5. 1C03.
OREGON
SUNDAY " mMAT. - PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY
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vbJof'Crime at Windy
i City Dtifc tq Bad Influence
Ion 'i Young MenPolice
f 1 Say Holdups and Robber
ies All Done by Boys. :
'Bloodiest Forty-Eight Hours
in History of City Just
U PastEscape of Wealthy
Encourages' Youngsters
? to Disrespect the Law.
, (TJeltad frest Ltaaed Wire.) '
r ' Chicago, Jan. 4. At th end of ths
!bloodlost M hour Chicago has vr
known, Chief of Polle Shlppy tonight
Issued sweeping orders to clear Cht
' ear of vry criminal. Commanding
tfflcers raid . InatrucUona at th it
atatlona and . supplemented them with
advice to "ahooV. quick if a suspect
makes a erooked mov." 8eeklngs ex
plan&Uona for tha wav of crime. Chief
Shlppy thlnkS ha hat discovered that
tThlcago's t moat daaparaU criminals
ara boys '. or young man . hardly out
of thalr teen. Of l holdupa who hava
terrified keepers of small stores and
aaloona within tha paat week and par
bapa 10 la other robberies, nearly
erary, bandit haa been youth. They
' ara of the type brought into consplcu
outness by Vandlne, Neldenneyer and
Marx. thr Varnbarn bandits. Their
graduation has been through . alum
homes, corner .aaloona, e,tnS,"rJj??I
nr stores and poolroom. Their text
: Koka have been aportmg aheete score
cerda. Agitation of the day haa made
them think tnat-au ncn hb
.ha um lmDrisonmtnt at will.
-They have been encouraged vj in
wcapa 'recently of Guy Taasol.
! alayer of Policeman Luke Fltipatrick,
from a merited aath penalty. "
. Large aecUona of Chicago ara in
BtaW of terror because, of frequently
recurring crinaea of violence. Uomn.
Ind in aome dlatrlct; . jvan men. are
afraid to venture out at night. Iha
remarkable eondlttona are compari
with thoaa axlatlng In medieval tlmej.
when there were no policemen, no high
waymen Infested atreta. . -
Vwo patrolmen killad by etlmlnala,
a tk. mnrtiiilv wounded, two
j" ii. .,rH.f. .nit Bulcldea attempted.
of which both will prove auooeeaful. tha
vlctlma now lingering, mny
.. . w. mnA within two oava.
""policeman Michael V. Callahan died
.j. tr-nm m. wound Inflicted oy a
bandit. "Dave' Henderaon haa been
Identified as hia slayer.. - .
Detective W. R. Moonev died yeater
day from a bullet charged to have been
flrid by Jamea McLaln. an ex-convlct
Chartea Q. Brochel. fl0v:waike,,
fatally wounded Mra. Buby Hrtah hi
Grant park and Then committed aul-
Clde. . . ' . ' T .! n.n
Fklwfn JL. janger. .
QUABRELS WTMI TUBF-
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4.
Mrs. Lonta V. Bell, formerly the
wife of John E. Madden, the wealthy
turfman, who denies Mr. Madden's
niifieatlon that ther had been a con-
aplracy to separate him from his
wife. .Madden charges that In 1903
and 1904 Mr Bell. Albert SImms
and Mrs'Slmms conspired to wreck
his domestic happiness. Mrs. Bell,
however, maintains that she lew
Madden of her own accord, and had
aufflclent cause for the action. Mao.
den says he has been injured to the
..tont nt 1150.000. The case is
now In New York courts. '
UY I1AME Will
HOT BE
DEIIIIS
President of Westerneder-
ation Dismissed When tne
Verdict Is Returned in
Pcttibone Case Orchard
to Berried. i -
wae beatea with a .t.1
Inc with a broken akulL Hia alayer is
Unjohn MUler ended aTaprea today by
fracturing hia wlfe a akuft with an In-
himself with a raaor and platoL
The woundedDfnenMwhOnar . aaJd I o
be bandlta are Bert McLain, Louis Hil
ton and William Lathan.
Two- hundred auspecta hata been i taK
eo into custody to check the terrible
epldemlo of orlme, .I'ujlr one i tall ! of
this number are aald to be crlmlna.a
who would aboot in defense of thelr
liberty. Tha policemen tonight variad
their careless manner of arrest ng aua
pecta from fc' touch on the -houldter, ao
ompanled with K"-n:elc.S" f
maJid to -come along" to the method
of putting tha muwle of edre
volver againat the abdomen of the man
Wanted and careful aearch of their pock-
etrhief Shinny haa ordered hia subor
dlnate. ti hourly raid. o ,M
rendeavoua for ertmlnala until tbey are
driven from tha city. r j;
v Traced by Kickname.
