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THE KENNA RECORD
Dan C. 8avagef Ed. A Pub.
KENNA
NEW MEXICO
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Just what Soestho
prove T
"slash" skirt
Baseball la a good same, provide1!
your team wlua occasionally.
Also our notion of a useless occu
pation Is that of raising artichokes.
Id the barbers' strike riots In New
York revolvers were employed. Nextl
If all Jokes were Judged by points, a
tig bunch of them would score minus
tero.
Another much needed Invention is a
golf ball that will whistle whenever
It Is lost
The silk hat has survived a century.
But the ' green one a few months
should suffice.
When the Balkan states feel like
borrowing $1,000,000,000, wbat does
Turkey feel like?
The dollars are flowing in for tur
tle serum, but where are the absolute
proofs of worth?
It Is our notion, -however, that the
world needs simplified talking more
than simplified spelling.
Los Angeles has two lady "coppers"
and It Is said to be quite a sensation
to be pinched by one of them.
After all, why correct the proof
even If the compositor does set It up
vulgar Instead of Bulgar styles.
What a comfort It would be If mos
quitoes were as fastidious as are rain
bow trout In the matter of biting.
'Twas a mean man who insinuated
that at a suffragette meeting he not
only heard plain things but saw 'em.
Pickpockets may conclude to plead
that in this day of empty purses and
dollar watches they earn ' what they
get
They eay that the taste for Manila
cigars can be cultivated. Anybody
who likes artichokes ought to be
lieve it.
When unnecessary noise la abol
ished the picture of a messenger boy
looking at an automobile horn will be
pathetic.
What has become of the man who
UBed to eat strawberry shortcake all
the time and then wonder what ailed
his system?
Irrespective of currency reform,
there should be dough for everybody
soon. The winter wheat crop has the
best of prospects.
. An advance of $5 a foot la an
nounced In the price of show snakes.
But an advance In the price of the
bar room kind would be better.
This country has imported 016.000,
000 worth of gems since the first of
the present year. Somebody must be
trying to square himself with his wife.
The strength with which a man
wields a piece of bamboo depends up
on whether said bamboo Is a compo
nent part of a carpet beater or a fish
ing rod.
The statement made, that a woman
aw a soul passing from a dying rela
tive's Hps is received by scientists
with skepticism. Even were such
a thing allowed to be possible there
are so. . many souls so small as to
be Invisible under any circum
stances. "How long since you have seen a
woman darning a pair of socks?" aska
the Cincinnati Enquirer, thus offering
an admirable topic for the historical
societies.
The new British ambassador is re
ported to be a baseball fan, which may
prove even more Influential than profi
ciency on the tennis court or the golf
ing green.
That all potato cars must be heated
In winter Is the mandate of the inter
state commerce commission. There
must be a society for the prevention of
cruelty to the potato.
The blasting at Panama la killing
the sea serpent This will not do. At
least one of the sacred traditions of
ages must be preserved from the com
mercial Iconoclast of the age.
You remember, don't you, that Gau-
temala borrowed (2,500,000 from
Great Britain In 1869? Well, Great
Britain la unreasonable enough to
think It Is time for Guatemala to
whack up, and la beginning to be no-
uesMnt about It
IHE SENATE BALKS
UNITED STATES MAY NOT RE
NEW THE ARBITRATION "
TREATIE8.
A LONG DEBATE IS PROMISED
The British Attitude on the Panama
Canal Tolls Question Leads to Stir
ring Arguments Twenty-Three
Treaties Affected.
Washington, D. C. The principle
of compulsory arbitration written into
the code that has bound the United
States with twenty-four great .and
iesser nations of the world for the
ast five years is In danger, and un
less there is a decided change in sen
timent in the senate the renewal of
twenty-three of the "treaties which
gave concrete evidence of this Na
tion's belief in such a policy may
be impossible.
In executive session, the senate
again failed to ratify renewals of the
arbitration agreement with Great
Britain, Italy and Spain, which recent
ly expired. These conventions pro
vide that questions relating to the In
terpretation of . treaties, excepting
those that cannot be settled through
diplomatic channels or those of vital
interest, national honor or indepen
dence, shall be submitted to The
Hague. A similar treaty with France
already has been renewed.
