Nebraska Newspapers

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Political Note*.
Pre* dent Taft declared himself a
ecu vert to tbe budg-t tvstern.
South Dakota republican* and
progressives may work in harmony.
Champ Clark opened tbe Kentucky
campaign with a speech on the tariff.
(loieruor Joitaaon said between
Taagait and Healing Indiana was boss
Tidden
Horscve • prgreseive rdndidate for
pr«*idea:, spoke in Omaha on tbe
Mk
la his speech at Denver Roosevelt
replied to Its questions pul to hiui
by ftrvac
Mr Bryan ia a speech at Boze
man. VI<»ntan... denounced the Jioofce
vet: ambition
<loteroor Wilson has given his ap
proval to ihe formation of a Wilson
seixiblican league
Tbe uigts cost of Hv iag was declared
I * Governor Wilson at Columbus. O.,
f j be tbe real campaign issue.
Woodrow Wilson replied to tbe
charge of Former Senator Beveridge
iiat he was boss-controlled
Governor Johnson made tbe pre
dict toe that President Taft will be
third ta tr,» presidential race.
Through Ohio and Indiana. Govern
or Woodrow Wilson did impromptu
campaigning that was as vigorous as
It was unexpected
Thoodore Roosevelt made a three
hours stop it Lincoln in his trip ac
eross Nebraska and also a lengthy ]
i talk at Omaha.
At wncneu. ft. u. a state couren
m of republicans adop'.d resolu
s is stiwh Roosff^ aud the pro
»t»e <«ndid»;es in South Dakota
•• irvffriT denounced.
•criej gf conferences to discuss
tteal situation in each of the
s'ales will be held at the re
campaign headquarters in
Thudas R Marshall of In
democratic rice presiden
. made his first cam
in Missouri in St. Jo
General.
nor Wilson is to speak In
In the afternoon of Octooer
f
e Mexican go* eminent is prepar
a more t tgoruus campaign against
rebels.
tansvllle. hid . sti selected as the
x' meeting place uf the national
rai letter carriers.
.ectge fader-wood. an aviator, who
f^i'igjured when his biplane turned
i«rti» during an exhibition flight at
Oklloa Mo . dn d from his injuries.
wrs Mary i-eign. me sunrageue.
«a> released from an Irish prison on
account of ill health due to her refusal
to eat and hav ing had to be fed forci
bly
Claims lor $3,006,000 resulting from
depredations on American property
In Mexico, have been filed against
the Madeto government. Moore are
apt to come.
Former t'ongreaaman S. Adam
Bede of Minnesota, and John Harlan
of Chicago, folio* ing Theodore Rooae
velt through Arizona in the interest
of President Taft spoke ;n Tucson.
A portion of the books and records
kept by Cornelius N Bliss, as treasu
rer ad the republican national commit
tee la the 1S94 presidential campaign
probably hate been located.
Governor Woodrow Wilson struck
the trnil at Colonel Roosevelt for the
Aral time in the campaign when be
whirled * trough a program of speech
es and receptions in Minneapolis and
Kt Paul
Bankers are applying to the Treas
ury department for deposit* of public
looey to be used ia connection with
Ananciag the big crops Applicants.
»t Is said, however, have not yet lais
ed the cry of stringency.
People crowded mo at the funeral in
Chlrago of the white wife of Jack
Johnson that the police were called
to clear the sidewalk in front of the
" hoes* Several thousand people were
la the street when the iKiboe arrived
At Pittsburgh Pa . two little girts
girts dressed to represent angels, were
bang aastieaded by ropes ever an im
provised altar at a churebfest, and
am the fathers are under arrest for
cruelty.
Dora Kodrigue*. an 1* year-old Am
sterdam girt, reached Washington, on
the last lap of her walk around the
world She walks alone nrr in* a
revolver os her hip She says she
Was never accosted by any man ex
cept ia New York
Promotion for 11.006 railway postal
Herbs on October 1 will be provided
1a orders issued by Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock
Two persona vert killed, two aer
lowaly hurt and several others slightly
Injured when a Cairn Pacific train hit
a street ear at a grade crossing in
Ibatrr
A dispatch from Constantinople to
l.oadra says that a serious engage
meat has occurred at Beraai. near the
Moat a sens frontier between Turkish
troops sad rebellious Malisaori tribes
men Fifty-seven Turks and 317
tribesmen were hilled
Frank .-leboid SS years old. publish
er of a weekly newspaper ia St.
l-oit* la tinder arrest at Chicago on
a 'hat' of bigamy
Howry Kerr, a player oa the Green
getd (la i team, died as the result of
being hr oa the baud by a swiftly
pt'rbrd ball during a game between
CreeaflelJ sad Coming.
