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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-21
SMALL BANKS CONSIDERED
General Outline Of Districts Provided
For In irI.

FoF -tIOrlCD I'lnn.
Washington. December 2O.-Ths Ma
tional Monetary Commission to-day de-
cided the general outlines OF the M
teen districts into which the United
states would be divided under the AL
drich plan OF financial reform. In the
Is. declared special consideration vas
given to the interests of the smaller
banks, In order to crafty the popular
demand against any possibility of tina
DIG Influential banks getting control OF
tne proposed National Reserve Associa-
non thirty OF whose forty five direc-
tors would be elected by the districts
Under the division agreed upon. NeY
england would constitute one district.
the Eastern States two. the Southern
four. tho Middle West four and tba
paclnc coast States four. One-flfth Of
the banking power OF the nation Is
concentrated in New York. but. n ia
pointed out. all the Eastern states wifi
form only two districts. This ia re-
saraea as advantageous to the smaller
banks, and out of proportion TO the in.
vested capital of the East.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-21
GIVES AWAY HALF MILLION

Distribution Among Worthy Employees
of International Harvester Comnany-
Chicago. December 20.-Five hun
dred thousand dollars was appropriesed
by the executive officers Of the Intar.
national Harvester Company yesterday
for Christmas distribution among ANN
employees of the com paDy. :
The ofncinlg satd that the gift "Is In
no sense a Christmas pressnt-meroiv
a sharing OF tho year 8profits OF the
organization among worthy workers.
Length OF service or position viii
said George "A. ,Ranney. a assistant trsas.
urer Special merit IS the solo basis
for recognition & ,,s d. Z, = !
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-21
WILL NOT LOSE VOTES
No Dfsfranchisement In Virginia s,y.
for One Who Buys Voters.

for One Who Buys Voters.
According to attorneys OF this ~,
who are familiar with the electioy
laws Of Virginia. there is nothing in
the reports that persons who may be
convicted OF having sold their Votes
Vote selling. mot being felony, does
not carry disfranchisement with ~
The penalty for such act Is fine Of
not less than 500 nor more than $1,000
and imprisonment in jail for not loss
than one month nor moro than twelve
months Js ''''.''i :
However. by operation of law. a per.
son convicted Of bribery--the one who
ed. It does not appear: that q Judge
can disfranchise any one or Withhold
Acknowledgement. II he convicts 4 or
bribery the law Is automatic but ii
sell their votes An =. ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-21
sINcLAIR's DIVORCE HELD UP
Justice Davis Refuses to CopHr,,
Refcrce,a Rennrf

Z.
New York, December 2o.-Upton Sin
clalrs divorce. suit will have to be
heard over again. sSunreme Court Jus
tice Davis to-day refused to confirm
the report OF Referee William S. Kelley.
VINO iirst heard the evidence. and re-
suing his wife. Meta Fuller Sinclair.
Justice Davis's reason was that The
referee allowed Sinclair to testify re-
gardlng the alleged relations between
poet. whereas the statute provides
that In divorce trial the husband or
wife Is not competent to testify OK.
cePt as 70 the marriage and to deny
the case will be referred to another
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-21
MAN OF MANY coLoRs DEAD
NIIchIE9a sentuasenarIan,. compilation

NIichiEnn SeptuagenarIan's CompIex,o,
Due to Hare Disease,
Battle Creek. Mich, December 90
John Heister. Michisan's man of MANY
colors," died yesterday at the age OF
seventy-three. For sixteen years bs
had been the subject Of much medioaI
comment the color Of his skin haVinr
changed seven times during that ne
Rod. 800 - ~
Once his skin turned red, but IL wa.
nearly black at the time Of his death
Doctors attributed his condition TO a
rare disease. q.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-21
CAPTAIN Tucker Dron. D.,5

~ PhIIade!phlA, IA, December 20.-Cap-
tain Logan Tucker. a son Of Colonel
William F. Tucker. United states
Army. and grandson.ot Mrs. John a,
known general OF the Union Armv arr
Ing tho Civil War. dropped dead whiie
eating supper Tonight at tho Ciwynns
Vakey Inn: Captain Tucker saw SER
yica IN the philippines during the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-21
Little Danger Of TarIg var

