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The midland journal., 1914-03-20
ONE TRUST BILL
TO COVER ALL
Decision Reached BY Senate
Subcommittee.
MUST EXPEDITE BUSINESS
Revised Interstate Trade Commission
Bill introduced In House Senate
Measure Creating a Commits
sion With Broader Powers.

Washington, D. Con trust Eegula-
ton bill, instead of several, as origin,
ally proposed, has been determined
upon by the Senate subcommittee on
Interstate Commerce as the policy the
administration should adopt in perfect
ing proposed legislation to supplement
the Sherman law. This announcement
was made after the introduction in the
House of the revised bill to create an
Interstate Trade Commission.
Although the new House bill has
the approval of President Wilson and
Acknowledgement McReynolds, mem
bers of the Senate Committee on Inter-
state Commerce did not hesitate to
assert that they had completed a
measure to create trade commission
with broader powers, and that they
would urge the acceptance of the prin-
ciples of their bill in any legislation
to provide for a trade commission.
The Senate bill, it was stated, would
empower the proposed commission to
institute Investigations on its own
initiative as to whether corporations
lSASAstSO Al VAOAclJAOA u Lie ouGII1du
act. and its champions declare that
elimination of the initiative in the
House bill would rob the proposed
commission of effectiveness.
"A trade commission which could
undertake no investigation except by
direction of the President Attorney
General or either house of Congress,
as the House bill proposes, will be Of
little value said Senator Robinson,
Of Arkansas, member of the Inter-
state Commerce Committee. IF the
proposed commission is to have no
more authority than that, why have
one? The bureau of corporations as
now constituted is capable of carrying
on such investigations very well.''
1t is considered probable that no
report on the Senate bill will be made,
because of the practical decision to
incorporate all contemplated trust leg
islation in one measure. Besides pro.
viding for the trade commission, the
prevalent idea at this time in the Sen
ate committee is to add a section to
prohibit certain forms of interlocking
directorates, and one to prohibit or
regulate holding companies. Bills
originally proposed to define acts
which would constitute restraints of
trade and destructive competition
practically have been abandoned
The midland journal., 1914-03-20
CUTS OUT THE AUTOMOBILES.
Senate Fails To Provide Them For
District Officials.

Washington, D. C.-In passing the
$13.0O0.O0O annual appropriation bill
for the District of ofsColumbia, the SEN
ate incorporated an amendment to pro-
vide that no part of the money should
be used to maintain automobiles ex-
cept for the fire. police or emergency
health service. If the House concurs,
the amendment will send to storage
some 81 automobiles now used by the
district government. Senator John
Sharp Williams proposed the restric-
ton. insisting that district oficials
could use the street cars or pay for
their own machines.
The midland journal., 1914-03-20
Y. $. EXPRESS TO LIouIDATE.
Driven From Business BY Parcel Post
and Rate Cut.

New York.-Directors of the United
States Express Company voted un-
animously to liquidate it's affairs and
dissolve it in the shortest possible
time. The resolution under which this
action is recommended follows:
Resolved, That, pursuant to the
power and authority conferred upon
the board Of directors of the United
States Express Company by its arti-
cles of association, the board un-
animously declares that it is for the
best interests of the company that the
company be dissolved as soon as may
be, without awaiting the expiration of
its term Of existence, and that its busi-
ness and affairs be settled up and
finally adjusted as promptly as may
be done. The president is directed to
inform the shareholders of the COM
pany of said action of the board"
The midland journal., 1914-03-20

