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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-08

out with the intention Of breaking all
the records there are. Few people real
ize what transportation on the Great
Lakes means nowadays, with it's ton
mage running into the millions and it's
fleets of steamers rivalling those Of the
transatlantic lines. Time was, and not
so many years ago but that the old
time shippers remember it well, when
the biggest boat on the lakes was less
than 500 tons burden. Until after the
Civil war fully half of the commerce
was carried in fleets of sailing vessels
light, fast schooners, built in slipper
form and en- beautiful lines. "PrOpel-
lers' were few in those days and the
sailing captains had it all their own
way. Now the sails are few and far
between. Even the small steamers
have largely disappeared, under the
pitiless competition of the railroads,
and only leviathans are left-ships that
can carry 10000 tons of cargo and are
five and six hundred feet long. Mil
lions of dollars spent in harbor i'm
provements have tended still further to
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-08
CHICAGO NEWS LETTER FULL OF
BREEZY DOPE FROM LAKE
METROPOLIS.
American CoIIar-More Holidays Asked
Punish White Slave Prccurers
-Kidd's Treasure.

CHICAGO, April S-That the Amer.
zeal dollar has found new work to dc
and is today an important factor in the
plans of European and other foreign
capitals is the report of Chicago bank
ers, who call attention to the signifi-
cant part that the United States has
begun to play in the floating of in
ternatiOnal loans. During the last five
years the middle west alone has con-
tributed millions of dollars for gov
eminent needs in other continents, ac-
tide Of interest now is pouring in from
Germany and Brazil, Argentina and
Japan. This new Importance of the
west is a recent development and has
upset many time honored traditions of
international finance. Loans that used
to be handled through London exclus-
ively are today divided, many of them.
between London, Berlin and New York.
and a business which Is years ago
practically did not exist has become so
large of late that there is one Chicago
institution, the Western Trust and
Savings bank, which makes a specially
of foreign government securities.
South America, in particular, has be-
gun to look more and more to this
country for financial support with the
result that new interest has been given
to the Monroe Doctrine that certainly
was not contemplated when that doc
trine was formulated. incidentally the
insular possessions of the United States
have found this tendency of decided adj
vantage in their fiscal plans, as is evil 1
denced by the hearty response with
which the latest of these, the $1,000
600 issue of the Porto Rican govern
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-08
WHAT is GOING ON
I'M THE WINDY CITY

ment is being met by western invest
ors. An interesting point in this con-
nection is the fact that it is not the
| foreign born population apparently but
Americans of native stock who invest
most in foreign securities. Wealthy
Germans in the middle west, for ex-
ample, show a preference for American
investments, bankers, declare, and if
their money finds it's way back to the
| Fatherland it is more apt to be in the
course of business or as remittances
to relatives and friends
More Holidays.
Popular demand for more holidays
in the United States, following the Gus
tom of countries where life is less
strenuous, has new encouragement in
observance of Good Friday and the
Saturday following by the stock ex
changes of New York and Chicago. AS
these institutions have been the ones
to begin the first observance as holt
days of many Of the days now legally
so, particularly the decision of the
Chicago Stock Exchange is significant
of the change going on even in the
west 1t blazes the way for lessening
Of strenuousness or at least less con-
tinuous chasing after the dollar re-
CARELESS of human need of respites. In
Illinois Good Friday is not legal holi-
day nor is it one in New York but the
observance of the day, first by the Stock
exchanges, then by banks and other
business houses gives promise that ii
may become one as it is in the states
of Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware.
Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mime
sofa, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Tennessee This has been the rule in
the creating Of holidays, and was the
also of the noon closing of |
business on Saturdays. AS a result of
noon closing in Chicago of the stock |
exchange and banks the practice be- !
came a custom and then in many |
states a law. Now every Saturday af-
ter II o'clock noon is a legal holiday
in California in public Offices Illinois |
Tin cities of 100000 or more inhabi-
Lants), Maryland, Michigan, New York
New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode
island, Virginia, the District of Co
umbia (for banking purposes). and in :
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-08
NOTED SUFFRAGETTES
TO GO TO LONDON
American Woman's Suffrage Exponents
Will ATTEND Big Convention
Across Waters.

