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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

Walter M. Olive and Fred Reeves,
from Wenatchee, were here Wednes-
day, making new acquaintance and
shaking hands with old ones. Mr..
Olive entertains the most optimistic
views with regard to the development
Of the Wenatchee valley this year. He
says Wenatchee is full of homeseekers,
and many Of the Wenatchee people are
urging those who are hunting cheap
lands to come to Leavenworth.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

The John A Gellatly 90 acre orchard
tract northwest of Wenatchee was
placed on the market last Monday by
the Holm-W Wells Nichols company Of
Wenatchee. This big tract is all
planted to Winesaps, Jonathans and
Delicious apples and ranges from 5000
to 1900 an acre.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

Wife-What sort Of a play would
you like to see?
Husband - Something lively, that
keeps you awake, and has plenty OF
music in it.
Wifey-Um. Perhaps you had bet
ter stay at home and take care of the
baby.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
A Frank Answer.

John Jones'" said the magistrate.
with severity. you are charged with
habitual drunkenness. What have
you to offer in excuse for your Of
fenseY
'Habitual thirst, your honor"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

A herd Of some twenty Jersey cows
was shipped in here from Everett last
week. Among those who invested in
milk COWS are H. B. Smith, who pur-
chased two, T. w. Greeve one, N.
Forsythe one, and A. A. Brooks one.
All these parties own ranches near
Merritt.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

Joe COINS Spokane Indians arrived
in Wenatchee Sunday afternoon and
began active training Monday morning.
They will be in Wenatchee two weeks
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
Splendid Scheme.

Mother (of her sonl-He has beau
tiful voice. and we have had him
taught the flute so that he can &C.
company himself.-Bon Viyant
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21
SMASH 5 WORLDS RECORDS
The Harvester, Aileen Wilson and
Joan Trot Sensational Races at
Lexington Track.

Lexington, Ky.-Three worlds rec.
ords were smashed at the Kentucky
Trotting Horse Breeders association
fall meeting here Thursday. The Har.
vester, driven by the veteran reins,
man Ed. Geers, lowered the worlds
two-mile record held by Cresceus from
AIT to 4:15A, trotting the last quar-.
ter in the sensational time of 31A sec,
onds
Aileen Wilson, 2:O214, black mare
by Arrow Wood owned by John W.
Coakley. Boston, set a new record for
pacing mares to wagon, negotiating
the distance in 2:04A In the Walnut
Hall farm cup race, the four-year.old
bay mare Joan, by Directum Spier,
trotted the first heat in 2:051a, setting
a new record for the race, and the
third heat of the same event she trot-
ted the mile in 2:04 3-5, making a
worlds record for a four-year-old of
any sex.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21
CENT POSTAGE NOW PROBABLE
POSTMASTER GENERAL SHOWS
RATE REDUCTION POSSIBLE.
says 1t VIII Be Accomplished Without
curtaiIins Service in the
Slightest.

Washington. - That the postoffice
department will soon be self-sus
tanning and that penny POSTAGE for
tirst-class letters is a probability OF
the near future are statements made
by Postmaster General Hitchcock.
Before the close Of another fiscal
year the federal postal establishment
Will become self-sustaining. This will
be accomplished without curtailing in
the slightest the service rendered OF
lessening in any respect it's eficien.
cy."
This was the stateme- made by the
postmaster general, in connect on with
the announcement that he had submit.
ted to the treasury department, five
days in advance of the time fixed by
law. his estimates of appropriations
for the post Office department I'd the
postal service during the fiscal year
beginning on July l.
In private conversation heretofore
Mr.. Hitchcock has indicated his belief
that it may be possible within year
or two, through the operation of plans
he had worked out. to place the postal
service on paying basis.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21
Popularity of That's

Every other young actress is call
ing herself That's" said Henry E. Dix
ey at dinner at Mauquin's. "Thais
McGinnis, That's Endicott. That's
Schmilt-the thing is universal.
Universal and ridiculous; for they
who have read Anatole Frances story
of That's know that she was a very
naughty little girl, indeed. am quite
sure that no real reader of That's
would ever, under any circumstances,
consent to be called such a name.
1t makes me think of a man who
ia king his infant daughter to he bap.
tised, told the clergyman to call her
Venus.
But l refuse to call her Venus.
said the clergyman, Indignantly. We.
nus is the name of a pagan goddess
Well. Low about your own girl
Diana?' said the man"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21
WRECK KILLS FIVE
SCORE HURT IN CRASH ON
GRAND RAPIDS AND IN
DIANA ROAD.
ACCIDENT is DUE TO FOG
Freight and Work Train Collide
Trafnmen Escapes Persons In
Iured on Frisco Road In Oklahoma
Cars Go Through Bridge.

