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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06

A Famine and international Relations.
Only memories and few hundred
orphans remain as reminders of the
dreadful famine of year or so ago.
Among the memories is an enhanced
appreciation of Americans and their
religion. The aid so promptly and
generously given during the famine
has affected all Of Japan. In amount
it exceeded the gifts of Japan and all
the rest of the world combined, reach
ing total of 100000. In this region
especially the feeling towards 'the
rice country" - which, curiously
enough, has always been the way the
Japanese write the word America
is warm beyond expression. The gov
ernor of the province, the mayor of
the city, the general in command of
the military forces here, the presiding
judge of the courts, the editor of the
leading newspaper, and many private
citizens assured me in most cordial
terms of the city's gratitude for the
assistance rendered to the famine suf-
ferers.
1t took American enterprise to ava
ken even the Japanese to the serious.
ness of the famine situation. At their
Thanksgiving day service in Sendai
in 1905 the American missionaries
formed the first committee of relief,
for their work throughout the three
affected provinces had made them fa-
miliar with the dreadful conditions.
or the 100000 inhabitants of these
provinces, 100000 were poverty
stricken. When it set out upon its
task of creating international sympa-
thy for the sufferers Zone curious and
unprecedented consequence of which
was the gift OF $4,000 by the dowa-
ger empress of China from her private
purse) this committee added an Eng
llsh teacher and French priest to its
number. 1t was this small body of
seven men which not only touched the
heart of Christendom with Japan's
plea, but even stirred the Japanese
themselves, as the latter avow.
The recognized fact that these lead
.ers in famine relief-a work which,
learn, was carried on in most busi.
nesslike fashion, and in closest CO.
operation with the Japanese officials
were Christian missionaries, that an
American religious newspaper, The
Christian Herald, was in the forefront
of the contributing agencies, and that
great quantities Of rice, especially
that given by the German Reformed
churches, came in Christian sympa
thy bags. could not fail to make 9
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06
Ot tighten your taxes or in any

does not tighten your taxes or in any
way hold the value of your property.
Because: The mail order merchant
does nothing for the benefit of mar.
kets or real estate values.
Because: If your town is good
enough to live in it is good enough to
spend money in.-Gov. Folk of Mis-
souri,.
Because: The best citizens in your
community patronize home industry.
Why not be one of the best citizens?
Because: II you give your home
merchant an opportunity to compete,
by bringing your order to him in the
quantities you buy out of town, he will
demonstrate that, quality considered,
he will save you money.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06
Copyright, by Joseph B. BOwles.p

Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles)
Sendai, Japan.-Although made tam'
Gus by a famine, Sendai is now the
center of record rice crop. From
condition of hunger and distress that
called forth more than 100000 from
warm-hearted Americans, this region
has now passed into period of rare
prosperity. The rice crops are 20 per
cent. above the average.
Even to the unfamiliar eye of
traveller passing through the country
the miles upon miles of rice fields, in
tull ear, present an appearance of
plenty and prosperity. The rice plots,
each little bigger than a farmers Yege-
table patch from a western viewpoint,
are surrounded and crossed by strings
and ropes containing twists of paper,
bits of metal charms, and even tufts
Of hair, This is to scare away the
birds and the evil spirits. The Japa-
neSe farmer hereabouts has his own
version of Trust in God and keep
your powder dry" for there we're
more rice gods sold in the shops
of Sendai during the past year than
in any other season within memory,
the peasant feeling that the famine
was his punishment for having been
neglectful of the little fat image of
this particular deity. So, putting up
the god in his home, and placing
charms in his field, he worked like
beaver over the crop, and then set
some member of his family to playing
scarecrow to keep the birds from the
ripening grain. All over the country
side may be seen boys, girls, or old
men, ready to shake the strings to
frighten off the feathered enemies.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06
INDEPENDENT MEN WIN VICTORY.
Buckeye, Co. Declared "a Be Cant
mon Carrier.

