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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-20
DEALERS ALLEGE
THREATS TO RUIN
National Cash Register Concern
Insisted on Monopoly.
"Morgue List" of Twenty-Six Deal
ers Exhibited National Agent
Tried to Knock Sale.

CincinnatIIn the trial of President
Patterson and 20 other officials or
former officials of the National Cash
Register company, A. E. Edwards, Of
Spokane, owner Of a wholesale store
fixture concern, proved to be the gov
ernment's principal witness.
He testified that he purchased sew
eral Michigan cash registers to sell
and that shortly afterward C. G..
Pruitt, National sales agent for that
territory, called on him and tried to
induce him to stop selling any machine
other than the National. Edwards
said that Pruitt said he was too good a
man to stand the dumping" that
necessarily would come his way if he
continued to chuck" the National.
Edwards testified that after Pruitt
saw there was no chance for him to
throw out Michigan machines he
threatened to have manufacturers OF
scales withdraw their agencies from
Edwards and also threatened to dis
credit him by having suits brought
against him.
Finally, according to the witness,
Pruitt showed him a "morgue list, -
containing 26 names of firms that
Pruitt said had been forced out Of bus
mess because they refused to quit sell
ing machines that were not made by
the National company.
Edwards said that Pruitt told him
he would be the 9th, and the next
day three Michigan registers which
had been sold were returned and 9TH
ers were being returned to him ever
since.
John F. Shupe, one of Edwards
statesmen, testified he heard Pruitt say
that if Edwards did not keep to the
scale business the National would
spend $40, 900 to put him out of bust
ness entirely.
]. A. Sunwald, of Seattle, said Ma
tional agents had followed him every
where he went and tried to stop his
sales. He said Pruitt was known as
the "knocker chaplain and that he
always followed him.
L. L. Des Boillons, former Ameri-
can agent at Savannah, Ga, said he
drove a National agent out of his
office with a gun when the agent re-
fused to leave while prospective pur-
chaser was in his Office.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-20
"Story" False, Says Root.

Washington, D. C.-Senator Rco'
branded as "impudent forgerles, IN
consistent with his opinions and aO'
horrent to his feelings" extracts pun
lished in Panama, Cuba, Costa Rlca'
Salvador and Honduras, of speech
alleged to have been made by him re.
Gently in New York. Senator hOO'
was quoted as declaring: Inns la
ton is a greater and nobler Rome,
placed by God to act as arbitrator Nv.
only in the districts of America Wv ~
also in Europe and Asia, through ~
natural resources and industrial pfO'
ducts which supply the world.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-20
Rabies Moves NOrthward.

Sacramento - That the California
rabies epidemic is steadily moving
northward is indicated in a report
made to DR.. w. F. Snow, Of the State
board of health, by w. A. Sawyer, d.
rector of the state hygiene laboratory
DR.. Sawyer's report shows that the
heads of $50 dogs, cats and other ami
mails have been examined since the
epidemic began and that Of this mum,
Der 290 showed positive tests. Four
hundred persons bitten by rabid ami
mails have received the Pasteur treat
ment since the epidemic began.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-20
Taft May Be Professor.

New York President Taft will not
60 to Cincinnati and practice law
when he leaves the White House, but
has about accepted professorship in
Yale law school. This statement was
made by a close friend of Taft, who
said he was acquainted with the presi-
dents plans. The information said
that President Taft would accept
the Kent professorship of law, which
has been untitled since the death of
Edward j. Phelps in 1900.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-20
Upton UPHOLDs SUFFRAGE
Sir Thomas Says Husbands Should
Even Help Care for Babies.

Atlanta, Ga.-"I am such sincere
believer in woman suffrage that even
believe men should share the actual
care Of the babies, especially the first
few months of their existence" de-
clared Sir Thomas Upton in a state
ment here. 81 believe most posi-.
lively in woman suffrage" added Sir
Thomas.
"How can any man, if he loves and
respects his mother, refuse to care tor
her right of citizenship? do not aF
prove of the militant, meddlesome
course over-anxious women have pur'
sued, but why could we expect there
would not be women agitators as wei
&C mon 2'
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-20
STRIKERS KILL
TWO IN BATTLE
Officers Shot Down While Pro
tecting Strikebreakers.
Lie in Ambush Till Bargeload of
Nom Hi0nists Is Landed
Militia Is Called Out.

