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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14

Then Blew Open the Safe in
the POStOfiice.


Spencer. Mass. (Special) Five
daring yeggmen cracked the safe in
the Spencer postofice after overpow-
ering the two policemen who were
on duty nearby and locking them up
for safe-keeping in q. big steel vault
in the town hall. One of the police
men was seriously injured in the en-
counter.
The robbers made their escape. but
carried off only about $50 worth of
stamps, the entire contents of the
outer compartment of the safe. Sew
eral thousand dollars in cash and
stamps was in a small box in an
inner compartment, which the wish
tors in their haste failed to open.
The explosion, which occurred short
ly after O'Clock, awoke everybody
within radius of several blocks.
The robbers must have moved ra1i L
ly after cracking the safe, for they
were nowhere in sight when the first
Of a big crowd of citizens appeared
on the scene a few minutes later. d
There was great CONSERVATION
among the townspeople when they
discovered that their two night po-
licemen, James Morton and John Col
Iette, had disappeared at the, same
time as the yeggmen. Posses, hur-
riedly got together in the belief that
the two officers had been either KILL
ed or kidnapped. started in every
direction. They were recalled half
an hour later when somebody heard
the faint sound Of voices coming
from behind the thick steel doors
Of the town hall vault A man who
knew the combination was found and
the pair were released.
Morton had been the first to en-
counted the robbers. He had been
promptly rendered unconscious by a
blow on the head, and Collette. com
ing to his rescue. had been overpow-
cred and disarmed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
WASHINGTON
ny TELEGRAPH

Secretary of the Interior Ballinger
suspended Superintendent Benedict,
of the Five Civilized Tribes, and
three supervisors, after an investiga-
ton which is said to have disclosed
a disgraceful condition affecting the
welfare of the schools.
Cardinals Day was celebrated at
LIST. Patrick's Church and leading
men Of official Washington as well
as the representatives of the foreign
powers, attended the services and
the reception given in honor of Car
dinal Gibbons.
The Venezuelan government has
conferred the order of the Bust OF
Bolivar and John Barrett, director
of the International Bureau of Re-
publics.
A far-reaching program has been
arranged for the convention of the
National Civic Federation, which
meets on January II.
Chemist Wiley, of the Agricultural
Department, says hard fight will be
made in the bleached flour cases.
President Taft attended the Crit
tenden memorial services at Foundry
Methodist Episcopal Church.
General headquarters of the Amer
lean Civic Association have been es-
tablished in Washington.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Garfield submitted his annual re-
port.
A committee of the Federation of
Labor presented to President Taft
a formal paper containing fourteen
charges of illegal conduct against
the Steel Corporation.
Rev. Ernest T. Lyons, minister to
Liberia, was in Washington to urge
his movement for the financing by
the United States government of the
Liberian debt.
The House Committee on Foreign
Affairs laid aside the measures de-
manding the arrest and punishment
of former President Zelaya of Mica
ragua.
The House adopted resolutions of
respect to the memory of the late
Congressman Griggs. of Georgia, and
adjourned.
President Taft sent to the Senate
the nomination of Capt. Charles 3.
vreeland, of the Navy, to be rear
admiral.
Representative Mann introduced a
number of bills bearing upon legisla-
ton in the interest of railroad en-
ployes.
President Taft nominated Amos
H. Rudolph and John A. Johnston
to be District Commissioners.
An experiment is to be made on
the New York docks with automatic
sugar weighing scales.
Speaker Cannon declared himself
great believer in the caucus.
President Taft has bought fine,
strong saddle horse.
The attitude of France in still per-
sistently objecting to the Chinese
loan is mystifying, and has surpris-
ed Germany and Great Britain, as
well as the United States.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
70 KEEP PEACE
IN THE FAR EAST
Knox's Proposition to
Other Powers.
Elimination OF The Manchnrian
Railroads From Eastern Politics
"A Proposition Looking TO Neu-
tralisation OF These RAILROADS
Preservation OF Territorial Integ-
rity OF Chinese Empire.

