THE ENTERPRISE
Published Weekly.
WILLIAMSTON, H. 0.
What hu the Ice man to aay of th«
weather T
B« aur« you know how deep the wa
ter la before you dive.
Boating accldenta are now the or
der the day at the summer resorts
An enthusiastic young woman In At
lantic City turkey trotted heraelf b
death.
Kissing may be a disease, as easten
eavants say—but if It la. It is the mosi
prevalent.
Italy la trying to end her war wltl
Turkey. It has never been over pop
ular even In Turkey.
Keep cool and make It hot for th
weather man, even though be la no'
considerate of your feeling*.
Dr. Wiley declines to become chlel
of Boston's health department, but not
because he dc sn't know beans.
What the women wear at conven
tlons Is thought by many to be aa lm
portant as what the men do there.
The first aerial head-on colllslot
demonstrated that It was just aa lm
possible In the air as on a slngU
track.
Only five per cent, of the people ol j
this country buy books, but the trou- j
ble Is not with the people—lt Is with
the books.
Automobiles In New York hav«
fallen off to the extent of $16,000, and
no one seems to know where they
have gone.
A Pittsburgh couple after frequent
prayers for a baby found one on theli
front porch. This Is an easy solutloc
to an old problem.
(
Someone has estimated that |6,000,
000 Is spent for golf balls every year
And the purpose of the game Is nol
to lose them, either.
In Boston's new appendicitis hoe
pltal ward patients will be charged
but |lO a week. This Is an encroach !
ment on the rights of the rich.
Bome day a great American genlui |
will produce a typewriter ribbon that
an amateur can put on without soiling j
his fingers or his language.
An Italian slayer was sentenced to '
life Imprisonment to begin with ten
years In solitary confinement. There
won't be much life after that
A sparrow attacked an eastern
painter and knocked him off a scaf
foldt Size doesn't count If you can
choose your own fighting ground.
A scientist says that a baby Is not
talking when the sound "mamma" Is
sues. He has a. terrific task ahead
li be wl fiea to convince young moth
ers.
The strawberry crop has set a good
mark for the potato fields, but thli j
may be a year when nature Is more
considerate of luxuries than of necee
aarles.
A supreme court somewhere has de
elded that a woman who gets off s 1
street car backward has no claim foi |
damages. And yet they will continue
to do It
A woman physician of Worcester, I
Mass.. has been writing of the cat as
n transmitter of disease In a manner |
likely to put Tabby Into the category j
of the typhoid fly.
The aeroplane of the future, we are !
told, will carry 1,000 passengers. This
Information will be received with dig
nified but nevertheless enthusiastic Joy
by the undertakers.
A Massachusetts woman died by
her own hand because her son would I
not permit her to work In his wood j
yard. And yet they say that there Is
nothing new under the sun!
A prominent cancer specialist In
England has sued the British Medl
cal Journal for calling him a quack.
If he can produce a real cure for can
cer he can disprove the charge.
A man of 70 writes to the New York !
Ttmes to complain because a reporter
referred to a man of 60 as "aged." To
the cub reporter It seems all right to
refer to a man of 50 as "venerable."
It la reported that western farmer*
are objecting to college students aa
harvest bands. They do not have to
hire them. The objection may be
baaed on the fact that college atudents
are not fond of IS hours a day work
and sleeping In the barn.
Two actresses In New York put out
In a launch and aaved thirteen drown-
Ing men. thereby breaking two prece
de nta. No preas agent waa in charge
of the rescue, and It waa a lucky num
ber—for the men'aaved.
The last horsecar. or. to be exact
the last horse omnibus, has disappear
ed from the streets of Parte and motor
buses and electric trams now hold un
disputed away. If Parts haa another
siege, the tnhaMtanta wont be able
to get much nourishment out of rub
ber tire*.
UNDFR CHARGES
HMD RESIGNS
ACCUSED JUDGE RESIGNS TO
BTOP IMPEACHMENT PRO
CEEDINGB.
HE ISSUES A STATEMENT
Hanford Was the First Federal Judge
Named for the State of
Washington.
