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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25
A MOST AMAZING AvowAL.

(From the Des Moines Tribune.)
The greatest surprise the country
has had since President Taft was in
augurated, came this morning. His
avowal that the letter, generating
Ballinger was drafted in Ballinger's
office, and that the attorney general
dated his letter back three months
to make it appear that the president
had written with the letter before
him, is little short of amazing.
Yesterday morning when the story
of Stenographer Kerby was first pub
lished, the following flat denial was
sent out from the White house:
With reference to the published af-
fidayit of F. M. Kerby, stenographe,
in the office of the secretary of the
interior, to the effect that the pres
ident's letter of Sept. IS, 1909, exon
Grating Secretary Ballinger. was
substantially prepared for the presi-
dents signature by Assistant Attor-
ney General Lawler, it was said at
the White house today that there
Is absolutely no foundation for any
such statement. The president die
tated his letter personally as the
result of his own Investigation of the
records and consideration Of docu-
ments and papers in his possession
at that time, and upon the report to
him of the attorney general.
This denial was in keeping with tht
attitude the president has maintained
from the beginning.
In twenty-four hours the president
changes front entirely and now adj
mits that everything that has been
rumored is justified.
1t is the most remarkable record
ever made by president of the Uni
ted States. 1t shows how little fitted
by practical training the president is
for the duties of his office.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25
VyciasIIll !-Asyl EEa M1TI. HID ss, IN.
Old Escorss Tell Of Case v.hsrs cao
Pleaded Eefcre Court IN An.
Gent Batyionia.

Among The most interesting treas
aures OF tie British museum are the
clay tablets of ancient Ba5ylonia.
These tablets, resembling uns-aaad
tiles. throw quaint lights and shadows
on the manners and customs Of long
ago. Usually the records are frag-
mentary, but are occasionally fairly
complete, as is that of legal proceed
ing instituted by a woman of Bor-
sipna," which action is of particular
interest as showing that a married
woman's property law was inlforce as
carly as $50 B. C.
The proceedings to which the doc
unents' refer were taken by q wom-
an against. her brother-in-law to re.
gain posses sion of property left by
her husband. The evidence showed
that man OF Babylon had married
the woman from Borsippa. and with
the money of her dowry he had
bought an estate. After few years,
having no children of their own, they
adopted son, and shortly afterward
the husband mortgaged the estate.
Later he died, leaving the estate mort
gagged, and his brother attempted to
claim the property.
The widow took the matter before
the court at Borsippa; but it was be.
ycnd the jurisdiction of this court and
was referred to the high court at
Babylon. Here the case was duly
heard, and the judges rendered de-
cision to the effect that, as the proper
ty had been the husbands, theSwidow
could have it upon paying OF the
mortgage and that the brother, had
no claim. Eventually. the estate
would be the property of the adopted
son, 1t Is expressly stated. asthough
q matter of some interest, that the
woman pleaded her own case in the
high court of Babylon without assist
ance.-The Sunday Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25
pAMMlNe THE MISSISSIPPI AT
kEokUk. y

NESTNotNs
4 We venture the assertion that few
people in this country, or even in
this state, know much about the
monster dam which is being built
!. across. the Mississippi river at Keo-
kuk. When completed there will be
only one greater dam in the world,
and that is the one recently built by
the British government across the
Nile River, in Egypt. The spillway
section of the ,Keokuk dam will be
seven-eighths of mile long, 81 feet
high and the base has a width OF
AZ feet. On top of the spillway, there
will be 116 steel flood gates, each 81
4 feet wide and IL feet high. This
most important section of the dan
connects at nearly a right angle witt
the spillway portion, and extends dow
4 stream nearly parallel with the lows
shore for distance of 1900 feet
This section of the dam is 1913 fee
wide and 1913 feet high, and con
tains the water wheels, machiner
and electrical apparatus where 10000
electrical horse power will be genei
ated. This power will be distribute
far and wide. Nearly half the pow
er to be developed is now under cor
tract in St. Louis, distant 40 mile
from Keokul
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25
THE EXPENSE OF OUR BlesWAR
SHIPS.

