The times dispatch. [volume], January 04, 1912, Page 7, Image 7

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Dr. II. E. Webster Must Answer
for Murder of Third and
Bigifmoua Wife.
HIS TRIAL STARTS TO-DAY
Expected That Insanity Will Be
Defense of Young
Physician.
Oregon, ill.. January ?The ilnul'
chapters of u double life und Its tragic
consequences will begin to-morrow,
when Dr. Harry is. Webster, the young
Chicago medical student, will go on
trial for Hie murder of Ilia third and
bigamous wife, Bessie Kent Webster,
whose, body was found In a ravine near
Dlxon, III., tin: home of the accused
man's parents, September 29.
Hai ring thu possible postponement'
Ol the trial, owing to the Illness of jr.
U. Brwln, on..- of the chief attorneys'
for the defense, the .State's attorney ts
confident of having the Jury box tilled
from the special venire that has been,
mtnrnoned this afternoon, when the
battle for the young interne's free- I
dom will begin. Dr. Webster has been i
showing a marked Impatience for the
trial to begin, i-s ho I-, confident that|
hin story of alleged persecutions by!
the murdered woman will result In ilia
acquittal.
Women \\ rite of > empathy.
Members of the medical fraternity
throughout the Ftatc of Illinois have
??.ontrlbuted to the defense fund of
U'-jbstcr. as havo a number of women
In the West, who have expicnsed deep
?yrnpethy for him In letters accom?
panying their contributions. A pool
Ptartod by his friends and associates
In the Policlinic Hosyttal contributed
a large sum to the defense fund, and
A. G. Harris, attorney for the North
western Railroad Company at Dlxon,
hns Informed Webster's lawyer that
his friends In his home town will be
glad to render any financial aaelstanco
needed.
It Is expected that WebBter'a law?
yers will demand tho appointment of
an insanity commission to determine
Hie present state of the doctor's mind
Th!? will be rCfVuestod on the ground
"C many conflicting rtateir.ents made
by the prisoner regarding the murder
of his wife, and his strange actions
since hla arrest. The basis of tho de?
fense probably will be Insanity, emo?
tional, temporary or hereditary, or a:
combination of all three.
Story of Duplicity.
The story of the deceit and duplicity,
of the young doctor, which resulted In
such a cold-blooded tragedy, is one oi
the moil startling In the criminal his?
tory of the fc'tato ot Illinois.. All the.
time that Webster was studying medi?
cine Iii Chicago he wat carrying on a;
courtship with Miss Zoe Varncy. the]
pretty daughter ot a wealthy citizen
of Cedar Rapid?, Iowa. In the mean
while ho was Introduced to Mica Bessie
K? wli ? was llvhfi In Chicago, by one
61 htr student friends, Tho girl sccir.uU
to take to the young dootor Immedl-1
Rtbly, and then began a aeries of clan-'
destine me tings that caused the girl
to fall deeply In love wiib the man.;
who was in reality only trifling with'
her affections, tt he fully Intended to
it.arry Mlts Varney, the Iowa girl, ug
r oh at he had graduated from medical |
r?iiere and had established a substan?
tial practice in the Illinois metropolis, I
Webster gave so much time to too
Kent girl that ho gradually ? began to j
neglect hit) regular correspondence with
his llancee In Iowa, whose father was;
rendering him financial aid. Ho finally
furnUhed a home for Mlhs Kent In Chi-i
cago, convincing her relatives thati
they had been married, and lived wlth;
h'-r for several mohtbs, during which
time ho gave little thought to the girl'
hp declores he really l?vud.
Weds Agnlu In I'urtnlcht.
A sudden cessation of allowances
from thu prospective father-in-law In
Iowa brought the doctor to his senses,'
however, and January 3, 1010. ho made
a trip to Cedar Rapids, effected n re
conciliation with his offended fiancee,
find In order to make certain of finan?
cial support from her father arranged'
lor an Immediate- marriage, which took
place. January i. The happy pair went!
on a week's honeymoon trip to Denver,
and when they returned to the bride's |
homo Webster promised to -go to Chi
-ago to finish his studies and send for'
l-.ls wife as soon as he had furnished j
up a home.
