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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-19

Although Richard WinSors social.
igg. filed as d candidate for port
commissioner. his name will no APP
pear ON the ballot. according %
County Auditor Case. A check "
the names on hia petition showed
10 OF the 100 aigners did not live
In the north commissioner district.
Broadway W. c. 7. u. will hold a
sale nj 1908 First ay. all
this week.
Oakland. New. fa.--Ierman Otto.
blacksmith. says be has too siren
uoua a wife for a peaceful man.
She biackcd his eyes and then
told the neiEhborH that a horse
kicked him Hes after a divorce.
Portland. Or, Nov. &c.
q. Evans. gas company err.
ployc. used candle TO find
leak In a gas pipe. The latest
physIcian's bulletin reads.
Precipitation good. pulse nor
NAL, resting easy"
Spokane, Nov. Ex-senator vii.
liam T.. norah. of Idaho. will devote
much Of his time the coming year
TO urging the ratification OF the
conait uiionai amendment provid.
Ing for the direct election Of Unit.
ed States senators.
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Cov.-eIect Lister will be on pub
lie exhibition nj the Union Savings
bank In the Hoge building from .
to I o'clock TOMORROW night. The
public has been invited by the King
County Democratic club 20 meet
the new governor and make the re.
ception n non-partisan affair.
Portland. Ore, Nov. 30 De-
Moss. ~ Rooster Rock. Ore. II dis
playing nearly 100 varieties OF farm
products grown on his 35 Mufno.
nah county acres nj the land show
here.
Portland, Me-, Nov. fo.--Maj. Gen.
Henry Clay Merriam, u. s. A.. re-
tired. is dead today at his home
here. aged So. He had been an in.
valid for two years.
Washington, Nov. fo.--Because
OF the democratic plurality In tho
recent election a new sergeant at
arms will take his place in the TN
tied States senate on March 4.
Goshen. NJ. ", Nov. f9.--The trial
OF Attorney Burton w. Gibson
of New York City. accused of muir
dering Mrs. Rose Scabo. opened
here today.
Boston, Nov. 1e.-Mrs. John Hays
Hammond is appointed today by
Gov. Foss to represent this state
Mt the Panama Pacific exposition In
San Francisco In 1915.
North Yakima, Nov. fo.-Mrs.
George Defoe and Mrs. Swan OIL
son. indirectly responsible for the
murder OF John Hagerman by
George Defoe yesterday morning,
will be held as witnesses.
Everett. Nov. fe.-coun.y com.
missioners OF the state hold con
vention here to-day.
Albany. Ore, Nov. t9.-chief OF
Police Ellis Daughtry broke into
sobs. when he was publicly accused
Of allowing blind pigs. gambling and
prostitution to flourish.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-19

Vancouver, o. Gin the case on
tho Canadian government against
the owners OF the American wwsei
Theima. judge Morrison has de-
cldcd the vessel was fishing within
the three. mile limit OF the canssiian
coast. according to the evidences
preeented. by the decisions the
vessel IL forfeited 10 the govern
ment, TO be sold By II.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-19

washlneton.--continuation OF all
the big antitrust suits by the new
democratic administration along
the same lines an those followed BY
The Taft administration was pre-.
dicted here today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-19

The steamer Admiral Sampson,
of tho Alaska Coast Company
which has been on the Alaska run
all summer. left this afternoon for
San Francisco. She viii be ON the
San Francisco run all winter.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-19

Under severe tests, the skeleton
mast has more than fulfilled uhe
claim which has been made Tor u.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-28
Profound kinauIst.

