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A New Precedent.
A new precedent in insanity cases
has been set by William H. Holmes of
Omaha, on trial for the embezzlement
of S7OO. Although insanity is his sole
defense, no alienists have been called,
no one hns testified to hereditary
taints, and no mention has been made
of brainstorm or exaggerated ego Tli '
witnesses have all been ordinary citi
zens who have met him in everyday
life. Sam Hoff, ex-sheriff and member
of the legislature, testifies that lie be
lieves Holmes insane, because he
wants a bath every day and is scrupu
lous about his dress. George Stryker,
another ex-sheriff, says that Holmes
would have "a roaring toothache eve
nings, but would be "all right morn
ings," which, coupled with the fact
that he turned out his gas in jail at
S p. m.and went to sleep, though the
rules allowed liiin to have it going till
9, proved madness conclusively. Tho
only departure from the home-made
brand of evidence was when Holmes'
attorney argued that, as all the mas
ters of music, art, litreature and poli
tics had been more or less crazy.
Holmes must undoubtedly be so. One
telling argument was adduced —th j
prisoner ate breakfast foods! How
ever, remarks the New York Post, no
one thought to point out the most
conclusive proof of all, namely, that,
if he had not been insane, Holmes
never would have embezzled merely
5700.
Man We Envy.
In one of his plays, Bernard Shaw
remarks that "the man with the tooth
ache thinks everyone happy whose
teeth are sound, and the poverty
stricken man makes the same mistake
about the rich man." So it is with
most things. One always feels that
the thing one does not possess, or the
thing one cannot do, is the one thing
essential to happiness. The unsuc
cessful think the successful must bo
happy. The invalids think if they had
health nothing else would matter. The
laboring man thinks if he only had
leisure he would be content. But, for
tunately, happiness is not the preroga
tive of any class of people or station
in life. No doubt some are gifted with
a happier and more cheerful tempera
ment than others, says the New York
Weekly, but one's point of view is
really largely a matter of habit, and
the thing to do is to try and get into
a habit of letting one's thoughts dwell
on the pleasant things of life as much
as possible and forget Its worries as
soon as may be.
"A nobleman who becomes the hus
band of an American heiress enters
into the marriage with a proper re
spect for his bride. He does not crave
the alliance because of the financial
reasons, but because he is dominated
by the overwhelming beauty and fair
ness of the American girl. He is car
ried away by her philosophy, her logic,
her irresistible and fascinating mien,"
says an Austro-Hungarian visitor in
Washington. Be-00-tifuH But why,
asks the Baltimore American, is it
that only girls with the largest sort of
fortunes have the peculiar brand of
philosophy, logic and irresistible and
fascinating mien ot appeal to the for
eign aspirants for American wives?
It is inspiring to read that the Asso
ciation oi Master Plumbers is animat
ed by the noble desire to mitigate hu
man suffering and lessen disease by
improving the standard of plumbing.
I be enthusiasm with which the aver
age citizen greets this sentiment gets
somehing of a jolt,, however, with the
further announcement that by giving
the people sanitary plumbing the or
ganization will be able to command
prices that will pay its members for
the good work they do. Dear, dear,
and most of us thought we had been
paying enough to secure that kind of
work all tho time!
kven the Arabrtin Nights contains
nothing more gorgeously weird thai*
the story which comes from Alabama
concerning one Smith who ran half
a mile to a doctor, his head fastened
to his neck only by a shred of flesh.
Smith might have toted his top piece
much more easily had he sawed it
entirely off and carried it in a bag
•clung over bis shoulder.
NEEDED NAVAL BASE
NECESSITY FOR FORTIFYING
PEARL HARBOR.
Safety of Entire Pacific Coast Would
Be Menaced If an Unfriendly
Power Should Acquire and
Hold Hawaiian Islands.
The committee on naval affairs of
the house of representatives reports
that "every consideration of national
honor or policy demands that Pearl
harbor be made impregnable and
equipped as a naval base immedi
ately."
Long before the annexation of Ha
waii the I'nited Slates was granted
the right to use Pearl harbor as a coal
ing station, but nothing was done to
utilize a valuable privilege. Since the
annexation of the islands congress has
been requested to improve Pearl
harbor so as to make it a great naval
station, but it has been blind to the
importance of tho work.
It was the avowed policy of the
United States long before the Ha
waiian islands were American terri
tory that no foreign power should be
come their master. This was not be
cause American missionaries had set
tled there and civilized the natives,
but because the safety of the entire
Pacific coast wouk' have been menaced
if an unfriendly power held ,tho is
lands. The menace would be even
greater to-day thr.n it would have
been half a century ago.