Colonel Roosevelt accused Governor
Wilson of being a novice.
Farmers in the southwest will oe
able to ship corn into Mexico tree of
duty until the end of this year.
Governor Glasscock has started his
Inquiry Into strike conditions in West
J Virginia.
Eugene Chaffin, prohibition candi
date for president, invaded Delaware
I on a speaking tour.
Mrs. Helen Pierce Gray was ar
rested in Washington at the behest of
i the Indian office.
Governor Wilson twitted Colonel
Rooseveit about the alleged growth
of trusts during his administration.
The sale of the New York Press, a
morning newspaper, by Henry L. Ein
' stein, to Frank A.- Munsey, is an
nounced.
Forage poisoning, which has caused
heavy mortality among the horses
'• of Kansas and Nebraska, is reported
prevalent in South Dakota.
The party of American geographers
touring the Vnited States accompan
ied by members of the American geo
logical society, arrived at San Fran
| cisco.
Immediate withdrawal of the armed
forces of the I’nited States now in
Nicaragua is demanded in a circular
drawn up by residents of San Jose,
i Costa Rica.
The first stone of a monument to
Victor Hugo was laid at Wateroo,
Belgium, on the battlefield immortal
; ized b> the French poet and novelist
in “Les Miserables.”
Oyster beds in Jamaica bay. Long
Island, and the Potomac river, seven
. ty-five miles down from Washington, 1
1 are endangered by typhoid germs, ac
cording to the secretary of agricul- I
' lure .
Major General James Shipttyr
• Coast Artillery corps, now stationed j
at Angel Island. Cal., was designated
military attache of thr American le
gation at Buenos Ayres. Argentine
1 Republic.
Thirteen million bushels of grain <
received in thirteen business days in j
Minneapolis was the crop movement I
which shattered all records after the
railways had reported in 1,543 cars
of grain.
Armed with a stout club Weldon B.
Cooke, an aviator of Oakland. Cal..
defended his w recked aLSISpiane for j
several -hours in_ Chicago against a
crowd 'Several hundred souvenir
hunt«v
An amateur parachute jumper was
killed at the column of victory in Ber
lin. He was a paper hanger named
Bittner, who climbed to the summit
of the column to experiment with a
selffinvented apparatus.
At Springfield. 111., the early home
of Abraham Lincoln. Governor Thom
as K. Marshall Of Indiana declared
that the martyred president was a de- i
mocrat at heart. His declaration ,
startled his audience.
The postal authorities in Russia
have called a conference to formulate
regulations for government supervis
ion of wireless stations and for the 1
use of wireless .telegraph on foreign i
ships in Russian waters.
Fifteen Mexican rebels were cap
tured on American territory thirty 1
mil^s southwest of Tucson. Ariz.. by-i
deputy Bheriffs. The rebels were be
lieved to have been on their way to ]
Casa Grande to obtain ammunition.
Washington during all of this week j
w ill be the health rnecca of the world, j
There have gathered from all quar
ters of the globe thousands of experts
on health and vital statistics to at
tend the fifteenth International Con
gress on Hygiene and Demography.
Secretary MacVeagh is wrestling
with the question of whe*her to admit
free of duty food for us * on board
American ships under the amend
ment to the Panama canal act abol
ishing duty on all ship building ma
terial and equipment imported into
the I'nited States.
Plans for an advertising campaign
in behalf of the Panama canal have ;
been formulated. Secretary of the
Navy Meyer announced that with the
cruise of the Atlantic fleet to south
ern waters this winter, he will arrange
the schedule so that all sailors and
officials will visit the canal.
Mrs Helen Pierce Gray, known as
a champion of Indians before con
gress. has been arrested on a charge
of concealing public records. Mrs.
