Gilpin observer., 1912-06-13
GENERAL.

oGH-hFNG.
Colonel Jerome B. Rice of Troy, N
Y, known in every state of the Union
as. a grower and distributor of seeds,
is dead.
Volcanic ash is falling thickly over
Cordova. Alaska, showing that the
heavy cannonading heard in the noun
tains recently was the noise of vol
cano in eruption.
Thomas E. Watson of Augusta, Ga
former Populist leader and presiden-
tial candidate, was bound over under
$500 bond for sending obscene matter
through the mails.
To prevent the production of NOV
ing pictures of the Johnson-Flynn
prize fight which takes place July 4th,
the House commerce committee re-
ported favorably the bill of Represen-
tative Rodenberry of Georgia. prohib
iting the shipment of films between
states.
Because of its lack of power to OBJ
tain necessary data, the so-called
money trust investigation in its main
scope will not be taken up until fall
This announcement was made by
Chairman Pujo of the investigating
committee at the opening of the hear
ing in Washington.
Mrs. Sidney G. Bernheimer, the vile
of wealthy New York clothing man
ufacturer, was assaulted and robbed of
$4,000 worth of jewelry. The weapons
used were potato masher and an ice
pick. Mrs. Bernheimers new cook, a
brawny young Swedish woman, who
for ten days had proved model ser
want. was said to be the chief robber
The eight-year struggle of Frederick
A. Hyde and J. II. Schneider to es-
cape Imprisonment for conspiracy to
defraud the government out of lands
in California and Oregon, ended in
failure when the Supreme Court found
no error in their convlctionin the Dis
trict of Columbia. Hyde had been
fined $4,000 and sentenced to prison
for two years; Schneider had been
fined and sentenced to prison for one
year. and two months.
Thousands of citizens in west Texas
are reviving the question Of dividing
the state and making it two, or even
three, states. West Texans point out
that conditions there are SO different
from some other parts of Texas that
division is reasonable. Climate is diff
ferent, products are different, indus
tries are different, needs are different,
they assert, and advocates Of the prof.
ect point out that Texas is Of such i'm
mense size that the division would not
hurt the state.
President Taft signed the three-year
homestead bill. permitting entrymen
on public lands to prove their claims
in three instead of five years, allow
each year and reducing the acreage to
be cultivated on large claims from so
to 40 acres. The pen used was given
to Representative Taylor of Colorado.
The bill Is designed SO to liberalize
the homestead laws as to check the
immigration of American farmers to
Canada. Senator Borah was one OF its
supporters.
For the purpose Of destroying the
substantial monopoly o. The so-called
aluminium trust, an agreed decree was
entered In the United States District
Court at Pittsburg, Pa, against the
Aluminium Company of America. The
federal government in its antitrust
suit filed few weeks ago, charged
the corporation with monopolzing the
industry. The decree entered abro-
gates alleged unlawful contracts and
restrains the company from negotiat-
ing similar pacts or pursueing unfair
methods towards competitors.
Judges OF the Chicago Municipal
Court must forego basball and other
summer amusements and pay more at
tention to business. Chief Justice Har-
ry Olson. In "confidential' letter
told the judges that he was aware OF
their hockey playing" and that it
must cease. The jurists were told that
they must hold court daily until 4:30
O'Clock in the afternoon with the OK.
ception OF Saturday.
A movement has been started in
New York to place In the Hall OF
Fame the bust Of Molly Pitcher, only
woman sergeant In the u. s. army.