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US NO APOLOGY TO HE FOR FINANCIAL CONDITION SYMPATHIZES WITH INNOCENT SI KEEKERS AND QUOTES LIN* COLX-— RKCOMMEMS ANOTH ER EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY BILL AND DEVOTES CONSID ERABLE SPACE TO CRITICISMS BY CORPORATIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATION. Washington, Jan. SI.—The spo 4 clal message of the president sent to congress today proved to be very interest ing. It discussed the employer's liabili ty bill which was recently declared to be unconstitutional by the su preme court, and says: "As regards the employer's liabil ity law, I advocate its immediate re-enactment, limiting its scope so that it shall apply only to the class of cases us to which the court says i it ca neonstitutlonally apply, but strengthen Its provisions within this «coi»e. Interstate employment being thus covered by In adequate nation al law the field of interstate employ men* will be left to the action of the several states. With this clear defi nition of responsibility the states will undoubtedly give to the per formance of their duty within th“ir field the consideration the import ance of the subject demands. "I also very urgently advise that a comprehensive net be passed pro viding for compensation by the gov ernment to all employes Injured in the government service." In regard to the abuse of injunc tions in labor cases, lie says; * "I again call your attention to the need of some action in connection with t/he abuse of Injunctions in ia 4or cases. As regards the rights and wrongs of labor and capital, from blacklisting to boycotting, the whole subject is covered in, ad mix able fashion by the report of the Anthracite Coal Strike commission, which report should serve as a chart for the guidance of both legislative and executive officers. As regards to injunctions I can do little but re peat what I have said in my last message to congress. Even though it were possible F should consider it most unwise to abolish the us° of I the process of injunction. It, Is nec essary in order that the courts may maintain their own dignity and in orde.r that they may in ' fTix. tive manner c/heck disorder and vio lence. The judge who uses It cau tiously and conservatively but who when needs arise uses it fearlessly, confers the greatest service on the people, and his pre-eminent useful ness as a public servant should he heartily recognized. But there is no question in my mind that it has some times been used heedlessly and unjustly, and tbat some of the In junctions Issue din filet grave and occasionally irreparable fwrong upon those enjoined. i no not know whether It Is pos «»ble, but if posrrible Lt is certainly desirable, that In connection with measures to restrain stock watering and over capitalization thorn should be measures taken to prevent at least tho grosser forms of gambling in securities and commodities, such as making large sa.les of what men do not possess and “concerning'' lhe market. T-egitimato purchases of commodities and of storks and securities for Investment have no connection whatever with purchases of stocks or other securities or com modities on a margin for speculative nnd gambling purposes. There is no moral difference between gambling at cards or in lotteries or on the iac» track and gambling in tho stock market. One method is just is per niruous to the body politic as the other in kind and in degree the evil worked Is far greater. Hut if is a far more difficult subject with which to deal. The great bulk of the bus iness traD8aoterf%on the exchanges is not only legitimate hut is necessary to the working of our modern in dustrial system and extreme care would have to b'* taken not to Inter fere with this business in doing away with tho ‘'bucket shop” type of operation. “f think that the federal govern ment mint also assume a certain measure of control over th- physical operation of railways in the hand ling of Interstate traffic. The com mission now has authority to estab lish through routes and joint rate In order to make thia provision cf fectlve and In ordor to promote in times of necessity the proper move ment of traffic I think It must also have authority to determUno the conditions upon which cars shall he infer**,anged between different Inter »'Me railways. It Is also probable that the commission should have flu tthjxlfy in partynlar Instances to determine the schedule upon which perishable commodities shall be * moved. In this connection I desire to re peat my recommendation that rail ways be