THE CORPORATION LAWYER WHO BECAME A TRUST-BUSTER.
FRANK B. KELLOGG, OF ST. PAUL.
, He has had charge for the Government of the case against the Standard
Oil Company, which has resulted in a sweeping victory against the com-
pany in a unanimous decision that is called ‘“‘an industrial Magna Charta.’’
Can You Do This Sum?
If a bookkeeper on a salary of $12
a week steals $144,000 from a bank
in a smalil city, how much ought an
office boy on a salary of $3 a week
take from a New York corporation?
Back of this question in. mental arith-
metic lie two serious thoughts. Men
and boys who are responsible for vast
sums of money or who can obtain ac-
cess to them should be adequately
paid for the services they render and
the moral character they must pos-
sess to resist great temptation. They
should also be heavily bonded, checks
should be placed upon them and a
strict oversight of their work should
be provided.—Providence Bulletin.
An Insurgent Leader in the House.
All the insurgents are leaders, and
they claim to number thirty-four in
the House with hopes of more to
come. This leader is Victor Murdock,
of Kansas.
Milk Thieves Balked.
Only the police know the thou-
sands upon thousands of milk bottles
that are stolen in a big city in a year.
Most of the milk thieves are poor folk
who are too hungry to resist the
temptation of food and drink so easily
Fa dA
Saves Empty Bottles, Too.
reached, and the New Jersey man
who invented the patent bottle hold-
er did them a good turn when he re-
moved the temptation from their path
as well as he saved householders and
milkmen a pretty penny. This holder
comprises two clasp members which
fit around the bottom and neck of the
bottle. A hingelike affair acts as a
lock and retains one end of the upper
clasp, the lower one being already
fast to the wall or door jamb, as the
case may be. The milkman sets the
bottle in the lower ring, adjusts the
upper ring around its neck and smaps
the lock, defying early morning
prowlers to get the bottle away. In
the same way the housewife can pre-
vent other sorts of thieves, who steal
the bottles for their trifling value, by
locking the empty ones up.
The British salmon is said to be
worth $550 a ton.
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THE GOOD LORD WHO DELIVERED THEM.
THE MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNE.
After a political career extending over forty years, he induced the peers
to reject the budget after their lordships had, for the most part, felt that it
. might be too dangerous for .the, hereditary chamber to. throw out a
money bill.
SECRETARY KNOX HAS
PLAN TO INSURE PEACE
Advocates Establishment of a Perma:
nent Court of Arbitration,
Washington—TUltimate disarmament
-of the nations of the world is prac
ticable, in the opinion of Secretary
Knox. He believes the establish-
ment of a court of arbitral justice, tc
which nations of the world may ap:
peal for the settlement of their con:
troversies, will have the effect, as its
own natural consequence, of not mere-
ly reducing armament, but ultimately
of rendering large armaments unnec-
essary. ;
‘His plan for the establishment of
an international court of arbitral jus-
tice, which was outlined last year to
various) nations, is said to be meeting
with general favor, and Mr. Knox be-
lieves that such a court will be con-
stituted.
. The secretary said that the exist
ence of a permanent tribunal of arbi-
tral justice would make a resort to it
easy, as being in permanent session,
it would not have to be constituted
anew for each case as it arises; that
the expenses of the court would be
borne by the nations jointly, not as
heretofore, by the parties in contro-
versy, and that the judgments of such
ia, court would bind all parties inter-
ested in the particular controversy.
14 JAP HEROES ASPHYXIATED
Memorandum Left by One of the Men
Whe Perished After Sub-
marine Went Down.
Kobe, Japan—A story of the hero-
ism of Japanese naval men was found
in the memorandum of the lieutenant
commander of the Japanese subma-
rine which went down in the harbor
at Kure last Friday. The submarine
was raised and opened, revealing that
its three officers and 11 men had been
asphyxiated.
The memorandum explained the
mechanical causes of the sinking of
the boat and described attempts to re-
float it. The lieutenant praised the
courage of his subordinates, all of
whom said they were glad to dic for
Japan. Their last request was that
the emperor would provide for their
families.
The memorandum was continued
until the writer was overcome, as he
described the ‘paixful breathing of
himseif and comrades.
"RICHMOND ROBBERS
2 ADMIT BIG THEFT
Fay and Harris Plead Guilty and Are
Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison,
Richmond, Va.—“Guilty” announced
Fred Cunningham, alias Edie Fay, and
Frank Chester, alias =~ “Little Dick”
Harris, charged with complicity in the
robbery of the Richmond postoffice
on the night of March 27, when $85,000
in stamps was taken from the safe,
when they appeared for trial in fed-
eral court before Judge Edmund Wad-
dill. Each man at once was sentenced
to ten years in the federal prison at
Atlanta, and fined $6,000 apiece.
The men were captured in New
York when they claimed the trunks
in which most of the loot was stored.
The third man, who was with them
at the time, escaped, and has not
been captured.
