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Evening star., 1911-01-30
The vast field for Improvement in the
yielding power of the seed plant and in
the methods Of
South Carolina Boy cultivation is
-, vividly set
0Ot WOuuCIAOA O4VP' forth by q

GoC W0n0eT1uI CTOp. forth by a
comparison OF the crop raised by the boy
farmer Of South Carolina and the average
per acre throughout the country. For
1910 the general average was 21.4 bushels
less than one-eighth the amount pro-
duced by Jerry Moore. Yet 1910. with
two exceptions-2s.S bushels in 1905 and
1913 bushels in 19O8-showed the highest
yield since 1900, and higher than the per-
centage for any ten-year period since the
civil war If the increase this year in
yield per acre is as large as 1910 was
over 1909 the crop will be greater by
more than 200, ,OOO. 600 bushels, which. at
the average value OF the grain on the
farm last year, will mean an increase of
$1OO. 600 900 in corn production.
The increase in the corn yield OF the
country depends very largely upon the
grain selected for seed. In an effort to
foster an Intelligent choice of seed. Gov.
Eberhardt Of Minnesota last fall issued q
proclamation which will in all probability
be followed by other executives this year.
He set apart one week in September as
"seed-corn week." This was q revival Of
an ancient religious rite of the Zuni.
Mayas and Aztecs. and while the proc
iamation did not have the hold upon the
planters that the religious festival of
ancient tribal days had upon the Indian
Evening star., 1911-01-30
PORTO RICAN SOLDIERS GOOD.
Gen. Grant Has Nothing But Praise
for Island Troops.

NEW YORK. January 3O.-Maj. Gen.
Frederick d. Grant, U. S. A., who re-
turned today on the steamer Coamo from
trip to Porto Rico. had nothing but
praise for the Porto Rican soldiery.
Il visited Porto Rico in line Of duty
said Gen. Grant, "and / inspected the
Porto Rican regiment 1 have nothing
but praise for them. They are efficient,
active. able soldiers. excellent IN field
work and discipline
Evening star., 1911-01-30
Another Torchy Story.

Toots' Boy was q beautiful lad of about
four years whom Torchy encountered
on a New York subway train one day.
The, two became fast friends. and their
adventures together form the. basis of
the delightful and picturesque story that
Sewell Ford supplies for our next Issue.
There Is pathos in this tale, a. well as
the charming comedy that runs through
all Of them. Look for 1t In our Sunday
Magazine
Evening star., 1911-01-30

The invention of the Department of
Agriculture for ascertaining the amount
Evening star., 1911-01-30
Dies in Capitol Grounds.

Mrs. Sarah Minor. colored. dropped
dead this morning in the Capitol
grounds. She was near the foot of the
steps leading to the west entrance to
the building when she was stricken. Her
death was due to heart disease.
Evening star., 1911-01-30
to take charge of the different branches

of the work.
Funeral services for the late Wi liam G.
Flowers, who died at his residence 731
Nichols avenue, Saturday last after a lin
gering illness, were held this morning
at st. TereSa's Catholic Church
Requiem mass was offered by Rev.
Charles M. Bart. Mr.. Flowers was forty
five years of age. and is survived by a
wife and five children. He had been an
employe of the Government Hospital for
the Insane for q number of years Inter-
ment was made in Mount Olivet ceme-
terry.
Evening star., 1911-01-30

Grifith, manager OF the Cincinnati Ma
tional League team, has been induigtng
in little speculation as to the order In
which the National League clubs will
finish the coming season.
He says Chicago and Cincinnati will
will finish third and Pittsburg fourth.
Evening star., 1911-01-30

The damage suit at Cumberland, Nd.
of Miss Grace Leonard against the late
John Anderson. formerly Of Bedford. for
injuries received In q fall on an icy pave
ment in Bedford has been settled. the de-
tense Accepting the verdict Of $4,000 hand
ed down by the court, 49, l
Evening star., 1911-01-30

Capt. Richard c. Hayes of the board Of
marine surveyors and port wardens, Bal.
timore, died Sunday morning at his home,
2O6 East 10th street, after a brief illness.
Evening star., 1911-01-30
Plough Lane Through Mob.

