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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-03
CHICAGO Girl LEADS FEARLESS
WAR ON VICE land GRAFTERS

by which she won, but they couldn't
muster the votes. The town was with
Virginia Brooks. The women turned
out to help her. They marched in her
professions. They talked from the
same platform with her. They weren't
afraid to indulge in militant tactics.
The politicians, in terror, fought in
their last ditch. She won overWhelm-
ingly. Here is how she describes her
own campaign:
Used Power of Press.
TO attract attention to our idea Of
what government should be, we cam
paigned vigorously to arouse the peo-
pie. We did this by publishing in a
weekly newspaper, started for the pur-
pose, exposures of graft We had dis
covered among the thIeving officials
VINO were protecting the dive-keepers.
We reproduced IN this papers col
umnS contracts that were nothing but
graft, and we even went to the extent
of driving off contractors by force
when they tried to put down inferior
pavement.
Another method that | used to
arouse public attention and indigna-
ton was to read at mass meetings the
names Of all property who had
leased their places for saloons and re-
sorts in West Hammond and in Ham
mond, Ind. 1t created a sensation at
one woman's club, where l read it, and
at some of whose members it struck
very closely, but it all served to
awaken the public conscience. People
began to inquire why the police didn't
clean them out, and gradually all
classes, especially the more ignorant,
whom We were having difficulty in
arousing, comprehended the true stu
alton"
The desperate dive-keepers not only
threatened her with harm. They &C
tually assaulted her, beat her and kick
ed her. But she had her teeth in the
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is very satisfactory. He then discuss.
es the railroadfng situation, mention.
ing the necessity Of large outlays for
construction and reconstruction pur.
poses. From which he goes on to say:
Effect Of Politics.
General trade prospects are en-.
couraging for the reasons stated
above. Larger offerings OF commercial
paper testify that merchants are W.
prepared for increased activity IT,
oponion as to the effect of politics
on business is divided. The majority
believe, and with reason, that politics
have done their worst and have been
amply discounted. Western business
man are certainly paying little atten.
ton to politics. In the East, however.
the situation Is somewhat different.
Zig financial interests do not Ike the
attitude of labor and the Government
towards the railroads. Two months q
hot tariff discussion are closely ahead
Of us. Many CT our great industr-s
would be seriously disturbed by any
radical revision OF the tariff, Whit.
will be the main issue during the cam
paign this fall. Such disturbance
would be reflected in financial quart
ers. While the West is controlled
chiefly by local influences. the Eatt
is unavoidably controlled by national
and international interests; hence VI
sluggishness in responding to Western
optimism. After all, 1t is possible that
30 nkf t. kols. A..
political considerations. Congress viii
shortly adjourn. Then the opportuni-
ty for legislative disturbance. will be
over, and after the November election
the necessities for political fireworks
will be less urgent. Consolidating this
fact. and that radicalism. though not
dead, Is declining in all parts OF the
country, there is reason for. taking
more hopeful views regarding nation
al political affairs"
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job and she didn't give up.
warning to Dives! Twenty Days to
Vacate"
That's the way she served notice on
the corruptionists. They became fran
tic. Here is her own story of what
followed
They threatened variety of re-
taliation, and tried to embarrass the
work by starting suits against me, but
it only served to arouse the people
more.
For our part, we tried in every way
to interest the courts and the prose-
cutting attorney, but we never could
get an official to act against them. 1t
seemed discouraging at times, and we
even contemplated, in the event of
ultimate defeat, to organize a riva.
town.
mo one knows how NQowerful such
ring organization can be until an eff
fort is made to clean it out
However, the time came wheA ev-
cry one was up and fighting and de-
termined that West Hammond must
be clean, courts or no courts.
Il told the people with all the en-
phasis | could command that they
should rule, and, after studying over
the situation, they, too, began to
preach the same doctrine. We soon
Outnumbered the forces of the saloon
and-resort-keeperS- the good citi-
zenship does in every community"
She Became Political Power. i
The result of it all was that she
became political power in West Ham
mond-did this little, bright-eyed, smil-
ing girl who started out single-handed
against the grafters. What she ac-
complished can best be told in her
own words:
Il have saved for the Poles nearly
$4,000 on reductions of overcharged
assessments. have succeeded in GUST
ing an old clique who for many years
had been grating on the school board,
and being elected myself to the office
of president. This means that | will
introduce into the neglected school
manual training, domestic science, free
night school, free kindergarten, and
playground.
Il have established a settlement
house in Hammond, Ind, right across
the State line, where the boys and
girls have night classes and where
mothers who work can take their
babies for care. There are some b.
600 Poles in this region, and the flu
ture looks to great achievement"
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found for the jackrabbits, who are so
intelligent that they can dig a young
potato out of the sandy soil with one
well directed kick of hind leg.
Until 1890 Idaho was territory,
with only a few scattering patriots,
but it is now a ~flourishing state,
which is growing rapidly and in loud
tones. Most of it's inhabitants go back
east for old home week or college
commandments, but the society of ma
tive-born Idahens is prospecting and
now has a chapter in almost every
Idaho town.
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IDAHO
By GEORGE FITCH

