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T H E i. i V E WIRE I lawrence y, sherman
LOY D. LAITIMORE
HALE CENTER,
TEXAS
OVER-MODESTY BAR TO SUCCESS.
Don't be afraid to express an opin-
ion, even if it ia dllTernt from the
opinion of the boss. He may like
a man with spirit and with brains
enough to have an opinion. But don’t
have opinions unless you have studied
from both sides. One of the most
annoying types in the business world
is the man who always wants to
start an aigument. Don't let one mis-
take make you lose your nerve. Lots of
times a mistake has helped a man,
first by making him more careful in
the future, and second, by bringing
him into the limelight It’s better
to be noticed once in a while, even
for a mistake, than to be Ignored. If
your work has been satisfactory your
good work will shine by contrast,
and you won’t be unduly blamed for
your error. A whole lot of men have
failed to rise because they were too
modest. If you believe you can do
a thing, try it. Express belief in your
own ability, but first be sure you have
the ability. Nobody but yourself
knows what you can do, and if you
are too modest to let people find out
what you know, you have only your-
self to blame if the boss doesn’t seem
to appreciate you. It’s all right to
learn the duties of the man next high-
er up in case you get a raise, but
. there are hundreds qf men who never
5get the raise because they are so
busy learning the higher up work that
they #r,rg^t their own duties. your
own work carefully first, and then
after you have finished it's time
enough to want to do the work of
the other fellow.
1 KILLED SI
MRS. WILLIAM B. WILSON
SEN. HITCHCOCK
The success of the anti-typhoid in-
oculation in the United States army
has been such that the authorities have
decided to extend its protection to the
families of soldiers. Colonel Surgeon
L. Mervln Maus, chief medical officer
for the department of the east, who
has been Btatloned at Governor’s is-
land for a year, has obtained typhoid
anti toxin from the army laboratory
at Washington. All women under
forty-five and all children over ten
yearB of age are to be made immune
to the fever. Undoubtedly the confi-
dence of the army in this prophylac-
tic will influence the extension ot its
employment In civil life. Among the
first to resort to it as a class might
be expected to be the traveling men,
who continually take fresh risks with
strange drinking water.
This photograph was take*.! In
Washington after the senator from
Illinois had asst^aed his seat in ths
senate.
COTTON BETTER THAN IN 1912
State'* Condition Ranks High On the
Ten Year Average.—Ten Per
Cent Better Than Last r
1 Year.
Washington.—The newly planted
cotton crop of the United States
showed a condition on May 25 of 79.1
per cent of a normal, the United
States department of agriculture’s
crop reporting board announced, in
the first condition report of the sea-
son, which always is looked forward
to with great interest by cotton grow-
ers, textile manufacturers and cotton
dealers. This condition, compiled
from the reports of the correspondents
and agents of the department’s bureau
of statistics, compares with a condi-
tion of 78.9 per cent on May 25 last
year, 87,-8 per cent on the correspond-
ing date in 1911 82.0 per cent In ’910
and ;2.‘J per^ceiH the average condi-
tion for the past ten years on May 25.
The area planted to cotton this year
STUBBORN RESISTANCE MADE
BY FEDERALS WHEN CONSTI-
ONE AMERICAN HIT BY BULLET
! Major Ramos, Commander of Feder-
al*, Badly Wounded.—Ameri-
can Consul Sticks to His
Post During Battle.
Brownsville, Texas.*—AftBr a battle I
lasting from to oclock in the morn-
ing until late at night with only slight
intermission the federal garrison at
Matamoros compiising about 500 men,
withstood the advance of General
Bianco of the constitutionalists forces,
with about 1,000 men until the firing
ceased. After the taking of the fed-
eral electric plant which furnished
power used to charge the barbed wiro
fences, around the city add th^ wound-
ing of Major Ramos, in charge of the
Matainoros garrison it was thought
the federals would capitulate, but they
continued fighting and twice drove
the rebels from the center of the
town. #
Lieutenant Colonel Marcial Garva
Rivas is now in command of the re-
maining forces In Matainoros succeed-
ing Ramos. Ramos is expected to re-
cover. lie was brought to the Amer-
ican side and it is said his wounds
are not serious.
The toll of death on both sides from
the battle, not counting the serious
wounding of Private Davis of the
United States cavalry while on patrol
duty, will not be known until the
smoke of the battle has cleared and
the Red Cross workers are able to
work among the fallen. Losses are
heavy on both sides. An authentic es-
timate as to the number killed is
placed as high as 200. Nearly one
hundred federal regulars have sur-
rendered to the United States, but
there are scores of the Matamoros de-
fenders who have fallen in the fight-
ing.
