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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-18
ETNA CONTINUES
TO BELCH FIRE
Constant CannonadIng Of VOL
canO Is Oeafenlng,

Catania, Sicily. Sept. 1S.-An at
tempt to ascend Mount Etna was
made, but 1t was impossible 70 get
nearer than fifty feet from one OF the
craters. owing to the intense heat and
thick smoke In which no one could
live.
The eruption OF lava continues Near
the source the river OF lava flows
swiftly. outdistancing men who run
along its edge.
Further down the volcanoes sides
the mass cools gradually and. thicken-
ing, It divides into four principal
streams and loses much OF It's velocity.
Great masses OF rock wrenched
from the crater's edge float and roll
down the slope. slowly liquifying.
The constant cannonading OF the
volcano il fairly deafening.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-18
TALKS OF BETTER FARMING
No Politics In Taft's First Spooch OF
Present Trio.

Syracuse. N. Y, Sept. 18.-Presiden
Tart gave the first speech Of his 13
O00-mile swing at the state fair here
but there was no hint OF politics ii
his remarks. The speeches on the In
portant policies Of his administratis
are being reserved until he reach
Middle West territory.
The president devoted himself lar,
ly to discussion Of farming meth
and the conservation of the soil !
said that more general dissent
tion OF scientific methods would
suit In increased profits for farmt
which In itself would attract peo!
from cities back to the soil. With t
profits from farming becoming mo
certain through higher prices Of far
products he said there was ever hop
that agriculture would be enabled L
keep pace with the demands OF In
creasing population.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-18
CHICAGO BANKER ARRESTED
10 Charged With Defraudine Kansas
City institution.

Chicago, Sept. 1S.-John Worthing-
ton, president of the American bank,
a private institution, is under arrest
here on charge of defrauding the
Night and Day bank of Kansas City
of $1,000.
1t is charged that the banker went
to the Missouri city with three notes
of $1,000 each and induced the Night
and Day bank to take them up for
$4,000, giving as security parcel OF
Chicago real estate.
When the Missouri bank was un-
able to locate the property the officers
became uneasy and asked for Worth
ington's arrest.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-18
RAILROADS TO
BACK SAND0RN
Are Opposed to State Con.
troll of Carriers.
UNITE TO CONTINUE FIGHT

Propose to Combat Action Of Govern.
ors' Conference In Naming Three
State Executives to Appear Before
the Federal Supreme Court In an
Effort to Reverse the Decision In
the Minnesota Rate Case.
New York, Sept. 18.-With the gov.
ernors of the many states represented
at the house of governors at the
Spring Lake conference uniting to
fight before the supreme court OF the
United States for the right of the
states to fix traffic rates entirely
within the borders of the single states
the railroads are preparing to unite
to urge the court to uphold the deci
sion of Judge Sanborn multiplying the
Minnesota 2-cent fare law.
Judge Sanborn's decision was her
aided by the railroads as guarantee
that the federal government would
protect capital engaged in transporta
ton against restrictive laws passed by
state legislatures.
With the decision came increased
activity in railroad stocks.
The action of the governors, in TAX
ing what is termed by many the most
radical course, is generally con
demned in the financial district.
The governors, however, asserted
their action was merely for the pur
pose of obtaining proper legal repre-
sentation before the highest court.
They all admitted, however, thai
should the supreme court uphold the
Sanborn decision the states would "be
reduced to mere provinces of cen
tra1ized power"
While the Minnesota case will b.
the first with which Governors Har
mon of Ohio, Hadley of Missouri and
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-18
Arrested for safe Robbery.

Chicago. Sept. 16.-Harry Robinson,
thirty-nine years old, was arrested
here charged with being one OF the
men who robbed the safe OF the Shu-
bert theater in st. Paul. Jan. 2. Robin
sons lawyers began q tight to pre-
vent extradition when he was ar
raigned In the municipal court and
The case was continued one week.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-18
Epidemic Of eurplarlss.

Syracuse. N. r.. Sept. 18.-Burglarf
have reaped rich harvest In Syra
cuse during the past twenty-foul
hours. dozen residences having beer
broken into and looted. The biggesi
haul was made at the home Of Charlie
n. Grouse, In the fashionable sectio
of the city, where the thieves 81
away With jewels valued at more the
ekIooA.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-18
MILLIONAIRE ENDS HIS LIFE
Arizona Mine Magnate Commits Sui
eide at Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, CAL, Sept. 18.--Martin
Costello. aged sixty-five, OF Tomb
stone, Ariz., prominent for more than
quarter of century in the develop
ment of mines in the Southwest and
reputed to be multimillionaire. COM
mftted suicide here.
Costello dressed himself In faultless
after dinner attire, left his family at
home and rented room In . lodging
house. He folded his coat Tor : pil.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-18
squirrel Fatally sltes cnlId.

