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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-15
FARMERS ARE UP WITH
MODERN PROGRESS
In Every Branch of Work They Are Keeping
Abreast Of Advanced Methods Records
Make Remarkable Showing

the aEriculturist far from being back
ward and out of date, il rapidly be-
coming one of the most enlightened of
all classes of citIZens
Ono branch of farmers work alone
shows what they are doing. During
the past year Secretary Wilson re-
ceived reports from forty-four States
giving data regarding institute work
In forty-onc of these more than $500
institutes were held the total number
OF sessions reached more than $4,000
and the total attendance somethinE
like l,904,676.
The special institutes are rapidly
growing both in Importance and in
terest. One hundred and fifty movable
schools Ia the record OF attendance
Tor the year, with Il total of 10000 per-
sons visiting them. SiHty-two rail-
road instruction trains were run, COW
erinS more than $4,000 miles, with
nearly 500 expert lecturers and with
$4,000 persons visiting them. In addi-
tion to this. $50 Independent Institutes
were held, with an attendance of more
than 10000, and fifteen round up in
stitutes. continuing through 1853 scs-
sions. attended by $4,000 persons
There were more than 800 picnlcs
and conventions and those were at
tended by an aggregate OF 10000 in
dustrious. ambitious farmers, who
were eager to learn all the government
could teach them.
But men are not the only ones who
beneht by. Uncle SANS generosity Wo-
men, too, many of them, are patient,
earnest students of agriculture and
agricultural methods, as shown by the
fact that during the last year more
than $4,000 OF them attended the spe-
cial instruction afforded them and APP
piled themselves vigorously to absorb
the information furnished.
When 1t Ia considered that the
faculty Of these Institutes numbered
more than 1000 persons, 1t will readily
be seen that the undertaking at the
hands Of Uncle Sam Is no small one.
But the government has not been
alone In this work. Many Of the
States, realizing that IL they were to
derive Federal aid they must first
show disposition to help themselves,
have appropriated large amounts for
these Institutes.
Thirty-nine State Leglsla lures ap-
propriated last year S347,S5O57 to in
stitute work; to this there was added
by eighteen States S51,56S75 from
other sources, making total OF s3as,-
1892 There was expended by thirty
nine States for this purpose $342,47662
These figures show that the interest
OF tho farming people Is steadily grow
ing and extending to embrace now and
improved lines of effort The movable
school, the women's institute. the high
school. the rural school, tho instruc-
oon train and the itinerant teacher
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-15
Dir. Lyon S
PERFECT
7 Goth Powder
cleanses, preserves and beau
titles the teeth and imparts
purity and fragrance to the
breath. Mothers shouldteach
the little ones its daily use.

tation OF live stock by imposing an
Imprisonment penalty for its violation.
The vigorous enforcement of the GUS
toms laws. the Attorney General says,
resulted in the recovery of s2,12O0o0 in
duties out of which the government had
been defraudcd.
The white slave traffic act. now a
year and n half old. is having saiu-
tary effect, in the judgment of Mr..
Wickcrsham. The statute was dill
gently enforced throughout the country.
he AYERS, with most satisfactory re-
suits. One hundred and forty-tive
prosecutions We're had. resulting In
quittals and ten nollc pressed or 9TH
+ crwise discontinued. I'orty-hve cases
are pending. Sentences imposed ranged
from few months in Jail TO ten years
In the penitentiary.
While prosecutions against peonaGc,
the Attorney General says. has done
much TO stamp IL out the practice still
appears to be quite extensively car
ried OH In some of the Southern states.
He suggests the strengthening OF the
statutes SO as TO afford efficient pro-
lection of persons against slavery and
involuntary scrvitudo, except as a
punishment for crime.
Mr.. Wickcrsham calls attention to
the discovery of extensive irregularl-
honesty in offices of clerks OF tho
United States courts. No effective re-
form, he declares, can be accomplish
cd until tho power of removing the
clerks Is taken from the Judges and
lodged in tho President and the clerk
paid specific sum, instead OF by the
fee system.
Jnils Ensiitublc.
Declaring shat many of the jails
where Federal prisoners are confined
are wholly unsuitable for the detcn-
ton of human beings, and ARE shock
ing breeding places of crime" the At
torncy-General recommends the APP
pointment OF Il commission to inquire
into the conditions. This commission
also would consider the general treat
mcnt of Juvenile and first offenders.
The Attorney General also recon-
mcnds that the Federal government be
given tho right 10 bring an action
against an Individual or corporation
in any part OF the country without
restriction. as to the place of residence
of the Individual or the home State
OF the corporation.
The Attorney Gcneral also recon-
mends general immunity statute,
numerous laws for Alaska and a
civil service retirement law.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-15
.BRANOE|S URGES .
. LA TOILETTE BILL

