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JHiS f a m i l y w a s a w a y w h e n h e swal ­l o w e d t h e drug , a n d t h e y f o u n d h i m un-cdnsfeious on t h e k i t c h e n floor w h e n t h e y ' r e t u r n e d l a t e i n t h e a f t e r n o o n . A p h y s i c i a n w a s s u m m o n e d , b u t t h e m a n d i e d b e f o r e an a n t i d o t e cou ld b e g i v e n . D e p u t y Coroner Graben p r o n o u n c e d d e a t h due t o po i son t a k e n w i t h su ic ida l i n t e n t , and a l l o w e d t h e f a m i l y t o t a k e c h a r g e o f t h e remains .

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A n o t h e r a m u s e m e n t t r u s t h a s b e e n f o r m e d . The T w i n Ci ty A m u s e m e n t c o m p a n y w i t h a cap i ta l s t o c k of $10,-O0O, l i a b i l i t v , $5 ,000, h a s filed ar t i c l e s of incorporat ion .

T h e incorporators are L . N . S c o t t and L a c S t a f f o i d , of t h e M e t r o p o l i t a n opera-h o u s e s , M i n n e a p o l i s a n d St . P a u l ; T h e o L . H a y e s , m a n a g e r of t h e B i j o u and Grand operahouses , a n d M. Bres lauer , t h e b i l lpos ter . Some s tock , i t i s under­s t o o d , w i l b e sold to others i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e contro l of loca l a m u s e m e n t af­f a i r s , t h e i n t e n t i o n b e i n g t o secure t h e m a n a g e m e n t for outdoor s h o w s dur ing p e r i o d s of t h e y e a r w h e n t h e t h e a t e r s are c losed .

T h e c o m p a n v i s a lso s e e k i n g t o secure laAd i n a d o w n t o w n l o c a t i o n w h i c h c a n b e f e n c e d in a n d fitted up as a sort of a m u s e m e n t park. A " f i r e s h o w , " - i s s a i d t o h a v e b e e n a l r e a d y b o o k e d , i n w h i c h t h e M i n n e a p o l i s fire d e p a r t m e n t i s t o b e i n t e r e s t e d , and such e n t e r p r i s e s a s c a r n i v a l companie s , smal l c i rcuses and a n i m a l s h o w s are t o b e corral led.

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" T h e a t t o r n e y g e n e r a l ' s s t a t e m e n t w o u l d t e n d to r e p r e s e n t , ' ' s a y s Mr. V o e ­ge l i , " t h a t t h e B e t a i l D r u g g i s t s ' asso­c i a t i o n i s a crea t ion of t h e o ther asso-o io t ions m e n t i o n e d i n t h e M o o d y pet i ­t i o n , n a m e l y , t h e P r o p r i e t a r y Assoc ia ­t ion of A m e r i c a a n d t h e N a t i o n a l W h o l e s a l e D r u g g i s t s ' a s soc ia t ion . T h i s i s no t t h e case . T h e re ta i l a s s o c i a t i o n is e n t i r e l y i n d e p e n d e n t and composed of loca l a s s o c i a t i o n s i n a l l part s of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . F u r t h e r m o r e , w e of t h e re ta i l a s s o c i a t i o n are o f t e n a t w a r w i t h t h e o thers a n d h a v e h a d s e v e r a l hard b a t t l e s w i t h t h e m .

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" T h e objec t of the loca l a s s o c i a t i o n s of r e ta i l er s t h a t comprise t h e n a t i o n a l a s s o c i a t i o n i s t o e s t a b l i s h u n i f o r m l y s a f e trade re la t ions and t h e p r e v e n t i o n of foo l i sh loca l fights, such as , i n t h e case of M i n n e a p o l i s , for i n s t a n c e , h a v o caused t h e fa i lure of m a n y re ta i l ers . On some c las se s of goods , n o t a b l y pro­p r i e t a r y m e d i c i n e s , w e are a b s o l u t e l y a t t h e m e r c y of t h e m a n u f a c t u r e r s . S o m e m a n u f a c t u r e r s h a v e e s t a b l i s h e d ser ia l n u m b e r c o n t r a c t p l a n s a n d e s t a b l i s h e d a fixed pr ice on the ir goods . I n t h i s t h e y h a v e b e e n uphe ld b y t h e courts .

