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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
ROOSEVELT ON STAND
DEFENDS SELF BEFORE STEEL
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
Asserts His Approval of Tennessee
Iron Merger by Trust Averted
Financial Panic.

New York.-Col. Theodore Roose-
welt took the witness stand in the
congressional inquiry into the United
States Steel corporation to tell what
he knew regarding the absorption of
the Tennessee Coal and Iron company
by the Steel corporation during the
panic Of 1907.
Mr.. Roosevelt read his statement
from manuscript.
1t was the utmost duty of the ad-
m1nistration," he read, Ito prevent by
all means the spread Of the panic
before 1t became a disaster"
The secretary of the treasury and
he, MI. Roosevelt said, were constant
ly In touch with the situation. Dur
1nGbthat time he learned hat two
members of the Unied States Steel
corporation wished to see him in the
morning. At breakfast the next day
he was Informed that E. H. Gary and
II. G. Frich were waiting to see him.
MI. Bonaparte, then attorney general,
he continued, had not yet arrived from
Baltimore.
I sent a note to Secretary Root to
come over" the former president
read. land he arrived at the White
House."
MI. Roosevelt went on, going Into
details about the serious financial
conditions in New York, and told how
he had taken the responsibility to
permit the transfer of the steel
company, and did it on his W initia-
tive.
1T was necessary Tor me to act at
once" said the former president, be
fore the stock exchange opened. or
the transaction might prove useless"
He said he was convinced that &C
quirement by the steel corporation of
the Tennessee Coal and Iron<company
did not change the legal status of the
corporation.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
SHIFT IN DIPLOMATIC CORPS
]. G. A. Leishman Appointed Ambas-
sador to Germany-C. ?. Bryan
Goes to Japan.

Washington.-The long expected
shake-up in the diplomatic sery-
ice came when President Taft SEN
the following nominations to the
senate: John G.. A. Leishman of Pitts
burg, ambassador to Germany; Thorn
as ]. O'Brien of Grand Rapids, Mich,
ambassador to Italy; Charles Page
Bryan Of Chicago, ambassador to ia
pan; Larz Anderson of Ohio, minister
to Belgium; John Ridgely Carter Of
Baltimore, minister to the Argentine
Republic; John D. Jackson of New Jer-
sey,m minister to the Balkan states; Ar
thur NJ. Beaupre of Aurora, Ill, min
lister to Cuba; Lloyd Bryce Of New
York, minister to the Netherlands.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
FACES FOOD FAMINE
DOCK STRIKE IN LONDON CAUSES
SUPPLIES TO BE TIED UP
PRICES SOAR.
APPEAL is MADE FOR TROOPS
Thirty Thousand Carriers Quit Work.
Many Vans Are DemoIlshed-10o,-
600 Men Are Now Idle, More to
FolIow-Fruit Rots in Crates.

London. - London is In great
peril Of a foodstuff famine in the next
few days unless some step is taken to
prevent the tieup which has resulted
from the great dock strike accompa-
MED with frequent sharp collisions be-
tween the strikers and the police.
The Combined Millers' Association
Of London has t~elegraphed the home
secretary asking for military protec-
ton against the striking dock hands.
A bread famine within the next
three days is certain if present condi-
tons prevail.
London is practically without vans.
Thirty thousand carriers quit work,
and thousands more will join the idle
ones. All attempts to move wagons
loaded with London's supplies Of meat,
fruit and provisions were stopped by
the strikers, in many instances only
after a fight with the police. There
has been much overturning of vans
and destruction Of supplies, the wom-
en- joining the men in preventing a re-
p%lenishing of the markets where prices
are u6dIluS uSuISS ludI die pioAAo
tive for all but the well-to-do.
The fish porters have joined the
strike movement, and there was no
one to unload the fish trawlers that
arrived in the Thames. The wholesale
prices of chilled beef have advanced
seven to ten cents a pound since last
Friday. The manager of n of the
largest houses importing American
beef a y that unless the strike is set
tied at once there will be the greatest
beef famine that this country has ever
known.
Tons of California pears, Tasmanian
apples and French fruits are rotting
in their crates and Covent garden is
almost without fruit. Practically no
business was done on the corr ex-
change, as the sellers were unable to
guarantee delivery.
At a meeting of strikers at Tower
Hill Benjamin Tillett, secretary of the
Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General
Workers Union of Great Britain, an
nounced that orders had been issued
calling out every man of the port of
London. The e order will increase
the total of strikers to 100000.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
IS VICTOR
FINANCIER AND STEEL COMMIT
TEE PATCH TRUCE OVER
TESTIMONY.
CAMPAIGN FUNDS DROPPED
Investigators Decide Not to Press Po-
IiticaI Question-Corporation Off
Gals Who Refuse to Tell of Person

