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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26
SENATOR HALE BLOCKS
NAVAL INVESTIGATION
Attack "Pork Barrel System Opposed by Senators
Who Pass Hale Resolulon-Intended to Nuilfy Roose-
evelt Efforts to do Away with Great Part of Navy
on the Land and to Spend the Money Ships
that are Needed. "a

Washington. Jan. z6.-Senator
Hale rushed to the defense OF the
naval bureaucratic with a resolut on
for another whitewash investigation
The resolution was Immediately
passed by the senate whose mem-
'bers are rlghteously indignant that
the Spork barrel system should be
attacked. tt7fAa
THIS investigation is intended to
nullffy the efforts of President Roose-
welt to refom the naval bureaus by
executive order through the Root
commission. II Is expected to pro-
vide an excuse for defeating action
already taken by the house and Sec
rotary Newberry to reform wasteful
and extravagant methods in navy
yards. II will, also be used to cook
up a defense for Senators Hale, T!ll-
man and others against charges just
made by George Kibbe Turner in Nc
Clures magazine that these states
men have thrown away millions in
useless navy yards because those
yards are located in their home state.
Hale conducted just such a fake
investigation last year, when the
sins of bureaucrats in naval construc-
ton were under fire. AT that time
Reuterdahl had given unwelcome
publicity to alarming conditions
against which the line officers who
sail the ships had been protesting for
years Their protests, however, had
been buried in the bureau pigeon
holes by the rocking chair admirals
whose battle service consists chiefly
in pink tea fights in Washington.
Hales investigation" consisted In
the browlbeating of all the critics,
military and 0ctvlian. and the ex.
ploitation of the carefully prepared
defense presented by the bureau
Gratis. Following their loud insist
ence before this "investigatlon" that
everything they had done was right
as could be, Chief Constructor Capps
and his associates in the red tape
and sealing wax department tried to
remedy by stealth the mistake which
had become apparent to even their
blind eyes fG.
Meanwhile President Roosevelt
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26

s,tion all over the country to look
to Washington for legislation of all
sorts, particularly toward the con-
servation of the development Of ma
tional resources, with the result that
the responsibilities are assumed
there which really belong to the
state, and with the further result
that the state often loses the good
efforts of work which Il might dc
itself because all the effort is con
centrated upon Congress. and when
It fails to act nothing Is done.
For example the southern Appa-
lachian states have for years been
hammering at the doors of Congress
to get the national government to
buy large tracts OF forest lands in
order to conserve them, but thus far
without success. They have been so
busy lobbying at Congress, however,
that they have done nothing in their
own state capitals to pass avs,
which their own state legislatures
were entirely competent 10 pass, and
which, If I'M effect during the 10
years they have been besieging Con-
gress, would have gone far to correct
the conditions which they now de-
clare demand federal interference"
Mr.. nsmnger has also received a
letter from Congressman J. II. Dav-
idson, Of Wisconsin, saying that the
subjects OF chief interest in his state
forestry, drainage and deep water
ways, while Congressman Thomas NJ.
Bell, Of Georgia, advises that reclaim
alton of lands by drainage is the
Chief topic. He mentions Jackson
county, where. he says, many acres
could be reclaimed.
II. i. Moody, a member of the
local executive committee, who is
now making a tour of the middle
western states in the interest of the
| congress, writes to Mr.. InsingeT
that James ]. Hin chairman of
the board of directors of the Great
Northern Railway company, Howard
Ellidt, president OF the Northern
Pacific Railway company, and posi-
bly, Governor John A. johnson, oI
Minnesota, will be among the speak
ers from that state.
'lt Is expected also that President
Taft and several members of his
cabinet will visit one or two days in
Spokane during the Congress-, Mr..
dnsinger said, "and in addition there
VIII be foreign representatives and
horticulturalists, agriculturalists and
others interested in the conservation
OF the country's resources from all
over the continent. There is every
reason to believe the gathering in
Sp2ane will be the most representa-
1--WE and important in the history OF
the organization.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26
MAINE REACHES HAVANA,
STAYS NEAR NAMESAKE
On Eleventh Anniversary of the Wreckiug of Famous
Ship, New Vessel Sails Gaily Lotto Havana Harbor
and Salutes Cuban Flag Over Moro Castle
Sailors Visit Wreck of Maine l.

