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The sun., 1910-01-24
COPPER MERGER FIGHT ATLAW'
UTAH MOVES TO STRIkE OUT
INJUNCTION COMPLAINT.

an
N"oSeS ihAt tne CSmpaaihant VINO swOre
TO It Was Never . Shareh older and
waa s.,rsn r.r m, .,s,n n,, a., w.u
!" F"se - U"e h"u "et nm anJnmctien'
-,
Oo'' hhos A. "Ai ana Charles w.
Graham, who brought suit to enioin the
I1t. h pou.nn co,.olil...,, r,.,,,>.,.. .,,.-.w
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nv ioquHou Y" Sno" muse 'o-oay Oe-
rore United states Judge Cross at Tren-
ton whv their oomnlaint .hould not he
s--.,-
'toih .no lies on 'ne ground tnaI
jraham. who alone verified the complaint.
in not ana never WAS n hoisier rf Utah
|oPPor s'ocN anu "as hireu Dy the oener
complainant. Wall. to bring the suit and
that Wall bought stock merely TO bring
the suit ON IL.
To-Day 4. .i.o m, ,o, .ru,,,,,.,, 80, Al.
,...-.,1.. -,
'''0y oo'aeu iOe~ 'iie
snarehoiders OF both the Boston Con-
lidated Copper Company and the Utah
Copper Company from voting on the plan.
Samuel tJntermver as coun.el for the
ry,.h r.r,>.r C,...,.>: -. -. u..,,..
So IN
INC o,uer 70 snow cause. ana suomlt'ed
49, 49, =. Sr. " =. Si; ~ sAAcNoIh, ploe,
.s y. sAe OSAu OoPpoi SV,hpeny 'uopoei-
aons Oh oraham ano wan Wnen petore
onlteo states commissioner Onphant
last wednesday. Willis Mccormick and
Clarence X Mccormick stock brokers,
were also examined.
The r.titioD rac;,a. and ouo,.. IN.
testimonv to .ho~ n that Grs ha ~ navsr
I ~ 49, ~, I.'~c ~ . vi eiANAl =. Hoyo. ,''o'
sAe VI oVah copper IN sPi'e
OF ms oatn 70 the contrary. IL recites' as
established by the depositions;
That the com pIainaut Wall had asked
one Tappan. an ofYloer tassista mt Ca shIerl
Of the National City Bank. to recommend
a man who would allow his name TO be used
as complainant in this suit. which was then
in contem pla ton by the said Wall. and that
in response TO such request said Tapuan
recommended the com plainan Mt Graham
who was unknown to his cOcomplains mt
Wall at the time.
Thereuuon a meeting was arran1ed nv
the said Tapnan between tha coD,nIa ina MIA
at the said bank at which the compIainan
were Introduced IN oua aDother, that an
agreement was then reached whereby the
complainant Wall should buy 500 shares Of
s.ock OF the otah copper Company. have the
same Iransierre1 INTO tne name OF the
SSs'I,. ra,,. SISnsnI VINO snoulr lihme-
tsrsst h.reln ana q ncw.r ~ s,snrn., T.,
favor OF snId wall and that m. csrti0catss
Of stock so purchased. together with the
assignment and power OF attorney. should be
lodged with the said Tappan at said bank
COnErOI
The sun., 1910-01-24
VEST INDIES QUAKE.
Seismic Shocks Cause Some Alarm In n
Vincent and Martinique.

Special Gable Despdfeb TO THE Sun.
KINGSTON. st, Vincent. BritiAh West
Indies. Jan. 23.-Some excitement was
caused here this afternoon by several
slight shocks Of earthquake. No damage
was done.
Gable advices from Fort de France,
Martinique. are to the effect that slight
shocks were also felt there
The sun., 1910-01-24
MAY SAVE TAGGARTS EYE.
shot Grazed the BAN but Did Not Pene.
traae n.

