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| "t ruth in Advertising ” Sought by Bill Before Congress That
: Bars Interstate Tr'ade if Statements Are Likely to Mislead
I! . Unde Sam will Join hands with
(! America’s Better Business Bureaus
J 1 to enforce more “truth in adver
f ( tisine" if (’onsrress adopts a bill
tj by Schuvler Merritt, of Stamford.
| Conn., favorably reported to the
| House by the Committee on Inter
( «tst. and Foreign Commerce,
i This bill, commonly known as
J “The Misbranding Bill" prohibits
| anv advertising which deceives or
| misleads, or is intended or likely
j to deceive or mislead, with respect
| to any and all commodities shinned
[ In interstate commerce—whether
| they be motor cars, baking powder
| or chewing gum
| The necessity for curbing eg
[ travagant, false pr misleading ad
| vertising. as well as the deliberate
> misbranding of the articles them
) selves, was emphasized to the enm
-5 Tnittee by Huston Thompson, for
j mer chairman of the Federal Trade
j Commission, charged with enfo’rce
| ment of the advertising and mis
-5 branding sections of the bill,
j A prohibitive against misbrand
j, Ing. Thompson pointed out. could
| become effective only by the actual
| movement of such articles in inter
| state commerce. “While such a
l provision would probably reach
j cases of misbranding.” he said,
{ “the Commission has found a very
( large part of harmful, false ad
[s vertising is not directly connected
< with the shipment of goods, but
? lies in the preliminary field of ad
vertisement. And the preliminary
■ advertising is quite as harmful as
that which is connected with a sale
{ or shipment.”
The extent to which false and
THE CASE-FOWLER
MURDER TRIAL AT MONROE
Chum Dasher and a Mule Play Proms
neut Parts in the Trial.
Monroe. Jan. 20.—After the exhni
inatiou of n few more witnesses this
morning, attorneys took up argu
ment in the case of the state against
Bertha Case, for the slaying of Frank
Fowler.
With witnesses telling divergent
tales of the homicide, the ease resolv
ed itself into which wns to be believ
ed, with a mass of details centering
around n loose mule, a thrown shoe,
a short skirt, feeding the baby, the
churn dasher, a hat, a hammer, a
razor, a pistol and locked door, the
prosecution and defense battled in
deductive argument, each side trying
to harmonize the story of its witnesses
with what would have been natural
consequences in the light of physical
possibilities and human inclinations.
The loose mule, which was chased
about the farm by Frank Fowler, the
deceased, on the morning of the kill
ing. the shoe, which it was alleged
each threw at the other, the short
skirt over which the dead man and his
paramour had unpleasautries,' the
feeding of the baby on adult rations
over which they disagreed, played no
particular part in the case except
that ench aide used the occurrence to
show that the other was in a state
of high temper.
Whereabouts of Hat.
Around the hat hung the issue of
wHetlier the dead man went to the
front room to get his hat to go ta
work or whether he went there to in
flict punishment on the woman with
whom he was living. Witnesses told
different stories as to the whereabouts
of the hat and its part in the game,
and it became a question of which was
to be believed.
The chtirn dashed with which Ber
tha hit Frank, was used by the prose
cution to show that the devil was in
Bertha; and that Frank, although
was mild on the occasion, else he
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EVEN in the midst of wedding
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of Rodman Wanamaker, just
brought from Italy to this coun
try where it will be permanently
held. ‘The collection is a won
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treasures," said Mr. Stokowski.
The chief instrument in the col
lection is the “Swan”, the last
violin made by Stradivarius, in
1737, the year of his death—and
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Other noted instruments are a
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THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE
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SchuvLeb Mebcitt,
CONGRESSMAN FBQM •STAMFOED, CONN.
misleading advertising has been
carried in many fields. Congress
man Merritt says, is found to be
1 too great to enumerate in detail in
i the committee’s report to Con
■ gress. “In dealing with false ad
' vertising,” he said, “the committee
■ was confronted with so many dis-
I sering practices that it decided not
: to attempt enumeration. There is
■ no doubt, however, about the pow
' er of Congress to deny the chan
i nels of interstate commerce to ar
! tides, the sale or shipment of
which is induced by false advertise-
I meats.”
would have returned the eompliment
instead of merely staying its further
use. The defense made no reply to
the churn dasher allegation.
