THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. n i SPEECH Says Financial Depression Is a Plot of "Malefactors of Great Wealth. NO CHANGE OP COURSE Dwlari'i Tl:nt (! Administration WIU fJi; I'.'!-t ;Vi iis It Hus Uoiio 80 Loiift at lit' Is President And If the Preset' ii I Ion Hints the Coun try He Is Sorry. Provincetowu, Musb., Aug 22. President House veil in his address tore departed from the text which he had prepared to speak of the present financial unrest and the de preciation tu values nnd to declaro that he has no Intention of chang ing his attitude toward finance and Industry. The matter which Mr. Roosevelt Interpolated In his set speech fol lows: "DurlnR the present trouble with the stock market I have, of course, received countless requests and sug gestions, public and private, that I should say or do something to ease the situation. There Is a world wide flnunclal disturbance. It Is felt In the bourses of Pnrln nnd Berlin, and British consols are lower, while trices of railway securities have also depreciated. "On the New York Stock Ex change the disturbance has been particularly severe, most of it, I be lieve to be due to matters not par ticularly conUued to the United States and to matters wholly un connected with any governmental action, but it may well be that the determination of the Government, lb which, gentlemen. It will not waver, to punish certain malefactors at great wealth, has been responsible tor something of the troubles, at tst to the extent of having caused these men to combine to bring about as much financial stress as they pos sibly can in order to discredit the policy of the Government, and there by to secure it reversal of that policy IP that they may enjoy the fruits of their own evildolugs. "That they have misled many good people into believing that there should be such reversal of policy is possible. If so, I am sorry, but it will not utter my attitude. Once tor all, let me say that as far as I am concerned, and for the elfjhteen ssonths of my Administration that remain, there will be no change In the policy we have steadily pursued, ao letup in the efforts to secure the jonest observance of the law, for I cwgard this contest as one to deter satne who shall rule the Government the people through their govern mental agents, or a few ruthless and determined men whose wealth makes them particularly formidable, be cause they hide behind the breast works of corporate organization. I wish there to be no mistake on this point. It Is Idle to ask me not to prosecute criminals, rich or poor. But 1 desire no less emphatically to Have It understood that we have un dertaken and will undertake no act fern of a vindicative type, and above all no action which shall inflict Spreat or unmerited suffering upon thb innocent stockholders and upon die public as a whole. Our purpose iato act with the minimum of harsh Mess compatible with obtaining our ads. In the man of great wealth who has earned his wealth honestly and used it wisely we recognize a pad citizen worthy of all praise asmt respect. Business can only be done un der modern conditions through cor cations, and our purpose It to Heartily favor the corporations that dot well. . The Administration appre ciates that liberal but honest profit Sot legitimate promoters and gen oewus dividends for capital employed attfter in founding or continuing an tjswWt business venture, are the fac te necessary for successful corpor is activity, and therefore for gen erally prosperous business conditions. "All those are compatible with laic dealing as between man and man and rigid obedience to the law. Our aim is to help every honest man, every honest corporation, and our policy means in its ultimate analysis healthy and prosperous expansion oC business activities of honest busi ness men and honest corporations. "No individual, no corporation, obeying the law has anything to fear from this Administration." Saw Japanese Xour Fort. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 21. Two Jap anese were discovered, It is said In fie rear of Fort McTherson, taking views and sketches of the buildings and grounds. A former enlisted man, who said observed the Japanese, after tallt JBC with them, told the story of the recurrence to the officers of the De partment of the Gulf. The officers lit the department say no action will ha taken unless other discoveries are fioade. Alps Climbers Fell 2,000 Feet, Berne, Switzerland, Aug. 21. The fate of three German tourlats, who had been missing on the Jung. fran since last week, was cleared up Then guides discovered their dead bodies on a glacier below Rotthal- Sattal. They had fallen together distance of 2,000 feet. II u w mi On The Way He Will Make Many Stops and Many Speeches. A FOUR MONTH'S TRIP Hound for Manila to Attend the Opening of the First rhllipplno Assembly Will Ueturn by Wuy of Europe nnd Look It Over Mrs, Tuft to Accompany Him. Washington, Aug. 22. William Howard Taft, Pccretnry of War and the globe trotter of the