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Kansas Man Has Streak of Hard Luck

about $4,000, he had little extra cash.
But he was willing to help his sons,
so they found mill near Harper,
Kan, reputed to be worth $4,000.
Schneider did not know the actual
worth of the property, but he bought
an eleven-twenty-fourths of the mill,
giving in exchange his farm and notes
for $4,000 for the minority interest.
Schneider and his sons were ready
to take charge of the mill. when 1t
was burned. One insurance company
has absolutely refused to pay any in
surance and the other three insurance
companies, which carried policies on
the property, will not pay more than
one-half the face value of the policies
because Of evidence of incendiary
origin Of the fire which the insurance
agents have found.
Schreiber's farm Is gone. His mill
is gone and he cannot collect more
than $4,000 as -fourths
of the insurance money. The ground
and salvage has been seized by the
creditors of the mill. Schneider can
pay whatever he received on the notes
he signed, but that will leave about
$6,000 Attorney General Dawson may
be able to compel return of notes
given by Schneider on account of al
legged fraud.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07

Mr.. JUSTICE HARLAN, associate
IVA justice of the Supreme court of
the United States, rather startled So
|ciety women of Washington and New
York the other night when at the an.
hual banquet Of the Presbyterian alli-
hnce Of Washington he declared that
tthere are lot of snobs who have
come down here from New York and
other cities where wealth il para.
mount and have set up customs which
are injurious to the people of this
community. Sunday afternoon teas,
musicales and other social functions
are, in my mind, Dissertation of the
Sabbath. Something must be done to
stem the tide of depravity which will
otherwise sweep over U.S."
Then this sweeping rebuke to soci-
ETY. in Washington is in a measure
firmly upheld by Mrs. Mathew T..
Scott, president general of the daugh-
tiers Of the American Revolution and
herself one of the cliff dwellers' set.
And be it known the cliff jewellers are
not the official set at all, but the old
resident set of Washington. Until you
have been admitted to that particular
circle you are not really "in society"
Mrs. Scott says:
: II think It is an outrage that 80
many of the leaders of society here
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City of Portland a Bower of Beauty

state, is fittingly named the Rose
City," The title is fairly descriptive,
for everywhere in Portland one finds
early in the spring until very late in
the fall these nature beautif1ers
blooming in great profusion. They
prove not only the fertility of the soil
in this part of the state, but demon
strate also the salubrity of the cli-
mate. Washington's birthday is rose
planting day in Oregon. While on
Christmas day one frequently sees
beauties in bloom out Of doors un-
touched by frost or harmed by chilly
weather.
The festival of the roses held In
June is the great gala occasion of the
year. The city is literally smothered
in fragrant blossoms and the daily pa
rades far surpass in beauty any Of the
pageants, famous in history. held in
ancient times.
But the Rose Festival is only one
of the beautiful scenes to be met in
the Rose City, with its wide well-kept
streets, stately trees, artistic lawns,
elegant residences and pleasant pub
lie parks.
When water courses were the only
trails followed by commerce, Portland
was born and since that day, but
without blare or buster, has steadily
kept pace with the progress of the
times. A quarter of million people
Is fair estimate of the inhabitants
living In and around the city.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07

MILLIONS for art and not one
w penny for pants!
Tho solicitude that Uncle Sam dis
plays that the public buildings and
driveways of the national capital shall
be maintained in the most artistic
and approved style does not extend
to his public men. Uncle Sam is per-
pectly willing to spend loads Of
money for capital city plans, for guar
anteeing that the Washington of the
future shall be patterned after the
most careful and exact designs, but
when it comes to paying out money
to make certain that the trousers Of
the government officials are creased
properly and their clothes in as apple
pie order as the capitals streets, he
draws a distinct and impossible line.
This might never have been found
out If it had not been for Daniel H.
Burnham, of Chicago, master city
planner and chairman of the fine arts
commission. Incidentally he raised a
question as to what are legitimate
travelling expenses and what are not.
Not SO very long ago Chairman
Burnham left Chicago for Washing
ton. to attend a meeting of the fine
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Plans for Fortifications at Panama

