San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 336, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1915 Page: 4 of 18
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SAN ANION 10 tXFKESS: THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1915.
figures show that bl(, COR
porations really amount
to little.
congestion at new york and
other ports discussed by
railroad men.
NEW YORK. L'ec. 1.—A great proportion
of tbe Nation's business is still in tbe
hands of «mall business tuen, according to
Edward X. Hurley, vie* chairmin of the
Keiteral Trade Commission who in an ail
dri'u. lief ore the Association ■ <t National
Advertisers here tonight outllucd a Sur-
rey of busines,. n»w being made by tbe
commissi, n.
L».e of the purposes of the omtnUlion,
■>lr. Hurley explained. Is to act li an ad-
Tisory capacity to all industrial concerns
and the surrey now in progress is to de-
termine the si»e of the various business
units. He »aid investigation showed that
eliminating the bankiug. railroa 1 end pub-
lic utilities corporations, there aie about
:00,0uo business corporations in the fouu-
try. (jf thaw HMW prod ore no net In-
• ■ ImWi have net less
than #•"•*i a year. «»f the remaining UO,(*"J
businc>" nrporations, ISI.OUI have sales an-
nually of less than $100,000: :-i.ooo sell
goods worth from $10U,(X>i to #'-'"•0.1*10; In..
®nu from a <iuarter to half a million dol-
lar*: from half a million '•> a million ,
dollars. t.'iOO from one to the million
•nil only 4(1^ corporation! do au antina:
business of $,1,000,000 or more.
"These figures exhibit a condition I hat
has existed for many years." (outlined Mr
Hurley. "They show conclusively that I
big business, while important. < oiistltutes |
"but a small fraction it the traile and in '
Matry of the United State*. They make ,
clear that there i* an unduly laige pro
portion of unsuccessful business concerns."
Mr Hurley warned exporters iigalMt as
«utulng that the European war would ln-
aure them a permanent market to bo re
tallied without effort
'The American manufacturer." he said,
"should realize that not a smokestack has
been destroyed in England, German) or
Italy and only a few in France, In less
we take advantage of the opportunity w«
now have we will find that ninety days
after the war is over the European na-
tions will be on their way to u position
to the markets of the world even stronger
than they occupied before."
Overland Autn Livery, Crockett or Travis
41011. $1.50 and $2.00 per hour. (Adv.)
Kextor bicycles $15 while tliey lust. I'ot-
t.'lierulck'a. (Adv.)
FORM HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
Bay City Womer. Organize to Provide
for a Charity Ward.
Special Telegram to The Kxprwii.
BAY CITY, Tex., Dec. 1,—Women of
government charges rail-
road with favoring new or-
leans in freight traffic.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. lr—Tbe Govern merit's
Ride of tbe suit to separate the 1'entral
Pacific lU iri'ad from tbe Kouitttrn Pacific
was presented to three United Spates cir-
cuit judges here today sitting as tbe Dis-
trict «'ourt for Utah.
For nearly four and a half hours E. F.
McOleimen of Boston reviewed the evl*
tit me iu the case and argued the legal
points. When court adjourned late in the
afternoon he had not finished and will
lake the morning session Thursday to
complete the Government presentation.
in the afternoon session «; w. MrKner-
ney expects to begin the presentation ««f
the arguments for the Southern Pacific
Company but it is doubtful whether lie
will conclude by Thursday night.
The case was argued today before Judges
Walter II. Sanborne of St. Paul, William
C Hook of Leaveuworth. Kan and Johu
K Carland of Washington, l>. C.
Mr. McClenrieii. counsel for the Govern-
meut, was diverted from his plan of argu-
ment lute in the afternoon when Judge
Hook iiMiulred what the posltlort of the
Government was towaftls an ownership of
a railroad by another line when the owner-
ship had been effected before the passage
of tba Sherman antl trust law !n 1890.
Mr. McCleuneu cited decisions of the
Supreme Court in the Standard Oil case
ana the.trans-Missouri case to uphold the
Government contention that Coug^ess could
prohibit such ownership of railroads, even
though effected before the anti-trust law
became effective.
