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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11

Empress Haruko, the dowager
whose death in TOXIC has just been an
nounced. became the wife of Emperor
Mutsuhito in 1866 and reigned with
him through the evolutionary period
which made Japan a world power.
The empress was a woman of strong
character and progressive ideas. Ex-
Cept on rare occasions she followed
W estern styles in fashions
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11

American hospitals and nursing will
be made a subject of study by the
queen Of Bulgaria during her visit to
the United States. Situated in the war
zone Of Europe efficient hospital SER
vice is essential in Bulgaria.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11
HOLDING TRADE.

You look disgruntled," said the
shoe man
Yes, snapped the halter. Had
little rush just now, and a couple Of
prospective customers walked out
without being waited on"
They seldom get away from me,
declared the shoe man. Il take of
their shoes as soon as they come in"
Judge.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11

Teacher-Now, James. do YOU I'M
derstand the meaning Of the word
extinct
James-Ye S'm.
Teacher-Then name one bird that
is now extinct.
James--Chipper.
Teacher-Chipper2 What kind Of
bird is that?
James-My pet pigeon. The cat
caught him this morning (Judge.)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11

The Corn Exchange bank OF New
York will spend $4,000 a year giving
its employees vacations. Still the Corn
Exchange may not have a soul. but be
guided by good business policy.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11

J. +. Williams. whose success as an
industrial arbitrator has attracted in
ternational attention. declares that la
Dor unions are essential TO the success
full settlement of labor troubles, and
that the mediator must have their con-
fidence
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11

NOW comes the supreme court OF
the state of Indiana and lays down
the opinion that the Kankakee river IS
not a navigable stream. without call
ing the ruling of the august tribunal IN
question or intending 10 do anything
that will place us in contempt we
would like 10 submit testimony as
basis for the reopening Of the case.
THE proper officer will please sum-
mon Pere Marquette. Rich. Hennepln,
one TOnti. whose given name IS 10 al
fiant unknown. Chevalier de LaSale,
Joe Williams and old A. l.. II.
Bats In the Belfry.
Visions Of the days departed, shadoWy
phantOms filled my brain,
They who live in history only seemed
to walk the earth again.
The Belfry of Bruges.
My favorite occupation" writes l..
NJ. f.. lis sitting around the heater
while I read the daily story of the ca
perings OF Magnate Ed Smiths colts
at Springbrook."
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11
FREE INFORMATION

Regarding Minnesota, No. Dakota,
Saskatchewan. Alberta and the Pacific
Northwest reached by the 500 Line
from st. Paul and Minneapolis. j. 6.
Pond. a @ p. A. 304 Merchants Loan
AID Trust Bldg, Chicago. Ill AdyL
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11

Opening the 1916 campaign by an
attack upon Pres Wilson was the con-
ventional way but in the hands If Sen.
Cummins fell TO the level of common
place. The more or less distinguished
Iowan seems TO have lost his pep.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11

Navigability has stood in the way OF
improvement of the kankakee valley
for many years. There is no such thing
no such possibility, as the supreme
court has held, but the limitations il
the way OF crops If the river i:
Strengthened are bOuhdless.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11

We are greatly relieved 20 learn that
Col. Roosevelt did not exact a $4,000
fee for delivering a lecture in Prazil.
We were afraid the colonel had made
a tactical mistake.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11
'e slides in the Panama canal an

The slides in the Panama canal are
said 10 have been conquered. The gra-
dents are so reduced that no more
earth can slide into the canal. but the
dredges must be kept at work to ,e-
move that which has accumulated.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11
TOM MARSHALL's VEST.

\ very dangerous thing has hap
pened in Washington. Mira Alikuli
Kahn, a diplomat OF the Persian dele
cation has given Vice President Mar
shall vari-colored fancy vest. 1t is
said to be the hashiest thing ever seen
in this country, on or off the stage. Ii
contains 200 shades.
The vice president says: My great
est ambition is now filled. / have al
ways wanted a downright attractive
fancy vest. Every time 1 see a woman
In pretty dress. ] want a vest like it..
The gentleman from Persia is a gen.
tleman indeed"
The dangerous part Of the transac-
ton is that the vice president may
grow all puffed up over his new vest
and get the idea that he really
amounts TO something in the admin
istration 1t doesn't pay TO allow a
vice president TO fool himself in this
manner. The new vest viii attract at
never known by any vice president.
Perhaps il would have been better to
have allowed the gentle HoOsieT
statesman to have remained in OBJ
liviOn. He was just getting used 10
II. and now the fancy vest yanks him
into the limelight.
OF course. il will be only an ag-
gravation. As soon as the public gets
used 10 the vest. the vice president
will sink back out Of sight again. II
takes more than a loud vest TO keep
a vice president affoat on the political
sea in the full glare OF the search
light.-Grand Rapids News.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11