L'pon his arrival In Chicago he v.asi
visited by Bessie Kent's sister. Kittle!
Kent Newbcrgr.r, who charred htm
with deceiving her sister and demand?
ed that he marry Bessie Immediately
In order to protect her good name. I
Webster claims he agreed to do this
absolutely
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With the understanding lim? Iii? Kuiit
Kirl was to secure a divorce as soon
ua possible aitur tho ceremony had
been performed. The pair were married
Januar^ 12, baroly u. week after Ills
marriage to the. Vanity girl.
Futile Attempt for Divorce.
After his second tnurrluge Webster'
begged the Kent girl to get a divorce,
which she refused to do. but demanded
that he tako hor to his old homo in
Dixoii and Introduce her Id his parents
as his wife, in desperation, Webster
endeavored to Secure a divorce on his
own account from hin second wife, but
tho case was thrown out of court.
Webster tried to avoid his Chicago
brldo ua much as possible after hts i
lalluro In tho dlvoreo courts, but j
whenever ho failed to meet her on u'
hxed date she would go to tho hospital !
Id ace hlin and beg htm to tako her 10
his homo In Dlxon.
Friday night, Soptcmbor 16, Webster,
started to Dlxon to spend tho week-end
with his parents. As he stepped from
ihe train he was mot by tho Kent girl,'
who had followed him from Chicago
on the same train. Not wishing to take
hor to hie home or bo seen oy any of
his friends, no induced her to go to a
hotel with him, where, ho claims, they
sat up all night Quarreling. In tho
morning he. hired a horse and buggy
and drove out of town, and while pass?
ing through a stretch of dense wood:.
.?? cording to his confession after being >
arrested, they btgait quarreling, and!
In the heat of his pnsslon ho stabbed j
hci repeatedly with a pocketknlfe,'
drugged her from the buggy, stripped I
her body of all the possible marks ot)
Identification, and carrying it to a ra- j
. Inn, concealed It under a pile of leaves, |
where It was accidentally discovered j
to*n days lator.
After tho Identification of the body'
by the girl's relatives. Webster wet: 1
*rrested and hold by the coroner's jurj j
?ii a charge of murder.
lipon being placed In Jail W?a?terl
?ras induced to confess that he com- i
mined the crime by a letter from nls
brldo In Iowa, who then sued for dl
voice, which was immediately granted.'
During the divorce suit It was revealed]
that Webster h id been married in ih>.,
fall of 1901 to a Miss Mac Graff, the'
daughter of a restaurant proprietor.1
who divorced him soon after the mar?
riage. It was thy discovery of tnis,
me.rrtasre that completely turned hlu
wife In Iowa against htm.
NO FEDERAL STATUTE
AGAINST DEFILING FLAG
Measure for the Protection of Ameri?
can IJinblem Once Defeated
lu House.
Washington] Jeuuary ?I'.eccnt ci.&rget
end denials of sbllfeo "ad raliuH ot the
American Mag have enveloped the fact that!
there Is no national ttutue making such;
uctt punishable. Several Stairs are juld to
ha\" aev'ore law* or. the Subject, and tho
War Department officials are hoprlu! thai"
imitation will 'tad legislatures of other
tjtaiet to adopt similar law?.
lUaJor-Qeiieral Leonard Wood, c'.itof of
staff of the army, contvr.de that the na?
tional ensign rhould never b? u^cl ab a
table covering or be tuck'-d up as drapery,
hut t!;at It shou'.d always bo suspended from
a Mne or stuf or hunt; ugutnst the wall.
I: Is a common practice on shipboard to
spread the Una over the chaplain's table
er desk dttrinir*servlces, and tins practice
is condemned In some quarters at a misuse
of the (lag.
An attempt probably will be made to ob?
tain notion.,! legi'latlun on this tublect. It
IS -aid, but so many private Interests would
be adversely aff?ot?d 'hat tho tucceie. o;
t!:.: attempt doubtful.
