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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-15
CECtLTON

Mr.. J. w. Taylor spending part
of this week in Baltimore.
Miss Martha Vandegrift has
been visiting friends and relatives
in Wilmington.
Harry Budd, of Wilmington
spent the Fourth with his parents
| Mr.. and Mrs. H. d. Budd.
Frederick E. Hoover, of Viii
mington, spent Sunday with his
parents here.
Rev. and Mrs. w. G. Townsend
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs
A. Burke.
Miss Mary Blackway is visiting
Mrs. G. Mccoy, of near Still Pond.
a game Oh hall was played here
on Monday afternoon by the Sec
ond nine of Chesapeake City and
the second nine of Ceci,ton. The
score was 8 to 7 in favor OF Chesa-
peake City. %
William Anderson, OF New Jer-
sey, is spending his vacation with
his mother, Mrs. Mary Anderson.
Mrs. James Smith and Mrs. Ed
"a Smith spent Wednesday OF last
week with Mr.. and Mrs. w: Gary,
OF near Kennedyville.
We were pleased to see Rev.
w. A. Coale, OF St. Stephens T. P.
Church able to take charge Of
service last Sunday evening.
Mrs. Joseph Atwell and son, OF
near Chestertown, have been visit
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
A. Smith.
Mrs. Joseph FARRELL and daugh-
ter, Daisey, of FELTON,, Del, and
Mr.. c. Y. Hoover, OF Waterbury,
Conn.,, are spending some time
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
5. p. Hoover.
Mr.. James H. Smith was an
Elkton visitor on Monday.
Mrs. Robert Ferguson and
daughters, Misses Alverta and Lii
lie, Mrs. Thomas Pierce, Mrs.
Harry d. Budd and Mrs. George
Beaston were Chesapeake City
visitors Wednesday of last week.
Mrs. Earle M. Davis and child
rem, of near Sassafras, visited her
mother, Mrs. Emma Pierce, on
Thursday Of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Beaston
spent Sunday with relatives in
Middletown, Del.
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Escaped With His Life

Twenty-one years ago ! faced an aw-
full death" writes H. B. Martin, Port
HARRISON, S. c. Doctors said l had
consumption and the dreadful cough !
had looked like it, sure enough. l tried
everything could hear of, for my cough,
and was under the treatment of the besl
doctor in Georgetown, S. c., for year,
but could get no relief A friend ad-
vised me to try DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry. ! did so, and was completely cured.
feel that ! owe my life to this great
throat and lung cure It's positively
guaranteed for caughs, colds, and all
bronchial affections. SOC and 81. Trial
bottle free at all Druggists. faGvt
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-15
A Peek Into His Pocket

would show the box of Bucklen's Arnica
Salve that E. S. Lopez, a carpenter, OF
Marilla, N. ", always carries. II have
never had cut, wound, bruise or sore
it would not soon heal" he writes.
Greatest healer of burns, boils, scalds,
chapped hands and lips, fever-sores, skin
eruptions, eczema, corns and piles. Csc
at all Druggists. sadyt
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late Asbury Foster, and brother
of Harry Foster, of this town, died
at his home in Baltimore last week
the interment being in Baltimore
last week.
The game of ball here last Sat
urday was the best seen here this
season. Turn out to see the boys
win again next Saturday.
Miss Emily Moore left this week
for Cornell University, where she
will take summer course in His
tory and Geography.
Mrs. M. Groverman and son, of
Baltimore, are spending the sum-
lner with Rev. and Mrs. ]. P. Otis
at the Ford farmhouse.
The 25th anniversary of the or
Ganization of the w. c. T. u. was
lid at the home Of Mrs. f r.
Leedom, Thursday evening last,
wren PR gram CT recitation, and
singing was given
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Moore spent
the last week in Bradshaw, Pa.
The visitors to North East the
last week are too numerous to
mention, and our town is becom-
ing quite a summer resort.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-15

-r - 80 UNIV MI otl
and they put up the tax
they should have done) Il,
the unpaid bills which the :
ed from the Democratic
tration that had gone o.
Fall of 1903. These I
bills were very numerous
large, because the De
Commissioners made a ia
only 90 in July, 1903, t.
mer being Immediately pr
election. All of which,
proves our contention t
year should be made I'd
own bills by making al
levy and an adequate ia
not being permitted to
debt on the succeeding
tration by the unlawful BIZ
OF money. But, says the |
the Democrat with a q
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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
COAL LAND PROSECUTOR
TO HASTEN DECISION

