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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-22

In accordance with the recommends
lions OF the Public Lands Commits
sion.
Mineral Losses.
The accompanying reports show
that the consumption OF nearly all of
our mineral products Is increasing
more rapidly than our population.
Our mineral waste Is about one-slxth
of our product. or nearly $1,000. 900
for each working day in the year
The loss Of structural materials
through Are 10 about another million
day. The loss of life in the mines
10 appalling. The larger part OF these
losses OF life and property can be
avoided.
Our mineral resources are limited
In quantity and can not be increased
or reproduced. With the rapidly In
ereasing rate OF consumption the sup
ply will be exhausted while yet the
nation Is in its infancy. unless bet
ter methods are devised or substi-
tutes are found. Further investiga-
ton Ii urgently needed In order to
Improve methods and 10 develop and
apply substitutes.
1t Is OF the utmost Importance that
Bureau of Mines be established in
accordance with the pending bill to
reduce the loss OF life in mines and
the waste Of mineral resources and
to Investigate the methods and sub
stitutes for prolonging the duration
OF our mineral supplies.
Conclusions.
The joint conference already men
toned adopted two resolutions to
which l call your special attention
The Arst was intended to promote co.
operation between the states and the
nation upon all OF the great questions
here discussed.
The second resolution of the joint
conference to which refer calls upor
the congress TO provide the means for
such cooperation. The principle Of
the community OF interest among al
our people In the great natural re
sources runs through the report o.
the National Conservation Commits
sion and the proceedings of the join
conference. These resources, which
form the common basis of our vel
fare. can be- wisely developed. right.
used, and prudently conserved onl!
By the common action OF all the PEG
pie. acting through their representa-
tives ia state and nation. Hence III,
fundamental necessity for coopera
ton. without Il we shalt accomplish
but little. and that little badly.
I urge that an appropriation of a
least $4,000 be made to cover tn
expenses OF the National Conserve
tlon Commission for necessary rent
assistance. and travelling expenses
This IL a very small sum. know
Of no other way In which the appro
. prsaaion OF 30 small a sum would re
suit in 80 large benefit to the Who'll
. nation.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-22

Butter wrappegs printed u this
once on the right kind Of paper with
the right grade oe Ink, 20 comply
with the pure food Law Of idaho. At
Sa.s0 for 1900. Tue Press Pabllsh-
ing Co. the Print shop By the lake.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-22

leave Information az the Prsus Of
nee or phono IN your society news,
personal montion OF any other item
q interest 70 ths pahlle.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-22
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
CONTINUED from page H.

great, and It will become necessary
10 obtain larger crops from the land.
as is done In more densely settled
countries. To do this, we need bet
ter farm practice and better strains
of wheat, corn and other crop plants,
with a reduction In losses from soil
erosion and from insects, animals,
and other enemies of agriculture. The
United States Department of Agri-
culture Is doing excellent work in
these directions and It should be lib
orally supported.
The remaining public lands should
be classified and the arabic lands dis
posed OF to home-makers. In their
interest the timber and stone act and
the Communication clause Of the home
stead act should be repealed, and the
desert-land law should be modified
in accordance with the recommenda-
tions OF the Public Lands Commits
sion.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-22

Cross Mining company OF hull
no, and appropriating sl.ss
purpose.
Creating Power county ~
of ONEIDA, Bingham. Blaine
STA.
The house today passed
bill exempting from taxatlol
of cooperative irrigation
We are prepared to fafA
date calling cards; all
sizes. Let us show yoa
Press PubIishtng Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-11-17
Sensational Minute Specials

Wednesday morning between the hour of II to
ll:3O We wHI sell apron GmghamS at &c I'D
thursday morning from II to 1870 ne wiH sell
0eSt OOe'0H cIoth Sc W
Friday morning. from 1870 to 1I:45 ne UiH sell
d. P. Coats Spool Cotton 2 for Sc
SATURDAY morning from 12 to 1890 wc wiH sell
best Oil Cloth at Sc nd
No"doy morniny from 1890 to HAS wc wW
SefS 0eSt C0Hc0 at &c W
other minute specials wiU be announced at variOus
times dIrmg the SaIe
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
GIRL WATCHES KNIFE DUEL
Calls Police When Both Suitors
Fall Unconscious.
Miss Dittman, Of Chicago, Witnesses
Fight in Which Her Two Lovers
Are Fatally Wounded.