From Paris Mall. , .
Tha police have caught one ot the
A. i the recent "hold up"
manner wmcn ooM p J,
The detectives . found that on the
morning of the train robbery three men
: . fii Inns on the road to
ri.miwi. One of them had
been addressed by hia companlona by a
rurloua nickname, the real personality
of the owner was quicmy aiaooverea
In the police records.-The case was
then transferred to the Paris i detective
,fiinh learned that the owner
of tha nickname had recently been aeen
at a hotel in Montmartre in company
with man named Roche. Roche had
disappeared, but hia description seemed
to tally closely with that of one of the
train robbera given by the wounded
truard, and be was traced to Rouen and
thence to Lille, where ha, was arrested
Rocheonfesaed ills guilt, and said
that the robbery waa suggested to him
' man whnm he onlv knew bv the
nickname of fCharlot," and who tcok
part in we a-tiaca on me i-rjun.
Woman Returns Carriage
license and Says She Has
r. Learned Man's Perfidy.
Eaaton. Pa.. Jan. . 'Tea, I found
him out before it was too late; if more
girls would do that thera would be less
divorces."' declared Mies Helen Angst,
who created, a, sensation yeaterday by
returning to tha courthouse a marriage
license granted on October 21 to George
DennU and hereelf.
Dennis, she aays. proposed to another
Eaaton girl while he had been courung
her, an! bealdea, "had been Indiscreet
enough to write letters. Miss Angst
found ail thla out a week before the
wedding waa to take place, and then all
waa off. Mlaa Angst returned the li
cense yeaterday and gmve out a state
ment to the newspapers, io "
spunk, aa aha aald. .
y-Ati that I found out about him came
In about a week," eaid MUa Angst.
Wt were engaged this h i. and were
to be married the end of October. After
we had got the license another gin
came to aee me and told me that Dannla
had proposed to ner.
.TT.,i,i' . hallave her until She
brought me letters and 1 . recognised the
handwrlUng. I then believed her, and
I aaw a ring on her linger wnion n
uaed to, wear, and which ho promised
to"5ust then Dennis came in the house
and almoat dropped dead when ho faw
that other girl there. I guess t it wUl be
a good leaaon for other girla In thla
town to first find, out whom they are
going to marry. 8rry! Not a bit. I
fost all my love for him when I saw
those letters. Now I feel mora aorry
for the other girl than I do for mvself.
I am glad to get out of it. MyTiama
wlU never be Mra. Dennis."
CLAIM FOR 80,000,000.
Bank Asked to Rpay Sam 18
In 1723.
From the London Malt
The bank ot England la tp be asked,
according to the "Bourae Oaaette" to
rtily sum lodged about 17J2 which,
at compound interest now amounts to
i8The'deposlt. though the receipt was.
It la eaid. made payable at sight, has
never been claimed, it was lodged by
a hetman. or local governor in Little
Russia, the district north of KMt. Hn
nama was Polubotko, and he held office
from 1722 to 1724. 4
. Was mrSnrAiu to the "Bourse Ga-
raette," a former professor of the Con-
aervatonum, namea nuueu, -quested
the representatives of 40 noble
families, descendanta and Yelatlves of
Polubotko. ip meet in the town of Star
odub, in Little Russia, in order to de
liberate and agree upon the measures
to be taken to procure the 80,000,000
from the Bank of England.
Souvenirs and bargains at the great
January clearance sale of 8ki5more &
Co. See display adl with prices In to
day's issue.
fraUed Preei "teased Wire.) .
nni Ida.. Jan 4. Charles H. 'Mover.
president of tha Western Federation of
Mlnera, Joined his acquitted eodefend
anta. Willis m D. Haywood and Oeorga
H. D. Pettibono this aftortooa la free-
A fdrmal order for tha dismissal o
tha eharra arainst him was laauea ny
judge wood, after a motion was made
. Jamea Hkwlev. chief consul for tha
prosecution. Beforo anjcerlng the order
Judca wooa aaia: , t
,.v iv.i tha nurae nur-
sued by the attorneys for the state is
the proper coursa.io o '"s":;z
matter. X have watched tt earetuUy
ZWU .c aa AAnnnctinr and corrobo
rating evidence under the "Wtute was
concerned. In its application to this de
fendant and thera haa certainly been
nothing developed in the two caaea that
would Juetlfy the oourt in submitting
the case againat bim to a jury, unless
there was considerable additional con
necting teatlmony than that shown in
the two case that have been tried.