Washington. q. 9. Especially -.
Secretary Knox has suggested to the
powers interested in the Manchurian
Railway situation plan contempla-
ting the naturalization: of the rail-
roads by their sale to China, the
transaction to be financed by an in
ternational syndicate. If Mr.. Knox's
plan is carried into effect the result
will be to take the Manchurian rail-
ways out OF oriental politics and
place them under economic and inn
partial administration. The owner
ship of the railways will be vested
in the Chinese government, the funds
for the purpose to be loaned to China
by the bankers of these countries
which are pledged to maintain the
open-door policy in China.
Discussing this subject Mr.. Knox
said:
The proposition OF the United
States to the interested powers look
ing to the naturalization of the Man
churian railroads disclose the end
towards which American policy in
the Far East has been recently di-
rected.
'As is well known, the essential
principles of the Hay policy of the
open door are the preservation of
the territorial and jurisdictional in
tegrity of the Chinese Empire and
equal commercial opportunity in
China for all nations This governs
ment believes that one of the most
effective, if not the most effective.
way to secure for China the undis-
turbed enjoyment Of all political
rights in Manchuria, and to promote
the normal development OF the East
ern provinces under the policy OF
the open door practically applied,
would be to take the railroads OF
Manchuria out OF Eastern politics
and place them. under an economic
and impartial administration by
vesting in China the ownership OF
its railroads, the funds for that pur-
pose to be furnished by the nations
of such interested powers as might
be willing to participate and VINO
are pledged to the policy OF the open
door and equal opportunity; the
powers participating to operate the
railway system during the period OF
the loan and enjoy the usual pref
erences in supplying materials.
such a policy would naturally re-
quire for its execution the coopera-
ton not only of China, but also of
Japan and Of Russia, who already
have extensive railway rights in Man
churia.' =
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
SCANDAL IN THE
INDIAN SERVICE
Suspensions Are Ordered BY
Secretary Ballinger.
Said To Have Disclosed
A Disgraceful Condition Affecting
The Material And Moral Welfare
or The Schools The Superintend-
emit Alleged To Have Business In
terests Incompatible With His
Duties-Ot Other Officials Are Com
cerned.

Washington. d. G., Especially. 49,
Secretary Ballinger. Of the Interior
Dena r = ent. Isuspen led from Office
Superintendent John d. Benedict, Of
the Five Civilized Tribes Of Okla
homa, and three supervisors as the
result of an investigation which has
disclosed "a disgraceful condition"
affecting the material and moral
welfare of the schools.
As a result Of the investigation
which the Interior Department has
been carrying on for sometime past,
and which will be continued, other
officials of the Indian Service may
suffer like fate to that of Superin-
tendent Benedict and the three SUI
pervisors suspended.
The investigation which resulted
in this. action was entered into be-
cause of various reports reaching the
department here, charging the Of
ficials already suspended, as we'll as
others, with activities which it was
thought were improper for govern
ment employees. The suspended SUI
pervisors are Calvin Ballard, of the
Choctow schools at McAlester; Fred
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
! EXRELs DIR. COOK.
Arctic Club or America Drops Him
From Membership.

Arctic Club or America Drops Him
From Membership.
New York (Specian The Arctic
Club Of America by Dr.
Frederick A. Cook and his support
ers in the North Pole controversy
through it's board of directors has
dropped the name of the explorer
from the roll of membership.
The action OF the Arctic Club d.
rectors was unanimous and follows
hard upon the heels of the explorers
summary dismissal from the council
Of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and
Sciences two days ago. and strips from
the explorer almost the last vestige
of scientific honors, only the degree
of doctor Of philosophy, conferred by
the University of Copenhagen re-
naming.
The Arctic Club of America led in
the welcoming festivities to DR.. Cook
on his return from Greenland and
Copenhagen. Later the club rendered
Dr. Cook. a former president of the
organization, a banquet at the Wal
dorf-Astoria, while many Of its in
dividual members, including Admiral
Schiey and Captain Osbon, warmly
championed tls cause OF Cook when
his now discr.d ited polar claim was
challenged. a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
|NICAR Aqua WILL BLAME zELAYA
Responsibility For Americans Death Is His-President
Madriz Begins to Probe.