Washington.-George w. Perkins,
director Of the United States Steel
corporation and former partner in ].
Pierpont Morgan & Co., was not cited
for contempt before the bar of the
house by the house committee of in
quiry into the affairs of the steel cor
poration. Neither will he be.
The committee decided at a turbu-
lent executive session not to press
sonal campaign contributions. The
inquiry into gifts of the New York
Life Insurance company and the Unit
ed States Steel corporation, it was
said, was left in allegiance.
The committees decision not to
tributions was based on the conclu-
sion that the house resolution did not
give authority to go into this sub
ject. 1t was said that Representative
Littleton Of New York insisted that
the committee would transcend it's
power.
Several members of the committee
asserted that Mr.. Perkins had been
freed only from answering the ques-
tons regarding his personal contribu-
tons and that the matter Of the
United States Steel corporation and
the New York Life Insurance com
pany campaign gift had not been de-
cided finally.
Chairman Stanley and Representa-
tives Littleton and Sterling of the
committee and Herbert Knox Smith.
commissioner Of corporations, had a
conference with President Taft at the
White House following the executive
sessions. All refused to discuss the
conference.
Chairman Stanley and his associ-
ates, it was learned, had gone to the
White House to ask the president to
release the reports of the commission
er of corporations on the steel indus
try with a view to getting at some of
the information sought by the inquiry.
President Taft, it was said, prom
ised to give the committee all infor-
nation in the possession of the bureau
of corporations in regard to the steel
trust which could be furnished with
in the law.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
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G. A. r. Will Ask Appropriation

The Grand Army of the Republic OF
Nebraska will at the next meeting OF
the legislature ask for an approprla-
ton OF SIS, 900 for the erection OF a
monument to the memory of General
John NJ. Thayer, the only Nebraskan
who distinguished himself at the mem
orable siege OF Vicksburg during the
civil war. All other states that had
troops at that battle have erected
monuments in memory of their SOL
diers and officers, but Nebraska. which
was a young territory when the war
of the rebellion broke out, has never
done anything TO commemorate the
memory OF its small band of soldiers
and its galENt colonel, John NJ
Thayer, who won a generals stars at
that famous battle. The only monu-
ment to the memory of General
Thayer in Nebraska is a modest
bronze tablet on a stone at his grave
in Wyuka cemetery at Lincoln, where
he was buried at his own request.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
State Treasury Funds.

The monthly report of State Treas
urer Walter A. George shows that
there was in the state treasury at
the colse of July 1852 O2.13 of unin-
vested trust funds. There was a total
of S643,112.62 on ham,, Of which Sc
9OO.5S was cash on hand and $685.
212.O4 in depository banks. There
was cash on hand and S636,212.O4 in
depository banks. There was s175,-
1O4.14 in the general fund. At the
beginning of June there was a total
Of S7S6,743.1 in the state treasury.
During the month there was received
s414,O14.75 and payments amounted to
S557, 645.84.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
Shot in His Cell.

San Francisco.-Calling his victim
to the grating of his cell in the city
prison, Patrick G. Farley, a local in
surance man, shot and seriously
wounded William T. Holland, a cook
from Los Angeles, who was charged
with attacking Mrs. Farley about fit.
teen months ago.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
The AppIe Cron-

C.. G. Marshall, secretary of the state
horticultural society, has returned
from Weeping Water, where he has
been attending to an orchard which
he has near that place. According IN
Mr.. Marshall, people in that and other
orchard communities of eastern Nc
oraska found it necessary this year
to spray their fruit trees for tho
fourth time, largely on account Of the
ravages of the grasshoppers. which
lave been more numerous than TO-
several years past.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
Auto Company Fails.

Chicago.-The Fal Motor Co. has
been placed in the hands of Edwin G..
Day as receiver. Creditors made the
application, placing the company's
assets at $4,000 and its liabilities at
$150,000. They allege the business
and assets of the concern are being
neglected and d~issipated."
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
Three Sisters Drown.

