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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-20

three fugitives We're killed. None of
the other prisoners attempted to escape.
John X. Thomas, formerly United
States district judge and widely known
throughout Oklahoma, was sitting in
the warden s Office, awaiting the return
Of Warden X. w. Dick, with whom he
had business engagement. ..There
mnst he some yrouble outside, - he said.
as he arose and walked toward the
door of the warden 5 office Apparently
installing Judge Thomas for a warden
the mutineers fired a volley of shots
at him lie sank to the floor mortallv
tyoundaJ
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-20

McALESTER, Oklahoma, Jan. 20
Seven men were shot 10 death and
three persons were wounded yesterday,
when three convicts attempted to es-
cape from The state penitentiary and
were slain by guards. One of the men
murdered by the conviets in their mad
dash for liberty was John X. Thomas
Of Muskosee, formerly United States
district judge. and once congressman
from illinois.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-20
Best Radium Ore Shipped Abroad.

The official statistics of 1913 as to
our exports Of uranium and vanadlum
ores carrying radium, indicate a larger
content of radium in the Colorado
ores shipped TO Europe than in the
somewhat greater tonnage of ores
treated or kept in this country. The
Joint resolution submitted by the See
rotary for the consideration of Con
/ gress contains authority not only for
/ the President to withdraw radium
/ lands from further private appropria-
/ ton but also for the secretary of the
/ interior TO lease these lands or other
/ wise provide for the mining of the
| ores so as 10 secure the needed supply
| of radium for the government and
HOSPITALS of the United States The
vigorous administration which such a
Law would deserve by reason Of the
urgent nature of the matter would
:. demand that there be no delay in
opening the deposits TO purposeful
utilization The object of the pro
posed legislation Is not reservation
from use but rather development un-
der conditions not only favoring hut
even forcing the best use of this vah-
able resource, which has no value ex-
gept as X is mined and used.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-20
The Dead.

JOHN r.. THOMAS of Muskogee,
formerly United States district judge.
u. If. DROVER, superintendent
Bertillon department.
PATRICK OATES, assistant deputy
warden.
+. G. GODFREY, guard.
CHINA REED, under sentence of
two years for larceny.
TOM LANE Of Pauls Valley, under
fve.year sentente lfor forgery.
CHARLES KOONTZ of Comanchc
county, serving 40 years sentence for
manslughter.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-20
AMERICAN RADIUM
FOR AMERICANS
Secretary Lane Outlines Purpose of
Proposed Legislation for Utiliz-
ing Public Radium Lands.

Secretary Lane, of the interior de-
partment, expresses himself in no
uncertain terms in his belief that the
American people will strongly support
him in the broad gauge policy that aims
TO extract from lands now in public
ownership sufficient fadiuin for Amer
lean hospitals, in order that the poor
est patients may secure promptly the
treatment now necessarily limited TO
the selected few.
In reply to protest against the
proposed legislation allowing with
drawaI of public lands known or be-
heved to contain radium ores. Secre-
tary Lane states the issue as one which
is believed to be that of life and
death to hundreds of Americans.
Fears Not Well Founded.
The apprehension seems to be, the
Secretary states, that vast areas i'll
any part of Colorado are to be
closed to entry ION suspicion, and
thus prospecting not only for radium
but for the precious and semiprecious
metals as well will be stopped. These
fears are not well founded The dis
IrlDut1On or radlum bearing minerals
as now known in Colorado is fairly
well defined, and there is no intention
i'll the interior department to apply
Withdrawals outside of relatively small
areas known to contain these minerals.
The pitchblende OF GiIpin county is
already entirely owned by individuals
and corporations, and a single Ameri-
can company now controls more than
100 carnotite claims, the radium pro
duct from which viii be sold to the
highest bidder in any country. The
carnotite deposits which it is now pro-
posed to devote primarily to the use
of the American people are known
through Investigations Of the United
States Geological Survey to be for the
most part confined TO particular beds
! of rock.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28
Girls Take Engineering.

