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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
POSSE AFTER ASSAILANT

Tramp Assaults Girl and Leaves Her
For Dead.
Altoona, Pa. July IA posse OF
citizens and farmers of Chest Springs,
Cambria county, are searching the
mountains in quest of a supposed
tramp, who assaulted a fifteen-year-old
daughter of John s. Mccoy. of Chest
Springs, while she was picking berries
near her home. Her assailant tore of
her clothes and when she was uncon.
scious and as he supposed dead piled
fence rails and brush on top of her.
The girl revived. reached her home
and told the story. which started out
every man in the neighborhood able to
carry a gun.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
TOOK 10Y RIDE" IN BALLOON
Assistant of California Aeronaut Stole
Trip In Dirigible.

Fruitvale, Cal, July 26.-ConstablC
William Allen was requested to send
a balloon in pursuit of stolen air
ship. The complainant was Thomas
Helimle, the inventor of an airshiI
which, according to his statement, s
been stolen from his workshop by his
assistant T. A. Kinder.
According to the inventor, Kinder
had been importuning him for week
to allow him to take a ride in the diri
gible. When Helimle refused the youne
man entered the shed at night anf
disappeared with the machine. Aller
found the airship up in the hills anf
arrested Kinder, who was later re
leased after promising never again tt
20 10y riding" in his employers bal
loon.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
TRAIN PLUNGEs INTO RIVER
Six Dead and over Fifty Injured In
Wabash Wreck.

Kansas City, Mo-. July 26.--Six lives
were lost, three persons were prob
ably fatally injured and some fifty
were hurt in the wreck Of a Wabash
passenger train that plunged into the
Missouri river thirty miles east Of
Kansas City.
OF the eight cars In the train, five
coaches and the locomotive are now in
the river, with the water covering al
Of them except one end of a sleeping
car. A chair car and two Pullmans re
NAMED uninJured.
At the scene Of the wreck the river
makes bend and the railroad follows
It. For days food waters hace under
mined the roadbed, making 1t too weak
to hold up the heavy trains.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
Tell Story Of Bondage and
Cruelty in Court,
ONLY IS AND "a YEARS OLD
Say They Were Sold to Celestial Mer.
chants In New York as Household
Slaves, One For 5000 and the Other
For $500.

New York, July "a. - Two round.
checked little Chinese maids, their
almond eyes very, very wide, stood de.
murely before Justice Wyatt in the
children's court and swore to story
which left little sympathy in those
who heard for the two elderly Celes
tial merchants who reported their
children" missing to the police on
last Wednesday night.
For both little girls swore that they
had been held against their will as
household slaves, harshly treated and
forced to work long hours. They were
accompanied by an agent Of the Chill.
dren's society, who had found them
on the day following their disappear.
ance from Chinatown at an East Side
parish house. The two made sworn
statements, which were read in court
One said: my name is Moy Yum Toy
BY Chinese reckoning am fifteen; by
American fourteen. My father died
when ! was very young, and my moth.
er married again and left me alone
with my grandmother, who was very
very poor, and | was sold to the wife
OF Moy See Chat for 5000, and she
brought me over here to America
about two years ago, and have been
with her ever since.
II have had to work very hard In
the house. making buttons and button
loops from early morning until late at
night. When take rest get scolded
and beaten"
Sold Cor $500.
Chin Fling Toys narrative was SINH
lar. She was sold in China for $3.50
she said, and brought to this country
and sold over again for $500 gold. She
Is thirteen years old.
Some mornings" her statement
reads, 81 had to gegt up at O'Clock
and sometimes work right on until
o'clock in the morning.
II would rather die than go back tc
Mott street"
Neither she nor her companion VIII
have to- Pending full investigation OF
their tale. they will be held by the
Childrens society. Their story has
aroused talk of another rigid investi
cation in Chinatown, which has hardly
settled down after the chaos and prob
ing which followed the murder Of Elsie
Sigel
An officer of the Children's society
said that the government would be
asked to look into what appears to be
actual slave traffic.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
New Union Depot For Kansas City.

