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DM you mr ass a driver arrested
tar cruelty to hla motor truck?
Being resuscitated by the pulmotor
fti more popular than appendlcltla and
aot nearly ao fatal.
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As Indiana girl baa broken the rec
ord In tbe high-ring jump. But abe
couldn't do It in a hobble skirt.
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Either none of fortune's foola ride
fea airships or else fortune leaves
them when the ship begins to fly.
Although 44,600 letters a day are
Sent to the dead letter office, no one
has mlsaed any bills mailed to him.
Might have expected it. A Chicago
Ice maguate says that too much cold
Is aa bad for the Ice crop aa too little.
Deer hunter In Maine has been In
dicted for shooting a guide. What haa
become of our much vaunted liberty?
S The honk of the automobile followa
the flag Alaska, Porto Rico and Ha
waii invested $1,800,000 in automobllea
. last year.
The physicians recommend cheer
fulness at meals. There la no tariff
on that article, and It should be f~eely
Indulged In.
A phrenologist advises the liberal
use of the mirror for study of one's
own ailments. This should boom the
safety razor.
Twenty more Zapatistas were killed
In a fight the other day. They may
become extinct before we find out
what they are.
We see by the pa-apers that a for
tune In diamonds was found In a Phil
adelphia ash barrel. How'd you like
to be tfce ashman?
Many of the British submarines In
claas A have met disaster. They
should Improve the model or get a
new classification.
The Persian government wants to
pay the former shah SIOO,OOO a year
to stay out of the country. Ample
pay for light work.
"Automohlllng k'ada to corpulence."
If this Is an attempt to frighten the
'«■ ladles away from automobiles, it will
fail of its purpose.
The correspondent made a mistake
when he wrote that the Yaqui Indians
are In revolt again. He means that
they are in revolt yet.
Eve was not a beautiful woman, so
the historians say, but we have rea
son to believe that she was the most
beautiful woman of her day.
Sundogs will hardly become popu
lar with many of tho leisure class if
they are only to bo seen at about sun
rise. for what Is the use of staying up
■o late?
Old feller In New Jersey claims that
plenty of conversation Is an aid to J
longevity. If that were the case the j
average Insurance agent would live to j
be 1,000.
Cutlery Importers are charged with j
having defrauded the government. It j
seems that they shaved Uncle Samuel J
and didn't let him know anything j
about it.
The $25,000 registered letter stolen j
by a St. LOUIB mall clerk was found
In a chicken coop. The hens should I
be made to lay, If possible, but offer- I
Ing such extraordinary inducements as
this is hardly Justifiable.
The report that this country Is first
In coal production does not arouse
oee's patriotism when one awakes In
(he morning to find that the furnace
baa grown cold.
A newspaper In Germany la named
tbe Katurwlaaenschaftllche Wochen
achrift. No wonder a man in Michi
gan haa been laboring atrenuoualy to
produce a new alphabet.
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A southern Illinois farmer claims to
bs the owner of a hen that laya a
doable yolked egg every day. Thla
It believed to be the worat case of ex
aggerated eggo now before the public.
It has been suggeated that to keep
eur toes warm during sero weather
oil that la necessary la to concentrate
tbe mind upon thera. Non-believers
eaa accomplish the aame result by
twiddling thelra.
' When a man gives a $500,000 neck-
J? lace to bis wife, men growl about tbe
%. extravagance of the Idle rich, but
« whan he gives It to a comic opera
goeen they nudge each other and say:
"The gay old dog!"
" If it coats 9800 a week to remain
bsantiful, aa one of our actor ladles
says, we are surprised that all our
druggists are not millionaires.
L; One of the beat things about amo
fc- tar truck la that it doesn't spoil one's
■ peace of mind by ahlvering while try>
P tag to get Its lunch out of s nose bag.
R| Tbe appendix can now be removed
. la two minutes and the cut need nol
t, be two Inch** long. Surgeons de
js dine, however, to be paid by measure
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i FOR EMUES
. FLETCHER PLEADS
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FLORIDA SENATOR DENIES THAT
| THERE'S BEEN ANY GIGANTIC
LAND SWINDLE.
