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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-10-27

Twenty bodies from the retty ON
GERS quarters and berth deck of the
battleship Maine were removed from
the wreck to Cabanas fortress in Ha-
vana. About forty-five bodies have
been recovered since the work of rails.
ing the sunken craft began.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-06-30
M d dIebury Gun Club Shoot.

The Middlebury Gun club will hold
their annual shoot on the grounds of
the Addison County Agricultural So
ciety on July 4. The shoot will begin
promptly at two O'Clock in the after
noon and will be held entirely without
regard to climatic conditions. The
local club will present three attractive
and useful presents for the three larg-
est scores made. Professional and
trade representatives will be barred
from competing for prizes or purses,
but all amateurs will be eligible to com
pete. The grounds will be open for
practice shooting from 9 a. m. to 80
p. m. Arrangements have been made
for the comfort and welfare of all
visiting shooters and the Middlebury
club will make every effort to have this
the most successful shoot ever held on
its grounds.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-06-30
SCHOOL REPORT.
Annual Meeting of School District
No. q this Evening".

The annual meeting of school district
No. will be held in the town hall this
evening friday to consider the re-
port and recommendation of the officers
of the school district. The enrolment
from April l, 1910, to June 16, 1911, in
the graded school has been 343, in the
high school 202, making a total of 545.
The attendance during the scholastic
year was 163 in the high school and of
this number "a were district pupils and
70 tuition pupils. The school financial
year has been changed to end June 30
instead of March 81 as heretofore which
makes the past school year Is months.
The following is the warning to be
acted upon at this evenings meeting:
All the legal voters of School District
No. 4, in Middlebury, are hereby warned
and notified to meet in the town hall, in
said district on Friday, June 30, 1911,
at 80 O'Clock p. m. for the following
purposes, to wit:
First. To elect a moderator and
clerk.
Second. To hear and act upon re-
ports submitted.
Third. To see if the district will vote
to convey to the Addison County Gram
mar School certain land owned by the
district
Fourth. To see if the district will
vote an annual pension to Miss Julia
Bond, teacher in the Graded School,
in accordance with No. 66 of the laws of
1910.
Fifth. To see If the district will vote
to instruct the Prudential Committee to
appoint one or more medical inspectors
for the schools is said district.
Sixth. To see if the district will vote
additional funds for completing and fur
nishing the school building to be erected
in said district, and to take such action
as may be advisable for raising funds
therefor.
Seventh. To vote a tax on the Grand
List of 1911, for the support of schools
in said district, to pay outstanding in
debtedness and interest on the same.
Eighth. To elect the remaining Off
GERS for the year ensuing.
Ninth. To transact any other busi-
ness proper to be done.
j. M. BURKE, Clerk.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-06-30
Proposed Change of Depot.

A number of the officials of the Rut-
land Railroad company, including Gen
eral Traffic Manager George T. Jarvis
and Clare Hartigan, general passenger
agent, came to Middlebury Saturday
forenoon and met the trustees of the
village by appointment for a confer
ence in regard to the proposed change
of location of the passenger station in
Middlebury. The conference lasted for
some time and was very amicabe on
both sides. The railroad people pro-
duced plan which looked feasible for
the removal of the station to the east
side of the tracks and in the end that
is what will probably be done, although
nothing was definitely decided on Satur-
day. 1t is the intention to place the
matter before the voters of the town
at special meeting for their consider
alton.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-13
Archbishop RYAN.