Continued From First Page.)
principles and had grown to a monop-
oily. Mr.. Brandeis pointed to the
United Shoe Machinery Company
against which the government is now
proceeding with both civil and or;mi-
nal aotiona W
Nfr. Brandeia referred to the speech
of Senator cummins in the Senate
yesterday asking that the independ emit
tobacco dealers be permitted to appeal
to the Supreme Court from the disco
luton plan under which the trust is
now proceeding, and declared that it
the Supreme Court decision should up
hold the lower court the future maxim
would be. What the trusts have put
together. let no court put asunder."
Mr.. Brandeis will continue on the
stand tomorrow.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-15
CALLS ON TAFT TO
DISMISS WILSON

Washington. December 1.-THE dismissal
OF Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson from
Cabinet because h1 participated in the
Brewers Congress Mt Chicago ne honorary
president recently, was demanded here to-
day al the National Antsaoon League
convention, which likewise went on record
as opposed TO The reinstatement of the army
cHnteen.
The demand for Mr.. Wilson'S retirement
was mnde by Judge a. T.. HRir or Ohio in
speech which was applnuded to the echo
He said IL President Taft did not dismiss
the Secretary of Agriculture lie would hght
his denomination with all his power next
year.
The resolution passed BY the convention
Ih'o emphasis upon the adoption OF lcgsla-
lion TO prevent tho sale OF liquor in pro
hibition territory, and protested against the
government sale of confisca ted liouor in
territory which has become prohibition
The following officers were elected TO serve
two years:
President Bishop Luther r. Wilson. Vice.
iresidsnts Bishop q, NJ Matthews Rcy.
rather James NJ Clenry. Rev David i
l'urre!l, Rev. w. b. Crumpton Judge chnrIes
a. Pollock, Rev. Washington GLADDEN.. Roy
M''lam l. McEwan. Rev. j. G. Barr nishon
L Morrison Bishop Samuel p Speenr,
nov Robert Coyle. Rev. ]. H. O. smith:
General superintendent. Rev p a. Baknr.
secretary, 5. T. Nicholson; Treasurer. Eos,
ter Copeland 70
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-15
CANNOT WIN ON
OTHERS BLUNDERS
Chairman Mack Says Democrats
Should Go to Victory on Their
Own Record.

Detroit. Mich, December i4.-"De.
mocracy should be ready to win the
next presidential election on construc-
tive legislation. not on the blunder,
" the Republican party in Washing
ton declared Norman 4. Mack. chair
man OF the Democratic National Com
mittee. at complimentary banquet
rendered him here tonight by the
Michigan State Democratic Committee
r. o. Wood, of Flint. national COM
miiteeman, presided ut the banquet.
III the work SO admirably begun
in Washington last winter is carried
out on the same progressive lines,
Democratic victory is assured contin-
ued Mr.. Mack.
trust law has become 50 widespread
that the average business man engaged
N a corporate enterprise is not fully
aware OF just what course he should
pursue.
''\s Democrat, l would like to see
some law enacted in Washington that
will permit, the big business men OF
the country TO so on and do all the
big things possible without doing bod
ny harmsto the small business man.
THAT is what must he done. If the
Sherman law is not explicit enough. /
believe we should have Il law that
means Just what IL says, III order that
the business men of our nation may
know Just exactly wha, they will have
10 do without going TO The Attorney
General OF the United States before
embarkins in any big business enter.
lfisc. We lind ourselves in the latter
condition to-dar.
The corporal offcnse complained OF
Is but the ou,Growth OF the fostering
ana he encouragement, of special tar
IN provisions granted by each succeed
IN: Republican administration ANA the
rGiet feature of the tariff onensc lies
III the manifestations Republication Of
It's campaign pledge of 1905 FOR n tar
in revision.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-15

