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Charlevoix county herald., 1911-11-04
Criujn of Seven-Day Week.

Over $500 years ago the Egyptian
astronomers adopted the present
week of seven days, wholly disasso-
ciated from the lunar and solar cycles.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-11-04
Moving-Picture Shows in Spain.

Hoving-Picture Shows in Spain.
In Barcelona the moving-picture
shows are so popular that on Sundays
thousands of people can be seen out
side OF them waiting for their turn to
secure admission.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-11-04
St. Joseph's Church.
Rev. Timothy Kr0both

Sunday Nov. s, l0:30 a. m. High
Mass and Sermon. 1915 p. m. Bene-
diction.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-07
BIG ATLANTIC
Liner ASHORE.
Vessel Has Seventeen Hundred
Passengers Aboard.

New York, April THE steamer
Princess Irene Of the North German
Lloyd line ran ashore off the Lone
Hill station, ten miles east of Fire
Island. The Princess Irene was on her
way here from Genoa and Naples. On
board are 235 cabin passengers and
ASS in the ,steerage, all from Naples,
Genoa, Palermo and Gibraltar.
BY wireless message Captain Won
Letten-Peterssen assured the company
here that the vessel was not in dan
gerOus position. 1t was said that few
Of the passengers knew that the Prin-
zess Irene was aground until they
arose for breakfast. There was no ex-
element on board.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-07
BANKER DIES IN CEMETERY
Weary and Worn Mentally and Phys,c.
ally He Ends Life.

Redding, CAL, April 7.-E. l.. Bailey,
vice president of the Bank of North.
ern California of this city, was found
in a cemetery, lying across the graves
of his two wives, with a bullet hole
in his head and an empty revolver by
his side The following note was
found on his body:
II am weary and worn and physical
ly and mentally unable to- hear the
load"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-07
jURYmEN CLOSELY GUARDED
Men Sitting on Black Hand Case Not
Allowed to Go Home.

"Sn oiltIHS OH oIdCk mana Vase MOI
Allowed to Go Home.
Chicago, April 7.-Federal authori.
ties are exercising unusual, precau
tons at the trial of Gianni Alongi,
charged with sending threatening let.
ters through the mails. to guard
against any threats reaching the jury
or any violence upon United States
District Judge Lands or others CON
nected with the case
The jury will be guarded night and
day until they have reported their YER
dict to Judge Lands. 1t is usual in
the federal court to permit the jury
men to go to their homes over night,
but the Alongi jury will be kept to
gether and closely guarded, owing tc
rumors that the jury in the forme:
trial disagreed because one OF them
had received BLACK Hand letter
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-07
Negro Wins OratoricaI Honors.

! New York, April For the second
time in the history of Columbia uni.
versity-a negro student has won the
Curtis medal for excellence in public
speaking, one of the highest scholastic
honors in the gift of the faculty. This
years victor is George w. A. Scott,
whose subject was Child Slavery"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-05-30
NO TRACE OF
ESCAPED men
Is Yet Found and Officers Are
Still Busy-Another
Woman Jailed.


No further trace of the seven men
who escaped from the Harrison
county Jail Monday morning has yet
oeen found but corps OF special
detectives is Still searching this sec
dton for them.
Mrs. Jesse Taylor. wife OF one OF
he escaped men, was arrested Mon
day evening at her home at Man
nington and. was brought TO jail
here by Constable Warden Stewart,
Of Enterprise. to await hearing on
the charge of beng an accomplish
in the jail delivery. One OF the
prisoners now confined in the jail
declared that he saw her bring bot
tie of acid and file to her husband
one day last week. She had the
articles concealed the bosom OF her
shirt waist.
Faunce Delegate, the foreigner
who crawIed out of jail with the es-
.aping prisoners and who returned
.wo hours later, says he saw Mrs.
:. B. Price, wife of the accused
heck forger who was among those
Who escaed, give her husband
mall saw and a pair OF p.ncers one
.ay when she visited the jail.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-05-30
Y II1RICAN SOLDIER Is
STILL UNCoNQUERED
THE TINE LIaIT
NEARING ITS ED.

