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commerce OF the western ocean, as
many people who should know most
about Il believe. the two great trad"
routes to 1t VIII necessarily have To
pass through these doc. Ways.
Ever since the Spanish war, when
the American flag was raised for the
first tire in tho West Indies, the
United States has had practical dom
nation Of tho windward passage. NOW
with the acquisition OF the paalSA
West Indies we absolutely control tue
Virgin passage. with Porto Rico Oil
one side, S. Thomas, s.. CroiX anG
81. John on the other and our naFa!
basa at Culebra Island at the western
head of it. as sort Of advance picket
Culcbra Island VIC took over at the
same time wo took Porto RICO. IL mas
been q naval base Tor tho American
fleet over since. although few ships
ever 20 there, no vessel. o; any cuuSt-
Quenco Is kept on station there anu l.
is absolutely undcrenGuL. 1t is also an
alleged cualing station. but there Is
no coal there and never has been TO
amount to anything. The SpanlardS
put up the lighthouse there and the
Tinted States has maintained it In
good shape since, but that Is about
all that has been done. TO the lands
man it is evident that Captain Spin
news suggestion OF placing light or
Savannah island IS sound one.
Among the many picturesque islelS
dofting these waters none is more ~
Variable than Sail Rock. which You
HISS jGSt before turning the headlaHd
20 enter Lha harboV Of Charlotte ANA
:ic. the port, capital and only town o"
s.. Thomas. Sail Rock is d wedge
shaped peak OF volcanic rock. rlSiuE
sUme hundred feet or SO out OF III"
w.ter There is not living thing on
IT, vegetable or animal, excerpts thous-
hndS OF water birds, which have madc
their nests there sine" the lost Alta
iautiS dropped into tho sea and lelt
ONLY thcs.. jagged peaks as Il n:oplen-
10 of the existence % an unknown
continent. \ few miles off, either
when the weather is thick or the sun
light strikes the side OF tn" rock az
he right angle. anyone. S;u!orman or
lHudsman, would take his most sol
ERIN oath that the rock was Il ship
under sail Many al old salt on look
out in the crows nest has sung out
Sail ho.'1on sighting that bit or rock
and been the butt of his Shipmatei
jibes for days afterward.
And so in the brilliant dawn. not
gray, with dazzling sun popping up
like a showman's trick. We headed into
the farwayi that leads 10 the land-
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WASHINGTON, April 13-Not only
the permauenCc or dlsintcGratlon OF
the United States Steel Corporation
and its principal subsidiaries but also
the government contends, The future
iCOursc of American industrial devel-
Upnrnt depends upon the Suprcm"
Courts decision in the dissolution
case now neutrality-suspicious. efficient,
norma! competition or dominating. ar
tificial combination shall obtain. :.
Lik" il the federal dissolution suit
against the so-Called Harvester Trust,
tie government attacked the Steel
combinations principally because OF
their enormous size and power, potcn-
tial or actually exercised Ill suppress
ing competition. Control OF approx
iniatcly 0nr-haif OF lhc general iron
and steel industry. both raw and lin
ishcd prCducLs--and in SOME cases up
To % per Ccut--waS charged. The dc.
PENDANTS admitted control Of iU.y per
cen; OF domestic and about 90 per
cent OF American export trade.
As an amplificaton OF the rule OF
reason" cugrarted upon the Sherman
law by the Supreme Court III 1911 in
the Standard Oil and Tobacco Trust
cases, the government asked the
court TO enunciatG d new basic primer
pie; that no combination so large OF
powerful that it dominates. or occu'
pies IL "prepQnderant position, III III!
industry or main branch thereof shall
be permitted under the Sherman anu
trust law.
The Defense
In defense. the steel companies
cou,ended that the sherman act does
not prohibit combinations for mere
size and power alone, and that the
S;rrl corporation is !! good combl'
nation. When, to attain ctt!Clenc?
ana promote foreign trade, comblna;
lions do not control an industry ana
cannot alone fix and maintain prices
and have not LhrotIled competition by
unfair methods. the defense contenu'
CT, they arc not prohibited.
Dissolution nf the United States
Steel Corporation, III" new JerSe!
budding cInlrany organized in 1901
and nnr.halIing centralized control ~
$50 uuil; or former competing factors
IN th:. i~ru and steel industry was
asked =; he government. Also. dlSso'
luiiul ~ the inner combinations i'll
IN. ! . .-:,al industrial branches was
sGuSi . 40 THAT no oil" should DOM
nat" ...v main division.
In,;...., iouS restraining IN" CORFU!
nia AID individual defendants from
resira...as interstate and foreign
,radr and commerce also were asked
10 effect actual dissolution into scra'
rate divisions Of the trade, no one TO
be large enough TO dominate an!
pr!m" portion. III" government pro-
ed redistribution o. stock c"ntro'.
The Supreme Court was ASKED 10
give Il general dissolution decree, 70
have the New Jersey district court
work out Il dissolution plan uFon JUS
own iniiiativ" or by submission from
the defendants or as Il compulsory ri
rcrna,ivc, BY federal court receiver
-hir and exclusive OF the corporation 5
products from int"rSt@t" commerce.
History Of the Case.
The federal suIl was filed In l9ll
in the New Jersey federal olsti'c'
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By :
GEORGE MINER

