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Evening journal., 1911-06-02
HIGH SCHOOL MEET.

The High School track team will take
part in the annual meet this after
noon at Wawaset Driving Park Ri
valry runs high among the track atA-
le;es and some exciting finishes are
promised.
Evening journal., 1911-06-02
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OFFICERS

The Friends School Athletic Associ-
alton last night elected these officers:
Osbourne Biddle. president; w Berl,
Jr.. vice-president; James r. owens.
secretary; Robert Leiheld. treasurer.
Evening journal., 1911-06-02
WILMINGTON.

Earned runs, Harrisburg, 2, VIII
mington. i; two-base hits. Brent;
struck out. by Myers. 3; DAILY 6; left
on bases. Harrisburg. 4: Wilmington,
s: stolen bases, Sundheim. Mccormick.
NAYS, Marhefka; sacrifice hits Sund-
helm, Mays. Rutherford. Murphy; hit
by pitched ball, Scanlon. Mccormick,
MAYS. q: base on balls, off Myers. q;
on DAILY, 8: time Of game. 2.S0; UNI
pire, Connors
The evening world., 1911-12-07
UPSTATE POLITICIANS
AFTER Me, SAYS JUDGE RAY.
But He Is Not Worried by Charges
Preferred Against Him
in CONGRESS.

the upstate politicians are trying to
get me-" says George Ray, United States
District Judge. OF Norwich. ~. Y. In
regard to the charges preferred against
him In Congress by the Cayuga County
Bar Association. Judge Ray returned to
New York to-day to resume the trial of
George Graham Rice and b. H.. Schef-
tells.
Il have done nothing on the bench
said Judge Ray, that would warrant
suspicion being attached TO any OF my
acts, | am not afraid to face any man
for anything | have ever done. Per-
sonally | do not care what becomes OF
these charges. and | am not worrying
about them
Judge Ray showed a long letter he had
written Nov. % TO Leonard II, Soaring,
AN Auburn. n. y, lawyer. 1t was his
conduct toward Soaring in court that
the Bar Association seized upon as fur
nlsaing reasons for asking the Judges
r,moval. In the letter Judge Ray en-
phaslzes that he had not Intended either
10 censIre or criticise Mr.. Soaring, At
tachcd Is q reply from the lawyer ac-
cepting the explanation and closing the
incident.
The evening world., 1911-12-07

Judge Holt. in the United States Dis
trict Court yesterday. fined Charles
Weinschenker, fur dealer. of No. 45
West Twenty-seventh street. $1,000 for
having undervalued furs he imported,
Weinschenker has settled civh suits
brought by the Governmen for 5000
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-10-12
SLAVERY WHICH DIseRAcEs
Conditions Of Labor In the Steel In
dustry Are Shown to Be
Deplorable.

Our great iron and steed industry
how proud we are of it! How we
have coddled and protected 1t and
watched it growl How marvelously
it has been manipulated and turned
and twisted and bought and sold and
amalgamated and incorporated and
combined and formed into giant
trusts. How firms and corporations
have been drawn into ti,s big net, by
force Or otherwise, and then capital.
lied criminally far beyond their in.
trinsic value, so that tile stock after.
wards foisted upon tbs public was
waterlogged to a greater degree than
the most hopeless dereIict that still
succeeds in fioatingl What nice divt-
dends have been paid upon all this
watered stock which has been mar
keted, as upon the millions of such
stock pocketed by the Earons Of the
great industry as rewards for bring
Ing about the various amalgamationsl
Wonderful thing, this iron and steel
Industry, giving employment to thou
sands and thousands of men, helping
to make our nation great and pros
porous and creating a constantly in
~creasing number of multi-millionaires
whose fortunes are the wonder Of the
world! Sure, we're proud Of II.
But, wait a minute. Secretary Ma
gel, of the Department of Commerce
and Labor, has been looking into the
matter and he has reported to the
United States senate that he had in
vestigated the labor conditions con
nected with practically the entire in
dustry in the United States. number
ing some 344 plants. What does he
| find? Conditions which should shock
the conscience Of every man who
boasts citizenship in this land of the
free. The report covers 10000 men.
| OF this vast army of industry one
third work seven days per week, Sun
day differing in no respect from the
other six days. Fully one-fourth of
the 10000 men work not only seven
days but IL hours per- day. About
sc, 900 of these iron and steel M
ployes are foreigners, mostly OF the
Slavic races. Some $4,000 of them
receive less than IS cents an hour;
$4,000 receive between Is and rs
cents and about the same number
receive rs cents or more per hour.
A Encouragement whereby these
pitiable victims of corporate greed
should work in three shifts instead Of
~two--eight hours per day instead Of
twelve-might increase the cost of
the product; even might reduce the
p~rincely incomes of a handful of steel
and iron magnates; but the world
would be the gamer.
Where corporate industry thus pitt
lessly preys on helplessness, poverty
and ignorance the government should
interfere. If interference is unconsti-
tutional-well, we amended the consti-
tuition once for the sake Of slaves of
a darker color but no worse condt
ton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-10-12
h Must Wait,