Gray admits that she took the Crew
tribe allotment rolls, involving lands
worth flOO.OOO.ooo. because she was
afraid they would be destroyed.
Housewives of Philadelphia are en
joying the lowest prices in produce
known there for years. Produce is
abundant, cheap and of high quality.
Market experts declare the potato
crop is larger than in ten years;
apples the best since 1896, and on
ions are four times as plentiful as
ever before.
At Hichmon. Va.. Charles O. Berry,
president ol the National league of
Postmasters, in an address before the*
convention urged an increase of Sal
aries in third and fourth class offi
ces “The official register." said
Berry, "show s that out of 49,817 fourth
class offices. 2.7.817 pay less than $21)0
( a year. In the Third district 6,188 pay
less than $1"*> per year, and in the
- Kighth district. 905 pay less than $100
a >esr.
Nebraska building and loan asso
; ciations have $;ut 000.000 of the peo
ple's money in their keeping
Personal.
Hon. \Y. J. Bryan characterizes
Roosevelt as a dangerous man.
President Tatt celebrated his .".5th
birthday by a visit to Aunt Delia Tor
rev
This week Gov. Wilson will make
speeches in Iowa. South Dakota and
Minnesota
Governor Wilson has called upon of
ficers to investigate alleged rice in
Newark. N. J
Campaign managers at the threo
Chicago headquarters are showing ac
tivity.
Postmaster General Hitchcock is to
put into effect the new law govern
ing newspaper publications.
Vice President James 8. Sherman
is slowly recovering from his nervous
breakdown.
The Rev. C. S. l.iles of Ia>gan. Ia.,
was found guilty of “high impru
dence and untninisterial conddct.
New Hampshire has three candi
dates for the governorship. The reg
ular republican nominee is Prank
• Worcester.
DISEASE SPREADING
HORCE MALADY GOES TO NORTH
PART OF STATE.
LINCOLN MONUNIENTACCEPTED
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Statue Cost, All Told, $36,000, All of |
Which Has Been Paid But
About $2,000.
Dr. Drofitrom, state veterinarian,
reports tbe horse disease spreading
to the north part of the state. He is
of the opinion that it is a bacterial
disease. He says there is no doubt j
that the brain and spinal cord of j
horses are highly inflamed and he
pronounces it spinal meningitis j
though this condition can be pro- j
duced by at least three causes. The ,
government theory that it is a fungus j
pcison in the pasturage or hay or
grain, is not accepted by Dr. Bto
rtrom. He admits that the germ may
be found in grass or bay. but that j
does not prove it to be a fungus poi- •
son. The government's theory that
the poison comes from a fungus
growth in pasture and its growth is j
fostered in damp places is not borne
out by the tact that the disease ap
pears in both damp, low ground along j
the Missouri river and also in the diy
sand hill region where grass is too 1
short and the weather has been too ;
dry to promote such growth.
Dr. Davison and his assistants of ;
the government service are still in- j
vest iga ting in Nebraska and have
assigned to new stations. One went
to Shelton. Kim Creek and Lexington,
another to York, Thayer, Bradshaw
and other towns in York county. An- j
otner went to Fremont and Dodge
county towns and another has been
sent to Beaver City, XVilsonville, Ked
Cloud and Superior.
Accepts Lincoln Monument.
The beard of public lands and build
ings formally accepted the Lincoln
monument and returned a bond to
Daniel C. French, the sculptor, to
gether with commendation of liis
work and the work of Mr. Bacon, the
architect who designed the architec
tural feature of the monument. Mr.
French received $20,000 for the sta
tue of Abraham Lincoln and subcon
tractors received various sums mak
ing a total of $36,000 paid out by the j
monument commission. The conimis- i
sion has at its disposal $34,000. being
made up of a state appropriation of
$20,000. an appropriation by the city
of Lincoln of $5,000 and private dona
tions amounting to $0,000. leaving a
balance of $2,000 not provided for. It
is said private parties will subscribe
this sum and perhaps the legislature
w ill be called upon to reimburse >
them.
