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The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
RESSEEHHTSS lA LABOR S CIVIC CIVIC WORK WORK
PRESIDENT KIRBY is AGAINST
GoMPERs AND MITCHELL.
Says Manufacturers Association
Should Not Cooperate with Or
sanization Influenced by Them.

New York, Jan. 5.--John Kirby. Jr..
of Dayton, o., president OF the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers,
In letter to Seth Low, president of
the National Civic Federation, ex-
presses the opinion that the Manufac-
turers association should not accept
the invitation to participate in the
coming Civic federation conference at
Washington.
He says: with Samuel Gompers
and John Mitchell not only partici.
pants, but moving spirits in the move
ment, as well as officers in good
standing in the Civic federation, ! can
not reconcile my own mind with. what
seems to be to be, such an extremely
inconsistent proposition, nor can find
it in my best conscience to wink at
the great danger to the best interests
of our common country that lies hid
den in the Endorsement by your organ
ization of those men and the doctrines
they preach and which, in so far as
they can, they execute in the name of
the Civic federation, and for which
that organization will some day have
to recognize it's responsibility.
while our association would natur-
ally wish to cooperate in the proposed
conference, yet any earnest movement
looking to the promotion of uniform
state laws should be conducted by
men who will obey our laws and re-
spect the decisions of our courts.
Men who openly declare that they
will do neither of these things, except
at their pleasure, should have no
voice In legislation intended to apply
to all citizens" ..........
But, Notwithstanding his personal
views, Mr.. Kirby says that he will sub
init the matter to the board of direc-
tors of the Manufacturers association
and execute it's will
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
ALICE FRAUD OF $4,000
Former vice.President Fairbanks Son
Is Made Defendant In Suit for an
Accounting.

Bloomington, ILL.,, Jan. 6.-Frederick
C. Fairbanks of Pasadena, Cal, son of
former Vice-President Charles Fair
banks; Luther Fairbanks, brother Of
Charles, and Loriston Fairbanks, a
nephew, are defendants in suit filed
IN the Piatt county court alleging the
misappropriation of $4,000 of the
funds of the Old Mexican Land &
Industrial Company. The comIlairr
ants are stockholders.
They allege the unlawful invest.
ments of money of the company, fraud
ulent misrepresentation illegal meet.
ings at which proxies were obtained
by fraud, inability to get statements
from the o.lcers and ask for an &C.
counting of the funds of the company
and the return of $4,000, equal to
the pro rata share of each share
holder.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
THE TIE.UP AFFECTS IOWA
THE sWlTcHMEN'S STRIKE is
BECOMING VERY SERIOUS.
Mason City Agent Says Iowa Central
Has Over 200 Freight Cars Tied
Up At That Point.

Mason City, Ia, Jan. 5.-The local
freight yards are badly congested be
cause of the strike of switchmen in
the Twin Cities. Conditions are grow
ing worse as the strike in the north
west continues and at present there
are in the local yards of the Iowa Cens
trial 200 cars more than there should
be to make rapid handling of frei2i'.
possibility. With the tie-up in the
Twin Cities the freight enroute Is
gradually being piled up in the various
division points along the lines enter
ing those cities and the local yards
are getting their share at least,
In the Milwaukee yards the conges-
ton is also problem. G. w. Harris
OF the Iowa Central says that he tried
to make arrangements for the trans
fer of fifteen cars to the Milwaukee
and that the yard authorities for taat
road were unable TO state w4ssstheFs
they could handle those fifteen cars
for several days
During the strike the NJ & st. l.
and the Iowa Central are handling
much of the southbound traffic from
the Twin Cities. They are running
many trains and are consequently
short OF trainmen. Two trains of
flour, south bound from Minneapolis,
were tied up in the local Gre:ght yards
of the Iowa Central because their
crews had worked out their time and
there were no men to take their
places.
Mr.. Harris OF the Iowa Central has
just spent week in the Twin Cities
and he says that the conditions re-
sstflting from the strike there are much
worse than most of the news stories
relate. sympathy is, he says, largely
with the strikers and the strike
breakers and scabs are much malign-
ed. He also says that passenger trains
go into the Twin Cities in proper or
der but they come out wrong end in
'front.' because 1t is impossible to
switch them around in the yards there
on account OF the strike.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
GIGANTIC MERGER
IS CONTEMPLATED
Morgan to Enlarge His $780,
100000 Bank.
is VIEWED WITH DIsFAvoR
Financier, IL Is Said, Will Take In
Bankers and Manhattan Trust
Companies, Combining De.
posits.

