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for New England ports where they spent July
A. preparatory to repairing to Provincetown
for the maneuvers and sham naval struggle
In the northern ports the sailors and Off
GERS were granted shore leave in relays from
July to July 6. Four ships visited Boston
Independence day, two were at Penobscot bay,
two at Portland, Me. and one each at Marble
head Mass, Portsmouth, ~ H., Eastport, Me.
Brockport, Mass, Gloucester, Mass, and Booth
Bay, Me-
With the reassembling of the fleet at Brock.
port Mass. three days after the fourth began
the summers work, which was more pictur-
esque than that Of any previous year, it was
said
From ProviDcetown the fleet proceeded to
sea each week, returning Saturday nights On
these trips of a week each occurred the feet
drills, the evolutions and other exercises
One feature of the maneuvers was the pres
ence of the naval militias of several eastern
states. The members Of these militia bodies
are citizen sailors Each body of militia was
taken out for a weeks instruction on the big
ships. Permission to take the reserves on the
voyages was granted through the courtesy
of the navy department
The Provincetown maneuvers presented the
spectacle of battleships at practice firing at
sea under every weather condition for the first
time in the history Of American naval art
Night firing under the same conditions was
one of the important parts Of the program
which carried out to the letter
President Taft and Secretary of the Navy
Meyer were witnesses Of several Of the maneu-
vers Of the fleet at sea and both officials ex-
pressed themselves as delighted with tie
progress which the sailors have made at
craftsmanship since their world tour.
Two old torpedo loats, Nicholson and
O'Brien we're dismantled. filled with cork to
keen them anOat and used as targets for the
gigantic projecties. Time and again they
were riddled and finally. the cork having been
so thoroughly perforated that they were
longer unable to keep aioat, they sank to the
bottom of the ocean.
They were towed at different speeds by the
cruisers and thus the gunners Of the men-of-
war given an opportunity to gauge distance
and motion at the same time. one Of the most
difficult feats at which the American tar is
an adept
The scout cruisers Chester. Salem and Bir-
mingham and the armored cruisers North Car
DINA, Montana and New York joined the fleet
at Provincetown and took part in the elabo-
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STOP EATING
AVID GET WELL

IN the course Of my long experience have
noted" says Dr. Guelpa one Of Italy's best
known consulting physicians according to the
New York World that the beginning of a
cure Of sick person always declares Itself
when the bodily weight shows a decrease
Whenever, on the contrary. the weight re-
NAMED stationary l never failed on any occa-
sion to find that the temperature had in
creased and that the particular illness of the
moment had the upper hand"
And SO it was that Guelpa. much to the cha
grin and temporary discomfort of his many pa
tients-and he had one Of the largest ellen
teles in Italy - was wont to ruthlessly pre-
scribe a diet Of starvation" The patient
would naturally protest. He felt weak. he
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-12

Rochester. N. Y-Leaving her
home early Saturday to place flowers
on the grave of her father, Anna
Schumacher. II years old, wan at
tackled by one or more unknown men.
criminally assaulted and murdered.
Her body was dragged outside the
cemetery to depression in lonely
spot and covered with earth and
leaves. There It WIS discovered Mon
day morning by constables OF the
town of Greece, who found marks OF
a struggle in the Schumacher plot In
the cemetery.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-12
IRRIGATIONISTS IN SESSION
Delegates Assemble at Spokane to
Consider Means Of improving Con-
dltlons Of Arid Regions.

