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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29

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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
GOES TO PRISON FOR LIFE
Herman 6iiIik Escapes Death on the
GaIlowe.

Springfield, ILL.,, Jan. 23.-Governor
Charles s. Deneen has committed to
life Imprisonment the sentence of
death which had been pronounced on
Herman Billik of Chicago, who was
condemned to hang for the murder of
Mary Vrzal, whom he poisoned, with
other members of the family, it was
charged.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
Staqestruck.

Stagestruc!t! The butt of gods and men
pray. realler, do not scoffD
False friends they egg him ON. and
then
The gods they egg him off.
New York Life
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, May -Wheat-MSy,
SLOT; July, o7A@97ac; Sept, 94Kc;
Dec, 95c. Corn-Jan., 5SAc; May, 81
@621sc: July, 62Hc; Sept, $3.50.
Oats-May, 51% @51Mc; July, 461zc;
Sept, S9Ac. Pork-Jan., $17.45; May,
$17.12M; July, 1920. Butter-Cream.
cries, 22@2Sc; dairies, 21k@27c
Egss-30c. Poultry-Turkeys, Ice;
chickens, 12c; springs, 1870.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
Lincoln's Birthday a HOLIDAY.

Washington, Jan. 27.-Making Feb.
IL special legal holiday in the Dis
trict of Columbia and the. territories
of the United States in commemora-
ton of the birth of Abraham Lincoln
Was the first business brought before
the house. The house passed the res
olution unanimously.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
Doubtful Testimonial.

Fiadgar-How do you like your new
preacher?
Digsby-First rate. He's so agree
able! Never talks religion to you at
all. you know - Smart Set
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul. Jan. 25.-Cattle- Good to
choice steers, $500@6.00; fair to good,
$4.50@5.00; good to choice COWS and
heifers, $4.00@5.25; veals, $5.55@6.00.
Hogs-$5.60@6.25. Sheep-Wethers,
$5.10@5.35: yearliugs. $6.00@6.50;
lambs, $7.00@7.25.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE
State of Minnesota,
County of Morrison, IS.

!
County of Morrison, fss.
Village of BOwlus, }
Notice is hereby given that an applica
ton has been made in writing to the vii
1age council of said village of Bowlus and
filed in my Office, praying for license to
sell Intoxicating liquors for the term com
mencing on the 3oth day of January: A. D.
January, A. D. 1910. BY the following per.
sons. and at the following places. as
" to.wit: Math L: schwientek in the
lower room of a two story building stu
ated on Lot No: eleven (D in Block No.
ten u0) in thu Village of Bowlus accord
the office of the Register of Deeds.
Sat application will be heard and de-
term1ned by said village council of the
Village of Bowlus at the First State Bank
tn the Village of Bowlus On application of
Math L. Schwientek in Morrison County,
and state of Minnesota on Friday the 18th
day of January 1909, at s o'clock P. NJ. of
that day.
Witness my hand and seal of village of
B0wlus this fourth day of January. 1909.
JOSEPH SWALINKAVICH,
(Seal) Village Recorder.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
j. GENDRON
PROGRAM OF EXAMS
For Common School Ger
tificates February a, 5
and 6, 1909
THU RSDAY, FEBRUARY 4
(First Grade Studies
A. Ms 90 Enrolment.
$50 Geometry.
1915 PHYSICS,

