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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
HIGH TEMPERATURES DANISH
TARIFF TALK IN FAVOR OF
THE SUMMER RESORTS.
HOUSE COMPLETES WORK
June IS Is Date Set by Some Who
Think Taft's Program Can
Then be Fin
ished.

Washington, D. c. - Although the
special session of congress is but little
more than a month old, talk of ad-
journment has already become gener-
al. High temperature experienced
last week in Washington served to
stimulate in the Democratic represent
atives more interest in summer resort
matters then in tariff questions. Fol
several days they have been consider
ing the possibility OF getting through
by June 10.
The house expects to have before it
the revised wooden schedule within a
week or 10 days. While many Demo
Gratis have openly declared for free
raw wool all have agreed to abide by
the caucus decision.
The Democrats believe the house
can dispose of this without much de-
lay, and some of them urge that this
end initiative legislation for the ses.
sion. Outside of that feature of the
tariff, with perhaps some revision Of
the cotton schedule there Is little be-
fore the house. The caucus decided
a month ago to make this a tariff ses-,
sion.
When the house meets Tuesday
there is nothing to come before it ex-
cept some inquiry resolutions. The
Democratic majority intends to ward
off being drawn into discussion of gen.
eral legislation by consideration of the
discharge calendar which 10 loaded by
the Republicans with many stumbling,
blocks. Twice they have lodged the
calendar and have announced that.
they believe it can be successfully
avoided in the future.
Though the Democratic free list bill
probably will not be passed by the
senate it may not be considered at
all-the Democratic leaders insist that
they have demonstrated to the people
that in passing hat measure their in
tentions were good, and that it will
not be necessary for them to insist
upon remaining in session to await
action on it by the senate.
The reciprocity bill they expect the
senate to pass within a month, and
then all that President Taft asked of
the extraordinary session will have
been disposed of. The senate, they
believe, will then be ready to go home.
Meantime the house will consider such
matters as army reorganization, labor
legislation and reform in the civil serv-
ice.
In the senate hearings will continue
this week before the finance commit
tee on the Canadian reciprocity bill.
and on the floor the fight over the cleo
ton of a president pro tempore to
succeed Senator Frye will be resumed.
Representatives of the regular and in
surgent Republicans insist that there
will be no break in the deadlock.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
PACKERS WILL Be TRIED
SHERMAN ANTITRUST LAW is
HELD EFFECTIVE.
Ten Men Will Have to Stand Trial on
Indictments Returned
In 1910.

Chicago, Illinois,. ogden Armour
and nine other Chicago packers must
go to trial on federal indictments
charging them with conspiracy to con-
troll the price of fresh meat, in viola
ton of the Sherman antitrust law.
This was decided by Judge George A.
Carpenter Of the United States dis
trict court, who overTuled a demurrer
to the Indictments in which the pack
ers had held that the Sherman law
failed sufficiently to define the offense
it sought to prohibit.
The men, who were indicted Sept.
IL, 1910, and who are affected by the
decision, r J.. Ogden Armour, pres
ident of Armour & Co.; Louis f.
Swift, president of Swift & Co.; Ed
ward F. Swift, vice president Of Swift
& Co.; Charles H. Swift, director of
& Co.; Edward Tilden. president Of
the National Packing Co.; Arthur
Meeker, general manager of Armour
& Co.; Edward Morris, president of
Morris & Co; Francis A. Fowler, di-
rector of Swift & Co.; Thomas j. Con-
nors, superintendent of Armour e. Co.;
Louis II. Heyman, manager for Morris
& Co.
Attorneys for the government de-
clared the decision was a tremendous
blow at the packers defense and said
the prosecution had scored at every
point. The indictments charged that
the packers controlling the great part
of the meat industry are divided into
three groups, the Armour, Swift and
Morris groups, and that these three
have a common medium of exchange
Of price lists and instructions through
the National Packing company. The
indictments also charged that the
three groups have an arrangement
whereby they would not compete in
territory belonging to another group.
In the demurrer to the indictments
the packers held that the Sherman law
was too indefinite and uncertain in
defining the elements of the crime to
justify the indictments. Judge Car
penter denied this.
THE statute defines the acts de-
clared to be unlawful in simple Eng.
fish," he ruled. THE purpose of the
act, when ascertained from the Ian
guage used, is as clear as may be-"
The department of justice is prepar,
ing to bring the case to an early trial.
Senator Kenyon of Iowa will be in
charge of the prosecution. When he
resigned as assistant to the attorney
general he offered his services free in
the case and Attorney General Wick.
ersham accepted them.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
The Two Careers.

