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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-21
The Ruling Passion.


From the Detroit Free Press.
DR. Charles Mccormick, the brilliant
Chicago physician, who says that the
man with the CROUCH" cannot resist dis
ease like his more contented brother.
referred again to this assertion at a
recent dinner.
1.-THE man with CROUCH" said he, lis
gloomy, and gloominess brings on iii
health, weakness, dyspepsia.
"A confirmed crouch can't be got rid
of. A grouchy man is governed by his
crouch as a miser Is governed by his
meanness. And when it comes to mis-
ers,"
Dr. Mccormick laughed
"A little. lean, pale miser of Peca-
tonica." he said, was one evening OBJ
served fighting with the town black
smith Though his nose was bleeding
and one eye was closed, the miser
fought determidedlyl. The herculean
blacksmith planted blow on blow, but
the little miser never budged an inch
run, we fool Kissed a frined. fYe
stand no chance here. RUM
But the little miser, as he received
heroically smashig left hook, an
swered in low voice:
Run? Mkt I've got my foot on a
10 cent piece.
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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
HUNTERS PAY OVER $4,000.
Plenty of Money to Meet Expenses OF
Game Warden.

When the law was passed at the last
legislative session creating the office
of state game warden. with a salary
dependent Upon the collections from
game licenses, and this was followed
by a law absolutely protecting grouse
and prairie chicken for five years, it
was predicted hat the license fees re-
ceived would not pay the salary of the
game warden, let alone any other ex-
penses of the department. Warden
Bancroft took his chances on that and
began to look after the enforcement
of the law. The returns so far received
by the state treasurer, with reports
from practically all the counties. show
collections for the year amounting to
S1O,193. This fund has been largely
collected from resident hunters, as the
cutting out of chicken shooting for five
years kept most nonresident hunters
out Of the state. While the probabili-
ties are that there was more OF less
"stubble duck shooting. reports would
indicate that the law vas fairly we'll
observed. and that its working has
been generally satisfactory to the
hunters of the state who ave accepted
it as one for the benefit of preserva-
ton of the game of the state.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
LIFE SAVING BOAT upsETs.
Esas Persons Meet Death on Tila-
nook. Ore.

Esur Persons Meet Death on TIln-
nook, Ore.
A life saving boat which had on
board several passengers from the
steamer Argo, which struck Tllamook
bar late Friday, was overturned on
Baribaldi beach and two children, an
unidentified woman n q member Of
the life saving crew were drowned.
Miss Agnes Hunter, daughter of
George Hunter. and Mrs. w. G. King,
OF Tillamook, were rescued.
A high wind and heavy sea drove
the Argo out OF the narrow channel as
the steamer was attempting to cross
into Tillamook bay and she struck the
bay proper. Distress signals were dis
played and the Caribaldt beach life
saving crew put out in n boat to the
rescue.
In to the boa were taken Mrs. W.
G. King. Nellie and Agnes Hunter, of
Tillamook, and a woman who has not
been identified.
The boat upset in water not sufi-
GENTLY deep for 1t to right itself. The
two Hunter children. the unidentified
woman and Henry Wickham, Of the
crew, were pinned underneath. Capt.
Farley and other members Of the crew
escaped. Farley got Agnes Hunter
clear, but the others were swept out to
sea,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
DEATH RIDES IN BALLOON.
Two Daring German Ancronauts Ar
Killed.

Two Daring German Aneronauts Are
Killed.
DR.. Brenchmann and Hugo Francke,
the two most daring members Of the
Aero club OF Berlin, have been killed
through the collapse Of their balloon
"Kolmaar." Their bodies were found
Friday near Flume. Austria-Hungary.
Nearby vas their balloon, a huge rent
in the envelope telling the story OF
their death.
Brenckmann had beer the third per-
son to insure his life with the newly
formed company which takes air nav
igation risks. He was connected with
the Charity hospital OF Berlin.
Francke was an architect. Their aerial
exploits in the past have attracted
much attention and no little alarm on
the part of intimate friends.
They assembled on Monday from
Schmargendorf. a suburb OF Berlin.
The point at which the bodies were
found is on the northern edge OF the
gulf OF Quarenero, at the northeast ex-
tremity OF the Adriatic sea and in an
almost direct line south 500 miles from
Berlin.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
OF 1853 FOUND
IN THE CHERRY NINE
Dead Piled in Heaps in Lowest
Level and Must Be Taken
Out by Boat. x
WADE IN WATER WAIST DEEP
Messages Written by Dying Victims
Unearthed by Explorers-An
Killed by Black Damp.

