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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
FIND MONGOL CITY IN MEXICO

A sensation has been created In
scientific circles by advices received
from Sir Martin Conway, Prof. Will
lam Niyen and Senior Ramon Mena OF
the discovery of absolute Monaghan
remains only couple of hours walk
from the City of Mexico, thereby con-
frming the hypothesis that has long
been held that the most ancient civ
Situation of Mexico and Peru proceed
ing that of the Toltecs and the Aztecs
was Of Monaghan origin.
Close to and partly beneath the
ruins of the ancient city of Tootihua-
car. about nineteen miles northeast of
the City of Mexico, the scientists I'M
covered the still more ancient city of
!Otumbia which f1ourfsned with a
iwondrous civilization centuries be-
fore the AZtecs or Tolteos rose to
power. possibly sven before Babylon
and Nineveh swayed the destinies OF
western Asia.
With the financial assistance of the
Mexican government the expedition
began the removal Of a six-foot layer
of earth, representing the dust ard
detritus Of more than twenty centu-
ries. This soon brought into view
many evidences of a vast and popu-
1ous city Of very high order of civil
Jization. Chief among these was a
great pyramid. 1t is 700 feet square
at the base, and It's apex is 1877 feet
high. while many of the giant blocks
of stone in it's massive walls must
have required extraordinary engineer
ing skill to handle This pyramid also
has It's riddle, for the axis of the main
gallery is coincidental with the mag
netic meridian.
Near the pyramid was found anoth-
.er remarkable building, called the
casa Pintada,'' or painted house On
the ground floor are six rooms, with
smoothly polished floors OF white ce-
nent. The walls, which are compos-
ed of clay mixed WITH fragments of
stone. are thickest at the base, and
slope slightly upward. They are also
smoothly finished with thin coating
Of plaster, which is painted Indian
red. On these walls are paintings
renresenting human beings in elab-
orare garments and head dresses. The
colrrs used in the paintings are green,
red pink ard orange brown. The
vnrSsssXaE is OF a hisA order, the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16

figures being boldly drawn and care
fully colored.
Then came the greatest discovery of
all. While excavating near the base
of the great pyramid Professor Niven
unearthed the remains of yet third
civilization beneath the ruins of an
cient Otumbia, making three great
cities of lost and forgotten races,
built one above the other.
In what appears to have been a
tomb of the lowest city, whose age SO
far defies calculation, Professor Niven
found the clay image of a Chinaman,
with oblique eye Sits, padded coat,
flowing trousers, and slippers. Only
the queue was lacking TO make
complete portrait of a mandarin of
the recently defunct Chinese empire.
1t should be remembered, however,
that the Chinese did not adopt the
queue until after they had been con-
quired by the Tartar hordes from the
north. IN the ears are huge rings.
and on the head is a skull cap with a
small button in the center, precisely
like that worn by the modern man.
DARN. The coat, which is loose and
of the type still worn by the older
Chinese, is fastened with a frog and
button. and on the breast is a circu-
lar plate, evidently once covered with
g, thin layer of beaten gold, but worn
Eare by contact with the earth for
terkuOwn centuries
This Chinese image" writes Pro
fs5sor Niven, was not made by the
k1tecs. II is mucA older, and proves
Tat the ancient peoples Of Mexico
were familiar with the Mongol type.
II was found in soxyIb or bed cham
bGr beneath the ruins of two other
ancient civilizations, thirty feet and
three inches below tsse surface. The
roam, which was thirty feet square,
ana built OF concrete walls, was
probably a tomb. On raised plat
form in the center 10y the skull and
boxes Of man of ms more than five
feet in height His Grms were very
long, reaching almoS to the knees,
while the skull was CT a decidedly
Mongol type"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
UNDERWORLD AS EXAMPLE
Archbishop Says Young People of
Today Are Travelling the
Wrong Road.

