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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-21
The Immunity Bath.

No one likes the immunity bath, but
when a thing is necessary, liking or
disliking cuts NO figure. 1t is a way
the law prescribes for discovering
graft. If there was some other way
as efficient, the government would not
report to this method. But it is the
only way left by which the people
may protect themselves against fraud
and thieyery.
There are abundant instances where
corruption has been exposed through
this process. Most of the rottenness in
Pittsburg was uncovered by men blow
ing on their partners in crimes. 1t
makes no difference what their motive
is, whether high or low, if what they
tell sustains an honest suspicion and
fits in with the circumstances sur.
rounding the event, that is all that is
desired.
There must be some way to get at
the fraud that seems to prevail in
every direction. 1t is the duty of the
hour to crush this enemy that threat
ems the very life of the nation. To do
this, any weapon that is handy must
be used. It is no time to be particular
about the method, so we get at the
truth.-Ohio State Journal
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-21
Not an AlarHfist.

A cartoon which one may appreciate
for its fun even If one does not agree
with the view of the President there
expressed, is reprinted from Puck in
the Literary Digest. An ordinary
nickel alarm clock is adorned with
presidential smile, and out of the lips
the minute hand points toward the
close of the first year, the face being
divided into four year sections. The
alarm bell on top is labelled "Roose-
welt policies" A tiny ladder at the
side shows perturbed Uncle Sam
thrusting an inquiring head under the
bell, seeking the cause of silence.
The whole is labeled, THE False
Alarm. Set for March 4, 1909, and
hasn't gone off yet" Our Presidents
face lends itself to caricature even as
readily as his predecessors. Eyes
wrinkled shut with mirth and an extra
chin or two below the broad smiling
mouth-we know at once the pacific
governor of the Philippines and the
equally pacific incumbent of the chair
on the Atlantic seabOard, who means
to pour oil on troubled waters when
waiting calm Is desirable; but who
does not finch from outriding a storm
of popular protest when he has found
his true course.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-21
Boys and the Farm.

And Old farmers two sons were
anxious to leave the farm and work
out their destiny in the city. The far
mer wanted to keep the boys on the
farm. Sc he sent them to an agricuI-
tural college, one to learn plant breed
ing and general agriculture, and the
other to take course in animal hus-
bandry.
The result of this. experiment was
that each boy took great fancy to
his specially and a great interest In
the knowledge of it. The science OF
farming is very attractive. 1t let's one
into knowledge Of the beautiful laws
OF nature, and gives charm to all his
work This is the way to knock our
the drudgery of farm life and give on
broad views.
The agricultural COLLEGE Is today
our greatest public institutions II
takes much Of the: drudgery out OF
farm work by putting intelligence In
It The farmer is real producer, the
real benefactor in trade and com
meroe. and it is mora senstbse 70 en-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-21

customed to dirt and make the best
of it. once came across an Eski-
mo child several weeks old that had
never been washed; the only cleans
ing it had ever undergone was an oc-
casdonal lick from it's mothers tongue,
and ! have reason to believe that
was by no means an isolated case. In
this instance succeeded by stealth
in getting the baby washed. Washing
TO employ the mother for a short time
/ persuaded her to give her baby ill.,
to the care Of Christian Eskimo wo
man, and having accomplished that,
the remainder was an easy matter.
The wife hunted up some baby's
clothing and she and the Christian
Eskimo together undertook the task
OF spring cleaning the poor little
BARN. When the mother returned she
was delighted to see her child look
ing SO nice, and, far from being Of
Tended, she was profuse with her
thanks Inever heard that the baby
Hasaeross or that it cried more after
that much-needed Tubing.
Someone will probably exclaim.
But how can baby possibly thrive
in SO much dirt and fllth?" Yet they
90 thrive, and it is surprising what
chubby. fatfaced babies one sees
among the heather Eskimo.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-21