Findlay, OI-The' Circuit court uuan-
imously decided that the Buckeye Oil
Co, a Standard subsidiary concern,
was organized under the corporate
laws of Ohio and that as such it must
carry all oil offered it by the Inde-
pendent producers, at fair, rempnera-
tive rate.
The decision is considered a great
victory by the independent producers.
The suit in mandamus was brought
by Wade H Ellis, Attorney General OF
Ohio.
The Circuit court also reversed the
Common Pleas court, and declared that
the Probate court had jurisdiction in
the case of the Standard Oil Co.,
wherein a fine of $4,000 was assessed
against the offending corporation.
The fact that the decisions were in
favor OF the state was especially pleas
ing to Orla f, Harrison, of the Attor-
ney Generals office, as Mr. Harrison
has had the cases. I'M charge fer the
state.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06
Poison BY Mail.

Columbus, O.-The' federaf atrtirori-
ties are investigating the complaint OF
Mrs. Rebecca MeyersmiIler, of Mt
Vernon avenues, who since her return
here after a years residence in Ma
rion, has been annoyed by a myster!-
Gus correspondent. Candy receive, by
mail was analyzed and found to con-
tain poison. She sent for some cloth
ing from Marion, but it was follI,d to
have been maliciously cut to pieces.
Detectives claim to have clew to the.
WOman'S enemy
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06
cIeveIand Climate pisaureeapIe.

Cleveland, O.-Mortimer J. Law
renee, the millionaire publisher of the
Ohio Farmer, has just returned from
a trip around the world in his private
yacht. He has now crossed the Allan
tic over a score of times, the Pacific
seven times and visited every country
Of any Importance on the globe. He
said that he would erect a fine home
in Washington and move there, as the
climate of Cleveland does not agree
with him.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06
Horse whirIed, KiIiina Woman.

Dayton, O.-When driving with her
husband and sister on the Dayton and
Eastern pike, Mrs. Orville Anderson
was thrown from the carriage, sustain
ing a fractured skull, from which she
died within an. hour Her husband and
sister were slightly bruised. The
horse had become frightened and
whirled about, overturning the vehicle.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06
Soldier Convict Granted Freedom,

Columbus, Os-The Memorial day
pardon, goes appropriately this year to
an old soldier. Charles E. Fowler, of
for assault upon his own daughter. He
has always denied his guilt. He will
go to Sharpsville, Pa, to live with one
Of his sons, who is a locomotive en-
gineer. and we'll to do
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06
Cruel Joke Fatal,

Columbus. O.-Andrew Krumps, "A,
an employe at the Ralston car works,
is dying from injuries received in a
horrible practical joke porpetrated
upon him by his fellow-employes. BY
inserting tube from compressed air
tank, his alimentary canal was terribly
torn. Arrests will probably be made.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06
Robbed of $500,

SteubenvfTle, O.-Miss Emma Baker,
Of this city, declares that she was
robbed of $500 by Prof" Kirk, a clair
voyant She says he persuaded her to
draw the money and let him take
charge Of it. He left her waiting in
his office and departed from the city.
1t is charged.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06
owner of Many Groceries Fails.

Cincinnati, O.-George j. Brill, own
er of one wholesale and IA retail gro
ceries in Hamilton county, went into
voluntary bankruptcy. The schedules
show assets of $1O6,936 and liabilities
$S2,254. His attorney asked United
States Judge Thompson to appoint
receiver to close out the business.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06

Columbus, O.-While carrying a gas
Oline lamp to an incubator, Mrs, Ber-
della Krause received burns. caused
by an explosion of the fluid, from
which she died. Her aged mother was
badly burned in an attempt to extin-
glriSh the flames.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06
Murderer Convicted.

Cleveland, GA verdict of: murder
I'm the first degree was returnedl by the
Jury in the case of John Saloy,. charged
with numbering his sweetheart Varia
Vargo, IS. The jury did not recon-
mend clemency, and Saloy will be sem
fenced to the electric chair.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06
Can't Apply Test.

Dayton, 0-The Common Pleas
court permanently en1oined the State
Live Stock commission from applying
the Mallein test to horses not exposed
to glanders. The state veterinarians
are scored for alleged incompetency in
the sotcal1ed epidemic OF the disease
here
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06
sunared Anricot Plush.

