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Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
MOVING PICTURE TRUST
Is REINI pROREA

NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-Bcfore Ed
ward Hacker of Philadelphia, sitting
AS a special examiner by appoint
ment Of the United States district
court. the taking of testimony has
been commenced here in the govern
ment's suit against the so-called mo-
ton picture trust. The purpose of
the suit is to dissolve the combina-
ton on the ground that its existence
is in violation OF the Sherman anti
trust law.
The case is regarded by the govern
ment as one of its most important
antitrust suits because it brings
squarely to issue the relation of the
patent laws to the Sherman salute
Ten prominent motion picture con-
Germs are accused of combining to mo-
nopolize the business through the Mo-
tion Picture Patents company, a cor
poration organized for the purpose of
holding patents, and the General Film
company.
The marvellous growth of the mo-
tion picture business in the past de-
cade and the fact that no village is
too small to have picture show
brings the matter close to the hearts
of the people. 1t is estimated that
. sum greatly in excess of 800, 0,0O0,-
900 represents the aggregate of in
vestments in the difference branches
Of the business, divided among the
manufacturers of cameras, films and
exhibiting machines, the rental ex-
changes and the theater owners.
The motion picture trust" made
its appearance in 1908 at which time
there were ten manufacturers or i'm
porters, about 100 rental exchanges
and 5000 exhibitors. The keenest
competition existed at that time. As
a result the manufacturers undertook
to combine under the new scheme of
patent control. The government
charges that in pursuance Of this plan
the Motion Picture Patents company
was Incorporated in New Jersey, and
to it the manufacturers assigned their
patents, under provisions guarantee
ing the companies certain royalties.
From the patents company the man
ufacturers took back licenses. binding
themselves so that only licensed films
could be used and theE only in H.
censed machines. Royalties Of So per
week were to be collected and no more
films were to be sold, but only leased
The allegation Is made that under
the new plan the prices were gradu.
ally increase until at the present time
tie exhibitor pays more for tho rent.
al of film than he formerly paic
10 buy it outright.
All rental exchanges were required
to enter into license agreements, will
the result that many were driven ou
of business. The exhibitors we're di
vided among the different exchanges
and each exhibitor was required to OBJ
tain his entire supply of films from
one exchange.
In 1910 the trust started out t,
monopolize the rental exchange bust
ness and organized the General Film
company, which proceeded to acguir
the business or cancel the license o
every rental exchange in the Unite
States except one. II bought ou
fifty-seven exchanges, for which
paid upwards Of 100000 in cas-
and notes AMI nearly $4,000, 900 NOR
. in preferred stock. At the same tim
the patents company cancelled the l
censes and thus drove out Of bus
ness about fifty exchanges. with tn
! result that of all the exchanges d.
ing business when the trust was o.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
GARMENT WORKERS DE.
MAND INvESTIG ALTON

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE gar
ment workers, who are on strike, plan
to demand a congressional investiga-
ton of the entire clothing industry,
especially sweatshop and tenement
manufactured clothing. They alleged
the manufacture of clothing is car
ried on under such conditions that
cause the spread of disease.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
W. p. SHARP ACCUSED OF
STEALING SADDLE HORs


One of the boldest cases of horse
stealing over pulled off in Durango
was reported in police circles last
night
Tuesday morning, young man,
about 20 years of age, who gave his
name as w. P. Sharp and his geog-
rophy as Cortez, entered the j. w.
Jarvis livery barn and hired gray
saddle pony to make a short trip to
the country. He stated that he ex-
pected to be back at noon but his
business might occasion his stay until
night.
Noon came but not the horse and
rider, night came still Mr.. Sharp and
the horse did not return. The barn
people generously gave him the bene-
fit of the doubt and thought he had
met with bad luck that occasioned the
delay. However, he has not been seen
since and all efforts to locate him
have been unsuccessful.
II is believed he headed south to-
ward Gallup and will probably be
found in that locality.
Sharp is man about five feet six
inches in height and weighs in the
neighborhood Of 155 pounds. Wher
he appeared at the barn he was dress
ed in dark suit and wore light
hat.
The white angora saddle which
bears the name of the owner as wei
as being stamped with the name OF
the maker, Isaacc Cherry, may be I
means of identifvinp the thief
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
LOCALIZED BOXING BILL
INTRODUCED IN BAY STATE.

