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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-10
MOVING
ON BALT|M ORE
Advance Guard Already on Dem
ocratic National Battle
ground.
COMMITTEE OVERWHELMED
1t Has 100000 REQUESTS for
COMMITTEE OVERWHELMED
1t Has 100000 Requests for
Tickets, and Only 10000
to Distribute.

Baltimore, Md, Jun. 9.-Battimore
awaits the coming Of the 1000 dele
gates to the Democratic National Con-
venu.on the Preparations for which
practically have been completed. AL
r.ady the advance guard of boomers
for candidates for the presidential
nomination have pitched their camps
on the battle-ground, and ars laying
the final plans of campaign.
Trey Woodson. secretary OF the ma
tional COMMITTEES. will ba unabIe TO
meet Chairman Mack here tomorrow.
as planned. Iiis teiegraphed here to-
night that his wife was i'll In New
be in Baltimore for several days. Mr.
Woodson. as secretary Of the national
committee. has. charge Of tha notices
Of contests filed by certain delegations.
Applications for seats in the conven-
tlon hall are pouring in from prospec-
tive visitors from ali over the country.
and II was estimated tonight that
nearly 100000 requests for tickets had
been received AS there are about
$4,000 tickets to DE distributed. The COM
mittee is having it's difficulties In max
ing assignments.
Colonel John I. Martin sergeant.at-
arms of the Democratic National Com
n!ttce. came in tonight from st Louis
and VIII open the headquarters of the
national committee ahen Chairman
Mack arrives. During the week Chair
man Mack will consiier the numerous
applications for positions of doorkecp-
ers, assistant observation-disclosures, mes
sengcrs and pages OF the convention.
Inc convention hall stands in readiness
Tor the gathering OF delegates. Moth
ing remains to be done. and guards
have been thrown about the b,g arm
DRY building to prevent vandalism
Tests of the acoustic properties were
MADE to-day. and so well have the ar
chitects planned that a speaker only
slightly raising his voice can be plain
- heard in every part of the hall.
Owing to disturbances. incident to
the stevedores' strike here neccssitat-
| ing "A special detail OF police. Marshal
Farnan, OF the local police department
probab bly, Will call upon other large
cites for special detectives to assist
in watching the convention crowds.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-10
RAID At OCEAN VIEW.
Iwenfy-Sis RIrrrls OF Beer Found md
GnmblinE Device Seized

Especial TO The Times Dispatch
stable y. J. Eackus and nunS"-
% deputies made "a raid on alleged
Liquor and gambling joints AT ocea n
view this afternoon. Twenty-six bar.
and candy paddle concessions 'iovic"
struinent and the operator was arrest
strument and the operator wor arrest
"a. NO arrests we've made In the
places where the beer was seized
chief Backus said he was deter
,nlTed TO break up gambling and ylo-
Iatlons OF the liquor laws at Oyean
,nlew' and wou!S vigorously prosecute
the cases Justice Carrlirc val hoar
Inc cases nc- Wednesday,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-10
Killed nj Rond Cro.,Inr

Watertown y. Y, June az. F..
thinner. farmer of Evans Mills. and
his wife and their daughter, Ruth.
were killed and another daughter was
badly injured when the surrey in
which they were driving to church
to-day was struck BY train at a
railroad crossing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-10

Especial to'The Times Dispatch1
Norfolk. Va, June 9Th. bnd,, q,
an unknown negro man was found In
me Elizabeth River to-day OFF The
docks Of the Chesapeake ana Ohio
Railway.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-10
To the Editor Of The Times-Dispatch:

SirAs former citizen of Richmond, and continuing
payer have taken OF the discussion which has been going
for time the subject of competition be-
public corporations
have no disposition TO break into the discussion remember
as Reaemake in family fight But Richmond may find interest
SO venture to publish this chapter in history
When Newport News began be city the railway
port News Hampton phobu and Old Point and the Intervening
territory offered inviting field for exploitation And the
tons much competition and long string of financial disasters
The first road begun land boom affair fake
But there finally Hampton real aoad builder and he
built real line of road from Old Point Newport This
Grated this road without competition until w Payne believing
charter for road parallel Darling lines Before Mr.
Payne began build however negotiations opened up be-
purchased the Darling lines the lighting plant Hampton and
Point Railway and Electric Company.
he company was well backed financially Mr. Payne at
s ensf pafeed eo to Of 5o the e built
plants IN the South of that date He also replaced light rails
paved the along passed at cost % som n"
thing like 100000 Mr. anes company had good start and
it was pretty we'll loaded down with preferred stock But
ee ior competing Newport News to Cd Pont Mr.
s c company P d thought cheaper to buy this
ers SO | have heard profit of $4,000.
NJ But that was not ALL In another local company started
and the did Complaint had been made that tho
company was charging excessive rates and there popular
demand Tor competition The furnish
some Of the city lights and private lower rate
and the old company the cut 'P'
The plant finally Pittsburgh concern but in
OF eighteen months went into receivers hands,
SAID mat the salvage from plant that 100000 was
about s12ooo The result the failure and
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News Va. juno 1912
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-10
LONE LONG STRING OF
FINANCIAL DISASTERS"
But the Public Was the Greatest Sufferer .
THE RESULT OF COMPETITION IN PUBLIC
SERVICE. IN NEWPORT NEWS

Letter The Published Its Issue Of Sunday June
From Mr. W. Copeland Formerly for Many Years Editor Of
Editors Of The NewsLeader and The Richmond Vgan and
Editor aud Part Owner Of The Newport News TimesHera
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-20

ion for good health. As a tonic
S. S. S. has no equal and those who
are beginning to feel the need Of
such a medicine to fortify them
selves against the unpleasant con-
ditions which come with Snrino
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-20
SOUTH DAKOTA BOOSTERS.

Aberdeen, s. c., March 29.-Plans
for boosting South Dakota commerce.
ally, industrially and agriculturally
will be considered during the session
here today and tomorrow of a con-
vention Of the leading business men
and officials of the state. The meet.
ing was called by John D. Deets, COM
missioner of immigration. and the re-
Spouse from all over the state has
been enthusiastic.
Among those expected to deliver ad-
dresses during the two-day meeting
are the governors of South Dakota,
North Dakota, Minnesota and Mon
tana, James ]. Hill, Louis w. Hill and
other prominent railway men, The
convention is under the auspices of
the Northwestern Development league.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-20
HARTMAN MERGER SUIT.

Washington, March 20.-Answers
were filed today to the governments
brief in which the United States Su-
preme court is asked to dissolve the
Hartman railway merger of the Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific systems.
Oral arguments will probably be heard
by the Supreme court in about two
weeks. Encouragement Wickersham
is assisted by Frank b. Kellog and
Cardenio A. Severance as special as
sstants.
When the case is called by the ma
TONS highest tribunal the attorneys
for the government will argue that the
railway combination now sought to be
dissolved originated with Edward H
Hartman, Jacob H. Schiff and theil
associates. The merger brought under
a common control, it will be alleged
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-20
COMPARES ALLEN GANG
TO HARVESTER TRUST

ton would be shocked beyond express
sion.
Its citizenship would rise en- masse
and demand a just and sufficient pun
ishment for the members of the gang.
Apparently there are no such sensa-
tions over the news that the harves-
ter trust is to be granted an absolute
pardon for violating the Sherman anti
trust law and permitted to reorganize
under the abortive tobacco trust and
Standard Oil decisions, upon the plea
that it did not know the law. 1t gives
sort of deathbed repentance, as ex.
preston of sorrow for its criminal
acts of the past.
There is difference in degree be
tween the crime of the Allen gang and
! the harvester trust. In the underly
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-20