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g l a d l y b r e a k a w a y i f w e could . I n m o s t case s w e w o u l d n o t handle t h e stuff a t al l w e r e i t n o t f o r t h e d e m a n d of t h e t r a d e , w h i c h c o m p e l s u s t o k e e p t h e s e ar t i c l e s i n s tock . On goods o ther t h a t c o n t r a c t w e f r e q u e n t l y a l l o w cu t s b e l o w t h e m a n u f a c t u r e r ' s l i s t , f i x ing a price t h a t w i l l no more t h a n c o v e r t h e cost of t h e ar t i c l e s a n d t h e n e c e s s a r y o p e r a t i n g p e r c e n t a g e .

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" T h e p r a c t i c e s are f o r c e d on al l re­ta i l ers , w h e t h e r a s s o c i a t i o n m e m b e r s or not . T h e N a t i o n a l A s s o c i a t i o n of B e ­ta i l D r u g g i s t s i s i n d e p e n d e n t of t h e t w o a s s o c i a t i o n s f o r m i n g t h e trus t , and , as I h a v e sa id , f r e q u e n t l y fights t h e m . Our purpose i s l e g i t i m a t e , a n d t h e s a m e in v o g u e a m o n g other l i n e s of b u s i n e s s . W e t r y t o k e e p e v e r y b o d y i n l ine for reasonab le a n d s a f e b u s i n e s s m e t h o d s . Mr. M o o d y ' s charges a p p l y h i g h e r u p a n d n o t t o t h e re ta i l ers w h o , s t a n d i n g n e x t to the pub l i c a s t h e y do, are in­t e r e s t e d i n m a n y of t h e s a m e t h i n g s f l int , t h o -rmT-ilin io >> t h a t the publ i c i s . ]

" E x c l u s i v e S h i r t s M a k e r s " $2.50,$3,$5. H o f f m a n ' s ( 3 ) S t o r e s and L a u n d r y .

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T h e b o d y w a s first d i s c o v e r e d b y a t e a m s t e r , w h o w a s d r i v i n g p a s t t h e park on h i s w a y t o work . H e first s a w a coat i n the p a t h l e a d i n g to t h e l i t t l e l ake . H e dec ided t o i n v e s t i g a t e a n d a l i t t l e f u r t h e r a l o n g t h e p a t h he f o u n d a shoe and s t o c k i n g . ' T h e n t u r n i n g h i s e y e s t o w a r d t h e l a k e t h e t e a m s t e r s a w t h e u p t u r n e d f a c e of an o ld m a n , a f e w f e e t f r o m t h e shore.

The po l i ce were not i f ied b y t h e B a y -m o n d F u e l company , a n d t w o officers t o o k t h e b o d y f r o m t h e w a t e r a n d not i -field Coroner K i s t l e r , w h o ordered t h e b o d y r e m o v e d to t h e c o u n t y morgue .

W h e n t h e b o d y w a s first f o u n d no one cou ld i d e n t i f y i t , a n d i t w a s n o t u n t i l s evera l hours h a d e l a p s e d t h a t a n y one came t o t h e morgue . B u t n e w s of t h e su ic ide spread r a p i d l y and C. J . Schroeder , an e x p r e s s m a n a t 2201 Twenty- f irs t a v e n u e S, w h o w a s w o r r i e d over W e y h r a u c h ' s d i sappearance , ca l l ed a t t h e morgue . H e ident i f i ed t h e b o d y as t h a t of h i s f r i e n d and s a i d the old m a n h a d i n t e n d e d to l e a v e t h e c i t y .

