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The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26
He hoped So. Too.

Nellie Mccoy tells the story of a advance agent of barn-stormin show that nearly closed every Satul day night, but rested over Sunda and started in bright and fresh Mol day morning.
 His mother was a Quaker, and whe he wrote that he was the bushes manager in advance of the show, sh wrote him:
 My Dear Son-I am very sorry tha thou art in the show business, but am glad that thou art ahead of th show I trust that thou wilt alway stay ahead of 1t"
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26
BARBER BLOWN INTO SEA
Boiler Explosion Sends Tonsoria Art st Overheard for Two Terrible
 Hours.

c. Whitman of Palmyra, N. J., the Titanic's barber, was blown off the deck by the second of the two explo- sions of the boilers and was In the water more than two hours before he was picked up by raft.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

Considering their familiarity with the language shouted by railroad sta tion announcers and street car con ductors. 1t seems unreasonable for Americans to object to grand opera in French and German.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

We are informed that plot 10 de throne the king Of Siam has been dis \covered. Chowfa Maha Vajlravudh's name is not the only burden he has 4o carry.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

Hiram Maxim informs us that with in a few years armor plate will be no more effective than cheese. And vet we have met some highly effec tive cheese.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

A scientist has discovered that wine can be made of bananas. If 1t affects locomotion the way the skins do. take it away
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

Have you figured out just how much that proposed national tax of De. cent on all net earnings in excess oi s5,00O a year is going to cost yol?
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

"A woman should enjoy a No 6 shoe" says a lady medic. This is especially true if the woman has corns.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

A Pennsylvania farmer has discov- cred a coal mine in his cellar This has been a splendid winter in which to make such a discovery.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

A Philadelphian swallowed poison. inhaled gas and cut his throat For a resident of that town he seems to have been in quite a hurry
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

About the meanest way man could de was experienced by an unfortu- nate one in the south who was kicked to death by a dead mule.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

If the courts are going to decide how much a girls hat may cost 1t will be lucky that women may not serve on the juries.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

Archaeologists claim they have dis. covered the Broadway of Pompeii. but how do they account for the jar Of water they found there?
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

A statistician tells us that the per capita debt of the United States is s10S3 Now, If we could only con. vince our tailor.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

That coming baby show at Palm Beach will not be fashionable hotel function. but the result of local en. terprise.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

The south pole has been spotted. but 1t will prove no more valuable than its colleague at the other end of the earth.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

Eggs sell for five cents a dozen In China. But for ordinary purposes china eggs are not worth even that.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

Norway appears to have been stung by the discovery bug. A Norwegian astronomer says he has discovered new star
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

Americans complain that they are not safe in Mexico but there Is no law compelling Americans to live in that forsaken country.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

Another aviator threatens to ny across the Atlantic. but up to date, no newspaper has bought the exclu. sive rights to his story.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

Yale has given up basketball. What is to become of our colleges if this sort of thing keeps up?
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

Chicago will have one of the biggest aeroplane meets ever held. and 1t has arranged already to furnish the neces- eary sky room
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

It will readily be observed that reaching the south pole Is no Sunday afternoon stroll.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26
TITANIC SURVIVORS ARRIVE IN NEW YORK ON CARPATH|A Death List Increases With News From Rescue Vessel---Tales of Suffer-
 ing and Despair. MANY PROMINENT AMERICANS PERISH John Jacob Astor and Major Archibald Butt Die Like Heroes According to Survvors--Mrs
 Isadore Sraus Stays by
 Husband.