The main argument arose over the
contention that If the treaty with
Great Britain is ratified the Panama
Canal tolls question would have to be
submitted to The Hague, but in the
discussion the Japanese question and
the general attitude of the Nation
toward compulsory arbitration wac
brought up, and led to the expression
of views utterly at variance with en
trance into such binding agreements
In the future.
A motion to re-refer the three
treaties to the foreign relations com
mittee with Instructions that the one
with Great Britain be modified so as
to exempt specifically the Panama Ca
nal tolls question was abandoned, but
prolonged debate was predicted for
future sessions, and friends of the
principle of arbitration were alarmed
at the strength displayed by the op
position. Some senators showed a disposition
to. criticise the making of compulsory
arbitration agreements, even if they
bound only In cases which do not af
fect vital interest, national honor or
independence.
TO HIT TRUSTS BY TAXATION
Plan of Attorney General McReynoldt
Presented In Senate as Tariff
Bill Amendment.
Washington, D. C. In. accord with
suggestions of Attorney General Mc
Reynolds, Senator" Hitchcock of Ne
braska Introduced an anti-trust
amendment to the Underwood Tariff
bill, which would Jevy a special ad
ditional excise tax on a sliding or
graduated scale upon manufacturers
of tobacco, cigars, cigarettes and
snuff. The amendment, coming from
a Democratic member, will receive
thorough consideration from the fi
nance committee.
The progressive excise tax pro
posed would not reach a manufac
turer until he controlled about 25 per
cent of the total production of the
articles. Over that amount be would
be tailed In a rising scale on tobacco
one cent a pound for the first million
pounds per quarter, two cents a pound
for the second million pounds, and
so on up to six cents a pound. These
graduated taxes would be in addition
to the regular eight cents a pound
tax that all manufacturers pay on
tobacco. The same Is true of the pro
gressive tax on cigars, cigarettes and
snuff.
THE OIL DECREE INADEQUATE
Further Action May be Taken Against
Standard Company by Attorney
General McReynoldt.
Washington. Attorney General Mc
Keynolds said that he regards the
Standard Oil dissolution decree as in
adequate to meet the intent of tb
Sherman Law. This was the first
definite Indication " of the Attorney
General's attitude toward the Investi
gation now being conducted to deter
mine whether an "oil trust'' still
exists.
His objections to the decree, Ukt
tlioBe he has expressed against th
tobacco trust decree, are based on the
ground that a real dissolution of a
trust cannot be accomplished by a dis
tribution of the stock pro rata among
the same shareholders.
Pop Plus Received W. J. Burn.
Rome. William J. Burn, the detec
tive, was received la private audience
ty rope nu.
BOARD OF ENGINEERS ON VALUATION.
This Is the board of engineers on valuation recently selected by the
interstate commerce commission to assist In formulating the plan under
which the valuation work on the property of common carriers will be done.
From left to right: Prof. Win. D. Ponce of the University of Wisconsin,
Howard M. Jones of Nashville, Tenn., J. S. Worley, Edwin V. Wendt of
Pittsburgh, Pa., and It. A. Thompson of California.
THE GAS DECISION
JUDGE MARSHALL HANDS DOWN
OPINION IN KANSAS NAT.
URAL CASE.
STATE RECEIVERS CONTROL
With Judge Flannelly's Appointees In
Charge Missouri Cities Will Prob
ably Get But Little Gas
for Fuel.
Kansas City, Mo., Expressing grave
fears for the result and regret that
a technicality gave Jurisdiction, Judge
John A. Marshall of the United States
district court of Utah, sitting In -the
United States court -In Kansas City,
Kan., rendered a decision effecting
dismemberment of the Kansas Nat
ural Gas Company. It Is believed the
result will be no gas for Missouri.
Judge Marshall awarded to re
ceivers appointed by Judge Thomas
J.' Flannelly of the district court of
Montgomery county, Kan., control of
that part of the company's property
lying within (he state of Kansas. The
federal receivers appointed by Judge
John C. Pollock of the United States
district court, who since their ap
poiutment have .bad control of the
company' entire property, valued at
$22,000,000, will retain control of the
company's property in Oklahoma and
Missouri.
The federal receivers immediately
filed notice of appeal to the United
States circuit court of appeals at St.
