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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-26
THIS IS ONLY ONE OF THE MANY ATTRACT

ever in the state-Ths Agricultural
races and we cannot tell how many wa
Ladies' Orchestra in Coliseum fora.
Great Fireworks on same niahts-Ths
history and have many fine shows, in.
d there will be something that will in.
rowds.
and Reserved Seats 50 eents-Air.h;u
Grand Stand 10 cents.
GEORGE r. FULLER, Secretary.
aug24det
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Killed WooIf Joel.

The two, Solly and Woolf. were re-
ported to be identified with the revo-
lutionarv movements there and con-
nected with the Jameson raid. Won
Velthefm became involved IN a way,
and has since asserted that the Josl
brothers agreed to pay him $4,000 for
bringing about certain events. 1t was
over this that ne duarTeled with WOolf
Joel. and shot him to death in club
He was tried for murder. but acquitted
on the ground Of self-defense. He mad
written several threatening letters 10
each OF the brothers. and an undying
hatred sprang up between Solly and
Ihe adventurer.
Subsequently, Won Veltheim returned
to Europe. and I'm April. 1903. while in
Naples he met an American woman
OF some means. a Mrs. Hulse- She
was married. but that did not bother
Won Veltheim, and he persuaded her
tc go with him to Yanktown. s. D.
on her money, and there secure a di-
vorce. They married and lived i'm
Sioux Fails. 8 D.. for a time. He
spent all os her money, and shortly
after a child was born he deserted
her as he had all the others. They
had been married in March, 1904, and
he left her In June OF the following
wear
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Letters Signed @Kismet.-

During all this time Won Neltheim
never gave up the idea OF extracting
the $4,000 from Joel and continued to
write him threatening letters. prom
Using him the same fate that met HIS
brother. The letters were signed "Kis-
met" and formed the sensational fea-
ture OF the trial Won Veltheim de-
clared that nothing was meant by
them. but the jury thought differently.
Seldom las a trial been held in Eng
land that attracted more widespread
interest than that of Won Veltheim.
X was freely predicted that If he es-
capped punishment. Joers life would
be worth very little. Although there
was little actual evidence on which 10
convict Won Veltheim. his life story as
gathered by the London police proved
his nemesis and put him benieS oars
for a term that is likely tn pave the
remainder % his life. He did .5t deny
any of tie marriages. bar csc Jared
that each time he wed ne vas Tree
to do so from one cause or anothet-
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bought from the late Sir Blundel
Maple Des Rite his wealth ne does not
go into society or approach the roy
al or smart set circles at all He de-
votes most OF his time to his race
horses, and occasionally to his bust
ness. He a familiar figure at ali
race meetiI SIS. which, in England, are
held daily all the year round. His
stable has won some of the classic
events or he British turf. one OF the
biggest or last seasons being the
Gold Gun at Ascot.
II Is customary In a big event such
as this for the owner 10 lead his horse
into the paddock after the race amid
the plAudits of the crowd. King Ed
ward has done this himself. But Joel
at Ascot did not and the fact was
much commented on. One OF the Lon
don papers gave as HIS excuse, Mr.
Joel was afraid of soiling his dainty
yellow kid gloves"
Solly Joel has as neighbors in Lon
don a number OF peers and peeresses.
J. 3. Joel. in Grosvenor square. num-
beTs among his neighbors the Duke
Of Portland. the Duke OF Somerset.
and J. Plerpont Morgan, jr- Both have
also gathered around them many
South African millionaires. ike them
selves, Of Jewish extraction. But for
these trends the JOels live in solitary
grandeur. They have not startled
London IS Woolf Joel did. On one oe-
casfon Woolf and a friend went TO
Mente earle to buck the bank They
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in the center OF his forehead. the other
the bouquet Of roses he always wears
in his coat lie is probably the only.
man in tie world who wears q WON
ans bouqget for a boutonnlere. One
rose, perhaps two buds. is conven-
tional. but SoIly wears five or six
full blown and expensive roses His
curl he carefully cultivates and wears
his hat on the back OF his head so
that all can see and admire this hir-
suite adornment. For the rest OF hfrl,
e Is Just over fifty. FIVE feet eight
in height, well built but not stout.
with a typical German Hebrew
type Of face, rather fo-bidding in as
poet. HIS mustache is very black and
very heavy.
All the Joels are born gamblers.
They love racing. Soliy and J. 3.
are two OF the biggest rscehOrse own
ers and breeders in England. And so
they were in South Africa Solly would
attend strictly TO business IN the
morning at his company's great Of
fee on Fox snd Loveday streets H.
Joburg, but rs the afternoon would
drive out to his stables and watch the
training OF his horses.
Ioers extravagance was such that
when South Africa had a memorable
drought the Papers published cartoons
OF Solly taking a bath In soda water
and in champagne. A small soda cost
40 cents. and champagne was $40 a
crack. Later on this extraysgancs was
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AIDED BY Their Uncle.

