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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-30

Day Books OF. various dates. l bought
them But Saturdays issue was not
among them. Finally, newsbOy at
the LaSalle Hotel corner produced
the issue l wanted from his inside
pocket. He seemed loath to part with
it at that.
Since then l usually buy two Day
Books, one for myself and one to
send or give away.
But, Mr.. Cochran, you made big
mistake in challenging the heads of
the Chicago newspaper trust to de-
bate on the question as to which is
the worlds greatest newspaper. Be-
cause The Chicago Tribune, in claim
ing and copyrighting the name of The
Worlds Greatest Newspaper, made a
false claim 1t can't stand up and de-
fend that title. Its claim is only good
in a world of counterfeit people, who
think counterfeit thoughts and do
counterfeit, deeds. The real people,
who think real thoughts, do not sub
scribe to the Tribune's subtitle,
though they may be subscribers to
the Tribune.
And, believe me, The Tribune and
Hearst (you see, bunch them to-
gether), The Tribune and Hearst are
losing their power; false power, l
should have said For example:
They can't stampede this country
into war with Mexico. Poor Joseph |
Medin Patterson. read that scream
ing farce of a story of his the other
day-his first from ''the front" I'm
sorry for him. He does want to die |
for his country so badly and he wants |
to die typewriting from an automo-
bile or an aiTship.
Joe hit the nail on the head just the |
same in his story, when he asked the |
question of the young second lieu
tenant, What do you think about the |
MevicanSP" and the VOuDO second
Evening star., 1914-12-20
RUSSIAN PRISONERS IN BRANDENBuRe on rur MARCH
>ARPENTER TELLS HOW CHILE is DEVEG, ,OPlNQS

posed To ne worth nothing 1t was 50
near the south pole that many thought
II was all lCe and snow and its noun
famous character was such that no one
lmaSlned the lands could ever be of
great value. To-day this territory has
developed ii livestock raising industry
that bulkS large III the assets of Chile
IL mas one sheep growing company, capi-
td!ized at more than $1,000. 0o0. which is
now producing nine or ten million
pounds OF wool every year This COM
tdnE OWNS 3,0o0.0oo acres of land, and
It's sheep number more than zoo 600
1t has also 1000 cattle. and more than
500" horses II sheared more than L.
r"o,0"" sheep last year, and the avera &c
fleece weighed almost eight pounds. it
had more than a half million lambs and
II Shlprcd vast quantities of frozen
mutton To England.
Id SoCiedad EXplotadora de TERRA del
fUe%" or the TERRA del FueSo E.xpIora-
ton Society, owns 1,6Oon0 sheep and
ais" cattlo and horses. II has its own
meat canning factory and Il plant for
producing tailow by boiling down sheep.
y frcezin@ establishment has recently
been installed there. and another freezer
Exists at IN" ri" Sccu, To which 1876. 600
Sheep are annually shipped. The annual
Evening star., 1914-12-20

Bridges. a missionary who has been iiv-
ing among them for something like fifty
years. says they have excellent quaii-
ties He denies that they are sanni-
balls and that they eat meat which -
not cooked Before the missionaries
came the laghans had several wives.
but the intermarriage OF relatives WAS
looked upon as abominable They lived
in groups of twenty or thirty families,
and at night sat around the fires in
'front.' OIL their wlgwams. DR.. Bridges
describes the Yaghans as good -natured
and not unintelligent. He says they
have a language of. their own, which
contains no less than 10000 words.
rms is in striking contrast to the
Eskimos. who are said to use less than
10000 words. and to the Bible, which
has altogether only 1900 different
words. FRANK @. CARPENTER
Evening star., 1914-12-20

The Alacalufe canoes that | saw We're
well constructed. and some of them
were fifteen feet long, yard wide and
about two feet in depth. They were
made of strips of bark sewn together
Evening star., 1914-12-20
BRIT15H TROOPS 5ERv1Ne IN BtLeIAN ARr1x
9 HER FAR SOUTHERN ]

to tie up every night. as the navigation
was too dangerous to risk after dark.
At every anchorage a number of these
canoe Indians came to our steamer. All
were undersiZed. but the most of them
were plump and fat, and not a few had
paint on their faces and bodies. Their
faces were something like those of the
North American Indians. They had
black hair and brown skins. and their
teeth were white and apparently good.
They had skins and furs to sell, or
rather trade, for they knew nothing of
money They swapped them for knives,
food and beads. They were evidently
afraid of us, and would not come on
board We dickered with them over
the side of the vessel. they staying in
their canoes the while. They were
and they often got the better of
the bargain. The things they most
wanted Were tobacco candy and cake.
They were ready to trade for biscuits
or cigars or tobacco in any shape, and
they seemed quite as anxious to get to-
bacco food.
The Onas and Yaghans are the In
dian tribes of the Island of TERRA del
Fuego. They are of Il higher civiliza-
Evening star., 1914-12-20

