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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-03
MARIAvILLE. AL.

Mariaville grange met Oct. 30 with thir-
ty members and two visitors present. One
candidate was instructed in the first and
second degrees. A fine program was rem
dered. Work ON the stable was favorably
reported, and it is hoped it will soon be
finished. During recess games were
played.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-03

Dear Aunt Modae and Kind Sisters:
You may not remember me, as LJhave only
written once for the coiumn-some time ago.
Am one of the oldest ones, l think. nearly
seventy years young. however. Your kind
and helpful words have often cheered me,
and have, selhshly perhaps, remained!silent.
win send n few clippings you may like to
read. Sincerely yours, AuSr MARY.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-03
Embellishments.
SAVED
FROM AN
OPERATION
ByLydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Louisville, Ky.-"Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound has Ger.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-03

Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs
quickly, strengthens the lungs and expels
colds. Get the genuine in q yellow package.
G.. A. PARcHRR.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-03

niouLANDs "oss NonAn Fn<soDSSoA.
Readings by A. L. Saunders, Caro-
Lowell, worthy master and Annie Hatch
filled up the literary hour at Highland
grange Friday evening, Oct. %. The at
tendance was good. II was voted to pur-
chase new organ.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-03

VERONA, 206.
Verona grange met Saturday, Oct. 80,
Worthy Master w. J. Abbott in the chair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
MADE
 ON BANK CHECKS

Washington, September 25.-(Special)-- The treasury department today settled the question of the legality of drawing bank checks below S1 by deciding that any man who has an account in a bank can draw on it for any size check ne wishes without violating the law.
 The following statement was made pub lie by Assistant Secretary Norton, who recently received appeals from many per sons on the subject and who has acted after having the solicitor of the treasury investigate the law:
 oThere is widespread but entirely need less concern on the question of the legal ity of issuing a check for an amount less than N.
 The law about which this question was raised was passed AT years ago and has been in force and effect ever since In 1882, in order to raise funds for war purposes, this law was passed, placing postage stamps in general circulation as money. It was important that this de- vice should not be interfered with by individuals issuing notes or checks to be used as fractional currency. clause was therefore inserted in the law to pre- vent this
 A Dank cneck IS dH oTuer oH d pdhher to pay a particular sum of money. It Is not designed to be put into circulation as a substitute for money. There is no conflict with this ancient law in issuing checks for any amount, however small. This has been the construction ps"ced upon this law by the treasury depart ment from the passage of the act rf 1852 down to the present moment
 The contract for the erection of mon- ument to the unknown Confederate dead at Films Point National cemetery, Sa- lem, N J., was let today by the war de- partment by authority conferred in an act of Congress of 1906,i providing for the erection of monuments to Confederate soldiers who are buried in che north. The Films Point monument is dedicated to the memory of southern soldiers who died at Fort Delaware. It will be erected by a Boston firm and will cost $S5<.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
GIBBONS TALKS ON
 CONFESSIONAL

Baltimore, September &.-(Special)- church in America, declared today that Judge Milliken of New Bedford, Mass, was right in ordering Mrs. Manuel Aman- co to relate on the witness stand a con- versation she had had with the Rev. Father Manuel de Souza Travassos, when she was penitent In the confessional box of the priests church.
 If she wished to relate conversation In the confessional 1t is evidence" said the prelate. "but the priest is privileged from being forced to go on the stand and tell what has been said to him in the con- fessional. This latter was established in New York something like 100 years ago in the Coleman case, where it was laid down that priest does not have to tell what he hears in the confessional"
 Joe P. Poe, professor of the law of evidence in the Maryland university, one of the greatest authorities in the east on evidence, said:
 Literally speaking, none of>the conver- sation in the confessional is privileged, but practically the priest is privileged in this respect, because by custom it has been learned you cannot make him speak of matters which are to be sacredly se- cret. He will die before he will reveal these secrets.
 Tn this case, however, where the wom- an wished to speak, her evidence was not privileged In the sense that it was in- competent, as the conversation between a wife and husband or lawyer and his client would be, if neither wished to mako a disclosure"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
Dead Bodies
 Found On G1gt Coast

