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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03

Zens North and South. He
has invaded a field poisoned by more
than half century Of defaluatory
propaganda and emerged triumphant"
While there can be no justification
for John Wilkes Booths crime, there
can be an explanation of it. There
is no doubt that Booth was a morbid
minded fanatic who believed himself
actuated by a high and noble pur-
pose in planning his deed. That
deed. incidentally, Wilson's book re-
veals was originally planned as one
of abduction rather than assassina-
ton. Booth, a strong southern SYM
pathiZer, believed that if be could alb
duct the President and hold him
captive, he could dictate the terms
for his release-an abrogation of
Grants order forbidding the ex-
change of prisoners tan important
factor in the war as the South's man.
power dwindled), a Strengthening of
that 1.-The war is a failure" an &C.
acknowledgement of the independence of
the South and an end to the war.
He had been planning the abduction
for several months, as shown by
letter written in November, 1864, to
John S. Clarke, his brother-inIaw. in
which he said, Nor do | deem it a
dishonor in attempting TO make for
her (the SOUTH a prisoner of this
man TO whom she owes so much mis-
cry" But when Lees surrender
marked the beginning of the end and
Booth heard Lincoln speak to the
crowd that gathered before the White
House upon his return from the
front, suggesting enfranchisement of
negroes who had served as soldiers.
a more dangerous idea was born in
his mind. This is the last speech
he will ever make" Booth muttered
TO Lewis Payne. his companion, and
fellow conspiratOr in the plans for
the abduction of Lincoln.
The details Of the assassination it
self and the pursuit and capture OF
Booth is so familiar TO most Ameri-
cans as to need no repetition. One
of the services of Wilson's book is
to correct some of the erroneous ideas
about both. The usual story has
Booth leapins TO the stage from the
box in which the President sat. after
he had shot Lincoln, brandishing a
dagger and shouting Isle semper ty-
rannisl" The fact is that Booth
shouted those words before he fired
and that he did not speak after leap
ing TO the stage. The commonly &C
cepted version of Booths death is
that he was shot down in the burning
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03

without funeral ceremony of any kind
Burial is In the casinos hidden
cemetery beyond the edges Of the
town, and no stone marks the grave.
So many suicides have occurred since
the cemetery was laid out that it is
now filed, and new site must be
chosen Crime is never published in
the town newspaper. the Monagasque,
and all police. except those on traffic
duty, keep out of sight There are
no hospitals. no ambulances and no
plume-decorated horses to sadden
ones sojourn there--Adventure Mag
aZine
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03

barn by a sergeant named Boston
Corbett Wilson states that when the
barn was fired Booth determined TO
rush out of it and try to shoot his
way through the Gordon of soldiers
surrounding ii. He had gone but d
few steps when he realized the fulfil
ity of the attempt and, preferring
death TO capture, he determined 10
end his own. life and shot himself
For pOlicy's sake, Boston Corbett was
permitted to have the credit for hav-
ing shot him. Secretary Stanton hac
but one purpose in regard TO Booth
and that was to deprive those who
might applaud Booths deed of the
thought that he was a martyr who
had cheated the avengers of Lincoln's
death by committing suicide.
Various fantastic tales have been
told about the disposal of Booths
body but these Wilson sets al rest BY
telling Of his burial in the peniten-
tiary grounds in Washington and the
subsequent positive Identification of
his remains when the body was ex-
humed in 1869 for reburial in the
Booth burial plot in Baltimore. But
more important still this book lays
for all time the ghost" of John
Wilkes Booth which for the last fifty
years has bobbed up at various times
and in various places in the forms of
different persons who claimed TO be
Booth. There have been number of
these fake John Wilkes Booths" bnt
perhaps the most famous one was the
central figure in a book written by
a certain FINS L. Bates of Memphis,
Tenn. Bates became acquainted with
a house painter named John st. Helen
who confessed to him that hef was
John Wilkes Booth who had survived
the pursuit by the soldiers after Lin
coins assassination. St Helen was
living under the name of David E.
George when he died in Oklahoma.
Bates discovered that the embalmed
body of George was in Enid. Okla.
He took charge of it and carried il TO
his home in Memphis. He then wrote
his book to prove that George really
was Booth and made repeated at
tempts to collect the reward of $780,
600 which the federal government
had offered for the body of Booth.
after the assassination.
AS late as 1925 another fake Booth
showed up in Minneapolis, where ac-
cording to the story, he called upon
Blanche de Bar Booth, daughter of
Junius Brutus Booth. the younger,
brother of Edwin and John Wilkes
Booth. Knocking on her door al the
hotel and speaking from the outside.
he said: blanche. dent you want to
see Johnne?" Believing that il was
the work of some practical Joker. she
refused TO see him. and after leaving
card bearing the name of John
Wilkes Booth, he departed. saying that
he would call again. He did not show
up again, however. and although some
newspapers made much of the incl
dent. nothing further ever came of it.
For the truth is, as Wilson's book
proves conclusively. John Wilkes
Booth died in the burning barn. prob
ably by his own hand. and all who
later claimed TO be the assassin were
| rank imposters.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03
Hawk and seaguIl Battle

