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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
Ia TOILETTE DoDGEs POLITICS.
Wisconsinite Touches Lightly on Pres
idency at Pennsylvania Meeting.

Williams Grove, Pennsylvania.-Ser-
ator Robert NJ. La Toilette, Of Wis
consin, speaker Of the day at the mass
meeting held at this place under the
auspices of the State Grange, Patrons
OF Husbandry, only casually mention
ed the presidency, and did not discuss
reciprocity and other national issues.
The reference to the presidency was
made toward the close of the senator's
speech. In telling of battles for his
principles in his home state, he said
he could never have been governor
before he was elected if he had de-
sired the place for the honor alone.
But" said he what is it to be gov
ernor or president for the honor of
it alone?"
The speaker said the people need
not fear the initiative, referendum or
recall.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
OIL TRUST is DIsMEMBERED.
Standard of New Jersey, Storm Cen.
ter of Long Fight, Ceases to Exist.

New York. N. Y. - The Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey, the cor.
poration which has been the storm
center of antitrust agitation through.
out the country for years, passed out
OF existence, as far as it's present form
and functions are concerned.
From now on this famous corpora
ton will cease officially to carry on its
operations as the head of a vast or.
ganization whose activities extend in.
to almost every part of the world.
In obedience to the decree of disso.
luton of the U. S. supreme court il
r~elinquished its control of the sub.
sidiary concerns. The work of an.
portioning the company's holding of
the stock of more than 80 subsidiaries
affected will occupy at least three
months, it is expected, so that the re.
adjustment will not be complete prior
to Dec. /.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
MANY TO TALK CONSERVATION.
Taft, Pinchot, Bristow, Wiley, and
Garfield Among Them.

Kansas City, Mo. - With the an
nouncement of President Taft's accept
ance, the officers of the conservation
congress gave out the first authoritat-
i've list of the other speakers.
1t includes Walter L. Fisher, secre-
tary of the interior; f. II. Newell, di-
rector of the reclamation Service:
James r. Garfield, former secretary of
the interior; Clifford Pinchot, former
chief forester; Senators Joseph L..
Bristow, of Kansas, and Gilbert N.
Hitchcock, of Nebraska; Charles S.
Barrett, president of the Farmers Edu.
cational and Cooperative Union of
America; w. A. Beard, a member of
R~oosevelt's country life commission;
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, F. D. Coburn,
secretary of the Kansas state board of
agriculture; DR.. Frederick D. Mumford,
dean OF the school of agriculture, Uni.
versity of Missouri; Prof. Cyril G.
Hopkins, University of Illinois; Prof.
I. c. Atkinson, of Morgantown, w. Va.
overseer Of the national grange, and
DR.. w. j. MCGEE, bureau of soils, Wash.
ington.
Speaker Champ Clark and w. ].
Bryan have not yet given their definite
acceptances.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
MILLERS GET RATE CUT
FREIGHT CHARGES TO NEW YORK
REDUCED 1H CENTS.
Minneapolis Manufacturers Welcome
Ruling as Great
Victory.

Minneapolis. - The Jennison grain
rate case, said to be the most cele-
brated lake and rail rate case that
ever came before the interstate com.
merce commission, has been settled.
and the Minneapolis millers are to
pay 2lR cents per hundred pounds
on flour from Minneapolis to New
York instead of % cents.
The cas- had been held in allowance
since 1901 by the commission. Millers
have been shipping at the old rate in
spite OF the fact that they won a de-
cision that was never handed down.
Minneapolis millers then began a
battle on their own account, taking
the matters out of the hands Of the
commission. 1--WE fought the railroads
on their W grounds" said J. c. An
drews of the Pillsbury Flour Mills
company. 1--WE were going to install
a line of boats of our on the
Great Lakes. This victory means
more to Minneapolis than can be es-
timated."
Rate Effective Oct. 6.
hC" ldJS Will DSCOlIe eHeCtlV6
Oct. 6 on all lines from Minneapolis
and Lake Michigan points, like Chi
cage and Milwaukee. The main fight
Of the millers has been for a differen-
tial Of 81 cents per hundred pounds
lake and rail as against 2 cents which
had practically killed lake and rail
traffic. Before the 2-cent differential
was in vogue, 80 per cent of the traffic
of the mills was carried on the lakes
East.
Not over 20 per cent Of the traffic
has gone lake and rail. The Great
Northern. Northern Pacific, 500 and
Omaha lines are the principal routes
to the head of the lakes for Mime.
apolis shippers.
Men Who Framed Plan.
The solution of the problem that
has taxed the ingenuity of MINNEAPOLIS |
millers for a decade was hit upon by
Mr.. Andrews of the Pi!lsbury COM
pany. who is chairman of the traffic
committee of the Chamber of Com
merce; II. II. King of the Sheffield
King Milling company, and Fl. p. Gal
laher of the Northwestern CONSOLIDATE
ed Milling company. These three
evolved the scheme of combating the
and boat lines by means of
their own line of steamers.
The all rail rate east of % cents per
hundred pounds has not been changed,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
PAUL GEIDEL FACES PRISON..
New York Boy Found Guilty of Kill.
ing Aged Broker in Hotel.