the old enforced custom of the com
muter, reaching home jaded and
tired after jerky rail journey, he
has enjoyed a run which has recuper-
ated his energies and finds himself
fit for what the evening may bring.
The cars beneficial influence is in
many other respects far reaching.
One can point in particular to the
growing tendency among town fol
to seek the open country during week
ends and the health-giving pastimes
of rural life, rather than the enervat-
ing routine pleasures of the town.
A wave Of craving for simple out
door pursuits is passing over the
country in growing strength, and It
is not difficult. to trace the impetus
to the automobile. This is not a
trivial fact, but a great economical
one. Witness alone the evolution of
the country club, one of the few
mediums of sour modern complex life
life giving maximum Of desirable
and normal social intercourse at rea-
sonable expenditure.
There is no question that achange
has overtaken the entire country as
result of the economical, reliable
car. So much for that And it must
not be forgotten that because Of the
automobile each year there are spent,
aside from the capital directly em-
puoyed, hundreds of millions of dol
lars to every farmer, hotel keeper or
industrial worker in the nation re-
ceiving his portion of expenditure
for the use OF the hundreds Of thou
sands of cars now running in this
country. The lesson reads itself
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-21
INCREASE
IN BUILDING
JUNE THIS YEAR TWO PER CENT
OVER JUNE OF LAST
YEAR.
SEVENTEEN CITIES ACTUALLY
SHOW A LOSS-SOME
HIGH.

Official reports from As cities
throughout the country compiled by
The American Contractor show a gain
OF : per cent, In the aggregate, in
building operations as compared with
June, 1909. Seventeen cities show a
loss CT from l to ga per cent, and %
show a gain of from 2 to 264 per cent.
The cities scoring a gain of so per
cent or over are: Atlanta, 81; Birm-
ngham, Sd; Cincinnati, 81; Denver,
81; Detroit, 100: Hartford. lis; Little
Rock, lis; Manchester, So; Memphis,
20; New Haven 1863; Oklahoma City,
264; Portland, Ore, So; Scranton,
y; Syracuse, 3d. The particulars will
be found in the following table:
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-21
Cubic Existence

There has been too little reflection
On the future which the aeroplane has
made possible. We refuses to think
how vast a new world will opened
when aerial travel becomes common;
how vast must be the changes which
it will introduce in our habits, ideas
and institutions. When man becomes
an inhabitant of a third dimension,
life will be thing enlarged widened
and enriched beyond all present con-
ception-life will be a cube where It
IS now square. Imagination seems
too faint-hearted to allow itself to
contemplate the time in which the
abode of man shall not be alone the
surface of the earth. Yet that time is
at hand.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-21
Vacuum Cleaners for the street.

1t has remained for Philadelphia
woman to propose that system OF
vacuum cleaning be applied to the
paved streets of cities. Why not?
The plan which has proved so salts
factory in houses could. easily be
adapted to street use Manufacturers
would soon provide the necessary
machinery once there was a demand
for it, and the result ought to be
great improvement in cleanliness.
Street sweeping, as at present con-
Quoted, whether by machinery or hand
brooms, scatters almost as much dust
through the atmosphere as it removes
In the other way, while vacuum clean
ing gathers it all UP.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-21

through his invention a legitimate
opening for larger living?
Modern civilization differs from
that of former periods chiefly by
reason of swifter travel and COM
munication. Those have changed his
tory and made the character. alike
of nations and of individuals radio
ally distinct from what they would
otherwise have been.
From prehistoric times the idea of
eliminating the horse and the DON
key as hauling powers took posses
sion of imaginative minds. The
horseless vehicle was a recurring
dream, which at various times found
more or less definite expression on
paper, though not in fact.
The automobile is simply mani
festation of tine forces of evolution
that are working out the world s
need, and its appearance, in this
sense, is no more remarkable than
was the advent of discoveries in
other essential elements of civilization.
The commercial phases of the auto
mobile are practically unlimited. The
world wants labor saving devices.
The automobile is one. From the
first the automobile has been the butt
of prejudice and doubt. No invention
of modern times has had more
bitterly presented antagonism to
overcome. The industry founded on
an irresistible demand was not, how
ever, to be destroyed by the unthink-
ing skepticlsm of men.
1t is quite safe to say that no
thing has done so much to educate
the man in the street on mechanical
matters to anything like the extent
for which the automobile is response
Bile. Further. it has done more to
arouse an enthusiastic interest in and
desire for information on technical
matters on the part of the average
iayman than have the combined in
ventlve results of a quarter of a
century of the most marvellous prog
ress the world has ever seen. Who
Is going to measure the benefit of
this with yardstick?
The business man now uses his
car from his home to his ONCE IN
town. avoiding the dust and crowd
Ing of the train, and arrives with
his senses fresh and alert and q
clear brain to tackle the days work.
In the evening. instead Of, as under
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-21
THE BABY ESKIMO.