worth of guns and 'mortars required:
These will be made at the govern:
ment shops at Watervliet, N. 7. The
entire armament will be used in for.
tifying the two ends Of the canal, no
provision having been made by con-
gress for the defense of the locks and
Dams. Two sets of Notifications will
be placed at the Colon end of the Ca
nal and one set at the Panama end.
Four 14-inch rifles, eight Pinch NOR
tars and six six-inch guns will be
placed at the Panama side and the re-
mainder which the balance Of the ap.
preparation will provide at the Colon
end.
Comparatively strong natural posi-
lions exist at both the Atlantic and
Pacific ends Of the waterway for de-
tense against a land enemy. Limon
bay, the Colon entrance to the canal,
will be strongly fortified and fortifica'
tons will be set up on Perico island
and at other points.
Plans for the protection Of the
docks at Pedro Miguel, Mia Flores
and Gatun are now being drawn up.
The defense Of these locks has pre-
sented a new problem to the war de-
partment, nothing Of the kind ever
before having been attempted in the
United States. When the canal and
Notifications are completed perma-
nent garrison will be maintained In
the canal zone in time of peace, to be
composed Of four regiments OF infan-
try, one battalion of field artillery and
one squadron of cavalry.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07

WASH1NGTON.-Work on the final
W detailed plans for the fortif1ca-
ton of the Panama canal, for which
an appropriation OF 100000 was
made by congress and which had been
the subject Of wide discussion, nation
al and international, ever since the
digging of the big ditch was undertake
en- by the United States government,
has been begun here by Brig. Gen, w.
II. Bfxby, chief of engineers, and Brig
zen. Arthur Murray, chief of the coast
artillery. Officials Of the war depart
ment have already completed general
plans for the Notifications, but maps
Will have to be prepared setting forth
the details for the construction work
before the ground can be broken, and
1t is this task which Generals Bixby
and Murray are now undertaking. Ac-
tive work on the building of the forti-
flcations will begin about July. It is
expected by the officials in charge
that the fortifying of the waterway
will be completed by January, 1916
the date set for the completion of the
canal itself.
Brigadier General Crozier, chief of
ordnance. has already drawn up plans
for the manufacture of the $1,000, 900
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Baby Pleas Win the Fathers Liberty

TITS my husband" the mother ex-
planned; hes in jail and I haven't
anybody to support these" And she
pointed to the flock Of youngsters
about her.
Il guessed as much" Judge Lat.
shaw said. Then calling a marshal,
the father. Robert Burns. was brought
before him.
"Papa!" the youngsters cried Joy
fully when their father stepped into
the room, all of them trying to en-
brace him at once.
We'll, Burns" the Judge said, "your
children have won a parole for you.
But let me tell you, a man who can't
keep straight with as many strings
to his heart as these. isn't much of a
man. He"
But, please, Judge" the wife in
terrupted to defend her husband, Its
partly my fault, too. We used to go
to church, but somehow just let him
get out of the habit and I quit, too.
I know he wouldn't be in this trouble
now If we'd kept on going to church"
We'll, church is a mighty good
place to go to-" the Judge said.
Nov, you take your wife and chill
dren home and you stay home with
them nights. If hear OF you"
AS the happy family left his ONCE
Judge Latshaw told Burns that he
would put him in jail again the minute
he heard of him taking drink or
abusing his children.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07
Attempts at Suicide Ignored in Army

the service, said General Davis. that
this onense 10 not punishable by court
martial, although a test case never
has been brought up.
General Davis declared that at
tempted suicide is technically consid.
cred crime in the army and navy.
1T 10 fact that, although many
men and officers Of the army and
navy have attempted suicide, not one
of them has even been court mar
tailed" he continued. Just why
this should be do not know.
In both the army and the navy at
tempted suicide is considered a crime,
but has never been officially recogniz-
ed as such. Both branches of tho
service frown on the practice, how
ever.
'The case In Germany, where EN-
peror William pardoncd Count Hans
Won Preil after he had been convict.
ed by a court of honor for this Of
tense, cannot be compared to similar
cases in this country, because suicide
is looked upon differently there. In
Germany an army man WHO commits
certain oftenses is almost expe6ted to
commit suicide, and therefore they
would naturally be more lenient there.
In the United States man who tries
to kill himself Il looked down upon.~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07
Not Penny for Pressing Trousers