Alton, Ill.-Three sisters, Flora, FL
la and Mary Brogley, aged II, IA and
IL years respectively, of this city, were
drowned in the Mississippi river a
mile south of Richie Station, Ill.
Their skiff was capsized when it struck
the sunken end of a dyke.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
EIv Poison Kills Bow.

Dudley. Mass.-Theodore Keene,
four years old, found a saucer Of wa
ter on the table Of his home and drank
it to quench his thirst. The water
was a solution from poison fly paper.
The boy died.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17

Governor Aldrich on his return from
his Butler county farm reported that
his wheat threshed out twenty-three
bushels to the acre. He had 40 acres
of wheat and the crop will net him
more than a years salary in the gov
ernor'S Office.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
Florida Coast Swept.

New Orleans.-Pesacola, Fla, was
shut off from wire connections with
the rest of the world Saturday as a
result of a storm which swept that
part of the gulf coast. The wind blew
ninety miles an hour, the worst since
the hurricane of September, 1906.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
Joliet Stove Maqnate Dies

Redlands, Cal.-Word was received
here of the sudden death in Auckland.
N. T.. of William N. Moore, a million
aire orange grower Of Redlands, and
stove manufacturer Of Joliet, Ill. Heart
disease was the cause.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
Sioux City Live Stock.

Sioux City, 10. Saturday.-Cattle-
Beeves, $6.25 q 1925; steers, $3.50
@ $5.75; cows and heifers, $500 q
$3.50; veals, $500 a $3.50. Hogs
Tops reached s7.2O, the long string of
hogs going at s7.0O@7.05. Sheep
Yearlings, s4.0O@4.50; ewes, $500
a $3.50; lambs, 1925 @ $3.50; feeders,
1928 "a $2.75.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
Condemn 2e for Ship Mutiny.

Madrid, Spain.-A court-martial at
Cadiz condemned to death 26 men.
who took part in the mutiny on board
the Spanish battleship Numancia.
while the vessel was lying in the
roadstead at Tangier.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
Wants Nebraska Professor.

G. H. Morse, professor of electrical
engineering at the state university.
has received an offer from a Wheel
ing, W. Va, electrical concern to take
an important position at a salary con-
siderably in advance of that now paid
him at the Nebraska institution.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
Girls Wade Beyond Their Depth.

Springfield, Mo- While wading in
the James river Misses Eula Cato and
Kathlyn Scarborough, each about 10
years old, were drowned when they
went beyond their depths. In an eff
fort to save the girls two others of the
party narrowly escaped drowning.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
immigrants from Cholera Districts.

~ iiOICI DlSIIiCISs
DR.. K. A. Carr of the board of sec
retaries to the state board of health
has received notice that several immi-
grants from the cholera stricken dis
tricts of Italy and Russia are headed
for Nebraska. The immigrants were
examined on landing and the warning
is sent ahead SC that physicians may
be f~orewarned if any of them become
i'll. The immigrants and their Nebras-
ka destinations are given as follows:
Heinrich Geist, wife and sister, to
Lincoln; Giovanni Zinman to Verdi;
Icontro Rosario to Omaha; Panebi-
anca Vincenzo to South Omaha; Her
man Raiseman to Calumet; Radsuaz
Szyman to Sotuh Omaha.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
Blast Kills One: Hurts Seven.

Toledo, O.-John Pell was killed and
seven other men were injured by an
explosion of dynamite at the White
Rock plant Of the Kelley Island Lime
and Transport company, near Clay
Center
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
New Contract for Prisoners.

The state prison board has recent
ly entered into a new contract with
the Lee Broom and Buster company
Tor an increased number of men and
the shirt company formerly using
them has been released from its con-
tract to accept 100 men.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
Chile Paws Indemnify.

London.-Augustin Edward, the
Chilean minister to Great Britain, paid
over to Ambassador Reid 1S4,637
hounds, the indemnity awarded the
United States in the Alsop claim
against Chile under the arbitral judg-
ment of King George.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
Gavnor Given Loving Cup.

New York.-A committee Of citi-
zens on the anniversary of the
MAYORS p%rovidential preservation in
the attack made upon his life" pre-
sented to Mayor Gaynor a handsome
silver loving cup, suitably inscribed.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
DEATH TAKES JOHN w. GATES
American Financier Passes Away in
Paris After Hard Fight
for Life.

Paris.-John w. Gates, the Ameri-
can inancier and millionaire, is dead
here of a complication of kidney and
heart diseases. His death followed
a sudden relapse after a night of
fighting with stimulants to save his
life.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
Gen, G. w. Gordon Dies.

