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New-York tribune., 1919-08-03

Kenyon-Anderson bill, in
tended to regulate the
meat industry, is charged by Sena-
tor Kenyon, of Iowa. He stood on
the floor of the Senate on July 21
end exhibited a thick bundle of tele-
grams to members of Congress, ex-
pressing disapproval of the bill,
which he said were inspired by the
packers. He said:
From every point the packers can
reach these messages are being poured
in upon Congress. They come from
bankers, merchants, farmers and every
one else the packers can influence.
The scope Of the propaganda shows
the tremendous power they exercise in
this country
II am not objecting at all, of course,
to information being sent to Represent
atives and Senators, but | do think
Senators ought to know the influences $
that are at work stirring up these let
ters and kilograms.
~ will show to Senators that the tel
egrams and letters they are receiving
are in response to circulars and let
(ters sent out by the packers. Every
! influence they can reach in this coun-
try is being put to work to stimulate
this propaganda"
The packers admitted the truth of
Senator kenyon's charge. A state
ment sent out by the Institute of
American Meat Packers, comprising
about 200 firms, replied to him in
these words:
Senator Kenyon has charged in the
Senate of the United States that the
packers are sending out propaganda
| against this bill to place the packing
| industry under Federal license, as if
! there were something wrong in this.
The entire public is vitaMy inter-
ested in the correct solution of the
high cost of living
"Complete understanding of all acts
will dissipate suspicion and prejudice,
which, if relied upon for adverse leg
station, Will harm US all-the live
stock producer and the consumer as
we'll the packers.
I'm the last analysis the public viii
decide these issues, and We viii pre-
sent the facts 70 them
The bill introduced by the Senator
threatens the life Of me packing "a
duStry. It is un-Amercan and is a dan
gerous precedent for all business. l.
would amount to practical gogernmen.
operation, which with this complex in
dustry would result in greater disaster
than that we have with the governmea.
operation OF railroads. telegraph and
telephone lines.
There is an unprecedented propa-
ganda in favor Of this legi station and
against the packers. The wholesale gro
GERS and the Federal Trade Commis-
sion, for example, are active with
propaganda Of this character.
1--WE are doing exactly what every
American citizen has a perfect nght
to do. We are opposing this bdl r
an open and legitimate manner. and
viii continue to do so. 1t is unthink-
able that persons whose investments
and business are threatened by raai
cal and vicious legislation cannot lay
the facts before the people
THE Senator had something to say
on the high cost Of living. Our bust
ness is conducted efficiently and at the
minimum profit OF small fraction Of
one cent per pound. Our volume en-
ables us to retain such small rrodt
that It cannot materially affect the
cost to the consumer. The packers
New-York tribune., 1919-08-03

Of the minority. But the great mass of
the people took no action There has
grown up, indeed, among all those who
ought to be the leaders Of public opin-
ion, strange conspiracy of silence.
Nobody seems willing to bear witness
to how widely diffused is the habit of
normal, wholesome drinking, and Of the
great benefits to be derived from it.
The university where I have worked
for nearly twenty years contains in
It's faculties a great number of schol-
arly, Industrious men whose lfework
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
Miscellaneous Oil Companies

- Edward II. Han. formerly with Warris
Forbes & Co. has ben admitted In ron
crai partnership in the firm os Rutter
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

ANDREW J. MCCORMACK. Auctioneer.
STOCKS AND BoNDS
BY APRhaN aI91sI5 II II. W1TTTtIf MqLLEM & = SON.
WEDNESDAY. NAY :, 1919.
at 1890 o'clock. at the
Nos E4sHANGE An SAtEyRe3M 5SAt rs s.T : nrr
For Account of Executors:
IS shs Sheffield Iron Corpn. common
SO ehs Sheffield Iron corpn. prefd.
SO shs. American District Telegraph
10 shs. New German Theatre Co.
so shs. Continental Baking Powder
Co.
10 shs Pine Forest Land & Improve
5000 shs Nicaragua Gold Mining Co.
120 shs Shoshone Irrig alton Co.
sh. Rider & Driver Publishing Co
10 shs. United Gas & Elec. Corpn- 1st
prefd
$4,000 Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co 81
Notes, duo July /, 1918.
$40. 900 Dry Dock. East Broadway s. Bat
terry r. r. Genl. Mtg. 90 Bonds
1882
100 shs Basic Products Corpn. V. T. c.
shs Westchester & Van Nest Land
shs westohester 6. Van Nest Land
10 shs United Gas & Eleo- Corpn. 1st
100000 second Avenue r. r. lst consid.
5co Bonds, 194S.
20 Sis caico Chemical Co. prefd
500 shs. General Gas Light Co. OF
KALAMAZOO. Mich.
10 shs South Jersey Timber Co.
s144.S8 Note OF South Jersey Timber Co.
dated Febry. Is, 1919. due in
1878 Note Of South Jersey Timber Co.
dated March g. 1919. due in
SO shs. rs.'' Knox Hat Co.. Inc. common.
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Bid and Asked Prices
for Oil Stocks
Standard OF

