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New-York tribune., 1911-12-29

combination He said all the men who
sold their plants agreed not to engage in
the packing business for fifteen years.
Have YOU any more contracts or agree
ments used In the organization OF the Ma
tional Packing Company" asked Mr.. But
ler
About three bushels but nothing you
would want" replied the witness
Whom did you talk with in your nego-
tiations with Kuhn Loeb q Co, Of New
York. for loans for the National Packing
Company"
Jacob II. Schif. He was the manager
of the firm and the whole thing was Mr..
Veeder's reply.
Tho witness was questioned regarding
the Kenwood Company. corporation or
ganized by the agents or employees Of the
packers.
That company was Incorporated TO deal
In oleo oil, and I believe it did just what it
was organized to do. II was Incorporated
in my Office during my absence. | did not
know everything that went on In my OIL
fee" replied Mr.. Vecder.
Asked about the Etna Trading Company,
Mr.. Veeder said he knew nothing about the
business of the concern.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-29
SHOT BY GANG MEMBER
Garage Owner Attacked Third Time by
One of Gar Barn Crowd.

For several months Barney Ettman
proprietor Of the Harlem garage. Al No. IS
East l0sth street. has been receiving threat
cning letters from the "car barn gang"
whose enmity nc had incurred by having
two of their members sent 10 prison. Two
attempts had been made on his life but on
each occasion he succeeded in getting away
without injury. The third one-ycsterday
mornlng-resulted IN bullet In the groin
The assailant. thinking he had Killed his
man. made his escape. Dr. Aaronson. OF
No 1864 Madison avenue. attended Ettman.
lie said The wound was not dangerous.
Eitman has given the name Of the man
who attempted to Kill him to the police.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-29
PERSIA FACING BRITISH
Expedition May Be Sent from
Calcutta Into South.
SHUSTER STILL HANGS ON
May Leave in Ten Days--Russia
Promises vengeance-lnJured
Consul, Mr.. Smart, Safe.

London. Dec. q-The latest news re-
ce,yed here indicates that affairs i'm Persia
are quieter In Calcutta the behef ~ hed
that an expedition will be sent TO occupy
shiraz II is understood that the precise
form the British action will take viii he
decided at Calcutta tomorrow. after a con-
sultaton with the home government.
King George is due to arrive at Calcutta
Tomorrow. and his presence may influence
the decision While 1t IS believed Russia IS
pursuing a firm policy in the Tabriz dis-
trict. details of the measures taken are
still unknown.
Teheran dispatch to the Times says
that the British and Russian legations are
definitely supporting NJ Mornard. the bei-
CLAN ex-Director of Customs In Persia, as
Treasurer General. Russia especially de-
sires his nomination, but British business
interests are dissatisfied. They would pre-
fer an Independent nomination
So far the response of Persia has been
unfavorable, but the presence OF Russian
troops at Kasbln enables the legations 70
exercise much pressure.
Teheran. Dec 2S.-The British Consul, W.
A. Smart, who was wounded In an on
gagement between his Indian escort ana
eight hundred Kashgai tribesmen Is safe,
having been brought from caravansary
where he received medical attention 10
KaZerOon.
The Persian Foreign Minister to-day
called on the British Minister and ex-
pressed deep regret on behalf OF the Re-
gent and government for the incident. lie
informed the British Minister that meas
ures had been taken to insure Mr.. Smart's
safe arrival at his post at Shiraz and for
exemplary punishment for the offenders.
The Persian government is extremely ap-
prehensive lest Great Britain consider the
incident justification for punitive expedi-
ton, which might lead to prolonged-pos
sibly TO permanent-occupation Of Southern
Persia.
w. Morgan Shuster. the American who
was dismissed from the office OF Treasurer
General by the Cabinet Is still awaiting
the appointment OF his successor. He has
suggested the selection OF F. f. Cairns,
who was his principal American assistant,
to act in the interim. This would enable
Mr. Shuster TO leave Teheran in a short
time. II the suggestion is accepted, pos
sibly he will leave with his family in about
ten days.
The only possible route by which Mr..
Shuster can return home is by way OF
Kasbin and Resht, which are in the pos
session OF the Russian troops, to Baku and
through Russia.
The telegraph lines to Tabriz have been
restored. and IL is presumed that the fight
ing in that district has ceased, but all dis
patches so far received from Tabriz are
several days old and indicate that the
| Russians we're IN a desperate plight on
New-York tribune., 1911-12-29
Rad CANNED GOODS coNFiscArEo

