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MWMMfcJMkliJh 10 THE FORT WAYNE JOURNAIGAZETTE a I NEWS! THE LI esr ar 3 ar cr iirnl BANKERS PROPOSE Ij SHRINE PICNIC AT 'ARK 10 BE A BIG AFFAIR rrartlrqlly nil arHiiiaement hm been completed fur li flflti annual plcnto of MUmnh tmpl at Iloblsim park to morrow, August Ui Volentul Walter K. Cook wa at tho park lea lerduy arranging 'for affair and ho etpecla at least 8.0()4' people to be present, A commute consisting of Oyy Jla nurln. Edgnr II. Kllhoirt nc. Harry Jones.

I. Toy and Charles fliimpper, haa been appointed ty tho potentate, rreiig the contests tleco rallona at th park. Khrin emblem will adorn the park and long Streamers of hunting and American flugn will atrunif. Hpn rial cara will a the Interurban station ai 2 o'clock In tlio afternoon, 'with tha Bhrlnn bund occupying th llrat tar, 'The Kloilrn" I'nsslriir through streets of thelt' tlio Imnd will play oriental mimic and between five and six In I In' etenlim It will play In the park. The dinner will I icrlwl at 3D In tha evening, nhlili will bo followed hy iliiftdiur Tim pnrk will ha hillllant ly lllumlmitcd with ninny liiaml rent lumps nml all Mason arc Invited The program events, urrniiKed hy tho commit loo.

la as follow Arab Patrol vi. Nomad Dand. Itallroiid hull. linm lmll name, relay are, tup of nr Shrlnere Fria far All Hack race, nline lane. ii'l wird rtnnh for Ittt men, 50 ard ilnah for liun men, nail driving; eonteat.

Oaya, Twelve Years and Under. Ilnnater rare, f0 yard dmli Qlrla, Twelve Years and Under. Rooster rnce. (0 yard dush. Young Men.

100 yard daah, suik rare. Young Ladiea. Ik yard dash, hat trimming ronieat, potato race Married Ladia. I'eanut race, auffrage speech, nnll driving contest, egg race. LODGE NOTES.

Tha tlauthtera of rocahonlus will give an Ice cream aoclul Monday night, August 17, at the corner of Calhoun street and Crrlghton avenue. Tffi DEATHS Weil. Elmer It. Well, who lost his llft In the automobile accident Tuesday night, waa tha only son of Mr and Mrs Isaac Well. 721 West Wayne street.

Ha waa born In Fort Wayne, January till, and waa aged twenty ona years, alx months and fourteen days. lie waa educated In the Port Wayne echools and waa graduated from the Fort Wayne high school a few weara ago. Fraternally, he was affiliated with the Wayne Iodic, A the Friars, and the Country luh Funeral arrangements ha.e not been made Funeral Announcemente. Funeral services for Charles Koch will be held this afternoon at the residence, S0 East eignton uvenue, and at 2:16 o'clock a. Zlon's Lutheran church, burial will bo In Contordla cemetery i to; corns SHRIVEL, VANISH! It' th Nw War, Md You'll For.

gat You Ever Had Corn. "I drepa put on In 2 eeronde, corn comss clesn off!" That's the inerreloue story "OET8 IT," the new plan corn ture. Nothing can be simpler for the uro of corne and It VCeraeteBevm rate. If 'ttTMT." TO LESSEN AMOUNT OF THE GOLD RESERVE NBW VOnK," Alls'. IJ r'or tha set tlemenl of ha country's International obligation.

radical steps were pro posedto day by fork bankers, (ina tiuggeatlon which was laid Imme diately before Ih foderul reaervs board. WH autpenisloii 01 in luovin ih. piianrfitnu reaeria re quirement for nutlinul banks. An nl ternntlve plan Was enactment of I'K' Islatlon by congress permitting bunka to count national hank not In thilr reserves. In tlthef enhe the result would be to lessen lb amount of g.iM I HO luihka must hold enable them tu ship gold from the 'COiinlryA Frank Vanderllp, president l)f the National City bank, telephoned to Waahlnirion to Charles H.