Following arc yesterdays closing bid and
asked prices fer leading oil stocks:
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Wall Street Items

Leach & Co. has become associated with
Ealscy. Stuart q Co.
The Asia Banking Corporation has
opened branch office IN Tientsin This
is The third branch of the company now
ding business in China.
Dwight II. Ellis. formerly sales man
aSer of the Packard Motor Car Company.
has become affiliated with Harris & A0-
bott. dealers IN investment securities.
The Liberty Bank Of Buffalo has IN
creasrd its capital from $5o0,900 10
$l.500 600,
Joseph Walker, sr. has been elected
director OF the PITTSBURGH x West VIZ
ginia Railway Company.
The Anglo-south American Bank has
removed its offices to - Broadway.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
DIVIDEND NOTICES


IS Broadway, New York. y. Y.
April END, 1918
declared on the Capital Stock Of this COM
pany payable June l4th. 1919, TO stock.
holders Of record at the close Of business
May 31st. 1919.
All communications regarding payment
change Of address should be sent to tho
undersigned not later than June 7th. 1919
GEORGE CHESEBRO, Secretary.
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Divide d S
Regular Declarations
Steel Company Increases Capital

TRENTON. n. J., May 5. The Amer
iean steel Foundries Company fled
certificate with the Secretary Of State
to-day Increasing its capital stock from
Sl51si.o00 to S42,lS40o0. The stock
viii consist of 100000 shares cf new
preferred stock Of the par value of
$loD a share and 5l5,520 shares o.
commoa. the par value of each share
heinE SSG Ia.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
MEETINGS

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders Of the standard Gas Light Com
pany Of the city Of New York VIII be held
at The office Of the Company, Room No. 2os.
No. $50 East 18th Street. New York City,
on Wednesday. May l4th, 1919 al !?
the transaction of such o,her business
may come before the meeting
JOHN L. SANBORN. Secretary.
The Annual Meeting of the American
Bible Society VIII be held at the Bible
House, Astor Place. on Thursday next.
May s. at $50 +. Al. for the transaction
Of business. Respectfully
LEWIS BIRGE CHAMBERLAIN,
Recording Secretary.
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Yesterdays Transactions i'm Listed Stocks

quoted dollar.
based donly onra Q o.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
Bid and A six G q
Quotations

Il ne following table gives the closing
Did and asked quotations for stocks
listed on the New York Stock Exchancc
but not traded in yesterday:
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

*Ex Dividend.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
Bonds

Following is complete record Of all
transactions in bonds on the New York
Stock Exchange yesterday:
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

[Sales Of Liberty bonds on the New York
Stock Exchange carry interest to the date Of
sale, and the seller receives this interest in
addition to the sale price
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
Consolidated Exchange

Unit Of trade on this exchange. 10 shares
transactions and prices yesterday for tho
more active shares follo,v.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
(New York Stock Exchange Quotations)
Unterest To Be Addedl
FOREIGN BONDS DEALT IN FLAT

NJ Bid. Asked
=, do gold As Of '04 1854. ....... 54a4 so
Rus '91 Rente As ,000-rube den %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-04

At the interview. with closed doors,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-04

