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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19
Syndicate Controls Railroad.

During the course of the hearing Mr..
Birch pointed, out that the copper and
coal properties are worth little without
transportation facilities. Railroads are
necessary to get the machinery to work
the mines to them and to haul the ore to
the seaboard.
1t was brought out that the Alaska
syndicate controls the railroad affording
transportation to and from the district In
which Its copper mines are located.
Controlling the transportation by
which to get the mach merry in and the
ore out" Senator Beverage asked the
witness. wouldn't II seem that the Alas.
ka syndicate has q tremendous ADVANTAGE
in the purchase of mines II does not
own?'
THE government will prevent that, "
Mr.. Birch replied.
:'HowT
by governing rates
The committee asked the witness about
all the holdings OF the Alaska syndicate
and about the charges made by Delegate
Wiekersham against the syndicate-that
it's hand clutches almost the entire of
Alaska. This was denied emphatically
by the witness He also denied that
the syndicate had maintained any lobby
lists in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19
Value of Alaska Coal Lands.

The value Of the coal lands in Alaska
was later taken up. 1t was stated by Mt
Birch that the coal in the same field with
the Cunningham coal lands and including
them was worth. net. about $20O.WO.O0O
The coal in the Cunningham claims. or
which you have an option. you estimate
to be worth about S25,OCOOOO?" Senator
Frazier asked the witness
Yes, SIR replied Mr.. Birch.
And Your syndicate was to pay $3.50,
900 for an equal interest in them?"
That was one of the stipulations; yes
sir" was the reply. He explained the
syndicate was TO furnish transportation
for the coal to seaboard
You were greatly interested in seeing
these Cunningham people get their pat
ents?" persisted Senator Frazier.
Naturally"
And you say YOU have taken no inter
est or steps in getting the claims pat.
ented?''
We have taken an interest. but have
taken no steps," answered the witness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19
Beveridge Doesn't Get AL.

President Taft, as stated. has definitely
announced that he will iooI:sto Senator
diana. but it is learned today that the
President has conceded to ex-senator
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19
Birch Himself a Claimant.

Later he said that he was one of the
Iocators on the tracts and that others
interested in the company were also To-
cators.
How much land did you locator" Mr..
Birch was asked
II couldn't tell you that now" he re-
piled
More than one tract?'
II think So
And when you perfected title you
turned the property over to the COM
pany?"
Yes, sir. acted as their agent"
Did others interested In the company
10 the same?'
Yes, SIR said Mr.. Birch.
After we secured control OF the prop
erty OF the Alaska Copper and Coal Com
pany," he explained later, II found some
lands near by that were not located
took them UP for protection. using my
own name and the names of others in
terested in the company"
The lands secured in this way, he said
are only small portion of the 500
acres OF copper mining land which the
syndicate has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19
Agents Take Up Claims.

The details OF the copper mining prop
critics owned by the Alaska syndicate
were also the subject of many questions
The syndicate. it was testified. bought out
the Alaska Copper and Coal Company
After buying these holdings. ii was ties
tilted. some more copper lands were fount
nearby. These were secured by the syn
dicate's copper mining company from thu
government.
THE company used members to MAKE
Claims and furnished the money" it wa!
testified. After patents had been ISSUED
the company got the properties"
The entrymen were dummies, them
asked Senator Frazier.
No, sir replied Mr.. Birch quickly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19

could be got to the President. For one
reason or another. 1t was decided to so
direct to the Attorney General.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-11-17
PUT LAYING DATES ON EGGS
Washington PouItrymen Decide to Al.
low Only Fresh and Normal Sized
Product to He Sold.

Walla Walla, Wash.-The reputa.
ton Of the hens of Walla Walla val.
ley is to be saved. II consumer
buys a Walla Walla egg hereafter he
is requested to look for the date. He
will find It stamped on the outside in
neat roman letters in red ink, and II
the date is old and the egg il not
fresh It is the buyers fault.
The dated egg is the result Of the
deliberations Of the Walla Walla
Poultry association.
They have decided to allow no un.
dersized eggs to be placed on sale,
and they will date every case Of eggs
and each individual egg.
The hen owner will hereafter 60
gathering eggs with a rubber stamp
in one hand and an egg basket in the
other.
Having assembled to the hayloft, he
will pick up an egg that lies beside
the china decoy and quickly stamp
the date thereon. II the hen places
another egg there on the morrow the
date will be changed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-11-17
WIND SCATTERS MUCH MONEY
Playful Breeze Strews Roll Of 6ank
Bills Over Public Square
Finally Restored.

