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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-12-01

should not the government. as a land
owner Zeal directly with, the pro
duoer rather than though the in
prevention OF a middleman to whom
title to the lanu has passed.
Amy ideal or practictl law must
further recognize the fact that tho
actual discovery involves heavy ex-
peniiture and Considerable time.
and that the prospec,or must be ade-
quately protected I'm Ills investment
before a we'll as litter the discovers
Is made. Tho area TO which he is
given a preferred right must there
fore be sufficiently large TO justify.
his initial heavy Investment aud i'm
such compact shape rs TO protect HIS
III covery ,rom cncroochmcut by
DIR utng on subsequent entries.
"A Well considered leasing law
will give certain incidental advan-
tages 70 eroa, Importance both TO
the government ana 10 tho on op-
orator II VIII constitute tho most
means for 'hc conservation
or the OH ana sas 10 ouue,s 1f the
country hy enabling thc government
TO regulate developments So ass to
prevent mich Of the criminal waste
now prevalent
Under the present system the
owner OF a twenty acre placer claim
Is compelled to drill and pump the
OIL from his ana with all pos BILE
'pecd, regardless OF transportation
facilities or market. for otherwise
his competitors ON adion ng claims
viii take a large sharrc OF it away
from him I'm the resulting reverish
eN ploitatiOn In half dozen or moro
wells may be drilled mhel one
would have secured the same amount
Of ola serious economic waste 10
lh,H nation ana heavy tax ON the
ultimate consumer. Also. miro
st'ictcd drilling by carelc or ig-
porant operators may rim a valuable
field by admitting water to tho oil
sa I'd from higher or lower water
be nrng stratum May examples of
criminal waste resulting from the
exploitation of oil fields
might be cited.
The government is not only the
largest owner OF oil lands. but Il
is likely TO be the argest consumer.
Tire six largest battleships in com
mission or under constitution I'm
the American navy are equipped for
thf use of either oil or coal. and the
fourteen largest destroyers use oil
exclusively. The question Of fuel
supply for these vessels g. certain
TO become an exceedingly important
ON" in the near future, and the law
should provide "A means of perpe-
mating supply for this certain fu-
ture need
The fact is gaining recognition
that the natural re ources remain
'ne in the possession of the govern
m ent are the heritage of the whole
people, and the idea that they should
b~ economically utilized for the gen
eral good rather than exploited for
tn" enrichment OF few i1Iivlduals
Us rapidly crystallizing INTO public
opinion The enactment by con-
gross law providing for he
Leasing of oil lands VIII be "a
logical ana much needed action in
the governments management Of T.,
great petroleum property"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-12-01

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-29

shock to the family, owing to the age
of the bride. who Is not eighteen. The
groom Is twenty-0ne. Lieut.. Hidalgo
has been In this country four years pur-
suing a course in languages and engineer
ing.
The elopement comes as a sequel to
another pan-American romance. in which
Lieut.. Hidaigo's brother. Senior Julio Hi
dalgo and Miss Alice White, sister of
the ieutenant's bride, figured. Senior
Julio and the elder Miss White were
welded at st. ignatius' Church. Baiti
more. last May. after q romantic court
ship. and are now living in Guayaquil,
where Senior Hidalgo Is a prominent at
torney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-29
Building Permits Issued.

The following building permits were is
sued today:
To r. l.. Lewis. for three two-story
brick dwellings from 169 to 173 Adams
street northwest; architect. l.. T. VIII
liams; builder, T. L. Lewis; estimated
cost. $1,000.
To r. l.. Lewis for three two-story
brick dwellings from 10 to ia Bryant
liams; builder. 7. L. Lewis; estimated
cost $1,000.
To c. w. Williams. for one two-story
brick dwelling at sol Webster street
northwest; architect, L. r. Williams;
builder. c. w. Williams; estimated cost,
$1,000
To Philip Young, for three three story
brick dwellings from 2511 to 2515 Wiscon-
sin avenue northwest: architect, Claugh-
ton West; builder. Richard Ough & Son;
estimated cost. s13.4a2
To s. c. Mcdowell. for one two-story
brick stable on Q street between list
street and lexington place northeast !;
architect. A. B. Mullett & Co: builder.
s. c. Mcdowell: estimated cost, $4,000
To c. A. Snow, for one two-story brick
dwelling at 424 nth street northeast;
architect, A. II. Beers; builder, NJ. II.
Herriman: estimated cost. 5000.
To Charles II. Tribbey. for four two
Olive street northwest: architect. A. II.
Beers: builder, L. H. Emmert: estimated
cost 5000.
To Ales Herdlicka. to repair dwelling
on southeast corner Tflden and 18th
streets northwest: architect and builder,
Walter Langstroth; estimated cost. S.
COO.
To Daniel LOughran, to repair theater
at 434 9th street northwest; architect, c.
E. Webb; estimated cost, $1,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-29
SEEKS INHERITANCE FOR CHILD
MOTHER WOULD BREAK WILL
OF GRANDMOTHER.
r. M. Parker Appointed Guardian
Of Anna w. Todd in Effort to Get
More Of 100000 Estate.