ton than the Alacalufes. aud OF late
they have been 50 changed by the mis-
sionaries that their savage traits are
last passing away. In the past the
Ona houses We're merely holes in the
ground. with wind breaks of branches
bent over them. The holes were about
big enough TO contain one Indian fam
lly, and We're used only for sleeping.
The Indians cr;twled in at night.
cuddling up there with their dogs lying
about and over them for warmth The
cooking of the Onas was done outside
their houses. They moved about from
place to place. believing, so it is said.
that the devil was after them. and if
they had permanent homes he would
surely destroy them. They are much
taller than the Alacalufes, although
they are not giants, as they have been
described. The men are about six feet
Evening star., 1914-12-20
TERRITORY

in height and the women perhaps six
inches lower.
In the past the most of these Onas
went naked. save for "A coat of fish
oil and a guanaco skin, which they
wrapped around their shoulders To
day they are almost all clad like the
whites. although they still use the
skins as an extra protection. I am
told that they have become subject to
colds and consumption and pneumonia
since they began wearing clothing. and
that these diseases have Killed them OFF
by the scores. They are also no better
for the foreign food that they have
now and then. and their normal death
rate Is now 50 great that the race VIII
soon disappear.
The Onas are found principally in the
northern part of TERRA del Fuego They
are plains Indians, and are hunters
rather than fishers. The YaeiIans ar.
found more in the southern portions OF
the islands They are fishers rather
than hunters, and they have been mis-
represented as associated with the
Aiica lufrs, and some travellers have do
Scrlbed them the most IufSerab
specimens of humanity on thu. veSt~r
hemisphere This is not SO NJ.
Evening star., 1914-12-20

cred their bodies. and others had shreds
OF rags that only accentuated their
nakednesS. | remember one man who
wore a rag apron as big as :, lady's
handkerchief tied to string about his
vest open at the front and a hat This
man padded the boat. and his wife sat
at the stern and steered. The woman
was naked to the waist. and she was
sucking a baby clad in little more
than a string of beads and "A breech
cloth. She held the naked baby to
her breast with one hand and steered
the boat with the other. Another wife
near the prov aided in padding. She
had a guanaco skin tied around her
waist. but the upper part of her body
was bare. She bent back and forth as
the oar rose and fell in the water
During our stay in the straits we had
Evening star., 1914-12-20

Copyrighted 1914. by Frank G tarpenterj
NALDINIA.
FNtiE Chilean government has new
plans for ccionizin- and develop
ing the Territory Of the Magei-
q 'ans. IL has sold at auction sev-
erai million acres and has leased large
tracts for cattle breeding and sheep
rs ising- II IS putting in public improve
Inents at Punta Arenas. the capital of
tiie straits. and elsewhere. and there are
no~- something ike one thousand miles
of io'.d in the territory Some lands have
beer given over t. two private coioniza-
tion companies. and special Inducements
are offered 10 native Chieans WHO will 20
there 10 settle.
The Territory OF the Maeellans -
one OF the least known parts of South
America 1t consists of The southern
"nd "t the range OF the Andes. iucIud-
Inc long strip II country that runs
RON q nttlc below NaldIyia 10 he
ST. ait Of Magellan. 1t mas aIsu the
Evening star., 1914-12-20