Chicago. July ga new union de.
pot to accommodate railroads entering
Kansas City, Mo-, which probably will
cost more than $20000,000 seems as.
sured by action taken by directors of
the new project At a meeting here
they determined to accept the ordi.
nances imposed by the Kansas City
authorities Details of the plan will
now go to the engineers.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
Offers Presidents at $3.50 Apiece

San Antonio, Tex, July 26.-Mayor
Callaghan received a telegram from
man in Washington offering to in
duce President Taft and President
Diaz to meet in San Antonio instead
of Ell Paso, If the mayor would pay
him $500. The mayor will ignore the
offer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
MAY BE MAYOR ROOSEVELT
New Yorker In Paris Has Hopes the
Colonel Will Run.

Paris, July 24,-John S. Wise, Jr., OF
New York, who is now in Paris, says
that former President Roosevelt, just
prior to his departure from New York
on his African hunting expedition
promised him and other Republicans
in New York that he would return In
time for the mayoralty campaign.
Mr.. Wise says he has not given ur
the hope that Mr.. Roosevelt will head
the mayoralty ticket in New York this
autumn
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
AIleaed Embezzler Arrested.

New Haven, Conn. July 26.-Laub.
bin A. Weinhandle, a former superin
tendent for the Metropolitan Insurance
company at Dover, N. j., was arrested
In Hamden charged with misappro
priating $4,000 of the funds of the
company
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
JOHN D. DEEDS HOUSE AWAY
Transfers New York Property to His
DAUGHTER. Mrs, <, ParmeIee Prentice.

New York, July 23.-John d. Rookie
Teller continued the transfer of prop
erty to members of his family by
deciding the house at 5 West Fifty
third street to his daughter Alta, now
Mrs. E. Parmelee Prentice. A week
ago he gave property in Cleveland val
ued at $4,000 900 TO his son, John D.
Rockefeller, Jr.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
Lebanon Men Get Raise.

Lebanon, Pa, July 23.-Notices were
posted at the car barns of the Lebanon
Valley Street Railway company that
the new wage scale would go into eff
feet Aug. /. Conductors and motormen
will receive II cents an hour, instead
of 1914 cents, the present rate.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
Robert Pitcairn Is Dead.

Pittsburg, July 26.-Robert Pitcairn
for fifty.two years connected with the
Pennsylvania Railroad company and
for many years general superintendent
of that corporation. died at his home
here, at the age of seventy-three.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
DRANK Poison In Fire House,

Johnstown, Pa, July 26. - Charles
Ream, engineer attached to No en-
CINE company of the city fire depart
ment, while lying in his bunk swal'
lowed carbolic acid and died within a
few minutes. Domestic trouble is given
as the reason for His rash act
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
Mine Superintendent Killed.

Fairmont, W. Va, July 26.-E o.
Sturm, aged thirty-two years, was kill
ed at Round Bottom by falling from
a cable suspended from the mines of
the Grant Coal company. He was SUI
perintendent of the mine and had gone
out to inspect the workings
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
WAGES INCREASED
Trenton and Lebanon Street Railway
Men to Receive Raise.

Trenton, N. j., July 23.-The Tren-
ton Street Railway company announc-
ed an increase of III cents per hour
in the wages of its more than 200 en-
ployes, to take effect Aug. 1, Under
the new scale the men will receive
1922 day, -, -l.,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
WONDERFUL VITALITY

Man, Back Broken, Neck Dislocated
Skull Crushed, May Recover.
Huntington, w. Va. July 24.-The
remarkable vitality Of Ross Robinson
a miner in a hospital here, puzzles
the attending physicians. Last Mon
day Robinson was caught beneath a
fall Of slate, his back broken, neck
dislocated, skull crushed and one les
broken. He has some chance Of re
coVery.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
Fired at stepfs.her;kiIIed Mother.

Macon, Ga, July 26.-While seated
at the dinner table, Adolphus Daniels
shot and killed his mother, Rachel
Broughton, and fatally wounded his
gtepfather, Major Broughton. All are
negroes. 1t is said Broughton had been
abusing the boys mother. The boy
fred on his stepfather, one of the bull
lets accidentally striking his mother.
infiicting a mortal wound.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
WAS WRUNG TO DEATH
Laundry Worker Was Caught In Roll
ers and Fiattened.

