Miami Record-Herald. (Miami, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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M C FALKENBURY Pub
MIAMI OKLAHOMA
GERMAN LAW OF ESPIONAGE
Amendment to Imperial Statute Pro-
posed to Allow for Mitigating
Circumstances
It is announced that an amendment
of the German imperial law of July
1893 “against the betrayal of military
secrets" is in contemplation At the
same time the presB is Informed that
this is no new idea and has no par-
ticular connection with the recent
trial of English officers at Leipzig
The amendment of the law will re-
move its present absurdities of draft-
ing by which the court is enabled to
take mitigating circumstances into
consideration in the case of convic-
tion for espionage or attempted es-
pionage but not in the case of convic-
tion for the minor offence of obtain-
ing information “with intention" to
communicate It to some other party
As the law stands the major offence
can be punished with ordinary im-
prisonment or fortress detention
while the major offence must be pun-
ished by penal servitude The result
is that as soon as an acquittal seems
to be out of the question it becomes
the common interest of the Judges
the prisoner and the counsel on both
sides to secure a conviction on the
major offence although it may in the
opinion of all parties be the minor
offence of which the prisoner is
guilty
All this was well exemplified at
Leipzig The result was a dignified
and acceptable compromise and the
proceedings were enveloped in a
charming atmosphere of mutual good
will Circumstances however might
alter cases and it will be gratifying
if Lieutenant Brandon and CaptaiD
Trench can learn in their respective
fortresses that they nave accelerated
an important amendment of German
law It will be more gratifying still
if the legislature either deletes or de-
fines the term “secrecy” which is pe-
culiar to this country and remained
a controversial mystery throughout
the Leipzig proceedings It Brandon
and Trench had not scaled a fence at
Borkum they might still be free men
The legality of all their other move-
ments during their tour may be ques-
tionable but doec not seem to have
been disproved — Berlin correspondent
London Times
Novel Sleeping Portion
A woman who suffered much from
sleeplessness was relieved by the
strong odor of mint breathed each
night
The remedy was one of those old
wife cures that are often effective and
was brought to the sleeples one's no-
tice by a clever friend who sent a
bottle of strong essence of mint s
mall sponge and a daintily embroider-
ed lawn bag to hold the saturated
sponge '
The bag had a Bpray of mint leaves
done in colors on one side and on the
other “Sweet Sleep” Through a casing
at the top were drawn narrow green
ribbons that could be hung over the
head of the bed at night
The odor of mint proved soothing
and gradually the sleeping habit re
turned
Why of Course
Judge E II Gary at the steel men’s
recent dinner in Chicago according
to the New York Tribune said:
“There has sprung 'up among us a
class of demagogues who seem to
think that a rich man is necessarily a
bad man — that a millionaire is as non-
moral as the Altoona schoolboy
“ ‘Tommy’ his teacher said to this
boy ‘do you know the difference be-
tween right and wrong?’
“ ‘Naw’ Tommy replied
“ ‘Well’ said his teacher ‘suppose
you took your little brother’s cake
from him what would you be doing?’
“ ‘Eatin’ it’ said he”
Making It Even
A young woman from the east who
married a Seattle man recently had a
novel experience when she engaged
her first Chinese cook “What’s your
name?” she asked when the preliminar-
ies had been settled “My name Hon?
Long Loo” said the Celestial with
much gravity “And I am Mrs Har-
rington Richard Buckingham" said
his new employer “I am afraid I shall
never be able to remember your name
— it’s o long I shall call you John”
“All llte” returned the Chinese with a
suspicion of a smile “Your namee too
longee too I cailee you Charley”
Anticipating an Answer
Sam Blythe whose stories in one of
the widely read weekly publications
have gained him an excessive clientele
of readers says the Washington
Times lound in his mail the other day
a letter fr jm a' friend in the west
with whom be had passed a few pleas-
ant hours in Washington around the
holidays The letter was a lengthy
one dealt with all sorts of subjects
After having appended the usual
“Yours truly” the writer added a post
script It read: “Sam are you still
tn the water wagon? Neither am I"
Signals by Compressed Air
Compressed air for signaling from
the bottom of shafts to tlio hoisting
engine room at the surface is stated
to have been used at the Moodna pres-
sure tuhnel of tin Catskill aqueduct
An air pipe extends up the shaft and
Into a cylinder alongside of the hoist
runner in this cylinder is a metal pis-
ton or plunger which strikes agaJnsl
A gong when pressure Is applied
TWO CENTS A CONVERSATION
Average Cost of Talking Over A T A
T Lines
That the American public Indulged
tn over seven thousand million conver-
sations during the year over the 12-
000000 miles of wire of the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company at
an average cost of a little over two
cents a conversation is brought out
In the report of President Theodore
N Vail Just issued The work of
providing telephone facilities for the
American public through the Bell sys-
tem has been carried forward frith
such zeal and energy that there is now
one Bell telephone station to each 16
of the total population of the United
States
In a discussion of the popular belief
that large corporate combinations are
supposed to be owned or wholly con-
trolled by some one man or some few
men President Vail states that these
are often made up of thousands and
tens of thousands of silent partners
or shareholders who are the real own-
ers The report points out that the num-
ber of shareholders' of the American
Telephone and Telegraph company on
