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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-07
CRANK VISITORS
TO WHITE HOUSE

They cOme-thcse cranks with mis-
all walks of life and in all guises Many
of them are well educated and give but
slight indication of their mental de-
rangement. Though the majority Of
them are men, large percentage of
whom are foreign born, women are not
infrequently found among them. For
tunately, most of them are harmless
and are to be pitied rather than CEN
Sured for the queer concepts of their
unbalanced minds. But the guards can
not afford to. take chances with any of
them. They. are. either cajoled into
leaving upon some attractive pretext
or elected firmly and decisiIely Many
of the more serious; few are tragic
and Violent but the majority are mere
ly pitiably humorous and grotesque
Whatever their nature, they must first
convince the policemen of the White
House squad and the secret service
men of their sanity and harmesSnesS
! before they can so much as remain in
the White House grounds. During
President ROOseVelt's administration
many of these cranks were apprehend-
ed and sent to the government hospital
for the insane, across the Potomac riv-
! friends. Whether Mr.. Taft will be
/ equally hOnOred remains to be seen
The police department. blotter in the
District of Columbia shows the names
of 81 arrests, s.nce 1900, of men and
women who visited the White House
on a special mission to the pre- s1dent
/ 1t may seem strange that but few OF
4 these crankS are from the District OF
Columbia, but such is the case. Mos
of them come from New York and the
Il New England states. st. Louis anC
Chicago, however. may be dependec
upon for their quota. COmparativel,
few of them come from the far soutl
or the far west. Letters from cranl1s
however, many OF them almost boot
in length, are frequently found in tn,
White House mail. The queer charat
teristcs and the still queerer mis-
sions" of these unwelcOme visitors Whc
call on the president are interesting
indeed.
The most up-tO-date crank to visi
the White House was native of Swift
Zerland, who sought most earnestly the
aid of the president in protecting him
against his enemies. There is nothing
/ unusual about that request. But this
! unwelcome visitor insisted that his
| blood thirsty enemies were pursuing
| him in airships. He stated, with an
expression of the utmost horror that
they had planned to soar over him in
their arships and hurl down bombs
upon him. IN case that failed, he in
formed the officer on guard at the
Waite House, these same merciless en-
emies had contrived and fitted devices
at either ED of their airships which
held large tanks of compressed air
With this air turned upon him his
death would be but a question of time,
he pleaded.
Then there is the crank who comes
to warn the president of plot against
his life. Not very long ago an Irish
man with a surprising regard for the
appropriate mystery of his appearance
called and asked for the president. He
had blackened his face and HANDS and
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-07

,l.J-c Or Iess mentally derangeC, does
not call at the White House to tell him
exactly how the affairs of govern
ment should be managed or to beg an
utterly foolish favor at his hands.
And there is scarcely one crank out
of all that may call within that allotted
time who ever sees the president face
to face. Chief Wilkie and his secret
service operatives and the employees AT
the White House are ever on the alert
for such individuals. They handle them
promptly the minute they are recog-
nized for what they are. Once in a
very great While-generally years-a
crank may get by the guards and speak
personally with the president But
such an occurrence is as rare as a
snOWstorm in Florida in August.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-07

Mrs Charles Monson, Jr, formerly
Miss Sarah c. Cowen, whose engage
ment was the result of an automobile
crash, in which she ran into Monson's
motor.
An automobile romance eliminating
happily in the little church around the
corner. New York, yesterday, when
Miss Sarah Cambellina CoWen of Bal
timOre. daughter of the late John J.
COWen, president of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, became the bride of
Charles Monson, Jr., the son of a re-
tired capitalist of New Haven. 1t was
an elOpement, too, for Miss CoWen told
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-07

Reports from Akin, s. c., where
C. Oliver Iselin, the New York banker,
and his family are staying, say that Mr.
Iselin has settled 100000 on Count
Ferdinand Colloredo Mansfield, to
whom Miss Nora Iselin IS to be mar
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The Classified Columns Will 81
what you want 10 buy or find ouE0'
for what you want to SELL
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-07
SCARCELY A MONTH PASSES
THAT SOME LUNATlc DOES
NOT VISIT PRESIDENT.
Have All Sorts of HatIucinations and
Oerangem ents and Want All
Kinds of Favors.

