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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-19
OF THE KIDNEYS
NOT ALWAYS RECOGNIZED,
IA Geld Settled In ltldseys.
! Causing Serious Trouble.
Pe-r1i-na Restores Health.

CATARRH of the kidneys is a very
" much neglected disease.
1t Is not until the disease has a frm
hold upon the kidneys that the patient
begins to realize that there is some
arrangement of these organs.
The slight backaches. the feelings OF
lassitude. and other warning symp-
toms of kidney disease are overlooked.
They are not serious enough to de-
tain the patient from his regular work.
Even when he discovers that the
kidneys r affected. he does not
recognize the difficulty as being caused
by catarrh. o
Catarrh is sometimes so very grad
ual In its approach and its earlier
symptoms cause such slight. discom-
fort that 1t is not noticed.
However. when 1t is once firmly
seated in the kidneys it becomes a
difficult disease to exterminate.
Indeed. catarrh Of the kidneys is
more serious than catarrh affecting
some Of the other organs Of the body.
In the kidneys 1t Is liable to termin.
ate in Bright's Disease or diabetes
both Of which are recognized as very
serious ailments. If not fatal.
The thing to be done, when q cold
or catarrh of the kidneys is discovered
is to take some internal. systemic ca.
tarrh remedy, one that relieves the
catarrhal disturbances and thus re.
moves the cause OF the difficulty.
Such a remedy has been found in
Peruna. 1t relieves catarrh. no matte,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-19
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New-York tribune., 1911-01-08

Every device known TO ordinary detective
work is at their fingers tips. They scan
closely the advertisements OF dubious mall
order concerns and promotion schemes and
often subscribe themselves in order 10 So
cure their data. II 1t is n lottery being
promulgated through the malls they secure
a ticket. If mining or oil stocks or real
estate propositions are being advertised
with tho earmarks OF 'get-richquick''
methods the nine the oil wells or the real
estate sites are visited and subjected to
expert Investigations.
Upon evidence satisfactory 10 the Post
master General that an individual or con-
Germ is making fraudulent use of the mails
he instructs the. postmasters at any post
office at which registered letters arrive
directed 10 the suspect 10 return the let
ters TO the postmaster AT the office at
which they were originally mailed. with
the word Fraudulent" plainly written or
stamped upon the outside. These post
masters, in turn. return the letters TO the
writer's, under the usual regulations pre-
scribed. But the postmaster has not the
authority TO open a letter not addressed TO
himself. Furthermore, the Postmaster
General may forbid the payment by any
postmaster to the suspected individual or
concern of any postal money order drawn
to his or TO its order. and may provide by
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regulation for the return to the remittersr
of the sums named in the money orders.
Just as the method of dealing with
fraudulent mail matter is clarity itself. so.
10 the other extreme, is the debarring OF
obscene matter--especially a novel-a most
subtle proceeding with much splitting OF
hairs and needlc-point decisions ESpe-
cially is It difficult 10 determine just who
are the government employees who decide
what publications are unfit to be handled
by Uncle Sam in his mails. \ standard
must be set, but who sets II and what Is
it? At the Postoffice Department. nat
urally. but Just which particular individual
or individuals of the many employed there;
A reporter with an abnormally developed
bump Of curiosity anont this subject re-
Gently visited the Postofiice Department
and found employees almost as ignorant of
the identity Of the press censor as the
curious on the outside. From various IN
terviews if was finally learned that ire
quently matter goes up To the Assistant
Attorney General, Il. =. Goodwin"
His eyes twinkled, and he held up his
hands In mock horror when taxed with
reading books and magazines thought too
salacious for conveyance through the mails
lie averTed that il it were known he pc
rused the smart publications confscated
and placed i'm Uncle Sans varied library
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6 either. We have twelve men in the dead
letter office to whom such obJectonaDle
matter is sent. These men merely read ana
destroy ali day long. Often man Ignorant
OF the law writes a postal saying what ne
| will do IL he docs not receive pay by GER
| tain date This constitutes threat and Is
not mailable The postmaster of the office
| where II was mailed sends II here or de-
! stroys IT if he is certain OF its nature
/ When such a threa; OF libel Is received IN q
sealed letter and sent on to the postonlce py
the victim every effort is made to locate
and deal with the guilty one
There IS a bureau of Identification con-
nected with this section, where RECORDS
are kent of arrests made by the postal
INSPECTORS. Recently the staff has been far
more busy than ever before, as the new
penal code. enacted by Congress at the
last session. greatly widens the scope OF
matter prohibited in the mails.
Another division of the corps that nan
dlos improper books and cards is the for-
eigu registry section. r. l.. Baines Is chlet
of this division. and in it are men capole
Of translating matter seized at the custom
houses and forwarded to them TO determine
it's eligibility for the mails. r. l.. MaddoN
assistant TO the superintendent of foreign
mails, who has been in the government SER
New-York tribune., 1911-01-08

