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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-08-09
Charged WIN Making s'1 tss|
Trust CeatId Absolute.
REPORT Of INVESTIGATORS
DltI'sn Dollar corpsration Accused u
un-Ainsriean has<Asds; IT, tho
"rr..tm..nt ;.,f4mpil.,y... .

Washington, Aug. 3.-1orm1t Prsaa-
Asnk Raos,xsk Il :iadtetsd fiof making
the eentrd ee H. "etedo tu,<'t e8ao-
lutte and tho United States Steel cor
poration IL hayed 70 m snsmy OF labor
in tho majority report OF the Stanley
steel trust'' Investigation committee
Of tho house: O y .:'...:.,..tt.
Methods >uncAmerican and foreign
to the best interests Of Labor are laid
at the door Of the corporation and It Is
accused Of lowering tho sociological
conditions Of its employees.
J. P. Morgan and his associates are
held up as being the benedciaries of
enormous profits realized from tho
overcapitalization of the subsidiary
companies and later of the corporation
itself.
Judge E. H. Gary and his dinners to
steel manufacturers are credited with
a scheme by which prices and terri
tory were controlled by the trust after
pooling agreements were discarded.
Principal stockholders Of the cor.
poration are accused Of exertinS a
powerful and injurious influence on
the business of the United States by
means Of control exercised through in
terlocking directorates Of railway and
industrial organizations.
The, activity OF the corporation In
politics is laid bare and its influence
described. The trust as a tariff bene-
qctary is touched upon by the Demo-
Gratis.
Remedial Legislation Suggested.
Three bills, outlining trust curbs,
were presented with the report. One
provides for amendment OF the Sher-
man law to place the burden of proof
upon defendant corporations charged
with restraint of trade. Control Of
80 per cent of any business is made
prima facie evidence OF guilt. Another
provision gives each state and any
individual the right to bring in1unc-
ton suits against trust.
A second bill is designed to pre-
vent "interlocking directorates" among
railroad and Industrial corporations.
1t is proposed to prohibit any officer
or employe of an industrial corpora
ton In the coal industry or manufac-
ture of structural steel and rolling
stock, from acting in a similar Ca
pacity for railroad.
Another bill seeks divorce of in.
dustrial and common carriers by pro-
hfbiting mining or manufacturing CON-
panies from owning stock in any car
rier.
| The committee also recommends
that the bureau of corporations report
to congress in addition to the presi-
dent. providing publicity of corporate
combinations.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-08-09
WILL REMAIN AS, GOVERNOR
Wilson Decides to Continue Chief Ex-
ecutive of New Jersey.

eSUIiSe " w" 0S'o OJs
Seagirt, N. j., Aug. 3.-Formal an
nouncement was made that Woodrow
Wilson will not resign the governor
ship of New Jersey during the cam
paign for the presidency.
The governor has kept his mind
open on the question of resigning ever
since the Baltimore convention. Lead
ing Democrats in the state, however,
have urged him to follow the prece-
dent of Grover Cleveland, who was
nominated for the presidency but con
tinued in the Office of governor Of New
York.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-08-09
SENATE ADOPTS WOOL BILL
Passes Measure Identical With Ono
President Vetoed in 1911,

Washington, Aug. 6.-The confer
ence report on the compromise La Fol
lette- Underwood wool tariff bill was
adopted by the senate, IS to 20.
Six progressive Republicans joined
the Democrats. The. compromise bill
goes at once to Mr.. Taft. It is 1denti.
cal with the one he: vetoed in 1911. 8
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-08-09
TAFT ACCEPTS RESIGNATION
Federal Judge Hanford Retirss From
the Bench,

Washington, Aug. 6.-President Taft
formally accepted the resignation of
Federal Judge Cornelius<H. .Hanford
OF Seattle, Wash, who resigned while
4 house committee was Investigating
Impeachment charges against him.
The president withheld his &C.
ceptance of the resignation until he
had conferred with the subcommittee
which heard the charges against Han
ford.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-10

week they did this, and no one re-
ceived more pleasure and benefit from
these simple outings than did the
housewife. No one knows the JOYS of
frying ham and eggs and making cot.
fee on camp fire until he has tried
1t.
During a trying fruit-canning time
one mother conceived the idea Of
taking the meals out of doors. The
children were delighted with this, and
made journeys into the woods and
fields gathering flowers to make the
table look pretty. Then they helped
to bring the dishes out and arrange
the table.
What did it matter If Johnny did
stub his toe and spill the salad just
as he came to the gate? And the
bugs and flies were offset by the
breezes and the fresh air and the
singing of the birds, and-yes-the
little boy belonging to Mrs. Next Door
neighbor peering through the fence
palings with wistful eyes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-10
ThornIess BIackberrles,