Washington, D. Secretary Of the
Treasury McAdoo was the principal
guest at a luncheon at the White
House, in which he greeted the mem
bers of his fiancee's family Saturday.
The luncheon took place at o'clock
and the only other guests besides Miss
Margaret Wilson and Miss Eleanor
Wilson was Miss Ruth Hail and Miss
Mona McAdoo, daughter of the four
teenth White House bridegroom-elect.
One of the handsomest engagement
rings ever seen in Washington ap-
peared on the finger of Miss Eleanor
Wilson. 1t is huge white diamond
solitaire in an old-fashioned claw set
ting with very little engraving on
the back
One of the first fruits of the engage
ment announcement was the blossom
ing forth in Washington shop windows
of the pretty Nell rose' shades in
dresses, stationery and trinkets. This
color was made for the bride-elect and
it is said by friends that the color will
predominant in the decorative scheme
of her wedding.
When Secretary McAdoo arrived at
his Office Saturday morning he found
the reception-room Of his private Office
filed with visitors waiting to con-
gratulate him.
He shook hands all round with a
smile, but had little to say.
He wore light gray clothes, "a la
President Wilson," fawn-colored
necktie and pink carnation in his
lapel
His desk was piled with congratu-
llatory letters and kilograms and the
flood continued all day.
The White House bridegroom m-elect
did not take a day off, however, to
celebrate the announcement of his en-
engagement. He was treated to
good deal of good-natured ralliery.
Several senators, including Senator
Ollie James and Senator Hoke Smith
called and greeted him with chow is
the happy bridegroom" and Il should
think you would take day off to cele-
brate your good luck"
Only Family Wedding.
The wedding will be purely family
affair.
Secretary McAdoo and Miss Wilson
are not even taking their intimate
friends into their confidence as to the
date, but society agreed the nuptials
would take place early in June
They held that Mr.. McAdoo would
be so busy with his job as Secretary
of the Treasury during the next two
months. organizing the federal re-
serve system and putting into effect
the new currency law, that he wouldn't
have time to get married.
The midland journal., 1914-03-20
SUICIDE FoILED BY WOMAN
After His Terrible Gashing She FeIls
and Takes Weapon From
Him.

Coatesville, Pa.-Abstaining from
intoxicating liquors for three months,
John Peace, aged forty-five years, an
electrician, became respondent and at.
tempted to take his life at the home of
his sister, Miss Annie Peace, 367 Chest.
nut street.
He slashed his throat and wrists
with razor several times, but Mrs
Graves, wife Of DR.. E. H. Graves,
next-door neighbor. rushed into the
house and, catching the infuriated man
by the shoulders, threw him to the
floor and took the weapon from him
Arteries in both his wrists were sew
cred and he bled considerably. His
condition is precarious.
The midland journal., 1914-03-20
Miss Wilson Now Wears a
Brilliant Solitaire.
BOTH SILENT ABOUT PLANS,
Gossip Arranging For June Wedding,
But Those Interested Are Saying
Nothino-Both Devoted To
Dancing and Tennis.
THE WILSON THIRTEEN.

The Wilson-McAdoo engage
ment was announced on Friday
the thirteenth.
The bridegroom-elect. follow
ing out an old superstition, sat
on the dais of the thirteenth
White House bride, and that
means he would soon wed.
Eleanor Wilson, her father,
and her bridegroom-elect each
have thirteen letters in their
names.
Eleanor Wilson will be thir-
teenth White House bride"
strictly speaking, that is the
thirteenth bride direct from
Presidents family-one of the
marriages in the White House
being a soldier and his girl.
Thirteen is the Wilson family's
! lucky number.
The midland journal., 1914-03-20
DOCKS MANY SHIPS
Water Front of Buenos Aires a
Place of Wonderful BustIe.
Huge Ocean Greyhounds Are Stretched
Out at Full Length, With no
Sheds Between, as Far as
the Eye Can See.

