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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-21
EX-GOVERNOR TYLER
UNDER THE KNIFE

Especial to The Richmond virginian.v
ROANOKE, VA. Sept. 20.-Ex
Governor j. Hogue Tyler underweut
serious operation at tho Jefxor-
son Hospital In this city to-day. Is
is stated tonight that the ooeraf1om
was successfully -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-21
ALL REFUGEES
IN CHINA SAFE

WASHINGTON. D. c., Sept. 20
Rear Admiral Murdoch, in command
OF the Asiatic fleet cabled the Navy
Department tonight that he had re-
ceived reports that all American re-
fugees from the disturbed sections
Of China are safe,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-21
Aviator Warf Repews Flight

ADDISON, n. Y, Sept 20.-Jimmy
Ward, the little flyer. arrived here
to-day from Corning. eleven miles dis
tant, on his aeropiane flight from
New York to San Francisco.
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No Trace of II In the Files or Else
Invertebrates p. Taft Never Heard
of Controller Bay Railroad, President
Says, Until Very Recently.
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and 1t was after this that the CORE
! spondent is said to have seen the let
ter with the postscript attached. MI
| Carr saw no such postscript when ne
sent the letter 70 me. | did not see II
when | read II. No one saw 1t III the
executive office, but II remained 70 ap-
pear as a postscript when II Is said
that the correspondent saw the letter
In April or May on the files or the IN
terror department All others were de-
MED the sight.
The person ON whose statement the
existence of what has been properly
characterized as an amazing post
script is based Is q writer for news
papers and magazines. who was given
permission by Secretary Fisher. after
consultation with me, to examine all
the files In respect TO the Controller
bay matter, and this under the super
vision of Mr.. Brown, then private sec
rotary to the secretary of the interior.
After the examination, at which 1t Is
alleged this postscript was received
from the hand of Mr.. Brown. the cor
respondent prepared an elaborate arti-
Gle on the subject of this order and
Controller bay, which was submitted
to Mr.. Fisher and which was discuss
ed with Mr.. Fisher at length, but new
er In the conversation between them
or In the article submitted did the cor
respondent mention the existence OF
the postscript Mr.. Brown states that
there was no such postscript In the
papers when he showed them to the
correspondent and that he never saw
such a postscript. Similar evidence is
given by Mr.. Carr and other custo-
dams of the records in the interior de-
partment.
Stronger evidence of the falsity and
maliciously slanderous character of
the alleged postscript could not be
had. Its only significance is the light
it throws on the bitterness and venom
of some of these who take active part
In every discussion of Alaskan issues.
The intensity of their desire to be-
smirch all who invest in that district
and all who are officially connected
with its administration operates upon
the minds of weak human instru-
ments and prompts the fabrication Of
such false testimony as this post
script. | dislike to dwell upon this
feature of the case. but it is so full OF
lesson that ought to be taken to the
heart of every patriotic citizen that l
cannot pass it over In silence.
When made this order I was aware
that the condition of public opinion In
reference to investments in Alaska,
famed by charges of fraud, some well
| founded and others of an historical
| and unjust or false character, would
| lead to an attack upon 1t and to the
| questioning of my motives in signing
| It. / remarked this when l made the
order, and | was not mistaken. But IA
public officer when he conceives it his
duty to take affirmative action in the
public interest has no more right to al
low fear Of unjust criticism and ATTACH.
TO hinder him from taking that action
that he Eould to allow personal and
dishonest motives to affect him. 1t is
easy In cases like this to take the
course which timidity prompts and to
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An Island In a Cloud.

