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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-03
MAYOR GAyNOR
BACK At WORK
First Time Since He Was
Shot in August He
Has Been at
Office

New York, Oct. 3.--Mayor Gaynor
returned to his duties at the city
hall today for the first time since he
was shot by James Gallagher early
in August
The mayor arriJ-d in his automo
bile with no other attendant than his
chauffeur. He was warmly greeted
by employees ri ely government
about building.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-03
OFFERS $4,000
FOR LONG FLIGHT

Knoxville, Tenn, 'Oct.\ 3.-Presi-
dent w. J. oliver, OF the Appalachi.
an Exposition, today offered $1,000 in
cash to the aviator who will make a
fight from Atlanta to the exposition
grounds in Knoxville Thursday or
Friday Of next week.
Should there be more than one en-
try the aviator making the flight in
the shortest period Of time will get
the prize. The proposition is open
to all aviators. regardless of the char.
acter OF their machines.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-03
ESCAPE DEATH
M|RACULOUSLY
One Fireman Caught in
Building and Many
Are Injured in
Fire Today

New York. Oct 3.--Scoresi of per.
sons escaped death in miraculous
manner. Several were injured and it
is reported at least one fireman was
caught In the ruins when fire destroy.
ed five story building today.
The building collapsed and endan-
gered great crowds that had gathered
about tho fire.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-03
B|RDMAN FALLS
TO HIS DEATH

Metz, Germany, oct. 3.-Aviator
Haas fell and was instantly killed
Saturday while taking part in dis
tance competition from Traves to
Metz.
Haas ascended at o'clock this af-
ternoon and had covered twelve miles
when from causes yet unexplained
earth in the village OF Wellen. on the
Moselle river The aeroplane was
demolished.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-03
BUFFALO EXPOSITION

Buffalo, Oct. "a display fully rep
resentative of the varied interests of
the city was opened today as the
third Buffalo Industrial Exposition.
The big show will continue two weeks
nd is expected to attract half mil
lion visitors.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-03
HARRIS DECLINES
TO MAKE RACE

Raleigh. N. c.. Oct. 1.-Charles II.
Harris who was nominated by tho
Independent Democrats Saturday for
the Senate and announced his accep-
tance In meeting has come down.
lie states that his reasons for with
drawing from the race are entirely
personal.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-03
coNcLAVE or WooDmEN.

Scdalia, Mo-. oct. 3.--A great con
clave OF Woodmen was held here 20.
day on the grounds OF the Missouri
State Fair. over $4,000 IN prizes will
be awarded the winners I'm the drills
and contests.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-03
SPANISH PREMIER.
MAY BE RETIRED.

Madrid Oct. 3.-The Cortcs assem-.
bled today and from recent events
it is declared by the Clericals that
Premier Canalejas will retire They
declare that the Cabinet is just about
wrecked with disscnslon over the
Premiers policy toward the vatican.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-03
MADDOX KILLED
ACC|DENTLY

High Point, N. c., Oct. 3.-Col. ID.
F. Maddox, a well known citizen. ac.
cidbntally p.shqt and killed himself
this morning while cleaning a pistol.
He came to High Point from Front
Royal, Va. six years ago.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-03
DEMOCRATIC CLUB.

The Democratic voters are
requested to meet tonight at
the city hall for the purpose
o. organizing p Democratic
Club. The meeting will be
called to order al s O'clock and
all Democrats and Democratic
sympathizers are requested to
attend.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-03
N. P. 4 LEADER
IN RAILROADS

New York, Oct 3.-The stock mar
ket opened today irregular with o
few standard stocks quoting fraction
al gains, while the list in general was
posting losses. Northern Pacific was
leader among the railroad shares
touching 1t8 IL after its first fifteen
minutes OF trading. This is highest
prices quoted by this issue in many
months. Gain was later reduced to
a fraction. Unfavorable bank state
ments OF Saturday was the cause of
tho dull market.
Firm Tone.
Chicago, Oct. "a firm tone in
Liverpool caused higher wheat mar.
ket today. Corn and oats were also
higher. Provisions were weaker.
Opening, wheat December "a IA; corn
49 l-2; oats 33; pork, January 1852.
Heavy MUying.
New York, oct. 3.-Heavy general
buying and a cabled report from Man.
chester that the textile strike had
been adjusted gave strong tone to the
cotton market this morning. Open.
ing prices were to II points above
Saturdays closo. Opening, October
1855; December 1886; January 1890;
March 14.08.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
Evidence and Novels.