solomon BaFnato Joel was the Ia
vorite nephew of the financial wonder.
Barney Barnato, who so astounded
the world 2 a brief period by break
ing all records in then get-rieh-quick
race. He had so much money that
It's care turned his brain, and he
Jumped overheard in mid-ocean of a
Cape liner. From clown in q travelling
circus to the man who signed the
biggest personal check on record, one
for over thirty-five million dollars. is
a big jump. yet when Barnato struck
it so rich in johannesburg. the first
thing he did was TO remember his
family He sent for his favorite Sis
ter's sons. solomon, ia * and Woolf
They had ali been given the riddle
name Of Barnato. Barney trained
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L. H. SOTHERN
NOT SERIOUS
THISONE TIM

81 HAVE been called serious and =
scholar for so long, said +. j.
Sothern. that the public doe
not seem to realize that ] enjo
a funny story or a laughable situa-
ton as much as does the averss
man. II seems a pity 10 distort "a
general impression. but ] must CO
Tess that I do laugh-sOmetimes on
in a while ! have made others laat
by some invention Of my own
father was as noted for his joking
propensities as / am for my men-a
suit Of sable An, old actor vi e
knew my father well, and who lat
became a member OF my company aa=
constantly deploriBg the lack or l,tlIg
on our journeys from one city TO AZ
other He was fond OF telling ne
Hgw my father had played This prau
and that one while the company va
on It's way 10 Washington or Mes.
York or some other city. The Old &C
Tor WAS the center Of attraction OF
ali our trips, Finally he said to rae
Why is Il that you have not inherit
"a some OF your fathers ability 10
5ozing2 Ny boy, you must get 0u-
Of this thoughtful state OF mind. b
merry and you viii be happy Max
PEOPLE laugh, and you win laugh YOUR
self
Il determined 10 follow his advice
and then and there ! formulated
plan BY which 10 surprise him.
We were on our way from Wasr-
ington to New York. ana every 0ns
was asleep. Not a sound was 20 b
heard. when suddenly a series O.
thunderous shores came from TIE
berth occupied BY the old genueman-
After these had continued for a Whii-
and the entire car had been arouse
I rang for the porter. The gentis
man above me is keeping syery or
awake. I said. kindly ask him -
stop snoring
The porter did as requested. Al
the old actor aDologized pTofusoty. A.
was silent, and every one went q
sleep once more. In a little while tbs
Enores began again. This time they
were louder than before. Heads sp-
reared from between curtains. and
every one rang his bell. The porter
once more came TO me for instructions
Porter. / said. you will have 20
sneak to the gentleman again. This
is uncomfortable. We must have sleep.
Once more the porter planted his
little ladder and climbed 10 the upDs-
berth. As he dIi so the lOudsst snore
OF ell filled the car. simultaneously
the old actors head appeared from
above. Ssh" he said. listen
haven't been ASLEEP since. 1 couldn L
snore while wide awake. could II
He listened intently for a momsnT,
then shook the curtains OF my oerfh
and called out 70 ms: You rasc1
you're caught; stop that joking
Tho entire car was oOnvulsed WikA
laughter BY this time. and no one *
joyed the situation more than 7 NY
self. for at last I felt that I had suo
oeeded ~ putting a quietus to the old
actor complains.
You must admit said /, that
got the best OF You that Tina even u
I did wait long time to do H.
Nothing OF the sort, M boy
am not laughing. II didn't strike nae
as funny. You see that joke was
something you Inherited from your
father. He tried it on me thirty year
ago. while he was playing Dundreary-
II was while we were going from
washington to New York. too Re
original. M boy, be original -
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, ARL FRIEDRICH NORTH

