The Fulton County News
McConnellsburg, Pa.
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SAVING AND EARNING.
A Chicago millionaire mine to this
Country In 1871, with 12 rents In his
X'Ocket. The other day. referring to
it, he Raid he laid don tliis rule:
"Never to be out of work and never
to spend as much as you earn." It
vbi that rule that made him a mil
lionaire, and that Is, the kind of mil
lionaire that Is entitled to honor. Ills
Idea Is that It Is good for a man to
save, for economy Is a healthy habit,
nays the Ohio State Journal. As a rulo
men can live on half they spend, have
bolter health, and can do more work.
Let a man sit down and make a Hut
of what he needs, not scantily but
bountifully, and he will bo surprised
how many thing he can cut out and
yet keep body nnd mind In fine con
dltlon. There are many things that
one buys that are the objects of his
fancy, Ite sees them and wants
(hem; if he didn't fee them he
wouldn't want them. We once heard
of a man who would not go to market,
teen u He he said, he wanted to buy ev
erything, and succeeded In buying
much he did not need. It Is possible
to live well on meuls that averago.
only 10 cents per capita. In a school
on the went side they do It, and that
little club of teachers are hearty and
happy as robins In a cherry tree. We
must get out of the Idea that great
chunks of heavy food are required for
nergy. As a rule they reduce It.
The bureau of animal Industry has
devised what appears to a be a break
fast food for horses, with the purpose
to reduce the high cost of their living.
Tbl substitute for oats Is composed
of cocoa nut and peanut meals and It
can be produced for $15 less a ton
than whole oats cost. It appears that
the horses experimented with did not
take eagerly to the new ration at first;
quite as human beings used to And
their brenkfant foods cloggy until a
taste was expressly cultivated. The
horses had to get the habit without
the encouragement which a liberal ap
plication of cream and sugar affords
the bipeds. In due time, however, the
animals recovered their form on the
novel diet. The ration must be un
questionably Justified, nevertheless,
before It can be commended to those
who truly love a horse. It is not the
animal's fault thut oats have become
a luxury. Human beings have beoa
Induced to eat Its natural fodder In
tnormous quantities and thut Is the
reason.
A German expedition which went to
German East Africa to search for dl
Gosaurlan remains reports the dis
covery of bones larger than any here
tofore exhumed In other parts of the
world. One specimen which has been
secured Is a humerus 6 feet 10'4
Inches In length. This would Indicate
a thigh bone of nine feet. Heretofore
the diplodoccus has been considered
the great-granddaddy of colossal land
knimals of all times. Rut the length
of the humerus of the dlplodocccus
was only three feet eleven inches. It
Is very safe to sny of the prehistoric
geological ages that "there were giants
In those days."
A telephone has been Installed near
the pulpit of a Kansas church to en
able the congregation to hear the ser
mon without going to church. How
ever, It U a dlfllcult feat to sleep and
lold a receiver to one's ear at the
tame time.
The American bullfrog is to be In
troduced Into Japan by a young Japa
nese who was graduated from an
American agricultural college this
year. Choruses of large, healthy Amer
ican frogs, bellowing "To-go! Togo!"
from the marshes should udd much to
the charm of Japanese life and
Strengthen the ties between the two
countries.
Still another doctor Is added to the
list of those who are being Bued for
sewing up various articles in the
todies of their patients operated uon.
In this lost case it Is forceps. This
sort of thing Is apt to make patients
nervous over the prospect of having a
Junk department added to the original
plan of their Interior economy.
It is pointed out that there !s no
danger of overdoing the apple raising
business, as the frequent crop failures
.keep down the production. Yet this
does not seem to be a good Argument
to address to prospective but hesi
tating Investors.
By hypnotizing a maniac an Illinois
woman prevented him from attacking
her and her children. It might be well
for the ladles to drop brldgu for a
while and take up hypnotism.
No patriotic citizen will let any
guilty fly escape, and all flies have
been duly convicted.
The seventeen-year old locust Is
food In the long run for the English
sparrow. Its end la Inglorious.
Kansas has a new intoxicant made
of prune Juice and Jlmson weed. This
Is what cheap prunes are bringing us
to.
