davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-20
MONETARY BOARD BEGINS
FINAL ROUND OF HEARINGS

Washington, Oct 15.-The begin
ming of the end of the work Of the
national monetary commission will
be marked by meetings which will
open in New York today. These, like
those in other cities, are to afford
final opportunity to financial and
commercial bodies to be heard on
the Aldrich reserve plan before the
presentation of the commissions re-
port.
Following the New York hearings
the commission will go West, the
tour including Chicago, st. Louis, st.
Paul, Minneapolis, Denver, San Fran
cisco and Seattle. Work on the
final preparation of the report will be
at Washington in December.
The report will indorse the Aldrich
currency plan, and it is believed 1t
will be signed by all members of the
commission.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-20
Who own. Shetland islander

Who owns SnetIano leI1noeY
It is not perhaps generally known
that an opinion expressed half humor-
ously, by Lord Salvesen at the OPEN
ing of the Morse Gallery In the Scot
fish exhibition in Glasgow with re-
gard to the ownership Of the Orkney
and Shetland islands Is fortified by
very high authority. His lordship.
speaking as a lawyer: is not sure
whether the islands do not belong to
Norway still, and thinks that legally
the crown of Norway, II prepared to
pay the money for which they were
pledged, with interest "for three hum
dred years." would be entitled to re-
deem them. AS matter Of fact. pleni-
potentiaries assembled at Breda In
1866 Ca couple Of centuries after the
islands had come into the possession
Of the Scottish crown) decided not
only that the right Of redemption had
not then been barred by the lapse Of
time. but that it was imprescribable.
The islands were pledged In 1853. p
that interest Is due for nearly four
and half centuries.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-20
SEATTLE MILK WINS
AT NATIONAL CONVENTION

Seattle, Oct. 14.-Seattle milk has
taken first prizes against the entire
United States at the national dairy
convention at milwaukee.
Milk Inspector Gus Henderson,
who is now at the convention, yes
terday wired his chief, DIR. J. E.
Crichton, commissioner of health,
that Seattle milk got first prize for
best market milk and first prize for
best certified milk, with Seattle
dairyman winning second place in
the milk dealers class.
At last years show in Chicago Sc
attic milk stood fifth on the list The
best market milk in the United States
was that produced by Zeeuu broth
sers, who supply this city. The best
certified milk came from Orting
brothers dairy, in the White river
valley. A Kristoferson got second
place in the milk dealers class.
There were 215 exhibitors of milk
at the show. The samples came
from every part of the United States.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-20
SECRETARY FISHER WILL
DEFINE ALASKA POLICY.

Seattle, Oct. IA Post-Intelli-
gencer special from Washington says:
Secretary Of the Interior Fisher,
who has arrived in Washington from
his Alaska trip, will not wait until
the converting of congress to make
known his exact views as to the best
policy to follow regarding Alaska,
but will give notice of them at an
early. date in public speech. He said:
81 have come back to Washington
with very decided views on the coal
and transportation questions in
Alaska. Although I talked to the
Seattle people more freely than to
any one else regarding my trip to
the North, / did not make any defin-
tie statement as to what would
recommend to congress in that line.
"However, plan to discuss this
thoroughly at an early date. / am
having slight trouble with my throat
Just at present, but may be able to
speak at the National Mine Safety
convention In Pittsburg, October ~,
and il SO / will take that occasion
to explain my Alaska convictions to
the public.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-20
BAR POLITICAL DISCUSSION
AT GOOD ROADS MEETING

