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the the THE MUNCIE MORNING STAR. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. 1911. 3 UNCLE SAM JE STEEL TRUST? ty General Wickersham ly Says Government I Enforce the Law. LONG STATEMENT criminate Fight on Interests Planned.

New York, Sept. General Wickersham, tonight, in response to many inquiries regarding the possible prosecution of the United States Steel corporation, made the following statement: has been the consistent policy of the department not to state in advance of actual proceedings that action against any particular party was in contemplation. There are many reasons why this is the proper position to maintain. In the first place until investigation is complete, it is known whether or not a case of violation of law exists and, in the second place, the character of the procdedings cannot (be 'determined) until then, and if the facts shall require criminal proceedings to be resorted to, ordinary prudence would demand that publicity be not given to that until indictments are found. Their Purpose Is Known.

"The purpose and duty of the department of justice with respect to the enforcement of the Sherman law against large corporations which are formed or exist in undue restraint of interstate commerce, or which are attempting monopoly has been declared a number of times by the president and the attorney general. The carrying out of the purpose requires a careful investigation of every one of the combinations whose size, composition and control of the particular business in which engaged could give rise to a presumption that was existing or acting in contravention of the anti-trust law. "It should go withbut saying that great complex combination of corportions under a centralized control, dominating the trade of the country in an important industry would not escape the careful study and consideration of the department. Whether or not that examination would resuit in a proceeding to compel a disintegration of the combination into Portland U. B.

Minister Accepts Lapel Church The Rev. L. A. Huddleston. Lapel, Sept.

Rev. L. A. Huddleston, the new pastor of the United Brethren church of this city, comes from Portland, where he pastor for two Prior to that he lived in southeastern Ohio. He is a married man, and has one young son and an infant daughter.

A number of separate disconnected parts could not be determined until study and examination is completed. Each case stands on its footing, and depends upon Ns own particular facts. conclusion on the part of the department bring suit against a particular combination would not, of course, prevent it from disputing the government's contention and defending the suit. Or, if in anticipation of action by the government those In control of such a combination should work out a plan of separation to avoid illegal conditions the department necessarily would give very careful consideration to the plan so as to avoid hostile operation if possible. Personally I should much prefer that business interests should themselves re-adjust their organizations SO as to remove all possible criticism concerning their legality, that the department of justice should have to conduct legal proceedings to compel such re-adjustment.

cannot be too positively stated that the department is not inaugurating a campaign against the business interests of the country or an indiscriminate attack on all large prosperous concerns. On the contrary, the care and caution with which the law offices of the government are proceeding to the examination of each case should be a guarantee to the Ask the man fee who owns one lackard, MOTOR CARS 1912 THE PACKARD MOTOR CAR COMPANY OF CHICAGO succeeds the Chicago Motor Car Company in the sale of Packard Motor Cars and Trucks in Muncie and throughout all the adjacent territory Headquarters will remain at 2357 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. The business will be conducted by the same excellent sales and service organization, which will employ the greater facilities of the new company in giving especial attention to technical service outside of Chicago. IT All assured Packard careful owners in attention the to territory their are interests and equal service in the maintenance of their cars. Chassis in three sizes: The Packard "Six" 48 horsepower A.L.A.M.

Rating The Packard "30" 40 horsepower A.L.A.M. Rating The Packard 18" 26 horsepower A.L.A.M. Rating Twelve styles of open and enclosed bodies Catalog on request The Packard Motor Car Company of Chicago H. M. ALLISON, Manager Avenue Telephone Calumet 4316 2357 Michigan country, to that enforce the the department law with is proscare not to unnecessarily injure any interests." PROBING TOBACCO TRUST.

New York, Sept. the conclusion of the conference on the reorganization of the American Tobacco company today, Attorney General Wickersham said he could not he sure when the petition setting forth the proposed plan for dissolution would be filed with the United States Cireuit court, but he did not think any further conferences would be necessary. Public hearings will be held As soon A8 thou petition from the tobacco company is received. CLASH AT FAIRMOUNT ROUGH AND TUMBLE FIGHT Dissension in Ranks of Strikers -Summitville to Use Blowing Machines. Fairmount, Sept.

burning of the Vincennes bottle factory may be the means of bringing a large number of the blowers employed in that plant here to accept places in the Bell factory, The first real clash since the strike was called came when one of the men who had returned to work after joining the strikers for a time was accosted in the fairground and a rough and tumble fight is said to have taken placellowing. the meeting of the strikers held Sunday, Frank Frazier Henry Able, president and vice president of local organization, resigned their positions and demanded that they be accepted immediately, Orpheus Anderson was selected to succeed Frazier as the president, and Will Cox is the new vice president. Internal dissatisfaction among the men is said to have been responsible for the change in officials. It has been learned that there will be no attempt on the part of Model glass works at Summitville, which is likewise tied up by a strike of the blowers, to start the plant with human blowers. Plans are already formulated to fully equip that "factory with blowing machines.