About 800 students are enrolled IN the
engineering school. Girls register IN thi-
school for course, IN household architcc-
ture. the planning Of the dwelling, house
hold sanitation, and are even prepared to
Do "A little plumbing GA their own account.
In the engineering department Kansas
made dement's and coal are tested. also OIL
for internal combustion engines. road
building materials and the like. Blue
prints and specifications are furnished
free for much county and state work.
underground water J. tested. and experts
are sent out - supervise the building WI
good dirt roads. IN the shops much 81 the
machinery. and nearly AL the lathc- have
been built by students. Indeed. the foundry
work ha~ proved 70 BE- q money maker TER
the school. The senior engineer does not
write a Thesis but constructs n piece of
machinery or carries out Ar original IN
pertinent.
Editors Nutc-NcXt week the core
spending secretary of the llogg Organiza r
.tion Will return within the walls "a the cul
lege and tell of activities ihere.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28
MERCEDES To BORE roE OH

Mercedes u setting The rest ~ the
VALLEY an example 81 enterprise by or
laHi1np "a company fur The purpose nf
boring fof oil near the county line le
tween Cameron and llidalgo counties.
Ii has been believed for q long time
that the rich oil deposits which have
produced such vast fortunes IA Beau
mont and also "a Tamrico extend under
the Lower Rio Grandc VALLEY. The fact
that quantitie- uf %a>phaltum have been
east up uh Padre Island from time 10
time j. believed e. b. an indication that
the oil deposits exist mere. biologists
who have examined the surface ndIca
lions in the valley are 81 The opinion
that oil may ~ found here n only r.
mains tor the matter a. ~ tc>ecd, and
mains tor Ihc matter % w. tested. and
wishing surccs- "a the enterprise. sue
cess would bring prosperity not only a.
Mercedes. hut a. all The VALLEY.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28
Agricultural Experiment Stations In Kansas

1900 pounds, and \ -horthorn bull three
months under two years of age weighing
ll450 pounds. These e%xempliiied correct
feeding. Side by side with the properly ted
stock We're specimens Just ~ well bred. fat
a. butter. and stille mere pigmie~ compared
with their age mates. showing the results
of improper nouri>hmcni. The lesson was
plain that the animal which doe not re-
ceive steadily the right food III proper
amount during the early growing period can
never regain what has been lost and can
not make profit for the feeder. The bony
walls enclosing the abdomen arc not ~u~-
ceptible of much enlargement after q Ger
tain age. III early calihood this enlarge
ment takes place a. the digestive tract
grows IN response ~ proper feeding. II The
digestive tract remains small IN the early
daN~. II can not increase greatly after the
ribs have begun to harden. and the animal.
consequently. can not take up sufficient
food tor rapid growth later On. Last year
$50 farmers and newspaper men from all
over the state came 10 see the result ~
one Illuminating feeding experiment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28
OF BELGIAN
REFUGEES ORDERED
Will be Taken in Order that KIM AIbert's
Cabinet May Know Where Belgians Sub
Iect to Military Service Are CHARTERED.

Correspondence II he Associated pressl
London. Dee. 3s.-A general census III
Belgian refugees Ia England has been or
drrrd that kmg Alhrrt'~ cabinet may know
where the Brlgian~ subject IL military .crv-
iNr are quartcrcd. II ha. beer estimated
ln"l -"'u"" Brlgian~ al military age came
N" fh-llnd. Int such estimates are necr--
-lril, inaccurate. III the rush from Ant
wrrp and O>tend Il was impossible 10 keen
amy accurate records. Many M thr rein
gees Who had money came independent Of
ans organized agency and ~.cnseuurntlv the
governments 81 Belgium aud England have
n" knowledge ~ their movements.
Ih" employment Of Bclgians IN England
ha- raised many stubborn u,.r~tion-. Re-
mel committees have not -encouraged Rel-
-lin- I" accept employment where they
would compete with English labor and there
ha~ been 4 studied effort IA the mart wv
English committees throuchcu, the island
4" prevent Bclgian~ from accepting 4 lower
wage than that ordinarily paid ~ English
men or Engli~hwomcn.
~ France the refugees have o,mo., ~
'ariahly found employment. especially the
men ~ al ages. The Frrnchmen b,v.
nearly All gone into the service. with tho
result that BelgIan~ who have any kuovl-
edge OF r%allroadinc. bridge building. elec.
lricai construction ar engineering work ~
any sort are instantly put to work.
Some Belgian, have been lca,ine Emo
land Tor the United States. hut they are
chiefly older men and women who formcrl,
h'-d m America and have relative. ar
friends there. There has been M I,r..
movement ct Bclcian> toward America -
Nei. and No objection has been raised. -
their departure from England wber. ,ha,
haa paper showing who they we're and
what their reasons were for leaving.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28

