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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-30

greater nphas opposed the bill, or
anOtner directing hin, 10 appear IN tie
governments behalf. II is not a uueS-
t1on OF whether he would obey such a
mandate, he said. but that it would
involve overriding and d~jScrcditinc 4
great governmental department charS-
ed with the enforcement Of the laws
SUCH a course. he said, cOui1 not but
nave a disastrous effect, and he OK
pressed the earnest hope that it would
not be followed.
Cummins Will Make Plea.
Ia the face Of the known opposition
OF the majority of the subcommittee.
argue for his measure. He has been
in close conference lately with Felix
II. Levy, Of New York, Of counsel for
the independents, and together they
have gone Ove the moot points in the
case. MIR. Levy. who was assistant at
torney genera under President Roose-
Welt. sat with the subcommittee this
morning when the attorney general
was present.
The full committee is sharply di-
Vided over the cOnstitUtionality Of q
bill either directing an appeal subse-
quently to the period Of limitation, OF
authorizing the Intervention Of parties
not recognized at law at the time the
case went to trial. With the subcom-
mittee so clearly against the PROPOSE
ton, n it is likely hat in the end
the committee will stand against MIR
Cummins, that will leave the Andrews
plan the last hope Of the independents
for upsetting the Circuit Courts de.
cree.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-30
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chance to build up peTmanent business:
Mail us $40 for 50 pound Feather Bed and
receive, without cost, 6-pound pair pillows.
freight Oh, all prepaid. New feathers. Best
ticking. Satisfaction guaranteed. TURNER
g C~ARNWELL. Feather Dealers, Dept. 30.
chs riotte, y. G. Our references: CONNER.
cia1 National Bank.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-30
TOBACCO DECISION
SUITS WICkERSHAM
Attorney Gcncr Tells Why He Failed
to Appeal From Courts Ruling.

washington Correspondence New
York Tmes.)
Attorney General WickershaIn to-
day in secret session explained to a
subcommittee Of the Senate Commit
Tee on the Judiciary why he had not
appealed from the decree Of h Cir
cult Court dissolving the Tobacco
Trust.
MIR. Understands appearance was
in connection with the Subcommit-
tees consideration Of h Cummins
dill granting the Independent tobacco
manufacturers a direct right to appeal,
just as IL they were parties to the
suit pending in the trusts dissolution.
The attorney general strongly opposed
hat measure, and the subcommittee
rose without taking action. Senator
Cummins will speak later in his Bills
behalf.
Mr.. Wickersham assumed full re-
SpOnSibility of the governments fail
,lre to appeal. He said that his reason
for n%On-action was, briefly, that there
was nothing from which to appeal.
rho decree as finally entered dissolv-
Ing the trust, met with his approval,
he said, and hat ended the matter
with him. He had previously made
several objections to various parts OF
the plan proposed by the trust, n
the bulk Of his recommendations, he
said, had been accepted by the court.
The decree as entered, he insisted, eff
fected q substantial revival Of compe-
tition in the tobacco business, and
that was the whole object Of the liti-
cation he had directed. His statement
in general followed the line Of his
former public announcements on the
subject.
Opposes R~cOpcnins.
In one respect he surprised the
rrl, iftnN bOV-n1ynv TIof NO in his
statement that the statute of limlta-
tons has run against the government
just AZ it has against private appeal
The limit in which the appeal coulo
have been brought, he said. was &c
days. The only possible appeal per
mittcd the independents, who ar<
~non-parties to the suit, was the "bil
in the nature Of a bill Of review" sug
gested by Edward L. Andrews, ane
that was taken by filing the bill jus
before the 6O-day limit expired. h
ends the matter, in the attorney gen
erals opinion, unless Congress D.
special legislation, such AS Mr.. Cum
Minis advocates, again throws opel
the doors Of appeal.
But to such a procedure Mr.. Wick
ersham is unalterably opposed. A
has been pointed Out, the supcOm
mittce members. with the exception @
Mr.. Cummins himself, are also ppo
ed to the Cummins bill or the sroun'
of it's alleged unconstitutionality. !
Mr.. WickcrSham argued TODAY. e'l"n
law must be retroactive to be effective
and that at once brings 1t into cont1ic
with the constitutional lnElDitlO
against ex post factO laws.
But on the broad~r ground ne pat
lie policy. MIR. Wickershan1, with SIT
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-30
What Drew Says About the Alleged
Price on His Head.

