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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
POLE NOT REACHED?
EXPLORER RASMUSSEN ASSERTS
CLAIMS OF COOK AND
PEARY ARE FALSE.
SENDS HOME SECRET REPORT
Interviews with Eskimos, Dane De-
clares, Substantiate His Opinion
That No Living Person Has Pene-
trated Northernmost Attic Region.

Copenhagen. = mo living eXplor-
er or Eskimo has ever reached the
north pole and the claims of Peary
and Cook have not a shadow of truth
to sustain them"
This is the startling conclusion
reached by Knud Rasmussen, say
missionaries to Greenland, who have
returned here. The missionaries, who
are deemed religious and reliable, say
too that they bring details Of Ras-
mussen's cross-examination of the
two Eskimos, Ahswelah and Eturis-
hulk, upon whose testimony Doctor
Cook relied for confederation of his
claim that he reached the north pole.
After closely questioning these two
and other Eskimos, Rasmussen is alb
solutely certain tat the pole is still
unconquered. Rasmussen, an expert
enced arctic explorer, is the Danish
inspector of Greenland. His mother
was an Eskimo, his father a Dane.
Whatever Rasmussen says about
arctic exploration is accepted with
the greatest faith here. He was a
partisan of Doctor Cook at one time.
So, if the missionaries quote him cor
rectly, his report will reopen the en-
tire polar controversy.
A telegram from it's Copenhagen
correspondent to the London Daily
News states that the ship which took
Rasmussen to Cape York last sum
mer has returned to Copenhagen. Her
captain brings a secret report to a
friend of Rasmussen concerning
Doctor Cooks Eskimos, whom Ras-
mussen interviewed The captain
says the report will explain" the
whole Cook affair. It's publication de
ponds on Rasmussens friend, who is
not in Copenhagen at the moment.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
SHOOTS AT POLICE CHIEF
Man, Thought TO Be Insane, Fires
Three Bullets at PhiIadel-
pha Official.

Philadelphia-An attempt was made
Friday to assassinate Henry Clay,
director of the department Of public
safety. Mr.. Cay, who was not in
jured, owes his life to his quickness
in graphing with his assailant, who
is believed to be insane.
The man, who gave his name as
Harry Clark and who appeared to be
about sixty-fve years old, called at
Mr.. Clay's office and demanded to see
him. As soon as be was admitted to
the private office he began to abuse
Mr.. Clay, declaring he had been perse-
cuted by the police and insisting on
a radical reorganization of the force.
Mr. Clay tried to quiet the man, and
when his attempt failed he started to
put him out of the Office. IN an in
slant Clark drew a revolver and shot
three times at Mr.. Clay, two of the
bullets going into the wall and one
SCATTERING a window. Mr.. Clay had
caught the barrel of the revolver and
this probably saved his life.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
STORM TIES Up EAST
TOWNS ARE ISOLATED AND RAIL
ROADS BLOCKED BY BLlZ-
lard FROM ATLANTIC.
SNOW DRIFTS 3 FEET DEEP
Terrific Gale Blows in From Ocean
d Liners Observation-Disclosures, Pennsyl-
vania and the Empire State Suffer
Wires Down and Traffic Delayed.

New York.-A storm of midwinter
intensity rode up the Atlantic coast
on a gale Friday that left Fl inches
of snow in places in Pennsylvania,
wrecked telephone and telegraph
wires everywhere and tied up hun
dreds of miles of electric car lines.
Sleet and snow caused much wire
trouble between New York, Washing
ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Scran-
ton and Harrisburg.
Washington was almost entirely cut
off from New York during greater
part Of the day, the conditions being
not unlike those prevailing during the
storm of March 4, 1909. President
Taft's Inauguration day.
A 50-mile gale sweeping Mineola
aviation field brought damage to six
aeroplanes and wrecked six of nine
tents erected for the air men.
Terrific gales, driving snow and sleet
across the Hudson and turning the
Palisades into a typical winter land
scape, marked the progress Of the
storm for many miles north of New
burg, while down the bay and outside
Sandy Hook the storm was SO severe
as to cause ocean liners to be delayed
and serious damage to the steamship
Honduras of the Compagnie Generate
Trans-Atlantique.
The steamship Honduras was lying
helpless outside of Sandy Hook, while
seas piled high all about her, the
wind driving rain and sleet before it
at a terrific rate.
The snow in eastern Pennsylvania
was reported at from eighteen inches
to three feet deep. Five of the seven
collieries of the Susquehanna Coal
company in the Shamokin district had
to suspend operations on account of
the storm.
The snowstorm extended to Harris
burg on the west, but in damaging
proportions did not come further east
than New Brunswick, N J.
In Philadelphia a high northwest
wind sweeping through the streets at
from 80 to 40 miles an hour came as
climax to the storm of rain, sleet and
snow that swept the city for So hours.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
ATRSHIP WILL CARRY mail
GOVERNMENT GIVES A PERMIT
FOR FIRST TIME.
Aviator to Bear Passengers Letters
From Outgoing Liner to New
York Post Office.