BARTENDERS IN SESSION. Evansville, Sept. Howe of Evansville was elected president of the State Bartenders' league this afternoon to succeed Ollie Irvin. of Richmond. The new vice presidents are Charles Muir of Indianapolis.

William Grieger of Bend, H. Schadle of Richmond. Souths Koltinsky of Evansville ad Samuel Scott of Lafayette, SET HIS BUGGY ON FIRE. Columbus, Sept. Clayton, a farmer, who lives near Burnsville, Bartholomew county, say's he has been cured of smoking a pipe in his buggy.

While driving to this city he lighted the tobacco and a spark flew back, setting the buggy top on fire. BAGS 63 OSTRICHES IN AFRICAN WILDS W. H. Hile Arrives in New York With Remarkably Fine Lot of Birds. FEATHER FARM IN NORTH Bipeds Fare Better in a Cold Climate.

New York, Sept. 25. -After a three months' trip from Calcutta, W. H. Hile has arrived in port with the largest consignment of ostriches ever received in this country, and probably the last ostriches that will ever be allowed to leave Africa.

The birds were taken ashore from the Kansas, of the Bucknall line. Sixty-three of the valuable birds started on the trip, and, to the amazement)of those familiar with the difficulties of 1m- porting ostriches, fifty-three of them still live. Some of the birds are to be used to start an ostrich farm within the limits of New York, and it is expected that by next year it will be possible for admirers of ostrich plumes to go to this farm and select desirable feathers still on the bird. This will be the first time an ostrich farm has ever been undertaken in such A ellmate, with the exception of a small farm started last year by Mr. Hile.

Hile, who is famed as a big game hunter in South America and Africa, brought three pairs or young ostriches to this country last year and established a farm at Bloomsburg, Pa. To his surprise, the birds got along 8.8 well as did those that have been thriving on California ostrich farms, and seven months ago he decided to make a big importation. Birds Show Large Profits. "Because of the large profits that can be obtained from those birds," he said yesterday, "I concruded that if would succeed in my undertaking it would be the beginuing of a great Industry in this country. "Abyssinia is the home of the only good ostriches, the Blue Nile birds, and right from the start I was beset with difficulties, because Germany, Portugal, Italy and England have laws against taking ostriches from Abyssinia, the only nation not having such laws at the time started being France.

"German Southwest Africa had ruled me out by royal edict the year before because of my capture there. had to get into the interior to get the birds and then set them out through French territory, started my actual hunt from Jibutl, on the east gulf of the coast of Somallland, being the only white man in the party. In all, 1 took fifty-four natives. and I was the only armed person in the party. For four months we stayed in the interior getting our birds.

Corral Built of Brush. method first 10 build a large corral, known as a zereba, of twigs a and brush, made to strong that not even a lion could break into ft. Then we established what we called pots, with wings that lead birds Into a trap, I had two things in mind. First, wan to capture the birds, and then WAR 10 keep them alive for propagation, 80 studied their habits night and day, 88 had done the previous year, "The actual hunting of the birds in comparatively tame. We just waited until We RILE some and chased them into the pots.

They were then thrown and their powerful legs tied until we got them into huge baskets thrown over the backs of camels. In thin way we would carry them to the corral to keep them there until we were through with our hunt. "How lucky WAS to land with such large number of birds can be seen frem thats results of other expeditions. There have been only three successful Importations o1 birds since the fret ones entered twenty years ago. Then Ed Cawaton of Callfornia started from Africa with 200 birds and landed here with one pair, great value of the birds CAn be demonstrated by this single pair.

There now 15,000 of their offspring in this country today. One Ostrich Held at $50,000. In Cape Town there, 18 one ostrich valued at $60,000. This haR already made $300,000 profit for ILA owner. In Africa owners of good ostriches will sell them only at enormous prices.

would not sell one of these I brought In today for any price. "At the age of 14 months the birds are full grown and are producing feathers as good as they will ever. grow. The birds will average ninety feathers to a crop, the feathers being worth about $1.50 each. There A new crop each eight months.

shows the Individual earning capacity of bird from 118 own feathers, but by no means indicates the productive value of the ostrich. "Starting with one pair of ostriches farmer knowing his business cAn have 60,000 ostriches In ten years. There ate from fifty to 120 ostrich eKES a HORROR from A bird. "The cost of keeping bird la compareUvely alight, $10 a year being enough for Its food. of course, it requires lots of room and good care, Warm Climate Not Necessary, claim to be the first man who ever learned how to handle an ostrich in cold dilmates.