: l have heard of thornless blackber.
fies having been discovered in North
Carolina and along the eastern coast,
but unfortunately the berries were not
OF any use for food. | have also grown
so-called, but not by any means thorn.
less, ones 40 years ago. Electricity was
also known for thousands of years, but
It was worthless until developed.
Steam was also useless as an aid in
performing the labor of mankind until
some one made 1t useful. It Is the
same with the thornless blackberry. It
Is now productive; delicious to eat,
large and in every way valuable for
food, and absolutely smooth like the
twig OF an apple tree. There are seed
less apples in existence today, but
none Of them are Of any commercial
value. There was once a so-called
stoneless plum, but 1t was not larger
than large bean, and was not f1t for
human food. The bush was an Ill.
shaped thorny one and the fruit abso-
lutely useless Now there are, growing
on my farms, splendid prunes and
plums which are stoneless. Nature
gives US hint and 1t Is mans bust
ness to carry out the work to produce
results.-Luther Burbank in the Chris
tian Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-10
PICTURE OF MODERN LIFE
Little Telephone Conversation Between
Husband and Wife That Hits Of
Modern Conditions.

Mr.. Jones lat the telephone)-Hello,
is that you, dear?
Mrs. Jones lat the other end)-Yes,
Edward.
Mr. Jones-I won't be home for din
ner tonight and probably not until
very late afterward. Don't sit up for
me
Mrs. Jones-What is it, lodge night,
Or work at the office?
Mr.. Jones-Neither. Collins and the
gang want me to stay here at the club
tor dinner and there's to be a little
game in the evening. I think | can
bring home few dollars to you for a
new hat or something.
Mrs. Jones-Oh, very we'll. But if
you lose, don't you dare say anything
to me about what I dropped at bridge
yesterday. And Edward
Mr.. Jones-Yes, dear.
Mrs. Jones-Come home moderately
sober. Stick to beer. The last time
you mixed 'em and you remember-it
took two of your friends and a cop to
bring you home. l won't be up when
you come home-don't wake me.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-10
Monkey Chastisement.

Monkeys do such an astonishing
amount of reasoning. sometimes, that
1t almost frightens US into believing
that Darwin was right after all. A
short time ago a child, contrary to all
orders, put several peppermint drops
inside the wire Of a monkey cage, in
a circus. One Of the monkeys sam.
pied one and liked Il immensely but.
thinking that another treat was In
store at the end Of the cage, left the
remaining pepp@mtnts unprotected
for a brief moment No sooner was
his back turned than a mischievous
little monkey made way with the can
dies, and on the owners return not a
peppermint was in sight. The older
monkey gravely considered the situa-
ton for a few moments, then called
the little monkey to him, tested his
breath, and spanked him for dear
life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-10
THE CALL OF OUTDOORS.
Women in Hot Kitchens Hear it,
You Bet.

The longing to get out of doors, to
live in the sunshine and to dig in the
dirt comes with every spring. This
feeling is not confined to the wchin
who sneaks away from school these
days as naturally as a squirrel climbs
tree. The hOusewife-who, after
all, is human, finds herself casting
wistful glances out through the open
door.
Some women haven't the courage
to go out of doors for exercise with
out an orthodox reason, fearful of
what Mrs. Next Door Neighbor, who
is still in her kimona and curl paper
will say. So the busy housewife in
vents excuses to go out of doors. She
will do her own marketing, she de-
cideS, instead Of ordering over the
telephone.
Or, she goes into the back yard in
the morning, early, and puts in some
garden, SO that her table can be sup
piled with early vegetables. She gets
out into the open air whenever posi-
bic and tends that garden. 1t gives
her a satisfied feeling that she has
accomplished something.
Then there are the summer picnics
that are so enjoyable. The mother
takes the little ones, if the father can
not go, and they walk away out in
the country to a spot they know.
She takes her camera, for she has
found she can earn a little money
by taking pictures and making them
into little books.
One family took the old family
horse, and an ancient but comfortable
carriage last summer, and the mother
and children drove past the office in
the evening and got the father TO go
with them TO the woods, where they
would take supper. Three times a
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-10
FIRST THEATER IN AMERICA
II Was In Philadelphia and Its Walls
Are Only Now crumbIlng Into
Dust.

