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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-11-26
DE ARMOND DIES
IN BURNING HOME
Missouri Congressman Gre
mated in Fire
GRANDSON ALSO VICTIM

six.Year.old Boy Loses His Life In the
Flames, but the Other Members Of
the Family Escape = Deceased
Statesman Had Been in Congress
Many Years and Was Prominent In
the Minority.
Kansas City, Nov. 24.-Representa-
tive David A. de Almond, one Of the
oldest Democratic members Of con
gress, and his grandson, Waddie, aged
six, were burned to death in a fire that
destroyed the De Almond home at But
Ter, Mo. The other members of the
family escaped.
Neither the body Of Congressmansde
Almond nor hat of his young grand
son has been recovered and it is be-
lieved that they were incinerated.
Bones believed to be those Of the
congressman were found by saarchers.
Mrs. de Almond and Mrs. Hattie
Clark, wife and daughter, respectively,
Of the congressman, and a woman
servant were the only other occupants
Of the house. All three of the women
escaped. Mrs. Clark suffered a slight
burn to one hand.
Mrs. Clark was awakened by q cry
and, going to the door of her room,
saw smoke issuing from the part of
the house where Congressman de Ar
oo~d onA uyoIdjo SLANT @4t
"Get me out of here" she heard
Waddie cry.
"Never mind, son; I'll save you"
Congressman de Almond answered.
Those were the last words either
of the victims uttered. A moment
later the smoke increased in volume
and Mrs. Clark fled down stairs to
the telephone. Within a minutes time
she had given the alarm to the tele-
phone Office and hurried back to the
room of her mother.
Daughter Saves Mothers Life.
BY this time the entire second floor
was clouded with smoke and flames
were leaping from the windows. Crop
ing her way to Mrs. de Almonds bed
side she hurriedly awakened the con-
CHEESEMAN'S wife and literally dragged
her from the room. There was no
time to think of aiding those in the
other part of the house.
Mrs. Clark believes that her father
sacrificed his life in an heroic effort
to save his grandson.
The home of Congressman de Ar
mond was situated across the street
from that of James A. de Almond, his
son. James started to rush into the
burning home Of his father in an at
tempt to save the latter, but was re-
strained by the younger members OF
the De Almond family and by neigh.
bors.
David Albaugh de Almond was born
in Blair county, Pa, March 18. 1874.
He was brought up on a farm and was
| educated in the common schools.
He served in the Missouri senate, as
. circuit judge and the state supreme
court. He was elected to the Fifty
second congress in 1890 and had
served continuously ever since.
Mr.. de Almond was of high scholar.
ship and an able debater. He was q
competitor with John Sharp Williams,
now senator from Mississippi, for the
Democratic leadership Of the house
of representatives and several years
Z figured in a sensational fistic en-
counter with Williams, in which the
lie was passed, with other things. on
the floor of the house.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-11-26
Land For Sale.
For Sale.

One l.. G.. Smith & Bros. type
writer at half price, almost new.
Geo. Chadwick,
Washburn, N. D,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-11-26

MORE CHEAP MONEY "
Lano loans. See Frank 3. Funk,
First National bank Of Washburn,
North Dakota.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

The attraction and repulsion which various metals
have for the alternating current will be shown and a
complete motor will be run without the aid Of wires to
transmit the control. Various other fundamental
principles will be shown, some of which are used in
practical electricity and some of which may be.
A complete automatic block signal plant will be
installed to show the way the Union Pacific trains are
kept within the blocks and the way complete safety is
provided for the patrons of the road.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
May 6 to Is, 1909

Union Pacific experts will demon
strate at the electrical show alternating
current of high frequency and high
voltage. They will give an educa-
tional, scientific and interesting demon
stration in a concise way. They will
show a motor in operation, and show
why it goes and what makes it 90. For
this purpose some simple contrivances
have been made, which will come apart
and show the exact workings of the
motor. They will show the possibili-
ties of lighting without wires, how in a
theoretical way it may be done, with a
practical demonstration. Ocular
demonstrations will be given of the way
X-ray and wireless waves are made.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-26
Tariff on Print Paper.
Philadelphia Record.