NEW YORK, April S.-Several WELL
known American suffragettes will at
tend the coming woman's suffrage con-
vention in London. Among them are
the Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, presi-
dent of the american National Woman
Suffrage association, who is booked to
sail on the steamship Zealand on Sat
urday She will be accompanied by
Miss Lucy Anthony. a niece of the
late Susan B. Anthony; Miss Caroline
Crossett a daughter of Mrs. Crossett.
president of the New York State Stuff
rage association; the Rev. Mary SAT-
ford, pastor of the Unitarian church of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-08

New Orleans, La, and Charleston, 8. G.,
in Louisiana and Missouri in cisies Of
100. 900 or more inhabitants; in Ten
nessee, for state and county officers,
and in Colorado during June, july and
August; in Indiana, first Saturday in
June to last Saturday in October, in
elusive, for all public offices in coun-
ties having a county-seat of 100000
population Or more.
Punish Procurers.
Steps now have been taken to secure
new federal statute to punish pro-
curers for white slavery who evade
state laws by taking or sending their
girl prey to another state, a statute
which will greatly strengthen Uncle
Sans hands in protecting his own
daughters as we'll as aliens from the
traffic The committee on legislation
which was appointed by the maya
zine, Woman's World, and which In
eludes Assistant United States District
Attorney Parkin and Assistant States
Attorney Roe, mas taken up this prob
lem and will soon recommend a bill
which congress will be urged to pass
at this session-regardless of tariff.
Many cases Of white slavery discov-
cred in federal and state raids in Chi
cago have evaded state jurisdiction and
been immune from federal prosecution
because Uncle Sam has only provided
in immigration laws against white
slavery. Assistant States Attorney
Roe is preparing a report for this COM
mittee which will be made public soon
He and other lawyers have come to
decision that thoroughly constitu-
tional law can be framed which shall
make felony the procuring Of girls or
women of any age in one state for i'm
moral purposes in another. Encourage
ment has been offered by members Of
congress that a bill on such lines could
be passed Already the bills pending
in the Canadian parliament, providing
whipping as well as Imprisonment and
fines as punishments to put an eff
lcCtudl SIOp " WHILE SidVc dIC
passed. Regarding those
bills Secretary j. G. Shearer of the
Moral and Social Reform Council of
Canada, which represents the churches
of Canada, the Trade and Labor con- |
gress of Canada and the Dominion
Grange and Farmers association has
sent the Woman's World committee his /
assurances that the measures will be- |
come laws. He is a member Of the |
advisory board.
Captain Kidd Again.
Searchers for the tabled treasurer of |
Captain Kidd do not lose heart with
he years, apparently. This time it is
,taid Nova Scotia which has the fever.
says a Chicagoan who has just re-
urned from that province of Canada
induced by the reported find of a sign
'eading, "Ten feet below two million
pounds lie buried" a New York en-
,ineer named Bowdoin has signed a !
contract with the owners of Oak Island
in Malone Bay, permitting him to over
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-08

increase this size and new lines have
been established within the last II
months, making the carrying capacity
of the fleet larger this year than ever
before.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-08

Des Moines, Ia, and Miss Wilson. her
assistant pastor. Mrs Ida Hustled
Harper, a prominent writer for the
cause of women, will also depart on
the same day, but on the steamer
Caronia.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-08