New York, N. Y. The jury in the
case of Paul Geidel, the 17-year.old
bell boy charged with the murder Of
VIM. H. Jackson in the Iroquois hotel
on July 26, returned a verdict of muir.
der in the second degree. By the
verdict of the jury Geidel ESCAPED the
electric chair, but will be sent I'D for
a long term in either the Sing Sing
or Auburn prison. A verdict of sec.
ond degree murder provides for i'm.
prisonment for a minimum term of "a
years to a maximum of imprisonment
for life.
When Geidel was brought into court
to learn his fate he was pale. Tears
welled into his eyes and rolled down
his face when he heard the verdict and
he clenched his hands in an effort "a
himself. None of his relatives
were in court.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
WITH MACHINE WORKING BADLY,
j.. J. FRIseIE MAKES ASCENT
IN KANSAS,
CROWDCALLED HIM FAKER
Falls One Hundred Feet and Dies
When Machine Fell On Him.
Wife Bitterly Denounces Jeer-
ing Spectators.

Norton, Kan, Sept. 4. - John J.
Frisbie, the Curtis aviator, was killed
by a fall at the Norton county fair.
Frisbie met with an accident and only
went into the air again when driven to
do so by the taunts and jeers of the
crowd. Frisbie fell about 100 feet and
the engine Of his %aeroplane fell on
him, crushing his left side. He lin
gered for about an hour before he
died.
Frisbie had been giving exhibitions
at ElmwOod Park for several days.
His machine worked badly and he fell
40 feet, but beyond bruises and a shak-
ing up was not injured.
He was skeptical about the ability
of his machine to stand another fight
and announced that he would not take
the air, but when this statement was
communicated to the crowd there was
an angry demonstration. The specta-
tors hooted and shouted "faker' and
refused to listen to explanations.
1t was then Frisbie announced that
rather than have the big crowd leave
with the impression that he was not
willing to do his best, he would at
tempt a flight.
He assembled without difficulty, but
in attempting to make a turn the
plane tipped and Frisbie lost control.
AS he came crashing to the earth the
spectators could see the aviator ts-
ing to right the machine, but as it ap-
preached the ground one of the wings
crashed into a barn and the biplane.
glancing off, struck the earth, with
Frisbie underneath.
Frisbie's wife, son and little girl
were witnesses of the accident. Mrs.
Frisbie tainted when she saw her hus-
band fall. She bitterly denounced the
action Of the spectators in forcing her
husband to make the flight with a dis
abled machine. Frisbie is well-known
among the aviatOrs, having been a par
ticipant in the recent big meet at Chi
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
TAFT AND UNDERWOOD HIT.
Bryan Calls Committee Appointments
Greatest Mistake of Democrats,

Lincoln, Nebr. - The presidents
reason for vetoing the tariff revision
measures passed by congress were
lamentably weak. The farmers ought
to remember that the president has
deliberately surrendered them to the
greed of the protected interests and
has cast his lot with those who fur
nished his campaign funds. The
presidents veto of the cotton reduc-
ton bill will furnish further evidence
OF the subserviency to the interests.
No real relief is to be hoped for from
him"
William Jennings Bryan thus sums
up his opinion of Taft, in an extended
review of the work of the special ses-
sion. he declares also that several
mistakes were made by the demo-
cratic house. One was in putting q
tariff on raw wool, another in adjourn
ing without submitting an amendment
Tor direct election of senators. another
in not passing an antitrust bill, and
another in permitting a secret caucus
to control legislation. Greatest of all
he puts down the making OF Under
wood chairman of the ways and means
committee.
He is not a thorough.going tariff
reformer and his environment is
against progressive democracy. The
party had a right to expect that a
positive and progressive opponent of
the whole protective nolicv wo,,ld bo
placed at the committees head. The
mistake has already cost the party
dearly"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
skyscraner Out Of Plumb.

