davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
GREAT STRIKE SETTLED.

"a settlement Of the great railroad strike
In England was reached, largely through
the fundamentally of Lloyd George. III
vas agreed that a Joint committee of five
members. composed OF two representatives
Of the railways companies, two Of the men
ard a non-partisan chairman. would be APP
pointed 10 investigate TIE workings of the
cor.ciliation act Of 1907, which the men con-
slider the root OF all their grievances.
"Christopher c. Wilson, president of the
United Wireless Telegraph Company; Fran
/, els Y. Butler. it's counsel. and w. w. Temp
kins. president OF the selling agency. who
we're sentenced TO various terms IL the fed
eral prison at Atlanta for using the mails
in a scheme to defraud investors, started
for the penitentiary.
AN investigation Of all the casualty and
accident insurance companies in America,
resulting from serious charges against
agents OF the General Life and Fire Insur-
ance Company, Of PERTH. Scotland, revealed
condition of affairs which President But
ton. Of the National Association Of Insur-
ance Commissioners, referred to as shock
ing beyond belief That Of the fourteen
leading companies Investigated by special
sale fraud. perjury, forgery and other
crimes, in robbing the holders OF death
claims is the disclosure made, when rough
outline OF the results Of the investigation
became known.
arrangements have been perfected by
the PostOffice Department whereby second
class mail matter, consisting of magazines
and periodicals, heretofore transported in
railway mail cars, will be carried by fast
freight. beginning September l, with the
idea Of reducing the expense of transporting
this the greater part Of second class mail.
Postmaster General Hitchcock declared
himself in favor OF a parcels post. lie was
most profitable branches OF the Postoffice
Department but he thought that it should
be introduced gradually. to prevent the dis
turbance OF the present mail facilities. 1t
should first be established on the rural
free delivery routes. then locally in towns,
and when thoroughly tried out extended to
the whole country.
Representatives and Senators from seven
cotton growing states met in conference
with the result that circular was sent out
urging farmers all over the South to hold
their cotton for Is cents a pound"
III Representatives and Senators from
Northern states unused Busy Man, were
urging them not 10 pay more than 10 cents
& pound. what n howl there would be
Have any persons Of importance died?"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
Constant Reader Tells What
He Missed in Last
Weeks Papers.

Now that Congress has adjourned, said
Busy Man as he met Constant Reader last
evening. trade ought TO look up '
1T ought to-" was the reply, but will It?
So far OF least II has not shown the eX-
pected improvement, Capital seems dis
trustful Of new undertakings and appears
more inclined TO curtan than to branch out.
A big slump took place in the stock mar
ket. and it was announced that the Harri-
man railroads are 10 drop six thousand men
before the end of September. beginning with
two thousand at once. The order was is
sued from the offices Of Julius Kruttschnitt
director Of maintenance and operation Of
the Hartman system. +. T. Ripley. presi-
dent of the Atchison. Topeka Santa Fe
Railroad, said that unless business condi-
lions improved il would be necessary 10
cut down some of the sixty thousand en-
p!oyes of that company also. y big strike
seemed imminent on all the Hartman roads
and the increased price OF meat which the
packers predicted would result from this
summers drouth arrived, and prices are
still on the upgrade"
You seem decidedly pessimisuc tonight
commented Busy Man. You appear TO
forget that the crops are good. the finan-
ciaI condition of the country sound. and
that whatever the weather conditions may
be their effect on the price Of meat is al
WAYS about the same. You haven't noticed
that the drouth has reduced the price Of
rubber shoes umbrellas or rain coats, have
you? Try TO be a little more cheerful now
and tell me what happened in the closing
hours Of Congress-
"The House of Representatives" replied
Constant Reader almost unanimously
voiced its assent to the Presidents severe
structures on the recall as applied to the
judiciary by passing. without division
and with only few dissenting voices the
now statehood resolution which had already
passed the Senate and which has been made
to conform to the views Of the Executive
President Taft then signed the joint resolu-
ton for the admission Of New Mexico and
Arizona into the Union.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27

