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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-08

The anthracite miners averaged
more working time in 1911 than the
days. against 2ll days for the btu
bituminous miners. working 246
minous miners.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-08
STRAY TOPICS
FROM NEW YORK
Breezy Bits of Gossip and
Happenings Out of the
Ordinary

NEW YORK. Feb e. Consider
Ing the fact that the Americans have
universal reputation for being gul-
ded Ia their actions by consideration
and motives Of the most practical
and matter Of fact character. ~ D.
surprising what n lot OF sentiment e.
wasted upon man like Gen Sick.
les who. after a brilliant and honor
able career in the service OF bic
country stultifed himself by dis
sracing and dishonor.nF himself for
the sake OF a woman not even Biz
wife u is difficult 10 understand
The causes OF deterioration which
have marrod the lie Of the General
students OF human nature are won
dering whether there had always
been a yellow streak In the generals
character or whether D. developed
only when senllity began 10 weaken
his power OF resistance However
that may have been Gen Sickles
succeeded In making a horrible mess
W ~. w hNlpNNi vt fNhI lidulf NlH
position toward the old man could !
ever Obliterate the fact that b. vas
guilty OF fragrant dishonesty when |
he mlsappropriated large sum Of
m0ney which had been entrusted 10 |
HIN what makes his sin even |
b'acker Ia the fact that by commit
ting u he betrayed the trust placed
In him b. those who had believed In
him and had honored him for the
faithful services which h" had rem
dered 20 his country
Those who are charItably Inclined
MAJ Try 10 find excuses for the gen
erals misdeed and mag put the
blame upon hiH weakness or what
ever they please. but the fact remains
act vas one OF dishonesty not alone
according 20 the Interpretation by
the laH bat il the judgment OF all
fairminded persons The violation
NJ trust Is q heIuous offcnse and
those guilty of it will deserve the
hyslerlcal sympathy which has been
70 wani0nly wasted upon General
sickles
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-08

Peter Goelet Gerry young So
c.oiy man. has recently been elected
TO the new congress. he Is million
aire and married one Of Washing
tons famous beauties. Miss Mathilie
Townsend tie represents the Sec
ond District OF Rhode Island
clyde n Tayenner viii represent
the Fourteenth District OF Illinois
He is one OF three employees of con-
gress To- bee elected 20 the noV con.
grcss Mr. Tayennor came 10 Wash
ingtou as newspaper man. and now
holds position as cashier Iu the
House sergeant a. arms office
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-08

For e lone time II has been felt
that there was something radically
wrong with the school system OF New
York city. but nobody seemed 20 be-
abic 20 locate the seat and the cause
Of the trouble Finally the board Of
estimate took the bull by the horns
and appointed an investigating com
miiloee which employed experts 10
study the matter with view OF as
ceiaining the defects Of the present
system The first OF the reports OF
the experts submitted 10 the com
mittpe vas that OF Dr Edward G.
Elliott. director of the school OF ed
ucation OF the University OF Wis
consin The report Is undoubtedly in
teresting and contains some valuable
pointers Dr Elliott recommends the
abolition Of the board Of superinten-
dents aud number OF changes In /
the administrative system Of the |
schools II remains 20 be- seen. how |
ever. what the other experts have to |
say upon the subjects II would be- /
\ decidedly novel experience II tho
experts should agree IN their opin-
tons a this case II rs more likely
however. that each will find differ
ent causes OF the existing defects and
will make different suggestions 50
that n The end the investigating
'ill ho practically In the
same position as now n will know
what 70 does now. that there IL
wrong with the school sys-
tenn. without having come a single
step nearer 20 the solution OF the
problem
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-08

II viii pay you 20 buy your fixtures
this week from Num- Electric Co..
and save % per cent.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-08

ed regret that the law did not deal
more severely with such hgutcs as
the prisoner. tie cmphatiCaily yoic
ed the sentiments OF everyone pres
eut In the courtroom Testimony
showed that the prisoner had been
la the habit of beating the baby Nth
the buckle end of a heavy belt when
ever the little fellow cried aud that
on one occasion h" had even bitten
the cheek of the little felloR
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-08