('rule: ih-t copyright and trade-mark law
there !s u provision which forbids the uso
of the, flag or of any represeuiatlou of It
i us a trade- Ulark, and a. !cw of the States
have laws forbidding tho use- of the tilg
for advertising putposcs.
I May '.?'. I'.-.-, the Senat? pasied a bill,
Introduced by Senator Lodire, providing for
ibe punishment of any person "trho public
jjy mutilates, tramples upon or Otherwise de?
nies any euch tint;, standard, color or on
slgn (referring to the America:: Uric).
Whether any such fine, standard, color or
ensign Is public or private properly"; a lino
I of not more than flute or imprisonment for
not more than six months, or both, being
[ the penally for violation. This measure,
however, fulled to pass the Uourc.
IMPRISONS HIS MOTHER
l nuHiiol Testimony Offered by Sliter In |
Contest Over Will, I
San Diego, Cab, .Innunry 3.?In thoj
trial of tho Thurston will contest In1
the .Superior Court hero yesterday. In
which Oeorgo U Patterson, a Newcas?
tle, Fa., banker, seeks to deprive Mine.
(Catherine Tlngley, head of the Uni?
versal Brotherhood antl Theosophlca)
Society, at Foint Dorna, ot nearly'
$250,000, willed to her by his mother.
Mrs..Harriet P. Thurston; Mme, Tlngley
answered question regarding the man
r-metit of the society. She said that
all the money she hud was devoted to
tho organization and that emo novor
asked for money.
ihe testlflod the mother had told her
that the son, George I* Patterson, had
Imprisoned her to got money from her.
and that he wanted ?20.000 or $21,0011
to pay it gambling debt.
ATTBwira to Kim imrsELv.
|0. I'. Bowyer, u Virginian, In Critical Con?
dition In Denver,
Denver, Col., January 3.?<}. P. Bowyer,
aged twenty-Ovo o real estate salesman, who
ramo to Colorado a few months ago from
Emory, Va? In In a critical condition In the
I county hospital, doe to his attempt to com?
mit suicide yesterday.
Bowyer clultns relationship with Judge
John A. Buchanan, of ?mory. und with Dr.
George B. Johnston, of Hlchmond. The rea?
son for his act hns not been disclosed.
Assistant Attorney-General HesigiOH.
Raleigh. N. C. January 3.?Assistant At
| torncy-Oenerol O. Lylo .Tones to-night sn
nounced that ho had resigned his position
to return to Franklin. J*. C. to rflsumo thu
I praetlco of law. Attorney-General T. W.
ntckctt nnno.iinces the appointment of
I Thomas II. Cnlvert, of Ttatoigh, to ?II tho
vacancy.
Probing Election Corruption
JUDGE) nEKRY A; W. SKEE.V
iHpeclal to The TImes-Dlspatch.]
Bristol. Va., January 3.?Judgo Hen?
ry A. W. Ekeen, of Bouthwest Vlc
glnla, whose Investigations Into eloc
tlon^raAi^a_ln southwest Virginia have
disclosed alleged wholesale bribery of
the electorate. Is receiving congratula?
tions from all parta of tho State and
other Slates. Judge Skecn will ahortly
begin a similar Investigation In Dick?
inson county.
(Continued From First Pago >
called to the attention of the general,
naturally he would rebuke them."
"Do you think he could have slopped
!t had ho tried*"
"I do not, as the iron workers were
only an allied organization of the
Amerian Federation of Labor. John J.
McNamara was not the kind of man'
to take orders from anybody.'
Dookwarter asserted that his Inves
tlgat.or. convinced him beyond any :
doubt that McNamara and the iron J
workers were guilty.
A conference was held late to-day, in ?
which participated L'nitod States DIs-1
trlct Attorney Charles W, Miller, in j
charge of the government's inquiry
here; Oscar Lawlor, special govern?
ment prosecutor; Dlstrlei Attorney
John D. Fredericks, of Los Angeles
county. Cat., who prosecuted the Mc
Namaras, and Walter Drew, counsel fcr
the National Erectors' Association. It
Is understood that the go'vernmenCa
case against the alleged conspirators
w-as mapped out.
