The Fulton County News
McConnellsburg, Pa.
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SAVING AND EARNING.
A Chicago millionaire mine to this
Country n 1S71, with 12 rents In Ills
3ocket. Tlie other day, referring to
it, lie Raid he laid dovn this rule:
"Never to he out of work and never
to spend as much as you earn." It
was 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
enve, for economy Is a healthy habit,
nays the Ohio State Journal. As n rulo
men ean live on half they spend, have
better health, and can do more work.
Let a man sit down and make a list
of what he needs, not scuntlly but
bountifully, and he will be surprised
bow many things he can cut out and
yet keep body and mind In fine con
dition. There are many things that
one buys that are the objects of his
Jancy. He sees them and wants
(hem; If he didn't see them he
wouldn't want them. We once heard
of a man who would not go to market,
"because he said, he wanted to buy ev
erything, and succeeded In buying
much be did not need. It Is possible
to live well on meals that average
only 10 cents per capita. In a school
on the west 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.
This 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 breakfast 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 that oats have become
a luxury. Human beings have been
Induced to eat Its natural fodder In
tnormous quantities and that Is the
reason.
A German expedition which went to
German East Africa to search for dl
nosaurian 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
t thigh bone of nine feet. Heretofore
the dlplodoecus has been considered
the great-granddaddy of colossal land
animals of all times. But the length
of the humerus of the dlplodocccus
was only three feet eleven inches. It
It Tery safe to say of the prehistoric
g eologlcnl 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 Is a difficult feat to sleep nnd
lold a receiver to one's ear at the
aame time.
The American bullfrog Is to be In
troduced Into Japan by a young Japa
rese 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 add much to
the charm of Japanese life and
atrengthen the tics between the two
countries.
Still another doctor Is added to the
list of those who ure being sued for
iewlug up various articles In the
. bodies of their patlonts operated upon.
In this last case It Is forceps. This
aort of thing is npt to make pat ents
nervous over the prospect of having a
Junk department added to the original
plan of their Interior economy.
It ts pointed out that there Is no
danger of overdoing the apple raising
business, as the frequent crop failures
.keep down the production. Y;t this
does not seem to be a good argument
to address to prospective but hesi
tating Investors.
Br hypnotizing a maniac an Illinois
iroman prevented him from attacking
bcr and her children. It might be well
for the Indies to drop bridge 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
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, mis
la what cheap prunes are bringing ua
to.
We aee by the papers that an Ohio
man broke a leg trying to kiss bla
wife. Probably the r.ovelty of kissing
bis wife was too much for him.
Tbe sea serpent is giving seances
again 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
Amendments by the Oppo
sition Bowied Over- The
End Came With
a riusn.
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 intendments defeat
ed on 13 roll calls.
1.30 Dill passed, D3 to 27.
32 Democrats voted for the
bill and only 3 against it.
21 Republicans voted with
the majority and 2i were in op
position. The Insurgent Republicans
opposed the bill.
The amendments were reject
ed by votes of 4 to 1.
President Taft signed the bill
July 26.
Tbe 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 Canadi
came to a successful termination Sat
urday afternoon, when the Senate
passed the Canadian Reciprocity bill
by a vote of 63 to 27. Ten Senators
only were absent and paired. If
they had been present the vote would
have been 68 to 32.
PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. TAFT.
A majority of the Republicans
voted against 1L If 63 voted for It,
32 were Democratic and 21 Republl
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
House Is sitting.
The Canadian Parliament has not
yet acted on the agreement, and with
one exception tho provisions of the
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bill as passed by Congress will not , vaie from $13,051,033,000 in 1900
become effective until the President t0 $28,383,821,000 In 1910, an in
issues a proclamation that Canada , rI.pnKP 110 per cent., and during
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
tho bill.
The vote was taken at 1.35 o'clock
nfter nearly three hours of steady
roll-calling, during which lfi
amendments proposed mainly by Re -
puoiicitu iiiBuiMMun, wen; i ejeneu.
The best any of these amendemnts-
that of Senator Knutc 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 J er, secretary to president Anurew
only 11 votes, In favor of the La' Johnson, Is dead at the nge of 90
Follette wood pulp amendment. (years at his home in Shclbyvlllo,
The renl tost on reciprocity came Tenn. He was a brother of the late
on h final vote, when a number of i Judge William Cooper, of New York,
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Hepuhiicans, wno voiea steauny
agalnst the adoption
n or nny ot tne
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 call. This was only
BRITAIN TO RAISE TOBACCO
Expert Will Visit Vl-tjlnla and Other
States.