There had been fatal accident at
the railroad crossing in little Penn
sylvania town. says the Philadelphia
Record, and the coroner. a pompous
old fellow, who magnified conscien,
tiously both his Office and it's incum-
bent had impaneled Jury for the In.
quest
There was only one witness or the
accident, an illiterate Slsv from the
coal mines who could understand no
English. With him the coroner began
to struggle.
Can you speak German" he asked.
The man shook his head
Can you speak Italian?" continued
the official. Again the man shook his
head.
Can you speak Hungarian" The
same response.
Can you speak Russian" finally
asked the coroner. Again the man
shook his head.
Its no use. gentleman" said the
coroner, turning to the jury. I'VE can't
proceed with the case. I've spoken to
this man in five different languages.
and can't make him understand me-"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-28
HAD PAPER IN 1904

Christmas day, 1904, was celebrated
by the colony with special zest-it
was the first Christmas observance,
by the way, in what is now New Eng
land-and after the religious exercises
of the morning and before the feast
ing and drinking and general merry
making became too boisterous a spe-
cial Christmas issue of the Master
William was read to the company by
the editors. So early did the idea of
the extra" and the holiday mum
Der" take root in American journal
ism! 1t is a great pity that the
chronicler did not include a copy of
the Master William in his record, or
something more about it than the
bare mention of its occasional appear
ance.
1t was not until 1904, full century
later, that the Boston News Letter
was established, commonly spoken of
as the first newspaper in America, and
continuing for fifteen years to be the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-28
Flatdweller In Suburbs

great effort, and my feet were apt to
spread out and my ankles to turn
and l was all the time in danger OF
falling down. So ! was very glad to
get those skates off and to acknowl-
edge that l had forgotten how to
skate But that was nothing to anoth-
er thing | had forgotten. namely. the
use of the snow shovel.
There was time when | could
shovel snow with the best OF them;
but during those twenty years up in
the fat l had never touched a shovel;
the janitor attended to all that. But
here in our own suburban home when
snow fell the shovelling was up to me;
the walk from the front door to the
sidewalk the stretch of sidewalk it
self. and the walk around to the kitch-
en- door
And when | tackled this job for the
first time, we'll. l was surprised, in
deed. to find how much I'd forgotten
about snow shovelling.
But there was nobody but me to
DO it. and 1t had to Re done. | may
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-28
Strain of Husbands Fight With Chassis
Too Great for Passaic IN. J)
Woman

Passaic, NJ ILLNESS brought on
by worry over the troubles her hus-
band had with the members of the
North Side Christian Reformed church
and the Chassis Of Hudson, to which
it belongs, fastened the death of Mrs.
Arie J. Vandenheuvel. according to
statement made by her physician.
Six months ago Mr. Vandenheuvel
was dragged into the divorce suit of
one of his churchmen as witness.
His testimony was a large factor in
causing Chancellor Stevenson to
anEul the marriage, but caused row
in his congregation. which resulted is
bis being suspended by the Chassis.
Mrs. Vandenheuvel, who helped her
husband in the fight, was taken Ill, but
even in her illness she kept in touch
with every movement made by her
husbands enemies.
Recently the members of the church,
a majority of whom favored Mr.. Van
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-28
Was Published Earlier Than BoS-
ton News Letter.
Periodical, In Manuscript Form, Called
Master William" Issued 800
Years Ago by French on
ST. Croix Island, Me.

New York.--An Industrious digger
into the depths of the past has
brought to light the interesting fact
that Americas first newspaper was
published a full century earlier than
the date commonly ascribed. Ii 1t
was not a newspaper in the later &C
ceptance of the term it was at least
a periodical, prepared and published
with more or less regularity for the
eager perusal of the little community
which it served.
In short it was on St Croix island,
a few miles below the present city of
Calais; that the Master William was
published during the winter of 1904
05 by the members of the French ex-
petition under DeMonts and Cham
plain, who we're seeking to establish
there the capital of the vast and
vague empire claimed by France in
America. They were the first Euro
peans to pass a winter on these north
ern shores of the new world since
the days of the legendary North
men centuries before; and at that
time they were the only Europeans
in America north of the Spaniards in
Florida.
Samuel Champlain himself, later
the founder of Quebec and the father
of New France, was the chronicler
of the expedition, and in his vivid
story of that winter on ST. Croix is-
land he makes express mention of the
Master William, the significance of
which appears to have been over
looked by historians generally He
relates that the paper was prepared
from time to time 'by the bright spir-
its of the party" to while away the
tedium of the long and severe win
ter. 1t was passed around in writ
ten, not printed. form; but among a
few score men, all deadhead sub
scribers. that was a wholly sa.ssfac-
tory method of publication.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-28

