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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16
BEGINS WAR ON CONSUMPTION

With the same energy which marked
his operations in grain, cotton and
finance, James A. Patten, the Chicago
multi-millionaire, has set about the dis
bursement of his wealth in financing
the biggest war on disease that has
ever been known in the history Of the
world. His daring speculations, which
attracted wide attention few years
ago, won for him fortune estimated
at s20,0oO,000. With this fortune or a
large part of 1t, Mr.. Patten now pro-
poses to carry on personal campaign
of social service. During the past six
months he has donated $2.000,000 for
such charities and public works as ap-
peal to him
He has given Northwestern Univer-
sity $500,000 as basis on which to
begin medical research into the pre-
vention and cure of tuberculosis and
will increase this sum to $2,000,000 as
fast as the money is needed. Other
millions will he devoted to battling
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16
BUTLER'S DUPLICATE.

Hamilton.-County Auditor Joe
Brate figures out the total tax dupli-
cate of Butler county to be a little
over $1OO,OOO,OO0. The total dupli-
cate for the city of Hamilton will
reach S40,0O0,0OO. This will be enough
money to run the city and the schools.
The present duplicate of the county
is S36,5OO,000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16
Autos on the Increase.

From the present outlook officials in
the state automobile department feel
that the registration of automobile Ii
censes will reach $4,000 before the
season closes. j. A. Shearer, regis
trar. says this is the busiest season
there has been in automobile circles.
Over $4,000 licenses have been is
sued. This is 1000 more than were is-
sued the whole of last season.
II the number OF 1911 licenses comes
to $4,000. there will be $4,000 more
automobiles in the state than a year
ago,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16
MAsoNs WILL BUILD TEMPLE.

Bellaire.-The Masonic Temple as.
sociation has been chartered. The
secretary of state issued articles of
incorporation recently. The capital
stock is $4,000, divided into one thou
sand shares of $50 each. The pur-
pose of the association is set forth to
build masonic temple and all of the
masonic bodies and the individual
members are to be invited to sub
scribe to the capital stock.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16
To Raise Standard.

Efforts to raise the standard of
Ohio medical colleges are to be made
by the state medical board. 1t is
planned to require graduates of the
weaker colleges to supplement their
course before admitting them to prac-
tice, while some of the colleges are to
be urged to strengthen their curricu-
lum. Inferior colleges outside the
state, it is claimed. in large measure
are responsible for the number of
poorly prepared students.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16
Two ohioans Honored.

st. Paul, Minn.-The fifteenth an
nual convention of the Associated
Harvard clubs was brought to close
with the annual banquet at the Saint
Paul hotel. The following officers
were elected at Lake Minnetonka:
Rev. Minot Simons, class of 81, of
Cleveland, Ohio, president; C. Barde,
of Minneapolis, class of '01. secretary;
Pearley w. Herrick, '04, of Cleveland,
treasurer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16
EXPLOSION IN A WELL.
One Man Killed, One Fatally and An
other Badly Injured.

Centerville.-One man was killed
and two injured, one perhaps fatally,
in gas explosion while cleaning a
well. Clarence Duffy, 81, who was
down in the we'll when the gas let go,
was blown to atoms. Taylor Watkins
was blown out of the well and re-
ceived burns which, it is believed,
will result in his death. Harry Smead,
who was assisting in cleaning the
well, was also severely injured.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16
LIMA WINS CONVENTION.

Zanesville.-The United Commercial
Travellers have gone, expecting to
meet next year at Lima, that city
having been awarded the 1912 conven-
ton. The parade was participated in
by 1900 marchers, with bands from
Newark, Marietta, Lancaster and Co.
lumbus. The vote for the most popu-
lar salesman in the state was won by
A. w. King, of Columbus.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16
Double Inquisition Honored.

Governor Harmon has honored re-
QUESTION for C. w. Simpson and G. w.
Simpson, under arrest in Cleveland
and indicted at Oxford Junction, Ia,
for obtaining a $4,000 loan from the
Citizens Exchange bank on the false
statement that they had butter and
eggs in storage in Boston.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16
Prisoners Break in Successor.

