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)R CONTEH
TOO EARLY, HOWEVER, TO HER-
ALD ITS DEATH.
filial love
iGLE
Congress Should Deal at Once with |
Question of Conservation of
Resources.
Standard Oil Has Yet to Have a Hear-
ing In the Supreme Court,
Though Ita Chances Seem
8lim.
No decision of the courts since tin
famous Landis 1:10,000,000 fine has
covered anything like the range of the
derision of the United States circuit
court at St. Louis declaring the par-
ent oil company is In violation of the
law and ordering the abatement of Its
activities. No decision could have
been more sweeping, as it embraces
most of the subsidiary companies
named as defendants, the exceptions
being unimportant. These concerns
are directed not to puy dividends to
the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey, and not again to form any
combination looking to a monopoly
. of the oil business. The parent con-
cern is likewise enjoined not any
longer to vot - the stock of the minor
companies. While the Standard Oil
Company, as such, is not dissolved,
the decision takes away the powers
without which it cannot have con-
tinued existence.
It would be too early lo herald the
death of the octopus, however, as ap-
peal will unquestionably he taken to
the supreme court, where the claim
of (he company that Its form of or-
ganization is in behest to the laws of
modern society, and thut It does not
violate the principle of industrial ac-
tivity, will have a final hearing. The
public has become accustomed to re-
versals of startling decisions of the
lower courts, and while these are
taken as presaging a close oversight
of industry by the general govern-
ment, they are not held to establish
the victory of sentiment for the dc
stmetion of monopolies. The setting
aside of the Lnndts fine upon grounds
1 that evoked the approval of a large
body of public opinion is held In mind,
and it Is not assumed that the Stand-
ard Oil Company of New Jersey is
dead because it has had administered
to It a blow that would do credit to a
modern St. George.
Nothing in the annals of industry
» approaches In intensity of Interest the
testimony secured by the master ap-
pointed for the case that has just
dosed. The methods of coercion and
the procedure of suppression and ex-
tinction of competition followed, ac-
cording to the evidence submitted,
mske a record of autoerutlc assertion
of supremacy over a great industry
that has uo counterpart, although It
has served as a model for imitation
by other triiBt concerns. For a decade
the fight against this great trust has
been carried on, not, Indeed, always
in the courts, but in the court of pub-
lic Judgment, and the Standard Oil
Company bus been condemned, drawn
and quartered in many magazine ar-
ticles and In many state legislatures
and congressional debates.
The secretary of the interior in his
report asks congress for legislation
which he believes would enable the
government to conserve scientifically
and effectively the natural resources
of the public domain. He would have
authority given his department to
make an intelligent classification cf
public lands according to their great-
est apparent use and to change the
classification when fuller knowledge
makes It expedient.
As regards coal deposits, which the
secretary says should be preserved as
a public utility, he suggests that the
inducements for much of the crime
ami fraud perpetrated in the pust
would disappear If the right to mine
were separated from the title to the
soil. Whether the deposits should be
utilized through u leasing system or
through their sale, In either case with
restrictions designed to protect the
public, 1b left to congress to deter-
mine.
Manifestly the legislation recom-
mended by the secretary would enable
him and his successors to protect the
Interests of the government and the
people more effectively than is pos-
sible now, If congress has due regard
to those Interests it will enact that
legislation. It would be unable to de-
fend Itself against unfriendly criti-
cism if It were to fall to do so. The
attention of congress will he invited
to many subjects, ) t that of the con-
servation of natural resources is not a
contentious one. Nobody says those
resources should not be conserved.
Therefore legislation to that end ought
to encounter no obstacles. If there
be uny they will take the form of the
underhanded opposition of some pri-
vate interests which seek to despoil
the public domain.
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'NOTE HARD TO COUNTERFEIT
New French $20 Issue Is Said to Pre-
sent Many Difficult Obstacles
to Forgers.
Paris.—Samples of the new French
$20 bank notes were shown to a few
favored visitors at the mint and the
assertion was made by the designer
that he had been at work on the bit!
for ten years and cherished the firm
conviction that no counterfeiter ever
would be able successtully to Imitate
it.