Hackensack, N. J.-Several hun
dred striking employees of the New
York, Susquehanna & Western rail
road, ambushed under the palisades
overlooking the Hudson river, opened
fire on a boatload of strikebreakers
landing at coal docks in Edgewater.
In a pitched battle which followed,
two railroad detectives were. killed
and twelve men wounded.
A telegram requesting that the
militia be called to quell the disorder
was sent to the acting governor OF
New Jersey, by General Superintend
ent Stone, of the Erie railroad. Mr.
Stone escaped a storm of bullets free
by strikers as he was seeking shelter
in building.
The men killed were Andrew j
Graw, %, of Binghampton, N. Y,
captain of detectives, and Clarence
Mallery, As, one of Graw's men.
The wounded included John D. Ryer
son, of Jersey City, lieutenant of de-
tectives; William King, William A.
Woods, Frank A. Brown and William
Hicks.
All these men, like Captain Grav
and Mallory, were doing private de
tective work for the Erie railroad.
Hicks is in hospital wounded 2;
times. Brown and Woods were shot
through the head, Ryerson in the bach
and chest and King in the right ear.
The men, hiding behind cliffs ant
trees, waited until scow had dis
charged its cargo of men brought t.
take strikers places. A volley Of
blank cartridges did not brighten the
strikebreakers, who pushed forward
toward the railroad tracks on the Goa
wharf.
The men in ambush then left theil
hiding places and firing real bullets
attempted to swarm out on the wharf
They were met by the private detec.
tives, who, unarmed except for clubs,
engaged in hand o-hand struggle.
A fusillade of shots brushed the
officers aside and they fled for safety
except the MORALLY wounded GraW
and Mallery. The strikebreakers, I'm.
der fire of bullets, fled.
Three hundred foreigners, employees
of the Susquehanna, which the Erie
controls, quit work Monday demanding
wage increase of five cents an hour.
Officials Of the railroad would moi
grant the increase.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-20
Customs House Moved.

Washington, D. President Taft
has promised Representative Humph-
rey, of Washington, that he would or
der the removal of the Office of the
collector of customs for the Puget
Sound district from Port Townsend to
Seattle at the urgent request of the
Seattle commercial interests.
AS legislative bill now pending
directs the removal of the hydro
graphic office from Port Townsend to
Seattle, there will be nothing left at
the former town to keep it on the Off
cial map except its postoffice.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-20
TRUST CONTROLLED BANKS
Five Men Control Deposits Aggre-
eating $500, 600, 900.

Washington, D. C.-The first testi-
mony as to Concentration of money
and credit" was heard Wednesday by
the house banking and currency COM
mittee in its Investigation Of the So
called money trust.
w. B. Frew, president of the Corn
Exchange bank, Of New York, and
chairman of the New York Clearing
house committee, occupied the stand
throughout the day and was put
through a grilling examination by
Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the
committee.
Through Mr.. Frew Mr.. Untermyer
put into the record evidence Of trust
agreements by which five men control
two of New York's greatest financial
institutions, the Bankers Trust COM
pany and the Guaranty Trust COM
pany, with aggregate deposits of near
ly $500, 900, 900. The Bankers Trust,
Mr.. Frew said, was controlledby H. P.
Dawson, George B. Case and Daniel
G. Ried, the Guaranty company by H.
P. Davidson, George F. Zaker and
William P. Porter.
These men hold and vote the stock
of the companies, except enough to
allow a board of directors to qualify,
and under the trust agreements have
authority over the affairs of the COM
panies, even to the acquisition of other
institutions.
Mr.. Untermyer secured from Mr..
Frew description of the methods by
which money is attracted to.New York
when small country merchants and
farmers demand funds for the move
ment of crops or the accommodation of
their business affairs. Mr.. Frew said
that the money was needed on the
New York Exchange for speculative
purposes; that country banks kept
large sums on deposit in New York !:
that thus the "home'' demand for
money became strong, the New York
price for money rose and the New
York banks, in order to gain the big
interest charges, put their money out
on call loans on the New York Stock
Exchange. All these loans are based
on Stock Exchange collateral, Mr..
Untermyer elected.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-20
SEATTLE MARKETS
Wheat Bluestem, &c per bushel
forty-fold, Soc; club, 79c; Fife, 763c;
red Russian 77c