Western Newspaper Union Newt Service.
 New York-Seven hundred and for ty-five persons, mostly women, sick in heart and body wrote into the annals of maritime history on their arrival heye the loss of the finest steamship ever built by man.
 They were the survivors of the White Star liner Titanic, which sank, bow foremost, with 1895 souls aboard. her coIors flying and her band playing "Nearer My God. to Thee" in 2ooo fathoms of water off the banks of Newfoundland under starlit skies at 2:20 a. m. Monday.
 With one voice they told of the splendid heroism of those who re- malned behind to find a watery grave that they might live.
 Captain Smith died, they said, as a gallant sailor should, after first hav- Ina placed all the women who would ao aboard the life boats. There were many who staId behind to die In their husbands arms.
 From their narratives stand out In bold relief these facts:
 The Titanic was making 21 knots an hour when she struck the iceberg.
 No one at first thought that she would sink.
 She remained afloat more than two hours.
 The iceberg ripped open her bowels below the water line.
 Panic was averted by Captain Smiths terse appeal to his crew: Be British, my men"
 A small number of steerase passen- gers tried to rush for the Iifeboats and were held back by the crew and other passengers.
 The Titanic turned her nose for the bottom when the last lifeboat was less than a hundred yards away, reared her stern high In the air and trem- bled for a moment before seeking the bottom. There were two explosions when the inrushing waters reached her boilers
 When she sank there was silence; a moment later the cries and suppi- cations of 1,5oo dying men rose in melancholy chorus over the spot where she went down.
 For hours the survivors rowed in lfebosts over the calm sea before the Carpathia picked them up.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26
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About once a month the average girl of Is meets the only man she could ever love.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

Nearly all Boston girls are reported to have bow legs and big feet But there may be Boston girls whose left shoulder blades are pretty.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

Winter should have been sent to a school where stuttering is cured.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

It Is said that Sir Thomas Upton will get a wife if he wins the cup. There is no limit to Toms gameness.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

A highbrow informs us that a wom- an Is at her best at the age of fifty. Cheer up. sisters; there Is hope.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

year on Mars contains 730 days. Just think of the length of the base ball season.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

It is all right to tack calling cards on the south pole. but election posters should not be pasted there.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

We had never heard of Il Yuen Hung until he was elected vice-presi dent of China. It Is different fin this country. We never hear of him after ward
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

We may hear next that they have decided in China to do something for the ultimate consumer.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

A California woman wants divorce because her husband is faultless. It seems he Is faultless to fault
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

In some parts of Spain there are 20s holidays year. This is held to be excessive.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

Both poles have been discovered. but mort of us prefer to take middle course.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

New York-The Cunard liner Car pathia bearing the exhausted suryi- vors of the Titanic catrastrophe. ar rived in New York Thursday night. The whole world awaited it's arrival for reliable news of the greatest ship wreck in the annals of history Sur vivors told in its awful deails the story of how the White Star liner ri tanic-the greatest ship afloat-had sunk of the Grand Banks of Newfound- land early Monday morning. April 18th carrying to their death from L. 595 to l,70O of the H,340 persons aboard
 The death list has been increased, rather than decreased Six persons died after being rescued The list of prominent persons lost stands as pre- viously reported. Practically every woman and child. with the exception Of those who refused 10 leave their husbands. were saved.
 The survivors in the lifehoats saw the lights on the stricken vessel glim- CT u iIle lAoNs HtdIN iAtl hNAiA PldE III t Nearer. My God, to Thee, saw the doomed hundreds on her deck. and heard their groans and cries when the vessel sank.
 Rushing to Her Doom.
 Accounts vary as to extent of the disorders on board. Not only was the Titanic tearing through the night 10 her doom with every ounce of steam crowded on, but she was under orders from tho general offices of the line to make all the speed of which she was capable This was the statement made by J H. Moody, a quartermaster of the vessel and helmsman on the night of the disaster. He said the ship was making 21 knots an hour and the officers were striving 10 live Elp to the orders to smash the record.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

From Washington alset came the opinion of expert naval hydrographsrs that no blame should attach 10 Capt. Smith, because, as they contend, andy. sis of ocean charts has shown that the skipper, warned of the presence of icebergs had steered the Titanic fully GO miles southward from the regular course. In spite of this caution the mass of ice was struck and as a pre. ventitive of similar disasters. the Photographic office issued an order shrifting the lanes of transatlantic liners 1S0 miles southward from the path which the Titanic followed.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-31
Local Data Yesterday.