The caaea againat C W. Aller ana
Dr. Magee, who were arreated for per
jury s a, a 'result of their teaUmony in
the Haywood trlaL were also dismissed
at the request of the atate.
After tha afternoon proceedings,
-,. tn tha hosDltai wnero rev
tlbone haa been and the two free men
walked to the local headquarters of the
Western Federation of Miners. They
were stopped frequently ty ; 01?JPop'"
who corolally congratulated themon
tha outcome of the eaae, and at head
qulrtera an Informal reception waa
heitUbona was In a very happy mood.
He refueed to become aerloua when
aaked about his future plana and "aid.
. -I am going to eatabllsh a Tettibone
dope' factory here In Bolaa, and, aa
Orchard saya he la going to cross the
pond. I will make him my foreign rep-
"KSrthirUian that they will soon re
turn to Denver, Moyer and Pettibne
have no definite plane for the future.
Pettlbone'a health will not permit Wm
to engage in any active business, or
the present at leaat. ' .
The dlapoaal of the Pettibono nd
Moyer caaea cleara the docket for the
caaea of men charged with tha murder
of Governor "Steunenberg with the ex
ception of Jack Simpklns, member or
the executive board of the federation,
who is a fugitive from Justice, and
Harry Orchard. ,
The disposition of the Orchard caae
rests entirely In' the hands of the dis
trict attorney of Canyon county, O. M.
Van Duyn, but beyond stating that the
caae will be called during the next term
of court he declines to state what
course will be pursued in the caae of
the confessed aaaaaainauoa oi Biuenen-
The widow of the martyred rovernor
haa stated that aha doea not wish to
aee him punlahed, but the atate officers
deny that there will be a dismissal of
hia case. It is believed that he 'will
be given a trial soon, and the atate
win ask mat mercy be shown oy tne
lurv In fixing: his Dunlshment.
It Is being predicted here that Jack
Bimpains wiu now come out ox nis
hidina place, which Is. or is aald to be.
in the Marble Creek dlatrlct of north
ern .Idaho.
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' n, .hwmi la due to uniform high-
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Nervous People - v
And 'thoet"' afflicted with heart weak
nVea can now hava their teeth tiad.
filled and Drwgewora. yyw -
the leaat pain or danger, -PAINLESS
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We own and control the fargeat and
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the world; Vavlng Just openei I an office
In Astoria making us IS offices aU told.
We give a written guarantee with
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OpeJ evenings tfil . Sunday to L
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UNION MEN JOYFUL.
Moer Declares Pettlbone's Friends
Expected No Other Verdict.
United Press Leased Wire.)
Denver, Jan. 4. Newa of . the ac-
aulttal of George A. Pettibone at Boise.
Idaho, of complicity in the murder of
ex-Governor Frank Steunenbers; was re
ceived at the headquarters of the west
ern Federation of Mlnera in this city
todav with rreat 1ov.
"We expected no other verdict," said
President Moyer of the federation, "for
George A. Pettibone la not guilty of that
terrible crime. In thla connection, I
wiah to reiterate that Frank Steunen
bers waa not killed bv a federation
man, but by aome person who had
fancied or real grievance against him.
We made thla statement within 24
houra after Steunenberg was murdered
and we repeat it today. They kidnaped
William D. Haywood, George A. Petti
bone and mvself and held us In an
Idaho jail for many weary months. They
could not conviot Haywood, against
whom they aald they had a sure case
then thev aald they would aurely sent
Pettibone to the gallows, for the evi
dence against him .was 'too strong to
leave a doubt' They failed again. Aa
for my own caae. I am ready for trial
at any time, and for, good and sufficient
reasons they will never hava my case
..alia. aflrafn." t
At the various headquarters of the
Mineowners' association throughout Col
orado, principally Cripple . Creek and
t oodvlllA tha announcement that Petti
gloom, but none of the of flclala would
discuss tbo case, -
qulttai of Pettibone would not cause
any cnange in i;huijjib y
Mineowners association againat federa
tion men. No member of this organi
sation. It Waa aald, will be employed by
mines alHed with the Mineowners assOr
elation. There Is already talk of form
ing; a national mineowners association
to combat the federation In every state
of the union. . .. '
T7avwnn nf the Western
Federation, who waa recently acquitted
cnmnllcitv in the asaaaslnatlon -of
flnvornnf . Rteunenbera. received the
ROSENTHAL'S HOUSJLCLJLANING SALE,
;'5
PsS1 , I M . . . -i .
