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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-11-27
FOSTER MOTHER ASKS
THAT BABY BOY BE SENT
BY THE PARCEL POST

GRAND FORKS, N. D., Nov. 25-
Mrs. E. Nj. Pierce, residing on a rura
quite out of Stanley, N D., wants to
odopt the baby boy abandoned several
nights ago on the doorstep of the J.
Neleon Kelly residence in Grand
Forks.
To make sure that the little fellow
will meet with no misfortune on his
,ay to her home, she has arranged for
his delivery, parcel post, from her
,ome postoffice.
"Place the little fellow in basket
he says. "Put in two or three bottles
# milk, and make his as comfortable
IS possible. Mail him on the early
morning train, and the rural route
'arrier will meet the train. His car
.iage is covered and he will have a
tove in it, so the baby will not suffer- .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-11-27
Teutons Issue Statement In
Which They Deny Their Forces
Have Been Checked.
SAY THEY ARE STILL
ADVANCING IN RUSSIA
District Between Ypres and the
North Sea Is Unusually
Y Quiet Today.
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESSA

Reports from Russian sources dur
ing the last two days Of their import
ant victory in the war with Austria
and Germany, are at direct variance
with the official communications from
Berlin. While the German military
authorities stated previously that an
advance toward Warsaw had been
checked by the arrival of Russian re-
Inducements, there is no indication
in the latest statements that any de-
cisive result has been obtained by
either of the opposing forces. The
Berlin statement has confident and
assured tone, claiming general ad-
vancement in that quarter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-11-27
INJURED FIREMAN is
RAPIDLY RECOVERING

Mike Rooney Of the fire depart
fent, who was injured in the tip-over
of the red fire auto of the department
on Tuesday of last week, having his
jaw fractured, collar bone broken and
several ribs fractured, and who has
been confined at the Mcintyre hospi-
tai since the accident, was taken to
his home on the Northside today. He
is recovering nicely from his injuries
and expects to be able to be out with
in a few days.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-11-27
Returns from Keewatin.

Attorney M. H. Mcmahon returned
this morning from Keewatin where he
attended a meeting of the council of
that village held last evening. Mr.
Mcmahon is the village attorney for
that village and makes weekly trips
there to advise the trustees in regard
to legal matters. Mr.. Mcmahon left
this afternoon for Biwabik On pro
feesiona1 huepoak
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-11-27
SEED CORN IS
TO BE TESTED

Prof P. L. Johnsrud, in charge of
the agricultural department of the
Virginia high school, announces that
experiments are beginning with the
termination of corn to be used for
seed next year. Anyone desiring to
have corn, Of either sweet or field
,'arieties tested, can send Is or 20
kernels to the high school labatory
where the termination tests are being
conducted.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-11-27
GERMANS MAKE PROGRESS
IN FRENCH TERRITORY

BERLIN, Nov. 25.-1n an official
communication issued today by the
German general staff the Germans
claim to have made progress at Arras,
France and to havN repulsed all the
Russian attacks in East Prussia.
They say further that they have
checked the Russian counter-attack
in Russian Poland.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-11-27

Jack Simmons, formerly engaged in
the barber business in this city, but
who has been engaged in the same
line Of business at International
Falls for the past several months, is
visiting friends here. Mr.. Simmons
may decide to again locate in Vir-
ginia.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-11-27
ENTERPRISE WILL
OBSERVE HOLIDAY

Tomorrow being legal holiday the
Daily Enterprise will not publish a
paper on that date, but will give the
employees an opportunity to join with
the other people in the city in making
merry.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-11-27
Dinner at New Fay.

Thanksgiving dinner will be served
at the New Fay hotel tomorrow even
ing between the hours Of 6 and g
.e'elaek.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-11-27
B0WLERS WON
FROM HIBBINC

George Massey's bowlers won the
second Of series of games with the
Hibbing bowling team at Hibbing last
night by total margin Of "a pins in
he series. Nick Pozas had the high
score, 21O and also the high average,
'l94. Following is the score for the
hree games:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-11-27

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The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-12-05
HOW RESIN0L CURED
ITCHING SKIN TORMENT

Baltimore, Md, May %, 1914: my
limbs from knee. to ankle were com
pletely covered with eczema for q
year. 1t commenced with several small
water pimples, which burst when
scratched them, until they developed
into sores, and oozed a yellowish fluid.
/ hated to go in company, 1t itched and
burned SO badly. had no rest at
night. ] tried good many remedies
for eczema, both liquid and salve, but
they did me no good, only made the
skin more rough and scaly. learned
of resinol ointment and resinol soap
and tried them, and was relieved of
the severe itching and burning AT
ONCE, and after months steady use
was completely cured" (Signed) T. s.
Lewis, 1891 Summit st. Resinol soap
and resinol ointment are sold by all
druggists.-Adv.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-12-05
SHORTENING the War.