New York. Great Drltnln 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 Bhe
has $6,000,000 to spend on improv
ing agriculture, and a part of It has
been set aside to determine If to
bacco can be raised in England and
Scotland.
Burns Held for K'dnapelng
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 $2,600
on each Indictment. Judge Markey
said he would set the case for trial
In September or October.
0T - HELP HRISOil
P4 fmg Sugar Trust Gave $10,000 to
Mhyr ! Campaign Fund.
A'!?f PIONEER OF AMERICAN TRUST
Jm&K ''i' John E Pr,on' Former Attorney for
Company. Bsiore House
''.sf lnves:lga Ing Committee
&V-fof''VKk Proud of It
PHILANDER CHAS KNOX
Seoiefir '1 StJte.
The vote was as follows:
For tin Dill
Democrats Dacon, Cankhead,
Dryan, Chamberlain, Chilton. Cullier
son, Davis, Fletcher, Foster, Gore,
Hitchcock, Johnson of Maine; John
Hon, of Alabama; Jones, of Wash
ington; Kern, Marline, Myers, New
lands, Nixon, O'Oorman, Overman,
iin-nn Pnvnter. Pomerene, Reed,
Shlveiy. Smith, of Maryland; Smith. I
of South Carolina; Stone, Swanson,
Taylor, Watson and Williams.
Republicans Dradley. Brlggs,
Drown, Durton, Crane, Cullom, Gug
genheim. Lodge, McLean, Penrose,
llrandeires, Perk'ns, Polndexter,
Richardson, Root, Stephenson, Town
send, Wet more and Works.
Against the Dill.
Democrats Dailey, Clarke, of
Arkansas, and Simmons.
republicans Dorah, Ronrne, Brls
tow, Durnhain, Clapp, Clark, of
Wyoming; ' Crawford, Cummins,
Curtis. Dixon, Gamble, Snioot, Hey-
burn, Kenyon, La Folette, Llppitt,
Lorlmer, McCumber, Nelson, Oliver
rage, Smith, of Michigan; Warren
and Cronna.
The Senators who were absent
were: DuPont, Delaware; Frye,
Maine: Galllnger, 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:iired with absent Senntors were:
Dillingham. Vermont; Sutherland,
Utah, and Thornton, Louisiana.
FARMS DOUBLE IN VALUE
Remarkable Increase Shown by Cen
au i Bjreau 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 latest general
farm statistics of the Cnltcd 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 $13,061,
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,fiC3,000, compared
with $17,357,425,000 10 years ago.
The number of farms in 1910 was
6,340,120, as compared with 6,737,
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 and acreage
of farms has been the increase in
tne improved values of farm prop
prtv The nn(j n farms rose in
the same period the average vaiue
per acre of all land in farms rose
from $15.60 to $32.50, or 108 per
ment.
Farm buildings, which in 1900
! were valued at $3,516,614,000, wero
rpnorted In 1910 as worth $6,294,-
flft0 an increase of 77 percent.
, F implements and machinery re-
, ,)or(cfl n 1910 as worth $1,261,817.-
, of)ft nn(j j q years previously as wortn
$749,778,000, show an Increase 01
68 per cent.
Ard'ew Johnson's Secretary.
Nashville, Tenn. Edmund Coop-
. . t-i.,i ctotno Sonntnr
, anu lorme. L " "
nenry v.uu,-., -
was a half brother of Col. Duncan
n CooDer. who. with his son Robin,
figured recently in the sensational
trial in which they were charged
with the murder of United States
Senator Cnrmack.
The expert who has tobacco in
charge, Mr. A. V. Campbell, arrived
here on the Campania with letters ol
introduction to Secretary Wilson, of
the Department of Agriculture, which
he will, present through Ambassador
Dryce.
It is announced that a British-
Japanese company has been formed
with a subscribed capital or 5,uuu,-
000 to establish a gold-mining enter
prise in Northern Manchuria.
Sire and Two Children Drown.
Grand Rapids. Mich. Charles
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, aged 11
years, was rescued in time te
resuscitate him.
A bill has lust passed in Franc!
permitting women lawyers to act si
magistrates In trying cases of chil
dren under 13.
