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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22
THIRTY INDICTED
Officials and Employees of Ma
tional Cash Register Co.
Are Charged With Violation of
the Sherman Law.

Cincinnati, Feb. 22.-Thirty officials
and employees of the National Cash
Register company of Dayton, Ohio,
We're today indicted on charges of Grim
inal violation of the Sherman antitrust
law by special federal grand jury
here.
The Adams Express company was in
dicted on eleven counts charged with
having attempted to collect more than
established rates.
Seven Cincinnati manufacturing firms
also We're indicted charged with at
tempting to secure transportation at
lower rates than those established by
the interstate commerce commission.
The officers and employees of the
National Cash Register company in
dicted include:
John A Peterson, president, E. 4.
Deeds, vice president, G. c. Edgeter, w.
F. Bippus. treasurer.
The first count charges that nearly all
competitors have been bought out or
driven out of business. It is charged
the last 20 years, although the specific
charge is confined to the last three
years. 1t is said to have been effect ed
by bribing employees of competitors
and transportation, telegraph and tele-
phone companies and injuring the cred
it of competitors in libeling their ma
chimes.
the defendants with monopOliziner tbs.
cash register by the same means.
Specifically it was charged that com
petitOrS of the register company were
driven out of business by Interference
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22

TODAY IN CONGRESS.
Washingtons Farewell Address Read
in Both Houses.

Washington, Feb. 22.-Senate met 1T
noon. Washington's farewell address
read by Senator Kern President ii
message transmitted postmaster gener-
ais annual report suggesting govern
ment ownership Of telegraphs which
the president said he did not favor
and SecOnd-claSS mail matter COM
missions report recommending increase
of second-class rate to two cents which
the president approved.
House met at noon. Bills on unani-
nous consent calendar were considered.
Wire products manufacturers protest
ed against steel tariff bill before senate
finance committee; WashingtOn's fare
we'll address read in the house by Rep
resentative Clark of Florida; presi-
dents message read, Senate adjourn
ed at 1:20 p. IN. until ? p. m. Mon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22
GRANTS SISTER IS 80
Old Friends Help Mrs. CorbIn Celc-
brate Birthday.

Orange. n. J.. Feb. 22-Surround-
ed by a few old friends, Mrs Vfreina
Grant Corbin, a sister OF General d.
S. Grant, is celebrating her eiehtieth
birthday anniversarv at her home
here. Mrs. COrbin Is bright and act
i've and in possession OF an her facui-
ties. She has made her home In or
ange for many years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22

delegates in favor of Governor Harmon
of Ohio. The strength of the unin
structed delegates is equal to that of
the Clark contingent and greater than
Governor Wilson's. Wilson and Clark
workers scout the Harmon sentiment
rumOr.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22
IT'S AN ideal DAY.
And Tomorrow Will Be Warmer,
Weather Man Says.

This is an ideal day. bright and
balmy, although the minimum tenn
perature was the lowest that has been
recorded since February 10. The mer-
curry began to rise rapidly this morn
ing, and the maximum temperature is
higher than that for several days. Six
years ago today the highest mark
reached by the mercury was 73 de-
grees, so no records were broken to-
day
The prediction is that the weather
will be warmer tomorrow and general
ly fair. The hourly readings up till
noon. when the weather bureau closed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22

| Weather Forecast.
Chicago, Feb. 22.-Forecast for
| Kansas: Generally fair tonight and
Friday. Warmer Friday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-22

CONTINUED on Page Two,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-22
WALL Of WATER
SWEEPS TOWNS
People Warned in Time of I'm
pending Danger.
A RUSH TO THE HILL S.
Wall OF Water Flftesn Feet High
Sweeps Down Stony and Potomac
Rivers, Carrying All Be-
fore II.

