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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-03-04
SWISS CONSUL
LOOKS FOR LAND
Has Plans under Way to
Bring 100 Families to
ON A 5000 ACRE TRACT
Believes Agents Should Be
Sent to .Cantons for
Settlers
ON A 5000 ACRE TRACT

} CAEHALIS. Feb. 2S.-Hon. Albin G.
Bigger. Swiss consul for Washington,
Oregon and Idaho, has returned to
Portland after spending two days here
Investigating the plans and purposes
Of the Southwest Washington Settlers
agency. He was guest of Secretary
Merrill of the Citizens club during
his stay in Chehalis, and it was at
the instance of Secretary Merrill that
Consul Bigger arranged to come here.
As a result. plans are already under
way to plant colony of 100 families
Of Swiss on 5,O00-acre tract in Che
halls county near Elma.
Consul Bigger declared himself
more than pleased with the Chehalis
and Newaukum valleys and the ad-
Joining logged-off lands in the valleys
and on the hills and the outlook for
this section. He states that there are
now in the three states of Oregon,
Idaho and Washington approximately
$4,000 of his countrymen. OF these
Oregon has the most, some 5000,
Washington has about 5000 and Idaho
approximately 1000 For the most
part these people are engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits, paying especial at
tention to dairying
Mr. Bigger went carefully into the
plans of the Settlers agency and he
as given it his unqualified indorse-
lent He believes that owing to the
Ongested population in certain can
sns of Switzerland it will be possible
interest many families of his coun-
trymen in this country The best plan,
according to his idea, will be to send
some reliable man to Switzerland and
explain the situation to the people
there. He would have the emssary
take with him an extensive line of
agricultural samples of grains, grasses
and other products from this section
to show the Swiss people. Mr.. Big
ger anticipates making such trip
himself to his native land at some
early date and it is possible that some
arrangement may be made to have
him do some exploitation work along
these lines.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-03-04

JOHN ERICSSON, BUILDER OF THE MONI-
TOR
ments for sea service--a pyrometer
and alarm barometer. Il sea lead and
several other devices.
The keel of the Monitor was laid
in the shipyard Of Thomas f. Row
land. at Greenpoint. Long Island. on
Oct %. 1861. and on the 10Th of the
next February she was turned over
to the federal government, On the
4th of March her guns were mounted.
The striking feature of this iron
plated raft. l12 feet long, i1i4 feet
beam and II 10 feet depth of hold.
was revolving iron t,Irret contain
ing two eleven-inch rnhlgren guis.
AS less than two feet Of the hull was
to appear above water the target sur
face was reduced TO a minimum. As
further So uriy this surface was
plated with tive layers of iron. each
one inch thick. The deck was pro
ccted by two layers of half inch
plate The turrei. twenty feet In
lameter and eight feet high, was
built OF eight layers Of one inch iron
plates while the roof was protected by
railroad iron.
The propeller and the rudder at the
stern and the anchor Mt the bow were
In turn protected by the overhang OF
the deck. The pilothouse on deck
was made Of massive bars Of iron COW
cred by movable iron top. This
was the elimination Of the idea Erics-
son had derived by his boyish watch
ing of the Swedish RATS.
It was at first intended that the
Monitor should join the expedition Of
New Orleans. but the report Of the
battle Of Hampton Roads changed its
destination.
The Monitor set out in rough sea.
The experiences Of the men on board
were terrible. No one thought they
could survive the storm that caused
the sea to swamp the boat. Saturday
morning, March 8. the men. worn out
by six hours Of strsin. sadly discourag-
ed and believing death close at hand.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-03-04
THE BATTLE Of !
AND NERR|nAC !
President Taft Will Attend
Banquet Of Swedish Amer
leans at Chicago.

pumping out the water that had food
ed the boat and making other repair
At 1 o'clock in the afternoon til
Monitor. passing Cape Henry. hear;
the distant booming Of guns. WI!
quickened pulses the men of the Nom
tor cleared for action and made ever,
effort to reach the scene of the battle
which they knew to be in progress
but it was o'clock that night whel
they reached Fortress Monroe. In the
terrible scene Of fire that was CUTTING
the frigateS the Monitor received or
ders to come close to the Minnesota.
The gloom and depression of tn,
scene Of battle fel! over the Monitor
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-03-04
Fresh Air.

