Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ft1 ttlliMSSMMM Published Watkly A11EVILLB, 8. C. Many an old man in years Is a young man In mental activity. An insane man was found wandering in Wall street, says an exchange. Only one? . London proposes to build a liner that contains everything Out an avia tion field. Chicago women are about to start a department store, which will have six bargain days a week. | A New York state man killed a deer with his automobile. Some men are deadly shots with their autos. Princess Eulalie may merely be pre paring to come over and show us what she can do 1n vaudeville. A lecturer down east says that "woman should be more conspicuous ihan her clothes." Sometimes In the >all room she is. A Chicago man committed suicide j *fter~a card party. The ordinary man. however, is satisfied with being mere ly bored to death. Fire destroyed 25 automobiles in a Ne? York garage. Yet Then they are led out they do not rush back into the flames. An X-ray examination of a Michigan man discloses the fact that his vitai organs are on the wrong side. Rail road tra'n or football? We refuse to become excited over die fact that Sir Walter Raleigh's pipe Is for sala Our old reliable corncob is good enough for ua. "A man of 20 is worth $6,230." says a statistician. This will be good news to a great many men or twenty who are looking for meal tickets. It may be easy to fly across the At lantic as Willis Moore says, but If any body contemplates trying It we advise blm to take along a bathing salt. Maeterlinck says that It will be easy I to 4ie in the future. Evidently he has come to the conclusion that no im provement In vaudeville Is to bo look ed for. Citizen of Ohio wants fc divorce be ause bis spouse smokes cigars. If she <oes through his pockets at night, and sonflscates his best ropes, we sym pathize with him. Tou can't hold the women down; soon they'll be invading the realm of blgh finance. A New York woman has j been spending $21,000 yearly on an ln come of $18,000. Several Cincinnati schoolgirls bave succeeded In living on seven cents a day. It Is hard to tell whether they did it in the interests or science or merely, to catch husbands. Dispatches from the east tell us that ' f i ton of oil recently was taken from the tongue of a whale. We have not seen able to learn the details, but we have a hunch that it was a lad} whale. ________ A farm journal says the result ol the experiment of mixing wine with feed for chickens was to increase the yield of eggs by 100 per cent. Prob ably the bens were unable to count straight If the European picture thieves will come over here and give their atten tion to the studios of some of the art iste who get out covers for the maga sines they will meet with a hospitable welcome. ' There is a birth every four minute* in New York. Even at that. New Yorkers are often hard pressed tc | take care of the moz?y constantlj handed, them by outsiders. V;>, ! : i A man In New Jersey estimates thai, ri In the last thirty years he has walked 25.000 miles between his home and i church. This may be defined as real ly taking steps to be saved. In Prance the bicycle has become the most popular of all vehicles, whll? the craze for the motorcycle is begin ning to abate. You never can tell what - * the French are going to do. Kv'?!?* ' /r " Word comes from Chicago that twc burglars bound and gagged a womar is she played the piano. Never hav Ing heard the lady play, we and it im possible to Judge whether they wer? burglars or simply neighbors. A man and a woman who bad t lovers' quarrel thirtyflve years ag< have Just been married in Ohio. If i is going to take them that long in eacl case to make up they are not likel: tor have many family Quarrels. A woman get-ricb-quick promote! aas been arrested. She may have th? credit of proving that in swindlin) fields hitherto regarded as exclusivel; man's province the female of the spe t'ies gathers victims as slickly as th? male. A judge in Seattle has ruled that i dog has a legal right to bite a mai who treads on his tail. It may be add ed for the benefit of those whom i may concern that few dogs are likel; in the emergency cited, to wait fo their legal right to be tested. There ought to be a hush in the mai . ter of jeering at women for being ur able to bit any aim A Kansas farme recently shot at rabbits and struck six young women sitting on his porct When Kansas City footpads hold u a victim they rob him of his falB teeth, if he has any. Different citie have different customs. No typics Chicago highwayman wonld take j man's false teeth away from bim. l not satisfied with what he finds in hi pockets, he merely beats the tar ou ot him and proceeds on his way. 