BOSTON, Jan. 16.-The provisions
of legislative bill seeking to have
boxing in this state supervised by a
commission were made public today.
The bill is based on the Frawley law
of New York with the exception of
the number of rounds to be permitted
and the manner Of giving decisions.
It provides for the appointment by
the commission of an inspector to sit
within fifty feet Of the ring and keep
o written record Of all bouts round
by round, the same to be filed for
official publication by the committee
Six rounds are named as the limit for
all bouts and the weight Of the gloves
is given as six ounces.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
FIVE MOTHERS CLAIM
INJURED CHILD AS THEIRS

NEW YORK, Jan. i6.-A little boy
was run over and killed by an auto
mobile and five women claimed the
body as that of their own offspring.
1t took several hours of search and
investigation to convince four of the
mothers that the dead boy was not
theirs. Finally there was only one
claimant left and as the child was
proved to be hers, the body was turn
ed over to her.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
oCTOGENARIAN COMMITS
MURDER THEN SIIIcIDES

PUEBLO, Jan. 16.-Lysander l..
johnson, aged 80, this morning shot
and killed Mrs. Mary Murray, aged
40, shooting her twice through the
breast. Johnson then suicided, blow
ing off the top of his head.
The couple had been joint proprie-
tors of restaurant and quarrel,d
over financial matters.
johnson in his boyhood days was a
chum of Mark Twain and appeared in
Tom Sawyer as "Horsehead John
son."
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KILLED WHILE GOING
TO CLAIM FORTUNE,

DELTA, Colo, Jan. 16.-John
Youngbird, farmer from near Ce-
dar Ridge, while hitching up horse
to go to Delta to see the banker and
claim n $4,000 fortune was kicked
by the horse. The injury proved fa-
tai instantly.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
ELCo ECHOES
, II II II II II ;. ). It II !, ;, ;. ;, ;.

Frank McDaniels of Riverside and
Robin Frazier of Cedar Hill were Ell
co visitors Sunday.
Carl Hatfield left Saturday for Sill
verton.
Samuel Hanger of Riverside was a
Sunday visitor at John Frazier's.
Mrs. Hale arrived few days since
from Durango. She will spend some
time visiting her daughter at Elco.
John and Walter Anderson, John
Frazier, Gilbert Hatfield and George
Abrams are engaged in putting up
ice.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
COMMONERS WILL VOTE
ON HOME RULE Bill

LONDON, Jan. 16.-The house of
commons votes on the home rule bill
late tonight. The government has
hundred minority. The gallaries
are packed for the final debate this
afternoon.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
SAVED DROWNING MAN;
MUST PAY FOR CLOTHES

LONDON, Jan. 16.-Regimental au-
thorities sued an artilleryman for
damages done to his uniform, which
was ruined when he plunged into the
Thames and rescued drowning wom-
an
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
MONEY TRUST TO EXAMINE
WILLIAM ROCK EFELLER

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. TO-
Chairman Pujo announced that the
money trust committee will examine
William Rockefeller before the week
beginning Jan. 27 This afternoon the
committee adjourned to Wednesday
and plan to end the investigation ex-
cept Rockefeller's testimony by Jan.
"a.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
LIGHTWEIGHT IN TRAIN
ING FOR COLUMBUS BOUT

CLEVELAND, o., Jan. 16.-Cham-
pion Johnny Kilbane will train Bat
tling Schultz of Toledo for his twelve
round bout with Yankee Schwartz, the
New York lightweight, Jan. 20 at CO.
lumbus. Schultz began training here
today.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
HILLvILLE OUTLAWS
GRANTED SHORT RESPITE

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 16.-Floyd
and Claud Allen. scheduled to be cleo
trocuted tomorrow. were this morning
granted respite until February by
Governor Mann.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
PREACHER AND SOCIETY
LEADER DIFFER IN OPINION

