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Witnesses Tell of Being Re
fused Goods by Whole
SalerS.
TESTIMONY GIVEN
n MOORE INQUIRY
"MeasIy Little Trust" Accused of
Forcing Out Com
petition.

Tue operations Of the Retail Grocers'
Association o. Washington. one OF the
organizations designated by Secretary
OF Agriculture Wilson as. a -'measly
little trust, we're brought 10 light be
fore the District Of Columbia Committee
of The House today in its investigation
into the high prices Of food in the Ma
ti0uaI Capital.
Officers Of the Departmental Co-opera-
tive Guild, composed Of clerks workiu5
for the Government. which failed last
year. testified that the store operated
by the defunCt company was driven out
Of business by the grocers 10y discrim-
inatiou, intimidation Of wholesalers, and
consumers and spies.
The campaign carried on by the gro
GERS, said today's witnesses. resulted in
the failure Of the store because the
managers OF the clerks concern were
not able 10 buy food stuffs from anyone
except the Meat trust, the Sugar trust,
and the National Biscuit Company.
These three concerns said Dr- NJ j.
Holmes. assistant secretary OF the guild.
I put on a stin upper lip" and refused
TO be- Iutimidated by crocers-
Grocers at Their MTecy.
"Ia my opinion" ne said, they could
afford 20 DO so because they had the
rrocers at their mercy"
The conditions brought out AZ today's
hearing were declared by Secretary VIII
son 10 be typical OF every county in the
United states and primarily responsible
for the high cost OF living
The boycott against the guild began
with the bakers. testified Dr Holmes
Au the bakers in Washington pleaded
: with the manager OF the guild store not
20 insist on their selling bread 10 the
suild because il was running their bUsi-
ness C7rocers they said had cgt or
their orders when they found that Jae
I bakers were selling 10 the guild store
I For time bread was delivered at near
/ by places and taken by thc SuiId clerks
reptitioGeIy TO the store. but this
I was discovered by spies Of the Erocers'
/ association and stopped by the bakers
Same as to Other Products.
: Similar stories were told concerning
/ the effort Of the guild store 90 by
/ sausage auttsr. ana eggs
I Toward tie end Of the existence ~
I the STORE. Sajd DIT. Holmes, wholesalers
/ began 10 charge higher prices 90 the
guild store than they did TO mem bers
OF the Retail CrOcers- Association
Whenever a Government clerk owed a
/ grocer money, The grocer would threat
en- TO sue f. the clerk purchased any
thing AT the guild store.
AT the last meeting OF the directors
I Of the Gs1ild. two spies from the Retail
/ IsrOce-s' Association were pres .-. said
I Or Holmes
Amos Tyree, secretary Of the associa-
ton. testified that the Van CamI can
ming concern had Cancelled an order
given bv the guild store, because seven
teen --uCeTS hEd refused 10 handle any
/ more Of the Van Camp goods If theT
continued 10 deal with the guiId store.
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THREE MILLIONS
TO BE DISBURSED
Board In Session 10 Consider
Disposal of Peabody
Fund.


The board Il trustees or the Pc body
Education Fund which includes some
Of the best known ananeiers- 5urlstS
and e-ersyman -n l-e ,Allea Slates-
convened tais afternoon - lHe PaEiofs
OF me Arlington He.Fl WIN every pF3s
peel or d Hea.-d o-s--S7-oL -s=~-' e'-.--
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The Right Rev William @ Doane'
b.SHoP ol AloaHS-
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Fund 70 Be Distributed
Other members Of the board who did
not attend the meeting. are former
President Theodore Roosevelt. Richard
O5nev. Of NIaSSacnusetrs- and former
Gov. Hoke smith. OF Georgia.
The founder og the fund. George Pea
Fozy who gave z2os1on1 toward a6r7ra-
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~ " 80
the principal should be disposed Of al
the end OF thirty years The question
80 e. z-.---.r 80 .r=z <-.-,4 No. -5,-a=
"a
years OFeitAer - N-e SuoJect Oh "Atcli
a difference OF opinion IS expected this
afternoon
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WAYS AND MEANS
COMMITTEE ACTS

