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HARVESTER BRIEF
ASKS DISSOLUTION
Government Files Reply to In
ternationaI Company'S Peti-
ton For Review BY Su-
preme Court.

Washington, March 30.-The govern
ment's brief, in the antitrust suit to
dissolve the international Harvester
company. was filed today in the SUI
preme court. 1t is largely directed to-
ward combating the arguments ad-
Vanced in the company's brief filed In
support Of its appeal. after h district
court for Minnesota had declared it a
combination in restraint Of trade aid or
dered its dissolution.
"If the defendants arguments pre-
vail" says the government brief; IF
the corporate combinations, however
comprehensive, do not come within the
purview of the act unless and only so
far as they demOnstrably abuse their
power, the Inevitable result will be the
renewal of that great rush toward o n
centratiOn. which proceeded with ever
acCelerating rapidly until checked by
the decision of this court in the North
western Securities case.
IF makers OF harvesting machinery
may unite as here. why may not ma
kers of every other species Of machin-
cry do likewise?
what would prevent, indeed, the Gre
alton Of combinations with power to
control the markets for every necessary
Of ~life-food, coal: oil, metal, textile,
fabrics. etc.-or alliances between all
these combinations under the control
Of a few great masters of industry?
THE controversy in this case, there
'ore, is fundamental. The question Is
shall the competitive system continue
shall competition, not combination,
be the law Of trade?'
"The last contention that the case
must fail because the combination has
lot increased prices or limited pro-
iuction, or degreded the quality of pro-
AUCTION. decreased wages. or the price
IF raw materials, or oppressed COM
2etitors, the government declares, is
based upon construction Of the anti
rust act, which loses sight of its
broader purpose and which would be
lttterly impracticable in execution"
The government declares hat three
companies, named by the defendant as
formidable competitors which nave en-
tered the field since it's organization are
practically neglible as factors in the
harvesting machine business In the
United States.
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ORIGIN OF EASTER
INTERESTING TALE

century. The east divided from the
west; and all who, after the example OF
n Asiatics, kept Easter day on the
18th, whether that day was Sunday or
not, were style 'Quartodecimens" by
those who adopted the Roman custom.
At h commencement of the Fourth
century matters had gone to such q
length that the Emperor Constantine
thought ii his duty to take steps to
stop the controversy, and to insure uni
formity OF practice. For this purpose
he a a n passed In the great
ecumenical council at Nice, A. d. 925,
That everywhere the great feast of
Easter should be observed upon one
and the same day, inc that not the
day OF the Jewish Passover; but, az
had been generally observed, upon the
Sunday following"
And, to prevent all future disputes NJ
to time, the following rules were laid
down: That March q shall be 40
counted the vernal equinox. That the
full moon happening upon or next after
the 21st of March shall be taken for the
day next following hat full moon be
Easter day. But If the full moon hap
pen upon a Sunday. Easter day shall
be the Sunday after.
AS the Egyptians at that time
celled In astronomy, the bishop OF
Alexandria was appointed to give no
tice Of Easter day to the pope and
patriarchs. But II soon became evi-
dent that this arrangement could not
endure. 1t was too inconvenient and
liable to Interruptions. The fathers OF
the next age began, therefore, to adopt
the golden numbers OF the Metonic
cycle, and to place them In the calen-
dar against those days in each month
on which the new moons should fall
HTIrin0 chat xyaa- - 49, - mr.
Metonic cycle was q period OF 10 years.
1t had been observed by Melton, an
Athenian philosopher, that the moon
returns to have Its changes on the
same month and day Of the month In
the solar year., after a lapse OF 10 years,
and so, as 1t were, to run q cycle. He
published his discovery at the Olym-
ever since borne his name. The church
hoped, by this cycle, to be able always
to know the moons age, and ss the
Vernal equinox was now fixed to
March Fl, to define Easter forever.
But though the new moor really
happened on h same day Of the year,
after a space Of 10 years as 1t did be-
day, which, In the course of time, as
will be seen, created a serious error
that had to be reckoned with.
A cycle was then framed at Rome
for 81 years.. and generally received by
the western church, for 1t was then.
thought that in this space Of time the
moons changes would return, not only
to the Same day Of the month but Of
the week as we'll.
During the time that Easter was
kept according to this cycle Britain
was separated from the Roman en-
pire, and the British churches for a
time after the separation continued to
keep Easter according to this table Of
"a years. British and Irish churches
adopted the A~lexandrian rule, accord
ing to which the Easter festival could
begin before March 8. About 100
years later the English churches con-
formed to the Roman rule. The Ro-
man system now prevails the world
over, n Easter is celebrated the same
day everywhere.
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Welcome Easter.

