HtmoiiimGH ELECTRICjmilLLEGED B,illuhbehquits, TAFT’S
fLt. BtiimeEi!
HSHEunue
THIRTY-FIVE COMPANIES MADE
DEFENDANTS IN U. S. FIGHT.
De m o c r a t s o f h o u s e w il l t r y
TO PUT SECRETARY OUT OF
OFFICE AT EXTRA SESSION.
MESSH&E FROM PRESIDENT UPRIL 4
New Congress Will Be Urged by Na­
tion’s Chief Executive to Adopt
Reciprocity Trade Agree­
ment With Canada.
W ashington, D. C.—T he im peach­
m e n t of S ecretary of the Interior Bal­
linger will be one o'f the first prob­
lem s put up to th e Dem ocratic house
of rep resen tativ es a t the special ses­
sion of congress. News leaked out
h e re th a t the m inority m em bers of the
jo in t com m ittee which investigated
th e en tire Ballinger-Pinchot affair dur­
ing the last session have formed® a
com bination under which a determ ined
effort will be m ade to bring the sec­
re ta ry of the interior before the bar
of the senate to answ er the charges
on which they claim he was w hite­
w ashed by th e m ajority of th a t com­
m ittee. E ith er Ollie Jam es of K en­
tucky, one of the house Dem ocrats on
tije B ailinger-Pinchot com m ittee, or
R epresentative Madison, who rep re­
sented the insurgents on the body, wdll
presen t the im peachm ent resolution in
th e house. It is planned to have it
refe rred to the judiciary com m ittee
for a quick report and then to pu t it
through the house v/ith the combined
D em ocratic and insurgent vote.
S enator F letcher, who was one of
th e Dem ocratic senators on the Ballin­
ger-Pinchot com m ittee, is expected to
look a fter the m atter in the senate,
w here again the com bined votes of the
D em ocrats and Republican insurgents
w ill be depended upon.
Government Will Try to Break Up
What Is Said to be One of Most
Powerful Monopoly in Country.
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W a sh in g to n .--A tto rn e y
G eneral
W ick ersh am Issued a s ta te m e n t In
w hich he in tim a ted th a t th e de^ fe n d a n ts In th e electrical tr u s t su it
^ wculd^cease th e p ractice s to w hich
th e government objects w ith o u t a
^ g re a t deal of opposition. “ T h e de^ p a rtm e n t hopes t h a t a dissolution
X of th e co m b in atio n will be effected
^ w ith o u t long litig a tio n ,'’ he added.
A tte n tio n w as firs t a ttr a c te d to
^ th e combination! w hen 13 se p a ra te
co rp o ratio n s
su b m itted
Identical
^ bids fo r fu rn ish in g sev eral h u n d red
T th o u san d in c an d escen t lam p s fo r
^ g o v ern m en t use.
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Cleveland, O.—Cleveland is to be
the battleground for a fight by the
U nited S tates governm ent to break up
w hat is alleged to be one of th e m ost
powerful and th e m ost com plete
monopoly in the country. Announce­
m ent of the fight was m ade w ith th e
filing of a su it in the U nited S tates
circuit court hy D istrict A ttorney W il­
liam L. Day against the^ General E lec­
tric Co. of New York,* th e N ational
E lectric Lam p Co., w hich has its head­
quarters in Cleveland, and 33 other
electric light and supply houses.
The' petition alleges th a t the 35
com panies are banded together in an
uplawful conspiracy to restrain trade
and build up a monopoly in incan­
descent electric lights, th a t they al­
ready control m ore th an 97 per cent,
of the country’s supply, and, through
unlawful contracts, com binations and
conspiracies, m aintain unfairly high
prices and th ro ttle com petition. T hree
o ther Cleveland com panies beside th e
N ational E lectric Lamp Co. are m ade
defendants. They are the B rilliant
E lectric Co., th e Buckeye E lectric Co.
and the General Incandescent Lamp
Co. Ohio firms outside of Cleveland
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iA .<»O RTA N T L E G I S L A T I O N E N 2
A C TED BY S IX T Y -F IR S T
charged w ith being mem.hers of the
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CONGRESS.
tru s t are th e B anner E lectric Co. of
Youngstown, the Colonial E lectric Co.