The Hawaiian islands constitute the
outer line of fortifications of the Pa
cific coast, therefore it became the
paramount duty of the United States
the moment it, became the owner of
the islands to make its position there
impregnable. It has had ten years
In which to do so and has done noth
ing, although it has been apparent all
the time that in the event of war with
a naval power it would strike at once
at the Hawaiian islands. The policy
of hoping for tho best and trusting to
luck has done no harm so far, but it is
too dangerous to b > continued.
There has bean similar neglect as
regards the Philippines. One of the
first things which should have been
taken in hand was the creation of an
adequate naval station so strongly
fortified as to be able to withstand an
assault by land or sea. Owing to a
difference of opinion as to the proper
site that matter has only just been
taken in hand. With one impregnable
naval station on the Philippines, an
other in the Hawaiian islands and an
other at the harbor of Pago Pago in
the Sanioan group the United States
will hold three strategic points of in
finite importance as far as the control
of the Pacific is concerned. Of these
Pearl harbor is in many respects of
the greatest importance, and it should
be fortified without delay so that it
will be impossible to take the Ha
waiian islands away from the United
States and make them the naval base
and coaling station of some foreign
fleet operating against the Pacific
coast.
The Tariff on Oil.
The New York Evening Post states
the case truly when it says:
"The oil tariff is not fairly open to
purely partisan attack. The Demo
crats drafted the retaliatory clause,
and the Republicans in 1897 copied it
from the law of 1894."
Not so impartial, however, is the
assertion that the Democrats have
seen the error of their ways and
would like take off the duties on
petroleum products, and that the Re
publicans "have no logical excuse for
failure to co-operate." The Repub
licans have all the logic of the situa
tion. The oil tariff is automatic, im
posed because Russia tariffs imports
of petroleum, and only for that reason.
If Russia were to take off her oil
tariff there would be no tariff on pe
troleum coming into the United
States. It is in pursuance of the coun
tervailing duty principle that we main
tain a tariff on oil—a principle which
is recognized in the tariff laws ol'
every nation. It, is a sound principle,
and the Democrats would not be like
ly to abrogate it if they had the
power.
Properly Developed Foreign Trade.
No really intelligent protectionist
favors shutting the door in the face of
the foreipn producer. None will deny
the healthful and profitable effect of
properly developed foreign trade. And
in no respect is advocacy of freer com
mercial intercourse with other nations
inconsistent with the policy of protect
ing home interests. Most other coun
tries have their tariffs, and the United
States does not seek to break them
down or consider Itself warranted in
any protest so long as it, is treated as
equitably as others. There is an
ample field for trade expansion with
out coming into conflict with the eco
nomic views of other nations. Espe
cially is this true of the South Amor
lean continent, where extraordinary
opportunities await American enter
prise. But they can be secured by es
tablishing direct and convenient lines
of steamship communication, but by
breaking down our tariff system.—
Troy Times.
What They Need Is Rest.
What the American people are more
in need of just now than anything else
Is a rest from unnecessary anxiety.
After tho distressful crisis through
which they have lately passed they
want a chance to recuperate, to re
cruit their energies, to consolidate
their interests, and it Is precisely of
this chance that, the inception of a
tariff tinkering agitation would de
prive them.—Allentcwn (Pa.) News.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL p, 1908.
WOULD LEAVE TARIFF ALONE.
New Haven Leader Sees Danger in
Disturbing Business.
The determination of the Repub
lican leaders in congress to permit
no kind of tariff legislation at this
session is politically and economically
wise.
The business conditions of the coun
try call for quieting treatment, where
as tariff agitation, even in the mild
form of a commission of investigation,
is disturbing.
The tariff needs some readjustment,
but it should be readjusted to meet
normal conditions. The time for this
is when normal conditions prevail and
not during a period of financial de
pression.
The manufacturers of the country
are divided on the question of revising
the present tariff. Many of them deny
that there is any demonstrated neces
sity for any revision. ' The country
has prospered under the Dingley act.
It has proved itself one of the best
tariff acts, if not the very best, the
country has ever had.
Then why change it? Why disturb
the busAess of the country by even
agitating its change? Would the cor
nel ion of the few incongruities and
imperfections which time has de
veloped In the Dingley law pay for the
disturbance incident to a protective
(ariff agitation? What guarantee is
there th;it. the process of change would
limit itself to romoving the defect: ia
the present tariff nr d not dc t :y some
of its fundamental virtues?