Is Now in
Full Swing
Sec Our Windows
for the Greatest
Values in
Superior Shoes -Lver
Offered:
the Public ; '
Seventh and Washington Streets
. -
The Busy Corner
i 1 1 1 1 i
news of Pettlbone's acquittal at Chey
ene. Wyoming, while en route to Den
ver He aald the federation felt so aura
of pettlbone's acqultul that they did not
deem It necessary to summon more than
40 witnesses in hia behalf, , who, he
claims, would have ahattered the
charges of the proaecutloiu
COSTS MONEY TO
BE "SOUL HATE"
Sailor Sues New4 York'Eeal
Estate Broker for Fifty
Thousand Dollars.
(Special Dispatch te Tne JonrasU
New York, Jan. 4. Charles B. Stod
dard, a mate on the Ward Una steamer,
Vlallancla. haa aued George J. Hermann,
a real esate broker, for 160,000 for' al-J
leged alienation of the arreetiona or
hia wife, Mrs. Ella St. Claire Stod
dard. . . . .
Mrs. etOddara naa auea sarm nermann
tnd her son and her huaband'a slater,
lis Laura Hermann, for $10,000 for
alleged elander. -
Mrs. Stoddard was given to dreams
In her youth. Along came Stoddard,
up In Wood harbor, Novla Scotia, whore
the girl uvea. xney wr uiiucu.
A little over a year ago Mra, Stod-
dard'a baby died. Her husband was
away from home nearly all the time '
on his ship. Tne iitue woman waa
lonely. Her doctor told her to aeek
employment, which she did, finding
work with Mr. Hermann.
ii.. him mrmm 1uat irmRI tha wav.
When aha went into hia office, aho'
saya, she immediately recognised Mr.
Hermann as her one and only eoul mate.
When tne neignoora oessn ro oiu
dard talked It over with hia wife, and
then brought the suit against tha reM
estate man. ' Mra. Stoddard's aulle
againat the members of tha Hermann
family are baaed upon their comments
on her relatione with the broker.
SET BREAKS; GIRLS
FIT; ROBBERS FLEE
S' ae-eBSnaaBBwawa.eaaa
Society Buds Flee in Night-
clothes to Find Shelter
in Frat House.
Washington, Pa., Jan. 4.-rAroused
from sleep by the operations of burg
lars, the Misses Marguerite and Marls
Drennen, prominent society girla, who
were In their home alone with their In
valid mother, endeavored to escape at 2
o'clock thla morning by lowering them
selves from their bedroom window with
a rope made from a sheet
While both were suspended the Im
provised rope broke and both girls were
stunned by the fall. They revived
later, and in their nlghtclothes fled
across a vacant lot to the Phi Kappa
Sigma fraternity house of Washington
and Jefferson college and aroused the
Inmates.
The aiudents gave the girls wraps,
and, summoning four policemen, inves
tigated tbe burglary. The robbera had
fled without booty. The Misses Dren
nen. while suffering from shock and the
cold, were not seriously Injured by their
fall. Their mother .was not awakened
by the burglars.
BORROWED HOME.