arts commission. Anxious, as its
chief, to uphold the aesthetic and re-
fined nature of this organization. he
found on unpacking his wardrobe
that many of his articles of clothing
were in imperative need of presser
before they would be in shape to do
credit to the vista of Pennsylvania
avenue
Without giving the matter sec.
ond thought. he turned the tailor's
bill, with his railway ticket and Pull
man expense, over to the treasury de-
partment, expecting to be reimbursed.
The bill amounted to $4.75 and the
auditor certified it. as matter of
course.
Not so, however, Controller Robert
J. Tracewell-significan name-who
can. on occasion, be considerable Of
a watch dog Of tho treasury. Mr..
Tracewell scrutinized the bill, repeat
ed the performance, and then. after
some deep thought. wrote out a for
NAL opinion as follows:
1.-The pressing of clothes has never,
to my knowledge, been held to be a
personal expense. occasioned solely
by travel"
And whatever Commissioner Burn
hams private opinion of the preserva-
tive qualities of trunks, suitcases and
Pullman berths, he and all other pub
lie men must pay his tailor himself
hereafter, or be content with baggy
trousers and wrinkled coat Uncle
Sam doesn't care a cent about It:
neither will he pay one.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07
Judge Denounces Sunday Entertainer.

should desecrate Sunday by giving
large teas, dinners, musicales and 9TH
er entertainments. The custom was
brought here from the continent and
has been growing ever since. If al.
lowed to continue it will undermine
the life Of this country and bring ruin
on US. l think that Sunday should be
observed above all else, and that this
continental habit should be stopped.
agree perfectly with Justice Harlan
in all he said"
The custom of dinner giving, mu-
sicale entertaining and all that kind
Of thing on Sundays was really intro
duced in Washington by the Baroness
Hengelmuller, wife of the ambassador
Of Austro-Hungary. 1t will be remem-
bered that Baroness Hengelmuller
only few weeks ago gave out .
screed against the "slowness" Of
Washington society and the lack of
sprightliness and spirit in the matter
of entertaining here, which got her
into no end of trouble and sent her to
bed with serious nervous illness.
The baroness called President and
Mrs. Taft "westerners." and without
actually saying so practically did say
that they were devoid of tact and go
cial aplomb and need polishing up.
When Count Cassini, ambassador
from Russia, was here his harum-
scarum adopted daughter, who was
the head of his household, did Sunday
entertaining with an abandon that
was perfectly startling. The Tafts.
however, particularly Mrs. Taft, are
against it and quite agree with Justice
Harlan.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07
}THi5 SUICIDE \
|CANE MAkESI
NE NERVOUS !

THE fact that although attempted
suicide is technically crime in
certain states in the United States,
and civilians who violate the law are
usually punished by the courts, off,
GERS and enlisted men in the United
States army and navy are never
court martialed for this offense, was
brought to light when the news was
received from Germany that EN-
peror William had pardoned an army
officer for attempting suicide and de-
clared that his deed "can be judged
neither by regular OF honor tribun-
ais"
Gen. George B. Davis, Judge advo-
cate general of the United States
army, declared that since the or!
ganization If the army and navy Of
tho United States no officer or enlist
ed man had been punished for trying
to kill himself. It IL generally un-
derstood custom In both branches Of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07

p ORTLAND, Ore.--Old Oregon, orig
1nally that section Of the north
western part of the United States, now
including the present states of Ore
gon, Washington, 1d4po and Montana,
Is without doubt one of the most
wonderful regions In the world, and
were 1t necessary, could go it alone
very nicely as a little world by itself.
Oregon contains a large amount of
territory, has varied climate of the
most salubrious nature. For nearly
300 miles on the west. the waters of
the Pacific ocean, warmed by the
Japan current, wash it's shores.
whence to its eastern boundary line 1t
Is almost 400 miles. The great Colum-
bia river forms the greater portion of
the northern boundary of the state,
which joins California on the south
and contains $4,000 square miles of
land. The western part of the state
Is almost semi-tropical in its nature,
while the eastern part still partakes
largely Of the nature of the vast acres
of the middle west.
Portland, the metropolis of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07

