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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-12-17
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-12-17

s[niidt lei, ols Der @oliberttelr llnh
Sic onoern Mitglieoer Der geborbe.
Sir oie Giniebitng einer 3ud,t-
9ausfomminion nit LANCER auiis-
bauer lit audi Sill eingenonutel1,
oof fiir6tet er, oob iib oos nift
10 idnell mod)en liebe; oud mille
ole &onltitution erft u%mgeanoert
peroen. Sim SdluIi ieines grtefss
1enlerft er, ooB Die l%nteriuhnltg
9es &ontites leioer ei1te idledte 8tr-
atitg oltf Die @efangenen ausgeiibt
3obe. Sic leien ~aufiaiiig, n1botnla-
sig uno man mtiiiie i6arf 5ugrelfen,
I'M ole 9is5iplin alfre6t 81 er9al-
set.
9aB MisltGnoe in llniern Strof.
1nItolten eriitiereu giebt au6 @ili,
lusgeiproben utto ul1ausgelproden,
1T. Iber CT iparnt Dor lteberel<
Jung ullo Seniationsbaiderei. 9orin
got er redt. 5ein 8rief lit leoet1s
,alls bodit beadtensipert.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-12-17
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giner ser fre1lten Houbmoroe,
uel6er ie bier porgefommen, failo
I'M 9onnerltag nadmitag auf benz
5unietbabnbof itatt, mo- Waife Weag-
yer, elm nolbabenoer 8irger Don
serarfana, in eineln Soilettenaim<
.ner nieoergeiblagen uno beraubt
.pur0e, obne oaB es bemerft muroe,
irosoem ii6 mebrere 8erlonei i'm
8~arte5immer befanOen. Grit als ein
4neelteIter Der 8abn 5ufaaig gcgeE
100 nadmittags oas Goiletten5ill-
.ner betrat, fano er ben beipuBtloiel.
forper oes Mannes auf Dem 8o0eli
liegen, aaer @ertiahen beraubt.
Ser Miiroer batte linn einen S6log
aber ben Shaoel segebeu, melder
iein Spfer iogleid belinnurlgslos
nadte, uno i'm Damn ausgeraubt.
Dtan bradte Measber iosleid llad
Dem Santa &pla Soipital, mo er nD-
lie feline 8eiinnung mieoer 5u erlall-
gen, segen 8 l1br abenos itarb. Der
Sdlue batte elm groBes Sod inl
Sbaoel peruria6t. Nahfori6ungeil
III Serarfana ergaben, baB Der @r-
mor6ete Elm m%olbabenoer &api-
taliit lit. @r NOR ME perbeiraiet
unb bate BORT feline 8ermaaOte.
Isle es ideint, lit iein Msroer ell
SremDer, Der linn ldngere 3eit ge=
iolgt lit, INN ben eiinltigen @ugen-
did ab5unarten. Sci benz grmorbe-
len fanb man mebrere ganfbiiher.
.uel6e Depoliten BON $4,000 uno
100000 5eigten. 8ie 9roB Die
geute mar, laBt iih ihper beltim-
men, 90 nidt feit5uiteaen iii, mie
oiel @elo Der Mann bel Iib trltg.
dur S. in Bapiergelo, oas eng Sll-
ammengepidelt in elmer gfe Ser
8eltentalhe itelte, mon Dem Gauber
entgangeu. nniere 9eteftibs boben
Die Code ioglei6 aufgenommen uno
alauben allf elmer moelihen Spur
gu fem.
Die Sermine oes 8erar Count
tpgeridts fir 1910 iino mie folgt
felteeiebt: Sonuar-3ermin 2ebter
Cog Der 4nmeloung bon Saler1, De-
5ember 90, 9eginn bes Sermins B.
| Sauuar, SdlliB, 90. 6ebruar. M1r5.
Sermin: 2ester Gag fir 4nmelaun-
gen, "a. 5ebr.; geeinn oes 9ermins,
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Settoem Boli5iIten i'm offene,
@eriht ausgeiagt, ooB iih unmiin
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mern uno .9ipes" berumtreihen
fuiG Der Siilfs-0 iitriftsanmolt Cham
bers Die @roBgei6morenen oarau
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iolder Blase gegen bas @eieb Der
ltoBen. fpeun iie Die @npeienbeit iol
der nnmiinoigen in ibren 2ofolel
buloen.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-12-17
Iacin Tim Mitternad)t in Der
SGaemiihIe.