We see by the papers that an Ohio
man broke a leg trying to kiss his
wife. Probably the novelty of kissing
his wife was too much for him.
The sea serpent Is giving seances
gain and the summer Is certainly en
tirely normal.
RECIPROCITY BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
President's Pet Measure Goes
Through Unamended.
VICTORY DUE TO DEMOCRATS.
All Amendment by the Oppo
sition B&wied Over The
End Came With
a Hum,
Quick Work Wl h Bl I.
11 A. M. Senate takes up
Reciprocity bill.
11.15 A. M. to 1.25 P. M.
All pending amendments defeat
ed on 13 roll culls.
1. 30 Hill passed, 53 to 27.
32 Democrats voted for the
bill and only 3 against It.
21 Republicans voted with
the majority and 2-1 were In op
posit ion.
The Insurgent Republicans
opposed tliH bill.
The amendments were reject
ed by votes of 4 to 1.
President Taft signed the bill
July 26.
Tuo President said: "I am
gratified and delighted."
Senator Penrose said: "It was
easy."
Washington, July 22. President
Taft's campaign of six months for
closer trade relations with Canada
came to a successful termination Sat
urday afternoon, when the Senate
passed the Canadian Reciprocity bill
by a vote of 53 to 27. Ten Senators
only were absent and paired. If
they had been present the vote would
have been 68 to 32.
A majority of the Republicans
Toted agalust It. If 53 voted for it,
32 were Democratic and 21 Republi
can; of the 27 against, 24 were Re
publicans and 3 Democrats.
This action settled the whole
Canadian reciprocity question so far
as Congress is concerned and save
for executive approval virtually made
the pact the law of the land.
The Reciprocity bill, having origi
nated in the House, must be returned
there for engrossment and for the
signature of Speaker Clark, while the
llousu Is sitting.
The Canadian Parliament has not
yet acted on the agreement, and with
one exception tho provisions of the
bill as passed by Congress will not
become effective until the President
Issues a proclamation that Canada
has ratified the pact. The exception
to this procedure Is In the paper and
pulp section of the bill, which. It Is
announced, will become immediately
effective when the President signs
the hill.
The vote wns taken at 1.35 o'clock
after nearly three hours of steady
roll-calling, during which 1G
amendments proposed mainly by Re
publican Insurgents, were rejected.
The best any of these nmendemnts
that of Senator Knute Nelson, of
Minnesota, relating to cereals
could muster was 23 votes, and the
opposition to the bill, which sought
to attach these amendments to the
House bill, gradually dwindled to
only 11 votes, In favor of the La
Follette wood pulp amendment.
The real test on reciprocity came
on tho final vote, when a number of
Republicans, who voted steadily
against the adoption of any of the
amendments because of their opposi
tion to the Insurgents, swung toward
the recalcitrants and voted against
the final passage of the bill.
Eighty Senators were present at
the final roll ca4I. This was only
BRITAIN TO RAISE TOBACCO
Expert Will Visit Vl-glnle end Other
States.
New York. Great Britain will not
rely wholly on the decision of the
United States Supreme Court to re
establish competition In tobacco. Un
der the Lloyd-George budget she
has $6,000,000 to spend on Improv
ing agriculture, and a part of it has
been Bet aside to determine If to
bacco can be raised In England and
Scotland.
Purns Held for K'dnepolng
Indianapolis, Ind. W. J. Burns
returned here from Europe and ap
peared In Judge Markey's branch of
the Criminal Court to answer to four
grand Jury Indictments on charges
of kidnapping John J. McNamara, the
labor leader, and taking him to Los
Angeles. Burns waived arraignment
oa a plea of not guilty and gave bond
through a surety company of $2,500
on each Indictment. Judge Markey
aid he would set the cbbo for trial
In September or October.
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. TAFT.
1 10 loss than a full call of the Senate.
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PHILANDER CHAS5 KNOX
Se;ietir -t S'i-te
The vote was as follows:
For the Pill.