It was Robert Louis Stevenson who
said: The world is so full Of O mum
Der Of things. 1 am sure that we all
should be as happy as kingsI"
Today the word should be inserted
the world Is full OF a number Of
beautiful" thlngs-for never was ma
ture so beautiful. The balmy wealth
er Of the past few weeks having made
everything burst into bud and bios
som; the strawberries to ripen; the
azaleas, ~violets, peach trees, wisteria,
pansies, yellow Jasmine to furnish
hues so varied. with the blue sky
above n the golden sunlight flood
ing the earth, until one asks can any
one in the world be unhappy?
hen society wakens with a sigh of
supreme content for the resurrection
means to them the beginning Of social
life all over again which for six weeks
has been more or less quiet.
So Easter Is the most welcome of
festivities and just as Christmas, the
birthday of the Savior Is marked with
loving and unselfish thought Of others,
so is Easter-the triumph OF the King
Of Kings-celebrated, too, with great
joy as the resurrection holds out the
hope of salvation to a sinful, erring
world, therefore spiritual thoughts
lead with the material and social world
coming after. in the rejoicing over thu
risen King.
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ATTACKS IMPLICIT
TERRIFIC LOSSES
French Claim Three Weeks
Campaign In Champagne Re-
gion Has Cost erman
Army $4,000 Men.

Chalons Sur Marine. France, March
30.-Eleven thousand German dead
have been taken from the trenches won
by the French during the 20 days or
fighting in the Champagne country. me
German losses are estimated at $4,000.
The German wastage, they say, has
been two to one, compared with the
French losses, because the Germans
would try to regain lost ground by
counter attacks repeated again and
again with obstinate courage. 1t was
in these counter assaults, supported by
relatively inadequate artillery and
what the French officers assert was in
adequate morale, against the allied
troops that so many German soldiers
have fallen. The graves in which they
are buried by ifties and by hundreds
are thick upon a narrow front Of some
Is miles.
For nearly a month now, h French
officers declare, h superiority OF their
artillery of both large and small caliber
and a certain Irresistible spirit have day
by day gained ground, sometimes a few
hundred yards Of trenches; on other
days a mile Of frontage n from 800
to 500 yards deep.
The Germans are bringing up new
contingents steadily. They have had in
action on this section Of the fighting
lines during March five army corps, or
about 200, 900 men. Yet on the evening
of every day. the French officers assert,
the French have held somewhat more
of the field than they did the evening
hnfDra
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POSSES ELUDED BY
OKLAHOMA ROBBERS
Bandit Gang Has Escaped In
Mountainous Region of
Usage Nation.

Stroud. Okla. March SO.-Posses that
have been searching for the robbers
who held up two Stroud banks Satur-
day and fled with $1,000. returned to-
day, havin6 spent a fruitless Sunday
trying to pick up the trail of the ban
dts. which was lost at shutdown Sun
day. Members of the posse believe the
robbers are now safe in the hills OF
the Usage nation. Hope Of capturing
them has been abandoned.
Chandler, Okla, March 29.-The lar
gest posse that so far has pursued the
baud that robbed two banks at Stroud,
Saturday, left here today to round zap
the robbers in the hills southeast of
Stroud. The fugitives are afoOt and it
is not believed they nave been able to
travel very far.
Officers say one of the bandits not
yet captured is "Nipp" Vann, cowboy
and motion picture actor. who is al
legged to have killed John McIlrey, city
marshal at Caney, Kan. on November
II, 1913 A reward Of $500 was offered
for his CO pture.
Henry Starr and Louis Estes, the two
wounded robbers in Jail at Chandler,
both will recover. 1t is said.
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Size Of Soldiers.
From the Indianapolis New

