the time for their
hearing was set by Attorney Stephen
son The authorities feel that they
have enough evidence to connect
Locker and the woman with the crime
Neither has made IL statement.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
PRICES OF MEATS
SHOW A BIG JUMP
Butcher Declares That in the Past Two Years the Ad-
in Cost Has Been Greatest He Has
Ever Known

Washington. March Enquiry into
the high cost OF living was resumed
today by the senate committee which
examined Edward i. Hall, who CON
ducts local grocery and meat mar
ket, lie said the biggest jump In meat
prices he had ever known was In the
last two years. Mr.. Hall said he fig
ured on II gross profit of Is per cent.
but was satisfied with "A net profit of
per cent. This caused senator Smoot
to Inquire
Then, how Is 1t you have aceumu-
lated $4,000 In IL years."
The reply Of Mr.. Hall was regarded
as somewhat eyaslYe, but The point
was not pressed
Mr.. Hall said that Elgin creamery
butter was standard and that the but
ter price was fixed at Elgin. He stat
ed that II waa trade supposition
that number of manufacturers In
Elgln get together and fix the price Of
Elgin butter. senator Lodge has dis
covered that there was II time In the
past when prices were unusually high.
The fact came IL him through an
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
ACCUSED REVOLUTIONARY CON.
spiRAToR BE DEPoRTEo
FROM COUNTRY
TSCHA|KdSKY ACQUITTED
Nine. Brcshkovskaya, Who Pleaded
Guilty to Being Social Rcvolu-
ZIONIST, Is Held cuIpable by Jury and
viii Be Observation-Disclosures Usual
Sentence to Hard Labor.

ST. Petersburg. March .. The trial
Of Nicholas Tschaikovsky and of Mime
Breshkovskaya on the charge of rev
olutionary conspiracy ended today
with the acuuittai of Tschaikovsky
and the comparatively mild sentence
of exile imposed upon Nine. Brcshkov-
skaya. Tschaikovsky's counsel was SO
pessimistic that he spent the interval.
when the jurors retired. IN planning
an appeal. Nine. Breshkovskaya's
counsel lamented the fact that she
lacked four years Of the age exempt
ing her from hard labor
The first CLEAN of hope came when
the judges dropped the charge against
the woman of preaching the assassin
alton of the emperor. under which cx-
lie with hard labor was inevitable on
conviction. The jurors deliberated 10
minutes before the verdict was rem
dered. While Nine. Breshkovskaya's
sentence provides perpetual exile.
she escaped hard labor. which her
counsel considers great victory.
A handful of friends surrounded the
prisoners. showering congratulations
upon them and exchanging kisses I'm
typical Russian fashion. The guards
allowed the woman half an hour with
her friends before taking her to the
detention prison. where she will await
deportation. The collapse of the pros
ocution's case v4ss due to the utter
discrediting of Pateuk. who IL serving
Il life term for murder and other
crimes. and the failure Of the crown
to present other witnesses who could
connect Tschakovsky and Nine.
Breshkovskaya with revolutionary ne
tlyity as charged I'm the Indictment.
The woman, however, had pleaded
guilty to being a social revolutonist.
The jurors found that the business
records introduced amply accounted
for Tschaikovsky's presence I'm Russia.
Tschaikopsky Will leave here I'm three
weeks for England. Mime. Breshkoys-
kaya's exile as shown by the expert
enee of others. will be reasonably
comfortable. If money IL forthcoming
from either her or her friends.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
STRIKERS PLANNING
OPEN AIR MEETING
Union Men and Sympathzers in Philadelphia Propose to
Hold Demonstration in the Baseball
Park Today.

Baldwin Locomotive plant, bringing
the number of men on strike there up
to 1000. the committee OF 10 announced
that there had been many other acccs-
slons 10 tile ranks of The sympathetic
strikers.
1t was reported that the bakers in
the big shops of the city proposed to
walk out tonight The employers de-
clared their men had not been affect
ed by the arguments of the strikers
and would remain at work.
The committee OF 10 has granted per-
mission for the men working on the
improvements at the National league
baseball park to go back to work.
Regarding the walkout at the Bald
win plant, General Manager Johnson
said that while more than 1000 men
went out at the plant today, 10000
men we're still working.
we have four months contracts on
hand,' said Mr. johnson, and In no
case will the works be shut down"
Mr.. johnson thought ,that the gem
eral strike movement would gradually
spend Itself, although 1t does appear
inhl there ls something Of a baltle on
between labor and capital"
The committee of 10 declared tonight
that II proposed to disregard Director
clay's prohibition of the proposed
meeting and would hold II tomorrow as
announced, The announcement was
coupled with the publication of let
ter which j. Bnrwood Daily, counsel
for the strikers. had sent Director
Clay. In II the attorney declared there
was no law that could be- invoked to
forbid such n meeting IN private. en-
closed property, such as the ball park
and that To prevent lis being held
would be to interfere with the right of
peaeeabie gathering and of free
speech.
The letter added that II the director
thought the presence of police neces-
sary they would be welcomed
The committee of 10 tonight issued
It's detailed list of those they say are
now Oh strike The total claimed is
i395i, which does not include several
thousands forced To stop work I'm
plants where there were walkouts
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
SUNDAY WILL COME
TO TREASURE STATE