Spokane.-T opening session Of
the National Irrigation congress was
held on Monday. the congress being
opened with the irrigation ode"
sung by the Spokane chorus Of ESQ
voices. The address Of welcome to
the state was delivered by Governor
M. e. Hay of Washington.
The response in behalf OF the con-
gress was delivered by George F.
Barstow. president of the congress.
The new constitution providing the
business-lil1e. basis so much desired
by the congress was adopted without
dissent.
+. II. Newell. director Of the Unit
ed States reclamation service, was
the first speaker Of the afternoon.
Mr.. Newell read his address and
afterwards was compelled by ques-
tioning to state that ne was Of the
opinion that the government is not
doing as much as should be done In
the way OF irrigation because OF the
lack of funds. He said, however, that
there is plenty of land for the home
steader who wishes a home. in fact,
and not in the story.
Joseph M. Carey OF Washington
proposed a system of state laws for
the various states contemplating the
protection of the individual farmers.
He was opposed in some quarters by
delegates who believed irrigation
laws might be proper for some OF the
newer states. but that the older COM
monwealths would be able to care
for themselves.
%. J. watson. commissioner of the
South Carolina department of agricui.
ture. commerce and industry, de.
clared that the government OF the
United States is sitting idly by while
millions of dollars worth OF natural
resources are going to waste
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that position Now. the eliminating. first OF
all. Of these diseased areas is the first duty
of man, woman and child to themselves. Says
DR.. Guelpa to his recalcitrant patient:
when you are attacked by an illness. do
you not find. my dear friend, that nature re-
moves from you most Of your ordinary desire
to eat and drink? You. however. think that
you know better than nature You say to
yourself that you must prepare for your sick
ness by putting IN a stock of food-and per-
haps drink Foolish mani Does it not occur
to you that nature is trying to teach you how
to act and you won't learn. Far from waiting
till you are stricken with illness try an occa-
sional days starvation and illness may never
come. You will. by doing this rid your sys-
tenn of its eifete tissues and its noxious toxic
matters OF pojsons. When you feel that occa-
sional headache; when you feel that 'all-over-
ishneas" that sometimes attacks you; when
you are depressed-you call it bilious-well,
try a bout Of starvation and then watch for
results.
How long should we starve. then. according
to our Guelpa? lie says himself that there
are few persons who cannot do three days
without food and that, too, with constant pur
gatiYes AT first a general gastric and mus
cular weakness is felt That is simply the be-
ginning Of the process Of elimination. Soon a
sense Of comfort begins TO be enjoyed OF
course the body in this period is more prone
to catch cold. a matter that must be provided
for by an increase of clothing and q hot drink
now and then.
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HRN0RE0 cR17SER COZ 0RH0o

rate program. The cruiser Montgomery, which
had been fitted up as a torpedo experimental
ship, was also with the fleet and took promi-
nent part in the struggle at sea. its expert
ments proving Of great future value
The great Atlantic torpedo fleet also de-
serves mention in connection with the sum
mer's play at war The hotilla of y boats
with the cruiser Dixie as parent ship and four
brand new submarine boats with the gunboat
Castine their parent ship played spectacu-
lar parts alongside of the monster battleshiDs
of fifteen and sixteen thousand tons.
Only ~ Of the Is battleships which went
around the world were with the fleet of the
Atlantic ocean of Proyincetown, the other
four in Rear Admiral Schroeder's command
being new vessels, receiving their first expert
ence at firing in this practice
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Prefers Suicide to Jury Service.

Thompson. Mont-Eyer =. Walden,
a rancher near Thompson. rather than
serve as a juror ia the circuit court,
went into an outbuildlng back of the
Thompson hotel Monday morning and
fred bullet through his brain. kill
ing himself almost instantly. It is
said that Walden was suffering from
mental trouble and had a morbid
aversion to appearing at a public
gathering OF where there might be
any =;rangers He was summoned as
Juror. and. leaving his home for the
town. went into the oGtbuilding and
killed himself.
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noLIvlA seEKlNe A FIeAr.
Diplomats Believe That Politicians
Are Endeavoring to Bring About
Armed Conflict With Peru.

Are Endeavorlng to Bring About
Armed Conflict With Peru.
Washington.-Is Bolivia seeking a
pretense to bring on a war With
Peru?
This question is being asked by
South American diplomats who are
watching every development In the
situation ia which Argentina, Bolivia
and Peru are directly interested and
Chile and Brazil indirectly. Some OF
the diplomats profess to think that
the excitement In Bolivia over the
Argentine award, which was favorable
10 Peru, is really a blind on the part
Of the politicians there TO bring about
an armed conflict with Peru. nominally
TO secure a more satisfactory adjust
ment Of the boundaries OF the dis
puted tract. but actually aimed at ter
ritorial conquest
Bolivia has no sea coast. A sue
cessful war with Peru might give her
an indemnity Moquegua province, the
southernmost in Peru and adjoining
the Chillan frontier In that province
is the excellent harbor of 10, at the
south OF the river of that name
Chfe's probable attitude In the
event Of hostilities between Bolivia
and Peru is also being discussed with
much animation Her fnanciers have
beon spending considerable money in
the work Of railroad construction in
Bolivia. and the popular sympathies
are believed to be with that country.
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body's digestive
and kindred or
gans have their
allotted tasks to
perform. Conse-
quently. the ref
use or worth
less matter re-
mains in the
sy ste m. thus
forming an OBJ.
ject of attack
IN the case of
dis e a e a
source OF debil.
ity and a happy
hunting ground
for those nox.
ious phagocytes
that prey upon
the h alth y
body, first in
trenching them
selves In a cen
ter of the body
which Is predis'
posed to un.
healthiness and
attacking from
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US. BAT7zEcsHp ANDAN4


