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4 THE OGDEN STANDARD, OGDEN, UTAH, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1913 Ili Extra Specials for Saturday I Curtain Sale : ! ! 250 Pair ol Lace Cortalns at HALF PRICE ; Jj ! Shoe Sale j I $1.50 Children's White Nu-Buok Oxfords $1.00 $1.75 Children's White Xu-Buck Oxfords $1.39 $2.00 Children's White Nn-Buck Oxfords $1.49 $2.50 Ladies White Nu-Bue-k Oxfords $1.59 I $2.50 Ladies' Low-healed Oxfords $1.39 I $3 50 Ladies' Tan Button Oxfords $2.98 $2.50 Ladies' High-heeled Oxfords $1.98 250 $1.50 to $2 00 White Lave Inderskirts. ' your choice 75 I I Last & Thomas William Glasraann, Publisher, l AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER (Established 1870.) jj Thlg paper will alware fight for J progress and reform, it will not kuow- ii ingly tolerate Injustice or corruption I and will always fight demagogues of , all parties, it will oppose privileged cla3ses and public plunderers, it will never lack sympathy with the poor, . jj it will always remain demoted to the J public welfare and will never be sat- ' lsfied with merely printing news, It 1 j will always be drast'cally independ ent and will never be afraid to attack j , wrong, whether c mmitted by the I rich or the poor. iWHAT THE MINNESOTA RATE CASE DECISION MEANS The Minnesota rate case decision of the United States supreme court is looked upon ns one of the most important opinions ever rendered on railroad regulation. A writer on the San Francisco Call says the opinion as written by Justice Hughes lays down two principles of law, which, in their broad sense, are more than novel. From the accepted theory of railroad regulation the are revolutionary. Justice Hughes, sustained by a unanimous court, holds that the power to regulate railroad rates 1b properly classified with the police powers of the state. But, that such regulation may not be classified as a power not surrendered to congress by the states. He holds, and so holding makes it the law of the land, that congress has the constitutional right to regulate Intra state commerce as an agency of in terstate commerce. And that con gress failing to exercise its consti tutional right to regulate intrastate commerce as an agency of Interstate commerce, the right and the duty to impose such regulation remain with the 6tate. In effect, the decision of the su preme court meanB that the accepted theory to the contrary notwithstand ing, the states have given congress the constitutional right to regulate in trastate commerce, but that the sur render of the right is not effected until congress seee fit to exercise it Strangely enough, in arriving at this conclusion, Justice Hughes fol lows the reasoning of his distinguish ed fellow New Yorker, Senator Elihu Root. Some years ago Senator Root provoked wide discussion b the con tention that if a state failed to exer cise powers inherent to it, congress could exercise those powers. Justice Hughes has given a reverse fc flll turn to the statement, and has ar rived at a definite legal conclusion by exactly the same reasoning. I The second great principle of law laid down by the decision is a radical departure from the accepted idea of railroad regulation, in Itfl possible ef fect, rather than in its statement. The court holds that physical val uation shall he the basis for rate fixing Then it holds that the practice I NO HOSIERY CAN I DO MORE THAN 1 SATISFY W' Most hosiery dees far less. I KNOX-KNIT absolutely and invariably does $ satisfy fully and completely. every pair is honestly made, wears like iron, looks good like silk, fits like a glove, and ia the best 25 HOSE IN THE , WORLD, BAR NONE. H ClcipRs' Of rate fixing shall be to insure a fair: return upon the money represented j by the physical valuation There is little of the revolutionary In that, but the decision applied to the cases at bar uncovers the widest possible departure from accepted theories. The decision of the court enforces the rates fixed bv the Minnesota com mission od the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads It expreps ly exempts the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad from the enforcement of those rates. The court holds tiat the Great Northern Pacific railroads can oper ate at a fair return upon their re placement values, under the 2 cents passenger and the freight rates fixed by the state commission It holds that the enforcement of such rates upon the Minneapolis and St. Louis would not return the road a fair profit upon its replacement value and consequent would amount to confiscation of property