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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-08
Great Hoaxes of History:
Speaking of Explorer Cook the Moon Story Once Had
the World All Agog. IL

One of the nineteenth century'S
greatest hoaxeS was a discovery
that the man in the moon, animals
and other forms of life were seen
with a powerful telescope. -
Richard Locke, New York news
paper faker, in 1885 wrote an &C
count of how Sir John Herschel, the
great British scientist and astron-
Omer, had invented an apparatus
by which the magnifying power of
a telescope could be sufficiently in
creased to detect objects in the
moon.
Sir John had been sent to the
Cape of Good Hope at the expense
of the English, French and Aus.
trian governments to make astro-
nomical observations, and the fact
that he was there was generally
known when the New York Sun
printed what purported to be gen.
uine news story of his wonderful
achievement.
On the night of Jan. 10, 1885, the
story ran, the telescope with its
magnifying appliance was ready to
be employed upon the moon. The
first things observed were rocks
covered with peoples; then fields
of grain, trees and rivers; amethyst
mountains and verdant valleys
next appeared, while strange ami
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-08

the retail business of the Waters
Pierce Oil company. The company
has issued a series of cartoons in
which the rooster is pictured as
being driven to the henhouse after
being cock of the walk" in Mexico
Tor so many years. The eagle
sits triumphantly upon the hen
house where the rooster" is sup
posed to have taken refuge.
eff it is not Eagle it is not Ma
tional," read the billboard and
street car advertisements of the
company. ID,
This vigorous opponent of the
Standard Oil company is operating
a 100000 refinery at Minatitlan.
on the isthmus of Tehuantepec. 1t
has many millions of acres of oil
land and many producing oil wells
The Standard Oil company is
fighting back with all it's tremen.
douS power and almost unlimited
financial backing. 1t is issuing a
series of proclamations or pro.
nunciamentoes, printed in Spanish
and English, in which it tells its
side of the oil story, and gives it's
competitor some telling hits. These
pronunciamentoes are circulated by
the hundreds of thousands OF
copies among the natives. In them
the Standard tells how it opened
the oil fields of Mexico a quarter
OF a century ago, established rein
cries on Mexican soil, spending
large sums of money in Mexico
thus assisting the development Of
the country.
1t is claimed by the Standard Oh
| interests that it's Mexico competi
| tor has lost more than $5,00O,00(
since it inaugurated the fight fol
the control of the market in this
country. The Mexican concern
says that the losses of the Waters
Pierce Oil company are mucI
more than it's own losses, as it!
business has fallen off nearly 81
per cent since the vigorous cOmpe
| titiOn was inaugurated.
The Waters-Pierce or STANDARD
Oil company established three OF
refineries in Mexico many years
ago. One is located at Tampico
another at Vera Cruz and tht
third in this city. The Tampict
refinery is the only one in opera
ton at this time. 1t represents al
investment of 100000 gold, it i!
said.
1t is fight of millions agains
millions, and the people of Mexico
are receiving the benefit of cheap
err oil.
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WAYS OF DOING
THINGS

sacrificed in mine at Cherry ILL., Neither the mine
coal footed the chief loss Society threw this
overwhelming financial burden upon those least abe-the
widows and orphans if their unreasonable sorrow was
not enough
But the injustice does not stop there If out of his
meager wage industrial worker seeks insurance to pro
vide pittance for his loved he has to pay several
times the cost of ordinary life insurance. Ii want to
know how enormous the profit was, remember that the
greatest profit makers among life insurance companies
not those which insure the weltodo but the two com
panes whose speciality is industrial insurance to which the
workers pay s. 10 and % cents week.
Progress, though is the order of the day. Louis ID.
Brandeis lawyer of Boston, real phanhrOpSt drafted
and secured the passage of industrial insurance law in
Massachusetts, has been in operation year 1t en-
ables savings banks to insure people for small sums at
small advance cost.
Not only has it done benecent work in Massachusetts
but has reduced the cost Of similar insurance everywhere
in the country For 20 years before this savings bank IN
dusria insurance idea preached there had been no
reduction of premiums industrial policies In the three
years since the savings bank plan started the indus
trial companies have reduced their premiums about 20
per cent. Golfers Weekly estimates that in few years
the annual saving to the working people of this country
will be ten to fifteen million dollars
The improvement has not stopped there Formerly,
even at the higher premiums, of death within the
first six months only quarter of the face of the policy
was paid in case of death in the second months only
one half The savings bank policies secured full payment
Cured AS result the industrial companies one
half instead of onequarer if death in the first
six months and in full after months Formerly the
two leading companies gave cash surrender value until
after the policy had been in force 20 after 10
years.
This savings bank insurance illustrates what govern
ment can do towards checking private rapaclty
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Powell's
Stomach
Remedy