New Orleans.-The underworld has
become the exemplar of too many
young people who should have for
their patron Mary Immaculate, de,
clared Archbishop Bleak in a ser,
mon at the Jesuits' church recently,
in which he scored modern dancing
and social customs.
This spirit, he said, had resulted in
such dances as the grizzly bear" the
turkey trot," the "Gaby glide" and
the bunny hug"
Has it come to this" asked the
archbishop, that our beautiful So
ciety-our boasted civilization, nav,
even our Christianity, should be ban
ished to make room for the vile cor
ruption freighted with the miasma OF
the underworld? I appeal to mothers
and fathers, for the love of God to
set their faces against this outrage"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
ARE PROUD OF BIG FAMILIES

The Chinese are proud of large
families. and large family living TO-
gether under one roof is looked upon
as a proof of the good temper ana
correct course of life OF it's members
and as sure path to prosperity
large family which is able to live TO-
gether without dividing up the prop
erty always receives much credit anu
is highly respected. It is one ct the
highest distinctions in China to nave
WI Flu T'ung Tang. or five genera
lions, under one roof, although SUCH
a distinction is attained by very rev.
According to a recent census, the
family of Meng Yu Shih, widow OF
the village of Mangtao, in the TERRI
tory of Wei-hai-wei, has the distinctloh
of being the largest in the land. hei
family consists Of siXty-six members
and, with one servant, there are Sixty
seven mouths to be fed daily. MeHs
Yu Shin is sixty-six years old, anu
has nine sons and numerous grahu-
children and great grandchildren an
living under her roof. She mas ho'
yet attained the ambition of being the
head of WI Flu Tung Tang, but the
size of her family has already given
her the honor and pleasure OF belng
the largest in China. even If she mas
not five generations under one roof.
There are many households with
more than forty members, and almost
all old and distinguished families OF
China have at least twenty members
Families of small size, three or four.
are considered rather bad, even If they
ere rich and occupying high positions.
Size of family is as valuable in China
as size of stronghold.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
BURNS WOODWORK IN GALES
German Steamer Pennoil Is Forced to
Extremities To Provide
Fuel.

New York.-Buffeted at sea by what
her captain declared was the worst
weather he had encountered, the Ger
man steamer Pennoil, bound from
Rotterdam to Philadelphia, is coaling
here. She had only few pounds OF
coal in her bunkers when she anchor
ed off quarantine. The succession of
gales which she encountered held her
back and depleted her coal supply to
such an extent that she was forced
practically to strip herself of wood
work to keep the fires going.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
TWO BEANS TAKEN FROM MAN
Doctor Removes Pellets, One of Which
Had Began to Sprovs, From
Ear Tube.

San Bernardino, Cal-Two beans,
one OF which had sprouted into an
embryo plant, were removed from tho
head Of Mexican laborer here by DIR.
H.V. Beeson. For months the man had
complained of severe pains. The beans
had entered his head through his left
ear. The growing plant was nearly an
inch long, and apparently had flourish
ed in the ear tube.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16

flve-old-cat in without breaking some
body's windows,
But it is in the heart of downtown
New York, one block from Wall street
and the hole where the old Equitable
building stood has proved welcome
source of light to many offices where
the sunlight had not fallen since long
before the Spanish war.
That the park plan will go through
at any such cost, when single mil
lion of the money would give play
grounds to four or FIVE hundred thou
sand children, who now play in the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
SETTER WEARS SPECTAcLES

Minnesota Fanny, a thoroughbred
English setter, owned by Troy Cam
trell of Lead Hill, Ark, wears spec
tacles. She was fitted with specs"
by an oculist, who found that she was
suffering from astigmatism. For years
Fanny has been known as the hest
hunting dog in northwest Arkansas.
The dogs specs are held in place by
straps and appear very much like cog.
giles. The lenses are protected from
damage by protruding rims of metal.
The intelligent dog seems to under
stand their benefit and hunts" like
an old timer now.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16

scalp and over the whole body. The"
ordinary Turkish baths were built
away from the house and seemed to
be occupied all day long. Until the
age of twelve boys remain in the
harem. At thirteen or fourteen girls,
don the tchartchaf or veil and are
considered fit for marriage.
There is many a bride of fifteen
with a husband Of seventeen, Mar
riages are arranged by the two fami-
lies; the bridegroom does not see the
bride until after the marriage cere,.
mony when he raises the veil If he
omit to do this she remains his OFF,
cial wife only in name. Each Turk
is allowed by the Koran to have four
legal wives, but most of them now.
adays are satisfied with one.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
ANGRY BOY STARTS FIRE
Lad Ignites Straw Under Mules and
Barn Is Burned-AnimaIs
Are Cremated.

