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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-01-13
SOUTHERN WILL
USE COLLECTORS
Report That Railway Would
Change Policy Denied

Washington. Jan. 12.-upon being
asked today as to the truth OF the
published reports that the Southern
Railway company has determined 10
dispense with ticket collectors ON its
passenger trains, Mr.. A. II. plant.
comptroller Of the company. said:
This report is entirely without
foundation The management OF the
company has not had under consid-
Grafton ans change of policy with re-
gard TO the employment Of ticket
collectors on the other hand. the
results that have been obtained are
such as fully to warrant the con
tinuatlon Or the system
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-01-13
BENJAMIN CRAMP
IL KILLED III GAs

Philadelphia. Jan. 12.-Benjamin
Cramp. member Of the shipbuilding
family Of William cramp and sons,
died from gas poisoning last night In
the pennsyiyanis hospital after his
removal to that institution from his
home.
lie was found In the bathroom OF
his home by his wife, who is pros
uated BY the shock. The room was
filled with gas and Mr.. cramp was
unconscious. he was SO years old.
Members Of bis family say that he
had no reason to end bis life aud that
his death was an accident.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-01-13
WANT M|L|TN
OUT OF POLITICS
National Guard Association Ad-
Iourned This Afternoon
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
Morning Session Devoted TO Livel,
Discussion Of Grave Political
Situation That Ccnfronts North
Carolina National Guard.
Banquet Last Night.

Following an important business
session this mo ming. which viii
eventually wean the militia OF North
Carolina from politics, and the cleo
ton Of officers, the State National
Guard association, which convened
In this city yesterday adjourned late
this afternoon.
The most important feature OF to-
days session was the report OF the
committee on legislation, In which
Il was clearly set forth that the ma
tIonal guard OF this state will not
continue TO be made cats paw in
the hands of the politicians, and that
appointment must be taken out Of
the hands OF politics. The militia
wants to be placed on equal plane
with other states. This matter has
been discussed at the last three an
nual conferences and seems TO be
nearer fulflliment than ever before.
Session Yesterday Afternoon.
The afternoon session yesterday
OF the association was devoted TO
discussions by Lieut.. Col. Edwin T.
Glenn. Of the United states army.
and Capt w. G. Peace. who Is sta
TONED ~ a. and NJ. college. Raleigh.
These discussions were strong and
70 the point. The new pack for the
infantry was shown and explained By
Colonel Glenn. The illustration was
piade by Sergeant waddlngton, OF
the United States army.
nanqHss last Night
Last night III O'Clock the members
q the ass0ciatlnn assembled IN the
klka ball, where d most elegant and
sumptu0us banquet was held. Major
Glenn Brosn acted as toastmaster,
ard many were the responses from the
officers gathered around this festive
board. The occasion was not only
ic'4st for the taste, bat a perfect
fcast oi oratory. wit aud humor.
The following officers we're elected
for the coming year MsIor II. T.
Daniels. OF Weldon. president: Capt.
$. &. Chambers. Of this city. first
yice-prcsldent; Lieut.. Col. n ID. Har-
per. Of Kinston. second yice-presi-
dent. Capt. p. l.. Black. OF Charlotte
secretary and treasurer; Major X M.
Coburn. of Raleign. assistant secre-
tary. Charlotte was selected for the
noxt meeting 20 be held In 1912. the
exact date being left to the executive
committee
Tho soldiers, many Of whom de-
Iarted this afternoon. expressed
themselves as being exceedingly
pleased az the hospitality shown
them during their stay IN Durham.
The Elks have entertained the ON
Gers ~ regal style. and we're the re-
cipicnts d many congratulations
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-01-13
Standard Oil Co. Begins Fight
For Life Before Supreme Court
Submission 10 Highest Tribunal Of Biggest Trust Busting Suit Ever
Undertaken by Government Marks elimination Of
Long and Hard Fought Legal Battle