Butte, Mont, March Especially
Billy Sunday will come To Montana
next year That was practically as
sured at meeting held yesterday be-
tween Albert +. Gill of Leavenworth Il.
Kansas. and members of the Butte
ministerial association and other prot
estant ministers of the state. Rey T..
q, Bibboney Of Great Falls was pres
enf at the conference this morning
and ID S. Bayley of the Congregational
church of Missoula and Rev. II. NJ.
harrington and REV. Burdick of Hele-
ma are now on their way to Butte to
make arrangements for Sundays APP
pearance In their respective cities The
date Of the meetings throughout the
state will be announced luter
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
FALL IS RECORDED
IN NEVADA RIVER

Reno Nov March "A special To
the Gazette from Winnemucca today
says.
The river fell six inches from yester-
days high mark, but is still pouring
over the long levee connecting the
town with the bridge. There Is still
danger of the bridge going out. Boats
are being used TO transfer passengers
to the north shore of the river from
whence they are taken in automobiles
and stages 10 National and other
points north. There Is great anxiety
at Loytloek. II will take the flood
about week 10 reach there and 1t Is
feared that the main part of the town
will be submerged
The Western Pacific has suffered
great damage in the vicinity.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
WHOLESALE SWlNDLERS THROW
THEMSELVES ON MERCY OF
FEDERAL COURT.
SENTENCE is DEFERRED
Three Of John c. Maybrsy's Alleged
Accomplices in Fake Athletic Ex-
hibition Swndlcs Admit Their Guilt
of,Conspiracy to Dcfraud--Maybray
and Others May Admit Guilt Later.

Council Bluffs, Iowa. March =. =
Pleading guilty To a charge of con
spiracy to defraud IN connection with
the widespread swindling operations
charged agains, John &. Maybray and
so other defendants. Robert r. shores,
William :. Harris and Frank II.
Marsh late this afternoon threw them
selves on the mercy of the federal
court Sentence waa deferred. Early
In the day these three men had been
arraigned with IL other defendants
and had pleaded not guilty.
Marsh said that he had talked the
matter over with shores and Harris
and that they had decided to plead
guilty and take our medicine.
Marsh also declared he would not turn
government evidence, but 1t is be-
Iieved Harris and Shores will do SO.
Marsh IL an all-round athlete and
has been a wrestling promoter In Sc
attic. shores Is also Il Seattle man.
home. Marsh and Harris were charg-
cd with having "steered" j. c. Kava-
naugh. now living In Muskogec. Ok
lahoina. against a $4,000 fake wrest-
ling match. kavanaugh formerly lived
In Davenport, Iowa.
Tonight there were indications that
others. including possibly Maybray
himself might plead guilty when court
consenes tomorrow. All the defend
ants have been indicted In the Iowa
state courts on several counts and to
have these indictments dismissed, II
Is said, several. II not all the defend
ants. will plead guilty in the federal
court. Maybray, 1t is said. has made a
proposition To plead guilty before the
federal judge If the Iowa indictments
are uuashcd.
The county attorney declined to ac-
cept the proposition, but has sent for
Attorney General Dyer. who will be
asked to act In the matter.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
yOUNGBERG ADMITS
NUMBERING WOMAN

Joplin. Mo, March ,. William
Youngberg, who was brought here
from Webb City after he had attempt
ed to commit suicide by taking poison,
confessed today that he had murdered
Mrs. Dora Nelson, whose body was
found here yesterday.
Youngberg said he killed Mrs Mel
son because she refused to marry him.
Mrs. Nelson's husband lives in Los
Angeles. She had told her friends
Younsberg had threatened to kill her
and she had ordered him to leave her
alone.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
OF PLATT
ARE LAID TO REST

oswego, \. Y. March a,-The body
Of Thomas Collier Plat was buried to-
day
The little Presbyterian church where
the funeral services were conducted
was filled to the doors, Senator Platt's
loyalty 10 his friends was the Keynote
of the enlogy delivered by the Rev.
George Douglas Young who said in
part:
His was a genius for political or
ganzation. There has never been a
shrewder or better organizer. and he
had what many in political life lack.
dauntless courage But when you
have said all this you have left unsaid
that which gave him his chief power
and capacity for friendship"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
MARBLE BUST OF TEDDY.