unbefiimmert UNI 5eudtigfeit, Bug.
luft, Sturm uno &alte, arbeitete 70.
5. atfins, als Nadtpd6ter in 8ull-
ller Springs, Gem. @r 5og fid eine
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li6 Die @rbeit ~aufgeben. Wa6 Der.
ldieoenen nergebliden 8eriuben, &c.
6rau6te er Or. Sings Rem Disco.
oerp. u0od Dem @ebraud elmer
5loide", idreibt er, neing id 10 &c.
Juno ipie ie nieber an Die 4rbcit.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-12-17
Nnfts 8eite ansIehenb.

gs lit Ser 8unih ieoer Srau.
gut auauieben, aber Sinllcn,
Saut-MusidIag, 8euIen nn6 Shlpd
rem berauben iie oieier Sreuoe. Sort.
gudlens Mrnica Salbe furiert fie.
gerindt es. l1nfeblbar fir SD
morrboioen. 25 Gts. BET alien Drug
nfftor
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-12-17
8an=G rfanbnisidleime.

3uopig Saneen, 8o6nbaus, 2otu5
Ctr; $1,000.
g. %gieieneder, 8obnbaus, 9rerel
Nbe. $1,000.
Gus. 8ei6ert, @obnbaus, Shores st;
5000.
60. 9reib, @obnbaus, 9impfon Ctr. /:
$3.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-20
WASHED UP BY THE SEA.
Body Found With a Bullet Hole
Through the Head.

SAVANNAH. Ga. February 20.-Charg-
ing that the finding of the body of Oles
Anderson, a Danish marine engineer.
washed up by the sea on Cumberland Is
land Camden county. with bullet hole
through the head. has revealed story of
murder at sea in twenty-seven foot
launch, Camden county officers, aided
by local detectives arrested James Olsen
OF Brunswick here Thursday night. They
charge that on trip from Fernandina to
Brunswick Anderson was shot in the head
and pitched overheard. Olsen stating
when his launch reached Brunswick that
Anderson was missed and that no one
saw him go. He exhibited a pair of
shoes as if they had been taken off by
Anderson and left in the launch Shoes
were on the body. however when it was
found. A German boy and man known
'Scotty are also being sought by
officers. as they were on the launch on
the trip.
The officers charge that Anderson was
murdered from behind and that his STAY
er. believing that the sea would hide
the crime, tossed the dead body into
the Atlantic ocean. but that the sea cast
up the CHASTITY evidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-20
BoYDs, MD.
ecial correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
BOYDS. Md. February 20. 1900.
Dr. and Mrs. David Clark Owings or
Newton Highlands, Mass. are visiting
Mrs. r. Dorsey Trundie at Gaithersburg.
Dr. Owings and family were former resi-
dents of this section. They removed TO
Massachusetts several years ago. where
DIR. Owings is chief post office inspector.
Mrs. Owings announces the marriage OF
her daughter. Miss Minnie Owinss. and
Ralph Sellman of Mount Airy, Carroll
county, next June.
Mrs Frederick A. Allnutt OF Seneca 10
visiting her parents at Woodstock, Va.
Mrs. Herbert 8. Darby OF ClarksburS
Is in Baltimore to remain several weeks
Mrs II. Thomas Miles. who was visit
ing her son In Washington. returned home
yesterday.
Mrs John w Williams and daughter.
who were recent visitors at Relay. Md.
have returned home.
Mrs. ]. Wilson OF Pennsboro. w. Va.
who was the guest of Mrs. Sara +. Boyd
here, has returned to her home.
Mrs Florida Hall and family of Balti-
more are here visiting her mother, who IS
extremely i'll.
The teachers of the Gaithersburg High
School and others of that town last even
ing, by request. presented the five-act
comedy 1.-The Deacon in Masonic Hall.
]. Frank Lewis of this place has an
nounced his candidacy for the house OF
delegates for nomination on the demo
cratic ticket.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-20

