DEWEY COUNTY ADVOCATE
THE ADVOCATE HUNTING CO.
TlMHIER LAKE SOUTH DAKOTA.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR
LESSER IMPORTANCE.
I BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS
National, Political, Personal and Other
Matters in Brief Form for All
Classes of Readers.
Washington*
The Clay Center lyceum committee
of Clay Center, Neb., asked Senator
LaFollette to deliver a lecture at Clay
Center some time during the winter.
The senator wrote to the committee
that he was not making lecture en
gagements of any kind, and that it
nill be impossible for him to accept
the invitation.
A decision by the supreme court oil
the constitutionality of the
so-called
employers' liability law of 1908 is ex
pected October 16- Several cases
raising the constitutionality of the
law were argued last spring and have
been under consideration all summer.
Another anticipated decision con
cerns the water supply In western
streams. It is the case of Henry
Schodde against the Twin Falls Land
and Water company.
Attorney General Wickersham filed
a brief in the supreme court of the
United States and began his fight be
fore the tribunal to have the principal
5oal-carrying railroads and coal-own
tag companies in the anthracite sec
tions adjudged to be in violation ot
the Sherman anti-trust law. An en
tirely different attack was made on
the corporations from that in Penn
sylvania, where the government lost
to nearly every point.
A discrepancy of over $3,288,271 be
tween the material on hand and that
called for by the books of the Wash
ington navy yard was shown by the
inventory of that yard just completed,
according to "an announcement by
Secretary of the Navy Meyer. This
is the first inventory of record made
at this yard in the last twenty-five
years. The discrepancy is attributed
to loose bookkeeping methods, which
Secretary Meyer set out some time
ago to correct. The Washington vara
was the last to have the new account
ing system established.
General.
The beer and cigar bill of Senator
Stephenson was $30,000.
Violence marked the arrival of
strikebreakers at New Orleans.
A proposal of arbitration may be
advanced to Italy by Turkey
Mr. Roosevelt says it needed a bold
man to start the Panama canal.
Mexico may have a new revolution,
aimed against Madero.
Funeral services for Admiral Schley
will be held in St. John's church.
Five hundred thousand acres were
disposed of in the Rosebud drawing.
Our trade movement is large de
Spite war abroad and strikes at home.
President Taft was given a taste
of wild west at Cheyenne by broncho
busters.
Buffalo, N. Y., was chosen as next
year's meeting place of the league of
American municipalities.
In his estimates Postmaster General
Hitchcock provides $50,000 for mail
carrying by aeroplane.
According to witnesses for Senator
Stephenson, beer and whisky are a
necessary adjunct of. campaigns.
The committee of governor's—Al
dlch, Harmon and Hadley—made up
their brief in the Minnesota rate
case.
The German embassy is urging for
bearance on the part of the Turkish
government in the matter of the ex
pulsion of Italians.
Six coal miners received broken
legs and two others were probably fat
ally injured when the cage in a mine
at Nokomis, 111., fell eighty feet.
It will cost $129,000,000 to maintain
the United States navy and provide
for suitable increase in the next fiscal
year, according to the estimates.
The resignation of Captain Frank A.
Cook, recently court-martialled at San
Francisco for conduct unbecoming an
officer has been accepted by the presi
dent.
The commerce court issued an or
der fixing October 16 as the date for
hearing of the application of the
transcontinental railways for an in
junction against the orders of the In
terstate commerce commission.
The federal government brought
forfeiture suits against Nathan Allen,
Of Kenosna, Wis., and John R. Col
lins of Memphis, Tenn., to recover
$185,000, the value of smuggles? jewels
and wearing apparel.
Both the Southern Pacific and the
Houston
St
Texas Central railroads
practically declared an open shop
when they made announcement that
shopmen on strike can return to work
any time before Monday noon, Octo
ber 9.
At Mason City, la., Mrs. Aletha
Hash was indicted by the Franklin
County grand jury on a charge of
murdering her husband.
The report of the statistician of a
Texas railroad says that the money
paid out for personal injury claims i:
about as much as the earnings on thf
«oltal. Invested.
Turkey realizes she has a hopeless
'.ask in fighting.
The finances of the country made
i good showing In September.
The democratic state convention or
Sew Mexico nominated W. C. Mc
Donald of Carrizozo for governor.^
Cornelius N. Bliss died at New
fork following a long illness.
The Turks were unsuccessful in
their attempt to recapture Tripoli.