Mr.. Stimson was born in New York
Sept. 81, 1867. He graduated from
school in 1890. He was associated
with Senator Root Of New York ip
the practice of law and in 1906 was
appointed United States attorney for
the southern district of New York.
He resigned that position after three
years service, but became special
counsel for the government in the
prosecution of the sugar trust. AS
counsel in that case he won the ad
miration of Attorney General Wick.
ersham and Mr.. Taft.
Secretary Dickinson was born IN
Mississippi, spent most of his life in
Tennessee and was appointed to the
cabinet from Chicago. He is 60 years
old. In the Civil war he served with
the Mississippi volunteers. He was
educated in the University of Nash.
vile, the University of Leipsig. Sax.
ony, and the Sorbonne, Paris. He was
sworn in as secretary of war Marcn
IL. 1909. previously having been gen.
eral counsel of the Illinois Central
railroad, with Offices in Chicago.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

candidate for governor of that state,
has been given the var portfolio. In
the letters exchanged between the
president and Mr.. Dickinson, no rea.
son other than that of pressing pri,
vate affairs is given for the secretary's
retirement.
Mr.. Dickinson will go to his Tennes,
see home Immediately upon the quail,
fication of his ]ces He expects
to devote his attention to business and
will not return to the practice of law
in which he was engaged when Presi,
dent Taft appointed him secretary of
war in March, 1909.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
viii Be Sentenced to Be Hanoed.

Sault Ste. Marie. Michigan. - II
took a jury in Sault Ste Marie. Ont,
but 40 minutes to find William Carroll.
So years old, guilty of the murder of
George Thibault. Carroll will be SEN
fenced to be hanged by Justice Brit.
ton. Carroll. after accusing ThibauIt.
a much younger man, of persistently
annoying him and stealing his cloth
ing, practically decapitated the young
err man with an TX while the two were
in the bunk house Of a lumber camp.
SO miles northeast Of Blind River.
Ont, On Jan. Is.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
CLERKS PROMOTED UNION
PERNIClOUS ACTIVITY G o
THEM THEIR JOBS.
So Says Second Assistant Stewart In
Unfolding Federal Depart
ment's Stand.

Washington, D. c. SecoLd AS
istant Postmaster General Stewart
concluded his defense of the position
taken by the postofice department on
the question of labor unions by ad-
hitting that clerks had been dis
charged from the railway mail SER
vice simply because they promoted
the organization of postal clerks into
a union affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor. Representative
Kendall Republican, Iowa., asked
Stewart, as he closed his testimony,
why Postal Clerk Duff and Van Dyke
of st. Paul had been removed from
the service.
They were discharged justly" said
Stewart, because Of their pernicious
activity in promoting this new union
organization. The organization had
headquarters in st. Paul and they
were, l believe, officials of the pro-
posed union"
Were they good clerks?" asked
Kendall. "Oh, yes, they were good,
efficient men," returned Stewart, the
only reason for their dismissal was
their pernicious activity In the face OF
the plain orders Of the postmaster
general and the other officials which
they persistently violated. 1t was a
case of plain characterization"
John F. Nelson, president of the
National Federation of Postal Clerks,
who was formerly an employee of the
Chicago postoffice, related the circum-
stances of his own dismissal from the
federal postal service because of his
attempt to consolidate the clerks Of
tie country into a representative body.
He said in part:
Conditions U%nsanitary.
II was then president of the Chi
cago Postal Clerks Union. For
months we had been working to rem-
edy the unsanitary conditions in the
Chicago postoffice. All through the
summer of 1909 we did everything in
our power under the Roosevelt gag
rule to get the department to remedy
conditions. The men were working
10 hours a night under what the Chi
cage commission on occupational dis
eases declared we're the worst condi-
lions in the city During the time
from June to October four men in the
mailing division in u union died OF
tuberculosis because of the working
conditions. l worked steadily from
early in June until October before Sc
curing the appointment of 100 addi-
tional clerks to relieve the tension.
This was under the Hitchcock re-
trenchment policy. The next June I
was served with charges by inspec-
tors. They alleged that l was violat-
ing the gag rule by trying to influ-
ence legislation. l had never been in
Washington and had never talked to
a member about postal matters. They
also charged me with furnishing in
formation to the newspapers. After
filing an answer to the charges I re-
ceived notice that I had been promot-
ed and advanced from S1,100 to the
I 1900 grade. This was not an auto
matte advancement, but under the eff
ficiency scheme. Two weeks later |
was dismissed"
Nelson declared that clerks found
ii impossible to secure action on COM
plants regarding the working condi-
lions. He related a number of cases
in the Chicago Office of clerks dying
and becoming ill.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
To Aid in Land Suits.