As tie ti1-e li=-.t OF TIC ccn5H-c21i
Gifts for the e1eozEcnt f5ad Of sia-
ri5tta Collage eraws Near, tho iltcr-
est and ac;isity ard cnxi--y are In
tensifed IN the li:tc city in so-th-
eastern ozio. Ey June first the Col
lcge must pay rs debts and Secure
the balance Of 100000 ia casa or
Pledges in order to obtain the 100000
clered by the General Education
Roard and &c $4,000 promised By
MIR. Carnegie.
The education committee OF the
Board Of Trade has taken hold OF tho
matter ard through a large and rep
resentative comr-:.tce Is endeavorins
to secure $4,000 from the city in
addition to several large gifts already
made by individuals On sunday.
May 21, al1ucst all tho ministers OF
Marietta PRESENTED TIE n.@tter from
their pulpits, and again en- last Gun
day further reference was made to It
and pledges taken. The shortness of
tin,e now remaining has made the
friends c. to College anxious lest
the enteTr-ise fail, which would be q
great disaster. SO efforts arc re-
doubled as June 1 breaches. Rep
resentatives of tho College are also
collecting finds in other places, nota-
bly, New York and Chicago.
Ohio's DeSt to Marietta.
Tho foundations OF the State OF
Ohio. as indeed of all the states CT
tho Northvczt Territory, weresIcid at
Marietta in 17SS. President Taft has
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-05-30

battle line that moved by land and
by sea until it had covered tires
thousand miles of teri tory. The
number or men enrolled on both
sides numbered over three million.
OF that number 67,O5S Federal sol
diers went down in death on fields
of battle; 4S,012 died of wounds;
1875, 944 died of disease; 4O.154 died
In prison-mal1ing grand total OF
35O.I6S dead of the Federal army
The dead of the Confederate army,
owing to the loss of records, have
never been fully given. But it IA
safe to say, that the dead of botn
arm .es exceeded more than half al
million. The sadness of this great
loss is intensified when we recall the
fact that this was a drain upon the
young and vigorous manhood of the
nation. Measured by the fearful
loss of life, the expense of main
tenance, equipment and destruction
Of property the Civil war exceeded
the destructive wars OF the mediev-t
lal ages.
When tested by comparative
measurement our seven years of
war with England dwlndles into a
skirmish. During that war there
were only % battles and skirmishes
In the Civil war there were 1926
battles ana skirm shes. At the bat
tie OF shiloh the dead of the Federal
army numbered Las. This is theI
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-05-30
PUMP STAT!ON
That is Building on Hackers
Greek to Be Largest in
the State.

The West Virginia Central Gas
Company is to have the largest pump
ytation in the state 1t is located
On Hackers creek, four miles above
Jane Lew. The buildings are being
ereeted by R. N. Erwin and J. W..
elem, who have under their direc-
ion a number OF other mechanics.
They will complete their work
sometime in July.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-05-30
BIRDIE BRENT DEAD.

Birdie Brent, colored. died Monday
midnight at her home on the West
Milford road a short distance from
the city of a complication of dis
eases, after an illness of several
weeks. She was SO years old. Two
children survive. Arrangements for
the funeral have not yet been made.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-05-30
DECORATION DAY
Is Being Observed in a Rather
Quiet Way ir1s the
City.

Decoration Day is being quietly
OBSERVED here. The banks are
closed. the postofIice has holiday
hours, public offices are also closed
and many OF the business houses are
not doing business today. Baseball
games are being played and this @f-
tcrnoon tho veterans and others are
marching to tho cemetery owned by
the odd Fellows, where they arc to
decorate graves and have appropriate
c,serciscs
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-05-30
HELD UNTIL EVENING.

Three men were arraigned this
morning in police court before May
or Frank r. Moore on charges OF
Drunkenness and disorderly conduct,
one man on charge of plain drunk
enness but all were remandsa to jail
for hearings at an evening session
of the court.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-05-30
sELECr DELEGATES.

Rural mall carriers Of this county
met at the court house today to select
delegates to the state convention at
weston Monday. September 3. Il IS
that p. v, MCGTaNv, fourth
assistant postmaster general, VIII
make an address at the Ftate con-
Ventaon.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-05-30
M1ts. SPENCER DEAD.

Mrs. Fred d. spencer. or the In
dustrIaI addition. died this morning
at O'Clock of acute Bright's disease
The funeral viii he held Thursday
afternoon in one OF the Industrial
churches with Rebekahs in charge
and burial will be at the Masonic
she was middle aged.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-05-30
DIRECTORS
Are to Be Elected by Local
Board of Trade Thurs
day Night.

