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4 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 24; I90S. RIGHT TO STRIKE, NOT TO BOYCOTT National Civic Federation Would Cut Out Stringency of Sherman Law. END THREEFOLD DAMAGES Amendment Proposed Would Reduce Amount to Simple Damages Cor porations lo Oct Benefit of Act Must Register Names. WASHINGTON. March 23. The bill prepared by tlio National Civic Federa tion after conferences with th'S Presi dent and representatives of capital and labor to relieve the stringency of the Sherman antl-tust law, was introduced in the House today by Representative Hepburn, of Iowa, chairman of the com mittee on interstate and foreign com merce. It was referred by Speaker Can non to that committee for consideration and report, and it is understood that President Roosevelt will, in a message to Congress, make representations con cerning it. One of the most interesting sections of the Federation bill is that which seeks to relieve organized labor from the sup pressive effects of the recent Bupreme Court decisions, declaring labor unions to be conspiracies in restraint of trade, and therefore unlawful. The bill, broadly speaking, aims to restore to unions their right of peaceful existence, including the right to strike, but leaving them still amenable to the Sherman act in the mat ter of boycotts, picketing and similar coercive practices. The section la as fol lows: Strikes Not Hindered. Nothing In said act, approved July 2. 1880. or In this aet. Is intended, nor Shall any provision thereof hereafter be en forced, so as to interfere with or restrict any right of employes to strike for any cause, or to combine or to contract with each other or with employers for the purpose of peaceably obtaining from em ployers satisfactory terms for their la bor or satisfactory conditions of em ployment, or so as to Interfere with or to restrict any right of employers for any cause to discharge all or any of their employes, or to combine or to con tract with each other or with employers for the purpose of peaceably obtaining labor on satisfactory terms." Th hill dpes not attempt to change the legal status of anything condemned as in restraint of trade under the Sherman anti-trust act; but It aims to provide a way by which, under certain conditions, combinations and contracts in restraint of trade that are not unreasonable may be saved from attack. ' ' The benefits and Immunities offered by the proposed bill, therefore, will be in the main confined to those who register in ac cordance with the terms of the bill. Cut Out Three-Fold Damage. Common carriers may register with the Interstate Commerce Commission, and all others with the Commissioner of Corpo rations In the Department of Commerce and Labor. It is proposed to amend section 7 of the Sherman anti-trust act by cutting out the provisions for three-fold damages, reduc ing the amount that can be collected to simple damages, as under the common law. Everybody,' whether registered or not. will get the benefit of this provision. Both corporations for profit and having capital stock, and also corporations not for profit and not having capital stock, may register, but neither are obliged to do so. This description Is intended to in clude co-operative organisations as wall 6 business corporations, agricultural and labor organisations, and the like. If they do register they get the benefits of the act. If they do not register they remain under the Sherman anti-trust law un amended. EXPORTS TO CCBA INCREASE Greater by 123 1-2 Per Cent Than In 1903 Imports Larger. WASHINGTON, ' March 23. Exports front the United States to Cuba have In creased 133V per cent since 1903, and Im ports from that island increased 6H per vent during the same period. The total value of merchandise exported from the I nitcd States to l'uba In the calendar year 1907 was Ji2.5OO.O0O. against J23.500. 