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VOL.. XLVL-XO. 14,443.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ONERGAN
TELLS HOW
Workings of the Mind
of San Francisco
Grafter
POOR A(iO NEEDED MONEY
Never Asked for It, but Got
"Indian" Information It
Was Coming.
DOUBLE CROSS FOR HALSEY
Confessed Grafter Won by Af
fable Telephone Official.
MONEY DESTROYED IN FIRE
Ilrmorsoful Supervisor Calls Loss
Act of God "Big Jim" Gallagher
Always Distributed Money
Among . Ue Boys." i
SAX FRANCISCO. March 22. -(Special.)
Tlie whole story of the bribery of the
Board of Supervisors was told today in
graphic language by Supervisor Lonergan,
who. before his appointment, drove a
bakery wagon. . His confession follows:
Confession of a Grafter.
"Never since 1 have been In public office
have I asked a man seeking a public
favor, for a dollar. I have never held
up ah Individual or a corporation in my
life, but I have accepted bribes volun
teered by many of the public-service
corporations of this city and county, and
liere let me say that the money received
from the bribe-givers did me little or no
good. When the fire came, most of my
finances were burned up, for In nearly
every instance the bribe money paid me
was In currency. God knows I have paid
dearly for accepting those bribes, and
now, when I look over the happenings of
the last few weeks. I wish I had taken
the advice of my heart-broken wife :and
remained on the seat of Foley's bakery
wagon.
"A sreat many people have an idea
that the Supervisors got together and
planned the looting of the public-service
(corporations. Such is not the ease. In
every instance the bribes were carried
to the Supervisors.
Gallagher Paid t'a-h Kxcopt Once.
"There is also an impression that the
board, during the Sunday night caucus,
planned a scheme of hold-ups for the
next week. That also is untrue. During
the gatherings of Sunday nights the ques
tion of extorting bribes from the big mo
nopolists or accepting bribes "was never
discussed. Who arranged the scheme for
i-orrupting them as a board, 1 have never
oefinltely known. Of course, I have my
suspicions, just the same as every one
rise, but so far as I know every job put
through waa personally manipulated by
Supervisor Jim Gallagher, who personally
delivered the bribes. In saying always,
1 made a slight error. He did not handle
the money in the case of the Pacific
Plates Telephone Company's bribe. In
th-it instance the money was handed over
to the mem hers of the board by M r.
Halsey. The transaction took place in his
private office.
Karb Committee Hat! Hold-l p.
"I don't think Ruef ever Fnoke to me
on money matters. While we were all
of the Impression that he, in a general
way, planned the hold-ups, when it came
down to tho actual parsing of the money
none of us knew any one nave Super
visor Callagher. who was always referred
to as the hig fellow.
"Shortly after we went into office it was
generally agreed that we constituted a
happy family of IS members. In the old
days and In the hoard preceding us we
understood that the hold-up of corpora
tions was left to" the various committees.
For instance, the light committee would
hold the gas trust and equally divide
the loot among the members of the com
mittee. Naturally th remaining mem
bers of the board would stand In when it
came to a final vote, it being understood
that each separate committee was to take
care of itself. But with us it was a case
of one-eighteenth of the total revenue for
each Supervisor.
"Indian'' Knowledge of Loot.
'While these matters were never dis
cussed in detail, there was a sort of 'In
dian' knowledge, or understanding, that
we were to play fa ir and squa re wi th
one another. In the light of what has
come to the mi r face, however, I know
that many of us were double-crossed In
the passing of the bribe money, and some
Ui0 got large sums for doing certain
WAS BRIBED
things were not entitled to any more
than those who received comparatively
small amounts for easting votes to the
same gang.
'I meant to be square when I was
elected, but one day we seemed to un
derstand simultaneously for the life of
me I couldn't tell you who told me about
it that the fight trust wanted a permit.
While nobody ever said a word about
money, we all seemed to realize that we
were to be paid for our votes. You can
call it intuition or anything you like,
but I emll it 'Indian information. Well,
the matter finally came up before the
board and it was unanimously passed. A
couple of days later Bib Jim Gallagher
came to me and handed me 3500.
Money Offered, Never Asked For.
"This was my downfall. It looked
like a lot of money to mc at the time
and there seemed to be a mutual un
derstarrdlirg" among all concerned that a
rich harvest was to be reaped during
our term of office. Now. mind you, I
never seriously thought of demanding
money from anyone, for I was early
convinced that the corporations had
men hfred' for' the purpose of bribing
Supervisors.