The motor truck and motor passen.
ger vehicle are now undergoing, in the
great international war. the greatest
of all practical tests. II the war Il
short, as all good men devoutly hcpx
the motor vehicle will not only be d
great factor in shortening It but also
in determining the result; and by
shortening the length of the war the
motor will not only pay for itself many
times over, but save direct hundreds
Of millions-and mayhap billions OF
dollars. Tho quicker the contenders
move, the more CHASTITY and destruc.
tive the war will be and the sooner
exhaustion Of one or both sides will
come-the starting of the beginning
of the mediations for peace. We know
that motors spell mobility, and that
there are many motors in service;
hence the war should be shorter
much shorter-than Earl Kitchener's
preparations embrace.-Rollin w
Hutchinson, Jr., in the Engineering
Magazine.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-12-05
Didn't Discharqe Him.

Apropos of the stringency going
on in the financial district Is the
story of failure several years ago,
and how the clearing house happened
to learn of the situation. One OF the
big national banks was clearing for
a certain other bank that was In trou-
BILE, and eve-N day the president Of the
clearing house bank would certify a
couple of million dollars worth of
checks for the other. Finally the pay.
ing teller called attention to the fact
that he was taking a mighty long
chance, but the president paid no at
tention to the hint. Then the teller
informed the clearing house OF the
situation and the president was called
to book. did my paying teller tell
you that?" demanded the president.
HE did," replied the chairman Of the
clearing g-house committee. Il shall
discharge him at once" declared the
president, bristling up with indigna-
ton. you do and well close your
bank tomorrow" calmly replied the
chairman. Needless to say. the teller
was not discharged Pittsburgh Dis
patch.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-12-05
RIVERS ESTIMATE
ABOVE s40,000,00O
MISSISSIPPI AND TRIBUTARIES
TO GER HALF or WAR
DEPARTMENT TOTAL.
BILL TO BE REPORTED EARLY
Six Millions In Estimate viii BE 10
Garry On Mississippi River Con-
tracts Previously Authorized
by Congress.

Washington, d. G. More than
$40.000,OOO for river and harbor i'm
provement is asked for in the esti-
mate the war department will present
to congress at the coming session.
Approximately half of this total Ia
for the Mississippi River and It's
tributaries.
There the 80 projects in all which
the department wants included in the
bill, and they range all the way from
$250,OOO to $6,OOO,0o0 each.
The estimates will be cut closely
by the house rivers and harbors COM
mittee when 1t meets the last of this
week, and it is possible the commit
tee will vote to limit the bill to con-
tnuation of existing contracts.
The situation was discussed by
Representative Sparkman of Florida,
chairman of the committee; Presi-
dent Wilson and Col. Townsend OF
the Mississippi River commission.
Col. Townsend explained that the
work on the Mississippi River could
be done much more cheaply next year
than heretofore
The largest single item in the de-
partrcent's estimates is $6,000,O00 to
carr on Mississippi River contracts
previously authorized by congress
from the head of the passes ito Cape
Girardeau. For improving the Ohio
River, $5,00o,000 is asked, and for the
Missouri River, $2,O00,0O0.
The bill will be reported to the
house before the Christmas holidays
according to present plans.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-12-05
EVIDENCE IS GIVEN
AGAINST OIL MILLS
PRESIDENT sHuRUTA CONCERN
TAKES WITNESS STAND IN
TRIAL AT MERIDIAN.
TELLS OF MANIPuLATIoNs
s. 4. Floyd Proves Good Witness for
State in Suit Brought by Gen.
Collins Against Alleged OIL
Mill Trust-5are Facts.