The resolution adopted by Lana
Commissioner E. B. Cowles, Secre
tary Addison Waite. State Treasurer
Walter A. George and Attorney Gen
eral Grant Martin, is as follows;
“Resolved by the board of public
lands and building that we accept on
behalf of the state of Nebraska, the.
statue and monument on the state
house grounds in memory of Abra
ham Lincoln, and commend the work
of Daniel Chester French, the sculp
tor. for his excellent statue of the
martyred president, and commend al
so the architectural design of the ac
cessories by Mr. Bacon and the secre
tary of the board, is hereby instruct
ed to forward to Mr. French, his bond
given to the state for the satisfactory
fulfillment of the contract.”
Bank Incorporated.
Tbe“+'armers’ State bank of Tal
tnage has been incorporated with a
capital stock of $20,000. The officers
are B. C. Marquardt. president;
Adolph Ritter, vice president; E. G.
Spencer, cashier.
Morrill to University.
Prof. Walter J. Morrill, for several
years in the forest service of the
government in Colorado, has been
selected to head the department of
forestry at the state university. He
arrive! in Lincoln a few days ag*
and has been getting acquainted with
the work here preparatory to the be
ginning of the school year. Prof.
Morrill is a graduate of the Maine
university and of the forest school at
Yale.
Cattle Also Dying.
Govtrno" Aldrich received a mes
sage from ex-Mayor McConaughaj- of
Holdrege saying that eight head of
cattle had died a few miles from that
place vith a disease which had all
the symptoms of the horse disease
that i£ rag!ng in Nebraska.
Suppressing the Horse Disease.
Peter Youngers of Geneva, accom
panied by Mr. Brown, called at the
office of the governor to ask for aid
in suppressing the epizootic in Fill
more county. From forty to fifty
horses have died daily .
Care of Insane Patients.
Douglas county is anxious for the
state to take care of iusane patients
in that county who are now kepi in
the county hospital. Robert Smith,
clerk of the county insanity board,
has written lj»nd Commissioner
Cowles that thirty four nis^i and nine
teen insane women are in the hospital
and recently several insane killed
themselves. This self destruction,
the clerk says, was simply 'because
the county has no means to give them
proper care. When new buildings
are ready patients Tvill be received.
Quarantine Against Horses.
County commissioners of Sedgwick
county, Colorado have established a
quarantine against horses from Ne
braska according to word received
from Julesburg. This quarantine pro
vides that no horses from this state
shall pass across the line and notices
have been posted on the roads lead
•■It Into the county from this state to
that effect by the sheriff. So far only
one case of the horse malady has
been reuorted in the county but stren
uous efforts tre to be made to keep it
fron- spreading farther.
WILL COMBAT CLAIM.
Attorney General Say* The State
Owes Nothing.
Deputy Attorney General George W.
Ayres is prepared to go into the su
preme court at the next session to
combat the claim of Sam Patterson of
Arapahoe, who sued the state for
56,000 salary alleged to be due him
because Governor Shallenberger ap
pointed him secretary of the state
banking board when the former was
in office. Because the new banking
•law was suspended by the circuit
court of the United States Mr. Pat
terson did not get to serve.
In the district court of Lancaster
county the state won. and the suit
has been appealed by Patterson to the
supreme court. Basing its argument
on the admitted facts in the case the
state contends:
First. That Edward Royse was
either the de facto or the de jure sec
retary of the state banking board
during all the time for which the
plaiutiff claims the emoluments of
that office.
Second. That having paid him the
salary of such office, the state is not i
compelled to pay same a second time .
to another.
Third. That irrespective of the pay
ment of the salary of said office to
said Royse, the plaintiff, in view of i
the peculiar wording of his appoint- :
ment and in view of the fact that he j
performed none of the duties of the
office, is not entitled to recover com
pensation therefor.