Oskal0Osa, Ia, Sept. Is The thre;
months-old child OF Mr.. and Mr.
Warren Bridgeman is ct the point &
death here from injuries received i
an attack by q squirrel, The child wa
lett on the porch In its carriage. Tn
child's screams brought the mothe'
but not before fatal bites had been r,
coived.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-18
Director of MintS Predicts
Continued Advance.
LAND PRICES INCREASING
Agriculture Not Keeping Pace With
Growth in Population Given as An
other Reason for Existing Condi-
tions-Thinks Reciprocity VIII Not
Lower Prices, but II May Keep
Them From Going Abnormally High.

Lower Prices, but II May Keep
Them From Going Abnormaliy High.
Washington, Sept 1S.--George E.
Roberts, director of the mint and
former Chicago banker, who has re-
Gently returned from trip through
the West, predicts that the cost of liv
ing will advance.
He says that while agricultural de.
velopment will be noted, he does not
expect it to keep pace with the in-
crease in population. Farm rentals
are advancing, he finds, because many
farmers are being forced back to till
ing of the soil. The consumers must
realize, he says, that the day Of cheap
free land has passed and with an
advance in the cost of everything en-
tering the production or foodstuffs
there must be an increase in prices to
the consumers.
Mr.. Roberts points to the fact that
the census shows the population of
the country increased 81 per cent be-
tween 1900 and 1910, while the farm
land area increased only AZ per cent,
and says it means higher living cost.
Country Rapidly Settling Up.
"The fact is" said Mr. Roberts,
that large part of the natural gains
of industrial progress are being offset
by the increasing cost of food and raw
materials and the principal factor in
this is the complete occupation Of the
country
There is actually less to divide
than there used to be. There Is rela-
tive scarcity and we have been 80 I'm
portant factor in world production
that all the world is affected"
The problems raised by this situa-
tion, Mr.. Roberts says, are much larg-
er than Canadian reciprocity. At the
same time. he does not see how any
body familiar with the rising level Of
prices and the growing scarcity OF food
and raw materials can view reci-
procity as other than timely. He does
not think it can reduce price levels,
but it may tend to. keep them from
becoming abnormally and oppressive
ly high.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-18
RUPTURE SEEMS IMMINENT
Opinion Of Head Of Southern Pacific
Bureau Of Economics. o

San Francisco. Sept. 1S.-According
to F. G. Athearn, head Of the bureau OF
economics of the Southern Pacific rail
road, important developments in the
disagreement between the officials OF
the Hartman lines and the shopmen's s
federation are expected.
]. w. Kline. the president of the In
ternational Blacksniths' union and
spokesman for the shopmen, il expect.
ed to arrive In Chicago shortly. His
mission, according to local leaders, is
to serve an ultimatum on Julius Krutt-
schnitt vice president OF the HArri-
man lines, demanding the recognition
OF the federation of shop employees.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-18
GERMANY RECEIVES REPLY
Special Courier Reaches Berlin With
Frances Answer.

special C0uFf9T HeaCue6 6eTHu WIN
Frances Answer.
Berlin, Sept ia special courier
has arrived from Paris carrying the
draft of Frances reply to the German
proposals in regard to Morocco and a
memorandum for the guidance of M.
Jules Cambosi, the French ambassa-
dor to Germany.
The contents of the French reply
were communicated to Sir Francis
Bertie and M. Iswolsky. the British
and Russian ambassadors to France,
for approval.
II will depend on Germany's next
move.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-18

low and, lying down on the floor, sent
bullet through his heart, dying al.
most instantly.
Dependency Is believed to have
been the cause.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-03-04
RUSSELL TO UNITARIANs.
In Able Address He Scouts Theory Of
Race Dissertation.

