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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-01-06

against more than sixty corporations
and number of individual defend
ants, headed by James B. Duke.
The process of organization of the
combination alleged to be unlawful
spread over many years. 1t began in
January, 1890. Then the first Ameri-
can Tobacco company was incorpo-
rated for the purpose, it is alleged,
of taking over the business of five
independent cigarette plants.
In 1898, the Continental Tobacco
company was incorporated for the
alleged purpose of taking over the
plug-tobacco business of the Ameri-
can Tobacco company and the busi-
ness CT ave ether plug tobacco con-
Germs.
In 1900, the American Snuff COM
pany was incorporated for the alleg-
ed purpose of taking over the snuff
business of the American Tobacco
company and of two or three inde
PENDENT snuff manufactures.
In 1901, the American Cigar com.
pany was incorporated for the al
legged purpose of taking over the
cigar business of the American To.
DacGes company and an Independent
mar sacturer of cigars.
In the same year, the Consolidated
1 obacco company was incorporated
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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-01-06
TWO MURDERERS
ARE ELECTROCUTED
YOUNG ITALIANS PAY EXTREME
PENALTY FOR KILLING
RENT COLLECTOR

Dannemora, N. Y, Jan. 6.-Domin-
ick Ferreri and Vincente Leonardo,
two young Italians from Albany, who
murdered rent collector at the be-
hest of the black hand, went to the
electric chair in Clinton prison this
morning. Just before he was strap
ped in the chair. Leonardo confessed.
Ferreri maintained his innocence to
the last. asmnasird
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-01-06
RANCH HANDS cREMATEp

Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 6.-The fine
ranch home of BILLY" Todd, eight
miles south of Pinedale, burned to
the ground last night. Two ranch
hands, Charles Melton and John Nc
Cune were cremated in the ruins.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The dead men were in charge of the
ranch during the absence of Todd.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-01-06
PRESIDENT DENIES
PARDON APPLICATION
MAN CONVICTED OF PEONAGE
MUST SERVE PRISON
SENTENCE

Washington, jan president Taft
today denied the application for
Communication of the sentence of W..
S. Harlan, manager of the Great
Lumber & Turpentine company, do
ing business in Florida and Alabama,
who was convicted on a charge OF
peonage in Florida. Harlan must
serve a term of eighteen months i'm
prisonment and pay fine of $4,000.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-01-06
CHURCH BARS NEWSPAPERS

Lyons. France, Jan. 6.-The Arch
bishop of Lyons today issued a dio-
cesian droce forbidding Catholics
from reading four republican news
papers published in the diocese and
declaring the reading of such papers
to be a sin.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-01-06
PowER PLANT WRECKED

Minneapolis, Mimi, JAN 6.-An ex-
plosion early today wrecked the east
side of the big power plant of the
Minneapolis General Electric COM
pany. Two men were seriously in
jured. The city was left temporarily
without electric current.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-01-06

the street car and escaped over the
Northern Pacific railroad bridge, A
number of posses in automobiles and
large crowd of citizens have joined
in the man hunt.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1911-10-07
chiId's Curved Spine often Es-
capes Doctors Scrutiny.
Dressmakers' Measurements Disclose
Defect When the Time for Any
Effective Treatment Of Trouble
Has Passed.

Chicago.-n your child has back
ache and your doctor can't cure 1t,
send for the dressmaker: she knows
more than the doctor about crooked
backs"
Such is the advice given by Prof.
Henry d. Thomas Of the Northwest
ern University Medical school in q
lecture to the members Of the Chicar
go Visiting Nurse association at the
Wesley hospital
''In the clinic records there are the
histories OF 1000 cases of bowedIegs
and 5000 cases Of scoliosis. or curva-
ture Of the spine. which were treated
In the last ten years." he continued.
I'm the cases of spinal trouble the dis
ease began when the child was from
three to eight years old usually.
No one knew anything of the dis
ease in many cases until the child was
old enough to go to the dressmaker.
Then It is too late for any effective
treatment. The girls mother-girl
have rs per cent. of the cases-never
sees 1t, the family doctor oyerlooks it,
and not until the dressmaker begins
to do some measuring does the de-
formity appear. Once started, the
process continues with terrible ef-
Rects.
THE number Of children who suffer
from this disease is very large. Some
estimators state that it is as high as
so per cent; others place the figure
as low as two per cent. My own calcu-
'lation, based on an examination OF the
The Semi-weekly leader., 1911-10-07
HENS LAY AN EGG EACH DAY
Small Flock Of Rhode Island Reds
Make Remarkable Record
Owner Has No system.