the press house, where the water is
squeezed out under great pressure.
After a few minutes In the machine
huge white cheese. 1t Is weighed and
sent to the mixing house, where there
are instruments such as are used in
making bread by machinery and which
are known as kDeading machines. The
pyrocellus is here mixed with a solv
ent, the name of which the govern.
ment prefers to keep secret. The
resultant material is thick, yellow
gelatinous mass resembling taffy
The stage of smokeless powder has
now been reached and the mixture is
once more put through machine by
hydraulic pressure. 1t Is then wrapped
around reels and dried by steam so as
to evaporate the solvent. 1t is pressed
into the proper grain suitable to the
different calibers of guns and at this
stage it bears a striking resemblance
to hoarhound candy, as it is Identical
with that both in shape and color
Then comes the cutting into proper
lengths, and this is done by hand and
the use of a sharp instrument very
much like a meat chopper. Two men
do this work and they are especially
careful to get the powder the exact
length. The cut powder is carried to
another table, where man goes over
each piece and the defective pieces
are thrown out. The inspector is par
ticular that only perfect powder is
sent out. Recently a plant has been
erected to work over this defective
powder, and so successful has this
process been that the powder which
a few years ago would have been
total loss, is now remade in such a
manner as to be the equal of the best
Of the new product.
The next step in the process is dry
ing and the green powder is sent to
the drying house in covered cans, be-
ing wheeled there on trucks pushed
along the tracks which are laid be-
tween the buildings. colored man
furnishes the motive power. The dry
ing house is veritable mountain OF
explosives. for great stacks of powder
are piled up everywhere. 1t must be
protected even from the rays of the
sun and the windows are covered
with canvas. Here it is branded and
prepared for shipment Tho actual
testing of the powder takes place
when 1t is used to fire the big guns
down in the valley on the proving
grounds.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-28
French Socialist Bill Doomed

bill, are doing so with very little en-
thusiasm.
An excellent Indication OF the
strong feeling against the bill has just
been given by the debate and vote OF
the Paris municipal council on
resolution presented by Councillor
Robiglia, protesting against the crea-
ton of cooperative shops. At the
meeting of the council which was
exceptionally well attended forty
members voted for the resolution and
thirteen against it. All the latter
were avowed collectivists, but a num-
Der of extreme '1efts," or radical
members abstained from voting al
together.
In accordance with the large
majority of votes a protest, strongly
worded, has been forwarded to the
prime minister. Thus this extremely
important experiment in municipal
trading. supported by the govern
ment. has been rejected by the great
est municipal body in France.
The feeling among the public is
correspondingly strong. 1t is pointed
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-28

! here at least a dozen expert chemists
are always at work and through their
experiments a new stabilizer has been
recently introduced into the powder
making formula, and from the reports
of the officers of our battleships in va
rious parts of the world the results
have been most satisfactory. The
whole powder making plant is wonder
fully interesting even to a layman
Few people, however, are permitted
to see it's workings, for powder max
ing, like gun testing. is conducted
away from the public gaze.
Smoking is not permitted on the
grounds, and so carefully do the au-
thorities guard against accidents that
the workmen are not even permitted
to carry matches. All the buildings are
we'll ventilated. as the fumes of the
chemicals used are apt to bring on
heart trouble. Chimneys are arranged
to carry off the poisonous gases, CON
sequently there is little illness among
the men. There are facilities for a
rapid output in case of necessity-a
matter which would be of vital i'm
portance in time OF war. There is
also a reserve supply which is con-
stantly on the increase as our navy
grows larger.
The cotton used is shipped to In
dian Head in large bales and stored
In building erected for that purpose
1t is purchased in large quantities and
must be of a special grade. The sec
end stage Of the work begins when
the cotton goes to the picking room
Here coloTed men open up the bales
and pick the fibers apart. After the
fibers are separated the cotton is
ready for the drying room. where it is
kept for "a hours. The temperature
of the drying room is PIP degrees dur
ing the entire time and the workmen
can only remain a few minutes at a
time. After this process the cotton
is taken into the nitration building
where nitric acid and sulphuric acid
are added The mixture is whirled
around in huge tub-like machines COW
cred with a hood and steam jet to
carry off the acid fumes When this
is completed the cotton is washed In
fresh water and dried by wringer,
and unless this work is very thorough
there is risk of spontaneous decompo
sition 1t is now gun-cotton and is
placed in cars and pushed to the boil
ing watts where is undergoes another
state of publication. The pulper.
machine very much like the one used
in papermaking. next comes into play.
Here the gun-eotton Is chopped up by
knives so as to give the fibers thor
ough cleansing. From here it goes to
the poaching house. which consists OF
series or large tubs in which the
pyrocellus. as the material is now
called, goes through a further clean
ing process Of hot and cold washings.
1t Is then dried by wringeT SINH
lar to a printing machine and sent to
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-28
He Found That He Had Forgotten
How to Skate-And Something
Else Too.

