Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 176, 29 May 1912 — Page 6

TftE RICTOIONDPALIiAPIIDI AND " SUX-TEIEGRAM, WEDNESDAY SEATT 29,1018.

ROCKEFELLER WAS STOBBORfl WITNESS King Denies Evasion of Oil Decision in Battle of Wits.

(National News Association) NEW YORK, May 29. John D. Rockefeller, retired head of the dissolved Standard Oil company, was Jplaced on the witness stand yesterday ?to tell whether he believed the comIpany had really been dissolved under ithe decree of the United States Supreme court. The aged millionaire successfully parried severe cross examination, evading direct answers to many questioiw, but indignantly denied all suggestions that there had been any effort to evade the decree of the court. Mr. Rockefeller appeared as a witness in the action brought nominally by the state of Missouri to compel the inspectors of the election of the stockholders of the Waters-Pierce Oil comjpany at St. Louis last February to vote ithe proxies of the Rockefeller and othter Standard Oil interests, which had tamed Standard Sll men as officers off the company. Allegations of "Farce." The inspectors refused on the ground that to do so would violate the dissojlution decree of the Supreme court of fehe United States and of the decision )Of the Missouri Supreme court ousting ithe Standard Oil company of Indiana ifrom the former state. The Waters-Pierce interests alleged fln fighting to prevent the Standard Oil representatives from gaining control iof the company that the manner in Which the Standard Oil interests had Observed the decree of the United States court was "farcical." Mr. Rockefeller was examined by (Samuel Untermeyer, counsel for the Waters-Pierce Interests, that caused ithe witnesses to pound his fists on the table to emphasize his indignant denials of pointed questions as to whether the decree of the court had Hbeen in fact carried out. Answers in His Own Way. Mr. Untermeyer had the utmost difficulty throughout the examination to get him to answer questions by "yes" or "no." Mr. Rockefeller persisted in ! giving his own answers in his own !way, nor could he be induced to change his tactics even after Commissioner Abraham L. Jacobs, appointed jtotake the testimony, had instructed ihimto give a direct answer. M Untermeyer drove hard at Mr. Rockefeller to get him' to explain the plan adopted for dissolution of the Standard Oil company and how it was that the "old company" named the directors and officers of the segregated constituent companies. After declaring he had given the reorganization of these companies no attention, and that he had turned his Waters-Pierce holdings over to "the "gentlemen in charge of the reorgani sation," because "they knew beBt what j tto do," Mr. Rockefeller, who had been j talking with a gentle, well modulated J "voice, was asked the question as to whether he had discussed a plan to "cut loose and hold tight." It was here , that he brought his fist down on the table to emphasize his indignant denial. , " "The matter of these reorganizations is something I have given no -attention to at all," he added. "Then how do you know whether It Is being managed so as to cut loose land hold tight if you say you don't ihnow anything about it?" pursued Mr. .Untermeyer. , . "I think you are making a mistake In claiming in repeating what I undertook to say," replied the witness. "You say you don't know how it was .done. You tell us now you don't know thow this disintegration was being done? Am I right about that, or am fl wrong? I want you to answer me in that. That is a plain question. Either you do know or you don't know. How ia this being done?" , "I have nothing to do with that .Jwork at all." "Do you know how it is being done, fSren or no?" "I don't know the particular steps ftakenu in each case. Each Should Fulfill Function. ' j "Is there, Mr. Rockefeller, so far !tas you know, any plan for the man agement of these subsidary compan ies Have you been made acquainted rwith any? "I have never been made acquainted yith anything else than that there iras a plan that these companies, leach should fulfill its own function." "There was a plan, as I understand It, to try to obey the decree and yet jko run the business together?" "No sir," answered the witness, iBgain raising his voice. "Each of ItheBe Interests is distinct." JOHN JUMBO GIVEN HIS RELEASE TODAY John Jumbo, the Hungarian arrested Monday for indiscriminate target practice near his home on North Seventeenth street, was released from the charge of shooting within the city limits in court this morning. He was admonished to refrain from further practice of this nature. He said he shot lor "fun" but more amusement of this nature is to be denied him without he pays heavily for it in police court. GREAT ACTIVITY IN THE REALTY FIELD A greater activity In real estate is fcelng noted this year than for many years past. Although just at present there is somewhat of a lull in the transfer of property, the past three months have been exceedingly busy ones in the realty field. Benjamin B. Myrick, manager of the .Wayne county Abstract company with )ffices in the court house states that this spring has been an exceptionally remarkable one. He says that most transferring of property is done either the Spring or Pall.