rITHIN the massive walls Of the
N Post Oflicc Department at Wash
w ington sits Uncle Sam with his
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Stories of Bters Bitten and of Extraordinary Views of the
Rights of a Citizen Come Borne on Stream
of Shamelessness

one casts aspersion upon him. He walks
through the community with head erect
and is not like other men. for he has not
been caught with the goods" Doubt
less some Of his Bible reading neighbors.
remembering his previous record, Won
der how a forCordaining Providence
could preserve him from such a tate
while permitting them 20 walk into the
moose
One man who had done much hard
work for the Republican party at the
polls faced the court and pleaded guilty
but threatened dire vengeance upon the
men who had "peached" upon him. The
court assessed a fine Of so and RENTED
half of it. whereupon the prisoner jumped
up and declared he would never vote the
Republican ticket again.
IT'S pretty certain you won't for hve
years at least" laconically remarked the
Judge as he pronounced disfranchisement
for that period. The man became angry
and as he backed out OF the door made
some surring remarks about the court.
Another surprise awaited nm when ho
reached the County Clerks ONCE Tor
Judge Blair reached for the telephone
called up the County Clerk and directed
him 10 remit no part Of the ene.
I'm going to be Socialist after thls'
the offender remarked, after no had
thrown down the SO 1t is not recorded
whether the Socialist party has wei
coined him with open arms or not ior'
even II acceptable from any other point
NJ view. he certainly comes. I'm the words
OF the song. empty handed
The manner in which the Democrats
stole a wagon load of intlrmary voters
must have been counted one Of the good
Jokes Of Election Day around the grocery
stove after the smoke Of battle had
cleared away and before the eloud OF
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make as much AS thar wuz to make. so
took So fer that. l cleaned up S23 on
that day. an | thought it was purity
fair picllin's."
81 will fine YOU S23 for accepting a
bribe and disfranchsc you for five
years" was the cold blooded reply Of
Judge Blair.
This bargaining, one would logically
assume had occurred before the adop-
ton of the supposedly secret ballot, for
it could hardly be expected that the in
spector of ballots would scratch his
ear" for so many bargains. When il
was made impossible for the buyer to
have visual evidence that the purchased
voter had cast the ballot handed him
the ballot inspector was relied upon by
both parties 10 the deal 10 confirm its
fulfilment. The inspector would scratch
his ear to indicate that the voter had
performed his part Of the contract. This
signal was followed by the payment Of
the price agreed upon.
Another story is told OF a bitter being
Dllltn, Win lle tildIdCltIS fAtHdHblHb
roles. A certain veteran OF many
bribery campaigns thought the market
for votes was stagnant. They were
worth more than the bid price. he felt
and held out for such an unprecedented
sum that the representatives Of neither
party would accept his asked price.
They decided 10 teach him n lesson by
showing him that there was such thing
as overgreediness even in the vote mar
ket. They agreed not to offer him any
thing.
Thereupon the voter played the role Of
Achilles by sulking In his tent. other
wise his cabin. on the day of the fight
at the polls He was not seen at the
seat OF the fray between the marshalled
cohorts Of bribers, q fact which has
caused him great rejoicing since. for no
New-York tribune., 1911-01-08

fur such works ho would he ashamed 10 20
forth into the world again.
Then you do read them:
why, I.-you see" as II he had discoN-
cred some way out. only those puhnca-
tions about which there is any doubt come
TO nc. / am the court of last resort rs
il were. So long as book shows plainly
that II belongs to thee indecent class II Is
discarded without appeal to this Office ior
an opinion But when it Is so well written
or subtIy handled that one man might be
of one idea concerning it and second OF
another. II Is submitted to us, and we de-
cidc-acccrdnG To the law.
He confessed guiltlly that hc did pass
upon "Tnree Weeks" So evidently this
was thought doubtful. or It would never
New-York tribune., 1911-01-08

