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The National tribune., 1909-10-07
THE PACIFIC HOME.

A committee appointed by Command
er Daubenspeck. of the Department Of
California and Nevada. and consisting
of Comrades o. II. Coulter, ]. S. Wilson,
r. Heffelfnger, e. f. Clough and T. w.
Clark, the object of which was to make
a thoro investigation of the complaints
in regard to the management of the
Pacific Branch of the Soldiers Home at
Sawtelle, Cal, has made an extended
report which the Department publishes.
The committee reports that it made
every effort to get information as to
wrongs. but without success, and that
there was not q complaint filed with it.
The committee personally investigated
u number of the charges published in
the Los Angeles Herald, and found
them all false, This was particularly
true of the Charges that new rcstau-
rants had been opened up in the city
to accommodate the veterans who were
starved in the Home, that $500 veter-
ans had1gonea without meat for Is days,
that the veterans were prohibited from
wearing Grand Army buttons. and that
lilty Bstl ~ nc 'SuppoIttu py loOu SoiiS-
tied byf4he Nv. r. C. of Los Angeles.
Only three veterans presented them
selves before the committee, and two
of these had personal grievances against
officials sof the Home. One of the three
stated that he had been an inmate for
15 years, and always had plenty to eat
and no complaints to make. Instead
of any restaurants having been start
ed, two have been closed up. The only
shortage in the food occurred for about
two weeks. when the meat supply was
reduced from 13 ounces to IL ounces.
The other rations were up to the stand
ard. 1t is absolutely untrue that the
w. r. C. of Los Angeles solicited food
for the veterans. The committee will
continue these Investigations as long
as the. charges are being published.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07
The 1St n. j.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
short history of the 1st n. J.-Wm.
Keary, Eureka, Cal.
The 1st N J. was organized at Tren-
ton May 21. 1861, and mustered out
June 23, 1864. 1t was one of the 800
fighting regiments, and was command
ed by Coils. VIM. r. Montgomery, a
West Point man; Alfred T. Torbert.
also of the Regular Army; Mark w.
Collett and William Henry, successive
ly The regiment was slightly engaged
at West Point, and at Gaines's Mill it
encountered heavy musketry fire, los
ing 81 killed, so wounded and 5S miss
ing. Maj. David Hatfield fell here.
mortally wounded. In the action at
Bull Run Bridge the 1st lost 1872 in
killed. wounded and prisoners. Col.
Collett was killed in the action at Sa-
lem Church. 1t belonged to Wright's
Division, Sixth Corps, and lost 153
killed and 81 from disease, etc. Its
total of killed and wounded was SAG,
and 10 of its members died in Confed-
crate prisons. 1t took an active part
in 12 battles. and was present at II
others,-Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07

can be played under it are infinitely
worse. The grandfather clause is not
so bad. since we have become some
what accustomed to that. The appli-
cant for registration must with pen
and ink, with no memoranda or help
from anybody, answer from memory
13 questions which it would be almost
impossible for any intelligent man in
the United States to answer offhand.
employers for the last two years, the
names in full of one Justice of the
United States Supreme Court, of the
Governor of Maryland, of one OF the
Judges of the Maryland Court of APP
peals, of the Mayor of Baltimore or of
one of the County Commissioners.
These must all be given correctly"
and every name must be in full 1t is
pointed out that the Mayor of Balti-
more is usually called Barry Mahool,
| while his official name is J. Barry Ma
hooI. The evil is at once apparent that
| it puts into the hands of the registers
the discretion of saying when any ques-
ton has been answered correctly" A
man who is going to vote right" will
always be assumed to answer correctly,
while man, no matter how intelligent
he may be. who is opposed to the ring
will find it impossible to achieve the
perfect accuracy which the registers
will demand.
The amendment is openly stated as
intended to disfranchise the negros, but
if the requirements are applied accord
ing to the letter of the law very few
white men in Maryland would be able
to vote. This would be especially true
of the immigrants who are coming into
Maryland in greater numbers every
year. In 1907 over 5000 European inn
migrants settled in Maryland, and the
number is increasing every year. Under
this law all of these immigrants would
be cut off until they acquired an Eng
lish education superior to that of most
of the people in Maryland.
Maryland has hitherto had a most
unenviable reputation for the tricks
and juggling by which the voters are
denied franchise, but this surpasses
any previously practiced. In Maryland
they have even gone so far as to pass
special election laws for different Coun-
ties, intended to cut off the negro vote
and a large part of the white Repub-
lican vote. The tricks did not end with
these vicious provisions of special trick
ballots. The ballot prescribed is
sheet as large as page of The National
Tribune, without any distinctive mark
being allowed, and the voter is COM
PEELED to make cross in the circle
opposite the name of the man for
whom he intends to vote. This mark
ing has to be done inside of FIVE min
utes on a narrow shelf in booth with
the cross reached outside the limit of
the circle far enough to be detected by
Il microscope the ballot was thrown,
out; that is, if it was for Republican.
Ii is alleged that the Democratic Judges
wore lead rings by which they extended
the crosses beyond the circle, and in
this and other ways more than %, 900
voters We're denied their rights at the
recent election. The feeling against
the amendment is intense, and it is
Democrats viii vote against it from
considerations of public good to de-
feat it.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07
THE ST. CLOUD COLONY.

