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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-15

, .lasses silver thimbles shotguns anu
,ther useful implements with wh'ch
lie intended to reward the Eshl'noS
md arouse their enthusiasm.
1--WE are ready for the trip. ne saio'
VI have done entirely too much WORK
IN that country to be certain OF any
ching, so I'll not promise anything oe-
fore start. except that am going 10
put into It every bit OF energy. moral
mental and physical, that l possess.
81 feel confident that in any case
shall carry the American flag farther
north than ever. Unless the unfore-
,een happens shall plant the stars
ind stripes at the geographical pole.
IF conditions are no worse IN the
next season than they were during the
last voyage shall hope to accomplish
the object of the expedition and re-
turn In about fifteen months-that is,
In October, 1909 am prepared. how
ever, for q stay of three years.
II shall follow the same north route
as in my last trip via Sydney, straits
of Belle isle, David straits, Battin's
bay and Smith sound. / shall take on
the Eskimo and the dogs in the Whale
sound region as before and shall en-
deavor to force my ship to the same
winter quarters on the north side OF
Grant Land as in the winter Of 1905
and 1905. The sledge work will begin
in February. shall follow the north
coast Of Grant Land as far west as
Cape Columbia and possibly beyond
instead Of leaving land at Point Moss,
as did before.
'My course will be more west Of
north than before in order to counter
act or allow for the easterly set Of Ice
discovered in my last expedition be-
tween the north coast Of Grant Land
and the pole. The attainment of the
north and south poles by American ex-
petitions would be worth to this coun-
try many times the few thousands ex-
pended just for the closer bond, the.
deeper patriotism resulting, when ev-
cry one Of the hundred millions of us
can say the stars and stripes float at
both ends of the earth's axis and the
whole earth turns about them"
News From Peary.
In the middle Of the following Octo-
Der word came from the Roosevelt at
Etah, the most northern settlement in
the world. IS degrees 20 minutes north
latitude. It came in the form Of let
ter from a member of the crew, the
explorers crew. eve are now sever
ing all. communication with civfliza-
ton" the sailor wrote.
Before us lies the great Ice pack,
for distance of 200 miles,
and against its force the sturdy little
Roosevelt has now set its Prov. Etah,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-15

billed to appear. and the crowds had
to be hauled from their homes and
back again. The extra business thus
handled by the road repaid them many
times over for the money they expend-
ed On the presidential travellers.
Taft's Travelling Fund.
President Taft has at his disposal
$4,000 for travelling expenses during
the present fiscal or governmental year,
which runs from July ! to July l..
President Roosevelt, who was the first
executive to be given travel fund by
congress, had g similar amount to
spend at his discretion, and when he
left Office on March 4 turned over to
Mr.. Taft about $4,000 of the fund
untouched.
Up to the close Of the year, on July
1, Mr.. Taft spent about $1,000 Of this
amount and then turned back to the
treasury the remainder, something like
$4,000.
AS soon as the year for which the
appropriation was made had ended
with midnight Of June 80 the fund
was no longer available. It was swal-
lowed up in the general fund Of the
treasury and might be used by the Sec
rotary Of the treasury for any purpose
for which cash was needed.
If the president, therefore, had $15,-
1876 of his travel fund left on the
morning of June 80 he might, had he
been SO disposed, have handed it all
over to some railroad or steamship
company for "joy rides" But on the
stroke Of midnight the fund was
snatched from him, and on July 1 he
was absolutely broke go far as travel
money was concerned.
When the president made his trip
from the national capital to Beverly,
Norwich and Lake Champlain, begin
ming July 8 and ending July g. he had
nothing left Of the national travel fund
to pay his expenses. It was case of
travelling ION bis face. or putting his
hand into his own pocket. Congress
had not yet appropriated the $4,000
for the present fiscal year.
The railroads. however, were not dis
posed to be too hard on him. They
knew they were not risking a great
deal in waiting for the passage Of the
urgent deficiency bill, and they came
to the rescue and provided transporta-
ton for him. That the railroads con-
fdenee was not misplaced was soon
made evident by congress waking up
and. in spite Of a mild expedition, max
ing the appropriation. : -. p
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-15
Not Longer In Distance Gov.
cred. but Less Expensive
Than That Of Any of His
immediate Predecessors. ::
n RESIDENT TAFT'S trip to the
west and south will break all