Deputy Attorney General Ayres says i
in his brief.
win uc rememucreu i.iai piaiu
tiff's commission from the governor
to hold the office of secretary of the
stale banking board names no specific
date at which his term of office shall
continence nor how long it shall con
tinue. It merely states that he is
appointed to said office for the term
beginning from and after taking ef
fect of said act 1909 for such time as
be shall satisfactorily perform all the
duties impcsed upon s>;ch officer by
law, not to exceed, however, a pe
riod of tv. o years
' Inasmuch as the law to which ref
erence is made in the plaintiff s cer
tificate of appointment never became
effective, so far as the carrying out
of its provisions was concerned, until
long after the plaintiff had withdrawn
his bond and virtually abandoned all
claim to the office, and inasmuch as
he never, even for an instant, per
formed any of the duties of said of
fice, it is clear that he is not enti
tled in any event to recover a salary
as such officer. To hold otherwise
would be to hold that the law took
effect at a time when all the officers
charged with its execution "Vere en
joined by a court of competent juris
diction front enforcing any of its pro
visions and that the plaintiff was per
forming all the duties of said office
in a satisfactory manner when in j
truth and in fact he was not perform- I
ing or even attempting to perform \
any of them, being enjoined there
from by tile order of a court of com- j
potent jurisdiction.
Employes’ Conjpany Appeals
The National Employes' association
has appealed to the supreme court :
front the district court of Lancaster I
county. The association insures its
policyholders against loss of work. As j
this does not come under the regular
insurance law, the auditor denied
them a license to do business in this
state. The lower court sustained the
act of the auditor.
Believes Worms the Cause.
Worms in last year’s corn crop are
believed by one Lincoln man who
owns a large number of valuable
horses to be the cause of the disease
which is carrying away so many
horses in the state. He has spent
more than a hundred dollars during
the past year in having his com care
fully sifted and the ends of all the
ears cut off before feeding the corn
to his horses.
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August Weather.
August, according to the report of I
the weather bureau, was a cool and J
wet month. The mean temperature
was a trifle over 71 degrees and al
most a whole'”''degree less than the
average acquired in the thirty-seven
years that records have been kept. In
the southeastern portion of the state
the mean temperature rose above the
normal, but this was offset in the
western part of the state, where the
average was two and three degrees
lower than the thirty-seven-year aver
age. The warmest period of the
month was the«last nine days, when
in several parts of the state the mer
cury mounted to the 100-degree mark.
Asks Release of Property.
A motion to have the United States
marshal release property belonging
to Campbell Bros.’ circus on the
ground that it is still in the hands of
the state courts was tiled before
Judge T. C. Hunger. Several days
ago an action was brought by a lith.
ographing company of Kansas City to
collect a bill for $9,000 from the cir
cus.
State University Filling Up.
If the registration of students the
first day at the State university is
any indication of what the attendance
will be this year, the tecord win be
broken by a considerable margin. The
first day's registration this year
shows the healthy number of seventy
two, while last year the first day only
296 registered. This year there are
only four days for registration pur
poses, while last year five days were
given to the work, which may j«os
sibly account for the tt.sh on at this
time
The Burlington Sued.
George Trippel is plaintiff In s
$3,000 damage suit which has been In
stituted in district court against the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail
road company, the ground upon which
the action is based beiJg the allega
tion that Trippel was through the
negligence of the defci dant thrown
from the top of a passenger coach
where he was at work, teceiving per
manent Injuries. The cident is al
leged to hare occurred tn the pass
enger yards of the defendant in Lin
coln on December 30, 1903.
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LIVING COST RISES
WHAT IS DISCLOSED BY A RE
CENT INVESTIGATION.
6ATHER STATISTICS IN CITIES
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Fifteen ^ticles of Food and Coal
Considered, Potatoes Being the
Worst Offenders.
Washington—Marked upward trend
of the cost of living is disclosed in tne
federal bureau of labor's report of au
investigation of prices for the last ten
years conducted in the important in
dustrial centers of thirty-two states.
Fifteen most important articles of
food, as well as coal, comprising two
thirds of a workingman's needs, were
investigated. In many cities the in
vestigators gathered statements of
merchants on the cost of living and i
specimens of these are published in
the report.
On June 15. 1912. the report shows,
fourteen of the fifteen artices of food
! were higher than a year before, and
' ten had advanced in the last ten years j
more than 50 per cent over the aver- j
age retail price for the ten-year pe
riod, 1890-1899.
During the last decade prices of po- :
1 tatoes changed most and sugar tne '
I least. Their advances were 11.9 and 1
8.5 per cent, respectively. During the
last year bacon, which decreased just 1
' one-tenth of 1 per cent, was the only :
; one of the fifteen principal articles of
j food that showed a decline in price, :
| while nine of the fifteen advanced ;
j more than 10 per ceut, varying from j
! 2.4 per cent for milk to 18.6 for round
j steak. Of the fifteen, only eggs, but
; ter. milk and sugar were lower, but
the price of three of these four is nor
mally lower during summers than [
during winters.