White island. thirty miles to the
northeast of New Zealand, is perhaps
the most extraordinary island in the
world 1t is an enormous mass OF
rock nearly three miles in circumfer-
ence, rising 900 feet above the sea.
and is perpetually enveloped in dark
clouds. which are visible for nearly
100 miles. The island consists almost
entirely of sulphur, with a small per
centage of gypsum. Some years ago
an attempt was made to float a COM
pany to work the sulphur, which is OF
high quality, but sufficient capital was
not subscribed Therefore the export
of sulphur from White island is still
very small In the interior is a lake
fully fifty acres in extent. the water
of which has a temperature of 10 de.
grees F. and is stror"iv impregnated
with acids. On one side of this lake
are craters from which steam escapes
with great force and noise. This
steam and the vapor from the lake
form the dark cloud that envelops the
island
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40 aching, but such course does not
lnnre TO the public veal.
1 ana in full sympathy with the con-
Germ OF reasonable and patriotic men
that the valuable resources OF Alaska
should not be turned over to be exploit
ed for the profit Of greedy. absorbing
aud monopolistie corporations or syn
dicates. Whatever the attempts which
have been made, no one, as matter
Of fact. has secured in Alaska any I'M
due privilege or franchise not COM
pletely under the control OF congress.
/ am In full agreement with the view
that every care, both In administration
and In legislation. must be observed 10
nreyent the corrupt or unfair acquisi-
ton of undue privilege, franchise or
right from the government in that dis
trict. But every one must know that
the resources of Alaska can never be-
come available either to the people or
Alaska or TO the public of the United
States unless reasonable opportunity Is
granted TO those who would invest
their money to secure return proper
tionate to the risk run in the invest
ment and reasonable under all the cir
cumstances.
On the other hand, the acrimony or
spirit and the intense malice that nave
been engendered in respect of the adj
ministration of the government IN
Alaska and in the consideration or
measures proposed for her relief and
the wanton recklessness and eager
ness with which attempts have been
made to besmirch the characters or
high officials having to do with the
Alaskan government and even Of per-
sons not in public life present con-
dition that calls for condemnation and
requires that the public be warned OF
the decentralization that has been pro-
duced by the hysterical suspicious OF
good people and the INSCRIPTIONS and
corrupt Misrepresentation Of the
wicked. The helpless state to which
the credulity of some and the malev-
client scandal mongering of others
have brought the people Of Alaska in
their struggle for its development
ought to give the public pause, for I'M
III IL JuSter anu lailei vac" NC .SA
investment in Alaska, which Is neces-
sary to its development, will be i'm
possible, and honest administrators
and legislators will be embarrassed In
the advocacy and putting into opera
ton of those policies in regard to the
territory which are necessary to its
progress and prosperity.
WILLIAM II. TAFT.
The White House, July &c, 1911.
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and forwarded to the interior depart
ment. There II was deemed wiser to
spread on the face of the order a spe-
cifc declaration that 1t was made to
afford terminals for the Controller
Railway and Navigation company, and
as no one else was expected to inter-
vene and take up any part Of the elm
mated tract the restoration was made
''' ' Approved by Secretary.
The form thus amended was submit
ted to the secretary of agriculture, who
expressed his preference for the I'M
mediate restoration order through his
solicitors memorandum on the face
OF the order, as follows:
Mr.. Clements, Assistant Attorney In the
Interior Department-We think this o. X.
The secretary says 1t is the direct way
and appeals to him.
GEORGE P. MCABE.
The idea of the secretary doubtless
was that the short form of order was
preferable because ON its face it was
directly indicative OF the purpose to
secure an opportunity to the railway
company by proper entry to settle on
the land eliminated, and as no one else
was expected to intervene no postpone
ment was needed Accordingly when
the case came for decision in the cabi-
net the order was without any post
ponement clause This was the form
sent me for my signature by the acting
secretary of the interior department.
When l directed the striking out of
the reference to the railway company
and the enlargement of the area from
800 acres to 1880 acres the form of
the order in its provision for imme-
date restoration was not changed.
have no doubt that this was the rea-
son why the order issued took the form
1t did. Had the postponement clause
been suggested would doubtlessly
have directed 1t to be embodied in the
order. But the event has proven that
1t was really not important in this
case, for in now nearly nine months
only the Controller Railway Naviga-