New York, Jan. 81. Pierpont Nor.
gan may unite in one banking con.
Germ, through further trust company
mergers in New York under consid-
Grafton, the enormous sum of $780,.
100000 in deposits adone.
This is approximately $4,000, 900
more than the deposits of the National
City bank of this city. and $125,OO0, 900
more than the resources of the Farm.
ers Loan G. Trust Company, the larg-
est financial institutions in the United
States.
Rumors Are Revived.
Reports of additional trust company
consolidation are given credence in
view of the announcement of the mer.
ger of the Guaranty Trust, Morgan
Trust and Fifth Avenue Trust compan.
les, with combined deposits of about
$20O,O00,000. This brought a revival
In the financial district of rumors EN-.
bracing the Bankers Trust and Man
haitian Trust companies in the same
combination. There were rumors, too,
Nh"S ShS u ubJ
and the Equitable Trust Company
eventually will be taken into some
sort of powerful alliance.
Thirty-Story Building Planned.
The Bankers Trust Company is al.
ready closely affiliated with the Nor
gan banking house.
Relations between the Morgan in.
terests and the Manhattan Trust Com.
Dany have always been intimate,
though the latter is not regarded as a
Morgan appendage. 1t is perhaps sig
nificant that the building now occu.
pied by the Manhattan Trust Company
is to be RACED soon to make way for a
thirty-story building to be erected by
the Bankers Trust Company.
National banking interests do not
look with uniform favor on the in,
crease in trust company power.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
ENDORSES TAFT RATE BILL
President N. Y. Central Says Execu-
tive Asks Nothing to Hurt
iehtforward Business.

New York, Jan. 81 know pretty
well what the bill will provide, and |
can say that it need not alarm the in.
weston nor embarrass any railroad
that wants to do business in a
straightforward and orderly manner"
was the assuring statement made by
w. C. Brown, president of the New
York Central lines.
Mr.. Brown was one of the six rail.
road presidents who conferred with
President Taft on the railroad legisla.
ton phich the president will recon.
mend to congress in a message on in.
terstate commerce.
President Browns declaration al.
layed in great measure the fears that
the presidents message would prove
embarrassing to the present, control
of the country's carriers.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
MESSAGE PROGRAM CHANGED
TAFT HAS CONFERENCE WITH
HOUSE AND SENATE LEADERS.
Will Send Recommendation on Com
merce and Trust Acts to Con-
eress on Thursday.

Washington, Jan. 5.-The message
program has again been changed at
the White House. 1t is now President
Taft's intention to send to congress on
Thursday message containing his
views and recommendations on both
antitrust legislation and the changes
in the interstate commerce law.
The president had originally intend
ed to send to congress to-day mes
sage bearing on both of these sub
jects, and also on the subject of con-
Eervation, but, after a conference with
the presidents of number of the big
lines of the country, he thought it best
to withhold his recommendation on
changes in the interstate commerce
ract-urtff he mad given the subject
further consideration. and had again
consulted with the leaders of the
house and senate on the subject, and
he determined to send in only his
views on antitrust legislation. Yes.
terdaS, however he met the house and
senate leaders in conference, and last
evening the program was changed so
that it is now the intention of allow.
ing only the conservation message to
wait until later date, which will
probably be early next week.
The president insists that the con-
ference with the railroad presidents
has not made any material difference
in his views on the subject OF needed
railroad legislation, and his message
on this subject is awaited with con-
siderable interest
The document covering the two sub
jects Is expected to make something
like 10000 words.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
PROTESTS THE APPROPRIATION
Simply An Attempt For Government
To Finance Private Schools.

Champaign, H., Jan. Edmund j.
James, president OF the University of
Illinois, today sent TO Congressman
Scott, chairman of the house commit
tee on agriculture, protest against
the bill providing for an appropriation
to the George Washington University,
a private institution located at the ma.
tional capital. President James al
leges it is an attempt to establish a
policy of financing private education
al institutions from federal funds.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
Trafrlc susnended-

Marshalltown, Jan. Especial: ow-
ing to the heavy snow storm all rail-
roads in central Iowa have suspended
freight traffic today and all passen-
ger trains are running behind sched-
ME time and some have been annulled.
Fhe local coal situation as the result
-ot eopilscation on the Bart Of the town
centrai IS becoming very critical. as
all concerns have but little and that
Of the eaeap grades of soft coal
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
OSCAR G. MURRAY RESIGNS
President Of Baltimore & Ohio Is Sue.
ceeded by Daniel Willard of
the Burlington.