The note is smaller than the pres-
ent one, being about four by six Inch-
es. It bears emblematical figures of
Ceres, Mercury and othre gods and
goddesses, but the greatest attraction
lies in the agreeable colors—blue, yel
low, rose and green—all arranged on
the scale of the rainbow. These col-
ors, says Luc-01ivler,Merson. the fa-
M MOM SHE
Visitors Attracted to Relic of
Homer’s Days.
Legend Around Piece of Masonry Says
British Capital Will Last as
Long as Rock Is
Preserved.
A Party hunting near the Kaplti plains, where Mr. Roosevelt has been hav- i 1110118 designer, who is responsible for
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♦rumpetingf * Eventually'7s*was captured?' ^ '°r he aai up a terri’ble
SEE CHOLERA SCARE
German Expert Predicts
demic in Europe.
Physician Narrowly Escapes Death as
Result of Tales of Murder Be-
lieved by Mob—Bad Status
in Czar's Land.
Judge Lurton.
In the 120 years since the founda-
tion of the supreme court of the Uni-
ted States, Justices named from New
York have sat. for 105 years upon that
august bench. New York furnished
the first chief Justice, John Jay, and
Associate Justices Livingston, Thomp-
son, Nelson, Hunt and Rlatchford, all
from New York, have been men of
note. For reasons of local pride the
Umpire state would have been glad to
see a successor to the late Justice
Peckham appointed from within its
boundaries.
Yet there will he little criticism of
President Taft for turning to Tennes-
see nml selecting Circuit Judge Hor-
ace H. Lurton for the vacant post.
What the country wants is a good
judge, and Mr. Taft as a former asso-
ciate of Judge Lurton in the Sixth cir-
cuit has personal knowledge of his
high qualifications.
Judge I.urton has filled his present
Important post 16 years, and previous
to his appointment there he held the
highest place on the bench of his
state. He is 65 years old, but the
supreme cjurt has never yet been con-
stituted, upon the Osier theory, of
snappy young justices. John Marshall
sat upon Its bench at 80 and Roger
H. Taney at 87. Of the present court
Justice Brewer is 72. and Chief Jus-
tice Fuller and Justice Harlan are 76
Judge Lurton's appointment sus-
tains the high repute of the most pow
erful judicial tribunal known to his
tory.—N. i. World (Dem.).
Provision for American Ambassadors.
The American Embnasy association
has sent representatives to the west
to overcome a prejudice which it
thinks is lurking there. It is in that
quarter that the association looks for
opposition to the cause It Is support-
ing, It would huve the United States
build or buy and maintain suitable of-
fice and residence buildings for ita
representatives at foreign capitals.
The subject has been discussed for
several years. The need of some pro-
vision of the kind has been explained
so fully and forcibly that it is n ques-
tion whether there Is any popular op-
position to the proposal. Probably
congressmen are aware of that, hut
when It comes to spending money
they are slow about spending it
abroad. They prefer to spend it with
In the country where it wilt help a
particular district or its representa-
tive.
The controlling argument for the
housing by the United States of its
ambassadors nnd ministers Is not that
It will eke out their inadequate sal-
aries, but that it will strengthen the
diplomatic service and thereby bene-
fit the country. It will widen the
field of choice of foreign representa-
tives. It will enable the government
to utilize the ability of men whose pri-
vate means are limited. The present
system Imposes a tax on ambassadors
and ministers which, as far as some
countries are concerned, only tho
wealthy can afford to pay. It is a tax
which Is hurtful to the country and
should be got rid of.
Berlin. "Asiatic cholera undoubted-
ly will be epidemic in Europe next
Hprlng and summer and tile terrible
scourge will come from Russia, where
cholera is raging in many localities,
notwithstanding the official statement
that the empire 1b free from the dis-
ease.”
This is the opinion of Prof. Rhein-
forth, a noted German medical ex
pert. An article based on his personal
observations during a recent visit to
Russia appears In the Nord Deutsche
Zeitung.
“The methods of the Russian bu-
reaucracy In dealing with the people
In the districts affected with the
scourge certainly are open to criti-
cism." writes the professor In his ar
tide. “The people are kept in dense
ignorance of even the most common
means of fighting cholera and of rules
governing cleanliness, dirt nnd sani-
tary conditions. They are ruled
through their superstitious fears and
politics enters largely the official
tight against the disease.