jackson.
Attorney General Ross Collins has
placed s. H. Floyd, president of the
'Shubuta Oil Mills, On the witness
stand. He proved a good witness for
the state In the civil suit Gen. Collins
has brought against the oil mills, al
leging they are in trust. Witness
Floyd succeeded e. Calm, who had
beeR on the stand II days. He stated
fSIcts concisely, and these facts ex-
posed the naked truths about the ma.
mipulations Of the alleged oil mill
arust. The evidence Mr.. Floyd gave
was the most damaging testimony yet
brought to light against the oil mills.
Though state witness, he tried in ev-
cry way to be fair to the defense.
Mr.. Floyd identified lot of letters
touching upon the workings of the
Sons of Plato, the secret order of oil
mill men the attorney-general claims
was the power behind the throne that
promulgated the schemes whereby
prices Of seed and allotments of ton
mage for all the mills inthe state were
fixed.
Both Mr.. Floyd and his manager, C.
A. Farrell, were members of the Sons
of Plato.
The witness did not consider the
price of oil regulated the price of seed,
stating that high price was often paid
for seed when oil was low and vice
versa. His mill had an agreement
whereby other mills would not buy
seed, in Sh1buta.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-12-05
old EaYnt TAD Ran noila.

Strange discoveries were made by
Prof. T. A. .Whittemore Of Tufts coll
lege while excavating in ancient An.
tinoe, Egypt, says the Boston Globe.
A portion of his collection, just ar
rived, contains scrubbing brush, a
rag doll, a baby sock and over n hun
dred pairs OF shoes, socks. boots. san
dals, and other forms Of footwear
which show an almost Incredible re-
semblance to present day styles.
He shows the first and oldest boot
with eyelets ever discovered III Egypt.
A party slipper is made Of d fine grade
of leather ornamented with gold. red
and black thread. It has very elab-
orately carved piece OF leather On the
instep. The scrubbing brush which
was discovered had wooden base
and bristles on both sides.
There Is rag doll with movable
arms and head OF wood. And there
Is toy horse. made OF wood. and q
toy spade, with a bone ornament a.
tached.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-12-05
THROUGH DIRE PERILS
CREW or WRECKED VESSEL
MADE PoRT in SAFETY.
Half Frozen, With Little Food, and
Menaced by School Of Whales
Survivors Live to Tell
the story.

How the officers and crew OF tho
American revenue cutter TahOma
which sank late in September after
hitting an uncharted reef in the frozen
Aleutian islands, fought for life for
flve days in open boats in q heavy
sea, escaped a school Of six whales and
finally survived with no food except
parrot soup. is recounted in letters re-
ceived by friends Of the party "a
Washington.
All the S5 survivors, including the
officers and crew Of the Tahoma and
party of natives who were aboard
when the cutter began to sink, under
went almost indescribable hardships
before they we're picked up by the
steamship Cordova.
AS soon as the officers found that
the cutter could not be saved all those
on board set out in six open boats.
They remained close by the Tahoma
until she sank, "a hours after hitting
the reef. Then they started out to try
to find land. Five of the boats sue
ceeded in reaching the island of Agat-
tu. one of the Aleutian chain. The
other remained at sea until rescued.
So crowded were the members OF
the party in the open boats that they
could not sit down or sleep. The feet
Of every one was frozen or swollen
frightfully after the f1ve days at sea.
The boat commanded by First Lieut..
T. M. Malloy of the revenue cutter
service attracted a school of whales.
The whales started to follow the boat
at night when they saw the lights. One
Of the whales-there were six-got so
close that it touched the boat.
Lieutenant Malloy, fearful that the
whales would attack the boat, gave
strict orders that no one should shoot.
The whales appeared to be playful
and made no effort to harm the occu-
pants.
Because of the crowded conditions
and the heavy sea little food could
be taken into the small boats. On the
day before they sighted land the ra-
tions had to be cut down to one sau-
sage, one cracker and one cupful OF
water for each person.
At last the occupants of Lieutenant
Malloy's boat and another, which had
remained close beside, sighted land
Agattu island. After a hard pull they
made a successful landing, and with
sails that we're carried by the small
boats, rigged up shelter. The sea
men shot two wild geese and four sea
parrots, which they made into soup in
big kettle and ate with few water
soaked crackers.
All Of the survivors set to work
gathering driftwood for huge fire to
send up signal of black smoke to at.
tract some ship that might come to
the rescue In response to the IS. o.
S" calls Of the Tahoma Immediately
after the accident. The CordoYa ar
rived on the second day.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-12-05
REWARDS FOR GOOD WORK
AntitubercuIosIs Association Has Plan
to Promote Sale Of Red Cross
Christmas Seals.

