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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
T. R. PLEADS FOR PRIMARY
Speaks at Buffalo in Interest of Direct
Elections.

Buffalo.-Theodore Roosevelt spoke
here in favor of direct primary legisla-
ton, supporting the campaign of Gov.
Sulzer. His speech follows in part:
Gov. Hughes failed in getting
through his legislation because the ma
chimes of both the old parties, under
the bosses of both of the old parties,
were against him. We see the same BIZ
partisan combination controlling the leg.
islature at Albany today against Gov.
Suffers proposal. We see the repre-
sentatives of two parties, who in their
platforms promised this legislation, sft-
er deliberate caucus and conference, SOL
EMMY repudiating the very promise on
the strength of which they sought and
obtained office.
ut is said that we propose to do away
with party organization. The statement
is not correct. We do not propose to 10
away with party organizations. We be-
lieve in party organizations. But we be-
lieve that it should be really party and
not boss organization, and we propose
to make the organization responsible to
the rank and file of the men who nom
inally belong to it."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
OWNERSHIP BY J.. S.
Of RAILWAYS LIKELY
TIE MINNESOTA RATE DECISION
STARTS SPECULATION.
VIE VS. OF NATIONAL LEADERS
On Account of Absence of Justice
Hughes, Decisions in Arkansas,
Shreveport, Texas and Other
Rate Cases Postponed.

Washington. That the decision Of
the United States supreme court in the
Minnesota rate ease furnishes the
strongest impulse toward government
ownership Of railroads and other public
utilities yet recorded, is the keynote of
opinions expressed by influential and
a%cutely discerning members of congress.
They are also of the opinion that the
trend toward government ownership
which has been noticeable for some years
will receive a significant impetus from
its decision.
A leading member of the house com
mittee on interstate and foreign COM
merce, said Tuesday that the decision
would have a strong tendency to accel-
crate the development of popular agi-
tation for government ownership, which
movement, he added, 81 have been con-
WINGED for some years was inevitable"
A distinguished member of the house
judiciary committee expressed himself
rs detecting the dim outlines of gov
eminent ownership of all public utili-
ties in the Minnesota rate case decision.
The congressman in question did not
indulge in hostile criticism of the SUI
preme courts decision. In fact, both
anticipated the decision, as both have
believed for years that government
ownership would be the inevitable result
of the destruction of competition among
the railway systems and the subsequent
legislative acts of the national congress
to regulate the resultant powerful COM
carrier interests Of the United
States.
Absence from the session of the SUI
preme eout of Justice Hughes, who is
understood to be preparing decisions IN
most of the Missouri, Arkansas, Oregon,
Kentucky and West Virginia railroad
rate cases, caused final action in these
cases to go over until the last decision
day, June 16.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
TREATED AS IN STATE OF WAR
West Virginia Soldiers Arrest and Con.
vict Men Without Indictment.

Charleston, W.. Na.-War-time rule in
the coal strike regions of West Virginia
were described before the senate mine
investigating committee here Wednesday,
and after three military officers had pict-
ured conditions, the committee expressed
itself satisfied as to the charge that "thc
citizens Of West Virginia had been tried
and convicted in violation Of the consti-
tuition and laws of the United States"
Two members of the military commits
sion, which at three different times as
sumed absolute domination over some
$50 square miles of West Virginia terri
tory, testified. Both told the committee
that their proceedings were conducted
without regard to the civil laws Of the
state; that they arrested, arraigned,
tried and convicted offenders in the
strike zone without recourse to process
of the civil courts and imposed sentences
without regard to the limitations i'm.
posed by the statutes of West Virginia.
1--WE considered the entire strike dis
trict in IA state of actual warfare" said
Capt. Morgan, with soldierly frankness,
"and We acted according to the procedure
of the United States army in time Of
war"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
ADMITS EARLY
METHODS WERELX
EVIDENCE THAT COMPETITION is
SUPPRESSED SHOWN.
HIS MEMORY GROWS BAD
Steel Head Does Not Believe He Made
Remark That He Would Rather
Keep Shelby Tube Co. Under
Corporation Than Buy 1t.

