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The midland journal., 1910-08-12
81 600 Enlisted in Army.

Washington, D. C. Especially The en-
listed strength of the Army during the
present fiscal year has been fixed ap-
proximately at $1,000 men, under the ar
rangement of the estimates by Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood, chief of staff, and ap-
proved by President Taft. General
Woods plan is to use the army appro-
priation for soldiers and materials and
make reductions in other directions, The
new chief of staff wants an army of fight
ing men equipped for business and says
he is willing to make sacrifices in other
ways to obtain it.
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
SHAFT TO PILGRIMS.
Thousands Throng the Old Bay State
Town to Attend the Ceremonies.


< Provincetown, Mass. Especially The
granite shaft on Town Hill, erected to
memory of the Pilgrim Fathers, was dedi-
Gated at noon by President Taft. The cor
nerstone of the monument was laid Aug
ust Z, 1907, by President Roosevelt, its
dedication attracting a crowd that taxed
to their limits the narrow streets of this
old fishing own.
The principal act of the dedication of
the monument was the unveiling of a
bronze tablet over the door facing the
harbor, which was given by President
Emeritus Charles w. Eliot, of Harvard.
The town clock was striking nine. when
the Mayfower, bearing President Taft,
came around the little white beacon at
the end of Long Point and passed in be-
tween the lines of battleships. As the
Mayfiower headed in the first gun boom
ed from the flagship Connecticut, fol-
lowed by 81 guns from all the ships.
President Taft's dedication address
was descriptive of the landing Of the
pilgrims at Provincetown and the causes
which drove them from England.
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
Personal

President McCrea, of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, sailed from New York for a
six-week vacation in Europe.
s. r. Peale, former State Senator
Of Pennsylvania, was killed by horse
falling on him.
John .. Rockefeller was served with s
summons to appear in damage suit
brought against his Standard Oil Com
pany.
J. Edward Simmons, the New Yorb
banker, died suddenly at Mohonk Lake
President John H. Walker, of the Hi
nois Mine Workers, has been enjoined by
Judge Wright, of Danville, from inter
fering with the operation Of the mines il
Saline county.
Capt. John Whiteside, of the steamer
Arcadia, was killed by the breaking of a
derrick on that vessel while the boat was
in Port Arthur, Ont. His home was ir
Buffalo.
Arthur F. Allen, alleged deserter from
the Navy, escaped from his captor while
travelling from New Orleans to Norfolk
James B. Watt, the Oldest telegraphei
In the service of the Associated Press, is
dead at Nashville.
Erwin j. Wider, the defaulting New
York cashier, denies having "salted" any
of the money he stole.
Mrs. @. A. Muens, the widow who
Eeevaled the whereabouts of Joseph
Vending, alleged slayer of Alma Kell
mel, ,yof Louisville, claims the reward of
fsred BY the police.
Rev. w. r. Wright, Baptist clergy
man, of Alamo Gordo. Texas, is accused
Of shooting Joseph Henson in noun
tain feud.
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
Snake Venom His Cure.

PottsvilIe, Pa. Especially DIR. I. j.
Mays, of Philadelphia, the physician who
has been successful in the use of rattle;
snake venom in the treatment of tuber-
culosis, is visiting in Pottsville, the guest
of the Rev. j. H. Umbenhen. He inform
ed members of the Schuylkill County So
ciety for the Prevention of tuberculosis
that his new treatments, together with
open air and modern sanitary methods,
employed at home, were destined to re-
duce phthisis fully SO per cent. within
the next decade.
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
Admiral Scho6eld Dead.

