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The Falls City tribune., 1909-05-28

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The Falls City tribune., 1909-05-28
Private Money.

Private money to loan ON Real
Estate. Mortgages bought and
sold. Call at First National
Bank. S-tf y. J. WEAVER
The Falls City tribune., 1909-05-28
Sleep as Aid to Beauty

One of the best remedies for dark
circles or hollows under the eyes is
eight hours of good sound sleep every
night.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-05-28
a LETTER FROM WASHINGTON
J ". Miller Writes an Interesting
Letter From Tacoma

dAA7 ~ 5t4a6ha
Ny Dear Mr.. Editor
! am an old Falls City boy, hag
~ spent my early yeafs VERY
ssrly9 nj old Archer. TIVE and on
Aslf miles northeast Of Falls City.
and written soably about by Judge
Reayis. whom | remember SO well
from my earliest reeollections.
an a cousin of W. II. Maddox,
and Of the Maddox girls. May,
Grace and Mrs. J.. ". Powell, aud
n sehooImate of Mrs. 7. j. Gist
and d. D.. Reayis in the Eighties
At York this much for a personal
Introduction,
As you see by my letter head, |
am a resident of Tacoma, the
aQneen City of the Pacific Coast.
Ne city has more of the beautiful
Than has Tacoma; the largest grain
elevators in the world. You should
see the electric leaders loading
wheat, sacks falling into the hold
Of the big ships like showers fall
ing from the clouds. The largest
ere smeIter in the world, where
more copper, silver and gold Gre
e snelted than any other place in
he world, besides the quantities
Of lead, bismuth aud other ores
which 90 through fire. The lar
gest sawmill in the world, the Sta.
Perl and Tacoma Mill, | could
not tell you the kinds of material
made. The daily output is more
thau half a million feet per day.
This would make several train
loads on the level Nebraska prai-
RES.
IN accord with the testimony of
experts, Tacoma has the most beau
tiful, convenient, and up.to-date
High School building in America;
A harbor large enough for all the
~battleships in the world, then add
The merchantmen of many nations
snd our harbor would not be
crowded.
Flowers in profusion all the
year; a climate TINT cannot be ex.
celled the year through, summers
not hot, winters not cold, fruit
everywhere, and in quantity and
quality not surpassed. The water
S IF the sweetest and softest. seem
the grandest. ON every side
topped off by the highest and most
beautiful mountains, Mount Ia
.soMel at our door.
The Pierce County, Nebraska.
Association, has about two hun.
dred members, headed by +. NJ.
Ross Of York, as President, +. B.
King Of Wayne, and ex governor
p Savage as Vice Presidents.
e6ga W II. Smell, Of Lincoln, as
0hsirmsn of the Publicity Com.
u1ittee, We have headquarters nj
The Park Hotel on the corner of
9Th and \ streets, close to the
Northern Pacific Station, the In.
serurban Station, and hoat docks.
We want every Nebraska man,
woman aud child To come to Ia
sona AS they come to the \. \. p.
eair this sumner. The fare on
ooat To Seattle is 25c round trip
aud 81 on the lnterugban, round
Trip You can live in Tacoma and
attend the Fair more cheaply than
any place on the Coast. Hotel
our headquarters. is making
special rates for Nebraska people,
# you will let il be known that
you come from Nebraska. We
will have a book In which all Ne
oraskans living in the county are
registered, Look this over, and
you will find someone you know.
Assommittee will be at headquar-
tiers all the time.
Our city, her parks, her homes,
and the hearts of the people are
open to you.
Yours respectfully,
J. W. MILLER.
nn ~
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
THE OAKS NOW A HOME
Dr. F. E. DeLongy and Family Tues. day Moved Into Their New
 House in Northwest Mena.

The Oaks, as the beautiful new residence of Dr. K. K. De- Longy and family is called, Tues day advanced from "house' to that ideal that attracts all nor nal human beings-"home."
 This fine house was begun all most a year ago, Dr. DeLoney announcing in the beginning that he was in no hurry, and would, therefor, take his time and get everything as nearly as he want ed it as possible.
 The house is the most commo- dious of any in Mena. having l4 rooms and being 46x90 feet ID ground dimensions, with full basement, two stories and large attic space. It'is situated Tn a 9 s-acre lot frcm (which the land slopes east, west ard south, and rises very gently to the north 10 the foot of the mountains a mile
 away. The house f ces these
 mountains and from 1t one has one of the most splendid views
 tn this city so completely sur rounded bY beausitai scenery
 1 J. F. Beasley was the architect
 ard builder <.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
MAY BE A SYMPATHETIC STRIKE
Railway Clerks and Freight Handlers Will Go Out if It Becomes
 Necessary.