Lieut.. Commander W. T. Cluverius
OF the mississippi is a survivor OF
the old Maine, on which he was
serving as midshipman at the
time of the explosion which destroyed
her Lieut.. Commander Sumner e..
Kittelle, navigator of the Mississippi,
is a son-in-.aw Of Rear Admiral Slgs-
bee, retired, who was the commander
of the Maine.
The Maine and Mississippi will re.
main at Havana until Jan. 2S when
they wlll accompany the scout cruis
er Salem, on which Gov. Magoon will
take his departure from the island
Immediately after President Gomez Is
sworn in to office and the affairs of
government formally turned over to
him. The Salem will arrive here
today.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26
PATIENT is LAUGHING
HIMSELF TO DEATH

St. Louis, Mo-, January 26. -Suf-
fering from what physicians 10 years
ago would have called "a disease
caused by being mirthful% Henry
Schmidt, a patient at the City Hos
p.tal is in precarious condition,
and an operation will be necessary
TO save his life.
He is suffering from what physi-
clans at the hospital now call "spleno
myelogenous leukaemia," or enlarge
menet of the organ of msrth," as
Ii was called decade ago.
Schmidt is laughing himself into
a state Of exhaustion.
"The disease is rare" said DR..
Cleveland II. Shut, Assistant Super
intendent of the hospital, fand cures
are seldom.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26

Havana, Jan. 26.-On Monday the
eleventh anniversary OF the arrival OF
the old battleship Maine, on her Ill
foted mission to Cuban waters, the
new Maine, with the st.ll more med
crn Mississippi following in her wake
sailed into Havana harbor to be pres
ent at the Inauguration of Gen. Jose
Miguel Gomez and the new CUBAN
government on Thursday next.
This Is the first visit CT the name
sake of the wrecked warship and her
coming excited great interest not
only among Americans but among all
classes of the residents, who nned
the harbor walks off which the TWO
American batleships are moored TO
anchorage buoys within Few nun
dred yards of the tangled mass OF
stee! and the old fighting top, the
visible remnants OF the vessel de-
stroyed Feb. IS, 1898.
The new Maine arrived at Ii a. m,
precisely the hour at which the oiu
Maine steamed into the harbor on
Ian. %. 1898. The old Maine saluled
the Spanish flag over MORO Castle
Today the new Maine which IS the
flagship Of the third squadron OF the
atlantic fleet commanded by Rear
Admiral Arnold. sa!uted the Cuban
pennant flying from the historic ola
fortress. The salute was returned py
the Cabanas battery on a high nil
overlooking the harbor, o3|
Occasional applause and some
cheering greeted the ships, but for
the most part the Cubans looked on
silently. All shipping in the harbor
stopped as the two big vessels
threaded the channel to the anchor
age buoys. These buoys are the
nearest in the harbor to the wreck OF
the old Maine, which naturally att
tracted intense interest on the part OF
the officers and men on the two ships
During the course of the afternoon
parties from both vessels made
close inspection in small boats OF
the visible portions of the wreck.
Last night the streets Of Havanas
down town section are nlled with
hundreds Of blue Jackets on liberty.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26
Scissors and Paste