From the Indianapolis News.
The present war has brought again 10
the front the old contention among mill
tary men as to whether the tall or the
short fellow makes the more efficient sol
der. This question was considered az
fairly settled at the close of the Russo
Japanese war, when the smooth-facod lit
tie brown men were Vtctors over the biK
bearded Muscovites. In the great war
now In progress the average height Of the
English, as well Is that of the French
soldier, Is considerably less than that Of
the Teuton. The men sent to the British
army by Wales, many OF whom are min
ers, are much below the standard hereto
fore required by the British army, but 1t
is declared that they will make first class
fighting men. DR.. Sir s. Pembrey, Of
Guys hospital, London, gives his opinion
In favor OF the "bantams." He maintains
that the essential organs are in the head
and trunk and that these are often better
developed in the short han in the tall
man. Moreover" says the doctor, tall
men of full proportions, are heavy and
often slow, and there are strong physio-
logical reasons for the greater activity of
the small man who does not suffer from
the mechanical disadvantages OF hight and
weight: md the small man has a greater
capacity for work and endurance and q
stronger resistance to disease"
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BRIEFS SUBMITTED;
WAGE verdict SOON
Both Sides Sum Up In Western
Railroad and Enginemen's
Controversy.

Chicago, March 30.-Briefs in the
western railroad wage case were filed
with the board Of arbitration today by
James M. Sheean, attorney for the rail
and by william s. Carter, presi-
dent of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Engineers. Oral argument
was begun and was expected to last
two. and possibly three days. Decision
by the board on the demands OF the
for higher wages and other con-
cessions will be made on or before
April 20, and will affect $4,000 en-
gineers. hremen and hostlers en-
ployed by SO western railroads OPP
Grating 140, 900 miles Of track.
Mr.. Sheean's brief asserted that the
men failed utterly to establish their
contention that their labors and re-
sponsiblities and their productive eff
f~iciency have increased since their
wages were adjusted by arbitration In
1910, nor, said the brief, had they made
good their claim that their earnings,
despite a higher rate, had been de-
creased in this period. Their conten-
lions, Mr.. Sheean said, had not been
proven by their own exhibits, and a
been disproved by actual records quoted
in the railroad exhibits.
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STEAMER IS SUNK:
MANY LIVES LOST
British Ship FaIaba, Carrying 140 Passengers and Crew of
100, Sent to Bottom BY German Submarine - Survivors
Claim Those Aboard Had No Chance.

London, March 29.-The report OF
yesterday that the British steamer,
Falaba, had been sunk by a German
submarine was confirmed today. The
Falaba was sent to the bottom yester-
day off Milford Haven, an inlet on the
coast Of South Wales. The loss or lie
probably was heavy.
The Falaba was $50 feet long net
tonnage. 3,011. She belonged to the
Elder line, was owned in Liverpool and
was engaged in the African trade.
The Falaba left Liverpool on Satur-
day for the west coast of Africa with
$40 passengers and with a crew of 12O
men. Her officers state that when the
German submarine appeared 1t whistled
thrice as a signal for the steamer to
prepare her life boats, but that before
this could be lone a torpedo struck the
ship near the engine room.
Three of the Falaba's life boats were
swamped. Many persons aboard the
vessel were thrown into the sea, where
they struggled while the submarine
circled about offering, according to
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The War In Everyday Life.
Elizabeth Robins Pennell In the March
Atlantic

