Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1909 — Page 4

m m coiiihy dm. F. E. BUBCOCK, tDITOR MD WIBIMH. WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1909.

GUARANTEED BANK DEPOSITS.

Saturday Evening Post: For an institution which was hanged, drawn, quartered, burned and burled in obloquy by all eminent republican financiers only a few months ago, the Oklahoma plan of guaranteeing bank deposits shows considerable vitality. 6 First Kansas, then Nebraska, have followed with guaranty laws modeled upon that of Oklahoma, and South Dakota has passed a bill embodying the principle in somewhat different form. The Kansas law’ excludes from the benefits of the guaranty fund demand deposits on which interest is paid —which ought to discourage mere speculative banking. The Oklahoma law, it will be recalled, went into effect in February, 1908, so the neighboring states mentioned have had opportunity to observe its effects, at first hand, for more than a year. Apparently they fall to discover those deadly characteristics which were so copiously pointed out at long range during the campaign; and the national bankers of Kansas lately sent a delegation to Washington seeking penhission to participate in the plan. One cannot tell, after only fourteen months’ trial, how the plan is going to w'ork out in Oklahoma; but one can tell, with no trial at all, that how it will work out is purely a question of administration. If it is well administered it will work out well. If speculators are tolerated and the banks permitted to bid extravagantly for deposits, if the state board is too much interfered with by politics or by enjoining courts, if examinations are lax and dummy directors encouraged, it will work out badly Except at first, when twenty-two national banks gave up their charters, the guaranty of deposits by state concerns seems not to have made much impression on the national banks of Oklahoma. Its practical operation is still in the experimental state; but the experiment is worth while.

TESTIMONY FILLS 6,000 PACES

Board to Pass Upon Troopers’ Re-En-listment to Have Busy Summer. Washington, May 11. —Six thousand pages of testimony relating to the “shooting up” of Brownsville are to be condensed into a synopsis comprising 500 pages. This is to be the summer’s work of the court of army officers appointed by the president to pass upon the qualification for re-enlistment of the 167 colored soldiers who were discharged without honor as a result of that affray.

NEGROES TO HEAR FORAKER

Son of John Brown to Be Orator at Political Convention. Boston, May 11. —A call for the second annual convention of the National Negro American Political league to be convened at Columbus, 0., May 28, has been issued. Former Senator Joseph B. Foraker and Jason Brown, son of John Brown of Harpers Ferry fame, are to deliver addresses.

EMPLOY NEW WEAPON IN FIGHT WITH TRUST

Big Stores Sue to Recover Excessive Amounts Paid. New York, May 11.—A novel phase of the anti trust litigation against the fibre and manUa\paper pool developed when a large department store, acting In behalf of a number of such establishments, began suit to recover the excessive amounts charged for wrapping paper because of the existence of the pool. ' The action is brought against the Continental Paper Bag company. The paper was bought from the Continental company. The suit is based on the drastic feature of the Sherman antitrust act which makes every member of a combination responsible fcr excessive 'prices. A '

TURPENTINE TRUST GUILTY

Verdict Against Five Officials of “Naval Stores” Corporation. Savannah, Ga„ May 11.—“ Guilty” was the verdict in the case of the socalled “turpentine trust." This finding applies to E. S. Nash, president of the American Nava) Stores company; Spencer P. Shotter, chairman of the board of directors; George Meade Boardman, its treasurer; J. F. C. Myers, vice president, and Carl Moller, manager. ~ The men were tried for conspiring to monopolize interstate trade. The maximum sentence is a fine of |5,000 and a term of one year in prison.

Explosion Kills Four Powder Makers.

Columbus, Kas., May 11.—The mixing room of the Laflin-Rand Powder mills blew up, instantly killing four men.

SAYS BALLINGER INSULTS ILLINOIS

State Informed It Must Pay For Federal Documents. CHARGE BY CHIPERFIELD Representative In Addressing Members of House Says It Is Time to 1 Pause If Those In Washington Are Going to Deal With the Commonwealth as With the Individual. Papers Sought In Connection With Submerged Lands Investigation. Springfield, 111., May 11.—If Illinois wants information from the national government or data that it possesses relative to the lake front to aid in the investigation to determine the state’s right to submerged lands, it can pay for the government’s possessions, the same as any individual. This is the substance of a communi cation read to the lower house of the general assembly. Representative Chlperfield characterized the letter as an Insult to the state. By direction of the house, Secretary of State James A. Rose directed an inquiry to the secretary of war and sec retary of the Interior to ascertain the steps necessary to be taken by the house committee that is to Investigate the state’s rightsTo submerged lands along the lake in order to obtain information that is possessed by the government.

