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imp ?r DECEMBER 20, 1911 \ mm wm II I T ^UQ K!i.d You Have Always Bought* and whk^ baa been In use for over 30 yeara» luMi borne the slcnatiire of ^ ^ has been made under hls^^er^ •®“*^»«Pcrvl«lon since its inftocy. /y* Allow no one to deceive you In this* yi Coattt«?felt** Imitations and ** Jnst>4M->good*^ are bnt £xpcriiuents that trifle with and endanger the health of Iniaats and Childrenr-Bzperlenoe against Bxp«rlmen|» What Is CASTORTA £^%torla is »» harmless snbflCKute fbr Castor Oil, Pave* gorto, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It Is Pleasant. 1% contains neither Opiam» Moinphine nor other Karcotle luDStaacc. Its age Is Its guarantee. It destroys Wormi iiBd liliays Feverishness. It eures IMarrhoea and linnA It relieves Teething Tronblc^, cures Oonstlpation snd Flatulency* It assimilates the Pood* T^egulatos the gtomach and Bowels* giving healtny and natural sleeps 7be Cliildren’s Panaoear-'ThiO Mother's Fiiend. genuine CASTORIA ALWAYS Bmum tlM Signatnze of TIie llM'Yon Haye Always Bought In Use Por Over 30 Years. jMc rr mitmrun wnmwt, nmr vmk wrr» Commetce Commission Takes Issue With Commerce Couit E- Asjociated Perss. V.’ashin ;ton. D. C., Dec. 20.—Sharp • p ; taken by the interstate com- - . . ntnission ^Nith the commerce * - 0 2-^th annual report of the ■ fii; ^ transmitted to congress .Oilf T':e : -Je Is made principally upon - j»f ... ulari^ is Icnown as the trans- co; if. rate cases,” involving r ’ from the Atlantic to the . u a termonals and to inter- uiat i liuts. Existing I’ates of tha ■ /! : *.al lines from Eastern • - .-Rocky mountain cities •r r riallv higher than to Pacific 's. in a decision inter- ' p 1 .r.g-andrshort-haul pro- "••t’sent law. the inter- I’ommisiiiou. directed, 'a relation of races 1. '• .blished between the Pa- ii points of origin in five ..iilcii the United States . -.,1. . - 'I. he cH'c of the order was to re- ■■ rrirn^ to ^nt?r-Rocky mountain ci- tlts and ;iievent the railroads from ex- *.u ifom suippsrs the Paciflc coast •; )li.. fh ? local rates from Pacific ■ ! rr.:ircls to the intermediate ■V hc> orders of the commission r >1 r Jit ion of the tran&'continental I'-r: Mere enjoined by the com- cot ■ and ihe matter has been appeal to the United c ■ r’.’.preme court. ii; ;t ro iori to congress today the ^ . aiUi.ion declares that “it Is a ' r* transportation and there for? ’r.foonnmicai and vvTong to main- 'iia a system of tariffs which are ex- P' ■!: “Hded to develop the Paciflc i iUea and to arrest the develop ment of the interior points. “It is impoBsible to disassociate the intermediate from the long distance point. Whether the intermediate rate is reasonable depends upon what rate is made to other points on both »ides of it, and to permit the railroads of this country to select points where they will not compete would be in tolerable.’ In discussing the effect of water competition upon rates the commis sion says that it “can not fix a rate from New York to San I'Yancisco be- lov.- which the rail line shall not go, for it ha& no authority to fix a mini mum rate. There is, therefore, no way iu which it can prevent discrimi nation by fixing of an absolute rate at San Ftancisco and another«absolute rate at Reno. It can only acocnif>llsh this purpose by prescribing the differ ence which may properly exist owing to the effect of this competition and allowing the carrier to make whatever rate it sees At to the more distant point so long as it obsedves this dif ferential.’, The report indicates the desire of shippers from points in the interior of the country to obtain the same rates to the Pacific coast that are ac corded by the railroiads to their com petitors on the Atlantic seaboard. The rates are made the same by the trans continental lines on the ground of mar ket competition. “To justify their rates from coast to cop.st,” says the report, “the railroads advance water competition, and to jus tify the same rates from interior points to Pacific coast points they rely on market competition, under which they give lower rates from all the Give Your Wife a Set of Teeth for Xmas Our $5.00 Teeth Are Beautiful AND PAINLESS EXTRACTING FREE! Teeth Without Plates and Alvelor Dentures for Those Who Do Not With to Wear False Teeth. interior citfea twcMshirds of>.lhe way across the continent to the same coast cltiea than to Inter-mountaln points. This is the kind of discrimination the commission has attempted to mini mise/' While the commission recognizes' the full etfect of water competition upon the rail