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Forrest Smithson, world's greatest high hurdler, who has started training to get in shape for the 1912 Olympiad. Smithson, who smashed the world's record for the 110-meter high hurdles in the 1908 Olympic at London, displayed his old-time form the first dar he donned the spiked shoes after his two years' absence from the -cinder path. All he lacked was his endurance. He weakened a little on the last two hurdles. Recently he declared that it is his intention to be in absolutely perfect condition to represent his country this summer, so that he cannot only make the representatives of other nations look sick, but smash his own world's mark as well.

HOW WE LIKE THE DISK HARROW

BY ISAAC L. TOTTEN. The principal reason that we like the disk harrow is: it will put the J ground in good tilth when it is practically impossible to do so by the use of other tillage implements. Next to the manure spreader, the disk harrow is, in our estimation, the one most valuable farm implement at the farmer's disposal today. This spring we have had some very rough, and some very tough sod to deal with. The sod was so rough that It could not be turned over as it should be even with the riding plow. We tried to roll the plowed ground in order to get it in shape for the smoothing harrow; but that did not do the work, and it was quite evident that something else must be done. & The roughness of the ground prevented the furrow slice from coming in direct contact with the soil beneath and this meant that should the season be dry, there would be danger of the crop burning out. Our solution of the problem was the disk harrow. We tried disking the sod both ways and then rolling it before plowing. This procedure not only corrected the rough condition of the sod, but it made the plowing much easier for the horses as well as for ourself. And it was found that, although the roller firmed the sod, the disking cut up the sod that was turned under, thus forming a much better moisture contact with the subsoil than when the sod is turned under without disking. " We believe that it is a very good L practice to disk both sod and old ground before plowing. This idea is not original with us; it is practiced by many farmers. In regard to this practice, a friend of ours says: "If ground is disked before it is plowed, the fine mulch of dirt turned under with the turned over furrow jd the ground underneath forms the means or capinary attraction, -S 1. 1 A A 1 1 thua 1 making a much bettertseed bed than is possible when the ground is turned without previous disking. For example: when plowing corn stalk ground which has not been disked, the corn stalks and trash form air spaces so that capillary attraction cannot be formed with the under layer of ground. A compact seed bed cannot be made and the moisture in the subsoil is prevented from rising to nourish the roots of the growing plants. This same thing is true of ground which is not mellow. "Suppose in a dry fall a field of stubble land has been cleared of shocks and is ready for fall plowing; If the farmer would disk the stubble thoroughly as soon as the shocks are removed, a loose mulch would be formed which would help to avoid ex cessive evaporation of that moisture which remains in the soil, allow the moisture in the subsoil to accumulate near the surface, and prepare the surface to absorb the rains readily, this enabling the farmer to plow in a field, when, under ordinary conditions the ground would be too dry and hard. A bulletin issued by the North Carolina Experiment Station tells of the value of the disk harrow in preventing the alleged souring of soil by the plowing under of green manures. It Is claimed that In many instances in the south when cow peas and the like are plowed down in a mass at the bottom of the furrow slice, the decaying mass will cut off the moisture in the lower soil from that above the plowed down crop. This produces an effect called souring. The bulletin states that If the green crop which is to be plowed down Is