A number of important witnesses aro
f-xpected to testify to-morrow.
fiumprr? Denies It.
Washington, D. C, January ".?Com?
menting upon a statement by former
Mayor Rookwaltcr, of Indianapolis,
that prominent labor officials were in?
formed morn than two years ago that
-1. J. McNnmara was engaged In dyna?
mite outrages, bampel ?ampers, presi?
dent of the American Federation of
Labor, to-day said:
"No person, living or dead, ever rondo
such a statement to mo or even gave
a hint that J. J. McNamara or any ono
else was engaged In a dynamite ex?
ploit or dynamite campaign."
As to the remark of Oscar Lawler,
special government prosecutor, to-day
that though the labor leaders hnd con?
demned the McNnmarns specltlcnlly, yet
not one of them had rendered any as?
sistance to tho government for the pur?
pose of uncovering or disclosing tho
dynamiting crimes committed. Mr. C5om
pers said that ho had no knowledge
of any one engaged In dynamiting,
hence was unable to render any assist?
ance in tho disclosure of any ono en?
gaged in dynamiting or any other
crime
I.nltor Leaders Arrested.
Muscutine. Ia., January 2.?The ar?
rest of.Emniett Flood, of Chicago, na?
tional organizer for the American Fed?
eration of Labor and the representa?
tive of President GoinperF. on the
charge of conspiracy 10 destroy prop?
erty" with acid bombs, was the prin?
cipal development to-day in the grand
Jury situation here which grew out of
Cnj button workers' strike. Flood was
arrested on four warrants three of
! which charge him with malicious de?
struction of property.
C. O. Wilson, the Socialist mcmhnr
I of the City Council und fiscal agent
] for the local Button Workers' Union,
I w hich Is on strike, was charged In two
I new indictments with conspiracy and
malicious destruction of property. Both
; men were released on $1,000 and $3,000
[ bonds, respectively, given by union
men.
One Jury Cults, Another Ucglng.
Los Angeles, Cel., January 3.?This
week will see the end of a Federal
grand jury and t'.io beginning of a
county nrrand Jury, both Intent upon
lnvcstigationi; of dynamite outrages.
Tho Federal grand Jury, which In?
dicted Olux A. Twiotmoe. Anton Jo
honnsen and K. A. Cluncey, of San
Francisco, nnd J. 13. Munsey, of Salt
I.akt City, all labor leaders. Is expect?
ed to adjourn Friday. According lo
United States District Attorney A. T.
McCormlck, It - 111 bo at least three
fip- the Original and Genuine
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The county grand Jury, beginning to- |
morrow, gives every Indication of delv- ,
Inc Into tho manner In which the i
defense of tho McNnmara brothers con- !
ducted Its case. Alleged attempts at
Jury brlblns probably, will he probed!
to locnto the real responsibility for'
such as already havo been admitted
and to learn If t^icrc were others.
The county grand Jury to-day sub?
poenaed five persons formerly connect?
ed actively with the McNumara de?
fense.
Those subjocnaed are IClrk Fltzpat
rick. a deloctivo brought from Chicago
by Clarence Darrow; \V, B. Collier, nn- ,
other detective; Larry Sull'.van, tho]
former GoldAeld mining man. who was
credited with having been llrst com- I
missioned to sound District Attorney:
Fredericks on tho question of the Mc
Namara confessions; Mrs. Ann Har?
tenstein. Darrow's. former confidential!
secretary; J. II. Russell, secretary to
Job Hnrrim.-.n. and Frank Belcher, aj
watchman In the building where tacl
McNamara attorneys made their head-;
quarters. Kussell also was subpoenaef J
to sppear before the Federal grand;
Jury.
It was reported to-dny that the new!
investigation will cover the alleged
efforts of the defense to bribe Jurors
in the McNamura trial.
Battle for Howard*. J
Los Angeles, Cnl., January 3.?