DR.. York Russell, the well known
New York physician. In the course Of
an able address before cultured au-
dience in the Unity Unitarian church
in Brooklyn recently, said. among 9th
er things:
'Those who are seeking to solve the
race problem by deportation will find
that Negroes would not be so portable
as 100000 boxes OF oranges from
California; that their interests are so
intertwined with those Of the Anglo
Saxon that deportation will be found
to be out of the question"
As to the question of race exterIni-
nation. which some others advocate,
he said. ''rhe colorless race could not
hand over to their children republic
dipped In the blood OF black defense
less humanity like a modern Salome."
Retracing history, he told his cultured
hearers that blue eyed Saxon boys in
597 A. ID. were sold in the market
places Of Rome and that they were
the descendants or came from the
same stock: that the race problem could
not be accelerated without due regard
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-03-04

to time; that he could not agree WITT
the petition recently sent out to Er
rope. because England's problems in
the West Indian archipelago are legion.
America is solving the problems Of the
English and Danes and those OF the
French West Indies. America is a
sort of city Of refuge. and that ques-
ton must be solved here. America is
the melting pot of nations. He urged
that the Negro be taught the arts OF
war In preference to strange orlen-
tai race, which might in time turn
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-03-04


the premier place in our national crisis
, And things conspired to lead him out into
the fierce agitation and steadily bore him
on until he became the hope OF the anti
slavery people of the nation. Firm, con-
vincing and aggressive against a bitter
and formidable opposition and amid an
ominous. dreadful gathering storm. he
bore the standard Of which he was the
personal representative to the place Of
the nations chief.
The salvation of the Union was more
difficult than the creation Of the nation.
The Union is one close. strong and con-
tinuous interviewer interest No great
ocean rolled between the Union and dis
union sections Of the country and the
enemy of the government was strong
with sympathizers throughout the nation.
Lincoln stood where three adverse cur
rents met How to manipulate to recon
ciliation out Of the most acute, discordant
and desperate situation he alone had to
determine. His heart being right and
fixed as to mans relation to man as set
forth in divine revelation and his duty to
the nation as set forth in his oath of
Office. he was steadfast In his beliefs as to
the abolition of slavery and inlmovable as
to his duty to exhaust first every peace
able means to maintain the Union.
He moved In keeping with the gravity
OF the situation and proved TO be the ma
tons statesman OF the crisis and Gods
Moses and Gods Solomon OF the situa-
ton. One party produced MIN. but today
all parties honor him. America owns him,
but the world claims him as one OF its
greatest characters He wrought to the
glory Of the American people, but also in
him all the nations OF the earth have
been blessed.
The nation hasn't lived up to its duty
and obligation which some call difficult
ties and problems 1t is again tolerating
the violation of things fundamental. The
nation cannot even temporarily permit
the violation Of any OF its basic princi-
Piles. though the liberation OF such may
apparently only affect the humblest class
of its citizens. There is no principle more
fundamental in the government than
American citizenship.
God has called this nation to a peculiar
work for which he Is bringing the DIFF
ferent races OF mankind here in certain
proportions and is assiniilating them.
Through it God spoke in cannon voice TO
the world his condemnation of human
slavery and made the nation the custo-
dian of human liberty and the good Sa-
maritan Of suffering humanity.
The oppression and discrimination. the
struggle and contention for denied rights
and privileges. is fermentation which
indicates the development OF national
temperament which is fast ripening an
other part Of divine purpose In the life OF
the nation. which when unfolded will
make this government a greater blessing
to all mankind.
The government has no need to be
ashamed because OF the immediate free
dom and citizenship 1t conferred upon the
Negro. In his growth and development
he has abundantly attested the wisdom OF
the government. All he asks is the full
portion of q citizen, and the nation he
saved owes him fair chance.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-03-04
upon America in bloody wa..

upon AmeTlcH IN bIUOuy VIII.
Pleading for Justice for the Negro.
he said. THE Declaration OF Independ
ence Is Legacy from the ilustrious
departed and should. II anything be
done to II, have written on It. Mott me
tangere' (Let nothing touch mel." AZ
the conclusion Of the doctors address
he was given rousing reception by
the great audience, which filled the
church.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-03-04
Mss II. COWDRN.
Hair Dressing
PARLORS.