The Bernard Shaw method OF selling
novels by weight seems to have been
introduced in the Standard Oil case at
jackson, Tenn, with reference to the
company's evidence. At the eleventh
hour in the proceedings the Oil trust
submitted 500 pounds of evidence, So
called. This is decidedly new and
novel-like. No doubt some trials
have been before where hundreds of
pounds Of matter called evidence was
introduced. but this is the first on
record where care seems to have been
taken to weigh it.
The Shaw proposal of selling novels
by weight struck a rather responsive
chord with people who understood
that the hypercritical author meant
TO apply the test first to his own pro-
auctions, but the American people are
not likely to enthuse very much over
the submission OF evidence by the
lhundredweight. 1t would have the eff
feet, in the first place, of confirming a
popular theory that much of what is
called evidence bears more Fesem-
blance to fiction that admits the name
than some lawyers are willing TO con-
fess. One thing is quite certain, the
plan will never become popular in MT
shsw's own country, for there the rule
is to simplify instead of complicate
court proceedings and as a result Eng,
land enjoys a reputation for direct
legal processes somewhat at the ex.
pense Of the United States, as was Sc
recently exemplified in the case of DR.
Crippen.
When it comes to submitting 500
pounds Of evidence after hearing has
already run the gamut OF the court,
for a period Of years, the layman car
form no other conclusion than that
somebody Is trying to confuse the is
sue and block the wheels OF justice
Astute legal lights could do much NOR,
for tho cause OF civil rights, whethei
they did or not for their pocket
books, by using their great powers {,
reduce instead Of multiplying the OBJ
stacles TO speedy justice. Nobody car
reasonably contend that the introdue
ton OF 500 pounds Of additional
evidence is for any other purpose thar
TO oonfound the courts and iuries ant
stavs off the inevitable. Like tn
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
Rate Hearings Give Tins

The railroads have left it for the
government to get the facts as to
their capitalization the best way It
can and the government, through the
rate hearings conducted by the Inter
state Commerce commission, seems to
be making some favorable Roadway
When the railroads flatly refused to
give this information to the stock and
bond commission appointed by Presi-
dent Taft in September under a pro-
vision Of the new railroad law amend
ment they put the government up
against the necessity Of getting the
data by irregular means. Then came
the rate hearings at Chicago. Whether
the government set trap here for the
railroads or not. it seems to have
caught them mapping and to have OBJ
tanned passageways into the very
secrets which had been so securely
locked against them. They have still
to get the information, but with the
hints picked up in the course Of these
hearings, little difficulty is appre-
hended as TO results.
This policy on the part Of the rail-
roads does not commend itself to the
most favorable consideration as a good
business move. Sooner or later the
government is bound TO come into
possession Of the facts and it would
naturally seem better for the railroads
II it got them without their studied
antagOnism. The president and con.
gress having determined that the public
welfare demands a physical valuation
and having employed decisive means
OF getting at this valuation, It stands tc
reason that they are not going into the
project without completing it, and the
railroads could help their own case
more it would seem, by frank and full
cooperation than by obstruction.
The natural inference TO be draw
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
Aggressive Church journalism.