surprise. Torn between loyalty anc indig-
nation, he compromised on a gasp, and sd-
mitted that he did read all the books that
came TO him.
After having been sampled and found
unpleasing to the taste. the copies Of the
debarred books are sent up to the library
on the top floor OF the building for cata-
loguing. Uncle Sam mas a whole roomful
Of them. but he guards the door jealousy.
Not every book is taken from the mails
because II is improper. however. Ottcn II
stirs up dangerous public sentiment. An
official who refused to be quoted said that
III somebody had had the forethought 10
expei Uncle Toms Cabin there might not
have been any Civil War" Volumes about
which there is uncertainty, Mr.. Ash ex-
plained. pass in turn through all the many
divisions until, II need be, the Attorney
General takes them up.
Maybe 1t Is a foreign story with repu-
tation for ultra -smartness abroad. but con-
sldered rather too spicy for everyday Amer
lean reading. II goes through the various
channels until II comes to this same Mr.
Ash, whose mind must be pure indeed TO
have come through undefled after thirty
years OF such labor.
James r. Young, superintendent or the
postoffice, seemed especially concerned with
the subject OF improper postcards. lie de-
clared that people away at the summer re
,orts seem temporarily to forget their sense
Of fitness OF things and mail cards ina
would greatly mortify the recipients ever
n Il did them no harm.
They mean no real harm. he explalheo
"but such a card would often place th'
receiver in a very embarrassing positioh
People are not allowed TO dun on postcard
New-York tribune., 1911-01-08
Like Threads of Spiders Web, Postoffice Inspectors
Paths Reach All Parts of the Country in Their
Search for Wrongdoers

opinion. lie must have tangible evidence.
But he is not confined to the consideration
Of simply legal evidence or such technical
evidence would be admitted I'm a court
of law. Any relevant circumstance that
has direct or indirect bearing upon the
question involved can be considered.
Promptness of action is the desideratum
If action is delayed any considerable time
as is generally the case in a judicial pro-
ceeding-the fraudulent users Of the malls
arc able TO consummate their schemes be-
fore interference occurs. fraud order IL
issued and the individual or concern ac-
cused is debarred from further use OF the
mails Postmaster General Hitchcock has
gone even further in the securing OF sum-
mary action by clapplng the offenders into
Jail and then letting the courts take their
customary leisure in deciding the official
guilt or innocence of the parties accused.
Since the fraud order law has been In
existence over three thousand orders have
been issued by the department, and In
only about thirty of them has the correct
ness of tho departments ruling been ques-
toned. In many of these instances the
objection was only as 10 the constitution
atty or the law ana not dS to 'he iihuiheS
of the department on the merits OF the
cases Moreover, in practically all of these
cases the department has been fully sus-
! tanned by the courts. In no instance has
its decision been reversed on the facts in
/ volved.
! The securing of evidence by an Inspector
/ is a most delicate task. Pitted against him
! are some OF the brainiest rogues In the
country. The inspectors themselves are
men VINO possess extreme business acumen
and a lawyers knowledge Of the law,
New-York tribune., 1911-01-08

! themselves of the invitation 10 come TO
the mercy seat while yet there is grace.
All day long. from dawn TO dark
wagonloads OF farmers and citizens OF
other towns drive into West Union. the
county seat, to attend to business mat
ters" These, chiefly, arc included in
visit to the Offices OF Judge Blair and
Special Prosecutor Shoemaker to plead
guilty and receive their punishment In
the wagons have been men of the high
est political and social standing in the
country, men worth $4,000. a sum put
ting them in the bondholding class so far
as Adams County is concerned.
| When the guilty have been unable to
get their business" transacted i'm sea-
son to get home before dark they have
taken shelter in the stores, where they
have been entertained overnight by the
storekeepers II is said that loo were
housed in this manner on one night.
one morning Judge Blair found two
hundred shivering men standing In lhe
awaiting thc opening OF court. The line
had been forming since daybreak. The
anxiety of some OF the men To have
their business" out OF the way Is illus
trated by the company of fifteen who
called at his hotel at PEBBLES as he was
about 10 take breakfast before setting
out for the county seat. He was asked
If he would hear the cases at once. lie
+, led the way into the dining room. or
dered his cakes and coffee. and then
heard the cases. Each man pleaded
guilty. and the usual fine. disfranchise-
ment and suspended Imprisonment were
presented I'm each case.
AS might be expected most OF the
stories told bv these corrupted voters
illustrate the dark side of the political
situation.
one farmer. reported 10 be worth $40.
900 and the owner of three hundred acres
Of fine farm land. when he faced the
Judge told a story which, while amusing
from one point of view. was quite the
contrary from another. He admitted
that he had sold his vote, together with
that OF his son and son-in-law, for - 90
and admitted that he was much wrought
| up when he learned that others In his
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Jn Sam Is Hotfoot After the Get Rich Quick Scheers
No Less Vgant Is He to Exclude Indecent Books, Pct
:, Al . g
and Postal Cards from the Mails in
the Interest of Public Morals.

