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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-01-11
M'GRAW THROWS
DOWN GAUNTLET
WATSON AND Chiffon
CHALLENGED TO FIGHT
For Control of West Virginia De.
mocracy-McGraw May Seek .
WatsOn's Seat.
Declaration For Woodrow Wilson .
Insures Grafton Man Follow.
ing of Bryanites.
(By c. 3. Smith.l

PARKERSBTRG. W. Va. Jan. 10
The gathering OF the Democratic clans
from all parts OF the country in Wash
ington. TO feast. fight and fraternize.
Is significant In its bearing upon the
politics of many states, but upon none
more forcibly than upon the situation
of that party in West Virginia. From
West virginia. Col. John T. McGraw
looms up "a towering figure In the na-
tional organization OF the party. a most
important factor in the great ma
chinery of a great political organiza-
ton From the first. Col. McGraw has
played a leading role in the great
political drama that is being enacted.
and ne mas played il in that superb
way so characteristic OF him. and SO
suggestive OF shrewd and careful plan
ming II is no discredit to the mag
netic and eloquent Irishman to state
that he had evidently rehearsed his
part thar he visualized che actual
drama with the genius OF an actor
playwright In all reports ~ the pro-
ceedings. McGraw figures ~ name ex-
tensiveiy and with fsForrhie comment.
No other West V1r.r an seems 10
! have had a part Other Ian among the
'supers. and by He.e W. moan the
nearly one ihou.arl divers AZ ten
dollar the head Nats.1 and Chiffon,
senator's we're smonc them. How
calling - mus have been % them. tho
conspicuous per pla ID with such dts
tinguished Success D. ne p0pJflsr idol
% their parry Who va beaten BY their
bcodie'
caurtiet Tnro~n Senators
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-01-11
Carne9ie Tells
Story of Steel
Is WILLING WITNESS
BEFORE INVESTIGATORS
Declares He Didn't Demand I'm.
reasonable Price When He
Sold Mills.
Chairman Stanley Issues Subpoe-
mas for Steel Men and Trust
Documents.

WASHINGTON. Jan. lO-lntimate
books and papers OF the United States
Steel corporation are to be examined
by the government. Chairman Stan.
ley OF the house Steel trust invest..
eating committee tonight issued
subpoenas duces tecum for all the
documents. which thus far. the steel
corporation had not produced. al
though the committee expressed ITS
desire TO examine them.
The subpoenas are served directly
on J ]. Farrell. as president of the
United states Steel Corporation. hut
there II no disposition on tn. part of
the committee to force him 10 take
the stand. The subpoenas are made
returnable January % and the cor
poration is commanded to turn over
the documentary evidence To- E:xDert
Accountant McRae. Of the committee
1T does my heart good TO think
that I got ahead OF John ID. Rocke-
felier. my fellow millionaire. in that
lake Superior ore deal" Andrew Car
negie. former ruler OF the steel indus
try. Of the United States gloated thus
In testifying today. before the house
committee Of inquiry into the nited
States Steel corporation. Mr.. Carnegie
his deal with Mr.. Rockefeller. where.
by. he obtained control OF MIR Rock..-
feller's iron ore holdings in the Lake
Superior region at the rate or -
cents ton. holdings which when
turned into the steel corporation later
formed large part OF the assets
valued at s7o0.OOo.OoO
Laughs Like School Bov.
Mr.. Carnegie laughed like school
boy as he referred 10 the business
triumph nv had achieved over mis-
fellow millionaire" As no spoke of
hr- Rockefeller. he took the commit
tee into his confidence and told oi a
New Years call he and Mrs. Carnegie
had made on the oil king and Mrs
Rockefeller.
We had an enjoyable chat. but IN
our conversation. 7 never referred 10
mat ore purchase and Mr.. Carnegie
chuckled. while his AUDITORS enjoyed
The laugh with him
throughout the inquiry. 20 be con.
'lnued tomorrow. Mr.. Carnegie de.
clared he had come To- tell all he knew
Dat h" was unable 20 supply many
'acts which the committee desired
stating hat he had mover paid any at.
'"ntion To m" books ~ the Carnegie
COMPANY. before its absorption by fh.
steel corporation
Tells OF Deal Win FrieL.
~" was particularly emphatic in his
testimony relating 20 the sale a., his
properly 10 'hc United States Sf..l
'Fp"raiion a. the b"h.S' 90 ! Pier
pom MorSan. and told the cornuit,...
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-03-07
STATE SCHOOL
FUND DIVIDED ] / UP