Washington, Jam 1.-THE Standard
Oil company in New Jersey-thC
Rockefeller holding company-today
began its fight for life before the ssu.
preme court OF the United States
pleaded not guilty to the governments
charge Of being the most colossal
monopoly in the country, and through
costly legal representatives entered
into the final battle for preservation
OF its corporate existence.
The argument in the Standard Oil
case today is the elimination Of a
long and hard fought legal battle. lis
marks the submission to the highest
court OF the biggest trust busting suit
ever undertaken by the government,
and one that has been waged by the
highest priced legal talent obtain
able. 1t 1t aimed at the dissolution
of the most gigantic octopus Of the
business and industrial world and
personally names the worlds richest
man. i has been, all things consider
ed, probably the most costly litiga-
ton in which the government has ever
been involved. Attorney General
Wickershain. in his argument on the
same case last year before the court
declared it as his opinion that the
Standard OIL suit was probably the
most important eveE before the su-
preme court"
Additional interest centers in the
argument begun today by reason OF
the fact that Justice Willis Van De-
vanter, one of President Taft's recent
appointees to the highest bench, par
ticipated, as a judge Of the Sth cir
cult court in a decision against the
trust. Heretofore a justice Of the
court who is called upon 10 sit in an
appeal Of case tried before him ii
a lower court, has always refrained
from participation in the review, but
in the case Of Justice Van Devanter,
il was Presidents Tafts des,ie tina,
he should sit.
In brief the charges which Attor-
neys John G. Milburn OF New York
and John G. johnson. OF Philadelphia,
are seeking TO controyert in the day
and half Of argument allotted TO them,
include conspiracy alleged to have
had its conception in 1870; a growth
into gigantic proportions, fed by IL
legal rebate. foste-ed by unfair CON-
petition, and made almost impregna-
Bile through domination OF the market.
They must prove to the court, to
secure reversal OF the decision Of the
lower tribunal. that this growth has
been the result OF extraordinary bus
mess aeumen. that the combination
of interests WIS not a trust for evil,
and that at present, the Standard Oil
company does not control the oil bus
iness.
Against their arguments, Frank b.
Kellog. special assistant to the At
torney General and Attorney General
wickefsham will relate in an amaz-
ing story OF high finance, marke;
manipulation, and oppression Of com
petitors.
Kellogg. who will make the main
argument for the government. has
been counsel in the two suits lnstitu-
Ted by the government against the
Standard oil company He has been
working TO accomplish the downfall
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-01-13

Ashevillc, Jen. 12.--The Rev.
Gcnrge Gates. the baptist evangelist
o. Louisville. Ky, who last week was
elected from Southern railway
train AZ Arden. this state. today fllcd
suit against the Southern for $780,.
900 amagca. Mr.. Caics alleges that
he sustained internal injuries md
suffered great humiliation BY being
forcibly elected from the train after
ho had offered a. mileage book for
transportation, which tha conductor
refused 90 accept
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-01-13
Begin Movement
For State Highway

Raleigh. Jan. IA movement has
been started here Tor working up pro-
vision for the construction uf q great
tfans-state highway from the sea-
board TO the vest Ashpville aud be-
tond- through cooperation " the
people 1t The Territory irayetsed az
they have been constructed III some
uf the western states. voluntary labor
uf people III The territory % ~ nsed
All assembling I'll specified DAY flr
the construction II certain sections
of the road james III. pou. ] y
Sims and others are especially active
in the movement.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-01-13