New York, Jan. Oscar c. Muir.
ray. for the last six years president
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com.
pany, rendered his resignation al a
special meeting of the board of direc,
tors of the road held in this city.
Daniel Willard. vice-president of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad
was elected as his successor
Mr.. Murray WI retain his connec.
ton with the Bal imore G. Ohio as
chairman OF the ID ard of directors.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
RECORD PIG IRON PRODUCT
Total in Anthracite and Coke Dis
triet During 1909 Was $685..
75e Tons.

Cleveland. o., Jan. 5.--Returns re-
ceived from the coke and anthracite
blast furnaces of the United States
by the Daily Iron Trade Review show
that the pig iron production for De-
cember was 2,6S1.459 tons. bringing
the coke and anthracite pig iron pro
duction of the country for 1909 to the
record-breaking total of 25,335.759
tons. This total production surpasses
1907 by margin of 36,027 tons. The
country is now making pig iron at the
Unprecedented rate of 32,OOo.00O tons
per year.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
TAFT WOULD RAISE MAINE
President Promises Support Of Plan
to Remove Wreck in Havana
Harhor.

Washington. Jan. 5.-President Taft
is heartily in favor of the plan to raise
the battleship Maine from the bottom
of Havana harbor and inter the re.
mains of the sailors drowned when the
ship was sunk. The president in
formed Representative Loud of Mich.
igan he desired to see the latter's bill,
appropriating money for the purpose,
enacted into law and will offer any
support suggested. Mr.. Loud will
push the measure in the house.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
FROZEN TO DEATH.
Vast Suffering Throughout the North
and Northwest.

Minneapolis. Jan. SIT is showing
this morning and this has raised tenn
perature some There is vast suffer
ing everywhere east north and west
OF here Gerald Walker was frozen
90 death near Judith Gap, Montana.
He was caught in the blizzard while
going to rejoin his. wife who was
alone at their ranch. John Isaalson.
a farmer. near Lake Chotek, Wis, was
frozen to death in his buggy while
driving TO Flat Lake.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
GIRL SHOT DEAD IN MYSTERY
Daughter Of Cincinnati Official Found
Dead with Bullet in Her
Heart.

Cincinnati. c., Jan. 5.-With bull
let in her heart and a revolver lying
near by, the body of Miss Tillie
Schwaao. Is years old. was found in
the home of her father, John Schwaab,
a member of the board of education
and prominent in local politics,
Members of the family refuse to ac-
cept the suicide theory and the man
aer OF the young woman's death is
shrouded in mystery
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
Iowa is Honored.

Iowa City, Jan. 5.-Speeial: DR.. G.
ID. Jameson formerly head of the
engineering department of the State
University, but of late years in China
has been made consulting engineer of
the Chinese government. and will soon
arrive in America to study railroad
construction.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
Mrs. woodIII's Guardian Dies,

Baltimore, Md, Jan. 5.-Csl. Charles
E. Thompson, foster-fatherl of Mrs.
Edith May Woodill. whose murder by
Lame Bob Eastman. near Mcdaniel,
Md. last Jane. created countrywide
sensation. died suddenly Of heart dis
ease near Mcdaniel
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
Rear Admiral eurweII Dead.

Llandudno, Wales, Jan 5.-Rear Adj
miral William Turnbull Burwell.
United States navy, retired. died at
hotel here. Admiral Burwell was on
leave Of absence dating from January
% Of last year He had decided to
make a trip through Europe before
settling down In his home in the
United States. M
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
Jordan is Seated.

Ottumwa, Jan. Especial: Judge
NJ A. Roberts in the district court
here this morning rendered an opin-
ion on the same law relating to mem
bers of county boards of supervisors.
seating j. W. Jordan, who failed to
qualify the first of January, as re-
quired by the statute. Judge Rob
erts held that the word incumbent"
as used in the law had no application
in the case OF Mr.. Jordan.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
De Optimist's Corner
Daily Helps to Health
and Happiness
By GEORGE F. BUTLER. A. NJ. NJ. D.