land is being sold as far west as llli-
nois in large quantities.
Idaho has vast natural deposits of
gold. lead, timber. jackrabbits, Nor
mons and waterfalls. The waterfalls
work we'll in harness and the Nor
mons have boosted the census tre-
mendousIy, but no use has as yet been
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-03

According to a fashion paper, wom-
ans stockings made from real gold
thread and silk are to be the proper
thing abroad this autumn. They come
from Vienna and cost $25 q pair.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-03
NINE BILLIONS
OF NEW WEALTH

Henry Clews Of New York. in LIS
special letter Of August Il, has the
following stimulating observations on
the prodigiOus crops promised this
season.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17
spindle with a drift.

spindle with a drift.
Don't leave any material or tools
close to the track where repairs have
been made to a car, as some switch
mar or other employee might receive
injury while switching the cars.
Don't throw any material or tools
from the top OF a car until o are
satisfied that no person is about the
car who is liable to become injured
by same.
Don't use an iron bar as a lever
for a ratchet jack; use the wooden
lever made for the purpose.
Don't throw pieces of wood having
nails in them on the ground in such
a manner as to allow the nail points
to point upward; o or some n else
might step on them.
Don't put a scaffold where 1t is
liable to be struck when trains are be-
ing switched.
Don't use t~restles on soft ground
without first placing solid board foot
ings.
Don't release your hold when assist
ing others to carry heavy material
Climber for instance) until all have
been notified. If one end Is thrown
down before the men at the other end
have been notified, some n is going
to get hurt.
Don't lift one end of a heavy piece
Of material that you are assisting 9TH
ers to raise until all is ready; you are
liable to catch somebody's fingers or
toes.
Don't take a truck out from under a
car until you are satisfied that the
Jacks or t~restles on which the car
rests are safe.
Don't leave to be switched a car
having partly fastened ~handholds.
Don't try to cross between cars
while switching is going on.
Don't use any tools that are In a
WORKOUT condition.
Don't leave any loose material what
ever on the tops of cars that are to
be switched.
Don't leave any material. trucks or
cars on crossings.-EXChange.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17
Life Instinct,

when the vernal sun is warming
the earth, and April is spreading up
the sloping world with resurrection,
by what magic is the Transformation
wrought? In the dim neither glooms
of the deep SCI all the fin people have
received the summGns; the unrest has
taken hold of them, the fever of mi
grafton; and the myriad hosts from
the green r1oridian water and azure
Carib swiftly they come, through the
soupdless, trackless spaces under the
broken whitish day, III to the cool
fresh rivers and pools of the north.
How did they know the date? By in
stinct? But what is that? The COM
munication came to them inexplicitly
as 1t ONE to us, the unuttered word.
the presage, the portent. And their
brothers the birds, too; they come ny-
ing n%orthward through the night. To
them, too. the message mus. have
gone abroad. To say that the word
vent forth among them is to use the
simplest and most elementary mag
merry"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17
VIVID DREAM PROVED REALITY
To Impression Made on Section Fore
man Was Due the Saving OF
Passenger Train.