'v-.a V-V-iAfeeV. '. \ UN TEACHERS IN HIGH SCHOOLS THE SUGGESTION IS MADE BY STATE SUPERINTENDENT J. . / E. SWEARINGEN. ANNUAL REPORT PREPARED Says Only Small Fraction of Teach ers Hold College Diplomas?Teach ing is a Shifting Profession?Only i ? v Fraction Make It a Life Work. Columbia.?"The time has come wheu the high school can be used not only for the benefit of the com munity and the ^training of pupils, but also in the training of teachers.1' This suggestion is- made in the an nual report of J. E. Swearingen, the state superintendent of education. "Though special privileges," says Mr. Swearingen "are granted college graduates under our laws governing certification, the bald fact remains that only a fraction of our teachers hold college diplomas. If all the graduates of all our colleges should enter the class room it would take ten years without the loss of a single recruit to make up the present teach ing corps of the state. 'Teaching is a shifting profession. Only a fraction of those undertaking it make it their life work. Thorough ly prepared teachers are inevitably attracted to long term, high sala ried schools, leaving the more diffi cult task of the ordinary country school to untrained and unskilled hands. The establishment of a teacher training course in ten rour year high schools in ten counties would place the advantage of normal training within reach of many pros pective teachers. At the same time it would furnish a means of im provement to many now at work in the class room with inadequate prep aration and unable to secure more thorough equipment An appropria tion of $1,000 to pay the salary of a special training teacher in Buch a high school would immediately yield valuable returns. "The report of the high school in-, spector shows significant progress in the high schools of the state. The work, accomplished in ' these schools is perhaps better than ever before. Executive Clemency For Two. Tho ornvornnr lion grnintoH a nnrnlp to John M. McLemore, who was con victed in Barnwell county in Novem ber, 1910, on the charge of violating the dispensary law and sentenced to pay a fine of $400 or serve six months, on the condition that he pay a fine of $150 to the clerk of court 'of that county and refrain from violating the dispensary law, For the purpose of restoring citizenship the governor has granted a pardon to Frank Finch, who was convicted in Spartanburg county in November of last year and sentenced to pay a fine of $25 or 3erve 30 days on the charge of breach of trust with fraudulent intent . Since assuming office on January 17, the governor has extended, clemency in 323 cases. To Prepare Statistical Statement. Commissioner Watson has agreed to prepare for the Southern Commer cial Congress, for its meeting in April at Nashville, Tenn., to be read along with similar papers from each of the Southern States, a statistical statement of the agricultural advance made by South Carolina from 1860 to 1910, the idea being to show- the advance of the South in the period named. All of the papers will be printed in booklet form. Case May Be Tried At This Term. "The case may be tried durirfg this term of court," said Solicitor Cobb when asked if the dispensary cases i were to come up at the present term j of the Jtichland county court in gen eral sessions. Frazer Lyon, attorney general, is out of the state and is ex pected to return in a few days. Mr. P. DeBruhl, assistant attorney gen eral, is expected to Uppear and ask that the case be postponed. Rich Field For Marine Biology. i iioi ^nanesion narDor oners a rich field for the investigator in ma rine biology and that it is entirely possible that many discoveries of real interest to the scientific world may be made here is the opinion ex pressed by Prof. Paul M. Rea, direc tor of the Charleston Museum, after the first two dredging expeditions made here in more than half a cen tury. Something like fifty years ago Profs. Stimpson and McCrady did some work in local waters and ac complished important results. New Child Labor Law in Effect. Tho 'jmonrlo/1 1 n V?nr lnw r>l i m. inating all children under 12 years of age from the textile plants of South Carolina, went into effect. Under the old child labor law certain exemp tions were allowed, because of "wid owed mother or disabled parents." The new law will affect about 540 children, who were working under the exemption clause of the old act. Com missioner Watson has notified all manufacturers of tne new, law and children under 12 years of age have been gradually taken from the mills. Columbia Chamber of Commerce. The chamber of commerce at its meeting elected officers for the en suing year