These are vital questions and pre
sent the gravity and danger of the re
vision movement. The delegation of
manufacturers which was in Washing
ton recently asking for tlie creation
of a tariff commission denied that
there is any danger to protection or
to the business of the country in an
investigation by an expert tariff com
mission.
This delegation "represented some
20 strong organizations and claimed to
speak for about 80 per cent, of all the
manufacturers of the country. The
ways and means committee in the
house and the senate finance commit
tee of the senate are composed at
the present time of exceedingly com
petent men, fully equal to the work
of revising or reconstructing the tariff
when Ihe necessity for it is demon
strated.—New Haven Leader.
The Fleet of Peace.
While Admiral Evans' fleet wilh
good-natured nonchalance is indulging
in target practice, riddling theoretical
hostile battleships in Magdalena hay,
the results of the first stage of its voy
age around the world are becoming ap
parent.
France, which is quite a naval pow
er itself, and lias been habituated to
regard with scorn all ships that fly the
American flag, has been so impressed
that it is going to make a special study
of battleship construction as exempli
fied in the Yankee fleet. England is
not talking much for publication, but
the achievement of our fleet has not
gone unnoticed in London, while in
every country of Europe the dignity
of the United States has been en
hanced by the cruise which a few
weeks ago was denounced at home
and ridiculed abroad.
Those who attacked the sailing of
the fleet as a vainglorious move, and
one likely to offend a "friendly pow
er," find a profitable lesson in the re
sults thus far disclosed. Instead of
fostering war talk, the trip of the bat
tleships has dispelled the war clouds
over the Pacific. And the greater
voyage that remains to be made
around the world will be a mission of
peace. Australia is preparing to wel
come the steel-clad monsters as
friends, and at every port where they
putin they will strengthen the bonds
that bind Americans to all the peoples
of the world. Until human nature is
changed strength and prowess will
enhance the friendship between na
tions. The chronic critics of the ad
ministration have been silenced again
by the wisdom of the course.
Where Would He Get the 50 Cents?
"Don't you know," a Democratic
anti-protective tariff orator was argu
ing to an Irish-American whom h«
was endeavoring to convince, "that
you are paying too much for every
thing you buy? You have paid pro
tective tariff prices for your coat and
your shoes and everything you have
on. How much did you pay for that
cap?"
"Six shillings."
"With free trade you could get as
good a one for half a dollar."
"That may be," replied Pat, "but
I remember when we had free trade
T was out of work. Sure, where would
I get the 50 cents?"
This story isn't an argument against
tariff revision. It is an argument
against the kind of tariff revision
which would diminish the demand for
American labor. —Rutland (Vt.) Her
aid.
Would Never Be Paid.
"The Republican program for tariff
revision is to revise it. higher, by im
posing maximum tariff rates above the
present high rates, which will be
called the minimum rates. How the
trusts and combines must be laughing
in their sleeves, and how willingly
they will "come down' to carry out
such a program."—Macon News.
If the Georgia man knows anything
at all about the tariff he should know
that the maximum rate of duty would
never be paid. It would simply bar
out imports from countries refusing
to grant their minimum rates on ini
ports from the United States, and we
should get the imports at the lower
rates from countries which treated us
fairly.—American Protectionist.
WAS DIFFICULT TO SELL OIL
STANDARD ROBBED INDEPEND
ENTS OF ALL EXPORT TRADE.
W. D. Todd Throws Some Light on the
Business Methods of the
Oil Trust.
Cleveland, O. "Our first move
Is to make it as difficult and expen
sive for independent companies to sell
oil as possible. That is our policy.
If we allowed the independent con
cerns to thrive, where would the Stan
dard be in a few years?"
That is what was told W. D. Todd
of the Cornpianters Oil Co. of Warren,
Pa., when he was called to the Stan
dard offices some years ago, he said.
Todd, in testifying Wednesday in the
government's action against the Stan
dard, threw light on the business
methods of the Standard.
For 20 years he has been at the
head of the Cornpianters' company,
which is a formidable competitor of
the Standard. I lis firm for years had
an export, trade of about 5,000 barrels
of illuminating oil a month and the
company also operates a pipe line
from Titusville to Warren, Pa.
Some years ago Messrs. Payne, Seep
and Tilford of the Standard called .Mr.
Todd and four other independent re
finers to Buffalo, where they were
informed that the National Transit Co.
would not supply the independent re
finers with crude oil unless they
turned over their export business to
the Standard.