Spokane, Oct. 16.-Political dis
cussions of any kind will be barred
at the annual convention of the Wash
ington State Good Roads association
in Wenatchee, October 10 to Fl, ii
the delegates adopt resolution to be
offered by Frank w. Guilbert, vice
president and secretary of the Spo-
kane County Good Roads association,
who announced today that not less
than twelve delegates of this county
will be in attendance at the meeting.
Mr.. Guilbert said:
Good roads men from all parts OF
the state will be at Wenatchee, the
residents of which promise the visit
ors a good time. / hope, for the
good of the cause, that the time will
not be occupied with airing sectional
or state politics, as was the case at
Walla Walla year ago. If l am
at the meeting I shall try to have
resplution entertained and passed
forbidding any political discussions
by any one on penalty Of being
thrown out of the meeting.
ITO obtain results all good roads
men in the State of Washington must
work hard, earnestly and harmoni-
ously to find the best means of &C
complishing lasting benefits.
Zone thing I hope the meeting
will consider carefully is mainte-
nance. At present we have no main
tenance laws, under which condition
it seems almost folly to construct
expensive roads. The moment a
highway is completed proper main
tenance should be provided for it.
Another thing of Importance, and
often lightly considered in these
good roads meetings, is treatment
of ordinary, or earth roads, which
comprise at least 90 per cent of the
mileage of all the roads in the coun-
try.
Still another thing worthy of dis
cussion is whether as good results
are obtained in counties under town
ship organization as in the counties
which do not operate under this sys-
tenn"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-20
PRESIDENT TURNS EARTH
FOR PANAMA EXPOSITION

San Francisco, Oct. 14.-Under
conditions that were almost ideal
ground was broken here today for the
Pacific Exposition of 1915, that is to
commemorate the opening of the
Panama canal. President Taft lifted
the frs spadeful of black earth from
the ground on which a few years
from now the exposition buildings
will rise; Madame Lillian Nordica
sang her greeting and more than
100000 persons filled the great sta
dunn in Golden Gate park to witness
the ceremony in memory of what
Mr.. Taft and other speakers called
''The greatest engineering feat the
world has ever seen, the Panama
canal. =
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-20
PHILIPPINE GOVERNOR
BREAKS RICE COMBINE

Washington, Oct. 16.-"Trust
busting" has spread to the Philip
pines, where Gov. Gen. Forbes has
blocked a combination of rice trad
ers. Suspecting the combination. Mr..
Forbes arranged for an adequate sup
ply of American corn to replace the
rice, and for the purchase of cargo
of rice in bulk in Indo-China, and
for its sale at cost to the famine
threatened natives.
AS soon as the rice traders found
that the Philippine government was
entering into competition with them
they began to reduce prices, and Gov.
Forbes has cabled that the figure
will soon be at normal price.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-20
ADVOCATES COURT TO FIX
PRICE ON TRUST PRODUCTS

seattle, Oct. 14-The POst-Intel-
nsencer says: Bernard S. Rodney,
united States district attorney at
->oHe, who is now in Seattle, was
one OF the first advocates if not the
oflsinator of the latest and most
s'ilKlng plan for the regulation of
trusts and the sale of trust con-
Uolled products court of maxi
humm prices.
MI Rodney was delegate in con-
sress from New Mexico from 1900
~ lso6. Later he was federal judge
III Forto Rico and little more than
year ago was appointed United
states attorney at Nome. Judge Rod
-'eS Is one of the best informed men
vi territorial law in the country.
More than a year ago he wrote an
81 ucle on the court of miximum
pilces and circulated it privately. Re
.en'iy the plan which he advocated
men and which had been in his mind
.or years, has attracted national at
tention.
neheves Combines Necessary.
'uoge Rodney believes that bust
NESS NESS combinations are necessary and
t tna' the old saying that scompeti-
~ ,.on is the life of trade is a fallacy
n;. uioer to keep the avaricious trusts
.. bounds, he proposes to have
m ign court or commission set the
aa aAimum price on the commodities
oo on'lolled by them. If this is un.
no ns'l'utional at present, Judge Rod.
would amend the constitution.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-20
poo That Guarded . Cat.

When my dog was puppy ] got .
little kitten to keep him company.
They got to be good friends. but a.
they got older the cat seemed to think
abe could take care Of herself.
When the cat climbed q tree 1t
seemed to puzzle the dog. and he
would stand below the tree and look
ND at the cat and then at me. - II
trying to understand how the cat
could get ND into the tree while he
had to stay on the ground.
When evening came the dog would
hunt up the cat and carry her to the
kennel where they slept at night Tho
dog kept one Of his forelegs over the
cat. and there she had to stay until
morning. At last the cat was killed.
but / have the dog yet.-Fur News.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-20
ELECTRICAL TRUST BACKBONE
DECLARED TO BIZ BROKEN