novels and real life, and fifteen years
ago, in 1902, the United States dis
covered that 1t must have some sort
CT outpost TO guard Its Panama Canal.
We had the Windward passage, and
the Virgin passage was the only other
gate necessary to control. but it was
mighty necessary.
So our diplomats took TIER loot IN
their hand" and put their pride II
their pocket and went to Copenhagen
with polite and definite offer OF So
900 900 for these rocks. Denmark was
as polite as a French waiter about 1t,
and said: Thank you very mucn, SIT,
we Will think about it."
They held special session OF their
congress, or whatever they call it, and
LOOK vote on the subject. Inc onel
OF the United States was refused oy
one vote The deciding vote was cast
by 4 man by the name Of Jansen, VINO
WAS an invalid and was carried twenty
miles on litter to Go the trick and
humiliate the United States. mat IT.
lie incident showed that the lanes
were nretty sore. 1t was horse and
horse. We had turned them down and
they mad turned US down
Again tho years rolled merrily on
and it came to eight months ago. A
wave Of preparedness enthusiasm
swept over the United States. We just
had 20 have those islands.
"Tweuty-five million dollars sa1o
the United States.
Yes" replied Denmark.
And there you are and thnt's all
there is to it..
As real estate investment they are
not worth % cents.
AS national investment they are
invaluable.
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part lay in folds on the deck. The flag
was the Stars and Stripes.
on said the pilot. that VIII bc
my flag. soon, thank God. The sooner
the better. I shall like being an Oft
cial OF the United States" And just
to prove it, he grabbed the whistle
cora and sent a i0ng-drawn-out shrek
cchoing among. the mountain tops and
gorgeS.
In Il tightly landlockcd harbor We
dropped our hook" about half mile
off shore from little I'Dwn whose
daintily colnr"L houses CLEANED her"
and there among the palms. II looked
pretty, but unproductive. Search as
you might. not an arabic acre could
be- seen anywhere on the steep noun
tain sides The vegetation looked
more like moss than grass and huShe
but along the shore 4 fringe of palms
seemed TO lind q foUthOld TO thrive on.
And for this bunch Of rock and Two
large islands, 81. CiDiX and st John
the United States will pay S2JOpD,ou".
II" deal also includes farty-eight 9th
cr small islands. varying in size from
area. They are absolutely and undl$-
pulably without value and are just
thrown in on the deal because Den
mark happens to own them. SO our
new island ouIp0SiS il the Caribbean.
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could reach up ard toucA il. Pretty
soon out Of the mists and Clouds the
outline OF Savannah island tcNli shad'
oww form. Then the mountains or
ST. Thomas rose grim and HACK
AGAINST the horizon where the morning
light was creeping up.
When the States take over these
islands," said the captain. one OF the
first things they should DO is 10 put
light on Savannah Island. with that
one on Culebra the Virgin passage
would then be pretty we'll marked anu
easy 10 make. AS il is now this Is Il
nasty place TO be in when the wealth
or is at all thick. There are aslot or
these small islands and reefs around
hero that you could easily hang up
ship on.as there Is no eastward light
nj all to mark the passage, except Il
little ono on Buck lslaud which YoU
can't seq til! you round in TO make the
harbor. There IS always ! devil Of Il
current racing through here ana this
heavy ground swell never Tails. nave
had some close calls here myself.
By now we could SMELL the land
and the volcanic peaks began 10 rise
out Of the water in groteSQue shapes
as far ahead as one could see. IneF
were all masses OF brown rock. Win
orecipitous sides woven and SCARED