Awakened by a dream that a near
by trestle had been washed away, a
section foreman on the Southern rail-
road, living neal Atlanta, Ga, who
had been confined to his bed for some
days, arose before dawn one recent
morning and proceeded to the scene or
his dream, only to find that it was a
reality, for the stream, swollen by
heavy rains, had carried away a tres
tie spanning a 65-foot chasm. The
man knew that a passenger train, en-
route from Atlanta to Columbus, Ca,
soon was due to arrive at the opposite
side of the river, but he had no means
of reaching that point to warn the en-
gineer of his danger, and the river Is
three-quarters of a mile wide. Stand
ing on the bank, he put his hands to
his lips and repeatedly 'hallooed" for
half an hour. Finally he heard an an
swering shout and he called out a
warning to the man who had heard
him. The latter tagged the train just
as it neared the brink Of the stream.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17
Runaway Engine Travelled Far.

Ar engine had been attached to n
Of the mail trains to the western dis
trict of New South Wales, not long
ago. and after having been turned on
the t~urntable at Katoomba station was
running back to the Penrith lOcomo-
tive depot along the turntable siding,
when it took the wrong line. After
travelling about a hundred yards 1t ran
over the end of the siding and en-
bedded itself heavily in the embank-
ment at the foot of the railway cut
ting. The distance from the turntable
to the scene of the derailment was
sufficient to allow the engine to gain
considerable speed, and its ONE
tum was so great when it crashed into
the bufferhead of the ~stopblock that
the engine was practically carried
over the obstacle. Before its progress
could be arrested the locomotive had
Travelled over a quantity Of rocks. The
engine toppled over on one side to
such an extent that the boiler was
nearly level with the permanent way.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17
WANTED TO KNOW TOO MUCE
Others Than This Veteran Engineer
Have Been Annoyed in the Same
Way by Listeners.

Old Mr.. McClelland was engineer or
the train that ran from Summerv1lle
S. c., to Charleston over one OF the
first railroad tracks laid in that coun
try. And as he grew old and childish
his mind, unable to distinguish what
he imagined from what really hap
pened. went back constantly to his
engine and the wonderful feats he
could perform with it. One hot after
moor in the shade of a live oak before
a country store, he sat telling his sto
ries Of former greatness to Jerry, a
simple fellow.
Yes, sir" declared the old man, J
run the first engine ever run. 1t was
a engine, too. an | knowed how to run
1t. Why, see here, Jerry, whenever a
tree blew down across the track | nev.
err waited to chop 1t away. No, sir,
not mel just histed the air valves
an pitched the engine over-thats
what | done!"
But, Mr.. McClelland,' mildly ex'
~postulated the credulous Jerry, latter
you had got the enjine over, how did
you git the cars over?"
The old man leaned back and looked
at his questioner with great scorn. &C
to the devil, Jerry" he cried. you
ask such foolish observation-disclosures
City Star.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17
They Saved His Life.

