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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-04-03
BREMERT0N HAS
Two PROPOSALS
Would Prefer Crays Harbor
if Transportation Facilities
Were Provided

BREMERTON. April 1.-The for
nation of strong commercial club
here is contemplated for the purpose
of obtaining more work for the navy
yard. Puget sound, bringing factories
and other industries to BremertOn.
advertising the desirability of Brem-
erton as a place to live and exploit
ing the resources of Kitsap county
A mass meeting of business men,
employees of the navy yard, residents
and property owners has been called
for Wednesday evening to formulate
plans for a representative commercial
body.
Can't Make up Mind
Local sentiment is divided as 10
the proper course to pursue. The
city has been asked to Join in the
publicity movement, headed by Port
Angeles, for the exploitation of the
resources and development of the
Olympic peninsula.
The city has also been asked to
join the Grays Harbor improvement
PROJECT.
AS Bremerton is on the Kitsap pen
insula, it lies between the two terri
tories to be exploited and it will le-
quire fine discrimination to decide
which is the more profitable alliance.
Friends of the Olympic peninsula
movement declare that the develop
ment of that sections mineral, lum-
bering and agricultural resources,
with the establishing of railroads,
will be of greater advantage to Brem-
ertOn.
Likes Southwest, Too
Friends of the Southwestern Wash
ington movement believe that by the
building of good roads and rail-
way from this city to Aberdeen,
through the southern part of kitsap
county. Shelton. Union City, Clifton
and other towns along the route
3remerton would be at the tide end
of the thoroughfare opening up a
rich and unexploited territory.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-04-03
BURGLARS LOSE
THEIR PLUMBER
Burglars Drop Their Loot
When Hailed By Night
watchman at SHADES

At late hour last night Ed. Wiley
nghtwatchman at the Slade mill,
noticed two men prOwling underneath
the mill office and shouted at them.
The men ran before he could get near
enough to obtain description of
them. Officer BurgesOn was attracted
by the call, and they found the men
had robbed the store room on the
second floor of the Office, and had
dropped the loot when hailed by the
watchman. The officers found the
following list of goods that had been
taken: pairs buckskin gloves,
dozen wool socks, Makinaw coats, 2
pair parafine Overalls, 2 pair blue
overalls, 2 undershirts, 2 pair draw
ers. dozen canvas gloves, 3 outside
shirts, 21a pounds Old English tobac-
co, spool thread, l slicker, 1 sweat
er.
Entrance had been effected by
breaking the glass in the rear door,
and turning the lock, and but for
the timely arrival of the watchmau.
the robbers would have gotten away
with the loot. AS it is, the police
are utterly without a clue to the
identity of the robbers. They escap-
ed without having been seen closely.
and as they dropped the goods there
is nothing to work on. The Slade
company keeps a quantity of supplies
for their logging camps in store
room on the upper floor of the office.
a fact with which the robbers seem
to have been familiar
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-04-03
SERIOUS ACCIDENT
NARROWLY AVERTED
Pioneer Lady of Aberdeen Barely
Escapes Being Crushed Between
Wagon and Building

Mrs. AXel Anderson, a pioneer lady
of Aberdeen missed being crushed
and probably killed by a narrow mar
gin Saturday afternoon, when a load
ed dray belonging to the Pacific Fruit
& Produce company, backed on to
the sidewalk Of Davidson Brothers
store in East Aberdeen.
1t is stated that the driver of the
wagon drove his team up on the side
walk, along in front of the store, and
then turned his horses toward the
street, preparatory to backing it
against the front of the building.
Mrs. Anderson came around the
corner, saw the wagon turned toward
the street, and tried to pass between
it and the building. One of the rear
wheels just grazed her as it was back.
ed in. frightening her so badly that
she was on the verge of collapse for
more than an hour.
Mrs. Anderson swore to COM
plant and Ed. Hanson, the driver,
was arrested. and gave bail for his
appearance in the police court this
afternoon.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-04-03
May Be Settled Through a
Referendum Vote at Special
Election
COURT ISSUES INJUCTIONS
Agreement is Reached Satur-
day Night That, if Adopted
Will Settle Matter