Cumberland, Md.-Had not a horse.
man made a wild ride Of 20 miles be-
fore daybreak through the valley to
Schell, w. Va, warning the people OF
the great storage dam of the West
Virginia Pulp and Paper Company,
near Dobbin, W. Va, had cracked and
that its crumbling was inevitable. the
Jamestown disaster might have been
repeated on a smaller scale.
The telephone leading to the dam
was out of commission and the Paul
Revere-like ride was the only means
Of warning the people, who immediate.
ly took to the hills and camped around
bonfres. A few persons had previous
ly known of the impending danger
and had sought safety on the mountain
tops.
The great dam, which was completed
only a few months ago at a cost of
$250,000. is a total wreck.
II let loose a body Of water so feet
deep, z miles long and Of an average
width of more than Q miles, which
swept down the Stony River Valley in
a food 80 feet high and reaching
across the valley from mountain to
mountain and sweeping away all OBJ
structions.
Four Feet OF Flood At schelI.
The first part Of the food reached
the Western Maryland Railway near
Schell, w. Va, 20 miles below. where
the Stony river empties into the
Potomac river, about 3 o'clock, and
that point soon had a food stage Of
Is feet, several feet higher than ever
before In the history Of Schell. The
tide not only went over the railroad
tracks but 1t swept away several
stretches of track and the bed of the
Western Maryland Railway Company.
In its course down stream the wall
of water washed away the Grant coun-
ty bridge, and at Schell a large foot
bridge across the Potomac river melted
into the flood like snow cast upon the
tide.
On It's course down the Potomac
river the food struck the mining towns
Of Gleason, Blaine, Shaw and Barnum,
w. Va, and Kitzmiller, the largest
town in Garrett county, Maryland, out
side OF Oakland. The lower sections
of all these towns were inundated and
while as far as is known no houses
have been washed away the property
loss to the people will be very great.
No loss of life has been reported.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-22
COURT ORDERS
GABRIEL CALL
Wants Mortgage Holder of lO7
Years Ago to Appear
INSTRUMENT DATED 1907
Unless Jonathan Bonsall or His Heir
Appears Lien on $4,000 Worth Of
Land viii Be Declared Forfeited
is the Decree Of the Court

Darby.-Unless Jonathan Bonsall,
who lived in Darby in 1907, or his le-
gal heir steps forth on March l and
prove to the contrary, the ~107-yearold
mortgage which Levi Bonsall made
70 to Bonsall, July IL, 1907, will be
declared paid and satisfied Of record.
Although all trace Of Bonsall has been
lost and the mortgage which he held
against a piece Of property between
Chester pike. Main street, the Darby
mill race and the Griswold worsted
mill, recently sold for $4,000, is be-
lieved to have been paid, in order to
satisfy the record on the mortgage
books a decree has been issued by
Sheriff Hepburn on petition OF John
Pappas, the new owner Of the property,
calling upon the original holder Of the
mortgage to appear, in default OF
which the court will declare the an
Client mortgage paid.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-22
WERE SAVED AS
SHIP WAS BREAKING
Vessels Called by Wireless
Locate Stranded Packet.
VICTORY FOR THE WIRELESS.
Mail Liner Breaking Up When Help
Arrived-Struck Granite Pinnacle
Before Dawn While Biz
zard Was Raging.

Yarmouth, N. S.-Snatched from
what seemed almost certain death, the
passengers and crew Of the Royal Mai
Packet Cobequid are snug In Var
mouth harbor.
The wireless appeals for assistance
which the Cobequid had first made SO
hours before were answered as the
doomed steamer was being racked to
pieces on Trinity Rock, six miles of
Port Maitland.
The rescue will go down in shipping
annals as one of the most notable ever
accomplished on the Atlantic Coast.
The Cobequid had begun to break
up under the c%annonading Of the ter.
rife seas that had been merciless from
the time the vessel struck. Guam
titles Of cargo covered the waters a.
the lifeboats ranged alongside.
The coastal steamers Westport and
John L. Cam were first to get their
small boats into the water, and these
we're followed soon by the boats OF
the Government steamer Lansdowne
and the steamer Rappahannock.
AS the work of rescue progressed
the sea subsidized considerably and no
mlshap marred the triumph over the
waves.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-22
ON A ROCK IN
WASTE OF LAVA
Thirty-three Starving Japanese
Refugees Are Found.
RESCUED BY NAVAL CREW.
They Hid In a Cave During the
Eruption and Afterwards Climbed
On the Rock and Sought To
Attract Attention.

