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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-10

Ellensburg, Wash.-The Chicago,
Milwaukee & Puget Sound eastbound
fast freight, which was stalled in a
drift one mile west of Laconia, in
Snoqualmie Pass, Saturday afternoon,
was wrecked late Monday by an ava
lanche that swept down the mountain
Just when the train was almost free
from the first drift.
Two locomotives were knocked off
the track and wrecked, IL cars loaded
with Oriental imports were smashed
into small bits and % other cars were
buried under the snow, part of which
is Is feet deep.
Roadmaster w. R. Hunt was caught
in the slide and severely injured.
Snow conditions in the Cascade
mountains are the worst in 20 years,
according to railroad officials here.
The Milwaukee was completely tied
up by slides. The Northern Pacific
refused to handle Milwaukee trains
over the mountains. Snow plows at
Easton and Lester were wedged in the
snow
A pillow stationed at Ellensburg,
with a 15-foot double fan, released
one imprisoned pillow. A locomotive
left the rails at Easton and turned on
its side.
A wrecking outfit left here by spe-
cial train, with IS laborers following.
A foot of snow an hour was reported
at the summit Lower down rain fell
and then froze, forming a heavy crust
on the snow and making conditions
much worse.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-10
sNOWsLIDE CRUsHEs TRAIN
Rain, Wind and Snow Do Immense
Damage to Property.

Ellensburg, Wash Snowslide
crushes Is freight cars into kind
ling.
: Stakeholder on rotary snow
pillow on Great Northern road ex-
plodes, injuring five, two fatally.
Aberdeen-Traffic and wire COM
munication badly hit by storm
landslide throws two houses from
foundations shipping tied up.
Falls City, Or. = Heaviest rain
and wind storm ever recorded.
Newport-Rain heavy and wind
blows gale, but no shipping dam
age reported.
Dallas = Telephone lines down
and bridges washed out with La
Creole river flooding adjacent land.
Chehails -Chehalis river on a
rampage for two days. Big log
jam likely to break any time.
Vancouver-Several Clark county
bridges and roads washed out and
rainfall of Sunday 1872 inches.
Centralia- Surrounding country
f1ooded-citizens fear inundation in
business district.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-10
POWER CLAIMS ARE HELD UP
Secretary Sees Plan to Block Gov
eminent Control.

Washington, D. C. = BY the joint
action of the War, Interior and Agri-
cultural departments, extensive land
patents of the International Power &
Manufacturing company of the state
of Washington were held up because
of the belief of Secretary Fisher, as
expressed in a statement, that the
company was trying to free itself
from all control by the government by
securing patents to lands under the
guise of mining claims or by railroad
scrip filings in combination with a
special dam license"
The company was planning to build
series of power plants which, it was
estimated, would produce zoo, 900
horsepower, having value of SIS, 000,-
600 to $4,000, 900 year.
The power site is in the so-called
az" canyon of the Pend d'Oreille
river, situated partly in the Kaniksu
National forest and partly in power
site reserve set aside by President
Taft.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-10
BODY OF AMBASSADOR REID
REACHES NATIVE SHORES

New York-Great Britain delivered
Saturday to his countrymen the body
Of Whitelaw Reid, editor, statesman
and American ambassador, who died
IN London. The British cruiser Natal
brought the body home and placed it
under the Stars and Stripes in the
Cathedral of st. John the Divine.
President Taft, dignitaries from the
army and navy and representatives of
foreign powers will attend the funeral
services.
The Natal was met off Nantucket
ny two United States battleships and
Jour destroyers and the funeral fleet
"a. S OH Sandy Hook Friday night. A
14ich log blanketed the bay and it was
II clock before the procession got
uiluef way. A gale that swept up the
liver 1--WE made landing the coffin diff
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-10
COURTS PRAISED FOR WORK
Speaker Declares Rights Of People
Are Fully Protected.