Two convicts, paroled few days
ago. are remaining at the penitenti-
airy to break in their successors. They
are Jimmy Kinsell and August Ross.
The former was the warden's porter,
but the man assigned to the job did
not "catch on" so Kinsell, although
free, is still at the prison acting as
instructor. The same is true of Ross,
who took care of the yard.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16
SCHOOL CENSUS.

Springfeld.-Th 1911 school census
shows that there are 12,251 children
within the school age in this city.
This number falls short of the emu
meration of 12,430 of last year, al.
though the revision of Trpant Officer
Darner will bring 1t up.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16


disease
exclusively the
should
social being the
from and he distressed
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16
HEINZ APPOINTED.

Dayton.-Charles Heinz, prominent
in the Spanish War Veterans organi-
cation, was appointed deputy county
treasurer to succeed Ray Kiser, re-
signed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16
DIDN'T KNOW 1T WAS LOADED

Middletown.-The revolver that
wasn't loaded" resulted in the death
of Daniel Guilfoyle, IA, the weapon be-
ing discharged by his sister, Aline, IT.
The weapon belonged to boarder
in the house, and the boys curiosity
led to the tragedy. The bullet entered
the brain. The mother and sister are
prostrated
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16

eubenville.-Frank Crepe. Rus
sian miner, shot and killed John Kro-
koskia, Polish miner, at Harpers-
vile mines during fight started by
miners who were omitted from we'd
ding celebration. rrADe was arrest
ed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16

Startling revelations were made in
st. Petersburg by a criminal who muir
dered an officer of the army and the
Objects wife at Sebastopol. The man
was arrested at Tsaritsyn, and now
says that he has in the course OF his
career killed 81 persons
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16

Frederick A. Keep, 81. for rs years
a resident of Chicago, and we'll known
in Chicago. Washington, and on the
continent, died suddenly In a massage
establishment on the Avenue Kleber
in Paris. Death was due to heart
trouble.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16

the dash and fury of mountain torrent On such occasions his words
hope God will wither hands,
call
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16
Holds Up Phone Bill.

Columbus.-State Auditor Fulling-
ton, acting under an opinion of At
torney General Hogan, held up pay
ment of the $1,000 telephone bill en-
tailed by senators talking to their fam
lilies or constituents from Columbus.
Hogan holds that the prohibition,
in article II, section 81, of the consti-
tuition, of the members receiving any
allowance in addition to their salaries,
and specially inhibiting postage, cov-
ers telephone conversations. which in
measure take the place of postage.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16


when the British
although other countries
the weakest spot in the empire and
O craftsmanship
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16

Toledo.-Unable to agree, the jury
in the case of Judge Michael Donnelly
of Napoleon, charged with embezzle-
ment while president of the Ohio Ger
man Fire Insurance Co., was dis
charged.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16

Marietta.-Sidney. IA, son of Capt.
Wilson of the local Salvation Army
Corps, was drowned at a picnic.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-06-16

wife Hamilton.
of E. R
his third wife
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
Mrs. Eddy's Girlhood
Revealed In MunSey'S

The most intimate revelation yet made
Of the girIhood Of Mary Baker Eddy is
in a most interesting series of letters
written by her in her early years, and
published In the April issue of Munsey's s
Magazine for the first time. These let
ters were recently found by accident in
an old trunk in the residence of Mrs.
Eddy's sister-in-law. Mrs. George Sulli-
van Baker. at Tilton. y. Fl. They were
hidden away in a mass of thousands Of
old documents and records which had
been assembled by the Bakers over a
period of seventy-five years. The first
letter was written at Bow. Mrs. Eddy g
birthplace. September, 1895, when she
was fourteen years old. II is the second
epistle she ever wrote
These letters range all the way to 1S47
In a concrete way they really. tell the
whole story of the childhood of this re-
markable woman, intimating, among
other things, what Scientists believe to
be the vague forerunner of the world
wide movement which she inaugurated
They show also a sense of humor, which
really manfests itself in every one of
the communications. This article Is il
Illustrated by two hitherto unpublished
portraits of Mrs. Eddy. One of them
was unearthed with these letters. II
was in an old leather album containing
pictures of most Of the members of the
Baker family.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27