Il wouldn't have thought" said
former fat dweller. that one could
ever forget how to skate. but l nave
discovered that he can.
Last spring, after twenty years IN
a city fat. we moved to house IN
the suburb near which there is pond
that gives good skating in winter.
When l was a boy used TO be gooa
on skates and the other day | went
out to this pond. l hadn't skated LOT
more than twenty years, but had no
idea but that l could put on pair
of skates and just glide right OF with
the rest of them. Do you know what
actually happened?
Il got a pair of skates and stood up
on them. but that was about all
could stand up, but not much more,
and surely was surprised
made a few efforts. and did
get a little distance, but only BY
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-28
Trades People and Politicians of Re-
public Fight Measure That Would
Lower Living Cost

Paris.-The governments proposal
to reduce the present high cost Of liv-
ing by the ablishment of municipal
bakers and butchers shops through
out the country is meeting with deter
mined opposition from various quar-
>ers.
1t was of course foreseen that the
trades people, whose business would
be subject to competition, would
raise an outcry, but 1t has come as
great surprise that many politicians,
who might have been expected to
back it heartily, are either maintain
ing a neutral position or support
ing the opposition.
In nearly all cases the radical So
cialists have criticised the project
severely as unavoidable and inef1ca-
cious and the very few-that Is the
collectiyists-who have felt bound for
the sake of consistency to favor the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-28

only one. An attempt was made to
publish a newspaper in Boston IN
1890, but only one issue was put
forth. 1t was called Public Occur
rences, and the watchful authorities
promptly snuffed it out 'for uttering
reflection of very high order" How
successfully have most newspapers OF
later years steered clear of any sucn
danger!
But we are wandering far from the
enterprising young adventures OF st.
Croix island and their newspaper OF
1904. Their effort was a smell one
and the results were transient; but
there is a certain sentiment which
attaches to first things. and in his
torical matters certain Importance
also. The Master William deserves
it's rescue from oblivion, and should
not again be neglected when the
story of the feeble beginning OF ne"
world journalism is told. But what ar
opportunity was missed by the pub
lishers of tf3 Calais Times or the
PASSPORT Sentinel when they failed
to take the name of the pioneer sheet
and to put forth the claim of being
its direct successor.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-28

out that cooperative shops not
being obliged to make a profit and
being backed by the funds of the
Municipality will be able to retail
goods at low prices and thus badly
damage II not ruin, the business OF
private trades people
At the same time the probable
raising of taxes and the various
notorious instances of mismanage-
ment by the state when 1t has tried
to compete in trade or commerce
are pointed to as proof of the un.
soundness of the measure
The bill has caused the greatest
CONSERVATION among the small shop
keepers of the country, who see them,
selves threatened with ruin. Their
unions are prepared to defend them
selves to the utmost against the fav.
ored competitor.
In view of the almost universal
disapproVal Of the governments pro,
prosed plunge into socialism it seems
probable that the bill will quietly be
dropped.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-28

