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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-20
KANSAS VERY "DRY"
Gov. Stubs to Sign Bill Today
Limits Sale by Druggists.
(By Associated Press. }

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb BOT will
within one minute after it reaches
me-" said Governor Stubs today.
The bill will probably be signed this
afternoon. 1t becomes effective In
the latter part of May, which gives
the druggists time to dispose of their
stocks of liquor
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LONDON. - Hostilities between
Servia and Austria are said to be
closer at hand today than at any
time since. the war talk involving
those two countries began. This is
made plain in a note the Austrian
government recently sent to Bel
grade. 1t was revealed today that
it contained the threat that unless
Servia disarms her troops by Feb. 27,
Austria will declare war and rush
soldiers to the frontier
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BRIEF NOTES BY WIRE

SALEM, Ore.-The Oregon rail-
road commission has announced that
beginning March 4 it will prosecute
a searching investigation directed
against the Northern Pacific railroad,
which has announced an increase of
rates of nearly 100 per cent to take
effect March /.
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Caught i'm His Trap.
(By Associated Press. J

PITTSBURG, Pa, Feb. 20.-John
G. Ward, an official of the Sabbath
Observance association, of Union
town, Penn, was found guilty of
working on Sunday and fined 81 and
costs today. Ward has been en-
ployed in gathering evidence for his
organization.
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DEFIANCE, O.-One life was lost
and two men were seriously injured
today by an explosion in the plant of
the American Steel Packing COM
pany The cause of the explosion
is being investigated.
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Washington Weather.
(By Associated Press. }

Rain tonight and Sunday on the
coast; rain or snow in the east por-
ton; brisk to high easterly winds.
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VANCOUVER, B. C.-Detectives
deny that they promised Bill Miner
the escaped desperate, freedom if he
returned the bonds stolen in a train
robbery and belonging to the Cana
dian Pacific railway.
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CINCINNATI, O.-President-Ele
Taft leaves tomorrow for Philadel-
phia to remain there until the in
auguration.
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NEW YORK.-Carnegie is backing
a polar expedition to the Arctic to
study the magnetic phenomena.
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and in America. Cruppi promised to
take these suggestions under con-
sideration.
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ASSESS TAXES ON
MONEY IN BANKS
COUNTY ASSESSOR OSBORN HAS
RECEIVED DEFINITE INSTRUC-
TIONS FROM STATE TAX CON-
MISSIONERS.

Money in banks will be assessed
by the county assessors this year.
This is the announcement made by
Assessor Osborn. He has just re-
ceived a letter from 7. D. Rockwell,
president of the state board of tax
commissioners, which reads as fol-
lows:
Term Money Defined.
Replying to inquiries coming
from different assessors, this board
desires to advise you to place upon
your rolls for the coming year money
on deposit in banks, as well as all
other money that may be returned.
Section of the Annotated Revenue
Laws of the state, which is Section 4,
page 1873, laws of 1907, contains the
following language:
The term money" or mon
eys," wherever used in this act shall
be held to mean gold and silver coin,
gold and silver certificates, treasury
notes, United States notes, bank
notes, and every deposit which any
person owning the same or holding
in trust, and residing in this state
is entitled to withdraw in money
Authority is Quoted.
I'm the case of the State ex rel
Wolfe VS.. Parmenter, the supreme
court held the act of 1907, which
declared moneys and credits to be
not property for the purpose of tax
alton. to be" unconstitutional so far
as moneys were concerned. So, TAX
ing the decision of the supreme court
in connection with the statute quot
ed above, and which statute, so fan
as we have been able to find, has nc
judicial construction, we feel com
PEELED to instruct you to assess the
moneys on deposit in banks, subject
to withdrawal or demand, and, Of
course, it should be assessed not to
the bank having it on deposit. but
to the depositor.
''In preparing your detail sheet
blanks for the coming assessment
you will please keep in view this
instruction.
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HELENA, Mont.-The house yes
terday rejected the bill to prevent
race inter-marriage.
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WASHINGTON. - Senators Pen
rose of Pennsylvania and Lafollette
of Wisconsin had a sharp tilt on the
floor yesterday, the former accusing
the latter of absenting himself when
important measures were before the
senate.
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NEW YORK. Morton and
the other officials of the Equitable
Life Assurance society have been re-
elected.
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SPARKS, Nev.-Mrs. VIM. TUFTS,
who publicly whipped a police officer
for alleged SANDER, has been fined
s75.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29
hese plants are kept in operation by use

