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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03

the latter was away for his vacation
for two months, must impress every
one.
Places the Blame.
"The person upon whose statement
the existence of what has been proper
ly characterized as an amazing post
script is based, is a writer for newspa-
pers and magazines, who was given
permission by Secretary Fisher, after
consulting with me, to examine all the
files in respect to the Controller Bay
matter-and this under the supervision
of Mr.. Brown, then private secretary
of the secretary Of the interior.
After the examination, at which 1t
is alleged this postscript was re-
ceived from the hand Of Mr.. Brown,
the correspondent prepared an elab-
crate article on the subject OF
this order and Controller Bay.
which was submitted to Mr.. Fisher,
and which was discussed with Mr..
Fisher at length, but never in the con.
versation between them or in the arti-
Gle submitted did the correspondent
mention the existence of the post
script. Mr.. Brown states that there
was no such POSTSCRIPT In the papers
when he showed them to the CORE
spondent and that he never saw such
a postscript Similar evidence is
given by Mr.. Carr and other custodians
of the records in the interior depart
ment.
Stronger evidence of the falsity and
maliciously slanderous character of the
alleged postscript could not be had.
Its only significance is the light 1t
throws on the bitterness and venom Of
some of those who take active part in
every discussion of Alaskan issues.
scandal-Moneerins Denounced.
lam in full sympathy with the con-
Germ of reasonable and patriotic men
that the valuable resources of Alaska
should not be turned over to be ex-
plotted for the profit Of greedy, absorb
ing and monopolistic corporations or
syndicates. Whatever the attempts
which have been made, no one, as a
matter of fact, has secured In Alaska
any undue privilege or franchise not
completely under the control of con-
gress am in full agreement with the
view that every care, both in admin
istration and in legislation, must be
observed to prevent the corrupt or I'M
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03
BLAcKMAILINe MUST BE ART
Amateur Makes Mistake When He
Seeks to Make Money In Such
an AVocatlon.

Police Commissioner Waldo of New
York was talking about blackmailers
They are, as rule, stupid" he
said. Their threatening letters are
as udicrous In their stupidity as a
letter a friend Of mine received the
other day"
And Commissioner Waldo, with a
laugh, produced the letter. Written
in large, boyish hand, it said:
Deer sir-Your winder was brok.
en- by bad boi wat throo it throo
four thee pirpus. The ball belonged
two NEE, but an eneme of mine
sneaked it and did the deed to put
the blame on NEE. l am sorry he
did 1t, and that 1t have give you CRATE
pain, and have prosecuted the per-
peetrater wot done it. But you would
not have thee innocent suffer fer the
billy, so, If you drop thee ball over
the garden wall. If you don't be-
ware!-(Signed) Innocent"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03

was at first opposed In the public in
terest to granting the elimination
which he requested, nevertheless
through the undue influence of my
brother, Mr.. Charles P. Taft, and the
disclosure of the real persons in in
terest, was induced improperly and
for the promotion Of their private
gain, to make the order
THE statement in so far as my broth
er is concerned-and that is the chief
feature of the postscript-is utterly
unfounded. He never wrote to me or
spoke to me in reference to Richard
S. Ryan or on the subject of Controller
Bay or the granting of any privileges
or the making Of any orders in respect
to Alaska. He has no interest in
Alaska, never had, and knows nothing
of the circumstances connected with
this transaction. He does not remem-
Der that he ever met Richard S. Ryan.
He never heard of the Controller Bay
railroad until my cablegram of inquiry
reached him, which, with his answer,
is in the record.
Mr. Ballinger says in a telegram in
answer to my inquiry, both of which
are in the record that he never re-
ceived such a postscript and that he
was in Seattle on the date of July 10,
when 1t was said to have been written.
Mr. Richard s. Ryan in letter
which he has sent me without
solicitation, and which is in the
record, says that he never met my
brother, MIR. Charles P. Taft, and
that so far as he knows, Mr.. Charles
P. Taft never had the slightest inter
est in Controller Bay, in the Control.
er Railway and Navigation company
or in any Alaskan company, and he
utterly denies writing or signing the
alleged postscript The utter improb
ability of his writing such a postscript
to Mr.. Ballinger at Washington, when
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03