The press dispatches tell lis that
Mr.. Taft, who is soon to be presi.
dent, has beeh making speeuhe7
down in Georgia where he has been
spending the winter telling the
folks of hs own conviction that the
lot of the old maid is just as COM
mendable, Just as happy. If not more
so, as of the woman whose hand
rocks the cradle and by so doing
rules the world. Now how are folks
to make their information reconci-
able with what was told them in
the campaign to the effect that Mr..
Taft had been named as the one to
inherit and carry out the Roosevelt
policies?-Youngstown vindieator.
600
The first dress suit that ever came
to Kansas arrived there in 1860, and
farmer in Kapioma township wore
It to plow corn in all summre. No
power on earth could prevent the
greatness Of a state that can produce
history of that character-Los An
geles Times.
--oOo-
Gen. Miles comes forward with a
statement concerning a really re-
markable horseback ride he once
made, but then, of course, It has
been understood right along that he
wastes no love on the present adj
ministration. Cleveland Plain Dealer
600
After being plunked in the ear with
SNOWFALL, it is easy to understand
that the boys of this day and age do
not have as much fun as they used to
have. - Springfield (O.) News.
AN optimIst IS a man who believes
the Panama canal will be worth
many times as much as any sum it
may cost.-Toledo Blade.
600
Reed SmOot is not as a prophet
without honor in his own countrv)
He has been returned as United
States senator form Utah-Mansfeld
News.
900
After going through whole
season without being seriously shot,
an Adirondack guide was choked to
DEATH on a hotel steak-Cevelan
Leader
900
only men who possess retentive
memories should be elected to the le,
gislature. Otherwise they are pretty
sure to forget what they were sent
there for-Toledo Blade
900
Somehow or other congress doesn't
regard Itself surrogate court. and
therefore refuses, as politely as
possible, to probate the presidents
will-Press Post.
900
II, as Mr.. Carnegie insists. mil.
lionaires are the most miserable OF
men, how nice II must be to be
miserable-St. Louis Republican.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26

called the Newport conference, of
ipractical line officers who tfftist, sail
and fight the ships. lie presided
himself, to see that the bureaucrads
did no browbeating there. The line
Officers voted for wider armor belt,
higher gun positions, the closed ttlr-
ret and for about everything else
which the critics had demanded, the
bureaucrats resisted and the Hale
invest ,gat,on condemned. 1t was art
er this Newport conference that
President Roosevelt set Newberry at
the task Of reform. Recently the
president appointed a board among
whose members are Secretary Root,
who reorganized the army; Supreme
Justice Moody, a former naval Sec
retary: Paul Morton, another former
naval secretary, and Secretary Moody.
This board is now at work.
The Hale resolution, after calling
for survey of the money spent to
see whether the Hale policy OF APP
propriations has been "economical
directs further inquiry to see
'awhether any legislation by congress
Is needed and desirable to improve
the administration Of the navy de-
partment." This is serving notice on
the bureaucrats to never mind the
work OF the Root board, that their
bureaus are founded on acts OF con-
gres and that Hale will see they are
not disturbed by executive action.
The explanation of the Hale move,
aside frcm this hatred OF Roose'
welt, is the explanation Of why SEN
ators want places on the naval az
fairs committee. Most of them care
little about the navy but much
about getting appropriations for the'r
own states and home localities SEN
ator Hale, chairman of the naval
committee of the senate, has been
and Is now an opponent OF the bat
tleship construction and he has in
sisted on small ones when any were
to be allowed
He has lavished generous ap-
preparations on navy yards, how
ever. His own, at PortSouth On the
line between Maine and Nav Harnp-
shire
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26
HARMON is GOVERNOR

Governor Harmon has given two
demonstrations of the fact that he is
not in the least afraid of the state
senate, even though it be strongly
Republican and as a partisan body
has given him two slaps in the face.
The senate met one week before Jud-
son Harmon was inaugurated and en-
dorsed the appointments made by
Governor Harris. These appointments
included men whose terms would not
expire until some time after Harmon
became governor but they were re-
appointed, just the same, and the
senate confirmed them. Governor
Harmon made request of the SEN
ate that 1t reconsider its approval Of
these men and the senate fatty re-
fused to do it. The Democrats in
the senate proposed to the Republi-
cans who were hostile to George B.
Cox, and his man who was placed at
the head OF the finance committee,
that they would help to depose the
Cox man, If they would agree to help
in knocking out the confirmation OF
the Harris appointees. Although
they seemed willing to do anything
TO get rid of the Cox man, they
lbalked at this proposition and sud
denly lost their desire to give Cox a
back handed lick.
Among the offices which were filled
by Governor Harris was the railroad
commissioners The term OF the pres.
ent commissioner does not expire for
some time, but the place was filed,
just the same. Judson Harmon has
refused to allow any such chicanery.
He has determined to remove the
man whom Harris appointed and he
is not going about the bush to do
it either. II was supposed he would
wait until the legislature has ad
jounned and then would depose the
Harris appO!ntee and put in a man
of his own choosing and ono who will
work with him in the management
OF the affairs of the state govern
ment. But that is not Judson Har-
mons way of doing things. He has
selected the man he wants to fill the
place and he has told the senate his
name and asked for concurrence. If
the senate refuses to confirm the ap-
polntment, then there will only be
one thing left for the governor 10
do, and he can be depended upon to
do It and do 1t promptly. Remove
the man who was put in by Harris
and place his own man in the office
whether the senate agrees to It or
not.
The governor made another move,
Monday. which cannot but convince
the people that 10 proposes 10 be
governor for the next two years,
whether the men who are now
hooked up with the state government
like II or not, He ignored the rec
Omend. ,tion of the board Of agrlcul-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26
NATIONAL PRIDE