If you have no real estate you will
not be at the landing of the Greater
Walla Walla. See Classified columns.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-08

turn the earth on the entire surface of
the island and is reported to have al
ready begun work Tradition has it
that Oak Island was once a rendez-
vous for Captain Kidd and his band OF
pirates, and that his ship the Adven-4
turer, often came to anchor in Malone
bay, where the spoils of the English
marauders' raids on the high seas were
landed and buried Digging for this
Oak Island treasure has gone on at
periods for many years back, but Moth
ing tangible was ever found. Com
panies have been formed to furnish
capital for searching work, and have
spent over 100000 it is said, and
many individuals have tried it, but in
variably the location of the treasure.
If there be such, was not disclosed
Some years ago, a number of Halifax
men interested themselves in such a
company, but the brilliant prospects
failed to materialize. At one time an
old platform was found some distance
below the surface of the island, and
this fact gave rise to the hope that the
treasure was close at hand But dis
appointment followed, as the treasure
furthen than a few old coins, was not
located. Captain Kidd has proved just
as gooG a hider as he evidently was a
seeker. Now New Yorker will try
his hand. Report has it that he will
literally tear up the earth" on the
island, but it has had literal tearing up
several times without success. It is
great advertising for Chester and Ma
hone bay however, and it would not
be surprising if some of the ente, pris-
ing residents of these places have |
finger in this search pie Mr.. Bowdofn |
Is a hydraulic and mechanical engi- |
neer, and he says with modern appli- |
ances he can dig to the bottom of the |
1ole and find any treasure that may
be hidden there. If there is none he
says, his efforts will not have been en-
.irely in vain, for he will have spent
| pleasant summer in a delightful
and away from the torrid heat
md humidity of the city.
Big Season on Lakes.
Tha. biggest season in the history of
ne Great Lakes, according to the pre-
lictions of lake captains, opened Off
tally last week with the resumption of
ervice at the government life saving
tations in Illinois, Michigan and Wis
onsin. Another ten days will see the
asst of the ice in the straits and the
trenuous work of transportation will
re we'll under way. This is expected
o be a banner year for Duluth, Mil !
yankee, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland
nd Buffalo. The steady increase in !
he traffic on Americas great inland '
cas- has kept on year by year until
ow the annual tonnage passing
through the 800" is four times that |
f the Suez canal. Last year show ed &
slight falling off, owing to the BUSH {
ess depression, but this year will prob +
bly, more than make up the loss and !
ne big navigation companies have set I
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

Miss EI0ise B. K0eneke
announces that she will
open q studio at her home
for Instruction in piano
playing. Terms reasonable.
Inquire at P0Isfer Bros. or at
the home, former residence
of 4. Z. Carney.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

The Young Ladies Guild gave
a ball at. the Hotel Baxter on
Thursday night of last week.
The affair was quite enjoyable,
and the girls realized quite a neat
sum for their guild fund. Music
was furnished by the Covey or.
chestra, and punch and lunch
was served.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

From Topeka comes the word
that the session laws for 1909,
containing the work of the last
legislature, will be published
May -. When the session laws
are published. the new prohibi-
tory law goes into effect. The
law will then be that no drug
gist can sell intoxicating liquor
for any purpose whatever. This
means there are only Is days
more in which one can sign up"
for kidney trouble, malaria,
stomach trouble and kindred dis
orders. Perhaps the bootleggers
will flourish, and no doubt the
express companies will do more
business. The whiskey business
in Kansas Is = thing of the past.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

J. I. Huber was down from
Columbus the latter part of last
week to look after his mining
interests. Mr.. Huber is one of
the owners of the famous Good
Luck mine, and is mighty well
pleased with his possessions,
The Good Luck is one Of the
best mines In the entire country
and 10 making its owners a lot of
money.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

The Baxter Brotherhood will
hold a public meeting on Sunday
evening, April l6, at the Presby'
terian church at 8 o'clock. Sub
ject, THE Boy Problem" Speak
ers, G. E. Rucker, E. B. Morgan
and T. J. Morrow. All are cor
daily invited to be present.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

Kenneth Brown was in Kan
sas City the latter part of last
week on business.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

Herbert Price of Joplin visited
relatives in this city last week.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

Baxter played ball at Galens
last Sunday and was defeated.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