This is a day that recognizes the
power of publicity in almost every
realm of HIM IN endeavcr. Even the
church has learned it cannot afford
to sacrifice this influence as an agency
In promulgating the gospel. The
most aggressive churches today have
their own system of publication led
by an able press. And some of these
organs are doing a very broad and
effective work. The Continent Of
New York and Chicago, which COM
bines the Westminster and Interior Of
the Presbyterian church, has taken
very advanced ground in the field Of
religious journalism. It has a well
organized editorial and departmental
staff and in addition has men "in the
field" who are writing matter that
appeals far outside its natural circle
of readers.
Il has undertaken the ambitious
plan of sending a man into the far
east where transition and unrest dom
mate so many of the older countries
He is writing under the general head
of ION the Trail of the Worlds I'm
rest" He is getting into the core Of
his subject, because he has access to
the best sources of information and,
being a trained daily newspaper man
and gifted writer, is able to combine
very keen nose for news"with a
most entertaining style of presenting
it. His assignment covers Persia, Tur-
key, Egypt, India and even Greece,
Italy, Portugal and Spain and will re-
quire about two years for completion.
OF course, through the whole story
the way Of the church's mission and
the day of its opportunity are pointed
and the church will no doubt profit
in more ways than one by the publicity
given this situation from a sympa-
thetic viewpoint So long as It claims
to have the highest mission to fulfill.
the church ought by all means keep
abreast the times, in the forefront OF
other activities in the means It en-
ploys for promoting it's work, for in no
other way is it going to attract and
hold the common respect, which is
essential to its temporal success, so to
speak. This principle should apply
with equal force to the ministry as to
the other agencies Of leadership. Let
the secular world understands that the
church is equipped with formidable
competitive powers and it will enter
tain a much higher regard for it.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
SERMONS BOILED DOWN.

Soar does not make saints but saints
never dcsp.se %.
Nursing sorrows gives the world some
Ernwnup gricfs
Some or us want To- De winter wheat With
ont fan plowing
II you would have men love your religion
YOU must live &C.
Righteousness IS love OF the right rather
than fear Of the rod.
A little humanity helps the minister more
than a lot OF divinity.
Religion will never mean much until you
find il In the least things
When the heart s frozen one is apt to
think that the faith IS firm.
lie sets little out Of PRAYER who prays
only when ne voJld get something.
one Of the uses OF ady,rsiW is TO teach
us patience in judginE others.
It's a wonderful comforting thiug TO see
Providence get after our ndghbors.
II Is never safe TO trust the man who
thinks Of truth as a matter OF grammar
He who fears he will be lonesome In
heaven may find himself in the wrong
crowd.
It's hard TO believe in the death OF the
devil when you see men making money by
depTaying children.-Chi Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

Although Missouri complains OF drouth.
the state rolled up wet majority OF 30
672
Radlum is doing marathon with bacon
ana beefsteak for lower levels. a pound
Of the former is down to S2000o00O
All governors, regardless OF political COM
pleNion, subscribe to the presidential pol
icy Of proclaiming Thanksgiving day.
The Southern Pacific the other DAY
scooped in S2O,oo0oO0 worth Of trolley lines
around Los Angeles. 10 wasn't much Of "a
swallow, but it helps some.
Advices from Pittsburg indicate that the
fine Of $1,000 imposed on the window glass
trust gave the managers bunch on what
Uncle Sans boot could do il it got real
busy.
Regular beds with brass fittings are a
promised feature OF night trains on an
eastern road. II the progressive spirit
keeps on travelling will soon have all tine
comforts OF home.
Any American heiress laundering for a
title and the usual attachment can get
chunks OF thrilling information by Apply
ing to the countess Of Beaufort, at present
laid up in a Chicago hospital The doting
count mistook her for a punching bag.
The owner Of the famous Honeymoon
flats" in Chicago takes Cupid TO his
bosom for an extra hug by cutting s. off
in rent for every new baby born there.
In the modern Omaha flat or apartment
the arrival Of a baby would chase the
parents off the block,
After chatting with military officers in
France and Germany, II. H. Rogers son
Of the Standard Oil magnate, brought home
a fine tank Of hot air about the coming
invasion OF the United States by the Japs.
Leslie Shaw and Richmond p. Hobson
ought to sue Rogers for damages for tres
passing on their armor plate preserves.
The Amalgamated order OF Peacemakers
are up against real Job in seeking to dis
arm the editors Of the New York sun and
the EmpOra (Kan-) Gazette. The mutual
admiration prevailing between the editor
Of the New York World and the contribut-
ing editor OF the outlook Is an epic of
sweetness and light beside the relations of
the Sun and the Gazette scribes. The hope
Of restricting operations to armed peace
vanishes as Billy White defiantly salutes
Oulahan as the jubIlant Tyre"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
Philanthropy Reform