"Ex-Preyident Roosevelt, in a letter 10
Alexander p Moore. editor OF 'Ihe rus.
burcb Leader said: 4 am sure you VIII
understand me when say that must ask
not only you but every friend | have 10
coo IN I, that no movement whatever is
made to bring me forward for the nomina-
ton in 1912. I feel that i nave I'sn' ~
ask all my friends. II necessary actNeS ~
work TO prevent any such movement
should esteem II a genuine calamity IL such
a movement were undertaken.
chairman lanes r. Nugents toast 10
Governor Wilson as an migrate ana h"'
had its seouel when the Democratic state
Committee of New Jersey elected Ed"aru
T.. Grosscup. a Wilson boomer IN Nusen'
Mace and unanimously inhorsed the "o'
ernor's administration, and profniseu u'e
sunport OF their counties toward pieusihs
,ha delegates TO the national convention
next year for Wilson.
..,,ayor cavnor removed City Marshal
.roseph Levenson the Republican leader Oh
the I'd Assembly District lie was aceuSeu :,
NJ extortion. The Mayors action follo"eu
complaint made by Heinrich LeiIl'he'
mann. confectioner. from whom s"Vo vi
nersOnal taxes were que. LeHiih'i'o''
said in his complaint that while the assess
ment was not collectible, the marsnai IN
sisted on having his fees
ITO receive promised immunity Rooney
J. Diegel. sergeant arms OF the ONO
state Senate who was recently convicted
of bribery. agreed to tell all he knows IN re-
gard to alleged corruption on the part OF
members Of the Legislature and lobbyists
Diesel will be allowed one week in when 10
put his confession in writing. Next day
DIegel. after an extended consultation with
all the attorneys engaged in the bribery
cases. rcpudiated his agreement TO turn
states evidence and furnish information
that would lead 10 the indictment OF many
more Senator's and Representatives. Diegel
said. i have decided to tell nothing am
ready to receive my sentence at any time
THAT seems to raise the old question once
more as to how far reputable lawyers, as
Diegers probably are, can feel justified in
defending such client" unused Busy Man
Has anything else significant developed in
the field of commerce.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
ROOT SUGGESTS A WAY OUT.

Senator Root suggested a way in which
the senate might avoid amending the pend
Ing arbitration treaties with Great Britain
and France and yet at the same time elm
mate questions involving the Monroe Doc
trino from the possibility of arbitration. He
proposed that the Senate include in its for
nal ratification Of the treaties a clause
which will advise both Great Britain and
France Of our construction of the treaties
as excluding questions arising under the
Monroe Doctrine from arbitration. Sena-
tor Roots views were expressed in a minor
ity report from the Committee on Foreign
Relations which was submitted to the Sen
ate in executive session. The report also
was signed by Senator Cullon. chairman
OF the committee. Senators Root and Gull
lon take exception to the view expressed
by the majority of the committee that the
treaties in their present form involve an
abandonment of the constitutional power Of
the Senate.
Senator La Toilette introduced a bill for
the purpose of defining the extent to which
reasonable restraint shall be permitted
under the Sherman law. The bill specifies
that whenever combination. trust or con-
spiracy is shown TO exist the burden of
proof that the combination is not unrea-
sonable shall rest upon the party who con-
tends that the restraint is reasonable IT
defines the specific methods of restraining
trade under which it shall be held that
such restraint is unreasonable. These in
clude combinations to prevent the purchase
of articles from other corporations, discrim-
ination by a trust against certain buyers,
the granting Of special prices and attempts
10 prevent competition by unfair or oppres-
siVe methods Of COmnetitiOn.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27

grand mmander Of the Grand Arhy %
the Republic died at his home NO wv y,
Hos,on Road. The Bronx. at the age Vi
,igbty-one years. Charles IL. Senn' io'
many years a member OF the HaVe,ney +,
G. Elder Sugar Refining Company dien az
b,s homo The Beeches, at Whitestone, Long
Island. He was seventy years old. MITE
Laura SkeeI Pomeroy. artist and Sculptor
"a idow of Walter r. Pomeroy, Greek schoiar
and critic. died at her home In Grahu
avenue The Bronx. The deaih VI ~
charles f.. Meyers. who lived in the base
ment OF building which he owned al No
al West Asth street. disclosed that he was
worth 100000. He lived like the poorest
Of men. occasionally cooking some simple
dish in the one room in which he slept, ate
and carried on his business anairs' Out
more often eating from luncheon wagons
What else happened that well Informed
citizen ought to remember" asked Busy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27

