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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-30
Mrs. Boyle in Mercer.

Mercer, Pa., March j2s.-With the scenes of the Whitla Kidnapping case centering at this place, preparations are being perfected for the next chap ter of the famous affair-the legal bat tie. hF
 While Mrs Boyle, or McDermott, the woman involved. has not personally, made a move toward retaining an at torney to look after her interests. her husband, James H. Boyle, has engaged ex-Judge s. H. Miller and his law partner, Attorney J. Stranahan, who have twice conferred with Boyle.
 Boyle was taken from here this morning over the Bessemer Railroad, tor SharonA Pa., where he was given a hearing before Justice g.. s. Gilbert on a charge of kidnapping.
 Mrs. Boyle will be taken to sharon some time tomorrow. Her hearing will be set to suit the convenience of Mir. whitla, who leaves with his family to- morrow evening for rest. Where he will spend his vacation has not been announced.
 It is reported here today that wealthy relatives have communicated with the authorities and were coming toSnhe assistance of Mrs. Boyle.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
Eye Exercise.

Have you high roof?" was the ap-
parent irrelevant question put by
the distinguished oculist to the woman
who had complained of having bad
eyes. Higher than the roofs of the
surrounding houses|
"Oh, yes" said the woman, "a good
deal higher"
Then what l want you to do" said
he, 'is to go up there every day and
look around for half an hour. That
will do you more good than glasses
One trouble with your eyes. and with
many pairs Of eyes in New York. is
that you exercise them so little at long
range. They are used TO looking at
short distances only. Long distance
looking is good for you. Persons who
habitually have a wide expanse Of
sea or plain TO gaze upon very seldom
have weak eyes. OF course you can
not move out TO the plains. neither
can you spend your life on the ocean
wave, but you can let your sight trav-
ell across the Hudson river every day.
and l advise you to do it."-New York
Press.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
( Wit of the Youngsters


Il know why women laugh in their
sleeves" said little Elmer. why,
dear?' asked his mother. Because
that's where their funny bone is"
Teacher-Harry, can you explain the
difference between ayes" and "noes|
Harry-Yes, ma am. You see with
your eyes and smell with your nose.
Small Mabel was very restless the
other night, and was unable to go to
sleep. Finally she said: Papa, please
sing to me; that always makes me
tired"
Teacher-How many zones are there?
Small Boy-Six. Teacher-No, there
are but five. However, you may name
six-if you can. Small Bay-Torrid,
north temperate, south temperate, north
frigid. south frigid and ozone.
Mamma Gin pantry y)-Who has been
drinking the milk, Johnny? Tell the
truth now. Johnny-It was me, man.
ma; 1 wanted to see If 1t was sour.
Mamma-Well, suppose it had been?
Johnny-Why, l wouldn't have drank
it.
Little Nell-What does your papa
do? Little Bess-IIe's a horse doctor.
Little Nell-Then | guess I'd better
not play with you; I'm afraid you
don't belong to our set. Little Bess-I
don't see why. What does your papa
do? Little Nell-He's a veterinary sur
geon!
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
FRIDAY. March 20.

Washington, March 26.-The mono
tony of the tariff debate in the house
was relieved for a time today by a
clash between Fordney of Michigan,
and Byrd of Mississippi, which came
near ending in blows. Fordney had
been discussing the lumber schedule
when he was interrupted by the Mis-
sissippian, who insisted that the lum-
ber manufacturers, of whom Fordney
was one, were in a trust. Fordney
peremptorily denied the statement and
said that Byrd "did not know a.damned
thing about it. )"
Opposed to Fordney was Rowland of
Ohio, who wanted the product placed
on the free list. Others who spoke
were Pou of North Carolina, and Ma
con of Arkansas, both of whom ar
raigned the Payne bill for not accom-
plishing what it was pretended it
would do, while Humphrey Of Wash
ington advocated a tariff on shingles
and lumber high enough to enable the
lumber and shingle manufacturers of
his state to compete with those of
British Columbia employing cheap ORR
entail labor.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
A BRIEF DAILY REPORT ON
THE WORK OF CONGRESS