A calendar published by a manufac-
turer Of a ventilating novelty bears In
conspicuous type under every date the
words, Good air-the best doctor
costs nothing" For every day there
is also a short hint on the volume of
good air. Among the little essays are
these: "Once upon time hot poul-
tees and tightly closed rooms cured
(N pneumonia. Now it's fresh air"
I'm 1912 consumptives died in stuffy
rooms: in 1912 they live In fresh air."
Ten full inhalations Of good air be-
fore dinner Go more good than the
best cocktail" Fresh air in Your
bedroom will make you cheerful at
breakfast" "A doctor for mind and
6ody-always on call-never sends a
bill-fresh air,"-New York Tribune.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-03-04

JOHN LORIMEK wORpEN, WHO COMMANDED
THE MONITOR
whose men were already exhausted
from the severe fight for existence. Fol
fifty hours the Monitor had been in the
face Of an overwhelming storm. and
now its men were confronted by the
necessity Of meeting the unscathed con
queror Of the great conflict.
At 9 o'clock in the morning of the
9th Of March the Merrimac slipped her
mornings. making for the Minnesota
Her first shot. sent from a mile away
struck the MinnesOta's counter. The
Monitor. as If ut u rehearsed signal
swung from her anchorage and boldly
headed for the Merrimac. The Merri
mac, recognizing the Monitor. changed
her program Of destroying the Mime
sofa and turned on the newcomer.
The Merrimac opened the fire The
first shot was answered. The second
struck The turret Of the Monitor. When
1t did not penetrate and the tower re-
volved to another point the men in the
Monitor breathed their first eXclama.
ton Of confidence No damage from
the guns of the Monitor showed on the
Merrimac. however. as the hours of
firing went Oh any more than the
broadsit!eS of the Merrimac did dam
age to the Monitor. The Monitor. rush
ing to disable the Merrimac's sStern.
missed by three feet. grazing along the
side and firing both guns at once. The
conclusion was terrific. knocking over
the men ON the larger boat. The men
on the Merrinac thought the Monitor
was retreating But in fifteen minutes
the Monitor was back. In the next
conflict Lieutenant Worden. command
Ing the Monitor. was wounded The
heavy iron plate of the outside had
been fractured. and the second in com
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-03-04
GOTHAM'S OWN SLY


New Municipal Building over
$50 Feet In tn :
OF all the big structure city
the new municipal hn!ic '- ' the
largest steel frame. tn, or
which is forty stories. imc ", the
tower. which begins at - '"nty'
sixth story. There were n-a' or II
10000 tons of steel. sever" 'rtrd"rs
weighing fifty tons each Hhd some
floor beams were required u sch
size that many weigh ten tons Zach.
The building is $50 fee; II III and
will be the fourth tallest building In
the world when the Woolworth build
ing. the highest. is completed II re-
quired 100000 cubic feet of granite to
ncase the steel frame. some Ut the
base stones weighing as much AS SIX
ty tons each. and more than l.Wm,ooo
square feet OF tile and floor were used.
There Is about an acre of nSnble
space on every floor, except those in
the tower section, which will tie used
by more than 5000 employees of va
rious departments Of the city govern
ment that will he accommodated IN
the new building. The basement will
have about two acres Of space. which
is to be wholly utilized for a subway
station. 1nis is probably the only
building In the world that has its
basement above ground. as the pro
visions for the subway necesSitated
the using Of the fourth floor Of the
building as the basement for machin-
cry for elevators and the operating
plant The building will have thirty
two elevators ana four stairways.
The structure. including the land 1t
covers, will cost bet Wp"n Sl2Mn.DW
and $15.C0O00D, but despite this enor.
nous expenditure for one building 1t
will prove Il most profitable invest
ment MS Is indicated IN II recent re-
port of Comptroller Ir"ndrr@nst that
the city spends about $i,c0inno year
In rent The bulk Of the expenditure
will cease when the municipal build
ing is completed. New York Post.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-03-04
Keep Of the Track!

More than half the persons who are
killed on the railways each year are
trespassers who walk on the tracks.
In ten years 5O.7Os such trespassers
have been killed and "a. 1873 injured.
Laws prescribing safety appliances
for the protection of persons engaged
In hazardous occupations are on the
books ln all the states. There are
also laws forbidding trespassers upon
railroad rights OF way. People who
walk upon railroad tracks simply
tempt nrOvidpucp II peIie's
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-03-04

"A ARCH 9. the date Of the if
tieth anniversary Of the bat
tie between the Monitor and
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-03-04
BIG FORTUNES IN GERMANY.
Forty five Million Dollars Is the Top
Figure Of t'e Empire.