Kagoshima, Japan. - T~elegraphic
communication between this city and
the north has been restored. The Off
GERS of the cruiser squadron sent by
the Japanese government have taken
charge Of the situation and are rapidly
restoring a semblance of order along
the waterfront. Many Of the people
OF 'Kagoshima have returned to the
city. All their houses are In ruins and
the returning refugees are compelled
to camp in the open spaces. The war
ships brought a large stock Of food
and supplies, which are being freely
dispensed.
The property loss in this city is i'm
mense. The clearing away Of ashes
and debris has not gone far enough to
allow even an approximate estimate Of
the loss of human life.
A group Of 33 refugees was rescued
from amid a great waste of steaming
lava at the foot Of the volcano of
Sakurajima. Their escape was little
short Of miraculous; with their rescue
no living being remains, so far as
known, on the entire island Of Sakura.
The rescue was effected by a boats
crew from the Japanese flagship. AS
soon as the cruiser squadron arrived
here crews were sent out to circle the
island of Sakura, on which the vol
I'M Is situated. three miles out in
the bay. The contour Of the island
has been entirely altered during the
last week.
The sailors did not risk landing on
account Of the terrific heat and
noxious gases, but made a systematic
scrutiny along shore. The entire is
land was covered with smoking ashes
and hot lava.
All was desolation and no sign Of
human beings was seen until late in the
day, when an officer in one Of the
launches noticed something being
waved In the air at a short distance
from the shore. A detachment Of men,
heavily bundled to protect them from
the heat, was landed. After a hard
struggle they succeeded in making
their way through soft warm ashes
breast high until they reached a great
rock. Sheltered behind this rock they
found SO people. still living, but coated
with thick dust and weakened by star
walton and thirst. Among the rescued
was a school master who had borno
with him from his school house the
portrait of the Emperor; the village po-
liceman, who had saved the records of
the station house and the postal clerk,
with O small bag Of mail.
The refugees were taken on board a
warship and provided with food and
drink. They explained that they had
hidden In a great cave nea the shore
until the rain of ashes was over and
had then tried hour after hour to at
tract attention.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-22
BILL TO AMEND
THE SHERMAN Law
Restraint I'm Any Degree Ille-
gal Under Stanley Measure.
AB0LlSHES"RULE0F REASON"
kentucky Congressman Introduces
Antitrust Amendment After q
Conference With Presl.
dent.
ABOLlSHES "RULEOF REASON"

acknowledgements Stan
ley, Of Kentucky, after a conference
with President Wilson, introduced an
amendment to the Sherman law, which
would make Illegal the monopoliza-
ton or restraint of trade "in any de-
gree" 1t is designed to eliminate the
rule of reason" laid down by the SUI
preme Court In the Standard Oil case.
The amendment also would invest
the circuit courts of the United States
with Jurisdiction to restrain and pre-.
vent violations Of the act, irrespective
Of the Attorney-General. II was drawn
10 meet the wish of the President, ex.
pressed in his last message to Con.
gress, TO reduce the debatable area sur
rounding the Sherman act. Represen.
tative Stanley discussed the measure
with the President and previously had
correspondent with him at length on
the subject.
The Kentucky Congressman, who
was chairman Of the special committee
which Investigated the United States
Steel Corporation. does not offer the
measure as an Administration amend
ment. but believes II will be Of service
to the committees Of Congress which
will draft the antitrust legislation.
Would Amend Two Sections.
The Stanley bill would amend the
second and fourth sections Of the Sher-
nan law. In Section 2, into which the
Supreme Court injected the rule Of
reason" the words "in any degree" are
inserted, so that the section would
read:
Every person who shall monopolize
or attempt to %monopolize or combine
or conspire with any other person or
persons to %monopollze in any degree
any part OF the trade or commerce
among the several States, or with
foreign nations, shall be deemed guilty
OF a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall be punished by fine not
exceeding $4,000, or by Imprisonment
not exceeding one year, or by both
said punishments, in the discretion of
the court"
Discussing that portion Of Chief
Justice Whites decision which relates
TO unreasonable restraint OF trade,
Representative Stanley said that he
had always regarded 1t as unnecessary
10 the decision and therefore not the
law.
MANY. however. believe" he con-
tinued, that the effect of this decision
is to render Illegal only such combina-
lions in restraint OF trade as are I'M
reasonable. The insertion OF the
words "in any degree" with the other
provisions will save the law as amend.
ed from any such Interpretation and
will render all restraints Of trade IL
legal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-22
Law After Film Shows.