Hundreds of passengers on trans
atlantic liner recently saw a fierce
battle in midair between a hawk and
a seaguII. AS the birds neared the
ship the hawk swooped down, but
the gull dived and eluded its pursuer
by banking" Just as swiftly the
hawk scared again, and the birds con-
tinued their life-and-death race. When
Immediately above the liner the hawk
swooped once more, and this time
gripped the gull in its talons. 1t then
settled on top the mainmast. where
it devoured its prey, scattering the
guIls feathers and bones over the
astonished passengers below.-Wash-
ington Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03
Birds on the Wing

Here in America man appears to
have reverted to the ancient nomadic
strain. We fit from one apartment
to another on moving day. We move
from city TO city as our business
beckons. We perigrinate between
town, seashOre and lakeside. Our
savage forbears chased the herds !;
we chase the sunshine. In us, as.in
them, is restless longing for change
of scene.-Woman's Home Compan-
ion
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03
Crank Held Car

Due 10 a rainstOrm and its effects.
a woman driver at Plainville. Conn.,.
ranmed tree head on with her
car. She was not badly injured. but
when she attempted 10 back out from
the tree. the car wouldn't move She
called for n wrecking crew. and they
found that the car was held fast by
the crank which had been left in
the front of her car. II had been
driven into the tree as far as the end
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03
Hard to Set Poles

Difficulties of erecting heavy cleo
trio power lines are illustrated by the
fact that one tower In a new Ken
lucky line Suddenly sank until TIE
wires touched the ground Inyesti-
CATION showed that the tower had
f--oken through the roo: of an IN
xnuwn cave. A section OF The line
crossed hills so rocky that no dirt was
available for tamping. so poles had TO
be ser In concrete. Haulage vehicles
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03
Fountain Christina. Tree.

Lighted by flood lamps. tree-shapet
fountain was feature of last years
Christmas display at Fresno. Calf
The jets were arranged to fall in such
a way that they resembled the droop-
ing branches of fir tree, while the
lights produced an effect of solidity
when directed upon the WATERPROOF
ular Mechanics Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03
Aspiriued

Billy received his quarterly report
card, and as he had been absent be-
cause Of a cold, which was treated
with aspirin and the usual remedies.
his marks were not quite as high as
he wished. Sally, his five-year-old sis
ter, wished TO make him feel better,
she said: Remember, Billy, you were
'aspirined' those four days"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03
Mad

bridge player about town was
playing at very nice club when his
partner. for reasons we shall not at
tempt TO go into. threw all his thirteen
cards at him This insulted Mr.. Jones.
as we shall call him. and be left the
room Flushed and nervous. he paced
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03

of the board of governors. He toto
him what had happened and demanded
that some sort of action be taken.
My good fellow" said the governor,
who was not one of the more dynamic
governors, "how fortunate that you
were not playing quoitsr"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03
Pronunciation of Gums"

The w"gd gums meaning the
iieshy tissues in which the teeth are
Embedded. is correctly pronounced
gum with the N" short as In
chewing gum" The pronunciation
-goomz is regarded as incorrect.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03
Good Faith