Samuel L Brown, chief of the detec?
tives attached to the office of the
county district attorney, to-day an- 1
nounced that a legal battle was Im?
minent between himself and Detective
William J. Burns for the rewards of?
fered for the arrest of the perrons
responsible- for the dynnlmitlng of tho
Times building. He said the rewards
bllll in effect approximated $&S,000.
"I telegraphed to District Attorney
Fredericks, of Los Angele\ who is in
Indianapolis now," said Brown. "As
soon as 1 receive an answer I shall
start suit In every place -in the coun?
try where rewards were ottered. I
l shall sue for half in each case.
"Nothing- woul-i plensc me more
than to tell In court what I know-about
the arrest of the McNamaras?at least,
the West end of It?and to tell how it
was an accident on the purl of Burns."
EFFORT RENEWED
10 OUST G?FFEY
Washington, January 3.?Renewed j |
efforts to depose Colonel James M. Guf
fey as Pennsylvania member of t'.ie
Democratic: National Committee In fa?
vor of Representative A. Mitchell
Palmar Will ho made nt tho meeting of
the Democratic National Committee ?
January S, when it convenes here to
name the tlnio and place for holding ;
tho Democrat!.- National Convention. :
A statement was sent out to-day to j
the member..; of the national committed
by the opposition to Colon M Gufl'ey
signed by George W, Guthrie and
James I. Dlakslee, chairman and sec- '
retnry, respectively, of the Democratic
StatO Centrnl Committee of Pennsyl- ;
vanla, and by Representative A. Mitch?
ell Palmer, ns member of the national
committee. The statement accuses him
and his friends of hiving a close part?
nership between t:.e Democratic State
organization and the Penroie. ma- j
i chine."
On March 2. 1911. a special meeting'
wns called of the Democratic State
Committee, when the position of Dem?
ocratic national conimlttesman from
Pennsylvania was declared vacant and
a committee of seven appointed to
name a new member. This was done
March 4, 1011, when Mr. Palmer was i
named, and at a meeting of the full
committee, on July 19, his selection !
was ratified and tho action of the I
committee which sflectcd Colonel Guf-{
fey was rc-sclnded.
Colonel Gutfey arsortod that the ac?
tion Of the committee was Illegal snd 1
Irregular, and that it had no authority i
to remove hlin. The opposition con- j
tends that "undoubtedly the State com- j
mitteo had tho leiral right to declare
a vacancy In Its chairmanship, such is
the universal rule In parliamentary
bodies. The chairman was not a mem- ;
bar of the committee, ? but had been
theretofore selected by a majority of j
Its members as Its prcsldint? otlicer." j
Representative Palmer. In a supple
mentary statement, declared that the j
Democratic party of Pennsylvania
"must be rehabilitated, and that the ,
house cleaning must ho complete."
"Tho future suceoss of tho Demo
cratle party In Pennsylvania," ho de- j
dared. "In a great msnsure depends
upon the action of the Democratic Na- !
tlonal Committee In this contest."
nenil on Eve of Election.
Albany, N. Y., January 3.?James H. ,
McMnhon, Horireant-nt-nrmri |n the
Stnte Senate at the last Ueglalnturo-and
n candidate for re-election, was found
dead to-day in his room in a hotel
hore. Mr. MoMahon, whose home was
In Ne.tv York City, was thirty-five years
old.
HIGH LIVING COST
AGAIN EXPLAINED
La Follettc Tells Hearers It Is
Caused by Overcapitalization
of Corporations.
Chicago, January 3.?Assorting that
overcapitalization of corporations was
tho primary cause of tho high cost of
living. .Senator Robert M. La Follette.
in a speech to-night, marking his first
appcaranco In Illinois on his present
campaign tour, declared it was im?
possible for the government longer
not to .fubjoct great money Interests
to reform.
"I know an much about the trii3t
side of this question as I know about
tho people's side." sold Senator La Fol
lettc. "I am not afraid of the biggest
trust on earth. They cannot continue
to strap on the pooplo the burden of
this overcapitalization, which is the
cause of the high coat of living.