Omaha Frank B. Kellogg, Of st.
Paul, speaking before the meeting OF
the Nebraska State Bar association,
vigorously defended the integrity OF
the American judiciary and condemned
what he said was disposition OF
these days to criticise the courts.
He said that of all the branches OF
the government, the judicial, in his
opinion, is the least subject to the ex-
ercise Of arbitrary power, to scandal
or to improper influence. Kellogg
said he believed it to be a fact that
the Supreme court of the United
States is the most progressive and lib
eral branch kof this government and
that it has always been solicitous OF
the rights of the people.
Kellogg argued at length against at
tacks on the judiciary, because he said
ne felt that the reiteration Of these
unfounded charges has had a prejudi-
cial effect upon the public mind. He
continued:
The people (few, I am glad to say
who are denouncing the Supreme court
as reactionary and the last resort OF
the vested interests, should remember
that but for the decision of that court,
commencing with those written by
John Marshall and ending with the lat
est decision under the commerce
clause, the nation would have been
powerless before the greatest combina-
tons of wealth and power that any
age has ever SEEM"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-10
% CONVICTED DYNAMITERS
RECEIVE THEIR SENTENCES

Indianapolis, Ind.-Imprisonment in
the Federal prison at Leavenworth,
Kan, was imposed as punishment up
on 33 labor union officials convicted of
having engaged in the destruction of
property by dynamiting over an area
stretching from Boston to Los An
geles.
AS the head of the union whose
strike was given as the motive for
promoting the dynamite plots, Frank
M. Ryan was sentenced to seven years
Imprisonment, the heaviest sentence of
all. He is president of the Ironwork-
ers' international union.
Of the 38 men convicted as conspir-
ators and aiders in the Mcnamara dy-
namiting schemes, eight other men
affiliated with Ryan were each SEN
fenced to prison terms of six years,
two men each were sentenced to four
years, IL men were each sentenced to
three years, four men were sentenced
to two years each, six men to one year
and one day each, and six men, includ-
ing Edward Clark, Of Cincinnati, a
dynamiter who pleaded guilty, receiv-
ed their liberty on suspended SEN
fences.
The elimination of those who re-
ceived suspended sentences left 80
who are to go to Leavenworth, where
the shortest sentence will be one year
and one dav. :
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-10
WOULD REVIVE
ARMY CANTEEN
General Wood Also Recommends
New Merit System.
Would Weed Out Unfit Officers,
Recognizing Fitness and
Ability in Promotion.

WASHINGTON. D. C.-The restoration
tho army canteen and enactment OF
o. for the elimination from
I IE5 United States army of unfit Off
lnr r. are among the principal recon-
e sandations of Major General Leonard
Wed WTaod chief of staff, in his annual re-
,'ort made public Saturday.
General Wood recommends the con-
.on+ration of the army on strategic
I I;nns and in areas where it can be
I, nno;ntained more economically. He
lonId transfer all the personnel Of the
s % corps - excepting engineers,
ssodicaI officers and chaplains-to the
I LINZ, increasing the number of the
General officers and line officers in the
different grades.
UT The transfer of the personnel of
staff corps to the line, in General
Woods opinion, will terminate the
constant struggle between line and
staf a struggle which is as old as the
army and one which promises to con-
t;nne There would be no interfer-
pnce with promotion, nor would the
members of the present staff corps
Iose anv of their present advantages.
Discussing means for the elimina-
+;on If unfit officers the chief of staff
says
"Tbe full efficiency of an organiza-
tion of men cannot be secured without
system by which the merits of the
individuals shall have some effect upon
their advancement.
1.-The army long has suffered from
the lack of such a system. Up to the
grade of colonel promotion is by SEN
iority in each branch, and there is no
way under the law by which an officer,
no matter what his merit, can be adj
vaneed a single number except by
making him a general officer"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-10
CASTRO MAY REMAIN IN u. S.
Legal Steps Taken to Establish
Status of Venezuelan.

New York - The Federal courts
have been invoked in behalf of Clip
riano Castro, and a writ of habeas cor
pus was granted to bring him before a
judicial tribunal which may determine
the cause of his detention at this port.
1t twas alleged in the application that
the ex-president of Venezuela was IL
legally held at the immigration sta
ton on Ellis island, where he has been
detained since his arrival. The court
will be asked to sustain the writ and
thus set him at liberty.
Castro, Immediately upon finding
his right to land was questioned, had
decided to return voluntarily to Eu-
rope, and had passage on the steamer
Amerika for Hamburg. AS soon as
he learned the writ had been granted
he cancelled his passage.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-10
Sugar Dividend Passed.