Ilamlln, governor of Hi federal resort board prodfintlnr th aut gesllont'lhat the ret sen a retirement ba auapended, If tha board thought It leaeinie ani naked If It were possible to take suh action Bl the present time before th in, ihlnery created under the new "lw linil l.i en pul Into operation. Mr lliitnllii enltl. ncrordlnff to Mr Va.l derlip, Hint tha matter would be brought tiefore in noaru ThMi, itiBiiera were brouaht up nt a meeting of a epcclil rommltteo of the New Tork chamber of commerce, attended by Mr Vanderllp, P. Morgan, it xenire, I'i. n.

wmri brldRft and Selh Lowe and others CATtD OrTMANKS. The alatera and orphans of St V(n lenfs Orphans' hoin wish to puhllily I hunk Mr. Williams, manager of Itob laon purk. I. Ilrennan, of the Fort Wayne A Northern Indiana Traction louipnny, nnd all those who assisted In providing the children with day'a eplrndld outing at the pnrk yeaterday.

He especially wish to thank Mr. Williams for hla generosity to the chll dieu. HIHTF.Rfl Or" ST. VINCRNTB OR I'HANfcV HOMB. WBLI BT INJURED PLAYERS WEflE TO HAVE.BEEN AT DECATUR ItUCATUIl, Aug.

On ao cnunt of the fact that Hugen Franka and Janet Dower, of Fort Wayne, who were Injured In th automobile accident, are member of the Fort Wayne Dramatic club to have have played hare Thursday and Friday of thla week at tha Ilosm opera house, the play will be given only on Friday evening, as arrangement must be made for others to take the place of theae two members. DECATUR WOMAN OPERATED UPON AT MU8KOOEE, OKLA. DECATdll Ind, Aug. 12 Word haa been retelved here that Mrs. Frank Chrlaten, of Muakogee, okla, formerly Miss Ethel King, of this city, was operated upon In the hospital there Monday for appendicitis.

She Is getting along well. TfcWi'u yg I KkIO MM never falls "hy millions of people are using "UKTB IT" to day and throwing away their fuasy ptaa tars, stloky tape, toe eating salve, and "wrapping outfits" that make a bundle around th toe and choke It around the eorm There la nothlnc to atlck to your stocking, nothing to cause lnllam maiion or rawness, nvining to press on or around the corn. You apply It In I ecenda. No more knlvea, mors, sole. of file, with their blood poison dan rers.

Try 'OETS IT" for that corn, cal us, wsrt or bunion. "OBTH IT" la sold by drueglsts every, wber, Ho a bottle, or sent direct by Lawrene Chicago, IT'S JUST AS EASY to have your work done by a competent stenographer aa it is to phone a menage to the JournalJournal Gazette. It's a whole lot better for your peace of mind than to suffer through the work of an incompetent. Phone 18 or 726 TOC6IN FIGHTING TYPHOID DANGER IILUFFTON, Ind, Aug 12 Cltlsans of Tocsin are planning to combat the danger of an epidemic or typhoid fever, The K. atock pena which have been tinder suapkton aa unaanltary, are being investigated and In ase the typhoid germs ere found to come from the wells and other appurtanencea about the stock yards a clean up will be ordered and the walla filled up.

5. tt if.i i a y. rn 5fi 1 THUMoOAY MOffNINO, AUQU8T II, 1fl4. i'i ii lijiil! ma, I 1 klf 1 Ofy? 1 I I rJui IwSlSHHiyH iEwarS3lrtKWwfiawaTwwajaaararaw GERMAN W'OlBtE W.0ypfl.lN6 OytR BRimH During th last visit of th Oerman fleet In the English waters, a big dirigible of th Zeppelin type wa teen havering over th British warships. Thla wa a friendly call.

