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Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-19

In Chile the most mischievous plants are
our very useful oats and white clover A
ootanist writing from the interior ~
Chile says "on the way from Traisnan
TO Angel one sees great fields. several
acres in extent, thickly covered with oats
among which no other plants appear This
crop has not been sown by men, but il
spontaneous growth OF beared oats
from southern Europe called tiatina hy
the Chileans
The common white clover il also
spreading more and more in Chile and
suppressing native plants as II goes As
European man has driven out the native
American man, so European plants drive
out those indigenous TO the soil"
During the last few years a beginning
has been made in England OF the cult.
walton OF the Chinese soap tree" This
tree is very useful TO the Chinese; the
soft substance inside the pod being used
for washing the face by Chinese women
They do not tell us what the Chinese
men make use Of for this purpose
The seeds Of the tree are strung to
gether and made into a sort OF "chain-
armor undershirt" for wearing next 70
the skin in summer by the coolies.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-19

doesn't it II strike YOU that us a pretty
long jump from the Brown baby to the
principle of equal pay for teachers? Why
didn't you drag in the binominal formula
or the fourth dimension to prove your
point? You're way off as IN why men
prefer boy children. ANYHOW It's not for
selfish reasons at all. It's because a man
feels that a boy can rough it-that, no
matter what kind OF a predicament he
gets in, he can ALWAYS land on his feet
Now, a girls different. She has TO be
protected cared for man can die
without a cent and know that his boy
will make good If he has the right stuff
in him
"A girl will do lust the same If she's
Hopeful Housewife
And then she added. in a milder man
ner: There are lots of othar reasons for
preferring girls. Girls are urettier than
boys, and you can buv such lovely
clothes for th"m. And thew take such
lovely cute photosraphs. and you don't
have TO cut their hair. was talking to
Mrs. Brown about 1t TODAY when went
over 20 see the baby
We'll" INTERRUPTED the Commuter. Il
guess it's up to me to 20 over and buy
old Brown a drink"
Yes" the Hopeful Housewife assented
Il guess IT is. but remember when rovaI
children are born thew fire twenty-one
guns for bow and only about Ralf as
many for a girl Don't let Mr.. Brown
forget that he's only celebrating a girl
bahv."
Copyright, 1911. by New York Herald Coz
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-19
Woman Arrested for Witchcraft

In a recent issue the Philadelphia
Ledger tells of a woman being hailed into
court at Allentown, Pa. on the charge
OF being a witch. What makes the case
still more remarkable is that this case
was not an accidental and sporadic In
stance Of superstition, but apparently
| symptom Of a state OF mind which is al
most universal in eastern Pennsylvania.
Neither the witch herself nor the people
who caused her arrest seemed to see any
thing unusual about the proceedings
| brought against her. None of her neigh
bors did, and yet the community in
which she lived was not a back country
district but a busy and populous neigh
borhood. in big wlde-awake and thor
oughly modern city. And the prisoner
was kept in Jail forty-eight hours
The woman was Meta zimmerman a
New York dressmaker who had gone to
J Allentown TO start a sort of Kneipp san
itarium. She believed in various theories
Of the kind which the frivolous minded
termed crank" That Of itself would
have been enough to convict her of
witchcraft in the eyes Of her new neigh
bors at Allentown. The very idea of such
a thing suggested the weaving Of spells
So, the first time Meta was seen walking
barefooted in early morning her case
was permanently diagnosed.
However, she did not leave her neigh
bors with merely this evidence. She car
| ried a little pocket electric light and
sometimes on dark night she would pull
this out and use it-say for some such
purpose as to read the number on the
street door Of some house she was look
ing for.
So there were now two counts in the
indictment, and the evidence was almost
overwhelming.
First-She wove spells BY walking bare
footed through the grass at dawn.
Second-she cast spells by throwing a
witch light on houses at dead Of night
She was lodging with the family Of
George Kipp. A young couple by the
name OF Sober also lived In the house.
II was the male Sober, John by name
who brought things 70 a crisis. He was
seized one night with what he iubse-
quently called "a terrible pain in my
stomach"
That was enough. All the suspicious
circumstances OF Mrs. Immerman's case
flashed at once 20 the minds OF the So
bers and the Kipps Then a new and still
more damning thing was remembered.
which was that Miss zimmerman lived on
nuts and raw eggs. 1t was obvious to
them that she was living on a witch s
diet
They did not proceed TO extrsmitiss at
once. Kipp relied on a charm he had put
over HIS door to keep witches away.
sober's pain, however. was too real and
too severe for him TO wait for results
His wife advised him 20 lose no time. but
10 so and see a witch doctor right away.
Fortunately. one Of the best witch doc
tirs in Allentown, lived right across the
street. George Kistler by name and sober
at once consulted him. No" said Sober
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-19
Lorettas Looking Glass a T a' q. s Ss Sieve s