The other day a man was arraign-
ed in the Special Sessions court at
Jamaica. l.. l.. upon the charge OF
having stolen three loayes of bread
The prisoner admitted the theft but
stated that az the time he was out
OF work and had no money to buy
iood FOR his hungry wife and child
rem. u appeared from the testimony
10 the case thar a police Inspector.
passing in Dts automobile. had Wit
messed tho theft and had sent % poo
h'rman 20 arrest fhe thief When the
policeman learned char the mans
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-08

"ct your fine crispy tender pop
corn at Gray's Confectionery Az
TAYLOR street In Deandl building.
S3-Gp
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-08

family was starving and utterly des-
titute, he Immediately started a sub
scription for money. food and cloth
ing for the family OF the man. be-
fore he arrested the latter and took
him TO the police station. Sentence
IN the case was suspended by the
Justices.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-08

Rather unusual were the argu-
menis with which Horace Fisch Of
Camden, y j, opposed the demand
for alimony made by his wife who is
suing him for divorce Mr. Fisch
said he had' been compelled 10 leave
MS vie. because she had long and
sharp toenails and scratched his legs
so that he found II impossible 10 live
With her Strange 10 say Mrs Fisch
did not deny the allegation made by
her husband and as 1t was shown.
that she was a milliner with a eooa
income. her application for alimony
was denied by the Vice Chancellor.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-08

II John T. Borne. a former mem
Der OF the Produce Exchange aud the
Consolidated Exchange OF this city.
had died six hours later than be- aid
his widow would have been made
poorer by SIO.l9n Borne d.ed on
July a.. 1919 az 1880 4 NJ. al the
Garden City Hotel in Garden city. l..
l. About six hours later Governor
Hughes signed q bill which material
IS changed the inheritance tax laws
As Borne died before the new law
became effective the courts decided
that his estate. which is estimated
at about 100000. was subject only
TO tax Of one per cent as fixed by
the old law Under the old Law the
tax is $40. while under the new
law the tax would have been Sls .S6a
The agitation against the white
slave traffic has received power
tul stimulus recently and 30 is hoped
That something will be done in the
near future 10 put stop 10 this dis
graceful and uetarious practice An
expert. having devoted nearly two
years 20 the study OF the white
slave traffic In this city. collecting
ascertained that there we're
about 260oo white slaves" in New
York city, who were owned" b.
about 500 men. The same inyesti-
gator testified before the Curran in
vestigating committee that he knew
Of lo5 disorderly houses harboring
white slaves" which were allowed
ly the police 10 exist without inter
ference. because they paid blackmail
70 the police.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-01-31
JAMES B. HAMMOND IS DEAD
MuIti-Mi Ilionaire, Who Was Friend
of His Employees In Typewriter
Concern, Expires Suddenly.

Jacksonville, Fla.-James B. Ham.
mond, the multi-millionaire head
of the typewriter concern, died
suddenly at the Hotel Alcasar, st.
Augustine. Mr.. Hammond had been
cruising in southern water for some
time in his private yacht and had been
in his usual health up to Jan. 26. The
body was taken to New York for in.
terment.
Mr.. Hammond was noted for his
generosity toward the men and WON.
en- he employed. For years he daily
visited the factory and spoke to every
woman and man there. They knew
him more as a familiar friend than
as an employer. He was fond of Civ.
ing them coaching parties.
Ten years ago he announced that
he would start on cruise lasting 27
years, the end of the cruise would
find him 100 years old. At a cost Of
100000 he had built power yacht.
The voyage only lasted seven months.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-01-31
VERY MUCH MARRIED LAWYER
Attorney Is Charged With Having
Nine Wives, Last Spouse Being
Granted Divorce.

Somerset, Pa.-The Somerset coun-
ty court has Just granted Esther
Lipscher Spielberg a divorce from
Nicholas Spielberg, a prominent law
yer of this county, on the ground that
he is bigamist. Spielberg, it was
testified in the hearing of the case,
had eight other wives, one of whom it
is charged was Florence Kemp, who
is a nun in the Ursuline sisterhood at
Marquette, Mich.
Damaging testimony against the lag
yer was given by DR.. JaulusZ of Pitts
burgh, former classmate of the biga-
mist, who testified that the man was
a fugitive from Justice in Detroit and
that his marriages were all contracted
in the west and south.
The list of women whom the record
in the divorce shows Spielberg mar.
ried is as follows: Sarah Newman of
New Haven, Conn; Minnie Felt of
Toledo, o.; Florence Kemp of Indian.
apolis; Florence Klapp of Los An.
geles; Rose Weinstein of San Fran.
cisco; Rose Stein of Minneapolis; Els.
ther Leipscher of Somerset, Pa, and
Agnes Blatz of Detroit.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-01-31
STRUGGLE
with ILLNESS
Mrs. Stewart Tells How She
Suffered from 16to45 years
old-Fiow Finally Cured.