Railroads of the country are con
sidering taking over express business.
The New York assembly passed the
Ferris-Blauvelt direct nominations
bill.
Seattle crow'Is were unusually cor
dial in their greetings to President
Taft.
John D. Rockefeller has installed a
telegraph line to his home near Tar
rytown, N. Y.
Early returns indicated that the
woman suffrage amendment had been
defeated in California.
The funeral of General Manderson
took place at Omaha in the presence
of many mourners.
High water did great damage in
Wisconsin, almost entirely destroying
the town of Black River Falls.
Violation of the Sherman law in the
Pennsylvania "hard coal cases" was
charged in the supreme court.
In a speech at Bellingham, Wash.,
President Taft predicted the opening
of the Panama canal in July, 1913.
Seventy proprietors of steel and
iron foundries met at New York and
discussed business matters behind
closed doors.
An Abraham Lincoln memorial mon
ument was unveiled at Council Bluffs
in the presence of distinguished visit
ors from abroad.
The department of agriculture has
prepared for confiscation of any ship
ments of unripe oranges or other un
ripe fruit from Florida.
A movement to raise a half million
dollars to build a national monument
in Washington to the memory of the
women of the civil war was launched
at New York.
Members of the St. Louis police de
partment refused to permit "Packy
McFarland of Chicago and Grover
Hayes of Philadelphia to box six
rounds before the Mozart club.
The government crop report shows
there was improvement in September.
Members of the senate committee
arrived at Chicago to resume the in
vestigation of Lorimer's election.
Captain John Bradie, giving exhibi
tions at the South Georgia fair at Tif
ton, was killed when he fell from his
balloon and plunged 700 feet to the
earth.
The body of William E. Curtis, the
widely known writer of Washington,
who died suddenly in Philadelphia,
was taken to Washington and buried
in Rock Cook cemetery-
Despite the advent of the postal
savings banks, the savings deposits
in the national banks are increasing.
From June 7 to September 1 these
deposits grew from $634,100,000 to
$054,300,000.
Edward Ellis and Walter Nowlan
pleaded guilty in the United States
district court at Davenport, la., to
charges of being implicated in the
operations of the Mabray gang of
swindlers.
The Burnside shops of the Illinois
Central railroad became open shops,
a formal notice posted within the
stockades informing the workers that
hereafter the road will deal only with
its individual employes.
The Ohio Federation of Labor has
gone on record as favoring woman
suffrage, a minimum wage scale for
women and a law providing a penalty
for parents who testify wrongly as to
the age of children workers.
According to all reports the harvest
of 1911 in Denmark will surpass all
records since 1868. Not in forty-three
years has weather, labor and other
conditions proven so auspicious to the
farmer,
Provision for establishment or a
parcels post and transportation of mail
by aeroplane has been made by Post
master General Hitchcock in his an
nual estimates of Post Office depart
ment expenditures submitted to the
Treasury department.
Plans for a $2,000,000 system of
freight terminals in Minneapolis were
announced by the Chicago, Rock Is
land & Pacific Railroad company.
Two tracts of ground have been pur
chased, the larger comprising thirty
acres.
The Germans of the United States
as represented by the German-Amer
ican national alliance now in conven
tion in Washington, signified their
•wish that Germany enter into negotia
tions with the United States for a
general arbitration treaty similar to
those with Great Britain and France,
now pending ratification by the United
States senate.
The Italian authorities at Tripoli
issued a proclamation suppressing
rlavery. Tripoli was the only remain
ing port on the coast of Africa where
slavery still prevailed, notwithstand
ing the efforts of Great Britain and
France to prevent the traffic.
Personal.
The Turkish ambassador at Wash
ington puts all the blame for war on
Italy.
President Taft promised Idaho sett
lers assistance in their troubles.
Chief Salago, of the once powerful
Chippewa nation, died aged 108.
Hon. W. J. Bryan is now making a
number 'Of political speecnes in Ne
braska.
The female mayor of Hunnewell,
Kansas, proposes that none but wo
men be put on guard.
Lieutenant governor of Ohio will
visit Nebraska in two weeks in Inter
ests of Harmon for president.
A Kansas man who fainted during
his marriage ceremony recovered to
tad. brW« f"A disanncared
HImh
FLOODS RUIN
WISCONSIN TOWN
IMMENSE POWER DAM AT HAT
FIELD, WIS., UNABLE TO
HOLD WATEM.