We" York = The directors of the
american Beet Sugar company decid-
NJ N oa 10 declare the usual dividend
UOoa NE common stock. They: is
IN =; lllS statement: Resolved, that
f =, view Of the large stock of manu-
tior 'I II sugar on had unsold, no ac-
dona 'e taken on payment of the divi-
ont 's ;, on u Ihe common stock at pres
on Inc common stock was placed
nonne per cent basis in 1911. An
tor ~1oelnent of the action Of the direc-
The the o was followed by heavy selling of
- '0iiifnon stock on the exchange
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-10
San lose After Record.

San Jose, Cal. Residents OF San
Jose are hoping that for New Years
day they will hold the country's record
for quantity of parcel post packages
handled. To this end and for the
Qualification of the Santa Clara valley
prune, two carloards Of prunes, done
into small packages, were sent out Dy
parcel post to addresses all over 1ne
country. Directions for proper cook
ing of the prunes were on each pack
apn
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-10
Municipal Carline Pays.

San Francisco-In the first day and
a half of its operation, San Francisco s
new municipal railway line returned
to the city profit Of $632.75. The
first car was sent out Saturday noon
and the receipts for the half day were
s748.75. Sundays receipts were 500,
making total of S1658.75 for the day
and half. The estimated operating
expenses of the road are $3.50 day
and the fixed charges on the bonds
1894 day. There is an owl service
with cars running every hour between
1880 and S 80 in the morning.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-10
Power Wires Shot Down.

Mexico City - Rebels are said to
have shot the power transmission lines
from the poles carrying them from the
River Necaxa, in the State Of Puebla,
to the capital, and this reason is given
for the failure of the electric power
service of the city, which caused the
stoppage of the streetcar lines for sew
eral hours. The lines were discon-
nected at distance of 20 miles from
the city. A partial service OF light
and power was re-established.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-10
Arms Stored at Ell Paso.

Ell Paso, Tex.--At least 1000 rifles
and untold quantities Of ammunition,
in shipments Of from 5000 to SO, 600
pounds each, have been received here
within the last three months; official
figures show. That the arms and
cartr idges were not all sold to sports
men iself-evident. Some months ago
enforcement of neutrality was remov-
ed from the Department Of Justice
secret agents along the border and
turned over to the War department.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-10
PARCEL POST IS
GREAT SUCCESS
First Days Business Shows
Benefits Of New System.
MANY Use Insurance Feature Spe'
cial Delivery Also Helps -Com-
mon Stamps Don't 10.

Washington, D. C.-The Inaugural
ton of the parcel post system IN
Washington was an unqualified sue
cess. Owing to the number OF SUD-
stations it was impossible to tell with
accuracy the volume of business In the
city during the first day, but the num-
Der of packages handled at the main
office seemed to warrant the statemet
that the public has quickly adjusted
itself to the new service and Will make
much use of it.
No reports from postofices through
out the country were received indlcat-
ing any material difficulty in caring
for the new business. Here in Wash
ington all patrons complied with the
rules in regard to the size and weight
of packages and none had to be re-
fused.
By the payment of an additional 10
cents senders of parcel post packages
may have them insured and about 10
per cent of the packages were so in
sured. At the main postoffice the re-
ceipt of packages averaged about II
an hour. There was large business in
the sale of parcel post stamps, many
being taken by collectors.
It is expected to show wonderful
growth when it's success is demon
strated to the people and they come to
full realization of what it means to
them in the saving of time as well as
in cost of transportation.
The parcel post system worked
withoutla hitch during it's first "a
hours in New York. There was little
rush, due to the holiday, and the
clerks were able easily to cope with
the business. 1t was said that the
first full days business there would
show total of about $50 packages.
Postmaster Morgan received on an
early train from Washington the silver
loving cup sent by Postmaster General
Hitchcock to inaugurate the service.
Six fresh eggs, mailed from st.
Louis to Edwardsville, ILL.,, early in
the morning, were returned at night
made into a cake. The eggs were
mailed at the main postoffice at IL :05
o'clock a. M, and the cake was deliv-
cred at Z p. m. Edwardsville is about
20 miles from ST. Louis.
A pound piece of side pork,
mailed from Addison, Mich, was the
first package received by parcel post
in Detroit. The second was broken
horse collar which a farmer at Peck,
Mich, sent in for repairs to whole
sale harness dealer.
A brisk business marked the open
ing Of the parcel post service in Bos-
ton, more than 100 persons waiting for
the signal inaugurating the system at
midnight.
One of the first packages was a
small pot of Boston baked beans, sent
to Mayor Fitzgerald.
Chicago's New Year resolution to
make use Of the nations gift-the
parcel post system-was initiated the
first day by the sending of approx
mately $500 packages of merchandise.
A mail-order firm deposited $50 pack
ages for delivery.
One concern alone bought $17, 1000
worth of stamps.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-10
Dog Is Sent By Parcel Post.

