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The Washington bee., 1910-02-19

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The Washington bee., 1910-02-19
PEARY'S BIRTHPLACE
Explorer First Saw Light of Day
Near CresSon, Pa.
LsVs Of Sea and Adventure an Inner
Itea TraIt-AmbitIous to Find Pole
Ever Since He Was Young
Naval ofaeer.

JohAstown, Pa-Ths movement from
Maine 10 Cambria county, In the iftes,
which brought 10 tAis district the
prominent Barker and other families,
also made It possible for CreBsOn,
nearly the highest point Ia the county,
to claim the honor of having been the
birthplace Of Lieut.. Robert Edmund
PsaFy, moat daring and most per
sistsnt Arctic explorer of modern
times and claimant for the title Of
Discovsrer Of the Pole. The father Of
Psary was not bothered about polar
discovery. The building Of Shook
shops" and the manufacture and ship
ment OF shook and slaves to many
distant points Was his life work.
Maine AFFORDED ample opportunity for
the lumber industry with its vast tim
Der acreage, but for some reason the
elder Ps&Ty thought Cambria county,
Pa, also q virgin wooded land, better
suited for his purpose, so he located
1T Q point nOw generally admitted to
be on the outskirts Of Cresson.
Pssry's naval career sheds an inter.
esting light on the question Of ia
herited traits and predictions. The
elder Peary, an Englishman, trans
planted to Maine, came from forbears
who loved the sea. For some reason
he did not share this fondness for the
bounding wave and deliberately left
the shore line for = life far In the IN
tsrior, away from svsn inland lakes.
But after his fathers death Robert
q. Psary, then little boy, was taken
back 70 Maine by his mother, and as q
result OF his life on the coast and his
education the youngster instinctiVely
vent back TO the life Of his ancestors.
The whaling industry from New Eng
The Washington bee., 1910-02-19
Pesry's Birthplace ard to Include
Part Of the Old Home.

Pesry's Birthplace ard to Include
! Part Of the old Home.
land ports, the coming and going of
clipper ships, laden with Maine lum-
ber and many other products, By sug-
ssstion and appeal aroused Ia the
youth love Of the sea and its adven-
lures. Lieut., Pe&ry's distinct ambf-
ton to discover the pole is known to
have been born in him as q result OS
the Greeley expedition and its relief
He was then = young ofacer IN the
navy. as were = number Of those
D prominent Ia the work Of exploration
at that time, and hence the glory
which now shines upon tAs water arm
Of Uncle Sans military ssrvics by
rehsction.
II is strange how soon we are for
gotten. People who knew Lieut..
PsaFy's father are not now certain Of
his Christian name. Charles II.
Peary Of Chest Springs, a cousin Of
the explorer and who spells his name
Perry, calls the neutenant's father
Charles Peary. Ex-Judge A. V. Bark.
er of Ebensburg is certain his name
was George. II has been suggested
that perhaps his name was George
Charles Peary. However that may
be, Mr.. and Mrs. Peary on coming into
this county located In the woods near
what is now Cresson, where Peary
established a shook shop. A house
standing on the turn Of the road from
Cresson to LoTetto, about 100 yards
from the town, is now generally &C
cepted by the people Of the county as
occupying part of the site Of the orig.
inal Peary home, and is said to actu,
ally include q fragment Of the old
building.
Il was In that house that Robert 3.
Peary was born, and there. two or
three years later, his father died.
Frank O'Hara, an old farmer living in
Munster township, recalls Peary's
birth clearly and tells = story of the
elder Pesry sending q messenger in q
conveyance TO a point some distance
away to fetch physician. xiii the
nOA5S II yOu udNS To- MI FGdTy Is al
legged to have said to the driver, but
get the doctor here in 9 hurry" AHd
It's another "reminiscences Of O'Hara
that the elder Peary, who died at Gal
litizin, was buried amid a blizzard,
THAT was like the north pole ITSELF"
says the aged Munster man. Peary
was buried at Cape Elizabeth, Me.
The only basis for the claim that
Peary was born at Chest Springs Is
the residence there Of bis cousin.
Charles H. Peary's father, James
Pesry, came from Maine about the
same time as George Peary did, but
instead Of locating at Cresson, settled
at Chest Springs and there his chill.
dren have resided ever since.
George Pesry, fortunately. left
enough Of an estate to make It posi-.
bic for Mrs. Peary to educate her son
thoroughly and he finally found his
way TO the Naval acadepy.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-03-11