Cabinet, left Washington!! Sunday night on his trip around the world. Secretary Tuft's objective point is Manila, 7 " Ew-swrJ" ttjkm&.x Mm m i 1 WUvAS WILLIAM H. TAFT. where he goes to attend the opening of the first Philippine Assembly, which will meet on October 16, and before which body he will deliver an address. Instead of returning home across the l'aclflc he will take the Trans-Siberian Hallway and return by way of Moscow and Derlln. Accompanying the Secretary were his confidential secretary, Mr. Mlch- ler, and a messenger. His private secretary, Fred W. Carpenter, will leave here next week and in St. Paul will met Mrs. Taft and the Secretary's little son, Charlie Taft, who Is to accompany his parents a round the world. Mrs. Taft is now at Murray Bay. On the Coast Mr. Taft will deliver speeches at Columbus, Lexington, Oklahoma City, Joplln, Springfield, Mo., Denver, Portland, Tacoma and Seattle. The party will sail from Seattle on the steamship Minnesota on September 10. They will stop several days In Japan, from there gc to Hongkong and thence to Man ila, arriving there on October 14. After a little more than two weeks In the Islands they will go to Valdi- vostok and there take the Trans Slberlan Railway direct to Moscow, reaching there on November 23. They will visit St. Petersburg and Berlin and perhaps two or three other European cities and sail prob ably from Bremen so as to reach home the middle of December, ":;vT::rrro:w;ti iuzorw. MUS. EDDY ANSWERS QUESTIONS Aged Woman Displays Nimble Wit and Appeared Unconcerned. Concord, N. H., Aug. 22. Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy, head of the Christian Science Church, un derwent a mental examination by the masters, who had been appoint ed to determine her competency In business matters. It was the suit brought by Mrs. Hddy's "next friends" for an accounting of her pro perty. The examination was made at Mrs Eddy's home, Pleasant View, In this city, by Judge Aldrlch, Dr. Jolly, and Attorney Park, one of the mast ers. The only other persons present were Gen. Frank S. Streeter, Mrs. Eddy's counsel in the case; William E. Chandler, counsel for the "next friends," and a court stenographer. Mrs. Eddy received her visitors in her private sitting room and by arrangement with her counsel she answered a series of questions asked of her by the three masters, who took turns In examining her upon various points. In reply to Mr. Chandler Mr. Street er for Mrs. Eddy, said that this was not an investigation of Christian Science. It is a property matter solely, concerned with the question of the proper management of Mrs. Eddy's business affairs. This is not a heresy trial, not an examination Into the soundness of any particular religion. We ask, he said, for an investigation of the one question be fore the masters: "Was Mrs. Eddy on March 1 competent to manage her business affairs?" 91,000,000 GEM FOR KINO. Transvaal to Present Rlggest Dia mond in World to Edwurd VII. Pretoria, Aug. 21. In accordance with the resolution Introduced by Premier Botha, the Transvaal As sembly, by 42 to 19 votes, author ized the Government to purchase the Culllnan diamond, the largest In the world, valued at $1,000,000 for a present to King Edward as a token of the loyalty and appreciation of the people of the Transvaal for the bestowal of a constitution on the Colony. Men Have Shnvod Theinsolvon With Pens, Nulls and Pieces of Tin. An amusing story has been told by a convict, lately released from I'arkhurst prison, of how he managed to have a clean shave every day, to the astonishment of the governor and warders, snys London Tit-Bits. When employed in the tinsmith's shop of the Jnll he secreted nil ordlnnry steal pen nib, flattened tho nib out, and put on a double odgo equal to the befct of razors. In tho cell he hid the pen on the wall by covering it with a flattened out piece of soup, which happened to be of the same curiously drab color as the wall, and when his tin of water cnnie round he reserved a portion for shaving purposes. The Ingenuity of this man calls to mind that of some of our soldiers during tho South African war, who, having lost tholr razors ( resorted to all sorts of expedients in order to gut rid of the stubble which covered their chins, strips of bully-beef tins, rubbed to an edyo on stones, were tho favorite substitutes for raz orp, although conic of the men had a preference for a bit of glass. As a matter of fact, the latter Is excellent for shaving purposes, pro vided It Is used with care and patl onca. The writer's barber, an old soldier, demonstrated tho capabilities of a piece of ordinary shoet glass by shaving hlnmelf with It In ten min utes. "I ofter used Bitch a razor In bar racks" he said, "and I might men tion that in the military prisons glass razors are very largely used by the prisoners In lieu of the better arti cle." Impossible though it may sound, the writer hus also beard of a nian shaving himself with a nail. It was of the ordinary wire pattern about one-eighth of