The battleship Connecticut led the shins Of
division. From out Of the cover of each
opponents guns darted the tiny torpedo boats
and almost as often their courses were
blocked and in some cases the torpedoes and
torpedo boats destroyed"
By nightfall the battle being called a
draw" the searchlights Of the two sets of
enemies followed each other out Of sight and
that Saturday evening foes became friends
upon reaching headquarters at Provincetown
Every known modern naval device was Civ
en- its inning during the fight Torpedoes
were dispatched by wireless telegraph this
being an experiment tried in an actual en-
gagement for the first time by the United
States. The newly adopted fire control mast
which has been called the inverted waste
basket" proved success, the officers said.
The summers maneuvers afforded the first op-
opportunity for crucial test of this invention.
A dozen torpedo boats made attacks on the
big batteships and officers and men we're re-
quired to exert extreme vigilance to also
guard against the little submarine torpedo
boats, four Of which with the parent ship the
gunboat Castine, made things lively for the
monster war vessels. Time and again the
flagship Connecticut was compelled to dip her
nets to ward off the destructive torpedoes
which shot little swirls of foam to the sur
face Of the ocean as they sped on their mis-
sion of mimic death.
The grim reaper burlesqued, stalked every
where during the encounter and time and
again ships were declared sunk" de
stroyed" or "scuttled" to prevent capture by
the enemy, while admirals captains. petty Of
fcers and men were notified they had been
KILLED" by a well-drected she'll
The battle of the fleets was the play of the
maneuvers. To the able-bodied seamen the
work consisted of fleet drills and exercises in
volving tactical problems and battle evolu-
lions. With their work off Provincetown fin
ished the fleet was scheduled to depart for the
southern drill grounds, south of Virginia
capes. for record and battle target practice.
the results of which we're ordered secretly
tabulated for the war department.
This shooting viii Occupy about two weeks
beginning August 49, AT it's close the vessels
will return to Hampton Roads and 60 to their
home yards for repairs which may have been
necessitated by the vigorous summer cam
paign. The winter maneuvers will take place
In West Indian waters
Hampton Roads presented great sight
whep the big war craft departed rom there
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Everett, Wash.--William ]. Free
stone shot and killed Mrs. e. M Warn
in dispute over money which Free
stone alleged Mrs. Warn owed him.
Freestone. armed with a rife, met
Mrs. Warn in front of her home, and
the two engaged in controversy. AS
Mrs Warn was about to enter her
door Frecstone shot her in the back
and killed her instantly. Two other
shots went wild. one wounding Mrs.
j. Platter and the other hitting Mrs.
Oliver Kicks Neither Of the latter
was seriously hurt Freestone is In
iail
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luelpa would talk to him somewhat

would declare and then ouepa him somewhat
after the following
MY friend feel weakand why? Simply the
present body the of starvation
polling from its various departments bad superabundance Of
toxic matters diseased worthless which while
were overlooking system unable be thrown OF
owing the calls your digestive and kindred
organs Not only do friend but to-
morrow viii give purgatye You think cruel, do
you? Not ALL All these matters win be carried
but nevertheless shall continue TO
AMIGO When has be-
low the norma-that when couple Of days the
of matter eliminated then shall
have something to eat No not till then"
However the doctor carried his Investigations
!
somewhat further. occurred to him that in
the healthy state, in the normal body which is
supposed to be enjoying good health this used-up
worthless tissue and enee matter must require &C.
casona expulsion from the body 1t is obvious that
when the regulation Of food is consumed the
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-12