cut up with a disk harrow and then

plowed in rather than plowed down, no bad effects will be produced. The bad effects which may arise from plowing down masses of green or dry vegetation we believe is just as apt to occur here as in the south and that the practice of disking before plowing , will prove to be the proper method to follow. The sod which we had to deal with this spring was so tough that the ordinary harrow would not work it up into a suitable seed bed, but the disk harrow proved that it was equal to the occasion. Of course, all sod ground is not as hard to get in shape as that which we had, yet we believe that there are certain soil conditions which must be overcome in order that' good crops may be raised, and that the implement, and only implement that we know of that will overcome the conditions satisfactorily, is the disk harrow. One of our neighbors says that he does, not like to use a disk harrow in plowed ground because it has a tendency to turn the sod, but we cannot see that it turns any more sod than the ordinary peg or spring tooth harrow if the sod is rolled before the disk is used. In fact we have disked our sod without rolling it and could J not see that the disk turned the sod enough to offset the good that it did compared with the other kinds of harrows. When it comes to working up. fall plowed ground in the spring we know of no other tillage implement that equals the disk harrow, especially if the ground has been considerably packed. We noticed a field this spring that had been plowed last fall. The dead weeds had not been turned under very well and they stuck up between the furrows in a very unsightly manner and would no doubt have interfered to a large extent in planting and cul tivating the ground had not the own- . er of the field used the disk harrow to advantage. After he had disked the field thoroughly there was very few of the dead weeds to be seen. It is a fact, of course, that the disk harrow required a great amount of horse power, but the good work that it does is certainly sufficient pay for the power required to use it Where the ground is not too soft. we prefer using the truck instead of the tongue " which relieves neck weight. On soft ground, however, the truck seems to sink in so deeply that it Increases the draft to such a large extent that it is harder on the horses than the neck weight would be when using the tongue. In many places the disk harrow is known as a pulverizer find this name Is quite suitable to it, because it thoroughly pulverizes the ground giV' ing a better physical or mechanical condition of the soil than can be obtained by the use of other tillage im plements. Some farmers have condemned the use of the disk harrow, but this is be cause they misunderstand its use. It does not take the place, of the plow as so many seem to think, Some crops seem to do very well when put in with the disk harrow, but in most cases the disk should precede the plow to obtain the best results. The disk harrow's adaptability to the protection of moisture, it use in the destruction of weeds, ita use in the preparation of the surface soil for the encouragement of rapid percolation of rainwater, and for pulverizing a somewhat cloddy field and improving the physical condition of the soil makee it a moat valoable implement.

