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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-16

Justice Brewer of the United States
Supreme Court is out in magazine ar
ticle declaring sympathy with the cause
of woman suffrage and asserting that it
is bound to win. Justice Brewer ex-
presses the opinion that instead of de-
basing the home or lessening its power
and influence, the ballot for women will
introduce a refining and uplifting power
into our politics." Justice Brewer is a
dignifed and strong accession to the
ranks of those enlisted in the new cause.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-16

The magnitude of American railroad
enterprise, and the daring of American
engineers are made conspicuous by the
fact Of the passage through the tunnel
under the Hudson river of a Pennsyl-
yania railroad train bearing officials Of
that road to the new underground pas
senger terminal in the heart of Man
haitian island. The tunnelling and the
digging of the big pit in the heart of
New York were gigantic undertakings,
from the standpoint of the engineer, and
the devotion of $16O,OOO,O00 to the car
rying out of the plans is something that
awakens the admiration of even those
who are used to handling funds in big
chunks.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-16

The adoption by the National Associa-
ton of Railway Commissioners of uni
form code of demurrage rules is step
in the direction of an amicable adjust
ment of all differences growing out of de-
lay in the delivery of freight. 1t will es-
tablish a bar against Partially in set
Elements which practically amounts to
rebating, and which it is suspected has
in some instances been on that basis.
The new rules will supplement the prin-
ciple of fair dealing for all in the matter
of rates that has become established
among common carriers as a result of
the popular clamor against rebating.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-16

The rapidity of the development of the
carrying trade by way of the railroad
across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec is an
augury of success for the Panama canal
enterprise. There are now no less than
seven steamship lines engaged in traffic
on the Pacific side, from Salina Cruz.
1t is expected even by those who are in
terested that large share of this bust
ness will be lost to the through water
way when it is eventually opened, but
until that time arrives the Tehuantepec
railway is going to make hay"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-16

Capt. Roald Amundsen's proposed
drift across the northern polar circle,
after the manner of DR.. Nansen's IA
NOUS attempt to attain the pole, is not
attractive to the general mind because of
the fact that the pole is no longer mys-
terry. But for scientific research, the
proposed drift would be far more fruit
full than any dash across the ice with
sledges could possibly be, as the sound
ings taken would be numerous, and the
examinations of sea life would enrich
the department of geological knowledge.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-08-26
Hood
River
Land
0ppOr.
.MIlitiieS

55O-l2 acres two and a half miles out
on East Side; l! acres I6 year old
Spitz and Newtowns, 3! acres 2 and 3
year old and acres year old Spitz
and Newtowns, acres strawberries,
acre year old pears, ! acre alfalfa,
8 room house, barn, Hoodshed, good
well, 6 inches irrigating water, all
farm tools, horse, wagon and harness.
Price S13, 500, easy terms.
,551-6 acres. 8 acres in trees, u acres
Q year old, balance and A year old
Spitzenbergs and Newtowns. Beauti-
full building site overlooking Hood
River and the entire valley. Price,
$4,000.
554-l0 acres IA miles out on West
Side. 5 acres A and 5 year old and 3
acres 2 and 8 year old Spitz and New
towns; II acres strawberries, 2! acres
potatoes, 2 acres clover, s inches irri-
eating water; house, barn, sheds, etc.
Price S11 900, easy terms.
451-40 acres five miles out on East
Side; 20 acres in orchard acres six
years old, IA acres 5, 3 and years
old, and two acres old orchard; Spitz,
Newtowns; Ortleys and Jonathans
200 2 year old peach filters, 6 acres in
stumps, balance in oak and pine tim
Der; room house, small barn, all
farm tools, etc; near school, church.
store and railway station. Price
S11, 900, easy terms.
$3.50 acres. acres II year old Spit
enbergs and Newtowns, few Ben
Dayis, s acres year old Spitzenbergs
and Newtowns, acres plowed and
ready for setting, balance of land ir
grass. In the irrigating district, coun
ty road along two sides, apple house
Price SIC, 900, easy terms.
$50 20 acres. l8 acres year old Spitz
enbergs, Newtowns and Jonathans,
acres three years old. Home orchard
of all kinds of small fruits; in gooc
neighborhood; best of soil. Pric'
$4,000. Easy terms.
At-20 acres all in orchard. IL acre
bearing commercial varieties, 8 acre
to 6 year old Spitzenbergs and New
towns, some peach, pear, plum, cher
ry, etc. room house, barn, app''
house, chicken house, ETC.: all stoc
and equipment, nine inches waite
stock. $4,000 apple crop goes wit
the place if sold by September Isl
Price $4,000. Easy terms.
Ks-2O acres. II acres and year oil
Spitsen bergs, Newtowns and Jona
thans, 3 acres alfalfa and garden, GOO
8 room house, barn, outbuilding'
very slightly; 6 inches water stoca
Best of apple land, in good neighbor
hood, on main travelled road. Price
S21 900. Easy terms.
421-16O acres in Mosier. 25 acres i
orchard, 7 acres in bearing, all goo
varieties. Home orchard Of all kind
of small fruits, several grape vines {
different varieties, water available fo
irrigation, house, small barn, winte
cellar, chicken house, etc. l40 acre
good apple land. The orchard alon
Is worth the price asked for the Who'll
--S12, 600 Easy terms.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-08-26
VOL. XXI
SOCIETIES.