Food inspectors Of the Department OF
Health Yesterday seized in downtown
wholesale grocery house ten thousand
hounds Of defective canned goods. II is the
policy Of the department 70 cart to the
ofaI dump all bad foodstuffs. and the
canned goods suffered the same consequen-
res In the present month the food inspec-
tors have condemned about 10000 pounds or
meat and foodstuffs. making December one
of the record months for the seizure ana
obstruction of foodstuffs and meats which
do not come up to requirements. The large
er,ourt NJ poultry condemned previous to
Christmas helped 10 swell the total
SUNDAYS NEW. YORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in the United States
for $3.50 year.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-29
LET CONTRACT FOR MUSEUM WING

The Park Board awarded yesterday the
contract for the excavation work neces-
sary to lay the foundation for the proposed
southeast wing OF tho American Museum
of Natural History. Many bids were re-
ceived. The contract was awarded To
Repedctto & E,gan, whose bid was for
sls soS According 10 DR. Frederick Lucas,
dlrector of the museum, the proposed
southeast wing. for which the sum Of $40,
OOO is available. Will contain whale nsI'
contract lust et will be begun at once
park commissioner Stover said yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-29
Mercer SUGGESTION Amused Swift


when was the subject of the big pack
ing merger first suggestedT
Early in 1902 Gustsvus f. Swift first
mentioned II to me. Lord Penmure Gordon'
an Euelishmsn, who had been prominent
in merging corporations both in England
and I'm this country had met g. +. swift
and suggested that the packing companies
Of the country he combined
"Uts suggestion was that the stock of
the Chicago packers he bought at 200 and
paid for in stock Of the new company. The
hunor of this suggestion appealed To Mr..
Swift He was impressed with the general
idea OF consolidating. however. and meet
ing was called in May, 1902 at which the
subject was considered.
IAN the packing interests were repre-
sented at that meeting. In those days the
consolidation OF corporations was a popu-
lar fad. In these days II is considered
fallacy," replied the witness.
WAS there no agreement made by the
| Chicago packers for a merger prior to May
81. 1902" asked Attorney Butler
Not 10 my knowledge"
The witness then described the negotia-
,ions which led to the purchase by tho
combination OF several packing companies
Tho contracts covering these transactions
| were read TO the jury.
| Vcoder gave the details OF the organiza-
tion Of the National Packing Company,
| which was formed on March is. 1908. and
which the government contends was the
instrument used by the indicted packers
TO fix the price Of meat
Thirteen Companies in Combination.
The witness said that this corporation.
which was capitalized at S5,0l00o, was
formed by the merging Of thirteen com
panios and their subsidiaries. and that the
properties were paid for In stock OF the
! National Packing Company. a list OF the
! comparies and the prices paid for them by
the National Packing Company was given
as follows:
Stock Yards Warehouse Company. $780,
| COO.
Anglo American Provision and Refrigera-
| tor Gar Company, $4,000
Kansas city Refrgcrating Car Company,
| $4,000. 30 o,o
FRIEDMAN Manufacturing Company. SllO .
q H. Hammond & Co, S,6ooo0.
81 Louis Dressed Beef Company, 2,loo-
hammond Packing Company, tlo0'oo0.
omaha Packing Company 2,DoO0.
! Hutchinson Packing Company, ND,@o.
Anglo American Provision Company,
'-ii9ouIcr Packing Company 100000
United Dressed Beef Company. N@Nv'i.
,coder said these companies were all
,u,cbased by Armour. swift and Morris
before Michael Cudahy Was taken Into the
New-York tribune., 1911-12-29
DR. J. s. IRWIN.

properly separated, so that diseases DO not
spread among the passengers detained.
The conditions established show that
there has been the grOssest failure. either
TO establish or. II established. 10 preserve
these necessary sanItary precautions.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-29
Only One Conclusion Drawn.

Your failure To prevent any personal eN-
planation Of charges brought directly nome
10 Yourself either by personal appe1ance'
or II unable to appear personally, ny writ
ten answer leaves only one conclusion POS
sible n an Unprejudiced mind, and that
the charges are unansWerdble.
You could not have been ignorant or CON
ditious that casual observation would nave
discovered You must be held answerable
under the law for your failure 10 ENFORCE
business methods, good discipline cleani-
hess, sanitation and honest dealing Nlthlh
your department. -.
You had the benefit IF able counsel VINO
have presented for my consideration an eN-
tensive brief showing that no pains were
spared i'm examining the evidence aho IN
presenting such arguments as sklltul couu,
eel might devise. You had the oeneht OF
the testimony OF able physicians, VINO Ies-
flhed generally 10 your meoi'di sKlll. ~ Mds
epparent that YOU fully appreciated the I'M
pnrtance of the charges against you. II is,
therefore. impossible 10 excuse your failure
To meet the specific charges Of misconduct,
eYtravagance, dishonesty. depravity ana
immortality charged to your administration.
and which neither the testimony or your
distinguished medical friends nor the lahors
of your learned counsel have been able TO
palliate or explain.
/ Therefore. ask for your immediate re-
signation and that the office Of Health
C,ff7Cer Of the Port of New York be surren-
dcreG AZ once to your successor TO he ap-
pointed by me-.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-30
A WARNING WORD.
From the Herpicide Girl.