BY centuries OF hurricanes and oak-
ing suns and here and there tinted a
gray green with scanty reruure TO re-
lteye the eye.
This Is the Virgin passage, the free
water between the Lesser and Greater
Antilles. the gateway TO the Caribbean
when a ship is on the path from Eu-
rope TO the canal Coming from North.
American ports tha waterway leads
through the W'indward passage be-
tween Cuba and Haytt. If the Spanish
Main Is TO be the future domain OF sea
power, as Admiral Mahan has prophc-
Sled. then these two doorways. 10 1t
are indeed most important. II the ca
nal Is TO be the focusing point OF the
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number fiftv-onc altogether. Some peo-
pie say fifty-three, because at 10"
tide there are couple Of coral reefs
showing which are included in tho
the bargain.
To get down to hard and cold MS
tory it may be we'll to get down TO Il
few facts concerning the story OF lhlS
purchase. In 1867 the negotiations Tor
the transfer OF the islands from Den
mark TO the United States were pc
gun. AT that time Denmark happened
10 need some money pretty baby and
mad 10 20 around pedding her posses
sious 10 get it, She offered these Is
LANDS TO the United States for FIVE
million dollars. We thought that Il
fair price Tor several thousand million
loads OF rock and agreed 10 take Them.
Everybody was satisfied. AMERICAN
| filiDusIers were exploiting Cuba anu
these islands would be good ravens
10 operate from and TO seek shelter
in.
Then along came a hurricane that
pretty nearly wiped them off the map.
a considerable part OF the colored pop
ulation was swept out TO feed shafhS
and the rocks were denuded of their
scant clothing OF vegetation and lett
as naked as Il new laid egg.
/ The United States Immediately got
cold feet and said, The. deal is all OIL.
We don't want 100000 worth OF that
kind OF trouble. 4 hurricane might
come along and obiterate Il few th'3us-
and voters and change Presidential
, election" That was long before We DC,
gan TO reach out and become Il world
mower and were simply Il big ana
clumsy nation. like All overgrown hoy,
whose clothes are 100 big for him.
! Denmark got huffy and almost spit
: in our face So ended the Ilrst lesson.
!. Years elapsed. just as they do IN
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ur ,lur deutschland. 80 it was said In
Berlin. nrticd Lnhm&nn about half a
million dollars. HuI the risk WAS so
great that unl.S: the Deutschland
was bringing military c1rEurS for thu
the government could not
Drr,uit the manufacture and COnHtruc-
lion. General Director Ballin. of the
Hamburr-Am"rican limo. proposed two
years ago at 4 hoard meeting That
merchant submarines he built. hut The
propus:tl was not carried because the
directors expected peace. ana also tho
would not encourage the
of any ships which were
not needed for military purposes.
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Registered in acsuGiancs wi:h me CePF
right Art. tantda. i2i'' 4He
Tribune. Association.
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Representative Thomas o. schan OF
Minnesota, who described himself II
"I.!culn Republican" the blind member
OF congress who placed Champ Clark IN
nomination Cor the sp"akerShip, OK tho
house, his action tending much 10 pre-
vent petty suuabble over that Office,
In his speech Mr.. Schall said thar III
time Of peace Il country divided against
Itself will stand, but that today such 3
Condition might hold II serious menace.
Nppa rcntly ATr. Schall' concluded Pats re
ril:srks, forgetting 70 nominate Mr.! Clark.
The: clerk OF the house, tho presiding
officer, Asked
"DGy0u wish to nominate Mr.. Clark
IL do" said Mr.. Schau.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-10-12
FUNERAL OF ED. EDWARDS
HELD LAST SUNDAY