Chicago, Ill-Miss Louise Dit.
man, pretty pianist, sat in the par.
lor of her home on West Randolph
street and calmly watched two men
fight a knife duel for her love until
both suitors fell unconscious. Then
she called the police, who took the
duelists, Tony Begupa and William
Walker, to the hospital Both were
reported to be dying of their wounds.
The men fought nearly half an hour
Each had more than a score of knife
wounds when the duel ended.
Miss Dittman told the police that
both Walker and Begupa had been
wooing her and quarrelled as to who
was the favorite sutton.
Louise is my sweetheart, Walker
Is reported to have told his rival after
an argument in the parlor.
Whose girl are your" asked Be-
gupa Miss Dittman merely smiled.
Walker, enraged, rushed at Be-
gupa with drawn knife. "I'll show
you whose girl she is" he said,
Begupa drew a knife and replied:
"Come on, am as game as you are"
The woman sat in corner and
watched closely while the men
stabbed each other When they sank
to the floor unconscious she went to
the telephone and called up the police
station
Send the ambulance to No. 942
West Randolph street; two friends of
mine fought each other with knives
over me-"
Both men were found unconscious
by the police. Miss Dittman was held
pending the outcome of their Injuries.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
GIRO ALSO GUILTY
or STABER MURDER
First Degree Verdict Against
Second Burglar.
DEATH PENALTY FOR BOTH
Crime Which Stirred Citizens OF
Brooklyn More Than Amy Recent
Killing to Be Expiated by Two
Men Equally Culpable.

Brooklyn, N. Y.--Carlo Giro, on1
of the two burglars who shot and
killed Mrs Sophia Staber in her home
in Flatbush on July 8, was found
guilty of murder in the first degree
by jury in the Supreme Court. His
partner in crime, Frederick Schlie-
mann, had a like verdict rendered
against him the day before. The jul
ries took fifty-fve minutes to reach a
decision in each trial
To Giro the verdict proved a great
surprise, as he had counted on escap.
ing the death chair through the full
confession which he had made. Only
three days were required to try and
convict the two murderous house
breakers.
The conviction of the two men ends
a case which has stirred Brooklyn
more than any other since the mys-
terious Staying of Albert Latimer in
his home in Hancock street several
years ago The outcome, it is be-
lieved, will be taken as severe warn.
ing to desperate crooks.
Justice Crane, in his charge to the
jury, declared that Giro, as Schlie-
mann's confederate in the crime, was
equally guilty. This point had been
emphasized by District Attorney
Clarke. In his summing up Hector
M. Curran, for Giro, contended that
the prosecutor had failed to establish
that the fatal shot was not fired by
Mrs. Staber's son in the struggle in
the house.
Although the first degree verdict
seemed to have been unexpected by
him, Giro did not finch when 1t was
announced. In giving his record he
admitted that he had served five years
in Sing Sing for assault, and six
months on Blackwell's Island for petit
larceny.
The crime of which Schliemann and
Giro have been found guilty was COM
mitted early on the morning of July
8. The two burglars forced an en-
trance to the home of George Staber,
a manufacturer, at ASS East Eigh-
teenth street, Flatbush. When the
robbers entered their room Mr. Staber
and his wife were awakened.
Mrs. Staber called for help and the
burglars ran into the hallway. There
they encountered young Edward
Staber, who grappled with Giro
Schliemann, running down the stairs,
turned and fired back two shots. One
bullet struck Mrs. Staber, who stood
In the upper hallway. The two
burglars then fed.
Edward Staber had wrested Giros
pistol from him and fired it as the
men ran from the house, wounding
Schliemann in the right arm and leg.
Giro who DOss1SSaS great nhvsicaI
strength, carried his wounded pal tc
clump of woods near by. A few
hours later both men were captured.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
ELECTRICAL SHOCKS TO DESTROY EVERY WARSHIP AFIOA7
Lewis Nixon Currents Flashed Through Air is Battle Method OF FuuN1
Danger From MISREPRESENTATION So Terrible That Nations
Will Be Forced to International Peace

