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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-22
OUR NATIONAL LOSS FROM FIRE.
By Samuel II. Adams.

We hear much, in this peaceful country
about Germany's burden OF militarism- Well,
cur national bonfire would pay for the
Kaiser's whole army maintenance and leave
q surplus annually Of twenty millions for
fireworks fund wherewith TO appease our py-
romaniac appetite. II Germany is oppressed
by wars and the rumor OF wars, how much
more sorely is the United States oppressed by
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-22

The c-y has been changed TO --zis-
khs Maine
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-22

Il never told lies when was litns
GIRL, Gladys"
-When did you begin. then, mammal
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-22
RAMS HORN BLAsrs

w.r-ias Note. Calling IN. w,-..
20 RsDent.nee.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-22
PUBLIC OFFICE NEEDS EXPERTS.
By Prof. A. Lawrence Low

The administration Of a great city cannot
be conducted efficiently and al the same time
be kept In touch with public needs without
combination Of the expert and the representa-
tive Of outside opinion, and the relation that
ought 10 exist between these two is plain. The
current management and the initiative In the
main ought to lie with the expert, but he
ought 10 work under the constant oversight
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
BOND ISSUE DECIDED ON
MacVeagh Confers With Tf't and Al
drteh and Will Prepare Plans
at Once.

Washington, d. C.-That a bond
issue Of $1OO,OOO,OOO to replenish the
treasury is necessary, was decided
after a meeting between President
Taft and Secretary MacVesgh, in the
course of which Senator Aldrich was
called in. Secretary MacVeagh is to
prepare the plans for issuing the
bonds at once.
The deficit for the first six months
Of the fiscal year, beginning July l, is
now over $28,5OO,OOO. There has been
an INCREASE Of receipts, but the in
come has not been large enough to
equalize the outgo.
The issue will be made under the
authorization of congress for the sale
of Panama canal bonds. The treasury
is now out more than $99,0O0,000,
which has been spent upon the canal.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
ASKS T. R. TO VISIT WEST
"come Home by Way of Pacific
Coast" Invitation of ST. Louis
and other Cities.

Denver, Colorado. - A movement
was started in Denver which will in
clude all cities from Chicago to the
Pacific Coast and as far south as st.
Louis to send an invitation to former
President Roosevelt to return to
America when he concludes his hunt
ing trip in Africa.
Philosophical men in Denver are
so enthusiastic over the proposition
that they have already offered to sub
scribe a sum of money sufficient to
send a message or a committee Of
citizens from the western cities to
Khartoum to meet Mr.. Roosevelt on
his arrival there, and formally invite
him to return to America by way of
the Pacific coast.
There is every reason to believe
that Mr. Roosevelt will accept if the
invitation comes from all sections of
the west.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
RETURNS TO HER FATHER
Archdeacon's Daughter Unable Longer
to Bear Treatment of
Nipponest.

San Francisco, Cal - An appeal
for permission to return to the home
and protection of her father, Archdea-
con Emery, has been made by Mrs
Gunjiro Acki. This was announced
Friday by friends who stood by the
Episcopalian clergyman when his
household at Corte MADEIRA was divid-
ed over the announced intention of his
daughter, Helen, to marry the jap
anese houseboy.
Unable to longer endure the treat
ment of her Nipponese husband, the
young woman has written from the
little cottage on the shore of Lake
Washington asking forgiveness and
asking to return to her place at his
side with her 6-months-old child.
This was the reason for the Arch
deacon's hurried departure for Seattle
a few days ago, and it is understood
that he will bring his daughter and
her infant back with him.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
COMMITTEE DECLARES EVIDENCE
FAILS TO SHOW HE REACHED
MT. M'KINLEY SUMMIT.
IS BRANDED ENTHUSIASTICALLY
Report Says Guide 5arril's Affidavit
Was Not Considered in Inquiry
Cook Was Given Chance to Ap-
With Proofs.