; EXPLANATIONS SUPPRESSED
No One Doubta the Feasibility of Re
claiming the Everglades of
Florida.
Washington.—"We arc here to give
the public scientific data, not opln
lona. I want this thing stopped right
where It la."
Senator Fletcher of Florida thus
quoted Secretary of Agriculture Wil
son, referring to the time when the
circular on the drainage of the Flor
ida Everglades was suppressed In the
department.' Senator Fletcher ap
peared before the Everglades investi
gating committee and assumed re
sponsibility for bringing the matter
10 the attention of Secretary Wilson.
Senator Fletcher said that the cir
cular in controversy may have con
tained some truth, but be thought
that in the main it was unfair and
unjuat and, on the whole, would con
vey an erroneous Impression.
Senator Fletcher said drainage of
the Everglades had been a political
issue In Florida. He did not know of
any one who doubted the feasibility
of reclaiming the Everglades. The dif
ferences, he said, were over the ques
tions of cost and length of time re
quired for the work. There was also a
difference of opinion as to the value
of the reclaimed land.
The senator explained the suppres
sion of the senate document on the
Everglades and the criticism of It by
Representative Clark. He dnled that
only facts favorable to the reclama
tion project were printed and unfav
orable material rejected. He said he
had simply put the facts in the doc
ument, and had excluded matter sub
mitted to him by C. d. Elliott, chief
drainage engineer of the department
of agriculture, because ho thought it
Immaterial and 'surplusage."
THE PANAMA CANAL TOLLS
Maximum of $1.25 a Ton Agreed Upon
for Passage Through Waesrway.
Washington.—Fixing" the maximum
Panama canal tolls at $1.25 a ton,
with a minimum not below an amount
sutticlent to maintain and operate the
canal, and with no profcreuce to bo
given to American ships, tho house
committee on interatato commerce,
by a vote of 14 to 4, agreed on a
bill for the operation of tho Panama
canal.
The bill would authorize the presi
dent to open and operate the canal
and to make rules for the govern
ment of the canal and fix the tolls.
Tho provision relating to rates 1b
as follows:
That tho president is hereby au
thorized to prescribe and from time
j to time change toll charges for the
I use of the I'anatna canal by all ves
i sels, except those belonging to the
I government of the I'nltod States (In
cluding those of the Panama Hallway
company) and the of
j Panama, which excepted vessels shall
I bo charged no tollß,
Charges may be based upon gross
or net. registered tonnage displace
ment tonnage or otherwise, and may
I be used on one form of tonnage for
j warships and another for ships of
I commerce, but the tolls shall not ex
ceed $1.25 per ton, based upon net
| registered tonnage of ships of com
merce, nor less than the estimated
proportionate cost of tho actual oper
j atlon of the canal. 1
War Declared on Catholics.
New York City.—An organliatlon
known as the "Guardians of Liberty"
has recently come Into being through
the activity of Gen. Nelson A. Miles,
former Representative Charles D.
Haines of New York, Charles R. Skin
ner and Hon. Thomas E. Watson of
Georgia. The objects of the associa
tion are seated to be to "preserve,
defend and forever hold sacred tho
blood sought legacy of liberty, Inher
ited from our fathers."
Will Buy Davis* Birthplace.
Frankfort, Ky.—With the passage
! In the house of the senate bill, appro
priating $7,500 for the purchase of
: JefTerson Davis' birthplace, near Elk
| ton, Ky., the memorial to the presi
dent of the Confederacy for which
! the Daugheers -of the Confederacy,
have been working, was made possl
> ble. The bill Is now ready for the
t governor's approval. The homestead
> is to be made into a state park and
a memorial will be erected In It.
Plans for a Jefferson Davis Way lead
ing to the farm are already projected
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3 Patent Owners Have Monopoly.
f Washington.—The Supreme court
held that the owner of a patent has
a monopoly upon all articles used In
K Its operation, may fix ltst price and
1 prescribe its use, and thereby laid
4 down a broad principle of doubtful
application to many of the govern
ment's important anti-trust suits now
' pending which involve questions of
1 patept rights. The court stood tour
to three, Chief Justice White, with
whom dissented Justices Lamar and
Hughs*, voiced his dread of th«
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A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
MCKINLEY AGREES TO POPULAR
BELECTION OF PRESIDENTIAL
DELEGATES IN 41 BTATE3.