Yonkers, N. "A brindle bulldog
was the first parcel post package
mailed in Yonkers. It was in box
addressed to William Trevor, of 80
Woodwork avenue Although live
animals are not accepted for transpor-
tation through the mails, Postmaster
Warren made an exception, as it was
the first parcel, and had carrier de
liver it. The postmaster went in his
private carriage to deliver personally
a six-pound roast from New York adj
dressed to a Yonkers housewife, SO
it might be in time for dinner.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-10
Rebel General Defiant.

Ell Paso, Tex. We will respect Al
foreigners respecting us; none others,
says proclamation signed BY Genera
Inez Salazar and Is rebel generals,
copies of which were distributed along
the border. It also is declared tna'
the rebels will continue their pohcy
of destroying bridges, statlon-nouses
and rolling stock Of railroads ',alulne
our enemies by hauling feoera
troops.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-10
:. uOmpers' Appeal. Is Filed.

per rs s"S1n ang D. C.-Samuel Com
rison ' os n Mitchell and Frank Nor
Labor " oo .ne American Federation of
and sen tonVleted of contempt of court
with tbo p' to Jail in connection
fled t me Buck Stove & Range case,
Cohm rIelr appeal in the. District Of
leges tbo court of Appeals. It al
contemn rt men We're convicted. not Of
speet f fdn of court, but of want of of re- E
teen alIaooo dulclal authority. Seven
eseu errors are charged
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-10
haoorer Finds Fortune

laborer%' 'a n1 ookla;-George Hardsook, a
while digo uinearthed ss7, 500 in gold
lage of o 5gIng trench near the vii
sion Of tb giesOy; Hardsook's posses
will be of clfe sS wealth, however, probably
lsequiring t Hnoft &c duration, a state law
oered to the aa as, such funds be surren-
honey born rrle o owner of the land. The
buried sT n',n, evidence of having been
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-10
Christmas Cost Carnegie SIS, 900.

Christmas Cost Carnegie SIS, 900.
New York Andrew Carnegie's mer
ry Christmas to his friends and rela-
tives4 cost him SIS, 600. This amount
of money was sent out in checks espe-
cially engraved with a border of holly
in amounts ranging from $50 to $1,000.
Altogether about 500. persons had the
Christmas frightened and made bit
more merry by Carnegie's remem-
brances. He did not, give any
amounts larger than $1,000, and it was
charitable organizations for the most
part that received more than $500 of
the SITS, 900.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-10
Creeks. Lose Naval Battle.

London-A naval battle between
Turkish and Greek forces occurred
Wednesday off the island of Tenedos,
in which the Greeks suffered severe
losses, according to news agency dis
patch received here from Constantine
pie.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-10
CAVE OF TIE WINDS

n HE ordinary visitor to Niagara
finds the excursion to the Cave
Of the Winds quite sensational
enough for his peace of mind.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-24
HER FRIENDS
GOOD ADVICE
The Results Made This NewburG
Lady Glad She Followed
Suggestion.

Newburg, Ala.-"For more than q
year." writes Myrtle Cothrum, of this
place, 81 suffered with terrible pains in
my back and head. / had sallow
complexion, and my face was covered
with pimples. Our family doctor only
gave me temporary relief.
A friend of mine advised me to try
Cardui, SO I began taking it, at once,
and with the best results, for l was
cured after taking two bottles. My
mother and my aunt have also used
Cardui and were greatly benefited
l shall always praise Cardui to sick
and suffering women"
Cardui Is a purely vegetable, per-
fectly harmless, tonic remedy for wo-
men, and will benefit young and old.
It's ingredients are mild herbs, hav-
ing gentle, tonic effect, on the wo-
manly constitution.
Cardui has helped a million women
back to health and strength.
Have you tried it? If not, please
do. 1t may be just what you need.
N. B. Write to: Ladies' Advisory Dept, Chstta-
nooga Medicine Co.. Chattanooga Tenn. for Special
Instructions. and 64-page book. Home Treatment
For Women" sent In plain wrapper. On request
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-24
HUBBY TAKES WIFE
AND HER 5000 Dog
Poodle Had Been Bought by Parents
as Counter Attraction to Husband