The Chamber Of Commerce Of Port au
Prince offers TO place at the disposal Of cham
beers Of commerce. producers and manufacture
ers OF the United States and its colonies a
space in its rooms for the exhibition OF their
products.
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2 YOU had been an
eye witness of the
great naval battle
which was fought off
the port of Province
incetown, Mass, in the
Atlantic ocean, you
would say without hes
itation that Uncle
Sam can lick the
world"
It was a mimic en-
counter, the feature of
this summers maneu-
vers of the Atlantic
battleship fleet, which
were held off tha ruq-
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? ged Massachusetts, coast between
July and August 8, the exercises
there having just come to an end.
1t was a great scrap, bloodless Of
course, but filled with enough mimic
gore to make an American of the
coolest temperament throw his hat
into the air and yell for Old Glory,
the stars and stripes. President Taft
and all the rest.
Drawn up in battle alignment were
so war craft of every size and shape
They ranged all the way from Pear
Admiral Seaton Schroeder's IL, 900 zen
flagship, u. S. S. Connecticut, to the
tiny submarine torpedo boat Taran
tula
Divided into two squadrons, oppos
ing each other, these two divisions of
our friends, the enemy" broke the
morning mist on opposite horizons
and at the iagshiD's signals quickly
fell into circular battle formation.
opening fire at distance Of several
miles.
On paper it was CORY struggle. A
dozen Of the terrors of the sea were
disabled" by Rear Admiral schroe.
der's edict and several submarines fig
uratively carried their crews to Davv
Jones' locker never to refurn
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-27
MESSAGE FROM
WHITNEY SHOWS
RIVALS TACTICS
CONTINUED from Pare ono,

cure the money which he claims is due
him and the other members of the
Mount Mckinley party before he gives
his affidavit regarding the climbing of
the peak, or he will refuse to make
one.
He showed his diary containing the
records of the trip and drawings of
the mountain glacier. but he would not
permit the correspondent to read all
the records.
you may say" said Burrill, that
Mount Mckinley can be climbed.
know it."
But further than this he refused to
be quoted relative to the scaling of the
mountain. His diary contains a per-
spective view Of Mount Mckinley and
the glacier upon which he asserts he
and DR.. Cook spent the thirteen days
and nights while on the mountain. A
sketch of their camp on the ice is
shown.
In regard to the Cook-Peary contro-
versy and Peary's attack upon DR..
Cook, Burrill made this significant
statement:
"Peary has got Cook right"
Burrill said there is personal feeling
on the part of Peary toward Cook be-
cause the latter failed to save some of
his toes when they were frozen on the
trip when Cook was surgeon for the
party.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-27
PEARY ATTEMPTS TO
JUSTIFY His ACTIONS

PORTLAND, Me-, Sept 26-It was
learned tonight from a source close to
Commander Peary that the commander
justifies his action in refusing to allow
DIR Cooks instruments or records on
board the Roosevelt on the theory that
he had been aware for some time of
Cooks intention to claim the discovery
Of the north pole, and that Peary there
fore would sanction nothing to aid this
project.
Pearys forthcoming statement con-
cerning Cook, it was learned, will
charge that Cook cannot produce shoes,
sledges or other equipment which will
show the wear and tear that comes
from travel over the Arctic ice. This
is the first intimation of any specific
evidence that the commander will pro-
duce, although he has said he has evil
dence enough to discredit DR.. Cook.
The Roosevelt arrived Unexpectedly
today at Eagle Island, Commander
Pearys home, to leave Peary's personal
belongings and to receive supplement
ary orders.
Commander Peary will go to Bar
Harbor tomorrow for a conference with
General Thomas Hubbard, president of
the Peary Arctic club.
There is considerable doubt about the
Roosevelt taking any part in the naval
parade during the Hudson-Fulto
celebration, even though she should ar
rive in New York in time. All that
Captain Bartlett would say concerning
this was
IF the Roosevelt is in the parade
will be on the bridge"
The Roosevelt, with favorable wealth.
er, should arrive in New York Tuesday
night.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-27
TAFT GREETED BY
CROWD IN IDAHO