"The position is clear.'' replied Judge
Hook, "In regard to the con luct of a
business in contravention of the Sherman
law but what about ownership acquired
before the law was passed?"
Mr. McOlennen then cited the decisions
in tbe anthaclte coal cases, the Staudurd
oil case and other cases as indicating
what position the Supreme Court would
hold In a case like the Southern Pacific
ownership ot the ('entra Pacific.
"A contention of the defence in this
case," said the attorney for the Govern
NEW Y' HK. Dec. 1.—The freight con-
gestion at New York and other Atlantic
Coast ports, which has cau^d embargoes
to be laid ou export freight by some of
the railroads, was discussed today by a
spec ial committee tkf representatives of ail
the Kasteru roads.
C. Curtice McCain, chalrmau of the Trunk
Line Association and of the committee,
said nothing was done beyond making u
preliminary review.
"It was ascertained." said Mr. McCain,
"that approximately cars were either
at terminals or on Hues consigned for
Ktffl ioil\ The qneatlan of further em-
bargoes u open at present."
The Merchants' Association of New York
' onsidered i*»ssible action iu regard to fil-
ing with tuc Interstate Coium. r< e Com-
mission by the railroads of a new tariff
rule which ruts the time of frM» storage in
New York from thirty to fifteen days.
Members discussing freight congestion
contended that the congestion was not due
entirely to the war but that the *uuifc con-
dition had existed iu normal times.
tiny City have organized n hospital auxtl- ' 'hl> rallro.djaw* (nun bring
lary ami their first effort was a box eon* i
mining a down blankets, many towels, bed,!
linen, preserve* and delicacies anil man}
other things Intended to moke the sicl
and suffering more comfortable.
Hereafter the auxiliary will undertake
to provide for a charity w ard only, I Ills
^ifi being to the hospital generally. Mrs.
i'r>,| k. Ilobblns. chairman, assisted by
McsiUmes J. W. Gaines, A. li. heckle, Wil-
liam Belcher, A. S. Collins and Mrs. Allen
Stinnett, etch a representative from some
church, constitute the executive commit-
tee of the hospital auxiliary
Miss Genevieve Sharpies is the head
nurse and superintendent of the local hos-
pital, which Is maintained by a Joint
stock company as a local benefit.
went, "Is that the Government is estopped
iglng
this litigation. The Ceutral Pacific ana
the t'nlon Pacific Railroads were built
under these laws which provided for the
construction of the Clllon I'clflc from
ngdeu west ami of the Central Pacific
from Sacramento east. The acts provided
that the trans continental line thus built
should be operated as one connected line.
"The laws provided that the ■ontlnuoui
line should he operated without discrimina-
tion against either the Central lliclflc or
the Colon Pacific but Pints' 1SS.1 the Cen-
tral Pacific lias discriminated against the
Cnlon Pacific and continues to do «o.
From all points north of Tehadiapi Pass
the Central Paolfle-l'nion Pacific Route
via Ogden Is tbe shortest to the Atlantic
seaboard and tho West Central States.
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Building
For Years to Come
In the erection of modern buildings the primary
thought is for endurance.
The same thought should be given to buildiijg our
own body and brain—but few give it. This building
process requires certain essential food elements
which, within the body, are converted into the kind
of brain, bone, nerve and muscle capable of endur-
ing the severe tests of work and time. ,
Grape-Nuts
FOOD
• i
is scientifically made of whole wheat and malted
barley, and supplies, in splendid proportion, all the
nutritive values of the grains, including their vital
mineral salts, which are all-important for life and
health, but lacking in much of the food that goes to
make up the ordinary diet.
A daily ration of Grape-Nuts food (I* good "build-
ing" for sound health of years to come.
"There's a Reason"
m- Sold by Grocers everywhere.
The shortest distance by the "gden route
fr«*ui Sau Fraucisco tu New York is 3,-Wl
miles but by the I'l 1'aso San '"ranclseo
route anil thence by water to New York
"tbe distance Is miles.