ponies from the stables of our es-
teemed American firm of Farnswetth
& Co. (Chinese hong-narae Foo Sang
fell suddenly in the middle of the first
and fifth races. just near the three
quarter mile-post, and died almost inn
mediately. They were being ridden by
those well-known young men, the
Messrs. Pierce of Hoo Lang Road, than
whom none are more highly esteemed
in the entire Club. Mr.. Alfred. who
was in the first accident. was very
severely shaken-up and was for some
time unconscious, but we are happy to
say had no bones broken and is rapidly
recovering. His brother, Mr.. Eugene,
escaped in a remarkable manner by
turning a complete somersault over his
pony's head and landing on a soft piece
of turf
The double occurrence at almost
the identical spot led Mr.. Farnsworth
to have careful examination made by
the stewards of the course. but nothing
was found that could have caused
either OF the ponies to stumble there
and all the other riders OF the after
noon passed over it in safety. The
| only conclusion was-and this was the
generally expressed opinion at all the
I different clubs last eveninG-that there
had been some vicious foul play and
that deadly poison OF some kind had
been administered in both cases with
the above results. This may have been
done in some way by the jockeys them
selves or it may have been admins
tered in the stalls by someone who
secretly worked his way in there. A.
DR.. Aubrey. our weli-known veterin-
airy surgeon. is making a careful post
mortem OF the ponies under the direc-
/ @A
reserve any further comment until his
report is made public. especially as we
desire to shield the Messrs. Pierce, to
whom this Is naturally a very painful
experience. from any possible oppro-
brium."
Wang Foo purchased a copy OF the
above edition the very first thing in
the morning and clipping the article
carefully out compared It with the
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HOW HE FELT.

'T should like to know just how a
soldier feels when he is in a great
battle" said the interviewer to a re-
turned soldier.
"Oh, dunno" was the modest re-
ply
But you have been in a great
battle?"
Yes. I was up IN the Argonne."
You did give the Huns an awful
whipping up there"
We'll, we drove them
How long did the fight lastr'
Most all day, guess"
And many were killed on both
sides?'
Yes, the loss was pretty great"
And yet you can't tell me how you
felt"
mot entirely. but I can tell you
something about it. When we went
into the fight I felt that I was homo
hoeing corn. When we finished I'D 1
felt as IL 1 hoed that corn, cut it and
had been husking it for week past!"
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in the inspectors office that evening,
Mr.. Farnsworth listened to the Joint
explanation OF Wang Foo and the po-
lice. 1t was briefly this: Both the pom
les were poisoned with q preparation
OF strychnine. which had been admin
istered to them in capsules concealed
in Jumps OF sugar! The person who
did it was Madame de Roderigo, sister
of a prominent merchant from Macao,
who had come up from that Southern
island to attend the Spring races at
Shanghai She was a notorious gam
bier and on the way up the coast had
relieved an American passenger of sew
eral thousand Mexicans by her dexter
ity with cards. On his refusing to pay
the last stake. she had risen in her an
ger and sworn. with all the hatred ana
vengeance characteristic of her mixed
blood. to get even with him by injur-
ing the first American she met on get
ting ashore. While staying at the As
tor House. she had met Mr.. Farms
worth's brother and had accepted an
invitation from him to. visit the firms
stables and inspect the ponies-and
there and then she had plotted the
crime. Obtaining the drug from a
Portuguese physician. under the pre-
text of wishing it for posing her dogs.
she had concealed 1t in a lump of sugar
and given it to the unfortunate crea-
ture just as his rider mounted him.
figuring carefully on its deadly effect
before he could finish the race. Gloat-
ng over her success with the first case,
she became holder and repeated it with
| he second!
THANK heavens! She is out Of the
blace!" exclaimed Mr.. Farnsworth al
/ h 10 "a
begged them to avoid any further pub
LEFTY and hush the whole matter up
Yes" replied the ever courteous
Wang Foo, as the great Master say:
in the closing words OF the Analects
as to an unpleasant odor, one may
truly say that the very best thing i,
to forget it!'"
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I'VE deeply regret to have to eHrori-
tie a most unfortunate, and at the
same time, most mysterious occur
renee at yesterdays races. Two cf the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-04
THE BAKERS MISTAKE.

He was probably employed as jani-
tor in some house or office, for he had
a. rat in a trap, which he had caught
in some dark corner. He was carry
ing it along the street, when he came
to a bakery, and he looked into the
window and saw many luscious cakes.
He felt in his pockets. but he had no
money. Just as he made this discov-
cry the baker came to the door, and the
man with the rat said to him:
Say. II I had any money I would
buy some of your cakes"
They can't be had without money"
said the baker.
"Then you wouldn't give a Teller
ene?"
mo. sir"
"All right old chap-all right,
The baker turned away and the man
opened the trap and let the rat loose.
In ten seconds there were five dogs
chasing after the rat and creating a
great uproar in the street In twenty
seconds as many as dozen boys ap-
peared from nowhere and Joined in the
chase. Then five or six men helped
the boys and dogs. The rat ran back
a
hiding place, and the crowd ran after
him. Two street cars had to come to
standstin, and all traffic was blocked.
Then two policemen cana running, but
before they could do anything someone
threw stone which fractured the
bakers plate glass window. Then the
officers hit three boys with their clubs
and gave four or five dogs a whaek,
and the rat got under a building and
made his escape. The baker had stood
in his door and saw the riot. A man
approached him and said:
What fools people. can make of
themselves, eh?"
Yes. for sure" was the reply as the
man Of cakes looked up at his win
dow. II ought to have given the man
with the rat a dozen cakes. but I was
just fool enough not to do it,"
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K.---Th6 Buddha'S Wand

