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The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-06-08
STEEL TRUST HEAD
HAS BROAD VIEWS
Judge Gary Advocates Government
Control OF Prices and Says
Sherman Law Is Back
Number.

Washington, June 2.-E. II. Gary,
chairman Of the board of direct
ors Of the United States steel cor
poration, on the stand today before
the steel trust investigating com
mittee, declared enforced publicity
and government control OF cor
porations must come, even as to
prices. He said he believed the
Sherma anti-trust law too archaic
suonBnl!s uIapom Gun qlIM lRap OF
and never could fully prevent great
combinations of capital What the
United States steel corporation
wanted, he said, was some respon-
sible and official department of the
government to whom it could go
and say, what price can we
charge and just what can we do?u
Wants Something Definite.
Gary said the real problem was
not the making Of big profits but
rather the establishment Of a def
mite understanding OF the legal
situation.
DO | understand that you be-
lieve in strict governmental super
vision of corporations? asked
Representative Littleton.
"Yes, | do" said Gary. "That is
a radical position, but something
must be done"
Representative Young of Mich
igan asked Gary If he thought the
national government had a right to
fix the prices of commodities in in
terstate commerce.
MY opinion" said Gary, 'is that
so far as it relates to interstate
commerce the federal government
has that right. Increased prices
are to be charged for steel rails
in The near future, according to Mr..
Gary. The higher cost of labor
and raw material, together with a
demand for heavier rails, was given
as the reason for the proposed adj
vance.
An international Institute.
In explanation of the reported
world wide trust, Gary said con-
ference will be held in Brussels
next July to organize an interna-
tional steel institute similar to the
American Iron and Steel Institute.
The latter, he asserted, was formed
to prevent Generalization in trade
and to permit an exchange of ideas
for the betterment of the steel in
dustry.
In no instance, Gary said, had
there been any attempt at unlaw-
full combination or expressed or
implied agreement.
Gary said he would do all he
could morally and legally for the
proposed international institute.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-06-08
State Aid to High Schools a Law
PLANS FOR A Big MERGER
New York Relieves Hill Has Bor-
rowed 500 Million Dollars to Bring
C., II. & O. 20 Great Northern.

New York, June flames ]. Hills
Great Northern Railway has exc
cuted first and refunding mort
gage securing an issue of 600 MILL
ion dollars of bonds. The mort
gage, it is believed, clears the way
for the Great Northern to acquire
full control Of the Chicago, Burling-
ton q Quincy railroad by taking
over the Northern Paciflc's half in
terest. The Burlington, which OPP
crates 1900 miles Of road, has been
owned jointly fer len years.
or this GOO million dollar issue
$50 million dollars will be reserved
for refunding outstanding oblen-
lions. leaving go million dollars to
be sold as need arises. II is under
stood that 20 million dollars of these
bonds viii be offered at an early
date.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-06-08
GOV. DONAGHEY
SLASHES DEEP
Cuts Nearly Half a Million Dollars
Out of the Appropriations and We
toes Several Important Bills
Says Was Forced TO DO So.

Little Rock, June 2.-After hold
ing up the appropriation bills as
long as the law allowed, waiting for
the extra session TO provide funds
to meet them, Governor Donaghey
yesterday cut out about 100000 and
then signed the bills.
The following are some of the ap-
preparation bills with about the
amounts taken from them:
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-06-08
LECTURES TO FARMERS
j. j. Moore, District Demonstration
Agent, Accompanies A. Il. Wear
Into Eastern Polk County.

]. J. Moore, Farm Demonstration
Agent for the Southwestern district,
arrived in Mena yesterday and at
once started on a tour of the east
ern part Of Polk county for the pur-
pose OF meeting and addressing the
farmers.
Mr.. Moore was met in Mena by
the agent for Polk county. A. +.
Wear. and the two will make the
trip together. A lecture was given
by Mr.. Moore at Board Camp last
night. Today was spent in visiting
demonstration farms and holding
field meetings.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-06-08

j. W. cunningham and Mrs. Sam
Wallace returned TO Mena Friday
from TT. Smith, where they we're
called "Wednesday by the serious i'll
ness OF their mother, Mrs. ]. n.
Lane. ST. Mrs. Lane died before her
chIldrn reached her. The funeral
was held Thursday. She was II
years Old. Her son. Joe r.. Lane. j
day police captain in 1T. Smith.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-06-08
WOULD CUT LOCAL
OPTION OUT OFI.&R.
House Passes Amendment 10 Curtail
Power Under Constitutional
Observation-Disclosures High
School Bill Signed.

