The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-06-08

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The senate of the United States
passed the resolution offered by Sen
ator Martin of Virginia, directing the
standing committee on privileges and
elections for the second time to as
certain if corrupt methods were used
in the election of William Lorimer as
senator from Illinois, and to probe into
the world-famous Jackpot" fund of
the Illinois assembly. The vote was
4S to 20.
Offering to lay bare all the facts
concerning the United States Steel
corporation, denying that he is plan.
ming to form a monopoly to control
steel products of the entire world,
and frankly admitting that the steel
corporation has absolute domination
of subsidiary companies, Ebert H.
Gary appeared as witness in the In
quiry being conducted by the steel
investigating committee Of the house
of representatives.
Criminal prosecution of the officials
of the Standard Oil company, the
American Tobacco company and their
constituent companies is proposed in
a concurrent resolution introduced by
Senator Pomerene of Ohio. The reso-
luton would instruct the attorney
general to proceed against the Off
Gals at once under the recent de-
c1sions of the Supreme court.
The decisions of the Supreme court
in the Standard Oil and American To-
bacco company cases will result in a
sweeping attempt to secure criminal
conviction of violators of the antitrust
law, according to Attorney General
Wlckersham, who appeared before the
house committee on expenditures in the
department of justice.
William Jennings Bryan took excep-
ton to the program Of his party in
the national house of representatives,
and criticized the majority of the
Democrats who have agreed to sup
port the revised tariff schedule on
wool and wooden goods.
For the first time in the history of
the service the deficit in the post office
department has been wiped out and
100000 surplus for the current
fiscal year, ending June 80, Is in the
treasury
Domestic
''Not guilty" was the verdict of the
jury in the trial of DR.. George B.
Nye, representative from Pike county,
Ohio. charged with bride solicitation.
Report made at the convention of
the National Electric association in
New York shows that the total invest
ment in electric light plants of the
United States is more than $2,O0O,-
100000, covering 5000 stations
twenty-five thousand Bibles are on
their way from New York to San
Francisco. They are gift to the
coast from the National Gideon So
ciety.
With nearly an eighth of brigade
out of ranks, the ambulance filled and
scores riding In wagons, the sun
wrought havoc among the soldiers of
the first separate brigade hiking"
from Galveston to Houston, Tex
lo1
formerly Of the University of Michi-
gan, has produced heart stimulant
from poisonous toads. His idea was
gained from the Chinese doctors, who
ground up toads for medicine.
Mrs. John F. Jackson, wife of a Mil.
waukee business man, jumped from
fourth.story window of the Parker
house in Boston and was killed. She
was on the way to a sanitarium.
In the Putnam (Conn.) city court
William White, twenty-seven Years
old, OF Plainfield, was sent to jail for
a year and fined $685. for placing his
arms ABOUT woman as he passed her |
on the street.
Mrs. Catherine M. Gallagher of
washington has set afoot a movement
TO prevent "turndowns" of enlisted
men IN the United States military serv-
ice on account of their uniforms. Mrs
Gallagher has written forty-three gov.
errors of states.
Cloudbursts, accompanied by heavy
nail. caused great damage In Ger.
many. Six houses In village in the
grand duchy of Baden were swent
away by floods and ~ persons were
drowned. -Four We're drowned near
Heidelberg.