"It is through the Ignorant and su-
perstitious Ideas of the people that the
political factions In Russia wreak re-
venge on tile government by harass-
ing, even imperiling the lives of gov-
ernment agents. The result is that
careful measures against cholera are
carried out in a careless, perfunctory
manner. Thousands die who under
ably would have been killed but for
the arrival of several companies of
soldiers and police, who beat the mob
into subjection, killing and wounding
all found outside their houses and
keeping up the massacre for several
days#
"Russian newspapers said little
about the matter. The conservative
newspaper, Russka je Suamja. deplored
that the government did not drive the
entire population from the island.
ThiB is Russia of to-day.”
DOCTORS LIKE GERMAN FIELD
Country Is Fairly Overrun with Phy-
sicians—Number One to Every
2,000 Persons.
Stuttgart.—Germany Is literally
overrun with doctors. Drs. Retiss and
Rosner of this city have complied in-
teresting statistics concerning the
number of physicians in the empire.
The population In 1885 was. In round
numbers. 46,000.000. In 1907 It was
61.000.000—an Increase of 30 per cent
In 1885 the number of physicians was
about 15.000. or one to every 3 000
persons. In 1907 the number of phy-
sicians had Increased to 30.000, or one
to every 2,000 persons The Increase
in physicians in this period was, there-
fore, proportionately more than three
times greater than the increase in
population.
In 1885, about 4,000,000 persons in
Germany were insured against sick-
ness. and paid 3,000,000 marks for
medical attendance In 1907, more
than 11,000,000 persons were Insured
against sickness and they paid 63.-
000.000 marks for medical attention.
Thus the average Income of the Ger-
lo counterfeit.
in the first week of the new year
the government will issue 28,000,000
francs ($5,600,000) worth of these
notes, gradually retiring those now In
circulation. The new notes cost $14
for each 1,000 to manufacture and the
operation of putting them In circula-
tion will Involve an expense of $2u,000
a year. M. Merson, the designer, Is
paid a retainer of $10,000 a year for
ten years by the government.
The old notes have been In use
since 1889 During that period they
Lave been counterfeited frequently
and to such an extent that only the
lack of anything with which to repla i
them prevented their abandonment.
TREASURE IN SPANISH CASTLE
American Who Buys Historical Estate
Digs Up Bodies of Sultans and
Ancient Rulers.
Support Collector Loeb.
A most instructive Illustration of
the methods the tariff dodgers employ
is seen in the discreditable war that
has been made on Collector Loeb for
enforcing the customs law on return-
ing travelers, and also for his reward-
ing of inspectors who helped uncover
the sugar frauds. These spasifts of
virtuous indignation over Mr. Loeh's
lack of judgment are by products of
the immense propaganda maintained
by the Importers directly and also in-
directly through the free trade news-
papers with which they so closely af-
filiate in effort to break down the cus-
toms serVlce and the tariff law. It is
for President Taft to choose whether
he will be made a tool of by these
agencies of lawlessness and corrup-
tion, or rally the best citizenship of
the country enthusiastically behind
him by supporting Collector Loeb to
tbe limit and giving no quarter to the
perpetrators of these customs frauds.
Work Before Congress.
Tho first duty of congress this win- I
_______ man Physicians decreased from 3.066
another system could have been saved I marks a year in 1885 to 2,100 marks a
But what of that? It is only peasants | X«ar ’907. Since 1885 the relatives
Jews mere human animals—and so i °’ ’he insured have been supplied
it goes on. faction fighting faction, and J wlth medical treatment in ever-ln-
all lighting the government,” [ crea®ing numbers. The insured them-
To Illustrate his view the professor selves ar° clamoring for more treat-
rblates an incident of which he was a | n,ent-
witness and which occurred a few ! The figures are taken to indicate
weeks ago on the island of Talahak. that not only are the Germans grow-
Gibraltar.—Leading Spanish ando^h
er papers here and also recent arrivals
from the town of Ronda have much
lo say respecting tile discoveries that
are being made In the old structure
known as El Castillo de Rey Moro, re
cently purchased by Lawrence Perth
of Baltimore for $15,000 Artistic
frescoes and other splendid works of
art are being constantly revealed and
subterranean chambers have been
found containing bodies believed to
have been those ol Moorish sultans
In these chambers also have been dis
covered a large quantity of precious
antiquities, such as amphorae, arms,
clothing and many gold, silver and
copper coins.