and passed resolutions of thanks to those who had charge of the free bridge work. The meet was held in council chamber and was very short. Matters affecting the organization will be taken up at the regular meeting, it being understood that the election would be the only matter brought up. The meeting was called to order by R. Beverley Herbert, the president. Nomination? for president being first in order. CAROLINA IS VACATION LAND * Circular Issued By National Corn Show Advertises This State?Its Advantages to Be Shown. Columbia.?"A vacation time in i vacation land, for the farmer North and South," is one of the slogans of f the National Corn Show, to be held j in Columbia during January of next year. "Make your arrangements," says a \ r* fViof 1a hoino- rHatHhiltfid throughout the country, "to attend , / the exposition and visit the numerous points of historical and scenic inter est in the "land of the palmetto and the magnolia and where the oleanders ; bloom and the violets are fragrant all months in the year." * George H. Stevenson is the secre- ; a tary and general manager of the Na- v tional Corn Show, the greatest agri- 1 cultural exposition in the world, and he is sending out much literature de- [ Bcriptive of this section, throughout a the*North, East and Middle West. All 15 persons interested in the exposition are requested to write Mr. Stevenson v His office is located in the Palmetto a National bank building. All farmers and business men of South Carolina visiting Columbia are invited to call i on Mr. Stevenson and have the corn . show explained. The date of the National Corn the fifth to be held; is January 27 to February 9, 1913. Several thous and farmers from the West will at tend. The agricultural advantages of this section will be shown and South Carolina will receive tne Kind or ad vertising that pays. South Carolina New Enterprises. The secsetary of state has issued & charter to the Mount Holly Develop ment Company of Charleston, with a capital stock of $250,000. The com- \ pany is given the right to do a gen eral real estate business, buy and op erate drainage canals and conduct a general mercantile business. The of ficers are: . L. Montague, president, 1 and E. W. Durant, Jr., secretary and _ treasurer. This is the largest com- r pany of 1 its nature in the state and t was the first to secure, a charter in ; a 1912. A commission has been issued s to the Saluda Development Company , i, of Saluda, with a capital stock of j $6,000. The petitioners are Eugene | v W. Able and W. M. Padgett The | 8 company will do a general real estate j a business. A commission has been is p sued to the James F. Condon & Sons a Co. of Charleston, with a capital i * atoek of S20.000. Th? Detltioners are: i n James F. Condon, James J. Condon 1 h and M. A. Condon. The company will ^ do a general real estate business. A : t charter has been issued to the Har- j den Company' of Allendale, with a : a capital of $2,000. The officers are: 1 W. H. Harden, president, secretary a and treasurer, and O. B. Harden, vice : j president. j t Reduction of Express Charges. j |i Orders issued by the railroad com- : p mission last year, reducing the ex- s press charges in South Carolina and t adopting a standard freight tariff. j n went into effect. The others were \\ adopted during last year by the com- j h mission after several hearings and }] o ft'ar Inn or of tha foaH. n W?W4WV?%.VW? vwww' mony presented. The standard f freight tariff will reduce the freight i< rates on intra-state business mate- a rially. The estimated reduction has d been placed at from 12 to 20 per cent, t The express charge reduction is plac- v ed at about 8 per cent. The annual 3 report of the commission has been completed and will be sent to the ! -i general assembly. The commission \ will urge upon the legislature the passage of a law to give the body F jurisdiction over all grade crossings in the state. c Run Over By Train And Killed. James J. Besssingei^ 58 years old. : 11 was run over and crushed to death < c within 200 yards of the union station j n at Faifrax, by passenger train No. 84 , 11 on the Seaboard Air Line railway. | Mr. Bessinger attempted to cross the j a raiiroau irauK. wutjn uie utuii war* within a few hundred feet of him. Being very deaf, he could not hear it, and as it was raining and he was carrying an umbrella, he could not see it. Mr. Bessinger leaves a wife, two sons and other relatives. May Have Committted The Crime. Lou Wright and Bob Williams, two negroes who live within one hundred yards of the little storeroom in ^hich David Hutto, the aged Confederate veteran, was brutally murdered sev eral days ago by having his head and face