uoubt.dly WAS actinG on informatior
that he believed to be reliable ii he
made inquiry as TO q report that ::
price had been set on my head said
Waiter Drew, of the National Directors
Association tonight, in commenting on
the developments ii til. dynamite
conspiracy at Indianapolis. In fact
information to The effect that q price
Of $4,000 had been fixed for me was
in our possession sometime age. even
before the McEan.aras We're sent to
prison. he added. Burns heard the
! report and assigned . man to loo
after me for a month or SO :lfttrWard.
Personally the chance OF harm coming
to me in his way IS Of no Worrimcn,
to mo Whatever
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-30
tBy the Associated I'feSs.)

'BN the Associated IfeSS.)
Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 27,charSes
that he assaulted and attempted to-
kill Frank NJ. Ryan, President Inter
national Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers were made
in a warrant issued tonight against
Robert J. Foster, a detective.
Foster. q former captain Of police
at Louisville, KY, who is employed
by Walter Drew, counsel for the Ma
tional Erectors' Association in gath
ering evidence for the Federal grand
jury's investigation Of the dynamite
conspiracy, asserted tina he visited
today to inquire about q report that
Mr.. Drew was being "shadowed"
about the country. Ryan declared
that after he had refused to discuss
the subject and had forced the de-
tective out Of the door, he was struck
by Foster with q. revolver. One Of
the charges that Foster struck Ryan
with p~reEeditated malice to kill and
murder"
AS soon as the warrants were is
sued in a justice Of the peace court
they were turned W. to q constable
to be served on Foster.
1t was announced that Foster later
would submit to arrest.
In the absence of Mr.. Drew in New
York, Foster has been activ', in gath
ering evidence which the i1rcetors AS
ISOLATION wished to ha"c presented t
the grand jury. Early III the investi-
cation Of the dynamite conspiracy he
assisted In a raid on the offices in
the iron workers headquarters form
erly occupied by ]. J. Mem r:la, thu
convicted OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF tn
union. Correspondence and book:
belonging to Mcnamara were said tt
have been obtained.
II went to the Iron Workers Office:
to inquire about a report which con
cerned Mr.. Drew" said Foster. "To
day I received information from Chi
cago that certain men were tryins
to locate Drew because OF his worl
in getting evidence about the dyEo
mite conspiracy. l merely wanted t.
tell Ryan we knew about it,
, MI. Ryan said he told Foster to SCI
the iron workers attorney about it
The story that Foster told me con
corning a report that $4,000 had beer
offered for Drew's head was absurd,
, said Ryan. Il told him l did not wan
: to discuss it, but he insisted. After
:, forced him on Of the office he drev
a revolver amt began hitting me Wit
it,"
Ryan, who lives in Chicago, ha
been here 10 consult with the irO
II workers officials regarding certai
evidence secured for tho use Of tn
grand Jury.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-30
DETECTIVE USED
PISTOL ON RYAN
Foster Went to Office of Pres
ident of Structural Iron
Workers and Was Put Out
PRICE PUT ON DREW'S
HEAD BY

That il the Allegation Detective Eos
ter fakes and He Wanted to Tell
Ryan He Knew -\bOut il $50 He
Says But the Latter Refused $50
HE Says To Discuss it and Put
Out Warrant Charging Attempted
Murder.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-10
SAYS He IS A MANIAC

LAS Mad as a March Hare" is
the caption of an editorial by
Colonel Henry Watterson in the
Louisville Courier-Journal:
"The spectacle of the President
of the United States engaged in an
unseemly public quarrel with an
eX-President of the United States
may be, as the saying hath it. "a
sight for gods and men, but from
the viewpoint of the people. proud
equally of their country's dignity
and power among nations of the
earth. il is tragical.
"One is moved to ask: Is the
White House worth it to either of
them?
"If that one of the Caesars VINO
goes by the name of Nero was in
sane, Theodore Roosevelt, aspiring
to be an imitation Caesar, is in.
sane.
THAT is the long and short of
it. The man is maniac. He
knows not clearly what he does.
or says. Never an utterance of
his will bear discussion or dissec-
tion. Never an act Of his can be
defended.
"Let his family and friends
take him to an asylum before he
does something ireparable and it is
too late"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-10
WHEN ENGLISH
HEARTS WERE TAXED