Euphemia, Ohio. =" Because OF total
ignorance of how to care for myself
when verging into womanhood, and from
taking cold when going to school, suf-
fered from displacement, and each
month ] had severe pains and nausea
which always meant a lay-off from work
for two to four days from the time /
was 16 years old.
"Iwent to Kansas to live with my sis
ter and while there doctor told me Of
the Pinkham remedies but did not use
them then as my faith in patent medi-
cines was limited. After my sister died
l came home to Ohio to live and that
has been my home for the last is years.
"The Change of Life came when was
AZ years old and about this time saw
my physical condition plainly described
in one of your advertisements. Then 1
began using Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and I cannot tell you
or any one the relief it gave me in the
first three months. 1t put me right
where I need not lay off every month
and during the last 1S years / have not
paid out two dollars to a doctor, and have
been blest with excellent health for awo-
woman of my ago and can thank Lydia
E. Pinkham 'sVegetable Compound forit-
"Since the Change of Life is over I
have been a maternity nurse and being
wholly self-supporting I cannot over
estimate the value of good health. 1
have now earned a comfortable little
home just by sewing and nursing since
was 81 years old. l have recommended
the Compound to many with good re-
suits, as it is excellent to take before
and after childbirth. miss EVELYN
ADELrA STEWART, Euphemia, Ohio.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confl.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
woman and held in strict confidence.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-01-31
PUJO COMMITTEE QUITS
CONCLUDES ITS LABORS FOR
THE PRESENT SESSION.
Hears Prominent Financial and Busi-
ness Men of Country, James J.
Hill Being Last Witness.

Washington, D. C. = The Pujo
money trust committee concluded its
labors for the present session after
taking the testimony of H. p. Dawson,
who is widely believed to be the big
gest active man in Wall street; of
James ]. Hill, the greatest living rail-
road builder; of Francis l.. Hine,
president of the First National bank
of New York and inserting in the rec
ord an important letter from Jacob
II. Schiff, From the witnesses exam
ined the committee heard statements
as follows:
From Francis L. Hine-That Nor
gan G. Co. initiated and engineered
the subway bond deal, merely inviting
the First National and the National
City to participate. That the partici-
patton was unequal, Morgan & Co.
getting the largest slice.
From H. P. Dawson, managing
partner of Morgan & Co.-That con-
centration of capital and credit in
New York will continue to increase
unless there are drastic changes in
the banking laws. That there is no
money trust. That the deductions
made from the charts prepared by
Mr.. Untermeyer are, in Davison's
judgment, unjustified and misleading.
That all the laws that can be made
cannot prevent directors from looting
a bank.
From ]. ]. Hill-That he as rail-
road president owns stock in banks
in New York, Chicago, Minneapolis
and other places and that his sons
are officeholders and stockholders in
other financial institutions. That it
would be dangerous to give minority
stockholders representation on rail-
road boards of directors because COM
for the purpose of learning the secrets
of the corporation. That no minority
stockholder in his experience has at
tended a directors meeting in 80
years, save for the purpose of making
trouble. That he, Hill, is getting old
and wants to retire, but that he has
put one of his sons into every in
stitution from which he has with
drawn.
From Jacob H. Schiff (by letter)-
That the multiplication of banks and
/ trust companies has heretofore led to
an over extension of credit, to over
trading and to illegitimate conditions
in general and that the financial panic
of 1907 and other panics were brought
about by the too great multiplication
of banks and trust companies.
OF the witnesses Dawson proved
fatty recalcitrant every time Sam
uel Untermyer, counsel for the COM
mittee, sought to draw from him in.
formation as to the methods of do
ing business by ]. p. Morgan G Co.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-01-31
Co. SPLITS
BIG CONCERN DiSSoLVES INTO
TWO CORPORATIONS.
President of the Company Declares
Move Is Along Lines Laid Down
in Government Suit.