place has now 10000 inha bitants and II
is the metropolis of the strait. 1t is sit +
uated on the ma inland. facing the great
island of TERRA del F'uego. just about
half way between the Atlantic and the
laclf1c oceans. 1t is more than hun
dred miles north of Cape Horn. and it
has the whole length of the continent
between it and Panama.
Punta Arenas is the SouthernmoSt
city of the world. South America eX-
tends more than thousand miles
nearer the south pole than Africa, and
Punta Arenas is 1900 miles farther
south than Cape Town There is no
city of any size within i thousand miles
of it. and it is now reached only by the
steamers that pass through the Strait
OF Magellan. IN the far future it may
nave railway connections with the rest
of Chile.
Nevertheless, Punta Arenas is an up
to-daic municipali:y Fifteen years
ago the greater part of it was still in
the woods Stumps still stood in the
principal streets. and i'll the rainy sea
sou the roads were rivers of mud To-
day the town is well paved. and it has
d plaza surrounded by good houses and
stores. The streets are lighted by cleo
triclty, and there are churches and
schools. The government has recently
lsation of the straits is being greatly
improved. The value of the city prop
erty is now estimated ut more than
$4,000, 900
The people of I'untu Arenas are of a
dozen different nations. and they come
from all parts of the world. There are
English and Germans. and also many
Danes, NorWesians and s:Wedes, who
nave large share in the navigation
of the straits. There are AuStr:i li:.nS
and Italians, and also Chileans and In
dians. Some of the most successful
business men are Scotchmen. and the
Scotch have large interests in the
sheep industry.
The Indians of the Strait of Magellan
are fast dying out. | doubt whether
there are now, all told. more than 1000,
although they numbered three times
a. many decade ago. AS it is, the
have almost disappeared, and the canoe
Indians, or Alacalufes, are fewer than
ever.
have seen all of these various In
dian tribes. The Alaca 'ufes / met when
] travelled through Smythes channel
some years ago. These Indians are sell
dom seen by the traveller They live in
the islands about Smythes channel and
i'll the western parts of the TERRA del
Fuegan archipelago. They go about in
canoes and subsist on what they can
get from the sea and on the roots that
they dig up on land. They sleep some
times III their canoes ana sometimes on
land In the latter case they build
wigWams about u yard high. made by
bending over the branches of low trees
and tying them together. The wig
vans are used only for sleeping. They
are so low that the Indians have to
crawl in on their hands and knees, and
the cooking must be done on a fire
built in the canoe or on the ground out
side of the wigwam.
The Alacalufe canoes that | saw were
well constructed. and some of them
were fifteen feet long. yard wide and
about two feet in depth. They were
made of strips of bark sewn together
Evening star., 1914-12-20

with sinews and fastened to ribs which
ran across the canoe. Each boat had
It's fire, which was built on some earth
in the center. The Indians who We're
not padding or steering the boat sat
around these fires, and some cooked
the while over the Goals
The Alacalufes are perhaps the low
est of all the human race They are
more like beasts than men. Those l
saw were almost naked, although there
was snow on the ground and the winds
were bitter cold. \ few of them had
on guanaco skins which half COW
Evening star., 1914-12-20

sloo.o0G. and is stiil the " older OF this
part OF the world
The Yale expositor., 1914-02-12
TELEeRAPHIc FLASHES

Abraham Abradela. proprietor OF an
Alpena hotel, threw $500 in bills into
the stove instead OF a handful OF
waste paper. lie managed to save
$500.
Mrs. John Ives, blind. and 20 years
old. OF Saginaw, was burned fatally
when her Globes caught fire from a
live coal while she was putting wood
in the stove.
The Ann Arbor Civic association
has planned an alfalfa campaign for
Washtenaw county. II is planned to
make this county one of the leading
alfalfa producers In the state
According to the monthly crop bull
letin issued by Secretary of State
Martindale, wheat was not damaged
TO any extent during January. In
January 192,419 bushels OF wheat
we're marketed at the various -four
mills and grain elevators In the state.
In the last six months 1000 900
bushels of wheat have been market
ed In Michigan.
The Yale expositor., 1914-02-12
Providence on His Side.

AS a rule the habitual wrongdoer
bears little resentment toward the de-
tective who may have brought him to
justice. Neither is he always devoid
of a blind belief in the workings OF
Providence. One known to tfe-~po-
lice as a chronic crook" met one. OF
the detectives who had on several oc-
casions unpleasant business with him
How are you doing now. Tom ask
ed the detective. Doing" bitterly ex-
claimed the crook. You and your
pals have fairly bottled our businessi"
We'll, hows the wife? ?" asked the
man from the Yard. whereupon the
crook nearly broke down. The
missus,' he said died a month ago.
IL was a near thing that the parish
didn't have TO bury her, but with
ring of heartfelt gratitude in his
voice. Providence was very good. for
it sent along a mug in the nick o time
and / done him for 20 quid. We
was able to bury poor Liz quite de-
Observation-Disclosures Guardian.
The Yale expositor., 1914-02-12
Gibson Lauds Pike Project.