Print paper Is a thing of the first necessity. The spruce. wood from which such paper Is mainly made Is getting in very short supply in the United States. Thsre is, however a great store of spruce titmber In Can- ada. Under such circumstances 1t would have seemed prudent to invite importation from Canada by reducing the duty on pulp and paper. This course was recommended to Congress after exhaustive examination of the whole field by a specially appointed committee of the House of Represent atives. but such recommendation was without avail in tempering the final scheme of tariff revision. A Canadian paper manufacturer says: The pres ent duty on our paper sent into the United States Is $l .67 a ton, and to this the revised tariff bill adds 25 per cent. ad valorem, which means an additional $5, making the entire duty $6.67. It will be seen that in order to protect the print paper makers in the United States we have cut ourselves off from our natural source of chief supply; put a premium upon the destruction of our remaining spruce forests; needlessiy offending a neighboring country. one of our best customers, and imposed a tax on the dissemination of knowledge. This Is a specimen of the downward tariff revision accomplished at the ex- .tFa session of the Congress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-26

It was . sorry apology For . navy that was auctfonsd off the other day by the present administration. There were i've battieships and . couple of second.ciass cruisers. some of which dated back to the time of our Civil War. and all of them twenty years old at least. In a modern sea fight the whole Turkish navy would have had about as much chance against a single vessel of the Dreadnought type as Chi nese Junks would have against the broadside of the North Dakota.
 But now the proud announcement is made that the seven new battleshipe projected will be just as big and fast as the North Dakota. The Turkish navy shall no longer be the laughing the big ships. there Is to be an auxil- lary fleet created or topedo destroy- CTS and hospital ships. unprotected cruisers also. no doubt. and perhaps q few submarines. For the construction of the first two vessels. Parliament is of sf2.0o0.0o0.
 Under the old regime. ere Abdul the Damned" was sent to his suliSy isoia- tion, If the sum of s100. .ooo. 900 had been appropriated for a new Turkish navy. only a small percentage of the vast sum would have found It's way to the shipyards to pay the artisans. Even now there must be the closest scrutiny exercised to insure that there Ia no graft" among the heads of depart course the ships will not be built In Turkey. Some of the contracts will go to British builders. and there is no req son why our local shipyards. which have built many war vessels for Eu- ropean navies. should not profit by Tur- keys determination to have navy that Is not ridicuicusly inadequate to conserve her maritime interests.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-26
Zach McChee's Letter

material so far as the English work fngnan is concerned.
 However. whatsoever. you may have heen tole regarding the abscence of dinner pail the most searching in- vestigation in Germany. France and England by the British Board of Trade. to which ! have heretofore referred workingman eats more meat than the same class in either of the other coun- tries. In fact. common observation, such as I myself have made. Is enough man of all classes Is today what from old he has been reputed to be. \ meat-eating animal. In the English novels, you know. about every time q to to sit down and eat two pr three pounds of cold roast beef. and drink, oh. don't know how many quarts or ale The teapot. of course, next to the oountess is the most important factor novel. But along pretty close behind comes the roast beef, large hunks or which are partaken of by tnis M cnarsc- CT '. We'll, 1t Is all founded on fact. What bacon, or pork. is to the American workingm1n. beef is to the Ehsnsn- workingman. The agents or the nrn of the actual purchases of thousanos or workingmen's families in each section of the three counties named above. families whose incomes are from 70 10 sf0 A week. In England the aver age family of this kind consumed 6.is pounds of meat. chiefly beef and nut. ton, and 1.s2 pounds of bacon, lo.el pounds in all Tn Germany, the fami- tv consumed 5.1s pounds of beef nut ton and veal. 2.2 pounds of bacon, and .e4 pounds of bacon. s.23 pounds alto getter. Tn France. beef. 2,ss pounds fresh pork, .7s pounds horse-fiesh. .sS pounds. poultry .s2 pounds. bacon. etc, .7s pounds, S37 pounds in all.
 Taking families of the same stze av- eraginx 4e members, with incomes from SS to S10. and itemizinG and to- taiing every article of food purchased, 1t fs shown that the cost for food to the average in each country du,inE tne same period of one week, was. In Eng land. sl.s7; in Germany. $5.2s; in France, y5.0S.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-26
nY zAcH MeQHEE.

