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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

to the princes grandfather. The pres
fdent was received most cordially by
the emperor of Japan on the occa'
sion of Mr.. Taft's trip around the
world as secretary of
Professor Adolf struempell, the
Viennese specialist whom the late E.
H. Hartman went to Europe 10 con-
suit, now admits that when he saw
Mr.. Hartman in July he diagnosed
his complaint as cancer.
Four constables, operating an all.
tomobile speed trap" at Newbury,
Mass. held up the presidential auto.
mobile for alleged speeding and de-
4ained President Taft a few minutes.
Alice Webb Duke, divorced wife of
Brodie l.. Duke, the tobacco magnate,
has been committed to the Kankakee
Gill; asylum for the insane.
It is announced that the president
will appoint George R. Cotton of the
District of Columbia as governor of
Porto Rico.
Tom L. Johnson has. for the fifth
consecutive time, been nominated for
mayor of Cleveland by the Democrats.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17
Of NOTED PERSONS

The indictments charging F. Angus
stus Heinze. the copper financier, with
conspiracy to obstruct the administra-
ton Of justice by concealing the
books Of the United Copper company
we're dismissed by Judge Hough of
the United States court. Judge
:Hough also dismissed fifteen of the
sixteen counts in an indictment also
pending against Mr.. HeinZe charging
him With misapplication of the funds
OF the Mercantile National bank.
Suffering from a nervous collapse
Miss Olga Mem. daughter Of DR.. Ru.
dolph Mem Of Chicago, the girl for
whose sake Baron Oscar Rothschild
is said to have killed himself, arrived
home accompanied by her mother.
The young woman, who was dressed
IN deep mourning, was scarcely able
TO walk When she alighted and had to
be assisted tc a carriage.
Fred Cody. the American aeronaut,
who is in charge of the aviation work
of the British war Office, broke all
records for aeroplane speed by flying
f~orty-seven, miles across country in
fifty minutes.
President Taft received in informal
audience Prince Kinoyoshi Kuni,
grandson of the emperor of Japan,
and through the prince sen a mes.
sage Of regard and personal good will
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17
IN NORTH DAKOTA
News Of the Week From vari-
Gus Parts Of the State.
CHARGE AGAINST FARGO man
Kethmann Accused Of Killing
Dr. Thrond S. Egge.

The inquest over the remains of DR..
Thrond S. Egge, who was murdered
with a club in Moorhead. Mimi, al
most in front of his own doorstep,
was held in Moorhead. Attorneys c.
A. Nye Of Moorhead and McF.nrow of
Fargo appeared en- behalf Of the pris-
oner and listened to the evidence.
Frank Kethmann of Fargo, who was
arrested as a suspect a few hours af-
ter the crime, refused to make any
statement.
More evidence alleged to connect
Kerhmann with the crime was found.
His coat. which was found in his
house, where he was asleep when ar
rested, was stained with blood, II was
testified, and his hat, which was
picked up near a spot where he was
seen a few minutes after the murder
was also spattered with blood. A
carpenters union badge found near
by is supposed to belong tc Kethmann,
as he took part in the Labor day pa
rade.
Kethmann lived in Moorhead and
vicinity up to six years ago, when he
moved to a claim in North Dakota,
returning to Fargo, where he has
lived since last summer.
The coroner's jury in it's verdict in
the inquest into the death of DR.. T. S.
Egge, decided that the physician met
his death at the hands of one Frank
Kethmann, under arrest on suspicion.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17
Reaction In the Kitchen.

Reaction In b Kitchen
Some reactionary individual rises to
remark with eloquence and emphasis
in the Norfolk virginian-Pil that the
frying pan has been libeled Of late
and the appetizing as we'll as whole
some traditions Of u daddies have
been brutally mussed in the hysteria
Of dietic reform. Says this holder up
Of the car Of progress:
A race of mollycoddles may pine for re-
lnement in culinary methods, but for men
of strength and endurance the fry's the
thing. n the iron dish swimming with
lard on every hearth is the unfailing sign
Of a people with active appetites, stout
stomachs and hearts. solid Drawn. tough
muscles In ready hands. The broil and
the roast come along only when civiliza-
ton grows effete and effeminate.
The fry Is an institution in the south
and west. not to be sneered at with inn
punity. It noufished the heroism of the
pioneer. its fumes served notice upon the
lurking avage that his monopoly of the
forest and prairie was past and zone, 1t
was the pabulum on which the youth Of
Andrew jackson and Abraham Lincoln
developed the hardy digestive powers
which kept their brains on the level. 1t
cultivated the cotton fields and kept in
fighting trim the soldiery Of Dixie. and it
cleared the wilderness Of Arkansas and
Michigan and built the tracks Of steel
hat connect the Atlantic with the Pacific.
So long as the frying pan artist
keeps southern bacon and home
smoked ham on the bill Of fare the
sympathies Of the nation are with her
Is against the food faddists. There
are still loyal New Englanders who
drop their Longfellow or Holmes, not
to mention the ''best seller Of the
year, when the cook announces. "Ham
and eggs are DONE"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17
The Jealousy OF savants.