r. : ~ s+at Z.
The state school fund this year
VIII be distributed among 9S.6S7
school children, according to figures
prepared bv Safe Superintendent
Of Public Instruction w. b. Harmon.
The per capita apportionment Is
$3.50, and is based ipon the census
taken September 1isf1 Octobe- !6
The total amount 10 the school fd, !:
p $s46. 404, which Is the income
derived from leases Of school LANDS,
Interest on investments and per
cent Of the sales Of government land
IN Montana. The following table
shows the amount due each county:
Beaverhead, $3.50; Broadwater,
$s.1eo: Carbon. 1890: Cascade.
S2S.S01: Chouteau. $21.427; Custer,
$14.490: Dawson. $14.245; Deer
Lodge. $11.s6o; Fergus. $15,235:
Flathead, $1s.221; Gallatin, 81 1 ,5s1;
Granite. $3,751: Jefferson. $4,4e5;
Lewis and Clark. $17,430; Lincoln,
1854; Madison. $6.es4: Meagher.
$a.e26; Missoula, $1S.270; Mussel-
shell. $4.2s5; Park. $s.3s4; Powell,
$6.14S; Ravalli. $10.503: Rosebud,
$5,131: Sanders, 1896: Silver Bow
$46,11s; sweetgrass.$3.ss6: Teton.
$s.11s; valley.s12.s7s; Yellowstone
$17,234.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-03-07

A woman's idea Of heaven II a
place where every day u a bargain
day. -
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-03-07

cause Spontaneous combustion than
the vegetable oils. linseed. cotton
seed, nut castor. bean and olive.
None of these can take fire spontan-
eously unless spread over a large
surface of easily ignited material, as
when cotton rag is wet with them.
Then they take oxygen from the air
80 fast that the heat from the chem
ical union will, If it is not carried
away by the movement of the air,
rise to point at which the fibres
Of the rag will first char and then
take fire. An instance: A mop used
In oiling floor in the Home for
Working girls in Columbus took fire
In q few hours after being put in
a closet under the stair.
Linseed oil is chargeable with the
greatest number of burned buildings
Cotton rags. sawdust or, scraps. o.
silk wet with olive or cottonseed oil
may take fire. These oils are likely
to get into any pile of rubbish.
Closet Fires.
Many fires start in closets from
ragbags. greasy overalls. and
from cloths used in oiling the
floor. Sundry fires from the ignit-
ing OF greasy clothing in closets
have happened in Montana. These
fires have consumed the house ana
have been reported as Of unknown
origin had not someone been near
to notice the smoke. Many heavy
losses on factories come from fires
started in their quaint shops by paint
dryers, turpentine and linseed oil.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-03-07

UP TO THE PEOPLE.

The town council OF Eureka has
put into the hands Of the people the
matter OF letting a telephone fran
chise to the Eureka Mutual Tele-
phone Co.. and for the issuance OF
bonds for the erection Of new
bridge across the Tobacco river,
which will be settled at the polls at
the regular election in April.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-03-07
TO MOTHERs-AND OTHERS.

You can use Bucklens Arnics
Salve to cure children Of eczema
rashes. letter. chafings., scaly and
crusted humors, as well az their &C
cidental injuries-cuts. burns. bruis.
e. etc.. with perfect safety. Moth
ing else heals 90 quickly. For boils
ulcers. old. running or fever sores
or piles 1t has no equal. IS cents
at all druggists.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-03-07

Offering to bet that you are risht
Is poor kind Of argument.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-03-07
FAVOR TAFT.

Lincoln county republicans held a
banquet last week and took action
favoring denomination for Presi-
dent TAFT. This Is the first organ
ization in the state to take such &C
ton.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-03-07
FIRE DANGER FROM
A Fire May Start ITSELF.