the Southern Pacific. Union Pacific
and Dedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake
railroads, the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company and other ocean zines which
form a part Of the Panama route from
New York to San Francisco In addi-
ton, it will be alleged, the merger in
terests secured an influential voice in
the management of the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe railway company, the
chief competitor of the Southern Pa
cific and Union Pacific in the far
West.
The government brief severely cas-
tigates the Circuit court of Appeals
for the Eighth circuit, which dismis-
sed the petition for the dissolution of
the merger This decision is attacked
because the court held the Union Pa
cific could not be a competitor of the
Southern Pacific by reason of the fact
that its traffic moved to California
points over the Southern Pacific from
Ogden, Utah.
rs it possible" the government at
torneys inquire, that the Union Pa
cifc, with its thousands of miles of
railway and steamship lines, reaching
from the Missouri river to San Fran
cisco and Portland, has no apprecia-
BILE effect on commerce in its competi.
ton with another complete system
reaching the same general territory
The government attorneys insist
that the trial court was in erorr in
holding that two railroads could not
be competitors unless the competitive
business could be handled by them
of there being no impairment of serv
ice, the government asserts the merg
err has resulted in the gross increase
of rates, the prevention of the con
struction of new lines into competitive
territory, and deterioration of serv
ice.
The rule of reason" applied by the
! Supreme court to the tobacco and OF
trust cases, is not applicable to the
Hartman merger, the attorneys fol
the government say.
1t is expected that the hearing o
the case will come at about the sam,
time as the annual meeting of South
ern Pacific stockholders, which is Sc
for two weeks from today.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-20
DEAFNESS CURED
When Caused BY Catarrh.

If you have ringing noises in your
ears, catarrh germs are making their
way from the nose to the ears through
the tubes.
Many cases of deafness caused by
catarrh have been cured by breathing
HYOMEI. 1t reaches the inflamed
membrane, heals the soreness and
banshes catarrh, which is the cause
of most deafness,
F. c. Vanaman, railroad conductor
Of Binghamton, N. Y, writes that he
was cured of deafness after specialists
lad failed
HYOMEI pronounce It High-o-me)
is guaranteed to cure catarrh coughs
colds. asthma, GROUP, and sore throat
or money back. Complete outfit with
inhaler $1.O0. Extra bottles so cents
Sold by THE OWL DRUG STORE
the enterprising pharmacists, and drug
gists everywhere.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-20
the BEST BLOOD PURIFIER
lis THE BEST TOXIC
The SWIFT SPECIFIC %, ATLANTA CA

by one set of men, the destruction of
competition by another set of men will
continue so long as there is any posi-
bility of the guilty escaping the conse-
quences of law against it.
IN the proposed Harvester trust dis
solution, its loud expressions of peni-
tence can no more remove competition
in farm machinery and implements
Than the repentance of the Allen gang
could breathe the breath of life into
the cold corpse OF Judge Massie.
If the department of justice should
place its dealings with the Harvester
trust puon the same diplomatic basis
as the state department does in its
treaty negotiations With sovereign
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-20

18th. From now on Wilson's dele
gates will begin to roll in.
The Wilson headquarters are in re-
ceipt of good reports from every Sec
zion OF the country, justifying their
claim that they will win out on the
first ballot at the Baltimore conven-
ton. New England q. is practically
solid for the New Jersey Executive,
and now that there is to be a Presi-
dental preferential primary in Massa-
chusetts the friends of the New Jer-
sey Executive expect to win many del
egates there. All reports from the
Southern states indicate that Cover
nor Wilson has gained strength there.
In Virginia the situation has improved
for Governor Wilson, while in Ken
lucky, where both Speaker Clark and
Chairman Underwood were born, the
trend is strongly in the direction of
the New Jersey Executive. A letter
from a prominent Kentuckian today
expressed the opinion that Governor
Wilson would have a majority of the
delegation from that state. All re.
ports from the West are of an equally
encouraging character. Gov. Wilson
is the only candidates for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination who is
making a contest in every state in the
Nation, and the news that is being
received from those who are leading
the fight in his behalf from every sec
ton is uniformly good.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-20

