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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-10-13
SPEED THE PRIME FACTOR
OF FOOTBALL THIS YEAR.
Experts Of the Game claim II Is
Indipsensible.

Experts Of the Game claim II Is
Indipsensible.
NEW HAVEN. Conn. Oct. H.
A study OF the work and the new
plays which are being planned or
practieed in the larger colleges. this
autumn in football. confirms the
judgment that speed viii be the In
dispensible factor in football success
this year.
The forward pass, the on-side
kick. the open formation. give great
possibilities OF advancing the ball to
comply with the ten yards rule. But
If none OF these avail, it is certain
that rarely indeed, in a game where
both teams are well matched. can the
ground be gained by hammering
away at the line. Old fashioned FOOT
ball may be good for gains for a
heavy team against a very light one,
perhaps the full length of the field.
But as between teams where the ad-
vantage in weight or strength is not
very great, it Is useless to expect to
rush a ball down the field for more
than 100 yards. in totals without
recourse to something more than
cline bucking." Even when worn
out players may be replaced with
news and fresh men OF almost equa
weight and strength, the new mel
are usually less proficient in football
sense than the regular team.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-10-13
PRESIDENT TAFTt
REACHES ARIZONA.

WIN Visit the Grand Canyon Tc-
morrow.
YUMA. Arizona, Oct. l3.--After
n all night ride through the Color
do desert President Taft arrived
here early this morning and was me-
BY Governor Sloan and stan IT,
president spoke from the train II
|everal places today and tomorrow
vim Walt the tirand canyon.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-10-13
REFUSE To GIVE WEI
COME 10 JAPANESE.
VIII Have Noahing 20 do With the
Commercial Commission.

PITTsBuRG. Oct. 13.--The Pitts
burg chamber OF commerce, 40 .
body. refuses TO take any part in the
weieOmlng Of the japanese CONNER
cial commission now making = tour
OF the United states which vii reach
that city November g. Ihe president
Of the chamber Il quoted As saying
that Il was the consensus Of opinion
among the members that the Jap
anese as a nation. demanded too
much In the educational line. aud
weer willing to give too little In re-
which Is supposed 10 be the
reason for the chambers exifsoFdih-
arliy diseourteons attitude.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-10-13
|EARY'S STATE
lMENT NOSURPRISE
Cook is Not PertuPbed by
Accusations by His
Rival

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 13.-"It
the same old story said Dr.. Cook
night when shown the statement
ued by Commander Peary, to-
Their with the map accompanying it.
Il have replied to the points raised
dozen times he continued. The
hp published by Commander Peary
itself indicates that the Eskimos
We respected their promise made
me that they would not give any
formation to Peary or his men.
The Eskimos were instructed not
tell Mr.. Peary or any of his party
our trip over the polar sea. They
pre- told to say that we had been
north. They have kept theiN
Drd.
''Mr. Whitney has sad that during
e cross examination conducted by
pmmander Peary and others of his
pedition the Eskimos did not un-
rstand the questions put to them
the map which was laid before
em. Their replies have been
sted to suit perverted interest,
will not enter into any argd-
nt about the matter but will
Ing the EskimOs to New York at
N own expense and they will prove,
did Mr.. Whitney, all have
aimed.
DR.. Cook wouldn't consent to &C
yer the details contained in Mr.
eary's statement further than to re,
ark that the Eskimos are only toe
illlng to say something they think
i'll please their questioners."
The explorer was not at all per
lrbed by the accusation.
Il fully expected something of tht
ind" he said. THE doeumen
poks formidable over so many sig
atures and will appear so to tht
Iblic. There is, however. nothing
1t, as it is based on the distorte'
nd eyasiye replies of persons wht
ere told not to give any details.
Rasmussen, who viii be her
hortly. has seen the Eskimos an
nows the real story. They did
~ to deceive him. He was wit
hem for IA days. They knew hir
nd told him everything. He speak
he Eskimo language, for he is
emi-Eskimo himself, and these pee
lie have the most complete conf
ence in him."
DR.. Cook told the students of tn
chool of applied science today this
e hoped another American woul
o to the north pole in 1910, a
hough one had been there in 190i
n danother in 1909 He sal
Amundsen was on the way to tn
'ole and probably would reach thel
n 1918 or 1914. There was sti
much work to do in the arctic an
e hoped the students would parti
pate.
Dr. Cook leetured here last nigh
In later statement today d
cook said that Harry Whitney, Il
Jig game hunter, said that the Esh
nos questioned by Command
Peary aid not understand his que
ions. neither did they understal
he map and the replies were twist,
suit the perverted interests
'eary." This is the first strong la
Tuage given out by Cook and 1t
he result Of the signed charges
lis rival. Four Eskimos of Pear,
party state that Cooks Eskimos co
radieted themselves.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-10-13
TWO STEAMERS ASHORE
on FLORIDA COAST.
Passengers Are Being Transferred to
Smaller Boats.