former estimates as to the number of persons who lost their lives in the gulf coast hurricane were completely upset.
 Dilgent search throughout the same section failed to reveal any more bodies. The clothing of the drowned men plainly showed their calling, but there was roth- ing which would lead to individual idenu- fieation.
 News of the discovery of the bodies was brought to New Orleans tonight by one of the numerous dispatch bots, which the local newspapers have been running since the hurricane between this city and points along the coast.
 Further reports received late tonight .'rom Tore Bonne parish add to the many stories of intense suffering in that sec tion A. Cardona, who arrived from La Fourche parish just east of the parish of Terre Bonne, says that there are 600 desti- ute people at Leeville, a small settle ment on the La Fourche river. He was a member of a relief party which fed many of them. Several hundred of these storm sufferers are almost entirely without clothes. In one house near Leeville IS people were drowned. Neighbors were forced to burn the house with the bodies in it to prevent illness in the settlement around 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26

New Orleans, September 25.-Section hands on the Louisville and Nashville railroad found the bodies of 36 sailors and fishermen near Dunbar Station, La., late today. This brings the total number of dead resulting from last Mondays hurri- cane up to approximately 200 The bodies were badly decomposed and were buried near the old track bed without identifica- tion.
 Dunbar is a small station on the Louis vile and Nashville railroad between New Orleans and Bay St. Louis, Miss It is not far from the Rgolets, W hieh connect Lake Borgne, an arm Of the Calf of Mexico with Lake Ponchartrain During ths hurricane many light draught sailing ves- sels, heading for the inland waters, were swept ashore in this section. From day to day the body of a drowned sailor or fisherman from some of these wrecked schooners has been found and estimates on the total number of dead have been based on the former rate at which these bodies have been drowned When 36 bodies were found in one place alone today all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD.

1-Taft talks in Mormon tabernacle Clifford Pinchot will hold his job. Ghosts of Hudson and F ulton see dis
 play.
 Peary still disputes Cooks claim. Many dead bodies found on coast Dr. Cook tells of meeting Whitney. 2-Comer admits that he sold whisky. Sheffield has many advantages. 3-Railroad project may mean much 70
 Birmingham. Birmingham pays one-third of intangi-
 ble tax. 4--Weakley scores anti-amendists. 6-Birmingham public library will be free
 to public beginning Friday.
 Judge J. H. Miller to manage Jeffer-
 son anti-amendmeni campaign. Magnetic storm felt in local telegraph
 offices
 Tom Long wants senators ana con
 gressmen to come out on amend Dr. Phillips plans unique lecture
 series.
 Talladega eager to have Atlanta auto
 route pass through that city. 6-Experiment in cooperation to be
 tried.
 s-voters are coming to big rally. 9-Frere eh aviators lose their lives. Houses searched by detectives.
 Electric storms paralyze wires. 1O-General sporting news. 11-Farmers plan to plant more rice. 13-Literary graces of the great age. 14-Birmingham social news 17-Old- timers story of cleaning up. 2S-Eow Kwang Su was buried, by Frank
 c. Carpenter 2-Pioneer days, by Mary Gordon Duffee. 26-Rab and His Friends, classic in a
 page 27-Kenard, the horo of the gridiron. 28-Editorial comment. Ned Brace talks on advertising. 29-Local and social side of DubNn, by
 F. I. Monks. Heart to Heart Talks, by Edwin A.
 Nye.
 Whence the Talk of Fictionland? by
 Dr w. E. Evans. 3O--Modern hotels marvels of the kind. 3l-Education of the Emperor of China. 32-Literary Lights and Shadows.
 Catholic church and temperance. 33-Cotton advances several points.
 Some recovery in wheat market. Capital going to new enterprises. 35-Mandy and the cotton picker. 36-Dollv Dalrymples page s7-Dr. Eliot engaged in great work. sS-Amusements. 39--Kentucky's governor goes marketing. f--Finger prints as used in the navy. 42--Birinincr am ,frdiistries. 4s-Our Young Folk. A. -Hooligans troublea
 Jimmy Nhe's bird.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26