within the j meaning of the constitutional inhibl j tions Wherefore the Hill roads, and, in ferentlally, all the other roads operat ing in Minnesota, except the Minne apolis and St. Louis, must carry in trastate passengers for 2 cents a mile. The Minneapolis and St Louis may charge a higher rate The state com mission must not Interfere with that higher rate until such time as it may i be shown that the road can furnish I the sen Ice at a lower rate and make fair return on its replacement value. Reduced to a single statement that means that two roads may charge dif ferent rates for the same service. And there Is the revolutionary de parture from the accepted theory of railroad regulation THE CANAL CAN BE BLOWN UP. Colonel Goethals notified President Wilson yesterday that water 16 to be turned into the canal within a fev week6 and Invited the head of the na tion to see the mighty construction i works before the Inundation. Colonel Goethals has said that the canal could be made ready for t'n passage of an American battleship fleet by October, and this reminds us that the Panama waterway is expect ed to play au important part in a conflict with Japan, should the two nations resort to the arbitrament of Nvar But Robert Fowler, an America. i aviator, who flew over the Isthmus of Panama, says he could have dropped enough dynamite on the Gatun dam and lockB to have put tho canal out of service, and that, even with fortifications, the canal is ex poBed to attack from flying ma chines. This is but another reason why the United States should move Its great Atlantic battleship fleet to Pacific waterB without delay, imme diately after the opening of the canal The United States is not remotely menaced by any European power and there Is no danger of sudden attack from that source, even If our relations with a European power were strained, while there Is uncertainty as to our future with Japan, and the lesson of the Russo-Japanese war teaches us that Japan, when ready, strikes with out warning oo SENSATION CREATED IN THE SENATE Senator Gallinger Is not the type of senator to whom we would look for high ideals, but he made a most pertinent comment when, on being asked at the senate lobby investiga tion today whether he approved of the President campaigning for tariff legislation, said "I am an old-fashioned person. I still believe in the three co-ordinate branches of the government and it grieves me to see the executive en croaching on the powers of the oth ers and attempting to Influence legis latlon." Then the questioning of the sena tor turned on the appointments by the President and a strong insinuation was com eyed that Wilson has with iietd iraminatiDUB in order to jcmroca certain senators into accepting his tariff views. The Standard agrees with Senator ; Gallinger that the executive branch of government should be distinct and apart from the legislative. The Pres ident is given the veto power as a safeguard against hasty legislative action His influence over the leg I Islatlve branch should not go much beyond that, because to tolerate a usurpation of the legislative functions would be according to one man a preponderance of power not contem : plated by our form of government I which recognizes that in the delib ! orative judgment of manv jhero Is wisdom beyond the mental rasp of I any one person Conceding to the president superior ! Judgment to that possessed by the i representatives of the people in leg I islature assembled. Is yielding to the j Idea that a king, an emperor or a I czar could better govern us than we can govern ourselves. The President may be wrong In his tariff contentions. th senators in fa i or of gradually and not radically disturbing present tariff schedule! and business conditions may be right, but the President, if encouraged to throw all the pressure, not of his mental make-up but of his official position, on tho side he espouses, may thereby prevail over the superior judgment of the legislative branch, to the great injury' of the country' The nice balance of government es tablished by our forefathers should be allowed to continue undisturbed, even though at times the President may fpol called on to prove to the na tion that his wisdom transcends that of all who fail to accept his dictum. We of the west, at this particular time, are grieved by the President's I ovprstepping of the line of demarca tion separating the executive from tho, legislative, because our great Indus tries are threatened with disastrous consequences The President should be satisfied to apply the veto power and grant to congress the