2 ISiS Applies to Board of Charities for Funds for Proposed New Building SESSION STARTS THIS MORNING Harrisburg Hospital Asks for »r>tM»oo for Maintenance for '£ Yearn and *9,500 for Improvements—Poly clynic Wants s«!s,. llMt The Board of Public Charities began a two-day session in its rooms in the Capitol to-day to consider a-pplications for appropriations to be made by the Legislature at its next session. This action on the part of the Board is ta ken .just before the Legislative meat ing in order to ascertain ,jußt what in stitutions of all kinds asking State ap propriations should, iu its judgment, re ceive aid. It frequently happens that the Leg islature- increases the amount* reeoiu mended by toe Board, but in the ma jority of case- where such increase is made it is done as a personal favor to the legislator introducing the appropria tion bill, tlio recommendation of the Board being disregarded. Af the last session of the Legislature Chat body increased the amounts recommended by the Board to an enormous extent, but Governor Teuer cur them all down mid in the end the institutions got only what the Board recommended. This morning's session was devoted to hearing applicants for aid for State institutions exclusively. To-morrow private hospitals, charities and homes of a private character in Central Penn sylvania will be considered. This morn ing the applications of the Cottage State hospital in Bloonisburg and tihe State hospital in Shamokin were heard among others, and at noon representa tives of t'he llarrisburg State lusane hospital Were heard in support of their application for $61,000 for additional buildings. The amount asked by the State Lunatic Hospital. $61,000, includes the following items: Laud at the entrance to the hospital grounds at the bottom oi the hill, on which are some old houses belonging to the Graham estate, *15,000; elevator, $2,500; furniture for g,so4> This afternoon applications were heard for the Carlisle hospital, Todi hospital in Carlisle, State Institutioff tor the Detention, Care and Treatment of Inebriate? in Carlisle, Polyclinic hospital :n Harrisburg, which asks for $63,500 for buildings and mainte nance; Harrisburg hospital. $50,000. maintenance for two years, and $9,500 for improvements; Marv M. Packer hospital. Sun bury, Chambrrsburg hos pital. Columbia. York, Ijancaster and Reading hospitals. The Board has decided that it will not recommend appiopriations for buildings for private Hospital* or insti tutions that are under State con trol exclusively. Even State institu tions aoplyinjj for new buildings will not be considered favorabfv until the Board members, through sub-commit tees. have made a close examination as to the necessity for such buildings. To-morrow amono- the applications that will 'be considered will be the fol lowing from Harrisburg institutions: Nursery Home, Home for the Friend less, Children's Industrial Home, Mes siah Home Orphanage, Sylvan Heights Home foi Girls and Florence Critten den Home. The amounts applied for by these institutions were not made public and, as the Board holds its ses sions in private, they cannot be ascer however, that each institution will seek however, that each instittuion will seek about what it received last year. Illness Keeps Boyle Away The members of the Board present to-day are Francis J. Torrance, William T. Bell, Isaac Johnson, Samuel E. Gill and KSward K. Rowland, with Bromlev Wharton, the general agent and secro *ary. For the first time in the history *>f the Board, Colonel Patrick C. •loyle, of Oil City, is absent, being de tained at his home through iliness. The members of the Board to-day sent Colo nel Boyle h message of regret that he could ne ing severely plain.—(Bostou Transcript. A Lucky Escape "I owe my success in life to poli tics. '' "I was not aware that you were a politician." "I'm not. but I thought I was once and got myself nominated for an offiee that, if I had been elected, would have paid me about $1,500 a year. I was so badly beaten that I dropped politics forever and took up the business that ha*» brought me a fortune. It makei me shudder when I remember that if*l had been elected I might now be afraid of doing something that would deprive me of the lodging house vote."