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The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03
NO APPLICATION Is MADE
FOR PARDON FOR SMITH
Anticipated Attempt to Free Former
State Treasurer, Now at Saltwater
Fails to Materialize.

st. Paul.-Denying the pardon petit
lions of one prisoner at Saltwater and
four others in warehouses; and county
jails, and either continuing to the reg
ular term, January 8, or taking under
advisement the remaining applications,
the state board of pardons finished it's
special pre-holiday meeting.
Despite reports that a pardon for
Walter J. Smith, former state treas
urer serving an indeterminate term
in prison for misappropriation of
state funds, would be considered, no
application was presented in his be-
half and the case was not mentioned,
board members and officials said after
the executive session
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03
Washington

Advocates and opponents of univer-
sal training for military service to re-
place the volunteer system as the
mainstay of the nations defense, had
hearing before the senate military
committee at Washington on Senator
Chamberlain's bill for universal train
ing, which is supported by the army
general staff.
In acknowledgment of his service in
Mexico President Wilson recommend
ed the promotion of Brig. Gen. John
j. Pershing to be major general.
According to the request of the
United States, the allies have consent
ed to grant Count Tarnowsky, the new
ly appointed AuStro-Hungarian ambas-
sador to Washington, safe-conduct to
America.
According to information which
seems to be credited in informed cir
cles at Washington, President Wilson
has under consideration the appoint
ment of Miss Ida Tarbell, the writer,
as member of the federal tariff com.
mission.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03
SWAMP-R0OT STOPS
SERIOUS BkCKACHE

When your back aches, and your blad-
der and kidneys seem to be disordered, re-
member it is needless to suffer-go to your
nearest drug store and get bottle of Dr.
Kil1ner's Swamp-Root. 1t is physicians
prescription for diseases Of the kidneys
and bladder.
It has stood the test of years and has
reputation for quickly and effectively
giving results in thousands of cases.
This prescription was used by DR.. Kill
mer in his private practice and was 70
very effective that it has been placed ON
sale everywhere. Get bottle, Soc and
$l0o, at your nearest druggist.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for .
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03
SECOND MINNESOTA GETS
ORDERS TO RETURN HOME
Gopher State Guardsmen Included in
16,647 Troops to Leave the
Border Soon.

: Minneapolis, MINI. - Another Min
nesota National guard regiment, the
Second infantry, has been ordered
home from the Rio Grande.
The Second was included in the 49,
647 troops from Is states affected by
the return-home orders just issued by
the war department.
With the regiment will come Briga-
der General Frederick E. Resche, CON-
mander of the Minnesota brigade, and
his staff.
Colonel William T. Mollison of Fari-
bault is in command of the Second
regiment.
With General Resche will come his
aids, Major A. M. Nelson of Fairmont,
and Lieutenant Leuers of Owatonna.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03
CHILD WELFARE BUREAU
AND new LAWS SOUGHT
Governor Gets Report of Voluntary
Commission on Revision Of Stat
utes Relating to Children.

Minneapolis. - Establishment of a
bureau of child welfare in the State
Board of Control and creation of
boards of children's guardians in each
county of the state are recommended
in a preliminary report from the vol
untary commission on revision of Min
sented by Judge E. F. Waite, Mime
apolis, as chairman, to Governor Burn
quists
Amendments to make more effec-
tive a dozen or more. existing laws
are suggested. Additional recommen-
dations, all in less tentative form, the
report explains, will be submitted not
later than January Is.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03
NOTED SCIENTIST DIES AT
HIS HOME IN DULUTH
Herbert William Pearson, Lumberman
and GeoIogist Honored by Notabies
Abroad-Once Sued j. j. Hill.