The United States consulate where
Consul Jessie II. Johnson remained
throughout the fight was at one time
s •.
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Marquette, Mich.—Theodore Roose-
velt won his libel suit against George
A. Newett, who charged the colonel
With drunkenness, and having waived
damages after the defendant had ut-
tered a retraction, the jury awarded
nominal damages of six cents. Each
party to the suit will have to pay his
own expenses.
When the defense opened, Mr. New-
ett took the stand and read a state-
ment in which he said the stories of
In'
suoject of much
circles, but the
Doctors told the members of the Illi-
nois Society for the Conservation oL
Vision, at the first public meeting of
that organization In Chicago, that In-
attention of nurses at the time that
Infanta are born Is the cause of most
cases of congenital blindness.
Throughout the country there is activ-
ity at the present time in disseminat-
ing information regarding the simple
method by which the shocking calam-
ity of infantile blindness In most In-
stances can be prevented.
Foreign countries would not won-
der at the brainlneBS of Americans
could they make a study of our na-
tional game. Baseball is a contest of
skill, demanding nimblo minds and
nimble bodies, quick thinking and
quick action. No less alert than the
players are the fans in the stands, as
they follow every play, judging It in-
stantly, and estimating its effect upon
the outcome of the game. It’s a great
mental tonic is baseball.
The health commissioner of New
York city asserts that many manufac-
turers of pies and other pastry are
using benzoate of soda more freely
than 1b good for the human stomach.
For this reason he proposes to pro-
mulgate regulations that will force
the restaurateurs and others who Bell
these viands to display placards or
print a lino in the bill of fare that
will convey notification of the pres-
ence of the chemical preservative to
the ultimate consumer. It Is entire-
ly proper that the individual who
pays for what he supposes to be
“like mother used to make” and la
given something else should know
what he is getting for his money.
also has been th
speculation in cot
department of agriculture’s official es-
timates will not be issued until July 3,
owing to tho passage of the law last
year which deferred this annual re-
port from June to a month later. Un-
officially the area planted this year is
estimated by the most conservative at
an increase over the 34,283,000 acres
picked last year. These unofficial es-
timates range from a 3 per cent in-
crease upward. A 3 per cent Increase
in the acreage planted would indicate
an area of about 35,311,000 acres.
Comparisons of condition on May 25
of this year,, hibl year and the ten-year
average condition, by states, with the
revised figures of the department of
agriculture showing ihe area picked
and the yield per'acre in pounds Ijist
year, follow:
10 yr. 3012 1912
acreage yld.
47,000 2r,n
1.545.000 207
2.01)5,000 200
5.225.000 159
221.000 11.9
2.720.000 172
2,SS:i,000 172
929.000 192
11,228,000 200
1.991.000 190
782.000 109
102.000 200
2.005.000 182
9,000 450
For the purpose of comparison, the
condition r>f Urn notteM in the
United States monthly for the past
ten years and the average yield per
acre of each year in pounds, with the
ten-year averages of each, are given
below •
harm was reported to members sta-
tioned there. Captain Walker, to-
gether with Brigadier General Parker
of San Antonio, was in' close touch
with the situation during the day from
the International bridge. Troop M of
the Fourteenth Cavalry, sixty-five in
number did duty for a distance of six
miles. \
TO OUST STANDARD OIL
Such Is Suit That Will Be Heard In
Corsicana, Texas.
State —
1913
1912
av
Virginia .....
89
V 5
N. Carolina..
.. 76
87
82
S. Carolina...
.. 68
82
80
(leorgla .....
74
81
I* lorlda .....
Alabama. ...
.. 75
75
7 1
84
SO
Mississippi .
.. SI
7.2
78
Louisiana ...
.. 81
69
78
Texas .......
86
79
Arkansas ...
.. 85
72
79
Tennessee
.. 87
74
81
M Lnourl ....
. . 90
74
82
Oklahoma ..
California ...
. . 87
78
9ft
82
A Chicago police magistrate de
dared from the bencli that gilds are
more responsible for flirting than
men, and that mothers are responsi-
ble Tpr their daughters. Tho last
part of the saying in true, eviin If
the first clause furnishes rnatteT for
Rebate.
May
.Tone
July
Auk.
Sept.
A v.
Years.
25
25
25
25
25
yield
1912____
79.9
80.4
76.5
74.8
69.6
190 9
1 VI____
87.8
88.2
89.1
73.2
71.1
2-08! 2
1910____
82.0
80.7
75.5
72.1
IT> 9
170.7
1909....
81.1
74.6
71.9
63.7
58.5
15 4.3
1908____
79.7
81.2.