Portsmouth, N. H.-The long cher
ished dream Of the hobo, a rain Of
money, was actually realized In Lin
coin square in a severe storm Of ex.
traordinary variations and peculiar
phases. Weary Willie was not on
hand to grasp the opportunity, and
had he been 1t is doubtful, unless he
had been exceedingly active, II he
would have been any the richer, fot
Miss Mary Page laid claim to the
greenbacks that fell upon the square
and were being blown about like chat
before the wind.
Miss Page, with companion, had
Just stepped out Of the bank with $500
in bills in her hand, when a gust Of
wind took the roll and sent the bills
all over the street like so many scraps
OF waste paper. There was no bill In
the lot Of less value than $50, and It
is needless to say that $50 and 500
bills floating about in the wind ere
ated q sensation in the neighborhood
The young women naturally ware dis.
turbed, but many citizens under the
supervision Of a policeman came to
the rescue and succeeded in restoring
all the money to the owner.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-11-17
WOULD BE OF MORE VALUE
Father o'Leary's FacetIous ReJoInder
to John PhlIpot curran an Ex-
ample Of Real Wit.

One day the famous John Philpot
Curran. who was also very partial to
the said corned mutton, did me the
honor to meet him. To enjoy the So
ciety Of such men was an intellectual
treat They were great friends and
seemed to have a mutual respect for
each others talent, and, as 1t may
easily be imagined, OLeary versus
Curran was no bad match.
One day after dinner Curran said to
him: Reverend father, wish you
were st. Peter"
And why, counselor, would you wish
that were St. Peterf" asked
oLeary.
Because, reverend father, in that
case" said Curran. you would have
the keys to heaven. and you could let
me In"
by my honor and conscience. coun-
selor," replied the divine, 1T would be
better for you that had the keys Of
the other place, then could let you
out"
Curran enjoyed the joke, which he
admitted had good deal Of Justice ip
it.-From Kelly's "Reminiscences.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-11-17
SICK, SOUR, UPSET STOMACH
indigestion, Gas, Heartburn or pys-
pepsla Relieved Five Minutes After
Taking a Little Dlapepsln.

Here Is q harmless preparation
which surely will digest anything you
eat and overcome q sour, gassy or out
of-order stomach within I'VE minutes.
II your meals don't at comfortably,
or what you eat lies like lump Of lead
In your stomach, or II you have heart
burn, that Is q sign Of Indigestion.
Get from your Pharmacist q 60-cent
case Of Pape's Diapepsin and take
dose Just as soon as you can. There
WIN be no sour risings, no belching Of
undigested food mixed with acid, no
stomach gas or heartburn, fullness or
heavy feeling In the stomach, Nausea,
DebIlItating Headaches. Dizziness or
Intestinal gripping. This win all 90,
and. besides, there win be no sour food
left over In the stomach to poison your
breath with nauseous doors.
Pape's Dlapepsin IL q certain cure
Cor out-of-order stomachs, because Il
takes hold Of your food and digests II
5ust the same ~ II your stomach
wasn't there.
Relief IN iVe minutes from al stom.
ach misery Is waiting for you at any
drug store here IN town.
These large 50-cent cases Of Pape's
Dinpepsin contain more than SUFFICIENT
20 thoroughly cure almost any case Of
Dyspepala, indigestion, Gastritis or
any other stomach disorder.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-11-17
Beginning Of Domestic Woe,
Says Woman Editor.
Women Whose Husbands Earn $500
Yearly Have No Business to
Keep Servant, Says Mrs.
McGlone In Lecture.