as essential to every we'll regulated
library. She suggests that the follow
ing works make most desirable gifts
for public spirited citizens to present
to the library:
New International Encyclopedfa- II OF on
Warner Library of the Worlds
Best Literature 90 On
Larned History for Ready Ref
erence .... 1000
Harper's Encyclopedia of United
State History - 4o.eo
Moulton Library of Literary
Criticism $500. "a
Stedman & Hutchinson Library
Of American Literature $500
Grove Dictionary of Music and
Musicians .-...--..-...... 1850
American STATESMEN (32 vol).. 4s.oo
Charles Dicks Complete Works
(25 vols.). .... 64.0o
George Eliot's Complete Works
t25 vols.) 4s.75
". M. Tackeray's Complete
Works (22 vols) 400
o. W Holiness Complete Works
Ga vols.) 227s
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-03-11
BIG
WHEAT YIELD
Farmers Say Heavy Shows
Brought Plant Through
the Winter.

Reports from the wheat rrowtnr
tons of Indiana to the India,ano1s
Star. almost without execution o4va ~,
information that the crop for 1910 viii
be equal to any ever grown IN this
state, II present conditions continue.
Tnere is an increase in the acreage
sown. estimated all the way from *
10 20 per cent larger than for last year.
while the heavy SHOWS of the winter.
together with the intense cold. kent
the tender plant in good condition aft
er Its growing start last autumn.
In some sections of the state reports
show wheat sown early in the fall was
not SO healthy looking as that sown
later In the season. In only one re-
port was the presence of fly mentioned
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-03-11
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

Conan and Harris will star Arnold
Daily in The Fruit of Divorce"
George Fawcett will be starred next
season in new play by Sophus Mich
aelis. on which he will collaborate with
the author.
Billie Burke intends to give in New
york on March Is one performance. the
nrst anywhere. of The Bracelet" a
new one-act play by Alfred Sutro. 1t
Will be a charity performance
Rostand's new play is a curiosity not
only on the stage, but in the box office.
1t is one of the failures that everybody
seems willing to pay to see
Among the plays which Nine Nazfm-
ova has in rehearsal is THE Sea GILL;
drama Of Prussian life by Anton
Tchekhoff, in which she acted during
her first engagement in this country.
speaking the lines in Russian
Elizabeth Robbins play, Votes for
Women is to be condensed into
vaudeville act. The mob scene will be
used Miss Mary Meegan, the sufrra-
gette wso was imprisoned in Holloway
jail for three months, will appear in the
Trafalgar square crowd, which the
heroine will harangue.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-03-11
LIST OF NEW BOOKS IN
EAST CHICAGO LIBRARY