Weather Forecast.
For Cairo and vicinity--Showei ;
and cooler Saturday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-31
SCULPTOR POTTER
|ESAFTERAW WEIRD
CHINESE OPERATION
Oriental Doctor ''Vaccinated' Him
on Abdomen and Applied
a Strong Plaster

Special to The Bulletin.
Seattle, Wash, Aug. 3o.--A chem
ical analysis was made today of the
contents OF his stomach in an effort
to determine the cause Of the death
OF Louis Potter, OF New York, a
noted American sculptor, who died
in great agony in an obscure hotel
on Sixth avenue yesterday, after un-
10 days treatment at the
hands OF Chinese physician, for
a skin disease with which he had
been afflicted almost since birth.
Coroner Snyder is convinced death
was not due to blood poisoning.
An autopsy was held last night, but
nothing was found to indicate the
nature OF the final ailment.
Coroner Snyder to-day began an
analysis of the blood, as it is con-
sidered possible death may have
been caused by poison entering the
blood in the administering of herbs
w the Chinese practitioner.
Potter, who came to Seattle 10
days ago with woman companion,
and registered at the hotel as DIR,
Percy and wife," told few friends
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-31

terday from st. Louis.
Towboat Oscar F, Barrett, here
since Thursday, left at 1885 Q. III,
yesterday for the lower Mississippi!
with one empty barge.
The steamer Rapids arrived and
departed on schedule time.
River Forecast.
The Mississippi from below st,
Louis to above Cairo, will fall at a
slow rate for the next or 3 days
The Ohio, from the mouth of the
Wabash to Cairo, will remain with
out important change for the next
few days,
No important changes are indicat-
ed within the next two days for the
tennessee, from Florence to the
routh, and the Wabash at Mt, Car
rel.
H. T. LINDLEY.
Local Foreeaste".
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-31
KANSAS ELECTOR
CASE GOES TO
SUPREME court
State Judiciary for
Roosevelt Causes Appeal by
TAFT Contingent
Associated Press Dispatch.

Associated Press Dispatch
Washington, Aug. 30.-The fight
! between the Taft and the Roosevelt
forces over the presidential electors
from Kansas was today transferred
officially from the courts of that
state the supreme coure of that
United States. The record of the
case in the Kansas courts was filed
in the supreme court here. 1t will
be rushed to the printer 50 that the
4 court may dispose of the case inn
mediately upon converting Oct. 80.
The transfer of the record Of the
( litigation was in response to the
command of Associate Justices Van
de Venter and Pittney, given
August at New York, upon request
al the Taft attorneys.
! The decision of the Kansas court
Was everse to the Taft followers
aud the main hope of the Taft man.
ayers to procure the electoral vote
OF Kansas lies In the fact to get the
supreme court of the United States
| to reverse the state supreme court.
AS shown by the completed rec
ORD Just fled, the Taft forces claim
/ that they have freudulently been de-
prlved o. rights deereed by the four
teeh-h amendment to the United
+ States constitution
Pretended to Be Republicans.
| It is charged that the so-called
i Roosevelt electors procured the sig
natures Of the Taft men to the petit
tion as candidates for electors by
pretending they were Republicans.
and as such would be bound by the
rules, regulations and customs OF
that party and would support the
party's candidates for president and
: vice president. AS matter of fact,
It Is added, these candidates do not
intend to be bound by the rules and
customs Of the Republican party,
nor to support the party's candl-
dates for president and Vice presi-
1 dent. The result of the alleged
fraud, II ~ claimed, will be to de-
priye Taft men Of their right to
J vote for the person selecfer by them
for president, while permitting 9TH
er citizens to vote for the persons
selected by them, all notwithstand-
Ing the requirements of the four
teenth amendment that a state shall
give all its citizens equal rights and
equal protection Of the law.
! The record further declares that
the supreme court Of the United
states has held the rights claimed
are political instead OF judicial ques-
tons, such as the court may decide.
In answer to this 1t is set up that il
the Australian ballot and the prim-
airy election law Of Kansas are to be
so interpreted these laws are uncon-
stitutional. 3S
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-31