T u e s d a y e v e n i n g W e y h r a u c h p a c k e d h i s . trunk a n d hired Schroeder t o t a k e i t £0 t h e U n i o n s t a t i o n . H e d id n o t s a y t o w h a t t o w n he w a s g o i n g , a n d Schroeder l e f t h i m t h e r e w i t h h i s b a g ­g a g e .

L a t e r W e y h r a u c h ' s son , A u g u s t W e y h r a u c h , Jr . , c l a i m e d t h e rem ains . H e s a i d he cou ld offer no e x p l a n a t i o n of h i s f a t h e r ' s su ic ide . T h e f a t h e r l e f t home T u e s d a y e v e n i n g w i t h o u t t e l l i n g a n y o n e , a n d t h e po l i ce w e r e a s k e d t o look f or h im. N o t h i n g s w a s heard o f h i m u n t i l t h e d i s c o v e r y of h i s b o d y t o d a y .

W e y h r a u c h w a s 70 y e a r s o ld a n d w a s in good h e a l t h . F o r s e v e r a l y e a r s h e had b e e n l i v i n g w i t h h i s son a n d w a s u s u a l l y of a h a p p y d i spos i t ion .

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T h e f a m o u s case o f " J i m m y ' * Irs-field, t h e n o t e d M i n n e s o t a f o o t b a l l p layer , a g a i n s t F . P . Coll ier, pub l i shers o f Col l i er ' s W e e k l y , for p e c u n i a r y dam­a g e s b a s e d on a l l e g e d l ibe lous publ i ca ­t i o n s w r i « e n b y " S t o r m y " J o r d a n a s one of h i s " m u c k r a k e " f o o t b a l l s tor i e s , w a s s e t t l e d t h i s a f t e r n o o n . T h e se t t l e ­m e n t i s a com ple t e v i c t o r y f o r Irsfield,

B y t h e t e r m s of t h e s e t t l e m e n t Col­l ier a g r e e s t o p a y a l l court c o s t s and ' a t t o r n e y s ' f e e s a n d t o publ i sh i n C o l -l i e r ' s W e e k l y a r e t r a c t i o n s i g n e d b y Jordan , tb,e author of t h e ar t i c l e o n w h i c h t h e a c t i o n w a s based . The ac­t i o n w i l l be d i smis sed a s s o o n a s the* p u b l i c a t i o n i s m a d e .

A c t i o n for $1,900 d a m a g e s w a s b e g u n i n t h e local d i s t r i c t court s h o r t l y a f t e r t h e a p p e a r a n c e of t h e J o r d o u ar t i c l e . Irsf ie ld i s n o w i n Califor-nia. T h e re­t r a c t i o n promises t o b e interesin,g , and w h i l e i t w i l l c o m p l e t e l y v i n d i c a t e Ir s ­field, i t i s e x p e c t e d t o t h r o w s o m e un* p l e a s a n t s i d e l i g h t s upon s o m e persona c l e s l y c o n e c t e d w i t h M i n n e s o t a f o o t b a l l , w h o g a v e i n f o r m a t i o n w h i c h h a s s i n c e b e e n f o u n d t o b e untrue .

t h e a m e n d m e n t u p for c o n s i d e r a t i o n a n d g e n e r a l l y indorses i t . A s imi lar c o n d i t i o n e x i s t s i n O i i o , w h e r e a w i d e -open a m e n d m e n t w i l l b e v o t e d o n n e x t fa l l , t h e present c o n d i t i o n s a n d t h e proposed a m e n d m e n t b e i n g a l m o s t iden­t i c a l i n Ohio a n d M i n n e s o t a . Copies o f p a m p h l e t s u s e d i n Ohio h a v e b e e n r e c e i v e d a n d f o u n d so c o n v i n c i n g t h a t 5,000 c o p i e s w i l l b e secured f o r ' d i s t r i ­b u t i o n a m o n g inf luent ia l m e u i n M i n n e ­s o t a .