notice in the leading Chinese papers.
They were practically the same in their
substance and purport, though of
course deliberately drawn out and
clothed in all the f1owery expressionA
of the native editor. Not word in
any of them, however though he read
every column through slowly and care
fully, that would point to anyone, for
eigner or native, as the actual guilty
party, which fact seemed rather to
disappoint him. The more he thought
upon the case. the more interesting
because the more invelved-it became
to him. and so taking out his little
travelling writing@case he sat down
and. rubbing the ink-slab up and down
the stone tablet, after the manner OF
the true Chinese scholar, he repeated
over as he did 80, the well-known
words of Confucius, las we polish ana
then grind! AS we polish and then
grind" and dipping his brush in the
carbon fluid he began a little letter to
his home In Hong Kong, which con-
veyed to them the news that 1t might
be the middle OF the moon or more be-
fore he would set sail for the Island of
Fragrant Waters.
He had a real and genuine problem
before him in unravelling a case OF
which he had had the unusual ad-
vantage Of himself being an eye-wit-
ness. This was more than worth to
him the extra trouble ana expense of
stay in Shanghai and he immediately
set his thinking faculties to work, de-
termined to work out at least some
plausible theory before he should con-
fer with his old friend, Inspector Cub
bins Of the police.
Four distinct questions naturally
outlined themselves before him: First
was it an accident or a premeditated
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crime? Second, IL crime. was /
poison or some other form OF deadi
injury? Third, who was the guilt
party? And fourth, what was his OBJ
ject in committing 1t. financial profit
or merely the gratifying OF some deadly
hatred and revenge? AS Incidental to
all this, he would OF course take de-
light in securing the identity Of the
mysterious parsonage in the silks and
goggles, whom he had overheard re-
jecting the theory of the Decree of
Heaven as he rushed past him by the
Tao Tails side Yes" he said to him
self as he slipped his cup of evening
tea in the upper room at the home of
his cid friend, the basket maker. yves,
have certainly a few days Of very
attractive work before me, and had
best begin, as the SaEes taught, by
bending my attention TO what is
radical, 'Kwun TIE woo pen." 1.-THE
Superio. Man observes the root") and
so saying he blew out the little bean
oil lamp and fell asleep on his bamboo
pillow.
While the Man of Mystery, as Wang
Foo had come 20 be known by his Eu-
ropean friends and admirers, was
quietly working out his own theory
unknown to the outer world of Shang-
hal, Inspector Gubbins and Chief De-
tective Brownlow had not been idle in
their efforts to clear the Pierce broth
ers and fasten the poisoning-for such
DIR. Aubrey, the veterinary, had I'M
'.esitatingly declared the crime to be
pom the head of some native or, posi-
Ivy. European rascal Among other
suggestions, amid the many that had
come to them from members OF the
Race Club and other interested resi-
dents, was one that was brought IL
them in confidence by an old racing
hand from abroad and which appealed
TO them by its very ingenuity. Major
Weltman, OF Sidney described to them
case he had personally known in
which jockey was brfbed TO mortany
in3ure a pony in an Australian race. A
subtle and quickly acting poison was
concealed In one OF his sierra, the star
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Of which instead Of revolving as usual
was soldered firmly to the shank In
t was concealed a hollow needle con-
aected with. a metal tube, SO that when
it was plunged into the horses side
from the riders boot the poison was
injected into his veins and soon did It's
deadly work. The whole thing was
afterward exposed in the Sidney pa
pers and the spur and needle are now
on exhibition in the cabinet Of the
chief Of police there.
'1t would be magnificent theory
for US to go on. sir" remarked the
thoughtful Bros nlow to his superior
officer. after listening to the Majors
story, "but for one fatal defect"
And pray, what might that be?" in
terrupted the Australian visitor.
why, simplp this" answered the de-
tective, II find on careful inquiry, that
at the last mAeting of the Race Club
Committee, steel spurs were ordered
off. and nothing but these little 'bam-
boo ticklers." as the Chinese call them,
were allowed to be worn this season.
II am afraad the spur theory won't
work this tine, Major" added the In
spector witk a smile, however sue
cessful it may have been in Sidney.
Eyes. I'm afraid not" replied the
Major, as hs rose to leave; you chaps
will have to find some other form of
devilish ingenuity-for that's what II
il ana that's what call it. devilish
nothing less. I'm an old racing man
myself, and I tell you the man who
will deliberately plan to injure horse
and kill him is--weli. hanging's toe
good for him, that's my opinion, gen
tlemen. Good morning"
AS the days passed on. public opin-
ion began, pretty generally, to clear the
Pierce brothers of any completely ir
the case ana the firm Of Farnsworth
& Co. indeed completely exonerated
them. There was net a particle of rea
substantial evidence against them and
nobody could even suggest any motiv,
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triekery of which you speak is not I'M
known in our Southern Colony"
He had hardly uttered these words
when stout individual, clad in robes
of the most elegant ana expensive silk
and wearing the large horn goggles of
the wellto-do merchant class, pushed
his way By them and motioned to some
waiting coolies to make ready his
sedan. He was muttering to himself
as he passed-evidently in a state of
considerable irritation and anger,
''Tien Ming pub shi! Tien Ming pub
shi, pei tax Foo Sang" cit is not the
Decree of Heaven, 1t is not the Decree
of Heaven, he was discharged from
Foo Sang!") These remarks were lost
upon both Colonel Valette and the Tao
Tai; the former did not understand
them ana the latter evidently did not
distinctly hear them. but the trained
and ever-careful ear of the man who
stood between them caught them and
did not forget them. and so. when he
reached his quiet lodging that evening.
they found a place in one of the leaves
Of his note book, where they were
securely hidden away for any possible
future reference.
ms Columns OIL the 1NOrkn 0ilnd
Daily News of the following morning
contained this rather striking para
graph:
SINGULAR ACCIDENT AT THE
RACES.
Suspected Foul Fiay
I'VE deeply regret to have to ehrori-
Gle a most unfortunate, and at the
same time, a most mysterious occur
renee at yesterdays races. Two cf the
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IDENTIFYING THEM,