M'HARG PROPOSES

COM PLAN Wants Uncontested Dele gates to Decide on the Temporary Chairman. (National Kw Association j CHICAGO, May 29. Uncontested delegates to the Republican national convention may be called on to decide whether Senataor Elihu Root of New York or Gov. Herbert S. Hadley of Missouri shall preside as temporary chairman. Ormsby McHarg, who will represent the Roosevelt forces in the contest hearings before the national committee, suggested upon his return to Chicago from St. Paul that this would be a fair way to settle the controversy. Mr. Root is the choice of the subcommittee on arrangements of the national committee. Gov. Hadley is reported to be Col. Roosevelt's personal selection. Mr. McHarg raised the point that the subcommittee exceeded its authority in choosing the temporary chairman and declared it a custom rather than party law for the national com-J mittee to make up the temporary roll. McHarg Talks of Situation. Mr. McHarg had nftt heard officially that Gov. Hadley had been chosen as the Roosevelt candidate to oppose Root, but he did not doubt the press reports to this effect. "It is untrue," he said, "that I went to Minnesota to arrange for Senator Clapp's selection." "There is a precedent," he added, "for the convention overriding the action of the national committee in the selection of a temporary chairman. This was done in 1884. I do not know whether all the delegates or only the uncontested delegates then voted, but my idea is that only those whose seats are not disputed have a right to participate on the temporary roll. "As I now figure it there will be 654 Roosevelt delegates on the first ballot, irrespective of the result of the contest bearings before the nationquick victory. i Mr. McHarg will go on to Washington to return on Sunday and remain until the battle is over. He telegraphed Senator Joseph M. Dixon of Montana, chairman of the national Roosevelt campaign committee, urging him to demand of the national committee that the contest hearings be thrown open to members of the press. "We have nothing to cover up in these contests and it would be in keeping with our campaign to take the people of the United States into our confidence in all matters affecting this campaign," the message read. Col. Harry S. New, the recognized Taft spokesman on the committee, indicated that Mr. McHarg's plan would meet with ' opposition from the president's friends. Col. New insists he is not being "kicked, out" of politics by the filing of the Beveridge contest against the Taft allies. The colonel said he determined nearly a year ago this would be his last year of service as the national committeeman from Indiana, and that he so advised his political friends and advisers, and even so declared publicity in interviews published in the Indianapolis papers. Gives Support to Goodrich. Matters have even reached the point, so Col. New explained, that he has promised his personal support to James P. Goodrich of Winchester as his successor in the national committee and that if the Taft-New men are in control of the Indiana delegation when the caucus is held, Goodrich certainly will be elected, if all reports from Indiana are correct. Reports which have drifted into the Coliseum offices have demonstrated that there is to be a pretty general shakeup in the membership of the national committee. One of the reports which came from Roosevelt sources is that Edwin W. Sims of Chicago is likely to be the next secretary of the national committee if the Roosevelt men are to be in control.' Mr. Sims, who is former district attorney at Chicago, has been in active charge of the western Roosevelt headquarters ever since they were opened. Col. New announced that tickets to the convention would not be distrib uted until forty-eight hours before the opening. He said counterfeiting of the tickets was feared because of the unprecedented demand. One of tha Family. Tibbie had been placed by her annt In a situation as maid of all work In a family of three. At the end of a week the aunt "stepped along In" to see how Tibbie was getting on. "Do yon like your work?" asked the aunt. 'Tls fair." said the laconic Tibbie. '"And are they making yon feet at home?" "Whiles they are, and whiles they aren't" "Now. what do yon be meaning by that?" asked the aunt impatiently. -Aweel," said Tibbie, "they have na1 asked me to gang f kirk wi' them yet. but last night they went on wi' grand qoarrt they were having, all the three o' tbem. wi' me takklng the dishes oft ,o' the table, jlst as U I'd been one o the family." X oath's Com paaion. Getting Evldenoe. The witnesses were at the Waterford assizes in a case which concerned long continued poultry stealing. As usual. nothing coald be got from them in the way of evidence until the nearly baffled prosecuting counsel asked in aa angry tone oi voice, win you swear on year soal, Pat Murphy, that Phady Hoollcan has never te your knowledge stelen chickens?" The re sponsibility of this was too much even for Pat. "Bedad. I would hardly swear by my seaL" he said, "bat 1 do knew that if 1 was a chicken and Phady was a beat rd roost ileal"

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BASEBALL RESULTS

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

Columbus 27 16 .628 Toledo 24 15 .615 Minneapolis 24 16 .600 Kansas City 22 20 .524 SL Paul 20 2S .465 Milwaukee 15 23 .395 Indianapolis . . : 16 26 .381 Louisville 14 23 .378