National Political Situation Haa Aa>
•umecf a More Harmonious
Appearance.
Atlanta.—The national political (It
uatlon assumes a more harmonloua
appearance than It baa had since
Colonel Roosevelt announced hlmaelf
as a candidate (or the presidential
nomination.
This condition was Induced by the
acceptance of Roosevelt's challenge to
a national primary by the Taft mana
gers. The proposition was not taken
up In Its entirety, but was indorsed
for application In the 41 atatea which
have legal provision for auch action.
The Michigan legislature passed a
law providing for presidential prima
ries, the measure to take eilect imme
diately.
On the Democratic aide, Woodrow
Wilson's manager issued a statement
favoring the primaries.
Washington.—President Taft began
his westward trip in which Uo expects
to sound the critical Issues of hla
campaign.
Congressman McKinley haa answer
ed Senator Dixon's challenge to a
nation-wide primary for the selection
of a presidential candidate. He sal(|
he favored such action in the 41
states In which auch action was le
gally provided.
Congressman Dlea of Texas, In a
speech beforo the house, denounced
Bryan, Roosevelt and Victor Uerger
as America's foremoßt enemies of free
government.
Senator LaFollette denied that he
would make any personal attack upon
Colonel Roosevelt, but said that he
would discuss his record in the course
of the campaign.
Speaker Champ Clark la celebrating
hi* sixty-second birthday. Represen
tatlvo Rainey of Illinois delivered a
eulogy of the apeaker, In which he
compared his career to that of Lin
coln's.
Oklahoma City.— Fifty five counties
from which official returns have been
received, have Instructed 293 delo
gates for Roosevelt and 70 for Taft.
Lansing, Mich.—The house of rep
resentatives haa passed a presiden
tial primary bill to take immediate
effect.
Mineola, L. I.—Colonel Rooecvelt
ridiculed the Betisatfen, caused by the
visit to him bt George W. Perkins.
Ho said he saw no 'reason why a
mere call should worry the public.
Lexington, Ky.—The district Dem
ocratic committee was enjoined from
calling a primary, following a bitter
fight between the candldatea for the
congressional nomination.
Chicago.—A suite of eight rooms
was opened In the LaSalle hotel as
Toft's Illinois headquarters.
Birmingham.—The stato Republican
convention here haa aelected six dele
gatea at large to the Republican na
tional convention and lnatructcd them
for Taft.
Madison, Wla.—Senator LaFollette
and Congressman Lenroot have had a
disagreement and Lenroot haa an
nounced that he will abandon L*Fol
lett'a campaign.
Fargo, N. D.—W. J. Bryan delivered
a eulfcgy on Senator LaFollette and
rapped Taft and Roosevelt.
Annapolla.—Governor Wllaon, upon
the Invitation of the Maryland legiala
ture, addressed both branches of that
bo !> In joint aekalon upon political la
sues of the day. He emphasized the
danger of choosing the man rather
than the principle.
Kanaaa City. Mo.—Theodore Rooae
velt received 5,565 votes, Taft 390, La"
Follette 53 and Cummlna C in the
presidential primary In the Fifth con-
Jt-esßional district.
New York.—William F. McCombs,
campaign manager for Woodrow Wll
aon, has lsaued a statement favoring
presidential preference primaries.
Washington.—Senator Joseph M.
Dixon issued the "challenge" from the
Roosevelt national headquarters to Di
rector McKinley of the national Taft
bureau, upon the subject of presi
dential primaries. Replying to Mr.
