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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-26
ADVANCED RATES WILL
BE SUSPENDED BY ROADS

WASHINGTON, July 22.-It was
announced today after conference be-
tween Chairman Knapp Of the inter-
state commerce commission and a
committee of the traffic officials or
the western trunk lines that the I'D
yanced rates filed by the carriers
would be suspended voluntarily until
November /.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-03
RENDERS FIRST AID.
Surgeon General of Chinese Army
Treats New York Policeman.

New York, May 3.-Prince Tsai Tao
member of the Chinese royal family
who is completing his American tour
by visit to this city. had opportunity
offered him today to do a gracious act
aid was quick to take advantage of it.
A force of lis mounted policemen I'M
der the leadership of Police Inspector
Schmidtberger was going through evo-
lut1ons in Central park in the presence
OF the prince who was paying close at
tention to the horsemanship of the
men.
As the mounted men were forming a
hollow square. the horse ridden by Po-
llceman William Helmus slipped on the
wet ground and Helmus was thrown
with such force that he became uncon-
scious. When Prince Tsai Tao saw the
accident he at once directed DR.. Woo,
surgeon general of the Chinese army, Il
member of his suite, to hurry to the
injured officers side and render all
possible aid Helmus had the benefit
of the Chinese surgical experts minis
trations until the unconscious man was
placed in an automobile and taken to
hospital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-03
JURY GIVES HER $4,000.
BickeIl Woman Gets Judgment From
Higgs, Former Lover.

An award of $4,000 heartbalm was
given Cora A. Bicke1l by the jury in
the district court last evening in her
100000 breach of promise suit against
Clarence w. Higgs. The evidence was
thrashed over the entire day in the
presence OF the principals.
Evidence corroborated the opening
statements of the attorneys The at
tachment had existed seven years and
the betrothal two, while the parties
lived next door to each other on North
Quincy street. Higgs, who was but l.
at the climax of the affair and four
years younger than the woman, broke
away last August, going to Leaven-
worth where he worked at the Cudahy
plant The girl followed demanding
marriage. Higgs claimed he could
not afford it and several times the wo-
man returned satisfied to Topeka
Finally, however, on one of her trips
she found the young man ready to
drive his father around over the town.
Their horse was hired and hitched at
q livery barn when she found them.
Where you go I'm goin',' she called,
and running jumped into the rig.
Neither could they persuade nor pull
her out. They unhitched. Then it
was that Miss Bicken got Higgs to
sign a statement that he was not go
ing to marry her, upon which state
ment she then started her suit. Higgs'
defense was on the ground that he
was the person imposed upon in the
fierce love affair. but the plaintiffs at
torneys esta blished the fact that her
health had been broken down.
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REGULARS ARE ROUTED.
Forced TO Let Taft's Railroad Bill Go
by the Board.

Washington, May 3-President Taft's
railroad legislation VIII be anlaScula-
ted.
At the close of a protracted conference
of leading regular Republican sena-
tors last night it was apparent that the
revolt of the senate insurgents" mad
teen virtually successful and that the
sections of the bill relative to trafhc
agreements and mergers, which Sena-
tor Cunmins and other insurgents have
been fighting to amend, will be aban-
doned.
Practically nothing distinctive of the
original bill will remain, save the sec
lions providing for the creation of a
court of commerce. Even that has had
a perilous time in the house and no
body is prepared to guarantee that it
will be enacted.
In fact the differences between the
senate and house are so great that in
view of radical action decided upon by
the senate leaders, 1t would surprise no
body if the entire bill should fail in
conference.
So serious became the situation of the
bill that President Taft himself. at
Pittsburg, was advised of the situation
over the long distance telephone by
Senator Aldrich. Despairing of putting
the bill through the senate in the form
in which it. was reported from the COM
mittee or Interstate commerce, the
leaders i'll conference decided to e1inni-
nate section z, which the Insurgents
claim practically would have repealed
the Sherman antitrust law by permit
ting traffic agreements, and section Il
which would have legalized mergers in
cases where one railroad corporation
owning so per cent of another desired to
control outright.
Upon the ''insurgents' the admins
tration will endeavor to place the re-
sponsibility- for the failure of the Taft
railroad legislation.
To Senator Aldrich over the telephone
Mr.. Taft is said to have expressed him
self emphatically to this effect:
THAT he had initiated the pending
measure and had advocated it through
out the country in the form in which it
was reported to the senate ana that if
combination of insurgent' Repubh-
cans and Democrats rendered it impOs-
Sible for the Republican majority to en-
act the bill he felt that the administra-
ton should be relieved of responsibility
for its defeat. He rested the entire mat
ter in the hands of Senator Aldrich and
his Republican associates, who were
then il conference"
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