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T h e om nibus claim s bill.
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The
A ppalachian
and
W hite ^ of Ravenna, Econom y E lectric Co. of
^ M ountain fo re s t reserv e bill.
W arren, P ostoria E lectric Lam p Co. of
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T he om nibus lighthouse bill.
Fostoria, th e New York & Ohio Co.
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T h e em b assies and legations bill.
of W arren, Shelby E lectric Co. of
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T h e P a n a m a canal opening expoShelby, S tandard E lectrical Mfg. Co.
^ sition bill.
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T he P e rry c e n ten n ia l celebration ^ of W arren, S terling E lectrical Mfg.
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Co. of W arren, W arren E lectric Speci­
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T h e ju d ic ia ry code bill.
alty Co. of W arren, P ostoria Bulb &
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T h e locom otive boiler inspection
bill.
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Bottle Co. of Fosforla, and the Libbey
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T he tra d e m a rk bill, andj ratlficaGlasr^ Co. of Toir .'o. The N ational
tion of new J a p a n e s e tre a ty .
E lectric Lamp Co. of Cleveland,- in-^
In addition to th e se It h as rhade
corporated u n d er th e laws of New
^ prbx'isiori fo r th e beginning of th e
^ fo rtificatio n of th e P a n a m a canal in ^ Jersey, May 3, 1901, is charged w ith
^ th e su n d ry civil bill, and also for ^ being the keystone of th e tru st, this
^ th e c o n tin u atio n
of th e ta riff ^
company, however, being controlled
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^ board in th e_______
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by th e General E lectric Co. of New
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M E A SU R E S N O T ,P A S S E D .
York. It is alleged th a t form ation of
the tru s t sta rted soon a fter 1904, the
T he ta riff board bill.
year in w hich the U nited S tates p at­
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T h e C a n a d ia n r e c i p r o c i t y b ill.
ents on “carbon filam ent” incandes­
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T h e ocean m ail bill, popularly
^ know n as th e ship subsidy bill.
cent lam ps expired. By August, 1906,
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T h e Panam a zone go v ern m en t
it
is charged, the lam p output was in
bill.
the hands of a specific com bination.
T he P o rto R ican civil govern^ m en t bill.
This com bination, the petition states,
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T h e A laskan coal lands leasing
was known as th e Independent lamp
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m anufacturers association, and was
T h e S ullow ay service pension bill.
“form ed for th e purpose of, and did
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T h e f e d e r a l I n c o r p o r a t io n b ill.
T h e resolution providing for. th e x fix and prescribe, prices, allot busi­
d ire c t election of sen ato rs.
ness and custom ers, and fix th e term s,
All of th e con serv atio n m easu res
rules and regulations of the sale of
^ and th e congressional re d istric tin g
^ re a p p o in tm e n t bill.
all its m ebers. The capital is now listed
as ?5,000,000. Of stock in the holding
com pany 75.2 per cent is owned by th e
P resident Taft, his pleadings for General E lectric Co., it is charged.
th e Canadian reciprocity agreem ent
ignored by Republican senators, on
M arch 4 proclaim ed the convocation of
a Dem ocratic congress into special
session. A t noon on April 4
presi­
d en t will send to th is new congress a Captain Smith, Late of the Army, De­
clares Time Will Come When
m essage urging it to adopt the m eas­
Things Will Be Made Plain.
u re w'hich th e 'ea d ers of his own po­
litical p arty throttled. The summon­
Cleveland, O.—^Accompanied by his
ing of the sixty-second congress into
e x tra session ^ as the final event of wife and th eir seven-year-old son,
a frenzied day. In the senate, recJ- Capt. Guy H. B. Sm ith, late of the
procity had been strangled. In the army, is staying w ith his m other and
house th e tariff board bill had been brother a t the fam ily residence in
killed by a filibuster. T hen congress Cornell road in this city. He is de­
had taken its final adjournm ent. nying him self to all visitors. The
H ardly had the gavel fallen, when Sen- troubles th a t have culm inated in his
. a to r Joseph W elden Bailey of Texas leaving the arm y, w here for alm ost
contributed to the general tum ult of seven years he had borne an excellent
th e noonday. Piqued by the repudia­ reputation, are stam ped on his face.