permitted to form traffic associations for the purpose of con ferring about and agreeing upon rates regulations and practice* af fecting interstate business in which — - ■ 1 -. —» -- - , ,1_ the merub* rs of the association arc! mutually Interested. This does not nuan that they should be given the1 right to pool their earnings or their' traffic. The president devut s about half of his message to the attacks made upon tho administration by the Standard Oil company. Among oth er things he s>ays; “The public men, lawyers and ed itors, who loudly proclaim their sympathy for the “innocent stock holders" wticn a great law defying corporation is punished, are the first to protest with frantic vehemence against all efforts by law to put a stop to the practices which are the real and ultimate stockholder and the public. The apologist of suc cessful dishonesty always declaim against any such effort will “unsettle business.” It is they who. by thoir acts, have unsettled business; nnd tho very men raising this cry spend humined* of Thousands of dollars in securing by speech, editorial, book or pamphlet, the defense by mlssta/emen-t of what they have done; and yet when public servants correct their misstatements by vll ing the truth they disclaim against them for breaking silence lest "val ues be depreciated.” They have hurt honest business men, honest workingmen, honest farmers, and now they clamor against the truth being told. “It la especially necessary to se cure to tlie representatives of the national government full power to deal with tho great cor|>oratlons en gaged in Interstate commerce, and above aJI, wifli the great Interstate common carriers, our people should clearly recognize that while there are difficulties In any course of con duct to be followed in dealing with these great corporations these dif ficulties must be faced and one of three courses followed. In regard to the financial condi tion of the country tho president says: “We have just passed through two months of acute financial stress. At any such time it is a sad raet that entirely innocent people suffer from no fault of their own, and every one must fool the keenest sympathy for the large body of hon est men, of honest investors, of hon est wage workers, who suffer be cause involved in a crash for which they are in no way responsible. AI such a time there is a natural ten dency on tlie part of many men to feel gloomy and frightened at th* outlook, but there is no justifica tion for this feeling. There is no na tion so absolutely sure of ultimate success than ours. Of course we shall succeed. Ours is a nation of masterful energy, with a continent for its domain, and It feels within its veins the thrill which conus to those who know that they possess the future. Wo are not east down by tlie fear of failure. We are up held by the confident hope of ulti mate triumph. The wrongs that ex ist are to lie corrected; but they in no way justify doubt as to tlie final outcome, doubt as to the great ma terial prosperity of the future, or of the lofty spiritual iif • which lx lo be built upon that prosperity as a foundation. No misdeeds done in the present must be permitted lo shroud from our eyes tlie glorious future of tlie nation; but becaim* this very fa« t it behooves us n*ver to swerve from our resolute purpose to cut out wrongdoing and uphold what is right. “I do not for a moment believe that the actions of this admlnistra tion have brought on business din tress; so far as this is due to local and not world wide cause, and to th actio-1 of any particular Individuals, it is due to the speculative folly and fragrnne dishonesty of a few men of great wealth who wok to shield themselves from the effects of their own wrong doing by ascribing its results to the action of those who have sought ro put a stop to tlie wrong doing. nut If it were true that to cut out rottenness from tlie body politic meant a momentary cheek to an unhealthy sc ming pros perity, l should not for one moment hesitate to put the knife to the cor ruption. On behalf of all our j*»o ple, on behalf no less of the honest man of means than of the honest man who earns each day’s llvlihood by that days sweat of his brow; it Is necessary to insist ujK>n honesty in business and politic alike, in ail walks of life, in big things and in little things and upon just and fair dealing between man and man. Those who demand this are striving tor the right In the spirit of Abra ham Lincoln, when he said; Fond 1 y do we ho|ie, fervently do we pray, that tkis mighty scourge may speedily pass away. V#-t if God wills that It continue until all th'* wealth pib’dy be rhe bondsmen’s two hundred and fifty years or un requited toll shall he sunk, and untl every drop of blood drawn wjth the lash shall lie paid hy another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousands years ago, so still it must he said. The Judgments of the Ixird are true and righteous altogether.