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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-12-26

regulation of interstate shipments
OF liquor, the advocates of the
Sanders Kenyon bill should de-
vote their energies 10 the enforce
ment of State laws Of unquestion-
cd validity. Strict enforcement
of State laws would accomplish all
that the advocates Of the Sanders
Kenyon hill asserts they are seek
lug.
The Sanders Kenyon bill. aside
from its verbiage, prupcscsto SUI
ject interstate shipments of
liquors to the operation of State
laws before the interstate ship
ment is completed by delivery to
the consignee.
Iffnrthcr congressional regula-
lions of interstate liquor ship
mcnts is desired beyondthe Grim
inal code provisions with respect
TO marking the kind and quantity
OF liquor and the name OF the con
signor on the package, it would
appear preferable to have the re-
gulation contained in an act of
Congress which would furnish a
national rule, and rot TO subject
foreign and interstate shipments
Of liquor to as many different in
tcrstate regulations as there are
States in thc Union. w ashing-
tom Post.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-12-26
WOULD STUDY IN

IL l.l OF PRlSl! y
Kansas CITY. December -. In order
that he might learn the spelling and
definition OF all the words in an UNI
abridged dictionary, :. Cruso. who
styles himself bright ard refined
young man" n years old, wrote Judge
Ewing W. Bland of the South Side
Municipal Court Yesterday, asking
That he be allowed to enter prison
cell for three wears.
ain case YOU should reject my an
plicalion on the grounds THAT YOU have
no RICH, 10 convict an honest man
without a charge against him. wrote
Cruso, 81 am willing to commit some
thing that will give jurisdiction
The writer said he had an ambition
20 master The dictionary so that he
could pass the examination before
learned English professors.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-12-26
Radium Christmas Gifts.

4 few years a.n. when radium was
n newly discovered wonder. 1t was a
fad of society women in London aud
some other cities to give tiny bits of
the metal ~ Christmas presents.
These cost from $40 to $50. although
the sperk OF rndinm was hardly large
enough ~ be seen with the naked eye.
II was mounted In spinthariscOpe.
which IN II cross between microscope
and Kaleidoscope. Seen through this,
the Tiny point OF radium shot ont
flashes "f constantly varying light.
like miniature fireworks.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-12-26
Christmas Trees,

@H HE growing Of Christmas trees
is quite an industry In parts
III of the country. In the north
ern pine for,Gts it is n practice
to cut the tops out of the trees or even
branches. This does not injure the
parent tree. Great shiploads of these
branches and tops come across the
great lakes early each winter to be
distributed for the Christmas trade.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-12-26
Attending Strictly 20 His Road Work

headed and wearing white jumper
suit. with shoes and stockings OF con.
yentonal black ....
Meanwhile George was attending
strictly TO his road work. His objec.
tive point was his home at 3247
Armitage avenue. and he knew the
road thoroughly, because he had tray,
eled the route between 1t and the
Remus house In his fathers car doz.
ems of times.
When the tricycle. champion turned
into Armitage avenue 1t was eight
o'clock, and dusk WIS descending. Mrs
Refs was standing on the porch and
straining her eyes into the distance
and her husband was standing beside
her feeling just about as bad as It Is
possible for a father Of young "Tri
cycle Mike" TO feel
Suddenly there came from down at
the corner the faint but steady ''clank
clank, clank" of weary little legs push.
ing hard against stubborn pedals. and
then little figure in white loomed VI
In the twilight
20, Georgie!" exclaimed Mrs. Refs
c,aspng her small marithoner.
20, muvver." said George, div me
somfnk to eat
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-12-26
Walking Dolls.

Most children are familiar with the
dolls that SAY mamma or open and
close their eyes. but how many chill
dren know there are dolls that walk.
wink, roll their eyes. say mamma.
papa" and other words and act so
lifelike that they seem almost uncan-
ny. All this action is produced by
clockwork The key Is inserted ut The
waist line Dolls of this sort are man
ufactured in Paris and are naturally
expensive, ranging from Slo up.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-12-26
Tramp Shows $250,0co.