The Sa~gacion, Kansas farmer J. com
ing more and more To lean upon the state
experimental station for solution 81 the
practical difficulties which confront him in
tho conduct 1T hi business.
For example. il j. well known that the
first cutting Of alfalfa. being very >uccu-
lent. j. difficult to cure. The scientists N
charge Of one Of the A. 4 NJ. experiment
stations are attempting 20 meet this diff
Guilty III the following maHner. SIX stave
silos were constructed OF small diameter
and ordinary height. The first was filed
with alfalfa ~ the first cutting alone. In
the second. alfalfa was mixed with wheat
straw, III d third with black strap mo-
la~Sc~~. IN tEr fourth with green corn. IN
the fifth with waste vi sugar bectS and the
sixth with another ingredient which ! can
not dcciphcr III my note book. From each
samples OF the silagc formed by heating
and fermentation are Withdrawn frequently
through anger holes, until the -iloS look a.
II they had been bombarded wiih grape~hot
and then plugged up. he~c are tested and
the farmers are showing great interest III
the results. III neither of the admixturcS-
they must b. low priced-tili- the bill en-
tIrcly, cotton seed hulls from Texas may
be- tried next in accordance with my -ug-
%gc~tiun.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28
WHITE TO MEET SHUGRUE
Ten Round Bout Between Near Champions
in New York Tomorrow Night.
(By Associated Press.)

New York. Dee. 2s.-Thc feature event
of the week IN local pusili,tic circles will
b. the fight between Char,cv White and
Joe Shugrue. which j. To- be- staged AT Madi-
ION Square Garden tomorrow night. The
agreement calls for a ten round contest,
with the weight fixed al 1876 pounds III 3
IN the afternoon.
The battle between Shugruc and the Chi
cage lightweight i expected to be one of
the hardest that has been pulled ~ here in
many a day. II will be- the bird time the
two nave faced one another IN the ring.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28
WANT MORE PAVING.

The ~cntcIprl>inp citizens ~ Corpus
Christi ar pttitiouing tor another bond
issue of ~l01 uHU tor the purpose of *
tending the street paving. \ commend
able move Brownsville should lose 40
anne ~ DANG likewise. - hong a. our
stT,t.s remain IA their present condition.
sH'rN prolonged rainy ieIi will repeat
the t,rIihi, experience uf the paNi two
weeks during which time our streets
have been almost inpasSahlc. even the
paved district being submerged with
mud brought from the awful boys on
;he unpaved streets. Brownsville has
everything 90 make ID a lovely residence
city, except paved streets III the residence
district and tia. improvement should b.
vetcd ~ soon as IL ~ possible "a in
grease the citt'> bond debts ia that rX.
tent.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28
Farm HuSbandry.

horses has moved the department IL -lc-
lively promote the raising of these horses.
favoring Pcrchcron~ and Bcleian~ and not
content with acting in a purely advisory
capacity, the department last year pro-
NOTED sales of horses for Kansas farmers
names of al horse breeders md Of more
than q q cattle breeders are registered
Tor the information of prospective buyers.
The department na~ also made il possible
through well directed effort for the farmer
who desires r. fatten cattle 70 Get money
for this purpose NJ q and : per cent.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28
Calendar Of Sports For The Week

Business Men, Racing association, III New
l0riGns.
Court tennis matches tor Tuxedo Chal-
lenge cup begin IT Tuxedo, \. y.
Annual indoor games If Sixtv-fifth
regiment Athletic association M Buffalo.
Road race "a the Tucson Automobile
club. Tucson. Ariz.
frankie Callahan ~. Johnrs King. q
rounds, at Alton, III.
Battling Terry ~. frankie Bailey, q
rounds. at Erie. Pa.
Terry kellar ~. Fighting Dick" Gilbert.
l. rounds, AT Hot Springs. Ark.
johnny Wolga~t ~. Eddie Nelson. q
rounds, At Grand Lodge. Mich.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28
OUR DAILY BIRTHDAY PARTY.