In of the
investment Company had intended the
tracts and town lots from % per per
September We find however, that it mpraccabe
the prominent members of wished serve
the committee making the before Oct 1 and
therefore decided accept subscriptions for
at the old of One Hundred Dollars $1O0
assignment is made The basis of present offering
For 500 will lot and tract
For $500 you will veace tracts
For $500 will lots
For $400 will four lots and
No subscriber purchase than
Copy of the Cloud Tribune copy ST. Prospectus
will be mailed to anyone sending his address.
Remember that those who wish
offering of town lot and yeacre both for $780,
promptly property will price after assign
has been made.
TIE NATIONAL TRI6UME. Washington. D. C..
The National tribune., 1909-10-07
Gen. Fred d. Grant seems to b.

Gen. Fred %. Grant seems to bs
whipsawed on the temperance ques-
ton. He is an ardent teetotaler, but
equally earnest in his advocacy of the
canteen for Army posts. which puts
him at cross-purposes with the Prohibi-
tionists. Recently he showed his inter.
est in the cause by leading a ProhIbf.
ton parade in Chicago. wearing his full
uniform as Major-General. Then the
liquor men raised shrek about using
the United States uniform for political
purposes. The matter was taken to
the Secretary of War, who decided that
as Gen Grant had no orders to appear
in the parade there is no occasion for
official action. Rather slender for q
reason, but it will do-for this case.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07

1t seems to be a bad year for the
dead men. In New York City Chairman
Herbert Parsons, of the New York Re-
publican Committee, announces that he
has perfected plans by which Tammany
will not be allowed to vote a single
dead man instead Of the many thou
sands that have heretofore swelled the
ballots of New York. The Anti-Saloon
League is doing the same sort of worl,
in Norfolk, Va, where the registration
books are being sharply scrutinized to
eliminate names Of men which are else
where inscribed upon tombstones.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07
Secretary Wilson's exclamation of III.

Secretary Wilson's explanation of the
high prices of meat stands up like a
great rock in a weary land of hombastic
misunderstanding. He says that meat
is high because the most of Americans
eat meat three times a day and AWAY S
want the best cuts. He might have
gone farther, and said that what also
contributes to the meat prices is that
everybody wants to rush to the cities
and get high wages. leaving few on the
farms to raise meat.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07

Herbert Parsons, of New York, Rep
New York City and Chairman of the
County Republican Committee. is a par
ticularly live wire. He is a radical Re-
publican, a practical politician, with
nerve and enterprise for every occasion.
Things are always in a sizzle about him,
now in sharp fight to checkmate Tam
many practices in voting dead men and
otherwise, and he alleges that there is
a dicker between the State Republican
leaders and Tammany whereby an
agreement was reached for the killing
year to prevent election frauds. He
says that the terms of these agreements
were that the Tammany men should
support Cannon in his domination of
the House. He filings a bomb at one of
these leaders, Senator John Raines, by
saying that it will be time enough for
the Senator to enter into an argument
with him when the name of Charles T.
Raines is taken off the Tammany paw
roll. 1t is there at $4,000 a year, with
Raines holding the Office of Auditor of
Accounts. Parsons is opposed to Speak
er Cannon, because the latter refused
to put him on the Interstate Commerce
Committee. 1t will be interesting to
watch Mr.. Parsons and see how his
pork bles." He Is now serving his
third term, and at the last reelection
received comfortable plurality approx
imating 5000 against his Democratic,
Socialistic, Prohibition and Independent
competitors.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07