Chicago.-Women whose husbands
earn $1,000 year have no business
to keep a servant, according to Mrs.
Idah McGlone Gibson. editor Of the
Woman Beautiful.
She addressed the members Of the
home and education department at the
Chicago South Side club on Marriage
as Business"
"The average earnings of the sal.
aried man Of the United States Is
from $500 to $500 a year, and his
wife has no more business to shirk
her part Of the marriage contract by
keeping q maid than her husband
would have to keep an automobile"
said Mrs. Gibson.
I'VE hear about the lax marriage
ideas Of modern France. bCs IRE
United States records show one d.
voree in every twelve marriages.
There is a reason, and that is the WO-
men Of America marry men and then
look out for a good time, Sinking the
responsibility Of the business Of mar
ried life. They sit around the house
during the day, and when their hus-
bands come home at night, tired out
with the hard days work, they want
to 90 out to spend the evening.
This often causes dissension. The
husband is too tired and tells his wife
so. Then she pouts. II she had been
attending to her business all day. a.
she should have been, she would have
been Just as tired 40 he and a. ready
to stay at home. They should be
partners In the business Of home ma
king"
At this point Mrs.. Ira A. Newman
said:
1T is q wife's duty to keep rested
during the day that abe may greet
her husband cheerfully when he re-
turns from his hard days work"
YES" returned Mrs. Gibson, hut
housekeeping should b the hrst
thought 81 the married woman. she
his hesn bury fading out ne prlos 81
butter ao1 cE.1. teaching her obil1ren
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-11-17
IDLE WIFE POUTS

to do things for themselves. II she is
the right kind of mother, and super.
intending the managing of her home,
so she may be able to greet her hus.
band cheerfully and yet be as tired as
he, and not desire to leave her own
fireside after the evening meal.
THE good homemaker should know
what she is paying for butter. She
should know whether eggs are % or
SO cents a dozen. and she should also
know what is being used for the table
in her house. II she is the proper
kind Of wife and mother and makes
marriage a business she will train
her daughter how to buy and will rear
her to be an exemplary housewife.
Work never hurt any one, and yet we
az a nation are training and educating
our daughters in everything under the
sun but the one great. essential thing
marriage.
"Homemaklng is the principal fac
tor Of a woman's life and should be
taught the young girls of today rather
than higher mathematics or fancy
work.
'If your girls 90 to college see that
they make their college wardrobe. Let
them feel and know the value Of q
dollar bill. The old biblical idea that
work is a curse visited upon the de-
scendants Of the inmates Of the Gar.
den Of Eden is wrong.
Woman Is the greatest retail buyer
in the world. Fashion is purely a
commercial thing and the manufac-
turers tickle the fancy Of the woman
by exhibiting new and pretty things,
which she. having no idea Of the value
Of money, readily buys.
THE woman who IL her husbands
comrade and who makes q business of
housekeeping and homemalring Is not
tempted beyond her means. She con.
siders It her duty a. her lnd's
partner to save. The Wome the
great middle class Of France are the
bone and sinew Of the country and are
responsible for that small country's
wealth and prosperity"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-11-17
Habitual Criminal Is Like Con-
firmed Invalid.
Should Be Treated Same az Epilepsy,
Neurasthenla or Any Other
illness, and Doctor Points
Out His Theories.

Charlestown, Mass. - Contending
that thousands of the acts for which
men are sentenced to prison are not
crimes, and protesting that crime is
always a deed committed by an indi-
vidual when in a diseased state, DR..
Joseph /. Mclaughlin, physician to
the state prison at Charlestown, who
has had as much experience with
criminals as any physician in Boston,
declares that the disease called crime
is destined to be treated like cpl
lepsy or neurasthenia, or any other
disease, and the doctor goes on to
bear out his theories by reference to
a surprising catalogue Of cases with
which he has come in contact.
This record includes not only crimes
which sent men to the chair or to pro-
tracted Imprisonment in the state pris-
on, but also those which have been
committed within the prison walls,
misdeeds which would seem impos-
sible could take place under the very
eyes Of watchful wardens.
Crimes ranging from the darkest
felony to the most untoward depravity
are cited in his list. DR.. Mclaughlin
presents for one example, the produc-
ton Of counterfeit money by convicts
who use the jail as their workshops,
and who utilize the equipment Of the
prison for the carrying on of their
handiwork. He says:
Both Of these acts may be classed
as crimes, except that in the second
instance Of counterfeiting the mis-
creant was somewhat unbalanced, and
on this account could not be blamed
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-11-17
AN lNToLERABLE ITCHING