V
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'.'5. ':,''-' Vis ..;('' '... ' '
U''iiami: is for some people . ;
to disttaguish the genuine from the other kind The good we offer
at, reduced prices are the' best that -money can buy - not the kmd. ,
often found at clearance sales. Included in this sale are all Siuts,
Coats, Skirts, Cravenettes and wearables for women' and children. ;
HOTISE.HOLD NLCLSSITILS-PRICLD LOW
Blankets
10-4 White Wool Blankets, reg
- ., ular-$6 value special .S3.K5
xil-4 White Wool Blankets, reg
ular M, value Special.. S3.90
V Jl-4 White Wool Blanketa, reg
ular IT valuer Special. 4,6p
'11-4 Gray Wool Blanket". r
Hiula 17 value special.. S4.&5
Comforters
71x90. Malah Comforters, sllko-
line covers, regular IS value
Special ; ..3.65
; Tlx0 Heavy Sateef) Malah
- Comforters, regular 4 value--
SDOclal
' . ' TJa7 Heavy Comfortera, fancy
, r- topa, regular H-00 valueSpe
clah SZ.IO
Henhla Talvat aa-Orlental
and floral patterns. 7xB4 Itk,
regular 11.60 apecial .SI. 15
Coral Bath uga Waahable,
non-fadable. red. blue .green
patterna; regular ll.60--pe-clal
Kobe Bags Beautirui iigni
Srtterna, J7x8i regular 1 1. 60
, value special vi.oo
Avmlaatev Door Bugs Floral
and orlenUl paAtern lwss
inches; ;. ragular,, 11.78 re
clal . x.xw
Brasselette Bags S7x54; reg
ular II value special . .BOf
Chinawarc 1
11.00 Plata ........... S2.SO
11.75, Plate .1.2
M.I0 Plato ......... ..1.65
11 25 Plata
no puto 5i'55
11.75 Plata ;..';.' Lot
12.50 Plato. i....B1.40
$S.S5 PUto ,i,...1.25
11.00 PUto ..,..... 95
U5 Plato 95
ti kA Plata ........... 80
1.25 Plato . AV3
1.15 Plata , SSS
1.00 Plato P?
10.75 : Plato 4U
$0.60 Plate t. a.iKS
11.21 Chop JJian .imsiiv
CXOOOXVATB POTt
4.00 Pot ,5'S5i
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11.25 Pot ,...1.70
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60 Tan Hard
25 Tankard.
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7.00 Bet ...........
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1.60. Bet .,
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1.60 Bet ............ .$4.
it fct .............A3.
4.60 Bet $2.6
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IL00 Set, half doaen 2.95
4.60 8et, half doaen ..t2.x5 ,
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The Store Wherg Yo0r' Credit Is Good.
Washington and Tenth Streets
I VriVV VAU U L U U
Woman's Experience , in Holding
Down a Western Kansas Claim.
From the Fort Worth Record.
Fort Worth haa as her guest a woman
who haa given such demonstration ot
grit, determination and independence as
Kn taw wnmeil can lav claim to. She
Is Mrs. Luceppa Itymus, and she Is In
dulging in a bit of an outing and a visit
to a daughter here, after spending 1(
lonesome months on a quarter.' section
claim near Dodge City, Kansas. - , .
"About two years ago. I deolded I
would pick out a claim in Kansas and
went to Dodge City and from there out
about 17 mtles'and settled on 100 acres.
I had only a small amount of money
and less Income and didn't know just
how I would get along,' said Mrs. By
mus. MA family living about two and
one half miles oft had added onto their
house and did not need a little room
they had used before. They let me have
this s a 'borrow' and moved it for me
to a place on land on which I filed. I
am to give It back to them whetf I am
through with it. , t . . M
This little room is Just about five
feet tall, about 12 feet wide and long
and I have to stoop to -get in It. One
-i .k.a a vlnrinw frame window in
that respect it is stylish. ' The walla, Of ratUers,
outside and Inside,.' are wnitewasnea,
the work of my own hands. The bed la
'mm
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1
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Should Be the
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A pleasant smile gleans sound teeth.
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A sweet breath means sound teeth.
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DR. B. E. WRIGHT, SST ,
342 Washington Street, Corner Seventy -nPFICE
HOURS- A. M. to5 P. M.; 7:30 to 8:30 P. M.; .SpNDAYW A M. to 1 P. M.