Strickland: Home Life in All Lands,
Morris; Our Little Spanish Cousins,
Rouletf; Our Little Grecian Cousins,
Rouiett; Our Little Egyptian Cousins,
Mansfield; Our Little Brazilian Cousins,
Rouiett; Our Little Australian Cousins,
Roulett; Stories of American Explorers.
Gordy; Adventures and Achievements,
Tappan; An Island Story. Marshall:
Netherlands, Macgregor; Barbarossa,
Kuhn; Robert the Bruce, Lang; Napole-
on the Little Corican. Hathaway; Story
OF Lord Roberts. Sellar.
Ftction-Eight Cousins, Alcott: los
Boys. Alcott; Little Women, AIcott:
Rose in Bloom. Alcott; Young Trailers
Altsheler; Behind the Line, Barbour:
Half Back. Barbour; Picture Book,
Caldecott; Picture, Caldecott: Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland, Carroll:
Huckleberry Finn, Clemens: Pinnochio
Adventures of Marionette, Collodi: Mer-
~ Lips. DIX; Wide Awake Girls, Ellis:
Luck OF the Dudley Grahams, Haines:
with Lee in Virginia, Henty; The Sand
man, Hopkins; Gavrcche, the Gamfn of
Paris, Hugo: Famous Stories Every
Child Should Know, Mabie; Anne of
Green Gables, Montgomery; Page Story
Book, Page; Robin Hood, Perkins; BOYS
or ST. Timothys, Pier; The New Boy.
Pier; Men of Iron. Pyle: Round the Cor
ner In Gay street, Richmond; Treasure
Island. Stevenson; Modern Stories, Tap
pan; Out of Dood Book, Tappan. Seven
Old Favorites. Tappan.
There is considerable dearth of ref
erence books In the library at the pres
ent time. and Miss Swezey has made
up list OF books which she regards
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-03-11
Especial to THE TIMEs)


East Chicago, Ind, March 1o.-Miss
Anna Swezey. librarian at the East
Chicago library, is especially interested
In the books devoted to the children,
Tor she regards these as most import
ant in forming a foundation for their
future reading. She announces the fol-
lowing books as a feature OF the chill
dren's department in the library:
Young Folks Cyclopedia of Person
and Places, Champlin; Children's Bible
Stories, Smyth; Myths from Many
Lands. Tappan: Myths from the Clas-
sizes. Tappan; Story of Siegfried, Bald
win; Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
and Other Stories. Lang; Little Red Rid
inghood. Lang: Pretty Goldnocks and
Other Stories, Lang. History of King
Arthur and his Knights. Pyle; Folk
Stories and Fables. Tappan; Legendary
Heroes. Tappan: Giant Sun and His
Family. Proctor; Harper's How to I'm
derstand Electrical Work, Onken. Fa-
miliar Wild Animals, Lottridge: Ca
reers Of Danger and Daring, Mofrett:
Control of Body and Mind, Jewett:
Town and City Gulick Hygiene, Jew
EFT; Foods and Their Uses, Carpenter.
Pictures That Every Child Should
Know, Bacon; Harpers Indoor Book
for Boys. Adams; New Ideas for Out of
Doors, Beard; Stories and Poems, Tap
pan; Another Book of verses for Chill
dren. Lucas; Poems and Rhymes Tan
pan; Book of Plays for Little Actors.
Johnston; Stories Of Beowulf Marshall.
Fairy Tales, Anderson; Aneid for Bows
and Girls, vergil; Iliad for Boys and
Girls. Homer; Stories from History,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-03-11

from the state board OF health. The
board proposes to have each city pass
ordinances that will compel strict
cleanliness under the supervision of
some health officer. II the cities re-
fuse to pass the ordinance then the
state legilature will be appealed to.
The plan is to assess each barber
shop an annual fte of IS which will go
to the fund for inspecting the places.
The inspector, acting under the board
OF health, will make regular trims to
see If everything is kept up in shane
and according to rules that will be laid
down for the places where men spend
moments of valuable time awaiting ton
serial amputations.
The proposed ordinance makes the
strictest kind of provisions for the
santa Try conditions in shops. A com
pieIe set OF fresh towels will be- re-
CURED Tor each customer; the towels
must be sterilized; all Instruments in
the shop must be steriIized often; there
must be fresh head rest covering for
every customer; in fact, the proprie-
tors are turned over almost absolute
~ to the hands Of the inspectors named
to see that the provisions OF the ordi-
nance are carried out.
In addition to these regulations every
proprietor will be compelled to pay an
annual fee of IS before he can operate
a shop. Shops cannot be opened until
this fee has been paid and after the
second violation of any provision Of the
ordnance the inspector can revoke the
license Of the proprietor and close his
shop unless the ordinance has been
with and new license OBJ |
tanned.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-03-11