Little Rock, May 3i.-The House
today voted down the Hardage
amendment to the Pipkin /. and r.
enabling act, in which Hardage pro-
posed that persons proposing laws
to initiate should deposit with the
state treasurer an amount equal to
the estimated cost of submission, to
pay for submission if the measure
is rejected by the people.
He secured the adoption of anoth-
er amendment, however, which pro-
hibits the initiative from applying
to local option laws, where the eff
feet would be to repeal prohibition
within three-mile territory.
The Senate amended the Glover
McFerrin bill for the removal of the
state treasurer and supreme court
to the new capitol by increasing the
amount from $4,000 to $4,000.
Discussing the Turner revenue
bill on amendments, President Ton
ey took occasion TO criticise severe
ly a story sent out under Little
Rock date line to Pine Bluff paper
IN which it had been intimated that
he said that Governor Donaghey's
measures were being held up in the
Senate because friends of Caldwell
& Drake could not get settlement.
Toney declared such stories base
less. should any bill be introduced
providing for a settlement with the
old contractors, | should promptly
rule 1t out of order" he said.
State Aid to High Schools a Law
Governor Donaghey yesterday APP
provey sixty bills. mostly local,
Among the bills, however, was the
oil providing for state aid to high
schools, being one of the three inn
,ortant bills especially fostered by
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-06-08

Money to Loan on Approved Security
40 Interest Paid on Time Deposits
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-06-08
- 4 ----------
MANY H0MESTEADS TAKEN
Land Report Shows $4,000 Acres
Filled on in Polk County Last Year

County Clerk w. L. Parker re-
ceiVed q report today from the state
iand Office of the lands which were
homesteaded during the past wear
IN Polk county, and are now subject
70 Z, taxation. The total acreage Was
i2,236.55. There was also shown in
the report the land which was
bought from the state. This inelud~
ed about 1876 acres of farm land and
number of town lots.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-06-08
BORDER ARMY IS
TIRED OF HIKING
Men Marched F00tsorc In Intense
Heat and Cursed Their Com
manders-Scarcity OF Water In
creased Hardships.

Galveston, Tex. June 2.-peace
has its victims as we'll as war.
That's what about four thousand
soldiers of the United States Army
who struck camp at the 50-mile
point on their 500-mile hike from
Galveston to Houston and back said
last night. All day long the troops
battled with the heat, and it is con-
ceded her tonight that the heat
won.
Ambulances were filed to ca
pacity and private conveyances
pressed into service to carry the
footsore and sick. There were
more than three hundred prostra-
tons. With the temperature reg
istering from % to i06 the column
of troops was stretched over line
of three miles, while ordinarily the
brigade would march in a one mile
line.
Kissed Their Officers.
The scarcity of water made the
men rebellious and officers were
Kissed the moment their backs
were turned. Men fell along the
road bleeding at the nose and 9th
ers fell in commissions, but the hike
was pressed on.
At times more than one-half of
the Smile column was out of line
and the soldiers, with feet bleeding
from the hard roads, cursed the
men responsible for the hike.
Nearly thousand coast artillery
men saw service in the Spanish
American and Philippine cam
palgns, but they declared their ex-
periences in these campaigns were
heaven compared to this hike. The
railroad water tanks between Gal
weston and Houston were depend
ed on for water for the troops, but
the facilities We're so inadequate
that men were forced to stand in
line for hours before all Of them
could be served.
Broke Ranks for Water.
They broke ranks and wandered
about the farms seeking water, and
in many instances emptied cisterns
to which the owners directed them
The eanteens were filled in the |
and We're supposed to last |
until noon, but invariably the can
teens were emptied three hours out
Of camp.
Petitions are being circulated to
return the troops to Galveston by
rail, but the War Department says
II is without funds to pay the
transportation. Fifty of the SER
ously sick were sent to the per-
hospital in Galveston and
he three regimental hospitals with
he command are filled. All pa
tents are designated as heat pros
rations.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-22
be built if steel products go on the
free list.
CHECK FOR pRoeREssIvEs.
Senate Committee Declines to Recognize
Them as an Organization.