PHONE MAIN, 2118
TWELVE YEARS IN PORTLAND
b ... t
of wild animals. I got most of it ss X
needed Ht from neTghbors who lived
ibout three miles off. wa
snowbound three days and It looked like
1 wafi about to run out of something to
eat but the sun came out and drove the
Snow away and X found my way to the
neThereVas a few months whent .X
thought I would lose my claim.- I left
it for a while to help soma ot my chil
dre" and when I gafback other parties
had filed on it and wanted mr to pay
ihVm to Tleave. I took It in the courts
and 1 won, hot I had to Ale again because
I had not stayed oil It. This waa about
18 months ago, and when X filed the
cond time t geolded not to r
claim at alL And I dldn When I
left the other day I had lived there more
than 18 months? had kept a little gar
den: raising what few Products I.couiA
I had 10 acres in wheat. But I had to
buv most all I ate, and a pension of
111 a month helped and more than paid
for them. Butl.had to help my glrU
of planks, colored , Indigo blue, but It
elves comfort at night. There is plenty
of cover and, I never get very cold. A
small DOX IS my cnair ana wrior una
ery
a If
my eating table, and J 'have two or
thraa nutMu aaucera and platea, ' That la
all there la In the room,
'1 cooked meals such ss they were
out of doors On ground fire, in bar
becue style. But I did pot. keep much
meat or' food around the house because
and It kept me scheming all the time. m
"Coyotes swarmed, it seemed. around
my house at night, and sometimes. It
seemed nunureaa "
time. Their shrill cries lasted all night,
but . 1 soon got , used to it and slept
aound. Other wild beasta alao.came
around and mixed their hideous growls
with the coyotes, but nons ever bothered
mlaZyj2?h mnrA trouble than
anything, the prairie graa i being tvll
Of ratUers. I was never bitten though.
One day. 1 remember, ratUer popped
UD 111 III J JJO.t.1 tv a vs. .
feet away, and my little girt was with
me. I" feared . ahe , would be bitten. I
was carrying a basket and in jrwas
onlr one lump of coaL Thla was my
oSly chacXT! took It and threw It with
all my might straight at tho tu 0'
the hlslngvrepUle. . Itatruck . him
square in tha mouth j and he tumWed
over, writhing In pain, but not dead. In
a moment he was up again, and I knew
he would fyrt for tb girl and1 ma. But
' .nnit ' tnr one mora attack.
and with a chip of the prairie knocked
Mm down again. This time ha was too
badly hurt to bother us and we went
our way safe. And what a relief it was.
But the snakes were fairly good: after
that and I never met many that would
follow me r keep ma from f etting out
vf4twaspr'stty- lonesome away? out
thero on the Pralrla, but omehoiror
i tha noveltv -Of it all.
gV. welo'ftg, it larue "and nlghtr,
were much longer; but I felt that the i
land was wortn tne "uurij
the only way I had of getting what the
law said I was entitled to. When I left
the claim several daya ago to com to
Fort Worth I had spent a few days mors
than 16 months on it, and I -will get my
certificate from Washington In a, few
days."; y-'-r-' :'- . ;-v-
Without the canteen.
Alcoholism la tbe American Army
;. - and Other Armies Compared.' .
Th oomparatlvs figures concerning
alcoholism in tha. United SUtea army
and those of foreign nations tell story
which- the, Army Aand Nayy Journal
commenda to the attention of those per
sona who oppose the restoration. of the
army canteen. The figures .for the
United States army are for the year
190S and those relating to foreign
armies are for tbo latest rear obtain,
able !'' .v... " . -.
Th ' sdmlsalon : rate In s th ; United
States for the year was ao.tr per Loos
es men strength 1 in the British army,
1.09; French. 0.2lf Prussian, 0.08; Bj.
varlan, 0.08: Putch. 0.24; Ruaslan, a0.1 ;
Spanlh,r.01, andin the Belgian, 0.16.
Th return of death rates is very mea
gre, these 'for the American army relat
ing only to troops within the continent
al boundaries of the United States. The
death rates per 1,000 of mean strength
TO
Ms Mil
Way.
' OfZS AX i30 ,
Continnous Bkatlng All Day. . -
Cars Every Ten lttnaiss.
ar' as follows, UnlteUt, 0.02
In 1L or nearly all, ths armies toA
which the admission rates for alcohoH
lam are srlven above the troops ar sen? I
plied with malt liquors and some wli
anirita. : In : tha united States army.
alone is the soldier forbidden . to pur-t
chase beer, or light wines at lib posi
exchange, mow tnia , uepnvaiion np
worked to his disadvantage and Injury
is best told in tne ngures citeo.
:-' ; .-v ? : ; : " .-1 ' '
, ; 4 Iiegal Bxcase. ' ...
v y ' -yromsthe Washington Star.' '
? "Rastus. said th ne!ghbo "Td Ilk
to borrow that mule of yours." '
" "Goodneas .sakes, boss,? was ths re
commouat you
rif do law
acta of his
ag-ent an' X. waa to lend dat mule out i
woman' D no uoi oeior vu mrroaif
or assasslnationl" ,f v '
' "oooaneas .saxes, doss, waa
Joinder, "I'd like to 'commodal
but : J" had some 'sperienc wlf
If a man is 'sponsible fob d scti