T h e 'as soc ia t ion a l so plans, t o en large t h e scope o f i t s w o r k l o c a l l y b y i n c r e a s ­i n g t h e m e m b e r s h i p t o inc lude m a n y m e r c h a n t s n o t n o w aff i l iated. S i n c e i t h a s b e e n o r g a n i z e d t h e as soc ia t ion h a s p r o v e d m o s t e f f ec t ive a n d w i t h t h e as­s i s t a n c e of o ther b u s i n e s s i n t e r e s t s h a s secured m u c h o f v a l u e for t h e c i t y a n d i t s b u s i n e s s i n t e r e s t s . A t t h e n e x t m e e t i n g t w e n t y m e r c h a n t s w i l l b e pre­s e n t e d ror m e m b e r s h i p .

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u n d a t e d leaflet" s a y s t h e r e are ' 1 0 0 w o o d y a r d s , indus tr ia l h o m e s a n d s t o r e s . ' W h i c h i s c o r r e c t ! ' ""The 1904 report s a y s t h a t o u t s i d e e m p l o y m e n t w a s •found for about 14,508, w h i l e t h e 1905 report s a y s 14,907 f o u n d o u t s i d e e m p l o y m e n t , a n d t h e u n d a t e d leaf let s a y s t h a t 50,000 f o u n d outs ide e m p l o y m e n t dur ing t h e year . A g a i n w e ask, w h i c h of t h e s e figures a r e cor­r e c t !

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h a v e g a i n e d t h e impres s ion t h a t t h e a r m y h a s a large number of f a r m col­onies , a n d t h a t t h o u s a n d s o f poor peo­p l e f r o m t h e s lums h a v e b e e n trans­f e r r e d t o t h e m . There are a t p r e s e n t b u t t h r e e co lon ies , one e a c h i n Ohio, Colorado a n d Cal i fornia , h a v i n g a t o t a l of b u t 530 peop le , i n c l u d i n g m e n , w o -toien a n d ch i ldren . T h e s e co lon i s t s h a v e b e c o m e Self -support ing, a n d b e v o n d ques t ion t h e i r lo t h a s b e e n i m p r o v e d b y r e m o v a l f r o m t h e c i t v , b u t i t w o u l d b e i n t e r e s t i n g t o k n o w w h a t ; p e r c e n t a g e o f t h e m , w h i l e l i v i n g i n t h e c i t y , had •been r e c i p i e n t s o f e i t h e r pub l i c or pri­v a t e rel ief , or e v e n dwe l l er s i n w h a t t h e S a l v a t i o n A r m y ca l l s t h e ' s l u m s '

" U n f o r t u n a t e l y , t h e s t a t i s t i c s w h i c h t h e a r m y p r e s e n t s t h r o w a b s o l u t e l y no l i g h t o n t h e i m p o r t a n t ques t ion a s to h o w f a r i n c o m p e t e n t persons c a n b e he lped b y t h e f a r m c o l o n v p l a n . T h e c e l e b r a t e d ' f irst c o l o n i s t ' a t F o r t A m i t y h a d househo ld g o o d s a n d a t e a m , a n d p r e s u m a b l y w a s posses sed of ' f a i r in ­t e l l i g e n c e a n d d e t e r m i n a t i o n . ' T h e f a r m c o l o n y scheme i s a good t h i n g i n i tse l f , b u t i t c a n n o t f a i r l y b e c l a i m e d t h a t i t s o l v e s tho prob lem of p o v e r t v .

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present about se v e n t v-f our lodg ing-h o u s e s i n our v a r i o u s c i t i e s , f u r n i s h i n g b e d s a t t h e ra te of 10 a n d 15 cents a n i g h t . I n i t s appea l s for funds , t h e a r m y s p e a k s of ' l o d g i n g t h o u s a n d s of t h e h o m e l e s s ' a n d most peop le g a i n t h e impress ion t h a t such l o d g i n g s are , i n par t a t l e a s t , a c h a r i t y , a n d t h a t t h e a c c o m m o d a t i o n s furn i shed are m u c h superior t o t h o s e of t h e ord inary cheap lodg ing-house , run for p r i v a t e profit.

F i n d s D e f e c t s i n H o u s e s .