Portland, Ind.-Five laborers were
instantly killed and more than score
were injured, several seriously, when
q north bound extra freight train on
the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad
crashed head-on into a work train,
seven and a half miles south of here
Friday.
All were caught between fat cars
on which they were riding and pulled
under the wreckage of the engine,
where their bodies were terribly mu-
tflated. The head of Milutin Tonic
was torn completely off, while Homie
Mandie was completely disemhoweled
and his right leg cut off.
A special train run to the wreck
carried physicians, Who dressed tenn
porarily the wounds of the injured
and brought dozen of the worst hurt
to the hospital here.
The two trains met in a stretch of
straight track in the fog, the engine
men being unable to see one another
until the trains were within fifty feet
Of each other. All jumped and es-
capped injury. The track where the
wreck occurred was being repaired by
The men killed and both trains were
running but ten miles per hour.
Fort Smith, Ark-Forty-thre per-
sons were injured, 10 seriously. when
St. Louis and San Francisco passen-
ger train No. went through bridge
one mile west of Compton, Okla,
Thursday night. The tram left St.
Louis at 9;25 o'clock Wednesday
night for Paris, Tex. The injured were
brought to Fort Smith and the
fS who were seriously hurt are in
local hospitals. The wreck occurred
On short curve in the Winding Stair
mountains while the train was pass
ing over a small bridge. No cause has
been assigned.
The mail car broke through the
bridge. The chair car landed In the
bottom OF the creek, the smoker was
thrown crosswise on the right of way,
while the diner stood on end in the
creek. Five cars were piled up and
the fact that there was no loss of
life was probably due to the fact that
the cars were made of steel
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21
MAKES PLEA FOR BEVERIDGE
Roosevelt Plunees Into Indiana Cam
paign and Tells People Why Sen
ator Should Be Returned.

Indianapolis, Ind.-Theodore Roose.
welt plunged into the Indiana cam.
paign Thursday with a trip across the
state, in which he made a vigorous
plea for votes to send United States
Senator Albert J. Beveridge back to
the senate.
The last speech of the day from the
balcony of the Hotel English here wss
delivered before a crowd of 80, 900
people.
From the time the colonel got on the
back platform of his private car at
Covington, just across the border line
from Illinois, until he left Indianapolis
he urged the throngs to elect the
whole Republican state ticket.
The ex-president went to the utmost
liimt in indorsing Beveridge He gave
him credit for having initiated the
fight against the beef trust that re-
suited in the passage OF the pure rood
law Without the amendments put in
that bill by Senator Beverage, the col
onel insisted, there never would have
been any pure food legislation passed
that was worth anything.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21
History Of Red Cross Seal.

Charity stamps" first used in
Boston in 1862 for the soldiers relief
tlnds during the Civil war, were the
original forerunners of the Red Cross
Christmas seal, which will be used
this year to bring happiness and cheer
to millions. The Delaware Anti.Tp
berculosis society in 1907 for the frs,
time in America made use of a stamn
for the purpose of getting revenue to
hight consumption. In a hastily or
gained campaign of only three weeks
they realized $4,000. The next year
1908, the American Red Cross con.
Quoted the first national tuberculosis
stamp campaign. From this sale 1885,
900 was realized for the anti-tubercu-
losis movement. In 1909, under MANY
adverse conditions, $250,o00 was rea-
lied from these stamps This year
the slogan of the tuberculosis fighters
and the Red Cross is "a Million for
Tuberculosis From Red Cross Seals
in 1910"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21