 pole copied every bit of my original data, to insure the possession of at least one important sat of records in case of accident to the original. When I handed over to Mir Whitney one set, the other went with me, and I felt sure of getting one back home. The manuscript and the instruments In Whitney's possession are very carefully put away in water-tight boxes, and although only nailed up in the ordinary way, we all felt sure that no one would tamper with them."
 Dr. Cooks secretary, MT. Lonsdale, says he advised Dr. Cook not to say anything about the records with MT. Whitney. The doctor however. had told of meeting the New Haven man and in his desire to be frank he told of giving these records to MT. Whitney soS soon as a doubt arose regarding the value of the documents he had already shown at Copenhagen.
 MT. Lonsdale in reply to question: said that MT. Whitney had seen some of the records of Dr. Cook, but had been asked to withhold information of what he had learned until pr. Cook had first made known his achievement. It had been feared by Dr. Cook that the Whitney beat would reach civilization before he did
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
DIR. COOK TELLS OF HIS
 MEETING WITH WHITNEY

New Haven, Conn.,, September 25.-In an interview given to the New Haven Regis ter in New York last night, Dr. Cook told of his meeting with Harry Whitney in the Arctic. The explorer said he was on his way south. and when within five miles of Annotok was surprised to see several men approaching.
 Tt was,'' continued Dr. Cook, Harry Whitney and some of the Eskimos with him on his hunt. It was the first time I had ever met MT. Whitney, and he had to introduce himself. He told me of win tering at my quarters and told me that Commander Peary was up, north, and that he had followed my party over the ice. That was the first had heard of Peary being there.
 MT. Whitney and myself put in two days at the storehouse, and then I started for my final tramp to the port where I could ship for civilization. Now one set of records is with MT. Whitney and an- other set with myself.
 while delayed on my trip south of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
CRUSADERS MARCH
 THROUGH CHICAGO

Chicago, September 25.-(Special.)-Fo temperance and the enforcement of the law. an army of enthusiastic crusaders estimated at 25.0OO marched drought the heart of Chicago today. The soldiers, all volunteers for the war against liquor and vice, were men and women who be- long to churches and societies, besides a host of children drawn from the Sun day schools and Christian Endeavors, Epworth league, Good Templars. Saliva ton Army lads and lassises, Volunteers of America, Sons of Temperance, Father Mathew cadets. loyal workers in the Woman's Temperance union, leaders of the Anti-Saloon league and men and women of prominece in the national, state and county organizations for the promo ton of temperance, joined in the parade. which Gen. Frederick Dent Grant con- sented to lead. Hundreds of banners and standards were assigned positions in the possession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
Race Question Is Lively.

Marshfield. Ore, September 25-The race question has embroiled this towns school system and as result the little son of Cow Why, Chinese merchant, is the sole pupil of the school set apart for colored and Oriental chil- dren. There are several negro chil- dren in the town, but their parents object to their being classed with Orl- entals and insist on their being per mitted to attend school with white children. This the school authorities Hill not permit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26

The Palisades were lined with strings of electric lights so that at certain points it seemed that the whole slope was cov-s cred with iirr. On the other side of tha river and just back of the water gate at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
Applause at Club.

During the delivery of the address the President was frequently interrupted by bursts of applause. He was made an honorary member Of the club. This ban quet began at S,30 o'clock and terminated at 9:s0. when the President and party were taken to saltair where they had a view of Great Salt Lake.
 Returning 10 the. city the President was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
orviIIe Wright Will Not Fly.

Berlin, September 25 Orville Wright, the American aviator, has definitely decided not to enter the aviation week contests Hubert La than today made flight of 20 min- utes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-10
MIR. BALLINGER STAND UP!