The validity Of Dr.. Cooks insEira-
tion right at the pole that bis story
might be declared a fake has Deen
challenged. 1t is said that that was
the last thing be would be thinking
about then. IL felt sure it would be
said that l bribed my two brave Eski-
mos and forged my diary containing
observations" he wrote to the Herald.
The explorer could we'll imagine that
his incomplete records and diary
might be found with his bones long
years after with no one to verify the
facts. AS an educated man he well
knew thar some Of the most marvel
Gus narratives left by explorers were
secuted for years and even for centu-
ries.
Marco PoIo's statements of his jour-
neys overland to the far east waited
wei GOO years for complete verifca-
tion. Even today he is caricatured as
ii M%unchausen before the populace OF
LIS udl1te Guy III AtolJ. james
explorer Of Abyssinia and searcher for
the sources of the Nile. was called a
liar for more than a hundred years be-
cause there were errors in his calcu-
lations, due to lack Of scientific meth
dds. The accounts brought back by
Able Hue from Tibet. 1.-THE roof OF
the world" in the middle of the last
century were only verified by white
men a few years ago. when a British
army penetrated the land of mystery.
Ever the sober and especially the sci
enti6c world has been slow to accept
the tales Of lone travellers until backed
by indisputable, proofs. Columbus
own age neglected him and considered
his exploits a fake. although the ro-
tundity of the earth was not then an
unknown theory. Fremont. 1.-The Path
ander,' was court martialed, and when
Stanley reported the finding Of Living
stone he was bluntly told to produce
Livingstone in proof.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17
PIGGERs IN GREAT DANGER
Broad Movement Against illegal Dis
pensers Of Liquor.

Broad Movement Against illegal Dis
pensers Of Liquor.
North Dakota blind piggers are in
great danger. Not in the twenty
years of statewide prohibition has
there been such a broad movement
against the illegal dispensers of liquor,
for now there ia hardly a county in
the state that it not experiencing Off
cial action against the law violators.
Since the first of the present year
the movement has been steady. It
has not been confined to the eastern
or nothern counties, where anti.liquor
sentiment is especially strong, but it
has spread to the Missouri slope, a
district heretofore held without ques.
ton as favorable to the operation Of
the pigs"
Some Of the most notable arrests
have occurred in Walsh and Burleigh
counties, the former of which con
tributed twenty-one cases, while Bur
leigh had twenty-seven. Stark coun-
ty has a record of convicting six
blindpiggers, while the arrests Of al
legged liquor dispensers in Mcintosh
and Logan counties are also of much
interest.
The counties in which the greatest
amount of work has been done by the
way of campaigning against the liquor
traffic are Walsh, Burleigh, Ward,
Williams, Ransom, Richland, Mclean,
McHenry, Wells and Pierce counties.
In Cass, Grand Forks, Steele, Nelson,
Pembina, Cavalier, Ramsey, Towner,
Bottineau, Stutsman and Barnes coun-
ty, as well as several others, there
have also been recent arrests, but in
those counties the situation is not so
remarkable as the law has been en-
forced rather rigidly there at all times.
Attorney General Miller, in discuss
Ing the movement that is now on,
says that the results have been ac-
complished through the state office
working in harmony with the county
officers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17
DISCOVERY OF NORTH POLE

In a brief but specific message from
Indian Harbol, Labrador, Commander
Robert e. Peary announced his dis
covery of the North pole on April s,
1909. Captain Bartlett, in command
of Peary's ship, wired that the expedi-
tion found no traces of DR.. Frederick
A. Cook at the pole. DR.. Cook, who is
being lionized at Copenhagen, en-
pressed pleasure on being informed of
Peary's success and said his rivals
observations and reports will confirm
his claims. Peary's ship, the Roose-
welt, left Oyster Bay July 6. 1905.
In q dispatch to the New York Her.
aid Commander Peary says: do not
imagine the Herald is likely to be Inn
posed upon by Cook story, but for
your information Cook has simply
handed the public a gold brick. He
had not been at the pole on April 81,
1905, or any other time. The above
statement is made advisedly and at
the proper time will be backed by
proof"
I The following message has been re-
sceived at the state department at
Washington from Commander Peary:
..Respectfully report hoisted Stars and
Stripes on North pole April 6 and for
mally took possession that entire re-
gion and adjacent waters for and in.
name Of the president of the United
States Of America. Record and Unit
"a States flag left in possession"
II am the first to shout .Hurrah for
.Peary,'" said DR.. Frederick A. Cook
when he was told Of the receipt Of
dispatches confirming the previous re.
ports Of Commander Peary's success
ID reaching the North pole. IF he
has telegraphed an announcement that
he has reached the pole then It is true
andI congratulate him"
The question Of priority in reaching
the pole now absorbs attention in this
country and Europe. That Peary will
claim to be the first discoverer APP
pears to be definitely assured from the
tenor Of the brief dispatches received
from him.
The degree Of doctor honoris causa
was conferred. upon DR., Frederick A.
Cook by the University Of Copenhagen
insthe presence Of the crown prince Of
Denmark and . distinguished gather
Sins.
;Ra.sDr. Frederick A. Cook has sailed.
IRON Denmark on the steamer Oscar
h,Sfor New York. Al large crowd babe.
him farewell. The Oscar IL Is due IN.
New York Sept. 20 or 81.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17
OCTOBER SEVENTH CHOSEN
Will Be Observed as "purum Bread
Day.n