At special meeting of the city
council held Saturday night, tacit
agreement was reached that may dist
pate the North Aberdeen war cloud,
and restore peace and harmony where
strife and turmoil have been ram
pant for months back. Representa- a.
tives of those opposing the removal
Of the bridge location were present,
and agreed to drop all litigation If
the city council would submit the
choice of location to a popular vote
at the same time the proposition to
build new bridge is submitted. This
it is said, the council will do, and
it appears to be eminently fair. The
entire city is taxed to build and
maintain the bridge, and it is but
just that. when such a difference as
at present arises, the entire city
should decide the controversy.
The meeting Saturday night was
called by Mayor Benn as result
of the decision handed down by
Judge Irwin in the superior court
Thursday afternoon, which granted
the temporary injunctions sought by
Chas r. Pratsch and Anthony Da
mitio The first estopped the coun-
ty treasurer from collecting the Alb
erdeen tax levy-so far as the same
was above Is mills-on the ground
that in making the levy the council
had exceeded it's taxing authority. The
second enjoined the city from build
ing a new bridge across the Wishkah
river, for the reason that the debt
limit of the city had been reached.
While the injunctiOns were but
temporary. and only decided that the
cases should be tried on their merits,
they were taken to indicate that in
the mind of the court the actions
contained some merit, which placed
the final result in doubt, and the ac-
ton of Saturday night may be permit
ted to settle the matter.
And again, it may not. ANY tax-
payer who chooses may take up the
matter and insist that the city coun-
Gil be restricted in its taxing capa-
city to the legal limit. A strong
opinion seems to prevail that the ex-
penditures of Aberdeen have been,
and are somewhat reckless, and that
the sooner the authorities are reined
in the better for all concerned.
If the agreement reached shall be
adopted. the special election called for
April 20, will have to be postponed,
so that legal notice may be given.
The propositions then to be submit
ted would be, whether or not the
bridge should be built at all. and II
built whether at Second street, the
present location, or at Cleveland
street.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-04-03
NEW YORK BANKER SAYS
BUY FARMS IN NORTHWEST

PORTLAND, Ore. April 2.-Spe-
cial.-According to no less finan-
cial authority than Frank A. Wander
lip, president of the National City
Bank, New York City, and formerly
an assistant secretary of the treas
ury, farm lands in the Pacific North.
west offer the best investments. He
says everyone should get hold of a
piece of land, for it will not be long
until a poor man will be unable to
get land.
Mr.. Vanderlip was in Portland dur.
ing the past week and was entertain
ed by the Portland Commercial club.
He said the Northwest is the most
prosperous section of the country and
it has the confidence of the Eastern
financiers. He was impressed with
the activity on the Coast and he be-
lieves the business outlook through.
out the country Is much improved.
He finds banks are sound, crop pros
poets good and general confidence is
felt
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-04-03
SWITCHING RATES ISSUED

The Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany has issued a switching tariff. TO
become effective May 10, whereby
Aberdeen and Hoquiam mills may ship
lumber, routed over the Oregon-Wash
ington Railroad & Navigation lines.
The tariff makes a rate Of $3.50 over
non-competitive lines and SIS over
competitive lines, and is practically
the same as the tariff agreement be-
tween the Northern Pacific and the
Chicago. Milwaukee and Puget Sound
companies.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-04-03
HUTTON TO MANAGE
WHOLESALE GROCERY
Popular Salesman Of Aberdeen to
Join New r. G. Foster Company
Of Hoquiam

C. W. Hutton, for a number of years
with the Schwabacher company of
Seattle, is to be the manager of the
grocery department Of the F. G. Fos-
ter company's new wholesale estab-
lishment. which is just being opened
in HoQuiam. Mr.. Hutton, whose home
is in Aberdeen. is we'll and popularity
known throughout the Southwestern
part of the state. He has been asso-
ciated with the business men Of the
district for q long peroid.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-04-03

1t is little deed Of kindness which
costs you nothing. Pay your sub
scription to The Herald and now get
several thousand votes for one of the
young ladies' or young men in the con-
test. If.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-04-03

Not better than the besI out letter
than the rest. That's our rintlns
Aberdeea Printing Co.. v
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-04-03

All the news thAts worth while Il
found In the Herald.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-28
ANTI-cLERIcAL TESTIMONY.