Shampooing, cutting and curling.
All hair work made to order Hair
tonics, scalp treatments. msnicurlng:
stage wigs for rent for theatrical use
or mask balls. Cheapest switches, SO
cents. Goods delivered out Of the city
Phone Champa 1851
1919 2lst street. Denver. Colo
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-03-04
Hundred and Second Anniversary
Of Great LibeTator Observed.
DR.. LAW1oN ORATOR OF DAY.


by Citizens of Kingston, N. Y, at Big
observation-disclosures johnson Maste.
Of Ceremonies.
Kingston, n. Y.-No event in recent
years ever caused so much enthusiasm
among the citizens of this town as
did the great Lincoln celebration held
In Cooks hall, ON Railroad avenue, on
Tuesday evening, Feb. II. The pro-
gram, which consisted Of vocal and
instrumental music, besides addresses
and the principal Grafton, was the
best ever heard on a similar occasion.
The orator of the occasion was the
Rev. DR.. William R. Lawton Of
Brooklyn, who spoke in part as fol
lows:
One hundred and two years ago a life
poor, humble and unknown made its ad-
vent into a log cabin in the backwoods of
Kentucky. Fortysix years ago when it
expired as the immediate result of an
assasslns bullet It was among the great
est and most prominent in human his
tory, and. though 1t has been extinct for
nearly half century, it is greater today
than in any period of its existence.
There was no inspiration or luxury In
its early environments. but a struggle
amid hardships. But those conditions In
his childhood and youth proved to be es-
sental preparations for the manhood pc
riod of his life, which was to be tried and
tested as never a man before. He was
born lowly and trained hard for the mas
ter place in the agitation of question
that had commanded worldwide attention
and was dividing the nation into hostile
camps.
The national crisis, which was inevita-
bic, required sturdy and rugged charac-
ter at the helm of the ship Of state, and
the slave, which was the kernel of the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-08-19
IS EXTREME OF DEsoLATI0N
Unfinished Gard Game, With Paste
boards Lying Just Where tho
Players Left Them.

Asked what sight represented to his
mind the extreme of desolation, the
renting agent said:
An unfinished card game, with the
cards lying just where tho players left
them. This morning came across an
interrupted game Of hearts in a fur
nished fiat that was vacated suddenly.
The tenants simply packed their
clothes and moved out without a word
of explanation to anybody, and as they
didn't owe me cent it wasn't my
place to run them down.
They had been playing on the din
ing room table. and the game was
about half finished. Four hands of
cards thrown down when the game
was anybody's that knew how to turn
a trick worked on the imagination.
Why did they stop playing in such q
hurry? Why didn't they stay to fin
ssh the game, or IL they couldn't do
that, why didn't they scrape the cards
together and take them along? Inter
esting questions. those, and I'd like to
have them answered"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-08-19
KILLED BY FALLING PIPES
Two Others Probably Fatally Hur
When Frame CoIlapses.

Wilmington, Del, Aug. 14.-One
man was instantly killed and two 9th
srs received injuries which physi-
clans declare are likely to prove fatal
when a two-ton ammonia pipe frame
suddenly collapsed in the cooling
room of the Delaware Ice company.
The man killed is Charles Kennedy,
fifty years old, of Brandywine street,
who was caught under the huge frame
when it collapsed.
Andrew Gercey and William Shoy
were overcome by the ammonia fumes
and we're rescued only with the ut
most difficulty. Both men are mcon.
scious, and physicians say that, be
sides having been overcome by the
ammonia fumes, they sustained severe
internal injuries.
With the collapse of the frame the
ammonia pipes snapped like dry twigs.
Kennedy, who was working near the
frame, was unable to get out of the
way quick enough and was pinned by
the falling iron.
The other two managed to get to the
door of the room before they were
overcome.
The first intimation the workmen In
the plant had that anything was wrong
was when they heard a crash and, i'm.
mediately afterward, smelled the es-
Gaping ammonia. Several jumped TO
the door of the cooling room, but we're
driven back because unable to inhale
the ammonia-laden atmosphere.
AS they opened the door, however,
Gercey and Shoy staggered out and
fell unconscious on the ground. They
were both Immediately removed to the
Offices OF nearby physicians.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-08-19
Fish ArtIficIaity Colored.