United States, and free hides would
not be menace to the farmers.
The inheritance tax, he said, was
preferable to an income tax, because
it would not give rise to perjury or
fraud. He held also that an income
tax was unconstitutional.
Clark, of Missouri, followed and had
proceeded but minute or two when,
at the suggestion of Payne, he suspend
ed and the house adjourned.
Payne said that the men who wanted
the Dingley duty on lumber retained
were those who were interested in an
immense lot of stumpage and who were
actuated solely by motives of greed.
If the duty were removed entirely on
lumber, he said, it would be of great
benefit to the American people and
would enable the men he had referred
to still to realize golden fortune, but
not such golden fortune as were the
duty to be kept on.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
MINERS WILL NOT STRIKE
Leave Board to Arrange Scale-May
Ask Taft to Arbitrate.

Scranton, Pa, March 25.-Reaffirm-
ing the demands already presented to
the operators, the anthracite miners
tonight voted to remain at work after
April l, allowing the district executive
boards of the hard coal fields of Penn
sylvania to continue their effors to get
an agreement satisfactory to the men.
The miners were instructed by the
convention to continue at work until
they are otherwise notified by the Off
cial representatives of the three an
thracite districts and the executive
boards were instructed to negotiate an
agreement upon such basis as the
boards in their judgment believe the
conditions warrant.
A resolution to ask President Taft to
appoint commission to arbitrate diff
ferences was adopted tonight by the
miners convention and referred to the
executive boards to put it into effect at
their discretion.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
TEXAS TORNADO
KILLS AND MAINS
Twelve People Are Victims Of Storm.
Eight Burning in Ruins.
Half Dozen Towns Bear Evidence Of
Winds Strengtf-Property Loss
Will Amount to Many Thousands
of oIIars-Score of Persons In
jurec-Churches De stroyed.

dallas, Tex, March 25.-Twelve
known dead, property loss reaching
into the thousands of dollars, and pos
sibly score of injured are the results
of a tornado which swept over the
northeastern part of Wise county last
night. Several small towns suffered
serious damage.
The greatest loss of life occurred in
the country districts. The destruction
one farmhouse alone caused the death
of eight persons. This single tragedy
of the storm occurred near Slidell. The
farmhouse of Ira Rice was crushed in
by the furious wind and the family of
eight persons pinned down beneath the
wreckage. A light in the house at the
of the disaster caused the ruins to be-
come ignited and, famed by strong
wind, the flames snuffed out the lives
of the helpless victims.
The towns of Sanger and Greenwood
were hit and number of houses were
moved from their foundations. The
Good View schoolhouse. near Sanger,
was wrecked. In this vicinity two
farmers and two children of negro ten
ants were killed.
At Grafton every business house
save one was blown down. The Meth
odist and Baptist churches were COM
pletely wrecked.
At Dan, also in Wise county, near
Slidell, two houses were destroyed.
The Christian church at Greenwood
was destroyed.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
TRAFFIC PACT IN
OREGON PRESAGED
Hartman and Hill are in Negotiation
in California.
Believed Big Railroad Magnates Favor
Dividing Oregon and Washington
Territory and Thus Save Great
Sums of Money in Construction
of New Lines.

San Francisco, March THAT the
Hartman and Hill railroad forces are
getting together and that an agree
ment in regard to Oregon affairs is i'm
pending became apparent yesterday.
After Il. H. Hartman and Lewis w.
Hill, president of the Great Northern,
had met at Paso Robles Thursday
night, they came on to San Francisco
together yesterday on Mr.. Harriman's 8
private train and were in conference
most of the morning. After their ar
rival here they were met by c. H..
Mutt, general manager of the Mort thern
Pacific; j. P. 0 Brien, of the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation company and
Southern Pacific in Oregon; e. E. Cal
vim, vice president of the Southern Pa
cific, and William F. Herrin, and ar
ranged in an informal talk, which oc-
cupied half an hour, for conference
to take place today between Mr.. Hill,
Mr.. O'Brien and Mr. Mutt for the pur-
pose of discussing traffic affairs. Be-
yond simply stating that such confer
ence would take place today, the Off
cials refused to give any information
as to what the probable result of the
conference would be, preferring not to
make public any of their plans until
after they have held their meeting.
The presence of Mr.. O'Brien and
Mr.. Mutt implies clearly that the con-
ference will relate to points where the
Hartman and Hill lines come into
competition in Oregon and Washing
ton. There is still time to make a
traffic arrangement in regard to busi-
ness between Portland and Puget sound,
for construction of the Hartman ex-
tension northward from Portland has
not progressed so far but that more
money would be saved by abandoning
some of the work already done than by
completing the line.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
VENGEANCE FEARED.
Woman Suspect Utters Thr. a. Upon
Arrest for kidnapping.

