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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-09
Meat Market Oratory.

A candid ate for congress had been
making q speech In one of the towns
of his district, where he was not we'll
known personally, and in the evening
while waiting for q train, he strayed
into a butcher shop, and, without say.
ing who he was, began to pump the
butcher to see how he stood.
"Did you hear that speech this
afternoon?" he inquired after some
general talk.
"Yes," replied the butcher, II was
there"
"What do you think of it?"
"Pshsw," said the honest butcher
"I've made q better speech than tina
q hundred times trying to cell Is cents
worth of soup bones"
The candidate concealed his identity
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-09
GOVERNOR HADLEY'S REASONS

In q recent number of q New York
weekly publication Gov. Herbert A.
Hadley of Missouri. who was Roose-
velt's floor manager at the republican
national convention 10 June, gives at
length his reasons for remaining in
the republican party. He denies that
the republican party has outlived It's
usefulness or that it 10 not in accord
with the progressive spirit OF the day
Ia regard to the charge that the re-
publican party is now dominated by
the special interests he says The real
question must be whether 1t is q more
difficult task to free the republican
party from the control of such men
than to organize a new party and
through it secure control OF the gov
eminent.
As to the matter of progressivism
the governor says: ~ believe a large
majority of the republican voters be-
lieve in progressive policies and prin'
ciples OF government and that those
voters can make their opinions efec-
tive through the existing party ma
chinery. And l believe that the sue.
cess of progressive principles can be
more promptly and effectively accom-.
plished through the republican party
than by the organization OF q third
party"
Speaking of the alleged abuses by
the republican national committee,
Governor Hadley inquiries what as
surauce have those who have Joined
in the formation OF q new party that
four years from now the members OF
the national committee Of that party
will not use, in come unfair way, their
authority as against delegates selected
in favor of come candidate for the
presidency. He argues that no party
can make itself proof against dis
honest, selfish and designing men
securing positions OF power or auth
GRITTY therein.
The governor declares that 1t is nc
more difficult to drive men who would
resort to unfair methods out OF posi-
lions of authority in the republican
party than to keep them out of q new
party, and he prefers to make the ct
fort before abandoning q party which,
he says, has q splendid record OF pub
lie services to its credit. He recapitu'
lates the republican platform, praises
ito progressive planks and concludes
"Speaking from . personal stand
point / have felt that, IS the head o.
the republican party In the fifth larg'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-09
Natures Protective Colors,

The caterpillar Of the lobster moth
has been pointed out as the most re-
markable example Of mimicry in ma
ture by Professor Mark Webb. 1t Is
an ant in appearance when first hatch
ed; then 1t looks like a leaf. and on be-
ing alarmed 1t shakes its %antennae in
close resemblance to a spider. Black
and white or black and yellow are ma
lures danger signals. Black and vel
low are warning colors of snakes and
wasps and Of caterpillars and butter
flies that birds do not eat. Other crea-
lures mimic the colors for protection,
the black and white of the young
cuckoo frightening away rats.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-09
STREET DUST DANGERS.
Flying Particles Cause Many Diseases
Of tho Respiratory Organs.

Flying Particles Cause Many Diseases
Of tho Respiratory Organs.
In a recent article published in Hy-
giene DR.. RAISER draws attention to
the considerable danger connected with
street dust, the action Of which on the
human organs Of respiration Is respon-
sible to a great extent for the origin
of tuberculosis and similar diseases of
the lungs and windpipe. But apart
from this kind Of trouble dangerous
chronic determinations of the eye
should be put down to the action OF
street dust. In fact. an increase In the
frequency of catarrhs has been observ-
ed with continued dry weather and a
reduction on the occurrence of the first
rain.
Under these conditions road engineer
ing, apart from its technical task, has
primarily to fulfill a sanitary task
| As the production of dust depends or
the fixing Of roads. a pavement com
plying with all hygienical require
| ments should be looked for. Asphalt
ed streets would seem to comply will
most OF CneSe COuulI1OuS. pIONIue>
there be an extensive and thorough re
moval Of waste matter, followed b.
an abundant s%prinkling Of the roa'
surface. Caoutchouc pavement, a
used with especial satisfactory result
in London, would seem to be most dc
sirable. DR.. RAISER does not seem t
think very highly of the sprinkling Q
roads with chemicals, such as salt
and tar. An ideal ear of layin
street dust which has been suggeste
Of late years is s%prinkling with a solr
ton Of sulphite pitch in water, whic
would seem to avoid any dust for q
least six weeks. Sulphite pitch Is oil
tanned as a byproduct in manufactul
ing cellulose.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-09
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS,
investigating Committee Hears Evil
dence From Several Witnesses,