ton company has made any scrip en-
tries on the eliminated tract, and this
although 11.0o0 acres and three miles
OF water front still remain open to en-
try and there are several different rail-
way companies in addition to the Con-
troller Railway and Navigation COM
pany that had filed locations for rights
of way in the vicinity In the last two
years who have had in the last nine
months the fullest notice of their OPP
portunity If they wished to enter on
this land
The "Dick to Dick" Letter.
Before closing I desire to allude to
a circumstance which the terms of this
resolution make apt and relevant. 1t
is widely published statement at
tributed to newspaper correspondent
that In an examination Of the files Of
the interior department a few weeks
ago n postscript was found attached to
a letter of July 10, 1910. addressed by
Mr.. Richard s. Ryan to Secretary Bal
linger-and in the present record-urg-
ing the elimination of land enough for
terminals for the Controller Railway
and Navigation company. The post
script was said to read as follows:
Dear DicI-I went to see the president
The other day. He asked me who 1t was
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The moot question as to why English
is spoke as she is has apparently been
settled by colored nanny of the old
school. In a recent visit to the West
Indies she accompanied her mistress
and after returning RECALLED her envi-
Gus neighbors with vivid accounts of
her travels.
SIN dem Wes' Indies" she remarked,
"dey don talk Unahted States. No,
sub. dey dom Dey talks foreign an
English-English. yes. sub. An dat
English dab amt de same as what we
all talks. No. sub. Dey says down
dab, dey says, 'ahn't' for amt and
'cahn't' for can't an such like doin's.
Yes. sub An you wan to know how
come dey talk dat fool talk? WHY.
sub, when he English done busted
away fun de Unahted States dey was
so 'shamed dey'd e. h belonged to us
dat dey trahd to get eben, an jes' out'n
spite dey done change de pronounce
ment of de whole language. st. Louis
Republic. :
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| I represented. I told him, according 70
| our agreement, that / represented myself.
| But this didn't seem to satisfy him 30
sent for Charlie Taft and asked MN 10
| tell his brother. the president, VINO II was
I really represented The president made
| no further objection to my claim. Yours,
DICK.
The postscript is not now on the nies
| of the department. II 1t were, 1t woulc
be my duty TO transmit 1t under this
resolution. Who Is really responsible
for its wicked fabrication, IL 1t ever ez-
listed. or for the viciously false state
ment made as TO its authenticity Is
immaterial for the purposes OF this
communication. The purport Of the al
legged postscript Is and the intention or
the fabricator was to make Mr.. Ricn-
ard S. Ryan testify through its words
to the public that although I was at
first opposed In the public interest to
granting the elimination which he re-
quested, nevertheless through the I'M
due influence Of my brother, Mr..
Charles P. Taft, and the disclosure OF
the real persons in interest was In
duced improperly and for the promo
ton of their private gain to make the
order
The statement in so far as my brother
is concerned-and that is the chief
feature of the postscript-is utterly I'M
founded He never wrote to me or
spoke to me in reference to Richard 8.
Ryan or on the subject of Controller
bay or the granting Of any privileges
or the making of any orders In respect
to Alaska. He has no interest In
Alaska, never had and knows nothing |
of the circumstances connected with
this transaction. He does not remem- |
Der that he ever met Richard s. Ryan.
He never heard of the Controller Bay
railroad until my cablegram of inquiry
reached him
Mr.. Ballinger says In telegram In
answer to my inquiry that he never
received such a postscript and that he
was in Seattle on the date of July IL,
when 1t was said to have been writ
ten.
Mr. Richard s. Ryan, in letter
which he has sent me without solicita-
ton, says that he never met my broth
er, Mr.. Charles p. Taft, and that SO
far as he knows Mr.. Charles p. Taft
never had the slightest interest In Con-
troller bay. In the Controller Railway
and Navigation company or In any
Alaskan company, and he utterly de-
MES writing or signing the alleged
postscript The utter improbability OF
his writing such a postscript to Mr..
Ballinger at Washington when the
latter was away for his vacation for
two months must impress every one.
The fact is that Mr.. Ballinger never
saw the letter OF July ID, 1910, to
which this postscript Is said to have
been attached. 1t was sent to me by
Mr.. Carr, Secretary Ballingers pri-
vate secretary, at Beverly, on July
1.-THE next day. read the letter at
Beverly In August with other papers
| and sent them to the White House.
I 1t was placed upon the White House
| files and remained there until April
%, 1911. when 1t was, by request Of
Secretary Fisher, for use in connection
with his answer to a senate inquiry,
returned to the interior department.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-07-28
Evolution Of the Nursing Bottle.