New York City. --- Lewis Nixon,
shipbuilder. graduate Of the United
States Naval Academy and for several
years one of the chief constructors of
the American navy, flouts the theory
that the airship in any of it's forms
will become formidable war ma
chine.
Instead, Mr.. Nixon believes that
the death-dealing terror of the war of
the future will be the electric shock.
This conclusion has been forced
upon his judgment by careful study
of the subject of new war agencies
and by closely watching the manoeu-
vres of the Wright aeroplane as it
sailed up the Hudson and circled the
representatives of the worlds great
est navies.
In Mr. Nixon's opinion warships
can guard against the danger of ex-
plosives that might be dropped upon
them by airships by specially pre-
pared armor. He believes, though,
that sooner or later there will be per-
fected gun or some other piece of
mechanism for hurting thunderbolt
that will shock to death every man
aboard warship, irrespective of its
protection
dM COuVluCeu, Sd1u MT. NIXON
to reporter, chat the thing could
be done now, but the mechanism is
so crude that the thunderbolt, or cleo.
trio impulse, would kill the man who
should release it. as well as the en-
envy. 1t is possible, of course, that
some foreign nation already has per-
fected the necessary machine with
which to huri this deadly bolt. I
hope, however, that it has not been
done. When the principle is mast
cred the result will make war SO hor-
ribly destructive that the human race,
through the sheer force of natures
first law self-preservation - will
abolish war
"The aeroplane is mainly interest
ing now on account of the fact of
what may grow from it. Possibly we
shall see them like swarms of giant
locusts flying over and beyond armies.
to occupy positions and to cut off
communications.
For purposes of observation they
will be of great use. The helicopter,
owing to its smaller dimensions, seems
best adapted to such uses especially
to be carried on men-of-war.
Insofar as l can see, the dirigible,
which will combine much that the
aeroplane is now proving out, is the
ship of the future.
Count Zeppelin has already crossed
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
FOOD QUESTION
Set'ied With Perfect Satisfaction by
a Dyspeptic.

It's not an easy matter to satisfy
all the members of the family at meal
time. as every housewife knows.
And when the husband has dyspep-
STA and can't eat the simplest ordi-
nary food without causing trouble,
the food question becomes doubly
annoying.
An Illinois woman writes:
My husbands health was poor, he
had no appetite for anything could
get for him, it seemed.
He was hardly able to work, was
taking medicine continually, and as
soon as he would feel better would
go to work again. only TO give up in
few weeks. He suffered severely with
stomach trouble.
Tired of everything had been
able to get for him to eat, one day
seeing an advertisement about Grape
Nuts. got some and he tried it for
breakfast the next morning.
Eve all thought 1t was pretty good,
although we had no idea of using it
regularly. But when my husband
came home at night he asked for
Grape-Nuts.
1T was the same next day. and
had to get it right along, because
when we would get to the table the
question, Have you any Grape-Nuts?'
was regular thing. So / began to
buy 1t by the dozen pkgs.
My husbands health began to inn
prove right along. sometimes felt
offended when I'd make something
thought he would like for change,
and still hear the same old question,
Have you any Grape-Nuts?'
He got so well that for the last
two years he has hardly lost day
from his work. and we are still using
Grape-Nuts." Read the book, "Ths
Road to wellvilIe," in pkgs. There's
Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time TO time. They
are genuine, true. and full Of human
interest.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
STARVING ESKIMO sLAys MS CHILD.

Hudson Bay Company's steamer Peli-
can, which took them to Fort Church
i'll, where they remained until the ar
rival of the Adventure on her regular
fall trip. The Adventure also brought
several missionaries, surveyors and
prospectors from the Northwest coAn-
try.
The Adventures report of the cam
nibalism says the Eskimos fishing
and hunting season had been a fail
ure, and. driven mad by hunger, he
cut the throat of one of his children
and then ate the little victim. When
the mans neighbors learned OF the
crime they attacked him. according
to the primitive law of their race. The
outcast beat off all assaults, shot sew
eral of the attacking party and es-
capped into the wilderness of ice.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12