"Shortly after the question of fixing
the gas rates, came along, we all knew
that the gas company had been held
up In the past and that In all probabil
ity it was to be held up again. The
agents of the company appeared before
the Board and told of their troubles due
to the destruction of the big power
house on Jessie street by fire. They
explained to us that their losses had
been very heavy and that it would be
necessary for them ' to have a
high rate fixed by the bfoard.
Myself and . others who had
pledged ourselves before election to
vote for a 75-cent gas rate, decided to
stand by our pledges.
. His Second Bribe.
"But the arguments of the agents of
the company were so plausible and the
damage and loss caused by the fire so
far-reaching that we decided to grant
the company an R5-cent rate.
'During all this time there never was
a word said about a hold-up or bribe or
corruption fund, or anything of the sort.
But a week afterward 'Big Jim Galla
gher came to me and handed me $750.
I took the money and on my way home
pondered over my second bribe. But I
was a poor man with a wife and family
and needed the money, and, as I knew
all the others were taking it from the
top to the bottom, I couldn't see why I
shouldn't accept any money offered me.
More "Indian" Information.
"Maybe a month passed and again
everybody seemed to think that an op
position telephone would be a good thing.
Now the merits of the Pacific States Tele
phone Company were never discussed by
us In caucus; but possibly a few of us
might exchange notes when discussing
the . local situation. But everybody
seemed to have 'Indian- information
about the nervousness of the Pacific
States Telephone Company over the ap
plication of the Home Telephone Com
pany for a franchise.
"After a few days a man named Krause
called on me. He was very affffable and
told nie that he wanted me to meet Mr.
Ilalsey. Up to that time I didn't know
exactly who Mr. Halsey was. I made
some Inquiries and learned that Krause
was Halsey's man-of-all- work, that he
arranged interviews, meetings and things
of that sort.
Halsey's Delicious Luncheon.
"Weil, he took me dowp and introduced
me to Mr. Halsey, who. in turn, invited
me to lunch with him at Delmonico's. I
went to the luncheon, which was very de
licious, and we certainly had a most en
joyable afternoon. Nothing whatever was ;
said about telephone franchises or any
thing of the sort. Halsey explained to
me that it was simply. a means of getting
better acquainted. When we parted, he
made me promise to come down and see
him in his office. I did so. and there he
made his firt overtures toward bribing
me.
Showed Him Telephone Plant.
" Monergan. he said, 'all I need is your
vote to kill the application of the Home
Telephone Company for a franchise. I
want you to come with me and look over
our plant. I want you to realize the vast
amount of money that we have put into
machinery and electrical apparatus. I
will also show you that the telephone
business, that is, the mechanical end of
it, is of such a peculiar nature than an
opposition service is not feasible.
"Well, after I looked at the machinery
and the dynamos and the switchboards
and all the complicated stuff that they
hud in the suboffices, I quite agreed with
Halsey that an opposition system
wouldn't be a very good thing for the
city. So back again we went to his office.
Given $500 0 for His Trouble.
" 'Now, Lonergan, he said when we
were alone. I want your vote and I don't
want it for nothing. 1 will give you $500
if you will vote against the Home Com
pany's franchise, and next year I will
give you an additional $2500. That will
make $7500 in all for your trouble and
really do the city a good turn.
"I agreed to his terms at once, and
he handed me the $5000 in bills. Now,
mind you, I was assured by Halsey
at that meeting that enough other
members of the board had accepted
his money to guarantee the defeat of
the Home Company's franchise. 1 had'
my suspicions of who the members
were, but nobody said anything to me,
so I kept my mouth shut. Again, it
was a case of that 'Indian informa
tion. Double Cross on Halsey.
"One Krlday afternoon Jim Galla
gher told me that the administration
was for the Home Company's fran
chise, and then I realized that some
one was trying1 to double-cross us all.
I said I didn't think It was right
meaning that, when I accepted Halsey's
money, I did It with the understand
ing that I was really carrying out the
wishes of the administration.
"'Well, never mind, said Gallagher,
'The Home Telephone Company's fran
chise is the dope, and it's got to go
through.
"Well, it was a pretty pill to swal
low, but I swallowed It and held Hal-
(Concluded on Pajce 33
HARRIMAN'S SCALP
GREATLY DESIRED
Roosevelt Anxious for
Prosecution.
EGGED ON GOVERNOR DENEEN
Found No Illinois Law to. Cover
Alton Deal.
URGED ONE BE ADOPTED
President Sets Bonaparte to Fine!