"Iust about two years ago, some
form Of humor appeared on my scalp.
The beginning was q slight itching but
It grew steadily worse until, when I
combed my hair, the scalp became
raw and the ends Of the comb-teeth
would be wet with blood. Most Of the
time there was an intolerable itching,
IN Q painful, burning way, very much
a. Q bad, raw burn, II deep, will itch
and smart when first beginning to
heal Combing my hair was positive
torture. My hair was long and tan
gled terribly because Of the blood and
scabs. This continued growing worse
and over half my hair fell out. I was
in despair, really afraid Of becoming
totally bald.
Sometimes the pain was so great
that, when partially awake, I would
scratch the worst places so that my
fnger-tips would be bloody. l could
not sleep well and, after being asleep
q short time, that awful singing pain
would commence and then l would
wake up nearly wild with the torture.
A neighbor said It must be salt rheum.
Having used Cuticura Soap merely a.
q toilet soap before, / now decided to
order q set Of the Cuticura Remedies
-Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills.
! used them according to directions
for perhaps six weeks, then left OF,
as the disease seemed to be eradi-
Gated. but toward spring, eighteen
months ago, there was q slight re-
turn of the scalp humor. COM
menced the Cuticura treatment at
once, so had very little trouble. On
my scalp l used about one half cake
Of Cuticura Soap and half a box Of
Cuticura Ointment in all. The first
time took six or seven bottles Of Gu
ticura Pills and the last time three
bottles-neither an expensive or re-
dious treatment. Since then I have
had no scalp trouble of any kind.
Standing up, with my hair unbound, It
comes to my knees and had 1t not been
for Cuticura / should doubtless be
wholly bald.
This Is q voluntary, unsolicited tes-
timonial and take pleasure in writing
It, hoping my experience may help
someone else. Miss Lillian Brown,
r. F. D. !, Liberty, Me-. Oct. 20, 1909"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-11-17
THOUGHT SHE HAD PRACTISED
frsnehman's Suspicious Really Some
thing Of Compliment to the
f. Men Of America.

Claude Grahame White. the English
aviator, praised, at dinner in New
York, the good fellowship of Ameri.
cans.
THE American woman is regarded
abroad as an angel" he said. "The
man is admittedly q good fellow, but
an angel he is far from being.
You've heard Of the Frenchman,
perhaps. whose sweetheart spent the
summer in America? After her return
the poor Frenchman seemed quite
blue.
whats the matter with your
friend asked.
1T am Worried the other muttered,
about my flancee. You see. since her
return from America she kisses 80
much better than she used to-"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-11-17
CRIME IS A DISEASE

for the deed even in accordance will
the accepted treatment of criminals
He had since been sent back to the in
sane asylum, from which he came.
But 1t is unfair to generalize about
the misdeeds which take place in the
state prison, and to call them all
crimes. The individuals point Of view
must be considered.
I'm the accepted sense crime, aft.
er all, is nothing but that which the
law happens to call wrong. But in a
large number Of cases the criminal
does not know, or does not realize,
that he Is a criminal. It is, therefore,
quite to be expected that a man who
has spent his whole life in one occu.
patton, which is known as criminal to
the world at large, such as counter
feiting or burglary, should turn natur-
ally to that occupation when he has
been in JAIL.
1t is not fair to say that a man is a
hardened criminal because he does
the things In prison which he was ac-
customed to do when he was free. It
is natural for him to turn to his occu-
patton when he has lost his freedom.
The present system Of occupying the
attention Of the prisoners with some
elevating pursuit Of study or recrea-
ton has done much to improve
this condition, and many men have be-
gun doing untold good by serving a
term in prison.
1T is no longer radical to hold that
crime is a disease. 1t has been es.
tablished that drunkenness is a dis.
ease. This was until short time ago
accounted crime. / see no reason
why the misdeeds Of man who is a
victim of alcohol should be palliated
any more than those Of a man who
has done some act under the stress
OF an analogous disorder.
"As for the treatment of crime as a
disease, so much depends upon the
personal equation of the individual in
question that 1t is hard to generalize
about it. In treating a case Of crime,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-11-17
FREAKISH HATS ARE PASSING
Gotham Expert Returns From Europe
and Dooms Foolish Headgear and
HobblO skirts.