these plants are kept in operation by use
Of reserve rock supply.
CRESTON-Miss Edith Knight of this
city and Leland Parker of Kingsley, Kan,
were married in this city yesterday az the
home of the brides mother, Mrs. William
knight, Rev. Frank I. Hanscom of the
Congregations church officiating. Sixty
invited guests were present. The bride Is
one of Creston's prominent young women
and - groom is a Kansas business man.
1ESTON-Miss Daisy Woods, a former
Bedford girl. who has been connected until
recently with Cornell college at Mount
Vernon. is to leave this fall for Calcutta,
India, where she will assume charge OF the
European Girls High school in that city
as its principal. The school Is an inter-
denominations affair, under the patronage
of the British government.
OSKALOOSA-Rey. James II Rebihan
Of Oskaloosa, one of the best known Cath
Ollie priests In the state, died at the Mercy
hospital in Davenport Sunday as the re-
suit Of pneumonia. He was the first priest
born in Davenport to receive orders, and
a peculiar feature OF his death is that IL
occurred on the anniversary Of his. or
dinatiOn. He had been in charge Of st.
Mary's church at Oskaloosa for the last
forty-one years.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29
Omnhans to Build Hotel.

SHENANDOAH, Ia, July 2S.-(Special.)-
A proposition has been made the Boosters
club, here by some Omaha parties, to build
a three-story hotel building, at a cost Of
not less tina $4,000 for the building, ex-
elusive Of the furnishings. The one stipula-
ton that they make is that a site be
furnished them, which is now owned by the
Elks lodge and on which they have the
plans drawn for erecting an 3lS,OO0 club
house. The citizens propose, that il the
Elks will make a change Of sites, to pur-
chase lots just south OF their present site
and give II TO them in exchange for their
own. The matter is to be acted on at a
meeting Of the Elk soon and 1t is ex-
pected that they will assent to the change
The omaha parties have agreed to deposit
81, 900 as a forfeit, in case they should fail
to carry out their agreement to erect the
building.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29
Little Girl is
Fatally Burned
Eva Traum, Thirteen Years Old, of
Storm Lake, Ia, Lights Fire
with Kerosene.

STORM LAKE, Ia, July 2s-(Special
Telegram jim a fire which destroyed the
farm home Of Charles Traum, six miles
southeast of here at noon today, Eve
Traum. aged ID, was so terribly burned
that she will die. The little girl was alone
In the house and had attempted to revive
the fire in the cook stove with kerosene
when an explosion occurred. The father,
seeing the smoke, rushed in from the field
to see the girl run from the house, en-
veloped. in flames. He attempted to
smother the fire, but every shred Of cloth
ing was burned from the little body. Ply
sicians say she cannot live. The house
was entirely burned, causing a property
loss of $1,000.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29
SIX HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Two Residents of AIEOna, Iowa, May
Die of Injuries.

ALTOONA, Ia, July 2s.-(Special)-Six
people from this place were injured,
two OF them so seriously that It is
thought that both may die, in a
bad auto accident near here last
night. The injured are Frank McCorkle,
driver, hip and leg broken and internally
injured; condition very serious; Miss sigred
Nelson, injured internally. serious; Mr., and
Mrs. E. P. Fuller and daughters, Cora and
Hazel. badly bruised and. cut.
The machine shot down a grade while
rounding a curve at high speed. and then
turned turtle, pinning all six under 1t. Miss
Nelson was caught In such a manner hat
1t was an hour and a half before she could
be removed from her precarious condition.
The other members OF the party were so
badly hurt and shaken that they could not
free her.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29
Council Bluffs

morning for Davenport where they will
get several days, training before the tour
nament opens. James Cotter, A. Teller,
Clarence Hough and William Stevens con
stitute the crew which went with the
team. Great things are expected by the
local flremen OF the team which although
young has been doing some splendid work
In the tryouts. The horses are named
respectively after Louis Zurmuehlen,
president Of the Fire and Police commits
sion and Herb Rogers, a well known young
business man through whose efforts the
money to purchase the team a year ago
was secured. The expense Of sending the
team to Davenport has been betrayed by
subscription.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29