A startling apparition in apricot
plush trousers was observed the other
day. The owner was not so sure that
he had scored when on his return to
his world famous college he found his
weight increased by at least two
pounds of powdered sugar
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06
Pursued From Germany.

Cleveland, O.-Search for an alleged
murderer, lasting is months, ended
here in the arrest of Franz Just. Chief.
Kohler says the authorities Of Duidig,
Rherish Province, Germany, have or
dered him to hold the man for the
murder of his wife. The prisoner de.
mics the charge
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06

Findlay, O.-The postal clerks of
Ohio adjourned their convention here
and elected the following officers:
President, c.. J. Roberts, Findlay; Sec
retary, w. c.. Edwards, Van Vert. A
vote of thanks was given to the con-
gressmen for their work in securing, a.,
raise, in salaries.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06

and selling, buying and selling.
Seems like nothing stays in the store.
Have hired two more clerks, and
they're everlastingly telling me we're
out of this, that or the other thing.
found that telling the people what
you've got and what you are willing
to sell them for pays. I've paid off
that mortgage that's been hanging
over us for the last ten years, and
gave $100 to the new church building
besides, and it's advertising that
did it.
You'll stay over Sunday, won't
you? I've got to get to the store
now"
Zones ordered new delivery
wagon this morning, Jane. Said
since the folks around here had
started to trade at home and quit
sending so much money to the mail
order houses he simply had to have it.
You can have what I make on that
wagon to get that new dress with that
you've been wanting. Wish you'd
buy it of Jones though for he always
trades with me-"
"Yes, sir, I figure I'm ahead little
more than the freight on that buggy,
besides getting better buggy than
you got. l intended to send away for
mine, too, like you did, but | saw
Browns advertisement telling the
kind of buggy he had and the price,
and | concluded I'd look at it first.
He's making better prices than the
catalogue fellows, and he's paying the
freight besides. | figure that l saved
Just about enough on that buggy to
pay the doctors bill for Molly's sick
ness, and then, besides, Brown or
dered his hay of me, and he's paying
good price for it, too"
"Now, my dear, you may engage
Miss Herman to give Princess music
lessons for the wave of prosperity in
| the community has struck the minis
| ing they voted me raise in salary for
the coming year. In a talk made by
Brother Jones he explained that this
was possible because the people were
keeping their money at home rather
than sending it to the catalogue houses
of the cities. Brother Frank (the post
MASTERY explained that the money or
der business of his office had dropped
to almost nothing within the past six
months. He said that less than year
ago he was handling more than $1,000
each month in the shape of money or.
ders, and that noy the total is not one
fourth of that. understand that they
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06
care Old etorv

GAINESVILLE, O.-Mrs. Jacob Haren,
who lived near Woodsfield, used coal
Oil with which to kindle fire. Her
clothing was ignited and she ran from
the house into field where her hus-
band was working and fell dead at his
foot
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06
"Wets" Well Backed.

Ashland, O.-The 'wets" filed their
petition for an election under the Beal
law. 1t contained S39 signatures,
which is 10 more than is necessary,
and just one-half the total vote cast
at the last municipal election.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06
Rin Strike Threatened.

Cleveland, O.-The probability Of
strike Of the employees Of every blast
furnace in the Mahoning and Shenan-
go Valleys was announced to Cleve-
land ore men. The stock managers
decided to refuse the demands of the
union for s hours and an increase Of
pay.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06

Sandpsky, O.-Mysterious confer
ences held by ice men of Ohio, Indiana
and Michigan were explained when it
was announced that the Interstate Ice
Co. had increased its capital stock to
100000, to take over small concerns
in the states mentioned.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06
viii Keen Dry.

Wapakoneta, O.-The village Of
Waynesfield, seven miles east of here,
voted to continue q dry town, having
been so for the past two years. The
vote stood lat to 4S.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06
Poisoned the Pasture.

Tiffin, O.-Unknown enemies Of
Adam Goetz spread large quantity of
paris green in his pasture lot. Seven
head of cattle ate the poison and were
found dead
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-06
Her Father Accused.

