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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-08
s2OO,OOO,OOO FRAUDS
CAUSE INDICTMENTS
Men Accused of Conspiracy to
Deffaud the Government.
AssIGNEEs ALL WIDELY KNOWN
President Taft Has Decided to Cancel
All Coal Land Filings in Alaska
and Release Land Worth 1,OOO,-
100000.

Spokane. - Federal indictments,
charging conspiracy to defraud the
government of more than 10000
acres of Alaska coal lands, valued at
$500, 100000, were returned by a
federal grand jury against six men
who control three groups of coal
lands in the Kayak mining field in
Alaska. Each group represents 131
claims of 16O acres each.
Those indicted are Raymond Brown
and William l.. Dunn of Spokane, G..
M. Doughton, formerly of Spokane,
now of Seattle; former Mayor Harry
White of Seattle, now living in Los
Angeles; Chas. A. Mackenzie Of Sc
attic and Donald Mackenzie of Wash
ington, D. c., Seattle and Alaska.
The indictments charge that the six
men had an agreement with the
claimants whereby they were to have
half interest in the claims. This
would give them more land than they
were entitled to legally.
Among those who were assignees of
one or more of the claimants were
former Gov. John H. McGraw, of
Washington, Gov James M. Gillett
of California, Representative Nc
Lachlin of California, Henry T. Ok
nard of New York and California,
president of the American Beet Sugar
company, and former Mayor Harry
White of Seattle.
ne A. ~fv voov, frdiofoI Hhar1nc A
Mackenzie, a real estate and loan
agent, is in Seattle. His consin, DON
aid A. Mackenzie, is no win Wash
ington, D. c., where he is said to be
active in Alaskan affairs. Harry
White was Mayor of Seattle fifteen
years ago. He resigned suddenly af-
ter serving a few months Former
Gov. John H. McGraw died last July.
The Mackenzie and the McGraw es-
tate own the Alaskan townsite of Mel
son, named in honor of Senator Kunte
Nelson of Minnesota.
The claims were known as the M.
A. Green group. Surgeon Gen. Wal
ter Wyman of the public health and
marine hospital service is claimant
in this group. 1t is rumored that the
government purposes to cancel all the
coal land filings in Alaska and release
land estimated to- be worth $1,000
900.
Counsel for Charles A. Mackenzie
said:
Mr.. Mackenzie has been guilty of
no wrongdoing. He purchased fifteen
coal claims from the origin-l locators
and violated no law in doing so"
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The dairy was certainly worth look.
ing at; it was scene to sicken, for
with sort of calenture in hot and
dusty streets-such GOODNESS, such
fresh fragrance of new-pressed cheese,
OF firm butter, of wooden vessels per-
petually bathed in pure water: such
soft coloring of red earthenware and
creamy surfaces. brown wood and pol
ished tin, gray limestone and rich
orange red russell on the iron weights
and hooks and hinges. But one gets
only a confused notion of these de-
tails when they surround distract.
ingly pretty girl of seventeen standing
on little patterns and rounding her
dimpled arm to lift a pound of butter
out of the scale.-From George Eliot's
adam Bede."
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-08
/ WANTS 20 AEROPLANES
FOR THE ARMY
Brigadier General Allen Says Govern
ment Should Buy Them--Lag
Behind Other Nations.

