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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-12
TRUSTS FINANCIAL
METHODS SHOWN
PRoBERS TAKE TESTIMONY ON
CONCENTRATION OF MONEY
AND CREDIT"
w. E. r e rs
Declares Five Men Control Two OF
Largest Financial Institutions
Denies Morgan In
fiuences.

Washington, Dec. 12.-The first tes-
timony as to concentration of money
and credit was heard by the house
banking and currency committee in
its investigation of the so-called
money trust. w. e. Frew, president
OF the Corn Exchange bank of New
York and chairman of the New York
clearing house committee occupying
the stand throughout the day.
Mr.. Frew was put through a Cruel
ling examination by Saml Untermyer,
counsel for the committee. Through
Mr.. Frew, Mr.. Untermyer put into the
record evidence of trust agreements
by which five men control two of
New York's greatest financial institu-
lions, the Bankers Trust company and
the Guarantee Trust company, with
aggregate deposits of nearly $500. 000,-
900.
The Bankers Trust, Mr.. Frew said,
was controlled by IL. p. Dawson,
George b. Case and Daniel G.. Reid,
the Guarantee company by III. p. Dav-
ison, George F. Baker and VIM. p.
Porter.
Men are In Control.
These men hold and vote all of the
stock of the companies, except enough
TO allow a board of directors to quail
ny, and under the trust agreements
have absolute authority over the af-
fairs of the companies, even to the
acquisition of merger of other institu-
tons.
Mr.. Untermyer also secured from
Mr.. Frew a description of the method
by which money was attracted to
New York when small country mer-
chants and farmers demand funds for
the moving of crops or the accommo-
dation of their business affairs.
Mr.. Frew said that the money was
needed on the New York stock ex.
change for speculative purposes; that
country banks kept large sums on de-
post in New York; that when the
home demand for money became
strong, the New York price of money
rose, and the country banks, in order
to gain the big interest charges, put
their money out in call loans on the
New York stock exchange. All Of
these loans are based on stock ex-
change collateral, Mr.. Untermyer
elected.
Denies Morgan influences.
When Mr.. Untermyer ~endeavored to-
attribute the enormous growth of the
Bankers Trust company to the in
fiuence of J. p. Morgan and company
Mr.. Frew objected and the lawyer
grew bitter.
He finally pinned the witness down
to the admission that the Morgan
influence" might have aided the COM
pany. Mr.. Untermyer connected up
Messrs. Dawson, Case and Porter with
the Morgan company.
The day ended in a discussion In
which Mr.. Frew, through his counsel.
Charles f.. Rushmore, demanded the
opportunity to make certain explana-
tons to his position in regard to the
clearing house provisions whereby
New York banks must charge a uni
form rate for the collection OF out-of-
town checks.
Mr.. Untermyer characterized this
rule a. . usurpation Of the poYsr Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09
CANNOT STOP FLOW OF
TITANIC RELIEF GOLD
Special Correspondence Of To Star.

LONDON. May %, 1912.
A 8 generally happens in this country,
not too little. but too much money
has been subscribed by the public for the
relief of the sufferers by the Titanic dis
aster. The lord mayors fund now
amounts to more than 81 800. 0O0 which is
q lot more than is needed, but still sub
scriptions keep pouring In. and 1t has just
been announced that the big surplus that
is likely to remain after all the victims
Of the recent disaster have been helped
will be placed in the hands OF the public
trustee, and will be available In future
emergencies of the same kind.
This will mean still another addition
to the colossal sum of money which Is ly-
ing, ownerless, in this country. In the
vaults of the Bank Of England alone is
over $5.OOO,OOO whose owners are un-
known and which is doing nobody any
good. This represents unclaimed dividends
on debtors estates. trustees in bank
ruptcy having been compelled. some years
ago, to pay into the bank such sums as
had been in their hands for six months.
A wonderful stream of gold forthwith
began to trickle into the Golfers of the Old
Lady of Threadneedle street, and ulti-
mately amounted to the sum mentioned
above.
What the cash in the hands of ordinary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09
The Gentle Cynic.

There's nothing that makes our troubles
grow like telling them.
Some people only measure good time
by the price they pay for II.
The man who is as steady as clock
work isn't the one who lives on tick.
Hone should always be equipped with q
parachute attachment to let US down
easy.
woman is all right in her way, pro-
yided IL is her own way
The base ball magnate isn't always a
diamond in the rough.
Most people would rather be forgiven
than forgotten.
Even cold cash Is apt to melt in this
kind Of weather.
The early worm catches the obituary
notice.
Some men never display any originate
ty, even in making mistakes.
A young girl regards love as the most
serious thing in the world-the first time.
Some people come to grief. and others
are quite satisfied to let ii overtalle them.
Even when he is in clover the pessimist
always has a hunch that he is going to
contract hay fever.
There's no use i'm going out for the dust
unless you have certain amount OF sand
to begin with.
A man never catches any fish with the
yarn he spins about them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09
At Night
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE.