Justice Barnard in the Probate Court
today appointed Attorney Richard NJ.
Parker guardian of the estate Of three
year-old Annie Wilson Todd, a grand
daughter of Mrs. Sarah A. Todd Of Car
isle, Pa. who died there last Friday.
Mrs. Todd. who was eighty-seven years
old. left will dated November 6. 1905
the interest on $4,000 during minority.
The estate left by the grandmother is
valued at 100000.
The validity Of the will has been at
tackled.
The circumstances of the case are re-
ported to be somewhat similar to the
famous Cotton will contest, in which, on
behalf of eight-year-old Helen Sacher. her
father q Partisan banker, disputed the
will Of the childs great grandmother and
secured a satisfactory settlement, al
though by the terms of the will the child
had been left only a few thousands.
The petition asking the appointment of
Mr.. Parker Is filed by Mrs. Mary Stella
Todd, the child's mother. and widow of
Walter Holroyd Todd, son Of the de-
ceased.
The younger Mrs. Todd advises the
court Of the terms of the will Of her
baby's grandmother and of caveats which
has have been filed in Pennsylvania by
Lemuel Todd, a grandson. on the ground
that the decedent was not capable of eX-
ecuting a valid will and that she had been
subjected to undue influence.
Should the will be set aside. the little
girl, 1t is stated, will be entitled to 500, =
600, a fourth interest In the entire estate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-29
PET BULLDOGS INJURE BOY.
Thought Game Was Assault Upon
Their Little Master.

NEW YORK, October 29.-Two English
bulldogs. pets in the home OF Mrs. Grace
Jeanette. No 1853 Webster avenue. the
Bronx. attacked Milton Wyman. the next
door playmate Of the three Jeanette
children. yesterday. and nearly killed the
child before policeman beat them off.
Mrs. Jeanette had gone shopp ng.
leaving the children and Milton at play
in the kitchen. They began a game OF
tag. and when Milton was it he chased
nne-year-old Alfred Jeanette about tine
room and finally tagged him.
The dogs seemed to take this for an
attack upon their little master, and
pcEnced upon Milton. Screaming, he
went down. and the animals tore at h m
until his clothing was in shreds and his
face. body, legs and arms terribly bitten.
They followed the child into the hall and
to the vesfibule, still biting at him.
Neighbors heard the screams of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-29
GOMpERS TO FIGHT TO END
TO APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT
IN CONTEMPT CASE.
Then to Public opinion-Predicts
Victory for Free Speech
Ultimately.

Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and
Frank Morrison Of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, sentenced by Justice
Wright to jail terms OF twelve, nine and
six months, respectively, for contempt OF
the now famous injunction proceedings
of the Buck Stove and Range Company
of st. Louis, will take an appeal to the
United States Supreme Court in the
event the District Court of Appeals sus-
tains the action of the court which i'm
posed sentence upon them
President Gompers, in an editorial In
the November issue Of the American Fed
erationist, makes clear the attitude of
himself and his co-defendants, and what
course will be pursued following an ad-
verse decision Of the Appellate Court
Whatever the decision of the Court OF
Appeals may be- he asserts, 1T Must
ultimately lead to victory for labor, and
a victory for labor will mean a victory
for all the people. Should the court sus-
tain the appeal and annul the sentences.
1t will maintain beyond question the right
of free speech and free press.
eff it should sustain the decision of
Justice Wright, it will simply mean that
an appeal must be taken to the highest
court in the lapd to obtain a final de-
termining word as to the judicial concept
of existing constitutional guarantees"
Even should the highest judicial tribu-
nal of our country fail to maintain the
right Of free speech and free press, there
Is still a higher court-the court of public
opinion"
Mr. Gompers intimates that the prin-
ciple for which he and his followers are
fighting would be defeated should the
appellate court merely reduce the punish
ment imposed by Justice Wright.
The imposition Of a fine of one cent
or of Imprisonment for an hour for the
utterance Of conscientious belief and the
faith that Is within us is a denial Of free
speech and free press.
I'VE hold that it is not within the
province of court of any jurisdiction
to enjoin in advance and thus prevent
freedom of utterance orally or in print
To hold otherwise is the establishment
Of censorship, the abridgment. the de-
NAL of freedom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-29
HELD FOR woMAN's DEATH.
Coroner's Jury Passes Upon Alberta
Briscoe's Fatal Injury.