Rome, Italy. Nov 7.-Though. as have reported. wages are higher in free trade England than in either ''protec- ted" France or protected" Germany. inc cost of living is less. do not be- iieve that 1t Is the higher tarin which makes wages lower tn Germany and Francc. but I suppose there is no sane man. dead or alive. with the exception of Senators Galifnge. and William AL den Smith. who ever seriously peiisv- ed that high tarin duties on the neces- sities of life do not raise the cost Of living. However, here are some facts.
 The prevailing retail price of white erandlated sugar Il roughout England IS cents a pound. Tn Germany. II Is from 45 to 5 cents per pound; Tn France It is from 5.5 to cents q
 Potatoes, pounds. cost the. house keeper. in England. from to cents; in Germany. from 4.S to cents; in France, cents.
 lana from 1s to so cents; in Germany. from 2s to 27.5 eents; in France. from PAS to 30.5 cents.
 Bread. pounds. costs in England. from to II cents: tn Germany. from s.s to 15 cents: in France. from II 10
 Coal, 100 pounds. costs the house. holder. In England. from 1s to 24 cents; in Germany. from 2l.5 70 Sz cents: in France from SS to ~ cents.
 With wages lower in Germany Tn France and these higher prices to pay, one must be excused for wonderin8 how the workingman's condition IS much improved by she protective tar. iff systems of those countries. oI course. these are only a few of the items necessary for every family to buy. but they are typical ones. one of the chief items. meat. Is not includea; because not only does the price or meat vary widely in different sections Of the same country. but there are so many different kinds of meat tne countries tiifferinz entirely in the Kinds used. For instance. the Frenchmen IS very fond of horse. A nice sirloin ot pony Is quite delicacy among French workingmen- Your German eats good deal of hog ground up and maoe Into sausage. In which many say there is a liberal admixture of dog. Tne prices of horse and dog are quite im-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-26
TAFT AND ROOSEVELT
EDITOR PATTERSON OFFERS WAGER THAT THEY WILL
 ULTIMATELY BE AT "DAGGERS' POINTS"

which they will make an extraya- ganza; the freddy Bears fro Tedd5 himself. There Is nothing. we are told which succeeds like success.
 Nor Is there anything which Is so easy as the raising of misunderstand. ing between trends A wink and nod and a word by chance, and the trick is turned; psreto! q blow is struck. The go-between in love the marplot in hate, Othelio and Iago and sweet Desdemona! Shall the Republi- can party play the role of Desdemona?
 Very Tough c. 0. P.
 We agree with The World that the Republican party "fs tough. Yea. verify, and sly and hard to down. roaring. militant, triumphant organi- zation, with perfect discipline. vast resources, and the habit of loyalty. So was the Democratic party fifty years ago Buchanan and Douglas are dead. but human nature remains tn- tact
 whether the Republican party is able to hold together against the strain of the protective tariff system. as the Democratic party was not able to hold together against the strain Of slavery, remains to be seen. Whether the Democratic party has vitality enough to profit by Republi- can split is very doubtful The Re- publicans who are planning To morn Taft off and to whoop Roosevelt on are of the opinion that the Democrats are not worth considering. Meanwhile, is the President that is. whilst he waits the coming of the President that was. casting an anchor to wind ward. that he is so gracious to us Democrats. especially to us ragged rebels--not so ragged as we were--of the South? Teddy. let us remember. Is half a Southren.
 Dinner fin washinston az wager.
 Nor let us be too cocksure of any thing; and yet. albeit opposed on prin- cipie to games of chance. we have a wager to offer The World; not of money, but of wittiGs. with maybe a drop or two onbeknownst to the W. c. T. U. to wash .em down. to-wit, a dinner for twenty-fouE, to be given in Washington City. District of Colum- bia. on or before the first Monday of December. 1911. The World to invite twelve. the Courier-Journal to in- vite twelve the Chief Justice of the United States, the Vice President and the Speaker sof the House of Repre- sentatives to serve as judges and re. ferees, and to sit at table Nas addi- tional, ex-officio. guests--or words to that effect--the proposition to be that Taft and Roosevelt are at dagger's points by The Courier Journal in the affirmative. The World in the nesa- tive.
 What sayeth our esteemed New York contemporary? Has it a mind to do business? Shall we count 1t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-26
NOT STATING THE ISSUE.