Or. Wiley about any $4,000 contract for Dr.
Rusby All he remembers Is that Dr. whey
asked him to sign Or. Rusby's appointment
which he did In a perfunctory way lie
knew nothing Of the agreement. Mr.. VIII
son said Dr. Wiley was mistaken In saying
that he. Secretary Wilson. had put DR. Dun
lap over him. Or. Wiley was taking
through his hat said Mr.. Wilson. L did not
intend that Or. Dunlap should be over Dr.
Wiley The Remsen board, said the Wit
ness. was established to pass on scientific
questions II was an absolute necessity
Demands for chemical analysis made 1t i'm
perative. President Roosevelt gave Mr.
Wilson the names of the experts and he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
SOME PERSONAL ITEMS.

Maurice Simmons, lawyer with offices
At No. 1873 Broadway, was elected COM
mander In chief Of the United Spanish war
Veterans at their annual encampment In
Oklahoma City.
1.-The forty-ffth annual encampment OF
the Grand Army Of the Republic was held
in Rochester and Judge Harvey NJ. Trim
BILE, of Illinois, was unanimously elected
commander i'm chief.
cdr. -. K. Pearsons, who is approaching
his ninety second year and has given away
his fortune of s7,OO0000. completed his
gifts by giving his home to the village Of
Hinsdale. H. With the bestowal or the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
THE DEATH ROLL.

"Gamale Bradford, a widely known citi-
zen of Boston, a publicist and political re-
former. eighty-four years old, was struck
and killed by trolley car. John Leonard
Dudley, first vice-president of the Citizens
Savings Bank, died from paralysis at his
summer home In Richfeld Springs, n. Y.
William Rotch Wister Of Germantown, a
lawyer. and known as the father of Ameri-
can cricket died at the summer home of
his son-in-law. Owen Wister the novelist,
in Saunderstown. r. l. He was eighty-four
years old. General George Chappell, past
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
n1>aho71aL 344~Ad

! Blauvelt are nearly completed the annual
shooting competitions which have not been
held since Creedmoor was abolished, will
be held. These matches will be shot
follows: September Is: Headquarters
prize. list, I'd, Sd and 4th brigade prizes.
major generals trophy and competitive tr-
ing for the naval militia. The contest for
the Governors trophy and the adtutant gen
erals trophy will be shot on September q,
and the state prize will be shot for on the
same date. The eighth annual tournament
Of the New York state Rifle Association
will be held at Blauvelt from September
Is to %.
The best record in firing mortars during
the recent officers school for the 18Th Kegl-
ment Of coast artillery at forts In Portland
Harbor Me, was made b. the mortar sec
ton from the Sd Company, under command
of Captain G.. w. Johnson. The Section
made two hits out of three shots, with ser
vice charges. The complete detail OF on
GERS and men participating In the shooting
was as follows: Emplacement officer, MAJOR
Is. II. Pendry; gun pointer. Captain @. W.
Johnson; pit commander, Major II. Kemp
azimuth setter, Lieutenant r. Hulsart' ele-
walton setter, Lieutenant T. W. Jackson
breech detail. Lieutenant Comstock, Lieu
tenant Case and Lieutenant Bodin; ram
mer detail, Lieutenant Jackson; elevatlns
detail. Captain Werner; charge detail Cor
poral Gordon: truck detail, First Sergeant
Clapp, Corporal Fisher Sergeant watson
and First Sergeant Johnson. The officers
during the school waived all rank and IN
overalls worked at the guns some days as
enlisted men and other days as officers. IN
order 10 get thorough knowledge Of the
ordnance and firing. There were thirty
four commissioned officers and fifteen en-
listed men present at the school for sixteen
days. In shooting with the 6-inch rifle al
6. 900 yards three hits were scored out oil
six shots. With the 12-inch rife AT sVVV
yards three hits out OF six shots were
made. and with the mortar, at BOO yards
three hits were made out of six Shots
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27

treaties with Great Britain and France ief'
pending.
"Under authority of a Senate resolution
many great capitalists of the country VIII
be called upon this fall to discuss with lie
Committee on Interstate and Foreign COM
merce the general question of trust control.
Academic economists will also be requested
to appear. From this wide discussion and
inquiry the committee. under the chairman
ship of Mr. Clapp. of Minnesota. radical
Republican. hopes to evolve some compre-
tensive scheme of trust control
president Taft determined that he would
himself decide if the government. under the
rational bank act. can permit national
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27