Emplsyer-BuI. look here, these
aren't testimonials.
Office Boy fapplying for post)
sir. but ! thought they would hel,
They're copies of the death ce=.ifi
Gates of my four grandparents
Northern Daily Telegraph.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

n
fred near Concord bridge
n in Massachusetts one morn
ing in April of 1T75 was
heard round the world"
!: !. {. :: 9. :: !: :: !: !. !. !. !.
b& Gj then it is equally true that
k&S a shot fired in Ford's the
kG&H alter in Washington, D. c.,
FNs one evening in April 80
NJ years later seems likely TO
- echo down through history
for all the years to come
For il was the shot which ended the
life of one Of the greatest Americans.
just at a time when the nation need
ed most Of the wisdom, the patience
and the sane moral courage which
were his, and the leaden missile which
cut the thread of his life at the same
time shattered the hopes and happi-
ness of countless thousands of his
countrymen. So the tragedy of the
assassination of Abraham Lincoln by
John Wilkes Booth has a sorrowful
fascination about ii which makes il
unforgettable.
The story Of that dark deed and
the retributiOn which so speedily
overlook the perpetratOr is a familiar
one 10 most Americans but ii is one
in which fact and fiction became in
separately interviewer in the years
which have passed since il took place
That this should be so is not difficult
10 realize if we can reconstruct the
atmosphere of hatred, suspicion and
political vindicativeness which pre-
vailed at the close of a great civil
conflict. In such an atmosphere it is
not to be wondered at that facts
should be distorted and that the
story of LincOln's assassination which
has been handed down TO US should
contain as many half-truths and no
truths as truths.
Recently there has appeared book
which sheds much new light on that
famous tragedy and from which it is
possible to know what actually took
place on that historic Good Friday
and during the days of wild excite
ment that followed. 1t is John
Wilkes BOoth-Fact and Fiction of
LincOln's Assassination" published by
HoughtOn Mifflin company, and writ
ten by veteran OF the stage. Francis
Wilson, who knew many of the mem
hers of the cast who played with Miss
Laura Keene ar Ford's theater thar
night as well as members of the
Booth family, notably Edwin Booth.
Wilson, according TO one reviewer of
his book, writes not in Justification
of murder. much less in justification
of that monumental crime. His task
is the thankless but important one
of telling the truth TO his felIow-citi-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03
Shark. for Fowl.

Shark liver oil is now ranked with
cod-liver oil as q safe and cheap
source of vitamines for poultry.
Sharks meat. dried and ground. is u
first-class feed for poultry and hogs
Farm and Fireside.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03
No Help for II

Mrs A.-You say you were ND halt
the night with the baby. What was
the trouble?
Mrs B.-My husband was away on
a trip.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03
Merely Childish Desire.

-Our mature hngings." said Hi Ho
the sage of chinatown. are often on
ly survivals Of rhe childhood desire
for sweers instead of nourishment.
Washington Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03

of the handle and the wreckin2 crew
had TO saw off the handle before
they could separate the car from the
tree
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03

could NOT penetrate the region so stone
for the concrete was crushed on the
spot by hand
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03
No oririn.l 81,

There Is no original sim" No mat
ter how unusnsi IL IL II mas beer
thought Of before by thousands
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03

All women are equally fair-when
the lights are extinguished.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03

Knew a Lot of New Words
Farmer-How are you comm along
at golf?
Golfer-0h. fiuently.
A small unkindness is a great of.
Tense
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03

The name of cheap skate is not
worth even writing on the ice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03

The weakest booster is the boasr.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03
"Lend Me a Quarter"

She'll be a sister to you.
He-AH right. sis, lend me a quar-
ter.-Border Cities Star
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03

The father of twins may think he
was given the double cross.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
SHOCK STARL|NGS
AWAY, URGES MAN
Seattle Resident Offers Plan
of EIectrifying Birds
Roasting Places.

