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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
OF NOTED PERSONS

Clifford Pinchot, former chief forester
Of the United States, who was n OF
the central figures in the famous Bal.
linger-Pinchot controversy, has filed
with President Taft an extended re-
view of the Cunningham coal Ian
case, Analysing the evidence and call.
ing upon the president to cancel the
claims instead of permitting the case
to go to the courts for final settlement.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt has not
declared for the denomination of Pres
ident Taft by the Republican party in
1912. Colonel Roosevelt made this
fact most emphatic at his of1ce'i IN New
York city. "All of this talk about me
supporting Mr.. Taft in 1912 is utterly
absurd" Mr.. Roosevelt said. There
has been nothing like that discussed
by me with any one at any time"
William F. Sheehan has made formal
announcement of his candidacy for
the United States senate from New
York in 4 letter addressed to Mayor
Louis F. Fuhrmann Of Buffalo, who;
with other prominent Buffalo Demo
Gratis, recently endorsed Mr.. Sheehan
for the seal which will become vacant
when the term of Senator Depew ex.
pires March 4, 1911.
Announcement is made of the trans
fer of the business college at Port
Arthur, Tex, to the board of educa
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
NEW YORK TOWN scoRcHED
Failure of Water Supply Gives Flames
Full Sway.

Troy, N. Y, Jan. 4.-The business
section of Granville. N. Y, a village
of 5000 Inhabitants, was swept by fire
with a loss of $25O,OGo. The absolute
failure of the water supply at the crit.
ical moment, owing to a stoppage of
the intake pipe at the reservoir which
supplies the village, gave the flames
full sway. The local firemen, assisted
by volunteers from several nearby
towns, finally strung long lines of hose
to the bank of the Pawlet river and
then pumped a feeble stream up to
the scene of the blaze, but their eff
forts were of little avail.
A sudden shift of the wind saved
the residential section of the village,
driving the flames back over the al
ready charred business section to COM
plete their work there.
There was no loss of life and no in
jury.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS

Death claimed two Of Americas
most famous and daring manbirds Sat
urday. John b. Moisant, the first man
to cross the English channel On an
%aeroplane with a passenger and winner
of the sensational race around the
statue of Liberty at New York, fell to
his death in New Orleans. Arch Hox-
sey. who only a few days ago estab-
lished a new worlds record for height,
the man who took Colonel Roosevelt
up in the air, fell to his death while
trying to win the Michelin prize for
sustained flight at Los Angeles.
Sixteen men were killed by the ex.
plosion Of a boiler at the plant of the
Morewoo1 Lake Ice company at More
wood lake, two miles south of Pitts.
field, Mass. Twelve were instantly
killed, one died shortly after the acct
dent and three others died in the hos
pital. In addition twelve men were in
jured, two probably fatally.
Eight men were killed and two in.
jured in the Lick Fork mine of the
Red Jacket Coal company neal
Thacker, w. Va, when a mine car ran
away. knocking props down and al.
lowing thousands of tons of coal to
fall on the victims.
The five children of John Marka-
savage lost their lives at Minersville,
Pa, in a fire which destroyed three
houses in the foreign quarter of the
town. The children ranged in age
from two months to eight years.
Three women are dead, another may
die and a score of others are more or
less seriously injured as a result of a
fire starting from a gas explosion on
the first floor of the Concord apart
ments at st. Paul.
Leaving her three children, aged
five, three and one years, at home
alone Mrs. Robert Boles of Wisdom,
KY, found the house in ashes and the
children burned to death when she
returned.
Three trainmen were killed when
train No. 2 on the Chicago and Alton
railroad struck a freight train near
Farber, Mo.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
CRIMINAL NEWS.