A Fire May Start Itself.
spontaneous combustion is the on
y great fire danger about which
books have been written. and it is
the only one which few people, know
about. Fires from this cause usual,
appear In the newspapers as prob
ably fncendiary" or Of mysterious
origin What Is known of spon-
-taneous combustion, aside from that
gained in chemical laboratories,
comes almost entirely from fires
which are noticed when they are
starting. They soon destroy the
stuff which causes them and then n
one can tell how the fire started.
OF the average number of fires
year from spontaneous combustion
in Montana more than half are from
grease and rags. I'll
The Chemistry. Of Combustion.
The chemistry OF spontaneous
combustion Is not hard to under
stand IL one knows how fire burns.
Burning is the same chemical pro-
cess In the .rotting log, blazing shay
Ing and exploding dynamite. the onl,
difference being In the time; taken
for the oxygen of the air to unite
with the carbon Of the wood. If
they unite slowly. as in the rotting
wood or the rusting iron or decay
Ing potato. the heat is born away
unnoticed; II they unite fast enough
to produce heat they will roast out
and ignite. burning gases; it makes
a flame: II so fast that the expan-
sion of water; in the form Of steam
and the carbon .dioxide which are
made by all combustion causes shoe
and noise. 1t Is an explosion.
High Explosives.
In high explosives wood fibre and
chemicals rich in oxygen are COM
bined SO that the fibre, cellulose,
can be burned in closed space in
which there, Is no air. The expan-
sion Of gas formed within the space
can throw a cannon ball or split a
rock. The NEST powerful explosive
mixture is one containing two parts
Of hydrogen and one part OF oxygen.
that being the proportion necessary
to form water by uniting chemically.
The hottest fire makes the most
water. s;
The taking fire OF any material
comes from its being heated So. hot
that the hydrogen and carbon In. it,
begin + to unite with, the oxygen. of
the air to form carbonic acid gas
This gas is made up of water in va
por and carbon .dioxid, is drawn up
the flue by the current Of heated
air. The carbon dioxid being slight
u heavier than air falls back to
furnish breath for trees and plants
while the .watery yapor rises to form
clouds and return in rain. So, we
get back the product. Of the burn
Ing OF our houses. but after it.. is
greatly cheapened in value.
Spontaneous combustion. strictly
speaking. is the igniting OF sub
stance from heat caused by chemi-
cal action within itself. but the word
= often used in speaking of any
burning which. happens within the
touch of a flame. spark or live coal.
.... Greasy Rags.
In the last 200 fires from spontane
GUS combustion reported to the
state fire marshal of one state, fats
or oils on cotton fibres caused 1922.
A fat when warmed is oil when
smeared on anything it is grease.
The animal fats. tallow butter and
lard. unless rancid ARE less liable to
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-03-07
NINETEEN MILES A SECOND.

with jar. shock or disturbance, Is
the awful speed Of our earth thru
space. We wonder at such cases Of
natures movement, and SO do those
who take Dr.. Kings New Life Pills.
No gripping, no distress, just thor
ough work that brings good health
and fine feelings. 25c at all drug
gists. ~ 49,
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-03-07

Chamberlains Cough Remedy has
won its great reputation and extern
sive sale by Its remarkable cures Of
coughs. colds and Group. 1t can be
depended upon. Try it. Sold by
all dealers.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-03-07
LAW WORKED FINE.

The. new county division law pass
cd BY the. last legislature is work
Ing very satisfactorily, and was given
a fair trial in the creation OF Hill
and Blain counties. There are now
thirty-one counties in the state.
Havre Is the county seat Of Hill
county, and Chinook of Blafn county
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-03-07

Many regulations blow up when {
political campaign Il In full blast.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-03-07

y A husband under a womans thum
" worth two in the. cemetery.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-03-07
Dangers and Chemistry
4
of Fire

Reprinted from Books Issued BY the state In.
sance Commissioners Taught in the Schools The Pilot
WIN Print Lesson Each Week. Relieving Adults as woll
- children win Be Benefited Thereby
! + 4. + !.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-03-07