Smaller Boats.
NEW ORLEANS. La. Oct. 10
The steamer Antilles Is reported
aground on a coral reef along the
east OF Florida. She Is listing badly
and the passengers are being trans
ferred 10 small boats. A vessel
grounded last night in the hurricane
near Jupiter and It Is reported that
there is very little chance OF saving
her.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-10-13
CLAIM JAPAN ASKED
FOR CRANES REMOVAL.
Said That Minister Contributed Cash
60 Ala Russia.

CHICAGO. H., Oct 13.-Friends
Of Charles r. Crane. who has just
resigned as minister to China. de-
clare that the downfall OF Crane Il
due to political plots. n point Of
fact Crane contributed S1O.00O to
cid Russia In her recent japanese
war Il is limited that Japan de-
handed his removal.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-11-29

FOR RENT-5-oom house, all con-
veniences, close in. Thos. M. Fer
guson. tt
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-11-29

able insult is not altogether appar-
ent. To lie is of course contemplate,
but there are other and worse things
of which men are guilty, yet which
are not considered so disgraceful that
the mere accusation calls for blood
spilling. However arbitrarily this
word has been chosen as the last ex-
tremity of argument, beyond which
there is nothing possible but fight
The fearsome word has fallen from
its position of Importance now. The
disputant who first uses it virtually
confesses himself whipped in argu
.ment, and to respond to it by demand.
ing gore is much more apt to make
the demandant ridiculous than to have
any other effect. Modern personal
and newspaper controversies culmi-
mating in the word "liar' have beome
Jest and subject for contempt
uous ridicule, as well as a bore and
MISUNDERSTANDING American.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-11-29
CHANCE TO REclPRocATE.

Mr.. Charles F. Engle has announced
his candidacy for the office of district
attorney of the Southern District OF
Mississippi of which Mr.. R. Charles
Lee is the present incumbent. Mr..
Engle has practiced law with dis
tinction fourteen years and is now
state senator. He is well qualified
for the office and will make an ex-
cellent district attorney. 1t is gener-
ally understood that partisansnip will
not enter into consideration at present
any more than when Mr.. Lee was ap.
pointed early in McKinley's admins
tration. Mr.. Lee has held the office
twelve years, and it seems that it
is time to make change, especially II
the change will not be made on parti
san grounds. It is seldom that Fed,
eral plums of any kind fall to the lot
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-11-29
"SlNGS A NEW SONG."

Some of our esteemed contempora.
ries are appealing to the farmers to
expand their corn acreage in 1910.
We would "sing new song" let ev-
eryone or two mule farmers reduce his
corn area to five acres and give it the
thorough cultivation that is the price
of success, in good and foul weather,
and we will never hear of another
short corn crop. This has been done
by thousands of small farmers in Mis-
issippi this year, who with full corn
cribs and fat hogs, are happy with
their cotton money "in their inside
pockets" and what they have done
all may do. We have nothing to say
in regard to cotton or it's acreage; the
farmers will continue to expand acre
age, and the willful, obstinate, eccen-
trio weed will continue to do just as
it pleases except when confronted and
baffled by men of equal obstinacy and
pertinacity who are 'onto its curves, -
and compel reluctant truce or uncon-
ditional surrender. We have never
known season Of financial or COM
mercial depression in the cotton belt
when corn harvests were satisfactory,
but we have often seen the winnings
on the cotton game. expended to meet
corn deficit-Aberdeen Examiner.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-11-29
EORESTALL 1T.