So many reforms are favored by the
Maine republicans that the possible re-
sulting condition seems Utopian. But
OF course IL only seems so.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11

There is nothing specially comfort
ing in John Callan O'Laughlin's assur-
ance that the Colombian matter will
not defeat repeal Of free tolls. We
knew that before.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11
An ILL WIND.

Wouldn't it be great if everybody
in the world paid their bills
promptly"
1T wouldn't be for me. I'm a bill
collector"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11

The Weyerhaeuser funeral will not
be shown in moving pictures. The
family anticipated the photographers
and headed them off with constables.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11
THROUGH THE YEAR WITH

IONNsEE
What were nations without their
philosophers. poets and historians?
DO not these men i'm all ages and
all places. emblaZon with bright
cOlors the armoriaI bearings OF
their country?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11

The women of Alaska send greeting
10 the women Of the effete east and
call attention 10 the ease with which
they dominated the polls.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11

With sixty conflicting dates in Chi
cago the big baseball fight this year
will be between the box offices
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11
Hank From the Tomb..

NMeTOm, 1nd., Herald
Acil Alexander who has travelled all
over the United States in search of a
wife TO suit his precise taste has found
nearest his ideal in a Merom girl, and
while he has not taken her to his
bosom yet, he confided to a newly
made acquaintance that he felt sure
that he would return some day to the
beautiful little village on the bluff an
claim his own.
CARE should be taken in reading
cf the What l Can" class of the First
Baptist church of Charlottesville not
TO form a misconception of the char
acter and purpose of the organization.
Our idea is that it is not so much
what the class cans as what it dis
pen5es. And yet we may be wrong.
THE class was recently entertained
at the home of Mr.. Billiard, and of
course games were played.
so ridiculous to speak Of it, but
had you baseball fans noticed that the
initials of the national leagues spell
FAN? We thought so.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11
DODGING.

viii YOU give me your name,
please? ,"
Pardon me, miss but this isn't
lean year
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11
wAsHINGToN,s LAND QUESTION.

Congressman Albert Johnson. or
washington on March Il in the house
OF representatives came dangerously
near TO proclaiming a great truth
He read with approval the letter OF a
farmer constituents IN Jefferson county
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11
THE MORNING AFTER.

iiobSon tenders Underwood his
loyal support" in the election and
congratulates him on his victory in the
primary-which, by the way, is really
decisive.
Mexico and other disturbed Latin
American countries will hardly under
stand this but If they mastered Hob
sons choice, so 10 speak. they would
have the secret OF stable republican,
ism. on the last day of the Alabama
contest Underwood was still, i'm the
political eyes of Hobson. a whited sep
ulch-e. a whisky candidate. an inflated
humbug. a man who was afraid to
meet the people. an overrated politi-
cian who had never accomplished any
thing in congress, and I'm whom IL was
the height OF impudence 20 aspire to
a senatorial seat. The day after the
voting Underwood is entitled 10 loyal
support" as the choice of the people
Hobson has not said in So many words
that his campaign invective was purely
FickwIc khan, but this is not necessary.
IL goes with most OF US without saying.
What Mexico needs Is more Pickwick
and less shooting. Bitter words break
no bones, but bullets do. - Chicago
Record-Herald.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11
Witnessed the Execution.