q I1 ~ ~ h -
The Florida recently launched at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard is a mon
ster ship of the dreadnought type.
1t cost S10.000,000 And more and
still larger war ships are to be
launched by this country in the near
future. 1t is the hope of everyone
that these great fighting machines
will never fire shot at an enemy,
and it is quite probable they never
will. But it does not follow by
any means that the millions spent on
these big ships are wasted.
Those who oppose the expense OF
IA reasonably efficient navy do not
look at the subject from a proper
standpoint,
The cost of a navy should be charg
ed up the same as the cost of fire
insurance. When the assured pays
the premium and receives his pol
Icy he hopes that he may never have
to call upon the insurance company
to reimburse him for fire loss. But
in the event of a fire loss the pol
icy will be like true friend in a
time Of trouble. What the fire in
surance policy is to the private in
dividual the big war ships are to the
nation. Our navy insures against for
eign foes the lives of our 10000, 900
of people and their property worth
more than 100 billions of dollars.
Looked at from that standpoint the
cost Of our navy is very cheap in
surance.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25
FORTY PEOPLE ARE RESCUED
One Woman Dies in Fireman's Arms
When Taken From Blazing New
York Tenement.

New York, May 24.-There were
sensational rescues by firemen in a
blazing tenement in East Seventeen
street. Mrs. Mary Miller, however,
died in a fireman's arms from the eff
fects of smoke inhalation after she
had been dragged to the roof. while
her husband. William Miller, clutch
ing the eleven-months-old son of the
couple, unconscious and suffering from
burns, was rescued just in time by an
other fireman. Fully 40 persons were
taken in this way from the burning
structure, where members of 16 fam
lilies had been trapped.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25
BLuNDER UPON BLuNpER.

(From the New York World.)
When Mr.. Taft was a Judge of the
United States Circuit Court he al
lowed no subordinate of litigant 70
prepare tentative opinions for him.
He permitted no lawyer to ante
date briefs in order to meet the
claims of opposing counsel.
He heard all the arguments himself
he read the briefs himself; he decided
the case himself. and the decision
was the decision of Taft, Judge 1t
was nobody else's decision.
The public rightfully assumed that
this was the way Mr.. Taft acted in
the Ballinger case too; that the Pres
ident sat as a Judge; that he care
fully weighed all the evidence both
against and for the Secretary of
the Interior, and that when he exon
Grated Mr.. Ballingerr he was deciding
as an impartial Judge, uninfluenced
by anything except the cold, re-
morseless facts.
The country can no longer believe
that this was Mr.. Taft's attitude. In
permitting Acknowledgement Wicker
sham to tamper with the date of q
written opinion, and in allowing the
Assistant Acknowledgement for the
Interior Department to prepare q
memorandum to help the President
in framing his decision, Mr.. Taft di-
vested himself of his function MS q
Judge and must now be included
among the attorneys for the de
Tense.
Senator Dolliver in his speech al
DesMoines the other day described
the President as "a good man sur
rounded by people who knew exactly
what they want" This is the view
the country is beginning to take Of
him, and it is certain to be strength
ened by his conduct in the Ballingel
case. The public will place less and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25
HALLiNGER ALL WRONG IN RE
LATloN TO KERRY.

Ballinger never made greater
mistake in his life than he did when
he commended that all of the en-
ployes in the Department of the In
terror We're working for him, The
employees in every department of the
government are working for the gov
eminent, and should not treat as
confidential the communications of a
co-employe hen such communica-
tions are detrimental to the public
veal.
Kerby, if he had been employee
by a private individual, could not
have justified his conduct in making
public what he did as a stenographer,
But, after Ballinger had testified to
matters detrimental to the public, it
was Kerby's duty, if he was in pos
session of facts which would explain
away such detrimental testimony, to
make such facts public. The rule of
conduct commended for by Ballinger
would be fence" behind which
corrupt public officials could safely
hide their plumber.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25
COURTESY BETWEEN TELE
PHONE USERS.