Arrangements for the arrest and
prosecution of managers Of moving
picture shows who permit overcrowd-
ing Of their theatres have been made
by John Price Jackson, Commissioner
Of Labor and Industry, and his depu-
ties with chiefs Of police and Burgess
es in a number OF the cities and Dor.
oughs OF the State, because Of reports
which have been sent to the Capitol,
showing that the State laws and the
common rules of safety are being ig.
nored in many instances. Commits
sioner Jackson has secured the names
and addresses of managers Of about
so per cent. Of the moving picture
shows in the State and will send them
letters, calling attention to State laws
and regulations, but says he does not
intend to wait until they receive
them before acting in case OF owe
crowding. 81 am not going to wait
until q fire or panic occurs In some
small theatre and lives r lost rs a
horrible example," he said, "but
wherever | can get local authorities to
cooperate with my men / will have
arrests made. In fact, the local Of
ficers do not need any authorization
from me TO begin n suit If they find
the law violated and a place owe
crowded. / have Just received word
OF the arrest of a manager at Barnes.
boro who would not comply with regu.
latlons about overcrowding and I'm
going to stand behind that case and
push It. And l will do so with
Others"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-22
WILSON CABLES SYMPATHY.
Secretary Bryan Also Sends Message
Lamentlng Disaster.

Washington.-An exchange OF cable
grams between President Wilson and
the Emperor of Japan over the Sakura-
Jima disaster was made public. Presi.
dent Wilson's message was as follows:
To His Majesty the Emperor of
Japan:
Having learned Of the unprece-
dented disaster that has visited
your country through earthquake
and tidal wave, / beg to assure
your Majesty and the Japanese
people Of my deep sympathy and
that of the American people.
WOODROW WILSON.
President Wilson received the fol
lowing reply today from Emperor
Yoshihito:
Pray accept my sincerest thanks
for the sympathetic message sent
by yourself and American people
for the terrible disaster.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-22
STATE FORESTS
EARNING MONEY
Timber on All Public Reserves
to Be Sold for Profit
FUNDS USED FOR SCHOOLS
Department Of Forestry Has Reports
Showing Cash Returns From Lands
Owned by commonwealth-$78,-
900 Turned Into Treasury.

Especial Harrisburg Correspondence
Harrisburg.-The state department
Of forestry has received reports indi-
eating that cash returns to the state
from lands, owned by the common.
wealth, will soon be no mean item In
the states annual receipts. During
last year the state got $4,000 for tim
Der taken from the forest lands. Dur.
ing the years since the state first began
to buy such lands a total Of $3.50
has been turned into the state trea-
sury from this source. The prediction
is likewise made that 1914 will be a
record year for receipts of this char
acter, as contracts for timber cutting
are ~unexpired and will extend into
the new year, while ten or twelve new
operations will start under contract
In January. All funds that the depart
ment of forestry derives from the sale
Of timber are turned directly into the
state treasury and so per cent. OF
this revenue becomes a part Of the
state school fund. Whenever possible,
timber is cut only by contract let by
the department, but at times lumber
men refuse to bid because of physical
difficulties in timbering. Then the de.
partment uses its own sawmill. The
time has passed when only dead tim.
Der or dying timber is taken out, for
many acres OF state forest land now
have trees that are mature and ready
for market. "The policy of the de-
partment Of forestry is. and always
has been, TO make the forests of val.
ue TO the people in every possible
way" said Robert S. Conklin, state
commissioner OF forestry.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-22
Libel Not Eradicated.

Hollidaysburg.-The Blair County
Court was stirred at the trial Of five
editors, reporters and proprietors of
The Star of Italy, a newspaper pub
lished at Greensburg. The accused
had just been freed from a charge OF
criminal libel, on account of a techni-
cal defect in the indictment. They
had been charged with traducing the
good name of the Sisters Of Charity
in Altoona. The defendants attorney
announced to the Court that his clients
acknowledged that they had wronged
the complaining Sisters, and desired
to make public reparation and apology.
4. II. Greevey, attorney for the Sisters,
spurned the apology, and declared that
a second prosecution for libel would
be instituted.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-22
Wheels Crush Out Life.