Washington. - For the first time
in history, the United States gov
eminent has given it's sanction to
the transportation of the mails by an
airship.
Permission was granted by Post
master General Hitchcock for ]. A
d. McCurdy to carry the United
States mails in this manner from the
outgoing transatlantic liner Kaiserin
Augusta Victoria to New York next
Saturday when that vessel is fifty
miles at sea.
The mail pouch which McCurdy will
carry from the liner to the New
York post office will contain letters
from passengers of the steamship for
transmission to different parts of the
world.
The only condition imposed by the
postmaster general on this first sane
toned transmission by aeroplane of
United States mails is that the wri-
ters of all such letters so transmitted
shall have notice that the mail is to
be carried by aeroplane.
In imposing this condition the gov.
| eminent is relieved of all Responsible
ity in case the letters are lost while
in transit from the steamship to the
New York post office
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
NEBRASKA SETTLERS HELD UP
Nine Ranchers Held on Remarkable
Charges by Federal Grand Jury
Insane Asylum a Weapon.

Omaha, Neb.-Indictments returned
by the federal grand jury against nine
ranchmen of western Nebraska were
made public. The indictments charge
conspiracy to drive from their claims
homesteaders who took sections OF
semiarid land under the Kinkaid
homestead law.
The men named in the indictments
are Perry S. Yeast, his son, Frank ",
Yeast, Leslie e. Ballinger, M. c,
Hubbel, Emil Anderson, Willmot z.
Emerson, Harry Sutton, Boone B.
Hawthorne and DR.. Harry H. Huff
Doctor Huff and Sutton are mem.
bers Of the insanity board, and the
Indictment alleges that through con
spiracy G. J. DavasEer, a settler on
land wanted by the ranchmen, was
found insane and sent to an asylum.
The specific case of Dayasher is
mentioned in detail. 1t is charged
that Yeast and the other defendants
accompanied by a band of cowboys
visited Davasher's home and after
threatening him and his family with
death if they did not leave the coun
try, destroyed his home, broke up his
machinery, cut his harness to pieces
and in other ways mistreated him
Later, according to the Indictment
Yeast conspired with members of the
insanity board and secured Davash
er's Incarceration in the asylum.
This latter act, according to the in
dictment, was committed in a high
handed manner. The insanity com
missioners, it is alleged, went through
a mock examination, declared Davash.
er insane and issued warrant fol
his arrest. This was served on the
spot, and within an hour he was
rushed off to the asylum
A letter written by one of the vic
tins to President Taft is said to have
caused the investigation which re
suited in the indictments.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
SAYS MRS. CRIPPEN LIVES
Philadelphia Doctor Declares One of
His Statesmen Saw Belle EImore
in Kansas City in September.

New York.-Dr. J. M. Munyon of
Philadelphia announced Saturday at
the Waldorf-Astoria hotel that he be-
lieves Belle Elmore Crippen is alive
and has offered a reward of $4,000
to anyone who would produce her.
He says he will give the $4,000 to
Mrs. Crippen herself if she will come
forward and save the life of her hus-
band, who is to be hanged for her
murder in London next Tuesday.
81 have believed all along that Mrs.
Crippen would appear in time to save
her husband" said Doctor Munyon,
"but now it looks as though she is
keeping in hiding to carry out the
most consummate plan of revenge in
the annals of women's crimes of jea-
lousy or else is carrying an adverti-
sing game too far.
''Six weeks age one of my statesmen,
who knew Mrs. Crippen we'll, while
her husband was employed by me,
wrote me from Kansas City that he
saw woman get on a train there
whom he believed to be Mrs. Crippen.
I did nothing at that time, but a few
days ago when I received a letter
from a Philadelphia lawyer named
Tobin saying he had good reason to
believe Mrs. Crippen is alive, l deter
mined to act. have had two letters
from Tobin so far and expect to have
a personal interview with him in a
day or two.
81 never could be persuaded that
Crippen killed his wife. He was too
gentle man to do such thing"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
SCHOOLS IN PUBLIC PARKS.

