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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-05-05
BIG SCAFFOLD USED

the roof with 1900 cubic feet of small
granite and 10000 square feet of slate
The great tower will weigh 10000
600 pounds. Although the palace Is
of such important dimensions, the
members of the Carnegie foundation
committee have foreseen that it will
eventually have to be enlarged. es.
pecially when Americas project of
making the arbitration court truly per.
manent shall have been accepted by
the powers. The architect is conf.
dent that any such extension will in
no wise detract from the beauty of
the building, because with M. Gordon
nier he has planned the proportions
in view to such an eventually"
The upper part of the walls in the
halls and stairways Is to be of white
French sandstone, alternated with
sculptures and marble mosaics. All
the doors are to be of precious woods
inlaid with ivory and other rich ma.
terials. In the assembly rooms and
| justice halls, the floors, wainscoting
and ceilings will be of oak wood and
the walls of hewn stone. These will
| almost disappear under the tapestries
paintings and other mural decorations
In the basement is located the res
| taurant, close to the kitchen. 1t is q
vaulted chamber, which has been
practically completed by this time. II
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-05-05
BIG DAM SLOWLY BURNING
LowIands Of Mississippi Below Brain
erd, Mimi, Are lmperlled by
Flre-People Desert Homes.

Duluth, Mimi, April 25.-The low
lands on the upper Mississippi river
for fifty miles below Brainerd, Minn''
are imperiled The big Weyerhauser
dam. holding back immense head
water in the height of the manuiac'
turing season, is slowly burning. lts
center piers were aflre when the last
word was received from there
The city water plant was destroyed
nv fire of unknown origin. The city
Is dark, water service paralyzed ana
the citizens reported panic-stricKeh'
Residents of the lower quarter nave
deserted their homes, couriers report
and women and children line hame,nl
hanks. while the men fght the nie
hopelessly with buckets
The Northwest Paper company
min plant was catching afre when
the last mounted courier LEFT braiheru
downstream to warn settlers to nee
TO the surrounding hills.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-05-05
Old 81" Engines IN China

men are proud Of the fact that they
got these big engines together in II
days from the unpacking of the first
case.
OF coaches and freight cars there
are 80 American-type passenger
coaches, one directors car, ~ Amerr
can freight cars and LOG China-made
freight cars. At the works of Won
gaia three first-class compartment
coaches are now being built. as well
as three second-class coaches, and four
third-class coaches. The steel under.
frames have been sent on from
America.
In the future much of the super
structure of cars will be built by the
Chinese themselves, and a change is
to be made with regard to bridge con
struction. Whereas the practice has
been to import the bridge from Eng.
I'land or America already for erection,
future bridges will be made from
material imported In the rough. The
mechanical department at the head
station at Wongsha, which Is exceed.
ingly well equipped, the latest ma.
chimes having been imported from
Great Britain and America, Is capable
of turning out all manner of work At
present the machines are in temper.
airy sheds, but permanent shops will
shortly be erected.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-05-05
Novel Method of Constructing
Peace Palace at The Hague.
Never Before In Holland Has Super.
structure of Such Immense Pro-
portions Been Seen-Provis-
lon Made for Enlarging.

The Hague.-In speaking of the
progress made on the peace palace,
in course of construction here, Mr.,
Van der Steur, the Dutch architect,
who has practical charge of the build
Ing operations, in talking of the novel
methods adopted in it's construction,
said:
Such free-standing scaffolding as
this right around a building has never
been seen before in Holland. 1t is
quite piece of work in itself. being
60 feet high and costing $4,000, but
then it will stand firm for many years,
and we intend to let 1t remain until
the whole outer part of the palace is
complete, which will be in two years.
In that way it will protect the walls
from injury. Two great lift towers,
1873 feet high, are built into this scat
folding, with two mighty cranes, each
capable of lifting 5000 pounds. Such
great lifting power is absolutely nee
essaTy, since, for example, the blocks
of Swedish granite for the balustrade
OF the lower terrace weigh 1000
pounds each, though when you see
them in place they do not look so
particularly big. The scaffolding is
built in several tiers and along each
level runs a Decauville railway for
hauling materials. We use as much
machinery as possible to tighten the
labor, and not one draft animal en-
tiers our precincts, the material being
brought close up to the building
ground by especially made small rail
way lines from the station on the
ue-Schoveningen line. Thence the
materials are hauled in trucks to the
foot of the lifts and brought to their
destination by means of the cranes
and tiny railroads along the scaffold
ing Another novelty for Holland is
he concentrating machine, which
can be handled by one man. The
foundations are entirely of concrete
and the floors are REINFORCED con
crete below their covering of marble
or wood.
Twelve million brick will be uset
on the walls and about $4,000 cubic
feet of Obernkirchen sandstone, 3S, 50(
cubic feet of white French sandstone
and 1880 cubic feet of Norwegian
granite. Four hundred Thousand
pounds of iron will be required fo
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-05-05
Helping In Construction Work of Can
ton-Hankow Railway With Other
American Material.