Does 1t pay to stop your motor car
tfter an accident and go back to see
what has happened? Two young mo-
florists on the south side believe 1t
does.
With a green chauffeur these two
boys were trying out a new model
touring car. They were sitting in the
back seat when the %greenhorn at the
steering wheel gave 1t a twist and
came within an ace Of hitting an old
man at a crossing. The victim was
so shocked that he fell to the pave
ment, and a crowd gathered In an in
slant. A.!
Looking back, the motorists decided
that things looked bad, but that they
had better go back and see whether
the old party was killed. Finding him
all right, but winded, they took him
for a nice ride around the parks. So
pleasant did they make it for him that
when they took him home to his wife
he introduced them as The two young
men who saved my life"
They are now thinking Of applying
for Carnegie medals.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17
First Train Message in Bronze.

yelled at Hartman, N. Y, by the asso-
ciatior of Old Time Photographers to
commemorate the sending of the first
t~elegraphic train order in 1851. The
tablet Is six feet high and three feet
wide and cost $4,000. The 81, 900
base upon which the tablet will rest
was uuarried from the Hartman es-
tate and was given by Mrs. E. H. Har-
riman. The next largest contribu-
tor was Andrew Carnegie, who became
a telegraph operator when he was IA
wears old and sent the first telegraphic
train order at Pittsburgh in 1852.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17
KNOWS NOW
Doctor Was Fooled by His Own Case
For a Time.

It's easy to understand how ordt.
nary people get fooled by coffee when
doctors themselves sometimes forget
the facts.
A physician speaks of his own expe-
renee:
Il had used coffee for years and really
aid not exactly beliey it was injuring
me although l had palpitation of the
heart every day. (Tea contains caf-
'eine-the same drug found in coffee
and is Just as harmful as coffee.)
FINALLY one day a severe and al
most fatal attack Of heart trouble
frightened me and / gave up both tea
Ind coffee. using Postum instead, and
since that time | have had absolutely
40 heart palpitation except on one or
TWO occasions when I tried a small
quantity Of coffee, which caused severe
irritation and proved to me I must lot
It alone.
when we began using Postum It
Ieemed weak-that was because we
Id not make it according to directions
but now we put a little bit of but
ser in the pot when boiling and allow
he Postum to bell full Is minutes
which gives it the proper rich flavor
md the deep brown color.
II have advised a great many Of
ny friends and patients to leave off
,cifee and drink Postum, In fact I daily
tive this advice" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
Many thousands of physicians use
lostum in place of tea and coffee in
heir own homes and prescribe it to
katients.
There's a reason" and 1t is explain
ID In the little book. THE Road to
Nellville," In pkgs.
Ever read the above letter1 A new
NE appears from time 90 time. They
ffe 9enulnos tE0e, " 3ull Of human
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17
FROM THE EDITOR.
He Fcrqot That He Had a Stomach

Talking Of food, there Is probably
no professional man subjected to q
greater, more wearing mental strain
than the responsible editor Of q
modern newspaper. !,
To keep his mental faculties con
stantly in good working order, the
editor must keep his physical powers
UP to the highest rate Of efficiency.
Nothing will so quickly upset the
whole system as badly selected food
and a disordered stomach. 1t there
fore follows that he should have
right food, which can be readily as
simulated, and which furnishes true
brain nourishment.
my personal experience In the use
of Grape-Nuts and Postum" writes
a Philadelphia editor, $50 exactly
agrees with your advertised claim as
to their merits hat any further ex-
position in that direction would SEEM
to be superfluous. They have bene-
fitted me SO much, however, during
the five years that l have used them
that l do not feel justified in with
holding my testimony.
General high living with all
that the expression implies as to q
generous table. brought about indi-
gestion, in my case, with restless
ness at night and lassitude in the
morning, accompanied by various
pains and distressing sensations
during working hours.
1.-THE doctor diagnosed the condi-
ton as 'catarrh of the stomach and
prescribed various medicines, which
did me no good. / finally threw
physics to the dogs gave up tea
and coffee and heavy meat dishes.
and adopted Grape-Nuts and Postum
as the chief articles Of my diet.
II can conscientiously say, and I
wish to say it with all the emphasis
possible to the English language.
that they have benefited mo as med
icines never did, and more than any
other food that ever came on my
table.
my experience is that the Grape
Nuts food has steadied and strength
ened both brain and nerves to a most
positive degree. How it does it I
cannot say. but I know that after
breakfasting on Grape-Nuts food one
actually forgets he has a stomach.
let alone stomach trouble 1t is. in
my opinion, the most beneficial as
well as the most economical food on
the market, and has absolutely no
rival" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17
PLACES TORPEDO ON TRACK
Arrangement Recently Put In opera
tIon Does Away With Necessity
of Stopping Train.