Among other unpleasant .axes
there used to be tax upon the
English hearth. In 1862 it was
ordered that hearth money!" ss
cents. should be collected for each
householder for the privilege of
warming his feet. This. too, on
each hearth fire or stove in his
house. 1t was not popular tax.
IL was hard tc evade. The tax
collector was given power to count
the chimneys from the inside of the
house. and chimneys. unlike win.
dows, cannot be blocked up and
concealed until the assessor has
taken their number. The tax was
collected with vigor until William
Ill. repealed il "in order TO erect
a lasting monument of their
goodness in every
hearth in the land"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-10
4 UNIQUE CHARGE

A justice of the peace in Mis-
saukee county, Michigan, delivered
the following charge to the jury
in the trial of his first case:
Gentlemen of the jury, charg-
ing a jury is a new business to me,
as this is my first case. You have
heard all the evidence ms well as
myself, and you have also heard
what the counsel for the plaintiff
has told you. II you believe 1T
your verdict will be for the
plaintiff: but If. on the other
hand you believe what the counsel
for the defendant has told you,
your verdict will be for the de-
fendant. But il you arc like me
and don't believe what either OF
them has said, then I'll he dcrned
IL ! know what you will do
Constable, take charge ofthe jury
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-10
DEAD SQUAW IN VIRGINIA

Yesterday afternoon suuaw.
known as Jennie Stewart, was
found dead in an old smoke house
in the rear of Henry Ncigh's barn
on South ID. street. The squaw had
been missing for two days and was
found by two sqaws who reported
the matter to Sheriff Secman and
he notified Coroner Quirk. From
information obtained from Indians
the squaw was given whiskey Tues
day by aa Indian now in Jail and
it is supposed that she was placed
in the smoke house to sleep off her
jag but as the night was extremely
cold she froze to death. The body
was moved TO Kitzmeyer and
Kenny'5 undertaking parlors and an
examination made by Dr.. Togo od
but he discovered no signs of foul
play. and gave it as his opinion
that 81 died from exposure and
acute alcoholism. .- Enterprise.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-10
THE MONUMENTAL STEAL

The eastern papers are printing
a statement made by a witness in
regard to the formation of the
steel trust. His statement is as
follows:
II heard Mr.. Carnegie testify
that the book value of his steel
plant was $S4, 900, 900 that he gave
an option on it for $lOO, 900, 900:
that he afterwards sold it to
Morgan for S43O.O0O. 900; that
he has been kicking himself ever
since because he didn't charge
$530,000,000; that Morgan
capitalized it, with some other
property, for Sl.43O. 900. 900. and
the bureau of corporations tells us
that his fee for the service
amounted to the peat sum of $685.
SOC, ,OO0."
The difference between $4,000
600 and 81, ,430.000.000 is $1.346.-
600. 900. and that is the amount
less Some other property"-that
Morgan and Carnegie stole from
the American people. There were
none so poor unless they were
supported at public expense, who
did not have to contribute to that
fund for all use iron and steel
from the the cradle to the grave.
1t was the monumental theft of
all the ages.-St. Joseph Observer.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-10
BURNED TO DEATH

Mrs. William Taylor of Tusca-
rOra was burned to death Friday
evening at her home. The par.
taiculars of the sad affair rs we
learned them are as follows:
Frank WARDROBE, delivery man
for a. W. Sewall & Co.. while de-
livering groceries, heard Mrs.
Taylor scream. He tried to enter
the house, but found the door lock-
cd. He summoned assistance and
the door vas broken open. On
en- ioring the house Mrs. Taylor
was found lying unconscious on
the floor. Her clothing was burned
off ard her flesh was burned
Medical assistance was Immediately
summoned, but she was past human
aid and died without rcgaining
consciousness.
A can II coal oil was fOund on
the floor near the stove and 1t is
supposed that Mrs. Taylor had
started the fire with It and II ex.
plodcd, setting her clothing on fire.
When she was II school girl, she
had fainting spells when excited OF
surprised and II is thought that
she tainted when the oil exploded
and was unable to help herself
She was the daughter Of Jerry
Pollock, an old timer Of Tusca.
rora, and was married to Mr.
Taylor but few months ago. Hel
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-10
ROOSEVELT