The hammer in the ease was one
which Mrs. Frank Helms testified
that .-he had seen under the pillow on
Bertha’s side of the bed some time
prior to the killing. She testified that
Bertha said that "she had it there to
use on Frank Fowler." The prosecu
tion used the incident to show malice,
but the defense proved that both Ber
tha and Frank laughed about the
hammer to offset the argument.
The razor was one found between
the springs and the mattress on the
bed in the room where tile killing took
place and Bertha said (hat this was
the razor with which Frank wns
chasing her when she shot him. The
prosecution argued that it would
have been a physical impossibility un
der the circumstances for Frank to
have placed the razor there after be
ing shot, and that it would have been
unnatural for the physical man that
he was to use a razor on n woman,
and that Bertha had the razor there
as she had the hammer, for malicious
purposes.
The pistol with which the killing
was done was found under the pillow
on Bertha's side of the bed. The pros
ecution held that she knew it was
thare and for this reason dashed
ahead of Frank to the room to use it.
The defense held that when she got
it she tried to get out the front door,
according to her testimony, and found
it locked, and that she shot then in
self-defense.
The locked door to which Bertha
testified, was offset by the other wit
ness present, Will Fowler, by Frank
Helms, who entered it two minutes
after the shooting, and others.
J. C. M. Vann, of the prosecution,
pointed out that if Bertha had wish
ed to escape there were two other
doors through which she could have
gone and through which it would have
been natural for her to have gone.
The prosecution argued that Will
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chim-1723, the Dancla-1710 and
La Chesnay-1687. They will be
used in concerts at the Wana
maker auditoriums in New York
and Philadelphia. The collection
is valued at a quarter of a million
dollars.
Stokowski has been conductor
of the Philadelphia Orchestra
since 1912. Largely through his
efforts the orchestra has reached
pre-eminenci in tne musical
world.
Stokowski's marriage, on Mon
day, January Mth, to Miss
Evangeline Brewster Johnson of
New York City, came as a great
surprise to all but a few of his
friends.
In some instances. It is asserted,
claims are made through house-to
house canvassers aqd demonstrat
ors which would be clearly subject
to prosecution if placed on the la
bels of articles. The representations
thus made are declared to he some
times misleading as to the purity,
healthfulness, and inrredients of
the articles, but nre not subject to
prosecution under present laws as
to labelling because th" statements
are made elsewhere than on the
package itself. .
An example mav he given iiuthe
following explanation, which, al
though typical of the class of mis
representations used in this man
ner. is not one which is known ns
actually in use by any advertisers.
A circular might inform customers
that a given product contains no
salt while the iahel of the nroduct
hoars the words “Sodium Chloride.”
Unless the housewife remembers
her hieh schol chemistry she may
not identify the “sodium chloride”
as “salt” and he deceived.
This tynp of misleading adver
tising should soon disappear if the
provisions of the Men-itt Bill are
enacted into law. as thp hill covers
all articles “advertised hy letter,
circular, catalogue. newspaper,
periodical, bill hoard or otherwise,
in a manner which deceives or mis
leads. or is intended or likely to
deceive or mislead.” Under the
restrictions proposed, the prepara
tion of advertisements would no
longer he a field for romantically
imaginative writers. Only those
who could follow it as an exact
science would nuslifv.
FIRMS SHOULD AID EMPLOYE
IN THRIFT PRACTICES
By 8. W. STRAUS,
President American Society for
Thrift.
THE newspapers recently have
been giving considerable space to
the outlines of various welfare and
thrift plans
—•' I made use of by
business organ!