Portland, Ore, April 17.-For the
purpose of expediting a final decision
in the Alaskan coal land cases, in
which he has been retained as special
assistant to the attorney general. B.
d. Townsend left today for Washing.
ton.
Mr.. Townsend said that if he sue.
ceeded in having these cases advanced
on the supreme court calendar for
trial in May, which he will attempt
he will remain in Washington until the
cases are argued finally and submitted
before that tribunal.
The cases with which Mr.. Townsend
is associated as special counsel for thu
government include the alleged illeea,
filing on coal land claims in Alaska
of the estimated value of $40. 00(, ooo
In the original hearing of the cases in
the federal circuit court, Judge Han.
ford sustained the demurrer of the do.
PENDANTS to the complaint.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
Washington State
News Items

Montesano will hold an election to
decide the question of issuing bonds
to the amount of $125. 900 for the pur.
chase of its light and water plant.
The Everett Gas Company has de
cided to extend its gas mains to Mon.
roe. Application for a franchise will
be made at once to the city council.
Spokane will have women police OF.
ficers in it's public parks this summer
il the recommendations of Colonel W.
". C. Wakefield, acting president. and
members of the park commission are
carried out, as it is expected they
will be.
In reply to the query propounded by
the state bureau of inspection, AS.
sistant Acknowledgement Lyle holds
that no county official is entitled to
collect from the county for the use OF
his own horse or other conveyance
Mr.. Lyle holds he would be Beneficial
" interested" in such contract.
Three thousand visitors are ex'
pected at the state convention of the
Knights of Pythias, which win be held
in Seattle beginning May Is and con
tinue three days. The local lodges
are making extensive preparations
and are preparing an elaborate pro-
gram for the entertainment of the
delegates.
The new regon-Washington pas
senger station at Seattle, now com
pleted, will be publicly opened May
Is. as announced by officials OF the
company. The finishing touches on
the structure are now being made,
but the company will not open the
station until the REINFORCED concrete
approaches are completed and the
grounds cleared Of debris.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
Minor Happenings
of the Week

Illinois legislature has killed the
county option bill.
The first of three oil tanks with to-
tai capacity of $4,000 gallons, mas
been completed at Katalla, Alaska.
Nv a vote of 166 to 33, the Massachu-
sets house of representatives en-
dorsed resolutions favoring the direct
election of u. S. senators.
F. w. Benson, former governor and
late secretary>!of the state OF oregon,
died in Redlands, CAL, Friday, after an
illness lasting several months.
President Taft has accepted the res
ignation of immigration Commissioner
Hart H. North of San Francisco. ACT
ing Commissioner Stewart continues IN
charge of the Office.
With alleged liabilities of $5,OOO,O0O
and assets of only 100000, VIM. Cum
minis. former head of the Carnegie
Trust company, has filed a petition in
bankruptcy at New York
One of the oldest and best known &C
tors in America, Denman Thompson,
the man who made the "Old Home
stead" famous, died on his country
estate in West Swanzey, New Hamp-
shire, Friday.
President Taft has sent to the sen
ate the names of Curtis Guild, Jr.. for
mer governor of Massachusetts, to be
ambassador to Russia, and OF William
w. Rockhill, at present ambassador to
Russia, to be ambassador to Turkey.
The resignation of Count j. H. Won
Bernstorff, German ambassador to the
United States, has been announced. III
health is given as the cause. Count
Won Stumm, at present attached to the
German foreign office, it is believed.
will be chosen to succeed him.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
SECOND ENGAGEMENT
At AQUA PR|ETA MOST
SEVERE OF ANY YET