Now that the two nation are at war, th ap proach tha glgantio aircraft will bring every English light gun Into) action In an attempt to bring It down, Heversl town along the French and llelglan border have already been bombarded from above by th Zeppe lins, an0 sharpshooter have succeeded In destroying two of these balloon. Kach at th oountrle. Involved In th present war I well equipped with air craft.) fCSFW'jiXSSSIfKSfBmliKtmSKJi I HOISTING ABOARD. BRITUH SfaUttHiff Invaluable on, land for their p4y and xtn.lv rrconnoiterlnif, aero pi an Ad will also bt ua(l far the acout lnff of th aeaa The Urltlah float haa fivrrnt blplunsa attached to tha aerv Icn of liar battlanhlpn A landing platform haa been arranged on the fore part uf aoveral crulitera for the ma chined to alight and atart The aero planpa are equipped with a bomb dropping apparatua with which they will attempt to damage the enemy1 ahlpa. The ploture repreaente one of theae aky pllota being holated on board an FrigHiih warship before the fleet' tailed under aealed ordera for the North aea.

A naval battle between the Uernian and Rngllah navy la expected to take place ahortly and Ilrttlnh aero planea will have their llrat opportunity prove (heir effectlveneea. BOWSER'S QUICK CHANGE It Was the Butcher s.Bill that Caused the Humiliation Th robins sang. Th cricket chirped. Th Merck billiard we, a thing the ptat. One eouli almost hear th trass and th suallera coming up by erks Strawberries were still hanging en, tnd th umbrella mender whistled a walked and waa glad be was alive.

Mr. Bowaer waa due at bl house at I o'clock, and Mra. Bowser waa won lerlng what sort of a nsw fad he Would trlrg with him, when be ddnly spaaed th leer. A he didn't glee the doer a kick end a bang when he epentd It. ehe keen that he bada't bed a raw with the street ear eon tucter en route.

A he waa bumming a Una to hlmaetr. ah knew that he hadn't feuad a ototheapln or a ahlrt eutton on the atepe. and would bring so charge of reekleaa estravaganoe against her. "Hal little woman, but here yen ere se eielalmed aa he caught light of bar. 'Dlnaer'e all ready, of course? Ton sever keep welting, and you alwaya tee eomethtng good I never cam some without patting myself on the sack, over my good lack Evsrytklng tone all right with you todayf' It waant an eitra good dinner.

The eutober had aent poer roaat, and th look had had trouble with the raage, but as Mr. Bowser piled his knife en tork he complimented everything, lie Use aompllmnted Mrs. Bowser en her tersenal appearance and th eeok on er culinary aklll. and yet aha waa us aay. Aa dinner waa ended abe almost toped bsar him ssy he waa going Irouad to the club for an hour or two.

Ha had na auoh Idea In hla bead. hew. Ivor. A he reached the slttlng rcoia Wok erf hi sheee, lighted a otter, Ind dropped Into a ehalr, with the observation! Well, but Mile Is home! This Is the way fr man te llvel A man Who haa a heme like thla ought le be kicked for complaining about anything. Did I Jeava you any ahopplng money mle morning 1" "I I think not." She replied 'Then I must have forgotten It.

I menl have left you l. Juat put me In mind if tt tomorrow, will Bjl Ueorge, Hit how neat and cow thla room looke; ought have a title more light, thought I trying to kerp the gas bills down, rou know Never you mind the gas bllla. little ne," he aald as he rose tip end lighted all the burners "Tou are naturally eavlng, kut there's no need of pinching Juet se all the gas you want to and don't crimp oa coal Didn't 1 aee you tiling a dress th other evening" 'I wea altering it oer In hopee tothiake It ahe eaclalmed "Well, throw It away and go down. end let a new one I want to aee you well Irrseed, and there's no call to altar eld rarmenta. Oo ta the best dressmaksr ind have the leteat style." "Tou art awfilly kind and she Murmured as she forgot the peril of the Htuatlon for moment.

