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Evening star., 1912-08-31
CITIES FAIL TO REACH
SMALL INVESTORS
West Coast Municipalities
Miss Good Opportunity to
Interest Citizens.
l rom the I'in2rcial W"rld.

l rom tic Finar,ial World
The cities of Portland Orc and Pasa-
dcaa. Cal. both up-tn-datc cities on the
Pacific coast. enjoying the commission
form Of government. and with municipal
affairs VERY much in the hands of tn;
people. sold more than - tta,tp, public
Improvement bonds August - and -. but
nowhere in tile offerings of these cities
WAS there nythins Indicating Il thought
that the small investor might be inter
ested in these offerings of bonds. In the
ease Of the city Of Portland it has been
decided, to have an extension of th,. puhli..
dock system. ami Sa11r,o & per cent
bonds Of an authorized iSS.le Of y. Inrtrst
We're sold and yet the lowest dcnumin;.
bonds should have been III denon ma tionS
low a. $50. aEd bN all means there
should have been al least Si;an0O in
liftS-dollar. one-hunifedd dollar and five
hundrcd-dollar denomination bonds of thi;
Issue. Certainly a city of such size inn
portance and growth should have in il
many persons of small means who would
not only have been glad to hold Somc Of
the citys obligations, but proud to do
so. Especially should the small investor
be appealed to when such an enterprise as
a public dock is to be the subject of tne
bond issue. This is peoples enterprise,
and such the peoples money should be
interested in it.
The situation in Pasadena is exactly
analogous. but here, too. the city uthori-
ties were strangely relniSs. and ordered
the bonds sold in uenonlinat ton ON.
namely. Sl.Gh Pasadena already has 4
public lighting plant. and the iss,e
of Sl,2:'D.'D IL per cent bonds was for
the purpose of installing a public water
supply system hut the small investor
was in no wise appealed 10. Here also
Il fine chance. that was thrown away,
interest the tifty-dollar and one-hun ired-
dollar man.
Why wasn't it done? Probably the city
fathers will say il was too much trouble
and TIM small investor wouldn't bid any
way Well, has he ever been asked and
if he hasn't how is it known that he
wouldn't bida
Evening star., 1912-08-31
More Than Forty Sales.

In the games for August. which will be
concluded with the close of business to-
day. the office has recorded more than
forty sales. and the Climbers Is the
team has been named which is selling
Wardman houses in the operation on
Sherman avenue at Columbia road closed
the month far in the lead of all COM
petitors The Brokerage and the Mid
daugh x shannon teams We're in neck
and-neck race for second place. and it is
PROBABLE that the runner-up in the race
will not he determined until all returns
are in at the close of business tonight
Among the sales concluded in the
Shannon & Luchs Office in the last week
Of the month We're the following:
To John w. Henderson. the residence
at 1e7 Hobart street northwest, at a price
of $3.50.
To John c. Dellnger. the house at IT'S
Hobart street: consideration. S3,7In.
To John W. Walker. The residence at
75s Hobart street northwest, at price
of $50.
To Robert +. Frank tho new dwelling
at 29i9 Sherman avenue northwest con-
sideration- $3.50.
Evening star., 1912-08-31
PLAN TO BUILD HOUSE
IN SINGLE DAYS TIME
Unique Exhibition to Be Given
Labor Day in Virginia
Highlands.

An unique L2bor day exhibition Will
pe heid at Virginia Highlands. where
Il complete cement bungalow will BE-
poured In single day. Notice was
given that this home would be sold for
$1,000. but purchaser was found be-
fore the work started and the sale
consummated. With changes in the
building plans, the selling price was
$1,000
The material is ALREADY on the
ground ard at o'clock Monday morn
ing the pouring viii start
bill was pas sed in Congress ap-
propriatinG $4,000 for bouleyaf.!s
from the south end OF the Long bridge
placing this fund at once avaiiablei
This will open up Il large section OF
tNe Virginia hills south of Arlingtonl
which comprises many desirable home
sites.
Evening star., 1912-08-31
Takes New Office.