Discovery of 16S bodies in the fire.
swept mine at Cherry, Ill, Wednesday
effaced the hope of the stricken town
that it's lost might return from The
tomb. Down in the ~blackened caverns
where they had struggled with death
the l~ifeiess victims were found in a
grewsome heap. The reaper was not
to be denied his toll. On the faces OF
the sons and fathers of the women
who were waiting above, confident that
many would yet be found alive. was
written the blacklist chapter of the
tragedy. Beside them was mute evil
dence of a battle with thirst, hunger
and fire in which they were over
whelmed when escape seemed near. 1t
was a story that awed the stanch-
hearted searchers who stumbled upon
the wasted forms; they shrank from
telling it to those bereft When they
returned from the charmed house. In
the darkness of their prison the vic
tins had fought for days-how many
no one can say as yet-untl human
endurance was exhausted INC THEN
lives were snuffed out.
The bodiesswere found 500 feet from
the main shaft on an elevated sur-
face where the victims had retreated
before the advancing water and fatal
black damp. They had not been able
to escape the latter, and had died
after a struggle that may AVE con
tinued for two days.
To take out the bodies a skiff was
brought from the Illinois River, seven
miles away, and lowered $50 feet to
the vein in which the bodies were
found. 1t was rowed across the four
feet of water in the vein to the spot
where the bodies lay and they were
transported to the main shaft for re-
moval to the surface. The exploring
party had to wade in water waist
deep.
Messages to loved ones were scrawl-
e. on wood and the natural slate crop
ping from the walls. There was evil
dence hat the men, fully realizing the
fate they were facing, worked desper-
ately to save themselves until exhaus-
ton "overpowered them. They built a
wall to protect themselves from smoke.
fame and water; they constructed a
fan with their tools and what other
material they had at hand to keep a
supply of air in their chamber, and
sat down, weak and sick, to await
either death or rescue.
Finally, after days of waiting, they
left their ~barricade, hoping to find
some chance of escape. They reached
the end of the stairway and there
were felled by a downpour of steam
and smoke from above. They tainted
and fell on top of each other to die.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
PLEASED WITH THE CANAL.
Congressional Committee Coming
Home from Inspection Tour.

-
The American congressional ppro-
priation committee, which has been
inspecting the Panama canal. arrived
at Havan Thursday morning from
Colon.
Members of the committee said they
We're pleased with the of the
canal and believed the channel would
be open for traffic in advance of the
estimated date. Senator Coe I. Craw-
ford, OF South Dakota. said all the
members of the committee were i'm
pressed with the splendid work OF Col
Cocktails, chairman of the canal COM
mission and chief engineer Of the
work. They were convinced, he said
of the d~esirability of the passage of the
bill designed to reduce the number of
canal commissioners and simplify the
administration, which would give Col.
Goethals a freer hand. It is also prob
able that the committee will recon-
mend a reduction of from $4,000 to
500 in the estimate Of the canal
commission.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
REVOLT f. OUT.
Situation I'm Nicaragua IL Growing
Worse Daily.


Groce and Cannon. the W Ameri-
cans executed by order of President
Zelaya. of Nicaragua. last week. held
commissions in the insurgent army,
| according to private advices received
in Washington Thursday night from
Blueflelds, where the re%volutionist gov
eminent Is located. This dispatch
stated that the state department OF
the United States had been notified
to this effect.
The state department has been anx-
ious to clear up the point whether the
two men held commissions or were
merely acting in their Individual ca
pacities, for in the former event they
would a been entitled to treatment
as prisoners of war.
Groce and Cannon were volunteers in
the revolutionary army. This infor-
nation came Thursday to Salvador
Christillo, the representative of the
reyolutionists in Washington. The ca
blegram follows:
"Groce, ex-superintendent OF the
Laluz and Los Angeles Mining COM
pany, and Cannon, a most esteemed
person, were serving as volunteers with
the rank Of colonies in the revolution
airy army, ard consequently did not
deserve the penalty of death, among
other powerful persons, because they
were not military ~personages in the
actual service of Zelaya. a similar
crime of Zelaya has never been wit
messed in the history Of Central
America"
The revolution in Nicaragua is
spreading, in the opinion Of Capt.
Shipley, commander of the United
States cruiser Des Moines, which is
off the east coast of Nicaragua. The
revolutionary forces are reported to
be maintaining an effective blockade
and are patroling off Greyton with two
gunboats. Assurance was given that
American and foreign interests are be-
Ing protected.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
NEW CHURCH FOR WAGNER.
Catholics VIII Erect One OF Finest
Buildings in State.

