Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 271, 7 August 1911 — Page 8

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THE EICUXXOXD PAIXADIUXX Aim 8UN-TEL.EGIIASI, MONDAY AUGUST 7, 1911..

PROBERS HAVE RUN UP AGAINST SNAG 'Herbert Knox Smith Don't Have to Give Congress Any Trust Data. i BY JONATHAN WINI-IELD. Washington, Aug. 7. Democratic members of the House arc beginning to consider a plan for an amendment i to the existing law whlcli provides .that the Commissioner of Corporations, clothed with author ty to hunt down the trusts, shall make a report only to the President, and that the data collected by the commissioner shall not be available for the use of Congress unices the President so wills.

The House committee lrivestlgatlng .the steel trust has run up against this I snag, and, greatly to the disgust of the committee, it has been Impossible to extract any information of val!ue from Herbert Knox fJmitb, who j as commissioner of corporations, has (been busy for several years, presumably in an Investigation of the trusts land large corporations of the country. "Such a construction of the law is ian utter absurdity," said representaitlve Martin Littleton, a member of 'the steel Investigating committee. '"It Is preposterous to think that a coI ordinate branch of this .government has in its possession Information needed by another branch, and that we are to be denied access to the records." ' His Refusal Is Flat. i Commissioner Smith, however, remalned firm in his refusal to tell the House committee anything about the tsteel trust except what he bad print'ed in his preliminary report. The commissioner even refused to furnish the committee with a table of the Information upon which he had based Lhis report, and he could offer the rHouse .Investigators no aid whatever "unless the President gives his consent." ; The law creating the Bureau of (Corporations provided that the comjmlsstoner should have authority to probe any corporation believed to be m possible monopoly in restraint of tttrade. . He was given the power to defmand the production of books, docu- ' jments and cost sheets, and the comjnissioner's word is presumed to be an open sesame to the Inner workings .of any trust In the United States. The commissioner "investigated" for several years the affairs of the United States Steel Corporation and Its subsidiaries. The Stanley committee of the House recently was authorized to conduct a sweeping investigation of its own, and after It had proceeded into the subject for several weeks, Commissioner Smith was asked to aid Kik aaimimUIaa In nrilai that 4fr mltrtifr t.&J V? VVIIIIIIIVVCC VJ UCI HAW V It UllQUk not take the back track over some of the ground .already covered by the authorized government agent. Mr. Smith appeared before the comanlttee, but he told It little. His noncomroltal answers exasperated the iinembers so that It was stated that the Jaw must be changed. So far as being of aid to the House investigating committee is concerned, ithe Bureau makes Its report to the President, and the President . alone, 'under the present law, Is given authority to make the reports public. During the last natonal campaign It ,ras charged that the work of the Bureau had been used to extract large campaign contributions from various .corporations who gave aid to the Republican cause. ' Democratic members . attacked the Idea on the ground that Abe Federal government had an unfair advantage; that it had access to the books of these large concerns, while Abe Democratic party had no such ac cess, and the trusts were under no ob ligations to democracy. ' Latest Muddle Arisen.

Now the latest muddle has arisen, , "and it Is not out of reason to say that he Democrats, now in control of the

. House, are going to demand a change In conditions unless the President evinces his willingness to turn over to the House committee come of the data fwhlch it has taken the commissioners Several years to corral. When the steel trust was asked for dts cost sheets, the expert accountant aent to the offices of the trust by the committee was told that the cost beets "had been sent to the commissioner of Corporations," and that therefore they could not be furnished. When the Commissioner himself was put upon the witness stand he testified that the cost sheets had been re WHAT CLEAN BLOOD MEANS They used to accuse Dr. A. B. Simpjon, one ot the famous physicians of ilndlana, of having a cure-all because Ibis great reputation was established largely on one prescription, the most effective alterative or blood-purifier known. "No." he would remark, "it will not ,cure consumption, nor typhoid, nor ny one of a hundred common diseases. It simply purifies the blood, ut it does that very thoroughly." What are the symptoms of poisoned. Impure blood? They range all tbo way from the dreadful syphilis to a muddy complexion. They include Inflammatory rheumatism, catarrh, scrofula, eczema, erysipelas, pimples, boils, running sores, erysipelas, pimples, bolls, and, a number of similar afflictions. AH these yielded readily to Dr. Simpson's treatment And during the forty years this preparation bas been on the market as Dr. A. B. Simpson's Vegetable Compound It has never failed in a single case. The very worst cases of syphlllls have been cured as well as all the other blood diseases named above and the same compound has always given clear, clean complexions to those, otherwise In good health. - It Is sold at 11.00 a bottle at all drug torea.