McKlnley'a letter, Senator Dixon char
1 acterlzcß It as a "flat refusal" to aid
In getting presidential preference p'ri
manes and he makes a new demand
upon the Taft managers. Director Mo-
Kinley, if his reply to Chairman Dlx
' on, said ne was "in absolute accord
1 with the selection of the delegates
* to the national convention by the pri
iparr system
SOOTH POLEJISCOYERED
NORWEGIAN EXPLORER BAYS HE
GOT THERE DEC. 14 AND RE-,
. MAINED THREE DAYS,
English Sclentlata Believe Claim of
Norwegian—Will Try for North
Pole Next
Christiana. When Capt Raold
Amundsen's brother, Leon, personally
took the explorer's telegram announc
ing that he had attained the South
Pole to King Haakon, his majesty was
attending the maneuvers at Sandvik
en. King Haakon immediately read
the dispatch and addressed one to
Amundsen at Hobart, Tasmania, say
ing:
"I thanlOrou for the Information.
The queen and 1 beg to send you and
all on board the Fraw our most cor
dial congratulationa on the occasion
of your results, which ar« so satis
factory to all of us.
Many scientific, educational and
commercial associations throughout
the country cabled congratulations to
Amundsen. Professor Henrik Mohn,
the famous meteorologist, in an in
terview, pointed out the importance
of the fact disclosed in Amundsen's
message that the explorer had passed
four days in close proximity to the
Pole. Professor Mohn thought this
would Indicate that Amundsen took
observations all around, and thereby
Qxed the geographical point of the
pole with scientific exactness.
Two local newspapers received dla
patclies from Capt. Raold Amuudsen
announcing that he reached the South
Pole December 14, 1911.
The dlspatchea were aent from Ho
bart, Taamanla, where Amundsen ar
rived. The dispatches read:
"Pole reached, fourteenth-seven
teenth December." This evidently
meana that he remained three daya In
the vicinity of the pole probably for
the purpose of taking accurate ob
servations as to his position.
Captain Amundsen Is the only mem
ber of the Antarctic expedition who
has landed from the Fram. Nobody is
allowed to go on board the vessel un
der Any pretext whatever. The ex
plorer says he Is pleased with the re
suits of his expedition, but otherwise
maintains absolute silence.
London.—Captain Amundsen states
he will submit his charts and all in
formation as to his expedition without
delay, according to dispatches from
Hobart, received by a special corre
spondent at Wellington, New Zealand.
NICARAGUANS HATE KNOX
Newapapera Suggest the Use of Dyna
mits Against Secretary of State,
Managua. Nicaragua—An extraordi
nary outburat of anti-American feel
ing led to the arrest of fifty of the
more prominent ringleaders who are
being held in detention until Secreta
ry of Bute Knox has departed. This
Is the first Indication publicly express
ed of opposition to the Central Amer
ican trip of the secretary of state.
The persona arrested Include the
whole of the editorial staffs of the
Dlario de Nicaragua and of the Diario
Moderno, which had published a num
ber of letters and placed headlines
over them suggesting that dynamite
should be used against the state sec
retary.
All dispatches leaving this city ant
subjected to keen censorship.
President Wont Submit Trestles.
Washington.—Summing up the ac
tion of the senate in stripping the
proposed arbitration treaties with
France and Great Britain of their vi
tal features, government officials who
followed the negotiation of the two
pacts agreed that participation by the
United Btafbs In general arbitration
of international difficulties was a dead
laaue so far aa this session of con
gress wa concerned. and probably tor
many year to come. There la little
thought that President Taft will sub
mit the trestles.
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Mitchell Refuses to Stultify Self.
Washington.—John Mitchell, vlco
president of the American Federation
of labor, declined to glv« to Judge
Wright of the district supreme oourt
any assurance that he expected "here
after to lend adherence to the decrees
of the judicial tribunals of the land."
To do so, he declared, would be an
admission that he had heretofore fail
ed to comply with lawful decrees. Mr.
Mitchell said he had rather be eon
viced of contempt than be acquitted
COTTON MARKET
NOTES HER
BULLS CONTEND THAT THE NEW
BEABON WILL BE VERY
BACKWARD.
6REAT DEMAND PREDICTED
Bears Cay There la Yet Plenty of
Time t> Plant a Huge
Crop.
New Orleans. —The cotton market
promises to be much of a weather af
fair. Planting time in tho cotton belt
has arrived and the trade from now
on is going to eagerly waich the
weather map fpr conditions favorable
or unfavorable to the new crop. The
bulls contend that the new season
will be very backward because of the
long continued cold and wet weather,
and that pricea, for some time to
come, will be on an upward trend In
conaequence. Of late the new crop
montha In the future markeL. have
been influenced by bullish senti
ment.