Hepburn Hepburn acts. 1t is the firm
opinion of this paper that the country
is for, not against, the principle and
the details of these measures. That is
the whole situation, and the Ways and
Means Committee will have to decide
which way the party is to look in
future.
incidentally, it is perhaps worth
while to observe that The Times has
received earnest encouragement from
many Democrats, in and out of Con
gress, in its effort to focus attention on
these questions. Judge Adamson may
believe, as he says, that all good Demo
Gratis are for him. The Times happens
to know that by no means all good
Democrats are for him.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
WHOM DOES W. J. BRYAN
FAVOR FOR PRESIDENCY?
To the Editor OF THE TIMES:

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Those of the voters of the two great
political parties and the parties of lesser
magnitude and Importance who consid-
cred Col. William Jennings Bryan, the
thrice defeated candidate of the Demo-
cratic party, for the most exalted Of
flee that free people can elect one of
its fellow-citizens to aj''political corpse"
will find to their amazement that the
undaunted, bold, and courageous Ne
braskan is still on earth, very much
alive, and exceedingly active when Con-
gress reconVenes in extra session on the
4th of next month. Colonel Bryan Is
one of the most influential, resourceful.
and practical politicians, and the most
eloquent speaker in America today. His
good friend, the Hon. Champ Clark, the
new Speaker Of the House of Repre-
sentatives, as well as many members OF
both branches of the national legisla-
ture will listen TO his advice, accept his
suggestions on legislation, and permit
him to frame the Democratic program
for the national convention in 1912.
The colonel is shrewd. He was not
caught by his Democratic confreres
mapping as yet He is on the job now,
and his activity is very much in evil
dence wherever a Democratic Presiden-
tial candidate may loom up, or Is at the
present time spoken of as the probable
choice OF tne voters DE Inal party.
Whom does Colonel Bryan favor for the
Presidency? The psychological moment
for him to declare himself has evidently
not presented itself up to this hour, and
may perhaps not present itself until a
few days before the convention is held
However, the alert Nebraskan paid
flying visit 10 Mayor Gaynor, of New
York city, the other day, had quite a
chat/with Governor Wilson of New Jer-
sew and II does not seem likely that
he would abandon his watchfulness as
to the activities and Presidential as
pirations of the other three gentlemen
Governor Harmon of Ohio, Ex-Governor
Folk OF Missouri, and Governor Foss OF
Massachusetts. The three last named
statesmen are persona non grata at the
national Democratic misunderstanding
editors sanCtum of the Commoner, OF
Nebraska.
Colonel Bryan, il is assumed by his
countrymen who honoTed him thrice
with the nomination for President OF
the United States, will never again be
a candidate for that office. But he VIII
continue to be the man behind the
throne in the Democratic party for
many years TO come. He has colossal
following among the Democrats
throughout the land, and he can and
undoubte edly will control % per cent OF
the delegates to the Democratic conVen-
ton fourteen OF fifteen months hence
He will dictate the nomination OF the
Presidential nominee Of his party.
BELA TOKAJI,
President, National Roosevelt League.
New York March IS, 1911.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
MR.. NORTON'S COURSE
CAUSED CLERKS UNREST

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Only upon the assumption tnat under
a republican form of government the
humblest citizen has the right of appeal
and Of liberty of speech do l, mere
clerk, make reply to the speech Of
Charles D. Norton. Secretary to the
President, before the Union League
Club. OF Chicago. on February %. Pass
ing over his criticism Of Congress for its
conduct In reporting appropriation bills,
as he says. without consultation or
team play" resulting. according to his
statement. in utter lack Of control on
the part of Congress-" l come to his
statement that two causes of waste
and inefficiency in the Government serv-
ice are, first, lack of administrat ton
control. and. second, discouragement
and Indifference of the personnel"
This latter more deeply concerns u.s.
the clerks. When Mr.. Norton entered
the Government service, as Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, without
any previous Government service, he
remarked to some officials, I am told.
that the great banking institutions of
this country regarded the Treasury De-
partment, with its many bureaus and
thousands of employees as one OF the
most perfect organiZatione known" "
Yet, within one month from the time he
entered upon his duties in the Treasury
Department he began to play havoc
with that organization by making many
changes The result was that the
clerks throughout the department be-
came fearful, excited, unsettled, and un-
able, in consequence, to work to the ad-
vantage they had before. No man can
do good service when he thinks his job
Is in the balance. Many committees
were appointed and many Investigations
instituted. These made clerks nervous.
and especially so when Mr.. Norton's
known intention was to reduce the
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
PUBLICITY FOR PUBLIC INSTI-
TUTIONS NEEDED.