tion of his leadership by his fellow “It is plain,” he said, “th a t for some
D em ocrats of the senate, Mr. Bailey tim e to come I may not speak of my
angrily w'ired his resignation to Gov­ case beyond saying th a t I hope for an
ern o r Colquitt of Texas. T here fol­ opportunity to se t m yself right before
lowed a comic opera struggle in which my com rades in the service and my
h a lf a dozen of Bailey’s friends sougnt friends in civil life. A lot of talk has
to re stra in him , th e while the Texan been attrib u ted to me of which I know
protested th a t the Dem ocratic party nothing. I have spoken to no one
forever m ore m ust do w ithout him. and have m entioned no nam es. T here
And hen he relented and now th e sen­ m ust come a tim e, though, when I
ato rial toga is folded about him.
shall he able to m ake plain what, un­
der advice of counsel, I am not per­
m itted to sta te .”
Mail Clerks Join A. F. of L.
HOPES TO SET HIMSELF BIGHT
New York City.—An announcem ent
th a t has been expected for some
tim e in labor circles was m ade here
w hen General O rganizer Charles A.
Y ates of the A m erican F ederation au­
thorized the sta te m e n t the railw ay
m ail clerks in the employ of the
U nited S tates governm ent had joined
th e Am erican F ederation of Labor.
T he announcem ent was int.?rpreted to
m ean th a t the m ail clerks ha4 deter­
m ined to m ake a stand and pres€-nt
iUm r dem ands to th e governm ent.
Thinks Honduras Will Take Loan.
W ashington, D. C.—^Dispatches to
the sta te departm ent from M inister
Dawson a t P uerto Cortez say th a t th e
political settlem ent in H onduras in­
cludes an agreem ent th a t th e Hon­
duran congress shall again take up
the question of the $10,000,000 loan
from th e New York group of bankers.
I t ii s expected th a t th e new congress
agree to J h e loan and th a t tlie
m oney wull be advanced.
RESIGNATION IS ACCEPTED BY
PRESIDENT AND CHICAGO
MAN TAKES JOB.
FOBIBER SECRETARY ISSUES STATEMENT
Declares It Is His Intention to Prose­
cute Men Whom He Describes
as Arch Conspirators—
Claims injustice.
W ashington, D. C.—R ichard Achiles
Ballinger,
secretary
of th e
de­
partm en t of th e interior, resigned
M arch 7, th is being his la st official
a c t since the Glavis charges ag ain st
him w ere deposited w ith the presid en t
nearly two years ago a t Beverly. The
successor of Mr. B allinger is W alter L.
F ish er of Chicago, who is presid en t of
th e N ational Conservation association,
of which Gifford P inchot is president.
WALTER L. FISHER,
New Secretary of the Interior.
Mr. F ish er will tak e charge of th e
office in a few days. H e will, of
course, not he subject to. th e charges
of im peachm ent which, it is said, w ere
expected to be launched again st Mr.
B allinger a t th e coming congress.
T he appointm ent of Mr. F ish er m akes
the extraordinary quota of th ree from
one city .in th e cabinet—MacVeagh,
F ish er and Dickinson.
Mr. F ish er is a Chicago law yer and
a friend -V Gifford Pinchot, form er
chief forcs+er, whom B allinger had
rem oved from ohice by P resid en t T aft.