| An illustration of what tricks mems
memories will play. Morris Schaf is
| writing some unusually fine articles on
the Wilderness Campaign in the Allan
! tic Monthly. He was a young graduate
| from West Point on Gen. Warren'.s staff,
and the events of that wonderful cam
paign made a deep impression upon
him. He tells the story very artistical-
ly and with many vivid word pictures.
In describing the crossing of the Rapi-
dan he says:
THAT large man, 54 years old, with
silvered hair and nobly-carved features
is Wadsworth. His brigade command
ers are Cutler and Rice, the latter a
Yale man, who, when dying a few days
later at Spotsylvania, asked to be turned
with his face to the enemy. In Wads-
worth's Division is the Iron Brigade of
the West, made up of the 7th and 18th
Ind, 24th Mich, 1st n. Y, I'd. 9Th and
1th Wis. They, too, were at Gettys-
burg-in fact, the fate of that day piv-
oted on their bravery-and proudly may
they tread those bridges to-day. You
will notice that one of the Wisconsin
regiments is carrying on a perch near
the colors live bald eagle. They call
him Old Abe, in honor of the Presi-
dent, and at times he has been known
to utter his Shrek along with that of
battle"
OF course, the Sth Wis. which was
the real Eagle Regiment" never saw
the Army of the Potomac, and was at
that time more than 1000 miles away
from the Rapidan and bitterly "cussing''
Bankss shocking mismanagement of
the Red River compaign.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07

Some of the women are petitioning to
have a woman's head occasionally
placed on the postage stamps. That
would not be possible for any modern
woman unless she was bareheaded.
since her hat would take up more space
than the letter.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07

w. ]. Bryan's Witness in regard to
the issues of the war is unfailing. In
all his years before the public he has
been careful to say no word of sympa-
thy with either side. Therefore, the
other side could take no offense- He
was nearly caught in Texas last week.
The United Confederate Veterans of
Texas are naturally his ardent support
ers, and quite as naturally expected
that during his stay in the State he
would pay them the compliment of be-
ing present at some of their meetings
and addressing them. They even went
so far as to make dates for him, but
he slipped away, informing the report
ers that he had no further engage
ments to speak in Texas.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07

The Alabama Legislature has at
tackled the pistol-toting habit with a
law that no man must carry pistol
less than two feet long. A weli-dressed
Alabamian will look like dismounted
cavalryman.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07

Gov. Hughes seems to be growing
daily toward the statesman and Ma
tionaI character He acts as If he be-
lieved the main business of life is to be
a good Governor of New York, without
the slightest reference as to how that
may affect his political future.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07
THE PRESIDENT AND THE RAIL-
ROADS

THE world do move" and President
Taft's speech at Des Moines went much
farther than ever President Roosevelt
did in the matter of governmental reg
ulation of railroads. This, too, without
| exciting any of the shrieks which Presi-
dent Roosevelt's proposition did. Singu-
larly, even the most conservative papers
do not now see anything alarming in
| the proposition, but some of them ex-
| plain their calmness by saying that
President Taft is not hystarical, and
therefore others do not catch hysteria
from him." Another says that What
you do is not so important as how you
do it,
The recommendations are thus sum-
married.:
81. A Commerce Court of five mem-
| bers, which, subject to appeal to the
Supreme Court, shall have the exclu-
sive right to review others of the Inter
State Commerce Commission; no in
junction to remain alive more than 60
days unless issued by the full court.
so. The lodging of power with the
Commission to entertain complaints
against classification of freight, with
lly ~ eitcI tuc Sdtiic Il iltlu ~
be unjust or discriminating.
"3. A bestowal on the Commission of
the right to initiate proceedings against
rates and classification, thus making an
accusatory body instead of a merely
listening and adjudging one as now.
"A. A grant to the Commission of
jurisdiction over the rules and regula-
tions of railways such as relate to rout-
ing and the apportionment of the avails
of thru rate.
IS. A prohibition of ownership by an
interstate railway of stock in any COM
peting railroad.
SO. No new railroad stock or bonds
to be issued except the approval of the
Commission is first obtained, and Their
under conditions that it shall pre-
SCRIBE
1t is believed that the proposed court
Will greatly expedite the settlement Of
railroad disputes to the benefit of both
disputants, and that great amounts Of
European capital await investment in
American railroads as soon as Govern
ment control of capitalization is assured.
1t will stop the evil of stock watering,
and prevent railroad companies from
securing control of competing lines.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07