have been operating and testing their
methods az never before. and large
numbers of farming people are being
reached from day 20 day through these
methods.
The awakening OF the country peo-
pie 20 the need OF agricultural instruc-
ton and to the possibilities OF extern
sion teaching has created demand
for instruction far beyond the power
OF the States to supply. The made
quacy of the present equipment for
meeting the educational needs OF rural
people has become so apparent that
several bills have been presented and
are now pending before Congress look
ing TO additional appropriations for
carrying on this work.
p. II. MEG.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-15
CONGRESS GETS
REPORT ON MAINE
MT. Ahcona as representative of the
thirteenth Pennsylvania District,
Startling Testimony.

washington. December l4.--William
II FRAZIER, secretary of the Intcrua
tlonal Scamen's Union. of Boston.
MASS, startled the House COMMITTEES
on Merchant Marine and Fisheries to-
day by declaring that on majority
OF the passenger carrying ships on the
atlantic coast there were not enough
members Of the crew 10 man the life
boats. He said mos, of the ships carry
boats enough for rs per cent. of the
passenser-carrying capacity of the
ships.
The witness declared that in all of
ms experience he had never seen n
boat drill at sea, where the iifeboa,s
were swung out on the davns.
MI Frazier also declared that tho
Slocum disaster was due to an insuffi-
Client crew. The loss of life would
nave been reduced one-half with .
proper crew, he said.
The witness was one OF score of
sailors who urged the passage OF the
wilson bill to improve the condition
OF the men In the seafaEng trade. The
bill would increase from seventv-tyyo
TO 100 cubic feet the space for each
member Of the crew 1t would provide
more efficient men in the fire rooms
and other reforms.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-15
SUBP0ENAS ARE SERVED

Boston. December 14.-Deputy 1Ynitea
states Marshall Ruhl to-day comnIeteI
serving subpoenas on the twenty three
.nuiviuuAib and twenty defendant com
In the United States District Court
tuesday by the government asking for
me dissolution OF the United Shoe Ma
eni.sry Company, The deputy called
chinory combine just az the ott,cers
and directors We're in the midst of a
discussion OF tho bill brought by tho
government President Winslow, OF
IN behalf of four OF the defendant
corporations Of which he is president.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-15

- q -
inented by sin additional actions, while
the eleven criminal prosecutions un-
der the same statute were increased
ny twenty three more prosecutions dur
ing the last fiscal year.
Many Suits Concluded.
Eight civil suits and a similar num-
Der OF criminal trials were brought 10
conclusion during the year In four
OF the civil prosecutions judgments
were rendered in favor of the United
states, while three were lost and one
WAS discontinued. -Four convictions
were secured until the criminal clause
OF tie statute during the year and
four cases were either quashed or dis
continued.
Declaring that he appreciates that
public interest in the sherman anti
trust law was even greater than it
was ut the date of his last report, the
Auorney-Gcncrai sets forth the fol-
lowing cases as being prosecuted or
pending for final settlement:
The powder trust, the mi ght- rider
cases, United States Steel Corporation.
cotton corner, alleged towing monop-
oily. beef packers. Southern Pacnc
merger bituminous coal combination,
naval stores suit. bathtub trust"
lumber trust" milk trust" WALL
transatlantic steamship pool, magazine
trust shoe machinery trust" COM
hination OF coal roads. elevator suit
in Oklahoma and kindling wood
trust"
Emphasizing his satisfaction with
the decree o! the New York Circuit
court in the tobacco trust dissolu-
ton. the Attorney General has THE to
say OF independent tobacco interests
who have criticized the plan OF dis
integration:
Competitors OF the existing combi-
-ition of terms or conditions of the
iisintegration which would have made
solvent, successfully. business read.
tustlncnt iinpo-sihle. would have
brought about a receivcrship of the
,roperty and forced judicial sales, re-
snltinG in great financial loss not only
20 those interested in the combina ton
out TO the business interests of the
ounuy at large. and in the end would
nave benefited only the very individ.
ais who had been dominant in the for.
nation of'the combination as they are
possessed of means ample enough e
rroHt by the ruin which would have
followed. In my opinion. the plar
which has been approved by the cour,
VIII accomplish the objects of tn,
law"
suits Inntitured.
Forty-six prosecutions for llega
Determinations and rebates were fnsti
tnted against railroads during tn,
year. The Attorney-Generai urges tn,
amendment of the twenty eli ght hou
law governing the railroad transpor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-15
PnEe BilI Indor.cd.