House Committee on Expenditures in the
Department of Agriculture He said DR..
Harvey W. Wiley. chief of the Bureau Of
Chemistry. is the apple of discord in the
department, and if every other bureau gave
him as much trouble as the Bureau of
Chemistry he would turn his back on Wash
ington and go to the woods. Mr.. Wilson
contradicted parts of Or. Wileys testimony.
He did not recall ever having talked with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27

distilled spirits. II has been necessary IN
all customs legislation to protect the inter-
nal revenue system against the introduction
from foreign countries OF alcohol in any
form and in association with any other ar
ticle except upon the payment OF such a
customs. duty as shall make II Improbable
20 import the alcohol into this country 10
be used in competition with alcohol or as
titled spirits OF domestic manufacture. IN
Ger the present bill all these precautions
against the undue introduction OF foreign
alcohol in articles and compounds included
in the chemical schedule are in fact aooi-
ished by striking out the specific duties
pound / need hardly dwell on the disas-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27

appointed them IT was my judgment,
said Mr.. Wilson. that the referee board
would be a good thing and that its estab-
lishment was wise. l have reason now 10
believe that IL was not Mr.. Wilson said
DR. Wiley had not been altogether frank in
tcstfying on sulphur dioxde After the
three secretaries. Messrs. Wilson, Cortelyou
and Straus. had said that articles Of food
containing sulphur dioxide must show the
fact on the label there came protest from
France The French representative here,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
GHe Pacific c7fzo7t@

lBy Telegraph 10 The Tribunc.l
San Francisco. Aug. 26.-Mayor Mccarthy
is making desperate efforts TO check the
growing popularity Of James Rolph, jr.,
the fusion candidate for Mayor. whose sue
cess at the coming primary election is
conceded by the best political experts.
Mccarthy actually induced the super
visors 20 vote that S2iO0J0. the entire APP
preparation for four months for cleaning
streets. be- turned over IN a lump sum to
the Board Of Public Works and spent in
the coming month so that the streets may
be in good condition for the Presidents
visit in October The real reason was the
Mayors desire to put on the street clean
ing force large number OF men who
could be counted on 10 vote FOR him in
return for their Jobs The city Auditor VIII
probably block this scheme. a. he declares
ii Illegal. the charter providing for only
monthly appropriations.
Another scheme Of the Mayors has just
been discovered IN the Fire Department.
Thirty thousand dollars was appropriated
last year for motor fire engines. but the
Mayor calmly diverted this money into the
salary fund and added more firemen to the
gathered one days pay month TO swell
his campaign fund While most Of the
small cities in this state have motor fire
engines. San Francisco does not possess
this new type OF fire apparatus.
Hop growers in this state will make enor-
nous profits this year, as the price of hops
Is now - cents ana will soon reach 80
cents a pound. one hundred and fifteen
acres Of hops on the Horst ranch, three
miles south OF Tehama, will yield $4,000
this season. or more than $500 an acre.
Picking has begun. and some Of the pick
ors are making from s. 10 81 day.
TWO thousand employees of the racine
system Of the Southern Pacific company
were laid OF this week, and -four thousand.
more are slated Ia 20. These victims ol
TetTenchment were ia the maintenance,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
THE DOG OF WAR.

banks to own interests in other banking In
sttutions Attorney General WickersAam
and Secretary MacVeagh disagreed on the
question. which was raised by the Attorney
Generals investigation Of the relations of
the National City Bank of New York to
the National City Company As result,
all the papers in the case were sent TO the
President in ReVerlV"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27