William trucker shot and killed his
wife and stepdaughter at their home in
Baltimore. It is believed the shooting
followed a domestic quarrel. Stricken
then sent a bullet crashing through
his own temple. The younger woman
was killed while attempting to shield
her mother.
The State bank at New Palestine,
Ind, is absolutely broke. When the
officials arrived in the morning they
found the door of the bank open ard
the safe looted. The vault had been
robbed of $6,416 and valuable papers
were scattered over the floor.
One man was killed and two women
and a child seriously injured in a
bomb explosion due to the Black Hand
at Paterson, N. j. A blast followed
by a fire wrecked a double tenement
on Scoley street.
That the government has been de-
frauded out of more than a million dol
lars in import duty at New Orleans by
false weights and improper grading of
sugar is the unofficial information
made public.
The safe in the bank of Driftwood,
Okla, was blown and $4,000 in cur
rency stolen. A posse with blood
hounds. is pursuing the robbers.
Four yeggmen robbed two banks at
Waterville, Kan, and escaped with
approximately $4,000 of the banks
funds.
Robbers entered the bank in Dow
City, Ia, flew the safe open and es-
capped with $4,000.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

AS a result of a long series of con-
ferences between Judge Martin A.
Knapp, chairman of the interstate COM
merce commission, and Hon. ]. P.
Mabie, chief Of the railway commits
sion of Canada, an agreement has been
reached to recommend to the govern.
ments of the United States and the
Dominion of Canada the creation of
an international railroad commission
which shall have supervision over rail-
way rates in effect between the coun-
tries.
The most severe and wind
storm of the season, accompanied by
q freezing temperature, swept over the
Northwestern states Sunday, playing
havoc with telephone and telegraph
service in Eastern Wisconsin and in
terfering with the movement of trains
on all divisions between Montana and
Lake Michigan, and from Canada as
far south as Central Missouri. One
man was frozen to death at Fargo,
N. d.
Assistant United States District At
torney James H. Wilkerson of Chicago
has issued a statement regarding his
action in sweeping aside civil suits to
make way for criminal prosecution Of
the men composing the National Pack
ing company. Mr.. Wilkerson says
there is but one reason for the dis
missal of the civil and that is
the desire of the government for i'm
mediate vigorous criminal prosecution
of the packers.
The appraisal of the estate of John
s. Kennedy, the New York banker who
died Oct. 81, 1909, leaving huge be-
quests to charitable and educational
institutions, shows that the total
amount to be distributed is $65. 1859, 900.
The estate paid $345, 900 to Minnesota
as inheritance tax. Nearly $4,000, 600
goes to charity.
A storm of wet, heavy snow swept
over the North Central states. Te1e.
graph and telephone wires were pros.
trated and message service was al
NOSE closed down in the northern part
of the district. Trains were much de-
layed.
Henceforth no white person may
move into Il block in Baltimore where
the majority of the residents of that
block are negroes, nor may a negro
move into a block where the majority
of the residents are white.
Development of the physical proper
ties of the railways of the United
States during 1910 showed compare
lively little advance over 1909, &C.
cording to statistics compiled by the
Railway Age Gazette.
The brokerage firm of S. c. Osborn
& Co, with offices in Seattle and Ia
coma, and leased wires to Chicago and
New York, was adjudged bankrupt in
the United States court at Seattle.
One in every nine persons in New
York city receives assistance from
charity every year, according to the
findings of a city charity committee.
Reductions varying from 6 to 16
per cent in express rates have been
ordered by the Iowa state board of
railroad commissioners.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06

Representative Champ Clark, OF
Missouri, who probably will be
speaker of the next house, wants
the presidential term two years
longer than the present law allows.
He is in favor of a president being
elected for one term of Of six years
and then ineligible for reelection.
That will stop the practice then
'of every time that there is a
president extraordinarily popular
a lot Of fools boom him for a third
term" 1t sounds as though he
did not want Roosevelt to get an.
other chance to use the big
stick.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
LABOR NEWS.

Conductors and trainmen on fifty
railroads running north, south and
west Of Chicago were granted q fiat
increase In wages of 10 per cent. The
increase was granted after a months
negotiation and affects $4,000 mem.
bers Of the Brotherhood Of Railway
Trainmen and the Order Of Railway
Conductors and will mean an added
expense Of 100000 a year to the
raiiroads. The increase becomes ef.
fective at once.
The beginning Of the third week OF
the streek car employees strike In Win.
nipeg sees no change In the situation
with the exception Of the running Of q
percentage Of the cars on an irreguaa1
achedu4e by nonunion men.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06