Scarcely a month of the four years
in office of a president of the United
states passes that at least one crank,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-07

ried on May 10. The count is an en-
bassy- secretary in Rome, and his
mother is a sister of Baron Aehrenthal
German minister of foreign affairs. The
count owns castle built in 1900. He
is thirty years old. The wedding will
take place in New Rochelle, n. Y.
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her relatives in Baltimore that she
was coming up to New York to visit
some friends. while Mr. Monson cas-
ually informed his family that he was
dropping down to town on a little bust
ness. Mrs. MonsOn is a tall disting-
uished- looking girl. about % years of
age. She made her rebut in Baltimore
society in the season of 1906, and has
been a pronounced favorite, especially
with the athletic set 1t was twice re-
ported that she was engaged to for
eign nObleman, but she always denied
these attachments
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-04-17

deductions. Suppose, for example,
that . criminal. after starting down
the stairs, and seeing or hearing Muir
ply there at the foot hurried back
again and up the higher flight? Fin
negan had dropped to the street, and
he could easily have done 80. making
his escape by way Of the roof"
Detective Birsch made an involun-
tary movement Of chagrin.
"You see." smiled DR.. Furnivall.
you had your idea, the first that
came to you, 80 firmly fixed in your
mind, jumped to the belief In Muir
phys guilt SO quickly. not seeing any
other way. and were so incapable OF
entertaining any other idea that you
really could not recognize this other
way out though 1t SO openly confront
ed you. Then you never dreamed OF
considering the characters Of the sew.
eral persons concerned. There were
three people In that tenement, any one
Of whom could. as far as physical pos
sibilities go, have done the act, and
II seems as II nobody else could. Not
another soul was near. The first
question you should have put to your.
self Is, which one Of these three has
the character In which turks the pos.
sibility of throwing that bomb. Let
us in fact begin the inquiry now.
You, have seen them all, while never
even heard of any of them before.
Now tell me II you think the boy
could be guilty?"
Him? Hardly" the detective grunt
ed. HE wouldn't be likely to bust
his own face all up. Besides. the
money was for him. anyway. 1t would
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look Of incredulity and downright dis
gust. Had the mother any reason
could she have any reason for doing
such thing. and II 20. has she the
qualities necessary to the carrying
out Of 80 bold plan?"
Il don't see what you're getting at"
growled Birsch, land It don't seem to
me there's any sense In this kind OF
business, guessing at all these things,
and wondering which one OF 'em done
1t. None Of 'em done It. Somebody
else done It, and II you know who 1t
is. which doubt. tell me. and Ill 60
and nab him."
Now" the doctor continued, as II
the other had remained dumb, you
have practically eliminated the three
who were the only persons in posi-
ton. physically speaking. to do this
thing, and that settles the matter.
with you, as far as they are con-
cerned. You would take your oath.
wouldn't you, that neither one of
these persons is, or reasonably could
be, the culpritf"
"Yes." he replied. shortly. Keep
up your jollying II 1t does you any
good, but I'd 60 my oath on these peo-
pie, Just the same, and ! guess you
would yourself. It amt In any sort
of reason that one Of them done It.
1t was the man outside on the IRE
escape, and that skipped downstairs.
or up, and that Finnegan and Murphy
and Tony and the old woman heard.
and that Finnegan saw a. well AZ
heard"
Then the qualifications Of the prob
lem must be. to you. how did this
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of this note" the maid read, Ito my
office, you may save yourself some
trouble, and the humiliation of being
taken to the police station, instead
of here. DIR. Furnivall."
The doctor looked at the detective,
whose face was blank, and then said
to the maid:
Explain that to Mike and let him
deliver 1t. Tell him to hurry. Now"
he continued briskly to the detective,
you shall zee the culprit and hear
his confession. ! have no time to
waste over this affair, and while we
are waiting we will improve the mo-
ments by INDUCING In word or two
of psychology In the first place.. you
should know that the proper method
Of beginning the search for the perpe-
traitor of crime is to learn all the
facts that you possibly can, and then
understand that you almost certainly
have not learned them all, and par
ticularly the most necessary. ones.
Then, making large allowances for
what you don't know. you should
round up the person concerned whose
character fits suggest into all the
circumstances and question him. The
usual method II to get few facts and
then go at the job without the slight
est regard for the character of the In
dividuals involved. neglecting to allow
for the facts that are unknown. In
this way always some innocent person
becomes the first suspect In this
particular case you say there IL only
one way in which this peculiar assault
and still more peculiar escape could
have happened. That 10 one Of the
things you don't know, and for which
you have made no allowance In your
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man reach the flre-escape without
your knowledge. you being right I'M
der It,; how did he enter the room
without raising the window or break
ing It; how did he escape SO miracu-
lousy; and what did he enter the
room at all for? For he could have
thrown the bomb through the glass.
you know, and 1t would have been
both safer for him and more within
reason"
Birsch set his lips and for moment
anid nothing. Finally he burst forth:
Seems to me you amt helping any
thing great! In minute you'll make
1t out that nobody could do It, and
that consequently 1t wasn't donei"
Il am only showing you, so far, my
friend. what your method amounts
TO-" said the doctor. by 1t can
prove or disprove anything under the
sun, because It has to do with ap-
pearances, instead Of character, with
the superficials as distinguished from
the realities. can even turn com
pletely around and prove to you. by
your method, that each one of these
persons whom We have, by my meth
Cd. proved innocent, II the only per-
son who could have committed the
crime. What you lack ispsychol-
ogy." DR.. Ftlrnivall did not wish 70
say brains" nor learning" nor I'm
telligsnce," nor even training" %
after some hesitation, he said 'psy
- ~a~~~~~ "a - ~<~.xs-.~~S. ssRy<<s-
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be only stealing from himself. for he'd
have It in q day or two. And on
top of that, he didn't even know that
his father had the stun. and was all
broke up because he couldn't go to
college and be priest"
Very good" smiled the doctor.
Facts. facts. facts, and never a word
of character! I fear you are incor-
rigible. However, SO much for the
boy-he's obliterated. Now, how
about Tony? Did he really wish the
boy to have all that money? Could
he afford to let him take It? Did
you inquire into his business, In or
der to find II he happened to be des-
perately pressed for money just now,
a. most men areNsometimes?"
Birsch appeared uncomfortable.
why, anyway" the detective ex-
claimed, 1T was Tony himself who
brought US the Black Hand letter and
told us about It, asking US to send
men to protect him. He wouldn't do
that, would he, II he had this thing
up his sleeve? Besides. he's scared
blue. never saw anybody before
frightened clean in to his marrow, the
way he was last night He hasn't
the brains, or the spunk, either. to nx
up such q plant and get up at two
o'clock in the morning and throw .
bomb into his own sons room. Bosh!
The notion II ridiculous" The detec-
tive smiled in contempt ~
well. you are improving" the doc
tor grinned. You do finally glance.
II ever 10 slightly, at character in this
instance. And you put Tony out Of
IT, Now We have left only the moth
err" The doctor proceeded imper-
turbably IN the lace Of his Istenef'a
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-04-17
The Black Hand" at TOny'S
By GEORGE F. BUTLER and HERBERT HsLEY