Whether Evidence Enough for
Prosecution Vnder Interstate
Commerce or Sherman Law.
WASHINGTON. March 22. (Special.)
President Rem levelt is so anxious to add
the scalp of B. H. Harriman to his col
lection that at his personal direction the
Department of Justice is looking into the
question, although the final hearings on
the Harriman merger will not bo held
until April 4.
Attorney-General Ponaparte is giving
his personal attention to the matter, and
i3 being assisted by an assistant Attorney-General
and other experts. The 'Pres
ident wants to know whether, on the
evidence already submitted, he can make
a case against Mr. Harriman. either un
der the anti-trust law or under the inter
state commerce act.
The" President was greatly exercised at
the time of the Investigation of the Har
riman roads. He conferred with the Attorney-General
and others as to whether
the Government could prosecute Mr. Har
riman for the- Alton deal. It was the
opinion of the Government's lawyers at
that time ihat any prosecution would
have to be under the laws ot Illinois. It
was this question that brought Governor
Deneen and . Attorney-General Stead, ot
Illinois, to the White House a week ago.
The President wanted a pledge from
them that they would prosecute Mr. Har
riman. -
Mr. Stead told the President that there
was no law in Illinois under which Mr.
Harriman could be prosecuted. The Pres
ident expressed great surprise and asked
the Governor to draw up and send to the
Legislature a bill which would make a
repetition of the Alton deal punishable by
fine and imprisonment. To draw up such
a bill and recommend its passage was
among the Governor's first acts upon his
return to Illinois. Sentor Cullom, of Illi
nois, who had several conferences with
Mr. Deneen and Mr. Stead while . they
were here, confirmed their report to the
President that under existing laws there
could 'be no prosecution of Mr. Harriman.
The facts gathered by the Interstate
Commerce Commission on its Investiga
tion of the Harriman roads are being
made the basis of attention 'by Attorney-General
Bonaparte.
ANOTHER SLUMP IN STOCKS
Erie Leads the Decline U HI and
Harriman Lines Follow.
NEW YORK, March 22. The stock
market was again very unsettled today,
the disturbing feature being the decline
In the Eries on that company's announce
ment of a suspension of all improvement
and construction work in this State be-
I :
cause of the attitude of the Legislature
at Albany. By noon. Erie common had
declined 3 5-8. the first preferred 4 3-8 and
the second preferred 6. The drop in these
stocks brought them to a lower level
than was touched in the panic of last
Thursday. Cables from London intimated
that trouble is expected there in the
course of next week's fortnightly settle
ments. In addition to the severe declines in the
Kries. there were losses of between 2 and
S or more in the Hill and Harriman
stocks and Southern Railway, Canadian
Pacific. Reading and other active issues-.
About the only exception to the down
ward tendency of the list during the
early session was an advance ot 2 1-2 In
American Smelting, but by noon this ad
vantage was lost. In the early afternoop
the weakness of the market increased.
A, slump of .8 1-2 in Canadian Pacific in
the last hour made the market weak and
decidedly nervous at the close.
Investigate ITtah Railroads.
SALT LAKE CITT, March 22.-A Sena
torial Committee of five members will
continue, the Investigation of railroad
conditions In Utah begun during the ses
sion of the Legislature, and will report
to the next General Assembly two years
hence. Members of the committee say
that. In the event the coal famine of last
Winter is repeated next season, the Gov
ernor will be urged to call a special ses
sion of the Legislature to deal with the
question.
H0T1UTED HID KILLED
TORTl'KE OK FRENCH SOLDIERS
IX NORTH AFRICA.
Moie for Inquiry Met- by Pit-quart
With Rill to Abolish Discin
Unary Battalion.
PARIS., March 22. The entire session
today of the Chamber of Deputies was
devoted to a discussion of alleged atroci
ties anri tortures, which. It is alleged,
have caused permanent mutilation in
many cases, and even death to many
soldiers serving in the disciplinary bat
talions in Africa, Pascal Cecil. Radical
Socialist, and others demanded a commis
sion of inquiry to allay the public anx
iety on the subject.
War Minister Picquart declared the rep
resentaions from Africa were grossly ex
aggerated and that much of the informa
tion concerning the conditions in the bat
talions emanated from unreliable sources.