Graves; how the navy department
stated it did not desire to use Con-
troller bay as a reservation; how the
matter was considered fully by the
forestry bureau, the secretary of ag-
riculture, the secretary Of the inter
Tor, the general land Office and the
cabinet. AS result, after an inter
view between the president and Mr..
Ryan, an order was drafted eliminat-
ing 800 acres.
Meanwhile Mr.. Ryan had satisfied
the president and other officials that
he and his associates had no connec-
ton with the Morgan-Guggenheim in
terests and were engaged in an in
dependent enterprise in good faith to
build an independent railroad. The
question again came before the cab
met, and the president, with the ap-
proval of the secretaries Of the In
terror and agriculture, changed the
order so that it eliminated 1886
acres, with sufficient room for a
railroad town. The message says:
81 was willing to do this because
found the restrictions in the law suf
ficient to prevent the possibility OF
any monopoly Of either the uplands
or the harbor or channel by the Con
troller Railroad and Navigation com
pany or any other person or con
Germ" These restrictions the presi
dent sets forth at length, and shows
that the Ryan company has not the
slightest opportunity for exclusive
appropriation Of the harbor facilitie:
unless congress shall by future ac
deliberately and voluntarily confer it
The "Dlck to Dick" Letter.
Coming to the personal side of the
matter Mr.. Taft says:
Before closing, l desire to allude t.
q circumstance which the terms o.
this resolution make apt and relevant
1t is widely published statement at
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03

fair acquisition of undue privilege,
franchise, or right from the govern
ment in that district. But everyone,
must know that the resources of
Alaska can never become available
either to the people of Alaska or to the
public of the United States unless rea-
sonable opportunity is granted to those
who would invest their money to Sc
cure a return proportionate to the risk
run in the investment and reasonable
under all circumstances
ION the other hand, the acrimony of
spirit and the intense malice that have
been engendered in respect Of the ad-
ministration of the government in
Alaska and in the consideration of
measures proposed for her relief and
the wanton recklessness and eagerness
with which attempts have been made
to besmirch the characters of high Of
ficials having to do with the Alaskan
government, and even Of persons not
In public life, present a condition that
calls for condemnation and requires
that the public be warned of the de-
moralization that has been produced
by the hysterical suspicious of good
people and the INSCRIPTIONS and cor
rupt Misrepresentation of the wicked.
The helpless state to which the credul-
ity of some and the malevolent scan
dal.mongering of others have brought
the people of Alaska in their struggle
for it's development ought to give the
public pause, for until a juster and fair
er view be taken, investment in
Alaska, which is necessary to its de-
velopment, will be impossible, and hon
est administrators and legislators will
be embarrassed in the advocacy and
putting into operation of those policies
in regard to the territory which are
necessary to it's progress and pros
perity. WILLIAM H. TAFT.
"The White House, July rs. 1911"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03

A German expedition which went to
German East Africa to search for d.
nosaurian remains reports the dis
covery of bones larger than any here
tofore exhumed in other parts Of the
world One specimen which has been
secured is a humerus 6 feet 10h
Inches in length. This would indicate
a thigh bone of nine feet Heretofore
the diplodoccus has been considered
the great-granddaddy of colossal land
animals of all times But the length
Of the humerus Of the diplodocccus
was only three feet eleven inches. It
Is very safe to say of the prehistoric
geological ages that there were giants
In those days"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03
Cover for eathtuh.

Many housekeepers spend a lot Of
time cleaning their bathtubs, Here is
way to make the work less strenu.
Gus: Cut piece of unbleached mus.
lin the size of the tub and round of
the edges to fit it, bias facing is then
stitched round the cover. and through
this piece of tape is run When the
tub is not in use the cover is put on
and tape drawn tightly under the
edge. 1t is easy enough to wash. and
spares an incredible lot of wear and
tear on bathtub.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03
Sampson at GAIA.