Duluth. - Herbert William Pearson,
scientist and lumberman, died at his
home here. He was born in 1850 on
Wells Island, st. Lawrence river His
geological research work has taken
him into almost every state and to
many European countries.
In England he was honored by
Charles Darwin and by Lord Kelvin.
His textbook, "a Nebulo-meteoric
Hypothesis of Creation" published in
1902, is being used extensively in
American colleges.
Mr.. Pearson, some years ago, sued
the Hill interests for compensation
for locating coal lands in Montana
through his scientific knowledge
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03

Charles Thomas, twenty-eigEt years
old, and his brother, John Thoil.as,
fourteen years old, are prisoners in the
Mason county Jail at Havana, Ill.,, in
connection with the mysterious murder
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John p. Becker, at
their home
Charles Noe, half-breed Indian,
confessed that he, and not Miss Ber-
tina Smith, beat to death Charles
Stone, a building contractor, whose
body was found near the girls home
at st. Louis, Mo. She maGx the state
ment, she said, to shield Noe.
Great Britain and France soon will
Hoat another loan of prodigious pro-
portions in the United States to eStab-
fish credit for further purchases of
war munitions. The allies now intend
to offer American and other securities
as collateral for their new borrowings,
says dispatch from Washington.
President Wilson is being urged by
manufacturers and merchants to delay
no longer the appointment of the tariff
commission. it was learned at New
York. The chamber of commerce Of
the state of New York has empowered
a committee to appear before the COM
mission and urge protection for Ameri-
can industries.
Warden Michael thinner of the
Joliet penitentiary at Joliet, Ill.,, said
the six convicts who survived the wood
alcohol debauch which killed four men
would recover. 1t was thought three
probably would die, but drastic meas
ures have counteracted the poison.
John P. Becker, one of the wealth.
est farmers of southern Illinois, and
his wife have been murdered on their
3,OOO-acre farm near Mason City, III.
Robbery was undoubtedly the motive
The police know that the couple had
just received $4,000 rent money, which
has disappeared.
Five masked men broke into F. w.
WoolWorth company's five-and-ten-cent
store at PIC South State street, Chi
cago, bound, gagged and chloroformed
two watchmen, shot one in the leg,
blew open the safe and escaped with
$1,000.
Fire destroyed the Summit hotel at
Creston, Ia. Seven hundred and seven
ty-fve guests fled to the street in their
night-clothing. No one was injured.
The loss is estimated at 100000.
4
-Four masked bandits overpowered
the cashier of the First State bank of
Tolleston, Ind, and escaped with al,
most $1,000.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03
Lord Again Tax Commissioner.

st. Paul.-Re-appointments of Sam
uel Lord as state tax commissioner
and of c.. J. Swendson to the board of
control, has just been announced by
Governor Burnquist. Both men serve
for terms Of six years, with salaries of
$4,000. Chairman Swendson was first
appointed to the board of control by
Governor Eberhart, April 3, 1911. Mr..
Lord was appointed by Governor John.
son when the tax commission was ere.
ated, and re-appointed in 1911 by Gov.
ernor Eberhart.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03
Cooperative Milk Exchange Planned.

Mortified. A cooperative milk
exchange will be established in the
Twin Cities as the result of action
taken by members of the Twin City
Milk Producers association and farm
ers from Mortified, Dennison, Stan
ton and Randolph here.
Milk will be shipped by members of
forty-ive local associations.
When the supply exceeds the de-
mand, enough to equalize conditions
will be- diverted to the creameries
which will manufacture cheese.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03
Mexican Wu1. Nezvs

Another American has been burned
at the stake by Villistas, according to
letter which reached Ell Paso, Tex,
from TorreOn. The victim was O. NJ
'Northrop, an aged man, who had been
a resident of Mexico for many years.
Coincident with the request upon
congress for an appropriation of $751;
100000 for the support of dependent
families of guardsmen, the war depart
ment announced at Washington the
withdrawal of 1864 militiamen from
the Mexican border, leaving $4,000 mi.
litiamen there.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03
"$2,154,OOO Fire" in State CAPITOL.

st. Paul. - "A $2,154, 900 fire" in
the heating and lighting plant service
In the state capitol made no percep-
tible difference in the heat emanating
from the boilers or the smoke curling
from the chimney. Governor Burn.
quist, Attorney General Smith and
State Treasurer Gooding. making up
the state board of audit, burned in the
big fire boxes 1908 state bonds that
had been redeemed and cancelled.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03
Attorney General Wants New Aid.