Omaha. Neb Arrested as q
yagrant and lodged in the city hall all
night, Mike Curtain in police court
produced more than s250.000 from an
old handanna handkerchief. Curtain
was picked up with several trsmps
Il can. neither read nor write and
have to carry my money around with
me-" explained sCurtain, who pforsd
to be wealthy farmer from Hsm;l
ton county: Nebraska
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-12-26
CONGRESSIONAL PRECEDENT
BROKEN BY CORN GROWERS

Washington, Dec. 19.-Breaking ali
rules and presidents, 800 boys, cham
pion corn growers of Ohio marched in
to the House chamber shortly after adj
jjournmeni today aud took the seats Just
vacated by members. Speaker Clark
and Uncle Joe Cannon delivered short
speeches cn agricultural topics, but
Mr.. Clark admonished the Young farm
ers that theyNiolated the rules by as
semb,ing in the House chamber.
"l'm mighty glad to see YOU here
and no harm is done, "said the Speaker.
who was called in from his room. "but
next time you come you had better
get authority TO meet in the House
chamber
The rules of the House provide that
the chamber shall be used only by
members during the sessions of the
House and for party caucuses. The
, boys laughed heartily when informed
they had overturned precedent.
Representative Ansberry, from whose
district many of the Youngsters came,
did not know The corn growers had
been received by the Speaker. just As
they were leaving, Ansberry sent over
TO know If permission could be obtain.
ed lorlhe use of the floor, and was told
lhal nlneXlNe nj readN heen here
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-12-26
BOY OF FIFTEEN
STAl,S TEA,

81 AIS FNN II EKN
Clyde. Miss. Dec. % E.nraged be-
cause he was about to be disciplined
Daniel Grantham, fifteen, pupil of The
Granlham high school here Friday
stabbed and cut Prof. y. b. BrantOn.
the principal, several times. Professor
Branlon will be carried 10 his home at
Columbia as soon aS his condition per-
mits. Young Grantham is the son of
T.. b. l;rantham. wealthy planter,
who donated the high school building
TO the town.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-12-26
He Didn't Like Either.

John, We must so back home in
SANITY
There you go. Can't We start for
couple OF days in the country With
out you Worrying
But We have come OF and left the
cat and the parrot with nothing to
eat"
Don't let that bother You. Maybe
the cat will eat the parrot
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-12-26
"The Only Thing
That Will Relieve
NEURALGIA"

The piercing pains of Neuralgia,
which often follows bad cold or
La grippe, are frequently almost un-
bearable and few medicines afford
any relief to the sufferer.
Il am rural mail carrier and
have been a user of the DR.. Miles
medicines for years.
DR.. Miles Anti-Pain Pills
can't be beaten. They are the
only thing have found that will
relieve my neuralgia and have tried
most everything, besides medicine
from the doctor. am willing to
tell anyone what the Anti-Pain
Pills did fer me-"
CHARLES HILDERBRANDT,
Box 2o5 Woodvill. Ohio
If you, like Mr.. Hilderbrandt,
have tried most everything" in
vain, why not do as he did, fight
your aches and pains with DR..
Miles Anti-Pain Pills. Let the
pills bear the brunt of the battle.
No matter how stubborn the con-
test, they will come out victorious.
Dr.. Miles, Anti-Pain Pills
stand on their record, which is a
long list of cures extending back a
generation.
Druggists everywhere sell them. n
first package falls to benefit, your drug
gist will return your money.
MILES MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart. Ind.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-12-26
THE MlSTLETOE TRADITION.

In oldcn DAYS there existed in
many places Il belief that the
girl VIII" was not kissed under
the miStietoe during the Christ
mas season would not he mar
ricd during the succeeding year
In such localities kissing Il girl
would he Il positive kindness.
There is Il story of one damSel
who, To make sure, wore mistle-
toe Oh her hat.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-12-26
NOTICE
BOTH TELEPHONES
BRUCE I. SUSONC
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER

osuduol NeN Gil ctiittlS III
have bur a few more days in the
Tuited states senate As the next
Erunesscc legislature will name
AIS successor. and it is likely that
:sSeaator Sanders will be succeeded
ass,sHt January 18th, by the man
uxwed to the short term. Sena-
tor Sanders. considering the short
1iae he served in congress, has
nsa,ie a good record, and his effort
liz bringing the Sanders Kenyon
nil to a discussion and the hoped
tor rOte Oh same, before his de-
5sxvture. shows that he has won
al re favor of the other members of
She senate. Senator Sanders IN
the advocacy of "a law which
would prevent the shipment of
liquor from IA wet state into dry
state, is consistent in the fight he
has made within the state. 1t is
likely that the bill will get 10y the
~snate, so it is asserted, but it's
fate in the house cannot be deter
miued. The Washington Post
does not think strongly of the bill
for in an editorial carried the day
following the first debate it dis
eassed the bill as follows:
TIE SANDERS KENYON BILL
Enough was developed in the
siehate in the senate yesterday on
skc Slniers- Kenyon interstate
shipping bill, wherein it is sought
~ Iegislate OF the shipment of in
teYicating liquors from wet" in
ta .'dry' territory, to establish
the doubtful wisdom of the pas
sage Of such a measure.
In the first place the inquiries
saade by the strongest lawyers in
s.hc Senate of those senator's who
advocated the bill clearly show
tbat in the judgement of these
sawyers there is grave doubt as to
the constitutional power of Con-
gTess to delegate its control OF in
Ecratate commerce to the laws of
she States and the within and cap
xice of State officials.
When the advocates of the
measures were forced to cOncede
EhrOugh these inquiries that the
second section of the Sanders Ken
ven bill is ofdoubtful constitution
atty. they made the practical
concession that the bill in its en-
ii rety is unconstitutional, for
section one of the proposed bill
SaakeS the laws of the States.
whatever they may be. the rule by
ahich interstate shipments are
au te controlled.
That this is dangerous and per-
E1ieious legislation is best shown
hs the fact that if the inviolahility
OF interstate commerce from State
IHterierence is once jeopardized
gespect to one article of interstate
~smmerce, 1t establishes a prcce-
aient that may arise to plague he
esakers of our laws upon other
articles of legitimate commerce at
she bchest of agitators in one or
sa0re of the States.
OF the Is states now in the Tn.
9ou but : State have State wide
laws prohibiting the manufacture
4and sale of liquors. Others have
county, municipal, parish, or
township prohibition of manufac-
Sare and sale. No State prohibits
She use OF liquors Or their posses
4sien for personal use. Nearly all
States have search and seizure
Esws. 1t looks as if, aside from the
constitutional validity Of meas
are detes iting to the States the
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-12-26

Evervbody's friend-Dr. Thomas
Electric Oil. Curestool hache ,earache.
sore hroat Heal cuts, bruises, scald
stop any pain. Adv
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-12-26
BE GOOD TO
THE LON ELY.

IL VI tic ouf 10
essentially social. Every bache-
Tor and spinSter should have an
invitation to Christmas dinner.
II you know any. be sure he or
she gets an invitation in time so
that 1t will not seem an after
thought. Every childleSS couple
should invite all the old bache-
lors and old maids In the vicini-
ty. Give them a few social hours
mt least. II will do them good
and make you happy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-16

Schley had made overtures for the
sale of his holdings to Lewis Cass
Ledyard, the lawyer who finally ne
gotiated the deal for the corporation
Did you hear or learn that Judge
Gary, Ledyard, H. c. Friek or the
Steel Corporation did anything to
bring about the situation that requir-
ed the sale of this stock" asked r.
V. Lindabury of counsel for the de-
fence.
Il did not and | do not now believe
that anything like that was DONE"
said Mr.. Topping.
Mr.. Lindabury also made by the
witness the point in rebuttal of the
governments contention that the Ten
nessee Coal &c Iron property was
valuable that the other members of
the syndicate were sufficiently wealthy
to have taken the Schley holdings
themselves if they had had any de-
sire to keep the property, He brought
out further that the corporation has
spent sl5.000,000 on the property since
its acquisition.
The witness recited the now familiar
account of the various meetings of finan-
cleTS 10 take measures 10 cieck the pam
ic, including the Sunday meeting at j.
p, Morgans library. where the Tennes-
see Coal & iron deal is alleged to have
been arranged between members of the
syndicate and Judge Gary and H. C.
Frick for the corporation.
He was asked if at this meeting Nc
Frick or anyone else brought any pres
sure to bear to force the sale Of the
Tennessee property.
Il did not personally see Mr. Frick
| that afternoon. I knew, however. of nc
pressure brought to bear to effect the
sale"
Bearing ON the allegations of the gov
| ernment that there were price under
| standings among steel manufacturers vi
| to comparatively recent date, Mr.. Top,
| pin testified to having notified Judge
Gary and other manufacturers of his in
| tention to cut the price of bars, yea
| ago, before he publicly announced the
| cut This was practically the same ties
/ timony he gave before the Stanley com
mittee, but Judge Dickinson intilnatet
! that he intended to pursue the circum
stance surrounding the episode further
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-16
RICHESON UNMOVED
BY PRISON CHANGE.
His Calm DemeanOr in Death House ;
Puzzle to His Guards and the Au-
th0TitieS--- Future Procedure in
Case Not Yet Announced.