vice since he was twenty-ons years cid,
goes abroad every summer TO keep in touch
with foreign methods.
Mrs. +. +. Melville. who has for years
handled the postcards sent i'm from abroad.
declared that nothing mailed by Americans
compares In questionableness with cards
and magazines sent in from France ana
Italy.
"They resort to every sort OF subterfurs
IN get them delivered in this country she
explained. They even cut the leaves OF
Riblos and insert their postcards between
them Invisible ink. backward writing
everything Imaginable Is resorted 10 to
get them through. But the inspectors N
New York arc lynx-eyed and rarely doea
anything escape them
Numerous queries among the many read
ers of such matter elected the information
/ that most OF the lbellous, defamatory and
l Indecent postals mailed in this country
come via the rural free delivery II IL not
I tho city bred chap who thus denies United
states mail pouches, but the country lad.
Perbaps the town youngster has more
wholesome dread Of the law.
An3 !, IA also TO the rural Aresde that
,nany magazines are going when removed
from the mails by the lottery division OF
which Pleasant Graves has partial charse.
Under a recent ruling guessing conteSs
are considered lotteries
Many magazines intended for country
subaribers are filled with such inducemenT'
and they are being rapidly weeded out oy
the postoffice Department There Is no oo-
lection TO guessing contests. but prizes may
not be offered Mr.. Graves intimates that
even a circular issued by cnurch ahu
, mailed for the purpose OF Notifying ir'
New-York tribune., 1911-01-08
Freey MINGLED With Sordidness in Ohio Vote Buying

neighborhood had received $40 each for
their votes.
1.-THE last time I sold my vote my wife
cried and said she was ashamed or me-
declared Thomas Shoemaker, farmer
of Meigs township. when lie was ar
raiened before Judge Blair. / guess
women understand right and wrong
ouicker than men" Shoemaker was
fined and disfranchised tor five years.
He sat in the Sheriff's office crowded
with men I'm rustic garments WIN
weatherbeaten faces and toll worn
hands. all there on similar errands.
How does it fe'. to lose your voter
one of his friends asked
"It feels awful" he replied, as his eye'
filed with tears. Il never sold my vote
but twice, and | am glad to be caught
have eight boys, and am glad got
this lesson before they could toNo" my
example | think | understand no" no"
some women feel about voting never
knew what privilege | had until loS'
II Rut my wife knew. ! had 10 tell h'I
the last time | sold my vote Inv"
knew that she was ashamed OF me-
Mrs Shoemaker cried when she ve'i"e'
her husbands statements.
..We women knew all along tn"'
was wrong for the men to sc" '"'
votes" she said. q
when Isaac Newton hll'o"
preacher. appeared before the judge 's
admitted he had sold his vote io' -
tho iudge gave him scoring
"Yes, | preached the Gospel sunuSy,
called on the sick, comtor'eu W
stricken and did everything pasw,
could do to minister to the wants u ~
flock but | sold my vote ne 'o'u w. s
court. IL was found that nearly az
scartv salary went To aiding inc poC,'
and ,be Judge let him off without nv.
Adams County to-day is unique " 49,
respect in this country There iS NO. An
na,,,ical leader within It's borders
Tho old leaders have been put ou,
business through disfrsnchisemen'' AZ"
countv will have new set OF pon'.a
uorkers in course OF time. but tne'
no, likely TO buy and sell votes "
large extent
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r. p. GOODWIN