NlzaIdN cite JOURNAL
Mr.. and Mrs. Fernando Brier called
at the sanitarium Sunday afternoon to
see Winifred Hanger.
THE moving picture business in the
canal zone has seen its best days. The
slides are about exhausted
STEPHEN ). CLOOUAN of Pontiac,
Mich. can have our seat in the hall of
fame. He has been elected constable
for the 50th time.
The Saddest Are These.
(Bromer cor. Orleans, Ind, EXaminer)
We are rapidly approaching our
twenty first anniversary as a pencil
pusher" 10 this paper, and had We lib
orally been paid for our time OF
thoughts during this long period Of
space We would be the possessor of a
nice little bank roll.
COME and see me. Plenty OF room
and sure can give you a good time, ~
writes the lamented Frank Hull from
Los Angeles. But the message was
written on a postal card with no means
Of inclosing transportation.
1T seems incredible but the state
ment is vOuched for that school for
politicians has been opened in Indian
apolis. We shall always believe it
would have done better in New York
or Denver.
Where is the man of yesteryear,
Old-fashiOned if you please,
Who wore his pants out at the seat
Before he did the knees?
G. NE
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-11
q q . y q q = . p .
y SEVEN MINUTE SERMON >
= ON THE GOLDEN TEXT y
By OUR OWN PREACHER

Lesson: 1he Journey TO Emmaus
easter Lesson) Luke 24:13-25.
Golden Text: IL IL Christ Jesus thai
died. yea rather, that was raised from
the dead.-Rom. S:34.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1914-10-06
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
S. A. I'll. A. O1694
JUNEAU LAND OFFICE,

JUNEAU LAND OFFICE,
Juneau, Alaska, July s, 1914.
Notice is hereby gwen that
Thomas H. Holland, assignee of
George Fritzinger of Chitina, Ter
ritory of Alaska has filed in this
office his application to enter under
the provisions of Section 1906 of the
Revised Statutes of the United
States, and Act of Congress approved
August Is, 1894, the following de-
scribed land, viz:
That certain tract or parcel of
land situate, lying and being In the
Recording Precinct at Chitina, In
the Territory of Alaska and officially
designated as U. S. Survey No. 942,
and more particularly described in
the field notes of said survey as fol-
lows: Beginning at Cor. No. l.,
identical with Cor. No. of U. S.
Survey No. GAL, from which U. S.
L. M. 500 on the west bank of Cop
per River opposite mouth of Chitina
River, bears 3. 53 deg, 40 mln.,
IS seconds N. $3.50 chains; thence
N. 9.23 chains to Cor. No. q; thence
W. 4.33 chains to Cor. No. 3; thence
South 9.23 chains to Cor. No. 4;
thence e. ABB chains to Cor. No. l.,
the place of beginning, variations at
all corners 20 deg. As min E., con-
tanning 3.99 acres, within the
Juneau Land District, located about
5s tn mile west of west bank of the
Copper River at point opposite
the mouth of the Chitina River,
Lat 81 deg, 80 min, N. Long. IA
deg, 80 min, W., as additional 70
homestead entry No. 1886 made
March 80, 1871 at Concordia Kan
ass by George Fritzinger.
Any and all persons claiming adj
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1914-10-06
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
s. A. III. A. No. O1693
JUNEAU LAND OFFICE,

Juneau, Alaska, July s, 1914.
Notice is hereby given that
Thomas H. Holland assignee of
Clark Bemis of Chitina, Territory
OF Alaska has filed in this office his
application to enter under the pro-
visions of Section 1905 of the
Revised Statutes of the United
States, the following described land,
viz:
That certain tract or parcel of
land situate, lying and being in the
Recording Precinct of Chitina, in
the Territory of Alaska, and OFF,
cially designated as U. S. Survey
No. 941, and more particularly de-
scribed in the field notes of said
survey as follows: Beginning at Cor.
No. 1, identical with Cor No. of
U. S. Survey No. 597,. from which
U. S. L. M. No. 596 on west bank of
Copper River opposite mouth of
Chitina River bears S. 5S deg, 81
min, AZ sec. E. 6297 chains;
thence N. 6.5 chains to Cor. No. q;
thence w. 1000 chains to Cor. No.
8; thence S. 6.5 chains to Cor. No.
4 thence east 1000 chains to Cor.
No. 1, the place of beginning, varia-
lions at all corners 20 deg. As min
E., containing $50 acres, within the
Juneau Land District, being located
about Is tn mile west of the Copper
River at point opposite the mouth
of the Chitina River, Alaska, Lati-
tude 81 deg. N, 80 min. N, Long
LA deg, 80 min. W., as additional
to the homestead entry of Clark
Bemis for the NWA NEA, NJ
NWA Sec. 6, T. Sc, R. 21, 1916
acres, made at Taylor Falls, MINI.
in 1869.
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely the lands described, or Gesir-
ing to object because of the mineral
character of the land, or for any
other reason, to the disposal to ap-
plicant, should file their atfidavits
of protest or adverse claim in this
office, during the period of publica-
ticn or within thirty days thereafter.
C. B. WALKER, Register.
Date of first pub. Aug. 4, 1914.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1914-10-06