II surely is the age of reform when
reform extends to philanthropy, itself,
as in the case of the effort to induce
people living in the country to stay
there. 1t is one Of the centrifugal
forces of the "back-to-the-farm" move
ment whose inevitable success it does
not admit. This eccentric circle of
reform, which has taken root in New
York state, contemplates the practical
purpose of making rural life so attrac-
tive and inviting that country people
will have less reason to long for the
allurements of the city. 1t recognizes
the difficulty of getting people once
located in urban centers to leave there
and return to the country, and it pro-
ceeds to the working out of its theo-
ries in a most practical fashion.
For instance, as a writer in the cur
rent number of the North American
Review points out, this reform, which
springs from the country people them
selves and might we'll go by the name
Of Societies for Winding Our own
Business" proposes to employ the
most common means, now too much
neglected. for improving the peoples
lot, and here is a sample of pro-
cedure:
! To see that our taxes are properly spent;
that the elected officers do their duty; that
our roads are kept in order; the public
health guarded; the laws obeyed; the
schools maintained at a high standard: the
beauty OF the countryside preserved and
{ Increased and that everyone has an oppor-
tunity for healthful pleasure
So simple; one wonders that II has
not been thought OF long ago. Such
reform as this will appeal to every
body who believes I'm the common
sense way of doing things. II It be-
! comes general over the country Il will
work far more benefits than all the
country life movements engineered
from the city could possibly achieve.
In the first place, country people as a
rule have not shown any too friendly
! attitude toward the city mans country
commission schemes, preferring to
help himself rather than let the "city
fellow" help him. In other words,
to mind his own business" believing
he could do it better than others could
do il for him. OF course, the back
tO-the-farm" has it's virtues that must
not be lost sight Of in the light OF this
newer reform.
The trouble with many Of our re-
forms is that they proceed from sell
fish or impracticable brains and are
promulgated either along visionary
\ lines or toward a point of self-interest
Too many cheap politicians have found
such things easy means Of gaining
popularity and the subjects OF the re-
forms have discovered this fact. But
the reform begun by the New York
ruralists is not a rainbow chaser II
begins and ends with practical utility
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
Revsrsions TO Barbarian.

Perhaps 81 is in the eternal fitness
Of things that just at the time Amer
lean residents Of Mexico are being
made victims Of resentment at at
tacks on "barbarous" Mexico. we
should have enacted In the very heart
Of the American continent a scene Of
ferocious barbarism that would fit in
better with the darkest ages OF the
medieval era than with twentieth cen
fury civilization, We refer to the
brutal demonstration by the crowd in
attendance at the Denver aviation
meet when an unfortunate man-bird
met his spectacular death. II the
vivid descriptions incorporated into
the news reports are not overdrawn,
and we have seen nothing challenging
their correctness. the barbarism there
displayed by frenzied spectators bent
on despoiling the remains for souve-
Mrs almost passed imagination. The
Aztecs, when offering human sacri-
fees to their gods in the days Of
the Montezumas, threw the body, after
cutting out the heart, TO the rabble
below, who tore it to shreds and fought
over the pieces But that sort OF
savagery in Mexico ceased centuries
ago. If the modern Mexicans, how
ever, we're served, as they doubtless
have been. with the same pen-pictures
Of the Denver disgrace we have all
read, they will be excusable If they
conclude that we are suffering a re-
version to barbarism worse than any
/ charged upon them.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
Fewer Soldiers Desert.

The number Of assertions from the
American army is growing smaller
year by year. This is not surprising
in view Of what the government has
done to improve the personnel and
conditions Of the army. One acts
upon the other. Better pay, better
conditions, more attractive service, all
naturally invite a better grade Of
young men, and the better soldiers are
not as likely to desert as are the ones
Of inferior character.
But it is interesting to note that
Adiutant General Ainsworth does not
dwell much on these fner reasons for
a scaling down of assertions. Rather
he gives a prominent place to the sys-
tenn of penalties melted out for deser-
ton. He says that the way the gov
eminent pursues and Furnishes the SOL
der who deliberately quits its ranks
without leave, not so much for the
corrective, but for the deterrent effect,
is the most potent element that is
making assertions fewer. He is not
giving a great deal Of consideration to
the flne-spun theories Of some latter
day idealists that "sll punishment is
wrong and should be abolished" He
seems to have the records to show
that, whether wrong or not, the kinds
Of punishment Uncle Sam uses to pre-
serve the integrity of his army are
quite effective.
Yet it is true that army life is far
more inviting today than it was only
a few years ago and that young men
going into it do not have the feeling
Of dread as to its rigors or the posi-
bility of not getting out should cir
cumstances make a change desirable.
Under the present system discharges
may be purchased and 1t is more than
likely that this very fact has its weight
with many youths who go into military
service today. And so far as It has
yet worked out it has not seemed to
be an unwise regulation.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.