Buenos Aires.-Not even Londone
docks give such picture of the vivid
hustle and whispering of the sea as
does the water front of Buenos Aires,
for here huge ocean greyhounds are
stretched out at full length, with
no sheds between, funnel behind
funnel as far as the eye can see. A
veritable street of nations is this water
front. Here Royal Mail packet from
England--one of those aristocrats Of
the seas which swim up and, down
across the tropics with music and folks
dressing for dinner-rubs shoulder
with river boat just come down the
Parana river from Paraguay with a
cargo of oranges; there Spanish
liner from Barcelona, a Frenchman
from Marseilles, an Italian from
Genoa a German from Bremen, loaded
down with champagne and aperitifs,
opera companies and automobiles, and
hundreds of hopeful immigrants from
all ths countries of the old world
ships flying the flags of every nation
of the world, and sailors joking in
dozen tongues.
On every hand it seems to the visitor
that he has been swallowed by mod
ern Babylon. These docks and
whagVes are the finest in the world,
and connect with over 10000 miles of
railroads, reaching every part of the
republic.
Commercially and financially Buenos
Aires is the Argentine. It has 26 banks
which supply the republic with money,
big banks with splendid buildings y
Four of them have capital stock Of
$5.000,000 and the statistics of their
deposits, discounts, loans and clear
ings are amazing in their magnitude.
The Bank of Argentine Nation, which
operates 80 branches throughout the
country, shows a net profit of $4,000
600 or $5,0O0,0O0 a year.
AS a social center Buenos Aires is
also the Argentine. Most of the
money made in the Campo is spent
here. The city has scores of million
aires, nabobs who each own their half
The midland journal., 1914-03-20
WOMAN KILLS RICARDO EDITOR.
Wife OF French Cabinet officer
Avenaes Her Honor.

Paris. CASTOR Calmette, the bril-
liant editor of the Figaro, paid the
penalty just after midnight of the un-
written French law which forbids that
the honor of woman shall be drag
ged into public controversy. He
was assassinated, his body riddled
with bullets, by Nine. Henriette Call
laux. wife of Joseph Caillaux, minis
ter of finance. who had been the object
Of bitter personal attacks published in
the Figaro and signed by Calmette..
The midland journal., 1914-03-20
FIRST HUSBAND IN PRISON.
Thought It Gave Wife the Right To
Take Second Spouse.

Clarksburg, w a.-Resulting from
her conviction that her first husbands
sentence to the penitentiary auto
matically divorced her, Mrs Theo-
doria Fisher, of Center Point, Dodd-
ridge county, is on trial in the Grim
inal Court here under bigamy
charge. Several months ago she was
married in this county to Stewart w.
Cobb, while her first husband. Harry
H. Fisher. of Salem, was serving a
sentence in the State prison at
Moundsville for the murder of her
brother, Frank Asher, few years ago
at Salem.
The midland journal., 1914-03-20
PLANTS BY PARCEL POST NOW.
New Rates For Seeds, Cuttings, Bulbs,
Roots and Scions.


Washington. D. c.. Extension of the
parcel post rates to seeds, cuttings,
bulbs, roots, scions and various kinds
of plants became effective as the re-
suit Of an order issued by Postmaster
General Burleson. The order puts
into effect the recent act of Congress
which repeals the special rate of post
age heretofore chargeable on seeds,
plants, ETC.. and makes the regular
parcel post rates of postage applicable
to parcels of such articles. Under the
law just enacted parcels of seeds, cut
tings, bulbs. roots, scions and plants,
weighing four ounces or less, are sub
ject to postage at the fiat rate of 1
cent for each ounce or fraction thereof,
regardless of distance. On parcels ex-
ceeding four ounces in weight the
pound rates applicable to the re-
spective zones apply.
The midland journal., 1914-03-20
BANK RESERVE CITIES APRIL ,
Announcements Of Personnel OF the
Board Also Held Back.

Washington, D., c. There is said to
be no prospect of announcement of re-
serve cities under the new banking
act before April 1 at the earliest. The
same statement applies to the per-
sonnel of the federal reserve board
President Wilson has been informed
by the Treasury officials that there is
little likelihood of the organization
necessary as preliminary to the
operations Of the board being affected
for at lsas. another two weeks.
The midland journal., 1914-03-20
A THOUSAND LIVES
LOST IN TIDAL WAVE
Two Russian Towns Swept By
Sea Of Azoy Waters.
HURRICANE WITH DISASTER.
Greater Part OF City Flooded and
Many Persons Drowned In Addi-
tion To Hundreds Who Perish
ed In the Tidal Wave.