Minneapolis. Minn.. Dec. 22.-Two thosand freight handlers and railway clerks employed on the railroads of the Northwest embraced In the switch. mems strike zone, are to go on sym pathetic strike. The announcement was made by H. B. Perham, chairman of the railway department of the Ame <ean Federation of Labor. now h the Twin Cities to investigate the switchmen's tie-up. A conference be tween railroad managers and th- American Federation delegates una, be held soon for the purpose of dis cussing the possibility of a settlement before this drastic action is taken Unless some concessions are made D! the railroads at this conference, how ever. the other two organizations vii
 70 out, labor leaders say.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
WILL SET CHARGES
SECRETARY BALLENGER'S DE MAND FOR INVESTIGATION
 TO BE GRANTED.
THE PRESIDENT YIELDS AT LAST
The Whole Subject Underlying ths Controversy With Chief Forester Pinchot to be Aired In Public Hearing at Washington.

Washington, Dec. 22.-President Taft yielded to the demands of both Secretary Ballinger and his critics for public investigation of the whole subject matter underlying the so-called Ballinger-Pinchot controversy.
 Mir. Ballinger served upon the presi- dent virtually an ultimatum to the effect that such an investigation was indeed the price of his remaining in the cabinet. He made it clear to the president that he was no longer will ing to sit silent In his office in the in- terior department and wait for the things to "blow over"
 Mir. Taft, it is said, reluctantly ad- mItted the disappointment of his hope that the country at large would accept as final his own yindication of Mir. Ballinger in his dismissal of the charges brought before him against the secretary of the interior by L. R. Glayis, the former special agent of the land office, and his conclusion that the investigation demanded by both sides in this matter was inevitable.
 Mir. Ballinger's attitude in this mat ter has the support of leading Republi- cans In both branches of congress, who feel that, entirely apart from the merits of the controversy itself, . fostering sore of this character must poison the whole system of the party in power. and that 1t is high time to resort to the lance. These leaders. de- termined that cleansing of this wound is necessary. have not hesi- tated to go to the White house and i'm press their views upon MT. Taft. Conferences of a confidential char acter, in which members of the cabi- net. party leaders in both houses of congress and the president himself have participated. have been held at various times during the last few days. They eliminated when Secre- tary Ballinger. Attorney General Wickersham and Postmaster General Hitchcock met in MT. Wickersham' s office and proceeded thence to the White house. where the matter was 1 laid before the president.
 MT. Ballinger told the president, 1t is said, that the situation had be come intolerable to him. and that though the constant charges against him had come from Irresponsible per sons, he could not longer sit suplnely by. and in justice to himself he felt compelled to insist upon an investiga- | ton.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23

DARDANELLE HAS
 DISASTROUS FIRE
Bus ness Block Destroyed, Including Bank Building. Post Office, TeIe- phone Exchange and Several
 Stores.

Dardanelle, Dec. l9.-Fire com pletely destroyed nearly an entire Dusiuessblock here about 6 clock this morning with total loss of about SS5,000. The fire is the second of the kind here in the past two weeks. It is believed to have been caused by defective flue in the telephone office. Tue loss is only partially covered by insurance,
 The most important building destroyed was the Peoples banh building, two-story brick struc- ture, which was occupied by the bank and the ffiets of the ielc- phone company and the Dar- dauele and Ola railroad, on the first floor, and the telephone com pany's operating rooms and oth,r offices on the second floor. l he fire started, it is believed, on the second floor of this building and, famed by hard wind. quickly spread to the frame buildings extending west. The remainder of the buildings destroy ed we're one-story frame structures.
 The postoffice was burned ou', the new fixtures valued at about S3,00C being entirely dcstroyed. West & Company, who operated a news stand, soda water fonntsiu and confectionery store, were also burned out. The store and stock of the J. D. Goldman & Company, dry goods merchants, were dr- stroyed also. Mrs. Walkers nll- Ilinery store was des' royed and several other business places.
 Another row of frame business buildings on Central avenue. 10 the east of the buildings de- , stroyed this morning, were burnt q out only recently.
 The insurance IS estimated al about $50, 900.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
KANSAS CITY'S MARSHAL SHOT
Officer Kills His AssaiIant, Negro Thief, After Receiving a
 Painful Wound.