qua Prieta, Mexico, April 18 (via
Douglas, Ariz. Following "a night of
desultory fighting, and which ceased
shortly before midnight, great excite
ment prevails on both sides of the Dor
der in the expectancy of clash be-
tween the federal and rebel forces at
daylight. The opposing forces are
within a few hundred yards of each
other, and it is expected that the re-
sumption of the fighting will be car.
ried almost to the streets of this city
and that not only will it prove more
vicious than yesterday, but that the
danger to the citizens of Douglas will
be greater. Six hundred insurrectos
form the garrison now in Aqua Prieta,
while just outside the city are fifteen
hundred federals, and it is claimed by
the rebels that Juan Cabral and An
tonic Garcia's forces, numbering 1000,
are nearby.
Unusual precautions have been
taken by the authorities in Douglas as
a result Of the correspondence that
passed between President Taft and
Gov. Sloan yesterday.
According to this correspondence,
the United States troops will only be
employed in safeguarding the Ameri.
cans. and in ali probability the SO
called danger zone win be greatly ex-
tended from the border and citizens
urged to remain in places Of safety
while the firing is on. From the ma
ture OF things, it is believed that the
expected battle will be of far more
decisive character than that of yester-
day.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
BARON DE CONSTANT
CALLS PEACE A DUTY

Salt Lake City, Utah, April 15.-The
peace, it's Importance to all civilized
nations and the necessity for arbitra-
ton in the settlement of international
disputes formed the chief topics in
the discourse of Baron D'Estournelles
De Constant. member of the French
senate and representative of The
Hague, who lectured before the stu
dents of the University of Utah.
Arbitration, Baron De Constant con-
tended, was no longer theory, but q
possibility.
Eve got liberty from our ances-
TORS" said he, land we must found
peace for our children"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
STUBS SAYS HE WILL
QUIT RAILROADING SOON

Chicago, April III. c. Stubs,
traffic director of the Hartman lines,
confirms a report that he will leave
the railroad field in about one year and
devote his attention to private affairs.
1T is my intention to quit railroad
service when l am IS years Of age"
he said. I'm April, 1912, ! will have
passed the fiftieth milestone in my
experience as worker. and 1t seems
to me that when my sixty-fifth birth.
day is reached, or soon after, 1t will
be time for me to knock of.
After l have been relieved OF my
duties i intend to 60 to Ashland, o.
where was born and where I have
purchased Q home"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
ELECTRICITY USED
FOR INCUBATION

Spokane, Wash, April 17.-Sixty-
nine healthy chicks from setting of
70 eggs have just been Matched by
electricity on J. Don Alexander's ranch
at Reitmeier's Station, Wash, near
Spokane. The initial test was so sue.
cessful that 1900 eggs will be placed
in the incubators as soon as the ap-
paratus can be installed. The equip
ment, which is not patented, can be
attached to an ordinary oil-burning
incubator at an expense of less than a
dollar.
Construction of the electrically op'
Grated incubator is simple. Mr.. Alex.
ander took the lamps from the oil
burning machines and wound German
silver wire around the frames above
the egg trays, connecting the coils
with an incandescent light circuit.
This is made through a contact device,
consisting of piece of iron fixed on
the regulator arm to dip into a small
cup filled with mercury.
When the temperature in the incu-
bator rises to 103 degrees, the natural
Matching point, the iron arm is lifted
automatically, shutting off the current
until there is fall of one-fourth de-
gree. AS a precaution against over
heating in the event of the failure of
the controlling device, piece of un-
derwriter's fuse is placed in the cir
cult at the hottest part of the ma
chine, thus shutting off the current
at 155 degrees Fahrenheit.
"The chicks we Matched in testing
the machine the first time are of nor
NAL size and unusually lively" Mr.
Alexander said, adding, "Of course, l
did not strike it the first time. ex-
perimented several months with small
settings before reaching what is said
by poultry experts to be perfect in
.cubating heat by electricity. The rea-
son I did not protect the invention by
patents is because want every farm.
er interested in chicken culture to
profit by my work without any ex.
pense on his part. I have nothing to
SELL"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
RUDK|N, ,RUL|NG IS
DIRECTLY OPPOSITE
THAT OF AANFORD