Wallace, Ida.-Twelve eggs day.
seven days in the week, for twenty
eight consecutive weeks is the record
of twelve hens kept in the center Of
the Occur d'Alene mining district. Only
in the last few days, when one Of the
number began to sit was the record
spoiled.
The twelve hens are Rhode Island
Reds and are the property Of Peter
Cav, who lives seven miles northwest
of Wallace. Mr.. Caw's home is well
up in the mountains at an altitude Of
more than $500 feet. Throughout
nearly nine months the ground is snow
covered 1t is only now that the last
of the snow is leaving. At more than
one time during the winter the snow
has been banked around the building.
nearly ten feet deep.
Mr. Cav has no steam-heated houses
for his chickens and he neither cares
for them nor feeds by any book sys-
tenn. The home of the fowls is an old
barn, their feed selected scraps from
the table. With these they have pros
pered and with clocR-like regularity
have furnished neat income. Eggs
in Wallace during the months past
have ranged from 25 to SO cents. Fig
ured at the low price. the twelve hens
made a gross earning In the twenty
eight weeks Of $40.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1911-10-07
snatI RepubIlcs.

KIein-Alp is diminutiye republic
tucked away between Switzerland and
France. Only in summer is the re-
public inhabited, and then by miners
and cowgirls. There Is one hotel.
closed during the winter. Another lit
tie republic is In Tyrol. between Aus.
tria and Italy, and in long gone years
was under the jurisdiction of first q
king and then an emperor. But in the
adjustment of frontier lines the state
of Val di Ventino was in some way
overlooked. and It promptly organized
itself into a Lililputian republic. It
has now about 1000 inhabitants. liv-
ing in six villages. Neither Val di
ventino or Kein-Alp have any taxes.
There are no officials or compulsory
military service The only industry
of Val di ventino, aside from thA
farming of small fields. 10 charcoal
burning.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1911-10-07

wished the Arcade to use them. I've
come to ask you what is the matter
with them"
The editor was direct man and a
frank one. They lack snap and
point. Your earlier stories were
clever; these are fat Write as well
as you did few weeks ago and no
story will be returned to YOU"
few days later another bundle of
stories was returned to her.
One evening Graham Ford came to
the little fat. 1t was his first visit
since the dissolution OF the partner
ship.
How are you getting alcng?" he
asked abruptly.
q am very busy" she began brave.
ly.
Are you selling much?"
Every writer has periods Of fail.
ure,"
What is the Arcade doing with
your stuff?"
Sending 1t back to me-" After a
moment she added. $50 is every other
editor"
"Brutes," he mathematical. "Let
me see your stories"
He went through them. cutting,
transposing and adding whole para
graphs. These are good stories" be
commended TRY them on those
editors again. They viii buy. You
write well"
She shook her head.
Norma. let's go back to our part
nership. VIII you? I'm lonesome
and unhappy. ] can't write alone"
Every big magazine in the country
The Semi-weekly leader., 1911-10-07
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
PAR TNERS
BY ANNIE HINRIcHsEN


