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BILE, we propose to preserve competi-
tion; but where under modern condi-
lions competition has been eliminated
and cannot be successfully restored
then the Government must step In ana
itself supply the needed control on be-
half Of the people as a whole
"Mr. Wilson's proposal for the ma
tionai control Of the trusts, merely TO
continue the ineffective do-nothing pol
Icy Of Mr. Taft, 10 merely to continue
the effort to regulate the trusts by law
suits. The Progressive proposal on
the contrary, In to handle the trusts
by commission as Interstate commerce
10 handled and to assume over these
great Industrial, concerns powers such
rs the Comptroller Of the Currency Ex-
crcises over the national banks. we
propose practical and thorough-going
action to be taken by the nation. MT.
Wilson proposes the continuation OF :
do-nothipg policy by the nation, and
while he advocates action by the
States, he himself, ~ governor OF 9
State. has taken not one step OF any
kind to carry out the policy TO which.
in theory. he II committed.
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PROBED|RtcTEDTO
REPUBLICANS FUND
RAISED FOR 1904.
Former Secretary Coming
East to Appear Before
Clapp Committee.

The question of whether there In in
existence a list Of the contributors TO
the Republican national campaign Of
1904 will be answered within a few
days. The one possibility that such a
list will be disclosed appears to rest
with Elmer Dover, former secretary Of
the national committee. Mr.. Dover is
now on the way from Tacoma, Wash.
to Chicago. to make q search through
certain papers Of the antionai commit
tee which were stored in that city.
Whatever he finds that 10 Of moment
he will produce before the Senate cam
paign contribution committee. whethcr
the papers include list Of the 1904 con-
tributors Is not positively known, but.
II Mr.. Dover should produce Il before
the committee, II would be one Of the
most Important revelations Of the IN
vestigation. and would definitely answer
about the 1904 contributions.
Tomorrow will be an interesting day
before the C1app committee. Much Gu
riosity exists as to just what was ex-
pended in behalf of the preconventon
campaign OF Governor Wilson. National
Chairman McCombs and william @. Nc
Adoo will be able to answer this ques-
tien. Senator Bankhead will disclose
what was paid out for the Intellectual
effort to nominate Underwood and Lieu
tenant Governor Nichols Of Ohio will
tell of the expenditures in behalf Of
Governor Harmon.
The expenditures for Harmon. II has
been freely alleged. were large, but
the course of the inquiry has shown
that not much dependence can be placed
on rumors respecting the size OF contrf.
buttons, and the sworn testimony Ct
Mr.. Nichols will therefore be awaited
with particular interest.
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Trusts viii Be Regulated
And Monopohes Extingulshed

saying, after discussing corporations In
general, the matter In most obvious
when we turn to what we have come
to designate public service or uuhties
corporations.
Wilson's Own Proposal
"He then continues to say that such
commission should have complete resu-
iative powers, the power to regulate
rates, the power to learn and make
public everything that would furnish q
basis for the public judgment with re-
gard to the soundness and efficiency
and economy OF the business, the power,
in brief, to adjust such service ut every
point and in every respect, whether OF Of
financing or means of service to the
general communities affected.
TT would have been impossible to
state more clearly the general lines OF
policy to which the Progressive party
has committed itself and to which Mr..
change Of q very few words this quo
tation from Mr.. Wilson himself could
be accepted as brief epitome Of the
Progressive proposal as regards trustA
I'VE intend to secure competition
OF certain patents and as regards Ger.
tain natural monopolies. or when fol
other reasons monopoly does In enec'
exist ana cannot be prevented, We pro
pose stringently to control and regulat,
Al I'm the public interest Moreover
even where there In no monopoly. wher,
the corporation Is very big. we pro
pose that the Government shall exer
else thoroughgoing control over II II
the interest not only OF the consumes
and the general public. but OF the en-
ployes OF the corporation.
For example, the other day l. was a
Pueblo. Col, where the Colorado Fue
and Iron Company has its headquar
ters. This In a big competitor Of tn,
United States steel Corporation; II Il
under the control of Messrs. Rookie
TELLER, Guggenheim and their associates
On Wilson's theory no action wouit
be needed In the steel business II ther,
were yufficient number of competi
tors Of the Steel Corporation. such u
| this Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
| sill engaged together. and the Demo
| cratic proposal. ns set forth by tn
Stanley committee. Ii that the corpora
| ton should not be treated as q trus
! u II controls only about one-third o
/, the product. 10 that II the Steel Cor
| poration. tho Colorado Fuel and Iroi
Company and one other SIMILAR oorpo
ration divided the steel business of thi
| country equally among them, the.
would have met all the requirements o
the Democratic platform and Mr.. WI
sons proposal.
Now IN actual fact such a chang
would bring not the least little PARTED
OF benefit to anyone. Neither the pub
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ROOSEVELT ATTACKS WILSON'S RECORD ON TRUST QUESTION:
GIVES PROMISE OF RELIEF UNDER PROGRESSIVE PROGRAM