z ARL FRIEDRICH NORTH
LUDWIG KURTzE. alias
franz Won VeHheim. was
born in Germany in 1851 and
vas left an orphan at an early age.
Ills guardian put him in school, but
he vas continually being expelled
and was known as a bad boy through
out his academic days. on leaving
gchooi he entered the navy and later
the army under various names. In
1850 he appeared with a gold watch
bearing the crest OF Capt. Wilhelm
Won Yeltheim and It was presumed
that he had stolen il. but he soon dis
appeared and The army saw him no
l..o~e
IFS first move was long one. TAX
ing hin 10 Perth. western Australia.
and there he pnraded as Won Veitheim.
He told people that he was the son of
q German baron. In 1856 he began MS
bigamous and blackmailing career.
He was married in Perth and later
sent MS wife TO England, following
On the next steamer. He learned OF
an EnRlishnan Who had been atten-
1--WE TO nig wife on the trip ana
nromptly began 20 hlaclmsil hin-
threatening suit for damages for al
leged undue intimacy. He demanded
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Bohs In in New Orleans.

D0BS Up III New UEAthuss
He was next heard from IN New
Orleans, where he was an agent for
the West India Steamship Company.
He later moved 10 Santa Marta. Co
loInbis, where he became agent for
the Santa Marta Railway Company
and for the Anheuser- Busch Company
Of ST. Louis Later he was appointed
a consul in Santa Marta for the
United States. He left in 1895 and re
turned 10 Europe. It was charged
that he failed to account for $1,000
that he had collected for the An
3 euser- Busch people
Won Vsltheim's next exploit was 10
marry Paula Schiller in Germany. al
though his first wife was still living
and still hls legal wife. He secured
possession Of her property. which
amounted TO about $500, and then he
deserted her. It was not until 1902
that she learned her marriage was
bigarnous. and had IL annulled- Soon
after Won Veltheim had deserted Paula
Schiller, he became attentive 20 Marie
Afavrogordato, a Greek woman Of
means, who was in London caring for
a sick brother. He finally persuaded
her 20 marry him, and from her he
secured 81 800 Finding that he could
get no more from her, Won Veitheim
deserted her in April, 1897. and went
to the Trs- nsvaal. where he met the
Joel brothers.
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them up in the way they should go.
and soon made them partners IN his
colossal Arms, Barnato Brothers and
the Consolidated Investment COM
pany.
After the sensational suicide % the
head or the Arm II was Solly Joel who
got the Hons share Of the business
When Woolf Joel was killed most OF
his property also went 70 soliy. And
50 today SolIy Joel is a nulti-mil-
lionaire. living and enjoying life IN
England. with but ore dark cloud on
his horizon. And this takes the shape
OF Won Veltheim
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TABLo1Ds FOR THE AUTO,

- - for the woman who motors tina
most time and thought have been e.
handed this season in getting up con
S-eniences as well as luXuries. Il seem
as IN there was scarcely thlnR iacklra
,-,,,iei, .s11 contribute to the comfort ana
well being Of the motorist.
one o. the new outfits for touring f.
4, r1adicIne case "a which many commos
remedies are put up IN tabloid form ara,
ybich altogether takes up no more spacs
tian the smallest makeup box.
In the way of drugs there are quiniue
bisuuth, borax, and other remedies. me-
10 mention q first aid outfit consistirr
Of bandages, borfc lint. cotton wool ans
piasters, pins. scissors and sponge q
FOR burns castor oil. etc
More than this, there is q photograph 2
OUTFIT IN tabloid form, with all tine
necessary chemicals for developing. tor
ing. and fixing photographs.
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Wife Has Golden Hair.

