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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-27
Had Become Desperate.

Their condition had become deSper
rate the petition continued. 1t being
generally regarded by bankers and finan-
ciers that their failure might precipitatc
a general crisis. they, j. L. Morgan
Co. taking the lead. eNerted themselves
By advancing ready money TO meet press
ing demands and otherwise prevent their
SUSPENSION. Much of the effort, however,
revoived about the proposition for the
corpora ton 10 acquire the stock Of the
TeuneSse. Company. Nothing less than
the cout!ol OF the Tennessee company
was considered by the corpoi alton and
negotiations proceeded rapidly and stead
lily to that end. IL being represented TO
Schlcy that in no other way could relief
oe brought to him.
There was fear upon the part of the
corporation that when the movement be-
came publicly known the government
nation In view % this T.. ii. Gary. the
the corporation. ana II. &. Prick. a direc-
Sunday morning. November 4. 10 see the
President having previously made an APP
pointment Without fully disclosing all
the facts IN regard To the Tennessee
stock its ownership, the amount OF
money estimated as necessary 10 relieve
Moore & Schley and the arrangements
that had already been made 10 relieve the
Trust Company of america they repre-
scented TO the President that the only
thing that would prevent vicious spread
OF the panic was for the corporation to
acquire the stock of the Tennessee COM
pany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-27
Three Judges Named to Sit
in the Steel Trust Trial

TRENTON. y. j.. October 21.-rhree
Judges. and not one az originally re-
ported. viii sit in judgment upon the
suit brought by tho government
against the United States Steel Cor
poration il was announced acre today.
They are George Gray of Wilmington.
Del; Joseph Burlington of Pittsburgh
and William NJ. tanning OF Trenton.
tue same tribunal which recently
crowned with success the government
tight against the so-callcd powder
trust suit.
\ force Of clerks WAS busy all morn
iuc at the office OF Henry u. ELEPHANT.
clerk of the United States circuit court
preparing the tirsy-odd subpoenas
which the marshal bopfs to serve upon
the individual and corporate defend
ants later in the day. Edward r.
Semple, acting marshal. and his depu-
ties prepared TO serve the papers
speedily upon defendants resident in
New Jersey or having their agent s
within the state. Service upon de-
PENDANTS residing in New York will be
made through the office of United
States Marshal Henkel in that city, to
whom batch OF subpoenas will be
mailed this afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-27
Posses After Safe Blowers.

SHAWNEE, Okla. October o7-DobIors
attacked the town of McComb. several
miles from mere today, cut telephone and
telegraph wires. then blew omen the safe
in the town bank. They got a large
amount OF money and escaped before a
sheriff's posse could heAd them of. Big
posses are on the robbefs' trail
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Seven German Sailors Drowned.

KEEL. Germany. October PA small
boat tnat was being lowered over the
side Of the German cruiser Muenchen
last night capsized. throwing its occu-
pants into the water. boatswain ana
six sailors were drowned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-27
Doubts of Speedy Trial.

The United States district attorneys
Office here was not optimistic OF speedy
trial OF tho suit. In the case OF the sui:
against the powder trust. IL was pointed
out. twelve volumes represent the testi-
mony and pleadings taken during an in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-27
Business Firm in Panic.

THE Presden. recorded. in letter TO
the Attorney General. written III their
presence, their representations. He states
that said Gary and Frick told him that
there was certain business firm which
would fail If help should not be given,
and that among its assets was a majority
of the securities of the Tennessee Coal
Company. The firm referred to was I'm
doubtedly Moore & SchleS, but ii was not
true that among the assets of the firm
were majority of said securities Nor
was II true that said Schley had among
his assets majority or anything approxi-
mating il. The President further said in
his letter: Judge Gary and Mr.. Frick in
formed me that but little benefit will
come to the Steel Corporation from the
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Commissions Report Ready.