Washington, March "a marble
bust of Theodore Roosevelt, vice presi-
dent, reached Washington today for
installation In a niche In the senate
chamber The placing of the bust In
this conspicuous place will necessi-
tate the removal to one of the empty
inches in the corridors of former
and long forgotten vice president, as
was done when the bust of former Vice
President Fairbanks was received u
year ago,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
CARLOAD OF BABIES
GIVEN AWAY GRATIS

New Orleans. March 9.-This was the
day they gave babies away In New
Orleans A carload of the little tots
arrived here today from New York
founding and orphan asylums with an
eager crowd of claimants awaiting
their arrival. In addition to those who
had previously made successful claim
10 baby many pressed about the ear
In the hope that there might be some
left over but those who had applied
In advance got every baby in the ear.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
RUN MADE ON BANK.

Cleveland, March "a run upon the
Society for Savings, mutual say
ings association With deposits Of more
than s4o,oo0,ooo, startled the 10000
depositors Of the society today. The
run began early this morning, and
though the bank kept It's doors open
until several hours after the regular
closing time, great crowd remained
outside tonight The origin of the run
Is unknown.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
ELECTRIC LIGHTING
SYSTEM TO Be
INSTALLED

Washington D, c.. March g.
(Special.) -Quartermaster General
Aleshlre today ordered specifications
prepared for the installation OF an
electric lighting system for Fort
Missoula. Work will he commenced
on the system as soon as satisfac-
tory bids are received The contract
With the Missoula Light q Power
company for furnishing the post
with the necessary current has been
approved,
The cnmmandant at the post has
been instructed to take immediate
action relative to the right of way
across the reservation for the car
line from Missoula to the post.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
HUNT is NOMINATED
FOR JUDGESHIP
AGAIN

Washington, d. G.. March o.
tSpecial.)~-President Taft today
nominated Judge Hunt of Montana
as Judge Of the customs court OF
Appeals, which will sit In Wash
lngton. His nomination was sent
In January, but later withdrawn to
ascertain II he would accept $1,000
salary instead of $4,000 originally
provided. His confirmation Is ex-
pected soon. This will leave a va
cancy in the Montana judgship for
senators to fill, and for which Col.
7. G, Marshall of Missoula Is
prominent candidate.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
NAMED AS AM BASSADoR.

Washington, March 9-zia Pasha,
who visited the United States last
fall as special commissioner from the
sultan Of Turkey to President Taft to
announce the formers accession to the
throne, has been appointed Turkish
ambassador to Washington,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
KILLED BY CAR.

Kansas city, March 9.--Irving Carr
of Asheville, N. G.. member of a
wealthy family and nephew of ex-
Governor Elias Carr of that state. was
struck by a street car and instantly
killed here today.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
GOVERNMENT FILES BRIEF IN
SUIT TO DISSOLVE STANDARD
OIL OCTOPUS.
LAW MUST Be ENFORCED
Document Declares That the Sherman
Act Should Either Be Repealed or
Enforced in a Manner That Will
Make the People Respect it--Argu-
ncnts Of Company Answered.

Washington. March a.-"Efther the
sherman act should be repealed or ii
should be enforced In a manner to
make the people respect H."
With this declaration. the depart
ment of justice today filed with the
federal supreme court thousand page
brief In support of It's petition that
STANDARD Or be dissolved as in vio-
lation of the Sherman antitrust law.
The brief viii be the foundation of the
governments oral argument at the
hearing next Monday. 1t bears the
names of Attorney General Wicker
sham and of Frank y. Kellogg. with
Charles b. Morrison and Cordonio A.
Severance as special assistants.
One of the two volumes of the brief
Is devoted to an analysis of testimony
taken In the circuit court of the Unit
de States for the eastern district of
Missouri, which decreed that stand
ard oil be dissolved" 1t represents
governmental investigation of the oil
business. The government declares
this testimony shows rebates and dis
crlminatory rates We're received by the
Standard oil combination. not only
during It's formative period, but during
the last 10 years. whereby the stand
ard was enabled to bring large part
of the concerns into the combination
and To crush. cut and eliminate from
the field of competition the principal
part of the balance"
1t Is claimed by the government that
II shows a system of lowering prices
where competitors are doing business,
below the. cost of production. while
raising the prices In other parts of the
country until the competitor Is elimn-
ated or his business brought To such II
state that the Standard Oil company
can control 1t; of obtaining secret in
formation as to competitive business
largely through brIbing railway en-
ployes. and using that secret informa-
ton 10 procure countermanding of or
ders of independents and to facilitate
their system of price cutting and OPP
preston. of the use of the So called
bogus independent companies, whose
operations are predatory and oppres-
sise. principally to drive out competi-
ton: and various other means"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10