The Storeroom space on the New York
avenue frontage of the Bond building.
made vacant by the removal of the Citi-
Zens' Savings Bank to its new home ON
& street. has been leased by the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company. George +.
James, district passenger agent, today an
nounced the formal opening of the new
office.
Evening star., 1912-08-31

showing the boys and girls that the
farm was a good place 10 stay. where
they could make as much money and
live more comfortably than they could
in the city.
1t was decided that an experiment sta
tion should be established at the state
industrial school. Sparks station, on ihe
E.r.bern Central railroad Traffic Man
ayer Herbert Sheridan of the chamber Of
commerce says the work will be com
menced at once 1t IS expected that tins
form of Industrial education and farm
cooperation will be extended throughoul
Maryland.
Evening star., 1912-08-31
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
TOTEST PAVING BRICK
Effort Will Be Made to Set Standard
for Material Used for
Road Work.

y standard for paving brick is To be
fixed by the national government. This
was brought out when III. III. Macdonald
of the National Paving Bric'1 Manufac-
turers' Association and q. Ill. Brown OF
Evening star., 1912-08-31
Hunting Note.

From the Toledo BLADE.
Man Is the only animal that can he
caught by the dictagrapn.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-14
PATENT MONOPOLY
DECLARED LAWFUL
BY HIGHEST COURT
Chief Justice White Says Con.
gress Should Act at Once
to Stop Evils That
Will Result. IA

Washington, March IA far-reach-
ing decision upholding the right of pat
entees to dictate absolutely how their
patented articles will be sold by retail
ers, n declaring legal the inventors
monopoly in his selling contracts. was
made by the supreme court Of the
United States today.
1t was a divided court ruling. for
against this majority view, announced
by Justice Lurton, three members of
the bench-Chief Justice White and
Justices Hughes and Lamar-dissenred.
Attorney General Wickersham. Solic-
ftor General Lehman and a large as
sembly of lawyers were present in the
court, and apparently regarded the de-
cisions as epoch making.
Chef Justice White declared that con-
gress should act to head off untold
evils" that would follow today's con-
struction of the patent laws. He said
that under the majority's ruling the
patent laws could be stretched so as to
include in a patent every conceivable
thing used in every American house
hold. The chief Justice arraigned the
majority opinion as breaking all prece-
dents, the court in Its past history never
having failed to do Its duty to the
whole people and to stand as the pro-
tector of every household.
The case involved alleged infringe
ment in selling supplies for use on a
patented rotary Monograph. A notice
on the machine set forth that 1t was
sold on the restriction that 1t was to
be only with supplies made by the pat
enting cOmpany.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-14
BIG REBATE is MADE BY
u. S. STEEL CORPORATION

washington, March 11.-Guy NJ.
Freer, a traffic expert, told the Stanley
steel investigating committee today
that the Duluth, Missabe & Northern
railroad, a subsidiary Of the United
States Steel corporation, made a re-
turn on it's ore charges in 1910, of 240
per cent Of it's capital stock. The
freight rate on ore was 80 cents a ton
for a haul from the Mesaba mines to
Lake Superior. This rate he considered
unreasonable. The inquiry was re-
sumed today to TAI up the transporta-
ton phase of the steel corporations af-
fairs.
Ore from Lake Superior for the steel
corporation, Mr.. Freer said, was large
ly carried by the corporations sub
sidiary railroads, the Duluth & Iron
Range and Duluth, Missaba & North
ern from the mines to Duluth, where it
was transferred to steel corporation
ships for the lower lax ports.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-14
She LOCATES MINERAL
SPRING WITH her TOE
Walks Over Ground and When
Toe Begins to Itch, Work
men Start Drilling.

New York, March 12.-Mme. Jane
kubelik, wife of the famous violinist
has sailed on the Amerika. to join Nine
TuEory, whose big toe has OWNED eight,
mineral wells on the ,Kubelik estate
near Marienbad.
All Nine. Tukory does is walk acros,
fields and stop when her big toe com,
mences to itch. A stake was driven into
the ground where her toe itched and
drilling operations commenced at that
point.
we dug down in eight places and
struck mineral water in six places and
plain water in the other two" said
Nine. Kueblik. Il am going back to
superintend the work, as my husband
wants me to keep all the money made
out of the venture"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-14
TRAIL FROM A STORE
LEADS TO BARTELS
Large Quantity of Silks Takep
From Store in Homer and
Dogs Work On It.