Washington.-Consul Albert w
Pontius of Swallow, submits the fol-
lowing from a Hong-Kong newspaper
concerning the equipment for the Can
tonHankow railway: With regard to
the rolling stock, six American loco
motives are already in operation and
16 are in stock. There are six moguls
of 100 tons, the cylinders of which are
10 by 26 inches, the coal capacity nine
tons, and the water 5000 gallons,
There are four Manhattan locomotives
being used In construction work;
these engines were formerly In
service on the elevated railways In
New York city There are also six
double-tender tank engines of so tons
which are engaged In running the
freight and passenger trains to rail-
head
The mogul engines have just APP.
peared on the road. and they will Ger.
tainly inspire the Chinese of the in
terror when they go out to duty. The
foreign engineer in charge and his
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-05-05
KISSES ARE WORTH ST EACH
That Is Valuation Fixed by Pennsyl.
vanla Magistrate-Price Proves
Satisfactory.

Scranton. Pa.-One dollar apiece
was fixed in police court as the price
of kisses In the Scranton market. The
quotation was given by Magistrate
John T. Howe, when Nathan Perlman,
clerk in Penn avenue shoe store,
pleaded guilty to a charge of disor.
derby conduct preferred by Agnes
Mosher, comely girl who works In
a candy store in the same block.
The girl declared that Perlman
bought some candy and when asked to
settle he asked her If she wouldn't
rather accept kisses than money. Be.
fore she could reply Perlman circled
her waist and planted two resounding
smacks on her checks. When she re.
monstrated with him he refused ia
be squelched and she finally notified
police headquarters.
A warrant was issued and It was
served on Perlman. When he paid the
so fine imposed by the magistrat
Perlman expressed satisfaction W.
the bargain.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-05-05
Queer Looking Creature Terrifies
Three Anglers at Greenwood Lake,
In New Jersey.

Montclair, N. 1.-THE sea serpent of
the Atlantic coast resorts will have
to take a back seat for a queer am
phibious creature that is reported in
Greenwood lake by Charles Van
Gieson, John Willis and George Nc
Cormick, all of this town, who have
lust returned from a weeks stay at
the lake.
Van Gieson bears evidence of CON
flict of some kind, for his wrist is
gashed as with a saw. The wound.
he says, was inflicted by the lake mon
ster when 1t made desperate effort
to get into a boat occupied by him
and his companions.
The three men were fishing for bass
in the lake when they saw the mon
ter Jump out of the water after a
fish which Mccormick had pulled up.
The first sight of the creature led the
men to believe thet 1t was a huge
eel but its second appearance was
more terrifying. The thing dashed
lose up to the boat after one OF
the captured fish. 1t had long horn
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-05-05

New York-John Ditmer, a cowboy
of Haines, North Dakota, visited Ellis
island the other day and identified
his fiancee, whom he had never seen
before, by photograph which Dit
mer's mother had sent from Hamburg
The girl, Rosa Hemke of Hamburg,
aud the cowboy were married and left
for their home soon afterward.
Ditmer recently wrote his mother
at Hamburg that there were not eligi.
BILE girls where he lived and asked her
to pick out bride for him. She sent
Rosas picture. A correspondence
and later the engagement followed.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-05-05
Coal Miners Return to Work.

zTelle Haute, Ind.-Eleven thousand
sdlana bituminous coal miners have
Burned to work, thereby ending a
2Fike which has been on in the Indi-
Ia coal fields for thirty-three days.
bis is the result of the temporary
&reement reached here late Tuesday
\ the joint conference of miners and
perators. Under the agreement, only
hose mines where the northern out
de day wage was being paid prior to
pril, 1910, will resume operations. The
Vines that will not come under the
@reement lie south of the Baltimore
Ohio, employing 5000 men. A set
fment Of these mines will be taken
soon. The temporary agreement
FADE gives the miners a 5.55 per cent
&vance.
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PRAISES BIG PHILANTHROPY
u u eenurman Of Cornell Think.
Well Of Rockefeller Eoun.
dalton.