The annual meeting of the
Clnrksburg Board of Trade viii bo
held in the assembly room CT the
Waldo hotel Thursday night at
O'Clock. The terms of E. B. Deison,
B. F.. Robinson, c. S. Smiley, A. X.
Thorn and w A. Vance expire at
that time and their successors Will
be elected i at the meeting. The
members are all asked to attend the
meeting. 1t is understood that there
viii be no annual banquet this
year.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-05-30
AMERICAN TOBACCO
COMP ANY LOSES
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS BOTH OF MAY
Nv JAMES A. RD9e.- < 2 =.
copyright by Amertc9n RSsAP
tIon. IslLl

~ EAIoRIAL day. 1911, Is nsp-
dcred notable by the fact
that this year marks the If
tieth annir gFsaFy Of the be-
ginning of tho civil war. On Nay 80.
1861, war actually had begun, although
no great battle bad been fought. Il
was not tiTI nearly two months later
fhat the nrst Bull Run opened the
ewes of the north 10 the naGnitude OF
the impending struggle. Prior to that
tfIne most northern people seemed tc
CONTINUED on page SKI
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-05-30

]. G. shaw has gone to Middle
bourne on business.
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The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-16
DEAR HUNTERS
 RETURN HOME
AFTER sUFFETINe WIND AND WAVES FOR THREE DAYS
 RETURN SAFELY

The launch star, hove into port yes terday afternoon, loaded with deer, ducks and clans. The star also had on board sl@gways five crack hunters. Teddy Tyler. Charlie Rapuz- H Clarence AChison, Bert Mckenzie and stormy" Black.
 The boys left Skagway about three week ago on Charlie RapuzEfs launch Star. They or71ised to Tenakee Hot Springs. where they had a fine time. From Teuakee. they sailed for Hawk Inlet Here they hunted deer fOr sev- ,ral days and dug for olams. on the sandy beaches, getting great Quanti- t.es of the latter game.
 Leaving Hawk Inlet. they crutsed around the coast to Juneau, where they spent several days visiting with friends.
 The trip from Juneau Go skagwsy vas long and perilous. The weather vas old and windy. IL took three days to make the trip up: the three days being filled with adventures. First the port oar was carried away. quick ly followed by that one usually found on the sta-boSrd. Following closely on this mishsp, the pikepo1e went by the board. But misfortune sftil puT- sued them. While these last evils were overtaking them, a propeller blade made its getaway, and in the melee which followed the discovery of it's disappearance, Chsrlie RaPuza hroze has hands. But despite all of these misHovtunes, the boys reached home safe and sound and well pleased with their vacation of three weeks.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-16
FAMINE IN
 RUSSIAN DOMAIN

ST PETERSBURG. Nov. l6-Cvia fronter)-Three hundred thousand pec ple are facing starvation in Siberia
 The government has tried to sup press the news. but the dispatch of the relief trains has attracted stten- tion
 The famine is attributed Co a totsa crop failure. With conditions bad as at present, it is said the death rate win be frtEhtful as winter advances.
 Though the government is sending food to the sufferers, it is going in insufficient quantities, contractors are said to be using short weights and supplying poorer qualities than those specified, and government officials are suspected os diverting large parts Of each shipment, selling them and pOcketing the proceeds.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-16
ATLIN OPERATOR
 CLOSES SEASON
]. N. RuFFNER AND CREW OF MEN LEAVE ON THE
 HUMBOLDT TODAY

Mir. ]. Nj. Ruffner, tfIg Attn oPe-- ator was a passenger on last nights train. He vas accompanied by Mrs. Ruffner. They sailed south on the Humboldt this afternoon.
 Mir. Ruffusr expressed himselt as very well pleased with the seasons work and expects to open operations as early as possible ne1t spring, on even a larger scale than this past summer. Mir. Ruffner. this season or erated seventeen giants. working both night and day. He had crew os between forty and sixty men, most of whom came out on the train bast night
 He reported the Ice ss forming rapidly on IALSe Atlin and Lake Ben nett. they having had to leave their boa. at Ten Miie, and mush the rest nf the way 6, Caribou.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-16
DECLARES SHE
 E INNOCENT
CBy Alaska News BsrsaaJ

AEf aA1EnA AHNEA tNaA Ne-+sN
 CHCIAGo. Nov 1e-Mrs. Douise vermilya made her first statement here today since her arrest She de ciares her innocence.
 Mrs. vervnilya was arrested on Nov. and Is charged with poisoning of nine people. whose deaths have been a mystery to the police for the past six years.
 Since her arrest. Mrs veTmilya made an almost successful attempt tO commit suicide. by poisoning herseR
 Her attempted suioide may throw some Hght oa the death Of her vtc- tins. She asked the attendant to get her some white pepper which she was accustomed Co use En her home. and which was found in pepper can. Upon noticing its pungent peppeFy od- or. tue attendant allowed her to use freely Of the supposed ''peppg
 Immediately she vas taken serious ly iH. and upon examination. ft was found she had taken arsenic. The white pepper upon being tested showed a large amount of the dreaded poison.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-16
MANN REFUSES
 ID INTERFERE
JBy Alaska News BUreaul