st. Paul. - Attorney General Lyn-
don A. Smith has announced that he
will ask the incoming Legislature to
give him an additional assistant. He
said, he expects to reappoint the five
assistants now in his office, but that
road matters.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03
WORLDS EVENTS
IN SHORT FORM
BEST OF THE NEWS BOILED
DOWN TO LIMIT,
ARRANGED FOR BUSY PEOPLE
Notes Covering Most Important Hap
penings Of the World Compiled
In Briefest and Most Succnct
Form for Quick Consumption.
European War News

/ The German peace proposals were
delivered to the Japanese government
at Tokyo. Commenting on the pro-
posals, the newspapers declare that
Japan will never agree to surrender
Kiao Chou.
The losses of the French army to
date have been 100000 and of the
British 100000, according to ''com-
potent military authority" says IN
Overseas News agency statement is
sued in Berlin.
The peace note of the central pow
ers was handed to the British govern
ment at London by Walter Fl. Page
the American ambassador. There were
no formalities in connection with the
presentation of the peace proposals
by Mr.. Page.
Seventeen American muleteers have
been killed and eleven of the crew of
tine British horse transport ship Rus
sian, which was sunk by submarine
In the Mediterranean on December II.
The British admiralty made this an
nOuncement at London.
Chambrette farms northeast of YER
dun, on the right bank of the Meuse,
was the scene of a violent /24-hour bat
tie in which it changed hands twice,
finally remaining again firmly in
French hands, says an official Paris
report.
The Teutonic army advancing north
ward in northern Dobrudja has crossed
the line between Babadagh and Pecin-
eaga, says Berlin war office announce
ment.
A French battleship of the Patrie
CLASS was torpedoed and badly dam
aged by a German submarine in the
Mediterranean on December II, &C.
cOrding to an official statement issued
In Berlin.
! Every foot of the - square miles of
AC1l1IOIy uOl1 VI VCIuuu WOu NY
French has been maintained, accord
ing to the Paris war office. Two hum
dred and fifty officers and 5000 men
were made prisoner.
A sudden revival of the British "big
push" on the western front was indi-
{ Gated by the Berlin war Office state
ment.
~ Driving eastward in Roumania, the
armies of Field Marshal Won Macken-
sen have crossed the Bubeau sector in
force and have taken enormous guam
titles of material, says Berlin. In the
DObrudja, the Russo-Roumanian re-
Treat has progressed as far as the
Swamps at the Danube mouth.
A dispatch to Reuters Telegraph
company at London from Petrograd
says: "The duma has unanimously
passed a resolution against the accept
ance Of the German peace proposals
after spirited speech by the minister
of foreign AFFAIRS
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03
Domestic

The state board of pardons an
nounced at Springfield it had given
John Strosnider, convicted of fleeing
the late Dr.. John c. Kirby out Of $780,
900 by overlapping game, the limit,
ten years. Strosnider was sentenced
from one to ten years.
Charles E. Otis, New York lawyer
and the son of the founder of the Otis
Elevator company, and Miss Emily
Aberg, an actress, known on the stage
as "Baby'' Robbins, were married at
New Haven, Conn. I: -
One fireman was seriously burned
and property valued at $250OOO was
destroyed by fire which started in
b livery stable at Oskaloosa, Ia, and
spread until it. had burned all the
buildings in the block.
Elihu Root was the principal speak
ser at mass meeting at New York
called to protest against the deporta-
tion Of thousands of male Belgians
into Germany, where they are COM
pelled to labor. II should not respect
myself if 1 remained SILENT" Mr.. Root
declared, land I hope, I trust, 1 pray
that my country will not remain 81
lent"
w. G. Lee Of Cleveland, president of
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
announced at Evansville, Ind, that ne
gOtiatiOns are under way between the
leaders Of the brotherhOods and Off
Gals Of the railroads looking to set
Element of their entire controversy out
of court before January 1.
Net earnings Of 1877 principal rail
roads of the United States during Sep
.te1nber were $1O7, 910,914, the inter-
state commerce commission announced
at Washington. During September,
1915. they were $97,597, 1888
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03
Foreign