lie nor the wage-worker would gain In
the least by slight change in the pro-
portions Of the steel business controlled
by the Steel Corporation. as compared
with the amount controlled by the
Messrs. Rockefeller and Guggenheim or
by other big hnanciers Of the same type
The survey recently established the fact
that the conditions OF life and labor in
the @e and roa
exactly those to which the Progressive
Slatform proposes by law to put an end.
This shows clearly that nothing Ia
gained, from the public standpoint, by
son and the Democratic party believe
will afford a complete solution Of the
trust question. There IL the same need
Of thoroushgoing supervision over the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company a.
that one 10 bigger and the other smaller
does not in the least alter this need.
Another proof Of the wisdom Of our
suits against the TOBACCO trust and
he Is entirely satisfied with the result
OF these suits, and Mr.. Wilson's pro.
posais stand for nothing but q repeti.
ton Of the work of Mr.. Taft. Each
suits, a procedure not only futile. but
mischievous.
Workers Got Nothing.
"wei, the result has been nominnlly
to break up the two corporations Into
several different corporations. Prac'
ticaiiy the only change has been thai
inside stockholders such as Mr.. Rookie
Teller have seen their property ap-
preciate in value over 100 per cent, while
the prior of the product to the consumer
was greatly increased; and yet though
the copsumer paid more and the bis
owners Of stock gained enormously
there was no increase In the wages o
"Now, Il the Progressive program
| were established. In all such cases W,
would have the big industrial concerns
whether Il were the Sugar trust, thu
Steel Corporation. the Tobacco trust o.
| the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
| supervised and controlled by Govern
ment action along tho very lines which
| Mr.. Wilson advocates In connection
| with the New Jersey commission a
| "Under such circumstances We woul,
be able to hold the individual head o
| the corporation to personal account
/ n the legislation demanded by the Pro
gressive platform were enacted, "
would safeguard the consumer. W
| would see that the prices were no
raised TO the purchaser without war
| rant. we would safeguard the inter
ests of the small stockbolder. and W
would guarantee the rights Of the wag
workers. Our policy is feasible an
practical. We propose something def
i mite and efficient. Mr.. Wilson's pre-
posal Ia to continue in national matter
the do-nothing policy Of Mr.. Taft, an
his practice In his own State Of Ne'
Jersey has been to put this do-nothin
policy into actual effect"
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Christian Faith Topic
Of Address by Woman

The nrst of series OF talks on re-
lietous subjects at the Y. w. C. A. will
be given by Miss Alice N. Holmes.
B. D., on Tuesday evening. Her sub
ject will be ''The Fundamental Truths
Of the Christian Faith" The lectures
VIII be given each Tuesday evening
beginning at 7:so o'clock and are to be
open to all women interested in reliH-
Gus subjects. Opportunity will also be
Given for discussion.
Miss Florence N. Brown was the
speaker at the Vesper services last
evening. Her discourse was on
Choices" special musical program
and an Acquaintance Hour" con-
cluded the meeting.
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He Never Made q Move.

Yet. nevertheless, although his
power is ample under these provisions
of the laws, Mr. Wilson while governor
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DIABETES
A SIMPLE HERB QUICKLY CURES

A SIMPLE HERB QUICKLY CURES THIS
DREAD DISEASE TO STAY CURED.
Diabetes has heretofore been considered in
durable, and the only hope held out to tho
afflicted has been to prolong their years by
plant recently discovered in Mexico
called Diabetol Herb. has been found to be
q specific In the treatment OF diabetes. quick
ly reducing the specific gravity and sugar,
restoring vigor and building up the system.
This harmless vegetable remedy will relieve
the patient Of his worst symptoms, In the
to prove il we Will mali the nrst soc package
for Csc. with free booklet Of special value to
the diabetie, containing latest diet list and
exclusive table OF food values, giving per-
centage of starch and sugar (carbohydrates)
In go different foods.
Tell your afflicted friends of this offer and
send Csc today for a full-sized 50c package.
AMES CHEMICAL CO.. Box Ask. Whitney
Pelnt, N. Y.
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Cruiser Maryland Is
Ordered to Nicaragua

