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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-16
FIVES YEARS IN THE PEN.
Two Members of Notorious Gang of
Baggage Thieves Sentenced.

RICHMOND, Va, July 16.-Hcnry Allen
and Louis Rogers, baggage thieves, are to
serve five years in the penitentiary. They
We're arraigned in court yesterday, and
each pleaded guilty. They We're at once
sentenced to five years for that crime, and
for attempt to break Jail they We're given
six months additional, and this too, will be
served in the penitentiary.
The men are two CT the members of a
gang which has been pursued by the Pink
ertons for the last five years. They have
been trailed ali ever the country. and were
nabbed by l.. l.. Sherer. detective in the
employ of the Chesapeake and Ohio after
they had sto-en several trunks at Char
lotteSvillc.
Allen and a woman named Edith Stein
alias Allen, were captured in New York
and brought here after fighting requistion
for a long time. Edith Allen Cor Stein) is
in jail here and is in a delicate condition.
She will be allowed to go free, as there are
no witnesses to appear against her. Il is
believed that the men pleaded guilty with
hope of saving the woman from the peni-
Tertiary.
Miller. another. of the gang, escaped
from the TOInbs in New York. He is
brother of police detective in that city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-16
HOTEL BARBER SHOPS RAIDED.
Genuine Surprise Sprung by the Police
at baltimore

BALTIMORE. July 16-The barber shops
connected with the Hotel Rennert and
the Hotel Raleigh, as we'll as the shops of
less prominent tonsorial artists living in
East Baltimore were visited Sunday
morning by a trio of pain-clothes police
men from the central dictrict. The officers
waited very patiently for those in the
chairs to get alleged unlawful Sunday
shaves and then, in answer to the cry OF
Next" given by the debona.r BARRIERS,
said: You are all under arrest"
In all cases the men whom the police
men found in the chairs were given time
to get the regulation shaves before the
places were declared raided. and conse-
quently it was a clean-shaven. close
cropped collection of witnesses that an
sWered to their names when they were
taken before the desk of Lieut.. Cole. to be
properly recorded as testifiers.
The war upon the barber shops is the
result of the incorporating and long
fought battle of the Boss BARRIERS Pro-
tnctive Association. whose lattcr-day meet
ings have been raplete with plans and
counter plans for the purpose OF defeating
the barber who, besides possibly commit
ting the tonsorial sin of charging only =
cents for shave, also persists in keeping
open on Sunday The Boss BARRIERS Pro-
tective Association claimed that the men
were not only breaking the law but were
also making them the recipients OF hints
from their own customers, who intimated
that Sunday shave would be appreciated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-16
Found Dead in the Woods.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 16.-James
w. Clindinin, about thirty-fve years old
formerly living at SIS East North avenue,
Baltimore, committed suicide in the woods
at Pleasantville, near this city, Saturday
night by shooting himself in the mouth with
a pistol He was found yesterday morning
with the weapon lying beside him. Gin
dinin was a member of the Printers and
Pressmen's Union of Baltimore and was
employed by the Friedenwald Company I'M
til about two weeks ago, when he went to
Philadelphia to obtain work there. He
was not a Baltimorean by birth, but had
come there from the west. his wife being
from Ohio. He is survived by son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-16
Missing Man Was Murdered.

PIEDMONT, w. Va, July 16-The
body of Joseph Harris of Bloomington,
Md, two miles west of Piedmont, was
found Sunday badly decomposed in
some bushes near Bloomington. lie was
single, sixty-five years old and had been
missing ten days. Harris head had been
crushed with piece of iron and stones.
His money, $50, was found in the weeds,
near the body, as if thrown away when
attacked in the dark. An inquest was
held and verdict of murder rendered. The
body was buried at Bloomington last
evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-16
RAILWAY OUT OF POLITICS.
No Mere Lobbies at Washington or
State Capitols,

DIES MONIES Iowa, July 1G-At a lunch
con rendered him yesterday by Des Moines
business men President Winchell of the
Rock Island railroad said that the Rock
Island road is out of politics and will do
away with its Hobbies and lobbyists both
in the state legislature and the national
Congress.
John Sebastian, general traffic manager of
the same road, who was entertained with
President Winchell, said that the Rock Is
land will not reduce its passenger service on
account of the two-cent rate, but has and
viii improve it.
President Wirchell said:
The Rock Island Railroad Company is
out of politics, and wants to be in closer
touch with business men. The Rock Island
road feels that we should have nothing to
do with politics. We will maintain no lobby
in the future in Des Moines, other state
capitals or the national capital al Washing
ton"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-16
FLOODS IN GERMANY.
Heavy Rains Put Rivers on a Ram.

