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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-28
H|TCHCOCK'S NEW
MODE OF ATTACK
Instead Of Filing More Charges He
Piles Secretary Baliuger With
Many Questions.

Washington. Jan Representa-
tive Hitchcock Of Nebraska, active II
the opposition to r. A. Ballinger, sec
retary OF the interior, offered a new
line of questions before the house com
mittee on public lands this morning
Mr. Hitchcock made charges several
days ago that there had been irregular
tiles In the department.
Instead of making charges this time
Mr.. Hitchcock will ask qnestiQns about
the use Of the million dollar fund for
expenses at the dispocal OF the inter.
ior department lie has been inform
ed that while there are 470 clerks
on the pay roll Of the interior depart.
ment who are under civil service and
whose salaries are fixed by law there
are about a hundred clerks apd nearly
two hundred field men who are not
under civil service The salaries Of
these men come out of the expense
fund and In the handling of this fund
there has been not only a chance for
favoritlsm, but actual cases of fayorit
ism He does not charge these things
to be true, but will put them IN tho
form Of questions and seek TO bring
out in testimony whether they are
true. aeaprr
II was developed 'ecoatly that
Henry H. Schwartz, chic, II the field
service, received $4,000 year IN the
civil service work. but that when his
salary came from the larger fund he
received $4,000 a year An attempt
viii be made tomorrow 20 show that
his stenographer was favored with a
similar advance In salary. Also that
his son is one Of the fortunate ones
In the department Another question
will be whether Jack Ballinger. the
secretary's brother who went to Seat.
tie as a member of the department at
government expense and resigned was
hut hlfNA - hAhNhNA ~ thN bhifNAniAF
Club before he started and II he did
not. &C that time. announce that he
would not return but was to leave the
service and remain in the northwest
Many other qeustions of similar i'm
port nave been prepared from informa.
tion furnished from inside the depart
ment and Mr. Hitchcock expects TO
find some things that may not be II
legitimate but seem a little irregular
in the conduct Of the interior depart
ment This inquiry. which is going
on through the house committee on
public lands, has no connection with
the investigation of the Ballinger-Pin-
chot controversy that will be conduct
ed by the joint house and senate com
mittee. but Mr. Hitchcock may bring
to light facts that will be considered
by that committee
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-28
HIGHEST MARK FOR MORE
THAN HUNDRED YEARS
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press.
Paris, France, Jan 24-The flood
situation reached more critical stage
tnis morning The river now registers
seven and a half meters. the highest
the river has been since 1902, when It
reached almost nine meters, the high
est point in the history OF France, ex.
cept IN 1915. The terrible tempest Of
rain and wind raging only adds TO the
horror Of the situation and to the
suffering OF the poor and homeless
The authorities were hopeful this
morning that the maximum stage
wou.- be reached by nlghtfall
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-28
HUNDRED MEN ON
TRAIL OF ROBBERS
Missouri Pacific Passenger Train Held
Up And Robbed in 30 Miles
OF ST. Louis.
By Associated Press.


st, LOUIS, MO, Jan. 22.--Oyer hun
dred deputy sheriffs, constables aud
special service men are in pursuit and
1t is believed the four men, who held
up the Missouri Pacific passenger
train, number eight last night, near
Eureka, will be run down today
Bloodhounds were put on the trail to.
day.
With all trains leading to st. Louis,
more than two hundred men, divided
into six posses, the pursuing the four
train robbers. The posses are beliey.
ed to be practically all railroad and
secret service men
Postoitice Inspector Dickson stated
the loot might amount TO ten thousand
dollars. Sixteen pouches Of register
ed mail containing about two hun
dred registered letters had been rined.
The bloodhounds were put on the trail
at dawn and started towards st. Louis
from the scene OF the robbery Re-
wards, aggregating fifty two hundred
dollars, have been offered by the state
of Missouri and the United States
postofiice, for the arrest and conylc-
tion Of the robbers. The safe in the
express car, which the robbers failed
TO open contained ninety dollars cash
and other valuables.
Missouri Pacific train No. 8, due
here at 1O;4O o'clock from Kansas
City, was held up and robbed by four
masked men at 1866 o'clock last night,
one mile east of Eureka, thirty miles
from st. Louis.
The train was tagged with a red
lantern and as the engine stopped the
four men showed revolvers into the
fees of the engineer and firemen.
The baggage and mail and express
cars were detached from the train and
with the robbers IN the Dab the en-
gineer was compelled to run with them
toward ST. Louis. The passengers
we're not molested.
The safe In the express car is said
to have contained several thousand
dollars and It is believed it has been
blown in some desolate spot and that
the robbers have fed
The three passenger coaches in the
train were left standing on the main
line until after midnight when a spe-
cial train from this city carrying dep
uues arrived. Later the passengers
were brought into the city. Missouri
Pacific officials say it is impossible to
determine how much there was in the
safe at the time
Two hours after the hold-up the dis
trict in which the hold-up occurred,
which is sparsely settled. was being
searched
Conductor E. II. Butts climbed off
the train when It stopped, TO see what
was the trouble and the robbers fred
a fusilade of shots at him.
After the engine disappeared. Butts
walked TO a farm house near Eureka
and telephoned to st. Louis. Several
robberies of this kind have taken place
in the vicinity of Eureka. In one Of
them John Hedgepeth, recently killed
as a burglar in Chicago. and his gang
took $4,000 from a Frisco train at
Glendale.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-28
ALLEGED MURDERER IS
IN CUSTODY At TULSA