ish the government evidence In the
beef trust cases, and has asked him to
forward Ia Washington copies of the
indictments recently found in New
Jersey
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
TO ACCEPT OFFER
MADE BY CARAVAN

Washington. March 9.The depart
ment of justice will accept the offer
Hudson county. New Jersey, to furn-
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
MUNRO is DEAD.

New York, March 9.-Dayid Alex
ander Munro. associate editor of the
North American Review, died tonight,
aged SO,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
Each Competing.

John D. Rockefeller, II is claimed by
the government. testified that after
the trust dissolution was ordered in
1882 each Of the corporations, as con-
troled by its own stockholders, en-
gagged in its own branch Of the bus-
ness of purchasing, refining. trans-
porting and selling oil, and that they
We're each competing with the other"
Even assuming. the government
says, that there was a purchase OF
property previous to 1899, 1t Is MAIN
tanned that 1t Is we'll settled by law.
that where property Is acquired To
suppress competition, the acquisition
is void. In support of this statement
the government quotes at length from
an opinion rendered by President Taft,
then on the bench,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
Such as This.

I'VE do not wish to be understood
as dlsconraging enterprise" says the
government, "or az being against legit-
innate competition, but II the Shpr-
man act means anything I'm this coun-
try. IL means monopoly acquired by
such methods of competition as this.
Unless II Is enforced the small cor.
poration or individual who wishes to
engage In business will have absolute
1y no opportunity AT all
In many districts the Standard oil
company has an absolute monopoly.
We mean BY absolute monopoly that
business and has eliminated every
competitor Practically this Is the case
throughout the Rocky Mountain eoun-
try and most of the Pacific coast
states. The percentage of independent
business throughout the entire south
ern states Is very small"
In the second volume is a so-ealled
summary Of facts and a brief of the
law.
The brief replies To the argument of
the Standard oil counsel that the cor
porations that entered into the organi-
zation in 1899 We're not at that time
competing with each other.
If they were not competing" says
the government, ii was because of an
unlawful combination in The form of
trust, or during the liquidation period.
because of the conspiracy Of the indi-
vidual stockholders. We have seen
this trust was void, Certainly the
conspiracy between the stockholders
of these subsidiary corporations was
directly inhibited by the Sherman
net.o
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
THE WOMAN

Who Ia the best home man
ager Is the woman who reads
Missoulian ads.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-10
THE WEATHER

To-day Unsettled.
Tomorrow Rain.
The Washington times., 1910-03-15
REALTY IS ACTIVE,
REPORTS BROKER
Several Separate Houses
and Lots Sold Within
Last Few Days.

Great activity during the present week
has been reported by y L. Sansbury.
the real estate broker. Mr.. Sansbury
says there is an active demand for
property Of all descriptions.
The following are among the sales
made by this office during the present
week:
For Lewis z. Breuninger. the new
three-story brick residence located at
2Gl4 Cathedral avenue. Woodley Park.
The house contains ten rooms and
three bath rooms. II was bought by
Mrs Catherine Reagan for a home. The
consideration is understood TO have been
$3.50
For Alex s. Clarke, premises 1910 Sixth
street northwest, to A. c. Bobvs. This
is a three-story pressed brick house
containing ten rooms and batL with all
modern improvements. The Jonside-a-
ton was $500
For NJ. II. HERMAN, the detached
house he is erecting on lot 2S in square
2So7, in saurs Addition. The price paid
was 1900.
To William J. showalter. lot 10 in
square 2S07 in Saurs Addition. contain
ing about 1000 square feet OF ground.
The purchaser intends TO build a de-
tached house for his own occupancy, 20
cost 5000.
To Ira J. Carr. lot % in square 2sOs.
IN Fourteenth Street Terrace for e z03
The purchaser Is having plans prepa red
for fine detached home which he will
use for his residence when completad
To Erminnie B. Clarkson, lot A. IN
square 2S2l, in Sauls Addition, for 81. 500
II Is the intention OF tho purchaser to
improve this lot by the erection Of de-
tached home.