83.0
76 1
68 7
i <i i |
1907____
70.5
72.0
75.0
72.7
67.7
178.3
1906____
81.6
83,3
82.9
77.3
71.6
202.6
1005
77.2
77.0
71.9
72.1
71.2
186.1
1004 . '. . ’.
83.0
88.b
91.6
84.1
75.8
204.0
1903____
74.1
77.1
79.7
81 2
65.1
174.5
Avxe.
1903-1912
79.9
80.2
80.0
71.7
68.6
186.5
The tentative dates for the issuance
by the department of agriculture of
reports on the condition, acreage and
production of cotton this year are:
July 3, condition as of June 25 and
acreage planted.
August 1, condition as of July 25.
September 2, condition as of Ali-
gn ft 25.
October 2, condition as of Reptem
her 25,
December 12, estimate of crop yield.
These reports will bo announced at
noon on the dales mentioned, except
that on production which will be is-
tued at 2 p. m.
Corsicana, Tex.—Taking of testi-
mony before a special commissioner
in the state of Texas suit for $99,275,-
000 penalties against. Standard Oil in-
terests and alleged subsidiaries
charged with violating Texas anti-
trust, laws, is on here. The suit ,also
is for ouster of the Texas branch con-
cerns. This examination ,u expected
to last for more than a month, during
which it will be transferred success-
ively to Dallas, Beaumont, Houston
and Galveston.
After tlia-t it is planned to take tes-
timony in New York, and possibly
other eastern cities. The state has
disclosed only part of its position as
contained in a petition granted in
Greenville. Texas, March 5 last, plac-
ing the two Texas Oil companies in-
volved. in receiverships. This peti
tion charged anti-trust law violations
beginning in 1900 and continuing prac-
tically unbroken since.
The defendants are the Standard
Oil companies of New York and New
Jersey, against which penalties of
$8,150,000 each arc asked, the Mag-
nolia Petroleum company of Corsi-
cana, Tex., $1*000,000 penalty, and the
Corsicana Petroleum company of Cor-
sicana $8,150,000. Tho ouster of these
two Texas companies is asked.
Penalties of $3,150,000 each also
are asked against a number of
individuals, among them are: John
I). Rockefeller and John D. Arrhibold,
Charles M. Pratt, Chas. W. Harkness
and H. C. Folger, Jr., all of New York,
and against C. N. Payne of Titusville,
Pa. Penalties of $1,175,000 are asked
against S. G. Bayne and Howard
Bayne of New York. W. C. Proctor of
Corsicana, Tex., R. Waverly Smith of
Galveston, Tex., George C. Greer and
Courtenay Marshall of Beaumont.
Tex., and a collective penalty of $800,-
000, plus the Individual penalty of
$1,775,000 each against O. C. Edwards
of Norwalk, Conn., E. R. Brown of
Corsicana, Tex., and John Scaly of
Galveston, Tex. Nearly all the de-
fendants are millionaires. -
circulation but that he could not find
a man who was willing to swear to
It and enable him to prove his state-
ment.
The libel was published in gpod
faith, Newett said, in the belief that It
was true and properinforrnnHrm That
It was true, the defendant said he
believed until the trial opened.
Roosevelt arose and1* waived his
claim for damages, and the jury rend-
ered a verdict in accordance with
Michigan law which fixes the value
of a man’s reputation at. six cents
where he does not claim more.
The libel of which Colonel Roose-
velt complained was published Oc-
tober 12, 1912, in Mr. Newett’s weekly
paper at Ishpeming, the Iron Ore It
took the colonel to task for “preach-
ing” to others when “ha himself gets
drunk and that not infrequently, as
all his intimates know.”
The first witness in the case was
Roosevelt and the last on for the
plaintiff was Admiral George. Dewey,
whose testimony was introduced by
deposition. Between them were James
R. Garfield, Robert Bacon, former sen-
ator and Ambassador to France; Gif-
ford Pinchot, Truman Newberry, for-
mer secretary of war; Major General
Leonard Wood, chief of staff; Dr. Ly-
man Abbott, George B. Cortolyou. Dr.
Albert Shaw and William Loeb. Jr
Jacob A. RIls, and many newspaper
men all of whom testified orally or by
deposition ThTTt Colonel Roosevelt did
not “get drunk” as charged.
FREE LIST IS ENLARGED
President Wilso~ Insists On Further
Lowering of Duties.
Washington.—Reversing its former
action In voting to place wheat. flour,
oatmeal and fresh meats on the duti
able list, the senate finance sub com
mittcc in charge of the agricultura!
schedule, voted „to place live stock,
wheat and oats on the free list.