Figure Of t',e Empire.
The essential nint;er OF Il recently
suppressed PruS,ian year book is
gradually coming to IiSlit. ana Il con
spectlls of the millionaire class of Ger
many is now potS!b,e y millionaire
in that part of the world is the pos
SCISSOR Of million marks 'S2.ajWW|.
and of this class. according TO the au-
thor of the compilation. there are $500.
The greatest seven fortunes in l'ruS-
STA range between S45.UOU.UO0 and ST.
OOO.UOO The two named are both pos
sessed by women-the former by the
daughter of krupp. the latter by
daughter of the Vienna Rothschilds.
Between them come number Of no.
blemen whose wealth is principally In
coal and zinc. q fact strongly cor
roborative Of the claims to mineral
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-03-04

FRANKLIN BUCHANAN Ton THE LETT WHO
COMMANDED THE MFRpIMAC AND JOSEPH
TATNALL, WHO SUCCEEDED HIN.
mand withdrew bhck to the side OF the
Minnesota.
This ended the battle The Merri-
mac, unable to get ut the fleet. retired.
The duel was ended. The Merrimac
was leaking badly and had to retreat
for repairs. She did not reappear in
Hampton Roads till the 18th Of April.
The Monitor. held In leash by the au-
thorities in Washington. who did not
care to risk their safeguard. did not &C.
cept the challenge. On the 10th Of May
the Merrimac exploded. Or Jan. 9.
1863. the Monitor was caught in a gale
OF Cape Hatteras and went down.
Thus ended the wonderful history Of
the two ironclads that revolutienized
naval warfare.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-05-22
Persons
Searched
Precautiou Taken at Jones
vile Against Feared
Repetition of Hills
vile Tragedy.

Jonesville, Va, May 20. =
In view OF anonymous threats
indicating that in the event the
election bribery trials in this
(Lee County,, should result in
Jail sentences for certain of
those under indictment, a repe-
tition of the Hillsville court
room tragedy of March l4th +,
might be expected, Judge
Skeen, of the circuit court,
when he convened court here
this morning, deputized four
men, NJ. ID. and G. Il. Denny
aud G. II. and w. p. Sprinkle,
to search every person who
entered the court room, to as
certain whether or not anybody
was armed. The search was
made, and nobody in the large
crowd that entered the court
room escaped it. But no re-
volvers were found,
Judge Skeen called the case
of Dock Burkett, one of two
hundred or more who are under
indictment charged with hav-
ing been involved in election
briberies
1t WAS decided last week, as
the result of n conference be-
tween Judge Skeen and mem.
bers of the Lee counny bar, TO
make II test of this case. i'm
order to determine whether or
not under the election bribery
statue n person can be compell-
ed to testify that he bought
votes
G. II. Flanary, the first wit.
ness called in this case, refused
to answer TO the question as to
whether he bought in the cleo
tion last fall. Judge Skeen
imposed upon MIR. Flnnary a
fine of 800 for his refusal TO
testify, and an appeal was
prayed.
The case will now 90 TO the
Supreme Court as means of
testing the point involved.
The defendant will be repre-
scented by NJ CT. Ely, former
common weolth's attorney, and
former State Senator John G,
Noel. Judge II. w. Penning.
ton was designated by Judge
Skeen TO represent the prose.
cution.
The court adjourned pending
the hearing in the Court of APP.
peals, and will not meet to
hear the election cases until
August 10th.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-05-22

which at stated intervals took
all the pleasure out of life.
j. p Wolfe, chairman of the
school board, presented the
certificates to the graduates in
the grammar grades in a neat
little speech, and the delivery
of the diplomas to the gradu
ates in the high school depart
ment was made by Superinten-
dent j N. Hillman, who being
a past master in the difficult
art OF making graceful and
polished presentation speeches,
did not disappoint either the
class or the audience on the
present occasion.
Prof Ii. II. Young then de
livered the medal which caused
no little suspense since the be-
ginning of the final exercises
Miss Blake's medal for the
greatest Improvement in instru
mental IN u C. Miss Eula
'rackett, a seventh grade pupil,
who entered school at the be-
ginning of the term, her family
having moved to this place from
Pennington Gap last fall, was
the fortunate winner of the med
al, which meant hard work, and
was an honor that would have
delighted any member of Miss
Blake's large class.
Another prize awarded by
Prof. Young was a great sur
prise not only to the student
body but to the audience as
well. This was the prize given
by DR. Karl Stoehr to the pupil
who, throughout the year, had
shown, without the knowledge
or expectation of reward, the
greatest zeal and perseverance
in the prosecution of her stud
les. This prize, a handsome
gold necklace, was awarded to
Miss Ollie NJ. Kelly of the SEN
ior class
inully, WIN inc singing oil
God Be With You Till We
Meet Again, another prosper
Gus ycar.ended.
Alumni Banquet and Recp-
ton.
The annual alumni banquet
and reception was held in the
reading room. The officers of
the association are: president,
Grace Graham; vice-president,
Gladys Wolfe; secretary and
treasurer, Mrs. Juliet Mathews
Taylor,
The reading room tables, the
latter in the form of Il Greek
orosss, were decorated in an
exquisite color scheme of green
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-05-22
Graduating Exercises.