The Catholics of Wagner, one of the
prosperous towns of Charles Mix
ty, have decided to erect What will
without doubt be one of the finest
church buildings in that part of the
state. The new edifice will cost about
$4,000, and will be erected on ground
which now belongs to the Wagner
Catholic society. The new church will
be erected in proximity to the present
church structure, which has become
entirely too small for the constantly
growing membership. The movement
for the erection of the new edifce is
being pushed by Rev. Father Kelley,
who has cen in charge of the Wagner
church for a period of about four
years.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
ENGINE RUNS ''WILD."
Cars In Aberdeen Yards Scattered
About PromiscuOusiy.


A runaway engine of the heavy mo-
gul type ran amuck down the Milwau-
kee railroad yards at Aberdeen. scat
tering loaded freight cars right and
left as it passed along for a distance
Of four blocks. The engine had been
taken out of the roundhouse, when the
engineer saw a large stock train rap
indy rounding a curve. Seeing a col
lision was inevitable, the engineer and
firemen jumped, after reversing the
engine. The two big engines then
raced through the yards, crashing into
freight cars, until they finally struck
a crossing, four blocks from where the
trouble started and were stopped. The
damage amounted to several hundred
dollars, as the contents of three of
the cars were scattered over the
yards, and as many more cars badly
damaged, while the engines themselves
were put out of commission until ex-
tensive repairs are made.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
BERESFORD FIRE MYSTERY,
State Marshal Craft Will Make Investi-
cation,


Frank A. Craft, state fire marshal
for South Dakota, has been asked to
make a searching investigation of the
recent disastrous fire at Berestoru'
which destroyed what is known as the
Stephen corner, including four busl-
ness places, entailing a loss or $lo,ooo'
upon which there was insurance to the
amount of $500.
That the fire was of incendiary ORR
gin has been the firm belief OF u. ste
phen, owner of the destroyed structure
and others, and this belief has been
strengthened by developments since
the fire and the suspicious actions or
the party who is supposed to know
how the fire originated. The suspected
party has been closely watched since
the fire, and it is expected an arrest
will be made at almost any time.
The fire broke out at 4 o'clock in
the morning, and with such persistence
that it's spread could not be stayed by
the fire department with three strong
streams of water.
At the time of the fire and since that
time Mr.. Stephen has insisted that 1t
was of incendiary origin. he declaring
that he heard the ''frebug' go down
the back stairs of the building after
the fire had been started. 1t being
very dark at the time. stephen was
unable to discover the identity of the
unknown person.
A big sensation is looked for when
the state fire marshal concludes his
investigation, as it is expected sufh-
cient evidence will be secured to war
amt an arrest being made in the case
on the charge of arson.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
BIG DITCH IS COMPLETED.
will Drain a Large Tract of Land in
Sanborn County.

Sanborn County.
The biggest drainage proposition in
the central part of the state was COM
pleted when the last gap of excavating
was finished on Long lake. located in
the southern part of Sanborn county
When the dredger finished it's work the
dam at the top of the bluffs was re-
moved and a great body of water was
open to run into the Jim rive There
are several lateral bitches running in
to Long lake, which drains an i'm
mense amount of country. For tho
past four years thousands Of acres Of
land have been under water. 1t is
thought tina the coming season will
see a good portion of the land under
pillow once more. The lake territory
has been utilized for duck hunting ter
ritory for three years, and it has been
a popular rendezvous for hunters. The
ditch is four miles long, from five to
sixteen feet deep and from twenty to
fifty feet wide in places. The work
was accomplished at a cost Of $4,000.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
SCOFFS AT DIR. COOK
WHITMAN PICKS FLAWS IN Ex.
PI.OnEIR NO. rs STORY.
80 Time Seeker After Pole HonOrs
Takes Up Work Of Both Travellers
aaA Points Out What He Terms
weak 6pots In Brooklyn Mans Tale.