BERLIN, July 16-From six to eight
inches of rain have fallen throughout the
greater part of Germany during the last
three days, and as a result a number of
rivers have overlooked their banks, car
rying death and destruction into the sur
rounding country.
No less than a dozen minor railroad acc,-
dents from washouts have been reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-16
II. J. Coggeshal Dead,

WATERNILLE, n. Y, July 16.-Former
State Senator Henry James CoSgeshall died
at his home here yesterday. He was born
IN 1910, and as a republican he served in
the senate in 1SS4-19O0 and 1905-06. By
profession he was a lawyer. Several weeks
ago the senator experienced an attack of
pneumonia, which left him with an anemic
trouble. His son Harold. who is engaged
in the Indian government service in In
dian Territory, and another son. Charles, of
Washington, reached here Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-16
Mysterious Death of a Girl.

HANOVER, Pa, July 16.-Miss Ella May
Leppo. the twenty-year-old daughter of
John B. Leppo, died suddenly at her home
here, and foul play is suspected. Awakened
by the means of her daughter, Mrs. Leppo
found the girl lying the floor of their
sitting room. A physician was summoned
but the girl died shortly afterward. Frank
Noel, the dead girls friend, who was in
her company several hours before her
death, declares that when he left Miss
Leppo she seemed to be in her usual health.
An inquest and autopsy will be held.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-16
RAILROADS.
SOU lTIHIiEIRN RAILWAY,

y. B.-Following schedule figures published only
Information. and are not guaranteed.
200 am.-iany lille and way stations.
'Se5 m.-Iiarrisonburg and way stations.
1900 n m.-SleeperS and coaches to Atlanta and
New Orleans. Dining car.
al 60 an.-Slce.crs and coaches to Columbia
Savannah and Jacksonville. Dining
t4;o1 IarriSonburg and way stations.
- -, pm Charlottcs Vile. Warrenton and way
stations: Strasbu,g week days.
s6:l3 pm.-Sleepcrs and coaches to Atlanta and
Columbus. Ca. Sunset Route Tourist sleeper to
San Francisco tri-wcckly.
$50 p.m.-Sleerers and coaches to Charlotte
Columbia and Augusta. Dining
'10:15 p. m.-Sleepers and coaches (vfa Lynchburs
and RristoD to Chattanooga, Memphis and New
Orleans. Dinin: car.
'1l:O0 n.r.-New York and New Orleans Ltd
solid Pullman to Ashcville Atlanta, birmingham
aud New Orleans. Club and observation cars
Dining
Ncte.-'Daly. Week days.
Through trains from the south arrive Washington
1:35 S:i5 and o:n3 am. 2:3o, 5:25 S45. ii 30
and ii 10 pm. daily. Local trains from Harrison
burg, l2:23 Pm. week days and 800 pm. daily
from charlottesville daily. and Strasburg week
days, SIG I'm.
Frequent trains to and from Bluemont.
Ticket Offices: 1a5 18th St, 511 Pa ave. and
pennsy ana station.
Oh. ACkERT, v. p. &ti.M. S. II IIARDWICK, F. T NJ
w. III. TAGLDE. 6. PA. l.. s BROWN A..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-16

ment is the application of common sense
so that under constant use the forests in
stead of being used up. will keep coming
What this book claims for the forest serv-
ice Is that. instead OF locking up the public
domain. 1t makes the best possible use of
every bit of 1t, rendering these vast noun
tain regions a great deal more valua BILE
simply by using them in a careful way
wit hthought for the future
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-16
POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.
RAILROADS,
chesapeake 6 Ohio Railway

