davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13
The Midland Journal
PHILOSOPHY AND PLAsrERs.

For the most part mankind has
learned to accept the varied happen
ings Of life in a philosophical spirit
But there always will be people who
forgetting the inspired adage which
recites that sufficient unto the day Is
the evil thereof. continually look
ahesd for trouble. The other day q
big snake in the Bronx zoo was found
to be suffering from bronchitis. The
ordinary remedies were given and in
addition the reptiles throat was wrap
ped with adhesive plaster for dis
lance of six feet-the unusual space
being covered, perhaps because it Is
difficult to tell where snakes throat
ends and the rest Of him begins. And
now an uneasy correspondent writes
to bis daily paper and asks how the
doctor and the attendants propose to
remove the plaster. 1t is possible, that
this inQuiring person has had trouble
with plasters and knows how unpleas-
ant It is suddenly to separate the
stickers from the human skin But,
why worry about the snake? Why
look for trouble even before the plas-
ter begins to draw? When the prop
or time comes and the usefulness Of
the big muller is ended. it is possible
the cobra will slough the plasters as
he might his skin.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13
A valuabIe silver DOLLAR.

Chicago in Chicago a
silver dollar. valued by numismatists
at $3.50, is waiting to be recognized.
1t was stolen recently from the collec-
ton of Charles E. Rogers by workmen
who. Rogers thinks. had no idea of its
real value. The dollar is of the issue
of 1904. Il had some decorating done"
said Rogers, land there were lot of
men running in and out The coin
was in small chest in the dining
room. I'm afraid some workman
grabbed it. went out and bought
drink with It,"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13
IS To 20 Perish In storm.

Nogales.-A railroad operator at
Torres, Sonora. established communi-
cation with this town long enough to
report that 10 or 20 people had been
killed or drowned in the storm which
ragged from Tuesday to Thursday on
the Mexican coast Most of the loss
Of life occurred at Ortiz. settlement
near Torres. Colonia. another village.
also was virtually wiped out and four
or I'VE lives were lost.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13


A writer contends that for the def
milton Of home as ''the place where
. man can do as he pleases." There
might be much advanced in favor q
the proposition that it is the pla,
where woman can do as she pleases--
at least she generally does. Well. why
not? Who makes the home? Every
Ideal home owes its greatest charms
TO woman's part in its making. Man
u aware of that, and the American
man generally accepts woman's exclu-
sive dominion in the home Of her I'M
questioned right. his privilege being
to finance the enterprise and to enjoy
the comfort which the presiding ge-
MUS provides for him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13
scHENk SUED FOR WIFE's
MEALS.

Cafe Proprietors Want $142.4o For
Food Sent To jail.
Wheeling. W. Va.-John o. Schenk
has been sued for $142.40 by Stops
& Nichols, cafe proprietors. for meals
served his wife. Laura Farnsworth
Schenck. while she was a prisoner in
jail awaiting trial on charge of at
tempting to murder her husband by
arsenic poisoning.
Mrs. Schenck had all her meals
served from the leading cafe of the
city. refusing to partake of the regular
Jail food
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13
ROOSEVELT AvOWS CANAL GRAB
Gave the People Benefit Of Ooubt--
Defense Of His
Action.
copyright. lsll.l

New ork.-Theodore Roosevelt has
an article on How the United States
Acquired the Right to Dig the Panama
Canal" in the last issue of the Out
look. Mr.. Roosevelt discusses state
ments which have been made from
time to time that he acted in an I'M
constitutional manner and usurped
authority in connection with the Pan
anna project, and he upholds the
regularity of the proceedings through
out.
Mr.. Roosevelt says that his mes
sages to Congress set forth in full and
in detail every essential fact connect
ed with the various phases of the ac-
QUESTION Of the Panama Canal. He
adds
Not one important fact was omit
ted, and no fact of any Importance
bearing upon the actions or negotia-
tions of the representatives of the
United States not there set forth
has been, or ever will be, discovered.
simply because there is none to dis
cover"
Referring to the opposition to the
project then and since, Mr.. Roosevelt
says:
"Of course there was at the time,
and has been since. much repetition
of statements that acted in an 'un-
constitutional manner, that 'usurped
authority which was not mine. These
were the statements that were made
again and again in reference to al
most all / did as President that was
most beneficial and most important to
the people of this country.
Acted Within Powers.
''The simple fact was that when the
interest of the American people i'm
peratively demanded that certain
act should be done, and had the pow
or to do it, l did it, unless it was
specifically prohibited by law.
I'm my Judgment, history had taught
the lesson that the President has very
great powers if he chooses to exer-
else those powers; but that, if he is a
timid or selfish man, afraid of re-
sponsibility and afraid Of risks, he
can, of course, manufacture ingenious
excuses for failure to exercise them"
Opposed BY Spectators.
Concerning the purchase of the
canal rights from the French Com
pany, Mr.. Roosevelt says:
Every step taken by the Govern
ment in connection with it's negotia-
lions with the French Company and
the payment to it's official representa-
tives in accordance with the agree
ment entered into was taken with the
utmost care, and every detail has been
made public. Doubtless in Paris, and
perhaps to lesser extent in New
York. there were spectators who
bought and sold in the stock market
with view to the varying conditions
apparent from time to time in the
course of the negotiations. and with
a view to the probable outcome of the
negotiations.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13
BURGLARS GOT STAGE MONEY.
Took 1901, Only One Dollar or It
BEING Genuine.