large attendance is expected. Business
houses and offices are to close for the day.
CRESTON-J. w. Biggar, a, very promi-
nent business man, died Tuesday as the
result of chronic trouble. He was the pro-
prietor of a large department store and
was so years OF age. He leaves a wife and
family,
FORT DODGE-Secretary Pierce Of the
Iowa League of Municipalities, spent the
day with Mayor Bennett Of this city,
formulating plans for the state convention
OF the league, September 81 p, and %, -
Fort Dodge. The Commercial club was
selected as the place for the league meet
ings.
CRESTON-S. r. Hogaboom OF Port Ar
thur, Tex, was accidentally shot at that
point recently. The wound is considered
quite serious and the ball has not yet been
located. He was a former prominent Cres-
ton mi having removed to Texas several
years ago. The accident. occurred when. a
boy who was hunting with him accidentally
discharged his rifle.
SHENANDOAH-The annual fair Of the
Shenandoah Fair association will be held
August 8 TO IL, inclusive, The purses and
prizes nave been largely increased over any
previous year. The managers have also
secured a lot OF special attractions and the
merchants have arranged for exhibitors
down town each evening.
FORT DODGE-The fifteenth annual
meeting OF the fifteenth district of the
state Woman's Christian Temperance
union will be held In Fort Dodge, Tuesday
and Wednesday, August 3 and l. 1t will
bring delegates from ogden, Madrid. West
Boone, Boone, Bethel. Webster City, STRAIT
ford, Jewell, Prairie Center, Fort Dodge,
Gearing, Slater and Ames.
FORT DODGE-The gypsum miners of
the Plymouth Gypsum mine struck Satur-
day night for an increase of 5 cents an
hour in wages and no settlement has beer
made up to tonight. Monday night, the
underground day men OF the United States
Gypsum compan mills, went on a strike
for the same concessions, but the mills Of
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29
Council Bluffs
SPECIAL OFFICER SHOOTS BOY
Charles Mandel Seriously Wounded
by Employe of Great Western.
BULLET PASSES THROUGH BREAST
Man Had Been Hiding in
Freight Car and Waterman
mi He Was Drawing
n Gun.

Charles Mandel. a 19-year-old lad who
claims Chicago as his home, but who Is
said TO have been working in a South
Omaha packing house for some weeks, was
shot in the right breast about $50 o'clock
Wednesday morning in the yards OF the
Great Western railroad by Charles Ross
man. a special officer in the employ OF the
railway company. The lads wound while
serious is not thought to be fatal. He was
at once removed to the Jennie Edmundson
Memorial hospnal, twhere he was attended
by City Physician Tubbs.
Young Mandel has only one arm. having
lost the right one and when Rossman
called on him to halt, he put up this one
arm. Failing to see two hands in the air.
Rossman says he thought Mandel was us
ing the other to draw a gun and this
caused him to fire.
AS Rossman was making his rounds Of
the railroad yards Mandel and four com
panlons jumped from a freight car in which
they had been hiding with the intention,
II is supposed of beating their way out Of
town. ROssman called to them to stop,
but with the exception of Mandel they took
to their heels. Mandel when he heard the
officer order them to stop and throw up
their hands elevated the one hand which
he possessed. The darkness Rossman said
prevented him from seeing that the lad
had but one arm.
The bullet from Rossman's revolver
struck Mandel in the right breast and
went entirely through his body. coming out
near the shoulder blade. When Mandel
fell Rossman called some yard men to his
assistance and they carried the young man
to the freight depot. City Physician Tubts
and DR.. J. NJ. Barstow were summoned
and after dressing the young mans wound
they ordered him taken to the Edmundson
hospital, where last evening he was re.
ported to be doing we'll. The bullet missed
the lung and unless unforeseen compiled.
tions ensue the young mar will recover.
Mandel, who says his home is in Chi
cago, said that he had been working in
the Armour packing house in South Omaha.
He had been boarding with Joe Sepback
at SIC A street near Avenue X. He also
said he had two, half sisters living IN
South Omaha. He offered no explanation
to account for being in the railroad yards
in this city at that time of the morning.
Rossman went to Omaha after Mande
had been removed to the hospital. but
agreed to return to Council Bluffs later
in the day. He returned about 2 o'clock
when he was placed under arrest on orders
from Chief Richmond and a charge Of as.
sault with intent 10 murder was placed
against him.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29
New Town of stafford.