tion of the Methodist Episcopal church,
as a gift from John w. Gates. The
value Of the donation is estimated at
$250,OC0.
William Loeb, Jr., collector of the
port of New York and secretary to the
former president of the United States
during the Roosevelt administration,
has been denied membership in the
Union League club of New York city.
Andrew Carnegie has given $780,
900 to establish a hero fund in Ger
many. This is the fourth hero fund.-
established by Mr.. Carnegie, the 9TH
ers being in the United States, Eng
land and France.
Frank Gotch has issued a formal
challenge to Hackenschmidt or any
other wrestler for a match for the
championship of the world.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
GUARANTY LAWS
ARE HELD LEGAL
Highest Court Passes on
State Bank Laws.
OTHER STATUTES UPHELD

Carmack Amendment to Hepburn Law
Holding Initial Carrier Liable for
Loss in Interstate Shipments De-
cIared constitutionaI-Labor Con-
tract Law Of Alabama Held Void on
Petition Of the Government.
Washington, Jan. 4.-Several i'm.
| portant decisions were announced by
the United States supreme court.
The fight against the policy of the
state guaranteeing bank deposits met
with telling reverses when the court
held constitutional the bank guaranty
laws of Oklahoma, Nebraska and Kan.
sas.
The fight of the federal government
to- have the labor contract" law of
Alabama declared unconstitutional
was crowned with success when court
Ield the law invalid. The government
claimed the law reduced hundreds of
negroes to a state akin to peonage.
The SO called Carmack amendment
to the Hepburn rate law, making the
initial carrier liable for loss of inter.
state shipments during transportation,
not only on it's lines, but also on those
Of connecting lines, was declared to
be constitutional. A stubborn fight
was made against the amendment as a
radical departure in rate legislation.
Title to hundreds of thousands Of
acres Of land in Kentucky was affect.
ed by a decision holding against the
Eastern Kentucky Coal Land corpora.
tion, which claims the property under
the so called Virginia grants.
The court also held constitutional
the New York banking law enacted in
1910 to regulate the conduct of indi.
viduals and partnerships engaged in
the business of receiving deposits for
~safekeeping or for transmissions Of
money to another without being Ii.
cenSed,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
Outside Aid Save. Town.

Waverly, N. Y, Jan. 4.-The bust
ness section of this town was threat
ened with destruction for several
hours by an incendiary fire which de
stroyed the Tioga hotel. Help was
summoned from Sayre, Pa, a fe.
miles away, and the entire fire depart
ment Of that town responded. With
its assistance the fire was finally got
ten under control. The hotel was un.
occupied, having been closed about
two weeks.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
cities and it has been found that
no trade has been lost by this
early closing hour.

Two editors of the state have
been honored by positions at the
state capitol. John Andrews, of
the Lidgerwood Broadaxe has been
appointed deputy in the ~secretery
of state office while w. j. Ander-
son Of the Rugby Tribune will be
chief clerk. It has not been stat
ed who will publish their papers
during their absence.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06

The Wilton News is doing a
great deal of advertising for the
new academy which opened last
Monday. A course in music, art,
business and the high school
branches will. be given. There are
a number Of girls and boys who
had not expected to be able to go
to school again, who will be among
the ones to enter the first of the
term. The tuition is reasonable
and the only real expense will be
the board and room.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
GO SEE FOR
In

and you will find that
our work is S ness
making work, because it
is suited to the purpose
for which it is designed.
In these days of close
figuring, of quick sales
and small profits, old
time methods will not do.
Goodenough ing
will not do. Printing is
the lever that moves your
goods, It's style and
quality are most impor-
tant. They are the char
acteristlcs which make
ii effective, We are
printers. We realize that
making our work efficient
makes more work for us.
II our wolk pays our Gus
touiers. they want more
of it, We are necessarily
students, contantly add.
ing to our knowledge and
resources. When you
want printing that pays
come and the
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
THE DEATH RECORD.