HOOD RIVER LODGE NO. 100, A. +. ana a.
M.-Meets Saturday evening on or before
each full moon. l.. N. BLOWERS, W. M
ID, MCDONALD, Secretary.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-08-26

For Sale-Five acre orchard of thrifty
young trees. viii sell cheap and require no
cash payment from reliable man who will
improve place by building house. Also
have four room house, lot 50xl0O, which |
will sell on small monthly payments TO re-
liable party, or will trade for vacant lot on
which can build. Adress P. o. Box So,
jel0tf Hood River, Ore.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-08-26

j. E. Roberts, Of Nebraska, stopped
off day last week to visit his old
friend, Gene Bush. They we're fellow
employees number of yeals ago at
Mill A.
Mrs. liza Smith, who Is in the mil.
Iinery BUSINESS at Hermiston, stopped
off the latter part of the week on her
way home from Portland to visit
friends and relatives here.
Grade stakes we're set last week on
the Woodworth corner, at Oak and
Fourth streets, and 1t is Iumored that
Mr.. WoodwoIth intends to erect q
three or four story brick block l01
square feet, on the property next
spring.
DANCE at Pine Grove
Grange Hall Friday even
ing, August 27.
The evening world., 1909-01-27
Manufacturer Jacobs Dies in
Colonial, Few Blocks
From His Home.
REGISTERS HIS NAME
Nervous Breakdown Said to Be
Cause of Peculiarly De-
liberaf Act,

Abraham Jacobs, head OF a big cloak
manufacturing concern at Nos %, "a and
26 West Fifteenth stree. and who lived
with his wife and family In a brown.
stone house at No. 2OS West one Hun.
dred and Nineteenth street, went TO the
Colonial Hotel, Eighth avenue and One
Hundred and Twenty-ffth street, this
morning, hired a room and shot himself
dead
\ nervous breakdown was cons dersd
b. his wife and family as responsible
for the suicide. Mr.. Jacobs's business
was prosperous and ne was a man OF
large means.
Last night Jacobs suffered severely,
and at o'clock this morning he go; up
and began pacing the floor. At day
break he called upstair. to his VIE
that he would go out for a walk. lie
went directly to the Colonial lir,"i add
engaged q room Then he went in.o the
bar and had several drinks. He l.drrcl
a bottle Of wine cent up to lis room and
went upstairs.
Did Not Hide Identity
About three hours later Willie his wife
and friends We're hunting all over llar-
lem for him, a yhamhermaId In tie
hotel heard two successive reports,
Tracing the sound to Air. JacoDs's room,
the body OF the manufacturer was
found on the floor near the door. lie
had sho, himself in tie mouth and In
the left temple,
In going to the hotel Mr.. JACOBS made
no effort to concea. his name. He wrote
hi name IN the register ana when ne
went TO his room scattered about his
business cards. letters an da Masonic
card. He left no note explaining why
he had taken his life.
At his home II was said that he has
been sufferer from nervous trouble
for some time. but he had never spoken
OF suicide to relatives or friends. His
home life was entirely happy, said one
Of his partners, and his business affairs
IN perfect order. He was forty years
old
The evening world., 1909-01-27
COURT REJECTS PASTORS
PLEA FOR A POLICY MAN.
Sends John Carroll, Who Ran A
"Sheet Game" to the e.
mira RefCrrlatOrv,