~ RESIDENT TAFT'S trip to the
west and south will break all
records of executive travel.
Few, however, who do not know
the presidents plans would be able to
guess how this projected tour will
make history for itself. Three other
presidents Of the United States have
journeyed to the far Pacific coast and.
it would seem. established few rec
ords of their own. Harrison, McKin-
ley and Roosevelt all went on hand
shaking and speechmaking jaunts, and
If they left anything undone in either
line the newspapers Of their day failed
to record the fact. Every milestone
along the transcontinental lines was
harangued. and every coyote and
prairie dog between the Mississippi
and the great divide got view Of at
least one Of the three perambulating
presidents.
In the matter Of miles to be covered
Taft will not smash the Roosevelt rec
ord of 1908. for he expects to travel
only little more than $4,000 miles this
fall. When his predecessor went to
the coast six years ago he reeled of
$4,000 miles before his return to Wash
ington 1t Is In the line of economy
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-15
THE GENUINE TAFT HANDsHAKE

that Taft will leave his predecessors
hopelessly behind. In the tour he is
planning he will be accompanied all
the way by his old friend Democratic
Simplicity.
Those FOSTERING fellows Vain Show
and Needless Expense. who were on
the Harrison, Mckinley and Roosevelt
trips to the coast, will be left behind.
No matter how srenuously they may
endeavor to climb aboard when the
president isn't looking, they will not
be permitted under any circumstances
to set foot on the executives car. This
is official and also remarkable, for who
travelling before at the public expense
without taking one or both Of these
old favorites along? Quite often, it is
true. Vain Show has been left OF
1unkets planned and executed on the
quiet, but never in history has Need
less Expense been given such a cruel
blow by public servant.
The President's Economy.
One paragraph will convince the
most skeptical Of Mr.. Taft's intention
to hold expenses down to bedrock.
The trip he is planning will cost the
treasury no more than $4,000; the
Roosevelt coast trip burned up $4,000
of good money. Taft will have only
one and one-half cars at his disposal;
Roosevelt had train Of FIVE. Taft Will
travel on regular trains; Roosevelt
ran special from Washington to Bell
fngham, from Bellingham to Los Ange-
les and from Los Angeles back to
Washington again. Taft will be ac-
companied by only his secretary and
one or two White House attaches. be-
sides the members Of the cabinet who
are his guests. Roosevelt had ret
inue Of twenty in bis wake.
Al Still, frugally as Taft will proceed to
the Golden Gate and back, his going
and coming viii cost the United States
treasury more than the Journey Of his
predecessor SIX years ago. This sounds
like a paradox. or as though the writer
OF these lines were qualifying to take
place In sanitarium; but neverthe-
less, it is sober, sane and plain mat
ter Of fact. -. r .s2=s. i. - -
A great railroad corporation paid the
bill for the entire journey made by
Roosevelt the Pullman cars. for
the porters, walters and train crews,
for the food eaten, the cigars smoked
and the cheering beverages consumed
during all the sfxty-six days that the
presidential party was on wheels. So.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-15
aElv;no Machine Minus Motor.

Professor n. l.. Twining. head Of the
department Of physics and electrical
engineering at the Los Angeles Poly
technic high school. began aerial ex-
periments the other day with an "orni-
thopter." a flying machine with twen-
ty-seven foot wings designed to oper-
ate like those of an eagle. Professor
Twining has, been studying bird flight
for twenty years and feels confident
his iornithopter will demonstrate the
correctness OF the principles he has
evolved The machine has no motor.
Instead Professor Twining has de.
vised a system Of levers to be operated
with hands and feet. j
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-15

possible. This experience and that IN
the storm camp on the way north
taught Peary that polar Ice on the
southern side of d lane moves slower
than that nearer the pole and also
travels east. Both he and Cook put
this discovery to good use later.
Peary's Route. =''
This year his route, like that Of DR..
Cook, lay in a general way from Grant
Land northwest. He gagged his jour
ney as an archer gauges his aim in a
strong wind. Commander Peary plan
ned to head for q newly discovered
island northwest OF Grant Land and to
strike north from there. He figured
that this would give him leeway In
which to drift should lanes Of water
again impede his progress. SIS d. RI
Peary In going through Bafdn's bay
worked against the drift OF the Ice and
not with It.. The old notion OF the
polar sea was to the eject that the
pole was so surrounded by an uncon.
querable mass Of grinding ice that It
meant the destruction OF any ship or
human being to attempt to pass
/ through or over 1t. 3.s. II >5.sss .3sgf
Sailed July II, 1908. ~. 7.
Peary sailed from Sydney on the
Roosevelt, his stanch arctic ship built
to withstand enormous pressures Of
the ice, on July II, 1908. in the cargo
were large quantities Of looking
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-15
Eraneh:Euel From Pest.