versely the lands described, or desir-
ing to object because of the mineral
character of the land, or for any
other reason, to the disposal 20
applicant, should file their aftidavits
of protest or adverse claim in this
office within the period of publica-
ton or within thirty days there
after.
C. B. WALKER, Register.
Date of first pub. Aug. 4, 1914.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1914-10-06
SEATTLE, Oct. 2.-The steamer

SEATTLE, Oct. 2.-The steamer
Mariposa sailed north last night.
For Cordova she had as passengers:
Mrs. James Rockefeller, of Chitina.
Mrs. M. E. Sturgeon, c. Fisher, Miss
Mary Jones, and three second-class.
For Seward and Valdez there were
three passengers for each port. The
Southwestern Alaska, and had FIVE
passengers for Seward.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-29

Mental experts for forty years have
puzzled, wrangled and reversed them
selves over him. Commissions. commit
tees and experts. self-appointed and state
empowered, have examined, studied and
watched him to determine what is miss
ing in his mental makeup. Reports and
conclusions have differed so widely that
a great many people think today that
Jesse PomerOy is 4 perfectly sane. nor
NAL person. suffering unjust punishment
for a deed done thoughtlessly in his early
youth. Others hold the prisoner to be the
most dangerous type of irresponsible
creature, utterly lacking in moral sensi-
bility or the finer human feelings.
Were the murder of the four-year-oId
child the only atrocity laid at the door
of PomeToy the case would be greatly
simplihed. But there were a half dozen
other crimes and outrages committed in
the little towns outlying Boston in which
the Pomeroys lived when Jesse was q
growing boy. One was no less than the
murder Of a girl and the careful con-
cealment of the body in the basement OF
a store conducted by the Pomeroys and In
which young Jesse was then a clerk. The
girls disappearance occurred Just a
month before the murder for which Jesse
was convicted. He was subsequently In
dicted, but as he was already under the
death sentence, the case was never tried.
None of the other crimes was of such
serious nature as murder, but IL they
were all committed by Pomeroy, as was
practically admitted by the defense at his
trial, they showed the abnormal extel. Of
The Washington herald., 1914-11-29
3ostons Most Famous Prisoner Battles Aensts Forty Years

alone, and she appears to live absorbed
in the great sorrow of her life
Yet the sorrow is not unreIieyed for
she appears never to give up the hope
and expectation that her son will vet be
restored to her. And her firm conviction
that the boy. as she still calls him, is
the victim OF misunderstanding and in-
justice. remains unShaken.
She knows of the efforts that have been
growing since the present prison commits
sion came into existence for a closer
study, under more favorable conditions,
OF Pomeroy's makeup and possibly i'm
proved sense of moral responsibility to-
his fellow human beings.
She never wayers in her belief that her
son was wrongfully convicted. And
need him to take care of me-" is the pa
thetic plea which she urged upon the
present writer during a recent visit.
To the suggestion that there was hope
in the new activity for prison reform.
her one cry was, But why don't they let
him come home?"
Mrs. Pomeroy is seventy-three years Of
age, she is frail and feeble in body.
bent with years and the burden OF her
sorrow. But her eyes are bright and her
manner courteous and gentle.
Her home is neat and comfortable. The
lot of land upon which 1t stands contains
a barn and other outbuildings, including
a henhouse. for the care OF hens seems to
be one Of her occupations. f..
Once a month she Is allowed to visit
her son, but never to see him alone. She
complains that the journey to and from
Boston grows harder and harder.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-29