CONTRIBUTION TO
New York. The American Sugar
Refining Company contributed $10,
000 to help Denjamln Harrison in
one of his campaigns for the presi
dency agaiiiHt Grover Cleveland. The
contribution was told of by John IS.
Parsons, former attorney for the
company, In his testimony before the
Congressional committee which is in
vestigating the affairs of the so-called
trust. He could not remember
whether it was the first or the second
Harrison campaign.
Mr. Parsons frankly boasted that
be 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 ufternoon ,
Tlsltlng several sugar refineries in
this vicinity, and held Informal con
ferences with many superintendents,
but took no testimony. 1
Mr. Parsons opposed a Federal In
corporation law for local corpora-;
Hons, although he said such a law ,
might be beneficial for public serv- l
Ice corporations. He opposed tho
law which permits the government
to examine the books, question tho'
officers and obtain the secrets of a
corporation. 1
"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 prlvute affairs
public."
iu leyi iv i ucbliuii? uj ..... n iii.L. , 1
Mr. Parsons repudiated the many
statements which have been made
that H. O. Havetneyer was the one
power in the sugar trust and that
the board of directors did as he bade.
I know personally that Mr. Huve
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 Haa Hated Women Since Hla
Wife Deserted Him.
Evansvllle, Ind. Decomlng a
woman-hater because, as he said, It la
wife deserted him at Louisville, Ky.,
after Inducing him to assign half his
property to her. John Steller, C7
years old, stipulated In his will that '
none but men should attend his fu
neral. The man's wish was followed
st 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.
" I way to bombard some of the ports, recently raided. The concerns, It Is
Mra. Luke Lea Out of Danger. I As is customary under such circum- charged, wrote fire Insurance In all
Denver. Mrs. Luke Lea, wife of ' stances, most of the residents took parts of the rountry and It is clalm
Unlted States Senator Lea. ot sides with the revolutionists and ed their total receipts were $27,000
Tennessee, who was rushed to Denver goon the authorities were unable to a month,
last week from Deer Park, Md., while check the disorders. Mr. Dick notl-I
she was suffering from a relapse fol- fled the oillcials that he would not
lowing an operation, is Improving perr.irt any bombardment by Haitien
rapidly and Is now considered out of warships and would protect tho for
danger. ! eigners.
Senator Lea, who submitted to a At night fighting broke out In
transfusion of a quart of blood from
nts own veins In an effort to save tho
life of Mrs. Lea, will leave in a few
days for their home in Nashville.
Exp'alna Corporation Commission.
Washington. Senator New lands
explained the provisions of his Cor
poration Commission Dill to the Sen
ate Committee on Interstate Com
merce. He contended that the pro
posed commission would be as use-
i ful In the regulation of miscellane
ous corporations as is the Interstate
Commerce Commission in regulating
railroads. The bill does not em
power the commission to fix prices.
$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. iur in
amount for the asslstanceof thosede-
I m-lved of their means of livelihood by
,,,.,.
the recent woodland fires In Michigan.
This money was given by tho Minne
sota Red Cross branch and represents
a surplus of contributions procured
las', 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 ot
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 recordB of the Beekeepers' As
sociation, was 68.3 pounds per col
ony, while this year's will be below
60, 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 465
miles, remaining In the air 11 hours
and 46 minutes. This Is a now
world's record for distance and time.
Taft'a Meaaage 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 orcaslon of Its
independence anniversary.
CHASING A
WARSHIPS HURRIED TO HAITI
Cape Hiitltn In the Hands
Re o utljn,st--Will Pro
tect America's
of
Washington. With only onailM'j
gunboat In tho waters of Haiti to
safeguard American interests, threat-
ened by a revolution that seems to
bo spreading through tho republic,
the Navy Department is making a
stenuous endeavor to rush adequate
protection to the scene.
The fast scout cruiser Chester was
detached from the mimic war In
Long Island sound and ordered to
the theater of real strife In Haiti. The
fr,, win t,e lllai,, j uiu,t four days,
The Des Moines has left Doston for
p0rt an Prince. Her voyage will
consume a week. The 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 will have four war
j ships surrounding the little republic.
Doth tho State and 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 bepn captured and isolat
ed by the revolutionists.
REFUGE FOR AMERICANS
They Are Given Temporary Prot:C'lon
on a Yacht.