INCINNATI, O.-Capturing GRIM
~ inals with bloodhounds Is what the
Cincinnati police department is pre-
pairing to do. ploodhounds can trail
successfully on busy streets as well as
in the country. 1t has been tried out
in recent experiments. The value of
bloodhounds in connection with the
detective department Of police service
in large cities has just been estab-
nshed in Cincinnati and a stan Of
bloodhounds will be the novel addi-
ton to the Cincinnati police depart
ment. This will be practically the
first time such thing has ever been
attempted In q large city on q consid-
cradle scale.
The bloodhounds recently trailed a
newspaper reporter over a trail half
an hour old, through downtown
streets of Cincinnati and finally round
ed him up at police headquarters In
the city hall. The trail of the re-
porter had been walked over by Pc
destrians, yet the hounds picked out
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07

r OPEKA, Kan.-John s. Dawson, at
torney general, is working on a
case that is the prize hard-luck story
for any Kansan since the days of the
grasshoppers and the hot winds.
Lorenz Schneider Is the goat" Less
than six months ago he owned $50
acres of fine land in Butler county.
Now he does not own the land and IS
in debt between $4,000 and $4,000.
The attorney general, acting under
a long-unused law. Is protecting
Schneider and assisting him in finding
just how much he Is in debt. The at
torney general may bring civil and
criminal suits to collect from those
who are charged with swindling
Schneider.
Schneider has two sons and they
wanted to leave the farm and become
millers. A -four mill costs money,
and while Schneider had a farm worth
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the
confused
caution, invested in
for which million and quarter dollars
million
O
Whether
either Louis
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.-She was just a
II mite OF girl Of eight years. But
Hazel Burns wasn't a bit afraid of the
big man who sat at a desk covered
with great, thica books. So she en-
tered his office.
please, mister" she said, shaking
a chair to attract the big mans at
tent1on. Please, mister, but can you
tell me where the Judge 1s?'
why, I'm the judge" the man re-
piled. But what can I do for little
girl like you?"
wait minute she said. Then
she ran from the Office to the head of
the stairs.
Come on up, mamma; he's up
here" she yelled down the stairway.
And Mrs. Burns, carrying Richard
Burns, two years old, with EVELYN
Burns, four years old, and Irene
Burns, six years old, tagging behind,
climbed the stairs while Hazel led
them into the Judges courtroom.
Judge Latshaw-the big man Hazel
had found-soon had one of the young
sters talking gleefully.
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which invited
read Lec Hs borrowed Bible and
read the following:
And when he hath reconcng place and the
shall
Aaron shall lay both his hands the head the live
him all nues children all
send him a ma he
And the shall
habited, he shall let n the
and knows often
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07
MAINE GOVERNOR AN EDITOR

Gov. Frederick W. Plaisted Of
Maine is a newspaper editor before
he is anything else. He has passed
the greater part Of his life in the at
mosphere Of newspaper Office and
will never get the stain Of the print
er's ink from his fingers. His ap-
premiership was served under one of
the old school of Maine journalists,
Gen. Harris M. Plaisted, his father.
For many years they published the
New Age together, and the paper
lives today, a monument to their e.
forts.
Governor Plaisted leads an ideal
home life. Mrs. Plaisted was Miss
Frances B. CULVER. and for several
years assisted him in the New Age
Office. She still retains a lively in.
terest in that publication and, al.
though the wife Of the governor Of the
state, democratically lays aside her
social duties and plunges into the
grind of "getting out" the paper
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07
HEIR TO THRONE Of MONACO