by Genera! Estrada in the battle Of
Rama.
President Madriz began personal
investigation of the executions Of the
Americans Grocc and Cannon. with
the object of placing the response
bility. Solomon Selva. who appeared
as government prosecutor before the
court-martial, will be found jointly
responsible with Zelaya, 1t Is said.
Admira Kimball, in command OF
the United States naval forces In Cor
into harbor, has declined gift Of
six steers, rendered by President Mad
rig for the American soldiers mess.
Congress has passed q bill pro-
viiing for the issue of paper money
to the amount OF $15.00O,000 to re-
place the $12,000.000 in notes now
in circulation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14

cality three facts are to be consider
ed:
First, the price paid by the
wholesale merchant to the producer;
second, the cost of transportation
from the place of production. and.
third, the difference between the
wholesale and retail prices. The lo-
cation of the place OF production and
consequently the question of trans
portation play a large part in the
general results"
The resolution sets forth that dnr-
ing the past twelve months there has
been an advance in the prices OF
commodities of from IL to 80 per
cent, and during the past thirteen
years of more than sc per cent.
which is entirely dispro7ortlonate to
the increase in wages, making it DIFF
flcult for millions of people to pro-
cure food, clothing and shelter con-
sistent with their needs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
Record Year In Pig Iron

Cleveland. Ohio Especially RE
turns received from the coke and
anthracite blast furnaces OF the Uni
ted States by the "Iron Trade Re-
view show that the pig iron pro-
duction for December was 2,6S1,459
tons, bringing coke and anthracite
pig iron production of the country
for 1909 to the record breaking total
of 25,335.75s tons. This total pro-
duction. surpasses 1907, which was
25.299,732 tons, by a margin of So
OPT tons. The country is now max
ing pig iron at the unprecedented
rate of thirty-two million tons per
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
What COLLEGES Are For.

Madison, Wis. Especially. - Presi-
dent Lowell, of Harvard. spoke at
the convocation at the university and
scored those students who come to
college for its privileges and not for
its responsibilities Many. he said,
have an idea that college diploma
completes their education, but their
education is not completed until the
sod is placed over them. Students,
he said. should come to college to
learn to do things as well as to learn
facts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
A Sliding Village.

Parma, Italy Especially On the
hills between Parma and Piacenza.
which are about SO miles apart, an
immense landslide is slowly moving.
1t is two miles in length, half a mile
in width and its depth is estimated
at rs feet. On top of the slide is
the village of Scopolo, recently oc-
cupied by thousand people. It is
doomed to destruction. and the in
habitants have evacuated the village,
transporting their valuables and the
furnishings and affairs OF their
church to safer ground.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
WOMAN HEADS TAX LIST.
Mrs. Emma b. Kennedy, or New
York, Assessed For $4,000, 900.

New York Especially Not Mr..
Carnegie and his millions in steel,
out woman with millions left her
by her husband, heads the list of
personal tax assessments made public
In New York. She is Mrs Emma
B. Kennedy, widow of the late John
S. Kennedy, who left $4,000, 200 to
charity when he died recently, and
she must pay taxes on personal prop
erty valued at $6,000,O00 Mr.. Car
negie, who topped the list last year,
tied this year for second place with
Mrs. Russell Sage at $5,000.OO0.
John d. Rockefeller comes third,
with personal property assessed at
$2,500,0O0, and in fourth place arc
Florence Amsinck and Bessie Nc
Leod Leggett and w. X Vanderbilt,
each assessed for 81, 000,000. Will
liam X. Vanderbilt, Jr., is listed for
half a million.
Col. John Jacob Aston and ]. p.
Morgan must pay on personal prop
I srty assessed at $400.0JU. Charles
M. Schwab is down for S250,000;
Jacob H. Schiff for 100000. and
August Belmont and Thomas F..
Ryan for $10O.0 600 each.
New York City gains approximate
" $4,000, 900 on its legal debt lin
It as indicated by the increased
| values announced The borrowing
capacity, as heretofore fixed by law,
was about $59.00O,00O, but the as
sessed valuation of real estate is
| s6.60O,187322, as against $6.333,-
| t77,804 last year, an increase of
1891. 009,51S. AS the city's borrowing
capacity is equal to 10 per cent. Of
he assessed valuation Of real estate.
| he debt margin will be raised about
k27, 900. Last year the increase in
assessed valuation was only abont
! 500. 900, 900. and only about $780,
800. 900 was added to the city's bor-
owing capacity.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
After Aviation CUPS.