Seattle, Wash.—United State* Dls
trict Judge C. H. Hanford, the first
Federal Judge appointed when Wash
ington was admitted to statehood
twenty-three years ago, sent his res
ignation to President Taft while the
last witnesses were waiting to testi
fy before the house Judiciary subcom
mittee which has been hearing evi
dence relative to charge of miscon
duct filed against Judge Hanford.
The proposal that the Judge, resign
and the hearing be discontinued was
submitted by Judge Hanford's attor
neys and accepted. Judge Hanford
sent his resignation by telegraph to
President Taft. At the same time
Chairman Graham of the sub-commit
tee sent a telegram to Chairman
| Clayton of the hou8« Judiciary com
mittee, telling him of the change In
j the situation apd recommending the
hearings be discontinued.
Judge Hanford's chief counsel, E. C.
Hughes, said, after the resignation,
! that the judge has desired to resign
| for several weeks, but could not well
do so with no evidence heard. The
judge and his friends, according to
counsel, are satisfied with the show-
I Ing made at the hearing, which, they
Bay, did not sustain the charge*.
Judge Hanford's statement to the
public follows:
"The almost constant strain under
which I have worked for more than
twenty-two years haa taxed but not
exhausted my power of endurance. I
am not likely to have a vacation of
j rest, but a change of occupation will
be a welcome relief. I Intend to prac
tice law in Beattle.
"In the Investigation which has
been conducted by a subcommittee
| of tfie house of representatives, much
testimony has been given by witness-
I es who know me and by others who
■do not. I am grateful for the com
! mendatlon of those who have spoken
and written In my favor —and as for
! those who have maligned me, I only
wish tQ say that 1 would be ashamed
of myself If 1 had not Incurred the
enmity of such people as they are.
"A Judge Is never BO sure ol being
right as when hlB work -has been crit
icized unfairly. Without boast !hg, In
view of all that has been and may be
said of and concerning myself and
my work, I am glad that my record
1* what It Ib."
BLOW AIMED AT "JUG"TRADE
Advocates of Prohibition Win Victory
at Washington.
Washington. Legislation which
will make effective the anti-liquor i
lawa of prohibition states which will 1
! dlvoroe the express office from the'
liquor business; strike a stunning
blow at the "bootleggers" and the
"blind tigers," and make dry states ■
dry in fac£ was ordered favorably re
ported by the Judiciary committee of
j the senate.
| Tftis was a decided victory for the
temperance folks who have sev
eral years valiantly sought to over-
I come the barrier raised by the Su-
I preme court of the United States In
I Its decision on the Wilson law. Liquor
l intended for an Individual's personal
I consumption Is not afTected by this
I bill; but liquor designed to supply
blind tigers will be outlawed If the
state can prove the Illegal character
of the shipment under the Btate
laws.
Russian Leper Escapes.
Bay City, Mich.—Samuel lzen, an
unnaturalized Russian, who has been
detained here by the authorities with
I a pronounced case of leprosy, escaped
from his guards. He cut a hole
through the side of the house In which
he was living. The police and city
; officials were notified of the escape,
but have made no effort to ascertain
l/.en's whereabouts.
Mother Kills Five Babies.
Charlottetown, P. E. I. —Mr*. Mc-
Gee, wife of a larmer near George
town, who has been found guilty of
the murder of her five children, has
made the following confession; "I,
Minnie McGee, confess to having ad
ministered the ends of matches con
taining surphur and phosphorus to my
children In April last. I gave It to
them In sugar and water. 1 was feel
ing bad at the time 1 did It" This
statement was filed In the court, and
It Is expected to have an influence
in shaping the fate of the woman.
Man Beaten to Death.
Birmingham, Ala.—Camp Pettus,
where the annual army and National
Guard maneuvers are being held, fur
nished excitement when George Stone
(aged 50), a resident of Annlaton,
Ala., wa* hurried to the field hospi
tal for treatment after having been
beaten up and ahot The mah Boon
died. Stone wa* at home alone dur
ing the night, and a friend named
1 Johnston called. The friend* says
' three men attacked Stone and Inflict
ed the fatal wounds, and because ef
the number he could not aay anything
WINSTON CHURCHILL
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Winston Churchill, who may suceeed
Asouith ■■ pr«ml«r of Qrest Britain.