The bear side la doing Its beat to
destroy bullish aentlment In the dis
tant months by the contention that
It is being made part and parcel of
the manipulation going on In the old
crop positions. The bears, and, It
muat be admitted, even many conaerv
atlve traders, are of the opinion that
there is yet plenty of time In which
to plant a full acreage and that, in
such a backward season, it Is better
to plant a little late than too early
because of the danger irom spring
froeta that the young plant under
goes. During the week many mar
ket letters cited instancea where this
last season cotton planted on the first
of June yielded a bale to the acre
The labor situation abroad will
have to be considered by the cotton
trade, but there ia a growing deposi
tion to give strike news second place
to news from the cotton belt.
As the situation now stands, the
settlement of the coal strike in Eng
land would not put prices up mate
rially and It Is doubtful If the devel
opment of strikes in other parte of
Euro'po would put pricea down much.
RIOT IN SOUTH CAROLINA
One Man Killed and 5 Wounded in
Windaor, 8. C., Feud.
Augusta, Ga.—S. Cusbman, a farm
er of the Windsor, S. C., section of
Aiken county, is dead; J. C. Cleckley"
and L. B. Johnson, policemen of the
little town of Windsor, are In the
Aiken county Jail; T. D. Adkins and
three other men are in the Windsor
guard house and five men in the town
of Windsor are wounded as the re
sult of a factional feud which precip
itated a riot on the street of the town
when Cleckley mado an attempt to
arrest Adkins In the latter's market
for firing a revolver.
When the town was Incorporated
about a year ago the opposition fac
tion declared it intended to run the
town and drive the two policemen
out of 1L
A pistol shot was heard In Adkins
market and Cleckley arrested Adkins,
whereupon the latter'a two sons pre
cipitated trouble in trying to prevent
the arrest A dozen or more men
gathered on the street in front of the
market, and as Cleckley started out
of the door a shot was fired In the
dark. Instantly the shooting became
general, and when It had subalded
Cushman waa dead and two other
men, wounded, lay near blm. Three
of the wounded got away, from the
scene.
American Girl In British Jail.
Albany, N. Y.—"l have not yet defi
nltely decided whether I ahall ask the
Federal government to take steps for
my daughter's release," said H. R.
Wright, father of Alice Morgan
Wright, who Is serving a two months'
term In Holoway priaon, England, aa
a result of a suffragette window
smashing expedition In London last
week. "I think attendance is all
right where she is now," said Mr.
Wright. "She hasn't committed any
crime. The magistrate who sentenc
ed her said she waa simply caught la
bad company."
.. Yuan Takes Oath ss President.
Pekln. —In the new foreign office.
Yuan Shi a! was formally inaugurated
provisional president of the republic
of Chins, In the preaence of a great
gathering of delegates, provincial en
voys, military and naval officers and
other prominent personages, but the
legatlona were not represented. Yuan
Shi ai, tfho waa in military uniform,
read a declaration, promising faith
faithfully to develop the republic, ob
aerve the conatitutional lava and re
tire when the national assembly sp
pointed a permanent preaident
Mexicans Rally Around Msdero.
Mexico CitL —A gigantic testimonial
of patriotism and confidence in the
' existing government was given by cit
' liens of the capital In the form of s
i parade and a massing of,,the people
' ia front of the national palace from s
! balcony on which Madero delivered
'several stirring addresses. The demon
tsration waa orderly In the extreme,
every man seewlngly being imbued
I with the spirit of the occaalon—peace
i CONTINUANCE
I. HAS SEEN GRANTED
R ALLEGED DYNAMITERS PLEAO
"NOT GUILTY" TO CHARGES
OF C6NCPIRACY.
1 WILL BE TRIED IN OCTOBER
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Judge Anderson Rules Statute of Lim
itations Had Not Run in the Cue,
But Grants a Delay That Defense
May Bs Prepared.
ladiahapoiis, Ind.—"Not guilty" was
tbe plea of (orty-six men arraigned 48~ >"
Federal court here on indictmeata
charging complicity In the allaged coa-
Bpiracy unlawfully to transport dyna
mite from state to state.