A. Ms 100 Enrolment.
$50 Geometry.
10:15 Physics.
+. M. II 80 Algebra.
3:l5 Physical Geography or
General History.
Agriculture may be taken at any
one of the above periods, and may be
substituted for either geometry or
physical geography.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5
(Second Grade Studies.
A. Ms 90 Enrolment.
80 Professional Test.
$50 Spelling.
700 Arithmetic.
P. MI rs Geography.
2:45 Composition and Pen
manship.
800 Reading.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6
(Second Grade---- Studies
:: A. M.-8:OO U. s. History.
9:45 English Grammar.
II 80 Music.
P. Nj. Is Physiology.Hygiene.
2:45 Gives.
4 100 Drawing.
Examinations will he held in the
high school buildings at Royalton and
Little Falls on TIE above dates. Ex-
aminees will be furnished paper. All
those who do not hold certificates,
those who's, certificates expire March
LIST, 1909, and those who wish to ex.
change limited or conditional certiti-
Gates for complete certificates are ex.
pected to attend these examinations.
DO not fail to bring all the credit
slips you have. State high school
certificates in Senior Arithmetic,
Senior Grammar, Senior History,
Senior Geography, Algebra, Physics,
Physical Geography, Plane Geometry,
Chemistry. Botany, Zoology Rhetoric
or General History Will be accepted,
in lieu of an examination. provided
they are IS per cent or higher or
''Pass Plus. -
Final marks of u per cent from
state normal schools and university
entrance certificates will also be &C.
copied. Please do not forget your
credits from any incomplete examina-
tion.
NJ. E. BARNES,
County Superintendent of Schools.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
SHELTERS WILL NOT CLOSE
Decision of Federal Court in Montana
Case

Helena, Mont, Jan. 25.-Judge Hunt
of the United States district court
handed down decision in the so
called smoke case in which he denied
the application Of farmers for the
closing of the Washoe smelter at Ana
cOnda.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
A Case For ANALYSIS,

"And how does your son like his new
position as pilot of an airship?"
"Oh, it suits him down to the
ground - Bal timore American.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
Very DecoIlete.

did Mrs Smith wear low cut
gown at the recepticny'
Eyes. 1t WAS cut from Il dollar IL
yard to Is cents" Rohe1nian Maya.
zine
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
Worth Seventy. five Per.

CT the birds that's on to their jobs
There's tlie mother pigeon. begobs!
Jest two eggs she lays,
AN III few days
Her nest is plumb full O. fat squads
Puck
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
City Landscapes.

I saw two blackbirds flying,
Two blackbirds 'gainst cleaning sky
Alas no bit of nature that!
Twas but modern picture hat.
New York Telegram
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29

The Rhyme Of the Renegades.
From out the camp we silent go
To seek the watch fires of the foe.
And in the alien ranks we smile
Because they make it worth our while.
cleveland Plain Dealer
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
The Best Place

"Where is the proper place to enter.
tain an aerOnaut visitor?'
II should think in sky parlor."-
Answers.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
Overheard In Court,

Judge-Guilty or not guilty?
Prisoner-Ill leave dat entirely to
you. your honor. You're de Judge. you
know.-DaytoD Herald.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
ROOT TENDERS RESIGNATION

Robert Bacon to Succeed Him as Sec
rotary Of State.
Washington, Jan. 25-Secretary Of
State Root has rendered to President
Roo evelt his resignation, effective on
qualification of his successor, Robert
Bacon, whose nomination, along with
that of ]. G. O'Loughlin to be assist
ant secretary of state in place of Mr..
Bacon. was sent to the senate.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
Parental Advice,

Spare the rod and spoil the child
In other words. this teaches,
Don't spare the child. but spoil the roc
Upon his little breeches.'
judge
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
Doubtless.

Doubtless.
do you doubt my veracity7''
'Not at all. feel quite as certain
about it as do about your verify
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
One Qualification lacking.

Splendid preacher. isn't hep"
eyes. but obscure. He has no prevl.
Gus record as desperate" Town and
Country.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
A Question az tho Hon

A Question Of tho Hour.
Oh, let our thoughts to peace be turned!
Our angry moods let's smother.
How can our salaries be earned
Rebuking one another?
-WaShinRton Star
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29