walter Wellman. whose prepare
lions for . conquest OF the north pole
in an airship was abandoned upon the
announcement Of the claims of DIR.
frederick A. Cook and Commander
Robert p. Peary. Issued in Washington
Sunday night q long statement in
which he anaIyzed the narratives of
the two explorers. declaring that OF
Peary sprecise. workmanlike. consist
ent ana credible in every particular"
and dsnouncing that OF DR.. Cook as a
self-cvident and even deliberate i'm
posture.
"Cook's story is suspicious. both in
what he oes tell and what 1t does not
tell" Mr.. Wellman declares.
"He II generally and indefi-
1ite. but, like most men OF his class.
altogether too precise at the wrong
place. Nowhere does his story ring
rus It II always a n approximation
Of reality itself. This Is OF his fig
uree. his descriptions OF everything.
Tho Of us who ave had a share
IN arctic work and who ave felt anx-
Sety thai no blot OF fraud should stain
the proud record Of effort and sacrifice
8S0O uISk uOpo tIIot LII SCCA Wc0'N
- able to demonstrate his good faith.
This has been dissolved In the analy-
- 81 his own story.
"A sccond hope-that he was the
victim OF some Naturalization or mental
1llness and himself believed he had
Been to the pole. though OF course he
has not. vanishes in the light of ear
MeF md subsequent events. There re-
mains. though one says It with keen
ct regret, only the wretched alterna-
1--WE that tho Journey which he did
make and the report which he CAV OF
= were deliberately planned from the
outset"
h gist Of Mr.. wellman's finding
= that with his meager party n
equipment Dr. Cook could not possibly
have accomplished the feat for which
- claims credit: that his astronomical
data are too infinitely and precisely
made. under the climatic conditions
n the field, and that the explorers
AAsh for the lecture platform and his
Aoceptance o. ..crowns Of flowers
placed upon his head by innocent
women and children before submit
1lng his neld records to scientific ex-
a1lnlaatsoa III conspirs TO his discredit
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
Throne Approves Sessions.

The sessions OF the recently con-
Itituted provincial assemblies in China,
IN being brought to q close Thursday,
received the approval Of the throne
based upon government reports Of the
progress made In opening OF the two
years constitutional program. Ar i'm
perial edict urged ali government Of
acials to cooperate with the throne
q the present critical moment for the
Yurpsse Of realizing the success OF the
constitutional plan.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
New Paper for Ravinia.

Leroy Beemer, a competent newspa-
per man Of Charles Mix county, is to
be the editor of a new weekly newspa-
per. which is to be established by
Frank Strohbehm, a business man of
the county, at Ravinia, a new town
which has come into existence on the
Milwaukee railway about midway be-
tween the towns Of Lake Andes and
Wagner. The paper will be named the
Lake Front Booster.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
SIOUX FALLS ORATORS CHOSEN.
Two Accept Invitations to Deliver Elk
Memorial Addresses.

Two Sioux Falls speakers have ac-
cepted invitations to deliver addresses
elsewhere on the occasion of the an
nual memorial services of the Elks
lodge, to be held throughout the coun-
try on the first Sunday in December.
Charles M. Day, editor of the Sioux
Falls Daily Argus Leader, will deliver
the memorial address at Baskerville,
Ia, while c. P. Bates, a prominent
Sioux Falls attorney and a leading Elk,
has consented to deliver the memo
rial address at Aberdeen. Hundreds
of Elks will gather at the various Gen.
trail points in the state to attend the
annual memorial services.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
na1sslNG NAN IS LOCATED.
a. Oook Reported 10 10 Among
ssssEsss9%a t1ho IAvinG.

3P.E =. -. Cook Reported 10 10 Among
- the Living.
In4y found Dr.. frederick A. Cook:
4lsakaM "a authoritative statement was
710nsdh ~ hh brother. w. L. Cook. say
hSlstha& Tire explorer, who mysterious
. dropped from public view Saturday.
- stsll IN the vicinity OF New York
roOuperating. He was on the verge Of
ASnervous breakdown and his retire.
Usnt was absolutely necessary.
Xhe statement AZ issued by Mr..
Cock follows:
ID. Cook Ii In the vicinity OF New
Yoskstry1n1 70 get q much needed rest.
- - decides to 30 to Europe there
Wi1 - - secrecy concerning his de-
spareuse. I think that his friends and
ag1tlce alike should be charitable
o0ough - allow him to rest until his
noalth q fully restored. He has not
sbeen reAd1ng the newspapers IN the
49, feR days and ID not responsible for
- qtAtemenos that have been issued
~ those who are acting as his spokes.
TN sending his data TO Copenhagen.
q |. Cook has fulnlled his obligations
20 the public I
4s n foregoing was issued by the
mat the doctors apparent seclusion
Aa&AusseAMEreat anxiety among his
G1ends. leaving even John r. Bradley.
~ dnanciai hacker. pushed and a
pesa&ed. Mr.. Cook Is also In New
Xofk. but her exact whereabouts. as
- hsf huSband's case. q not been
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
Buying Up Independents.