jamestown. N. DIG. w. Wilson's
hired man" would not let the five
year-old son of his employer, who lives
west of Montpelier, N. D., lead the
mules to water. SO the lad piled straw
under the animals and set fire to the
straw. The flames not only cremated
the mules but the barn. The mules
belonged to the hired man. who had
left for Iowa.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
WATCH CHARM FROM SKULL

Charles X. Hamilton. the aviator, is
wearing a bone watch charm made
from his own skull. Dangling from
the birdman's watch fob the orna.
ment closely resembles the Elks'
token which is similarly worn. The
bit of bone was taken from the head
Of the aviator as he lay unconscious
on the operating table. when two sur
geons trepanned his skull.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
GIANT PIGS GIVEN MUSEUM

valuable prehistoric objects in gold
and platinum from the province of Els
meraldas, Ecuador and Colombia. The
collection is on exhibition in the
South American gallery. The objects
in platinum are of most interest. as 1t
was not known that this metal was
worked, except in this locality, by
prehistoric race of people.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
"FAT JOB~ IS, DISCOVERED
$4,000 Position in Missouri Is Re,
vised Aftersa Lapse Of Thlr-
teen Years.

St Iouis-A state appointiwe office,
with fees estimated at $4,000 a year,
which has been overlooked for T3
years, was flied for the first time with
the appointment by State Auditor Cor
don of Thomas Bond, a young attor>
hey, as the auditors local counsel in
the collection of the collateral inner
itance tax. How the lucrative position
had been overlooked so long, poll
tfcians are at loss to understand.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
PUBLIC PARK is WANTED
Land WORTH s15,ooo,ooo, However, Is
Hardly Big Enough for an.
sold Cat" Game.

New York.-The latest project for
a New York park is the rather stag
gering proposition that the city take
over the site of the Equitable build
ing. which burned last winter. and
make it into an open square. The
land is valued at $15.000.0Oo and Is
HARDLY big enough for boys to play
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
MAN AND WIFE FIGHT DUEL

An extraordinary Husl between a
mars and wife armed with hatchets is
reported from Volosca, Austria The
pair. named Pilevitck, locked them
selves in their kitchar, The woman
severely wounded her Husband in the
head. He chopped OF His wifes arm
aNd finally shattered her skull, killing
her. Crawling to window he told
psssersby what had happened and
then died.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16

streets is doubtful. But it brings up
the curious fact that little more
than century ago there was actually
garden on the same ground. About
1858 Philip Stoutenberg owned the
whole site, and there he established
garden, where he raised tulip bulbs
to sell to his Dutch neighbors.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
oro Time PAVING.

St Paul, MINT took the Cana
dian government forty-six years to
pay A. P. Cameron for his services
IN the raid on Canada In 1866. Cam,
eron got check for $500 and deed
to 100 acres Of land.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
Rules nlxorcee Is Widow.

ST. Louis.-Circuit court ruled that
a diyorcee is legally widow and so
Mrs. Felicie Badarace, divorcee, gets
the $4,000 estate left by her uncle In
the event she becomes a widow.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-16
Dies From chlIdhood Accident.

Columbus.-A fall which she re-
ceived when a child visiting the state
capitol is blamed for the death OF
Miss Estella Saltzman, aged 20 ysars,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-15
BELGIAN
STRIKE NOW
GENERAL
About 10000 Men on Big
Political Strike
No Violence Reported Any
Where e-Everything Quite
It Is Fslded Arm Strike-Not
a Fist Strike