Specimens of the statements of
merchants in various cities, published
in the report follow:
New York—Meats in general are so
high that if prices continue much
longer will be obliged to close up j
business. Have aready lost about !
$200 since advance in prices.
Chicago—Jobbing price on flour h3s
advanced So cents per barrel and un
less there is a decline in the near fu
( ture retail prices will advance.
Boston—First: Cheap sirloins are
. so high and poor that 1 am not cut
ting any at present. Both grades of
\ cattle have gone up and the above
i prices just about let me out without ;
' profit. Second: Beef, especially on ,
j cheaper cuts. 10 to 20 per cent higher. ;
Third: The high price of meats is !
i causing us to close our place cf busi- j
! ness on or about July 4.
Salt Lake City: Everything seems
to be at the top, but nothiug shows
I any decline.
IT WAY MEAN WAR.
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Ulster Unionists Will Rebel Against
Asquith-Redmond Bril.
Tendon.—On Saturday, September .
28. unionists of the northern counties
i of Ireland propose to register their .
I formal defiance of home rule. Gather
ing in halls and market places, even 1
in churches, the men of Ulster will ;
sign a covenant pledging themselves
never to submit to any government
from Dublin, which may be imposed
; upon the country by the Asquith-Red- .
mond home rue bill passed in the '
House of Commons. "Ulster day” is :
I the designation chosen for this re- •
markable political sacrament.
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Allen Trial Soon On.
Roanoke, Ya.—Handcuffed and
guarded by ten detectives, Sidna Al- 1
len and Wesley Edwards, arrested a ’
week ago in Des Moines to answer *
! for their part in the Carroll county j 1
i court house murders, were taken to 1
; Hi’lsville Sunday. They will be ar- 1
| raigned there Monday. It is probable 1
| a change of venue to Wytheville will '
j be ordered at the request of the com
I monwealth. :
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Face Severe Investigation.
Chicago.—Chicago’s police depart
ment is facing the greatest upheaval
in its history as a result of the scan
dal growing out of the recent escape
i of two Canadian bank robbers from
Lieutenant Burns in a Wabash ave
nue saloon.
Believe Italian Has Leprosy.
Washington.—The health author
ities c-f Spokane, Wash., have appeal
ed to the public health service to is
olate the family of Antonio Volcano,
an Italian, on the ground that Vol
cane and his 11-year-old son are suf
fering from leprosy.
A Suffragette in Hospital.
Dulin.—Mrs. Mary Leigh, the suffra-!
gette hunger-striker, was transferred \
from her cell to the prison hospital j
dangerously ill as a result of forcible
| feeding. j,
School Boys on Strike.
Baltimore, Md. —Because negroes
were given their building and they
were compelled to walk longer dis
tances to school, boys of school 91
went on strike. They marched to the I
city hall, told the mayor about it and 1
invaded school headquarters.
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Killed By Bootleggers.
Coffeyville, Kas. —Two officers were
killed and two wounded in an ambush
by bootleggers. The officials in an auto
were patroling roads over which lic
quor is illegally carried.
To Be Kept in Jail.
Fort Worth. Tex. —The state will
combat John Beal Sneed's effort to
obtain his freedom on bond writ of
habeas corpus because another-assass
ination is feared if Sneed is released.
The Bocye family has sworn venge
ance.
Chicken Thief Drowns.
Cumberland. Md. —Attempting to
evade arrest for stealing chickens.
Joseph Snyder plunged in Willis
creek from the West Virginia side and
drowned.
GOES BACK TO YEAR 1716
Oldest Structure In Berks County.
Pennsylvania, Was Built by Swed
ish Settlers at That Time.
Douglasvilje. Pa.—Of much interesi
to automobilists passing through the
Schuylkill valley is the old Swede
house here. The historic structure,
the oldest building in Berks county,
marks the northernmost settlement In
the state of the Swedes, who were
the first white settlers of Pennsylva
nia. The building was erected in 1716
and with the exception of slight al
terations stands as it did nearly two
centuries ago.