"By the Ogdeu route the distance from
San Francisco to Cincinnati is miles;
bv the New Orleans route It is
"But tbe attitude of the Southern Pa-
cific slm« ISSj has been to send as uiuch
as possible of the California traffic through
New Orleans rather than through Ogden."
M. .McClennen judged what he considered
the reason for this alleged discrimination
against the Ogden gateway.
"On through traffic from New York to
the Pacific Coast by way of Ogden." he
said, "the division of rates U in follows:
Twenty-five per cent to the lines east of
Chicago; 15 per cent to the Chicago-Omaha
lines aud Ml per cent to the Culon Pacific-
Central Pacific Jointly. Of tliesa (10 per
cent, M per cent goes to the Cnlon Pacific
and 40 per cent to the Central Pacific.
"Thus If the traffic Is routed via Ogden
the Southern Pacific through Its owner
ship of the Central Pacific get only 46
per cent of til) per cent of the total tariff.
If tbe traffic Is routed by way of New
Orleans and the Southern Pacific Steam-
ship Lines, the Southern Pacific gets all
the rate. The motive to discriminate
1 agnlnst the Central Pacific route thus Is
clear.
"Up to 1909 the Southern Pacific had
through rates ou wool from Ncwida and
part of I'tah by way of New Orlcaus but
not by way of Ogden. the shortest route.
"There litis been some change In this
sltuntlon since, because of the entrance !
of tbe Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
but there has been no change In the de- I
sire of the Southern Pacific to .have freight
I go through New Orleans instead of Og
i den."
j Mr. McClennen reviewed briefly the acts
I of Congress that made possible the build-
ing ..r the Atlantic & Pacific, now a part
j of the Santa F«; of the Texas & Pacific,
which connects with the Southern Pacific,
j and of the Southern Paclfjc-Suuset Route.
I "The construction of the Ceutral Pacific
1 and of the Southern Pacific were sepernto
operations. In ls.s| the Southern Pacific
i Company, oiganlr.ed under the luws of
Kentucky, took over the stock of the
Routheru Pacific and took a lease ou tho
Southern Pacific Sunset Lines; It took
over a lease of tlie Central Pacific, but
acquired no Central Pacific stock Tho
I Central Pacific, lease provided a fixed
| rental of $1,200,000 a year and additional
rental up to $3,000,000 conditioned on earn-
ings
"The obligation rested on the Southern
Pacific to ii'Bko the earnings of the Cen
tral Pacific large.
"When the lease was made there was a
real corporation of the Central Pacific,
not a dry legal entity.
"In 1K*.»3 g new leaHe wns executed pro-
riding a nominal rental of $10,000, a nal
nnce of net earnings up to f( per cent and
one-half of the earnings lu excess of that
amount.
"By reasons of the Federal laws tbe
Nation occupied a dual relation to the Cen
tral l'aciflo. It was both soverelgu and
creditor.
"In 1MM> the Southern Pacific was con-
fronted with the prospect of Inning the
Central Pacific under foreclosure uulem
some arrangement were made. A plan
was adopted that a bond Issue of $123,000,-
000 should be Issued and that $W,000,000
of the bonds should go to the Government. |
The Government was to extend the time of
payment ten years.
"That contract contained no provision
that the bonds were to be guaranteed by
the Souther!' Pacific or that the South-
ern Pacific was to acquire the Central
Pacific stock. In making u report the
Attorney (leneral and the Secretary of tho
Treasury said they understood the bonds
were to be guaranteed by the Southern
Pacific, but that guarantee was not a
part of the contract. It was an under-
standing on the part of the Southern P:i
dflc in order to get Its first mortgage
bondholders to accept the new issue of
Central Pacific bonds."
Mr McCUunen said that in the Cnlon
Pacific case the Union Pacific made the
defense that It was dependent for through
transportation on the Central Pacific,
which was controlled by The Southern Pa
dflc, and that the Union Pacific acquired
control of the Southern Pacific so It could
compete with the Sunset route.
Mr. McClennen continued:
"The Union Pacific decision is exactly
in point on questions of competition and
restraint, if it was a suppression of com-
petition In the Union Pacific merger for
one part of the Ogden route to control
the El Paso route, then a Joint control In
this case Is equally n suppression of com-
petition."