Some dealers in tobacco in Bax-
ter Springs are playing with fire
by selling tobacco to minors.
The sale of tobacco to minors is
a punishable offense, and why
men will take a long chance for
the very small profit there is in
selling tobacco is more than we
are able to understand.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13
DEPOSIT 1T
With the

Farm loans at s ~ per
cent. Insurance that In
SureS. a. v. Smith.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

Mrs. c. A. Diveley visited in
Galena last Saturday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

John Vickery was down from
Scammon last week visiting
friends and relatives. He was
accompanied by his wife, who
visited her father. E. M. Mich
ener.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

1t is reported that a good lead
and jack strike has been made
near Keelville.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

A. J. Thompson, d. D. S.,
phones 261 and 90.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

Mrs. S. A. Guffey visited i
Joplin Monday afternoon.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

The department store of c. w.
Livingston at Alton was robbed
one night last week. About
$500 worth of-silks were stolen.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

Mrs. ]. c. Haskell left last
Saturday evening for Cham
paign, ILL.,, to attend the May
festivities and commencement ex-
ercises of the Illinois State Uni
versity, at that place, which be-
gins Monday. May 10. Mrs. Has
kett has two sons attending the
university, Paul and Clarence,
and she will spend about two
weeks with them. The boys will
be home in June to spend their
vacation. After vacation Paul
will attend a medical institute.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

Several Baxter boys attended
the skating rink at Lincolnville
last Sunday. The rink and other
things at Lincolnville seem to be
drawing cards for the Baxter
bows.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

Mr.. and Mrs. R. r. Heap Wis
tied in Galena Tuesday and Wed
nesday of last week.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13
DR.. English. Phone 1913.

For good things to eat phone
$50. PRENTICE & Co.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

Lots of electric road talk in
the air, but where we want the
road is on the ground.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

On Wednesday afternoon of
last week, while attending pic
nick at Reunion Park, little Lu-
cille Haynes had the misfortune
to fall and fracture an arm. She
was walking across the board
seats in the amphitheatre and a
board tipped up and tripped her,
with the above result. She is
getting along nicely.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

Work was begun last week on
the curb and gutter which is to
be put in on both sides of Mill
tary street in the business Sec
tion. The work is being done
by Decker G. Chapman, who are
experts at the business. The
curb and gutter will be put in
exactly on the established grade,
and will add very materially to
the looks of the street. The
building of this curb and gutter
is going to make the street much
easier to keep In good condition,
and will be the means of provid.
ing better drainage.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

The town of Girard, up in our
sister county on the north, is to
be envied. The people of that
town got together sometime age
and decided they wanted an elec.
trio road from their town out to
Dunkirk, a coal camp a few miles
east. They subscribed the amount
necessary to organize a company,
and put up the money and built
the road. The road is fourteen
and a half miles long, is well
built and equipped, and has been
the means of doubling the trade
of the Girard business men. A
few weeks ago the Helm compa'
ny decided to buy the road and
connect it up with their Joplin
and Pittsburg system, so the deal
was made. But what we mean
when we say Girard is to be en-.
We'd is this: She is to be envied
because she possesses a class oi
moneyed men who are not afraid
to invest their money in a propo.
sition which will benefit Their
town. But no man ever lost q
dollar in the building of an elec'
Itric road.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Huggins
of Hartford City, Ind, visited
relatives in this city last week.
They are relatives of Mrs. S. E.
Stallsmith.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

The planning mill resumed op-
erations Monday after a shut
down of week to overhaul ma
chinery and install some new ma
chimes.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

The blow up of the powder
mills at Turk, four miles north
of Columbus, was plainly heard
and felt in this city. The ex-
plosion happened at exactly 3:1s
o. m. Monday
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

Sidewalk building is going on
all over town. Baxter Springs
is going to be the best sidewalked
town in the country before the
campaign is finished. So mote
II he
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