He is the press and the people,
the sultan who rules the Turks: he
is the bells in the stccple and he
j. the whole blamed works. He is
the hill and the valley, the dawn.
ing, the dusk, the noon; he is the
large white alley, he is TIE man in
the moon. He is the soothing
slumber. he is the soul awake: he is
the big cucumber that gives us the
bellyachc. He is the fire that
quick ems, the company that in
surcs; he is the i'll that sickens,
and he is the thing that cures. He
is the ruler in Russia and we are
the grovcling skates; he is the
constitution and the whole United
States.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-10
A STRANGE TRUCE

In small town in Kentucky,
says the New York Evening Sun
lived Sister Climber. a Baptist. and
Sister Clipem, Methodist.
While attending the church of
Sister Clipem. Sister Climber
heard the pastor read report that
they had lost a few members.
Sister Climber shouted:
Thank the Lord. I've been
praying for the downfall of the
Methodist church, and she's a.
falling"
Soon after this sickness came 10
the home of Sitser Climber. Her
son was about TO die.
Thank the Lord for that" de-
clared Sister Clipem. 81 guess
my prayer is being answered, too.
I've been praying for something
to happen to that family and it's a.
happening"
when Sister Climber received
It's intelligence through a neighbor
seen Sister Clipem sent the follow
ing word:
"l'll quit praying if you will. 4"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-10

Taft and Roosevelt present a
disgusting spectacle to the Ameri-
can people. They are going about
the country. begging the votes of
their party for the highest office in
the world and at the same time
calling each other liars md traitors
to the people. Each aiduces
proofs tina; would convict the other
before an unprejudiced jury.
According to their statements on
the stump neither is fit to be presi-
dent of Tn" United States. If
either wins at Chicago, the self
respecting sober judgement of the
American people in No, ember will
put the seal of condemnation on
the man that drags the dignity of
the presidential Office through the
slime of dirty politi al campaign.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-10
GEORGE WATT IN
BAD CONDITION

George Watt. who was taken to a
hospital at San Francisco over a
week ago, has had to undergo
another operation. This time it
was the amputation of the left
arm Shove the elbow. The opera
tion was performed Wednesday and
repOrtes indicates he stood the
ordeal well. His many friends in
Austin and in all parts of the
state are hoping for his early and
complete recovery.
Mr.. Watts ailment is a general
septic poisoning Of the blood,
presumably from infection caused
by the unhealed wounds Of
the abdominal operation, to
which he submitted few
months ago. The amputation of
the arm may cffectually stay the
progress of the disease, and yet ap-
prehension is felt by his friends
and relatives lest the infection is
so pronounced, that it will. later
on, develop in some other part of
the body.-Austin Revcille.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-10
BOY SCOUTS ORGANIZED

A LEGAL council of the Boy
Scouts of America was organized
last evening by some of our leading
citizens. The membership of
which consist of the following
gentlemen: W. G.. Greathouse. F.
S. Gedn"y. A. Z. Kimball. Allan
Mcbride, p. G. McWhinney. W,
K. Mayer. DR.. G. W. West, K. W.
Hosson, Judge f. J. l.. Taber X.
NJ. Ogilivr, J. Taber, Will Tremew-
an, f. H. Price, Scout Commits
sioner.
The object of this council is to
act as an executive board to govern
the movements and actions Of the
local troops or patrols of the Boy
Scouts Of America, to promote
their general welfare and to secure
what financial aid is necessary.
We hope that this worthy move
ment for the welfare of our boys
will receive the hearty sympathy
and substantial aid of parents and
friends.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-10
COMPLAINT AGAINST
THE U OF N