investigating Committee Hears Evil
dence From Several Witnesses,
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The inan-
cial oper ations OF the Roosevelt forces
in the pre-convention campaign this
year and the finances of the progress
sive party. were the subjects up for
discussion when the senate contribu-
tons committee resumed it's hearing
here today.
E. 81. Hooker, treasurer of the pro-
gressive party, told the committee
that Charles r. Crane OF Chicago had
contributed $4,000 to Senator La
Follette's campaign fund and SO, 600
to Governor Wilson's fund prior to
the Baltimore convention, practically
at the same time.
William Finn of Pitts burg testified
that he had personally contributed 80
per cent of the money for Colouel
Roosevelt's primary campaign in
Pennsylvania. He gave Sl02, 900 to
the fund of which s28, 600 was spent in
Pittsburg.
Mr.. Finn declared he would pro.
duce before the committee J. G. Slain,
q man who without his authority, had
signed Films name to q TELEGRAM to
the Standard Oil company, asking
support for q seat in the senate. This
was one of the kilograms produced by
Senator Penrose when he made his
sens ational charges against Finn.
Mr.. Hooker appeared and said be
had acted informally as national treas.
urer of the Roosevelt organic alton in
the preconvention campaign. He
placed in evidence a statement OF all
receipts and expenditures in the
Roosevelt primary campaign in New
York city.
The statement filed by Mr.. Hooker,
covering the national expenses of the
Roosevelt primary campaign, showed
q total OF sl43. 999. 81 in the fight pre-
ceding the Chicago convention. The
greatest expenditure by the nationa
| organic alton was in Massachusetts, tt
which S52, 900 was sent for the primary
fight.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-09
A PURE SHOE LAW.

When hides we're placed upon the
free list in the Payne.Aldrich law, IL
was supposed or at least the public
was led to believe, the price OF shoes
would be reduced, but such, however,
was not the result. Within sixty days
after the law went into effect the price
was advanced about 20 per cent, aud
since that time there has been another
advance. The placing OF hides on
the free list was giving to the shoe
manufacturers free raw material,
which by all the rules of trade. should
have meant the lowering OF the price
of shoes, at least, less the amount OF
duty on hides. When the shoe men
we're put to the test, as to why they
would not reduce the price, they re.
piled by saying that they would util-
ize the money saved by the removal
OF the duty on the raw material into
making better shoes, which they have
not done. There are more inferior
shoes made today in the United States
and sold as all leather than IN any
other Eve nations ia the world. This
is evidenced by the large importation
of English made shoes to this country
within the last two years, notwith-
standing the high tariff.
The state of Louisiana has passed
q law which ia known as the "pure
shoe law" For q number of years
the shoe manufacturers have been US.
Ing imitation leather, which is the
cheapest possible material that can
20 in the manufacture OF shoes. The
Louisiana law provides that where
there is material in the shoe that is
not genuine leather, 1t must be stamp
ed with metal dye In plain view on
the outside OF the outsole OF the boot
or shoe, and what substitute for
leather Ia used in the manufacture.
In other words the people are knowing
exactly what they are buying. This
is the first time that sensible action
has been taken on the question Of
shoes in the United States, and 1t IL
hoped that every other state will pass
similar laws. The manufacturer o.
shoes are using paper and straw board
most extensively and shoes that are
made of these material i cost from 20 te
40 cents less per pair to manufacture
Victor Murdoch is the author of .
bill pending in congress which pro
vides for similar treatment by manu-
facturers of shoddy wooden goods
that they must stamp on every yard o
the cloth the amount of cotton an
shoddy that is used. This would be
wholesome law, as the wooden MANI
tacturers are today MANUFACTURED
and selling goods that are made c
about one third wool and the REMAND
err OF cotton and shoddy, yet cold to
all wool.-Helena Independent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-09
New Stamps For Parcels Post

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-Arrange.
ments have been made by Postm aster
General Hitchcock for the engraving
and manufacturing of q series Of
twelve stamps unique in size and
novel in design, for exclusive use in
forwarding packages by the parcels
post. Under the law recently enacted
by congress-, ordinary stamps cannot
be used for this purpose. The parcels
post stamps will be larger than the
ordinary stamps and will be so dis
tinctive in color and design as to avert
any possible confusion with stamps
now in use.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-09

eat republican state In the Union and
the largest republican state west OF
the Mississippi, as the captain of the
ship for the time being, I should not
be among the first to abandon it. and
that I should not abandon 1t at all
unless fully convinced that 1t is going
down."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-09
Livestock Values Advance.

WASHINGTON, Oct. Beef cattle,
veal calves. hogs, sheep, lambs, milch
cows and horses brought substantial
ly higher prices to the producers on
September last than Q year before,
though hogs and sheep brought less
than two years ago. This showing in.
dicative of the relation Of agriculture
to the high cost of living, was made in a
report of the department OF agriculture
Issued today on the average price Of
agricultural products.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-09
Both ANNOYING.