—Chi cago Herald. HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, TUESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 27, 1914. HER LOCAL DENTIST SHOT m PHILADELPHIA Dr. Maßride, One Time With Firm of Bell' Painless Dentists, Assaulted in ! Office of Aged Practitioner—His Condition Serious Dr. Calvin Moißride, far a nunhber of year* a member ol' the lirm, Bell Paiu less Dentists, 10 .Nortfh Market square, was shot and seriously wounded in the office of Dr. Silas O. HerL:, a 72-vear old da»tist, 1113 Chestnut street, Phil adelphia, avoiding to dispatches from Philadelphia this inoiuing. The bullet entered tho left side of his faee, i>ut did uot penetrate to the brain. Unless eom.plications set.iu Dr. Mo' Bride has a chance of recovery . Dr. Hertz aud his brother. Blam Hertz, also a deulist, ware arrested ciinrged with assault. They pleaded self-defeuse and were allowed to fur nish bail for a hearing l . ''He told me I was au old fogey and a has J been doctor and that T should have been Oslerized long ago. Then he tried to strike; me, HO 1 pulled the re volver and it went off." That was the only explanation th.i police could get from Dr. Silas Hertz. The caso is a strange oue to the Philaitefphia }>6l i<• e from every angle. The first intimation Ihev had of the scooting was last evening at 7 o'clock when Mdßride was seen to fall out of the doorway leading to 'Hertz's office aud stagger down t'hesonut street, with blood flowing from a wound iu the left side of his face. Art Rleventfh street 'he collapsed unconscious on the sidewalk. Reserve Policemen ran to his side and carried him to Jefferson hospital. Dr. Mcßride left Harrisrburg. in April, 1913. ITALY CARTHOUAKE SHOCKS Population at Avigliana Panicstricken and Camp in Open Air Although It Is Intensely Cold By AssocicßrU Press. Turin, Via Rome. Oct. 26. 11.50 P. M.—Another slight earthquake shock occurred at 5.20 this afternoon. At Avigliana, fourteen miles west of Turin, the shocks contiuued during the whole da v. The population is panic-stricken an is camping in the open air notwirh standing the fact that it is intense!;. cold. Florence, Italy, Oet. 27, Via Rome. 12.21 P. M. — A severe earthquake was feit in this city to-day. The inhabi tants were thrown into a condition of panic but the sho-k did little damage. Milan, Italy, Oct. 2 7. — An earth quake was recorded in Milan this morn ing. Considerable alarm was caused among the people, but there were no casualties. FUSION HOLDS HOOD HERK Judge McCarrell's Decision Applies Only to a District of Philadelphia The decision of Judge McCarrell yes- terday to the effect that the Democratic State Executive Committee cannot make substitutions for candidates where regular nominations have been made and objections filed to the sub stitutions will only affect the nominees for the Legislature in he Seventeenth Philadelphia district who were substi tuted by the State committee. It af fects no other district in the State, law yers say. for the reasou that the law states that objections to substitutions must be tiled within four days after the substitutions are filed at tile State De partment. In the case of the substitutions for fusion purposes filed at the department %y the State committee objections were filed to but oue district and that the Seventeenth Philadelphia. The time has long since expired when objections to other candidates could be"filed. Had there been objections tiled ;u other districts it is held thai Judge Mc- Carrell's decision would apply to them, but none were made. The "fusion in Dauphin county, there being no objec tion within the time limit, holds good and cannot be contested now. BRITISH FREIGHTER LOST No Tidings of Fate of Captain, Master or the Crew By Associated Press. Philadelphia, Oct. 27.—Cable ad vices received here to-day tell of the loss off the Irish coast of the British freight steamship Manchester Com merce, bound from Manchester, Eng land, for Montreal. Nothing is kuofcu of the fate of Captai uPayne, her mas ter, or the crew. The Manchester Commerce occasion ally came to this port for a cargo and was well-known in thiese waters. She was 3,4 4 4 tons net and was owned by the Manchester liners, a British ship ping corporation. Candid Criticism G. A. Storey, the well known artist, once told uu amusing story of a family group he painted one year for the academy. The picture was accept ed and was hung "on the line,'" and he arranged t<* escort the family to the academy to see how it looked. They were all grouped round the picture, each silently admiring his or her own portrait, when two other people drifted up to have a look. Suddenly Mr. Storey was appalled to hear one of the newcomers say to his companion. "What an exceedingly ugly looking lot of people!" No Extra Session of Congress Washington, Oct. 27.—President Wilson let it be known officially to-day that he has no intention of calling a special session of Congress after elec tion. Poinoart Modifies Moratorium Bordeaux, Oct. 27, 5.20 P. M,—■ President Poineare to-day signed a de cree modifying the moratorium and pro viding for a gradual return to norma] financial conditions. Harri3burg Hospital The Harrisburg Hospital is open daily except Sunday, between 1 aud 2 o'clock p. m. for dispensing medical advice and prescriptions to those un able to pay for them. COLONEL WILL AD9RESS TWO MEETINGS HERE Because of Demand for Tickets for Thursday Morning, He Will Speak in Both Chestnut Street Hall and the Board of Trade Building Colonel Roosevelt in his tour of Pennsylvania* will make two speeches in Harriuburg on Thursday morning in stead of one. The demand for soats is so great for the Chestnut street auditor ium