Ministerial and other advocates of the proposed amendment always fail to state the case. They argue that 1t is a moral issue and involves the question of prohibition or no prohibition. They know full well. or ought to know, that prohibition Is fixed fact by the most rigid and severe laws to be found in any State. They were drawn up by the great legal iuminary of the amenders side. who guarantees his professional reputation that they are absolutely prohibitive of the sale of intoxicants in Alabama.
 The people In order to make any sort of a change. if the amendment is adopted. would in years to come. if a change was desired. have to go through all the throes and horrors of a campaign which would be the exact counterpart of the one now drawing to close and which has split churches. divided families and produc- ed more neighborhood sorrow and distress than will be cured for many years to come. Such a campaign was never known before and as sure as this amendment is adopted another one like unto 1t win follow. Who can desire such calamity to befan the people of Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-26
JARNDYCE Vs. JARNDYCE.
The Lavw,s Delay in Chicago Recall
 Dickens "Bleak House."

The Laws Delay in Chicago Recalls
 Dickens "Bleak House." Chicago Tribune.
 "Price ct al vs. Walker ct al" dron- ed the clerk at Judge Winder's branch of the circuit court yesterday. The judge sat motionless as the attorneys on both sides arose. as from old habit, and asked to have the case set ahead ninety days
 It might have been "Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce" the clerk called. and no one would have smiled in the hall Of jus. tice For Price ct al. vs. Walker ct all" has been in the courts of Cook county for forty-fve years. And now 1t is set ahead for ninety days-that Is all, just ninety days. But no one around the court expects the venerable chancery suit to pass out of existence at the end of that period.
 If concrete illustration or the laws delays, which President Taft. In his recent Chicago address. pointed out as a blot on American jurisprudence. had been sought. Price ct al. vs. Walk CT ct al." would have served the pur- pose, Nor would 1t have been the only illustration afforded by the records or the Chicago courts.
 Another case, "Holladay vs. Ewing, was pulled. hauled. dragged. showed. motioned, petitioned. demurred, and ,snpealed through the courts for nearly forty years Then 1t literally f1ed a natural death. All the original ltti- g6nts had passed to their account and there was not one left to prosecute or defend.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-26
Graft Is Worldwide.

Seattle Post-Intelllgencer
 The impression prevails, both at home and abroad, that public morality is lower in this country than elsewhere, and that grating finds Its largest de- velopment on this side of the ocean. This Is because of the insistence on the part of the American people on wash ing all of their dirty linen in public Whenever a case of corruption in office comes to light, and in many cases where 1t is merely suspected and with out sufficient proof, the American newspapers push the story before their readers, embelllshed with the most startling headlines, and many of them seek to convey the impression that the incident recorded Is not an isolated one. but has the peculiarity only that the facts have come to light.
 As a matter of fact. on close analysis, the chances are that there is less of crookedness and graft in the depart ments of the State and Federal gov ernments in the United States than In any other country The difference Is that in most European countries the facts as to corruption are glossed over or covered up. The offenders may be found guilty but the publicity Is re- duced to the smallest dimensions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-26

And now we are being told" re- marks The Chattanooga Times. that the latest decision in the Standard Oil case will result only in some incon- venienee and expense for which the dear public will be duly taxed Re- solving the trust into it's constituent companies. in all of which Standard Oil people own the control. is swap ping the tweedle dee for tweedle dunn in this view of it." That sounds quite reasonable. If Standard oil Is put to any unusual expense. legal or other wise. those who buy It's products may expect to pay the bill. That is the usual result in such casss-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-26
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER ae 1909.