Democrats Paeon, Pankhead,
Prvan. Chamberlain, Chilton, Culber-
Ison, Davis, Fletcher, Foster, Gore,
I Hitchcock, Johnson of Maine; John
ston, of Alabama; Jones, of Wash
ington; Kern, Martlne, Myers, New-
lands, Nixon, O'Gorman, Overman,
Owen. Paynter, Pomerene, Ueeu,
Shlvely, Smith, of Maryland; Smith, I
of South Carolina; Stone, hwanson,
Taylor, Watson and Williams.
Republicans Uradley, Prlggs,
Ilrown, Burton, Crane, Cullom, Gug
genheim, Lodge, Mcl.eun, Penrose
llrnncleees, Perkins, Polndexter,
Richardson, Root, Stephenson, Town
send, Wet more and Works.
AgalnM the Pill.
Democrats Halley, Clarke, of
Arkansas, and Simmons.
Republicans Borah, Hourne, Brls
tow, Purnham, Clapp, Clark, of
Wyoming; ' Crawford, Cummins,
Curtis, Dixon, Gamble, Smoot, Hey
burn, Kenyon, Da Folette, Lippitt,
Lorimer. McCumber. Nelson, Oliver
Page, Smith, of Michigan; Warren
and Gronna.
The Senators who were absent
were: DuPont, Delaware; Frye,
Maine: Gallinger, New Hamphlre;
Lea, Tennessee: Percy. Mississippi;
Raynor, Maryland, and Tillman,
South Carolina.
The Senators who were present but
who did not vote because of being
p:ilred with absent Senators were:
Dillingham. Vermont; Sutherland,
Utah, and Thornton, Louisiana.
FARMS DOUBLE IN VALUE
Remarkable Increase Shown by Cen
sut Bureau Report.
Washington. Of marked Interest,
because of many statements made
during the Canadian reciprocity de
bate, was the Census Bureau's an
nouncement of the miest general
farm statistics of the United States,
showing that land In farms more
than doubled In value during the
past 10 years, having Increased $15.
252,788,000, or 118 per cent. In
1900 they were valued at $13,051,
033,000, and returns of the thir
teenth census show they are now
worth $28,383,821,000.
Farm lands, farm buildings and
farm Implements of the country are
valued at $35,859,003,000, compnred
with $17,357,425,000 10 years ago.
The number of farms In 1910 was
fi, 340, 120, as compared with 5,737,
372 In 1900. an Increase of 11 per
cent. The land Increased in 1900
from 835,092,000 acres to 873,
703,000 In 1910, or 5 per cent., but
a larger Increase, 15 per cent., Is
noted in improved acreage, which
In 1900 was 414,490,000 acres, and
In 1910, 477,424.000 acres.
More conspicuous than the In
crease In the number nnd acreage
of farms has been the Increase in
the improved values of farm prop
erty. The land In farms rose in
value from $13,051,033,000 in 1900
to $28,383,821,000 In 1910, an In
crease of 118 per cent., and during
the same period the average value
per acre of all land in farms rose
from $15.00 to $32.50, or 108 per
inent.
Farm buildings, which In 1900
were valued at $3,5?fi,614.000, were
reported in 1910 as worth $0,294,
025,000, an Increase of 77 per cent.
Farm Implements and machinery re
ported In 1910 as worth $1,261,817.- I
000. nnd 10 years previously as worth ;
$749,778,000, show an increase ol
68 per cent.
Ard'ew Johnson's Secretary.
Nashville, Tenn. Edmund Coop
er, secretary to President Andrew
! Johnson, is dead at the age of 90
years at his home In Shelbyvtllo,
Tenn. He was a brother of the late
Judge William Cooper, of New York,
jand former I'nlted States Senator
Henry Cooper, of Tennessee. He
I was a half brother of Col. Duncan
' n rnnner. who. with his son Robin,
figured recently In the sensational
trial in which they were charged
with the murder of United States
Senator Carmaek.
The expert who has tobacco In
charge. Mr. A. V. Campbell, arrived
here on the Campania with letters ol
introduction to Secretary Wilson, ol
the Department of Agriculture, which
he will.present through Ambassador
Bryce.
It 1b announced that a British
Japanese company has been formed
with a subscribed capital of $5,000,
000 to establish a gold-mining enter
prise In Northern Manchuria.