Kansas City, Dec. 21.--It cost a ne gro thief his life to shoot Joel B. Mayes. county marshal. With bull let wound in his head the marshal steadied himself against showcase in a North End pawnshop and slew the negro with bullet from his re- volyer. MT. Mayes will recover.
 The marshal and Earl c. Logan, a patrolman who works without uniform from the prosecutors office, were walking in Independence avenue this morning. A man told them that a negro had just left Sophie Weinberg s pawnshop at 202 Independence ave. nue. where he had tried to sell stolen jewelry. They followed the negro into the Star loan office at 210 Indepen dence avenue. There they found the thief at a showcase trying to borrow money on a ring.
 You are under arrest" Logan said seizing the negro by an arm. The negro thief ran toward the rear of the store. Logan leveled his re VOlYer at nlm ana coInlhdhdSu hiiii " halt. Then Logan seized him again and took him toward the front of the store. Mayes had remained at the showcase.
 As Logan took the negro back hs did not see him reaching into re volver scabbard under his coat, sus pended from his left shoulder. Maye' saw it and took out his own revolver I The negro was quicker He fired a the marshal. Although wounded
 Mayes did not fall to the floor. H
 leaned on the showcase and fired
 shot into the negro's body
 The negro tried to fire again. bu
 Logan thrust up his arm. Then tn thief dropped his weapon and strul
 gled with Logan. The officer fire
 shots at rapdom Then the negr sank to the floor He was dead whe
 the police surgeon and coroner a rived.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
HAD SUICIDE MANIA
RELATIVES OF MRS. ocEY sNEAD WILL RELY ON THAT
 DEFENSE.
THE HUSBAND BELIEVES THEORY
Mystery of New York's Bath Tub Murder Seems Little Nearer Actual Solution Than When First Dlscov. cries Were Made.

New York, Dec. 1S.-The "suicida mania of Mrs. Ocey Snead is appar ently the defense relied upon by the three sisters of the Wardlaw family arrested in connection with her mys terious death.
 Despite the fact that prison bars now hold all the women members ol the family in which the bath tub vic tim lived when she was either slowly grieving herself to death over the dis appearance of her husband, as Mrs Caroline B. Martin. her mother, in sists, or was being systematically starved and mentally influenced into state of helplessness, as is one oi the police theories. the mystery of the affair seemed today little nearer ac tual solution than when the first dis coveries were made.
 we starve herr" exclaimed Mrs Martin, Ocey Snead's mother, in com menting on the police Suggestion. We all loved her more than our lives. That was one of the ways in which she intended to do away with herself if no other fashion offered"
 Mrs. Martin, who was arrested yes terday and held to await extradition to New Jersey, insists that the suicide notes found in her hotel room were all written by Ocey while she was grieving over the disappearance of Fletcher Snead, her husband, and that she had to be constantly watched to prevent her taking her own life. The thought of suicide was mania with the girl. her mother asserts. Mrs. Martin is reported to have said Vir- ginia Wardlaw, aunt of the victim, and the first person apprehended in the case, knew her niece intended self destruction and fingered in the lcwes part of the East Orange house where the tragedy occurred, fearing a grue- some discovery when she went up stairs.
 Mrs. Mary Snead, who was taken into custody late yesterday. main- tained reticence in her cell in the Tombs prison, where she spent the night, and statement from her was hardly expected until her arraignment, which has been set for tomorrow
 Fletcher Snead, who has been lo- cated in St. Catherines, Ontario. aside from expressing an opinion that his wife committed suicide, had nothing to reveal in helping clear up the mystery.
 Handwriting experts are expected to play considerable part in the SO lution of the puzzling case and today were giving careful scrutiny to the mass of documentary matter un- earthed during the investigation, par ticular attention being paid to the
 suicide" and other notes and letters found in Mrs. Martins apartments.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
EuRstRYMEN IN CONVENTION
P"sntlcth Annual Meeting Of the
 Western Association Draws Big Crowd to Kansas City.