IT. Is reported. from France that 1t Is
proposed to manufacture fuel from,
peat under d new pateLted process in
the peaty district on the borders Of
the Charente Inferieure and Deux
Sevras departments. The fuel pro-
duced experimentally is said to be Of
good quality. -.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-25
WOMAN SUFFRAGE PROGRESS.

The highest distinction which has
yet come to the cause Of woman suf-
frage throughout the world is I'M
doubtedly the victory won last month
by the suffragists in Sweden, when,
by a substantial majority in each
house Of the Diet, a law was enacted
providing that hereafter all persons,
without distinction Of sex, who shall
have attained a designated age and
who fill other prescribed conditions,
shall exercise the parliamentary fran
chise Sweden is an independent
nation whose people are among the
most enlightened on earth, who APP
parently are quite willing to confde
to their women equal powers with
their men in deciding vital questions
of national welfare and defense. Wo-
man suffrage now obtains in Norway,
Finland, New Zealand, apd the COM
monwealth Of Australia, and in four
Of our Western States Colorado,
Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah). The
victory for the sufragist cause in
Sweden has greatly encouraged advo-
Gates of that policy in England, who
have for the past three or four years
been conducting a campaign for the
suffrage right remarkable for it's Wig
or, persistence, and somewhat sensa-
tional character-American Review
of Reviews.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-25

the COWS he placed himself in front
of the cows and screamed to the top
of his voice, "Hey, there, Pink"
"Hey, DOLL" "Whoa, Bill! Come
here, Rose!' and so on till he called
the name Of each one, when every COW
stopped still in the road and, do as
much as they could, the soldiers could
not make them move but a few steps
from where they stood. The Colonel
rode up and said: "Let us have the
cows, iSonnie. )" Jim said, "You must
not have our cows "You shan't
take them," said John. "But what
if I take them any way?" said the
Colonel. "But you just must not
take our cows, sir,'' said both. "What
if [ was to shoot them?" said the
Colonel. John, with his hat in his
hand, and one hand across his breast,
said: 'fSir, no one but a coward would
do that. T" The Colonel eyed his men
and put spurs to his horse and left
without word. The boys drove the
COWS back into the lot, when they told
their mother what had happened. She
was more frightend, but was glad to
save her stock. When the writer saw
the lady she was totally blind and
John was her sole comfort. Now all
of them have gone to the land of rest.
Beulah Johnston.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-25
RUSSIAN WOMEN.

A Russian paid the following glow
ing tribute to the women Of his ma
tive land: "The women Of Russia
combine the vivacity and wit of the
Frenchwoman with the industry and
thrift for which the women of Ger
many are famous. She is a. superb
wife and mother and withal a fine
mental worker. The Russian girl stu
dent is generally in the front rank at
the universities. Doubtless some of
her fine qualities are due to the fact
that IN Russia women are free and are
IN every respect considered to be the
equals Of men. Russian women are
born politicians and diplomats and
so intensely patriotic that they es-
TEEN no sacrifice too great for their
country; hence as revolutionists-
however misguided they are infinite
ly more daring and devoted than the
men. Secrets have been wrung from
male revolutionaries by torture, but
never from the women.''
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-25
A COUNTRY GAME.

For this contest pass cards orna-
mented with bees and wasps flying
about, with the word "Stings."
Write the questions:
A sting that cures fatigue? An
swer: Resting.
"A sting that cures hunger? Feast
ing.
A sting that tides your room9
busting.
A sting that cooks your meat9
Roasting.
A sting that makes you laugh?
Testing.
A sting that foolish people indulge
in? Boosting.
A sting that browns your bread9
Toasting.
A sting that spoils your .toolsq
Rusting.
A sting that makes you read book
through? Interesting.
A sting that tries? Testing.
A sting that adaptsq Adjusting.
"A sting that shopkeepers dislike7
Observation-Disclosures Ledger,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-25
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE QUESTION
IN ENGLAND.