AT BLACK RIVER FALLS
Main Dam Withstands Pressure of the
Floods, but Water* Rush Around
.the Ends in Smfclt
Breaks.
k
La Crosse.—More than half of the
business section of Black River Falls
Is in ruins, the homes of scores of
farmers have been swept away with
probably loss of life and the main
flam at Hatfield, Wis., momentarily is
threatened with destruction which
would release a flood that would carry
death and destruction before it, as a
result of the breaking of the west
dyke of the upper Dells dam, fol
lowing incessant rains which filled the
Immense reservoirs of the La Crosse
Water company to overflowing.
The situation at Black River Falls,
the prosperous little city of 2,000 peo
ple, is worse by far than was feared
when the deluge burst upon the un
fortunate city.
Half of the business section has
been utterly destroyed, together with
considerable part of the residence
listrict, and It is admitted by the
townspeople who have taken refuge
an the high lands, unable to make even
»n effort for the protection of their
itores and homes, that the city will
tie utterly wiped off the map.
Whether or not lives have been
lost is not yet certain, as the people
aave been scattered.
Business Houses Destroyed.
Between 25 and 30 business houses,
:omprising all the stores on both sides
nf two streets in Black River Falls,
have been destroyed, together with an
equal number of residences. The wat
»rs are still rising rapidly and the de
struction of the stores on the other
two business streets is predicted.
The water, flowing with resistless
current and in tremendous volume,
undermined one big building after an
sther and as it co'lapsed and crum
bled to pieces the debris was largely
jarried away. The Tremont hotel, a
substantial three-story structure, was
the first to go, and many others fol
lowed.
No precautions could be taken to
stop the wrecking of the town, the
residents finding It a difficult prob
lem to secure safety for themselves,
their families and their more valu
able possessions. None 6f the stocks
In the stores were saved and little of
the heavier furniture in the houses
the people, although they knew of the
averflowing of the Hatfield dam, show
ing little fear of its effects until the
waters burst upon them.
City Is in Darkness.
The city is in darkness, the electric
light plant being one of the first
agencies to be put out of commis
sion, adding to the excitement and con
fusion of the hour.
The disaster was caused by the sud
den rise of the Black river behind the
two dams of the La Crosse Water Pow
er company, following rains which
lasted almost a week. The dams with
stood the pressure, but in each case
the river washed around the side, tak
ing out a big section of the river bank
and coming down upon the country
below in almost as great volume as
though the dam had been swept away.
The $5,000,000 property of the water
power company is not believed to be
greatly damaged, the breaks on the
side relieving the pressure, and the
main dam, which is a concrete struc
ture 100 feet thick at the base and 50
feet at: the top, will probably stand all
the force which may be directed
against it.
Eesides the damage at Black River
Falls, a great tract of surrounding
country was overrun. Effort was made
to send warning to farmers, but the
telephone wires were the first to go
down und the fate of many settlers,
who k^ew nothing of the flood until
It struck their immediate vicinity, is
the cause of apprehension.
Villages in Path of Flood.
Below Black River Falls are a num
ber of villages, including Roaring
Creek, Irving, North Bend, Melrose
Holmen, Lvtles, Midway and Onalaska,
and the high waters are due to strike
them. Forces of men have been sent
out to strengthen the bridges in the
three counties along the river.
Cut off by telephone, the news from
Black ltiver Falls was sent to La
Crosse by the Wisconsin Telephone
company, which stationed a man on
the top of a telephone pole who cut
in and sent in his report as well as the
flooded lines permitted.
In a final desperate effort to save
the big dam, which is still intact and
Fine of One Cent Imposed.
La Crosse, Wis.—Judge Kenesaw
M. Landis, who established a record
tor fines when he exacted more than
129,000,000 of the Standard Oil com
pany, made a new low record. At the
conclusion of. a day's trial in the Uni
ted States d'strict court, William Tru
denfeld, a Milwaukee traveling man,
being found guilty of sending bills in
& transparent envelope to A. T. Jen
kins, a well known merchant of the
lame city, the court imposed a fine of
»ne cent.
sfter a
He Imposed tfee sentence
mm
holds back millions of gallons of water,
workmen dynamited the bank of the
canal leading from the Hatfield reser
voir to the power house, releasing the
svater into the bed of the river be
low and thus relieving slightly the
strain on the main dam.