TN HE tendency of modern war
fare has been toward the
adoption of those instruments
which accomplish its purpose
with as little risk to the users
as possible. This is exemplified
somewhat in the use of smokeless
powder. the manufacture of which is
attended with much less danger, and
its transfer from place to place re-
suits in fewer accidents as compared
with the production of gunpowder. 1t
can be handled with perfect safety
and even set on fire in the open air
without causing an explosion or &C.
casioning the least anxiety
At Indian Head, which is also the
navy proving ground, there is plant
for the manufacture of this powder
which is owned and operated by the
United States government and the en-
tire output Of the factory, which last
year amounted to over a million and
half pounds, is used by our navy.
Should occasion ever require. the pow
der will also be used at Uncle Sans
many big Notifications. the accom-
panying illustration. showing a por-
tion of one, Fort Wadsworth. near
New York city.
About 25 buildings are used in the
process of its manufacture. They are
situated in that portion of the govern
ment reservation farther from the
river and scattered over a large area,
being about 400 feet apart. Explosions
will sometimes occur no matter how
great the precautions used. for the
materials which go to make up the
manufacture of powder are necessari-
ly combustible, so the wisdom OF this
provision on the part of the govern
ment may be understood, for If one
building should accidentally be blown
up the others would not suffer there
by. The greatest secrecy is maintain
ed as to some parts of the chemical
process, and few of the three or four
hundred men employed really know
the entire combination of the chemical
ingredients used in the smokeless pow
der making. The efforts of the pow
der board and the directors of the
power ldClOTy are CONSTANTLY VII SNtCu
toward the improvement of the quail
ty of the output, and recently two spe-
cial points have been aimed at: First.
to insure the chemical stability of the
powder for as long a period as pos
sible; second, to secure degree of
uniformity which will insure what is
called "ballastic stability" of the pow
der-that is to say, permanence of
velocities and pressure throughout
prolonged periods under varying con-
ditions of temperature. moisture, etc.
In short, to have the powder work as
well in any part Of the world as it
does on the proving grounds.
There is a big laboratory attached
to the factory standing some distance
away from the other buildings, and
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-28
Worry Kills Pastors Wife

denheuvel, withdrew from the Chassis.
declaring themselves free and indie
pend and restored Mr.. Vandenheuvel
to the pastorate. Mrs. Vandenheuvel,
seriously i'll in bed, was overjoyed
with the victory, and the excitement
it brought on, together with the
strain caused by the long fight. caused
her death
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-28
misconception Corrected.

A good many mistakes arise from
misapprehension. For instance. a dem
fist advertises that he will extract
teeth without pain. You suppose he
means the patient will not experience
pain. That is a wrong conclusion. 1t
is the dentist who feels no pain.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-28
DEFY DEATH IN GOLD RUSH
Race to New Fields, 1870 Miles Fron
Dawson, Being Made With Tenn
perature at 20 Below Zero.

Dawson, Y. Two hundred men
with dog teams and prospecting out
fits are making six days race to
the new gold field at the head OF
Sixty Mile river, 100 miles from Daw-
SON.
The temperature was about zero
when the rush began, but has since
dropped to 40 degrees below.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-28
Supplied.

Mr.. Downanout." said the maid.
there's a man at the door with
bill"
"Indeed?" said Downanout Wen,
Marie. just tell him that there's moth
ing doing | have all want In that
Iine."-Judge.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-28
Premature Escape.

In Rocks county, Kan, thirty years
ago a man was charged with murder.
The evidence was all in. the attor-
neys had made their pleas. and the
jury was out celebrating. The man
gave the sheriff the slip and has never
been seen to this day. Five minutes
after his escape the jury returned a
verdict of not guilty.-kansas City
Journal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-28
On Lies Journey.

We are not made to be good in this
world, but to try to be, and fail and
keep on trying; and when we get a
cake to say, Thank God" and when
we get a buffet to say, Just so; well
Louis Etevenson.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-28

never again learn to skate, but I've
had to learn anew how TO shovel
snow"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-02-28

Omaha.-Mrs. Soutse Zschau. who
began dieting six months ago in an
effort to recover her health, starved tc
death the other day.