CAMPAIGN COST $1,655,518
HITCHCOCK TELLS ABOUT a O. P.
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
OP YEAR 1904.
No Contribution Wii Received Prom
a Corporation—Many Bank*
Gave |S,OOO.
Washington.—Postmaster General
Frank M. Hitchcock told the senate
committee Investigating campaign
contributions of 1904 and 1908 that
the records of the fund used In Pres
ldent Taft's election, as filed In Alba
ny, N. Y.. were absolutely correct, and
that he could not supplement these
reports by testimony.
Mr. Hitchcock said the total col
lected through various agencies of the
committee In 1908 was |1,655,318.87.
Of this amount $620,150 was collect
ed In various states and handled by
the local state committees. The lat
ter sum never was turned Into the
treasury of the Republican national
committee, although that committee
kept account of It.
No contribution was received from
a corporation, Mr. Hitchcock said, be
cause congress had just passed a law
prohibiting It. He told of the only
contribution he could remember hav
ing rejected,
It was offered by Gen. T. Coleman
DuPont of Delaware, then a member
of the Republican executive commit
tee, actively assisting In the manage
ment of the campaign and amounted
to $20,000.
NEW SEAT IN THE CABINET
Pass Bill Dividing Department of Com
merce and Labor and Crsstlng
Labor Secrttary.
Washington.—The house unanimous
ly passed the Sulzer bill creating a
department of labor.
This bill creates the tenth seat In
the president's cabinet. It establishes
the department of labor and changes
, the present department of commerce
|and labor to the department of com
merce. A secretary of labor, three as
sistant secretaries, a solicitor, a chief
clerk, a disbursing clerk and other
minor employees are provided. The
commissioner general of Immigration,
the commissioner of labor and several
other high officials now In the depart-
Iment of commerce and labor are shift
led over to the new department. The
bill gives the department of labor the
right to collect and publish all statis
tics relative to labor and authorizes
the. secretary to call on any govern
ment department for Information.
it also authorizes the secretary of
labor to act as a mediator In ques
tions of industrla ldlspute and to ap
point commissioners of conciliation in
labor disputes, thereby giving the In
fluence of the government toward In
dustrial peace.
Italian Ships Repulsed.
Rome, Italy.—The Italian govern
eminent announced in an official note
that a flotilla of Italian torpedo boat
destroyers attempted to enter the
Dardanelles. The destroyers succeed
ed In advancing to Chanak, Kalesl, on
the Asiatic side of the strait, when
It was decided to, withdraw on ac
count of the severel bombardment di
rected at them from the Turkish forts
and ships. The Italian vessels, the
note adds, were not damaged.
One Man Killsd In Wreck.
Bristol, Tenn.—Bruce A. Hodges, a
• railway mall clerk, was Instantly kill
' ed and several others seriously injur
-1 ed when the New York and Memphis
• train No. 25 was wrecked on the
• Southern railway five miles south of
- Bristol. The cause of the wreck Is
' not known. The tender of his engine
> left the rails on a reverse curve and
• although the tender turned over, It
i did not go down the bank, while the
I mall car, combination baggage and
s colored car and two day coaches went
down the 25-foot embankment
Criminal Leap# Prom Train.
Montgomery, Ala.— Henry East, a
• notorious white criminal who was
■- serving eighteen months for burglary
b committed at Florence, Ala., escaped
i. from a Louisville and Nashville train
I- at Cooper's Station while In charge
iof the state agent en route to the
i state penitentiary from the eoal
•» mines. The train was moving at a
i rapid rate of speed. Three months
s ago East jumped from a moving train
t- while being taken from Birmingham
1 to Wetumpfca, but was recaptured.
S Bloodhounds are on his trail.
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84 PERSONS ARE
sum Br REBELS
TRAIN CROWDED WITH PASSEN
GERB ATTACKED NEAR THE
CITY OP MEXICO.
BOMBS AND BULLETS USED
Besides Those Killed, Many Wounded.