Mr. B allinger gave out th e following
statem en t:
L E T T E R ACCEPTANCE
T h e p re s id e n t’s le tte r of ac cep ta n ce Is
as follow s: “ D ear Mr. S e c re ta ry ; ! a c ­
ce p t y o u r resig n a tio n w ith g re a t re lu c t­
an ce. I h av e had th e fu llest o p p o rtu n ity
to know you, to know y our s ta n d a rd s of
serv ice to th e g o v ern m en t and th e public,
to know y o u r m otives, to know how you
h av e ad m in iste red y o u r office and to
k now th e m o tiv es of th o se w ho h av e a s ­
sailed you. I do n o t h e s ita te to s a y th a t
you h ave been th e o b je ct of one of th e
m o st u n scru p u lo u s co n sp ira cies fo r th e
d efam atio n of c h a ra c te r t h a t h isto ry can
show . I h av e deem ed it m y d u ty n o t only
to th e g o v ern m en t, b u t to so ciety in g e n ­
eral, to fig h t o u t th is b a ttle to th e end,
confident t h a t in th e end y o u r fellow c iti­
ze n s w ould see t h a t th e Im p ressio n s of
you a s a m an an d a s th e a d m in is tra to r
of a high public office w ere false an d w ere
th e re s u lt of a m alicious an d u n p rin cip led
plan fo r th e use of th e p ress to m isre p re ­
se n t you and y o u r ac tio n s, and to to r ­
tu r e ev e ry c ircu m stan c es, how ever, free
from d e trim e n ta l significance, Into proof
of c o rru p t m otive. W ith th e hyp o critical
p re te n s e th a t th e y did n ot accu se you of
co rru p tio n in o rd er to avoid th e n ecessity
t h a t even th e w o rst crim in al is en titled to,
to w it, t h a t of a d efinitely fo rm u lated
c h a rg e of som e m isconduct, th e y show ered
you w ith suspicion and by th e m o st p e tti­
fogging m eth o d s, exploited to th e public
m a tte rs w hich had no relev an cy to an
issue of e ith e r co rru p tio n or efficiency
In office, b u t w hich p arad e d before a h y s ­
te ric a l body of h ead lin e re a d e rs serv ed to
blacken y o u r c h a ra c te r and to o bscure
th e p ro p er issu e of y o u r h o n esty and e f ­
fectiv en e ss a s a public s e rv a n t. T h e r e ­
s u lt h as been a cruel tra g e d y . You and
y o u rs h av e lo st h ealth and have been
bu rd en ed financially.
T h e co n sp ira to rs
w ho hav e n o t h e sita te d in th e ir p u rs u it
of you to re s o rt tg th e m e an est of m e th ­
ods, including th e co rru p tio n of y o u r m ost
confidential a s s is ta n t, plum e th e m selv e s
like th e P h a rise e s of old, as th e only p u re
m em b ers of so ciety a c tu a te d 'b y th e sp irit
of self-sacrifice fo r th e ir fellow -m en.
E v ery fibre of m y n a tu re reb els a g a in s t
such hypo crisy and n erv es me to rig h t
such a com bination and such m eth o d s to
th e b itte r end, lest su ccess in th is in sta n ce
m ay form a d em oralizing p reced en t. B ut
perso n al co n sid eratio n fo r you and y o u rs
m ak es me feel th a t I h ave no rig h t to
ask you fo r f u r th e r sacrifice. Of course,
it h a s been m ade ev id en t t h a t I w as and
am th e u ltim a te o b ject of th e a tta c k ;
and to Insist, a g a in s t y o u r w ill, on y our
rem ain in g In office w ith th e p ro sp ect of
f u r th e r effo rts a g a in s t you Is selfishly to
Im pose on you m ore of a b urden th a n I
o u g h t to Impose. As I say farew ell to
you let m e renew m y ex p ressio n of affec­
tio n and s in c e re st resp ect fo r you and of
my profound g ra titu d e fo r y o u r hard
w ork, y o u r u n v ary in g lo yalty and your
effective public service. I hope and p ray
that su ccess may attend you In your
profession and t h a t real h ap p in ess will
com e to you and y o u rs w hen you re tu rn
to th a t com m u n ity w h ere you live and
w hose m em b ers know y o u r w o rth a s a
m an and a citizen and w ho will receive
you ag ain w ith open arm s.