Woman Suspect Utters Thr. a; Upon
Arrest for Kidnapping.
Cleveland, March 24.-'I am the one
who planned the whole thing; there
will be trouble for me and hell in
Sharon tomorrow.
These words, spoken to Captain of
Police Shattuck yesterday by woman
he had arrested in company with man
on suspicion of being implicated in the
kidnapping of Willie Whitla, of Sharon.
O., have stirred the police to new
efforts to run down the band who stole
the lad away from his school. While
the police were at first inclined to
think that their prisoners, who carried
the sum of SO, 1889 with them, were the
entire kidnapping gang, the woman s
words are regarded as threat and the
police now think that possibly one or
two other members of the gang are
still at large and that revenge for the
capture of the ringleaders will be
taken on the boy.
Extra precautions to guard the
Whitla lad at his home will be taken
to make the carrying out of any such
threat an impossibility and anyone
found lurking around the premises will
be instantly arrested.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
OFF TO AT RIGA.
Roosevelt Party Leaves Flew York for
WiIds OF Jungle.

WiIds OF Jungle.
New York, March 24.-Waving a
parting farewell with his black slouch
hat as he stood on the captains bridge
of the steamship Hamburg, ex-Presi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt sailed away
yesterday for his long planned African
hunt. He left amid cheers of thous-
ands of persons that swarmed the Ham
burg-American line pier, amid the
whistles of countless river craft and
thunderous reverberations of the ex-
presidents salute Of 13 guns from
Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth.
Beside Mr. Roosevelt stood young
lad, seemingly detected, as he wistfully
gazed at the cheering multitude on the
pier below. 1t was Kermit Roosevelt,
son of Mr.. Roosevelt, who accompanied
his father as official photographer of
the expedition. Father and son, both
clad in brilliant buff hued army coats,
remained on the bridge On the trip
down the bay and acknowledged with
sweeps of their hats the salutes of the
vessels. The demonstration was un-
official, but many high in the affairs of
Il e nation were present.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
DENVER TANGLED IN WIRES.
Over 100000 Damage by Heavy
Fall of Wet Snow.

Denver, March 25.-Eight inches of
wet, clinging snow, following several
hours of steady rain, did damage in
Denver last night estimated at from
5000, 900 to 100000 and cut off all
communication with the outside world
so completely that up to a late hour
tonight it had not been restored.
Every wire of the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph companies, and
every telephone wire, was carried
down by the snow; 5000 telephones in
the city were rendered useless and hun
dreds of trees in the parks and along
the boulevards were badly damaged.
For several hours this morning street
car service was at a standstill and
thousands plodded to work through the
slush. Suburban electric lines were
put out of commission and trains on all
railroads were many hours late, as the
dispatchers were helpless.
Many small fires were caused by
broken and crossed wires.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
New Star Field for Flag?

Washington, March ga new cold
Glory" is proposed in bill recently
introduced by Representative Ansber-
ry, of Ohio, to amend the section of
the revised statutes which relates to
the design of the American flag. A
new formation of the stars is suggest
ed. They would be arranged "in five
arcs in combination, the centers of the
arcs to be the apices of regular pent-
agon, the radius of the arcs to be equal
to one side of the pentagon. AS to
the size of the stars, the bill prescribes
that their radius shall be equal to "one-
fourth the distance of the stars from
center to center" Provision for add
ing new stars for new states might be
made by extending the arcs.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
Castro is Furious,

Bordeaux, March 27.-"If I am a
criminal, why haven't my accusers the
courage to allow me to return to Vene-
zuela and defend myself?" exclaimed
Cipriano Castro this afternoon, when
an agent of the French steamship com
pany officially informed him that he
must leave the steamer Guadaloupe, on
which he sails today, before that vessel
reaches Venezuela. ''All ask is the
right to fair trial." he declared. Il
am prepared to accept the result. The
refusal of Gomez to permit me to enter
Venezuela is overwhelming proof that
they have no case against me, but real
ize that, if set foot on Venezuelan
soil, their game is up"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
Must Prove Necessity.