New York City. - The Explorers
club denounced DR.. Cook as an i'm
poster and declared his claim to hav-
ing climbed to the summit of Mount
Mckinley is not borne out by the
evidence.
In arriving at this conclusion the
committee which has been investigat-
ing the matter states specifically that
1t did not take into consideration In
reaching its decision any of the af-
fidavits filed by Guide Barrill.
1t states that it gave DR.. Cook the
opportunity of appearing in person be-
fore the club in support of his con-
tentions. He came to the club and pro-
missed to submit all of the proof need
ed, but the committee declares he
failed to do so.
The committee finds that Cook is
ENTHUSIASTICALLY in every respect" The
committee ends by recommending that
Cooks name be forwith dropped from
the membership list of the club. The
board of directors announced at the
close Of the meeting that DR.. Cook had
been dropped from the club.
In part the report Of the committee
as approved by the Explorers club is
as follows:
THE committee of the board of gov
ernors of the Explorers club has found
no evidence that DR.. Cook ever reach
ed the summit of Mount Mckinley.
The committee in reaching its con-
illusions has disregarded all of the
matter in the affidavit of Guide Bar
rill, which was submitted.
" Oct. II DR.. Cook appeared in
pei ION before the club, and after re-
iterating his claim that he had been
to the summit of Mount Mckinley he
agreed to appear in person before the
club within one month and to supply
convincing evidence in substantiation
of his claim. He has failed utterly to
do this orto supply the committee with
the promised data, or, in fact, any
other data.
HE ignored the committees further
requests for data made six weeks
later"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
LEOPOLD RESTS BY QUEEN
Despite His Wishes for Simplicity
Magnificent Ceremony Is Observed
Crowds Thong Streets.

Brussels.-The body of Leopold
H., late king of the Belgians, was
placed in the royal burial vault in the
church of ST. Mary at Laeken, the
suburban residence of the royal
family. Near it rest the remains of
his Queen, Marie Henrietta, the
Princess Josephine, and the young
Duke of Brabant.
The funeral and burial were con-
Quoted with all the pomp and cere-
mOny of which the state was capable,
despite the wish expressed by the
monarch in his will that the obsequies
should be of the simplest.
The soldiers wer unable to restrain
the spectators, who soon became
riotous.
The police and soldiers struggled
Wa. the excited people and in the
clash many persons were so bruised
that they were sent to the hospitals
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
A Night of Surprises
By DON MARK LEMON
Copyright, 1909. by Daily story Pub. Coz

Jack O'Brien gathered his police
mans raincape closer about his shout
ders and yawned drowsily, as for the
fifth time he left Mulberry street and
crossed into the shadow of Hampstead
avenue, with It's one arc light every
two squares.
Nothing doing! Nothing do-lngl"
his IS boots seemed to pad softly, as
he paced the lower half of his beat,
and the tapping tails Of his raincoat
took up the refrain--"N Nothing doing!
Nothing doing!"-till perhaps he
would have fallen asleep as he walked
from sheer monotony, had he not sud
denly caught glimpse of shadow
crouching beneath a rear window of
the Hill mansion.
O'Brien was a green hand having
been placed on the force only the
week previous, yet he was shrewd
enough not to pause in his measured
pace, but continued down the ave-
nue. as If wholly unconscious of that
evil-proportioned shadow crouching be-
meath the window. Nine to one he
ives being watched himself. either by
the shadow or that thiefs pal, con-
cealed somewhere in the immediate
neighborhood.
He made his accustomed turn at the
next corner, when noting that he was
no longer under the observation of
the shadow beneath the window, and
that save for himself the road before
and behind him was deserted, he in
creased his pace for few yards and
sprang upon the stone wall that ran
along the rear Of the Hill mansion.
In another moment he had dropped
under the wet shrubbery on the in
side Of the wall, where he could COM
mand view of the rear and right of
the mansion, yet remain wholly con-
cealed from observation.
He was confident that the shadow
he had seen was that Of a man. and
he was not mistaken. AS he watched,
this shadow suddenly heightened itself
and now noiselessly opening the win
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
THIEVES BRING BACK SAFE
The Newspapers Informed Them That
1t Contained Nothing of
Value.