Chesapeake 6 Ohio Railway
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JUNE 30 1907.
200 P.M.-OLD DOMINION EXPRESS. daily
Stops at principal points in Virginia. YES
Thule train, standard coaches: parlor TO
Clifton Forge. with connection for Virginia Hot
Springs Pullman slecrers clifton Forge to
Louisville. Cincinnati. Indianapolis, st. Louis
ana Chicago; dining ear With Il la carte service
from GCrdOusyilie.
40 PM.-NEW G. & q. LIMITED. daily-Fast
new NestlhGle train; stops only at Gorlons Vile.
thar!"UcsVllle, stanton, Clifton Forge and
toVlnglon. Va. White Sulphur. Ronceverte and
Ilintoa, '" Va. Pullman slccpcrs to Lexington
Louisville. Cincinnati Indiana polls. St. Louis
and Chicago. Dining cars. la carte service.
One Eight out.
1l:iO PM.-F- +. v LIMITED. daily-Solid YES
Thule train. Pullman slecucrs to Cincinnati
Lexington and Louisville Commandment slrrn-
Ing car to Virginia Hot Springs week DAYS
Dining ears, a Ia carte service Sccpcrs Gin.
ciEnatl To Chicago and It. Louis and Louisville
10 Memphis, Nashville and southwest
Reservations and tickets at ChcSn Veake and Ohi)
Offices. 5lS PenHsy lyan!a avenue Gp9 i4th street
near +, and Sixth Street Station. Telephone Main
BI3O FOR Pennsylvania r. X. Cab Service and Main
1oo6 for G. X o. Ticket office
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SUBURBAN PROPERTY.
go THE WAY OF THE ARROW"
C :';''|z; z{

"A PLACE TO LIVE
THE COOLEST PLACE NEAR THE CITY TO
SPEND THE DAY is meath the shade of the old
trees of FLORAL HILL LAWN, on Minnesota ave.
near PENNSYLVANIA ave, at end of Randle High
lands line tONE FARE).
OUTING PARTIES WELCOME GROUNDS
FREE. Call at office,
$40 Washington Loan and Trust Bldg.
To have grounds reserved for special dates.
W. LEE WHITE SONS
Phone Main 3424. 9th and F SITS.
jyl4tf,20
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-16
A Common Misapprehepsion.

A common charge is that when a national
forest is made all the resources of the re-
g:on are at once locked up, industry
checked, settlement prohibited and future
growth made impossible difficult. The
look cohtenos that exactly the opposite is
true 1t says that before a forest is Gre
ated agricultural lands are carefully exclud-
ed from the boundaries, but 1t often hap
pens that there are patches of agricultural
land within these borders. Such lands are
open to settlement. The prospector and the
miner go on just as if there were no ma
tional forest there. When the prosnector
strikes mineral he can stake out record and
develop just as many claims as he thinks
worth while. If he wants to get a patent
to any of them, he may do so, but he must
not take up claims merely for the timber
on them or to get possession of the land for
purposes not connected with mining. Ma
tional forests. says the book, do not affect
the work of mine development in the least.
except that they keep the timber in the
country for the Usa of the mines when
they need it and as long as they need it.
Title to lands valuable chiefly for timber
cannot pass from the government but the
timber is not locked up. 1t is there to he
used. now and in the future. 1t is given
away, for domestic use. to the man with a
home and to the prospector developing his
claim. If wanted for commercial purposes
it Is sold promptly and at a reasonable rate
to the small man and the big man alike
Last year I0HO00J0 feet were sold and
15,GOO,COO given away.
Use as Cattle Ranges.
For range the national forests are now
used by 100000 cattle and horses and
6,GOo.C0o sheep. The government prevents
it from being burned up or over-grazed,
and gives the small man the first chance
The of the water supply is not re-
stricted. but is made steadier by the
spongelike function OF the forest SOIL
which. if denuded of trees. would be
swept bare by rains and cause floods in
the lowlands. followed by drought
Railroads, wagon roads, trails, canals
fumes. reservoirs and telephone and power
lines may be constructed through national
forests. and stores. hotels, residences,
power plants or mills may be built on the
land.
Arguments that county taxes are in
creased by the separation of large tracts of
land are answered in the little volume by
the statement that county governments re-
ceive 10 per cent of all the receipts from
the sale of timber, use of range, etc. dur
ing the year. Last year S75,00O was thus
paid and it is expected that this sum will
be doubled this year.
The principle of national forest manage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-16
USE OF FOREST RESERVES
CLEARING AWAY Of SOME PoPU-
LAR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Purpose of the Service Explained in a
Publication Just Issued by the
Government.