mashed to a pulp, were ar rested on suspicion and lodged in the county jail. At the coroner's inquest the two negroes testified and the fact that they were fully conversant with Mr. Hutto's habits and actions and notified the police of the crime, put ^ them under suspicion. Will Try To Have Bill Passed. Gen. U. R. Brooks will endeavor to have passed during the next.ses sion of the legislature a pension bill a that will affect many Confederate s veterans throughout the state. Gen. Brooks said that the Confederate Sol diers' home is inadequate to accom modate all the old soldiers that ap ply. The bill, as contemplated, will, pension all indigent Confederate sol diers over 70 years of age that are renters and are unable to pay rent. If the bill is passed each veteran will be given $11 per month. Several Candidates Seeking Place. Several candidates are seeking the position of superintendent of Charles ton schools, made vacant by the re cent death of Prof. Henry P. Archer. The board of city school commis sioners will fill the position and also elect a vice principal which was made vacant by the elevation of Mr. Rogers to the place of principal of the Courtenay school. The election will be held at the regular meeting /hen the two new members Thomas J. Sweeney and (1. \V. Seignious, will take their seats in the board room. ' iiStii STRIKES HIS FLAG / ADMIRAL ROBLEY D. EVANS, NOT ED SEA FIGHTER, DIES SUDDENLY. 1 VAS PICTURESQUE FIGURE Admiral Evans Started Battleship Fleet on Its Memorable Cruise Around the World. >( , Washington.?Rear Admiral Rob ey, D. Evans, "Fighting Bob" to an dmiring nation, died suddenly at his tome in this city. Acute indigestion nded the career of one of the most lopular officers in the navy. He was II less than two hours. Admiral Evans, born sixty-five ears ago in Floyd county, Virginia, rose apparently fn 'better health and pirits than he had enjoyed in some irae. For years a sufferer from old rounds sustained in the Civil war nd from recurrent attacks of rheu V.v , REAR ADMIRAL R. 0. EVANS. natic gout, the 8?ed fighter seemed o have shaken off the burden of his dvancfng days. He displayed high. 1 pirits at breakfast and ate a hearty uncheon at noon. i , While in his library the admiral fas stricken. InstantlyS his family ent for Dr. S. S. Adams, who on his rrival found the patient in great aiu. After treatment, Admiral Ev- 1 n* fell into a restless sleep and it 1 ra.8 thought that the d&nger had assed. Shortly after four o'clock lOwever, he awakened and, raising imself { with difficulty,. announced hat he was choking. .' . > > "I cannot get my breath,'' he said, nd sank back. "I canont 'get my breath," he said, j nd sank back. At' 4:45 o'clock he ied, conscious to the end. One of the iron links that bound he old navy to the new, a command rig figure In each, was Robley D. 'vans. He did not take kindly to the obriquet of "Fighting Rob," for al hough of gruff exterior, he was a tho kindliest impulses! Thus t never was used In his presence by Is friends. By the dauntless courage n times of great emergency; the rim determination with which he aced overwhelming odds and thq sto cism with which Tie bore his wolmds ' nd gazed unflinching in the face of. eath made the title so appropriate hat as "Fighting Boh" he was known rherever the English language is poken. , 'AFT IS IN THE RACE __ resident Says Nothing But Death Can Keep Him from Running. Washington.?"Nothing but death an keep me out of the fight now." resident Taft is reported to have node this statement to white house allers and to have, added that he had io objection to the statement being nade public.' It undoubtedly was intended to set .t rest all reports that Mr. Taft night withdraw from the race for the tepublican nomination for president n favor of Col. Theodore Roosevelt. The president is said to be thor ughly aroused to the gravity of the ituation in the Republican party and letermined to let Ms auuuue ue 6cu T'ally understood. Tariff Reform Paramount Issue. New York.?The National Demo ratic club launched to make a tariff eform the paramount issue of the v' joming presidential campaign at a argely attended dinner with Gov. Voodrow Wilson of New Jersey as he principal speaker. Governor Wil ion insisted that the time had come or the country to set itself free from he burdens of the protective tariff. The club has appointed a committee o lead a systematic and progressive :ampaign tariff reform. Bryan Not a Candidate. Tampa, Fla.?"I cannot conceive iny condition that would make it pos iible for me to consider the question >f my becoming a candidate for the >residential nomination of the Dem >cratic party in 1912," said W. J. Bry in, who arrived here. Asked as to " *'?""V.t nf thfl movement vnat iic uiuugub uk v..v )f the Progressive Democrats of Ohio, vho pushed his name to the fore, Colonel Bryan smiled. "I have not *ead the press reports yet, and I hard y know what to say,"' he replied. Pleaded Guilty and Took Poison. Memphis, Ten 11.