In 1881 James G. Blaine was the
foremost American champion of high
protection. In June of that year he
as secretary of state sent to congress
a report on the cotton goods industry.
In this document he submitted a mass
Of statistics on which he based this
statement: ~
Undoubtedly the inequalities in the
wages Of English and American oper-
atives are more than equalized by
their greater efficiency and their
longer hours Of labor. In the
two prime factors which may be said
to form the basis of our cotton anu
featuring industry-namely, raw ma
terial and labor, we hold the ad-
vantage over England in the first, and
stand upon an equality in the second"
That meant that thirty years ago
we could beat the world in the cheap
production of cotton goods, for Eng.
land could easily beat any other COM
petitor. 1t meant that our manufac-
turers could hold the home market
without tariff help.
Yet they are still getting this help
Just as they ere thirty years ago,
and the national labor bureau finds
that precious little Of 1t gets past their
stockholders and their treasury into
the pay envelopes Of their hired men
and women and children.
These beloved wards of the stand
pat guardians must wait-how much
| longer?-for a commission report.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-10-12

Washington brought to a close by having the
draft of the agreement copied, sending it on
the morning of the 18th, and demanding that 1t
should be signed by eleven, and the garrison
march out at two o'clock.
Rochambeau describes the surrender: The
Americans and French took possession OF the
two batteries at noon. The garrison marched
out at two o'clock between the two armies,
drums beating, carrying their arms, which were
stacked, with about twenty flags. Lord Corn
wallis being i'll, General O'Hara marched out
at the head of the garrison. When he APP
preached me (Rochambeau) he presented his
sword. | pointed to General Washington OPP
posite to me as the head OF the American
army, and said to him that as the French army
was an auxiliary on this continent, that 1t was
now from the American general that he must
take orders"
The manner of the capitulation was modelled
on the harsh terms Corvallis had imposed on
General Lincoln at the siege Of Charleston, the
previous year. The colors were cased. The
defeated army was not permitted to play an
American or French tune, and it was to Lin
coin himself that the formal surrender was
made.
In his general orders of the goth Washington
congratulated the army on the glorious events
of the day previous, and expressed his warm
gratitude to the French king and his officers,
naming each in his orders with suitable phrase
and commentator, and requested the Count de
Rochambeau Ito present in his name to the
regiments OF Agenois and Deux-Ponts the two
pieces of brass ordnance captured by them las
a testimony Of their gallantry) in storming the
enemy's redoubt on the night of the 14th inst,
when officers and men so universally Wed with
each other in the exercise of every soldierly
virtue"
The victors found the little town OF York,
which at that time contained about sixty houses
in a state of absolute dilapidation. They were
literally honeycombed by balls. The British
officers complimented the French on the pre-
cision of their fire, and confessed that they
were the first artillerists in Europe, while the
French were equally amazed at the wonderful
proficiency the Americans had acquired with
their limited experience. The house OF Secre-
tary Nelson of Virginia, which had served as
Corvallis headquarters, and the most stately
building in the town. remained for years a sig
nifcant witness Of the accuracy OF the fire OF
the allies.
This rare specimen Of architecture, built in
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-10-12