Mr.. Hyndman, the leader of English
Socialists, who represented the Lam
cashire Trade Unions at the Parlia-
ment and who is considered very radi-
cal in his views, once spoke thus about
-the Catholic Church and her religious
orders: Some modern writer's, even
though educated men, lose their i'm
part1al1ty on treating the religious
question and depart from truth It is
high time to eliminate those preju-
dices imposed upon the general public.
1t is not true that the Catholic Church
and our forefathers should have been
in the past but combination of vices
and lies, as some anti-clerical writer's
would represent them. Nor is it true
that the large revenues of celibate
clergy should have been spent in an
easy and dissolute life. The
accounts of English converts, pre-
served to this day, show that large
portion of their revenues were spent
in the sheltering of pilgrims and way
farers, in feeding the hungry, in help
ing the sick and in numberless other
works of charity. Pauperism was a
thing unheard of in England.
"The manifold works undertaken by
the Church and the converts, the bet
terment of rural districts, the building
OF spacious edifices and roads, to-
gether with their charity, their moral
izing influence, the establishment of
schools, and the services rendered to
the sick, all this demonstrates the use
fulness of the religious orders"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-28
NO ABSOLUTE FAILURE.

All of us at times are afflicted more
or less with the feeling that we have
accomplished much less in the world
than we might have accomplished had
we tried harder. We have done moth.
ing to attract the attention of man
kind; we are filing, day by day, posi-
tions as humble as they are apparent
ly unimportant; we have looked con.
stantly, daily, hourly, for some great
work or noble opportunity for bril-
liant service, and it has not come;
we feel that we are almost failures.
And yet, If we have not attracted the
attention of the world, we have at
least, by our care in doing our duty,
led the man who had the desk next
to us to do his, when otherwise he
would probably have failed. Our posi-.
tions may be humble, but in them we
are like pieces of the mechanism of a
great machine. If we were not there
and did not do our part, then the work
of the machine would be imperfect.
No man need be termed an absolute
failure this side of the grave.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-28
TO HELP THE BLIND,
Catholic Association to Provide Liter.
ature in Embossed Type.

There has been organized recently
in Chicago a Catholic association with
thoroughly commendable end in view
namely, the Xavier Braille Publica-
tion Society for the Blind, to provide
Catholic literature in embossed type
1t is estimated, says the Ave Maria,
that there are about 10000 Catholic
blind persons in the United States, a
large number of whom read only the
American Braille form of embossed
type. Yet there is not Catholic book
printed in that system except an ex-
pensive, but defective, edition of the
little Baltimore Catechism. The CON
ditions under which our blind children
at present attain such education as is
available for them are not at all con-
ducive to the growth, or even the
preservation, of their Faith; and. ac-
cordingly, the Xavier Braille Society,
in soliciting the cooperation and sup
port of well-to-do Catholics, is asking
what should be generous aid to de-
serving charity.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-28
DEATH OF A, VENERABLE MIS-.
SlONARY.

The Reverend T. ST. John, who, since
1904, had charge of the Catholic Mis-
sion at Old Providence Island in the
Caribbean Sea, East of Nicaragua, died
some weeks ago in a hospital at Pan
anna. He was ordained in 1861 by
Archbishop Kenerick of st. Louis !;
passed through the Civil War as an
Army Chaplain, and at it's close went
to New York, where he labored until
1908, when he met Rev. Albert Stroe-
belle, who had established the first
mission on the lonely island in 1901.
Although in his sixty fifth year Father
st. John begged to go to Old Provi-
dence to assist Father Stoebele and
finally it was so arranged. Shortly
after his arrival he was given entire
charge of the Mission, his predecessor
going to Cuba Father ST. John erect
ed a second chapel on his sea-girt
island and, despite the fatigue of
horseback rides under burning tropi-
cal sun, said Mass in each chapel
every Sunday until last year, when the
effort became too great for him. Re-
luctantly he went to the hospital in
Panama, where he died and where he
now lies buried among strangers, and
far from the people whom he loved.
The Knights of Columbus of Panama
took charge of the funeral. His mis-
sion is now given over to the Josephite
Fathers of Baltimore.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-28
DEATH OF A CONVERT.