Thirty or more English suffragettes
have just been sentenced to prison, for
varying terms of from one to two
months. These are not the first sufra-
gettes to see the inside of an English
prison, and the subjects of this appli-
cation of the law and the circum-
stances connected with it show that
England has to deal with very seri-
Gus movement.
These ladies were arrested because
they determinedly persisted in reach
ing the prime minister with their Pc
tition, after they had been repeatedly
and emphatically warned to desist 1t
may be accepted that they were ar
rested very unwillingly, and only as
last resort deemed necessary to sup
press them. They demand the ballot
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-25
PAGE FOUR.
A MOTHER S QUESTION.

Soft waves of chestnut hair-gold in
the sun
Red mouth, whose eurving lips dim
pied with fun;
Skin fair and soft and smooth, cheeks
tinged with rose,
Eyes in whose smiling depths happi-
ness glows,
Never the cloud of tears Swallowed
their blue
This was the mothers face my baby
knew.
Hair white as driven snow, face seam
ed and drawn,
Pale lips with grief-lines marked, all
laughter gone,
Eyes dull and lustreless, faded by
tears,
Empty arms, aching heart, all these
long years.
Lord, if we meet again, by Thy dear
grace,
How shall my baby know his mothers
facet
Bohemian.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-25
-@-'--s------@l-----7asl-s--
JOHN AND JIM.

Some years ago an old lady from
South Carolina related to the writer
some of her experiences during the
Civil War. One Of the most interest
ing stories was Of the bravery Of her
two boys aged ten and twelve years.
The eldest was John and the second
was Jim. One fine spring morning
these two boys we're standing in the
road in front Of their house when they
saw regiment Of Yankee soldiers
coming toward them. Their mother
looked out the window and saw them
too, and was much frightened. She
called to the lads to come in.
AS they started towards the house
one Of the soldiers advanced and said,
Hey, Bud, have you got any horses
here - John answered.: eyes"
The soldier said: "Where are they7"
John said: "There they are," point
ing to the lot Then the soldier said:
Come on, boys, let's get fresh
horse" No, you WON'T" said John,
at the same time calling to Jim to
come to him. The boys went into the
lot and turned the horses out, starting
in behind them in a gallop, while sew
eral soldiers advanced on their horses
and told them to stop. John and Jim
both exclaimed, "You shan't have my
mamma s horses" and on they ran,
clapping their hands, whooping and
driving the horses at rapid speed till
they came to an open place which had
been used as a pasture. When the
horses reached this place they each,
five in number, galloped off miles; the
boys ran back toward the house
laughing. The soldiers had chased
the boys, but to no avail, and were
still bent on getting them, when the
Colonel rode up and said: "Let those
horses alone; we have no time to trou-
BILE with them" When the boys came
to where the greatest number Of SOL
diers were they saw them driving
thirteen COWS away. John and Jim
said "You let our cows alone; you
must not have our cows.'' One pert
soldier said: ooh yes, we must have
some steak today" and continued to
drive the COWS. When John saw that
they were making some Roadway with
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-25
Conducted by Grace Kirkland

for Englishwomen, and this the gov
eminent deteminedly and sternly OPP
poses.
After having been arrested and
tried, the sentence imposed upon them
was made still harsher by giving them
the severest terms Of imprisonment in
"the second division" according to
which the prisoners are to be humili
ated by being CARRIED in prison stripes
and held to the regulation prison
fare and prison rules of conduct. But
the sentence in each case was to be
suspended upon a pledge of the de-
PENDANT to abstain in future from ac-
tive efforts in contending for women s
suffrage The severe sentences coup
led with this conditional pardon were
intended to cause these women to re-
tire from active propaganda work,
but the purpose failed entirely. Not
one Of these women weakened. Every
one Of them promptly and positively
refused to make any pledge as to the
future. and all went to Jail.
These we're not shopgirls, nor wo-
men Of the lower classes Of society
On the contrary, they were all women
of the upper classes, several Of them
members of the nobility. Of course,
there are suffragettes also among the
workingWomen, who are ready to go
as far as these women did and to act
as their firm allies, but in this in
stance it was women Of wealth and So
cial standing alone who were the ag-
gressors and violators Of police orders.
In our country, to have sentenced
thirty ladies Of wealth and high So
cial standing to prison like common
felons, merely for persistently seek
ing to present a petition to one high
in authority, would have been a stain
which American manhood could not
have withstood. The sanctity Of the
law, or the despotism which exercised
1t, would have been defed, and the
Jail would have been storned if the
women had not been quickly released.
Englishmen suffered this outrage to
be committed, but even they will not
stand such proceedings long. And,
when the determination Of large and
growing number Of Englishwomen to
force women suffrage is so convinc-
ingly demonstrated, it is plain that
the English government has to con-
tend with a serious problem.
How long it will be, nor through
how much turbulence or tribulation
England will pass before its govern
ment will yield, can only be deter
mined by time, but that it will end
with the franchise being extended to
Enghshwomen may no longer be
dOubted -AnUusta Herald
El Democrata fronterizo. [volume] (Laredo, Tex.) 1896-1920, 1909-04-24