Aansas City. Dec. 22.--An unusually |a'ge number of nurserymen was pres [4 in the Coates house when Presi- E'ls A. Brown of Geneva, Neb., called | order the twentieth annual meet N of the Western Association of a'serymen. Routine business occu- sa the morning session, and in the ''sfnooR the reports of officers were .afd Among the speakers on the
 0gFam are w. P. Stark of Louisiana, D, s. WeIch of Shenandoah. h.:
 ' Heikes of Huntsville, Ala: J.
 hill of Des Moines. Ia: F. H. Stan. s'a of Ottawa, Kan. and many others.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
TROUBLE BREWING FOR
 STANDARD OIL COMPANY
3uIts for Damages Aggregating $25o,- 100000 to be Filed if Recent
 Decision is Upheld.

Springfield, Mass, Dec. 22.-"Five or six hundred suits against the Stand ,rd oil company involving claims for lamages of s250, ,0C0,000 or more will ,urely be filed if the circuit court de :ision ordering the dissolution of the Jig monopoly Is upheld" was the statement made by Thomas L. Hisgen, president of the Independent Petrol cum Makers association of the United States, and also Tresident of the Four Brothers Independent oil company, the most aggressive competitor of the Standard Oil company in the East
 "we are preparing cases on the as sumption that the highest court VIII sustain the circuit court decision. continued MT. Hisgen.
 Mir. -Hisgen said the actions would be brought under section seven of the Sherman antitrust law. under which the Standard Oil company stands con victed. which is as follows: Any persons who shall be injured in his business or property by any other person or corporation by reason of anything forbidden or declared to be unlawful by this act may sue therefor | in any circuit court of the United | States in the district in which the de- | fendant resides or Is found without respect to the amount in the contro- yersy and shall recover threefold the damage by him sustained and the cost of suit, including a reasonable attor- ney's fee.
 "Its a little more than an eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth you see," explained MT. Hisgen
 Specifically, the Standard Oil com pany will be charged with depressing the price of crude oil in certain parts of the country. notably Oklahoma
 Rough estimates of experts, MT His gen said. show that the average ligh Oklahoma oil Is really worth abou s1 barrel against it's market price Q 45 cents.
 Taking the difference between th' average price paid for Oklahoma ligh crude in i've years and it's actual valu
 based on the maximum price of Penn sylvania crude makes $6S,000.00o, th
 independents say. the Standard too from the producer and did not pay fo'
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
A RACE WAR ON IN LOUISIANA
Trouble Over Hog Stealing Causes Battle Between the Whites
 and Blacks.

Grand Canea. La. Dec. 22.-Three men are dead here following a battle between whites and blacks. six others are wounded and the whole parish is greatly excited. many negroes hecing to other sections.
 John Allen, farmer, accused Ben Bowsr, a negro, of stealing hogs. Bower and his brother-in-law resented the accusation and opened fire on the farmer. Other negroes joined in the fight, as did other white men. A gen eral battle was soon in progress. Bow CT and his kinsman were killed and Allen died few hours after being shot. The other wounded are negroes An appeol for troops has been tele phoned to Baton Rouge, and Gov Sandersons answered by saying h'
 will come personally to Grand Canes with all possible speed to investigate
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
R. [. KERENS NAMED
THE ST. LOUIS MAN TO BE AM. 6AssADoR TO AUSTRIA
 HUNGARY.
SUCCEEDS CHARLES S. FRANCIS
Took Combined Efforts of Senators Warner and EIkns and Postmaster General Hitchcock to Bring About Ncminatlon--Other Appointments.