The armored cruiser Maryland.
which conveyed Secretary Of State
Knox to and from Japan. and has
been ordered to Nicaragua, will make
q leisureyl trip. stopping at San
Francisco four or five days, and put
ting in at Acapulco; Mexico. before
Seattle Friday, the Maryland wont to
the navy yard at Bremerton, Wash.
whence she will steam for San Fran
cisco tomorrow. She Will relieve
other vessels now stationed IN Mica
raguan waters.
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tcontlnued from First Pase.l

CONTINUED from First Page)
I accomplished created the conditions
which In their turn have created the
public opinion which demands efficient
action in the matter
These criticisms represent purpose
to apply to the utterly different condi-
lions OF ten years ago the standard OF
today, which I myself Largely helped 20
create, because i stopped the old condi-
lions when was President.
Hit at the Big Trusts.
II found the antitrust law practi-
caiiy dead letter and the interstate
commerce law almost wholly ineffec-
tive; rs regards the prime evil OF re-
bates entirely ineffective. There was
no precedent for the real enforcement
of either law. The railroads were act-
ing with practically entire disregard OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
and the Supreme Court Of the United
States in the Knight case had declared
that the antitrust law did not affect
great Industrial concerns engaged In
feet, rendered the antitrust law Of little
or no use. The first need was to put
these laws on an established basis Of
working efficiency and to make not only
public but the SisSsst m 1Ss nssrn IN
n,ent was even bigger than they were.
H"I struck straight at the very big
gest railroad magnates AL trust mag
mates In the country, and i made them
understand that the Government was
supreme over them.
1.-THE knight sugar case had been
decided adversely to the people under
the Administration Of the last Demo
l. cratic President Of the United States,
the Chief Justice of the court at that
time being also q Democrat. 1t was
rendered in strict accordance with the
States' rights doctrine now zealously
proclaimed by Mr.. Wilson and the
Democratic platform, and II completely
| emasculated the antitrust law. Ny
business was to secure the recall OF
that particular decision, and ! accom-
pfished the purpose.
/ the Northern Securities suit, which
dealt with railroads, and not industrial
concerns, and therefore offered q largeI
| chance for the court to reverse in prin
ciple a foolish and ubiquitous decision
while technically refraining from doinl
30. We won the suit by the margin o.
ono vote. the decision being FIVE I,
four In our favor. And among the dis
sentins justices one, I think u was tn
out the truth. namely, that the decision
was really q fiat reversal Of the Knigh
sugar case decision
Couldn't Get Legislation.
but It was then necessary to show
that the reversal was complete. tina
there had really been a recall of tn,
Knight sugar case decision, and to d.
this It was necessary to use the North
ern Securities as lever wherewith t,
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secure similar results against the great
Industrial trusts. Here again we struck
the two biggest trusts In the country
the Standard OIL and the Tobacco
trusts. The Governments case was
practically made before the end Of my
Administration, but the decision did
not come until long after l had left the
White House. ! need not at this time
allude to the other big suits we carried
TO a successful conclusion, among them
the suit against the Southern Pacific
railroad, the great. suit against the
the Meat trust and the numerous and
vitality important rebate cases.
THE net result was that we estab-
lished absolutely the power Of the Gov
eminent over the great corporations.
We showed also In conclusive fashion
by actually testing the law that neither
the antitrust law nor the Interstate
commerce law as they stood on the
books when I became President could
produce really efficient results. was
able by the hardest kind OF fighting to
get from Congress amendments i'm
mensely increasing the efficiency OF the
Interstate commerce law and also a
very important law establishing the
Bureau of Corporations.
II could not get from Congress the
legislation needed to enable us to deal
as efficiently with the big industrial
tTuhtb as We nbu become hpie 10 zeal
with the big railroads. But made no
much impression by my repeated mes-
sages and addresses that the Republic
an platform in 1908 did definitely promise
action along the lines ! had indicated.
although the promise was broken by
those in charge Of the Republican party
as soon as left the Presidency.
Left the Work Well Started.
I'm short. at that time. for the FIRST
timein our economic history. the anti
trust law and the interstate commerce
law were made living and vital. Sc
cured a good solution Of the railroad
problem.
II made the biggest men In the land
yield obedience to the antitrust law
| and !, put the whole matter In trair
for satisfactory solution; and I did al
this at the same time that We WERE
accomplishing literally incredibl,
quantity Of work In other directions
also. II would not have been possibl,
for any human being to have obtained
more or to have made q more salts
factory showing than the showing mad
under my Administration. .N
| 80 much for what was actually nc
complished during my term as Presi
dent, and remember that II was accom-
plished at the expense Of the bigges
financial magnates In our land. tn,
biggest railroads and the biggest trust
railroads such as the New York Cen
trai. the Southern Pacific, the Northern
Pacific, and the Great Northern, indus
trial trusts such as the Sugar trust
the Tobacco trust, and the STANDARD
] OIL trust.
The Washington times., 1912-10-13
Unique Method
Of Killing Rats