by Associated Press.
Tulsa Okla. Jan 2l--The sheriff
Of Cowley county Kansas. left here
this morning for Topeka 70 obtain
reanistion papers for the return to
Kansas Of Harry Delmar alias Tom
Jonnson. wanted on charge of muir
dering little Frank Allen. last June, in
Arkansas city The man was arrested
here last Saturday His real name Is
said 10 be Tom jameson and Il Is
said he also Is wanted IN Chicago.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-28
stoIe stoo Worth d sIIverware.

Burglars entered the home Of W. P.
Thompson, Sunday night and stole
800 worth Of silverware, They made
their escape and so far the officers
have been unable to find any trace OF
them. Sheriff Ridenhour aud Deputy
Clark followed their supposed tracks
and found an overcoat, supposed to
have been worn by one OF the burglars.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-28
SANTA re A6ANDoNs TRACKS
ON ACCOUNT or FLOODS

By Associated Press.
Topeka. Kans, Jan 2l-The Santa
Re was compelled to abandon the
tracks between Leoompton and Law.
renee today This action is necessary
on account of the flooding of the
tracks at LakeYiew where there Is an
fee gorge in the Kansas river an
Santa Fe trains to Kansas City to.
day we're detonred over the Union Pa.
Cifc.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-28
HADLEY OFFERS MAXIMUM
REWARD FOR EACH ROBBERS.

BY Associated Press.
Jefferson City. Mo. Jan. 22-Goyer-
nor hadley, today. offered a reward of
three hundred dollars for the arrest
and conviction of each Of the men who
held up and robbed the Missouri Pa
eific train near Eureka. last night The
reward is the maximum allowed by
the state
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-28
SPANISH RIVER WRECK
ExAcTs TERRIBLE TOLL
Y Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Toronto, Canada, an. "a - Thirty
one dead, two missing and thirty.slx
injured Is the toll Of the Spanish river
wreck. Both coaches have been rails
ed and the dead removed. There stlil
may be bodies in the river. However.
t-e officials decline this admission.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-28
ACCEPTS pEMocRAT
CAUCUS NOMINEE
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press.
Washington, D, G., Jan. 24.-Accept-
ing the action Of the democratic eau
Gus. the house today, elected Repre-
sentative Graham, Of Illinois, as mem.
her OF the investigating committee on
the Balllnger-Pinchot controversy in
place Of representative Lloyd, Of Mis-
souri, The Graham choice was rati.
fed by the house without debate and
BY a viva voco vote.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-28
GENERAL STORE LOSS
ESTIMATED At $4,000
BY Associated Press

By Associated Press
Bramtr Mo. Jan 2l--A FIRE here
today destroyed two buildings and
three stores, causing q loss estimated
at hfty thousand dollars The hre
started IN the general store. owned by
James cornett who in trying to ex.
tinguish the flames narrowly escaped
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-28
ANTl-MEAT AGITATION is
CAUSING PORK DECLINE.

Chicago. III. Jan. "a The wide.
spread agitation against high meat
prices had noticeable effect today
pork declining siKty-seven and one-half
TO seventy.seven and one-half cents.
since Saturday
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-28
On Road to Recovery.