Would you rush into an office or
up to the door of a residence and
blurt out Hello! Hello! Who am /
talking to-" and then, when you re.
ceived a reply, follow up your wild,
discourteous salutation with 81 don't
want you; get out of my way.
want to talk with Mr.. Jones'" Would
you? That is merley sample of the
impolite and impatient conversations
that the telephone transmits many
times day.
There is AmQst agreeable mode
of beginning tslSphone conversation
which many le0pls NE now adopting,
because it SAVE ussl eAR words and is,
at the same time 0onfteous and di-
rect. 1t runs thuS:
The telepho BIZ ssi rings, and the
person Answering In says: Morton
& Company, MI Baker speaking. +"
The person cajiinE, thAh Says: .'Mr.
Wood, of Curtis SONS, wishes to
talk with Mr.. Whtfs
When Mr.. Whit plcKs up the re-
ceiyer, he knows Mr.. Wood is on
the other end of the line. and with
out any unnecessary and undignified
"Hello's' he at once greets him
with the refreshingly courteous salu
tation: "Good morning, Mr.. Wood
That savors of the genial handshake
that Mr.. Wood would have received
had he called in person upon Mr.
kWhite.
Undoubtedly there would be a fal
higher degree Of telephone courtesy
particularly in the way of reasonable
! consideration for the operators j
: the ''face-to-face" idea were NOR
: generally held in mind The fact tina
II line of wire and two shining in
3 struments eparate you from tn
/ person with whom you are talking
e takes none of the sting out of unkin'
words.
Telephone courtesy means answer
/ ling the telephone as quickly as pos
! sible when the bell rings-not keel
4 ing the caller" waiting until on
gets good and ready to answer. Telt
phone courtesy, on party lines, mean
I5eing polite when some one else unil
tentionally breaks in-not swapping
Get off the line; j am using it,"
y
In word, it is obviously true tina
that which is the correct thing t
( do in a face to face conversation, !
also correct in a telephone CONVERSE
ton, and anyone has but to apply tn
rules of courtesy, prescribed lon
years before the telephone was frs
thought of, to know the proper MAJ
ners for telephone usage.
Be forbearing, considerate an
courteous. Do over the telephone a
you would do face to face.-Frank
WISE in the Telephone Engineer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25

of his party associates in the State
of New York. We say exceedingly for
tunate because there is nothing in
Mr.. Hughes record to warrant the
hope that his vote will be against
these trusts.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25

Governor Hughes, who has already
been confirmed a justice of the su-
preme Court of the United States,
will quite likely have the deciding
vote in the Standard Oil and Tobac-
co Co. cases. The public will be for
tunate, exceedingly fortunate, if JUS
tice Hughes strikes against the
grand larceny methods prae;iced by
these colossal trusts as he has
against the petty larceny methods
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25
speculated in Stocks.
Killed in a Runaway.

Utica N. Y, May 24.-Mrs. Jacob
Cooper of Baldwinsville was killed and
five others were injured when the
carriage in which they were riding
was thrown against a telegraph pole
when the horses ran away
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25
Cruiser New York Off to Orient.

Toulon, France, May 24.-The Amer
lean armored cruiser New York sailed
for Spezzia The New York will visit
,Constantinople. later going to the
Orient, where it will become the flag
ship of Rear Admiral John Hubbard.
commander-in-chief of the Asiatic
fleet
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25
Conductor Hans Richter III.

New York, May 24.-Private mes.
sages received here state that Hans
Richter. one OF the greatest Wag-
merriam conductors. is seriously i'll in
London.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25
Antics Of Meat In a Car.

Packing house products are rather
"a risky commodity to haul, because
fresh meats hung from hooks in re-
frigerator car may get to swinging vic.
lently when the train is moving rapid.
ly and throw cars from the tracks. =
Railroad Age Gazette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25
Not with Malice.