For many long years Solly and the
other brother, JOEL lived IN the
Transvaal but in no great style
Solly lived at Dos rnfontein. at that
time the fashionable suburb Of 10
hannesburg. Later he moved 10 a
bigger house on Hospital HUI He
had married early in life when pros
poets OF becoming a multi-milIion-
aire looked slim. Report has Il that
his wife was a barmaid. At any rate.
she is a good-loolNing woman. who in
South Africa was noted for her beau
tiful golden hair She was seen with
her pretty seventeen year-old daugh.
ter In one OF the swagger Enclosures
at the last Goodwood races. she still
had the golden hair.
One vgoulc think that the JOels would
be right ia their element in johannes
burg. South Africans are wont to call
the city Joburg for short. But while
Woolf Joel became popular. was elect
, ed a member of the exclusive Rand
Club, and was often seen at society
events. Solly never managed 70 batter
down the sacred portals While he had
friends. and entertained. he was not,
and is not today. a popular man. In
Joburg he was famous as the white
haired boy of the Tenderloin.' In that
district of the city he was a prince
They tell strange stories there of
birds in a gilded cage. Of gay rev
els, of extravagant suppers TO the
chorus OF comic opera companies. OF
big wagers won and lost In gambling
houses. Things. in fact, got so lively
that Henry Hess, now noted figure
in London-South Africa affairs. then
the editor of the Johannesburg Critic,
published a column headed "A Letter
OF Advice to Soliy Joel. In Il there
occurred the significant sentence, You
can't burn the candle at both ENDS for
ever, my boy.
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Devoted TO Racing.

Soon after Woolf Joel was killed
solIy came 70 England. where he has
lived for the last ten years. He has
a magnificent town residence in Great
StanhoDe street. Mayfair, ana two
country places-Maiden Erlegh. near
Reading and Chfldwickbury, which he
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Paris. He had friend disguised a.
a priest perform a mock ceremony
He lived with her until he had spent
all Of her money and n child was born,
then told her that the marriage WIS
not legal and deserted her.
His next victim WAS a German VII
dow or considerable means. From her
no managed To extract S111.5 he be
came engaged TO her and got the
money ostensibly 70 invest n a certain
mining property in America. When
she became suspicious after having
turned over something Ike 5000, he
blackmailed her with th,eatenirg let
tiers into giving him the remainder Of
her fortune IN big iEstallments. " hen
she heard Of hts arrest last November
a. the instance of Joel for attempted
blackmail. she committed suicide.
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Figures IN Mock Marriage.

on the steamer leaving New York
Won Veltheim met young American
girl and before they reached the other
side he learned that she possessed sew
eraI thousands of dollars and per
suaded her 10 marry him secretly in
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applauded. II vas at the thne OF The
Vrededorp explosion. dozen years
go. Fifty tons Of dynamite went or
and forty hves went out with the eii-
tire village. Solly heard the news
while on chang Within five min
utes be was taking round the hat
COR a sufferers fund He put a check
Tor S25.0p0 i'm IL 10 start. IN an hour
ulc fund was completed and $4,000
had hee. subscribed. This act brought
President Kruger 10 Joburg Tor the
first time in years and Joel vas
officially thanked.
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TEN = y II y y /,
w : ::::;s s. :: nag :: 4. i:
Of diamonds,
caused the arrest of Franz Won
Veitheim in Paris last fall on
charge of attempt at blackmail, he
unmasksd one who is, without
doubt, one of the cleverest princes
of adventures; an artistic criminal
and uuScupulouS Scoundrel.
Today ION Velthein, whose real
name Is Kunse, is languiShing in an
English prison under a sentence of
twenty years penal serYitude, and
the British empire breatheS freely
once more; one of its most danger
Gus lsecheS has been temporarily
removed. 1t was at the trial, which
occurred the second week in Febru-
airy, that Won Velthein'S life story
became known. II was read in open
court, and the scores of spectators
listened In open-mouthed horror.
SOlly Joel was the favorite
nephew of Barney Bamato, and to-
day he is the chief of the South
African multi milIionalrcS and
head Of Barnato Brother and the
De Beers diamond mines. When
he succeeded in placing Won Welt
helm behind prison bars he not
only removed a dangerous black
mailer from his path, but in a meas
ure avenged the death of his
brother. Woolf Joel, who was shot
nine years ago by Won Veltheim.
Won Veltieim was an adventurer
pure and simple, and he never did
things by halves. He never played
for small stakes, and the world
was his playground. The scene al
ways shifted for each chapter, and
more than one was laid in the
United States. In addition to his
blackmailing proclivities, he was a
bigamiSt Of the first water, and his
path IS blazed by a half dozen or
more duped women.
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Joel Noted for Two Things.
solly Joel was. and still is. noted for
two things. One is the curl he wears
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-10-17
n. q. GrvLER. Pub.
The Retterment of Farm Life.