INDIANAPoLrs. Jan. 2s.-Thomas Tag
gart. former chairman Of the Democratic
national committee. who was accidentally
shot while hunting in Mississippi last
Friday afternoon. reached home to-day.
A specialist made an examination OF
his eve. Instead OF one OF the shot pene-
tratinR the eyeball il Just grazed the ball.
II is believed that the sight is not perma-
nently impaired
some forty shot have been removed
from his face, shoulder and chest, and
Taggart said that be was feeling greatly
relieved.
The sun., 1910-01-24

wEsTERN NORTH CAROLINA RESORTS.
AsHEyILLE q HOT sPRINGs
Reached by Sou thorn Railway, Through Sleep
The sun., 1910-01-24
TOUR To MEXICO

Personally Conducted; special PULLMAN Yal1.
Grss and Grand Canyon. Leaycs rsorYsry q
3 Pspn.yS'sss H ~ sss saS: sTS:a N,o c's:Ss 'd
The sun., 1910-01-24

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New-York tribune., 1910-10-02
SPINNING METAL THREADS
By George Ethe1bert Walsh
By George Ethe1bert Walsh

and similar articles are also Wire rope and
cables have only enabled build enormous sus
pension Bridges but have made the digging OF the Pan
anna Canal in quick time possibility. Aerial cable
for transporting EARTH dirt rocks, and other ex
cavated material strung like gigantic spiderwebs
valleys and hills in mining districts and millions
of of thus transported considerable dis
tances without coming in contact with the earth.
Telegraph telephone, and electrical railway systems
are dependent upon spnners for their very exis
tence and efficiency and millions Of miles of fine and
coarse wire used by these industries The telephone
system is the greatest of fine copper wire the
country. The mileage of the Bell system alone
ceeds five million miles. One of the large cables which
are frequently city preparatory being
hundred separate copper wires, and the cable
forty miles of copper threads in it. In addition to the
copper in telephone lines, there millions of miles of
in the intricate apparatus of central offices and the
switchboard big cities will often have four thousand
miles of fine wire, and the swtchbOards IN the largest
cities of the country have about sxtyve thousand
miles of tiny copper threads These threads of
coarser insulation and ALL than the finest thread of COM
sewing cotton Altogether 1t is estimated that there
two hundred and fifty thousand miles of this
fine the RELAYS of the sWitChbOarS of large cities
Every industry has its for copper steel wire.
Engineers depend upon it for the construction part
of about conceivable form of locomotive vehicle,
from arships to bicycles and automobiles. Household
utensils and hardware often made of wire. including
spring for hinges wire for window and door
wire springs for chairs and beds, wire hangers
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02

inches in width The biets carried to the heating
furnace into which they are forced by nydrauHc
charging machine When they are heated TO proper
temperature for rolling they pushed by machinery
one after another through the door OF the furnace
to conveyor which carries them to the rod mill Here
is located what is called the rOugh1ng MILL winch con-
sists of huge rolls that squeeze the heated DetS OF
steel down three-Quarters of inch square section
The squrng OF the steel rods as they are forced or
squrted of the rOugng mill is an interesting Snt
and when eight rolls at work the operators
must be careful they Will have their bodies pierced O
one of the dangerous rods.
In the roughng mill the rods, which ultimately
to be drawn to wire so fine that they will go through
the eye of small needle. receive their first mechanical
treatment their tensile strength 1t has been
found that by changing the shape OF the grooves II
successive pairs of rolls the strength of the metal t
mately increased to remarkable degree 50 the rods
that have square groove and then through one with
an oval shape, and finally through round groove.
Sometimes the rods manipulated dozen times.
changing their form often they pass through each
roll Back and forth they pushed: but always
growing smaller and greatly elongated The steel billet
is trtysix inches long; but after passing through the
first roighng pair of rolls stretched seventtwO
feet and then twice that length, and shortly be-
long that it gets unwiedy- 1t squirrns and
twists like huge slender snake.
After passing through the rOugh1ng mill, the steel
rods go the finishing MILL where they treated to
another peculiar manipulation In the rOughlng MIL
they passed straight through from roll to another
but they go through rolls IN alternate dreC
tions. That they must bend and describe halt circles
The workrnen stand between the rolls and when the
ends of rods appear they grasp them with tOngS and
bend them half circle until they caught in the
grip of the roll. This finishing mill when full
blast presents and interesting sight The steel
rods are bending and curling forming half circles and
flashing back and forth IN. most curious way The
rods as they advance growing finer and smaller all
the time, and consequently each successive roller must
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02
Danger in the Old Days