The Swedes who penetrated the un
known wilderness were a part of the
colony which effected the first settle
ment on the Delaware in 1638. At
that time this section of Pennsylva
nia was known as New Sweden. The
juestion of encouraging the settle
ment of this region by the Swedes
Oldest House in Berks County.
had been considered by the king of
Sweden a decade prior to that, but
bis war with the Germans and his
subsequent sudden death delayed and
nearly ended the project.
A part of the congregation of the
Did Swedes' (Gloria Del) church,
which is now embraced in Philadel
phia. under the leadership of Andrew
Rudman, made an exploration of the
Schuylkill in 1701 for the purpose of
establishing an inland trading post
with the Indians. They found suit
able land several miles north of the
ttanatawnev creek, where William
Penn, the new proprietor of Pennsyl
vania. granted them 10.000 acres.
The settlement was named Moriat
'on and the Swedes lived in harmony
with yie Indians and thrived there
ong before the advent into the region
Df the English and German settlers.
Their descendants are found in the
ocality to this day. Some of them,
whose names are still perpetuated,
were Andrew Bankson. Benjamin Bur
len, Peter Boon. Benjamin Boon. Jus- |
in Justason. Mounce Jastice. John I
"ock. Peter Cock. Otto Ernest Cock, I
lacob Culin. Matthis Hulston. Morton »
Wurtis. Peter Yocum and Mounce
lones.
The old house above mentioned
was built by Mounce Jones, who had
Dne of the largest tracts under cul
:ivation. It stands on the east bank
if the Schuylkill, hidden on all sides
by large trees. A road connecting
he two highways on either side of the
river now passes directly in front of
t. from which the old date stone in
ts upper walls, bearing thp date 1716.
s easily decipherable. The building
s now used asVlie headquarters of a
Doai club.
HIS TRUST IS IN THE BIBLE
Kaiser Declares He Solves All Ques
tions, Even of a Political Na
ture, by the Scriptures.
Paris. France.—Rene Puaux, *the
military expert of the Temps, who
was in close contact with the German
emporer during the recent maneuvers
of the Swiss army, quotes the emperoi
as summing up his satisfaction with
the work of the troops in a eouversa
lion with President Forrer in tb«
words:
"Your army saves me six army
corps.”
The emperor in conversation con
stantly insisted upon the necessity oi
understandings as the best means oi
dissipating suspicion, and declared his
personal desire to maintain peace. On :
one occasion, in emphasizing this in
conversation with President Forrer, |
the emperor, intimated to the president
that Jie acquired, much of his inspira
tion from the bible.
"1 don't care mych for priests and
clergymen." said the emperor. "They
dilute the gospel with too much ol
their own dogma. 1 hold to the bible,
which I constantly read and reread.
In it one find the solution of every
difficulty, of every problem, even of a
political description."
It is known that the emperor's main J
object in attending the maneuvers j
was to convince himself of the ability
of the Swiss army to make the neu j
tralitv of the country' respected in j
case of war. and his remark is inter
preted to mean that by the Sw iss army
forming a screen to prevent the
French from invading Germany
through Switzerland, the Germans
could release army corps in south
Germany for service in Alsace-Lor
raine or along the Belgian frontier.
Makes Plea for Alaska.
Seattle. Wash.—"I think it is unfor
tunate that powers so limited have
been granted the new- Alaska legisla
ture, that laws to meet our needs can
not. be passed.” said Gov. Walter E.
Clarb^pf Alaska, who. accompanied by
his wife, arrived here today on the
revenue cutter McCulloch from fit
Michael.
"To develop any country, the first
things needed are means of transpor
tation and communication and for this
reason I expect more from the newly
created Alaska railroad commission
than from our legislature, although
the commission is powerless to do
anything but recommend to congress
The big problems in Alaska today are
railroads, coal, lumber and the fish
Industry, but our new legislature wi'
have no power to legislate on any
these subjects. It will not have as
great power in Alaska as a council has
In a city of 10,(100 people In the Cult
ed Stated.”
NO CLEW TO HISTORY
STUDENTS OF ARCHEOLOGY ALL
PUZZLED OVER YUCATAN.