Stamford, Conn. Especially Rear Ad-
miral Walter Keeler Scofield, United
States Navy. retired. died at his home in
this city of infrmities due to old age.
He was born in Stamford, April 2s, 1889,
and was educated at Columbia He en-
tered the naval service in July, 1851, as
a surgeon and was advanced through the
various grades up to that of director in
1890 He was retired in 1891 with the
rank Of rear admiral He saws serv-
ice with Farragut's feet off Charleston
and off the coast of Florida.
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
A LASTING PEACE
BETWEEN THE NATIONS
Resolutions Drafted To Be Used
at Brussels.
OPPOSED TOFORIlFYlNG PANAMA CANAL
They Were Preferred BY Represen-
tative Bartholdt and Have Been
Submitted for Approval to State De-
partment-The Subjects to Be Dis.
cussed.

Washington, d. c. Especial The
American group of delegates to the con
ference of the Ipterparliamentary Union
at Brussels, August 20 to September 2,
sailed from New York Tuesday. They
will present several resolutions looking
toyard the establishment of permanent
peace between the nations of the world.
These were submitted to the State De-
partment by Representative Richard
Bartholdt, ow Missouri, chairman of the
American group,
One of the resolutions will ask the
conference to request governments which
are signatory to The Hague Peace Con
ference and the London Naval Confer
ence< to sanction the American PROPOSE
tion that the International prize court
be invested with the jurisdiction of an
international court of arbitral Justice.
Another resolution will ask the con-
ference to request each of the govern.
ments represented to appoint commits
sion, analogous to that recently appoint
ed by the United States. These commits.
sions would report to their respective
parliaments, prior to the third Hague
Peace Conference in 1915, well-defined
scheme looking to the perfection of a
system of world federation, in, addition
to an international judiciary.
The object of submitting the reselu-
tions to the State Department was to pre-
vent any possible conflict of opinion with
the department on questions of interna-
tional peace.
The American delegation consists OF
Representative Bartholdt, of Missouri
chairman; Senator Burton, of Ohio;
Flint, of California, and Smith, of Michi-
gan; Representatives Keifer. of Ohio;
Moon, Barchfeld Burke and Wheeler, of
Pennsylvania; Richardson, of Alabama
Hanna, of North Dakota; Fairchild, Cox
and Goldfogle, of New York; Parker and
Kinkaid, of New Jersey, and Delegate
Larrinaga, of Porto, Rico.
Chirman Bartholdt will make the prin.
cipal address in support of the Ameri-
can propositions. Representative Keifer
will speak ON the subject of fortifca-
tion of the Panama Canal, to which work
he is opposed
All of the, American delegates. Chair
man Bartholdt said, were opposed to the
spending of millions of dollars in fortify-
ing the canal.
"The canal can be made perfectly safe
for hundreds of years to come" said Mr..
Bartholdt, "by few hours work in the
shape of an agreement between the
United States and other countries"
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
SLUMP IN AUTO BUSINESS
Bottom Seems to Have Dropped Out
Notwithstanding Boosting Efforts
of Manufacturers.

New York.-Indication point to the
bottom having fallen out of the auto
mobile business. The manufacturers, il
is reported in trade circles, are making
strenuous efforts to keep up show of
continued prosperity, but it is also said
that they are not selling their product,
but are storing machines throughout the
country at their various agencies to pre-
vent the public realizing the true condi-
tions of the market.
Several large concerns are laying off
men and giving all sorts of reasons for SO
doing except the statement that they ars
overstocked. Two or three of the largest
factories recently closed entirely, ostens-
IDLY for the purpose of taking inventory.
but the workmen were not given any
definite time at which to again report
for work, and it is not expected that
these factories will again be in operation
this year.
A well-known automobile agent of this
city said yesterday that all cars would
undoubtedly be selling at from 25 per
cent. to 80 per cent. less than present list
prices within the next two or three
months. He added:
.sThe trouble with the automobile bust
ness is that the farmers and people of
the smaller cities and towns have not
taken as kindly to the idea as was antici-
pated. The farmers find that the cost
of keeping them in repair and operation
is more than the cost of keeping horses
to perform the same work, and while
there was, for time, tendency among
the farmers to invest in the machines.
the demand for cars from this class of
buyers has practically stopped, and
venture to say we will not again sell to
the farmers to any extent until prices
are materially reduced"
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
Man Bears Charmed Life.