Washingtonians generally will sym
pathize with the citizens of Congress
Heights, who resent public discussion
of the affairs of st. Elizabeth's Hos.
pital on the ground that it tends to
depreciate the value of their property
and to cast discredit on the suburb as
residence and business community
They will not, however, agree that
secrecy concerning events at the asy.
lum should be maintained in order to
protect the interests of those who live
near the hospital
The public interest demands that the
widest publicity be given such an in,
stitution as the Government Hospital
for the Insane The time has long
passed when it was considered neces
sary to the public interest to hide
facts. The modern idea-which has
been well proved-is that the public
should know all the facts concerning
any institution which it supports. Dr.
White, the superintendent at st. Eliza
beth's, takes broad, sensible view OF
this situation when he says:
Such an incident as the escape of
criminals from here or any other penal
institution should be made public. as
much to aid the police in their efforts
public on guard.
People directly concerned in affairs
under public discussion are nearly al
ways supersensitive to criticism that
may be adduced; they usually over
estimate the Importance of statements
and facts affecting them. AS a matter
of fact, the public is charitably in
clined. 1t does not condemn without
cause Just now the general public is
intensely interested in learning
whether the insane hospital has been
properly managed. 1t has not given a
thought to Congress Heights. The issue
will ultimately be threshed out, and
when the final verdict is rendered no
body will think any more or any less
of Congress Heights as a place to live.
Even if it could be demonstrated
that the present discussion of the man
agement of St. Elizabeth's was dam
aging to the interests of the suburb
it could not and should not be stopped
The public interest would still de,
mand the fullest and freest investiga-
+iou
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
In the Mail Bag x

force No clerk knew who would suffer.
Then when only the members of the in
vestiSating committees, appointed at
his behest, profited by the investiga-
tions and changes, then the clerks be-
came discouraged, and discouragement
comes only before indifference. The
clerks believe-that Is the lower grade
clerks-that there is a ring of favorites
In the Treasury Department who are
the only ones to profit by Mr.. Norton
strenuosity for reform. Mr.. Chance,
auditor for the Postoffice Department,
was made chairman of the economy and
efficiency committee. Before his labors
were fairly begun, at the instance OF
Mr.. Norton, Congress was asked 70 IN
crease his salary from $1,000 to $o,OOO,
and now he. Is made secretary OF the
Cleveland committee at 5000, an IN
crease OF 5000 per year by reason OF
being on. the committee. Mr.. Wilmeth
was promoted from an H,SO clerksnlp
to chief clerk of the Treasury at A,UO.
Mr.. Cram, law clerk of the aduitor for
Postoflce Department, was boosted into
the authorship at salary of $5,Ooo, an
increase of $500 per year by reason OF
being placed on Mr.. Norton's committee
S. r. Jacobs, another member Of his
OF a division at 5000 to disbursing
clerk, at 5000. Mr.. Broughton, another
member of the committee is slated for
assistant chief of the division OF loans
and currency, at s., 80, jumping from an
81, 800 clerkship. The other members of
Mr.. Nortons committee who are not yet
provided for openly declare that they
are to be taken care Of in the shake-up
promised for July !. Now, why should
not the personnel become discouraged? ?
Who can blame the great body Of
clerks, who have not basked In Mr..
Norton's favor. for becoming Indifferent
when they observe that promotions are
| confined to a little ring? II Mr. Norton
will pause and think 1t will be apparent
to him that he has contributed largely
10 the unrest, disbursement, and
indifference" OF the personnel-of the
clerks without pull or favor.
MERELY A CLERK.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
ROD OF DISCIPLINE BECOM-
ING EXTINCT.