Hitherto It has been supposed that the warm California climal Wan necessary in this country, The birds took to Pennsylvania last year are doing very well, and there will soon he youngings. have found that the bird is really very hardy. I send them out in the severest storms and find that this produces the very finest feathers. It a Instake to handle ostriches like hot house flowers, expect that my company will make very large profite, out of these ostriches. and my hope to build up colony Bloomsburg where certain social theories hold can be carried out.

They ale all dependent on the success of this farm. "Frankly, the New York farm will he started largely for purposes of advertising the Penney vanis farm, but In addition to exhibiting the birda here we will breed them and sell their feathe French Battleship Blown to Pieces (Continued from First Page.) above the water could be heard groaning and screaming for help, which often the rescuers were unable to give. Gives Foot for Life. The lower deck was an Infernal right, One man had his foot held under a mass of steel weighing tons, After three hours' vain efforts to lift the mass. Burgeon amputated the foot.

Through a hole TEL thin armor, portions of bodies, contorted and piled together, could he perceived, all of them charred by the fames. One of the survivors, warrant officer. who came out of the burricane of fire with only a alight out an the forehead, telling of the disaster tonight. Are broke out In the general store, AMONE of oil, turpentine, paint other inflammables, In spite al every efort This Is The Last Day When You Can Get This Splendid Rocker Free It will be given free with every Buck's Range, Hot Blast Ventilator or Base Burner We have told you in every ad that this marvelous offer would last only a short time. We had no idea that we would be compelled to withdraw it so soon.

But this unprecedented offer could not last long and we are only making it for today to enable those already interested to close the deal before it is too late. This is only fair to them and you may have the same privilege. It will pay you to lay off from work part of today to take advantage of this offer as it will not be repeated and POSITIVELY not another rocker free after today. If you can't come, telephone or send your wife. This has been the most stupendous sale ever pulled off in Muncie.

The supply of Rockers has been almost hausted, so come early, Don't delay, extra salespeople will take care of you. The lack of money need be no excuse, for if not prepared to pay cash. just have it charged. The Banner profit sharing plan will enable you to get all advantages abtainable where you pay spot cash. This plan will enable you to try the stove while you for it.

Our faith in this stove is so great that we pay take no chance in making this offer. $1.00 a Week Puts the Best Stove in the world in your home. BANNER FURNITURE WHITEHILL HICKSON hurt. him hands he still held the bugle with which he WaR mounding the alarm. An Appalling Report.

An eye witness of the disaster While walking with my family this mornInk about hair past five o'clock, tinctly saw little fames darting out from the sides of the Liberte. Having heard rumor that the Vessel was afire, said to my wife will be better to home, there in sure to be an explosion. Hardly had spoken the words when the moRE appalling report ever heard In my life almost threw 16 the ground, great shot of flames suddenly appeared, luminating the entire roadstead. Then up at the sky, 1 distinguished little black points whirling through the ale then falling back into the seemed only 80 rapidly 014 the ghastly scenes pare- and the Liberte had vanished, leaving In place of the great battleship the AN of the waters newspaper reporter who WaN OfF the quay Immediately after the dianster the amoke obscured the entire harbor abl the sun shone red and lowering through the veil. On the way out the wreck tie met a from the Patrie, which was moored close the The sailors were livid and shaking with at the horribe.

eight they Trad witnessed. 14 now considered almost established HOMES FURNISHED THRUOUT Ramen reached after that it the powder about 5130 d'elock before the danger A enlatance was then th port and three the coal bunkers and difficult to prevent them magazine. It and dawn was breaking seemed to be realized. being sent tO from other warships lying In the harbor. Bouts Sank With Men.

"Just when the whole ship crew termed Lo have reached the boats in mutely there terrine explosion. The Liberte was hurled over her side and the fore part where the full force of the explosion WaR felt, lurched forward heavy palling crash, Cries resounded on all sides. The greater part of the whip Fronts with the and the men from the Liberte Intantly sank. How 1 escaped from this calamity do not knOW. From that moment all was conscious of.

wan bee ape carried aboard the Republique, where was taken care of, When had some what recovered my SOM they told me what had happened. 'After explosion an enormous fragtent detached from the bows of the Liberte and other pieces of iron fell on the It pube Lique, smashing the bridge and plunging between the decks The bugler of the Liberte was buried through the from ONE ship to the deck of tter publique, where he was picked up badly CARPETS DRAPERIES STOVES as that the disaster WAN due to the deflagra. Lion of powder as in the case of the Tena, There was roll call of the remnant of the crew of the Liberte on board the battleship Buffren tonight. The scene was pitiful as many of them were Injured and most of them were In tears. Stop Diarrhoea Wakefield's Blackberry Balsam Quickly Cholera stops Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Infantum bowel troubles without constipating.

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