familiar story is that at Sampson
pulling down the pillars o: the temple
of GAIA. whereby the roof fell upon
the Philistines How Samson was
able to do this is now known Excava.
lions on the site OF GAIA show that the
pillars OF the temple we're of wood.
and rested upon foundations OF stone
without being fastened thereto The
strong man had. therefore. merely to
push these pillars of their supporting
stones. when down would come the
ont Of the whole building
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03

Wichita, Kan, July 7, l9ll.-"Wichita
and Kansas may well be proud of THE
FARMERS AND BANKERS LIFE IN
naneal institution Of 'f this s0'C ety a Tbe
Company's success is attracting attention
all over the country, and has been re-
marked upon by every leading Life In
surance Magazine in the United States
Its record for it's first month, of $532, 800
of business is a remarka BILE one, and is a
great endorsement of the Kansas spirit
which has built up SO many great insti-
buttons in this state. The success of the
Company continues, and its total business
is now over three-quarters of a million"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03
PRESIDENT TAFT REFUTES
CONTROLLER BAY CHARGES
Message 10 the Senate Fully Explains the Trans
action and Denounces the Attack on Chief
Executive and His Brother as Wiful
and Malicious Falsehood.

Washington.-President Taft sent
10 the senate Wednesday a message
that recalled some of those received
from his predecessor. 1t was In re-
ply to a resolution of the senate re-
uuesting the president to transmit to
the senate all the documents relating
TO the elimination from the Chugach
national forest, in Alaska, of land
fronting upon Controller bay. Mr..
Taft seizes the occasion occasion to
make vigorous defense of his own
honor and that of his brother, Charles
P. Taft, against the attacks made in
relation to this Controller bay scan
dal."
The president sent in all the docu-
ments asked for, and more, and
quotes the executive order in ques-
ton, by which 1880 acres were
eliminated from the national forest.
His message describes the import
ance of Controller bay as railway
terminal and relates the operations Of
the Copper River railroad, owned by
the Morgan-Guggenheim interests,
whose terminal is at Cordova.
Ryan's Application Investigated.
In December, 1909, Richard s..
Ryan applied for the Controller bay
elimination, afterward granted, stat
ing that he represented the Controller
Railroad and Navigation company
Mr.. Talt tells how this application was
referred to the district foresters at
Portland, Ore, and in Alaska and
was approved by Chief Forester
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03
Soldiers Brave Deed.

Asked what was the bravest deed he
mad ever seen. Lord Roberts said he
smembered that while he was on his
way to Lucknow his force was s'~-0ed
oy walled Enclosure A little soldier,
a Punjabi Mohammedan. seeing the
difficulty. endeavored to open the door
which barred their way. When he tried
Irst TO draw the bolt one OF his hands
was cut of by one of the enemy; then
ne managed to unfasten the bolt with
mis- other hand. which was subsequent.
~ nearly severed from the wrist
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03
His Thouahtful Wife.

"I hate to, boast" said a Cleveland
lawyer, but my wife is one of the
most economical women in the world.
The other day she told me she needed
new suit. l said she ought to have
1t, by all means, but asked her not to
spend big bunch of money without
letting me know about 1t. Well, the
next day she said: The tailor said he
couldn't make the suit for less than
$3.50. 1 thought it was too much but
told him to go ahead
"'Well, I suppose it is all right
said. but why didn't you consult me
first?'
"Why, dearie, I didn't want to
spend car fare for two visits
81 tell you, it's these little econo'
mics that count, eh?"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03

The bureau of animal industry has
Revised what appears to be break
last food for horses, with the purpose
10 reduce the high cost Of their living.
This substitute for oats is composed
Of cocoanut and peanut meals and 1t
can be produced for SIS less ton
than whole oats cost. 1t appears that
the horses experimental with did not
take eagerly to the new ration at first;
quite as human beings used to find
their breakfast foods cloggy until q
taste was expressly cultivated. The
horses had to get the habit without
the encouragement which liberal ap-
plication Of cream and sugar affords
the bipeds. In due time, however, the
animals recovered their form on the
novel diet. The ration must be un-
auestionably justified, nevertheless,
before 1t can be commended to those
who truly love horse. 1t is not the
animals fault that oats have become
luxury. Human beings have been
Induced to eat its natural fodder in
enormous quantities and that is the
reason.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03