| Chicago, May 3.-WHEAT-A spirit OF
! cautiousness seemed to have control OF
| traders today whether they were bulls or
bears. With unfayOrable weather in the
nature of freezing temperatures for fore
cast, the market showed some strength
| but offerings were inclined to be Scanty
| and the buying moderate. On a small
| bulge, considerable more wheat was for
| sale and the gain was lost and fraction
besides. Quotations started unchanged to
1sc lower to to 1sc up with September
at $1.01H to $101ss That option ad-
vanced to $1.0134, but declined early to
$1.O11A. s
A Sudden rise began following a sharp
of havoc by Hessian fly in Illinois, In
diana and Tennessee and mentioning that
ice was quarter inch thick in Nebraska
increased the bullish feeling which con-
to 81 O2A and closed firm at SLOPES, a net
CORN-The trade in corn was light.
Prices followed the trend of wheat, open
ing a shade lower to shade higher with
September at 635sc to 63szc. After touch
ing 637kc there was a general decline to
The late firmness in wheat helped corn:
September advanced to 641sc and closed
steady Ac up al 637sQ64c-
OATS-In oats the crowd in general was
inclined to be sellers. The opening was
unchanged to k@Ac lower. September
started at 3S15c to 3S5sc, sold at 3S9sQ3SAc
and then fell off to 3SAc.
VISIONS-Provisions were strong
on light offerings with prices TIC to 15c
m September pork sold at $21.85, Sep
TENDER lard at 1928 and September ribs
RsYE~cash: 77@7Sc; May, 751zc; July,
BARLEY-Cash: 46G64c.
TIMOTHY-Cash: $4.25; October, $500.
CLOVER-Nothing doing.
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to the soil. On the horizon can be seen
the dawn of new day. when shall be
ushered in the real brotherhood OF
man.
81 don't mind opposition, whether it
be the edict IF a court unfairly admin
istered. or thu efforts of a corporation
which would curb our manhood, or in
the shape of greed, a village consta BILE,
or the highest executive officer of this
country. Such opposition breeds in
my very fibre a determination to stand
with the rank and file of our people
until the eternal day of justice.
I'VE will fight our battles together,
the farmer and the laboring man, buy
ing each others products that bear the
union label. I want to cement the
unity between the wealth producers of
the country so that. in the battle for
Justice, peace and equality before the
law, the farmer and the wage Garner
will be found shoulder to shoulder, de-
termined thai we shall hand down this
republic unt5rnished to the myriads
vet unborn
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Billy Fox Quits as Manager of
the Omaha Team.
Will Devote His Whole Time to
Covering Second Sack.
~PA" ROURKE ANGRY.
"Have Got to Play Ball." Says
Nebraska Owner.
viii Himself Manage Team
From the Bench.