the expedition; ]. X. Irwin, wireless
operator, in charge OF the Americas
system, and Albert Louis Loud and
John Aubert, assistant engineers.
The start was made az sos a. m,
when the America rose into a fog and
disappeared over the ocean, while
something over 1000 men, women and
children cheered. The trip was
scheduled &C & trial flight, but so far
as can be learned, through wireless
messages sent back, Wellman and
his crew decided. within 20 minutes,
to start for Europe
There are six men on the airship
and they have provision. mostly of
the canned variety, sufficient to last
them a month. The airships gas
bag has something of the shape of a
cigar and is 22S feet long. It's width
is about fifty-two feet and is said to
be capable of lifting about twelve tons.
The envelope carrying the gas weighs
more than two tons.
Attached to the big gas bag is a
car 1876 feet long The floor of the car
Is really large, fiat tank, In which
the gasoline Is stored for the motors
The America carries three gasoline
engines, one Of which is a donkey and
the other two are used for motive
power. They are in the center of the
car and are of about eighty-horse
power. Beneath the car hangs a life
boat q feet long, to be used in case
the balloon Is wrecked
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21
WELLMAN IN FLIGHT.
HUGE DIRIGhlLE STARTS FROM
ATLANTIC CiTY-iS OFF
FOR EUROPE
CARRIES CREW OF SIX MEN
Airship Equipped With Wireless
Months Supply of Provisions on
Board-Last Message Until Craft
Strikes Ships Course Is Received.

Atlantic City, N. J.-Walter Well
man, the newspaper man, with crew
Of five other daring aeronauts. are
flying over the Atlantic ocean in his
dirigible balloon America, with the
hope of landing on European soil,
providence and weather permitting,
5000 miles away.
Wireless dispatches which have
been received at intervals since the
big dirigible sailed aloft at eight
o'clock Saturday morning told Of
heavy fogs, minor engine troubles and
the like, but finally an optimistic note
was sounded when the splitter of the
wireless announced that Wellman and
his crew were doing fine and had final
ly determined to head for Europe.
The last message expected from
the America until it strikes the trans
Atlantic steamer lane came into the
wireless station Sunday at Siasconsett
on the northerly end of Nantucket
and read: "All we'll No trouble
with machinery. Expect to make the
trip.
(Signed) "Wellman and Irwin"
The crew aboard the America when
1t left the ground included Walter
Wellman. Melvin Vaniman, chief en-
gineer; F. hurry simons, navigator of
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21
ALLEGED BIG CUSTOMS FRAUD
MEMBERS OF NEW YORK ART
FIRM. HELD FOR sWlNDLiNG.
Government Declared to Have Been
Systematically Cheated Out of
Millions by importing
Concern.

New York.-Charged with systemat.
ically swindling the United States out
of millions of dollars of customs du-
ties, Benjamin ]. Duveen, one of the
resident managers of Duyeen Broth.
ers, No. 302 Fifth avenue, the great
est art dealers and importers in the
United States, was arrested Thurs
day on bench warrant by federal
officers. Other members of the firm
are also involved.
Esenry Duveen, his uncle, was ar.
rested upon his arrival in New York
ON the Cunarder Lusitania. Duveen
was released on bail of $685. Tor -x-
animation before United States Com.
missioner Shields. United States Dis
trict Attorney Wise and Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Wemple asked that the
prisoners bail be fixed a 100000
declaring that the frauds OF which
the wealth art deaIer is accused
had been Systematically practised for
long period of years and that the
results of their operations in cheat
ing the government were appalling,
Duveen Brothers for many years
have numbered among their custom.
ers nearly all the millionaire art col
lectors in the United States. The
firm was established in New York 81
years ago. The parent houses ara in
London and Paris. Joel J. Duveen
who established the house in New
York, died only two years ago wn re
visiting Paris. Scarcely a big man.
sion in Fifth avenue is without some
work of art brought to the United
States by the New York house Among
their largest and best-known custom
ers are j, Pierpont Morgan, Otto H
Kahn, and Mrs. Coils Huntington.
They make a speciality of antiques.
Other members of the firm whose
names were included in the warrant
of arrest are Joel J. Jr.. Joseph A
and Louis j.
The arrest of Benjamin Duveen
was made after a sensational raid OF
the famous store by six United States
officers. Hundreds of thousands OF
dollars worth of art works were
seized and carted off to the custom
house. where they will be kept until
the case is finally disposed Of
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21
CAR HITS AUTO, FOUR DEAD
Pottery Concern Are Killed
Another Fatally Hurt.