Washington.--Bri Gen. James AL
len recommends the acquisition OF at
least twenty military aeroplanes in
his annual report for the fiscal year
ended June 80 last, which was made
public at the war department. These
machines, he says, should be in sery-
ice in regular practice at different
points of the country through the
year and be present at the camps OF
instruction for the regular troops and
organized militia.
This estimate, General Allen con-
tinues, is extremely low and would
provide only two areoplanes for each
camp of instruction. To operate this
number of aeroplanes 20 especially
trained officers would be required as
pilots, and in addition each machine
must carry at least one observer, who
will require much training and actual
practice before the full military use
of the aeroplans can be obtained
1.-THE Signal Corps" General Allen
said, "at present has but one lieuten-
ant and nine enlisted men on duty IN
connection with aeronautics, and un-
til the Signal Corps is increased by
suitable legislation it Will be impossi-
BILE to furnish more officers and men
for the absolutely necessary training
demanded in airmanship. There is
now but one officer of the Signal
Corps who is a licensed pilot for free
balloons. The new field service regu-
lations of 1910 provide for aeronauti-
cal companies of the Signal Corps
fully equipped with suitable aeronau-
tical devices for service with the mo-
bile forces. At present not even a
model of such company could pos
sibIy be organized, nor will it be pos
sible to do so until the Signal Corps
is increased by suitable legislation.
Although the United States, I"
General Aliens report added, twas
the first nation to officially recognize
the aeroplane for military purposes
and issue specifications in December,
1907, and carry out official tests in
September, 1908, demonstrating the
practicability of mechanical flight,
such had been the rapid development
of aerial navigation since that date
that this country has been left far
behind in its aeronautical equipment
and its trained personnel. In fact the
only aeronautical equipment that this
nation possesses at present consists
of one small practice dirigible bal
loon, one Wright aeroplane and three
small captive balloons.
1T may be said without hesita-
tion," General Allen continued, the
principal military subject at present
engrossing the attention of con-
crosses and parliaments of European
first class powers is the possible in
fluence Of aerial navigation upon the
military art.
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Destroyed City Not to Be Rebuilt ON
Its Old Site--New Town
Nearby.

Rome.-The government has de-
cided to devote an area of 10000
square meters in the plain of Mosella,
near the destroyed city of Messina.
for the construction of a new Messi-
ma. The decision has been received
with general approval
Only houses of modern design,
with iron frames, will be built, and no
house will be more than three stories
high.
This decision of the italian govern
ment probably marks the end of all
projects for the rebuilding of Messina
on its old site. 1t was freely predict
ed by foreign observers after the
earthquake of two years ago that the
city would never be rebuilt on its old
site-that the work of clearing away
the ruins was too enormous, and that
in few years steep mounds covered
with the vegetation that grows SO
quickly in Sicily. would be all that re-
manned to show where one of the
chief cities of the island once stood.
This prediction, which caused re-
sentiment in Italy at the time, is being
borne out by the facts. Indeed, prac-
tically nothing has been done to re-
move the mountains of debris, much
less to rebuild. An English company
recently offered to. do the entire work
for a stated sum, but the offer was
the cause of scandal, it being de-
clared that certain officials had de-
manded bribes as condition of put
ting the project through.
Most of the construction so far ac-
complished in the neighborhood of
the ruined city has been of temporary
homes for the refugees, largely sup
piled by foreign-particularly Eng
lish and American contributions.
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NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
May See Railroad Reports.


Trenton. Deciding that reports Of
railroads filed with the state board Of
assessors for purposes of taxation are
putaic documents, the supreme court
directed that peremptory writ Of
mandamus issue compelling the
board to permit ex-Mayor Mark M.
Pagan of Jersey City to examine its
records. Mr.. Pagan requested access
to these records as member of the
Hudson county tax board. He was
refused on the ground that the rec
ords of the office contained data of a
private nature relating to the affairs
Of the railroads and that this, being
collected for the sole purpose of levy
ing taxes by the state, should not be
made public. The position OF the
state board on this question has been
maintained successfully for many
years. The railroads have always
held that the schedules filed by them
were privileged and that their con-
tents should not be divulged. JUS
said sAs member of the Hudson
county board Of taxation the relator
has right, amounting to public
duty, to make himself acquainted
with the contents of these records Of
the state board of assessors, as an
aid that may be indispensable to the
proper and complete administration
of his public Office. As citizen and
taxpayer he has that abiding in
terest in the administration of his
government and of every department
of 1t that affects him or his fellows
that marks the difference between
citizen and subject 1t is to the,
failure of the citizen to assert these
rights that we must look for those
evils that are incident to our form of
government rather than to super
abundant zeal in this respect. It
would be unfortunate in the extreme
for the courts of republic to erect
technical barrier by which these du-
ties Of citizenship were discouraged
or denied, and no more effectuaI bar
rier could be set up than the rule that
records required by public law for the
performance of their public duties by
public servants are possessed of a
privacy into which the mere citizen,
however patriotic his purpose, may
not inquire.
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Indian Summer.