Chicago, Ill. - The walls of one
Of the first "skyscrapers" erected in
Chicago are three feet put of plumb,
was the charge contained in a notice
served on the of the Unity
building, 127 North Dearborn street.
by Building Commissioner Ericsson.
1t is demanded that repairs be made
Immediately.
The building. which is I6 stories
high, WAS recently declared unsafe by
a commission OF experts. Their re-
port says that in several places the
doors have settled nine inches.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
CONDITION OF COTTON 1872.
Department of Agriculture Makes Es-
innate.

Washington, Sept. 1.-The condition
of the growing cotton crop on Aug. 25
was 1872 per cen of a normal, as CON
pared with S9.1 per cent on July %.
1911, 72.1 per cen on Aug. %, 1910.
63.7 per cent on Aug. %, 1909, and 1875
per cent, the 10-year average, on Aug.
20, according to the department Of ag-
riculture estimates based on reports Of
correspondents and agents.
The comparison of conditions by
states follows:
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
LUMBER INDICTED
RETAILERS BODY, SCOUT PUB
LISTERS AND SECRETARIES
BUREAU NAMED.
SUIT ISFILED AT DETROIT
The Proposed Litigation Is Designed
to End What Is Claimed to be
An Unlawful Com
bine.

Detroit, Mich. - Charging conspir,
acy to restrain interstate trade and
commerce in lumber and its prod.
utes, United States District Attor-
ney Frank Watson filed a bill in the
United States circuit court here to
enjoin the Michigan Retail Lumber
Dealers Association, the Scout Pub
fishing Company of this city, and the
Lumber Secretaries Bureau of In
formation of Chicago from further al
legged unlawful business methods.
1t is alleged that members of the
retailers association endeavor to pro-
hibit manufacturers or jObbers from
shipping to competitors who are o
members Of the organization. A man
u~facturer shipping TO competing deal
ers is subject TO a fine of 10 per cent
Of the value Of the sale, it is charged,
and if the manufacturer refuses to pay
the penalty the organized retailers
are informed of it. In case any as
ISOLATION member continues dealing
with the manufacturer, following mott
fication that he has refused to pay his
penalty, the member is subject to ex-
pulsion from the body.
The Scout Publishing Company is
sues The Scout, a lumber trade jour
nal. 1t is charged that from time to
time editorials were published advo-
eating the principles of the retailers
dealing only with manufacturers or
jobbers who observed the ethics of the
retailers organization.
The government also asserts that
The Scout published the m of the
shippers who engaged in interstate
commerce and trade in a manner al
legged to be in violation of the rules
Of the Retail Dealers Association,
thereby answering all purposes of a
blacklist" for the defendant organ
izatiOn.
Secretaries on Guard.
When a manufacturer or jobber
failed to abide by the rules of the de
PENDANT organization, it is alleged that
the secretary of the association would
complain to the Lumber Secretaries
of Information and that the
latter would in urn give notice to the
several lumber dealers associations
throughout the United States, all of
which the district attorney holds to
be in restraint of trade. The Secre-
taries' Bureau of Information is also
said to have kept The Scout informed
of any violation Of the rules of the
dealers.
According to the governments bill
the organized dealers do not object to
shipment of lumber to railroads or
transportation companies or for sash,
doors and blinds to hardware mer-
chants who might keep a regular
stock of such goods, providing the
material is sold in not less than car
Dad lots. The classes of competitors
said to be most specifically opposed
ire mail order houses and farmers
cooperative societies.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
INSURGENTS ACT
w. L. HouSER, IN CHARGE OF
WASHINGTON QUARTERS,
TELLS OF PLANS.
". l.. HOUSER MANAGER
Says They Are Not La Toilette Offices,
But Opposed to Mr.. ~Taft-Says
Presresives Will Fight
to Limit.