There is an echo Of the past called
up by the falling of the walls of an
abandoned distillery on South street
These walls once inclosed the first
theater that was erected in the United
States. It was burned out some years
later, but the walls have remained to
this day.
If surprise, be noted over the loca.
ton Of tue theater, 1t is only neces-
sary to point out that in the middle Of
the eighteenth century the moral and
civic spirit Of the day prevented the
proclamation Of the city by any such
institution, so It was erected outside
the boundaries and was In what was
known as Southwark. OF the troub-
lous history Of this artistic enterprise
much has been written. It Is unfortu.
nate that records Of the dramas given
are not complete and that we have
few contemporary criticisms from IN.
biased pens upon the artistic worth
Of the thespian representations. It Is
Of record that the city authorities
were much shocked, that much Of 30
ciety with large 81 frowned on the
institution, and that rogues and vaga.
bonds were under the ban for a long
time.
But even in that day there were
those who found pleasure and profit
in attending the theater. A few years
later George Washington was of those
who patronized the enterprise. At
that day the name of Washington
might have stood against the world,
and many young men at least consid-
cred that it would do them no harm to
follow their leader to the theater.
If we can believe what evidence is
available, dramatic managers in those
days had some Illumination and in
spiration, as we'll as being mere pur-
veyors of entertainment. The supply
of plays was meager and not of high
class, according to modern standards.
The theater was i'll appointed and
poorly lighted. But the actors and &C.
tresses seemed to have had some
spark of divine afflatus, for they re-
ceived concentrations from foreign
visitors who had seen the best the
world afforded.
The dawn of the American drama
cast feeble light, but we may now
catch few glintings of it as its first
home in America tumbles into DUST
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-10
WHY THE HORSE TREMBLEs
Asking zeus To Improve Him, the God
Created and Showed Him the
Camel.

Father Of beasts and Of mem" 80
spake the horse, approaching the
throne Of Zeus-"I am said to be one
iof the most beautiful animals with
which thou has adorned the world;
and my self-love leads me to believe
1t. Nevertheless, might not some things
IN me still be improved?"
"And what in thee, thinkest thou,
admits Of improvement? Speak!
lam open to instruction" said the In.
hulgent god with a smile.
Perhaps" returned the horse, ~
should be fieeter If my legs were taller
and thinner. A long swan neck would
not dishgure me. A broader breast
would add to my strength. And, since
thou hast once for all destined me to
bear thy favorite, mantle saddle
which the well meaning rider puts up
ion me might be created a part Of me-"
Good" replied Zeus, wait a mo.
lment!"
Zeus, with earnest countenance, pro.
nounced the creative word. Then
flowed life into the dust; then organ.
lied matter combined; and there stood
before the throne the ugly camel.
The horse saw, shuddered and trem.
'bled with fear and adherence.
Here" said Zeus, ARE taller and
thinner legs; here Is a long swan.
neck; here is broader breast; here
is the created saddle! Wilt thou,
horse! that l should transform thee
after this fashion,"
The horse still trembled.
"Go!" continued Zeus. BE instruct.
ed, for this once, without being pun
ished. But to remind thee, with oc-
casional conjunction, of thy presump-
tion-do thou, new creation, continued"
Zeus cast a preserving glance on the
camel. "And never shall the horse
behold thee without trembling"-From
Lessing's Fables.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-10
IDAHO A WONDERFUL STATE
Even the Victims of Its Swinders
Make Money by the Fraud,
Says Senator Borah.