80. IeleispuTS, December 20-M
Tlmiriazer. former minister of COM
nerce in the Witta cabinet, who has
taken leading part in developing
Anglo Russian commercial relations in
an interview to-day, declares that the
treaty of 1892 is old -fashioned and
primitive. the people of the most ia
rored nation being obscurely forum
lated therein If the jewish question
served as the reason Tor the abrnes-
ton OF tho treaty, the United States
Greatly
.'W cannot change our internal leg
tsla ton" says NJ Timlriazeff. ito please
the United States
In the former minister's opinion the
mater matter viii not come to tariff war.
~ TimiriazeT. "thc American govern
nerts step Is not clear and scarcely
prudent. Bad economic relations may
help to disturb good political relations
The traditional friendship between
Russia and the United States Is now
Apart from the uncertainty which
chara6terizes the present Russian atti-
tmde, II must be said that real appre-
citation and admiration have been ex-
Continued on Second Page.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-21
PASS SILVER, TAKE EGGS
LATTER Now CInssed as Desirable uo,,,
nv uur

ny burEiar
New Haven. Conn, December IN n
with eggs at the highest price in
twenty years. burglars class them with
IeWelry and money as desirable booty.
Roger Dickinson, at Montowose 10 o.
night passed by a quantity OF heavy
silVerware and took only a small sun
OF money. few pieces OF jeweIrv and
-FOUR dozen freshly laid eggs. Similar
losses have been noted IN oihor hn,,sa 81
entered recently in that ylcinitX.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-19
|A|NNP[EX PHONE INVENTION
PRESENTED 70 The PEOPLE
Four Can Talk on Same
Wire at OnCe-Will Save
Millions of Dollars An
nually to the Public.

but the important discovery is the con
troll of the wireless by wire base.
Major Squier in speaking of the rev
dictionary discovery says:
II think we have succeeded in doing
something for commercial America
Consider for minute that the report
of John j. Carly. chief engineer of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company, states that this telephone
and telegraph company has 12,0O0,N'
miles of wire in operation. Consider
also that this report, made month
ago, states that in the first six months
of 1910 the company he represents
spent sol 100000 for new construction
0f telephone and telegraph wires. If
we have multipleX system of telcph
ony. by which several conversations
can take place at once, and the Amer
lean Telephone and Telegraph com
pany purposes to install our system
there would be little need for it to
install new telephone and new tele
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-19

TO maintail this ior Calnn iIr
benefit OF our in rcment Of population
says the Atlantic. the milk supply /,
the wear 1910 must exceed that of 1890
by 1919 100000 gallons.
To maintain butter. of which the pei
capita produced in 1899 was fourteen
pounds. at the same per capita in 1910
the aggregate production must exceed
the former figure by iS2.0on00o
pounds.
OF potatoes. that other stan'e Of hui.
man consumptioil. the per capita prof.
uct at the last census was about four
bushels; hence In 1910 to maintain tn
potato Sul tol" f0" OF" newcomers b.
not to increase il for the rest of tn
community TO the extent Of even ono
potato ea h tone potato apiece means
approximately 10000 bushels, there
must be raised 70. O00.c bushels more
of this homely but useful vegetable
than were reported in 1899.
What this product means is best
noted by observing that to supply il
would consume the entire potato croI
as reported at the last census of the
states Of California. Colorado. Illinois
Indiana. Kansas, Maine, Maryland and
North Carolina.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-19
MAJOR GEORGE SQUIER T. $ a.. INVENTOR OF THE MULTI
Donated DISCOVERY, THAI
|. PUBLIC

graph wires for forty or fifty years
We take into account the question of
storms which may break down wire.
1--WE do not expect in the war de
partment that the full significance of
the granting of these patents will be
realized for some time. l am frank to
say that we went about it rather Sc
cretly and that we We're hoping all
the time that we might achieve the
desired result with little publicity. So
it TRANSFERRED.
Il will say that | do not want one
penny from any one for the discovery.
There will be no royalties attached t.
the use of the plans and specifications,
and the American Telephone and Tele
graph company, the war department
you and | are as welcome as can be to
take copies of these specifications and
build multipleX telephones. | have ar
ranged it so that these patents are in
the name of the government and the
people of the United States"
The statement is made at the war
department. that very nearly $1,000
was used of the appropriation made
by congress for the experiments iust
successfully completed by the war de-
partment for perfecting the mutipleN
telephone
Major Squier is forty-five years old
unmarried and was born in Dryden.
Mich. He entered West Point in 1SS&
and was graduated in 1887.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-19