SPOKANE, Aug 10-The Spokane today will edi
torialy:
Richard Achilles Ballinger.
of maadministration high office
the interior. What yoursef
the Montana is presented
squarely.
Rich water lands the Missouri had been with
direction of President Rooe
vel whose policy chief President Taft has to
withdrawn You told
by that there danger that the
monopoly would them Yet insisted that they be
the minute took office guardian of the public
main, which belongs to all the people
You said that agricultural lands included in the
leave the reach
influence your decision? Do
that soul to W. A Clark and his
Interests in you
interests of the
mon peoplef
Ballinger things explain
certificate
predecessor plan in technical
the produce that
forbids it?
why Carter and Hughes
attorney general before
interest which feel
interest of settlers the grand valley
project titled the land built homes there?
These the questions that should You
gathering of people who have right to know these
which represent in part in
President Tats cabinet You to chief who has
Roosevelt policies which have
than it to the whose
servant You owe it to yourself to explain.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-10

Some one originated the idea
ages ago that 13 was an unlucky
number, but 13 good citizens of
Tacoma know that yesterday was
a lucky day for them, for each
of them drew a claim in the Coeur
d'Alene reservation. All the
chances are good, half a dozen rf
them are excellent, and one Is
practically as good as first choice.
With two exceptions the ad-
dresses of the lucky ones have
been ascertained. No. 992 fell
to Christine Anderson. The city
gives the names of three Chris
tine Andersons and all are wild
ows. One lives at Al Milltown,
another at 3423 North Twenty
seventh street and the third at
5110 North Winnifred street.
Great Interest in Drawing.
Great interest is manifested in
the drawing and the Times office
is besieged with inquiries as to
the lucky numbers. Fifteen hun
dred names were drawn out of the
box yesterday, there being this
number of claims open to entry
in the Occur d'Alene reservation
Today a substitute list of 5000 is
being drawn. The registration at
Occur d'Aelene was 10000. All
Tacomans who registered at Coeur
d'Alene also registered at Spo-
kane and many of them also reg
istered for the Flathead reserva-
tion, so the bnes whose names
have not yet been announced will
continue to hope until the final
numbers have been drawn. The
Flathead drawing begins Thurs
day.
i Tacoma Winners.
The fortunate Tacomans in the
drawing yesterday were:
No. Herman Neubauer, car
penter T. r. & P. Co., 5434 Birm-
ingham street.
No. 42-Frank Bowman, con-
ductor T. r. & p, 3705 Spokane
street.
No. 53-H. H. Redman, clerk
Rhodes Bros, 234 South G street.
No. 92-Peter Peterson, address
not given.
No. 124-Chester G. Hayes,
CONTINUED on Page Three.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-10
SON TOLD HER HE
HAD BEEN KILLED

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Aug. TO-
The general impression here to
day is that the Introduction of the
Schwartz letters into the investi-
cation of Lieut.. James N. Sutton g
death will not prove as helpful to
the defense as was expected.
Although Mrs. Sutton's charges
are more sensational than she has
ever made in calmer moments
much sympathy is being expressed
for her. Her belief in the occult
continues to be the striking fea-
ture of the case.
Birney today asked: Have '"ou
ever consulted a medium"
"I did not need a vision," she
replied. my son came himself
and told me he'd been killed. I
felt the blows that killed him."
Letters written by Lieut.. SUIT
ton to his brother at West Point
were introduced. In one of them
the lieutenant said:
Don't ever tell a lie for man
or a woman. Always be on your
honor, or, by God. you lose me,
Roddy. You had better try to
walk across hades on rotten log
than. tell lie."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-10

Stirred Up
By Pinchot
FORRESTER NOT DAUNTED BY
POWERFUL INTERES Tt 8
BACKING BALLINGER.
(By United Press Leased wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SPOKANE, Aug. 10.--Sound-
ing the first note of open war
fare with Secretary Ballinger
and upholding the Roosevelt poll
cies; denouncing the administra-
tion of the law by technicalities
and excoriating the gigantic. wa
ter power trust, Chief Forester
Clifford Pinchot today set the Ma
tional Irrigation congress agog
with excitement in stirring
speech which called the delegates
to their feet time and again to
cneer him.
Congress Excited.
The chief forester, nothing
daunted by the power or backing
of his opponents, delivered a
scathing attack on what he term
ed the meretricious methods work.
ing against the public veal. His
address aroused the greatest ex-
citement of the session, and for
many minutes after he had finish
ed the convention hall was a scene
of hubbub and turmoil.
War Is Now On.
War between Pinchot and Bal
linger, which has been brewing
for some time and attracting an
Iundercurrent of attention from all
the delegates, is now open. Every
delegate is ready for the fray and
preparing to take side In the
struggle which promises to be the
most historical one in the history
of the congress.
Resolutions affecting the ques-
tions at issue have been pouring
into the committee, and everyone
is awaiting with keenest interest
the appearance of Bailinger on the
rostrum tomorrow afternoon.
Four States Praise Pinchot.
California, South Carolina.
Washington and Texas have pre-
sented resolutions praising Pin
chot and II. F. Newell, director
of the United States reclamation
service.
Forestry had the floor Of the
National Irrigation congress here
today at the second days session,
and following the address Of Gif-
ford Pinchot, chief forester OF
the United atates, several men in
public and private life discussed
lforestration and forest preserve
|tion. In the afternoon the valuS
and uses of water to the nation
was exhaustively discussed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-10