They found the crowd at the corner
of Broadway and Leonard street and
struck it like a lot of foot ball players.
Aided by their clubs they plowed lanes
through the mob, back and forth and
Sideways until its component parts were
glad to get away. No further arrests were
made, but the policemen who had prison
ers held on to them. The reserves were
too busy breaking up the crowd to stop
for prisoners.
Calantino and Flasseur we're taken to
the Elizabeth street STATEN, and Vein
stein, Fireman and the Chesman woman
to- Leonard street. All were charged with
disorderly conduct. although Reilly said
he would try to- have the charge changed
to melting g. riot.
The scene at the hall when the parade
started was exciting. Many of the
speeches had been inflammatory, ana the
revOlutionaries were ready for almost any
proposition. The resolutions were passed
with a yell, and there was another yell
when the suggestion was made that all
march to the Japanese consulate The
march started with hundreds singing the
"Marseillaise. They were still singing
it when the head of the column met Reilly.
At the home OF Berkman later it was
said the meeting was joint one of Rus
sion revolutionists, anarchists, socialists,
social labor men, libertists and a num-
ber of minor revolutionary societies.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-27
Assumes All Responsibility

II had been originally suggested BY
the forestry bureau that -as,OOO acres
might safely be eliminated 30 far as
forestry purposes were concerned, but
fear had been expressed by one Of the
district foresters that such q large
elimination would offer an opportunity
to the company to use land scrip and
acquire title to extensive town sites.
and the result Of the joint considera'
ton Of both departments had been the
reduction to 800 acres.
I wish to be7as specific as possible
upon this point and to say that l alone
am responsible for the enlargement Of
the proposed elimination from S2O
acres to 1880 acres, and that pro-
posed the change and stated my rea-
sons therefor, and while both secre-
taries cordially concurred In It, the
suggestion was mine.
The statement Of Mr.. Ryan, who had
been properly vouched to the forester
BY two gentlemen whom know. Mr.
Chester Lyman and Mr.. Fred Jennings,
and who had produced letter from a
reputable financial firm, Probst, Wetz-
Ter 4 Co.. was that the railway com
pany which he represented had ex-
pended more than $4,000 in making
preparations for the construction OF q
railway from Controller Bay to the coal
fields. rs miles away, but that they
were obstructed in 80 doing BY the or
der reserving the Chugach forest res
ervation. which covered all Of the Con
troIler Bay shore. He, as well as
Probst. wetzler & Co., gave every as
surance that the Copper River Railway
company, owned by Messrs. Morgan
and Guggenheim. had no connection
with them, and that they were en-
Raged IN an independent enterprise In
good faith to build an independent rail.
road. No evidence to the contrary
has been brought TO my attention
since.
OF course Il was possible that the
owners q the Copper River Railway
company might attempt 70 buy thii
railroad when. and n. Il was built Il
was possible that Mr.. Ryan was act
I Ing IN the interests q the Copper
! River railroad. although I aid not b
1 li,vs u; but. whether Ills vas trus q
! nok / vas clear hat he order Of elm
nation ~ reason q th1 rn1ticiion'
I q ne acl q congrorl haroauG e1
/ rI.Inr1. Hrrlt ~ rI|r't - r0r1r'
81 -|I1.I faIlrot |t ah1I 1rl arY r'11'
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-27


,wnIeh 'Deafs south IT. ~ wcst EtSoi Iees
from U. 8. Location Monument NO. ~
thence north 6729.S feet; thence east -
IA faet: thence south 7,Oal2 feet to q
point ON Controller bay; thence following
he meanders Of the bay north 62' 30
west lao feet; thence north To- ~ west
400 feet; thence north 40 ~ west 80 feet.
70 the point Of beginning. containing wv
acres approximately, the same being IN
approximate longitude 1Ho IL west from
Greenwich, latitude 60o 81 north.
The tract above described 10 hereby re-
stored to the public domain.
The question finally came before the
cabinet late In October. After a fuil
discussion of the matter, and after 2
consideration Of the law, expressed
dissatisfaction with the order because
II purported on its face to make the
elimination for the benefit of rail-
road company of a tract of land which
the company could not secure under
the statute, for it was a tract $40
acres in one body when only l6O
acres could thus be acquired. In the
second place, l preferred to make a
much larger elimination Of tract fac
ing the entire channel, and with suf'
flcient room for terminal railway
town. l was willing to dod this be-
cauE found the restrictions In the
law su6iclent to prevent the posi-
biIity Of any monopoly Of either the
upIands or the harbor or channel by
the Controller Railroad and Naviga-
tion company or any other person or
company. For lack Of time SUFFICIENT
to draft q memorandum myself, re-
ouested the secretary Of the interior.
who. with the secretary Of agricul-
ture, after full discussion. had agreed
to my conclusion, to prepare letter
setting forth the reasons for making
the larger elimination, so that 1t
might become part Of the record. The
letter Is Of even date with the order
It does not set forth the reasons for
the larger order as fully a. did In
discussing 1t.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-27

