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3. F. SHEPARD MUST EXPLAIN
HE AND Mss TERRADELL TRY
TO GET HER TRUNKS IN.


weuldn't-C Customs Men Say shepard,
VINO was on the Same snip, offered 10.
Miss Eleanor Terradell. a blond young
woman in up to date fnery. arrived on
Saturday night by the Hamburg -Ameri-
can liner Amerika with five trunks filed
with Partisan gowns. Capt. W. 8. Con-
row. acting deputy surveyor. was asked
by an inspector who looked into the trunk
to look also into the declaration OF the
young woman that she was q foreign
resident. having lived continuously abroad
more than two years. Elliott +. Shepard.
a shipmate Of Miss Terradell. stood by
while the inquiry into her right to bring
in her gowns on the ground that she was
a foreign resident was under investiga-
ton. An examination Of the old labels.
badly mutilated. on some of the trunks
indicated that Miss Terradell had been
IA passenger by the Hamburg American
liner Deutschland in July. 1908. This
discovery was not divulged to her. how
ever.
After talk with Mr. Shepard the young
woman decided that she would make
AFFIDAVIT that she had been living abroad
continuously for two years. Capt. Con-
row told her IL was his duty to inform
her that II she made such an AFFIDAVIT
and it turned out later that she had been
In this country about sixteen months
ago she would be prosecuted for perjury.
She then decided not to make the affidavit.
although. according to Capt. Conrow,
Mr.. Shepard urged her to do so. Mr..
Shepard then offered to swear that Miss
Terradell had not been here in two years.
but he was told that his AFFIDAVIT would
not be considered as he was not the
owner Of the trunks. Further investi-
cation showed that Miss Terradell had
sailed from this port by the Deutschland
on July rs last year and that she had
then given her residencs as Trenton, N. j.
Mr.. Shepard and the young woman
were threatened after these disclosures
with prosecution for conspiracy to violate
the customs laws and smuggle.' Deputy
Surveyor John Racziewicz ordered
the FIVE trunks to the public stores for
special examination, and Mr.. Shepard
and Miss Terradell were told to appear
on Tuesday before Deputy Surveyor
Smythe and explain things. Mr.. Shep-
ard and the young woman went from the
pier together.
Elliott +. Shepard is a son Of the late
Col. Elliott =, Shepard and e grandson Of
the late w. H. Vanderbilt. He is IS years
old. Tho Hotchkiss car he drove in the
Vanderbilt cup race OF 1909 killed Curt
L. Gruner. son Of dentist in Norwalk.
Coun. The local coroner decided that
Shepard was not responsible for Gr1iner' s
death and he was not arrested.
In August. 1905. touring car which he
was driving in Paris struck and killed
girl. and he paid a fine Of si70 besides
paying $4,000 damages to the girls par
ents. thus avoiding three months prison
sentence. In September. 1907. while rae
ing over the automobile course at Bresoia,
Shepard plunged into the river Chiese
and broke his collarbone.
He was married in 1897 to Mrs. Alfred
Potter OF Philadelphia. Mrs. Shepard
brought suit for divorce in 1902 but
dropped the suit.
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SUNKEN STEAMSHIP FOUND.
No signs That the ElisnvannIn was struc
Not "A Body Recovered.

JptctaE CdOEd DssputeN 20 IHh oUN,
LONDON. Dec. 5.-The steamship ELAN
vannin. which foundered in the recent
storm while bound from the Isle OF Man
for Liverpool. when all on board were
lost. has been found in the fairway near
the River Mersey.
A diver who examined the sunken
vessel reports that there is no evidence
that she was struck. She seems TO have
swamped suddenly and sunk in a few
seconds. The diver found no bodies.
Wreckage from the steamer continues
to be washed ashore. but no bodies have
been found on the beach or ahoat. The
hulk is a menace to navigation and will
he raised.
The steamer had fifteen passengers and
a crew OF twenty three men.
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FEARS FOR s. s. ROsALIND.
wireless ship Fails 20 Report AFTER the
NewfoundIsnd Tempest.