tributed to newspaper correspondent
that in an examination of the files Of
the interior department few weeks
ago a postscript was found attached
to a letter of July 10. 1910, addressed
by Mr.. Richard s. Ryan to Secretary
Ballinger-and in the present record
urging the elimination Of land
enough for terminals for the Control
Ter Railway & Navigation company.
The postscript was said to read as fol-
lows:
Dear Dick: l want to see the presi-
dent the other day. He asked me
who 1t was | represented. told him
according to our agreement, that l
represented myself. But that didn't
seem to satisfy him. So sent for
Charlie Taft and asked him to tell
his brother, the president, who it was
| really represented. The president
made no further objection to my
claim. Yours, DICK"
Uses Strong Language.
1.-THE postscript is not now on the
files of the department. If 1t were,
1t would be my duty to transmit it
under this resolution. Who is really
responsible for its wicked fabrication
If 1t ever existed, or for the viciously
false statement made as to Its anthem
ITCHY, is immaterial for the purposes
of this communication. The purport
of the alleged postscript is, and the in
tention of the fabricator was, to make
Mr.. Richard s. Ryan testify through
its words to the public that although
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03

Still another doctor is added to the
list Of those who are being sued for
sewing up various articles in the
bodies of their patients operated upon.
In this last case it is forceps. This
sort of thing is apt to make patients
nervous over the prospect of having a
Junk department added to the original
plan of their interior economy.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03
SAVING AND EARNING.

A Chicago millionaire came TO this
country in 1871, with IL cents in his
pocket. The other day. referring to
It, he said he laid down this rule:
"Never to be out of work and never
10 spend as much as you earn" It
was that rule that made him mil
lionaire, and that is the kind Of mil
lionaire that is entitled to honor His
Idea is that It is good for man to
save, for economy is healthy habit,
says the Ohio State Journal. AS rule
men can live on half they spend, have
better health. and can do more work.
Let q man sit down and make q list
Of what he needs, not scantily but
bountifully, and he will be surprised
bow many things he can cut out and
yet keep body and mind in fine con-
dition There are many things that
one buys that are the objects of his
fancy. He sees them and wants
them; If he didn't see them he
wouldn't want them. We once heard
Of man who would not go to market,
because he said, he wanted to buy ev-
erything. and succeeded in buying
much he did not need. 1t is possible
to live well on meals that average
only 10 cents poy capita. In a school
On the west side they do it. and that
little CLUB Of teachers are hearty and
happy as robins in a cherry tree. We
must get out Of the idea that great
chunks Of heavy food are required for
energy. AS rule they reduce 1t.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03

The American bullfrog Is to be in
troduced into Japan by young Japa
nese who was graduated from an
American agricultural college this
year. Choruses of large, healthy Amer.
lean frogs, believing Togo! To-go!"
from the marshes should add much to
the charm of Japanese life and
strengthen the ties between the two
countries.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03
His Prescription.

A young doctor wishing to engage
the company of young lady for a
buggy ride, sent the following pre-
scription:
One buggy, one horse, one good
road, one doctor Take from p. m.
on.-Judge.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03

A telephone has been installed near
the pulpit of Kansas church to en-
able the congregation to hear the SER
mon without going to church. How
ever 1t is difficult feat to sleep and
hold a receiver to ones ear at the
same time.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03

1t is pointed out that there is no
danger of OVERRIDING the apple raising
business, as the frequent crop failures
keep down the production. Yet this
does not seem to be a good argument
10 address to prospective but hest.
tating investors.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03

BY hypnotizing maniac an Illinois
woman prevented him from attacking
her and her children. 1t might be we'll
for the ladies to drop bridge for a
while and take up hypnotism.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03
Generous.

WAS he generous when a boy at
school?"
yes; he always let his school
mates take his share Of the punish.
nt."-Judge.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03

No patriotic citizen will let any
guilty fly escape, and all flies have
been duly convicted.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03

There are but few sure things in
this old world. One of them is the
uncertainty of womans age.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03

The seventeen-year OIL locust IL
food n the long run for the English
sparrow Its end is inglorious.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03

Smokers like Lewis Single Binder cigal
for its rich mellow quality.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03

More people would succeed if more
would try.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03
Refreshing Sight.