By the forest service there has recently
been issued a little book written in the SIM
pl"st language and expressing its meaning
with the greatest clearness, to explain the
why and wherefore of the national forests
It's title is The Use of the National For
ests,' and it reads like a brief for the de-
PENDANT.
Forester Clifford Pinchot and his policies
nave been bitterly attacked by various in
terests and by individuals. 1t may be taken
that the modest little red book is dispas-
slonate reply to the foresters critics. Even
if it We're not issued as such. it serves the
purpose admirably.
National forests says the anonymous
author, are made for and owned by the
people. They are made, not to give the Of
fcers IN charge Of them a chance to work
out theories. but to give the people who
use them, and those who are affected by
their use. a CHARGE TO work out their own
best profit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-16
Seaboard Air Lime Railway

TICKET OFFICE, 1921 PENNA. AVE.
NOTlCE.-Fnllnwing schedule not guaranteed.
Fer Raleigh Wilmington. Columbia. Savannah.
Jacks"nyi!lc. Tampa. Atlanta, Birmingham, Mem
phis and New Orleans
900 M DAIII-Saaboard Mail. Through
coaches and Pullman Slrep"rs to Savannah and
Jacksonville. Through Secpers Washington to
Hamlet and Hamlet to Atlanta and Birmingham.
biuing Cars.
Goa PM. Daiiv-Scaboard Express Solid train
with coaches and Pullman SIeGpcrS to savannah,
Jacksonvln and Tamra Through Sleeper to At
lanta and birmingham. Dining Cars
x. II. SrANSEII. District Passenger Agent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-16
Atlantic Coast Line.

Effective April O. 1907.
Notice.-These departures are given as informs
tion. as well as connections with other compa niles
but arrivals and connections are not rusrsnteed
40 am. daiy-Sleepinp New York TO Jack
Jack Sonylle.
3i3 pm. daily-Sieeping Car New York TO Jack
fonyille Fla New York to Port Tampa Fla. via
JaeksonN!ile' New York 10 Augusta. Ca: New
York to Charleston. s. c.. Washington TO " L.
niugton, N. q Through coaches Washington to
Jacksonville. UNEACELLED DINING CAR SEnY.
ICE.
For tickets md all reformation apply ut the
OFFICE OF THE LINE. Col PENNSYl.v ANA
AVENUE NORTHWEST AND PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD STATION.
GEO. r. JAMES.
District Passenger Agent, Washington, D, @.
4. @. WHITE, Gen. Pass. Agent.
". J. CRAIG.
Pass. Trafac Mgr. Wilmington. N. O.
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G hesapeake Beach

Railway CO,
Schedule Of excursion tri t, ard from Chesa i,eake
Beach Subject 70 chan without notice.
WEEK DAYS.
GOING-Leave District Line Station at go and
II 100 am, ego $40, 40 and 9:45 pm
RETIRNlNt-Ieavc the Reach at $50 am.
12:i5. 200. 600. 500 and 1000 pm.
SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS.
9:i5 pm.
RETCRNING-7 AM, 1o:45 2:1o. 8. S and 10
pm.
PAUL Y. WATERS. General Manager.
wi -tf
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OCEAN TRAVEL.
. Ct'c II. 81 20. wk.. SIS. mn. 81. 30
NORTH GERMAN LLOYD