Ekaterinodar, Russia.-Over 1000
persons perished in the inundation of
the towns of Stanitza and Achtyra-
skaja by a tidal wave from the Sea of
Azov.
The wave struck the town during a
violent hurricane, which swept the
Province of Kuban.
Over $50 persons were drowned also
in the floods Of Yasenkaja.
A dam collapsed in the town of
Temryuk, on the Taman peninsula, 98
miles northwest of this city, flooding
the greater part of the city and drown
ing many persons.
The sea washed away $50 build
ings in Achtyraskaja.
Temryuk is historic town with a
population Of 10000. 1t once was the
seat of the Turkish Fortress Adass.
The towns of Stanitza, Achtyraskaja
and Yasenkaja do not appear on any
available maps and probably are small
places bordering on the Sea of Azov.
The province of Kuban, in which the
stricken towns are located, is in
Southern Russia, and has coast lines
on both the Black Sea and the Sea of
Azov. The population of the province
aggregates about 100000 persons, of
whom two-dfths are Cossacks. The
country is extremely fertile and ex-
tensiyely used in the culture of grain.
Cattle breeding also is conducted On
a large scale.
The midland journal., 1914-03-20
FAVOR THE WILSON TOLL VIEWS.
South and Central Americans In Ac-
cord With President.

Washington, D. C.-Director John
Barrett. of the Pan-American Union,
told President Wilson that sentiment
IN South and Central America was in
agreement with his views for a repeal
of the Panama tolls exemption. Bar
rett conferred with the President to
urge the appointment of men of diplo-
matte ability and high character as
United States delegates to the coming
fifth Pan-American conference at San
tiago. which Secretary Bryan will at
tend.
The midland journal., 1914-03-20
OBJECTS TO EleHr-HouR LAW.
Woman Appeals To Supreme Court To
Set It Aside.

Washington.-A lone woman appeal
ed to the Supreme Court to set aside
the California Eight-Hour Woman La
Dor Law as unconstitutional She is
Miss Ethel E. Nelson, graduate phar-
macist in the Samuel Merritt, Hospital
in Alamead county. Cal, and contends
that if the law is enforced man will
take her place. The hospital also has
attacked the law, because it applies
to student nurses, but not to graduate
nurses or women working in the fruit
industries.
The midland journal., 1914-03-20
TWO ACQUITTED OF MURDER.
Miss Copeland and Fiance Set Free
On Second Trial.

Mayfeld, Ky-A verdict of not
guilty was returned here by the jury
lin the second trial of May Copeland
and her fiance, Lucian Turk, charged
with having murdered Miss Copeland's
brother-in-law, Hugh Atchison, a
wealthy farmer, in Carlisle county,
KY. last July. Miss Copeland testified
that she shot Atchison, fearing he in.
tended to do her harm. The State at
tempted to prove that Turk fred the
shot that caused Atchison's death. At
the first trial the jury disagreed.
The midland journal., 1914-03-20
scoRNs THE WEDDING RING.
Relic OF Rarbarism, Declares Married
Suffraaette.

New York. N. Wedding rings
are relics of barbarism," declared Mrs.
Inez Milholland Boissevain. "They
are relics of the day when women
were mems chattels. should feel
like a slave, instead of free woman,
if were to wear wedding ring" The
fact that Mrs. Boissevain does not
wear a wedding ring had caused a stir
of curiosity among suffragettes.
The midland journal., 1914-03-20
AGRICULTURAL BILL MOVES.
Measure Appropriating $4,000, 900,
Passed BY House.