Boston. May 15.-No inmate of
Charlestown state prison gave War
den Bridges less trouble, today, than
did Clarence v H. Richeson, poisoner
of Avis !, Linnell. From the time of
his removal, yesterday. from the
Charles street Jail. to the death house
in the prison, the former clergyman
who is under sentence TO be electro
euted next week has preserved the
ealmest demeanor and submitted to
the rigor of prison discipline with per-
feet composure.
In view of the fact that Richeson
is known to be OF a highly emotiona
and nervous natural his self posses
sion is a puzzle to his guards and the
authorities. As the reports of the
alienists employed by Gov. Foss have
not yet been filed. and his case has
not been submitted to the Executive
Council, those who are watching the
prisoner believe that he may still hold
some hope of reprieve or Communication.
Again he may have become resigned
to his fate and stand ready to die in
expiration of his crime. Which view
is sustaining him is a question no one
seems able TO answer.
Richesonis stay at charlestown thus
far has been marked by sphinx-like
silence regarding any feature of his
case. Not once has he given or asked
information of his guards, not once has
he expressed dissatisfaction with his
plight. The only request which he has
made which might have any signifi-
canoe was call, late today. for some
books from the library. Richeson sent
word to the warden that he would like
to have the prison chaplain. Rev. Her
bert w. Stebbins. visit him. When MIR
Stehbins called R;cheson asked him
to get several books of religious ma
ture for him. These the chaplain pro-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-16
JOHN A. TOPPING, WITNESS
IN The U. s. STEEL CASE.
Government Hopes to Prove from His Evil
dence That Absorption OF Tennessee
Coal and Iron Company by Cor
poration, in 1907, Was Illegal.

New York. May 15.-In taking the
testimony of John A. Topping, chair
man OF the Republic Iron and Steel
Co.. today. the government lawyers in
the suit TO dissolve the United States
Steel Corporation under the Sherman
antitrust act, laid the foundation of
that the absorption of the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Co. by the corporation
during the financial panic of 1907 was
Illegal.
The government contends that to ac-
quire the company the Steel Corpora
ton took advantage of the financial diff
ficulties of the banking firm of Moore
&, Schley, large holders of Tennessee
Coal and Iron stock, and that when
Pres Roosevelt was induced by Judge
Gary and w. C. Frick to place the seal
of his approval upon the transaction
on the ground that it was the only way
in which tho firm could be saved from
ruin and the panic was checked the
President was deceived as to the real
object of the corporation
Mr.. Topping, who was chairman OF
the Tennessee Coal and Iron Co. al
the time it was taken over, afforded
testimony, today setting forth the
value of the company's properties at
Birmingham, Ala, and what facilities
the company possessed for the manu-
facture of steel and pig iron that
would make it dangerous competitor
of the corporation. He said that it's orr
and coal holdings exceeded those OF
any other steel company except those
of the United States Steel Corpora
ton; that, ewing to the character OF
the ores and the proximity of the fur
naces to the mines. it could manufac-
ture steel cheaper than any concern
In the United States at that time
hat it was preparing to invade the ex-
port market, and that it was practi-
cally the only concern equipped Il
manufacture open hearth rails, now il
general use.
Mr. Topping was questioned as to
the transactions leading up to the
Acquisition of the Tennessee Coal &
Iron Co, in which he had share as
a member of the syndicate Including
John W. Gates, Grant B. Schley. Ear
NV. Oglebay Leonard G. Hanna and
others, which obtained control of the
company in 1901 After stating ir
response to question by Judge Dick.
inson that the syndicate originally
had no intention of selling the prop.
lerty and that its sole purpose was t.
make money out of it by developing
lit. the witness said that Grant b
I
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-16
APOPLExY
Causes Death Of Frederick
VIII of Denmark.
End Comes, Late Tuesday Night,
On Hamburg Street.
Was Travelling lncogniio..Had Been
In City Since Monday.