He declared that only soldiers who were
known to have bad characters before they
were recruited, were drafted into the dis
ciplinary battalions. He admitted, how
ever, that in a few instances the regula
tions had been overstepped and abuses
committed, the authors of which would
be subjected to an investigation and
eventual punishment, and promised to
suppress some of the more severe forms
of discipline. i
The Minister' of War suggested ithe
passage of a bill introduced by himsetf
for the abolition of the disciplinary bat
talions, lii i a rder tiiat all opportunity Tor
tn$ .nnicuon ji try .iu-calleu Jioi-
would cease to exist-
By a vote of 426 to 132 the Chamber
rejected M. Cecil's demand for a com
mission of investigation.
HOT IN EAST AND SOUTH
Temperature of 90 Degrees in Wash
ington City and Kansas.
WASHINGTON1. March 22. Accord
ing: to the United States Weather Bu
reau, today was the hottest March day
ever experienced in Washington. The
temperature reached its highest point
at 4 o'clock this afternoon, when the
thermometer registered 90 degrees."
KANSAS CITT, Mo.. March 22. The
maximum temperature here today was
90 degrees.
WHOLE FAMILY IS FROZEN
New Brunswick Blizzard Slays
Mother and Three Children.
BATHURST. N. B.. March 22.-In the
severe blizzard which swept over the
eastern provinces late Wednesday night
Mrs. John Comeau and three of her chil
dren were frozen to death in a snowdrift
at St. Simon, a small inland village.
THE DEADLY GRIP THAT WON'T COME OFF
PEASANTS SACK
AND BURN CITIES
Agrarian Revolt All
Through Moldavia.
THOUSANDS OF JEWS IN FLIGHT
Armed , Bands Fight Battles
. With the Troops.
STRUGGLE AT PIATRIA
Land Monopoly of Absentees Causes
Desperation At Least 10,000
lews Escape Willi Nothing
and Camp in Open Air.
VIENNA. March 22. The seriousness
of the situation in Northern Moldavia,
growing out of the agrarian disorders,
has not been exaggerated, according to
tho latest telegraphic reports reaching
here from Czemowitz. on the border.
It Is estimated tonight that 400 farms
In Moldavia have been devastated, 8000
fugitives have fled over the Roumanian
frontier Into Austrfa and 10.000 Jews are
homeless. The number of dead and
wounded cannot be given accurately, but
the reports of today give a total of about
85 men killed and about 150 wounded.
Aimed Against Farm Trust.
The outbreak seems today to have been
partially suppressed. The Roumanian
government is still sending troops Into
the affected district. Practically the en
tire province of Moldavia has been in
volved. The movement Is more .really agrarian
than anti-Semitic. The peasants are in
revolt against the great farming trust,
which has leased half the cultivable land
in Moldavia. The absentee landlords who
control the trust are Jews, and this fact
brings the ire of the peasants down upon
any: avf all Jews they meet and to this
antipathy is added strong racial feeling
arising from other causes.
Volley Repulsed Rioters..
On Thursday BOO peasants tried to
invade Michaelineu. despite the fact
that there was a sufficient number of
Roumanian troops in this town to stop
the rioters. The peassnts at first got
the upper hand, because the soldiers,
acting upon the orders of the Prefect
of the town, were not permitted by
their officers to open fire. In the face
of the menaces of the furious peasants,
however, some of the soldiers did fire
against orders. This volley killed 13
of the rioters and wounded 45, when the
peasants withdrew.
. Loot and Burn Another Town.
A more successful attack was made
at Vaslul. to the south of Tassy. "Here
2.000 peasants foreed their way into the
town. The Prefect did not have suffi
cient troops at his command to stop; the
infuriated countrymen. He stood by. a
helpless witness, while the rioters In an
Incredibly short space of time plun
dered practically all the buildings on
the three principal streets of Vaslul an
set them on fire. The peasants had
looted freely, and then fire .'completed
the destruction.
The Prefect sent in a hurried appeal
for reinforcements and the peasants, ig
norant of this step, remained In the town
until the soldiers arrived. Then ensued
a serious fight. In which the soldiers won.
Twenty rioters were killed and many
were wounded. The commander of the
troops. Major Calori, sustained serious
injuries.
Pitched Battle Fought.
It is estimated that not less than 8000
fugitives have fled . to the Austrian
province of Bukowina. where they are
being cared for.
The most serious fight of the day oc
curred near Piatrla, a town about 60
miles southwest of Jassy. Several thou
sand peasants marched against this town,
where an entire regiment of infantry was
stationed. The soldiers charged the peas
ants with fixed, bayonets. The peasants
replied -with rifle and revolver fire and
then the troops began shooting back. The
fighting lasted over an hour before the
rioters retreated. They had 42 men killed,
b7 wounded and 250 of their number were
captured by the soldiers. The troops hod
eight men killed and 27 wounded.