way the people have secured access to
outside markets and are now shipping
some extraordinary grapes from Turk
estan called the 'maskah. They arc
grown under irrigation. and have been
cultivated by the Mohammedans for raj
sins and table use for ages, but they
have never been shipped out OF the
country, and the seeds and cuttings
have not been accessible to foreigners
before. The maskah is a very large
grape with a superior flavor-much
larger than our Hamburg grape.
got some vines and cuttings. which
hope will be of value to the Californi-
ans and other people in semi-arid re-
gions. I obtained number of other
varieties. including two seedless grapes
bigger than any We have now. which
Will be the subject of experiment by
the Agricultural Department. but II
tribute any Of them to private grow
erS.
In Ancient Transcaucasia.
caucasia. via Tifiis and Batoom. over
the Caspian sea. and took a steamer for
Marseille, which stops at many ports
to discharge and take on cargoes. Sd
that I had an opportunity to go ashore
and see a good deal. ] left the steam
err at Corsica and went over into Italy
a1falfas of Greece and Italy. From
Marseille l went to Algiers. and made
journey into the heart Of the desert
of Sahara to study the alfalfas there
Il brought some seed from that des-
ert also. The Arabs have grown alfalfa
as fodder for ages. 1t was carried over
into Spain by the Moors from Africa
from there to South America. and Gen.
trail America and Mexico, and from
there to California. and that is the
roundabout way in which alfalfa was
introduced into the United States. AZ
the town of Biskra in the desert of
Sahara from the Arabs / got a guam
tity of the seed of the original alfalfa
A part OF it will be experimental with
by the Department of Agriculture and
1 Will take part of Dakota, y here we
Will use 1t in the evolution at is be-
ing carried on by our plant breeders
The ideal alfalfa of the future will
be hybrid of all the alfalfas of the
world-the wild and cultivated species
from four continents and from all
climates. We now have the best ma
terials and by the proper use OF them
we ought to be able to produce the
final variety for those sections of the
United States where perennial legu-
minous forage is needed with which to
1eed our future meat supply"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-20
WARRENT0N, VA.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
WARRENTON, Va. February 20. 1902.
The horse of Col. William NJ. Kempcr
of the Bethel Academy became unman-
ageable as he rode into Warrentoa
Tuesday and ran until it fell, near the
Warrenton post Office. The colonel
Withdrew his feet from the stirrups in
time to prevent being dragged. AS a
result of the fall the coloners knee was
badly cut and he was bruised about the
face.
The Warrenton post Office is to in
stall new outfit of lock boxes.
Among those participating in the last
fox chase here were Mrs. CORTLAND
Smith, Misses Lucy Stone and A. G..
Stone W. S. Sewers, l.. Evans. -.
Smith. G.. B. Stone. ]. X. Maddux, C..
Strother, ]. D. Hall and Dion Kerr.
The brush was awarded to Mr.. Sewers.
J. c. Copp of lakewood estate has just
purchased a farm of $50 acres from Dr.
T. A. Bryan of Flint Hill, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-20
CLOVER GROWS IN ICE
Prof. Hansen Makes Find in
Northern Asia.
LOCATES ARCTIC ALFALFA
Grapes Suitable for Semi-Arid
Regions Also on the List.
BRINGS SEEDS FOR USE HERE
Chief Plant Explorer Of Department
Of Agriculture Tells Of His
Latest Trip.
BY WILLIAM T.. CURTIS