“ S in cerely yours,
“ W ILLIA M H. T A F T .”
Big Cruisers Are Also Ordered by Taft
to Assemble in Gulf—-Mobilization
Intended as Friendly
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BALLINGER’S ^ G N A T I O N NOTE
S a lin g e r’s le tte r to th e p resid e n t, d ated
J a n u a r y 19, w as as follow s: “ My D ear
Mr. P re s id e n t: I h av e th o u g h t ov er th e
ta lk w e h a d la st S a tu rd a y , i am ex c eed ­
ingly g ra te fu l fo r y o u r kind ex p ressio n s
of ap p rec iatio n fo r m y w ork and th e y
c e rta in ly co m p en sate me in th e la rg e st
m easu re fo r w h a t I h ave suffered. Y our
a ttitu d e th ro u g h o u t h a s been a g re a t
so u rce of co m fo rt to me. A nd y e t I feel
t h a t th e condition of my h ea lth is such
th a t I m u st ask to be relieved from o f­
fice. ! th e re fo re ag a in te n d e r my re sig ­
n atio n an d a sk you to accep t it. I should
be u n tru e to all m y Im pulses If I did not
seize th e occasion to say t h a t I h av e a t
all tim e s striv e n con scien tio u sly to m eet
th e ob lig atio n s Imposed upon me, and to
serv e you, th e ad m in istra tio n and th e
c o u n try to th e b est of my ab ility . I am
deeply sen sib le of th e u n failin g confidence
w hich you h av e reposed In m e u n d er c ir­
cu m sta n c e s w hich hav e n ec essarily been
try in g to you, and th e s u p p o rt and resp ect
w hich you h av e n ev er ceased to accord me
I sh all alw a y s rem em b er.”
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable e x p o u n d .
Creston, Iowa.—“ I was troubled for
a long time with inflammation, pains
in my s id e , sick
headaches and ner­
vousness. I had ta­
ken so many medi­
cines that I w a s
d isc o u r a g e d a n d
thought I w o u ld
never get well. A
friend told me o f
3>dia E. Pinkham’a
v e g e t a b le Com­
pound a n d i t re­
stored me to health*
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pain, my nerves are stronger and I can
do my own work. Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound cured me after
everything else had failed, and I rec­
ommend it to other suffering women.
—Mrs. W m. Seals 605 W. iloward St.^
Creston, Iowa.
Thousands of unsolicited and genu­
ine testimonials like the above prove
the efficient of Lydia E. Pinkham’a
Vegetable Compound, which is made
cxclusively from roots and herbs.
Women who suffer from those dis­
tressing ills should not lose sight o f
these facts or doubt the ability of Lydia
E. Pinkbam’s Vegetable Compound to
restore their health.
I f y o u w a n t sp ec ia l a d v ic e writ©'
to M rs. P in k h a m , a t L y im , Mass*
Sh e w ill tr e a t y o u r l e t t e r asstr ic tly c o n fid e n tia l. F o r 2 0 y ear*
sh e h a s b e e n h e lp in g sic k w o m e n
in th is w a y , fr e e o f c h a r g e . l>on*#
h e sita te —^writ© a t once.
A FASHION PUZZLE.
dens of th e office as I was relu ctan t to
assum e them . T he d ep artm en t in all
its bureaus is in a b e tte r sta te of
effective organization th an ever in its
history, in which I tak e pride, and
wish to accord to* th e chiefs and oth er
officers. a m il m easu re of ju st com:
m endation for th eir energy, loyalty
This is m erely two ladies of fashion*
and devotion to th e public service.
endeavoring to identify es^ch other.