RICHMOND, Va. Governor William Fl. Mann absolutely refuses to inter 5e7e with the carrying out of the oou-cs sentence on Henry Clay Beat tie.
 He has been besieged by friends Of Beaetie to pardon the doomed man Finally a stay of execution for a few days was asked for, all Of which the Eove~nor has steadfastly refused believing that Beaote was given a far trial and that his guilt was prov en beyond the shadow Of a doubt He declares the law must take its course
 Reattie occupies has cell in the State Prison in stoBd indifference, aItous hoping against hope for a r- p-5eve He stip maintains his lnno- ceaoe
The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-16
DETECTIVES GET
 OLO MURDERER
IBT AIaska M Blreaa ]

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. Is-Detect 5ves here yesterday effected the cap ture O John swsnn. wanted in South Africa for murder committed in 1901.
 Swann was also identified as the man wanted in Alaska for the mu-. fer of two men.
 He Is wearer Of the "VictoTla Gross, which was given him foT val iaut services performed during the Boer war.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-16
REBELS ATTACK
 HANK0W AGAIN
CBy Alaska News Bureau)

SHANGHAI. Nov. l6-Reports re ceived here from Hankow state that the Rebels have again attacked that city. Some terrible fighting is going on and there is much blOOdshed
The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-16
MAY HAVE
 JURY SOON
fRr Alaskn M Bureaul

LOS ANGELES. Nov. 1s-But one more juror uemains to be selected when for the second time the jury box will be fined, in the McNsmars case today.
 Once already twelve men were pas sed by both stdes. but on exercising their peremptory rsEhts. ten of tho jurors were excused, necessitasAng th' calling of another venire.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-16
ID
 HELP ALASKA
ROSE CITY WILL SEND pELEeA- TON TO WASHINGTON TO
 HELp NoRTHLANo
CBy Alaska News Bureaa.)

PORTLAND. Nov. 1s-The cham Der of commerce here last night de oided to send delegation Co Wash Ington. D. C.. and the nert Congress to help Alaska
 Tbe movement met wfth the appTo- val of every member present. the decision besng unanimous
The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-16
TAFT PAROONS
 LEWISTON MAN
CBy Alaska News Bureanl

WASHINGTON. D. C. Nov. 15- President Taa today psrdoned Car ence Ro5nett. of Lewiston. Idaho
 Robnetf. who was bank clerk tn Lewiston. was sentenced to ten years in the peniteHtfaTy for embezziemenf. The pardon came as a surprise to number of persons inBevistoa.
 BOISE, Idaho. Nov. 1s-GovernoT James II. Havbey. when told that President Taft had pardoned Robnett, denounced R as ar outrage against the safety oS the community
The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-16
SkAGWAY RAS
 FIRST SNOW

The firss snow Of the seasOn fell last night. F began to float gently down at about [ o'clock and contin- ue7 for couple Of hours There were no visible signs of s this morn f--~
The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-16
TIMES VICTIMS
 GET MONUMENT
LRr Alaska M Bureaul

LOS ANGELES. Nov, l6-A monu- uenz in honor of the sixteen victims of the explosion which blew up the Tines bu1diuE heue last winter was ie5tCated yesterday.
 It is the dsath of one of these vic ams that James McNamara, whose SpectaCula- t-tal Is now going on, is -al-Eed with causing
The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-16
PARLIAMENT
 IN SESSION
NEW GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA OPENS cossRVATIVE
 PARLIAMENT
.Er Alaska News Bureau) OTTAWA. Nov. lS-The Canadian


 rs--aUert opened here yesterday. The parliament was p0esided ovez ry -se new gove-ro- general the Duke e Co1aaaest wEo has recently sae--e5eE Eazl Grey Ss governor -c-a-a- ,7E Canada
 For le frs =ue since lS96, the Ca-~e-rs Evss holE tle naSo-s,y ia ncsr H-E-ases os -ae na-baUezt
 Under Gs 1ea5e-~s-7 os the new premier MT R l.. Bo-se-- the Con
 rrs orc-wse1uas che Liberals, -Nose 5cV-fau Is a1-ioutet to the -a1--7ety uesSu0a. vhich was Ge
 a. lse lzs- elecEo-- The "a0- -zz=7- Horsy was also & huge sa-- zz rla Lz1e-alS' downfall
The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-16
ArrELL BEATS YOUNG COHEN
fRy Alaska News Bureau1