December 31 1910 was 40381 and in-
crease in the year of 4558 “Of these
40087 held less than 1000 shares
each 266 held from 1000 to 5000
shares and 28 held 5000 shares each
The total holdings in blocks of 5000
or more were less than 10 per cent
of the total stock less than 8 per cent
of the stock was in the hands of
brokers and the majority of stock-
holders are women”
“Corporate organization and com-
bination are tbe necessary and logical
solution of the problem of caring for
the wonderful development which has
been going on all over the world and
particularly In this country in the re-
cent past
"The large capital requirements nec-
essary to conduct business on modern
lines place modern Industrial enter-
prises either beyond the financial abil-
ity of any one individual or far beyond
the amount that any one individual
wishes to have in any one venture"
Touching on the question of public
control of public utilities the report
expresses the belief that public con-
trol or regulation of public serivee
corporations has come and come' to
stay
“Control or regulation exercised
through such a body has many ad-
vantages over that exercised through
regular legislative bodies or commit-
tees The permanent commission will
be a quasi-judicial body It should
be made up of members whose duty
it will be and who will have the de-
sire the time and the opportunity to
familiarize themselves with tbe ques-
tions coming before them It should
act only after thorough investigation
and be governed by the equities of
each case It would in time establish
a courso of practice and precedent for
the guidance of all concerned
“Experience also has demonstrated
that this ‘Supervision should stop at
control’ and ‘regulation’ and not
manage’ ‘operate’ nor dictate what
the management of operation should
be beyond the requirements of the
greatest efficiency and economy
“Such ‘control’ and ‘regulation’ can
and should stop all abuses of capital-
ization of extortion or of overcharge
of unreasonable division of profits If
there is to be state control and regu-
lation there should also be state pro-
tection — protection to a corporation
striving to serve the whole community
(some part of whose service must
necessarily be unprofitable) from ag-
gressive competition which covers only
that part which is profitable
"Governmental cbntrol should pro-
tect the Investor as well as the public
It should ensure to the public good
service and fair rates It should also
ensure fair returns to the investor
Through a wise and Judicious state
control and regulation all the advant-
ages without anyof the disadvantages
of state ownership can be secured and
state ownership doomed”
Dwelling on the relation between
the telephone system and the tele-
graph system growing out of the con-
tractural relations of ihe American
Telephone and Telegraph Company
and the Western Union Telegraph
Company the report states “That
CRAZED BY COURT CHARGE
Member of Wichita Stamp Case Jury
Loses Mind
Hutchinson Kan — So worried that
he could not sleep because ot the
charges preferred agaiust him of at-
tempting to Influence grand jurors in
the Naftzger case in the federal court
at Wichita Lewis Evans has now
lost his mind Evans an unmarried
farmer and stockman of Lane county
was taken to a sanitarium Saturday
Evans was drawn as a juror in the
federal court at Wichita at the Sep-
tember term It was this Jury which
considered the matter of indicting
Naftzger the Wichita banker charged
with buying Btolen stamps Accusa-
tions were made that Evans among
others had endeavored to Influence
the Jury in favor of Naftzger to pre-
vent his indictment
FUND REPORT SECRET
Each State-Banker To-Be Sent Copy
of the Auditor’s Statement
Oklahoma City — The committee on
state bankers which met here Satur-
day to consider the condition ot the
bank guaranty fund decided not to
make the report public at this time
but decided to have the report printed
In book form and sent to every state
banker in Oklahoma It will then be
left to the individual Judgment of each
banker as to whether any one else is
allowed to see bis cony of the report
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Joint use and Joint occupancy of wires
will reduce operating cost mainte
nance charges and construction invest-
ment That utilizing the unutilized
facilities of both will make possible
new additional and useful service ot
both telephone and telegraph for both
the benefit of the catporations and the
public
“Cheap service comes from full
loads In the wire service this can be
only had by employing the plant to its
full capacity all tbe time
“The large economies are in the
Joint occupancy and Joint use of the
trunk ‘wire plant There are in the
distributing and branch lines of both
services large plant and operating fa-
cilities where to maintain any office
there must be utilized the office and
employes ot some business which has
first claim on the service and atten-
tion ot such employes ' Under these
conditions satisfactory service is im-
possible This waste incident to sep-
arate service could be almost entire
ly eliminated by Joint use or occup-
ancy and by bringing the business un-
der one common control influence the
efficiency and the reputation ot the
service would be greatly improved
In exemplification of the develop-
ment of new and additional uses
which resulted from this Joint use of
the wires within the short time such
relation has existed the night letter
and the day letter are referred to It
is the purpose of the company accord-
ing to the general tenor of the report'
to afford wire service both telegraph
and telephone to the inhabitants ol
every section of the country howevei
remote from any other section this
service to enable him to enjoy imme
diate communication with every other
section of the country
Plant additions during the year cost
253500000 The total property addi-
tions during the year were $84000000
The taxes paid in the year 1910 by ths