If the main Hatfield dam gives way,
the flood which will follow probably
will carry death and destruction down
the Black River valley. Officials Of
the company, however, say the dam is
one of the strongest in the country and
.they expect it to withstand the strain.
The structure is two feet wider at its
base than its total height and is built
of reinforced concrete.
Eleven Feet of Water Over Dam.
Eleven feet of water is pouring over
the crest and sweeping down on the
stricken city of Black River Falls
j^uid the intermediate farms and settle
1 ments. The village of Hatfield is un
|der water and the cottages of em
ployes constituting a small village near
the powerhouse, two miles below, were
abandoned, in fear that the dynamit
ing of the canal would be insufficient
to ward off the destructive flood which
threatens to engulf the powerhouse
and settlement.
The water power company has had
300 men fighting to prevent the disas
ter for nearly a week. Farmers had
been warned in advance to expect the
break at any moment, and many of
them had fled with their families to
safety before the dyke gave way.
During the night, when the real
danger was apparent, a general alarm
was sent out. Residents of the valley
were warned to flee for their lives.
In an effort to save those who could
not be reached by telephone. Care
taker True of the Dells Dam, mounted
a horse and rode at breakneck speed
during the remainder of the night,
warning farmers to escape. Wagons
were loaded with household goods and
started for high ground, but as the
country is flat xor many miles, it is
not know whether all escaped.
Span of Bridge Torn Out.
The flood traveled from Hatfield to
Black River Falls in one hour. Farm
houses, fences, barns and other debris
filled the waters and the strain of
this debris, pressed against the wagon
bridge at that city by the rising tor
rent, tore out one span of this struc
ture. Residents of Black River Falls
were warned just after the break oo
curred and the contents of the busi
ness blocks were rushed to higher
ground.
Upper Lake Is Emptied.
The Hatfield water power consists of
two great lakes or reservoirs, each
covering several miles. The first, or
upper reservoir, has been retained by
the Dells Dam, a concrete structure
embedded in solid rock on one side
and with a core wall running to the
west. It was this wall which gave
way, emptying the great lake into the
lower reservoir.
The lower and larger dam at Hat
field is built In the same way and the
water, rising swiftly, washed out the
several feet of earth covering the west
core wall here, and tore down the
canal and surrounding country. Eleven
feet of water poured over the
crest of the main dam. These breaks
brought about the present flood, but
the main body of water is still re
tained in the lower lake by the big
dam at Hatfield.
The present flood is the worst in
the history of Black River. Torren
tial rains above the reservoir sent the
water up repeatedly and the efforts of
300 laborers who worked to prevent
the disaster, were of no avail. The
workmen have been called off, as noth
ing more can be done, and practically
all depends upon the strength of the
big dam, and the elements.
The flood reached Melrose carrying
away roads and bridges, but the people
had been forewarned and escaped to
safety.
COPPER MERGER GIVEN U«*.
Action of Minority Forces Directors
to Abandon Plan.
Boston, Mass. A little band of mi
nority stockholders in a couple of
companies who instituted court pro
ceedings in Michigan, is responsible
for the abandonment announced of
the proposed merger of the Calumet &
Hecla Mining company, one of the
richest copper companies in the coun
try, with nine subsidiary companies.
The local stock market sensed the
announcement and the entire Calumet
group advanced sharply to a close that
was the highest in weeks.
The companies it was proposed to
consolidate with the Calumet & Hecla
are the Seneca, Ahmeek, Allouez, Os
ceola, Centennial, Tamarack, Laurium,
La Salle and Superior.
All but the Laurium has voted for
the merger. The directors in their
statement said that at the Laurium
meeting Nov. 16 they will vote the
Calumet holdings against the merger
McNamaras Win Point.
Indianapolis, Ind. Judge Joseph
Markey denied the petition of State's
Attorney J. D. Fredericks of Los An
geles that dynamite seized in this city
at the time of the arrest of John J.
McNamara be removed to Los Angeles
to be used as evidence in the trial ol
McNamara.
New Steel Merger i6 Planned.
Baltimore, Md. A $30,000,000 con
solidation of iron and steel and coal
interests in Alabama now is material
izing rapidly through plans which hav«
been worked out for the final comple
tion of the merger of the Alabams
Consolidated Coal and Iron Co., ant
the Southern Iron and Stesl Co. Th'
committee which has this consolida
tion in hand represents some of th
strongest institutions in New York
it is said, many of wuom never befor
have been ideftUAcd iB M? Vif
Iron and steel
MEETS SAD
DEATH
TWELVE-YEAR-OLD FARMER BOY
PIERCED IN BRAIN BY TINE
OF PITCHFORK.