New York.-Judge Ebert II. Gary,
chairman Of the United states Steel Cor.
poration, was called upon Wednesday by
government counsel, in the suit to di,
solve the corporation, TO explain certain
alleged contracts entered into by the
corporation with competitors, under
which they agreed to stay out of the
steel business. The witness was asked
to reconcile them with the policy Of "fos.
tcring competition" which he had test.
fled had been the aim of the corporation
since it, organization. He also was ask
ed to explain remarks attributed to him
to the effect that he would rather keep
the Shelby Tube Company, formerly a
competitor, under the control of the cor
poration than buy it out.
Judge Gary answered many Of the
questions by saying Il do not remem-
ber," but explained that on general bust
ness principles he did not approve Of the
contracts referred to,
II don't think that as a director | was
MS careful in those days as | am now
he volunteered.
Under one contract the owners Of the
United Steel Company, acquired by the
corporation, agreed to stay out of the
steel business for ten years. Another
pact imposed similar conditions upon the
owners of the Oliver iron ore properties
and a third required William Refs, prcsi-
dent Of the National Steel Company, be-
fore it was taken over, to stay out Of
the steel business for three years.
Judge Gary was surc he had not ut
tered the words attributed TO him in re-
gard to the Shelby company, which the
corporation subsequently took over.
The Carnegie Steel Company, a sub
sidiary, had u contract to supply steel
to the Shelby company under which, az.
cording to the minutes of the finance
company, the Carnegie company could
arrange its prices so as to keep the Shell
by company from doing business
81 was foolishly lax in allowing such
statements to be made and such action
taken" said Judge Gary.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
BIG STRIDES MADE
BY COTTON CROP
WEATHER PAST TWO WEEKS HAS
BEEN PRACTICALLY PERFECT.
STANDS ARE MUCH IMPROVED
Plant Is Strong and Healthy, With Size
About Normal-Boll Weevil Re-
ported in Sections of Mississip-
pi and Louisiana.

Memphis, Tenn.-Seldom has the cot
ton belt been favored with such uni
versally favorable conditions for the
advancement of the cotton crop as
those which have prevailed during the
past two weeks. With the single eY-
ception of a very small area in South
ern Texas, weather has been practically
perfect over the belt, and as a result
the crop has made great strides. In
Southern Texas rain is needed, but no
damage has been done SO far that rain
during this week will not repair.
Warm weather for the past week fol-
lowed general rains over the belt. The
rains found clean fields and well-tilled
soil, so that there was nothing to him
der the growth of the plant, which has
been remarkabl for the past fortnight.
The plant is generally strong and
healthy, and stands are good over the
entire belt, great improvement in this
regard having been made in the eastern
belt since date of last report, stands
there now being almost perfect. Late
ness in some States is made up for by
forwardness in others, so that the crop
is about normal in this regard.
Some sections of the belt are reach
ing q period where rain will be needed
in a few days, but precipitation any
time this week will prevent damage in
any section of the belt.
Aside from the dry weather in South
ern Texas, the only complaint regis
tered was of the appearance of the boil
weevil in infested sections of Missis-
slppi and Louisiana. These pests have
made their appearance early, BUG farm
ers are working harder against them
than usual. There is no complaint of
grassy fields, cloddy ground or lack of
labor, there being a good supply of the
last named, which is working well.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20

The health commissioner OF New
York city asserts that many manufac.
turers of pies and other pastry are
using benzoate Of soda more freely
than is good for the human stomach.
For this reason he proposes to pro-
mulgatc regulations that will force
the restaurateurs and others who sell
these viands to display placards or
print a line In the bill OF fare that
will convey notification of the pres.
ence OF the chemical preservatiye to
the ultimate consumer. 1t is entire
ly proper that the individual who
pays for what he supposes to be
like mother used to make" and Is
given something else should know
what he Is getting for his money.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
RULE Of REASON"
DOESNOT|NTERFERE
CRIMINAL SIDE OF SHERMAN LAW
is UPHELD.
TURPENTINE MEN VICTORIOUS
Court Holds That Rule in Standard Oil
Case Did Not Make Criminal Feat
IRE of the Sherman Law
Invalid.