IN the Matter of the Estate of Mary
Bredfeld Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to all persons IN.
terested in the determination of the.
descent of the real estate of said decedent:1
The petition Of Theodore Bredfeld having:
been filed in this court, representing that
said decedent died more than five years
tai? real estate in said petition described,
and that no will of decedent has been
proved nor administration OF her estate
granted in this state, and praying that
the descent of said real estate be deter.
mined by this court
Therefore, You, and Each of You, Are,
hereby cited and required to show cause,
Il any you have, before this Court at the
Probate Court Room in the Court House
IN the City of Little Falls, in the County
OF Morrison, State of Minnesota. on the
sOth day OF January, 1909, at 10 o'clock.
q. m:, why said petition should not be:
granted.
:, Witness, the Judge of said Court, and
the seal thereof, this 9Th day of January,
- (SEAL) E. F. SHAW.
u Probate Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-25

from playing on crowded streets. These
two measures in Mr.. Clews' opinion
would most quickly remedy the present
situation.
On the point of the owners liability
for damage done by his machine the
famous charge of Judge Swami to the
New York county grand jury has direct
| bearing. He said:
'It is provided by the penal laws that
a man who aids and abets in the COM
mission of crime is equally guilty with
the man who commits the crime. The
owner of an automobile will sometimes
take deliberately a chauffeur who has
been known to be reckless In his driv-
ing. The minute that the owner of the
automobile puts such chauffeur upon
his machine in the public streets the
law presumes that the owner knows
the ordinary act that the chauffeur is
going to commit. A man is presumed
to intend the ordinary and usual re-
suits of his own acts. and the owner
who puts a reckless chauffeur in an
automobile and sends him through the
streets could be properly found by you
to be equally guilty with the chauffeur
of the crime, whatever it may be, that
may reasonably be expected to be COM
mitted by that chauffeur"
At Washington federal automobile
of the Automobile Club of America.
This proposed enactment covers prac-
tically the same provisions as regards
speed as in the bill before the New
York assembly. It relates. however,
only to the District Of Columbia and to
the operation of motor vehicles in the
territories also or while engaged in in
terstate or foreign commerce or in the
postal service. 1t is hoped by those
back of the measure that the passage
of this bill in congress will pave the
way for national legislation regarding
automobile speeding.
There also is much discussion among
the great automobile associations as to
the question of revocable licenses. The
New York State association has put
itself on record as favoring not only
the issuing of licenses to drivers of all
motor vehicles, but for the suspen-
sion of licenses held by professional
chauffeurs or private owners when
clear proof is shown that they have
been regardless of public safety in the
operation of their vehicles.
In Europe the revocation of motor
lists license carries with it the posi-
bilfty of Imprisonment. Each chauf-
feur or owner who drives a car has to
carry with him card giving his per-
sonal description, his photograph and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-25

| a good prospect of ultimate enactment
! provides for a more. rigid examination
Of chauffeurs. At present anybody can
send 81 to the secretary of state at AL
bany and secure a license. The same
condition exists in nearly every state
in the union. This leaves the bars
down for the licensing Of incompetent
persons, for the procuring of license
under a false name and for other
| abuses.
| A locomotive engineer a street car
motorman, even a man that runs a sta
ttonary engine. must have careful
! preparation, but a chauffeur who runs
a machine with locomotive speed on
the open roads and city streets needs
nothing but smattering of knowledge
and a nominal fee. Practically without
experience possibly without character,
he is given the power of life and death
over pedestrians, over the aged and in
firm, over the children playing in the
streets. If he violates the law there is
a mere nominal fine paid by his en-
ployer. If some one is crippled or killed,
it is an accident, even should he be
caught. In many instances, however,
he fees like a coward, and his identity
may never be discovered. 1t matters
not how many times he is arrested for
overspeeding, he can get license un-
der a new name and go on his reckless
and selfish way unhindered.
To remedy this insufferable condition
1t is proposed to make chauffeurs stand
a rigid examination, to have descrip-
ton and photograph accompany each
license and a police record. If there is
one, subjoined. More important still,
it is proposed to cancel licenses after
two or three arrests This system IS
used in Europe and has proved salts
factory If chauffeur knows that his
livelihood may be taken from him it
may put the fear of God in his heart
even though consideration for the lives
of the innocent and helpless does not.
Still a third measure for the protec-
ton of the public now being considered
makes the owner of the automobile re-
sponsible for all damage done by his
machine in the hands of an employee.
This rule applies to other employers.
Why not to the owners of motor cars?
Two measures proposed by the auto
mobile associations provide for the re-
moving of the speed limit other than
the general stipulation of reasonable
speed" and the prohibition of children
playing in the streets.
The sponsors Of these proposed laws
argue on the first head that it is i'm
possible to fix any hard and fast speed
limit that there are circumstances
when more than five miles hour is
excessive and others where forty miles
an hour entails no danger. The re-
sponsibility should be placed on the
operator of the car. Hold him strictly
accountable for all his acts and leave
him to his own judgment. This plan
has been found to work in Europe and
in a modified form may be tried in
America, though there is natural OPP
position to such sweeping letting
down of the bars.
As for the second proposition. it is
apparently impossible to keep the chill
dren out of the streets, especially in
the congested portions of our large
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-25