Reports from counties in Mississippi
where the boil weevil wrought havoc
and disaster last year are to the ef-
feet that plenty, prosperity and peace
reign with landlord and tenant who
planted corn, peas. potatoes, cane.
Those who stuck to cotton are bust
ed; tenants gone to other sections,
lands grown up in weeds and briars,
houses given over to owls, moles and
bats.
Carroll county has next year in
which to prepare.
II merchants and bankers want to
do a kindness let them serve notice
NOW that they will not make ad-
vances to buy corn next year; and
neither corn, meat nor molasses the
next.
1t must come to that. The boil .wee-
vii will face it. Why wait for compul-
sion. Why not forestall 1t by doing
before the advent of the weevil what
we will have to do after it.-Carroll.
ton Conservative.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-11-29
A USELESS EPITHEr.

The north pole discoverer--at least
as far as Commander Peary is con-
cerned, disgusted the public and be-
Titled the great achievement by the
free use Of discreditable adjectives,
childish petulance, and unbounIed
egotism. There are few qualities
which people generally find it so hard
to forgive; and if public sympathy in
clines generally to favor DR.. Cook it
is because he had the manliness to
refrain from the abuse so freely
poured out by his rival. The time was
when the application of the term
liar meant blood or disgrae. Why
this particular word should have been
selected as the vehicle of unpardon-
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-11-29

THE GOLDEN RULE BARGAIN
HOUSE
Furnishes skilled mechanics for up-
holstering, vanishing, repairing or ex-
changing old furniture for new.
Prompt, quick satisfactory work guar
anteed East Pine Street, next door
to Mission Hall. Home phone 10.
23-6t. w. H. HOLLIS, Prop.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-11-29

Today the sovereign people
of Alabama will decide whether or
not they will write prohibition in
their constitution. 1t is a debatable
proposition as to whether it had not
been better to let well enough alone,
and postpone this question for seas
on; but now the question is up, there
is but one thing for home-loving, law
abiding, Christian men to do, and
that Is to vote for the amendment
If the amendment carries it will give
great impetus to constitutional prohi-
bition in the South, and Mississippi,
Tennessee and other Southern states
may attempt it. If the amendment
fails, it will give prohibition a great
set back in the South, and some of
the good laws we now have, and that
are bein reasonably well enforced,
will be in danger of repeal or amend
ment. Not so much danger in this
state as in Tennessee, as Mississippi
is not SO badly ridden with whiskey
cities as Tennessee is. But If Ala
bama prohibitionists lose their fight
today there will be more or less
danger all along the line. And that
is why we say it might have been
better to have let well enough alone.
There is no sort of question but the
whiskey cohorts, fighting for their
very lives, will make desperate
stand in Alabama, and II
money can buy the election, it will
be bought. That of course, is the
only danger, for the whiskey trahic
can never win In any civilized com
munity without corrupting the ballot
box. by buying and stealing votes.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-11-29
SHREVEPORT MOB m
LYNCHES NEGRO
Special to The News.

SHREVEPORT, La, November 29.
-Simmie Thomas, alias Simmie Ra-
chel, negro, apparently 23 years
old, was lynched here between $3.50
and o'clock Saturday evening, by
a mob of nearly 500 white men and
boys, for attempting a criminal as
sault upon little Jennie Mcmillan,
the 7-year-old daughter of Mrs. Anna
Mcmillan, widow of No. 2123 Laurel
street, at 2:3O o'clock Saturday af-
ternoon. His death was caused by
hanging. Not a shot was fired.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-11-29

$S5 Forbes Piano Certificate for sale.
Make offer. Cheap. Apply News
office. .ft1 2g.2t
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-11-29

FOR RENT-Three unfurnished
rooms for light housekeeping, pri-
vate entrance, modern convenien-
ces, desirable location. Refren-
ces exchanged. Cumberland Phone
562.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-11-29

Of Adams county, and it is foregone
conclusion that Mr.. Engle will receive
the unanimous endorsement of the
bar. Mr.. Taft has a chance to show
his appreciation OF our hospitality and
strengthen the Federal judiciary ma
chinery of the state at the same time
News.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-11-29
Circulation Double That Of Any
Other South Mississippi Paper
PROCRASTlNATlON.