Muskegon. Misunderstanding out that
the West Michigan pike project, the
plan to build an automobile road
along the cash shore of Lake Mich
igan. would, when completed. be one
of the biggest events in development
of this section of the state known
in its history, John ]. Gibson, secre-
tary of West Michigan Development
bureau, made the feature speech at
the big annual banquet of Muskegon
Chamber OF Commerce Saturday
night. Nearly 400 members of the
organization with two score guests
from all parts of the state were in
attendance. Lieut-Goy. John Q. Ross
acted as POSTMASTER.
The Yale expositor., 1914-02-12
MEXICAN BANDIT LEADER is
SAID TO HAVE HELD UP
TRAIN.
EIGHT AMERICANS AMONG THE
DEAD.
Imprisoned Passengers Are Complete
Iy Consumed BY intense Heat
After Wreck in Burning
Tunnel

Cumbre, Chihuahua-Charred bones
and several metal buttons and buckles
from clothing were the only traces
discovered of the bodies OF the 40 pas
sengers and crew of the train wreck
ed in the Cumbre tunnel of the Next
co e. Northwestern railway Wednes-
day night
A rescue party equipped with oxy-
gen helmets TO guard them against
the effects of the smoke and fumes
OF the still smoldering wreckage,
made their way from the south por-
tai of the tunnel, over the wreckage
Of the burned freight train to the
locomotive and forward cars of the
passenger train. Nothing remained Of
the cars but the metal frames and
trucks and it is believed the bodies
of the imprisoned passengers must
have been completely destroyed by the
intense heat.
The wreckage is buried under from
five to 10 feet of earth and rock from
the caved walls and roof of the tun-
mel.
Maxine Castillo, who was in COM
mand of the party that held up the
freight train and pushed it into the
tunnel where it was set on fire, had
with hin only Is men and two wom-
en-. 1t Is said he did not stop the pas
senger train but that he and his men
went over the divide to watch the APP
proach of the train and see il dash
into the tunnel where the track was
blocked by the burning freight. The
bandits then disappeared
The victims included at least eight
Americans and 30 Mexicans. accord
ing to dispatch from American Con
sui Letcher at chihuahua to the state
department at Washington.
The Yale expositor., 1914-02-12
ITCHING TERRIBLE ON LIMB

II. +. ID. No. 3, Clarified, MINI
started with some small red and yell
low spots about the size of a pin head
on my leg and every morning there
was a dry scale on top covering the
affected part and when those scales
were falling off the itching was more
than | could stand at times. The first
year / did not mind it so much as il
was only itching very badly at times,
but the second year it advanced all
around my leg and the itching was
terrible l had to be very careful to
have my clothing around the affected
part very loose At night time | often
happened to scratch the sore in my
sleep. Then | had TO stand up, get out
of bed and walk the floor till the spell
was over.
Il bought lots of salves and tried
many different kinds Of medicine but
without any success l got a cake OF
Cuticura Soap and a fifty-cent box Of
Cuticura Ointment and when l had
used them / was nearly over the itch
ing. But kept on with the Cuticura
Soap for six weeks and the cure was
complete" (Signed) S. o. Gordon,
Nov 90, 1912
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept L. Boston. ADV.
The Yale expositor., 1914-02-12
Appropriation for Indian School.

Washington-An appropriation of
S56275 for the education of 325 In
dams at the Mount Pleasant, Mich,
Indian school is carried in the In
dian appropriation bill reported to the
house by the committee of Indian az
fairs
For general repairs and improve
ments and appropriation OF $4,000 is
to be made
The only other item in the bill for
Michigan Indians is that of $4,000 for
the pay of employees at the Mack-
nae agency.
The Yale expositor., 1914-02-12
plsprovina a Proverh.

Lady Cook Tennessee Clafiin) was
talking hi pittsburgh about times
changes.
Woman used to wear the hoop
skirt" she safe, and the wind blew it
up outrageOusly. She now wears the
slashed skirt, much more modest
affair.
Time changes all things" ended
Lady Cook. Il said to a young man
the other day:
Distance lends enchantment
But not he answered, when
you're taking your girl home in a tax
icab'"
The Yale expositor., 1914-02-12

that his letters are so
little read may be at
tributed the further
fact that his fame is
that Of a successful
general rather than OF
a broad, constructive
genius. whose all-seeing
craftsmanship guided a
new nation of his own
making to greatness.
Also. il is probable
that no man who wrote
as much as he did put
so little on paper that
is open to criticism.
Read a dozen or more
volumes of his CORE
spondence, as compiled
by Sparks, and you will
find not one epistle
which does not bear
The Yale expositor., 1914-02-12
Abandon Board of Food Inspection.