Devon.-A runaway team, swinging
suddenly into view uLder a bridge
alongside the coal yard of C. A. Lobb
& Sons. on the Lancaster pike here,
frightened two horses attached to a
loaded two-ton coal wagon. They
bolted, and George Butler, 80 years
old, Of Devon, their driver, was thrown
under the wheels of his own wagon.
His back was broken, and he died
several hours later in the Bryn Mawr
Hospital. The cline of beauty" curve
Of the Lancaster pike, crossing under
the railroad bridge from north to south
at the coal yard is one of the most
dangerous on the Main Line.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-22
State Gives Twenty Million.

Statistics compiled by the Board OF
Public Charities show the last Legis.
lature appropriated s~16,S55,391.31 for
maintenance and buildings, for the
next two years, Of 26 State institu.
lions, Z semi.State institutions, 149
hospitals, 5 sanitoria, 116 homes and
asylums, for the INDECENT insane. or
that amount $2,O12,O27.25 vas set
aside for buildings. In addition, 49,.
$4,000 was appropriated to the State
Department of Health for the free
treatment OF tubercular patients. Gov.
ernor Tener likewise approved appro-
priations Of $4,000 for the Pennsyl-
vania Village for Predetermined Wom-
en-; S250,O0O to the State Industrial
Homo for Women, and $4,000 to erect
the new State Institution for Inebrl-
ates.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-22
DIES ON EVE OF WEDDING.
r. D. Landlord, vlce-Presldent o.
Southern, Asphyxlated.

New York.-Richard D. Landlord, a
vice-president and secretary Of the
Southern Railroad, was found dead
from gas asphyxiatlon in his bachelor
apartments In Brooklyn. The police
and the coroner decided he had COM
mitted suicide, but later developments
cast doubt on the suicide theory. Fail
ure to establish a motive for suicide
is mainly responsible for the emphatic
assertion of his friends and Miss Nellie
Patterson, a Brooklyn society girl,
whom he was to have married Satur-
day, that his death was accidental.
Mr.. Landlord was 46 years old.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-22
Shot As He Fires on Cons.

Plttsburgh.-William Shutter, said
to be an escaped convict from Indian
apolis, was shot and fatally wounded
in a house on the South Side, here.
City Detectives Charles Freedom and
Albert Bebee, acting under orders from
superintendent of Police Matthews,
went to the house to arrest Shutter,
and when he saw them coming he
opened fire, which was returned by
the officers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-22
EGGS FROM CHINA.
Six Hundred Cases Enter San Fran
cisco; Duty Free.

San Francisco.-Slx hundred cases
Of eggs from Shanghai, China, were
included in the cargo Of the liner
Siberia, which just arrived here from
the Orient. These eggs we're admitted
duty free under the new tariff act
Under the scent tariff, 1000 eases of
Chinese eggs were received IN San
Francisco last year. Local merchants
say the total importation will reach
20. 900 cases during the ensuing year.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-22
BOY BURNED TO DEATH.
House Destroyed BY Fire While chiId't
Parents Were Away.

Hagerstown, Md.-Fire destroyed
the residence Of Charles Uttsey, near
Clevenburg, while Mr.. and Mrs. Uttsey
were away from home, and their four
year-old son persisted in the flames.
Returning home at night from Ship
pensburg, they found the house in
ashes. Their little daughter. who was
In the house when the fire broke out
and who was badly burned while at
tempting to escape, stated that an
overheated stove caused the fire, which
spread so rapidly that she was unable
to save her little brother.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-22
"eack to Farm" Problem.

Pottstown.-"Keep your boys and
girls on the farm and make farmers
and farmers wives out of Them" was
the advice given by Fred Card, of Syl-
vania, to the big assemblage of agri-
culturists at the Institute Of the North
Coventry Farmers Union in session at
Cedarville, They were most all will
ing to do this, but the puzzling ques-
ton with them was how to keep them
there.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-22
Start Eiaht In Union.

Lewisburg.-To fight the liquor traf-
fc by taking remonstrances into the
Court and asking for a dry county,
and to lndorse only candidates for the
Legislature who will pledge them
selves to vote against liquor was the
decision of more than 200 antl-saloon
workers from all parts Of Union Coun-
ty, who held an all-day session here.
Much enthusiasm was shown, and
many said that IL a vote was to be
taken liquor would be driven out of
the county.