Art and Architecture of Once Great
People Are There, but Hieroglyph
ics Baffle Ail the Knowledge
of the Scientists.
Pittsburg.—Through the efforts of
Henry Hornbostel, head of the build
ing bureau of the Pittsburg Carnegie
Institute of Technology, there will oe
in the Carnegie institute before a
great while specimens of distinctive
American art and architecture, the
legacy of that mysterious people who
lived ages ago in America, attained
a high degree of civilization, devel
oped a beautiful and cultivated art,
and then passed away, leaving only
these treasures of art and architec
ture to tell what their ctv\lization had
been. Already Mr. Hornbostel has
fceen instrumental in arousing the
Carnegie Museum of Washington to
an interest in this field and it has set
aside an appropriation for explora
tion of the art of Yucatan. In com
panw with Lloyd Warren, Mr. Hornbos
tel made a pleasure trip to Yucatan
during a recent vacation, going far
into the interior of the country where
lies waiting a storehouse of material
for students of archaeology with ref
erence to hieroglyphics as well as art
and architecture. The hieroglyphics
are all the more alluring because
of their baffling conditions, with never
a clew yet discovered to work from in
deciphering their meaning, which
would reveal to us the minds of the
wonderful ancient inhabitants of
America. The priceless heritage has
lain neglected and crumbling to ruins
while at the same time huge sums are
being paid by our museums for repli
cas of works of art of the eastern
hemisphere.
With the completion of the Panama
canal all signs point to a vast in
flux of northerners into these south
ern states and an awakening of inter
est in the study of the arts. Their
pottery and decorative designs are al
ready being made use of by enterpris
ing dealers and advertisers in all
kinds of wares as souvenirs of the
celebration of the opening of the great
canal.
"The day will soon come," says Mr.
Hornbostel, “when excursioning to the
ruins of Yucatan will be made as
easily as to the Holy Land or to
Egypt. It is now impossible for pet
ticoats to travel into the interior
af the country, as it is as wild and
flensely forested as the interior of Af
rica. Mr. Warren, myself and our
guide made the journey from Merida,
the capital of Yucatan, in the most
m _
I •: -Wv-... .y-j.v-- - - jm i
On the Plains of Yucatan.
primitive of wooden wagons drawn by
three burros, and because of the loose
construction of its wooden wheels and
axles, which allow it to wobble from
side to side without injury, wonder,
fully adapted to the rough stone roads
of the country."
Two absolutely unique characters,
tics of the ancient people who built
these ruins thousands of years ago,
and of whom they and the pyramids
on which many of them are built are
the only trace, were noted by Mr.
Hornbostel. The first Is that the
towns were built without walls or
fortifications of any kind, there were
no roads and the houses were far
apart, making them indeed garden
cities, and there were no beasts of
burden. "This vanished race was a
peaceful people." said Mr. Hornbostel.
"and such architecture of a primitive
race is absolutely unique in history.
They had no fear of an invading army
and no preparation to repulse one.
They had no means of moving either
an army or supplies." The second pe
culiarity noted by the travelers is the
original form of architecture in the
construction of the buildings, which
are made of small stones, cut and
dressed, with an original cantilever
construction of arches. This struc
ture, Mr. Hornbostel claims, he has
not found anywhere else in all his
study of architecture, ancient, medie
val and modern.
FINED ONE CENT FOR TALK
Attorney Draws Crowd by Argument,
Obstructing Sidewalk—Will
Appeal Case.
Crawfordsville, Ind.—Wilbur f}.
Houk. charged with obstructing a pub
lie sidewalk, was found guilty and
fined 1 cent and costs, the latter
amounting to $30. Houk, a local at
torney, was arrested by Officer Ike
Walderlip for obstructing the side
walk by collecting a crowd in front ol
the Crawford, house by having a heat
ed argument with a traveling man. At
torneys for Houk state that the cast
will be appealed.
Rat Attacks Sleeping Girls.
Nanticoke. Pa.—Cries of his two
little sisters. Mary and Anna. age<
five and seven years, summoned a
older brother to their bedside. He
found them bleeding profusely fronr
wonnds on the face and arms and
fighting desperately the attacks o.'
a large rat, which was gnawing theti
flesh.