picturesque sight the rods vending their
Serpentine course through the various rolls and 70 the
observer it is most bewilderng. To the workmen 1t IS
everyday occurrence. and they stand walk anlG
the circlng and bending rods without fear miShap
Yet there formerly danger any minute. y curry
ing rod might easily entangle a workman and draw HIM
to his death, the roughing mill rod might
puncture his body as easily needle goes through an
apple. n series of curved and SeTCurved guards or
shields to-day fastened upon the floor OF the mills
and the followed by the rods IS indicated by
white lines The workmen. standing their isles OF
safety, not in danger formerly.
When the wrigghng rods which were only three feet
long when they started upon their toruOuS journey
issue from the last roll they about quarter or
mile long and scant quarter of an inch IN diameter
The ends caught up and attached TO the drums
of set OF reels on which they automatically wound
until needed for drawing
Up this point they only rods and are called oV
that name in the factory and only after the draw
Connnasa on page IS
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02

CEVERAL million tons Of Steel copper, silver, gold,
- and platinum are annually converted into wire
~ which goes into the making OF cables tor support
ing great suspension bridges and into the manufacture
of ten thousand different articles, from pianos to
watChes but few realize that by the modern process OF
spinning metal threads 1t possible to make single
pound of steel stretch distance of seventy miles, or
give to ton of steel commercial value OF approximately
eighty thousand dollars This magical transmutatOn
of baser metal into dollars and cents, fguratively
speaking, is further emphasized by the fact that IN
stead of weakening the physical properties OF the metal
in drawing the ultimate breaking strength increased
the finer the wire is drawn Thus, thick bar OF steel
from which piano wire IS made may have tensile
breaking strength of hundred thousand pounds to
the square inch; but when spun drawn out to fifty
two-hOusandths of inch diameter It's ultimate
breaking strength will range from three hundred thou
sand to three hundred and fifty thousand pounds to the
square inch.
stronger than rod bar of STEEL cable made of
many strands of wire together much greater IN
tensile strength than solid piece OF metal OF equal
thickness. cable composed of many strands OF fine
wire is the toughest and strongest rope that can be
n':factured and the supporting power OF cables the
sze o. mans leg body we'll illustrated in the
structon of big suspension bridges. The ultimate
breaking strength of these cables nearly times the
tol placed on them by the bridge itself.
Copper silver, and platinum the metals formerly
used for drawing very fine wires and 1T not sup
posed until recent years that steel could be drawn to
ANYTHING like such fineneSS When copper wire
urawn to three thousandhs of inch in diameter.
that pound would stretch six miles, the ulti
achievement supposed to have been reached;
but to-day steel drawn less than thousandth
of an inch in diameter The steel billet from which the
finest made worth about fifty dollars ton;
but when converted into is worth eighty thousand
dollars single pound of the will reach
enty miles when stretched out
The drawing of this fine wire process interesting
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02
Its Remarkable Effects

X/IRE is of the most important articles of COM
mon to-day. and its manufacture has there
fore revouonlZed conditions remarkably. Wire fence
for instance has made possible to fence off the earth
it were, and enough of straight, barbed and woven
fence made in this country every year belt the
globe several times Wire nails have largely supplaned
the old nails. and hoops for barrels hoesheads
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02

increase its speed handle them By the time the roc
issues from the tenth roll III the finishing mill 1t
cling at speed of thirteen hundred and fifty feet
minute. or at the rate OF fifteen miles per hour
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02

SIZE and holes drilled through them fine that it
requires magnying glass to detect them. The holes
drilled by of hard steel drills pressed lightly
against the sone while the latter is revoved at high
speed and fed with oil and diamond dust. Through
these holes the forced and comes out good deal
finer than any human hair The for using da-
mond dies that they much harder than steel and
they therefore last longer and produce wire of
uniform size Diamond dies that have been steadily
in factories for six years often show per
constantly.
Wire drawing of ancient origin. although it was
a rough imitation of the present method and far from
perfect. There are in existence descriptions of wire
drawing machinery in the sixteenth century; but pre-
to that the older method of hamering the wire
by hand was used. Drawing permits of a much smaller
wire than could be produced under hammer rolls.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02