The next day Todd said his associ
ates nnd the trio of Standard repre
sentatives went to New York, where
a contract was drawn up in the St'.'n
dard offices at. 26 Broadway. One of
the singular things about the iron
clad contract was that not a signa
ture was attached to it. But the doc
ument nevertheless was binding.
WEALTHY MEN INDICTED
Alleged Land Thieves Put on Trial for
Conspiracy to Defraud Un
cle Sam.
Washington, D. C. The trial of
the land fraud case against Frederick
A. Hyde, John A. Benson, Henry P.
Dimond and Joost H. Schneider, in
volving an alleged conspiracy to de
fraud the United States out of val
uable lands in several western states,
was begun here Tuesday before Jus
tice Stafford. Upwards of 200 wit
nesses from 14 states are here. This
case lias been in the courts here and
in California for four years. An ap
propriation of $60,000 was made by
congress to cover the cost of the triai.
It is believed the trial will continuo
at least three months.
The indictments charge that these
men, operating through the names of
fictitious persons, acquired thousands
of acres of school lands in Oregon
and California by false entries and
forged signatures, the entries later
being transferred with the help of in
formation from subsidized clerks in
the general land office.
Benson, a San Francisco millionaire,
resisted extradiction, but the United
States supreme court decided against
him.
Blnger Hermann, commissioner of
the general land office at that time
and later representative from Oregon,
sent special agents, Holsinger and
Magee, out west to investigate. The
report was submitted to Hermann,
who, it is alleged, held it up. Final
ly it was brought to the attention of
former Secretary of the Interior Hitch
cock by Magee.
REMAINS TO BE EXHUMED
Declare Poison to Be Cause of Detah—
Suspicion Directed to Young
Widow.
Chicago, 111. Suspicion similar to
that which preceded the arrest ol
Herman Billik for poisoning several
members of the Vrzal family caused
Coroner Hoffman Tuesday to procure
an order from Judge Kersten for ex
amination of the body of Charles Stro
ner, 62, who died March 6.
Questions raised by relations of the
dead man were directed at Mrs. Maria
Kara Stroner, whom he married 18
months ago and who is said to be a
fortune teller and seller of love po
tions.
The body will be removed from the
Bohemian National cemetery and an
analysis will be made of the contents
of the stomachc to ascertain the na
ture of a "white liuqld" administered
to Stroner for several weeks preced
ing his death.
A motive for the suspected crime
which was intimated by persons who
requested the investigation was a for
tune of $20,000 which became the
property of Mrs. Maria Kara Stroner
and a son, John Kara, before Stro
ner's death, although a stepson by a
former marriage contested the con
veyance in the courts.
Storm Strikes Kentucky.
Ma.vsville, Ky.—A storm Wednes
day afternoon damaged property and
merchandise to the extent of $75,000.
Mrs. D. Boone and her son and daugh
ter, on Lawrence creek, were
drowned when their home was washed
away.
Mexico Entering Broader Field.
Mexico City.—President Diaz on
Wednesday delivered his annual mes
sage to congress. He declared that
the republic was at peace with all the
world, and on the eve of a prosperous
period of material development.
Hetty Green Offered $1,000,000.
Chicago, 111. —A joint "heir" with
President Roosevelt and others
to 60 acres of valuable property in the
heart of Harlem, New York City, came
into prominence Tuesday. The proper
ty is valued at $20,000,000, and it is
said Hetty Green has offered $1,000,000
cash for the interests of the Waukegan
heir.
Lieutenant Governor Promoted.
Helena, Mont. The resignation
of Gov. Joseph K. Toole becom
ing effective Tuesday, Edwin M. Mor
ris, lieutenant governor, was installed
as chief executive of Montana.
GHASTLY HEAD
RIDES ON PILOT
STRANGER DELIBERATELY LIES
DOWN ON TRACK AND IS
DECAPITATED.
HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED
"I Am Waiting for Train to Kill Me,"-
He Says When Told to Move On—
Brakeman Thought He Was
Only Joking.
Cleveland, O. Placing his head
across a rail of the Wheeling & Lake
Erie tracks at East Forty-ninth street
»n front of an onrushing locomotive, a
well-dressed man who has not been
identified sought a horrible death
Thursday morning. The man's head
was chopped oft' and carried upright
on the pilot for several blocks, a
ghastly spectacle.
The man had been hovering about
the tracks since dawn. He acted
queerly and a brakeman approached
him and told him to move along.