Washington. d. c.. December IA
senator Pages bill for added Fedora.
nio TO agricultural colleges and normal
SCHOOLS and for the extension of in
struction in agricultural trades and
industries. was Endorsed here TODAY ar
4 conference, at which were present
senators Fletchep, OF Florida, and
Aoke smith, of Georgia; Henry C.
Williams. OF the National Educational
Association. and others. The bill pro-
poses eventually to increase Federal
aid to agricultural colleges to about
$l2.o00,000 n year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-15
VIII Try to ltefutc Cbarce.

washington. December III. q.
Cotton, Of Duluth. MINI, to-day noti-
fled the House committee OF inquiry
into the United States Steel Corpora
ton that he will appear before II
Monday to refute tho charge that
while counsel Tor Duluth. AIissabe and
Northern Railroad be ordered Its chief
engineer to pad" the cost of the road
about 100000 in statement to the
minnesota Railroad and Warehouse
Commission. =
Charles H. Martz. for many years
chief engineer of the road, declared
that when tn Minnesota commission
began ait inquiry into freight rates,
Cotton told him to exaggerate the cost
of the road. Martz said the best he
could do was TO add about S4,ooo,00 OF
fictitious value and that his figures
were afterward changed
Cotton is on his way to Washington
from California to deny that state
ment. To-day the committee con.
unucd investigation of freight rates
and transportation facilities OF the
steel Corporation. to bring out what
advantages the company might have
over independents by ownership OF ter
ininal roads and by having agreements
with trunk lines
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-15
| Especial to The Times-Dispatch.I

Especial 70 The Times-Dispa tch.J
Washington, December 1.-THE day
when the farmers of the country were
considered "rubes" and "hayseeds" is
fast passing into history. Records OF
the Department OF Agriculture com
piled for the last ten years Indicate
in most nnmistakaible language that
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-15
BARNES JOINS
new YORK REVOLT
State Chairman Said to Have
Come Out Against Renorni-
nation of Taft.

New York. December l4.--wiliiam Barnes.
Ut. chairman OF the Republican state Com
tho revolt OF the State chairmen OF
ONO and indiana against the rcnomIna
ton OF President Taft Mr.. Barnes declared
that he was disguised with the present,
political situation. and that he was about
ready 20 go out aud help in movement 10
form third party.
lie declared that he believed Theodore
tooserelt was scheminE to become dicta.
tor, ana that IL the present political move.
ment continued toward pure democracy
Roosevelt might we'll succeed.
Ihcse statements OF Mr.. Barnes follow
,hS eiosc upon the refusal Of National Com
niit'ee'nan William l.. Ward 10 attend the
oinntr given by the President to the ma
tional committeeman In Washington, seem.
en 10 make II plain that the administra ton
FORCES cannot hope for much support from
ent constituted.
Mr. Barnes was not willing to say any
thlng about tho likelihood or either PrcsI.
deht TAFT or Roosevelt being the candidate
OF INC Republican party in the coming ma
tional election.
Cannot Believe Story.
representative George MaIby Of Nay
/ ork ono OF the veteran upstate leaders
IN me Republican party and long time
prominent hSurc in the "Oid Guard" OK
pressed MANAGEMENT nj Tho puhlIshnJ nc
mcnt.
II cnnnot believe that william R,r,ot
said the things that are credited 10 him in
,he newspapers.' said Mr. Malby. THE al
, ,tEeu uttcranccs do not accord with what
nno" 10 nave been his attitude ton days
nSo' ana William Barnes docs not chang.
ms mind at every whipstitch
, week ago last Saturday talked with
ME- Barnes and he expressed to me exact.
y ihe opposite of what he Is Reported NJ
snylnS IN the newspapers. At that time he
,n'inated his concern that the RepubIican.
M =, NeM ork should not indulge in iac,ioua,
disrutce. lie deprecated the very line q,
'",h ne mas been charged with uttcrinc
a., rutnernore, the secretary of the Repub-
u nan state COMMITTEES. Mr.. Gleason. was in
Washington during tho m,ctinr ~ az So,
.'vnn committee. dincd with him and ho
soid me OF Mr.. Barnes's position which is
nave Just described. The whole mat
ter is incredible to me, and ranno, norio,..
'hat barnes said those things
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-15
Abdul namId Extremely III.