OF the commission as originally APP
pointed, Walter l.. Fisher of Chicago is
now a member of the Taft cabinet and
b. H. Meyer of Wisconsin has been APP
pointed TO the interstate commerce COM
mission.
1t is understood here that the report
Of the commission is ready for Presi-
dent Taft, and that it will recommend
the enactment OF modern laws covering
the whole question of government con-
troll of corporations.
The subject would be made political
foot ball il tossed into Congress at the
coming session. Nevertheless, Presi-
dent Taft is accustomed to disregard
political considerations in pressing for
legislation he believes to be needed. and
it will not be surprising if. in his mes
sage to Congress next December, ne
has something important to say on
this subject.
The suit of the government against the
steel trust is the answer OF President
Taft to the insurgent charge that he is
too closely allied with Wall street inter-
ests to be safe" However. the suit was
not brought for political purposes. al
though MANY persons viii be more inter
ested in it's political than its economical
effects.
Congressional gossip pictures the great
trusts as grievously disappointed over
their failure to control President Taft.
They were unwilling to believe that he
would do it-that he would direct his At
tornev General to ask for the dissolution
of every trust that is doing business in
violation of the Sherman antitrust law
in case the trust Is unwilling to so re-
organize its business to comply with
the Interpretation of the law as laid down
by the Supreme Court in the Standard
Oil and american Tobacco Company
cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-27
Attempt to Influence Administration

That powerful influence was brought to
bear on the administration with the hope
Of pcrsuadinS il to keep off tho steel
trust everybody at all acquainted with
the situation understands. The steel
trust has been immune heretofore. IL
could not see why ii should not enjoy
the same privilege under the Taft admin
istration. In the past ii has been
power in politics. 1t will now be inter-
estinS to see what its attitude in natoaal
politics will be. since for the last two
or three months there have been plenty
of Indications that it was about ready to
turn on President Taft unless he would
consent to let 1t go ahead doing business
i'm the same old way.
The suit for dissolution will hardly be
decided before the presidential election of
next Year. 1t is barely possible that the
Department of Justice may obtain de-
cree from the United States circuit court
within the year that is to elapsc before
the election comes on. but the case will,
of course be carried to the Supreme
Court of tho United states
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-27
AS spur TO ACTION
Democrats Claim Their Probe
Forced Steel Trust Suit.
WILL PRESS THE INQUIRY
Stanley Committee of House to Con-
tinue Its Investigation.
TAFT'S ANSWER TO CRITICISM
His Recommendation to Congress fol-
Federal License Law Regarded
as Probable.
WILL PRESS THE INQUIRY
TAFT'S ANSWER TO CRITICISM

No change will be made i'm the plans of
the Stanley steel trust investigating COM
mittee as the result of the suit of the
government against the United States
Steel Corporation. The committee will go
right along with the investigation. TAX
ing care only to avoid immunity baths''
to witnesses who later may be hailed be-
fore the court
Chairman Stanley and his coIlea CUES on
the committee will have every reason to
feel sratified. it is said, over the frank
admission in the governments brief of
the aid rendered by the committee in dig
gins up material testimony used in the
charges preferred III the government $
suit Attorney General Wickersham. in
the statement issued by the Department
of Justice yesterday. gave the Stanley
committee credit. and frequently in the
course of the governments presentation
is the committees work recognized.
Another incentive ascribed to the COM
mittee in its determination to keep on
With the investigation is the political CAPT
tai which may be involved. The demo-
Gratis claim the credit for having forced"
the administration to attack the steel
trust. and it is said they will see to it
that their claim is kept before the coun-
try by continued inquiry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-27
Bar to Compromise.

In other words, the congressional inves-
tigation is to be applied as a spur to the
administration to keep up its gait. now
that it has once started. and to make it
impossible through constant revelation of
trust affairs for the administration to
compromise the case. If there should ever
be any inclination to do SO.
Another congressional angle OF the pres
ent proceeding against the trust Is the
likelihood of renewal of efforts at the
coming session of Congress to enact a
federal license law for corporation doing
interstate commerce business.
1t will be recalled that Judge Gary. tes-
tifying before the Stanley committee last
summer. strongly urged governmental
supervision of corporations. and undoubt-
eddy the filing of this suit will renew in
terest in the subject among the friends OF
corporations.
Many of the Taft cabinet are advocates
of such a law and the Presidents posi-
ton in favor of federal incorporation Is
well known. Certain sections of the Taft
Wickersham railroad bills of 1910 were
intended to provide for government con-
troll of railroad capitalization. They
were sharply criticised by the progress
sives as inadequate and were dropped.
but the controversy resulted in the APP
pointment of the so-called stock and
bonds commission. of which Arthur T.
Hadley. president of Yale University, Is
chairman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27
pEAI7 PHUANTHROPY.