Henry Knight. Of Che sunny-P
Hardware company, was operated d
OF Sunday for appendicitis. II
patient stood the operation well, !
Is now believed to be on the road
rapid recovery.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-28
LABOR UNIONS URGED
TO TABOO ALL MEATS
Ry AssocIated Presa

st. Joseph, Mo-. Jan. 2i--A call has
been issued by the central labor coun-
Gil for a meeting OF all local labor un-
ions. for the purpose Of uniting with
the labor unions OF other cities taboo.
Ing the use OF meats, for a period
The unions are urged to eat no meat
for at least thirty days, unless the
prices are materially reduced.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-28
BIG REWARD ATTRACTS
MANY AMATEUR SLEUTHS
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
st. Louis, NO. Jan. 24-The search
for the men, who help up and robbed
a Missouri Pacific passenger train,
near Eureka, Mo, Friday night, so far
has been fruietless. The total reward
Of $1,000 has caused many amateur
slueths to take up the search for the
men.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-24

request, but the sire Of the contribu-
tion IL left entirely optional with the
contributor.
The plan IL working well, and many
contributions are coming in The re.
suit. it IL pointed out. shows that the
Republicans OF the state are going to
work to save the state from Demo
cratic control.
Certain it Is that the Republican
campaign will have to be fought or
money raised by popular contributions
from individual Republicans. And II
is admitted that great credit is due
the finance committee for the excel
lent manner in which 1t is working
out the plan for raising the none,
with which to make the fight.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-24
GOOD BLOOD.

Given good, clean. healthy blood.
Nature win do the rest with any case
Of catarrh. inflammatory rheumatism.
scrofula, eczema. erysipelas. boils,
pimples. scrofula. or skin disease OF
any kind. Good blood invariably
means vigorous appetite. good diges
ticn and strength.
Thus It stands to reason that an ef
fective Alternative" or blood purifier
while it will not cure all diseases, viii
help in fighting any disease and will
cure those mentioned above. all Of
which comes from bad blood.
Forty years ago DR.. A. B. Simpson
Of Richmond. was known as one Of the
most successful physicians in three
states. His success was founded al
most exclusively on enc prescription
the most powerful blood purifier eve,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-24

N604b0<tuV88 0VOSb8bb
Indianapolis, Ind. Aug. SIT 10 be-
liovsd that the campaign In Indiana
this year Win b. contacted along the
most economical lines that have been
followed In my campaign In this state
In many years From present pros
poets neither party 10 going to be bur.
Asnsd with money and II will be nee.
sssary for them to skimp . little II
they get through. Thus far neither
party has spent much money. for the
very good reason that they have not
had much money 70 spend. The Demo
Gratis. however. have had the best Of
Il up TO this time. II 10 believed that
they have had more money to spend
than the Republicans have had.
II takes . pile Of money to run =
campaign, and this money must come
from somewhere. Il 10 expensive to
even take care OF the prsliminaries Of
q campaign. For instance, II costs
the Republican state committee about
$1,000 70 publish ito campaign hand
book. This 10 q necessity In each
campaign, for the book 10 placed In
the hands Of Speakers and all cam
paign officials. and from It they get
their information on all matters Of
organisation and plan Of conducting
the campaign. John f. Hayes. secre-
tary Of the state committee. prepared
all the matter for the book. and 1t
10 one of the best and most complete
campaign hand books that has ever
been gotten out by any campaign COM
mietee In the state. One thousand cop
pies were issued. and the supply al
ready has been exhausted. Whether
more will be printed or not IL Ques.
ton. but II 10 likely that they will not.
Another thing that costs . lot Of
money 10 the supply OF poll books for
the entire stake. These are supplied
By the state committee and this year
10000 Of them will be used. They
will cost In the neighborhood Of one
thousand dollars. They will have to
be sent to all of the county chairmen
and BY them placed In the hands of
the poll takers in the various pre-
cincts.
But these two items are only Q
small portion Of the expense Of run.
ming . campaign. Tho press bureau
q the state committee has cost, up
70 this time. about $500 month. This
includes the salaries Of those who
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-24
Economical Campaign in The
State; Money is Very Scarce