right to legislate as a deliberative body free from tho bribe j of federal patronage or the fear ot presidential disfavor. (-i ry . ELECTRIC LINES ARE POPULAR. The high favor In which electric roads are held by the public as a means of travel is nowhere better il lustrated than in this part of Utah I whero the lnterurbans are almoo monopolizing the local passenger trni fic W hen the Ramberger road was com pleted to Ogden few saw any great future for the electric line in comp tit ion with the steam roads Tb - hourly service when established was considered an experiment to be con tinued only during the summer sea son The business though has so in creased that 10 mor motor cars have been ordered from the works at Miles, Ohio, and b this time next year, trains will arrive and depart every half hour over the road to Salt Lake City. The Ogden Rapid Transit line to Bngham City has prospered to an ex tent that the directors are encour nged to build on to I,ogan and before the end of the year an electric road will be bringing the people of Cache Valley into Ogden. The steam roads continue to haul the freight, but the passenger travel Is being captured by the trolley lines oo UNMASKING OF THE ALASKA LOOTERS. Those who were loudest in declar ing that Alaska was being held back by the conservation policy of the gov ernment and who related at great length the resources locked up by the exclusion of capital which would build railroads, If allowed a free hand, an? now the most persistent and ener getic opponents of the plan to author ize the government to construct rail roads in that Territory The Wilson administration is said to be in fa vor of building 700 miles of Btean road In the heart of the coal timber and mineral resources of Alaska, but the senators who havp been strongest in opposition to conservation in that Territory are now doing all in their power to block this move This is a most Impressive unmask ing of the "statesmen'' who ostensiblv are for the people but In reality are the hired representatives of the Gug genheims and other powerful Inter ests laboring to trick: the American people Into surrendering an empire of wealth which' would go to enrich a few men already possessed of millions. oo JORDAN TALKS IN FAVOR OF PEACE Lincoln. Neb., June 13 Chancellor David Starr Jordan of Leland-Stau-ford university, addressed the grad uating class of the University of Ne braska here today on the "fight against war." He paid particular at tention to the debt incurred by every country wherein war occurred! paint ing vivid pictures of war and Its re sults, which he stated had been prov ed by history. Degrees were granted to 40G candi dates Dr. Jordan will speak before the Nebraska Pence society before leav ing the state on a campaign In the in terests of the world-wide peace move ment L oo THE INFERENCE Adolphus It's an awful shame. My little nephew got hold of that poem I wrote, to you and toro It to shreds Augusta So the little fellow can I read already! London Oninlon. JUNE BRIDE SALE EVERYTHING CHEAPER Why Live in a Boarding House Any Longer ? I Why Nol Have a Home ol Your Own and Really Live? You young couples boarding house dwellers are you longing, each day, for a home of your own? Wishing, each time you visit some friend's happy home that you yourselves had one? Then why don't you have one you can have one furnished just as neatly, as cozily and comfy as any you have envied. ; We say you can we're here to show you how you can won't you have confi dence enough in us to come to the store and let us explain how easily we will? I . ECONOMICAL HOUSEFURNISHING BUYING ALWAYS POSSIBLE AT THIS STORE! f mrnirrTiTwsMii msiii ii i msjiiiii iMimiiimwTmHiwMii y ihisMwoTOssssHgsaiHBMBiAiiuwjiass A BEAUTIFUL BRASS BED AND MATTRESS GIVEN AWAY. ASK ABOUT IT. Ogden Furniture (2b Carpet Co. f EXONERATE I MINISTERS Parliamentary Com mittee Finds No Foun dation for Charges of Graft in Connection With Contracts Be tween the English Government and Wire less Company London, June 13. British cabinet ministers were todnv absolved by the parliamentary committee from all blame in connection with the scandals alleged to have surrounded the con i mi ts between the British government ftnd the Marconi Wireless company The report of the parliamentary committee which investigated the af fair was issued today. It declares that there Is no foundation for any of the charges made against Attorney General Sir Rufus D. Isaacs, chancel lor of the exchequer. David Lloyd -George, or Postmaster General Her bert L. Samuel. Tho committee finds that all of tht ministers concerned