There Is nothing funnier nor more foolish
than the effort Of a well-meaning man 10
correct the folly Of a girl who is not wei
meaning
Your boss sent for you. You entered
his private office with the smiling indif-
ference which you assume in order TO
impress him with the fact that you are
neither fearful nor overawed. The oc-
casien demands no such acting He sends
for his employees 10 instruct them about
the business. But you, because you are a
girl. inject into the experience something
apart from business.
Miss Blank you are new to business
life, believe he begins, and he is OBJ
viously fighting with his own disposition
70 send you out without completing the
purpose with which he summoned you.
Would you-that Is. would it incon-
venience you toto wear long sleeves in
the office" he manages to ask
Certainly not, you respond with a
frigidity that notifies him that you con-
slider yourself insulted.
Thank you" he responds. and turns
to his desk, the disgust with girls in
business rioting through him. It seizes
every man who tries to eliminate what
does not advantage his business and
really harms the girls in 1t TO be treated
as II he were an ogre.
You sail out Of the room. You rage
inwardly at the weakness of men who
cannot see a girls arm barred to the
elbow without thinking other than bust
ness thoughts You utterly misunder-
stand kindness. and you do more to
complcate the position OF girls in the
business world than all the men whom
they are associated ever can. You de-
fend your short sleeves with the asser-
ton that they save washing. They do
But at an expense of something else.
The world does half its thinking with
its eyes. The impression OF an office
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-19

afterward. he didn't give me any medi-
cine. He Just closed his eyes and asked
me II I felt as though somebody was
clutching at my sides. That was just how
l felt and l told him so, and lie closed
his eyes again and seemed to go into a
trance. Then he said: Young man, some
woman has cast spell over you said
Do you mean a witch?' He closed his
eyes again. and said that was Just how
people were bewitched
Il came home and told my wife, ana
she said right away II must be Miss I'M
norman. Then knew when Il was that
she had cast her spell, She had asked
me to help carry her trunk to the third
floor. OF course I obliged her, and as
l took it up the stairs she kept her eyes
fastened on me steadily instead of look
ing at the trunk. didn't think anything
Of IL at the time, but now know that IL
was then she was casting the spell
kistler. the ''pov-wow" doctor. never
charged Miss zimmerman with witchcrart.
1t seems that hex" doctors never give
names They simply diagnose the case
as any other doctor would do. and dis
cover the bewitehing from the symptoms
So Kistler had merely diagnosed the case
as one Of witchcraft, and II was the So
osrs who settled on Miss zimmerman as
the witch.
The Allentown authorities felt IL was
necessary TO get Miss zimmerman out OF
Allentown and back to New York, where
she is now and where she can weave her
spells with impunity and even ride a
broom II she can find a good steady nag
OF that kind. Miss zimmerman took the
hint and FASTENED back TO her infidel and
materialistic town. where. II there are
people who believe in witchcraft. there
is at least no great danger Of getting ar
rested for practicing It.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-19
Tabloid of Wisdom

Bitter pills are silded
Avariee Is the spur OF industrs,
Dignity increases more easily tran Il
begins
Things sweet to taste prove in digestion
sour.
Nothing emboldens sin so much az
mercy.
Who moves picks up who stands still
dries up
Many things difficult to design prove
easy OF performance
All men commend patience. although
few be willing 10 practice IL.
lis said that TO dream 81 a whit.
horse is sign that you are galng TO ts-
come rich.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-19

Plants growing near the sea have
thicker leaves than those growing inland
Apparently the sea salt is the cause OF
this PHENOMENON, as plants cultivated ir
artificially sailed soil yield thicker
leaves
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-19

The air is so pure in the Polar regions.
so free from harmful microbes, that
throat and lung diseases are unknown
there. The region is also entirely free
from contagious maladies
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-19

Francis Furgler, a recluse, died near
Burlington, N. j., January 49, IT'S, after
living twenty-five years without fire in
an oven-like cell.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-19

In some cantons of Switzerland all the
dead, rich as well as the poor. are buried
at the public expense.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-19
Nubs of knowledge

eminent men and women were taken as
basis, and their duration of life gives an
average of about sixty eight and a half
years.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-19