C The people of Alabama are not go- ing to be misied by the mistaken zeal of men who have come to think that it is their duty to leave pulpits and hold and address political meetings at every opportunity. The flood of light that has been poured upon this purely political conspiracy. gotten up by few ambitious men for their own Advancement. has cleared the way, re- moved the fog and left the issue plain and unmistaken Shall we give up the constitutional right we now have viz. protection of our homes from search and seizure and our families. from unwa.ranted intrusion and in- suit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-26

The Columbus Ledger opines that after next Monday The Advertiser twill quit publishing opinions and go back to publishing a newspaper" If that isn't gall We are bound to plead Ignorance of the meaning of the word. The Advertiser prints the news on both sides of the question more fully and fairly than any of its con- teinporaries. That 1t expresses it's opinions without fear or favor seems to surprise some of the brethren, but that is a way 1t has. and 1t will not abandon the habit after next Mon day-and don't you forget it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-26
DROWNING MEN CATCH AT
 sTRAWs."

The desperation that has entered the ranks of the amenders Is shown by the way they are grasping at straws. A few days ago it was an- nounced that MT. Bryan would in series of articles in his paper, The Commoner, declare for prohibition in made to connect Mir. Bryan's home notions with the Alabama situation. to come. and take part with the de- moralized amenders and help them stem the adverse tide that is carry Ing them to well deserved defeat. It has been announced for some time that Mir. Bryan was going to South America. If he has not already sail ed, he will do so in a few days. A dispatc from Lincoln. Mir. Bryan's home. says;
 Just as soon as Mir. Bryan has left the country on his South American tour the Ight VIII beBin ana VIII pe conducted at long range. There are those who say that this trip is plan ned in order that MT. Bryan may be beyond the reach of any influence which may be brought to cause him 10 discontinue his attacks.
 The full force of MT. Bryan's at tack will not be disclosed with the opening gun, and not until the very last one of his articles appears will lis position be absolutely and une- quivocaly announced.
 But he will, early In the series, make it plain that he will make the fight in Nebraska on the insertion of county option plank in the Demo- cratic platform.
 So. all we know of his position. is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-26
Why Germany spends for Defense. Rudolph Cronau in December Mo

Cures.
 Occupying the greater portion of central Europe, Germany Is. in politi cal respects, the most unfavorably To- cated country in the world: Nowhere protected by such natural boundar- les as large rivers pr high mountain ranges, which would block the way of enemies, but easily accessible and vul- nerable on all sides. Germany has been. since remotest times. the oo- ject of hostile assaults. For period tribes were compelled to defend their independence from the Romans; Later came the horrible invasion by the Huns; the piracies by the Northmen; Mongols and Turks During the Thirty years War Germany served as the great battle ground for spanish, Swed- ish. Italian and Hungarian troops. who reduced the population from seven teen to four millions and made the country an almost uninhabitaole des- ert. In Saxony, during the two years 1881 and 1632. 943.000 persons were Wurtemburg over 50O,O0o lost their lives, and eight cities. forty i've towns, sixty-fve churches and 36,0O0 houses were burned. The Paiatinate. having at that time pop11iaSdnon Sdn and Si in OOSSU" some ports of Thuringta more than so per cent of the population perisheo. m Lne seventeenth and eighteenth centuries French who left the ruins of hun dreds of beautiful castles on the Rnlne' Moselle and Neckar as lasting monu- ments of their visits. The beKlnhlns of ,the nineteenth century sa tne on- . slaught of that monstrous adventurer. Napoleon L. by whom Germany was humiliated as never before. The m , pertal mantle was torn into snreus anu stamped into the dust. The Gerhsm ,, Kingdoms and states were given oy Napoleon as presents to his relatives and favorltes, who made the German cities ring with their say ire.
 taught by such an unhappy, terrible past?