of the Standard since early In 1906,
/ first as the governments mainstay
in the famous 29,0O0,0OO suit against
the Standard Oil company of Indiana.
One of the subsidiary corporations
of the parent, or New Jersey company
and, since November 1906 in the
present suit His knowledge of the
company and its business is more ex-
tensiye than that of anyone outside
the concern.
Attorney General Wickersham has
been working on the argument which
he will present TO the court ever since
early. in the summer. He has been
quoted as saying that he intends it to
be the crowning achievement Of his
legal career. To Wickersham will
fall Of duty Of summing up" or clos
ing for the government. Kellogg is
10 make the statement, following af-
ter John G. Milburn. who, as main
counsel for the appellant, has the
right TO open the case.
1t was in November, 1906, that the
suit which is now before the Highest
Court, was filed before the United
States court at st. Louis. The bill
Of complaint was voluminous docu-
ment covering 220 pages. 1t purpo-t-
ed to give a history of the growth of
the. monopoly, and was a drastic ar
raignment of the corporation and its
guiding spirits. John ID. Rockefeller,
Henry NJ. Flagler, Oliver H. Payne,
Charles NJ. Pratt and others. One
hundred and forty-three subsidiary
corporations were named as co-defen-
dants.
More than two years were occupied
in the taking OF testimony under
special examiner at various cities
throughout the country. John d.
Rockefeller himself was among those
examined.
On November 20, 1909. the circuit
courts, sustained practically every
contention made by the government.
adiudged the combine trust in re-
straint of trade and ordered its dis
solution under the terms Of the S5er-
man law. BY its decree the STANDARD
oil company Of New Jersey, the pa
ent corporation, was enjoined from
voting the stock in any Of the sub
sidiary defendant companies, and
from exercising any control over
those corporations by virtue Of the
stock which It held. The subsidiary
companies were enjoined from paying
any dividends to the parent corpora
ton.
From this decision. the oil trust ap-
pealed, alleging e6 errors in the de-
cree. Briefly these were the court
erred in compelling nonresident cor
porations and individuals TO appear at
81. Louis. In oyerturning the plea OF
the defendants that the court had no
Jurisdiction; in finding that the 10
corporations absorbed by the Stand
ard Of New Jersey in 1899. were then
competitive: In finding the seven in
dividual defendants including John d.
and William c. Rockefeller. II. NJ.
Flagler. and II. II. Rogers. IN the ten
years prior TO 1879 acquired compete
ing companies to suppress competi-
ton that the subsidiary companies
were entirely controlled BY the parent
corporations; and that an exchange
Of stocks for an interest In single
corporation was Illegal.
i Is alleged that practically $780,
100000 Of capital Is invested in the
various companies which the present
sui seeks 10 dissolve.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-01-13
I,nsinrs AMnlt anrlmit.

Atlanta. Ga. Jan i2.-Ii Ii prob
able that when jones !. Corbett
comes here IN response 10 an invita-.
tion OF Methodist ministers. lie and
Rev Wallace Rodgers will put on
the gloves The ministers want Cor.
bett 10 see their gymnasium In the
Wesley Memorial church. aud q
know what they are doing toward
muscular Christianity.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-01-13
Bill Fix Salaries
Durham Officers

Raleigh. Jan. i2.-Gcnerai Julian
E. Carr introduced bill In the house
today 20 fin the salaries Of The officers
{. Durham county. IN December the
Zee sysiem IN this county was chang
I'd TO a salary basls.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-01-13