menbers that rafis is to be held fos
charity is a lottery, and the pastor may
find himself in an unpleasant situation.
Separate from this division is the ono
dealing with frauds. A very wide construc-
tion is also placed on the definition OF this
term nv the United States attorneys who
,nterpret the laws for the Postoffice Depart
ment J. A. Nash, who is assistant 70 the
Assistant Attorney General. r. 2. Good"in'
was asked to explain the various reasons
for extracting letters. pamphlets and even
hooks from the mails on the grounds OF
fraud. and declared that various mining
schemes discovered 10 he fraudulent ana
anv enterprise which upon Investigation 's
discovered 10 have no real business back
ing. but is merely run 10 coax In rucEefs'
are classified as frauds and dealt with &C"
cordingly.
A postmaster who is suspicious OF nunsr
Gus letters being mailed from his once ~
soma such concern notifies the departmsnt
and an investigation is made But mos.
often somebody who has been done
lodges a complaint there against the dis-
honest concern. This goes 20 the chief M
| spector and then on 10 the office OF Mr'
/ Goodwin or that OF Paul Keyser. seniors
assistant attorney, or Mr.. Neiss, junior aS"
sistant attorney. "."o
New-York tribune., 1911-01-08

The black picture of wholesale vote
buying in a backwoods river county Of
Ohio which has been thrown upon the
screen recently through the efforts OF
determined judge has relief in humor
Gus situations Here and there an incl
dent in the course OF the process Of ad-
ministering justice at West Union, the
seat of Adams County, has been Of such
a character as TO relieve the feelings Of
those obliged to listen to the sordid
tales Of men so lacking in sense Of the
shamelessness Of their act as personally
10 auction off their own votes in the
public square or the pathetic stories Of
clergymen and gray haired women suf-
fering from the pinching pangs Of hun
ger which the financial returns Of vote
selling would serve to modify for time.
The humorous side usually consisted OF
novel point Of view or an amusing
feature of some particular deal in votes,
or a comical way Of describing the bar
gain.
Such an incident. combining more than
spe of these characteristics, was case
of the bitter bitten. An old farmer, the
fossessor Of a shrewdness In bargaining
which suggested him to be the descend
ant of Yankee settler especially skilled
,n seeing the "nain chance" was among
the throng Of those who came In to tell
the court "all they new"
"Yes, yer honor" said he, Il got $40
from the Democrats. but after I'd sold
out 10 them / thought I might AS well
make a KILN. 50 | took another saw
buck from the Republicans. and after
that feller came around and asked me
10 scratch the Republican ticket ana
vote FOR the Democratic candidate Tor
sheriff. Now. / wernt unwilling 10
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POsToFFICE DEPARTMENT BUILDING IN WAsHlN0'oN'
Where the employees vho the mails labor

have gone through the local postmaster
hands. those of the dead letter once tedu-
ers, the superintendents division ana up
to the place Of the final word.
But ! rarely more than glance at these
hooks" he insisted. THE man you want
to see is the real reader. He has been AT
il for more than thirty years. lie reads
them all and he can tell you all about H.
And nc called A messenger to conduct
the writer to where James r. Ash-the
man who has kept the mail atmosphere
Of This country pure for more than quar-
ter os a century-sat at his desk. Nhei
informed that the Assistant Attorney ncH-
eral had laid upon him the crime OF reap'
ing all the pernicious stories OF the tunes
his face took on an expression OK olahh
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Justice appeared In the heavens no big
ger than a mans hand, but rapidly be-
coming a thunder head
The voting inmates of the county IN
frmary were on the price lists Of voters
kept by the politicians and vote buyers
at SO each. The Republicans stole a
march on tho Democrats by sending
representative TO the infrmary In ad-
vance and making deal for the votes
at So a head This was naturally con-
sidered a remarkable bargain.
on Election Day tho men were loaded
into wagons and transported To the poll
ing place As they slowly climbed from
the vehicles they We're kidnapped by
Democrats. who escorted them around
the corner for confidential conversations.
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The infirmary inmates demonstrated
Immediately upon the production OF
"sawbucks" OF SO In value each that
they had been lifelong Democrats.
1t Is reported that Judge Blair Is en-
deavoring to decide whether the Inert
OF few wagon loads OF voters valued
at the time of the commission OF the
act at 81 head is grand or petty lar
ceny.
The anxiety OF the guilty to appear
and take their medicine has it's amusing
az well as Its pathetic side. They have
almost tumbled over themselves In their
efforts To get before Judge Blair, con-
fess and accept the disfranchisement
with the suspended sentence which he
has meted out to all who have availed