1 he house is being closely watched
by the civil guard, as the excitement
of the townspeople Is great. It is
learned on apparently good authority
that Mr. Perin has come across an Im
mense treasure and that the discov
eries in the way of buildings and walls
are almost equivalent to the finding
of a second Alhambra. One thousand
men are now at work and further lm
portant finds are expected.
in the great Russian fishing district
of Pskov.
“When I arrived at the island chol-
era had broken out among the fisher-
men," writes Prof Rheinfurth "A
Dr Voljanskl had been sent by the
government to the official barrack
hospital to assist the local physician
Sevpral weeks previously^ party of
students from the University of Dor-
pat had visited the island to study the
fishing industry. Soon thereafter chol-
era broke out and interested persons
went among the peasants nnd wild
rumors were circulated. The students
had been sent by the government to
poison the people, it was said, and
they had been seen throwing powders
into the lake of Pskorska.
“August 10, the anniversary of a
former cholera epldemi#. a crisis was
reached, A meeting had been called
in the Island's council house. Some
one started the talk nbout the stu-
dents Instantly cries arose all over
the hall—the students were called of
fleial murderers. Dr. Voljanski had
been sent to kill the people, it was
asserted, and If he did not confess,
kill him, was (he cry.
"Unfortunately, Dr. Voljanski en
ing more sickly with the advance of
their civilization and the pressure of
their industrial development, but also
that they are becoming more fear-
some on the subject of tbeir health.
The number of imaginary complaints
has increased tenfold. The birthrate
does not decrease, else Germany
would now be in a period of incipient
physical decadence.
Train Kills Deer.
Williamsport, Pa.—The Beech Creek
passenger train leaving hero at 7-20
the other morning struck and silled a
two-pronged buck in a cut at Panther
Hun tt was carried to SnowstooK,
where a game warden dressed tt, and
it will be sent to the Lock Haven hos-
pital.
t'00 FA1 TO BE PUT IN CELL
Man Breaks Law by Selling Liquor,
But Escapes with Fine on Ac-
count of His Size.
Hartford, Conn —Daniel Wadsworth
profited again by the advantage he
has over every other ordinary citizen
in Connecticut—he can’t be put In a
cell Dan weighs 436 pounds
When a man Is convicted for a third
time of selling liquor illegally in this
state. It Is customary to send him to
jail rather than to Impose a fine But
when Daniel was before Judge Clark
for sentence after conviction, the
judge could only impose a stiff fine
Last winter after one of Daniel's
periodical convictions Sheriff Dewey
saw that he was gaining weight at an
alarming rate The sheriff decided he
would not run the risk of having to
tear out a wall of the jail So. with
one man in back, another in Tront. and
the sheriff acting as a sort of shoe-
horn. be gently wedged In Daniel's
"bay window," and with a “heave,
ho!” painfully landed Daniel outside
and liberated him.
London.—Visitors to the world’s me-
tropolis usually take great interest
in a curious piece of stone, let into the
side of a wall in Cannon street, just
around the corner from the Bank of
England. It Is an unpretentious mor-
sel, and above It is the brief legend,
"Lyndon Slone.” The two words sig-
nify a great deal. In the first place,,
this is the oldest piece of famous ma-
sonry in England, if not in Europe.
As for its ancient history, it is said
to have figured in the Trojan war, for
the exact date of which kindly refer
to Mr. Homer, who has written exten-
sively on the subject. *
Carefully screened behind an iron
grating fixed to the south wall of St.
Swlthin’s church Is the blackened and
crumbling old relic, which is not only-
supposed to date back to the very
foundation of London, but to act as its
palladium, or safeguard.
Tradition declares that the stone
was brought from Troy by Brutus, and
laid by his own hand as the altar
stone of the Temple to Diana.
"So long as the stone of Brutus is
safe, so long will London flourish,”
says the legend.