The cost Of living question viii be in
vestIEated by the House Ways and
Means Committee.
In some respects the most important
development over the agitation OF this
question in Congress came today at a
meeting Of the WAYS and Means Com
mittee- Near the conclusion OF the meet
ing. which had been called on another
matter. that Of the issue Of certificates
OF Indebtedness, Representative Mccall
brought the matter OF an investigation
forward He suggested that IT was
about time for the Ways and Means
Committee 10 interest itself in this
question
lIr- Mccall set forth briefly the rea-
sons Why he believed the committee
should take II up. Chairman Pavne
Continued on Sixth Page)
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TWENTY-ONE INJURED
IN GAS EXPLOSION
One Death Expected in Accident
At Leroy. Following Hotels
Destruction

LEROY. y. y, Jan. 5I.-TEveUry-oU
persons were injured. one fatally, and
some quite seriously following an expo
sion or natural gas In the house ~
James de Rider to-day
The accident followed a fire that de-
hotel roarders. Frank D-Hara- jumped
from q SeCOnd-S1oTy window and frac-
Jured his hip He was carried into The
de Rider home. and crowd followed.
While the doctors were working
O-Hara. in some unexplained ms
there was a gas explosion. which s
out two sides Of the house. bioVi g a
number Of persons through doors and
Windows
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ZERO" WEIGHT BOXERS
SEEK PERMIT FOR BOUT
mysterious Den of Michigan" and Young Schrier of
Washington" Midgets, Want to Spar But Commis-
sioners Withhold Their Consent.

Interest in Washington is centered
today in the proposed battle between
Mysterious Don Of Michigan ana
Young Schrier Of Washington
The pugilists, with their parents, aP-
peared before the Commissioners this
morning 10 make application for E per
init 10 pull OF the bout at one OF the
local theaters.
Standing in front Of the table,
where the Commissioners were seated
Il was with some difficulty that
the fighters were seen Mysterious
Don is nine years Old and Young
Shrier. who, in private Irs. IS his
brother. is a year younger Both are
small Tor tAsIs years.
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Bachelor Girls" Begin Cru
Sade Against Rats
and PufS.

BROCKIVA Pa, Jan 5--
At a recent meeting Of the Bachelor
Girls Club, of this place, a resolution
was adopted TO put ban on false hair
as an aid to beauty. Already the wO-
men or .ais section are following the
lead OF tire basneIor girls by discard
ing rats and other false hair effects,
and q general boycott Of fake hair
concerns seems. certain
There are few eirls who cling TO the
make believe idea since the Bachelor
Girls Club resolved TO get along with
natures own adornmenL The mem
hers of the Bachelor Girls Club who
started the crusade are kathryn
N0orhead, AI7r5e PoHor- mabel Craft,
Ne1 craft Estleu Nc agleE- Jeanette
g,aIllsi.1- e--1UestC Ail-ma1, T.Jue' IA
Mccullough. E-s Ea-slon. Jessie Ma
ther.
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FALS Sc HAIR IS TABOOED:
MUSTACHES UNDER BAN
Chicago Colds" Demand
Professors With Clean
Shaved Faces.

