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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-04-23
GRIDIRON
BROILER
FAMOUS CLUB AGAIN
HOLD SESSION.
PROMINENT MEN IN PUBLIC EYE
GOT ALL THAT WAS COMING
TO THEM.

Washington.-The broiler of the Grid
iron club, that famous organization of
newspaper men, was kept busy serving
up wit and humor at a special dinner
complimentary to the new administra-
ton. The dinner was given in the ban
quet hall of the New Willard. Care
was taken that men prominent in the
public eye got all that was coming to
them in the way of thrusts and jibes
and the great assembly was in con-
slant uproar
Of course President Taft was there,
as were Speaker Cannon, members of
the cabinet and the diplomatic corps,
senators and representatives, men high
in the industrial and financial world,
and many others of distinction. In the
absence of President Henry Hall, who
is just recovering from a long illness,
President Scott G. Bone Of the Wash
ington Herald presided.
Among the guests were: The presi-
dent of the United States, the British
ambassador, the Swiss minister, Sem
ators Aldrich, Beverage, Borah, Carter,
Chamberlain, Elkins, Guggenheim,
Kean, Oliver, Scott, Smoot, Sutherland,
Taylor, Warren, Secretaries Ballinger,
Dickinson, Nagel, Wilson, Postmaster
General Hitchcock, Attorney General
| Wickersham, Baron L. Ambrosey, Aus
tra- Hungary; Alden j. Blethen, Seat
tie Times; Joseph Carlos Rodriguez,
Journal of Commerce, Rio de aJneiro;
Charles Fl. Boynton, New York; John
Barrett, director Of the bureau of
American republics; J. Pierpont Nor
gan, Jr., Rudolphe Lemieux, postmaster
general of Canada; L. II. Nutting,
Southern Pacific railroad; Rear Ad-
miral Sperry, Fred W. Carpenter, secre-
tary to the president.
Welcomed in Darkness.
The onslaught on the banquet room
began when the club g old fashioned
dinner bell announced that everything
was ready. AS soon as the diners were
seated, the room was thrown into dark
ness, while musical welcome was
extended to the distinguished guests
Then the mammoth electric gridiron
flashed into view, the lights were turned
on throughout the room and the fun
commenced.
Almost the first thing to greet the
guests was q handful distributed by
some speedy messenger boys, announce
ing that there would be a great min
strel show by all-star performers, ipr
GLIDING vocalists, comedians and cab
met officers. This was the hit of tho
evening In true minstrel fashion,
with all the Accomplishments of DUST
ers and more or less discordant band,
this troupe of club talent paraded
through the hall before going on the
stage.
The program Of this show was q
clever imitation of the real thing,
even to the naming of the executive
staff, together with special "note by
the management, which called at
tention to what was to come and with
the injunction that there should be
no flowers. "Eating Through Georgia.
was the opener.
The speakers during the evening
were President Taft, Secretary Dickip-
son, Speaker Cannon, Senators Taylor
of Tennessee and Chamberlain of Ore
gon, and Governor Marshall of Indiana,
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-04-23
Colonel Jacob Augur Is Dead.

Manila, April 20.-Colonel Jacob Au-
CUR of the Tenth cavalry died suddenly
of apoplexy at Fort Mckinley Sunday.
President Taft has directed the imme-
date promotion of Colonel Madison p.
Maus, Twentieth infantry, to the rank
of brigadier general.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-04-23

Cancer Of the stomach causes about
5000 deaths a year In the United
States and nearly 5000 In England and
WaleA
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-04-23

There is world of difference bs-
tween being gentleman and tryiag
to look like an aristocrat
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-04-23

1t is said that one of the estates of
the ear covers three times as much
area as New England.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-04-23

She-Do you believe the good die
young7
He-I did when was a boy-but not
now.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
BURGLAR PROVES
TO BE A WOMAN
Grocer Surprises Midnight
Prowler Who Turns Out to
Be His Landlords Wife
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