Pottstown. Pa. tSpecial) When Joe
st. Clair fell from the shafts of his cart,
and bystanders saw one of the heavy
wheels pass over his head. they ran to his
side, expecting to iRd him dead. To
their surprise thoy feuad lac had escaped
serious injury. st. Clair seemingly has
charmed life. Last winter, when he
shot himself in the log, doctors insisted
that the li,nb would have to be ampu-
tated. st. Clair wouldn't have it that
way and said he would rather die than
part with ii, II stayed on, and he has
recovered filll use of it.
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
Oil Well in Citv.

Pittsburg, Pa. Especially oil has been
struck in the midst of the busy hum of
the city Within few feet of a street
where the trolley clangs by every few
minutes we'll was brought in on the
north side, and during the day flowed 60
barrels. Nineteen years ago this loca-
tion was known as Jacks Run, and at
that time oil was struck, but so many
wells were driven that the development
was soon exhausted The strike has
caused a furry among the neighbors The
oil is of high grade, and is found in the
hundred foot sand.
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
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The midland journal., 1910-08-12
TAR1FF,s Banner YEAR.
Revenue Was Greater by SIS 1000, 600
Under Operation Of New Measure.

Washington, D. sCS Special The first
full year Of the working Of the Payne
Aldrich tariff law has; ended with total
of s2O,2l4 ,o2S.99 to tsscredit in the stir-
plus of ordinary receipts. This is greater
BY almost $l5,0O0,O00 than the ordinary
receipts Of the fiscal year Of 1907, which
was looked upon as the banner year in
the point of receipts, its total having ex-
ceeded that of any other year by almost
$50 900, 900.
1t is therefore pointed out by Acting
Secretary of the Treasury Hills in a.
statement just issued that the Payne
Aldrich law produced in its first full year
a revenue greater by $75,00O,000 than the
sum collected in any other year in the life
of this government, excepting 1907.
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
INDIANS TURNED
DOWN Dig SUNS
Chief McCarlain offered One
fourth of Profits
HIS SON WAS ALSO APPROACHED.
D. G. McCurtain, Son of Chief and a
Delegate to Washington for His
Tribe, Testiies that McMurray Of
fered Him $4,000 in 1906 to With
draw His Opposition to the Old
Tribal Contracts

Muskogee, Okla, August 6.-Not only
Jake i. Hamon, but J. F. McMurray wat
named as a would-be briber in the inves.
tigation of the $30,0OO,O0O Oklahoma Ins
dian land deal, before the special congres.
sional committee here. McMurray is the
holder of the contracts with the Choctaw
and Chickasaw Indians, to promote which
IN Congress Senator Thomas p. Gore
charged he was offered a bribe.
ID. G. McCurtain, a Choctaw Indian
and delegate to Washington for his
tribe, charged that McMurray, in 1906
offered him bribe of $4,000 to with.
draw opposition to the old tribal Nc.
Murray contracts, which subsequently
were disapproved by President Roosevelt,
Green McCurtain, chief Of the $4,000
Choctaws and a venerable Indian of So
years with gray hair and brown plump
cheeks, then took the stand and told the
committee that one George w. Scott
whom he believed acted in the interest
|of McMurray, had offered him one-fourtlr
of the profits to be realized from the
land deal, provided he induced the tribe
to withdraw all opposition to the deal,
This offer referred to new contracts held
by McMurray, which are the cause Of the
present investigation.
The amount of the bribe mentioned by
D. G. McCurtain, who is a. son of the
chief, is the same as that which Senator
Gore alleges was offered him on May 6
last by Jake Hamon to put through the
pending contracts which. according ia
Senator Gore, would result in the selling
of 100000 acres of coal. asphalt and
timber lands, owned by the Indians, to a
New York syndicate on a basis that
would give McMurray and his associates
an attorneys fee of lO--per cent. or
$3.000,00O.
The presentation of the charges
against McMurray followed another day
of sensational testimony. during which
Senator Charles Curtis, of Kansas, and
Congressman B. S. Mcclure, of Okla,
homa, appeared ON the stand to refutei
statements they were interested in the
deal
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
Gaynor in Night Court.