BRUSSELS, April 15.-over, a third Of
the total number Of workmen in Bel
gium are on a strike today. Figures
gathered by the Associated Press from
all the provinces except Antwerp and
West Flanders showed a total of 256,-
600 strikers. In the provinces named,
where the socialists are weakest, there
are about $4,000 strikers, making a to-
tai of 270,O0o. ,.....
There has been no violence and
tranquility is reported everywhere.
Only four men were arrested thus far
for interfering with non n-strikers.
The strike leaders insist the strike
is one of folded arms not of raised
fists. The strike is intended by the
socialists as "A protest against, the sys-
tenn of plural voting, which system
has permitted the clerical party to re-
main in power the last twenty years.
Charleroi, Belgium, April 15-The
strike is greatly extended here; not
a miner is working and nearly all the
metal workers have quit.
/ At La Louviere the gendarmes were
carried on the street cars running to
the, suburbs to guard against a pos
sible attack by the strikers. The sus-
pension of work in manufacturing
suburb of Brussels was about of the
the number of men who stopped work
in the mines and factories is greatly
increased.
At Antwerp, however, work is more
general in the northern sections of the
city.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-15
The SMOOTHEST
CONFIDENCE MAN
IN AMERICA

Chicago, April 15.--John H. Stros-
nider, said by the police to be the most
accomplished confidence man in
America, was brought here from Mon
treal, Can, to answer to the charge
Of fleeing DR.. w. r. Kirby out of $780,
600. The loss of the money, said by
Kirby to be the assets of private
savings bank he conducted, wrecked
the institution. The money was lost
on fake wire-tapping game, accord
ing to Kirby.
Strosnider, who is said to have a
handsome residence in fashionable
section of Flatbush, l., l., denied that
he knew anything of Kirby's affairs.
He said that he was horseman, rae
ing a string at various tracks. He is
also accused of swindling Allen Pink
hard of Clayton, Ala, out of $4,000.
Strosnider was named by Jack Rose,
the New York gambler involved in the
Rosenthal murder as a king of the
New York underworld. He has the
appearance of prosperous business
man. He spent the afternoon in a
cell In the county Jail examining pa
pers. A special guard of detectives
has been detailed to watch him.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-15
n. Y. INSPECTORS
WERE INDICTED

New York, April 15.-A blanket in
dictment charging conspiracy was re-
turned by the grand pury investigating
alleged graft in the police department
against Police Capt. Dennis Sweeney,
John Murtha, James e. Hussey and
James F. Thompson. All these offic-
ers formerly were inspectors. Sweeney
had sbeen previously indicted on a
bribery charge.
The indictment of the four grew out
of the departure from New York coun-
ty of George A. Sipp, a former hotel
proprietor, on which accusation Pa
trolman Eugene Fox was charged with
bribery. 1t charges that the four cap
tains, then inspectors, conspired to get
Sipp out of jurisdiction to prevent his
appearance as witness against Fox.
Murt1a was arraigned soon after the
Indictment was returned and released
on $1,000 bail. Sweeney later entered
plea of not guilty and was released
in the custody of counsel. he already
having been forced to give $4,000
bond on the previous indictment.
Thompson and Russey will be arraign-
ed tomorrow.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-15

ON STRIKE
Gsvernor Of West Virginia
Makes Recommendations

Charleston. w. Va, April 15-Gov.
Henry D. Hatfield, who on April
declared that he would make recon-
mendations which he hoped would be
the means of ending the strike Of the
coal miners in the Paint and Cabin
creek sections of Kanawha county,
last night issued a statement. The
executive not only makes recommen-
dations, but reviews the conditions
in the strike territory. and declares
the annual wage paid throughout
West Virginia exceeds by $43.4O the
asaEes pai.s tss nLzcrs II any OF tsss
union states. according to statistics
obtained
In referring to the guard system" !"
the governor said: ..-. ....I
"There is no question but that the
miners haves been imposed upon and
mistreated by the guard system that
existed at one time or another
throughout the strike zone"
TT is not to be denied" he adds,
that mistreatment has been accorded
by union to- nonunion miners within
and without the immediate strike
zone."
The governor goes into detail re-
garding the recent battle. at Muck
low between the miners and guards
of the Paint Creek Colleries Co. He
denies that sixteen men were killed
and says that a bookkeeper and a
mine guard were the only persons
who lost their lives. ''~'"-. .r' ,'"
The recommendations of the gov
ernor followi
First, that the operators concede to
the miners the right to select a
check weighman from among their
number when the majority demands
it. s ~r 5
Second, that nine-hour work day
be conceded to the miners by the op-
orators. In defining a nine-hour
working day, the governor declares
that it means nine hours of actual
service by the employe to the employ
er at the same scale of wages now
paid"
Third, that no discrimination be
made against any miner, and if he
elects, he may purchase the supplies
for the maintenance of his family
wherever it suits him best"
Fourth, that the operators grant a
semi monthly pay.
In conclusion, the governor asks
that the miners return to work il the
operators accede to the requests he
has made. If the operators make the
concessions, he declares that he will
''use all the means at my command to
see that each and every proposition
so acceded to is carried out in its full
ness, and I will further endeavor, In
such cases where the law is not now
explicit, to have the same so amended
as will secure in the future the car
rying out of the suggestions have
made
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-15
.MILLITANTS
DESTROYED
MANSION
SuffragetteS Destroyed Fine
Seaside Mansion
Was Country Home Of Arthur
Philip DuCroS, VI. P.
Cut Telegraph Wire at Bath,
Windows Broken