that all could uot be accommodated aud the committee of the Progressive League at once secured the Board of Trade hall for the Colonel's second speech. The capacity of Chestnut street hall has been increased to 2,300, but a couple of hundred more can be squeezed into the big hall. The tickets for the OhcHtnut street hull were all distributed last evening, but there was. such a de mand that, it occurred to the committee that it would bo better to have a sec ond meeting in progress in order that all might hour the Colonel. By noon to day a thousand tickets for the Board of Trade were printed and these will be given to those who canno-t get into the Chestnut street hall. It is the intention to begin tihe Board of Trade meeting at tlie same time as the one in Chestnut street hall and while the Colonel is speaking at the latter hall there will be at the Board of Trade by Lex X. Mitchell, candidate for Congressman-a t large; Henry W. Xilos, of York, and others. As soon as the Colonel has fin ished his speech in Chestnut street hall a waiting automobile will vthirl him to the Board of Trade and there he will make his second address. Plnchot Will Be Here In the evening the Progressives will hold a meeting iu the Chestnut street hall, whifh will be addressed by Wil liam Draper Lewis and others. Gif foi-d Pinchot, who will accompany the Colonel, will speak at the morning meeting. Colonel Roosevelt will arrive shortly before 10 o'clock on Thursday morn ing and go at once to Chestnut street hall. He will be in Harrisburg oue hour and a halt' and will then leave for Philadelphia. Reports are to the ef fect that hundreds of people from coun ties contiguo-is to Dauphin will be here and requests for tickets of admittance have come from many miles away, the applicants intending to take early trains for Harrisburg to hear the Colo nel. Washington party meetings will be held to-night at Lykens and Williams town aud Fourteenth and Market streets, Harrisburg, and to-morrow night at Hummelstown candidates will spea 1;. The Republican mass meeting at Chestnut street ballvto-morrow night will be the largest here of the party's campaign, if predictions carry. It will iie preceded by a short parade of the Harrisburg Republican Clulr, the West End Republican Club and unattached Republican voters who have expressed a desire to participate. Penrose Here To-morrow Senator Penrose will arrive here to morrow afternoon and will be met by a committee of Republicans and es corted to the Senate hotel, w/jtere lie will hold a reception until the time for the evening meeting. He will be ac companied by Charlemagne Tower, late Minister to Germany, and others inter ested in tlhe campaign, who will also address the big meeting in Chestnut street hall. The Senator will leave on Thursday morning to keep up his campaigning in the central part of the State. It is ex pected that Dr. Brumbaugh may be aible to get here from Lancaster in time to take part in the evening meeting, as a special train 'has beeu placed at his dis posal. On Thursday morning Dr. Brum baugh will begin his tour of lower Dauphin, winding up at Penbrook in the afternoon. Then he will come here to take the train for home. The Democratic State spell binders will be here on 'Saturday nig'ht after a tour of the Cumberland Valley. Ad dresses will be made at the big mass meeting in Chestnut street hall by Con gressman Palmer. Vance C. McCormick and others. On .Monday the Democrat ic candidates will tour Congressman Pal mer's district, winding 11(1 at Strouds burg in the evening. THE COLONEUS 56 TD-DAV » Birthday Cake With Many Candlos For Roosevelt When He Arrives at Johnstown To-night By Associated Press, McKecsport, Pa., Oct. 27.—Facing a campaign tour through seven counties, Colonel Roosevelt arrived here this morning on his special train in a snow storm. He was out of his berth at 7 a. in. and ready to make his first speech of the day at S o'clock. The colonel / . planned to speak in sixteen cities and towns during the day and evening. This was Colonel Roosevelt's fifty sixth birthday and members of the party decided there should be a cele bration so they telegraphed a confec tioner in Johnstown to have a big birthday cake with fifty-six candles in readiness by to-night 'when the colonel and his party arrive there. After his speech at Uniontown, Colonel Roose velt made a dash into Morgantown, W. Va., where he addressed a meeting of Progressives. MAY BE 10,000 OUT OF CHURCHES Results of Religious Census of City Not Yet Ascertained Definitely The cards on which the religious cen sus of Harrisburg was taken last Sun day are to-day coining in at Stough headquarters by wards, and the work of tabulation will be started by the committee this evening. Tt is estimated that at least 10,000 persons who are not church members I have been found within the city lim its, and this number may even reach 15,000. Xo definite statement, can be made until the committee, headed by