Berlin, December ia special news
dispatch from Constantinople reports
that the ex-Sultan Abdul Hamid has
been brought back to Constantinople
from Saloniki, where he has been con-
fined in the villa Allatini since his
deposition on April 81, 1909. He Ia said
to be extremely Ill ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-15
Would Extend E,ght-Hour pax.

Washington. D. c.. December IL
me eight-hour day for lnborers and
mechanics on government work would
be extended to contract work done by
private firms by the terms OF IL bill
passed by the House to-day. The
measure was introduced by Repre-
sentative Hughes. OF New Jersey
Criticism OF the measure ON the
ground that 1t would compel the es-
adjustment of the eight-hour day in
nl factories making goods used by tho
government resulted In minor changes
In the measure to make it more certain
In It's application AS it passed the
iiouse. 1t would require the eight hour
Gay IL ell contract labor of the char
acter performed by the government II :
sell. such as shipbuilding, gun and am
rnunition making, river and harbor
work and building construction.
Representative Berger, OF Wisconsin.
the Socialist member of the House.
expressed the belief that the bill would
not mold water" and advised the House
to have brickmaker write On eight
hour law about ten lines in length.
For tho first time In nifty years YOU
democrats are playing politics suo-
cessfully, said MIR. Berger, amid laugh
Ter Day before yesterday you not
the old soldier vote; yesterday Won
got the Jewish vote. and to-day Won
nave gone after the labor vote"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-15
CHARGED WITH USING
FORGED BILLS OF I.ADING

Kansas City, Mo, December IA
man who gave his name as L. W. Lee
was arrested here to-day by POST
Office Inspector j. P. Johnston and ar
raigned before United States Com
missioner Roy Is. Thomson on charge
OF using the mails in an attempt to
defraud Chicago Board of Trade houses
on alleged forged bills of ladlng on
wheat The amount involved Is said
to he considerable.
The mans hearing was set for Sat-
nrday In default OF $4,000 bail he
was sent to Jail! The officials believe
mat Lee is not his correct name.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-15

bryan on Way Home.
toion. December l4.-WillIam J. Bry-
an left here to-day on his homeward
Journey by way of Jamaica
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-15
UTILIZE BUREAU
IN TRUST CONTROL

CONTINUED From First Page)
lnented by six additional actions, while
the eleven criminal prosecutions un-
der the same statute were increased
by twenty-three more prosecutions dur
ing the last fiscal year
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-15
Many Suits Concluded.

suits inntitured.
torty-six prosecutions for illegal
Determinations and rebates were fnsti-
tuted against railroads during the
year. The .Attorney-Generai urges the
amendment of the twenty ight- hour
law governing the railroad transpor-
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-05-12
Notice Fer Publication
r. $. land Office. Miles q

Z. $. Land Office, Miles City, Montana.
April %, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that Ted T.. Collins
Attorney in fact for Francis S. Browne
whose p%ostotIice address is Helena, Mont.
has this goth dn:s OF hpri1, 1911 flied in this
Office his application 70 select under the
provisions Of th~ Act of July l, 1888, forty
acres of u~ns'iryrycd tand particularly des-
cribeu as follows 7n~'vit; t'ost marksd X
north OF due west, rock butte bears ITO east
OF du" south, pine tt"r pinnclc b, ars INC h
OF due east. From said post 20 chains due
north, thence - cIlaiDS west, thence 20
south, thence ~ chains east back to
point OF beg inint, Sl!bposrd TO be the NWH
NWN, Sec. - T.. s. Il. 80 E.MPM,
Any prrsollS claiming adversely the and
described or desiring to object because
OF thr mineral CHI" rnrtrr Of the land or for
any other rpnst II tnth" disposal to applicant
should III" shpir uNih"Nrts OF protest in this
office, on or before t1" 18th day of June 1911.
\. kIRCIIER, Register.
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