Wheat-Bluestem &c per bushel
forty-fold, soc; club, zoe; Fife, 763c;
red Russian, TIC
Oats-$25. SO per ton.
Barley-$24 per ton.
Yellow corn-Sacked, $33 per ton.
Mixed corn-Sacked, $32. SO per ton.
Bags-1912, 8sc.
The following prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers for
delivery in round lots, f. o. b. Seattle
Eggs-Select ranch, 35c per dozen.
Poultry-Live hens, 11@14c pound
old ROSTERS, &c; turkeys, fat, live, 20
@21c; do. dry picked, 23@24c; geese,
fat, live, 13c; this years chickens, IA
@15c; old ducks, live, fat, 15c; duck
lings, 15c; squads, So per dozen.
Ranch butter 23@25c per pound.
Apples New, 50c@$1.75 per box.
Cranberries-$10. 50@11 per barrel.
Huckleberries- 8@1Oc per pound.
Pears-Fancy, Eastern Washington,
$1.50@2.25 per box.
Honey-New, So. 25@3 rs per case.
Dressed Beef-Prime beef steers,
11ac per pound; cows, 1O3@11c;
heifers, Nos. and 2, 111c.
Dressed Veal-13c per pound.
Dressed pork-13c per pound.
Dressed Mutton-Ewes, &c pound
wethers, 1Oc; spring lamb, lie.
Vegetables = Almonds, 16ac per
pound; artichokes, $1.25@1.35 per
dozen; beets, $1@1.25 per sack; bell
peppers, loo per pound; Brussels
sprouts, 7@8c; cabbage, 1@14c; car
rots, 75c@$1 per sack; caulifower, So
Oops per crate; celery, 100000 per
dozen; cucumbers, Los Angeles hot
house, 81 per dozen; chestnuts 8@15c
per pound; eggplant 1Oc per pound
garlic, 8@10c; horseradish, 1Oc; let
tuce, head, dollhouse, 75c per box
California, $2.25 per case; onions.
California, 9Oc@$1 per sack; Fanno.
Sl.25 per sack; parsley, 3Oc per doz-
en-; potatoes, local, $13@14 per ton:
Yakima, s14@16; sweet, California,
2tc per pound; squash, Hubbard, la
Tic; string beans, 1O@12c; wax
Deans, 10@12c; tomatoes, fancy,
4-basket, $1.25 per box; California
Jugs, $1.25@1.50; dollhouse, 81. 25ma
per box; turnips, new, $1@1.25 Del
sack; walnuts, 17a@18c per pound
sack lots, Tic.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-20
Wilson in Storm at Sea.

On Board Steamship Bermudlai
President-elect Wilson and his paw
encountered squally weather durl n.'{
the first few hours of their trip W, Wv
from Hamilton. AS the BermqaiaD
passed out of the shelter of the nam an
ilton harbor, she entered a rough ~.
that kept the vessel rolling for severe sa
hours after the Bermuda reefs ms,
passed. The president-elect eSg g #
fenced no inconvenience. lnstea0 no
finding shelter "down below r;th
paced the decks or cnatteo
friends in the smoking room.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-20
Cash Registers Junk

OVERWHELMINGLY witnesses OCCUPIED
the stand Wednesday during the trial
of President Patterson and 20 other
officials or former officials of the Ma
tional Cash Register company, charged
by the government with having vio-
lated the criminal section of the Sher-
man antitrust act. Eugene Glenn, of
Los Angeles, a former National Cash
Register salesman, testified that he
had helped smash several Hallwood
machines that were later exhibited
in display window of National
store as "junk.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-20
MAN FINDS TOLL IS SWEET
Court Thanked For Permitting Hus.
bund to End Idleness.

Chicago-The unique sentence of 80
days of idleness imposed on Joseph
Girsch by Judge Newcomer came to
an end Wednesday, and the court sol
EMMY assured the culprit that he
might resume his bread-winning occu-
patton.
Girsch thanked the court profusely.
His sentence was inflicted month
ago at the requset of his wife, who
complained that when her husband
worked he earned money; when he
had money he spent it for drink, and
when he drank he was too irritable to
live with.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-20
Airman Scars 10, O32 Feet.