. Woodrow Wilson. president of the
: United States, born AT Staunton. Va.
. y year. : today.
. William T.. Chandler. former Secrc-
. tary Of the navy and for many years
: y United States senator. horn ~
. Concord. y. H.. 20 years ago today.
: Samnrl ". Piles, former United
. Statc~ senator from Washington. born
: ~ Livingston county, Kentucky, 81
. years ago today.
: Congressman Frank b. Willis. gov
: rrnur-elcct of Ohio. born III Lewis
: Center. Ohio. 10 year. ago today.
: Joseph VI. Brown. former governor
: Of Gcorgia. born at Canton, Ga. G3
. YEAR ago today.
. Horace ID. Taft. well known edu-
: catur and brother at former Prc.i-
. dent William II. Taft. born al Gin
: c%lnnati, 53 year. ago today.
' Perry Belmont, noted capitalist
: and former United States minister 10
: spain, born in New York. 90 wears
. ago today.
John j. Nhitacrc. representative in
: congress 81 the Eighteenth Ohio dis
: trici, horn NJ Decatur, Neb., 81 years
: ago today.
John T.. Henry. catcher for the
: Washington American league base
: hnll team. born NJ Amherst, Mass.
: 20 years AZ today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28

NOTICE 40 SUBSCRIBERS.

Subscribers nj the city who fail to re
eeive The Herald regularly are requested
10 notify the Office promptly. All papers
delivered ia the city should he received, as
, rule, not later than 4 40 10 q o'clock p.
n. Unless some accident 10 the press or
other untoward delay occurs al the print
ing Office, the paper shonld be out not later
;han 4 40 and the carriers should complete
their distribution. even to the most distant
subscribers, within not less than an hour
and thirty minutes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28
Monday.

Opening Of annual holiday week golf
tournament N, Pinchur~t, n. Il.
Annual bench show of Toy Spaniel Club
Of America opens at New York.
Annual tournament Of Dominion Checker
association opens nj Toronto.
Junior indoor lawn tennis championship
begins III New York.
Mike Yokcl ~. pet" Brown. AZ Salt
Lake City, for middlcwcight wrestling title.
Tommy Dixon 81. Arlo> Tanning. 10
rounds, al Leavcnworth. Kan.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28

Their two previous meetings took place
more than q year ago and In each ~ the
contests both White and Shusruc claimed
a. have the advantage. Since those meet
ngs both boys have improved. until today
they are considered - contcndcrS for the
title.
Both White and Shugruc recently fought
Champion Freddie Welsh, the former get
ting q draw with the champion "A Milwau-
kee, while Shugrue gave Welsh 4 trimming
IN this city. winning eight Of The ten rounds.
Should White prove n better man than
Shuerue IN the battle tomorrow night he
probably VIII get on another match with
Welsh ~ an early date.
To the man who saws Il will the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28
Saturday.

Opening oi annual National Automobile
show al Grand Central Palace, New York.
Opening Of annual Sportsmcn's Show N
Madison Square Garden. New York.
Opening of annual salon, Automobile I'm
porterS' alliance, Hotel A~tor. New York.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28
Forty Years Ago Today.

lSI4-Grrrit Smith, "A noted anti
slavery and prohibition advocate,
who. after the war, joined with
Horace Greeley and Cornelius Van
dcrbllt ia signing the hail bond Cf
jefferson Davis. died IN New York.
Born III Utica. n. r.. March u, 1897.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28

A DAILY LESSON IN HISTORY.
One Hundred Years Auo Today.

lsli- General Jackson rcpul~ed an
advance OF the British ~ Chalmeiies
plantation Oh thc Mi--i-~ippi river, 4
few milc~ below New Orleans.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28
Tuesday.

Annual meeting Of the National Coll
lcgiateAthletic association M Chicago.
National junior indoor championship Of
\. \. t.. At Brooklyn. y. Y.
Charley White y. Young joe >hugrue.
10 rounds. at New York.
Annual meeting II society Of Automobile
Engineer. ~ New York.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28
Thirty-fve Years Ago Today.

ls1g-Thc Tay bridge al Dundee,
Scotland. the loee~t rirdcr bridge in
the world, was partly destroyed by a
gale while a tram was passing over
ID nearly 100 hyr~ were lost.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28
FOrty-five Years Ago Today.

lsG9-The town ~ Santa Mauro,
On one ~ the lonian ~i~le-. was de-
-truycd IN am earthquake.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28
Twenty Years AGO Today.

ls9l-Jamc~ &. FAIR, bonanza mil
l%iunuire and former United States
senator, died n san Francisco. Born
m Belfast. Ireland. December 3. 1881.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28
Experiments in FeedinQ.