Washington. Industrious burg
lar, after long and patient work, broke
into the house of Col. Frank McIn-
tyre, U. S. A., at 1914 Kalorama road.
He found in the Colopel's room q
handsome gold watch and much jew
elry, besides three 500 bills and 81
note. He took the money and left,
the jewelry. When reporting his loss
to the police Colonel Mcintyre stated:
1T is proper for me to add that OF
the 1901 which the burglar took the
81 bill was genuine, the three 500
bills being stage money"
AT NAVAL DEPOT.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13

Foot-and-mouth disease. which broke
out three months ago in the province
Of Haute-Savoie. has spread rapidly
and is now threatening central and
southern France. Pigs. sheep and cat
tie are affected. The best policy with
reference to this scourge is to keep
Il out of country by the most strin-
gent inspection system for imports
Of live stock The example of France
demonstrates that the disease is hard
70 fight when It once gets in.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13
Department Discovers Trouble III
Washington Yard.

Washington. A big scandal is
brewing in the Washington Navy
Yard. The Navy Department has dis
covered that there is approximately
100000 less material at the yard
than the records call for. Whether
this is due to graft or faulty book,
keeping remains to be seen, following,
an investigation started Monday by,
Secretary of the Navy Meyer. A SEN.
sation was created at the yard and
the department when this became
known
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13
coIombIans Insult Peru.

Bogota, Colombia leaving the
Cathedral, where they had attended a
meeting presided over by the Arch
bishop of Bogota, mob stoned the
Peruvian Legation and tore down the
coat of arms. This is the second at
tack on the legation and the situation
is considered grave. The previous at
tack took place in July and was due
to ill-feeling over the alleged encroach-
ment of Peru upon territory claimed
by Colombia.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13
ROOSEVELT TO HUNT WHALES.
Ex-President viii Try happening For
Big Sea Game.

Long Beach. Cal.-After hunting
bear in Colorado. elephants in Africa
and various other game in his own
country, Col. Theodore Roosevelt, it
is intimated, may come to Long Beach
to hunt whales.
Captain Loop, whose powerboat is
fitted UP for the pursuit, is authority
for the announcement that Colonel
Roosevelt intends to come here to har-
poon the sea mammals.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13
AMATEUR WINS BIG
AUTO ROAD RAGE,
BergdoIl Averaged Sixty-0ne
Miles An Hour.
HE SMASHED MANY RECORDS