1.-TWO things make my vile awful
mad"
"What are theyY'
ITO get ready for company that
doesn't come and to have company
come when she isn't ready."-Phila.
delphia Inquirer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-03-07
FUTURE CLOVIS FOR
/ YOUNG VANDERBILT T
Scion of Famous Family As
sumes Hereditary Position

NEW YORK, March 6.--W. X. Van
derbilt Jr.. "a years DID, was today
elected vice president of the New York
Central and Hudson River and the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
companies
Vanderbilt for the last six years held
various positions with the lines which
his forbears developed, and since 1909
has been assistant in an executive ca
paeity to President Brown of the New
York Central.
Last summer, while Brown was in
Europe, he assumed the full duties Of
the presidency.
It was said at the New York Central
Offices today that Vanderbilt would be
elected vice president OF the all the
subsidiaries of the company.
According to Wall street rumors. the
young capitalist Is destined eventually
to be president OF the system.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-03-07
CRIMINAL SUIT
IS SIHREATENING
SHIPPING TRUST
Officers of Almost All Atlantic
and Pacific Companies
Implicated
u. S. Authorities Predict Big
gest Action Ever Started
by Government
TSpec;ol Dispoich 10 The Call

Wv WASHINGTON March 2.-The
M I department of justice is pre-
" " pairing for vigorous prose-
cutton OF the shipping trust.
1t will be the biggest criminal action"
ever undertaken by the United States
government. according to an official.
This action is the result of federal
grand jury indictments. The evidence.
accumulated after more than years
secret Investigation. concerns. among
others, some OF the Transatlantic com
panies.
The names of J. Pierpont Morgan and
OF officers of the Hamburg American
Steamship line figured in the hearings
before the New York grand jury.
Evidence was produced before the
grand 5uries which convinced the in
quisitors that the officers OF all except
two or three of the trans Atlantic
steamship companies and a majority of
the trans Pacific steamship companies
have, by living up TO the pool agree
ments. violated the anti-trust law.
The case in Juneau. Alaska. is being
conducted by Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Fowler. through John Rustgard,
United States attorney for Juneau. 1t
became known today that half dozen
officers of the Pacific steamship COM
panies were arrested several days ago
at the request of the department of JUS
tice. Their arrests were made In con-
nection with the action against the
trust.
The government official, who spoke OF
the case as the biggest ever said
tonight that some OF the most power
full financiers in New York and Europe
were parties to the action.
The transcontinental railroads are in
volved because OF the charge that they
arc parties to the agreements for the
maintenance of pool rates from points
In Europe to points in the west and
beyond the Pacific coast.
The Great Northern. the James J..
Hill route. is credited with being a
party to the agreement, as is also the
Hill steamship line out of Seattle and
the Pacific Mail Steamship company.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-03-07
MESSAGE ABSOLVES
PRISONER OF ARSON
Lodging House Keeper Con
victed, but Former Tenant
Wires "He Is Innocent"
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

Especial Dispatch 10 The Call
Los ANGELES. March 6.-Facing q
prison sentence following his convic-
tion on a charge of arson, Robert F
White probably will be saved through
the telegraphic confession of man ir
San Francisco signing the dispatch IN
Collins
Collins also sent letter in which he
said that he was paid to do the job, and
that White was innocent. The tele-
gram reads:
white is innocent. but revenge is
sweet
The letter and telegram were sent
December Il, but were kept secret un-
til an investig cation was made. Judge
Mccormick today continued the case
until March II instead of passing sen.
tence.
Collins lodged in Whites lodging
house atLong Beach White. had trouble
with him over smoking cigarettes ir
the house. Later the house was burned
and White was arrested on the arsor
charge.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-03-07
COME, FLY WITH me-
IS AVIATOR DARE
Miss Jennie Croker and Others
of Coronado Polo Set May
Accept Challenge
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