Attorney Genera Major. Of Missouri.
has received complaints from various
parts Of the state that the Bell tele-
phone interests are purchasing the
centrel Of many Independent compa-
MES in Missouri. Friday night he said
such purchases are violations of the
states antitrust laws.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

Heavy loss Of life is feared As the
result OF III explosion Thursday in =
coal mine at Onoura, Eukuoka prov
ince, Japan. Fifteen men are known
to have persisted, while 22S miners are
entombed in the workings.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
BANKER ALLEN PLEADS GUILTY.
Big Embczzlcr Receives n Tcn-Year
Sentence,

Big Embczzlcr Receives n Tcn-Year
Sentence.
Phil Allen, Jr., former vice president
Of the First National bank at Mineral
Point, Wis, appeared Friday before
the United States district court and
pleaded guilty to -four out Of twenty
six counts in the Indictment against
him and was sentenced to ten years in
the federal prison at Fort Leaven-
worth. Kan. Allen was charged with
embezzlinE s16s.000 from the Mineral
Peint bank.
Allen. who Is In his SD year, has
been in jail for several weeks, having
pleaded not guilty at La Crosse to the
indictment rendered against him by
the grand jury in hat city, and has
been unable to furnish $4,000 bail.
He came into court Friday morning
quite Unexpectedly and with bowed
head and In an almost ipaudible voice
pleaded guilty.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
After MIX Combine.

Attorney General O'Malley an
Aeuncced Friday that he had appoint
81 Jshn B. Coleman. Of New York
City, to Investigate the charges In
regard to the existence OF a combi-
nation to control or advance the prices
OF milk in greater New York.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
Falls Into a Creek.

Eddie Primrose, of Lead, a 9-year-
old boy, while coasting on lower Main
street Sunday morning fell from the
sidewalk on which he was sliding to
the bottom of Gold Run creek, strik-
ing on his head on rocky bottom. His
skull was crushed and after lingering
for three hours he died.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
LAUNCH cAPs1zEs; FIVE DROWN.
w ddins Guests Die in
Lake When Gasoline ExplOdes.

w eddins Guests Die in
Lake When Gasoline Explodes.
Five persons were drowned in Mus
kegon Lake Thursday afternoon when
the pleasure. launch Olga, carrying a
party of nine young people, capsized
as the result of a panic following a
gasoline explosion. Four of those who
lost their lives were members of one
family. The dead are: Oscar Carl
son, aged %; Hulda Carlson, "a;
Anna Carlson, 20; Jennie Carlson,
49,; Ann Saunders. The party had
started out to attend a wedding on
the north side of the lake, and decid-
ed to take a short cruise before go
ing to the festivities. They encircled
the lake, and were within $50 feet Of
the north landing when the accident
occurred.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
Huron Attorney Dead.

Attorney Henry c. Hinckley, Of HUI
ron, died suddenly Sunday morning
aged about so. He vas one of the
most prominent members of the tSate
Bar association. He resided in Huron
twenty-five years and represented this
district in the state senate and held va
rious positions of trust.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
NEW v ORDER.
Midshipmen Will Have Use of Battle.
ship for Future Practice.

NAIuSihpuleH VIII have use OIL B1ttIC-
ship for Future Practice.
For the first time in the history Of
he United States naval academy mid
shipmen will have the use next sum-
mer of three battleships for their an
nual practice cruise. Acting secre-
tary Winthrop of the navy depart
ment, Friday assigned the Iowa, the
Indiana and the Massachusetts for this
service. The use of the battleships
in place of much smaller craft usu-
ally assigned to the midshipmen will
enable he officers to take an extended
trip. Mediterranean ports will prob
ably be visited in the next cruise,
which will take place in the three
months following graduating exercises
in June.