CHICAGO, Jan. $1.-University Of Chi
caEO cO-eds have declared war against
the mustache- Not only the under
graduate student is included in the
edict, but the instructor and the pro-
fessOT come under the ban, and only
smooth shaven faces viii be tolerated
un them by the students.
The teachers are 10 be punished bv
the young women by boycott Of lee
lures IF he persists in wearing a
mustsche ne viii discover. the young
women say that none Of his courses
viii be elected by them
The new order Of things was promuI-
gated bv the residents Of BeeCher Hall
one of the d0TmitorieS for young women
az the university. They have unaui-
m0usly agreed that the mustache must
80 The reason Is stul a secret.
The Washington times., 1910-01-31

Armed with a pair Of weII-padded
boxing gloves, which they showed 90
the Commissioners, the pugiIists ex-
planned that il was not their inteu-
tiou 20 engage in any brutal exhfbf-
tiOus. bat merely 10 appear in a
friendly spaTTinE match.
They dc not propose. they said to Of
fend the most cultured OF Washington
population In proof Of this assertion,
their father. who is their manager. DrQ-
duced NUMBER OF press clippings
ferriuE 20 them as the most gentlen
q fighters
The Commissioners evinced inter
the request, but because Of an aC
report from O.. @ Estes. inspector
The child la Dor W. It was deci
make q further investigation
Tn private life the pugilists are
q the SlebSteE school.
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MINISTER COMBS
TO RETAIN POST
Representative at Peru VIII Be Re
nominated. Hints State De
partment Today.

II has been practically decided that
Leslie Combs. United states Minister
20 Peru. viii be renominatsd for the
same position within the next few
DAYS
There have been TumCrS Tor SeN Ct u
weeks that a number OF kentucki,eT-s
were after the place for another man
These were dispelled this morning when
Il was uuofGciaIIy announced at the
state Department following visit OF
Mr. Combs TO the Secretary Of States
Offices, that he viii return TO the South
American country as the diploma tic
representative Of this Government
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WOMAN AND BABY
BURNED TO DEATH

SCRANTON. Pa Jan 31--Mrs. Pat
rick joyce. hfry-five years old, and her
Erauddaughter May one year Old were
burned 70 death in a fire which de
stroyed the home Of Patrick Jordan to-
day-
The woman and child were asleep In
q n inner room and their escape was cut
of hy the flames Seven other persons
were seriously burned
The Washington times., 1910-01-31
WILL HEAR TAX LAW
TEST SUIT IN MARCH

The corporation tax law test suit, now
befor- the Supreme Court Of the United
State. viii be heard by 81 tribunal
some time during the weeA beginning
March Il.
The announcement was maCe today by
the CHIEF Justice in granting the melton
go advance the case OF Flint VS. Stone
Iracy. Company.
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SENATOR CLAY BACK
IN HARNESS AGAIN
Almost As Good AS New" He
Declares-AttendS Com
mittee Meeting.

Senator CLAY Of Georgia. who has been
absent from Washington during most Of
the present session on account Of sick
ness, is back again and attended the
meeting of the Committee on Appropri-
affonz Of the senate this morning
The Senator looks better than when
he left here 10 enter q Georgia Sana-
torium. and declares that he IS almost
a. good as new
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RUSSIAN POLICE BUSY.

ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. s1--The po-
lice searched the St. Petersburg Epart-
menC Of Colonel NIanuiloff- former chief
OF the Russian secret service police in
Paris They ConfsCated large number
Of documents.
The Washington times., 1910-01-31
Congress Neglect Forces
Navy Department TO Assign
Explorer to Post.
WILL BE AT WORK
BY END OF MONTH
Failure TO Reward DiSCOveTeT OF
North Pole Deeply Regretted
by Scientists and Officials