NEW YORK. Nov. 16-Abe Ateell won an easy victory over Young Co hen here last night. The bost went ten rounds. Attell being given the decision.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-16
MEIIGANS n
 HIVE ARMY
- .-ssEa N. -

NENTCO CITY. Nov l6-The cham Der e Ee711ss yeSte-dsy decided so 5---aaSe tle Mexican army.
 They voted fourteen million pesos F-- --e 7u-0ose. which amounts Co ab1u- seven -l-ior dollars h Amer lean -o-sy
The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-16

The Curacao left Juneau at s a. m and win make port early this evening
 Sergeant McNamars went Co Haines today on the Humboldt He wiH re- turn on the Curacao tonight
The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-16
BIG FIRE
 IN OGDEN
fRr Alalska News Bnreaul

IHT AIasEa NeNb HuIthu'I
 OGDEN Utah. Nov. is-The Ec- cles block tuok fire last night and was entirely destroyed. b was the home of maqy commercial uTganlsa- tons.
 The loss due to fire and water will approach the s75O 900 mark.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-16
INPERIALISTS
 LOSE HEADS
IRv Alasza Nevs BU7saa}

NAErG. Nov. l6-A reign ot Fer -v- and uur5e- has begun here. Many Tmps-aEsts are beiug beaeaded
The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-16

The Humboldt cane into port this afternoon at 2 o'clock and left an hour later.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-04
Bresnahan'S Brother
Taught Him to Catch

it. With that he ripped open the letter
and, 10 and behold, IL was a fiat OFFER
from the Washington Nationals. /
was afraid some one was kidding me-
but that night / received a telegram
asking why l didn't answer the letter
I wired back was coming and hoped
a train.
MY first year with Washington was
a great success. I led the National
League pitchers, and when / came back
home my services were in demand. /
had an offer of SIS and expenses to
pitch a crucial game between Lima
and another town team. l held out
until Jimmy got the same price. There
was a lot Of money on the game, and
when it began / was more nervous
than when | pitched my first game In
the National Lea2u
Got Hard Licking.
Charley France, who is now scout
ing for the Cardinals, and Topsy Hart
sci Of the Athletics, We're on the oppos
ing team. Home Run O'Rourke, q great
swatter, was also playing against me-.
III the first inning they hammered out
four home runs and I had an awful
time persuading the people Of Lima
that / was pitching on the square.
But the fact was that / would rather
have won that game than any in the
National League, and although /
seemed at my best, the batters simply
rounded my shoots TO all corners Of
the lot. All of which goes to prove
that a pitcher may get his worst drub-
bling when he thinks he's at his best
But. say, they played ball in those
DAYS for the love of the game Even
after / had made good with Washing
ton l used TO get out with the Lima
boys and dub around the diamond until
il was too dark to play. And, believe
me, if Jimmy had stuck to baseball he
would have been one bear cat as a
catcher We all played because we
loved the game, and the most Of us
made good. Too many Of the young
steTs nowadays are in the game for
the money. I think they ought to get
the dough, but they should also like
baseball for the sports sake. I always
did, and do yet"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-04
MASTERS SALE.

Notice is hereby given that under and
by virtue of a final decree of foreclosure
and sale rendered by the Hon. J. Emmett
Wolfe Judge of the Circuit Court OF Es-
Gambia County Florida, in the case of
Americans National Bank OF Pensacola,
Florida, a corporation under the laws
of the United States, versus Andrew
Cobb. Tabitha Cobb. w: E. Jennings, w.
". Perry, Bessie b. Wilson, In her own
right and as Administrative OF the estate
Of D. Hale Wilson. deceased, and Eliza
Islgned, as special master, will on the
krst Monday in November. A D., 1911,
during the legal hours of sale, sell at
public outcry to the highest cash bidder,
before the county court house door in
the City Of Pensacola, Escambia County,
Florida, the following described real
of Escambia, State Of Florida, to-wit:
Lot Eve CO. in Block two hundred and
seventy (27o), New City OF Pensacola,
said lot fronting forty (4o) feet on the
south side OF Bobe Street, by one hundred
and thIrty-seven and a half (13I 1-2) feet
ia depth between Twelfth and Thirteenth
; Avenues, Deed at cost Of purchaser.
...--.G w. D. HOWE.
oct4oaw4w Special Master.