i.naca,-John d. Rockefeners NH.
ianthropic scheme, which the Roche.
ieier foundation bill, now pending in
congress. proposes to incorporate was
commended by President Jacob a
Scnurman In an address before tho Cor
nell congress Friday night In srr
ming up an exhaustive discussion n,
'he measure. President Schurman
said: 'u' iii"n
recognize that section No, 2 Of the
Dii'' winch defines the object of the
rockefeller foundation, authorizes and
empowers that foundation to do any
tnins and everything which NAV pro-
mote and advance human civilization
that Is to say, morals and religion ART
ana science, manners and social inter.
course and all that concerns the M
lltical, economic. and material veu
peing OF individuals and communities
rms is vast field for the exercise NJ
philanthropy
but Mr.. Rockefeller has conceived
vast scheme of philanthropy. for the
beneht of his fellow citizens and man.
hinu' Ills character. ability and or
CANNING skill are adequate guarantees
mat he will carry out his scheme
wisely and successfully, with meal
cuiapie benefit and blessing to man.
KIND. 1t Is in the interest of the ma.
ton that he be given free hand in
tpe exercise of his colossal benefi.
cence. So long as he is active or his
influence remains 1t would be wise
ana SAFE to give the foundation the
sort OF organization he desires. Meth.
er now nor hereafter does 1t seem nee.
essary to limit the scope Of his benefi.
cence, which is coextensive with the
EFFORTS of mankind to attain a higher
civilization.
The only change would desire to
see In the proposed bill is the total or
partial elimination of the method of
selecting trustees by cooperation. The
organization might we'll BE- left a close
corporation. If Mr.. Rockefeller 80 de-
slres, for a generation. But after that
time l am confident that 1t would inure
both to the efficiency Of the foundation
and to the public welfare-to say moth
ing of the satisfaction of the sentiment
OF democracy-if the majority of the
trustees were appointed by the presi.
dent OF the United States. with the
advice and consent of the senate, or
selected by some other high abiding,
governmental agencies that may fairly
be regarded as representing the peo-
pie Of the United States. whose vel.
fare Is the primary object of the i'm.
mense and glorious benefaction"
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LOST CHILD FOUND
BY kEEN-EYED BOY
LITTLE GIRL TRACED BY WOOD
CRAFT AND RESTORED TO
FRANTIC MOTHER.
OTHER SEARCHERS FAILED
Lad Noticed Where Tot, Seeking Red
Riding Hood, Had Struck Leaves
From Bushes With Stick and Fol-
lowed the Trail.

RiVerhead, l., All Riverhead is
telling how sharp-eyed, keen-witted
small boy, who followed clue of his.
own found asleep In a thicket. three
miles from its home and two niles
from any habitatlon. a lost child for,
whom the distracted mother and two
score volunteers had searched for
hours in vain.
Only for Willie Smiths cleverness,
everybody says. Margaret McGarry,
three years old might be still lost and
In danger of perishing from exposure
and hunger. For snile the boy traced
the missing child by marks 1t had
made on bushes and in an unfrequent
ed path with a switch.
She had not been gone long before
she was missed. Forthwith the women
grew uneasy, ard shortly. when a still
wider inquiry failed TO bring any word
OF the child, they became downright
alarmed, and a general alarm was
spread. Several parties set out In diff
ferent directions, some toward Great
Peconic bay, other3 toward Good
Ground and the ocean, while still 9TH
ers went up and down along the state
road and east to Jamesport.
One by one the searching parties re-.
turned to town empty handed. Not,
the slightest definite clue to Margaret
had been obtained from anyone
Meanwhile Willie Smith, who had,
been with one of the searching parties,
started home by himself across the
fields. On the way he thought OF a
lonely path through the woods leading
to the desolate scrub oak district in
the middle of Long island. Wonder
ing, he says, IL Margaret could have
wandered in that direction. he cut
across lots to the path. Sure enough,
there were small footprints in the soft
earth. A little further along the foot
prints were lost to sight, but Willie
noticed In the path mark which he
knew, with his boyish instinct, had
been made by dragging stick along.
For more than mile Willie fol
lowed the marks in the path. through
a wood and across stretch of bushy
country, until finally he found the
child asleep in clump of tall dry
grass and bushes. Her stick lay be.
side her, her cheeks were stained with
ears. and her sobbing had softened
down into dreamy signing. The boy
sat down and stroked Margaret's
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-05-05
Finally He Found the Child.

