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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-11-28
ATTEMP TO SETTLE
INTERNATIONAL WAR.
Two Foreigners Battle Thursday
One in Hospital the Other in
the City Jail.

AS result of attempting to end
the war now raging in Europe, one
foreigner is in the hospital and An
other is resting behind the bars OF
the city Jail. The man in the hos
pital was badly beaten with a club
in the hands of his fellow workman
but it is not thought his wounds
are serious.
1t took considerable racing on
the part of Deputy Sheriff Jeffries
before he succeeded in catching the
man wanted for the beating, but he
finally run him down and landed
him in Jail. Mr.. Jeffries started
On the search without a weapon, a
thing which any officer seldom does,
and tracked the man across into
Blaine county. After considerable
hunting the man was seem along the
raj road track and when he found
he was discovered made a run for
sage brush. He was successful for
a time in hiding but was finally 10
Gated and placed under arrest.
Mr. Jeffries tells that he tried
to scare his man into stopping by
pointing a pen knife at him but says
he ran only faster
Just what charge will be placed
against him has not been made pub
lie at this time.
Both men were working at the
power plant at this place.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-11-28
Judge Ffenner to be Here.

Judge Flenner, the b st Riley in
terpreter of the day will be at the
Irene early in December. He needs
no introduction to the people of
this part of Idaho and when the
date arrives the Irene VIII hardly
be large enough to hold those who
will want to hear him.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-11-28
Excursions East
To California

November %, 25; December 21, and
23. Long mits. See agents for
rates and further particulars.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-11-27
The Universal Solvent.

A hard-headed old farmer resided
almost within a stones throw of the
campus of a big suburban college
He noticed that in a certain room
the lights were on until midnight ev-
cry night and sometimes until after
two o'clock in the morning. After
the thing had been going on almost a
year, he slipped up the stairway at
midnight and walked in without ask
ing permission. A half dozen old
grey-bearded professors were in the
room working with syectacles and
eye-shields among a wilderness of
glass tubes, crooked necked bottles
and charcoal retorts. What in the
name of the Prophet are you fellows
doing?" demanded the farmer.
What are we doing?" We are work
ing out the grandest problem in the
history of chemistry; we are search
ing diligently for universal solvent
"a liquid that will dissolve every
thing-the hardest rock, the densest
steel and the thickest glass. Yes sir,
the most wonderful before the world
today" replied the dean of the pro-
fessors. Yes, but dad gum it, said
the hard-headed agriculturist, but
what in the dickens are you going to
keep the fluid in when you get it?'
That settled the question of the
universal solvent" There was no
light in the laboratory the following
evening
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-11-27
PAS MANAGEMENT.

Funny thing bout pa m ma
Lots O. times I've noticed It,
Pa, he'll asst her what she thinks
Bout some thing. Men ma, she'll
sit
Still as mice, the longest time.
Thinkin' hard as hard can be,
Men she'll say what she thinks best
Just as far as she can see
Men pa, he'll laugh.
Pa, he'll laugh, n tell her, Pooh!
That there way won't never do. y
Men he'll tell his way, n try
N try to make his plan go thru,
Men when he sees it just won't work
He switches round n tries ma s
plan,
N when it works he'll up m say:
Il told you so! 1t takes a mani
Men ma, she'll smile.
Ma, she'll smile-she smiles a lot
N owns up women don't know
much;
That mems the smartest things, but
that
Like pa, why, there amt many
such,
m pa, when he goes struttin' off,
I'll look up sober like at ma,
N say I'm glad | amt no girl
Sos I'll grow up man like pa
N I'll just grin!
st. Paul Dispatch.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-11-27
NEW INFECTION OF HOGS.
Symptoms Show Heavy Condition of
Lungs-One Herd Had Forty
Animals Sick.