l0Pcctdt DiSPufCH 10 4 nc (otl
RICHMOND. Nov 24-'.Throw up
your hands," commanded E. j. Matou-
SEX. a grocer in Macdonald avenue,
early this morning as he aimed re-
volver at a figure in his shop. Follow
ing up his order with a threat to kill.
the shop keeper approached the per-
son only to be astounded when he dis
covered that he had captured Mrs
Emma Cerveny. wife of John Cerveny,
his landlord and next door nefghbor
In her hands were number of pota-
toes. which had been taken from a
sack
Matousek called the police. The
woman was arrested Owing to the
circumstances she was allowed to plead
guilty in Judge Lindsey's court this
morning on a charge of petty larceny.
Her husband paid a fine of 800 that
was imposed as punishment. Mrs. Ger
veny refused, as did her husband, to
make any explanations
Matousek had been missing mer-
chandise from his store for some time
His wares disappeared mysteriously
between nightfaI and daybreak Ex-
asperatede by the petty thefts Metou-
SEX decided to go on guard. He was
rewarded soon after midnight by hear
ing window at the side of the store
quietly raised. Armed the grocer
stepped forward and quickly disclosed
the woman.
The Cervenys occupied dwelling ad-
joining the store. They were reputed
to be in fairly good circumstances The
value of the stolen wares was not
heavy and they were principally food
products
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
DEBUTANTE FESTIVITIES
LAST NINETEEN HOURS
Smart Set Reverts to Custom of
Past Generation

ST. LOUIS Nov 24.-Fonowing the
custom of st. Louis society of two gen
erations ago the debut of Miss Ehie
Bagnell, which began at s o'clock to-
night. will continue until O'Clock to-
morrow afternoon. More than 500 St.
Louis society men and women attended
the party.
Dancing continued until daylight AT
o'clock in the morning breakfast will
be served. After breakfast guests will
motor to their homes to discard even
ing clothes and later will go to the
Country club
Miss Bagnen will be hostess to other
debutantes at a luncheon A reception
will follow the luncheon and Miss Bag
nell will receive all the guests of the
nj ght before.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
FINDS EVIDENCE
OF LIFE ON MARS
Three New Canals Discovered
on Planet by Noted
Astronomer
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

Especial Dispatch 10 The Call
BOSTON, Nov 24-Three new canals
have been discovered on the planet
Mars by Prof. Percival Lowell at his
Arizona observatory. The announce
ment came today through Mrs. David
Todd, wife of the noted authority OF
Mars. and herself an astronomer of
national reputation. This announce
ment of new signs of activity by the
Martians is a direct contradiction to
the recent report among astronomers
that disturbances on the planet showed
that all life there, if there ever had
been any, had been destroyed in some
great catastrophe.
The announcement of Mrs. Todd is
borne out by discoveries made at the
observatory at Juvisy by Camille
Flammarion, who instead of finding
signs of destruction in the recent up
heaval on Mars, found signs of new
activity. the construction of some great
new work up there.
Professor Lowell says that he has
found three of four new canals of re-
cent making up there.
"These canals look TO US like signs
of intelligent, purposeful work, rather
than natural markings. he said. THE
radical view is that they are sure
signs of intelligent activity and that
human beings exist on Mars, but all
we can say is that there seems to be a
probability that these new canals show
that there is life up there
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
ROSS MURDER
DUE TO PLOT
FOR VENGEANCE
Thugs Convicted in Canada for
Assaulting Black Suspected
of Planning Crime
Several Witnesses Tell of Seeing
Stranger Watching Before
Engineer Was Killed

sHE murderer of Robert C.
Black stationed himself at the
corner of Shady lane and the
Lagunitas road with the intention, not
of robbing any citizen that might pass,
but of killing young Black. OF that my
Investigation has made me certain.
Several persons saw the fellow sta
toned at the corner there, dedsing
beck und forth Into the shadows, and
their testimony makes 1T certain tshat
he was there for two hours before
Black came along. Robbery was not
the murderer's motive, and Mt the pres
ent time 1 may say that there is n
good chance that Blacks slayer will he
captured. d.''-Statement made last night
by Sheriff William P. Taylor of Marin
county
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
REQUESTS OF 100000
TO FOREIGN MISSIONS
Vast Sum Left by John Stuart
Kennedy of New York

HARRISBURG, Pa, Nov. 24.--An-
late John Stuart Kennedy of New York
to the Presbyterian board of foreign
missions would amount to s5,0co.O0O,
instead of's1. 0o0.O 600. as had been stated
at the time of his death, was made at
the laymans missionary convention
here today.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
DAVENPORT WILL BE
PENSION COMMISSIONER

WASHINGTON. Nov. 24.-James l.
Davenport first deputy commissioner
of pensions. has been selected for the
ofice of commissioner. made vacant
by the resi- gnation of Vespasian War
ner OF Illinois Davenport is from
New Hampshire, and has occupied the
position of deputy commissioner for
Il yearA-
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
THOUSAND WILL WE'D
THANKSGIVING DAY
Cupid to Cut Big Figure in
Chicago's Holiday