'N thank, please ToM do deserve all can da for vou. If tkere'S a better Ut ile wtf In all thla big werld. Vi like to tear of her. The trouble la that I don't lalf appreciate you. Only th ether day waa thinking thing over and I realised te the fullest eateat that bat for your Influence 1 ehould never have been the man I am.

I've mad blundera enough, heaven haowe, bat If It hadn't bean for yea I ehould have made hundred mora Juat think of th tomfool fade I have Indulged In. will youf Tbey weren't ao vry pretested. "Teu aay that to let ma down easy, but I realise hew often 1 have mad an aa ef myself. Ah. there' the eat.

Kitty, kitty, klttlyT" Tha cat came out from and th lounge and sprang to Mr. Bowser knee, and ha atreked her back and toyed with her ears and said' "Just a coay little family, rn't wet Da you remember that en nlaht about two weeks ate we differed aa how to spell the word I said there wss only one 'g' In tt. end you ssld there waa te. I want ta aak your fer gtveneaa. Of course you were rtgbt." "Thore'e nothing to forgive." replied Mrs.

Bowser. 1eoplb era often mistaken shout word "But 1 got mad and ealled you ait Idiot. I wish aoma one had been at band to hick me About the last coal bill sold ws had burned a ton a week and Jumped up and down and bulldosed around, and It'a a wander you kept your temper aa you 4IA, Fleaae forgive for that." "Tou thought you were right." "Tea, but made a foci uf myself, as I bad a hundred time before. Even If had need a ton a week you couldn't help If. Tou doa'l make the weather.

If there waa ever a wife who looked aftr thing around th house with a determination to help her huBC ene It Is you. I don't "believe cents' worth of stutt I wated In a year." try to do ror bast' shs responded, but at th same time wlihlng that Jjnes or Brown would coma In and Interrupt the conversation. "Do you remember the night 1 earns home and found a clotheapin oa Ot continued Mr. Bowser, with evident enjoyment "I busted Into the hall and mad a mueh fuaa over that old clothespin aa If It had been a diamond sunburst. 1 stamped around and shouted and 'kulldoaed and apotlad th whole evening.

Mra. Bowaer, why didn't you bristle up to and tell to hut right up or you'd leave If you hd hit with a crowbar that night. It wuuld have served me rJtht Have you can you ever forgive mat" "There was a strange man her thla afternoon," ahe aald, determined to break up th conversation at alt hasarda, "and I think ha wanted to aee you about land." let him eom whon I'm home. believe you teld me long ago tha4 you had aaved all my old love letter. Suppose you get em down, and we'll read 'em "I I don think I could And them tonight.

Shall we run Int Brown'a for an hour" 'I'm too comfortable to ge out. Wasn't It funny about my trying thai barefoot cure? When a man atarta In to make a fool of himself the way I do every little while, somebody cight to take club te him. If I bring baaeball bat hdme, will you whack me with it the Bret time actllh an Idiot?" Mrs. Bowser waa about to mak en sious te leate th room wee the cook came up with a bill II waa a balance ef It centa awing th butcher. Mr.

Bow. er waa smiling all aver aa (he banded tt ta htm. but ne teener bad be glaaoed vtr It than a thunder (lend, took tkf KlllawBrPrt HflHIt, JsWssvKr rfil LsaF IW aKffe lis "I JTe.net 9 swolJOWO wi.l co;" place of hla smile, end he shouted. TVhaf thla? What's this? Tpu'vd been running In debt again!" 'The butcher eoulda't change a explained Mra. Bowser, "Pebts.