Especial Dispatch 10 The Cail]
CORONADO. March 6.-W. b. At
water has issued an open invitation"
to any member of the fair sex at Hotel
del Coronado to accompany him on a
flight over the bay on the first clear
day. Mrs. Eugene Murphy Miss Elco-
nora Sears and Miss Jennie Crocker
are named as possible candidates
Miss. Sears already has had some ex-
perience as a birdwoman, having taken
several trial flights at Newport with
Claude Grahame White, the English
aviator.
Atwater Will make a flight tomorrow
if the weather permits and will be
accompanied by Manager III. w. Wills
of the Hotel del Coronado, who will at
tempt to drop bouquet of flowers into
the court in the center of the hotel
buildings
Mrs. Atwater. who IS the widow of
the late Senator Platt, has accompa-
MED her husband in several flights
over Coronado, and If the women Of
the polo set desire she will go up first
to give them confidence
Mrs. William Bowers Bourn arrived
at the hotel last night and was accom-
panied by Miss Ethel Crocker. Mr.. and
Mrs. William II. crocker are expected
later in the week.
Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbilt and
party arrived today in a private car
and came direct to the hotel The
others in the party are Mr.. and Mrs.
f. L. Ames. w. P. Breeden and G. G.
Amory.
joined the polo colony here last night.
Harry Simkins Of San Francisco
ioiued the polo coloney hereAlast night.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-03-07
Vanderbilt Jewels,
Taken From Gladys,
Located in Garage.
ISpceial Dispatch 10 The Call

ISpccial Dispatch 10 The Call
LONDON. March 6.-The Lon
don Daily Mail received tonight
from It's correspondent In Vienna
a dispatch to the ecect that a
daring thief succeeded In steal
ing from the residence of the
Countess Szechenyi in Budapest
jewels valued at 100000
The Countess Szechenyi, who
before her marriage was Miss
Gladys Vanderbilt, daughter of
the late Cornelius Vanderbilt of
New York, has a magnificent es-
tate near Budapest, where she
remains a large part Of the win
ter. She frequently wears a
large number of gems. many of
which are from the Vanderbilt
collection, and 1t is supposed
that they tempted the thief
When the garage was searched
a bundle carefully concealed be-
hind a barrel was found. 1t
contained jewels that were taken
to the countess, who identified
them.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-03-07
PASTORS SERMON WINS
APPOINTMENT BY TAFT
Monterey Preacher Is Named
Chaplain in u. S. Army
Especial Dispnicn 10 The Cell

lSpGCtui DisPutGH 10 Hc %GdI
MONTEREY, March 6.-President
Taft's remembrance of sermon he
heard in Merced three years ago and
of the minister who delivered it re-
suited in the appointment today of Rev
James Miles Webb. formerly of Merced
but now pastor OF Presbyterian
church here. as chaplain in the United
States army.
Rev Mr.. Webb was the minister
whose talk appealed to the president
He had invited Taft to visit his church
when the chief executive was on his
way to the Yosemite valley, the invita-
ton being accepted.
The new chaplain succeeds Rev. Jo-
seph il. Sutherland, PRESBYTERIAN
minister, who has been retired from
the service because of physical dis
ability. II is a federal rule that chap
lains must be of the same denomination
as their predecessors.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-03-07
GIRLS DEATH CAUSED
BY A SPRAINED ANKLE
End Comes After Amputation of
the Foot
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

Especial Dispatch 10 The Call
FRESNO. March ga sprained ankle
received last November resulted today
in the death of Vera Stark, the ] 5 year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Stark of this city.
The little girl was playing ball on
a local school ground. when she turned
her ankle. She was carried to her
home and her ankle began to swell.
She never left her bed.
In November the ankle was lanced,
and a few days later it became neces-
sary to amputate the foot
Since the amputation the little girl
has suffered great agony, which was
only relieved by her death.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-03-07
MITCHELL WON'T GIVE
WORD HE'LL BE GOOD

WASHINGTON. March s-John
Mitchell. vice president of the Ameri-
car Federation of Labor. today de-
clined to give TO Judge Wright of the
supreme court of the District OF Column
bia any assurance that he expected
hereafter to lend adherence to the de-
crees OF the judicial tribunals of this
land" To do 80, he declared, would be
an admission that he had heretofore
failed TO comply with lawful decrees.
Mitchell said he had rather be convicted
OF contempt than be acquitted on any
other ground than the facts In the
case.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-03-07
RUPTURE IMMINENT,
FRANCE AND SPAIN

PARIS. March GA rupture between
France and Spain Is imminent unless
Spain shows q more conciliatory dis
position in the negotiations on the sub
ject Of Morocco, according to Paris
newspapers. Premier Raymond Poin-
caire today had special conference
with ]. Perez-Caballero, the Spanish
4 ambassadors to France. to discuss the
situation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-03-07
VASSAR VOTES WESTERN
GIRLS THE PRETTIEST
Two CaIifornians to Help Bear
Daisy Chain
TSpeciol Dispoich 10 The Call |

PoUGHKEEPsIE N. r., March S.
At meeting of the vassar college
sophomore class today. the president
announced the list OF girls chosen to
bear the famous daisy chain at the
class day exercises in June.
Among them are Miss Corona B.
Williams OF Berkeley, Cal. and Miss
RosaIind Fleming Of San BernardiAo.
Cal.
Tho daisy chain>has been feature OF
the vassar college class day for years,
the girls selected being the prettiest
ones OF the class