HAPPENINGS OVER THESTATE
What Is Going On Here and There
That is of Interest to the Read
ere Throughout South Da
kota and Vicinity.
Eureka.—Albert Frey, the 12-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gott Frey of
near Herried, in Campbell county, met
death in an unusual manner. While
his parents were trading in Herreid,
the boy was engaged with a younger
brother and sister in hauling hay from
the field. The children finished put
ting a load of hay on the wagon and
were ready to drive to the barn, when
the horses gave a sudden start and
Albert was thrown from the seat upon
the tines of a pitchfork. One tine of
the fork penetrated his head, piercing
the brain. The frightened younger
brother and sister removed the fork
and tried to restore their brother to
consciousness, but in vain. When an
older brother returned home later in
the day he found Albert lying lifeless
and the younger children watching
over him. He died in a few hours.
Held by Officer.
Gregory.—Frank Lee of Dallas was
arrested by United States Marshal
Chapman of Sioux Falls on a warrant
charging him with violating that sec
tion of the white slave laws which for
bids the transportation of any womai
from one state to another for immoral
purposes. The original complaint was
filed in Omaha by the United States
district attorney there, on informa
tion furnished by Mrs. Lee's father, but
as Lee had left Nebraska the warrant
was turned over to the United States
authorities in this state.
It is alleged that Lee enticed the
girl to leave home and live with him
as his wife, but after coming here
they were married, and the situation
is very complicated. The hearing was
held before Uuited States Commis
sioner Mullen, and on the request of
the government a ten day continuance
was garnted. The defendant was
placed under $2,500 bonds, which were
furnished. His wife was subponaed
to appear before the United States
grand jury, now in session in Omaha,
and she left for that city this morning.
This is the first arrest ever made in
this section of the country for a viola
tion of the white slave law. Lee is
employed by the Western Union Tele
graph company at Dallas and is re
garded as a very efficient employe.
Dedicate Fine Parochial School.
Lead.—The new parochial school
building of St. Patrick's parish in this
city, which school is located on the
grounds of the cathedral of Bishop
ISusch, of the diocese of the Black
Hills, was dedicated with ceremonies
appropriate. Judge Willis of St. Paul,
prominent in the west as a member of
t'ne Knights of Columbus, made the
dedicatory address. A very large au
dience from Lead and Deadwood and
other points in the diocese was pres
ent. Incidentally Bishop 13usch an
nounced the receipt of a gift of $1,000
from the Homestake Mining company
as a token of the wishes of the com
pany for the continued prosperity of
St. Patrick's parish and for the bene
fit of the new school.
Must Pay Full Rate.
Huron.—In the circuit court here
Judge Alva E. Tay*or directed the
jury in the case of Jackson vs. Beadle
county, to return a wrdict in favor of
the plaintiff. The case grew out of the
reduction of a bill piesented to the
county commissioners by Mr. Jackson
for the publication o-f election notices
for the last general election. The
original bill was reduced $174.50, and
for the recovery of this amount Mr.
lackson brought suit, with the result
that the court, after hearing the evi
ience, allowed the plaintiff the rate
prescribed by law for such publication.
Fire Prevention Day.
Huron.—Fire prevention day was ob
terved here, and the fire department
gave a street parade. The city school
practiced fire drills, and in various
parts of the city attention was given
to the destruction of rubbish and in
flammable matter. The high school
was emptied of its 350 pupils in less
than one and a half minutes, and oth
er buildings of the city made similar
records.
Loses Portion of a Haud.
Aberdeen.—J. A. Stull, a Great
Northern conductor, running between
Aberdeen and Breckinridge, Minn.,
was out hunting when his gun was ac
cidentally discharged and a portion of
his right hand was shot away.
Woman Hangs Herself.
Mitchell.—The second suicide in the
southwestern part of the county within
the past two weeks occurred when
Mrs. Reinhold Metzger ended her life
by hanging. She had used a rope that
her little daughters had played with. A
brief note was left by the unfortunate,
woman, which gave an insight into the
2ause for her act. The note said: "I
cannot longer live. 1 will go crazy."
The woman was 34 years of age and
iad five chiMeee, tbe eldest fcetsg i?
'ears old.