And now the barber shops are com
ing in for their share of attention
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-07-29

ty. So ] put on my hat and strolled
out over the lawn and down the long
drive, and before l knew it l had
reached the bottom of the billy road
and had set out over the fields. The
church party had gone by the way of
the path over the fields, for that was
a shorter route than the main road.
AS | walked quickly along the we'll
beaten path between the thickets
stopped suddenly and stopped to pick
up a small dust-covered object which
proved to be a prayer book. "One OF
those careless girls has dropped It," |
said to myself, for they had all car
ried them. Opening it to find the
owners name, | was much agitated to
read on the fiyleaf this inscription:
ITO my daughter Agatha, from her
father Fletcher Boyd" and the date,
1900. 1t was, then. a gift which Fetch
er Boyd had made to his daughter only
two years before his death.
l was wild with excitement in a
minute l would keep the book, and
some time when all the girls were
gathered together l would announce
that l had it in my possession and
see if one of them did not betray her
self by asking me for it. But Fate
decreed that l should make my test
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-07-29
Continued
Why the Women Smiled.


A New York man was talking across
the breakfast table to his wife. Now
will you tell me, my dear, what the
new head-dress was which saw at
the theater last night? When a rath.
er oVerdressed woman in front OF me
removed her hat q round black circle
like q saints halo appeared on her
head. She wore 1t all evening and II
attracted quite a little attention,
Strange enough, most of the women
who noticed it seemed rather amused,
Some ultrafashionable trife, sup.
pose"
A light broke over the wife's face,
81 suppose 1t was one OF the bandeaus
women wear fastened into their hat
crowns, which had come loose un.
known to the wearer," she said. mo
wonder the women smiled"
Russian Use Of Tobacco.
The tobacco used in the MANI
facture OF cigars In Russia is partly
grown In the country from American
seeds, but the best cigars and tbs
wrappers of the inferior grades are
made from tobacco imported, In the
main, from the United States and
Cuba. The bulk OF the home tobacco
is produced in the governments Of
ChernigOv and Samara.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-07-29
How He Was to Be Captured.

when you go in to capture that
bandit" said the chief to his officers.
you are to do so vi laughter and
1ollity, for | have I told that we
cannot tske him seriously"
The Detroit times., 1910-03-22
ODLASER GIVEN
LIFE IN JACKSON
Long Criminal Record of Slayer of
Mrs. Martha Gahlen Respon-
sible For Heavy Sentence.
REP. HAMILTON FISH,
New York.

August Oblaser, convicted a few
days ago of murder IN the second &c
gree in connection with the death oi
Mrs. Martha Gahlan, whose body was
found in swamp in Hamtramck last
August, was sentenced to life impris-
onment in Jackson by Judge Mandetl,
Tuesday morning.
The Judge had In his possession OBJ
laseI's long criminal record, which In
cluded a term in the Cleveland jail
for cutting a woman; two-year term
in Jackson for burglary, and several
terms in the house OF correction. The
court read Oblaser record, which was
responsible for the heavy sentence,
and the prisoner made no attempt u
deny its correctness, but insisted that
he had not killed Mrs. Gahlan.
There have been various stories as
to where you were on the day OF the
murder, now tell us yourself and clear
up that point" said the court.
Attorney Philip Ntzhugh, said that 10
view OF the fact that he intended an
Ilying for a new trial for Oblaser he
aid not wish the prisoner to make any
statement.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-22
STOCK MARKET
SHOWS STRENGTH
Reading Becomes Prominent in Fore
noon and Moves Up Over
One Point.