luu are becoming bald The hair
is getting thin on the top of your
head aud unless YOU take my advice
YOU will, before long, be as hairless
as q croquet ball Remember too
that chronic badness is incurable.
1t is all due to dandruff. / can
tell, because you always have dan
druff flakes on you coat collar. Be-
sides being an indication of impend-
ing badness, it also suggests untidi-
ness.
Newbro's Herpicide will kill the
germ that causes dandruff, checks
further accumulation of scalp skin
and stops falling hair.
You are not taking any chances
when you purchase Herpicide and
are tempting fate when you use any
thing else. Herpicide has thousands
upon thousands of satisfied users
who testify to it's germ destroying
and hair preserving qualities.
Your druggist is Authorized to guar
antee one dollar size bottles. The
best BARRIERS recommendand use it.
Send 10c in postage to The Herpi-
eide Co., Dept r., Detroit, Mich,
for sample and booklet
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-30
From The Herpicide Girl

You are becoming bald. The hair
is getting thin on top of your head
and unless you take my advice you
will, before long be as hairless as a
croquet ball Remember too that
chronic badness is incurable.
1t liz all due to dandruff. ! can
tell. because you always have dand-
ruff flakes on your coat collar Be-
sides being an indication of impend-
ing badness, it also suggests untidi-
ness
Newhro's Herpicide will kill the
germ that causes dandruff, checks
futher accumulation of scarf skin
and stops falling hair
You are not taking any chances
when You purchase Herpicide and
you are tempting fate when you use
anything else Herpicide has thou
sands upon thousands of satisfied
users who testify to it's germ destroy
ing and hair preserving qualities.
Your druggist is authorized to
guarantee one dollar size bottles.
The best BARRIERS recommend and use
IL
Send Toe. in postage to The Her
picide Co., Dept. r., Detroit Mich,
for sample and booklet
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-30

or for money has been eliminated.
Bosses may control and corrupt dele
gates. but they cannot control the
private citizen in the secrecy Of the
election booth The only question
which remains is whether the private
citizen is sufficiently alive to his in
terests to go to the polls on primary
election day and there WELD the in
huence which Is vital to popular gov.
eminent.
Civil service laws are designed to
destroy the traffic in patronage. But
civi1 service laws must be executed
in spirit as we'll as In letter The
voters must see to Il that men are
nominated and elected to office who
are pledged to the destruction of the
spoils system. Experience has shown
that the civil service system breaks
down under the pressure of spoils pol
tiles Civil service laws are worth.
less unless administered by friends
of civil service. The progressive
movement contemplates not only the
enactment Of thorough civil service
! laws, but their enforcement by men
who are progressive at heart, and not
by spoilsmen masquerading in GRO
gressive clothing
"A corrupt practices act must be
enacted for the prime purpose Of
eliminating the money OF the special
interests from politics. Corporation
contributions for any political purpose
must he prohibited Campaign re.
ceipts and disbursements must be
made public before and after cleo.
ton. The laws as TO bribery must
be made so strict and so effectively
administered by progressive officials
az to make 1t dangerous hereafter for
the special interests to attempt to
purchase special privileges or for pol.
iticians to attempt to blackmail pri.
vate business. The lobby Of the spe.
cial interests must be scourged from
the temple of legislation
We can never expect effectually
to eliminate graft and bribery un.
less we destroy the spoils system.
The, spoils system is the little
brother to the jackpot. The man who
viii sell his vote for a few jobs de
Itvered by spoils politicians has blunt
ed his conscience. He finds 1t an easy
step TO the sale OF his vote for few
dollars furnished by the special inter
ests. The first turn in the roadway
beyond Spells crossroad Is Jackpo,
lane,
1T is useless to defeat a few cor
'emptible Regulators who take bride
money unless we destroy the system
that produces bribery. The spoils
system bribery with jobs ia thu
bud: the Jackpot bribery wlth money
--is the full-bloom flower
"'rhe whole damnable system OF
cupidity and greed, pef and lucre,
patronage and spoils, must 30. We
must not temporize. We must not
palllate.
No permanent good Is to be &C
complished by merely moving down
the weeds Of corruption. There will
soon be another crop, We must tear
every foul root from the coil.
Concluded On Fifth Page)
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-30