is buying your work. You don't need
me. You never needed me. But
T1
I'm lonesome and miserable do
need you. want literary partner
and want the other kind OF partner.
too. ! want wife. Norma. love you,
dear. and can't go on without you"
You viii have to. / shall neither
marry you nor resume our literary
partnership"
The next day she took the revised
stories to the editor OF the Arcade.
He glanced over them. Good stuff,
he announced. You've touched up
these stories and put the real sub
stance into them. I'll publish these
and all others az good.
She gathered them up. They are
not for publication. wanted to
know something about them, and you
have told me what / wished to know"
Three months later, in response to
a charmingly worded note, Graham
Ford came to Norma's fat for dinner.
The living-room had been refur-
nished and was a harmony of dull
woods and soft colors. Before the
crate fire was small table set for
two. Norma wore over her pretty.
light gown white apron.
1t was well cooked dinner which
the white-aproned hostess served. Gra-
ham Ford ate steadily and appreciate
ly through the course When the
meal was finished they carried the
table into the tiny kitchen. Graham
looked about for the cook. but saw no
one.
Norma pushed an easy chair before
the fire. He dropped into it and light
ed a cigar. Norma. still wearing her
apron. sat on q small chair drawn
close to his.
Graham" she said in low voice.
how do you like tiny little fat and
my dinner?"
1T Is a domestic paradise" he
sighed. Would you like to have 1t
all the time? You can If you want
to-" she went on as he stared bewil-
dered. Il refused you literary wife.
WAA yOu bo0O QOuuCbl1C OuOS 0Ab
still while tell you about 1t. was
SO spoiled By my literary success that
thought had, real talent. / ended
our partnership. After that could
not sell a story. The only merit my
stories possessed was the revision
you gave them. With it they sold;
without 1t they were worthless.
After we separated realized that
that / loved you. When you asked
me to marry you wanted to-I want
ed to with all my heart. But / could
not do 1t. had nothing to give you
in return for all you were ready to
give me. refused you and-and-I
went to school to learn to be good
home-maker learned to cook, to ar
range rooms, to shop economically.
I've practiced here in my little fiat,
trying to become proficient enough
toto make your home comfortable
and happy. I'm literary failure, but
am good cook and now can be q
real partner-a useful one--if you"
But the rest Of the sentence was
left unfinished as the girl and the big
white apron were drawn into the easy
chair.
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"0ur partnership must end" The
girl spoke decisively
4 don't see the reason" objected
the man.
I'VE have been writing together
very successfully for several weeks.
she explained. "But we have reached
point in our work where each one
can do better alone. If we stay to
gether our influence on each other
win be real detriment to success.
MY work will take on the quality Of
yours; yours will become like mine
Our talents viii develop If we work
separately"
In spite Of the hurt in his eyes Ora
ham Ford's lips twitched.
Perhaps | seem ungrateful," Nor
ma Atwood went on. II am really
your protege rather than your part.
ner. came to the city with the in.
tention of devoting my life to newspa.
per and magazine work. All my ar
ticles and stories were refused. When
] met you | was utterly discouraged
! told you my difficulties. You read
my stuff, showed me how to alter II
into salable matter and introduced
me to editors. Success came immedi
ately. / am selling everything
write. We have been working to
gether. You write your things and
! write mine. Every morning you
come here to my fiat and we go over
the stories and give each other advice
and suggestions. We have called our
selves literary partners.
Yesterday the Arcade asked me to
furnish them daily story. These
stories and my work viii take all my
time and these morning hours to
gether must be given up"
Ford's brows drew together. Il un
derstand." he said briefly. "You Offer
two good reasons; you are so success
full that you haven't time for me, and
we can do better work without the as
sistance Of each other"
Two weeks later Norma Atwood
went to the Office of the Arcade.
'Mr. Mills" she said to the man
aging editor, "you promised to pub
lish story of mine every day for an
indefinite period. This morning you
sent back to me a bundle Of my
stories accompanied by letter tell
ing me to write better ones IL
The Semi-weekly leader., 1911-10-07
Ocean Liner ls Held While Porter Il
Taxi Speeds to ship With
Wealthy Woman's Lingerie.

New York. Miss EIenor spang, q
wealthy unmarried woman, who owns
q house In Washington and another
In Paris and who recently has been
guest Of the Hotel Plaza, was
booked to sail ON the Kronprinz VII
helm.
For several days past she had
overseen the packing Of her is trunks
by her French maid. Celeste. who un-
derstands little English She had
placed some Of her lingerie IN suit
case to have by her in her cabin.
When 1t came to packing her fish
ing implements Miss Spang Is q
great flsherwomanshe told Celeste
to 'leave out the longest reel"
Celeste thought she meant the
lingerie"
When Miss Spang arrived at the
ship. accompanied BY Max Thompson.
assistant manager OF the Plaza, she
found on looking over her baggage
that the suit case containing the
lingerie was missing She became
panic-stricken No, Il was absolutely
impossible for 3 lady to sail under
such conditions. She must have
those things.
What should she dos Sailing time
was only 20 minutes away.
Thompson dashed To phone,
called up porter at the Plaza. gave
The Semi-weekly leader., 1911-10-07
WILL FIND DEFORMTTY

school children in Chicago. is three
per cent. My examinations, however.
were made without removing the
c.9thing. and so the real figures may
be hfet er.
Sometimes the curvature is con-
genial; sometimes 1t comes from rick
etts; often the posis,en which child
assumes in school is the cause The
child has slight deafness in one ear,
an astigmatism in one eye too slight
to be noticed or perhaps is simply
weak. Sitting all the time In some
crooked position day after day and
year after year will develop a good
case Of curvature.
"The only way to effect cure is to
begin the treatment early. Hence
mothers, family physicians and nurses
should examine children very careful
ly, and especially carefully when the
child complains of some weakness or
shows signs OF being always tired"
The Semi-weekly leader., 1911-10-07
Advantaaee Of Funerals.