sfb1e any person injured at a crossing
| Mr.. Dodge says in conclusion that
| there are three measures for which
the Automobile club is working. The
first is to secure the passing of the law
making it larceny for a chauffeur to
use an automobile without the owners
permission. This, the Automobile club
believes, would prevent a great ma
Jortty of the present accidents.
The second measure which the club
advocates is either the removal of the
speed limit or it's increase to thirty
miles per hour and holding drivers to a
stricter accountability for the proper
control of their cars at all speeds.
There are times when a speed of six
miles an hour is excessive" says Mr..
Dodge, land times when thirty is per-
fectly reasonable, all depending on
traffic conditions. In France and Eng
! land the result Of much experience has
been the practical removal of the speed
limit. with more stringent demand for
proper control of machines at all times
and the revocation Of licenses for
cause
The third measure which the club
advocates is to provide that all fines
for speeding should be turned into the
state treasury and expended on the i'm
provement of highways.
Henry Clews. the banker and presi-
dent of the newly formed National
Highways Protective society, states
that the purpose Of the organization is
the protection of life and limb on the
highways and to prevent the employ
ment of reckless and incompetent
chauffeurs.
speaking personally says Mr.
Clews, ct believe that there should he
much greater care exercised in the en-
ployment of chauffeurs. II I wished to
make a railroad journey and was not
absolutely satisfied that the engineer
of the train on which Travelled was a
competent and sober man would leave
the train at the next station, and so
would any sensible man. How much
more care should be used in the selec-
ton of the driver who operates ma
chine with all the speed of a Iocomo-
tive and running free on the highways,
where it may endanger the lives of
both it's occupants and others who use
the road I believe that an owner wht
knowingly employs an incompetent or
reckless chauffeur is responsible for
any damage or injury done by that
chauffeur"
Mr.. Clews also favors the law fixing
heavy penalties for use of automobiles
without the owners permission and
advocates some action to keep children
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-25
e R0N DOWN IN THE PARK M