T h eir assistan ce and co-operation has
been of g reat gratification to me. The
Censumption Spreads in Syria.
g reat burden of departm ental work
Consumptives in Syria are treated
added to th e stra in of contending today much in the sam e way as theag ain st assau lts from wicked and dis­ lepers have been for th e la s t 2,000^
honest m en has seriously injured my years. Tuberculosis is a com parative­
health, and th e cost of my defense ly recen t disease am ong th e A rabs an d
has no t been less th an $25,000—leav­ Syrians, but so rapidly has it sp read
ing me a poor man. It is my purpose th at the natives are in g reat fear o f
to prosecute th e arch conspirators it. Consequently when a m em ber o f
who have been following me w ith th e a family is known to have th e disease,
assassin ’s knife. The country shall he is frequently cast out and com pelled
know fully th e injustice of th e attack s to die of exposure and want. A small;
upon m e.”
hospital for consum ptives has been
opened a t Beyrout under th e direction,
of Dr. Mary P. Eddy.
TROOPS TO MEXiCAN BOBOEB
RICHARD A. BALLINGER,
Who Resigned From Taft’s Cabinet.
“I shall im m ediately re tu rn to my
home a t S eattle and, a fter securing
the necessary rest, will actively tak e
up my professional work. The p res­
ident has so fully expressed his con­
fidence in me in his le tte r th a t I have
only to add th a t I go out of office feel­
ing th a t no m an could have been more
loyally supported th a n I have been
by th e president a t all tim es, and he
has my lasting affection and my sup­
port insofar as my feeble efforts m ay
be of value. I give up my post w ith­
out reg rets except th a t of p artin g w ith
m ost agreeable associations. In fact
I am as happy to he free of th e bur-
M M
MATION
AND PAIN
W ashington, D. C.—The president
gave orders M arch 7 for th e im m edi­
ate assem bling in th e departm ent of
Texas, n ear th e Mexican border, of
20,000 troops and th e dispatch on rush
orders of 2,000 m arines to G uantanam o
by th e tran sp o rts P ra irie and Dixie
and th e rendezvousing of the g reat
cruisers T ennessee, M ontana, N orth
C arolina and W ashington in th e Gulf
of Mexico. A dm inistration officials
from th e presid en t down describe the
sp ectacu lar and m om entous m ovem ent
of troops of th e arm y and navy as th e
resu lt of plans long since m ade for
m anoeuvers and a w ar gam e of th e
arm y and th e navy.
It can be stated au th o ritativ ely th a t
th is m obilization of arm y and navy on
th& Mexican land and shore lines is
intended as a friendly act to Mexico
and is so understood hy Mexico.
The careful explanation th a t close
to 20,000 troops are being rushed to
th e Mexican border for th e purpose of
holding m aneuveres is given absolu­
tely no credence here. On th e con­
trary , th ere appears scarcely a shadow
of a doubt b u t th a t one of th e g reatest
m obilization of troops since th e Civil
w ar has been ordered, because of ad­
vices th a t th e situ atio n in Mexico is
serious in th e extrem e. A significant
th in g is th e fact th a t W illiam L ane
W ilson, am bassador to Mexico, has
been in se cre t consultation w ith th e
p resid en t and w ar officials here for
th ree days. T he v isit of A m bassador
W ilson has been guarded w ith extrem e
care. I t was adm itteii a t th e W hite
House th a t th e M exican insurrectos
had been giving considerable trouble
to th e con tracto rs engaged on th e
w ork of dam m ing th e Colorado riv er
across th e line from th e Imperial val­
ley in California.
Music Hail Losing Vogue.
Music halls have increased very lit-^
tie in the last few years. Some havegone hack to dram a. O thers havebeen run p artly w ith dram a. Othershave gone over to picture en tertain ­
m ents. The picture houses have n o t
im m ensely added to th eir own by new
buildings.—^Loudon Stage.
Tlie Taste
Test—
Post
Toasties
H ave a dainty, sweet flavour
that pleases the palate and
satisfies particular folks.
T h e F a ct—
that each year increasing
thousands use this delicious
food is good evidence of its
popularity.
P ost T oasties are ready to
serve direct from the pkg.
with cream or milk— a con­
venient, wholesom e breakfast
dish.
“ The Memory Lin|ers”
POSTUM X:EREAL CO., Ltd.,
Battle Creek, Micli.-