New York.-Mrs. Jesse Tobey, head
Of the millinery department of the
household arts division Of Columbia
university, has Just returned from q
summer spent in studying prospective
styles abroad.
"The American women in Paris are
more attractive and artistic in their
nature than the French women" she
says. woman II soon to wear the
hat which most becomes her without
regard to the foolish and unbecoming
articles which style dictates.
The hobble skirt win have to go;
It is dangerous to the life Of the wear
err. The freak hat also is about to
pass into oblivion"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-11-17
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

e mercury viii gurely destroy the sense Of mell
and completely derange the whole system whep
entering Il through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles Gholnd never bo used except on prescrip-
tlo1s from reputable physicians. a. the damage they
Will DO b ten fold 70 the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Halls CAtaFTh Cure. manufactured
BY =. J. Cheney Co.. Toledo. o.. contains no MGR
curry, and b taken internally. acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system. In
buying Halls CataTIh Cure be sure you get the
genuine Il % taken internally. and made IN Toledo.
Ohio, by +. ,. Cheney 4 Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price. 7sc per bottle.
TAke HA11 Family Pills for constipation.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-11-17
An Effort to obIIae.

"Mr. Lobrow does his best to be
agreeable" said the sympathetic
young woman. TITS too bad that he
has so little tact"
II understand that Miss Coddleyap
refuses to speak to him. He sent her
a box of candy and she fed It all to
her pet terrier. So he tried to be still
more kind and thoughtful and sent
her a box of dog biscuit"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-11-17
Mental Influence.

How far is It to Gloomvile?" we
ask Of the native who is leaning over
the gate.
Ten mile straight ahead" he an
gwers.
But we met a man q little way
back and he said It was only two
miles,"
Short, fat man, drivin' q fea-bitten
sorrel hoss?"
That's the man."
did you meet or pass him?"
I'VE passed him"
Thought so. He's drivin' a baker
I traded him, an he, didn't want his
boss to know how much furder It had
to CO."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-11-17

1t is essential to take into consider
alton the stress under which the per
son committed the act for which he
Is being judged, and the conditions Of
life which he has been living under
and the motives which prompted him.
Many other factors will also enter the
diagnosis, If We may call 1t that, vary.
ing with every case. The element Of
home training is one Of the most i'm.
portant."
DR.. Mclaughlin says It is a curious
fact that among the prisoners at the
state prison he has found very small
percentage Of cases Of illness, con-
victs being. as a rule, remarkably
healthy set Of men.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-11-17
Volcano RuIna Earmn-

Victoria, B. C.-The volcanic erup
ton Of Mount savali on Upolu, Samoa
continues with undated intensity. &C
cording 70 advices received By the
steamHhip Makura Largo streams Of
lava 1om the crater have swept iowr
o. the nrm lands. Many estates hhvt
been destroyed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-11-17

ED GEERS, 'The grand old man." he
is called for he is so honest handling
horses in races. He says: 81 have used
SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE for Il
years, always with best success. 1t is the
only remedy ! know to cure all forms OF
distemper and prevent horses in same sta.
BILE having the disease" Soc and 81 bot.
tie. All druggists, or manufacturers. Spohn
Medical Co.. Chemists. Goshen, Ind.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-11-17

Mrs. AUGUSTA VEsPERMANN, De FoE-
est, Wisconsin.
Another Operation Avoided.
New Orleans, La.-''For years sui.
fered from severe female troubles.
Finally I was confined to my bed and
the doctor said an operation was neces-
sary. I gave Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound o trial first, and
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LILY PEYRoUx, iii Kerlerec St, New
Orleans, La.
Thirty years Of unparalleled success
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female diseases. The great volume OF
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ing in proves conclusively that Lydia
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Q remarkable remedy for those dis
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IfyOu want special advice about
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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-11-17

What Murine Eye Remedy Does to
the Eyes 10 to Refresh. Cleanse,
Strengthen and Stimulate Healthful
Circulation, Promoting Normal Condi-
lions. Try Murine in your Eyes.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-11-17
A Reallst on HOBO.

William Dean Howells, discussing
realism at one Of his Sunday after
Moons in New York. let fall a neat
apigram on hope.
Hope" said the famous novelist,
rs not, really, an angel in a dia-
phanous robe of white, but only the
wisp of hay held before q donkey's
nose to make him co."