cities where they have no other play
ground. A more sensible plan would
be to prevent them from playing or
| certain traffic streets and to keep auto
mobiles out of others. This is a matter
for traffic regulations, however, rather
! than for general laws. Another thing
against which automobiles bitterly
| complain is the habit of careless pc
/ destrians of crossing streets at other
than regular intersections. In certain
European countries a pedestrian cross
ing a street other than at the corner
does SO at his own risk.
New York is in a way typical OF
other cities and of the entire country.
There the speed maniacs are most in
evidence, and there the present cru
SADIE against them was started.
There was not a battle in the Span
ish-American war which cost the
American people SO dearly as the peo-
| pie of New York have paid in death
and injury in the last fifteen months
| that certain of its citizens may pass
about its streets with great speed
Yet in spite of legislation which
would seem entirely adequate, in spite
of increased vigilance on the part of
the police and in the face of greater
severity Of the magistrates, the speed
ing of automobiles has not perceptibly
injuries becomes almost daily greater.
Where does the remedy lie?
Police Commissioner Bingham when
asked what means he would suggest to
end the present epidemic of speeding
which has resulted in so many deaths
and injuries said:
"Send few reckless drivers to Jail
and keep them there for awhile and you
would soon have fewer accidents. In
H. L.
able to secure only two or three prison
sentences, and in the last year we
have been able to have only two IL
censes revoked in spite of the many
offenses. 1t is so small 1t would break
your heart
Philip It. Dodge, who is chairman of
the law and ordinance committee of
the Automobile Club of America, says
that he believes the greatest number
of automobile accidents come from use
of cars by chauffeurs without the
knowledge or consent of the owners
The Automobile club is advocating a
law which is now before the New York
assembly and which had already pass
ed the senate. This law provides as
follows:
'.Any chauffeur or other person who
without the consent of the owner shall
take or cause or permit to be taken
from a garage, stable or other build
ing or place an automobile or motor
vehicle and operate or drive or cause
the same to be operated or driven for
his own profit, use or purpose steals
the same and is guilty of larceny and
shall be punishable accordingly"
Mr.. Dodge adds that the French law,
so often ridiculed in this country
which places the blame on a person
knocked down by a vehicle in the mid
III T. <f-.1T
rect, because the person injured has
come to grief only because he is in a
place where he has no business to be.
The French law does not hold respon-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-25

~ HE world has seen few more
rapid developments than that
of automobiling. Practically
n all Of the growth has occurred
In the last dozen years. During that
time the motor car has progressed from
a novelty to a commonplace. 1t began
by soaring mans friend, the horse, so
that he ran away with the produce
wagon and scattered vegetables all
over the road. Now 1t is crowding him
of the earth altogether Then 1t gath
cred mobs of the curious to see the
new wonder. Now it draws mobs of
the indignant to witness the remains
of the last victim 1t has run over. At
the start it was a scientific toy that
people stared at, and today it is a plu-
tocratic toy that they swear at. 1t has
brought in it's wake many evils, the
most insufferable of which is the "joy
rider" who should be called a shorter
and uglier name-homicide by pref
erence. In the past 1t has been the
railroads high prerogative to kill peo-
pie, but now the automobile is con-
tending with it for right of way.
A joy rider is usually a chauffeur
who takes out a machine without the
owners knowledge or consent, gathers
up women of questionable character
and drinks that are still more ques-
tionable and proceeds to ride up the
town. To evade detection he often
hangs false number on the machine.
II he runs over anybody, which he fire.
quently does, it is his favorite trick to
put on extra speed and escape before
he can be arrested. 1t is this type of
ruf1ian and criminal that has brought
automobiling into disrepute The peo-
pie that should be most Interested in
suppressing him are the car owners
themselves.
1t is the joy rider and the reckless
speeder that have again made the au-
tomobfle question acute. In the CITY of
New York, where this form Of larceny
and mania has reached its most in
sufferable stage, arrests are being
made by wholesale. At one of the up
town courts recently there were so
many automobiles in the streets that
traffic was blocked. While waiting their
turns to be called before the magistrate
the occupants of the cars sang songs.
1t is just possible that before the courts
get through with some of them thew
will sing different tune
In tr1ffe over a year more than a
hundred persons have been killed out
right in the metropolis and probably
five times as many have been injured
by automobiles. A proportfonate record
has probably been made in most of the
cities of the country, and not ONLY in
the cities. but along the country roads.
1t Is time to call a halt. Because of
the agitation several bills have been
introduced in the New York legislature.
One of them provides that the taking
out of a machine without the owners
consent shall be considered larceny and
shall be punished accordingly. This
measure is supported by the automo-
bile associations and is intended to do
away with J s. riding. 1t is almost
certain to become a law and should
furnish model for like legislation in
other states.
Another measure proposed and with