000 in 1903, an annual average of J26.000. d In the five years ending with 1903. The Imports from Cuba In 1907 were $93, 100.000. against 157.250,000 In 1903. and an average of S43.000.0O0 per annum In the five years ending with 1903. This Increase in import occurs chiefly In sugar, tobacco, cigars, bananas and copper. In the exports the Increase oc curs In a large variety of articles, but especially In manufactures of iron and steel, cars and carriages, cotton manufac tures, boots and shoes, lumber, eoal, cof fee, meats, eggs and breadstuffa of all sorts. l'AIb TO FIND STOliJN MONEY Investigation of Milwaukee Robbery Poes Not Return Coin. WASHINGTON. March 23. The offi cial report of the Investigation held on board the cruiser Milwaukee of the taking of 13800 from the safe of Pay master Skip worth shows that the safe probably was locked and the paymaster was not away from the ship during the time when the abstraction of the funds must have occurred. The vessel was at target practice in Magdalen Bay at the time. The report shows that all possible precautions were "taken, and that the robber In some way must have obtained the combination of the safe. l'RrlDENT RECEIVES NEGROES Colored Man Have Complaint About 'Jim Crow"' Service. WASHINGTON, March 23. The President today received a delegation of prominent negroes from the South, who talked to Mm about alleged un equal accommodations given colored passengers on railroads In the South ern States, where "Jim Crow" laws are enforced. The President asksd his callers to submit their contention In writing, and said he would give it careful consideration. MIST PROIDCE ALL PAPERS Lake Torpedo-Boat Company's Offi cers Summoned to Testify. WASHINGTON. March 23. The select eommlttee on investigation of the charges In relation to contracts for submarine boats today; decided to Usui subpena duces tecum to all the officers of the Lake Torpedo Boat Company to bring In all their books and papers and stock transfers and to the officers of the Berger Submarine Boat Company, to be issued and served at once. Also subpenas to the people in Connecticut concerning whom Mr. LI 1 ley testified as having attempted to Influence his vote. These subpenas are returnable Tuesday, March 31. In view of this action, the 'committee decided not to hold hearings next Thurs day and appointed various members on sub-committees who are to make investi gations and collect material for the meet ing to be held a week from tomorrow. SULLIVAN IS FOUND GUILTY Salt Lake Murderer Caught in Port land Convicted. SALT LA KB, March 2J.Joscph Sulli van, an ex-convict, who has been 4jjfn trial charged with the murder of Police Officer Ford, was today found guilty in the first degree, with a recommendation to mercy. The jury was out 48 hours. The officer was shot by one of two men who had Just held up a saloon. The confession of a man implicated in the saloon hold-up turned suspicion toward Sullivan. The latter was arrested in Portland. Or. Ke Insists that he left Salt Lake before the murder. CANNOT BAR FROM COURTS (Continued From First Page.) States Circuit Court was without Juris diction in the original proceeding, as there was no diverse citizenship, and that the suit Instituted against him as Attorney- General was In effect a suit against the state, and not against him. Xorth Carolina Case. The North Carolina case, that of Sher iff Hunter, of Buncombe County, Mr. Wood, agent of the Southern Hallway, attracted much attention during the greater part of last Summer, and was for a time the cause of a sharp conflict between the courts of the United -States and those of North Carolina. Mr. Wood was Indicted, found guilty and sentenced to serve a term of 30 days on the rock pile at Asheville on the charge of selling railroad tickets for more than the maxi mum rate established by the statute. He immediately appealed to Judge Pritchard, sitting In the United States Court for the Western District of North Carolina, and the latter promptly issued a writ of ha beas corpus ordering Mr. Wood's release by the Sheriff. This action of the court was the cul mination of several important steps in the controversy, beginning with the is suance of injunctions by Judge Pritchard against the state officials, prohibiting the carrying of the rate law into effect. This proceeding was followed by an address by Governor Glenn to the Superior Courts of the state, questioning Judge Pritchard' authority and asking them to see that Indictments were found against agents of the railroad company. In accordance with the address, a number of arrests were made so that Mr. Woods' case be came a test case for many others. Slop Operation of Roads. So important did Judge Pritchard con sider the action of the state courts that he said In his opinion "If the criminal prosecutions againBt the agents, con ductors and employes are permitted to continue the managers of the railroads cannot successfully operate their trains, carry the mails or continue their