The Navy Department has or
dered Commander Robert {. PeaTy
hack to duty. He will arTive in
Washington tomorrow and prob
ably viii be assigned to a post in his
CORPS before I. end Of the week
While no Official announcement
Of the fact has been made, It IS
learned that the Navy Department,
after exhauSting every eXpedient to
find a duty for Commander PeaTy,
which would be in keeping with his
dignity as diScOverer of the North
Pole, has abandoned the attempt
MAY SELECT POST
There are a few unimportant
Offices, and the department has de-
cided to allow, as far as e may,
Commander Peary the privilege of
making a selection from these
During the time II has been cast
ing about for a place in the corps
Of civil engineers 10 which 10 as
sign Commander Peary, the depart
ment has nursed the hope that Con
gress might come 10 the relief of the
situation by making the explorer a
rear admiral and rendering him a
vote Of thanks.
But as Congress. apparently. does not
intend taking any action Of this sort.
the department finds itself IN the po-
sItion Of being without excuse or pre-
text OF continuing Commando Peary's
leave from duty
Coming TO Washington
II has wired him to come 10 Wash
iuEton to prepare TO enter active service
and 2 reply has been received. stating
that he viii report at the department
tomorrow
There * a peculiar pathos in II. e
uaticu which finds a man, after tw So
three years Of almost continued leare
81 absence spent in bringing TO his
country the glory and distinction toward
which centuries OF effort have been
directed from every quarter Of the
globe forced. when success has been
attained. TO go without an expression
Of gratitude from his country. and 70
rrpf1 enter its service in position the
dignity Of which IS not in keeping with
he nrestige Of his former achievements
That the crucial moment has arrived
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WEATHER REPORT.

T,,er, will be snow furries tonight
q, .he lower lake region, the upper
Ohio valley. ana northern New YORK.
snd in western New York Tuesday. In
,-r7e- districts east os the Mississippi
liver the weather Viii be generally fair
tonight and Tuesday
The Washington times., 1910-01-31
MAY CLEAR
UP MURDER MYSTERY
Testimony of Prisoners EX-
pccted TO Lead 10 IndiCt-
ment of Van Zandt.

CINCINNATI Ohio. Jan E1--The ar
rest Of six rers5rS IN connection with
the death cf Mrs Jessie Van Zaudr-
whose body. bound and gagged and III
-rsIIy roasted over a gas stove was
E1snd in the kitchen OF her home sat
-rIav. is practically -he only develop
ue-t in the Van Zaldl ulllrdar aaEe To-
l7S Tfozs arrested are casrlelstrs- Ed
za-f Fialtnau, patrick L-sHEe'. kda
Friendship. AIRS. NIar- FaN5. AID We
lrtrar's fourteen-year-0 d6Hsatars LII
lie Ford
The police assert they have iuforna-
tioa that Jesse Van Za1dt, husband Of
the murdered woman. who is being held
on suspicion spent considerable time re-
Gently in the house with the persons ar
rested. in company with Agnes Berry,
sister Of one Of the men arrested, and
that IL is believed their testimony viii
develop something on which O. formal
charge against Van Za-d- can De based
Van Zaudr spent yesterday IN q cell,
and he continued 70 assert his i1uo-
CeUCc.
CorO1er. C0e has received q telegram
from Elmer Rutherford Of Cape May,
y J. brother Of Mrs Van Za1dc. stat
ing that Le would arrive IN this city
today
CAPE NAY. y J. Jan sI--8Irs- Jes-
sic A. Van ZaUdT who vas found mLr-
dered fu Cincinnati yesterday was q
daughter OF George r Rutherford, own
CT Of the villa Nova Hotel here The
am. Elmer Rutherford. OF Philadelphia
have started T0r Cincinnati
The Washington times., 1910-01-31

You are acting upon rhe recouwe7da-
ton OF great host II -o---atent critics
when vou huv Piper H-ids.e-l- Tor the
best chewing tobacco made.-AdvL
The Washington times., 1910-01-31
TEMPERATURES
TIDE TABLE

Today-HiEh tide. 1-e1 a. m and 12-S
n m Low tide. 60 a. NJ and 1-05 p m
Tomorrow-HiC1 tide. 12-I9 a m and
10 .. m Low tide. 7,lS a. m. and 7.52
2. n
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FORECAST FOR TIE DISTRICT.

Croudv tonight Tuesday fair. not
much change in temperature minimum
temperature tonight about = degrees
Light variable winds. becoming westerly
The Washington times., 1910-01-31

CONDITION or WATER
HARPERS : FERRY. ". Va Jan 81.
both rivers slightly muddy.
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Continued on Sixth Page1
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21
HOW IT FEELS TO Be
CHARGED BY A LION
Elk President Roosevelt Relates
Thrilling Adventure in tho
African Jungle.
From Scribner's.