* *r 'Vltli malice toward none; with pharlty for all; with firnfiness tn the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to flntsh tie v ork we arc? In." "In the work we of this genera tion are In, there Is. thanks be to the Almighty, no danger of blood shed and no use fo rthe ^word; but there is grave need of those stem "qualities shown alike by the men of the north and the men of the south in the dark days when each valiantly battled for the light as H was given each to see the light. Their spirit should bo our spirit, as we strive to briug nearer the day when greed and trickery and cun ning shall be trampled under feet by those who figffu for the righteous ness that exalteth a nut ion. THKODORK ROOSEVELT. The White House, Jan. 31, 1908. PROMINENT LITERARY _WOMAN AT 1IKAI> OP MOVKMKXT TO HK n >m: pardon for john \v. ('ALRWlCLIi, WHO IS IN PRIS ON ON CIIAROK OF KMRKZZLK MKXT. Bristol, Va., Jau. 81.—A promi nent literary woman of Bristol, whose name is withheld, Is at the ; head of a movement (o secure a par don for John W. Caldwell, the young society man of Bristol who embez zled thousands of dollars from the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke com pany, and warn given seven years in the penitentiary. Caldwell has served almost two years of his time, and the argument In favor of executive clemency is that he 1ms already been sufficiently punished. Caldwell was cashier of the Vir ginia Iron. Coal and Coke company, which employs some four thousand men. He falsified the records of the company In every way. and his thefts were shown to date hack sev eral years. Though he worked on a moderate salary, prior to the discov ery of his defalcations, he invested heavily In hanks, wholesale concerns, etc., with the company’s funds. It Is said that prison life has b?en made very easy for Caldwell through the efTorts of hlB friends, and there will be much opposition to the extension of clemency, though it is rumored that the com monwealth’s attorney and several meiiKb rs of the jury will probably •sign the pet 1 Hon. The opinion here among unbiased persons who took an interest in the sensational case, Is that, the sentence was a very light on*1, in comparison with the gravity of the offense, and the governor should not ho called ni»on to grant a pardon or Interfere in anyway. TO ORGANIZE PUBLIC EMPLOYES Boston, F> 1>. 1.—A project to unionize employes of state and mu nicipal governments will have its in ception tomorrow at Brockton, where a meeting will bo held by the National Federation of State, City and Town Employ s* unions. The now organization wifi attempt to organize locals in every city and town and state capital. Firemen, policemen, clerks, >anltors and other employ*a will he admitted to mem bership. Measures or relief to be de manded by the union include an eight-hour day and the pensioning of v'tate, city and county employ** who have reached a certain age. Fat anything you want, don’t starve yourself, fearing It won’t agreo, f0r Hollster’s Rocky Moun tain Tea cleans the bowels and stomach, and makes digestion easy. 3f)C. T- a or Tablets. For sale by The White Pharmacy. AM Eft It'AX WOMAN TO WED COE NT. Paris, Feb. 1.—Mrs. Alice Weth erbee. an American woman of con siderable wealth, will, it is an nounced. be married ‘early this month to Count Rudolph Fentetlc*. a French nobleman. The bride's par ents have arrived here to attend the wedding. The ceremony will take place in Paris. The first Wife of Count Festeficgj was also an American woman. Miss Flla Ifaggln. granddaughter of lames B. Ifaggin. They were mar ried in and fen year* later the countess obtained a-divorce. at wythkyiixk. Wythevltte, Va., Jan. aj,. M,„ 'V o. Moore, wife of Col. W. O. Moore, died y'pferday morning of pneumonia at her resldenee on Main street. Mrs. Marla Hartman, aged 87 y^ar-i, probably the oldest resident of this town, died last evening at hf r home , TWO ILLICIT DISTILLERIES DESTROYED KMM1TT LANE. WILLI AM ESTKI' ANI) lKMIEHT AND BRATTON! BAGLKY EACH GAVE RO\l» I'Olt TIIEIIl ARRKAEANCE AT EE1VERAL (WIIT. ’ . — . Gate City. Va., Jan. SI.