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Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-29
ARMY SURGEONS LOUD ROAR
Lieutenant COlOne Arthur AsSaiiS
the BOnesty of Civilian
Physicians.

Lieutenant Colonel w. II. Arthur of the
medical corps of the United States army,
writing over his official signature, declares
that lit almost seems that many civilian
physicians will give any opinion they are
paid TO give and decide cases entirely &C
cording to the applicants wishes. He re-
fers to cases where officers or enlisted
mon wish to be declared physically fit or
unfit, and where the military surgeon has
found the exact opposite to be the case.
Colonel Arthur adds that in his experience
of twenty-eight years in the service he
personally knows of but one instance
where a civilian physician gave an opinion
at variance with the wishes of the applicant
for physical examination"
These opinions are expressed in a letter
TO the editor of The Medical Weekly. in
which Colonel Arthur says:
Among the many difficulties the army
surgeon has to encounter land 1 imagine
the same applies to our brothers of the
navy one of the most annoying is the
ease with which civilian physicians are in
duced to give opinions in rebuttal of the
official professional opinion OF the military
surgeon. This takes the form of certifi-
Gates. either to the effect that an appli-
cant for admission to the service or an
officer or enlisted man found physically
imperfect by the medical officer. and re.
jected on that account, is perfectly SOUND
in every respect; or that an officer, re.
ported well enough 20 do his duty, is, ir
the civilian physicians opinion, a physica
wreck.
These opinions are so freely given, and
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-29

longer I decided to come 10 the hospital"
The physicians who are studying Ander.
sons unusual ailment say tina Il Is not
rheumatism. Their explanation is that the
neglected Inflammation has caused the eye
lids TO grow fast to the eyebalis.
The junction Is now so ntimate tha II
an effort to cut the eyelEds free were to
be made the surgeons knife would at the
same time puncture the cornea or delicate
outer covering of the eye and cause hope
less blindness.
Despite this opinion OF the DOCTORS An
derson still believes that rheumatism Is the
cause of hts trouble. and thai he can be
cured st Louis Dispatch.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-29
WILL SETTLE NEW ROUTE
Second Wyoming Line of Burlington
Will Soon Be Plated.
HoLDREGE SURVEYORS IN FIELD
Dam BuiIt at Entrance of Canon Ex-
cludes Road Using Big Horn
Gorge south from Thermop-
oils, ~ Was n

G. w. Holdrege, general manager Of the
Burlington, announces that he expects to
soon decide on a route for the Burlington
south from Kirby. wyo., to make the sec
ond Burlington line through Wyoming and
thus at an early date relieve the heavy
traffic which the Billings line is now forced
to bear.
Mr.. Holdrege says that the surveyors
are still in the field, but expect to make a
report in a short time as to the most feas-
ible route.
The route through Big Horn canon
would have cost 800 O a mile, but the new
route will cost considerable more as some
heavy tunneling will have to be done to
get across the mountains" said Mr.. Hol-
drege.
For some time the Burlington has been
figuring on using the route OF the Big
Horn gorge south from Thermopolis, in
which case the road would have been cut
along the side of the river. In most places
a shelf would have been necessary, cut into
the solid rock of cliffs rising 900 feet high.
When Asmus Boysen built the dam at the
entrance to the canon to a height Of
seventy feet he shut the railroad out from
the gorge and a new route was necessary.
Now that the dam is built and the power
plant Installed II will help materially in the
construction of the road south from Kirby,
as cheap power may be had for boring tun-
nels In the mountains.
James ]. Hill wanted to find a water
level grade for his new line across wyom-
ing that the heavy tonnage from the Hill
lines on the north might be hauled to the
southeast and miss the heavy grades on
the Sheridan division of the Burlington.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-29