debts, debt it" etotelmed Mr Bowser as he dung the cat half wa scross the room and Jutnpel up ah swung hla arms In tbe air. "Woman haven't I warned ybu a million llmsi about thla rackleea'cxtravageaeeT If I gave you 11.00 a week te run thla heuae on, you'd atlll be la debt Of all the erlravatant reckless spendthrifts I evel saw, ycu er th worst 1" "But It wssn't running In debt. I Bad a bill, and he couldn't change It I ported to pay it tomorrow." "What's tomorrow' gat to do with It" I tell you not Is run In debt, and yo aeiy me rm looting nl ine prim ipu of th thing. Mrs. Bowser, thla ta much too inucht" "You are getting cxcltad over nothing." ehe replied "We had have meat and the butcher couldn't change a tl9 bllL" "Wreck, ruin ant tSre poortoua! ht groaned aa he walked about "It's wonder I old and bent and gray baton my time ThoueAnds of on the front steps, tons ef broken dlshet In the backyard waala and extravaganci everywhere! And you alt thr nd yo elt there and emtio vtr Itl I am about to retire to the llbrerr.

I dealre to ar. range my bualneB affair and aa If I've got centa left While .1 am doing 'e you can break up th entire, smash tbe piano and kick hole ta th carpet Oeed night, madam 1" And when he gene th cat pent over end a down bealde Mra. Bower and looked up Into her face and arallef wu. ner. CAR INSPECTOR IS INSTANTLY KILLED; Daniel Davis, aged IT year, night car Inapeotor for tha Lake Shore rail road, wa Inetantly killed at o'clock laat night when, he waa caught between tha bumpers of two car whll at work la tha yard alone North Clinton etreet.

Tha body waa badly mangled about the trunk. According to the atory told by C. O. Worton, yard matter, tha nlgbt twitch engine waa doing aoma work In tha north yard, and waa unaware that Pavla wa working In that locality a ha had been en thirty minute for at tha yard office. It la believed that iNtvIa waa Inspecting" on of tha cara on 'track No.

when tha engine and a nuniber of cara came up behind him. Hla cap waa found on the elll or on of th cara. Hecta of Ma overall aua flesh wera round on tne bumper of tha two car. It waa found lying along tha track a few feet from where the car waa atandlng. No aignal of any kind waa given by Pavla, nor waa any outcry heard by membera or tha crew.

II waa dis covered by Worton who waa running along the track to couple tha cara J. II oeary and J. W. Dalton, brake men on th switching crew, aaw nothing of tha man. W.

JB. Davis, engineer, waa on the engine at tha other and at th long line of oar, and knew nothing or th accident until signaled to stop by Worton. mvis, who la or JSngllsn nativity. came to thla country three yearn ago. lie i the sen or Chariea Davia, reaming juat beyond the oity limit on tho doahen road, and who occupies the same position with tbe company aa did hi ton with th toaplton that hla dutlea are during th day.

The young man came to thla country three year ago. A year later hi aeot for hi sweetheart. They wera married. and a few week ago moved Into their new homo In tho lYelffer addition, northweetern ettremlty of th city. The body waa taken to tha Peltier undertaking parlora.

ii i i i i Former Ft. Wayne Woman Is Honored Dr. tydla AueivtHVIIbts. formerly Of Fort Wayne, haa resigned her pool Ion at medical director of th belter bailee bureau of the Woman' Home Companion to accept an ap pointment aa apeclal lecturer for th New Tork tat board of health. She will take up her new work In Sep tember.

Street Car Bumps Ossian Man's Auto An automobile owned end driven bv Vf. J. Ruprlght of near Ossian, waa atruck and slightly damaged by a Huffman etreet car. at Ilolman and Calhoun atreeta, shortly before o'clock laat evening. The car waa north boupd and the automobile waa coming from the eaat and waa turning north.

One fender and a spring were badly bent. With Mr. Ruprlght were Mra. Ruprlght and daughter and Charles Orewe. CITINEWS Half a hundred membere of th Purdue Alumni association of Fort Wayne were present at a' dance given at Itoblson park laat night.