—Deputy Marshal W. K. Qulllln and assistants have just destroyed two Illicit dis 1 tileries which they found In opera tion on the north side of this coun ty and captured the four men they found operating them. At one of the places they captured Emmett Lane and at the other William Estep and Robert and Unit ton Bagley. Each of the stllta was in a cellar, the smoke from It ascending through the chimney of the dwelling. The stills were destroyed. The men gave lnnid for their appearance at federal court. For Rome time It had b»K>n known that whiskey was being made some where In the community. In which these at Ilia were located, and the of ficers have been baffled by the In genuity with which they were being ooneeab-d. REFORM OF Paris, Fob. l.—-Acting in confor mity with a special decree of M. PTchon, minister of foreign affairs.' the diplomatic or political and the consular or commercial atfuira of the French republic were today con centrated In one department. The change in the methods of the for eign office, more familiarly known by its place of residence, as the Qual d Ortay, will be of interest In Am erica, because of the fact that the method recently adopted In the United States has been abandoned as a failure. A few years ago the department of commerce and labor was estab lished by the United States govern ment and functions previously ex ercised by the department of state and of the* Interior were therein concentrated. While tin* diplomatic service remained under tho super vision of the head of tho new de partment. It is this separation oi tho diplomatic and consular rela tions with other countries tlint is to day abandoned by the French gov ernment. An unique feature of the now regime in the foreign office might be termed the press agent, although that new government ofT< lal Is de nominated the head of the bureau of communications. The bureau Ik intended to be the? news distributing office or the ministry, and will lie called upon to attend to relations with the French and foreign pr *s, and will be for the local press a valuable renter of information. All newspapers, no matter what their politics, will have access to the bu reau. One of the important duties of the bureau will be the review of tho French and foreign press and the geographical service of the min istry of foreign affairs. M. Herb«tte. son of the former French ambassa dor at Berlin, who has a wide ac quaintance with international af fairs, Is the head of the new bureau The direct control of the diplo matic and consular sy: tema Is in the hands of M. earg s Louis, for merly political director at the Quni d'Orsay. The directors of political and commercial affairs are assisted by technical, commercial and finan cial advisers, who hold Important jtositions In the department. TZMIsr MAY AniHCATK. Washington, Feb. I Ah the r • suit of rumors which have been in circulation for some time regarding the alleged proposed abdication of Tsl-Hsu, empress dowager of China diplomatic Washington Ih eagerly awaiting news from Chinn which will confirm or disprove the report The abdication, according to stories that have been current, for several weeks, wan to fake place today, the Chinese New Y< ar. It Ih said that the impress dow ager, who was once heartily hale J by Kuropean and American dlplo mats as a reactionary, has now he-! come too progressive to pleatc the elder MAtesm* n of the empire nt the dragon, and that her abdication has been demnnde I for that rea son. Kohl as an infant to a merchant tef 15, f/1-If.hii became one of the secondary wives of the Kmp<ror Hienfung, to whom she bore a son. This son she later placed upon the throne of his father, after plots and intrigues In which poison mui sud den denth were m'-ted out to her enemies This non. Kwang flu, will become emperor, In fact as well aa In name, |n case Tzl-Hsu abdicates I the regency. KAMI EL IIH'KOK lkKAIK \\ «»\ One of ('lirtstinnsImrg'K Oldest ntitriiH. Chrlatianuburg. Va., Jan. 31._ Samuel lllckok. ono of the oldest cit izens of this place, died at hia resi dence her' Wednesday night, aged T9 years. He has been a resident of the county for firty-alx yeara, was a member of Stonewall Jackson’s brigade, and a life-long member 01 th* Presbyterian church, lie is sur vived by two brothers. John lllckok, of Flncastle, and Jami's w. lllckok, of Caminds, and eleven childran, among whom are Mrs. W. II Wade, of Bluefleld. W. Va : flardner Hlck ok. of Washington, and William lllckok. of ‘Pittsburg. Funeral a»r vices will be held from th» residence Ht 10 o’clock today. iFKLHTKl) Will! MOKE EYE* FOR S3 YEARS. 