Surgeon General Blue. Of the Public
Health Service. is receiving hundreds
of replies to his letters asking for In
formation on the depredations Of rats
in the United States. Some Of them
are humorous. while others are rather
grave. One OF the first received stated
that the country could get rid Of rats
by sprinkllng out mixture OF corn
meal and plaster Of Paris. This was
effective. the letter stated. In that after
eating the mixture the rat would have
plaster cast in his stomach ana
would die In agony.
The Washington times., 1912-10-13
Sentenced Two Years
For Woman's Death

John Johnson, -colored. was yesterday
sentenced to- two years In the peniten-
tiary. by Justice Stafford, in Criminal
Court, No. I, following his plea OF guilty
to a charge of granddaughter In con-
nection with the death OF Lillian
Straightener. colored, last spring. John
son told the court he quarreled With
another woman and threw piece OF
marble, which accidentally struck the
6traighteper woman
The Washington times., 1912-10-13

"But 1t was then necessary to show
that the reversal was complete. that
there had really been a recall Of the
Knight sugar case decision, and to do
this II was necessary to use the North
ern Securities as q lever wherewith to
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-11

grew conscious that a voice was
speaking. It was that Of the man in
livery.
When he began l advanced toward
him, but the baroness waved. ne away.
mo, let him speak," she cried. He
speaks of my husband. Why do you
wish to silence him? Why?".
He tells you lies," l cried. do
not listen. At least wait"
"And why should l wait, monsieur"
she cried haughtily. mo, speak, my
a He shall not injure you"
1T is a lie-all lies," l heard him
cry. "The king is dead. They. but
lure you here with a forged letter to
keep you prisoner until the impostor
Albert is crowned in Brussels. You
have fallen into a trap. Hasten back,
throw yourself upon the mercy of
the people, who love you. He lies
look into his facet"
/ could not speak. My eyes sank
before her accusing gaze; l covered
them with my hands. Then l heard
the monastery doors thrown back.
And suddenly a cry came from the
b~aroness's lips such as l had never
heard before.
I looked up. There in the doorway
stood the old king, Leopold himself.
stretching out his arms toward her, q
smile Of affection on his hard old face.
And we, who had thought him dead,
and had lied him back to life again
why, our own lying plots had come
true in every word, to our own con-
founding. For he had lived, and he
had gone secretly to end his days at
st. Anselm's Abbey. ven as we had
pretended.
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I had been so absorbed in the little
spectacle that l had unconsciously
trespassed into the territory of the
blues and colds. An attendant in this
uniform was speaking to me. l with
drew a step, still watching. This, then,
must be the baroness. She descended
the stairs and commenced to Ass
along the corridor toward me. A man
In silver and brown emerged from a
doorway and stood like a barrier be.
fore her.
Madame cannot pass here" he said
respectfully.
Immediately she burst into loud
shrieks.
Let me pass, animal!" she cried,
and, raising her hand, she struck him
a violent blow upon the cheek.
Instantly a dozen armed guards
came running from a chamber on the
opposite side of the corridor. They
cam on at the double, halted, ground
ed their arms, and lined up across the
entrance. Through the half-open door
of the room from which they had
emerged l saw candles burning, and
there was a heavy odor, as of spices,
In the air. And suddenly 1 understood.
The body Of the late king still lay in
the mortuary chamber; and it was to
gain admittance to her husbands bier
that this woman in backbone other
than the Baroness Vaughan herself,
wished to pass the attendants.
Madame" said the mar whose face
she had struck, ut is by His Majesty
King Albert's orders that you must
not be admitted"
king Albert" she cried, mockine
him. 1.-THE king is upstairs in my
apartments. There is no Albert, Blu,
an impostor."
Nevertheless, madam, 1t is not per
m:ssible to pass" said the attendant
"Ah, but I must see him." she cried
Let me in but for a single moment
that l may press my lips to his fore
head and retire calmly. I will be
calm. Let me in and l will give you
gold-a gold piece for each of you!"
ut is not permissible" the mar
retorted.
The baroness became h~ysterica1
again.
LET me pass!" she shrieked, fling
ing herself upon him. She scratched
at his face with her nails, tearing fur
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-11
BATTLE WITH AN elephant
American Tells of Thrilling Adventure
In Africa With Maddened
Beast.