examine the prisoner and to review his
life.
Since being incarcerated in the state
prison, he has been model prisoner
Never once, as far as has become known
outside of prison walls, has he ever
shown any symptoms of degeneracy or
perversion, such as is continually being
exhibited by other prisoners of that class.
He is an omnivorous reader and constant
student. He has acquired the mastery of
several foreign and ancient languages
since his Imprisonment and has schooled
himself in many ways. He has taught
himself a perfectly correct diction and
spends hours in writing on every subject
imaginable.
The only instance which could posi-
bly, be used in an argument against his
sanity since being incarcerated was his
early dislike to a knitting machine which
was installed in his cell. Instead OF
using the machine for knitting he en-
ployed all his time in taking it apart and
examining with seemingly deep interest
the intricacies of the workings. The
machine was taken from the cell, but re-
Gently reinstalled. 1t is now used in its
proper manner by Pomeroy, although he
quietly says he does not like 1t.
Once a month Pomeroy writes to his
aged mother, urging her to renew her et-
forts to obtain his release. She has been
part and is firmly convinced that he has
been wrongly imprisoned all these years.
She lives on a quiet street in the pleasant
owner of the home in which she lives
The Washington herald., 1914-11-29

characteristic of a very we'll known class
of natural" criminals, or degenerates. 1t
Is well understood type of perversion,
known to every. mental expert and stu
dent of criminology.
But the facts that make Jesse Pom
eroy's case stand out from every other
continue to battle experts. The Massachu-
setts prison commission is about to insti-
tute another searching examination of the
case and of Pomeroy's mentality with
view to clearing up once and forever the
puzzling circumstances of his deeds The
best experts procurable will be asked to
The Washington herald., 1914-11-29
Plenty of Coal Left in Ground

mined during 1914 will amount to about
6OO,OO0,000 tons, containing about
S00,oo0,000 cubic yards. The total ex-
cavation for the Panama Canal from
start to finish is computed at some
262 100000 cubic yards.
The comparison indicates in a strik-
ing way the extent of the coal mining
industry in the United States The
output of coal is enormous, but It is
increasing year by year. The amount
OF coal so far taken out is only a frac-
ton Of what remains. according to the
estimate Of geologists. The people of
this country, however, are using more
coal every year, and with the exhaus-
ton OF some Of the European coal fields
already in sight the foreign demand for
American coal will increase enormously.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-29

~ OR forty years Jesse H. Pomeroy
has been imprisoned with the
n shadow of the death sentence for
ever hanging over him. In all
that time he has never ceased to
fight or to hope for his ultimate release,
II not his vindication. He was fourteen
years old at the time he was sentenced to
be hanged by Judge Horace Gray, later
an associate justice of the United States
Supreme Court.
The crime for which Pomeroy received
the death sentence December 10, 1874, at
Boston, Mass, was the brutal murder of a
boy Of four years and three months. The
rhild's body was found in a marsh be-
tween Washington village and Savin Hill,
in Dorchester, near Boston. The boy had
been beaten to death by some sticks of
wood lying nearby and his body horribly
cut and mutilated. Pomeroy had been
with the child the greater part of the aft
ernoon, had been near the scene of the
crime and never denied his guilt. Be
sides, his bloody pocketknife and cap
added absolutely convincing details to the
case against him.
The fourteen-year-old boy was arrest
slow process Of the law. The death SEN
tence was commuted to solitary imprison-
ment at hard labor.
1t is not the story Of the crime for
which POmeroy was technically convicted
that makes his case one of the most in
teresting ever tried in a Massachusetts,
court, nor that keeps his history and er-
forts to free himself ever before the pub
The Washington herald., 1914-11-29

TT has been estimated that the
amount of coal which will be dug
out of the ground in the United
States during the present year will be
greater by far than the total excava-
tion for the Panama Canal. o..
Experts of the United States Geo.
ogical Survey have estimated that
originally there was enough coal in this
country to make solid block ten miles
long, ten miles wide and ten miles high.
A block Of this size would weigh more
than s.5oo, 200, 900. 600 tons. and up to
the present time the coal that has been
removed amounts only to something
like 15,O00io00,OoO tons. The coal
The Washington herald., 1914-11-29

talities was marked by the same love of
cruelty and desire to see the victim suf-
Ter that characterized the murder OF beth
the girl and the four-year-old boy.
In nearly every instance boys were
the victims. Always they were consid-
erably younger than Jesse PomerOy.
In nearly every case the victims were
lured to an out-of-the-way place. then
stripped. whipped, lashed and cut with
knife. The tiend who committed the
atrocities seemed to revel in seeing blood
flow and in hearing his victims shrek and
watching them writhe. This is a marked