One OF the strangest possible COM
mercial frauds has recently been ex-
posed by an inspector of the Pennsyl-
vania food bureau. His attention was
struck by the rich red color of some
smoked fish that was on sale In the
"delicatessen" stores Of Philadelphia.
He bought some and sent it to an anal
yst, who reported that he could dye
wool with the coloring matter extract
ed from It. The retailers declared
their innocence, maintaining that they
had purchased the stuff in the belief
that 1t was genuine smoked FISH. The
object Of the wholesalers is clear, in
view OF the fact that in smoking fish
there is loss of Is pounds in every
100 pounds, while In dying there ia no
loss ut all.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-08-19
Estimates for Berkeley County

to cover all county debts and liabili.
ties payable during the year including
the probable expenditures for county
purposes and proper allowance for de-
hnQuent taxes, expense of collection
and contingencies; but deducting the
money in the county treasury applica-
BILE to the service OF the year and
county claims, and doth determine
and estimate the several amounts to
be levied as follows:
The amount due and the amount
that will become due and colectible
from every source, except from the
levy OF taxes to be made for the cur.
rent year.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-08-19
Estimates for Gerrardx-.
town District

State Of west. Virginia. ccunmr ~gT
Berkeley. District of Gerrsrdsaamw.
To-vlt:
Al a regular SEES sion OF the Esssra.
OF Education Of Gerrirdstown Eaxe-
trict OF Berkeley County held ii exr.u--
town on the Second Tuesday-ins an
gust, 1911. Present: d. r. caa dxfsaa.
president; Jerry Slonaker mi n a.
Homer, commissioners. En accord
ance with Section Chapter ca tass
Acts of the Legislature OF 1903 tasp
Board Of Education proceeded azs
make 10 an estimate OF the awsmrsR
necessary 10 be levied FOR the curremk
h4cal year to cover all Dstrict aerSzz
and liabilities payable during 1He
year including the probable expana a.
lures for District purposes and, srnxs.
err allowances for delinquent baDs0S.
expenses of collection and continurrs
cies but deducting the money i'm ssss.
treasury applicable to the service or
the year and District claims, doth Ee--.
termine and estimate The sevarxss
amounts 70 be levied as follows.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-08-19

II appearing to the Board OF E6uczt-
ton that the total valuation OF an sfsxs
taxable property in this District 1c-
cording TO the last assessment thsrwrN
Is $1.e39.522 being real estate TO hfas
value Of s1.079, $40, personal property
to the value of 1854 $40 and other ps04e.
erty assessed by the Board OF PuaSfx~
Works to the value OF $5102 as ceres-
fed TO this Board by the officer wnae~
duty II is to make out the land bcv4sg
according to the provision OF SectSsn
3S chapter 2S OF the code as fssx
amended and IL appearing from teen
foregoing estimate that Ii Is neces :
sary to raise by levy after deducslHE
all credits $1105 for building purpcsops
and $2S12 for teachers fund. Thursr-
fore en- each one hundred dofiauss
valuation OF cents for building Drn<-
poses and IS cents for teachers par
poses win produce the estimated
amount necessary Aforesaid for tf@s
ensuing fiscal year.
State OF West Virginia, County at
Berkeley, District OF Gerrae dstowa-
To-wit: I. A. M. Graham, secretary
of the Board on Education in and for
Gerrardstown District OF said country
and state do certify that the foregD-
ing is true copy from the records os
an order made and entered by safG !
board on the Sth day OF August. 1872
Given under my hand this sth DAY.
OF August, 1911.
A. NJ. GRAHAM
S-12-2t Sec. of Board-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-08-19
AUToMo lie Kills WOMAN
Steps From One Machine in Front Of
Another and Neck is Brokne.

Pottsville, Pa. Aug. 12.-Stepping
from an automobile bus directly in
front of a tuoring car of the Lyle
Coal company, Mrs. Michael Murphy,
of Minersville, was run over.
Her neck was broken and she died
an hour later George Godfrey, driver
OF rhe car which struck her, surren-
dered himself and was placed under
$500 bail. Witnesses say the car was
travelling slowly and that the woman
became confused. The car was stop
ped after the front wheel had passed
over Mrs. Murphy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-08-19
MOTHER SHOOTS SON
Reading Woman Said She Fired In
Self Defense.

Reading, Pa, Aug. IA probable
fatal shooting occurred here when,
following a quarrel, Mrs. Caroline
Howe fred four revolver shots at her
son, John Semore.
One shot took effect plowine
through the back OF the victim. Al
the third shot Semore cried out
Shoot again"
He was hurried to a hospital and
the mother, who has been married
twice, was placed under arrest.
She was not remorseful, and said
she shot in self-defense after her son
had made a threat TO xiii her.
Five years ago, near the scene OF
the shooting. Semore killed a colored
man, Andrew Anderson, by cutting his
throat. He claimed seif-defense and
was acquitted.