The occasion waa one of th regular functions Of the organisation, "0 Journal Gazette Want Ads bring quick' results and cot but one cnt a word, i 'in' i Brewery Workers Will Have Picnio linns are Jielng made by Rrewery Workers' union NO. 63 for a plcnlo and outing to be held Sunday at Miller's grove on Winter street near Pontic for the membera nnd'thelr fam lllea. A program of athletic event, with a ball gam between tha ami ployea of the Berghoff and the Cnt llvro breweries a the principal feature, will be given. Fred Roth and Edward Fcmcpel will fotm tha battery or tbe BergtieVf nine and Samuel Rosa and Ralney for the Centllvr bunch. Th committee In, charge of the arrangementa la John Nleber, R.

nanney, Vernln eturm and Oaree. CJ'Read the Journal Gazette Every Day Ten Cents a Week CHICAGOBANKERTELLS THE COST AND BENEFIT DF THE GREAT, (By John 1, Arnold, Vl Prldnt of Chicago First National nanhli ,1 taw th eloude of roll away and tha eun, of peace ehln ypoil.de, fhronsd monaroht, disarmed nation I heard the euliidles In every Ameri can cotton mill whirling with a new Pad. 1 taw produo of tha' hlghast or dtr blna turned out by American mill, carried to American conquest Amtrlcan thips, manned by Americana I aaw a commercial conquet of South America by an American merchant marln. And aa th vision faded I taw America uprm on th ted of com mere because ah had been peace whll Other hatlona wirred. 1.1 CHICAGO.

Attf. II What elTeol will th European ttruggl have on America? Ir Will etport and Import trad disrupted Th question wer answerer yesterday by John J. Arnold, vloe pre! dent of th First National bank In an addrea In th Hotel Sherman before) mmbrg of th Rotary club. If r. Arnold told flrd or th dettruo tly ffct of th war upon American buslnsa and financial condition.

To balance th deatruotlon, told of the henedts American oommerc will receive. "When 'I show you th destructive element of Ruropean warfare you will wdnder If In any way the United Elate can be benefited," aald Mr. Arnold. "Whether th benefit will balanc with th detriment cannot 111. Foresees Kurpn Failure "American trad with European countrlea will suffer to an Immeasurable ettent.

There will failure In many European butlnes houses, which will firing losee to American shippers. "pven now thousands of export and Import house In Europe are at" a standstill. Th destruction of Uf and property that follow th roar or the eannon and the march or armed force haa obliterated, their business. "American who ar waiting to re ealv bquet from abroad will And their utatee hav either dwindled or are wiped out entirely. i rne neiaa or tne old countrie win not ba gown and th crop now In th field nvr will harvested.

America Cannot Import any foodstuffs and must use her crop for horn consumption. Will Borrw U. 8. Money. "European hard been lender of money.

Million of Jturopean dollar hav been placed In American Industrie and arrangementa had been mad for obtaining many more. Now European will beom borrowers and rait of nchang already have gun to uffr. will help Xurop pay for her war by higher Intereet rat, by th sal of American securities bald by European and by Increased pries of im porta 'What benefits will receive? "Europe will upend cotton manu factaraa, yet there are many nation that will need cotton. Result! Increased output' of American cotton manufactured goods, with an Increased demand tor labor. There will be a higher, grai or goods, brought about by th foreign demand.

Leek Te Merchant Mrln. Forlan oommeroe. carried on bv th nation now it war. I our for th taking. If.

belong to us. "Eepecialjjr I thla true of tha South American oountrle. "Out of gmok of battle will com commsrc between the, America such aa never haa been known b7 tor. But can't uae South America ror a dumping ground ror turplut good: mutt out ror a com mercial "Th conquest win mean estab lishment or a merchant marine that will America to th supremacy of tb aeae," Mn Arnold predicted poMlbl world wld disarmament aa a result of th war. OARRKTT.

Aug, ll Erl Shamo, of Mlshawaaa, vtaltlng hla mothr, Mrs. Ell Shamo, tnd family. Urevearh i Olivers fa vUitlpg a aon at Centerburg, Ohio, Th riAKalh Rn.l,U mA Garrett Orays will go to Wolf IJik Thura oey mornings wner iny wiu play nan In tb afternoon, for big Onion ty celebration. 'Ca Friday tha Specials and th Huntertown teams win pisy. Yft ri.

inaos, air. ana itertow nd Mr m7wiii UTrt dH. Mre. WllUems and itlsa Owendolyne Rice went' tb Farmer, to day to at lena am eraiejri.nary reunion. The Boy BiouUof Auburn Will gtv a tnuslcal entartalnmenft as the flieereit Jdethedtst church evening nise) xieien juouonain is spending a week with fiavld Fllghtner at WII Uam Center, Ohio.