Pennants or banners win be given
by the American Red Cross and the
National Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis to the
seven counties, cities. towns and vii
lagos In the United States selling the
largest number Of Red Cross Christ
mas seals per capita before January
/, according to an announcement from
headquarters in New York.
In order to make the competition
even in all parts Of the country, the
counties. cities and towns have been
grouped according to their population
In 1910 into seven classes, as follows:
From 500 to 1000; from 1000 to 5000;
from 5000 to $4,000; from $4,000 to
$4,000; from $4,000 to 10000; 10000
to 100000, and over 100000. A special
ly prepared pennant win be given to
the county, city, town or village In
each class anywhere in the United
States selling the largest number OF
seals per inhabitants.
Last year Cody, Wyo., was among
the largest buyers per capita, selling
over $4,000 with a population of 1900
Some cities in New York. Wisconsin
and Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and
other states sold from three to six per
resident. The National Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tuber.
culosis. which is carrying on the pro
motion of the sale, considers that any
city Of 10000 to 100000 population
ought to sell at least three. cents
worth of seals per inhabitant.
All the proceeds from the sale
Of Red Cross seals, except the ex
penses Of the sale, go to fight tubercu
losis in the community. state. city OF
town where the seals are sold.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-12-05
MEN WHO WINLIFE's BATTLES
They Almost Invariably Have Been
Endowed With Great Physical
Strength.

1t has been said that great men
those capable OF mental work beyond
the average-are almost invariably
men OF great physical strength also.
remarks London Answers Whether
this be true or not, we flnd innumer-
able instances In which the theory is
borne out in actual fact, and here are
few actual and indisputable exam
pies:
Napoleon was capable Of sitting on a
horse sixteen hours at stretch and
was able to work for days without rest.
Gladstone was always muscular At
eighty years he chopped down an oak
four feet thick.
Bismarck was a giant. He fought
twenty eight duels, receiving only once
scar, caused by the breaking of his
adversary's blade. He stood six feet
two inches.
Cromwell was a football player, fond
of boisterous sports. He stood nearly
six feet In height and had strong,
compact body and well-knit frame
Robert Burns was a strong man,
with firm grip. gained at the plow
and fail.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-12-05
Judicial rrihnlatinns.

A defendant in Whitechapel county
court called witness a liar, and Judge
Cluer ordered him out Of corut.
When he apologized Judge Cluer
said:
"If people in this court, when they
hear an untruth, call out Tt is ie,'
there will be such a noise that we
shall not hear the trains go by"
His predecessor at the court was
once told by woman that she would
fall down if she heard an untruth.
Madam" Judge Bacon replied, "if
it affected me in that way should al
ways be lying on the floor of this
court. London Tit-Bits.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-12-05
HOPELESS

Representative Kent Of California
has many quaint tales Of the North
country. One of them deals with the
early days in the Nome region, when
gold was PLENTIFUL and everything else
was decidedly scarce. One of the
residents, the story runs, wandered
into rough, ready-made saloon and
beheld four bewh6kered rough look
ing individuals.
They were deeply detected. They
sat back in their chairs, hands in
pockets. Occasionally one of them
sighed or swore. In front of them
were stacks of chips representing sew.
eral thousand dollars in gold
What's the, matter?" asked the Wis.
itor.
This here poker games busted
up!" was the reply.
Busted up?" repeated the visitor
in astonishment. why, you've got
enough. money there to play for a
week"
Yep, stranger" agreed the bewhis.
kered man, moodily, "we got that, but
somebody's lost all the aces and two
jacks in the deck!"
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-12-05

TOW sun HepeI8 Ccmet9' Tails
4 new theory to explain the tails Of
comets Is advanced by the French
physicist, M. Houllevigue, in the Revue
scientiaquel It Ii natural to suppose.
ne says, that the incandescent nucleus
o. comet is throwing out electrons
into the extremely rarefied atmosphere
that surrounds it. The observations
of George EIlery Hale. the American
astronomer, prove that the sun be-
haves like a negatively electrified
body. Therefore he repels electrons,
which are negatively electrified bodies.
These particles so repelled would be
driven to that side of the comet which
- farthest from the sun, and by con-
tact with the molecules of the gaseous
and rarefed atmosphere would pro-
duce just the luminous appearance
that we call comets tail.
Every comets tail always extends
away from the sun. Arrhenius, the
Swedish astronomer, believed that the
particles Of the tail were repelled by
the light of the sun.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-12-05

Curfew memories are revived by
these new official orders for lights
out" in London. There are places
where the new DEGREES will seem less
drastic, because the old law of early
Norman times is still observed, so far,
at least, as the ringing Of the curfew
bell. The little surrey village of
Chertsey, for instance, still re-echoes
to the ringing of curfew at sundown
from September 20 to March rs. Lon
doners, though few OF them seem to
know it, may hear curfew tolled every
night at nine o'clock in Lincoln's inn,
And Canterbury bells stiIl ring out the
curfew as they did centuries ago.
London Chronicle.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-12-05
Queries for Militia.