United States Senator Borah claims
that his state of Idaho is so good that
even the people who get cheated with.
in its smiling domain make money by
the transaction. On his way from
Washington after the adjournment Of
the last session of congress, he was
introduced on the train to an eastern
woman who Immediately began to tell
a long, sad story about the robber-
like practices of western people in
general and Idaho men in particular.
My husband was a travelling man."
she explained in a lachrymose voice,
land one night in Boise City some Of
your people gave him too much drink,
so much In fact, that he didn't know
what he was doing. The next morn
ing he walked up and discovered that
he had bought fourteen hundred dol
lars worth of mining stock at four
cents share. Think of that, the
greatest outrage / ever heard Of. I
have never even looked up the mine
in which the stock was sold, but the
experience has taught me that west.
ern promoters are merely burglars.
My poor, dear husband was robbed
as surely as if those men had held
him up at the point OF gun"
Mr. Borah asked the name Of the
mine, and she told him. Without
saying a word, he picked up a news
paper and pointed to the stock quota
lions. Right there that Niobelike
woman got the shock OF her life. The
stock was shown to be worth $4,000
that day.-Popular Magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-10
THE ADVANCE OF CIVILIZATION.

Food.
Cooked food.
A table to keep the food from the
ground.
A plate to keep the food from the
table.
A thick cloth to keep the plate from
the table.
A thin cloth TO keep the plate from
the thick cloth.
Then another plate to keep the food
from the first plate.
Then a dolly to keep the second
plate from the first plate.
When the table Is protected by the
thick cloth and the thick cloth by the
thin cloth and the thin cloth by a
plate and the plate by a dolly and
the dolly by second plate. the food
Is protected by q diet-Lks.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-10
Shooting on an ENGLISH Estate.

A gentleman from London was in.
vited to go for "a days snipe SHOOT
ing" in the country. The invitation
was accepted and the host and guest
shouldered guns and sailed forth In
quest Of game.
After a time a solitary snipe rose,
and promptly fell to the visitors first
barrel.
The hosts face fell also.
I'VE may as we'll return" he re-
marked, gloomily, for that was the
only snipe in the neighborhood.
The bird had afforded excellent
sport to all his friends for six weeks.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-10
Exonerated,

Indignant Passenger Ito railway
manager)-Here. l say, l got a cinder
in my eye from one Of your beastly
engines, and it cost me 10 shillings for
a doctor to get 1t out and dress the
eye. Now. what do you propose to do
in the matteri
Railway Manager-Nothing, my
dear sir, nothing. We have no use for
the cinder, and you are perfectly vel.
come to 1t. No doubt, strictly speak.
ing, you did go OF with our property
the cinder Of course, was not yours
but We do not care to make a fuss
about such a small matter. Pray do
not give the incident a moments
thought.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-10
Wireless to synchrOnIzs cIoek,.

All public clocks in the German EN-.
pire will hereafter be synchronized
BY means of wireless telegraphy. A
master clock in a new station now
being constructed at the town Of Fulds
will actuate the radiotransmltter every
minute. The tower over the station
VIII be 300 feet high. A census recent.
ly taken Of the public clocks In Lon.
don shows the Importance of such q
project, because total variation was
found Of twenty-one minutes, from
slow to fast. Only BIZ per cent Of the
timepieces gave the correct Greenwich
time.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-10
Resentul RecoiIections.

Did they make you recite Little
drops Of water" when you were q
child?
Yes" replied Colonel Stillwell.
And It didn't stop there. When I
grew up they TIED to insist on my
adopting them as q beverage"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-10
Not Holterinq Nov.

Church-Whst's become Of that feL
low who started IN business and who
was continually hoIlering that be was
In business to stay?
Gdham-Oh, the sheriff shut him
up
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-14
CASE BUILDS TWO Big CARS
Racine Company VIII Try for Five
Hundred-Mile Sweepstakes.
TWO MILES 4 MINUTE PROMISED
Machines, which Are Designed
Along European Lines, VIII Be
Pfleted by Disbrsw and
Jagersberger.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Jan. 1.-TWO
special motor speed creations. which bid
fair to mark a new epoch in the build
ing Of racing automobiles. have been en-
tered in the second annual ae-mile In
terriational Sweepstakes race to be run
Decoration day. May %, at the Indianap-
oils Motor Speedway, by the J. ]. Case
Threshing Machine company Of Racine
Wisconsin. The entry was made on New
Years day and is the first to be made
for any race In the year 19i2.
The two cars which the Case company
entered for the five century grind are
to be constructed along lines followed
by the most successful European racing
car manufacturers. and will introduce
two new features, in as much as they
will have wire wheels and a specially
constructed left hand drive which has
not been used heretofore. The general
lines Of construction which, will be fol-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-14
Motorcycle Notes