the Alps and made long voyages
against adverse conditions in all sorts
of weather. His airship is larger than
the steamship Of thirty years ago and
more speedy than those that are now
crossing the ocean in record breaking
time, I look to see airships of the
Zeppelin type half mile in length.
They will not come down to the earth
any more than the Mauretania will
anchor in shallow stream, but will
be anchored up in the air, possibly a
thousand feet or more.
Explosives will not be dropped
down, as you could not hit tug with
an apple from the Brooklyn Bridge,
which is only 1870 feet high. Electri-
cal guns will be used, of course, and
heavy ones like our present powder
guns.
Ships at anchor will send up bal
looms or kites to carry special illum-
inants, and in time of war the heavens
all around will be brilliantly lighted
with special forms of rockets.
"Men-of-war will be protected best
by special armament for attacking air
craft. The airship, however, will rap
idly develop as peaceful device and
will soon be as much necessity of
modern civilization as the automobile.
THE attraction of gravitation, be-
ing condition of matter, may soon
be comprehended in such way that
the repulsion which some way or
some how balances attraction may be
utilized to mans advantage.
The gas engine has made the air
ship possible. Years ago the French
found that each horse power could
lift thirty-two pounds, so as much as
we develop our horse power below
this weight so much net lifting power
shall we gain
"But you asked me as to the mill
tary possibilities, continued Mr..
Nixon. I'VE are on the eve of tre-
mendous and far-reaching change in
warfare. AS long ago as 1900 I
pointed out that soon thunderbolts
would be thrown. The significance
of news item published about year
ago of man receiving a shock which
nearly proved fatal while talking over
a wireless telephone was not then.
fully appreciated. 1t would be posi-
BILE at the present day to shock to
death every man on a vessel at FIVE
miles distance. but so far the impulse
cannot be projected at any one mark.
But direction and aiming will be mas
tered after while, and then thun-
derbolts will be thrown just as shells
are thrown now"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12

figure out way in which the trans
portation facilities of Pittsburg can
be bettered. 1t is conceded that the
street car service is about the worst
in the country. Mr.. Freeman is the
hydraulic engineer whom President
Taft is said to have paid $500 daily
for making the trip to Panama, and
he will take up the matter of Pitts
burg's water frontage and suggest
ways and means Of saving the city
millions yearly lost through the riv-
;ersr overflow. Mr. Olmstead will tell
the people OF Pittsburg how they can
best beautify the park land given
them by Prick. 1t is understood that
Mr.. Carnegie and Mr.. Prick share
equally the $500 day paid to this
trio of experts.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12

St. Johns, N. F-Tragedy in the
Icy wastes of the Far North formed
the burden of the news brought to
this port by the Hudson Bay Com
pany's steamer Adventure, which ar
rived with the crew of the lost Dun
dee whaler Paradox. in the story of
an Eskimo, driven to cannibalism by
starvation. who ate his child and shot
several neighbors who attempted sum-
mary punishment
The Paradox, one of the feet of
Dundee whalers, met the fate of her
companion ship, the Snowdrop, which
was crunched in the merciless Jaws of
the ice foes of Batfin Land early in
August year ago. The crew, with
scanty provisions, made their perilous
way over the broken ice toward the
mainland and were picked up by the
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
EXPERTS TO ADVISE PITTsBURc.

Pittsburg, The Pittsburg Civic
Commission. fathered by Andrew Car
negie and H, G. Prick, announces that
soon there will arrive in Pittsburg one
of the most important and high priced
trio Of experts to be had in the coun-
try for the purpose of giving advice
on Pittsburg's bad street car system.
her river front and on plans for lay
ing out the 100000. park which
Prick has given the city Of Pittsburg
through his daughter Helen. Those
who have been employed to come at a.
salary of $500 day ago are Bion j.
Arnold, of Chicago; James r. Free
man, of Providence, and Frederick
Law Olmstead. of Boston.
Mr. Arnold, who is an expert on
street railways, will do his best to
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
GIRL IN BOYS DISGUISE.
Cleveland Miss Works as a Man For
Three Years.

Cleveland, Ohio.-Though her en-
ployers and the men she drank and
snapped stories with on the West
Side for three years. in her disguise
as young man, will not believe in
their deception, Lillian Hoffman,
mourned as dead for three years, is
at the home Of her mother, Mrs. Gott-
lieb Meier, No. 2644 East Seventy
third street, attired once more as
girl.
And she is remarkably handsome
girl, too, who will be more striking
when her hair, clipped short, has
grown to the length proper to her
feminine attire.
"Only one thing makes me believe
Harry Robertson was asgirl. said
D. Martin, grocer, for whom the dis
guised girl had been working for
several months, caring for the horses
and driving delivery wagon. when
things went wrong Harry would cry
always rallied him about t and told
him to brace up and be man. That's
the only thing suspicious about his
her | mean-employmen here as a
man. She used to tell about fiirta-
lions with the girls. She chewed and
smoked and I've heard she went into
saloons for drinks"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
STREET CAR CONTEST SETTLED.
Agreement That Will Stop Agitation
of Eight Years in Cleveland.