Foreman, of Paducah, and Jack Par
ish. of Benton Harbor,' Mich, and an
eight round bout between Kid
Burns, of Little Rock, Ark, and Tom
Tracy, of Chicago. Three prelim-
mary contests between local boys is
also on the bills. 1t is understood
the steamer Three States is to take
out the party, leaving the ferry
dock at $50 o'clock,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-31

we're MIR. and Mrs O. NJ Mason
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Jason and children, Mrs. Horace
Jackson. Mrs. Ida Short and Misses
Grace Beaver, Silvia Steers, Gladys
FULL and meta Rhymer, all of
America, Mr.. and Mrs. William
smith and family, of Valley Re-
cluse; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Loner-
can, of villa Ridge; Miss Pearl
.hort Spears, of Cooksyille, M;
Mrs. Anderson, of Mounds; Sidney
Marie, of Mounds, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Meyers, Mr.. and Mrs Sherman
check, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred B5sen,
Miss Blanche stevens. Miss Hazel
Boren. Harry and Fred Dishinger,
all of tits city.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-31
To Keep Nuts Fresh.

n walnuts or any other Kind on
nuts are packed in layers of sand
and kept in cool place, they Will
keep fresh for an indefinite PERIOD
Soak them in warm water for an fourj
before using Il you would have them
peel as II they had just been gath
ayed fresh from the tree.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-31
PRIZES AWARDED Al GEM
THEATER LAST NIGHT.

The sets of china prizes given at
the Gem theater last night were
awarded: Roy Frederick, berry
set; Howard Postly, dinner set VIII
Howe, fruit set; Robert Halliday,
dinner set; Edward Schoembs. Dutch
set. se
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-31

he was seeking relief from the der
NAL malady which American and
European physicians had told him
was not serious, but was incurable.
'Vaccinated on Abdomen"
Potter had met a woman tourist
who had been treated Tor similar
ailment by Chinese physician in
California with satisfactory results,
and She advised him to consult a
Chinese doctor.
With ,thls in, view. Potter regis
tered under an assumed name. The
Chinese physician performed an OPP
GRAFTON similar to vaccination on
Potter's abdomen last Friday. LAGER
ating the skin and applying strong
Oriental plaster, Potter complained
the treatment was severe, but was
hopeful it would be successful. He
had been without food since then.
The woman, who was known at
the hotel as Potter's wife, was taken
to another hotel and placed under
tllS Sdtt VI pi3s4t s'hIts Nhib 7'AN"
she was suffering from nervous pros
tration All efforts to communicate
with her were futile.
At the hotel on Sixth avenue.
where Potter died Ii was said the
woman said she had worked former
ly on New York Newspapers.
i Had Won World Wide Fame.
Potter was not quite 80 years old,
but he had attained international
fame as a sculptor. Several years
ago he executed remarkable bust
of Mark Twain, although he had
never seen the great humorist and
worked solely by the aid OF pictures
A Potter group entitled Earth
bound" was one OF his best efforts
Potter was born In Troy, n. Y,
and studied in this country and
abroad. Perhaps his best known
works are groups of American and
Alaskan Indians. 1t was said in
New York he was not married.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-31
BOXING ON A BARGE.
Contest to Be Held In Cairo Harbor
on Night of Labor
Day.

a big boxing contest is being adj
yertlsed TO take place on barge on
the Ohio river in the Cairo harhor
Monday night, The affair has been
advertised all over this section of
country. The chief attraction in
elude a ten round bout between Jack
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-31

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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-31
NEWS Of THE RIVERS
Cairo Gauge.

AT p. m. yesterday the liver
stood at 1876 a rise of / during the
previous "A hours.
Government steamer Horatio G..
Wright arrived at 1895 p. H. Ses-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-31
MOUND CITY.