The funeral of Ed. Edwards, who
was killed last week Wednesday at
Hiawatha, Utah, was held at Crested
Butte Sunday afternoon.
A large number of relatives from
Somerset attended, including Ed. Ed
wards, father of the boy, his brother,
George, and his half brothers, Ralph,
William, John and Harry Neesham.
A sister, Mrs. Tom Morgan, lives at
Crested Butte, and the body was in
terred there at his old home and by
the side of his mother. Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Williams and daughter, Jennie,
and Mrs. William Clark, also of Som
erset, We're friends who came to attend
the funeral. On Monday morning, w.
II. Whalen and Alex. Campbell brot
the party with autos to catch the west
bound train.
Ed. Edwards was we'll known here
and at Crested Butte, where he grew
up and attended school, He was only
The accident happened
thru slipping of rope tram off .
roller. He was killed instantly.
Sympathy to the bereaved family is
by everyone.
H-- - 1-,
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-10-12
Pa - E-
CROOKSTON
News-Champion Correspondence
Sunday. Oct 7 1917

News-Champion Correspondence.
Sunday, Oct. Z, 1917.
Harry Waters went to Gunnison
last Sunday to attend high school.
Several of the ranchmen have their
potatoes dug and have bumper crop.
Miss Lila Soden has returned from
Vulcan where she has been teaching
school the last three months.
Little Clyde Hicks has been very
sick the last three weeks and does
not seem to improve very much. Clyde
is the second son of Roy Hicks.
A few friends gave Willie Soden q
farewell surprise party last Tuesday
evening. All had a good bite to eat
and at midnight wishing Willie good
luck they went home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fultz and Mr..
and Mrs. VIII Witten made hurry
up trip over from Saguache last week.
Mrs. Witten was formerly Miss May
Taylor.
l.. f. Tcmpleton and son, Mr.. and
Mrs. Cecil Hindman, Mrs. J. Z. Hicks
and son, Harry, were down helping
pick some fruit in the lower valley
the past week.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-10-12
POWDERHORN
.mpiou Co-respondence:

Correspondence:
Tuesday, October Q, 1917.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". p. Sammons spent
the week end in Gunnison.
Floyd and Bailey returned to their
work on the Cochctopa Monday.
O. johnson, B. Berger, wife and son
went to Lake City for few days visit
Mrs. PuiTcr. VIII Sammons and
family returned from Hotchkiss Fri
day.
Miss Jessie Foster and brother,
Hugh, were in Gunnison Friday and
Saturday.
John Howard went up to Cathedral
Saturday TO remain until after tho
beef are gathered.
Grant loumans, Earl Disney and
Ernest Bowers passed through Pow
dcrhorn Thursday.
Frank Dunn returned from Salida
Wednesday who're he had been fol
medical treatment.
Mrs. Ashby arrived from Montross
Tue-iay and will spend some timr
with her husband at the mine.
Tho boys ar. out on the round up
this week.
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lola NEWS
News-Champion Correspondence
Monday, October 8, 1917.