The death of Archbishop Ryan, at the
ripe old age of eighty years, will be de-
plored beyond the confines of his arch
diocese Members of other communions
also will share the feeling, for the prel-
ate long has been recognized outside his
church, as well as within it, as man
of great force of character and high
abilities, devoted to the promotion of
morality, the protection of the home, and
the elevation of the standards of domes-
tic and public life 1t was typical of his
life that his last illness was largely due
to his presence at the mass meeting in
honor OF the Philadelphia fremen who
sacrificed their lives to save those of
others a couple of months ago.
AS Archbishop of Philadelphia, he
had the care and guidance of one of the
largest dioccses not only in this coun-
try but anywhere in the whole Catholic
world. The ten1poralities of that dio-
cese are larger than generally is sup
posed, but in the conduct of these far
reaching affairs and the large expendi-
lures it entailed, equal to those of a
great corporation, he displayed the wis
dom, the prudence, the decision, and the
business acumen which in other fields
lead invariably to wealth and power.
No one could hear him in the pulpit
or meet him personally without feeling
that the cure and salvation of souls was
all in all to him His work had its
humanizing influence far beyond the great
communion that looked to him fol
leadership. AS a scholar. he was also
known and recognized. At the invita-,
ton of Pope Plus * he delivered the
Lenten lectures in Rome in 1868, and
the Universities of New York and Penn
sylvania conferred upon him the degree
of Doctor of Law.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-13
HUMAN NATURE IN WASHINGTON
By FRED C.. KELLY.

It was apparently unchanged. The bag
gage tosser looked disgusteed and hurt.
That's a darn good trunk he OBJ
served, sadly.
Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, if he were
not blind, would take a great interest in
aeronautics. He once started to take
up flying as a pursuit. 1t was when he
was a lad of about eight years. After
reading lot of catechism and Sabbath
school leaflets about the power Of faith
to shit mountains about, the future
Senator got to wondering if he couldn't
accumulate enough faith in his ability
to fly to enable him to soar over the
tree tops and surprise his parents. He
set his mind on it, and the more he
thought about it the more he became
convinced that his naturalization would
be a success. So he looked about for
suitable outfit of wings. The only thing
in sight was lot of corn fodder. Those
would do, Gore figured; II was all
| matter of faith, anyhow. He got some
binder twine and made two big bundles
| of the fodder, which he carried with him
up to the top of an apple tree. Then
he inserted his arms into the fodder for
wings and jumped out into the atmos-
phere to try his luck.
| The doctor told him. when he arrived
| a little later, that no bones were broken
and that if he would remain quiet
while he would be all right again.
! Senator Gore says he can recall dis
| tinctly the circumstances when he de-
cided to be a United States Senator. One
| morning when he was in his early teens
he and a companion were loafng about
an old barn, and the other boy picked
up a copy of the Congressional Direc-
| tory. He read over the list of the Sena-
tors. Gore had him read 1t again, in
| order to memorize them and he got to
| thinking how fine il would be to have
his own name in such list. When the
| two separated Gore said TO his COM
panion: II wouldn't be surprised IL you'll
hear of me in that list some day."
Senator Knute Nelson, of Minnesota,
was the guest of a friend in Chicago not
long ago. and the Chicagoan, who lives
out on the South Side, kept talking all
the way home about the wonderful
growth of the big town. Most residents
of growing cities wax enthusiastic when
they get to telling how the town has ex-
panded since they moved there, and this
man didn't talk much else.
! Now, you wouldn't believe me, Sena-
| tor" he observed, as they stood in front
of his apartment house, 'if 1 were TO
tell you that when I came here nineteen
years ago. this was the only large build
ing around here. there were just dinky
little shacks, and a good many vacant
lots Hard to believe, isn't it? Well,
come on upstairs and make yourself at
home"
II ought to feel at home here" re-
marked the Senator. when l was a
youngster of six or seven. L drove cows
TO pasture right about where the build
ings in this block stand-earned my first
money that way. Later on had news
paper route, but had to cut of this part
of town because there were only two
families living this far out, and there
were no sidewalks
Copyright, 1911. by Fred C. KelyJ
The Washington herald., 1911-02-13
THE SUNDAY EDITION OF
THE WASHINGTON HERALD

II you did not read the Sunday
edition Of The Washington Herald
yesterday you missed timely news
articles on stretching the Lincoln
Memorial Highway from Ocean to
Ocean," Paying the District En-
ployes Semi-monthly," The Demand
of Citizens for Better Lighted Streets"
and other local topics of live interest.
In the Sunday edition there was also
printed the latest and most interesting
foreign news and gossip; the best
woman's section; an entertaining chill
dren's page; a complete sporting sec
ton; the words and music Of popu-
lar song, The Wearing Of the Green"
an instructive resume OF the recall.
a new idea in American politics; an
illustrated account of the Washington
Canoe Club; a complete social chroni-
Gle: several pages devoted to the auto
mobile show; news OF music and musi-
clans, Of the private schools, and of
fraternal organizations. and scores of
other attractive features, including a
comic supplement. The field of local
and telegraphic news was fully COW
cred.
If you do not subscribe for the Sun
day edition, order now.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-13
Paving the District Employees.