hands and face, so as to soothe her
and rouse her without alarm. When
she opened her eyes she asked
Where's my mamma?"
She'll be here pretty soon," said
Willie with prevaricating little grin,
for well he knew her mother was sew
eral miles away breaking her heart
about the lost child.
Pm lost. amt II" asked Margaret,
as they walked back along the path in
the gathering twilight.
You're not as much lost as you
were," cheerfully remarked her res
cuer They had gone half mile or so
when the tot said she was too tired to
go any further. Willie carried her
piggy-back for short distance and in
his arms a while until he reached
crossroad, where they stopped and
rested. The boy had whistle and he
blew it until he got the attention of
several farm hands. 1t was dark when
Margaret was brought back to River
head. There were great times. hug
ging and kissing and crying and the
like when the mother got little Mar
garet back. The child is all right to-
day and is telling everybody al! she
can remember about her journey an
by herself into the woods Jnd TAR
away. She IS too young / reeol /
very much. but OF ne thing she Is
sure:
81 didn't see bears and couldn't
end Little Red Riding Hood" she
, s ~"
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EOT UP TO STANDARD
..ms OF THE UNITED STATES
NJ NOT PRODUCING HALF
WHAT THEY SHOULD.
!. statement Made by Secretary
4 ~ Agriculture Wilson in Address
% Farmers, who He Says Have
Not Put UP Prices.

a. Iouis-That the farms OF the
,,od states are not producing half
H., thew should because of a lack
. tactical education among farmers
,he statement made by Secretary
4 ,,riculture Wilson, in an address
E,esday night at the Farmers Union.
hoIieve the solution of the cost of
.,ng problem lies in good hands"
Sid Mr.. Wilson. The farmers are
- and no country is in danger
,or that Is the case. / have inves-
led charges that the farmers have
Emb,ned to put up prices and rob the
Rmmunity and have found they are
I, true OF the fourteen states OF
liz Mississippi valley not one is pro-
4,cing half the crops it should, be-
4 use the farmers have not been
kuebt scientific farming. We can and
I'M ultimately, double every crop we
"a growing, and at the same time
70 for a population of 100000. Wher
1--we done that the agriculturists OF
lat day will show how to double the
ons again. The farmer must be ed
.ated We need a countrywide uni
rsity. If had nothing else to dc
fsbould become a lobbyist in my state
Iowa to demand that agriculture
taught in every one OF the thirty
more colleges there. II we teach
Young farmers, the old farmers
In soon take interest. We must keel
br Young farmers on the farm. I'm
igrants who have lived on farms
Mould be placed on farms when they
mo IN this country"
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HASKELL TRIAL. CONTINUED.
pvernor of Oklahoma Granted Fur.
Their Time to Complete Defense.

byernor of Oklahoma Granted Fur.
Their Time to Complete Defense.
tTusla, Okla.-The trial of Charles
Haskell, governor of Oklahoma, and
he other men in the Muskogee town
J cases was continued Tuesday after
bon until the next term of the fed
fal court. Governor Haskell asked
! q postponement on the alleged
bound that he had been denied &C
6ss to the documents in the posses
bn of the department of the interior
u Washington. These documents, he
3serted, related to the distribution in
4O1 of 400 town lots at Muskogee
ka., which were disposed of by the
3vernment in behalf of the Creek In
hns. He declared the use of the doc
hents was necessary to prove his de
Xnca
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Fish With a Horn Appears

on its snout and measured about
seven feet in length. Its general ia
cial appearance was like catfish, ex.
cept for the sharp horn. 1t was this
horn which cut Van Gieson.
The strange visitor managed to
crawl over the bow of the boat before
the occupants could recover from
their amazement. 1t impaled a bass
which was lying in the bottom of the
boat, and then made overheard again
AS the creature slid back into the wa
ter 1t beat its tail. which seemed to
have sponge-like qualities. so fiercely
that the air was filled with a fine
spray that blinded and drenched the
Montclair men.
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DANGERS SAVE 60 PEOPLE
Men and Women in Ball Costume
Arouse Occupants OF Apartment"
House-Wom7n Injured