Para el transporte de 10
colonos nacionales 9 eXtran
jeros hasta ell sitio en- dondt
Sc establezcan, ell Gobiern(
concedera a Ia Compahia CO.
onizadora el uso de las line
as de vapores y ferrocarriles
subvencionados, para que dis
fruten de las rebajas estipu-
ladas. Los colonos disfruta
ran de excenci6n del servicio
militar, de contribuciones,
de Ia de los derechos de i'm
portaci6n de instrumentos
de labranza, herramientas y
enseres, maquinaria, mate
riales de construction, nue.
bles, animales de trabajo; Sc
ran eximidos del pago de de-
rechos de exportaci6n de los
frutos que cosechen, de los
de legalizaci6n de firmas y
expedition de pasaportes'
En- cuanto a la subvenci6n
que pagara ell Gobierno, es
de sesenta pesos por hecta-
rea de terreno que Sc encuen
ire cultivada, regada y colo
nizada.
Tai es, en- res1men, la for
maci6n de la nueva empresa
agricultpra, y ell apoyo for.
NAL del Gobierno con que a.
trae la immigration y el au-
mento de las cosechas anua-
les.
El Democrata fronterizo. [volume] (Laredo, Tex.) 1896-1920, 1909-04-24

tai suerte, que cada hectare
recibira una dotacion de cua
tro mil metros c1bicos de
aqua eada ano.
Todos los pianos Sc some
teran a la aprobaci6n de la Sc
cretaria de Fomento con sus
detalles amplios sobre cana
les, compuertas, acequias y
canales de segundo orden,
mas los datos y calculos jus.
tificatorios del proyecto.
Ell compromise de la Com
pahfa es; que, q los siete amos,
sstaran cultivadas y coloni'
zadas las cien mil hectareas
dichas; que Sc sanearan los
terrenos y fraccionaran, Sc:
nalando los solares para habt
tantes Y los lotes de siembrs
de cada coloro: que las fam
lias seran de nae onalidaG
. mexicana, la nlitad, y la c,
era, p,ocedente de Europa.
de paises aceptados pcr la 81
cretaria de Fomento.
El Democrata fronterizo. [volume] (Laredo, Tex.) 1896-1920, 1909-04-24
Nuevas Empresas Agricloas
en- el Territorio Nacional
SUBvENCION PARA Ell RIEGO
DE Glen MIL nECTAREAs

Antes de ano y medic, un
grupo de ingenieros estara
dando los dltimos toques a
un proyecto de prosperos re
.sultados, consistentes en- la
irrigation de una superficie
de territorio calculada en- cien
mil hectaress.
Es (La Sauteha, la empire
sa que, subvencionada por el
Gobierno Federal, So deter
nina a la construc lion de
grandiosas obras hidrauli-
cas-, presas y canales.
CT n mil hectareas someti-
das a riego constante, signi-
iican mucho para la riqueza
nacional.
Las obras Sc ejecutaran de
El Democrata fronterizo. [volume] (Laredo, Tex.) 1896-1920, 1909-04-24
Los problemas de la
: vida en- Mexico.
Agriculture, Industria y
Mineria.

En- la conciencia p1blica
del eXtranjero y hasta en- la
concieDcia del mismo pueblo
mexicano, nlerced a los es-
fuerZos del Gral. Porfirio
Oiaz, que cen tanro tlno y
2atriotisrro supo mantener
la paz, Mexico ha tornado q
puesto que le cclresrt1ce,
entire las naciores civiljza-
das.
iQue era, a1n ayer, Mexi
co.con sus caciques, con Sis
iugadores y con sus toreros?
jUn pals de Dios y Libertadl
siempre en- revolucion, lleno
Il bandoleros, donde la vida
lie un hombre Sc contaba
como la de nm cabrito.
r Treinta amos pssados, Me-
Jfco era considerable como
una naci6n semicivilizada,
POGO conocida, nal juzgada
9 juzgada bien.