Discussing the defeat by Canada OF
the reciprocity scheme. the Indian
apolis News says:
"As for ourselves, we can. as Presi-
dent Taft says, get along. There
probably never was a people in the
world with greater capacity for pay
ing taxes. 1t is true that that capacity
Is declining somewhat-or at least
there is less resignation than there
once was. Men and ONE r be-
ginning to ask why they can not get
what they need without being forced
to pay tribute to protected favorites.
They are coming to 3 that reci-
procity is not the only For
we have full power to lower or re-
move taxes without waiting for the
action Of any other government. Reel
procity is merely an awkward device
for getting what we a get at any
time by the enactment of law to which
the consent of no government but our
own would be necessary. We are the
masters Of our o.. i destiny. and SO
can order our political affairs as we
please. This fact has found lodg-
ment in many minds. Sooner or
later 1t will bear fruit. But for the
present we shall have to get along
as best we can under monopolistic
conditions"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-10-12
fuSST cWSzaH HuWsE WIS ~ MRKzpNYY

The colonies under the way Of King Georges
tyranpical power. was brought about by the
mastery tactics of General Washington. me
American commander led his adversary TO De-
iieve he intended to make an attack on New
York. CORVALLIS, completely fooled by the
movements of the revolutionary army, was
caught in a trap. Hammed in on all sides, So
curely bottled up In yorktown with communi-
cations and food supplies cut OH, the brltlsn
commander was forced to surrender.
CORVALLIS invasion Of Virginia followed a
long and unsuccessful campaign in North caro-
lima. The British general made up his mind
that his exhausting labors there would prove
unavoidable until Virginia was subjugated. On
April %, 1881. he started northward from
Wilmington, N. G. He reached Petersburg, va,
May 20, and during the next two weeks al
tempted to capture Lafayette, who was IN com
mand of the small American forces for the de-
Tense of Virginia. Lafayette successfully evad-
cd the British and, June 10, was reinforced by
General Anthony Wayne with 1000 infantry
and six guns. The British commander SO far
foiled in his objects, had to march BACK TO
Richmond and thence to Williamsburg, near
The coast, thus practically abandoning control
over any part OF Virginia except where naval
forces gave possession. Lafayette effected a
junction with Baron Steuben on June il, ana
thus increased his force to about 1000 men.
The Americans had now become the pursuers
instead Of the pursued, and followed the BTU
lsb harassing their rear and tanks.
soon afterward the British army concen-
trated at Portsmouth and preparations were
under way to transport a considerable portion
Of II to New York, when Cornwallis received
orders from General Clinton, the British COM
mander-in-chief to fortify Old Point Comfort
at the present Fortress Monroe, and II advlsa-
BILE, Yorktown, Obeying these instructions
CORVALLIS ordered a survey Of Old Point Com
fort. but on the advice OF his engineers was
Obliged to represent to Clinton that 1t was
wholly unfit and inadequate for a naval sta
ton. Then, following what he believed to be
the shirt OF his orders, CORVALLIS, before
hearing from Clinton, moved up to yorktown
and began to fortify 1t in connection WIN
Gloucester, on the opposite shore.
Meanwhile Washington and RochaEabeau,
with the allied French and American forces,
were at Dobbs Ferry, N. ", menacing New
York city and awaiting the arrival OF the prom
fsed French fleet under Admiral de Grasse
That Officer wrote that he expected to sail foI
Chesapeake Bay on August 10, but that ne
would remain In American waters only a short
time,
washington, who had heretofore resisted en-
treaties to remove the army from New Yorl
for operations iii the south, determined to co
operate with Admiral de Grasse In an attach
upon CORVALLIS. With about 1000 French
and 2,G00 continentals he started across New
Jersey August 10, and by September rs hat
Joined Lafayette and additional Virginia miltis
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-10-12