R. E. Boswell, has classified the thou sands of cards filled out by the census takers. PARIS AWAITS NEWS FROM NORTH. WHERE FIERCEST FIGHTING OF WAR IS ON Paris, Qct. 27, 6.50 A. M. —Paris to day begun another 24 hours of waiting for news from Ohe north, where the < fiercest lighting of the war is now going on. The announcement that the Ger mans had been unable to make head way after their costly crossing of the j Yser canal brought keen information to i the people of the c apital; previous to j the statement the movements of tho army in the north had awakened con siderable inquietude in the public, mind. Unofficial explanations followed this news; to wit, that in an attack par ticularly violent by a powerful and te nacious adversary such affairs were in evitable. A Momentary German Gain said that a momentary Ger man gain at one point could not exer cise much influence on the operations generaJly. Stress also was laid on the difficult ground which the enemy had to traverse and on the fact that a simi lar movement Which turned out unsuc cessfully was attempted recently by the Germans on tiiie river Mouse at St. -Uihiel. These violent attacks, which were so costly, military men point out. manifestly would also wear down the Germans little by little. Theories re garding the exact purpose of the move ment. of the invaders varied, but the allies seemed sure to-day of further maintaining ttheir positions. News from 'F times on the route to Dunkirk, which presumably is the ob jective of the Germans, tells of the heroism displayed by the Belgians who onl, 1 e more are in the fight against the invaders. The Belgian army withstood the violence of t'iie Germans cannonade and mass attacks of infantry without flinching. Though the trench of the Bel gians were riddled by machine gun fire, fhe Germans wer® unable to cut through the position. The stand maintained by fhe defenders has created much admira tion on the part of the allies. A Terrific Artillery Duel The battle of October 25 was mark ed bv a terrific artillery duel in which the allies gained some advantage. Before dying. Senator Kniile Rey mond. the | resident of the National Aviation Commission, whose machine was brought down by German gun tire last week, dictated a long and clear re port of his reconnaisance which was very useful to the French icommanders. -Senator Reymond'a dentil also was I the occasion of a feat of arms. His ma chine had landed between the trenches of the French and the Germans and where the latter were particularly strong. The French had sought for twenty days to dislodge t-hem strateg ically, a slow and difficult process and I costly in men. When the areoplane fell the Germans rusihed from the trenches and fell upon the machine. Thereupon the French en gaged the Germans in hand-to-hand fighting which assumed great violence aud after some time the allies succeeded in gaiuing the much wanted position VON MOLTKE IS SUFFERING FROM A LIVER COMPLAINT; MO FRENCH DISABLED Berlin, Oct. 26. by Wireless to Say ville, Oct. 27.—Information given out in official quarters to-day follows: "General Von Moltke, thief of the German general staff, is suffering from a liver complaint. His illness, however, gives no cause for anxiety. He is be ing eared for by competent physicians in general headquarters and already has shown great improvement. Gen eral Von Falkenbayn, Minister of War and at one tinw chief of the genera! stafi' in the China campaign, has tem porarily taken the place of General Von Moltke. " "Lieutenant Weddigen. the famous commander of the German submarine U 9, which sunk the British cruisers Aboultir, Hogue, Cressy and Hawke. has been decorated with the order Pour Le Merite. "Statements published in Italian newspapers to the effect that officers of the German general staff have visit ed the Trent district in Austria with the view of arranging for the move ment of troops and war material from Germany to attack Italy 011 account of her neutrality have been officially de nied in Berlin and characterized as ab solute inventions. "Reports received from Madrid say that the French have had over 400,- 000 men wounded and incapacitated on account of illness.'' REPORT GERMANS EVACUATED IMPORTANT ARRAS POSITIONS London. Oct. 27, 2.0j A. oor CREEK SOLDIERS ARRIVE AT VASARI AND ATTACK TDE MUSSULMAN POSITION London, Oct. 27, 10.25 A. M. —Ac- cording to a message reaching Home 1 from Avlona, Albania, telegraphs the; correspondent of the Exchange -Cele- j graph Company in the Italian capital, j 600 regular Greek soldiers with one | battery of artillery, has arrived at Vasnri and attacked the Mussulman position at Ghegiii, forcing them to re treat. The Greeks then started for j Kereiovo. Advices from the interior declare that Greek epirots have bombarded, burned and occupied the villages of Scialisi, Busi, Tepeleni, Rub/.i and Pre medix. These towns are in Albania, not far from the Grecian frontier. Loudon. Oct. 27, 1.4 0 P. M.