For Sale-Complete 5-chair
barber outfit, cheap. Call at
this Office.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

Tom Edwards is home from
Utah, where he has been rail-
roading. Tom is doing well in
the railroad business.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

Mr.. and Mrs. E. V. Matlack OF
St. Louis visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Tom lakewood in this city Sat-
urday and Sunday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-13

Mayor Jones had business in
Vinita on Tuesday night of this
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-10-22
Bic tract OF Land SOLD
Rice Farmers Report Short
age of Men and Threshers.
pecan CROP SAID TO Be A failure
Examination for Rhodes Scholarship
Held. Railroads Make Special
Rates in Blown-dOwn TIM
Der Districts.

The examination of candidates
for the Rhodes scholarship of Louis
lana was held at Tulane University.
New Orleans, Tuesday, Oct. 10, and
Wednesday, Oct. 20. One scholar is
to be appointed from Louisiana as
a result of this examination, and is
to go into residence at Oxford Uni
versity, England, in September or
October 1910. The examination was
open to any young man who is an
unmarried citizen of the United
States, over ninetween and under
twenty-five years of age Oct. 1, 1910
and who will have reached before
going into residence at Oxford at
least the end of his sophomore or
second year work at some recogniz-
ed university or college of the Uni
ted States. The scholarship is worth
$500 year for three years.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-10-22
Points on Hog Raising.

w. F. Ward, of the Bureau OF
Animal Industry speaking of hog
raising, brought out among other
points, the following: 1t pays to
market corn by feeding it to good
hogs to be sold on the market; cat
tie are not good enough to justify
feeding them on corn; raise pork;
avoid inbreeding; plant white clover.
burr clover, lespedeza, hairy vetch,
bermuda, peas and peanuts and pas
ture hogs, mixing green feed with
dry; fatten on peas, sweet potatoes
and corn, but not on corn alone; 1t
is too expensive; soy beans is a good
fattener; never feed cotton seed meal
to hogs longer than three weeks at
time. He advocated Poland China
Duroc Jersey and Berkshire hogs
for the South.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-10-22
NEW SERIES VOL. XVII.
The Ultimate Lie.
BY Charles Ferguson

90 IE London reacHonary
1 i English
There in the uncton odor of high Tosm,
k4 plng published metrica
IaINIIi show
in they it.
S a philosophy sed to fun
the all the
K. deigning Daily
lyrical Kipng with
that he he lies
things" Mr.. the
who climb to the the modern ladder
Clevcrf Industrious
Nobody who talked
nobody talked rich
liCVe that they the best.
81" his
This is the ultimate lie all who arei
In the crash Of this headon collision
nont who ride in the trains behind
likely intelects
The truth Kpng
Of an artificial and inverted situation created by
of what civil
And since the life civilized
his experience that he gets exactly
thousand
eousness rewarded
The solution Of the paradox plainly
making
shall not contradict the laws "
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-10-22
MORE COTTON EXPORTED.

New York.-Foreign exports
continue to be the feature of the
movement Of cotton. 1,135,706
bales have been taken, against l.
00S,073 bales a year ago, an In
crease OF 127 633 bales. Either there
must be a large speculative accum-
mutation in the European market,
which is hardly borne out by the
facts. or there must be takings dir
ectly for spinning purposes on a
scale which accords with the usual
forshanded policy of the European
buyers.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-10-22
Lights to be Provided on River.

At Abbeville, the police jury
adopted resolutions instructing the
public bridge keepers in the parish
to place beacon lights suspended
from the center panel of the bridge
across Vermilion River for the guild
ance of boats plying the river at
night. This resolution recommend
ed to the Southern Pacific Company
that a similar light be placed on
the railroad bridge at Abbeville.
Danger lights were recommended on
every kind of craft tied up for the
night that jetted or extended into
the river sufficiently to become dan
gerous to navigation. This is mat
ter that properly belongs to the War
Department and this resolution only
recommends where it has not the
power to direct.