and novelties, and wire heaters and fireplace screens.
Every Government scale,
from the construction of wound guns cables
on batteships. Wherever strength with the minimum
material.
1t is cheap too. cheap that for few cents
purchase at the store enough to wind round him a
dozen times. At time wire cost nearly dollar 4
yard and fine copper worth It's weight gold.
The old gold beaerS used to hammer out fine gold wire
and when this initiated copper the latter brought
nearly much as the precious metal Some OF the
richest presents royatyn medieval times made of
fine silver and gold into delicate lgree work
1t is the method of manufacturing or drawing wire
that makes it cheap and so universally used In spite
of costly diamond dies, factory turn out such
quantities of wire that Its price IS within the reach of ALL
One OF the greatest inventions In wire drawing the
multiple wire drawing machine This has a number of
bobbins and draw plates. and of finest wires
be drawn simultaneously. single operative draw
as many five million and six million feet of wire in
= single daV
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02
From Billcts to Threads

IN a wire factory special makes of steel copper.
brass used, and these in the form of biets
which usually thrtysx inches long and four by four
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02

tAiAt iNiiiSii i hticiS 90 VIZ
wire itself. The coarser
wires are drawn with hard
steel dies; but in time the
dies wear and enlarge SO
that the diameter is not
uniform throughout. Sap
phlreS are sometimes
used for the next smaller
size; but the finest wires
must be made with dia-
mond dies. The dia-
monds used for this work
are from four to five
carats, and although not
of first water they aver
age fifteen to twenty
dollars a carat. Conse-
quently, hundreds of
thousands of dollars
worth of diamonds must
be used in the various
wire factories for dies.
The making of dies is
the first important step,
and this requires most
skilled workmanship.
The rough diamonds are
u - .4l1
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-31
THESE WOMEN
LOST THEIR HAIR
Deming Eastern Star Mem
berS Warn Their Sisters
in FL PaSO.

THAT horrid thing has never brought
back my hair"
More than one Deming and Lordsburg
woman IS saying something like that.
And if Ell Paso housewives don't watch
out the 'horrid thing" will steal their
hair, too.
Vending hair tonic-just as an excuse
the stout woman dressed in black"
took occasion to collect -combhgN
from a number of New Mexico womenl
Doubtless she agreed TO make switches
at far less than the average price, as
hair collecting women have done in
other parts of the country. ANYWAY, she
got the hair
And now the Deming and Lordsburg
housewives have discovered that the
stout one has flown. They don't care
about her flying, except that she took
their hair along The woman i'm black
wore an Eastern Star pin and a Royal
Arch Masonic watch fob, it is said. In
fact her especial prey was members of
the Masonic auxiliary-'the ladies of
the Eastern Star" as a correspondent
writes.
So the women of FL Paso-especially
Eastern Star folk-are warned by their
sisters from Deming and Lordsburg to
beware.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-31
FOUNDER OF THE
WHITE RATS HERE
George Fuller Golden Visits
the City to Spend the
Winter Here.

George Fuller Golden, organizer Of
the white Rats" the theatrical organ
izatiOn that IS as much to the profess
sion as the Shrine is TO the MasonS, is
spending the winter in FL PasO. Golden
arrived in FL Paso Friday and expects
to spend the remainder of the winter
here for the benefit of his health,
which has been impaired by the strefu-
Gus work of his New York engagement.
Golden wears a watch charm that
was given him by the members of the
theatrical organization as an apprecia-
ton of his work in founding the order.
The charm is of heavy gold, with a
white rat, the emblem of the lodge, in
raised and enameled gold on the front
and the words, The Big Chief-George
Fuller Golden" encircling 1t. On the
reverse side is an Inscription expressing
the regard in which the big chief is
held by the leading members of the
order. Mr.. Golden is staying at the ST.
Regis
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-31