The lion stopped and lay down be-
hind o bush; jumping off l took shot
at him at 200 yards, but only wounded
him slightly In one paw: and after Q
moments sullen hesitation of he went,
flashing his tail. We mounted our
sight of him, but marked him lying
down behind low grassy ant hill:
Again we dismounted at distance OF
zoo yards; Tarlton telling me that now
he was sure to charge. In all East
Africa there is no man, not even Cum
inghame himself, whom j would rather
have by me than Tarlton, IL in difficult
ties with charging lion; on this occa-
sion, however, / am glad to say that
his rife was badly sighted. and shot
altogether too low.
Again I knelt and fired: but the mass
OF hair on the lion made me think he
was nearer than he was, and / under
shot, INJECTING a flesh wound that was
neither Gripping nor fatal He was
already grunting savagely and tossing
his tail erect, with his head held low;
and at the shot the great sinewy beast
came toward us with the speed Of q
greyhound. Tarlton then, very proper
ly, fired, for lion hunting is no child's
play, and 1t is not good to run risks.
Ordinarily 1t Is a very mean thing to
experience Joy at friends miss: but
tHlS was not I'll OTulndTy case, anu 1
felt keen delight when the bullet from
the badly sighted rife missed, striking
the ground many yards short. / was
sighting carefully, from my knee, and
I knew I had the lion all right; for
though he galloped at a great pace, he
came on steadily-ears laid back, and
utterlng terrific coughing grunts-and
there was now no question Of making
allowance for distance, nor, as he was
out In the open, for the, fact that he
had not before been distinctly visible.
rhe bead of my foresight was exactly
on the center of his chest as I pressed
the trigger, and the bullet went as true
as If the place had been plotted with
dividers. The blow brought him up all
standing. and he fell forward on his
head. The soft-nosed Winchester bullet
had gone straight through the chest
cavity, smashing the lungs and the big
blood-vessels Of the heart. Painfully he
recovered his feet, and tried to come on,
his ferocious courage holding out to the
last
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21
If Christ Came Que stion nina.

If Christ Came Questioning.
II Christ came questioning His world to-
If Christ came questioning).
'What hast thou done to giorify thy God,
Since, last my feet this lower earth plane
How could answer Him: and in what
One evidence of my allegiance bring;
If Christ came questioning?
II Christ came questioning, to be alone
or Christ came questioning),
! could not point to any church or shrine
thine:
could not show one proof Of such a
II Christ came questioning.
If Christ came questioning. on His de-
or Christ came questioning),
No pagan soul converted to His creed
Could produce: or say, that word or deed
Or sent II forth, to fly on stronger wing;
II Christ came questioning.
If Christ came questioning the soul Of
OF Christ came questioning),
i could but answer, Lord. my little part
Has been to beat the metal of my heart,
Into the shape I thought most fit for
And at Thy feet, to cast the Offering:
Shouldst Thou come questioning.
From out the earth fed furnace of de-
sire
(Ere Thou cam'st questioning.)
This formless. and unfinished gift I
brought,
And on iife's anvil, flung it down. white
hot
A glowing thing, of selfishness and fire.
With blow on blow. 1 made the anvil ring:
Gre Thou cam'st Questioning).
1.-THE hammer. self-ControI, beat hard on
II
Gre Thou cam st questioning).
And with each blow, rose fiery sparks of
pain;
/ bear their scars on body. soul, and
brain.
Long. long I toiled; and yet, dear Lord.
unfit,
And all unworthy, is the heart I bring.
To meet Thy questioning"
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox. In March Nautilus
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21
GERMANY AND CANADIAN
WHEAT.
Looks to the Canadian West for Hcz
Huuuly.