Did you see the bunch Of fellers
parading for miles from O'Clock in the
morning till 5 in the evenin' an then
standin' up for hours listening to
speeches?" asked Mr. rafferty,.
II did" said Mr.. Dolan. who are
they?"
They're the lads who say they're
morally opposed to working more than
six hours a day."-washington Star
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- act. They were on perfectly
terms with their employers, and
.Ic staises-eTen the largest of them
vagered on the. Shanghai port races
we're not large enough to enduce them
or indeed any other jockeys, to under
take risk like that which might be
taken in some of the great race meet
ings In Europe. In a word, people
came to the sensible conclusion that
the game wasn't worth the candle" as
the saying goes, and 80 the efforts of
the police and others interested were
turned to the discovering Of some ma
foo" or horse-boy In the stables. who
out of hatred to Farnsworth & Co, or.
IL not that, out of pure maliciousnes-
or deviltry. had committed the crime
But here was again the mystery: hov
could any mere ma-foo have had tn
knowledge of such a deadly poison
Where could he have obtained it an
how could he have timed it SO that /.
took effect exactly in the middle Of the
race course-and twice over on the
same afternoonf Ordinary injuries
could be accounted for. perhaps. but
not anything as subtle and skillfuI as
this. 1t must have been the work OF
some scientific man. and the ordinary
employees of a racing stable were GER
tainly not in that class Who was 1t.
them
All Shanghai got TO asking itself the
question and all Shanghai was Obliged
to confess that It had to give up the
problen-an except one. a quiet visitor
from Hong Kong. who was secretly
working out its solution, for Wang Foo
could not brook the thought OF fail
ire
Whom do you suppose I met upon
he Bund to-day?" asked DR.. Cortel-
| you. the American Consul of Inspector
Gubbins, as he met him at the gate OF
| the British postoffice. why. none
other than our mutual friend, Mr.
Wang Foo. the great solver of inter
national difncultiesi"
You don't tell me he Is actually ir
town: he generally drops a card IN or
me vhen he passes through the Set
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4 FAIR PROPOSITION.

Every member OF Congress Is fit
for at least one thing-he can help
make a quorum. Uncle Sam has a
right to expect that much of him.
Buffalo Couprier.