HALIFAX. N. s.. Dec. 5.-No word has
been received from st. Johns, N. F..
OF the steamship Rosalind, bound
there from New York and Halifax. She
left on Tuesday and the run can be made
in fifty hours from Halifax. Severe
storms have prevailed on the Newfound-
land coast since she sailed.
Although the steamship is equipped
with wireless telegraphy. no word has
been received from her except on the day
after leaving this port. when she reported
tempestuous weather. which had made
progress slow.
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SAVED FROM THE RRE4kERs.
Two Men Rescued From Launc,r Bound
From New York 10 SeafOrd, Dcl.


ATLANTIC CITY. ". j.. Dec. 5.-I.ire
savers at Two Mile Beach station made a
rescue OF two men aboard the launch
ira Marshall this afternoon after the
little craft had lost her rudderand had been
swept into the breakers on the shoals
on the coast. Capt. 3. II. Slocum and W.
A. Boycs were taken of the boat and
carried to shore In the hfeboat and the
craft was afterward dragged from its
dangerous position and towed to shore
The launch was being run from New
York to Seaford. Del. when it struck
on the bar OF Cold Spring inlet. one OF
the most dangerous shoals OF the coast.
Government patrols made out the plight
Of the little vessel and her crew and put
out in tneir hfeboat in time to save the
men. who had been washed overheard.
Both men recovered enough to assist
in the saving Of their boat.
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DIAMOND SHOWER ONSOMEBODY
when the New Hired Girl Shock the
pillows Out of the window,

Mrs Benno Siegel. who lives at 1910
Washington avenue. The Bronx. had dia-
mond rings she valued at 1850. She
kept them in a chamois bag and every
night she put them In her pillow slip.
Yesterday she forgot to take the jewels
out OF the pillow slip when she went to
breakfast. The new hired girl shook the
pillow out Of the window, Mrs. Siegel
came back to get her rings. and could not
find them. The chamois bag was found
in the street and there were footprints
In the roadway.
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Mirage in Bronx PARK.

Persons who went to the Bronx Park
yesterday before noon saw q mirage
near the Southern Boulevard entrance
and were puzzled. Trolley cars looked
as though they were running upside
down. The phenomenon was said TO
be due 10 the effect Of the sun on the
wooden blocks with which the street is
paved
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rart May Attend u hungarian Dinner.

WASHINGTON, Dec, S.-President Taft
has not decided whether he win take
up another OF the Roosevelt policies
that OF dining during tho winter with the
Hungarian Club OF New York, OF which
both he and Mr.. Roosevelt are honorary
members. Mr.. Taft,'it was said at the
White House to-day. has received several
invitatiors in informal fashion TO attend
Hungarian dinners In New York and has
nd that he might attend. He has not,
however. set any date.
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FAR EAST NOT BELLTCOSE.
the "Novoe vPemya" withdraws Il
AIarmist Prophecies % War.

ST. PErERsBUBo. Dec. 5.-The N0vOe
Vremyd, which has often prophesied
trouble in the far East OF late. says in an
edit orial to-day that it has now found
that any serious alarm is groundless
Il asCribes the reports OF complicati ons
to Interested persons in Germany and
Austria.
The paper says that the difficulties
which arise from time 10 time can be
settled amicabiy by Japan and Russia,
whose relations at the bottom are friendly.
Neither desires war. and IL is imperative
that they recognize the necessity for
sstab blshing intimate friendly relations.
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CHINA OBJECTS.
Disputes Russias Claim TO sovereIg gnty In
Manchurinn Railway Zone.
Special Cabis Despatch 10 THE 5