KNOX WILL TRAVEL WITH TAFT
President and Secretary of State Will
Take Trip.
Washington, D. C.—President Taft
has invited Secretary of State Knox
to accompany him to Buffalo and
Pittsburg on his approaching western
trip and the secretary has accepted.
They will be in Buffalo on April 30
and in Pittsburg May 1. From Pitts-
burg the President will go to Cincin-
nati and St. Louis, but it is not expected
that Secretary Knox will accompany
the President from Pittsburg to Cin-
cinnati, where he goes to attend the
German May festival.
Much political significance is sup-
posed to attach to the President’s
western trip and his utterances are
expected to be of importance. He will
probably speak in no uncertain terms
of those members of congress who
are opposing his legislative prdgram
and will show how they are obstruct-
ing the fulfillment of the promises of
the national platform.
RAILROADS KILL MANY
Increase of 301 for Quarter Ending
December 31 Over Previous
Juarter.
Washington—A large increase in
the number of casualties on Amer-
ican railroads is shown by the report
for the quarter ended December 31,
1909, as compared with the corre-
sponding quarter of the previous year.
A bulletin issued by the inter-state
commerce commission shows an in-
crease in the number of persons kill-
ed of 301 and in the number of injur-
ed of 5,645, as compared with the cor-
responding quarter of 1908. The to-
tal number of persons killed was
1,099 and the total number injured
was 22,491. \
Rob Image of Rare Jewels.
Moscow—During the night a dia-
mond ornament valued at hundreds
‘of thousands of rubles was stolen
from the greatly revered image of
the virgin in the Uspenski Cathedral,
in the Kremlin. Many precious stones
were cut out of the frames of the pic-
‘tures of the saints. The total value
of the loot is estimated" at $500,000.
SIFBIGISTS PRESENT
CLANS T0 COMMITTEE
Delegations Receive Respac ful Hear-
ing From Congressmen.
THEY URGE
IMMEDIATE ACTION
Miss Phoebe Cousins Speaks for an
Hour in Opposition to
Movement.
Washington—Respectful attention
was given the speakers representing
the National American Woman Suf-
frage association when they appeared
before the woman suffrage committee
of the senate and the judiciary com-
mittee of the house to urge their
claims.
Introductions of speakers were
made to the senate committee by Rev.
Anna Howard Shaw, the president,
and to the house committee by Flor-
ence Kelley, second vice president of
the association. The arguments
made by the women were not inter-
rupted in any manner by members of
the committee. Two or three mem-
bers of the house committee were
gently reproved by a suffragist speak-
er for usurping a woman’s right to
interruption, but the others listened
in silence.
Urge Immediate Action.
"At the conclusion the respective
chairmen promised the speakers that
their arguments and petitions would
receive careful attention.
Both .committees were urged to vote
on the proposition, the suffragists in-
dicating that they would prefer un-
favorable action to no action at all.
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton of Ohio,
had not little fun with the house
committee by begging it to report
against the resolution providing for
a constitutional amendment allowing
women to vote. ‘She said that she
represented merely ‘wifehood and
household,” and that she was “one
of the best housekeepers in the
reom.¥
Miss Cousins Enters Protest.
“Gentlemen,” she asked smilingly,
“why don’t you report against this
resolution and give us your reasons
for it? We know you are not going
to vote in favor of it. We know
also that you are not going to vote
against us. You are just going to do
nothing at all You certainly are
not afraid of us. We haven't any
votes and can’t hurt you. Please,
then, vote against us and tell us why
you do it. Please, gentlemen, won't
you do this?’ This is all we ask, and
it isn’t very much.”
Women representatives of factory
workers spoke for ballots for women,
declaring that men had failed to pro-
tect women and children and that the
women themselves should be given a
chance. A representative of the
American Federation of Labor urged
the adoption of the resolution.
Miss Phoebe Cousins appeared in
opposition to woman’s suffrage and
spoke for an hour.
ONLY GOOD FOR RELIC
Check Almost Century Old Cannot Be
: Cashed.
Greensburg, Pa.—A check almost
166 years old was presented to the
cashier of a Greensburg bank for pay-
ment. It was found among the papers
of the late William Hillis of Young-
wood, who died a week ago, 92 years
old. The check is dated November 21,
1814, It directed the cashier of the
Greensburg Banking. Company to pay
to the bearer $23.23, and was signed
by Joseph Wiegley. It was never be-
fore presented for payment. The suc-
cessors of the Greensburg Banking
Company know nothing about the
check and it is said to be worthless,
except as a relic. >
Nee een ee ee eer ee
NOT ONE LEFT ALIVE
Investigators of Mulga Mine Horror
Give Up Hope.
Birmingham, Ala. — Recovery of
bodies from the Mulga mine, in which
43 men were killed by an explosion,
is slow. When 28 had been brought
to the surface the rescuers found a
bad fall of rock and it was found
necessary to remove four bodies un-
der the rock. It took hours to extri-
cate the mangled forms.