~. Beach, 1856 o. s., D4s-5BO J In prac
tice the same publicity Is given to
each. Both are sent to the state de-
partment for record. (see the letter
from the secretary Of state-record
exhibit) The custom 10 to advertise
neither a proclamation nor an execu-
tive order. Each Is merely banded TO
the Representatives Of the press after
being executed. and is sent to the
large mailing list Of the state depart
ment. That course was here pursued
in respect to the executive order Of
October %, 1910. In accordance with
custom, copies were sent to the In
terror department and the agricultural
department, because they were espe-
cially concerned.
The charge has been made that
this was a secret order, and that
though II was made in October, 1910,
no one knew Of 1t until April, 1911.
This Is utterly unfounded. The state
ment Of Mr.. Vernon (Reccrd exhibit,
the correspondent Of the Post-lntelli-
gencef, Of Seattle, newspaper OF
wide. circulation among people most
interested in Alaska, shows that ten
days before the order was made, news
Of the details Of Ryan's application
and the probability Of its being grant
ed was given wide publicity. It fur
ther appears from the records "a the
interior department that the evening
the order was signed, October Ss, 1910,
full notice OF the issue Of the order
and It's details was furnished by the
department to all correspondents IL
the form OF news bulletin. Finally,
the agent Of the Associated Press GER
titles that at 1913 p. M, October 70,
1910, there was sent out by that asso-
ciatIon to all its newspaper clients q
telegram taken from q typewriter
statement issued by the interior de-
partment, as follows:
washington, Oct. 20. M Approx
mately. 1880 acres Of land in the
Chugach National forest Alaska, have
been restored by the president for dis
position under appropriate land laws,
according to information made public
today BY the interior department.
These lands are situated on the coast
line Of Controller bay in southern
Alaska near the Cunningham claims,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-27
Reason for Attack.

The order has been attacked on the
ground that 1t did not contain a pro-
vision delaying its taking effect for 80
days after Its publication as orders
restoring land to settlement by home
steaders frequently do. An examine
ton Of the record furnishes an expla-
nation Of this feature Of the order as
made. When in October the two de-
partments had agreed, with my acqui-
escence. that the order should be an
elimination Of only 80 acres, an order
describing the 800 acres directing It's
restoration to settlement and contain
ing the usual provision postponing its
taking effect 80 days was prepared in
the forestry bureau and forwarded to
the interior department. There is was
deemed wiser to spread on the face
Of the order a specific declaration
that It was made to afford terminals
for the Controller Railway & Naviga-
ton company, and as no one else was
expected to intervene and take up any
part of the eliminated tract, the res
toration was made immediate.
The form thus amended was sub
mitted to the secretary Of agriculture,
who expressed his preference for the
immediate restoration order through
his solicitors memorandum on the
face of the order, as follows:
"Mr. Clements. Assistant Attorney
in the Interior Department: We think
this o. X. The secretary says It is
the direct way, and appeals to him.
GEO. P. MCABE,"
Before closing. | desire to allude to
a circumstance which the terms Of
this resolution make apt and relevant.
II is a widely published statement at
tributed to a newspaper correspondent
that in an examination Of the files Of
the interior department few weeks
ago a postscript was found attached
to a letter Of July 1S, 1910, addressed
BY Mr.. Richard s. Ryan to Secretary
Ballinger-and In the present record
urging the elimination Of land
enough for terminals for the Control
Ter Railway & Navigation company.
The postscript was said to read as fol-
lows:
Dear Dick: l went to see the presi-
dent the other day. He asked me
who 1t was | represented. ! told him
according to our agreement, that ]
represented myself. But that didn't
seem to satisfy him. So / sent for
Charlie Taft and asked him to tell
his brother, the president, who II was
1 really represented. The president
made no further objection to my
claim. Yours. DICK"
Uses Strong Language.
The postscript is not now on the
ales Of the department. II # were
Il would be my duty to transmit II
under this resolution. Who il really
responsible for its wicked fabrication
n Il ever existed, or for the yiciously
false statement made as to its authen
ucltv. n immatsrial for the purposes
of this communication. The purpori
Of the alleged postscript Is, and The 10
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-27
Rests With Congress.