On the Fairmount Park Course In
Three Hours Eighteen Minutes
Lowers the Lap As Well As the
Course Record-The Other Winners
OF Prizes-cars That Dropped Out
Race Unusually Free From AccI-
dents.
Philadelphia Averaging more thans
sixty-one miles an hour for the entire
distance, Erwin Bergdoll, young
Philadelphia amateur automobile
driver, belonging to wealthy family,
risked his life and won fame Monday
by capSaring the fourth annual 20215S.
miles road race over the Paramount
Park course with a 90-horse-power
Benz. The daring Bergdoll not only,
lowered the record for the lap, but
also reduced by about IL minutes the
Paramount Park record for the dis
lance of the race. His time was s.
hours, IL minutes Al 35-100 seconds.
He reduced the lap record Al $4,000
seconds. He reduced the lap record
from z minutes 3S seconds to z min
utes 20 seconds for the lilo miles.
Wishart, of Greenwich, L. l., am
other amateur driver, finished second
in a 90-horse-power Mercedes in
3:20:11 41-100; Ralph Milford, driving
a Lozier, was third in 3:21:52 7S-100;
Len Zengle, who won the race last
year, was fourth in a National in
D.. ,se
also driving National, finished in
fifth place in 3:28:22 32-10O. Harry
Grant, two-time Vanderbilt cup win
ner, driving a Lozier, was sixth in
S:2S:50 S7-10O; Hughie Hughes, in a
Mercer, was seventh, time S:29:46
30-100; Gil Anderson, in Stutz,
eighth, time, 3:40:23 800, and Dom
aid Herr, ninth, in a National, time,
3:40:33 87-1eO.
The Prize Winners.
Besides winning $4,000 for driving
the fastest car in the race, BergdolI
also wins $1,000 for being the fastest
car in division six, which included
cars with a piston displacement OF
601 TO $50 cubic inches. Wishart won
the $1,000 prize for the fastest car in
division five in Mercedes, piston dis
placement, 451 to 600 cubic inches.
Bergdolps average time for the race
was CLIPS miles an hour. Zengles
average for the race last year was
5S1.
milford made formal protest
against Wishart being given second
place, because he had gone some dis
lance without a mechanician This
protest will be passed upon later.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13
PHlLADELPHIA's SCANDAL.
Warrants for Arrests OF Several Lead
ing City officials.

philadelphia for the ar
rest of Director of Public Safety
Henry Clay, City Architect Carl B.
Zilenziger. John B. Virgins. contrac-
tor and builder, and Treasurer Wall.
of the latter's firm, were issued Friday
on the affidavit Of Logan NJ Bullitt,
chairman of the Taxpayers Commit
tee.
The charges are conspiracy to de-
fraud the city, and are an outcome of
the investigation conducted by the
Catlin senatorial commission. The
men will not be taken into custody,
but will accept service through their
attorneys and appear for hearing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13
Aeroplanes for TrIpoII.

Naples. = Nine military aviators,
with eight monoplanes and two BIZ
plans, will be sent to Tripoli. The
aviators will be commanded by Cap
tain Piazza, who won the air race
from Boulogne to Venice.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13
DR.. COOK OFF FOR EUROPE.
Expects To Prove He Got Near the
North Pole.

New York-Dr. Frederick A. Cook,
the Brooklyn traveller, who still Insists
that he at least came as near to the
North Pole as Admiral Peary did, took
Mrs. Cook and two children with him
to Europe aboard the Lapland.
I am going to Europe" he said, Ito
present scientific data to various in
situations to prove that / reached as
near the North Pole as any man ever
did"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13
Falls of Train: MAY Die.

Savannah, Ga.-When he attempted
to strike match ON the seat of his
trousers while on moving train. Max
feeling, S5 years old, travelling sales
man of New York, fell from the plat
form of Seaboard Air Line coach So
miles west of here and was probably
fatally injured. He was brought here
for medical attention.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13
PEOPLES MONEY pILINe UP.
Savings Increase s2o.2oo,ooo In Less
Than Three Months.

Washington Despite the advent of
the postal savings banks. the savings
deposits in the national banks are in
creasing. From June to September
/ these deposits grew from 1854. 100,-
600 to 1864, 100000. an increase OF $780,
100000. OF the 1901 national banks
in existence month ago s.O14 had
savings departments.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13
KIIIs wife Seeking Divorce.

Wooster. o. James Sprang, As
years old. shot and killed his wife.
Grace, 40 years old. at their home in
Loudonville. The shooting came when
Sprang heard that his wife had APP
piled for a divorce.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13

The latest nsh story comes from
Pine Brook. N. j.. where. it is claimed.
an angler cast for fish and pulled up
. chest Of silverware. The fact that
the story does not come from. win.
sted, Conn. leads us to place some
faith in it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13
ONLY A BROKEN sExTANT.
The Only Thing In Or. Cooks Case
From Greenland.