Washington, March 27. = Senator
Bourne, who is making a strenuous
fight to prevent the removal of depart
ment headquarters from Vancouver
says the president will insist that the
War department produce proof posi-
tive of their assertions that the mill
tary interests of the government will
be best subserved before he would
sanction the change. Senator Bourne
is anxious to receive from the CONNER
cial associations of Portland COM
plete showing why the change should
not be made, to strengthen his pro-
tests filed with the president and Sec
retary of war.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
Saturday, March 27.

Washington, March 27.-Debate on
the tariff bill in the house today was
largely devoted to an academic discus
sion of the question and the political
issues involved, although Gardner of
Massachusetts Thoroughly reviewed the
question of free hides and tariff on
leather goods. Longworth of Ohio and
Harrision Of New York, the Demo-
cratic members of the ways and means
committee, were the only representa-
tives of the tariff framing committee
who made speeches.
The house adjourned to meet again
at 10 o'clock Monday. The house will
meet for ten and one-half hours each
day. The hours agreed upon are from
10 in the morning to 6 at night, when
a recess of two hours is to be taken,
the house to continue in session from 8
to 10 80 at night.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
Criminal Career Alleged.

Reno, New, March 24.-Charging
that under the guise of conducting a
hotel in Reno, George and Frederick
Elkins. wealthy hotelmen, have been
for months acting as the Intermediates
for thieves and robbers, the police ar
rested George Elkins tonight on ranch
near town, which it has been found has
been the hiding place for vast guam
tity of merchand Sc, said to have been
stolen from box cars and warehouses
in this city. The arrest followed an
investigation resulting from the acci-
dental discovery of the merchandise.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
ETUTTERING TO BE CURED.
Vienna Public Schools Give n Special
Course for AFFLICTED Pupils.

Vienna Public Schools Give n Special
Course for Afflicted Pupils.
An interesting addition to the course
OF instruction In the public schools OF
Vienna Is to be made In a short time
by providing classes in four districts
to overcome the defects in speech Of
children who stutter. United States
Consul General Rublee at Vienna, who
reports this matter to the State De
partment, says that the length Of he
course Is five weeks and instruction
Is to be given during two hours Of
each weekday. The children are to
withdraw from other school attendance,
as it Is essential that they devote them
selves exclusively to the course for the
cure of suffering.
The cooperation Of the parents Is es-
pecially important to the success of
cial instruction 1t is necessary that
the children have a separate room at
home where they can practice the exer-
cises given them without any disturb
ance whatsoever. The parents must un-
dertake to have the children practice
their exercises at home for at least four
hours daily, and during the first two
weeks not to allow them to speak at
all except to practice the exercises pre-
scribed by the course Of instruction.
Keeping silent is of such Importance
that the success Of the course depends
upon this requirement being strictly OBJ
served. Parents are particularly ad-
vised never to cast any doubt upon the
effectiveness Of the course or Of the
teachers. 1t Is well known that slut
terers lack self-confdence, and this
must be taken in account In the treat
ment The children should be encour-
aged by calling attention to progress
that has been made, for Sufferers are
extremely susceptible to praise. Par
ents, however, should be careful to
make no experiments and to make no
tests.
At the end Of the five weeks course
the instructor brings each pupil back
to his regular school and indicates to
his teacher what has been accom-
plished, besides giving advice concern
ing his further instruction. The teach
er Is requested to try to encourage and
make permanent the new habits ac-
Quired. Children who have taken the
special course in suffering are exam
ined afterward each month in order to
determine what permanent results have
been obtained.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
No New Trial for Road.