Thousands or Jews Homeless.
The estimate of 10.000 Jews without
homes Is considered here conservative.
Most of these fugitives saved absolutely
nothing, escaping with their lives luckily.
Four thousand Jews fled to Bucharest,
where the authorities are now making
every effort to assist them, but practi
cally all are obliged to sleep In the open
air.
SACK AND BUKN WHOLE TOWNS
Roumanian Peasants Start Terroi
Among Landlord Class.
VIENNA. March 22. According to the
news received today iti Budapest' from
Moldavia, the peasant movement in Rou
mania Is spreading. The town of Boro
goi has been sacked and burned by the
peasants. The Inhabitants were compelled
to flee for their lives.
At Cucutenl, where many Hungarians
live, a fight occurred between Hungarian
and Roumanian inhabitants. Four Hun
garians are reported killed and 30 wound
ed. Fourteen peasants were, killed In a col
lision with troops at Belgestle. while In
Folkshall the people are in revolt against
the authorities. The village of Sulice
was destroyed by peasant rioters. The
fate of the inhabitants Is not known.
REVOLT ALL OVER MOLDAVIA
Peasants Attack Troops, Who Shoot
Down Many of Them.
BUCHAREST. March 22. The Agra
rian revolt, which was at first cen
tered around Botoshanl, has now
spread over practically the whole ot
Moldavia.
A serious encounter -between troops
and raiders occurred at Blegesti. In
th'i district -of Bacau. The peasants
attacked the troops, who opened fire,
killing 14 of the raiders.
In tho district of Vaslul yesterday,
20 peasants were killed and scores
were wounded.
Northwest Postal Affairs.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. March 22. August R. Motz has
been appointed postmaster at Klberton,
Wash., vice William Renfrew, resigned.
Rural free carriers appointed:
Oregon Estacada, route 1, Abraham
Demoy carrier, Frank Thurstan substi
tute. Washington Georgetown, route 1,
George T. Hlxon carrier. George Hixon
substitute.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TB-STBRDAT'S Maximum temperature, 44
degrees; minimum temperature. 36 degrees.
TODAY'S Occasional rain, possibly part snow;
warmrr durinK the afternoon; high
southwesterly winds.
. Foreign.
Whole of Moldavia ravaged by rebel peas
ants. Page 1.
Charge of torturing French soldiers in Af
rica. Page 1.
Rayner sentenced to hang for murder of
Whiteley. Page u.
National.
President disapproves acquittal of Captain
Koehler for disrespect to General Wood.
Page a.
Major Goethals appointed on Canal Com
mission. Page 8.
Senator Fulton and Secrctars- "Wilson dis
agree on grazing in forest reserves.
Page .
President Roosevelt anxious to prosecute
Harriman. Page 1.
Root warns Central American states to stop
war; Honduras at Zelaya's mercy. Page
2.
Domestic.
Senator Burton, released from jail, prom
ises to publish his story. Page 4.
Haskin on American ingenuity's success.
Page 1.
Evidence of Thaw's insanity given by Je
rome. Page 4. .
President of Manufacturers' Association
proposes federation of employers and
peace with labor unions. Page 2.
Alaskan kills Polish Count who won away
wife's affections. Page 4.
Hudson Maxim discovers wonderful new
explosive. - Page 3.
I'acltic Coast.
Supervisor Ixmergan's confession of graft
ing in San Francisco. Page 1.
Why Board of Supervisors is not removed,
rage 1. .
Boise grand Jury returns four Indictments.
Page 6.
Dusky spouse at Aberdeen elopes with first
love. Page 6.
Four feet of snow south of Ashland. Page
7.
Effort to wrest control of Idaho Democracy
from Dubois. Page ft.
Astoria united for legal battle to break Port
of Columbia act. Page 10.
Commercial and Marine.
Potato famine at San. Francisco. Page 17.
Wheat strong and higher at Chicago.
Page 17.
Slump in Eries weakens stock market.
Page 17.
General retail trade Is heavy. Page 17.
Portland Asiatic steamship Arabia bring
record shipment of 'firecrackers. Page 16.
Portland and Vicinity.
Democrats ready to tag G. H. Thomas with
- Mayoralty nomination. Page 12.
Opposition to building of electric railway
on Section Line road develops at Court
house mass-meeting. Page 10.
Street Railway Company refuses petition of
striking carmen for reinstatement.