A. Homer Byington, once part owner
Of the New York Sun and a friend OF
Abraham Lincoln, is dead at, the home
of his son in Flushing, L. I. He was
eighty-four years old and for sixty
years Vas editor of the Norwalk
(COnn.) Gazette.
Ben Pitman, inventor of the system
of shorthand writing that bears his
name, is dead at Cincinnati. Mr.. Pit
man was horn in ~Trowbridge, Willis,
Eng, in 1922 and came to this coun-
try in 1858.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06

During the opening Of the legi-
stature, Bismarck has been enter
tanning many prominent men of
the state. Senator Nc Cumber and
Congressman Gronna were among
the number but they returned to
Washington after the opening day.
Many matters of Importance we're
settled before hand and the mem.
bers of the Legislature gathered
early So as not to miss anything.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
TROOPS READY FoR MOVING
Outbreak Reported in Small Town in
Portugal.

OuIOCSdk nSNOGISO III 0tudil sOvvu WI
Portugal.
Madrid, Jan. "A dispatch from
Vigo says the garrison at Valencia de
Mimic, Portugal, has been con igned
to barracks upon orders from Lisbon
and ordered to be ready to move at a
moments notice.
According to the Vigo dispatch the
authorities at Moncao, a small town
of Portugal, twenty-eight miles north
of Vigo. surprised and seized two
automobiles loaded with rifles.
This discovery was followed with
the order to the commander of the
garrison of Valencia de Mimic, a Por-
tuguese town on the left bank of the
river Mimic, on the northwest from.
tier.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06

The Fargo sCourier- News does
not seem to like the idea of giving
up factionalism in the republican
party. The Legislators are work.
ing together for the best of the
state-to judge from reports-and
the old party line has been erased.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
Boy Hunter 10 Killed.

Viroqua, Wis, Jan. 4.-Fay Morri.
son. aged fifteen, son of George Nor
rison. a farmer, was accidentally shot
through the heart while squirrel hunt
ing with his father. The father car
ried the body Of his son two miles
through the deep snowdrifts in the
woods to a farmhouse.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
WASHBURN LEADER
MODERN PRINTERY
Do you know that fully nine out

Do you know that fully nine out
of every ten cases of rheumatism
are simply rb" "atism of the
muscles du. to cold or damp, or
chronic rheumatism. and require
no internal treatment whatever?
Apply Chamberlain Liniment
freely and see how quickly it gives
relief. For sale by all dealers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06

We are glad to note that many
who were taken from our sub
scription list last week are back
on again. We will try to live up
to the law in this respect at least
and rejoice over the fact that our
subscribers see it the same way We
do.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06

Now that the winter months are
here and the business will not be
as brisk as before the holidays,
would it not be we'll to let the
clerks .in-the. stores enjoy: . little
vacation by closing at six thirty?
This is done in large and small
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06

Editor Jones of the Turtle Lake
Wave, wants a good clean town
and is trying hard to make his
many readers fall in line for i'm
provements which Acknowledgements
ed,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
Panama Libel Suit ouashed.

Washington, Jan. 4.-The supreme
court of the United States has quashed
the Panama libel suit against the New
York World
The Holly chieftain., 1911-08-11
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

Mrs. Dan Atkins. sou Major and
daughter Lulu, who have been
rusticating on the California coast
the past few weeks, returned yes
terdav, loyal to dear old Colorado.
The window sale at White Bros.
attracts people and is filing their
stores with customers.
See the pant window at White
Bros.
Remnants, remnants. remnans
at White Bros.
the editor of The Chieftain rep
resented the Arkansas Valley Edi.
torial association at the meeting of
Colorado editors in Idaho Springs.
last week. IA brief account of which
will appear next Friday.
Big pant sale on AT White Bros.
in men S and boys rizes.
The remnant'sale at White Bros.
is full of bargains
Big rem rant sale Waite Bros.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-08-11
vev Prosv.

Prof. Brander Matthews Of Colum-
bia. in one of his brilliant addresses on
the drama. said of an unimaginativs
and prosaic dramatist:
He 1t was, am sure. who in his
youth, on being asked in examina.
ton what Shakespeare meant by the
phase, Sermons, in stones.' wrote in
reply:
When passing by tombstone you
may learn the names and the dates of
birth and death of the departed one,
and also from the inscription valu.
able moral lesson from his or her life.
Walking along road you may see
from the milestones the number of
miles to the nearest towns, and thus
acquire geographical information.
Heaps of stones by the roadside indi.
cate that repairs are to take place,
and so inculcate lesson In neatness.'
-Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-08-11
laeaAPnoMe ACTS As CUPID
osA-rlao levsO Rsunitsd when
Wbaow Rsee0nizss Voice Of the
Train AnNonneos.