rates it says, “we have the frank admission of the railroad managers that they have subsidized or bought some of thes teamship lines apd terrorized others until they can make the boast that the effect of the sea has been "neutralized.” "A railroad policy of rate making must certainly be subject to limita tions of the law, or else there is no law. To say that there is a long-and- short-haul section under which a carrier may not charge more for the shorter than for the longer haul, but that the railroads may, to any extent they please carry out a policy of blank eting the country for the benefit of the farther points and not the nearer points, is to say that a railroad may, without restraint, effect a ruinous dis crimination or whim. There can be no regulation of rates as to discrimina- tl(Hi or preference under such an inter pretation of the law. “The commerce court intimates that the mistake of the commission is in having attempted to fix a relation of rates Instead of establishing reasona ble rates; but, as we have already pointed out, there is no way In which the discrimination found to exist in these tariffs can’ be prevented, ex cept by fixing a differential, since we have no p^wer to establish an abso lute rate or fix a minimum charge below w'hich the carrier is not free to go. “We feel strongly that >jFater com petition, even when the vilest reas onable latitude is given to the eifect of market competition, can not by any possibility Justify a higher rate from Omaha to Reno than from Omaha to San Francisco; from St, Paul to Spokane than from St. Paul to Seat tle. "Upon the other hand, it should be noted that the opening of the Panama canal may so add to the intensity of this water competition as to call for some modification of the conclusion now reached.’ The commission holds the fixing of reasonable rates to be a legislative function, not subject to review by the courts. Congress, it is maintained, has delegated that power to the com mission, and the intention is clear that th^ courts, in the opinion of the commission, has no power to review such rates as may have been estab lished through the orders of the com mission in the trans-continental ca?- The report declares that during the last year 652 cases, embodying 507 formal decisions were disposed of. During the year 881 formal complaints were filed and 12 proceedings' c£ liv quiry w^ere instituted by the comrals sion on its own initiative. In addition there were instituted 43 procsodins: of investigations and suspe:isica3 oZl tariffs containing proposed increasos and rates; 4,345 informal complainte; 5,653 claims; and 5,723 applications for relief from the operation of tho long-and-short-haul provision. At sessions of the commission held in Washington and elsewtere 943 hearings were held at which more thau 95,000 pages of testimony were taken. In the 12 months ended November 30, 1911, 121,829 tariff publicatione were filed! an average of more than 400 for each working day. An elaborate discussion is presented of the work of the,division of inquiry showing that since* December 1, 1910, 6a indictments for criminal violations of the act to regulate commerce were returned The aggregate of fines as sessed was $214,225. Many investiga tions* were made that disclosed prac tices not of Eufficient graylty to war rant prosecution but of such doubtful propriety that the commission ordered their discontinuance. In this connec tion the commision says significantly: It becomes increasingly evident that entire freedom from discrimina tion can be secured only by a com plete separation of tho bus-iness of transportation from every form of com mercial or industrial enterprises.” In conclusion the commission rec ommends that the law be amended so as to require telephone, telegraph and cable companies to publish, file and post their interstate tariffs; to make the Elkins act applicable to such com panies: that transportation companies be required to adopt a system of uni form classification of freight; to pro vide additional liafeguards in railroad transportation for employes and the public; to relieve the commisadon of the Jurisdiction of the street railways of the District of Columbia; to provide for the regulation ana control of capi talization and suitable provisions for the valuation of railway property; ^d that a suitable buUding be provided for the us# of the commission. LIEUTENANT 8AKUMA OF SUBMARINE NO. 6. Warm IS A GIFT TO PLEASE ANY MAN Espe5ially if it is .one of those pretty ones that have made our stock the most talked about in town. Wonder fully