New York Especially Another hard
blow at the tyranny" of the police in
making arrests for trivial causes was
struck by Mayor Gaynor. His action was
the direct result of his visit to the night
court this week when he found many
prisoners arraigned without cause. Here
after charges are to be filed against Off
GERS who make unwarranted arrests or
use unnecessary force, and their dismissal
will be sought
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
500 See Man Kill Himself.

st. Louis Especially "A man identified
from papers in his pockets as Henry E.
Wasson, formerly travelling auditor OF the
Missouri Pacific, who has been missing
from his home in Leavenworth, Kan,
shot and killed himself ON the baseball
grounds of Carondolet Park. Wasson's
brother-in-law had asked the police to
assist him in searching for Wasson. Five
hundred picknickers saw the man kill
himself.
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
MAJ neath in Thrasher.

Celina, Ohio Especially Two men are
dead following the explosion of thrash
ing machine engine on J. A. Doner's farm,
seven miles east of here. They are j. H..
Vonderhaar, of Fort Recovery, and VIII
liam Sudhoff, of st. Anthony. Wonder
haaf was instantly killed. Sudhoff lin
gered until morning.
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
Plague in Canton.

Victoria, B. G. Especially That the
city of Canton is badly infected with
plague is the news brought by the steamer
Ningchow from the Orient. People are
dying by the hundreds and it has been
difficult to get men to bury the dead.
Efforts were made to burn some of the
affected quarters, but with little effect.
The houses were so crowded and so dry
that it was found difficult to burn them
without starting serious confagration.
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
Kills White Groundhog.

Branchville, N. j. Especially Howard
Cole killed white grounding with a
club on John McDonald's farm, near here.
1t is the first white grounding ever seen
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
Poisoned By Pencil.

Pittsburg, Pa. Especially A. G.
Young, traffic manager of the American
Tinplate Company, is in serious con-
dition from blood poisoning and ampu-
tation of his right arm may be neces-
sary. While in camp in Canada a week
ago, Mr.. Young pierced a finger with an
indelible pencil. He treated the wound
with 'first aid" remedies, but it did not
heal, and he was forced to return to his
home here, where he went to hospital.
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
Ice Cream From Hailstones,

Derby, Conn. Especially Twelve hours
after one of the severest hailstorms ever
seen in this section, Representative Hart
s.. Culver, of Seymour, picked up two
large pailsful of hailstones. Mrs. Culver
used them to freeze ice cream for dinner.
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
A Soft-Hearted Man.

Lebanon, Pa. Especially Rather than
press his fellow-citizens by process of
law to pay delinquent taxes, Dallas F.
Shroff, of this city, sent load of rabbit
shot into his body and died instantly in
the chicken house in the rear of his
home. The tragedy was planned with
such cool deliberation that the case is
unique in the history of suicides of
Lebanon county. 4
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
Baseball in Heaven.

Mattapoisett, Mass. (special) Base
ball in Heaven was the subject of a
sermon preached Sunday by the Rev. c.
Julian Tuthill, pastor of the Congrega-
tional Church. Ht said in part; "Hea-
ven is. but an evolution of this world. A
Christian may love ball game and, low
ing it, remain Christian. Why, then,
is it not safe to prophesy that even the
game of baseball will have its place in
some spiritual form in heaven?"
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
Germ of Leprosy.