acted throughout In the sincerest belief that there was nothing in their action which would conflict with their duty as min isters of the crown. The report further says that "no evidence was given showing th;it any member of the British government exercised any Influence in order to procure the contract for the Knglish Marconi company, or in any way act ed cpntrary to the public interest in behalf of that companv. or used knowledge acquired in his official ca pacity for his private profit, or was concerned in any dealings in the shares of the company' The report in conclusion, strongly condemns the publication of charges which were absolutely untrue and which those responsible for their cir culation had no reason to believe true. The foregoing extracts are from the majority report The majority ot the parliamentary committee was com posed of Liberal and Radical members of parliament. It is understood that there will be minority reports, but these have not yet been made public PELKEY CASE ON TUESDAY Calgary, Alberta. June 18. The tri al of Arthur Pelkey on the charge of manslaughter In connection with the death of Luther McCarty during their fight here on May 24. was set today to begin Thursday. June lf, he fore Chief Justice Harvey, of the su preme court. Tommy Burns, who promoted the fight, will not be tried before fall James Short, tho crown prosecu tor, appeared before tbo supreme court today and asked that a special judge be assigned to presldo at Pel key's trial. A. L. Smith was present representing Pelkey and Burns By common consent It was agreed that Justice Harvey would presldo and June 19 was set as the date for the trial The court suggested that Bums should be tried at the same time as Pelkey. but both the prosecutor and counsel for Burns Bald that thoy worej not prepared and it was arranged to postpone the trial until the October term of the court oo TEDDY'S SON GRADUATES. Andover. Mass. June 13 Phillips Andover academy had its 185th com mencement today, and ns it happened graduated just 135 boys Among the guests were Col. Then dnre Roosevelt, whose son Archibald, was one of those who had earned a diploma. The colonel was the prin cipal speaker at the alumni luncheou. REDUCE FREIGHT RATES Washington, June 13. Reductions of about twelve per cent on thej freight rates on coke from the Con-J nelsvllle region in Pennsylvania to i furnaces and steel mills, both east) and west, was ordered todny by the, Interstate Commerce commission Reparation aggregating millions ot! dollars was not allowed. no LEGAL. NOTICE OF INTENTION Notice Is hereby given by the Board of Commissioners of Ogden City, of 'he intention of said Board to make the following described improvements,) to wit. To lay out, establish and open a; public street, to be named Ballantyne Avenue, North and South through. Block 16, Plat "B," Ogden City Sur-1 vey. said Avenue to be 30 feet wide, i being 1139 feet East and 18.61 feet! West of the Lot line between Lots 8-8 and 8-9. Block 16, Plat "B." Ogden: City Survey, the whole distance be-1 tween 20th and 21st Streets, and to defray the whole of the cost thereof. "enlarged" pictures Either Crayon or Oil PORTRAITS $3 to $10 With or without frame, first class work guaranteed. Several objects or groups a specialty. Call or write to the picture manager, care of the OGDEN STANDARD 360 24th St, Ogden, Utah. Slade's Transfer Phone 321. 408 25th Street We have the largest van In the city. Quick service. Moving, ship ping and handling pianos. Prompt freight deliveries. Furniture mov ing a specialty. Storage at reason able rates. estimated at $400 00, by a local as sessment upon the lots or pieces of ground lying nnd being within the following district, being the district to be benefited and affected by said 'mprovement, viz All the land lving between the outer boundary lines of said avenue when opened as proposed, and a lino drawn c.u feet outward from and par allel to the said outer boundarv lines, being part of Lots 2-3-8 and 9'. Block 16, Plat "B," Ogden City survey. All protests and objections to the carrying out of such intention must be presented in writing to the City Recorder on or before the 7th day of July. 1913. at 10 o'clock, a. m., that being the time net by said Board of Commissioners when they will hear and consider such objections as may be made thereto, at the Mayor's of tice at the City Hall .Ocden, Utah. By order of the Board of Commis sioners of Ogilon ("it y, Pt ih Dated this ?ist day of April, 1913. a. G. fell. Mayor. II J ('RAVEN, City Engineer. 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