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Weekly journal-miner., 1909-12-22
F0UR COCKTAILS MRS. bROKiW' $
 LIMIT

By Associated Press.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Although Mrs. Brokaw would only own to four cocktails and an occasional cigarette during her testimony in her famous divorce suit, Sidney Woods, butler, a witness for the defense, declared to- day he frequently served her with cocktails, and often saw her smoking cigarettes both when she was up and also when she was in bed.
 Justice Gildersleeve of the supreme court testified that when he was visit ing Brokaw he always found him iknd and considerate toward his wife.
 the hands of a joint committee. All parties understand that the investi- gation must be thorough, must be open and without any hint of "star chamber" proceedings, if the public is to be convinced of its impartiality and relentless purpose to do justice.
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Joseph E. Morrison, whose name the President yesterday sent to the Sen ate for confirmation as United States Attorney for Arizona, is the son of Hon. A. L. Morrison, one of the old time residents of New Mexico and one of the oldest and most prominent Republicans in the nation, and who resides in Santa Fe in that Territory, and is the youngest brother of Robt. E. Morrison of Prescott.
 He was born in the city of Chi cago in July, 1871, the year of the great fire. While quite a boy he came to New Mexico. He is a grad nate of Christian Brothers College at Santa Fe. After leaving that school he studied law and was admitted to practice in that Territory.
 Shortly after his. admission to the bar he came to Prescott and entered ths. office of his brother, RobJ. E., W uO dl tudL llllC Was StlNl HIS first term as district attorney for this county. He afterwards became the partner of his brother in the practice of the law, and for several years was his able assistant in caring for the extensive interests of their clients. It will be of interest to those who may have forgotten it, that Robt. E. Morrison served as United States for Arizona under the mar tyred Mckinley, and during portion of his term Joseph E. was connected with that office.
 During the years he lived in Pres colt. Morrison was regarded as one of its ablest young attorneys, and was noted for his ability as a trial
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-12-22
CONGRES9MEN TOTAKE SHORT
 VACATION
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Dee. 20.- Both Houses of Congress adjourned at 9 o'clock today. Tomorrow the adjournment for two weeks will be announced.
 Aside from the confirmation of Hor- ace Lurton to be associate justice of the Supreme court, no business was transacted.
 Mondell of Wyoming spoke against the proposition to give the Federal government control of the dams and water power rights in the different states, defending Ballinger in that connection.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-12-22
VAMOSED BEFORE GOVERNMENT
 GOT BUSY
LATE KING LEoPoLD'S SUP POSED AFFINITY" FOUND BELGIUM'S CLIMATE
 NOT HEALTHY.
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
 BRUSSELS, Dec. 2O.-Takipg a hint from the government thatiif she didn't depart she would be ex- pelled, Baroness Vaughn, whom Leo pold made his queen in fact, if not in name, quietly left Belgium today. She realized her reign had ended and her power had collapsed. She pack CT her magnificent furnishings of the chateau given her by Leopold and sent them to France.
 Friends of Leopold scout the asser- tions of a civil marriage to the bar oness, but the reports have stirred the people to deep resentment because the woman was forced to leave.
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LEAD MARKET.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-Lead $40 to S445.
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went to Arizona, living there with him six years. Williams died, and three years later she married Albert McVicar. After two years they sep arated and the woman, claiming to believe that N;cVicar had died, mar ried Eugene Le Doux, a playmate of her childhood
 The murder of MeViear, her third husband, was the crime for which Mrs. Le Doux was tried, convicted and sentenced to death. On the evening of March 24, 1906, the body of McVicar was found crushed into a trunk left on the platform at the Southern Pacific depot in this city. The steneh attracted the railroad men after the trunk was placed in the baggage room. An investigation dis closed the remains, and the following day an expressman gave a descrip- tion of the woman who employed him to move the trunk to the depot. She was Mrs. Le Doux, whom McViear had claimed as his rightful wife af-
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Investigate or I'll Re- sign,'' Is His Ultima tum to President
 Taft
MATTERIMAY BE THRESHED OUT BY JOINT COMMITTEE OF
 HOUSE AND SENATE
By Associated Press.


 WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec 2O.- President Taft yielded today to the demands of both Secretary of Interior Ballinger and his critics that a public investigation be made of the whole matter underlying the so-called Bal lingerPinchOt controversy.
 Ballinger served the President mo- tice this afternoon of what was vir- tually an ultimatum, stating that a complete investigation is the price of his remaining in the cabinet. He made it clear that he would not sit still and allow things to blow over"
 After meeting with Hitchcock and Wiekersham at the latter's office in the department of justice, Ballinger went with them to the White House and delivered his ultimatum.
 The President said he reluctantly admitted his disappointment at the turn of affairs and hoped the country at large would accept as final his own vindication of Ballinger, in the dis missal of the charges made by Glavis.
 Ballinger stated that an invesriga- ton of the Department of the Inter for especially relating to lands and
 
 minerals during his term as commis- sioner of the general land office is inevitable. This decision was ac- quiesced in by the President and has the support of leaders of the Repub- lican party in Congress, who feel that apart from the merits of the controversy, a fostering sore of this character might poison the whole sys- tenn of the party and that it is high time to resort to the lancet.
 Several times before Ballinger has served the President with a notifca- ton that the situation had become intolerable and that he intended no longer to sit supinely.
 One of the principal reasons, how ever, for his present action was the speech of Hitchcock, a Democrat, of Nebraska, demanding action by reso- lution, providing for an investigation of the land office. Ballinger said he feared the resolution might be laid on the table by the Republican majority and such action would be construed as an effort of the administration to "whitewash" him.
 A few days ago he received pointed advice from a friend, formerly in the government service, urging just such an ultimatum as Ballinger carried to the White House. The friend i'm pressed on the Secretary that either he should demand an investigation or retire.
 This subject promises a heated dis cussion in Congress, and it is likely the investigation will be placed in
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-12-22
SILVER.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-Silver 527s; Mexieans A.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-12-22
Congressman Demands DepOsed Chief be Tried For Staying Ameri-
 can Citizens
MEASURE ALSO RECOGNIZES RE- EVOLUTIONARY CHIEF AS
 NEW PRESIDENT
By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec 2O.- That abhorrent conditions under the despotie rule of Zelaya have shocked the moral sense of the world and are a disgrace to civilization, is the dec laration of a joint resolution intro duced by Congressman Adair of In- diana today. The resolution says it becomes the duty of the United States to demand the arrest, trial and pun ishment of Zelaya by an impartial tribunal in Nicaragua for the wilful murder of citizens of the United States, and also demands an ample apology from Nicaragua and such damages as may be a just reparation- The resolution also directs the State Department to recognize Estrada, head of the revolutionists, as President of Nicaragua.
 WASHINGTON, Dee. 2O.-The cruiser Marblehead was ordered pre- pared today to be loaned to the state of California for use as a naval re- serve, in place of the Alert, which may be sent to Nicaragua.
 Zelaya's Friend Elected.
 MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Dee. 2O.- Jose Madriz, friend of Zelaya, was unanimously elected President of Mic aragua to succeed Zelaya, today.
 Knox Stands Firm.
 WASHINGTON, Dee. 2O.-Seere- tary of State Knox has let it be known that the attitude of the United States toward Nicaragua would not be changed by the election of Madriz- The latter will have to show how cap able he is of directing a responsible government before diplomatic rela- tiOns will be resumed.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-12-22
CR|ME [ APPEARS ID RUN IN
 FAMILY
LOS ANGELES ATTORNEY HELD UNDER HEAVY BAIL FOR ALLEGED ATTEMPT
 AT BURGLARY.
By Associated Press.


 LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 20 Leslie Harris, whose brother, Lamar Harris, a brilliant attorney and so- ciety man, killed himself after an unsuccessful attempt to rob a bank near Chicago several months ago, was held today to answer to a charge of having robbed the safe in a hab- erdashery on Broadway on Sunday.
 His bail is 5000. His trial is set for December 90.
 The prisoners mother, Mrs. W. A. Harris, to whom the death of La mar was a severe blow, is dangerous ly i'll from grief caused by the pre- dicament of the younger son.
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Egg Problem Is Puzz1ing
 California

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 T. is trying to solve at the ses- .,. < sion begun here today. T. # It was brought out that T. # Eastern eggs in storage two T. .:. months are still classed as .,. T. fresh ranch eggs, while Cali T. .t. fornia eggs in storage six T. .s months are often rated as T. 4 fresh hen fruit and are sold 4. < as such eggs. T. < !. + .+ < T. .:. T. < < + < .s.
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FORMER PRESCOTT RESIDENT SELECTED
An Elopement Caused Deadly
 Chink Tong War
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 :. Dec. 2O.-TOng Ching Chong, !
 !. editor of the Chinese Free ., I. Press and secretary of the ., !. Chinese Masons, the most .; !. powerful organization in the :, !. country, and his lieutenant, :; | Dr. Sun Yat Sen, a revolution .; !. ist, for whose capture the Pe .; F kin government offers a re- .; E ward of $5O,OOO, were arrested .; !. today on an indictment for ., !. murder in connection with the .i ]. Chinese tong war feud be- :; !. tween the Yees and On Yiek :; !. tong which started over an 4 !. elOpement. .t
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Chosen by President Taft to Rep resent Uncle Sam's Legal
 Department in Arizona.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 2O.--President Taft today appointed Joseph Morrison of Bsbee United States Attorney for Arizona.
 His sent to the Senate at for confirma- ton.
 Morrison is former resident of Prescott and of the chief campaigners in the last Territorial election which resulted in big Republican victory
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-12-22
ONE MORE NECKTIE PARTY