Bell system amounted to over 5 per
cent of its gross earntngs and 164 per
cent of its net earnings That there
1b no water In the capital of the
American Telephone ‘and Telegraph
Company is shown by the fact that
the excess of cash paid into the treas-
ury over the outstanding obligations
at the close of the year amounted to
nearly $17000000
“It is believed that the telephone
system should be universal Interde-
pendent and intercommunicating af-
fording opportunity for any subscrib-
er of any exchange to communicate
with any other subscriber of any other
exchange within the limits of speaking
distance giving to every subscriber
every possible additional facility for
annihilating time or distance by use
of electrical transmission of intelli-
gence or personal communication It
is beieved that some sort of a con-
nection with the telephone system
should be within reach of all It is
believed further that this idea of uni-
versality can be broadened and ap-
plied to a universal wire system for
the electrical transmission of intelli-
gence (written or personal communi-
cation) from every one in every place
to every one in every other place a
system as universal and as extensive
as the highway system of the country
which extends from every man’s door
to every other man'B door
“It Is not believed that this can be
accomplished by separately controlled
or distinct systems nor that there can
be competition in the accepted sense
of competition
“It is believed that all this can be
accomplished to the reasonable satis-
faction of the public with its acquies-
cence under such control and regula-
tion as will afford the public much bet-
ter service at less cost than any com-
petition or government-owned monop-
oy coud permanenty afford and at
the same time be sef sustaining
“The fundamental idea of the Beli
System is that the telephone1 service
should be universal intercommunicat-
ing and Interdependent that there are
certain people with whom one com-
municates frequently and regularly
there are acertain few with whom one
communicates occasionally while
there are times when It is most neces-
sary to get communication with some
other one who until the particular ne-
cessity arose might have been un-
known and unthought of It is this ne-
cessity impossible to predetermine
which makes the universal service the
only perfect service”
Forty Years Without Vote
Chickasha Okla— J E Schow a
furniture dealer here will cast his
ballot in the United States for the
first time at the city election here in
April Although he has been a resi-
dent of this city four years and has
been a resident of the United States
for the past forty years Schow is a
Norwegian by birth and Just received
naturalization papers through the dis-
trict court here
Boy Badly Injured
Gravette Ark— Trying to blow a
broken handle from the socket of a
hoe John Pendly a boy residing here
almost lost1 his eye sight Sunday He
placed powder in the socket and lit
the explosive His face hair and
clothing were badly burned and he
may lose the sight of one eye
Say Report Is False
Washington— United States Consei
Edwards at Juarez reported to the
state department Saturday afternoon
that there is no truth in the report
that John Dugnowitty and his thres
American companions had been exe-
cuted by the Mexican authorities
Accused Father Held
McAlester Okla— Willie Jones
charged with the murder or his son
Douglas Jones had a preliminary
hearing Saturday and was held to the
district court without hail
SOCIALISTS GIVE
WIMTA JOLT
OOBBLER IS NOMINATED FOR
MAYOR BY BIO MAJORITY
WOMEN DO THE WORK
Slogan of Party HW will Milwaukaa-
iaa Wichita” Proves a Winner—
Chances Good For Elec-
tion to Office
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Wichita Kan — Wichita encountered
a ociaiist landslide Monday when AI
Blase a shoe cobbler was homlnated
for mayor by a plurality of at least 700
votes and two socialist candidates for
commissioner were placed on the tick-
ets for the final election - There Is
a chance that the other two socialist
candidates for commissioner also will
gain places John H Guham mayor
of Wichita four years ago was also
nominated by a plurality of about 150
votes over his nearest opponent There
were five candidates for mayor and
thirty-seven for commissioner
Blase carried twenty out of twenty-
three precincts in the city and his
strength was surprising
The socialists made their slogan “We
will Mllwaukeelze Wichita” and they
placarded tbe city with posters bearing
this legend
The returns indicate a vote of about
13000 Many women voted those ol
working classes voting like their hus'-
bands for Blase
NO EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
Morse and Walsh Bankers Must Stay
In Prison Awhile
Washington D C — Executive clem-
ency will not be extended now to
Charles W Morse the New York
banker and John R Walsh the Chi-
cago banker who are serving fifteen
and five-year sentences respectively in
federal prisons the former at Atlanta
and the latter at Leavenworth The
president has had before him for sev-
eral weeks applications for clomency
and the department of justice made
an exhaustive investigation into the
evidence presented at the trials and
inquired into their physical condition
From sources close to President
Taft it was learned Monday be will
follow the recommendation of Attor-
ney General Wickersham It is un-
derstood Mr Wickersham recommends
that Inasmuch as Walsh will be par
©led under the new federal law next
September justice would be better
if executive clemency were not ex-
tended t
GUTHRIE CAPITAL TO SUSPEND
Leslie G Niback Purchases Remains
of Greer's Paper
Guthrie Okla — Announcement Cwas
made Monday that the issue of Tues-
day March 28 of the Daily State Capi-
tal would be the last of that publica-
tion which was founded in 1889 by
Frank H Greer The subscription lists
and good will of the publication have
been purchased by Leslie G Nlbiack
All contracts will be filled by publica?