Billy Fox has resigned as manager
of the Omaha Western league team
and PA" Rourke. owner of the team
will manage from the bench. la
George Davis, Cooleylike and others.
Fox threw up the management OF the
team following conference with
Rourke over the showing made IN
Sundays game Fox will continue to
play second base.
The Omaha team is just now having
a hard time of it and the change is
made because Fox is tired of taking
the blame and Rourke is tired of los
ing the games.
said Fox Every time we made an
error the next man up made a three
base hit That is the way it has been
ever since the season opened have
thrown up the management of the
team"
ssThe boys have not been playing
good ball." said Rourke. land I've got
to win some games. Dumb playing
has cost a lot of games. We've got TO
win. I've got a better team than L
had last year and they must win some
games. I'm going to make them win
Got to Tighten Up.
''Fox is a mighty nice fellow and
good player, but it seems he can't
make any Roadway at getting work out
gin working now. 1t viii probably
take me four or five days to get things
going but they are going to go, you can
bet on that.
CT don't know whether the boys
have been laying down on Fox or not
That is what I'm going to find out. We
haven't had the right kind of ball
playing and we are going to have the
right kind. That'is all there is to it.
When it was suggested to Fox that
the team had Laid down" on him, the
former manager of the Cnahogs de-
clareo such a statement was untrue
81 have never had any trouble with
any of the fellows he said. land
don't see why they should lay down
on me. I don't believe they have"
Say They Laid Down.
But as a matter of fact most of the
Omaha team is alleged by those who
down on the manager. There were
some players on the Omaha team last
year who wanted to see Fox lose the
nagership. They are still on the
team and some of them have been do
ing the work that resulted in the res
ignation of the popular second base
man and manager. This is no secret
Rourke would not deny it. Fox, how
ever. refuses to believe it.
The Rourkites have been losing
steadily since the season opened and
Rourke has been almost Wild at times
as a result. The Omaha nagnate says
he had hoped that he was through
with managing his team, but that it
to whom he could pay money and get
this work done properly. Rourke is
managing from the bench this after
noon
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BLOW TO THE TRUSTS.
United States Supreme Court UphOlds
Statutes of Two States.

Washington, May 3.-The hands of
the states in their fight against trusts"
have been upheld by the supreme court
of the United States with telling effect.
The association OF retail lumber deal
ers in Mississippi and Louisiana was
d;sbanded by affirmation of the decree of
the supreme court of Mississippi, the
Standard Oil company of Kentucky was
ousted from Tennessee by the approval
of the decree of the supreme court of
Tennessee. Both the state courts had
held that these corporations violated
the antitrust act of the respective
states.
Justice Lurton announced the opinion
of the court in the Mississippi case. 1t
was his first utterance from the supreme
court bench on the trust question. .
He said the members of the associa-
ton had obligated themselves not to
deal with any manufacturer or whole
Saler in lumber, who sold to consumers
IN the localities in which they conduct
ed a business sufficiently large to meet
the demands of the public. He accept
ed the findings of the state courts and
considered only whether the statute was
iii conflict with the fourteenth amend
nnent by abridging the freedom of con-
tract.
THAT any one Of the persons engaged
in the retail lumber business might
have made a fixed rule of conduct not
to buy his stock from a producer or
wholesaler Who should sell to the con-
sumers in competition with himself, is
plain, said the justice. No law which
would infringe his freedom of contract
in that particular would stand.
but when the plaintiffs in error
combine and agree that no one of them
VIII trade with any producer or whole
saler who shall sell to consumer with
in the trade range of any of them, quite
another case is presented.
An act. harmless when done by any
one, may become a public wrong when
done by many acting in concert, for it
then takes on the form of a conspiracy,
and may be prohibited or punished if
the result be hurtful to the public or
to the individual against whom the con-
certed action is directed"
Further in discussing the case he
said
For the purpose OF SURPRISING this
competition. they have not stepped with
an individual obligation to refrain from
dealing with one who sells within his
own circle and thereby deprives him OF
a possible customer, but have agreed
sales to customers, which sales might
have been made by any one of a indie
pendent members Of the association.
Thus they have stripped themselves
of all freedom of contract IN order to
compel those against whom they have
combined to elect between their COM
bined trade and that of consumers
Str3int of trade is undeTia BILE. what
ever the motive or necessity which has
induced the compact.
Whether it would be illegal at COM
mon Law is not now for our determine
ticn. 1t is an illege1 con- bfnation and
conspiracy under the Mississippi stat
ute
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PLEADS FOR A UNION.
Gompers Urges Farmers and Labor
UniOnists to Join Hands.