New York, July 24-Max Ozzine was
literally wrung to death in the mangle
of a laundry which he handled in a
Hoboken establishment. His hand be
came caught between two immense
rollers and he was crushed and fat
tened like a moist garment before aid
reached him. He was fifty-fye years
of age.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31

Man Has Wolf to Keep Away Burglars
Montclair, N. j., July ga full
blooded American timber wolf guards
the home of Chaplin Marcus, $50 Upper
Mountain avenue. Sent from Maine
when a puppy. 1t has developed all the
traits of a watchdog and is as affec
tionate with the family as dog.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
AT PEACE WITH WIFE, DIES
Paterson Merchant Lives Only Hour
After Domestic Feud Ends.

After Domestic Feud Ends.
Paterson, N. j.. July 24.--After q
long separation, Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Spitz were reconci1ed Thursday night
He died an hour later Mr.. Spitz was
senior member of the firm of Spitz &
Co, who conducted department
store In Main street, this city He was
fifty-six years old, and left ten chill
dren.
There had been family feud for q
long time and about eighteen months
ago Spitz and his wife separated. Mrs
Spitz made no effort to obtain a di.
vorce. The Thursday night meeting
was the first since the couple sep
arated.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
TWO DIE IN WRECK

Freight Trains In COLLISION al BrIuge'
ton, N. J.
Bridgeton, N. j., July 20. - Two
freight trains on the West Jersey &
Seashore and the Central Railroad OF
New Jersey crashed into each other
at North Bridgeton Junction. Engineer
Peacock and Brakeman Harry Heintz
of the West Jersey train, who was rid
ing on the pilot of the locomotive
were instantly killed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
BETTING ON AvIAT0RS
Latham and Blerot to Attempt Il
Gross English Channel.

Calais, July 23.-Hubert Latham and
M. Bleriot will make an attempt to
cross the English Channel in tAel-
aeroplanes today. The betting as to
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-10-22

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Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-05-06
Bison Range is Surveyed

Missoula, April 29.-The final sur
vey of the Montana national bison
range, located on the Flathead reser-
walton, has been completed by En-
gineer E. w. Cramer, connected with
the local forestry Office. On the figures
furnished by the survey the call for
bids for fencing material was issued
from the forest headquarters today.
1t is expected that the work of fenc-
ing the reserve can be completed by
early in September, so that the buffalo
now ready for the reserve, some so in
number, can be installed in their new
home and spend the coming winter in
Montana.
The Montana national bison range
is an ideal tract Of land for the pur-
pose and comprises 28 square miles.
The tract was originally selected by
DR.. NJ. J. Elrod of the University of
Montana, and his selection was ap-
proved by the National Bison society,
which, in turn, asked congress to set
apart the land and sum with which
to buy and improve what part of it
was necessary. Congress set apart
$50. 900 for this purpose and since that
time the society has, through it's own
efforts, come into possession of more
than SO head of buffaloes to stock the
range.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-05-06
The Farmers Institute Director
Says Success In Dry Farming
Means Better Farming.

The t'old timer says dry land
farming is a failure except in occas-
ional good years. This is chiefly be-
cause land greed has led men to spread
over more territory than they can till
we'll. I know a farmer in Montana
who was nearly tall in'' so far as
credit and expectation of paying his
land went. He was getting twelve to
fifteen bushels of wheat per acre and
not quite paying expenses on 1000
acres of bench land. Three years ago
he didn't know whether his creditors
were going to let him go on or sell
him out. He got a Campbell's Soil
Culture Manual, studied it, bought
more horses and harrows and began to
follow its teachings. In 1907 he got
so bushels of winter wheat per acre
on 700 acres and in 1903 he got 46
bushels per acre on 300 acres, and
made $14, 900 above expenses.
Four harrowings last May and June
increased his crop Is bushels per acre
over that Of his neighbor who followed
Campbell up to that point but hadn t
the nerve to drag his young grain. He
attributed his success to thoroughness,
in conservation Of moisture, prepara-
tion of seed bed, and narrowing his
grain in the spring.
The Old Method: Flowing to a
depth of 2 or inches, leaving the
ground to dry out or grow weeds, care
less seeding and neglect do not merit
success, nor is success likely with that
style of farming on unirrigated lands.
Dry Land Farming, in order to sue
ceed, means better farming. Where
the work is done intelligently and dill
igently and at the right time there
are too many shining examples of
splendid harvests on Montana dry
lands to warrant the opinion that they
cannot be successfully farmed. TO
make these lands produce good crops
observe these points:
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-05-06
Lewis And Clark VIII Have Ex.
hibit At Dry Farming Congress