"Overcapitalisation has gone on to
the extent that all the big business of
the country Is on BtUts. We have got
to bring It down, but It cannot bo
done In a moment. If you took all |
of the water out of It at once It would
do much harm and hurt many Inno?
cent pooplo. Tho problem of the beef,
the harvester and the steel trusts hau
to be worked out scientifically. It will
be worked out scientifically, If I have
anything to do with It, and I expect
to have a good deal to do with It."
Senator La Follette was Interrupted
here by prolonged cheering. Tho as?
sertion was taken by his friends tv
dispelling any doubt an to hin Intention
of remaining In tho race for tho Re?
publican presidential nomination.
Will Not Quit Race.
Chicago, January 3.?Without re?
ferring to Governor Chase S. OSborn's
suggestion In a speech at Lansing,
Mich., that Sonator Robert M. La Fol?
lette withdraw from the presidential
race, tho La Follette national head?
quarters to-day mado a statement de?
nying that Mr. La Folletto had any
intention of withdrawing.
The statement . was given out by
Walter L Houser, chairman of tho
National Progressive Republican Cam?
paign Committee, and was as follows:
"Once for all, I wish to set at rest
tjio reports that Senator La Follette
will withdraw or that his friends Will
withdraw his name 0,3 a candidate for
President. Tho campaign for his nom?
ination will continue until the gavel
falls declaring who Is tho nominee, of
the Republican convention for Presi?
dent."
BLAME FOR BLOODSHED
IS LAID TO CHRISTIANS
Writer tn French Newspaper Declares
It Is Time to Call ?
Halt.
Pans. January 3.-T1? F1ps.ro to-day pub-.
Ushei a striking; appea.1 to the world In
favor of peace, written by Captain Louis I
.Marie Julien Vlaud. best known as Plorrc |
Lotl, the famous traveler, author end ,
friend of the Mohammedan, In which ho
flays rapacity of Europe In regard to tho j
Molinm:ncndans.?
Italy's Indefensible seizure of Tripoli and
her -.ear in Turkey ere, says M. Lotl,
manifestations of this mockery of modern
civilization, which looks on tranquilly at
muscacre, at war and at the spilling- of In?
nocent blood. M, Lotl compares certain ot
the European powers to hyenas waiting to
rill their stornsches with tho romalns of
the molinod and dying Turkey.
Ho dcclates that the time lias arrived for
the Christian world to ccaae from human
butchery, for he says, the Christians ar.i
the greatest assassins of all, killing with
words of fraternity on their 11 pa and d,v
Mroylng with fire and shot the old worlds
Of Africa and Asia, and treating llko cattle
the men of the brown nnd yellow races. M.
Lot! concludes:
"Wars of conquest, on whatever pretext
they arc undertaken, must ho atoppod or
the words peace, progress and arbitration
will remain empty and d?rl?!vu and a shame
:o humanity."
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TARIFF SYSTEM NOT
BASED ON PRINCIPLE
Instead, It is Founded on Favoritism, Patronage
and Arbitrary Fosterage by Government,
Says Woodrow Wilson.'
Nan- fork, January 3.?Qovemor
WoodTow Wilson, of N'ew Jersey, ad?
dressed the National Democratic Club
horo to-nlgh* on the topic, "Tho Demo?
cratic Party and tho Tariff." Once
again, Mr. Wilson said, tha tariff had
become ''tils chief and most critical
quostlon of a campaign which must de?
cide tho policy of our government, not
only In this great matter, but In re
Kard to a sooro of things which touch
the general adjustments of our life."
He continued In part:
"Our tariff policy has not for sev?
eral generations been based upon any
principle whatever, but only upon a
system of favoritism, ?l patronage, of
arbitrary fosterage by the Federal
govornmcnt.
"The strength of American Industry
iles In tho eklll and intelligence of tho
American workman, and the capacity
of American superintendents and man?
agers; and the ofllclency and glory of
tho worklngman depend upon all the
moral and physical elements Involved
In the circumstances of his employ?
ment.