Louis. Judge' Marshall allowed twen
ty days In which to perfect an ap
peal and required that 150,000 super
sedeas bond be filed. The effect of
Judge Marshall's decision will be sus
pended pending the appeal and the
federal receivers will, for that time,
remain In ctiarge of the entire prop
erty. Should the decision of Judge
Marshall be sustained, an appeal prob
ably will be taken to the supreme
court of the United States.
- Disaster Feared.
The results, should Judge Marshall's
decision become effective, it Is be
lieved by the federal receivers and
officials of the gas company, will be
deplorable from the standpoint of the
publlo and disastrous from the stand
point of the stockholders. No gas
or Kansas City or any other cities
formerly supplied In Missouri, and the
financial ruin of the company are re
sults predicted. In announcing' his
decision. Judge Marshall -expressed
grave fears for the result and also
his regret . that a technicality com
pelled him to render it -
JOHNSON AND ENVOY MEET
In a Five Minute' Talk the Land
Ownership Question Was .Not
Mentioned.
Sacramento, Cal. Accompanied by
an interpreter, Y. Yamaguchi, mem
ber of -the Japanese parliament, had
an audience with Governor Johnson in
the capitol. The Japanese statesman
and the governor exchange compli
ments and courtesies for five minutes.
Not one ' word was spoken concern
ing the antl-alleu land law. Mr. Ya
maguchi came from Japan to investi
gate the Japanese land ownership sit
uation here. He will lecture before
the Japanese of Sacramento soon.
Steel Corporation to Canada,
Ottawa. OntA dominion charter
has been obtained Dy me i,anaaiun
branch of the United States Steel cor
poration. The capital of the company
1 placed at 120,000,000 and the chief
pike of business It at OUhway, Ont
NELSON FREE OF CONTEMPT
Missouri Supreme Court Decides in
Favor of Kansas City Editor in
Guthrie Case.
Jefferson City. William R. Nelson,
editor of the Star, was discharged
from custody In the contempt pro
ceedings adjudged against him by
Judge Joseph A. Guthrie of the Jack
son county circuit court, January 20,
1913, and the proceedings dismissed,
through an opinion filed in the su
preme court en banc by Judge Wood
son and concurred by all the other
six members of the bench.
Judge Woodson holds that Mr. Nel
son was deprived of his rights by
Judge Guthrie and condemned with
out the taking of testimony in a hear
ing on the part of the accused. He
also finds that Judge Guthrie had pre
pared his finding tlte night before
Mr. Nelson was haled into court, and
that in doing so he violated a plain
and fundamental rule of right and
sought to deprive the prisoner of his
rights without process of law.
TWO SHOT BY A DYING MAN
Omaha Man Killed .Stepson and
Wounded. Wife After Being
Fatally Shot Himself.
Omaha. While defending his moth
er from an attack by his stepfathei
Charles McBrlde shot and killed John
Jacobson, who was divorced from his
mother, and was In -turn killed by
Jacobson, who fired two bullets Into
the young man's body, before his
strength was gone. Jacobson then
went to a closet where his former
wife was hiding and fired a bullet into
her body, which physicians say will
prove fatal. .
' Tryj Panama Locks Completed.
Panama. It is officially" announced
that all the heavy concrete work of
the six locks of the Panama Canal
has been completed. The lower guard
gates at Gatun and Pedro Miguel and
the upper guard gates at Mlrafiores
will be closed as soon as possible af
ter June 15, the plan being to allow
Lake Gatun to fill.
Damage by California 'Hopper.
Sacramento, Cal. From various
points in the Sacramento Valley coun
ties and as far south as Fresno and
Tularo reports of new invasions of the
grasshoppers have come to the Btate
noriicuitural department.
Aeroplane Falls With Two.
Buc. France. Aviator Barnard an
a passenger were instantlv killed
when Barnard's biplane turned over
In midair and crashed to the ground
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
A Good Roads bill, carrying an ap
propriation of $700,000, has passed
the house of the Illinois legislature
The senate la expected to concur.
Robert J. Rubin, convicted recentlv
as head of the New York "arson
trust," was sentenced by Justice Goff
to serve six to ten years In Sing Sing
prison.
It Is rumored In St. Paul that rt
Wlnchell, receivers of the Frisco, has
been chosen to -succeed Howard El
liott as president of the Northern Pa
cific railroad.
airs, jonn uoty, wire of 'a farmer
living near Altus, Ok., was poisoned
by a mixture put out for grasshop
pers. Her llfo wa saVed by use of
a stomach pump.