In our progressive civilization de-
struction of competition and consequent
restraint of trade though a less crime,
is in effect, as | said before, the same
in principle. As in the case of murder
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-20
ing principle, however, they are the

ing principle, however, they are the
anne. The fact that one is composed
CT rough, uneducated and cruel noun
taineers and the other men of intelli-
gence, education, refinement and
learned in questionable tricks, en-
hances, and does not lessen the offend
ing of the latter class.
Oil And Tobacco Trust UNAFFECTED.
The barren victories of tire govern
ment in the reorganization of the
Standard Oil and Tobacco trusts are
too well-known for calculation here.
Suffice it to say that these reorgan-
izations have resulted only in increas
ing the prices of the commodities con-
trolled by them and enhancing the
value of their securities.
The whole thing is questionable and
of doubtful propriety. To reorganize
a third trust along the same lines is
something | cannot see proceed quiet
ly to a elimination without vigorous
protest. This is particularly true with
respect to a corporation like the Har-
vester trust, affecting, directly, as it
does, the great farming class that en-
joys so few governmental privileges
and bears such a heavy part of the
burden of taxation. This class forms
the flesh and sinew of the nations
manhood.
What the American people want to
know and what the senate of the Uni
ted States should want to know is,
first, whether there has been any vio-
lation of the law by the Harvester
trust, and, second. if there has been,
why the men guilty of offending
against the laws should not be prose
cuted criminally. That is why | in
troduced my resolution.
The American people are no longer
deceived into believing greater compe-
tition exists in any industry when
several corporations, all dominated
or owned by the same financial inter
est, or when that industry is monop-
olized by a single corporation.
Reverting again TO the smile of the
Allen gang, every man, civilized OF
barbarous, knows that murder is a
most heinous crime Murder will
cease to be committed only when the
certainty of punishment of the guilty
inspires fear and respect for Law
aaginst it.
Can Not Right Wrongs.
In our progressive civilization de
struction of competition and consequent
restraint of trade though less crime
is in effect, as | said before, the same
in principle. AS in the case of murder
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-20
MAINE SOLONs In
EXTRA SESSION
To Revise Election Laws-Redistrict
State and Consider Liquor Leg
islation.

Special to The Ne1oS
Augusta, Me-, March 20.-At the call
of Gov. Frederick w. Plaisted, the
Maine legislature convened in special
session today to revise the election
laws, redistrict the state for the pur-
pose of electing representatives to
Congress, and to consider proposed
liquor legislation
The special session may also CON
slider a presidential preference pri-
mary act, but inasmuch as the Maine
constitution provides that no law can
go into effect until three months after
it's enactment there is no possibility
of the selection of the Maine delegates
to the Republican convention by pri-
maries.
In regard to election laws, Gov
Plaisted, who is a Democrat, says:
Our laws relating to the conduct
of elections, the making of returns to
the governor and council, the tabulat
| ing of such returns and the declara
ton of the result thereof, are uncer.
tain in their meaning and inadequate
! in substance. There is no provision
I in our statutes for an official inspec
ton of recount of ballots, or even TO!
the depositing of such ballots in a
place of safety. These defects in the
law become startlingly apparent after
the special election of last September
They will afford opportunity for over
riding the will of the people as ex
pressed at the polls 1t is imperative
that before we enter into another
statewide election a careful and thor
ough revision of these important laws
should be made by the Legislature.
Last fall Maine voted on the repea
of the prohibitory laws and the result
was a victory for prohibition by the
narrowest of margins. At first it was
thought that the state had gone wet,
but in the end prohibition was re
tanned on the statutes by very few
votes. In his recommendation to thu
legislature regarding liquor laws, Gov
Plaisted, who is understood to favo
local option rather than statewide pre-
hibition, says:
THE situation with regard to tn
prohibitory law and its enforcement
is the cause of universal complain
and criticism No thinking man i
Maine is satisfied with present col
, ditions. Those who are with the la
are dissatisfied with the manner
which it is enforced, Others regar
the law Itself as impracticable and il
capable of statewide enforcement
The problem is vital and pressing
The Legislature should find a near
to solve it, or, at least, should be alb
to submit to popular vote some one
, more possible solutions of it,"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-20
Managers Claim Wilson VIII
Have 800 Votes First Ballot
Special to The Ne,os.