1 have been arnicicd with aore »yes for thirty-three years. Thirteen eara ago I became totally blind and was blind for six years. My eyes were badly lnflamod. One of my neighbors Insisted upon uy trying Chamberlain's Salve and gavo mo lalf a box of It. To my surprise It lenlod my eyes and my sight came oack to me.—P. c. Karla, Cynthlana, Ky. Chamberlain's Salvo is for sale oy The White Pharmacy. HUYLER’S CANDl ALWAYS FRESH For Sule by THE WHITE PHARMACY Corner Princeton Ave. and bland St ^Cgpcvmtcrs For SALE and for RENT We have on hand the following second-hand and rebuilt machines; t No. 3 Olivant, with long and ahort carriages, $75 and $f*5. 3 No. 3 Olivers, Regular, very little used, $55 to $75. \ No. 5 Underwood, 75.000 aerial, $05 cash, $75 time, t nilckeusdorfor, No. 7, almost new, 933. I Manhattan, "B." almost new, $25. I Commercial Visible, $io. 3 Brand New No. 5 Olivers. The No. 5 Oliver Is the king of the typewriter world today. More 01.1 V Kits have been sold la West Virginia In the past two years than nil other writing machines combined. Williams & Stewart Hoorn 50. State Bank Bldg. BLUICFIELI). YV. VA. N&ppfcWestn JAXl’Aliy 12, I MOM. Loavo 8:13 a. m. for Roanoko, Norfolk and all points on the Shen andoah division. rullnian Sleep r Roanoke to New York, via Hagers town. Pullman -Parlor Car Roanoko to Norfolk. 9:43 a. m. for Roanoko. Rh h [ tuonJ, Norfolk. Pullmun sh»ej . Diulng Car to Roanoko. Parlor Car I Roanoko to Norfolk. 2:53 p. tn. for Roanoko and Lynch bur* and intermodlHlo stations and tho Shenandoah Valley. Philadelphia and New York. Sleeper to Philadel phia.^ t'afo Car Gary and Roanoke. 9: It 8 p. in. for Roanoke, Lynch burg. Richmond, Norfolk. Pullman Sleeper to ltonnoko and Pullm wi Sleeper Roanoko to Norfolk. Leave lllueeld 8:20 p. m. for Kon ova. Columbus and all points West and Northweaf. Pullman Sleeper Tor Columbus and Cincinnati. Cafe Car.;. 8:65 a m. Pullman Sleeper for Columbus, Toledo. Cafe Dining Car. I*»ae 9;03 a. m. and 2:25 p. m. dally for Tazewell. Norton and all atatlona on Clinch Valley division. Arrive from Norton and points on tho Clinch Valley division at 2: 40 p. tu. and 8:26 p. til. Leave 8:45 a. m. for Kenovn and Intermediate stations via Wayne. Leave 3:10 u. m. and 2:40 p. m. for Welch and intermediate station-. .Call on agent Norfolk and West ern Railway for tickets, maps and additional Information. W. P BHVILL, G. P. A , Roanoke, Virginia. EDWIN MANN, I*rtsl«]<«nt. WALTER O. POLLOCK, Outlier. L. A. HOOPER, AMt. Ciuhior. I Ke First Na.tiorva.1 B^rvk BLUEFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA CAPITAL, $100,000. SURPLUS, $200,000. UNDIVIDED PROFITS, $40,000. TOTAL RESOURCES ONE AND ONE-THIRD MILLIONS THREE PER CENT. PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS DO YOUR RANKING BUSINESS WITH THE OLDEST AND STRONGEST DANK IN TOWN The Directorate of the Flat To|» National In composed of the follow ing well known nml highly Huirm fill kindness men: Dr. Thos. E. Poery, Mr. w. D. Thornhill, Mr. P. J. Kelly. Mr. E. S. Pedigo, Mr. J. D. Honalcer, Mr C. H. Hancock. C».;. Is. E. Tierney, Mr. It. M. (Jarrutt, Mr. E. L. Hailey, Mr. W. H. Thomas, Mr. C. O. Wright, Mr. 13. A. Holler. OFFICERS. I.. E. Tierney, President. W. II. Thomas, Vico President. n. e. Rolling, Cashier. w. h. Hicks, Assistant Oashlsr. DESIRABLE. INDIVIDUAL. Mercantile and Corporate accounts are solicited by the Flat Top National Bank _ of Bluefield, W. Va. Pays 3 per cent, on Time Deposits 111,8 BANK linndlrs the I I XD.4 of the UNITED BTATKB CJOVEHNMENT. It In n piiitircHKlrr, safe h»<] coaiemtlve Institution. _CAPITAL, $100.000.00 The S rohgest Organzed Bank in This Section. —_ __ To the Patrons and Friends of Fitts Printing Company We beg to announce that on January ist we consolidated with the Blue-stone Publishing Company and removed our plant to No. 55 Bland street. By this consolidation we increased our facilities at least three fold, and with the same force of workmen, added to the * force of the Bluestone Publishing Company, we are well prepared in take care of orders. Mr. Kitts will continue to make estimates and look after office details and Mr. Poland will superintend printing as heretofore. Any order heretofore given Kitts Printing Company may be duplicated by giving the date and name of the job, with the quantity wanted, either by phone (503), letter or personal call. An exact duplicate as to style and quality tnay be had if desired. I hanking you one and all for past favors we solicit a continu ance of same in our new homo. Very truly, • KITTS PRINTING CO. Bi.cestosk Pi vw.fsifiN' Cm,, Successor.