Signed by Ballinger. The reply is signed by Secretary R. ,A. Ballinger. It is directed to “Thomas A. Rose” as secretary of state. Chlperfield said: “When I think of the vast amount the state of Illinois has given the government in its hour of need, its support in the hour of trial, of how liberally it gave of its funds, probably more so than any other state, it appears to me that the reply of the secretary of the interior that the state of Illinois may purchase, buy or procure Its documents, plats and other papers that it may see to fit to use the same as any citizen, is little short of an actual insult to the state of Illinois. I regard the reply of the secretary of the interior as such.” Chlperfield declared that if the time has come for the state to buy from the government the same as an individual, then the day also is here for the state to pause and reflect, Ballinger’s letter reads: “At the Prite Fixed Therein.” “The original documents which may be on file in this department, relative to cases involving any of the lands in question are a part of the permanent records of this department and cannot be removed therefrom except in response to a valid legal process from a court of competent jurisdiction. “The certified copies of such records can be furnished only under the provisions of section 46, Revised Statutes, at the price fixed therein.” Other than the reading of the communication from Washington thehouse session was short and without incident.

TAFT BELIEVES IN PLAY

Says Life in Narrow Space Brings About Bad Habits. Pittsburg, Pa., May 11.—The following letter of President Taft was read at the meeting of the Playground Association of America: “Idleness and confinement in a narrow space in the city, in houses and cellars and unventilated dark rooms is certain to suggest and bring about per nicions occupations and create bad habits. Gambling, drinking, and other forms of vice are promoted in such a restricted mode of life. “An opportunity for hard, earnest and joyous play improves the health, develops the muscles, expands the lungs and teaches the moral lessons of attention, self-restraint, courage and patient effort.”

TILLMAN AT TAFT DINNER

Southern Senator and Wife Among the Guests at White House. Washingion,May 11.—At a state dinner at the White House the president and Mis. Taft entertained Senators Burrows, Clark of Wyoming, Tillman, Clapp, Burnham, Carter and Fletcher and their wives. Other guests were Representatives George E. Foss, Joseph W. Graff, George W. Taylor, Henry S. Boutell, Francis W. Cushman, James C. Needham, John W. Weeks and their wives and Captain Graham L. Johnson.

TAFT NAMES A DEMOCRAT

North Carolina Judgeship Contest Brought to an End. Washington, May 11. President Taft sent to*lhe senate the nomination of Henry Groves Connor, a Democrat, to be United States judge for the eastern district of North Carolina. The vacancy on the North Carolina bench caused by the death of Justice Thomas R. Purnell had existed for several months and had been a source of concern to Mr. Taft.

Report Party of Tourists Captured.

Tangier, May 11.—It la reported from Mogador that a party of American tourists have been taken prisoners by natives In the southern part of Morocco.

CAPTURE ALLEGED THIEVES

Report That Prisoner Confesses He Robbed Postoffice in Ohio. Auburn, Ind., May 11.—Three men charged with robbery of the postoffice at Kent, 0., were arrested in Garrett and are held here pending* action by the postoffice department. Twite Antonio, the first of the three captured, was recognized bv Baltimore and Ohio railroad men who had been furnished with descriptions of the robbers. Antonio was seeking employment when he w r as recognized. He confessed a part in the robbery and told the police that his alleged accomplices could be found at the hotel in Garrett. J’hese men were arrested and gave their names as Sam Murray and Nick Celeruam. All are Roumanians.

Will Drop Student Cases.

Lafayette, Ind., May 11.—Prosecutor Frank Kimmel has decided not to undertake any further prosecution of Purdue students £or illegal voting in the recenty county option election, and as a result forty-six cases have >een dismissed.