News-Champion Correspondence.
Monday, October 8, 1917.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wallace of
Omaha, Nebraska, are spending 4 few
weeks at the lola Hotel. Mr. Wallace
is taking 4 much needed rest. They
are enjoying the delightful weather
and fine scenery.
Miss Emma Myers, Miss Blanche
Ross, Miss Lucille Ross, Mrs. Clinga-
man, Master John and Baby Clinga-
man were guests of Mrs. McNaughton
on Sunday. They thoroly enjoyed
Z drive down the river. The trees
on the hills and along the river are
Tcaring their gayest costumes. The
clusters of yellow and orange firing
ing the green pines makes a beauti-
ful picture The peculiar spiral for
nation of rocks seen from the road
west of lola was very interesting.
Mr.. and Mrs Clyde WEIGH of Foun-
tain Place are happy over the arrival
OF girl baby at their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Carpenter were
guests at Fountain Place on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Myers of the
Grand Hotel in Gunnison were in lola
yesterday.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-10-12
I'ARLIN

Ncws-ChampIor Corresponding.
Wednesday, October 10, 1917.
Mel Dccring was a business visitor
to Gunnison Friday.
W. J. Collard and John McLain ex-
pcct to ship cattle to Denver FRIDAY
Mrs. 6. Duncan has been visiting
her brother, Mel Dcering for several
days.
Miss Helen Decring departed for
Denver Tuesday where she will attend
school this winter.
Mrs. Mel Deering and children mo
tored to Gunnison Wednesday to do
some shopping.
F. W. Nader and wife went to Gun
nison Friday to attend the funeral OF
Mr.. Lindsey.
Mrs. w. A. johnson and Miss Pear
came up Friday for their usual week
end visit on the ranch.
The Misses Daisy and Julia FadeT
and Palmer Vader attended the barn
dance at W. G. Neiderhut's Satur-
daynight.
w. A. johnson has sold his ranch
TO Mr.. Cline Of Saguache. We are ex-
ceedingly sorry to loose Mr.. johnson
and family and wish him success
wherever he may go.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-10-12
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IRWIN NEWS

News-Champion Correspondence
Wednesday, Oct. 10, 1917.
Harry Endner autoed over from
Telco this week.
The D. & r. G. men are putting in
. switch at Irwin.
DR.. Orlando Dram is here attend
ing to business.
]. s. McGruder left for Crested
Butte Wednesday.
Geo. Field and wife autoed from
Crested Butte Friday.
Charles Lightley and wife with Mrs.
Norwood and niece were callers Sum
day.
Mr.. ]. A. McAlpine left for Den
yer Sunday but will soon return to
operate the Little Crown mine.
DR.. King of Cripple Creek, Mr..
Mishner of Denver with Mr.. Crow
were here visiting Barrett and Sim
clair last week.
Superintendent Botsford arrived
Thursday with men to operate the
King and Queen mines. Irwin is tax
ing on its old time activity.
Thomas Davis Day, attorney and
counselor ut law Of New York, was
IN town Sunday. He has purchased
tie Gun Mine. e. E. Rowe Of Denver,
Colo, accompanied him.
/ Mr.. williams is freighting supplies
for the company which has purchased
the Queen group Of mines. A board
ing house will be in operation BY the
/ 11tA Of October, Superintendent Bost-
ford ID very active IN fastening opera
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-10-12
UPPER GUNNISON NEWS
News-Champion Correspondence
Tuesday. October Q. 1917

News-Champion Correspondence.
Tuesday, October 9, 1917.
Mrs. John Duncan has returned from
a several weeks visit at Crested Butte.
School will begin at Paragon next
Monday. Miss Wilkinson from Sunny
Kansas will be the teacher.
The east side boys have gone to
Gothic to round up the beef cattle
and bring them down to the home
range.
The song of the mower is no longer
heard in the valley, and again we hear
the coarser notes of the potato dig
ger as the potato harvest is in full
swing.
Fred Eilebrecht is threshing in the
neighborhood. This causes the spring
chicken to sit up and take notice and
wonder if he'll be called in the first
draft.
Mrs. Annie Downey visited her
daughter, Mrs. Carl Diebold Satur-
day and had the pleasure while here
Of attending the barn dance at the
Neiderhut ranch.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-10-12
TAYLOR PARK NOTES
Champion Correspondence.