Bellefontaine, O.-Frank johnson, a
middle-aged man of this city, was er-
rested on charge OF having crinti-
nally assaulted his 12'year-old dangh-
ter. He is In 1ail.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-08-03

Mulvey would sec the point and gov
ern themselves accordingly. He had
delayed the Utah Light and Railway
franchise, that Mr.. Williams, the at
torney OF the company, might be
humbled, and made to feel and know
the greatness of himself and Ponder
osity Black, and to impress upon him
the necessity of seeing them and 9TH
ers whose names it was not neces-
sary to mention But they would
understand, of course, it delayed some
what the fixing up of the tracks ana
the contemplated improvements 20 be
made before winter. "But gentlemen,
our dignity, our dignity we much
and ever will maintain"
A committee was appointed to in
quire into the alarming rumor that
Mr. Kearns was hard up and was
going to move to Santa Rosa Black
wanted to know what part of Mexico
Santa Rosa was in HOLIDAY sug-
gested it was in Alaska, but Martin
stopped the discussion by informing
them it was a suburb of Guam, where
the rubber mines were.
Adjourned till next week.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-08-03
PROSPERITY.

If The Mars Daily journal" should
commission us to report for it the
trend of the times upon this earth
we should note with emphasis, as a
sign that things with men, the extent
to which the advertising pages of
this and other papers are occupied by
Mr.. Keiths announcement of plans
for the houses that cost $4,000, Mr.
loves description of the virtues of
his house paint, Mr.. Glidden's Jap-a-
lac, and the other articles which en-
ter into the construction, adornment
or furnishing of homes. How many
magazines, like "The Twentieth Cen
fury Home" Homes and Gardens"
Suburban Life" and the kind have
sprung up within the last few years,
and how they seem to thrive! Not
without shrewd certainty that he
meets broad demand does Mr.. Box
fill his pages from month to month
with minute directions How to Build
Bungalow for $I,5oo" There must
be vast amount of prosperity in
this country, and the trusts must b.
missing a good deal of it which goes
to men who are building $4,000 hous-
es and planting gardens of their OWL
There are few sounder elements of
happiness possible to man than to
water his own lawn with his own for
ty feet of hose. To such satisfac-
ton as is afforded by the reflection
that this sort of comfort is increas-
ingly common in the United States,
it is not necessary to add what
thoughts may be appropriate to the
official report from an American con-
sui in Saxony that the butcher shops
and markets of Germany last year
disposed of 1000 dogs and $4,000
horses.-Collier's
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-08-03
BATTLESHIPS IN TWO OCEANS

While most of he blame for the
mischievious talk of war between ia
pan and the United States, says Col
lier's Weekly, rests upon those ia
panese politicians and newspapers who
magnify trivial causes of irritation for
partizan effect, there is one Ameri-
can paper that has been doing per-
nicious work in that line. The New
York Herald" has been carrying on
a persistent agitation for the transfer
of the battleships of the Atlantic
Fleet to the Pacific Ocean. 1t hap
pens that this has conceded with
plans long under consideration in the
Navy Department-pIan not pre-
pared, however, with immediate ref.
erence to the Japanese situation, but
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-08-03
TRUTH

course, merely an isolated example
of depravity. No sort of ethical ap-
peal can reach them. But how about
that Order, whose agents they were,
and which paid them $4,000 for ,he
teeth to use as ornaments and insig-
MIA? The Grand Exalted Ruler Of
that order has advised its members
to discontinue the use of emblems
that involve not only violation Of
law but an outrage against sentiment
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-08-03
THE NEW DIRECTORY.

