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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-03
BLAMES MRS. STETSON
WIFE OF ARTIST cHRIsTY CALLS
SCIENTIST A HoME-BREAkER.
Says accommodated Woman Taught
Her Husband that Marriage Is
Wrong and Not Sacred.


New York City 49, Mrs. Mabelle
Christy. wife of Howard Chandler
Christy, model for his famous Amer
ican Girl" declares that their home,
idyllic for II years had been broken
up by the teachings of Mrs. Augusta
Stetson, recently repudiated by the
Christian Science church. Mrs. Chris
ty came here from GAINESVILLE, o.,
where she began suit for possession of
her ten-year.old daughter Natalie. The
child had been mysteriously whisked
away by the father, whom detectives
were sent out to trace.
Please do not ask me whether
will seek divorce" Mrs. Christy tear
fully said. IL love Howard and if it
were not for Christian Science as
taught by Mrs. Stetson l would be
living with him happily. Mrs. Stetson
and her practitioners have taught him
that marriage is wrlng; that there is
nothing sacred in it. He has come to
lose all sympathy and feeling. He is
no longer the same man.
IT'S my own fault in way. took
him to the First Church of Christ,
Scientist, in this city.
Remember, four or five years ago
had to hide my books on Christian
Science and read them on the SLY, so
bitter was my husband toward the
sect. A practitioner whom | had con-
suited had urged me to give up How
ard as a husband. told Howard what
she had said. how she had declared
w wi
God in her mind, taught there was no
sanctity In matrimony. He became
angry and denounced her teachings.
Then he became very Ill and toward
the end of the illness. after he had
been benefited somewhat by the best
specialists in the country. l persuaded
him to go to one of Mrs. Stetson' 8
| practitioners. He did and was healed.
Not long after that this practitioner
rose in the meeting and gave all cred
| it for the healing to Christian
Science. ignoring the remarkable work
of the skilled doctors.
"1 wonder why she said all that -
exclaimed Howard when he arrived
home, but, owing to his cure, he went
on in blind faith that whatever was
done was right. First Howard was
| referred to AS one of the jewels in
Mrs. Stetsons crown Then they be
| gan to run my house.
Affairs rapidly began to get worse.
Some of Mrs. Stetson's practitioners
explained to Howard the 'wickedness
of marriage and finally persuaded him
that what they said was the word OF
God. / pleaded that he give up this
belief and tried to awaken the old
love which had made our home SC
happy But he merely looked at me
thoughtfully and in far away man
ner as if to say, Some time you will
reach my mental level and you will
see that you are wrong now
"On July he went away, first tC
Cuba and then to GAINESVILLE, q. Three
times | have been to Ohio, hoping tc
make him understand how childish he
was. But he seemed to be under q
mesmeric spell. Even now the Chris
tian Scientists are treating him, en-
forcing their beliefs on him and sep
arating me from what is dearer thar
all else in the world to mother, hel
child"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-03
is CAUGHT FIrIna eulldlna.

Bellefontaine. O.-In an effort to
fire the building of woman of whom
she was jealous, Mrs. Geneva McFar-
land, go. became confused in the dark
ness at Quincy and poured coal oil or
the wrong building. The fire was dis
covered before much damage resulted.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-03
Balloon coIlapees; Two Dead.

Berlin, Gern!any.-Dr Brenckmann
and Hugo Francke, the two most dar-
ing members of the Aero club of Ber-
lin. have been killed through tae col
lapse of their balloon "Kolmer
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-03
Many Die to Hunt Deer.

Milwaukee, Wis.-The hunting cas-
ualities for the year 1909 in the
north woods follows: Killed before
deer season 0, killed during deer sea.
son 20, total 30; wounded, first half
of season IS, wounded last half of sea.
son 8. total 27. Total casualties to
date 80.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-03
Won't esr Liquor.

Montgomery, Ala. - The proposed
amendment to the constitution
providing for constitutional prohi-
bition was rejected by majority of
at least $4,000 votes in the election
held in this state. 1t may be 10000
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-03
VIII Edit Paper from Cell.

Mount Vernon, lll.-Ora +. Ha4
will, editor of daily newspaper
at Mount Carmel. ILL.,, found guilty
of criminal libel. has announced that
he will edit his paper from his cell
unless an appeal to the higher court
proves effective for his release.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-03
Old Captain Dead.