DR.. ]. H. Mcleod, veterinary doc.
tor and surgeon of Charles City, has
investigated new and dangerous
malady effecting swine. The infec-
ton first appeared in Floyd county
near the town of Rudd, where a GER
tain farmer found forty cases out OF
herd of $50 head
The disease appears to be highly
contagious and DR.. Mcleod believes
it is the same trouble which has been
reported to state officials from the
southern part of the state.
The infection is neither of cholera
nature nor is it any of the many COM
mon variations of diseases of the hog
Careful inspection and watching
over the cases near Rudd reveals that
the death rate approaches the ratio OF
one to every ten animals infected but
the cases are of such recent discov-
cry that this cannot be taken as a
reasonable estimate as it is not
known just how many will really sur
vive the attacks. 1t may develop that
there are chronic and acute cases OF
the malady. Again it possibly may
result that the character of the in
lection is not so dangerous as antici-
pated.
The first symptoms show the hog
laboring under heavy respiration
with violent humping of the lungs
This later turns into hard cough.
The nearest diagnosis places the
disease as a sort of bronchial pneu-
monia. Outside cholera, this infection
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-11-27
1.-THE MESSIAH" DECEMBER 18th.
Chorus of 125, Orchestra of 20 and
Chicago SOloists Will Give
Great OratoriO.

Prof. Carlo A. Sperati and his De-
corah Choral Union of one hundred
and twenty-five voices, assisted by
four leading soloists of the city OF
Chicago and accompanied by splen-
did orchestra of twenty pieces, will
render the beautiful oratorio THE
Messiah" at the Grand opera house
on the evening of Thursday, Deem
Der 18th.
There have been many requests Cor
a repetition of this great oratorio and
it will be a fitting opening of the
Christmas season in DEBORAH. The
magnificent concerts given by this
splendid organization in years past
is sufficient criterion of what the rem
dition will be. Under the magnetic
influence and the wonderful musical
talent and ability of Prof. Sperati,
DEBORAH has had many opportunities
to hear concerts such as usually grace
the platforms of large cities only. The
years of training of many of these
voices will but add to the excellence
of the production this year and there
is little doubt that it will be heard
by an audience that will pack the
opera house.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-11-27
Newer Nomenclature.

When the infant of today is taken
to the baptismal font it need not
shiver in dread of the name that is
about to be bestowed upon it, for
the parents, many of whom have suf-
fered long under ancient and I'M
couth names will be merciful to their
progeny The Puritans and their sue
cessors, even to the third and fourth
generation, have handed down such
handicaps as Zerah, Jabez, Ebenezer,
Zachariah, Zephaniah and Jeremiah,
with attending lamentations. But to-
day this is all changed. The boys
receive names of more lightness and
less antiquity and the girls are rare
ly burdened with Old Testament
names. The name of Deborah is Iow
rare, indeed, Leah has been forsaken,
and the three musical syllables of
Susannah have been reduced to Sus-
an or changed to Suzanne or SuZette.
The names, Patrick, Michael and
Timothy, long the proud heritage
of boys of Celtic parentage, have al
most fallen into disuse. Methodists
no more John-Wesley their boys, and
Lutherans are not SO favorably dis
posed to Martin Luther as a handle
to ones surname, Presbyterians have
found other names than John Calvin
for their eldest born. Except among
the most orthodox Jews a like turn
ing to the newer nomenclature is
noted. Nathan, Samuel and other of
the prophets, Solomon and other of
the kings have been set aside for Al
fred, Edward, Clarence, Arthur and
such light and airy designations of
heather origin, and the names of the
girls no longer are those of the moth
ers in Israel, but are up-to-date in
the whimsical spelling which makes
Catherine, Kathryn and Dotties, Dor
othy.-Scribner's
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-11-27
STARS INSTANTANEOUS.
Proprietor of Oelwein Lunch Room
and Brakeman i'm Controversy.

Oelwein, Iowa, Nov. PA fight
occurred Monday night at the Cres-
cent lunch counter on South Freder-
lex street, between the proprietor,
Ode Kint, and Jim Hanlen, brake
man. Hanlen was knocked down and
thrown out of the place by Kint, over
an alteration about a lunch. Han
len then made a remark that he
would get a gun and fix Kint, but re-
turned with knife and made an at
tempt on Kint's life, cutting him in
the neck and cheek Kint's wounds
are not considered serious. Hanlen
was arrested by the police and taken
to the city Jail.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-11-27