Cape Haitien. Capo Hatlen is in
the hands of the, revolutionists and
the sole protection of Americans and
other foreigners at this port is an
AmpHr.m viicht. The United States
gunboat Petrel sailed from here sev
eral hours previous to the arrival of
tne yaclit, leaving American Interests
unprotected, and when the yacht
came into the harbor her owner,
Mr. Dick, found the town In a stnte
of semi-anarchy. The insurgents
were rapidly approaching and Presi -
(ont simm UI1(, ,lU troopg ,md left
Fort Liberie for Port au Prince.
There were rumors also that the
cruiser Antonie Simon was on her
the streets. The searchlight of tho
ya,.nt was kept playing on tho house
.1... a nci i,n uora
t.ro.nrht In from working on the rail-
road had collected with their wives,
The civic authorities aided in this
wort,
At daybreak, however, the govern-
ment was overthrown, the revolution-
Ists had occupied the town nnd the
streets wero filled with excited men
shooting at random. All the Ameri
can women were taken aboard the
yacht, while the foreign consulates
were filled with refugees.
EALLINGER BLAMES TAFT
Action on Public L'nda Confirmed to
Administration Viewa.
Denver. Richard A. Dallinger,
private citizen, holds views on public
lands at variance with the views of
Richard A. Dallinger, 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 threw the Ioobo
end over a cornice, but in doing so
slipped, falling so that he broke his
neck, and died Instantly.
Ch'cVma Swallow Diamond.
Mlddletown, N. Y. Mrs. William
King lost a $250 diamond. She sus
pects a neighbor's chickens of hav
ing swallowed the jewel and asks
that -the fowls be Investigated. She
mtiBt identify the bird.
Sret-hed Sel Two Inches.
St Louis. By lying in a bath of
hot water 24 hours and being knead
ed. Edward G. Bernard stretched
himself two IncheB to get into the fire
department. He Bhr.ink again and
now bo's suspended.
COOL SPOT
M 75
INSURANCE SECRETS BARED
Homeless Lad as Pres dent of Two
Concerns Promotera
Put on Trial.
Philadelphia. At a hearing here
of three otllclals or 14 "mutual fire
Insurance companies" of this city on
the charge of operating fraudulent
concerns, a 19-year-old boy testified
that ho had been picked oft the street
and made president of two of the
concerns and secretary of a third at
a total salary 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
defendants had outfitted him at a
clothing store. At the end of the
hearing, the three otllclals, David
Ilalaity, Jacob Malschlck and Charles
Weinberg, were held under ball for
trial.
Robinson testified he knew he had
been made 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
also made president of one of the
concerns. Robinson further testified
that he had presided at directors'
meetings of his companies, but had
no Idea of what was done.
"1 always read a newspaper or
went to sleep. Dalalty did all the
talking," he said.
Earnest K. Muller, a solicitor em
ployed by two of tho concerns which
tho state insurance department
charges were all controlled by the
1 samo principals, testified that while
he was connected with the concerns
j new ones were organized with a total
("fake" capitalization of ' $1,600,000.
j The names of the alleged subscribers,
he said, were taken from the city
directory.
Harry S. Thlel, another solicitor,
testified that "agents of the com
panies got 60 per cent, on all busi
ness they wrote and inspectors 10
per ib.-.t of all business written by
those under them."
"The money enme in fast," he
- testified. "Ralalty and Malschlck
both had tin boxes in which they kept
jthe cash nnd the boxes were often
full."
' The office of the concerns was
THE PLAGUE'S AWFUL TOLL
Said to Have 650.630 Victims In
India in S'x Months
London. According to figures re
reived In this city the deaths from
the niaime in iniiin nave reacneu tne
enormous total of 650,690 for the
half year ended on June 30.
The Dritlsh India office In recent
! reports stated that the epidemic was
particularly virulent this year and
that the most persistent efforts to
stamp It out failed to effect a per-
manent Improvement In the sltun-
Hon.
MISTOOK WIFE FOR BURGLAR
Husband Shoots Wife to Death When
Arouaed From Sleep.
Klttanning, Tn. Thinking his
wife was a burglar, George Golden, a
leading merchant of Wlckboro, ad
joining Klttanning, shot and killed
her during the night. The half
crazed husband Is under the care of
physician. Golden hod bought a re
volver because of tho many burglar
ies committed In the vicinity of his
home recently, and when he was
aroused from heavy sleep by his wifo
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 possible hero. Rev. H. B.