A ton of steel made into hairsprings for
watches is worth more than twelve times
the value Of the same weight Of pure
gold
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-19

decoy domesticated horses from their
masters, and seem eager to welcome
them
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-19

The wild horses of Arabia will not ad-
nit a tame horse among them, while the
wild horses Of South Africa endeavor 10
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-19

The world receives sufficient heat from
the sun in year TO melt a coat of ice
forty-six feet thick all over the globe.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-19

Brain workers are proved by statistics
to be long lived. Five hundred and thirty
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-19

Godongvana, Zulu chief. formed a cell
bate army in 1875.
The Washington times., 1911-10-27
Financiers Hold ,
Secret Conference In
J. P. Morgan's Library

NEW YORK. Oct. N.-A roundup of
the group Of financial giants composing
the guiding forces Of the Steel trust IN
an effort to servo them with the eopy
Of tho dissolution suit which the United
States Government nled against the
''Billion Dollar Trust in tho Federal
Court Of Trenton. N. j.. yesterday, was
started in this city. Tho task of serv-
g. Marshal Woodbury. Snowden, Of
Trenton. He and his agents planned
first TO serve J. Pierpont Morgan and
Andrew Carnegie. John d. Rockefeller.
John. n. Rockefeller, 3r., Charles NJ
schwtub, Henry Frick, and others Of
their muiti-millionaire associates with
copies Of the bill In the Governments
|. Judge r. H. Gary, chairman of the
board of directors and the actual head
Of the trust, was the first man served.
He was handed a copy of the bill In the
Waldorf Astoria Hotel last night. He
the suit through the medium of a sub
poena.
Preliminary stands for the giant cor
oration's fight for life were made at
a secret meeting held last night in the
famous library of ]. Pierpont Morgan.
where so many vast financial deals
have been put through All those who
took part in the conference reached the
house in closed carriages or automo-
biles and succeeded in concealing their
identity to the outsiders who saw them
enter. The gathering did not break
up until an early hour this morning.
Marshal Snowden was under instruc-
uons to secure aid of the marshals of
this city for serving the notices. The
services Of the entire stan Of United
The Washington times., 1911-10-27
Judge In Steel Case
Noted For Impartial ]
Rulings On The Trusts

TRENTON. N. J.. Oct N.-Judec
William M. Lanning, before whom the
steel trust case has been started here,
has long been known for his calm ju-
dicial mind and his impartial rulings
In all matters, especially matters in
volving the trusts. He was advanced to
the circuit court from the district court
bench after serving = term In Con-
sress and after occupying several miner
judicial positions here. @
Born In New Jersey, not far from hts
present homo, tn this city, some sixty
five years ago, Judge Lanntnx hss
never lived In any other State, although
he is now required to spend part Of his
time in Philadelphia, where he sits IN
tho United States chambers, He has
recently returned from a trip abroad,
having spent the summer in Europe
with his family, accompanied part o.
the time by Judge Joseph Cross. p
former associate on the district court
bench,
In addition to the fame which he has
achieved AZ a Congressman and tuyast,
Judge Lanning II also noted because Of
the work he has done for the Prcsoy-
terian church. Of which he y an officAa1
member. He has had largely to do
with the effort to consolidate the North
orn and Southern branches OF the Pres
byterian church and has also served on
CONTINUED on Pare Nfnetosh.)
The Washington times., 1911-10-27

L. T. Nichols. and J. H. Gruber are
named as trustees in connection with
the companies.
The vast earnings Of the steel corpo-
ration. arc set forth. From 1902 to 1910
they amounted In round numbers to
sssO,oop.00o. or practically a billion dol
lars.
In one way or another. the petition al
leges, the combination got control Of
coal, coke. iron and transportation"
Detailing the system Of interlocking
Cirectorates, tire petition says that they
embraced almost all the commercial
and financial power Of the country"
Morgan's Holdings.
The number of directorships held by
leading figures in steel 10 given. j. p.
Morgan n described as on ffty-one Ill
rectorates OF companies interested In
many forms of activity.
TIE famous Gary dinners, where In
terchanges as to prices Of commodities
occurred. are set forth as a part OF the
Government hill.
The things averred In the bill arc
ba6edN On the estigation lasting Sow
erai years, of the Bureau Of Corpora
tions, en- the inquiries Of the Stanley
committee, and on the investigatlons Of
the Department Of Justice itself. That
tho Administration has stolen the thun
Ger Of the Stanley committee is appar-
ent .... o. .. s..
The Washington times., 1911-10-27