Look here" said the head of the
firm, Il want to give you a pointer"
Yes. sir" the office boy respect.
fully replied.
IF hear you humming any more
popular songs around here I'll dis
charge you"
All right. | won't do it no more.
| wouldn't have done 1t this time, only
me lips is sore and can't whistle"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25
CONNECT D RAIL MEN
WITH BIG SW|ND[E.
go
Durant and E!more Grain Com
pany Victims Of Steal.
AMOUNT REACHES 100000
Detectives Are Examining Freight
Records Of Eastern Roads With
View Of Tracing Conspiracy
Among Employees.

Albany, N. Y, May 24.-It appears
to be not unlikely that responsibility
for the huge robbery of the Durant
& Fillmore Grain company Of Chicago,
through its local offices in Albany,
will be traced to employees IN tho
freight offices of several railroads and
that gigantic scheme of systematic
swindling of the firm through this
source will be uncovered.
Steal Reaches 100000.
Although the company's officers are
holding Gibson Oliver, treasurer of
the firm and who had charge Of the
offices in this city, primarily resp0ns
sible for the 100000 steal, they are
also having the detectives look care
fully into the records Of the freight
offices Of the Delaware & Hudson,
Erie and Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western, with the view of tracing the
conspiracy from their local Office to
employees in the service of those rail-
roads. Strength is given to this be-
lief by the fact that neither Oliver nor
Henry c. Palmer, formerly freight
| agent Of the Delaware & Hudson here,
| has been arrested; both are said to be
4 still in the vicinity of Albany. Palmer
/ declared that he had come from Chi
4 cago of his own accord and did not
fear arrest,
Manipulated Bills of Lading.
Palmer is alleged to have been en-
gagged with Oliver in manipulating
railroad bills of lading by which
Oliver is believed to have secured
about 100000 from nine banks, doing
business with the grain company, in
Guiding the National Commercial and
the First National banks of this city.
1t was reported that many railroad
employees will be dragged into the
case.
Palmer was dismissed from the enl-
ploy Of the Delaware & Hudson some
time ago. and 1t is now said 1t Yves
because of the discovery by the COM
pany OF his connection with tho Du-
rant & Gilmore manipulations. At that
tilse he went to Chicago, stating that
J he was going into the employ of the
| United States Steel corporation there,
Z but later he secured a position in the
Chicago Office of Durant & Elmore.
Asked about this he said that he did
not wish to say now. but would make
statement later.
Specialized in Stocks.
The money that Oliver is alleged to
have made by his bills of lading
manipulations it is thought he used in
stock speculations. 1t was learned
; that he had private operator at his
r office here and private loop to one
of the local brokerage firms, by which
II he kept Informed on quotations. Ed
win w. Gilmore, the second member OF
the firm who had charge of the Chi.
cago Office, said that Oliver is either
responsible for the shortage or that II
was with his knowledge.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25
l.cndon sarqcs pIsappearIno,

The picturesque red-sailed London
bragg, formerly SO plentiful on the
riverIeaches is slowly vanishing. The
coassing trade in and out of the
Thames has been SO bad lately that
bargss have had to look elsewhere for
G .i-iag
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25

name among the country's greatest
benefactors. But he let the golden
opportunity go by unimproyed," add
ed the minority leader, "and it will
never return to him as long as the.
grass grows or water runs
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

respectfully announce myself as a
candidate for Sheriff of Delaware eo9 IN
ty, Iowa. subject to the DECISION y, .m IN,
election NJ. p. HENNEsSEf.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25
Supervisor

The undersigned respectfully announ-
ces his candidacy for the nomination OF
supervisor for the term beginning Janu-
the democratic voters at the June pri-
mary election.
JAMES KEHOE.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25