Memphis, Tenn.-Gen. George W.
Gordon, commandments of the
United Confederate Veterans, and rep
r~esentative in congress from the Tenth
Tennessee district, is dead here.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
Would Bar LIQUOR Sales.

Washington.-A bill prohibiting the
issuance of federal permits or special
license tax stamps for the sale of
liquor in dry" states or communities
has been introduced by Representa-
tive Goodwin Of Arkansas.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
Governor AIdrich Deeply Interested.

Governor Aldrich has taken a deep
interest in the primary campaign and
is impressed with the apparent lack
of interest shown by the people in the
selection of candidates for public Of
fee.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
Corporations Paw Tax

Secretary of State Wait received
s17,390.05 from corporations during the
month of July as payment for an an
nual license to pursue their occupa~
tons in Nebraska.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
TO BLOCK COPPER MERGER.
Fourth Suit Instituted Against Michi-
gan Companies.

gan companies
Marquette, Mich.-Another attempt
to block the proposed consolidation
of the Calumet and Hecla, Osceola,
Ahmeck and several other Lake Su-
perior copper mining companies was
made when Joseph S. Jackson, of
Milwaukee, an Ahmeck s~tockholder,
began an action in the United States
court at Marquette, in which he asks
a permenent injunction against the
merger. This makes the fourth suit
that has been instituted, each in a diff
ferent court.
The principal points made in the
jackson case are the alleged low valu-
alton of the Ahmeck property and al
legged too high valuation of the Cal
umet and Hecla.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
Typhoon at Shanghai.

Shanghai, CHINA typhoon did
much damage to the property of the
Amsterdam Dredging company. But
little loss was caused to shipping gen.
orally.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
MICHIGAN CITIES SHOW
BIG INDUSTRIAL GAINS
Increase in Manufacturing Plants and
Products Value Shown-8oom
Marks Three Towns.

WASHINGTON Aug. pa prelim.
mary statement OF the general results
of the thirteenth United States cen
sus of manufactures of four Michigan
cities was issued today.
In Traverse City there were 81 es
adjustments In 1909, as compared
with 46 In 1904, an increase OF 33 per
cent
The value OF products In 1909 was
$2,2S9 900 and $2,177 900 In 1904, an
increase of 5 per cent.
Pontiac contained AZ establish
ments in 1909, as compared with AZ in
1904. a decrease OF ii per cent.
The value OF products in 1909 was
$3.50. 900 and s3.047.000 in 1904, an
increase of 80 per cent.
In Saun tSe. Marie were found AZ
establishments I'm 1909, as compared
with ss In 1904. an increase of "a per
cent.
The value of products In 1909 was
S4,6l9 900 and $2.412,000 In 1904, an
, Increase OF 90 per cent
Holland City had SO establishments
in 1909 and the value OF their products
was $4,622.000.
Further details can be drawn from
the summary which follows: Capital
invested, S4.524.000; cost OF materials
used. s2,5S5,000; salaries and wages
s1.197 900; miscellaneous expenses,
s4o7. 900: value added by manufacture
(products, less cost OF matertaistT ~
O37 900: number of salaried officials
and clerks, 1873; and average number
vi wage earners employed during the
year, 1,940.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
SIGNS POINT TO
TAFT'SS DOOM
-MEDILL MCCORMICK.
Chicago Publisher Says Presidents
Coming Trip Will Reveal
His Weakness.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2s.-Medill
Mccormick. until recently publisher
of the Chicago Tribune. today accept
ed he challenge to the Republican
progressives made by President TAFT
in his Hamilton speech. He prepared
the following statement:
BY MEDlLL MCCORMICK.
Copyright 1911 by the United Press
Association.
II Is plaiE from the presidents
speech at Hamilton, last Saturday,
that he has learned nothing from the
election Of last November. First
nominated by Roosevelt, then nomin-
ated by Aldrich, he now would be the
censor of Republicanism. He would
prescribe every one who differs vita
him.
No wonder that, from New Year un-
til adjournment, the overwhelmink
majority OF the two houses of con-
eress, Democratic or Republican
standpat or progressive, has been OF
the opinion that IL Taft were re-noDl.
mated, he could not be reelected.
They remembered that his eulogy
OF A!drich and his defense of tho
Payne tarif law was followed by the
of 1910 when over 80 stand
pat congressman lost their seats, and
the progressives In the house doubled
their numbers. II Taft had been
running In that campaign he would
have polled as few electoral votes
as Bryan did In 1908.
Neither has anybody forgotten tho
Norton letter, which confessed tina
the presiden. had tried to intimidate
ano coerce the progressiyes by TAX
Ing patronage from them. He failed
to drive them out once--and now he
pr >poses to try again. He is going to
Invade the progressive west to ex-
plain away his tariff Inconsistencies,
his haste to put through reciprocity,
which affects farmers product5,
while he blocks the reduction of the
schedules affecting manufactured
products; to defend his Alaskan at.
titude and his lack OF an anti-trus,
program.
His swing around the circle two
years ago discovered his weakness,
and his second trip will measure its
degree.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
Champ Clark, In Sharp
Reply, Says Taft Is Uugra.ful