Something unique IN the line OL
philanthropic endeavor has been pro-
posed by General T. Colman DUPONT
of Wilmington, Delaware, who hap
pens to be one of the wea1thiest men
in that commonwealth. There is IN
it that which will likely be hailed with
toy by the people of that state. Per-
haps. too, it will be a valuable sugges-
ton to other men of millions Who
seem disposed to devote portions OF
their fortunes for the benefit of their
fellowmen.
General Dupont plans, if he gets the
necessary permission from the Della
ware legislature, to spend $l,5OO,oO
or more, if necessary, in the eonstruc-
ton of a most modern good road
throughout the entire north and south
length of Delaware. This road would
be one hundred miles long and one
hundred feet wide, and would be built
to last for all time. And if General Du-
Pont is permitted to build this road
he will present it in fee simple to the
state.
What monument such road
would be to the memory of General
DUPONT and to his wisdom and dis
cernment? But above and beyond that
what an almost priceless acquisition
it would be to the people of Delaware.
A road of this sort running the length
or the breadth of any state In the
Union would mean as much or more
in the development of the state pos
sessing it than any other activity that
might be undertaken. 1t would be GER
tain to stimulate the building of good
roads on the part of the people, either
through state or local agencies, tc
connect with such magnificent
| boulevard so that the greatest possible
number of people could enjoy its adj
vantages.
Indeed, this Dupont philanthropy
seems to be the very best variety that
has yet been INDUCED in by any oil
the many moneyed men who have
given millions and millions to this and
that project, even though many OF
them are most admirable. There is
much more to commend such an un-
dertaking as General DUPONT has II
mind than the service that such road
would be to the people after it hac
been completed. Think of the worl
it would provide for great numbers o.
men during the course of its construc
| ton Why, if other millionaires were
disposed to follow the lead taken b.
| General Dupont, and especially il
states where the population is mos
| congested, quite a kink would b.
knocked out of the problem of tn
unemployed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27
sYNDICATEs IN GERMANY.

German, unlike American, banks
have direct participation in Industrial
enterprise says Elmer Roberts in the
March Scribner in an article entitled
German Goodwill Toward Trusts"
1.-THE bank that gives extensive credit
to a manufacturing company has shares
in the company and a representative
on the board. Thus the bank has a
relation to production that simplif1es
the organization of syndicates and
maintains them, because the banks are
able to cat with solidarity upon and
with the promoters of industry. Writers
and public men in Germany like to
repeat that trusts do not exist in
their country. Certain enormous bust
nesses, such as the Allgemeine Elek-
triictates-Ge sellschaft or the Krupp gun
and armor works, in their monopolistic
character, are quietly disregarded. Pro-
duction and distribution. however. are
controlled by syndicates so organized
that the policy of the participating
business is made over to the execu-
tive of the syndicate, thus having an
essential characteristic of trusts. The
percentage of production is allotted by
the directing committee, the selling is
done by the syndicate alone, and the
syndicate board is, in most syndicates,
supplied by each member in advance
with signed checks to be filed in with
penalties for nonobservance of the con-
tract obligations. The syndicate, or
ganized as an independent company
with which the members make con-
tracts, may be compared to the Ameri-
| can holding company, and in this form
it has status before the law and 9
! long record of legal existence dating
| back to the middle of the last century
| The means for binding members indis-
solubly to the central organization
! have been perfected to a degree un-
known in the United States or in Eng
| land The breakdown of the old pool
ing system in the United States wa!
chiefly due to the Iaxness of the con
tracts, and their constant violation b!
less scrupulous members. The trust il
| America replaced the pool in German!
any disregard of the syndicate contrac
| is almost certain to be discovered ant
! penalized The continued disregard o
| syndicate contract obligations woul'
| probably bring about the financial ruiz
| of the delinquent"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