BY WILLIAM T.. CURTIS.
Written for The Star and the Chicago Record
Herald.
! Niels Ebbesen Hansen, professor Of hor-
ticulture at the State College Of Agricui-
ture, Bookings. S. D., ard chief plant ex-
plorer for the Department of Agriculture
at Washington. has just returned from his
third journey into northern Asia, bringing
back three new varieties of arctic alfalfa,
clover that will grow in ice. and a
grape that is suitable to the semi-arid re-
gions of this country. Prof. Hansen has
spent several years hunting through an
cient and far-off countries of the world
for useful plants, grains and fruits that
we do not have in this country, but are
suitable to the climate of our northern
ATTITUDES, and will furnish our farmers
with greater opportunities to diversity
their crops and practice rotation which
will not exhaust the soil. That has been
one of the most beneficial features Of Sec
rotary Wilson's administration, and there
by he has introduced into the farms and
gardens and orchards of the United States
valuable new crops, vegetables and fruits
that have contributed to the welfare and
increased the wealth of the country.
Prof. Hansen has explored Russia, ST.
IBERIA. Turkestan, Mongolia. MAnchuria
western China, Japan, Trans-CaucaSla,
Persia, Lapland, Finland and other coun.
tries in search of plant life that will en-
dure the cold climate of our northern bOr-
der and flourish in the dry air of the semi
arid regions of the west, and has been re-
markably successful.
Goes Through Siberia.
He started May %, 1908. upon his great
est expedition, from which he returned a
few days ago. going first to Moscow
where he organized little expedition oil
four assistants who were familiar with the
languages as well as of the botany OF
northern Asia. With them he started east
ward, crossing Siberia into Chinese terri
tory and traversing Mongolia and Man
churia. He returned by way Of southern
Siberia and through the foothills of the
Alti mountains, made a journey Of 400
miles by wagon across the northern part
of the Desert of Cobb and the Hunger
Desert of Turkestan. Then, when he
reached the Mediterranean he visited the
Desert of Sahara, looking for plants that
will grow in dry climates.
The object of my journey was especial.
ly to find hardy alfalfas that will grow
in the colder regions of our northwestern
states" said Prof. Hansen. I'VE wanted
the northernmost plants of Asia for the
farmers of Wisconsin. Minnesota, Da-
kota and Montana, who lose millions OF
dollars from the excessive cold and open
winters without snow. Two years ago,
when visited a part of the same coun-
try that l have been visiting the last
year, I found three varieties of yellow
flower alfalfa which grow in ATTITUDES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-20

New York and his fifth wife. Before she
married him she made him change his
name to Ayeres. saying:
LAS we are to live in Paris most OF
the time there is really no use of my call
ing myself Mrs. kettlewell. People would
ask: Which of the five is She? That
would not be at all amusing
Last October Mrs. Ayeres was suing for
a divorce and alimony.
Kettlewell was famous in Paris for a
, dinner he gave while one of his wives
was suing for a divorce. He invited to
the dinner Emilenne D'Alencon. Lame de
Porgy, Labouns Kaya, the Russion dan
Ger: Maud Jackson land other stage beau
ties.
He engaged celebrated band and paid
a high price for it on condition that ii
should play all night 1t did-for a long
time after the banquet hall had been de-
serted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-20
ELBE OVERFLoWS BANKS.
Fifty Thousand Acres Of Land i,
Prussia Under Water.

MAGDEBURG. Prussia, February 90
Fifty villages and 10000 acres of land
are under water as result of the Elbe
being out of it's banks
In the neighboring town of Seehausen
almost every street is flooded to a depth
of five feet and foot traffic is possible
only by means of primitive wooden
bridges erected by the army engineers
Most of the inhabitants of the town,
which has a population of about 5000.
have fled to this city. All the patients
in the hospital there have been taken
out by boats and tonight are being ac-
commodated in huts in surrounding viii
lagos.
Thousands of cattle and sheep have
been drowned and the graveyard at See
hansen is flooded and all the gravestones
have been washed away.
The steam ice breakers can make no
progress in the Elbe owing to the thick
ness of the ice. and the inhabitants
of the surrounding country are fearful
that with moderating weather and thaw
the flood will rise higher tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-20
Biggest Dam for New Mexico.

Ell PASO, Tex. February 2O.-Accord-
ing to Territorial Engineer Sullivan of
New Mexico the ella Farm Company is
planning 10 build in Grant county, N. NJ,
a monster dam three times as high as the
government project at Elephant Butte
and three times the size Of the Assuan
dam in Egypt.
The dam will have a reservoir with
capacity four times that of any in exist
ence and will irrigate a half million acres
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-20
AYEREs, Ex-KETTLEWELL, DEAD
His Fifth Wife Made Him Change
His Name to Escape Comment

Special Cablegram TO The Star.
PARIS, February 2O.-Charles Thomas
Ayeres. formerly known as kettlewell
died here yesterday of .apopleXy. Ayeres.
or Kettlewell was an Englishman, and
reputed to be wealthy.
His widow was a Miss Ballentyne OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-20
Penitentiary Disgrace to Missouri.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, February %
Following an official investigation the
senate committee on penitentiary and re-
form schools has declared that the sani-
tary conditions at the penitentiary were
disgrace to the state. 1t was found
that at least 10 per cent of the deaths
within the prison walls were caused by
tuberculosis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-20
Peruvian Loan Approved.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LIMA. Peru, February 20.-The senate
has voted approval of the govern
ment proposal to raise two loans, one Of
So 600, 600 to cancel the balance of the
million dollar loan raised in Berlin an
1905 and another of 100000 to pay off
debts left by the former administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-20
Bankers to Meet in Chicago.