Toledo. O.--Charles Albright, forty,
manager of the Sebring Bros pottery
at Sebring, o., and three employees of
the firm who were with him. were all
instantly killed Friday when a Stark
Electric company freight car hit their
auto, a mile and a half east of
Sebring.
The car struck the auto squarely in
the center and threw the occupants
30 feet in the air. The other three
men killed besides Albright were
George Frederick and Joseph Sine
decker, travelling salesman for the pot
terry company and John Derby, a
workman. The fifth member of the
party was seriously injured. The
auto was completely demolished. AL.
bright, who was the owner and driver
of the machine, was hard of hearing
and drove squarely in the path of the
on-coming car before any Of the oc-
cupants noticed its approach.
Albright, who was the driver OF the
machine. was hard of hearing and
drove squarely in the path of the car.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21
GET TING EVEN WITH MANN,
In This Case child's Punisbra,.
tainty Failed to Have salu.
tary Effect.

4 little girl had been so VERY
haughty that her mother found !.
necessary 70 shut her up in a darn
cos et-in that family, the djrast
pun Is hment Tor the worst orTensa
For IS minutes the door had haor
locked WITHOUT sound coming fror
behind it. Not whimper, not sntt
fe
4 : last the stern out anxious pgrenr
unlocked the closet door and peera6
INTO The darkness. She could see
nothing
What are you doing in there" She
cried.
And then little voice piped groo
the biackness:
Il thpit on your new dress and =
thpit on your new hat, and I'm wal,
ing for more thpit to come to thnu
on your new parasol!"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21
STANLEY KETCHEL is SLAIN
Champion Middleweisht PugIist Is
Killed by Ranch Hand In Mis-
souri-Murderer Arrested.

Springfield, Mo-Stanley Ketchel
champion middleweight pugilist of the
world. died in a hospital here Satur-
day from the effects of bullet wound
inflicted by Walter A Hurtz. EN-.
ployed on the ranch of r. P. Dicker.
son. near Conway forty miles east
CT here.
Hurtz, whose right name is Dipley,
escaped to the woods but was later
arrested at the home % farmer
near Nianagua. Ma. He confessed to
the killing bat said he shot Ketchel
because he was afraid of him. as he
knew the prize fighter was armed
with a revolver. He also alleged that
Ketchel made improper remarks to
Soldie Smith. the cook at Dickerson's
house. TIL latter is under arrest as
an accomplice.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21
COFFEE WAS 1T.
People Slowly Learn the Facts.

All my life I have been such
slave to coffee that the very aroma
OF it was enough to set my nerves
ouvering. l kept gradually losing my
health but | used to say Nonsense, II
don't hurt me-
Slowly l was forced to admit the
truth and the final result was that MY
whole nervous force was shattered.
Ny heart became weak and unceF,
tain in its action and that frightened
me, Finally my physician told me,
about year ago, that l must STOP
drinking coffee or I could never e@.
pect to be we'll again.
Il was in despair, for the very
thought of the medicines / had ts-s-
50 many times nauseated me.
thought of Postum but could hardy
1ring myself to give up the coffee
Finally l concluded that ] OWED 3.
to myself to give Postum a trial 80 ]
got a package and carefully followed
the directions. and what a de-''.-.-7'
nourishing, rich drink it was! DO g..
know | found it very easy 70 81
from coffee to Postum and not i--L.-
the change at all?
Almost Immediately after / M"-.
the change I found myself better a-'
IS the days went by kept on litI'-'
ing. My nerves grew SOUND a-U
steady, / slept well and felt S.i1-7
and well.balanced all the tine.
Now l am completely cured. "-.
the old nervousness and sickEeS7 a..
gone. In every way I am well o-'7
more"
1t pays to give up the cTih. .
acts on some like a poison, icT .7-
is the greatest fortune ore caA --
Read the little book, THE re-
MELVILLE" in pigs. There 5 = -'
SON"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21
FRAUDS FOUND IN CENSUS
Tacoma, Seattle, Portland and Other
Cities Are Charged With pad
dlne"-Taft Urges Punishment.

Washington Staggered by the
enormous growth shown by the re-
turns of the new census for number
of western cities, Director Durand OF
the census bureau ordered an investi-
cation, the result of which appeared
in the announcement Saturday that
gross frauds had beel perpetrated.
Mr. Durand gave out also letter
from President Taft, directing that
persons implicated in the alleged
frauds should be prosecuted.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21
Manuel Is Near coIlans.