Is Always Healthy and His Mother
Licks Him in Lieu Of Washing.
Wide World What DO
weknow of the childhood of the Eski-
mo in his natural state? He Is Ger.
tainly not born with the proverbial
silver spoon in his mouth. Silver and
gold are practically unknown guam
titles in Eskimo land. Riches-as civ
ilization understands riches-have no
attraction for the little man. The
height Of his ambition probably Is to
have plenty of seal meat to eat and
SUFFICIENT seal skins to make his
Clothes His Eskimo superstition
says It makes babies cross TO wash
them. 50 the younkster has to set &C.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-21

courage his development than that OF
any other class.
There is no kindlier fortune for a
boy than to get him interested in farm
experience. He may not attain to
great wealth, but he is pretty certain
to attain to great worth.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-21

Little Willie Say, pa, why is the
last of a college term called the com
mencement. Pa-Because, my SON,
it is the commencement of the grad
yates realization that the world
wasn't made for him exclusively
Chicago News. as
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-21

Reports of Kaiser Wilhetlm's re-
cent serious indisoositicn, following
his being made a semi-invalid through
an abrasion of the skin on his wrist,
after which he suffered from an alb
scess On the knee CAUSED by horse
back riding, seem to have been some
what exaggerated. Early dispatches
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-21

What did you do In the army!
Most Of the time I was IN charge Of
squad OF men," ION special duty?-
No they we're taking me to the
guardhOuse. - Cleveland Leader
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-21
yRon ras sprGss

NAGIIT.
the palace Kcaused
the Meteor both victorious the PHYSICIANS bandages
acesthis
sailing the photographer
health
re-splendd
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-21
nketty sure rs.

Quotations from Pittsblrg say that
bricks are falling. They should make
q hit. Charleston News and Courier.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-21
PORK AND BEANS THE SAME.

Now. let our hopes anew be fired,
The frugal mind this comfort
CLEANS;
No wicked trust has yet cOnspired
To raise the cost of pork and beans.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-07-21

! from Berlin and Potsdam said thA
German emperor's condition was such
that for the first time he would be
forced to cancel his engagements to
attend the regatta at Kiel, where the
imperial yacht Meteor was entered in
several events. This, however,
proved not tc be- the case, as the
kaisers Affections so readily yielded
to the treatment given by the royal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-02
Government Decides or
General Scheme Of En-
ployment and Finan-
cial Assistance.
Wholesale Pill
lage Still
Going
On.

Paris, February 1.-The height OF
the water at midnight at Pont Royal
was twenty seven feet three ilches,
fall Of nearly four feet from the
highest point, and the flood continues
to drop at the rate of about three
quarters of an inch all hour.
Premier BRAND has instructed the
projects to make q complete inventory
of the flooded areas and to appraiso
tho Individual losses, after which Par
lament will be asked for new credits
IN connection With the measures OF re-
lief
Soldiers are still guarding many OF
the public buildings, and strong de-
tachnents have been sent to the Narl-
Gus outlying districts to prevent the
wholesale pillage which Is still goins
on. A hoat patrol surprised hand OF
Apaches robbing villa Tonight az
Boulogne- -Sur-Seine. After an exclt-
| ing chase, in which y fusillade was
exchanged, an infantry sergeant SANK
the robbers boat with blow8of an
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-02

oar. Two OF the Apaches were killed
and the others were captured.
Ono OF the most hopeful features OF
the situation is the action of the gov
crnment in carrying into effect meas
urcs to enable the small proprietors,
both in Paris and throughout the
flooded districts of France. to re-es-
tablish themselves by means of loans
and to furnish work for the victims
The City Council is arranging. with the
cooperation OF the savings Institutes,
to furnish money for the rebuilding OF
stores and houses and the rcfurnishing
of supplies.
The government has decided upon a
general scheme of employment where
by those who desire work may ma ~
In repairing the roads and the public
buildings throughout the devastated
territory. The Municipal Council mas
adopted the suggestion OF present'''s =
medals to those who have been con-
spicuous in the rescue work. Ihese
medals will bear the appropriate in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-02
MANN S QUARLES
KILLED, IS CLAIM
Widow Enters Suit to Recover
Accident Insurance, Which
Has Not Been Paid.
DETAILS OF DEATH NOT GIVEN
Lawyers and Others Decline to
Talk, Though One Report
Refers to Fall.