FLICHTISSTARTED
HUGH ROBINSON LEAVE8 LAKg
CALHOUN, MINNEAPOLIS, FOR
JOURNEY SOUTH.
5
FOLLOWSTHE MISSISSIPPI
Aeronaut Will Carry Twenty-fi^
Pounds of Letters for Doi||
River Towns on Hie
Route.
Minneapolis. Rising fWHtt the
surface of Lake Calhoun at 8 a.
m., Hugh Robinson began the
attempt ever made to span the UniteU
States, north and south, in an aero
plane. Twenty thousand people saw
the start. There was a successful be
ginning to his journey and, barring
the unforeseen, every indication is for
a successful ending.
Robinson's determination to make
his goal is shown by the thorough
ness of the preparations made.
Enough machine parts are assembled
at different points along the route to
rebuild the aeroplane three times, and
six expert repairmen have been di
rected to points along the river with
in convenient reach of any point at
which a mishap might occur.
The route which Robinson followed
within Minneapolis was the most per
ilous of the entire flight, and when
he left the city in safety, one of the
greatest hazards of the attempt was
overcome. On rising from Lake Cal
houn, at the foot of Lake street, Rob
inson sought an altitude of 2,000 feet,
and then flew first to Lake Harriet,
thence to Lake Nokomis, by way of
Minnehaha creek, and thence by the y,
most direct route to the river. He
took this route because it was the saf
est for the hydro-aeroplane type of
machine, with which the flight is
made. This type, not being equipped
with the landing wheels of the ordi
nary aeroplane, can only alight safe
ly in the water.
Will Carry Mail.
An interesting feature of the flight
will be the transportation of United
States mail aggregating 25 pounds in
weight. Letters aggregating 25
pounds in weight were delivered to
Robinson by the postoffice depart
ment, for delivery at 21 points along
the route.
"VOTES FOR WOMEN" WJN8.
In California Shows Majority In Fa.
vor of Equal Suffrage.
San Francisco, Calif. Woman
suffrage has triumphed in California,
straggling returns wiping out the m^
jority previously recorded against taw
amendment and since this turn the
margin in favor of amendment has'^
increased steadily. Returns show the
result:
For suffrage amendment—119,
830 against—117,779 majority^A
for the amendment—2,051.
The figures represent the returns
from 2,877 precincts out of a total of
3,121 in the state. Virtually all of
the remaining precincts are in coun
ties which have given suffrage ma
jorities.
So overwhelming was the vote in
favor of the other amendments—the
initiative and referendum and the re
call, including the judiciary —a that
tabulation of the returns was suspend
ed with nearly a third of the p^fcincts
remaining unreported. The final count
taken showed the following results:
For the initiative and referend
um—138,181 against—44,859
For the recall—148,572
—46,290.
ORDER COMBINE DISSOLVED.
All factories, plants and selling de
purtments shall be made known to the.
public as the property and business ot
the General Electric company.
1
Its
Electric Trust Must Separate
Constituents.
Toledo, Ohio. Declaring that
their desire was to comply with all of
the provisions of the statutes and that
they did not think their acts had been
unlawful, the General Electric com
pany, the Westinghouse Electric
company, and thirty-four other elec
trical companies, engaged in the manu
facture and sale of incandescent
lamps and lamp machinery, threw
themselves upon the mercy of Judge
Killits in the federal courts when they
withdrew their answers to the govern-
ment suit charging a monopoly in res
traint of trade.
The government's suit was filed six
months ago in Cleveland. It charged
that all the defendant companies,
through contracts, agreements and
conspiracies were restraining trade
and asked the dissolution of the com
bine. Judge Killits ruled that the con
cealment of the interest of the Cen
tral Electric in the National Electric
company was unlawful, in that it had
been pretending to be a separate and
competing company. The court or
iered that the National company and
all its subsidiaries be dissolved and
that the General Electric be enjoined
from conducting business except in its
own name. Judge Killits' ruling was
a complete breaking up of the tru^^
providing that:
MAY BUY WINNIPEG LINES^
Traction System May Not Pass Into
Hands of City.
Winnipeg, Man. R. J. McKenzie
is authority for the statement that
local capitalists allied with New York
capital have made a bid of $300 a
share for the purchase of the plant of
the Winnipeg Electric Street Railway
company. This is $50 a share more
than Sir William McKenzie offered
the property to Winnipeg city, to
whom he would have preferred to sell.
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