-?Five minutes af :er he had pleaded guilty of having secured $400 under false pretenses, J. Stafford, declared at one time :o have been a curb banker in New Vork city, and who was also known is J. E. Anderson, swallowed a quan tity of carbolic acid in his cell at police headquarters here. He died 10 minutes later. Remorse and a desire to spare his wife the humiliation that would attend his conviction prompted him to take bis life, the man explain ed in a letter. to? BUSINESS FOR 1012 PRESIDENT ELECTION WILL NOT SERIOUSLY AFFECT CONDI TIONS IN COUNTRY. v. f ' Real Business of the Country Is On . Firm Basis, Say Well / ; Informed Men. ?? New York.?"Not even a presiden tial election will'he able to make buai ness bad In. 1912," declares a close abserver of business conditions. 'There may be -flurries in Wall street," tie continued; "speculation may be hampered and Wall street may not enjoy the year as much as it might, but the real business of the country Is on a firm basis and is going to b? good." ' ... j,/ And this pretty well represents the general idea among men who are in touch with conditions throughout the country. The big crops mean good businesi for the railroads; this in turn goes a long way toward insuring the steadj demand for steel. With the railroads and steel mill profitably busy, hard times would be difficult to bring about. / Then the copper business is in fine shape and the other great underlying industries of the country face a good outlook and money is in plentiful sup ply for legitimate purposes. Taker altogether there is good ground for op timism. Warehousemen throughout the cltj report that business in nearly everj line of trade Is now more active that II Ucta L)CCU 111 OOCiai J V/ai u. As the warehousemen diagnose the condition, they have their fingers on the pulse of the business world?this revival is not local, but quite gen eral. . Baby Emperor Quits Capital. Washington.?Although without for mal advices or the subject the state department officials are inclined tc believe that China's infant emperor, probably the last of his dynasty, al ready has been spirited away from Pekin by his father, Prince Chun, and is now being conveyed to the summer residence of the court at Jehol, about 150 miles northeast oi Pekin, in the province of Chihli, or is hound for the ancient Manchurian capital of Harbin. The place of resl dence chosen for the young einperor is important. New Year at the White House. Washington.?The greatest throng hat has passed the portals iof the white house at ail> new year recep lion of recent years greeted President and Mrs. Taft at the third public re ception given by them since entering the executive mansion. When the long line had parsed the official "counter' said that 8,092 diplomats, officials and citizens had shaken hands with the president. Dr. Mary Walker, in sill< hat, frock coat and trousers, was among the first of the citizens tc greet the president. Taft Refuses to Help Mcrse. Washington.?It was announced al the white house that the report ol the army medical officers who have examined Charles W. Morse, convict ed New York banker, serving sentence in the Atlanta, Ga., Federal peniten tiary, does not warrant immediate in terference by the president and the pardon will not be granted at thlf time. The physicians made a physica examination of Morse in the- military hospital at Fort McPherson, where the banker is being treated undei guard. Politics Barred Rural Carrier. Washington. ? Several thousanc rural free delivery letter carriers an barred from active participation ir politics by an executive order signec bf President Taft. The ord"er for bids the rural letter carriers fron pernicious activity in politics and em powers the evil service commissior to dismiss any of them to be so en gaged The rural carriers are no to be denied the right of politica belief and discussion of political is sues, but their active participation ii political agairs will be stopped. Woman Murders Son-in-Law. Mobile, Ala.?Arrested within i few minutes after the bloody remain! of her son-in-law, Frederick Wasser serlaben, had been found in a pom near the western city limits, Mrs vtorv t Godau made a full confes slon of the deed. Wasserlaben har been shot three times, twice throng! the head and one through the arm The killing occurred at the home o Wasserlaben after, according to th< confession, insulting remarks made t< Mrs. Godau. She has been marrier three times. HITS SOUTHERN POLITICS Senator LaFollette Says Southern Sentiment Opposes Popular Government. Saginaw, Mlch.