useful ness as common carriers doing an Inter state business." Considering the North Carolina case to have been disposed of toy the action of the court in the 'Minnesota case. Justice Peckham did not elaborate his views in the former proceeding. He said: Being detained in custody by virtue of Ms conviction by one of the police courts of the state, he had the right to apply for a writ of habeas corpus to the United States Circuit Judge and that judge had power to issue the writ and discharge the prisoner under section 753 of the Revised Statutes, of the United States, as he was then In custody for an act done pursuant to an order, pro cess or decree of a court or Judge of the Vntted tates. The writ being properly If sued, the judge had the right and It was his duty to examine into the facts and had Jurisdiction to discharge the petitioner under circumstances of the case. STILL MAINTAINS HIS GROUND Attorney-General Young Defends Ulghts of Sovereign State. ST. PAUL, March 23. Attorney-General Young, on learning of the Supreme Court's decision, said that so far as his case was concerned, he would simply pay his fine of $100. The action of the United States District Court of Min nesota, which resulted In Attorney Young being cited for contempt, was the result of the railroad corporations in Minnesota bringing injunction suits against the Min nesota Railroad Commission and certain shippers to prevent them from putting Into effect the commodity rate law and the 2-cent passenger fare law passed by the last Legislature. Attorney-General Young claimed that the sovereign state could not be enjoined and started proceedings to enforce the laws passed by the Legislature, for which he was constructively put in lail for con tempt. . Mr. Young. In a statement to the Associated Press said:- "It would seem that the decision of the majority overturns all former de cisions as to the Immunity of states from suit and In effect repeals the 11th amend ment." .FISHERS WIN THEIR FIGHT Alaska Wage Scale to Be Same as Last Year Fleet Leaves Soon. SAN FRANCISCO. March 23. The pos sibility of a strike by the members of the Alaska Fishermen's Protective Union was precluded today when a committee representing the Alaska Packers' Asso ciation, In conference with a committee from the union, .fixed the wage scale for this season on the same basts as that of last year, which was what the fishermen were holding out for. There Is a slight revision of the wages for the fishermen who will work at Fort Wrangel and Pyramid Harbor. Instead of the men being paid percentage for the number of fish caught, they will be paid by the case. The fleet of the Alaska Packers' is due to leave shortly for the north, and several thousand men of this city will gain employment during the fishing sea son. The fleet numbers between 30 and 40 vessels. The first to sail will be the Star of France, scheduled to leave this port next Friday. c! 2.0 00 to Get Less Wage.-. NEW BEDFORD. Mass.. March 23. Notices of a wage reduction averaging 10 per cent were posted In all the cotton cloth mills In the city today. The yarn mils, which are outside the New Bedford Cotton Manufacturers' Association, will, it is said, take some action. About 22,000 operatives will b affected. 16.000 in the cloth mills and SOU) in the yarn mills. Smith to Succeed Wbyte. ANNAPOLIS, Md.. March 33. The Democratic members of the Legislature met In caucus tonight and decided upon Senator Elect John W. Smith as suc cessor to the late Senator William P. Whiyte. Spring styles Han an aaoes at Rosenthal's TUFT ELOQUENT FRIEND OF JAPAN Tells Jerseymen How Events Have Contradicted Jingo Rumors. TASKS AHEAD OF NIPPON She Is Too Busy for War Taka hira. Tells What She Buys From Us Taft Opposes Centralization. TRENTON. March 23. Secretary Taft and Baron Takahira, Japanese Ambassa dor to the United States, spoke before the Chjnber of Commerce tonight. A special reception to the distinguished visitors took place in the Assembly chamber in the Statehouse at 7 o'clock. The two houses were in session and the galleries and lobbies were crowded with spectators. Baron Takahira spoke only briefly. Mr. Taft was given a rousing- reception. He dealt with the duties of legislators and discussed the relation of states to the Federal Government. He said the devel opment of the country bad made some Federal matters relatively more Impor tant than state matters when compared with conditions of 100 