prepare the press matter. the cost Of
the stereotype plates and shipping
them to the newspapers. Then there
10 the vast amount OF printing that
has to be done for the state commit
tee.
Hundreds Of dollars are spent Cor
postage. Many hundreds of letters
and circulars and pieces Of literature
are sent out each day from the state
headquarters. and postage must be
paid on all OF this.
Then there 10 the great item Of pay.
ing speakers expenses for travelling
over the state. This 10. perhaps. the
largest single item Of expense that
must be met during campaign, and 1t
always amounts to thousands OF dol
lars. Money must be on hand with
which to pay railroad fares and hotel
bills. and everything else connected
with the speaking campaign.
No one knows how much money the
Republican state committee will get.
but, In the language Of the State Chair
man Lee. It IL expected that the COM
mittee will be compelled to practice
"bare-legged economy" It il well
known that the usual sources Of cam
paign money are closed to the Repub-
licans. The corporations and big
business" people have always been
contributors. but this year they will
not pay any money into Indiana. be-
cause the campaign is going to be
fought on lines that do not suit them.
/, The issues Of Indiana this year are
such as do not appeal to this class of
contributors.
This puts 1t up to the fipance com
mittee OF the state organization to
raise the money. and the committee
has adopted plan Of soliciting funds
from individuals throughout the state
It 10 evident that the campaign funds
will have to come from the loyal. in.
terested Republicans themselves.
The Republican state finance com.
mittee 10 composed Of the following
members: A. M. Glossbrenner. In
Ligonier, VIM. c. Bobbs, Indianapolis:
Walter Schmitt, Evansville; Clement
Studebaker, Jr.. South Bend; William
NJ Taylor, Indianapolis: Henry B
Gentry. Bloomington: Thomas B. Mil
Mkan. New Castle, and ]. d. Caldwell
Lafayette. The committee has adopt
ed the plan Of asking for personal
contributions from individual Repub
licans all over the state, and 1t II
bringing very satisfactory results.
Personal letters are written to q
large number of Republicans in ev
cry county, setting forth the import
ance Of the campaign and pointing
out the importance Of Republican sue
cess this fall. The letters say that II
the Democrats win they will re-district
the state 20 a. to make It impossible
for the Republicans to control the
legislature or the Indiana COMPRESSION
al delegation for many years to come
and that they will 90 inFench them
selves in power that 1t Win practical
" be impossible to root them out.
An appeal 10 made to the Republi
cans to contribute to the campaign
fund In order that proper campaign
may be carried on to prevent this re
suit and to retain Republican supre
macy. No amount il specifiedsin the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-24

known. After his death this preacrip-
tion was regularly put up 40 DR.. A.
B. Simpsons Vegetable COMPOUND.
It has been used extensively All over
the country and In forty years has
never failed. even In that most dread
full Of all blood diseases. syphilis IN
its worst stage. And when an altera.
tive will do that. 1t. Of course cleans
and rcbuilds blood affected with other
troubles. Simpsons Vegetable Com
pound is purely vegetable and =
harmless as It is effective. It is sold
at 81 per bottle at all drug stores.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-24
tn. Death K.,s.

TIE Death fate.
Thirty three millions Of people die
annually. This is equal 10 O.4i0
deaths rer day. 3.1'T per hour ana u
per minute. or one in less than every
second Of time. One-fourth OF all the
people born into the world die before
arriving at the age OF seven years: one
half die before reaching the age OF
seventeen. The average duration of
human life Is about thirty eight years.
or 10000 persons one attains the age
OF 100 years. one out of 500 reaches
the age OF ninety years. and out of
100 only one will live to be sixty
New York srs"r''.'"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-24
NOTICE TO VEHICLE
OWNERS.

Vehicle Licenses are now
ready and you are hereby no.
titled to procure same on or
before September l, 1910 al
office of City Controller.
e. G. McMahan,
sa-st City Controller.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-24
Never Failing.

Never Failing.
Sister What Is the best way TO r.
tain mans love: Rrother-Don't re-
turn it.-Chicaso News
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-31
PLAINFIELD.

Social dance at Plainheld house hall,
Wednesday, August 81, from to II;
BILL SO cents per couple.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-31
ST. JoHNsBURY.