1t seems that they have heavy frosts
even in Mexico, and that these, with
drouths and heavy rains. have almost
destroyed the crops, SO that the people
have to face destitution and suffering.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07

Some scientists tell us that the COM
ing man will be toothless and hairless.
Now another scientist arises in San
Francisco TO allege that a still more
fruitful source of trouble-the stom-
ach-is unnecessary, and he wants to
popularize a movement for its removal.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07

1t has been discovered that DIR. F. A.
Cook is a Democrat, so that there is an
unlikelihood that he will receive an ap-
pointment as Governor of our new
North Polar possessions.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07
WASHINGTON, d. c.. OCT. I, 1909.
NOTICE.

When you send in your subscription
always state whether renewal or new
subscriber.
When you renew from another post
office give former address as we'll.
When change of address is desired be
sure to give former address.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07

Hot Springs, Ark. is rising in the es-
timation of the world as its greatest
cure resort, much superior even to the
famed Carlsbad, AK and other Euro
pean resorts, which have been to the
front since Roman times. 1t is asserted
that no other health resort in the world
can compare with Hot Springs for alb
solute curative properties
The National tribune., 1909-10-07

The inheritance tax seems to be
working well wherever it is tried. and
the State Treasury of Oregon smiles
complacentIy over the s50o,000 it will
receive from the estate of the late E. III.
Hartman.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07

A Minneapolis man inquired at a
drug store for some of that ere Ill
natured alcohol" An opportunity was
lost by not directing him to the nearest
eroggery.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07

william butcher. President of the
Audubon Societies, adds to our Ma
tional monumental sins that of the de-
struction Of birds. He claims that the
birds of the United States save to the
farmers $500, 600, 600 a year in the de-
struction of noxious insects and noxious
weeds. The greatest sinners in this re-
spect are the women who demand
plumes for their hats. The birds which
are used for food are usually restocked
naturally and abundantly, but the
plume hunters recognize no closed sea-
son, and they prey upon the birds which
are of the greatest use to the farmers
The National tribune., 1909-10-07

Capt Archibald Butt shows himself
not only to be 4 true soldier, but the
,ght man in the right place as guard
ian of the Presidents well-being. AS a
soldier he knows that mems efficiency
depends almost wholly upon the food
that they consume, and that this is just
as true of the President of the United
States as it is of the man behind the
gun. He sees the danger to the Presi-
dent from a string of highly-seasoned
banquets, stretching from the Atlantic
10 the Pacific and from the Lakes to
the Gulf, and when he was recently
asked for a hint as to the menu for the
President he said: "Cornbeef and"
That is safe and sane diet for any good
American, high or low, and by sticking
to II and avoiding French dishes we
may hope to have the President long in
the land over which he rules to-day.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07
PROVERBS.

A wise man will hear, and will in
crease learning; and man OF under
standing shall attain unto wise coun-
sells.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07

The Medical Society of Pennsylvania
is on the side of DIR. Wiley and The
National Tribune in strong denuncia-
ton of the use of benzoate of soda in
any quantity in foodstuffs.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE BILL.

The following the bill The NATIONAL TRIBUNE will Congress
to pass at the coming session.
AN ACT
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-19
WHO'S VINO In Taff'S Cabinet

and then held various public Of
fees in Iowa.
He was confirmed secretary Of
agriculture on March 8, 1897, so
that he Is now In his thirtieth
year In that office. During this
time the agriculture department
has grown from practically moth
ing to what It is. uncle Jim"
Wilson is really the father of the
agricultural department. He has
combined the practical with the
theoretical and ideal. That is the
big thing In his record. He was
primarily a practical farmer, but
he was not averse to anything
smattering of advanced ideas. I'm
der his direction eminent scien-
lists have worked out problems Of
plant breeding, animal breeding,
selection, seed distribution, soil
analysis and practical farm adj
agitation, SO that the expenses Of
the department have been return
ed a hundred fold in the increased
earning power of the American
farms. Mr.. Wilson is widower
and his daughter keeps his house
and entertains for him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-19