years ago, but said this did not mean the surrender of the state's rights. He added: Taft Opposes Centralization. I trembl for what this government would be If everything- wo centered on the Poto mac, in the District of Columbia. The states, the Governors and the legislatures must not lose their sense of responsibility In respect to their du-ty within their functions, lest the movement In favor of minimizing the state power I gJn in strength. At the conclusion of the exercises at the Statehouse the visitors were driven to the Masonic Temple, where the Chamber of Commerce banquet took place. Tnere were over 450 guests seated at the tables in the hall, which was profusely decorat ed with American and Japanese flags. Baron Takahira was roundly applauded and was then greeted w?th the Chautau qua eaiute. The Ambassador told his audience something about trade relations between Japan and the United States and the world, and put in a good word for the coming International exposition at To- i kto in 1913. He said: Japan a Good Customer. j The reason for this sudden growth of your ! exports to Japan le gratifying, as It can largely be attributed to the fact that during- the last 30 yeans America has been al ; ways been our principal customer as a buyer i of our staples, fostering In that way our pur l chasing power until In late years we began to import from this country many articles we used to buy elsewhere, thus showing that as we had. gained by selling you raw silk, tea and other articles so we could import rails, locomotives, plates, machinery, etc. Sometimes we hear rather harsh com plaints against Japan for starting cotton mills and no longer importing piece goods we used to buy from this country, but in making cotton goods in our own mills we have to buy raw cotton from Amerloa The came explanation is necessary for the cigarette trade. We are no more buying them from this country, but we manu facture them In our own factories from the tobacco leaves Imported from this country. There are some other things of such kind, but there is strong reason to believe that because we gain something by making theme articles by ourselves we have been enabled to Import a larger quantity of other things, such as flour, timber, leather, etc. Taft Is Hard on Jingoes. Mr. Taft spoke on "The National Out look." He said: It la a great pleasure to every one iu the Government and the administration at Washington that Baron Takahira haa re turned as Ambassador. The relations be tween Japan and the United States during the past two years have much occupied the headlines of sensational newspapers of this country and Europe. A number of the Kuropean press were determined that there should be war between the United States and Japan, even if both parties were deter minedly opposed to It. The unfortunate dis turbances at San Francisco and the diplo matic controversies that arose were made the occasion for the circulation of the most distressing rumors, which were from time to time repeated. It was found, however, that nothing had occurred at San Francisco which it was not within the power of the two govern ments to settle by peaceful methods. The question of immigration seems quite with in the power of the two government with out legislation on either side, to bring to a satisfactory adjustment. Prophets of Evil Confounded. Then these same scribes and prophets of evil made themselves hoarse wUh their shouts about the sending o fthe flet of battlshlps to the Pacific. A.las. for the rep utation of these prophets of evil; no sooner had the fleet reached our Western shores upon the Pacific than the government of Japan sends a most cordial invitation, couched in the friendliest terms, asking that our fleet vsit the ports of Japan. This Invitation the Government has accepted in the same cordial tone because it realizes the sincerity of the hospitality which is offered. ft has been my good fortune to visit Japan for short trips four times and each time I have had the honor of being pre sented to Imperial Majesty, the Em peror, and each time I have had an excel lent opportunity to learn the friendly atti tude of the govenment of Japan toward that of the United States. Japan Too Busy for War. The Japanese have their energies directed toward the civilisation and settlement and progress of Corea. which has come under their protection and control ; of the Liao tugn Peninsula, of which they now have a lease from the