NUR III UEEgWENIN LLUYU
Fast Express Service.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS UEG-BREMEH.
L-i.sr. July So 10 Kaiser Aug. y. 10 am
n. VIM. ii. Aug. 6. 5 AN k.Wm.l lis Sept. 3, pm
kroEp'z Aug. l3 1880 hronrrinz. Sept. 10. am
Ce'i!ie tnew1. Aug 20 Jpn CeCie(new) Sept1i, lam
Twins Screw Passenger Service.
PLYMOUTH HERBOURG-B REMEN 10 AN.
kurfuerst. July Is 80 rbarosSa Aug Is
Friedrich. July % kurfucrst. Aug. %
Z, Alice ... Aug Friedrich Aus ~
'Errmen direct.
Mediterranean Service.
Observation-Disclosures GENOA. AT il M.
.NscLIr. .Jnly 20 Luise. Aug. 81
X LIlse........J July 2Isk. Albert. 800. Sept.
X. Alrcrt. Aug. 81 -Neckar. Sept. II
L. Irene. Aug. iIsl'. Irene. Sept. 81
'OuitS Genoa.
Fran Bremen Piers 3d AMI 4th SITS, IIohoken.
MOI, II GERMAN LLOYD TRAVELLERS CHECKS
COOP ALL OVER TIE WORLD.
. OELRlCliS co. No. BKoADWM, v. Y.
l.. /. pRNOp & SONS CO.. e25 JENNA AVE.
fe2-sa. I'll tn tlI.f .3lHt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-15
Fine and Costs of the higgins
Couple Are RENTED.
Public Quickly Forgets a Trag-
edy at Fort Scott.
CRUELTY TO CHILDREN
Were Jailed on Charge ola Most
Serious Crime.
1t Is Stated Now That Pardon
Is Being Sought.

Fort Scott, Kan, Feb. 15.-One or
the principal actions taken by the
board of county commissioners at it's
recent sitting was to show clemency
to Mrs. Belle higgins and husband.
George higgins, who have been in jail
for almost one year.
Upon the recommendations of the
county attorney the board RENTED
the fine in each case, as wen as the
costs, and when their term of one
year is up they will be released. Judge
Simons fined each of them $3.50 and
sent them to Jail for one year. The
costs in each case reached a sum sim
liar to the fine, hence if they were
compelled to pay the fine and costs
they would be out $500 each. OF
course neither has any money and af-
ter thinking over the case some time,
Mr.. Caldwell came to the conclusion
that it was a dead expense on the
county to feed the pair and that they
should be liberated when their term
of imprisonment had been served.
1t was stated today that an effort
was being made to get a pardon for
Mrs. higgins. 1t is presumed that IN
case a pardon is granted the old wo-
man that her husband will be includ-
ed in the act of mercy, too. 1t is un-
derstood that someone who has for
gotten how cruelty these people treat
ed their little children, has suffered
from melting of the heart at thought
of keeping the pair in Jail so long.
and have taken it upon themselves to
seek their liberation. Who is behind
the pardon scheme is not known by
the county officials. But it is pretty
safe to say that the governor will not
dabble in this affair. When first ar
rested the officers spirited the Rigginses
away from town, fearing that they
might be lynched. Now comes some
one to ask for pardon for them after
their fine and costs have been re-
mitted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-15
THIRTY-EIGHT NEW DRUGGISTS.
Diplomas Secured by Those Who Took
Registration Examination.