YANKToN. S. D., July 2s.-(special)-
The town OF Stafford Is to be started soon
at Statford's Crossing. between the towns
of Violin and Irene on the Great Northern.
A side track will be put in. NJ. King will
accept an elevate and other industries Will
follow. The starting OF the town 30 near
two others comes about through the rough
and the steep hills Of the neighborhood
making it very hard for farmers to reach
either Violin or Irene.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29
MRS. GRIFFITH KILLS HERSELF
wife Of Lewis Township Farmer
Commits suicIdn nv shooiinE.

Wife of Lewis Township Farmer
Commits Suicide by shooting.
Despondent over I'll health from which
she had suffered for upwards of two
years with apparently no prospect OF get
ting better, Mrs. Emma X. Griffith, wife
Of J. w. Griffith, a farmer living about
seven miles south of Council Bluffs in
Lewis township killed herself with a shot
gun about $50 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing.
Mrs. Griffith was in her bedroom when
she shot herself. She had risen, dressed
and was sitting In a chair when she
fired the fatal shot. The charge tore a
gaping wound in the breast and death was
evidently instantaneous.
Mrs. Griffith was alone In the house at
the time. Her husband had gone to the
barn to do the chores and her s-year-old
son, George had just left the house on
his way to the barn to assist his father
when he heard the shot. Running back
to the house he discovered his mother
sitting in the chair in her bedroom, APP
parently lifeless with the blood pouring
from the wound In her breast. The shot
gun was lying on the floor beside the
chair.
Fastening to the barn the lad told his
father what had happened and together
they returned to the house, but there was
nothing they could do except notify the
coroner.
Or. V. l.. Treynor after investigating the
circumstance decided that an inquest
would be unnecessary.
Mrs. Griffith was ~ year of age and ls
survived by her husband and the sou,
George, besides five sisters, three half
sisters and a half brother, most OF whom
reside in Lewis township or the vicinity.
The funeral will be held this afternoon
at 3 o'clock from the Lutheran church In
Plumer settlement and interment will be-
In tho pIuunar caunatary
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29
Arrested for AmeEed threats.

GRISWOLD, Ia, July 2s,-(Special)-Vir-
gil Larson, a young man who came to this
locality to work at farming. was arrested
Monday and taken before Justice SInith to
answer to the charge of sending a threaten
ing letter TO Harry Morton, in which he
demanded a certain amount Of money.
Upon failure to obtain the money he was
going TO take fun value out Of Morton's
hide. His bonds were fixed at 500. but he
was unable to secure them and he was
taken to the county Jail at Atlantic to
await the action Of the court, which meets
the first week in September.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29
WIDOW SUES SALOON MEN
Mrs. Lankton Charges Drink Vend-
era Caused Huabnnd,a Denth.

=" O@N
Mrs. Jessie Lankton, widow of James
Lankton, who received fatal injuries in a
street fight with John Shelter on the
night of August u. 1907, has brought suit
in the district court against several sa-
~loonkeepers for $4,000 damages. Mrs.
Lankton claims that her husband was
intoxicated when he engaged in the fight
which resulted in his death and that the
defendant saloonmen were responsible
for his intoxicated condition. She asks
$1,000 actual and SO, 600 exemplary dam
ages.
The defendants named In the action are
Martin Jensen, II. A. Larson and Anders
Larson, reputed owners OF the Manhat-
tan saloon; William E. Nestlehouse and
Charles Poore, reputed owners of the
Hoffman saloon, since closed; Mvron II.
Sherman, Thomas Haley and Sherman &
Haley, reputed owners of the Blue Rib
bon saloon, the Independent Realty COM
pany and the American Bonding company
Of Baltimore. James Lankton who was
an upholsterer by trade, was according
to his widow a kind and loving father and
husband and an industrious workman able
to earn from E75 to 500 a month.
The intoXication OF her husband on the
night that he engaged in the fight with
John Shelter on Broadway was, Mrs
Lankton alleges in her petition, the
direct result Of the unlawful giving and
selling Of intoxicating liquor to Lankton
by each OF said defendants"
Shelter was indicted for the killing Of
Lankton, whose death resulted from a
fractured skull caused by falling and
striking the curb, but on trial was ac-
quilted.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29
sixteen Slightly Hurt.