Pace 12.
Chinese In mass-meeting hiss name of Con-
, sul Moy Bak Hln. Page 16. v
OF
Success Due to Violat
ing Precedent.
ALWAYS READY FOR NEW IDEAS
How Chicago Drummer Pushed
Wares in Asia.
MAKING CARPET IN INDIA
Fortune In Old Pine Stumps Xon
Hefillable Bottle Made of
Wood Greatest Pea Gar
den on Earth.
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
' WASHINGTON. March 17.-(SperlaI tor.
respondence.) The American business
NGENUITY
AMERICAN
W 5
man is never bound by precedent, and to
this feature of his methods the United
States largely owes Its present position
as the greatest business Nation of the
world. The progress of science is no
more rapid. than the Yankee application
of Its discoveries to business: our people ... ...
not only manifest extraordinary Ingenuity :
In solving commercial problems, but they
do things on a scale the magnitude of
which Is astounding to the more conser
vatlve nations of the old world. ' ;
A short time ago a conslgnme.nt.o5
streetcars was made in Bast St. Louis for
use in Los Angeles, Cal. The custom 'la
to load hew rolling stock of this kind ont
flat cars for shipment. "Why not run
them out to Los Angeles on their own
wheels?" suggested the venturesome
spirit of Ingenuity.
"Such a thing has never been done,"
replied cautious Precedent.
"That's no reason why It can't be
done," replied Ingenuity," and the cars
were made ready. They were fitted with
a temporary equipment of couplers( and
air-brakes and a train of 22 cars and a
caboose was started. Oilers rode In the
caboose to watch for hot boxes and the -scheduled
speed of 15 miles an hour was
maintained. This was the first instance
where streetcars have been run on a rail
road track.
He Showed the Asiatics.
Makers of American agricultural imple
ments have been more aggressive than
almost any other class of Americans in
pushing their wares into foreign markets.
One Illinois concern sent a man to Asia ,;
Minor with Instructions to stay there tin- .,
til he opened the market. Catalogues,
samples. much talking nothing could
overcome the precedent of two or three
thousand years of plowing with bullocks ,
and a crooked stick. After three year, of
failure. te Illinois man got it into his
head that these Asiatics were closely re.
lated to the Inhabitants of his neighbor
ing State of Missouri and would have to
be shown.
He showed them. He rented a piece of
ground and divided It In halves. One side
he plowed with an Illinois plow, harrowed
it with an Illinois harrow and planted 20
pounds of wheat with an Illinois wheat
drill. The other half was plowed with
native bullocks and a crooked stick, ,
wasn't harrowed at all, and was planted
with 66 pounds of wheat sowed broadcast.
Bvervbody waited for the harvest. The
Illinois half produced a 10 per cent greater
yield and the Asiatics were reminded that
less than one-third as much seed had been
sown on it. After that Asia Minor be
came a good market for Illinois agricul
tural machinery.
Liquid Air Supplants Ice.
Boston threatens to break loose from
the grip of the ice trust. The owner of a
soda fountain in the Hub Is now serving
little science with every drink bougnt
in his place. In a way that is as matter-
of-fact as oysters and frankfurters are
provided In other drink establishments of
cities less erudite. When a customer or.
ders a lemon phosphate or some other
soft drink, the soda-Jerker pours a few
drops of liquid air in the glass and the
beverage becomes as cool as the North
Pole.
Americans like to buy East Indian rugs,
but the native designs have not- proved
particularly pleasing to Yankee tastes.
Therefore a company of American carpet
makers went to India, bought 10 large
factories employing 16.000 workmen and
began the business of making Indian rugs
with American designs. The material
used, the dyes and the methods of weav
ing are all Indian. Last year JWO.0O0
worth of rugs were made In these Amer-
lean factories in India and sent to the
home market la this country.
. AVhere Each Helped Other.
One day last Summer two business
friends were, chatting at a club In a
manufacturing town In the Middle West.
One of these men was a manufacturer
of furniture and the other was a buyer
for a chain of 10-cent stores located in,
prosperous towns In the Mississippi Val
ley. The furniture manufacturer ' was
lamenting the fact that the dull season
was upon him. that many of his expert
workmen whom he would have to lay
off would drift away where he could
not locate them when the rush came
on a few months later. The buyer scent
ed a business opportunity and asked tiie
other if he would be willing to turn out
stuff at cost In order to keep his organiz
ation Intact. The manufacturer said he
would, and they figured all over the f
back of the bill-of-fare. Result an order
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