Sire and Two Children Drown.
Grand Rapids, Mich. Charlea
Dixon, of Kansas City; his son, aged
16 years, and a daughter, aged 14
years, were drowned by the upsetting
of a canoe In Lake Michigan at
Macatawa Park. One son, agea n
years, was rescued In time ta
resuscitate him.
A bill has Just passed In France
permitting women lawyers to act at
magistrates In trying cases of chil
dren under 13.
HON 10
HELP 1RIS0
Sugar Trust Gave $10,000 to
Campaign Fund.
PIONEER OF AMERICAN TRUST
John E. Parsons, Former Attorney for
the Company, Baiore House
Investlga Ing Committee
Proud of It
New York. The American Sugar
Refining Company contributed $10,
000 to help Benjamin Harrison in
one of his campaigns for the presi
dency against Grover Cleveland. Tho
contribution was told of by John E.
Parsons, former attorney for the
company, in his testimony before the
Congressional committee which Is In
vestigating the affairs of the bo-call-ed
trust. He could not remember
whether It was the first or the second
Harrison campaign.
Mr. Parsons frankly boasted thaf.
he was "the pioneer in the formation
of the American trust," and was
proud of it, but scouted the Idea that
the Sugar Trust constituted a mon
opoly such as the Standard Oil or
American Tobacco Companies.
The committee spent the afternoon
visiting several sugar refineries in
this vicinity, and held Informal con
ferences with many superintendents,
but took no testimony.
Mr. Parsons opposed a Federal In
corporation law for local corpora
tions, although he said such a law
might be beneficial for public serv
ice corporations, lie opposed tho
law which permits the government
to examine the books, question tho
officers and obtain the secrets of a
corporation.
"I strongly condemn the modern
theory of publicity of corporation af
fairs," he said. "It Is unjust to the
American citizen that he should bo
compelled to make his private affairs
public."
In reply to questions by Mr. Sulzer,
Mr. Parsons repudiated the many
statements which have been mado
that H. O. Havemeyer was the one
power in the sugar trust and that
the board of directors did us he bade.
I know personally that Mr. Have
meyer consulted the board In import
ant matters. Different members fre
quently differed with him. They dis
cussed the matters. Sometimes Mr.
Havemeyer yielded; at other times
the members yielded.
ONLY MEN AT FUNERAL
Farmer Has Hated Women Since His
Wife Deserted Him.
Evansville, Ind. Becoming a
woman.hater because, as he said, his
wife deserted him at Louisville, Ky.,
after Inducing him to assign half his
property to her, John Steller, 07
years old, stipulated In his will that
none but men should attend his fu
neral. The man's wish was followed
at his funeral Saturday. Steller
willed all his property, including a
large farm and considerable savings,
to Joe Haas, a grocer, who befriend
ed him in his last Illness.
Mrs. Luke Lea Out of Danger.
Denver. Mrs. Luke Lea, wife of
United States Senator Lea, ot
Tennessee, who was rushed to Denver
last week from Deer Park, Md., while
she was suffering from a relapse fol
lowing an operation, is improving
rapidly and is now considered out of
danger.
Senator Lea, who submitted to a
transfusion of a quart of blood from
his own veins In an effort to save the
life of Mrs. Lea, will leave in a few
days for their home In Nashville.
Exp'alns Corporation Commission, i
Washington. Senator New lands ,
explained the provisions of his Cor
poration Commission Bill to the Sen
ate Committee on Interstate Com
merce. He contended that the pro
posed commission would be as use
ful In the regulation of miscellane
ous corporations as is the Interstate
Commerce Commission in regulating
railroads. The bill does not em- j
power the commission to fix prices, i
$2,500 tor Forest Fire Victims.
Washington. The American Red
Cross contributed $2,500 to the re
lief of the forest fire sufferers in
Ontario, Canada, and a similar
amount for the esslstanceof thosede
prlved of their means of livelihood by
the recent woodland fires InMichigan.
This money was given by tho Minne
sota Red Cross branch and represents
a surplus of contributions procured
last year during the great forest fires
of the Northwest.