Spokane, April 17.-Raymond Brown
and William l.. Dunn, of Spokane;
Charles H. Doughten, of Seattle; ex-
Mayor Harry White, of Seattle;
Charles A. Mckenzie, of Seattle, and
Donald A. Mckenzie, of Washington,
D. c., indicted by a federal grand
jury on a charge of conspiracy to de-
fraud the United States government
out of Alaska coal lands valued at
5000, 100000, will have to stand trial
in the federal court at Spokane in
September.
Demurrer Overruled.
The demurrer to the Indictment was
ov erruled by Federal Judge Frank H.
Rudkin, in a written opinion which
sustains every contention of the gov.
eminent and which is conspicuous for
the reason that the ruling is diametri
cally opposed to that of Federal Judge
C. H. Hanford, of Seattle, made re-
Gently in the Strategy group cases, in
which the same conditions were in
vOlved.
Dramatically Opposed.
In direct opposition to Judge Han
ford's ruling that any citizen of the
United States may make any number
of entries for Alaska coal lands, is
the opinion of Judge Rudkin,s which
declares emphatically that one per
son is entitled to only single entry
and that assignments are contrary to
law.
The two judges differ radically on
the purposes and policy of the act OF
1904. Judge Hanford has held that the
act of 1904 was a new enactment for
the express purpose of relieving per.
sons of the restrictions contained in
prior laws. Judge Rudkin contends
that the law was enacted simply and
solely to enable locators to obtain
title to unsurveyed lands.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21

Mexican revolution was fought here
today, .aetween ], 500 fsderals, under
command Of Lieut.. Col. Diaz. and 1000
rebels. under Belasario Garcia and
resulted in the repulse Of the former
The battle, however, was not npally
decisive. It lasted from $50 p. m.
until shutdown. At nightfall two fed.
eral machine guns were in possession
Of the enemy and they had suffered 9
loss estimated by the rebels as at aeast
200 killed and wounded. The rebels
gave their own loss at twenty.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
TAFT SENDS WARNING
TO ALL C0MBA7TAhIs

Washington, April 15.-President
Taft is determined that battles be-
tween Mexican federals and insured
tos shall not be fought on American
soil. He is equally determined that
the lives of American noncombatants
shall not be endangered by the forces
of President Diaz and those of Gen.
Madero.
Future combats between the rebels
and the forces of the Mexican govern
ment must not be fought out SO close
to the American line as to put in
jeopardy the lives and property OF
Americans.
Notices Sent Out.
Through the state department the
president tonight notified the Mexican
government that it must see to 1t that
hereafter no such unfortunae incident
as that at Aqua Prieta, when two
Americans were killed and eleven
wounded, be allowed to occur. Through
the war department and through the
department of justice, the president
sent similar warnings to the leader OF
the insurrectos at Aqua Prieta.
The view was expressed at the
White House tonight that these warn
ings will be observed to the letter and
that no more battles will be fought
near the border Neither the presi-
dent nor any of his advisers whom he
called into consultation tonight was
inclined to regard the incident at
Aqua Prieta as a forerunner of any.
thing more serious, but they concluded
that it must not be repeated.
The president knows that battle
grounds are not chosen like places for
the holding of athletic contests, but
at the same time he takes the posi-
ton that preparations for battle must
be made by the hostile forces with
due consideration of the effect upon
non-combatant Americans.
The president knows that some OF
the American spectators at yesterday s
affair near Douglas were eager to see
the fight and might have got too close
to the engaged forces, but he has
been informed also that warning was
given to the insurrectos, at least, not
to get too close to the United States
Hereafter the government expects
both the insurrectos and the federal
troops to erect trenches or make their
lines of battle far enough away from
American soil to make it certain that
Americans engaged in the occupations
Of peace will not be interrupted.
Troop Order Justified.
President Taft feels that his order
sending the troops to Texas has been
entirely justified by the development
of the last few days. He is more Ger.
tain than ever that conditions in the
Southern republic are alarming. He is
hoping that there will be nc need fol-
any further movement to the south
but if there should be, he knows that
10000 American troops are near the
Rio Grande. and that on the river and
the Mexican border itself is already a
force that is not Insignificant.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
soTHELL LOSES SIXTEEN
BUILDINGS IN FIRE

Fire that started in q bakeshop de-
stroyed sixteen buildings in Bothell
Sunday morning, caused loss of $75..
600 and for three hours threatened to
wipe out the town. The insurance Is
about $4,000. The fire was discovered
at 3:45 o'clock in the living rooms OF
Carl Winter in the rear of Odd Fellows
hall, where it had roared up from the
bakeshop In the basement.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
NO MORE MONEY FOR
MoNEAsENT or TRoops