repetition of the wonderful discovery
in telegraphy some years ago, when it
was demonstrated that the earth Itself
could be substituted for one of the two
wires which We're thought necessary
to establish circuit
All the necessary Instruments re-
quired in the new scheme of telephon
ing are already developed and can he
purchased from dealers in the OPP.
market 1t is further announced th"t
in order to get the benefit of addition 81
conversations upon Il single wire cir
cult it is not necessary to "interfcre
in the slightest degree with the opera
tions of the present telephone installa-
tions, which remain unchanged"
Positive proof of the practicuiity Of
the invention is offered in the fact
that there is now in operation Il >vs
TEN giving two independent telephone
conversations over a single wire Vuict
runs from the laboratory of the Si4ra}
CORPS of the bureau of Stau0aTf4 .l
signal corps construction lahor. io.-.
on Pennsylvania avenue. WasAE~,u.
distance of about three miles
The Sift of the Invention jo IT,. l..
pie Of the United %tHtcs is co4tIiu..;
in the following from the Of inl an
nouncemcul
"The unrestricted use Of thj; method
is FREQ to 2ll r,pnl" cf the United
States. and there is no royalty or 9th
er expense attached to the use Of th,s
system 8"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-19
WILL TEACH BOYS 'FRONT.'"
St. Louis May Have New Vocationa
Training Course.

The training of boys to fill the posi-
tons of messengers, errand boys ana
office boys may be one of the functions
of the St Louis public schools in the
future. according to the plans of
Ben Blewett. superintendent of public
schools.
The new Franklin school will have
four shops or rooms in which vocation.
al training will be carried ON. but the
plans for the work have not been ma
tured and probably will not be put in
force until the next term of school
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-19
AMERICAN Appetite GROWS,
IF STATISTICS ARE RIGHT
Not That We Eat More. but More Are
Eating.

n 1899 the American hen laid eggs
a sufficient numbers during the calen-
dar year to amount to seventeen dozen
States. Omitting all thought of addinc
a single egg to the individual share
If eggs. but merely to maintain the
1900 proportion of e"gs to population.
the hens of the United States in 1915
must be laying annually 221,000,0OJ
dozen more eggs than they laid in
1899.
The per capita product Of milk in Tie
year 1890 was % 6 gallons per anmu
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-19
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that tier
January I, all bills for goods furnish
ed to Wishkah Lodge. 70. A, Knights
OF Pythias, must be accompanied by
signed acquisitions, on the printed
blanks of the lodge, ordering the
same.
by order Of the house committee. II
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-19
THE JlMSWlNGER.

K Out there in Oklahoma,
3 Where the souls of men arise
Z, To build constitution
? OF material from the skies,
< There cometh feeling Of strange
< unrest
3 AS to how a gent should be proper
@ ly dressed
9 When the cares Of the day are past
x and he
K Is ready TO move in society.
8 Out there in Oklahoma,
2 Where the flying seeds Of hay
? Commingle with the whiskers
x OF the giddy and the gay,
3 There falleth shadow Of fear and
8 doubt
? On the matter of whether it is with
? or without
Z The hard boiled shirt and the spike
( tailed coat
3 That a gent amt hardly the social ,
2 goat.
= Out there in Oklahoma,
J. Where the tallow candle CLEANS
:. In after shutdown glory
{. OF festive social dreams.
2 There moveth a spirit which seems (
to say
J, That the toys of evening and those
+. of the day
3 Should not be the same. and prog (
I. ress flies
: On the wings of the west to COM
:. promise
I, Out there in Oklahoma
Where rehncment's mighty slick
= And culture as is culture
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-19
PUBLISHERS NOTICE.