Many of the ideas that we
have inherited help 20 narrow
and cramp the inner life. We
must change our habits Of
thought. The proper adjust.
ment to our life and environ
ment and the daily effort to
gain ones poise and self-control,
is effective in proportion to the
clearness and strength Of our
thought and the confidence we
put into il. The power of self
help Is within us, like the air
we breathe, ever awaiting our
recognition. BY a determined
effort you can rise above any
troublesome difficulty, or push
through il with comparative
ease. Approach any trouble
that may confront you with
quiet confidence that you have
sufficient strength to overcome
any obstacle. Help abounds.
The spirit but awaits our CO.
operation. There is no cause
for fear. Things are not so bad
as they seem, nor is there any
reason for worry or discourage
rent. II you try earnestly, you
can lift yourself into poise,
re;tfuIneea and self-confidence.
We find what we look for; II
you look for trouble, trouble will
surely come; if you believe firm
ly that you can eurmount all diff
fieulties, in all probability you
viii succeed DO not despair,
but take hold Of yo=rself and
cay. "Thls shall be co."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
New Misslssinpi aridne

McGregor, Jan. 5.-Special: Work
mas been started on the new million
dollar bridge to be built by the Mil
waukee across the Mississippi at this
place to replace the old pontoon
bridge, one of the first crossings to
be made across the river.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
EXTEND SUGAR FRAUD PROBE
Government Inquiry Into underweights
10 Be 5roadened in Scope Soon
as Possible.

Washington. Jan. 5.-Following that
which resulted in the discovery of un-
derweighing of sugar at the port of
New York inquiries are to be made at
other ports where sugar is brought in
The effort to determine whethe'
there had been underweighing at 9th
er places than New York will be be
gun as soon as arrangements can b,
made
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
MISER IS FOUND STARVING
Has $4,000 in Cash on Personals.
covered in Cabin Almost Frozen
to Death.

Evansville, Ind, Jan. 5.-Deputy
sheriffs found Marshall McMurra2, a
hermit, aged so, in a cabin several
miles below here almost starved and
frozen. He had $4,000 in cash on his
Deison that he had saved. The man
had been adjudged insane and off.
Gals had gone to arrest him.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
eattIeshlp MlehIaan Ready

Philadelphia. Jan. 5.-While the
band played The Star Spangled Ban,
ner" and the crew stood at attentio'
the rev battleship Michigan We
placed In commission at the Philade
phia navy yard. The Michigan
commanded by Capt N. r. Usher.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
NEWS OF IOWA
BY TELEPHONE
Contract For lnterurban Between
Davenport and Sterling Let
COAL FAMINE IN MARSHALL TOWN
Mason City Asitating New City Hall
Small Pox at Mt. Pleasant-A
Mysterious Murder Some
where in Iowa.

Davenport, Jan. Special: The
Rock River Traction company today
announced that the contract had been
let Tor the construction of an inter
urban line between Sterling, Illinois,
and the TriCities. Inc line is sixty.
two miles in length and win cost
~ 100000. The Northwestern construc-
tlon Co, OF Milwaukee, gets the con-
tract.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
Trouble in Davenport.

Davenport, Jan. 5.-Spefial: A
temporary injunction was issued to
day against Henry Hook, proprietor
Of the ST Julian Hotel. restraining
him from selling liquor in violation Of
the nulct law. This IS the first OF
cries OF attacks upon all the sa-
oons in town
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
Old Soldier Suicides.

Colfax. Jan. Special: Dan Den
mis-, aged 81, an old soldier. killed him.
self at the home of his brotaerin-law
Frank Clements. at Metz last night.
i'll health was the cause. He cut his
throat with razor.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
One Killed in Blast on Scat.

Pittsburg. Pa. Jan. 5.-One man was
blown to atoms and several others are
reported injured as a result of boiler
explosion on pumping boat of the
reople' Coal Company at Industry,
PA. down the Ohio river from here.
The explosion was caused by nue
coilapsing.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
sIx kIIIea In RalIroad Wreck.

Aberdeen. s. D., Jan. BIN a COLL.
sion between Milwaukee work train
nd an extra freight train lcetween
GIetna and Roscoe. three workmen
were killed outright and three who
were injured died later. Two others
weie hggt.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
viii Erect Hosnit.l.

burlington. Jan. Especial: Iowa
camp No. SO OF the Modern Wood
men OF this city voted last evening to
erect cottage at the Woodmen
tuberculosis Sanitariun at Colorado
Springs.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
Trains Affiliate

burlington, Jan. Especial: The B.
q W. branch fthe Burlington rail-
way was badly blocked by the snow
storm yesterday and last night. The
train between this city and Washing
ton was delayed fourteen hours.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
Pioneer PASSES AVIAN

Mason City. Jan. ESPECIAL: Am
brose Bryant. well.known pioneer
OF Cerro Gordo county. died at. his
home two miles north of this place
last night.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
-FOUR BURNED TO DEATH.
Fire in Peoria Attended With Loss
OF Life.