The Wrecked Train Fired by
the Rebels.
Mexico City.—Eighty-four persons
are dead and many more wounded as
a result of an attack by Zapatistas on
a passenger train between here and
Cuernavaca, Moreles. The relief train
brought back only eleven passengers.
A military escort of fifty men, under
the command of a captain and two
lieutenants was aboard.
At kilometer 67, a short distance be
yond the station of Parras, on the
edge of the Federal district a mine ex
ploded, overturning the engine. At
that Instant 500 revolutionists opened
fire on the second class car, in which
the escort was traveling. The soldiers
left the car and fought In the open.
All of them, Including the officers,
were killed, with the exception of five
badly wounded and two who escaped
injury.
Thirty passengers in the second
class coach were killed, and many
more wounded. In the first class
coach no one was killed.
After sacking the express and bag
gage cars, the rebels poured oil on
the cars, and, putting the bodies of
the dead in them, set fire to the train.
When the relief train arrived there
was nothing but debris and a few
passengers and wounded to tell the
tale.
The train between Matamoras and
Puebla, In the state of Puebla, was
flred upon, and windows In the cars
shattered, but so far as Is known no
one was injured.
Capt. Roaendo Nunes, In charge of
the escort on the ill-fated train. Is
said to have fought heroically. After
nearly every man of his command had
been either killed or wounded and he
himself had received three wounda,
he continued to fire from a platform
of a coach until a fourth bullet pierc
ed his heart.
Among the first to fall was the 10-
year-old daughter of Captain Nunez,
who was accompanying her father on
the fatal trip. She was sitting near a
window and the first volley from the
attacking band literally riddled the
child with bullets.
had no chance," said one of
the soldiers. From the time the train
stopped until after It ended, there was
a veritable rain of bullets. At least
500 rifles were In the first volley and
the car In which we were traveling
was the target. Most of the bullets
came through the roof. The second
lieutenant, who was within six feet
of me had 18 bullets through his body
and never knew what struck him.
GENERAL GOMEZ ARRESTED
Plot Against Madero Is Nipped In the
Bud at Ban Antonio.
San Antonio, Texaa. —Emilio Vaa
qoez Gomez, minister of the interior
in the Diaz cabinet in Mexico, and for
a week provisional president of the
Orozco Revolutionary party, was ar
reated by United States aecret serv
ice officers.
Simultaneously with the capture of
Gomez, Francisco Guzman, private
secretary of Gomez, and Dr. P. Rueda
were taken into custody on the street,
and Francisco Perez and Felipe Ml-1
vannon, identified with the Oomez
revolutionary faction, were taken
from a Southern Pacific train which
they had boarded for El Paso.
For days the United States author
ities have known of a new revolution
ary plot forming here and to have Its
base of operations in the states of
Nuevo Leon and Coahuila. Mexico,
across the Texas border. I,arge quan
tities of arms and ammunition are
known to have been shipped through
here from St. Louis, Kanaas City and
New Orleans, some of It going to El
Paso, but the larger portion to Laredo,
Texas. From Laredo this war mate
rial gradually disappeared, and Is now
known to have been smuggled across
the Rio Grande river into Mexico.
t120.000.000 Pitched In a Year.
Washington. One hundred and
twenty million dollars were filched
from the American people during the
last fiscal year by swindlers who op
erated largely through the United
Statea malla, according to a report to
Poatmaster General Hitchcock. This
was an Increase of approximately SSO -
000.000 over the previous year. Of
those who are alleged to have operat
i ed the fraudulent achemes, 1,063 were
arraigned by postofflce Inspectors.
They included persons in all walks
of life —emrchants and mechanics.
Deaths Caused by Bubonic Plague.
1 Ban Juan. P. R.— Three deaths oc
| enrred In the suburbs of San Juan
I from bubonic plague. One subject
i has been found. These cases were
i not reported to the authorities. Blnce
( the outbreak of the plague there have
I been $7 cases and 26 deaths throngh
i out Porto Rico. The Haffklne vaccine
t has been administered to aU persons
i residing in the Infected districts. The
i plague at Carolina and Dorado, a
. short distance from San Juan, has
been controlled.