st. Louis, May Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, made a strong plea for a
union of farmers and organized labor
in an address before the joint conven-
ton of the Farmers unions.
He denied tho report that he came
here to organize a new political party,
but declared. that. when organized in
dustrial workers and organized farm
ers will stand shoulder to shoulder in
fighting for equality and justice, then
will come q new diSpenSation and a
new order of things.
1.-The unrest throughout the country
is not a protest of poverty and Misery
he said but 1t is the protest of intel
ligent and progressive men and women.
That there is poverty and misery is un-
deniable. We need not go far to find
myriadS of men and women begging
and pleading FOR work in spite of our
boosted prosperity. Idle men and busy
children is n sufficient Indictment of
our present Cay conditions
1.-The high cost of living, laid at the
door of the farmer and wage Garner
by our opponents. is due to other
causes entirely. Our opponents want
to pray for rs five minutes a week and
prey upon us the rest of the week
Farmers do not get too much for
their products nor wage earners too
much for their labor, and, if 1 read the
signs of the time rightly. the grinding
of the masses for the profit of the few
Will not continue everlasting. We're
going to get more, and then more until
the right to life, liberty and pursuit of
happiness becomes an actually and
not a glitterinS generality. The grow
ing together of organized labor and
farmers means the end of the battle
between dollars and humanity and the
end of the struggle of ages to free the
industrial workers from being bound
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STATE JOURNAL IN ALASKA.
Two Months Old When 1t Arrives, but
Welcome Nevertheless.

Fort ST. Michael, Alaska. March 6
Enclosed you will find postoffice
money order to the value of $3.50 for
one years subscription to the State
Journal, a paper and several other
Kansas boys at this exile station value
very highly. The news is about two
months late when we receive the pa
pers, for they have a long and hard
journey over the trail.
My address after next July will be
Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio. Tex,
for which station we leave here next
July Is. Wishing the State Journal ii
continued success, 1 remain,
Very truly yours,
SERGEANT LEON w. WEEKS,
Co. B, 22nd U. S. Infantry.
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To Read Paper On Juvenile Courts.

Judge w. F. Schoch, of the Juvenile
court, has received an invitation to pre-
pare a paper concerning the success of
Juvenile courts. to be presented at the
meeting of the National Associated
Charities and Corrections in ST Louis
May 10 to 26. The success of juvenile
courts in various parts of the country
is watched with interest owing to their
comparative youth This feature of the
national meeting will be in discussion
of a paper "A Decade of the Juvenile
Court" by Bernard Flexner of Louis
vile, KY.
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Now YORK Stock Market.

Wall ST., New York, May 3.-STOCKS-
a buoyant upshoot in prices accompanied
which was heralded by the higher range
OF prices in London, before the opening
here. A rush of shorts to cover was a
prime factor in the movement. Trunk
the advance but the gains extended - a
point in practically all of the active spec
ulative stocks. Great Northern preferred
rose rs, Baltimore and Ohio and Canadian
PaPcific 2, Union Pacific rs, PenSyl "a MA
New York Central and American Car Ia
and Reading IL. There were 500 share $
compared with 1874 last night.
A lot of stocks was offered at the open
ing figures and the market reacted. Great
Northern preferred lost IA, Union Pacific,
Northern Pacific l and the list generally
II to q. BY 1870 the market had alb
sorbed the selling orders and prices began
to rise again. Union PACIFIC, Southern
Pacific, Reading and United States Steel
rose fractionally above their opening
prices. Southern Pacific rose 15s.
prices of stocks was stimulated by an
easier money market: News from Wash
ington conveyed an impression that rail-
road legislation might fail of enactment.
extra disbursement to Southern Pacific
stockholders, the proceeds of land sales.
American Cotton Oil rose on dividend
rumors. Reading and United States Steel
Sugar ~. The trading had become very
dull at noon.
Bonds were irregular.
After an interval of steadiness the mar
ket began to decline again with the Cop
per stocks showing notable heaviness. Ma
tional Lead and American Smelling sold
AmaIgamated Copper half as much Only
a moderate fraction remained of the
earlier gains in many of the leading rail-
road stocks such as Union Pacific. Read
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Kansas City Produce Market.

Kansas City, May 3-WHEAT-Market
unchanged to lie higher. No. 2 hard, 81. 10
al II; No. 3, $104ll1.10; No. 2 red, $1,000
CORN-.Market unchanged to nc higher;
No. 2 mixed 63G63Hc; No. g. 61@621zc; No.
white, 6S66s1kc; No. g. Sc
OATS-Market 1z@1c higher. No. 2
white, 44@47c; No. 2 mixed, 41@4Sc.
HAY-Market unchanged. Choice tim
othy, S14.00Q1450; choice prairie, $10.750
HOO.
BUTTER Market unchanged. Cream
cry extras 2Sc; firsts, &c; seconds, 24c;
packing stock, 1870.
EGGS-Market unchanged Current re-
ceipts, new cases, $5.35; miscellaneous
packed, $50.
WHEAT-Receipts, 20 cars
CLOSE: WHEAT-May, S1.047s sellers;
July. S1.O01s bid; September, 98NG9Ss4c.
CORN-May. 613sc sellers; July, &c
sellers; September, 605sc sellers
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WAGES OF R. R. men.
Increases Estimated to Total $780,
100000 Annually.