Concluded from Page Five.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-27
STANDARD OIL TO
AGAIN BE PR0BED

st. Louis. Mo, Feb. 27.-Striking
clear at the roots of the Standard
Oil company and its methods of do
ing business, a sweeping investiga-
ton of that corporation will be made
as a result of the decision in the
Waters Pierce standard Oil fight, in
which it was ruled that the parent
company could not control the di-
rectorage of the Waters-Pierce COM
pany.
Judge Kinsey today decided that
he would take dispositions of man
damus suit of the Standard company
to compel him to allow it to keep
the men il desired on the board OF
directors of the Waters-Pierce COM
pany.
The fight the Standard is making
is to place men of its own selection
on the board of directors of the Wa
ters company, is taken to show that
despite the recent decision of the
United States supreme court. dissolv-
ing the Standard and ruling against
collusion between the parent and sub
sidiary concerns, it intends still to
control these branches of the main
corporation
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-27
ARGUE ADVANTAGE OF
MUNICIPAL POWER

AS argument for the voting of
bonds for municipal light and pow
er plant, should the proposition made
to the city by holders of power site
In the east end of the county prove
practicable, members of the council
point out that the city of Walla Wal
la has just signed a contract with
the Pacific Power & Light company
whereby it agrees to pay that cor
poration during the next ten years,
$16S,O00, or SIG, 500 year for street
lights. They also point out that
Pendleton contributes approximately
half of the latter sum each year for
light and power and that this sum
would probably more than pay the in
terest on the bonds necessary for the
installation of a municipal plant.
They are also urging the advant-
age a municipal plant would be to
the city in securing the establish
ment of industries here, declaring
that the city could well afford to give
free power for limited time to any
factory which would set up here such
a method being in popular practice
by cities all over the country who
own their own power plant.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-27
JERRY RUSK ARDENTLY FOR ROOSEVELT
OPTIMISTIC OVER CONGRESSIONAL RACE

Ardently supporting Theodore
Roosevelt for the republican nomi-
nation for president and optimistic
over his own candidacy for congress
Jerry RuSk, well known progressive
republican, and speaker of the house
of representatives at the last legisla-
tive session, is in Pendleton today. He
will be in evidence at the Roosevelt
caucus to be held here this evening.
AS to his own candidacy and as to
the regard in which he holds Roose-
velt Rusk said:
my candidacy is under full swing.
I filed my declaration to be candi-
date for the republican namination
for congress three weeks ago with
the slogan "for Roosevelt and pro-
gress against Taft and standpatism." /"
This defines the issue that is before
the members of the republican party
this election. No man can rightfully
claim to be progressive and sup
port Mr. Taft for denomination. Mr..
Taft and his political advisers do not
believe in the rule of the people. Col
onel Roosevelt does. On the side of
Mr.. Taft will be found every enemy
of popular government and on the
side of Mr. Roosevelt ought to be
found every friend OF the Oregon
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-27
IMMEDIATE WORK ON WEST EXTENSION IS
NOW UP TO PRIVATE OWNERS OF PROPERTY
President Taft Will Direct Approval Of Engineers Report
If 95 Per Cent Will Sign-up

That President Taft has directed the
approval of the West Umatilla Ex-
tension and that the order will be
formally made within few days is
the news contained in a story from
Washington and which was carried
by the Portland Oregonian yesterday.
The project will be undertaken pro-
vided the private land owners, to the
extent of at least 95 per cent sign up
with the government.
In phone interview this morning
Project Engineer Newell at Hermis-
ton, declared that from a hasty pc
rusal of the story he considers it sets
forth correctly the position taken by
the board and the recommendations
made. The first work recommended
is the construction of a diversion dam
at Three Mile falls, just above the
present Irrigon ditch above Umatilla.
This dam will divert water for the ir-
r;gation of about 10000 acres most
OF which land falls under the hold
ings of the oregon Land G. Water Co.
Whether or not the present Irrigon
ditch will be continued in use is a
Cetall yet 10 De determined, accoru-
ing to Mr.. Newell
AS Mr.. Newell understands the
matter the work on the diversion dam
to provide water for the first unit will
be undertaken as soon as possible and
simultaneously with that work steps
will be taken looking towards the
construction of the big storage reser-
voir below Stanfield. This reservoir
will store water sufficient to irrigate