Tliis action was taken to meet the
views of President Wilson, Senator
Simmons, chairman of the finance
committee, and other administration
leaders who disapproved the decision
announced recently to tax meats 1C
per cent, compensatory to a duty on
cattle into the Underwood bill and
to assess a compensatory duty on
both flour and oatmeal. The vote tc
reconsider was taken in the sub-com
mittce on a motion made by Senator
Simmons, ex officio member of all the
Rub-oommldof'p handling the various
tariff schedules, when he returned tc
the capitol from a conference vf?h
the president.
Mi’S. William Bauchop Wilson is the
wife of the secretary of labor in Presi-
dent Wilson’s cabinet. She Is the
mother of nine children.
ROOSEVELT DAMAGED SIX GENTS
Editor Newett Admits He Could Not
Prove Ex-President Was Drunk
and Claim for Damages is
Promptly Waived.
INTRODUCES MOST DRASTIC
ANTI-TRU8T CLAUSE IN
TARIFf- MEASURE.
CAN TAX COMPANIES TO DEATH
Small Concerns Unaffected; Aimed
At American Tobacco Company
Which Failed to Dis-
solve Itself.
Washington.—In accord with sug-
gestions of Attorney General McRey-
nolds. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska
introduced an anti-trust amendment to
the Underwood tariff bill which would
levy a special addition 1 excise tax
on a graduated scale upon manufac-
turers of tobacco, cigars, cigarettes
and snuff. The amendment coming
from a democratic member will re^
ceivo thorough consideration from the
finance committee. The proposed tax
would not reach a manufacturer until
he controlled about 25 per cent of the
total production of articles in his line.
Over that amount he would be taxed
in a rising scale on tobacco, one per
cent a pound for the first million
pounds, 2 cents a pound for the second
million pounds and so on up to 6
cents s pound These graduated tuxes
would be in addition to tho regular 8
cents a pound tax that all manufac-
turers pay on tobacco.
Companies of ordinary size would
not bo subject to this tax because it
does not apply to a production before
80,000,000 pounds of tobacco, or 4,000,-
000 pounds of snuff a year, so that of
the 2,700 tobacco companies In the
country, probably only three would be
affected and of tho seventy-three snuff
companies also only three would ’be
affected. In factories of the moderate
size, the tax would only fall on four
or five of the cigar companies, only
two of them having a product large
enough to be taxed.
Seventy million dollars was the
amount of the total excise last year
on tobacco products and Senator
Hitchcock has estimated that if the
tax had been levied on year’s
■ •M-'Micsa “tho L.>»< iyn trust concerns
would have paid the additional tax as
follows:
American tobacco company, $7,500,-
000; Liggett & Meyers, $3,100,000;
Lorlllard company, $144,000; American
Snuff company, $77,000; George W.
fTo!mc company, $69,000; Weyman &
Burton company, $51,000.
There would also have been com-
panies subject to this tax if it could
be shown that they were under the
»ame ownership of control as any of
the big companies,” said Senator
Hitchcock, “and in the case of the Lor-
lllnrd company It would be subject
to a much higher rate of taxation, if
It could be shown that it is owned or
jontrolled by the same Interests that
»re back of any other company. It Is
probable therefore that this tax in the
aggregate would reach $15,000,000 a
year, which is so large that it would
loon force a real dissolution of the
tobacco trust. If it. didn’t it would
yield handsome revenues u> the treas-
ury and so handicap the trust that
it could not carry out its program of
crushing Independent companies.
Can Tax to Destruction.
“The government already bas the
machinery to enforce this tax. To-
bacco and snuff manufacture in all
forms is under complete government
control. The power to tax to the point
of destruction is unquestioned. It is
summary, simple and irresistible. If
It succeeds In This line of manufac-
ture, it may succeed in others.”
FRENCH JINGOS SCARED.
Still Seeing Visions of a Repetition of
Sedan Affair.
ParlB.—Some startling figures were
given out by Deputy Andre Lefevre as
to the financial condition of (he triple
alliance Germany, Austria-Hungary
and Italy, and of the triple entente—
Great Britain, France and Russia
They came out in the course of a
speech delivered by M. Lefevre in the
chamber of deputies in favor of three
years’ service in the active army for
Frenchmen.
“Germany is unable to afford a long
war,” said M. Lefevre. “Banks of
the countries forming a triple alliance
possess only $741,600,000 In gold with
$1,600,000,009 in circulation, while
those of the triple entente possess
$1,587,200,000 In their vaults, and
$2,800,000,000 In circulation.
“Everything points to Germany re-
lying on a sudden overwhelming at-
tack should war be declared. There-
fore, Fiance must always have a large
army on the frontier.”
The debate on the bill was ad-
journed.
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