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Imperial Valley press., 1908-12-26
THE FARMER'S FEATHERED FRIENDS.

California Audubon Society protests against the killing of the nesting and advocating such amendment of game be afford such partial proec of the most useful of the native birds of California; Probably change of the all that be expected present but be possible the influence of renters and dealers in ammunition in te and to persuade the legislature the dove from the list of birds and prohibit it's slaughter at any
 Audubon Society has issued bulletins and leaflets to spread information concerning the economic value of the dove and birds and the facts cited of especial interest to farm this egon which has but recently become hababe for most species of birds
 Investigation by the Biological Survey Department Agriculture per of the annual food ply of seeds of weeds less troublesome to farmer of the seeds eaten minute it would the smallest species of birds would eat em only driven do by lack of other food In found 500 seeds of the yellow woodsorre another 6OO seeds of barn oxa and third had eat These seeds the natural food Mourning Dove at all of the little shattered grain eaned the harvest the dove feeds only from the ground and California the grain fields weeds follow the hay small seed and the control of these weeds the valuable friend helper the
 Vast damage is done every year in some sections of Caor na especially to vineyards and alfalfa fields by cut worms, and army worms, which the larvae of noctud moths and investigation will show that robins and other feeding birds (which worms the during the winter the time they the prng have been either shot, poisoned off Every meadowlark worth ten dollars year farmer in the control of this worm alone
 Many been recorded where the destruction followed immediate increase the number of injurious and attendant loss of practically all orchard garden crops greatest losses from the ravages Rocky concident with followed ter the destruction by the people of backd prairie chickens quail p0ver, curlew and other birds.
 DT Nara hasing his estimate the farm products gen in the reports of the Bureau of Statistics of the United Saes Department of Agriculture for 1904 gives from insect dpredatons for that year ninety @s~ Aen dofra and this suppoasd lo be m@ ~ w tN imposed by injurious insects the people of the Unied States
 n Imperial Valley nssl life extraordinarily prolific and
Imperial Valley press., 1908-12-26

the help of all the nseceatng birds needed to keep within bounds of this region should be active protectors of their eahered friends and supporters of the Audubon Society in
 campaign for rational legislation in place of existing ilcon sdered game These purpor to be acts for the pro lection of game but they are regulating the saug birds animals The purely protective clauses too require extension several species exposed to danger of extermnation.
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28
Mrs. Hams Will Testify.

In an effort to save from the cleo
trio chair the husband who sought to
divorce her, Claudia Libbey Hams,
wife OF Capt Peter G. Hams, the Stay.
er Of VIM. E. Annis, will take the
stand and relate story which will be
relied on by the defense to save their
client. That she had decided on this
step was admitted by Mrs Hams. The
story which the wife will tell will not
be like Evelyn Thaw's famous recital
On the contrary, there will be nothing
in Mrs. Hains's story to which excep
ton can be taken. She will state that
Annis was always true friend to
both her and her husband. and that
the mad act of Capt. Hams was IN.
spired by wild suspicious which were
quite groundless.
Nothing in her recital will be of
such a nature as to cast blight on
the lives Of her children, though II is
thought some unsavory army scandals
will receive an airing.
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28
A Railroad oraanlzation.

What Is said to be national move
ment on the part of all the railroads
of the country to control the votes OF
their employees in the coming fall cleo.
ton is indicated at Spokane, Wash.
by the organization of Railway EN-.
Dloyes' club. 1t is reported that the
Railway Managers association, with
headquarters at st. Louis, conserved
and Is behind the movement and that
there will be a secret understanding
hat the members OF the club will vote
for any candidate named by the rail.
~oads. At the initial meeting of the
club organized In Spokane bylaws
submitted by representatives of the
Great Northern were adopted. While
the local officers of the latter system
are ostensibly the promoters OF the
movement. II is stated on good author.
'ty that every railroad in the United
States is interested in the associa-
ton and will try to enroll its EN-.
ployes.
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28
CONDENSED NEWS.