Chicago, April 25.--six'y persons
,,ara rescued from the Cledan apart
ment building, 74O-46 East Fofty,h'th
street, by an evening dress Orlsaue ,,e q,
men and women attending a mouse
,arty near by, when fire attacked the N
' tn building one woman, Mrs. E. Z
"ai,ord was burned probably tatally'
nd several others had n"'i0"
apes from death,
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was at first the intention to do with.
out such things as kitchen and lunch
room, but on mature consideration 1t
was found better to put them in. Ev'
cry one knows the influence Of good
meal on the temper of man No badly
nourished individual can be expected
to be filed with peace and good will
towards his fellow men, and SO o
neglect of the food problem might
have spelled disaster to the arbitra,
ton court The architect said that
the palace would be completed in
1913 in time to receive the delegates
of the third peace conference.
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Shot Editor, Then Suicided.

Walden, Colo. M. Davis, former
larshal of Walden, shot and serious
wounded Alfred ]. Law, the owner
the daily paper here, and then
PIED himself on Tuesday. The
'ouble arose over an article printed
Y Law concerning the municipal
5ater plant, where Davis had been
Iprking The men met in the court
Puse, and after a few hot words
avs drew a revolver and shot Law
trough the lungs. He then put the
FVolver to his own head and fred.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-05-05
SHIPS COLLIDE, ONE SINKS
Two Schooners Crash In the Night
OF Fortune Bay, N. F., and One
Founders-creW Saved.

North Sydney. N. S.-A col.
lision in the night of Fortune Bay.
N. f.. of two Newfoundland schoon-
ers, the Edna Carter and the Victoria.
by which the former vessel was sunk.
was reported. For two hours the two
vessels hung together with their rig
ging entangled, and it was feared both
would founder. After they were cut
apart, the Edna Carter went down.
It's crew escaped to the Victoria.
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Ladybuas to Save Melons.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Millions of lady
bugs are receiving free transportation
on the railroads while travelling from
the state insectary at Sacramento to
the melon fields of the Imperial valley.
Three consignments have passed
through Los Angeles to be turned
loose to browse on aphides and other
insect pests that harm the melon
crops. There are on hand in the in.
sectary 100000 ladybugs, weighing
more than ton.
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HOT WAVE IN NEWFOUNDLAND
Temperature Reaches IS Degrees In
Shade Where Freezing Weather
Usually Prevails This Time.

st Johns, N. F. Record break.
ing temperatures have accompanied
a hot wave that has been ex-
perienced on the west coast of New
foundland for the last few days.
At points where the usual tempera-
ture at this season Of the year would
be below freezing the thermometers
have registered as high as So degrees
in the shade.
These figures are unprecedented in
the history of the colony
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Ruth Bryan Married Again.

,'uVoih' Neb,-In a wedding devoid
Guy publicity, Mrs. Ruth Bryan
I, s"n, eldest daughter of Mr.. and
4 H. william j. Bryan. was married
8vero esuay to Lieutenant Reginald A.
~ p. u, me Royal Eng neers corps OF
&glca" 'lsh army, stationed in ia
6itncoa only members of the family
laTy II 'he ceremony. The Rev
Maxi huntington of Crete, an ole
la sn VI the family. who officiated
9yoTD' Gunner at the marriage of w. j
H. ~ performed the ceremony
'shep o s,s first marriage occurred
va She was Is.
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A Typical Fench Duel.

'sris'-Count lsmael De Lesseps
u oi Count Ferdinand De Lesseps
H. an officer of a cavalry regiment
asnt duel on Tuesday with Count
o. he Poligny in the Pare des Prin
I'M Six shots were exchanged, but
In 4er was hit. The two antagonists
the held without q reconciliation
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rute Commits Murder and Suicides.

81 Louis.-While ten policemen
grounded his house in an effort to
preSt him, John Briscoe shot and
4 leo his wife and himself on Tues
~ Mrs. Briscoe had summoned
" police to protect her from her
spsOand' who was beating her. Three
%Hcemen answered the call, but Bris-
~ refused to surrender. Reinforce
-ens were summoned and march
] 'ae house was started. Then Bris
~ nred the fatal shots.