MRS. WILLIAM J. BRYAN
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Lateet photograph of tha wife the
Democratic leader.
UNCLE SAM POOR BUILDER
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> EXTRAVAGANCE, WASTE AND
POSSIBILITIES OP PRAUD ARE *
POINTED OUT.
Recommended That Buildings Bo'
Standardized and Draughtamsn
Be Done Away With.
Washington.—Severe criticism of
government methods of erecting pub
lic buildings Is contained "in the re
ports of the house committee on ex
penditures In public buildings submit
ted to the house. The committee
points out extravagance and waste
and possibilities of fraud in public
expenditures after making It clear Its
Investigations were made with no de
sire to dlacover any scandal in the
public service.
The committee makea the recom
mendatlon that government buildings
be standardized and endeavors to put
out what It considers the folly of
maintaining a big force of draughts
men and architects to make plana for
every building constructed by the gov
ernment. The report finds that since
1902, 721 buildings have been erected
and that there are pending 'bills for
750 more at a proposed aggregate coat
of 170,000,000.
"If this keeps up," the committee
says, "there will be 1,520 public build
ings Inside of fifteen years." The
cost of maintenance alone will be
$11,000,000 annually.
The committee says the present
system of awarda is bad and should
be changed. It points to instances
where contractors have been the bene
flciariea of "extraa and bettermenta."
Without making any chargea the com
mittee says:
"Under the present method of
awarding contracts for the construc
tion of public buildings there Is an
open door for the grossest kind of
fraud."-
AGREE ON PARCELS POST-
Committee Dscldea on Modification of
Zone Syatem.
Washington.—The full details of
the parcele post provision have final
ly been agreed upon by the aenate
committee on poatofflce and post
rosds, settling this long and heated
controversy over this aubject.
The compromise agreement Is based
on the zone syatem. The plan la a
departure from the established sya
tem of a uniform rate of postage re
gardless of distance traveled, for the
rate Is Increased aft the dlatance the
package must be transported Is In
creased. The highest rate on domes
tic parcela, however, will not exceed
the International postal rate of 12
centa a pound or $1.32 for a 11 pound
package which Is the limit.
First, length 50 miles, rate 5 cents
for the first pound. 3 cents for each
, additional pound; second, length 150
miles, rate 6 cents and 4 centa; third,
i length 300 miles, rate 7 and 5 centß;
. fourth, length 600 mllea. rate 8 and
6 cents; fifth, length 1,000 mllea, rate
I 9 and 7 centa; sixth, length 1,400
, miles, rate 10 and 9 cents; seventh,
length 1,800 miles, rate 11 and 10
• cents; eighth, length over 1,800 mllea,
i rate 12 cents per pound straight. Max
imum packages, 11 pounde.
Fight Pictures Under Ban.
I Wsshlngton.—Prize fight moving
I pictures became a thing of the past
i In the United States when the house
- passed a aenate bill prohibiting the
I transportation of such moving pic
> tu re fllma between the varioua statea
» and territories or from foreign coun
• tries. Heavy fines for violation of the
f proposed law are fixed by the bill.
• Southern members of congress were
s especially Interested in the proposed
• law because of the race feeling stlr
» red up by the exhibition of the Jef
• fries- John son moving pictures
Papers in C"al Deal Went Down.
> Pittsburg.—When Charles M. Hays,
, president of the Grand Trunk rail
road, perished In the TltanVs disaster
he took Into the sea with him signed
contracta closing a deal for 30,000
acres of coal In Belmont county, Ohio.
The deal Involved the payment of
•10,000000 to a syndicate of Pitts
burg men who hold options on the
property. The directors authorized
Mr. Hays to close the deal and the
necessary papers were Signed. These
were In Hays* pocket when the Titan
le went down.
TIFF BOARD MAY
LIVE ANOTHER TEAR
SENATE AUTHORIZES EXPENDI
TURE OF $225,000 FOR •EX-"
PERTB WORK.
