The Lamar register., 1920-08-25
Literally and figurstIveiy Trls Foro
Threw Up His Hands When He Got
Back to Win Shute's Room.


threw up his hands when he gor back
TO win Shute's room.
The president OF the United States
had been tnducted into once with QUE
dominating ambition, namely to place
trust magnate behind the bars
While engaged 10 popularizins himself
with the electorate he had attacked
the giant cOmbina lions, and especially
lsmbasted th- heads OF the trusts
Guilt he Insisted was personal
therefore nothing short or mag
mates confinement 10 penal lnstitu
tion would make the punishment rt
the crime
But when II came actually 10 pick.
ing the one Trust-the one nagnats
upon whom the presidential wrath was
10 descend 1T was far from an easy
assignment, The ramificetioBs Of big
business were mutifarious. and to
furn IN one direction was 10 tread on
some importanI h0dys noney.crusted
corus Ia another Ultimately. the
presidents own predictions infu,
enceu him--unconsriousiy Of course.
As boy he had been afraid Of nre
arms OF every variety. Hunting held
Tor him no lure Even when he be
came first citizen the presidential sa.
luie Of twenty.one guns made him
Jump He much preferred Hall to
the Chief" capsbly rendered by some
ms brass and Jingling cynbal No.
the president wasn't a sportsman. He
was sn advocate Of peace Thus, IN.
wittingly swayed BY his personal bias
the head OF the nation selected the
president Of the powder trust for the
role Of horrible example.
J. Pierce Lamont president Of ths
Pierce Powder colnpany. was the mag
nate marked for sacrifice. And the
attorney general. aided and abetted BY
the secret service, got busy. very busy.
This WIS some time before win Shute
was shanghaied. before lmogen Leon
ard sailed for Alexandria. via Genoa,
under the name OF Miss Riley-as di.
rected by her employer. who eIplsined
that her confidential relations with
hin. big ngure 10 the business world,
would subject her TO the opportunities
Of interviewers.
secrecy. considering that II va. . gov.
eminent undertaking. and the man
nunf was progressing most fayorably
when. one day, the Washington cor
respondent OF the New York STANDARD
called at the White House and 70
luested all Interview with the preh-
dent. The Standard was an inde
pendent paper which leaned toward
the presidents party its support the
executive teryently desired for his ad-
ministrstive and legislative program
The Standard was a great newspaper,
therefore not untinged with yellow"
The details Of that Interview Will
never be known But II subsequently,
leaked out that the president. iater In
the day. made the big mistake Of his
term IN attempting to go over the cor
respondents head BY appealing direct
ty TO the editor In a word, the presi-
dent tried to suppress news! Result
--"pitiless publicity" (The phrase Is
quoted because II was the presidents
own. uttered before election and
turned on him when be ran counter to
IT. 10 twenty-rOur hours the coun-
try rocked with indignation.
An American girl. sole support Of q
widowed mother while enjoying her
frst real vacation 10 years. "trip to
Europe-had been torn from her par
snt BY italian soldiers. thrown into
prison. and there given the third de-
gree" Poor prosecuted IInogen Leon
ard
such was the flash" In newspaper
psrlancs. that travelled over free
America In more detail
Miss Leonard was stenographer and
private secretary TO one OF the officers
Of the Pierce Powder company. This
concern sometimes called the Pow.
der trust. because OF its command Of
the industry, had manufactured pow.
der for the Italian government under
a secret formula furnished by Italy-a
powder peculiarly adapted for trans.
-portstion and for use in the tropics.
The manufacturing was done by
agreement that powder so made was
not TO be sold 10 any other country
than Italy. excepting. OF course the
United States.
In the war with Turkey over Tripoh.
Italy found that The Turks we're using
identically The same powder And
while the Turkish supply could not