very valuable. Next to the corporation
the Tennessee company had the iarg-
est coal and ore properties I'm the United
states of any steel concern A conf
petftor was removed. The eerporation.
In Its report to it's stockholders of this
purchase, said that the terms Of pur-
chase were satisfactory. both as to
price and manner OF payment; that the
sSt to the @ s eorporseon Sspss ena tsat os tho
tennessee property was very valuable y
The President was not made fully
acquainted with the state of AFFAIRS in
New York. relevant to the transaction,
advised he would have known that a
desire to stop the panic was not the sole
moving cause, but that there was also
the desire and purpose to acquire tho
assumed position OF potential competi-
tion Of great Significance. The President
taken as he was partially into conf
dence, and moved by his appreciation Of
necessity for applying what was repre-
sented to him to be the only known
remedy, stated that he did not feel It
to be- his. duty to prevent the transact
Two long paragraphs of the petition
ore devoted to the large sums paid the
Carnegie Steel Company. The petition
refers 20 the option which II. c. Ertck
s%S Sn and sns ;sas tSss RsSDsrt a
refused 10 purchase at that price.
Another section OF the petition dcait
NTH the expenditures Of earnings of the
charges % that from "a ;soo Soo coo to ,.,o co.. co.,.
900 has been invested in extensions by
the corporation to strengthen It's grip on
The Steel trust has more stockholders
than any ether corporation In the world.
Its books show approximately 10o. 400
stockholders. ard It Is estimated that
this number would be swelled to 150, 90
of shares held by Investment companies.
especially abroad. were sClit up among
the holders Of thcir certificates.
The Defendants Named.
The individual defendants named in
the suit are.T
J. Pierpont Morgan, John d. Rookie
feilcr, Andrew Carnegie. Charles NJ
schwab. George w. Perkins, 4. H.
Gary. John d. Rockefeller. jr.. Henry
Clay Frick. Charles Steele. James Gay
ley. William H. Moore. +. G. Converse.
J. II. Moore, Percival Roberts. jr.,
Daniel @. Reid. Norman B. Ream. p. A.
B. Widener. william Palmer.
ants:
United States Steel Corporation. Car
negie Steel Company, Carnegie Steel
Company Of New Jersey. Federal Steel
Company National Steel Company,
American Steel and, Wire Company OF
New Jersey, National Tube Company,
Shelby Tube Company, American Tin
Plate Company, American Sheet and
Tin Plate Company. American Sheet
/ Company. American Bridge Company.
Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines.
All the foregoing were organized un-
! der the laws Of the State Of New Jer-
! sey.
The II. F. Frick Coke Company.
\ Tennessee Coal and Iron Company.
Great Western Mining Company. Louis
W. Hill, James N. Hill. Walter ]. Hill.
The Washington times., 1911-10-27
CASCARFTS CLEANSE
LIVER and BOWELS
No Biliousness, Headache, Sick, Sour
Stomach, Indigestion, Costed
Tongue or Constellation.

FurTed Tongue, Bad Taste, Indigee-
ton, Sallow Skin and Miserable Head
aches come from a torpid liver sTffl
clogged bowels, which cause your
stomach to become filed with undf-
gested food. which sours and ferments
like garbage In a swt!l barrel, That's
the first step to untold misery-indi-
gestion. gases, bad breath. yellow
skin, mental fears. everything that is
horrible and nauseating. Cascaret
tonight will give yon a thorough cleans-
ing inside and straighten you out by
morning, They. work while you sleep.
keep you feeling good for months. MI
lions Of men and women take a CaS-
caret now and then to keep their ston-
ach. liver and bowels regulated. and
never know 4 miserable moment. Don't
FORGET the children-tEeir little insides
need a good. gentle cleansing, too.
The Washington times., 1911-10-27