Special Cabic Despatch 10 THE SON.
PEKN, Dec. China has protested
70 the legations against Russia's recent
assertion that she holds the rights of the
municipalities in the RpssiGn railway
zone in Manchuria, which China claims
is violation of the Portsmouth treaty
and the Russo-Chinese agreement Of
Nav IN
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4. the sAms Irie. no e,ssr contains SO much
-AAsI 2
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time causing tho cyIl shapes 10 take to flight
Most OF the night was given over TO the beating
" drums, the women and volurrr men dancing
IN procession all over town
When night closed IN on the scene and the
moon began TO shed IFS soft light through hay
Clouds the nights dancing began. There was no
undCrCurrent ~ sadness IN II, everybody was lit
orally out for a good time The dancers we're
dlHmmed MP In groups. the drummcrs shut1ng
all through the town 20 organize procession \
second crowd was gathered under the leadership
OF a man with string instrument made from a
caahash, and eventually third group shuiiIed
along to the tune OF calabash strung with iron
rings, the sound being that OF a gourd half filled
with dried peas.
The succeeding day Was one Of the most
cyentful ot all Before sunrise the men OF the
town brought large stones To the grave and
walled II I'm. making an Enclosure about six feet
wide and 10 feet long Dozens 81 empty Gin
bottles were brought and placed all around the
EraNc--a very common custom ON this coast The
mound was then lcNelcd down and the entire
Enclosure covered with stones and wet sand Al
the head they placed n couple ~ small ivory
tusks. a rice hawl containing Wohyh's silver ring
and some knla nuts two pitchers and "a small
brass kettle Actress these was laid an uDsheath.
cd sword The hNltg ~ the grave VAS not com
p)ctcd until they had brought q smau ing II
rum aud poured lttle of IL into each vessel
The thirst ~ WahrA.s spirit was apparently moro
easily Quruchvd than had been that OF the man
so t, AVID This enabled thc men about the
grave 'o put thc greater part " The rum 10 bet
ter use
After the grave had been properly arranged
the town assembled to witness tho significant
ceremony 81 Killing the white chicken Tho
principal nephew OF the late klus kuplt on the
grave aud held the chickens head above Wobrh's
head King Sow made a lcug speech and then
Different members % Wobehs family gave the
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,4AA/zIvc D/STeI5uHoW az %ooo

Jokes very little Of II was sad pathetic. When
the chief widows turn came there was pathoS in
her voice though she gave no other sign OF grief
Turning her motherly face to the grave she sat
there and talked to Wobeh's spirit naturally as
II she were looking into his face Nobody needed
to cross question her
There was nothing extraordinary for he next
two days. On the first day the mourning women
were taken 70 the creek and washed in order that
they might begin to dress up for the fna- feast
ON the second day the men of the town were
sembled under the big palayer tree and individu
ally sworn 10 be loyal TO the town. The oath was
administered by making the man drink from a
bowl OF milkish fluid which was supposed to Kill
the man II he was insincere On this day, also
the men brought in large quantities Of hrswood
and the women we're busy threshng and cleaning
rice and pots
Then came the third and greatest day-the
slaughter OF the bullock and the great feast So
far rs | Gould learn there is no sacritCal idea
involved :, the ceremony; the slaughter is solely
tor the purpose OF providing for joyful banquet
The big bullock was led to vacant place near
the grave just at sunrise and securely tied down
ON rs side Its throat was then cut the wind
pipe being severed, and the animal slowly hed to
death II was 90 minutes before the animal
ceased to struggle, but its tail had been severed
long before this being the especial perquisite Of
the men selected MS butchers
The carcass was then skinned and King SOW
sat i'm hts leopard chair while the bullock WAS cut
UP He kept careful watch to see that not even
au ounce or meat was taken by anybody Two
large brass kettles and large BASKET were placed
tn IIaut of him and in these were placed the in
terual prgaus and the choicest cuts-ths kings
meat Now and then one ~ thS butchers would
overlook some small portion bat the king over
looked nothing, he had the error promptly rec,i.
fed Altogether he received about onethiyd ~
The bullock The remainder was cut Up ard dis.
tr.h8ted among the families to be cooked. rcs..
lively no part ~ the animal except the hide aaa
horns discarded There Was mot quite er.uEh
90 eo around so the king ordered a dog kflts, u
make up the deficiency
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OPENING OF CHEYENNE RIVER
INDIAN RESERVATION.

The General Land Office at Wash
ington has designated lie Beau and
Aberdeen, So. Oak, on the Minneapo-
lis G st. Louis r. r. as registration
points.
There viii be about 1000 quarter sec.
tions allotted to settlers.
Who May Secure a Homestead.
Under the homestead laws OF the
United States any person, male of fe-
male, who is not the owner OF more
than $50 acres of land in any state
or territory, who is native born
citizen of the United States. or has
been naturalized, or declared his in.
tention TO become a naturaliZed citizen
Of the United States i. Q, one who
has taken out his first papers OF cltt-
zenship), who is over the age of Fl
years or the head of a family, may
make homestead entry Of not exceed
ing 100 acres Of any of the unoccu-
pied public lands of the United
States,
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BABY HORRIBLY BURNED.
sy Boiling Grease--Skin All Came Of
One Side of Face and Head
Thought Her Disfigured for Life.
Ueed Caticura. No Scar Left.