Peoria. H., Jan 5.-Fire DESTROYED
the November livery stables here
sarly This motnirg AIRS. Linton Day
s.on ard her Two small children and
Io.era Party we're bmned 10 death
1sc n.wisons lived above the stable
paoey MAS Il liDarller.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
Dies After oneratlnn-

Davenport Jan. 5.-Spl cial: Mrs.
Rozena Steinhart, aged sixty-five
years. mother of DR., J. f. Steinharr,
OF Mason City. died in hospital in
this city last night, the result of an
operation. vs
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
InIures SELF 10 Save Girls.

Joliet. H., Jan. 5.-Earl De'ander,
coasting down Hill with Ave boys. de-
iiberately steered the bob into tee
graph pole in ORDER TO AVOID striking
eionp o. elris ~! tie boys were
injured saiio,Aiy
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
WIN Leetue Next summer.

Dies Moines, Jan. 5.-Special: Sen.
A. B. Cummins has signed contracts
for forty dates on the Chautauqua
platform next summer.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06
Arsenal Forced TO close.

Davenport, Jan. 5.-Special: The
Rock Island arsenal shops were forced
10 close today throwing 1000 men out
OF work because of lack Of coal to
heat the buildings.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-01-06

Rev. II. L. Anderson. rector OF 81
uke's Episcopal church OF Cedar
AHA church. feil on a doorstep ONE
eyenins iast week and brooks his leg,
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11

or reports in the comptroller's office
Inc comptroller also desires to as
certain why some examiners are cap
aole of correcting, while they are in
the bank, all the conditions subject to
criticism. when other examiners are
either unable or unwilling to accom- :
pnsh like results and only report their
crlGclsms to the comptroller's ofHce.
Mapy of the examiners say in their
reports of examinations forwarded to
the comptroller's Office that it is a
hardship not only on the examiners,
put on many members Of the directory
or country banks, to ask the various
boards to meet the examiner durin 8
the progress or at the close of the ex-
animation.
The comptroller is of the opinion
that board of directors which will
not or can. not meet with a representa-
tive OF the government for a short time
twice each year to go over in detail
the conditions which he finds and re-
ports to it is composed of members
who are not doing their duty in any
sense of the word and it is now pro-
posed to find out whether the hard
ships complained of by the examiners
really exist"
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
BANK EXAMINERS
in The LIMELIGHI
Comptroller of Currency Is to
Make Personal Investiga-
ton of All Districts

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1o.-Close on
the heels of the shakeup in the ranks
of the bank examiners, by which 20
men on Thursday were shifted to new
fields, Comptroller of the Currency
Murray today announced that he would
make a personal investigation Of con-
ditions in all examining districts.
The comptroller, in a statement ad-
dressed to examiners, said:
In almost every case Of a national
bank failure, since 1 have been comp
trolIer, the Insolvency could have been
averted had the national bank exam
iners determined the true condition and
reported their findings in time for me
to force a correction in the admins
tration Of the banks affairs"
Condemning the excuses made by
bank examiners, Murray said he had
been compelled to undertake a personal
examination of conditions in every dis
trict so as to ascertain at first hand
why an examiner was unable to dis
cover impending disaster in the affairs
of bank. He will be accompanied
and assisted on the trip by Oscar L.
Telling, formerly a national bank ex-
aminer and now chief of the division
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
MOVING PICTURES
BOOST EXPOSITION
Scenes of Admission Day Fiesta
to Be Shown All Over
United States

Moving picture scenes of the Admis-
sion day festival with its attendant
crowds and .unbounded enthusiasm, will
be shown in every city of the United
States as an argument in favor of San
Francisco as the site for the 1915 Pan
ama-Pacif1c exposition. Two moving
picture operators, experts from New
York, have been in the city for nearly
two weeks recording characteristic
San Francisco street scenes
Atgthe opening OF the Admission day
festival of the Native Sons and Daugh-
ters, these operators were placed at ad-
vantageous points in Market street, on
stands erected at the safety stations,
high above the crowds They recorded
the best features of the parades, thew
caught In their machines the scenes of
crowded streets, of San Francisco in
holiday attire, enjoying the carnival to
the full.
For several days previous the ma
chimes had been in operation in China
town. along the streets in the business
section through Golden Gate park and
at the Cliff house. Every attraction w.
ing within thefcity gates was recorded