Chicago, lll.-"Capt." George John.
son, r. the last member of the
-Four Cronies club. an association OF
four we'll known old time characters
on the Great Lakes, is dead at his
.ome in Evanston.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-03
Pension syetem for Bio Four

New York City, Employees of the
Big Four road are to participate
in the benefits of the pension system
the directors have taken, action apply
ing the plan to that road.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-03
Three Wreck Victims Drown.

Tillamook, Ore.-A life saving
boat, which had on board sew
eral passengers from the steamer
Argo, which struck Tillamook bar,
was overturned on Garibaldi beach
and two women and one of the life
saving crew were drowned.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-03

The bureau of zoology of the state
department of agriculture has recent.
ly issued an admirable and novel bui-
letin on the subject of plant pest treat.
ment. In few pages comparatively
are condensed very comprehensive
list of the oommoner ills plants are
heir to- Then another list gives the
appropriate treatment, while third
tells the most effective time to do
the work. These three schedules are
connected by cross references so that
they are made easily available to any
one. In most cases the grower knows
only too well what is the matter with
his crop. If he does not the bureau
invites him to send specimens of af-
fected growth securely packed so no
danger of spreading infection or risk
of damaging by mail may be incurred.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-03

Orville Wright says that flying is
not as dangerous as automobile racing,
but that air traved is not likely to su.
persede the present established modes
OF locomotion. The vast majority OF
men will have to continue combining
their aerial ambitions to flights of
fancy.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-03
catholic instruction is Dead.

Canton, o.--Sister Ligouri. 81. for
many years an instructor in the Cath
olic college of. the Immaculate Con-
ception. died suddenly at that institu-
tion at Reedurban. this county.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-03

Spain has come upon unhappy days
and Its troubles seem to have no end.
In almost every prominent center of
population you will be sure to find the
worst street car line on earth"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-03

More even than sailors, before the
days of steamships, who had to de-
pend upon the wind for the success of
their voyages and had to watch the
weather for their lives. the men who
manipulate flying machines must be
students of the air currents, the skies,
the signs of storms. The more this
young century interests itself with
the navigation of the air the more it
will learn, perforce, about the great
invisible enveloping fluid which sur
rounds the globe. The airships and the
aeroplanes are going to make this
generation the first in weather lore of
all that have felt the power of the
winds and the perils of the fury of the
elements.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-21
A New Uplifting Tnfluenoe.

One of the signs of the times is the
share being taken by the great depart
ment stores of the large cities in the
movement for social uplift. These con-
Germs employ a vast army of people,
largely girls and young women, and
when their managers seriously under
take the work of improving the con-
dition of their employees as, Is now be-
ing done in New York, Chicago and
other places, the resultant benefit is
bound to be widespread.
The spectacular feature Of any new
movement, is of course, that which
gets the widest publicity. and the care
Jess public has noted only 'that@the
stores have begun the abolition OF
rats from hair, and frills and furbe-
lows from costumes, among the girls
behind the counters. But the reform
is to go beyond that. The heads Of the
stores have awakened to the existence
of earelessness in department among
employees, and are conscientiously ap-
plying a remedy, thereby winning the
gratitude Of patrons at once and ulti.
mately that Of the clerks. Manners and
morals are being made a thoughtful
study and a marked improvement is
reported in the association between
employee and customer.
Even more personal is the work be
ing quietly and effectively done behind
the scenes through the employment OF
experienced and womanly women who
conduct an individual campaign to in.
spire among the clerks a brighter and
higher outlook in life. To these ma,
irons the young women are invited tC
bring all their vexations and troubles
and from the fund of experience goot
advice is given and IL needed, direci
help. concerning the personal ant
home affairs of all inquirers.
The management In each establish,
ment where this work has been under
taken reports the most encouraging re
suits and when the public comes t.
understand the good being accom-
plished by these methods 1t will hear
tily applaud a work which, at frs
sight, appeared TO be more in the ma
ture of petty interference.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-21
REFORM IN PROCEDURE.
Practically Unanimous Approval of
President Taft's Plan.