Washington, ID. G. - B. L. Town.
send, United States attorney for North
Dakota, "a appointed a special as
sistant to Attorney General Wicker.
sham to represent the government in
the suits brought to test the validity
of patents to thousands of acres of
valuable oil and mineral lands now
held by the Southern Pacific railroad.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
LADY DEciEs UNDER KNIFE.
Undergoes Operation for Appendicitis
Reported Satisfactory.

London, England.-Lady Decies, who
before her marriage to Lord Decies
was Miss Helen Vivian Gould. under
went an operation for appendicitis,
The surgery was done at the residence
of her mother-in-law, Dowager Lady
Decies, and according to subsequent
announcement the result vas most
satisfactory.
1t now appears that Lady Decies has
been suffering from more or less Sc
vere attacks of appendicitis for some
time, and among intimate friends Of
the family it had been frequently
stated that she was about to submit
to an operation.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, May 15.-Cattle-Market
steady; beeves. $4.9s@6.45; western
steers, s4.S0@5.60; stockers and feed
ers, S4.00@5.65; cows and heifers, $40
95.65; calves. $4.50@7.O0.
Hogs-Market strong, shade higher,
light, s6.05@6.42h; mixed, $6@6.37h;
heavy, $5.S5@6.25; rough. s5.S5@6;
good to choice heavy. $6G6.25; pigs.
$5.90@6.35.
Sheep-Market steady: native, $50
4.S0; western, $3.50@4.s0; yearlings.
$4.6oQ5.60; lambs. native. $4.5006.65.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
IRON SAFE BEFORE GRAND JURY.
Taken From Closed Offices of Carnegie
Trust Company.

New York, N. Y. - A big steel safe
was taken by force of law from the
closed Offices Of the Carnegie Trust
Company and hauled into the grand
jury room at the criminal courts build
ing, where it will be examined for evil
dence it may contain regarding the at.
fairs of the defunct institution.
William j. Cummins refused to open
the safe and professional safe workers
we're called in to open the doors. Dis
trict Attorney Whitman declined to
say whether papers valuable in the
grand jury investigation had been
found.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
Twin City Markets.

Minneapolis, May 15.-Wheat, May,
98&c; July, 99hc; No. / northern,
$l.01k; No. 2 northern, $500; No.
1 durum, Ole; No. 2 corn, SIC; No.
3 white oats, 32%c; barley, mailing.
96c; No. 2 rye, $1.O7; No. 1 fax, $2.25.
Duluth, May Is Wheat, May,
S1.00; July, $1.02; No. 1 northern,
$1.02; No. l durum. 92Ac.
South st. Paul, May 15.-Cattle-
Steers, s5.10@5.25; cows, $2.5O@5.0O;
calves, $3.00Q5.50; hogs, $5.75Q6.10;
sheep, yearlings, 81 0Q5.50
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
Iowa Manufacturers Elect.