Indian summer in North America ia
a period of mild. balmy weather-us-
ually occurring in November char
acterized by clear sky and a hay
or smoky atmosphere, especially near
the horizon, The name is said to be
derived from the custom, among the
Indians, Of using this delightful time
to harvest their corn. According to
one Of their traditions they always
had a second summer of nine days
Just before the winter set in. Indian
summer corresponds to a similar sea
son prevailing during the late autumn
in England and the Mediterranean
countries, called "St. Martins sum-
mer," from st. Martins festival, which
falls on November IL.
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INDICTED AS BR|BER
OF A BROWNE JUROR
Grand Jury Acts Against Erh-
stein, His Attorney.
A JUROR HAS CONFESSED
He and an Alleged Go-Between ADJ
init Getting $3.50 for Vote for Ac-
quittal-Expected More, But Was
Disappointed.

Chicago.--Charles E. Erbstein, one
Of the attorneys for Lee O'Neil
Browne, who was recently acquitted
of charge of bribing State Repre-
sentative Charles A. White to vote
for William Lorimer for United States
senator, was indicted here, charged
with corrupting member of the jury
which cleared Browne.
The juror in question, Grant Nc
Cutchen, and Henry T. Stacy, alleged
go-between, according to their stories
told to State Attorney Wayman, re-
ceived $3.50, which they divided
equally, for McCutchen's vote on the
verdict.
The first trial of Browne resulted
in a disagreement, the second, in
which the bribing of the juror is al
legged TO have figured, in verdict of
not guilty. Among the witnesses for
the state were three state representa-
tives, who asserted on the stand that
they had received $1,000 each for
their votes for Lorimer.
Immediately the case went against
the prosecution, State Attorney Way
man began an investigation of nu-
merous rumors concerning attempts
at tampering with veniremen. He got
a clew which led to McCutchen. He
and Stacy, disgruntled at the small
sum which they say they got, told the
story on which the present indictment
is based. Stacy said he had expected
to receive a large sum of money for
his work, as we'll as political job.
He was working on small salary, he
declared, and rumors that there was
plenty of money available in Brownies
behalf was temptation that he could
not resist when he found opportunity
with his friend McCutchen on the
jury knocking at his door.
According to his story Stacy sought
out State Representative Erickson
and asked how he could market Nc
Cutchen's vote. Erickson, Stacy said,
replied that he was not personally in
terested in the case, but would put
him in touch with some one who was.
Soon afterward, Stacy asserted, he
was introduced to MIR, Erbstein.
Meanwhile he had communicated
with McCutchen- The jury was close
ly guarded, but Stacy said he man
aged to arrange a code of signals by
which the juror would know whether
the financial arrangements with Erb-
stein had been contaminated. The
s'high sign" was one of these signals,
and another was the word Stick"
McCutchen received the signals,
and, according to his own story be-
came a partisan of Brownies at once.
He voted for acquittal on the first bal
lot, and arranged to bring others to
his side. When the time came to re-
alize on McCutchen's alleged perhdy
he and Stacy went to Erbstein's office,
SO they declare. They thought there
would be at least $4,000 in cash and
easy jobs as we'll According to Stacy
they could scarcely believe their eyes
when the lawyer gave them only
500. Later, they said, he gave them
$50 more.
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LITERARY MAGAZINES ESCAPE.
They Will Not Have Part in Pro-
posed Increase of Postage.

They Will Not Have Part in Pro-
posed Increase of Postage.
Washington.-The plan to increase
the postal charges on certain maya
zines does not include such publica-
tons as are scientific, literary or de-
voted principally to reading matter
Postmaster General Hitchcock pur-
poses making the increase apply only
to those so-called popular magazines
of which advertisements form SO large
part.
The plan whereby such magazines
will be made to bear more proper
tionate part of the expenses of the OPP
GRAFTON Of the mail service is now be-
ing worked out under the direction
of the postmaster general.
The department, it is asserted, has
no intention to curtail or impede in
any way the circulation of the scien-
tific or literary magazines in which
advertisements do not figure extern
siyely.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-08
DARK TOBACCO POOL SELLS.
Twenty Million Pounds Of Kentucky
Tobacco Put on Market.