one of these callow youths had ths
young woman arrested on a technical
charge of disorderly conduct. The
young man in the case had fallen
willing victim to the Laughing eyes
and so greatly had he become affected
that his mother thought the young wo-
man who manipulated those eyes was
deserving of punishment.
But between the fair criminal anu
the rock pile stood Alderman Donohue,
and chivalrous judge he proved to De.
at is no crime for a woman to have
pretty eyes," was his Judgment, and
there is no law to govern the use OF
such eyes" He went further. we
are glad to have such a captivating
person in our community he said to
Miss ChepeIle, land, indeed, We owe
you debt of gratitude for keeping our
young men out of bad habits by max
ing them think they are in love with
you
And didn't the distinguished Dono-
hue hit a prominent nail on the head?
If it were not for the young girls in
the world with their laughing eyes,
there would be many more young men
travelling fast on their way to the dogs.
Ever since Eve had her memorable
mix-up with the apple there has been
disposition on the part Of many to
blame women for most of the unto
ward events that have happened They
are ever being characterized as the
powers behind the throne in most OF
the crimes that are committed by men
AS a matter of fact, though, it is the
good influence of women that does
more than any one thing, or all other
things put together, to keep the men
in the straight and narrow path.
That Alderman Donohue, with th<
EmantIe of ermine falling from his
shoulders, should finally arise in al
the majesty of another Solomon and
give judicial recognition to this impor-
tant fact is significant of the times
The daughters of Eve are gradually
coming into their own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record.


The dealer in sleds may be said to
be in the coasting trade
About the only thing that grows
best in the dark is crop of wild
oats.
Popularity is frequently merely a
synonym for a Willingness to lend
money.
Dashaway-.'I'm afraid you are a
rake. Swift Swift-'Well, you know
all flesh is grass
Always be polite Don't call man
liar. Say he is suffering from palpi-
tation of the imagination
Here's where the sheriff has the
drop on me- remarked the murderer
as he stopped on the scaffold.
Any gambler will tell you that if
you take care of the "coppers" the
dollars will take care of themselves.
A Manayunk man has bought his
mother-in-law a folding bed. He says
that's the only way he can shut her
up.
"Gladly would I die for you'll" ex-
claimed the elderly sutton. yes, but
how soon?" demanded the practical
maiden.
Wigwag-'I can always tell mar
ried man when I meet one" Hen
| peckke-"Oh. I don't know Yor
might occasionally run across bach
| elor with crouch"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27
HYHAWKER JOTS

Verd Napier has arrived at the
conclusion that --courtship is usually
a case of suspense with the girl and
expense with the young man.
The legislature killed the bill to
make candidates file sworn statements
of their campaign expenses, says the
Abilene Reflector and it offers this
explanation: Doubtless in the inter-
est of the prevention of perjury.
Don't grumb1e if your paper isn't
always flush up to the high standard
of your ideal, says the Glen Elder Sen
tinel. Charitably remember that no
editor is capable of getting up quite
as good a paper as you would your
SELL
In Wichita family, relates the
Eagle, where pretzels are as rare as
diamond back terrapin, little boy,
with a hazy recollection of the proper
name for the twisted thirst producers.
said gravely: please pass the bris-
tles."
AS long as the extreme hatpins
merely put out mems eyes and cash
their cheeks, you can't expect any
thing to be done against them re-
marks the Ottawa Republic and it
continues: But hope is high; val
liable COW has just swallowed one and
died
The bank robbers have made such
a great success of their calling that
the first thing you know dozen or
| two of them will be going out to lee
ture the dull season. Perhaps some
of them will establish correspond
ence course in the art Of cracking a
safe.-Greenleaf Sentinel.
Noting that Mack P. Gretchen was
awarded the first prize for the best
write-up of Topeka by one of the edi-
tors attending the meeting of the state
editorial association, and that he also
got the first prize last year in similar
contest for the best write-up of Wich-
tia, the FL Dorado Republican re-
marks: Gretchen is becoming one OF
the best writer's of fiction in the coun-
try
An engagement announcement il
the Sharon Springs Western Times
A young man in this city who ha;
courted his intended for several years
mustered up courage recently to ash
the al1-important question. ooh, John
ME" she exclaimed, You scare me-
Johnnie did not want to brighten her
so he did not press matters After {
few moments the lady said, Scare
me again. The day is set and the
cards will soon be out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27
GLOBE SIGHTS.