Burlington, Iowa. - B. j. Rick
er, of Grinnell, was elected president
of the Iowa Manufacturers Associa-
ton. The convention representing 400
establishments, adopted resolutions
commencing the efforts Of President
Taft to bring about a closer CONNER.
cial union with Canada
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
INDIGNANT ACTORS STRIKE.
Manager Said Act Was Poor - La
Crosse Audience Disappointed.

La Crosse, Wis. - After a local
theater was filled with spectators
ready to witness the performance,
white Rats" who constituted prac-
tically the entire bill of players, went
on a strike because one of the acts
was cancelled. The audience had to
be satisfied with motion pictures, and
the manager of the theater has at.
tached the actors property.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
POPE Plus IS WEAKER.
His Three Sisters Are Summoned to
the Vatican.

Rome, Italy.-The three sisters of
the pope are virtually acting as his
nurses, owing to his enfeebled condi-
lion. The pope shows symptoms of
irteriai agitation and is rapidly losing
ais powers Of resistance. His general
condition IL such as to cause fears of
general breakdown. A physician Is
lways within calling distance.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
New Assistant Treasurer.

Coincident with the announcement
of Mr.. Dickinson's retirement came
that of the appointment of c. S. Mill
ington of Herkimer, N. Y, to be as
sistant treasurer of the United States
in New York.
Mr.. Stimson was the Roosevelt can
didate for governor, while Mr.. Milling
ton was a former member of the house
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
USES CABIN FOR A FORT.
Negro Slayer in the South Wounds
Three Deputies.

Montgomery, Alabama. - Barricad-
ed in a cabin Thomas Benson, a
negro, who had killed Peter Foils, an
other black, fought off three deputy
sherifs and a white chauffeur. wound.
ing all four. The fight ragged for an
hour. One of the officers under cover
of the others fire, set the cabin ablaze.
When the barricaded negro was driv-
en- out by flames, he was , .ot to
death.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

Bugs r asserted to have damaged
the peach crop to the extent of 8 ,000.-
000. II bugs and frosts did not keep
the peach crop down the produce com
b~inations would be dumping the fruit
into the tver next summer.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
No Fool Like an Old Fool.

New York, N. Y. - General Thorn.
as l.. james, who was postmaster gen.
eral under President Garfield, has just
married the fourth time. He is over
so years old. The bride, who was
Mrs. Florence Gaffney, is just half
the bridegroom's age.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
Brewery Employees Strike.

Milwaukee, Wis. = approximately
500 brewery employees, embracing sew
eral trades, including carpenters, mill
wrights, electrical workers, painters.
and metal workers went on strike for
an increase In wages. Five breweries
are involved.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
HERO OF INDIAN WARS DIES.
Fred E. Server Succumbs to Heart
Failure at Grow Agency, Mont.

Crow Agency.-Fred s. Server, one
of the pioneer Indian fighters, who
came to Montana in 1869, died here
of a sudden attack of heart trouble,
following a brief illness. A large dele
cation of Masons from Billings attend
ed the %obsequies, the body being laid
to rest in the Custer Massacre battle
field,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

The latest fad taken up by Washing.
ton society girls Is learning how to
cook. And how with eager and ad-
miring commentator will that fad be
net by the self-corstituted critics Of
much-abusei femininity!
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

Now arises a historian to a that
Columbus vas an impostor. It has al
ready been denied that Queen Isabella
pawned her jewels. and 1t may be that
In future generations George Washing
ten win be proclaimed a myth.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

A French aviacor few 20s miles in
l32 minutes. When n can fy at
more than 80 miles an hour. and carry
- persons safely. the possibilities OF
human flight In heayier-than-air ma
chimes become simply unlimited.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

Al a dance given in New York the
hort wore a live snake wound around
him. Opinion as to the individuality
OF this sort Of decoration was prob
ably freely given by the guests on
Sober thought
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
700 Students vaccinated.

Columbia. Missouri. - 700 stu.
dents of the University of Missouri
we're vaccinated here following an or
der that u~nvaccinated persons would
not be allowed to attend classes.
Twelve cases Of smallpox have DIP.
naaYa5
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
WAR DEPT. CHIEF MENTIONS
BUSINESS AS HIS REASON
FOR %RESlGNING.
STIMSON Is SUCCESSOR
Rumors of Friction Heard.-The APP
pointments in New York Re-
garded as a Political.
Move.