An inquest was held at the morsue this
morning to pass upon the death Of AL
berta Briscoe. colored. who died at the
Emergency Hospital. Wednesday night, 1t
Is alleged, from the effects of an injury
inflicted by Robert Andrews, also colored.
Witnesses told the jury that Andrews
entered the house, No. 1910 c street. one
night about a week ago, and exhibited
an injury to his eye. He had been IN
a row on the street and had been cut.
Alberta Briscoe, they stated, laughed at
him and he struck her.
Not much attention was paid to the in
jury that night. but later the woman
and receive treatment. The autopsy
showed she suffered from cerebral hemor-
rhage Andrews was committed to jail
to await the action Of the grand jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-29
Racing on Two Tracks.

PIMLICO, Md, October 29.-First race.
six furlongs: purse, $500-Scarpia, 11o
(NicoD, to j. to and out, won:
Sotemia, 1O7 Davenport. IL to 1. 4 to 1
and to ). second; Hedge Rose. 1O7
(McCabe). 30 to !, to l and 3 to l. third.
Time. la 40. Rosshampton, Nancy
Pansy and Majestic also ran German
Silver fell.
AQUEDUCT, ~. Y. October 29-First
race. six and half furlongs; $500 added
HOFFMAN, 80 (Garner). 10 to l, TO I and
out. won; Bosom. 105 (RutwelD, II to <.
to and out. second; Rose Queen. rs
lMartin), to 10, l to ) and out, third
Time. 1.20 3-5. Angelus also ran.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-29
START IN FACE OF WIND.
Army Pupils of Wright Make a
Short Flight Today.

Eager to continue their practice in the
navigation of the air during the absence
of Wilbur Wright. their instructor, Lieuts.
Lahm and Humphreys had the govern
ments aeroplane brought out on the
aviation field today shortly before
o'clock and although considerable breeze
was stirring made an ascension.
Starting in the face of the wind the
aeroplane rose before 1t had reached the
end of the track. 1t started Off across
the field at a brisk speed. but when 1t be-
came necessary to make a turn the lieu
tenants concluded not to risk it in the
strong wind and made a landing. The
wind increasing, the machine was safely
housed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-29
Train Kills venison for Sick.

RIDGEFIELD. Conn, October OBJ
cause OF an accident on the branch line
Of the New York. New Haven and Hart
ford railroad lastn night the patients In
The Danbury Hospital yesterday had ven
son Their bill Of fare.
AS the train which leaves Ridgefield at
- pm. on It's way to Branchvilie
4 herd Of four deer ran across the track
rLree cot over safely. The fourth, a
ma snificent buck. with two-foot spread
IF antlers and weighing 80 pounds. was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-29

It pays to read the want columns Of
The Star. Hundreds Of situations are filed
through them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-29
ECUADORAN WINS BRIDE.
Miss Edith White Of Annapolis Goes
to Baltimore to Wed.

BALTIMORE, Md, October D.-I4ieut.
Angel Carlos Hidalgo, an Ecuadoran stu
dent. residing in Annapolis. and Miss
Edith White, daughter Of Mr.. Francis o.
White of that city, surprised their friends
yesterday afternoon by coming to this
city and getting married.
The lieutenant had been paying atten-
ton to his bride for more than three
years. but the brides family did not think
serious OF their friendship. The
telegram announcing the wedding was q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-29

LONDON. October %. - A score of
miners were killed by an explosion In the
Rhymney Iron Company's colliery in
Glamorganshire, Wales. today. Mana
yer Bowen and two companions. who at
tempted rescue, were themselves over
come by the afterdamp and persisted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-29
children. and ran to the house wit

children, and ran to the house with
Policeman Murray, who beat the dogs off
and then carried the little victim to a
drug store. where he was treated until u
Fordham Hospital ambulance arrived.
The ch,ld's mother ran to the house
with neighbors. and became almost fran
tic when she saw her sons condition.
When Mrs. Jeanette returned and heard
what had happened she nearly cola psed
The child is IN a serious condition. The
health department will examine the dogs,
although il IS not believed that they have
rabies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-29
Rain May Come Monday.