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STEAMER "WASHINGTON IRVING" , NEW YORK, Aug. 7. Another ep- bly larger than the "Hendrik .. Hud- fresh and interesting. A sweet reasoch in the history of the world's in- BOn and wm have a licensed capacity onableness seems to give all of his land marine will be established in the Qf 6 000 paBBenger8i Tnis wm uft the characters, both human and ghostly, FDay Steli toVSlS r'ot carrying the largest certli- a perpetual popularity. One may extho "WaRhineton Irvine ' cate ever issued in the world from the pect to see Katrina Van Tassel, Icha-

The plans for this new pleasure nnlar are beinz most carefully worked out by experts in naval architecnro and nnRHPncpr marine. It is exnfrtpd to have her in operation in Mav 1913 when she wll go in the servire between New York and Albany as the big sister of the "Hendrik Hudson As Washington Irving was one of u -r.n a onA HinotrimiB Am. III C UIUDV IVUUCU Citu miuuli . . ..... pricans known in our history, and esoeciallv as he did so much in his own rinchtfiit wav to acauaint the world

with the glories of the Hudson river, rul homeliness or the early uutcn rying iirst-ciass passengers m me saiit is purposed to have this epoch ma- abodes, the light and gracefuul Colon- est way amid the most wholesome enkr which will bear his name, in ev- ial architecture and the English fash- vironment. Steel, plate glass and as-

ery way the most refined of floating ions of the Georgian period, will all bestos will be used as much as possistructures. It will likewise be her be worked into this structure in an ble and a speed of 24 miles is expect-

nrlvUpirft to acauaint the world with the still unclouded, romantic and hisrioi crinriaa nf th iinrifinn. The new steamer will be consideraturned to the company some time ago, and that they were not now in the possession of the bureau. The House committee was baffled. It thereupon asked Commissioner Smith to outline some of the information revealed by the cost sheets. I cannot do this without the authority of the President." said Mr. Smith. "I will talk the matter over with the President to see if he is willing that I should furnish the committee with any of this data. In the event that Mr. Taft does not object I may be able to furnish the committee with some information, but, for the present, I must refer you to my printed report." That caused Representative Littleton and others to remark that such a law is foolish. "Here we are attempting to show that the United States Steel Corporation is a combination in restraint of trade," said Chairman Stanley. "Certain information, collected at government expense, is in the hands of the Commissioner of Corporations, but this committee, which is earnestly seeking to establish the truth, is denied the privilege of examining the records. This is a most peculiar state of affairs, and it ought to he remedied." The troubles of the Stanley committee were again emphasized when it attempted to show through the previous investigation of the Commissioner of Corporations that the International Harvester Company, . and the steel trust are virtually the same, and the same group of financiers are behind both concerns. Commissioner Smith again called before the committee, but It extracted nothing from his except that he would talk the matter over with the President, and that if the latter did not object he would furnish the committee with uch evidence as the Bureau of Corporation might have upon the subject." Commissioner Smith admitted that the Bureau had been investigating the International Harvester Company and that it had in its possession considerable information, but once more He was firm in his stand that he could give none of the data desired by the committee. The attorney general had held, said Mr. Smith in excuse of his action, that this conidential information is only for the eyes of the President and that it must not be made public even at the request of a co-ordinate branch of the government unless the President gives his consent. Unless the information desired by the House investigators is forthcoming the law governing the Bureau of Cor porations probably will be changed at the next session, so that the data gath ered by the Commissioner shall be av ailable for the use of Congress in the event that cither branch of Congress has need for it. The Wolves and the Meat. "I had thought that It was peculiar to human nature to regard that which one bas as of less value than that which one bas not. but 1 bad reason to change my opinion the other day," said a visitor to the zoo. "A keeper tossed four pieces of meat Into the den of two gray wolves. One piece landed on the roof of the shelter bouse, and a wolf with a lame fore leg passed over the pieces on the ground, aud. standing on his hind legs, tried ami tried to get that on the roof, whicb was just out of reach. The other hungry wolf gave bis attention to the pieces on the ground and disposed of all three. Going over to the house, be sniffed for a moment and then sprang upon the roof, ate the fourth piece and stretched out for repose." New Torfc Sun. A Mean Trick. Algernon What's this I heah about Miss Gitteoin agweeing to mawwy you and then going back on her word? Percy That is the stwa!tof It, I'm sowwy to say. Algernon Beastly twlck. deab boy. Why don't you sue her fob nonsupport? You've got a clean case, doncher know. Chicago News. And Such Is Fame. Mrs. Bluehose Your new boarder is literary. I am told. Mrs. Malaprop Yes. indeed. Why. with bis books and papers be Utters bis room worse than any boarder lever bad. Exchange.