Hastings, Eng, April 15.-The mill
tant suffragettes destroyed the Sea-
side mansion at st. Leonards- on the
Sea, belonging to Arthur Philip Du
Cros, unionist member of parliament
for Hastings. The women not only
fired the house but placed explosives
in many rooms.
The residence has only recently
been vacated. To enter the house the
women spread papers covering the
jam over the window to deaden the
sound, then smashed the large panes
Of glass with hammers from the jam
to prevent the broken pieces from
falling.
One fireman was struck on the head
by piece of metal and badly injured
A large quantity Of suffrage material
and literature was found in the vicini-
ty.
Near Bath suffragettes cut all the
telegraph and telephone wires at the
entrance to the box tunnel on the
Great Western railway.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-15
BUILDING
ACTIVE IN
The WEST
James Kennedy Predicts Pros
porous Building Year
Many Fargo Young Men VIII
Be Engaged in Work
MIR. Kennedy'S Interests Are
Branching Out

James Kennedy, the. contractor, and
the James Kennedy Contracting Co.,
are showing great signs Of activity
just now, for the season has commenc-
ed and Mr.. Kennedy, who returned
home from the far west a day or two
ago. says that the spring work has
opened with vim.
The James Kennedy Contracting Co.
has just closed a 100000 contract for
the city of Portland, Ore, where for
some years the company has been do
ing extensive work for the municipal
ity, and with the opening of the sea-
son will see the movement of several
Fargo young men who are in the en-
ploy of the company.
Leslie Wheeler, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Wheeler of this city, left yes
terday evening for Pocatella Ida.,
where he will take charge of the Ken
nedy Office and Charles, son of James
Kennedy, who has had charge of the
Office, will go to Eugene, Ore, where
he will have" charge of the office.
Arthur Crabbe, son of Sam f.
Crabbe of this city, will go to Port
land, Ore, to be interested in the Ken
nedy interests in the office.
William Kennedy and o. J. Burns,
two Fargo men, the former being a
son of James Kennedy, will go to Mil
waukee, Wis, where Mr.. Kennedy has
large paving interests. which will be
pushed forward rapidly.
Business in the west and in Mil
waukee is surely picking up at q great
rate" said Mr.. Kennedy" and from
what / can hear all over the country
everything appears to be very lively.
1 look for a great building year, es-
pecially in public work am glad to
see that Fargo, too, is getting hump
on herself in the way Of new buildings
and can see that the next six or
eight months will be very lively ones
for all manner of business"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-15
UNITED STATES
Is FOURTEENTH

Washington, April 15.-The United
States stands fourteenth among the
nations of the world in the number of
government-owned aeroplanes and in
government expenditures for aerial
navigation during the past five years.
Figures compiled under the direction
of Brig. Gen. George p. Scriven, chief
signal officer of the army, show that
Germany leads the world with 400
aeroplanes and a total expenditure Of
$2S, 100000 during the past five years.
The United States owns twenty eight
aeroplanes and its total expenditure
on that branch of science in the last
five years was $436,000.
other countries rank the United
States in aeronautics in the following
order:
France, Russia, Italy and Austria,
Great Britain, Belgium, Japan, Chile,
Bulgaria. Greece. Spain and Brazil.