Chinese government; and of Formosa, which they took over from China after the Chino-Japanese War. Mr. Taft closed by urging the im portance of maintaining a Navy and Army "commensurate with our resources, with our coast line, with the extent of our country and population." Tennesseeans Indorse Taft. KXOXV1LLE. Tenn.. March, .Re publicans of the Second Congressional District, held rival conventions at the same hour, but both Indorsed Taft. Fowler for Taft and Fort. NEW YORK, March 23. Representative Fowler, of New Jersey, author of the Fowler - currency bill, announced "Taft and Fort" as his Presidential ticket today. BRIEF NEWS BY TELEGRAPH New York. An informal- tea In honor of Mrs. Humphrey Ward, the novelist, was given Sunday by Miss Elizabeth Harberry and Miss le Wolf. M'wow, The health of Count Tolstoi, who has been ill with grip for some ttm?. haa been restored and he is again at work and taking daily exercise. New York. A letter addressed : "Tour Excellency : Sir Abraham Lincoln. Flf th Avenue. New York. U. S. A., was received in the foreign mall here Saturday. Napa. Cal. Alexander Spalrs. of Colusa, County, In the State Insane Hospital Mon day, cut his throat with a bread knife be fore an attendant standing beside him couid interfere. Copenhagen. The bank committee, which on February took over the affairs of the Detail Handlers Bank, decided in favor of liquidation. The capital is regarded as en tirely lost. Oakland. Cal. The American Dredging Company's $100,000 dredge. Uncle Sam, was burned to the water's edge Monday morn ing. It was the largest vessel of its kind on this coast. Pittsburg. An agent of the Immigration Bureau who is investigating the subject of undesirable foreigners In this district, says thousands of anarchists and Indigents will be deported. Washington. Joseph Pacluccl, an Italian, was hanged here Monday for the murder of his sweetheart, Elizabeth V. Dodge, in September, Italy's Ambassador inter vened in vain. New York. An auction sale of 1BI valu able paintings collected by Theron J. Blakeslee and worth $;O0,OOO to $400,000 will b held next month. A number of old masters are included. - Lubeck, Germany. Ten members of a pleasure party were drowned by the up setting of a motor ferryboat on the Ijk of RatzeburgAr Sunday evening. Four other passengers were saved. Chicago. W. C. Weboldt has promised S100.V00 to the Chicago Y. M. C. X. to ba used in the purchase of a piece of land on the Northwest Side, to be approved by him, for the erection of a Y. M. C. A. dormitory. Utica. Neb Twenty men assaulted Rev. F. A. Miller, evangelist, of Lincoln, here as he was on his way to the railway ata tion and seriously injured him. He is ac cused of having criticised the members of a women's church society. New York. Jacob Riis in a speech at the Y. M. C. A. Sunday night denounced the new tenement-house law and proposed amendments, saying Mtl.000 rooms are left in tenements to which neither light nor air can penetrate and where plants cannot live. Fresno. Cal. Arthur Morrow, aged 50, early Monday morning left his four chil dren at thedr town home, walked a block to a grocery store, where his wife, who had left him eight months ao, was em ployed as a saleswoman, sat on the rear porch outside her bedroom door, and shot himself dead. Omaha. The Union Pacific passenger de partment has compiled from Government reports a statement showing the value of farm products in 17 states west of the Mississippi in 1007 to have been $1,091,000, 000. It shows an increase of 15 per cent In the value of crops and an Increase In live stock, of 2G0 per cent since 1870. ' Chicago Oberlin M. Carter, formerly cap tain In the United States Engineer Corps, will seek restoration to the Army and to his rank as a result of the vindication of the Savannah Harbor graft charges given him in the decision of Judge Koh IsaaA. He has declined several good appointments while he remained under a cloud. Bay City. The annual lumber cut in the State of Michigan has dwindled to con siderably less than half of what It was in 1888, which was the banner year. The tof.a-1 in 1007 was 1.743,54,000 feet, a re duction of 10 per cent from IBOri. Unless reforestation is extensively adopted It Is said that Michigan lumber will be practi cally exhausted in 30 years. Mobile, Ala. New York detectives passed through Mobile wdth Ira J. Bay less, for merly assistant superintendent of the Pru dential Life Insurance Company