Paris tSpeciaD The Aero Club.
of France, has decided to issue q
formal challenge to the Aero Club Of
America for both tho balloon and:
aeroplane international cups. The
French Wright Company has adapted
tail to the Wright aeroplanes and
the trials have proved highly salts
factory. Both Wilbur and OrvilleI
Wright have always been opposed to,
such appliances for their neachines.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
DISCOVER TUNNEL
LEADING TO BANK
New York Police IJIearth One
On East Side.
'aUNTlN6 FOR THE MISSING lAh
When Authorities Are Notified Thai
Man Went Into A Cellar And
Never Returned, They Investi.
gate And Find Tunnel - Digging
Up Street In Effort TO End Man
-Branched on Toward A Jewelry
Store Next To Bank.

New York Especially "A true case
OF the man who crawled into his
hole andupulled @the hole in after
him is 2uzzling the police here. And
there is more interest In the hole
than in the man who dug it, for q
cursory first inspection soon showed
that, from an unobtrusive aperture
in the floor of a tenement house cell
lar, the hole presently stretched into
tunnel, and that the tunnel pointed
in the direction of the vaults Of the
East Side branch of the Fourteenth
Street Bank, with deposits of $10,-
600, 900, and toward the safe Of
jewelry shop next door. in which
there lay 100000 worth of diamonds
and jewelry
Isidor Garbus ran to the police
with tale of the disappearance Of
his brother-in-law, Isaac Finkelstein.
The man had last been seen, he said,
in the cellar of the tenement house
where they lived. Isaac had gone
downstairs to gather firewood. He
did not return and under the wood
pile Isidor had found a mound OF
fresh earth. The foundations of the
house, he told the police, must have
collapsed on his brother-in-law.
After few minutes digging thu
police uncovered a sharply defined
aperture in the cellar wall, about
three feet across, and pitching down
ward under the street. A building
department inspector crawled in on
his hands and knees, striking
matches as he went. but came out
in a hurry when he bumped into
what seemed to be a collapse Of
earth and boulders. The walls OF
the tunnel were unshored, and only
the cohesion of the hard packed
earth held the roof up. Whoever
had dug 1t must have worked ~
secret for weeks.
Fearful of further exploration
from the cellar, the inspectors began
to dig down from the street level,
at the same time sounding the eel.
lar walls of the bank and the Jewef
ry shop. SO far as they could learn
both are sound.
digging continued all afternoon
and ali night with crowds of curious
in attendance. The work went slow
ly. both because of the depth OF the
excavation and the necessity for eau
ton. At a point beyond the nrst
obstruction a fork in the tunnel was
found, one, branch heading Tor tns
bank vaults and the other for the
jewelry shop. In all the diggers naa
uncovered about so feet OF burroW-
ing, with no trace OF the pody oL
Finklestein.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
Foreiign

A collision between French and
Turkish troops near Dehiba, Tunis,
ON the Tripoli frontier, during which
shots were exchanged, has caused
France to make representations
against the advance of Turkish
troops in that territory.
Because United States Minister
Fox, at Guayaquil, Ecuador, notified
the foreign minister that the sani-
tary conditions were bad, the Ecua-
dorean press says the notice consti-
tutes a menace against South Ameri-
can autonomy.
Herbert Titlow was sentenced by
q London court to eight months at
hard labor, for defrauding Miss Clara
Libbey, of New Haven, Ct, repre-
senting himself as Sir Claud Camp
bell, of the British displomatic serv-
ice.
The Austrian steamer Irene, at
Venice from Galveston and Norfolk,
and the British steamer Elswick
Manor, from Tyne, were in collision,
and the Irene was slightly damaged.
The Russian Foreign Once has as
vet taken no action on the memoran-
dun presented by the U. S. govern
ment relative to the naturalization of
the Manchurian railroads.
Queen WilLelmina gave a ban
quet at the palace at The Hague in
honor of Gen. Stewart Woodford,
president of the Hudson-Fulto Cele-
bration Commission.
Miss c. A. Drayton. of New York,
and William Phillips. secretary Of
the United States Embassy in Lon
don, are to be married there.
The jewels which Abd-el-Aziz. the
former sultan OF Morocco, pawned in
Paris for 100000. have been re-
deemed by the Moroccan government.
The steamer Nosse Prince. from
New York for Cape Town, was burn
ed on Ascension Island.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
CHILD CATCHES THIEF.
Little Mary Vaughn Highly Com
mended BY Magistrate.