PoCATBLLO, IDAHO Sept 26-Presi-
dent Taft spent half an hour here to-
night, arriving at $3.50 p. m. and leav-
ing a little after o'clock to continue
his journey north into Montana.
He was greeted by an immense crowd
gathered about stand erected at the
depot.
Governor Brady, Senator Borah, for
mer Governor Gooding, Representative
Hamer and former Senator Dubois of
Idaho boarded the presidents train at
the Idaho line and had dinner as guests
fof Mr.. Taft. John Hays Hammond
and Secretary of the Interior BaIlinger
also were in the party.
The president made a brief address
here and also at Brigham and Cache
Junction, Utah.
Governor Spry, Senators Smoot and
Sutherland and Representative Howell
of Utah accompanied the president to
the Utah line.
"We have a great country" said
President Taft tonight "and if you
want to prove it, travel over it as I
have the last two weeks. / have a
Journey of some 1000 miles before me-
but the pleasure 1 have had during the
first $500 miles makes me think that I
shall live TO get through the rest. In
Utah they nearly killed me with kind
ness, but that is the sort of death that
/ am willing to suffer"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-27
TRAVEL FAR ON
WRECKAGE RAFT
SURVIVORS RESCUED AFTER
LONG ORDEALS
THREE DIE, SIX DROWN, WHILE
ON ISLAND
Japanese Make Huts from Debris of
Ship and Live Life of Rob-
lnson crusoe Nearly
One Year
LBy Associated Press. ]

VICTORIA, B. c., Sept. 26.-seven
survivors of the Japanese schooner
Hykuman Maru, given up long ago as
lost, returned to Hakodate shortly be-
fore the Empress Of China, which ar
rived here last night, sailed.
Their schooner went ashore in the
Kuriles on August 25 last year. The
sixteen men landed on an uninhabited
island with sixty bags of rice, guns
and ammunition.
With wreckage they built huts and
prepared to pass the winter. They
built a boat with wreckage to engage
in fishing.
During the stay on the island three
died from sickness and six were
drowned while fishing.
Despairing of rescue, the survivors
eventually made their way in their
boat to Tamurao, 100 miles away, ar
irving August II last.
They were picked up there by the
steamer Tokai Maru and landed at
Hakodate.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-27

of a strike called by the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners.
1t had been proposed that much OF
the presidents day would be spent II
and about the mines and smelters oi
Butte, but the president viii go first to
visit the Anaconda smelters, proceed
ing thence into Butte at 10 a. m, toI
a brief stay.
The smelters have not yet closed
down.
Upon his arrival here at 1 p. m. to-
day the president was taken for an lS-
mile automobile ride through Weber
canyon, one of the show trips or the
west.
Afterward he addressed big throng
at Lester park, in which he dwelt upon
the scenic beauties and wonderful pos
sibilities of the west
another development he added,
that I see on every hand is the insist
ence by your people on the education
of the children. This whole trip, from
the time I struck Chicago until now,
has been-I had almost said strewn
with well dressed and healthful chill
dren. and when the children are right
everybody else is all right in the COM
munity. You have not any race suicide
here that 1 am able to discover, and
your children occupy that plane in the
family that shows you are devoting the
attention to the next generation which
will make it worthy of the present"
Senator Borah of Idaho accompanied
the president from Salt Lake. At Cor
nish, Idaho, Governor Brady of that
state and former Governor Gooding
joined the party.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-27
WHITNEY CABLES HE
CACHED ALL RECORDS
OF DR.. COOK IN ETAH

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Sept. 26.-The
Journal Courier tomorrow will publish
the following message from Harry
Whitney:
steamship Strathcona, via Marcona
wireless, via Indian Harbor and Cape
Ray, N. f., Sept. 26.-Rushing home.
Cannot give date of arrival. Engine
broken, returning on sail. On Cooks
arrival at Annatook in April, 1908, he
told of having got to the pole. He also
showed maps, but I was asked not to
tell Peary if he arrived before [ left,
but to tell him that Cook had beaten
his record of 1906 Nothing having ar
rived for me, we started south on the
Roosevelt.
Cook left box full of contents un-
known TO me to bring back, but Peary
would allow nothing belonging to Cook
aboard Roosevelt, so I was forced to
leave everything in cache at Etah.
''HARRY WHITNEY"