WashingtOn.-The constitionality oil
the Sherman antitrust law, as a crimi'
nal statute, was upheld Monday by the
United States Supreme Court. The court
set aside the sentences in the criminal
suit against the '%turpentine trust ~
the ground that the trial Judge had de-
livered an erroneous instruction to the
jury, but rejected the contention of the
defendants that the rule of reason" all.
nounced in the Standard Oil decision
made the forbidden acts so indefinite as
to make the Sherman law as a criminal
statute unconstitutional.
"The decision sustains the Sherman
law" said Acknowledgement McReynolds.
A civil suit for the dissolution of the
trust is still pending in the lower courts.
Edmund S. Nash, president of the CON,
pany, had been fined $4,000 and sen.
fenced to Jail for three months; Spencer
p. Shotter, chairman of the board, fined
$4,000 and sentenced to Jail for three
months; George Meade Boardman, treas.
urer, fined S., 200, and Carl Moller, man.
ager of the Jacksonville branch, fined
$4,000. All these sentences were set aside
by the court.
Shelters and Myers cases were the
first convictions for violation of the Sher.
man antitrust law carrying jail sen.
fences to come before the Supreme Court.
The trial judge instructed the jury that
a conviction could be had if the defend.
ants were found guilty of "any' of the
means charged to effect a monopoly. One
of those means, Justice Holmes said, in
announcing the courts decision, was an
an offense which would not be a re.
straint of trade, but were mere cheat
ing, punishable by state law.
In announcing the courts decision, Jus.
tice Holmes said that the "rule of rea.
son" did not make the forbidden acts
SO indefinite as to make the Sherman
antitrust law as a criminal measure un.
constitutional.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
MANY HURT IN STRIKE RIOT
IA Injured in Fight of Police and New
Orleans Dockmen.

New Orleans.-Two men were serious.
ly injured and a dozen others sustained
minor injuries in a fight between strik-
ing seamcn OF the United Fruit Company
and strikc.breakcrs, at the Julia River
dock hero Wednesday. Police quelled the
riot, making rs arrests.
The trouble is said to have originated
when Il number OF strikers attempted to
prevent the men who had taken their
places from boarding the steamship lie.
redia. A score of shots and several vol.
leys of brick bats had been exchanged
before police were able to stop the fight.
The two men seriously hurt received
bullet wounds in the abdomen. None OF
the police who intcrfercd in the fight
was injured,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
Reason, Why.

She was a dear, old fashioned,
modest. simple maiden lady. So that
when she announced the fact that she
thought Of paying a chiropodist o visit
her great friend was duly astonished.
II didn't know you suffered from
corns," remarked the latter, when the
news was first broken to her.
II DON'T" replied the old lady mild
ly, albeit firmly; neither am / az
dicted with bunions. chilblains, nor
any other pains in the feet"
Her friend gazed at her with grow.
ing CONSERVATION.
Then, my DEAR" she demonstrated
gently. what on earth do you want
to visit a chiropodist for?"
The little old lady's cheeks blushed
a delicate pink as she leaned forward,
laid n mittened hand on her interro-
gators arm and whispered:
TITS this way, my dear. 1 do 80
want to be able to boast that at least
once in my life l had a mar at my
feet!"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
WERE NOT THEIR AGENTS
Vice-President Brown of Magnolia Co.
Strenuously Denies.

Corsicana, Tex.-Attorneys for the state
in Texas 500, 900 900 custer and penalty
oil suit Monday sought to show by f. r.
Brown, vice-president of the Magnolia
Company, that the Navarro Refining
Company, a predecessor of the Magnolia,
had a selling agreement with the Waters
Pierce Oil Company by which the latter
sold all of the oil refined by the Navar-
no Company. The state endeavored to
prove that after the Waters-Pierce Com.
pahy was ousted from Texas and the
Navarro Company adjudged a trust, the
agreement was continued between the
Pieree-Fordyce Company, successor to the
Waters-Pierce, and the John Sealey Com.
pany, later reorganized as the Magnolia
Company.
This the defense strenuously denied.
Mr.. Brown said the Navarro Refining
Company had been dissolved as a trust
because it maintained no selling agency
and is still being prosecuted as a trust.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
How They Measured.