A countrywide strike in Spain will
he in effect soon to voice protest OF
workinSmen against dearth of food
>nnnliaS
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03
Great Difference.

whats the difference between a.
Socialist and a plutOcrat?''
"There are many but the leading
one is that the former fights for his
principle and the latter for his in.
terest''
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03
lnconVenient.

after all, it's no crime to be poor"
''Maybe not, but no poor man can
afford to hire lawyer to prove that
it isn't"
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03

Grace 2. Browne, a cripple, is q.
the head of an efficient school for Grip
pies in Detroit
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03

A woman's love for dress and dress
ing is apt 70 keep her husband guess
ing 3'.-
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03
No Hurry.

do you think a boys parents ought
to tell him there is no Santa CLAUSE?
'They don't have to. The time
comes soon enough when he assumes
an air of superior wisdom and inn
parts the information to his parents"
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-01-03
Praise for Third Reuiment.

o ASK WOrS EaCneFS.
The need of betterment of the teach
ing facilities in the arts college is to
be employed by the board of regents
in its request for appropriations. Tn
der direction of President Vincent
facts are being marshaled to show how
inadequately this college has been
looked after in recent years. In the
two college years ended July 81 last,
statement from the president dis.
closes, student enrolment in the arts
college increased AIS per cent, almost
one-half, while faculty membership in
creased only IA per ceat.
The sun., 1917-09-30

ton than she had ever seen gathered
together in one place. before except at
church.
MY schooling was haphazard. to
say the least" says Miss ORamey.
but finally ! managed to pass my
examinations and enter Oberlin Col
lege. There my roommate was Flor
ence Moore. At that time her father
had a stock company In a small
theatre In an amusement park In
Newark. Ohio. and through my friend
ship with Florence I was given q
trial on the stage by her father. when,
at the age Of eighteen. was grad
uated from Oberlin. I played all sorts
Of different parts in straight drama
until ono day Mr.. Moore heard me play
the piano and sing coon songs. which
were beginning to be awfully popular
about that time. and he then sug-
gested that do darky impersonations
and songs between the acts as an
added specially. They got over so
well that / decided to SO into vaude-
vile. My first engagement was in To-
ledo, Ohio.
AFTER a tour in the two a day I
went into a. musical stock company
for two seasons in San Francisco.
The sun., 1917-09-30
MRS, WIGGM ADMITS IT.
She says Authors Are Like Their
Books.

She says Authors Are Like Their
Books.
~ ES. authors are like the books
= the playwrights put them
selves into their plays. George Ber-
nard Shaw Is different from the others
in that he puts himself into every
character; most OF the others are
merely responsible for similarity"
Just for example, Kate Douglas
Wiggin, author of Mother Carey's
Chickens" the new comedy playing at
the Cort Theatre. could not have writ
ten "The Easiest Way" Damaged
Goods" or "Sapho." And, by the same
token, Eugene Walter, Brieux or Dau-
Carey's Chickens" About all the four
have in common Is that they are
authors.
They may try to disguise them
selves, at least the lesser writer's may
try to do so, but the effort is a failure
Actors, on the other hand, are not
good actors unless they are able to do
SO successfully. The person. as for
example the late Richard Mansfield
who is himself whether he play loan
the Terrible or Beau BrummeI. Is not
great. Acting Is largely matter OF
deception. Writing is the reverse. It
is self-reyealer. David Warfield once
said that he always felt like being
better man when playing The Music
Master" than when he was playing
anything else. because he knew that
he big public expected the man who
characterized Her ron Bartci0 to be
thoroughly good. We like to think Of
Maude Adams as being very good"
while we like to believe that Theda
Bnra is wicked" That's one Of the
penalties Of going before the big pub
lic The public will form its opinion
. and II has right to do 50. in q meas
ure. Dear old Sol Smith Russell
played lovable, kind old men. so the
world knew that he was kind and
gentle. Olga Nethersole played
devils" so the casual theatregoer
thought that Miss Olga could act flre
Ia birthstone matches by looking at
them.
Now the world knows Kate Douglas
Wiggin as decidedly good" In homes
! where the word novel" is not spoken
\ aloud her books will be found on the
centre table, In the nursery and in the
drawing room. When she visits q
city the demands upon her time are
such that they would fill twenty-four
hours day II she accepted half the
invitations she receives.
She is deluged with requests to
speak before clubs and associations.
and there are any number Of invita-
tions for her to "show herself" to as
many Of the public schools as possible
ere she shows signs Of dying from
The sun., 1917-09-30