used to visit, when lad, bleak
island which lies some 20 miles of the
New Brunswick coast. was once
overtaken by dusk, when crossing the
island, and put up for the night at a
farmhouse. While the younger women
were preparing supper chatted with
Grandma Mckinley, then in her eight
ieth year, who sat in Oed-quilt easy
chair by the fire. Wishing to sustain
my end of the conversation, pre-
sumed to suggest that life must have
, been bit lonely and tame in the long
winter months. The old lady turned
her sharp eyes upon me, detecting that
my tone was trif1e patronizing, and
Sejoined: 'Now, young 'un, you
jeedn't pity US. There is plenty Of
old folk on the island, and winter is
the time when they keep droppin' of.
and we just I'LL picnic basket and go
and spend the week, anG eat and sing,
and it breaks up the long spell some
thin wonderful Frederick M. Padel.
ford. in the Atlantic.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1911-10-07
FEET ARE AWKWARD
Great Many English Women Are
Pigeon-Toe
NsIshbors From France Declare they
Should Have School for Teach.
Ing Of Foot Deportmsnt-l4Ob.
BILE Skirt Blamed.

LOndon.-The Englishwoman would
be the most graceful woman in the
world II she could only learn the
graceful management Of her feet.
This. In effect, was the verdict Of a
party Of Frenchwomen who visited
Hyde Park, and who appeared to derive
considerable amusement from watch
ing the awkward way in which the
English women In the penny chairs
placed their feet
"MaladrOit." "gAuche,S were few
OF the criticisms overheard expressed
In tones Of varying intensity.
TWAS noticed that the ladies sitting
In the row-the objects Of these COM
ments-were apparently all unaware
Of the criticism their feet were
causing.
Though not. perhaps. the usual
habitues Of the park. they were most
ly well dressed women, wearing the
customary "hobble" skirts and the
rather conspicuous shoes OF today,
which are made in various shades Of
leather to match the stockings
One Of London's leading teachers
Of dancing and department later in
the day said that most English women
need course of feet discipline
ut Is another example Of the danger
Of adopting fashion set by foreign
country" she said. "The 'hobble'
skirt-the present mode-was evolved
by French costumers to suit French
women, and Frenchwomen are re-
nowned the world round for their
graceful feet.
English women hastily adopt the
fashion without thinking that, prac-
tically for the first tine In the history
Of fashion, the feet forrn c0nspicu-
Gus part Of the tout ensemble. There
are no crinolines or loose plated bell
skirts to hide them.
Beyond little drilling In the man,
agement Of her feet which she gets in
the hobbledehoy, short skirted period
Of her life, the English woman is
never taught the necessity of graceful
control OF her feet.
Nov comes suddenly this tight
sldrted vogue and her feet are re.
vealed in all their pigeon toed OF
sprawling awkwardness. Not all OF
them, of course, for some English
women are naturally graceful from
the top Of the head to the tip OF the
| toe.
English women are fully aware
that the new skirt makes smart shoes
and stockings absolutely de rigueur.
but they forget that smart shoes and
stockings draw special attention to
the feet and make 1t equally compul-
sorry that they should place them
gracefully"
The Semi-weekly leader., 1911-10-07
Where Budget Comes From.

Budget" is word that should find
d place in any comprehensive diction-
ary Of slang. "The meaning Of this
word" writes the late William White,
a former bookkeeper in the house Of
commons, 'is a bag or sack Former
ly, no doubt, the chancellor of the
exchequer used to bring down his
papers, when he had to lay before the
house the financial statement for the
year, in a bag, green, blue or red;
probably green, for that was the color
of official bags until the trial Of
Queen Caroline in 1920. Then, be-
cause the government papers and
evidence against her majesty were
laid upon the table of the house of
lords 1nclosed in green bag, official
green bags all over the country be-
came hateful to the eople."-London
Chronicle.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1911-10-07
FLY SPREADS rEAD,Y GERM
Or. Flexner and Aid Of Rockefeller
institute Discover Disseminated
OF InfantIle Disease.