CHICAGO. Nov. 24.-Cupid will be a
chief celebrant in Chicag go's Thanks
giving to morrow. according to. the
clerk of the county marriage license
bureau more than 1000 persons will
be married on the holiday.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
NEGRO LYNCHED FOR
ATTACK ON WOMAN
Mob Pursues Fiend Many Miles
to Capture Him

ANNISTON. Ala, Nov. 24.-A mob
Iynched Roy Rolston, a negro, here to-
day for attacking Mrs w. c. Cheat
wood. wife of white farmer.
The negro fled after his crime and
was tracked many miles His pursuers
riddled him with shot and his body was
burned.
His victim is in critical condition
and may die.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
CABLE OF ILLINOIS
TO SUCCEED McHARG

WASHINGTON, Nov 24.-After an in
teryiew with President Taft today, Sem
ator Cullom of Illinois announced that
Benjamin s. Cable, an attorney of Chi
cago. would be appointed assistant Sec
retary of commerce and labor to sue
ceed Ormsby McHarg.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
GERMANY APPROPRIATES
$IOS, 100000 FOR NAVY
Budget Shows 100000 In.
crease Over Last Year

BERLIN, Nov. 24.--The Nord Deutsche
Allegemeine zeitung prints today the
chief feature of the naval budget
These provide for total expenditure of
sos. 500. 900, an increase # s7.o0o,O00.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
REVOL UTION INVOLV In
BRITISH BUDGET CONFLICT
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TO-DAY
TELEPHONE KEARNY SO
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER %, 1908
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TO-DAY

YESTERDAY-West wind; foggy. Maximum
temperature 60; minimum IS.
FORECAST T0DAF-Cloudy, with rain in
early morning, clearing during the day; light
north wind Page 13
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
Not the Correspondent

ALBANY. N Y. Nov. 24.-The dis
patch sent from here November % COW
ering. the decision of the court of ap-
peals in the case of Mrs. Margaret
Teal granting her a new trial on the
charge of subornation of perjury made
the erroneous statement that Bessie de
Vote. who had been mentioned in the
course of the proceedings. had been
named as correspondent in the Frank
Gould divorce case
This erroneous reference to Miss de
Vote was under misapprehension, the
fact being that she was not so named
The correspondent in the. record was
described as an unknown woman in
Canada.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
MRS. TEAL RELEASED
ON ORDER OF COURT
Was in Jail in Connection With
Gould Divorce Case

NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-Mrs. Margaret
Teal, wife of Ben Teal, the stage man
ager. obtained today an order of re-
lease from prison.
She was serving term of a year in
the penitentiary on conviction of sub
ornation of perjury in connection with
the Frank j. Gould divorce case, when
the court of appeals yesterday ordered
a new trial for her
Mrs Teal was admitted to $1,000 bail.
She is said to be iii.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
Mystery Grows Deeper

Robbery was not the motive that led
to the Staying of Robert G. Black, the
young engineer shot and killed in Ross
valley shortly before / o'clock Monday
morning as he was walking from the
home ef his sweetheart Miss May Far
rell, to the railway station, and the eff
forts of Sheriff Taylor, his deputies
on the case, have but deepened the
mystery surrounding the tragic death.
1t now seems certain that some one
lurked in the dense brush along the
route to the depot to take the young
Scotchman's life.
The fact that the killing was done
under the light of a street lamp, when
few feet either way lay the darkness
that had all but concealed the identity
of the slayer during the evening shows
that the murderer wanted his victim to
know who was attacking him and
Rival in Love Suggested
That the youth was coming from his
sweetheart's home may indicate that q
rival for the girls love wished to put
the successful lover out of the way.
and this theory is strengthened by the
testimony of Frank Speck, ,coachman
for L. B. Roe. who saw during the
evening a man dogging couple in
their stroll up and down Shady lane
From Canada, too, where the.engineer
q
avenger of a past grievance Black
was held up and robbed there some two
years ago by three thugs according to
the story friend of the dead man
tells and later the victim of the rob-
berry identified the trio and had them
sent to prison.
Bandits Swore Vengeance
The thugs swore TO even the score
Taylor has been endeavoring since the
murder to discover the identity of every
stranger to the locality He believes
that the mems terms of Imprisonment
ended recently and it is possible one of
them was given the task of following
Black and ending his life.
The statements Of the family and
the testimony of friends and neigh
bors is that May Farrell, to whom
Black was paying court. has never had
a sweetheart until the engineer, a man
who Games of wealthy and prominent
Scotch family, came into her life more
than a year ago when she was visiting
near Glen Frazer. where Black was
then employed. Miss Farrell is quiet
reserved and studious and seldom at
tended any of the entertainments to
which other girls were eager to, go
Mysterious Stranger Seen
Black, on his part, paid not the
slightest attention to other girls He
never drank, his moral life was clean:
All the search back into his life has
revealed no one. save the convicted
r,wts,..oa
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
Presence of Politicians