Tunis The worlds altitude record
for aeroplanes was broken by Roland
G. Garros, the French aviator, who
ascended 1901 meters approximately
10, O32 feet high The flight lasted
one hour, IL minutes, 6 seconds and
was carried out in clear weather.
The best previous accepted record was
1881 feet made, by George lie
Gagneaux on September II last at Viii
lacoublay, France.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-20
CANADA ASKS FOR VOICE
Would Profit By Experience of
Cuba With United States.

OttawanThe position Of the Liberal
party on the proposition laid down
last week by Premier Borden that
Canada should vote $35, 0O0,0 for
the cost of three super-dreadnaughts
to be added to the British navy, sub
iect to recall by Canada, was upheld
by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, its leader.
No emergency was facing Great
Britain, he said, but changed condi-
lions have compelled her to alter her
strategic line, hitherto essentially one
of security. His remedy for the sit
uation was that wherever Great Bri-
tain was compelled to remove British
ships from the colonial waters to allow
concentration in Europe, the ships
should be replaced by ships built,
maintained, equipped and manned by
the colony. 1t was the Australian
policy that Australia should take
charge of home defense and it should
also be the Canadian.
Discussing the effect of the Monroe
doctrine, Sir. Wilfrid said some one
had remarked that Canada could rely
upon that doctrine.
In this connection he held up the
position of Cuba as warning, saying
the United States had made the Gu
bans pay heavily for assistance by I'M
dermining their independence.
tThis example, - added Sir Wilfrid,
"shows that we have to take our share
in the defense, not only of our native
shores, but in the defense of the en-
pire as whole, and we can do SO only
by the assistance of the mother coun-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-20
Robbers May Be Airmerl'

Visalia, CAL Persons living u the
vicinity of Wasco have lnformeu men
officers that they had seen wv town
flying in an aeroplane over 1ha' Sunset inset
about the time the Santa re ~ cold
train was robbed of $40, l4o IN s
near Pentland Junction. AS no aovr
can be learned of anyone having go ,rHf 5
an aeroplane in. that section, H. sD noss-
deputies are investigating tne bv the
bilitv that the robbers escaped "
air route.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-20
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume Of Worlds Important
Events Told in Brief.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier upholds Can
ada's offer of battleships for England.
Susan Lincoln Mills, founder of
Mills college at Oakland, CAL, is dead.
It is believed Austria has no serious
: intention of declaring war against
Servia.
The Federal government has filed a
civil suit against the alleged Horse
shoe trust.
All arrangements have been made
for the new pacels post law to go into
effect January l, 1913.
A Turkish commander reports
fierce engagement with Greek force
in which he defeated the latter.
Prince Luitpold, of Barvria, is dead,
and the insane king of that country
once more directs it's government.
The opposition party in Servia has
warned the government against con-
tinuing peace at too dear price.
The Port Blakely, Washington, lum-
Der mill, said to be the leargst OF Its
kind in the world, has changed hands.
Money trust witness admitted on
the stand that stocks on deposits by
customers are used as collateral by the
banks.
An Italian under sentence of death
for murder in Montreal, has confessed
that band of his countrymen in New
York lives by preying on others.
1t has has been definitely decided
that Roosevelt received more votes
than Wilson in California in the re-
cent election, and all bets are being
paid.
The Housekeepers' League of Phil
adelphia sold 100000 eggs to con-
sumers at "a cents dozen, and de-
clares it will continue business until
retailers who hold for high prices have
been taught thorough lesson.
President-elect Wilson declines to
make any more speaking engagements.
Roosevelt urges successful third
party legislators to work hard to carry
out party pledges.
Austria is assembling her entire war
fleet at Pola, the chief naval station
of Austro- Hungary.
Butter advanced two cents pound
in Portland, Or, markets, on account
of scarcity of the supply.
The money trust investigating COM
mittee listened to strong defense of
the clearing house system.
Train robbers got a shipment of
500, 900 in gold that was being sent to
the First National bank of Taft, CAL,
from Bakersfield.
Great Britain has presented in writ
ing vigorous protest against the ex-
emption of American coast-wise ship
ping from Panama canal tolls.
A 14-inch gun exploded while being
tested at the Sandy Hook naval prov
ing grounds, but did not cause a
scratch to anyone, though explosions
of smaller guns have taken many
lives
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-20
Prize Hen Sold for $500.