Judge MulQueen in General Sessions
to-day sentenced John Carroll, OF No.
tcs East Eighteenth street. TO the Ell
mira Reformatory.
Carroll conducted what is known as 4
sheet game at Fifteenth street and Ave-
nue. A, near the car stables there. He
got the pennies OF the motormen and
conductors and gave them fake draw
ings of Rowery policy man. \ clergy
man appealed to Judge MulQueen to i'm
pose fine on Carroll ana not send him
To prison.
DO YOU know this man comes from
n family Of policy sharks" the Judge
asked the clergyman, His two broth
ers are In the business and each has
been fnod in this court on pleas Of
guilty"
The clergyman hastily withdrew from
the courtroom.
Bernard Reilly, OF No. 1894 Third ave-
nue. another sheet game operator was
fined 500 Thomas Kelly. OF no. 2oi
Fast Ninety eighth street. who con-
Quoted a game in the basement OF that
address had TO pay a similar fine.
In imposing the fines Judge Mulqueen
praised the work OF the ANTHOLOGY So
cety in practically eXtinguishing the
gtme Of policy in this city.
The evening world., 1909-01-27
"MEANEST MAN" CONTES.
WINDS UP IN COURT
Storekeeper Arrested Pleads lgnor
ance of Law Violation-Fined
and Warned.

For conducting voting contest to de.
termne the meanest man in Mount
Vernon" Milton Frledberg, who keeps
cigar store in that city, was fined 81
by County Judge Plat to-day and
given a warning In court at White
Plains. Friedberg lives in Astoria, but
does business in Mount Vernon. He
placed n pacard his window inviting
the people to Come in and Vote for
the Meanest Man In Mount Vernon"
This was followed by list Of names
containing, among others. that OF the
Mayor. Chief OF Police and other we'll
known respectable citizens, each fol-
lowed by number signlfying the num-
Der Of votes received so far.
F'riedberg was notified to stop the vot =
ing and take the sign out OF the win
dow. but refused to do 80. An indict-
ment for libel followed and when ar
raigned he pleaded guilty, but claimed
that he did not know he was violating
any law, The sentence followed, and he
was warned not to try anything OF the
kind again or 1t would 20 hard with
him.
The evening world., 1909-01-27
JEALOUS WjOER
KILLS ACTRESS
AND HIMSELF
Identity of Maize Kenny'S
Slayer Puzzles Friends
and Police.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. q. While tn,
police of this city have learned that
jealousy inspired the killing Of Ma2I-
Kenny. n pretty little burlrsQuo actress
they are completely ignorant Of the iden.
tity Of the man who shot her in the head
last night and then fired a death-deal.
ing bullet into his own temple.
Inmates of the furnished room house
at No. sci Cherry street, where the man
and the girl went after visit to the
Rljou Theatre last night, told how they
have been much together lately. appar-
emily against the wishes Of the act
resss mother, who lives at No, so
North Seventh street,
The man showed in every way that
he was infatuated with the girl and
was very jealous Last night she tried
to avoid going ont with him, and in a
telephone conversation he reproaChed
her Tor having ceased to love him and
accused her OF transferring her aifec-
tons.
Lille McGarrety. who lives In tn,
house where the tragedy occurred ad.
n.tted the couple 1nl shovel them to a
room on the second .'ory She had just
gone downstairs when she heard two
shots. and when she rushed 20 the room
she found the man and the girl. still
wearing their outer clothing, lying
sensel,ss on the bed The girl died In
an ambulance on the way To Jefferson
Hospital and the man a short time
.r.er
Maize Kenny's mother was immedi.
ately called TO the hospital and, dppar.
entity without emotion, inspected tn,
Noly OF her daughters murderer but
c. ! she mad neye" seen HIN before
Maize Kenny wa, nineteen years old
and pretty blonde. She had played
in burlesQue for several years.
The dead man was nbou; FIVE feet
tail and very dark He wore a llght
oyercoat with the trade name Of SIMON
Long * son, Wilkes Barre, Pa, on the
uanger. Sewed IN the pocket OF his
coat was a tgI nearing tae name %. l..
NJ. Hammerlng, but the police believe
II Is a second hand coat, aud that Hem
merling was not % name. lie haU
been sp.ndlnS money lavisnl,. hui
when ne died no money WAS found IN
his clothes.
l.. II. Hammerlug whose home Is III
Wilkes Barre. but who has an office In
New York is president of the Foreigi
Newspapers Association. with hraduuar,
tiers In the Pulitzer Building
MIR. Hammcrling IS IN Europe, and
of course. has no connection with thl.
affair his secretary said to-day to an
Evening World reporter lie Las beer
absent for several months. and We eN,
pect him IN about week We know
nothing about the cCat with his nam,
inside the pocket. bu, presume he sylt
Il or gave 1t away"
The evening world., 1909-01-27
22,474,440 CATH0L .CS
UNDER AMERICAN FLAG
Of These l4,235,+5l Are in the
United States Proper-FigurtS
for Principal Dioce;tS.