When one first sees the new Salt
Lake City directory just issued from
the press by r. L. Polk & Co., he is
Immediately struck by the increase
in the size of the book. 1t appears
to be about one-fourth larger than
the directory of the previous year.
As both were compiled on the same
plan, the leading feature being ac.
curacy the conclusion is forced upon
the observer that the population must
have increased in proportion to the
increase in the size of the directory.
Hot air sheets and people estimate
the population of Salt Lake and SUI
great by about 10000, but it was the
same way last year and the year be-
fore and the year before that indefi-
nitely. One thing however stands
out prominently; that is that Salt
Lake in the past year added more
than $4,000 souls to its population.
But to return to the directory. 1t is
a most creditable volume through
out. 1t is well printed, handsomely
bound and judging from some sim
pie tests we have made is exceed
ingly accurate and that is the main
thing in directory. OF course Man
ager Cooper can't make people reside
where they are now, he can't keep
them from changing their addresses
and their businesses, but at this time
the new Salt Lake City directory is
a remarkably correct annuaire al
manac of which Didot Bottom him
self might be proud Besides the
names and addresses there is a well
written and comprehensive historical
sketch of the city, lists of civic, coun-
ty and state offices, churches, clubs,
fraternal societies and a vast amour.
of other information which makes
the book indispensable to the count
ing room, factory or home,
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-08-03

For killing 1000 elk, Golfers says
two men were found guilty and fined
in the Federal Court in Pocatello
Idaho. One of them, when arrested,
was carrying a bag containing 275
elk teeth, and had recently sold as
many more. His forefnger was cal
loused from pulling the trigger. The
carcasses of the dead. elk were al
lowed to rot after the teeth were
pulled. AS to these men, this is, of
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-08-03

in accordance with long-growing
belief that our interests in the Pacific
were as much entitled to our atten-
ton as those in the Atlantic But
the Herald" was not satisfied with
the intimation that sixteen battleships
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-08-03
GAS IN TWO CITIES.

Boston and New York are illustrat-
ing two kinds of relationships be-
tween public service corporations and
the people. In New York the Con-
soldated Gas Company stands in
position of square hostility to the pub
lie. 1t charges as much as it can,
and every reduction in rates is
matter of brute legal force The COM
pany submits when it thinks there is
nothing else to be done, but if it sees
possible chance of escape it fights
the cut in the courts Just now it is
fighting a law reducing its charges
from dollar to eighty cents per
thousand feet on the ground that to
compel it to furnish gas at such a
price would be depriving it of its pro-
perty without due process of law. 1t
maintains that eighty cents would not
pay interest on its investment, and
it has succeeded in convincing a Mas
ter i'll Chancery appointed by Uuit-
ed States Circuit Court that this con-
tention is sound. According to his
calculations such a rate would allow
the company only 2.S per cent profit
on its capital, including the value of
its franchises and goodwill or SO
per cent on its investment with those
items excluded.
At the very time when the Maste-
was presenting an exhaustive report
showing by a wealth of figures that
an eighty cent rate would mean con-
fiscation, the Boston Consolidated
Gas Company was voluntarily reduc-
ing its charges to that figure, and at
the same time preparing to increase
its dividends from eight to nine per
cent. This was the fourth ive-cent
reduction since the consolidation of
the Boston companies two years be-
fore. In Boston the people and the
gas company are not enemies, but
partners. The law makes it an OBJ
ject to the corporation to manage its
business economically and to treat its
customers well. 1t is allowed to
charge ninety cents per thousand feet.
and to pay dividends of seven per
cent at that price. If it wants to pay
eight per cent dividends it must sell
gas at eightyfve cents. That is
what it has been doing recently.
For every increase OF one per cent
in the dividends it must cut five cents
from the price. Thus it it estopped
from saying in court that low rates
mean confscation. Low rates and
high dividends go together. No doubt
in time the company will find it feas-
IDLE to pay ten per cent dividends
with seventy-fve cent gas, while its
New York namesake is finding Fed
eral courts to believe its pathetic plea
that eighty-cent gas means bankrupt
=
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-08-03
ECZEMA and PILE CURE FREE

Knowing what il is to suffer, will give FREE OF
CHARGE, to any afflicted positive cure for
Eczema, Salt Rheum. Erysipeas, Piles and Skin
Diseases. Instant relief. Don't suffer longer.
Write F. w. WILLIAMS, 400 Manhattan Avenue
New York. Enclose Stamp
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-08-03

DIR. BROADBENT'S
Der.al Office moved from Eagle Blk.
5oo-5oI Scott Building, 1853 Main,
Over Kings Hardware Store.