Chicago, Ill.-"The incest rob.
bers we ever had dealings with" is
the verdict of Oak Park on the
thieves who moved a safe from the
store of C. A. Scales last Saturday.
Mr.. Scales received the safe by ex.
press, the charges being prepaid.
There were a few marks on the
door," said Mr., Scales, but otherwise
the safe was all right. Papers pub
lished the fact that the safe contained
keepsakes and papers "a value to, me,
but worthless to any other person, so
l think the thieves were polite enough
to send my property back when they
found they could get nothing Tor it."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
GREATEST SNOWFALL IN TEN
YEARS STALLS ALL TRAINS
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
new YORK CITY IS HARD HIT
Street Cars Stick In Drifts and Pas
seneers Are Held All Might
Northeaster Sweeps New eng
land States.

New York City.-The terrific wind
and snow storm which began at IL
o'clock Saturday afternoon and con.
tinued all OF Saturday afternoon and
Saturday night, increasing ia violence
after midnight Saturday, continued
until about noon Sunday. The storm
gradually wore itself out and Sunday
afternoon the skies cleared and the
temperature took a drop at night. In
the meantime the city lies under a
mantle Of snow more than a foot deep
in places and the wind is still high.
The storm was general throughout
the state.
Trains from the south and west were
hit HARDEST by the storm, service in
these directions being practically cut
off all day, while the upstate and
Canadian trains were from one to
three hours behind their schedules.
One Hundred Spend Night In Car.
There were many unique features in
connection with the storm. A four-car
train on the Bath Beach line of the
Brooklyn Rapid transit, up from Coney
Island, bucked a snowdrift with it's
hundred passengers, for nine hours
and a half. Brooklyn Rapid Transit
men did their best to help the stalled
cars, but what trains they were able
to send in relief, got stuck in the
same snowbank. The passengers man
aged to keep themselves warm.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit COM
pany was hit harder by the storm than
at any time in recent years. The
young blizzard came so suddenly and
viciously that the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit people were caught unpr&.
pared to handle the problem.
A trolley car on the F1atbush
avenue line was caught near Lincoln
road and the eight persons who were
In 1t spent the night trying to keep
warm in the stalled car.
Four big locomotive snow plows
were put TO work on the elevated
roads and did a lot of good work
within the city itself, but in the
county the elevated lines were as
badly off as the trolleys. There they
run on the level ground and the drifts
tangled up the four and five car trains
as completely as the single trolley
cars.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
dow beneath which it had crouched.

dow beneath which it had crouched,
disappeared into the mansion.
o'Brien waited good two minutes,
then thrust his helmet from the hedge
with the intention of following, when
he was stayed by the appearance of
the thiefs pal. He crept into view
from around the left side of the house,
hugging the wall till he reached the
open window, through which he dis
peared with the alacrity of monkey.
O'Brien felt for his pistol. hand
cuffs and billy and crouched silently
and determinedly, proposing to wait
until the two housebreakers were pre-
occupied with their labors, then it
would be but the work of a courage
GUS five minutes and he would have
them both handcuffed and on their
way to the station house.
Now again he thrust his helmet from
the hedge and was about to quit his
place of concealment, when a third
figure appeared suddenly from the
front of the mansion, keeping close
to the right wall, and stole to the
rear, where, opening a second window,
this figure also disappeared into the
mansion.
why the devil didn't he take the
other window" wondered O'Brien.
Sure. they must all belong together"
A low whistle came from this sec
ond window, and fourth shadow de-
tached itself from a shade tree set
half between the building and the
stone wall on the right, and crossing
the lawn disappeared into the window
whence the whistle had proceeded
O'Brien reached for his helmet.
whiS.- IN his establishment had fallen
from his head. Sure. It looks like
business" he meditated Shall l
pinch 'em myself, or call up F.aigan %
He decided on the former course:
Though there would be more danger
entailed, there would be more honor
gained. He might even succeed in
landing all four thieves, single-handed
such feat as Jim Maloon had once
accomplished-and be a marked man
from that night
Again he felt for his pistol, his
handouts and billy, and was about to
come from the hedge, when he was
stayed by a fifth and sixth shadow
that stole together from around the
left side Of the mansion to rear
door. which they now forced and en-.
tered the house.
Sure, III call up Finiganl" decided
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
Corset Steel pefiects Bullet.