politics. and slice Of the credit. The
department Is Republican, not regarded
as wholly averse to political advance
nhent and their agree ment on pro-
the Stanley committee Is very doubtful
indeed.
Stanley's Long Crusade.
Mr.. Stanley Is not in Washington
today. He has been for years fsht-
ing to get an investigation Of the
Steel corporation, and when the
House went Democratic. he won and
became head Investigator. Much tes-
timony was adduced from Judge
Gary, George w. Perkins, Oakleigh
witnesses. that was used In giving
direction to the pleadings of the Gov
ernment in It's petition.
The story Of the
is that secured by the Stanley COM
mtttee. Likewise. the petitions mar
rstive and allegations about the
deyeiyoped sgy enfeT before the a committee ''0s
The theory about "interlacing, di.
rectorates" the Capitalization of
power over widespread corporate In
terests by reason of limited group
developed sby Louis
ID. Brandeis In an effective way in
his fight against the increases OF
railroad rates last winter. i was
and his committee. and Is adopted
into the Dickinson petition.
Blow Falls At Last.
The long-threa,ened blow at the
United States Steel Corporation fell late
yesterday afternoon when a brief an
nouncement from the Department Of
Justice conveyed the news that.a,iit had
been filed In the United statcs .,ircuit
court, at Trenton. N. j., to dissolve the
combination and ITS chief subsidiaries.
The charge against the steel corpora
tion and the principal subsidiary combi-
nations that enter into II Is that they
are in restraint Of trade and guilty Of
attempted monopoly under the Sherman
antitrust law. In bringing the suit, the
Government has proceeded with careful
attention to the recent decisions of tho
cases.
With secrccy almost unprecedented.
the Department of Justice completed
the preparation OF It's case against the
steel corporation, this billion and a half
combination. the worlds greatest asyre-
CATION OF canital When the news that
suit was filed was given out at the de-
partnent, 1t caught official Washington
NY surprise. Likewise II was a surprise
to mach Of the financial world. though
the Efforts CT the steel corporation to
get rid OF Its ore properties recently
Indicate that insiders had keen pre-
moniticn Of what WAS coming.
Biggest Suit Thus Far.
The suit is the greatest one under the
Sherman law the Government has un-
dertaken. The petition was filed by Dis
trict Attorney Vrecland at Trenton. The
Officials who signed 1t were Attorney
General Wickershar. Mr.. Vreelani and
Jacob M. Dickinson, former Secretary
OF War. who for the past two months
has been working on the case as special
counsel for the Government
Solicitor General Lehinann has done
the great bulk Of the work in tn. prcpa-
ration OF the case, Though his nimo Is
not signed to the petition.
Sweeping Charges Made.
The Governments petition is a conf
rsratively brief. compact document
Every effort has been made to condenss
the charges against the steel CORPORA
tion. its subsidiaries and the chief ig-
uIes concerned In 1t into coucise form.
The charges made are of the most
The Washington times., 1911-10-27
Stocks Unable Withstand Shock Of Federal Suit Prices Sag; Market Nervous

States deputy marshals in this city was
placed at the disposal Of snowden.
A second service will be made In the
form Of q subpoena for the defendant 10
answer to the Government complaint st
Trenton on the frst Monday in Decens-
ber.
The Washington times., 1911-10-27
Sweeping Charges Made.

The Governments petition is a COM
rsratively brief. compact document.
Every effort has been made to condens,
the charges against the steel CORPORA
tion, Its subsidiaries and the chief fg-
VI es concerned In 1t into coucise form.
The charges made are of the most
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-26
MAYOR ELDER WILL
Be INVITED TO
OPEN SEASON
Initial Game in Albuquerque
Will Happen on Sunday,
May Z; Santa Fe to Oppose
the Grays,

The baseball season 10 NHHlupQuc
VIII bc formally ma5suau,d u sun.
dan Mas g. when thC Santa D.. ciup.
from tho Ancient Ci' aud tb, Albu-
qucrauc Grd>s viii meet uu tho Tfac.
tlon Park diamond Manager Danirt
Padilla ul ibe Gra's arranged tn the
opening game with Santa Fr over Tho
long distance telephone odaN Man.
aeer Padllla has also extended ln in.
Ni,ation 90 Mayor John "a Elder 30
pitch the first bah of h. on Ming
game The matoi has indicated mia
Willingness 40 oiiiciall, upon th sea.
son. AMI society viii hhot bo out boz
force 10 Witness Mr. fldars attempts
~ slab work
The Santa r. baseball team win
present a united 'front.' maj, s,dsun
For several seasons past ;hrrt have
peon Two teams In The field ia santa
Fo. both scrapping each other anl rc.
using to recognize each Other as a
bali club This year he differences
have been forgotten aud qualIels
patched up and the santa Pc baseball
cinh That comes here on MAY : viii hc
me best the Ancient City has had in
many wears
Bis Chlet Dan padilla has his mon
oul on the lol every evening ana th.N
VII Dee ~ splendid shape ton ,hO gam,
with Santa Pc