Judge A. B. Anderson over-ruled all
demurrers of the defense bnt granted
thirty days for the filing of exception*
to ruling. A motion to consoli
date tho cases, made by United
States District Attorney Charles W.
Miller, was sustained but tbe court
consented to hear attorneys for the de
fense, if they decided to petition for
separate trials. The court instructed
that the defendants appear when pre
sentation in the matter is made. Tbe
trail Is set for October 1.
When Judge Anderson announced
that he over-ruled the demurrers to
the thirty-fourth indictments, be tun
ed to the defendants, for whom seats
had been arranged in tiers, and said:
"Gentlemen, do you know the na
ture of the charges against you?"
"We do," came in a heavy chorus.
Then one by one the indicted mea
present or former labor union officiate
from many sections of the country
headed by Frank M. Hyan, president
of tbe International Association of
Bridge and Structural Ironworker*,
arose aa their names were called by
tbe clerked responded:
"Not gßy."
AttacksWrom many angles were
made upon tbe indlctmenta charging
tho defendants with siding and abet
ting Ortie McManlftal and John J.
and James M. McNamara in the trans
portation of dynamite.
Trying To Get Bail For Mrs. Grace.
Atlanta, Go.—Efforts ta have ball
named for Mrs. Daisy Opie CI race;
charged with shooting her husband.
Eugene H. Grace at their home hem
are hourly expected. Counsel for Mr*.
. Grace Intimated that this soon would
be done as the husband of their clleat
Is showing marked improvement at a
hospital. In fact so much better was
Grace that he was taken in an am
bulance from the hospital to a physi
cian's office a mile distance where aa
X-Ray photograph of the wound in hia
side where tho bullet entered his body
was made.
Mill Conditions Exaggerated.
Austin, Texas.—ln a letter to Gover
nor Colquitt, state Labor Commis
sioner Starling vigorously challenged
a report emanating from the federal
department of commerce and labor to
the effect that conditions in Texas cot
ton mills were deplorable and that
wages paid put tho names of most
of the men employes on the patron
agiellst of loan sharks. The commis
sioner says that ho has investigated
conditions and that there is no truth
, in tie report.
Will Refrain From Personslitiea.
Washington. —Hereafter the liter
ary end of the Taft campaign bureau
i wtll refrain from attacks on Coloael
Roosevelt and the men who are sap
porting him. President Taft has la
slsted, It is said, that personalities
be abandoned. The decision was
i reached at a meeting attended br
• the president Director McKinley.
. Senator Crane and secretary Hills.
i
' Wants Duty On Potstoes Suspended,
i Washington.—Senator Watson of
■ West Virginia, nrged the senate
t finance committee to suspend the 26
i percent duty on potatoes by an am—d
■ ment to the steel bill. He wanted the
' suspension to continue until Oeptem
- ber 1 because of the present crop
i shortage. There was no action.
Alarming Situation at Canton.
Hong Kong,—The situation at
. Canton where revolters under Lukei
I a brigand chief, are trying to oast
: the local and provincisl government,
t is regarded by local consular aa-
- tboritles as most alarming. All
■ available river vessels are being
> pressed into service to bring reto
> gees to Hong Kong. Several British
• boats In Canton are keeping steam
- up ready to depart on the InstaaL Tbe
• gunboata stationed off Canton are
" clearing for action. Fighting at Cat*
• ton began several days ago. .
Roosevelt Not Allowed To Serve.
Mineola, R. I.—Theodore Roosevelt
i was drawn as Juror No. 7 in the dam
! age suit of Michael Carmody r gainst
, tbe New York Central Railroads, bat
, waa quickly eliminated by John J.
Graham, counsel for tbe plaintiff who
challenged the colonel peremptorily.
Why he exercised this right the law
yer did not explain. Both of Carmo
' dy's legs were cot off and at a pre
■ vlous trial he obtained a verdict at
WO.OOO against the railroad. Thesp