Boston's finance commission has
placed itself upon record as favoring
the building of one of the public
schools in one of Boston's public
parks. If the suggestion should be
acted upon by the Boston city govern
ment it would probably involve
unique experiment A schoolhouse Is
to be built in a portion of the city
where property is high-priced, and
even at high price it is difficult to
get suitable site. In Washington
park the city has an area of 396,125
square feet in such location as to
make an ideal site, says the st. Paul
Dispatch. The commission argues that
the school building will occupy but
$4,000 square feet of this space, and
that the curtailing of the LcSathing
area will, therefore, not be serious. On
the other hand, the fact Of having a
school in the park will attract to 1t
maximum number of children and
promote the object of the park.
While the finance commission does
not wish to make it's recommendation
a precedent, it has in 1t suggestion
Of value. The plan might be worked
both ways, locating schools where con-
venient in public parks SO as to give
the children maximum of ground for
recreation, and turning the grounds
about such buildings into breathing
spots for the use of the neighbor-
hoods. especially in vacation times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
A Complaint.

We're for women, first, last and all
the time We like her beautiful or
plain, clever or just ordinary; witty
or not; shapely or pudgy, but con-
found it we do wish that each and ev-
cry one of them would get over the
notion that man has no right to
turn the pages Of newspaper just
because he's wedged against her in
a street car We've been frozen by a
look, stabbed by a sheer and wounded
to the quick by a sigh just because
we've tried to read the story contin-
ued on page seven, column five, and
the thing that hurts the most is that
we still think that we had a perfect
right to do so.-Detroit Free Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
TRAIN GUNS ON VALLADARES
to Blow Up Hondurian Revolution
list If Foreigners Moested.

New Orleans-The United States
gunboat Princeton, at anchor Off
Amapala, Honduras, cleared for &C.
ton Friday and it's guns are trained
on the governors residence, occu.
pied by Gen. Jose Valladares, leader
of the revolt against the Davila gov
eminent, according to a cable dis
patch to the Picayune from San Sal
vador.
The dispatch states that Valladares
insulted George Schmuck, American
consular agent at Amapala, and
threatened to "shoot up" his resi-
dence. Immediately upon being mott
fed of this Commander Hayes Of the
Princeton prepared his ship for action
and sent word to the revolutionist
that if foreigners were molested he
would shoot the governors palace full
of holes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
TIDAL WAVES SWEEPS NOME
VOLCANO ON BOGOSLOV ISLAND
BELIEVED THE CAUSE.
No Wind Blowing When Sea Rushes
In, Wrecking Houses and
FIoodinu Streets.

Nome, Alaska houses
were destroyed, number OF vessels
were washed away and the streets OF
the city filled with water when an I'M
precedented and mysterious surf
swept in from the ocean.
1t is believed by many here that
the high sea, which was not accom-
panied by any wind, is due to volcanic
activity, and it is thought that Bogos-
low Island, the new island in
Behring sea, is to blame for the tidal
wave. Bogoslov is an intermittent
islapd;" sometimes it is twins and
sometimes it is single. Again 1t IS
large, and then the next ship that
passes may report that it has OWN
died to a mere volcanic speck In the
sea.
Bogoslov, it is thought, may have
doubled again or may have blown it
self to nothing, sending the tidal
waves which all but inundated Nome
For several years the water here
has been remarkably low, and this
resulted in the building Of houses
close to the shore. 1t was these that
were swept away by the sea.
No lives were lost, but many per-
sons had narrow escapes. The water
swept far up the streets, those near
the shore being completed inundated.
The schooner Mary Sachs was
picked up from her mooring by the
mighty rush of water and deposited
in a spit dweller's yard. All the
other boats laid up for the winter
were swept far up on the beach by
the waves.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
Constipation
,Vanishes Forever
Lovers Wedding Cake.