As the explorers advance in- the
mine evidences of the force of the ex-
plosion become. more appalling.
Experts are positive that not one of
the entombed men is alive.
Cleveland Mayor Gets Mafia Letter,
Cleveland, O.—Mayor Herman C.
Baehr received a letter signed ‘“Ma-
fia,” and written in red ink which de-
manded $5,000 on pain of death. The
mayor was ordered to place the money
in the hollow stump of a tree in
Woodland Hills park by 5 o'clock on
Sunday morning.
'
Big Loss by Standard Oil Co. Fire.
Pt. Richmond, Cal.—The receiving
reservoirs of the Standard Oil Com-
pany pipe lines from the Bakersfield
oil" district caught fire and heavy loss
resulted. After several hours’ work
the firemen had failed to check the
flames.
The Cambria Stee! Company has de-
clared a regular quarterly dividend
of 1 per cent, which is payable May
14 to holders of .record ‘April 30. .
Dr. Herman C. Bumpus, director
of the American Museum of Natural
History, announces that up to last
August, at least, V. Steffansson and
R. M. Anderson, the museum’s Arctic
explorers, were safe. A letter from
Mr. Steffansson, from Herschel Island
in the Arctic Ocean, dated August 19,
1909, has been received, telling of
the adventures and successes of the
party.—Scientific American.
The task which the American south
polar expedition had set itself to per-
form, in the opinion of Sir Ernest
Shackleton, was much harder than
was generally recognized, inasmuch
as no one had ever landed in the
place where the exploring party pur-
posed to land. Indeed, no one had
ever seen land there, although there
was an ice cliff 150 feet high which
was called land. Still, Americans
might find land in that locality.—Sci-
entific American. :
Dr. Le Faguays recommends a
process of disinfection which consists
in blowing upon the contaminated
surfaces a current of air heated to a
very high temperature (600 to 900
degrees F.). This process may be
applied not only within buildings,
but also to the surface of streets,
yards, ete. The apparatus is heated
by petroleum and is very simple.
This process not only destroys dis-
ease germs, but it is very efficacious
against fleas and other vermin.—Sci-
entific American.
J. T. Cunningham, in the Field,
describes some interesting sea urchins
found in St. Helena. The most re-
markable fact about these animals is
their manner of life. Each one lives
in a cavity in the hard black basaltic
rock just large enough to contain it.
And each animal is supposed to exca-
vate a hole for itself, though there is
no direct observation as to how this is
done. Caillard suggested that it is
done by the teeth, and Mobius that
the spines are the implements. Oth-
ers say that both are used. Consider-
ing the nature of the rock, however,
it is difficult to understand how either
or both could be effected without the
aid of chemical action. Their life his-
tory, indeed, suggests several difficult
problems.
Kuhne has devised a process for
the manufacture of sulphuric acid,
based upon the employment of the
ultra-violet rays emitted by mercury,
vapor lamps. A mixture of air and
sulphurous acid gas is introduced in-
to a tower, lined with lead, into which
water is injected in fine jets. Under
the influence of the ultra-violet radia-
tion of lamps in the tower, the sul-
phurous acid is entirely converted
into sulphuric acid. Several towers
are connected together. The strength
of the sulphuric acid solution ob-
tained in the first tower can be in-
creased by spraying it, instead of wa-
ter, into the second tower. In like
manner, the product of the second
tower is sprayed into the third, and
so on. In the last tower, however,
pure water is again used as scon as
any sulphurous acid appears in the
escaping gases.—Scientific American.
Importance of Black Cotton.
A Georgia man who has for a num-
ner of years been experimenting in
floral culture has succeeded in pro-
ducing a black rose, and, more won-
derful still, he claims that by mixing
three inexpensive and common chem-
jcals he is able to grow black cotton.
His achievement is hailed as a boon
by people who are capable of recog-
nizing boons when they appear. With
black cotton it will no longer be nec-
essary to use dyes that are often dam-
againg to the wearing qualities of
the fabrics to which they are ©p-
plied. Socks made of black cotion
are expected to be much more dura-
ble than are those which now trickle
through the channels of commerce.
This one item would make black
cotton well worth while. And if we
can have black cotton, what is to
prevent the experimenter from pro-
ducing red and blue cotton? The
time may be near when we can have
calico that has never gone through
the print mills. As scon as this shall
have been brought to pass, perhaps
Burbank or some other willing ex-
perimenter tan be induced to get
ostriches to consume food that will
result in the growing of feathers of
various brilliant hues, and from that
it will be but a step to the Easter
egg which shall be beautifully col:
ored when the hen has done her part.
We face a future that is full of prom-
jse.—Chicago Record-Herald.
Great Achievement.
“And what do_you regard as the
greatest triumph of modern sur-
gery?”
“Collecting the bills,” promptly
responded the great practitioner.—
London Spare Moments.
The annual growth of the forests
of the United States is not more than
twelve ‘cubic feet an acre.
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