NEW YORK, March 22.-The new
developments since the close of yes
terday were of such a reassuring char
acter. not only In regard TO the labor
unrest. but in other matters, that a
brisk demand for stocks was induced,
causing strong tone at the opening
OF the market, with substantial adj
vances in the early trading all through
the list. At the end of the first fifteen
minutes the entire list ranged above
yesterdays closing prizes.
IL a. ma display of strength and
brisk demand with fractional ad-
vances for various issues of city bonds
determined the market tone from the
opening. In the last half of the hour
Reading became prominent, moving up
over point. Wabash preferred adj
vanced ! Ia and Southern Pacific ad-
vanced over a point.
Governments unchanged; other
bonds firm.
Noon-Demand for stocks became
more vigorous in the late forenoon,
carrying many issues two points or
more above yesterdays closing Read
ing was the leader, reaching 169 SIS.
Pan Handle and lnter.-Met. were also
prominent.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-22
SHOOTS SELF At TER
LOVERS QUARREL
Thomas Newton Found Dying on
Belle Isle With Bullet Wound in
Breast-No Hope For Hin.

Hearing feeble cries for help near
the new canal on Belle Isle, Monday
afternoon, Harry Gnacke, No. 662
Clark-aye.; Raymond Cannon, No. 206
Alfred-st., and Grover Hargeld, No
140 Alfred-st., found a young man,
with "A 22-caliber rifle beside him, and
a bullet hole close to his heart. The
injured man was Thomas Newton, 81
years old, and boarding at the Waiver
ly hotel. He at first said that he had
been shot by another man. but later
admitted that he had shot himself, on
account OF a quarrel with his sweet.
heart
The lads who found him, notified
Patrolman David Rose, who took New
ton To the Belle Isle station. Later
ne was transferred to st. Marys hos
pital
Newton was kept alive all night by
means of stimulants. The bullet had
passed close TO the heart, severing
some Of the heart muscles. In spite
Of his approaching death, Newton re-
fused TO give any information about
himself, or to divulge the name OF his
sweetheart
Detectives finally learned that New
tons mother is a mission worker OF
Spokane, Wash.
The young mans death is a ques'
ton Of only a few hours. The par.
alysis OF the heart muscles caused the
body TO turn cold soon after he was
taken TO the hospital.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-22
MRS. MARY R. COOK DEAD.
Well knokn Detroit Lady Succumbs
to Heart Trouble.

Mrs. Mary Reynolds Cook, mother
of Mrs. Francis c. McMath, died SUD
denly Of heart failure. Monday, in the
Oak Grove sanitarium, near Flint.
where she had been taken recently In
the hope OF recovery from recent Ill
ness. Mrs. Cook was born in Canton,
o., but had lived in Detroit upwards OF
30 years. She was prominently con
nected with st. PauPs Episcopal
church for many years. but recently
had attended Christ church because or
closer proximity TO the home OF her
daughter. Mrs. McMath, No. 215 Sem
inole-ave., with whom she lived.
Mrs Cook is survived by two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. McMath. and Mrs. Sherman
c. Kingsley, the latter of Evanston,
H.. and one sister, Mrs. Henry Les
auereaux, OF Woburn. Mass. Funeral
services will be held in Mrs. McMath's
home, Wednesday afternoon, at 2:3O
O'Clock. Interment will be private.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-22
ATTY. WOODL|FF
FACES CHARGES

JACKSON, Mich, March 22.-(Spe-
cial prosecuting Attorney Reece
filed charges IN circuit court today ask
ing that Richard L. Woodliff be dis
barred
In February Judge Parkinson direct
ed Reece to investigate a couple OF
matters, arising out of Woodliff prac-
tice One OF them was the alleged en-
bezzlement of $G57 from Mrs. May
Rice. of Hamburg. Reece claims to
have proof that Woodliff collected this
money, and that after collecting 1t he
told her he couldn't collect 1t.
She brought suit against him and
finally the matter was settled. me
other charge is that of conspiracy on
the part of Woodliff to get Mr.. and
Mrs. William b. Van Slyke out OF
town by soaring them so they would
not appear in court against Geo. X.
May. who was charged with violating
the local option law.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-22
GIRL SUSPECTED
Of MURDER HAS A
SAD LIFE STORY
Katherine MANI, 16. Detained in Con-
nection With Sisters Death, Never
Knew Mothers Love-was
i, Slave at Home.
Police Pace Hateful Task of Trying
To Fasten Crime Upon Girl of
Blighted Childhood.