Washington, Oct. l2.-By the
sweeping decree entered in the
United States circuit court at Toledo
the backbone of the so-called cleo
trical trust was broken, and in the
judgment of Attorney General Wick
ersham the government was equipped
with precedents Of genuine value in
it's prosecution of commercial COM
binations forbidden by the Sherman
law.
Meeting the governments charges
that the trust controlled the electric
lamp business of the country, regu-
lating by agreement prices at which
all lamps were sold, the decree sew
ers all relationship between the Gen
eral Electric Company and the Ma
tional Electric Lamp Company. The
latter concern and all it's subsidiaries
are ordered dissolved.
The important principle was laid
down, according to the attorney gen.
eral, that once lamp Is sold by q
manufacturer, the price at which II
is resold by a dealer or jobbed must
be open to free competition.
Defendants Acquiesce.
The decree was acquiesced In by
the defendant companies, and this
gives the government the moral Ger.
tainty that there will be no appeal
After the supreme courts decision in
the Standard Oil and Tobacco cases
Mr.. Wickersham said the electrical
companies expressed willingness to
withdraw their original answers and
submit to a decree.
The matter was considered by the
department of justice and the attor.
neys of the defendants throughout
the summer, the decree which was
filed today being evolved as satisfac'
tory to the government.
Similar DEGREES against other com.
binations are likely to follow shortly
with the acquiesence of the defend
ant concerns.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-20
Sherman Scores Pfnchot.

. Sturgis, Mich, Oct. 14.-The con-
servation policies of former Chief
Forester Clifford Pinchot were criti-
cised by Vice President Sherman in
an address at the opening of the new
municipal hydro-electric power plant.
The keynote of his address was that
the present generation should utilize
natural forces and let the succeed
ing generation use its wits to make
existence comfortable.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-20
Experiment With Grapes.

Puyallup, Oct. 16.-Several varie-
ties of grapes grown on the upland
at the Western Washington expert
ment station were picked last week.
Some had ripened, but others prob
ably never would have matured. The
result, with these new vines, is said
to indicate that the crop would not
be of any commercial Importance,
but that it would be possible to grow
certain varieties for home use.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-20
10 Buy scale Tester.

Olmypia, Oct. 4 Clyde 3. Atch-
ison. Of the Oregon railroad commits
sion. il Id Olympia for the purpose
Of closing up the deal whereby the
.Washington and Oregon commissions
VIII purchase Jointly scale testing
car to be used IN the two states.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-20
RESOLUTIONS FAVOR
La TOILETTE
WISCONSIN SENATOR PUT FOR
WARD BY PROGRESSIVE
CONFERENCE.
Resolutions Framed by Former Sec
rotary Garfield Said to Express
ROosevelt's Views-Nomination by
Direct Primary Favored.


progressive Republicans, in their first
national conference, Endorsed the can
didacy of Senator Robert NJ. La Fol-
lette, of Wisconsin, for president and
declared for direct primary as a
means for the expression of presi-
Dental choice
The Endorsement came in the shape
OF resolutions framed in part by for
mer Secretary of the Interior James
r. Garfield, who, it was held by the
delegates, appeared as expressing the
views of Theodore Roosevelt and who
1t was feared would not consent to a
declaration in favor of any individual.
La FOllette's Name Cheered.
The resolutions followed a day Of
La Toilette enthusiasm in which his
name was cheered repeatedly as it
was mentioned by a dozen speakers.
The resolutions were framed by a
subcommittee of five from commit
tee of thirteen and revised by former
Secretary Garfield and Representative
Irvine l.. Lenroot, of Wisconsin. AS
finally adopted, they read in part:
I'VE favor the entertainment of
the choice of Republican voters as to
candidates for president by a direct
primary vote, held in each state pur-
suant to the statute, and where no
such statute exists we urge that the
Republican state committee provide
that the people be given the right to
express their choice for president.
Urges La Follette's Nomination.
'The record of Senator La Toilette
in state and nation makes him logi-
can candidate for the presidency of
the United States. His experience,
his character, his courage, his record
of constructive legislation and adj
ministrative ability meet the require
ments for leadership such as present
conditions demand.
This conference indorses him as
a candidate for the Republican NOM
nation for president and urges that
in all states organizations be formed
to promote his nomination"
While the avowed intention of the
conference was Endorsement of La
Toilette, the arrival of Garfield in a
noncommittal attitude put the La Fol
lette supporters on the defensive. His
visit here was announced a week ago
after a visit in New York with Mr..
Roosevelt and Senator Jonathan
Bourne, of Oregon, president of the
National Progressive Republican
League, and it was expected some
other plan might be insisted upon.
No Hitch in Endorsement.
Mr.. Garfield took no part in the
open program of the day, however,
and the Endorsement went through
without hitch.
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Nebras-
ka sent the biggest delegation, out
side of Illinois.
A national organization was out
lined. Popular subscriptions as a
means of financing this and future
campaigns came as suggestion from
Rudolph Spreckles, of California
and it was adopted by the finance
committee.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-20
Grooming Fassett for Governor