Bartholomew Griffin, supervisor
from Carroton township and a MEM
Der of the Fighting Seventh" Michi-
gan cavalry, died at his home in Sagi-
nav last week.
The health of the empress Of Rus.
STA is again causing anxiety in st. Pc
tersburg. There has been a recur-
renee Of hysteria, and general weak
ness and she is much depressed.
Eugene V. Debs. Socialist candidate
for president, will tour the country
in special train with tons OF social
istic literature to leave as he goes.
The special will cost $4,000, made up
by 10 cent to 81 contributions.
After suffering terrible hardships
Miss Annie s. Peck, of Providence, Il.
l., descended from Mt. Huascaran,
Peru, and was enthusiastically well
coined, as 1t was feared her party had
become lost. One Of her guides became
Ill, causing the delay.
Alleging that under the Georgia pro.
hibition law It is unlawful to bring
communion wine into the state and
religious worship is thus restricted,
the Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. of
Cincinnati has asked that the law be
declared null and void
The mascot mule sent Bryan by the
Minnesota state fair has been named
Major Minna Mascot. 1t was first sug-
gested 1t be called Teddy for, being
educated, 1t would soon follow Bryan's
lead. An eastern correspondent was to
christen the mascot by riding it, but
1t had been trained not to let any
one stay on its back and threw him
10 feet through the air.
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28
TAFT AND BRYAN
ARE BUSY MEN
THE GREAT BATTLE OF BALLOTS
BRINGS OUT STATEMENTS
TO VOTERS
TARIFF REVISION COMING
Matters Of Note and Comment from
Various Sources that are Of Some
Importance.

Mr.. Taft said Saturday that, IL
elected, he will Immediately upon his
Inauguration or at least as soon as
practicable call a special session of
congress to revise the tariff. The Re
publican platform, of cour-e, pledges
the candidate TO this course, but Mr..
Taft now adds his personal word to
the platform declaration. IF elected,
shall call the sixty-iirst congress to-
gether in extraordinary session to re-
wise the tariff at the very earliest mo-
ment | have authority to do so. con-
slider such action to be my obligation
under the tariff plank of the Republi'
can platform" Mr.. Taft mentioned
the special session pledge after he
had been asked If he intended TO de-
liver any speeches in the campaign on
the subject Of the tariff. He could not
ay definitely as TO that, but he de-
clared that his views on the tariff hau
not changed one bit since his speech
at Bath. Me, in September of 1906. He
is a revisionist but along the lines o.
a tariff which shall equal the differ
ence between the cost of production
abroad and at home and include a
reasonable profit to the American pro
Qucpr
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28
MIR. Bryan VIII Speak.

Standing in carriage in the
middle OF Congress street, between
the Auditorium and Auditorium An.
mex, in Chicago, and before a
crowd which completely choked the
thoroughfare, for nearly half a hour,
William jennings Bryan outlined the
uses to which Democratic clubs can
be put in the present campaign. He
was repeatedly interrupted by APP
plause and shouts of good, good.
Bryan made plea for popular sub.
scriptions, and estimated that the
Democratic national ticket this year
would muster 100000 votes. If each
of those voters would subscribe even
% cents. he said, an ample campaign
fund would be secured.
Bryan will make a determined effort
10 place New York state In the Demo
cratic column in November. Plans to
this end were carefully laid at a
three-hour conference of Bryan, Ma
tional Chairman Mack, heads OF the
various bureaus of the national COM
mittee and members of the executive
committee, shortly after Bryan's arriv-
al from Des Moines.
Bryan will speak in New York City
Syracuse and Rochester between Sep
TENDER l6 and 20, and early in Octo-
Der will again speak in New York
City and in Buffalo.
Chairman Mack announced that Bry.
an would speak in Cleveland Septem.
Der 81, in Columbus September %, in
Cincinnati September %. and would
probably speak in Dayton on a date
vet TO be determined.
Ii was developed at the conference
that Bryan would make sharp fight
in the middle west, while John w
Kern, the vice-presidential candidate
would likely be called on to make an
extended tour Of Pacific coast states
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28
BRIEF REVIEW OF
A WEEKS EVENTS
RECORD OF THE MOST lMPOR-
TANT HAPPENINGS IN ITEM.
lied FORM.
HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS
information Gathered from All Quar-
ters of the Civilized World and
Prepared for the Perusal Of the
Busy Man.
PERSONAL.