CHICAGO, February e0.-The thirty
fifth annual convention Of the American
Bankers Association will be held here
in the week of September 13 There will
be more than 5000 delegates and alter
mates.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-29
Those CorpuscleS

In your bIood,-red and white,-kesp
you we'll If they are healthy cause you
sickness If diseased.
To make and keep them healthy and
strong. is to have pure blood, freedom
from disease and vigorous health.
The chief purpose OF Hoods Sarsa-
parilla is to do this. and its success IS
attended by thousands OF wonderful
cures. Cures Of all blood diseases,
scrofula, eczema, rheumatism, catarrh.
Hoods Sarsaparilla effects these
cures, not simply because It contains
sarsaparilla but because it combines
the utmost remedial values OF more
than 20 different ingredients, each
greatly strengthened and enriched by
this peculiar combination. -
Get 1t today in the usual liquid form
or in chocolated tablet form called
Sarsatabs. 100 Doses One Dollar.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-29
VENEZUELA WANTS u. S.
TO MODIFY DEMANDS
Negotiations in Deadlock and
May Be Discontinued

CARACAS. Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan.
2e.-The negotiations between w. l.
Buchanan, the special envoy of the
United States, and the Venezuelan gov
ernment, looking to a settlement of the
standing difficulties between the two
on certain points contained in the
draft of the first protocol.
1t is believed here that the negotia-
tons will be completely discontinued
unless 7the United States modifies its
contention that the claims of the New
York and Bermudez asphalt company
and the Orinoco corporation be sub
mitted to arbitration
President Gomez processes to be ex-
tremely desirouss of reaching a settle-
ment with the United States, but at
the same time he says he feels that
he must protect the honor and dignity
OF Venezuela.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-29
SAYS JAPANESE }
ARE MIGRATING
Secretary Strans Sends Figures
to Show That immigration
Is Decreasing
"GentIemen's Agreement" With
Nippon Said to Work Better
Than Restriction

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S.-SecTetary
Straus today forwarded letter to
Senator Frank P. Flint of California.
discussing the statistics OF the Depart
ment of commerce and labor covering
the immigration of Japanese to the
United States and the emigration Of
japanese from the United States. Sec
retary Straus writes:
You will observe that the entire
number (Japanese) admitted was H.
413 for the calendar year 1907. while
the entire number admitted was only
4.477 for the calendar year 1903 You
will also bear in mind that the exeeu-
tive order OF the president was issued
March IA, 1907, but il took a consid-.
erable time to prepare regulations pro-
vided for in that order and put the
regulations into effect and for the de-
partment of state. both here and
through our ambassador 10 Japan, to
arrive at a definite understanding with
the Japanese government. I desire fur
thermore to direct your attention to the
fact that the entire Immigration Tor the
year beginning with November i, 1907.
and ending with October 81, 1905 was
6,017. while the departures for the same
PCAAC0 WCAC osoO-f lC1NAHS Oh AA~A Ccls7o
for immi grafton of Japanese for that
year of 1856.
1T is further to be observed that be-
ginning with the month OF June 1908,
TO October. 1908, the emigration OF
japanese from the United States ex-
ceeded the immi grafton to the United
states by 1.042. showing distinctly that
the trend Of the migration Of Japanese
is from the United States. 1t is further
shown by the marked decrease OF i'm
migration during the months referred
TO OF 1908. as compared with the same
months of 1907.
The press reports which j have seen
contain statements made by some OF
your people in California that these fig
ures are inexact. desire emphatically
to state that they are absolutely cor
rect. and the proof thereof. which is
on nle In the department, clearly DEM
onStrateS the accuracy OF the figures.
1t has further been intimated. as
see from reports, that there is a large
surreptitious influx OF Japanese over
the Mexican and Canadian borders.
am justified in saying that is not true,
for obvious reasons. That there are
some few scattered surreptitious en-
tries is quite probable. but the sum Is
so small that it can not be cOnsequen-
tial.
Finally I wish to call your attention
to the fact which the statements above
referred to indicate. that the arrange
ments which have been called the
gentlemen'S agreement" we have with
Japan, in my Judgment. Is working
more effectively than would result from
any restriction laws. because OF the
enect1Ve embargo Japan has placed on
departure OF her subjects from Japan.