CITY subscribers failing to receive
the Herald by 6 p. m. on Mondays
and Thursdays will please notify the
CITY Messenger Co., Tel. 1881, and a
paper VIII be sent to the address at
once.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-19
SpF Al NOTICE

We wan. ~ remind you that we
have the best equipped prescription
department in the city, and that we
give special attention to this branch
of our business. II.
THE REXALL STORE.
An epitome of all the news OF Grays
Harbor may always be found in the
Herald.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-19
Major George 0. Squier of
Signal Corps Declines
to Profit by His Far
reaching Discovery

n NEW invention of the tele.
~ phone which will revolution
iZe the history of that instru.
ment throughout the world
has been made.
The United States signal corps has
discovered that multipleX telephony is
practicable. or, in other words. that
several independent conversations may
be carried on simultaneously on a sin
gle wire circuit.
A notable feature of the invention
is that it has been made and patented
for the benefit of the people at large
The invention cannot be appropriated
by any one corporation or individual
or trust. 1t is the invention of Major
George O. Squier assistant chief sig
nal officer, and belongs to the people
of the United States
One Of the special features of the
invention is that to constitute cir
cult one wire is sufficient. This is a
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-19
Few Phones In Bombay

Bomhay Will soon have million in
habitHns. yet there are less than 1900
telephone subscribers. and there is 70
long distance line
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-19
CROP REPORTERS
army OF 10000
Uncle Sans Estimates CON-
pick and Fairly Accurate.
WATCH FIFTY-FIvE SUBJECTS

Merchants, Manufacturers and Rail-
roads Interested In Governments
Monthly Figures on Planting, Acre.
age and Harvesting In Order to Fore
cast Country's Prosperity.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-19
The Verdict.

The coroner's jury made a careful ex-
animation of the body and questioned
the attending surgeon.
"Whar was he shot?"
Square through the heart?"
Dead in the center o. the hearth
Fright in the center"
"Who shot him."
Jake Daniels
A dozen witnesses declared that
Jake fred the shot, and Jake himself
admitted it. The jury consulted softly
for some time.
well, gentlemen of the jury" said
the coroner. whats your verdict""
"Waal, jedgc" answered the fore
man. we've come to the conclusion
that Jake Daniels is the dandicst shot
n town. ana don't you forget it,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-19

WATERWAYS Ideal fountain pens sold
aud guaranteed to give satisfaction
by Evans Drug Co. tt
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-19

Not better than the best, but better
tnan the rest. That's our printing.
Aoerdeen Printing Co. y It
The Dickinson press., 1911-09-09

MI. and Mrs. Chas. Phelaa made a
business trip to the city last Saturday
returning to Bowman The following day.
Miss Myrtle Homer was rendered q
delightful farewell surprise party at
Sentinel Butte last Tuesday evening.
Mrs. ]. Leonberger returned the first
of the week from Bismarck. where she
visited a few days with a cousin, Mrs.
c. kupize also Mrs. r. p. O'Brien.
Medora Herald : After spending the
summer here. Mrs. T. E. Davis returned
to Ryder today; Mrs. ]. W. Foley accom-
panied her to Bismarck, where she will
visit q few days.
A report comes from Medora that in
riding Will McCarty's ''Pasco" horse
last week, the horse became entaneled
in a fence and fell on Chas. Riaas,
inflicting serious injury.
The informal dance given in the Ar
mory Monday evening by Company K,
was enjoyed by the large number of
attendants. The special feature was
the splendid music furnished by the
Messersmith orchestra, composed Of
Mrs. Messersmith, Miss Grace Crowl, E.
H. Rogers and Mr.. Garner.
Miss Margaret Townsend expected to
leave this week for her home in Lud-
low, w.. from which place she will DO
to Boston for a course in domestic
science at the Simmons. ColIeee.
Miss Townsend has been spending the
past year in Dickinson at the home of
her uncle. DR.. v. H. Stickney, and has
made many friends who will regret her
departure.
M. j. Donoghue was down from Bel
field last Saturday meeting his old
friends. it having been about a year
since his last visit. Mr.. Donoghue has
charge of the Northern Pacific pump
house at Beldeld. He had been with
the company 80 years the 14th of last
April. In the early eighties he was
stationed as section foreman in the
vicinity of Hebron and Glen Ullin and
knows something of the trials of the
pioneers of Western North Daktoa, and
he has noticed that the people who stick
through adversely are the ones who have
won as q rule.
Mrs. Lloyd RAIDER and Mrs Arthur
Tollefson entertained Friday evening
at the home of Mrs. RAIDER in honor of
Miss Edna Tollefson and her guest Miss
Clara Tollefson of Miles City. The even
ing wa spent in playing games aud
cards and dancing, music being fur
nished by Otto Kauer. A delicious
course luncheon wal served and the
guests departed at a late hour declaring
they never had a better time. The
guests were Misses Frances Nolan, Stasia
McKeever. Laverne Roquette. Marion
Dundas, Verna Cuskelly, and Messrs.
Wilson. Floyd Junkins, George
Gotta. Robert Rudiselle, Wayne Kline
felter and Lester Roberts.
Beach Advance: Mrs. j. ]. BARLEY,
with Mary and the baby. followed other
members of the family to South Heart
on Wednesday, were they were guests at
the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Bartley's
niece, Miss Mary Kennedy, to Mr.. Joseph
B, Malone. Miss Kennedy is an
unusually accomplished and worthy
young woman, whese acquaintance a
member Of The Advance staff had the
privilege to make while she vas a guest
Of relatives here a few weeks ago. Mr..
is not known here, but may be
from his choice of a bride,
as a discerning young man and there
fore doubtless a worthy one. They have
q host of friends who will wish them
joy and long life in their
relation.
The Dickinson press., 1911-09-09