yes remarked the country mer-
chant to the newspaper man, Il GER
tainly have a snap. The wholesale
houses send me duns every month
and draw on me at sight; but If /
send a bill to a farmer he comes in
swearing mad and quits trading at
my store. While l am hard up for
money. many of those who owe me
are sending cash in advance to mail
order houses. If / contribute money
to any cause, people say / am bidding
for trade: if don't, they say / am
a hog. Every day am expected to
dig up for everything that comes
along, from rattle ticket to church
fund, by people who say | ought to
because they are trading here, but
my friends, Skeers and 'ChawDuck,
neither buy tickets nor help the fund
of the church, and yet get cash In
advance business, and If were to
circulate subscription paper among
inc WnOlCodiC POoPiS eA~uS $500
would get the laugh proper.
eff / sell a pair of pants / must
treat the family to candy and cigars;
If i buy load of potatoes / must
do the same. Customers who are
able to pay hang on to their money,
while / pay per cent at the bank
to get ready cash. ] have big bust
ness during hard times and poor
crops from people who are willing to
trade with me providing / can du-
plicate catalogue prices and will wait
until after harvest for my money.
my scales weigh too heavy when
sell sugar and too light when !
buy butter. l am thief, liar and
a CRATER. If smile am soft-soapy
hypocrite; if / don't smile I'm a
grump.
Eyes, this certainly is snap.
And then he looked over $4,000
worth of book accounts, all good, and
wondered how he could raise $3.50 to
meet a sight draft on the morrow
Exchange.
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-11-27
Iowa Marshal Duel Victor.

Fort Dodge, Iowa, Nov. 25.-Wil-
liam Woods, acting marshal of Cow
RE, twenty miles south of this city,
killed an unidentified man tonight.
The victim had shot at a party of
men returning home from work and
Woods pursued the stranger, who re-
fused to surrender The men ex-
changed shots, one hitting the assail-
ant.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-11-27
Hand is Badly Mangled.

Mason City, Iowa, Nov. 23.-Arth-
ur Coram, superintendent of the man
ual training department of the city
schools, had all the fingers of his left
hand so badly mangled in planer
today that the doctors think amputa-
ton is necessary.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-11-27

is causing the next largest loss in
swine to the state.
Serum treatment has no effect on
it. DIR. Mcleod intends calling in an
Ames expert to examine the local
conditions.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-11-27
Teachers Examination.

A special examination will be held
at the court house, DEBORAH, Iowa,
on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 29th
and Goth. Examinations commence
at 500 a. m. 4S-1
County Superintendent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-11-27

A man who has his desk Uttered
with yesterdays business has no
time to plan tomorrows.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-08-19
Timely Hints for the I Housewife

warm water (not boiling) and wash the flannel underwear in this clear water apart from everything else. Co not rub soap on the garments, or they will be hard and stiff. Wash well through two waters prepared the same way; then rinse in warm water to which little bluing has been. added. After rinsing thorough ly wiring them out well, shake them. and spread on the clothesline. While they are drying shake, stretch and turn them from time to time. They should dry slowly Flannels washed in this way will keep soft and shrink but little.
 eiderdown SoIes for Slippers
 Will be found nice and warm for the mother who has to get up sev- eral times in the night to care for a babe. Slippers that can be step ped into without picking up are the easiest to wear at night, and if these extra soles are glued into them they will not feel cold to the feet when one gets out of a warm bed.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-08-19
NOBILITY TO SELL ROSES

LONDON, June 22. A choice pitch on the steps in front of the stock exchange has been obtained by the duchess of Marlborough for the sale of roses on June 26, the date selected by Queen Alexandra for the rose fete day to be held for the benefit of hospitals and other charities in which the queen moth CT and her late husband were in terested
 The roses will be sold by 5000 London women representing all classes, and it is said that at least 10OOO.00O blossoms will be provided Prizes have been offered to the wo- men making the largest sales, and leaders of society are wing with each other in getting the best pitch es for the competition
 The rose selection by Queen Alex andra for the fete, which she wish es to become an annual affair, will be the wild rose, which has already been christened with the queen mothers name, and the day itself will be known as Alexandra day.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-08-19
FRANCE WILL LOSE
 FAMOUS PAINTING