MI. Carl Akeley, an American nat
uralist and explorer, who is making q
brief halt in London before returning
to America after two years in Africa,
latter elephants" on behalf of the
American Museum of Natural History,
New York, very nearly lost his life
in his quest Of specimens, says the
New York Herald's correspondent.
1t is indeed surprising that he is
now alive to tell the tale of how a wild
elephant attacked him and knocked
him down, attempted to gore him and
finally left him for dead.
Il was out with a few native boys
to discover, If possible, the altitude to
which elephants CO." says Mr.. Akeley.
1--WE went to the top of Mount Kenya,
about 10000 feet, found a herd and fol-
lowed it quietly for two days. They
led us round the mountain till we lost
sight of them in a bamboo forest. Sud-
denly, without warning, we heard
something coming on us. Before l
could seize a gun a great bull elephant
dashed through the bamboos straight
at me and struck me with it's trunk.
II was falling face downward, but
luckily, as I fell, l had sufficient pres
ence of mind to twist my body in the
air and grab the lowering tusks in
my hands. l went down fiat on my
back, but l managed to do the one
thing needful to prevent the animal
goring mel forced my body between
its tusks.
Il remember seeing the little angry
eyes and hearing him making a noise
between a hiss and a grunt as his tusks
ground into the earth and his head
came upon my chest, but that is all I
do remember.
-Four and a half hours afterward~
so l was told, l regained conscious
ness. The elephant had left me for
dead; so had my boys, for it is against
their religion to touch a dead body.
But I heard them c%hattering a little
distance away and shouted to them.
Very astonished they came to me and
sent off runners for help. l was al
most done for, but not quite, and they
rugged up a stretcher for me and car.
ried me back to camp"
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women's faith. Five minutes later I
vas in the baroness apartment, and
she was waiting for me with a tall,
fiery-eyed man wearing a black, square
beard and a red necktie.
"Stay, Monsieur Van Keek," she be-
gan, as he prepared to leave.
What 1 have to say is for your
ears alone, madame" I answered.
m. Van Keek is my counsellor"
she flashed out.
Nevertheless deal with madame
Alone" I retorted.
She wavered. Go, then" she said.
And, when he had left the apartment,
she turned toward me. "Now, sir, be
BRIEF" she said. eff this is a trick
-"
1T is n 10 trick" 1 answered, and
handed her the forged letter from her
husband.
She took 1t from my hand, gazed
superciliously at the address,, and
opened it. 1 turned away, unwilling
to be a witness of her agitation.
was startled by a heavy sound. l
swung round; the baroness lay un-
conscious upon the floor, and the let
ter f1uttered from her right hand.
I sprang to a buffet, poured out a
glass of water, and dashed it into her
face. Presently 1 saw signs of ami
nation returning. At last she sat up
and burst into violent sobs.
She sprang to her feet and took me
by the hand. Follow mel" she cried.
l suffered her to lead me into an inner
chamber. Candles were burning be.
fore a small altar, set into the wall,
beneath a rosewood cruciax. Swear
to me, here" she said, that my hus.
band is indeed alive!"
II swear that he sti!l lives" I an.
swered. God help me afterward,
thought. I was not the one to turn
back at such a moment. Yet l felt
the pulses Of my heart gather them.
selves as if for a mighty plunge, and
then lurch forward, hammering and
%f1uttering. I could hardly get my
breath; the roo swan round me.
II swear he is alive!" I repeated.
Through the swimming mists l saw
her eyes, like orbs of light, fastened
upon mine. Then she released my
hand.
Il believe you," she said more soft.
ly. A color had crept into her pale