The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-03-16


| Peary until he had furnished further
| proofs that he discovered the north
pole
Thirteen defendants, alleged asso
ciates of John G. Maybray, charged
with conspiracy in the swindling Of
different persons throughout the coun
try, out of sums which aggregate
nearly half million dollars, by means
of fixed" sporting events, were ar
raigned before Judge Smith McPher
son in the United States court and all
pleaded not guilty.
The interstate commerce commits
sion was substituted for the proposed
court of commerce in the administra
ton railroad bill by the house com
mittee on interstate commerce.
Prof. w. e. Castle of Harvard an.
! nounced to the Boston Scientific so.
ciety that he expects that soon the
breeding of the human species can be
accomplished along scientific lines
and that characteristics may be deter
mined in advance
Thomas Farrell is in Flower hos
pital, New York, with dislocated
shoulder and internal injuries as a re-
suit of being run down by two baby
carriages.
An amendment granting equal suf-
frage at all municipal elections and
the privilege for women of running
for Office is the demand by clubwom-
en- of Los Angeles, CAL, upon the COM
mittee in charge of city charter re-
vision.
The general Sympathetic" strike,
called to assist the striking street car
employees of the Rapid Transit Com
pany, has to all purposes and intents
reached the beginning of it's end, as
there were many defections from the
ranks of the sympathizing strikers as
we'll as from those of the street car
men. Four persons were shot by al.
legged nonunion men who were bent
upon revenge because fellow work
man had been stoned by strike SYM
pathizers The men took a car from
the barn in the Kensington district
and, riding wildly down Frankfort av-
enue, fired at random into the crowds
on the streets.
Commander Peary has declined to
submit to congress the proofs of his
discovery of the north pole, on the
ground that by SO doing he would vic.
late contracts with his publishers.
Fire swept the German battleship
Posen at Kiel. but through the hero
ism of the city's firemen the vessel
was saved from destruction.
Because the skull of Caleb Cox was
abnormally thin, Traverse City
(Mich.) court freed Frank Hardy, who
killed him with blow, merely assess.
ing 800 fine for assault.
judicial separation of Prime Min
lister Herbert Asquith and his wife is
the favorite topic of conversation in
London society. The affair Is no
longer regarded as a mere rumor, but
has arrived at the stage where actual
proceedings are believed near at
hand. Although news of an actual
break was surprise to many, the
Asquiths long have been known not
to live happily together.
Miss May Boiler, the young woman
who eloped from Providence, R. L., to
Montreal with Philande7 G. Knox, Jr..
the son of Secretary of State Philan-
der G. Knox, declared that she and
Mr.. Knox had been married in Bur-
l1ngton, Vt. Young Knox has left
Providence, having been discharged
from the Morris Heights school there,
one of the SWEETEST preparatory
schools in New England.
Powerful influences were brought to
bear to prevent prosecution of John
P. Cudahy, the millionaire packer.
who found Jere F. Fills, president of
the Western Exchange bank, in his
home Sunday morning and slashed
and cut him in the exaction of a fend-
ish revenge on the man he branded
as the wrecker of his home. In SO far
as punishment of Cudahy is con-
cerned, the affair is ended. When the
case comes to trial March Is it has
been assured that Cudahy will be dis
missed with nominal fine on a
charge of disturbing the peace.
Mrs. Cordelia Bctkin, serving life
sentence at San Quentin for the MUIR
der in 1898 of Mrs. John P. Dunning
of Dover, DEL, by poisoned chocolates
sent through the mails, died at the
penitentiary. Mrs. Dunning was the
wife OF former San Francisco news
paper man, with whom Mrs Botkip
was infatuated.
Thirty-six persons were injured, twu
of whom may die, when an Oak Knoll
car of the Pacific electric line, laden
with theater-goers, was cut into by an
engine of the Salt Lake route near
Los Angeles, Cal.
Women began the work of painting
the St. Barnabas Episcopal church at
Burlington, N. j., after their husbands
had kept their half of the bargain by
purchasing the materials.
On his brothers complaint Joseph
Miller of Sturgis, S. D., was arrested
for a murder at Toledo, O., committed
80 years ago. Miller declares he has
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