Chicago, Ill.--A corset steel prob
ably saved the life of Miss Ethel
Eitlhuber, when a shot was fired
through a bed room window In her
home in an attempt to kill her. The
shades were drawn, but as Miss
Eitlhuber was standing near the
window her shaved on the curtain
gave the would-be murderer his mark.
The bullet went through her dress,
but when it struck the corset 1t
glanced off.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
FIRE KILLS FIVE CHILDREN
Two Die AS Heroes in Attempt to
Rescue Their Baby Brother From
Burning Home.

Delaware, Ohio.-Mabel William
son, years old, and her brother
Grover 4, persisted in a vain attempt
to rescue their baby brother Vernon,
2, from death in their burning home
Meanwhile their parents at work
in a closed barn, not 200 feet away,
were wholly unaware of the terrible
tragedy until aroused by the screams
of terror-stricken neighbors, The chill
dren wer playing with matches.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
100000 is stolen.

Naples, Italy.-The theft of 81,
100000 in cash and securities, part of
the estate left by the late Senator
Patani, was discovered when the
authorities broke the seal of the vault
in the Patani mansion and found the
vault empty. Following Patani's
death the vault was officially sealed,
pending the appointment of executors.
There is no clew to the thieves. Patani
died In November.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30

Bluefelds, via wireless to Colon
Generals Chamarro, Mena, Fernoe,
Diaz, Matuty and Pacheo of the
revolutionary army are pursuing the
remnant of the government army and
expect to engage 1t in battle at or near
Chile. according to dispatches re-
ceiTed here. The exact status of the
situation at the front is unobtainable,
owing to the fact that the revolution
lists are in control of the telegraph
lines and that the messages must
pass through the hands of Gen. Mena.
While the defeat Of the government
forces at Rama was decisive, dis
patches indicates the number of
captured soldiers was overstated 1t
is known that large part of Zelaya's
force is still in the field, but its early
capture or humiliation is confidently
predicted as it is outnumbered by the
revolutionists, and the latter are in
far better fighting shape.
More than 300 wounded soldiers and
several hundred captives have been
brought to Bluefields. The condition of
the captives is proof that the govern
ment soldiers are in a bad way physi-
cally. Those who have arrived here
are ragged, sick and half-starved. They
say the whole army is in the same
condition.
The death list in the Rama battle
will undoubtedly reach 300, two-thirds
of whom were government soldiers.
Twice this number are wounded.
Among the wounded was Gen. Matuty.
The total number killed since the
war began will run between 500 and
1000, and on the strength of this esti-
mate another appeal will be made to
the United States to intervene "in hui
manity sake"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30

The United States is not the only
country in the world where the cost
OF living has advanced in recent years.
The complaint is so great in Austria
that a demand is being made that the
government take over, through an az.
rarian bank, the cattle and meat bust.
ness. 1t is also proposed that q cen.
tral agency be established with
branches in foreign countries so as
to facilitate importation and dealing
a cattle and meat products.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
Storm DELAYS Atlantic Llners.

New York City.-According to wire
less reports from incoming liners
a storm of great magnitude is prevail
ing upon the Atlantic. The Louitania,
the st. Paul the Minnetonka and La
Touraine are among the westbound
liners which will reach New York
behind schedule.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30

Newcomerstown, O.-Charles and
Peter Meyers, 16 and IA years old,
were burned to death in fire which
destroyed their home on a farm three
miles from here. The two boys were
asleep on the second floor when the
fire broke out. Their father rescued
his wife and four younger children.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
Victim Of Neoroe,s eulIet ples.

Waco, Tex.-Constable Edgar VIII
liams. who was shot by Louis Mills,
a negro, at Roseburg Monday night
while trying to arrest the negro, died
here Wednesday night. Mills was cap
tured by mob and lynched.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30

A minister in Chicago wants COM
pulsory marriage by the state just as
At enforces compulsory education. He
also advocates women's proposing
when the men hesitate. This is a rad
zeal age. but not so radical as to turn
aconoclastic concerning things too
deeply ingrained in the best impulses
OF human nature ever to go out of
fashion.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
Muskoaee Sheriff ResIans.