Paducah, KY The entire hold
ings of the Green greensboro Dark
Tobacco pool, about 20,000,000
pounds, was sold for $1,275,0O0 to
the American Imperial Tobacco COM
pany, James Hodges, Richard O'Flyn
and st. Burns & Catcher, limited
The American gets 10000 900 and
the Imperial company 1000, 900
pounds.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-08
An Awful Moment.

The company always included many
delightful women, and remember the
CONSERVATION caused among them one
day by Burnham, the scout. He ex,
planned that he attributed his success
as scout to the acuteness Of his
sense of smell; it was like blood
hounds.
There's no one here today" he
affirmed, who at any time anywhere
In the future could not recognize In
the dark. Yes. could tell you, and
you, and you," nodding at an allnring
group in modish apparel, by the way
you SMELL" III
For an awful moment the converse
ton tagged. Nice lure's.
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STOPPED SHORT
Taking Tonnes, and Built Up on
Right Food.

The mistake is frequently made or
trying to build up a worn-out 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 grew pale and thin and could
not sleep nights. took various tonics'
prescribed by physicians. but their
effects wore of shortly after Il
stopped taking them. My food did
not seem to nourish me and gained
no flesh nor blood.
Reading Of Grape-Nuts, de-
termined to stop the tonics and see
what change of diet would do, I
ate Grape-Nuts four times a day.,
with cream and drank milk also, went
to bed early after eating a dish OF
Grape-Nuts.
In about two weeks was sleeping
soundly. In short time gained 20l
pounds in weight and felt like vi
different woman. MY little daughter
whom / was obliged to keep out OF
school last spring on account OIL
chronic catarrh has changed from al
thin, pale, nervous child to 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 Wellville,'' in
pkgs. There's Reason
Ever read tke above letter. new
one appears 1rum tfne 20 time. Thev
are genuine, true, and fan o. huanals
Ankereh&.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-08
FIRST MUNICIPAL BALL.
Milwaukee TO Give a Dance Where
Admission Will Be Nickel.

Milwaukee, Wis. - Select your
partner for the first dance" John H.
Puelicher, banker and school direc-
tor, is to be invited to make this an
nouncement in the auditorium on Sat-
urday night, November rs, for Mil
waukee's first municipal dance.
At meeting of the Public Play
ground and Social Education associa-
ton, held in the mayors office it was
decided to hold the first municipal
dance in the auditorium on Saturday
following Thanksgiving day. The
dancers are to be limited to 600, the
floor capacity of the hall.
An admission of five cents is to be
charged to the city's dance. School
Director Duane Mowrey is to be chair
man of the reception committee.
Detectives from the central station
will mingle among the dancers to
watch for undesirables. The dancing
will continue until midnight.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-08

not live six months. AS last resort
i began taking Doan's Kidney pills
and soon noticed improvement. Under
their use l gained In weight from 1874
to 177s4 pounds, more than ever,
weighed before Doan's Kidney Pills
saved me from the grave and restored
me to perfect health"
Remember the name Doan's.
For sale by all dealers 80 cents q
box. Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. X.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-08
May Send Liquor to Jersey.

Trenton.--Chief Justice Gummere
gave an important decision in behalf
of department stores, when he set
aside the conviction of driver for o
New York company who was charged
with having delivered liquor in
Plainfield with his wagon Tho
man had been convicted in the lower
court some time ago, but the depart
ment store appealed. and now the
New Jersey cannot interfere with the
distribution of liquor in New Jersey
by department stores in other states.
Edward Coleman was the driver for
Siegel, Cooper 6 Co., who was con-
victed of violating the excise laws of
New Jersey. He had brought over,
some liquor to a customer. in Plain
field in the wagon Of his employer
and delivered it. The supreme court
held that he was guilty, but the chief
justice sets aside the conviction,
Suits Against Beet Packers Put OFF.
Trenton The four suits begun by.
h1O0CNdSOi 0cIYC1A Va s11uU0Oh willy
to revoke the charters of the National
Packing company, Armour & Co.,
Swift & Co. and Morris & Co., were
put off for the term at the opening of
the supreme court. The actions were
based upon the refusal of the COM
panies to produce their books before
the Hudson county grand jury during
the criminal proceedings set afoot by
the prosecutor charging the beef
packing companies with conspiracy to
raise the price Of their products. The
question of the right to compel the
production Of the books is now pend
ing in an appeal before the court of
errors, and until this point is decided
the prosecutor is not anxious to try
the cases for forfeiture of the char
tors
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Win ! Sour Lauuh.