NEW YORK, March 17.-All
but the final preparations have
been completed for Theo. Roose-
velt's 10-month African hunting
trip. He will sail from here on
| the German-American steamer
Hamburg on March 81, heading
for the East African coast by way
of Naples, where he will take a
German-African steamer.
The men who will accompany
Roosevelt are all trained, with the
exception of Kermit, Roosevelt's
son.
Col. Edgar A. Mearns, u. s. A.,
retired after 26 years service, is
q surgeon and a naturalist. Ed
mund Heller, the only member to
have taken a trip through Africa
is an experienced taxidermist and
naturalist. j. Alden Loring once
Travelled through five countries in
three months, collecting and ship.
Iping 900 specimens of birds.
r. J. Cunningham, the guide, is
ian Englishman, who knows his
Africa like a book. He has ac-
companied many parties in differ
ent parts of Africa.
1t is probable during the trip
that Col. Mearns will be Roose-
velt's constant companion.
L OF Mearns 1t is said by man
who had accompanied him on a
hunting trip in Mexico:
| "He Is the ktudast man ayar
knew. II it is cold he wants you
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-19

Because the president couldn't
do any better, "Uncle jim" Will
son will be Mr.. Taft's secretary
Of agriculture. Mr.. Taft had
made up his mind to cut out all
the Roosevelt timber and build a
cabinet of his own selection.
When he began to look for some
body to fill "Uncle Jim's" shoes
he ran up against a stump. There
was nothing doing. So 1t had to
be "Uncle Jim" again.
Mr.. Wilson comes from Iowa
from Tama-co, whence the name,
ifTama JIM" He was. born in
Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug. 16, 1896.
In 1852 he came to the United
States and with his parents set
tied in Connecticut. In 1855 he
went to Iowa, where he began the
farming business. Later he went
to the state legislature and after
serving In several general assem-
.blies was, in 1879, elected to con-
gress. He did three congresses
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-19
SENTENC ED
TO DEATH

SEATTLE, March 19.-Supe-
rior Judge Frater today pro-
nounced the death sentence upon
Nick Pfttrich, convicted on a
charge OF murder in the first de-
gree for the killing of Harry Mil
Ter, marshal of Kent, last April.
Judge Frazier set May FL as the
date for the execution.
Pittrich, with Mike Allagich
and John Bozovich, are alleged to
have held up a man near O'Brien.
Marshal Miller was sent out to
arrest them. The men met and
fought battle, resulting in the
death of Miller. Subsequently
the three were captured near Sno-
qualmie Falls. Allagich was SEN
fenced to life imprisonment and
Bozovich to 20 years in the peni-
Tertiary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-19
CLOSE OF MARKET
IS DULL

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, March 19.-Idle-
ness reigned supreme through the
greater portion of today's session
of the stock exchange. During the
first two hours, during which
period the market rose from a
fraction to over a point, trading
averaged about 10000 shares an
hour, but during the third hour
business fell off to 10000 shares.
For the balance of the day stocks
practically remained stock-still.
The governors investigation COM
mittee could not even with a mi
croscope detect any manipulation
today on such market. ~
The close was weak and irragu.
lar, Steel Common, Reading and
other issues showing a net loss Of
one point. Union closed IT'S;
Southern Pacific, 118 Is; North
esn Pacific, 1873 1-2; Steel Com.
mon, A.; Reading 1913 "a; Cop
per GO Ia; Smelter "a IL.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-19
WOMANS HEAD
BEATEN WITH
HAMMER

OAKLAND, Cal, March 19.-
After lying battered and uncon-
sctous In her store during the
night, Mrs. Mary Walker, a con-
fectioner, was found today by a
passerby, who noticed blood
trickling from the doorstep. She
was taken to the Alameda SAM
tarium, where she made an amaze
norton statement accusing John
Gray, her cousin, of beating her
on the head with a hammer.
Gray was arrested this after
noon and held pending the out
come of Mrs. Walkers injuries.
He denied that he struck her.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-19

garments but not giggle garments.
Cheerful clothes but not crazy
quilt clothes. Happy hats but not
Happy Hooligan hats. Shirts that
spell sunshine but not too surpris-
ing. Ties that are attractive but
not too gaudy. Toys that talk but
not too loud. That's the whole
story. Now you know where to
rig up in cheerful raiment that
your wife or sister can't make a
mistake and hand-out to the old
clothes man.
WILLIE,
With
KLOPPENSTEIN & CONRAD,
1882 Pacific Ave.