Homer, Neb., March 12.-William
Bartels, a prominent and wealthy. farm
err residing four miles from this place,
who was sentenced to a term Of years
IN the penitentiary last September on
the charge Of stealing chickens, but
escaped serving it by the action Of the
supreme court, is again under suspicion
in connection with the robbery of the
Farmers Exchange store. The store
was broken into at midnight Saturday
night end silks to the value Of about
$3.50 were stolen. Bloodhounds were
rushed to the scene from Fremont.
Neb., O Sunday morning and took a
fresh and fast scent to the home OF
Bartels. where they stopped.
When the dogs and deputies reached
that place, Bartels was not at his
home, but was said to have gone to
Sioux City.
Sheriff Frank Mahon and his deputy,
]. P. Rockwell. of Dakota City. are
working on the case. The Farmers ex-
change is owned by q. r.. Rockwell
]. NJ. King and C. j. O'Connor.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-14
NEW IMMIGRATION
LAWS ARE DESIRED

Washington, March 12.-One of the
Important effects of the Lawrence
strike and the testimony of the strikers
from there and the children of strikers
before the House rules committee has
been TO give a great impetus to s~tricter
immigration legislation. 1t is now as
serted on high authority that the illit-
eracy test proposition which has been
SO long and SO widely discussed will be
adopte by the Senate
Senator Lodge has ~ntroduced a dis
t1nct bill on this question and it wiz be
offered as an amendment to the bin Tor
the revision and c~odification of the inn
migration laws. The supporters of the
plan 10 shut illiterate aliens out believe
that it will be adopted as a part of the
general immigration bill. If not, they
expect to pass the Lodge bill.
Part Of the argument which will be
used for this legislation is the revela-
lions of conditions at Lawrence, where,
as the testimony before the House COM
mittee on rules shows, a large proper
ton of the mill workers are aliens, de-
spite the fact the wooden mills ask high
tariff to protect the American working
man.
Labor Wants New Test.
The American Federation of Labor is
one of the agencies in his country
which is strongly urging that the Hit
eracy test be applied to aliens. Sena-
tor Lodge has been urging such legis-
lation for the last 90 years.
Opposition to the legislation is COM
ing from Senators Penrose and Oliver,
of PENNSYLVANIA, where the big steel
and iron mills use vast numbers Of
aliens as laborers, and from various
New York influences. But it is de-
clared that in spite of these influences
the Senate will take favorable action
for the application of the illiteracy
test.
If such legislation as is proposed
should become law, the effect OF 1t will
be largely to curtail the number Of
aliens admitted. to this country from
southern Italy I'M from various regions
in southern Europe. 1t would nave lit
tie effect on the immigration from
northern Europe.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-14
YUAN SHI kAI is MADE
PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT

Picking, March 12.-Yuan Shi kai for
n1ally was inaugurated provisional
president of the republic Of China in
the presence OF a great gathering OF
delegates, provisional ENJOYS, military
and naval officers and other prominent
p~ersonages in the new foreign office
today. Many foreigners attended the
ceremony, but the legations We're not
represented.
Yuan Shi Kai, who was in military
uniform, read a declaration promising
faithfully to develop the republic, OBJ
serve the constitutional laws and re-
tire when the national assembly APP
pointed q permanent president.
The was solernn-almost
pathetic-and typical of China's transit
ton.
Most Of those attending were attired
either in uniform or European dress.
The only ouch of orientalism was the
presentation Of the scarfs to Yuan Shi
Kali by two yellow robed Chinese.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-14
PACKERS KNEW OF
ILLEGAL COMBINE
Attorney Sheean Charges Will
ful Violation Of the Anti
Trust Law and Asks
II Conviction.

Ghicago. March 12.-'"The packers
violated the law and knew they were
DONG 1t all the time said Special
Iounsel Sheean, arguing for the gov
eminent today against the motion to
~ the defendants in the pack
ers trlal. This violation of the law
was continued up to and throughout
the tnree-year period covered by the
INDICTMENT ending September 12. 1910.
Frlor to 1902. this alleged combina-
llon operated through the Veeder pool,
sald Attorney Sheean. For a part Of
d year the members met in secret. at
each others houses to continue the
combination. In March, 1903. the Ma
tlonai Pack1ng company was organized
ana the government contends that it
was through this corporation that the
combination has continued it's control
or the fresh meat industry of the II
try ever since"
c~onclusiveIy Proven, He Says.
Vernme counse argued that the
government had c%onclusively proved its
case. Attorney Sheean read the in
olctment, n referred to it as the gov
ernment's chart. Either the govern
ment is sailing on an %uncharted sea. or
tpe defense is unwarranted in its con-
.eneion made IN support of his mo-
ton" he said.
I'VE have SHOWN that these compan-
les used a uniform system of test cost
margins. We have showed that
representatives of the defendants X
hange information in regard to their
business; we declare that all the facts
SHOWN by the testimony in this case.
when considered together, lead to the
conclusion of guilt.
The government has not altered it's
course since the beginning of this case.
Its case is stated in simple terms. 1t
IS not as intricate as the defense would
have one belieyeo
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-14
SIOUX CITY HAS A
HAND IN THIS CASE