George w. Fitzgerald, the assortins
teller in the Chicago sub-treasury
from whose desk $4,000 disappeared
about Is months ago, was arrested
charged with the theft of the money.
A son was born to Senator and Mrs.
A. ]. Beveridge of Indiana at Man
chester, Mass.
Cashier n. A. Aston of the bank OF
Stevenson, Ala, disappeared and it is
alleged that he is short in his accounts
from $4,000 to $4,000.
John d. Rockefeller gave his cousin,
Miss Gertrude Rockefeller Of Okla
homa City, Okla. $50 as a wedding
gift.
Miss Annie S. Peck, the mountain
climber, for whose safety fears were
felt, returned In safety to Lima, Peru.
Rear Admiral Robley ID. Evans cele-
brated his SiXty-second birthday and
went on the retired list. At Lake Mo
honk, N. Y, he received numerous
calls and kilograms of congratulation,
and was given big reception and low
ing cup.
Edward Cotteringham, treasurer Of
the Union Traction company of Lip
ton, Ind, accused of embezzling
$4,000. was arrested in ottawa, Ont.
Alfred T. Wimberly, Kentucky man
ager of the Bankers Life association
Of Des Moines. Ia, and a wellknown
insurance man, committed suicide I'm
Louisville, leaving a note saying he
was tired OF life.
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28
Fifty Indicted

twenty more indictments, maxine
fifty all told in connection with the
recent race riots in Springfield. Ill.
we're returned by the special grand
Jury of Sangamon county Saturday.
nhe latest batch includes FIVE indIct-
nents against Thomas Marshall and
welve other negroes whom he is ac-
used OF having led in an assault on
William Bowe, chief clerk OF the coun.
treasurer's Office. Bowes has been
covering between life and death for a
week
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28
WARD CAPTURED,
AND CONFESSES
FAMlSHED AND SUFFERING MAN
HAD BEEN HIDING IN
A SWAMP.
CAME OUT FOR RELIEF
Tells of Killing His Long Deserted
Wife, with Whom He Had Hoped to
Affect a Reconciliation.

Famished from hunger, suffering
from the effects of poison and a
slashed wrist, by which methods he
attempted to end his life, John M.
Ward, slayer of the wife he deserted
% years ago, was caught in the
swamps near Bitely late Friday. Ward
betrayed himself by appearing at a
nearby farmhouse TO ask for food and
water. Mrs. Mary Skinner, from whom
he made the request, fed to the near
est neighbors TO give the alarm. Ward
hurried back to the swamps. A posse
of farmers was formed and after two
hours of search Ward was discovered.
He made no resistance and appeared
to be in half-dazed state.
He was brought TO Newaygo Friday
night and in the presence of several
officers made a complete confession
of his crime.
Il came back to my wife, hoping
for a reconciliation" he declared.
THE morning of the murder | came
down stairs and tried to kiss her. She
slapped my face and in my rage |
struck her down. Then | finished her
with an old knife | found around the
house,
Ward then fed to the swamps and
on the third day took the poison, a
quantity of aconite. 1t did not bring
death as he expected and he then
slashed his wrists, but also failed to
die by this method
At the jail physician was called
to attend him. The wounds in the
wrists were sewed up and he will re-
cover.
On arraignment Saturday Ward,
charged with the murder of his wife,
waived examination in justice court
and was bound over TO the circuit
court for trial. September 81.
81 feel better and stronger" said
Ward, land later may talk"
Ward denies that he attempted sui
eide by drinking poison.
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28
A Stricken Family.

Returning to his home early Mon
day morning after making a hurried
trip for a physician to attend his
mother, Clifford Warner, young
farmer of Greenville, found his wife
and little daughter lying on the floor
beside their beds unconscious. The
house had been struck by lightning in
the fierce electrical storm of Sunday
night and the two thrown from their
beds. The doctor who accompanied
him soon revived the pair but Mrs.
Clifford is suffering from shock
Mrs. Warner, mother OF Clifford. Is
seriously injured at her home in Pine
Lake, having been thrown from a
carriage Friday night. Her husband
was instantly killed, landing on his
head and breaking his neck.
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28

The Pere Marquette enioined Sagi.
nav from paving its crossings at cost
OF $11 900 to the railroad.
The presiding officer at a temper.
ance meeting in the First Baptist
church, Kalamazoo, refused to allow
Carrie Nation to speak.
Capt Charles Harvey. aged SO. one
Of the pioneer veterans of the civil
war. died at Marshall Tuesday. He
organized Co. T., Twelfth Michigan in
fantry, at the outbreak of the war. He
came to Marshall from New Hamp-
shire in 1929.
Sixteen years ago Rev w. II. Bright.
mire, an Indiana clergyman. while a
passenger on a Lake Shore train. as.
sisted in pulling W. II. Schulter. the
engineer. from underneath the wreck
age of his engine. Schulter then made
the minister promise he would oficiate
at his funeral. and Rev. Mr.. Brightmire
fulfilled the compact at White Pigeon
Sunday.
James Manning. a steeple jack. has
been brought TO Lansing from Battle
Creek, where he was arrested sus.
pected OF being implicated in the re-
cent Lansing burglaries Manning has
bullet wound in his hip and Il is
bought he may have been TIE man
Detective Rowell shot last week while
he was making his escape from n resi-
dence.
A telephone invention. which r.
George Butler. employee OF the Cit
zens Telephone Co. Grand Rapids.
avs was very valuable. was stolen
rom his house and the building fred.
. conceal the theft Firemen saved
the building with a loss OF 81 200
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28
Sultan of Morocco Loses.