IFrom the Atchison Globe.l
Men spend entirely too much time
hunting matches.
A bird dog has a lot of enthusiasm,
but doesn't accomplish much.
Some men roast automobiles one
day. and buy a machine the next.
The three swiftest runners are the
kangaroo, the ostrich and the dollar.
No large family, except a preach
er's, can have regular hours for meals.
Is it proper to say that a girls
friends are pleased to hear of her
marriage?
What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who always wore his hat in
the house?
A Coolidge man eats catsup on pie,
having failed to attract attention in
any other way.
Preachers and congressman hear
very little complaint about the length
of their vacations.
You can't love anyone SO much you
won't wish. occasionally, that you
could be left alone.
If you must be sick it is a good idea
to select your own disease; spring few
err for ours.
Some peoples idea of thoroughly
worthless woman is one who isn't
handy around a sick room.
A certain Atchison man may edge
his way into heaven. but we'll bet he'll
get a harp that's out of tune.
Every married man marvels at the
clever manner in which his wife re-
members the date of every kin's birth
day.
1t doesn't make you feel any better
to be telling about your ailments, and
1t has a tendency to make others feel
worse.
Some men are so enthusiastic all
the time that they have nothing to
add in the way of pepper for special
occasions.
The average girl isn't greatly in
| terested in the modest violet unless IL
comes in large numbers at green
house prices.
| One of the best things that can be
said about marrying is ttat it puts
man up against it and makes him
work harder.
| Once in a while you will find
woman who resents being told she
looks well by saying, "I may look we'll
| but 1 don't feel WELL"
| 1t is understood that the man who
invented wienerwursts, and then sug-
| gested that they be served after lodge
| died in a penitentiary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27
KANSAS COAAENT
CARNEGIEs A. MILLIoNAIREs.

CARNEGIE'S Al MILLIONAIRES.
An interesting census has just been
MADE OF the number of millionaires,
whose fortunes can be attributed to
Andrew Carnegie's business friendship.
P1ttsburg people say that AZ can be
counted
People who regret bitterly their own
want OF success of life sometimes fail
to think how most large fortunes are
won by taking desperate chances. Most
mlllionaires have probably at various
times taken hazards so great that I'M
der adverse happenings they would
nave been buried under everlasting
bankruptcy.
If you bought 100 shares of solid
railroad stocks at par the limit of
profit you could expect under the most
favorable conditions. would perhaps
be about 20 points, or $4,000. If you
used the same $4,000 to buy 10000
shares on one point margin, there
would be chance of making a mil
lion. But under ordinary conditions
you would soon be in the bankruptcy
court with the assets of 80 cents and
liabilities of $1,000, 900.
Most normal people prefer bird in
the hand to one chance in 10000 of
securing a bag full in the bush.-Atch-
ison ChanIpion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27

Every once in a while something
comes to the front to prove that the
wise men of Wall street are not nearly
as smart as they think they are. They
always give the impression that they
have inside information away in ad-
vance as to how important govern
mental questions are going to be set
tied at Washington. For several
weeks past they have been insisting
that there was no doubt that the in
terstate commerce commission would
make decisions in the freight rate
cases favorable to the railroads. But
just the opposite occurred.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Most of the valuables in the house
hold of today are to be found in the
refrigerators.
= y y
The little things of life are trouble
some all right but most of the big ones
are more so.
X y
Getting right down to brass tacks,
most men who love their work have
easy jobs at remunerative pay.
y s
Every one seems interested in every
body else's affairs except to the extent
of helping out in difficulties.
y =
Any number of people would not
take themselves so seriously If they got
in touch with other folks opinions of
them.