"Durum bread day" will be OBJ
served in North Dakota by proclama-
ton of Governor John Burke of this
state on Oct. Z. The agricultural de-
pertinent at Washington has been no
tilted that the people Of North Dakota
have been urged by the governor to
observe the day by using only bread
made from durum wheat flour.
Durum wheat is a hard cereal grown
only in the far north and is . special
product Of North Dakota. Governor
Burke has made 9 request that the
agricultural department give special
attention to the observation. Of "Durum
bread day"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17
Washburn, North Dakota
DR.. Holmes on Authorship.

The centenary Of Oliver Wendell
Holmes brings to light many interest
ing stories OF an author who never
wrote a "best seller" yet delighted
and instructed two generations Of
readers and probably has as many
readers today as he had at the height
of his literary career. DR.. Holmes was
too busy in other ways to cultivate
writing as an art and blaze a trail
Or found a school which would be help
full to the tyro.
The common notion with respect to
the author who is busy with many
things and yet arrives in literature is
that there must be a royal road which,
once found, makes easy going. The
genial Holmes was often appealed to
by amateurs for Literary advice" He
tried to give it candidly. usually pref
acing it with the remark. ut pains
me that 1 can do little, very little, to
help" The advice would follow IN
this strain:
If you have the ability and the knowl-
edge to write what the public wants. you
will soon be found out. Write in any pa
per, in the obscurest village sheet in the
country, and you will soon be known II
o write with originality, force. beauty,
scholarship. Of such Q grade as the pub
lie demands. There IL no royal road to
reputation. The praise Of friends IL Of no
avail.
This is true today when the avenues
number hundreds to one Of Holmes
era. The publisher must print what
the public will read, and the writer
who can produce that IL always
wanted. e
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17
Farmer Injured m Crash,

While Richard Gym, q farmer, was
driving to his home east Of Neche,sa
team httched to an oil tank became
frightened and ran into Gyms bug
81, smashing II and throwing him to
the ground. The wheels 8of the tank
wagon. passed over his body, breaking
three ribs and cutting one side o. his
face. His condition ID critical. ,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17
Farm Records FOR the Census.

The census bureau evidently aims
to do a little country uplift" work.
although not strictly in the line laid
down by the recent administration.
Special effort will be made to put
the truth about the farms and farm
ers of the country upon the census
records. The census director proposes
that the bureau workers and the farm
ers get into direct contact and CO.
operation in this matter Of supplying
data. Guarantees against the wrong
full use of the information yielded up
by landowners are found in the cen
sus act, and the director believes
that he can guard this secrecy abso-
lutely.
The census bureau appeals not alone
to farmers, but to a wide circle of ag-
ricultnral professors and specialists, to
study and criticise the plans now be-
ing made to bring out the best farm
census ever known in this country.
what it calls "a practical. useful and
believable census of Americas farm
population, operations and wealth."
The various agricultural associations
Of the country can do much to inspire
the confidence of farmers in the good
faith Of the bureau and to stimulate
individual interest in this particular
hra nch NJ cnnsna work. In fact. the
cooperation Of the country. associa-
tons with the bureau makes the forth
coming farm census pre-eminently a
farmers matter.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

It is ungallant to growl because
Americans bought s5.0OO,000 worth
more diamonds the past twelvemonth
than during the preceding. There are
more American women every year
nice enough to show them OF.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

The lid or the ROSTERS crow de-
vised for Washington doubtless has
strong backing from certain individ-
uals who want to do all the Growing
around that dunghill themselves.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

Mexico came up from the worst form
Of despotism to its present benevolent
despotism under republican form;
which Is something different from Y Y
real republic slumping back intosde 81;
potism- gss
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

When the Rev. Edward Everett Hale
advised Us to look up" he wasn't
thinking Of aeroplane wings overhead,
but Of the kind * hard to sprout.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