Washington, d. G. Secretary of
War Jacob McVavock Dickinson of
Tennessee, the Democratic member
of President Taft's cabinet, has re-
signed. Henry L. Stimson of New
York, recently defeated Republican
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

Velvet trouser cuffs will be the rage
this summer, according to a report
from New York. II the style ever is
adopted It will behoove mere man to
maintain a deep silence on the sub
feet Of the harem skirt.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

S~ixty-seven vessels arrive In Chi
cago daily during the navigation sea-
son. This does not include the gaso-
line launch that comes in at the end
OF a towline after having gone dead
four miles out
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

The "pasha" skirt is the latest. You
can make n By sewing two -four
sacks together down to a little below
the middle and punching holes
through the bottoms. Try 1t. We
haven't time.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
Arden Workshop Burned.

Arden. New York. - Lightning
struck a large workshop on the estate
of the late e. H. Hartman, starting :
fire which destroyed the shop and a
stable. The loss Is about 500, 900.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
Berkshire Fires Out.

Millers Falls. Massachusetts,. = A
heavy shower extinguished the forest
fires which have been burning in this
region. The loss is estimated at
500, 900.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

The author OK q book entitled How
to Be Happy" recently tried to poison
himself because he thinks his life has
been a failure. Evidently his bool
was one also.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

II is estimated that Americans will
pay $4,000, 600 Tor seats from which to
view the coronation pageant. England
certainly Is getting q rich revenge for
Its.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

The sensible masculine view would
b. that there is no objection to wom-
es cutting on the divided skirt SO long
a. they 10 not t-y to make the men
wear the discarded petticoat-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
A Maybray Man Sentenced.

Des Moines, Iowa.-James Griffin,
member of the Maybray gang of SWIM
dlers who pleaded guilty, was sent
enced to four months in the Warren
county Jail.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
Train Hits Wagon; Two Perish.

Sioux City. Iowa.-Two persons
we're killed and four injured. two SER
iously. in a remarkable accident on the
Chicago. st. Paul. Minneapolis and
Omaha railroad ear Lyons. Neb.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

Physical culture is a great thing
Princeton is planning a stadium where
10000 persons can sit and watch ath-
letic contests.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

A goat in Kentucky is charged with
eating important state documents.
Probably looking for inside informa-
ton.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

The raglan overcoat is coming back
into style. We have not. after a dill
gent inquiry. been able to find out
why.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

It is said that 100000 Americans
will spend $25, 600, 900 in seeing that
King George gets his crown on
straight.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

Victor Herbert says that Chicago is
the musical center or the country.
Probably because nearly every man
there blows his W horn.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

With two explorers at the south
pole. the objective points for future
expeditions may actually lead to
pleasant spots.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

and is a close friend of Vice Presi-
dent Sherman and other leaders of
the old guard in the state, having sue
ceeded Mr.. Sherman in the house
dent
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

Fifteen hundred dollars for a win.
dow o N the route of the coronation
parade In London! How much for a
knot-hole?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

An American girl is said to have
paid $500 for a handkerchief in
Paris the other day. She must be
getting ready for the hay fever e IA
son.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

A Chicago real estate nan says that
a fiat is nc place for babies anyway.
Or monographs or piano players,
either.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

The Oriental nations do not seem to
feel complimented by the adoption
elsewhere of the harem skirt.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

Beans are now rivals in Boston on
sleeping porches In the prevention OF
tuberculosis.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

Tan shoes are going out Of fashion
again. The trouble is they decline to
retain their original color.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

Wrestling is the latest fad Of Boston
girls. 1t is good for the figure and
the complexion.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

That Camorra trial, from the de
scription must somewhat resemble
an agitated zoo.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

We couldn't imagine a safer place
to hide a pocket than in a harem
skirt.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

According to an eastern Judge a
street piano is a vehicle. OF music?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18

The trouble with the harem skirt 1t
will bag at the knees.