Four pounds of flour of love, half a
pound of buttered youth, half pound
of good looks, half pound of sweet
temper, half pound of selfforgetful-
ness, half a pound of powdered wits,
half an ounce Of dry humor, two table
spoonfus of sweet argument, half q
pint of ripping laughter, half wine
glassful of common sense.
Then put the -four of love, good
looks and sweet temper into a we'll
furnished house. Beat the butter or
youth to a cream. Mix together blind
ness of faults, self-forgetfulness, pow
dered wits, dry humor into sweet argu-
ment, then add them to the above.
Pour in gently ripping laughter and
common sense. Work it together I'M
til all is well mixed, then bake gently
forever.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
IOWA LOSES IN POPULATION
Decrease of 1882 Shown by Census
Returns-ResuIt Is No Surprise
to Officials.

Washington. The population of
Iowa is 2,224,771, according to the
enumeration in the thirteenth cen,
sus. This is a decrease of 1852, or
O3 per cent, under 2,231,853 in 1900.
The increase from 1890 to 1900 was
319,572, or 1877 per cent.
The decrease dio not surprise cen
sus burea, officials, as it was in line
with what was expected in the agri-
cultural regions of the middle west.
Unless the present basis of appor-
tionment is retained it is probable
that Iowa will lose one of her II
members Of congress.
Director Durand attributes the fall
ing off to the fact that the land al
ready is fully occupied and a gen.
eral tendency toward larger farms.
He says a growth cannot be expected
unless there is a change to more in
tenSive cultivation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
STOPPED SHORT
Taking Tonics, and Built Up on
Right Food.

The mistake is frequently made OF
trying to build up WORKOUT nervous
system on so-called tonics-drugs.
New material from which to rebuild
wasted nerve cells is what should be
supplied, and this can be obtained
only from proper food.
1.-TWO years ago l found myself on
the verge Of complete nervous col
lapse. due to overwork and study, and
to illness in the family" writes Wis
consin young mother.
"My friends became alarmed be-
cause I grew pale and thin and could
not sleep nights. took various tonics
prescribed by physicians, but their
effects wore off shortly after
stopped taking them. My food did
not seem 70 nourish me and gained
no flesh nor blood.
Reading of Grape-Nuts, I de-
termined to stop the tonics and see
what change of diet would do.
ate Grape-Nuts four times a day,
with cream and drank milk also, went
to bed early after eating a dish Of
Grape-NuLS.
I'm about two weeks I was sleeping
soundly. In a short time gained 20
pounds in weight and felt like "a
different woman. My little daughter
whom | was obliged to keep out OF
school last spring on account OF
chronic catarrh has changed from q
thin, pale, nervous child to a rosy,
healthy girl and has gone back to
school this fall.
"Grape-Nuts and fresh air were the
only agents used to accomplish the
happy results"
Read "The Road to MELVILLE" in
pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above Ietters new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human.
interest.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
Peace Plans Are Refused.

Chicago practically unanimous
action 10000 striking garment work.
ers Saturday repudiated an arbitra,
ton agreement signed by President
Thomas A. Rickert of their own ma.
tional organization and officers OF
Hart. Schaffner & Marx. The rejec-
ton of the agreement puts the strike
hack where it was before the peace
negotiations were started. President
Rickert and several other officials of
the union were forced to flee from the
halls for fear of phys cal violence
after they communicated the nature
of the agreement to the strikers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
Old Steamships Nav Be Kent.

Seattle, Nov. S.-The cruiser Boston
and the gunboat Concord, which were
part of Admiral Dewey's fleet in the
battle of Manila bay, may be turned
over to the Washington naval militia.
instead of being put up for sale at
public auction, as recently ordered by
the navy department. A telegram
from the navy department has been re-
ceived at the Puget Sound navy yard.
where the vessels are now laid up.
asking estimates on the cost of fitting
out the old warships for the use of
she naval militia
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
ASTOR ALIMONY IS FIXED
Lease of Tract in New York With
Rent Payable to Former Wife
Reveals Secret.