PARIS, June p. - It seems like ly that Regnaults "Salome" will go to New York after all, although the purchaser, Knoedler, gave France two months to raise the money to secure the picture for the Louvre.
 Subscriptions already have reach ed half the necessary $105,60O and it Was expected that the rest would be provided by the council of na- tional museums. But that body has just notified Arthur Meyer, who is organizing the subscriptions, that it has decided not to acquire the "Salome" for the Louvre, having spent $4O,OOO earmarked for that purpose on other pictures.
 The famous painter, Edouard De taille, is attempting. in forlone hope, to get the use of the Mime. Edouard Andres legacy to buy the "Salome," :" but he is not likely to succeed.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-08-19
COLD AND TIN IN
 NOME DISTRICT

The gold produced in Sew ard Pen insula, Alaska, for 1911 had a value of s3,100,000 which was decrease of about SiUe.000 comrarcd with off, according to l.. $. Smith Of the United States Geological Survey. is attributable to three main causes first, decrease in the amount of winter mining; second. a general de crease in the number of mining op- erations, except dredging; and third, the handling of low-grade material All these causes may be referred more or less directly to the exhaus- tion of the known rich bonanzas be- fore enterprises have been establish ed capable of handling cheaply the large omunts of low-grade material which are known to exist on the peninsula. From this statement it may be inferred that at some flu ture time the gold production of the Seward Peninsula will materially increase.
 Although practically all the miner al production has been derived from gold placers. interest has been re newed in the tin edposts. and production of nearly s50,000 is re- ported from the tin placers on Buck creek
 Not only has dredging for placer tin been carried on. but certain loGe tin mines near York have been re- opened under the superintendcncc of a competent mining engineer. It is understood that the company in tends to ship the tin concentrates to Seattle, where they will be smelt- ed.
 While on a trip into the Alatna- Noatak region last year Mir Smith spent several days obtaining notes on the mining industry of Seward Peninsula, and these have just been published as Bulletin 52O-M Gan ad- vance chapter from Mineral Resour- ees, 19llD. a copy of which may be obtained free on application to the Director of the Geological Sur. vey, Washington. D. GU. s. Geo logical Bulletin.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-08-19
GIANT FIGURES DOT
 ISOLATED ISLAND

LONDON. July ,. - The Mana" a motor auxiliary yacht just launch ed at Whitstable, Is to carry an ex- petition to the South seaa to investi- gate the origin of the gigantic pre- historic remains of Easter island This island the most eastarly of the tlynesian group, is a lonely dot of land. forty-five miles in area. 2,OOO miles from the South Ameri- can coast. Facing the sea on the island are enormous platforms made of uncemented stones, some of which weigh five tons. Some of the sea walls are thirty feet high and 200 feet long. On the land side are broad terraces, also of stone, bear ing pedestals on which formerly stood huge figures carved from lava. Most of the images have been thrown down, but there are 555, of them on the island One is sixty eight feet high, with nose eleven feet long The figures all extend from head to hips, with receding foreheads, broad noses. thin lips and powerful chins. There is no metal on the island, and the only tool found was prehistoric chisel, with which it would seem impossible to execute such colossal works. Moreover. the island with it's scanty water supply could not have supported enough people to drag the figures from the quarry where they were made to the platforms. Some of the statues weigh 250 tons.
 There is every evidence that some great calamity overlook the island and it's inhabitants, for most of the figures are unfinished, some of them never even having been removed from the quarry. A popular theory is that Easter Island is the sole re- mains of continent which was overwhelmed by the sea after a great seismic disturbance. The designs of the stonework bear out this the ory, for they are strikingly like the ancient Peruvian ruins.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-08-19
SORRY HE GAN VI
 BUNNY HUI"