When all the worlds asleep I some
times take my stick and walk out to see
what old nature is doing while she is
not being watched. =,
Yes, it is going on 3. the eternal mill
of things, the ceaseless workshop In
which there is no eight-hour law. GRAY
itation does not sleep, nor heat, nor light,
nor electricity. nor lives. nor the wheel
ing heavens. nor God. !.
The young moon Is holding high her
torch. Ships of clouds sail by bearing
cargoes Of shadows. All the streets o.
heaven are lit. Orion's buttons are glis-
tening bright
Around me the breezes are moving.
whispering some hint to the trees. which
nod knowingly. / wonder what 1t is all
about / am an outsider. i do not know
what is going on in the conspiracy OF
things.
Yonder Is the church tower. bold
against the sky The chimes play a lit
tie tune, ushering in the hour-strokes,
which speak in a deeper voice-one, two
three.
l wonder how many hear that voice!
Perhaps in one of the houses around me
is a fevered one, counting, thinking how
1t strike 2, thinking how many more
cons and centuries there are to come
before morning light.
The bell in the tower is the rendez-
vous of souls.
How different the city street looks by
moonlight! The shadows are thicker.
their edges keener. The paving stones
are whittier.
There are many things I cannot see
that by daylight / could see But also
some things come out clearer now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09

never noticed the line of that roof be-
fore, nor the contour Of that tree. That
statue at the corner also has a new pose
apparently.
Even so there are things surging up
In me that I knew not in the press Of
the days affairs. There is a sensation
Of smallness. l am SO little. face to
face with the somber silence of the
houses, the mightiness of the great town
above My soul feels like raindrop
must feel falling into the ocean.
There is sense of my extraneousness
my outsideness to everything Nescience
Expresses me, just as in the daytime
science Expresses me- How vast Is that
universe which ! do not know at all!
/ am stranger. l do not know what
the cosmos is all about. What is this
huge machine wherein 1 walk, not know
ing why | am here, nor where nor when
/ am going away?
A sense of the infinite purposes of the
universe invades me. 1t is all part
of some gigantic plan. The swa wing
leaves of that tree, the loud laugh OF
those night revelers / hear in the dis
lance, the weaving stars. the thin moon
pinions and shafts of the overpowerine
machine, each of us going his appointed
way for some reason, but what?
l am confronting the everlasting rid
dle-Nature. l am before the stone
Tipped sphynx-Nature.
I can only wonder at night DAYTIME
| think / can know few things.
But at night / can only wonder Per-
haps that. too, is natures intention.
For from wonder it is only a step to
worship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09

far William r. Thompson of that city
has cinch for the head position. He
tried to make It when Cornwell was
named eight years ago, and made no eff
fort when Lewis Bennett got it four years
ago, but he has decided to come back.
and the organization men say he will
make a good candidate. They realize
the strength Of Hatfield, but say Thomp-
son is even more popular in the same
territory.
Much will be heard of the character of
the vote In that southern section during
the campaign. 1t formed the basis Tor
the white mans party cry a few years
ago The democrats used their control
Of the legislature to get a law providing
for bipartisan board Of registration Of
ficers, which will be in effect this fall
for the first time and which they say VIII
be of peculiar benefit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09
HAS EASY VICTORY
Majority for Hatfield in. West
Virginia a Surprise.
BEAT SWISHER BY 10000
Little Interest in Rest of Ticket
Shown by Republicans.
CLARK SENTIMENT GENERAL
Watson and Chiffon Interests Show
Perfect Control of Democratic
Delegate Conventions.
BEAT SWISHER BY 10000
CLARK SENTIMENT GENERAL
Special DISPATCH to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WHEELING w Va. June S-The sur
prise of the week In West Virginia was
the majorities given DR. Hatfield for gov
ernor in the republican state primary.
The Mcdowell county physician was fully
10000 TO the good over Swisher. his next
competitor. while Dillon was a disap-
pointing third. There was little popular
interest in the composition of the rest OF
the ticket. and because OF that fact the
experiment Of state primary is not sat
isfactory to the people. who argue for the
deliberate choices convention offers.
The democratic delegate conventions
showed perfect control of the situation by
the organization represented by Senator's
Watson and Chiffon. The Woodrow Wilson
men did not have look-:n. and, except
In the Wheeling district. did not make a
fight. Champ Clark sentiment predomi-
mated and the Speakers popularity was
used to secure instructions in the second
district where John t. McGraw pro-
fcssed Wilson man, was named In COM
pany with John j. Cornwall. Clark
boomer.
1t is a question II Clark instructions
would have been forced through in that
convention if il were not a play to honor
McGraw on the one hand and to show to
the county at large that his selection had
no relation to the Wilson movement.
McCrraw is, therefore, bound Clark man,
and the incident put an end to any
further Wilson propaganda in this state
Sought to Preserve Harmony.
The new democratic leaders distributed
the delegate favors with a certain har-
mony in view. McGraw. Andrew Edmis-
ton, Lewis Tavenner and Lawrence f.
Tierney were among those present
when the legislature had two senators
ships to hand out. and naturally they had
some disappointments requiring healing.
II was good politics on the part of the
Watson Chiffon organization 10 consider
them favorably for Baltimore hcnors and
reflected the strategy which Is every
where marking that organization in its
efforts to keep down fight that will be
any obstacle in the way of democratic
success and the return of Watson to the
Senate In fact. il is believed the last of
McGraw as an active opponent has been
heard, the program of appeasement In
GLIDING a return of McGraw as national
committeeman.
The democratic conventions We're fea-
tured also by the outpouring of many
more or less influential old-timers who
were disposed to be indifferent or mac
tive in the Bryan campaigns. Democrats
are generally shifting the air as though
victory is in sight The leaders are coun-
selling harmony at every turn. They are
practicing il as well as preaching it. For
that reason they have declined to push
instructions where unnecessary, but, as
matter of fact the leaders have other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09
Napoleon at st. Helena.