/, People on the Pacific coast are
learning to eat the eggs OF seagulls.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-31
Cold Storage Plant
for Fargo--Packing
House a Possibility
MOrsH Packing Co. Announced Today That They VIII Greatly
Enlarge Business in This State
Soon as Farmers Raise Hogs in Sufficient Numbers VIII
Put IN Big Packing Heuse Here

q s. u
1t was announced this morning that
the McrrelI Packing Co. of Sioux Falls,
81 D., would at once begin the erec-
ton of q large cold storage plant
in Fargo, to care for their large trade
that is being developed in this state
since the establishing Of their branch
at Fargo.
Options have been secured on the
necessary ground and the active work
OF building will commence early next
month. T. Henry Foster, the head Of
the Sioux Falls house, wss in the city
the first of the week and he prac-
tically completed the details for the
site for the new house. The structure
will have large cold storage rooms
and a monster smokehouse. Mr.. Fos-
ter stated that as soon as the farm
ers of the state began the raising Of
hogs in sufficient numbers he would
erect packing house in Fargo which
would give employment to a number
of men all the year around.
Since they established the branch
here their business has increased and
they now have four men on the road
constantly and will start two more
men out as soon as their new house
is erected. The firm has established
through car refrigerating line and
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-31
DUMAS To
SERVE TINE
in The Pen
Former Mayer Of CasS Lake Is
Guilty Of Arson
This Is the Finding Of Mime
Sota Supreme Court
Not One Excusing Feature
He Is Severely Censurcd

st. Paul, May S1.--Dr. D. F. Dumas,
former mayor Of cass Lake. who, it
was charged, planned the blowing up
Of the Puposlzy postoffice the night of
June 1s. 1911, and aided the criminals
in their work, is guilty Of attempted
arson in the third degree, and his
conviction in the district court of Bel
trami county was warranted. The
penalty is imprisonment not to ex-
coed three and half years. This is
the decision of the state supreme court
handed down today.
Not one excusfng feature in the
movement Of the former mayor is con-
tanned in the opinion of the court,
written by Chief Justice Start. on
the other hand, the contention Of the
state was In every particular sus-
tanned and the defendant censured
for the part he played.
Dumas made his defense on the
ground that even if all the states
claims were true, he was not guilty
of attempted arson, because the act
of burning the PuposEy store and rob-
bing the postoffice was not completed.
The case is remanded to BeItrami
county for further proceedings, which.
in fact, means the court shall sentence
Dumas. Conviction already had been
obtained, but the case was certified
to the supreme court on the request
OF the defendant for review.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-31

now send their cars from Sioux Falls
and Minot and they will establish
branches at NIinot and Bismarck as
soon as the Fargo house is completed.
In connection with these changes, r.
T.. Lawrence of Birmingham, Ala. an
experienced packing house man, has
been installed as the Fargo manager
and he will bring his family to this
city and make it his home as soon as
possible b. S. Van Slyke, who has
been acting as the manager Of this
branch, has been transferred to the
Sioux Falls house, where he will be
connected with the sales force.
Morrell & Co. are the largest pack
ers of hogs in the world with the one
exception of Eingman & Co, and their
North Dakota and Canadian business
will be Of benefit to this city. The
members of the firm are anxious that
the farmers of this section enter more
extensively into the raising of hogs,
as they are unable to supply their
foreign demand with American pork
and can use all that they can secure.
If the farmers will raise hogs in suf-
ficient numbers II will be but a short
time until Fargo will have an industry
established here which will disburse
thousands Of dollars a year for labor.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-31
DEMOCRATS
AFRAID Of
ROOSEVELT
They Know He VIII Put Them
on Defensive
Have Been Idling Over Side
Issues in Lower House
Colonel May Ask Them En-
barrassing Questions

Washington, May st.-Democrats
here are watching the outcome of the
Taft Roosevelt fight with quite as
much interest as they are coping tab
on the race which Champ Clark and
the other democratic presidential cam
didates are running. AS a general
thing, the democrats will say frankly
that they are favorable to the nomi-
nation Of Mr.. Taft. Some of them in
sist that this is not because they
believe Colonel Roosevelt would be
able to defeat the democratic nominee
and again sit in triumph in the White
House, but on patriotic grounds.
A curious feature of this situation
is that the patriotic grounds" were
not discovered until Colonel Roose-
velts campaign had assumed promis-
ing proportions. What the democrats
most fear is that Colonel Roosevelt
will capture the nomination at the
Chicago convention and Immediately
inaugurate campaign that will put
the democrats on the defensive. On
the other hand, with President Taft
the democrats were fig
urtng on easy sailing, with the tariff
as the chief issue of the campaign.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-31
Why RAISE
COAL PRICES?
This IS Question to be Probed
by Merchants
PRICE CONSTANTLY BOOSTED
COAL OPERATORS AND DEALERS
WILL BE ASKED TO COME BE-
FORE COMMITTEE AND TELL
REASONS FOR THE HIGHER
PRICES.