Washington, Dec 21.-President Taft settled the controversy over the appointment of an ambassador to Aus tria by sending to the senate the nomination of Richard c. Kerens of St. Louis. The Kerens nomination was brought about by the combined efforts of Senator Warner, Senator Elkins of West Virginia and Frank II. Hitchcock, postmaster general.
 Warner is anxious to get Kerens out of the United States for political reasons; Elkins supported him be. cause of personal friendship, and Hitchcock. whose influence was mora potent than that of the two senators combined, indorsed him because he was one of the largest. if not the largest, contributors to the Republi- can national campaign fund last year with the single exception of Charles P. Taft.
 The Kerens appointment Is unsatis factory to Secretary Nagel of the De partment of Commerce and Labor ana other widely known Missouri repub licans who took the position that hs was not fit for the Austrian embassy or any other diplomatic post. He vii succeed Charles & Francis of Troy N. Y.
 Others ambassadors named to-da, by MT. Taft follow:
 Robert Bacon of New York, am basador to France.
 Henry Lane Wilson of Washington ambassador to Mexico.
 Charles Page Bryan of Illinois minister to Belgium.
 William James Calhoun of Illinois minister to China.
 Henry P. Fletcher of Pennsylvania minister to Chile.
 Henry T. Gage of California. mir ister to Portugal.
 R. s. Reynolds Hit of Illinois, mil lster to Panama.
 John E. Jackson of New Jerse! minister to Cuba.
 Fenton T.. McCrory of Michigan minister to Honduras.
 Edwin Y. Morgan of New Yorl minister 10 Paraguay.
 Charles w. Russell of the Distrie of Columbia, minister to Persia.
 Laurite s. Swenson of Minnesota minister to Switzerland.
 Horace c. Knowles of Delaware minister and consul general to tn Dominican Republic.
 It was said at the White House tc day that no decision has yet bee reached with regard to the post a Great Britain now filled by Whitelay Reid.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
MUNICIPAL GRAFT IN CHICAGO
A Commission Finds That City Paid Too Much for Inferior Coal
 and Oil.

Chicago, H., Dec. 1S.-Information gleaned by the Merriam Commission, which was appointed by the city coun- ell to probe municipal financial affairs, reveals that the Chicago Fire Appara- tus Company, of which Harry Smith, private secretary to Mayor Busse, is president, and brother of City Treasurer Connery. vice-president, not only sold coal to the city at 200 per cent profit. but "cleaned up" also on oil transactions with the municipality
 For oil the company received from five to ten cents gallon more thar the market price. and the inyestigat ing commissioner learns that the oi
 delivered rarely met the specifications,
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-23
SHE ADS STRIKERS
MRS. BELMONT PUTS UP HOME TO BAIL OUT SHlRTWAIsT
 MAKERS.
OIsPLEASED WITH THE COURT
New York Suffragist Said She Longed for the Time When Women Would Occupy the Bench and Run Real Newspapers.

New York, Dec. 21.-Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont, with five lawyers, went to
 the night court to defend women who had been arrested in connection with the strike of the shirt waist makers.
 She saw things that made her express longing for the time when there will
 be women judges.
 | For more tkan an hour Mrs. Belmont sat outside the railing and watched the motley array of humanity which passes before the magistrate in the night court every night There were peddlers without licenses, women charged with various offenses, shop ligters and many pain trunks" It was nearly 10 o'clock when the first of the strike cases was called Seven young women had been ar rested in the afternoon in front of 105 Fifth avenue, where E. A. Jackson has factory. While the police and the witnesses for the prosecution ware telling their side of the story and the women who had been arrested were telling a story entirely different, Mrs Belmont listened with interest and nodded approval when point in favor of the girls was brought out.
 A policeman said the seven young women had been marching up and down in front of the place and that when the women employees of Jackson came out there was a w4ld rush, with cries of Down with the non-union- ists" One young woman. he said, was wearing banner which called atten tion to the strike in the factory.
 With the approach of morning Il e lawyers retained by Mrs. Belmont nd disappeared and when the girls we'e called to the bar no one was present to appear for them.
 Mrs. Belmont here offered hail for the girls, rendering her home in Madi son avenue as security.
 "Is your house worth SS00?" in- quired the magistrate, in routine man ner and tone.
 s'I think 1t is," replied Mrs Belmont. Tt is valued at s400,000. but think there may be mortgage upon 1t for s1o0,0 ,0O0. which l raised 10 help the shirt waist strikers and the woman suffrage movement"
 The security was accepted. While waiting for another case to be called Mrs. Belmont went into the corridor of the court.
 q do not think the public would like to read what think of this court" she said, when asked about the proceed ings. 'Women strikers had not had a fair chance either in the courts or in the newspapers. Wait until we get women judges and real newspapers run by women, and all this will be changed. When women get their rights they wont be showed around by men and dragged into court without .,., raocrn