Raleigh, Jan. 1.-THE Introduction
OF bills having for theif purpose the
establishment of Piedmont county
from portions of Guilford, Davidson
and Randolph and the adjustment of
near-beer traffic In the state featured
the day yesterday In the sessions OF
the general assembly.
Mr.. Alfred. OF Johnston, introduced
bill requiring railroads TO stop all
trains at county seats upon tagging
and Mr.. Battle offered the bill to IN
crease the pay OF the state librarian
from $500 to $4,000. The other
measures offered were mostly OF a To-
cal character
Committees Report.
The batch Of reports from commit
tees showed that those bodies have
settled down to their work In earnest.
Among the more important measures
reported fayorably were Gen. carr's
bill raising the limit of the value Of
property Trinity college may hold. Mr.
Roberts state white slave law also
was reported fayorably. but the meas
ure offered by Mr.. Pace. of Wake, pro-
yiding that corporations shall pay the
wages OF deceased employees to their
relatives or other persons entitled was
|disapproyed
In the senate a bill TO abolish the
|near-beer traffic throughout the state
and the bill establishing the county
OF Piedmont. carved out OF Guilford.
Davidson. and Randolph counties.
were the most important measures In
troduced. The bill relating to near
beer was introduced by Senator Car
penter. OF Castor. at the request OF
the ministers OF Gastonia.
The bin creating a commission form
Of government for the city OF Green's
boro passed third reading In the sem
ate and was ordered engrossed and
sent TO the house.
The bin remedying a defect IN the
call for a bond election In New Bern
was the first 10 pass and be ratified
By the general assembly OF 1911.
Senate Bills.
Martin OF Washington: Prcscrib-
ing s:se tifae for holding courts in The
first district Referred 10 judicial
committee.
Carpenter Of CASTOR: BY request cf
ministers OF Gastonia: Abolishing
the near-beer traffic throughout the
state Referred 10 committee on pro-
positions and grievances.
Cobb. OF Roheson: Appointing three
justices Of the peace In Parkion town
ship. Robson county.
Holden. OF franklin: Providing for
good roads In youngsyille township.
Franklin county.
Boyden. Of Rowan: Establishing
the county OF Piedmont put OF Gull
ford. Davidson and Randolph. Refer
red to committee on counties, cities
and towns.
Isie. Of Rockingham: Regulating la
Dor In manufacturing indusi les. Re
ierred 10 manufacturing committee
Mcdonald, OF Moore: Authorizing
the consolidation OF the North Caro-
lima and South Carolina railroad. Re-
ferred % the railroads committee.
Thorne. Of Nash: Appointing c. II.
Harris and J. W Robbins justices OF
the peace in Rocky Mount township.
Nash county. Passed three readings
and sent TO the houne without en-
grossmcnt.
The bill Incorporating the city Of
Greensboro under a commission fo-m
of government passed third reading
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-01-13

mother, the baby Il hayin' a at"
Just as I'm dealing" complained
Mrs. watts-Trumps. "why couldn't
she have waited until I was dummyy'
Washington Herald.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-01-13
The nnl, Ihlnr l.arlInr.

WHY are you . sure there L 10
such thing as 4 fourth dimensionr
Because replied the discouraged
fat man. III there was I'D have i -
Ladies Home Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-07-07
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES

Helen Rumbel, aged fourteen, beat
en- for neglecting task, is dead in
Gridley, Cal Mrs. Emma Rumbel, her
stepmother, and Arthur Lewis, her
stepbrother, were held by coroner's
jury to answer to the charge of muir
der and have been rushed to the cOun-
ty Jail at Oroville for safety. The
countryside is half-crazed with rage.
Lewis and Mrs Rumbel reported
that the girl had committed suicide
An inquest instituted Immediately de-
veloped that the girls body was a
mass of bruises and that her face in
death remained black from the chok-
ing she had received.
Mrs. Ida Schiff of New York, who
gave up her blood to save a dying wO-
man and to obtain money to bring her
five children here from Russia, made
her sacrifice in vain. Weakened by
the loss CT blood, she tainted in the
night on the fire escape balcony at
her home and fell eighty feet to a
court pavement She died an hour
later.
Thadeus KCrniak, 1923 West Huron
street, Chicago, was waylaid by three
assassins while on his way home and
fatally stabbed, seventeen wounds be-
ing inflicted before the eyes Of his
wife, who, speechless with fright and
horror was powerless to interfere. The
murder was the sequel Of a quarrel
oh CT # cd at dance
Frank Snow, tWenty-siX, was instant
ly killed, and Ralph Stewart, about
eighteen years old, was seriously hurt
On a trestle of the indianapolis South
ern railroad near Francis station. The
two young men were on the trestle as
a through freight went over it. Snow
was struck and Stewart was shaken
off
Three men were killed, almost in
stantly, when a fiywheel in the drying
room at the big Sault Ste. Marie, Ont,
coke ovens exploded. The dead are:
Walter Albrough, thirty-three, fore
man Nicholas Miller, twenty-eight,
laoorer; Angelo D'Angialo, thirty
eight, laborer.
Fred Noveshelsky, a salesman for
the Seipp Brewing company in Chi
cago, shot and killed himself at his
home, 5716 Prairie avenue, early in
the day. He was thirty-one years cd.
The widow said that Noveshelsky was
respondent because he had lost mon
ey gambling.
The police and coroner at Port HUI
ron, Mich, are puzzled by the
finding of the body of a man between
thirty-fve and forty years of age at
the foot of Thomas street, in ST. Clair
river. The body had been in the wa
ter about four days.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-07-07
FOND or ELECTIONS.
In Switzerland They Select Even
Gravedggers by Ballot.