The American small boy has ac
oured a sudden interest in the natural
resources of the country. Without
abating any of his anxiety as to the
probable yield of green apples or the
dark abundance of blackberries on the
worm fence, he is eagerly seeking con-
firmation of the rumor that the supply
of hickory is disappearing From the
timber journals-and by no means
from the periodicals on pedagogy
which are endeavoring to keep the
matter quiet-he learns that in all that
vast area east of the Alleghenies and
north of the Potomac, which narrowly
includes this part of the country, the
reliable old correctional hardwood has
been consumed, in one way or another.
The same is measurably true of the
territory west of the Alleghenies and
north of the Ohio. This leaves only
the broad stretches of the South as
the abiding place where the raw ma
terial of physical persuasion fourishes
like the green bay tree.
Senator Bob" Taylor has defined
Mason and Dixon's line as the imagin-
ary boundary between hot biscuit and
lightbread, but if recent appraisements
of our hardwood supply are correct the
subject takes on a deeper interest than
any mere question of food or even of the
Appalachian reserve and the conflicting
claims of State and National control
1t means that on one side of the
imaginary boundary under discussion
there will grow up a race of
tumultuous incorrigibles, full of the
mischief of boyhood and careless of the
apothegm that knowledge is power" )"
On the other side of the divisional line,
SUMMER in climate if not in discipline,
an alert and sturdy race will develop
under the rigorous tutelage of the
four R's-including the rod. A waste
full commercialism which has thought
lessly denuded a vast section of its
hickory may have changed the course
of history more radically than it
dreamed. Trained minds, ushered into
the world from the little red school
houses of the South, will meet and
master the fiaccid intellects which have
been nurtured on the milk-and-water
regimen of "If you please" The chill
dren north of the Potomac and the
Ohio, spoiled by the sparing of the
rod, must go down before the hand
made talents of drilled crackers and
disciplined goober- -grabbers. While edu-
cational high-brows are wrestling with
the mysteries of vertical penmanship
and the continental pronunciation,
efficiency and authority are passing
away with the hickory rod which
served as the persuasive symbol of
ths old regime. ...-..-..--.-.......r,,, >,
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
FRIENDLY APPRECIATION
OF MASTER ORGANIST
o the Editor Of THE TIMEs

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Will you kin lily give space 20 few
lines of appre ia ton CT the master Cr-
ganist, George W. Walter, who recent
l. passed away?
Thy master hand. so strong. SO sure
and skilled,
Lies nerveless, Of its wondrous power
bereft.
OF thee-but ashes and a memory left,
Thy vast and mighty "orid-work I'M
o Mastermind, so deep and so profound
That had unveiled the Mystery of Sound
And that abyss twixt Sense and Spirit
spanned:
But thy life's troubles palsied by strong
hand.
Thv heart embittered by its loneliness
Had closed its doors, to nurse its own
distress.
The treasure Iost-the world will never
know,
Nor what died with thee-aye, II seemed
as though
Beethoven's soul looked from thy
features cold
With nobler message for the age-yet
left untold.
It is interesting to know that DR..
Walter, besides his transcendent ability
as an executant organiSt, was also a
keen student in the metaphysics OF music
also acquainted with the modes in Whlcn
religious thought as well as emotion,
had expressed itself in all ages known
to history-from Hindu. Jewish. Greek
Classical, Medieval Gregorian, down to
the present day. He could illustrate
these so that each form of melody gave
an inner sight into their stages of civilf-
zation. Though an Anglican churchman
BY descent, and having the keenest love
and appreciation OF their forms, yet 1t
was his oft-repeated request that the
service Of the Jewish ritual which in
cIudes thoughts current in the Temple
Of solomon, as well as those formulated
In the grander temple Of modern hu-
manitarfanism, should be read at his
funeral This request was complied with
by his friend, the Rabbi Stern, who
added thereto an appropriate funeraI
oration setting forth the nobler quail
ties. virtues, and talents OF the Old or
ganist.- ST. JOHN BYER.