Chicago, Ill. - The International
Harvester Co. is to be dissolved
into two corporations of $70,O00,000
capital each. Official announcement
of the plan was made, following the
incorporation in New Jersey of the
International Harvester Corporation,
and it will take effect at once.
While the officials of the harves-
ter company avow that this move is
not intended to influence the issue of
the suit now pending, President Cyrus
III. Mccormick, in statement just
issued, declares it to be a dissolution
along the lines laid down in the gov
ernment suit. In other words, the
harvester company is meeting the
complaints of the government in ad-
vance of the settlement of the gov
ernment suit The new company will
take over all the foreign plants of the
harvester trust, together with certain
properties in the United States ac-
quired subsequent to the organiza-
tion of the combine in 1902. A very
simple method has been worked out
for the distribution of the new stock.
Half of the present outstanding stock,
both common and preferred, will be
turned in for cancellation; and like
amount of new stock will be issued in
its place. After this operation has
been completed, there will be two
separate and distinct corporations,
each having S30,O0O.0OO seven per cent
preferred stock and $40,O00,000 COM
mon stock. In the distribution of as
sets and earning power it has been
the purpose of the directors to make
as even division between the two
segments of the trust as possible. The
action of the company is the result
of the suit pending against the Inter
national Harvester Co. in the federal
courts under the Sherman antitrust
law. The suit, however, will probably
continue. President Mccormick, In
his statement, explained that the new
arrangement was not considered 6
solution of the questions at issue be
tween the international Harvester Co
and the government. The old com
pany will continue to own all the prop
critics it possessed when it began bust
ness in 1902.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-01-31
KNOX NOTE TO GREAT BRITAIN
Secretary of State Declares Arbitra-
tlon on Proposed Panama Canal
Tolls 'ls PREMATURE

Washington, d. C.-Declaring that
any suggestion of arbitration of
the proposed Panama canal tolls on
the part of Great Britain lis prema'
ture" and emphatically stating that
the government of the United States
differs radically from that of England
in the Interpretation of the Hay
Pauncefote and Clayton-Bulwer treat
les the note from Secretary of State
Knox to the British foreign office in
reply to Sir Edward GreY's note of
Dec. 9, was made public here coin
cident with its reading before par
lament II. London.
Secretary Knox assures the British
government that domestic eoastwise
trade will not be permitted to extend
operations into foreign competitive
fields and that increased tolls will
not be laid on foreign shipping to
balance the remission to American
ships. If Great Britain is not satisfied
on these points America proposes a
special commission of adjustment.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-01-31
Opera Composer Ia Dead.

New York City.-Gustave Luders.
composer of "The Prince of Pill
sen," "The Shogun." "The Grand
Mogul," "The Fair Coed" king
Dodo," Woodland" and other sue
cessful light operas, died in the rooms
of Mitchell Obray in the Times Court,
an apartment hotel. following an
acute attack of cerebral apoplexy.
He bsd left Mrs. Luders and their
daughter at the Broadway theater,
where his latest composition, Some
where Else" is being played, only a
few hours before, apparently in the
best of health.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-01-31
suIzer's Special Message.

Albany, NJ Yin a special mes.
sage to the legislature Gov. Sui.
ger calls for remedial legislation for
the correction of certain abuses in
stock exchanges.
stock exchanges" says the gov.
ernor of the Empire state, "are an in
eyitable necessity. They cannot be de-
stroyed without doing irreparable In
jury to business. AS at present con-
stituted they are beyond the regula'
tive powers of the state. That evils
resuiring immediate remedy exist is
beyond dispute"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-01-31
Unearth Big Postal Frauds.

Washington, d. G. ~ Enormous
frauds against the government through
the illegal trafficking In stolen post
age stamps have been unearthed by
postoffice inspectors. Reports re-
ceived by Postmaster General Hitch
cock show that the frauds have been
conducted on SO tremendous scale
that they involve at least 100000
annually. Indictments already have
been returned against stamp brokers
in New York. Chicago and other large
cities. Confessions have been received
by inspectors from some of the men.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-01-31
WOULD AID TRAVELLING MEN
Champ Clark Urges Legislation That
viii Enable Them to Vote Even
If Absent From Home.