0lOGn pd6s
President Taft has strengthened the
cause of the reform of procedure by add
ing the weight Of his authority to that Of
the American Bar association. in urging
that technlcalities be no longer allowed to
defeat Justice. The suggestion that con-
.gress should appoint a commission to. re-
port a system ito secure quick and cheap
Justice in the federal courts" one that
will offer a model to the legislatures and
courts of the states" is approved by the
Louisville Courier-Journal as a good one,
in spite Of the fact that 'congressiona
commissions are not notably efficient" The
st. Louis Post-Dispatch says In the
judicial procedure Of every state needs re-
vision and that a commission Of this kind
would supply all the states with a basis
for reform legislation"
That the states ali have the same in
teIests at stake, and can unite, IL they
choose. in a uniform system of procedure,
is unquestionablg true, and the New York
Sun is unquestfonably wrong in saying:
THE demand for uniformity and SYM
metry in the political institutions of the
several states constituting a vast republic
is based on an assumed likeness in their
different communities which does not al
ways exist The American Bar associa-
ton is wasting its time and labor in at
tempting to devise a uniform judicial sys-
tenn which win be satisfactory to all the
states Of the Notwithstanding Oklahoma
The newspapers OF the country are
practically united in their hearty approval
OF the work OF reform in state courts in
the American Bar association is
interested. With the exception Of the Sun,
and the New York Commercial. which
thinks that the court traditions Of each
state command great popular respect, and
legislatures are very conservative in the
matter of making court changes" we have
found no newspapers adversely criticisIng
this program of the American Bar associa-
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-21
Diligence in High Stations.

While rival claimants to sensational
achievement are striving to wrest each
others laurels, 1t is refreshing to turn
to a man, who in the same field Of en-
deavor and glory has steadfastly pur.
sued his way with honor, maintaining
the confidence and esteem OF men by
attending strictly to his own business
The reports from Athens that If King
George abdicates the throne the Greek
army viii insist that the duke Of the
Abruzzi take the crown, renew atten.
ton to a remarkable man who has
of late been much in the public eye
though seeking to escape it.
Like Peary and like Cook, AbruzzI
has spent much of his life In striving
to wrest from the earth the secrets
which it has %stubbornly withheld from
man. Among the highest mountains OF
the world he scaled first and farthest
the most inaccessible peaks, and has
Illuminated by his scientific discoveries
the myths that for ages surrounded the
s~noW-capped ranges. In the Arctic re-
gions he fought his way to the most
northernmost point reached up &c
1900. But. unlike Peary and unlike
Cook, he has sought personal ex.
~ploitation, and instead Of interfering
with another's affair he has attended
strictly and fastidiously to his own.
With a record of achievement that
the scientific world and that al.
thoughtful men marvel at and honor
Abruzzi has remained as modest al
he has been Industrious. When a sen
sation-loying public wasted its breath
in gossip about his rumored aIIianc,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-21
More qualification

AS II It were not enough COR the
courts to nullify the laws by which our
democratic legislature sought to null
lify the constitution, We now have a
fragrant case Of notification by the
democratic party managers themselves.
Among the great reform measures
put on the statute books Of Nebraska
by the late democratic legislature is
one amending the corrupt practices act
designed to make It fence high and
barbed wire tight. This great demo-
cratic measure writes into law Mr..
Bryan's pet hobby Of campaign fund
publicity before election, thus improv-
ing on the publicity law which the re-
publicans had enacted ten years before.
But 10 and behold, the time APP
proaches and passes and no report
from any democratic treasurer showing
money on hand. or contributions re-
ceived in excess Of the sum Of $25.
Only after this default is proclaimed
in the public prints does the demo
cratic national committeeman come to
the front, claiming to be the treasurer
of the state committee, with a sworn
declaration that, although he is the
nominal treasurer, no money has come
in Il him or gone out from him.
The law is very explicit that all cam
paign funds must pass through the
hands of a duly constituted treasurer,
and it is notorious that the democrats
have spent money.
Notification No. 1.
In the second place, the law requires
the filing Of a sworn statement by the
treasurer not later than the fifteenth
day before election. but none was
filed by the democrats.
Notification Number 2.
In the third place, the law requires
this statement to include not only all
contributions in excess of S25, but also
"the source Of any money discovered
in such treasurer's hands at the begin.
ming of the campaign" At the end
of the last campaign the democratic
committee reported a surplus. What
became Of the surplus? Notta sign Of
1t in the treasurer's belated statement
Modification Number 3.
Great is qualification" when com
mitted by democrats in the lame o.
reform and the democratic party.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-21
PERSONAL NOTES.