The original nursing bottle was.
cows horn, to the small end of which
were sewed two pieces Of leather, as
finger of n glove, and the infant drew
its nourishment between the stitches.
According to DR.. d. Forsyth, fifteenth
century mothers used to nurse their
babies for close upon three years,
duration still customary among the
japanese and Greenlanders. In the
time of the Stuarts 1t had declined to
between eighteen months and two
years. In the time of the Georges 1t
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-07-28

If a railroad was to be constructed
from Controller bay to the Bering coal
fields It was perfectly evident that
there must be terminal town on the
shore of Controller bay, and I was
therefore glad and anxious to throw
ii open to entry and settlement as one
important step In encouraging railroad
enterprise, l was certain that congress
had provided In the statutes affecting
the entry and settlement OF land in
Alaska limitations which would pre-
vent the possibility OF the exclusive
appropriation Of the harbor and chan
mel of Controller bay or its shores or
upland to any one railroad. This pro-
pose now to show.
The only practicable method for Sc
curing title from the government In
such tract as this after its elimina.
ton is by the use OF what is called
soldiers additional homestead right"
evidenced by scrip. The statutory linn
itations upon this method of acquiring
title are threefold:
a'SN' AN0 hHtAG ANV aNANc Nah
be entered in any single body by such
scrip.
Second.--No location Of scrip along
any navigable waters can be made
within the distance of eighty rods of
any lands along such waters, and no
entry can be allowed extending more
than l6O rods along the shore OF any
navigable water, and along such shore
space of at least eighty rods must be
reserved from entry between all such
claims.
Third.-Nothing In the act contained
is to be construed to authorize entries
TO be made or title to be acquired to
the shore Of any navigable waters
within said district.
Under the first limitation the navi-
CATION company and every other per
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fell TO one year, and now he reckoned
the average as eight months. During
the Hanoverian period the practice OF
feeding babies arthcially became
somewhat common. Cows mink was
NOT then considered just the food Tor
baby deprived of its mothers milk,
and the substance called pap was
introduced through the cows norm.
pap" was a mixture of crust soaked
water and sugar. A baby that thrived
on IL was usually one OF rare constitu-
tion. The nursing bottle with long
rubber stem succeeded the cows
horn. and by degrees the comparative
sanitary feeding bottle of today was
introduced. New York World.
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STAYED That Way.

Hello, Stubs, Haven't seen you
for months. The last time we met,
remember. you were trying to break
into literature. Did you succeedF'
eyes, and I've been broke ever
boston Transcript
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NATIONAL BANK
LAhBERTylLLE
N.Y.!
CAPITAL 100000 SURPLUS $4,000

Three per cent. interest paid on Certificates
Of Deposit and in Savings Department.
Safe deposit boxes for rent in new vault
from three dollars up. Wills receipted for
and kept free Of charge.
No CHARGES made for collecting incomes
and making investments.
CAL WIN S0LLIDAP. President
JOHN Q. H0LC0MBE. Vioe President
FRANK A. PHILLIPS Cashier.
W. s. HULSHTZER.: Asst. Cashier
WILLIAM L. WILSON, Teller
DIRECTORS.
Calvin soiliday, Frank A. Phillips.
Samuel A. burns, Geo. l.. Romiue.
j. 3. Studdiford, John q. Hoicombe,
George W. Massey, Wilmot Quinby,
Isaiah p. Smith, j. w. Crook.
william Eausr.
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Connections At Yardley.

Cars leaving Lambertville at 6:ao
7:ao, o:2o, A. M. 2:2o, 5:ao, P. M,
make immediate connection at Yardley
with trains for Philadelphia, arriving
there in one and one-half hours. Re-
turning, trains leaving Reading Ter
minal at 7:a3, 1880, A. M, 1890,
a:IB 3:I7, AIT, $500, 6:I7, 7:I7, P.
NJ, make close connections for Lam
bertville. Round trip rate, $I.44--
aoc. each way to and from Yardley,
and 81 .o4 return, to Philadelphia.
Close connections at Morrisville with
electric cars to and from Bristol and
Philadelphia.
Trenton New Hone B LambertVileSt, R
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TROLLEYS
To TRENTON