Possibly it has been largely owing
to this superstitious belief that the
stone has been so jealously guarded
through the centuries.
Many and various have been the
suppositions put forward as to the
origin and use of this landmark, but
the one now most generally accepted
is that it was the old Roman “mll-
larium,” or milestone, from which, like
the one in the Forum at Rome, all dis-
tances were measured.
Watling street, of which Cannon
street is a continuation, is supposed
to have been the principal street of
Roman London, and, according to Mait-
land, the historian, the stone was
placed at the conjunction of the mili-
tary roads.
Stow, the ancient London historian,
states that in his day the stone was
on the south side of the street. “It
was fixed in the ground very deep,
fastened with bars of iron, and other-
wise so strongly set that if carts do
London’s Curious Landmark.
New Method to Kill Tick
Deserved Tribute to the Marine.
The men who are found on board
ship in all ports of the world, ready to
enter upon any detail nnd to push
their way Into any spot, even. If
need be, into (he palaee of an east-
ern potentate In order to make the
mandate of Unele Sant respeeted and
the lives of his citizens sacred, count
for more thru any other factor in tho
respect in which the flag is held
abroad, und especially in those trou-
ble spots of till' wot id where condi-
tions are like u powder magazine. Let
the American people hail and respect
this sea soldier, do him honor nml pay
him tribute, lie is a splendid product
of the martial system of the country—
the (curie- s, Intrepid marine! Balti-
more American.
"A Democrat is one who believes
in Democratic principles and is ready
to light for them whenever he lias an
opportunity to do so," avers the 8t.
Louis Republic. Good enough, if
some one will settle the important
question, what are Democratic prin-
ciples On tbr lurlff, for Instance, Is
It tariff for re mie only, free raw ma-
terial or hare of the swngT
ter will bo to busy Itself with the I 'he building at that moment. He
progressive legislation which Brest I beard the cries of the Infurlnted
dent THft has recommended to it. people and ran toward the office of
If it has any Bpare energy and ! ’k® chief of police, followed by the
wishes to do some investigating on Its P®a8ants They surrounded the build
own account It can easily find fresh in* a,lcl demanded that the doctor he
subjects. Many of the members of ,lirnpd over to them. A police officer
the two houses might draw on their sem by the doctor to the harbor to
own inner consciousness for tips. The KP| n b°at ready for him to leave the
island was almost killed by the mob
"Dr. Voljanski evidently was a man
of courage, for he faced the crowd
nnd persuaded it to agree that it
would permit him to leave the island
Two of the leading men promised to
escort him to the harbor and they
started for the shore. But the greater
j part of the mob was beyond control
1 The physician and his protectors had
gone only a short distance when the
people overtook them and. despite the
valiant fight of his two protectors, he
was beaten nearly to death and
"The old slogan of tariff reform ’brown Into the sen. The captain of
never had more potency than It would a ma” steamer about to depart had
have to day If the party would take it | observed the attack and hnd a boat
up with the old heartiness.” ■ w”h an armed crew In readiness Vol-
Old things have passed away, how- , J*xn»Ui was drawn from the water and
ever. There are now two Democratic - boarded the steamer, which left the
tariff reform slogans, nnd before harbor at once.
either can be of any general use its I "Unraged at the escape of Its In-
friends will have to establish Its ,en<1e<’ v’c,ltn. the mol) started for the
"potency" over the broken heads of bo,lae of 'b® resident phvsiclar Dr
land laws, for example, have needed
honest congressional inquiry for years.
Because of the lack of such inquiry
the whole series of problems concern-
ing the conservation of national re-
sources has become acute. Let con-
gress investigate In tills field with a
special view to wise und compre-
hensive conservation legislation, and
It will be certain of making Itself tre-
mendously useful.
Must First Establish "Potency.”
Says Harper's Weekly:
the friends ol tbe other.
i Volkov.
was beaten and prob-
By Changing Pastures, Leaving Little
Parasite to Die of Starvation,
Means to Be Used.
Washington.—By changing pastures,
thereby leaving the little parasites to
die of hunger among the vegetation,
vainly seeking some animal on which
to fasten and fatten, the cattle tick
will be eradicated from the -southern
states, according to a bulletin Just is-
sued by the department of agricul-
ture.