Copenhagen. Cooks Greenland
case. by means of which he claimed
he would be able to prove that he had
gone toward the Pole, has arrived
here. When it was opened it was
found to contain broken sextant but
no papers. Cooks Eskimo Itukusab
says that Cooks Pole stories are pure
fiction.
Knud Rasmussen has given up try
ing to find the Mikkelsen expedition
and hope that Mikkelsen is still alive
is small.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13

The Newport society girl who eloped
with chauffeur is away behind the
times The proper stunt now is to fiy
away with an aviator.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13
TrIes no bestrox Hat: klIIsd,

Memphis. Tenn. William ]. Welsh,
a grocer, is dead because, it is said,
he undertook to destroy the out-of-
season straw hat worn by Jewel Bush,
blacksmith. Welsh was shot. Bush
has not been captured
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13

And now the pure food experts are
after some Of the soda fountain drinks,
charging. among other things. that
they are habit forming. Corrobora-
ton might be had from the swain of
the summer girl. who views with
alarm the rapidity with which one ice
cream soda follows another.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13

A good deal of sympathy has gone
out to Hetty Green's son because in
an incautious moment he announced
that he intended to marry within a
year and had not picked out the girl
But he now says he win not marry a
New York woman And he is care.
fully remaining in New York.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13

A recent order prohibits profanity
on the part of those engaged in the
construction OF the Panama canal. The
privilege is no doubt reserved for crit
ics Of the work.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13

It has been discovered that an octu.
pus can be scared to death. This is
true only in the animal world. not in
the industrial.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13

A stranger wins 500 by betting that
"choir" and 'quire" mean the same
thing WIN dictionaries now have to
be seized as gambling paraphernalia?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-13

When cholera germs tackle caviar
they meet foe they cannot cope
with
The evening world., 1911-12-22

Hyatt nv the man. but he could not
stop In time. The front wheels had run
over the mans legs and crushed them
before the engine was brought to .
standstill.
Hyatt isaped from the cab and tried
10 drag out the man. who was still con-
scious, but failed. Then he called an
ambulance from 81. Johns hospital.
with DR.. Pratt. When the surgeon ar
rived a dozen men were grouped about
the scene With lanterns. Another vain
effort was made 10 extricate the man.
Then DR.. Pratt crawled under the big
locomotive
To get near the injured man the sur
econ had to crouch under the POM axle.
In this cramped position and by the
iirht Of the pickering lanterns Dr.
Pratt began amputatine the crushed
iees. Though he had borne all the pre-
oedinR pain with the utmost fort1tude
the man tainted at the nrst touch Of the
knife.
For twenty minutes the surgeon
| worked under the engine before the
operation was completed. Then the
| man was released and taken to the
hospital, where he died In . few min.
utes.
| There was nothing OF the man q
IDENTIFY him except . work check. mum
bored s2s. Of the railroad company.
The evening world., 1911-12-22
EXCLUSIVE BORIES
FIND AN UNLIMITED
MAN UNDER A BED
Trailed to Miss Borie's Window
by Alert Janitor and Two
Policemen.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 22.-It was ex-
trsmely annoying. Nobody ever dares
enter a Borie house unless he or
she Is invited. and even In Philadelphia
there are few enough persons to be SO
iOvited.
Yet at 8 o'clock yesterday morning a
maj who Is not on the visiting list OF
Borie climbed into Miss Sophie
Borie's bedroom In the fashionable
apartment house No. 3ls South Broad
street.
Then the janitor and two policemen.
all unlimited. entered. awakened the
startled Miss Borie and dragged the In
truder from under her bed. The man AT
first called himself John Smith and said
h> lived at No. 22s South Broad street,
but no one named Smt' lives there.
Later he acknowledged thu he was JohA
Case. a lawyer, thirty-ive years old. his
only excuse was that he was very tpsy
when he ventured to enter the home OF
q Borte,
John Matlack. the ~janitor. who sleeps
in tho rear, Of No. 3lS South Broad
street, heard some person crawling over
thu shed roof. He went into the yard
and saw a man disappear into Miss
Borie's room. For several days MISS
Bore has been reporting the disappear
encs from her room OF numerous arti-
clea. and Matlack says he thought he
had the thief. He called Policemen
Germ and Mckinley. and three more po-
,ieemen answered their calls and sur
rounded tho house.
ru.n AMI A,I<iplav md the
ianitor went direct to Miss Borie's room
and discovered John Smith" under the
he'd. With rude hands they yanked
him from his hiding place. and despite
his pleadings and explanations they In
sisted upon taking him to tfe police
station. Smith declared he was no
burglar and offered to prove II. but all
to no purpose, At the station house the
charge acting in a suspicious manner
was lodged against him.
! Later he was taken before Police
! Magistrate Haggerty Several police
men said they recognized him as a WEI
known bushes man: hen he told his
name. or course Miss Borie could not
be expected to interest herse In sucN
a case and did not appear against him.
The Magistrate held him In $500 b. '
which was given. but the police refused
to tell the bondsman's name.
Miss Sophie Borie is "A beautiful wom'
an. OF artistic temperament. she has
made a wonderful success as a deco
" rator and has been called on TO ass!si
an in the decorations o. some Of the fines
zones In phn7dclphia. Her brother Il
q Besuveau Bor!e, her sister is Mrs. q
Heide Norris, whose husband Is a law
yer. an irbiter of fashion ana n leadc!
OF society. Some of Miss Borle's k!ns
men live In New York and on Ions ISL
The evening world., 1911-12-22
SURGEON CRAW[S
UNDER AN ENGINE
TO CUT Off FOOT