Washington, d. G. - Formal state,
ments were made by Walter l.. Houser
Of Wisconsin, in charge of the new
progressive Republican headquarters
here, indicating in detail the plans OF
the campaign TO be pursuedsby the
members of the party who have estab-
Iished these headquarters.
The progressive Republicans have
two reasons for establishing headquar-
.ers here, according to Mr.. Houser.
These are" he declared, ito pro-
mote progressive Republican policies
and to nominate a progressive for
president.
I'VE believe" he added, that no
other than a progressive candidate
can be elected on the Republican tick
ct. We are in the fight to the limit
of fairness to control the next nation
al Republican convention.
Not La Toilette Headquarters.
These are not La Toilette head
quarters; they have been established
by the progressive Republicans of the
country and from here we will conduct
the fight, which we hope to win"
1t is believed here from the course
pursued by Mr.. Houser in entering
promptly into the field of publicity,
that the progressive Republicans, in
placing him at the head of their or
ganization here. intend to take advan-
take of the facilities for publicity af-
GoTded in Washington.
Mr.. Houser talked about the plans
of the progressives, which, he says,
will include aggressive fights in the
various states, notably Wisconsin,
North Dakota, Nebraska, Oregon, New
Jersey, California and Kansas, where
they have presidential preference
laws. Active efforts, he says, also will
be made in Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois,
and other states of the West to Sc
cure delegates to the national con
vention.
In fact, the entire campaign of the
Drogressives to be waged from here
will be to secure control Of the Re-
publican convention. prevent the re-
nomination of President Taft, and Sc
cure the nomination of some candi-
date satisfactory to the progressive
element.
Believed La Toilette Is Choice.
Although they DO not openly say so,
fact that a number of the pro-
leaders have announced a
preference for Senator La Toilette is
understood to place him far in the
cad as the choice of that element Of
he party.
Another statement made by Mr..
iouser is with regard to the work
which the progressive organization
to do i'll the doubtful states
md in the south. He said that in the
of the p~rogressiyes the south
I'm states cannot be relied upon to
the denomination of President
Taft, and he mentions Missouri, Ten
Florida and Arkansas as hav-
ng such strong progressive senti-
nent in both Republican and Demo
ranks as to insure that no can
idate favorable to the regular poll
les of either party car secure the
elegates from those states.
The opinion was expressed also nv
Ir. Houser that it will not be the
Ian of the progressive leaders to
lake a personal attack upon Presi-
ent Taft or to notice any references
e may make to the personal men,
of the progressive faction during
is tour through the country.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07

They have put a man In a lunatic
asylum in Ohio because he believes he
has invented a telephone that will en-.
able him to establish a direct con-
nection with heaven. If they are GO
Ing to shut up all people who think
the universe listens when they speak
the asy.ums will soon be overcrowded.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07

The New York Tribune has heard of
a woman who desires to draw FIVE pen
sions because she was married to FIVE
men who served in the Civil war. 1t
looks as If she had tried to turn mat
rimony into a sort OF progressive pen.
sion game.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
HELD FOR s1oo THEFT,
chicago Man In Jail at Winnipeg for
Beating Phone Co.

winnipeg, Sept. 2.-Len Harris, arr
rested in Chicago last week and al.
ieged to have been mixed up in SNUG,
glng opium into the United States ap.
peared in the provincial police court
charged with theft of 500 from the
dominion Telephone Compaby. His
nearing was remanded and bal, set fol
$4,000. !
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
GAS TANK ExPLoDEs; TWO HURT
Manager OF Dexter, la, Company May
Die Of Injuries,

Dexter, Iowa. Charles Hen
son, manager Of the Dexter Gas Com.
pany, was fatally injured, and A. E
Myers, an employee seriously hur,
when an explosion of the gas tanl
wrecked the plant of the company
Manson was badly burned am his
physicians says there is little hope TO.
his recovery. The cause of the ex
piosion is unknown. The wrecked
building burned.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
Madero Named by ProqressIves.
NEW e MUSEUM.
Contracts Awarded for $4,000, 900 struc.
ture in Chicago.

Chicago, Illinois. Stanley Field.
president OF the trustees of the Field
museum, announced that contracts for
the construction Of the new building to
cost 100000, win be signed this week.
Work will begin within two weeks. 1t
will b. completed IN the spring of 1915.
Exhibits worth $4,000. 600 are to be
provided.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
DISCUSS MOROCCO AFFAIRS.
French Cabinet Gets Report From
Foreign Minister.