Misses Crawford and Scntener Of Ban
gor, Me-, are stopping a few days with
friends in town.
Miss Gertrude Menut has just re-
turned from Whitehall, Mich, where she
was called by the serious illness Of her
aunt.
Miss Julia Brown Of ST. Johnsbury
Center is ait present engaged a. stenog.
rapher for the legal firm Of Dunnett &
Slack.
Miss Mildred Stanley has ceased work
at the Caledonian Office and gone in
with Miss label Gaskell in the Wistaria
tea rooms.
Miss Mary J. Nelson, who has been
III a greater part Of the summer, leaves
tile last Of the week for Boston aud the
nearby beaches.
Harold Chapel has just returned from
Michigan. where he moved in July with
his parents. He viii re-enter Goddard
seminary this fall
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Horton will leave
Thursday for the Sinclair house IN
Bethlehem, n. II. Mr.. Horton has been
suffering from hay fever and win 60
there for relief.
Messrs. stiles and Scannon passed
through town Monday on a bicycle tour
Of the state. While in town they called
on Charles r. Walter who was their
elassmate in Bates college in the class
Of IS.
Miss Mildred stiles Of Cambridge
Mass, Arthur Ellis of Montpelier,
Mes.rs Harold and Howard Goring Of
New York City and Miss Abbie Van
Dyke OF Melndoes were in town to at.
tend the Annis- Barbiery wedding.
The Republican town committee for
the towns of Caledonia county have been
requested TO meet the candidates on the
state ticket here on Thursday afternoon.
This meeting will be held at the court
house and will be in charge Of Re.
publican state committeeman, Harry
Blodgett
Il. p. Slack, lieutenant. governor to-be,
left Monday on a campaign tour Of the
eastern side Of the state. He was to
speak in Brattleboro and Bellows Falls
Tuesday. in White River Junction. on
Wednesday, in st. Johnsbury, and in
Newport and Barton on Friday. He IS
in company on this trip with Republi.
can nominee john A. Mead and Con-
gresham Frank Plumley.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-31
RANDOLPH.

Mr.. and Mrs. George Farr and daugh-
ter Of Hancock have been several days in
this place this week visiting friends.
Bradford Mcintyre returned to Chi
cago Tuesday after passing several weeks
with bis mother. Mrs. r. B. Mcintyre.
Miss Jessie Chedel arrived Tuesday
from franklin, y. H. and is at the
home Of her parents, Mn. and Mrs.
George lhedel.
Fred Wright recently Of the firm Of
Adams q Wright, has purchased the
market Of Wight q Tenney in Bethel
and has taken possession Of the same.
Mrs. NJ. G. Holbrook. who has been
the guest of her sister. Mrs. l.. A. Russ
low. for several weeks. went 20 her
home in Brooklyn, n. y, Monday night.
Miss Lucinda Dupuis has returned
from Boston, where she has been for
several weeks, and will pass some time
here with her sister Airs. Nettie Rix
Miss vsrnie Chamberlin Of Saxonville,
Mass, is here for a few days vacation
with her cousin, Miss Eta Chamherin
who has been spending two weeks at
East Brookheld.
The adopted daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. F. Bartlett of Massachusetts who are
at Mrs. G. NJ Towards, died at the
sanatorium Tuesday after an illness OF
several days from tubercular meningitis
The child was nearly two years Of age
and an only daughter
Mrs Fannie Howard and Mrs. May
Kicker have closed out their stock Of
ladies' furnishing goods and Mrs. How
ard went to Barre to-day to enter the
store Of 4. T. Abbott and company, and
Mrs. Kicker goes TO her home in Top.
sham for short rest before taking
up any other business
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-31

DIR. r W. Gwyer has fifty-acre poul-
try yard in Brattleboro, enclosed with
a wire fence, six feet high and more
than a mile long. DIR. Gwyer is a
New Yorker, who spends his summers
at his farm on the southern shores Of
Sunset lake and Will carry on the ponl-
try business for his own profit and
amusement. About 100 chicks were
Matched last spring and there are now
over 1000 head of poultry, including
about 70 geese. The number will be
considerably increased the coming sea
son. Some Of the chickens Matched last
spring are laying, and it is expected that
there will be between 400 and 500 layers
the coming winter. To facilitate his
farm work. Mr.. Gwyer has removed the
tonneau from his automobile and uses
the car in various places instead Of a
wagon Charles Laduke Of Providence
has charge Of the farm.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-31

You viii make a mistake if you don't
use the STANDARD pattern, at Perry's.