Washington, April 22.-"Progressive"
Republicanism in the Senate received a
serious setback yesterday, when by
vote of 7 to 4, the Republican commit
tee on committees decided not to recog-
nizc the progressive Republicans form
ally as an organization.
The action was taken on resolution
presented by Senator LaFollette, giving
to the progressives one-fourth of the
Republican membership of all of the
regular committees and empowering the
progressives on the special committees
to designate the progressive member
ship. The resolution was received with
opposition by the regulars, and after an
animated discussion was voted down.
The senators voting for the resolution
were Messrs. LaFollette, Bourne, Cum
Minis and Bristow Against it were
Messrs. GaIlinger, Lodge, Penrose, Hey
burn, Warren, Smoot and Bradley The
committee then decided to take up the
formation of the committee alphabet
cally, but it was conceded that the
work would not soon be completed.
Members OF the Democratic committee,
who also were in session, expressed the
opinion that they would be able to COM
plete their labors by the close OF the
week.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-22

travelling, he said, between Milan and
Rome.
He told of his wandering prior to the
murder of Cuoccolo and his wife and
gradually wrought himself up to a
frenze. He concluded in substance as
follows:
at is true that concealed myself at
the time when | learned that | was to
be arrested. | was suffering, as | am
even now, from heart disease. In my
boyhood | lost one eye. ! feared that l
would die in prison from the malady
which had already seized me or which
would be even worse, that | would lose
my other eye"
Here the prisoner sobbed violently, his
face in his hands. All attention was
on the man, when suddenly he raised
his head and with a deft movement of
the hand, released the sightless organ,
threw il on the floor before the judges
bench and barred his disfgured face to
the Mortified spectators. Thus for a
few seconds he posed, and then with q
choking cry he dropped to the floor in
faint.
BY this time the nerves of all in the
room were on edge and as opposite coli
lapsed tumult was raised. From the
steel cages the prisoners shouted, cried
and cursed,
One OF the iurymen, who is a physi-
clan, went to the assistance of Esposito
and President Bianchi declared the sit
ting suspended
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-22
Outwitted
A Political Boss Is Brought to Time
By GEORGE v. LEMOYNE
Copyright, 1910, by American Press
Association.

When George Sterlings competitive
plan for the state capitol building was
accepted he was in condition of SUI
preme delight. To struggling archi-
tect engaged to be married the obtain
ing of this job seemed to leave nothing
TO be desired. The moment the ac-
ceptance was announced to him he
rushed off to Genevieve Wilson, his
fiancee, to transmit the good news to
her. After a joyful embrace they be-
gan to lay plans for their marriage.
Sterling was directed to superintend
the cutting of the blocks of marble of
which the capitol was to be built. In
the papers composing hls plans was
description with measurements of ev-
cry block of marble of which the build
ing was to be constructed. Not only
this. on each stone was mark cor
responding to one laid down in this
description.
The young architect had got most OF
the marble out and ready to put in
place when a man with a red face,
large jewel in his shirt bosom and a
waistcoat of many colors came to him
and told him that since he had not
thought proper to signify to the po-
litical boss that he wished to contrib
ute TO the funds needed for the coming
campaign discovery was to be made
that his plans were defective and the
work would be placed In other hands.
Sterling looked at the man aghast
He had not yet received cent for his
plans and realized at once that he was
ut the mercy of the boss. Undecided
what course to take, ne asked the
messenger what contribution would be
acceptable He was informed that %
PEI cent should go to campaign funds,
% per cent to members of the commit
tee who accepted his plains and % per
cent to the boss This would leave
the architect only Is per cent. The
messenger gave no name. He named
no boss and no member of the COM
mittee who was to receive perquisite
Sterling told the man that he would
think it over and he might return the
next day for an answer.
George went at once with the I'M
welcome news to Geneyieve. The first
thing she did was to give that wo-
manly encouragement which men
know is not based on any solid reason,
but serves its purpose. Don't be dis
couraged. George" she said, with a
kiss ut will come out all right"
How can it come out all rightT' be
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-22
Wherever there is Pain
apply an
AlaCCCksS
PLASTER
Tho worlds Greatest External Remedy.