" R e l i a b l e i n f o r m a t i o n f r o m a l a r g e n u m b e r of t y p i c a l A m e r i c a n c i t i e s ind i ­c a t e s t h a t t h e s y s t e m of c h e a p l o d g i n g h o u s e s c o n d u c t e d b y the a r m y h a v e a l l t h e d e f e c t s of t h e poorest o f t h e pri ­v a t e l y o w n e d l o d g i n g houses a n d f e w , i f a n y , a d v a n t a g e s over t h e m . I t i s s igni f icant t h a t r e c e n t l y in an e a s t e r n c i t y a S a l v a t i o n A r m y l o d g i n g house w a s c losed w h e n the local board of h e a l t h ' b e g a n t o enforce t h e s a n i t a r y ordinances , w h i l e f rom w i d e l y s e p a r a t e d c i t i e s come a c c o u n t s of specif ic g l a r i n g e v i l s .

" W h y does t h e a r m y m a i n t a i n t h i s v a s t s y s t e m o f l o d g i n g houses? Pr i ­v a t e l y o w n e d l o d g i n g houses in t h e same ne ighborhoods , p a y i n g t h e s a m e

1 renta l s , h a v i n g t h e same or grea ter cos t of m a i n t e n a n c e , b e t t e r , furn i shed , jus t a s s a n i t a r y , and c h a r g i n g t h e s a m e ra te , are k n o w n to p a y good d i v i d e n d s . W h y d o e s t h e a r m y t a c i t l v represent i t s l o d g ­i n g houses a s a c h a r i t y ? I t does no t exer t a n y moral inf luence o v e r t h e m e n i n i t s l o d g i n g h o u s e s , and c a n c e r t a i n l y d o r e l i g i o u s w o r k a s w e l l or b e t t e r a m o n g those w h o l i v e i n p r i v a t e l y o w n e d l o d g i n g s .

Three Corporat ions .

" P r o b a b l y i t i s not g e n e r a l l y k n o w n t h a t the w o r k o f t h e S a l v a t i o n A r m y i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s i s carr ied on thru t h r e e d i s t i n c t corporat ions . The Sa lva ­t i o n A r m y proper w a s incorporated in t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s i n 1899 as a ' re l ig ious and char i tab le o r g a n i z a t i o n ' b y five of i t s p a i d off ieials b y spec ia l ac t of t h e l eg i s la ture o f N e w York, e x e m p t i n g i t f r o m t a x a t i o n .

" T h e R e l i a n c e T r a d i n g c o m p a n y w a s incorporated in 1902 in N e w J e r s e y , a n d i s au thor i zed t o i s sue cap i ta l s tock t o t h e amount of $300,000. T h i s corpora­t i on o w n s a n d pub l i shes t h e W a r Cry, t h e official g a z e t t e of t h e A r m y i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s ; does t h e p r i n t i n g for t h e v a r i o u s d e p a r t m e n t s of t h e A r m y ; man­u f a c t u r e s f o u n t a i n p e n s , m a k e s uni­forms , b o n n e t s and h a t s for t h e A r m y officers a n d so ld i er s : conduct s an insur­a n c e d e p a r t m e n t ; o w n s t h e three f a r m co lon ie s of the A r m y in t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s ; and carries on other b u s i n e s s enterpr i ses . T h e s tock o f t h e R e l i a n c e T r a d i n g c o m p a n y p a y s d i v i d e n d s a n d i s contro l l ed b y t h e A r m y .

" I n 1903 t h e S a l v a t i o n A r m y I n d u s ­t r i a l H o m e s c o m p a n y w a s incorporated under t h e l a w s of t h e s t a t e of N e w Jer­sey , 8nd n o w o w n s and operates a l a r g e number of indus tr ia l h o m e s a n d lodg ing -h o u s e s i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . T h i s cor­pora t ion i s author ized t o i sue cap i ta l s t o c k t o t h e amount of $500,000. L i k e t h e R e l i a n c e T r a d i n g companj ' , i t i s au­t h o r i z e d t o carrv on m a n y different k i n d s of b u s i n e s for profit.