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. 16,--
Rev. Forest Doger prescribed tar
and" for Mr.. and Mrs E. T. Stote-
bury because they gave women gold
tipped cigarettes to smoke at din
ner dance.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
AGED CHICAGO WOMAN
FROZEN TO DEATH

CHICAGO, Jan. 16.--Mrs. Anna
Finnell, an aged widow. was found
frozen to death on her back porch
the result of catch lock and zero
weather.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
GIRLS INJURED IN JOY RIDE
SUE FOR INJURIES RECEIVED

HARTFORD, Conn, an. 16.--Kath-
eryn Mahr sued Robert J. Flynn for
$4,000 because JOY ride auto accident
broke her leg in four places and
marred her beauty.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
COLORADO SPRINGS
EDUCATOR DIES SUDDENLY

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Jan.
16.-Miss Leila S. Clark, county super
intendent of schools who assumed of
flee Tuesday, died this morning of
brain trouble.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20
OLDEST SPINSTER
IN WORLD DEAD

DENVER, Jan. 16.-Mary Shearin,
aged 10I years, the oldest spinster
in the world, died last night here.
Her birthday was Christmas day.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20

Massachusetts contains sixteen
thousand union carpenters.
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dealh ne mas Deen looking aftef 1u-
neral arrangements.
Superintendent McGraw of the
fourth division of the Denver and Rio
Grande departed for home this morn
ing after spending a day in the city
making the acquaintance Of local en-
ployes and determining the needs Of
the road in this vicinity. Mr.. Nc
Graw was accompanied by Mr.. Duck
worth Of the Missouri Pacific.
The Silverton passenger arrived
one hour and ten minutes late this
morning. The engine left the track
and the round house at the same time
and it required more than an hour To
get it on the rails again. From the
amount Of snow piled on the train II
looked as though a blockade might
have caused the delay.
Judge W. NJ. Searcy was an over.
night visitor in Silverton. The judge
stated on his return to the city thi.
morning that while he had named
NJ. Brumley for district clerk Of Mon
tezuma county and Glen Russell fol
La Plata county as yet he had no
made the appointments but would a
an early date.
w. H. Lee of Flora Vista returned
from the south last night where h
went to spend the winter. News o
illness in his family caused him t
hasten homeward. When he reache'
Durango last night telephone mes
sage assured him that the sick one
were on the road to recovery and tina
his return was wholly unnecessar,
However, he continued his journe
! this morning.
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gin removing it and himself from that
vicinity ON the high speed.
Another man came running from
across the street and the belligerent
Cooper tackled him, too, only to find it
was an officer not in uniform, who
started after the fleeing robber. The
robber fired twice and SO did the Off
Ger, and the man on the sidewalk got
himself together and also started to
leave The officer, Chester Vassar,
transferred his attention to the second
robber and captured him.
And I guess that's. all there Is 70
It, z Cooper remarkeds later. He had
calmly returned to his storeat the
corner OF Fourteenth and Summit
streets and was looking after his GUS
toners, most of them attracted by the
racket, for there had been no one but
himself in the store when the invasion
occurred.
At the Southwest Boulevard police
station, the captured robber gave his
name as James Quigley. He said he
was an ex-soldier and added he was
drawn into the affair innocently, as
the other man was the one with the
revolver. Cooper says not.
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LIVE SNAKES on
SHIP ST. PATRICK
Hindu charmers Employed to
Rid Vessel of Reptiles.
GET LOOSE ON VOYAGE
Box Billed as Samples" crazes White
Officers and Crew OF Lascars, Sail
ing From Kobe, Japan-"keep
Away From Boilers" Warning.