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Columbus, 5; Indianapolis, 3. St. Paul, 8; Kansas City. 5. Milwaukee, 3; Kansas City, 2. Louisville-Toledo, rain. GAMES TODAY. Indianapolis at Columbus. Toledo at Louisville. NATIONAL LEAGUE. New York . . .6 26 Cincinnati 23 Pittsburgh 16 Chicago 17 St. Louis 18 Philadelphia 14 Boston 13 Brooklyn 9 6 14 16 17 21 17 23 22 .813 .622 .500 .500 .462 452 .361 .290 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Chicago, 10; Cincinnati, 2. St. Louis, 7; Pittsburgh. 4. Philadelphia. 10; Boston, 8. New York, 5; Brooklyn, 4. GAMES TODAY. Cincinnati at Chicago. St. Louis at Pittsburgh. New York at Philadelphia. Boston at Brooklyn. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Chicago 27 Boston 22 Detroit 18 9 12 18 18 16 18 20 24 .750 .647 .500 .486 .484 .437 .375 .294 Washington 17 Philadelphia 15 Cleveland 14 New York 12 St. Louis 19 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Detroit, 5-6; St. Louis, 0-2. Washington, 8; New York, 8. Boston. 7; Philadelphia, 3. Chicago, 7; Cleveland, 3. rain. Second GAMES TODAY. Detroit at St. Louis. Chicago at Cleveland. Washington at Boston. Philadelphia at New York. REDS WALLOPED. CHICAGO, May 29. Chicago got to Gasper and Keefe for eight hits in the third inning Tuesday, scored nine runs and won the second game of the se ries from Cincinnati, 10 to 2. Brown held his opponents to six hits and also his safely three times, one for a dou ble. Score: Chicago 0 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 x 10 Cincinnati 1 010000002 Runs Scheckard, Tinker 2, Zimmer man, Hofman, Saier, Evers, Needham, Brown 2, Be6cher 2. Two-base hits Sheckard, Tinker, Zimmerman, Brown. Three-base hit Zimmerman. Hits Off Gaspar, 5 in 2 1-3 innings; oft Keefe, 6 in 5 2-3 innings. Sacrifice hit Hoblltzel. Stolen bases Bescher, Tinker, Clark 2. Double play Esmond to Egan to Hoblitzel. Left on bases Chicago, 7 ; Cincinnati, 7. Flrfit base on balls Off Brown, 3; off Gaspar, 2; off Keefe, 4. Hit by pitcher Needham. Struck out By Brown, 3; by Keefe, 2. Time 1:45. Umplres Clem and Bush. Sporting Gossip Up to May 22 the Pittsburgh Pirates had 12 postponed games on their schedule. "John" Clarke, recently released by Kansas City, has refused an offer from the New Orleans club. Billy Jones, the stubby outfielder from Maine, has been released by the Boston Nationals to the Louisville club. Hank Perry, of Detroit Local Num ber 1, has been doing some nice work in the outfield during Ty Cobb's ab sence. The most valuable player in the Pa cific Coast league will be presented EThis year it's the 5 "BALLOT." Every S good citizen ought s ZZ to enjoy its advan- s j tages. ' EE 5 "Ballot" is the comfort- EE able low .collar with S 5; "Easy-Tie-Slide" space S and patented "Lock-that- s S Locks." S The wide switching adds EE S a syle distinction to this SS collar that you are sure mm rr like. T

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wiith an automobile, at the close of

the season. Fred OdelL formerly of the Cincinnati Reds, t has succeeded William Johnstone, as manager of the Marion team In the Ohio State League. Ty Cobb is not the only one. Several years ago "Kid" G lea son, playing in Baltimore jumped into the grandstand an'd walloped a spectator. Frank Fogarty. the "Dublin minstrel." is mascottlng with the Chicago White Sox and dong his share in keeping the Sox up in the race. "Cy" Young says that the Boston Red Sox outleld. Speaker, Hooper and Lewis, flashes the most spectacular work he ever has witnesses on a ball field. Manager Johnny Kling is working his head off trying to keep the Boston Braves in the running, but the Braves don't seem to be able to start anything. The Champion Athletics are not alone in the hard struggle to get start ed, as a large number of baseball cahmpions have been up against it so far this season. New Orleans, In the Southern League; Dayton in the Central League; Peoria, In the Three-I League; Austin. In the Texas League; Po land. In the Pacific Coast League and Winston-Salem, in the Carolina League, all pennant winners last season, are at present either there or flirting with the last position in the standing. WITH THE BOXERS. Two 12-round bajuts to a draw with Champion Johnny Kilbane is marked to the cerdit of Jimmy Wal6h. The Pilgrim A. C. of Boston is try ing to match Mike (Twin) -Sullivan or Jimmy Gardner with Mike Gibbons. Marcel Moreau defeated George Gunther, the colored middleweight. In 12 rounds before a club in Paris re cently. LATE MARKET NEWS Furnished by A. W. Thomson Co.. Second National Bank Bldg. Phone 2709. Correspondents, Logan and Bryan. NEW YORK STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, May 29. Open High Low Close Copper 824 83V4 Sl 82 Am Smeltg . 85 86 84 85 U S Steel .. 70 70 69 69 US Steel pfd. 110 110 110 110 Pennsylvania 123 123 123 123 St Paul 106 106 105 105 B & O 108 108 N Y Central. 118 118 117 118 Reading .... 172 173 170 170 Can Pac ... 266 267 265 267 Gt Northn .. 133 133 132 132 Un Pac 171 171 170 171 No Pac 120 121 119 120 Atchison .... 106 106 105 106 L & N 157 157 So Pac ' 111 111 110 111 Am Can com.. 38 39 37 38 Am Can pfd. 116 117 116 116 CHJCAGO GRAIN CHICAGO, May 29. Wheat