az a rule, so neatly fit the wishes OF the
annlicant for the civilian PHYSICIANS ex-
animation and opinion, that they no longer
have any official valNe at all in deciding
these cases, and are entirely overlooked
no matter how distinguished a name Is
subscribed to them. Let me give an illus
tration:
IAN applicant for appointment to West
Point has been found physically idisquaf-
fled by reason of defective vision; this re-
jected applicant secures the services OF an
obliging friend of about the same age
whose vision is known to be perfect. ms
substitute reports to some weii-known
ophthalmologist, giving the name or the
rejected applicant, and Is given by the
civilian ocuiist a clean bill of health.
The paper is passed over to the rejected
candidate and. armed with It. some pontl-
cal friend demands the reversal OF the
medical officers opinion, and another GRIP
pie is added to the army list. Or per
contra, an officer, already in the service
sees ahead of him an examination for pro-
motion. which he knows he cannot rass.
His only hope is to be retired. Army sur
geons examine him. find nothing wrong,
and so report. He gets a leave. applies to
some prominent neurologist, gives details
of a long list of purely subjective symp-
toms, the neurologist believes him. and he
Is given a certificate to the effect that he
suffers from 'neurasthenia-'
I nave personally had a refreshing ex-
p~erience of an honest civilian doctor, who,
| when applied to by an officer whom ]
| had reported fit for duty, examined him
very carefully, pronounced him in robust
| health, fit for duty in any climate this
! officer was particularly anxious not to &C
to the Philippines), and secured $50 for his
opinion"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-29
BLACKMAILER IS INSANE
Man Who Demanded 100000 from
Millionaire Miner IL Believed
Mentally Deranged.

LOS ANGELES. Cal, May 2.-Charged
with sending letters In which he demanded
500, 900 from A. Douglas, a millionaire min
ing man of Bisbee. Arizr, who is residing
temporarily in Pasadena, Sam Leroe, atlas
Fred Rivera, was arrested at a ranch near
Redondo and brought here. DR.. George
Campbell examined Leroe here and later
a complaint of insanity was issued against
him.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-29
Kemper, Hemphm g. buckingham.
All Kinds Of Plating.
AID FOR MASSACRE ORPHANS
Armenian Relief Association viii
Assume support of Children Made
Dependent by Murderera.

WORCESTER, Mass, May 27.-The sup
port of sixty children. made orphans by
the recent massacres In the Adana dis
trict. Asiatic Turkey, has been assumed
by the National Armenian and Indian Re
lief association. 1t is possible TO support
one child for a yea" Ior $50 and an effort
will be made 10 secure interest in this
country 10 create a fund to care for 200
or 300 orphans.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-29
FIRE DRILL SAVES PUPILS
COOl-Headed Professor Prevents Panic
when Flames Break Out
In Laboratory.

AKRON. o.. May H-rhe cool head Of
C. p. Alexander. instructor of physics.
prevented a panic among the 1000 pupils
at the High school today when fire broke
out in the laboratory. Mr.. Alexander
Quoted the students. The fire drill was
used and. although the building was fill
ing with smoke, all the scholars were
quietly marched out
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-29
Royal Arcanum Ends Session.

st. LOUIS, Mo, May 27.-The. supreme
council of the Ruyal Arcanum ended its
32d annual second here today, Montreal
being selected for the next meeting in
May, 1910. Gloves Fl. Bowen, Pawtucket,
r. l., was elected supreme regent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
PRESIDENT TAFT'S NEGLIGEE
Mexican Editor Contrasts II With
Spendor of President Diaz.

The editor Of Ell Kaskabel of Guadal-
ajara, one OF the leading papers Of
Mexico attended the Diaz-Taft meet
ing at FL Paso and published an edi-
torial which is causing much comment
in official circles of that country. He
says
Remembering the excursion of the
white squadron through all the seas,
an excursion that cost millions of dol
lars and was solely an extravaganza
of ostentation to acquaint the world
with the wealth of the Yankee, l had
hoped that the executive, Taft, would
bring to the frontier a regiment of
soldiers splendidly dressed, good
battery of artillery and respondent
stan. But no. senor, there was indeed
a sad contrast.
while our president went adorned
in his grand uniform of a general,
made in Paris at cost of $4,000
francs, President Taft wore suit that
did not seem to be his own, due TO its
looseness. his collar was wilted by
perspiration, and there was not the
slightest impression of elegance. He
went in a coach Qt might have been
one of public hire while our president
rode in a splendid landau, and the SOL
diers, the MeXicans, were in gala
dress with well polished shoes and
we'll brushed clothes. Those of our
neighbors were in leggings, yellow
shoes, khaki clothes and what is the
worst of all, in undershirts.
How shall this American neglige
be interpreted? Was it to make evi-
dent the freedom Of the Yankee? Was
it to contrast the simplicity of the
opulent with the splendor of the poor?
Or might It not have been to signify
the little importance that they con-
ceded to the ceremonies?"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
FULL TIME AT ALTOONA
Pennsylvania Railroad Shops Are
Running at Full Capacity.