New York.-It was an innocent
enough looking box that came aboard
the steamer at Kobe, Japan, but 1t
was the beginning of several weeks of
horror for the officers and crew of the
st. Patrick, British freighter that
warped alongside her pier In the
American docks, Staten Island. The
st. Patrick Is In from Singapore,
dangkong and other far eastern
ports, with mixed cargo, largely con,
sisting OF firecrackers.
To begin with, the box was labeled
Samples, and bore the warning,
Keep away from boilers" The warn,
ing was complied with. Three days
out Of Kobe, while the ST. Patrick was
steaming down the Chinese coast, Sec,
ond Officer Dawson, who was super
vising the shifting OF cargo In the
hold with the aid of several Lascars,
heard g. peculiar noise in the vicinity
of the box Of mystery
On following the sound Dawson
found that the noise was coming forth
from the box. Thinking that rats had
got into the big package, Dawson OR.
dered two of the Lascars to remove
the covering and investigate
Hardly had the cover been taken
of the box related DawsonG when
the two Lascars let a howlVbut OF
them that shook the ship, and then,
followed by the other Lascars below,
they began fighting their way up the
ladder to the deck. Then / took a
peep in the box, and, holy mackerel!
l followed the Lascars and climbed
over them in my efforts to get above
The box was filed with writing,
twisting. Kissing snakes.
We'll, sir, there was nothing for 1t
but that the snakes be boxed up
again. The First was given the de.
lightful task. but when it came to
getting the Lascars to follow him into
the hold it was another story. We
tried some of the coolies, but they
were no more anxious to get on
speaking terms with the snakes than
were the Lascars. Finally the First
got a couple of the men below with
him.
BY this time the snakes had dis.
appeared. They had craw1ed all over
the ship. That started a snake hunt
that went on by night and by day
until we hit Singapore
'sAs soon as we reached Singapore
we sent for the man to whom the box
of samples had been consigned We
found him to be an animal dealer
When we informed him what had hap
pened he apologized profusely and
said he would attend to the rounding
up Of the vipers. In about All hour he
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-29
LOON GRABS BOY IN FIGHT
Nearly Pulls Him Under the Water,
but He Finally Gets the
Bird a Captive.

Elmer, N. IA big loon caught aft.
er an exciting fight in the water, is
the captive of thirteen-year-old George
Cassidy Of this place.
While out attending to his muskrat
traps the other day, the lad spied the
bird at the edge OF pond. At the
approach Of the boy the loon ran and
swan, and made futile attempts to
dive In the shallow water. Seeing a
chance to catch the big bird Cassidy
jumped into the pond and, heading 1t
off from deep water managed to grasp
one of it's wings.
The bird gave battle, attacking the
young trapper with its long BILL Cas-
sidy's trousers were seized by the loon
and he was nearly plunged into the
deep part of the pond before he finally
subdued his prize and carried 1t off to
show an admiring crowd Of school
mates.
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Easter Monday psy$ys

The Easter dawn is approaching,
and with it comes requests far par
ties, especially affairs for children,
who simply adore the bunny" season
must tell you how a mother Of three
Is to entertain at an all day" Easter
Monday party, the guests being seven
Of the neighborhood children. The In
vitations are written on egg-shaped
cards sealed with violet paster, or
the dearest Easter. chick just coming
out Of the shell may be found among
the seals or pastors, as the children
call them.
Tho ages Of the guests range from
Ave to eight years. A third floor
chamber is known rs the children's
room, and it is TO be prettily decorat-
ed with flowers and branches of bud
ding fruit trees which have been
placed in water for several days.
There should be mass Of blossoms
on them by Easter. Ten little hoops
have been prepared thus for one OF
the games, and each one is to be
wound with colored tape. The boy
who can roll his hoop twice around
the room. without letting 1t turn over
will be awarded a bag Of marbles, and
the little girl who accomplishes the
same feat viii have a dear little doll
baby dressed all in white.
A substantial luncheon will be
served at noon, with the prettiest Ia
BILE imaginable, all glorious jonquills,
Dummies and fluffy yellow chicks. A
music boz will play during the repast.
After luncheon the Children are TO
decorate the eggs to take home.
MADAME MERRi.
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JUMPS OVER A MAD BULL
Small Boy Plays "Leap Frog" With
crazed Animal and Escapes
Without Injury.