KELLY, Ia, July 2s.-(special.)-Sixteen
people were more or less severely injured
in a head-on collision of the $50 passenger
out OF Des Moines and q freight locomotive
near here this morning about 4:SO, The
injured were cared for by DR.. Templeton
Of the Northwestern ompany at Ames
this morning and were later able to pro-
coed on the train.
The accident occurred a mile and a
quarter north of Kelly, at a road cross
ing.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29
pead from nlood PoI.on.

GRISWoLD, Ia, July 2S-(Specisl)-Mrs.
Lulu Turk lies dead at her home two miles
south Of town from the effects of blood
poison. She was taken III some time ago
with the disease and while everything
known to medical skill was done 10 relieve
her suffering, she passed away. Death
came while in a hospital in Omaha
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29
Council Bluffs

ton an information charging him with
being insane has been filed with the com
m%issioners for the insane. This information
was filed by Attorney Fremont Benjamin,
father Of Wallace Benjamin, member of
the Benjamin & Fehr Real Estate com
pany, which was surety on sanford's bond
in the sum OF 1850.
There Is also a charge pending against
Sanford in one Of the justice courts Of
assaulting with intent to murder a man
named Martin.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29
GENITAL FIGURE IN FAMOUS
PADDOCK MURDER CASE DEAD
John ArensdOrf, Acquitted of Killing
Sioux City Minister, Sue
cumba.

SIOUX CITY. Ia, July S.-John Arens-
dorf. the central figure in the famous Had
dock murder trials, died this morning of
Bright's disease, aged 50. Rev. George C.
Haddock, pastor Of the First Methodist
church here, was murdered August 8, 1886,
Arensdorf was twice tried for the crime
and was acquitted at his second trial,
Both trials attracted national attention.
Haddock's murder was due to his crusade
against the Sioux City saloons.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29

GRISWOLD. Ia, July 2S.-tSpecial,)-
While showing a friend the workings Of
the time lock in the Griswold National
bank, Fred b. De Witt, the assistant
cashier a%ccidently touched a spring and the
bolts shot out with such rapidly that the
second finger of the hand was severed
almost as completely as though chopped
off with an axe. He will be off duty for
some time.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29
Sanford Back in Jail.

Charles NJ. Sanford. who was out on
bond on an indictment charging shooting
and wounding Claude b. Gano on the
morning OF April Is last, has been sur
rendered by his bondsmen and is now in
the county Jail again. He was taken into
custody in South Omaha and yesterday
brought pack to Council Bluffs. In addi-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29
ASSESSMENT FIGURES
Executive Council Makes No Change
In POttawattnmie Roll.

In Roll.
County Auditor lines received official
notice yesterday from the state executive
council that 1t had made no change in the
assessed valuation of farm, city or town
property as fixed by the Board of Super.
visors Of Po:tawattamle county.
In 1907 when the last previous assess
ment OF real estate was made the state
executive council made no change 90, far as
Pottawattamie ounty was concerned.
The average valuation placed on land
outside the cities and towns in Pottawat-
tamie county this year is $51.4 an acre
which is much below the market value of
farm land as shown by the record OF
transfers of such property. In 1907 the
average valuation Of farm land in this
county was in the -neighborhood of $50
Advices from Des Moines show that in
seventy-four counties besides Pottawat-
TAME, the state executive council left the
farm land valuations unchanged from the
figures returned by the supervisors, In
twenty-four counties the valuation was
raised and in one county Il was lowered.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29
Fire Team or for Davenport.

Lou and Herb, the team OF bay colts
from No. 4 engine house which will repre-
sent the Council Bluffs fire department In
the annual tournament of the Iowa State
Firemen's association left early yesterday
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29
SIX HURT IN IOWA WRECK
Northwestern Passenger Train Col
Iides with Freight Near

DIES MONIES. July 2s.-Six passengers
on the Chicago & Northwestern passenger
train which left Des Molnes for South
Dakota points at 2;55 this morning were
injured In a collision between that train
and a freight train four miles south Of
Ames early today. There were no fatal
tIaa
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29
Iowa NeMa Notes.

CRESTON-Work was commenced at Nc
Kinley park yesterday erecting tents for
the chautauqua assembly, which opens FRI
day, with DIR. Frank Dixon and the Maupin
band as the attractions. Reservation OF
camping sites has been quite heavy and a