under Governor Nelson at williamsburg. The
French feet, September 3, defeated the British
under Admira Graves, and then held the Ches-
apeake to prevent British achievements.
Washington took position before Yorktown
September rs, and the night of the 10th Corn
wallis abandoned his outer works before the
town. The first of October finds our engineers
accommodating the position and works Of the
enemy. The I'd witnessed the g~allantry OF the
Duke de Lauzun and his legion in driving back
Tarleton, whose raids SO long had been the
terror of Virginia and the Carolinas. On the
9th, the allied armies broke ground for their
final parallel, and proceeded to mount their
batteries on the 7th and 9Th. On the 9th, two
batteries were opened-Washington himself
applying the torch to the first gun; and on the
10th three or four more were in play, silencing
the enemy's works. On the 18th, the indie
fatigable Steuben was breaking the ground for
our second parallel, within less than 400 yards
of the enemy, which was finished the next
morning, and more batteries were mounted on
the 18th and 18th. But the great achievement
of the siege still awaits its accomplishment.
Two advanced British redoubts are blocking
the way to any further approach, and they must
be stormed. The allied troops divide the dan
ger and the glory between them, and emulate
each other In the assault. One of the redoubts
Is assigned to the French grenadiers and chas-
seurs under de Viomesnil. The other is as
signed to the American light infantry under
Lafayette. Both ~redoubts We're soon captured
and the fate of CORVALLIS was sealed. "a
small and precipitate s%ortie," as Washington
calls 1t, was made by the British on the fol
lowing evening, resulting in nothing. The next
day a vain attempt to e~yacuate their works
and to escape by crossing over to Gloucester
was defeated by a violent storm.
At ten O'Clock on the morning of the 18th OF
October, 1881, the British beat a parley, and
Lord CORVALLIS proposed a cessation Of hos
tilities for twenty.four hours that commission
ers might meet at the house Of a Mr.. Moore ir
the rear Of the first American parallel. Wash
ington replied with a grant Of two hours cessa
tion, that terms might be proposed in writing
Finding their general tenor admissible, hos
tilities were suspended for the night, ant
Washington proposed his own terms. Commits
sioners we're appointed, Colonel Laurens. thu
Vicomte de Noailles, and M. de Grandchain OF
the part Of Washington; Lieutenant Colone
Dundas and Major Ross on that or CORVALLIS
The 18th was consumed in negotiations, whicl
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-10-12
.GRACE CHZIfcH.
w M2RR7ONIW

nv
4oo oor+onnial celebration of the victory
oror Cornwallis was held at Yorktown and the
corrarstone Of the national monument was lalu
With elaborate ceremonies in the presence Oh d
eraat concourse OF people. On the base ol Ine
monument the following inscription Is ensraYeu.
"A+ York ON October 10, 1881, after a siege OF
nineteen days, by $500 Americans anu i,VoV
French troops of the line, $500 Virginia mllua
under command Of General Thomas feison anu
36 French ships Of war, Earl eo"
mander of the British force at YORK ana WV
cester, surrendered his army, 7,25l omcers anu
ms S4O seamen, 244 cannon and "a STANDARDS,
- bis excellency, George Washington, com.
manderin chief of the combined forces OF Amer
ican and France; to his excellency, the connie
do Rochambeau. commanding the auxlnary
+roops OF his most Christian majesty IN America
and to his excellency, the Comte de Grasse, com
handing in chief the naval army OF France IN
Chesapeake.
Grace church, which figured prominently IN
the historic events just related, Is still USED as
n Mace of worship. The editice Is or mari rock
construction and was built in 100. the OLD pei
was a gift from Queen Anne in 1926. The orig
inal communion service is still In use. Curlousiy
carved designs of a head and a lion are easily
discernable. but the emblems on the service are
indistinct. On the quaint tombstones in the
cburchvard are the names Of many of the famous
NDhA SbJ oA4
Nelson family.
The Oldest custom house in the United States
Is situated at Yorktown and Is one OF the most
interesting Of the historic buildings. 1t was built
in 1881 and was the port Of entry for New York,
Philadelphia and many other Of our great cities
when they were in their infancy.
Yorktown was also the scene Of considerable
activity at one period during the Civil war.
When General Mcclellan began the Peninsular
campaign April 4, 1862, he found Yorktown for
titled and a line drawn from the town across
the peninsula to the mouth Of the Warwick
river. Gen. J. b. Magruder, In command OF the
Confederate forces, had hardly more than 1900
men In all, of whom 5000 were at Yorktown
General Mcclellan, who very much overestl
mated the Confederate forces, awaited rein
forcements and began seige operations. At the
end Of the month Mcclellan had in position lib,
600 men while Gen. Joseph p. Johnston, who hat
assumed command Of the Confederate forces or
April II, had hardly more than $4,000 men OF
the peninsula. Just as Mcclellan was ready Il
open fire, General Johnston withdrew May 3
His rear guard was overtaken near Williams
burg on May 5, and an indecisive battle wa
fought.
Yorktown is the county seat of York county
Virginia, and is situated about 10 miles south
east of Richmond, on the York river. Although
one of the Oldest and most historic towns in thu
country, yorktown has never attained the prom
inence and Importance commercially that 1T
founders had prophesied for 1t, and today 1t hai
a population of but a few hundred.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-10-12
PROMOTERS SHOWN UP
FACTS REVEALED BY sTEEl
TRUST INvEsTIiATIoN.
That the Public Has Been Robbed u
Hundreds of Millions Of Dollars
Is One Point Made Very
Clear.