' benefit ot tbeit
becoming more
others is to offer
TCW. sTrAUs them practical
encouragement
In thrift practices. This idea is he
ing carried out in various ways
Some organizations are helping
their employees build and own their
own homes; others are encouraging
them in the ownership of stock in
the organization where they are
erpplo7ed, and still others are eggry
ing. out plans by which employer
are able to save a considerable sum
of money as they go along.
It is an encouraging sign ot the
times that business interests are
taking an increased interest in the
personal progress of the members
of their organizations.
To be happy and successful in
business requires happiness and
success in the home.
Thus business organisation!
which encourage thrift among
their employes are in turn reaping
the reward# «( greater efficiency.
Bnt this ti not to be viewed from
the standpoint of selfishness. Whll«
the company secures benefits from
this'thrlft of its employes, the com
munity, the nation and society in
general are likewise benefited. The
establishment of a thrifty family in
a community is always ah added
force to the progress ot that com*
m unity.
It is to be hoped that, with the
development of the new year, a
growing number of business organ
izations will see the wisdom and
value of encouraging thrift among
tbeif members.
If this could become a generally
accepted practice throughout the
business world, it would make 1926
(he greatest year for progress in the
history of our country.
Fowler and not Bertha page was to
be believed for the reason that this
woman, now testifying in her own be
half, would tell a lie most certainly,
for she had for three years lived a lie
in making the and kins
men of Fowler thing that she was
Ills legal wife.
Louis XVI was fastidious in some
things but not all. Disliking the
prevailing style of oblong handker
chiefs he issued a decree ordering
manufacturers to make them square,
and square they have remained.
Ruskin outlined a plan in Sesame
and Lilies similar to the Boy Scouts,
long before Baden Powell organized
them.
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The Dmttti of Cardinal Merrier.
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Cardinal Merrier, the Belgian
“Apostle of Peace,” *ho stood out as
' one of the giant figures of the World
War, is dead. No man, neither pri
• vote in die trench nor commander in
chief of the allied armies, was more
definitely a soldier than Merrier. He
★as embattled from the day of the
invasion of hie country until the
enemy was forced back to the Rhine.
Merrier was the highest type of
ecclesiastic, faithful to his church but
faithful first to his people. His fidel
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because he stood as positively for in
tellectual and religious growth as for
political integrity. Once, long be
fore the war. this spirit involved him
in serious difficulty with the Catholic
hierarchy, chosen by Pope Leo XIII
to organise the church’s institute of
philosophy at the University of Lou-
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vain, Merrier proved himself worthy
of the distinction by declaring that
Catholic dogma “did not constitute an
ideal which it was forbidden to at
tempt to surpaaa, or g frontier defin
ing the activities and limits of the
mind.”
This courageous expression brought
about a crisis in his priestly career,
but he was able to hold the respect
and favor of the pope when summon
ed to Rome to defend himself before
a hostile College of Cardinals.
During the period of the German
occupation of Belgium, Merrier was
the greatest support of the Belgian
morale and the chief obstacle to
complete German domination of the
little kingdom. The allied world
during the war and since has shown
its appreciation of the high quality
of hia Services, conferring'honors up
on him, but the cardinal dropped hack
after peace was made in the same
PAGE THREE
simple role of humble spiritual ad
viser of his people that he had filled .
before the war. The war did not
“make” Cardinal Merrier a great man,
it served merely to reveal his great*,’
neBS. ’
Case Trial Nearing Rod.
Monroe. N. C., Jan. 26.—(A 1
trial of Bertha Case, charged withuAe
murder of Frank Fowler, with tftbggn
she ndmits she lived several jamjs
“without benefit of clergy” jvastjSlqy
nearing an end in Superior'’ Onurt
here.
Fowler, a Union county.- factor,
was killed in March, 1924. 1 '.'Heftwas
married to a hot her woman atvtjje
time of , acknowledged intimaciea * of
the defendant. ■ . ■ . i
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