THE MARKETS

Cash Grain Market. Chicago, May 10. Winter wheat by sample: No. 2 red, [email protected]%; No. 3 red, [email protected]; No. 2 hard, [email protected]; No. 3 hard, [email protected]. Spring wheat by sample: No. 1 northern, [email protected]; No. 2 northern, [email protected]; No. 3 spring, [email protected]. Corn by sample: No. 2, 73%@74T4c; No. 2 white, 75c; No. 2 yellow, 74@74%c; No. 3, 73%@74%c; No. 4, 72%@73c. Oats by sample: No. 2 white, 58%c; No. 3 white, 56@ 58%c; No. 4 white, 54@57%c; standard, 58%c. Chicago Live Stock. Hogs—Receipts 40 000. Quotations ranged at [email protected] for choice heavy shipping, [email protected] light mixed, $7.10 @7.20 choice light, [email protected] heavy packing, [email protected] good to choice Pigs. Cattle—Receipts 25,000. Quotations ranged at [email protected] for choice to prime steers, $6.25 @6.70 good to choice steers, $4.50@5,75 good to choice beef cows, [email protected] good to choice heifers, [email protected] good to choice calves. $5.30 @5.65 selected feeders. [email protected] good to choice stockers. Sheep—Receipts 13,000. Quotations ranged at [email protected] for good to choice w’ooled lambs, SB.OO @8.50 good to choice shorn lambs, [email protected] fair to good shorn lambs, [email protected] shorn East Buffalo Live Stock. Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock Commission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y„ quote as follow’s: Cattle—Receipts 140 cars; market slow. Hogs —Receipts 70 cars; market steady; heavy, [email protected]; Yorkers, $7.20@ 7.45; pigs, $6.90. Sheep and Lambs— Receipts 60 cars; market strong; best lambs, $8.10; yearlings. [email protected]; wethers, [email protected]; ewes, $5.35@ F.. 50. Calves—Best, [email protected]. Elgin Butter Market. Elgin, May 10. Creamery, extras, 25%c; prints, 29c; extra firsts, 24%c; firsts, 21c; dairies, extra, 24c; firsts, 21c; packing stock, 18c.

BASEBALL RESULTS

National League. W. L. Pc.| W. L. Pc. Pitts. ..13 7 650! N. Y.... 8 9 471 Phil. ..10 7 588! Brook. . 8 10 444 Chi. ...12 10 545| Cin. ...10 13 435 Bos. ... 9 9 500 j St. L... 9 14 391 At Boston — R. H. E. New York 2 6 0 Boston 1 8 4 Raymond and Schlei; White o and Bowerman. At Brooklyn— R. H. E. Brooklyn 4 9 3 Philadelphia 2 7 2 Bell and Bergen; Coveleskie and Sparks, and Dooin. American League. W. L. Pc.| W. L. Pc. Det. ...14 5 736| Chi. ...10 10 500 N. Y... 11 7 611]Clev. .. 9 10 474 Bos. ...10 8 556] Wash. . 5 12 294 Phil. ..9 8 529| St. L.. 5 13 278 At St. Louis — R. H. E. Philadelphia 5 9 0 St. Louis 1 7 3 Plank and Thomas; Waddell and Stephens. At Chicago— R. H. E. Chicago 1 6 3 Washington 0 4 1 White and Sullivan; Johnson and Street (Eleven innings). American Association. W. L Pc.! . W. L. Pc. Mil. ...15 5 7501 Tol. ...10 12 455 L’vllle. .14 9 609|K C... 9 12 429 Ind. .v. 13 11 542|C01. ... 9 15 375 Minn. ..10 11 476|St. P... 7 12 368 At Milwaukee— R. H. E. Milwaukee 8 10 1 Louisville 5 12 2 Dougherty and Hostetter; Puttmann and Hughes. At St Paul— R. H. E. St. Paul 5 9 0 Toledo 2 12 1 Leroy and Carisch; Nagle and Abbott.

At Kansas City— R. H. E Kansas City 2 12 0 Indianapolis 1 7 1 Wright and Sullivan; Slagle and Howley. (Eleven innings). At Minneapolis— R. H. E. Minneapolis 5 10 0 Columbus 1 2 1 Young and Moore; Goodwin, and Shreck and James. - •

Hen's Turnout.

Hank Stubbs Guess Hen Holler got tuck when he traded for that oi* skate he’s drivln*. Blge Miller That’s what Never knowed Hen yit to drive a good bargain .—|Boston Herald. ’

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NO LUCK IN EMERY CASE

Claim Against Nicaragua Marked by Death and Assassination. Washington, May 11. The approaching visit of Pedro Gonzales of Nicaragua with instructions for the settlement of the disputed Emery timber cutting concession claim, recalls the singular fataljty which has attended persons identified with the matter. Both of the Emerys, father and son, original holders of the concession, are dead, and on Sunday Judge William L. Penfield of counsel for the Emery company passed away. A number of the Emery employes have been ambushed and assassinated.

LOEB HAS DISCOVERED NEW CUSTOMS FRAUDS

Five Weighers Dismissed and Twenty Importers Involved. New York, May 11.—Collector of the Port Loeb has removed from the customs service five assistant weighers. It was announced that along with their other activities, Loeb and bls assistants ace conducting an investiga. tlon Into a series of alleged frauds In the weighing of imported figs and cheese, through which they believe the government has been defrauded of many thousands of dollars. The alleged frauds were accomplished, It Is said, through shbrt weighing by government employes. About twenty Importers are said to be Involved.

Eat Little Gem Bakery goods and grow fat.

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