Springfield, Mo. Lady Show
You," hen that won the national
egg-laying contest at the State Poul-
try show this year, was sold here for
$500 by j. A. Bickerdite, Of Millers-
vile, Ill. The hen has record of
laying 281 full-weight eggs this year.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-20
Couple Mutilate Child.

Cerbere, France-A man and wife
living in the village Of Gave, in Gaia
.lonia, were recently caught while
gouging out the eyes Of their 5-year-old
child with the object of rendering It
more pitiable and thus able to obtain
as beggar more sympathy from the
public. The child was made blind be-
fore the two could be arrested.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-20
To Regulate Woman's Work Day,

Washington, D. ca bill provid-
ing for an eight hour work day and six
days work for women employed in
factories in the District of Columbia
was introduced by Senator La Toilette.
The measure would prohibit any wo-
man under Is years old from being
permitted to work before a. m. or
after 6 p. m.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-20
Katsura to Be Premier.

Toxic Prince Taro K <; s''ndertake
confidently believed, will ,, unasfe cab,
the formation of new .ap 1Sa saionji
me; me to to take the pace Of the .osIi Toned
ministry, which recently +h te names
An Official announcement Of tine the D to be
Of the new ministers is eApes
made soon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03

dollars worth of cotton goods and brought | bacl. into the United States over the high tariff wall (s66000, ,00O) sixty-six million dollars worth of English cotton goods, thus leaving the value of stock of man. ufactured product on hand in the United States of all she had manufactured at home the year before plus the difference of the expor.s and imports in England's favor, which was (s26;000000 twenty-six million dollars worth of English goods. The United States sent out of this coun- try in 1910 only 3ia per cent of all she manufactured.
 No wonder the cotton textiles of this country are congested, and the great manufacturers who met in Washington in 1911 decided the business was unprohta- ble, and that it was practically impossi- ble at that time to export cotton goods out of this country.
 The consumer pays an excess over the cost of production and a reasonable pro- fit for everything he buys in the home market. This excess equals the amount the English manufacturer pays to get his goods over our tariff wall into the markets of the United States The high price paid for food clothing and shelter in America has caused the wages of labor to rise proportionately high to meet the exigences of life. This is not only true with labor but it is true with all consumers. We have sufficient evidence before us to justify a conclusion that the social. political and commercial conditions in this country are radically wrong.
 I have treated this phase of the case far enough 10 warrant the opinion that at this time the present price of cotton is not regulated by the law of supply and demand of the United States.
 The Advise Providence has given us salubrious soil with sufficient sunshine and rainfall to create conditions which are favorable to maturing the fruit of the cotton plant.
 No where in the world does such cli- matte conditions exist. The world needs and demands and takes it's supply of raw material from us.
 The southern cotton growers are in a position to demand of the world a price for cotton commensurate with the cost of labor required to produce 1t.
 Tn 1911 we raised eighty per cent (S0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
Dandruff
 and Falling Hair Remedy
Fifty Cent Bottle of Pa risian Sage Hair Tonic Best for All Hair and
 Scalp Troubles

Every man and woman who values a good head of hair should regularly use Parisian Sage.
 Tens of thousand of people are using it everyday because 1t is such a clean. honest remedy that does exactly what it is advertised to do or money back.
 Please bear in mind that Parisian Sage is not dye; that 1t does not con- tain sugar of lead or any other dan gerous ingredient. and that 1t will stop falling hair, scalp itch and rid your scalp of every particle of dandruff
 It will do more, 1t makes hair grow lustrous and luxuriant and puts a radi- ant beauty into dull 1ifeless hair.
 Get a bottle of Parisian Sage today at any drug store or toilet goods coun- ter. The price is only 50 cents. Be sure and ask for Partisan Sage Hair Tonic: the girl with the Auburn hair is on every carton. Sold by dealers every where.