at Cohoes, N. Y., who la alleged to have left the coun try one year and a half ago, taking with him $150,000 of the company's funds. Bay less has confessed, and will go back to New York and "take his medicine." Chattanooga, Tenn. D. D. Edwards, a Kentucky desperado, who, Friday nlrht. shot and killed J. W. Davis, in sight of the latter's wife and baby, was Sunday night captured at Trenton. Ga. 25 miles from here. Edwards recently confessed to hav ing killed 15 men while testifying in a murder trial. Tbese did not include sev eral negroes he killed In a- riot in Chi cago several years ago. MUST LEAVE IT ALONE Labor Federation Loses Again to Buck Stove & Range Company. WASHINGTON. March 23. American Federation of Labor President Gompers and others of that organization were permanently enjoined from "conspiring, agreeing or combining to restrain, ob struct or destroy" the business of the Buck Stove & Range Company in a de cision rendered by Chief Justice Clabaugh. of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia today, moking permanent the temporary Injunction of Justice Gould against the federation in that case. The federation's counsel immediately noted an appeal to the restrict Court of Appeals. Today's decision bars the federation from in any manner calling the attention of the public to the business of the Buck Stove & Range Company or the putting of that company on the "unfair list, ' and from stating that the com pany's products should not be purchased either in Missouri or elsewhere. Sparrow Point Resumes. BALTIMORE, March 23. The big rail mills of the Maryland Steel Com pany at Sparrow Point resumed opera tions today after lyingr idle for a month. An additional blast furnace was also placed In operation. In the two departments about 800 men re turned to work. Kaiser and Family Off to Corfu. BERLIN, March 23. Emperor Will iam and the Empress, accompanied by Prince August, their fourth son, and Princess Victoria, their daughter, are to leave here tomorrow for Corfu, where the Emperor is to spend his vacation. TRIPLE TIE IS RESULT Wright Defeated by Conklin In Ama teur Billiards. CHICAGO, March 23. E. W. Gardner took fourth place in the National ama teur billiard tournament today by de feating J. F. FoggenhurfT. 400 to 358. in the afternoon game. The game was slow, 32 innings being required to complete it. G. F. Conklin defeated H. A. Wright, 400 to 256. tonight in the amateur bil liard tournament, making a three cornered tie. Wright, Conklin and Dem arest having each won four games and loast one. Run Down If your doctor says take Ayer's Sar- ' saparilla, then take it. If he has anything better, then take that. Ay ersSar saparilla NON-ALCOHOLIC If you arc all run down, easily tired, thin, pale, nervous, go to your doctor. Stop guessing, stop experimenting, go direct to your doctor. Ask his opinion of Ayer's non-alcoholic Sarsaparilla. No alcohol, no stimulation" A blood purifier, a nerve tonic, a strong alterative, an aid to digestion. We have no secrets I We publish the formulas of all our medicines. J. C. AYER CO., Manufacturing Chemiitt, Lowell, Mass. INVITED TO CHINA Wu Will Ask to Have Fleet Visit Celestial Port. MORE INVITATIONS COMING Xew Zealand and Tasmania AIko Eager to See Battleships Se- bree's Squadron Starts on Voyage to Bremerton. WASHINGTON, March 23. China, through Minister Wu, has extended a cordial tnvitation for the American bat tleship fleet to stop in China on its way around the world. On receipt of a dis patch from the Minister of Foreign Af fairs for China today, indicating that instructions have been given to welcome the vessels, Mr. Wu promptly sent a let ter to Secretary Root. The latter was absent from the department today, and the communication will be laid before him tomorrow. Information has reached the Navy De partment that New Zealand and Tas mania have similajj. invitations on the way by mail. v. PRESS GLAD OF COMING. VISIT Commend Japanese Government for Inviting Fleet. TOKJO, March 23. The press, without exception, is enthusiastic over the an nouncement of the visit of the American fleet, and the government is receiving praise for extending the invitation. The consensus of newspaper opinion is that the prompt acceptance of the invitation shows the friendship of America for Japan, while the visit of the fleet will suffice to show the world the impossi bility of a breach of the friendly rela tions existing between the two countries. 