cleveland plain Dealer. s. former chic
car5 rewspaner reporter has been made an
Episcopal bishop and Ho would appear wei
of-rHfed to .c0ycr" bis diocese
ST Louis Globe Democrat. Shakespeare
didn't know DO au There is something 500
name The Kansas prohih.U1nist who has
assaied eminent ST. Louis elyr-Ewen f.r
treason to the Lords cause is named Water
man.
Louisville Cuurcr-Jourua' What the Bu7-
..r preacher means by saving that an
obligation should be- imposed upon every
man who enters the married state is not APP
parent but Boz these days "t meh-pricoi
Uyin- certain obligations impose themselves
automatically.
Baltimore American. = New York minis
ter declares that drinking is decreasing
among men. but increasing among women
This latter charge periodically breaks out
but it's injustice Co women as genera
thing has too firm a hold on the public
mind for the charge Co be seriously enter
tanned
Chicago Tribune. The house 20 house
visitation to ascertain what proportion ot
the population of Chicago had church
Affiliations seems To- have been pretty
thorough one. lt covered 10000 people
Of whom % per cent were adults 10 appears
that Of the 10000 $4,000 are active church
members. while z,3 go attend sunday school
Now. I'm view OF what has been said ot
the irreHgiusity Of Chicago-said regret
fully bv religious men-this is not bad
showing
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20

from the course they have pursued is
that they have something to cover up.
II their stocks and bonds and details
OF financial operation are as they rep
resent them to be, why go to the
trouble and expense Of concealing
them from official scrutiny? The gov
eminent can have no reason to harass
the railroads in such matters and
IT has not shown a disposition to do
that, but its own patience has been
repeatedly tried by the dilatory tactics
employed to keep it from carrying out
its plans with reference to reasonable
railroad regulation.
In time, we believe, the railroads
will come to see the imprudence Of
their present position and then. acting
on better wisdom, will benefit by gov
ernmental authority. Interests that so
vitality touch the life Of the country
at every angle as do the railroads can
not hope to escape a certain amount OF
federal control, and this is especially
true where it becomes necessary, as II
has so extensively Of late, for the gov
eminent to institute such systematic
legislation for what should be he ue~-
functory duty of determining mere
earnings, disbursements and values
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
THE U. s. A.
w.D. Nesbit An chicago Post

w. d. Nesbit In Chicago Post
There's them that wants to get US skeered
BY tellin' US o. things they've feared.
They say we're goin' to tn dogs
TIL gov'nment has skipped some cogs
An that ef we don't trust TO them
Our 1utur' won't be wuth a deml
But want to say
tn u. s. A
Amt figgerin' TO run that way.
I've noticed things fer many years;
I've seen these men arousin' cheers
These plug hat men with long-taif coats
That tells us how 20 cast our votes.
I've noticed, too, their idees is
That votn's all tn peoples blk
But 1 want to say
TIL u. s. A
Amt only Jest election day.
I've seen 'em lift their trimbHn' arm
An do their p'intin' with alarm
Afore election! An I've seen
How they don't do much work between
Elections! Seem TO save their brains
For workin' durin' IN campaigns.
An l want 70 say
TIL L. S. A.
Don't give them fellers its o. X
There's one or two that won't name
That Keeps a firm hand-holt on Fame
BY stormin up an down tn road
A-tellin us what long we've knowed-
That Is, they rise to heights sublime
Along about election time.
Yit / want TO say
TIL L. s. A
Amt fingered yit TO turn their way.
Il amt IN men that tells our sins
That almost alays sometimes wins
It's them that rolls their sleeves an helps
While these we're talIin' humans yelps,
That makes us know our native land
Has got craw that's full o. sand
An makes US say
TIL u $. A.
Is settin' tight an here to stay