Napoleon at ST. Henela" is the title of
another book describing the life of the
great emperor on that island. The author
is NJ. Frederic Mason. who has devoted
the greater part of his life to his hero.
and the new book depicts the sensations
of the emperor under the surveillance OF
1.-THE infamous Lowe on this frightful
rock" This rock would appear to have
been marked out by the inscrutable hand
Of destiny to be the prison of the great
conqueror. For. it is curious to note. that
in 1888, when Napoleon was lieutenant,
he wrote in an exercise book on geogra-
ply notes on various British possessions.
Among the places jotted down is ST. He
lena. little island. 1t has page to
itself, and the only words written thereon
were ..St. Helena. a little island" The
blank space leaves one wondering.
NJ. Mason. in a conversation with
correspondent of the Temps, said that in
his book he had placed himself at the
point of view of the English as well as
of the admirers of Napoleon. He be-
lieved he had been just to all the actors.
even to Lowe. who had formal instruc-
tions and had followed them, a slave to
his orders. Up to 1918 1t was easy to fol-
low the life Of the emperor After thai:
with the departure of Las Casas and
Gourgand the Information is, according
to NJ Mason. suspect. Lowe organized
a siege of silence. and the emperor felt
himself abandoned. He wished to die as
an emperor. and that Is why he insisted
without ceasing that he was an emperor.
NJ Mason says Napoleon left some
notes IN his own handwriting. They are.
however. illegible and incomprehensible.
and their secret may never be penetrated.
Napoleon wrote his testament during
these last days and NJ. Mason promises
q new volume on this subject. for which
he has collected all the documents. In
these hours all Napoleon's life passed be-
fore him. He remembered everything,
those who were his friends, his servants
ana HIS co-workers. He must have been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09
Well Meaning Bride.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Darling" said the young bride, 81
don't mind your going to base ball
games
Thank you. dearie," he said.
But there is one thing I wish you'd
do"
And what is that?' he inquired.
when the team is going to play an
extra inning game / want you to call me
up beforehand SO that will know when
to have supper ready"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09
Attached to Great Britain.

Among the questions to be discussed by
the two governments are affairs in the
east the Italo-Turkish war, the Bagdad
railroad and certain matters in Africa.
1t is pointed out that an understanding
on these matters can do nothing but
good.
I'VE have for Great Britain" says the
senator. the sentiments of attachment
which she has for us. The sincerity of
our friendship is appreciated at its worth
by the British ambassador, Sir Francis
BERTHE. Just as he represents the policy
of the government of George ", the
eminent diplomat remains faithful to the
work of Edward VII. That is why il
can be stated with some assurance that
the entente cordiale remains intact
1t is argued that IL Germany adapts
herself to this condition of things, 1t will
be good for the peace of the world But
If Baron Won Marschall Bieberstein mis-
sion Is to attack the Anglo-F French posi-
ton, 1t can be stated with certainty that
his efforts are doomed to failure.
M. Fallieres, in the calm of his retreat
at Rambouilet. is writing a book. 1t is
to be published In 1915. the year after
the term of his presidency expires. It's
and its contents are just as unpretentious.
1t is scarcely biographical, nor is II ex-
actly philosophical. 1t Is rather a col
lection of anecdotes. seasoned with humor
and observation. on men and things en-
countered by the president in his long
political career. La Vie Parisienne says
it will astonish everybody by its easy
familiarity and good nature. The color
and sunshine of the south are reflected
in its pages, for, like so many prominent
politicians in France, NJ. Fallieres is a
Meridoual.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09