Cars leave Bridge Street, Lambert
vile, for Trenton 6:2o, 7:ao, $40,
o:ao, 1910, ;A.M.Ia:2o,I:ao, s:ao,
gao, 4;ao, $40, 6:ao, 7:ao, 8:2o, gao,
1910, II:ao, P. M; Ia:ao midnight,
daily, Sunday included. R eturning,
leave Trenton on same schedule from
$40 A, M, to II:2o, P. NJ. Fare
2sc. each way, or soc. return.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-05
Jap War Talk Is Called Criminal

the suggestion that it might not be
improper for congress to start an in.
vestigation with view to ascertaining
why this talk of hostilities between
the United States and Japan con.
tinues. 1t is pointed out that such an
investigation ought to reveal whether
as a matter of cold fact there is any
basis for the stories that are constant.
ly put in circulation. For nearly four
years this talk has gone on here at the
capital, and naturally has spread to
other sections Of the country.
President Taft has recently found 1t
necessary to invite the ambassador OF
the Japanese empire to the White
House and assure him personally that
the administration is in no way re.
sponsible for the war talk that has re-
Gently been INDUCED in, and to reiter.
ate to him that the United States has
only the kindliest feelings for Japan.
During the last month many stories,
circumstantial in character, have been
passed around here tending to show
that Japan is preparing to fight this
country. Every one of them On in
vestigation has been found to be base.
less.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-05
BIGGEST BIRDS N

The biggest birds nest in the world,
not excepting the storks, is built by
the African grosbeak. It is really a
hundred nests or more bound together
with closely interviewer sticks, vines
and strands of coarse grass, and is not
built by a single pair of birds, but by
a colony of them. 1t is Of such enor-
nous size that at little distance 1t
is often mistaken for one of the ma
tive huts built in the trees so frequent
ly found in wild tropical countries
where man-eating animals abound, and
the only way to sleep in safety is to
"roost high"
The birds usually select thorn.
tree, probably because of the protec-
ton afforded by the sharp, long thorns
against marauders. All around the
nest the roof of sticks, thatched with
dried grass, projects to let the rain
run off. A deep fringe of grass hangs
from this cornice like a curtain to keep
out any stray drops. These great nests
are added to from year to year, each
pair Of mated birds building on the
main nest. Sometimes the nest be-
comes too heavy, and the branch
breaks or the great mass of sticks
falls to the ground, destroyed by its
own weight. The grosbeak is no larg-
er than an English sparrow and just
as gregarious.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-05

WASHINGTON.-Senator Cummins
w OF Iowa, as chairman Of the com
mittee on civil service and retrench-
ment, proposes to push the eonsrdera-
tion of a comprehensive civil service
measure-one that will provide for
the designation by law Of all places
under civil service classification, in
stead of leaving them to executive or
der, and which will regulate promo
tions and retirements.
AS a member of the committee on
interstate commerce he already has
done some work on bill to reorgan-
ize the interstate commission, in
creasing its membership and dividing
1t into five parts, these parts to have
Jurisdiction respectively over sections
Of the country corresponding to the
traffic divisions as designated by the
railroads.
1t is not certain that the scheme
for reorganization of the interstate
commerce commission will be ad-
vanced beyond the preliminary stage
at this extra session.
With respect to the subject first
mentioned, however, It is the inten.
tion to introduce a bill within a short
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-05
Sherman Hard to Keep in Line

UICE-PRESIDENT HERMAN S
' fondness for mixing with the
crowd, talking politics with his old
cronies in the house and a general
dislike for formality, especially when
the formality is a prolonged affair,
almost disarranged the White House
plans for the New Year reception.
Mr.. Sherman was the first man re-
ceiyed by the president The vice
president then became a member OF
the presidents receiving party. The
presiding officer Of the senate contin-
ued to bow sweetly as long as pos
sible, and then quietly stepped into
the line of guests which had already
passed the president and walked out
to the east room, where there were
hundreds of politicians of various
brands. The vice-president was hav-
ing a fine time when he was inter-
rupted by Capt. Archibald Butt, the
presidents military aid.
"Mr. Vice-President," said Captain
Butt, you have been missed from the
receiving line. Permit me to escort
you back in time to receive the diplo-
mats"
$50 long, boys" said the vice-presl-
dent, waving his hand to his old Gro
nies in the house. See you later"
Diplomat after diplomat passed the