cures Indigestion, Gastritis. Nerv-
Gus Dyspepsia, Sick Headache,
Catarrh of the Stomach. Ask
your druggist.
Spokane. Wash, Jan. 26, 1909.
Mr.. A. H. Powell,
Manufacturing Chemist,
Spokane, Wash.
Dear Sir: After suffering for
over 80 years with stomach trouble
and spending hundreds of dollars
with doctors and for patene medi.
cine and receiving only temporary
relieE if any. finally | was induced
to Gy Powells Stomach Remedy.
Aver taking one bottle | felt like
a new man and could eat things
that | had not been able to eat for
years. wrote you this letter so
you can publish 1t so that anyone
affected as | was may read II and
learn of this wonderful medicine
and be permanently cured. Yours
truly, EDWARD RYDBLOM.
S26 Perry Street.
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REO-HOT TIMES FOR SENIOR :
ROCKEFELLER IN MEXICO

1t recognizes the fact that the
II 100000 natives of the lower
class are the ones who use the
bulk of the refined oils in this
country. Many of these people
cannot read, and in order to reach
them the Mexican Eagle Petroleum
company has a small army of
smooth tongued orators who deliv-
er addresses upon the street cor
ners on the merits of the company S
products.
With flaming banners showing
bright colored pictures of the Mex
lean eagle, sitting upon a thOrny
cactus, the spielers of the concern
ride through the streets of the
cities and towns each day and fin
ally stop at the most public cor
ners or upon the plazas and begin
to hand out line of talk to the
crowd that quickly collects.
1t is the old patent medicine
style of doing business. 1t is new
to Mexico, and is proving wonder
fully effective. Some of these
street orators carry bands OF mu-
sic with them and entertain the
crowds with concerts between
times that talks are NOT being
made.
MY friends, I am here tMay to
give you a little entertainnent-
all absolutely free, assure you,
the orator begins. 81 represent
the great Mexican Eagle Petroleum
company, a concern of which ev'
cry true Mexican should be1proud
We are doing great work kor the
development and upbuildthg OF
Mexico. The oils which WEI manu-
facture should be in every home,
and so on and so on. se
The crowd is entertained with
jokes and funny stories and when
everyone is feeling in good humor
the climax is reached by the spiel
er's helper handing out samples OF
the oils in small bottles. The band
plays few tunes and the open air
orator and his retinue go to an
| other part of the town.
The Mexican Eagle Petroleum
company is making much to dc
over the fact that the Waters
Pierce Oil company is a foreign
corporation. That 1t is waging a
telling campaign for control of the
oil trade Is evidenced by the big
! increase In its sales of refined oils
and q corresponding decrease in
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-08
RESOLVED

That competition for cheap
ness alone, and not for ex-
cellence of workmanship, is
a race that we do not care to
enter. The prize isn't allur-
ing. We will do the best
dental work that skill, ex-
perience and superior facili-
ties make possible. We will
charge as little as, and often
less than you will be asked
to pay for much cheaper
work.
That s all.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-08

CITY OF MEXICO, Mexico. Jan.
S.-The most spectacular oil war
in the history of the world is go
ing on in Mexico today. 1t began
several months ago.
The Standard Oil company,
through it's subsidiary concern, the
Waters Pierce Oil company, is
lined up on one side, while on the
other is the Compania de Petroleo
ell Aguila de Mexico, which trans
lated into English is the Mexican
Eagle Petroleum company. The
eagle is the national emblem of
Mexico. and this new company is
playing the eagle for all it is
worth. The emblem of the Waters
Pierce Oil company is the rooster
1t is a fight between the eagle and
the rooster.
Both concerns have adopted re
markable methods for attracting
the attention of the common peo
ME of the country to their oils
The Mexican Eagle Petroleum
company has a capital stock OF
s25. 100000. 1t has for its presi
dent Guillermo Landa y Escandon
governor of the federal district in
which this city is situated. Its
stockholders are made up OF not
ed coterie of multi-millionaires, all
of whom are Mexicans, with the
exception of Sir Weetman Pearson
of London. England.
The company is appealing to the
people for their patronage on the
ground that 1t is a Mexican con
Germ. II has been the aggressol
ever since the warfare started. II
made the first cut In prices OF re
fined oils and has gone a few
notches below every price fixed by
its competitor. 1t has established
retail agencies in every city and
foWu of any size in Mexico.
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ELOPED 8 TIMES AND
WON THE LAST