DIR. George J. Bull, a distinguished
eye specialist of Paris, died recently
in that city and was buried from the
convert to Catholicity who had spent
many years in search of religious
truth before he found it in the Cath
olic Church.
DIR. Bull was a native of Hamilton,
Ontario, where he was born of Irish
Protestant parents whose antagonism
to the Church was accentuated by
their affiliation with the Orange So
ciety. He graduated in medicine from
McGilI University, Montreal, and prac-
ticed his profession for time in Wor-
cester, Mass, and afterwards in Colo
RADIO, whittier he went in search of
health. Later on he moved to New
York and in 1883 began to specialize
on diseases of the eye. In 1886 he went
to Paris to pursue his studies and was
for three years a co-laborer of DR..
Juval in the Ophthalmic Laboratory of
the Sorborne.
Prior to 1889, when he commenced
to practice his profession in Paris, he
had given no thought to religion. The
prejudices instilled into his mind in
youth were too solidly entrenched to
be easily removed. But at length he
began to pray and to study the New
Testament as historical record and
finally was led to admit the existence
of Church, one and Interchangeable,
founded by Jesus Christ. His investi-
cation of the claims of the different
churches bore fruit in July, 1892, when
he received baptism in the Church of
the Passionists.
Ever afterward he was a devoted
Catholic and brought many others into
the one true fold. He organized ST..
Genevieve society for the English
speaking Catholics of Paris and pro-
vided for conferences and meetings
every Sunday He made many dis
coveries of value in his profession.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-28
AMERICAN SAILORS EDIFY.
Officers and Men Attend Mass.

|. The Catholic officers and sailors OF
the Third Division Of the american
Squadron stationed off Brest have Civ
en- great edifcation to the inhabitants
of that city by faithful performance
of their religious duties. Every Sun
day while the fleet remained at this
port the Catholic officers and men
marched in a body to attend Mass.
On Christmas eve all went to Confes-
sion and received Holy Communion
the following morning. They seemed
overjoyed to have had the opportunity
of testifying publicly their devotion to
the Blessed Sacrament and their love
for religion.
On this, as on other occasions, the
people could not fail to remark the
solicitude shown by the officers for the
men under their charge as we'll as the
respectful bearing of the sailors to-
wards their officers.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-28

And, coincidentally with this attesta-
BILE state of affairs, the education bud
get for France has gone on increas-
ing in almost geometrical proportion
since the Inauguration of the schools
which-do not teach.
In the past four years, says M. Bur-
nichon, it has increased by $5,200,000,
to say nothing of the 100000 which
have been appropriated for the con-
struction of new schoolhouses.
And for the teachers who turn out
| illiterates, the expenditure in salaries
| for 1910 has been over $20,000,000-
all this without counting extraordinary
appropriations
Any explanation of this calamitous
| phenomenon is to be found in the
| statement of an expert in educational
matters, M. Albert-Petit, who, investi-
eating on behalf of the Journal des
Debats, declared that "the teachers in
the schools are far too busy instruct
ing their charges in politics to think
of teaching them such trivial mat
! ter as the alphabet
And there can be no question, either,
| that it is the policy of the present
government to form the minds" of
the growing generation by assiduously
appointing teachers whose minds pos
sess all the hallmarks and predisposi-
tions of anti-Christian propagandists,
and for the simple reason that these
gentry find it very profitable busi-
ness.
Here, for example, is one of the first
clauses which the teacher of the lay
school has to learn:
'tTle child has only rights; the
family has only duties toward him.
Neither the state nor the Church. nor
the master, nor the family, can have
any right whatsoever to seek to give
to his intellectual and moral being
any definite or specific character. The
education given to all children must
be devoid of all concern with either
politics or religion"
Nevertheless, the teachers continue
to preach politics and to eschew re-
ligion.
Is it any wonder, says M. Burni-
chon, that illiteracy is on the advance,
since education of today appears to
attempt to deform, and not to form,
the minds of the children of France?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-28