Eews- Champion Correspondence.
+. 4. Hill. one Of our old timers
was in Gunnison during the week
A. Bauer, Tin Cup merchant, mad
q business trip to the county seat Sat
urday.
The Gold Cup mine is now in the
hands Of the Reynolds in
tcrcst, l. /. johnson being completely
out. Mr.. Johnson is devoting his al
tcntion TO the Bon Ton mine near
Pitkin.
The Taylor park dredge is pulling
up stakes, and the management has
apparently decided TO quit business
Not only is the dredge being disman-
tied, but the electric power line to
St. Elmo is being taken up.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-10-12
LOCAL RED CROSS
ORGANIZES FOR YEAR

Continued from First Page)
part OF the country. For hospital
garments write to Mrs. +. NJ. Collins,
Gunnison, and for yarn, needles and
directions for knitting to Mrs. F. d.
Sanford, Gunnison. Another good task
for the winter is to cut up old sheets
into IS inch squares and hem on the
machine for handkerchiefs. Colorado's
quota for such kerchiefs is 100000 and
some of these must come from Gun
nison county. Old tableclothes or nap
kins may also be cut into Il inch
squares and hemmed on the machine,
and tray covers from the same mater
ial l5X22 inches, hemmed; wash cloths
made from old Turkish toweling,
heavy towels or counterpanes 10 in
chos square.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-10-12
BALDWIN

News-ChaInpion Correspondence.
Tuesday, Oct. 9, 1917.
Mr.. Horseman was here few DAYS
last week returning to Denver Thurs
day.
Nat Watkins returned from New
Castle, Colorado, last week. He spent
his vacation there.
Superintendent Featherstone, Store
Manager Sanders and Gene Dirrim
we're in Gunnison Saturday, return
ing the same day.
The Rocky Mountain Fuel Co. is
getting its boarding house and bunk
house repaired also the cottages for
their employees have been looked over.
Carpenter H. a. Lamb is doing the
work.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-10-12
MAKES GOOD ROAD
SUGGESTIONS OF VALUE

Carroll NJ. Carter of Ohio City is q
good roads enthusiast, if there ever
was one, and is always thinking about
ways to improve the Rainbow Route.
81 have been travelling over many
roads of the county since came from
Texas" Mr.. Carter remarked Tues
day, "and find them generally good.
However, wish you would keep talk
ing about the matter of road signs
and lots of them. l see there is one
at the Parlin postoffice now and that
will save much grief for tourists who
formerly strayed off clear to Pitkin,
thinking they were on the Monarch
pass road. But there are many other
places where signs would be appre-
ciated. Coming up from Texas, we
must have missed the road half a dog
en- times and gone twelve to fifteen
miles out of our way, because there
was no signs at fork of the high
way. That makes a motorist feel like
cussing, while on the other hand. I
road we'll marked by plenty of signs
is always remarked about pleasantly
by auto people, even if it should heD-
pen to be rough at that particular
time. You know where you are ooinR
anyway.
Another point that occurs to me =
the brush that is growing up so thiek
at turns in our best roads. It shnta
off the sight q rod ahead in soane
places have seen. -
Mr.. Carter reports only two nsen
at work on his Gold Greek propert3e6
at present, but some leasers will prp1
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-10-12
ROBERT VAN DEUSEN IS
HURT IN AUTO CRASH

Robert Van Deusen, in the inheri-
tance department of the attorney gen.
erals office, was seriously hurt in an
automobile accident eighteen miles
from Canon City Tuesday. Mr.. Van
Deusen suffered three broken ribs
and numerous cuts and bruises. He
was taken to the hospital at Canon
City. Van Deusen was at Gunnison
most of last week.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-10-12
~ n N

A party composed of Mrs. Robt.
Hards, Miss Elizabeth Barrett, Mrs.
c. A. Trevarthen and Mrs. Zweifel
drove up to Waunita Thursday and
spent the day.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-10-12
COUNTY NEWS IN BRIEF

ably go on in few days. Next spring
may see more activity near Ohio City
mines.