ROSEBUD, Texas, Dee. 2O.-Coke Mills, a negro who fatally wounded City Marshal Williams today, was talk en from jail tonight by a mob and lynehed His body was riddled with bullets.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-12-22
COPPER MARKET.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-Copper: Electrolytic, $13.1215 to s13.371a; castings, SIS to $13.25.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14
PEOPLE LOOK TO TAFT.

The people look to President Taft
In his speeches in Iowa during his
trip over the state this month to give
some outline of the policies Of his ad
ministration, and an expression of his
views on the work done by the last
congress.
The presidents position as the cho-
sen standard bearer of his party is
such that from him will be expected
from time to time advice on matters
of governmental Importance. The peo-
pie have come to look to the president
to take an active leadership. Roose-
welt was prominently a leader and
as such was the most popular presi-
dent the country ever had. The people
expect that their president shall be a
leader, and they now will expect some
expression from President Taft regard
ing the tariff bill enacted by the last
congress.
1t Is evident there is much confu-
sion the country over regarding the
attitude of the Republican party to
the Payne bill, and the president can
do more than anyone else to give the
right view to this matter from the
party standpoint.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14
cockNEY TALK.

An Englishman who had grown tired
of the tight little isle anne to this
country to teach school. One day
while rehearsing a class of boys in
spelling the word saloon" was given
out. The first boy missed it, likewise
the second and the third. The fourth
boy, spelling 1t correctly, was asked
to go to the blackboard and write it
so that all could see low it was spell
ed. Pointing to the word the teacher
said:
This is the way you spell it Easy,
isn't it? Just a hess, hay, he'll,
two hoes and hen"
In writing the word the boy placed
the letters consciously far apart
This particularly did not escape the
observing eye of the master and he
asked:
"Why did you write it that way?
Why didn't you place the hay nearer
the hell?'
Coz rs afraid it would burn up"
blurted out the irresponsible young
ster, as he dug his hands into his
pockets.
The next word missed was "Ven-
ice" 1t was spelled with two ms.
What would you say if | told you
there was but one hen in Venice %
asked the pedagogue as he surveyed
the class critically above the rim of
his glasses.
II should say the price of eggs
would be pretty high" came the an
swer from the boy who stood at the
foot of the class.-Housekeepe
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14
TOO MUCH FRANklNe BUSINESS

Davenport Times-The greatest OBJ
portunity for economy appears to be
with regard to the use of franking
privileges. Innumerable documents Of
no particular use to the recipients are
sent out from washington every day.
The quantity amounts to many train
loads in a year. These documents are
carried tremendous distances and the
cost of transportation is but one of
many additions to the expense of the
department caused by the system.
The franlSed parcels and letters make
it necessary to hire additional help
all over the country. If congress
should pass law providing for an al
lowance for special official stamps for
each person rightfully entitled to free
postage, from the president down, and
do away with the franking privilege
entirely the postoffice department
would then be in position to show
whether the management of the de-
partment was business-like and self
sustaining.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14

The Cook-Peary controversy is still
raging in the press. Here in this coun.
try the scientists have let down a bit
and are showing a disposition to await
the return of the two men with their
proofs before expressing opinions. The
press, too, has taken the attitude that
there is room at the pole for two.
Abroad, however, there Is more Of an
inclination to take sides in the case.
In England, where a storm of skepti-
cism arose when Cooks announcement
was first made. the tide has turned in
Cooks favor. The Britons feel that
Commander Peary's attack on Dr.
Cook was ill-natured and uncalIed-for,
and they admire Cook for the calm,
dignified manner in which he has stood
the storm. In Paris it is the same.
The Figaro says that nothing is more
painful than the spectacle of this quar-
rel on the Threshold of glory 1t en-
harnesses the sympathy which natur-
ally goes out to these great men.
Commander Peary will soon be back
in this country and his story will be
given out more completely 1t is to
be hoped that in telling his story he
will conflne himself to narrating his
own dash to the pole and withhold
any feelings he may have or any evil
dence he may have secured as to DR.
Cooks claims until the time comes to
place the matter before the proper au-
thorities.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14

A Boston business man who recent.
ly visited the west, upon his return
home described his western impress
sions as follows:
Il was recently in the west, and
was greatly interested to note the
prosperity of the western farmer In
a little town a few miles from Council
Bluffs, town of less than 5000 in.
habitants-men. women and children
Included noticed that around the
town hall twenty-five automobiles were
lined up against the sidewalk, and
they were all owned by the farmers.
They are rapidly becoming the real
aristocrats of this country. These
same men, ten or fifteen years ago,
would have been proud of the oppor-
tunity to drive a pair of mortgaged
mules"
A New York manufacturer. who
has toured the west and covered the
states of Michigan, Indiana, Illinois.
Wisconsin. Minnesota, Iowa. Nebras-
ka, Kansas and Colorado, gave utter
ance to like impressions as follows:
I'VE passed through. the heart Of
the grain fields of the United States,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14
HOW HE DID 1T.