MILWAUKEE, Jan. =. There are
li,235 Isl Roman Catholics in the United
States, according to advance sheets OF
the 1909 Wilt2ius official Catholic direct
Dry. The statistics are furnished by
the archhIshOps and bishops OF the
United States after the taking OF a
census in all diOceses.
Adding to the lh23j,4ji the number Of
Roman Catholics in the Philippines
Porto Rico and the Hawaiian Islands
brings the grand total OF Catholics
under the United States flag to 224I4-
40, as compared with l9,O5S.O0 Catholic
subjects under the British flag.
The Catholic population Of the twenty
leading dioCeses h. the United States
Is as follows. New York LIS, $50,
Chicago, l,lOOOO; Boston, $4,000; Brook
Ign 10000: New Orleans, $1,000 Phila-
delphia, 525.OOo; Pittsburg, 1900, st,
Louis. $4,000; Hartford, $4,000; Newark,
3G5 900. Cleveland, 10000; Springfield,
Mass. 323,l2l; Detroit, $1,000, scranton,
Us, coz: St Paul, 26O,OoO, Baltimore, 2j5,-
OC0: san Francisco, 5000, Buffalo, a.
7Sg: Milwaukee, $1,000, and Providence,
800 900.
The evening world., 1909-01-27
Gets Badly Burned, hut
Youngsters Escape With
Slight clustering.
MANY FORCED TO FLEE.
Families in Two Buildings
Scurry for the Street in
Scant Attire.

Vhe, Mr., r,r,,o p,r,,,. ,, -, a..
a.
'''' wv ''''" i" WV" '"'
breakfast Tor the rest or the Bermas
family, consisting OF her son Samuel, "A
c,g,, m,l,,r lat. r,,, r,,, 49,, a.,
,,
VI" VI wv ''"P''' ''''''''''
aged three, and sidney. aged two. she
thinks she stepped on match upon
,ba ro,,. A, an, seat, .h. ,,,so,,.,,.
.r.,Ied ,,,La ,h,, ,,a,n,, N, nn,
,,,.,, s..,,, 49,
VIM NV" we "'' sue WAS N''uI'hs'
ana when she started back to invcsti-
gate she found the he'd cIo,hinp otome
L.,
J" '''' '""'' ""'''' SIle ia" JUST quilted
The Rcrmas household occupies the
second floor of the three.s,or, n,t bni,d-
,n ~, ~. ,n- ,,,,.,.,
NIX 1t. No '"' "H'eeh'h street Brook
lyn The room where the grandmother
The evening world., 1909-01-27
KING ME.NELIK DEATH
REPORT NOT VERIFIED
Latest Reports Were That the AbyS,
sinian Ruler Was Recovering,
and London Is Sceptical.