Billings, Mont, May 1.-"Louis
and Clark county contains some of the
most attractive valleys in the state, =
says the last biennial report of the
commissioner of agriculture, labor
and industry of Montana, 'Sbut as
water, which is abundant, has not
been utilized, the agricultural de-
velopment is limited. The undoubted
value Of the land with water, its prox-
unity to market and the increasing de-
mands Of settlers have directed both
government and private attention to
the great Prickly Pear valley and the
reclamation of these lands is promised.
Limited experiments in dry farming
near Helena have been fairly success
full ]"
Near Wolf Creek DR.. O.. Ne. Lam
stf0m OF Helena, reports successIuI
dry farming on the Sentinel ranch.
Barley and rye are the chief crops
and the yields are reported good.
The practice of dry farming methods
is being extended throughout that
portion of the country north and east
Of the mountains and much land is be-.
ing taken up by settlers who are be-
ing encouraged in their work by the
Dry Farming Congress which will
hold its fourth session at Billings,
Mont. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, October IS, 27 and 2s, next.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-05-06
O'''Flet Attorney Jerome Is Ready
10 Answer To Public

Ne" York, May William Trav-
US US Jerome, district attorney, radically
a,,5'a aspar'ed from his attitude toward the
raD.,S t.. tonight by stepping before a
i g audience, members of the Peo-
.ds,' 5,.' institute, at Cooper's Union. and
eo,1, mat ne wished to explain the
conduct ah of his Office. '' =
o,,.I. have come here tonight to ask >
Question. i. It seemed to me that a pub
fro,, s''sant ~ should be appointed SO that
the nns1os 'tlas to time he can account to
count t'p''e y Tor his stewardship, not ac-
conla = written report, where he
Cd -. give the thing the color he want
aeeonnt :. = newspaper interviews. but
rbo In' ha lace to face with the people
40 nave the right to vote.
car. to to tonight, those of you who
man -, IT, may ask me face to face 1
"an-about any question
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-05-06

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e"o fatally nure at henderson.
Inc storm played many fantastic
IfAcks' II hurleo James jackson, an
ased man OF montgomery, Tenn, ~
yaros Iron MS ruined mousse, swapping
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from thelr Dei1f1es' stood them point
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-05-06
Aftermath OF Storm

Atlanta, Ca, May 1.-The storm
which for three days has been sweep
ing eastward across the southern
states tonight was passing into the
Atlantic ocean. At least 200 were kill
ed and perhaps 400 injured. News of
81 more deaths in George was received
today
At Savannah the storm tore through
the old town, unfoofing many houses
and destroying much property.
Towns in North Carolina and Florida
suffered destruction. A casualty list
will be incomplete for several days.
Property worth several millions Of
dollars was destroyed.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-05-06
Dry Farm Crops On S.ls Inches
Precipitation