Governor General Magoon, of Cuba,
has renewed the old question of rails
ing the ruins OF the battleship Maine,
which have laid at the bottom OF
Havana .harbor since that memorable
day ten years and more ago. The
governor general severely criticises
the United States government for al
lowing this once proud seahghter to
remain in the mud of the harbor,
with its top visible, a monument to
the carelessness of this nation. In
his criticism he is perfectly right.
The wreck lies in one of the most
advantageous spots in the great har-
Dor of Havana, a menace TO shipping
and even though sentiment is not
allowed to enter into consideration,
justice to the island and to the city
Of Havana says that il should be re-
moved. One thing is certain, II such
an obstruction lay in the Laribor of
one of the great cities of this country
1t would have been removed long
ago, but poor little Cuba is made to
pug. up with the nuisance and Havana
must get along with the obstruction
lying where 1t is, while this great ma
ton which boasts OF It's progressive.
ness and which lays such stress upon
its achievements in the past sits
down with folded hands and permits
the wreck of one of its finest battle
ships to lay on the bottom of the har-
bor.
The experts claim that the wreck
cannot be raised. The same experts
would not balk at the Herculanean
task of digging the Panama canal
and the government did not hesitate
to appropriate the money for this
undertaking, but when it comes to
making an appropriation and under
taking raising the ruins of the
Maine, they balk and declare that
such thing is impossible.
Uncle Sam should surely ginger up
little and clean up the wreckage
and dirt which was left from his lit
tie unpleasantness with Spain in en-
forcing the Monroe doctrine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Sun sets 500, rises 7:11; moon sets
1857 p. m; p. m, planet Mercury at
ascending node, crossing suns appar-
ent path upward; 10 p. m, planet Mer-
curry at greatest elongation east Of
the sun, 1S degrees % minutes; vlsi
BILE low in west after sunset for a very
few days.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26
Jan. 26 In History.

1850 Francis Jeffrey, famous British
critic and senator Of the college
Of justice, died in Edinburgh;
born 1913.
1901-Gluseppi Verdi. the italian COM
poser, died at Milan; born 1914.
19O4-The famous University library
at Turin, Italy, partially destroyed
by fire; loss 81 10000.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26

Physicians at st. Lukes hospital
in Spokane have Just succeeded in
checking an attack of hiccoughs,
which has racked Daniel NlrInnis OF
Wallace, Idaho, continuously since
the morning of December s. DR.. C.
.P. Thomas and Dr. S. e. Lambert,
who has charge Of the case, admit
they are puzzled by the character OF
the aihment, and they have ordered
their patient to southern dalifor-
MIA in the hope that a change of cli-
mate will prove beneficial The cas-
is unique, though not without preae-
dent. There are records that 1t has
resulted fathlly The hiccoughing
was violent the first seven days,
raclolng the body and making sleep
out of the question. Electricity was
used in the treatment.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26

The wireless telegraph saved the
Lives OF the passengers and the crew
of the liner, Republic, yet there are
those who stiI doubt whether the
wireless win ever amount to any
thing.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26

Every so often, Columbus looms
up with another murder and just
about as frequently Dayton comes to
the front with the mysterious killing
of a young girl.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26
BOY SENT TO CHAIR FOR
KILLING HIS GRANDFATHER