Altoona, Pa, Nov. EVERY depart
ment of the great locomotive and car
shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company here, employing in the neigh
borhood of 10000 men, has resumed
operations on full time for the first
time since the financial depression of
1907.
The increase in hours puts back to
work an army of skilled mechanics,
who have been for long period num-
bered among the unemployed. 1t
gives every indication that boom times
are again in store for this locality.
The railroad officials say it is due to
the companys business having in
creased of late to such an extent that
1t is almost impossible to handle the
traffic. 1t promises before December
to be equal to that banner period just
preceding the panic. The increased
business necessitates new engines
md cars, as well as all possible repair
work.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
FARMS OR A FAMINE
Great Railroad Builder Sees
Peril Of Food Shortage.

Mr.. Hill Thinks the Government
Should Build Two Less BattIeships
Year and With the Money Saved
Start 1000 Agricultural Colleges
and Model Fsrms-close and Care
ful Cultivation Can Best Be Done
on Small Farms.
What Shall We Do to Be Fed?"
is the title of an article in the cur
rent issue of The Worlds Work, by
James j. Hill, builder of the railroads
In the Northwest, who adds the sub
caption, Rising prices of bread and
food shortage already begun in land
OF plenty; the way to feed our coming
millions"
Mr.. Hill makes some novel sugges-
tions, chief of which is that the Unit
ed States goverpxM should build
fewer battlsS1 and establish more
model fasn and agricultural schools.
while we are spending great sums
to transform worthless lands into or
chards and gardens by the work of the
Reclamation Service" he says, I'VE
still retaiI - other areas the land
laws under which for so many years
the great heritage of the people has
been passing so largely into unworthy
hands.
For the sake of our national fu.
ture, for the sake of the coming mil
lions who will be helpless unless each
can be furnished with a piece of till
able land as a defense against misfort-
une, we should see that the specula-
tive abuses which these laws have
fostered are brought to an end.
Il. should not be possible to obtain
public land of any kind anywhere in
the United States henceforth except
after complying with all the terms of
homestead law. l cannot urge too
strongly upon every man who wishes
his country well and who desires all
to be prosperous in order that he may
prosper with them, the importance
s'hu 6ip" ms ht'CSoiNN vi SuCH
care Of our public domain as shall
preserve the remnant of 1t for the
use of generations yet unborn.
"Such close and careful cultivation
as will yield the highest profit an acre
can best be given to land when it is
cultivated in comparatively small
farms. The greater the number of
prosperous farmers the greater will be
the prosperity of every business man.
"The armed fleets Of an enemy ap-
preaching our harbors would be no
more alarming than the relentless ad-
vance of day when we shall have
neither sufficient food nor the means
to purchase it for our population. The
farmers of the nation must save it in
the future, just as they built It's great
ness in the past"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
LITTLE FIGHT AT SALAMlS
Big Warships Joined In Attack on
the Mutineers.

There was a sharp little fight at
Salamis on Friday, which, as the
big warships remained loyal and
joined in the attack on the mutineers,
ended in the discontinue of Lieuten-
ant Typaldos, the rebel leader At
about o'clock field artillery opened
fire from the heights of Scaramanga
on the torpedo boats in the harbor.
The latter replied, whereupon the
large warships took a hand against
the rebels.
There was sharp exchange OF
shells, and for time matters were
very lively. The arsenal building was
hit and the new torpedo boat destroy
er Sphendone, built IN England in
1907, being struck by a shell, was i'm
mediately hidden in a cloud of steam
and smoke.
During the firing three of the tor
pedo boats gradually withdrew from
action stern first, and twenty min
utes after the first shot was fired all
the mutineers had taken shelter be-
hind the headland at the entrance of
the harbor. The firing then stopped.
The arsenal is now in the hands OF
the government, which is cooperating
with the military league ashore.
Lieutenant Typaldos seems to have
no sympathizers in the army. The
population of Athens are in a state of
the greatest excitement but the city is
orderly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
ROCKEFELLER GIVES MILLION
For Prevention and Cure Of the Hook
Worm Disease.