motive power. construction and operating
departments. The managers OF these de-
partments declare that many Of these
will be restored to the payroll in two
or three months but the employees are not
so sanguine The railroad shops are now
run on an eight hour a day basis, with
five days work a week Poor freight bust
ness is assigned as the chief cause for the
retrenchment
committee of fifty citizens will pre-
pare plans for a rousing reception TO Presl-
dent Taft when he come out here the first
week in October to break ground for the
Panama-Pacifc Exposition. weeks
carnival Will be arranged on the style Of
the Portola celebration. and novel feat
ures will mark every day and evening.
The presence Of the President. IL is be-
lieved will give the exposition prestige
abroad which it could gain in no other
way.
Although the University OF California
opened this week with four thousand I'M
dergraduates, a record breaking attend
ance, President Wheeler announced that IT
soon would be bankrupt. because Of the
new state laws One law forces the uni
versity to pay taxes Of 5000 on it's mort
cages, and another law abolishes the Old
3-cert tax foy the support Of the insti-
tuition, and substitutes a grant from the
State Legislature in a lump SUN. Under
these conditions no new professors can be
added TO the faculty and 10 more build
ings erected.
As a recognition OF his thirty years Of
service as general secretary OF the Young
Mems Christian Association OF San Fran
cisco Henry j. Mccoy will be entertained
at a luncheon next Monday at the Palace
Hotel To Mr.. McCoy's labor soon after
the big fire San Francisco owes her splen-
did new Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton building. which was completed last
fan as Mr.. Mccoy went 10 New York and
other Eastern cities ana obtained ;JyOV1
for the building fund.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27

the chief of the Bureau Of Trade Relations
OF the State Department and DR.. Wiley met
and agreed that French wines and other
things containing sulphur dioxide should
come in without the sulphur dioXide label.
In other words, declared Mr. Wilson, a
sort Of International comfy was arranged.
Therefore we could not discriminate against
our own people
"The committee held an executive meet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27

trous effect such an amendment in refer
once TO alcoholic compounds would have
upon the internal revenue system OF 'aNiiis
distilled spirits. nor need l point out the
opportunities Of evasion and fraud mus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
A VAGUE IMPRESSION

what IS your idea OF the charae'e'
Lady Macbeth .,h,re Il
Really" replied Mrs Cumrox. VA vita
so much gossip about people connec,ed A 10
the stage that one scarcely knows ~Hs
believe" -WashingtO star.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
ROOSEVELT NO CANDIDATE.

ing thereupon and decided to adjourn un
December.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
SECRETARY WILSON TESTIFIES

Secretary Wilson testified before the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27

Now vhat the longer ranges Of the new
shooting ground for the national guard At
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07
THING THAT PUZZLED BILLY
Was Sure Elevator Moved, but Prog
ress Was Not Apparent to
His Eyes.


Billy was a qaint old darkey who
had come to the city for the first
time. One day his employer sent him
with a note to a man whose Office was
on an upper floor of a skyscraper,
where every floor of the, building was
arranged and finished like the first
one. Billy was direotedaby the eleva-
tor boy to enter the Gift" and he
would then show him to the Office he
wanted. 1t was Billy's first expert
ence in an elevator, and be, did not
rightly understand the nature or pur-
pose. of it. On his return he descrlb-
ed some Of his experiences to his en-
ployer.
When l got ter de buildin' ! axes
er yaller boy wut wuz er standin' in
de inside OBJ de front doah whar Mr.,
Browns office wuz, an he tol' me ter
come wild him, an he would show me
He tuk:me inter er big cage an shet
de doah. an den we begun ter move
An, Marse John. Use tellin' you de
gospel trufe, we got off right whal
we started an God knows we riz,"-
Lippincott's.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07

ago was sold for an even thousand,
1t was because he took the lead in a
very hot competition between mo9ied
fanciers who cared nothing at. all'
about the utility qualities Of the
fowls they bred. No fault whatever
should be found with the fanciers'
art as a sport. Men engaged in an
occupation which requires intense ap-
plication need something by way of
diversion which is intensely interest
ing, even exciting to a certain degree.
Recreation is of little value if one
must force himself to it.
l was once passing a fine residence
In the suburbs aof a >large.ccity and
noticed a poultry plant on the prem
1ses which could not have cost less
than $4,000. l went in to look at the
fowls. Besides the attention given
them by the proprietor, they we're
cared for by a man hired to give his
whole time to them. l asked the own
er If the plant paid well. He laugh
ed. "Pay!" he said, 81 make money
practictng law; l raise chickens for
fun" He took me through the build
ing and showed me fowls that were