Washington. d. C-The Agricultural
Appropriation bill. carrying $1S,O0O,-
900, passed the House without sub
stantial amendment. 1t now goes to
the Senate. The House will take up
the Rivers and Harbors bill this week
and consideration of the Sims bill. pro-
viding for the repeal of the exemption
clause Of the Panama Canal act viii
faliov
The midland journal., 1914-03-20
THIS uNKlssED HUBBY REBELS.
Jersey Man Asks Divorce After Fif-
teen Years.

Jersey City.-John E, Orchard, of
Plainfeld, testified in his action for
divorce that his wife never kissed him
in the fifteen years they lived together.
He said he had given his wife his
salary every month and she doled out
So or So for his carfare and newspa-
pers. He declared he found a revol-
yer with which she had threatened to
kill him. They separated in 1903.
The midland journal., 1914-03-20
a NEW Eee.EATlNe CHAMPION.
Bristol Boy Eats Twenty-Nine Raw in
Forty-Elaht Seconds.

Bristol, Tenn.-Edward Shouse, of
Winston-Salem, N. c., who claimed the
worlds championship as an egg-eater,
has lost that title, Harrison Smithson,
Bristol boy. having eaten 29 raw
eggs in 48 seconds. Smithson claims
to have beaten the worlds record by
four eggs. Shouse's record was 25
eggs in SO seconds.
The midland journal., 1914-03-20
MEMORIAL FROM RockEFELLER
Oil King To Leave sso,ooo,ooo For
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, o. - That John D.
Rockefeller is the guiding genius be-
hind the Cleveland Foundation, recent
ly launched by F. R. Goff, president
of the Cleveland Trust Company, and
that the oil king plans to leave not
less than $5O,00O,OO0 to the trust fund,
the income of which would be used
for bettering Cleveland. was the sub
stance of q report in circulation among
bankers here. Mr. Goff was out of the
city and could not be seen on the
question
The midland journal., 1914-03-20
PARTNERSHIPS ESCAPE THE TAX.
Individual Incomes, However Are
Subject To New Law.

Washington, D. C.-Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue Osborn notified col
lectors of customs that partnerships
are not subject to the income tax. but
are required to file certificates of own
erships Of bonds, etc, to prevent with
holding their income at the source. In
dividual incomes from partnerships. it
was explained. are subject to the tax
The midland journal., 1914-03-20

Have Golden Wedding Ceremony.
New York.-Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas
Imma Immendt, aged seventy-three
and seventy-four, renewed their mar.
riage vows at their golden wedding
anniversary.
The midland journal., 1914-03-20
FREED IN POISON pEN CASE.
Mrs. Pollard Not Guilty. Says Jersey
Jury.

Elizabeth. N. 1.-THE jury in the
"poison pen" case brought in yer.
dict of not guilty. in favor of Mrs.
Anna j. Pollard, who was accused Of
having sent scurrilous letteA to Mrs.
Charles Jones.
The midland journal., 1914-03-20

Aldermanic Candidate Passes Candy.
Chicago. o.-Thomas Donahue, Demo
cratic candidate for alderman, passed
around 1000 boxes of candy at po
litical meeting.
The midland journal., 1914-03-20

Thieves Exchange Ducks for Hens.
Peekskill. N. Y.-Thieves who stole
nine hens from Eugene G. Morgan. left
behind two ducks stolen elsewhere
The Washington times., 1914-12-10
o FREE5.