their borders! If they had held the
Vatican itself, would that voice have
at all spoken?
"And were the pope, while the sub
ject of nation, free, how would other
nations and peoples view hima With
jealous eye; his DEGREES would come
to them tinged, at least in their belief,
with national partiality. Were the
pope today a German in Germany, or a
Frenchman in France, would he be
equally loved and cheerfully obeyed
by the Catholics of the contending ma
tions? +. Once more we shall all
meet within the walls of this Cathe-
dral to chant a song of triumph when
Plus k will again be the independent
monarch of Rome. The storm will
soon cease, and Peters ship will again
sail over smooth waters
Among other speakers we're John S.
Prince, William L. Kelly, Father Ra-
voux, Bishop Grace, Father Seidenbush
Dillon O'Brien and others. At $3.50
the ceremonies were brought to a
close, having lasted over five hours" !"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-28
ILLITERACY,
Increasing in the lnfideI Republic of
France.

just recently a memorandum was
placed before the people of France
by the Minister of War, which, per-
haps more than any other circum-
stance since the days of disestablish-
ment, had the effect of making "the
most enlightened nation in Europe"
rub it's eyes in wonderment
The said memorandum concerned
itself with statistics dealing with the
new contingents of conscripts for the
fall of 1910, namely, the October re-
cruits. 1t showed by statistical emu
meration, that, of the some 100000
recruits enrolled at the various garri-
sons, 9,529 were totally unable to read
or write, and 3,611 could only read a
little, but were unable to sign their
own names!
Here, then, was motley array of
zen-soldiers-13,140 in number
that were really belonging to the class
of illiterates. A subsequent official
document raised the figures to 1925.
AT this same recruiting season two
1000, and at the rate of increase
which has declared itself progressively
during the past ten years, we may ex-
to have reached $4,000. This number
is almost fatalistic, says Joseph Bur-
nfchon, writing in Etudes (Paris). 1t
happens to be just about the number
of free schools which the atheistic re-
public has closed during the past ten
years.
The proportion of il1iterates in the
lumber of recruits is something like
z To-, A
per 10000, and in Switzerland it is
still lower, while in Scandinavian
countries one meets but few illiterates
in any class. Furthermore, sup
porter of the republic who, as an off,
cial, holds brief for his paymasters,
declared recently that in the matter
of education France-"the most en-
lightend nation in Europe" is. be-
hind several nations of much less i'm
portance And there is not blinking
this fact, namely, that, since these
young i1literate recruits are just about
20 years of age, their period of
schooling has coincided exactly with
the inauguration of the goddess school
era-a period Of from seven to ten
years. The number of il1iterates in
the third Napoleonic regime rarely
reached, it is interesting to learn, in
1000; that is to say, " per cent, or
ten times less illiteracy than today.
One certain fact to be deduced from
these melancholy statistics is this:
That the total number Of French
illiterates is many times larger than
the number of illiterate recruits. There
must be far larger number of chill
dren between the ages of 6 and 13--
at least 25O,0O0 male and female chill
dren-who receive no instruction
whatever
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-28
Il. F .
Kiplings New Poem Glorifies
Strength of Character.

If you can keep your head when all
about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on
you;
II you can trust yourself when all men
doubt you,
But make allowances for their
doubling, too;
II you can wait and not be tried by
waiting,
Or being lied about don't deal in
lies,
Or being hated don't give away to
hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor
talk too wise;
dreams your master;
If you can think-and not make
thoughts your aim;
IF you can meet with triumph and dis
aster
And treat those two imposters just
the same;
IL you can bear to hear the truth
you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap
for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your
Il life to broken
And stoop and build 'em up with
wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of all your
winnings
land risk it on one turn of pitch-and.
toss,
And lose, and start again at your be.
ginnings
And never breathe a word about
your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve
and sinew
ITO serve your turn long after they
are gone,
Aid so hold on when there is nothing
in you
Except the will which says to them:
'Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep
your virtue,
Or walk with kings-nor lose the
common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can
hurt you,
~ If all men count with you, but none
too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds worth of dis.
tance run,
Yours is the earth and everything
that's in it,
And-which is more-you'1l be a
man, my son!