Miss Tillie Knudson is back again a
Mandan after q visit to the Twin Cities
Elsie and Ethel Cummings came W
from Mott on Monday. to be with theil
sister. Miss Mabel Cummings. and
attend school here.
Misses Elsie and Mary Pelissier were
spending several days in Medora this
week, visiting at the George Pelissiel
and N. D. Nichols homes.
Denver. Berg. Lee Hebron and Miss
Marjorie Stickney. of the class Of 1911,
are taking st-graduate work at the
Dickinson High School this year.
In the list of names receiving special
state certificates from the board of
examiners during the month of August.
appears the mamie of Miss Mary johnson
Of Belfeld.
Misses Williams and Hope returned to
St. Paul in time for the Minnesota
Fair. after enjoying a vacation and
visit at the Curie and Alcott farm
south Of the city.
Miss Ruth. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. H. Stewart, left Saturday to attend
school at DEBORAH, Iowa. She expected
to. visit friends at Minneapolis and see
the fair en- route.
Mrs. M. N. Odds. who has been visit
ING with her son. H. NJ. Odds of the
Dickinson Candy Shop. will leave Mon
day for her home in Los Angeles. Calif..
visiting friends at Cheyenne. Wyo.,
en- route.
Mrs. Viola Homer, Miss Myrtle and
Master Glen came down from Sentinel
Butte early in the week and were
getting settled in their house on First
Avenue west. Master Glen enters the
high school this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Odds were called
to St. Paul Sunday : by the death of
Mrs. Odds father. Mrs. Odds expects
to remain several weeks at her old
home. while MI. Odds expects to return
the last of the week.
A farewell surprise party was ten
dered Miss Theo Freeman at her home
last Saturday night by a large number
of her young girl friends. Miss Free
left the following day to enter the
Villa Maria school at Frontenac, MINI.
Mrs. A. 8. Robinson was in the city
a few days the first of the week, on her
way from a visit at the home of W. P.
Owens at Manning to her home in Mott.
While here she was a guest of her son.
Earl Robinson, and Mrs. S. P. Gotta.
Lee Heffron returned Saturday from
his three weeks vacation with his sis
ter at Haynes. this state. Mrs. Richard
son accompanied him to the city for a
several days visit. Mr.. Richardson has
been helping out at the Brown Dairy
fall.
Mrs. A. w. Freeman and daughter
Miss Thee, and Miss Eleanor Davis left
for Frontenac, MIMI, where
the young ladies will enter the Villa
school. Miss Davis has been
attending this school for the past three
years, while Miss Freeman enters this
year. Mrs. freeman will also visit
relatives and friends in Milwaukee and
Chicago for about ten days before
returning:
MIR. and Mrs. Arthur Paeenkopf
home Sunday from their honey
noon trip to the eroom's old home at
Mapleton, MINI. Mr.. and Mrs. Pagen-
kopf were given quite a reception on
heir arrival at Mapleton. They were
off the train into an old carriage
and driven about town followed by the
band and a procession Of friends. They
will reside in the Deffebach home on
Fourth avenue west.