President Roosevelt has appointed
a commission of five men to report on
methods of Improving the social con-
ditions OF farm life. Next to the con-
servation of national resources, he re-
CARDS the welI-being of the farmer as
the chief problem before the iation-
On the man who gives us the materi-
ais for clothes and food the entire ma
ton depends. Through him society is
rooted in the land. Many of the great
economic improvements in late years
have been directed to the betterment
of farming. The department of agri-
culture has been working to increase
the productivity of the land. to IN
struct farmers in the best methods
of cultivation. All the development or
irrigation, the establishment of rural
postal delivery, the improvement of
waterways and railroads over which
cities, the good roads movement, the
creation of state agricultural colleges,
the regeneration of the district school
system, have tended to make farming
more prosperous and the farmer
healthier and better instructed. But
most of this work has dealt in land
and crops and tools and roads; it has
in large measure missed the human
being. The presidents most inspir
ing idea, his most statesman-like mo-
tive, is the belief that it is the man
that counts. We must help and i'm
prove human beings. We must make
farm life SO attractive that the best
strength of the nation will live it. At
present the brilliant prizes of life
seem to lie In the city, and too many
capable boys are tempted away from
the soil. To bring to the farm the es-
sentia1 comforts and intellectual inter
ests of the cities. to give farm boy and
farm girl every chance for self-im-
provement, to secure to the farmer his
proper share of the profit of his labor
to make life in the country most worth
iving-this is the problem the solu-
ton of which will strengthen the foun-
dations of national prosperity. Meas
sion, says the Youths Commpanion,
are the establishment CT postal
savings banks, the creation of rural
parcel post, by which the farmer may
more easily get the products of manu-.
facture, the increase of cooperation
and borrowing" and the better adap
tation of rural schools to the training
of children for life on the farm"
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at night l. never heard his voice; he
always whispered I think he was an
Indian The night he freed me and
told me to go gun at my back hur-
ried me, warned me neither to look
around nor speak. 1 fastened along a
steep path that led from the mouth
of the tunnel. Dearest, you can never
know what rapture it was to see the
stars againi / can only guess how far
1 went before 1 fell, striking my head.
When 1 recovered consciousness
couldn't stand, but crept ON slowly in
the darkness
Esther stroked his hand softly, but
did not speak
I don't know how far. or what hap
pened- T."
'-And them" she questioned as he
halted.
The hospital at Sacramento
opened my eyes to sanity more than
three months after the trip to Gid
cons mine"
And you've been in danger since,
many times, haven't you?"
"Oh. no; not often. Don't fancy me
charging danger every day, sweet
heart. like a modern Saint George"
Yet, your business in San Francisco
Il know you had enemies. have them
now-company' enemies"
We'll, that need trouble you nc
more. I'm to have other work to do
1 did have one escape there; it might
have been my end. One night a ruff
fan caught me from behind on dark
street; and some one else Immediately
wre2ched bin away and whispered in
my ear, RUM 1 haven't the slightest
idea who either OF them was, though
I've tried hard to discover the mar
who saved me-
Esther listening, breathless, knew il
must have been Gideon; but she was
mute.
A chill hand on her cheek startled
her. "Out of the blanket against or
dersi" she exclaimed. when did yor
eat last? And please keep, the blankel
snug" she coaxed.
"This-no, yesterday morning. re
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-10-17
NO eUsHER
But Tells Facts About Postum.

1--WE have used Postum for the past
eight years" writes Wis. lady, land
drink it three times day. We never
tire of it.
For several years I could scarcely
eat anything on account of dyspepsia,
bloating after meals, palpitation, sick
headache-in fact was in such misery
and distress I tried living on hot water
and toast for nearly a year.
81 had quit coffee. the cause of my
trouble, and was using hot water. but
this. was not nourishing.
Hearing of Postum I began drink
ing it and my ailments disappeared.
and now can eat anything I want
without trouble.
MY parents and husband had about
the same experience Mother would
often suffer after eating, while yet
drinking coffee. My husband was
great coffee drinker and suffered from
indigestion and headache.
After he stopped coffee and began
Postum both ailments left him. He
will not drink anything else now and
we have it three times a day. could
write more but am no gusher-only
state plain facts
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich Read sThe Road TO
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a Reason
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time- They
are genuin>, true, and full Of human
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