From the meadow the road began
to ascend, and about noon we started
to climb Greeley Hill a thirteen mile
road leading to its summit. AS the
afternoon began to wane, and we had
z~igzagged our way over what seemed
to us thirteen miles Of road, we met q
resident of the region and ventured to
ask him how they Measured miles in
that country.
"'Oh, w just let a greyhound loose,
and when he drops dead, that's q
mile was the reply."-Suburban Life
Magazine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
SILK WORKERS MAY RETURN
Police Prepare for Trouble at Pateson
Silk Mills.

Paterson, n. jim expectation OF
many striking silk workers returning to
their places, Chief of Police Bimson an.
nounced that ample police protection
would be provided them and that efforts
to restrain them will be discouraged BY
whosesale arrests. County Judge Klein.
ert, who has passed severe sentence on
strikers convicted before him recently,
declared that persons brought before him
charged with interfering with men re-.
turning to work would receive "the limit
of the law"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20

Doctors told the members OF the iii.
nois Society for the Conservation Of
Vision. at the first public meeting Of
that organization In Chicago, that In
attention Of nurses at the time that
infants are born Ia the cause Of most
cases Of congenital blindness.
Throughout the country there Is activ-
lily at the present time In disseminat-
ing information regarding the simple
method by which the shocking calam-
ity Of ~infantile blindness in most In
stances can be prevented.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20

The success Of the ~anti-typhoid in.
oculation in the United States army
has been such that the authorities have
decided to extend It's protection to the
families of soldiers. Colonel Surgeon
L. Mervin Maus. chief medical officer
for the department Of the east. who
has been stationed at Governors Is
land for n year, has obtained typhoid
anti-toxin from the army laboratory
at Washington. All women under
forty-iive and all children over ten
years Of ago are to be made immune
to the fever. Undoubtedly the conf
denco OF the army In this %prophylac-
tic will influence the extension Of its
employment in civil life. Among the
FIRST to resort to 1t as a class might
be expected to be the travelling men.
who continually take fresh risks with
strange drinking water.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
idle RICH" ON INCREASE
Poorer Folk StOop to Crime in Emulat.
ing Wealthy.

Observation-Disclosures in the number
of "idle rich is producing a class Of
criminals in this country almost faster
than the police can cope with it, al
cording to Representative Borlani, Mis-
souri,, who Tuesday addressed the con
v~ention of the International Association
of Chiefs of Police, Mr.. Borland de-
clared that idle rich" set a perilous ex.
ample in their search for amusement
and aroused Il desire of emulation in
the minds Of persons of small means.
The result. he said, was to tempt
poorer folk into indiscretions and crime
to obtain money, The cabaret show, he
declared to be one of the main causes
for the spread of the social evil.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
ovER.MopEsrY Bar 10 succEss.

@FNh SSSS@SSH
Don't be afraid to express an opin-
ion. even II it is dirernt from the
opinion Of the boss. He may like
q man with spirit and with brains
enough to have an opinion. But don't
have opinions unless you have studied
from both sides. One Of the most
annoying types in the business world
Is the mar who always wants TO
start an argument. Don't let one mis-
take make you lose your nerve. Lots OF
times a mistake has helped a man,
first by making him more careful In
the future, and second. by bringing
him into the limelight. It's better
TO be noticed once in a while. even
for a mistake. than to be ignored. II
your work has been satisfactory your
good work will shine by contrast.
and you won't be unduly blamed for
your error. A whole lot OF men have
failed to rise because they were too
modest. II you believe you can do
a thing, try It. Express belief In your
" ability, but first be sure you have
the ability. Nobody but yourself
knows what you can do. and II you
are too modest to let people find out
what you know. you have only your
self to blame II the boss doesn't seem
70 appreciate you. It's all right TO
learn the duties Of the man next high
or up In case you get a raise, but
there are hundreds OF men who never
get the raise because they are 30
busy learning the higher up work that
they forget their duties. DO your
own work carefully first. and then
after you have finished It's time
enough to want to do the work of
the other fellow.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
WOULD SEPARATE THE RACES
Aswell of Louisiana Introduces Bill AT.
fecting Government Clerks.