"I will not," he replied. "I am wait
ing for the train to kill me."
He spoke so calmly that the brake
man thought he was only joking. How
ever, he insisted tiiat the man leave
the tracks. When he refused he went
for a policeman. lie met Lieut. Jirelo
nnd Patrolman Puiak on East Forty
ninth street. He asked them to take
charge of the stranger. Just a3 they
got near him a train loomed up. They
saw the man deliberately lie down in
front of the locomotive. They made
a rush for him, but before they could
reach the spot the train had passed
over the body.
The head was cut clean from the
trunk. It was tossed in the air and
alighted on the pilot, a bleeding, ter
rifying spectacle. There it rested un
til the train stopped and the horrible
object was removed.
WILL NOT BE A SCAPEGOAT
Former Attorney General of New York
Threatens Expose in Eank Failure
—Charged With Extortion.
New York City. Sensational de
velopments are predicted in the case
of Nathan Vidaver, former deputy at
torney general, under arrest on
charges of extorting SSOO, preferred
by William M. Montgomery, former
head of the Hamilton bank, to have
the "newspapers called off" in connec
tion with certain publications reflect
ing on the conduct of the defunct
bank.
When Vidaver appeared in court
Thursday he asked that his former
bond of $2,500 be discharged and ha
be permitted to furnish a new one,
which he did.
Counsel for Vidaver declared the
case had been prejudiced by the pub
lic statements of certain persons for
merly associated with Vidaver. "My
client does not intend to be made a
scapegoat for any men who desire to
clear their own skirts at his expense,"
he said.
The court denied the motion of At
torney General Jackson to expunge
from the records the presentment at
tacking his integrity recently returned
by the grand jury, and directed that
the presentment should be sent to the
governor and legislature.
STRANDED ON BREAKWATER
Boys Found Dead When Tugmaster
Leaped to Them Battles With
Sea of Remarkable Fierceness.
Ashtabula Harbor, O. After bat
tling with a sea of remarkable
fierceness anil risking his ilfe in a
daring jump from tug to breakwater,
Capt. Whitney Carr reached two boys
he had hoped to rescue, but found
them dead.
The bodies, those of fisher lads,
were taken off the breakwater after
much difficulty. They were identified
as Nikola Nikolicichi, 18, and Seynar
Roseberg, 16.
Stranded on the breakwater, the
boys had perished of exposure in the
high seas which had beaten over the
barricade all night.
When their boat was seen bobbing
in the waves Thursday morning, Carr,
local tugmaster for the Great Lakes
Towing Co., at once started to the
rescue in the tug Monarch.
When the boat was brought within
ten feet of the breakwater, Carr
leaped from its deck, as it could not
be brought any closer.
BY TROLLEY TO NEW YORK
Newspaper Man Reaches Cleveland
From Chicago by Electricity
Has Traveled 589 Miles.
Cleveland, O. Elliott Flower, a
Chicago newspaper man, arrived in
Cleveland Thursday on a trolley trip
from Chicago to New York. He is try
ing to make the journey exclusively
by electric lines. He arrived here
from Toledo and started early Thurs
day with Ashtabula as his next stop.
Flower has traveled 589 miles so
far and the fare has been $lO.lO. The
distance from Chicago to Cleveland by
railroad is 357 miles and Elliott has
had togo 232 miles out of his way
to keep on the trolley.
Old Miner Shot and Killed.
Boulder, Col. George S. Dubois,
a miner, who "discovered" the
Lost Bullion mine near Silver City, N.
M., and was one of the persons indict
ed by the federal grand jury in con
nection with the promotion of that
mine, was shot, and killed during a
quarrel Thursday at Ballard by Henry
Bird, a hotel keeper.
Assistant Attorney General Resigns.
Denver, Col. Ernest Knaebel, as
sistant attorney general of the
United States for Colorado, Thursday
sent his resignation to President
Koosevelt.
TWO TRAINS GOME TOGETHER
FIVE MEN ARE INJURED, THREE
SERIOUSLY.
Minister, With Dull Knife, Cuts Off
Limb to Ward Off Death—
Ohio Woman a Heroine.
St. Louis, Mo. Five men were
Injured, three seriously, in a rear end
collision Friday at Spanish Lake, lf>
miles north of St. Louis, between a
freight train and a Burlington passen
ger train.
, J. A. McKittrlek, a stockman o£
Brookfield, was pinioned under the
wreckage by his left leg, which was
nearly crushed off at the knee. Scald
ing steam from the damaged passen
ger locomotive was enveloping him
and to save McKittrick's life the II v.