II see," he said. Murphy let the
bomb-man in and out. That's why
he didn't see him!"
The detective appeared gratified at
this evidence of perspicacity on DR..
Furnivalls part. But only for mo-
ment. Then he searched the bearded
face with his eyes. He did not like
the tone of that laugh.
There's no other way out Of IT."
he began.
Il could give you six different ways
out of It," the doctor interrupted.
but the one in which It really hap
pened will do. suppose you have
come to ask me to hypnotize Murphy
and extract the truth from him-is
that it,"
The detective flushed and gnawed
his lip.
YES" he answered, shortly.
DIR. Furnivall rang for a maid, and
scribbling. a note, passed It to her.
Read that aloud-all but the ad-
Dress" he said.
Of you will come with the bearer
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PROT. Rogers Have you .rsbca'o
playsf Fair young librariah---No. el<
but We havs Ibssn's vqrkA ~ 3aspoc1b
wsSkly. s. /;
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am due somewhere else now" And
he went out.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-21
HER LIFE IN DANGER
II You Have CG4arrh or Weak Lungs
Read This Carefully.

Some FIVE years ago I was taken
with a bad attack gof bronchitis.
was affected with bronchial cough
and cold The cough was generally
much more apparent at night and
would wake up choking and gasping
terrible stoppage IN my throat and
tubes.
MY throat was tender and irritable
and had an aching sensation which
was especially bad at times. I doc
tored and used several different rene
dies but never received any permanent
relief that kept the malady from COM
ing on until used Hyomei This
remedy. which to be is certainly in
fallibIe cured the trouble and to II I
ascribe the cause Of my being alive.
sHyomei certainly saved my life and
I accord it the credit which it de
serves and merits. There is nothing
too strong for me TO say regarding
Hyomei. Mrs. Ada Hopkins. Cutter
Ave, Coldwater, Mich. August %.
1908.
Hyomei pronounced High-o-me) is
breathed into the lungs through a hard
rubber inhaler in the form of anti
septic air; this air is produced from
the extracts taken from the eucalyp-
tus, pine and other trees that grow in
Inland Australia where catarrh. asth-
ma or consumption was never known
to exist.
The soothing antiseptic air of Hyo-
mel as it passes over the inflamed
membrane soothes the Inflammation.
| kills the microbes and cures catarrh.
Complete outfit 500. including in
| haler, extra bottles so cents at lead
/ ing druggists everywhere. Guaranteed
or money back by Summers pharmacy.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-21
SPORTING BRIEFS.

Mickey Cannon. the Pittsburg boxer,
is laid up with a broken hand.
Terry McGovern has joined the sod
peddlers" and opened a real estate of
fee in Brooklyn.
Ed Abbaticohio. the Pittsburg short
stop. has been granted another license
for his hotel at Latrobe, Pa.
There were twenty-five southpaws
training with American League teams
this spring, eleven of them being regu-
lars.
Napoleon Lajoie says that he has the
best team this season he has had since
he took charge of the Cleveland outfit.
It is said that Mike Donlin has given
up the idea Of going to Europe and Will
join the Giants about the LIST of June.
Rumor has it that the present season
will be the last for Joe CantiIlon as
manager of the Washington team.
A few seasons ago. 1t is said. Mike
Finn Of Little Rock refused to give
a hundred bucks for Bugs" Raymond.
now with the Giants.
Hugh Duffy has had hard work this
spring trying out a bunch Of young
sters for his Providence team of the
Eastern League
Chicago fans believe that Billy Sui
Ivan will keep the White Sox out in
front all the way in the American
League pennant race.
Danny Murphy of the Athletics didn't
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-21
EAST CHICAGO AND
INDIANA HARBOR

new quarters will be held May Z. and
all members should be present. The Of
fcers of the lodge also request that
members send in the names of friends
and others to whom they wish invita-
lions sent for the hard times party.
These names should be sent to either
Charles Egbert or c. P. Burdick.
The Boosters Commercial club will
meet tonight The last meeting was
postponed on account of the De Lore
benefit. and all the questions which
were to have come before the meeting
on that occasionw will be considered
tonight.
Rehearsals are on for the "Singin
Skule Beginment." the entertainment,
which the ladies of the Baptist church
are going to present at the Auditori-
UNI next Thursday night and those who
are on the inside. say that it is sure
going to be a regular side-splitting-
button-bursting affair, with more fun
to the square inch than has been seen
in Indiana Harbor for many moons The
large cast of more than forty local peo-
pie has been selected and 1t is made
up of those prominent in business and
social circles. The Sing Skule Begin
ment" is a laugh at the start. a laugh
at the finish and a prolonged laugh all
the way through.
oscar George returned yesterday
from a few days visit with his pa
rents in Michigan City and friends in
South Bend, Ind, and st. Joe.
Marke & Schmidt, the paperhangers
and decorators, have just put up a sign
on the top of their building as a sam
pie of what may be expected of them in
that line. The sign is little short of a
work of art
Ed Simons was in the Harbor yes
| terday taking care of his numerous in
terests. Mr.. simons reports that not
withstanding the stringency of the
times he is overloaded with orders and,
in fact, way behind.
You can get 1t at SpiegeTs. South
| Chicagos leading furniture store. If
First-class laundress would like to
| secure work for two days each week
Best of references supplied. Small
families preferred. Address F. NJ. LAKE
| COUNTY TIMES, Hammond, Ind. If
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-21
School Notes.