McCarthys protestations to the con-
trary, the makeup of his personal party
and the visitors who have waited on
him during the last two weeks make
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25

Continued ON Page :, Column 4
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
Mysterious Stranger Seen

Continued ON Page ?. coIumn ?
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
FOREIGN

Lord Roseberry warns British house Of lor
that rejection Of budget involves revol
ton. Page
Nicaraguan rebels expect to overthrow zela!
within two weeks. Page
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25

-i4ntinued ON PAGE ?, Column 9
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25

EASTERN

New York police commissioner rouses public
to control reckless autoists- Page ;
Noted astronomer finds new evidences of If
on Mars. Page
Debutante festivities in st. Louis last Il
hours, according to custom Of former genera
ton. Page
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-04
LABOR DAY MANIFESTO.
1t Is Issued by John Mitchell in
Absence of Gompers.

New York, Sept. 4-John Mitchell,
vice president of the American Fedora
ton of Labor and representing Presi-
dent Samuel Gompers in the latter's alb
sence, has issued the annual Labor
day manifesto to the workers of the
country. Referring to the contempt
cases in which he Mr. Gompers and
Secretary Frank Morrison are out on
bail, pending the decision Of a higher
court as to whether they shall go TO
Jail, Mr.. Mitchell says:
While the abuse of the writ Of in
junction did not originate within the
last decade. yet it is safe to say that
the wrongful use of what was pri-
niarily benefcent and necessary legal
process has become acute within the
last ten years and perhaps no action
has caused such universal protest as
the inj Lnction issued by Justice Gould
and the decision rendered by Justice
Wright. 1t is no reflection upon the
judiciary to say that the working men
will not cease their agitation or abate
their demands until trial by Jury for
every offense which involves morrison
ment shall have been established and
recognized as the only true principle
of free government and the real guar
aEtee of the impartial administration of
iuStice.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-04
BLEW HIS BOOTS OFF.
But Dynamite Explosion Failed to Kill
James johnson.

Quinnesec, Mich, Sept 4.-Of the
many close calls from death in the an
mails of mining in the Lake Superior
region, it is doubtful if any can equal
the experience of James johnson in
the Chaplin mine. johnson is in a hos
pital manned for life. With dozen
sticks of dynamite in his boot legs and
several dozens of dynamite caps ex-
p1oding at his feet, it can not be ex-
planned why he was not blown to
shreds.
johnson, who was employed as a
master miner, was preparing to ex-
plode a 12-ho1e blast. He placed the
dynamite in his rubber boots as a con-
Ven1ent way af conveying the blasting
materials. He was STOPPING over when
spark from the candle in his hat
fell into the box containing 100 caps
packed in sawdust and covered with
cotton batting, each cap possessing an
explosive power of fifty pounds. All
the caps exploded but IA. Rescuers
who went to the scene found Johnson
unconscious. A hand had been blown
off, one eye was destroyed, a large
cash was torn in the chest and the
body was covered with bruises and
cuts. The boots containing the sticks
of dynamite had literally been blown
from the feet, but the cartridges were
found intact.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-04