^ 'This corporat ion o w n s and operates a l l o f t h e S a l v a t i o n A r m v industr ia l h o m e s i n N o r t h A m e r i c a . I t i s s t a t e d on t h e a u t h o r i t v o f B r i g a d i e r Parker , a n off icial of t h e S a l v a t i o n A r m y i n N e w Y o r k c i t y , t h a t t h e common s tock pay^s, ' a t l e a s t 6 p e r c e n t . ' W h e n a s k e d i f i t i s t rue t h a t 12 per cent w a s re­c e i v e d on t h e pre ferred s tock , he re­p l i e d t h a t h e d i d no t t h i n k i t p a i d t h a t much .

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" I t appears t o b e rather diff icult t o find out j u s t w h o c o n s t i t u t e s t h e real board o f directors of t h e S a l v a t i o n Ar­m y I n d u s t r i a l H o m e s c o m p a n y , b u t i t i s probable t h a t a t l eas t s o m e o f t h o s e w h o are a c t i v e l y i n t e r e s t e d i n promot­i n g t h e w o r k o f t h e corporat ion re­c e i v e d personal profit f r o m i t s success ­fu l opera t ion b v v i r t u e of t h e f a c t t h a t t h e y he ld p r e f e r r e d s t o c k i n t h e corpor­at ion .

" T o t h e m i n d s o f m a n y e x p e r i e n c e d char i tab le workers , t h e v a l u e and neces ­s i t y f or t h e a r m y ' s e x t e n s i v e Chr i s tmas d inner w o r k i s more t h a n doubt fu l . One ser ious cr i t i c i sm of t h e a r m y ' s m e t h o d o f g i v i n g Chris tmas d inners t o f a m i l i e s in t h e i r h o m e s i s t h e f a c t t h a t t h e a r m y does not co-operate w i t h o t h e r organ iza t ions , a n d m u c h dupl i ca t ion re­su l t s .

, ' ' T&e a r m y h a s £ i v e n t h e publ i c t h e impress ion t h a t t h e m o n e y co n tr i b u ted t o t h e Chr i s tmas d inner f u n d i s u s e d e x ­c l u s i v e l y for t h a t purpose and for t h e direct re l i e f o f the poor d u r i n g the win ­ter . H o w e v e r , t h e 1904 s t a t e m e n t of t h e Chr i s tmas a n d re l i e f f u n d i n a t y p i c a l c i t y s h o w s t h a t about $1,000 ou t or $2,800 r e c e i v e d w a s e x p e n d e d f o r s u c h i t e m s a s pr in t ing , s t a t i o n e r y , p o s t a g e , expres s charges a n d m a i n t e n a n c e o f de­p a r t m e n t s .

• N o F i n a n c i a l Repor t .

" I t i s e x c e e d i n g l y diff icult t o s ecure s a t i s f a c t o r y i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e financial affairs o f t h e S a l v a t i o n A r m y ,

" T h e ba lance s h e e t a n d s t a t e m e n t o f account s a t n a t i o n a l h e a d q u a r t e r s a t N e w Y o r k c i t y are g o n e o v e r e a c h v e a r b y a certif ied publ ic a c c o u n t a n t , " b u t t h i s o n l y g u a r a n t e e s that t h e f o o t i n g a n d t h e b a l a n c e s are correct .

' ' The b u s i n e s s affairs o f t h e S a l v a t i o n A r m y are r a p i d l y a t t a i n i n g l a r g e pro­por t ions , and t h o s e w h o g i v e f inancial support to t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n c e r t a i n l y h a v e a r i g h t t o e x p e c t c lear f inancial s t a t e m e n t s . "

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Help Worthy Famil ies .

Miss Bel le C. Simmons, manager of the-Women's Work Exchange , 216 Second avenue S, h a s a l imited quantity of chil-drens* made-over garments which she Is prepared to dispose of to worthy fam­ilies a t bargain prices, in exchange for work or cash. The material from which these art ic les of clothing are made has been thoroly cleaned and pressed.

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