NEW YORK, July "A. - J. Pier pont Morgan, the multimilionaire, confidant of kings and owner of the greatest private collection of art treasures on earth (which he de- votes to public enjoyment and edu- cation) returned on the Olympic from Europe today, and all the passengers on the big ship were talking about his cheery, democratic ways, and how thoroughly he entered into the fun of the Saturday night ball on the briny, slipping lemonade like young ster and saying how sorry he was that he could not join in the "tur- key trOt" and the bunny hug" Both the ''trot' and the hug" were done within reasonable limits, and Car pentier, the French art critic, ap- proved the dances as glide of glad dening grace" Blanche Ring and several other actresses footed it on the deck ballroom.
 Morgan was asked what he thought of Churchilis naval statement as to the chances of war between Eng land and Germany.
 Nothing to say" was the mag mates reply.
 But you had long talk with the kaiser and ought to be on the inside"
 The kaiser did not give me an exclusive story for you," retorted the genial king of finance.
 How about the Bull Moose Mir Morgan-are you going to help fat ten him up?"
 This question interested the bank CT exceedingly.
 Bull Moose, what Bull Moose?" he asked.
 He was told that the Bull Moose stands for the new third party and asked a lot of questions about it.
 Its all new to me-" he explained.
 But when he was asked his opin- ion of the new movement, all he would say was: What do I know about Roosevelt?"
The Alaska citizen., 1912-08-19
ROOSEVELT KEEPS HIS
 PLATFORM A SECRET

OYSTER BAY, July ,. - My plat form won't be out for two weeks, so l cant let everybody know yet just where l stand" said Theodore Roosevelt tonight, when he was ask ed if he did not believe that such men as Governor Hadley of Missou- ri. and Governor Charles s. Osborn of Michigan would quickly make known their attitude toward the new party when they find out just where the part and its candidates will stand.
 The publicity of the Wilson can didate has already delayed the call for the Roosevelt party convention Now Colonel Roosevelt announces that his platform is yet in the em- bryo.
 As to the tariff, Colonel Roose- welt said that Governor Wilson ap- parently was a free trader, and his party has, he said, gone on record ill favor of free trade in the neces- saries of life.
 "Of course, the first person that such free trade policy will harm will be the farmer. The Democratic party can do only one of two things: It may wink at it's platform tariff plank and admit that it was writ ten for campaign purposes only, or it may attempt to enforce it, which would mean vast harm to the coun- try" he said.
 The ex-president went on to con- demn free trade Ut is," he said 'only temporary thing, with such certain disastrous effects upon the country that the people would come back at once to the just principles of proper protection. Under free trade" he said, 'it would be possible for the big interests of the country to go into China and Japan with cap- ital and cheap labor and import
The Alaska citizen., 1912-08-19
UPROAR ATTENDS END
 0F CAMORRA TRIAL

FlTERBO. Italy, July &. All previous demonstrations were eclips. ed when the jury which for more than year mas been listening to the evidence against the accused Camorrists unanimously returned it's verdict of guilty this evening.
 The prisoners. nine of whom were found guilty of actual murder. and the remainder of having been en- gagged in a murderous blackmailing conspiracy. Wept, prayed and cursed alternately. at times begging the court for mercy and at others de- nouncing the jury as murderers and assassihs of character
 Two of the accused cut their heads by beating them against the bars of their cages. and the blood streaming down their faces presented fearful spectacle.
 De Hains. one of the leaders, tried 10 cut his throat with splinter of broken glass that he had concealed about his person. He inflicted a nasty gash that bled freely.
 The uproar was so intense that the jury was unable to complete the readings of it's verdict. and final ly the sitting was suspended while he court prepared the sentences. The frenzied prisoners were removed 10 the jail where they were locked in separate cells to recover their composure.
 "Erricone,' the principal prisoner. made a last protest today, saying: 'I have committed no crime. h. deed. my poor brother was literally murdered while he was prisoner and I myself should have died of a broken heart if all my strength had not been used to keep me alive to hear the sentence of dissolution. ."
 Giovanni Rapi. the treasurer of the Camorra, remarked: 'I was abroad, but willingly gave myself up trusting to the justice of my country, which cannot fail"
 Dorado Sortino exclaimed: "We are not murderers, but murdered"
 Gennero lbello, head of the Ca morra in the Vesuvian villages. with eyes red from weeping. said: The crown prosecutor withdrew the accu- sation against me. Therefore I am practically acquitted have, how. ever, spent five years in prison and lost S10,000 My house has been destroyed and my wife died from a broken heart. If I am set free I shall be a beggar"
 Abbatemaggio, the priest informer, remained serene and almost jovial, saying: "I have said the whole truth. l haven't single word to change. Those are the murderers of the Cuoccolos."