ROCKVILLE, Md, Jan. S.-After
two previous unsuccessful flights
from their homes, Earl Cornish, Is
years old, son of an Oklahoman mil
lionaire, and Bette Ingram, l6,
years old, daughter of wealthy
western ranchman, are on their
way toward the Pacific coast, after
hurried elopement from the ma
tional capital and a prompt mar
rage In this quiet village.
1t was another illustration Of the
truth of the old saying about the
third try being lucky. The first
time young Cornish and the CIR
eloped they we're oyertaken and
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TRAINED BEAR, AS JAILER,
TREED ESCAPING PRISONERS

HOUSTON, Texas Jan. 8--Dasy the trained
Harris county jail here prevented wholesale
prisoners way their
cells attempting to free the other prisoners
"recd" by Daisy and captured grows and
summoned the sheriff.
Daisy making nightly
Investigated found the
four prisoners already Daisy
climbed lattice
themselves In q cell while Daisy guard
When Dasys prowls had aroused the er guards they
dsanued the
sheriff Anderson conserved the idea Of using
finNe and has hsen training brun for
weighs 10 doce with
the but dares his cell when
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captured by detectives near the Ok
lahoma state line. At another time
young Cornish climbed to the bal
cony of his sweetheart's room by
means of a rope ladder and was
preparing to carry her down and
put her in a motor car when her
father appeared with shotgun and
the youth beat a hasty retreat.
Miss Ingram was then sent, last
September, by her parents to a pri'
vate school in Blackstone, Va, to
prevent her seeing Cornish. The
plan didn't work.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-08

Said a handsome gray kitten from
Malta,
Il wish you would please call me
Waltah;
For names such as Tom on
This street are so common,
The very idea makes me faltah!"
Judge.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-08

Once a senator ran and was
elected on the platform, Friends-I-
have-made-in-W Washington. but his
name has not been preserved in the
chronicles of the recent centuries.
Sincerely, RATH.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-08

His constituents are now asking
Jonathan Bourne "a senator from
Oregon) il he is still in favor of "a
second elective term"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-08
The Dig for Dollars.

New York is digging it's way out
of blizzard. But there is nothing
to do in New York but dig.-St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-08

Ten years ago Hampton
Gould Westcott, then just
turned 80 years of age, was
entering upon a business
oaroor
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-08

TO MAI. SUBSCRIBERS-The when subscription
each When that Date
again been Paid In ADVANCE
list change OF date on the ADDRESS
label Is q receipt
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-08

They talk Of T. R. taking the jot
of digging the Panama canal. AL
l know is that if he takes the jot
he will get it done in time for the
1912 elections, and be ready to quit
it by March 4, 1913.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-08

President Taft's message, you no.
ticed, was two days behind. 1t was
too late to be sent to the western
press through the mails. You re-
member what l told you about
Taft's besetting sin. What he needs
is strenuous person with a big
stick right behind him all the
time.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-20
CARRABELLE.

Carrabel1e, Nov. 19.--Capt. Jas. r..
Pickett returned Thursday from the
Waterways Convention at Pensacola
where he attended as a delegate. The
genial captain speaks enthusiasticai'
ly Of the prospect.
Judge Wathen returned from Pen
sacola on the Tarpon whittier he had
gone to meet his venerab 9 parent
who will spend his first winter in the
South. He comes from his "old Ken,
lucky home" in Louisville.
J. P. Wistberg has been confined
to his home and much Of the time
PROSTATE from the current ailment
but is now again about.
Miss Lola Williams, of Eastpoint
is a guest Of relatives and friends
Prof. Linden made us a flying Wis
it this week and our school piano and
several other instruments are better
from his magnetic touch.
Mr.. Etzminger, state organizer fol
the 3. Y. P. q. and all around Sun
day School worker enlivened oul
young Baptist local with much in
terest in Sunday School work.
1t seems to be the rule for the old
train to be late. 1t came in about
p. m. the other evening.
Bessie Pyles, who is again sick
hopes to resume her duties Monday.
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WOODROW WILSON
AND THE SOUTH
Atlanta Journal