A Chicago editor has brought from
London an amusing story about Hum
phrey Ward.
"Humphry Ward" he said, was In
his bachelor days. really well-known
art critic. But now!
II met Humphrey Ward at dinner
in Soho, and he said to me, with q
sour laugh:
When girl wants to retire from
the world and be lost. in oblivion, she
has to enter nunnery. But man,
to achieve the same end, need only
marry famous woman"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-08
HELD FOR R. R. GRATING.
Former Illinois Central officials Give
$4,000 Bonds.

Chicago. Frank B. Hartman, for
mer general manager of the Illinois
Central railroad; John M. Taylor, for
mer general storekeeper, and Charles
L. Ewing, former general superinten-
dent Of northern lines at Chicago,
were bound over to the grand jury
by Municipal Judge Mancha Brugge-
meyer on the charge of being parties
to conspiracy to obtain money by
false pretences.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-08
LOSES LIFE SAVING CHILDREN.
Elderly Man Struck by Train When
Warning Little Ones.

Lynn, Mass.--To save three small
children who had wandered onto the
Boston 6 Maine railroad tracks in
front of an express train, Stephen
Jones gave up his life. The children
were crossing the tracksnear Chatham
street, unaware Of the approach of
the train, when Jones ran toward the
spot and warned them of their danger
by his shouts so that they escaped.
Jones, however. was struck and
killed instantly. He was fifty-fve
years old
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-08
LIVE IN U. S. OR LOSE LICENSE
u. s. Government Moves Against
Steamboat Men on Canadian Border.

Ottawa The United States gov
ernment has instructed American con-
suls at points along the Canadian Dor
der to locate and report upon any nat
uralized citizens who reside in their
localities, such as come across the
line and obtain positions as steam
boat captains or engineers IN Canada.
Hereafter all such VIII lose their
steamboat licenses if they have re-
sided in Canada more than two years.
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or Else Burn.

Andrew Carnegie, apropos of his
epigram about the disgrace of dying
rich, said at dinner in Washington:
why should any one die rich?
There are no pockets in a shroud. and
as for the man who'd like to take his
money away with him, why, even II he
managed to do so. it would only melt"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-08
PRINTER LOSES LIFE IN FIRE
Macon (Ga.) Telegraph Building
Burns With 100000 Loss.

Macon, Ga.-The Macon Telegraph
building was almost destroyed by fire.
The loss is estimated at 100000.
with $4,000 insurance. Raymond
Clay of Knoxville, Tenn, printer,
was burned to death. Only about
half of the files of the paper, dating
back for rs years, were saved.
The fire, SO. far as can be learned,
started from lighted match thrown
into some paper at the back of the
building. The efforts of the tiremen
were confined chiefly to keeping the
flames from spreading to the adjoin-
ing building, one Of which is occupied
by the Macon Evening News.
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MacIrereI Catch small.

Gloucester Mass. The most dis
NAL failure in the history of the in
dustry." say Gloucester fishermen Of
the salt mackerel fishery for 1910,
which is ending its season. With two
or three vessels to arrive, the salt
mackerel catch has been s,165 bar
rels, against 1926 barrels in 1909.
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ED GEERs, ''The grand old man." be
horses in races. He says: IT have used
SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE for Il
years, always with best success. It is the
only remedy / know to cure all forms Of
distemper and prevent horses in same sta.
Bile having the disease" SOC and 81 q bot.
tie. All druggists, or manufacturers Spohn