Mrs. Ann II. Quarles. widow of Mann
S. Quarles, of this city, filed suit for
$4,000 in the United States District
Court yesterday morning against the
Aetna Life Insurance Company, Of
Hartford, Conn. The declaration all
| leges tlrat Mr. Quar,ies was insuied un-
der an accident policy in the company,
and that, although he did not violate
any term of the contract, and met his
death by external. violent and acci-
dental means the company has failed
to make a satisfactory settlement.
The company will file its answer to
the declaration of the plaintiff next
Monday. and until that time no author
itative statement can be had of the
!reasons for non payment. The con-
tract of Insurance, which is known ts
the combination accident accumulatiNe
annual income gold bond policy was
issued May 4. 1903. and it is alleged
! that under it's terms the beneficiary,
in consideration of payment of $50
annually by the insured, should have
received at his death, If by accidental
| means. the face value of the policy
In addition to the face value of
$4,000, the policy. upon each annual
1 renewal If the premium is paid in ad-
vance, increases 10 per cent. until the
compauy's responsibility for the risk
| becomes $4,000. The declaration states
that Mr. Quarles In his lifetime paid
six such annual renewals and that
| the contract was in full force when
he was killed on July "a, 1909 The
plaintiff alleges that sufficient proof
of the causes OF death was submitted
to the company on August 4. 1909, and
that since that time the company has
| failed to make any settlement.
srt. zix~fn AL ie Had
hibit In tho suit. and Mrs. Quarles
claims to be in possession Of re-
ceipt showing the policy to be in full
force at the time her husband died.
i The policy WAS written through local
n agent of the Hartford firm. Mrs.
Quares is represented in the litiga-
A tion by Attorneys Christopher B. Gar
nett and Robert M. Pollard
i Nobody connected with the case
would mako any statement yesterday
inregard to the manner Of Mr.. ouarless
death. Coming after the generally
4 published reports that he had died a
natural death, the suit created sen.
sation.. One statement yesterday was
that he met with a violent fall. though
there was no one to explain how ol
when
4 At the time the Mecklenburg FIote
was destroyed by fire Mr.. ouarles wa
a guest there, though a man familia
With the facts and who Is interested
in the case said last night that hi
. death was not the result of that dis
) aster Indeed, there was the utmos
{ silence everywhere, even the declara
tion. which stated that he was killed
q giving no details whicl, might explain
q the exact manner. In the statemen
a furnished Tho Times Dispatch for pub
! lication on the morning of July o5 II,
: reference was made to the fact tina
: Mr.. Quarles had died as the result o
: ian accident.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-02
MADE ILLEGAL SEIZURE
Court of Appeals Decide. Revenue Case
in Favor OF Detroit Firm.

Court Of Appeals Decide. Revenue Case
iu Favor of Detroit Firm.
Establishing the right of the manu-
facturer to transfer his product from
one point to another for the purpose
of completing It's preparation. the
United States Circuit Court Of Appeals
yesterday affirmed the opinion OF the
District Court at Phllippi, W. Va, In
the case Of the United States, plaintiff
in error, VS.. the Knowlton Danderine
Company, of Detroit, Mich, defendants
In error, owners OF siSty-five casks OF
liquid extract.
The extract was seized by revenue
officers, and the Court OF Appeals does
not deny that there was probable cause
for such action The goods We're not
shipped to be sold until the process oi
manufacture had been completed, bu,
We're to be bottled and labeled at the
company's warehouse In Wheeling, w
Va
The Court of Appeals holds that
there was no attempt to evade the
law. either directly, indirectly or by
subterfuge. The extracts proceeded
against will not be forfeited.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-02
.ENTOMB[D IN MINE
BY GAS EXPLOSION
Ten Men Known to Be Dead and
Seventeen Others
Missing.
ACTIVE RESCUE WORK BEGINS
Half Hundred Worklnen Pulled
to Surface in Safety Follow
ing Disaster.
ACTIVE RESCUE WORK BEGINS