Chicago has 3ooo motorcycle riders ac-
cording to the license collectors report
for 1911.
Work has been started on a new
quarter-mile board track for motorcycle
races at Los Angeles. Cal.
Despite the cold weather. the Lorain.
o., Motorcycle club recently conducted
Its first reliability run to Cleveland, o.,
and return. -
Two hundred and thirty-three motor
cyclists were added to the membership
roll of the Federation of American mo-
torcyelists during December
Charleston, S. c., motorcycIists recently
organized a club. elected NJ. s. Sullivan
president and launched 4 eompaign to
make every rider in the city member.
+. A. VI. motcrcy ciists in Maryland are
backing a movement TO have each mu-
nicipality In the state pass an ordinance
condemning the use Of the open muffler.
When President Taft recently laid the
corner stone for the Hrst settlement
house for the blind In the world which
is being erected in New York City, two
motorcycle policemen were the most
active Of his guard.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-14

'enteen minutes through an. aceidel'
with spectators. He also finished n
both the Vanderbilt and Grand FFl-'
races in a Pope-Hummer in lsh DE
brow holds the worlds beach record Tor
one hour standing start, making SLID
miles. &
Jaxerxberger's Record.
The other Case driver, Joe users
berger. is a native OF Vienna and cana
TO America in Isle with Harry Hardness
who at that time owned racing machines.
Jagersberger set the 1eo-mile American
track record in 1868. which record stood
for three years. In this race George
Robertson, one OF the most famous Amer
lean drivers, rode as Jagersbersers
mechanician. Many of his notable per-
formances have been made in Mercedes
cars, one Of which was in Paramount parE
in Philadelphia, in 1910 when he finished
third in a Mercedes owned by L. J.
Schroeder of New York. Jagersberger
took the car after an accident three days
before the race and rebuilt it entirely.
Owing to the many inquiries that have
been made already regarding the reserva-
ton of seats for the race the Speedway
management has decided to place the
tickets on sale on January 10 and will fill
all orders from the main office at Indi-
annapolis.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-14
MAKE READY Fer auto SHOW
Management Has Made Drawings
for Allotment Of Space.
DECORATIONS ARE TO BE NEW
Eatire Basement to Be FILLED Up
and Used for the Display of
Commercial Vehicles of
All Kinds.

Preparations are now well under way
for the annual automobile show, TO be
held In the Auditorium from February
- TO a. and every indication is that the
exposition viii be the greatest Of the
kind ever held west OF Chicago.
so extensive viii be the line Of exhibits
? that the entire basement of the Audi
forum will be occupied by commercial
vehicles. The basement will be made
just as attractive as the rest Of the build
ing. Special decorations will be used
there and Nehle's orchestra win be EN-
ployed to furnish music at all hours
during the exposition.
One Of the very important features OF
the 1872 show will be the exposition OF
commercial trucks. The exhibitors had
a meeting this week with the Automobile
Show association. discussed preliminary
plans and drew exhibition space.
Council Bluffs TO show.
II has been decided to invite Council
Bluffs exhibitors TO poin In the show, and
already they have demonstrated their
keen desire to participate. Among the
exhibitors from across the river will be
the Pioneer Implement company. the Van
Brunt Auto company. and Bradley. Mer-
Ram & Smith. Applications TO Join have
already been accepted from the Nebraska
Regal Sales company. the Traynor Auto
co1nrany, the Carter Car company, the
Interstate company and Jack sharp
Tho decoration committee. which will
have charge OF the work Of making the
interior OF the Auditorium attractive, has
some extensive plans under way. and
promise 20 create something that has
never before been seen here
Dealers throughout the west, who have
been going to the Chicago show, have sig
nifsed their intention Of selecting their
lines at the Omaha show this winter. as
just as many lines win be exhibited here
and just as many factories win be rep
resented
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-14

coat, a fur oyercoat on top. a fur cap
and two pairs Of gloves. He said he
had owned q Franklin before and wasn't
the least bit worried about the trip. We
put the top UP. fastened the side curtains
and put tire chains on each wheel to
give plenty of traction He drove out
of my garage with confidence and en-
thusiasm. Mr.. Schneck later sent me q
message that he had safely reached
home"