AN%IlC0 IOT
Adjt-Gen. Erie c. Scales is engaged
i'm sending out fists of queries to Off
GERS of the Mississippi National Guard,
for use during the correspondence
school to be conducted during Decem-
Der. There is one list or set of ques-
tions for officers of the field and staff
and another list for the company Off
cers, commissioned and non-coms.
These lists are to be returned to the
acknowledgement on or before Dec. 20
next, to be turned over to Lieut.. B. F.
Mcclellan, United States army, who is
detailed for instruction with the state
guard, who will referee the proceed
ings and act as official umpire.
The queries to be answered by field
and staff officers include such as:
"ln action, who decides when bay
onets are to be fixed, and when the
signal is given, how is it to be exc
cuted?
'The battalion is in column of
squads at a halt, and the major com
mands 1 right front into line, 2, march.
'You are captain of the fourth COM
pany. Give all Of his commands and
state at what time they would be Civ
en-
There are 10 questions in the staff
officers series, which are drawn so
as to prove the efficiency and general
knowledge of these officers. In the
list sent to company officers there is a
series of Is queries, covering every
phase of infantry duty and movement,
whether at drill or in action, any or all
of which are in every day use in the
handling of troops. ~
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-12-05
To Save 1.ooo.ooo RahIea.

New York.-Boxes of assorted
food, prepared especially for babies
and invalids in accordance with a
food list just made out by DR.. Harvey
w. Wiley Of Washington, D. c., are
to be sent to Belgium by the women's
section of the American Commission
for Relief In Belgium BY means of
these baby boxes" 1t is thought the
lives Of 100000 babies and children,
who are suffering from lack of proper
food, may be saved.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-12-05
FOR sKIN-ToRTURED BABIES.

A hot bath with Cuticura Soap fol.
lowed by light application OF Cuti-
cura Ointment, gently rubbed on the
surface, AFFORD immediate relief and
point to speedy healment Of sleep-de-
stroying eczemas. rashes. itchings.
burnihgs, scalingp and crustings OF
the skin and scalp Of infants and chill
dren, bringing rest to worn-out, anx-
ious mothers and peace to distracted
households. For free sample each with
80 p. Skin Book, address postcard Gu
ticura, Dept. x, Boston. Sold every
where.-Adv.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-12-05
All That Int.r.st.d Her

MY dear, you ought to pass up friV
olous things and take an interest IL
deep subjects. Take history, for in
stance. Here is an interesting item
Gessler, the tyrant, put up hat 70
the Swiss to salute"
The lady was trifle interested.
How was it trimmed?" she in
quired.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-12-05
sIde-Stepplno

Whenever you make speeches, the
candidate for whom you are talking
gets defeated" said the man who is
given to reproachful utterance.
WELL" replied the orator, "if l
thought ! could rely on winning the
votes do you think I'd go on speaking
for other people than myself?"
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-12-05
Great journal.

Ragged Robert-Thi ole barn is q
comfortable enough place to spend
Sunday, IL we only had something ter
read.
Moldy Mike had er chance ter
steal a Sunday paper half an hour ago.
Why didn't yer?"
"Carryin' it was too much like
work. New York Weekly.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-12-05
Many New convIcfs.

Travelling Sergeant j. d. Duvall Oi
the state penitentiary reported the
heaviest draft 81 new convicts for the
month of November. just closed, fpa
any one month for more than twelve
months past. There we're 81 new con.
yicts al compared with An average 81
less than 40 per month for year. II
not longer, a. recorded
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-12-05
Railroad Shops Reopen.

Little Rock, Ark-A considerable
Increase in the movement of cotton
was responsible. officials said, for the
resumption of operations in the st.
Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
Railway shops at Argenta,. Ark,
which shut down recently. Six hun
dred men resumed work at the shops.