New York.-Experiments carried on
In the laboratories of the Rockefeller
Institute of Medical Research have
demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt
that the virus Of infantiIe paralysis Is
carried from the sick to the wen by
the common house fly.
It had been really understood the
poisonous element OF the disease Is
transferred from those suffering from
It to persons brought In contact with
the patients; also that healthy persons
carry the virus from the sick to the
well. But in thinly settled sections Of
the country the disease has spread in
a manner that could not be accounted
for by any of the foregoing means OF
transmission. This led to the sus.
picion that the common ,hy was the
carrier, and resulted in experiments
which have been and are still being
carried on by DR.. Simon F1exner. di.
rector Of the institute. assisted by
Paul r. Clark. Phi. d.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1911-10-07
MARRIAGE ENDS BABY r,ATs
owner MarrIes Waitress, Who Is Not
Fond Of Children and Prefers
Families Without Them.

Brockton, Mass Brockton's famous
.Baby Flats built exclusively for
families with babies, win hereafter be
rented to babyless tenants, says John
Hill Bartlett. the owner. whose venture
had resulted In ex-President Roosevelt
sending him personal letter OF com.
mendation.
Two years ago Mr.. Bartlett an
nounced that he saw no reason why
families should be barred from rene.
ments because they had children. A
years ago he married waitress. Now
he says he renounces his former opin-
ion Of babies.
Mr.. Bartlett does not express him.
self as opposed to babies, but Mrs.
Bartlett frankly admits she prefers
families without them.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1911-10-07
Settled Them.

I've sight o. sons-thirteen alto
gether," remarked a prosperous old
farmer. "and all Of ems done me
credit gave the three eldest, who
sowed wild oats at O. pretty rapid rate,
and then came home and saddled my
shoulders with the harvest.
well, own was glad to see 'em
back, and feasted 'em, and petted
'em. and set 'em on their legs again,
only to see 'em skedaddle of afresh
when things had slowed down, with
all the cash they could lay hands on.
"That thereabouts sickened me, SO
called the rest OF 'em together and
There's ten Of you left, and II any
Of you 'ud like to follow t'other three
won't try to stop you.- But. under.
stand this, though there may be few
more prodigal sons. theren be no
more fatted calves. I've killed the last
of 'eml'
"And." continued the old man, tri-
umphantly. I've had trouble WI mona
Of 'em sinoel"
The Semi-weekly leader., 1911-10-07

men has been placed as low as SIX
years. They are always in danger
from shifting coal. breaking pipes and
tumbling slice bars. The beat Of the
waves may throw them against white.
hot furnaces or the waves themselves,
coming over the rails. may tumble
through gratings and drown them like
rats In barrel.
It Is surely great thing thai
beings Of Ill reputation and hard. cruel
lives. should yet appear on the records
and In the tales never recorded al
the hravest men in the hour Of trial.
The SIX men Of the North Dakota,
because they are Of the navy. gain
something Of reward. They are, how.
ever. but brothers Of Q worldwide
family.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1911-10-07
Just Haby's Size.

In a car filed with ladies', 90
pound dude sat wedged in tightly. Al
street corner a fat woman, hand
somely dressed and with baby in
her arms. got in. The little dude strug'
gled to his feet and touched his hat
politely, remarking facetiously:
Madam. will you take this seat?"
The fat lady looked at the crevice
he had left and thanked him pleas
antly.
''You are very kind, sir" she said.
Il think it will Just fit the baby"
And 1t did.-New York Evening
Mail.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1911-10-07
TRAINING THE CHILD MIND
important Thing ls Quietly to Point
Out to Little Ones Their
linperfectIons.

My youngest child is very sensi
tive little fellow, throwing himself
with complete abandon into every
thing he does, and SO eager to make
an impression when he speaks that
ne shouts everything he says. After
much consideration there came to me
an idea Of way to correct this, SO,
as a reply to a remark he made,
asked, pitching my voice on the same
key that he had used, and raising 1t
to the sanfe degree of loudness:
What makes you scream SO when
you talk?"
Quick as a flash, he answered:
Why, | don't scream, do |, mother%
And 1t was true for that time, for
he had brought his voice down. in
replying, to well-modulated tone.
This question and answer were
many times repeated between us in
the same way, with the result Of a
marked improvement on his part.
have thought since that stumbled
upon an important principle in child
training, to show children in varying
methods. as by mirror, exactly what
their fault is. For children love the
good; they have their standards of
what is right and fitting that develop
as fast as their limited knowledge
will permit.
What Plato said of men applies to
little men and women, too: Man
holds to the good and will not know
ingly or willingly be deprived of it,"
They only need to have the good
clearly presented to them so they can
recognize it. 1t is not fair to them
to assume that they are perverse,
when probably the trouble simply is
that they have not yet had sufficient
chance to see the difference between
right and Harper's Bazaar.