sBut 1 got him for $3.50. 1 promised
the Advance would help him.
"Seven fifty for playing twice I'd
rather hear the band" Mrs. Nolan bit
off another grape.
"You don't understand, mamma BY
erybody's wild over that violinist-"
at seems there wasn't nobody wild
enough to come here"
''There wasn't anybody, spoke
Phyllis, correcting her mother.
sWell, was there?" retorted the
mother as she dropped the grape skin
in another vase.
"Oh. dear" Phyllis walled disconso-
lately as she seated herself before
small stand. don't rub 1t in, mammal
1 can't help it."
'sNow, who's blaming you, child"
consoled the mother. There, don't
CRY. I'm not SO disappointed about
myself, but l can't bear to see you
snubbed right and left. You are good
enough to go with any of these people,
and you shall too It's that newspaper
won't have it, or US because of it, and
I mean to tell your father so too. And
that's why these at homes is no
good"
"Are no good. mamma" tearfully.
"Well, are they? 1t would have been
better to put your $3.50 into suffra-
getting That's what gets you in with
the right people-not that l care to
votS, but L don't want the men to say
4 can't
Sylvester Dolan interrupted the con-
versarlon between mother and daugh-
ter by appearing before them with his
sosom friend, Max Powell, who be-
deved himself to have the markings Of
a master poet. 1t was with deepest
pride that the Nolan son presented
Powell. long haired, saliow faced and
seediIy dressed, to his mother and sis
ter Sallow faced? Indeed. his coun-
tenance had that sickly greenish yell
low hue that comes from long de-
vouring Of the muses. and lang abb
stinence from the devouring ofSfood.
Hello, mammar' he cried enthusi-
asticaIly. Here's a friend of mine l
want you to know-Mr Powell, the
poet"
How do you do, Mr.. Powell? You
look as if it would be easy for you to
write poetry. Do you know, poetry
just sets me wild!'
Sylvester patted Powell on the back.
''Well, this lads going to make a
big noise in poetry some day. Phyllis.
you must have heard of Powell Nv
sister, old manr'
Won't you have a cup of tea, Mr..
Poweli?" invited Mrs. Nolan, visibly
impressed by the presence of a poet at
her home.
Powell started confusedly to utter
his thanks He did not seem over
delighted at the offer.
Sylvester saw the difficulty. Tear
be exclail''~-' '''''+'' for Powellw
Ito Be Continued
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-31
N0VELHED BY FREDERICK r. TOoMBs
Continued From Saturday,

busy TO include Mrs. Nolan, Phyllis
and Sylvester in its diversions The
husband and father cared very little
for society, had no time for it, but he
hearted woman who bad uncOmplain-
ingly shared with him the onerouS
hardships of his early days, and it was
his desire to crafty her ambitions as
well as those of his daughter. The
fortune he had plucked from Nevada's
finty bosom enabled him TO be gener-
Gus, and he smiled approvingly On ev
cry new extravaganza OF Mrs. Michael
Nolan. Therefore if she was socially
ambitious she must have her way anC
be allowed to carry on her campaigi
for recognition in whatever fashion she
chose. Certainly the home he had es-
tablished was fitting vantage ground
from which TO wage q war of dollars
against the precipitous embellishments
with which the city's Four Hundred
had encircled its camp. Palatial III
size, the Nolan residence was equally
palatial in its furnishings. and only
the magic word from the magic lips
of a single member of the magic realm
of ''the aristocracy'' was necessary to
send monogrammed coaches in long
lines to the Nolan doors, to fill the cost
II rooms with distinguished faces, to
I'LL to OVERLOOKING with happiness the
yearning heart of Mrs. Michael Nolan.
But the word had not yet been spo-
ken.
1t was now late in the afternoon
at the Nolan home. Phyllis walked
across the drawing room, irritation
plainly marking her pretty pink and
white face. The music Of a string
orchestra stationed in the conserva-
tory ceased. She addressed a servant
who stood at attention at a door at the
right which led to the dining room
pitcher" she said discouragedly, 81
don't. think any ore else will come, so
tell the musicians they can 60"
Eyes, Miss Phyllis"
At this point Mrs. Nolan came storm
ing in. carrying a huge bunch OF hot
house grapes in her hand.
pitcher, l noticed those caterer men
are drinking all the champagne, and 1
want it stopped" she ordered loudly.
Pitcher bowed and went out.
eff our guests won't come here to
drink it. at least we will drink it our
selves" Mrs. Nolan announced to Phyl-
lis. well, we have done it-sent
ont 400 cards. and who's been here
that anybody wants to see? This is
the second time we've gone to all this
trouble and expense for nothing and
nobody. and if you'll take my advice it
will be the last.
Mamma. Pitcher will hear" the girl
protested.
The mother bit a grape from the
bunch. She deposited the skin and
stones in q Sevres vase on the marble
mantel.
"Phyllis. what did you have to pay
that musician she asked
~Well, his price is a thousand dol
lars"
Good graciousI'
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-31

From the Great Play of the Same Name by
Joseph Medin Patterson and Harriet Ford