The movement to pay the employees
of the District government on the Ist
and 18th of each month, instead OF
only once a month, ought to receive the
thoughtful consideration of the District
officials. 1t has its origin in report
of committee to the Chamber of Com
merce, which report is based upon a
careful investigation into local condi-
tions.
The department employees are paid
semi-monthly, and the system works ad-
~mirably There would seem to be no
reason why the same rule should not
be practiced by the local government.
There are some 5000 or 5000 people
on the District pay roll, and in large
majority of cases the long wait from
month to month is positive hardship.
The bulk of the salaries are small. This
is especially true of the schooI-teachers,
policemen, and fremen, all of whom
have difficulty in making both ends
meet If, as is asserted, it would be an
advantage to these deserving employees
to receive their pay in semi-monthly
instaIlments, their appeal ought to be
needed. 1t would seem as if the change
would help the small. storeGeepers and
large merchants, for it would result in
a moro prompt settlement CT accounts
and would also curtail credits. While
it would not increase the total output
of money it would put half the amount
in circulation fifteen days sooner than
is now the case.
We appreciate, of course, that the
proposed system would increase the
work of the auditing and disbursing de-
partments, and that these branches are
not now overequipped with clerical
force If the change is not made on this
account, it only illustrates serious de-
feet in our local government. The Dis
trict appropriation bill. soon to be
enacted into law, will stand unaltered
until a year from the Ist of next July.
In other words. a proposition which
commands universal support may fail OF
execution for nearly year and a hall
because two or three more clerks cannot
be employed.
Notwithstanding this, we believe that
the Commissioners, with their deep in
terest in the welfare of the District and
with a spirit responsive to local demands
will endeavor to find some way in which
the desire of the District employees car
be carried into effect
The Washington herald., 1911-02-13

When Representative ]. Hampton
Moore was a reporter on the old Phila-
delphia Ledger he was assigned one
night TO go out and get human interest
story about woman who had died at the
age OF Lightweight, leaving a twin sister,
with whom she had lived for fifty years,
as sole survivor of an old family.
The house stood opposite a cemetery
at the outskirts of town, and Moore
wished, as he pulled aside the crepe to
ring the bell, that his city editor wouldn
be so fertile with his ideas for human
interest stories.
A woman friend OF the aged sisters
opened the door and ushered ]. Hampton
into the parlor, over in one corner Oh
which rested the dead sister in her comm.
The neighbor woman seemed to feel
that it was up to her to entertain the re-
porter while he was waiting for the other
sister to drag herself in for the inter-
view.
! BY way of small talk, the woman mo-
toned with her thumb in the direction of
the coffin, and remarked: That's the lady
! that died.
II suspected as much" replied Moore.
Senator Dixon, of Montana, is always
getting mixed up with somebody who de-
sires to expose some form of fake. Last
summer he was called upon to act as
chairman of the meeting where Doc
Cook was bawled out by the guides who
! had steered him up-that is, part way
| up-Mount Mckinley.
Then on his way East the Senator
bumped into another man with a wild
yearning to discover another form OF
| fake.
! Senator Dixon was walking up and
down the platform at one of the smaller
Western towns while the train was TAX
ing water and the passengers taking food
| A flock of trunks were stacked up high
on a baggage truck. One of the trunks
on top was OF a sort the Senator hac
seen advertised as unbreakabe. 1t haC
the manufacturers guarantee stamped or
one end. showing that it was unbreak'
able, or supposed to be.
"Ah, there's one of those unbreakab biz
trunks" remarked Senator Dixon to the
| baggageman, who was a brawny per
son with a neck starting at the crown
of his head.
''WhutS thut? inquired the baggage
man, pricking up his ears.
"One of those guaranteed trunks" re
peated Dixon. See. There's the guar
antee right on the end in plain sight
They claim you can't break them. On'
of them will last a man forever. 1 guess.
You say you can't bust one of th'
things" pursued the baggage juggler.
No, they say not. Don't you see th'
guarantee there"
Without another word. the baggagemar
climbed up to where he could get hoIC
OF the trunk. gave it a mighty jerk, anC
1t struck the brick platform with a thuC
like the drop of securities in 1907. H
picked it up and let il fall broadsides
and then turned it over and looked at il
The Washington herald., 1911-02-13
Opening of the Auto Show.