In Switzerland They Select Even
Gravedigeers by Ballot.
According to Professor f. F. Roget
of Geneva, the Swiss have the great
est political intelligence in the world
today
Every citizen of canton is Swiss
citizen says Professor Roget. One
must become member of some local
commune to become naturaliZed and
in order to do SO must be accepted by
the local communal council.
Every male Swiss citizen is an elec-
tor from the age of twenty there be-
ing no property qualification. Every
Swiss is a soldier and every soldier an
elector. The federal elector may vote
wherever he may happen to be. guar
antees being taken that he votes only
once.
THE cantons are the political units.
and no elector may exercise political
rights in more than one canton. On
moving from one locality to another
the Swiss must wait three months be-
fore he may exercise the franchise in
his new neighborhood."
ProfeSst Roget declares that every
collective authority In Switzerland is
elected
1.-The foreigner" he states. lis often
surprised TO see I'm Swiss newspaper
on Monday the results OF all kinds Of
elections on the Sunday. II he had
gone into a polling booth on the Sun
day he would have found in this cor
ner clerk at a desk. at which the
elector would vote for the local school,
master
lin another corner would be desk
at which he would vote for the Local
judge. in another part of the Same,
room he would vote for the local grave
digger. and SO on through whole
series of officials. all of whom are pop
ularly elected.
THE result Of rf1is training is that
the political intelligence of the Swiss
is extremely developed. and thar he
thoroughly understands what he is vof-
ing about at home in his native coun-
try. and that when be goes abroad ne
finds it very easy To understand I'D
to take part In any political movements
among which he may lind himself =
Exchange
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-07-07
BRIDGES In Korea.

Some idea of the delights of travel
ing in Korea is given by the following
description by Il traveller of the
bridges" in that country: a first class
bridge in Korea is simply an assert
ment of planks nailed together These
are scarce A second class bridge is a
series of isolated stones. from one TO
another of which the visitor may jump.
A third class bridge. much the COM
monest variety. is invisible its posi-
ton being Indicated by Il couple of
posts. one ON each side of the river
They mean that YOU may safely wade
across. as the walter will probably not
20 much above your chest.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-07-07
SPORTING AFFAIRS
CONGRATULATIONS

After leading for nearly three and
thFee-quarter miles over the smooth,
ripping surface of the Hudson river
at Poughkeepsie, n Y, the Columbia
varsity crew blew up and Cornell.
suddenly with a wonderful burst of
speed, forged to the front to win one
of the most sensational eight-oared
boat race ever rowed in this country.
It is said that ten Cincinnati BUSH
tween Manager Bresnaham of the Car
dinals and Umpire Klein have sub
scribed the sum of $50 and wired it
to him in ST. Louis to Pay the fine
levied by President Lynch.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-07-07
Creation of a Knight.

The ceremonies al the creation or
knight have been various. The prin
cipal were box on the ear and
stroke with a sword on the shoulder.
John of Salisbury tells US the blow
with the naked fist was in use among
the ancient NOrmanS. BY this it was
that William the Conqueror conferred
the honor of knighthOOd on his son
Henry. 1t was afterward changed
into a blow with the fiat Of the sword
on the shoulder of The knight.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-07-07
Hard to Find Things.

He-Where are my collars. dear!
She-I don't really know.
We'll yesterday | couldn't find my
shirts: this morning my ties were miss
ing: now | can't find my collars. The
only place ! know worse than my bu-
reau is my card index system!-
YOnkers Statesman.