Ra.nbouillet, France.-Premier Gait.
aux and his colleagues in the French
cabinet listened to the narrative of
Justin de Selves, the foreign minister.
concerning the later DEVELOPMENTS
OF she negotiations with Germany on
the Moroccan question. The cabinet
approved IN their final form the In.
structions to be given Jules Cambon,
the French ambassador at Berlin.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
One PAINTING Sold for sooo ooo

London, England.-The National Gal.
lery has bought the painting "Adora-
ton of the Kings" by Jan Gossaert.
OF Mabuse, from Rosalind, Countess
OF Carlisle. The price paid was
5000, 900.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
BatIeship Utah in Commissio,

Philadelphia, Penna. - With it's
crew of more than 700 men standing
at attention, the battleship Utah. n
OF the nos powerful afloat, was placed
in commission at the Philadelphia
Navy Yard.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
Medical Professor Operated On.

Rochester, Minnesota. - DR.. John
Kelly of the Johns Hopkins univer-
sity of Baltimore, and one of the prom.
inent medical men Of the country,
underwent an operation at st. Mary's
hospital for gall trouble.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07

, A clergy man In South Carolina
prayed SO successfully for rain that
farmers. fearing for their cotton crop.
were about to try and get an injunc.
tion against his praying any more.
Which shows again how a sense of
humor can help in keeping people
from making themselves ridiculous.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07

At a recent plumbers convention
there was a spirited discussion over
the question: why Do Plumbers Not
Make More Money!" The reason
probably is that they don't send back
to the shops often enough for tools.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
DAILY MARKET REPORT.
Twin City

Minneapolis, Sept. E. ." Wheat Zen.
TENDER, s1.01A; Dec, slo3m: Nopi
northern,- s1.05A; No. 2 northern
sI;03h No. ! durum. 800; No. ) corn.
6ithc; No: 3 white oats. 43c; barley.
aax sttSISc NO. 2 rye. Sic; No. 1
., Duluth, Sept. 2.-wheat. September
sl;O4S December, sl,.G3h; No. i north
South st. Paul, Sept. 2. " cattle
steers, $425@5,25; cows, s365@a25,
s5.00Q7.5o; hogs, E.00g7.3si
sheep, spring lambs, $500 a S. so. \
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07

Pennsylvania has a book agent one
hundred years old. Undoubtedly he is
tough enough now to stand all the
alleged witticisms that will be printed
about him.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
o'Brien Changes. His Base.

Toxic. Japan. - Thomas J. O'Brien,
for four years American ambassador
to Japan, sailed from Yokohama on
board the steamship Shinyo Maru to
take up his new duties as ambassador
to Italy.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07

Mary MacLane, silent in a literary
sense for nine years. says conident!al-
iy,"Take 1t from me-" in giving an i'm
preston. This phrase is not coun.
tenanced even in the discerning use
OF slang.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07

Tearing his shirt from his back, an
Ohio man tagged a train and saved
II from a wreck. That was good for
a mere man. but the regulation article
for tagging a train In an emergency
Is a red petticoat.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
Shot Tryina to Elude Sheriff.

Superior, Wis. - Adolph Goschin-
ski was shot in the back and fatally
wounded by First Deputy Sheriff Carl
son, when the man tried to escape
having a civil warrant served on him.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07

Squirrels are busy destroying the
Kansas corn crop. Don't blame the
squirrels. II they were moi destroy.
Ing the crop something else would be
doing so.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07
Wisconsin Land Owner Dead

Milwaukee, Wis.-James L. Gates
aged sixty-one years, identified with
large operations in lands in northern
Wisconsin, died after a lingering il!
ness.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07

The hobble skirt is to go, which
VIII be a loss to the contemporary
humorists but a decided gain to So
ciety at large.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07

The insect that bit a st. Louis
clergyman and stopped a wedding evil
IDENTIFY wanted to show that his sting
was more effective than Cupid's dart.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07

Now a learned scientist and
proposes that the snake shall be sub
stituted for the cat as the household
mouser
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07

The Denver man who has an ach-
Ing void where his appendix once
held forth also has an aching void in
the vicinity OF his pocketbook.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07

A Tacoma man On a bicycle won a
race with a wild cat, but he cannot
hope to compete with the French avi-
ator who won a battle with an eagle.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07

A new ocean liner is to be called
the Gigantic, and in this case no
doubt there will be something in q
name.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-09-07

1t Is to BIO Illegal in New Jersey for
women to wear birds on their hats.
The women will doubtless be able
to find something equally expensive.