The special interests seemeu rf1nlY err
tabllshed Yet the people were awak-
eued from their lethargy The popu
lace saw the necessity OF taking hack
into their own hands at the ballot box
the Important powers Of government
New Jersey left the ranks OF reaction
and placed herself squarey In The
ranks Of the progressives.
What Wisconsin and Oregon and
California and New Jersey and other
states have done. Illinois can and must
DO The obstacles to some may seem
insuperable. But they are not The
power OF political machines has al.
ready begun to crumble The thrones
of the political bosses in Illinois now
tremble and soon will topple The
special interests and their nefarious
Hobbies are even now preparing 10
evacnate The populace Of Illinois
the sleeping giant Of the prairies IL
awakening The people. are beginning
TO realize the true situation They are
coming to understand the meaning NJ
the spells system and its relation 10
political corruption They are begin.
ming to trace out the paths that lead
from spells into graft and bribery.
The people are going to strike fatal
blow al these demons Of misrn|e
'"The political boss has based his
power on three things First the
control of delegates to nominating
conventions: second. traffic In poiit-
icai Jobs created by the taxpayers
money. and. third. funds paid by or
eyacted from the special interests In
exchange for special privilege or rs
blaekmail to prevent inimical legisla'
ton.
The progressive movement pro
poses effective legislation to destroy
each and All Of these sources of the
boss power
The direct primary law has been
passed to abolish the delegate con.
vention The people now have
chance In nominations The dele
gate who would sell his vote for jobs
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-30
POSSE Of WOMEN
ARMED WITH PITCHF0RK SUR
ROUND BARN AND CAP
TURE NEGRO.
Had Entered House with Purpose of
Eurglary--Face Seen in Mir
ror-Women 0utran Him.

Springfield, ILL.,. July 29,--An ami
mated streak Of SCOT who was held
still long enough to be identified as
! human being this afternoon broke
into society in the South End with
q burglars Jimmy" and was cap
tured by the society women with
pitchforks,
The black streak that fled
through the streets at great speed,
under close inspection, was found
to be negro burglar The brief in
spcction was enough for his fair
captors, however. They turned him
over to the police without asking
him for his name or card
When the negro decided he would
rob q house in one of the best resi-
dental districts of the South End he
shose that of Frank Kelly, in Fourth
street. After removing window
with his Jimmy he sauntered
down a hall and began ransackine
a bureau drawer
Then Mr.. Kelly, who was iii, saw
the strange face in a mirror. He
called to his wife, who Immediately
started after the intruder with a
broom Then the burglar began his
wild flight. Mrs. Kelly called to
her neighbora. who at once took IN
me chase. although they couldn't
make out. In the dust that envel-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-30

oped the fleeing mans heels. wheth-
er they were hunting man or beast
AT last the pursued negro took re-
fuGe In livery stable. The women,
in single formation. surrounded
the place. Then they seized pitch
forks and entered the structure.
Covering in box stall, the negro
finally was discovered.
"Ah gives up" he stammered. Il
didn't know you women could make
such 81 d."
The omen held him at the ends
Of th@- treateping weapons until
they found a policeman to whom
they turned over their prisoner,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-30

From the taxpayers point of view
the new city hall and court house
proposition has nothing appalling
On S125,000 building, such as is
proposed to be erected, the tax rate
in the city will be 20 cents ON the
500 Of taxed valuation. The man
who owns little home assessed at
1880 will be taxed on $500 and II
will cost him only S1.45 a year to
help build the new city hall and
court house. The man who is as.
sessed $4,000 will pay only $3.50;
the man who Is assessed at $4,000
will pay only $40 year---a mere
bagatelle for one so well off In this
worlds goods, when 1t is considered
that the assessors figures are nearly
always considerably below the real
value of property and only one
third Of the assessors valuation Is
taxable. In the county outside og
tho city tho tax rate will be only II
cents On the 800. for the county
will not be taxed for the city hall
II the county commissioners do not
40 into the arrangement and only a
city hall Is built, the rate In the
city also will be considerably re
duced saFM
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-30