Millions of dollars are now invested
in the manufacture and distribution of
automobiles. The growth of the IL
dustry has been phenomenal. Less than
a decade ago the owner of motor car
was the exception. To-day the AUTO
mobile is not merely a luxury, but a
necessity.
The show which opens tonight at
Convention Hall will give some indica-
ton of the progress which has been
made 1t will be a notable demonstra-
ton of the skill, ingenuity, and capacity
of American manufacturers. whose work
has excelled the once unequaled output
of foreign mechanicians. 1t is display
made possible, too, by the energy and
enthusiasm of Washington dealers,
whose efforts reflect credit on the enter
prise of the National Capital
In the automobile trade, as in every
thing else, there is the keenest rivalry
and competition. 1t is pleasant to see
however, the community of feeling
which inspired the exhibition and which
will carry it to deserved success. This
means that the automobile dealers
realize that, after all, in union there i:
strength, and that what is for the good
of one is also for the benefit of all
With this sentiment behind the show
there can be no doubt that it will bt
effective in its purpose and will result
in practical benefit to all concerned.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-13
The Panama Bonds.

An amendment to the clause of the
tariff act of 1909, which gave the Secre-
tary of the Treasury authority to issue
3 per cent bonds to defray expenditures
on account of the Panama Canal, and
also to reimburse the Treasury for ad-
vance payments for that purpose from
its general funds, is now before the
Senate. This amendment stipulates that
such bonds shall not be receivable by
the Treasurer of the United States as
security for the issue of circulation notes
bv the national banks. The purpose OF
the amendment is to protect the out
standing ? per cent bonds now used
as security of such bank-note clrcula-
ton. There is also another intent IT.
| with the proceeds of the new 3 per
cents, the Treasury were to be reim-
bursed for its past expenditures of $780,
10000 for the Panama Canal, sub
stantial surplus would be created. Sec
rotary MacVeagh, in his annual reports
of 1909 and 1910, recommended that III
case of such surplus beyond the Treas,
ury's needs, there might be bought IT
the market, for the sinking fund, some
of the per cent bonds"
This would be selling 3 per cent bond;
to buy per cents. Secretary MacVeagt
is of the opinion that this would hell
to remedy the artificial sinking -tunc
situation" owing to which our outstand
ing Federal bonds are so hemmed in By
provisions that nobody but natona
banks will buy them, and that it woulc
aid also the enactment of new Law
giving authority to the Treasury to re
deem the public debt at his discretion on
of surplus public funds. The existing Law
requires "the purchase and payment o
II per cent of the entire debt of tht
United States within each fiscal year.
This requirement has not been strict.
observed. In 1901 and the subsequen
years of heavy revenue deficit, thes
bond purchases were abandoned, on tn
ground that the annual sinking fund re
uuirements for those years had beer
anticipated by the purchase, in years o
heavy public surplus, of more bonds thai
the sinking-fund law required
There seems logic in Mr.. MacVeagh'
request. Perhaps the most importan
question would have to do with the pric
which very large ; per cent issue woul'
command without the circulation priv
lege. There will also be discussion a
to whether or not all requirement o
purchases for the sinking fund shoul'
be abandoned. With most well-manage'
public treasures, either the law or ira
dition stipulates progressive redemption
of the debt to compel each generation
to pay off part of the public indebted
ness. and to tax it for the purpose
The Washington herald., 1911-02-13
HIS GOLD sTENoGRAPHER."
why Government Clerks Refuse to
Dust Superannuated Workers.