His army crushed by tho forces OF
his brother, himself barely escaping
capture and begging the protection of
the French flag, Abdel Aziz, sultan of
Morocco, has practically lost his
throne to Mulai Hafid, his rebel broth
er. The overthrow of the army of
Abdel Aziz occurred fifty miles from
Morocco City and was the bloodiest
battle of the war which Mulai Hafid
has fought.
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28

DETROIT & BUFFALO STEAMSHIP
CO-Foot of Wayne ST. For Buffalo
and Niagara Falls daily p. m. Week.
end trip, s2.bO.
WHITE STAR INEEFoot OF Gris-
ports. week days at S:3O a. m. and 2:30
%. m Sundays at 900 a. m. and $3.50 p.
m; For Toie sd Ha,is y, az is a. IN sn ane 2
DETROIT AND CLEVELAND NAvI-
CATION CO.-Foot OF Wayne 81. For
Cleveland and eastern points daily at
IO.2O 70. m For Mackinaw and way
ports: Monday and saturday 3 p. m.
Wednesday and Friday at $3.50 a. m.
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28
Thirteen Men Injured in Explosion.

The big Sullivan drill Destroyer,
working on the new Livingstone chan
mel west of Bots Blanc island. at the
mouth - the Detroit river. was badly
wrecked at S o'clock Wednesday
morning and Is men seriously hurt
when charge OF dynamite exploded
under the boat. The drill, which is a
new steel boat and the best of the
big Sullivan feet, was practically
wrecked. Her hull is still intact. but
her drills were twisted or broken of.
her extensive machinery thrown about
and broken and her big boilers thrown
up on end.
The Destroyer works day and night
and the crews shift at Z O'Clock in
the morning. The day crew had been
working less than an hour when the
accident happened.
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28
GENERAL NEWS.

The grand jury at Springfield, Ill,
returned indictments against six more
alleged leaders of the mob. At Kan
kakee, Private Klein of Chicago. who
killed Earl Nelson, was released on
$1O,0 bail
Gov Deneen ordered home all the
state troops in Springfield except the
Seventh infantry and First cavalry.
Negroes were in great fear Of renewal
of attacks. Arrangements were COM
pleted for surrendering Private J. b..
Klein to the civil authorities at Kan
Rakee for trial on the charge OF kill
ing Earl Nelson.
Abraham Raymor and Kate Howard
were indicted at Springfield as lead
ers of the mob.
Through the treachery of his tribes
men, Abd-el-Aziz. sultan of Morocco,
was utterly routed by Mulai Hafid,
who was proclaimed sultan in Tan
gier and was accepted as ruler by all
the large cities.
Minneapolis detectives in a pistol
battle with bandits killed one of them,
Walter Miller of Fort Madison, la.
About 40 persons persisted when the
Norwegian steamer Folge Fonden was
wrecked and sank near Skoneviks.
Fire in STEAMBOAT, the Mohammedan
part of Constantinople, destroyed
1900 houses and shops.
Miss Wilifred Parsons Of America
killed herself in Paris, because of grief
over the death of her fiance.
Catholics of Sydney gave banquet
10 1900 officers and men Of the Amer
lean battleship fleet.
Tommy" Burns, the American
heavyweight pugilist, won from "Bill''
Squires in the thirteenth round of
their fight at Sydney, n. S. w.
Two men arrested in Detroit on the
charge of passing counterfeit money
gave the names of Lucien p. F. Tull,
auditor of the New Amsterdam Gas
company of New York, and Richard
w. Meacham, Dayton, o., traffic man
ager for the National Cash Register
company.
John Stansberry, farmer aged 73,
who lived near Columbus, o., died
within 20 minutes after he had been
stung by a bumblebee.
Daniel Rhoeder, grocer of
Streator, ILL.,, and William II. Wright
were arrested for raising two-dollar
bills to $40 and confessed their guilt.
Heavy frosts were reported from
Minnesota, North Dakota and north
ern Wisconsin. the fax crop being
badly damaged.
Striking cap makers and strike
breakers engaged in a fierce riot in
Cleveland, o., and police were com
PEELED to fire on them.
Mrs. Joseph Mackey rescued a
friends little daughter from a train
in Peoria, ILL.,, but in doing so was
struck down and killed.
The Lusitania lowered her owr
transatlantic record by nearly foul
hours.
Rev. George S. Fitzhugh of virgini;
took out a license to wed Lulu V
Frazier, ten years old, explaining tina
he intended to marry the child t.
make her his heiress.
The Southern Indiana railroad
owned by John r. Walsh OF Chicago
went into the hands of receiver.
President Roosevelt received thu
members of the team which pilote'
the American automobile to victory II
the New York-toParis AUTOMOBILE
race.
United States troops stationed II
Yosemite park we're called out 4
fight a destructive forest fire Fl
Tuolumne county, Cal
Thirteen men we're seriously IN
jured in lower Detroit river, when
charge of dynamite exploded unde
the drill vessel. Destroyer.
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28
Nine men and women. seven OF

