The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-12

"A
held mob of $50 drunken, infuriated
ice cutters at bay near Kenosha, WIS.,,
while she cut the rope with which the
men had hanged one of their number
to the rafters of an icehouse. The
man had already lapsed into uncon'
seriousness when his courageous res
cuer routed his would-be executioners.
Leon Delagrange, the noted French
aviator. was killed while making a
fight at Bordeaux. He fell with his
machine from a height Of about sixty
five feet and was crushed under the
weight Of the wreckage.
The imprint of bloody finger on a
military ticket taken up on the train
on which Nine Gouin, widow of Jules
Edouard Gouin. former governor OF
the Bank Of France, was travelling De-
cember 16, has led to the solving OF
the mystery of her death. Two SOL
diers have confessed to her murder.
J. Pierpont Morgan may unite IN
one banking concern, through further
trust company mergers in New York
under consideration. the enormous
sum of 26O,O00.000 in deposits alone.
This is approximately $75,000,000 more
than the deposits of the National City
bank, and $125,000.000 more than the
resources of the Farmers Loan and
Trust Company, the largest financial
institutions in the United States.
A bill making sweeping changes In
the interstate commerce laws for the
regulation of railroads was introduced
in the house by Representative James
R. Mann of Illinois, chairman of the
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce. 1t is not in accordance
with the one prepared by the commit
tee under the direction of President
Taft and known as the "administra-
tons railroad BILL" but was prepared
by Mr.. Mann during the summer va
cation of congress.
Eight hundred employees of the New
York Central lines were retired from
active service under pension order,
which became effective this week. An
annual distribution of $225,000 will be
made under the new plan, which re-
tires employees at the age of 70.
The family of Joe Haver, in Joliet,
Ill.,, was overcome by coal gas and
three may die. A daughter, Della, aged
IS; George, IA, and a child of 10
months are in serious condition.
To reduce coal waste the navy de-
partment intends to experiment with
gas as a motive power for vessels.
Trade unionism will attain it's goal
writes John Mitchell to the Temple
club at Mount Vernon, N. Y, when as
sociations of employers and labor or
CARNATIONS are equally strong.
The six railway presidents who
went to the White House to protest
against the proposed amendments to
the interstate commerce act did not
succeed in bringing the president to
their way of thinking, and practically
no change will be made in the special
message on the subject. The railroad
men seemed rather detected when
they left the White House, and their
mission so far as holding up the presi-
dents special message was concerned
was failure.
Charged with the task of inquiring
into the traffic in women, with view
to rigid prosecution or an end to sen.
sational ISLANDERS against New York
city, John D. Rockefeller, Jr, was
made foreman of the grand jury.
Thirty-three convictions for election
frauds were obtained at New York
. city in 1909, the largest number in
any year since the office Of superin
tendent of elections was created
There were 493 arrests and 76 indict
ments and 243 cases await action.
One of the Italian bootblacks at {
New York hotel received 500 golt
piece as New Year present from {
; guest. He announced that he would
quit his job for the rest of the winter
, The trial of former Congressman
, Binger Hermann, on a charge of con
; spiracy to defraud the government
out of public lands. will be opened a
Portland, Ore January 10. Francis
Heney of San Francisco will assis
in the prosecution.
t Judge Hazel in the United States
7 court at Buffalo, N. Y. granted TIN
! preliminary injunction applied for b.
i. the Wright brothers against the Her
' ring-Curtiss Company and Glenn H
5 Curtiss, restraining them from mani
, featuring and selling aeroplanes.
! Matthew j. Whittak of Worcester
Mass, the largest individual carpe
manufacturer in the United States
2 put his 1900 employees on 56-hou
: schedule with no reduction in wages
A The mills have been running So hours
: Members of John D. Rockefeller
+ Jr's, New York Bible class contribu
3 ed an average of 10 1-3 cents per capt.
per Sunday to the collections of tn
class during 1909, according to tn
annual report. This is a falling off I
two cents from the average of 1908.
The three officers and six member
5 of the board of directors of the Kal
sas City (Mo.) Fruit and Produc
:. exchange were indicted by the Jacl
s son county grand jury. The indie
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