Washington. - Representative Aswell
of Louisiana introduced a bill Tuesday
to separate white government clerks
and employees from negroes. 1t would
provide that while there shall be no dis.
elimination in favor of or against EN-.
of equal efficiency on account OF
race, white clerks shall not be required
to occupy the same offices in the gov.
eminent departments with negroes nor
be under orders Of negroes, and that ex.
cept in cases of emergency white clerks
in the railway mail service shall not
have to serve in the same mail car with
negro clerks.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20

Foreign countries would not won.
der at the braininess OF Americans
could they make a study Of our ma.
tional game, Baseball is q contest Of
skill, demanding nimble minds and
nimble bodies. quick thinking and
quick action. No less alert than the
players are the fans In the stands, as
they follow every play. Judging 1t In
stantly. and estimating its effect upon
the outcome OF the game. It's a great
mental tonic Is baseball.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
Four Killed in Auto.

Springfield, Iil.-Four men, three Of
whom were Chicago business men here
to appear before a senate committee in
the interest of the eight-hour law, were
killed late Tuesday when an automobile
in which they were riding was struck
by a Wabash train at Riverton, eight
miles. from here.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
JOHN MITCHELL LOSES.
His Appointment by Gov. Sulzer Is De.
clared Illegal.

Albany, n. Y.-The decision of the
State Supreme Court declaring Illegal
Governor Suffers appointment of John
Mitchell, former president of the United
Mine Workers, as state labor commits
%sioner, was affirmed by the appellate
division Monday "as a matter of law,
and not as a matter of discretion" The
case will be taken to the court of ap.
Oeals,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
Cholera Among Bulgars.

London.-A Saloniki dispatch says
that cholera on an extensive scale has
broken out among the Bulgarian troops
at Series and Demirhissar. The civilian
population at Series is also affected. The
Greeks are taking precautions to pre-
vent the disease from spreading to their
territories.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
NEW c. o. D. PARCEL POST.
Regulations Will Be Effective on the
First of Iuly.

Observation-Disclosures to postmas.
;crs were issued Wednesday for handling
new c. o, d. parcel post packages. The
regulations will be effective July l..
Charges IN packages will be collected
from addresses on and after that date
provided the amount IN a single parcel
does not exceed 500. The fee for col.
lection will be 10 cents in parcel post
stamps. This fee also will insure the
package against loss to the actual value
OF the contents, not exceeding $50.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
Change Bill Is Law.

Chicago.-The measure recently passed
by both houses of the legislature at
Springfield legalizing puts and ~"calls"
OF grain in the Chicago market has be.
ccme a law, and this, too, without the
signature Of the governor.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
BOMB AT PATERSON.
Explosive Intended for Men Who Would
Not Join Strikers.

Paterson, \. J.-Paterson was shaken
early Wednesday by the explosion of a
bomb in front of the home of the three
brothers who had pesistently refused to
Join the silk strikers. The house was
damaged, but the sleeping occupants
were uninjured. 1t was the second az.
tempt to dynamite their homes. The
police reported renewed enthusiasm" u,
the part of the strike
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20

A Massachusetts man says the
world will come to an end In Is years
1t is easy enough to predict the end
Of tho world. The hard part is
thinking up an excuse when the
world fails to flicker out at the ap-
pointed time.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20

A Chicago police magistrate de-
clared from the bench that girls are
more responsible for flirting than
men. and that mothers are RESPONSE
BILE for their daughters. The last
part OF the saying is true, ever II
the first clause furnishes matter for
debate.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
Search and Seizure Wins.

Springfield, ll.-The senate has pass.
ed the drastic search and seizure liquor
bill, providing that officers may search
premises in dry territory where it is
suspected liquor is being sold or illegally
kept.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20
LEG BONE IN SPINE.
Remarkable Operation May Save tn,
Life Of California Youth,

Los Angeles, Cal.--With a section OF
bone from his left leg substituted for a
diseased portion of his spine, Frederick
Loring of this city, aged II, is reported
to be on the road to recovery from an
ailment that has afflicted him from
birth. Surgeons believe the transplant.
ed bone will fill all the functions of the
vertebrae destroyed by the tuberculas
infection.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20

Owners OF New York skyscrapers
are asking tenants to request their
employees to shorten their hatpins in
order to increase the elevator ca.
csctty
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-20

That man yonder leads a double
life"
you don't say SOL"
Yes. He sells duplicating ma
Chimes"