$275,000 Cattle Deal
Closed at San Angelo
Special Telegram to The Kxprens.
SAN ANUELO, Tex., Dec. 1.—A ileal was
closed here today wherein Sam Henderson,
wealthy ranchman, leases his large Klcka-
poo tanch for five and one-half years
aud sells 4,;i00 head of cattle to <i. 11. White
of Brady. The deal involves $27,1,000. Mr.
Henderson is retiring from active ranch
life.
talkaboct the fair
Aransas Pass Delegation to San An-
tonio Meeting Are Elated.
Special Telegram tu The Ifotires*.
ARANSAS PASS, Tex., Pec. l.-H. II.
niatikmryer, president; W. Alouio Scrlv-
ner, vice president, and 0. C, McLeod, the
three representatives of the local Chamber
of Commerce to the conference of the Com-
mittee of One Hundred for the 191N Inter-
national Fair, have returned from Sun An-
tonio and they report a very enthusiastic
gathering.
They feel that the fair Is an assured suc-
cess and on a scale much larger than antici-
pated.
They were especially enthusiastic over
the reception tendered all visitors by the
ltotury Club and the cltlxensbip of San An-
tonio In general.
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Attorneys Clash in Schmidt Case.
LOS ANGELES, Cnl„ Nee. l.-A receipt
for $1,000, signed by Olaf Tveltinoe, the
San Francisco lubor leader, and declared
by the State to represeut money used to
further a dynamiting ronsplraoy which re-
sulted In the blowing up of the Times
building and tile killing of twenty peopfr
In Octooer, 1910, hrought about a clash be-
tween opposing counsel today Itt tbe trial
of Mattliew A. Schmidt, accused of the
murder of one of the JTliues victims.
The State placed 0, Cji'Cainpliell of Ber-
keley on the stand to Jllentlf.v Tveltmoe'a
signature to the receluint'iikb was made
to John J. UcNauiara, tWeaved dynamiter
{Highest Award, Pan \ma*P.icific l.xp)*ition San Fraucisco)
Men, If You Like Good Meals
Give Your Wife a
Hoosier Cabinet NOW!
A well equipped kitchen is
one of the natural rights of
every good housekeeper. This
is the greatest opportunity you
will ever have to make your
kitchen perfectly convenient, at
a bargain price.
You are not the sort of man to ex-
pect your wife to go along year after
year with no better conveniences i.i
the kitchen than your grandmother
had. Men, nowadays, don't cut wheat
with a cradle as grandfa "r did;
don't write letters with a q 'I, or
work in the shop with out-of-date
tools. You have things up-to-date
in your work. You bet you do, and
you expect
3 Square Meals a Day
right along, too. Listen, men! Is it
fair to the wife to let her get along
with old-fashioned woman-killing
household equipment when you can
have one of these new Hoosiers de-
livered today for only $1? Of
course not. You mean all right. You
would like to have a convenient
kitchen.
Just Hand Us a Dollar
* We will put one of these five new
Hoosiers in your Jiome at a price so
low, you will think we are cheating
ourselves. The Hoosier Company lets us make these prices
this week to introduce'these new models. They are so
far below the market standard simply because enormous
The NEW HOOSIER WONDER
pnlt w\le cupboard
ffact-unclultirti
ty partitions or
cubby kolts
This is "HOOSIER BEAUTY"
The National Step Saver
Hoosier sales have made
your wife gets the benefit,
our risk.
big factory savings, and
Send her one of these at
—at $9 LESS than Hoosier Beauty—with aluminum table
and white enamel cupboards.
—midway between the Hoosier Wonder and Hoosier
Beauty in convenience—and equal to Hoosier Beauty in
size.
The NEW ROLL DOOR HOOSIER —the only kitchen cabinet with roll doors that are
■ 1 removable and sanitary—no cubby holes or partitions
:atch dirt or duSt.
—the National Step Saver; most complete and most prac-
tical kitchen cabinet ever made; most popular cabinet in
the world. %
—all white enamel inside and out—a kitchen cabinet of
remarkable beauty.