when the south should try the
strength of her own hand. Certainly
she can do no worse than her sister
sections, but she can probably do a
great deal better.
The recent elections have revo,u-
tionized the politics of the whole
country. Their results have strens..'
ened the CLAIM, for southern leade,
for the nations Democracy, whose
victory now augurs complete triumph
in 1912. The sort Of politics that was
repudiated at the polls last Tuesday
is the sort Of politics against which
the south has set it's face like flint
since the union began. By: these cleo
tons, two great prin ciples have beer
indicated: A tariff that shall op
crate solely for national revenue ant
for the protection of home labor; and
fidelity to the constitution which re
spects, state autOnOmy. These have
ever been doctrines most dear to thu
south and now they have been es
poused by the American people as &
whole. It was upon them that the re
cent elections turned and upon them
too, Democracy will win in 1912.
1t is therefore logical that a. south
eTn man, if one Of sufficient prestige
and force can be found. should be the
party leader on these principles. For
| such leadership would appeal to the
country as r. whole and would hndle
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-20
BALKCOM'S
DRUG STORE
Successor to Hannah 6ros.)

Glen Gentry, Mrs. NJ. n. Fisher, Jr.,
Mrs. Geo. Abbott and others.
Mrs. r. L. Panabaker, of Valdosta,
Ga, is visiting her mother, Mrs.
Price Jernigan.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harrison and
Miss Lena Jernigan we're in Pensa-
cola one day this week.
Mr.. John Penjleton. Sr., died Tues
day after an illness of several weeks.
A large number of Milton people
attended the funeral of Mr.. Monroe
Sullivan, who was ground to death
in sugar mill near his home at
Sullivan, Fla. last Wednesday.
Mr.. jim, Goethe Is spending this
week in Pensacola.
Mr.. Thos. Waters. Of Pensacola
was in Milton Tuesday.
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Social News of
West Florida and
Southern Alabama
Continued from Page S1xteen>
QUINCY.

Quincy, Nov. 19.-Mrs- NJ +. BurSh~
ard entertained a few friends at
bridge on Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. J. ". Scott and little daugh~
ter. who left last Saturday for Tallar
hassee. are expected home soon.
They will be accompanied by Mrs.
SCOTS daughter, Mrs. Lewis NJ. Lave
y, Of Tallahassee.
Messrs. a. L. Wilson, j. L. McFaT-
lin and Z. B. Shelter returned from
business trip TO New York Monday
night.
The bazaar given by the School I'M
provement Association on Wednesday
was quite a success, the sum OF $2oo
being realized.
Mrs. James E. Brcome entertained
at bridge Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Lucy Gregory, one OF the
Quincy girls who is attending college
IN Tallahassee. spent the week end
with her parents
Messrs. D. A. Shaw and Horace Cur
ry returned from New York Tuesday
afternoon.
The Ladies' Missionary Society OF
the First Presbyterian church met
with Mrs. II. A. Love Monday after
noon.
Mr.. Rabe J. Love, who attended thf
turned home.
The many friends of Mrs. Palme'
Sylvester will be glad to know tina
she IS again at home. after a seriou
operation. She is rapidly recovering
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-20

The Journal has repeatedly urged
southern Democrats to exercise a
more potential voice than heretofore
In their party's national councils. The
south IL certainly entitled to the next
national Democratic convention and,
all things /being equal, 70 the party >
next presidential nominee.
It IL not essential that he should
now reside in the south. but that he
should be Ito the manner born" and
truly representative OF southern De.
mocracy. This Is not only the right
OF our own section. but also, We be.
lieve. On opportunity FOR Democracy
throughout the union.
It has been nearly three-quarters OF
n century since the south vas given
anything like due recognition in the
affairs Of the party it Graded. Yet
during this long period Of neglect 1t
has furnished the Drawn Of the party 8
influence. Through campaign after
campaign this section has rallied un'
vaveringly to every Democratic nomi-
nee whom the east, tho north and the
west have put forward for the presi.
dency. Through defeat after defeat II
has stood loyal to them all, rolling w
lbs solid mass OF votes every fourth
year, but never once asking leader
ship for a son Of its own soil
Such q policy. though generous, has
been futile. The time has come
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MIITOlJ.