The whole contention that the
executive order and the opening to
settlement Of the shore Of Controller
bay grants a monopoly to the railway
company rests on the claim that It
has given an opportunity to persons
using scrip to appropriate the control
N the only available and practicable
parts Of the channel by the location
Of the scrip opposite to those parts.
II now the location Of the scrip oppo-
site to the harbor gives no right to
reach the harbor except as congress
NAV expressly give It, clearly the
Controller Railway q Navigation Co.
has not the slightest opportunity for
exclusive appropriation Of the harbor
facilities unless congress shall by flu
ture act deliberately and voluntarily
confer t.
should be lacking in candor II l
allowed Il to be inferred that this
third reason for saying that there IL
NOT the slightest danger Of this order
giving a monopoly Of the channel to
the Controller Railway & Navigation
Co was present in my mind when ]
made the order. was, Of course,
satisfied because Of the other restric-
tions mentioned that no monopoly Of
the channel could follow. but did not
examine the law as to this point at
that time. But the law is rs have
stated II, and the consequences are in
-evitable.
In the records Of the War Depart
ment win be found one permit to con
Etruct q treslle from the Controller
bay shore 10 the channel which. BY
extension. Is sim In force and WIN
remain 90 untIl January I. 1914 This
vas given to the Controller Bay q
Berink Coal Railway Co. Q different
company from The Controller Railway
4 Naviration Co. II does not Appear
mon what authority such permit
couId Be given b. the War Depart
menl Under ths statute. The Becre
AZ q ne treasury q charged via
sursfIision cVgr such case. and b
loss 4 Iauful llc4n1e can Il granted
- oosrs.l must ~ otllins1
~ f,ct = IA A 'aH htra a y
.4..I 10 tI1tlttce between 3 rIr'r'.
II.r. - na szts1''l, of',i. INo''
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-27

MT. HlcharQ D. Ryan, III iOesOA
which he has sent me without solicita-
ton, and which is in the record (Rec-
ord Exhibit-), says that he never met
my brother, Mr.. Charles p. Taft, ana
that SO far as he knows, Mr.. Charles
p. Taft never had the slightest inter-
est in Controller Bay, in the Controls
er Railway and Navigation company,
or In any Alaskan company. and ne
utterly denies writing or signing the
alleged postscript The utter improD-
ability Of his writing such postscript
10 Mr.. Ballinger at Washington, when
the latter was away for his vacation
for two months, must impress every
one.
Places the Blame.
The person upon whose statement
the existence of what has been proper.
" characterized as an amazing post
script is based, is writer for newspa-
pers and magazines, who was given
permission by Secretary Fisher, after
consulting with me, to examine all the
6les In respect to the Controller Bay
matter -and this under the supervision
Of Mr.. Brown, then private secretary
Of the secretary Of the Interior. (Rec'
prd. Exhibit ~ After the examina-
ton, at which 1t IL alleged this post
script was received from the hand Of
Mr.. Brown, the correspondent pre-
pared an elaborate article on the sub
ject Of this order and Controller Bay,
which was submitted to Mr.. Fisher
and which was discussed with Mr..
Fisher at length, but never in the con.
yersation between them or in the arti-
Gle submitted did the correspondent
mention the existence Of the post
script. Mr.. Brown states that there
was no such postscript In the papers
when he showed them to the corre-
sponodent and that he never saw such
d postscript. Similar evidence is
given by Mr.. Carr and other custodians
Of the records in the interior depart
ment. (Record. Exhibit -, N
Stronger evidence Of the falsity ana
slanderous character Of the
alleged postscript could not be had.
Its only significance is the light 1t
throws ON the bitterness and venom OF
some Of those who take active part IN
every discussion of Alaskan issues. The
intensity Of their desire to besmirch
all who invest in that district, and all
who are oiiicially connected with. its
administration. operates upon the
minds Of weak human instruments and
prompts the fabrication Of such false
testimony as this postscript. I dislike
to dwell upon this feature Of the case.
but 1t is so full Of lesson that ought
to be taken to the heart Of every pa
triotic citizen that l cannot pass it
over in silence.
/ am in full sympathy with the con-
Germ Of reasonable and patriotic men
that the valuable resources OF Alaska
should not be turned over to be ex-
plotted for the profit Of greedy, absorb
ing and monopolistic> corporations or
syndicates. Whatever the attempts
which have been made, no one, as
matter Of fact, has secured in Alaska
any undue privilege or franchise not
completely under the control Of con-
Eress. / am in full agreement with the
view that every care, both in admin
lstration and in legislation, must be
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-27