The Nl.W HO.SIEK SPECIAL
The NEW HOOSIER BEAUTY
The NEW HOOSIER DE LUXE
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Surprise Her!
Send one of these out today sure. Come in early before some of these styles are all gone. Just a dollar now; then
a dollar a week for a few weeks. That is all. If she^isn't delighted, we will take back the cabinet and hand back' your
money with a smile. Do this much for your wife NOW. You owe it to her.
Household Furniture Company
214-216 West Commerce Street
ami former secretary of the International
Association of llrld«e and Structural Iron
Workers. The voucher credited the money
to "orjrunliatlon purpose*," which the
prosecution allenea win the code phrase
tor dyuuuitte wgrk.
Wabash Road Reorganized.
NBW YORK, D«c. 1.—The director* of
the
to the Wabash Itallroad Company, today
puliation. K. jp,
Kearney, who waa appointed receiver and
Wabnah ttnllroad Company, successor
he Wabash Itallroad ""l°-
effected a permanent orii
Kearney, who waa appoli
chosen president several mouths airo, was
re clected president.
President Kearney reported that the e«-
timated gross earnings of the Wapsh for
the first three weeks of November showed
an Increase of £lii;t,UU(l over the same
period last year.
World bfrycles. with guards and coaster
brake, $30. Potchernlck». (Adv.j
Much Delayed Journey
of the 27th Infantry
Soon to lie Resumed
Hurt Special to The Hipress.
WASHINGTON, D. 0„ Dec. J.—Another
tffvt li to be made by the War Depart-
ment to get thi Twenty-seventh Infantry
to its new stntion In the Philippines. That
regiment was to have made the long trip
from Texas several months ago, but so
far IniH been prevented from so doing iiy
a serleN of mishaps. While awaiting em-
barkation on the transport Huford at Oiil
veston the troops were caught In a big
storiu anil lost most of their equipment.
Th»t delayed their departure several weeks.
Finally getting under way ou the IJuford
and nearly half way through the Panama
Canal, further progress was prevented bj
earth slides, and they were compelled ti>
So Into cnuip to await the reopening of
the canal. The Buforil was recalled to
the Hatted Slates for other duty.
As there Is no prospect of the Immediate
reopening of the canal and tho regiment
is long overdue In the Philippines, the
department has ordered the transport I.o-
gun at San Francisco to proceed to Panama
niid transport the troops across the Pa
caflc. They will break camp in the Canal
Zone and inarch to the Pacific end ot the
canal lu time to meet the triiusport.
Laymen's Missionary Meeting.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1.—The Itlglu Her.
Lucleu L. Ivlnsolvlng, I'rotestuut Hols-
copal Blihop of Braalli was the chief
speaker lonlgnt at the opening session of
mi Interdenominational laymen's mission-
ary convention. Itisliop Klnsolvlng spoke
on "The Pun American Movement n» It
Affects the Church."
FOURTEEN MINERS KILLED
Loss of Life in West Virginia Disaster
Smaller Thun Supposed.
ROOMKR, W. V*., Dee. 1.—Sixteen men
were killed by thu explosion in Minn No,
- of tho Boomer Coal and Coke Company
here yesterday, company official! giild
tonight. They said they were confident
tluit all the men who went to work had
been accounted for,
liescuers today found four men who had
been trapped by the explosion. They were
so weak that they were unable to talk but
physicians believe they will recover.
Governor H. D. Hatfield visited the mine
today.
THIS BIG REAL
AUCTION SALE
Is Creating a Big Sensation Because of the Big Bargains Buyers Are Carrying Away.
The Combined Stocks of the GRIFFITH JEWELRY CO. end FIDELITY LOAN CO.
Are Being Shamelessly aid Ruthlessly Soerilieed.
DIAMONDS, WATCHES, STERLING SILVERWARE,
GOLD ANP PLATINUM
SALES
DAILY
2:30 P.M.
AND
7:30 P.M.
tswm; hiw run■ ilium ^
JEWELRY. BRIC-A-BRAC AfiD STATUARY NOVELTIES
327 ALAMO PLAZA
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RESERVED
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