'Dispatches received today Indicate that the fleet will arrive In November. The newspapers are urging the government not to limit the expense of Its reteption. WANTS TO KNOW THE DATE Australia Making Ready to Enter tain Fleet When It Comes. MELBOURNE March 23. Premier Dakln today received an official Intima tion from Washington to the effect that the American battleship fleet would pay a visit to Australia. The Premier has cabled to Washington asking for the date of the fleet's arrival at Melbourne, so that a programme of festivities in honor of the Americans can be arrangea ana preparations commenced early to ensure the success of their welcome. Cruisers at Redondo. REDONDO, Cal., March 23. Rear Admiral Sebree's squadron of Pacific reet. composed of the cruisers Tennessee, Washington and California, reached this harbor at noon. The officers and men were welcomed by a committee of eltlzens including General A. R. Chaffee. To night the ladles of Redondo entertained the sailors at a ball and tomorrow another funotion will be held in honor of Admiral Sebree and his officers. i Sebree's Squadron Starts North. SAN PEDRO, March 23. The United States flagship Tennesee and the cruisers Washington and California, of Admiral Sebree's squadron of armored cruisers, which have been in this port since Tues day, weighed anchor today and sailed for Redondo and Venice for a stay of two days, thence for Bremerton, via San Francisco. MAY NOT HAVE COME HERE Man Thought to Be Helie de Sagan Was Someone Else. NEW YORK, March 23. The report that Prince Helio de Sagan arrived in this city recently from Paris could not be con firmed tonight. On the contrary, advices from Montreal said that the man supposed to have been recognized by the immigration authorities as the Prince did not measure up to the minute description of the Prince subse quently obtained. Hoppe Beats Shaefer Badly! NEW YORK, March 23. Willie Hoppe defeated Jacob Schaefer tonight 400 to 92 In their 18.2 balkline billiard match. Casslgnol in the afternoon match defeated George Sutton, 300 to 225. In the night game Sutton defeated Cas signol 500 to 400. Profits of Sugar Trust. BOSTON. March -23 The annual re port of the American Suear Refining Company of December 28, 1907. was issued to the stockholders today. The profit and loss account shows net earnings for the year 1907 of fi.749,291; 7 per bent dividends. Including that of January 2. 1907. 8S.KO.930; surplus for the year, $2,449,361. LIVES ON ONE EGG. A DAY Schoolboy, Though Weak In Body, Has Remarkable Brain Power. Philadelphia North American. Not many a lad In the land could sub sist on a diet of "one egg a dy." but it has proved sufficient for Howard, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Elliott, of 4443 iNorth Vber street, who has just celebrated his 8th birthday. Physicians have been puzzling their brains about this strange case for many months, for it has seemed queer to them that a boy could exist on so slim a ration. But it is a necessity for Howard Elliott, for his organs are so weak that he can not digest any heavier food. So he cats an eeg every day. The boy Is a bit stronger than he used to be, and he has a brain that would well fit a lad of twice his years. A diet of one egg a day seems to develop the gray matter, for Howard makes all the other boys in his department at school hustle some if they are not to be eclipsed by a 'weakling." Physically he is deficient, for his ten der muscles and undeveloped body will not stand the romp and tumble of the ordinary playground. But Howard makes a hard try at "being a boy," even if it does use up about all the energy he can accumulate in the course of a week. The birthday celebration was a bright event, and brought many of his playmates to his home. Th?re are persons in the neighborhood who declare that Howard gets a little extra sustenance on the side, but his father and mother scoff at this "ridicu lous Idea." So Howard still holds the Mutatlon of being the very lightest eater In Philadelphia. JAILS PITTSBURG BANKERS Examine Folds Charges Two OfH ; cials With Embezzling Funds. PITTSBURG, March 23. William Folds, United States Bank Examiner, today made two Informations against John Young, auditor of the Farmers Deposit National Bank, of this city, and Henry Belber, paying teller, charg. lng them with embezzling and misap plying $85,000 of the bank's money. Young and Relber were arrested to night. In default