"The new rates and classlfications
in the cotton schedule" says Senator
Dolliver, republican, Operate to in
crease duties very materially on
most cotton cloths used for women's
and children's summer wear, and on
al! mercerized cottons In fact, the
Aldrich revision of this schedule was
one Of the most daringly iniquitous
features of the new tariff. The pro-
dnction of agricultural implements is
largely in the hands of a trust, and
the trifling reduction of per cent
on these products was merely for
the purpose of attempting to fool the
farming community"
In his speech on the tariff Champ
Clark declared that II President Taft
had vetoed the Payne-Aldrich-Smoo
tariff bill, he could have written his
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25
Sheriff

I respectfully announce myself a cand !,
date for the nomination of Sheriff OF
DeIaware County subject to the deci-
sion of the Republican voters at the
Z u''e - HARRY G. UTLEY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-31
Music and Health.

From the Nautilus.
Music washes away from the soul the
dust of everyday life" by Turing the
thoughts away from such cares. In really
listening to music we cease to think con-
scious thoughts, and the subconscious
mind reigns. giving rest and asserting
its recuperative powers as I'm sleep. Too
much of music. active or passive, results
in mental unbalance. even as too much
of sleep results in abnormality. Musical
biography presents very many instances
of mental unbaianceIa usurpation OF
power by the subconscious and the over
throw OF reason which resides in the
conscious Here is the old problem Of
the mystic in another guise, and as in
his case SO here-judg ment must prevail
and reason must not be dethroned. how
ever far intuition may be developed.
For most of us. however, no such grave
dangers Turk in the development of our
musical abilities, and We shall find our
selves better physically. more acute men
tally more elevated spiritually for hav-
ing studied and listened
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-31
SAGINAW'S CITY THEATER.
Self-Supporting Municipality Owned
Playhouse in the Michigan City.


Saginaw, Mich. has II municipal
theater. While ether cities we're dream
ing of such thing Saginaw was build
ing one Two Saginaw citizens, w r.
Burt and T. T.. Dorr ascertajning that
the city would accept such a gift, in
structed the architect to go ahead and
devise the best that could be obtained
Ii was planned for IL theater and as such
built and opened.
The building was formally opened with
a concert by the combined forces of
Mime. Gadski and Walter Damrosch Six
thousand persons paid their way into
the building. The date was October IS
1905 Its stage * ample to accommodate
any production on tour 1t has played
independent shows, and has been the
means of introducing plays to Saginaw
which else il would have been denied
During the first year of it's existence
as municipal playhouse * was occupied
over sixty times by performances, and
has been shown 10 be Self-supporting.
After the building came from the donors.
who paid ID per cent of the cost, the city
paving the other fourth, il became strict
" municipal property, and is governed
solely 10y board of trustees composed
of three members appointed by the COM
mon council.
An ordinance regulates the rental for
the several classes of entertainments and
also stipulates that the price charged for
gallery seats shall not, for any offering,
be more than % cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-31
Postage Stamps.

Prom Stc'tN- Magazine.
Postage stamps constitute one of our
national pr"tiuct> which refuse to Weld
to civiiizinG Influences.
They have several bad habits of which
place, they DO not rise in price with
that airy ebuliency for which our ma
tional products have become Justly IA
nous. They don't even fIuctuatc. AL
most any professor of political economy
viii admit that this is u gross error
when postage stamps fiuctuate Violently
50 that the poor men could not afford
them AT all. III that way postage stamps
would now and then provide AN outlet
for some ambitious soul to make his
name forever rcvered by securing a cor
er fry who could make handsome livings
year in and year out by buying and
selling stamps on margin.
Another difficulty is that one knows .x-
actly what one is buying. for they can
not be adulterated. Anything that is
properly civilized ought to lend itself
readily To adulteration.
Furthermore, the price o; postage
stamps does not yield readily To car
shortages. strikes. tariffs. free coinage
of silver, big sticks. political oratory. in
voStigating committees. sectional jcal-
ousies or yellow Journalism
our postage stamps have been altogeth-
or too conservative. and leniency
with them has almost reached the break
ing point.