Cincinnati, O-Gerald Hopkins, nine
years old, the other afternoon per-
formed a. feat that would make the
torreadors Of old Spain and Mexico
jealous. A wild bull which had brok-
en- loose from it's stall in a stable in
the neighborhood caused a reign of
terror in Mount Auburn, Avondale and
Walnut Hills, the fashionable suburbs
of Cincinnati. The Hopkins lad got
directly in the path of the maddened
animal. People held their breath and
watched the frightened youth. Taking
quick step, the lad jumped clear
over the lowered head of the bull and
played leap frog" slipping over the
animals back and running into a
house before the bull could turn
around.
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mems until the oder wss 80 stgoas
that mother" would insist upon my
giving mp the sacred treasures.
When we used TO go to grandfa-
theirs the week before Easter the rule
was that each child had for keeps all
the eggs found during the time between
Wednesday and Saturday, time being
up at noon on Saturday. We each
carried out our own decorative
scheme, the most beautiful Tin our
eyes) being those ornamented with
transfer pictures, or, to be- accurate,
decalcomania work And small
child just informed me that they have
just such pictures now, so Polly is go
ing to get some for this party. They
are great fun. Then we are going to
make. the cutest place cards by gluing
a half Of an egg shell on yellow
shaped card and mark happy little
face upon 1t with pen and ink, the
child's name to be written underneath.
These egg shell cards are fine for
concealing gifts to be presented on
Easter morning, and are large enough
to cover a gold piece, ring or even
bright new pennies for the children.
OF course the shells have to be brok-
en-, but they are easy to make, and no
one minds o bit OF trouble at this sea-
son.
We are going to serve brown bread
sandwiches with cocoa, wee yellow
chick perched on each cup. That Ia
all. just enough to make it seem like
q party.
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Let a Howl Out of Them.

comes aboard the st. Patrick with q
turbaned Hindu.
''The animal man and his Hindu
nibs proceeded below, and followed
down the ladder a bit to see the fun.
His nibs with the turban sits him
down on box and brings forth flute
and began to tweedle-tWeedle to the
kings taste.
when Mr.. Snake got within grab
bling distance the Hindu charmer sud
denly reached out and grabs him by
the neck and fops the wriggler into
a basket. Then he begins with his
tweedle-tweedle and his singsong.
That Hindu tweedle-tweedled all
night, and finally the animal man said
as how all the snakes had been round.
ed up. When he went over the side
with his wrigglers we breathed a sigh
Of relief"
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MAKING an Asparagus Bed.

II you have suitable patch of ground
about IL feet long by s or feet wide,
you can grow enough asparagus on It
to supply a large family during the
spring. This does not mean one or
two messes that cost SO much they
taste like money, either. Il means all
you want to eat Of one Of the most
delicious and healthful vegetables.
Plant bed this year and you can cut
an excellent crop next spring. OF
course you could get some this year.
but it is safer to let it alone for q
year so that the plants may get q
good start.
Well drained, mellow, sandy loan IL
best for asparagus. It must be warm,
rich and well drained. Heavy clay
will not do. II your soil Is heavy,
your best plan win be to excavate
your bed to a depth OF is inches and
fill in with loamy soil or a mixture Of
loan and sand.
Land that has been used for gar
den is better than fresh soil. It must
be spaded as deep as possible, prefer
ably from IL to IS inches. Make the
soil fine, but not necessarily as fine
as seed bed, except right around the
roots. Do this the latter part Of
April or the first Of May.
Next dig trenches or hills deep
enough to bring the crown Of the
plants eight inches below the surface
Of the ground. Have these rows IL
to 18 inches apart and set the plants
II inches apart In the rows. Cover
them with a few inches of well packed
earth and then put on stable manure
until just the tip Of the stalk is visible.
Keep the patch hoed and all the
trenches in as the plant grows until
the whole bed Is level. Do not put
manure directly about the roots.
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greens Use aNew zlealand'' ana
plant s inches apart. inch deem
and rows Is inches apart.
HQUAsH-summer squash Ia planted
bout the middle OF May and should
be treated like cucumbers. Winter
squash (HubbarD should be planted
about June LIST and handled In the
same way.
SWISS CHARD-Handle like spinach.
planting about May 1st. Do not cut
leaves too close in harvesting.
TOMATO-set out the latter part OF
May, using good strong plants. Pros
tect from frost and stake up as soon
as necessary. Keep suckers trimmed
of. Set plants four feet apart In .
sunny spot.