to see us. and said we were Gods
big Christmas present to Africa. Miss
Hall, now occupying Miss McAllister
and Bro. Harrow's station. made us
very welcome. at the mission house,
gave us a place to store our goods,
and has shown US every possible
kindness. The men have gone back
in the bush. to build houses, and the
rest of us will soon follow, God will
ing.
The following is a letter written by
one Of the native Christians the day
after we landed. He lives fifteen
miles from here. Trebo Mission,
Dec 26. 1908: NY Dear Brother. J.
much please to know that you and
John Harrow had come together.
My heart is full of joy. I almost
burst up with happiness. All my peo-
pie here much please indeed. wish
I have the wind and flying like a
bird. How do you do sir. MY best
love to Mrs. Perkins. my best COM
pliments to you. I hope you are all
well. am your brother,
JASPER K TOE.
Brother Harrow has just written US
from bush country that they were
waylaid on the road. or in a GER
tain town. for over three hours The
people simply would not consent to
let all of us pass without having at
least one of our number remain with
them as a teacher and a missionary.
Our main station is only two and one
half hours walk from the cann1baI
tribes, and one of these cannibals
met Mr.. Harrow. on the way and
begged him for a missionary. He
said they had just eaten native man
a few days before. We do not know
who of us will go there yet 1 sup
pose they would be the least likely
to eat me of any, as am the thtnnest
and leanest of the lot.
We have received our first home
mail today, and the girls are all as
tickled as little chillren-
Well, Praise the Lord! We are all
delighted to be here.
We have just received word from
our men who have gone on before TO
build houses, etc. They say that
many, many tribes in the interior, are
asking for missionaries. The people
of our tribe, when they learned that
the missionaries were to pass through
their town, made a law that no one
must go to work that day or leave
the town, but all must stay and help
nine in our company and they
thought that they should have, at
least one out of SO large number:
I suppose that upwards of ten
since we arrived two weeks ago.
Surely Ethiopia is stretching out her
hands to God. Where are the reap
ers? Oh, who will come and share In
the Glory of the Harvest Home?
Our house is to be a perfectly ma
tive one, with a thatch roof, bamboo
floor, sticks and mud for walls. and
we will try and make some doors out
of the boxes we have with us.
The native people of the large
heather towns have turned out in a
body to build our house, and carry
our things back in the bush. Praise
the Lord, for all His goodness. Pray
for MS according to Rom. 1880.
And also join US in praising the Lord
for His goodness Glory, Glory to
His Name.
Yours in His Blessed Service, Till
J. M & JESSIE ARMO PERKINS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-04
DARKEST AFRICA.
j. vi. Perkins Writes of Arrival
in Liberia.
Tells Euclid Avenue Church of
His Experiences.
AMONG THECANNIBALS
Liberian Savages Anxious for
Missionary Help.
Natives Helping to Build House
for Them.

J. NJ. Perkins and wife who visited
with L. H. Vawter at 224 The Drive
have reached their Mission station
in Liberia. The Mission was estab-
nshed by the Misses White of King
man. One of them died from African
fever and the other returned to KAN
sas. The Euclid avenue NJ. E. church
is contributing to the support of the
Mission and the following letter from
Mr.. Perkins was written to the La
dies Missionary Society of that church:
Garraway, Cape Palmas. Liberia,
West Africa. Jan. IS. 1908.
Dear friends: Our ship called at
five places. Our first stop was at La
Palma, a beautiful Spanish Island to
the north of Africa. Here the tower
ing mountain tops pierced the clouds
and made them seem as if they were
on fire. From La Palma we pro-
ceeded to Sierra Leone, where our
party went ashore and spent a very
pleasant hour with the United Breth-
ern Missionaries from the United
States, after which we visited the
principal parts of Freetown, bought
few things in the market such as
pine-apples, bananas, oranges lines
ETC., and went on board again. The
next day we proceeded to Sherbro,
100 miles up the Sherbro river, where
our ship remained about three days
discharging cargo.
Our next call was at Monrovia,
where we had an interview with the
President of Liberia, in reference to
opening UP a new work in the. inter-
ior. He told US the country was open,
but advised US not to go where no
work was being done, which condition
agreed well with our plans. We
met quite a number of our old friends
while ashore, and several of our mis-
sion children who had gone to Mon
rovia to attend the higher grade
schools there. I was especially glad
of the opportunity of visiting dear
Miriam's grave Misses White) in the
condition. Before leaving I knelt on
this mound of earth, which stands
for so much sacrifice for her and
myself, in the days gone by, and con-
secrated my life afresh to dark
Africa. The harbor bar at Monrovia
was very bad that day, endangering
our lives, but the Lord graciously
safely through, Praise His Name.
Our fifth call was at Since, eighty
miles north of Garraway Here we
met Mrs. J. B. Robinson. one of our
old missionaries. She happened to
be at the coast. and came on board
and spent three or four hours with
us. We also met Lewis Wah, one of
our Barraka boys. He is helping
Mrs. Robinson at present. Mr.. Rob-
inson died about a year ago.
We reached Garraway our landing
place, Christmas morning, and came
ashore during the day. The Lord
put it into the captains heart to
send us and our goods off in his boats
free of charge.
Delighted to See Them.
The native people were delighted