Refreshing Sight.
Feeling blue today?"
yes"
Lets go down to the bank and look
at some money"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-03

Mollie-she's great on adopting new
fads.
Jack-But she objects to new
wrinkles.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-02
SUES FOR BACK ALIMONY
FROM MAN SHE DIVORCED.

UNIONTOWN, Pa, March 1.-The
equity suit in behalf of Mrs. Ida Pur-
cell Fitzgerald against her former hus-
band, General Purcell Fitzgerald, of
Ireland. to secure a lien on valuable
coal property in Fayette county, Pa.
in order that she may force the pay
ment of s15. 900 alimony annually, was
called for trial before Judge R. e. UNI
bel here today.
Mrs. Fitzgerald Is a niece of j. V.
Thompson, the millionaire banker and
coal mar of Uniontown, and Fitzger-
aid was a general officer in the Brit
ish army during the Boer var The
courtship involved scenes and Incl
dents covering two continents, and the
granting of the divorce was the reign
ing sensation. In her bill of complaint
Mrs. Fitzgerald alleges the defendant
has violated his obligation and a re-
ceiVer Is asked. General Fitzgerald,
who arrived here today for the trial,
claims he is no longer liable for ALI
mony. since he has remarked.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-02
REMARKABLE SWORN STATEMENT
OF A new BRUNSWICK
DRUGGIST.

Have sold your Swamp-Root for
twenty-eight years and have known its
valuable curative qualities for the past
twenty years. For kidney, liver and
bladder troubles I have never known
a single case where it has failed to re-
lieve and cure. Right in my own house
hold Swamp-Root cured my wife of
catarrh of the. bladder, while 1t cured
me of liver and bladder troubles.
Numerous cases have come under my
personal observation, which has made
me very enthusiastic about recon-
mending DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root to
anyone suffering from kidney. liver and
bladder troubles, and I have the great
est confidence in it's merits. Have
never heard any customers who have
given DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root a trial
speak of it but in the highest terms.
Yours respectfully,
JOS. F. BRADLEY, Druggist.
t72 Hamilton St, New Brunswick, N. j.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of July. A. D. 1909
JAS. H. VAN CLEEF,
Notary Public.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-02
MaS. WNeY SINS
DENY CHARGES OF
MISUSING DIVIDEND.
Youngstown-SharOn Ry. and
Leighton Calkins Answer Suit.
Especial to the Newark Star

TRENTON, March 1.-The Youngs-
town-Sharon Railway and Light Com
pany and Leighton Calkins filed in the
Court of Chancery today their answers
to the suit instituted against them by
E. Clarence Jones, Of New York.
Mr.. Jones, as a s%tockholder of the
youngstown company, asked for an ac-
counting of profits, which he charged
were being misaprlied for the benefit
of the New Yot Trust Company AMI
the subsidiari, of the Youngstown
company. He charged that in Decem-
Der, 1907, the Youngstown company had
a surplus and net profits of 1927, 423,
and that now the surplus inc net
profits aggregate more thar $500, 900.
The complainant charges that instead
of distributing the profits as dividends
the money is all turned over to the
New York Trust Company and affili-
ated corporations. The defendants, IN
their answer, deny that there has beerr
any misuse of the funds of the COM
pany.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-02
FIVE ARRESTED ON PERJURY
CHARGE IN ASSAULT CASE.

TRENTON, March -Four men n
a hoy were arrested charged with per-
jury yesterday afternoon after the con-
viction of Cesaro Chianese in Mercer
court for ~atrocious assault and bat
terry. Chianese had been charged with
having shot Dominica Maiello, who, it
is alleged, later shot Chianese. CHA
nese testified that he was not in Tren-
ton when Maiello was shot, but there
was ample testimony to show that he
was. Maiello, on the w1tness-stand, de-
clared that 1t was not Chianese who
shot him, although he had previously
accused him.
That the testimony of the others
who were arrested had been planned
in order to save both Chianese and
Maiello was suspected by Prosecutor
Crossley.