Gibraltar.-His friends fear that
King Manuel viii become a nervous
wreck. He never ventures outside the
gardens of the government house and
would not even leave his room did not
his mother. Queen Amelie. insist on
IL. Manuel looks wretched, worn,
scared, unkempt In fact. With broken
step he walks around the government
house gardens, lamenting his fate and
saying he has nothing TO live for now.
His mother is always with him
and has him under complete con.
troll.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21
Just Guessed.

Mrs. Wadsworth, l am very glad
indeed. to meet you. But, haven't l
had the honor of being introduced to
You before? What was your name
formerly If l may ask?"
My maiden name?"
No; your name before you we're
divorced"
How did you know 1 had been di-
vorced?"
why. hasn't everybody"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21
"Thank You,s."

The man who is not thankful for
the lessons he learned in adversitv
didn't learn any.
There must be plenty of thankful
ness in the world if those who have
loved and lost could know just what
they have lost
why are you giving thanks? They
took $4,000 from you in Wall street
a little while ago, didn't they?"
Yes; but l got out with $40 they
didn't know | had Judge.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21

The Mayor of Boston says that the
women of that intellectual center are
brighter and better educated than the
men. which is the reason so many OF
the girls do not marry Boston ought
10 come down to the level of other
towns where little Cupid doesn't care
a rap about the intellectually In the
atmosphere if girl happens to be
pretty and lovable and a young man
knows how TO tell her so in way tc
be appreciated.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21
LA FOLLETTE'S GAIN is RAPID
Senator Is Well on Road to Recov.
ery-May Leave Hospital In
Week.

Rochester, Minn.-Senater Robert
NJ. La Toilette is we'll on the road
to rapid recovery, his condition
being the best it has been at any
time since his operation The drain
age tube, which has bothered him
some, was removed and there is moth
ing to impede the healing of the
wound. Mrs. La Toilette stated that
she thought it would be a week be-
fore the senator would leave the hos
pital.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21
Ere Loss Is Exaggerated.

st. Paul. Mimi Report Of loss OF
life In the forest fires in northern
Minnesota were greatly exaggerated
by the terror-stricken people. Gov
ernor Eberhart ON his return Friday
from the north summarized the loss
as SO dead and property loss $4,000
600.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21
KILLS TWO AND IS SLAIN
Posse-He is Shot to Death
by Chief of Police.

Huntington, w Va.-After fatally
wounding Special Agent G. A. Lentz
of the Chesapeake & Ohio rail.
road and killing Policeman Charles
Hale and Daniel Bias. an unidentified
negro was himself shot by a posse in
the hills back of this city.
w. w. Lowe and Charles Stuart,
policemen, were both shot in tha
head and are thought to be dying.
VIII Hutchinson, another member of
the posse, was wounded in the arm.
The negro was killed by Chief of Po-
lice Chnginspeel
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21
Traln kiIIs Flve Rrldun Men

Sandusky, o.-The bodies OF Ave
members Of bridge repair gang were
found under trestle at Bay Ridge
west OF here Saturday They are SUP.
posed TO have been struck and killed
by Lake Shore train.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21

Hammonton. N. J.-Her head
crushed in with a grubbing hoe. the
body of Mary Strong, the wife of W
H. Strong, farmer living near here,
was discovered by her husband Satur
day. Two tramps who passed the farm
are suspected. A posse of farmers
are searching fer the tramps.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21

champion shorthand expert in the
west has made record of 269 words
a minute. But it would be interesting
to know how this record would stand
If matched against the capacity of
thoroughly angry woman.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21
soldiers RETURN from Manlla

San Francisco.-The United States
army transport Sheridan arrived here
Saturday from Manila with 500 sol.
diers returning from service In the
Philippines and with loo cabin pas
sengers.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21

1t is proposed to build an ocean
steamship line to carry nobody but
rich people. 1t is good idea OF late
the rich, hurrying home from Europe.
have been crowding the poor people
out Of the steerage.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21

Chicago is to have a new theater
equipped with a smoking room for
women. However, 1t won't be strictly
up-to-date without an aeroplane land
ing on the roof.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21

A Chicago woman, while wearing
hobble skirt, fell and suffered broken
leg. but what woman wouldn't rather
have a fractured leg than be out OF
style.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21

1t is said to be dangerous to chew
from the danger, why should any one
wish to chew gum while bathing in
the surface, anyhow?
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-10-21

Wisconsin man earns his livelihood
by crocheting doilies. I'm. After
this, one can't see much left in WON.
ans sphere for us young fellows to
tackle.