John d. Rockefeller has given a
million dollars for the eradication
of the hook worm. The disbursement
OF this sum of money will rest
with a committee of twelve, of which
John d. Rockefeller, Jr., is member
The idea of going after the hook
worm in u scientific manner present.
ed itself to Mr.. Rockefeller some
months ago, and since then he has
been making inquiries personally and
through his agents as to the posi-
bility of fighting it.
A week ago Wednesday Frederick
I. Gates, one of Mr.. Rockefeller's
agents at 26 Broadway, sent tele.
grams to somo of those with whom
Mr.. Rockefeller had spoken on the
subject of the hook worm, asking them
to come to his Office here and talk the
matter over.
The summons was addressed to DIR.
William II. Welch, professor of path.
ology in Johns Hopkins university and
president of the American Medical
association: Dr. Simon Floxner, direc.
tor of the Rockefeller institute for
medical research; Dr. Charles w.
Stiles, who is chief of the division of
zoology in the United States public
health and marine hospital service and
discoverer of the American species of
hook worm and one of the first to ap.
preciate the prevalence of the disease;
DR.. Edwin A. Alderman, president of
the University of Virginia; Or. David
F. Houston, chancellor of Washington
university. st. Louis; P. B. Claxton,
professor Of education in the Univers.
ity of Tennessee; j. Y. Joyner, state
superintendent of education in North
Carolina aud president Of the national
educational association Walter B.
Page, editor of the Worlds Work; DR..
H. B. Frissell, principal of Hampton
institute.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
Thursday,

General o. o. Howard, the last of
the Union commanders of the civil
war, died suddenly at his home in
Burlington, Vt.
Thirty-four lives were lost in the
wreck of the Donaldson liner Hestia,
from Glasgow, off Grand Manan is
land in the Bay of Fundy.
Legality of the detention of Harry
K. Thaw, slayer of Stanford White,
in the asylum at Matteawan was af.
firmed by the court of appeals.
The funeral of Justice Rufus w.
Peckham of the United States supreme
court was held Yesterday afternoon
from st. Peters Episcopal church, Al
bany.
Japan's policy toward Corea will re-
main unchanged by the assassination
of Prince Ito, who, as resident general
Of Corea, worked out the plan for that
Kingdoms reformation.
The New York Central lines have
placed contracts during the past few
days for new equipment for delivery
during 1910 involving a total expend.
iture of about $25,OOO,OOO
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
CORPSE DRIFTS
A HUNDRED MILES
Lake Steamer Captains Body
Cast Ashore After Two Weeks.

Painesville, o., Nov. Ceased in life
belts and heavy with jewelry and
money the body of Paul E. Howell,
captain OF the wrecked steamer
George Stone Of Cleveland, was wash
ed ashore two miles west of Fair
port yesterday. The body had Travelled
nearly 100 miles among the lake cur
rents. A search at local undertak-
er's rooms disclosed two gold watches,
over $500 and a number of papers
and kilograms, by which final identi-
tcation was established.
The steamer George Stone, owned
by NJ. A. Bradley of Cleveland, struck
Point Pelee in Upper Lake Erie, the
night of Oct. II, and broke up the fol-
lowing day. Captain Howell and five
others were drowned while trying to
get ashore in ships boat.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
Monday.

Because Of the loss of license fees
under statewide prohibition Alabama
must borrow money to meet expenses.
Independent voters fear the pro-
posed educational test in Maryland
will bar them, as well as negroes, from
the polls.
Nine lives were lost and $4,000
damages done by fire that destroyed
the Citizens Savings bank building in
st. Johnsbury, VT
The auditor of the state department
reported that eighteen consular offices,
costing many thousands of dollars in
salary and expenses, collected less
than so each in fees last year.
President Taft told the deep wa
terways convention at New Orleans
that the need for a 1i-foot Mississippi
channel must be demonstrated before
the government would spend money
on the project.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
Friday,

Mrs. Carrie Franklin of New York,
who chose between her rival suitors
by the flip of coin, sued her husband
for non-support.
Robert S. Lovett was elected presi-
dent of the Southern Pacific to sue
ceed the late e. II. Hartman.
President Taft in a speech at Mem
phis, told deep waterways advocates
that they must provide means for the
outlay of millions in improvements.
Dispatches from st. Petersburg re-
port serious revolt in Southern
Corea, necessitating military opera
tions by Japan, following the murder
of Prince Ito.
Mrs. Mary Averill Hartman, widow
of f. H. Hartman, has leased offices
at No. AS Fifth avenue, New York,
where she will manage the large es.
tate she received from her husband.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
Saturday.

A dispatch from Puerto Plata says
that the Santo Domingo rebels are en-
camped in three places and remain on
the defensive.
First of the electric locomotives to
be used on the Long Island railroad
made an average speed of 63 miles an
hour in a test run.
Vital statistics for the first six
months of the present year show an
excess of deaths over births in France
of 2S,205. In 1908 the excess of
deaths was 1O5OS.
The 26 governors accompanying
President Taft on his Mississippi riv.
er trip abandoned their steamer when
it fell behind and on a special train
rushed to Vicksburg, Miss.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
ORDER FOR WAGE INCREASE
Pittsburg and Lake Erie Surprises
5000 Men.