LONDON, Jan. 27,-No confirmation
can be had Of the report published in
Paris newspaper and cahled to the
United States that King Menelik Of
Ahyssinia is dead. The latest news re-.
ceved here direct from Adds Abeba
was to the effect that the King was
much better, and that he had gone up
country on n trip.
The authenticity of the Paris despatch
is regarded here with sCepticism. and
the report therein set forth that the
condition Of the King was desperate
and that the Queen had assumed con-
troll ~ the government is thought pos
,ibly to refer TO an Illness ~ the King
dating back several months.
The evening world., 1909-01-27
Worried Over Smoking.

Henry Heerdt married Catharfne Web
her FIVE years ago. They went to live
in a three-story tenement at No. 1879
East one Hundred and Seventy-thrd
street The Webhers lived In the same
house on the top floor, l'ntl n week
before Christmas they were all quite
happy. The only trouble which ever
affected any Of them was Mrs lleerdts
fear that his constant cigarette smoking
would iniure her husbands none too
robust constitution.
And his use OF cigarettes, she sa id, in
creased Unfortunately. 1t was not at all
unusual for him to smoke hundred IN
day All he could save out of his
wages and all the money he made by
selling calendars, which he made at
home BY sticking date packets on litho.
graphed German cards, went for cigar
rettes. Last fall his nervousness be-
came so acute that more than once his
employers sent him home to be steadied
down. His tendency to excitabillty and
TO suspicion of everybody about him
frightened his wife.
He even suspected the baby" she
said, "of making plots against him."
on Christmas, his wife said, he con-
fronted her melodramaucally with a
letter which was written In his own
hand, but was signed by her name. tell
ing some unidentified person that she
would not divorce her husband He
seemed to have convinced himself thai
she had written the letter to some one
who was trying to lure her away
Again. he announced that he was going
to kill his wife and the baby. Lately he
had taken to sitting morosely in cor
ner smoking cigarettes and smiling
sourly at his own crazed thoughts,
When addressed, he would reply:
Go away, know what you are all
doing know how to guard myself"
Carried Out Preserve Jars.
Then he went down to the cellar and
brought up armsful OF preserves In Jars
and went out into the street with them.
To Mrs. Ieerdt's rcmonstrances he
only replied with lecring laugh. When
lie came in again without the preserves
ne told her that he would always be
able to get enough to eat even though
his family tried to starve him. Then
he flew into a passion and went through
the fiat tearing up the carpets and rip
ping the olcolth off the kitchen shelves
Mrs. lIeerdt said that he seemed
rather Steadier than usual when he
started for work yesterday morning
lie usually left the printing office
where he worked, at Grand and MadI-
son streets, at o'clock and walked to
The Third avenue elevated I" let an ex.
press for home. She thought that he
must have taken his usual train yester-
day evening and that the impulse to de
stroy himself came on him suddenly
while he was going home,
If he only had not smoked so many
cigarettes sighed Mrs. Heerdt, then
We would still be happy, Poor little
baby Catharine"
The evening world., 1909-01-27
1000 CHURCH GIRLS
LEAD EVANGELIST PARADE,
March Through Chicago Streets
Headed by Pastor on
Horseback.

CHICAGO, Jan. "a thousand girls,
the flower of West Side Baptist
churches. paraded the streets last night
under the guardianship OF Evangelsts
Davis and Mills. who have come to Chi
cago after successful campaigns in Bal
timore and New York. Girls who
ranked In attractiveness were given
white banners and followed the band at
the head OF the column.
They were escorted by guards. who
carried flaming torches OF alternating
red and green fire. A pastor rode at
the head OF the band on black horse
The evening world., 1909-01-27
CONFUSED BY oVERsTuDY.

CHICAGO. Jan. g7.-Charlcs +. Knox,
OF Lakewood. y. j.. viii arrive IN
Chicago to-day to care for Edward
Curtis Knox, a divinity STUDENT at the
Episcopal Theological Seminary Mt
Cambridge, Mass who was arrested
here, Charles could not explain his
presence in Chicago. Young Knox Is
confused mentally. lie admitted love
affair. and this, combined with over
study. he said, produced alteration.
He said 10 remembered planning to
leave Cambridge for Montreal lie
planned rest and visit with his
sweetheart In Montreal
The evening world., 1909-01-27
DEATH IN TRAIN WRECK.