New York. The alimony that
Col. John Jacob Astor is to pay
to Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, who OBJ
tanned a final decree of divorce in
March, 1910, now appears to be $685.
600 a year. To secure payment a
first lien is given to Mrs. Astor on
one of the most valuable plots of real
estate in the city.
Recent contracts and leases signed
by one of the large realty companies
with Colonel Astor fix that sum as
the annual rental of valuable block
of property. This rental is to be paid
to the divorced wife.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
DAILY MARKET REPORT.
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago, Nov -Cattle-Market
weak to a shade lower; beeves, $3.50
07.60; western steers, S4.1O06.75;
stockers and feeders. $4.10@5.5O; COWS
and heifers, $225@6.4O; calves, $3.50
010.25.
Hogs-Market 5000 lower than
Saturdays average; light, $7.9O@S.35;
mixed, S7.65@S.45; heavy, $7.4O@S.4O;
rough, S740076O; good to choice
heavy, $7.60@8.40; pigs, S7.6O@8.25.
Sheep-Market weak to a shade low
er; native, S2.600430; western. s2.65
@430; yearlings, $4.SO@5.4O; lambs,
native, $4.7506.60.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10

A Brooklyn woman lately wrote to
the marriage license bureau of that
city to know if she could be supplied
with a good, honest, sober husband
The clerk in charge explained that
while he had a few model men on
hand, they were all married and the
supply was entirely too limited for
the demand. The fact that the matri.
monial market is understocked with
honest, sober husbands may be one
reason why the divorce courts are
oVercroWded.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
EXPECTING Too Much.

1t was a cold, raw day, but the
Neversweats and she Fearnoughts
were playing a game of ball on the
prairie, just the same.
The pitcher of the Neversweats, his
fingers half frozen, failed dismalls' n
getting the balls over the plate.
"Aw," said the captain, Il fought
We wust one O. desc cold weather
pitchers!"
Il am" said the slab artist, blow
ing on his benumbed digits to warm
them, but 1 amt a ice pitcher, blame
vel"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
FATE IS DECIDED BY CARDS
Man Ends Life by Taking Poison
After Playing Game of
Solitaire.

st. Louis. - After game of SOL
itaire, had decided, his fate, Charles
w. Eggers, Twenty-Five years old, end
ed his life by swallowing a mixture
of carbolic acid and wood alcohol.
Eggers took the fatal mixture when
the ace and nine of spades, which he
considered the worst cards in the
deck, came out while he was playing
a game of cards to which he had de-
termined to leave the question Of life
or death, and blocked further play.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10

The pessimist can always find food
for gloomy thought. The facts that the
census shows a big increase in popu.
lation while the death rate is de
creasing will prove to that Individual,
who. like the proVerbial Scotchman, is
never happy unless he is miserable,
that the nation is going to be over
crowded until somebody has to be
showed off the earth to make room for
the rest.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
Dies in Traction Crash.

Elkhart, Ind-Motorman Charles
DiIlman of this city was killed ant
Motorman Harry Haines OF Soutf
Rend and Baggageman John Hogen
blum were seriously injured Thurs
day when an interurban car on the
Northern Indiana Traction line rar
into a city car at the city limits.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
Indict Lawyer for Bribery.

Chicago.-A true bill, naming Attor-
ney Charles E. Erbstein as defendant,
was Wednesday returned by the Octo-
Der grand jury as result of the al
legged confession of Grant McCutchen,
a Juror in the second trial of Lee
O'Neil Browne, that he had been paid
money by Erbstein after having voted
for the acquittal of Browne.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
Wood Alcohol Fatal to Three.

Mineola, N. Y.-Three men were
found in an old shack here Saturday
moaning in great agony from the eff
fects of wood alcohol. One died soon
after being discovered, the second
died at the hospital and the third can
not live
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
E,,d kidnaped Girl in St. paul.

st. Paul, Minn-Locked in room
and crying for help, Malinda Mosher
the sixteen-year-old girl who was kid
naped last Monday from Linden
Mimi. was found here Friday by the
police. Sam Russo and Minnie Mar
tin were arrested.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
Twin City Markets.

Minneapolis, Nov. S.-Wheat, De.
cember, 9915c; May. $1.049s; No. L
northern, $1.02A; No. northern
$1.0OA; No. Durum, Soc; No. corn,
Size; No. 3 white oats, 31%c; barley,
79c; No. 2 rye, 747ac; No. / flax,
S2.611a.
Duluth, Nov. S.-Wheat, December,
S1.01A; May, $1.051a; No. l northern,
$1.00.
South st. Paul, Nov. Seattle
$50; calves, s5.OO06.OO; hogs, $3.50
40; sheep, yearlings, S4.25@475.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
of5ciaI at MINNEAPOLIS Dead.

Minneapolis, Minn.-"Ar' J. Smith,
county attorney of Hennepin county,
was found dead in bed in his home
here Thursday. Heart disease result
ing from rheumatism was the cause of
death.