Miea Martha Kllhgler, of Butler, la the gueet of Dr. Klin tier and family. Rev, A. It. Cole, of, Kendall vllle, waa Calling on Oarrett friends Tuesday.

fete Btoner went, to Indianapolis to day on a buslnasa Mrs. Paul Montgomery I' ylnlllng friend In Forf Warn, for a weeky. Mr. and Mra. Willis Wilson, of An burnr were, gueitt of relatrvea her to Miss Lole I Collier I (pendlhg a week with Bt.

Joe reletlvee. i Floyd Curran haa returned from a Week' outing at Lak Wawa.ee. Mra E. Treeah is spending a Couple of weeks with friends In Chicago. Mrs.

Ed lteyher has returned from a week't visit at Ada, Ohio. Mis Edna Wappus I spending a week with relative at Churubuaco, Mr. and Mrs. M. F.

Hack returned laat evening from a few day' visit at Inwood, lnI. i Mra II. E. Wehrley entertained th ladies of tb M. E.

church this after noon. of visiting among friends here Mia Ile1e.ii i Holslnger' Visiting friends tt Tiffin, phicv Mr. and Mrs. Mont Oreen ar ex. recttd home the latter part of this week from a months' atay In New York mm LISBON.

Ind. 1tTru.l TO Baughman Announces to day that Mia Ina Bell Simon, of Swan town ship, haa been secured aa teacher of the 1th. (th and 7th grades ht.th A villa school. uccedlng Archie OIL A. B.

Boator I attending the black snjltha' plcnlo at Rome City, Mra. Mary Patorlu of Ashland, Ohio, If the guest or Mra A. Frost A flshlnr party from here la at Sweat lake to day. Mr, Mr. M.

K. Cobb ar at home from a ytelt with rrlenda tt Huntertown, 1 10 in. Journal Gazette Want Ad art) sunt winners for Hvmn; QUIT, IN 90 DAYS COURFS ORDER TO HARVESTER TRUST) ST, PAUIv Aug. 11. Th Interna llonat Illrvester Company wa declared lo Li a monopoly In' restraint of Jnterttat and trade In decision handed down to day by 'tb United, Stale court her.

Ion waa glvtn by Judge Smith n'd Hook. Judg jr. Bandborn dlsrit. lag1, th corporation waa given ninety daya In which to Ala plana fop dlssolu tJ6o, and In eat It fall to do to a receiver will be asked by tb cdurt. Th decision of th court Wa given by Circuit Judge Walter I.

Smith, of Iowa, with which Judge William C. Hook, 'Of Kahtae, agreed, and from which Judg Waltwr of Minnesota, attainted, Trust Frets, th Beginning. Th malorltv enlnlon Th.lI Ihil Iha International Harvester company wa frond It organisation ln'110'i In viola lion of th Sherman law Th original coriMiratlon, of, (lye concern, violated tha first section of ih Sherman act hy restraining comnetltlon among themselves. Th. combined or fanitadon alto, tended monopoll'a rad In ton invention' of tb aaoond action Of the law.

Th decision declare that. w.hlj. tha International Harvestar. ulmiun end Ha Bailing organisation, th International Harvester t'orhpany of Amlr loa, control from 10 to II per cent, of the trade In agricultural Implement manufactured by them, their treatment of entailer competitor In general ha been fair and Just. Two Act Ceneured.