effectiveness that of Gaetano opposite,
who, at the end OF mad harangue yes
terday, tore glass eye from his head
and, hurting it at the feet of the presid-
ing Judge, stampeded the court room.
Then he fell in faint and President
Bianchi suspended the sitting.
According to the state, Esposito, who
is known as the usurer, succeeded Enrico
Alfano as the head of the Camorra
when Alfano fled to the United States,
there to fall into the hands of Lieuten-
ant Petrosino.
He is charged with having been one
of those who met at Bagnolis and con-
demned Gennaro Cuoceolo to death for
treachery. Esposito is not a pleasing
man to look upon at best and his knife
SCARED face is made less inviting by
the glass substitute for an eye lost in
his youth.
The prisoner attempted to prove an
alibi SO far as the meeting at Bagnoli
was concerned At that time he was
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-22
Do You Realize What This Bombshell Letter Means!

to paw a certain PRICE, Why should he be forced
to P gne n WbT must he pay $500 all
gvanted could be had at $4.85e
Hereafter, as Mr.. Bliss letter states, every Regal
price will be made to fit the shoe, not the shoe TO TT
the price 1.-THE Regal Shoebuilders produce style
that can be sold for SIS S. then So will be the price
Nothing will be added merely to bring its price TO
$500, nor will anything be taken out to make its
price $3.50 The customer gains both ways and the
Regal style-makers nowhave free hand, unfettered
by tradition.
With this new freedom, and with the whole atten-
ton of the Regal organization fixed on standards
of quality regardless of the ups and downs OF inc
leather market. Regal Shoes will more than ever be
the best that money can buy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-22
STEEL TRUST OPENS
WAR ON FREE LIST
Threatens to Abandon improvements
in Congressman Underwood's
District.

Birmingham, Ala, April 22--oscar
w. Underwood, chairman of the ways
and means committee, viii have TO face
a double fire on his farmers free list
bill. War on the bill has been declared
in earnest by the United States steel
corporation, through its subsidiary
branch. the American Steel & Wire
company at Corey. Construction work
on this $3,O0O,000 plant has stopped,
throwing 800 men out of work 1t
would have been completed in August
and would have employed about $500
skilled workmen.
Nine of the % blast furnaces in the
district are already banked, and 1t was
runored yesterday that the steel cor
poration's big steel rail mil at Ensley
viii close down April %.
A statement was wired here yester-
day from Washington by Congressman
Underwood, in which he declared that
he would stand pat, and that he had
no power to change the provisions OF
the bill, were he so inclined.
Threats are being made that a num-
Der Of industries planned by the steel
corporation for this district will not
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-22

This means an emo of the arbitrary prices on shoes
These arbitrary prices have for years been fixed
on good shoes immovably at $3.50, $500, $3.50,
800, $3.50, and so on; each price always halt
dollar jump away from the next
If a designer produced a new shoe which could
properly be sold at say 81 3d. the manufacturer had
either to take something ont of it to bring the
price to $500 or to add extra and unnecessary
expense merely to shove the price up to $45o
Thusyou can see that under the fxed-price system
the customer often had to buy and pay for more
than was actually necessary. True, the difference
was seldom large-20 to 80 cents at most-and true,
too, that in Regal Shoes the full moneys worth
was always given. But, what the customer wanted
was TO GET A SATISFACTORY SHOE-not
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-22