oPccldf 10 The NeUs.
washington, D. c., March l9-Tbat
woodrow Wilson will have approx.
inlately 500 delegates when the Demo.
cratlc National Convention assemnios
=" DalIimore, June 25th, and that he
VIII De nominated on the first ballot
Is 'he claim of the campaign managers
u the New Jersey Executive at the
Nusey building quarters. There will
"e I'o94 delegates in the convention
ana $50 will be necessary for a choice
under the two-thirds rule.
In making this claim the Wilson
people did not enumerate states hut
they pointed out that in less than a
month the Pennsylvania primaries
would elect more Wilson delegates
IMAM are now claimed at tAe presen,
Time by all the otn.r candidates com
OIhed. Primaries ii pennsylvania arc
TO be held on April 18th, and although
delegate candidates have been an
hounced III every district n the state,
not candidate for delegate has Oh
lereu himself in opposition to Cover
nor Woodrow Wilson. The sentlmen,
IN pennsylvania is well-nigh unanimous
for Governor Wilson and there is no
doubt but that he will have the IS
delegates to be chosen to the Bati-
more convention.
1t is asserted by the Wilson cam
paigners that Speaker Clark has shot
his bolt. They emphasize the fact
that the Missouri, Oklahoma and Kan
sas state conventions were called far
in advance of the other state conyen-
lions in the expectation that the
Speaker would have the solid and
unanimous vote from those states and
would go to the country with such
prestige as might result. The Speak
er lost half of Oklahoma and just
skinned through in Kansas by a bare
23 majority in a convention of more
than 200 delegates. The results in
both states were surprising as well as
disappointing to the opposition to
Governor Wilson, who made a great
race in the home of Mr. Clark, in the
face of great odds.
The friends of Governor Wilson
had expected nothing in Kansas, and
were surprised when the convention
declared for him as its second choice
But for the imposition of the unit rule
the Wilson people would have had the
eight delegates from the four Con
gressional districts which they car
ried in the primaries and county con
ventions.
A number of state conventions anC
primaries will be held in the near flu
ture, beginning with Maine on the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-20

(Senator Luke Lea, in Commercial
Appeal.)
Washington, March 20,-The senate
has agreed upon a resolution intro
duced by myself, calling upon the de-
partment of justice for all correspon-
dence relating to the proposed reor-
ganization of the harvester trust with
out court action, in compliance with
the tobacco trust and Standard Oil
decisions by the United States Su
preme Court.
Should the press of the country pub
fish a scheme to pardon the Aller
gang of Virginia, because its mem
bers did not know what the law
against murder is, and individual,
end collectively are sorry for thu
crime they have committed, the ma
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-20

powers and refuse to give the senate
the information it asks for upon the
ground of public policy, the senate will
undoubtedly inform the attorney-gen-
eral that it will deliberate on the in
formation asked for in executive ses-
sion.
Such a thing would be a rather ex-
traordinary proceedings. II is not.
sowever, beyond the bounds of posi-
bility.
If the information the senate seeks
shows any criminal liability on the
part Of the Harvester trust officials a
resolution will be introduced calling
upon the encouragement to criminally
prosecute them as individuals.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-20
LENA OF LEAKE
WOULD BE VILLAGE

Jackson, Miss, March 20.-The Gov
ernor has received a petition for the
issuance of proclamation incorporat-
ing the village of Lena, in Leake coun-
ty. The population is estimated at
225, and the petitioners want their viii
lage one and one-fourth miles square,
which is probably large enough for
that number of Leake county citizens.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-20
LAKE SUPERIOR MEETING.

New York, March Stockholders
of the Lake Superior Iron & Chemical
Company met today in the general of
fees of the company in Wall street
for the annual meeting, at which
twelve directors will be elected and
other business transacted.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-20

CUT PRICES ALL THIS WEEK
During the Cooking School of all
our dinner sets, including the beauti-
full Austrian and HavaIn China. This
is your opportunity; see them.-THE
HAWKINS HARDWARE co.