Washington, March IAN order of
importance to Sioux City n all Mis-
souri, river grain points was entered
by the Interstate Commerce commits
sion today. An investigation is or
dered at Washington March 18 as to
payment of elevation Or transfer al
lowances at Missouri river points by
carrier which We're not included In the
previous inquiries on this subject.
The new investigation affects five
roads, the Milwaukee, Northwestern,
Great Western, Wabash and Alton.
The commission, in q recent order in
the case of the ST. Louis merchants
exchange VS.. the Burlington, inter
prets the latest supreme court ruling
on the question and holds railroads
must make like allowances to elevators
similarly situated and proceeded to fix
q new rate of not to exceed n of a cent
per 100 pounds for elevation service at
Missouri river points.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-14
AT1ELL,S OFFER FOR
FRAME UP A FAILURE
Reported That Abe Tried to
Fix Murphy to Lay
Down Saturday Night.

a Francisco, Cal, March 12.-The
call today prints an account of an al
legged proposal for a fake Knockout.
said to have been made by Abe Attells
TO Harlem Tommy Murphy, last Sat
urday before their 20-round fight.
Autell denies the accusation, and says
he knows of no understanding regard
ing the fight and had made no pro-
posal to Murphy or his manager. Ae-
cording to James Buckley, Murphy's
as he is quoted. the first sug-
gestion as to fixing" the fight was
made by Attall on February IS. He was
not told positively that no agreement.
would be made, 1t is alleged
Another meeting was arranged
says the newspaper account, and this,
time Murphy accompanied his mana
ger. Murphy was asked IL he would
agree to fall to the mat after receiv-
Ing a certain blow and pretend to be
unable to rise. He said he refused.
Last Wednesday, or Thursday night
in response to a telephone message.
Buckley met Attell and again listened
to the fighters proposition. Attell app
preached Buckley again just before the
two men went into the ring. Buckley.
was called from Murphy's dressing
room by Attell and asked If the Har-i
lem boy was ready to play the part At
tell wished to assign to him.
Buckley says that even then he did
not give a definite answer and that at
nc time had Attell received a definite
reply"
Murphy, with Buckley, left early to-
day for the east to prepare for his
fight with Packey Mcfarland at Ke-
nosha, Wis.
"Gunboat" Smith accompanied him
in search of matches with heavy
weights, now appearing in short dis
lance bouts in the east. Promoter
James Coffroth announced yesterday
he had secured Eddie McGoorty to
meet the winner Of the Dillon-Klaus
fight to be held here March %.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-14
5000 SOLDIERS REVOLT AT
CANTON: MANY ARE KIN Ell

Ho1gko1g, March 12.-Eight thou
SAN soldiers ave revolted at canton
and serious fighting has ensued. All
shops in the old and new city of Can
ton were closed Saturday. Many per-
sons are reported killed or
and thousands of civilians are fleeing.
The soldiers have refused to disarm
and barricades a been erected from
the admiralty as far as the Taisha Tow
(east gate) station. Forty thousand
troops are quartered in the city and
the loyalty of most Of them cannot be
relied upon.
A courier proceeded this morning to
Sha Meen and notified the European
soldiers of the revolt. The gates of
the quarter were Immediately closed
and STRENGTHENED.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-14
$1,000 LOST; MAGPIE
SUSPECTED or THEFT
Colorado Rancher Discovers
Missing Money in Pocket
Of An Old Coat.

Greeley, Colo, March 12.-Robbed by
a pet maybe of 81 600. which he re-
ceived from the sale of property in the
east, s5heron Solder. a ranchman liv-
ing near here. spent an anxious week
and only today discovered the real cul-
prit.
Solder received the none in bills last
Monday and concealed it in "a tin can.
which he placed On a shelf. A few
hours later he found the can lying on
the Aoor and the money missing. He
reported the case to the authorities.
Today he put on an old coat left hang
Ing on a nail several months. In tho
pockets he found the money as well
as several other small articles missing
for sone time.
He blames q magpie which he cap
tured several months ago, tanned and
taught to talk.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-14
PART OF BANK MONEY
found ON CHlNAMAh
Tacoma Officers Believe They
Have One of the West
Minister Robbers.