trustees in the country amounts to can
only be guessed at, but it must be a
staggering figure. Solicitors alone hold
an enormous amount for which they can
and police court missionaries also are in
possession of money to which nobody
lays claim. A typical example is furnish
ed by a recent pathetic case which was
reported in the newspapers. Donations
Tor the relief of its heroine were sent
from all parts OF the country to the
magistrate before whom her case had
come. the total amount thus forwarded
much of 1t anonymously-being more than
$500 After S115 had been paid to the
woman she died, leaving no known rela-
tives. and the balance is still held by the
magistrate.
It is the almost invariable rule for big
public relief funds-like the Titanic one
as a result huge SURPRISES are still In the
hands of trustees. who don't know what
to do with them. For the relief Of suf-
ferers through the disaster at Hartley
collfery in 1862. for instance. over 1885, 600
was subscribed. This was 50 much in
excess of requirements that 100000 was
at once set aside for the benefit Of those
who should be bereaved by other acct
dents in coal mines. Since then all
claims on the funds have been met, but
still was an unwanted balance Of 1920, 600
Another fund much oversubscribed was
that In connection with the disaster at
the Oaks pit. near Barnsley. in 1855, the
surplus now in the hands of the trustees
amounting to $4,000. There was, again.
more than enough money for sufferers by
the Llanerch colliery explosion in $780,
and for women and children of the men
killed at Abercorn. A few years ago the
trustees of the two funds had nearly
$3.50. 600 more than they wanted.
Sometimes money remains in the hands
Of trustees long after all the people for
whom it was subscribed are dead. A
case of this kind was the Newbury ex-
plosion relief fund, the final balance of
which is $3.50. 1t seems surprising that
such SURPRISES exist, and the reason Of it
Is, that as a rule. the amount subscribed
is capitalized and interest only paid for
the relief of the widows and orphans.
The subscribers generally have no idea Of
this, but it is so, nevertheless
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09
EYE ON HER RIVALS
France Watches Politics of
Germany and England.
NEW BOOK ON NAPOLEON
Life Of the Emperor at St. Helena Is
Being Described.
REPORTS CAUSE AMUSEMENT
Section of French Police Supposed
to Watch Anarchists Devotes
Time to Others.

Special Cabl.gram to The Star.
PARIS. June S.-Nothing is Of greater
political interest to France at present
than the relations between England and
Germany and their probable evolution,
and NJ. Gervias. the well known member
of the French senate, one of the most
astute statesmen In France, has just
thrown a most interesting light on Anglo
German relations.
Senator Gervias has no doubt that as a
result of Lord Haldane's visit to Berlin
an attempt has been made to enter into
political arrangement. And ne is
equally certain that the British govern
ment will do nothing to compromise the
amicable relations that exist between
Great Britain and France.
This. to the mind Cf Senator Gervias,
has been a deception to the German
government after an attempt to come to
an understanding on the limitation of
ornaments. After the negative result OF
Lord Haldane's mission, IT seems that a
fresh effort is to be made to attain
the result desired in Berlin. 1t is with
this object in view that Baron Won Mar
schall Biebertstein has been appointed
German afnba SsadOr in London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09

1t matters little what 1t is that you
want-whether a situation or a servant
"a want ad in The Star will reach the
person who will fill your need
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09
Distinction for Diplomatist.

The departure from the Portuguese
legation of Senior Don j. da Camara
Manoel, the very popular councillor and
first secretary, removes from London So
ciety the diplomatist who has perhaps
the longest record of any In London.
Actually he has been at the legation for
nearly twelve years. having come to this
country soon after the beginning of the
African war, when he had already served
as apprenticeship of fifteen years in the
consular and diplomatic service of his
own country. He has had the unusual
distinction of holding Office both under a
monarchy and a republic, for he knew
and served King Charles well, and the
republic recognized his merit by retaining
him at his post in Gloucester place. even
when the Marquis de Several had left.
Senior Manoel will receive higher post
in some other country, SO his stay in Lis
bon will be short. He has done all the
practical work Of the legation In London
for a long time. for Marquis de Several
left a great deal to his assistant. more
particularly all the routine business of
the many negotiations which have taken
place between this country and Portugal
since 1900. 1t is doubtful If any diplo-
matist will ever remain again as long in
one country as Senior Manoel. for the
tendency nowadays is to make frequent
changes. SO as not to allow too intimate
associations to affect points of view