"If this country Is to be the snug
harbor for those who aro at a disad?
vantage in the markets of tho world,
why should It not also, by tho con?
venient method of combination, be a
refuge for those who are also at a
disadvantage In the markets of Amer?
ica ltself7 Are there not evidences
that It has bocomo Just that? Have
not great combinations recently ef?
fected In this country brought about
lust such a result? Of a dozen mills
or factories brought together In a
single trust or combination, thore lb
always a very considerable variety in
tho so-called cost of production.
"In some the machinery has not
been brought up to date: tho plant Is
not built In a way to lend Itself to
the moat elllclent methods of produc?
tion; the market la not quite so ac?
cessible; the sourco of raw materials
la more dlfllcult of nccess. Again and
again It has happened that after the
combination was effected the less effi?
cient fnctorles and mills were closed
down, and only the moro efficient con?
tinued In operation; but the business
an newly constituted had to carry Vho
cost of the original merger of the In?
efficient mills and factories. They
were probably put Into the combina?
tion at n figure greatly exceeding their
real value.
"This figure entern Into the Issue
of the securities of ths corporation;
tho profits must be made upon thoso
figures If the stockholders ore to got
dividends; and so the country must,
carry for an Indefinite period 1 no til
clont establishments which have been
actually closed and put out of busi?
ness. And this very process It eel I
shows tho futility of any attempt to
buso duties upon 'cost of production.'
"When America waa In her Infancy;
when her resources were undeveloped:
when hor Industries were at their be?
ginning, there was much to be Bald
1 for a system of artlllclal stimulation
und protection. But long after that
period was passes and that reason
for the maintenance of the system of
protection cut away, It was main?
tained upon other theories and with
other purposes, and It has grown until
It bus becomo a veritable Incubus, not
merely upon the consumer, but upon
the business of the country itself, and
on it have been built up great combi?
nations and monopolies which havo
drawn upon themselves universal con
| demantlon.
"Wo aro rich enough, we arc safe
enough In our prosperity, w.o. are sure
enough of our capacity, of our skill, of
our resourcefulness, to set ourselves
free a.t last. We are ready now i nour
mnjorlty to return to tho uses of
government of which the mature can
upprove. Taxation must never bo
UFCd for the benefit of some at the ex?
pense of others. The power of the
government must never be loaned to
thoso who cannot uttstain themselves.
The only legitimate object of taxation
la revenue for the support of the gov?
ernment.
CAB FARES TO BE CHEAPER
Plat note of 23 Centn a Mile Soon Will
1'revnll In New York.
Now York, January 3.?Cab fares a:t
low as thoso of London and Paris ar-'
promised for New York within a few
weeks. If the program proposed by
j some of the large taxicab and livery
j companies Is carried through. A fla'
I rate of 26 cents a mllo will be charged.
I with lower Tates for groater distances.
The, new rate Is the result of condl
I Hons nffertlng both lOrse and atttomn
bile vehicles In New \">rk City. Neith?
er taxlcab nor hau ins are maklns
nny money, according to the owners
i They believe they see now an oppor
i tunlty to profit by making the use of
I the vehicles cheaper and more popular
r
Gelett
Burgess
Another one of Mr. Bur?
gess* famous stories. "Chan?
ging Millie's Mind" is quite
a process, for Millie was
pretty sure who she didn't
want to marry. But still she
wasn't sure enough and was
much too nice to spoil a rat?
tling good story. It is cer?
tainly a corker.
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r
When it comes to exceed?
ing the speed limit in the fic?
tion game, Mr. Irwin is right
there, and with the muffler
off. Next Sunday he lets a
detective tell a story. The
story is absolutely improb?
able?but for romance and
adventure it reads like an
AI Arabian Nights tale.
Has the final verses in "Love Sonnets of a Manicure." If you
read the first instalment you surely will not miss the next. Mr.
Braley knows how to tell a good yarn in verse, and "The Love
Sonnets of a Manicure" IS a good story. Of course there are
other features, but if there wasn't another contributor in the
magazine but Burgess, Irwin and Braley, you would be cheating
yourself out of a good time by not getting next Sunday's
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
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