A workman. whose name was net
learned. caught his foot in Q switch In
front Of the oienwood station Of the
New York Central near Yonkws. At .
o'clock last night. and while he was
trying to free himself . switch engine
bore down on him. The man shouted
franticaily and redoublsd his efforts to
dislodge his foot.
The engine did not slacksn speed.
The man was frenxied. He waved his
arms and his shrieks could be heard .
long way. The locomotive vas about
ten feet away whom Engineer Edward
The evening world., 1911-12-22

Treaty with ID care Abrogated.
place in the i,ousands Of. homes. 10 be
inferred nv cpples of "inn." The MastJ,
World. when he. sees. It's readers simply
Barring over u. Ioil, i..,;i hnns, n,,,.fr,
eOrxe AIDE. and muci, occupled with Us
5cSs. pu,sles. sc. Ne viii make his de-
esScr' z 3 e Isl s:t. nc" Jose '''A ''e"
The evening world., 1911-12-22
100000 fewer
immigrants THIS
YEAR THAN LAST
Tide FROM Europe at Ebb,
TOWARD Europe at Height
Never Reached Before.

- a.
"e e S'u"p' " I'M
ever recorded at the port OF
New York n being written into the
r>oorA. q. r,u yy.,a av.,,~ ~. ..-
49,. - ~
""s usSs Vi 'he year.. ALREADY the rec
ords show that nearly 10000 fewer Inn
migrants have landed up to the present
time than for the CORRESPONDING period
IN 1910, and Indications are. Commits
sioner Williams staten. that there VIII,
be q reduction Of thirty per cant. or
more from 1910 figures for thu wear.
The incoming tide OF humanity 4. lower
now THAI at any time since 1908.
with ,ba lido a, ,,s Ohm ovorv .h,,
leaving for Euron. &, orou,Ioa 40 royor
before. One vessel calling a counl. =,
days ago. Ic,, zoo s,eor,yo na-..onuors
ON the wharf becau.o a, ,n.hs,,y %
W
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-22
WOULD AID GRAFTERS.

We trust that the bill which passed
the state Senate on Monday, affecting
the financial reports of schools in first
and second class cities will be defeated
in the House. The law now provides
that the names of those receiving money
on school account be printed in the re
port The bill that passed the Sen
ate eliminates this requirement of the
law, and so would tend to make graft
easier and grabs harder to detect.
1t will be remembered that i'll this
been an odor of graft in connection
with certain school accounts. Payrolls
..lost.' fictitious names found thereon
when they were produced, nepotism, and
various evasive and suspicious meth
ods of doing business caused general
Indignation, The graft was fcrrted out
only because the law required the
names to be carried and publication
of them made,
Now, 1t is plain case that if the
names had not been compulsorily pub
lie, these CRAFTS could not have been
exposed and stopped. The bill is one
that would certainly be au aid to cor
ruption, and in the interest of conceal
ment. 1t should not be enacted into
law, and we hope that it will be de-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-22
CHINA SPUNKS UP.

1t must be that China has received
assurances OF protection from European
nations, and perhaps from the
United States. We Judge that Russia
has also received warning from the
world g powers not to go too far.
1t will be remembered that Russia
gave notice to China of military
demonstration on the claim that the
treaty of 1881 between China and Rus
sa had been violated by China. and
Russia IS consulates and trade had been
refused the consideration in Mongolia
which that treaty requires. The Rus
sian claim was put in the shape of
an ultimatum, with notice Of mill
tary advance in support Of the Russian
position. China seemed at first to be
dismayed, but eventually has taken
heart, evidently from assurances re-
ceived from the powers, and answers
squarely that there have been no viola
tions Of the treaty, and that China
stands on her denial and her rights
Russia, doubtless in consequence of
the support China has received and
the lack of support for herself, has
abated her arrogance and processes
herself entirely content with the Chi
nese reply.
The probability is, however, that