vii. gee how il feels to have to wear
pantr aud be the one to do The
work
Getting into In. trousers was
funny. and Tottic "igGlcd and Tom
Ia @aod uurl he nearly cried. They
rarId"I mp ana down tho ral. and
then began 10 play house. Now. !
~. o.. mother" said Tom. aud
you ar. She father. ] h"lie,' m
ST. a. home and do tho washing,
and ! Will geo o.t :...d r.t.e.
Tofti" objected. bat foul.. 4t'..
Su her. "hrcg'; sou iHc n..r- ahu
b"Ii,v"s In equal .IFht~'" he said
You must remain .t bonn" v.t do
yoyg suar. Of the homework"
Tote bon; over the 'IIH. and
Tpmmv. iva his apron and with tho
sisu. Equal Rights" over lis
shoulder. pretended 20 Ic lras iu"
Tn"y were laughing % that they did
not hear the door open. and did NOT
hear anyone else enter.
Mrs. Tabby. al 81 IN" other III
ties- nnj Cuttontan. The bunny
s"huoimastcr vcir IT, fE" room ""-
fore poor T0ttic could get ava.
There sh" stood in ueu trousers with
cvoryOn" laugh ny At her. SH" r"w
upstairs as soon a. she Cuuid 's''
away. and as she pulled III" i.oHsrrr
on she made Up h'. mind tn-t sH"
wouid never put them uu again.
S~' >AS S>~t = little kitty girl, and
The Washington times., 1914-12-10
Book ReOieW

OUR MANY SIDED NAVY By Robert V.
Nreser New Haven. Connecticut: The
Yale University Press. Price, $50.
one OF the most talked OF subjects Of
the present day. with perhaps the eX-
ception OF the Kaiser. is the United
states navy.
The question Of what We have FOR .
navy. what il is. and how efficiently it
is run in comparison with that of other
countries. is = matter OF grave impor-
tancc TO every American.
Therefore. especially timely is this
book by Robert Neescr. in which are
described the maneuvers, the admins
trat'om the life. of the navy OF this
country.
Ihirty-nine excellent photographs
supplement the text most satisfactorily.
and there is no question which might
he asked h. the taxpayer as to the dis
position of funds spent for a navy
which Is not answered IN this book. II
IS a valuable contribution TO any school,
home or public institution.
The Washington times., 1914-12-10
The Daily
Editorial
For Women
Cnification of Neighborhood Life.
BY BETH JEFFRIES.

The proposed project OF utilizing the
schools as social centcrs opens wide
field for the unihcation OF neighbor-
hood life.
The main trouble with living in city
Is that there is little or no neighbour
hood spirit. The people who live In
rented houses and apartments often
live next one another for years without
over. Joining together in any movement
for the good OF the community at
large.
This drawback the use Of the schools
as social centers VIII overcome.
The fact that there is no suffrage in
Washington has accumulated this in
tensive living until every particle of
local spirit has been almost entirely
st.1ed.
Every parent who has children in
the public schools should take advan-
taLc of that opportunity which affords
tho growth of a ncighbOrly feeling. and
which offers n wide field for construc-
tive work in the community.
observation-disclosures rarely or never get
together. Therefore they often endure
cond tons in silence which could other
Y isn be ameliorate1 through concen-
trated community effort.
The opportunity for this community
effort i; presented with the opening of
the schools as places OF meeting FOR
thinking parents. Every citizen should
bend every energy for the realization
OF this project and for its support.
The Washington times., 1914-12-10
Outdoor Sleeping for the
HOn1en1QRer
Ev MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK
Author OF The New Housekeeping"

over, and the right kind of garment.
outdoor sleeping becomes sheer joy and
fun. Nerves. that tired feeling"
Monday blues" and all other ails OF
womankind arc banished by eight
solid hours OF oxygen. You can just
feel the air currents coming into that
lung furnace of vours and being burned
and passing out again. incidentally
throwing out warm. difTsing glow.
No Tadiated heat from fireplace o.
stove can compare with this sclf-gcn-
Grated heat which the burning OF pure
oxygen develops in the bOcy. 1t is
electric. and thri!ls-it revitalizes.
The outdoor sleeper has more vitality.
Her appetite increases; her resistance
10 colds and other ills Is Tsa".hened
Her nerves janEla less: she IS not a
prev to worry. The efficient house
keeper must first be the thoroughly
veil 'housekeepCr, and no simple cours"
or treatment is so easy to follow as
the cost-nothins. free-naturc cure all
of sleeping outdoors.