EliZabeth ROBINS HennelL IN the March
Atlantic.
First 1t was my French butcher who
left, taking with him all immediate
chance for the neat French fricandeaus
and flets piques that reconcile me to
the occasional Joint. Then II was the
porters OF my French grocer, so hat
the superior italian in pinCe-neZ was
obliged to leave the cashiers desk and
struggle up the four flights of our back
stairs with bags n boxes, to his SUI
preme wrath n my equal embarrass-
ment. Then 1t was somebody from al
most every shop where 1 deal in Soho.
And worse, almost at once 1t was Mar
eel. @ chef, who is also Augustine's
husband-in which capacity he has
lived with us many years and become
an indispensable member Of our house.
hold. On Monday morning came his
cal from the French consul; by Tues
day afternoon he had given up his ex-
cellent post in the city, his good wages.
the chances OF that careful education
1t is his ambition to give to his two
small daughters, and was well or his
way to Paris. Even NJ. Jules, who
Bhampoos my hair, wrote me that the
outbreak OF hostilities between his
country and Germany q placed him
In the position to serve under the
French colors"; and though he had
never worn the petit pioupiou's red
trousers and blue coat, never handled a
gun, never lone a days march and was
too old to begin, his capable hands,
whose heaviest task had been the
washing and waving Of ladies' hair,
could be useful in the harvest fields and
vineyards of France. I had been
served and waited on by heroes without
knowing It.
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stories told by those rescued, no as
sistance.
a fishing boat appeared on the scene
and saved 14O Of the passengers and
crew.
Captain Davis of the liner was picked
up dead. Eight other bodies were re-
covered. The survivors were landed at
Haven.
The survivors relate that the liner
was 20 miles to the southwest of Mil
ford Haven when the submarine ap-
peared. She called to the captain of the
Fa!aba to heave to, but he ignored the
order and promptly started at full
speed ahead. The liner was a fast craft
and for half an hour the chase was
kept up before the submarine over
hauled her n compelled her to stop.
The passengers n crew were given
five minutes to leave and, although this
time was very brief, most Of the boats
were launched before the submarine
fired her torpedo. The proJectile struck
the Falaba in the engine room and a
terrific explosion followed. The ship
settled down Inc sank very quickly.
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= WHAT EASTER is AND
WHO OBSERVES FETE DAY

rIOUl the MODll6 IGSlSlGI.
Easter is a festival observed in the
Christian church. from early times. in
commemoratiou of the resurrection Of
the Savior. 1t corresponds to the Pass
over Of the Jews. which in the King
James version of the bible is called
once by the name of Easter (ACts xii,
-. The name appear several times in
earlier versions of the bible. Easter
Is observed by the Greek. Roman Cath
Ollie. Anglican and Lutheran churches.
and by many among the non-liturgical
churches who do not generally re-
gard the church ear. The esteem in
which it is held is indicated by It's
ancient title. the great day"
Easter Is the Sunday which follows
the 14th day Of the calendar moon
which falls next after the 21st day Of
March. This is true. both of old style
Of dates and new, and the rule has been
used. though not universally. from a
very early day.
Easter Is said to have been a spring
festival In pagan times: and this is
quite likely. OF whatever sort may be
the religion Of q people the feeling Of
thankfulness demands expression after
the winters storms have passed and
natures new life springs into being.
What more appropriate time could
have been found for the demonstration
of the up springtng Of spiritual life as
well! Christmas is the holy season and
Easter is the joyful season. Christ
mas brings promise Of redemption. and
Easter brings the fulfilment.
Easter Is the symbol Of a new birth
man rising on his dead self to higher
things-abandoning what has been
proved to be wrong. and living with q
better purpose.
The great purpose Of life Is to make
the world better. and this Is accom-
plished by each person striving to
make himself better-to be charitable
in thought and deed. to love what Is
true and hate what Is false. to seek
q resurrection into a glorious man
hood. which Is near akin to divinity.
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BOURBONS
RALLY ABOUT ROOT
G.. o. P. Reactionaries Said to
Be Actively Planning His
Nomination.

Washington, d. c., March 3O.-Cer-
tain eastern ~reaCtiOnarieS among the
are declared to be plotting
to give Senator Elihu Root the republi-
a nomination in 1916. Senator Oliver
Of Pennsylvania, and other old guard
leaders in other parts of the country,
are furtEering 1t.
Western progressive republicans are
becoming daily more alarmed over the
evidences that the scheme is to give
Root or some othe reaCtlonary the NOM
ination. They say plainly that carry
ing out of such q plot will split the
republican party for good and r~e-ele"t
Wilson.
Friends Of Cummins, BOrah and other
western presidential aspirants. are get
ting more active lately, because OF the
active work of the eastern b%OurbCns.
Root has denied. however, that he will
seek the nomination.
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AMERICAN PROTEST is
READY FOR TRANSMISSION

Washington, March 29.-Transmittal
Of the American note to Great Britain
in regard to the British order in
ell against to n from Ger
many would, ii was believed here today,
await the return of President Wilson
from Annapolis tomorrow. The note.
however. virtually has been completed
The other note to Germany-that res
garding the destruction of h William
p. Frye, by the Prinz Eitel FREDERICK
has not yet been finished, additional in
formation still being needed to COM
plete the document.
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H EASTER LADY.