Open High Low Close May 114 114 112 113 July 111 111 HOVi 110 Sept J06 106 106 106 -Corn , j May 80 81 80 80 ' July 75 75 75 75 Sept 73 73 72 72 OatsMay 54 54 53 63 July 50 50' 49 50 . Sept 42 42 42 42

City Statisticsl

Deaths and Funerals. LANTZ Mary A. Lantz, aged sev enty one years, widow of David Lantz, died this morning at six o'clock at her home, 23 North Eleventh street. She Is survived by one son, George Lantz, of Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. Lantz was an active member of the Pythian Sisters and the Woman's Relief Corps. Funeral arrangements will be announc ed later. Palladium Want Ads Pay.

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Plowing An Acre of Ground In Less Than Four Minutes Saturday afternoon and evening the ARCADE THEATRE, Richmond, Indiana, will show. motion pictures exhibiting the modern way of farming. In In these pictures I. H. C. Engines play a very prominent part. ' Do Not Fall to See This Show

COLLEGE BIRTHDAY Nat tonal Nawa Aacvclattoa) DAVIDSON. N. C. May 25. Thi

was a red-letter day for Davidson Col lege, the occasion being an all-day celebration In honor of the completion el the seventy-ifth year of the iaaUaotion. Former Governor Robert B. Glenn presided over the exeroUea, which were opened with an hlstoitoml address by Rev. A. R. Shaw of Charlotte. Addresses of greeting were de livered by President Aledrman of the' University of Virginia. President Venable of the University of North CareU-! na. President Pot eat of Furman University. Rev. A. M. Ftaser of StaunUn. j Va., Rev. Neal L. Anderson of Wlns-ton-Salem and others. : Burma's government Is one of the sufferers from the Chinese revolution. : as China is the chief market for Burmese jade. Kennedy's . 'The Blgaest Little Store In Town." Is the Place for Wedding and Graduation Gifts. If you are looking for good values at little prices, we are the people. Give Us a CalL Satisfaction Guaranteed. FRED KENNEDY Jeweler 526 Main Street Er Sheep and hog, also horoa and cattle always are abject to deadly attacks of wonts, . These ravenons pests multiply by' the million, starve your stock, keep them poor, wsak and oat of condition. 4 . mmm . 5ErVET KM Worm It is a wonderful, medi cated salt positively guaranteed to kill and expel all stomach and free intestinal worms. Used by leading stock men, not only to kill worms, bat to condition stock; sharpens the appetite, tones , ap the system and puts them in fine shape to f get top-market prices. 81 -Vt to kwwa tbe country ever ee the tiMlwom destroyer en 4 conditioner. Coats leae tbae 1-tt eent per bead e day for acta hcep er boc; a trifle nor for etber stock. Rmnmmbir, It'm Qnigley Drag Stores 121 !K. E SL Ith & Uzhk Sts. ED-A-FEL 5c Clgar All Dealers. 609 Main Street

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