The exchange Of compliments between
Presidents Taft and Diaz lifts taffy almost
to the dignified status held by the gum
drop.
The presidents summer residence Is
closed, and Beverly can now enjoy that
supreme calm which has for some time
pervaded oyster Bay.
Five thousand striking necktie workers,
all of them women, nave been led to vic
tory in New York by a woman. They
literally had their employers by the throat,
Employees of the government printing
office recently hazed some new members
of the service, and were promptly fired.
Many a college would be benefited by a
study Of governmental methods of handling
rowdles.
Correspondents having provided Abruzzi
with a wife, but without giving to the pub
lie the slightest assurance that the young
people ever heard Of each other, have now
presented him with a throne. And the
chances are that they viii not get out OF
their generosity so much as a thank you"
New York state next month is to vote
upon a proposed constitutional amendment
increasing the salaries of the supreme
court judges in all the districts. outside OF
Greater New York from 1900 to $4,000,
The judges Of this court in the two New
York City districts are now paid 1880, and
no change Is proposed there.
What power lies in the telegraph, the
telephone and the press, knitting closer
every day. the brotherhood Of mana A
woman in New York by ~telephoning to
Chicago enables the police to identify the
body Of her brother by his scars. And
yet the story in the papers only empha-
sized the evil of the mans life--the miracle
was treated as commonplace.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-21
MIR. BRYAN's FEARS.
Objections to a Party Conference to
Outline Policies.

washington Post
Mr.. Bryan's voice issues from the mango,
loudly protesting that he does not want a
national conference and cannot see why
anybody else should want 1t. He scouts
the idea of outlining a policy for national
democrats" as he tags them. The last
national platform still stands as the true
declaration OF democratic principles, he
would lay them understand. Mr.. Bryan
would not cross a ~ or dot an 81" we
infer, albeit that platform was rejected by
the people, just as two previous platforms
fashioned by the same fine Nebraskan
hand had been.
Mr.. Bryan further decries the proposed
conference on the ground that it would
not be a representative body, but would
be composed of the men who are pc
euniarily Interested in defeating the pop
ular will" Mr.. Bryan, OF course. has in
mind the democrats who have ~repudiated
his financial planks from 1e to l down
TO the wildcat banking proposition based
on oklahoma's rotten statute. Their ex-
elusion would keep out Of any party con-
ference every democrat with a bank ac-
count that prudence prompts to vote for
its protection, as was done by the demo-
Gratis In Greater New York last year, rock
ribbed as they are-or, rather were before
Bryan's day. h contributed more to
Mr.. Taft's immense majority in the Empire
state than the now discredited Oklahoma
plank?
AS TO defeating the. popular will, the
money power need not exert itself. With
Organism as the issue, there are enough
prudent democrats in the common crowd
TO turn the tide IN banking communities,
and their number is seen to be increasing
year by year as Organism comes 60 be
better understood. Depositors in savings
banks see that they are on common
ground with depositors in national banks,
and must vote the same way In order to
avert the danger that threatens.
Mr.. Bryan shoulders for the party If
a conference be held, maintaining tina it
would only sound a note OF discOrd. But
who is responsible for the things that
brought about discord for the mischievous
policies that sorely tried the loyalty OF
the conservative wing-the flower OF
democracy as Il was in the days when
wise leadership showed the way TO vic
tory2
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-21
who WIN Cut the Melon.
Indlanapolls News

InuIaldpOIIS NeWb.
Evidences are not lacking that the rail-
roads err in thinking the time ripe for an
increase in freight rates. This melon,
under the mellowing Influence Of return
ing prosperity has grown into a tempting
fruit, hard to resist. But every one that
has cut into a luscious looking cantaloupe
knows how difficult it is to judge the
precise stage of maturity. Not only do the
shippers declare that this melon is not
ripe, but they even deny the right of the
railroads to consider this melon as their
own. 49,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-21
RecIaiminR Abandoned Farms.
Dn-No- ITo-oTl