Tacoma, Wash. March 12.-wong
Sue Chong. of Victoria. b. c., has been
arrested with $4,75O in his possession,
believed to be part of the $271, 900
stolen from the Bank OF Montreal at
New Westminster, last September.
The Chinese had been gambling
recklessly and did not remember how
much of the money, believed to have
been divided bv Chinese who had dis
covered it's hiding place, originally
came into his hands.
OF the money stolen from the bank
$19,75O has been recovered.
Saturday it was stated in a Victoria
dispatch that a Chinaman had restored
$4,750 of the stolen money, but his
identity was not until to-
16ay
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-14
COMFESSES CRIME AFTER
TWENTY YEARS. SILENCE

Fergus Falls, Mimi, March 1.-THE
written confession of a crime committed
nearly 20 years ago, and for which
another nan was convicted and COM
mitted suicide in the county Jail here
before his penitentiary sentence was
begun, was received yesterday by
County Attorney Anton johnson.
The letter is signed by S. l.. Cope
land, South Pasadena, Cal, who says
that in 1893 he assaulted a negro por-
ter on a northbound Northern Pacific
passenger train and robbed the passen-
gers. Later, he says. a man named
George Lyons was arrested and con-
victed Of the crime, but before being
taken to the penitentiary at Saltwater
he borrowed a razor from a fellow
prisoner in he county jail and cut his
throat. diving almost instantly.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-14
EIGHT EGGS A DAY FOR
PAUPER STIRS VILLAGE
Caldwell, N. j., Officials GroaD
as Bill Is Brought Up to
Be Allowed.

Caldwell. N. j., March 12.-offcials
of this city are wrestling with the
problem of the high cost of living as
regards the towns only pauper. AS the
bill for six months Keep Of August
Larson, the pauper, was read by the
clerk the members of the council fair
~ groaned.
AS the clerk read 1872 pounds of
sugar, an average of two pounds a
day." the councilnen did some whisper
ing. but when they heard of ZAP dozen
an average of eight eggs a day."
the members stopped the further read
ing of the bill.
The councilmen feared that the bill
might be the means of inducing Others
to emigrate to Caldwell to enjoy the
bounteous hospitality of that borough.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-14
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
NAME puDDEnr nnkhRrn
iHHUL OUI llLWL UVLn
President and Cabinet in New
China Subordinate to Rule
of Legislative Body.

Marking. China. March 12.-The con-
stitution of the new republic of China,
as finally approved today, places the
supreme power in the hands of the ma
tional assembly. A notable feature is
that all the acts of the president re-
quire the approval of the assembly,
and this body also has complete con-
troll of the cabinet. The assembly elects
the president and vice president, and
may pass any law over the executives
veto at its pleasure.
DR.. Sun Vat Sen will turn over the
great seal of the presidential office to
rang Shao vi, 4uan's personal repre-
sentative, as soon as the details of
launching the constitutional govern
ment a be accomplished, pending this
DR.. Sun continues to hold office as
actual acting president.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-14
REDFIELD REDMEN CLOSE
MOST SUCCESSFUL SEASON

Redfield, S. D.. March, 12.-Although
claiming no championship, the Red
field Redmen basketball quint, which
has just closed it's season by admin
istering a defeat to the state univer-
sity team, IS to 10, has proven tina it
is capable of either beating or unpleas-
antly soaring any of the fastest teama
of basket shooters that play in this
state.
Twelve games were scheduled for this
season. with no pipes in the lot, and
out Of these the youngsters--for they
are most all in their teens-have
scooped nine and lost three, one a tie
game.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-14
THINKS PEACE PACTS
AS GOOD AS REJECTED
However, French Diplomats
Hope That Negotiations
May Be Reopened.

Paris. March .12.-The action of the
United STATES Senate OF the question
of the arbitration treaties is regarded
in selni-official circles here as tanta-
mount to their rejection. There is some
hope, however. that new negotiations
may be begun and thattat a later
period the United States Senate may
restore the general arbitration treaties
with Great Britain and France to q
form which will be worth while.
The French foreign office says there
is no truth in h report which has been
published that Jean Jules Jusserand,
the French ambassador at Washing
ton, is about to be transferred.