Representation is the thief Of
time"
Mississippi ten years ago could have
been far ahead of what Mississippi Is
now, II Mississippians had not pro-
crastinated.
But why talk of Mississippi? Or
South Mississippi? If the people OF
the State or this section Of the State
will not act; If they prefer still to
procrastinate, that is no reason why
the people of the good town Of Hat
tiesburg should also fold their hands
and wait. This life is too short to
wait. The time is too propitious to
wait. Throw further procrastination
o the dogs and let ACTION be the
watchword.
The News some weeks ago suggest
"a that THE BEST thing to do to ad-
vertise this section to the world and
turn immigration this way. was for
large land owners to combine and
GIVE away, actually GIVE away, ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND acres OF
land. To restate the proposition for
those who may not have read it:
TO have a day set apart and home
stead drawing for FREE homesteads,
as the government has when it opens
up new territory. Divide these one
hundred thousand acres into SO-acre
farms and draw for them. No one to
be entitled to draw except a married
man with one or more children. The
successful ones must take actual pos
session of the lands within six
months after the drawing, and must
occupy and cultivate them for five sue
ceeding years, in order to obtain q
perfect title.
That In short was the proposition.
Everybody who spoke OF it said 1t
was a good thing. Many people said
1t was the best suggestion that had
been made. The Commercial Club Of
Hattiesburg discussed and endorsed
it. Quite a number of papers in this
state and several outside this state
made favorable comment upon it. 1t
was talked about for week or ten
days or two weeks, then the talk died
out; and the carpenter returned to his
bench, the farmer to his plow, the
merchant to his store, the lawyer to
his books, and the capitalist to his
counting room; and nothing was done
Everybody waiting for somebody else.
Nobody doing anything. Putting it
on from day to day. That's procrasti-
nation. And Procrastination is the
deadly hook-worm of the South. Pro-
crastination will kill any enterprise
or business in the world, and is the
greatest hinderer progress has.
Now, doubling Thomases to the con
trary. The News believes that PROPOSE
tion can be made to work. Nobody
has tried to work it, therefore nobody
knows that it will not work. Some
say the land owners will not part with
their land. Why not? If 1t is a good
thing. why not? These land owners
know a good thing when they see it,
just as well as other people do; and
n this idea ii q good business idea, az
business men will they not see its
and act accordingly?
r. man owns ten thousand acres
= land and win give to this public pro-
nAntfon scheme one thousand acres,
4 viii enhance the value Of his re-
mainIngF nine thousands acres two or
three times their present value. That
= ~ WY people talk about it; and
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-11-29
purchase a second
hand piano. Must be in first-class
condition. Call Home Phone 2S9.
20 ct

FOR RENT-Two or three nice un-
furnished rooms, to couple without
children, for light housekeeping;
location near Fifth and Main. Ad
dress P. o. Box 1877. 24-5t
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-06-23
|GREAT SERMON TO
JUNIORS SUNDAY
Rev. George 7. Watkins
Speaks on the Pfinci-
pies of Order.
FUTURE NATIONAL BATTLE
diagnosed As That Of the separa.
ton Of Church Frem State,
Fundamental PfinCi-
pie OF Liberty

Rev George T. Watkins delivered a
strong sermon Sunday morning at the
First Baptist Church to the members
of Goldsboro Lodge. No. SO. o. U. A.
NJ, who attended the services in a
body.
Rev. Watkins took as his theme the
principles Of the order. He outlined
the fundamental principle, that of
separation. of the state from the
church, and told of the great battle to
be fought during the next twenty-five
or fifty years, within this nation,
whereby the church would gradually
creep into state affairs. This is the
great principle of liberty and one that
will be difficult to solve.
Another great principle of this or
der, which stands for liberty, is the
free educational institutions, which
are springing up all over the country,
the free graded schools. The Juniors
have always promoted education,
which means so much in our form Of
government.
Rev. Watkins was complimented for
this powerful sermon upon the doc
trines of the fundamental principles
of the Junior Order.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-06-23
Read YOur Bible.