cried bitterly. These rascals have
me in tight grip. l might as well
try TO dam up Niagara as to oppose
them"
When Genevieve had quieted him
she began to talk to him about what
would happen If he refused to con-
tribute the bride money. He told her
that the payment Of his bill wol be
delayed through technicalities till they
would be dead and buried and
wouldn't need the money. Meanwhile
the construction Of the capitol would
go on as he had planned it One ar
chitect after another would be en-
ployed, each architect suggesting
changes In the plans, each change
costing the state three or four times
what the expense should be. the sur
plus going to the officials whose duty
it was to see that the people who were
paying for the building were treated
fairly.
But Genevieve was determined to
learn all about the work-who was
/
could 60 in the matter and all else.
When she had learned these things
she gave George an idea. He threw
his arms about her, gave her a bear
hug and a dozen kisses and left her
ready TO give his answer to the name
less messenger when he came again,
well" said George when the mes
senger turned up. Il have considered
the delicate matter of which you were
speaking yesterday"
"Pm glad you understand it's deli
cate matter"
"Why sop
"weil, when the state prison was
built the architect thought he knew
more than the leader Of the party I'M
der whose rule it was built. and he
landed in the building he'd planned"
How did they accomplish thatT
asked George.
ooh, they accused him Of offering
bride for the Job and convicted him."
'Well, l have decided on my course.
l throw up the job
The man looked surprised, Dut ne
said nothing. He simply went away.
Two weeks passed. when George re-
ceived call from state official, who
asked him for information as to the
marking Of the blocks to go into the
state capitol building. George told
him that he had given up that job and
was about to begin suit against the
state for $4,000 for the plans he had
furnished.
George saw by the mans expression
that he had struck home. Geneyieve
during her interview with her lover
had brought the fact to his attention
that It would be impossible for any
one except himself to tell the position
Of the blocks as the building was
erected. A week passed, and George
received another visit from an archi-
tect, who. by pumping, endeavored to
elicit from him the system by which
he had marked the blocks. George
shut himself up like an oyster.
A month passed, and the newspa-
pers began to comment on the delay
attending the building Of the state
capitol. Then one day George was
summoned to the Office Of the state
superintendent Of construction. The
young architect left the Office with his
charges paid in full and an order to
go on with his work
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-22
A Gentle Method.

Little Edward had been visiting his
uncle's ranch, where they were very
much bothered by rats. When he came
back. he started to school, where he re-
eeived the information which he gave
his grandmother one day. He said;
"Grandma. do you know how to get
rid OF ratsf"
NO. Edward How"
"Why. 4 soft answer turneth away
rats ~-'Noman's Home Companion for
A.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-22
A Question.

1--WE know where we are to-day" said
the orator, "but who can tell where we
will be tomorrow"
That's right" said a man in the
audience. MY wifes thinking OF nov
ing, too."-Detroit Free Press.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-22
True to Life.

Poet-0h, if / ever come across that
artist! He calls his picture "The Sleep
err on the Bench" and has put vol
ume of my poems in his hand.-Fite-
gende Blaetter
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-22
To Regal Agents and Regal Customers EOery'0here'

February 1a, 1911
factories be the @
plusfye rcent commission
will be fixed exactly sh egS
figure lind this ps "f DC 0o@a
the shoe tie factory.
building all high shoes certain arbitrary
But ike Regal In face that TACT we can
disregard
although the result will be gS R shoe buyers msnuee
the prices liked @'9
Hereafter FIRST and let the fall where M
ndneg Shoes shall obliged keep one eye
the nove
''7 yours 95<1E-,~~
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-22
HURLS EYE AT
JUDGES FEET
CamorriSt Tears Artificial
Member From Face
CLIMAX OF HARANGUE
Then Falls in Collapse-Pnsoners and
Spectators in An Uproar and
Sitting of the Court is
Suspended.

viterbo, Italy, April 22.-of all the
methods adopted by the Camorrist pris-
oners to excite sympathy or to incite
riot, none surpassed in novelty and
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1911-12-07
CAN SELL YOUR FARM.
Undertaking.

With two ele-
CANT Hearses
and a full line
Comns aud
Caskets,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1911-12-07
.aN,, Ksra 5 Beacon,
Job Printing, such On
Handbills. Circulars
Blanks. Bill Heads, executed with
neatness and despatch.

Parties having Real or PersonaI
Property for sale can obtain des.
criptivs handbills neatly executed
nd ut city prices
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1911-12-07

lam prepared to serve funerals at
che shortest notice and on terms to
suit the hard times.
In connection with this, devote
special attention to my Blacksmith
and Wheelwright department..
All orders quickly and neatly at
en- to, EUGENE HALL.
May 10. % 1T. Dynard,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1911-12-07
E21lbOEnl29lG.

Having receiving instruction at one OF
the best schools in the Union and been
granted a diploma. l am prepared to
Embalm and conduct funerals at the
shortest notice. l give personal atten.
tion to all the details Of the business
Everything in my line warranted TO be
drst class and up-to-date,
Respectfully.
EUGENE HALL,
nvns-SM