Bridseton, N. j., Jan, 26- Walter
cellar the 1S-year-old Vlneland boy
who was recently convicted of mnr-
der in the first degree for compile
ity in the killing of William Reed
his grandfather on Nov l3 last
was sentenced yesterday to be exc.
cuted in the electric chair at Tren-
ton in the week beginning March 8.
Herbert Grigg, who was conytot-
ed OF murder in the second degree
last week and Cline Wheeler. whose
attorney entered a plea OF non-suit
for completely in the same crime,
were each sentenced 20 80 years at
hard labor in the state prison.
Grigg and Wheeler are also each
1s years old
q
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26

The wather man predicted that
some day Ohio would have a climate
like Florida may have spoken bet
ter than he knew.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take LtXATIyE BR lMo Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money II Il fai,s IN cnrs
E' W. GROVES signature Is on each boY Ssc
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26

Nothing so cheap for good
wholesome hearty breakfast as Mrs
Austins pancake flour. Al all grocers
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26

The wife OF former official Of Co
lumbus lay dying, while the hus-
band was confined i'm the peniten-
tiary. She called for him almost in
cessantly, but there was no law
which would permit of his being al
lowed to go to her bedside. Gov
ernOr Harmon made one. 1t was the
law of humanity.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26

"The Washington Nightingale
Has Gold in Its Throat, but the
Spokhne Stork Delivers the Goods"
is title which Dr. NJ. B. GTieve,
city health officer, could use appro-
priately on his forthcoming report
ON vital statistics for 19OS.The rec
ords show that UP to December 1S
there were 1898 births, and at the
present rate they will reach a total
of 1900 for the year. The storks
busiest routes are in the northern
part Of the city where no less than
score Of twins were born In the
last ~ months One thousand and
ninety-four deaths, or less than one
in 40, are reported to date. There
were 1886 births and 1,O7l deaths
in 1907.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26

Military training, under the dlrec-
tion of United States army officers.
for every seventh and eighth grade
schoolboy in the state of Washing
ton, IS provided In a measure which
n. A. Hutchinson of Spokane, will
submit for passage to the legislature
of which he is a member Of the SEN
ate, early in January It is purposed
to devote a half day each week to
drill in the manua; of arms and
maneuyers, the instructors being Of
fice~s from Fort George Wright on
the east side of the state and Forts
Vancouver and Iawton on the west
side of the Cascade mountains Mr..
Hutchinson says, the state will bene-
fit through 1t in years to come,
when the commonwealth will have a
drilled citizen soldiery, ready in
case Of emergency, instead of having
to depend upon raw RECRUITS for pro-
lection. Other members of the legis-
lature in this part of the state ia
vor the measure and they believe
Il will be adopted.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1909

Weather for Ohio-Fair tonight and
"Wednesday with light variable
winds shifting to southwesterly
"wednesday.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26
Scott S Emulsion

has helped countless thous-
ands in this condition. 1t is
both nourishm e mt and
medicinc-a most powerful
aid to digestion.
A small dose three times a
day will work wonders,
but be sure to get Scott's.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26

Spokane, Wash, Jan. 26.-Con-
gressman Charles F, Scott, OF Kan
sas, writes to r. Inslnger, chairman
of the local board of control OF the
18th National Irrigation Congress
which will meet in Spokone August 9
to IA, that a discussion of the COM
paratWe duties and responsibilities
of the state and nation in regard to
the various questions collectively
known as Conservation Problems, y
would prove of interest and value.
The purpose of this, he says. Is TO
develop the idea of state response
bility in counter distinction to fed
eral action, adding;
"There mas been a growing dispo-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26

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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-26

Samuel Haines of London, who
was attracted TO the Northwest by
the National apple show in Spo-
kane, announces that he has bought
$4,000 boxes OF winter apples in the
Spokane country for European trade,
and that he expects TO handle 25O 900
boxes next season. He secured a
number of the prize-winning carload
exhibits at the show and will start
them across the continent in a few
days. The apples will be reshipped
IN New York and exhibited in Floral
Hall In London.