Prince Louis, who is heir to the
throne of the little principally OF
Monaco, famous throughout the world
as the greatest gambling resort in ex.
istence, may never WELD the power
now exercised by his father, Prince
Albert. Although the profits from the
casino pay all the taxes of the prin-
cipality, thereby freeing every citi-
zen from financial obligations to the
state. the people are not contented.
They have made demands upon
Prince Albert for a constitution, and
the prince, Immediately after the ex.
pulsion Of Manuel from Portugal,
granted them one. They rejected 1t,
however, demanding fuller political
rights, and even made demonstra-
tons before the palace, in which the
red flag of anarchy was unfurled.
It has been charged that a cor
rupt condition Of things exists. By
the terms of the last concession
granted to the Casino, about $780,
0O0 WAS handed over Annually NV II
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07

Concerning the promoters and snec.
tators of that rather sickening fight
between a gorilla and bulldog II
is to be regarded as genuine calls
for caution in condemning the brutal.
ity of bull lighting. But where did the
western sports" come into possession
Of live and ferocious African Ror
lila?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07

The kissing microbe has been oft.
en- attacked as pernicious, but It is to
be feared that people can no more
be persuaded to give up the ancient
practice Of OSCILLATION than they can
be made shy of accepting money which
Is suspected of conveying germs,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07
FISHER SUCCEEDS BALLINGER

Walter Lowery Fisher of Chicago.
succeeds Richard A. Ballinger as sec.
rotary Of the interior. Mr.. Ballinger's
resignation was presented in Janu.
airy, but at the request of the presi-
dent, was withheld until after con-
gress adjourned. Mr.. Fisher is a law.
yer. and has served in several pub
lie capacities. Singularly, he has
been one of Clifford Pinchot's staunch.
est supporters in the matter of con.
servation of natural resources. He
was president of the Conservation
League Of the National Conservation
Congress, which succeeded the league
and of which Mr.. Pinchot is president
He has always taken a deep and
active interest in conservation. he
was instrumental In the formation of
the Municipal Voters League Of Chi
cago and was its president in 1906.
Recently he was appointed a member
of President Taft's commission to in.
vestigate the feasibility of regulation
Of stock and hOnd iSslloa NJ raflroada
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07

Los Angeles has an S0-year-old cit
izen who says he will wed when he
has reached the century mark. At
any rate, it can hardly be said that
he is rushing precipitately into mat
rimony.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07

A convict in Texas became so Ill
that surgical operation was found
necessary, when the cause of the
trouble was discovered to be a $500
stolen diamond. The convict will now
temporarily push the restaurant pearl.
fishery oyster out of the limelight.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07
PRESIDENTS NEW SECRETARY

The new secretary to President Taft
who succeeds Charles D. Norton is
Charles D. Hilles, until recently as
sistant secretary of the treasury. The
selection of Mr.. Hilles meets with the
hearty approval of the friends of the
president. Mr.. Hilles IL a native of
Ohio, but was appointed to his pres
ent position from Dobb's Ferry, N. Y,
where he was conducting boys
school. Mr.. Hilles is about 40 years
old. He will receive an annual sal
airy of $500, congress having grant
ed an increase of $500 for the pc
sition. Under the reorganization OF
the executive force which has brought
about Mr.. Norton's short term at the
White House, that force, with the ex'
ception of the secretary. will be prac'
tically a permanent body.
That women are keen observers
and not always without sense OF
humor has been demonstrated by a
Virginia girl When the announce
ment was made that Charles D. Hilles
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07
Desperate Dentistry.

Desperate Dentistry.
An original Hamburg youth. who
had tough toothache the other day,
got himself posed In front of a mirror,
and shot out the offending molar with
revolver. Had the bullet not land.
ed in the opposite shoulder, and prov
ed moro difficult to extract than the
tooth would have been. this novel
made Of homo dentistry might have
been considered quite Z succesA
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07

A Pennsylvania Justice has upheld
the right Of wife to paint. The dis.
pute had nothing to do with her earn.
ing living by devoting herself to art,
but was one involving her own facial
decoration