"My baby was sitting beside the
fender and we were preparing the
breakfast when the frying-pan full Of
boiling grease was upset and 1t went all
over one side Of her face and head.
Some one wiped the scald with a
towel, pulling the entire skin off. We
took her to doctor. He tended her
a week and gave me some stuff to put
on. But it all festered and thought
the baby was disfgured for life.
used about three boxes of Cuticura
Ointment and it was wonderful how
it healed In about five weeks it was
better and there wasn't a mark to tell
where the scald had been. Her skin
is just like velvet. Mrs. Hare, 1,
Henry St, South Shields, Durham,
England, March %, 1908"
Potter D-W & Chem Corp, Sole Props, Boston
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VALUE PAINTED ON,

Well painted is value added wheth.
er the house be built for one thousand
dollars or ten thousand. Well painted
means higher selling value, and high
er occupying value - for there's an
additional pleasure In living in the
house that is we'll dressed.
National Lead Company assist in
making the right use of the right
paint by sending free upon request to
all who ask for it, their "Houseown-
ers' Painting Outfit No. 49," This
outfit includes book of color schemes
for either exterior or interior paint
ing, book Of specifications and an
instrument for detecting adulteration
in paint materials. Address National
Lead Company, 1902 Trinity Build
ing, New York City, and the outfit
will be promptly sent to you.
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The biggest marble quarry in opera.
ton in the world lies almost within
a stones throw Of the heart of West
Rutland, VT Around its mouth is a
stock of $4,000 pieces of finished mar.
BILE. There is a great gap in the hill.
side. The marble crops out as bare
of soil or vegetation as a billiard ball.
You can walk over that hill and never
step on anything but marble. and aft
er two score years of blasting and
drilling they don't know how deep
hedeposit lies. Itseems there's enough
marble in that one hill for an eternity.
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had held out BeTOfe eating tt ne Wadt VtTIaII
promises relative to peace in the family. Each OF
the relatives was called out in turn and required
to go through the same performance. Old King
Sow kept his ears open and whenever he was
not satisfied with a given promise he arose and
cross questioned the relative like country law.
yer until he made him promise what he wanted
Parts OF this ceremony were exciting; at times
there were outbursts Of laughter at one OF Sow 5
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Expectation.

His Daughter-Father | wish you'd
stay home tonight. Mr.. Slowboy will
want to ask you for my hand
Her Father-Has he really proposed
at last?
His Daughter-No; but he will to-
night.
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WObeh s wo m g n
and children reassem-
bled in their kitchen
and resumed their
mOurnful chant. This
is a performance In
which the women OF
West Africa are very
accomplished and Wo-
beh's IA III lily was
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throng crowding each other in theii
efforts TO watch every movement
When it finally ceased It's struggles
there was a chorus of "Ah,' followed
by some excited talking. 1t was ex-
planned to me that when a chicken
dies with its feet in the air it is
sign that the nephew has been true
to the King and has not meddled "th
his women In this case the chicken
had died on its side
Then another chicken was brought
for another nephew to kill. 1t like
wise died on its side and there was
another chorus of excited grunts.
third chicken was killed by niece,
with the same result; but the fourth.
killed by another niece, stopped with
its feet in the air. The crowd went
wild, caught up the girl and marched
around the town with her on their
shoulders. Wobeh had one relative
that had been true.
This ceremony was followed an
hour or two later by that OF eating
the chickens, together with rice
cooked in yellow palm oil. The food
was placed at the head OF the grave
and Wobehs head wife presided over
the pot All the children squatted
about on the grave and the other rel
atives were assembled around It.
King Sow had a good many remarks
to make before he called up the eld-
est son and motioned for him to take
the painful of rice which the widow
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Bessie Mas Whine.

OF dear. said &c tired motaer Il. MS. i
were llt.le sir again like y1e'~ sW,a- r.
Joined I've, earo|t BESSIE let's plav Ma. ara INV
.tae sjrJ then yoa act nanehty and ra spark -,
and send you g bed without your .ulys.s
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What on earth is she fussing and
tuning about so?"
Shes fretting for fear she won't
get in time 10 the meeting of the
Don't Worry club"
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Do your feet ever feel tired. achy and
sore az niGhtg Rub them with a little
Hamlns Wizard Oil They'll be glad in
the morning and so will you.
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Cathedral insured for Large Sum-
ST, Paul's Cathedral, London, is in
sured for $4,000
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important to Mothers.

Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children. and see that it
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Her string is soon worn out if a girl
has too many beaux
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IN THE SlrNptp SE,sA>

chi drrn over ndu % Ia eating fruits with stomach
PAINS Consequence mothers Shou Is have on hand
fankI..er Perry Davis. 80, Soc and 5Uc bottles
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SsFL//NER AZ RITES ~

HE old king OF Totoquclll
was dead 1t was in the
Liberian hinterland. four
days back from Monroyia.
"A region where the gov.
eminent lcyics no taxes,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-27
PATROLMAN TELLS
STORY OF SCHfNCk'S
FAMOUS ESCAPADE
Officer Barnes, Who Was Dropped
from Force, Relates Tale to
Civil Service Comnnis-
sioners

Patrolman Barnes, the officer who was made
the scapegoat in the escapade in which Sam
Schenck, who when he was police commits
sioner caused the arrest of Kenneth Pruess
and Bradner W. Lee, told the story of that
historic event to the civil service commission
last night.
Barnes is seeking reinstatement on the police
force. He was discharged by the police COM
mission soon after the historic event in which
Schenck disgraced himself to such an extent
that Mayor Harper forced his resignation from
the commission, on the broad allegation of
incompetency. The specific instance of in
competency the commission charges him with
commissioner was under the influence of liquor.
AS tardy justice the commission has asked
the civil service board to reinstate Barnes
on the eligible list.
The former patrolman did not tell the story
of the Bradner w. Lee incident from choice.
The tale forced from him by leading
questions put by the civil service commits
sioners and especially DR.. John r. Haynes.
After much hesitancy his story was substan-
TALLY follows:
The night of the incident a friend of
Schencks met him on the street while he was
patroling his beat and told him Schenck was
under the influence of liquor and needed some
one to take him home. He called up the cen
trail station and asked for a plain clothes
officer to act guide for the erring police
commissioner. He told plain clothes
man available and for him to leave his
beat, don citizens attire himself, and see that
no harm came to Schenck. 1t was two hours
after that he got into plain clothes and went
to find Schenck. He found him standing on
the sidewalk, and just before he got to him
several persons passed the police commits
sioner.
These persons had passed but a few feet
when one Of the men turned and came back
to Schenck. Barnes thought it was some
friend who had recognized him and turned
back to shake hands. He this man hit
Schenck, and before he could reach them the
two were in a clinch. He separated the two,
and Immediately arrested the man who had
hit Schenck, who afterwards proved to be
Kenneth Pruess. He was taking Pruess to
the station when Schenck told him to arrest
him. Mr.. Lee, who had been in the group
of persons who passed Schenck, attracted to
the melee, accompanied the officer, and
Schenck himself arrested Lee and took him
to the station. There the arrest of both men
were charged to Barnes, but afterwards the
records were changed to show that Schenck
arrested Lee Barnes added that Mr.. Lee
had shown himself courteous and gentlemanIy
throughout the entire affair, but intimated
under pressure, that Pruess was not so con-
siderate.
The commission has taken Barnes case
under advisement. but all the members de-
clared he told a straightforward story and
they liked the appearance Of the man.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-27
PEERLESS FISHERMEN TO
AGAIN TRY THEIR LUCK

Little daunted by their poor success
at San Onofre two weeks ago, the
party of peerless ones from the Rod
and Reel association is planning to
again invade the habitat Of the tickle
finny on Sunday. r. T. B. Shaver, Jean
Elliott, G. Cunningham, Fred Gay,
Sherman Baker, Louis Breer and Big
Hank will make up the party. Even
Smith Warren, who packed the two
bars of pig iron from San Onofre to
his home in Los Angeles, has consent
ed to participate in the coming excur-
sion. He will leave the baskets be-
hind, however, and let someone else
pack the fish.
The party will start from San Pedro
in one Of Harry Lynch's boats and will
spend the dav trolling. Only light
tackle will be used. Every effort will
be made to reverse the bad luck which
has hung over the party in former trips.
If the hoodoo of the crowd can be dis
covered he will promptly be dumped
overheard. There will be the usual
lunch of hard tack and drief beef,
while the liquid refreshments will be
limited tO-gaSOline?