of $25,000 bail each, they were committed to Jail. Cut In Altoona Shop Force. ALTOONA, Pa., March 23. Because of the depression in business, the Penn sylvania Railroad Company indefinitely suspended 2140 Altoona shop employes today. At the game time an order was fect food given to man. It has been his "staff of life" for 4,000 years. Human inge nuity can never make corn as digestible or as nutritious as Shredded Wheat o rrt f-lf- tissue-building material in the whole wheat prepared in a digestible form. For breakfast heat the Biscuit in oven, pour milk over it (hot milk in winter) and a little cream. If you like the Biscuit for breakfast you will like toasted TR1SCUIT (the Shredded Wheat wafer) for luncheon or any meal with butter, cheese or marma lade. At your grocers. Six days of good temper in every box of Cascarets. Six days when you feel at your best; no head ache, no dullness. Are they worth ' ten cents? It is (oily to talk of the "laxative habit, The habit lies in eating the wrong sort of food, and too much of it. And in getting too little exercise. While you do that, you must give the necessary help to the bowels in some other way. Else there is always a penalty. Here is the way to avoid it : Eat coarse food in moderation. Eat plenty of fruit, many green vegetables. Drink no alcohol. Walk ten miles per day. Those are Nature's ways for keeping the bowels active. The next best way is Cascarets. Cascarets, better than anything else, supply the place of laxa tive foods and of exercise. They do what right living would do. And they do it just as gently, just as naturally. They are vegetable. You'll need them just as long as you live in -doors, and eat rich foods; and no longer. Take them as you take food when you need it Carry a box in your pocket, and take one Cascaret at a time. That's better than to suffer and wait - - Cascarets are candy tablet. They are sold by all druggists, but never in bulk. Be sure you get the genuine, with CCC on every tablet. The price is 50c 23c and Ten Cents per Box sw THIS IS WORTH SAVING GOOD PRESCRIPTION, AND HOW TO PREPARE IT." Recommended Very Highly in Kid ney and Bladder Troubles and Rheumatism. This is a simple home recipe now being made known in all the larger cities through the newspapers. It is intended to check the many cases of rheumatism, kidney and Madder trou ble which have made so- many cripples and invalids and weaklings of some of our brightest and strongest people. The druKKists here have been noti fied to suppiy themselves with the in -frredient. and the sufferer will have no trouble to obtain them. The pre scription is as follows: Fluid Kxtract Dandelion, one-half ounce; Compound Harmon one ounce, and Compound Syrup of Sarsaparflla three ounces. Mix by shaking well in a bottle. The dose ts one tablespoonf ul after each meal and at bVdtime. Recent experiments, even in severe hospital cast's, prove this simple mix ture the remedy for Rheumatism, be cause of its positive action upon the eliml native tissues of the kidneys. It compels these most vital organs to filter from the blood and system the waste impurities and uric acid which are the cause of rheumatism. It cleanses the k'.dneys, strenRthens them and removes quickly such symptoms as backache, blood disorders, bladder weakness, frequent urination, painful, scalding- and discolored urine. It acts as a powerful stimulant to the entire ktdnev and bladder structure, puts new life Into thein and invigorates the en tire tract. All the Ingredients, states a well known local druggist, are of vegetable extraction, making it a safe and harm less prescription at any time. Those who suffer and are accus tomed to purchase a bottle of patent medicine should not let a little incon venience Interfere with making- this up. Issued increasing the working time of all the men retained to 50 hours a week. Mayor Ousts Tax Collector. NEW YORK, March 23. Tar Collec tor Nicholas Muller was removed from office tonight by Mayor McClelland. In his letter to Muller, announcing his dismissal, the Mayor explains that during his term of office, Muller's duly assessed taxes with penalties and in terest amounted to thousands of dol lars, which have remained unpaid. Factories on Short Time. FITTSFIELD, Mass., March 23. A re duction In working hours went Into effect today In the largest manufacturing plants in this city. Don't Rob The Horse of His Com The whole wheat is the most per nnl'sirie oil I-Via 1