R. C. Allen, of Grove City, Pa., cut
off the leg with a pocket knife.
With the scalding steam pouring
upon him, McKittrlek pulled out hi*
knife and handing it to Rev. Allen,
who with others was trying to drag
the pinioned man loose from the
wreckage, commanded the minister to
cut off the crushed leg and save him
from being scalded to death.
Mrs. Emma Renner, a trained nurse
from Cincinnati, a passenger, pressed
a bottle of whisky to McKittrick':
lips and told him to drink.
"I'll try a little of it." said McKit
trick, "but 1 haven's touched a drop
01 the stub in five years." Th ■ steam
from the engine increased in quan
tity. "Cut off that leg. I can't slay
here and die, shouted McKittrick.
Heroically the Rev. Mi. Allen liocr.r*
cutting at the tendons. The knife was
dull and McKittrick suffered .1 >-use
agony. "Throw it away and ,<•; an
ax," he finally cried. Hut Mr. Allen
desperately continued and in a few
minutes hail severed the tendons and
McKittrick was carried into a car.
Mrs. Renner. the nurse, with her
veil stanched the flow of blood and
then gave McKittrick morphine.
RUN DOWN BY A CRUISER
j Durinq Maneuvers the Torpedo De
otrcyer Was Sunk and Many Lives
Are Reported Lost.
Plymouth, England.—Thlrty-oiv of
the crew of the torpedo boat de
stroyer Tiger were drowned, it is
officially reported frota the cruiser
Berwick, when the latter vessel ran
down and sank the destroyer during
maneuvers in the channel. One died
of injuries. Twenty-live were rescued.
Latest advices are that Lieut. AT Id
dleton. commander of the destroyer
was among the drowned. Tugs have
gone to the scene of the disaster and
are trying to recover the bodies of the
drowned.
The destroyer was cut completely
in two and went down almost imnie
diotely, many of the men being una
hie to jump clear of the wreck. The
night was overcast and the task of
rescuing those left struggling 111 the
water was exceedingly difficult.
Pour men were rescued after an all
night struggle in the waves.
An officer's misjudgment of dis
tance was the cause of the accident.
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.
Proceedings of the Senate and House
of Representatives.
Washington.—The passage of a bill
authorizing the construction of a dam
across the Snake river in the state ol
Washington and the consideration of
a measure for adjudicating the claims
of states against the government on
account of the disposition of the pro
ceeds of public lands occupied nearly
the entire session of the senate on the
Ist. Debate 011 the agricultural bill
was resumed in the house.
Washington.—The legislative session
of the senate on the 2d was largely
consumed by discussion without pass
age of a bill to reorganize the public
school system of the District of Colum
bia. Carrying a total of $11,508,806,
the agricultural appropriation bill v:as
passed by the house of representatives.
Washington.—The house on the 3d
considered the senate amendments to
the urgent deficiency bill and portions
of the District of Columbia appropria
tion bill. John Sharp Williams made
si. speech against the tactics ot the
Republicans.
INDUSTRY STILL CURTAILED
Coal Miners' Strike Swells Number of
Idle Workers—Money Is Easy and
Borrowing Demand Light.
New York City.—Brndstreet's gives?
out that trade is quiet the coun
try over, industry is still curtailed,
stoppage of work by coal miners
swells the number of idle workmen
and collections are slow, and, al
though money is easy, bankers com
plain that borrowing demand is light,
this latter being a reflection of the
lack of new business and the absence
of new enterprises.
The movement of crops to market
has been checked by farmers turning
their attention to tlie work of the ap
proaching season. Retail buying,
which opened well last week, has not
held the gain throughout the week,
owing to the cold wave visitation and
the widespread effect of the coal min
ers' stoppage of work in the central
west. Iron and steel are also re
ported rather less active for export, ow
ing to quiet in industry abroad. Oth
er lines of manufacturing industry
show little change.
Another Bomb in Little Italy.
Rochester, N. Y. For the sec
ond time in six weeks, a bomb has
been exploded by the Black Hand at
the home of Frank Di Maria, a well
to-do Italian here. Six weeks ago :•
bomb placed under the front porch of
Di Maria's home half wrecked the
building.
Rolling Mills to Start.
Sharon. Pa. —The Wheatland roll
ing mills of the Shenango Iron
and Steel Co. here will start up
erations next Monday, after an idl««
ness of several weeks. Several oft&4
departments will goon double turp^