The rainstorm which swept over the
Pacific coast yesterday. giving that sec
ton it's first precipitation OF the season.
is central today over the Rocky noun
tains, according to advices received at
the weathe- bureau. 1t is not expected to
reach this section until Monday. In the
meantime todays conditions will be oou-
tinued tomorrow and SUNDAY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-29
PLAN TO BUY BlUEMONT LINE
VIRGINIA CAPITALISTS HAVE
MOVEMENT UNDER WAY.
Effort Being Made to Acquire South
ern Railway Division-To OPP
crate With Improved Service.

! movement has been started to buy
| the Bluemont division of the Southern
| railway and to operate it with an i'm
proved service and an addition of facili-
! ties which are calculated to be of benefit
| to the section of the country through
which it passes.
An effort is now being made to raise the
money. and plans for forming corpora
ton are being discussed. In the event the
| funds are obtained and an agreement can
| be reached with the owners of the prop
erty, then the road will he taken over
by the corporation which is to be formed
for that purpose. and will represent. OF
course, those who have furnished the
money.
| E. B. White the president of the Peo-
. pies National Bank of Leesburg. and
Robert n. Walker, the vice president of
| the bank, are taking an active interest
| in this movement One of the suggestions
| is that by the use of gasoline engines
| twO-hour service can be maintained be-
tween this city and Bluemont. the Vir
| gnia terminus of the line, a distan,e of
about fifty miles.
| Suburban Growth the Factor.
1t is also thought that possibly the ter
NINA arrangements in this city can be
improved by using from Alexandria the
IEdCkS OF the Mount vernon electTlc TOdO
and its terminal in this city at Pennsyl-
vania avenue and 10Th street in place OF
the steam road terminal from the south,
which ends either at the station at Ith
street southwest or else at the Union
station.
The suburban OWth of Washington Is
said to be largely responsible fo, sie vari-
Gus efforts in the past that have been
made to bring about better facilities
Residents of this city, who own bones
along the Bluemont line, as we'll the
resident owners of property there, believe
now, as they have for some years past
that a better service will add to the COM
fort of those who spend their summers
there and also attract more people and
enhance the value of property both for
farming and resident purposes.
Looking for the Cash.
Those who are fostering the present eff
fort want, in the first place. to get the
money, and when that is obtained they
will be able to take up the problems that
surround the matter of the transfer of
the property on the part of the Southern
Railway Company.
Vice President Fairfax Harrison of the
Southern railway, when asked about the
proposed purchase of the Bluemont d.
vision, said the first inkling the officials
OF the Southern had about the matter
was the newspaper accounts. 1T may
be- he added, that the parties named
are getting together resources and may
make a proposition to our company, but
as yet no such proposal has been made"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-29
To Attend Buchanan Funeral.

William c. Dennis. assistant solicitor of
the Department of State. has been desig-
mated to represent the State Department
at the funeral OF William l. Buchanan at
Buffalo next Sunday afternoon. Mr.. Den
mis- was to have been Mr.. Buchanan's col
league I'm the arbitration Of the Orinoco
Steamship Company case at The hague.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-29
struck by the engine as he was in the

He was thrown twenty-five feet from
the track and killed. The carcass was
brought here and then sent to the Dan
bury Hospital.
The head will be mounted and placed
in the rooms OF the fire department..
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16