Hendrik Hudson and place the dis tinction on the new craft. And so in

the pleasant capacity of acquainting people with the Hudson, a small' sized city can be introaucea at eacn trip. The name, "Washington Irving,' is so closely linked to the Hudson that it lends Itself most pleasantly to a Hudson river steamer, and the Doat will exemplify as much as possible the life, works and times of the au- . - thor. The exquisite architecture and art of the Alhambra, the quaint and restharmonious whole. The spirit of Irving stil pervades the Hudson and the Catskills, and the creatures' of his fancy are always BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. The leaders of the Boy Scouts of America wish to make it plain that It Is not necessary for boys Joining the organization to wear uniform or procure any special equipment to engage In scout activities. It is not necessary for the boy scout to spend any money unless he desires. He can have just as much fun, take all the tests for the different grades of scout and be received by the other boys without spending a cent. For the convenience, however, of the boys who wish to obtain uniform and other equipment the national council has arranged -with certain manufacturers to furnish these articles to the boys. The council has succeeded in cutting the prices to onenaif and in some instances one-third of what formerly was charged. A knife that formerly cost $2 can now be obtained for $1.. Whistles that used to cost 25 cents can be bought for 10 cents. While these articles can be ordered from the national headquarters, arrangements are being made so that suits and other articles of guaranteed material can be obtained from other dealers, all bearing the stamp of the Boy Scouts of America. A Bey Scout Hero. Benjamin " Barnes, chubby, plucky boy scout, arrived in Asbury Park. N. J., with his parents for the summer. Soon 'after be made sure that his mother was comfortable in the summer home Ben grabbed his toy sailboat and ran over to Wesley lake. He wanted to sail the boat a little before dinner. There was a stiff breeze blowing, and soon the little yacht was ahoref watched lt wlth much dellght It passed ' close to something floating on the water. Ben looked sharply and thought he saw a hand. He waited no longer, but dashed Into the water and swam toward the object. Though Ben Is only twelve years old, he has passed the requirements for a second class scout. As he got near the object he saw that It was the body of a little girl, apparently dead. He dragged it to the shore, and Instead of running for aid he got busy with the first aid treatment that he learned from bis scout master in Rldgewood, N. J. He rolled the little body and worked the arms. When another boy came along Photo by American Press Association. "spikit of '76," by bot scouts at oco rmRSTows, k. t. be sent him posthaste for help, but before the doctor arrived the little girl showed signs of life. Hovr the ; girl had fallen Into the water she could not tell, but her par ents are satisfied that Ben saved her life. The Incident has been reported to the headquarters of the Boy Scouts I Qt America by E. 14Hjy scout jnas:

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bod Crane, Anthony Van Corlear, the Flying Dutchman, Rip Van Winkle and numerous other half-real people of the Hudson Valley peeping out irom some noon 01 me great steamer One need not even be surprised to see Boabdil and the charming Moorish Princesses of the Alhambra salute mm. Like the other steamers or. tne uay Line, the "Washington Irving" will carry no freight, no sleeping accom modations for passengers and no oar, but will be devoted absolutely to car ed. Hard coal is exclusively used on the Day Line, so that the trips will be smokeless as well as noiseless, dustless and smooth. ter, ana liie tjuetiTton or awarding a hero medal to Ben will be taken up at the next meeting of the executive board. Boy Scouts Study First Aid. At the suggestion of Charles Lynch major of the medical corps of the United States army, in charge of the first aid department, the test for the merit badge of first aid to the injured bas been arranged to comprise ten different phases of emergency work. Be fore a boy can obtain a first aid merii badge he must do the following things: Demonstrate artificial respiration, treat dislocation of the lower Jaw, apply proper dressing for a fracture of the upper arm, demonstrate treatment of wound of the neck with seyere arte rial hemorrhage, treat injury of the leg without severe hemorrhage, apply bandage to chest, apply dressings for fracture of thigh, show what to an for rupture of varicose veins of the leg with severe hemorrhage, treat bite of finger by mad dog. demonstrate res cue of person in contact with electricwire. Mr. Porcupine. "I really cannot tell you." said Mr. Por cuplne, "How very, very easily I get my food to dine. X walk out in the orchard, where the fruit ' la on the ground And simply rather all I wish by rolling round and round. There's really not a bit of use with gar dening- to grapple When one can just go out and get a por cuplneapplc." MESSENGER BOY IS SASSY TO OFFICER "If my boy had known that Mr. Wierhake was a policeman he would not have told him to go to h ," said Bock Robbins, in police court this morning, when his son William was arraigned on the charge of riding a bicycle on the sidewalk. Patrolman Wierhake, while sitting in front of his residence, 705 South Sixth street, Saturday afternoon, in citizen's clothes, cautioned yung Robbins, who is employed as a messenger boy, against riding on the sidewalk. The patrolman testified that Robbins cursed him. The youth was fined Jl and costs. Carrying $102 in "change" Joe Burkhardt was arrested by Patrolman Remmert early this morning on the charge of drunk. He entered a plea of guilty and was fined $1 and costs. V. N. Nare and Cendy Sileggi were each fined $1 and costs and Charles Reddinghaus was fined $5 and costs on the charge of drunk. Reddinghaus has been fined five times this year for drunk. The mayor promised him this morning that the next offense of this i nature would mean 140 days in the county jail for him. Ben Dallas was fined $1 and costs on the charge of assault and battery on William F. Hilling. Birds' Eggs. Ostriches lay the largest eggs of all birds now extant, according to a writer la the Scientific American, but the ostrich's egg would have appeared small beside that extinct Madagascar bird, the epyornis, which measured more than thirty inches in its smallest circumference. The smallest birds eggs are those of the minute species of humming birds, which are 'smaller than the eggs of certain kinds of tropical beetles. But the cuckoo lays the relatively smallest egg that is to say. while the Jackdaw and the cuckoo are about equal In size, the former's egg is five or six times larger than the hitter's. The fact that the cuckoo Is wont to deposit its eggs In the nests of birds which are usually much smaller than itself doubtless accounts for this. The relatively largest egg Is laid by the kiwi, a strange, wingless Xew Zealand bird. The egg Is no less than five Inches long, although the extreme length of the bird Itself is only twenty-seven laches. Scene Train stopping at small station. Irritable Old Gentleman What on earth do they stop at a station like this tori Objectionable Passenger (alighting) To aBow me to get out. Irritable Old Gentleman Ah! I it hat its adr&ntAxee then. ,

TOGO VIEWS UtiCLE

SAM'S JjEARGHTEBS Visit at Annapolis Academy on Monday Gave Him Keenest Pleasure. ANNAPOLIS, MdL, Aug. 7. Wel comed with a salute of 19 guns Ad miral Togo of the Japanese navy, the greatest warrior of the twentieth cen tury, arrived here today from Wash ington to inspect the V. S. naval academy. Today's visit perhaps gave the little fighting man from the orient the keenest pleasure of his visit and his attention to everything about the academy showed his pleasure. Accompanied by Assistant Secre tary of State Hale and Captain Potts of the U. S. Navy, and one of the visit ors personal staff, Adam Togo arrived in a special car on the W. B. & A. railroad from the national capital shortly before noon. The admiral keenly scrutinized the young .cadets in order to. make sure of the aize of America's sea fighters In . the . next generationToday's program calls for the return to Washington late in th eafternoon, dinner with Secretary Knox and a visit at the National Press Club. FAINTING SPELL IS SUFFERED BY POPE (National News Association) ROME, Aug. 7. Pope Pius suffered a severe fainting spell today which caused the deepest anxiety to the Vatican. Cardinal Merry del Val, papal secretary of state, was hastily summoned to the bedside of the aged pontiff and called doctors who applied restoratives. After a time his holiness rallied. The Popes sisters who have remained near the Vatican since the pontiff's health became precarious, were hastily summoned to the Vatican. Drs. Petaccia and Marchialva, per sonal physicians for the pope ordered a complete rest. SAFE FELL APART; $460 DISCOVERED A safe on its way from an obscure town in Louisiana to Hamilton, Ohio, was badly wrecked while waiting for its transfer at the Pennsylvania Lines freight house yesterday. The safe was in poor condition, and was being sent back to the makers for overhauling. When the door, In some manner, fell open, several papers of value, and $460 in money were dumped out on the railroad platform, where it stood all Saturday night. The safe evidenced much hard wear, and was badly rusted. The owners had hoped to see the big iron -box safe to its destination, and the accident came apparently without warning. Owing to the condition of the safe, not much surprise was felt at the unusual oc currence of having it fall to pieces The freight office people considered it lucky that all the money and papers were rescued without loss or damage. Gtt tht Orlgind end Cssstas m I LICK'S MALTED MILK Tht Food-drbk for All Aft For Infante, Invalids, and Growing children. Pure Nutrition, up building the whole body. Invigorates the nursing mother and the aged. Rich milk, malted grain, in powder form. A quick bach prepared in a minute. Take no substitute. Ask for HO RUCK'S. tlot la Any rJJIIir Trust We Can Pot Yon On A Cash Basis Today When MONEY is as cheap as this, there is no use for doing without it. Get rid of those small, troublesome bills. Borrow the MONEY from us and pay them all. We'll arrange your loan so that you can repay us in email weekly or monthly installments to suit your income. Jl Phone 2560 Take Elevator to Third Floor. 3 Car Loads 3 June Pasture It makes the HORSE FAT and the COW give more MILK. Cheapest and best feed that you can buy. OmerG.lVhelan Feed & Seed Store 33 Sooth 6th St. Phone 1679