In rural precincts there is much
complaint against the manner in
which the agricultural department
of the state university is conducted
at the present time, which requires
that applicants shall have passed
a credible examination in high
school work. In the same course
at Logan, Utah, students are ad-
mitted upon eighth grade diplomas,
and as natural consequence the
farmer boys from eastern Nevada
go to Logan for their agricultural
training.
la most Instances it is a struggle
and great hardship for boys and
girls in rural disticts to attend
school. Many of these little peo-
pie are compelled to wade through
snow from one to several miles in
order to secure eighth grade certi-
ficates. There are very few parents
among the ranchers who can afford
to send their children to the county
high school, and therefore they are
cut off from the advantages of
attending the agricultural depart
ment of the state university. As
a matter of fact the farmers sare
the bone and sinew of this state,
for when the camps lgo down and
out, as they often do. il is the
farmer and his children who re-
main and hold the valleys from
deteriorating into a desert waste
1t IL not essential that in order
TO study for agricultural pursuits
a young man should pass through
a county high school, and by SO
ruling the University of Nevada is
denying the boys from the farm
the very advantages for which the
agricultural establishment was
created.
Nevada has unlimited agricult-
uarl possibilities, its university
should be conducted upon as liberal
lines as that of Utan. Hard head
ed farmers. who work from five
O'Clock in the morning until late at
night, are of the opinion that it is
not necessary for their sons to
acquire dead languages and
higher mathematics before receiv-
ing instruction in soils. .fertiliza-
ion and agriculture. and they are
eminently correct.
What our farmers demand, and
have right to expect, is that
their sons be given the same op-
potunities in their native state as
are offered them IN Utah. Ely
Record.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-10
DON'T WORRY

There is considerable talk
around town about the Southern
Pacific stalking out its right of
way. In Carlin. they have set
stakes marking the limit Of rail.
road property, which is 200 feet
on each side of the center of the
track. Some of the Carlinites
pulled up the stakes. The force is
working this way and Elko will be
staked off. II is generally be-
lieved that this is preparatory to
the company making demand for
the removal of buildings on the
right of way. Should this demand
be made, no attention should be
paid to IL. Every owner of real
estate on the two main streets
would suffer IL such a demand
we're made and enforced by the
courts. IL the test comes the
property owners interested should
stand together and fight for thier
rights to the last ditch. In the
meantime. there is no necessity of
anyone going into Mysteries ard
crying about troubles that may
come.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-10
THE GUILO'S
GENEROUS DONATION

Mrs. Mallet president of the
Woman's Guild has received the
following letter from Governor
Oddie:
State of Nevada
Executive Department
Carson City. May Second. 1912.
Mrs. Emma K. Mallett. President
Woman's Guild of st Paul's Church
Elko. Nevada.
My dear Madam:
1t is with the greatest pleasure
that acknowledge receipt of
your favor of the 29th ultimo
enclosing draft for Fifty dollars,
the same being donation from
the Woman's Guild of Saint Paul's
Church for the flood sufferes in the
Mississippi Valley.
AS President of the Nevada
State Board of the American Red
Cross | wish to thank the Guild for
this very liberal donation, and
assuring you the contribution will
be forwarded Immediately to the
Treasurer of the National Red
Cross. | am
With many thank,
Vecy respectfully yours
Tasker L. Oddie.
President Nevada State Board of
the American Red Cross.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-10
OTTO LISS HANGS
HIMSELF IN JAIL

Following the example set about
ten days ago and employing the
same agency as that used by f. J,
Jameson. with whom he was Jointly
indicted for the theft of ore from
the Jumbo mine of the ConsoIi.
dated last November. Otto Liss
committed suicide last night or
early this morning by hanging
himself in his cell at the county
Jail. His lifcless form was found
shortly after 8 o'clock this morn
ing by Deputy Sheriff William
Mercer and Clayton Crafts. awaiter
of local restaurant, when the
latter entered Liss's cell TO give
him his breakfast.
Liss fashioned moose by tearing
small towel into three .trips
two, Of which he tied together.
One end of the tied strips was
used by him in circling his neck
and making a slip moose, while the
other was fastened around
junction of vertical and horri-
zontal bars.
Apparently Lies made two at
tempts upon his life before he was
successful in his purpose. as the
third strip of the towel lay on
the floor Of the cell broken in two
ahd bearing every evidence of hav-
ing been severed by being subject
ed to a heavy weight. After ad-
Justing tie improvised rope around
his nerk, Liss, il is apparent, raised
himsef slightly off the floor and
fastened the other end around the
junction nt bars high up in the
cell. as when found his feet were
touching the floor, and there was
but littlc strain on the towel.
In order to make death douhly
sure and overcome any possibility
Of the moose failing to slip when
it bore his weight, Liss soaked the
strip Of towel in water, which
caused the moose TO cut deep in to
the flesh Of his neck. Is his death
struggle. Liss's head apparctly
be came twisted in such manner
as to cause his teeth TO cluse upon
a verticar lar Of the cell. as such
was the position of the body when
found. His arms were also
through the bars Of the cell near
his chest. .- G0ldfeld Tribune.