Shortage In Honey,
Toronto, Ont. Dealers in honey
declare that the drouth of June and
early July has caused a shortage of
over 1,000,000 pounds in Ontario's
harvest from the hives. The prac
tical failure of small flowering field
crops is given as the cause. The
average yield a year ago, according
to the records of the Beekeepers' As
sociation, was 58.3 pounds per col
ony, while this year's will be below
SO, or a total shortage of over 1,
000,000 pounds.
A New Aviation Record.
Mourmelon, France. Aviator
Lorldan, piloting a small biplane at
the Aerodrome here, covered 4 65
miles, remaining In the air 11 hours
and 45 minutes. This Is a new
world's record for distance and time.
Taft's Menage to Colombia.
Washington. President Taft has
sent to the president of Colombia a
message of congratulations and earn
est good wishes for the prosperity of
that country on the occasion of Its
Independence anniversary.
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WARSHIPS HDHHIE3 TO HAITI
Cape Hiltin In the Ha-ide of
Re o utijmstt Will P. ci
ted America.
Washington. With only on IIM'j
gunboat In tho waters of Haiti to
safeguard American Interests, threat
ened by a revolution that seeniB to
bo spreading through the republic,
the Navy Department Is making a
stenuous endeavor to rush adequate
protection to tho scene.
The fast scout cruiser Chester wns
detached from the mimic wur In
Long Island sound and ordered to
the theater of real strife in Haiti. The
trip will be made in about four day.
The lies Moines has left Boston for
Port au Prince. Her voyage will
consume a week. Tho Peoria Is
expected to leave San Juan, P. R., for
Fort liberie. With the Petrel now
at Gonalves, the I'nlted States In the
course of a week w ill have four war
ships surrounding the little republic.
Both tho State nnd Navy Depart
ments are without official advices as
to developments In the situation. The
Petrel has been cut off, from com
munication. She is not equipped
with wireless, and the port of Gon
alves has been captured and Isolat
ed by the revolutionists.
REFUGE FOR AMERICANS
They Are Given Temporary Prot:Cion
on a Yacht.
Cape Haitien. Capo Hatien is In
the hands of the(revolutlonists and
the sole protection of Americans and
other foreigners at this port Is an
American yacht. The United States
gunboat Petrel sailed from here sev
eral hours previous to the arrival of
the yacht, leaving American interests
unprotected, and when the yacht
came Into the harbor her owner,
Mr. Dick, found the town in a state
of semi-anarchy. The Insurgents
were rapidly approaching and Presi
dent Simon and his troops had left
Fort Liberie for Port au Prince.
Thero were rumors also that the
cruiser Antonle Simon wns on her
way to bombard some of the ports.
As Is customary under such circum
stances, most of the residents took
sides with tho revolutionists and
soon tho authorities were unable to
check the disorders. Mr. Dick noti
fied the officials that he would not
perr.iM any bombardment by Ilaltien
warships and would protect the for
eigners. At night fighting broke out In
the streets. The searchlight of tho
yacht was kept playing on tho house
In which the Americans who were
brought In from working on the rail
road had collected with their wives.
Tho civic authorities aided In this
work.
At daybreak, however, the govern
ment was overthrown, the revolution
ists had occupied the town nnd the
streets were filled with excited men
shooting at random. All the Ameri
can women were taken ahonrd the
yacht, while the foreign consulates
were filled with refugees.
BALLINGER BLAMES TAFT
Action on Public Lmds Conformed to
Admlnl' tration Views.
Denver. Richard A. Balllnger,
private citizen, holds views on public
lands nt variance with tho views of
Richard A. Balllnger, Secretary of
tho Interior.
"While Secretary of the Interior I
had to conform to the views of the
Administration, but as a private citi
zen conditions have changed," he
said in his letter of acceptance of the
Invitation to speak In Denver.
HANGED HIMSELF BY ACCIDENT
Earl Stow Was Showing Friends How
to Commit Suicide.
Brewster, O. While amusing his
friends on the steps of his boarding
house, here. Earl Stow, 22, jokingly
declared he would show how a man
hangs himself. He slipped a towel
around his neck and throw the loose
end over a cornice, but In doing so
slipped, falling so that he broke his
neck, and died Instantly.