BORAH DELIVERED A POWERFUL PLEA FOR TERRITORIES

Idaho Senator, Champion of New Mexico and Arizona, Tells Senate Why They Should Become States. (Continued from Page One.) being Invested, enterprises all over both territories were being held in abeyance pending statehood, and everything was in a generally demoralized condition. This has had its ef fect, and when the agreement for a vote on reciprocity and other measures was proposed, friends of the territories refused to become parties to it. until statehood was included. No Sale. "Gentlemen," ran the letter Just received by the firm, "we have decided not to keep the piano your agent left at the house for trial the other day. We find we are needing other things a great deal worse. Yours truly. "P. S. Last night a tornado blew our house down and scattered the furniture all over the neighborhood all except that piano. It Is in pretty bad shape, but there is enough of it left, we think, to be worth taking away. "N. B.-We had tornado insurance on everything else." Chicago Tribune. HEADACHE? Don't suffer atonies from headache. Caparine acts instantly stops the headache relieves the dangerous organic trouble that caused it. Some headache remedies are "pain killers" only. Don't take chances. Caparine regulates a gentle, laxative a sate stimulant. No evil atter-enects from tor high-strung nerves, overwork, biliousness, constipation, colds and grip Caparine is supreme. It is a prescription scientifically proportioned -first to stop Uurackimg pax, then to curt the canst of that Pain. Keep a package at home and carry one with-you to the office or when traveling. Take a capsule the moment you notice a headache coming on. At all druggists, 10c and 25c. DeKalb Drug & Chemical Co.. Ltd., DeKalb. III.

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The above is an actual photograph which we have just had taken of our beautiful pony,; four-passenger, four-wheeled, rubber tired trap and harness complete, which we will GIVE AWAY ABSOLUTELY ; FREE . in our great pony and cart contest. -

To the Boys and Girls: r - " ' Would you like to own this handsome outfit? We are going to give it to one of you. We are also going to give you 92 other prizes aggregating hundreds of dollars in gold, divided equally between the boys and. girls and distributed evenly over the county. Two boys and two girls in each and every ward of the city of Richmond and in each and every township in Wayne county will win a valuable prize, and one of these will also win the beautiful pony and cart. It will cost you not one penny in money and very little in effort. The only qualification is that you must be under 16 years of age and live in Wayne county. Write us a postal card stating your name, age, ward or township and post office address, or fill out this blank and mail it to us today, and you will receive full instructions by return mail.

To Feltman's Shoe Store, 724 My name is Age Ward or township ' Post Office Address 724 MAIN STREET,

Fettman's .losltore

TRAIN PASSENGERS IN NARROW ESCAPE

(National News Association) ' CHICAGO, Aug. 7. Sixty passen gers on the Pennsylvania Railroad. jlS-hour New York train today owe their lives to Engineer R. H. Summers, who, when the engine was derailed, . stayed at his post while the racing train sped for almost half a mile over the ties and finally ppled Tr nit struck a weaK part in tne roadbed half a mile south of Indiana harbor. Ind., last night. . Failure of a new airbrake to stop the rushing train after it had left tho tracks while speeding at sixty miles an hour, was given as the cause for the serious Injury to W. S. Noy, fireman. The train hit an obstruction on the track and the engine, tender and baggage car left the rails. The other coaches, however, remained on the tracks throughout the half-mile race. Teople wdo ffsh for compliments do not need long lines. They will get their best bites la shallow water. JUST TELL US THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THE TIME you want to use the same and we will make you that 'cannot be anything but satisfactory to you. We loan from $5.00 to $200 en Furniture, Pianos, Teams, Wagons, etc., without removal, and the same can be paid back In weekly or monthly payments. If you need money fill out tha following blank and send this ad to us.' Our agent will call on .you at once. ' We loan In all surrounding towns and country. Your Name Address .................. .. Richmond Locn Co. Colonial Bldg Room S , , - Richmond, Ind. lry tig i Main Street, Richmond, Ind. RICHMOND, IHDIAHA