Drakcsbcro, Ky. February Ten
men are known to be dead and seven.
teen others are missing, presumed to
slate as result OF a S9s explosion in
the lsro,sder aiine.eor ,a,4f itSlf mites
from Drakesboro, at noon to-day.
AT S O'Clock tonight eight of the
bodies had been recovered, all OF them
horribly mutilated and some of them
past Identification. Because of the ac-
cumulation of gases in the entry
where the explosion occurred. ITO feet
beneath the surface and 100 feet back
from the main shaft, it was impossible
to begin active rescue work until six
hours after the disaster occurred
The damage TO the mine, sIlvesti-
eating parties have discovered, was
not material, and is confined to the
east entry. There We're 100 men in the
mine at the time Of the explosion, more
than half Of them in the west entry.
All OF them who reached the cages were
quickly drawn up.
Those in the east entry, except the
unfortunate twenty-seyen, fought their
| way to the shaft, and were brought
| out to safety. AS soon as il waa safe
! TO begin with the rescue work. miners
| We're sent down in relays under direc.
ton of j. Abercrombie, mine foreman
| and G. Reynolds, the mine superintend
ent. In the immediate vicinity OF the
explosion ten men had been working
The concussion tossed the bodies dis.
/ tances of many feet. What caused thu
ignition of the gases has not yet beer
ascertained.
Entombed Men Probably Dead.
The remaining missing men We're il
entries but a few feet distant from
i the workings, where there was tn,
greatest known loss of life, and tn,
y searching parties have been unable t,
\ penetrate these entries. It Is believe.
all the men entombed there are dead
The pit mouth presents pitiful seen
u lContinned OH Second Pagel
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-02
JAPANESE CANNOT
Be NATURAL|ZED.
Court Of Appeals Decides Namyo
Bessho Is Neither White
nor Black.
susTAINs JUDGE WADDlLL
Applicant Served in United States
Navy, but Is Denied Right
OF Citizenship.
susTAINs JUDGE WADOlLL

Under an opinion handed down in
the United states Circuit Court of APP
peals yesterday, in the case of Namyo
Bessho VS. the United States, a Japan
ese, In law Is neither white man
nor is he OF African descent, and, there
fore, is not entitled to naturalization
in this country.
The opinion of the Court of Appeals,
which is written by Judge Nathan c.
Goff, and concurred in by his coli
leagues, affirms Judge Waddill, of the
United States District Court in every
particular The question is one of In
ternational Importance. and there is
little doubt but that Bessho will take
his application for citizenship to the
Supreme Court.
Served In United States Navy.
Some time ago, Bessno. who has
Piled for naturalization papers te
Judge Waddill, i'll the District Court
ut Norfolk. The court considered th,
application, aud finally rendered 1t.
opinion to the effect that Bcssho can
not become a citizen, as he does no
fulfil the requirements of the statute,
| that no man. unless he be white ol
OF African descent, can enjoy the priv
Iileges OF a freeborn American.
Counsel for Bassho contend that he
| is entitled to citizenship by virtue o1
an act of Congress conferring specia
privileges upon those who have seer
service on the water. r. Catesby Jones
| of Norfolk, is counsel for Bessho, Will,
District Attorney L. L. Lewis and hi:
assistant, Robert Fl, Talley, represen
! the government.
| The decision of the Court of Appeals
is said to be of especial Importance 1.
view OF all that has been said of tn,
relations between Japan and this coun
/ try, as we'll as from the scientific poin
of view. Is a Japanese white Or black
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-02
WATER Is FALLING, AND RELIEF
MEASURES ARE, I'M PROGRESS

scription, 'Fluctuat Nee Mergitur,"
which is the motto of Paris.
Some difficulty is being experienced
in restraining the residents of the
flooded districts from returning to
their homes immediateiy on the recess
sion of the water. without waiting for
the disnfecton OF the premises.
The Foreign Office is now free of
water, but is without gas. electricity,
telegraph or telephone service. The
Americans who reside in the Latin
Quarter have formed relief society
and have agreed to care for their
American comrades who suffered in any
way in connection with the flood. In
addition to $4,000 received from Mas
sachusetts, new subscriptions to the
relief fund from the United States are
as follows;
French colony of New York, $4,000;
French colony OF San Francisco,
$4,000; American Red Cross, $4,000;
w, X, Vanderbilt, $4,000; Mrs. A. d.
Huntington, $4,000,