Honolulu tSpeciaD - Drs. Brincker-,
hoff and Curry and NJ. T. Mailman, of
Honolulu, have succeeded in isoiating
germs of leprosy, it was announced here.
This means, it is said, the ultimate dis
covery of cure for the disease. The doe
tors are attempting to make an anti
toxin from the bacilli. Experiments at
the leper settlement soon will be made.
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
Lightning Kills Three,

Schenectady, N. Y. Especially Spencer
Lockrow, of Grooms, Saratoga county,
farmer, and his two harvest helpers,
Andrew Ecker and Simon Watson, were
killed by lightning. The team they were
driving also were shocked to death.
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
Clerk of Church killed.

Lexington, Ky. Especially. Henry
Martin, clerk of the Rock Creek Baptist
Church, in Whitley county, was killed
in the structure, according to dispatches
received here Martin was shot in the
back as the result of business dispute,
it is said. The church is one in which
Rev. Isaac Vanover and Rev. Isaac
Perry recently fought during an ecclesi-
astical trial, Vanover being killed.
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
HAYES, Birthplace Gone.

Delaware, 0. Especially The birth
place Of Rutherford B. Hayes, nineteenth
President of the United States, was de-
stroyed by fire.. 1t was two-story brick,
and was 100 years old. 1t was owned by
w. G. Diven, candy manufacturer. The
blaze was caused by defective fiue.
The midland journal., 1910-08-12
CHALLENGES caleb Powers.

Louisville, Ky. Especially Congress
man Edwards has challenged Caleb Pow.
ers to a joint debate throughout the
Eleventh district. The campaign is the
most vituperative in the history of the
district.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-29
FORCES M'L0UCHl|N
OUT TO WIN A MATCH
Walter Hall Puts Up Sensa-
tionaI Battle Against the
Coast Tennis Crack.

NEW YORK, July o9.-The speed of
Maurice E. McLoughlin's service held no
terror for Walter Merrill Hall yesterday,
when the young player from the Pacific
coast and the easterner met in the second
round of the New York state champion
ship singles on the turf courts Of the
Crescent Athletic Club at Bay Ridge. The
match went the limit of three sets before
Mclaughlin won, at 4-6, Ga, 63. That
Hall should get set was the surprise Of
the day. especially as it was admittedly
due to excellent forcing lawn tennis on
his part.
Aside from this result the defaulting of
prominent players took the snap out Of
the lower section of the draw. Gustave
f. Touchard retired in favor of Walter l..
Pate, the Brooklyn player. and the reason
announced was that Touchard was suffer-
ing from appendicitis. 1t was said that
the physician had ordered Touchard not
to play William A. Larned in the final
round for the metropolitan championship
playing had not improved his condition.
Another to default was Nathaniel w.
Niles Of Harvard.
Pate disposed, of the Princeton inter
ridiculous ease at 60, Ga. as the boy
was never successful in maintaining
passing opening against his opponent
then Henry n. Tiff. jr., of Princeton
revealed a game of considerable versatil-
ity and strength against Frederick c.
Bags, whom he defeated at 90, Sc
%. after Bags had repeatedly been
within strokes Of the match. Carleton
r. Gardner. the other Californian. kept
his place by defeating Otto H. Hinck of
the Montclair Athletic Club in straight
sets at Ga, 63.
Hall opened his match against Nc
Loushlin by winning on service. as the
Californian was bit erratic. Then Nc
Loughlin worked his service for love
game. the ball breaking far out to the
side before Hall learned the trick of re-
ce1ving it. BY fast playing and the use of a
slicing overhead stroke that sent the ball
bounding away at puZzling angles Nc
Loughlin led at 81 by breaking through
Halls service, but the latter balanced the
score. and as Mclaughlin could not do
better than win the eighth game the set
went to Hall T..
The games followed service up to fall
in the second set. Hall made good use
of his drives. and his crossing of returns
held him safely up to that point. Then
Mclaughlin steadied and won at "a.
The third set found both men playing
we'll. Mclaughlin worked up a lead of
81. only to have Hall overtake him at
a-all by his good driving. That was
Halls last stand, Mclaughlin ran out
the set and match.