an Inch in thickness. With a hammer he flattened It out sufficiently to put an edge on It with a fine file, and added a keenness to his unique razor by rubbing it ou a stono. In order to make the Job complete he then flxod the "blade" In a small wooden handle, and d clured the Implement to be equal to the costliest razor. Probably the most curious shav ing competition which ever took place was that conducted at a local hall in the north of London two years ago. Tho skill of a certain barber having boen disputed, he offered to shave ten men with ton penknives In quicker time than any other ton sorlul artist could perform the same feat with razors. The challenge was taken up, and on the night of the contest ten men, each with a threo day'B growth of beard, were arranged down either Bide of tho platform. Assistants lathored each man in turn, while the barbers performed . the shaving operations. The man with the pon knife proved so dexterous that he finished his ten men, with but three cuts among them, in six and a half minutes, the other man not only taking half a minute longer, but also cutting five of his victims. Apropos, by the by, of the Japanesa "dry" shaving process, which Is be ing introduced into this country one of the virtues of which is that after three months only one shave a fortnight Is necessary, It might be mentioned that a shave which will last a lifetime la procurable by thoe who are prepared to pay the price. It is done by the same kind of electric needle machine as that which removes moles and other blemishes from the face. The openatlon Is a cobtly one, the fee asked being usu ally 100 guineas, and Is In addition, lengthy as well as painful. -The us of the machine entirely destroys the roots of the hair, so that the Indi vidual who has once submitted to the process is precluded from ever growing a beard again. . Horses' Snowshoes In Dakota. Horses wear snowshoes in Dakota In winter. Thus equipped, they trot lightly over drifts wherein they would otherwise sink out of sight. In some parts of Dakota the snow lies all winter long eight or ten feet deep. But a crust forms on It, and with snowshoes men skim over It easily. Lately their snowshod horses have also skimmed over It. The equine snowshoes are mode of boards 20 Inches long and 14 Inches wide. An Indentation to fit the foot Is branded on each board with a hot horseshoe, and the contrivance Is fastened on to the hoot with an Iron clamp and a bolt. After a day . or two of practice a Dalcota horse becomes an expert snowshoer. Pressure on Water Column. Theoretically thirty-four feet Is tho limit to which the pressure of the atmosphere can push water up a tube with a vacuum above tho water. No pump can exhaust tho air above the water perfectly, hence no pump can get water thirty-four feet above the level of the water below. The pump lifts the air off the water In the pipe; the air outside the pipe pushes on the water In the well and pushes it up into the partial vacuum In the pipe below the vulv of the pump. CASTOR 1 A For infants and Children. The Kino You Have Always Bought Bean the PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD ulletin THE CALL OF THE SEA. "The water is fine; come in 1" This is the call of the sea, the generous invitation of Old Neptune to par take of the delights of his realm, and it sounds clear and distinct from each nf the points in the greatest chain of seashore resorts in the world the wave washed New" Jersey coast. Gay Atlantic City; witching Wildwood; New Cape May in the first flush of its rejuvenation; Sea Tslc Citj', Ocean City, with their smaller sister-resorts nearby; Asbury Park and. Long Branch where sylvan shades meet incoming billows each echo the call to young and old ; "Come one; come all !" Unequalled opportunities are offered to pay a visit to the Southern New Jersey sea coast resorts in tho great seashore excursions of the Pennsylvania Railroad now being run at frequent intervals. From Lock Haven, Williamsport, Lcwisburg, Mocanaqua, Sunbury, Dau phin, and principal iintcrmcdiatc stations the remaining dates for these popu lar outings arc Thursday, August 22, and Sunday, August 25. The Thursday excursion tickets arc good for a ten-day stay at the shore; the Sunday tickets for a live-day stay. Passengers to Atlantic City may use the famous Delaware River Bridge all-rail route at a slight additional cost. Tickets will be sold to Atlantic Citv, Cape May, Wildwood, Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Anglcsea, Holly Reach, and Avalon. Passengers may stop off at Philadelphia within limit of the ticket either going or returning. Frequent trains run between Philadelphia and all seashore points. Full details of these line outings beside the sea may be obtained of Ticket Agents. 8-15-UM't II PRINTING Of Every Description Promptly Done at the COLUMBIAN OFFICE ILPIEST AN ILAM(RJET Printing House IN TIHIJE COUNTY. GEO. E. ELWELL, Prop. Next to Bloomsburg Nat'l Bank
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