Since the railroads adopted the tor
pedo method of signaling there have
been various devices for the placing OF
t~orpedoes along the tracks. The object,
of course, was to drop the torpedo
without stopping the train and without
exploding the signal, A Kansas man
has invented a machine which has a
carried extending from the ear plat
form Of a train to the tracks, where it
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17
Her Little Rinu,

Mary had a little ring; twas given
by her beau; and everywhere that
Mary went that ring was sure to go.
She took the ring with her one day,
when she went out to tea, where she
might display it to the girls who num-
bered twenty-three.
And when the girls all saw that ring.
they made a great ado, exclaiming
with one voice: Has it at last got
round to you?"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17
Early Siqns.

do you believe that We ever show
our real bent when we are children?"
asked Binks OF the genial philosopher
"Yes." said the genial philosopher,
u know a barber In this town who at
the age of Ave was the most disagree
able little shaver you ever saw, and
always mixed UP In some kind OF 4
bad scrape."-Harper's Weekly.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17

runs on a small wheel at the bottom.
Gripping jaws are on the end OF the
rod pivotcd in this carrier and which
can be raised to the platform railing
for The insertion of a torpedo. They
sre then lowered to the level Of the
track and at the point where the tor
pedo is needed it can be deposited
gently by releasing the grip OF the
Jaws upon 1t.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17
Stationery a Costly Item.

One Of the great railroad systems,
saws a technical journal, uses 1,4OO diff
ferent forms Of stationery, and it's bill
for the paper and printing Of this ma.
terial amounted, in a recent year, to
81. 800, 000-more than it spent in that
year for steel rails!
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17
Not In ANY Way Desirable.

do those people who moved into
the fiat across the hall seem to be de-
sirable neighbors?" asked the man.
NO" replied the woman Il watch
ed everything that came out of the
moving van. They hadn't a thing
that we would care to borrow"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17
A kind-Hearted Man.

"Nr. Wombat!"
Couple OF suffragettes out here
throwing stones at your window"
bawled the policeman.
How long have they been doing
that?"
"Oh, several hours"
Let EN- alone. 1t amuses the girls
and | don't believe they'll hit the win
low"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17

terial firmly to the
table; it is both
dangerous to man
and tools. Don't
feel a drill or
reamer while 1t is
running. Don't
try to put drills in
a spindle while it
is running. o
put your finger
u d er material
which you are
drilling in order
to a 6 C n
whether the drill
is bou through
Don't try to stop
the drill press
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17
Safer Plan,

81 let my house furnished, and
they've had measles there. OF course,
we've had the place disinfected, SO !
suppose it's quite safe. What do you
think?"
Il fancy 1t would be all right, dear:
but | think perhaps it would be safer
to lend it to a friend irst."-Punch.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17
All He Wanted Was Just Plain Eggs.

A youth entered one OF the ham.
andrew" cafes on Grand venue and
ordered eggs. up or over?" asked
the mar behind the counter. II just
want eggs" replied the prospective
diner. But do you want them up OF
over?" repeated the waiter, and again
the guest asserted that he desired
only eggs" The third time the party
Of the second part insisted on his
query, %whereupon the patron, with q
sigh of despair, said Il guess III take
a steak."-Kansas City Star.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17
Boston Pun.

Let me see, was Rome founded by
komeo?"
mo, it was Juliet who was found
lead by Romeo"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17
Loves Labor.

Blushing Bride-What was that our
dearest?
Groom-Honey love, that was 4
union label.-Stanford Chaparral.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-17

Garfield Tea is unequalled either as an
occasional or a daily laxative.