Ch'eVtns Swallow Diamond.
Middletown, N. Y. Mrs. William
King lost a $250 diamond. She sus
pects a neighbor's chlckenB of hav
ing swallowed the jewel and asks
that 'the fowls be Investigated. She
must Identify the bird.
Sret-hed il Two Inches.
St Louis. By lying In a bath of
hot water 24 hours and being knead
ed. Edward O. Bernard stretched
himself two Inches to get into the fire
department. He shrank again and
now ho's suspended.
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INSURANCE SECRETS BARED
Homeless Lad as Pres dent of Two
Concerns Promoters
Put on Trial.
Philadelphia. At a hearing here
of three officials of 14 "mutual fire
insurance companies" of this city on
the charge of operating fraudulent
concerns, a 19-year-old boy testified
that he had been picked off the street
and made president of two of the
concerns and secretary of a third at
a total Balary of $5 a week. The
witness, Herman S. Robinson, said ',
he was homeless when hired to run
errands. He was told he must
"dress up" and said that one of the 1
defendants hud outfitted him nt a :
clothing store. At the end of the j
hearing, the three officials, David ,
Balulty, Jacob Malm-hick and Charles
Weinberg, were held under ball for
trial.
Robinson testified he knew he hnd
been mado president, but thought It
was only a matter of form. He said
that the Janitor of an office building
in which the 14 companies wero
operated from the same room, was i
also made president of ono of the
concerns. Robinson further testified
that he hud presided at directors'
meetings of his companies, but had
no Idea of what was done.
"I always read a newspaper or
went to sleep. Balalty did all the
talking," he said.
Earnest K. Muller, a solicitor em
ployed by two of the concerns which
the state Insurance department
c.iarges were all controlled by the
same principals, testified that while
he was connected with the concerns
new ones were organized with a total
"fake" capitalization of ' $1,500,00(1.
Tho names of the alleged subscribers,
he said, were taken from the city
directory.
Harry S. Thiel, another solicitor,
testified that "agents of the com
panies got 50 per cent, on all busi
ness they wrote and Inspectors 10
per cbr.l of nil business written by
those under them."
"The money came In fast," he
testified. "Balalty and Marschlck
both had tin boxes in which they kept
the cash nnd the boxes were often
full."
The office of the concerns was
recently raided. The concerns, It Is
charged, wrote fire Insurance In all
parts of the country and It Is claim
ed their total receipts were $27,000
a month.
THE PLAGUE'S AWFUL TOLL
Said to Have 650,630 Victims In
India In Six Months.
London. According to figures re
ceived In this city tho deaths from
the plague In India have reached the
enormous total of 650,690 for the
half year ended on June 30.
The British India office in recent
reports stated that tho epidemic was
particularly virulent this year and
that the moRt persistent efforts to
stamp It out failed to effect n. per
manent improvement in the situa
tion.
MISTOOK WIFE FOR BURGLAR
Husband Shoots Wife to Death When
Aroused From Sleep.
Klttunnlng, Pn. ThlnklDg his
wife wns a burglar, George Golden, a
leading merchant of WIckboro, ad
joining Kittannlng, shot and killed
her during the night. The half
crazed husband is under tho care of
physician. Golden had bought a re
volver becauso of tho many burglar
ies committed In the vicinity of his
home recently, nnd when he was
aroused from heavy sleep by his wife
pulling down a window In their room
he reached under his pillow and
securing the weapon fired.
COUPLE WED BY TELEPHONE
Bride, Groom and Minister In Three
Different Places.
Coin, Iowa. Marriage by tele
phone, with the officiating clergyman
in one place, the bridegroom In an
other and the bride In still another,
was made posslblo here. Rev. II. B.
Mlnton, Bitting In his study united
in marriage George Trentice at his
home in Northboro and MisB Mary
De Witt In Blanchard. Coin is five
miles north of Blanchard
Bryce Retirement Rumor Denied.
London. Tho foreign office denied
a report cabled from the United
States that James Bryce contem
plated retiring from his poBt as Brit
ish ambassador at Washington fol
lowing the conclusion of the Anglo
American arbitration treaty.