The juniors are making pasteboard
figures for use in the study of solid
geometry.
The shorthand class is getting inter-
ested in DR.. Jeekyl and Mr. Hyde.
which they are reading.
The seniors are getting busy on the
annual. They expect to have it ready
for the public by May l.
The English literature class is study
ing romanticism. Doubtless some Of
them will be writing romance for the
annual
Parts have been assigned to the semi
ors for the play. Queen Esther" which
will be given as the class play this
year.
The members of the chemistry class
are developing their lungs by using
blow-pipes to fuse certain compounds.
Some of them get very red in their
faces from the exertions.
Tickets for the oratorical contest
at Hammond are on sale. There will be
a special train run on the Nickel Plate,
leaving at $3.50 D. m.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-21
,~~~~~~~~~%~~~>~~<

New York. April 21.-Mr. James j.
Jeffries has announced that he will
fight Mr.. J. A Johnson. The eternal
question has been answered; now let
us have peace. This is no belated 1st
of April Jest; Jeffries means business.
He made the dat-footed statement that
he will begin to train for Johnson as
soon as his theatrical engagement
comes to a close.
Jeffries spoke freely yesterday at the
American theater. Sure I'm going to
fight. Might as well. I've been ready
for several weeks, but I thought I'd
let Johnson go along for a while. Some
people will say that this is only a
press agent gag. Look back over my
record and you will never find that
I ever said anything and went back
on it. AS a usual thing it's a better
plan not to say anything but to do
something. But in this case-well, you
know how It has been. Everybody
wants to know and they haven't given
me any rest.
Il never would have made this state
ment if I hadn't been sure that I was
able to get back into fighting trim. It
would be the truth to say that I WASH I
sure of that when I came to New York.
My wind was thick and 1 had fat on
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-21
INDIANA HARBOR.

Mrs NJ. c. Frysinger spent Monday in
Chicago
Mrs. O. b Lloyd entertained guests
from indianapolis Sunday.
Mr.. Lloyd returned the day before
from Indianapolis, having been called
away to attend the funeral of his aunt.
Mrs. J. A. Patterson was in the city
shopping on Monday.
Mrs. Frank Orth was in Chicago Mon
day, the trip being her first since her
illness of about two months.
Mrs. w. j. Funkey was yesterday ac-
cepted as a member of the Tuesday
Reading club.
members OF Harpor council 21s. Roy
al League. at the meeting held last
Friday night decided to move their
headquarters to the lodge hall in the
Auditorium. The first meeting in the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-21
SOX BACK IN PORT

Pilot 3. Sullivan and his battered
White Sox crew drifted into port last
night from the south. After a brief
pause for feed and rest-no more water
needed-Bill ct al will formally open
the American league season in Chi
cago this afternoon. The solitary game
captured during one week of disastrous
cruising is battened under matches.
with trusty fellows sitting on said
matches Mr. Jennings and his Tigers.
who appear as the other half Of the
sketch, cannot wrest that single leaf
from ogr stinsy bunch Of laurels.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-21

me and inside me- I have taken off
so much my cheek bones are begin
ming to show again, and I'll defy any
man to find any fat around my stom-
ach My wind Is getting better right
along. I'm able to box now and go
along for some time at a fast clip
without being in distress and I think
I hit just as hard and fast as 1 could
the second time met Corbett
VIII Be Same Old JefF in Ring.
III take plenty of time. I can't af-
ford not to. Johnson may be a tough
man to whip and he may not, but I've
got to be ready for the fight of my life.
because I can't take any chances on
that point You can say for me hat
when I get into the ring to fight John
son I'll be the same old boy. I'm go
ing to make 1t my business to be the
same old boy
Another thing. I do not think there
is any chance for me to fight johnson
anywhere else than in this country.
The fight will take place in America.
"Ketchel? 1 do not think he can
beat Johnson. Might also say I'm all
most afraid that he cannot. for he's got
my best wishes and If he does meet the
negro I'm going to pull for Ketchel
to beat him and knock him out. If
Ketchel can lick him there will not
be any sense in my keeping on in
training. If he wins from Ketch-weII
it will be up to me then and I'll be
ready to do my best, just as I have
always been"