^-After speaking at Flint and Bay City, Senator Robert M. LaPoIeltte' wound i up bis ' first day's campaign in Michigan in the Interest oj his "Progressive" candi ' dacr for the ReDublican nomination for president ^with an address at the - Masonic temple here. He discussed the, trusts and their relation to the tariff, the money trust as the climax of all and the necessity of returning > the government, as he said, to thej hands of the people, he asked the support of pll, Republicans and Dem ' ocrat's alike, in doing this. The Dingley tariff law, he said, by i raising the tariff high enough to elim inate foreign competition, opened the ( way Yor the trusts. In describing their rapid growth since 1897, when 1 the Dingley law waa passed, the sen 1 ator said trust capitalization had in creased "over 54 per cent during the , four years of the preceding adminis tration, despite the fact that a num ' ber of prosecutions had been begun. "Alexander Hamilton, Henry Clay 1 and William McKlnley," said Sepa [ < tor LaFollette, "would never have ' spoken of th& tariff as they did if there had been no competition. -The I stand-patter toiiay is the worst enemy [ of the protective system.": He declared that a few men in Wall street who have no politics, but 1 who are interested only in. business, control the affairs of the country, and , that the big progle ranow is to re p turn control to the people. I II 1 U1U nut ucuc?v wuv can party was the best instrument for ( getting control Into the hands of the ^ people," he said, "I would leave it. If ( I believed the Democratic party was a better instrument I would join it. If I thought a new party would be more effective I would form it.. But 1 think the Republican party is the I best instrument there is. , i CONGREGATION MOBS PASTOR / Tampa Minister Roughly Handled by Members of His Church. Trmpa, Fla.?At the conclusion of - rvices Rev. R. E. L. Kirland, pas ' tor of the First Congregational 1 church, was the storm center in a near riot in which the police inter . fered, arresting six persons. ' In a written statement he declar ed he had been kicked by some Of the women. ' ; The cause of the outburst was an i attack made by Reverend Klrkland in his sermon on a former pasior in : connection with alleged misappropri ation of church -funds. Reverend ; Kirkland's subject was "If Christ ; Lived Today, Would He Be a Social* ' ist?" His text was "My ' Father's [ house Is a house of prayer, but ye j have made it a den of thieves." : Strained relations have existed be i tween Reverend Kirkland and mem ? bers of his congregation for some months. Governor Aids Convicts. t Little Rock, Ark.?Scores of men f in the convict camps In Arkansas will ! be liberated if Governor' Donaghey carries out the threat he made to J free them if contractors do not use methods more humane In handling them. "I give notice to the contrac i tors," the governor indignantly de ? clared, "that I will depopulate every I convict camp in the state if this cru r elty is not stopped. I will turn the i prisoner out as fast as they are r brought in unless conditions are changed," he exclaimed. $8,000 Tax to Sell Beer. 1 Griffin, Ga. ? One of the biggest ; taxes ever paid to sell near beer in i the United States was paid by J. M. 1 Rassett & Co., who turned $8,000 over - to City Clerk Thomas Nail for a li j cense to conduct a near beer saloon - here during the year 1912. In addition i to this amount the firm pays a state license of $H00 and a revenue tax of t $20 on the same business. This was 1 supposed to be a prohibitory tax and ? oncnor-fpii that anybody would I HO one i I attempt to take out a license at that high figure. Russia Planning New Treaty. ? St. Petersburg.?Having accepted 3 in an equable spirit the notification j" of the American ambassador that the treaty of commerce and navigation - entered into by the United States and 1 Russia in 1832 would be abrogated i on January 1, 1913, officials of the . Russian government are now direct f ing their attention to the question of i a new treaty. It i3 recognized that ) diplomacy of i,he most experienced 1 kind will be itequired, especially by the Americans^ I l / SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND LABOR NAGEL MAKES H?8 ' ... ANNUAL REPORT. IS NEED OF RE6HUT!dN Mere Breaking Up of Large Combin* tlona Does Not Suffice, Accord ing to Secretary. Washington.?"The mere breaking v ' up of large combinations into a num ber of sepabite parts by no means meets the whole trust Question," says Secretary Nagel of tho department of commerce and labor, in hla annual report transmitted to President Taft. Secretary Nagel deo.l&res that the Sherman law has been proved to be an effective statute beyond all doubt, and that a degree of combination of capital , is quite necessary; but he adds that the Supreme court decis ions in the Standard Oil and Tobacco caseB have demonstrated t&at tie. ^ next step in the control of great in- -v: dustriat corporations will be the cre ation of a permanent Federal agency. How much control shall be exercis ed, whether by comeilsslon, Federal incorporation or othe.