Cleveland, Ohio.--An agreement
has been reached to settle the street
railroad fare fight that has been po-
litical issue here for eight years.
The city is to give the Cleveland
Railway Company twenty-five-year
revokable franchise, reserving the
right to buy the lines in case munich
pal ownership is made lawful.
Initial rate of fare on all lines is to
be three cents, with an extra cent for
a transfer. Judge Taylor, of the
United States Court. is to determine
the value of the railway property and
che maximum rate:
Judge Taylor has indicated that he
will make this maximum four cents
for a cash fare and the regular ticket
rate seven for twenty-five cents and a
cent extra for transfers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
About Noted People.

Harry Benedict, Of New Haven.
Conn, received a telegram from
Harry Whitney saying that he was
rushing home after a "hard winter
In the Arctic.
Surveyor Clarkson, of New York
City. said that the laws for the pro-
lection of life on harbor craft were
inadequate and that Congress should
enact new ones
The Rev. DR.. William T Manning.
rector of Trinity Church, New York
City. in a sermon said the country
needed saner views ON divorce and q
revival OF patriotism.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
MEMOIRS OF DAN RICE" THE
CLOWN OF OUR DADDIES.
Dan Rice in His "Memoirs' Tells In
side Mysteries Of Show Life.


side Mysteries of Show Life.
Any bookseller will tell you that
the constant quest Of his customers
is for "a book which will make me
laugh" The bookman is compelled
to reply that the race of American
humorists has run out and comic lit
erature is scarcer than funny plays.
A wide sale is therefore predicted for
the Memoirs of Dan Rice" the
Clown OF Our Daddies, written by
Maria Ward Brown, book guaran-
.teed to make you roar with laughter.
The author presents to the public a
volume of the great TESTERS most
pungent jokes. comic harangues,
caustic hits upon men and manners,
lectures, anecdotes. sketches of adj
venture. original songs and poetical
illusions; wise and witty. serious.
satirical, and sentimental sayings OF
the sawdust arena of other days.
Old Dan Rice, as proprietor of the
famous zone Horse Show" was more
of national character than Artemus
Ward, and this volume contains the
humor which made the nation laugh
even while the great Civil War ragged.
This fascinating book of 500 pages.
beautifully illustrated, will be sent
you postpaid for $3.50 by Book Pub
fishing House, 134 Leonard street.
New York.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
Newsy Glcanings.

Fire in the Executive Offices Of the
White House caused about 500
damage.
An aurora borealis temporarily
stopped telegraph service all over the
United States.
Shot by an enemy. William Richter
staggered into a ballroom at Linden
hurst, L. l., and fell dying among the
dancers.
Fifty retail druggists of New York
are planning to combine against the
United Drug Consumers Company.
which Is behind mysterious move
ment To absorb MANY stores.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
The World Of Sport.

The Harvard football team is
rounding INTO form
Boardman and Briggs, of Haver-
hill, will work next season in Balti-
more uniforms.
The University OF Pennsylvania be-
gan its football with victory over
Gettysburg by 20 to 0.
Pittsburg seems to have penchant
for small third basemen, as witness
Leach, Barbeau. Byrne.
Harry Wolyerton, Of Newark, is
mentioned as the next probable man.
ager OF the Montreal team.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
Daniel and the Lions.

An old negro preacher in Kentucky
was dilating upon events in the Bible
which had geological trend. He de-
scribed the Deluge, and how all the
animals, two by two, went into the
Ark and were saved. Then he dis
cussed the incident OF Jonah and the
whale, Balaam's ass, and finally the
exploit of Daniel, who entered the
den of ravening lions and emerged
unframed. His auditors had listened
with interest, and some of them
seemed to have their doubts as to
the authenticity of the tales.
Finally one Of the younger negroes
rose up and inquired: Say, pahson,
wuz dem lions jest like the kind we
has now?"
"Cnse not, cose not" retorted the
preacher, irritated at having his dis
course interrupted. "Dey was B. c.,
meaning befo circuses."
The explanation was sufficient and
satisfactory Commercial.