pleasing color effects with, sllp^ pers to match $3.50 to $40.00 We have hundreds of things nice for men’s Christmas ^fts and the price rajige is all the way from 10 cents to a hundred dollars. Ed Mellon Co Only Four More Days to Think About Thlsl but gave no sign of relaxing their ef forts. But the poisonous gases gradual ly overcame them; death clutched at their stout hearts, and one by one they fellr until Sakuma alone was left. j Surrounded by his dead comrades, with the shadow of death slowly creep ing upon him, iii his intense desire to serve his country to the last, he wrote his report of the cause of the accident and gave advice as to the best means of preventing a recurrence. Portions of the log read as follows: “I have no words to beg pardon for losing His Majesty’s boat and for kill ing my men, owing to my carelessness. But all the crew have well discharged their duties till their death and'have worked with fortitude. We have lost our lives in order to discharge our duties for the sake of the cbuntry. Our onl}^ regret is, however, that this accident may, we fear, cause a hinder- ance to the development of the sub marine. We earnestly hope, therefore. that without incurring such a mistake, you will make efforts with all your power for the investigation and devel opment of the submarine. . . . \. “I am glad all my men have discharg ed their duties admirably. 1 am greatly satisfied ” “I have always been prepared for death on leaving home. . . . “I humbly afek Your Majesty, the Emperor to be so gracious as not to let the bereaved families of my men be subjected to destitution. This Is the only anxiety which occupies my mind at present. ... “12:30 I feel great pain In breath ing.” At 12.40 the record ended, and Lieu tenant Tsutomu Sakuma passed out Of the service of the Imperial Japafiese Navy. When his body was recovered he was burled with the highest honors and a monument raised—by popular subscription—to his memory.—The Hu man Factor^ Everything modern is waiting for you at prices and terms you can afford. Our work Is guaranteed for 15 years. Sets of Teeth . Gold Filling never slip or DROP V $5.0C A SET 15 . $5 up $1 up. 60o Up Jerms, well don't worry; ‘•lete are arranged to ault. Open dally 8:30 a. m. to 8 p. ®‘J'’days 10 to 3. Appoint* "'ent con be made by Phone 365. Best service for least money. Attendant. - ; Silver Fllllno* Gold Crowns and Bridge Work $3, $4, $6 a Tooth No charge for Painless Extrac- tion where other work is being done. Dr. C. M. Beam of 310^11 Realty Bldg. 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Sak- commanding Submarine No. 6, wajB running with the conning-tower Just above the surface, when the chain on the sluice ,valve broke and the sea poured in. • . , After a desperate effort he succeeded In forcing the valve shut with his own hands, but not until the stem had near ly filled with water, wWdi caused the vessel to slowly sink to the bot tom. The hand-pumlh was promptly man- aed. but the water covered the electric generator and the lights were extin guished, leaving the men to work in total darkness. Stifling gases filled the little chamber and breathing became diffloult. Their only hope lay in the band-pump; if that failed to raise the submarine, a slow death from suffoca tion was sure to come to.^ery member of the crew. They stood faithfully by the pump and toiled calmly and silently on in the darkness. The commander was unable to see the gauge but he knew by the “feel" of the craft that their efforts were of little avail—that the vessel, scarcely moved. 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The season when all the world is kin—the time of family reunion, of merriment and generous giving. oai Santa Likes y To Drive Our, Sled .. May we remind those who are giving out of their fullness to our litle brethren in want and need that COAL to keep the body warm to keep the pot boiling IS A GENEROUS GIFT IS A USEFUL GIFT ^ IS A BLESSED GIFT AVANT Wood & Coal Co Phona 402 “ 558 A Delighted Purchaser of one of ouh' i Monitor Radiator tells us “I am heating seven rooms, with the amount of coal I would or dinarily consume in one grate” (Sev en times the space heated on the same coal consumption.) He is just one of the many pleased users of this wonderful stove, that are doing likewise. THE FIVE RADIATING FRONT FLUES is what does the work. No oth er stove has them. Let us show you. [. N. McGausland & Gofifpaoy •THE STOVE MEN” 221 South Tryon jStreet A Big Busines! 1st. We have a nice large fresh stock 2d. 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