Muskogee, Okla.-Governor Haskell
has the resignation of Sheriff Ram
sey of Muskogee county pending
investigation Of charges against him,
and the district court has suspended
the filing of a formal accusation of 20
counts by the special grand jury now
in session.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
Cardinal Has Blood Poisoning.

Rome, Italy. Cardinal Francis
satolli. formerly papal delegate to the
United States, suffered turn for the
worse 1t was learned that blood
poisoning had developed, adding
greatly to the danger.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
Lurton he confirmed.

Washington, d. C.-The senate
Monday confirmed the nomination Of
Judge IA. H. Lurton to succeed Mr..
Justice Peckham as a member of the
supreme court of the United States.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
New ENGLAND Gets Northeaster.

New England Gets Northeaster.
Boston, Mass.-Winter swept into
New England on the wings of north.
east storm with terrific energy. The
gale drove a tide into Massachusetts
Bay, which nearly equaled that OF the
famous storm of 1851 The wet snow
Frustrated wires, telephone, tele.
graphic, electric light and trolley and
railroad trains were stalled.
Three persons lost their lives in
Everett and Chelsea by the sudden
rise of the tide. From midnight the
storms destructive powers were I'M
usually extensive and severe. Its
center was somewhere off Nantucket,
but the gale swept over the greater
portion of New England and was &C
companied by a heavy fall of snow.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
Indian Held for Murder, AssassInated

Sapulpa, Okla.-Billy Brink, an
Indian, against whom there were
two charges of murder and whose
hearing was set for the January term
of court. was assassinated near Kelley
vile, He was found dead from bull
let wound.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
singIe.Handed Holds Thieves at Bay
TIL Relief Arrives.

The double column that followed
was detailed glorification of Michael
Denis Fihigan and his great coup.
According to the paper, few min
utes after Finigan had gone on his
beat the previous night, having re-
lieved Officer Jack O'Brien, he he'd
made the discovery that the rear door
of the Hill mansion was open, and
noiselessly entering the building had
surprised ten housebreakers, collected
in the dining room about a basket of
wine.
Covering the men with his revolver
and pressing the electric burglar
alarm, he had held the entire party at
bay till relief arrived. when the ten
men were handcuffed and taken to the
station. Only one shot had been fired.
which Finigan had been forced to ex-
pend on the legs of one of the house
breakers, who had objected to his
capture.
The paper went on to state that a
grimly amusing fact had subsequently
come to light The housebreakers had
effected their entrance to the Hill
mansion in parties of two, without the
slightest suspicion that they had been
preceded or were to bG followed by
others on like mission. rs
Imagine their OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
the reSorter-when each pair found
that the same night had been chosen
by four other couples bent on a like
robbery. and their still greater sur
prise when officer Finigan had held
them up in body.
Finigan, the paper went on to state,
had already been recommended for
promotion, which he so richly merited.
When o'Brien had finished this re-
port, his appetite for breakfast was
quite gone. From his place OF CON
cealment under the hedge he had wit
messed the icipience of the whole bush
ness. and had he taken steps to arrest
the men his name would now stand
bracketed with glory instead OF the
name Of Michael Denis Finigan
"But who the devil would have
thought that ten iimmies would hit
on the same night to break into q
house!p growled orBrien. sore as a
mashed thumb.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30

A terrible mine disaster Is report
ed from Japan, 1t would be a great
blessing to mankind If necessary heat
and power could be obtained from
som hing else than coal.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
LOYAL TROOPS HALF STARVED,
DESERT BY HUNDREDS AND
GO OVER TO ENEMY.
HOSPITAL TENTS ARE FILLED
About 1000 Men Have Been Killed
Since Campaign Was Regun--WIH
Ask United States to intervene
ain Humanity's Sake"

New Orleans, LA cablegram
from Bluefelds says a telegram from
the interior received declares Zelaya
is now at the head of the administra-
ton forces retreating from Rama and
will personally command them in the
expected battle with Estrada.s army.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-30
rroIIeys Meet; / bead, 4 Hurt.

Waterloo, Iowa Edward Hunt,
motorman fatally injured,
and four passengers badly hurt when
two interurban street cars collided be.
tween Galloway and Litchfield. Hunts
legs and back we're broken.