Spokane, Oct. 10 Charles NJ.
Fassett, commissioner of public utili-
ties, is being groomed quietly for
governor. During the last ten days
leaders in the progressive Republican
League, members of the charter re-
vision committee and representatives
of the labor union-grange-farmers'
union coalition recently formed at
North Yakima have been tapping
public sentiment.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-20
Fire Damage Repaired.

Snohomish. Oct. IA little more
than four months have passed since
the big fire. and now all but two OF
the lots in the burned district are
built up with brick and cement build
ings. and workmen are rushing work
on the last two.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-20
IRON WILL NAY FAIL
GREAT LEADER GERS HIS WAY
~ OTHER METHODS.
Followers Must BE Shown That They
All Gain Most by Yielding I'm
plicit Obedience to the Con.
ductor's Orders.

They tell NJ an iron will 10 Z very
nne thing. A great general rules his
forces by his will A parliamentary
leader drives recalcitrant members In
to the right lobby by his will, II he has
Il Napoleon. they say. controlled all
France by his will. have long had
doubts.
Napoleon never had to get an obsti-
nate donkey out Of the way Of an ex-
press train. for there were no express
trains. but had the task confronted
him doubt whether the iron win that
conquered France would have moved
the donkey. Nay. do not doubt: l am
certain 1t would not. And since men
are great deal more stupid and more
obstinate than donkeys am sure It
was not by an iron will alone that Ma
poleon ruled the French.
The iron will only served to rule
himself to keep him hard and inces-
sanity at the working out Of his great
Idea. the idea Of convincing men that
ne was the ablest among them. that
BY following him they did best for
themselves. A political boss does the
same; there IL no iron win involved:
merely he shows his followers that
they all gain by going with him. +
And the same rule holds true IN the
case Of band conductors. A military
conductor can get his way because the
men under him are punished unless
they obey him: an opera or, concert
conductor may get his way because he
can throw out Of employment the men
who do not obey him.
But the true born conductor. either
military or civil. gets his way and
fine results when his bandsmen know
that by paying close attention to him
and putting their backs into their
work they help to secure perform
ances Of which they may all justly
feel proud.
When Nikisch first came here many.
years ago we were told how on the
continent he was wont to magnetic
his men and make them insensibly
yield to his will. 1t Is likely enough
they did Yield; they would have been
dismissed II they had not: but the
magnetism did not In the least work
In England. The men simply paid no
attention to It; there might as we'll
nave been no magnetism at all: twas
in vain Nikisch essayed to fix thom
with the glittering eye Of which We
had read 80 much: too much: the in
human rascals refused to be fixed: the
performances were poor and some one
must have lost q fair sum Of money
over the concerts.
See what happened when Nikisch
returned not as master but as servant
Of the orchestra. The Symphony or
chestra engaged him: the glittering
eye nonsense and the iron will nom
sense were dropped. and at once artis-
tic results were got. One might disap-
prove Of many things he did, and espe-
cially Of his affected readings. but he
gained the effects he wanted. and
gained them in legitimate manner.
through the faith the men had In him.
John F. Runciman, In the London
Saturday Review. !;
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-20

Lethbridge Wants Dry Farmers
COLORADO Springs, Colo, Oct. IL
sLethbridge, Alberta, Canada, is max
ing determined effort to get the
1912 session Of the international Dry
Farming Congress.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-20

The total gold production Of the
United States and it, possessions
during the year 1910 was $96 ,000,-
900; silver, $57,0O0,0 900.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-20
Moroccan Agreement ssInitiated