this suggested the stage to him. but
writing to a dramatic weekly for ad-
vice. ne was told to "stick to the study
Of law in Texarkana.'
Arbuckle did not follow this advice
and instead he Joined Pete Baker, the
German comedian. making his debut
on the stage in The Emigrant" at
Shreveport. La, on December 25, 1888
From this he went to r. D. MacLean's
Shakespearian company and then to
Charles Frohman's management. ap-
pearing in Men and Women" and
THE Girl I Left Behind Me-" An en-
gagement with the Daniel F'rawley
stock company in San Francisco fol-
lowed. He appeared with Sydney
Drew In 1.-THE Rivals" playing Sir
Anthony Absolute. He then played
Marc Antony on tour with Louis James
in "Julius Cesar" A tour in "The Man
From Mexico followed
Fifteen years ago Maclyn Arbuckie
acted the leading role In why Smith
Left Home" when George Broadhurst
invaded London and leased the Strand
Theatre. The play was a success and
ran for many weeks in the English
IL is dI interesting COM
cidence that Arbuckle again heads the
cast which will open Broadhurst's first
New York playhouse. Arbuckle played
Smith for two years in America and
later acted with w. H. Crane and then
with Blanche Bates in Under Two
Flags" His first stellar appearance
was in The Sprightly Romance Of
Marsac." He appeared as Antonio in
the elaborate production of THE Mer-
Giant OF Venice" made at the knick-
erbocker Theatre in New York in 1901
Perhaps the two characters most
closely associated with Arhuckle in the
public mind are those of the Hon. jim,
Huckier In George AIDES "The County
Chairman" produced at wallack's
Theatre in 1903. and OF Slim Hoorcr.
the sheriff. in THE Round Up" pre-
sented at the Broadway Theatre in
1907. 1t was in the latter play that
Mr.. Arbuckle came to the rescue Of
fat men with the now famous line.
Hell. nobody loves a fat man" and
won further distinction by holding an
audience breathless while he rolled a
cigarette with one hand.
Arbuckle's last appearance on the
New York stage was In the revival OF
The New Henrietta" with w. II.
Crane, Amelia Bingham Thomas w
Ross and Mabel Talaferro.
The sun., 1917-09-30

caught hold of the young mans coat.
tails and shouted: Come on, Johnn,
(that was not his real name), le,,
play horse!'.
"My friend declares that the yourr
man, entering into the spirit OF N.
lobby, jumping over chairs and shout.
ing at the top Of his voice. The young
woman followed him. leaping over
chairs and screaming In wild abandon
according to my friend. Put that on
the stage as a sample OF what smsr.
society people do sometimes In public
and you would be ridiculed for II.
II am somewhat inclined TO the be.
lief that the authors laid the scenes
of the play, as Mr.. Harrington has it
in the land of satire. The central idea
they were seeking to get across tte
footlichts was, if I may be permitted
to say it, the contrast between certain
phases of American thought rather
than between certain sections OF the
country. They have attempted 10
show that TIE real people OF America
have serious thoughts and ideals in
life and that the people who live only
for pleasure and for what they can &c,
out of life do not really matter much
except in so far as they are a dis.
agreeable feature OF the national land.
scape in these troublous times"