Washington, d. C.-Speaker Champ
Clark thinks 1t very unfair that
physicians, drummers and others
whose business calls them away from
their residences at uncertain dates
should be disfranchised because they
are not at home to register and to
vote on dates fixed by law.
The speaker received the support OF
the Travelling Mems association last
spring and now he is out in support
of change in the law by the several
states allowing the right of vote under
affidavit by mail. A bill comforting
this right to vote for congressman is
now before a house committee, but
the states have the power to regulate
generally the right of suffrage.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-01-31
TRAINS SERVANT
GIRLS FOR WIVES
Mother Adopts Novel Plan
to Get Mates for Sons.
FATHER ALSO AIDS BOYS
Wealthy Marble Manufacturer Gives
Lads When They Reach the Age
of Sixteen an Interest in His
Large Business.

st. Louis, Mo.-Mrs. Louis j. Itch.
ncek of this city trains servant
girls in her own home to be wives for
her sons. She has made three of these
matches and they have been so sue
cessful that she has plans for keeping
her personally conducted matrimonial
system in operation until her nine
sons have taken servants of the fam
lily as wives.
Father Also Aids Sons.
The father of this family of nine
sons and daughter, also has sys-
tenn. AS each son reaches the age of
16 he is given an interest in the
fathers business and becomes an ac-
tive partner in it. Bichacek has Just
taken his eighth son, Harry, into the
firm.
Their mother finds their wives and
put them in business and everybody
is happy" says Tichacek.
Mrs. Tichacek has rule which
thus far has never failed her. This
is the way she states it: "If girl
Is good enough to work in my house
hold for five years she is good enough
to marry one Of my sons"
When a girl has successfully passed
through the five years of probation
and has shown that she is proficient
as a cook and as a housekeeper, ac-
cording to the standard set by this
mother of ten, Mrs. Tichacek does not
hesitate to recommend her to her son
as qualified and desirable helpmeet.
Mr.. Tichacek is a wealthy marble
manufacturer and former state repre-.
sentative.
Trains Girls Five Years.
With wise executive foresight Mrs
Tichacek preserves the line of success
sion by always having one or more
household servant in training when
the senior in rank is approaching the
end of the allotted five year period.
Friends of the family are comment
ing with interest on the fact that
three of the sons who have reached
legal age, George, 27, Edward, "a, and
Charles %, are still bachelors and that
coincidentally young woman regard
ed by all of Mrs. Techacek's womer
acquaintances as a paragon of serv
ants has been with the family almos
five years.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-01-31
Mayor snubs Doctor Cook.

Tacoma, Wash.-Mayor Seymour
snubbed DR.. Frederick Cook and
refused to sit at the same table
with him. The mayor received an
invitation to attend banquet given
for DR.. Cook at the Commercial club.
Prominent Tacomans were invited as
guests. n. ~
Mayor Seymour declined the in.
vitation saying: II don't believe
In him and don't want to meet him
and shake his hands. am not an
expert but those who are experts say
r,r. Cook is monumental fakir."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-01-31
John Paul Jones' Body in Crypt.

Annapolis, Md-The body of John
Paul Jones, the Father of the
American Navy" after resting for
more than century in a foreign coun-
try, was on Jan. 26 consigned to its
final resting place in the crypt of the
naval academy chapel here. The cere-
monies attending the interment were
simple yet dignified. The body, which
has been at Annapolis since June, 1906,
when Ambassador Horace Porter had
1t brought here from an obscure grave
In a Paris cemetery, was escorted from
Bancroft hall by the midshipmen.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-01-31
Eleven Killed by Issorotes.

Manila, p. Ia late wireless mes
sage from Zamboanga confirms the
report of the Staying of Capt. Patrick
McNally of the Philippine scouts, but
increases the number of those killed
with him to 10 instead of nine, as at
first report. Fourteen scouts were
wounded by the tribesmen. In addi-
ton to Capt. McNally. three licuten-
ants and seven enlisted men were
Killed.
No details of the agbt!ng havs been
received, but 1t is supposed to have
been another Iggorote attack.