MOr0cCan agreement InlIiateu
Berlin, Oct. 1.-THE first part OF
the Moroccan understanding between
France and Germany has been s'initi-
ated," signifying agreement, by the
German foreign minister, Herr Won
Kiderlen- Waechter, and the French
ambassador, NJ. Cambon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-17

This trial of the Mcnamara broth
ers at Los Angeles on the charge OF
having dynamited newspaper build
ing. the explosion resulting in the
deaths OF twenty or more employees
OF q non-union publisher. has already
begun to develop symptoms OF
playing to the gallery" There Is
not the slightest possibility that any
court or jury In California or any
where else in this country would put
the responsibility of the Los Angeles
Times horror upon any man unless he
were guilty. If the Mcnamara broth
ers are innocent there is no reason
why they or their friends should hes
itate to put their faith in court and
a jury of fair-minded citizens. II
these two men had no connection
with the destruction of the Times
building there is little likelihood that
the crime could be fastened upon
them, even though it were true that
the men are the victims of conspir
acy by organized capital to discredil
organized labor as many of theiI
friends profess to believe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-17
All Subscriptions Payable in Advances
FRANK {. HOWE, Editor and PUBL
BENNINGTON, VI. OCT. II. 1911.

Residents OF Bennington generally
will regret the fact that Company X
of the Vermont national guard is
likely to have it's headquarters in an
other community. The movement to
organize second company of the
guard in Burlington seems to be well
under way and with the support that
Is back of the project it is likely to
prove a success. There Is no reason,
however. why Bennington should ex-
peot to be indefinitely deprived of an
organization in the guard. The his
tory of the militia in this state has
proved that there will be changes
from time to time in the future, as
there have been in the past. When the
opportune time comes to apply for q
place In the guard 1t Is to be hoped
that conditions will be such that the
town may be able to retrieve its
loss.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-17
For Lieutenant Governor

Since this paper first mentioned
the name OF hon. M. H. Barnes OF Ad'
olson for lieutenant governor, II has
been received with marked favor,
not only in this immediate vicinity,
but all over the state. His many
friends in this county are very much
pleased with the outlook at this early
period OF the contest. The clean and
gentlemanly contest. that the friends
vi Judge Barnes conducted for the
same position four years ago, made
him many friends, many OF whom
have already written TO him voiun
tariy pledsing their hearty support
to his candidacy All recognize the
fact that Judge Barnes is exception
ally well qualified Tor TINS position
is very able and impartial man, II
whose keeping the affairs OF the state
would be safe. One thing Is very
gratifying to observe, viz, that th'
state press, almost without exception
recognizes the fact that this is al
important Office and should be hllet
with the best available man. In poin
OF ability, knowledge OF parliamen
| tary law and experience as a presld
ing officer, he is emphaticalIy th'
best man for the place.-Vergenne'
Enterprise.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-17
TO AlLING WOMEN
A Little Sound Advice VIII Help
Many q Sufferer In Bennington

No woman can be- healthy and we'll
II the kidneys are sick. Polsons
that pass of In the secretions when
the kidneys are we'll. are retained In
the body when the kidneys are sick.
Kidneys and bladder become inflam-
ed and swollen and worse troubles
quickly follow. This Ia often the
true cause OF bearing down pains,
lameness. backache, etc. Uric poi.
soning also causes headaches, dizzy
spells. languor. nervousness and rheu.
matte pain.
When suffering So try Doan's Kid
ney Pills, a remedy that has cured
thousands OF such cases. You will
get better as the kidneys get better
and health will return when the kid.
neys are we'll. Let a Bennington
woman tell you about Doan's Kidney
pills
Mrs. Bridget, Mcnamara, All Coun
~ street, Bennington, VT, says: Il
willingly recommend Doan's Kidney
Pills and | consider them the best
remedy to be had for kidney and
bladder trouble. They rid me OF @
constant. dull ache In my back that
has bothered me for years and also
wonderfully improved my health
! advise other kidney sufferers to try
Doan's Kidney Pills"
For sale by all dealers. Price 81
cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo
New York. sole agents for the United
I States.
Remember the name--Doan's--and
take no other.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-17

1oyvEtyS En 's:ss Save
FOR Piiss. Burns. Sore