Tbe author of the bulletin Is liarrv
VV. Gray bill, one ot the leading scion
tlsts in the zoological division ot the
bureau of animal industry.
With small herds thorough spraying
and dipping will kill off the parasites
which are annually causing thousands
of dollars' damage to cattle in the
south, but the only proper method ot
ridding the big herds is In the change
ot pastures.
The female tick hangs to the animat
until ready to lay t's eggs, and then
drops to the ground, where the eggs
are deposited and hatched in the
grass. The little ticks than crawl up
to the tops of vegetation i.nd put out I
their long legs In the hope of finding | l0 eslabliab
a cow to act as host ' e^aDiisn
If cattle can be kept out ot this pas-
ture tor several months the little ticks
will dry up and drop to the ground
dead It Is only by constant change
made extensive experiments with it In
Alabama
According to Mr Graybill, the cattle
or Texas lever tick, is causing greai
damage to southern cattle, and a
united effort mad.- by state and led
oral authorities with intelligent co
operation on the part ot the cattle
men can rembve the pest.
Charity Charge flies Rich.
San Francisco-When the estate ol
Mrs Susanna Moore was probated by
ihe administrator it .was discovered
that the woman, who was supposed to
nave died In poverty, possessed a tor
tune appraised at $62 000. ot which
$32,000 was in cash Mrs Moore lived
m a novel and tor years was a charge
ol tbe Catholic Benevolent association
Since the fire ot 1906 she received aid
trom the Red Cross society Two
cousinr In the east are heirs to the es
lute.
Amusement in Manchuria.
Talren, Manchuria.—With a view to
making Tairen (Dalnyi a more at
tractive place, the South Manchuria
Hallway Company has gone into the
amusement business It now proposes
an electric recreation
ground iu the suburbs. Au engineer
was recently sent to America to study
amusement resorts and new recrea-
tion apparatus has already arrived
here. Similar arrangements will also
of this sort that ihe pest can be eradl b- made a. Changchun Llaoyang and ! "when . e s “ne 0Tbh "V'*
cated, declares Mr Graybill, who has | other places along tbe railway. f Brutus sha11 di«
run against It through negligence, the
wheels are broken and the stone itself
unshaken."
Some of the public uses to which it
was put were as follows: (t) a mark
in the middle of the city within the
wall; (2) a place for the payment by
debtors to their creditors at appointed
•layR and times (afterwards made at
the font in St. Paul’s and then at the
Royal Exchange): (3) a testimony to
the city's devotion to Christ, the
stone typifying its divine foundation.
It was likely that upon this stone
all public proclamations were made to
the people; in support of which Slow
quotes the fact that the rebel Jack
Cade, who said he was Mortimer, earl
of March, rode up to London Stone,
upon which he struck his sword, say-
ing: "Now Is Mortimer lord of this
city.”
This was probably in accordance
with the tradition that the old Brit-
ish kings took their oaths of accession
upon London Stone, and until they did
so were only kings presumptive.
Before the fire of London the stone
was "much worn away, and, as it were
but a stump remaining" it was then
cased over by Sir Christopher Wren
builder of St. Paul's cathedral, with
a new stone, handsomesly wrought
and hollowed so as to contain the an-
cient relic.
In 1742 the stone was removed to
the north side near the curb, on ac-
count of its proving an obstruction in
its old position. Fifty-six years later
when St. Swithln's church was about
to he repaired, the old landmark was
doomed to destruction, but happily
owing to the intervention of Thomas
Maiden, a printer of Sherbourne lane
the parish officers consented to place
it against the south wall of the church
An inscription let in the wall re-
cords that "for more careful protection
and transmission to future ages it was
better secured by the church wardens
in the year 1869."
The harmful effects of the London
atmosphere, greatly increased in re-
cent years, have left their mark „p„n
the old stone; but there is Btill enouvh
of it left to insure London for many
years from entering on the downward
path, which is predicted to be Its fats
i
\
appear.
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Keyes, Chester A. The Canadian Valley News. (Jones City, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 31, Ed. 2 Friday, December 17, 1909, newspaper, December 17, 1909; Jones, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc859645/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.