Secretary Wilson, who has been touring
New York state investigating the condE
ton and causes of abandoned farms, says
that the trouble is with the farming and
not with the farms. The soil is not
exhausted. Profitable crops are possible.
Scientific knowledge and work are the
essentials. Scientific agriculture in the
so-called manufacturing states where
proximity to urban centers with their mar
kets adds to the value Of any crop de-
serves to be recognized as one OF the most
important phases of the conservation OF
resources and of relief from the present
burdensome cost of living. The challenger
of the beef trust, the dairy product trust,
the poultry and egg trust is not the legis-
lator, but the small farmer who is an
Independent and cannot be bought up.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-21

with an American heiress. he withdrew
to the SUBMITS Of the Himalsyas and
continued his work.
Americans divided in allegiance be-
tween the f~ault-finding Peary and the
complacent, but flamboysnt Cook, may
well pause to consider for sage reflec-
ton the case of that inveterate ex-
plorer, Abruzzi, a worthy example of
the man diligent in his business who
shall stand among kings.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-21
Maintaining the Ancient landmarks.

AAnAANuAAAAk kAE AAARARhN AAAAAAAnAA Ms
One Of the pleasantest features of
the celebration Of CORVALLIS day at
Yorktown is the reminder that this is
one of the ancient landmarks of the
nation that has been preserved in all
It's original integrity. No railroad has
invaded the place to overrun it with
careless travel, and even the river is
ordinarily as devoid of craft as is the
hillside Of houses.
Old Yorktown stands today practi-
cally as 1t stood on that memorable
occasion when the surrender of the
British general ended the Revolution
airy struggle. Despite the fact that
since then 1t has witnessed another
memorable siege, that of Mcclellan in
the civil war. Yorktown as an ancient
landmark and as a cornerstone OF
American independence remains un-
spoiled. Population has not c%entered
to Improve" it; civilization has at
tempted no garnishment except the
erection Of the centennial monument,
Yorktown is only accessible to him
who cares to go to the pains Of invad-
ing its seclusion, and such a visitor.
with patriotic impulse, will approach
the historic little settlement with rever-
emit hands.
In the tremendous progress of the
American people since that day when
CORVALLIS laid down his sword, they
have in too many cases been needless
of the sacred spots where the early
struggles were fought out and 1t is re
f~reshing to reflect occasionally upor
THE realization that some few places
such as Yorktown have escaped alike
violation by the march Of events ant
spoliation by careless citizen Of
thoughtless tourist. Wise is that ma
ton which maintains unprofaned tt
ancient temples of liberty.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-21
NEW HAIL on ZANE.
Hartford Courant.

Hartford Courant.
please give me- said the teacher, as
she rubbed her tired eyes,
THE names of some great freshmen, my
dears:" fsatr
And when a hand waved frantically, she
noticed with surprise,
The grimmy paw OF Jimmy McAleers.
Twas something new for Jimmie to be
interested when
We'll, Jimmie" said the teacher, name
your famous, Irishmen.'
"McGinnity and Hogan.
Mike Kelly, Dick Cogan;
Jim Collins, WIND Bill Donovan and
yam
McGill and Mcintyre
Spike Shannon and Mcguire,
Mccarthy, Dolan, Daley and O'Brien.
Jiggs Donohue, Mcbride,
Waddell, the PhillIes', pride.
Mcfarland Mugs McGraw and
Jack Sullivan, O'MaIley,
Moriarity, McNally. ..r. ~
Pat Fiaherty. J. Hurley. Eddie Burke.
Mccormick and Mcconnell.
Michigan, O'Donnell,
MCKINLEY, MCNAMARA and McGann;
Hugh Duffy and McMackin,
McHaie, MCGEE, Mccraeken,
o,Neil MeQuaid, McMannis and
WHY Jimmie" cried the teacher, Gust
wait a minute: please;
What did those folks you mention ever
do?
How is 1t that you didn't give me any
names like these! 5e.
Tom Moore. Parpell and Robert Emmet,
tOo?' 9teh
Gee whiz!' exclaimed the urchin, ct
never seen dem guys
named the warmest members in the
mess;
De fellers you are boostin' fer can't be
so very wise: yHt .
Dey must ave played IN some bush
league, I guess"