tion in the Daily Leader which he pub-
lishes The State Capital has been a
vigorous republican newspaper and its
retirement from the field leaves Guth-
rie without a morning or publican
newspaper Mr Greer expects to take
a rest of several months
Wrong Reports
Washington — Civil war veterans or
their widows must reside and culti-
vate their homestead entries for one
year as any other settler would be re-
quired to do Reports to the contrary
have been circulated in Kansas Okla-
homa and Missouri according to gen-
eral land office officials with the result
that the office is being deluged with in-
quiries Mail Delivery By Auto -Mena
Ark — The first auto mall de-
livery In western Arkansas is to be
made out of Mena and if tbe plan
works well machines will probably sup-
plant mail carts in other parts of the
state Guy Beaves carrier on route
No 1 has ordered an autb and will
make the preliminary experiment here
Searching For Gold
Troy Okla — T A Burnett and O L
Watterson are sinking a shaft near
here in search for gold They hpve
been at work something more than a
week and have sunk the shaft to a
depth of twelve feet
Art Importers Fined
New York — Louis and Joseph J
Duven members of the art importing
firm of Duveen brothers Tuesday
pleaded guilty in the federal court
to the charge of defrauding the gov-
ernment out of customs duties on im-
ported works of art and were fined
$15000 cash '
Increase In Deposits'
Duncan Okla — The banks of Ste-
phens county show a remarkable in-
crease in deposits
Noted Mormon Dies
Salt Lake City Utah — James Jack
treasurer of Utah for twenty years and
treasurer of the Mormon church for
more than fifty years died Monday
at his home here of old age He was
82 years old
Vari-Colored Race Fight
Beloit Wis — A tri-color racial con-
flict developed in South Beloit Tues-
day when Henry Evans an Indian
beat his wife a negres drove her from
tbe house with a knife and was ar-
rested by Deputy Sheriff Root white
JUST 80
“He always was a bad egg but
nobody seemed to notice It while be
was rich"
“Yes he was all right until be was
broke”
DISTEMPER
In all its forms amonf all ages of horses
is well ae dogs cured and others in earns
table prevented from having the disease
with SPOHN’S DISTEMPER CURE
Every bottle guaranteed Over 600000
bottles told last year $50 and $100 Any
Sod druggist or send to manufacturers
gents wanted Spohn Medical Co Spec
Contagious Diseases Goshen lad
Cheerful Anticipation
“Have you seen my ‘Descent Into
Hell 7’ “ asked a poet
"No” said Curran Warmly ’ "I
should be delighted to see it” — From
Clark's "Eminent Lawyers”
Quite 8o
‘‘Was your brother hurt at pole
vaulting last night?”
"Yes but he hopes to get over it
all right”
Whenever there ie s tendency to consti-
pation sick-headache or biliousness take a
cup of Garfield Tea All druggists
The vacant room at the top is due
to the fact that there is no elevator
service to help the lazy man
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time so bad at times I could hardly open my eyes I suf-
fered with pain in my limbs and my back all the while
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The Woman’s Tonic
Cardul is a specific medicine for women made from
pure vegetable Ingredients It has been found to be a
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Doubts
The Stranger — Are you quite sure
that that was a marriage license you
gave me last month T '
The Official — Of course! What’s
the matter?
The Stranger — Well I’ve lived f
dog’s life ever since — Sketch
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very best Gold Embossed Easier Plow
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loveliest designs Art Post Card Club 73
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too much time to think of things that
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