The menace of the starting, which
has caused the city government 50
much grief in recent years, is attract
ing Nationwide attention, and sugges-
tions as to how to end it continue to
reach the District Commissioners.
Among the latest is letter received
today from the far Pacific slopes of the
continent, written by Charles H. Smith
of 1913 East Forty-second street, Seattle,
Washington. Mr.. Smith admits his
motive in submitting the plan is:
wishing a monetary compensation if
1t is adopted and is successful"
Briefly, the Smith plan calls for
shocking the birds electrically just
prior to their settling into the comfort
of their nightly slumbers on Pennsyl-
vania avenue. This, Mr.. Smith says,
would get the birds away before the
Hoover inauguration.
The plan starts with the Electrical
Department, which would be called upon
to string wires around the buildings,
with contact points on the lodges the
birds use as roosting places. Next the
Fire Department would be called upon
TO dampen the rooSting places thor
some one would turn on a switch and
shock the birds into flying away.
Mr.. Smith suggests that the electricity
be applied only in mild doses. "but if
few birds were killed in the trials it
might not be such a shock to the
Audubon Society"
Another suggestion came from J. P.
Dowd, superintendent of buildings Of
department store company in Phila-
delphia. After saying that the birds in
Philadelphia are as troublesome as those
here. Mr.. Dowd writes:
1.-THE only way have found to scat
ter them is that 1 detail a man at 4:30
pm. to go to the upper floors and go
around on the sides which they are
perched and explode blank cartridges.
BY this method, he keeps the birds con-
tinually on the Jump until darkness sets
In and the birds must roost before it
gets dark. They do not fly around after
dark, so in order to keep this building
free of them, I keep the man on duty
until $50 pm. when they disperse to
other buildings and do not annoy ours"
The Commissioners, however, already
have washed their hands of the problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
PLAN TO HONOR FLYER.
Won Huenefeld's Body Will Lie in
State, With Aviators on Guard.

BERLIN, February Z P).-Special
plans to honor The late Baron Won
Huenefeld. noted German airn.an, have
been made by the League of German
Flyers. His body will lie in state in the
Berlin Cathedral and a deputation of
flyers, including Capt. Herman Koehl,
will stand guard over the body.
It has not yet been definitely decided
whether Maj. James G. F1tzmaurice, the
third member of the crew of the famous
transatlantic monoplane Bremen, will
attend the services. The family of
Baron Won Huenefeld has received a
warm telegram of coincidence from the
Irish Flying Corps officer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
ssFlu" Claims Heavy Death Toll.

PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, February Z
&.-Inf1uenza Is claiming hundreds of
victims in CZechoslovakia
In Prague the death rate is so high
undertakers are seven days behind in
the interring of the dead At some
churches requiem services are held
every Is minutes.
AS precautionary measure the gov
eminent today ordered the closing OF
al schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
Cripple's Store Bombed.

CHICAGO, February CP).-Two
windows were shattered this morning
by small bomb which exploded in the
doorway Of a West Side cigar store
owned by Joseph Palumbo, a cripple
who has lost both legs. It was the
:. lice this year. Damage was slight and
no one was injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
Pershing and Fletcher Sail.

NEW YORK, February Z LP).--Gen,
John j. Pershing sailed yesterday on
the liner Leviathan on his annual visit
abroad as head of the Battle Monument
Commission. With him was his sister,
May Pershing. Other passengers on
the Leviathan included Henry p.
Fletcher, Ambassador to Italy, and Mrs.
Fletcher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
KEYES TRIAL NEARS END.
Case May Go to Los Angeles Jury
Tomorrow.

LOS ANGELES, February 7 CP.-
The case of former District Attorney
Asa Keyes, Ed Rosenberg and Ben
Getzoff, charged with bribery and con-
spiracy, is expected to go to the jury
late tomorrow Attorneys on both sides
plan to conclude arguments by that
time.
Keyes' plea for acquittal. begun yes
terday, would take up all of todays
court session, he said. The argument of
the former district attorney is the first
he has made in defense before a Los
Angeles County jury in, Is, years. On
viction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
100 ARE TAKEN IN RAIDS.
Whalen's Aide Serves Warning
While Chief Is Out of City.