Officials at the Pittsburg office of the
Pittsburg and Lake Erie railrOadtave
Issued circulars to their 5000 laborers
announcing that when they draw theri
pay Nov. for October work, they will
receive pay Oh basis of S1.65 a day
instead of $3.50. This has come as a
surprise to the employees.
The earnings of the road have been
rapidly increasing during the past
few months and the company decided
that instead of informing the meh that
they would receive voluntary in
crease of 10 per cent commencing on
Nov. they would make the announce
ment through the October envelopes.
Returning prosperity prompted the
officials to grant the increase.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
GIRLS FIGHT FIRE
Society Maidens Help to Save Home
at Washington, Pa.

Washington, Pa, Nov. Six socie.
ty girls of East Washington last
night served as firefghters and helped
save the home of Mrs. Mary Lewis
from destruction. The flames, sup
posed to have been of incendiary ori-
gin, started while the family was at
church.
Only three members of the volun-
teer fire department responded to an
alarm. They We're unable to cope
with the blaze and the six young wo-
men offered to aid them. Their SER
vices were accepted and unmindful of
damage to gowns they assisted in OPP
Grating the hose apparatus, directed
by Thomas Bovard, who for SO years
was a member of the Pittsburg fire
department.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
Baby Born After Mothers Death.

Philadelphia, Nov. 2. - After its
mother had committed suicide by
drinking carbolic acid, a healthy baby
girl was born in the hospital where
the woman had been taken. The
mother, Mrs. May Schneider, aged IS,
swallowed the poison in the room she
occupied with her 21-year-old husband.
She was removed to the hospital,
where she died shortly after her ad
mission. After a hasty preparation
the physician performed a Caesarian
operation and succeeded in saving the
life of the baby after its mothers
death.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
WINGS FOR EVERYONE SOON
New Jersey Scientist Propheses Gen.
eral Use of "SkycycIe."

At meeting of the New Jersey
State Microscopical society at Rut-
gers college, Prof. julius Nelson, state
Biologist, in lecture on aerial naviga-
tion prophesied that within a few
years anyone would be able to ascend
and descend in the air without the aid
of aeroplanes or similar machines,
but by the use of what he termed a
skycycle.
"Why not manufacture wings some
thing on the order of those of birds
and have them controlled by the leg
muscles OF the human being?' asked
Professor Nelson. Scientists have
been giving this much thought and l
prophesey that within a short time
people will be able to go into the air
any time they want to. Just take
the wings out of your pocket and as
cend. When you come down, fold
them up and put them in your pocket"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
ANSWER TO WRIGHTS
Aeronautic Society Denies Il Has In.
frineed on Any Rights Of the
Complainants.

New York, Nov. 2.-The answer OF
the Aeronautic society to the suit
brought by Orvilleand Wilbur Wright
for alleged infringemcnts of their aero
plane patent was filed in the clerks
Office of the United States circuit
court. The answer is a general denial
that the Wrights were the true end or
iginal inventors of "any new and use
ful improvements in flying machines
which were not known or used by
others in this country before their In
vention."
The answer also denies that the let
ters patent issued to the Wright
brothers on May 22, 1908. were lawful
ly issued or that they conferred on the
patentees any right to make or sell
their alleged inventions.
The society denies that 1t has in
fringed or intends to infringe on any
right of the complainants.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-11-03
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.

Member Of C0ngress-N. p. Wheeler.
Member Of Sendte-J. X. p. Hall.
ASSem6ty-A. X. Mechling.
President Judge-Wm. Il. Rice.
Associate JiIdges-F. X. Kreitler, P.
CIHill.
Prothonotary, Register q Recorder, &c.
j. @. Geist.
Sheri6-S. X. Maxwell.
IredSurer-Geo. w. Holeman.
Commissioners II. Harrison, J.
M. Zuendel. Ii. II. Mcclellan.
District Attorney-A. q. Brown.
Jury C0mnlfSsioners-Er Sibble,
Lewis Wagner.
Cbr0ner-Dr. @ Y. Detar.
County Audttors-Georg II. Warden,
A. G. Gregg and ]. p. Kelly.
County Sl1'Ueydr-D. W. Clark.
County Superintendent-D. W. Morri-