CHEYENNE, Wyo, Jan. 27.-Thc Ore
gon express was wrecked at Dana, 80
miles west of this city, last night. Miss
Emma Clingenpul. OF Danoury, L., was
killed and nine other passengers were
injured, some so seriously that they
may die.
The wreck was caused by broken
rail. 1t Is thought. Nine coaches left
the tracks.
The evening world., 1909-01-27
Must Be Actual Air Motion.

IAN open window Is not enough
there must be actual air motion.
tired an electric fan, but found that
that was only blowing back over me
the stale air About ? o'clock one
morning I arose. took my blanket and
The evening world., 1909-01-27
lcicles a Foot Long.

During the cold spell, a while ago.
the icicles that hung around me were
almost a foot long. During the damp
weather my hair has been soaked 9th
ralndrops, outlook at me-.
The interviewer looked II "buxom"
did not belong to that class OF words
that usually arouses ladys ire, 1t
might prove descriptive in Mrs. Pow.
ellis case.
In Difference to the !ady's feelings,
then, let us say more euphoniously
that she is the picture OF health. "
She is easily five feet seven inches I'm
height. Her cheeks are dash Of
scarlet, and her teeth are a flash of
ivory topped by the sombre shadow Of
ner hair
No, had no organic affection of
any kind" Mrs. Powell went on. II
really started to sleep on the roof be-
fresh air during the day. am study
ing psychology at Columbia. you know
as well as instructing In singing. |
found, after the extension of the sub
way to Atlantic avenue Brooklyn, that
my day consisted Of two hours under
ground, six hours in Columbia univer-
slty and Barnard College, and my eve
nings In concert halls and in teaching
II commenced to have horrible pains
at the back OF my head and rushes OF
blood to the brain 1t was time for
me to pause and consider a remedy |
seemed to see in my minds eye how
poison, and hangs above their face IL
the air does not circulate sufficiently
before them to remove Il.
The evening world., 1909-01-27
PHYSICIAN MISSING;
WIFE'S MAID GONE TOO

CHICAGO. Jan. 21.--Dr. Alexis Thlmm,
II No. $40 Dearborn avenue, is accused
by his wife, Olga Thimm, OF elopIng to
New York on Jan. - with Frances
La Foro. a pretty French maid in the
employ OF Mrs. Thimm. Mrs. Thimm
las obtained from Judge Newcomb a
warrant for her husband. Thimm de-
clared he was a Russian refugee lie
had n profitable practice on the north
side, where he has been living for sew
eral years.
The evening world., 1909-01-27
HOPES SOME DAY TO
CONVERT HUSBAND
IAN Open Window Is Not
Enough, There Must Be
Actual Air Notion" Says
Woman Who Doesn't Mind
the Rain.
Ey Ethel Lloyd Patterson.

Three hundred nights on a Brook
Ign housetop have proved that MIS-.
Alma Webster Powell has the courage
OF her convictions. and incidentally,
that a dog Is easier to convert than
a husband.
But for wholesale conversion let but
the gentler sex hear how Mrs. Powells
teeth grew whittier, hair grew blacker,
and the flush of health came to her
cheeks" and the proper enthusiasm
over ner receipt will be forthcoming.
II is very simple receipt, In vul-
gar parancc It reads Take to the tail
timber" Mrs. Powell would interpret:
Sleep on the roof"
So this is where Mrs. Powell and the
dog become central figures in the open
air drama. while the husband becomes
conspicuous by his absence al
though" Mrs. Powell explained for him,
Il have almost persuaded Mr.. Powell
he is thirty years older than l am-to
start my treatment in the spring"
He needs IT." interrogatIvely from
the interviewer
Everybody needs IT," inclusively
from Mrs. Powell. The universally
higher standard of health that would
DE established through the practice Of
roof sleeping cannot be overestmated
Il myself come OF physically weak
family. Since last April. when | first
determined to try 1t, have slept every
night upon the roof. / have not missed
one night.