A legless man once applied for the
position Of engineer in a sawmill,
where part of his duties required
climbing ladder several times daily.
He was told that his credentials show
ed him to be good engineer, and but
for his physical deficiency, the job
might be his at $25 per week. Do you
think this engineer went away disap-
pointed? Not much. He said, Il want
that job and will guarantee you salts
faction" The manager decided to give
him trial, and was curious to see
that man negotiate that ladder. He
didn't do it. He simply hired SO boy
to do that for him and it taught the
manager a great lesson.-Exchange
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14

of them 1t is easier to reach the schools
and churches and to generally do and
enjoy the things which make life really
worth living
The open meeting of the CONNER
cial association when this matter
comes up for discussion is to be held
in the association rooms on the even
ing Of September 81. This meeting
should be generally offended, as much
has been accomplished through similar
meetings OF the past. Come to the
meeting prepared to offer some plan
of improving the roads In this commun-
ity. If sufficient number comes
armed with such ideas a strong i'm
petus will be given to the good roads
campaign here.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14
The SAVING HABIT.

Cedar Rapids Republican.-An Iowa
travelling man has been much praised
in the papers for an achievement OF
his own. 1t was the completion of a
$4,000 saving fund. He is still in the
prime of life. Some twenty years ago
he made up his mind that he was go
ing to save some money for his old
age, instead of depending on some one
to pension him. To achieve fund of
$4,000 in twenty years would require
saving of about 81 a week, a saving
which is not within the reach of every
man; of only few, in fact. But when
a man begins to save he will find that
the habit grows on him. 1t becomes
constantly easier. He will find oppor-
tunities to multiply his savings by
judicious investments. When he has
the first few hundred dollars saved
he may find it possible to buy a lot
which will increase rapidly. We nave
never seen man who starts out to
save who did not find such opportuni-
ties. The main thing is to get in the
habit. We have in mind man who
has earned $40 week upward, but
never In excess of $40 & week, who in
leSS lildA HlleeH years mas acquired
property worth nearly $4,000. He has
a trading instinct which everyone
cannot possess, or does not possess.
The main trouble is that the aver
age man does not think it worth while
to enter upon such a career. Because
he cannot lay aside great deal each
week he thinks that it will never
amount to much that he can do That
is a prevalent mistake But every
fund has had small beginning, in the
way of savings. No one should be dis
couraged because he cannot begin in
a big way. Too many cut off all
thought of such things until they can
begin in big way
A man should bear in mind that so
soon as he has saved $500 and invest
ed it he has made one weeks salary
every remaining year of his life and
that without labor. The $500 invested
at 5 per cent will yield him SIS a year,
which is an average weeks salary, as
salaries go. In other words, the $500
saved does a weeks work for him
and does it every year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14
EDWARD II. HARTMAN.

Edward H. Hartman was never a
man of great popularity with the peo-
pie. He was not man who courted
popularity Even when his motives in
some of his big undertakings were
misunderstood, he remained silent.
When he suddenly suspended actiyi-
ties and went abroad to consult spec
ialists, and after he returned, broken
in health, a gradual change began to
be noticeable in the public's attitude
toward MIN. Where Hartman the
fighter, had aroused animosity. Harri-
man the invalid. aroused sympathy.
1t is probable that had he lived and
carried on, the big projects he was
planning when his health failed, the
public, having seen more of the hui
man side Of the man, would have held
him in higher regard.
1t has beeen brought to public no.
tice of late than ever before that Har-
riman was a builder. He took. up rail-
road properties in run down condition
and built them into paying concerns.
In this he did a great service. The
ranscontinental lines that he built
up gave employment to thousands.
Millions were spent in improving these
properties. The west especially bene-
fitted greatly by his work of railroad
expansion.
Harriman's death will create stir
in the business world. The gigantic
enterprises with which he was con-
nected will for time be embarrassed
to some extent by the absence of the
master hand. Then conditions will re-
adjust themselves and another will
step in to take his place.
Hartman will be remembered more
for his constructive work than for his
stock market transactions. His good
works will in history balance the
scales in his favor.