Milton, Nov. 19.-Mr. Proctor Snow
returned Thursday after a delightful
visit to New Orleans.
We are sorry to learn that Post
master Brown, who has been quite
i'll for the last two weeks, is no bet.
ter
Mrs. W. I. Skies left Tuesday to
visit her mother in Magnolia, Miss
Mrs. J. F. Newman and children OF
Granville, Fla, are visiting Mrs.
NJ. c.. Newman.
Miss Addie Pearl Gentry has re
turned home after very pleasant
visit to Misses Minnie and Maggie
Brown of Mulat
Among those who attended the
show in Pensacola Monday were Mr.
and Mrs. D. Mitchell, Miss Myrtle
Mitchell, Mrs. E. L. Mcdaniel, Miss
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-20

double enthusiasm in Democrats
everywhere.
Recent events have brou ght to the
fore at least one man who measures
up to this requirement. There are
perhaps a number who would do so,
but conspicuous among all such pos
sibilities just at present is Woodrow
Wilson, governor-elect Of New Jersey.
A southerner by birth, he is by resi-
dence Of the north. while in prestige
he towers today through all the na-
ton. His election is one of the truly
remarkable incidents of the late cam
paign- He Won by sheer force OF
moral strength, sincerity and intel
lect. Neither his own state nor the
country at large ever witnessed a cam
pafgn SO broadly educational as that
he conducted. He proved that he had
| really thought upon public issues, that
he understood them both in principle
and practice, and his unspotted char
acter inspired the people with conf.
dence that he represented their daily
interests at heart as we'll as in words
He is man OF affairs and a scholar.
AS president Of Princeton University
he managed with luminous success
one OF the greatest corporations In
America.
AS a Democratic presidential non
nee Woodrow Wilson would be emf
nently acceptable to the south and
also to the nation at large The time
is not yet ripe for definite thought OIL
plans in this connection. What q
year or a month can develop no one
can foresee- We merely mention DR.
| Wilson as one Of the possibilities
whereby the south would be given it
due and whereby national Democrat,
| would find a worthy leader.
NOTICE
Get Redsnapper Sauce from your gro.
+! Ger.
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M MATTER
WHERE YOU LIVE
BA!kGGGGiiTii s
tsuccessor to Hannai, aros.l
IS YOUR VERY
NEAREST
DRUG STORE

We pride ourselves espec-
1ally on our prompt service
and this is a feature in drug
business, which IS most i'm
portant
When d person invests us
with the confidence, and
courtesy implied by calling
Our phone (which you know
is No. 1917, we know very
we'll that those goods are de-
sired At ONCE, and we see
that they are on their way
Just as soon as possible.
Our delivery service, in
short, is as perfect as we can
make it.. Delay sometimes
means a case Of life or death
in the drug business, and we
know it,
By the way!
If you are enjoying the
present style Of epidemics,
| you have the prevailing cold
Call phone 10 and ask our
people to send you a 25c
box Of BALkCOM'S COLD
CURE-25 doses to the box,
and get relief at once.
Be sensible about a cold
and save trouble.
Take care of yourself and
use Balkcom's Cold Tablets.
It's best in the long run.
BALKCOM'S
DRUG STORE
! Successor to Hannah 5ros.)
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Mems Vici Shoes, plain toe
and tips, regular $2.00
values, ST so; Ladies' Patent
Leather and Vici Shoes,
small sizes, 2 to 3 IL, SO, and
$3.50 values, $1.75. Draw
ner-Riera Co.
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Il had not talked to him more than
fifteen minutes when he called me all
idiot" Gee: He didn't violate any
speed limit in getting next, did he?"
Boston Post.
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II hear Mrs. Comeup Is feeling very
badly on account of her being ostra-
cised at that summer resort" did It
?"-Baltimore American
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NOTICE

Get Redsnapper Sauce from your gro.
Ger.