MASSILLON, o., March 22.-The
police OF this city are bending every
energy TO fasten the charge of muir
der upon 16-year-old Katherine MANI,
yet II is the most hateful task the
force ever had.
For no matter IL this girl did al
minister the poison from which her
older sister Elizabeth died she is the
most pitiful figure the law ever gath.
cred into its net In Massillon.
Because she never knew a mothers
smile, but was drudge, slave, a
Cinderella, an Alice-sit blythe fire, the
police. all the time they are adding
to the evidence piling up against her,
are hoping against hope that some
how the clouds will part for her and
she will be enabled to establish her
innocence.
Katherine herself sits all day long
in her cell There is no one to bring
her comfort-not even a flower bright
ems the iron-barred room. And while
the case against her grows blacker
and blacker with each fresh revela-
ton. she keeps on repeating Il
didn't"
The father of the family OF seven
children. OF whom Katherine is the
baby Is a laborer. He had housed
his motherless brood in little brown
cottage When he returned from
work one night he found his daughter
Elizabeth dead on the kitchen floor.
There was a Wilderness like frost
upon her lips. And Katherine. who had
been staying with her sister, was
gone. She had taken some of Eliza
beth's clothes with her. A four-day
search found her working in an Akron
factory, and she was arrested on the
charge of murder. for the white dust
on Elizabeth's lips proved to be
strychnine.
The theory is that the poison was
administered In coffee.
Stoutly she has maintained her in
nocence, though she has sealed her
lips against telling anything OF what
happened just before she left her
home. Then the police began I'M
earthing her record. and pitiful tale
Of blighted childhood II has proven
to be.
When Katherine was a wee baby
her mother dice OF the fever. The
father was poor. All Of the children
but the baby were sent to an orphan
age. Katherine was taken by kind
iy German woman. Mrs. Katherine
Moloture, who soon grew TO love the
blue-eyed girl as her own daughter.
But she spoiled the child, her
neighbors say. and up TO the time she
was nine years old Katherine had
been allowed TO have her own way In
everything. Mrs. Moloture was pos
sessed OF a considerable fortune. SO
Katherine's spending money came
freely,
But then--the foster mother died.
In the meantime Katherine's father,
(Continued on Page Nine.)
The Detroit times., 1910-03-22
Nine MORE ADMIT
THEY TOOK BRIDES
Former Councilmen of Pittsburg Ac-
cepted Amounts Ranging
From 500 to $500.

PITTSBURG, Pa, March 22.-The
men higher up" believed guilty OF
Offering brides to members of the city
Ncouncils are the ones for which Dis
trict Attorney William A. Blakeley is
now laying his net, and the grand
jury's investigation which was resum-
ed here today. is expected TO bring
some startling developments before
ii is finally excused.
Nine additional former councilmen
today confessed in open court before
Judge Fraser that they had accepted
money Illegally while members of tts,
council.
DR.. c. c. Lang. confessed he had re-
ceived $780, w. G.. Frederick, 5000;
Thomas J. Stack $3.50; w. II. Harvey
800; Richard Armstrong. $3.50; c. f.
Woods, $500; Harry Kalson. $3.50;
Fred Herring. 5000, and l.. *. Fred.
erick, s345.
When Armstrong was asked to tell
who first spoke TO him about the bank
repositories ordinance, re replied that
1t was former Mayor Charles f.
Krschler in the interest OF the Ger.
man National bank.