Billings, Mont, May 1.-That dry
farming has proven successful in the
vicinity of The Dalles, Oregon, is
vouched for by J. M. Patterson, Sec
retary Of The Dalles Business Mems
association, who has written to Secre-
tary- Treasurer John {. Burns of the
Dry Farming Congress concerning
what was accomplished last year with
an unusually small precipitation.
The average precipitation in that
district for the last 10 years, says Mr..
Patterson, was 14.67 inches, although
in 1908 the records show only
I8.18 inches.
Notwithstanding this almost nom
inal rainfall, Mr.. Patterson writes:
We matured wheat, peaches, ap-
plies and othes fruits and melons with
out irrigation and only had 8. Is inches
Of precipitation. We certainly can be
justly proud Of our climate and soil.
You can see that we do some dry
farming in this section -
Mr.. Patterson IS a life member of
the Dry Farming Congress and his dis
trict will be represented at the fourth
sessions which will be held at Billings,
Mont, Oct. 26, q, and 28, and it is
expected some Of the products of the
Dalles vicinity viii be exhibited at
the international Exposition of Dry
Farm products at that time.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-05-06
Of the mighty Columbia River and it's

of the mighty Columbia River and its
tributaries.
The completion of the North Bank
road, with its connections with the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific,
and through them the Burlington and
Colorado & Southern roads, adds
greatly to the transportation facilities
OF the country and places the Colum-
bia River basin and the Inland Empire
in much closer touch than ever before
with the territory east of the Rocky
Mountains, as far as Chicago and
Saint Louis, and south to the Gulf of
Mexico.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-05-06

Lewis and Clark county people have
been inspired with enthusiasm for the
dry farming movement by the gener-
Gus interest shown in this great work
by Governor Edwin L. Norris, presi-
dent Of the Dry Farming Congress.
The Montana bureau of agriculture,
labor and industry and the Helena
chamber of commerce are especially
interested in seeing that this county
is properly represented at the coming
sessions of the congress and in the
international Exposition Of Dry Farm
products which will be an all-week
feature of the Billings meeting.
The bureau OF agriculture and in
dustry is under the administration of
Commissioner James Fl. Hall. l.. BEN
edlct is his chief clerk and William
Ruskett, recently chosen secretary Of
the newly organized Montana Develop
ment league, is in charge of the pub
licity for the state as we'll as for the
the bureau. These gentlemen have
given the Congress promise of hearty
cooperation in its work and will en-
deavor to have most creditable ex-
hibit of Lewis and Clark county dry
farm products at BILLINGS.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-05-06
NEW OFFICERS
TAKE OATH
At Monday Night Meeting of City Council. = Ad
journed Meeting on Tuesday Afternoon.

The control of the affairs of Glen.
dive is now in the hands of the new
city officers, meeting being held or
Monday evening at which those re-
Gently elected were sworn in The
personnel of the body is now, T. F.
Hagan, mayor; C. A. Banker, city
treasurer; J. A, Slattery, clerk and
attorney e. S. Herrick and Geo.
Haskell, aldermen Ward i; C. E. Tis-
dale and Thos. Kean. aldermen Ward
2. G. n. Burdick also holds his old
position as police judge. Mr.. Haskell
is the only old alderman in the council,
holding over from last term. The
others were duly sworn in on Monday
evening, with the exception of Mr..
Kean, and he was appointed by the
other members, instead of being sworn
IN, in order to avoid any legal COM
plications in the future. Mr.. Kean
fills out the unexpired term Of F. P.
Leiper, who removed from the ward.
c. A. Kinney was appointed as the
new chief Of police and Mr.. Brockus
as night policeman, Heck Newman
having recently accepted position as
police officer with the Northern Paci-
fic company.
The usual number Of bills were al
lowed and various minor matters given
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-05-06
Water is essential.

/. Water is essential.
2. You can store water by tillage
8. Seven to ten inches more water
is found beneath a surface which has
been summer titled than beneath an
untitled surface adjoining.
4. Plow five or six inches deep.
S. Harrow Immediately after
blowing, before the burrows dry out.
6. Keep a dust mulch by harrow
ing during the summer. Don't let
weeds grow and waste the soil water.
Z. Harrow the grain in the spring.
Walch for the date of the Farmers
Institute. A man will be present to
speak on Dry Land Farming. Montana
Farmers Bulletin No. / will be dis
tributed to farmers at the institute.
It is the most complete dry farm pub
ication in print.
Tuesday, May 18, meetings will be
held at Bloomfield and Adams, and on
Wednesday, May 10, at Glendive.