QUINCY, ILL.,, Aug. 29.-That Pres
ident Taft's criticism OF him and
Chairman Underwood OF the house
ways and means committee by name,
and OF the Democrats in congress gen.
orally, was uncalled for, was the dec
laration of Speaker Champ Clark in a
sharp reply to Taft here today. Clark
said IL was also ungrateful after what
the Democrats had done for the presi-
dent In aiding him to get the reel
procity bill enacted.
The president said we did not play
politics about reciprocity, but we did
play politics about the tariff" said
Clark. The only politics we played
was to keep faith with the people, and
to religously redeem the promises We
made in order to win In 1910. which
is the best and noblest kind Of poll
tics
After stating that they had taken
the president at his word when be
denounced the wool schedule at
Winona, Clark said
He vetoed our wool bill which
would have greatly relieved the peo-
pie by giving them much cheaper
clothes and blankets. He went over,
boots and breeches, to the stand-pat-
tiers.
I'VE cheerfuly meet him on that
issue. We stand for the best inter
ests OF the masses; he stands for a
handful of protection tariff barons,
and by his veto enables them to con-
tinue to levy unjust and exorbitant
tribute upon the consumers OF the
land. He appears to hope that the
consumers will kiss his hand, which
Is the hand that smote them.
"Mr. Underwood and were never
in favor OF tariff board OF commits
sion under the control OF the president
and responsible only to him. The ser
vice OF some house and senate mem
bers goes back to the Morrison tar
IN bill. Then why should we wait for
the verdict Of the presidents board
OF non-experts?
ut will be noticed that the presi-
dent who vetoes our tariff bills in
dorsed the outrageous PayHe-Aldfieh-
Smoot tariff bill, without the counsel.
advice, or tuition OF any tarif board
whatsoever. II the tariff board Is to
be used as a pretext for delaying re-
vision of the tariff downward, as the
president is now using II, instead OF
expediting genuine tariff reform, its
days will be few, for we will cut on
its supply.
"That was q queer and suggestive
picture for Democrats and tariff-re-
form Republicans to contemplate; the
president making his stand-pat speech
on the farm Of standpat Augustus
Peabody Gardner, nanked by Mr..
Gardner and the iatter's father-in-
law. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge,
chief OF protective tariff highbinders.
That was enough to make the angels
weep"
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
MRS. NAPO[|TANO
TAKEN TO- PRISON
500 Woman Who Was Saved From
Gallows Begins Life Sentence
In Kingston.

sAULT STE. MARIE. Ont. Aug.
20. - Mrs. Angelina Napolitana.
saved from the gallows by the women
Of the United States, who fought SO
strenuously for her. was removed from
the Jail at Sault Ste. Marie. Ont, last
night. and taken aboard a steamship
bound for Kingston prison. where she
Is destined to spend the remainder OF
her life, for the murder OF her hus-
band with an ak.
Her baby was taken from her and
placed In care of the Children's Aid
society.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
SCHOOL FRAT DIsBANDs.
LANSING Society ReorganIzes Under
New Constitution.

LANSING, Mich, Aug. 29.-The Phi
Alpha Delta fraternity of the Lansing
high school, has voluntarily dispand-
ed as a secret society and has reor-
ganized Under a new constitution In
compliance with the new state law.
At the meeting Of the board Of edu-
cation, Monday evening, former Pros
ecuting Attorney Walter 8. Foster.
who is an alumni member of the fra
ternity, stated that he believed the
society strong enough to exist without
secret features, and IL IL is not, they
have no wish to continue IL. The
board members were invited TO at
tend~the meetings of the fraternity.
There are three fraternities and two
sororitIes in the Lansing school, but
as yet the others have taken no ac-
ton. ~