—The Greek diplomatic representatives at the capitals of the great powers have giv en official notice of the decision of the Helenic government to reoccupy Epirus. from which the Greek army was with drawn in March in pursuance of the .de cision reached at the Ambassador 's con ference fixing the status of that coun try. Greece claims that this decision is based upon the necessity of re-estab lishing order and security in a country adjacent to her territory now riddled with anarchy, but at the same time she declares that this reoccupation is ' a purely provisional measure and that she has no intention of intervening in the Avlona district. SURGICAL SHOCK Only in a Vague Way Does Science Know What Causes It Shock is still one of the great mys teries of surgery. Many theories have been put forward to explain just what it is. Each of these has seemed at tractive until its inherent defects were discovered by experience. In a lecture before the British Royal College of Surgery, Dr. A. Rend Is Shore reviewed these successive theo ries aud described the experiments of himself and others by which they were disproved. But researches by Dr. ('rile, of Cleveland. Professor Shcr- 1 l'ington, of Knglaiul, and Dr. P. H.i Pike, of Columbia University, New York, seemed to him to offer at least! a clew to the real nature of shock. Professor Short did not formulate a, definite theory, but suggested that sur-i gical shock was due to an inhibiting or paralyzing of the important uncled in the regions of the fourth ventricle of the brain and perhaps in the cere bellum. These are "continually send ing impulses down the spinal cord, maiiftaining its functional activity and increasing muscufirr' tone." The effect of this paralysis i 9 to cut off these im pulses, whereupon the functions of the spinal cord are greatly reduced, muscular tone is abolished, and as Ji result the blood pressure may fail. The respiratory center and perhaps also the vasomotor center share in this inhibition or paralysis. "Death,'' said Dr. Short, "is due to the accumulation of blood in the great veins," so that the flow does not pro vide p proper filling for the heart.— New York World. " JAPAN'S FAT WRESTLERS. Outiide of the Arena Eating Is Their Most Important Task. T'he most envied Diet) in Japan arc the wrestlers, who are fat and bulky The first requisite of a Japanese wres tier is that he be fat. Their stomachs are their proudest possessions. The fat ter the man the more money they will bet on him. even though a bodslat can throw biui clear out of the ring. As a fat wrestler walks down the street a crowd gathers around him, hoping that he will turn Into some restaurant. II he does they gather in the doorway tc watch him eat. The.v would rather heai a Japanese wrestler ett that go to : three rinv A wrestler never disap points tUeio pSvws through as founding i|U>'ii*:tii s of food turning ev erything under except :f few radish skins ami turnip lops. It's uubelieve able how much noise they make when eating, by smacking their lips, sucking up their tea with the open exhaust and picking their teeth with the cutout on 'The champion eaters of them all — the wrestlers—have long hair, but in stead of letting it hang down on their shoulders, as one would naturally ex pect. they do it up in knots until they look like u gigantic kewpie. Whenevet you see a man in Japan going around with a large sized walnut on his head you may know that he follows the an cient and honorable profession ol wrestling. Their wrestling consists ol the men standing upright in the ring making a rush at each other and try Ing to push each other out. Every time two wrestlers come together they givt a prodigious grunt. When one of them finally succeeds in pushing the othet out the crowd bursts forth into miglny. applause, while the victor modestly pats his stomach to show where tin praise is due.—Homer Croy in Leslie's. The Critic Scored. 'T have just sold that picture foi $2,000!" said the jubilant artist. "1 congratulate you on your ability." replied the critic. "Thank yon. It makes a difference doesn't it?" "Makes a difference? 1 don't under •stand you." \ "1 mean tltft it makes a difference when a man succeeds. Up to this timo you have never uttered a word of praise or encouragement to me. Two or three times yon have made slight ing references to my ability as a paint er. Now that 1 have sold a picture for a good price you begin to see that I have artistic talent." "Ob, I'm not congratulating yon on your artistic talent, but on your ability •a a salesman."—Chicago New*. Sir Galahad. The most conspicuous of the Knight' of the IJound Table was Sir Gnlahad the son of Launcelot and Elaine. Tin familiar words, "There Galnlind sat with manly face, yet maiden tneeknest In his face." sufficiently indicate the qualities for which tilt- knight was Ta uioiis—to wit. lion hearted courage combined with humility and meekness of spirit, the strength of the oak with the soft beauty of the lily. COMPETITION HAS ' LOWERED PRICES Counsel for Steel Cor poration Refutes the Charge That It Con trols Production PAY HIGH WAGES . AS PRICES FALL U. S. Steel Corporation Did Not Organ ize Pools in Which tho Gompany Participated and Did Not Coerce Competitors to Join Philadelphia, Oct. 27.