May fairies fashion frocks for you
From sunbeam, shadow, dawn ana
dew;
Many elfin mllliners devise
Your hat from wings OF butterflies:
May goblin gardeners pluck a pair
OF lady's slippers for your wear;
And may some swift, audaCiouS
sprite
Wing up and up into the night
And fitch for you, howe'er he may,
A fragment of the Milky Way.
To scarf you and bright stars to deck
The slender softness OF your neck.
And then. when you are all aTayed
AS doth befit so fair a maid.
O gods and fairies. grant that 1
May glimpse you, lovely, passing byi
Julian Street
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FRENCH REPORT CLASH
IN VICINITY OF YPRES

Paris, (by wireless), March 29.-The
French war office today gave out a re-
port on the fighting of yesterday which
reads:
Tn the region of Ypres, a German OBJ
servatlon post was blown up by the
French with a mine. At Eparges the
Germans attempted to regain the
trenches lost by them March q. After
a violent struggle the French gains on
the whole were maintained. The Ger
mans obtained q footing in a few sec
tons of their old trenches, but on the
other hand the French made progress
at other points.
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CARGOES FOR
HOLLAND RELEASED

London, March 29.-The steamers,
Araven and Ruby, detained at Deal
since March 10 with cargoes of Ameri-
car packing products, have completed
the rcconsignment of their cargOes to
The Netherlands Overseas trust of Hol-
land and proceeded today for Rotter-
dam.
Packing firms in Chicago have ar
ranged a similar reconsignment for 9th
err argoe now en- route, and as a re
suit of this procedure. little further de-
lay in cargoes destined for Holland is
eXnacted.
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BRITISH STEAMER IS
SUNK BY SUBMARINE

London. March 29.-The British
steamer Aguila was sunk by a German
submarine his morning off Bishop
Rock. Her crew of % was saved.
The Aguila was Of 1924 tons net and
PTS feet long. She was owned in Liv-
erpool. Bishop Rock is on the Sicily
Isles at the entrance to the English
channel. The Aguila is believed to be
one Of the vessels referred to in dis
patches from London last night as hav-
ing sent distress signals that she was
pursued by submarines.
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Alliance. Ohio. March S0.-The
Kingdom of God" a religious sect Of
IL members, which has a brother
hood home" in Alliance, is being in
Vestigated by authorities as the result
OF the death last week of Miss Amy
q. Tanner, 19-year-old convert, under
circumstances which, according to the
police, appear suspicious. The Rev.
p. A. George, interpreter Of the
voice of God" and leader of the cult,
Is under arrest.
Clearing of the mystery surround
Ing Miss Tanners death hinges on
the official chemical analysis at CO.
lumbus of organs removed from the
girls body at the autopsy. The ex-
animation is expected to be COM
pleted this week.
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Miss Tanner died shortly after she
had been hurried, unconscious, to a
hospital. None but members Of the
sect saw her before she was taken
away from the brotherhood home.
Other Young Girls vietims7
Prosecutor A. T. Snyder, Of Stark
county, then was notified and George
was ordered arrested.
County and city detectives are now
working on several clews which indi-
cate, according to Prosecutor Snyder,
that several other young girls have
been criminally dealt with at the
brotherhood home.
Miss Tanner had been a student
at Mount Union college, but later
was employed as s~tenogTapher at q
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DULUTH FILES COMPLAINT,

Washington, March 29.-Complaint
was filed with the Interstate Commerce
commission today by the Commercial
club. of Duluth. Mimi, that class and
commodity rates Of the Northern Pa
cifc, Great Northern, Sand other rail-
roads from Duluth to established stations
on their lines are unreasonable and dis
criminatory compared with rates from
st. Paul and Minneapolis to the same
.-tf-
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REDUCE

New York, March 29.-Stockholders
of the American Telephone & Tele-
graph company voted today to decrease
the number Of the Company's direct
ors from 20 to IT. 1t would be done.
it was said, at the annual meeting to-
morrow and is in line with the tend
ency among certain large corporations
to have fewer men or their boards.
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FATALLY BURNED WHILE
TRYING TO RESCUE BOYS

Cedar Rapids. Ia. March 29.-John
Cline. aged 60, a farmer living near
here, was fatally burned Saturday night
while trying to rescue W boys from
a burning barn. The barn caught fire
when a lantern Cline vas carrying ex-
ploded.