Just as the fire department
was about to. be called out to aid
in capturing Bert Asquith. a Seat
tie stereotyper. this morning,
Jailer sipe, by ruse, succeeded
in Turing the man from his hid
ing place, and one of the most
exciting chases in the annals of
the Tacoma police department
came to an end.
AsQuith came over from Seat
tie yesterday afternoon to see
some of his friends in Tacoma. He
liked the place. During the night
he gazed at frescoed ceilings and
bright mirrors through glasses,
and this morning he decided to
see the Milwaukee docks and 9TH
|er improvements that are being
made on the tideflats. A birds
eye view was what he wanted,
and this he obtained by climbing
the fire escape on the east side
of the Dundas building.
When Asquith got well up on
the fire escape he became so ex-
hilirated that he wanted to do
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-10
He Wanted to See the Sights
So He Climbed Fire Escape
But the Police Dept. Objected

Iacrobatic stunts, and then po-
|liceman butted In and told him
to come down.
Being from Seattle. he scorned
the demand of the patrolman. A
call was sent in for the buzz
wagon, and it arrived, with the
driver, Jailer Sipe and another Of
ficer. One of Chief Duley's men
started up the fire escape, and
Asquith climbed into an open win
dow In the hotel. Another police
man entered the hotel, but the
Seattle man was elusive.
BY that time Sipe had entered
the building, and on the third
floor he found AsQuith crouching
In corner.
Say, those fellows up above
will get you IL, you don't watch
out," said sipe. "Come this way
and Ill get you out"
Obedientiy Asquith followed the
jailer. and three minutes later ne
enjoyed an automobile ride to the
police station, where he was book
ed on q charge OF drunk and kit
tenish. =
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-10
457 LOST
A 7 SEA
Death Reaps an Appalling
Harvest When Fishing
Fleet Sinks Off the
Coast Of Japan
(By United Press Leased wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
TOXIC, Aug. 10.-A
dispatch from Kobe today
stated that the coral fish
ing fleet, on the eastern
coast, was wrecked and
457 men manning the YES
sells drowned during a
heavy squall which swept
over the coast yesterday.
The tiny boats were
hurled against the danger
GUS reefs by the wind and
ground to bits by the
sharp coral.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-10

fBy United Press Leased Wire
SEATTLE, Aug. 10.--The ef-
forts of the legislative investigat-
ing committee to obtain the testi-
Imony of Mrs. Sarah L. Brown
who Yesterday was accused by p.
wv MORROW, an attorney, of be-
ing q "go-between" in a plot to In
Ffuence decisions OF the supreme
court OF the state. were brought
10 an abrupt termination this
morning when Mrs. Brown tainted
IN the witness stand.
In his evidence before the COM
snittee yesterday Morrow testified
hat Mrs. Brown was alleged to
nave interviewed Il. B. Palmer,
now a member of the investigat-
ing committee, on several occ as
ions, in pursuance of the alleged
scheme of framing up" a decis-
~ which IL was desired to have
the supreme court pass.
The woman made very poor
witness during her occupancy OF
the witness chair. Her lapses uf
memory were many. especially
whenever members Of the COM
mittee asked leading questions Of
her.
Mrs. Brown denied emphatically
that she was a flgurehead for DR..
j. Eugene Jordon in the fight for
possession OF the Ballard prop
erty Of the Sullivan estate, in
which the bribery Of the state
Judiciary is alleged.