—David A. Head, Pittsburgh, concluded his argu ment for the defense to-day in the fed- I era! government s dissolution suit j against the United States Steel Corpo- I ration brought under the Sherinan anti trust law. He devoted the clnwng part : ul his address to the trend of pries 1 since the steel corporation was orgaui'.- ! ed and submitted charts tending to ■ show that the purchasing power of iron | and steel as compared with other coin | modifies has st eaillv fallen, with tiie exception of two or three years, since . 1809. This showing he argued, refutes tihe,government-'s charge that the steel ' corporation controlled prices. The st.vl | trade is bigger than the steel corpora- I tiou, Mr. Reed said and competition has j steadily forced' down prices. High Wages While Prices Fell | Speaking of the cost of production, 1 Mr. Reed concluded bv saying that ir ! is a high tribute to the steel companies ( that they continue to remain prospcr i ous ami pay high wages while prices are [ steadily falling. Cordenio Severance, of St. Paul, i followed Mr. Heed, also on behalf of | the steel corporation. He spoke on what j the defense contends is the fairness and extent of competition bv the steel , corporation, its lack of power to con ; trol prices and its lack of power to ex j elude competitor* of the steel trade. Mr. Severance touched on the pools i in which the steel corporation was a participant for a number of years aftc the concern was organi/.ed. He sai.l t ie steel corporation did not organize t'hem I as tlhe.v were in existence before the i corporation was formed. After the con i cern was chartered ii never coerced com i petitoi's to come into the pooMy he sftitil j and they were 'broken up by the steel j'corporation when it withdrew from i them. Control of Prices and Output Mr. Severance wanted to know bow the court could punish t'he steel cor poration for 'having been a member of f ools and let tiie other members go tree. One of the many allegations made by the government in support ot it< charges that the steel corporation wa-i monopolistic iu its tendencies was t'iia' it hail been a member of pools to con trol prices ami output, since the abo lition of the pools in 190 1. Mr. Sever ance said, competition iu t'he steel trade has been open and uninstrueted. and iie called the attention of the court to the testimony of more than 201) witnesses in the case to that effect. "Counsel for the defense combated the government charge tliat meetings of steel manufacturers which included both the steel corporation and independ ents were held to control prices. Noth ing was done at these meetings in the way of controlling prices, he said, and there is nothing iu the law to prevent business men from getting together and talking over business conditions. Growth Between 19©l and 191:1 Severance presented figures to show the growth between ISO! ami 1!M 3ot coinjretitors of the corporation. The statistics Showed that the percent aj;e of increased business of competi tors ranged from 4.75 per cent, to 3779.7 per cent. Taking up interlocking dire-tors, NTr. Severance said ttbat it was ridiculous for the government to charge that steel corporation directors who were also rail road directors, used their influence to throw railroad iron and steel 'business to the steel corporation. He presented figures to show that concerns which had steel directors on their hoards gave their iron and steel business, as the rc suit of competitive bidding, to com pa nies other than those identified with the corporation. Competitors Cut the Prices Answering the complaint of the gov ernment that the steel corporation held up prices, Mr. Severance reviewed the evidence of witnesses to the effect that: when competitors cut prices the steel corporation was compelled to meet the cut or lose business in the products re duced. With the steel corporation hav ing but 40 per cent, ol' the iron and steel business of the country it is like the tail wagging dog to say that the corporation could control prices or put competitors out of business. Mr. Severance also discussed the prayer that the Duluth and Iron Rajigc Hail road Company and the Duluth, Mis sabe and Northern Railroad Company be made independent of tho steel cor poration. Jle said that it was to the interest of the steel industry of the country that these railroads remain in the control of the corporation. He cit ed witnesses to show that the two roads give a better service than other roads that tape ore mines in the Lake S:i perior region because of better equip ment of the two ore carrying railroads. There is no evidence to show that com petition steel corporations steel shipped over the two roads have ever been'