Prof. II. II. Young presided
at the graduating exercises
Tuesday night aud made one of
his characteristic educational
talks. The senior class officers
this year are as follows; Samuel
Nickels, president; Ruby KEN
per, eHicc-president; Glessie
.Gilly, secretary and treasurer
Henry Mccormick would have
graduated with honor in this
class but was kept away from
school on account of measles,
a matter Of keen regret to
Henry as well as to his class
mates.
After 4 song of greeting,
Samuel Nickels delivered the
salutatory, and was followed
by a song, "The Soldier Cho-
rus Sam is quite an excep-
tionally fine young man, and
interested friends and school
mates expect great things of
him at college next year.
Miss Glessie Giliy, the medal
winner of the night before,
read an excellent essay on Ed
gar Allen Poe, the talented
Nirginian, and was followed by
another number by the chorus,
that old glce club favorite,
"Kentucky Babe
Miss Ollie NJ. Kelly, bright
young lady of Cadet, who has
made an excellent record from
the primary up, read the history
aud prophecy of the class of 'l2.
Following our usual custom, we
will print this iii a later issue,
as the scattered members of The
class in its earlier years always
found it interesting To make
comparisons.
The well-trained chorus gave
another selection following the
delivery of the history and
prophecy OF the class, after
which Miss Ruby Kemper de
livered the valedictory in hei
usual charming manner. a
literary career has many times
been prophesied for Miss KEN
per since she became a member
of the class. since her facile
pen has been the admiration
and despair of less gifted pupils
to whom composition writing
was a horror, the necessity fol
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-05-22

presentation of the medal to
Miss Gilly, Il chorus of sweet
voices, belonging to a half
dozen young ladies of the high
school, sang with much express
sion Rubenstein's "Voices of
the Woods. -
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-05-22
Real Estate for Sale.

One two story brick store
hon So. five good rootas and hall
zap stairs One eight room
frame dwelling.
G. l., HAMBLEN,
Big Stone Gap, Va.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-05-22
Athletic Association
Notes,