THE HOUSE WILL OBJECT
Th« Democrats Opposed the Tariff
Board With But Thro* Exceptions—
The Regular and Progressive Repub
licans Were United In Its Bupport.
Washington.—President Taft's tar
iff board secured the promise of cm*
more year of life from the Senate.
After a short light that body, by a
vote of 34 to 29, authorised la the
sundry oirii appropriation bill and ex
penditure of >225,000 for another
1 year's work of investlgaton by the
t tariff experts.
Whether the appropriation is final
i t ly made will depend upon the strength
r. with which the House resists the
Senate's demands. The House refus
ed to provide for the tariff board
' when it framed the sundry civil bill
and Its conferences are expected to
fight the provision when the big sup
ply measure is sent into conference
, between the two houses.
Democrats opposed the tariff board
provision, with but three exceptions.
Senators Chamberlain, Newlandg and
' Thornton; while the regular and pro
gressive Republicans were united in
1 J its support. The first move by the
' Democrats was an amendment by Sen
: ators Stone and Bacon tdr a congree
-1 sional tariff commission, to consist of
five Senators and five members of the
' House. This plan was defeated by a
straight party vote, 31 to 21.
The presidential tariff board was
' made more subservant to Congress,
; however, by an amendment of Sena
tor Brlstow's, accepted by the Senate
' without a vote, and which requires
the board to report to Congress once
each year.
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Oet One of "Murdsr Csr" Qun Men.
New York.—The gun men wanted
for the killing of gambler Herman Ro
senthal are beginning to fall Into the
nets set by the police. Harry Vallon,
one of the five notorious gangsters
who were In the "murder car" the
night Rosenthal was shot, surrender
ed. Within ten days Deputy Commis-
I sioner Dougherty expects to round up
| the entire gsng.
Mitchell Appesls From Bentsncs.
Washington.—John Mitchell, vice
president of the American Federation
of Labor, was sentenced in the Dis
trict of Columbia supreme court to
nine months imprisonment for con
tempt of court growing out of the
I Bucks Stove ft Range Company case.
| An appeal was taken and 14,000 ball
furnished to abide by the decision of
' the upper court. In the same case
President Samuel Oompers was re»
' cently sentenced to one year and Seo
retary Frank Morrison to six months.
Strikers Win Technical Victory,
i Boston, Mass. Having gained
what they look upon as a technical
i victory before the state board of
conciliation and arbitration, the strik-
I ing trolley car men of the Boston ele
vated railway company presented
their alleged grievances to the grand
Jury at the Invitation of District At
torney Pelletler. The district attor
ney also summoned before the grand
| jury the president of the elevated
, company, General William A. Ban
croft, and two directors, James M.
Prendergast and James L. Richards.
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Twenty-five Hurt In Accident,
i Erie, Pa.—Twenty-five persons were
1 Injured, five seriously, when a trolley
1 ear Jumped the track at Four Mile
. Creek, a summer resort near here.
Passengers who escaped serious in
-1 Jury declared it was a miracle that
' the accident did not prove fatal to
) many. Ansong the Injured in the hoe
• pltal are MV. and Mrs. Henry A. Daw
-1 ley, whose daughter was killed at the
' same spot a month ago in an ante- -
' mobile accident.
Favors Repealing Reciprocity Act.
Washington-—President Taft has
r Indicated to several Western senators
| who were active opponents of Cana
dian reciprocity that the would favor
a repeal of the act. Mr. Taft will
not withdraw his own support of Can-"
dlan reciprocity that he would favor
understood, but will take the position
that the United States should not
continue an offer that Chnada refuses
to accept. The reciprocity laws con
tinue in effect in the United States
notwithstanding Canada's refusal to
endorse it
Seven Qlris Burned to Death.
London.—Seven girla were killed.
Ave were fatally injured and several
r others severely hurt In a fire in a
, four-story building in Moor Lane, in
j the heart of the city, occupied by
Celluloid Christmas card manufacture
{ era, who employed many females.
h The fire started in a front room oa
B the top floor and spread quickly. To
I reach the stairs the girls in the back
# room had to pass through the front
s room, and before they realised their
h danger, the flames had est off the
Beans of escape. ■