Oust "OrkerSs
From the Chicago Record Herald.
What to do with our ex-departmental
employees is a much more vital question
at Washington than the traditional worry
as to our former Presidents. Congress-
man Gillet finally has introduced his bill
providing for a system of compulsory
savings for the men and women in the
civil service The condition that this
measure aims to remedy is clearly put
on the canvas in the following extract
from the Washington correspondence OF
the Springfield Republican:
"A practical example of conditions as
they at present exist has been cited in
the case of a young government employe
forced to do much corresponding, but
whose stenographer is now so old as to
be unable to take shorthand notes. The
result is that the employe in question
first writes out his letters in long hand,
after which they are laboriously type
written by the so-called stenographer.
When asked why he had not appealed
for a more efficient stenographer and
for the discharge of the one now pro-
| vided, the answer was given that the
position was known to be necessary to
the aged employees very existence, and
that further if such discharge were
insisted upon the whole division of
clerks would be disaffected and the
esprit to corps destroyed"
The humanity values in this diagram
are true, but the efficiency lines are de-
cidedly out of whack. With President
Taft taking a direct personal interest in
the problem. we may hope 20 see some
readjustment that will consider the old
| government employe both as a human
| being and as a working unit.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-13
Russia and the American Passport

The statement that for more than a
generation passports isued by our gov
ernment to American citizens have been
openly and continually disregarded and
discredited by Russia, in violation of its
treaty obligations and the usage of civ
ilized nations, is one that cannot be
lightly ignored by the State Department
The assertion is made in resolution
adopted at the meeting of the council of
the Union of American Hebrew Con-
gregations recently held in New York
The attitude of Russia was made the
text of an exhaustive and interesting ad-
dress by Louis Marshall, a member of
the New York bar There rests" he
declared. "a stain on the honor of our
nation and on the integrity of American
citizenship; for the passport issued by
the State Department of the United
States, bearing the great seal of our
country, and which vouches for the citi-
zenship of him to whom it is issued, is
dishonored. rejected, and arbitrarily dis
regarded by the Russian government
whenever the citizen by whom it is pre-
sented happens to be Jew" 1t is fur
ther asserted that this discrimination is
exercised even if the citizen has an
American parentage extending back to
the Revolution. at matters not" says
Mr. Marshall, that none of their kith
or kin ever was subject of Russia.
An are denied the privilege of entering
its domain, though panoplied with the
armor and shield of American citizen
ship"
This is a severe arraignment 1t is a
reflection upon our standing as ma
ton if any country in the world can
treat our accredited citizens with con-
tumely and, seorn. More than this, il
would seem to be fragrant violation oi
sacred treaty rights. 1t would be inter.
esting to know upon what ground thi'
government tolerates Russia's action
We DO know that If Russia should de
cline to recognize the passport Of and re
fuse admission to any American citizel
The Washington herald., 1911-02-13

because he lived West Of the Mississippi
or because he was an Episcopalian or a
Baptist, there would be storm of pro-
test Surely, so far as this government
is concerned, there is no difference be-
tween American citizens. They are all
entitled to the largest measure of pro-
lection and consideration which can be
afforded, irrespective of race, religion,
or even previous condition of servitude.
The citizens who have brought this
matter to the attention of the President
and the State Department are entitled
to every privilege which other American
citizens may receive.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-13
The Pan-American Conference.

The Pan-American Conference, which
is to begin its sessions in Washington
to-day, is designed to bring the repub-
lies of South America into closer touch
with the United States in I'll matters
which are of mutual benefit 1t is to
be, as its name implies, conference.
While there will be the nucleus of a
programme, the idea is to invite free
and unconventional discussion of COM
mercial and financial topics, and espe-
cially to seek solution of the problems
which now interfere with the develop
ment of trade
The conference ought to be produc-
tive of good results. In the extension
of our commerce with South America
we are forced into competition with
England and Germany, and we have
unquestionably suffered because our ex-
porters have not studied South Ameri-
can conditions with the same diligence
as our foreign rivals. We have failed
to adapt our products and our system
of credits to the needs and customs of
our Southern neighbors, the result being
to our disadvantage. If the participants
in the conference will discuss these mat
tiers in friendly and accommodating
spirit, the effect upon our trade is Ger
ts;r ~ ne hensfrtaf
Above all, much can be done to re
move the impression. deliberately and
industriously circulated in certain quar-
ters, that the interest of the United
States in South America is one Of selfst