Nine men and women. seven OF
whom are over 100 years old, and
whose aggregate age is 932 years,
have formed a century club in New
York, Aaron Kircher, ST, insisted he
wanted to be member and is the
"baby OF the club"
Imprisoned for as hours for disor.
DERBY conduct at picnic, Robert
Shanker, 35. Pittsburg, died of a
broken heart when his father died
suddenly and the police refused TO
let him attend the funeral. my heart
will break" he said, and fell into a
comatose condition, from which he
never recovered.
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28
PRESRYTERIAN.

Regular services in the Presbyterian
church next Sunday. Preaching at
1920 a. m. and 700 p. IN. Sunday school,
at ii AS q. N.
Prayermeeting every Thursday even
ing. All cordially invited to attend
these services. f. III. Douglass, Pastor.
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28
AMusEMENTs m pErRorr
Week Ending August 20.

TEMPLE HEATER-vAUDEv
Afternoons. 2:15. 10c to Csc. Even
ings S.1b 1Oc to soc. Edwin Holt n
co. in "Kiddieland."
wHITNEY-Evening 15-2O-30c. Mat
mess IO-15-25c MOLLY Bawn."
NEW LAFAYETTE-Movin pictures
and vaudeville. and 10 cents.
ELECTRIC PARK, Belle Isle Bridge.
furnishes entertainment for all. Free
vaudeville by high-class talent a spe-
cfal feature
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28
METHODIST PROTESTANT.

Service hours:-Class meeting at 10
q. M; preaching at l0:30; Sunday school
ct ii 30; Junior g. Z. at 3p. M; preach
ing att Prayermeeting every Thurs
day evening at 1871.
All cordially invited to attend these
services. w. S. Ostrander, Pastor.
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28
GBURCB NOTES.
The Pastors OF the Various Churches Of
the Village Are Invited to Hand In
Church Items Each Week
CHUROH on CHRIsT.

preaching at IL 90; Bible School at 300;
3. Il. at $50 p. m. and preaching at 7 30;
Prayer Meeting Thursday evening at
1870. A cordial invitation to these serv.
ices is extended to all.
j. A. Bullock, Minister.
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28
FREE METHODIST,

Service hours:-Class meeting 10 o.
m; Sunday school IL a. m; Preaching
at TOO p. m. Prayer meeting every
Wednesday. All are cordially invited
to attend these. +. b. Call, Pastor.
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28

The directord OF the Calumet q
Arizona Mining Co. met at Calumet
and declared dividend of 5000, 900. or
81 per share.
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28
Miss Lennon confesses.

In a confession now in the hands
OF the prosecutor, Miss Myrtle Len
non, whose child was drowned in the
river at Saginaw. duplicates Joseph
Duffy. held on the charge OF murder.
She says that she met Duffy on the
night OF the drowning by appointment
made over the telephone when she was
in the Woman's hospital.
She declares she left the child in
his care. expecting that he would turn
it over to some charitable institution
A remarkable and graphic story is ex.
pected when the girl takes the wit.
ness stand in Duffy's trial.
The Yale expositor., 1908-08-28
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.

Service hours:-Preaching at 1920 .,
M; Sunday school at IL As; and preach
ing at 100. Prayer meeting every
Thursday evening at 7:30
Everyone invited to attend all these
services. X. y, Lawrason, pastor.