New York Especially. Mary
Vaughn, small. but plucky, earned
the praise of magistrate when
Charles Moran, who says he is a
salesman from Chicago, was arraign-
ed in police court charged with
snatching SIS from stationery store.
Mary was alone in the shop at the
time of the alleged theft. She dart
ed after the man, chased him on to
the street and through the thick of
the traffic, caught him and held on
until a policeman came to her aid.
You're a brave little girl said
the magistrate to her when he heard
her story. Moran was held in
81. 700 bail.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
ODDS AND ENDS.

Turkey has a government tannery
for such products as are needed In
the army.
The Australian state pf Victoria
spends nearly 100000 Ia year in
its warfare against the obstructive
rabbit.
While 2,000-horsepow4r locomo-
tives are common in the United
States and many exceed Athat size.
q 1,200-horsepower engine is con-
sidered large in continental Europe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
Blots out Ills Family.

Winters, Texas Especial Frank
Sembler, living twelve miles north,
with a Ratchet killed his wife and
.wo children, and 8 years Of age,
ind seriously injured young wom-
an living in the family. He then
:ook his own life with a razor. The
.ause is believed to be dependency
iue to ill-health.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
EXPLOSION KILLS THREE.
Section OF Plant OF Metal Door Com
pany Wrecked.

jamestown, N. Y. Especially BY
the explosion of gas oven in the
enameling department Of the Dahl
strom Metal Door Company's plant in
this city, large section of the plant
was wrecked. Gus T. Johnson, night
foreman, was killed. and William
Smith, a varnisher, and Bernard
Magnussen, a finisher, were fatally
injured. The explosion was caused
by collection of gas in one of the
ovens.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
Pioneer Preserver Dead.

Toledo. Ohio Especially James
Dale Chamberlin, 95 years old, who
claimed to be one of the originators
of the industry of preserving fruit
in Theoretically sealed cans for com
mercial purposes, died here. Sue
cessfully experimenting with berries
and tomatoes while young man in
Union County, Pennsylvania, he ped
died his product in Philadelphia.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
A hospital Sinks.

Vienna Especially An extraordi-
nary accident occurred at Rabbi, in
Carinthia. The sudden subsidencc
of the site of a disused mine COM
pletely engulfed small hospital
building. Not vestige of the hos
pital remains, and only huge cavity
appeared in the ground. Seven in
mates of the hos1>tal, including Sur
geon Wesseley and his family. per-
ished.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
Mine Swallows Hospital.

Vienna Especially An extraordi-
iary accident occurred at Raibl. Car
nthia. The sudden subsistence of the
lite of disused mine completely en-
quilted small hospital building. Not
/ vestige of the hospital remains.
md only a huge cavity appears in
he ground. Seven inmates of the
hospital. including Surgeon Wesseley
md his family. perishei
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
Sugar Probe For Other Ports

washington, D. C. Especially
Following the discovery of under
weighing of sugar at the port OF
New York inquiries are to be made
at other ports where sugar is brought
in with q view to determining
whether there has beer underweigh-
ing elsewhere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
. Cured BY A Coughinc.

Pittsburg Especially Surgeons at
xittaning, Pa, had placed Norman
Barnett. the little son of George Bar
lett, on the operation table to cut
tut his appendix, but just as the knife
vas ready the lad was seized with a
1t of coughing which cured him.
he emitted a needle. which is be-
ieved to have caused his illness. He
S rapidly. recovering.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
JAIN For Former Preacher.

Chicago Especially. - James r..
Kaye, a former minister OF Lincoln.
H., and later editor of a religious
paper, must serve two years SEN
tence In the Federal prison at Fort
Leavenworth for counterfeiting.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14

Managua, Nicaragua Especially -
General vasquez has left to assume
command of the government forces
at Acoyapa, where an engagement
with the insurgent army now moving
westward may take place soon.
Members of the local Red Cross
branch have gone to Bluefields, where
remain many of the prisoners taken
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-14
Urges Local Option In Kentucky.

Frankfort, KY. Especially The
message of Governor Augustus e.
Wilson urges adoption of uniform
local option law. with the county as
governing unit.