Mlnton, sitting In bis study united
in marriage George Prentice at his
home in Northboro and MIbs 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 thnt James Bryce contem
plated retiring from his post as Brit
ish ambassador at Washington fol
lowing the conclusion of the Anglo
American arbitration treaty.
Turbine Enqlne Exoiodea
Springfield, 111. The big turbine
engine in the Illinois Traction Sys
tem power house at Rlverton ex
ploded, wrecking the plant, killing
two mon and injuring two others.
FE
DERAL CONTROL
SMfSWIHERSHH
Would Extend it Over All Great
Industries.
A PLAN TO CONTROL PRICE?.
Attorney General Declarei Tnat a
Government Commission Should
Regu ate All Industrial
Corporations.
L'uluin.- -Attorney General Wlck
ersham, before tho Minnesota Stato
Dar Association here, took an ad
vanccd stand on Hie further Federal
regulation of corporations and de
clared that a government commission
to regulato great industrial organ
izations in the samo way that tho
Interstate Commerce Commission
regulate railways, was certainly most
desirable and that it might be ab
solutely necessary. Mr. Wicker
sham's speech was little short of sen
sational In many of Its fentnrpB. Ho
declared that It was a matter of 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 an ex
tension of the principle by which tne
Interstate Commerce Commission
controls tho rates on railroads.
The law of supply and demand,
GEORGE W. VICKERSHAM
Attorney General.
Mr. Wickersham said, no longer con
trols prices In the United States. For
years, he declared, the prices in all
the great staple industries have bceu
fixed by an agreement between tlia
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 nnd aid
business men to maintain a continutd
status of harmony with the require
ments of the law.
Many of Mr. Wlekersham's
declarations were the most radical lia
has made since his entrance Into offi
cial life. With the weight of an ad
ministration officer behind them, li la
remarks mado a deep Impression.
There was nothing in the speedi,
however, to Indicate how far the At
torney General reflected the views of
President Taft. On several occasion!
In the past, however, he has been re
garded as a spokesman for the ad
ministration.
Mr. Wickersham said:
"It Congress should enact that no
corporation engaged In Interstata
commerce shall hereafter acquire Ml
1 stock of any other corporation so on-
gaped, and that unless all such cor
porations should dispose of xl
stocks held by them In other corpora
tions engaged in interstate comnu-na
within some specified period, they
should bo prohibited from i can. i ;
Ion Interstate commerce until tlii y did
so dlsposo of such Btocks, tin a
would Indeed be laid at the mot of
tho trust evil; but Justice to tint
Innocent holders of securities issn.d
to the public, based on plrdwd
stocks acquired, and held pursuant
to express legal authority, would re
quire consideration to be ghi'ii to
their ense, and such exceptions m l'f
mado from the prohibition as iiiiunt
be necessary to their , prot .Hon.
These necessary acts of justice mit
seriously interfere with the i-naot-ment
of legislation effective to Hi
accomplishment of tho main purpoi
In view."
Annie Peck. The Cilmber.
Lima, Peru. Miss Annie S. Peck,
the American mountain climber, ac
companied by Curl Volkmar and live
Peruvians, ascended two peaks ot
the Volcano Corpuna on July DJ
Coropuna Is one of a number of giant
volcnnos in Southern Peru, tho ele
vations of which are variously give"
at from 18,000 to 20,000 feet.
Probe Magazlns Postaga.
New York. The special commis
sion authorised to look into nnd re
port on tho merits of the map"
postage controversy met here tin
the presidency of Justice Hughes, t J
chairman of tne com...."
session was devoted to pre,..."-
and to the consideration of some pi
of action. Extensive hear n
be held, and It Is expected lint
prominent railroad officials
asked to testify.
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Free-
Mre
Angeles. Cal.-The center. P
Los
proceedings against Mrs. bn ,m -Manlgal.
wife of Artie J.
the alleged confessed dna .
were dismissed by Judge Bo w
The Court held that the affld
by the prosecution was in J ,
Joseph Ford, deputy d 1st ,4
torney. said the P"f8nercu'Sw nd
ask a higher court for re (
also that another 1ffl(1't,COI1,emP
to prove Mrs. McManlgal In c
of the gnd jury, would be file"