Perhaps The Bulletin office has
not been such bad school OF In
struction for aspirants in the news
paper field, literary and mechanical
John f. Rector has his name blazed
across the top Of the Memphis News
Scimitar's sporting page and Thos
NJ Phillips was editor of that papcr
and is now private secretary to the
mayor of that city Both these
young men took their first lesson il
newspaper work with The Bulletin
A similar story might be told with
respect to several who have made
good elsewhere in the mechanical
department of newspapers
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-30

What looks like a good business
proposition is made by the manage
ment of the Cairo Children's Home
The ladies have secured options on
some excellent residence lots which
they offer for sale to the highest
bidder Details of the proposition
are given in the news columns else
where. There are 22 people at the
home now, of whom Is are children
who need to be cared for. The la
dies do not ask free contributions
but have adopted a business method
to raise the necessary funds for
maintenance, which ought to appeal
to men who have money TO spare
for investment in Cairo residence
property in section Of the city
where the demand for such property
is sure to grow rapidly stronger
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-30

breaks back
mart His ges viii he
bent 'neatha load of He's old houg
THE he's his
BREAD freean
WINNER his Yellow
bills fall he the a the long
light through and he dreams
he
Till fall him
wife playing money and
To like bees In our
with
then entertain
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-30
AGED COUPLE HAPPY
Indiana Bride of 73 Takes Fourth
Who Has Six Wives.

Nashville, Ind, July 29.---"We're
just as happy and nervously excited
today as il this were our first ad-
venture in matrimony," said Mrs.
Jessie Harding, aged 73,who yester-
day became a bride for the fourth
time. Her husband is 50 years old
and ii is his sixth marriage Mr.
Harding ig the father Of twelve chill
dren and his wife is the mother of
eight
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-30
i SMILE Or TWO
Il Always Happens.

/ spent my two weeks fishing.
Hold good luck every day.
| caught about 1000 trout.
But tho biggest got away
Dad summered with farmer
And helped him gather hay.
They slew with rakes 1000 suasog.
But the biggest got away
Sis spent her time in London,
Hooked many swains, they say.
Tried for duke, but made fluke
And the biggest got away.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-30
BARGAIN COUNTY RUSH
Women Injured in Department
Store Cannot Recover from
Proprietor.

Minneapolis, Mimi, July 29.-lf
woman is injured in a bargain
counter rush the proprietor of the
store cannot be held responsible
for any injuries received according
to an opinion handed down today by
Judge Wilbur of the Booth county
court. The report denies Eleanor
Galloway a new trial in her suit for
$4,000 personal damages,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-30
June Circulation.

The above is correct statement
of the circulation of The Cairo Bul
letin for the year 1910 and for the
month of June 1911.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to befor,
me this goth day Of July, 1911.
LEO J. KLEB,
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-30
ILLINOISCEN1'RAL
DULY /, 19ll)
THE FAST MAIL ROUTE.
Trains Leave Cairo:

l:1O a. m. Daily Chicago vestibula
limited, arriving Chicago 10:40 a. IN.
ZIG a. IN. Daily ST. Louis Night
United, arriving st. Louis 1870 a. N.
sleeping cars open at $3.50 p. m.
$3.50 a. III. st. Louis Special.
500 a. m. Chicago Daily Expres&
Ills a. IN. st. Louis Fast Mail.
HIS .. m. Chicago Midday Special
2;3O p. m. Afternoon Express for
st. Louis. Odin, Efhngham, Nation
md Champaign.
AIS p. IN. Thebes Accommodation
Ais p. IN. Fulton and Nayfield 40
ommodatlon.
6:l5 p. IN. Chicago and EastsrA
Express
1910 p. m, Chicago Night Express
arriving at Chicago 7:l5 a. m.
2:303 am. Memphis and Nashville.
$40 a. m. Coach section for Mem
phis and New Orleans.
$40 a. III. Seminole Limited for
Birmingham and Jacksonville, Fla.
800 q. m. Paducah and Louisville
la p. m. Daily Memphis and New
Orleans.
1,56 p. N. Daily Nashville, Chatta,
Googa and Atlanta.
$50 D. m. Paducah and Louisville
Sleeper. Paducah to Louisville. open
at $3.50 .. M.
5;55 p. IN. Memphis and New Or.
leans Special.
For through tickets, sleeping car
accommodations and further informA.
ton apply at Illinois Central Passep.
ger Station, Cairo. III.
J. n. JONES, Ticket ACT.
n. G. PHELPS,
General Pass. Aat. Northern ans
Western lines.
GEO. n. BOWER,
General Psss. Aat. SOU. lines.
S. G. HATCH, Passenger Traffic Man.
ager.