If there be any who have been be-
queathed large and imposing Bible
we hasten to advise very careful
reading of the same without delay.
Read the reason for this advice.
Thirty-f1ve years ago in Fairfield, N.
j., a venerable lady, Mrs. Sarah
March, departed this life. Among her
bequests was a ponderous copy of
the Scriptures, bound in leather and
with brass clasp, which she left to
her nephew, Steve March, The latter
never opened the book until a few
days ago, when he found $4,867.30 be-
tween the leaves.
Steve, no doubt, felt like the cents
figures in that cash amount when he
found the long undiscovered treasure
but it is safe to bet there are now nc
unturned leaves in his Bible.
There is always something in store
for those who open their Bibles, and
if not Steve's cash there may still be
found something better, for in it are
the words of eternal life"
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-06-23
JURY DISAGREED
CALHOUN BRIBERY CASE
Famous Trial in San Francisco Ends
With Disagreement for
AcQuittaI.

San Francisco, June 20.-Terminat-
ing in disagreement of the jury with
ten men determined on acquittal and
two resolved on conviction, the trial
fer bribery of Patrick Calhoun, of the
United Railroads, ended at noon to-
day. Five months and week had
passed since the wealthy street rail
road owner, a descendant of Patrick
Henry, made his first appearance in
court to answer to the charge of of
fering a bribe of $4,000 to supervi-
sor to obtain an overhead trolley fol
his corporation.
Not until each juror had pronounc-
ed as hopeless the prospect of a YER
dict was the order for their dismissa
made by Judge Lawlor, prosecution
and defense giving assent to the dis
charge.
The trial ended quietly. The defen.
dant and his attorneys, as well as thu
chief officers of the prosecution, re
Trained from comment on the disa
greement.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-06-23
HOME CITY HoNoRs WRIGHTs.
Parade Includes Soldiers, Civic Or
ganizatiOns and School Children.

Dayton, O.. June 18.-"The Wrigh1
Brothers Home Celebration" culmi-
mated today in a blaze of glory
Through streets thronged with cheer.
! ing thousands, the famous aviators
rode this afternoon in one of the
greatest parades this city has ever
witnessed. Enthusiasm was the key
note of the monster demonstration
With waving flags, and colors flash
ing everywhere, the two Daytonians
who brought such high honors back
with them from across the seas, We
given an ovation that surprised even
the affair.
In the great parade the State of
Ohio was represented by her governor
and other high officials and by two
regiments of national guardsmen,
while the city showed it's official favor
not only in declaring the day pub
lie holiday, but in decorating the city
buildings from pit to roof with the
national colors and banners bearing
inscriptions appropriate to the occa-
sion. In addition to the soldiers the
parade included many civic organiza-
tions aud children of the public
schools.
The procession was viewed by the
Wright brothers from large review
ing stand in the downtown section.
Occupying seats with them were their
sister, Miss Katherine Wright, their
father, Bishop Wright, and their
brother, Laurin Wright, who is en-
gagged with them in the manufacture
Of their aeroplanes. Representatives
of the state and city, members OF the
Aero Club of America and a number
Of other invited guests also occupied
seats on the stand.
Earlier in the day Wilbur and Or
vile Wright had been presented with
the medals, one voted by an act of
Congress and the other by the Ohio
legislature. The presentations took
place at the county fair grounds,
where many thousands of persons
gathered to witness the exercises.
Presentation speeches were made by
Governor Harmon, of Ohio, and Mayor
Burkhardt, of Dayton.
The several features of the days
program We're witnessed by thousands
of visitors who fiocked into the city
from far and near to join with the cit
izens of Dayton in doing honor to the
famous young inventors of the aero
plane. Every appearance of the
Wright brothers in public was greet
cd with enthusiastic cheers. The
warmth of the demonstration for once
penetrated the natural reserve of the
noted aviators, and their smiling faces
plainly indicated full appreciation on
their part.