The British government denies that
it has any Intention of building a big
naval station at Kingston, Jamaica,
as a consequence of the completion
oi ipe ransma Lanm.
UNION MEN ARE INDICTED
Prominent U. M. W. A. Official
Charged Witn Violation of theV
Sherman Act. ,
Charleston, W. Va. President John
P. White and eighteen other official
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica, have been indicted In the fed
eral court here on a charge of vio
lating the Sherman anti trust law. It
is alleged the defendants conspired
with the coal operators of western
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illi
nois to raise wages In the West Vir
ginia coal fields so as to. prevent Jts
competition with the other four states
in the western market.
Those named In the indictment are:
John P. White, president: Frank -J.
Hayes, vice president; Thomas H?g
gerty, Joseph Vnsey, James Cantreil,
Charles Hatley, Marco Roman, George
H. Edmonds and Benjamin F. Morris,
organizers of the United Mine Work
ers of America; Thomas Cairns, pres
ident; Clarence C. Griffith, vice pres
ident; James M. Crago, secretary, of
District No. 17, U. M. W., and James
Diana, John Nutte, Rome Mitchell, W.
S. Reece, F. D. Stanley, U. S. Cant-
ley and A. D. Lavender, 'subordinate
officers of District No. 17.
MARSHALL LIKES HIS JOB
The Vice President Visits Home Folks
for a Short Tour of Speech
Making. Indianapolis, Ind. Vice President
and Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall a?o
here for their first visit home since
the Inauguration. Mr. Marshall said
the job of being the second highest
officer in the land "is very pleasant"
While in Indiana the vice president
will make several addresses, chief
among them a speech accepting for
the state a bronze bust of Colonel
Richard Owen, presented by Confed
erate soldiers who were war prisoners
at Camp Morton In 1802, when Colo
nel Owen was in charge. The bust
will be unveiled in the state house
corridor Monday.
Mr. Marshall contracted a slight
cold on the'" way from Nashville,
Tenn.
AN ULSTER PLOT WAS NIPPED
Scotland Yard Detective Seized
Forty Ton of Arm In a
London Factory.
London. A huge" conspiracy to arm"
the Ulster Unionists to - resist the
:omlng Lome rjile regime In Ireland
has Just been discovered by Scot
land Yard.
When the news became known here
it caused -the greatest sensation be
cause the discovery follows elosely
the seizure of 12 tons of rifles, bayo
nets and ammunition at Belfast Mon
day. Now the police have discovered the
factory in London where the arm
were made and have found there 40
tons of every 'description of - 'arms,
awaiting shipment to Ulster. Except
for the seizure another consignment
of arms would be already on Its way.
CALLS WOMAN FIRST MARTYR
Mis Davidson Who Attempt to
Break Up English Derby Die
of Injurle.
London, Eng. Emily Wilding David
son, the first martyr to the militant
.dead at the Epsom hospital as the re
sult of a fracture of the skull sus
tained in an attempt to stop the king's
horse Anmer during the running of
the derby on Wednesday last. Only
the matron of the hospital and two
nurses were present at the deathbed.
Miss Davidson'srelatlves had left the
building when told that th5re was no
hope of her regaining consciousness.
- Another Dead at tu.j Seach.
Long Beach, Cal. Peter Inglls, 70
years old. Is dead from Injuries re
ceived In the collapse of the audi
torium flrnirnflrh In tho V!mnlrA Il.ut-
celebration. He made the thirty
ninth victim of the accident . Inglls
came here with his wife fifteen
months ago from Neepawa, Manitoba,
to which place the body will be taken
for burial.
"Dry" Capture Missouri County.
Keytesvllle, Mo. Chariton county
went "dry" at the local option elec
tion by a majority of 179. The elec
tion was quiet, - though a large vote
was polled and no disorder occurred
anywhere In the county, so far a
heard from. The county went "wet"
a year ago by 99 in an election later
held to be illegal.
Rider Killed In Motordrome.
Detroit, Mich. Edward Holleybeck
of Flint, Mich., was killed at the mo
tordrome speedway here while prac
ticing on a motorcycle. Going at full
speed, he shot up to the top of the
track, struck the guard rail and
dropped several feet to the bottom,
Tb motorcycle fell on top of bias.