btruct railroad from the channel Of
Controller Bay to the coal fields: and
If BY this order we could secure the
construction Of 4 railroad from Con
trolIer bay "a the coal fields, It would
be q distinct step in the useful deyel-
opment Of ALASKA. The rates Of freight
for coal to be charged. Of course, would
always be subject to congressional con-
troll. and II government ownership
seemed wise policy under the Pc
culiar circumstances, condemnation
was an easy method.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-27
PELICAN RAPIDS
ROAD IN A DEAL
RUMoR HAS 1T THAT THENoRTH-
ERN PACIFIC HAS BOUGHT THE
BRANCH LINEFRoM THE GREAT
NORTHERN AND WILL IMPROVE
1T,

There is talk of great deal of rail,
road development in the vicinity of
Pelican Rapids and Fergus Falls, MINI.
A report comes from the former place
to the effect that the Northern Pacific
is about to take over the Pelican Rap
ids branch from the Great Northern,
and continue it to Lake Park, there to
connect with the main line of the N. p,
this to be done as early in the spring
as possible.
This will give the Northern Pacific
a practically through line from Fergus
Falls to Fargo and all points north
and west, instead of making it neces-
sary to travel as far east as Wadena
to reach the main line, or make part
of the trip on a competing line. 1t is
said that the farmers in the vicinity
of Pelican Rapids are all working hard
for the extension and are disposed to
sell their land for right of way at a
very reasonable figure.
The agent of the N. p. at Fergus
Falls would neither affirm nor deny
the report, but said that such a cutoff
would be of great value to the road
and to Fergus Falls, as it would afford
better travel from the eastern and
northern part of the county to and
from that city.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-27
Railroad News
TONS OF Stone
FROM The PIER
GREAT NORTHERN PLACING A
WOODEN PIER AT EAST END OF
BIG FARGO 5RiDGE-oLD ONE
HAD MOVED EIGHT INCHES IN
EIGHT YEARS.

Many tons of stone have been taken
from the east pier of the Great North
ern bridge which crosses the Red
river north of this city. This is being
done to make way for the new bridge
which Master Carpenter Berrington's
men are engaged in building.
This stone pier was erected about
ten years ago, and when the men came
to examine it q few months ago, they
found that 1t had moved about eight
inches from it's original position. This
was caused by the fact that mud and
water had gotten under the stone work
and worked away until it was partly
The company believed
that wooden pier would prove to be
much better for this particular place
than stone, and the work of making
the change has been going on for some
time. There are ten or fifteen men
employed on the work
The bridge proper is made of steel
and will last for years.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-27
FRY CASE ADJOURNED.
MalIoy Orders Continuance to Allow
Presence of the County
Attorney.

The case Of D. r. Fry, charged with
statutory crime, was called before
Justice Malloy yesterday afternoon,
bur as the county attorney was out OF
town the court ordered continuance
OF the preliminary hearing until next
Monday afternoon.
The police say that not only is Fry
alleged to have committed serious
crime, but he has wilfully neglected
his children that not only were they
lily fed, but they were not supplied
with clothes sufficient to keep them
warm. Authorities say that the day
he was arrested he had left home in
the pretense Of going down town to
buy food and other supplies; that he
was away the whole of the day, and
all he had in the evening when he
reached home was a flask of whisky.
II is also alleged that a few days ago
he bought a cutter and paid out $40
on account, and that he nd no use
whatever for the vehicle. 1t is also
charged that he has been i'll using
horse that he had charge of about as
badly as he did his children.
Through the interest taken in the
case by Father Gerard Of st. Joseph 5
church, two of the defendants children
have been supplied with a home and
attention at the st. Johns orphanage
at Fargo, Notwithstanding that the
family is not of that faith, but in the
spirit of humanitarianism the condi-
tions which were found by Chief Mall
vey and others at the Fry home de-
manded very urgent attention, too seri.
Gus TO await further Investigations.