Arkansas City. Kan, Feb. 15.-The
state board of pharmacy held an ex-
animation here this week. There were
sixty young druggists here to take the
examination for registration, and the
names of the thirty-eight who were
successful have been announced. They
We're as follows:
Charles H. Andrews. Wichita; Ray
Y: Archer, Paradise; Fred G. Bechtel,
Eldorado; Fred L. Burns, Kansas
City; William ]. Bishop, Junction
City: T. ]. Campbell, Laharpe; L. e.
Daniels, Stafford; John Drarb. lola !;
r. B. Dykes, Mackville; w. L. Deharb,
Parsons; W. F. Clevendon, Leaven-
worth; j. w. Fox, Wichita; Frank F.
Frye, Garnett; J. A. English, Sterling
X. ID. Roach, Kansas City; J. / Nor
ris. Marquette; John A. Sage, st.
Marys; n. G. Pitcher, Winfield; N. J.
Montgomery, Greenleaf; w. H Her
ron, Topeka; c. E. Sands, Junction
weldon, Parsons: w. V. Reiser, Mar
quette; H. D. Julian, Eldorado; H. J..
Travis. Pleasanton; George A. Hib-
bard. Medicine Lodge; A. H. johnson,
Great Bend; G. A. Spray, Grenola
Carl @. Selig, Eldorado; F. E. Men1y,
Wellington; F. c. Henry, Lenexa; Ray
johnson. Peck; F. NJ. Munson, Clay
Center; Robert Mcmillan, Wamega
Thomas A. Hitchcock, westphalia; O..
w. Schnepel, Ellinwood; A. T. Lowry,
Ness City.
The following were given grades of
assistant registered pharmacist:
II. c. Ward, Cherryvale; Earl c..
Young. Boulder; Frank w. Whinnery,
Oxford
The board will hold its next meet
ing in Kansas City, Kan, May %.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-15
BAD FOR MARTIN.
The Famous Jockey Ruled From
New Orleans Track.
Will Be Seen in the Saddle No
More This Winter.
is HANDED A PACKAGE.
Has a Rich Engagement for
Spring I'm Gotham.
How Far Reaching the Decision
Is Hard to Forecast.

New Orleans, Feb. 15.-The long de-
ferred ruling in the case Of Jockey
Jack Martin, who has been under in
vestigation for some three weeks by
the fair grounds stewards, primarily
for bad ride on Orly II, when Civill's
old campaigner was beaten off in a
race won by Marvin Neal, has been
finally announced by Secretary Nathan
son. Martin, the star money rider"
in the country, and with a rich en-
gagement in New York for the coming
ruling suspending him to the end of
the fair grounds meeting, next April.
As the ruling will, of course, be en-
forced by City park, it means Martin
viii be seen in the saddle no more this
winter. The ruling is something of a
disappointment, as it was generally
understood when it was finally rem
dered other people, and people of some
turf prominence, would be involved,
but no one is mentioned other than
Jockey Jack" How far-reaching the
ruling in the case of Martin may be
is hard to forecast just now. Authori-
ties on eastern racing conditions say it
will make the issuance of a license to
Martin by the jockey club a matter of
some doubt.
Martin is under contract for next
summer to the Johnson-Farrell-Su lli-
van combination, which has been plan
ming big campaign, and relying upon
Martin to do the bulk of the riding.
This is the combination which bought
DR.. Gardner from Barney Schneider
for $4,000 last fall, and which owns
the champion sprinter Roseben and
other horses of sufficient class to make
a decided impression on metropolitan
racing.
There is no question all the Tam
many influence, in response to the
pressure of Tim Sullivan will bring to
bear, will seek to have the license is
sued, but it is more than whispered
that the eastern stewards were no
more pleased with some of Martins
riding last summer than Mr.. Bryan
was with his work here this winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-15
HITS BIG WISCONSIN MEN.
Governor Davidson Alleged to Have
Accepted Mexican Plantation Stock.

La Crosse, Wis, Feb. 15.-The deposi-
ton of Charles z. Seller, former stock
agent, read in the suit of Henry E.
Horne. trustee. against the original
promoters of the Mexican Plantation
company to recover $125,000 for the
stockholders, alleging misrepresenta-
ton and fraud, showed transfers of
stock in the company to Nile P.
Haugen, former state tax commission
err, and Governor James o. Davidson,
for which it is charged they paid moth
ing except the influence their names
upon lists of stockholders might have
on investors.
Seller asserted that he gave the stock
to both for their influence in promoting
further stock sales. Seller testified that
he personally paid the company for the
stock. 1t was shown that an attempt
was made to approach Joseph Boschert,
cashier of a local bank, upon a similar
basis.
The Mexican Plantation company's
property in Mexico cost the original
promoters $1,000 Mexican money. The
company was Incorporated and stock
issued for s75O,O00 The investors were
wage earners throughout Wisconsin,
Minnesota and Iowa. The court is now
endeavoring to ascertain from the pro-
motors what became of the stock.