* means, which, have been advocaieu recently by Judge Elbert H. Gary, George W. Per kins and other financiers before ti$e senate committee which has been conducting hearing? to determine what changes would be desirable in \V the anti-trust laws, Secretary Nagel ' ' does not definitely say. "A certain degree of combination'of > ; capital is admittedly, essential. to the , enterprises,'; says Secretary Nagel. carrying on of, our great- business enterprises," says Secretary Nagel. "To control properly such necessary combinations we must have some ad ministrative, Federal office or Com mission which shall make ihis work its business. ' - CiwiMftrrar In DABfillUt1 ; w J r ? to recent criticism of the immigra tion service. He says tlu bureau has endeavored to obey the general. man-. date of the law and relieve the in- . ;j23| dividual of hardship wherever the statute allows it A very important Investigation on the cost of living Is now being car ried on by, the bureau" of labor. "The report promises to provide a basis for intelligent discussion <>f*tifais' ' r: much-mooted question," says the sec retary. ROOSEVELT WILL NOT TALK Ex-President Refuses to Affirm, or Deny Any Rumors. New York.?With a general refus al to "confirm , or deny Any rumor," Col. Theodore Roosevelt declined to - f: ' t J discuss a report , that a movement was afoot in New Jersey to place his name on the presidential pri mary ballots. The former president ' wask asked if he had been approach ed by any one Of consequence Or au thority in New Jersey pouucs wiuj a view to having his name placed on the ballots. V tion of the phrase 'any one of conse-. quence or authority,'" he replied. "I must decilen to confirm or deny any report or rumors of this sort." / "Have you taken any steps, colo nel, to have your name removed from the primary ballots in Nebraska?" he was asked. "I have taken no steps one way or the other." * . } ' ? 1-t Wachinpt/>n sava "That necessarily involves "A aispaicu Hum ?t that you have1 mad? knowik to Presi dent Taft, through a friend, your un willingness to say that you will, nn" der ho circumstances, accept the nom ination next June. Is this true?" "I have not seen the story," Colo nel Roosevelt answered. "I suppose I have been neglecting my education again. But I will say this: "That when I have any announce ment to make I will make it publicly. I will not discuss the rumors. I have nothing to say on anything. The , peace banquet, with its strong arm squad preserving peace, presented an opportunity the other day?but I am not discussing rumors and reports." > Taft Pardons Two Negroes. Washington.?President*' Taft com muted to expire at once the life sen tence of Arthur Adams and Robert Sawyer, two negro British subjects, convicted at Wilmington, N. C., in mnrrier on high seas. 19UO, \ji - , In a-confession before his execution Henry Scott, another negro, convict ed of and hanged for the same crime, completely exonerated Adams and Sawyer. Originally Adams and Saw yer were sentenced to death, but this was commuted by President Roosevelt to life imprisonment. Osborn Hammers LaFollette.. ' . .. Lansing, Mich.?Gov. Chase Osborn took charge of a meeting of Progres- . sive Republicans that had gathered to hear Senator Robert H. LaFol Iette, who failed to appear and de iivprfd an address. Some of the aud itors objected to the governor's re marks in referring to Senator LaFol lette. The governor asked both Taft and LaFollette to withdraw from the race and join in nominating former Senator A. J. Beveridge of Indiana, or former President Roosevelt. Jolt Is Handed Harmon. Columbus. Ohio.?The Progressive Democratic League of Ohio came into being here at a conference of Demo crats of nearly every county in the state. Although many of the confer ees had entered the gathering with avowed intention of declaring against the presidential candidacy of Gov. Judson Harmon, his name was men tioned only indirectly and the organ ization urged the members to work against the choice of any delegate who had not proved himself a true Democrat.