from the slums are restored to health
and Tgor.
ChIldren's Industrial Farm.
In California, 20 miles from Santa
Rosa, is one of the Army's greatest In
stitutions-the Lytton Springs Chill
dren's Industrial farm OF $50 acres.
Once 1t was a sanitarium and summer
retreat. People went there to get the
benefits OF the mineral waters. the
balmly air. the glorious vistas below
and fern-carpeted canyons behind. On
1t there was big hotel and ten cot
tages, and these erstwhile abodes OF
the sick and weary are now the haunts
and homes Of happy children.
About five years ago the Salvation
Army, working on the principle that
the country Is the right place to bring
up children, founded the home. II
was the outgrowth of a small home
maintained by the order in San Fran
cisco. Maj. c. w. Bourne and his wife
were Installed as superintendent, and
the useful career of a marvelously USE
full institution was begun. 1t is now
the home of about 200 happy. healthy
and most useful children. The boys
are learning to be skillful farmers and
dairymen and the girls to be model
housekeepers-and all of them to be
good citizens. Much of the produce
or the farm is sold in San Francisco.
Rescue and Maternity Home.
or all its institutions, the Salvation
Army In Chicago is perhaps proudest
OF the Rescue and Maternity Home.
or this the present matron. Mrs. En-
sign Smith, writes:
Our social operations and coloni-
zation schemes met the hearty ap.
prevail of the socialistic minded. Our
children's homes and even slum posts
excited the admiration of philan-
thropists, but just depict a poor girl
strayed from the path of virtue and
rectitude, or one stepped in vileness.
and the majority of your listeners
would either ridicule or turn their of
Tended moral nostrils away IL disgust.
Whence shall the poor, fallen girl turn
when the whole world is against her?
1t was the practical answer to this
momentous question from the myriads
of submerged daughters that opened
the rescue home, and the western
metropolis was not one whit behind
her sister cities. for in 1895 our insti-
tuition was formally opened"
Five times the home was moved to
more commodious quarters. and its
work has increased steadily. Last
year 63 children were born there. The
total number of girls received during
the year was 1876. About so of the
girls who have been in the home re-
turn regularly for the monthly meet
ings. Scores of them are now happily
married and settled down in good
homes and with loving husbands.
What sociologists ind to praise most
in the Salvation Army's maternity
homes is the fact that every effort Is
made to induce the unfortunate young
mothers to keep their children. This
is admittedly the most potent factor
in their moral regeneration.
Surely" says Matron Smith, God
alone can comprehend the inestimable
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16

world has gradually come TO know
something of the great work they are
doing.
Varied Social Work.
While all Salvation Army operations
have as the ultimate goal the saving
of the whole man, body and SOUL IL is
the social and industrial part OF the
work that attracts the most attention
and awakens the broadcast sympathy.
The extent of this work is compre-
hended by few who see the sober-clad
soldiers on their daily and nightly
rounds. 1t comprises many and varied
branches, such as workingmen's no.
tells, industrial homes, rescue homes,
children's homes, maternity hospitals,
work in prisons and slums, farm col
onies, summer outings and Christmas
dinners. Some of its charities are
more than self-supporting, but every
cent that is made by them Is used in
other branches of the work, and for
the rest the army depends on the con-
tributions of philanthropic persons
who believe that no other agency is
so potent in reaching and elevating
the submerged tenth" The public is
reached not only through personal So
licitation, but by means of periodicals,
of which the Army publishes SO. with
a total of more than 1.013,000 copies
issued. IL operates In "a countries
and colonies and breaches the gospel
in 28 languages.
The Army In Chicago.
Chicago is the headquarters for the
western territory of the Army in the
United States, with Commissioner
Thomas Estill In command, and the
operations of the army here are a
fine example OF its work throughout
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16

and assisted in various ways LAO
families, at a cost in cash, clothing,
coal and medicines of s2,642.36.
Clothing for the poor is collected all
over the city by the army's wagons
and is repaired and distributed from
its Industrial home. At this institu-
ton temporary employment is given
to many men who. having held re-
sponsible positions. have fallen low
through drink or other causes. Scores
OF these men are reclaimed and later
placed in good positions. and on leav-
ing the home they are given money
which they earned by their work
there. Many a self-supporting wom-
an, broken down by sickness. has been
relieved by the army, nursed back to
health and restored to her place
among the wage-earners.
Christmas Dinners for Thousands.
The spectacular side OF the Saliva
ton Army's work reaches its climax
at Christmas time. For many days
before the festival there may be seen
on every prominent corner in the
who, despite snow, wind, sleet and
cold cheerfully stands with tam
BOURNE in hand. appealing to the pass
er-by for the wherewithal to provide
a happy Christmas for more than H.
900 of Chicago's poor. These people
have no one to plan pleasant Christ
mas surprises for them, and the
knowledge that the Salvation Army
has not forgotten them on the day of
universal rejoicing is one of the
brightest spots in their dreary lives.
The thousands OF Christmas dinners
are purchased, packed in baskets and
taken to the 81 distributing points.