New York, May s1.-The committee
Of the merchants association which
will investigate the advance in the
price Of domestic hard coal is to begin
its work next week and several OPP
orators, 1t is expected, win be asked
to come to the hearings and answer
questions. Coal dealers will also be
requested to come.
This is the first time the coal trade
has undergone an investigation Of this
kind. Henry r. Towne. president Of
the association. said that while the
committee had no power to compel the
attendance of the operators, It was
hardly likely that they would refuse to
testify. Towne said: 1--WE are not
going off half-cocked on this matter.
1t is the publics right to know ey-
erything about the case.
"The price Of anthracite has been
increasing since 1892, and now Is
cents ton is added, oStensibly be-
cause the wages OF the miners haye
been increased little over per
cent"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-31
READY TO
INTERVENE
U. 5. Watching the Cuban
Situation Closely

Washington, .. O. May s1.Tae
arrival Of General Mont Agudo at the
front as commander in chief Of the
Cuban federal forces is being watched
closely here. Should the rebel bands
continue to destroy foreign proper
ty, 1t is possible the United States
win send fleet Of small vessels to
various points bordering on the rebel
zone to have marines on hand for
immediate action.
Taft holds the view that the execu-
tive without further legislation BY
congress, has ample authority for in
tervention in Cuba when necessary.
He SO advised the Cuban relations
committee Of the senate today In con-
nection with the Bacon resolution de-
signed 70 supplement the Plat amend
nent by enacting q specification Of
authority Of law" for what is now
assumed authority to intervene
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-31
To PROBE
DEALINGS
Of KNIGHT
Mandan Attorney Has Gene to
New York
Goes In the Interest Of ]. Fl.
Coils
-
Says the Shortage Was Much
Exaggerated

Atty. VIM. Langer of the firm Of
Biting & LANCER of Mandan, has been
retained by j. H. Coils of the firm Of
Coils & Knight to investigate the
dealings of A. M. Knight, the missing
Fargoan, in New York City, Mr.. Lang
er was in the city yesterday and left
last night for New York.
When seen last evening Mr.. Lang
er was very reticient about the case.
but stated that the shortage had been
much exaggerated by rumor. He
stated further that ], RI. Coils had
lost practically everything he had but
was doing everything possible to
strsighten out the affairs of the firm.
Mr.. Langer has no idea how long
he will be in New York. He thinks
the theories advanced as to the cause
of knights disappearance are all of,
but refused to advance any theory OF
his own.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-31
DUTY
ON PRINT PAPER
ACT SUDDENLY RE.
PEALEp BY SENATE WHILE
CONSIDERING HOUSE BILL.
FARMERS WANT
ACT REPEALED.

Washington, ID. c., May 31.--
Representative Steenerson pre-
sented to the house today bulky
petition signed by $1,000 farmers
who farm" urging the repeal OF
the. Canadian reciprocity act. He
urged the democrats to be consist
ent and repeal this act, reminding
them they had told the country
when reciprocity was passed that
unless supplemented by other tariff
Legislation 1t would be an injustice
to the farmers.
Representative Rucker Of Colo
rado, democrat, asked unanimous
consent to sign the monster petit
ton, which was granted.
Somebody asked Steenerson
about Rooseyelt,s reciprocity
views. Il am proud Of Roosevelt
for changing his mind" said Steen-
erson, who then invited the other
democrats to square themselves
with the farmers and sign the pc
tition.
Better take IT first to President
Taft" said Gunger, North Caro-
lima democrat.
THAT would be useless task"
laughed Steenerson. IF you are
foolish enough to follow Taft, you
deserve the defeat that is coming
to you next fall"