Turbine Fnqlne Exolodes
Springfield, 111. The big turbine
engine In the Illinois Traction Sys
tem power house at Rlverton ex
ploded, wrecking tho plant, killing
two men and injuring two others.
FEDERAL CONTROL
SAYS WIGKERSMAm
Would Extend it Over All Great
Industries.
A PLAN TO CONTROL PRICE?.
Attorney General Declarei That
Government Commission Should
Regu ate All industrial
Corporations.
L'ulutn.- -Attorney General Wick
cr.iham, before the Minnesota State
Bar Association here, took an ad
vanced stand on Hie further Federal
regulation of corporations and de
clared that a government commission
to regulato great Industrial organ
izations In the same way thut tho
Interstate Commerce Commission
regulate railways, wns certainly most
desirable and that It might bo ab
solutely necessary. Mr. Wicker
sham's speech was little short of sen
sational In many of Its features. Ho
declared that it was a matter pf seri
ous consideration whether it would
be practical to give to the proposed
Interstate corporation commission tho
power to fix prices. To do this in
theory would simply require nn ex
tension of the principle by which tne
Interstate Commerce Commission
controls the rates on railroads.
The law of supply and demand,
GEORGE W. VICKERSHAM
Attorney General.
Mr. Wlckersham said, no longer con
trols prices in the United States. For
years, he declared, the prices in all
the great staple industries have beea
fixed by an agreement between tha
principal producers and not by a
normal play of free competition. Aa
Interstate commission, the Attorney
Generals added, would prevent vio
lations of the Anti-Trust Act and
business men to maintain a continue il
status of harmony with the require
ments of the law.
Many of Mr. Wlckersham's
declarations were the most radical lie
has made since his entrance Into ofll
cial life. With the weight of an ad
ministration officer behind them, his
remarks mado a deep Impression.
There was nothing In tho spee li,
however, to Indicate how far the At
torney General reflected tho views (if
President Taft. On several occasion!
in the past, however, he has been re
garded as a spokesman for the ad
ministration.
Mr. Wlckersham said:
"If Congress should enuct that no
corporation engaged In Inters! ;its
commerce shall hereafter acquire any
stock of any other corporation si en
gaged, nnd that unless all such cor
porations Bhould dispose of nil
stocks held by them In other corpora
tions engaged In Interstate coinnh-na
within some specified period. thr-T
should bo prohibited from carrying
on interstate commerce until thc M
so dlspopo of such stocks, the ax
would Indeed be laid at the root of
the trust evil; but Justice to tlm
Innocent holders of securities i:sn-il
to the public, based on ! -I--''''
stocks acquired, and held purs lant
to express legal authority, would re
quire consideration to be given n
their case, and such exceptions t I"1
mado from the prohibition as i' 1'1
be necessary to their proi.-dien.
These necessary nets of justice might
seriously Interfere with the enact
ment of legislation effective to th
accomplishment of the main purpose
In view."
Annie Peck, The Climber.
Lima, Peru. Miss Annlo S. Tivk,
the American mountain climber, ac
companied by Carl Volkniar and
Peruvians, ascended two peaks of
the Volcano Corpnna on July 16.
Coropuna is one of a number of giant
volcnnos in Southern Peru, the ele
vations of which are variously gi
at from 18,000 to 20,000 feet.
Probe Magazine Postage.
v i. Tl pnnclal comtlll"
iew iuia. " i
slon authorised to look into and re-
port on tho merits oi i ""
postage controversy met here uncl.r
the presidency of Justice Hughes, tne
chairman of the commission. n
session wns devoted to ProU'"'""1'1
and to the consideration of some plan
of action. Extensive
be held, and It Is expecu-u ......
prominent railroad officials IH
asked to testify.
Mr. McM.n.. Co..
Los Angeles, Cal. The c" ,
proceedings against Mrs. fcmm
Manigul.wifeof Artie E. McSI-n
the alleged confessed d)"""
were dismissed by Judge
The Court held that the
by the prosecution was ins '
Joseph Ford, deputy d J' '
. .m tha prosecution - ,
ask a higher court for re ,
also that another afflda tit. '
toproveMrs.McManlgalln ,
of the grand jury, would be m
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