The Base Ball feature of the
Celebration on July 3rd and Ith
is progressing nicely. Six teams
have organized % league, viz:
Norton, Dorchester, Stonega,
Wise, Keokee and Big Stone
Gap, the series Of games start
ing on Saturday May 25th.
A tournament feature has also
been arranged, ten entries hav-
ing sent III their names to a. X.
Morrison, Chairman.
The Field Sports committee
has completed its plans. The
High School teams entering
this contest have begun prac.
tico for ali of the events. Prizes
offered III this contest amounts
to Fifty dollars in cash.
Arrangements are also being
made for II Tennis Tournament,
not only for local teams but for
teams from surrounding towns.
Those interested in the Tennis
Tournament will communicate
with Josh Buliitt, Jr. who has
charge of this feature. Entries
in the Tennis Tournament Will
necessarily have to ne made at
once.
The mine Rescue contest will
give additional interest TO those
attending the celebration, as
the Director of the Bureau of
Mines, DR., Holmes, has assured
Ills that the Mine Rescue car
will be here ON July lth to act
as Referee in the contest. and
To materially aseist in making
this feature a success.
Arrangements for more grand
stand seats-have been complet.
ed. Seven new sections f
bleacher seats and 400 addition
al grand stand seats will be
completed by july 4th.
The Horse Show committee
reports that great progress has
been made by them, and we
cap look for some very interest.
ing competition in saddle rings,
and driving rings, due to en-
tries from out of town. Full
arrangements 70 the horse
show have not been completed,
aud cannot be fully arranged
until data relative To the Caval
~ maneuver is secured. a com.
mittee from the Athletic Arse
citation have gone to Fort Ogle-
thorpe, Ga, TO confer with
Captain Rawells of the nth
Cavalry as TO details for the
drill and mnneuver. AS soon
as these details are learned
plans for the horse show can be
arranged
The arnusements features are
being given attention by the
Amusement Committee, and we
figure we will have some rare
treats along this line. The
Athletic Sports, bicycle races,
automobile show, aud golt fea.
lures are being actively handled
by their respective committees.
Arrangements for taking
care OF the people from rosin-
rant standpoint Will be handled
by the Association, W II 10 h
means that ample preparations
will be made to care for an
enormcle crowd on July Bird
and sth
Arrangement on several fea-
lures, that the Executive Com
rnittee has been iiguring on,
are moi yen perfected, and we
will not be in position to make
announcement until we $ o .
further advancement along the
line OF present endeayor.
The Base Bali feature this
year, we feel satisfied 10 saying
will be one of great inte.est on
account OF the number of teens
that haye entered tho contest
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to the student body by DR..
John j. Lloyd, the rector of
Christ Episcopal church at this
place.
Preceding the opening prayer
by Rev. j. b. Craft, was sc
lection by quartette composed
of Mrs. l. @. Taylor, Miss Hal
Perry and Messrs. Crawford
and Mathews, which was great
ly enjoyed by the audience.
Another selection was sung by
the same quartette following
the scripture reading by Rev
Q. b. Livesay.
Rev, II. X. Sutherland pro
nounced the benediction after
the close of DR.. Lloyd's adj
dress.
Debating Contest.
Miss Ruby Kemper, the pretty
and popular little Senior from
the state of Kentucky. whose
cleverness and intellig e nee
makes it matter of regret To
her class that she is not a ma
tive of Wise, presided at the
debating contest Monday night
which was certainly spirited
enough to suit the most exact
ing of the large audience pres
ent.
The exercises opened Il little
behind time with musical Sc
lection by Misses Margaret Pet
tit and Ruth Prescott, "Faus
Waltz which was played with
the sureness OF touch and arts
tic expression which character.
ICES the playing of ali Miss
Blake's pupils
The debate opened with the
speech of Miss Glessie Gnly,
the first on the affirmative, the
subject being Resolved: That
Virginia is the Greatest State
III the Union.n Miss Glessie-
being n Gilly-made hot only u
bright and entertaining, but
such an evidently convincing
argument that the committee
could not see it's way clear to
do anything else but award her
the professional Mems Med
all.
The committee was composed
of Messrs. J NJ. Hodge, II. e.
Fox and G $. Carter, and the
latter made the presentation
speech, the members of the
committee, as Mr.. Garter ex.
planned, being too young and
hashful TO appear in public on
the stage"
Miss Zollie Palmer and
Jerome Wells supported Miss
GiIly brilliantly, in fact, Miss
Palmer's delivery was so nearly
perfect that many of the audi.
ence were positive that the
medal would surely go to this
tavorite high school pupil.
The negative side, represent
ed by Peter Wolfe, Pat Ham
nonds and John Allen GoodIoe
had a strong array of points to
present in support OF their side
of the question, but lacked the
convincing delivery of their op-
ponants. Peter Wolfe the first
on tue negative had an ospeci
ally good paper, but n number
of his good points We're lost
through his not being able to
present his arguments without
recourse to his manuscript.
While the committee was in
session, Rev. j. b. Craft en-
tertained the audience with a
characteristic talk anent school
matters in general, with an
amusing description OF tho"Old
Field School" OF his own boy
hood days.
One of the most en- Pertaining
Enumbefs of the entire com.
nencement exercises. however,
WAS an exceedingly funny vc-
cal duet entitled MIR. and Mrs.
iSnibbsn by two OF the pupils OF
the high School department
who are unsteady inclined
Miss Mabel Willis and Byron
Rhoads, hich brought round
OF amused applause from the
audience.
lmmedia tely preceding tn,
-,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-05-22

Judge William f. Rhea,
member of corporation com.
mission of Virginia, returned
10 Bristol Wednesday evening
from Speers Ferry, where he
spent Wednesday in conference
with officials Of the Virginia
and Southwestern and @. 9. Il
O. in regard to the matter of u
union depot at that point. The
people of Speers Perry and
that section are anxious for
station ana applied TO the State
corporation commission, asking
that the railroads be required TO
build it, Gate City Herald.