NEW YORK, February z R.-A
dragnet thrown out by police In the five
boroughs of the city today had caught
in its meshes 100 persons. Acting Po-
lice Commissioner Philip D. Hoyt said
the roundup was a warning to the
criminal element that they need expect
no armistice due to Commissioner
Whalen being out of the city.
The greater number of those taken
into custody, said the police, would be
charged with major offenses. All the
cells at police headquarters were filled
by midnight and precinct stations were
notified to hold the remaining prisoners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
JAIL RIOT QUELLED.
Prisoners at Reading Are Quieted
by Gas Bombs.

by Gas Bombs.
READING, Pa, February 7'P.-
Quiet prevailed today in the Berks
County Jail, where disorders among the
100 prisoners were quelled last night by
State, city and county police with riot
guns and tear gas bombs.
A heavy police guard patrolled the
corridors after disturbances kept the
prison in an uproar for four hours.
The disorders were started by pisoners
in sympathy with Mike TerrizZa, who
had been giving trouble for four days.
On Sunday, Terrizza, who is serving
two to four years for larceny, set fire
to a mattress in his cell. He was placed
in solitary confinement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07

Can't come dotUn-
totUn? Betty Lane,
The Hecht Co. Per.
sonal Shopper, tCiH
be happy to shop
for you. Phone Main
500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07

In the United States 81 railroads OPP
crate buses.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1929-11-30
FILIPINO ON STATE COLLEGE
BOXING SQUAD

Bernardo della cuesta,, former student in
the University of Va ashing," and now enroll ed
in the Va hingto State COLLIE pc at Pullman,
is a NIB er of the college boxing squad and
is repre- nting that college in inter-c OIL
1egiate boxing contests. Mr.. cuesta, while
a student in The university, was also prom
ius MT in intranura1 boxing and was even the
oampion in his weight in tho whale uui iver-
sity. "
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1929-11-30
TWO MORE BENEFIT DANCES FOR
1929 SEATTLE RIAL DAY FUND

TWO MORE BENEFIT DANCES FOX
1929 SEATTLE RIAL DAY FUND
The Seattle Rial Day Council as spons-
orr ne two more benefit dances for the Rial
Day fund. One wi IL be held Dec. 7, and
another on Dec "a, at the Va sh ineton Hall
153 14th Ave. The admissio costs $1.oo
for one, and the ladies free. TICKETS
may be ordered with Vicente Navea, 41o 7th
Ave. So, or by tel 1ephone main 3722. At the
dance on the oath of Deoemb er Will be
nounoed the winn ers in the button-selling
contest.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1929-11-30

WITH KNIGHTS OF COLUAB US OYS
Leo. C. Galima and JOS B . Blando, both
students In the I'm niversity of Va shineton,
are facing two boys from the Knights of Co
Catholic Clubhouse on 14th Ave. The sub
jeot of the debate is RE sol lved that Flip
ino migration to the United States should
be stopped" The Filipino boys are defend
ing the aft rma tive side.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1929-11-30
COkMITTEE TO SELL 70 70
AT BENEFIT DANCE DEC.

Joe de cuzman, oha irman of tho fl n
anoe CONN t tee, ha S made an arraugement
With 70 YO manufac tur ing company Whereby
20 yos Will be placed on sale duri ne the
benefit dances, and certain per cent
of the sales Will 60 20 the Riza1 fund.
Each yo yo costs IS cents, and for every
gross sold the ommi tee will get around
$40 90.
It is therefore urged that those who
attend the benefit dances Will make 1t a
point to buy ohe of these 20 yos so as to
insure sufficient fund for the Rial Day
expenses.
The yo yo is Filipino toy, and has
taken this country by storm recently. 1t
is played by both old and young.
If 1T is news, you find it in the Forum
If you find it in the Forum, 1T is news
Send do liar an d the Forum will
to your door the 18TH
& Goth Of tho tn, ra in
shine.
Latest News From the Philippines
THE FILIPINO FORUM
523 Main, Seattle, IN.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1929-11-30
PROMINENT FILIPINOS Or
GANIZE LIGA FILIPINA

"Liea Filipino" is the name of new
cooperative association of Filipinos, by
Filipinos and for Fi1iPinos with ne headquar-
ters in Seattle. It is being sponsored by
Mr.. vioeut te Agot and other prominent FLIP
mos of Seattle. For further inf or ma ion
call at the headq va rters, 523 Main st.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1929-11-30

FILIPINoS AT DEBATE ToNITE
WITH KNIGHTS OF CoLUlB US oYS