Abandon Board Of Food Inspection.
Washington.-The board of food
and drug inspection in the depart
ment of agriculture. which often was
the center of attack by Dr. Harvey
w. Wiley. former chief chemist, has
been abandoned by Secretary Hous-
ton.
At the department of agriculture 1t
was said the board had been abol-
ished in the interest of efficiency and
economy. DR.. Carl Alsberg. who sue,
ceeded DR. Wiley as pure food chief,
will decide the appeals that formerly
went to the board He will be as
sisted by Or. r. l.. Emerson, of Bos-
ton.
The Yale expositor., 1914-02-12

LIBERATION and determine
M ton are the two dominant
- characteristics of which time
keS&4aJ has not robbed Washington.
OF them, the first is the one
which has deprived him Of a great
deal OF the appreciation which has
been lavished on less deserving char
acters.
What ever the vices OF the man,
they were always held within re-
spectacle restraint. Whatever his
virtues, he never gave them undue
prominence.
So it is that, after more than cen.
The Yale expositor., 1914-02-12
Not Quiet.

so you live on Long Island. Aw-
fully quiet, isn't it?"
'Oh, no. You see, we live ON the
Sound"
The Yale expositor., 1914-02-12
The Way II Looks.

How do you pronounce Huerta's
name?"
1T is little uncertain, but | don't
think it will be very long before it is
pronounced Dennis"
The Yale expositor., 1914-02-12
UNPLEASANT TO Hear.

"The very sound of some peoples
voices is exasperating."
Quite true. Especially when they
say, Move on or Paw up.'"
The Yale expositor., 1914-02-12

vective, but the
intelligence you
say you have re-
ceived from our
army deserves a
reply. ! have
taken time, sir.
to make a strict
inquiry, and find
it has not the
least foundation
in truth. Not only
your officers and
s soldier s have
been treated with
The Yale expositor., 1914-02-12

Water in bluing is adulteration. Glass and
water makes liquid blue costly. Buy Red
Gross Ball Blue, makes clothes whittier than
snow. Adv.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-26
Farmers to Organize

A farmers meeting will be held in
the City Hall Saturday. December 90,
at p. m. Mr.. Victor c. Fonnesbeck
of Logan will be the speaker. This
meeting is for the purpose of effect
ing an organization of the farmers
The Farmers Society of Equity is a
national organization. 1t is for the
purpose of purchasing farmers sup
plies In wholesale lots. selling their
products at the highest market price
and to conduct social and educational
campaigns for the benefit of it's mem
bers. A good attendance is expect
ed.
The Farmers Society of Equity has
hundreds of thousands of members,
and is doing great work in many COM
munities in raising the standard of
farming and enabling the farmers to
treat their work as a business and a
science. BY all means every farmer
should turn out Saturday.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-26
Dependency
Causes Suicide
Gideon Peterson Grows Despondeni
Over Financial Reverses and Ends
Trouble With COrbOlic Acid,

Saturday evening Mrs. Gideon Pet
erson prepared good supper in an
ticipation of her husbands return
from a peddllng trip to Salt Lake
City. The night being bitterly cold,
she had also made up a good fire for
his reception, and once when she
heard the gate open she went out to
see If 1t was him. Soon after this she
was striker PROSTATE with the sad
news that he had just passed away at
Murray, from the effects of having
taken bottle Of corbolic acid.
From the best information IL ap-
pears that about o'clock Mr.. Peter
son came In the rear of a Murray
pool hall and called for a drink of
water. Those present saw at once
that there was something wrong, and
detecting the strong Odor on his
breath at once rushed him to q physi-
clan. The doctor worked over the
unfortunate man for several hours,
and at seven o'clock he passed away,
without having uttered word after
calling for the dring of water.
Guy Robinson, Il. D. Olpin and Jos.
Dickerson went to Murray Monday in
an automobile and brought the body
to Pleasant Grove.
The funeral was held at the resi-
dence of Joseph Dickerson Thursday
The Salt Lake papers had an ex-
agerated story of an estrangement be-
tween Mr.. Peterson and his wife,
which was utterly without foundation.
1t was we'll known that the unfortun-
ate man had several financial obliga-
tons which were pressing. He had
made several peddling trips to Salt
Lake City recently, and had come
home without the receipts for the sale
OF his fruit and vegetables. Wednes-
day Thomas Crompton had seen him
In Salt Lake City, and Peterson said
that he had sold out all but two boxes
OF apples. 1t is known that the next
three days were spent in Murray, and
1t is supposed that the despondancy
led to drinking, and in weakened
state the rash act was committed. Be-
fore leaving on his last trip he told
his wife that If he did not return Sat
urday she need not look for him. She
interpreted this to mean that If he
did not return he would seek work
in Salt Lake City or Murray
He was born In Pleasant Grove 20
years ago. When but baby his moth
er and father separated, leaving the
baby in care of his father He has
been running a peddling wagon in Salt
Lake City for several months, and for
a year prior to this he worked at Gar
field He leaves wife and two chill
dren, the Oldest of whom is but four
years of age,