San Francisco, March 27.-District
Judge Van Fleet, in the United States
Circuit court, refused today to grant
the petition of the Southern Pacific
railroad for retrial of the ten charges
of cruelty to animals brought by the
government and decided against the
appellant. The case was the outcome
of violations of the law prohibiting the
keeping of cattle in transit in the cars
longer than % hours without unload
ing for food, water and rest. The
railroad attorney argued that the law
was unconstitutional.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
Bow Sought Oil Honors.

New York, March 24.-In his quest
for occasions for distinguishing himself
and thereby obtaining promotion which
in time would lead to his being made a
director of the Standard Oil company,
William Reddy, Is years old, employed
in the filling department of the COM
pany, tonight confessed that on several
occasions he had set fire to the plant of
the Standard in Brooklyn. His object
was to impress his superiors by his
alertness in discovering the blaze.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
BOYCOTTS OUR GOODS.
Japanese Use Pretext of "Pure Food
Law" As a Reason

Victoria, B. c.. March 27.-That a
boycott of American goo!s under guise
of enforcement of 'pure food law
has been started in Japan is the state
ment of a weekly newspaper published
at Yokohama. The paper says:
"For some unexplaineable reason ex-
cepting that action has been taken
un er the food law Japanese officials,
backed up by police officers, have been
calling upon foreign and native grocers
and confscating their stocks of certain
brands of goods. Strange to say, the
goods confscated have been American
goods only, and the officials do not even
look at te British, German and French
goods. Another feature of these
strange proceedings was that nearly all
the articles confscated bore the stamp
of the American health board and each
package was printed with all the
names of the ingredients contained.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
NEAR SOUTH POLE.
British Expe diton Reaches Point III
Miles From Object.

WIeS from CpJeCt'
London, March 24.-Lieutenan e. H
Shackleton, Of the British navy, a COM
mander of the Antartic expedition
which returned on the barkentine Nim-
rod to Invercargill, N. T., today, sue
ceeded in getting within Ill miles of
the south pole.
Lieutenant Shackleton left his perm
anent quarters last autumn for dash
to the south pole and has succeeded
after an arduous sledge journey of L.
708 miles, which occupied 126 days, in
reaching 354 miles nearer the pole than
the point attained by the Discovery ex-
pedition, of which he was an officer.
AS the expedition to the south was
undertaken rather for the purpose of
geographical survey than with the idea
of reaching the pole itself, it may be
said to have succeeded beyond the most
sanguine expectations.
Shackleton made some departures
from the usual preparations for journ-
ey across the snow and ice. He took
with him a motor car, which could be
converted into sledge and substituted
ponies for dogs and light woolen cloth
ing for heavy clothes.
Summarized, the results of the expe-
dition are that point was reached
within Ill miles of the south pole;
that the magnetic pole also was reach
ed; eight mountain chains were discov
cred, and 100 mountains.
Mount Ereebus, 13, 12O feet high,
was ascended by the party; new coast
and high mountains were located rum
ming west from Victorialand, and coal
fields were discovered in the Antarctic
continent.
The theory of the existence of an
area of atmospheric calm around the
south pole was disproved
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
Spineless Cactus Found.

Los Angeles, March 25.-Spineless
cacti made by the hand of nature and
not of man are reported by w. L.
Wolfe to flourish luxuriantly in the
Sierra Madre ranges in Western Chihu-
ahua, Mexico. Wolfe today set out
several of the plants. Wolfe declared
that the spineless cactus plant is edible
and that fields of it are fenced from
cattle. He said the plant bears a lus-
cious red fruit which Mexicans make
into jellies and preserves.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-04-01
Pullman Car is Held Up.

Denver, March 27.-Two highway
men entered Pullman car in the Den
yer G. Rio Grande yards, at West Den
yer, early today, held up the passen-
gers, six in number, and the conductor
and porter, and got away with about
$4OO in cash. The only woman passen-
ger, Mrs. N. R. Hussey, of Booth Bay
Harbor, Me-, was not molested. The
car was part of Denver & Rio Grande
train No. 8, which was held up at Mill
tary Junction few weeks ago.