Yer ~ first time In it, history. the
nagaphons has played the part Of Gu
pld, ana - . result . wedding uniting
Frederick Mulhaus. tratn announcer
IN tAs Jersey City terminal Of the
NaAAoo tunnel and Mrs. Julia 9wal-
lenose. Q German widow. will take
place in . NV days.
TAsy knew each other whsn b was
. youth In Germany and visited her at
her faeAsr's cigar factory. Together
tAsy oetsa sat beneath the arbor. and
while she rolled cigars. he dreamed Of
Q fortune % b made In far-o6 Amer
ica. He finally bid his svssthsart
good-by, came here and obtained .
positioa. but no fortune. He could
not fl his part of the agreement
made bsnsath the arbor. and she mar
r1sA . prosperous cigarmaker.
Thea hs, too, married and lived in
comfort for many years. but ten years
aGo his wife died. He finally obtained
the position Of train announcer in the
Hoansylvania railroad station Of the
AoAdoo tunnel. He 1t 10 who calls
out which trains to take for Twenty
third or Cortlandt streets. and to
carry his voice he uses q megaphone.
The other day. while he was busy
a4 his daily task, q middle-aged wom-
an who had been standing at the end
Of the platform turned suddenly and
looked at him. She waited thus until
hs called out his message once moro
and thsn went up to him.
II am Julia, Frederick" she said
"and know you by your voice."
There must be some mistake" he
answered, this time without the aid Of
the mssaphone.
II would never have guessed 1t II
you had not used that instrument"
she answered, but you must be Fred
Nuhlhaus, for your voice is the same
strong. deep. manly voice of my old
friend. 1t IL different: 1t is weaker
when you talk naturally. but. then,
you are older now"
"Julia!"
This II all Muhlhaus said He then
learned that her husband had come to
America. made a fortune and q year
ago had died. He told his story, and
in few days the two will trip up the
e..l. of st. Patrick's church.-New
York American.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-08-11
rhs Weaver. k,.s Of p,ssh.


An eight-looD weaver in Q cottoa
mill where the ol1-fashioned kissing"
shutties are used. takea the kiss Of
death" about $4,000 times q year. &C
cording to mill owners and employees
who favor the bill to abolish the "kiss-
ing" shuttle.
A weaver threads the shuttle OF one
loom about 100 times 4 day An eight.
loom weaver would do this 500 times
day. The 'kissing" s>uttle 10 one
Of the Oldest mechanical devices in
the textile trade. The weaver sucks
the end Of the thread through the bob
bin. His lips come In contact with .
bobbin that has been kissed" by pre-
ceding weavers. any one of whom
may be ahlicted with tubercular
trouble. Hence the kiss Of DEATH"
A. II 10 called.
Self-threading shuttles have ~
placed the kissing" ones in many
Massachusetts, mills.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-08-11
Revising the Calendar.


undismayed by the failure to tuggle
the clock SO as to get more daylight
working hours. John Bull now comes
forward with an equally revolutionary
scheme to revise the calendar so a to
have a given date always fall ON the
same day of the week. The PROPOSE
ton. which was approved by the In.
ternational Congress of Chambers of
Commerce in London. and in turn
made the basis for an invitation by
the Swiss government for an interna-
tional conference on the subject, has
been officially taken up by the British
government. which is now ascertain
Ing the views Of the commercial world
ON the subject Briefly. the plan 10 to
make New Years day legal holiday
that shall not count a. day Of the
week. month or quarter. The remain
ing 1854 days are divisible into quar-,
ters of 81 days. Is weeks and two 80
day months and one 31-day month, or
even 81 weeks in the year. Each
month will begin on a Sunday. no mat.
ter on what day the previous month
ends. Christmas will always fall ON
Monday. and 1t is proposed to anchor
the movable feasts also. making Eas-
ter always April IA. Leap Year IL to
be overcome by making that odd day
another legal holiday and forgetting to
count 1t AZ . day Of the month.