Hamburg May 15.-The body of
King Frederick VIII of Denmark,
whose death, late last night. was not
learned until early. this morning,
when ii WAS found among the un-
known dead at the morgue will be
placed aboard a special train. tomor-
row morning, and conveyed to Trave-
munde The royal yacht Dannebrog
conveyed by warship will convey
the body to Copenhagen.
The King and Queen came here
from Nice incognito as the Count and
Countess of Kronberg, accompanied
by their three youngest children and
not until it is taken aboard the Dam
ish vessel will the body lie in royal
state.
King Frederick, who loved to mingle
among the people. died while return
ing from a short stroll with the eve
ming crowds on Alster promenade.
When stricken he tried to tell po-
liceman who came to his assistance
the name of the hotel at which he
was staying, but the latter could not
understand. The King was carried to
an automobile. but died on the way
10 a hospital. Ills Dpu4 NdS sent W
the morgue, where it lay with eight
others for several hours.
The Kings valet. alarmed at the
failure of His Majesty to return to
the hotel notified the manager, who
inquired at the central police station
at 2 o'clock in the morning. but with
negative results. The police were
about to start on tour or the city
theatres. when they heard Of the death
of a we'll TODD stranger. They then
proceeded to the morgue, but for a
time were refused admission. Final
ly the searchers disclosed their iden-
tity and the nature of their mission
and We're admitted. The valet recog-
nized the body of the King, and it
was removed to the hotel.
The royal family were not aware of
the disappearance of the King, and
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-16
President Begins Third Day Of His Ohio
Campaign with Speech at I A. N.
Roosevelt Says That He Has
Convention Already CinChed.
RoosEvELT's CLAIMS.

Dayton, Ohio, May 15.--In the opinion
of Theodore Roosevelt, the campaign
for the Republican nomination for
President has now been decided. He
dictated this statement, tonight:
THE number of delegates necessary
to nominate is 500. OF the delegates al
ready elected without counting the
contested delegates | have more than
500. OF the delegates yet to be elected
am confident / viii receive enough
to insure my nomination on the first
ballot"
Col. Roosevelt's claim was based on
a table of delegates prepared by his
secretary. According to this calcula-
ton, there are nearly 500 delegates al
ready elected and instructed fer ftoose-
welt without including any uninstruct-
ed or contested delegates. The colonel
said as he went ever the table that he
was assured of enough votes from the
total Of instructed and contested dele
gates to be able to say that the dele
gates already elected he had more than
500. He referred to a number of states
in which he said he would receive
more votes than are included in the
list of delegates now instructed for
him. The table, he added, did not take
into consideration the chances of OBJ
tanning delegates from Ohio or New
Jersey. A new broom was tied to the
rear of the Roosevelt special train. to-
day.
In speaking at Kenton Col. Roose-
welt said:
'.of rmeontested delegates that have
been elected we now have a consider
able majority over Mr.. Taft. On the
present showing it would be impossi-
bic to nominate him except by unfair
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cured from the prison library, and
carried to tile prisoner. Their titles he
would not state.
No authority could be found. tonight,
for any claims that Richeson's case
would go to the Governors Council for
clemency. Neither was there authority
for any assertion that the alienists
who recently examined him. had found
him SANE. and that therefore the Gov
ernor would rot ask his Council to act
in the matter.
The information was given out from
the Governors office, tonight, that the
reports of the three alienists Drs.
Steadman, Frost and Tuttle, had not
been filed with the Governor and that
further the Governor had not been able
to form any decision as to whether he
would make a recommendation to the
Council for clemency. The Council
met. TO-DAY. following it's usual custom,
and the Richeson matter was not
brought up.
Richeson rose shortly after o'clock
from the cot in his cell in the death
house, this morning. After washing
and dressing and combing his hair be.
fore mirror held outside the bars he
ordered his breakfast. 1t consisted of
two eggs, toast and coffee. He express
ed a desire for fruit, later, and during
the day apples, oranges and grape
fruit We're secured for him.
During the morning the prisoner
was visited by Rev. Herbert S. John
son, his spiritual adviser, and by At
torney William A. Morse, his counsel.
Later, the Catholic prison chaplain. III.
J. Murphy and prison physician. ]. /.
Mclaughlin. called, officially.
For dinner Richeson had chicken, a
pot of tea and some bread.
There began to arrive at the war
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