When aeroplane traffic is established
between the lofty mountain peaks
public interest in aerial a fare will
look up.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

Some r shouting for more babies,
and others say half the babies born
don't get a fair chance in the world.
So there You are.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

Among the items ~sidetracked by the
dual discovery of the pole are the tar
id. benzoate of soda. conservation of
forests and that trifing incident be-
tween Fowler and Uncle Joe.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

Peaceful relations between certain
neighboring towns and cities in the
land are likely to be strained as soon
as the next census is taken.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

Hartman modestly protests that he
came home ito get a rest" and moth
ing more, but unless the rest is nailed
down he'll be likely to get that too.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

Anyway, some timbers, notably white
oak. hickory. white pine, black walnut.
and black cherry. have been cut al
most to the famine point.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

II England gets along better with
out a constitution than we do with
one," all right. We have a constitu-
ton and are getting along nne.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

The 'spotless from childhood" record
doesn't 60 in a West Point court when
the hazing malefactor has reached the
age Of steen years and upward.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

That seismographic disturbance no.
ticed the other day may have been
due to the oysters tumbling out Of
their beds.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

Strange how an old established In
stitutdon like Christmas 10 lost sight Of
these days.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

sticklers are disputing as to the
proper place to put the accent in auto.
mobile. A prefix rarely printed, but
most always understood, which begins
with a big. big D, is the syllable
usually made emphatic.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

England wants the south pole $780,.
600 worth. Is Britannia really 50 afraid
Of Germany that she must climb out Of
reach?
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

This is a good time to see how far
the painter Of that popular picture
sO6 For School" idealized the boys
phix,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

Amateur poets who try to make rec
ords over the late record making
stunts at Rheims may waste reams Of
paper fitting their rhymes.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

Treaties with Asiatic powers do not
ring us in as a favored nation on
Asiatic cholera. for which omission
thanks!
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

No use mincing matters, all Of the
record making aviation Of the season
has been just flying.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

DR.. Cooks narrative lacks one indis-
pensable bit of internal evidence. 1t
says not a word about Jack Frost.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

judging from the way 30 many auto.
lists "hits the pace that kills." they
must just hate being alive.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

Observation-Disclosures Hetty Green's
hopeful also wants to make money fly
and is going into the aviation business.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

The girl who sets her cap for the
latest aeroplane hero needs Z neck
with a swivel joint.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

Greater New York has the same
trouble with it's borough" presidents
that old New York did with its ward
BOSSES.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

Now the chorus rings Just - Justify
q hack from the land
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

Much easier to swallow Dr.. Cooks
story than that yarn about 338 pounds
Of Judge Taft getting really lost In
the woods.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

aHigher finance" has been suggested
~ a suitably lofty term to at the
crime Of stealing aeroplanes.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

Even II current crop reports are
whoppers they make timely reading tc
throw et t.e man with; q crouch.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

Although straight from the arctic.
DR.. Cooks advent produced a hot
wave. Is,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

In India 1000 cigarettes cost only
% cents. but the trick = to pick up
the 20 cents.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

The man up in a balloon ':ain't sayin'
pothin'" these dsys Still. that's no
sign that he isn't Just "layin' low"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17
JAIL BREAKERS ARE NABBED.

Wisconsin Men Caught At Fargo Post.
office and Confess.
George New, alias Evans, and Bert
Fraser, aged respectively TWENTY-FIVE
and twenty-seven years. were arrested
at Fargo by Captain Of Police Dahl
gren on the charge Of breaking Jail
Aug. Is at Juneau, Dodge county. Wis.
They were caught while calling fol
mail at the Fargo p~ostofice.
They admit they are the mel
wanted.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

II the Prince u Wales wants 10 kill
big game on Roosevelt's African trail
he must give the baby lions time to
grow mn.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-17

It looks like a dispute which must
be referred to the north pole.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-05

The above is a reproduction from a
drawing Of Watkins & Birch, the local
architects showing the front and north
side elevations of a factory building to
be erected at an early date in the new
iobbing district on First West street.
between second and Third South
streets. 1t will be built by John Z.
Dooly for the Sweet Candy company,
the local confectionery manufacturers,
on a twenty-year least. This firm has
outgroWn its present quarters on East
First South street. and for some time
past it has been seeking a prominent
location for an enlarged building. This
move is made necessary by the growth
and development Of the company's very
extensive business in the intermountain
west.
The erection OF this immense new
plant viii be commenced Immediately.
the contracts STIMULATING its completion
within eight months. 1t viii mean an
expenditure of over $4,000 for the
building alone, with an additional ex-
penditure Of over $4,000 for equipment
and machinery. No expense viii be
spared in making this factory one of
the largest west Of Chicago. The build
ing viii have a frontage Of seventy feet