Th court find fnult with the na tion of th corporation, aside from tb technical violation of th Sherman law, In only two Instances. Th oplnlpn dsclares that thr ws no cus for the advertising of the product of I). It. Osborne and Company, a Independent for two year after It had virtually entered the International Harvester company. Thla advertising waa Indue purchasers, th court finds, from tho who wfe opposed to buying from th combination.

Th other act censured by th tie clslon wss th manner In whloh th five original concern wr burped over to the International company by William C. I ane, a New York. banker, who contended that had purchaaed th properties'. Th Court' Ruling. Judg Hook, concurring aayo "The International Harveater com pany waa created by comblonr five treat competing eompanlea which coo trolled more than eighty th trad In farm Im plement and It ttlll malntalt substantial dominance.

"That I th controlling fictl all Is la detail. 'It may be, aa I aald, that there la a growing recognition of the need of great concentrated resource for trade and commerc. But that I not tha Sherman art. 'A statute roust taken by the court aa a true eetlmat of Ih pre ponderance of public opinion. It Is' not for them to question whether that opinion waa rightly weighed and Interpreted.

"It. la but Just, though to mak II plain that In the mala the bualness conduct of the company toward Its ecmpetltor and the publlo honorable, clean and fair." Judg Fanborn, In alaaenting aald: "The Controlling lasu In thla case It not What combination or monopoly I. 1.AI 11.1 wte wauv iii iye vf whether that combination violated, 'the anti trust law. "It la wer th' defendant In 1101 doing or threatening to da acta un reasonably restraining or monopolising internet or xorign traa. "Section on and two, of the antl treat law forbid and nftmopolled undue reatralnt of.

Interstate or foreign trad. flection Til of th revlaed atatnte bare pro cutlon under the aota ror auch violation three' year after, they are committed. If therefore a combination monopoly wa made In 1101. 1101. oi llOle the to puntah was barred many year before thla suit was commenced.

if "Th evidence adduced In thl. case not only fall to show that the fondant war unreasonably restrain ing lor attempting to monopolise Inter tat 6r foreign trade, or threatentha, to do at tha time thla ut wa con) menced ana for seven year bcrort that time, but they establish the coitl vera." Judge Sanborn point out that Oil anti trust law la a reaurreotlon of th ancient English rule of publlo, policy. II insists that It doe not forbid all reatralnt or restrictions or competition, but only those which are unreasonably' Injurious to th publlo. II goes cnt "Th fact recited em to to establish th conclusion that during th ten year of the operation of' the International Harvester company, neither It nor tha defendant were, not are they, drawing to It Its competitor hard of Interstate trad In harvettlni machinery or excluding them 'In the reform, but that on the other hand the' International company' proportion Ot thla trad has, beep decreasing end that of US competitors lnoraalng. "Th weight of th vldno of, the officers and agent of tha defendants' competitors, who came large nuoV per to teetlfy, was overwhelming thai th universal practloe of, the, defendants wag and fre from aU method and acta either unlawful, unfair or oppreeslv toward their petltors.

i "Their 'price to the consumer re. malned nearly ttlonary and Jn created far lea than th pries ol other agricultural machinery th trade In which waa not claimed to hav been restrained or "Th only reason for th rttralnl, oC prevention of the defendant! in suit under th statute Is that they art' or threaten to be unduly Injurious th public. If they ar not thus Jurlous, or if they ar an reetralnt or prevention of their act! rould b.lnJurlou to th publlo. thas ehould not be reatralnedi or praventtd in concluding juog tiannorn sail that to him the suit tn nre. sent a ndw cas under antl trusd law.

"Neither th Standard Oil eompan case nor the American Tobacco company case, nor any other authorlti cltad seem to me to" rule thla case, he said, "because In none or them wai i there such conclusive evidence thai for years before th suits we, com, meneed tha defendants had practiced no act constituting an undue restrain! of trade or unreasonable attempt ft monopolise th "In my opinion tbl complaint ahouli" be dismissed without prejudice, to tip. tight of the United Statea.to brln another suit Ifany of tha defendantU IS found to ba vloUtlng the antl trua statuta" i..

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