There are excellent reason why OBJ
serving citizens have not regarded the
Stanley street trust investigation with
confidence. Belief even has obtained
In well-informed quarters that Con-
gresham Stanley is 'four-fiushing."
No opportunity was overlooked to
call before the committee men whose
prominence in politics or business was
certain to insure wide publicity,
Whether the facts to which they testi-
fed were equally important seemed to
be a secondary consideration.
At the same time, Congressman
Stanley carefully has r~efrained from
interrogating witnesses who might
have given definite and discriminating
information in regard to habitual use
Of the huge capital Of the trust to ma
nipulate the stock market and to plum
der honest investors.
Inadvertently, however, sufficient
facts have been ELECTED to convict the
steel trust of wanton violation of the
law, as well as ethics of decent bust
ness.
1t has been shown that the trust
was overcapitalized by more than
$500, 000, 1000, which practically repre-
sents profit to insiders by selling stock
which had no tangible value behind 1t.
1t has been shown that ]. P. Morgan
& Co. received $3.50, 900, 900 for their
part In this gigantic stock-promoting
,cheme, and that another scheme to
get $50, 000, 900 for nothing" was at
tempted and failed.
The testimony showed that the
panic OF 1907 was accelerated n
used as a lever to obtain control of the
Tennessee Coal and Iron company,
thus giving the trust a monopoly OF
high-grade ore.
That President Roosevelt was pre-
vailed on to assist in this reprehen-
sible transaction was admitted by the
former president himself.
These startling facts crept into the
record in spite of obvious efforts to
steer the investigation away from the
real crux of the evil. They are suf1-
cient to justify the government in TAX
ing vigorous steps to put a stop to
swindling operations by which greedy
promoters have stripped hundreds OF
millions from the investing public.
Whether the committee will make a
serious effort to get. to the bottom Of
these transactions when 1t reconvenes
this month remains to be seen. II 1t
fails to do so, a commission should be
appointed which has a more adequate
conception Of it's duty.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-10-12
Dew Ponds In Grsas Britain.

Among the most singular archaeological re-
mains found in Great Britain are the ancient
dew ponds, the construction OF which is as
scribed to the neolithic age. The purpose Of
these ponds was to furnish drinking water for
cattle. An exposed position where springs we're
absent was selected and a broad. followed sur
face was formed and covered over with straw
or some other non,conducting material. Above
was spread a thick layer Of clay strewn with
stones. During the night the cold surface Of
the clay caused an abundance Of moisture to
condense from lower layers of the air. Some
Of these anciet dew ponds are still working.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-10-12
RISING Prices.

It may be that reciprocity would
not have lowered prices, but the de-
feat Of reciprocity is at least made
the pretext for raising them. So we
must have been enjoying the result Of
reciprocity ever since congress rati-
fled the agreement. In such cases as
this the effects Of legislation are, as
we know, often discounted. It may
have been so here. At any rate there
is a general advance in the price of
fo~odstuffs. We know what has hap
pened to sugar and coffee. Now 1t Is
said that we shall have to pay more
for -four and bread and breakfast
foods.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-10-12

the mainstay of the people, and in
sures a safe investment. These times
are not like the time Of 40, when men
were going across country to Cali
fornia, carrying with them only an
adventurous spirit and enough to
keep the soul and body together. Peru
Is going to furnish the field Of pros
pectors In the days to ONE
@Any one who has been In that
country and III Chill to learn
the mineral possibilities. There is uni
told wealth IN both countries. a hun.
dred years ago Peru was the mecca
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-10-12
More LIqht Needed.

The spectacle Of such earnest advo-
Gates Of tariff reform as Root, PEN
rose, Crane and the other distin-
guished guests felicitating the presi-
dent upon taking their advice to veto
any "tinkering" with the sacred tarih
schedules must have been both an
imposing and inspiring sight, but the
Importance of that scene will suffer
somewhat because Of the burning Gu
riosity that will be aroused to know
what assurances were given the presi-
dent as to the next campaign.