New York, May 3.-Advances in rail-
way wages already made or to be made
before the end of the year, are estima-
ted at 100 million dollars for the en-
tire country. This is the figure stated
by President w. c. Brown of the New
York Central. Calculated on the inter
state commerce commission statistics
as basis. the wages paid to railroad
employees under the new scale will
amount to 81, 227, 233, 600 a year.
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FROST in NEBRASKA.
The Remainder of the Missouri Val
ley Seems to Have Escaped

Kansas City, Mo, May S.-Killing
frosts in Nebraska last night and ear
ly today, with a temperature of 80 de-
grees registered at North Platte, were
reported to the local weather bureau.
The weather generally was cloudy
over the southwest today but no frosts
were reported from Iowa, Missouri.
Kansas or Oklahoma. A temperature
of about 40 degrees prevailed in Mis-
souri, Kansas and Oklahoma last
night
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firsts, 1910; prime firsts, 2O1kc.
CHEESE-Market steady. Daisies, l474
@15c; Twins. 14q141sc; Young Americas
POTATOES-Market firm. Choice to
fancy. 30@32c; fair to good, 27Q2Sc.
POULTRY-Market easy. Turkeys, he;
chickens, Ice
VEAL-Market steady. so to 60 lb. WITS.
SQ9c; 90 to So Id. WITS, 9@10c; IS to ITO h.
WITS 1nG11c
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OFFICIALLY announced freight rates over
that road from New York to Ell Paso
VIII pc reduced 5 o per cent. 1t is plan
ned TO bring the freight to Texas City
by steamer.
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New York Produce Market.

New York May 3.-BUTTER-Market
weaker. Creamery specials, 30c; cream
cry extras. &c; creamery thirds to firsts,
25@2S1zc: creamery old, 23G27c.
CHEESE-Market unsettled and I'M
changed. EGGS-Market barely steady
PoULTRYSDressed western fowls. $50
zoe; western turkeys, 17Q23c.
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Kansas city Live Stock Market.

Kansas City. Mo. May 3-CATTLE-
Receipts 10000. including 800 southerns.
IS. 25G8l0; southern steers. $5.25Q7.6O;
southern COWS, $3.25QS IS; native cows and
heifers So. soar. 40; stoekers and feeders.
81. OOd7 20: bulls, $4O0Q6.50; calves. $4,000
$50; western steers, $5.75Q770; western
cows S4.OO66.50.
HOGS-Receipts 14,0OO. Market weak to
SC lower. Bulk of sales, $9,o5Q9. .; heavy.
So. 15Q 30; packers and butchers, $9.l09925;
SHEEP-Receipts 1900. Market lower.
Muttons, $550G7.50; lambs, T00qS.yO; fed
western wethers and yeaTlings. $6.50QS.O0;
fed western ewes. S5.50@1.25.
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Liverpool cables: Opening-Wheat I'D
higher; corn unchanged.
Secoid cable: Wheat unchanged to sd
lower; corn unchanged.
Chicago car lots today: Wheat "a, corn
go oats 1853
Kansas City car lots today: Wheat a.,
179.
Closing cable: Wheat 1sQAd higher; corn
unchanged,
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New York Sugar and Coffee

New York, May 3.-SUGAR-Raw, firm
Muscovado, SO test, $3.74 centrifugal, SO
test. s4.24; molasses sugar, 50 test, SO 49;
refined, quiet; crushed, $3.50; graduated,
IS. 10; powdered, $5.25.
COFFEE-Spot. steady; No. Z Rio, s2sc;
No. Santos. &c.
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New York, May S.-COTTON-Spot
closed quiet 5 points advance; middling
uplands. 1890; middling gulf, $3.50. Sales.
10 300 bales. -
Market steady. 145sc.