Looks to the Canadian West for Hcz
supply.
A dispatch from Winnipeg, Mani
toba, dated March Is, 1910. says that
Germany Is anxious to secure share
Of Canadian wheat to supply her Inn
ports Of that cereal" The recent ad
justment of the trade relations with
Germany has made 1t possible to carry
on a Canadian-German trade with
much fewer restrictions than in the
past, and considerable development OF
trade between the two countries IL
now certain. The great men of the
United States are alive to the wheat
situation in this country now. and
there is consequently the deepest in
terest In every feature that will tend
to increase and conserve the wheat
supply. With its present $4,000, 900
bushel production Of wheat and all
efforts to increase It almost unavail-
ing, and the rapidly growing consump-
ton Of its increasing population, there
Is certainly the greatest reason for
the anxiety as to where the wheat Is
to come from that will feed the ma
ton. The United States will be forced
as Germany Is to look to the wheat
fields Of Canada. One province alone
raised last year one-eighth as much
as the entire prodeaction OF the United
States, and but twelfth Of the wheat
area has yet been touched. The Amer
leans who have gone to Canada, are to-
day reaping the benefit of the demand
for Canadian wheat and they will con-
tinue to join In the benefits thus
reached for great many years. Splen-
did yields are reported from the farms
of that country, and from land that
the Government gives away in 100
acre blocks, and from other lands that
have been purchased at from $12 to
SIS an acre. John Munter, near Eye
brow, Saskatchewan, a former resi-.
dent of Minnesota, says:
Last fall got over 30 bushels of
wheat to the acre and had 80 acres Of
It; also 20 acres spring breaking on
which I had fax Of which got almost
20 bushels per acre. Had 20 acres in
oats and got 10 bushels per acre, and
500 bushels potatoes on one and three.
quarter acres. and can therefore safely
say that I had fine crop and am
we'll satisfied with my homestead"
He is considered but small farmer,
but he will be one Of the big farmers,
some of these days. There are many
others, hundreds OF others, whose
yields were beyond this. and whose
average under crop was vastly greater.
The story Of the experience of Ameri.
can farmers In the Canadian West Is
long one. The time to go, would
appear to be now. when splendid selec-
tions may be made. and where land
can be purchased at prices that will
be doubled in couple of years.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21
Kangaroo Joe.
rom the Philadelphia Rullettn


Farming on the Murrumbidgee river,
sailor, II was pestered to death by kan
garoos. Every moonlight night they'd
come and eat my grain.
We'll, l put out some traps. and one
night landed fine big kangaroo that
/ named Joe. Joe got to be quite pet.
He learned to eat out of my hand,
and when the cold weather came on
l rugged him up In one Of my old sailor
suits-blue blouse. fiat hat and wide-
legged trousers. all complete.
The kangaroos, what had kept away
all this time, turned up one evening,
and just to see what would happen
fastened big dinner bell around Joe's
neck and let him loose.
"'Cling! clang! cling! clang.'
Joe made for his friends like fire
engine. And IN the moonlight he looked
SO weird in his loose suit, flying
through the air with great, free leaps.
that the herd took to its heels with
squeals of fright.
Like the wind they made of and
Joe changed after them. They never
troubled my grain no more. In fact, !
never seen them again, but wunst That
was morning two days later.
II was eatin' breakfast, when past
the house flew that whole herd of kan
garoos, 100 or more, at a speed never
have saw equalled by man, beast or
motor car Their tongues lolled out,
their eyes rolled and their bones fair
stuck out of the skin. They was
wrecks. Now and then they turned their
haggard heads to look back, then tore
on at faster clip than before. And
behind them with his clang. clang, and
his loose blue toys, came Sailor Joe.
'Well. the bunch disappeared In q
grove of gum trees and that was the
last I ever heard Of them. True. did
see In the paper the following spring
that mound of kangaroo skeletons
had been found 500 miles north Of my
augout, and the skeleton on top OF
the mound had a dinner bell around
its neck. Could 1t have been Joe?"