Prof. Cochcl showed me a l0-monihS old
Hereford calf that tipped the scales nj 900
pounds, a shorthorn y~earling weighing
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28

Ever meet 4 girl who Was a. pretty
as her " picture?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28
Friday.

Opening Of Today race meeting OF
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28

Although past STAT, wears III age.
Thomas \ Edison has undertaken 10
rebuild hi. great electrical works. which
were DESTROYED hN lire recently. Pocket
ing hls losses ~ over two millions. the
great inventor has gone checrtulh about
the work at rebuilding his plant. having
announced even while the flames still
r~agcfthat a. would dn "a. The wizard
"t Memo Park possesses an iHdomitahlc
courage aud 4 vill power thar halkS Al
10 obstacle whatever MaN h. live %
continue "a exercise his creative genius
al producing many NOR wonderful ia
yentionS for the benefit of mankind.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28

There would he no objection ia this
countia il the ccn>ors would eliminate
the name ~ PrsrIuSll from the war
news. until IL Is captured by the enemy
at least and Tebaptized with some more
pronoanceable name.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28

The danger ~ converting upon purrl,
.irCuhstautial IA idrnyr Was again Illus
rratcd a few days az" IA Arkansas.
where u man was convicted ~ thr theft
oi a gov and sentenced an thc prnitrn-
tiaty, The convict had hrnu taken a.
The ls1iitcutiarH when thr owner ~ the
COW accidentally discovered The dead
body of the animal on his farm show ing
that shc had morrl, puur M and died.
Rtyen having been stolen az an The
NOnNilt was released. ~ course bur. a.
cording g. the usual f%arcical procedure.
he could not H. released eNcpt upon 4
pardon granted Az the governor par
don Cor a crime ~ which a. had been
convicted and lct ~ which h. Was cn
iirely innocent
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28

Thai was 4 nice little christina, sur
prise. which was planned Tor Uncle sam
by our FlpIn"-cr ~uhi",tS-rr wards
er fetk,w citizen.. Probably they thought
they Gould mai The Americana" >nl
dier~a a. Washington uucc found the
ilc>sian m%rrv,narirN drunk with Christ
ma nYciS. and an easy pre-, 60 The Eli
lpinoT strategy. They found their miS-
take however The same blood that
ilowen Al the veins NJ the patriots uf
Washington army fills the veins of the
Americans tndaN cur soldiers trlr
hrate Christmas. but they do not neglect
their duty. aud NJ w"uli take u wily Fil
iplno indeed to .upu-, th, boy- on
guard for tn,lr sam wv The islands.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-28

To the man who saws II will" the
chains 81 destiny are mere cobwebs.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-12-24
Methodist Services.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

There is considerable quiet cleo.
pioneering being done for would-be
village officers.
Don Tower sends the Union an in.
teresting letter from Michigan
which we. shall try and find room
for next week. ... .-.
The editors wife and little SOL
were Hospitality entertained by Hon.
Alvah Eastman and wife at Anoka
several days last week. ...
The G. A. R. dance at Jesmer's
hall Tuesday evening was we'll at
tended but the ladies outnumbereC
the gentlemen two to one.
The backbone of winter is stiffen.
ing up, and the lumbermen are feel.
ing better. ThaWs in midwinter are
not appreciated in this climate.
Miss Jean Rines was the recipient
of a nice Christmas present from
her father, Mr.. G. II. Rines, in the
shape of a nice Portland cutter.
The Congregational church fair at
the Grand Army hall on Thursday
and Friday evenings of last week
netted the society a handsome sum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerry Clough and the
Misses Zua and Leila Clough of Min.
neapolis spent Christmas with
Princeton friends. Gerry was around
town shaking hands with his many
old chums whom he had not seen
for years. ..
Lou Pierson of Baldwin, who is
cooking at S. P. Woodman's camp on
Bogus Brook. is not good marks
man. While attempting to shoot a
woodpecker on Christmas morning
with revolver the bullet passed
through TIE palm of his left hand
and inflicted a painful wound.
Charley Murray, BERTHE Jesmer,
Miss Eva Ross, Miss Lilly Cater and
Miss Jean Rines are home from Min
neapolis, where they are attending
school, to spend the holidays with
their parents. They are bright boys
and girls, and the Union wishes
them many merry Christmases.
A sad state of affairs exists in
Wyanett, Isanti county. Last week
the Union chronicled the death of
Mr.. Louis Erickson's child. Group