Cumberland, Mo-, May 23.-Here's a
story of 5000 dog-a European can
nine aristocrat-fond and willful par
ents and an equally willful daughter,
aged seventeen.
About year ago Miss honda Griffen
OF Clarksburg, W. Va, eloped to Oak
land, Md, with Frank Pritchard, a
rich coal and timber land owner O.
Fairmont, w, Va. Her parents, always
opposed to Pritchard's attentions.
were riled and a week after the MAJ
riage induced her to return home.
Then they started With her on a trip
to Europe. They didn't even wait to
pack her belongings, but purchased
all that she might need while in Eu-
rope, including a very handsome
steamer trunk, now all stuck up with
labels, and the dog
Mrs. Pritchard was living at her pa
rents home until last night Papa
was away, and suddenly husband ap-
peared in his big touring car. Her
mamma raised great objections, but
daughter said sh'd go with Frank,
and go she did, taking with her the
5000 dog. a
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-24
DROUTH ruined The
irish POTATOES HERE
Crop Was Almost an Entire
Failure

This year for the first time within
the memory of local gardeners, the
Irish potato crop here has failed al
most entirely, and in many patches
was scarcely worth the trouble of gath
ering. While the vines should be in
their prime at this time they are, in
stead, dry and withered and in many
fields have been cleared away and the
few small potatoes, the size of marbles
OF hickory nuts, gathered
The long-continued drouth here kill
ed the potato vines, and only in rare
instances was there anything like 4
fair crop produced. The potato crop
is an important one with local gar
deners and truck-raisers; and the loss
sustained recently is considerable.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-24
TO PREPARE
FOR A LOCAL
Union station
BILL FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY
viii Remove One HiDdraRce
to ii

Americas will in due time be afford
ed additional railway facilities in a
purely local way, if bill to be intro
ddecd in the next session of the legis-
iature, is put through successfully.
This bill provides for certain charter
arendemnts desired, and which will
permit the operation of steam railways
upon the streets of Americas.
This end is greatly desired by both
the Central and Seaboard railways, in
certain localities, and if successfully
executed, as hoped for. may have for
its ultimate end a union passenger de
pot at convenient point on the west
side.
In order to accomplish this purpose
the use of two or three short streets
might be found necessary, in which
S'ShI Ihc NoiuO vi dbuLliHS pIupSEtY
would be enhanced greatly, rather than
otherwise. No definite plan to this end
has been formulated, as the rights de-
sired can be granted by the city only
under amended laws.
A union passenger station would
prove of inestimable value to Ameri-
Gus, and every citizen would hail with
pleasure the building of such struc-
ture at convenient central point 1t
is not beyond the bounds of possihi1i-
ties, and Americas may yet have y
union depot.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-24

their annual picnic at Prospect park,
and the occasion proved very enjoy-
able one despite the shower which fell
Just at the dinner hour. In the park
is a large pavilion, and upon this the
baskets were spread and the repast
enjoyed.
The special train of nine coaches ar
rived at $50 o'clock and the park was
soon a scene of picnic merriment. Din
ner disposed of, many of the picnickers
came up to the city and enjoyed an
hour or two at the Chautauqua, or at
the picture shows, and all appeared TO
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-24

occasion at Holly Springs. Despite the
rain, every one of the thirty members
were present, and the ladies enjoyed
the feast as much as though bright sun
rays poured upon the table. The tempt
ing dinner was spread in the pavilion,
where an hour was spent in discuss
ing the viands.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-24
MACON TO SPRINKLE OIL
UPON THE DUSTY ROADS
Believed That the Plan VIII Prove
Satisfactory.

Macon Ga, May 23-The city force
this morning began the work OF
sprinkling oil on Broadway near the
Houston road The oil is to be used
as test for settling the dust If the
test proves successful every street
leading into the city will be oiled as a
means Of obliviating the discomforts
arising from the dust, which is caused
by, vehicles passing on the roads.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-24

Grace is writing a thesis of real
interest"
'On what thence"
"The influence on modern life of the
ice cream soda. louisville Courier
Journal.