Vancouver Barracks, Wash, April
15.-An order suspending the move
ment Of all troops for the next six
months has been received from the
war department. The order is pre-.
sumed by ofiicers to mean that owing
to the extensive maneuvers along the
Mexican border, the appropriation for
transportation has been exhausted and
that the army will be compelled to
await another appropriation by con.
gress before troops can be moved
from post to post.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
Fire Protection at Capitol

Washington, April 17.-Since its
completion, the national capitol Of the
United States has been without ade.
quate fire alarm facilities. The dis
covery, made inadvertently within the
week, was followed by feverish activ-
ity on the part Of electricians and en-.
gineers. and the big legislative build
ing is now equipped with modern sig.
nal alarm connecting with the fire de-
partments of the District of Colum.
bia.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
Soon Know Speed Of Molecules.

Chicago, April IT, Following his
important discovery of way to mea-
sure the speed Of molecules, which
compose all material substances, r. a.
Millaken. of the University OF Chica-
go, said today that he expected soon
to be able to announce the speed Of
molecules in practically all common
substances. such as iron, wood and
glass.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
BULLETS Fly ACROSS BORDER AND
KILL AMERICANS TAFT GIVES WARNING

Immediately took command OF the
town. closing the saloons. Order pre-
walls tonight.
Fourteen Americans fought with the
insurrect0s.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
Secretary Fisher COMING West.

SecretaFy FIsher Coming West.
Washington, April Il. Secretary Of
the Interior Walter L. Fisher VIII
make trip to the West during the
summer. IN case Congress adj0urns ii
time. He has promised Governor
Clark Of Alaska to visit the North Il
his time should not Be too limited.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
FIGHTING RACES ALL DAY:
FEDERAL GUNS DISABLED

Aqua Prieta. Mexico, April H. via
Douglas. Ariz. Il From the Associated
Press Correspondent in the Field. -
The most important battle Of the
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
5000 C0L0N|S1sII
THIRTY DAYS
ALL RECORDS FOR wEsrr..
TRAVEL BROKEN IN SPRING
RUSH.
Pacific Slope Secures More New ~.
zsns In One Month Than in ror,x
I'VE Days During Same Period !.
1910 Greater Portion Went to CT
fornia.

Chicago. April 17.-Revised stati.
tics compiled by officials of the H.,,,
man lines and reports furnished h.
Representatives OF other railrooa.
which handled colonist passenger hr.,
ness to the Pacific Coast during ~.
30-day period ending April 10 discloso
that all records for that class of travo,
during the annual Spring period were
smashed this year.
Tables that have been compilea
show that $4,000 persons travelled from
hundreds of points in the East, North
and South to cities on the western
edge of the continent while the special
rates offered by the various lines were
in force. This figure, it is declared
exceeds by fully $4,000 the total Of
last spring, when colonist rates were
offered throughout period of As DAYS
The travel this year was distributed
as follows:
Southern Pacific, via Ogden, 1890:
via Ell Paso, 1929; via Los Angeles
1858; via Portland, 3,761.
egon-Washington Railroad & Nav.
igation Company, 1850.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, 10000.
Northwest route, via Hill lines (esti.
mated), $4,000.
Via other lines (estimated), 10000.
It is estimated that fully $4,000 Of
all those who travelled on colonist tick.
cts this spring went to California and
extreme Western states other than
those classified in the Pacific North.
west group. The Santa Fe carried
practically all of its eolonist travellers
to California, and the bulk of this
class of business over the Hartman
lines went in the same direction.
Data compiled by representatives of
the Hartman roads for the spring
period Of 1910 shows that 29,170 COL
onist passengers were transported over
the Southern Pacific line during that
time and that 10,490 others Travelled
over the Oregon Washington & Navi.
cation Company's route.
The total for the Santa Fee road this
year, it is declared. shows an increase
of fully Is per cent over the business
done last spring.
A table prepared by passenger traf-
fic officials of the Hartman lines in
regard to colonist travel to California
from the spring of 1901 to the fall Of
1910 shows the following figures:
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21

Total ........... .625, 1928
The Santa Fe road is offering spe-
cial rate of one fare for the round
trip to points in California on account
of the Electrical Supply Jobbers' Asso-
citation convention.